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1. For which special programme did NABARD entered into collaboration with German government
in April 2016?
a) Hybrid Variety Yeilding
b) Food Processing and Supply
c) Soil Erosion and Food Production
d) Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security
e) None
Ans:D
2. Which country has decided to create regional centre to deradicalise people and prevent
them from joining the militant group?
(a) USA
(b) Russia
(c) Israel
(d) France
(e) China
Ans:d
3. The union govt. is planning to create a new ministry to manage crises situation and
communal harmony named ministry of
(a) Pacific Settlement
(b) Peace
(c) Negotiation
(d) Cooperation
(e) None of these
Ans:b
4. Till now how many times direct tax details has been published by the CBDT in India.
a) 1
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2) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
Ans:A
5. 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
e) None
Ans:B
6. Consider the following
i. Union Health Minister has launched the centre for Environmental Health to assess the impact
of environment related problems on health
ii. It is a joint venture of TISS & PHFI
iii. It was launched from BBSR
Which is/are true?
(a) i, ii, iii
(b) i & ii
(c) i & iii
(d) ii & iii
(e) Only i
Ans:b
7. President of India launched the intelligent operation centre and a mobile application named
what for transformation of Presidents estate into a smart township
(a) PAHAL
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(b) MONITOR
(c) SUVIDHA
(d) SAHAYA
(e) SAHAJ
Ans:b
7. Name the organisation that in its April 2016 Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and the Pacific
forecast retained Indias growth rate at 7.5 percent for the year 2016.
a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
c) World Bank
d) Moodys Analytics
e) None
Ans:B
8. Name the bank of India that has planned to introduce a performance management system for its
1.70 lakh employees to build individual accountability.
a) State Bank of India
b) Punjab National Bank
c) HDFC
d) Yes Bank
e) None
Ans:A
9. Name the orgnisation whose new report claims that some 75 million school age children in crisisareas around the world are in desperate need of educational support.
a) UNICEF
b) UNESCO
c) WHO
d) World Children's Fund
e) None
Ans:A
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10. The High Court of Punjab and Haryana has stayed the operation of reservation for which
community passed by the state Assembly in Haryana
(a) Gujjar
(b) Jats
(c) Patel
(d) Bhumehar
(e) Rathor
Ans:b
11. The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of how many new IITs in the country
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 10
(e) 12
Ans:b
12. Kim Jong Un who was elected as the head of which countrys ruling workers party
(a) China
(b) North Korea
(c) South Korea
(d) China
(e) Cuba
Ans:b
13. Which country has accused India of plotting to topple its govt. recently?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Bhutan
(d)Nepal
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(e) Sri Lanka
Ans:d
14. As per union road transport ministry report which state lead the road accident cases
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Odisha
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Bihar
(e) Delhi
Ans:c
15. Kerala-IMA (Indian Medical Association) has recently partenered with which international
organisation to promote safe health practices?
a) UNICEF
b) IMF
c) UNCTAD
d) FAO
e) None
Ans:A
16. Identify the endangered asiatic species which were spotted in the nature reserve in northwest
China's Gansu Province ant stood in news in the last week of April 2016.
a) Wild Bore
b) White Peocock
c) Wild dogs
d) None of these
E) None
Ans:C
17. Identify the two Indian Naval Ships which were decommissioned by Indian Navy in the Naval
Dockyard, Mumbai on 28 April 2016.
a) Veer and Vishal
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b) Nipat and Vikut
c) Veer and Nipat
d) Vishal and Vikut
e) None
Ans:C
18. Which is wrong in the place where new IIT will be established as per central govt. decision?
(a) Kochi (Kerala)
(b) Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
(c) Dharwar (Karnataka)
(d)Bhillai (Chhattisgarh)
(e) Jammu (J & K)
Ans:a
19. The Union HRD Ministry has decided to launch which programme for tracking students
(a)ASPIRE
(b) ASMITA
(c) SAHYOG
(d) SAHAYA
(e) None of these
Ans:b
20. The Union Railway Ministry has launched the Rail Humsafar Saptaha starting from
(a) 25thMay
(b) 26th
May
(c) 27thMay
(d) 28thMay
(e) 30thMay
Ans:b
21. The Union HRD Ministry has launched the multilingual knowledge portal known as
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(a)Indiaknow
(b) KnowIndia
(c)Bharatvani
(d) Jibavarat
(e)None of these
Ans:c
22. The Union Surface Transport Minister has launch a series of Nirvaya Buses with IT
enabled safety measures in which state
(a)Delhi
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Bihar
(e) Uttar Pradesh
Ans:b
23. DRDO has successfully tested an advance version of the Air Defence Supersonic Ballistic
missile named
(a) Akash
(b) Agni
(c) Prithvi
(d) Aswini
(e) Aviator
Ans:d
24. The centrally launched Income Declaration Scheme 2016 to declare black money will be
implemented from
(a) 1stApril 2017
(b) 1stJanuary 2017
(c) 1stJuly 2016
(d)1stJune 2016
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(e) None of these
Ans:d
25. A six day Global Conference envisioned on economic empowerment of women to foster
leadership and entrepreneurship was held recently in
(a)Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Kolkata
(e) Bhubaneswar
Ans:b
26. India and USA held their first Maritime Security Dialogue recently in
(a)New Delhi
(b) Washington
(c) New York
(d) Mumbai
(e) Davas
Ans:a
27. A 10 days session of the UN climate body to discuss further step on Paris climate
agreement was held recently at
(a)Brazil
(b) Bonn
(c)New York
(d) Geneva
(e)Tokyo
Ans:b
28. India own an oil due worth $ 6.5 billion to which country for which oil supply has been
disrupted
(a)Saudi Arab
(b) Kuwait
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(c) Iran
(d) Iraq
(e) Russia
Ans:c
29. Which country has successfully launched Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite to sun
synchronies orbit recently
(a)Japan
(b) North Korea
(c)China
(d) Myanmar
(e) Singapore
Ans:c
30. UNICEF has launched the Emergency Lesson Campaign on education in the crises zone in
association with
(a) IMF
(b) World Bank
(c) G-7
(d) EU
(e) UNO
Ans:d
31. The new National Capital Goods Policy 2016 aim at increasing production of capital goodsto the value of Rs. 750000 cr. by which year
(a)2017
(b) 2019
(c)2020
(d) 2022
(e) 2025
Ans:e
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32. The Indian Institute of Mines located at which place will be upgraded to an IIT
(a) Dhanbad
(b) Patna
(c) Kochi
(d) Cuttack
(e) Ranchi
Ans:a
33. The National Green Tribunal has banned the diesel light & heavy vehicle of more than 10yr
old in 6 major cities in
(a) Goa
(b) Kerala
(c) Delhi
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Odisha
Ans:b
34. The NGT has imposed a hefty fine of Rs. 50 lakh on which Railway zone for violating
environment law?
(a)East-Coast
(b) South-West
(c) South-Central
(d) Central
(e) None of these
Ans:a
35. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana isrelated to
(a) Electricity reform
(b) LED lighting
(c) Free LPG to poor
(d) Reform in Discom
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(e) All of these
Ans:c
36. Which of the following organisation has the first to introduce the IPR law into an international
trading system.
a) WTO
b) ADB
c) UN
d) OECD
e) None
Ans:A
37. RBI will issue INR 1000 bank notes with the inset letter of ----------
a) R
b) A
c) H
d) S
e) V
Ans:A
38. How many animals and plants species have been categorised as endangered by the IUCN.
a) 37
b) 34
c) 35
d) 36
e) 49
Ans:D
39. Which indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile was test fired from the
complex of Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast?
a) Ashwin
b) Prithvi-II
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c) Agni-I
d) Akash
e) None
Ans:A
40. Which four minute documentary film on girl child education from India has been invited for
special screening at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Washington DC?
a) Atmaja
b) Beti
c) Kanya
d) Duhit
e) None
Ans:B
41. In which European country the USA launched a new ground-based missile defense system?
a) Romania
b) Poland
c) France
d) Bulgaria
e) None
Ans:A
42. Who has been honoured with the IAF hall of fame award 2016.
a) K Leonard
b) R Joseph
c) M K Chandrashekar
d) Udipi Ramachandra Rao
e) None
Ans:D
43. Who has won the award at UN poster contest on Nuclear disarmament recently.
a) Y S Vishwajeet
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b) Vinod Tambe
c) Ajay Parasker
d) Anjali Chandrasekar
e) None
Ans:D
44. What is current reservation limit in Haryana
a) 50%
b) 47%
c) 49%
d) 48%
e) None
Ans:B
45. Acting speaker of the lower house of Brazilian congress has annulled last months vote in
impeachment. Who is the impeachment process against.
a) Deputy PM
b) vice president
c) PM
d) President
e) None
Ans:D
46. The Union Government decided to replace 5-year plans with 15-year vision documents which for
the first time will include
a) Communal peace
b) Regional Development
c) Internal Security & Defence
d) Climate Change
e) None
Ans:C
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47. Which Indian Justice was appointed as deputy chairman of FIFAs Governance Committee in May
2016?
a) Jagdish Sharan Verma
b) P. Sathasivam
c) Mukul Mudgal
d) Altamas Kabir
e) None
Ans:C
48. Which state reported highest number of death due to road accident cases in 2015?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Odisha
Ans:c
49. Curfew has been imposed in which state capital due to mob violence & killing recently
(a) Imphal
(b) Ittanagar
(c) Kohima
(d) Dispur
(e) None of these
Ans:a
50. Govt. has started issuing which number for the budding entrepreneurs
(a) PAN
(b) SRIN
(c) TIN
(d) UBIN
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(e) Aadhar
Ans:d
51. What is Indian rank in the Crony capitalism nations?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7
(e) 6
Ans:b
52. Central govt. is planning to extend the DBT scheme to which sector recently
(a) PDS
(b) Agriculture
(c) Health Care
(d) Social Security
(e) Banking
Ans:c
53. The collegiums to appoint judges to higher judiciary is headed by
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Law Minister
(d) CJI
(e) None of these
Ans:d
54. Which High Court has upheld the ban on the slaughter of bulls and bullock?
(a) Allahabad
(b) Patna
(c) Bombay
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(d) Delhi
(e) None of these
Ans:c
55. Central govt. has recently released Rs. 9367 cr. to draught hit states under
(a) MGMREGA
(b) IAY
(c) PMGAI
(d) Smart City
(e) Swachha Bharat
Ans:a
56. Asias first Rice Technology part will be established in which state
(a) Odisha
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Bihar
(e) Andhra Pradesh
Ans:c
57. Which state govt. has granted minority status to the Jain recently?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Bihar
(e) Rajasthan
Ans:b
58. Which will be Indias single emergency number from 1st June 2016?
(a) 110
(b) 100
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(c) 112
(d) 120
(e) 115
Ans:c
59. Union govt. has approved Infosys proposal to establish a SEZ in IT/ITes sector in
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha
(e) Karnataka
Ans:e
60. The Heads Together Campaign on mental health was launched for the mentally retarded in
which country
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) India
(d) EU
(e) Brazil
Ans:b
61. India has signed a revised agreement on Taxation & Black Money recently with which country
(a)USA
(b) Switzerland
(c) Mauritius
(d) Panama
(e) None of these
Ans:c
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62. How many Indian Peace Keepers have been selected for the UN Dag Hammarskjold Medal
2016 for their courage and sacrifice
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7
(e) 10
Ans:b
63. Supreme Court of India has upheld law on defamation under section 499 & 500 of
(a) IPC
(b) CPC
(c) CVPC
(d) Legal Advisory
(e) PIC
Ans:a
64. The central govt has decided to scrap five year plan from which year in the country
(a) 2017
(b) 2018
(c) 2019
(d) 2020
(e) 2022
Ans:a
65. The new prospective plan will replace five year plans with emphasis on
(a) Infrastructure
(b) Accountability
(c) Monitoring
(d) Sustainable Development
(e) All of these
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Ans:e
66. As per WHO report on level of pollution Zabol city in which country is at the top with
most dirty air
(a)USA
(b) Iran
(c) Iraq
(d) Afghanistan
(e) Syria
Ans:b
67. How many Indian cities have been included in the top 5 most poll uting air quality in theworld
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5
Ans:c
68. The Sembastha Declaration has been signed between India and which country recently
(a) USA
(b) Japan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d)China
(e) Indonesia
Ans:c
69. Creative India : Innovative Indiais the tag line of which policy declared by the union govt.
of India recently
(a) Bankruptcy policy
(b) IPR policy
(c) Education policy
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(d) Health policy
(e) Industrial policy
Ans:b
70. Indian post has enhanced its service to Hi-tech by launching which programme
(a) Gagan
(b) Bhuvan
(c) Global
(d) Maitree
(e) None of these
Ans:b
71. Which country has shown interest in partnering India in developing of the Chabahar port in
Iran?
(a) USA
(b) Russia
(c) Japan
(d) China
(e) France
Ans:c
72. USA has expressed its support to India to be a member of which group which is being
opposed by Pakistan & China
(a) IAEA
(b) UNSC
(c) ILO
(d) NSG
(e) WHO
Ans:d
73. India has signed the 21st century nuclear agreement to promote the bilateral
neighbourhood relationship with which country recently
(a) Pakistan
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(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Nepal
(d) Bangladesh
(e) Bhutan
Ans:d
74. Consider the following
i. BJP came to power in Assam assembly election
ii. TMC retained power is West Bengal
iii. AIADMK won election in Tamil Nadu
iv. CPI won the election is Kerala
Which is/are true?
(a) i & ii
(b) i, ii, iii
(c) ii & iii
(d)ii, iii & iv
(e) All of these
Ans:b
75. The union govt. has constituted a 5 member committee to review the FRBM Act under the
chairmanship of
(a)C. Rangarajan
(b) Raghuram Rajan
(c) Arun Jaitley
(d) N.K. Singh
(e) S.G. Mundra
Ans:d
76. Which metro rail in India conducted the trial run of Indias first ever driverless train?
(a)Kolkata
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(b) Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Chennai
(e) Bengaluru
Ans:b
77. The Green Passage Scheme for the higher education of orphan students was launched by
which state govt.
(a)Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c)Delhi
(d) Odisha
(e)Uttar Pradesh
Ans:d
78. The Income Tax department has launched an electronic grievance redressal system to fact
track taxpayers grievances named
(a)e-Sahaya
(b) e-Nirvan
(c) e-Nirman
(d) e-Sahajog
(e) None of these
Ans:b
79. USA Parliamentarians seek to extend non-NATO ally status to which country recently
(a)Pakistan
(b) Syria
(c)India
(d) China
(e) Temin
Ans:c
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80. As per WHO life expectancy report life expectancy since 2000 has increased by
(a) 2 yrs
(b) 3 yrs
(c) 5 yrs
(d) 7 yrs
(e) 9 yrs
Ans:c
81. A two-day International Buddhist Conference to remember 2560thbirth anniversary of
Buddha was held recently in
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) Nepal
(e) Indonesia
Ans:d
82. The first ever World Tourism Conference for Development by UNWTO was held recently in
(a)New Delhi
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Beijing
(e) Lasha
Ans:d
83. The worlds largest single rooftop Solar Power Plant of 11.5 mw capacity was inaugurated
in which state of India
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Punjab
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(e) Haryana
Ans:d
84. Capital market regulator SEBI has tighten norms to curb black money inflow to India in which
form by making KYC norm mandatory?
(a) FDI
(b) FII
(c) FPI
(d) P-Notes
(e) All of these
Ans:d
85. Which public sector bank has reported largest loss of Rs. 5300 cr. recently?
(a) SBI
(b) PNB
(c) UCO
(d) Syndicate Bank
(e) PSB
Ans:b
86. SBI Indias largest lender has decided to merg its associate/subsidiary bank with itself
numbering
(a) 8
(b) 7
(c) 5
(d) 5
(e) 4
Ans:d
87. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved railway project worth what
amount for improving infrastructure in various states
(a) Rs. 21000 cr.
(b) Rs. 18000 cr.
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(c) Rs. 13000 cr.
(d) Rs. 11000 cr.
(e) None of these
Ans:d
88. What is the new name of the Dept. of Empowerment of person with disability at the union
level?
(a) Differently Abled
(b) Divyangjan
(c) Sakhyam
(d) Sahajog
(e) None of these
Ans:b
89. President of India Pranab Mukherjee has advocated a 8 step approach to resolve the
disputed with which neighbouring country during his recent visit
(a) Pakistan
(b) Myanmar
(c) China
(d) Nepal
(e) Sri Lanka
Ans:c
90. The Union govt. has cancelled all defence contract with Finmeccanica company from
which country
(a)France
(b) USA
(c) Russia
(d) Italy
(e) Israel
Ans:d
91. Which country is planning to establish rail link to India
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(a) Nepal
(b) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) China
(e) None of these
Ans:d
92. China has signed agreement to establish 600 mw atomic power plant in which African
country
(a) Sudan
(b) Somalia
(c) Nigeria
(d)South Africa
(e) Congo
Ans:a
93. What is Indian rank in e-waste generation in the world?
(a) 4th
(b) 5th
(c) 3rd
(d) 7th
(e) 8Th
Ans:b
94. Which international institution has launched the Pandemic Emergency Finance Facility to help
countries and health agencies fight outbreak of deadly diseases
(a) IMF
(b) World Bank
(c) ADB
(d) European Central Bank
(e) None of these
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Ans:b
95. As per the report of World Steel Association what is Indian rank in world steel production in
2015
(a) 2
nd
(b) 3rd
(c) 4th
(d) 5th
(e) 6Th
Ans:b
96. Which country has opened the worlds first functioning 3-D printed office building
(a) UAE
(b) USA
(c) Dubai
(d) Italy
(e) Israel
Ans:c
97. Which bank has got govt. permission to increase FDI limit to 74%?
(a) ICICI
(b) HDFC
(c) AXIS
(d) YES Bank
(e) IDFC Bank
Ans:d
98. Name the first south Indian Metro Rail to inaugurate underground corridor on 30 April 2016.
a) Hyderabad Metro
b) Namma Metro
c) Kochi Metro
d) Amravati Metro
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e) None
Ans:B
99. Who is a womens rights activist who won the prestigious Mandela - Graa Machel Innovation
Award
2016 on 28 April 2016?
a) Malala Yousafzai
b) Tabassum Adnan
c) Rosa Parks
d) None of these
e) None
Ans:B
100. Who among the following has been recently conferred with the prestigious Edger A Poe award.
a) Parupalli Kashyap
b)Baichang Bhutia
c) Raghuram Rajan
d) Neela Banerjee
e) None
Ans:D
101. Which bureaucrat has been recently selected for Japans highest civilian award.
a) Vilas A Tonapi
b) NK Singh
c) Arnab Mitra
d) T V Vijaya
e) None
Ans:B
102. Identify the state in which National LED programme UJALA was launched by Union Power
Minister Piyush Goyal on 30 April 2016
a) Madhya Pradesh
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b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Jammu & Kashmir
e) None
Ans:A
103. which of the following Indian government is setting up a spices park.
a) kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Telangana
d) Karnataka
e) None
Ans:C
104. which of the following state government has introduced the mobile app Adi Praman.
a) Maharashtra
b) Haryana
c) Uttarkhand
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None
Ans:A
105. which city has been recently declared as a Smoke free city.
a) Patna
b) Kohima
c) Bhubaneshwar
d) Kochi
e) None
Ans:B
106. Which Indian will address joint session of United states congress.
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a) Narendra Modi
b) Sushma Swaraj
c) Pranab Mukherjee
d) Arun Jaitley
e) None
Ans:A
107. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana will be launched from which district of India?
a) Varanasi
b) Lucknow
c) Ballia
d) Hathras
e) None
Ans:C
108. 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
e) None
Ans:C
109. Identify her, who was born in Telangana and upon migration to UK in 1970, elected as Mayor of
Lambeth city, South London on 27 April 2016.
a) Ameera Khan
b) Saleha Jaffer
c) Anirudhi Kher
d) None of these
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e) All
Ans:B
110. who among the following has been appointed as the secretary of department of Expenditure in
the finance ministry.
a) Sudesh Verma
b) Ashok Lavasa
c) P S Sachan
d) Ratan Watal
e) None
Ans:B
111. who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of Odisha Skill Development
Authority.
a) Kuldeep Sharma
b) Amita Pawan
c) Subroto Bagchi
d) Kuldeep Sharma
e) None
Ans:C
112. With which countrys three state- owned firms did Reliance Defence sign a strategic
partnership agreement on 29 April 2016?
a) Ukranian
b) Russia
c) Moldova
d) Maldives
e) None
Ans:A
113. FDI during April to February has reached which value
a. USD 35.53 b
b. 35.53 b
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c. 37.53 b
d. None
e. 37.89 b
Ans:C
114. Recently Romesh Sharma passed away in New Delhi, he was a
a) Veteran Author
b) Former Athlete
c) Former Cricketer
d) Former Minister
e) None
Ans:D
115. A group of researchers from which university built the world's smallest working engine named
as Actuating Nano-Transducers?
a) University of California
b) University of Pennsylvania
c) University of Cambridge
d) Indian Institute of Science
e) None
Ans:C
116. Scientist have discovered a new reef system which is the largest river by discharge of water in
the world where is it located.
a)
Brahmaputrab) Amazon
c) Tigris
d) Ganga
e) None
Ans:B
117. Which film on 3 May 2016 won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film?
a) Masaan
b) Baahubali: The Beginning
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c) Bajirao Mastani
d) Visaranai
e) None
Ans:B
118. Name the actor who on 3 May 2016 was conferred the National Film Award for Best Actor?
a) Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani
b) Amitabh Bachchan for Piku
c) Allu Arjun for Race Gurram
d) Mahesh Babu for Dookudu
e) None
Ans:B
119. Name Maharashtras well-known businessman-politician also called The Man with the Golden
Shirt by his friends, who has earned a place in the Guinness World Records (GWR) for owning the
most expensive gold shirt in the world costing 9835099 rupees.
a) Pankaj Parakh
b) Rahul Parakh
c) Siddharth Parakh
d) None of the above
e) All
Ans:A
120. Name the district of West Bengal whose residents will be voting on 5 May 2016 for the first
time since Independence of India, that is, 15 August 1947.
a) Coochbehar
b) Malda
c) Bankura
d) Murshidabad
e) None
Ans:A
121. Real estate (Regulation and Development Act) comes into force which date.
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a. May 4
b. May 3
c. May 2
d. May 1
e. None
Ans:D
122. Who on 3 May 2016 was appointed Managing Director (MD) of Bharti Retail?
a) Rakesh Biyani
b) Yusuf Siddiqui
c) John Matthews
d) Kishore Biyani
e) None
Ans:D
123. Who on 2 May 2016 publicly identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin?
a) Craig Steven Wright
b) Satoshi Nakamoto
c) Joseph Thomas
d) None
e) All
Ans:A
124. Who has resigned from TATA steel as a sports executive
a. Charles Borromeo
b. Prakash Padukone
c) Mary Kom
d. None
e. All
Ans:A
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125 Which of the following Union Ministry on 3 April 2016 launched EXIM Analytics Dashboard to
provide an easy access to detailed trade data of the country?
a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
b) Ministry of Finance
c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
d) Ministry of Disinvestment
e) None
Ans:A
126. Name the country that in May 2016 ordered a Canadian Robert Penner living and working in
the country to leave the country within two days after he criticised the government on social media.
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Nepal
d) China
e) None
Ans:C
127. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on 3 May 2016 confirmed that he would call an election
within the next week to be held on 2 July 2016. Turnbull is the Prime Minister of which country?
a) New Zealand
b) Australia
c) Singapore
d) Malaysia
e) None
Ans:B
128. Name the snooker player who on 2 May 2016 won World Championship title of Snooker in
Sheffield.
a) Ronnie O'Sullivan
b) Mark Williams
c) Ding Junhui
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d) Mark Selby
e) None
Ans:D
129. Name the cricketer who in the first week of May 2016 signed as brand ambassador for Hublot
watches.
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Virat Kohli
d) Shikhar Dhawan
e) None
Ans:B
130. New Zealand ace batesman Kane Williamson was confirmed as the -------- test cricket of the NZ
cricket team
a. 30
b. 27
c. 28
d. 29
e. 20
Ans:D
131. Which country bateman scord a record 21 ball century in April 2016.
a. Trinidad
b. Trinidad and Tobago
c. Tobago
d. Both a & c
e. None
Ans:B
132. Who among the following was appointed as a current player representative in the ICC Cricket
Committee for a 3-year term?
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a) Rahul Dravid
b) Mahela Jayawardena
c) Anil Kumble
d) Mark Taylor
e)None
Ans:A
133. Who was re-elected as the chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee for another 3-year term
until 2018?
a) Shashank Manohar
b) Anil Kumble
c) Tim May
d) Ravi Shastri
e) None
Ans:B
134. Which of the countries has passed the bill on opioid abuse recently
a) France
b) Canada
c) United States
d) United Kingdom
e) None
Ans:C
135. Who won Super Middleweight contest for the six consecutive time recently.
a) Andrzej Soldra
b) Lu Guang
c) Vijender Singh
d) Sangram Singh
e) None
Ans:C
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136. Who of the following won his first Italian Open Men's Singles Tennis title?
a) Roger Federer
b) Andy Murray
c) Novak Djokovic
d) Rafael Nadal
e) None
Ans:B
137. Who of the following won Italian Open Women's Singles Tennis title?
a) Victoria Azarenka
b) Ana Ivanovic
c) Maria Sharapova
d) Serena Williams
e) None
Ans:D
138. Who of the following womens squash team was the winner of the 18th Asian Team squash
championships played at Taipei in Chinese Taipei?
a) Indian team
b) Malaysian team
c) Pakistani team
d) Hong Kong team
e) None
Ans:B
139. Who of the following mens squash team was the winner of the 18th Asian Team squash
championships played at Taipei in Chinese Taipei?
a) Indian team
b) Malaysian team
c) Pakistani team
d) Hong Kong team
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e) None
Ans:C
140. Name the Dutch teenager who became Formula One's youngest race winner after winning the
Spanish Grand Prix.
a) Kimi Raikkonen
b) Max Verstappen
c) Giedo van der Garde
d) Michael Bleekemolen
Ans:B
141. Name the former Test cricketer, the first Indian to score a memorable ton in his debut innings,who died Ahmedabad aged 87.
a) Deepak Shodhan
b) MJ Gopalan
c) Rustomji Jamshedji
d) Vinoo Mankad
e) None
Ans:A
142. What was the theme of the 2016 International Day of Families that is celebrated annually on
15 May?
a) Men in charge? Gender equality and children's rights in contemporary families
b) Advancing Social Integration and Intergenerational Solidarity
c) Families, healthy lives and sustainable future
d) Families and Persons with Disabilities
e) None
Ans:C
143. Which of the following are not the benefit of the direct tax avoidance agreement.
a) Exemption from taxes
b) TDS c) Tax credit
d) Double tax
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e) None
Ans:D
144. Malaysias largest power utility film has picked 30% equity stake in GMR energy what is its
name.
a) TDB
b) TCB
c) TJB
d) TNB
e) None
Ans:D
145. The ministry of railways has discontinued dual freight policy for transportation of which items.
a) Iron ore pellets
b) iron ore
c) both a & b
d) None
Ans:C
146. The scientists of which country built the worlds first scanning helium microscope to study
human, animal and plant samples in pristine form?
a) Germany
b) Canada
c) New Zealand
d) Australia
e) None
Ans:D
147. Which country launched the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite on board the Long March 2-D
rocket?
a) Japan
b) South Korea
c) China
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d) Malaysia
e) None
Ans:C
148. Name the South Korean author who won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her
novel 'The
Vegetarian'.
a) Ann Goldstein
b) Han Kang
c) Elena Ferrante
d) Orhan Pamuk
e) None
Ans:B
149. Name the Indian Ph.D student who bagged the European Materials Research Societys (EMRSs)
Young Scientist Award at the EMRS 2016 Spring Meeting Lille France.
a) Partha Pratim Majumdar
b) Nandini Bhandaru
c) Usha Barwale
d) Paramjit Khurana
e) None
Ans:B
150. Name the Indian Ph.D student who bagged the European Materials Research Societys (EMRSs)
Young Scientist Award at the EMRS 2016 Spring Meeting Lille France.
a) Partha Pratim Majumdar
b) Nandini Bhandaru
c) Usha Barwale
d) Paramjit Khurana
e) None
Ans:B
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151. Who of the following Indian peacekeepers will not be honoured with Dag Hammarskjold Medal
by UN International Peace Keeping Organisation?
a) Head Constable Shubhkaran Yadav
b) Subedar Jagjeevan Ram
c) Rifleman Manish Malik
d) Havildar Amal Deka
e) None
Ans:B
152. Who has topped the 2015 civil service examination.
a) Jasmeet singh sandhu
b) Athar Amair UI Shafi khan
c) Tina Dabi
d) Both
e) None
Ans:C
153. India will soon have a list of which of the category of offenders.
a) Molestation
b) murder
c) rape
d) Both a & c
e) None
Ans:D
154. What is the name of the worlds first robot lawyer that was hired by a US law firm?
a) ROSS
b) TOSS
c) DOSS
d) MOSS
e) None
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Ans:A
155. Who was sworn in as the acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court?
a) Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei
b) Justice Deepak Kumar Gupta
c) Justice Dinesh Maheshwari
d) Justice Vineet Saran
e) None
Ans:A
156. Who was recently appointed the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court?
a) Justice Deepak Gupta
b) Justice Vaiphie
c) Justice Kumar Vyomkesh
d) Justice Navin Sinha
e) None
Ans:A
157. Who resigned as president of BCCI on May 10th2016.
a) Mr clean
b) Shashank Manohar
c) Jagmohan dalmia
d) None
e) a & b
Ans:B
158. Name the UNDP project that has turned testimonies of displaced people in Ukraine into
books.
a) Living Library
b) Displaced Library
c) Library of Displaced
d) Library of Livings
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e) None
Ans:A
159. Name the new fund that will be launched at UN World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul,
Turkey in May 2016.
a) Education is waiting
b) Educate the deprived
c) Education Cannot Wait
d) None of the above
e) All
Ans:C
160. British Royals launched the Heads Together campaign to tackle stigma of
a) HIV/AIDS
b) Mental health
c) Disability
d) Suicide
e) None
Ans:B
161. Which of the following countries has defeated at the Uber cup badminton tournament?
a) Malaysia
b) China
c) India
d) Japan
E. Austria
Ans:C
162. Who has led the Indian delegation to Japan on Bullet train.
a) Arun Jaitley
b) Arvind panagaria
c) Suresh prabhu
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d) Venkiah naidu
e) None
Ans:B
163. Which political became the first transgender candidate to win in the Philippines election.
a) Geraldine Roman
b) Imelda Roman
c) Gerlandine Roman
d) All
e) None
Ans:A
164. Who of the following is not a part of the three-member Indian women's archery team who
were named for the Rio Olympics?
a) Deepika Kumari
b) Bombayla Devi
c) Laxmirani Majhi
d) Dola Banerjee
e) None
Ans:D
165. Which country won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, the longest-running annual
international TV song competition?
a) Ireland
b) Ukraine
c) Sweden
d) France
e) None
Ans:B
166. Identify the pair that won the 2016 Italian Open womens doubles title.
a) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
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b) Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic
c) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
d) Kvta Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
e) None
Ans:A
167. India first green rail track will be spread over 114 km in which state
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Goa
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) West Bengal
Ans:d
168. Union Water Resources Minister has launched the first trash Skimmer in which river
(a) Ganga
(b) Jamuna
(c) Kashi
(d)Koshi
(e) None of these
Ans:b
169. Union govt. is planning to provide mobile connectivity to 55669 villages by
(a) 2019
(b) 2020
(c) 2022
(d) 2025
(e) 2030
Ans:a
170. Five day festival of 155Th
birth anniversary of poet R.N. Tagove was organised recently inwhich country
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(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) Israel
(d) China
(e) Egypt
Ans:e
171. BHEL has commissioned a 500 mw thermal plant recently in which state
(a) Odisha
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Karnataka
(e) Andhra Pradesh
Ans:c
172. How many Indian satellites are operational new by ISRO?
(a) 44
(b) 54
(c) 24
(d) 34
(e) 64
Ans:d
173. Highest number of Indian satellites by ISRO operating now are in which fields
(a) Communication
(b) Earth observation
(c) Remote sensing
(d) Navigation
(e) None of these
Ans:a
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174. India has agreed to pay 1.5% interest on the $ 6.5 billion oil due to which country
(a) Saudi Arab
(b) Iraq
(c) Iran
(d) Kuwait
(e) None of these
Ans:c
175. Which country has approved Ambani led Reliance Power to establish a LNG based power
plant there
(a) Pakistan
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Bangladesh
(e) Nepal
Ans:d
176. Union Cabinet has given approval to the renewed Agreement for Scientific and
Technological Cooperation with
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) EU
(d) ASEAN
(e) SAARC
Ans:c
177. EU agreed to grant conditional visa to the which country to access euro zone
(a) Italy
(b) France
(c) Germany
(d) Turkey
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(e) None of these
Ans:d
178. USA Congress has initiated move to stop $ 450 million and to which country
(a) India
(b) Israel
(c) Pakistan
(d) Lebanon
(e) None of these
Ans:c
179. Which international agency has launched the Zika response Multi Partner Trust Fund?
(a) WHO
(b) UNO
(c) EU
(d) ASEAN
(e) SAARC
Ans:b
180. What is Indian position in the FDI confidence index
(a) 7th
(b) 6th
(c) 9th
(d) 8th
(e) 5th
Ans:b
181. Which bank has decided to introduce performance management system for Rs. 1.7 lakh
employees?
(a) ICICI
(b) HDFC
(c) SBI
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(d) UCO
(e) IOB
Ans:c
182. Which Indian pvt. sector bank has signed MOU with BRICS for partnership in bond issue
(a) Axis
(b) ICICI
(c) HDFC
(d) Bandhan
(e) IDFC
Ans:b
183. Which is Indias largest cooperative bank?
(a) BMB
(b) MUDRA
(c) NABARD
(d) SARASWAT
(e) None of these
Ans:d
184. Which state govt. has launched a scheme to grant financial assistance upto Rs. 25 lakh to
MSME for potent registration
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Haryana
(d) Gujarat
(e) Maharashtra
Ans:c
185. Which bank has decided to open an international banking union at the IFSC in Gandhinagar
in Gujarat?
(a) IDFC
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(b) HDFC
(c) IDBI
(d) NABARD
(e) ICICI
Ans:c
186. SEBI has given in principle approval to which bank to its act as custodian of securities
(a) IBBI
(b) ICICI
(c) Axis
(d) Yes Bank
(e) Bandhan
Ans:d
187. Sadiq Khan has been elected as the 1stMuslim Mayor of
(a) Washington
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Paris
(e) None of these
Ans:c
188. Sunil Lamba will be the next chief of
(a) Indian Army
(b) Indian Navy
(c) IAF
(d) DRDO
(e) SFC
Ans:b
189. Enda Kenny has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of
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(a) England
(b) Italy
(c) Ireland
(d) Iceland
(e) Germany
Ans:c
190. Which PSU bank has been awarded the Excellence Award for empowering MSME in 2016?
(a) CBI
(b) UCO
(c) Corporation Bank
(d) HDFC
(e) ICICI
Ans:c
191. Astronomers from which country have discovered a faint blue galaxy about 30 million light
years from earth which could three new light on the origin of Universe
(a) France
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) India
(e) Japan
Ans:c
192. The most powerful and advance military exercise named Red Flag is conducted by
which country each year in which Indian Air Force participated this year
(a) USA
(b) Russia
(c) France
(d) Japan
(e) China
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Ans:a
193. What is Indian rank in the Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5
Ans:c
194. Who heads the Bank Board Bureau?
(a) Raghuram Rajan
(b) Y.V. Singh
(c) Vinod Rai
(d) R. Gandhi
(e) H.R. Khan
Ans:c
195. Which bank get award for MSME funding?
(a) SBI
(b) UCO
(c) Andhra Bank
(d) IOB
(e) BOB
Ans:b
196. Rome based International Fund for Agricultural Development will provide a loan worth what
amount to India to aid the farm sector
(a) $ 100 million
(b) $ 150 million
(c) $ 200 million
(d) $ 250 million
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(e) $ 300 million
Ans:b
197. SEBI has recently tightened its norm for investment in Indian economy by
(a) FDI
(b) FII
(c) P Notes
(d) Both (a) & (b)
(e) None of these
Ans:c
198. Who has been reappointed as the chairman of ICC for a second 3 year term
(a) Sunil Gavaskar
(b) Kapil Dev
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Anil Kumble
(e) None of these
Ans:d
199. SEBI has approved the appointment of Ashok Chawla as Chairman of
(a) NSE
(b) MOX
(c) BSE
(d) IRDA
(e) None of these
Ans:a
200. A Bicycle Highway the first of its kind will be developed in which state
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
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(d) Odisha
(e) Bihar
Ans:a
201. The 4Th South Asian Initiative to End Violence Against Children Ministerial meeting was
recently held in
(a) Tokyo
(b) Colombo
(c) New Delhi
(d) Islamabad
(e) Kathmandu
Ans:c
202. Jeo Money wallet has been launched recently by which mobile company
(a) Reliance
(b) Tata
(c) Airtel
(d) Aircel
(e) None of these
Ans:a
203. National Technology Day is observed on
(a) 11th
May
(b) 10thMay
(c) 15thMay
(d) 12thMay
(e) 8thMay
Ans:a
204. Indian Navy has launched the Integrated Harbour Defence & Surveillance System in
(a) Goa
(b) Visakhapatnam
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(c) Paradeep
(d) Karwar
(e) Mumbai
Ans:b
205. WPI inflation rise by 0.34% in India after a gap of how many months
(a) 12
(b) 10
(c) 14
(d) 17
(e) 20
Ans:d
206. SEBI has issued new listing guideline for
(a) FDI
(b) FII
(c) IITs
(d) MBFC
(e) Banks
Ans:c
207. Kepler Space mission has been launched by
(a) Russia
(b) USA
(c) France
(d) China
(e) India
Ans:b
208. UN Secretary General has appointed Mary Robbinson and Macharia Kamau as UN
special envoy for
(a)Terrorism
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(b) Financial Crises
(c) EI Nino & Climate
(d) Refugee
(e) None of these
Ans:c
209. Indian women Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi who have qualified
for the Rio Olympic are associated with which sport?
(a) Boxing
(b) Archery
(c) Chess
(d) Gymnastic
(e) None of these
Ans:b
210. Cyclone storm Roanu that hit recently in Bay of Bengal get its name from which country
(a) India
(b) Maldives
(c) Myanmar
(d)Sri Lanka
(e) Bangladesh
Ans:b
211. Measurement in a Dynamic World was the theme of this years World Metrology Day
observed on
(a) 20thMay
(b) 19thMay
(c) 18thMay
(d) 17th
May
(e) 16thmay
Ans:a
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212. What is the position of iconic Taj Mahal in the top tourist spots in the world published
recently?
(a) 4th
(b) 5
th
(c) 3rd
(d) 2nd
(e) 1St
Ans:b
213. India has cited the example of which country who is a member of NSG without signing NPT
in face of Chinese opposition to Indian membership in NSG
(a) UK
(b) USA
(c) France
(d) Germany
(e) Italy
Ans:c
214. In the post 2014 general election the number of National Political Party has been
reduced to
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 6
(e) 7
Ans:c
215. International rating agency Moody rated Indian GDP growth rate for 2016-17 at
(a) 6%
(b) 6.5%
(c) 7%
(d) 7.5%
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(e) 8%
Ans:d
216. Apple Inc has declared to set up a ios App Design and Development Accelerator in
(a) Hyderabad
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bengaluru
(e) None of these
Ans:c
217. Tsai-Ing-Wen has been sworn in as the first women President of which country
(a) China
(b) Tiwan
(c) Japan
(d) Indonesia
(e) Myanmar
Ans:b
218. India has successfully tested its swedeshi space shuttle with reusable technology recently
from
(a) Chandipur
(b) Dhamra
(c) Thumba
(d) Sriharikota
(e) None of these
Ans:d
219. Who has been elected as the President of BCCI?
(a) Deepak Chopra
(b) N. Srinivas
(c) Jagmohan Dalmiya
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(d) Anurag Thakur
(e) Ajay Shirlke
Ans:d
220. Indias 1st IPS officer Kiran Bedi has been appointed as the Lt. Governor of
(a) Andaman
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Puduchery
(d) Delhi
(e) None of these
Ans:c
221. PM Modi during his visit to Iran signed the Chabahar port agreement worth
(a) $ 200 million
(b) $ 300 million
(c) $ 500 million
(d) $ 600 million
(e) $ 800 million
Ans:c
222. Which country has imposed restriction on visa for skilled workers from India recently?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) Europe
(d) Canada
(e) France
Ans:d
223. Defence Minister Manohar Parikar during his recent visit to which country signed 4
agreements on defence, maritime crime, etc.
(a) Iran
(b) Oman
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(c) Libya
(d) Syria
(e) Iraq
Ans:b
224. India has issued travel warning to Indian citizen from visiting which country due to
security threat
(a) Syria
(b) Libya
(c) Iraq
(d) Iran
(e) Oman
Ans:b
225. USA has recently lifter sanction on which country?
(a) Vietnam
(b) Singapore
(c) Indonesia
(d) Pakistan
(e) Afghanistan
Ans:a
226. Which bank will issue 9 cr. equity share to raise fund from the QIB?
(a) SBI
(b) PNB
(c) IOB
(d) BOB
(e) None of these
Ans:c
227. Indian Post Payment Bank will start operation from
(a) July 2016
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(b) September 2016
(c) January 2017
(d) April 2017
(e) March 2017
Ans:d
228. India, Myanmar and Thailand are all set to sign a trilateral agreement on
(a) Trade
(b) Defence
(c) Road Connectivity
(d) Terrorist
(e) None of these
Ans:c
229. On coming of power which state CM has declared a farm loan waiver & free power to
farmers
(a) West Bengal
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Assam
(e) None of these
Ans:b
230. Indian Pankaj Advani who won the Asian championship recently is associated with which
sport
(a) Shooting
(b) Archery
(c) Snooker
(d) Chess
(e) None of these
Ans:c
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231. Which country won the 2016 Thomas cup badminton?
(a)USA
(b) Norway
(c) Denmark
(d) Italy
(e) India
Ans:c
232. Worlds first humanitation summit was held recently at
(a) New Delhi
(b) Dacca
(c) Islamabad
(d) Istanbul
(e)Colombo
Ans:d
233. Govt. will start auctioning of 67 discovered marginal oil & gas fields from
(a) 1stJune
(b) 15thJune
(c) 1stJuly
(d) 15thJuly
(e) 1stAugust
Ans:d
234. The Islamic Development Bank from which country has decided to open its branch in India
(a) Oman
(b) Dubai
(c) UAE
(d) Iran
(e) Saudi Arab
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Ans:e
235. The Islamic Development Bank will start its operation in India with its first branch in
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kochi
(c) Ahmadabad
(d) Delhi
(e) Gandhinagar
Ans:b
236. India and World Bank have signed the loan and project agreement for World Bank assistance
of $ 100 million for the water supply modernisation project in which state
(a) Bihar
(b) Karnataka
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Odisha
Ans:b
237. Which Indian Financial Institution has been ranked 7th among the worlds ten biggest
consumer financial service company?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) AXIS Bank
(d) YES Bank
(e) Induslnd Bank
Ans:b
238. R.G. Jadhav who passed away recently is a noted
(a) Writer
(b) Director
(c) Actor
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(d) Scientist
(e) None of these
Ans:a
239. Mamta Banerjee who has been sworn in as the CM of West Bengal for 2 nd time belong
to which party
(a) NDA
(b) UPA
(c) TMC
(d) DMK
(e) AGP
Ans:c
240. Which team won the 2016 UEFA championship?
(a) Argentina
(b) Germany
(c) Real Madrid
(d) Italy
(e) None of these
Ans:c
241. Who has been named as Indias head coach for the Zimbabwe tour by BCCI?
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) B.S. Bedi
(d) Sanjay Bangar
(e) None of these
Ans:d
242. Pakke Tiger Reserve which won the Indian Biodiversity Award 2016 is in which state
(a) Manipur
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
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(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) None of these
Ans:b
243. IAF has successfully tested the land attack version of which missile from Pokhran recently
(a) Agni-II
(b) Prithvi
(c) BrahMos
(d) Akash
(e) Nag
Ans:c
244. Which day is observed as UN Peacekeeper Day internationally?
(a) 21stMay
(b) 23rd
May
(c) 26thMay
(d) 29thMay
(e) 30thMay
Ans:d
245. PM Modi has announced to increase the retirement age of govt. doctors to
(a) 60 yrs
(b) 62 yrs
(c) 65 yrs
(d) 68 yrs
(e) 70 yrs
Ans:c
246. ICGS Arush is a
(a) Super Computer
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(b) Computer Virus
(c) Potral Vessel
(d) SPV
(e) None of these
Ans:c
247. As per the report of CSE there is large scale presence of KbrO 3 in
(a) Maggie noodles
(b) Bread
(c) Fast Food
(d) Vegetables
(e) All of these
Ans:b
248. Supreme Court of India has relaxed the bail conditions for the arrested marines from
(a)France
(b) Italy
(c) Brazil
(d) USA
(e) Russia
Ans:b
249. Central govt. has approved the establishment of National Investment and Manufacturing
zone in which state recently
(a) Gujarat
(b) Bihar
(c) Odisha
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e)West Bengal
Ans:c
250. Worlds first graphene electronic paper has been developed by which country?
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a) India
b) Brazil
c) Japan
d) China
e) None
Ans:D
251. India has recently signed MoU with which country to provide $100 million credit line for
infrastructure fund?
a) Nepal
b) Indonesia
c) Papua New Guinea
d) New Zealand
e) None
Ans:C
252. Who was named as the Indias ambassador in Rio Olympics 2016 along with Salman Khan on 29
April
2016?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) AR Rahman
c) Milka Singh
d) Abhinav Bindra
e) None
Ans:D
253. Which Cricket ground was decided by IPL team Mumbai Indians as their Home ground on 28
April
2016?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Kochi
c) Rajkot
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d) Gawhati
e) None
Ans:A
254. Who is the author of the book Param Vir: A War Diary?
a) Nitish Ahujha
b) Sandeep Jain
c) Manju Lodha
d) Navtej Sarna
e) None
Ans:C
255. MICE, an initiative based on meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions that was
launched by Union Government is related to
a) Tourism
b) Science and Development
c) Namami Gange project
d) None of the above
Ans:A
256. Name the former Jana Sangh President who died on 2 May 2016 in New Delhi.
a) Balraj Madhok
b) Bachhraj Vyas
c) Raghu Vira
d) Prem Nath Dogra
e) None
Ans:A
257. Which Indian was the only sport person to represent India in the London 2012 olympic in the
field of Judo.
a. Garima Gupta
b. Garima Chaudhary
c. Anish Chaudhary
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d. All
e. None
Ans:B
258. International Jazz day 2016 was observed across the world on which date.
a. 2 May
b. 1 May
c. 31 May
d. 30 May
e. None
Ans:D
259. Union Minister of State Piyush Goyal on 4 May 2016 launched Contract Labour Payment
Management System portal for which public sector undertaking?
a) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
b) Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC)
c) Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCI)
d) Coal India Limited (CIL)
e) None
Ans:D
260. The European Central Bank will permanently end production and issuance of which of the
following
banknotes, as announced on 4 May 2016?
a) 50 euro
b) 500 euro
c) 5000 euro
d) 100 euro
e) None
Ans:B
261. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 4 May 2016 gave its approval for development
of two laning with formation of four lane of Shimla Bypass located on
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a) National Highway 1
b) National Highway 4
c) National Highway 22
d) National Highway 24
Ans:C
262. Identify the room disinfectant for silkworm rearing houses and appliances that was
commercialized by the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) in May 2016.
a) House Spray
b) Clean Hit
c) Ghar Sodhon
d) None of these
e) All
Ans:C
263. Patronet LNG has resigned a revised pact with which company
a) Rasgas
b) ONGC
c) Rasmas
d) Both a & c
e) None
Ans:A
264. The Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was announced in May 2016 by
recognizing the scientists and engineers who contributed to the momentous detection of
a) Frictional Pull
b) Kinetic Drift
c) Infra red Rays
d) Gravitational Waves
e) None
Ans:D
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265. Which company has emerged as a defence private sector firm with the largest number of
permits across the spectrum.
a) Reliance defence
b) Honeywell
c)
TASLd) None
e) All
Ans:A
266. Name the Indian State that in May 2016 won the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS) 2016 prize in e-Agriculture category.
a) Haryana
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Punjab
e) None
Ans:B
267. The Union Cabinet on 4 May 2016 approved the signing of Memorandum of Co-operation
between Ministry of Women & Child Development and
a) CARE International
b) Amnesty International
c) International Committee of the Red Cross
d) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
e) None
Ans:D
268. Which state government will launch Nagaroday Abhiyan on the lines of Gramoday Se Bharat
Uday Abhiyan in July-August 2016?
a) Madhya Pradesh Government
b) Haryana Government
c) Punjab Government
d) Bihar Government
e) None
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Ans:A
269. Name the e-enabled application that was launched by Indian railways for proper monitoring of
all the Railway projects throughout the country.
a) Project Management & Information System
b) Project Monitoring System
c) Project Maintenance System
d) None of These
e) All
Ans:A
270. Which of the following states has emerged as the most film friendly state in the country at 63rdNational film awards in New Delhi
a) Tamil nadu
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujrat
d) Karnataka
e) None
Ans:C
271. Religious freedom in India in 2015 was in the negative trajectory according to USCRIF which
stands for.
a) United states council for industrial regional finance
b) US commission for international religious freedom
c) UN commission for international religious freedom
d) None
Ans:B
272. What was the theme of the 2016 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day that
is observed annually on 17 May?
a) Telecommunications and ICTs: Drivers of innovation
b) Broadband for Sustainable Development
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c) ICT Entrepreneurship for Social Impact
d) None of the above
e) All
Ans:C
273. Name the Indian-American who won the one of two Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards
of 50000 US dollar for developing a low-cost electronically aided knee brace.
a) Rajeev Jha
b) Syamantak Payra
c) Swetha Revanur
d) Prashant Godishala
e) None
Ans:B
274. State-run power producer NTPC Limited formed Joint Venture with which company to revive
plants of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)?
a) Oil India Corporation
b) Coal India Limited
c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited
d) Engineer India Limited
e) None
Ans:B
275. The SBI proposed to merge which public sector bank with itself along with its 5 associate
banks?
a) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
b) Andhra Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Union Bank of India
e) None
Ans:A
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276. Which bank launched the SmartUp platform to offer banking and payment solutions to start-
ups?
a) ICICI Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Axis Bank
e) None
Ans:B
277. Which of the following acts provides the establishment of CBDT
a) The central board of revenue act 1987
b) The central board of revenue act 1963
c) The central board of revenue act 1985
d) The central board of revenue act 1967
e) None
Ans:B
278. Which of the following banks has planned to close its corporate retail and institutional
operations in
India recently.
a) HSBC
b) American Express
c) RBS
d) Citibank
e) None
Ans:C
279. Which of the following organisation has given its approval to 29 banking agencies to accept
payment
of income tax dues.
a) IDBI
b) RBI
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c) SBI
d) CBEC
e) None
Ans:B
280. Identify one of the discoverers of Neptune's rings who died recently.
a) Andre Brahic
b) William Hubbard
c) Zard William
d) None of the above
e) All
Ans:A
281. Himalayan brown beers came into news after being sighted for the first time after 1999 in
a) Kargil
b) Tundah
c) Dachigam
d) Kupwara
e) None
Ans:A
282. Researchers of which American university developed worlds first zika virus clone?
a) University of Pennsylvania
b) Harvard University
c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
d) University of Texas
e) None
Ans:D
283. Which Indian artist won prize at the 2016 UN poster contest on N-disarmament?
a) Neelima Mehta
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b) Anjali Chandrashekar
c) Rani Sharma
d) Sudesh Naik
e) None
Ans:B
284. Name the person who will head the five member committee that was constituted by
government to give recommendations on the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM)
roadmap for the future.
a) Sumit Bose
b) Arvind Subramanian
c) Urijit Patel
d) NK Singh
e) None
Ans:D
285. Which of the following point is not true in context of Draft National Policy for Women that was
unveiled for consultation by Union government?
a) Create eco-systems to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women
b) Create a society in which women attain their full potential
c) Replace National Policy for Empowerment of Women, 2011
d) Guide Government action on Womens issues over next 15-20 years
e) None
Ans:C
286. How many members are there on the board of the CBDT.
a) 5
b) 4
c) 6
d) 7
e) 10
Ans:B
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287. Who of the following is the first Chief of Air Staff to fly the indigenously designed and produced
Light
Combat Aircraft Tejas?
a) Pradeep Vasant Naik
b) Arup Raha
c) Norman Anil Kumar Browne
d) Fali Homi Major
e) None
Ans:C
288. Which of the following football clubs won La Liga Champions Parade 2016?
a) Deportivo
b) Real Madrid
c) Barcelona FC
d) Granada
e) None
Ans:C
289. Name the athlete who created history by breaking the national record in women's 3000m
steeplechase event.
a) Anjum Chopra
b) Sudha Singh
c) Lalita Babar
d) Geeta Singh
e) None
Ans:B
290. Name the first Scorpene class submarine that went to sea for the first time on 1 May 2016.
a) Rahav
b) Tannin
c) Kalvari
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d) Khanderi
e) None
Ans:C
291. Russia launched its first rocket from its vostochny Cosmodrome in far east. What is the name
of the rocket.
a) Soyuz 2.1 a
b) Soyuz 2.1 c
c) Soyuz 2.1 b
d) None
e. All
Ans:C
292. ISRO on 28th
April launched the seventh navigation satellite into sub GTO. What it is called
a) IRNSS 1C
b) IRNSS 1A
c) IRNSS 1B
d) IRNSS 1G
e) None
Ans:D
293. ISRO will be launching 22 satellites from PSLV-C34. What are the two nano satellites to be
launched called.
a) Swayam, Satyabamasat
b) Sarva, Swayam
c) Swayam, Satyabhama
d) None
e) All
Ans:A
294. Name the Indian-American journalist who was felicitated with a prestigious with Edgar A. Poe
award on 1 May 2016 by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle in Washington.
a) Neela Banerjee
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b) Misha Euceph
c) Indira Somani
d) Nandita Bakhshi
e) None
Ans:A
295. Who among the following has inaugurated LED bulb Ujala Yojana in Bhopal recently.
a) Piyush Goyal
b) Narendra Modi
c) Ashok Sharma
d) Shivaraj Singh
e) None
Ans:A
296. Which state government on 29 April 2016 launched Adi Praman, a web-based application for
tribal caste validity certificate?
a) Odisha Government
b) Assam Government
c) Jharkhand Government
d) Maharashtra Government
e) None
Ans:D
297. Which of the following states government has declared to withdraw the status of the cabinet
minister for former chief ministers.
a) Jharkhand
b. Haryana
c. Himachal
d. Uttarkhand
e. None
Ans:B
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298. Committee headed by which former CEC has suggested IIT should facilitate study of science
and technology in Sanskrit literature,
a) N Gopalaswamy
b) TN Sheshan
c)
S Radhashankard) Both a & c
e) None
Ans:A
299. Name the IISc professor who, as announced on 29 April 2016, was elected the Fellow of The
Royal Society.
a) Sriram Ramaswamy
b) Ramanujan Hegde
c) Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan
d) None of the above
e) All
Ans:A
300. Who on 1 May 2016 was appointed the new Senior Vice President - Strategy & New Business
Initiatives of Housing.com?
a) Rahul Yadav
b) Jahmohan Reddy
c) Dilip Tuli
d) Vivek Sharma
e) None
Ans:C
301. Who has been appointed as chief selector of the Sri Lankan cricket team.
a) Sanath Jayasurya
b) Romesh Kaluwitharana
c) Both a & b
d) All
e) None
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Ans:A
302. Which of the following is not part of the agreements that was entered between India and
Papua New Guinea on 29 April 2016?
a) MoU in the Field of Health Care and Medical Science
b) MoU for a USD 100 Million Credit Line for development of infrastructure in the island-nation
c) MoU for cooperation in agricultural research
d) MoU on Air Services Agreement
e) None
Ans:D
303. Which world leader statue had placed at Madam Tussauds.
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) VP Singh
c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
d) Narendra Modi
e)None
Ans:D
304. Indian team on 1 May 2016 bagged one silver and two bronze medals at Archery World Cup at
the Yuanshen Stadium in
a) Shanghai
b) Bangkok
c) Myanmar
d) Lausanne
e) None
Ans:A
305. Indian shooters on 1 May 2016 bagged three gold medals and a bronze on the opening day of
the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl of
a) Germany
b) Brazil
c) China
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