- Who topped the Asian Rich List 2016, which was released in March 2016 by the Indian high commissioner to the UK Navtej Sarna?
a) Hinduja Brothers
b) Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
c) Sri Prakash Lohia
d) Lord Swraj Paul
Answer: a) Hinduja Brothers
- Name the US Air Force General who in March 2016 was nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the United States Northern Command.
a) Tori Robinson
b) Lori Robinson
c) Jade Mathews
d) Sandra Robinson
Answer: B) Lori Robinson
- PM inaugurated ‘Krishi Unnati Mela’ in New Delhi. It is associated with?
a) Small Industries
b) Handicrafts
c) Agriculture
d) Weaving and Handlooms
Answer: c) Agriculture
- Which Indian wrestler won a gold medal in the Asian Olympic Qualification tournament held in Astana, Kazakhstan?
a) Sushil Kumar
b) Gagan Narang
c) Yogeshwar Dutt
d) Sangram Singh
Answer: C) Yogeshwar Dutt
- FICCI has planned to build 250 toilets in which of the following states?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Chhattisgarh
Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh
- EU has struck a deal on migrant crisis to seek a solution for the problem of refugees with which of these nations?
a) Syria
b) Germany
c) Turkey
d) Hungary
Answer: C) Turkey
- Which Bank has launched solutions for startups?
a) HDFC
b) ICICI
c) Axis Bank
d) Yes Bank
Answer: A) HDFC
- Gurmeet Singh who created record by winning gold in Asian Championship won in ?
a) Marathon
b) 20 km walking race
c) Shooting
d) High jump
Answer: B) 20 Km walking race
- ICC suspended bowlers Arafat Sunny and Taskin from playing in international games.They belong to which country?
a) Pakistan
b) Afghanisthan
c) Bangladesh
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: c) Bangladesh
- Which of the states have disbursed 1800 crores under MUDRA Yojana?
a) Jharkhand
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
Answer: b) Chhattisgarh
- Frank jr. Sinnatra who passed away is a?
a) TV Anchor
b) Professor
c) Singer
d) Magician
Answer: C) Singer
- Name the Indian-origin student who on 17 March 2016 was awarded the inaugural Noor Inayat Khan Prize in London.
a) Barkha Kumar
b) Geetakshi Arora
c) Vimal Khanna
d) Jaydeep Singhal
Answer: B) Geetakshi Arora
- Who was appointed as director of Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited following the resignation of Vijay Mallya on 17 March 2016?
a) Siddharth Mallya
b) Russell Adams
c) Sara Mallya
d) Amrit Thomas
Answer: d) Amrit Thomas
- Identify the Formula One driver who in March 2016 won the 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne Grand Prix.
a) Daniel Ricciardo
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Nico Rosberg
d) Lewis Hamilton
Answer : C) Nico Rosberg
- International Day of Happiness is celebrated on March 20 from the year?
a) 2012
b) 2014
c) 2013
d) 2010
Answer: C) 2013
- Name the badminton player who on 20 March 2016 won the men’s singles title at the 2016 Swiss Open.
a) Marc Zwiebler
b) He Bingjiao
c) HS Prannoy
d) Srikanth Kidambi
Answer : C) HS Prannoy
- Which famous fashion designer in March 2016 was appointed as an advisor to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) for promotion of khadi in India and across the world?
a) Manish Malhotra
b) Manish Arora
c) Anamika Khanna
d) Ritu Beri
Answer: d) Ritu Beri
- Identify India’s unique Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats that is among 20 new sites added by the UNESCO to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves
a) Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve
b) Great Nicobar
c) Simlipal Biosphere Reserve
d) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Answer: A) Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve
- AYUSH ministry have entered into agreement with WHO to popularize Ayurvedic medicines. Who is the minister of AYUSH?
a) Arvind Subramaniam
b) J P Nadda
c) Shripad Yesso Naik
d) Nitin Gadkari
Answer: c) Shripad Yesso Naik
- The health ministry recently launched the Bedaquiline drug that is used to treat?
a) Malaria
b) Dengue
c) Tuberculosis
d) Zika virus
Answer: C) Tuberculosis
- US president Barack Obama made his historic visit to Cuba after 88 years. Name the capital of Cuba
a) Limu
b) Havana
c) Suva
d) Bogota
Answer: B) Havana
- Which country recently lifted its Ban on International Sikh Youth Federation?
a) India
b) Canada
c) UK
D) Australia
Answer: C) UK
- IRDA approved the investment in PSB’s of which insurance company?
a) United India
b) LIC
c) New India Assurance
d) Oriental India Insurance
Answer: B) LIC
- The government has cancelled the recognition of Delhi Stock Exchange. When was it established?
a) 1976
b) 1956
c) 1947
d) 1991
Answer: c) 1947
- WHO have banned the TB Drug manufactured from which of the Pharma company?
a) Svitzera
b) Pfitzer
c) Sun pharma
d) Cipla
Answer : a) Svitzera
- Which taxi company has introduced its new service termed ‘Micro’?
a) Uber
b) Ola
c) Meru Cabs
d) Taxi for sure
Answer: b) Ola
- UN has appointed which animated character as its honorary ambassador for climate change?
a) Donald Duck
b) Mickey Mouse
c) Angry bird
d) Scooby –doo
Answer: c) Angry bird
- Which veteran Soccer has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Huawei?
a) Neymer
b) Cristiano Ronaldo
c) Lionel Messi
d) Ronaldinho
Answer: C) Lionel Messi
- Who has won the Hero Indian title of 2016 golf championship?
a) Anirban Lahiri
b) SSP Chawrasia
c) Arjun Atwal
d) Daniel Chopra
Answer: B) SSP Chawrasia
- March 21 is celebrated as International day of Elimination of Racial Discrimination. What is the theme of 2016?
a) Learning from tragedies to combat racial discrimination today
b) Challenges and Achievements of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
c) The Role of Leaders in Combatting Racism and Racial Discrimination
d) Disqualify Racism
Answer: B) Challenges and Achievements of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
- The committee to examine the taxation of business models for e-commerce was headed by?
a) Akhilesh Ranjan
b) Deepak Mohanty
c) Arvind Subramaniam
d) S K Roy
Answer: A) Akhilesh Ranjan
- BHEL has commissioned its second thermal unit in Punjab. What is its capacity?
a) 200 MW
b) 250MW
c) 300 MW
d) 270MW
Answer: d) 270 MW
- Haryana government has proposed its tax free state budget for 2016-17. Who is the Finance Minister of Haryana?
a) Manohar lal Khattar
b) Abhimanyu
c) Vidhyasagar
d) Harsha vardhan
Answer: Abhimanyu
- The Current Account Deficit of India has narrowed to how much percent of GDP?
a) 1.3%
b) 1.5%
c) 1.7%
d) 2%
Answer: a) 1.3%
- PVR cinemas have signed with Paytm to sell movie tickets online. Who is the founder & CEO of Paytm?
a) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
b) Adithya Puri
c) Shantanu Narayan
d) Binny Bansal
Answer: a) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
- Which Planet’s Gravity Map has been made based on the three NASA spacecrafts?
a) Mars
b) Jupiter
c) Uranus
d) Neptune
Answer: a) Mars
- Hepziba, a Chennai based girl won the Street Child games 100 m race. The Street child games was held at?
a) Beijing
b) Mexico
c) Rio de Janeiro
d) New Delhi
Answer: c) Rio de Janeiro
- Which Union Ministry that notified new Plastic Waste Management Rules to curb over 6000 tonnes of uncollected plastic waste generated daily by industries in March 2016?
a) Environment, Forest and Climate Change
b) Earth Sciences
c) Science and Technology
d) Agriculture & Irrigation Ministry
Answer: A) Environment, Forest and Climate change
- Identify the former Chairman and CEO of Intel who passed away on March 21,2016?
a) Stephen Grove
b) Robert Noyce
c) Andrew Grove
d) Gordon Moore
Answer: c) Andrew Grove
- Name the noted Malayalam writer who in the third week of March 2016 was chosen for the CV Kunhiraman Literary Prize.
a) M. T. Vasudevan Nair
b) C. V. Balakrishnan
c) Paul Zacharia
d) M Sukumaran
Answer : d) M Sukumaran
- Who was declared as winner of the presidential elections of semi-autonomous region Zanzibar on 21 March 2016?
a) Ali Mohamed Shein
b) Abeid Karume
c) Amani Abeid Karume
d) Salmin Amour
Answer : a) Ali Mohamed Shein
- Identify the country with which Nepal signed 10 agreements to extend the strategic Tibet rail link to Nepal on 21 March 2016.
a) India
b) China
c) Russia
d) Bangladesh
Answer: b) China
- Identify the Mobile that was launched by PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi to help farmers to bring technology to farm fields.
a) Kisan Suvidha
b) Krishi Tech
c) Pusa Krishi
d) Krishi Suvidha
Answer: a) Kisan Suvidha
- Who won men’s singles title of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Southern California ?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Andy Murray
c) Roger Federer
d) Novak Djokovic
Answer : d) Novak Djokovic
- Who was presented with the Life Time Achievement Award at the 5th National Photography Awards ceremony?
a) Javed Ahmed Dar
b) Bhawan Singh
c) Himanshu Thakur
d) Manob Chowdhury
Answer: b) Bhawan Singh
- Which country will host the 8th BRICS summit?
a) Russia
b) Brazil
c) India
d) China
Answer: C) India
- The Union government has proposed to increase the wages of NREGS workers by how much percent?
a) 7%
b) 6%
c) 5%
d) 10%
Answer: b) 6%
- India post has launched the customized stamp of which of the following organization commemorating its platinum jubilee?
a) Tata Motors
b) Mahindra & Mahindra
c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
d) Reliance Industries
Answer: c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- French aviation company has signed a deal with which state to set up an Institute on Aerospace and provide training to atleast 1000 students?
a) Telengana
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: a) Telengana
- NTPC has established a power unit at Nabinagar Thermal powerstation in Bihar.What is its capacity?
a) 300 MW
b) 500MW
c) 250MW
d) 750 MW
Answer: c) 250 MW
