BOOK AUTHOR

APPOINTMENT
VISIT,
BANKING ,
NATIONAL ,
SPORTS,
SCHEME,
STATIC,
DAY,
AWARD

BOOK AUTHOR
Question 1. Name the former world magnificent heavyweight boxing champion has died at 74.
Answer. Muhammad Ali
Question 2. Name the Tamil actor and director who died following a massive heart attack at his house in
Kalampalayam.
Answer. Balu Anand
Question 3. Name the Famous comic star passed away after having a heart attack in Mumbai.
Answer. Razzak Khan
Question 4. Name the Eminent actress and theatre personality who has passed away in Mumbai. She was 79 years
old.
Answer. Sulabha Deshpande
Question 5. Name the India's first Mr Universe who has passed away in Kolkata. He was 104 years old.
Answer. Manohar Aich
Question 6. Name the Veteran communist leader who died recently.
Answer. KC Mathew
Question 7. Name the Former Lok Sabha Speaker who died recently.
Answer. Purno Agitok Sangma
Question 8. Name the Veteran Gujarati folk singer who died recently.
Answer. Diwaliben Bhil
Question 9. Name the Oscar winning actor who died recently.
Answer. George Kennedy
Question 10. Name the Emmy Award winning actor who died recently.
Answer. Larry Drake
Question 11. Name the Former NZ cricket captain who died recently.
Answer. Martin Crowe
Question 12. Bangladesh Govt. hanged the fundamentalist for war crimes committed during the country's 1971
Liberation War.
Answer. Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami
Question 13. Who is the author of "The Drowned Detective"?
Answer. Neil Jordan
Question 14. Who is the author of "India vs Pakistan: Why Cant we just be Friends"?

Answer. Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqan

Question 15. Who is the author of "The Kiss of Life: How a superhero and my son defeated cancer"?
Answer. Emraan Hashmi coauthored the book with author Bilal Siddiqi
Question 16. Who is the author of "The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprises"?
Answer. Kartar Lalvani
Question 17. Who is the author of "Fixed! Cash and Corruption in Cricket"?
Answer. Shantanu Guha Ray
Question 18. Who is the author of "Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography"?
Answer. Pramod Kapoor
Question 19. Who is the author of "Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey to Mars"?
Answer. Scott Kelly
Question 20. Who is the author of "A State in Denial - Pakistans Misguided and Dangerous Crusade"?
Answer. BG Verghese
APPOINTMENT
Question 1. Who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam?
Answer. Sarbananda Sonowal
Question 2. Who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Kerala?
Answer. Pinarayi Vijayan
Question 3. Who has been appointed as the Finance Secretary?
Answer. Ashok Lavasa
Question 4. Who has been appointed as the Deputy CAG?
Answer. Hindupur Pradeep Rao
Question 5. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson, 21st Law Commission?
Answer. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan
Question 6. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission?
Answer. HL Dattu
Question 7. Who has been appointed as the President, Paytm?
Answer. Bhushan Patil
Question 8. Who has been appointed as the Goodwill ambassador of LEPRA India organization?
Answer. Bollywood Actor R Madhavan
Question 9. Who has been appointed as the Chairman, Airport Authority Of India (AAI)?
Answer. Sudhir Raheja
Question 10. Who has been appointed as the MD of Bharti Retail?
Answer. Kishore Biyani
Question 11. Who has been appointed as the Commandant of prestigious Indian Military Academy (IMA)?
Answer. Lt General S K Saini
Question 12. Who has been appointed as the New Chief of Naval Staff?
Answer. Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba
Question 13. Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Romania?
Answer. A V S Ramesh Chandra

Question 14. Who has been appointed as the Secretary, Govt. of India in the Ministry of Urban Development?
Answer. Rajiv Gauba
Question 15. Who has been appointed as the Brand ambassador of Reebok India?
Answer. Kangana Ranaut
Question 16. Who has been appointed as the 4th Goodwill Ambassador for Team India at the Rio Olympics?
Answer. AR Rahman
Question 17. Who has been appointed as the CEO, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
Answer. Rahul Johri
Question 18. Who has been appointed as the First woman CM of J&K?
Answer. Mehbooba Mufti
Question 19. Who has been appointed as the New president of Taiwan?
Answer. Tsai Ing-wen
Question 20. Who has been appointed as the PM of Ukraine?
Answer. Volodymyr Groysman

VISIT
1. India extended a Line of Credit (LoC) of 1 billion US dollars to ..........?
Answer: Mongolia
2. India and which country signed a 2 billion US dollar Line of Credit (LOC) to implement socio-economic
development projects and strengthen bilateral relations?
Answer: Bangladesh
3. India and which international organisation signed an agreement to set up a South Asia Regional Training and
Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC)?
Answer: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
4. The US Agency for International Development and the ________ signed an MoU to facilitate 848 million US dollars
in funding to develop solar parks across India.
Answer: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
5. India and which country have launched the Fulbright Kalam Climate Fellowship enabling Indian research scholars
to work with American institutions in the field of climate change?
Answer: United States
6. _________ has launched its first cyber security public organization aimed at better safeguarding national cyber
security.
Answer: China
7. _______ successfully tested the first stealth fighter jet. With this, the country joins a select group of world military
powers wielding the radar dodging technology.
Answer: Japan
8. Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, _________ visited Bangladesh.
Answer: Dharmendra Pradhan
9. President Pranab Mukherjee went for a two Nation tour to __________ and _______. This is the first ever state
visit of an Indian President to these two countries.
Answer: Papua New Guinea and New Zealand
10. Britains Prince Harry had a five-day visit to which country to mark the 200th anniversary of the bilateral ties?
Answer: Nepal

11. Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Science ________ visited Nagaland.
Answer: Harsh Vardhan
12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 4th Nuclear Security Summit in?
Answer: Washington DC
13. Which country signed MoU for setting up Laser Interferometer Gravitationalwave Observatory (LIGO)
observatory in India?
Answer: USA
14. _________ Secretary of State John Kerry discussed with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud in the West
Asia.
Answer: USA
15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visited TCS All Women IT Centre and Masmak Fortress in?
Answer: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
16. Which Indian organisation signed MoU for plantation of trees alongside Railway Track on Railway LAND
Boundary?
Answer: Indian Railways with Haryana and Punjab
17. Which organisation signed MoU to develop an application for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information
System?
Answer: Railways and ISRO
18. Which Indian organization signed MoU for strengthening and promoting business ties with Australia India
Business Council (AIBC)?
Answer: FICCI
19. India signed MoU for promoting sustainable, stable and lowcarbon thermal power development in India with
which country?
Answer: Japan
20. Govt. of India signed Mou of US$100 mn loan agreement for the Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization
project with which organisation?
Answer: World Bank
BANKING
1. The trade in short-term loans between banks and other financial institutions are called?
Answer: Money Market
2. What is the tagline of Chennai headquarted Indian Overseas Bank(IOB)?
Answer: Good people to grow with
3. Where is the headquarter of Asian Development Bank(ADB)?
Answer: Manila, Philippines
4. The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank
of India Act, 1934.Who is the first Governor of RBI?
Answer: Osborne Smith
5. NABARD is an apex development bank in India, having headquarters in Mumbai and other branches are all over
the country.NABARD Stand for?
Answer: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

6. Which bank has launched payment gateway to facilitate online trade and non-trade transactions between the
Himalayan nation 'Nepal' and India?
Answer: Nepal SBI Bank
7. Which rate is the short term borrowing rate at which RBI borrows money from banks?
Answer: Reverse Repo Rate
8. 'The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961' (DICGC Act) and 'The Deposit Insurance and
Credit Guarantee Corporation General Regulations, 1961' framed by the Reserve Bank of India.Where is the
headquarter of DICGC?
Answer: Mumbai
9. Government and it set up which Group in 1975. On the basis of this committees recommendations, a Regional
Rural Banks Ordinance was promulgated in September 1975, which was replaced by the Regional Rural Banks Act
1976?
Answer: Narasimham Working Group
10. Monetary policy is the process by which monetary authority of a country, generally controls the supply of money
in the economy by its control over interest rates in order to maintain price stability and achieve high economic
growth.Monetary policy is regulated by which organisation in India?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India
11. Financial markets for the buying and selling of long-term debt or equity-backed securities is called?
Answer: Capital Market
12. Syndicate Bank is one of the oldest and major commercial banks of India. What is the tagline of Syndicate Bank?
Answer: Your faithful and Friendly Financial Partner
13. SARFAESI Act is an Indian law .It allows banks and other financial institution to auction residential or commercial
properties to recover loans. In SARFAESI, F stands for?
Answer: Financial
14. CRAR, is the ratio of a bank's capital to its risk.CRAR stand for?
Answer: Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio
15. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulator for the securities market in India. It was
established in the year?
Answer: 1988
16. Which Bank has reported the largest net loss of Rs. 5,367.14 cr. for 4th quarter. This is the biggest quarterly loss?
Answer: Punjab National Bank
17. _________ entered into collaboration with German Govt. on Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food
Security.
Answer: NABARD
18. Which Bank has become the first bank to commence the sale of Indian Gold Coin (IGC) in the domestic market.
Answer: Indian Overseas Bank
19. Saudi Arabia based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has announced to open its first branch in India at?
Answer: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
20. Which Bank has Surpassed ICICI Bank to emerge as the third most valued lender in the country?
Answer: KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK
NATIONAL
Question 1. Name the three countries which will be connected by a 1,400-kilometre highway, to boost the trade and
cultural exchanges among the three countries.
Answer. India, Thailand and Myanmar

Question 2. Name the scheme under which India distributed scholarships to over 800 Bangladeshi students.
Answer. Mukti jodha Scholarship Scheme
Question 3. Name the Indias first special purpose vehicle (SPV) on smart city which has commenced operations.
Answer. Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited
Question 4. India has banned its nationals from travelling to________ country in view of the prevailing security
situation.
Answer. Libya
Question 5. PM Narendra Modi has flagged off, the first ever direct train between Assam to _________.
Answer. J&K
Question 6. In which city, The Indian Railways is all set to conduct trial of its first solar panel-powered train?
Answer. Rajasthan's Jodhpur city
Question 7. Which University Completes Its 100 years Of Glorious Existence.
Answer. Banaras Hindu University
Question 8. Which is the single emergecy number that will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to
help people reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department.
Answer. 112
Question 9. India extended a Line of Credit (LoC) of 1 billion US dollars to _________.
Answer. Mongolia
Question 10. India and the US launched the __________ fellowship programme which will enable Indian research
scholars to work with American institutions in the field of climate change.
Answer. Fulbright - Kalam Climate Fellowship
Question 11. Who entered Guinness World Records for recording highest number of songs in several languages?
Answer. P Susheela
Question 12. What is India's rank in the exports of Fake goods globally while china is No.1 in the list.
Answer. 5th position
Question 13. The World Bank Group has launched ____________ and __________ to fight Pandemics in poor
countries and creating the world's first insurance market for pandemic risk.
Answer. Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility and launched a $500 million fund.
Question 14. Which country will partner India in turning Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore and Kochi into smart cities,
according to German ambassador to India Martin Ney?
Answer. Germany
Question 15. Name the jet launched by Pakistan and China have to be inducted into PAF to enhance its operational
capabilities.
Answer. JF-17B Thunder multi-role combat
Question 16. WHich Govt. has decided to close the World's biggest refugee camp in Dadaab?
Answer. The Kenyan Govt.
Question 17. Which two countries have agreed to build a bridge over the Red Sea?
Answer. Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Question 18. Which country has developed a new electronic paper, which has been heralded as the worlds first
graphene electronic paper?
Answer. China

Question 19. Which two countries have launched an unmanned spacecraft, named ExoMars 2016, to smell Mars
atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, ormay still be?
Answer. Europe and Russia
Question 20. The World Bank agreed to provide concessional 100 million US dollar loan to ________ for creating one
lakh jobs for Jordanians and Syrian refugees.
Answer. Jordan
SPORTS
Question 1. Who had been appointed India's head coach for tour to Zimbabwe?
Answer. Coach of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab Sanjay.
Question 2. Who won the IPL 2016 for the first time?
Answer. Sunrisers Hyderabad by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 8 runs
Question 3. Who has become the youngest ever batsman to cross 10,000 runs in Test cricket?
Answer. England captain Alastair Cook.
Question 4. Who has been re-appointed as ICC Cricket Committee chairman?
Answer. Anil Kumble
Question 5. Who topped in the ICC T20I Rankings 2016?
Answer. New Zealand
Question 6. Who won the ICC Cricket World T20 Mens Cup 2016?
Answer. West Indies
Question 7. Name the Sri Lankan spinner, retired from T20 and One Day International Cricket.
Answer. Rangana Herath
Question 8. Who won the Santosh Trophy National Football Championships title?
Answer. Services
Question 9. Who won their eleventh Football Champions League title?
Answer. Real Madrid
Question 10. Who has been appointedea as FIFA's first ever female secretary-general?
Answer. UN diplomat, Fatma Samoura
Question 11. Who has won the English Premier League title for the first time in the club's 132 years history?
Answer. Leicester City
Question 12. Who has been named as Huawei global ambassador?
Answer. FC Barcelonas player Lionel Messi
Question 13. Which team won the 25th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia?
Answer. Australia
Question 14. Name the Indian Wrestlers who have secured spots at the upcoming Rio Olympics.
Answer. Ravinder Khatri and Babita Kumari
Question 15. Name the first Indian boxer to book a seat in the Rio Olympics.

Answer. Indian boxer Shiva Thapa

Question 16. Name the Indian woman who created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify
for Olympics.
Answer. Indian artistic gymnast Dipa Karmakar

Question 17. Who won the mens singles title at the 2016 Yonex Sunrise India Open badminton championship?
Answer. Kento Momota of Japan
Question 18. Who won the mens singles title at the Malaysia Open 2016?
Answer. Lee Chong Wei
Question 19. Who won the Monaco F1 Grand Prix?
Answer. Lewis Hamilton
Question 20. Who won the 2016 Monte Carlo Masters title?
Answer. Rafael Nadal
SCHEME
Question 1. Name the scheme launched by Union Government as a student tracking system programme.
Answer. ASMITA
Question 2. Name of the scheme launched by Cabinet Committee to provide free LPG connections to women below
poverty line.
Answer. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Question 3. Name the three initiatives for best practices in road transport sector.
Answer. INFRACON, ePACE and up-Scaled INAM PRO.
Question 4. Name the Innovative Entrepreneurship and Skill development Programme launched by Ministry of
Minority Affairs.
Answer. Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS)
Question 5. Name the Crop Insurance scheme launched in Mumbai recently.
Answer. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana
Question 6. Name the Government's initiative of National LED programme launched in MP.
Answer. Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)
Question 7. Name the mobile application launched by Union Minister of Power, Coal, New and renewable energy in
New delhi.
Answer. PRAVAH
Question 8. Name the mobile application launched by our PM for the farmers to provide information on subjects
such as weather, market prices, seeds, fertilizers etc.
Answer. Kisan Suvidha
Question 9. Name the Programme launched by the Union Ministry of Tourism to inculcate appropriate tourism traits
and knowledge among the trainees.
Answer. Parytak Mitra Programme
Question 10. Name the scheme launched by Odisha Govt. for orphan students.
Answer. Green Passage scheme
Question 11. Name of the project launched by Odisha CM at Sasan Ambagaon village.
Answer. Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV)
Question 12. Name the scheme launched by Gujarat CM to distribute LED bulbs to the people.
Answer. Ujala scheme
Question 13. Name the programme launched by Himachal Pradesh CM for developmental works.
Answer. PEHAL programme in Shimla district.

Question 14. Name the Scheme launched by Andhra Pradesh CM as an insurance scheme for the people.
Answer. Chandranna Bima Yojana in Vijayawada.
Question 15. Name the web-based application launched by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for better
management of waste.
Answer. Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS).
Question 16. Name the startup India portal and mobile app launched by DIPP and Union Ministry of Commerce and
Industry.
Answer. http://startupindia.gov.in
Question 17. Name the two scheme launched by the Union Ministry of Power, Coal, New and Renewable energy
along with AP CM in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
Answer. National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps Programme and National Energy Efficient Fan Programme.
Question 18. Name the scheme launched by Odisha CM for the state farmers to improve irrigation facilities.
Answer. Direct Benefit Transfer
Question 19. Name the scheme launched by PM Narendra Modi Mhow, MP on 125th birth anniversary of Babasaheb
Ambedkar.
Answer. Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
Question 20. Name the portal launched by the Ministry of Human Resources and development(HRD) for creation of
knowledge society in digital age.
Answer. Multilingual knowledge portal www.bharatavani.in

STATIC:
1. The Bihu dance is a folk dance celebrated in which state?
Answer: Assam
2. Valmiki National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the West Champaran district of ......................?
Answer: Bihar
3. The Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India and tenth tallest dam in the world located at?
Answer: Uttrakhand
4. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of?
Answer: Assam
5. Ranthambore National Park is one of the biggest and most renowned national park in Northern India. The park is
located in the Sawai Madhopur district of?
Answer: Rajasthan
6. Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance of which state?

Answer: Rajasthan
7. Sundarbans National Park, one of the famous national parks in India, is located in which state?
Answer: West Bengal
8. Chandoli National Park is one of the popular parks in which state?
Answer: Maharashtra
9. Bandipur National Park, an 874-sq.-km forested reserve in the southern Indian state of?

Answer: Karnataka
10. The Dudhwa National Park is a national park in the Terai of?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
11. Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dance. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards
of ancient northern India in which state?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
12. Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant is located at Yamuna Nagar in?
Answer: Haryana
13. Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station is located in which state?
Answer: Bihar
14. Gulmarg Biosphere Reserve located in?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
15. Mundra Thermal Power Station or Mundra Thermal Power Project is located at Mundra in?
Answer: Gujarat
16. Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary at Kozhikode is the 16th wildlife sanctuary to be formed in which state?
Answer: Kerala
17. Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park is a 240 square kilometres protected area located in?
Answer: Goa
18. Bhilai Power Plant is a coal-fired captive power station in the state of?
Answer: Chhatisgarh
19. Mitiyala Wildlife Sanctuary also known as Mitiyala Grasslands is situated near Mitiyala in?
Answer: Gujarat
20. Gaur Dance is a popular folk dance of?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

DAYS
1. World Press Freedom Day observed every year on, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of
press freedom. What was the theme of 2016?
Answer: Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms - This Is Your Right!
2. World Immunization Week celebrated in the last week of which month?
Answer: April
3. The National Maritime Day was celebrated on?
Answer: 5th April

4. International Labour Day is a celebration of labourers and the working classes, promoted by the international
labour movement, anarchists, socialists, and communists. It takes place every year on May 1. What was the theme of
International Labour Day this year?
Answer: Celebrating the international labour movement
5. World Malaria Day (WMD) is an international observance commemorated every year on?

Answer: 25th April

6. World Wildlife Day is on March 3 every year to raise awareness of endangered animals and plants. What is the
theme of World Wildlife Day, 2016?
Answer: The future of wildlife is in our hands"
7. World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on?
Answer: March 22
8. The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April. What was the theme of
World Water day this year (2016)?
Answer: Halt the Rise: Beat Diabetes

9. World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is an awareness day, which is observed on..........?
Answer: March 15
10. The International Day of Happiness (known as Happiness Day) is celebrated throughout the world on ....... of
March.
Answer: 20th
11. National Technology Day is celebrated every year on?
Answer: May 11
12. International Monuments and Sites Day also known as World Heritage Day is observed on?
Answer: April 18
13. World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognised day on the 2nd of April every year. What was the
theme of World Autism Awareness Day 2016?
Answer: Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and Neurodiversity
14. International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March
8 every year with the theme of?
Answer: "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality
15. World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on?
Answer: April 26
16. Every year 10th April is celebrated all over the world as?
Answer: World Homeopathy Day
17. The annual observance of World Telecommunication Day, which marks the founding of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) on?
Answer: May 17
18. World Theatre Day is the creation of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). It is celebrated annually on?
Answer: March 27
19. World Poetry Day is celebrated on?
Answer: 21 March
20. International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of
Victims observed on?
Answer: March 24

AWARDS
Question 1. Who won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016?
Answer. Indian author and Social Science professor from India Prashar Kulkarni.
Question 2. Who won the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award?
Answer. Egyptian novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji
Question 3. Who won the Saraswati Samman for 2015?
Answer. Author and poet Padma Sachdev (autobiography titled Chitt-Chete, written in Dogri language).
Question 4. Who won the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award?
Answer. J.K. Rowling
Question 5. Whi won the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize?
Answer. Columnist and author Jerry Pinto
Question 6. Who won the Japan's Fukuoka prize 2016?
Answer. Renowned Indian music composer A. R. Rahman
Question 7. Who has been recognised with the Japans second highest national decoration i.e. The Order of the
Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star?
Answer. N K Singh
Question 8. Who has been Honoured with a special statue by the Switzerland Govt?
Answer. Late director Yash Chopra
Question 9. Who got the King Abdulaziz Sash honour by Saudi Arabia?
Answer. PM Narendra Modi
Question 10. To whom, Mongolia has conferred its highest civilian award "North Star"?
Answer. Indian scholars-Lokesh Chandra and Mansura Haider
Question 11. Who has been awarded with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award For 'Aligarh'?
Answer. Manoj Bajpayee
Question 12. Who has been given the Best actress in an international narrative feature honour at Tribeca Film
Festival 2016 for her performance in anthology film Madly?
Answer. Radhika Apte
Question 13. Name the personality who has been awarded with the Global Indian of the Year 2016?
Answer. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Question 14. Who won the 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015?
Answer. Film Actor and Director Manoj Kumar
Question 15. Who won the Test Player of the Year, Limited Overs Player of the Year and Fans' Player of the Year at
the England's annual awards?
Answer. England cricketer Joe Root
Question 16. Who is the First African footballer to win the Professional Footballers Associations (PFA) Player of the
Year award for the 201516 season?
Answer. Riyad Mahrez
Question 17. Who won the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award?
Answer. Late Captain Shankar Laxman

Question 18. Who won the 'Sportsman and sportswoman of the Year' Laureus World Sports Awards?
Answer. Tennis stars, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams
Question 19. Who won the Millennium Technology Prize for her work 'directed evolution' in Finland?
Answer. US biochemical engineer, Frances Arnold
Question 20. Who won the 'National Medal of Science' award from US President?
Answer. Mr. Rakesh Jain