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1. The Union Government entered into an (a) Science and Technology for the Indegenous agreement with the World Bank to finance Development of India which scheme, aimed to improve Education and (b) Harnessing Modern-Day Technology in Skills Training among Minorities? Indian Agriculture (a) Nav Manzil (c) Tapping 21st century Technology in the (b) AMRUT Scheme Search for Sustainable Development (c) Nai Manzil (d) Nurturing Nature for the Future through (d) HRIDAY Scheme Science and Technology Answer: Nai Manzil Answer: Science and Technology for the Under this agreement, the credit will be Indegenous Development of India facilitated by the International Development Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a Association (IDA), World Bank’s concessionary premier scientific organisation of India with lending arm. The loan funds will be used for headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. The interventions under this scheme improve the association started in the year 1914 employability and performance of minority in Kolkata and it meets annually in the first week youth in the labour market. of January. It has a membership of more than Nai Manzil Scheme- The central scheme is 30,000 scientists. designed to address educational and livelihood 4. When is World Braille Day observed? needs of minority communities lagging behind in (a) January 8 terms of educational attainments. (b) January 12 It aims to provide educational intervention by (c) January 4 giving the bridge courses to the trainees and (d) January 9 getting them Certificates for Class XII and X Answer: January 4 from distance medium educational system. World Braille Day is annually celebrated on 2. The Union Government announced the Direct January 4, the birthday of Braille inventor, Louis Benefit Scheme (DBT) for which of the Braille. The day recognizes the contributions of following from April 1, 2016? Louis Braille in helping blind and visually (a) LPG impaired people to read and write. (b) Kerosene Braille is a code that uses bumps and indentation (c) Petrol on a surface to represent letters, which can be (d) Diesel recognized by touch. Louis Braille, a French man Answer: Kerosene who was blinded in an accident at a very young The Union Government has rolled out LPG-like age, invented it. Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for 5. India won against whom in the South Asian kerosene from 1st April 2016. Under the Football Federation final in Thiruvananthapuram? scheme, People will buy kerosene at market (a) Afghanistan rate (un-subsidised price) but will get subsidy (b) Pakistan directly in their bank accounts. The cash subsidy (c) Sri Lanka paid to users under it will be equivalent to the (d) Bhutan difference between current Public Distribution Answer: Afghanistan System (PDS) price and market rate of The 2015 SAFF Championship (officially known kerosene. as the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 for sponsorship 3. What was the theme of the 103rd edition of the reasons) was the 11th edition of the SAFF Indian Science Congress, inaugurated by PM Championship, the biennial international Narendra Modi in Mysuru, Karnataka? men's football championship of South

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Asia organized by SAFF. It is being held 8. A friendship bus service is to restart after 27 in India from 23 December 2015 to 3 January years between India and which country? 2016. (a) Pakistan India beat defending champions Afghanistan 2-1 (b) Nepal in the finals of South Asian Football Federation (c) Myanmar Cup for the seventh time, in (d) Bhutan Thiruvananthapuram. Answer: Nepal 6. Mountaineer Arunima Sinha created the World A friendship bus service between India and Record of being the First Female Amputee Nepal via Champawat in Uttarakhand resumed Mountaineer to climb 5 mountains as a part of in January 2016 after a gap of 27 years, much to which programme? the delight of people on either side of the (a) 5 Summits Mission border who have family and trade ties with each (b) Mission 7 Summits other. These air-conditioned buses with free (c) Mission 5 Summits Wi-Fi facility, painted with Indian and Nepalese (d) 7 Summits Mission flags, will enter the Nepalese district of Answer: Mission 7 Summits Kanchanpur at 6 a.m. everyday and start for As part of her Mission 7 Summits, India's star Delhi, and return from there at 6 p.m., in-charge amputee mountaineer, Arunima Sinha created a of Sharda barrage international police station. world record by becoming the first female 9. Which is the 1st state to sign a MoU with the amputee to climb 5 mountains of the world. Union Government on Ujwal Discom Assurance Arunima started climbing the mountain on Yojana (UDAY) scheme in order to fulfill the December 12, 2015 and accomplished her electricity requirements of the state? mission on December 25. Born in 1988 in Uttar (a) Chhattisgarh Pradesh, Arunima Sinha became the first female (b) Madhya Pradesh amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013. She is (c) Odisha also the first Indian amputee to climb Mount (d) Jharkhand Everest. Answer: Jharkhand 7. Who was appointed the 8th Chief Information Jharkhand has become the first state to sign a Commissioner (CIC) by the President of India? memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Ujwal (a) Vijai Sharma Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme with (b) M S Ranjan the central government. Under the UDAY (c) R K Mathur scheme, the Union government is trying to (d) Vikramjit Thakur reduce the load of debt from the State Answer: R K Mathur Electricity Boards (SEBs), which is tantamount to Former Defence Secretary Radha Krishna almost 4.3 trillion rupees. The UDAY scheme Mathur (62) has sworn in as the eight Chief was launched on November 20, last year, to Information Commissioner (CIC) of the Central help financially weak distribution companies to Information Commission. He was administered supply adequate power to households at the oath of office by the President Pranab affordable rates. Mukherjee at a ceremony held in Rashtrapati 10. The Union Government is to reserve what % of Bhavan in New Delhi. Mr. Mathur as the CIC the Constable posts for women in the Central will have tenure of about three years i.e. till Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)? 2019 till he attains the age of 65 years. He (a) 50% succeeds Vijai Sharma as he has retired after (b) 66% completion of his tenure. (c) 25%

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(d) 33% (c) Antonio Guterres, Portugal Answer: 33% (d) Irina Bokova, Bulgaria The Union Government has reserved 33 per Answer: Antonio Guterres, Portugal cent posts of Constables for women in Central The UN has announced the appointment of Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to enhance their Filippo Grandi as the new UN refugee chief, representation. The proposal in this regard was tasked with handling the world’s worst approved by Union Home Minister Rajnath ever refugee crisis. The 58-year-old diplomat Singh and shall come into effect with immediate would replace Antonio Guterres, of Portugal, effect. who was high commissioner for refugees since This horizontal reservation for women comes in 2005, said Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general. lines with the recommendation of Committee 13. Who became the only British writer to win the on Empowerment of Women. The committee Costa Award thrice, this time for “A God in had recommended urgent need to provide Ruins”? proper representation to women in paramilitary (a) Mary Westmacott forces. (b) Beatrix Potter 11. The Union Government has ex-post facto (c) Kate Atkinson approved the MoU with which country for the (d) Donna Tartt operation of Border Haats (rural markets)? Answer: Kate Atkinson (a) Bangladesh British writer Kate Atkinson on 4 January 2016 (b) Nepal won the novel-of-the-year prize at Britain's (c) Pakistan Costa Book Awards 2015 for the second time in (d) Myanmar three years. She fetched the award for A God in Answer: Bangladesh Ruins, a story of war and its aftermath. With this, The Union cabinet has given its ex-post-facto Atkinson became the first author to receive the approval to Memorandum of Understanding Costa novel prize three times: for A God in (MoU) with Bangladesh for Mode of Operation Ruins in 2016, Life After Life in 2013 and Behind of Border haats on India-Bangladesh Border the Scenes at the Museum in 1995. signed in 2010. The MoU also seeks to establish 14. Which Indian ace shooter has set a new world new Border Haats along the border after record in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event identification of suitable locations in consultation at the 2015 Swedish Cup Grand Prix? with Bangladesh Government and concerned (a) Anjali Bhagwat State Governments. (b) Heena Sidhu The Border Haats in Indian Language means (c) Apurvi Chandela Rural Market. It aims at promoting the well- (d) Tejaswini Sawant being of the people dwelling in remote areas Answer: Apurvi Chandela across the borders of two countries. It seeks to Indian ace shooter Apurvi Chandela has set a establish traditional system of marketing the new world record in the women’s 10 metre air local produce thorough local markets in local rifle event at the 2015 Swedish Cup Grand Prix. currency or according to barter basis. She set the new record after winning gold medal 12. Filippo Grandi of Italy has taken charge as the in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event shooting new chief of the UN High Commissioner for score of 211.2. Her winning score has surpassed Refugees (UNHCR). He has replaced whom and previous world record of 211 score set by which country is (s)he from? Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling. In the (a) Guy Rider, UK Swedish Cup Grand Prix, silver and bronze went (b) Anthony Lake, US

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to Swedish shooters Astrid Steffensen and Stine (a) Iran Nielsen respectively. (b) China 15. Which engineer and inventor has been (c) France appointed the Technical Advisor to the Odisha (d) Russia Government? Answer: France (a) E Sreedharan The 8-day counter-terrorism and counter- (b) Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda insurgency joint exercise ‘Shakti-2016’ has (c) Nandan Nilekani started between India and France in Jodhpur, (d) UK Sinha Rajasthan. This is the 3rd edition in the series of Answer: Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda bilateral exercises under this banner. The joint (Sam Pitroda) exercise will undergo a training schedule aimed Renowned telecom engineer and inventor Sam at combating conditioning, infantry tactical Pitroda has been appointed as Technology operations in a counter-terrorism environment Advisor to the Odisha Government. He has and planning of joint operations under the been appointed as the technology adviser for United Nations (UN) mandate. It will round off development of telecom, electronics, in a tactical exercise encompassing clearing of Information Technology, IT Enabled Services pockets of terrorists in rural and urban sectors of the state. With this appointment he environment. will get the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He will 18. The soldiers of which country have marched play key role in formulation Vision 2036 for with Indian soldiers in this year’s Republic Day Odisha@100, a vision document for 2036 to parade at Rajpath, such a foreign participation celebrate the 100 years of state’s formation. being the first since 1950? He is the founding Chairman of India’s Telecom (a) United Kingdom Commission (ITC) and famously known as (b) China father of Indian telecommunication revolution. (c) Russia 16. The Global Economic Prospect report published (d) France by the World Bank predicts the growth of the Answer: France Indian economy at what in 2016? As a part of the Indian Republic Day celebrations (a) 7.8% this year, French soldiers have marched down (b) 7.5% the Rajpath, in the presence of the President of (c) 7.9% France, Francois Hollande. Francois Hollande (d) 7.1% attended the January 26, 2016 celebrations as Answer: 7.8% the Chief Guest. Since 1950, this was the first The Global Economic Prospect report published time a foreign army have participated in the recently by the World Bank (WB) has projected Indian Republic Day Parade. a robust 7.8 per cent growth for the Indian 19. Which state/UT became the first state/UT to economy in the year 2016. make gender education compulsory at the In its report bank also has cited strong investor graduate level? sentiment in India and the positive effect on real (a) Delhi incomes of the recent fall in oil prices. (b) Haryana World Bank also predicted that India will be the (c) Kerala fastest growing economy in the world in the (d) Telangana next three years and would outpace China. Answer: Telangana 17. Shakti-2016 is the bilateral military exercise Telangana has become the first State in the between India and which country? country to introduce compulsory gender

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education at the graduate level. In this regard, (a) IMF state government has introduced bilingual (b) OECD textbook titled ‘Towards a World of Equals’ on a (c) United Nations pilot basis in engineering colleges. These (d) World Bank engineering colleges are affiliated to the Answer: United Nations Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University As per recently released United Nations (UN) (JNTU-Hyderabad). World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 20. Who got the FIFA Award for Best Female Report, India will be the fastest growing big Football Coach for 2015? economy in the world in 2016. The report has (a) Jill Ellis projected India’s growth rate by 7.3 % in the (b) Carli Llyod year 2016 and 7.5 % in 2017 slightly up from an (c) Vanessa Arauz earlier estimated 7.2 % rate in 2015. (d) Silvia Neid 23. Which of the following nations has emerged Answer: Jill Ellis victorious in the very first Blind T20 Asia Cricket US national team coach Jill Ellis have been Cup? named for the first time as FIFA World Coach of (a) Burma the Year for Women’s Football. FC Barcelona (b) India coach Luis Enrique Martínez have been named (c) Sri Lanka as FIFA World Coaches of the Year for Men’s (d) Pakistan Football respectively.The winners were chosen Answer: India by the coaches and captains of the national India defeated Pakistan in the final match to win teams as well as by international media the first-ever Blind T20 Asia Cup at Jawaharlal representatives invited by FIFA and France Nehru International Stadium in Kochi. Football. The entire electoral procedure was 24. Which of the following has won the 2016 overseen and monitored by Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland (PwC). title? 21. Lenovo will launch its smartphones under (a) Jwala Gutta Project Tango of which company? (b) Ashwini Ponnappa (a) Facebook (c) PV Sindhu (b) Google (d) Saina Nehwal (c) Microsoft Answer: PV Sindhu (d) Apple Inc. Indian Shuttler P V Sindhu has won the 2016 Answer: Google Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton Google and Lenovo in collaboration announced title. In the final match played at Penang, she their first consumer-targeted product with defeated Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour. This was Project Tango technology at the ongoing CES Sindhu’s second title in Malaysia Masters Grand 2016 trade show - smartphone. The Chinese Prix which and earlier she had won in 2013. It tech firm plans to launch the smartphone "this was overall fifth career Grand prix gold title and summer" with a "less than $500" price tag. The first title of the season 2016. Sindhu’s other four Lenovo-made Project Tango-based handset will titles are Malaysia Masters (2013) and hat-trick run on Android OS and will feature a display size Macau Open won in 2013, 2014 and 2015. that will be less than 6.5-inches. 25. The first Ministerial Meeting of the Arab-India 22. Which of the following bodies issued the World Cooperation Forum took place in which of the Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2016 following countries? report? (a) Turkey

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(b) Yemen Answer: Rekha (c) Oman The Veteran Bollywood actress Rekha has been (d) Bahrain honoured with the third National Yash Chopra Answer: Bahrain Memorial Award 2016 in recognition of her The first Ministerial Meeting of Arab-India talent and contribution to the film industry. The Cooperation Forum was held in Manama, capital award has been instituted by the T.S.R. city of Bahrain. The meeting was attended by Foundation of T Subbarami Reddy in the representatives of 22 Arab League nations. memory of the producer-director, who died in Indian side was represented by Union External 2012. The Foundation annually honours a Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. At the end of distinguished senior film personality for the meeting, both sides issued a joint statement outstanding contribution to film industry with a called the Manama Declaration. Gold Medal and a cash prize of Rs.10 lakh. The 26. Who has recently been elected as the new previous recipients of the award are Lata President of Portugal? Mangeshkar and Amitabh Bachchan. (a) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa 29. On which date, the National Voters’ Day (NVD) (b) Antonia Costa is celebrated in India? (c) Fernando Nogueira (a) January 25th (d) Jose Manuel Barroso (b) January 28th Answer: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (c) January 26th The noted law professor, journalist, political (d) January 27th analyst and pundit, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has Answer: January 25th won the Presidential Election of Portugal. The 6th National Voters’ Day (NVD) has been Previously, he was a government minister and celebrated across the country on January 25, Member of Parliament. 2016 by Election Commission of India (ECI). 27. When is the National Girl Child Day celebrated The theme for this year is ‘Inclusive and in India? Qualitative Participation’. The day is also the (a) January 23rd foundation day of the Commission, which came (b) January 24th into existence in 1950. (c) January 25th 30. Which of the following has been selected for the (d) January 26th 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Answer: January 24th Award? The National Girl Child Day is celebrated in (a) Salman Rushdie India on January 24. It is celebrated to encourage (b) Taslima Nasrin the girl’s situation in the society, to offer more (c) JK Rowling supports and new opportunities to the girls in (d) Christopher Hickens the country, to remove different types of social Answer: JK Rowling discrimination and exploitation with the girls and The free-speech organization PEN American to aware them that they have equal rights of the Center announced that it is giving its 2016 good education, nutrition and health care. PEN/Allen award to author J.K. Rowling. 28. Who has been conferred the 2016 National Yash Previous recipients of the PEN/Allen Foundation Chopra Memorial Award? Literary Service Award include Philip Roth, Toni (a) Amitabh Bachchan Morrison and Salman Rushdie. PEN is also (b) Lata Mangeshkar honouring Hachette Book Group CEO Michael (c) Asha Bhosle Pietsch. Pietsch joined with several other (d) Rekha

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publishers last year in an informal pledge to Rs 175 crore for constructing the building, other combat censorship of translated books in China. infrastructure and meeting the recurring 31. Which of the following is the carrier of the Zika expenditure for five years. This is part of the Rs virus? 400-crore pledge that India has made for the (a) Worms ISA. (b) Birds 34. What is the rank of India in the Corruption (c) Pigs Perceptions Index 2015? (d) Mosquitoes (a) 54th Answer: Mosquitoes (b) 93rd Recently, the World Health Organisation (c) 76th (WHO) has warned that the Zika virus, a (d) 85th mosquito-borne disease suspected of causing Answer: 76th birth defects is likely to spread to all countries in The Berlin-based corruption watchdog the Americas except Canada and Chile. The Transparency International (TI) has ranked India virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947. at 76 out of 168 countries in its latest 32. Who has recently joined a task force of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2015. The World Economic Forum (WEF) to study the list is topped by Denmark followed by Finland, future of a global financial system? Sweden, New Zealand and Netherlands. The (a) Raghuram Rajan ranks of some important countries are as (b) Arvind Subramanian follows: Bhutan (27), China (83), Sri Lanka (83), (c) Bibek Debroy Pakistan (117), Nepal (130) and Bangladesh (d) Duvvuri Subbarao (139). The CPI is based on expert opinions of Answer: Raghuram Rajan public sector corruption. Countries’ scores can Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has be helped by open government where the joined a task force of the World Economic public can hold leaders to account, while a poor Forum (WEF) to study the future of global score is a sign of prevalent bribery, lack of financial system. Its members include bankers punishment for corruption and public institutions and policymakers from across the world. The that don’t respond to citizens’ needs. task force was formed at the request of Bank of 35. Who has been honoured with the Order of England Governor and Financial Stability Board Australia for his service to dentistry in the state? Chairman Mark Carney and WEF’s Founder and (a) Nitish Goswami Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab. (b) Jay Chandra 33. In which city will the headquarters of the (c) Chennupati Jagadish International Solar Alliance (ISA) be? (d) Sajeev Koshy (a) Coimbatore Answer: Sajeev Koshy (b) Gurgaon Three Indian-origin persons have been awarded (c) Bangalore Australia’s highest civilian honour for their Surat contribution in the fields of physics, engineering Answer: Gurgaon and medicine. Chennupati Jagadish, an eminent The headquarters of the International Solar professor at Australian National University Alliance will come up on a 5-acre plot on the (ANU) in Canberra, Jay Chandra, an eye doctor National Institute of Solar Energy campus in in New South Wales, and Sajeev Koshy,a dentist Gurgaon. It is the first time India to have in Melbourne, received Order of Australia medal headquarters of an international and inter- for the year 2016. governmental organization. India has promised

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36. Which is the first train in the country with laboratory and author of several texts on AI and Braille-embedded coaches? philosophy. (a) Mysuru-Varanasi Express 39. What is the name of the 24 hour classical music (b) Mysuru-Telangana Express audio channel launched by All India Radio (AIR) (c) Purushottam Express recently? Chamundi Express (a) Raagam Answer: Mysuru-Varanasi Express (b) Raag The Mysuru-Varanasi Express is the first Braille- (c) Classical Tunes embedded in India where all reserved coaches Ganam have embedded Braille signage. It has been Answer: Raagam provided with metallic Braille signage indicating All India Radio (AIR) has launched a non- berth numbers, location of alarm chains, toilets conventional audio broadcast channel through and emergency windows. There are also Internet and ‘free dish’ with easy accessibility to instructions on how to operate the emergency it for connoisseurs of art, especially classical exit windows. The Puri-Delhi Purushottam music- both Carnatic and Hindustani. The Express was the first train to have a Braille- Channel, known as ‘RAAGAM’, is in public embedded coach. However, the Mysuru- domain round the clock with Mobile App. Varanasi Express is the first train in the country 40. Which of the following cities is the venue for the in which all coaches are Braille-embedded. ‘Bharat Parv’ festival? 37. The International Customs Day is observed on (a) Mumbai which of the following day?? (b) Ahmedabad (a) January 25th (c) New Delhi (b) January 26th Bengaluru (a) January 27th Answer: New Delhi January 28th To mark the 67th Republic Day, the three-day Answer: January 26th ‘Bharat Parv’ festival has been organised by the The International Customs Day (ICD) has been Union government at the Red fort, New Delhi observed on January 26 every year to recognize from January 26, 2016. The fest organised is set the role of custom officials and agencies in to showcase the cuisine and culture of different maintaining border security. It focuses on the states of India. The prime objective of organising working conditions and challenges that customs the event is to generate a patriotic mood, officers face in their jobs. The 2016 theme is promote the rich cultural diversity of the “Digital Customs – Progressive Engagement”. country and to ensure wider participation of the 38. Marvin Minsky, who passed away recently, was a general public. The event is open to the public pioneer in which arena? and the entry is free. (a) Physicist 41. Which of the following nations has hosted the (b) Journalist 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup? (c) Fiction Writer (a) Bangladesh Computer Scientist (b) Australia Answer: Computer Scientist (c) South Africa Marvin Minsky (88), the founding father of West Indies artificial intelligence, passed away in United Answer: Bangladesh States. He was a mathematician, computer Bangladesh has hosted the 2016 ICC Under-19 scientist, and was the co-founder of the Cricket World Cup from 22 January to 14 Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AI February 2016. It was the 11th edition of the

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Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the second in she had successfully scaled Carstensz Pyramid in Bangladesh, after the 2004 event. Indonesia and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. 42. Which of the following countries is the world’s 45. Where was the Syed Modi International Grand largest rice exporter in 2015 according to the Prix held in 2016? Thai Rice Exporters Association? (a) Kolkata (a) Vietnam (b) Lucknow (b) India (c) Hyderabad (c) China (d) Mumbai Thailand Answer: Lucknow Answer: India Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won the According to the Bangkok based Thai Rice 2016 Syed Modi International Grand prix Gold Exporters Association, India has overtaken Championship Title of Badminton in men’s Thailand as the world’s largest rice exporter in singles category. In the final match played at the year 2015 by shipping (exporting) 10.23 Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), he defeated Huang million tonnes of rice. Vietnam was third globally Yuxiang of China by 21-13, 21-14 and 21-14 while China remained the No. 1 importer of score. rice. 46. Who won the men’s singles title in 2016 43. The actor Abe Vigoda, who passed away Australian Open? recently, was famous for his role in which of the (a) Roger Federer following movies? (b) Rafael Nadal (a) New York Stories (c) Novak Djokovic (b) The Conversation (d) Andy Murray (c) The Godfather Answer: Novak Djokovic Gardens of Stone World Number One tennis player Novak Answer: The Godfather Djokovic from Serbia has won the 2016 Abe Vigoda (94), the actor who played Sal Australian Open Title in the men’s singles Tessio in the classic Godfather film series, has category. In the final match played at died. Vigoda also found great success on TV Melbourne, Australia he defeated Andy Murray playing Detective Phil Fish in seventies sitcom of Britain in 7 straight sets by 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 ‘Barney Miller’. score. With this win, Djokovic retained the title 44. Who has become India’s first civil servant to and also equalled the record of Roy Emerson’s successfully scale Mount Vinson Massif, record of six Australian Open Singles titles. He Antarctica’s highest peak? had earlier won this title in 2008, 2011, 2012, (a) Aparna Kumar 2013 and 2015. (b) Aniket Darra 47. Which country passed a law to ban large food (c) Pankaj Chauhan stores from throwing away food that had Sudha Gupta approached its expiration date, and is the first Answer: Aparna Kumar country in the world to do so? Aparna Kumar, a 2002-batch IPS officer from (a) Saudi Arabia Uttar Pradesh cadre, has become the India’s first (b) France civil servant to successfully scale Antarctica’s (a) Switzerland highest peak Mount Vinson Massif. She climbed (b) India the 17,000-feet-high peak and hoisted the Answer: France Tricolour and the UP police flag there. Earlier, On January 13, 2016, France became the first country in the world to pass a law requiring

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supermarkets to donate food that is approaching to Dalit entrepreneurs besides the present its expiration date instead of throwing it away. Collective Incentive Scheme 2013. The regulation that applies to supermarkets 51. Who was appointed as the Vice President and over 4,000 square feet requires stores to sign the Chief Investment Officer of the recently donation contracts with local food banks. formed multi-lateral development bank, known 48. In which city of India is the National Arogya Fair as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank? being organized? (a) D J Ravindra (a) Ayodhya (b) D J Krishna (b) Dehradun (c) D J Shankar (c) Gwalior (d) D J Pandian (d) Shipra Answer: D J Pandian Answer: Dehradun Former chief secretary of Gujarat D J Pandian 49. Senior IPS officer, Archana Ramasundram is set has been appointed vice-president and chief to take over which branch of the armed forces? investment officer of the newly-created Asian (a) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). AIIB (b) Rapid Action Force (RAF) President-designate Jin Liqun had last month (c) Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and (d) Indian Police Academy also had meetings with officials of the Finance Answer: Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) Ministry. Senior IPS officer Archana Ramasundram was on 52. Which company overtook Apple as the most Monday appointed Director General of valuable company in the world? Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the first woman to (a) Number Inc. head a paramilitary force. (b) Alphabet Inc. 50. Which scheme was launched by the Maharashtra (c) Word Inc. Government, which is an incentive scheme for (d) Wonder Inc. economically-backward Dalit entrepreneurs? Answer: Alphabet Inc. (a) Babasaheb Ambedkar Special Group Alphabet, Google's parent company, has Incentives Scheme. overtaken Apple to become the most valuable (b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Special Group Incentives company in the world, ending the iPhone Scheme company’s four-year reign. (c) Mahatma Gandhi Special Group Incentives 53. Which Japanese company manufactures the Scheme famous US-2 amphibious aircraft? (d) Vinoba Bhave Special Groups Incentives (a) Shinatara Industries Scheme (b) Shinwana Industries Answer: Babasaheb Ambedkar Special (c) Shinsakyu Industries Group Incentives Scheme. (d) Shinmaywa Industries Maharashtra government has announced Answer: Shinmaywa Industries Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Special New Delhi’s growing defence partnership with Collective Incentive Scheme for the Tokyo could take wing with the US-2 (Utility economically backward Dalit entrepreneurs. Seaplane Mark 2), a one-of-a-kind amphibious Decision in this regard was taken by state aircraft that has Indian naval planners goggle- cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister eyed. India and Japan have discussed a US-2 sale Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai. Key features of since 2011, when the Indian Navy sent several Scheme Under it, special facilities will be given companies a Request for Information (RFI) about amphibious aircraft. Only ShinMaywa Industries

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offered capabilities that the navy wants for applications for both. The company, until now patrolling island territories like the Andaman and was only famous for having mastered the making Nicobar chain, which is 1,200 km from Chennai of the world's cheapest hepatitis-B vaccine. This and hundreds of km long; or for flying out spares news comes as a surprise for many because as and technicians to disabled warships out in the recently as the beginning of 2016, American Indian Ocean. Scientists predicted that it might take up as 54. Which convention has India recently ratified, much as a decade to finally release the drug in which makes it a part of a global legal regime the market. that has established a standard for compensation 56. Where was the 12th edition of the South Asian of nuclear accident victims? Games held? (a) International Convention on Nuclear Energy (a) Lucknow (b) International Convention on Nuclear (b) Guwahati Accident Liability (c) Bhubaneshwar (c) International Convention on Nuclear Energy (d) Jodhpur Accident Liability Answer: Guwahati (d) International Convention on Nuclear Energy The 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAG) Liability has begun in Guwahati, Assam after it was Answer: International Convention on inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Nuclear Energy Accident Liability the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium. The 11-day India ratifies key international convention on event is being jointly hosted by Guwahati and nuclear accident compensation- The ratification Meghalaya capital, Shillong. Over 2,500 athletes makes India part of a global legal regime that has from 8 SAARC nations viz. India, Pakistan, Sri established a standard for compensation of Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan victims in the event of a nuclear accident. A and the Maldives are participating in it. Total of statement from the Indian foreign ministry late 228 events in 23 sports disciplines will be played on Thursday said India has submitted the during the games, which India is hosting for the Instrument of Ratification of the Convention on third time. Slogan of games: ‘Play for Peace, Supplementary Compensation (CSC) for Progress and Prosperity’. Official mascot: Nuclear Damage to the International Atomic Tikhor, a one-horned rhino that represents Energy Agency (IAEA). endangered fauna of Assam found in Kaziranga 55. Which Indian drug company became the first National Park. company to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus? 57. Which renowned sarangi maestro was chosen (a) Dr. Reddy's for the Pandit Bhimsen Joshi classical music (b) Ranbaxy award for the year 2015? (c) Bharat Biotech (a) Pandit Jasraj Singh (d) Accenture (b) Pandit Udit Khanna Answer: Bharat Biotech (c) Pandit Ram Narayan Bharat Biotech, a Hyderabad based company, (d) Pandit Jayashankar amidst an Ebola like déjà vu moment for the Answer: Pandit Ram Narayan world, has recently announced that they have Sarangi maestro Pandit Ram Narayan (88) has developed two vaccines (ZIKAVAC) to fight been chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna against Zika Virus – one is a recombinant vaccine Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Award for and another an inactivated vaccine that has 2015-2016. Pandit Ram Narayan is first reached the stage of pre-clinical testing in internationally successful sarangi player and has animals. The company has filed patent

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popularised bowed musical instrument as a solo Answer: Noor Ouarzazte Solar Complex concert instrument in Hindustani classical music. Morocco’s king will switch on the first phase of a 58. Which state in India was declared as the first concentrated solar power plant on Thursday organic farming state in the country by the that will become the world’s largest when Prime Minister? completed. The power station on the edge of (a) Sikkim the Saharan desert will be the size of the (b) Uttarakhand country’s capital city by the time it is finished in (c) Arunachal Pradesh 2018, and provide electricity for 1.1 million (d) Haryana people. Noor 1, the first section at the town of Answer: Sikkim Ouarzazate, provides 160 megawatts (MW) of Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic state the ultimate 580MW capacity, by implementing organic practices on around helping Morocco to save hundreds of thousands 75,000 hectares of agricultural land. of tonnes of carbon emissions per year. 59. Which state-owned oil-refining entity took over 62. What is India’s rank on the Intellectual Property Reliance Industries to become the country’s top- Index, which has recently been released by the refining company? United States Chamber of Commerce? (a) ONGC (a) 20 (b) IOL (b) 37 (c) IOC (c) 49 (d) BHEL (d) 71 Answer: IOC Answer: 37 60. In which state was the “Beti Bachao, Beti In recently released Intellectual Property Index Padhao” campaign launched by the Prime (IPI) by United States Chamber of Commerce Minister? (USCC), India was ranked 37th among the (a) Madhya Pradesh surveyed 38 countries. These 38 countries (b) Uttar Pradesh benchmarked in the 2016 index accounts for (c) Punjab nearly 85% of the global GDP. Venezuela (d) Haryana ranked lowest below India at 38th position with Answer: Haryana 6.42 points on the index. Key highlights In this Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) was launched edition of IP Index, India has scored a low 7.0 by the Prime Minister on 22nd January, 2015 at out of maximum 30 points. Top 10 Countries: Panipat, Haryana. BBBP addresses the declining US (28.6 score), UK (27.5), Germany (27.4), Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of France (27.2), Sweden (27.1), Singapore (25.6), women empowerment over a life-cycle Switzerland (24.9), Australia (24.8), Japan (23.3) continuum. It is a tri-ministerial effort of and South Korea (23.3). Ministries of Women and Child Development, 63. Which Union minister recently released the Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource National Framework for Malaria Elimination Development. (NFME) in 2016? 61. What is the name of the world’s largest (a) Arun Jaitley concentrated solar plant which has been opened (b) Ravishankar Prasad in Morocco? (c) Jagat Prakash Nadda (a) Noor Ouarzazte Solar Complex (d) Veerappa Moily (b) Farhan Ouarzazte Solar Complex Answer: Jagat Prakash Nadda (c) Saad Ouarzazte Solar Complex In an effort to eliminate malaria, Union Health (d) Sana Ouarzazte Solar Complex Minister JP Nadda on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016,

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launched the National Framework for Malaria Year’s Honours list that includes several other Elimination (NFME) 2016-2030, outlining India's Indian-origin individuals. strategy for elimination of the disease by 2030 67. Where was the agreement to improve 64. Which Indian-origin Australian, replacing Peter cooperation in cyber defense signed by the Varghese was appointed as the Australian High NATO and the European Union? Commissioner to India? (a) Rome, Italy (a) Rama Krishna (b) Dhaka, Bangladesh (b) Harinder Singh Sindhu (c) Brussels, Belgium (c) Fiona Ravikrishnan (d) Stockholm, Sweden (d) Sue Gupta Answer: Brussels, Belgium Answer: Harinder Singh Sindhu The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu has been appointed (NATO) and European Union (EU) have signed as Australian High Commissioner to India. She an agreement to improve Cooperation in Cyber replaces outgoing High Commissioner Patrick Defence to counter modern forms of hybrid Suckling. She is the second envoy from Australia warfare. In this regard a technical agreement with Indian roots after Peter Varghese who had was signed at NATO headquarters in Brussels, ancestral roots to southern Indian state of Belgium between both organisations which have Kerala. 22 member countries in common. It was signed 65. Which photo-editing service owned by Google between NATO Computer Incident Response was shut down recently? Capability (NCIRC) and the Computer (a) Instagram Emergency Response Team – European Union (b) Pixlr (CERT-EU). (c) Picasa 68. What is the name of India’s first ever petro- (d) PicsArt chemical plant in the entire North-Eastern Answer: Picasa region of India, which was inaugurated by the After the launch of Google Photos service, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi? internet search giant Google is shutting down its (a) Brahmos Cracker and Polymer Limited photo editing software Picasa. Picasa is a (b) Brahma Cracker and Polymer Limited software that enables users to easily manage (c) Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited photos on personal computers, transform them (d) Bangla Cracker and Polymer Limited with effects and upload and share them online. Answer: Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer 66. Indian-origin cancer research expert Harpal Limited Singh Kumar was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated for his contribution to the prevention and the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited treatment of which disease? (BCPL) at Lepetkata, Assam and dedicated the (a) Tuberculosis facility to the nation. It is the first ever petro- (b) AIDS chemical plant located in the entire North- (c) Ebola Eastern region of Indian. It has been built at cost Cancer of 10000-crore rupees and shall be producing Answer: Cancer raw material for manufacturing plastic. Prime An Indian-origin cancer research expert Harpal Minister also dedicated wax producing unit in Singh Kumar was honoured with a Knighthood Numaligarh Refinery Limited to the nation. It is from Queen Elizabeth II for his influential work India’s highest wax producing unit and shall be on prevention and treatment of cancer. Mr. using indigenous technology. Singh’s name has appeared in the 2015 New

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69. Who was recently appointed as the Director of Answer: Project Sunrise United Nations Information Centre by UN Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Secretary General, Ban-ki-moon? Nadda has launched Project Sunrise on for (a) Kofi Annan prevention of AIDS specially among people (b) Bill Clinton injecting drugs in the 8 North-Eastern states.The (c) David Cameroon AIDS prevention special project aims to (d) Tamar Hahn diagnose 90 per cent of such drug addicts with Answer: Tamar Hahn HIV and put them under treatment by 2020. Tamar Hahn from Israel has been appointed as Project Sunrise aims at bringing the people living the Director of United Nations Information with HIV/AIDS into the national mainstream and Centre (UNIC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She create more awareness about the disease in took the charge of the office after she was these N-E states. It will be implemented in the appointed to this post by UN Secretary-General North East in addition to the existing projects of Ban Ki-moon. Prior to this appointment, she was the National AIDS Control Organization the Regional Adviser for Resource Mobilization (NACO). and Partnerships at the United Nations 72. Which Pakistani cricket player was suspended by Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Office for the International Cricket Council (ICC) after he the Caribbean and Latin America in Panama City was found to be tested positively for a banned (Panama). substance, called Chlortalidone? 70. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of (a) Shoib Akhtar The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)? (b) Salman Butt (a) Kartik Chawla (c) Waqar Younus (b) Veena Chawla (d) Yasir Shah (c) Ashok Chawla Answer: Yasir Shah (d) Pranav Chawla Pakistan legspinner Yasir Shah has been Answer: Ashok Chawla provisionally suspended under the ICC's anti- Former IAS officer Ashok Chawla has been doping code for testing positive for a banned appointed as Chairman of The Energy and substance. A sample taken from Yasir on Resources Institute (TERI). He was selected by November 13, when Pakistan played an ODI the Governing Council of TERI and shall succeed against England in Abu Dhabi, was found to noted scientist B V Sreekantan. Besides he also contain chlortalidone, which is on WADA's has been appointed as Chairman of TERI’s prohibited list of diuretics and masking agents. Governing Council Ashok Chawla is former While he is provisionally suspended, Yasir cannot Union Finance Secretary and former Chairman play - or be involved in any capacity in - of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). international matches, and games organised by He was IAS officer of 1973 batch of Gujarat any national cricket board or its affiliated cadre. members. 71. Which project was recently launched by the 73. Which senior IPS officer has recently been Union Government, which aims to diagnose appointed as the Director-General of the 90% of the drug addicts who suffer from HIV Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) by the and keep them under treatment till 2020? appointment committee which was headed by (a) Project Relief Prime Minister, Narendra Modi? (b) Project Rehab (a) Aruna Bahuguna (c) Project Clean (b) K. Durga Prasad (d) Project Sunrise (c) Devi Sharma

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(d) Vani Gupta one of four conservative judges on the nine- Answer: K. Durga Prasad strong Supreme Court. Union Government has appointed senior IPS 76. What was the name of 7th joint military training officer K Durga Prasad has Director General exercise between the Indian Army and the (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Seychelles People’s Defence Forces (SPDF) Decision in this regard was taken by which took place in February 2016? Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) (a) SEYIND 2016 headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in (b) INDSEY 2016 New Delhi. He is IPS officer of 1981 batch from (c) LAMITYE 2016 Andhra Pradesh cadre. Prior to this appointment (d) There was no name he was serving as special director general of the Answer: LAMITYE 2016 CRPF The 14-day joint military training exercise 74. Who was the first Indian squash player to win an “LAMITYE 2016” has started between the individual gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Indian Army and the Seychelles People’s Games? Defence Forces (SPDF) at Seychelles Defence (a) Dipika Pallikal Academy (SDA), Victoria from February 15 that (b) Joshna Chinappa will be continue till February 28, 2016. The (c) Arvind Ramcherla purpose of the exercise is to enhance military (d) Suhana Keshav cooperation and interoperability between the Answer: Joshna Chinappa two countries. This is the 7th edition in the India’s ace squash player Joshna Chinappa has series of bilateral exercises under this banner. won the gold medal in women’s individual The meaning of ‘Exercise Lamitye’ is friendship category at the 12th South Asian Games (SAG). in Creole (local dialect). In the final match played at R G Baruah Sports 77. Which Indian fashion designer was recently Complex in Guwahati, she defeated Pakistan’s awarded with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur? Maria Wazir by 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 score. (a) Manish Malhotra With this she became first Indian squash player (b) Manish Arora to win individual gold medal in 2016 SAG. (c) Neetu Lulla Men’s individual category Nasir Iqbal of Pakistan (d) Elahe Heptullah won the on the gold medal in men’s individual Answer: Manish Arora category at the 12th SAG. In the final match, he Indian fashion designer Manish Arora was defeated Farhan Zaman of Pakistan by 14-12, awarded with the France’s highest civilian 11-7, 11-9 score. honour Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur 75. Which associate justice of the US Supreme (Knight of the Legion of Honour). He was Court, who was the longest-serving judge in the presented with this award by French Supreme Court, passed away recently? Ambassador to India Francois Richier for his (a) Justice Henry contribution to the fashion world. Manish Arora (b) Justice Watson was awarded the Best Women’s Pret Designer (c) Justice Rudd at the first ever Indian Fashion Awards in 2004. (d) Justice Scalia He also had participated in the Miami Fashion Answer: Justice Scalia Week in 2005 where he had won designer’s Antonin Scalia, the longest serving judge on the choice for Best Collection Award. US Supreme Court, died in his sleep at the age 78. Which dissident Congress leader sworn in as the of 79 during a hunting trip. Justice Scalia, who 9th Chief Minister of Arunanchal Pradesh? was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1986, was (a) Shiv Shankar Menon

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(b) Khalikho Pul (a) The Spotlight (c) Mark Papang (b) Brooklyn (d) Reuben Papang (c) The Revenant Answer: Khalikho Pul (d) Mad Max : Fury Road After the President's rule was lifted from Answer: The Revenant Arunachal Pradesh, dissident Congress leader The 69th British Academy Film Awards, more Kalikho Pul was appointed as the next Chief commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on Minister of the state. Kalikho Pul was sworn in 14 February 2016 at the Royal Opera House in as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister by governor London, to honour the best British and JP Rajkhowa international contributions to film in 2015. 79. Which Former Chief Justice of India was Presented by the British Academy of Film and appointed as Chairperson of National Human Television Arts (BAFTA), accolades are handed Rights Commission? out for the best feature-length film and (a) Justice Homi Kapadia documentaries of any nationality screened at (b) Justice Swatenter Kumar British cinemas in 2015. (c) Justice H L Dattu Best Film- The Revenant – Steve (d) Justice Prakash Mishra Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Answer: Justice H L Dattu Milchan, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon The Government of India has selected former 82. Which city has emerged as the cleanest city of Chief Justice of India H L Dattu as the next India for the second time? chairperson of the National Human Rights (a) Bengaluru Commission (NHRC). The former CJI will take (b) Pondicherry over the position from Justice C Joseph, who has (c) Mysuru been the acting chairperson since the end of the (d) Jaipur five-year term of former chairperson K G Answer: Mysuru Balakrishnan. Mysuru has emerged as the cleanest city among 80. Which country’s National women cycling team all million plus and capital cities while Dhanbad has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in Jharkhand has been ranked the worst. These 2016? are findings of the first ever cleanliness ranking (a) Afghanistan of cities since Swachh Bharat Mission was (b) Syria launched in October 2014. (c) Liberia Results are based on the marks scored in (d) Iraq respects of the main components of Swachh Answer: Afghanistan Bharat Mission, availability of infrastructure and Afghanistan’s National Women’s Cycling Team service levels related to sanitation such as has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize individual household toilets, public and by members of the Italian parliament, according community toilets and collection, transportation to Total Women’s Cycling. The team has used and processing of municipal solid waste the bicycle as a vehicle for social justice, 83. In which state India’s First Gender Park was enduring violence and social stigma. In 2013, it recently inaugurated? became the first Afghan women’s team to (a) Delhi compete on the international stage, at the Asian (b) Tamil Nadu Cycling Championships in Delhi, India. (c) Kerala 81. Which movie won the best film award in British (d) Madhya Pradesh Film Academy awards, 2016? Answer: Kerala

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‘Gender Park', India's first gender equality (c) The Guardian convergence center, has been inaugurated by (d) The Outlook President Pranab Mukherjee in Kerala on Answer: The Independent February 27. The park is an initiative of the The Independent has called an end to its print Social Justice Department of the Kerala newspaper operation after three decades, and government to bring together the state, gone online-only, making around 75 journalists academia and civil society on a common redundant. The newspaper publishing group platform to address the gender issues. claimed the move would ensure a “sustainable 84. Who has been elected as the new President of and profitable future” for the company which Fédération Internationale de Football has been struggling with heavy losses for years. Association (FIFA)? The newspaper, which was launched in 1986, (a) Sepp Blater printed its last daily title on 26 March. (b) David Beckham 87. The recently launched mobile-one governance (c) Gianni Infantino model of which State won gold at the World (d) Marc Rufus Government Summit? Answer: Gianni Infantino (a) Kerala Gianni Infantino has been elected as the (b) Tamil Nadu President of FIFA for the remainder of the (c) Karnataka current term of office (until 2019) by the (d) Andhra Pradesh Extraordinary FIFA Congress held in Zurich. He Answer: Karnataka was elected as the ninth FIFA President after the Karnataka’s flagship mobile-one governance second ballot with 115 of 207 total votes. In line application has won gold medal at the fourth with the FIFA Statutes, the mandate of the new World Government Summit in Dubai, UAE in FIFA President started after the conclusion of the m-governance awards category. On behalf the Congress of state government, Karnataka’s e-governance 85. Who is the Director of the Bhabha Atomic secretary Srivatsa Krishna received the award. Research Centre (BARC)? Karnataka Mobile One m-governance model (a) KVK Santhy This model is country’s and world’s largest (b) K Balakista multimode mobile governance platform (c) KN Vyas launched in December 2014 by President (d) Faizan Mustafa Pranab Mukherjee. It offers 4,500 services Answer: KN Vyas including G2C, B2C and G2B services onto Distinguished scientist KN Vyas on Friday was single integrated platform that can be accessed appointed Director of Bhabha Atomic Research on smartphones, a web portal or through SMS Centre (BARC), the country's premier multi- and IVRS. disciplinary nuclear research centre. He 88. Who has been awarded with the 2015 Krutitava succeeds Shekar Basu, who was in October Smagra Samman? appointed as Atomic Energy Secretary and (a) Manorama Khushwah Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (b) Padma Sachdeva 86. Name the British newspaper that was launched (c) Srishendu De in 1986 and stopped its print edition from late (d) Prerna Jaiswal March 2016 but is continuing with its online Answer: Padma Sachdeva edition. Renowned Dogri poetess and writer Padma (a) The Daily Bugle Sachdev has been awarded prestigious Krutitava (b) The Independent Smagra Samman for the year 2015. She was

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bestowed with this award for her outstanding is a three-time Olympian and a European contribution in literature and great service to Under-23 champion in 2001. Dogri Language. It was presented to her by 92. What is the theme of 2016 World Wildlife Day? West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi. (a) The future is in our hands The award has been instituted by Kolkata based (b) World of flora and fauna Bharatiya’s Bhasha Parishad and carries an (c) The future of wildlife is in our hands amount of one lakh rupees, a shawl and citation. (d) Conserving wildlife 89. Which team has won the 2016 Pro Kabbadi Answer: The future of wildlife is in our hands League? Every year 3rd March is being observed as (a) Patna Pirates World Wildlife Day (WWD) to celebrate and (b) Dabangg Delhi raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and (c) Bengaluru Bulls flora. Significance of Day: It calls for taking up (d) U Mumba urgent steps to fight wildlife crime which has Answer: Patna Pirates wide-ranging environmental, economic and Patna Pirates has won the 3rd season of Pro social impacts. 2016 theme: “The future of Kabaddi League (PKL) 2016 by defeating U wildlife is in our hands”. While the main focus of Mumba in the final at Indira Gandhi Indoor this year’s global campaigns are African and Stadium in New Delhi. Asian elephants. This theme showcases 90. Who has won the 2016 YONEX All England inextricable relationship between people, Open Badminton Championship? wildlife and sustainable development. It seeks to (a) Lin Dan spread awareness for taking national action to (b) Tian Houwei ensure the survival of both lesser known and (c) Nozomi Okhuhara charismatic species in the wild. (d) Wang Shixian 93. What is the rank of India in the Global Energy Answer: Lin Dan Architecture Performance Index Report by Lin Dan from China has won the 2016 YONEX World Economic Forum? All England Open Badminton Championship. (a) 100th With this, he became the six-time All England (b) 79th champion. He won the title by defeating (c) 82nd Chinese teammate Tian Houwei by 21-9, 21-10 (d) 90th in the final in England. Answer: 90th 91. Who has been elected as the new Chairman of India has been ranked at the 90th place in a list International Association of Atheletics of 126 countries on the basis of their ability to Federation? deliver secure, affordable and sustainable (a) Frank Fredericks energy. It was revealed by Global Energy (b) Rozle Prezelj Architecture Performance Index (GEAPI) Report (c) Paula Radcliffe compiled by World Economic Forum (WEF). (d) Hashim Thaci Key facts Top 10 countries in GEAPI Report: Answer: Rozle Prezelj Switzerland (1st), Norway (2nd), Sweden (3rd), Slovenian high-jumper Rozle Prezelj has been France (4th), Denmark (5th), Austria (6th), Spain appointed as the new chairman of the (7th), Colombia (8th), New Zealand (9th) and International Association of Athletics Uruguay (10th). Federations (IAAF) Athletes’ Commission. He 94. According to Forbes 30th annual World’s will replace Namibian Frank Fredericks. Prezelj Billionaire list of 2016, who has been named the world’s richest person?

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(a) Warren Buffet significance given the Mumbai’s aspiration to (b) Bill Gates become a global financial centre. (c) Amancio Ortega 97. Which Indian bank has launched iWork@Home (d) Alexander Andresen program for its women employees? Answer: Bill Gates (a) State Bank of India Microsoft Co-founder, Bill Gates has retained (b) ICICI Bank the title of the world’s richest person in the (c) Vijaya Bank Forbes’ 30th annual ranking of the world’s (d) Bank of India billionaires list (2016 edition). With this, Mr. Answer: ICICI Bank Gates has topped the list for 17 of the last 23 The ICICI Bank has launched “iWork@home”, a years, with a net worth of $75 billion. He was first-of-its-kind programme that allows women followed by Amancio Ortega (Italy), founder of employees to work from home for up to a year. clothing retail giant Zara was at second place The company has deployed face recognition with net worth of $67 billion. technology to facilitate women to work from 95. Which veteran film actor has been selected for home and provide access to the bank’s core Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2015? banking servers. (a) Amitabh Bachchan 98. Who has won the 2016 Global Teacher Prize? (b) Manoj Kumar (a) Matthew McConaughey (c) Dharmendra (b) Robin Chaurasiya (d) Shammi Kapoor (c) Sunny Varkey Answer: Manoj Kumar (d) Hanan Al Hroub The veteran Film Actor and Director Manoj Answer: Hanan Al Hroub Kumar will be conferred with the 47th Palestinian primary school teacher Hanan al- Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015 for Hroub has won the 2016 Global Teacher Prize his outstanding contribution to the growth and in Dubai for educating her students about non- development of Indian Cinema. He is known for violence. his iconic roles in movies such as, Purab Aur 99. Which committee has been set to consider ST Paschim, Himalaya Ki God Mein, Patthar Ke status to 6 communities of Assam? Sanam, Neel Kamal, Kranti and Upkaar. (a) Mahesh Kumar Singla Committee 96. Which city is going to host BRICS Friendship (b) Yogesh Sen Committee Cities Conclave 2016? (c) Sushil Sahu Committee (a) Rio de Janerio (d) Amar Pratap Singh Committee (b) Shanghai Answer: Mahesh Kumar Singla Committee (c) Mumbai The Government of India (GoI) has constituted (d) Moscow Mahesh Kumar Singla committee to consider ST Answer: Mumbai status to six communities of Assam. These six The 2016 BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave will communities are Koch Rajbongshi, Moran, be hosted by the Mumbai, Maharashtra in April Matak, Tai Ahom, Chutia and Adivasi (Tea 2016. The three-day conclave will be hosted Tribes). Singla is a Special Secretary (Internal jointly by the Mumbai First (a think tank for Security) Ministry of Home Affairs. The Mumbai’s development), the Maharashtra committee shall submit its report by May 31, government and the Ministry of External Affairs. 2016 The PriceWaterhouseCoopers has been roped 100. Who has won the first All India Invitational in as the knowledge partner. The event assumes Snooker Championship 2016? (a) Kamal Chawla

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(b) Laxman Rawat recognizes that everyone counts. The 2016 (c) Rahul Sachdev theme is “Stand Out” and encourages everyone (d) Pushpender Singh to stand for fair and just societies Answer: Rahul Sachdev 104. Which cricket team has won the 2015-2016 Col Rahul Sachdev, former National 6Reds runner- CK Nayudu Trophy? up, has won the first All India Open Invitational (a) Mumbai Snooker Championship 2016 that is held in (b) Chennai Aurangabad, Maharashtra. In the final, Rahul (c) Railways defeated Pushpender Singh of Railways. (d) Madhya Pradesh 101. Who is selected as the new President of Answer: Mumbai Kosovo? The Mumbai U-23 cricket team has won the Col (a) Rafet Rana CK Nayudu Trophy for the season 2015-16 by (b) Hashim Thaci defeating Madhya Pradesh under-23 cricket (c) Isa Mustafa team in the final match played at Holkar (d) Bali Muharremaj Stadium, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. This is the Answer: Hashim Thaci Mumbai’s 2nd big title of the season after they Hashim Thaci has been elected as the new had won the 2016 Ranji Trophy. President of the Republic of Kosovo. He is the 105. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)? (PDK). He was a guerrilla leader during a conflict (a) Prem Kumar that led to Kosovo, a mainly ethnic Albanian (b) Sudhakar Rao province declaring independence from Serbia in (c) Sethurathnam Ravi 2008. (d) S Ramadorai 102. Martin Crowe, who died recently, was a Answer: Sudhakar Rao cricketer from which country? The Public Interest Director Sudhakar Rao has (a) New Zealand been appointed as the new chairman of Bombay (b) West Indies Stock exchange (BSE). He succeeded S (c) South Africa Ramadorai. (d) Australia 106. Who has been appointed as chairman of Answer: New Zealand 21st Law Commission of India (LCI)? Martin Crowe (53), former New Zealand (a) Neeraj Tripathi cricket captain, commentator and author, (b) Ravi R Tripathi passed away in Auckland, New Zealand. He was (c) Sushil Sahu a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985 and was (d) Balbir Singh Chauhan credited as one of the best young batsmen in the Answer: Balbir Singh Chauhan world. The former Supreme Court (SC) judge Dr. 103. What is the theme of 2016 Zero Discrimination Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan has been appointed Day? as the Chairman of the 21st Law Commission of (a) Speak up for Justice India (LCI). Presently, he is the chairman of the (b) Stand Out Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal. Beside (c) Stand Up him, the Union Government has appointed (d) Live Up former judge of the Gujarat high court Justice Answer: Stand Out Ravi R Tripathi as member of 21st LCI. The Zero Discrimination Day is observed on 107. Which state’s tourism has bagged the prestigious March 1 every year to promote diversity and Golden City Gate Award?

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(a) Kerala 110. When was the World Sparrow Day observed in (b) Madhya Pradesh the country? (c) Assam (a) 19th March (d) Tripura (b) 20th March Answer: Kerala (c) 21st March The prestigious ‘2016 Golden City Gate Award’ (d) 22nd March has been won by the Kerala Tourism campaign Answer: 20th March titled ‘New Worlds’ at the International World Sparrow Day is observed on March 20. Tourismus-Borse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016. The The day designated to raise awareness of the multimedia campaign contains three short films house sparrow and other common birds. directed by Malayalam filmmaker Anwar 111. Who became the first ever Indian to win a Gold Rasheed. Kerala Tourism had earlier won the medal in the Asian 20 Kilometer race walk ‘Ulysses’ Prize of the United Nations World Championship? Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) for its (a) Kartar Singh contribution as a global leader to sustainable (b) Gurmeet Singh tourism. (c) Raj Pal Naidu 108. When is the World Consumer Rights Day (d) Singh Manjeet observed? Answer: Gurmeet Singh (a) 16th March Gurmeet Singh has created history by becoming (b) 17th March the first Indian athlete to clinch a gold medal in (c) 15th March the Asian 20 km Race Walk Championships as (d) 20th March he won the men’s event with his season’s best Answer: 15th March effort. 15 March is celebrated as World Consumer The 30-year-old Gurmeet clocked 1 hour 20 Rights Day (WCRD). It marks the date in 1962 minutes and 29 seconds. President John F Kennedy first outlined the He beat Japan’s Isamu Fujisawa (1:20:49) in a definition of Consumer Rights. WCRD was first close fight in the last 5 km. observed on 15 March 1983, and has since 112. Where will the 8th BRICS Summit take place in become an important occasion for mobilising October this year? citizen action. (a) Goa 109. Who was the Honorary Ambassador of the (b) Mumbai International Day of Happiness, 2016? (c) Sikkim (a) Angry Birds (d) Hyderabad (b) Pokemon Answer: Goa (c) Sinchan The 8th edition of BRICS Summit 2016 will be (d) Doremon held in Panaji, Goa from October 15 to 16, Answer: Angry Birds 2016. The logo for the summit is a lotus having The International Day of Happiness 2016 is colours from all the five member countries and a celebrated every year on March 20 to recognize traditional ‘namaste’ in the centre. The theme of that happiness is a fundamental human goal and India’s BRICS Chairmanship 2016 is “Building countries must access public policies in a way Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions that improves the well-being of all peoples. This (BRICS)”. year’s focus is on the relationship between 113. When is the World Water Day observed? having a healthy planet and happiness. The 2016 (a) 21st March theme is “Angry Birds Happy Planet”. (b) 22nd March

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(c) 23rd March 116. When is the International Day for the Right to (d) 24th March Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Answer: 22nd March Violations and for the Dignity of Victims was The World Water Day (WWD) is observed observed globally? every year on March 22 to preserve and ration (a) 21st March consumption of water. The 2016 theme “Better (b) 22nd March Water, Better Jobs” focuses on how enough (c) 23rd March quantity and quality of water can change (d) 24th March workers’ lives and livelihoods and even Answer: 24th March transform societies and economies. The United Nations (UN) holds a special day to 114. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the promote a human rights issue on March 24 each Central Administrative Tribunal? year. This day is called the “International Day for (a) Justice Permod Kohli the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human (b) Justice AM Malik Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims”. (c) Justice SP Mishra 117. When is the International Day of Remembrance (d) Justice Manoj Tankha for the Victimes of Slavery and the Transatlantic Answer: Justice Permod Kohli Slave Trade was observed? Permod Kohli, the retired Chief Justice of Sikkim (a) 21st March High Court Justice, has been appointed as the (b) 25th March Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal (c) 22nd March (CAT) for a period of 5 years with effect from (d) 23rd March the date of assumption of charge of the post, or Answer: 25th March till attaining the age of 68 years, whichever is The International Day of Remembrance of the earlier Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave 115. When is the World Tuberculosis Day observed Trade is observed every year on March 25 to to commemorate the discovery of the TB offer the opportunity to honour and remember bacillus, mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882? those who suffered and died at the hands of the (a) 21st March brutal slavery system. The 2016 theme is (b) 22nd March “Remember Slavery: Celebrating the Heritage (c) 23rd March and Culture of the African Diaspora and its (d) 24th March Roots”. Answer: 24th March 118. Where will be the first organic farming university Every year March 24 is being observed as World of India established? Tuberculosis (TB) Day to o build public (a) Jaipur awareness about the global epidemic of TB and (b) Gandhinagar efforts to eliminate the disease. (c) Patna 2016 Theme: “Unite to End TB”. It was adopted (d) Raipur on the lines of 2030 Sustainable Development Answer: Gandhinagar Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations. The goal 3 Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said that of the SDG aspires to ensure well-being and the state will set up country’s first university health for all. It also includes a bold commitment exclusively focussing on organic farming. The to end the epidemics of AIDS, malaria, main objective is to help farmers in switching to tuberculosis and other communicable diseases unconventional methods of farming. by 2030 State agriculture minister Babubhai Bokhiria said state government is committed to promote

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organic farming and in order to achieve it, a fund 122. What is the name of the airline passenger class of Rs 10 crore has been earmarked towards the introduced by American, which is ever lower university in the annual 2016-17 budget, than Economy class? presented recently. (a) Lower Economy The place may be chosen near to agriculture (b) Basic Economy Kamdhenu University in Gandhinagar district. (c) Budget Economy 119. Which movie won the award for Best Feature (d) Affordable Economy Film in the 63rd National Film Awards? 123. Who is declared as the new President and CEO (a) Piku of the Japanese auto maker Honda Motor (b) Baahubali Company? (c) Bajrangi Bhaijaan (a) Yoichiro Ueno (d) Ustam (b) Kuroda Anitomo Answer: Baahubali (c) Takeo Fujisawa The 63rd National Film Awards for year 2015 (d) Takanobu Ito were announced on 28 March 2016. Baahubali: 124. What is the name of the new Hindi Movie The Beginning (Tamil, Telugu) directed by S. S. Channel which is being launched by US based Rajamouli was selected as the Best feature film. Viacom and Mukesh Ambani’s Network 18? Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Hindi) directed by Kabir Khan (a) Viacom Movies was selected as the Best Popular film providing (b) Rishtey Cinema wholesome entertainment. The 63rd National (c) Rishtey CINEPLEX Film Awards in the various categories are as (d) Rishtey Movies follows Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Piku). 125. mRUPEE is the Subsidiary of which of the Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu following that has tied up with Indian Railways Returns). Catering and Tourism Corporation(IRCTC) to 120. In which of the following cities was the first provide additional payment gateways for users? Aadhaar enabled ATM launched by DCB bank? (a) Reliance (a) Mumbai (b) Adani (b) Delhi (c) Tata Tele Services (c) Chennai (d) Honda Auto (d) Hyderabad 126. Which of the following has been partnered with Answer: Mumbai UltraCash Technologies to launch payments DCB Bank has launched an India’s first of its kind processing through sound waves? Aadhaar-based Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) (a) HDFC usage facility. Currently, this ATM has been (b) Yes Bank placed in pilot site at DCB Bank at Peninsula (c) SBI Business Park, Lower Parel, Mumbai. (d) ICICI 121. Which two Indian Companies have formed a joint 127. Who is the current CEO of Flipkart? venture on19th February to set up payment (a) Binny Bansal banks in India? (b) Sachin Bansal (a) Aditya Birla Nuvo Group and Vedant Group (c) Mukesh Bansal (b) Idea Cellular & Reliance Group (d) Anurag Verma (c) Aditya Birla Nuvo Group & Idea Cellular 128. Name the fashion site which has been recently Group launched by Aditya Birla Group? (d) Reliance Group and Vodafone Group (a) Stylista.com (b) Koovs.com

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(c) Oyegirl.com (b) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (d) abof.com (c) Vijay Shekhar Sharma 129. Who is the owner of brick and mortar retailer (d) D. Shiva Kumar future Group? 137. Who among the following is the MD of Lupin? (a) V.K. Chopra (a) Vinita Gupta (b) Kishore Biyani (b) Nilesh Gupta (c) Dilip Sanghvi (c) Sunil Lalvani (d) Anil Harish (d) Manu Jain 130. Who is the Global Head of the world leader in 138. Who is the CEO and MD of Mindtree? vaccine manufacturing, Merck Co.? (a) FC Kohli (a) Patrick Bergstedt (b) Samit Mehta (b) Kenneth C. Frazier (c) Pramit Barahmbhatt (c) S. Doreswamy (d) Krishnakumar Natarajan (d) Sanat Chattopadhaya 139. Which of the following company has launched a 131. Which of the following has emerged as the role new juice with Fizz drink which contains 10.4% company developing vaccine to protect against juice concentrate procured locally? Ebola? (a) Coca-Cola (a) Sanofi Pasteur (b) Pepsico (b) P Fizer (c) ITC (c) Merck (d) HUL (d) Novartis 140. Name the committee which is looking into the 132. Who is the Chairperson of US federal Reserve? issue of the Reliance Industries allegedly (a) Guy Ryder producing gas belonging to Oil & Natural Gas (b) Janet Yellen Corporation. (c) Irina Bokova (a) Ashish Mittal committee (d) Jim Yong Kim (b) Mohan Sehgal Committee 133. Who is the Economic Affairs Secretary of India? (c) AP Shah Committee (a) Tapan Ray (d) V.K. Mehta Committee (b) Arvind Panagariya 141. Who among the following is the CMD of Oil and (c) Shaktikanta Das Natural Gas Corporation? (d) Hasmukh Adhia (a) Dinesh K Sarraf 134. Who among the following has won Lifetime (b) Ashish Kumar Sinha Award in the EY Awards? (c) Achal kumar Jyoti (a) Dr. FC Kohli (d) Ranjit kumar (b) Siddhartha Lal 142. Which of the following is the India’s largest (c) Vijay Shekhar Sharma telecom operator by subscriber base? (d) Samir Mehta (a) Bharti Airtel 135. Who among the following has won the (b) Idea Cellular Entrepreneur of the Year Award in EY Awards? (b) Vodafone (a) Vinita Gupta (d) Aircel (b) Nilesh Gupta 143. Who among the following is the Chief Economic (c) Krishnakumar Natarajan Advisor of India? (d) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh (a) Arvind Subramanian 136. Who is the CEO of Paytm? (b) Nirmala Sitharaman (a) Mukesh Bansal (c) Piyush Goyal

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(d) Venugopal Dhoot (d) HDFC 144. Which of the following state-owned tele 150. Reserve Bank of India has cancelled certificate of communication company unveiled an app registration of how many NBFCs as per section through which its customers travelling abroad will 451A (6) of RBI Act, 1934? be able to connect their landlines through mobile (a) 16 and make calls through them without attracting (b) 26 ISD charges? (c) 36 (a) MTNL (d) 46 (b) BSNL 151. Which of the following Infrastructure has signed a (c) Reliance share purchase agreement with Birla Corporation (d) Airtel for selling its cement assets to Birla Corp for Rs. 145. Amar Abrol newly appointed CEO of Air Asia has 4800 Crore? replaced who among the following? (a) Reliance (a) Ankur Khanna (b) Adani (b) Kiran Jain (c) Birla (c) Mittu Chandilya (d) Tata (d) Amresh Nandan 152. Which of the following has picked up 26% stake 146. Air Asia India is a Joint venture of Air Aisa and in Westland, publishing arm of the Tata Group’s which of the following? retail firm Trent Ltd.? (a) Tata Sons (a) Amazon (b) Reliance Group (b) Flipkart (c) Bharti Group (c) ebay (d) Birla Group (d) Alibaba 147. Which of the following has announced to tie up 153. Who among the following has been named the with Smartbox Ecommerce Solutions for solving most powerful businesswoman in Asia by Forbes? challenges related to last mile delivery for e- (a) Arun dhati Bhattacharya commerce firms? (b) Chanda Kochar (a) Yes Bank (c) Nita Ambani (b) HDFC (d) Shikha Sharma (c) SBI 154. Which of the following mobile payments (d) RBI company has been acquired by Shopclues to 148. Taxi aggregator Ola has signed agreement with strengthen its payment network for merchants which state government to create over 50,000 on its platform? entrepreneurship opportunities across state? (a) Rupee Power (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Freecharge (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Momeo (c) Rajasthan (d) Paytm (d) Mizoram 155. Who is the CEO of Philips, world’s largest maker 149. Which of the following has tied up with travel of light? related financial services company Thomas Cook (a) Jean Botti to offer online customers a recurring deposit that (b) Abhijit Bhattacharya helps save toward an inflation proof holiday? (c) Frans van Houten (a) RBI (d) Denise Haylor (b) Axis 156. Where is the India’s first rail auto hub will be (c) SBI inaugurated as per Railway Budget 2016-17?

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(a) Jaipur (b) Yes Bank (b) Delhi (c) SBI (c) Chennai (d) ICICI (d) Ahmedabad 163. Which of the following has signed a MoU with 157. Which of the following has tied with IRCTC to India Brazil chamber of commerce for offer convenient Hotel Booking platform to cooperation in knowledge partnership, B2B travelers? opportunities and technology initiatives? (a) OYO Rooms (a) Yes Bank (b) Make my Trip (b) PNB (c) Zo Rooms (c) ICICI (d) None of these (d) BOB 158. Which of the following ecommerce firm has 164. Who among the following is the CEO of Apple? launched Tatkal, an initiative that enables small & (a) Satya Nandella medium business to go online and sell products? (b) Tim Cook (a) Flipkart (c) Shantanu Narayan (b) Paytm (d) Jeff Bezos (c) Snapdeal 165. Who among the following is the president of (d) Amazon World Bank? 159. Which of the following Capital Markets Regulator (a) Robert B. Zoellick has set up a task force to review risk (b) Christine Lagarde management norms for national level commodity (c) Irina Bokova Exchange? (d) Jim Yong Kim (a) IRDA 166. Which of the following has decided to sign a deal (b) SEBI with Italian-American automaker fiat Chrysler to (c) SBI develop 100 self-driving cars or minivans to give a (d) RBI push to its driverless car programme? 160. As per Union Budget 2016-17, Fiscal deficit is (a) Microsoft targeted to be how much percentage of GDP? (b) TATA (a) 2.5% (c) Google (b) 3.5% (d) Infosys (c) 3.9% 167. Who is the founder of Hyderabad-based startup (d) 4.5% Zipper? 161. Which of the following will acquire 80% stake in (a) Aditya Vulchi India Today group’s logs making e-commerce and (b) Subhanu Saxena TV entities- Today merchandise and Today (c) Shrikant Kunden Retail Network Pvt. Ltd.? (d) Adhil Shetty (a) Zee Media 168. RBI has cut down the Repo Rate (at which RBI (b) NDTV borrows from bank) by: (c) Hindustan Times (a) 0.25% (d) Star TV (b) 0.125% 162. Which of the following has launched an all- (c) 1.25% women operated bank branch, Yes Grace aimed (d) 0.025% at offering customized banking solutions to 169. WTO has cut down 2016 World Trade forecast women? to: (a) HDFC (a) 3%

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(b) 2.75% (d) Flipkart (c) 2.8% 176. A new tax has been introduced by the Modi (d) 2.89% Government in the Budget 2016-2017 for the 170. Patanjali has declared its annual turn over growth digital media space, named as “Google Tax”. by what % whose actual turn over is more than The tax calls for a deduction to be made by an Rs. 5000 Crore? Indian payer on payments to a nonresident entity (a) 50% for specified B2B services like ‘advertising’. What (b) 120% is the percentage of the deduction set in the (c) 125% budget? (d) 150% (a) 10% 171. In the rail budget of 2016-17, how much sub- (b) 2.05% quota has been set for the women under all (c) 0.05% reserved categories? (d) 6% (a) 50 percent 177. What is the name of the member of World Bank (b) 45 percent Group which has launched its first Uridashi (c) 30 percent Masala Bonds to promote private sector (d) 33 percent development in India? 172. As per Union Budget 2016 - 17, ______new (a) UNICTAD Navodaya Vidyalayas will be opened ? (b) International Finance Corporation (a) 62 (c) Financial Corporation of India (b) 52 (d) International Monetary Fund (c) 42 178. In the Union Budget 2016-17, in order to lessen (d) 32 tax burden on individuals with income not 173. RS Seven Lifestyle Pvt.Ltd. has launched a new exceeding 5 lakhs rupees per annum, the ceiling brand ‘SEVEN’ which will manufacture of tax rebate was proposed to rise from Rs. 2000 athletic-leisurewear apparel, training equipment to Rs. 5000 under which section? and footwear. Who has launched this brand? (a) 87a (a) Virat Kohli (b) 80cc (b) Mahender Singh Dhoni (c) 80c (c) Virender Sehwag (d) 80d (d) Sachin Tendulkar 179. Which Direct-to-home (DTH) has launched a 174. Name the initiative of the World Bank that aims new value added service priced at Rs. 59/- per to implement and fix six coastal disaster month, in partnership with Shemaroo management and climate resilience projects along Entertainment in order to provide single the coastal states of India. destination for all formats of Hindi comedy (a) Coastal Roads content? (b) Road to Resilience (a) Tata Sky (c) The 10000 kilometer journey (b) Reliance BIG tv (d) Disaster Reduction and Recovery Journey (c) Videocon 175. Which of the following e-commerce shopping (d) Dish TV website has launched a digital payment wallet to 180. Which Life Insurance Service provider has compete with Paytm and Freecharge? launched a life insurance policy named “New (a) Myntra Saral Anand” that provides coverage up to 100 (b) Jabong years of age? (c) Amazon (a) Life Insurance Corporation of India

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(b) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance (d) Future Generali India Life Insurance Co. (c) HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company

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