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Ques 1. Urging people to make digital payments a "habit" to make the country a

cashless economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched which mobile app?

a. RuPay

b. DHIM

c. BHIM

d. PayMirror+

Ques 2. With which country has India amended its two-decade old tax treaty that will

allow India to tax capital gains on investments from the South East Asian nation?

a. Singapore

b. Indonesia

c. Thailand.

d. Vietnam

Ques 3. Who among the following was named the World's Best Playmaker 2016 for the

second consecutive year by International Federation of Football History & Statistics

(IFFHS)?

a. Luis Suárez

b. Cristiano Ronaldo

c. Neymar

d. Lionel Messi

Ques 4. Birla Institute of Technology and Science have developed a first-aid app in

collaboration with which of the following societies/associations?

a. The National Indian Child Welfare Association

b. Indian Red Cross Society

c. India Women Welfare Foundation

d. All India Public Welfare Society

Ques 5. On which of the following rivers does Beipanjiang Bridge, the highest bridge in



the world, soar?

a. Nen River

b. Kherlen River

c. Songhua Riverd

d. Beipan River

Ques 6. Manabi Bandopadhyay, who has recently resigned from the post was the

principal of which of the following colleges?

a. Krishnagar Women’s College.

b. Surendranath College For Women

c. Sarojini Naidu College for Women

d. Hooghly Women's College

Ques 7. Who among the following was unveiled as the official face of the 2nd

International Kite Festival to be held from 12th to 17th January in Hyderabad?

a. Sakshi Malik

b. PV Sindhu

c. Dipa Karmakar

d. Dattu Bhokanal

Ques 8. How many gold medal did Seven-year-old Kush Bhagat won at the 1st Western

Asia Youth Chess Championship 2016 in Al Ain Chess Club?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

Ques 9. Who among the following was appointed as the Romania's new Prime Minister

in December 2016?

a. Klaus Iohannis



b. Victor Ponta

c. Sevil Shhaideh

d. Sorin Grindeanu

Ques 10. Who among the following heads the committee formed to review the

institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism in India?

a. BN Shrikrishna

b. Ravindra Bhat

c. Araghya Sengupta

d. K.K. Venugopal

Ques 11. What does APA refer to?

a. Alternate Pricing Agreements

b. Additional Pricing Agreements

c. Advance Pricing Agreements

d. Advance Price Arrangements

Ques 12. Which ban has tied up with online classifieds portal magicbricks.com, to

conduct joint marketing activites and help rejuvenate the real estate sector?

a. SBI

b. HDFC

c. ICICI

d. BoB

Ques 13. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated six major Railway projects in

Kerala in December. During this, which railway station got high-speed public WiFi

service?

a. Thiruvananthapuram

b. Palakkad



c. Kozhikode

d. Thrissur

14. How much grant will be given to Community Health Centres under Swachh Swasth

Sarvatra schemes to achieve benchmarks of hygiene and sanitation?

a. 15 lakh

b. 10 lakh

c. 20 lakh

d. 25 lakh

15. Which city has registered the highest per capita income among all states and union

territories of the country?

a. Delhi

b. Mumbai

c. Chandigarh

d. Bengaluru

16. Which state has set up the country’s first centre for digital investigation and

training in a bid to enhance cyber policing and monitor social media content?

a. Madhya Pradesh

b. Utthar Pradesh

c. Punjab

d. Haryana

17. In 'Film Companion Critics' Poll' who was named the best actor of 2016?

a. Amitabh Bachchan

b. Manoj Bajpayee

c. Akshay Kumar

d. Amir Khan



18. What is the full form of IVRS?

a. Integrated Voice Response System

b. Intelligent Voice Response System

c. Integrated Voice Research System

d. International Voice Research System

19. In which state has Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) successfully

commissioned 600 Mw coal-based thermal power plant?

a. Maharashtra

b. Karnataka

c. Telangana

d. Andhra Pradesh

20. With which bank has Heritage Foods Ltd (HFL) signed a Memorandum of

Understanding to provide dairy loans to farmers through the lender's branches across

the country?

a. Bank of Maharashtra

b. Bank of Baroda

c. HDFC Bank

d. State Bank Of India

21. The four-day World Bhojpuri Conference was organised in

a. Kanpur

b. Varanasi

c. Lucknow

d. Allahabad

22. South Indian Bank has introduced a full-fledged NRI-focused mobile banking

application called

a. SIB NRI+



b. SIB Friend+

c. SIB Pro

d. SIB Mirror+

23. Who among the following has been recently appointed as the Deputy Governor of

RBI?

a. NS Vishwanathan

b. SS Mundra

c. Viral Acharya

d. R Gandhi

24. Who among the following has been appointed as the lieutenant Governor of Delhi

in place of Najeeb Jung?

a. Anil Baijal

b. Dineshwar Sharma

c. Rajiv Mehrishi

d. MK Bhan

25. Which of the following countries has successfully launched a pair of high-resolution

remote sensing satellites to get commercial images?

a. Japan

b. US

c. China

d. India

26. Who won the best player award at the Globe Soccer Awards 2016?

a. Neymar

b. Lionel Messi

c. Lues Suarez

d. Cristiano Ronaldo



27. For which country has eased the process of procurement of Indian tourist visas by

allowing those with confirmed travel tickets to submit their visa applications directly

without prior appointment starting January 1, 2017?

a. Bhutan

b. Bangladesh

c. Nepal

d. Sri Lanka

28. Who has been voted the European Sportsperson of the Year 2016?

a. Cristiano Ronaldo

b. Lionel Messi

c. Lues Suarez

d. Neymar

29. Who is the Union Science and Technology Minister of India?

a. Kalraj Mishra

b. Harsh Vardhan

c. Jagat Prakash Nadda

d. Anant Geete

30. Which of the following hospitals achieved 100% "cashless'' transactions by using

exclusive hospital-specific pre-paid 'smartcard'?

a. Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre

b. Fortis Hospital

c. Nova Specialty Hospital.

d. Tata Memorial Centre Cancer Hospital

31. Which village has become India's first Aadhaar village ?

a. Akola



b. Tembhli

c. Belgaum.

d. Bhandara

32. Who among the following has been named as the captain of the Australia's ODI

Team of the Year 2016?

a. Steve Smith

b. Babar Azam

c. Jos Buttler

d. Virat Kohli

33. Which of the following Indian player has been listed in Cricket Australia's ODI Team

of the year 2016 except Virat Kohli?

a. Jasprit Bumrah

b. R. Ashwin

c. Karun Nair

d. Ajinkya Rahane

34. Shapath Bharadwaj became the first junior to qualify for the senior national team in

which sport?

a. Golf

b. Chess

c. Shooting

d. Shot put

35. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Char Dham

Highway Development Project in

a. Odisha

b. Uttrakhand

c. Tamil Nadu



d. Gujarat

36. What is the name of the app launched by Salman Khan on his 51st birthday?

a. BeingInTouch

b. BeingInHealth

c. BeingHuman

d. BeingInYouth

37. Which of the following state is not included in the door-to-door TB screening

campaign launched by Union health ministry of India?

a. Kerala

b. Bihar

c. Odisha

d. Maharashtra

38. The staff of which of the following airports will have to carry Aadhaar cards to work

along with their entry pass from January 1?

a. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

b. Indira Gandhi International Airport

c. Chennai International Airport

d. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

39. Who among the following set world record for the highest score while carrying the

bat in first-class cricket with 359 runs?

a. Jayant Yadav

b. Shreyas Iyer

c. Kuldeep Yadav

d. Samit Gohel

40. 100-day special campaign to promote digital and cashless transactions, the second



'DigiDhan Mela' was organised in

a. Haryana

b. Punjab

c. Maharashtra

d. Himachal Pradesh

41. Which state gave its nod for implementation of 50% reservation in both

subordinate and superior judicial services in the state?

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Haryana

c. Bihar

d. Madhya Pradesh

42. What is the name of newest version of the J-31 tested by China?

a. FC-31 Gyrfalcon

b. FC-21 Gyrfalcon

c. FC-41 Gyrfalcon

d. FC-51 Gyrfalcon

43. Sagarmala Development Company’s (SDC) to promote port-led development in the

country is situated in

a. Ahmedabad

b. Chandigarh

c. Mumbai

d. Delhi

44. Who has been chosen for the 26th K K Birla Bihari Puraskar, 2016 and what is the

name of the book?

a. Vishnu Sakharam, Yayati

b. Kishwar Desai, Origins Of Love



c. Abu Fazal, Akbarnama

d. Satya Narayan, Yeh Ek Dunia

45. Whom did Yuki Bhambri defeat to win ITF Hong Kong F4 Futures title 2016?

a. Chun Hun

b. Shintaro Imai

c. Pak Long

d. Daniel

46. In which of the following state is the M.M. Hills and Cauvery wildlife sanctuaries

located?

a. Karnataka

b. Odisha

c. Assam

d. Telangana

47. Punjab’s first second-generation Bioethanol plant in

a. Kapurthala

b. Amritsar

c. Pathankot

d. Bathinda

48. Which state has launched 25 bio-diesel buses in the state to reduce pollution

caused by diesel buses?

a. Maharashtra

b. Punjab

c. Karnataka

d. Tamil Nadu

49. Who among the following has been appointed as the government’s arbitrator in a



$1.55 billion dispute with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) over alleged extraction of gas

from a reservoir connected to that of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp on the east

coast?

a. Murtaza Fazal Ali

b. G.S. Singhvi

c. G. T. Nanavati

d. N. Santosh Hegde

50. What is the name of programme launched by Odisha government for malaria

control?

a. Mashak-smapti

b. Smapt

c. Sanhar

d. Daman

51. Which state government has connected 100 villages with Wi-FI services?

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Punjab

c. Haryana

d. Madhya Pradesh

52. Haryana government has decided to rename all common service centres and E-

disha centres as

a. Bhagwat Dayal

b. Atal Seva Kendras

c. Bansi Lal

d. Hukam Singh

53. Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birth anniversary is celebrated as

a. Coalition Dharma Day



b. Unity in Diversity Day

c. Moral Values Day

d. Good Governance Day

54. Which of the following player is not featured in the Lord's Cricket Ground's Top 20

Players of 2016 list?

a. Ajinkya Rahane

b. Virat Kohli

c. R. Ashwin

d. Cheteshwar Pujara

55. A defence policy bill, which "enhances security cooperation between the India and

________ is signed according to Senate defence committee chief John McCain.

a. US

b. Russia

c. UK

d. Iran

56. Google India has partnered with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for a campaign

called

a. Online Buyer-Seller

b. Digitally Connected Consumer

c. Digitally Safe Consumer

d. Digitally Secure Consumer

57. Which of the following service is launched by Ministry of External Affairs?

a. e-sewa

b. facebook-sewa

c. e-buddy sewa

d. Twitter-sewa



58. Which is India's longest range nuclear capable missile recently launched and tested

at Kalam Island off the Odisha coast?

a. Agni 6

b. Agni 5

c. Agni 7

d. Agni 4

59. Innovative Smart Solution - Knowledge and Intellectual Category by Business-

World Awards 2016 was given to which smart city project

a. Surat

b. Pune

c. Jaipur

d. Kochi

60. Which state has launched 'Atal-Amrit Abhiyan' health insurance scheme which will

provide coverage against several critical illnesses?

a. Gujarat

b. Chattisgarh

c. Andhra Pradesh

d. Assam

61. Odisha government announced to name Rs 6,600 crore mega lift irrigation scheme

after

a. Parbati Giri

b. Fakir Mohan Senapati

c. Biswnathan Das

d. Biju Patnayak

62. Who among the following was known as the mother Teresa of Odisha?



a. Sarala Devi

b. Ramadevi Choudhuri

c. Parbati Giri

d. Sanjukta Panigrahi

63. Which of the following countries was beaten by Indian team to win 2016 Youth

Asia Cup?

a. Bangladesh

b. Afganistan

c. Pakistan

d. Sri Lanka

64. What was the rank of Comedian Kapil Sharma in the Celebrity 100 list of 2016 by

Forbes India?

a. 12

b. 11

c. 07

d. 09

65. Who among the following received PETA's Person of the Year award 2016?

a. Sunny Leone

b. Alia Bhatt

c. Priyanka Chopra

d. Shraddha Kapoor

66. Who won a gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships 2016 held in Japan?

a. R. Chandran

b. Rahul Bajaj

c. Shiva Keshavan

d. Naveen Thapa



67. Which of the following cities was named India's most well-read city of 2016 by

Amazon?

a. Delhi

b. Bengaluru

c. Mumbai

d. Chennai

68. Suman railway station of Sangrur district of Punjab is renamed after the name of

a. Surjeet Patar

b. Sahir Ludhianavi

c. Bhagat Singh

d. Udham Singh

69. Who among the following topped 2016 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List?

a. Shah rukh Khan

b. Ranbir Singh

c. Salman Khan

d. Hritik Roshan

70. Who among the following has been named the ICC Cricketer of the Year and Test

Cricketer of the Year 2016?

a. Rohit Sharma

b. Virat Kohli

c. Ravichandran Ashwin

d. Suresh Raina

71. Who among the following has been named the captain of the ICC ODI Team of the

Year 2016?

a. Virat Kohli



b. AB de Villiers

c. David Warner

d. Mitchell Starc

72. Which mobile application has been launched as part of the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'

to help people locate the nearest toilet?

a. Google Swachh Shoch

b. Google Sulabh Shochalaya

c. Google Toilet Locator

d. Google Toilet Finder

73. Who among the following has became the first Pakistani player to win the ICC Spirit

of Cricket Award 2016?

a. Wahab Riaz

b. Sarfraz Ahmed

c. Mohd. Amir

d. Misbah-Ul-Haq

74. National Mathematics Day is celebrated on December 22, since 2012 to pay tribute

to

a. C.R.Rao

b. Harish Chandra

c. S Ramanujan

d. Satyendra Bose

75. Which football team won FIFATeam of the Year' title 2016?

a. Argentina

b. Brazil

c. Australia

d. Belgium



76. What is the name of India's beer fest to be held Bengaluru in which participants

have to run after drinking some beer?

a. Mile for Beer

b. Beer a mile

c. Beer and Run

d. Beer Mile Run

77. Who was named the 'Most Stylish Man' of 2016 by GQ magazine?

a. Virat Kohli

b. Roger Federer

c. Lionel Messi

d. Brad Pit

78. what is the name of global luggage brand that has appointed India's Test captain

Virat Kohli as its brand ambassador, the first Indian brand ambassador?

a. Jump

b. Steamline Luggage

c. Briggs & Riley

d. American Tourister

79. What is the name of the satellite launched by China to curb and monitor

greenhouse gas emissions?

a. TanSat

b. PanSat

c. KenSat

d. SanSat

80. Who was named 2016's AIFF Player of the Year?

a. Radamel Falcao



b. Andrés Iniesta,

c. Jeje Lalpekhlua

d. Robin van

81. What is the famous book written by Peter Navarro who has been appointed as the

head of National Trade Council by US President-elect Donald Trump?

a. Lead to China

b. Death by China

c. Rise to China

d. Death of China

82. The world's first solar road made with 30,000 square feet of solar panels has been

opened in

a. France

b. USA

c. UK

d. Austria

83. Who has been appointed Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu in place of P. Rama Mohana

Rao?

a. V. Saroja

b. S.P. Velumani

c. Girija Vaidyanathan

d. Nilofer kafeel

84. Who clinched the bronze in the fourth Women’s Under-18 Asia Cup hockey

tournament?

a. Sushila Chanu

b. Sangita Kumari



c. Preeti Dubey,

d. Renuka Yadav

85. Which of the following awards was given to Mary Kom at International Boxing

Association’s 70th-anniversary function?

a. AIBA Legends Award

b. AIBA Lifetime Achievement Award

c. AIBA Golden Achiever Award

d. AIBA Inspiring Personality of the Year

86. Who among the following won the FIFA Best Player of the Year award 2016?

a. Zico

b. Roberto Carlos

c. Lionel Messi

d. Cristiano Ronaldo

87. Which country has banned internet users from posting user-generated audio or

video, reportedly one of few sources of information outside state-controlled media?

a. North Korea

b. China

c. Syria

d. Saudi Arabia

88. What is the name of the satellite that helps study radiation belts in orbit launched

by Japan?

a. CYGFM03

b. Epsilon-1

c. Epsilon-2

d. CYGFM06



89. Who has become the first Indian to be appointed as the global ambassador of the

hair care brand 'Pantene'?

a. Priyanka Chopra

b. Sonakshi Sinha

c. Huma Qureshi

d. Shraddha Kapoor

90. Which country has launched a global carbon dioxide monitoring satellite to

understand climate change?

a. USA

b. India

c. Japan

d. China

91. What is the name of the team that will carry a robotic rover developed by Hakuto,

the Japanese team in the Google Lunar XPrize competition?

a. Sindhu

b. Indus

c. Bharat

d. India

92. Which of the following is not selected by central government to launch the 'Lucky

Grahak Yojana' and 'Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana' to promote digital payments in Punjab?

a. Amritsar,

b. Ludhiana

c. Jalandhar

d. Patiala



93. India's second centre of excellence for sericulture to boost the silk industry was

opened in

a. Murshidabad

b. Surat

c. Banaras

d. Bengaluru

94. Which boxing federation has been voted to induct as the permanent member of The

International Boxing Association (AIBA)?

a. Boxing Federation of India (BFI)

b. Argentina Boxing Federation –

c. Central American Boxing Federation

d. Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation

95. What is the name of the app launched by Union Minister of State (IC) for Power to

provide real-time data on electrification of 6 lakh villages?

a. Tamas-2

b. Ujala-1

c. GARV-2

d. Surya-1

96. What is the name of mobile wallet application launched by SBI in association with

BSNL?

a. MobiWallet

b. MobiCash

c. RuPaywallet

d. E-payU

97. Which state has launched a 24*7 forest helpline a state-wide call centre facility?

a. Madhya Pradesh



b. Himachal Pradesh

c. Arunachal Pradesh

d. Maharashtra

98. Anjali Lama, the first Nepali transgender model walked the ramp at

a. Amazon India Fashion Week.

b. Lakmé Fashion Week

c. India Runway Week

d. World Model Festival India

99. Where is the Jaipur Wax Museum situated?

a. Jaigarh Fort

b. Nahargarh Fort

c. Amer Fort

d. Diggi Palace

100. Who among the following has been appointed as the first Sikh Chief Justice of

India?

a. JS Khehar

b. Navkiran Singh

c. Amar Singh Chahal

d. Gurdit Singh

101. Who among the following has been appointed Assam's tourism brand ambassador

for two years?

a. Alia Bhatt

b. Parineeti chopra

c. Deepika Padukone

d. Priyanka Chopra



102. Who among the following became the fastest Indian to score maiden double ton in

Tests?

a. Tarun Nair

b. Karun Nair

c. Varun Nair

d. Arun Nair

103. Which word has been selected as the word of the year by Dictionary Merriam-

Webster?

a. post-truth

b. antithesis

c. surrealism

d. surreal

104. Who has been honoured with the Business Today 'Best CEO Award' in the Media

and Entertainment category for 2016?

a. Sunil Bharti

b. Punit Goenka

c. Anand Mahindra

d. Ajaypal Singh

105.Who was crowned Miss World 2016?

a. Natasha Mannuela

b. Priyadarshini Chatterjee

c. Mireia Lalaguna Royo

d. Stephanie Del Valle

106. Who was the captain of Indian Junior Hockey Team that won Hockey World Cup

2016?

a. Gurjant Singh



b. Simranjeet Singh

c. Harjeet Singh

d. Harendra Singh

107. With which of the following countries has India signed a pact to share financial

intelligence to counter money laundering and financing of terrorism to strengthen

defence cooperation?

a. UK

b. USA

c. Australia

d. Tajikistan

108. Which of the following places has been selected by website TripAdvisor as the

most popular year-end destination for South East Asian travellers?

a. Maldives

b. Bali

c. Bora Bora

d. The Dalmatian Islands

109. According to TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards for Destinations on the Rise',

which Indian city is among the top ten preferred destinations for travellers in 2017?

a. Jodhpur

b. Jaipur

c. Agra

d. Ooty

110. Wich of the following won the Club World Cup champions 2016?

a. Auckland City FC

b Kashima Antlers

c. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors



d. Real Madrid

111. What was the rank of Indian actress Priyanka Chopra in IMDb's most popular

celebrities' list?

a. 55th

b. 56th

c. 57th

d. 58th

112. Engineers who have created the world's smallest radio receiver belong to

a. Stanford

b. Harvard

c. Cambridge

d. California

113. Who among the following boxers won the Asia-Pacific title after knocking out

Tanzania's Francis Cheka?

a. Vijender Singh

b. Shiva Thapa

c. VK Yadav

d. Manoj Kumar

114. Who among the following has been appointed the new Indian Army Chief?

a. Pran Nath Thapar

b. Gopal Gurunath Bewoor

c. Bipin Rawat

d. Arun Shridhar Vaidya

115. Who among the following received the sports Personality of the Year award

2016?



a. Virat Kohli

b. Andy Murry

c. PV Sindhu

d Lionel Messi

116. What is the name of India's first transgender school to be opened in Kochi?

a. Sehpathi International School

b. Sahayayta International School

c. Sehyog International School

d. Sehaj International School

117. Who among the following became the first female cricketer to win both ICC's ODI

and T20I Player of the Year awards?

a. Sarah Taylor

b. Suzie Bates

c. Katherine Brunt

d. Alex Blackwall

118. Which of the following airports became India's first airport to introduce self bag-

drop facility?

a. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

b. Cochin International Airport

c. Chennai International Airport

d. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

119. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav laid the foundation stone of the 15-

km-long metro link from Noida’s Sector 71 to Greater Noida’s

a. City Park

b. Knowledge Park-V

c. Buddh International Circuit



d. AMR mall

120. Has been included in BBC's most influential women of the past 70 years list for

lead a campaign against low pay to women workers at a UK factory in the 1970s?

a. Jayaben Desai

b. Mahashweta Vaidya

c. Jankiben Vasant

d. Ratanben Ratadiya

121. Annapurna Rasoi Yojana is launched in which of the following states?

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Gujrat

c. Rajasthan

d. Bihar

122. Which of the following companies awarded with the “Indian Manufacturer of the

Year – 2016” award by Frost & Sullivan at the India Manufacturing Excellence Awards

2016?

a. Maruti

b. Mahindra and Mahindra

c. Tata Motors

d. Hyundai Motor India

123. According to 2016 Jane's Defence Budgets report, what is India's place in defence

sender?

a. Second

b. Third

c. Fourth

d. Fifth



124. Who has been announced as the UNICEF Global Goodwill Ambassador to promote

child rights at the UNICEF 70th anniversary event?

a. Priyanka Chopra

b. Deepika Padukone

c. Anushka Sharma

d. Aishwarya Rai

125. Who among the following has topped Forbes' list of America's Richest

Entrepreneurs Under 40 years of age for this year?

a. Parker Conrad

b. Palmer Luckey

c. Mark Zuckerberg

d. Tiger Woods

126. Which state has topped the list of states in distribution of LED bulbs as part of

country-wide campaign for reducing power consumption?

a. Maharshtra

b. Gujrat

c. Rajasthan

d. Uttar Pradesh

127. Who among the following has been enthroned as the 15th king of Malaysia ?

a. Sultan Muhammad V

b. Long Muhammad

c. Johor Bahru

d. Negeri Sembilan

128. Which bank has tied-up with grocery delivery startup Grofers to deliver up to Rs.

2,000 cash to customers when they order grocery worth minimum Rs. 1,000 online?



a. Axis Bank

b. Bandhan Bank

c. HDFC Bank

d. Yes Bank

129. Which of the following Indians have been included in Forbes' list of America's

wealthiest entrepreneurs under the age of 40?

a. Vijay Shekhar Sharma & Alok Kejriwal

b. Ramaswamy & Apoorva Mehta

c. Bhavish Aggarwal & Kunal Behl

d. Deepinder goyal & Naveen Tewari

130. What is the toll-free number to be issued by Central Government to provide

support related to cashless transactions?

a. 19911

b. 14141

c. 19991

d. 14444

131. What is the name of the TV channel launched by Govt. Of India to educate people

about digital payments ?

a. DigiCash

b. 'DigiShala

c. DigiBank

d. DigiMoney

132. Who among the following became the first Indian to win a medal at the Mr

Olympia event 2016, after securing a silver medal in the event?

a. Wasim Khan



b. Pavan Shetty

c. Iqbal Sayed

d. Deepak Tripathi

133. United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), to bring life-

saving aid and protection to children was founded on

a. December 11, 1946

b. December 12, 1946

c. December 11, 1945

d.December 12, 1945

134. The world's longest tunnel was officially opened on for regular rail service in

a. Australia

b. Germany

c. Switzerland

d. Austria

135. Who among the following took over as the Prime Minister of Italy and formed the

new government in 2016?

a. Sergio Mattarella

b. Paolo Gentiloni

c. Carlo Calenda

d. Giuliano Poletti

136. The campaign to end child labour '100 Million for 100 Million Campaign' launched

by President Pranab Mukharjee is organised by

a. Ravi Kumar Narra

b. Narayanan Krishnan

c. Nileema Mishra

d. Kailash Satyarthi



137. Biju Patnaik Rural Hockey Championship, a hockey tournament featuring 1,458

teams involving 25,000 tribal youth was flagged off in

a. Rourkela

b. Puri

c. Cuttak

d. Chandipur

138. Which country launched 'magnetic fishing net' to collect space garbage

a. Japan

b. USA

c. Brazil

d. Canada

139. Recently India signed a civil nuclear cooperation deal with

a. Thailand

b. Vietnam

c. Singapore

d. Russia

140. What is the rank Global Terrorism Index 2016

a. 7

b. 8

c. 6

d. 2

141. Rajasthan High Court scraps 5% quota for

a. Jarawas

b. Oarons

c. Warlis



d. Gujjars

142. Human Rights Day is observed on

a. December 3

b. December 7

c. December 10

d. November 29

143. Who won Tata Literature Live- Poet Laureate Award 2016

a. Vikram Seth

b. Abhay Goyal

c. Gulzar

d. Aakash Mehta

144. Who has been elected as Prime Minister of South Korea

a. Kim Byong-Joon

b. Hwang Kyo-ahn

c. Yi Yun-yong

d. Yi Pom-sok

145. Name the three districts of Uttrakhand in which liquor has been banned by

Uttarakhand High Court

a. Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, and Chamoli

b. Almora,Bageshwar and Chamoli

c. Dehradun, Haridwar and Nainital

d. Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and Haridwar

146. Trump appoints former WWE CEO as Small Business Admin head, name the

person



a. Vince McMahon

b. Shane McMahon

c. Linda McMahon

d. Paul Michael Levesque

147. Name the city that made the public transport free to tackle air pollution

a. London

b. Paris

c. New York

d. Sydney

148. Name the food safety regulator of India

a. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

b. Food Safety Authority of India

c. Food Security and Standards Authority of India

d. Food Safety and Security Authority of India

149. Recently, India removed import duty on a food crop, name it :

a. Rice

b. Soya

c. Millet

d. Wheat

150. Name the Russian boxer who has been stripped of his 2016 Rio Olympic medals by

the Court of Arbitration for Sport after failing dope tests

a. Nikolai Valuev

b. Misha Aloian

c. Alexander Povetkin

d. Sergey Kovalev



151. Who the current governor of Reserve Bank of India ?

a. Urjit Patel

b. Raghuram Rajan

c. D. Subbarao

d. Y. V. Reddy

152. Who is the Chief Justice of India

a. J. S. Khehar

b. H. L. Dattu

c. T. S. Thakur

d. Rajendra Mal Lodha

153. Who has been named as TIME person of the year 2016

a. Narendra Modi

b. Donald Trump

c. Hilary Clinton

d. Barack Obama

154. Union Cabinet approves Metro Rail Project at

a. Mumbai

b. Chennai

c. Chandigarh

d. Pune

155. Recently ISRO launched Remote sensing satellite, what is the name of this satellite

a. Resourcesat-2A

b. Resourcesat-3A

c. Resourcesat-2B

d. Resourcesat-2D



156. Boliver is the currency of

a. Chile

b. Argentina

c. Venezuela

d. Uruguay

157. Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal who have been chosen by the Straits Times of

Singapore for the prestigious “2016 Asian of the Year”are the founders of

a. Paytm

b. Amazon

c. Flipkart

d. Myntra

158. Who among the following won the reader's poll for the TIME's Person of the Year

2016?

a. Donald Trump

b. Narendra Modi

c. Barack Obama

d. Hillary Clinton

159. Which of the following films was named the Best Film at the 22nd Star Screen

Awards, 2016?

a. Airlift

b. Kahani 2

c. Pink

d. Sultan

160. Who won the best actor critics award at the 22nd Star Screen Awards, 2016?

a. Shahid Kapoor

b. Amitabh Bachchan



c. Ranveer Singh

d. Sushant Singh Rajput

161. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and

Director for Airtel's DTH business?

a. Sunil Taldar

b. Shashi Arora,

c. Anand Chanderskaran

d. Govind Rajan

162. Lifetime Achievement Award at the 22nd edition of Star Screen Awards was

presented to

a. Helen

b. Rekha

c. Hema Malini

d. Mousami Chatterji

163. Which of the following songs of Beyonce has been named the 'best song' of 2016

by 'Time' magazine?

a. Formation'

b. Hold Up

c. Flwaless

d. Irreplaceable

164. Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) at the

opening of the festival on December 7 will be given to

a. Will Smith

b. Samuel L Jackson

c. Kevin Spacey

d. Ben Affleck



165. The title of Miss Supranational 2016 at the beauty pageant held in Poland was

won by

a. Kanchan Tomar

b. Jesse Randhawa

c. Srinidhi Shetty

d. Tupur Chatterjee

166. With which country has India signed four agreements on visas, cyberspace, and

investments?

a. Kuwait

b. Qatar

c. Jordan

d. Saudi Arabia

167. The 6th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia summit was held

a. Amritsar

b. Ludhiana

c. Jalandhar

d. Chandigarh

168. The Indian arm of e-commerce major Amazon has launched its second in-house

private fashion label, an ethnic wear brand for women called

a. Syx

b. Nyx

c. Tyx

d. Myx

169. What is the name of satellite to be launched by ISRO carrying 1,235 kg remote

sensing satellite?

a. RESOURCESAT- 2B



b. RESOURCESAT-2A

c. RESOURCESAT-2D

d. RESOURCESAT-2C

170. What is the name of Tsamania based website launched for Indian women to

educate them about their legal rights in partnership with TRS Law Offices.?

a. Girlsmustknow.in

b. Womengottaknow.in

c. Righttoknow.in

d. Girlsgottaknow.in

171. A three-day bird festival was organised by the Uttar Pradesh government in

a. Chambal

b. Gorakhpur

c. Bareilly

d. Jhansi

172. India clinched the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2016 after defeating

a. Sri Lanka

b. Pakistan

c. Bangladesh

d. Afganistan

173. The Indian Navy Day is celebrated on

a. Dec. 6

b. Dec. 5

c. Dec. 4

d. Dec. 3



174. Which app is named the most popular Android app of 2016 on Google Play by

Google India?

a. Cymra

b. Ditto

c. BeautyPlus Me

d. Hike

175. In which village of Nalaland is Hornbill festival celebrated annually to pay tribute

to Hornbill?

a. Domokhia

b. Pihekhu

c. Nagarjan

d. Naga Heritage Village

176. Who among the following has been appointed interim CEO of National Stock

Exchange after the resignation of Chitra Ramkrishna?

a. J Ravichandran

b. Ashok Chawla

c. Abhay Havaldar

d. Dharmishta Raval

177. Which film has emerged as the most popular film of 2016, according to Google

Play's "Best of 2016" list?

a. Star Wars

b. Deadpool

c. Zootopia

d. Captain America: Civil War

178. Which of the following has been named as the best gaming app of 2016 by

Google?



a. Clash of Clans

b. Candy Crush

c. Subway Serfer

d. Pokemon Go

179. Emirates launched the world's shortest scheduled service on an Airbus A380,

flying it from Dubai to

a. Sharjah

b. Doha

c. Ajman

d. Abu Dhabi

180. In which category has All-India Football Federation won Asian Football Council

Award 2016?

a. Inspiring Member Association

b. AFC President's Recognition

c. Developing Member Association

d. Dream Asia Award

181. Who has been appointed as the head of product team of micro blogging site

Twitter?

a. Adam Bain

b. Keith Coleman

c. Anthony Noto

d. Adam Messinger

182. Which village of Maharashtra has become India's first cashless village starting

December 1, as claimed by its residents?

a. Ambhol

b. Ambad



c. Belapur

d. Dhasai

183. Dictionary has named 'Xenophobia' as Word of the Year for 2016 which means

a. The fear of driving. This phobia affects personal and works life.

b. The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone

c. The fear of dogs

d. fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures or stranger

184. Who has been appointed the ambassador of Brihanmumbai Municipal

Corporation's drive against open defecation and litter?

a. Amitabh Bachchan

b. Salman Khan

c. Ranveer Singh

d. Ranbir Kapoor

185. With which online payment portal has Mumbai Police tied up for digitally

collecting traffic fines from offenders?

a. PayTm

b. Oxigen Wallet

c. PayU Money

d. Freecharge

186. Muskan Sethi, a 27-year-old from Delhi, is India's first female professional

a. Soccer Player

b. poker player

c. Magician

d. Bar Tender

187. Which country will host its first Davis Cup tie in 13 years on home soil against Iran



in February 2017?

a. Japan

b. China

c. Pakistan

d. South Korea

188. Which of the following elements has becomes Asia's 1st Periodic Table element

discovery?

a. Nihonium

b. Rubidium

c. Cadmium

d. Neodymium

189. Which of the following Indian startups has signed contract with ISRO for mission

to moon?

a. CueLearn

b. Licious

c. Licious

d. Team Indus

190. Who among the following was honoured with the 'Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian

Award 2016' for her work as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador at a UNICEF event in New

York?

a. Adele

b. Katy Perry

c. Taylor Swift

d. Jennifer Lopez

191. Who among the following has been named Forbes Asia's 2016 Businessman of the

Year?



a. Chen Feng

b. Lei Jun

c. Jack Ma

d. Cheng Wei

192. Which organisation has included Yoga in its 'List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of

Humanity'?

a. UNICEF

b. WHO

c. UNESCO

d. IUCN

193. The first Lucknow Metro train, whose trial run was flagged off and it was driven by

two women operators named

a. Pratibha and Prachi

b. Poornima and Pooja

c. Preeti and Anchal

d. Bhavna and Bharti

194. Who among the following clinched his third consecutive World Chess

Championship in 2016?

a. Vishwanathan Anand

b. Sergey Karjakin

c. Magnus Carlsen

d. Fabiano Luigi Caruana

195. The Supreme Court ordered that the National Anthem should be compulsorily

played at all

a. Shopping Malls



b. cinema halls

c. Social Gatherings

d. Court Complexes

196. To buy 145 M777 lightweight Howitzer guns for the Army, India signed a deal

with

a. Russia

b. Japan

c. South Korea

d US

197. For which award has The All India Football Federation been nominated with

Vietnam and Malaysia?

a. Confederation's Member Association (Developing) Award 2016

b. The Football League Awards, 2016

c. The UEFA Club Football Awards, 2016

d. The London Football Awards, 2016

198. Hashim Mansoor, a seven-year-old boy from Kashmir's Bandipora district, has won

a gold medal in karate at

a. NATIONAL KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP

b. World Karate Championships

c. South Asian karate championship

d. Asian Youth Karate Championships

199. Who has been awarded the title of 'International Woman of the Year' at the

Esquire 'Man At His Best Awards' 2016 held in Dubai?

a. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

b. Priyanka Chopra



c. Deepika Padukone

d. Sonakshi Sinha

200. Which of the following books won the Crossword Book of the Year Award 2016 in

the autobiography category?

a. A Shot at History

b. Playing It My Way'

c. The Test Of My Life

d. The Race Of My Life

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