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Current Affairs Monthly Questions (May)
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Set - 1
1. Which Indian businessman has received Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement
Award for the year 2016?
(a)Sunil Bharti Mittal (b)Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
(c)Ratan Naval Tata (d)Azim premji
2. Mount Sinabung volcano, which erupted recently, is located in which country?
(a)Indonesia (b)Japan (c)Mexico (d)United States
3. The Pakke Tiger Reserve is located in which state of India?
(a)Himachal Pradesh (b)Andhra Pradesh
(c)Arunachal Pradesh (d)Madhya Pradesh
4. Which Indian-American student has won the 2016 National Geographic Bee championship?
(a)Aadith Moorthy (b)Kapil Nathan (c)Rishi Nair (d)Saketh Jonnalagadda
5. “Desert Eagle – II” is the bilateral air combat exercise between India and _?
(a)Oman (b)Iran (c)UAE (d)Israel
6. Which of the following has become the first Union Territory (UT) to sign “24×7 Power for
All” document?
(a)Daman and Diu (b)Puducherry (c)Chandigarh (d)Lakshadweep
7. Which union ministry has launched India‟s first integrated web portal to promote Net Zero
Energy Buildings (NZEB)?
(a)Ministry of Urban Development (b)Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
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(c)Ministry of AYUSH (d)Ministry of Power
8. Which committee has recently submitted its report on New Education Policy?
(a)Ashok Dalwai committee (b)JS Rajput committee
(c)T S R Subramanian committee (d)Sudhir Mankad committee
9. Who will be the new Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau?
(a)Rui Duarte de Barros (b)Domingos Simoes Pereira
(c)Baciro Dja (d)Adiato Djalo Nandigna
10. Kempegowda International Airport is located in which city of India?
(a)Bangalore (b)Kochi (c)Chennai (d)Hyderabad
11. Which state government of India has entered into the Limca book of records for its
household survey?
(a)Tripura (b)Tamil Nadu (c)Karnataka (d)Telangana
12. The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will open its first branch in which city of India?
(a)Ahmedabad (b)Lucknow (c)Ajmer (d)Raipur
13. Which union ministry has recently launched the new web portal for International Day of
Yoga (IDY)?
(a)Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
(b)Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(c)Ministry of AYUSH
(d)Ministry of Home Affairs
14. Which Indian personality has won the 2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement
Award?
(a) Narendra Modi (b) Mukesh Ambani
(c) Ratan Tata (d) Sunil Bharti Mittal
15. Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of West Bengal?
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(a) Indranil Sen (b) Mamata Banerjee
(c) Sovan Chatterjee (d) Laxmi Ratan Shukla
16. What is the India‟s position in producing of e-waste in the world, as per recent study
conducted by Assocham-KPMG?
(a)3rd (b)4th (c)5th (d)2nd
17. India has recently signed loan agreement with which International financial institution for
Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization project?
(a)Asian Development Bank (ADB)
(b)World Bank (WB)
(c)New Development Bank (NDB)
(d)Asian Infrastructure Investment BanK(AIIB)
18. Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Kerala?
(a)Pinarayi Vijayan (b)T.P. Ramakrishnan
(c)V S Achuthanandan (d)Mercykutty Amma
19. The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) has been held at which country?
(a)Iran (b)Turkey (c)Isral (d)India
20. Who among the following has won the 2016 Millennium Technology Prize?
(a)Bill Gates (b)Tim Berners-Lee (c)Stuart Parkin (d)Frances Arnold
21. Who has been appointed as the new commandant of Indian Military Academy (IMA)?
(a)Thakur Mahadeo Singh (b)L.P. Collins
(c)M.M. Khanna (d)SK Saini
22. Which of the following student tracking system will be launched by Union HRD ministry?
(a)Asmita (b)Nirbhayta (c)Netikta (d)Ekbindu
23. “Bharatavani ” the multilingual knowledge portal has been launched by which union
ministry?
(a)Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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(b)Ministry of Culture
(c)Ministry of Human Resource Development
(d)Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
24. Which Indian company has recently signed MoU with Iran government to set up smelter
plant in Chabahar?
(a)Central Mine Planning and Design Institute
(b)Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam
(c)Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO)
(d)National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)
25. Which country‟s women badminton team has won the 2016 Uber Cup tournament?
(a)Thailand (b)India (c)South Korea (d)China
26. Which country‟s ex- President has been granted political refugee status in the United
Kingdom ( UK)?
(a)Vietnam (b)Maldives (c)Cyprus (d)Georgia
27. Which indigenously built highly maneuverable Fast Attack Craft has been commissioned into
Indian Navy?
(a)INS Hope (b)INS Tarmugli (c)INS Bhavani (d)INS Diviseema
28. Which state government has recently banned disposable foam food containers?
(a)Himachal Pradesh (b)Sikkim (c)Odisha (d)Tamil Nadu
29. The Indian citizens have been barred from travelling to which country recently by the
Government of India (GoI)? [
(a) Syria (b)Libya (c)Greece (d)Hungary
30. Which committee has been constituted to relook defense spending?
(a)Bipin Rawat committee (b)Sarath Chand committee
(c)D B Shekatkar committee (d)DS Hooda committee
31. Which of the following is the India‟s first reusable space shuttle, which has been successfully
launched from Sriharikota?
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(a) SLV-TD (b)MLV-TD (c)PLV-TD (d)RLV-TD
32. Which country‟s national badminton team has won the 2016 Thomas Cup tournament?
(a)China (b)India (c)Denmark (d)Indonesia
33. Who is the newly elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
(a)Edappadi K Palaniswami (b)Jayalalithaa (c)M.K. Stalin (d)P Thangamani
34. Which state government of India has recently launched „Smart Village‟ program to improve
public facilities in the villages?
(a)Gujarat (b)Maharashtra (c)Madhya Pradesh (d)Uttar Pradesh
35. The World Biodiversity Day is observed on which day?
(a)May 25 (b)May 22 (c)May 23 (d)May 26
36. Which Indian Non-profit organization has been awarded with the “The Intercultural
Innovation Award (IIA) 2016”?
(a)Smile Foundation (b)Routes 2 Roots (c)Nanhi Kali (d)Goonj
37. Who is the newly elected President of Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI)?
(a)Ratnakar Shetty (b)Ajay Shirke (c)Anurag Thakur (d)Sourav Ganguly
38. Which of the following has been appointed by United Nations (UN) as special envoys for El
Nino and climate?
(a)Mary Robinson (b)Macharia Kamau (c)Mansoor Ali (d)Both a & b
39. Which state government of India has recently launched an artificial propagation programme
for rehabilitation and conservation of Golden Mahseer fish?
(a)Andhra Pradesh (b)Himachal Pradesh (c)Karnataka (d)Gujarat
40. The National Anti Terrorism Day is celebrated on which day in India?
(a)May 27 (b)May 21 (c)May 23 (d)May 25
41. Who has been appointed as the Principal Adviser for social sector in Niti Aayog?
(a) Vijay Kelkar (b) K. G. Ambegaokar
(c) Rajiv Mehrishi (d) Ratan P Watal
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42. Who will be sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Assam? [
(a) Hagrama Mohilary (b) Biswajit Daimary
(c) Sarbananda Sonowal (d) Atul Bora
43. Which of the following football clubs has won the 2016 Indian Federation Cup football
tournament?
(a) Sporting Clube de Goa (b) Aizawl FC
(c) Mohun Bagan AC (d) Bengaluru FC
44. Which Indian-American biotechnologist has been bestowed with the University of Houston
(UH)‟s highest teaching award in US?
(a) Manju Rajput (b) Surendra Singh (c) Rupa Iyer (d) Ishika Ganguly
45. Which state government of India has launched PEHAL programme for raising education
standards?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Arunachal Pradesh
46. The 2016 Group of 7 (G7) Summit will be hosted by which city of Japan?
(a) Tokyo (b) Ise-Shima (c) Kyoto (d) Nagasaki
47. Qora” an indigenously developed fecal incontinence management system, has been launched
by which ministry?
(a) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(b) Ministry of Urban DevelopmenT
(c) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(d) Ministry of Science and Technology
48. Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Taiwan?
(a) Chen Chien-jen (b) Lin Chuan (c) Tsai Ing-wen (d) Ma Ying-jeou
49. Who is the author of the book “Dr. Ambedkar: Life and Mission”?
(a) PC Ray (b) Srinath Raghvan
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(c) Dhananjay Kheer (d) Suresh Menon
50. Which mobile app has been launched to transform President‟s Estate into a smart township?
(a) NewIndia (b) Faith (c) BuildingBharat (d) Monitor
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. D 7.D 8. C 9. C 10. A
11. D 12. A 13. C 14. D 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. D
21. D 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. B 29. B 30. C
31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. B 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. B
41. D 42. C 43. C 44. C 45. C 46. B 47. D 48. C 49. C 50. D
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Set - 2
1. Which of the following banks has launched “SmartUp” for startups?
(a)Punjab National Bank (PNB) (b)HDFC Bank
(c)ICICI Bank (d)State Bank of India
2. Which Indian American professor has been bestowed with the 2015 National Medal of
Science of the United States?
(a)Nayantara Sehgal (b)Rakesh K. Jain
(c)Neelanjan Prasad (d)Perm Kumar Rawat
3. The tropical cyclone „Roanu‟ has recently hit which country?
(a)Russia (b)India (c)United States (d)Japan
4. Who is the author of the book “Curfew in the city”?
(a)Ruskin Bond (b)Vikram Seth (c)Amrish Tripathi (d)Vibhuti Narain Rai
5. What is the India‟s GDP growth forecast for 2016, as per the Moody‟s Investors Service?
(a)7.5% (b)7.6% (c)7.7% (d)7.8%
6. What is the strike range of Prithvi-II missile, which was recently successfully test-fired by
India?
(a)150 km (b)350 km (c)600 km (d)550 km
7. The International Buddhist conference has started in which country?
(a)India (b)SriLanka (c)Bhutan (d)Nepal
8. Pench National Park is located in which state of India?
(a)Rajasthan (b)Madhya Pradesh (c)Uttar Pradesh (d)Gujarat
9. Which state government of India has launched the Green Passage scheme for orphan students?
(a)Jharkhand (b)Nagaland (c)Manipur (d)Odisha
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10. Which Indian-American student has won the prestigious Intel Foundation Young Scientist
Award ?
(a)Dibandhu Ghose (b)Syamantak Payra
(c)Santilata Bose (d)Pilavullakandi Gogoi
11. The world‟s largest single rooftop solar power plant has been opened in which state of India?
(a)Punjab (b)Rajasthan (c)Gujarat (d)Odisha
12. Which committee has been constituted to give recommendations on Fiscal Responsibility and
Budget Management (FRBM)?
(a)Ajay Shankar committee (b)NR Madhava Menon committee
(c)N.K. Singh committee (d)H Devaraj committee
13. Who is the author of the book “The World Outside My Window”?
(a)Ruskin Bond (b)Amrish Tripathi (c)R.K. Narayan (d)Vikram Seth
14. Who has been honoured with the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award?
(a)J.K. Rowling (b)Tom Stoppard (c)Salman Rushdie (d)Philip Roth
15. The World‟s first Scanning Helium Microscope (SHeM) has been built by which country?
(a)Japan (b)Russia (c)China (d)Australia
16. The 2016 Women Economic Forum (WEF) has been hosted by which country?
(a)South Africa (b)Brazil (c)India (d)Russia
17. Swachh Office drive has been launched by which Union ministry?
(a)Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
(b)Ministry of Rural Development
(c)Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(d)Ministry of Urban Development
18. The first Maritime Security Dialogue between India and United States was held in which
city?
(a)New Delhi (b)Ahmedabad (c)Varanasi (d)Pune
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19. The first World Conference on Tourism for Development will be held in which country?
(a)India (b)Malaysia (c)China (d)Vietnam
20. Who has won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize?
(a)Han Kang (b)Marlon James (c)Orhan Pamuk (d)Elena Ferrante
21. “Veer Yatra”, the first-of-its-kind military tourism initiative in India has been launched in
which city?
(a)Kochi (b)Mumbai (c)Delhi (d)Pune
22. Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court?
(a)Justice Naveen Sinha (b)Justice Deepak Gupta
(c)Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei (d)Justice SK Mittal
23. Which Indian researcher has won the European Materials Research Society‟s (E-MRS‟s)
Young Scientist Award?
(a)Rahul Sisodiya (b)Nidhi Jha (c)Preeti Rajput (d)Nandini Bhandaru
24. “Ashwin” an indigenous Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile, has been successfully
test fired from which state of India?
(a)Andhra Pradesh (b) Goa (c)Odisha (d)Maharashtra
25. Which tennis pair have won the 2016 Italy Open Women‟s Doubles Title?
(a)Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (b)Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic
(c)Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis (d)Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
26. Who has won the 2016 Formula 1(F1) Spanish Grand Prix?
(a)Kimi Raikkonen (b)Max Verstappen
(c)Nico Rosberg (d)Lewis Hamilton
27. Who has won the 2016 Italian Open Men‟s singles tennis tournament?
(a)Kei Nishikori (b)Andy Murray (c)Rafael Nadal (d)Novak Djokovic
28. Which Indian non-fiction short film has been invited for a special screening at the 2016
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)?
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(a)Sulle Sathya (b)Beti (c)Positive (d)Blood Brothers
29. Which state is set to become the first Indian state to issue newspaper advertisements for the
post of Vice Chancellor of government universities?
(a)Odisha (b)Uttar Pradesh (c)Rajasthan (d)Gujarat
30. The National Dengue Day is observed on which day in India?
(a)May 14 (b)May 17 (c)May 16 (d)May 18
31. Who has been appointed as the deputy chairman of FIFA Governance Committee?
(a)P Sathasivam (b)Mukul Mudgal (c)H L Dattu (d)R M Lodha
32. What is the India‟s GDP forcast for FY 16, as per National Council of Applied Economic
Research (NCAER)?
(a)7.7 % (b)7.6 % (c)7.5 % (d)7.4 %
33. “Dadaab” the world‟s largest refugee camp is located in which country?
(a)Kenya (b)Egypt (c)Hungary (d)Nigeria
34. Who has been appointed as the first female Secretary General of FIFA, the world football‟s
governing body?
(a)Rokhaya (b)Adja Diallo (c)Fatoumata (d)Samoura
35. India has recently signed pact with which international organisation for global promotion of
traditional systems of medicine?
(a)United Nation Development Programme (UNDP)
(b)United Nations Children‟s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
(c)World Health Organization (WHO)
(d)World Bank
36. India‟s first Spice Museum will be opened in which city of India?
(a)Guntur (b)Tiruchirappalli (c)Thiruvananthapuram (d)Kochi
37. Which Indian artist has won prize at the 2016 UN poster contest on N-disarmament?
(a)Neel Mishra (b)Anjali Chandrashekar
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(c)Rajesh Sharma (d)Sudharshan Naik
38. India‟s first startup hostel has been launched in which city of India?
(a)Chennai (b)New Delhi (c)Bengaluru (d)Mumbai
39. Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court?
(a)Deepak Kumar Gupta (b)K M Joseph
(c)Vineet Saran (d)Naveen Sinha
40. “e-MMS Project” has been launched by which Indian Armed Force?
(a)Indian Air Force (b)Indian Army (c)Indian Navy (d)Both a & b
41. Which Indian-American personality has been appointed as the member of President‟s
Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (PACFBNF) in United States?
(a)Ranjit Kumar (b)Manjit Singh (c)Rituraj Mishra (d)Manju Lodha
42. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General ( CAG)?
(a)Priyank Sharma (b)Rishabh Jain (c)Hindupur Pradeep Rao (d)A K Mittal
43. India‟s first contactless business credit card has been launched by which financial institution?
(a)State Bank of India (b)NABARD (c)ICICI Bank (d)Exim Bank of India
44. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee?
(a)Anil Kumble (b)Rahul Dravid (c)Saurav Ganguly (d)VVS Laxman
45. “JioMoney Wallet service” has been launched by which Indian company?
(a)TCS (b)Reliance (c)Flipkart (d)BSNL
46. Which mobile app has been launched by Islamic State (IS) for children to teach them Arabic?
(a)Jannat (b)Gaafil (c)Huroof (d)Nasheed
47. “Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS)”, a web-based app has been launched by
which Union ministry?
(a)Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
(b)Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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(c)Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
(d)Ministry of Science and Technology
48. Who has won the 2016 Philippines Presidential Election?
(a)Benigno Aquino (b)Rodrigo Duterte (c)Grace Poe (d)Mar Roxas
49. The Indian Navy‟s underwater vigil system has been launched in which naval dockyard of
India?
(a)Mazagon Dock Limited (b)Bombay dockyard
(c) Goa Shipyard Limited (d)Visakhapatnam dockyard
50. At which space centre the Nozzle testing laboratories (NTL) has been established by ISRO?
(a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
(b)Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
(c)Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
(d)The ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. B 7.D 8. B 9. D 10. B
11. A 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. D 16. C 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. A
21. D 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. C 26. B 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. C
31. B 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. A
41. B 42. C 43. C 44. A 45. B 46. C 47. B 48. B 49. D 50. A
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Set - 3
1. Who has been ranked No.1 in the “Times 50 Most desirable Women 2015” list?
(a)Priyanka Chopra (b)Sunny Leone
(c)Kangana Ranaut (d)Deepika Padukone
2. Which Indian scientist has been awarded the Singapore‟s National Research Foundation
(NRF) fellowship?
(a)Manvendra K Singh (b)Dilip Saxena
(c)P S Upadhyay (d)Vijendra Galgotia
3. What is the theme of 2016 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)?
(a)Stop the Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds
(b)Networking for migratory birds
(c)Destination Flyways: Migratory Birds and Tourism
(d)Energy – make it bird-friendly!
4. Which committee has been constituted to frame policy for app-based taxi aggregators and
other transport operators?
(a)Ashok Dalwai committee (b)Ashok Lahri committee
(c)Madhukar Gupta committee (d)Sanjay Mitra committee
5. Who has been appointed as the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) in the Supreme Court of
India?
(a)Rajdeep Mehta (b)Ashok Rastogi (c)Atma Ram Nadkarn (d)Sanjay Jain
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6. The Rural Sanitation Initiatives for Ganga Rejuvenation has been launched in which state of
India?
(a)Uttarakhand (b)Uttar Pradesh (c)Jharkhand (d)Bihar
7. Who is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange
(MCX)?
(a)Ashok Chauhan (b)Mrugank Paranjape
(c)Meeran Borwankar (d)Surendra Bhagwat
8. The term “Green Zone”, which was recently in news, is related to which country?
(a)Iraq (b)Iran (c)Syria (d)Turkey
9. Which commemorative coin has been released on the 475th birth anniversary of Maharana
Pratap?
(a)100 (b)225 (c)425 (d)475
10. What is the India‟s rank in The Economist‟s crony-capitalism index 2016?
(a)26th (b)22nd (c)13th (d)9th
11. „Harmukh Khadi Gram Udyog Sansthan‟ has been set up in which city of Jammu and
Kashmir?
(a)Srinagar (b)Jammu (c)Leh (d)Gulmarg
12. “UBIN” drive has been started for start-ups to begin their new businesses without any delays.
What does UBIN stands for?
(a)Unidentified Business Identification Number
(b)Unique Business Identification Number
(c)Unified Business Identification Number
(d)Unicode Business Identification Number
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13. Which state government has recently accorded minority status to the Jain community?
(a)Madhya Pradesh (b)Uttar Pradesh (c)Gujarat (d)Rajasthan
14. Which state government of India will set up Asia‟s first Rice Technology Park?
(a)Odisha (b)Jharkhand (c)Karnataka (d)Uttar Pradesh
15. Which country‟s communication satellite “JCSAT-14” has been successfully launched by
SpaceX?
(a)Russia (b)United States (c)Japan (d)Germany
16. Which financial institution of India has become the first to sign MoU with the BRICS
promoted „New Development Bank (NDB)‟?
(a)Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
(b)State Bank of India ( SBI)
(c)ICICI Bank
(d)Exim Bank
17. Which kabaddi team has won the 2016 Asian Kabaddi championships?
(a)India (b)Pakistan (c)Turkmenistan (d)Iran
18. The 2016 South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC) Ministerial
Meeting will be held in which country?
(a)India (b)Nepal (c)Bhutan (d)Bangladesh
19. Which state police department of India has won the 2016 FICCI National Award for Smart
Policing in the category of Road Safety and Traffic Management ?
(a)Madhya Pradesh (b)Gujarat (c)Nagaland (d)Odisha
20. Who has been elected as the first Muslim Mayor of London?
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(a)Sadiq Khan (b)Mohammad Asif (c)Salim Khan (d)Sabika Khan
21. The Indian Army‟s battle exercise “Chakravyuh-II” has started in which state of India?
(a) Goa (b)Maharashtra (c)Rajasthan (d)Tamil Nadu
22. The 2016 Malabar trilateral naval exercise will be hosted by which country?
(a)India (b)Japan (c)United States (d)United Kingdom
23. NASSCOM has recently partnered with which social media major to build a „Product Design
Initiative‟ in India?
(a)Twitter (b)Facebook (c)Google Plus (d)Bharat student
24. Who is the author of the book “Incarnations : India in 50 lives”?
(a)Swapan Dasgupta (b)N N Vohra (c)Deepika Sharma (d)Sunil Khilnani
25. Who has won the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia Region?
(a)Lance Dowrich (b)Faraaz Mahomed
(c)Parashar Kulkarni (d)Tina Makereti
26. “Shaurya”, an Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS), has been launched by which shipyard of
India?
(a) Goa Shipyard Limited (b)Mazagon Dock Limited
(c)Cochin Shipyard Limited (d)Hindustan Shipyard Limited
27. What is the India‟s position in the 2016 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
Junior World Cup?
(a)First (b)Third (c)Fourth (d)Fifth
28. Which legendary filmmaker has been honoured with a special statue by the Switzerland
government?
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(a)Guru Dutt (b)Yash Chopra
(c)Satyajit Ray (d)Hrishikesh mukherjee
29. Which country will print its own version of US dollars to tackle cash shortage?
(a)Greece (b)Iraq (c)Zimbabwe (d)Brazil
30. Which Indian power company has recently received in-principle approval for LNG-based
power plant in Bangladesh?
(a)NTPC Limited (b)Reliance Power (c)Jindal Steel and Power (d)Tata Power
31. The 2016 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) prize in e-Agriculture category
has been won by which state of India?
(a)Kerala (b)Andhra Pradesh (c)Punjab (d)Odisha
32. Who is the author of the book “The Great Swindle”?
(a)Richard Willson (b)Sebastien Japrisot
(c)Pierre Lemaitre (d)Humphrey Cobb
33. Who will be the new Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy?
(a)M D Suresh (b)Sunil Lanba (c)D K Joshi (d)PP Khandekar
34. Who is the newly appointed chairperson of National Statistical Commission (NSC)?
(a)Mahendra Dev (b)Rajiv Mehta (c)Rahul Mukherjee (d)Radha Binod
Barman
35. What is the India‟s rank in access to electricity, as per SocialCops‟ analysis of World Bank
data?
(a)189th (b)166th (c)137th (d)98th
36. Who has been appointed as the chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)?
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(a)Shrenik Jain (b)Kumar Rajesh Chandra
(c)G S Malhi (d)Ramesh Mishra
37. Keoladeo National Park is located in which state of India?
(a)Rajasthan (b)Uttar Pradesh (c)Madhya Pradesh (d)West Bengal
38. Which web-based dashboard has been launched to provide easy access to the public on
export and import trends of India?
(a)EXIM Analytics (b)EXIM Analysis
(c)EXIM Anytime (d)EXIM Anywhere
39. The “E-enabled PMIS app” has been launched to monitor all ongoing railway projects online.
What does PMIS stands for?
(a)Public Management and Information System
(b)Project Management and Information System
(c)Project Monitoring and Information System
(d)Project Mechanism and Information System
40. “Contract Labour Payment Management System” web portal has been launched for which
coal company?
(a)Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)
(b)Coal India Limited (CIL)
(c)Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC)
(d)Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited (GMDC)
41. Who is the author of the book “Exploring Marxist Bengal”? [
(a) Suman Panda (b)Debraj Bhattacharya
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(c)Swati Bose (d)Chandra Banerjee
42. “Nagaroday Abhiyan” will be launched by which state government of India?
(a)Madhya Pradesh (b)Uttar Pradesh (c)Haryana (d)Odisha
43. Which of the following has become India‟s goodwill ambassador for the 2016 Rio
Olympics?
(a)Abhinav Bindra (b)Sachin Tendulkar
(c)Salman Khan (d)All of the above
44. Who has won the 2016 World Snooker Championship?
(a)Judd Trump (b)Steve Davis (c)Mark Selby (d)Ding Junhui
45. What is the India‟s growth forecast for 2016 as per latest report by the International
Monetary Fund ( IMF)?
(a)7.9% (b)7.5% (c)7.3% (d)6.9%
46. Which committee has been constituted to monitor the functioning of the Medical Council of
India (MCI) for at least a year?
(a)Vinod Roy committee (b)R.M. Lodha committee
(c)Anil R. Dave committee (d)Ranjit Roy Chaudhury committee
47. What is the theme of 2016 World Asthma Day (WAD)?
(a)Everyone normal breathing
(b)Unite to overcome asthma
(c)Reducing the asthma burden
(d)You Can Control Your Asthma
48. Who has won the award for Best Child Artist at the 63rd National film awards 2015?
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(a)Siddharth Nigam (b)Gaurav Menon
(c)Harshaali Malhotra (d)Aradhana Srivastava
49. The United Nations‟ World Press Freedom Day is observed on which date?
(a)May 8 (b)May 3 (c)May 6 (d)May 11
50. Who has won the 2016 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix?
(a)Sebastian Vettel (b)Nico Rosberg (c)Kimi Raikkonen (d)Lewis Hamilton
1. A 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. C 7.B 8. A 9. A 10. D
11. A 12. B 13. C 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. A
21. C 22. B 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. B
31. B 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. C 36. B 37. A 38. A 39. B 40. B
41. B 42. A 43. D 44. C 45. B 46. B 47. D 48. B 49. B 50. B
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1. “Chandranna Bima Yojana” has been launched by which state government of India?
(a)Gujarat (b)Andhra Pradesh
(c)Himachal Pradesh (d)Madhya Pradesh
2. Which Indian scholars have been honoured with the Mongolia‟s highest civilian award “North Star”?
(a)Lokesh Chandra and Mansura Haider
(b)Chitra Banerjee and Abidi Habib
(c)Manoj Kumar and Raj Patel
(d)Subra Kumari and Pavithra Sharma
3. What is the tagline of recently launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)?
(a)Swachh Bharat , Swachh Kal (b)Clean India Green India
(c)Swachh Indhan, Behtar Jeevan (d)Eco-friendly Indhan for Behtar Jeevan
4. What is the India‟s position in the exports of fake goods globally, as per new study by the Organisation
Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD) and the European Union‟s Intellectual Property
Office?
(a)Fifth (b)Fourth (c)Third (d)First
5. Who among the following has been nominated by BCCI for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for
year 2016?
(a)Sania Mirza (b)Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c)Virat Kohli (d)Saina Nehwal
6. Who is the newly appointed secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I & B)?
(a)Anurag Pandit (b)Balraj Thakur (c)Ajay Mittal (d)Sunil Arora
7. Which high court of India has termed reservation in promotions in the state as unconstitutional?
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(a)Delhi High Court (b)High Court of Madhya Pradesh
(c)Bombay High Court (d)Himachal Pradesh High Court
8. SIDBI has recently signed MoU with which SAARC regional centre for mutual cooperation and
collaboration?
(a)SAARC Forestry Centre (SFC)
(b)SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC)
(c)SAARC Development Fund (SDF)
(d)SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/ AIDS Centre (STAC)
9. What is theme of 2016 International Labour Day?
(a)Celebrating the international labour movement
(b)Support prospective entrepreneurs
(c)Let‟s value work
(d)Create peace, solidarity and decent work
10. Which country is hosting the ADMM-Plus Exercise on Maritime Security and Counter Terrorism (Ex
MS & CT)?
(a)Malaysia (b)Indonesia (c)Maldives (d)Brunei
11. Which state is set to become India‟s first state to make all of its urban areas „Open Defecation Free‟
by October 2016?
(a)Kerala (b)Andhra Pradesh (c)Odisha (d)Sikkim
12. “UJALA”, the National LED programme has been recently lauched in which city of Madhya Pradesh?
(a)Bhopal (b)Jabalpur (c)Gwalior (d)Indore
13. Which is India‟s first Scorpene-class submarine which was recently launched for sea trials?
(a)INS S52 (b)INS Khanderi (c)INS SSQ (d)INS Kalvari
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14. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana will be launched from which district of India?
(a)Varanasi (b)Lucknow (c)Ballia (d)Hathras
15. World‟s first graphene electronic paper has been developed by which country?
(a)India (b)Brazil (c)Japan (d)China
16. Which state government has recently declared 10% reservation quota for Economically Backward
Classes (EBCs) in general category?
(a)Odisha (b)Tripura (c)Gujarat (d)Sikkim
17. Who has won the 2016 Civicus Nelson Mandela Graca Machel Innovation Award in individual
activist category?
(a)Jerome Cowans (b)Sunitha Krishnan
(c)Tabassum Adnan (d)Malala Yousafzai
18. „Adi Praman‟, an online app, has been launched by which state government of India for tribal caste
validity certificate ?
(a)Madhya Pradesh (b)Maharashtra
(c)Uttar Pradesh (d)Odisha
19. Which mobile app has been launched to inform traders, exporters and importers about Customs Rules
of India?
(a)Indian Customs- Guide to Business People
(b)Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers
(c)Indian Customs- Guide to Finance
(d)Indian Customs- Guide to Tourism
20. The 42nd G7 summit in 2016 was held in which country?
(a)Japan (b)Canada (c)France (d)Germany
21. Which state has been ranked first in overall performance for implementation of MGNREGA?
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(a) Goa (b)Meghalaya (c)Punjab (d)Tripura
22. What is the range of advanced version of BrahMos missile, which was recently successfully tested by
Indian Air Force(IAF)?
(a)290 km (b)320 km (c)450 km (d)250 km
23. Which committee has been constituted to boost cashless transaction?
(a) Nachiket Mor committee (b) Shanta Kumar committee
(c)HR Khan committee (d)Neeraj Kumar Gupta committee
24. What is the theme of 2016 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers?
(a)UN2045: Green and Healthy World
(b)Peacekeeping is a global partnership
(c)UN Peacekeeping: Past, Present, and Future
(d)Honouring our Heroes
25. The 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) has been won by which of the following cricket teams?
(a)Rising Pune Supergiants (b)Sunrisers Hyderabad
(c)Royal Challengers Bangalore (d)Mumbai Indians
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D
11. B 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. D 16. C 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. A
21. D 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. B