Q.1. Who among the following has become the first women to be appointed as CMD in Insurance Sector in India after being appointed as the CMD of GIC Re?
(1) Kalpana Morparia
(2) Bala Deshpande
(3) Alice Vaidyan
(4) Renuka Ramnath
(5) Kaku Nakhate
Ans: (3) Alice Vaidyan
Q.2. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas -------------------- has launched online payment facility of cylinder at the time of booking.
(1) Dharmendra Pradhan
(2) Kalraj Mishra
(3) Jagat Prakash Nadda
(4) Prakash Javadekar
(5) Jitendra Singh
Ans: (1) Dharmendra Pradhan
Q.3. Which among the following represents correct names of Indian cities for which their respective state governments has signed MoUs under the 'Smart city' theme during India-France Business Summit at Chandigarh?
(1) Chandigarh, Bangluru and Pondicherry
(2) Chandigarh, Nagpur and Pondicherry
(3) Varanasi, Nagpur and Pondicherry
(4) Chandigarh, Nagpur and Lucknow
(5) Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Pondicherry
Ans: (2) Chandigarh, Nagpur and Pondicherry
Q.4. Who among the following has been included in the winners list of 118 personalities of the Padma awards for the year 2016?
(1) Anupam Kher
(2) Rajinikanth
(3) Sania Mirza
(4) Priyanka Chopra
(5) All of the above
Ans: (5) All of the above
Q.5. Popular ------------------------ film actress Kalpana passed away recently.
(1) Telugu
(2) Tamil
(3) Kannada
(4) Malayalam
(5) Bengali
Ans: (4) Malayalam
Q.6. Which of the following cities hosted the first T20 Asia cup cricket for Blind, in which India defeated Pakistan by 44 runs?
(1) Chennai
(2) Bengluru
(3) Kochi
(4) Coimbtore
(5) Nagpur
Ans: (3) Kochi
Q.7. P. V. Sindhu has clinched her second Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold title after defeating Scotland's Kristy Gilmour in the final. P. V. Sindhu is associated with which among the following sports?
(1) Tennis
(2) Badminton
(3) Table Tennis
(4) Swimming
(5) Squash
Ans: (2) Badminton
Q.8. Who among the following has been elected as the next President of Portugal?
(1) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
(2) Nouri Abusahmain
(3) Atifete Jahjaga
(4) Raul Khajimba
(5) Petro Poroshenko
Ans: (1) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Q.9. Ning Zetao and Liu Hong has won the Award for Best Male and Female Athlete of the Year at China's Central Television (CCTV) Sports Awards.They respectively are:-
(1) Footballer, Swimmer
(2) Swimmer, Footballer
(3) Shuttler, Boxer
(4) Swimmer, Race Walker
(5) Shuttler, Swimmer
Ans: (4) Swimmer, Race Walker
Q.10. Indian-origin imam Muhammad Shahid Raza has been conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Leicester in ---------------------- in recognition of his work for his local community.
(1) London
(2) Paris
(3) Berlin
(4) Lisbon
(5) California
Ans: (1) London
Q.11. Which british author has been announced as winner of the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award 2016?
(1) Robert Macfarlane
(2) Jon McGregor
(3) J. K. Rowling
(4) Ivan Morris
(5) Vanessa Walters
Ans: (3) J. K. Rowling
Q.12. In which country India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging centre that will give its capital access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites covering China and the South China Sea?
(1) Thailand
(2) Vietnam
(3) Malaysia
(4) Cambodia
(5) Myanmar
Ans: (2) Vietnam
