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1. The World Sparrow Day is observed every year on 1) 18 Mar 2) 20 Mar 3) 22 Mar 4) 24 Mar 5) 25 Mar 2. Who won the women’s singles title of the 2016 Grand Prix Gold ? 1) Wang Yihan 2) He Bingjiao 3) Mami Naito 4) Shizuka Matsuo 5) Saina Nehwal 3. Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny were suspended for bowling with an illegal action by the ICC recently. Bo t h of them belong to 1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan 3) UAE 4) Bangladesh 5) India 4. The govt has relaxed FDI norms for the insurance sector by permitting overseas companies to buy what percent stake in domestic insurers without prior approval? 1) 24 per cent 2) 26 per cent 3) 40 per cent 4) 49 per cent 5) 50 per cent 5. Which of the following railway stations in Indian in A1 category has been ranked as the cleanest railway station as per a survey conducted by the IRCTC? 1) Surat 2) New Delhi 3) CST Mumbai 4) Chennai 5) Bhopal 6. PM Narendra Modi conferred ‘Krishi Karman Award” on which state for its landmark achievement in showing highest production of food grains in year 2014-15? 1) West Bengal 2) Rajasthan 3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Karnataka 7. The Chinese tech firm Huawei has roped in who among the following as its new global brand ambassador? 1) Virat Kohli 2) Li Na 3) Novak Djokovic 4) Lionel Messi 5) Sebastian Vettel 8. The Earth Hour was observed across the globe from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on 1) 09 Mar 2) 11 Mar 3) 15 Mar 4) 17 Mar 5) 19 Mar 9. The state run BHEL has commissioned a 270 MW unit at Goindwal Sahib coal-fired power project in 1) Haryana 2) Orissa 3) Delhi 4) Jammu & Kashmir 5) Punjab 10. Britain’s Prince Harry visited which of the following SAARC countries recently on a five-day official trip? 1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan 3) SriAcademy Lanka 4) Nepal 5) Bangladesh 11. India will host the eighth annual Summit of BRICS from Oct 15-16 in 1) Goa 2) New Delhi 3) Mumbai 4) Puducherry 5) Hyderabad 12. India assumed chairmanship of BRICS grouping on Feb 15 from 1) China 2) Brazil 3) Indonesia 4) South Africa 5) Russia 13. The Brussels Airport and a metro station were rocked by bomb blasts recently killing several people. Brussels is the capital city of 1) Denmark 2) Belgium 3) Bulgaria 4) Austria 5) Cyprus 14. Arun Jaitley launched the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in Mumbai recently. The first state to adopt this scheme is 1) Maharashtra 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Uttarakhand 5) Haryana 15. The Indian Navy, for the first, has deployed a P8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft to which country for surveillance in its Exclusive Economic Zone? 1) Mauritius 2) Seychelles 3) Fiji 4) Kenya 5) Vietnam 16. The ICGS Arnvesh was commissioned at Visakhapatnam into the Indian Coast Guard recently. It is a 1) fast patrol vessel 2) anti-submarine ship 3) fuel-tanker 4) helicopter BSCcarrier 5) None of these

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17. The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has launched a new drug named Bedaquiline which is meant for the treatment of 1) Tuberculosis 2) Dengue 3) Swine flu 4) Malaria 5) Typhoid 18. Anker Jorgensen, who died recently, was the former prime minister of 1) Vietnam 2) Denmark 3) Sweden 4) Norway 5) England 19. India distributed scholarships to over 800 students under the ‘Muktijodha Scholarship Scheme’ of which of the following countries recently? 1) Sri Lanka 2) Nepal 3) Myanmar 4) Bangladesh 5) Bhutan 20. The IPO of Infibeam Incorporation Ltd was subscribed 0.21 times on the opening day of the share sale recently. It is the first Indian ______to launch an IPO. 1) NBFC 2) ARC 3) defence firm 4) automaker 5) e-commerce firm 21. In the FY16, Indian firms have raised over Rs 58,000 cr through the issuance of NCDs. The term NCD stands for 1) Non-Cashable Debenture 2) Non-Clubbable Debenture 3) Non-Convertible Debt 4) Non-Convertible Debenture 5) None of these 22. President Pranab Mukherjee extended his greetings and felicitations on 25 Mar to which of the following countries on the eve of their Independence Day? 1) Turkey 2) Greece 3) Spain 4) Malaysia 5) Indonesia 23. The football legend Johan Cruyff, who died after a battle with cancer recently, was a _____ footballer. 1) US 2) German 3) French 4) Dutch 5) Argentinean 24. The world’s 50 greatest leaders named by the Fortune magazine recently is topped by 1) Jeff Bezos 2) Sundar Pichai 3) Satya Nadella 4) Vishal Sikka 5) Mark Zuckerberg 25. ______is the sole Indian among the world’s 50 greatest leaders named by the Fortune magazine recently. 1) Narendra Modi 2) Mamta Banerjee 3) J Jayalalithaa 4) Nitish Kumar 5) Arvind Kejriwal 26. The RuPay card payment service will be venturing into the credit card space in Sep this year. This domestic card payment system is launched by 1) RBI 2) SBI 3) NABARD 4) SIDBI 5) NPCI 27. The IT services entity of Tech Mahindra has announced the launch of a development centre in Toulouse marking its entry into 1) Germany 2) Italy 3) France 4) South Korea 5) Spain 28. India’s Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve (ABR) hasAcademy been included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of the UNESCO. The reserve is located in 1) Tamil Nadu 2) Kerala 3) Karnataka 4) Both 1) and 2) 5) Both 1) and 3) 29. Anirban Lahiri is associated with the game of 1) cricket 2) tennis 3) golf 4) squash 5) badminton 30. The World Meteorological Day is observed every year on 1) 21 Mar 2) 22 Mar 3) 23 Mar 4) 24 Mar 5) 25 Mar 31. ______govt and Japanese International Cooperative Agency (JICA) have signed MoU on ‘Capacity Enhancement for Sustainable Agriculture and Irrigation Development’. 1) Gujarat 2) Rajasthan 3) Mizoram 4) Sikkim 5) Tripura 32. Garry Shandling, who died recently, was an acclaimed ______comedian and actor. 1) US 2) British 3) French 4) German 5) Italian 33. The govt released self-regulation Code of ethical business conduct for industry recently which covers six broad principles excluding 1) safety of products and services 2) building sustainable supply chains 3) marketing products ethically 4) non-indulgence in unfair trade practices 5) None of theseBSC

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34. Which state govt is all set to inaugurate Pattiseema lift irrigation project, described as the first river linking project in country, connecting Godavari with Krishna? 1) Karnataka 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Kerala 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Telangana 35. As per a recent UN report on renewable energy investment, the developing world committed a total of ______in new renewables capacity in 2015. 1) USD 126 bn 2) USD 130 bn 3) USD 136 bn 4) USD 150 bn 5) USD 156 bn 36. The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is observed on 1) 24 Mar 2) 25 Mar 3) 26 Mar 4) 27 Mar 5) 28 Mar 37. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the LASI study in the country recently. It is the largest study on ______in the country. 1) females 2) lions 3) leopards 4) lakes 5) elderly people 38. The India Post recently released a customised commemorative stamp on which of the following PSUs in recognition of the firm’s 75 years of service to the nation? 1) HAL 2) IOC 3) ONGC 4) NTPC 5) SAIL 39. A Bill was introduced in the US Congress recently to help India join APEC. All of the following are the members of the 21- member group except 1) China 2) Chile 3) Canada 4) Brunei Darussalam 5) Myanmar 40. Shane Watson, who announced to retire from international cricket at the end of the World T20 2016, is an allrounder of 1) New Zealand 2) Australia 3) West Indies 4) England 5) South Africa 41. Every year Mar 24 is observed as the 1) World Tuberculosis Day 2) Cancer Day 3) Malaria Day 4) World Kidney Day 5) World Health Day 42. Name the chairperson of the NHRC who was recently appointed a member of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions. 1) Kurian Joseph 2) Rajendra Mal Lodha 3) TS Thakur 4) HL Dattu 5) P Sathasivam 43. Nepal recently became a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Which of the following is NOT a member of SCO as of now? 1) Uzbekistan 2) Tajikistan 3) Kyrgyzstan 4) Kazakhstan 5) Ukraine 44. Who among the following is the new chairman in the Central Administrative Tribunal? 1) Permod Kohli 2) Mohit ShahAcademy3) Dheerendra Hiralal Waghela 4) Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy 5) Vivek Kumar Birla 45. The govt approved a proposal to accede to the Ashgabat Agreement recently. Ashgabat is the capital and the largest city of 1) Israel 2) Sweden 3) Norway 4) Turkmenistan 5) Romania 46. Which of following states was on 27 Mar brought under President’s rule by the Centre on grounds of ‘breakdown of governance’? 1) Himachal Pradesh 2) Chhattisgarh 3) Uttarakhand 4) Kerala 5) Karnataka 47. At least 56 people, enjoying Easter holiday at a popular park on 27 Mar, were killed in a suicide bomb blast in the Pakistani city of 1) Lahore 2) Karachi 3) Islamabad 4) Rawalpindi 5) Peshawar 48. A section of officers and employees of which of the following public sector banks went on strike from 28 Mar to protest against the govt’s plan to sale its stake in the bank? 1) Dena Bank 2) Syndicate Bank 3) IDBI Bank 4) Canara Bank 5) PNB 49. Who among the following won the Best Actor award at the 63rd National Film Awards? 1) Ranbir KapoorBSC (Tamasha) 2) Salman Khan (Bajrangi Bhaijaan) 3) Amitabh Bachchan (Piku) 4) Aamir Khan (PK) 5) Ranveer Singh (Bajirao Mastani) Javed R. Siddique (HO.: C-37, Ganesh Nagar, Delhi) (GA-68) / 3 BSC Academy

50. India and which country signed an MoU recently for construction of six nuclear reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra? 1) Germany 2) France 3) Japan 4) China 5) Australia 51. Indian refineries are on track to meet BS-VI fuel supply deadline which is 1) Dec 2016 2) Apr 2017 3) Jun 2018 4) Sep 2019 5) Apr 2020 52. Which state launched the scheme ‘Adapting Homes for the Differently abled’ recently? 1) Punjab 2) Haryana 3) Rajasthan 4) Bihar 5) Uttar Pradesh 53. Who among the following won the Player of the Year (Men) honour for 2015 at the second Hockey India Annual Awards? 1) Manpreet Singh 2) Akashdeep Singh 3) Birendra Lakra 4) PR Srejesh 5) Dipsan Tirkey 54. Which of the following films won the Best Film award at the 63rd National Film Awards? 1) Tanu Weds Manu Returns 2) Bajirao Mastani 3) Piku 4) Bajrangi Bhaijaan 5) Baahubali 55. Charles Michel is the current Prime Minister of 1) Spain 2) Belgium 3) Sweden 4) Norway 5) Denmark 56. Indian-American Nandita Bakshi was recently appointed the President and CEO of the Bank of the West which is a unit of the banking giant 1) Deutsche Bank 2) CITI Bank 3) Standard Chartered 4) BNP Paribas 5) Morgan Stanley 57. The Union Health Ministry launched the country’s first, indigenous rotavirus vaccine to combat diarrhoeal deaths recently. The current Union Health Minister is 1) Suresh Prabhu 2) Nitin Jairam Gadkari 3) Venkaiah Naidu 4) JP Nadda 5) Harsh Vardhan 58. The capital city of Syria is 1) Tirana 2) Luanda 3) Damascus 4) Yerevan 5) Nassau 59. The private sector lender Federal Bank is opening incubation centres for startups in Bangalore and Ernakulam. The bank is headquartered at 1) Kochi 2) Bengaluru 3) Chennai 4) Hyderabad 5) Kolkata 60. President Pranab Mukherjee on 28 Mar conferred the prestigious Padma awards. Who among the following is NOT a recipient of Padma Vibhushan this year? 1) Ramoji Rao 2) Jagmohan 3) Shri Shri Ravi Shankar 4) Yamini Krishnamurthy 5) None of these 61. Name the India-origin person who has been named by the UN Human Rights Council as an adviser to one of its working groups. Academy 1) Surya Deva 2) HL Dattu 3) KG Balakrishnan 4) Syed Akbaruddin 5) Asoke Kumar Mukerji 62. PM Narendra Modi on 29 Mar left for a three-nation tour to Belgium, United States and 1) Iran 2) Israel 3) Sweden 4) Saudi Arabia 5) UAE 63. Who among the following won the Player of the Year (Women) honour at the second Hockey India Annual Awards? 1) Savita 2) Deepika 3) Rani 4) Ritu Rani 5) Preeti Dubey 64. Who among the following won the Best Actress award at the 63rd National Film Awards? 1) Tamanna Bhatia (Baahubali) 2) Priyanka Chopra (Bajirao Mastani) 3) Deepika Padukone (Piku) 4) Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns) 5) Anushka Sharma (pk) 65. India has decided to adopt a national emergency number, similar to ‘911’ in the US and ‘999’ in the UK. The chosen number for the above purpose is 1) 112 2) 108 3) 102 4) 101 5) 100 66. The govt recently permitted what per cent FDI in the market place format of e-commerce retailing with a view to attract more foreign investments? 1) 26 per centBSC2) 49 per cent 3) 51 per cent 4) 74 per cent 5) 100 per cent

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67. Jiji Mammen is the present CEO of which of the following financial institutions? 1) SIDBI 2) NABARD 3) MUDRA Bank 4) IDBI Bank 5) NPCI 68. Who among the following won 2016 World Chess Candidates Tournament? 1) Magnus Carlsen 2) Fabiano Caruana 3) Peter Svidler 4) Sergey Karjakin 5) Viswanathan Anand 69. The USAID and the ADB recently signed an MoU to provide ______of funding for the development of solar parks across India. 1) $550 mn 2) $624 mn 3) $688 mn 4) $784 mn 5) $848 mn 70. The Defence Expo India-2016, the country’s biggest land, naval and homeland security exhibition, was held recently in 1) Hyderabad 2) Goa 3) New Delhi 4) Andaman & Nicobar 5) Puducherry 71. The American poet and novelist Jim Harrison passed away recently. He was best known for his novel 1) Legends of the Fall 2) The Lord of the Rings 3) The Hobbit 4) The Hunger Games 5) The City of Ashes 72. Which country launched the 22nd satellite in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) series recently being developed as an alternative to the US GPS system? 1) Singapore 2) Malaysia 3) Indonesia 4) Japan 5) China 73. ______has become the first state to implement use of injectable contraceptives as a family planning measure. 1) West Bengal 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Bihar 4) Haryana 5) Tamil Nadu 74. The Tata Sons will soon be in the pilot’s seat of which of the following airlines holding 51 per cent stake after it acquires Telestra Tradeplace’s stake? 1) AirAsia India 2) Vistara 3) IndiGo 4) Spicejet 5) Jet Airways 75. As per the security solutions firm Symantec, India’s ranking among countries with high number of financial Trojan infections at present is 1) second 2) third 3) fourth 4) fifth 5) sixth 76. The British telecom giant Vodafone is to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding its Rs 14,200-cr tax case with the govt of India. The ICJ is headquartered at 1) New York 2) Lima 3) Hague 4) Geneva 5) Paris 77. For the first time in its history, ISRO is set to launch PSLV C34 rocket in May this year which will inject into orbit 1) 11 satellites 2) 13 satellites 3) 15 satellites 4) 18 satellites 5) 22 satellites 78. The govt will infuse additional capital of about Rs 5,050 cr in the banks soon. The capital infusion by the govt is made in which of the following type of banks? Academy 1) Public Sector Banks 2) Cooperative Banks 3) Regional Rural Banks 4) NABARD and SIDBI 5) All the above 79. Under the plan ‘Indradhanush’ the total amount proposed to be infused in state-owned banks over a period of four years is 1) Rs 25,000 cr 2) Rs 40,000 cr 3) Rs 55,000 cr 4) Rs 70,000 cr 5) Rs 90,000 cr 80. The market regulator SEBI hiked FPI investment limit for govt securities recently. The term FPI stands for 1) Forward Portfolio Investor 2) Foreign Portfolio Investor 3) Foreign Preferential Investor 4) Follow-up Portfolio Investor 5) None of these 81. In line with the Indradhanush plan, PSU banks got Rs 25,000 cr in 2015-16 and will receive what amount in 2016-17? 1) Rs 10,000 cr 2) Rs 20,000 cr 3) Rs 25,000 cr 4) Rs 34,000 cr 5) Rs 40,000 cr 82. Kachhabali village in which of the following states became the 1st in the state to vote to close down its lone liquor shop recently? 1) Bihar 2) Rajasthan 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Karnataka 83. The RBI has said that fixed-rate loans of up to what duration offered by lenders will have to be set based on their marginal cost of funding? 1) Three yearsBSC2) Five years 3) Seven years 4) Nine years 5) 10 years

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84. Faustin Archange Touadera took oath as the new elected president of which of the following countries recently? 1) Central African Republic 2) Nigeria 3) Chad 4) Cameroon 5) Ethiopia 85. PM Narendra Modi recently launched Asia’s biggest telescope located at Devasthal near Nainital in Uttarakhand which is developed with assistance of 1) Sweden 2) US 3) Norway 4) Belgium 5) France 86. The govt has set a target of 175 Gigawatts of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022. Of this, what amount of energy is to come from solar power? 1) 50 GW 2) 75 GW 3) 90 GW 4) 100 GW 5) 150 GW 87. The Centre has extended the basic customs duty on wheat imports for three months to protect farmers during harvesting season. The duty is imposed at 1) 5 per cent 2) 10 per cent 3) 15 per cent 4) 20 per cent 5) 25 per cent 88. Name the legendary playback singer who entered Guinness World Records recently for recording highest number of songs in several languages. 1) Asha Bhosle 2) P Susheela 3) Alka Yagnik 4) Kavita Krishnamurthy 5) Sujatha Mohan 89. The limit for long term FPIs in central govt securities will be enhanced to what amount from 4 Apr 2016? 1) Rs 44,100 cr 2) Rs 50,000 cr 3) Rs 56,000 cr 4) Rs 60,000 cr 5) Rs 65,000 cr 90. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has decided to provide interest on inoperative accounts from 1) 1 Apr 2016 2) 1 May 2016 3) 1 Jun 2016 4) 1 Sep 2016 5) 1 Apr 2017 91. Which country will get a cheap $100-mn loan from the World Bank to help create 100,000 jobs for Syrian refugees and its own citizens? 1) Jordan 2) Lebanon 3) Turkey 4) Egypt 5) Armenia 92. India has become the world’s fourth largest spender on defence according to the US research firm IHS Inc. The largest defence spender is 1) China 2) Russia 3) Saudi Arabia 4) Brazil 5) US 93. The capital city of Cambodia is 1) Nassau 2) Naypyidaw 3) Phnom Penh 4) Belmopan 5) Gaborone 94. The host country of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup is 1) England 2) Argentina 3) GermanyAcademy4) France 5) India 95. The 4th Nuclear Security Summit attended by PM Narendra Modi was held recently in 1) London 2) Paris 3) Washington 4) Brussels 5) Geneva 96. The Central Board of Direct Taxes signed 11 unilateral APAs recently aimed at providing a predictable and non-adversarial tax regime. The term APA stands for 1) Accounted Pricing Agreement 2) Audited Pricing Agreement 3) Appropriate Pricing Agreement 4) Advance Pricing Agreement 5) None of these 97. India will host the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Nov in the city 1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi 3) Kolkata 4) Chennai 5) Hyderabad 98. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has been elected as the first female house speaker of the parliament of 1) Cuba 2) Chile 3) Philippines 4) Thailand 5) Vietnam 99. 14 Apr 2016 is being celebrated as the 125th birth anniversary of 1) Bhagat Singh 2) Vallabhbhai Patel 3) Subhas Chandra Bose 4) BR Ambedkar 5) Swami Vivekananda 100. PM Narendra Modi will on Apr 5 inaugurate ‘Stand Up India’ initiative which is aimed at creating jobs and promoting entrepreneurship among 1) Women BSC2) ST 3) SC 4) All the above 5) Only 2) and 3)

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