- Which country Prime Minister has been resigned from the post of Prime Minister after the no confidence vote polled?
A.China
B.Myanmar
C.Indonesia
D.Nepal
Answer – D.Nepal
- Which first female violinist has been awarded with Sangita Kalanidhi Award by Music Academy?
A.Malavika
B.Saindhavi
C.Kanyakumari
D.Kausaliya
Answer – C.Kanyakumari
- Union Railway Minister flagged off India’s First ever Green Rail corridor of length 144 km in which state aimed towards the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”?
A.Kerala
B.Goa
C.Tamilnadu
D.Chattisgarh
Answer – C.Tamilnadu
- How much capital has been sanctioned by Tourism Ministry under “Swadesh Darshan” Scheme for 25 Projects to 21 states and Union Territories?
A.Rs 2,048 crore
B.Rs 3,248 crore
C.Rs 2,408 crore
D.Rs 2,084 crore
Answer – A.Rs 2,048 crore
- Hinduja National Power has commissioned a 1,040 MW power project includes two units of 520 mw each in which city?
A.Secundarabad
B.Kochi
C.Chennai
D.Visakhapatnam
Answer – D.Visakhapatnam
- Which company ranked first position in IT Industry surveyed by the National Association of Software and Services Companies?
A.Wipro
B.Infosys
C.Google India
D.TCS
Answer – D.TCS
- Due to irregularities in Forex Related policies, The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty to which of the following Banks?
A.HDFC
B.Bank of Baroda
C.PNB
D.All of these
Answer – D.All of these
- Which bank partnered with Global Payment Giant SWIFT Payment Group and thereby become the first domestic leaders to enter the international payment group?
A.Axis Bank
B.ICICI
C.Both A & B
D.Neither A nor B
Answer – C.Both A & B
- Which Bank has announced to serve as bankingcorrespondents through Indian Oil Corporation owned 6500 Kisan Seva Kendras?
A.Punjab National Bank
B.State Bank of India
C.Indian Bank
D.Indian Oversees Bank
Answer – B.State Bank of India
- Which Country to hold 10 members Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nations Finance Ministers meet?
A.Malaysia
B.Singapore
C.Phillipines
D.Vientiane
Answer – D.Vientiane
- Vijay Diwas is being observed on 26thJuly to mark the celebration of which victory in 1999?
A.Kargil
B.Siachen
C.Part of Punjab
D.Part of West Bengal
Answer – A.Kargil
- Who has been ranked first in MRF Tyres ICC Rankings in the category of Test matches Bowler?
A.Yasir Shah
B.Mohammad Shami
C.Darren Samy
D.Ravichandran Ashwin
Answer – D.Ravichandran Ashwin
- Which of the following players has been banned from playing in Rio Olympics due to fail a dope test showed as positive in Sample A Test?
A.Inderjit Singh
B.Narsingh Yadav
C.Both A and B
D.Mary Kom
Answer – C.Both A and B
- The Solar powered plane Solar Impulse 2 has completed the first round world trip and arrived at which airport it had started its journey 505 days ago?
A.Abu Dhabi
B.Malaysia
C.India
D.Singapore
Answer – A.Abu Dhabi
- Which of the following statements is not true about Zika Virus?
A.Member of the virus family Flaviviridae and the genus Flavivirus
B.Spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes
C.Name comes from the Zika Forest of Brazil
D.Virus was isolated in 1947
Answer – C.Name comes from the Zika Forest of Brazil
- Which company acquired Jabong online fashion and lifestyle market from Global Fashion Group for $70 million?
A.Myntra
B.Snapdeal
C.Amazon
D.Tata
Answer – A.Myntra
- Who has been appointed as the General Manager of Easter Railway located in Kolkata?
A.Hardeep Singh
B.Mandeep Singh
C.Ghanshyam Singh
D.Harsha Singh
Answer – C.Ghanshyam Singh
- Who has been appointed as Director General of the National Museum of India by the Union Government?
A.Dr. Maharaja Sundar Raja
B.Dr. Buddha Rashmi Mani
C.Dr. Narendra Reshmi Raja
D.Dr. Sundara Vadivelu Mani
Answer – B.Dr. Buddha Rashmi Mani
- What is the name of the Elephant from Kerala aged 86 years is all set to enter the Guinness World Records as the Oldest living Elephant?
A.Kalyani
B.Lakshmi
C.Dakshayani
D.Mahalakshmi
Answer – C.Dakshayani
- Which Mobile wallet service has announced its partnership with Punjab State power Corporation Limited to offer easy to use digital option to pay electricity bills instantly?
A.Airtel
B.Vodafone
C.Aircel
D.None of these
Answer – B.Vodafone
- Which bank ATMs are launched with a new payment system allow the account holders to transfer money using mobile phone number as a key identifier?
A.Bank of Baroda
B.ICICI Bank
C.State Bank of India
D.HDFC
Answer – C.State Bank of India
- Which country to hold the world’s largest yazidi temple and to set the world largest temple is to be completed by 2017?
A.Tasmania
B.Romania
C.Armenia
D.Russia
Answer – C.Armenia
- Union Government lower house amended a bill providing for opening how many new Indian Institute of Technology under the institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill 2016?
A.Five
B.Six
C.Seven
D.Eight
Answer – B.Six
- Which Government has set up a dedicated Start-up Cell to fuel the implementation of the initiatives under the Start up policy?
A.Kerala
B.Maharashtra
C.Tamilnadu
D.Karnataka
Answer – D.Karnataka
- Union Agriculture Ministry joined with which country agency for International Development (USAID) jointly inaugurated the second phase of the Feed the Future -India triangular training programme?
A.United States
B.United Kingdom
C.Brazil
D.Iraq
Answer – A.United States
- Who has headed the Seventh Pay Commission and recommended the pay fixation and revision to Government Employees?
A.Ashok Mehta
B.Ashok Mathur
C.Ashok Gupta
D.Ashok Sharma
Answer – B.Ashok Mathur
- India has contributed how much capital to a trust fund set up for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers?
A.$100,000
B.$200,000
C.$300,000
D.$400,000
Answer – A.$100,000
- Former India’s Ambassador to the United Nations has been passed away due to cancer illness at the age of 76 years in New Delhi. Who is she?
A.Arundhati Radje
B.Arundhati Ghose
C.Arundhati Dhakur
D.Arundhati Mehta
Answer – B.Arundhati Ghose
- Who has been officially inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame along with three other cricketing inducted into the ICC hall of Fame?
A.Muttiah Muralitharan
B.Arthur Morris
C.Karen Rolton
D.All of these
Answer – D.All of these
- Who has been represented India in the Rio Olympics in place of Narsingh Yadav in the 74kg freestyle category after the Wrestling Federation of India?
A.Praveen Sona
B.Parveen Rana
C.Parveen Sanjay
D.Previjan Rana
Answer – B.Parveen Rana
- Which state government announced Rs. 60 Lakh special incentive for Rio Olympic Qualifiers from the state?
A.Haryana
B.Punjab
C.Odisha
D.Gujarat
Answer – C.Odisha
- Which space agency is set to launch a new spacecraft in the month of September that will travel to a near – Earth asteroid known as Bennu?
A.JAXA
B.ESA
C.NASA
D.ISRO
Answer – C.NASA
- Who will be conferred with 2016 Bharat Gaurav Award by city football giants East Bengal for his contributions on sports?
A.Phalke Singh
B.Milka Singh
C.Dalbir Singh
D.Harbajan Singh
Answer – B.Milka Singh
- Which of the following persons received Prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2016 from Chennai?
A.Bezwada Wilson
B.T.M. Krishna
C.Conchita Carpio
D.S.K. Kannan
Answer – B.T.M. Krishna
- Union Government cleared amendments in the GST constitutional Amendment Bill, dropping how many percent manufacturing tax and providing guarantee to compensate states for any revenue loss?
A.2%
B.1%
C.3%
D.4%
Answer – B.1%
- Which country planned to install Sixteen Statues of Thiruvalluvar to foster greater understanding between India and the country is being donated by VGP?
A.Malaysia
B.Pakistan
C.Bhutan
D.Sri Lanka
Answer – D.Sri Lanka
- World Health Organisation declared which country is free from measles with zero cases?
A.Serbia
B.Brazil
C.Norway
D.Sweden
Answer – B.Brazil
- On commemorating the first death anniversary of the former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the Ministry of Defence has unveiled a life-size statue at which place in Rameswaram?
A.Dhanushkodi
B.Mandapam
C.Peikarumbu
D.Kalam House
Answer – C.Peikarumbu
- Lok Sabha passed which bills allows extension of the time given to public servants, trustees and board members of NGOs receiving government funds of more than Rs. 1 crore or foreign funding of more than Rs 10 lakh to declare their assets and those of their spouses?
A.Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016
B.Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2015
C.Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2014
D.Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2013
Answer – A.Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016
- Lok Sabha passed the amendments to the Child Labour Act, there by laying a complete framework for the absolute prohibition of employment of children below the age of _______________but allowing minors to work in family enterprises.
A.11
B.12
C.13
D.14
Answer – D.14
- Union government has approved a sum of Rs. 1601 crore for the skill development initiative named Himayat Programme in which state?
A.Uttarkhand
B.Himachal Pradesh
C.Punjab
D.Jammu & Kashmir
Answer – D.Jammu & Kashmir
- Which state has joined the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme? It is the 14th state to join the UDAY?
A.Nagaland
B.Manipur
C.West Bengal
D.Chattisgarh
Answer – B.Manipur
- World Hepatitis is being observed annually on which date to mark the awareness of Hepatitis and to boost prevention, diagnosis and treatment?
A.July 27th
B.July 28th
C.July 29th
D.July 30th
Answer – B.July 28th
- Who has written the Book “India’s Most Powerful Women” and released by the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan?
A.Prem Ahluwalia
B.Desh Kumar Chand
C.Premanad sinha
D.Mukesh Singh
Answer – A.Prem Ahluwalia
- Eminent Scientist Neelamraju Ganga Prasad Rao has passed away due to illness at the age of 89 in Hyderabad. He belongs to which field?
A.Space
B.Technology
C.Construction
D.Agriculture
Answer – D.Agriculture
- India’s Oil Ministry has partnered with which country Geological Department to discover the highly enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate Reserve in the Bay of Bengal?
A.United States
B.Turkmenistan
C.Germany
D.Russia
Answer – A.United States
- Which state tourism department has launched a mobile app to attract the travelers across the world?
A.Tripura
B.Kerala
C.West Bengal
D.Himachal Pradesh
Answer – C.West Bengal
- Which Company has acquired Idea Couture to boost its digital technologies offering without disclosed deal?
A.Tata Consultancy Services
B.Wipro
C.Siemens
D.Cognizant
Answer – D.Cognizant
- Union Government passed Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016 that seeks for the disbursement of capital for forest land and lying unexpended for how many years?
A.4
B.5
C.6
D.7
Answer – A.4
- Union Government gave nod to which Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015 to check generation of black Money?
A.Black Money
B.Benami
C.Bank
D.Corruption
Answer – B.Benami
