Q1. Who has won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction “The Vegetarian,” an unsettling novel in which a woman stops eating meat and desires to become a tree?
1) Amitabh Ghosh
2) Han Kang
3) Marlon James
4) Julian Barnes
5) Aravind Adiga
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Q2. Which Indian American scientist will receive the prestigious ‘National Medal of Science’ award from US President Barack Obama?
1) U.R.Rao
2) A.S.Kiran Kumar
3) C.N.Rao
4) Ajit Mishra
5) Rakesh K Jain
Answer-5
Q3. Which bank has approved $625 million loan to support India's grid-connected rooftop solar programme to generate clean energy?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) Asian Development Bank
4) Brics Bank
5) AIIB
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Q4. Which of the following person has been appointed as Director in Prime Minister's office?
1) P. K. Mishra
2) Nripendra Misra
3) Namgya Khampa
4) Tarun Bajaj
5) Anurag Jain
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Q5. The trial run of India’s first-ever driverless metro train will be conducted by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) at which place?
1) Noida city Centre
2) Kashmiri Gate
3) Dwarka
4) Mukundpur
5) Yamuna Vihaar
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Q6. Who has sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court?
1) Ajay Manikrao Khanvilkar
2) Deepak Gupta
3) T.S.Thakur
4) H.L.Dattu
5) R.Rajawan
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Q7. The first technology demonstrator (TD) launch of the Indian Space Research Organizations’ RLV or the space plane in popular parlance, will take place on May 23 at 9.30 a.m. from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.What does RLV stands for?
1) Rotor launch Vehicle
2) Remote launch Vehicle
3) Radio launch Vehicle
4) Redressal launch Vehicle
5) Reusable launch Vehicle
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Q8. What is the name of the Indian-American boy, who has won the prestigious "Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award" for developing a low-cost electronically-aided knee brace?
1) Syamantak Payra
2) Ashish Bhatnagar
3) Manish Gupta
4) Saurabh Rishi
5) Manikrao Shankar
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Q9. ‘The maximum sum assured under the Employees’ Deposit Linked Scheme (EDLI) will soon be enhanced to-
1) 4 lakhs
2) 5 lakhs
3) 6 lakhs
4) 7 lakhs
5) 9 lakhs
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Q10. Which of the following cricketer has become the highest run scorer in any IPL series?
1) Chris Gayle
2) Michael Hussey
3) Ab de Villiers
4) Virat Kohli
5) Rohit Sharma
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