- Dame Zaha Hadid, who died recently was a world-renowned?
a) Architect
b) Painter
c) Playwright
d) Musician
e) Scientist
Answer:Architect
- Who is the incumbent head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees?
a) Filippo Grandi
b) Ruud Lubbers
c) Sadako Ogata
d) Peter Maurer
e) None of the above
Answer:Filippo Grandi
3.Which of the following is India’s first state to link government colleges to national cancer
grid?
a) Rajasthan
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Odisha
e) Gujarat
Answer:Maharashtra
- Which of the following is NOT a function of the Medical Council of India?
a) Maintenance of uniform standards of medical education
b) Sanctioning medical colleges in India
c) Providing ethical oversight in medical education
d) Maintaining register of Doctors as well as Pharmacists
e) None of the above
Answer:Maintaining register of Doctors as well as Pharmacists
- What was the venue of recently held fourth Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)?
a) New York, USA
b) Washington DC, USA
c) Seoul, South Korea
d) The Hague, Netherlands
e) Paris,France
Answer:Washington DC, USA
- Recently, the Government of India has extended safeguard duty on steel imports till
March 2018. The purpose of this move is to protect Indian industry from cheap imports from
which country?
a) China
b) Thailand
c) Australia
d) Germany
e) South Africa
Answer:China
- With which of the following, the ReNuAL project is related to?
a) Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
b) Nuclear Science
c) Nanotechnology
d) Public Administration
e) None of the above
Answer:Nuclear Science
- What is the purpose of the recently launched “Gyan Chakra” of Indian Army’s Western
Command?
a) To provide education to youngsters about career in Indian Army
b) To work as a think tank on strategic and national security issues
c) To collaborate with educational institutions to impart security related awareness in
schools
d) To set up a network of army schools in the country
e) None of the above
Answer:To work as a think tank on strategic and national security issues
- According to the HIS Inc recently released report, what is the India’s position in defence
spending?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
e) Fifth
Answer:Fourth
- A news recently reported: “Output from the eight core infrastructure industries grew at
the fastest pace in 15 months, clocking a 5.7 per cent growth in February”. Which of the
following is NOT among the core infrastructure industries?
a) Fertilizers
b) Crude Oil
c) Electricity
d) Pulp & Paper
e) None of the above
Answer:Pulp & Paper
- Apurvi Singh Chandela, who qualified for the 2016 Olympics, is associated with which
sport?
a) Shooting
b) Archery c) Athletics
d) Table tennis
e) Chess
Answer:Shooting
- Who is the incumbent chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD)?
a) Atulesh Jindal
b) Satynarayan Mohanty
c) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
d) Upendra Kumar Sinha
e) Raghuram Rajan
Answer:Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
- Which committee has recommended change in the structure and ecosystem in the
Indian cricket board?
a) Kirit Parikh committee
b) RM Lodha committee
c) Bibek Debroy committee
d) Naresh Chandra committee
e) None of the above
Answer:RM Lodha committee
- Which two states of India are undergoing controversies over Satluj-Yamuna canal link?
a) Haryana and Rajasthan
b) Punjab and Haryana
c) Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh
d) Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab
e) None of the above
Answer:Punjab and Haryana
- Chanderkhani Pass’ is located in which state of India?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Sikkim
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:Himachal Pradesh
- Singareni Thermal Power Project is located in which state of India?
a) Telangana
b) Odisha
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka
e) Kerala
Answer:Telangana
- ‘Project Salamati’, has been launched by which state government in India?
a) Haryana
b) Uttarakhand
c) Telangana
d) Punjab
e) Rajasthan
Answer:Haryana
- ‘Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve’ is located in which country?
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) Myanmar
d) Sri Lanka
e) Pakistan
Answer:Nepal
- Which state government has recently launched a new scheme ‘Adapting Homes for the
Differently-abled’?
a) Uttarakhand
b) West Bengal
c) Haryana
d) Jharkhand
e) Gujarat
Answer:Haryana
- Which of the following virus is responsible for diarrhoea among infants and young
children?
a) Parvovirus
b) Norwalk virus
c) Megavirus
d) Rotavirus
e) None of the above
Answer:Rotavirus
- Who is the incumbent chief of the National Investigation Agency?
a) Sharad Kumar
b) Radha Vinod Raju
c) Rajinder Khanna
d) Dineshwar Sharma
e) Ram Sewak Sharma
Answer:Sharad Kumar
- Who has won the 2016 Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award?
a) Baldev Singh
b) Shankar Laxman
c) Harjeet Singh
d) Kothajit Singh
e) None of the above
Answer:Shankar Laxman
- The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be hosted by which country?
a) India
b) France
c) Sri Lanka
d) Vietnam
e) China
Answer:India
- Who has won the best actor award at the 63rd National Film Awards 2016?
a) Ranveer Singh
b) Shahid Kapoor
c) Amitabh Bachchan
d) Salman Khan
e) Prabhas
Answer:Amitabh Bachchan
- The ITBP’s weapon and support weapon training centre will be set up in which district
of Madhya Pradesh?
a) Bhopal
b) Chhindwara
c) Indore
d) Damoh
e) Gwalior
Answer:Damoh
- Desert city of Palmyra, which has been recently captured by ISIS, is in which country?
a) Iraq
b) Syria
c) Turkey
d) Israel
e) None of the above
Answer:Syria
- Who among the following has been placed in the list of top 50 most influential leaders
of the world by Fortune magazine?
a) Arvind Kejriwal
b) Narendra Modi
c) Sonia Gandhi
d) Mamata Banerjee
e) Manmohan Singh
Answer:Arvind Kejriwal
- Recently, which State government has developed a mobile app to monitor the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme?
a) Bihar
b) Telangana
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Karnataka
e) Kerala
Answer:Karnataka
- What does BEPZA stands for?
a) Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority
b) Brazil Export Processing Zones Authority
c) Belgium Export Processing Zones Authority
d) Bahamas Export Processing Zones Authority
e) Bhutan Export Processing Zones Authority
Answer:Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority
- Who is the author of the novel “That Long Silence”?
a) Shashi Deshpande
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Kiran Desai
d) Anita Desai
e) None of the above
Answer:Shashi Deshpande
- In order to address the climate change issues in the two countries, India and _____
have launched the Fulbright Kalam Climate Fellowship.
a) UK
b) Japan
c) Germany
d) France
e) US
Answer:US
- What is the new name of the LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme
(DELP) being implemented at present?
a) ROSHNI
b) CHIRAG
c) SURYA
d) JAN JYOTI
e) UJALA
Answer:UJALA
- Which of the following cities has been declared the world’s most expensive city in 2016
as per the 2016 Worldwide Cost of Living survey?
a) Zurich
b) Singapore
c) Tokyo
d) Los Angeles
e) New York
Answer:Singapore
- The winner of the 2016 WGCCadillac Championship is?
a) Adam Scott
b) Dustin Johnson
c) Patrick Reed
d) Gaganjeet Bhullar
e) None of these
Answer:Adam Scott
- Which of the following banks in India has launched “iWork@home”, a first of its kind
programme that allows women employees to work from home for up to a year?
a) HDFC Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) Yes Bank
d) ICICI Bank
e) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Answer:ICICI Bank
36.The market regulator SEBI has given its inprinciple nod to which of the following stock
exchanges to list itself on a bourse? (It is the Asia’s oldest stock exchange)
a) Magadh Stock Exchange
b) Calcutta Stock Exchange
c) MCX Stock Exchange
d) Bombay Stock Exchange
e) National Stock Exchange
Answer:Bombay Stock Exchange
- Who among the following has been appointed as Deputy Chief of Army by the govt?
a) Ashok Singh
b) NPS Hira
c) Praveen Bakshi
d) KJ Singh
e) None of these
Answer:NPS Hira
- Which of the following cities has been declared the world’s most expensive city in 2016
as per the 2016 Worldwide Cost of Living survey?
a) Zurich
b) Singapore
c) Tokyo
d) Los Angeles
e) New York
Answer:Singapore
- India cohosted the meet on Asia’s economic challenges in New Delhi recently named
‘Advancing Asia’ with which of the following institutions?
a) World Bank
b) IMF
c) ADB
d) AIIB
e) New Development Bank
Answer:IMF
- The Uber Inc recently inaugurated its first engineering centre in Asia in which of the
following city?
a) New Delhi
b) Hyderabad
c) Chennai
d) Bengaluru
e) Pune
Answer:Bengaluru
- According to the IRCTC survey, which railway station has been named the cleanest in
India?
a) Varanasi railway station
b) Surat railway station
c) Rajkot railway station
d) Bilaspur railway station
e) New Delhi Railway station
Answer:Surat railway station
- Who is the author of the book titled “Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography”?
a) Pramod Kapoor
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Ambrish Tripathi
d) Aarathi Prasad
e) Chetan Bhagat
Answer:Pramod Kapoor
- The 2016 Global Bamboo Summit will be hosted by which city of India?
a) Udaipur
b) Rajkot
c) Panaji
d) Indore
e) Dispur
Answer:Indore
- Exercise Iron Fist 2016 has conducted by the Indian Air Force in which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) West Bengal
d) Kerala
e) Gujarat
Answer:Rajasthan
- Which union ministry is hosting “The Everlasting Flame International Programme”?
a) Ministry of Home Affairs
b) Ministry of Finance
c) Ministry of Minority Affairs
d) Ministry of Railways
e) Ministry of Women and child Development
Answer:Ministry of Minority Affairs
- Name the actress who has been conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation
Award 2016?
a) Kareena Kapoor
b) Deepika Padukone
c) Sonakshi Sinha
d) Aishwarya Rai
e) Priyanka Chopra
Answer:Priyanka Chopra
- India has offered to invest upto $20 billion in which of the following country announced
by Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas during his two day visit to
that country?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Myanmar
c) Iraq
d) Iran
e) Turkey
Answer:Iran
- Name the person who has been chosen to receive the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World
Press Freedom Prize for the year 2016?
a) Khadija Ismayilova
b) Mazen Darwish
c) Reeyot Alemu
d) Ahmad Zeidabadi
e) Lasantha Wickrematunge
Answer:Khadija Ismayilova
- Who is the Governor of Uttar Pradesh?
a) Kalyan Singh
b) Ram Naik
c) Ram Nath Kovind
d) Keshari Nath Tripathi
e) None of the above
Answer:Ram Naik
- The Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award is organised by which ministry?
a) Home Ministry
b) Finance Ministry
c) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
d) Ministry of Information and Technology
e) None of the above
Answer:Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
