Q.1. Who among the following has become the first female head of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS)?
(1) Sujata Mehta
(2) Aradhana Johri
(3) Nita Chowdhury
(4) Aruna Sethi
(5) Snehlata Kumar
Ans: (4) Aruna Sethi
Q.2. Former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), ------------------- passed away recently.
(1) P. N. Damry
(2) R. K. Hazari
(3) S. S. Tarapore
(4) A. Bakshi
(5) R.K. Sheshadri
Ans: (3) S. S. Tarapore
Q.3. Pandit Ram Narayan has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Award for 2015-2016. He is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
(1) Tabla
(2) Sarangi
(3) Flute
(4) Sarod
(5) Shehnai
Ans: (2) Sarangi
Q.4. Who has directed the film Titli which bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC)?
(1) Kanu Behl
(2) Kaushik Ganguly
(3) S. Shankar
(4) Basu Chatterjee
(5) S. S. Rajamouli
Ans: (1) Kanu Behl
Q.5. Which Indian business house has announced setting up of a centre for research, development and innovation in aerospace technology?
(1) Tata
(2) Infosys
(3) Reliance
(4) Mahindra
(5) Wipro
Ans: (3) Reliance
Q.6. How many countries are there in the Pacific Rim countries which has signed the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in New Zealand, one of the biggest trade deals in history?
(1) 8
(2) 10
(3) 12
(4) 15
(5) 18
Ans: (3) 12
Q.7. India has become the -------------------- country outside the European region to sign a Cooperation Agreement to acquire the status of the Associate Member State European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)?
(1) First
(2) Second
(3) Third
(4) Fourth
(5) Fifth
Ans: (2) Second
