2000 MCQ Ibps Clerk Mains

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1). International Day of Older Persons is observed on a) Gujarat
a) 1st October b) Maharashtra
b) 2nd October c) Chhattisgarh
c) 30th September d) Puducherry
d) 29th September e) Jharkhand
e) 1st September Answer: d)
Answer: a) 8). Who has taken over as the Chairman and Managing
2). The Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the Director of state-run Power Finance Corporation
inaugural address at INDOSAN the India Sanitation (PFC)?
Conference in_______? a) Rajeev Sharma
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Rakesh Sharma
b) Himachal Pradesh c) Parvez Ahmad
c) New Delhi d) Ram Sharma
d) Sikkim e) Arun Sharma
e) Varannasi Answer: a)
Answer: c) 9). Parvez Ahmad will take charge as the next
3). Which of the following state Tops in Urban Chairman-cum-Chief Executive Officer of Jammu and
Reforms under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Kashmir Bank. He will replace?
Urban Transformation (AMRUT) during 2015-16? a) Mushtaq Muhamood
a) Tamil Nadu b) Mushtaq Ahmad
b) Andhra Pradesh c) M K Goel
c) Rajasthan d) Rakesh Sharma
d) Telangana e) M K Ahmad
e) Arunachal Pradesh Answer: b)
Answer: a) 10). Name the school, which has been awarded by PM
4). Rs_______Cr Declared Under income Disclosure Narendra Modi as the cleanest school in the country?
Scheme? a) Gyandeep Shiksha Niketan
a) 75,250 b) Bhai Parmamand Vidya Mandir
b) 65,250 c) Kendriya Vidyalaya
c) 55,250 d) Saroj Montessori
d) 45,250 e) Sardar Patel Modern School
e) 35,250 Answer: c)
Answer: b) 11). Which day International day for non-violence is
5). Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government observed annually?
of India is now organizing the second edition of a) 2nd October
Advantage Health Care India 2016 (AHCI 2016) b) 3rd October
in______? c) 1st October
a) New Delhi d) 30th September
b) Mumbai e) None of the above
c) Hyderabad Answer: a)
d) Kolkata 12). In which State the Rani ki Vav (the Queen's
e) Noida Stepwell) is located?
Answer: e) a) Maharashtra
6). Which of the following country launched Shut Up b) Punjab
Tube Chat Campaign? c) Gujarat
a) India d) Rajasthan
b) USA e) Goa
c) UK Answer: c)
d) China 13). Which city's railway station was named as the
e) Japan "cleanest railway station" of India?
7). Recently which of the following state\ UT Joins a) Chennai Central Station
Regional Connectivity Scheme? b) Surat railway station
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c) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 20). The Government has decided to raise the
d) Secunderabad Railway Station Employees Provident Fund ( EPF) investment in
e) Tiruchirapalli Railway Station Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) from present 5%
Answer: b) to____?
14). Name the state hospital, which has won the a) 6
cleanest hospital award? b) 7
a) Safdarjung Hospital c) 8
b) Saibaba Hospital d) 10
c) Sakiso Hospital e) 9
d) Mokitha Hospital Answer: d)
e) Apollo Hospital 21). Name the person, who will be the India's chief
Answer: a) guest on Republic Day 2017?
15). Name the person, who has become the first Indian a) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
to complete the "world's toughest race", the b) Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
Spartathlon? c) Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
a) Andrzej Radzikowski d) Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum
b) Kieren Dsouza e) Mohammed Al Shaibani
c) Hari Sukan Negara Answer: a)
d) Diya Reddy 22). Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador
e) H M Jyothi of India to the Republic of Guinea?
Answer: b) a) Mohamed Alabbar
16). Name the person, who has been recently appointed b) Khaldoun Al Mubarak
as the Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board? c) R Ravindra
a) M.S. Sahoo d) Yousef Al Omair Yousef
b) Unnikrishnan e) Mohammed Al Shaibani
c) G.S. Yadav Answer: c)
d) Ajay Tyagi 23). Name the person, who has won the 2016 Nobel
e) Amardeep Singh Prize in medicine?
Answer: a) a) Yousef Al Omair Yousef
17). HCL Technologies has entered into a 15-year b) Yoshinori Ohsumi
partnership deal with ________ for automation, c) Khaldoun Al Mubarak
development and operations solutions? d) Mohamed Alabbar
a) Tcs e) Mohammed Al Shaibani
b) Wibro Answer: b)
c) IBM 24). The first trade fair of the BRICS countries will be
d) L&T held in?
e) Menadras a) New Delhi
Answer: c) b) Mumbai
18). Recently Union Minister of Rural Development, c) Kolkata
Drinking Water & Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar d) Hyderabad
declared__________ district Open Defecation Free e) Cochin
(ODF) Answer: a)
a) Shimla 25). In order to boost the states economy and develop
b) Gangtok rural infrastructure the _______ government has
c) Chandigarh launched a New Economic Development Policy
d) Mysore (NEDP)?
e) Porbandar a) Tamil Nadu
Answer: e) b) Karnataka
19). Who is the Prime Minister of Singapore? c) Andhra Pradesh
a) Goh Chok Tong d) Tripura
b) Lee Kuan Yew e) Mizoram
c) Lee Hsien Loong Answer: e)
d) Goh Chok Tong 26). The Department of Posts had organized a
e) Tony Tan Keng Yam nationwide competition for designing the postage
Answer: c)

stamps of denominations of INR______ and a) Ilayaraja
INR_____? b) S B Balasubramaniyam
a) 5 & 25 c) K J Yesudas
b) 5&10 d) Vijay Yesudas
c) 25& 15 e) M S Yesudas
d) 2 & 10 Answer: c)
e) 15& 5 33). Name the state, which has become the first state in
Answer: a) the country to implement DBT in Kerosene?
27). World's largest balloon festival begins in a) Bihar
_______? b) Jharkhand
a) Canada c) Sikkim
b) Australia d) Nagaland
c) The UK e) Delhi
d) The USA Answer: b)
e) Russia 34). World Space Week is being observed from 4-10
Answer: d) October with theme
28). Recently World Bank release the report under this a) Exploring the Universe
over _____ million around world still living in extreme b) Mysteries of the Cosmos
poverty? c) Remote Sensing: Enabling our Future
a) 600 d) Space for Education
b) 500 e) Remote Sensing : Exploring The Universe
c) 650 Answer: c)
d) 700 35). Name the CEO of Prasar Bharati Corporation who
e) 900 resigned recently?
Answer: d) a) BS Maurya
29). RBI issued Rs ____ coins on Lal Bahadur Shastri's b) Jawhar Sircar
100th birth anniversary? c) Supriya Sahu
a) 100 d) Surya Prakash
b) 50 e) Jawhar Srinath
c) 25 Answer: b)
d) 200 36). Who was appointed as the CEO of Reliance
e) 500 Nippon Life Insurance Ltd recently?
Answer: a) a) Supriya Sahu
30). The State Bank of India has become the first India b) Surya Prakash
bank to open a branch in the capital city of Yangon. c) Jawhar Srinath .
The Yangon branch is the _____th foreign branch of d) Ashish Vohra
the SBI? e) BS Maurya
a) 51 Answer: d)
b) 52 37). Name the Indian wildlife film-maker who was
c) 54 recently appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre National du
d) 55 Mrite by the French Government.
e) 57 a) Sandesh Kadur
Answer: c) b) Prajna Chowta
31). Which aircraft manufacturer has entered into a c) Shekar Dattatri
partnership with Reliance group to execute offsets for d) Kalyan Varma
the recently concluded deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets? e) Supriya Sahu
a) Dassault Answer: b)
b) Dessauto 38). Name the person, who has been elected as first
c) Dassauto female President of Estonia?
d) Autodass a) Prajna Chowta
e) None of the above b) Kersti Kaljulaid
Answer: a) c) Shekar Dattatri
32). Name the playback singer, who has been roped in d) Kasti kajol
by the Kerala's government as the brand ambassador of e) J. Thouless
its ambitious Haritha Keralam' project? Answer: b)

39). David J. Thouless along with F. Duncan M. d) HDFC
Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz won which 2016 e) Kotak
Nobel Prize? Answer: a)
a) Nobel Prize in Medicine 46). Name the person, who has joined as Director
b) Nobel Prize in Chemistry General of Defence Estates?
c) Nobel Prize in Physics a) Vijay Manchaiah
d) Nobel Prize in Literature b) Jawhar Sircar
e) Nobel Prize in mathematics c) Vinaya Manchaiah
Answer: c) d) Kiara Nirghin
40). Minister of Road Transport & Highways and e) Jojneshhwar Sharma
Shipping Nitin Gadkari formally launched the Indian Answer: e)
Bridge Management System (IBMS) in _________? 47). Who was named as the 2016 class of the Jerger
a) New Delhi Future Leaders of Audiology by the American
b) Maharashtra Academy of Audiology?
c) Sikkim a) Jawhar Sircar
d) Nagaland b) Jojneshhwar Sharma
e) Himachal Pradesh c) Kiara Nirghin
Answer: a) d) Vijaya kumar
41). Indo-Czech JWG Meet Held in which of the e) Vinaya Manchaiah
following place? Answer: e)
a) Brno 48). INTERPOL and World Andi-Doping Agency
b) New Delhi (WADA) has launched a joint Project ______ to
c) Prague combat doping abuse in sports
d) Mumbai a) Project Energia
e) Cesky Krumlov b) Project Elora
Answer: a) c) Project Entertainment
42). What is the current repo rate? d) Project Energy
a) 6.00 e) Project Extra
b) 6.25 Answer: a)
c) 6.50 49). What is current SLR?
d) 6.75 a) 21.00%
e) 7.00 b) 20.50%
Answer: b) c) 20.75%
43). India's GDP growth to remain ______ in 2016 by d) 20.25%
World Bank? e) None of the above
a) 7.6% Answer: c)
b) 7.7% 50). What is current MSF?
c) 7.8% a) 6.00
d) 7.9% b) 6.25
e) 7.5% c) 6.50
Answer: a) d) 6.75
44). Global agency Fitch Ratings projected that the e) 7.00
Indian economy will grow at _____in 2016-17? Answer: d)
a) 7.6% 51). What is the theme of the World Teachers Day
b) 7.7% 2016?
c) 7.8% a) Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status
d) 7.4% b) Empowering teachers, building sustainable
e) 7.5% societies
Answer: d) c) Invest in the future, invest in teachers
45). Italian motorcycle company Ducati has signed a d) Improving Teachers, Improving their Status
pact with ______ Bank to provide retail finance to e) Empowering teachers, improving sustainable
customers in India? societies
a) Yes bank Answer: a)
b) Icici
c) Axis

52). Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart 58). India holds bilateral meeting with Sri Lankan
and Bernard L Feringa WON The 2016 Nobel prize in counterpart in which of the following place?
which of the following field? a) France
a) Nobel Prize in Medicine b) Sir Lanka
b) Nobel Prize in Chemistry c) Singapore
c) Nobel Prize in Physics d) Bangladesh
d) Nobel Prize in Literature e) Vietnam
e) Nobel Prize in mathematics Answer: b)
Answer: b) 59). Which country recently became the first in the
53). India signed three MoUs with which country to world to ban disposable plastic cups and plates?
strengthen ties on countering terrorism and skill a) India
development? b) China
a) France c) The USA
b) Sir Lanka d) The U K
c) Singapore e) France
d) Bangladesh Answer: e)
e) Vietnam 60). MasterCard launches 'selfie pay' app in ______
Answer: c) a) India
54). Who won the 2016 John F Richards Prize of b) China
American Historical Association? c) Euro
a) James Fraser d) The U K
b) Nayanjot Lahiri e) France
c) Bernard L Feringa Answer: c)
d) Jean-Pierre Sauvage 61). India's latest communication satellite GSAT-18
e) Shailesh Nayak has been launched successfully by a heavy duty rocket
Answer: b) in which of the following country?
55). The Union Cabinet recently approved the signing a) India
of MoU between India and which group of countries in b) Japan
the field of water resources? c) China
a) APEC Members d) France
b) ASEAN Countries e) USA
c) BRICS Nations Answer: d)
d) European Union 62). Who will be the next Secretary General of the
e) SAARC Members UNSC?
Answer: d) a) Angela Merkel
56). The Union Cabinet recently approved the b) Antonio Guterres
amendments to which Bill to safeguard the rights of c) Ban Ki-moon
people living with HIV? d) Javier Prez de Cullar
a) HIV Prevention and Management Bill, 2016 e) Nikita Khrushchev
b) HIV Organ Policy Equity Bill, 2015 Answer: b)
c) HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 63). India is hosting the Asian Ministerial Conference
2014 for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in November
d) HIV Discrimination & Protection Bill, 2015. 2016 at which of the following place?
e) None of the above a) New Delhi
Answer: c) b) West Bengal
57). Name the former ISRO Chairman who was c) Maharashtra
recently inducted into the 2016 IAF Hall of Fame by d) Sikkim
the International Aeronautical Federation. e) Nagaland
a) Madhavan Nair Answer: a)
b) U R Rao 64). Which of the following social network
c) Shailesh Nayak collaborating with the Election Commission of India in
d) K. Radhakrishnan five states which are going to polls next year?
e) U K Rao a) Face book
Answer: b) b) Twitter
c) Orkut

d) Google 71). In which city, Railways Minister has flagged off
e) Yahoo newly manufactured Guard Van of Goods (Freight)
Answer: a) Train which is solar powered for the first time?
65). Which country has appointed former Nasscom a) New Delhi
Chairman B V R Mohan Reddy as an Honorary Consul b) Mumbai
of that country in Hyderabad? c) Kolkata
a) Japan d) Chennai
b) Germany e) Nagpur
c) China Answer: a)
d) France 72). In how many states, the government has integrated
e) USA 250 mandis in the first phase of e-NAM?
Answer: b) a) 10
66). Who has won the girls' U-16 title at the World b) 15
Youth Chess Championship in Russia? c) 20
a) Aakanksha Hagawane d) 25
b) Meenakshi Subbaraman e) 8
c) Aarthie Ramaswamy Answer: a)
d) Humpy Koneru 73). Name the person Manipur-based theatre legend
e) Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi who died recently?
Answer: a) a) Ravi Chaturvedi
67). Which of the following University to augment its b) HeisnamKanhailal
reserves base and maximise recovery from its aging c) Arab battachariya
oilfields with OIL? d) Hasimkanhailal
a) University of Texas e) Ravi kumar
b) University of Houston Answer: b)
c) University of Birmingham 74). What is the theme of World Post Day 2016?
d) University of Manchester a) Innovation, Integration and Internal
e) All the above b) The Post Delivering for People and Businesses
Answer: b) Daily
68). The Union Cabinet recently approved setting up of c) Innovation, Integration and Inclusion
a Medical Devices Manufacturing Park (Medipark) in d) Innovative integration and invention
which of the following place at Tamil Nadu? e) The Post, an invaluable public service
a) Kanjipuram Answer: c)
b) Udumalaipettai 75). Who was appointed as acting Chief Justice of
c) Villupuram Jharkhand High Court recently?
d) Chengalpattu a) Anithagopalan
e) Namakkal b) GopalSubramaniam
Answer: d) c) Madan B Lokur
69). Who of the following was conferred with the d) Pradip Kumar Mohanty
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow (Akademi Ratna) by e) Virendra Singh
President Pranab Mukherjee? Answer: d)
a) C V Chandrasekhar 76). Who won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize?
b) Kartik Kumar a) Jean-Pierre Sauvage
c) Mashkoor Ali Khan b) Sir James Fraser Stoddart
d) R N Thyagarajan c) Bernard L Feringa
e) J K MUthulingam d) Juan Manuel Santos
Answer: a) e) ApurviChandela
70). Who won the Shinhan Donghae Open 2016? Answer: d)
a) Gaganjeet Bhullar 77). Name the Indian shooter who clinched a silver
b) Byeonghun An medal in the 50 meter pistol event of the ISSF World
c) K J Choi Cup Final at Bologna, Italy?
d) Kyi Hla Han a) ApurviChandela
e) Hwee Boo Yang b) GaganNarang
Answer: a) c) JituRai
d) Sanjeev Rajput

e) Virendra Singh b) 10 October
Answer: c) c) 8 October
78). Name the person, who was honored with the 2016 d) 6 October
Sustainable Development Leadership Award? e) 7 October
a) PawanChamling Answer: c)
b) PemaKhandu 85). In which State, Recently Union Petroleum
c) SarbanandaSonowal Minister has launched the PMUY?
d) Virbhadra Singh a) Tamil Nadu
e) Siddaramaiah b) West Bengal
Answer: a) c) Gujarat
79). Which of the following district in India gets all- d) Maharashtra
woman police patrol team? e) Rajasthan
a) Jaipur Answer: d)
b) Udaipur 86). Name the person of Indian origin who was
c) Delhi recently appointed to the UK shadow cabinet.
d) Mumbai a) Ameet Chana
e) Chennai b) Shami Chakrabarti
Answer: b) c) Mancherjee Bhownagree
80). President Pranab Mukherjee on 6 October 2016 d) Diljit Rana
inaugurated the first edition of the World Sustainable e) Jeremy Corbyn
Development Summit (WSDS) in _______? Answer: b)
a) New Delhi 87). The United States of America recently lifted
b) Mumbai economic sanctions on which country?
c) Triuvanainthapuram a) Cuba
d) Chennai b) Mexico
e) Hyderabad c) Myanmar
Answer: a) d) Israel
81). Along with which university has Doordarshan e) India
entered into an agreement of four educational Answer: c)
channels? 88). Where was the Commonwealth Finance Ministers
a) Tezpur University, Tezpur Meeting 2016 held?
b) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi a) Washington DC
c) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore b) New Delhi
d) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi c) Ontario
e) Indira Gandhi National Open University d) Wellington
(IGNOU) e) Mumbai
Answer: e) Answer: a)
82). Who is the next China's ambassador to India? 89). The 2016 BRICS Science & Technology Senior
a) He Xiangdong Official Meeting was held in which city?
b) Luo Zhaohui a) Gurgaon
c) Sun Weidong b) Hyderabad
d) Xiong Bo c) Jaipur
e) Zhou Pingjian d) Mumbai
Answer: b) e) New Delhi
83). Union Power Minister has recently launched Answer: c)
which mobile app? 90). First International Arbitration Centre of India was
a) URJA APP inaugurated in which city of India?
b) UJALA APP a) New Delhi
c) POWER APP b) Mumbai
d) UMKP APP c) Chennai
e) PFL APP d) Kolkata
Answer: a) e) Jaipur
84). Which of the following day India is celebrating Answer: b)
84th foundation day of Indian Air Force?
a) 9 October

91). Bathukamma event found a place in the Guinness b) 220
Book of World Records. Bathukamma is celebrated in c) 230
which state? d) 240
a) Tamil Nadu e) 250
b) kerala Answer: b)
c) Telangana 98). Which of the following state Police launched to
d) Andhra Pradesh 'up its game' in tackling online stalking and child
e) Goa abuse?
Answer: c) a) Mumbai
92). Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal assured that b) Chennai
India would have 100 per cent electrification for all by c) Sikkim
_____. d) Delhi
a) January 1, 2017 e) Hyderabad
b) February 1. 2017 Answer: d)
c) March 1, 2017 99). Sikkim to promote which of the following field as
d) April 1, 2017 eco-tourism destination?
e) May 1, 2017 a) Himalayan Zoological Park
Answer: e) b) Rumtek Monastery
93). Name the Indian Sprinter who has bagged the 24th c) Kanchendzonga National Park
Ekalabya Award for the year 2016 in recognition of her d) Ganesh Tok View Point
sporting excellence? e) Yumesamdong
a) Srabani Nanda Answer: c)
b) Siddhanth Thingalaya 100). Maharashtra becomes .th State to join
c) Lalita Babar UDAY?
d) Dutee Chand a) 15
e) Ekalabya Ekalabya b) 16
Answer: a) c) 17
94). Which Indian city will host the 2016 Asian d) 18
Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction e) 19
(AMCDRR)? Answer: c)
a) Mumbai 101). Along with which university has Doordarshan
b) Ahmedabad entered into an agreement of four educational
c) New Delhi channels?
d) Pune a) Tezpur University, Tezpur
e) Chennai b) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Answer: c) c) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
95). Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of d) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the corporate entity e) Indira Gandhi National Open University
of Vizag Steel? (IGNOU)
a) Rohit Sharma Answer: e)
b) PV Sindhu 102). Who is the next China's ambassador to India?
c) Sakshi Malik a) He Xiangdong
d) Saina Nehwal b) Luo Zhaohui
e) Virat kohli c) Sun Weidong
Answer: b) d) Xiong Bo
96). Who won Japanese Grand Prix e) Zhou Pingjian
a) Nico Rosberg Answer: b)
b) Lewis Hamilton 103). Union Power Minister has recently launched
c) Daniel Ricciardo which mobile app?
d) Kimi Raikkonen a) URJA APP
e) Max Verstappen b) UJALA APP
Answer: a) c) POWER APP
97). OIL gets green nod for Rs .. cr drilling d) UMKP APP
project in Jaisalmer e) PFL APP
a) 330 Answer: a)

104). Which of the following day India is celebrating Answer: b)
84th foundation day of Indian Air Force? 111). Bathukamma event found a place in the Guinness
a) 9 October Book of World Records. Bathukamma is celebrated in
b) 10 October which state?
c) 8 October a) Tamil Nadu
d) 6 October b) kerala
e) 7 October c) Telangana
Answer: c) d) Andhra Pradesh
105). In which State, Recently Union Petroleum e) Goa
Minister has launched the PMUY? Answer: c)
a) Tamil Nadu 112). Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal assured that
b) West Bengal India would have 100 per cent electrification for all by
c) Gujarat _____.
d) Maharashtra a) January 1, 2017
e) Rajasthan b) February 1. 2017
Answer: d) c) March 1, 2017
106). Name the person of Indian origin who was d) April 1, 2017
recently appointed to the UK shadow cabinet. e) May 1, 2017
a) Ameet Chana Answer: e)
b) Shami Chakrabarti 113). Name the Indian Sprinter who has bagged the
c) Mancherjee Bhownagree 24th Ekalabya Award for the year 2016 in recognition
d) Diljit Rana of her sporting excellence?
e) Jeremy Corbyn a) Srabani Nanda
Answer: b) b) Siddhanth Thingalaya
107). The United States of America recently lifted c) Lalita Babar
economic sanctions on which country? d) Dutee Chand
a) Cuba e) Ekalabya Ekalabya
b) Mexico Answer: a)
c) Myanmar 114). Which Indian city will host the 2016 Asian
d) Israel Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
e) India (AMCDRR)?
108). Where was the Commonwealth Finance b) Ahmedabad
Ministers Meeting 2016 held? c) New Delhi
a) Washington DC d) Pune
b) New Delhi e) Chennai
c) Ontario Answer: c)
d) Wellington 115). Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of
e) Mumbai Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the corporate entity
Answer: a) of Vizag Steel?
109). The 2016 BRICS Science & Technology Senior a) Rohit Sharma
Official Meeting was held in which city? b) PV Sindhu
a) Gurgaon c) Sakshi Malik
b) Hyderabad d) Saina Nehwal
c) Jaipur e) Virat kohli
d) Mumbai Answer: b)
e) New Delhi 116). Who won Japanese Grand Prix
Answer: c) a) Nico Rosberg
110). First International Arbitration Centre of India b) Lewis Hamilton
was inaugurated in which city of India? c) Daniel Ricciardo
a) New Delhi d) Kimi Raikkonen
b) Mumbai e) Max Verstappen
c) Chennai Answer: a)
d) Kolkata 117). OIL gets green nod for Rs .. cr drilling
e) Jaipur project in Jaisalmer

a) 330 Answer: a)
b) 220 124). Who won the 2016 China Open Men's Singles
c) 230 title?
d) 240 a) Roger Federer
e) 250 b) GrigorDimitrov
Answer: b) c) Novak Djokovic
118). Which of the following state Police launched to d) Andy Murray
'up its game' in tackling online stalking and child e) Max Verstappen
abuse? Answer: d)
a) Mumbai 125). Who won the 2016 China Open Women's Singles
b) Chennai title?
c) Sikkim a) Johanna Konta
d) Delhi b) AgnieszkaRadwanska
e) Hyderabad c) Serene Williams
Answer: d) d) Svetlana Kuznetsova
119). Sikkim to promote which of the following field e) GrigorDimitrov
as eco-tourism destination? Answer: b)
a) Himalayan Zoological Park 126). Who has won 2016 Formula One Japanese Grand
b) Rumtek Monastery Prix?
c) Kanchendzonga National Park a) Lewis Hamilton
d) Ganesh Tok View Point b) NicoRosberg
e) Yumesamdong c) Max Verstappen
Answer: c) d) Sebastian Vettel
120). Maharashtra becomes .th State to join e) Johanna Konta
UDAY? Answer: b)
a) 15 127). Name the American boxer, who has passed away
b) 16 recently?
c) 17 a) Aaron Pryor
d) 18 b) Asron finch
e) 19 c) Angus Deaton
Answer: c) d) Oliver Hart
121). Who won the 2016 Nobel Memorial Prize in e) Muhammad ali
Economic Sciences? Answer: a)
a) Angus Deaton and Oliver Hart 128). Name the person, who has been appointed as the
b) Oliver Hart and BengtHolmstrom next Ambassador of India to Austria?
c) Angus Deaton and BengtHolmstrom a) Angus Deaton
d) Bernard L. Feringa and Oliver Hart b) Oliver Hart
e) BengtHolmstrom and Bernard L. Feringa c) Renu Pall
Answer: b) d) BengtHolmstrom
122). Which of the following state has launched e) Renuthamas
'LalimaAbhiyan' with an aim to make state free from Answer: c)
anaemia? 129). Who has won the mixed doubles title at the
a) Punjab Russian Open?
b) Haryana a) Pranaav jerry chopra and n sikki
c) Telangana b) Popna and saniya
d) Madhya Pradesh c) Somdev and n sikki
e) Andhra Pradesh d) Renuthams and p jerry
Answer: d) e) None of the above
123). What was the theme for World Mental Health Answer: a)
Day that was observed on 10 October 2016? 130). Who has won the womens single title at the
a) Psychological first aid Russian Open?
b) Dignity in mental health a) RuthvikaShivaniGadde
c) Living with schizophrenia b) Renuthams
d) Mental health and older adults c) P V sindhu
e) Living with mental health d) Saina

e) Ruthvikasingh a) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: a) b) Himachal Pradesh
131). What is the Indias rank in the 2016 International c) Kerala
Food Policy Research Institutes (IFPRI) Global d) Rajasthan
Hunger Index (GHI) out of 118 countries? e) Uttarakhand
a) 92 Answer: b)
b) 95 138). The 2016 International Gita festival will be held
c) 97 in which state of India?
d) 99 a) Assam
e) 100 b) Bihar
Answer: c) c) Haryana
132). Who has been appointed as the Moroccos prime d) Uttar Pradesh
minister for another term? e) Uttarakhand
a) Abbas El Fassi Answer: c)
b) Abdelilah Bekirane 139). The book Half Lion: How P V Narasimha Rao
c) Amid abdeliah Transformed India has been authored by whom?
d) Mayur Khan a) Ashok Chawla
e) Mustapha Ramid b) P V Narasimha Rao
Answer: b) c) R B Gaur
133). How much amount has been donated by India to d) Sajid Khan
the Nelson Mandela Foundation to help it in its welfare e) Vinay Sitapati
work for the people of South Africa? Answer: e)
a) 8.4 million 140). Aaron Pryor, who passed away recently, was
b) 9.3 million related to which sports?
c) 9.9 million a) Boxing
d) 10.9 million b) Badminton
e) 10 million c) Basketball
Answer: b) d) Wrestling
134). Who has honored with the Outstanding e) Swimming
Contribution to British Theatre prize at the UK Theatre Answer: a)
Awards? 141). The book The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever
a) Amid abdeliah Told has been authored by whom?
b) Andrzej Wajda a) Urmila Das
c) Sir Ian McKellen b) Vijay Kumar
d) Sir Mack Bill c) Amar Mitra
e) Tom Moody d) Arunava Sinha
Answer: c) e) aravina sinha
135). Which state has launched Duck Boats to boost Answer: d)
tourist footfall? 142). What was the theme for International Day of the
a) Goa Girl Child that was observed on 11 October 2016?
b) Kerala a) Goals' Progress: What Counts for Girls
c) Maharashtra b) Girls' Progress = Goals' Progress: What Counts
d) Tamil Nadu for Girls
e) West Bengal c) Girls' Progress, World Progress
Answer: a) d) Girls are gods gift
136). Where is the Arena by Trans Stadia, India's first e) Girls progress, gods progress
convertible stadium? Answer: b)
a) Ahmedabad 143). India and ______ commenced their second
b) Jaipur coordinated patrol and bilateral maritime exercise in
c) Nagpur the Andaman Sea.
d) New Delhi a) Bangladesh
e) Haryana b) Indonesia
Answer: a) c) Malaysia
137). The International Dussehra festival has started in d) Maldives
which state of India? e) Sri Lanka

Answer: b) e) Tom Moody
144). Who has received the Outstanding Celebrity Answer: c)
Woman of the Year award while featuring among 151). Name the former Chief minister of Uttarakhand
Outlook Business 19 outstanding women? who has been conferred with a prestigious award by the
a) Deepika Padukone Ugandan government for promoting human values
b) Priyanka Chopra through his literature in Uganda?
c) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan a) B C Khanduri
d) Madhuri Dixit b) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
e) Aaliya bat c) N D Tewari
Answer: c) d) Vijay Bahuguna
145). World's first Cybathlon Championship for e) Kapilsharma
Athletes with Disabilities was held in which country? Answer: b)
a) Switzerland 152). Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?
b) France a) Bob Dylan
c) Portugal b) Svetlana Alexievich
d) Italy c) Patrick Modiano
e) Japan d) Alice Munro
Answer: a) e) Alice Dylan
146). Centre to invest Rs . cr to increase Answer: a)
Panipat oil refinery capacity 153). What was the theme of International Day for
a) 15000 Disaster Reduction that was observed on 13 October
b) 16000 2016?
c) 17000 a) Knowledge for Life
d) 18000 b) Live to tell, knowledge for life
e) 20000 c) Live to Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing
Answer: a) Mortality
147). How many districts in Telangana? d) Resilience is for Life
a) 31 e) Stronger Together
b) 32 Answer: c)
c) 33 154). India has signed a MoU with which country on
d) 34 cooperation in the field of water management?
e) 35 a) Hungary
Answer: a) b) Italy
148). Centre to invest Rs . cr in PSUs for skill c) Brazil
development? d) Sri lanka
a) 5000 e) South Africa
b) 6000 Answer: a)
c) 7000 155). The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean
d) 1000 Research recently established a high altitude research
e) 2000 station in Himalaya called HIMANSH. Where is the
Answer: d) station located?
149). India to supply 500 MW power tohich of the a) Leh, Jammu & Kashmir
following country via sub-sea cables? b) Kheerganga, Himachal Pradesh
a) Bangladesh c) Spiti, Himachal Pradesh
b) Indonesia d) Zanskar, Jammu & Kashmir
c) Malaysia e) Ladak , Jammu & Kashmir
d) Maldives Answer: c)
e) Sri Lanka 156). Name the philanthropist and wife of Godrej
Answer: e) group chairman Adi Godrej who passed away?
150). Who won the womens road world c'ship time a) Tanya Dubash
trial in Doha? b) Pirojsha Godrej
a) Amid abdeliah c) Nisa Godrej
b) Andrzej Wajda d) Parmeshwar Godrej
c) Amber Neben e) Pradha Godrej
d) Sir Mack Bill Answer: d)

157). The book The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever b) Telangana
Told has been authored by whom? c) Tamil nau
a) ArunavaSinha d) Odisha
b) Salman Rushdie e) Maharashtra
c) ArunShourie Answer: d)
d) ChetanBhagat 164). PM Modi to launch national SC/ST hub and zero
e) JhumpaLahiri defects, zero effect on Oct 18 in which city?
Answer: a) a) Ludhiana
158). Which bank tied-up with Uber for cash-back of b) Delhi
up to 25 percent for hailing cabs from the app? c) Jaipur
a) Bank of Nova Scotia d) Varanasi
b) Calyon Bank e) Udaipur
c) Deutsche Bank Answer: a)
d) Standard Chartered Bank 165). Wonder Woman to belong to which of the
e) State bank of India country?
Answer: d) a) The UK
159). With which Insurance Company, Bank of b) Australia
Maharashtra has renewed its corporate agency tie-up? c) Canada
a) United India Insurance Company d) The UAE
b) Aviva Life Insurance Co. India Ltd. e) The USA
c) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Answer: e)
d) Bharti AXA Life Insurance Co. Ltd 166). Schneider Electric to invest .crore in
e) New India Insurance Company India?
Answer: a) a) 650
160). The government of India will be observing the b) 500
First World Tsunami Awareness Day on which of the c) 750
following date d) 755
a) November 3 e) 800
b) November 4 Answer: c)
c) November 2 167). The Cabinet has given its approval for signing of
d) November 6 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on General
e) November 5 Cooperation and Interbank Cooperation Mechanism
Answer: e) with?
161). The Government has appointed RBI's ED G a) New Development Bank (NDB)
Mahalingam as a Whole-Time Member of which of the b) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
following organization? c) World Bank (WB)
a) SEBI d) RBI
b) NABARD e) Japans central bank
c) IRDA Answer: a)
d) CBDT 168). The Cabinet has given its approval for signing
e) UTI the Memorandum of Understanding MoU between
Answer: a) India and the on Expansion of Bilateral
162). Name the person, who has been awarded for Trade and Economic Cooperation?
'Excellence in Technical Innovation' by the a) Hungary
International Society of Automation? b) Italy
a) Satishkumar c) Brazil
b) SatishPathak d) Russia
c) ArunavaSinha e) South Africa
d) Salman Rushdie Answer: d)
e) ArunShourie 169). The Union Cabinet has approved the
Answer: b) establishment of Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
163). Which of the following state, at Jammu, The project will involve a cost of
DharmendraPradhan launches National Seismic nearly,,,,,,,,crore rupees for initial four years?
Programme? a) 61
a) Andhra Pradesh b) 62

c) 63 176). Recently which of the state/ UT dedicated
d) 64 CivilDefence Force' to address challenges, related to
e) 65 disasters, ahead of the arrival of North East monsoon?
Answer: b) a) Delhi
170). Bengaluru-based startup inks .. cr deal with b) Puducherry
Peruvian army? c) Chandigarh
a) 600 d) Vizag
b) 650 e) Bhubaneswar
c) 700 Answer: b)
d) 750 177). Andhra Pradesh Government releases Rs. 99.62
e) 800 crore under _________scheme?
Answer: b) a) MUNDRA
171). Priyanka Chopra along with which actress has b) PMJDJ
joined Variety magazine's 'Power of Women Impact' c) PMAJ
List? d) AMRUT
a) Jennifer Lopez e) Both A & B
b) Margot Robbie Answer: d)
c) Amy Poehler 178). In Uttar Pradesh, the 'safe motherhood' week
d) Alicia Vikander started in the state,the main aim of the 'Safe
e) Brie Larson Motherhood Week' is to decrease the 'Mother Mortality
Answer: a) Rate and________?
172). Former F1 driver Mark Webber belongs to a) Infant Mortality Rate
which country? b) Husband wife Mortality rate
a) German c) Infant fathers Mortality Rate
b) Italy d) Fathers Mothers Mortality Rate
c) The UK e) None of the above
d) Australia Answer: a)
e) New Zealand 179). Name the state government, which has makes it
Answer: d) mandatory for hospitals to have salons?
173). On October 31 Patel Jayanti was celebrated, a) Andhra Pradesh
recently modi governmentrenamed the Patel Jayantias? b) Telangana
a) 'RashtriyaEktaDiwas' c) Karnataka
b) 'RashtriyaftraDiwas' d) Odisha
c) 'RashtriyavkataDiwas' e) Maharashtra
d) 'RashtriyaDiwas' Answer: c)
e) 'RashtriyavikasDiwas' 180). The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
Answer: a) approved construction of a road link between
174). Which of the state Government determined to Sahibganj in Jharkhand to Manihari in Bihar, including
make all cities open defecation free by 2017? a bridge on the Ganges, with an estimated project cost
a) Andhra Pradesh of___________?
b) Telangana a) 1,955
c) Tamil nau b) 1,956
d) Odisha c) 1,957
e) Maharashtra d) 1,958
Answer: e) e) 1,959
175). The 32nd foundation day of AsomGanaParishad Answer: a)
is being celebrated in which of the following state? 181). 1800 425 6151 is a toll-free number for
a) Assam complaints on excess fare, recently which of the
b) Arunachal Pradesh following state government announce it?
c) Bihar a) Andhra Pradesh
d) Tripura b) Telangana
e) Nagaland c) Tamil Nadu
Answer: a) d) Odisha
e) Maharashtra
Answer: c)

182). India's longest gas pipeline from Gujarat coast to c) Sakshi Malik
________? d) DeepaKarmakar
a) Gorakhpur e) Both a & b
b) Allahabad Answer: e)
c) Agra 189). Russia has signed a bilateral agreement for
d) Varanasi cooperation in the development of a network of
e) Faizabad integrated infrastructure irradiation centers with which
Answer: a) country?
183). Name the country, which has decided to quit the a) India
Commonwealth recently? b) Egypt
a) Bangladesh c) Qatar
b) Maldives d) China
c) Cameroon e) South Korea
d) Cyprus Answer: a)
e) Canada 190). Minister of Women and Child Development
Answer: b) Maneka Gandhi has inaugurated the Women of India
184). India has ________ th highest number of Festival 2016 in which city?
millionaires in Asia-Pacific? a) Lucknow
a) 2nd b) Mumbai
b) 3rd c) New Delhi
c) 4th d) Tripura
d) 5th e) Gurgaon
e) 6th Answer: c)
Answer: c) 191). What is the theme of the International Day (oct
185). The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission 15) of Rural Women, 2016?
(CERC) appointed committee has submitted its a) Climate is changing. Food and life style must
recommendations. It was headed by? too
a) Mata Prasad b) Pledge for Parity
b) Pradeep Kumar Sinha c) Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender
c) PrasadKumar Equality
d) MataSinha d) Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must
e) None of the above too
Answer: a) e) Planet 50:50 by 2020: Step It Up for Gender
186). Name the person, who has been selected for the Equality
28th Jimmy George Foundation Award-2016 for best Answer: d)
sports person of Kerala? 192). WEF has announced which country as the safest
a) Sardar Singh place in the world on Safety and Security?
b) Harjot Singh a) Finland
c) Harmanpreet Singh b) Nigeria
d) Rupinder Pal Singh c) Colombia
e) P R Sreejesh d) Yemen,
Answer: e) e) Venezuela
187). Name the person, who became the first player to Answer: a)
hit a century in day-night Tests, scoring a hundred in 193). According to World Economic Forum, India
the first Test against West Indies? ranked ______th as the least safe countries in the
a) Azhar ali world?
b) Sachin Tendulkar a) 13
c) M S Dhoni b) 14
d) All of the above c) 11
e) Both a) and b) d) 10
Answer: a) e) 6
188). Who has been appointed as the Brand Answer: a)
ambassador of Bank of Baroda (BOB) recently? 194). Who won the 1st BRICS U-17 Football
a) P V Sindhu Tournament Championship 2016 held at Goa?
b) K Srikanth a) Brazil

b) China e) Punjab
c) India Answer: d)
d) Russia 201). Name the "oldest working journalist in the
e) South Africa country" declared by Mizoram government and the
Answer: a) Mizoram Journalists' Association?
195). With which country India has signed a defence a) Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwa
deal worth nearly Rs 39,000 crore to purchase five b) Lalbiakthanga Pachuau
state of art S-400 Triumf air defence systems? c) Bheem Sen Gupta
a) Brazil d) Pankaj Ahuja
b) China e) Milind Sharma
c) Germany Answer: b)
d) Russia 202). Name the person, who has been awarded the
e) South Africa prestigious IAFP Young scientist scholarship award
Answer: d) 2016 for his research work on a development of novel
196). Name the gas which India has decided to oxygen absorbing package in the field of active
eliminate production of a potent greenhouse gas with packaging for oxygen sensitive food products?
Global Warming Potential of 14800 by 2030. a) Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwa
a) HCF-23 b) Lalbiakthanga Pachuau
b) CCL2F2 c) Bheem Sen Gupta
c) HCF-22 d) Pankaj Ahuja
d) N2O e) Milind Sharma
e) HCF -24 Answer: a)
Answer: a) 203). Name the state government which has starts a
197). In which of the following Indian city Textiles 'Farm Tourism' scheme?
Minister Smriti Irani has inaugurated the India a) Arunachal Pradesh
International Silk Fair? b) Bihar
a) Varanasi c) Nagaland
b) New Delhi d) Haryana
c) Surat e) Punjab
d) kolkata Answer: d)
e) Tiruppur 204). Name the person, who has been selected for the
Answer: b) Sri Maharshi Valimiki Jayanti Award for 2016-17?
198). Along with which country India has to work a) Aswin
together on rail connectivity of Indian Ports? b) D Borappa
a) Russian c) H Anjaneya
b) Chinese d) Swart Binny
c) German e) Veeranna
d) Italy Answer: e)
e) Saudi Arabiya 205). Which country based consortium led energy giant
Answer: c) Rosneft Oil Company has agreed to acquire Indias
199). Name the person who has been awarded for second biggest private oil firm Essar Oil in an all-cash
Excellence in Technical Innovation by the deal valued at about US $13 billion.
International Society of Automation (ISA)? a) Russian
a) Satish Pathak b) China
b) Satish kumar c) German
c) Naveen Jain d) Italy
d) Rohit Sharma e) Saudi Arabiya
e) Lokesh Rahul Answer: a)
Answer: a) 206). Which country has opens 'World's longest
200). Which of the following state has celebrates sightseeing escalator'?
Kumar Purnima festival? a) Russian
a) Arunachal Pradesh b) China
b) Bihar c) German
c) Nagaland d) Saudi Arabiya
d) Odisha e) The USA

Answer: b) 213). Name the country, which has commissioned its
207). Which country became first team to play 900 largest, most expensive and technologically advanced
ODIs? destroyer, Zumwalt?
a) Australia a) The USA
b) England b) The UK
c) India c) China
d) Pakistan d) Russia
e) Sri Lanka e) France
Answer: c) Answer: a)
208). In which of the following city Prime Minister 214). Who will be the new Crown Prince of Thailand?
Narendra Modi inaugurated 'Shaurya Smarak',? a) Prajadhipok
a) Mumbai b) Chakrabongse Bhuvanath
b) Bhopal c) Maha Vajiralongkorn
c) Kochi d) Maha Vajirunhis
d) Panji e) Chumbhotbongs Paribatra
e) New Delhi Answer: c)
Answer: b) 215). UP cabinet approves construction of Intl theme
209). Ministry of Railways signed MoU with park at which city?
Government of _______ For Cost Sharing of Two New a) Ayodhya
Railway Line Projects? b) Allahabad
a) Wes Bengal c) Kanpur
b) Odisha d) Lucknow
c) Kerala e) Varanasi
d) Andhra Pradesh Answer: a)
e) Tamil Nadu 216). Name the typhoon which hit Philippines on
Answer: b) October 16.
210). Which state of India has launched The National a) Haima
Seismic Programme (NSP) ? b) Alex
a) Arunachal Pradesh c) Bret
b) Bihar d) Doreen
c) Nagaland e) Sarika
d) Odisha Answer: e)
e) Punjab 217). All towns in MP to be open defecation free by
Answer: d) December ________ said by CM Shivraj Chouhan?
211). What is the theme of the International Day for the a) 2017
Eradication of Poverty, 2016? b) 2018
a) Moving from humiliation and exclusion to c) 2019
participation: Ending poverty in all its forms d) 2020
b) Leave no one behind: think, decide and act e) 2021
together against extreme poverty Answer: a)
c) Ending the violence of Extreme Poverty: 218). When is International Day for the Eradication of
Promoting empowerment and building peace Poverty observed?
d) Moving from humiliation and expert to a) October 16
participation: Ending poverty in all its forms b) October 17
e) Leave no one behind: think, decide and again c) October 18
together against extreme poverty d) October 19
Answer: a) e) October 15
212). Name the country, which has launched Shenzhou Answer: b)
11 space mission? 219). Who has been selected for the Mathrubhumi
a) UK Literary Award in recognition of his contribution to the
b) France field of literature?
c) Israel a) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
d) China b) C. Radhakrishnan
e) Russia c) M. Leelavathy
Answer: d) d) Sukumar Azhikode

e) T. Padmanabhan b) 3
Answer: b) c) 2
220). Name the state police which has celebrates Cyber d) 8
Crime awareness week? e) 7
a) Arunachal Pradesh Answer: c)
b) Madhya Pradesh 227). Who won the 2016 Chinese Taipei Open
c) Himachal Pradesh badminton?
d) Sikkim a) Daren Liew
e) Nagaland b) Srikanth Kidambi
Answer: c) c) Chen Long
221). Which Indian film had its world premiere at the d) Sourabh Verma
London Film Festival (LFF)? e) Khosit Phetpradab
a) Mera Naam Yousuf Hai Answer: d)
b) Doctor Savithri 228). Who won the 2016 Shanghai Masters in Singles
c) Tu Hai Mera Sunday category?
d) Narada Vijaya a) Novak Djokovic
e) None of the above b) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Answer: c) c) David Goffin
222). Andhra govt sets GVA target for horticulture d) Milos Raonic
sector at Rs _______cr? e) Andy Murray
a) 49,845 Answer: e)
b) 49,849 229). Who has been appointed as President of Global
c) 49,844 Sales by Tata Communications?
d) 49,846 a) James Parker
e) 49,855 b) John Zidich
Answer: a) c) Patty Michalski
23). Name the Indian luxury train which has received d) Marshall Ingwerson
the 2016 Seven Star Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle e) Paul A. Gigot
Awards. Answer: a)
a) Deccan Odyssey 230). Which airlines company has prohibited carrying
b) Golden Chariot Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones onboard any of
c) Maharajas' Express its flights?
d) Palace on Wheels a) Jetstar Airways
e) Royal Orient Train b) Cargolux Italia
Answer: c) c) AirAsia
224). The BRICS nations have adopted the ____ point d) South African Airways
Goa declaration. e) Mandarin Airlines
a) 106 Answer: c)
b) 107 231). Which luxurious train has received the 2016
c) 108 Seven Star Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle
d) 109 Awardsat Marbella in Spain?
e) 105 a) Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express
Answer: d) b) Gurudev express
225). Name the Indian railway station, which has tops c) Maharaja Express
in Wi-Fi usage? d) Royal Scotsman
a) Patna e) Venice Simplon Orient Express
b) Mumbai Answer: c)
c) Delhi 232). Name the state govt which has roll out biometrics
d) Kolkata authentication for NFSA beneficiaries?
e) Chennai a) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: a) b) Odisha
226). How many agreements were signed between c) Telangana
India and Hungary on October 16 during Vice d) Kerala
President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari's visit? e) New delhi
a) 5 Answer: b)

233). Prime Minster Narendra Modi has recently b) Madhya Pradesh
inaugurated three hydropower projects of 1,752 MW c) Punjab
capacity in which state of India? d) Uttar Pradesh
a) Uttarakhand e) Jharkhand
b) Himachal Pradesh Answer: a)
c) Maharashtra 240). On October 18 scientists developed a new optical
d) Tamil Nadu sensor to detect vitamin ____ deficiency.
e) Andhra Pradesh a) A12
Answer: b) b) B12
234). The 2017 Indian Science Congress (ISC) will be c) B62
held in which of the following states? d) D12
a) Andhra Pradesh e) K12
b) Arunchal Pradesh Answer: b)
c) Telangana 241). Name the rocket which took off to the
d) Kerala International Space Station (ISS) on October 18.
e) New delhi a) Safir
Answer: a) b) Unha
235). Name the state govt, which has introduce pension c) Black Arrow
for sportspersons? d) Antares
a) Haryana e) Centaur
b) Madhya Pradesh Answer: a)
c) Punjab 242). The National SC/ST hub and zero effect on
d) Uttar Pradesh environment scheme for MSME sector has been
e) Jharkhand launched in which of the following cities?
Answer: e) a) Rohtak
236). Who has been appointed as a member of the b) Ludhiana
International Olympic Committees (IOC) Athletes c) Shimla
Commission? d) Jabalpur
a) Jeetu Rai e) Udaipur
b) Nataraja Answer: b)
c) PV Sindhu 243). Name the politician who arrived in New Delhi on
d) Saina Nehwal October 18.
e) Sania Mirza a) Aung San Suu Kyi
Answer: d) b) Doina Cornea
237). Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Health and c) Mahathir Mohamad
Family Welfare has inaugurated National Summit on d) Rigoberta Mench
Fortification of Food in which city? e) Yelena Bonner
a) Chennai Answer: a)
b) Punjab 244). Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of
c) Mumbai India to the UN Conference on Disarmament in
d) New Delhi Geneva?
e) None of the above a) Abdul Majeed Khwaja
Answer: d) b) Amandeep Singh Gill
238). World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has c) Narendra Hirwani
announced One billion US Dollar aid to _____ over the d) Vivek Gandhi
next three years to fight child malnutrition. e) Umesh Sharma
a) India Answer: b)
b) Pakistan 245). The first National Tribal Carnival will be launch
c) Bangladesh in which of the following cities?
d) Nepal a) New Delhi
e) Sri Lanka b) Chennai
Answer: c) c) Mumbai
239). Farm Tourism scheme has been started by which d) Kochin
state government of India? e) Indore
a) Haryana Answer: a)

246). How many hydropower projects were Commissioner of India Dr. Nasim Zaidi in which city
inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in Himachal of India?
Pradesh? a) Bhopal
a) 2 b) Pune
b) 3 c) New Delhi
c) 4 d) Noida
d) 5 e) Mumbai
e) 7 Answer: c)
Answer: b) 253). TRAI has started discussions on which type of
247). Name the nuclear submarine which was communication technology?
commissioned by the Indian Navy on October 17. a) 6LoWPAN
a) INS Chakra b) ANT+
b) INS Sindhughosh c) Machine to machine
c) INS Khanderi d) Tera-play
d) INS Arihant e) XBee
e) INS Vagli Answer: c)
Answer: d) 254). Which country agreed for close security
248). India signed four MoUs with which country in coordination with India in border areas keeping in view
areas of investment cooperation and facilitation, cattle the sensitivity of each others strategic interests?
genomics,pharmaceuticals and agriculture? a) Bhutan
a) China b) Myanmar
b) Brazil c) Pakistan
c) USA d) Nepal
d) Russia e) Bangladesh
e) German Answer: b)
Answer: b) 255). Which of the following city has the first National
249). Name the Pakistani cricket player who has Tribal Carnival launched by PM?
become the second fastest bowler to take 100 wickets a) Bhopal
in Tests. b) New Delhi
a) Yasir Shah c) Udaipur
b) Sohail Khan d) Varanasi
c) Junaid Khan e) None of these
d) Hasan Ali Answer: b)
e) Babar Azam 256). Which bank has acquired the semi-naming rights
Answer: a) of Sikanderpur Metro Station in Gurugram?
250). The NCC National Games 2016 will be held in a) BoB
which city? b) SBI
a) Bengaluru c) HDFC
b) Chennai d) IDFC
c) Hyderabad e) PNB
d) Kozhikode Answer: a)
e) New Delhi 257). What is Mumbai's rank in the 2016 Global Power
Answer: e) City Index?
251). RBI has launched the survey to seek quantitative a) 21
information on order books, inventories and capacity b) 23
utilization of companies in which sector? c) 39
a) Agro d) 36
b) Financial e) 33
c) Industry Answer: c)
d) Manufacturing 258). Which country has cut off the Julian Assanges
e) Mining internet access?
Answer: d) a) Bolivia
252). Three-days International Conference on voter b) Chilly
education has been inaugurated by Chief Election c) Ecuador
d) Russia

e) USA was commissioned and allotted to the Eastern Fleet of
Answer: c) the Navy at Vishakhapatnam.
259). Name the Indian grappler who was appointed as a) INS Tahiyu
the DSP in Haryana Police? b) INS Chakra
a) Babita Kumari c) INS Aridhaman
b) Geeta Phogat d) INS Arihant
c) Mary Kom e) INS Vikranth
d) Sakshi Malik Answer: a)
e) Sushil Kumar 266). Name the Sri Lankan cricket player who has been
Answer: b) named brand ambassador of the third edition of the
260). Which bank has become the first Indian lender to STAIRS School Football League (SSFL).
execute banking transaction via blockchain a) Mahilajayavarthna
technology? b) Arjun Ranatunga
a) Axis bank c) Sanath Jayasuriya
b) HDFC bank d) Farveez Maharoof
c) ICICI bank e) Kumar sagagara
d) Punjab national bank Answer: c)
e) State Bank of India 267). Over 50 scientists from ____ countries will
Answer: c) participate in the 'Antarctic Circumpolar Expedition'.
261). The International Union for Conservation of a) 55
Nature is all set to declare which of the following b) 41
animals a Critically Endangered species? c) 30
a) Blackbuck d) 27
b) Kashmiri Red Stag e) 19
c) Monal Answer: c)
d) Nilgai 268). Name the Tennis player who has retained the top
e) West Bengal tigers spot in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals
Answer: b) (ATP) rankings.
262). Which bollywood actress has been bestowed with a) Novak Djokovic
the 2016 ET Panache Trendsetter Award? b) Rafael Nadal
a) Aishwarya Rai c) Kei Nishikori
b) Alia Bhatt d) Andre Agassi
c) prithijindha e) Aundy Murray
d) Priyanka Chopra Answer: a)
e) Sonam Kapoor 269). Which housing finance company will open its
Answer: e) first initial public offering (IPO) to the public on
263). Name the political party launched by Irom October 25?
Sharmila. a) Max housing insurance
a) Front for Victory b) SBI housing insurance
b) All Manipur Unity Party c) LIC Housing Finance
c) National- Manipur Social Association d) ICICI housing insurance
d) Manipur People's Revolutionary Party e) PNB Housing Finance Limited
e) Peoples Resurgence and Justice Alliance Answer: e)
Answer: e) 270). The Central government has proposed a ____
264). Kigeli V Ndahindurwa who passed away recently slab rate structure for the Goods and Services Tax,
was the last king of which of the following countries? ranging from zero to 26%.
a) Rwanda a) 2
b) Chad b) 3
c) Liberia c) 4
d) Morocco d) 5
e) Mozambique e) 6
Answer: a) Answer: c)
265). Which of the following is the sixth Water Jet 271). Which bank has been conferred "Special Award
Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) Car Nicobar Class vessel for Excellence in MSME lending" for its performance

in lending to the MSME sector during the year 2013-14 b) kualalumpur, Malaysia
and 2014-15? c) Tokyo, Japan
a) IndusInd Bank d) Kyoto, Japan
b) Karnataka Bank e) Belgium, china
c) Corporation Bank Answer: b)
d) State Bank of Patiala 278). Who won the World Railway Shooting
e) United Bank of India Championship Cup at Saint Mandrier, France?
Answer: d) a) Canadian Pacific Railway
272). Which language will get official recognition b) Canadian National Railway
under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution? c) China Railway Corporation
a) Tulu d) Indian Railways
b) Marwari e) American Metro Railway
c) Rajasthani Answer: d)
d) Onge 279). Name the British statistician who has been named
e) Sidi the inaugural recipient of the International Prize in
Answer: c) Statistics?
273). Which of the following state governments a) Leroy Hood
launched a skill development programme, Kaushalya b) Bradley Efron
SETU (Self-Employment and Talent Utilization) for c) Sir David Cox
students? d) PersiDiaconis
a) Kerala e) BradlyJhon
b) Maharashtra Answer: c)
c) Madhya Pradesh 280). Who has been appointed as the new President of
d) Andhra Pradesh Urology Society of India?
e) Telangana a) P.N. Dogra
Answer: c) b) Percy J Chibber
274). Which country is set to be the 3rd largest aviation c) R Keshavamurthy
market by 2026? d) S P Yadav
a) Japan e) Manna vahoora
b) Mongolia Answer: d)
c) UK 281). The AtalAkshayUrjaBhawan is headquartered in
d) China which city?
e) India a) Jaipur
Answer: e) b) Chennai
275). India will hold a meeting with which country for c) Mumbai
market access issues on goods and services as well as d) New Delhi
IPR policy related matters on October 19 and October e) Bhubaneshwar
20? Answer: d)
a) Ireland 282). Which bank has blocked over 6 lakh debit cards
b) Japan after a security breach?
c) Mexico a) Axis
d) Russia b) SBI
e) USA c) HDFC
Answer: e) d) Yes
276). Name the typhoon which hit the Philippines e) KMB
recently? Answer: b)
a) Haima 283). Which institute has signed anMoU with All India
b) Chan-hom Institute of Ayurveda for collaboration in the areas of
c) Ading cancer prevention, research and care?
d) Felicia a) Pioneers for a Cure
e) Enteng b) ISREC
Answer: a) c) Hayim Association
277). Asian Champions Trophy mens hockey d) Help Fight Childhood Cancer
tournament 2016 has begun in which city? e) National Institute of Cancer Prevention
a) Kuantan, Malaysia Answer: e)

284). India has signed an agreement with which d) Obvio
country to lease second Akula-II class nuclear attack e) Tesla
submarine (SSN)? Answer: e)
a) Hungary 291). According to a recent report how many debit
b) Russia cards have been compromised?
c) UAE a) 3.1 million
d) Japan b) 3.3 million
e) USA c) 3.2 million
Answer: b) d) 3.4 million
285). The _______Law Commission recommended a e) 3.6 million
series of changes in the Child Abduction Bill, 2016. Answer: c)
a) 27th 292). Which city has been confirmed as a venue for
b) 18th next years under-17 football World Cup?
c) 20th a) Jaipur
d) 19th b) Kochi
e) 21st c) Trivandrum
Answer: e) d) New Delhi
286). Name the South African struggle icon who has e) Mumbai
passed away at Cape Town? Answer: b)
a) Steve Biko 293). Which electronics manufacturing company has
b) MewaRamgobin entered into education sector in India?
c) Jacob Zuma a) IBM
d) Billy Nair b) Samsung
e) Jacobiko c) Sony
Answer: b) d) LG
287). India signed how many MoUs with Myanmar? e) Honeywell
a) 4 Answer: c)
b) 3 294). Which state were launched the
c) 5 PradhanMantriUjjwalaYojana (PMUY) and 'Direct
d) 2 Benefit Transfer' (DBT) for subsidized kerosene?
e) 7 a) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: b) b) Jharkhand
288). Indian Railways has sold rights for vinyl c) Odisha
advertisements on how many trains? d) Haryana
a) 3 e) sikkim
b) 6 Answer: b)
c) 5 295). Which city hosts the 28th Accountants General
d) 4 Conference?
e) 8 a) New Delhi
Answer: d) b) Mumbai
289). Sino India Cooperation 2016, a joint tactical c) Chennai
exercise, between Indian and China was recently held d) Kochin
in e) Bhopal
a) Jorhat Answer: a)
b) East Siang 296). The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation
c) Ladakh Limited (NEEPCO) will commission two power
d) Beijing projects in Arunachal Pradesh, what is the capacity of
e) Karhil those power plants?
Answer: c) a) 550
290). Name the automobile manufacturing company b) 710
which announced to make self-driving cars on October c) 770
20. d) 880
a) Zhong Tai e) 570
b) Citron Answer: b)
c) RimacAutomobili

297). Name the airport which has gets India's second b) Barack Obama
eco-friendly airport award? c) Dalai Lama
a) Palanpur Airport d) Nerendra modi
b) Porbandar Airport e) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Rajkot Airport Answer: c)
d) Surat Airport 304). Who has been elected as the new President of the
e) Vadodara Airport International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)?
Answer: e) a) Bruno Grandi
298). Name the state which has increases the retirement b) Diego Forln
age of doctors to 65 yrs? c) Georges Guelzec
a) Madhya Pradesh d) Mark Vasily
b) Jharkhand e) Morinari Watanabe
c) Odisha Answer: e)
d) Haryana 305). Which of the following city has been declared as
e) sikkim the 5th North East zone by State Bank of India(SBI)?
Answer: d) a) Agarthala
299). Who is the author of 'Driven: The ViratKohli b) Dibrugarh
Story'? c) Jorhat
a) S.S. Kohli d) Shillong
b) Vikram Seth e) Silchar
c) Vijay Lokapally Answer: e)
d) AbulFazal 306). Who is the author of the book titled "The Adivasi
e) Viratkohli Will Not Dance"?
Answer: c) a) Kiran Doshi
300). Name the person who has won the 2016 Wildlife b) Kunal Basu
photographer of the year award? c) Manjula Padmanabhan
a) Tim Laman d) Hansda Sowendra Shekhar
b) James Caan e) Basu Padmanabhan
c) Michael Sheen Answer: d)
d) Robert De Niro 307). The book Driven: The Virat Kohli Story has
e) Stephen Fry been authored by whom?
Answer: a) a) Sandeep Bamzai
301). Who has received a second European Golden b) Rajkumar Sharma
Shoe of his career after becoming the leading scorer in c) Vijay Lokapally
Europes top domestic leagues 2015-16? d) Pradeep Sangwan
a) Neymar da Silva e) Kunal Basu
b) Luis Suarez Answer: c)
c) Lionel Messi 308). Which city has topped the 2016 Global Power
d) Diego Forln City Index (GPCI)?
e) Cristiano Ronaldo a) Delhi
Answer: b) b) Tokyo
302). The first ever three-day global conference to c) London
strengthen Arbitration and Enforcement in India d) Mumbai
inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee in which e) Agarthala
city of India? Answer: c)
a) Agra 309). The Police Commemoration Day is being
b) Vizag observed across the country on which date?
c) Mumbai a) 18 October
d) New Delhi b) 20 October
e) Kochin c) 21 October
Answer: d) d) 22 October
303). Who has recently honored with the Milan e) 23 October
Honorary citizenship award at the ceremony held at the Answer: c)
Arcimboldi Theatre in Milan, Italy?
a) Angela Merkel

310). The Union Ministry of Railways and ______ d) Luiz Perera
have inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for e) Nayan Khanolkar
smart railway stations. Answer: e)
a) Union Urban Development Ministry 317). In which country was the World Railway
b) Union Rural Development Ministry Shooting Championship Cup held?
c) DMRC a) Azerbaijan
d) National Development Authority b) Brazil
e) Urban and rural development ministry c) Cuba
Answer: a) d) France
311). Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority e) Romania
(PEMRA) has decided to ban which county's channels Answer: d)
in the country? 318). What is India's rank in the latest FIFA rankings?
a) China a) 133rd
b) France b) 136th
c) India c) 137th
d) Saudi Arabia d) 138th
e) USA e) 139th
Answer: c) Answer: c)
312). Recently, which country announced its exit from 319). Which bank has declared Silchar as its 5th zone
the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of in North East?
bias against Africans? a) BoM
a) Angola b) PNB
b) Egypt c) OBC
c) Nigeria d) CBI
d) South Africa e) SBI
e) Tunisia Answer: e)
Answer: d) 320). Which financial institute has launched a Rs 60
313). When is World Statistics Day observed? crore ASPIRE fund to promote innovation,rural
a) October 19 entrepreneurship and agri industry?
b) October 20 a) ECGC Limited
c) October 21 b) IFCI Ltd
d) October 22 c) MUDRA Bank
e) October 23 d) PFC
Answer: b) e) SIDBI
314). Name the Fast Patrol Vessel(FPV) commissioned Answer: e)
by the Indian Coast Guard on October 20. 321). Union Skill development and Entrepreneurship
a) ICGS Rani Abbakka Minister Rajeev Pratap Rudy has inaugurated Kaushal
b) ICGS Rani Avanti Bai Mahotasava in which city of India?
c) ICGS Rani Durgavati a) Lucknow
d) ICGS Rani Gaidinliu b) Mumbai
e) ICGS Rani Rashmoni c) Noida
Answer: d) d) Varanasi
315). Indian Railways has declared how many railway e) Delhi
stations as as Green Train Corridors? Answer: e)
a) 2 322). Which union minister has launched the Regional
b) 3 air Connectivity Scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam
c) 5 naagrik) to enable more people to fly in smaller towns?
d) 6 a) Ashok Gajapathi Raju
e) 9 b) Narendra Modi
Answer: a) c) Nitin Gadkari
316). Who won the Wildlife Photographer Award, d) Raj Nath Singh
2016? e) Rajeev Pratap Rudy
a) Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik Answer: a)
b) Koratala Satyanarayana
c) Krittibas Ojha

323). Which Regiment of Indian Army has won a gold Answer: b)
medal in gruelling Cambrian Patrol exercise organized 329). What is the theme of 2016 World Osteoporosis
by the British Army? Day (WOD) ?
a) Gorkha Rifles a) Love Your Bones: Perfect today
b) Ladak Regiment b) Love Your Bones: Protect Your Future
c) Parachute Regiment c) Real Men Build Their Strength from Within
d) Punjab Regiment d) Serve Up Bone Health
e) Rajputana Rifles e) Stop at One: Make Your First Break Your Last
Answer: a) Answer: b)
324). A protein-enriched rice variety has been 330). Which country's pollution control authority has
developed by the Indira Gandhi Krishi launched a mobile app to curb pollution?
Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) in ___. a) China
a) Raipur b) Egypt
b) Bilaspur c) India
c) Raigarh d) South Korea
d) Ratanpur e) USA
e) Udaipur Answer: c)
Answer: a) 331). Name the scheme launched by the Aviation
325). India has signed a 650-million US dollar loan industry for air connectivity.
agreement with which financial organisation for the a) AAKASH
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor-III (EDFC-III) b) GAGAN
Project? c) KAABIL
a) Asian Development Bank (ADB) d) UDAN
b) World Bank e) VRUND
c) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Answer: d)
d) International Development Association (IDA) 332). Name the veteran cricket player who will receive
e) New Development Bank (NDB) the Lifetime Achievement award by the Sports
Answer: b) Journalists Association of Mumbai (SJAM).
326). Regional air connectivity scheme that was a) Syed Kirmani
unveiled recently by Aviation Ministry will be rolled b) Kapil Dev
out by c) Dilip Vengsarkar
a) April 2017 d) Sunil Gavaskar
b) March 2017 e) Krishnamachari Srikkanth
c) January 2017 Answer: d)
d) December 2016 333). Which company will acquire Butler America
e) January 2018 Aerospace for $85 million?
Answer: c) a) Apple
327). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) b) HCL
has recommended to the imposition of _____ penalty c) Dell
on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea cellular for d) GM
allegedly denying interconnectivity to Reliance Jio. e) Atomics
a) Rs. 2,650 crore Answer: b)
b) Rs. 2,850 crore 334). National Bank for Agriculture & Rural
c) Rs. 3,050 crore Development (Nabard) has sanctioned a loan of Rs.
d) Rs. 3,200 crore 19702 crore to to National Water Development Agency
e) Rs. 3,300 crore (NWDA) for how many irrigation projects?
Answer: c) a) 21
328). Which of the following union minister has b) 37
announced the Krishi Vigyan Kendra in each of the c) 49
districts in the country? d) 50
a) Venkaiah Naidu e) 67
b) Radha Mohan Singh Answer: d)
c) Narendra Singh Tomar 335). How much has GMR Infrastructure's airport arm
d) Modi Delhi International Airport (DIAL) raised through the
e) Birender Singh issue of high-yield 10-year bonds?

a) $522 million Answer: e)
b) $509 million 342). Mehar Mittal who passed away on October 22
c) $517 million was a ____.
d) $536 million a) Actor
e) $598 million b) Businessman
Answer: a) c) Journalist
336). According to the Payments and Settlements d) Politician
Systems Act, 2007 how much can RBI penalize e) Sportsperson
payments systems and banks for operating without Answer: a)
permission? 343). Name the Indian luxury train which has won the
a) 5 lakh World Travel Award 2016 in the category of Asias
b) 1 crore Leading Luxury Train.
c) 10 lacs a) Deccan Odyssey
d) Both a and b b) Golden Chariot
e) Both a and c c) Maharaja Express
Answer: d) d) Palace on Wheels
337). Which bank has raised Rs.500 crore via Masala e) Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
bonds? Answer: a)
a) SBI 344). Which shipbuilding company built Indian Coast
b) ICICI Guard Ships (ICGS) Aryaman and Atulya?
c) HDFC a) Cochin Shipyard Limited
d) Axis b) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
e) PNB c) Kattupalli Shipyard
Answer: c) d) Praga Marine
338). Which Indian city is ranked 14th in terms of total e) Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd
wealth held? Answer: a)
a) Ahmedabad 345). Which of the following city is India's second
b) Bengaluru green airport located?
c) Delhi a) Mumbai
d) Kolkata b) New Delhi
e) Mumbai c) Raipur
Answer: e) d) Vadodra
339). Tawang festival starts at? e) Patna
a) Arunachal Pradesh Answer: d)
b) Sikkim 346). Which city will host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World
c) Assam Cup?
d) Tripura a) Kochi
e) Nagaland b) Jaipur
Answer: a) c) New Delhi
340). Journalist Tilak Hazarika passes away, he d) Kolkata
belongs to which of the following state? e) Pune
a) Assam Answer: a)
b) Bihar 347). Which football club won the Subroto Cup Junior
c) Maharashtra Boys (U-17) trophy?
d) Punjab a) Army Boys
e) Nagaland b) Atletico Paraneanse
Answer: a) c) Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
341). Which countrys space research agency will d) Baktalrnthza VSE
establish a virtual institute to advance the field of small e) None of the above
spacecraft systems? Answer: b)
a) China 348). Which country won the 2016 Kabaddi World
b) India Cup?
c) Italy a) Iran
d) Japan b) England
e) USA c) Bangladesh

d) India 355). Name the Bollywood actor who has been selected
e) South Korea for the prestigious Yash Bharti Samman 2016.
Answer: d) a) Aamir Khan
349). How many companies have been barred by the b) Akshay Kumar
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) from c) Amitabh Bacchan
accessing the capital market? d) Naseeruddin Shah
a) 9 e) Kamala khasan
b) 8 Answer: d)
c) 7 356). What is the Indias rank in female literacy as per
d) 4 International Commission on Financing Global
e) 5 Education Opportunity?
Answer: b) a) 35
350). In which city was the Current Good b) 36
Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) Plant inaugurated by c) 37
Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth d) 38
Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan? e) 39
a) Imphal Answer: d)
b) Dispur 357). Name the doctors who have been selected for the
c) Jammu prestigious Dr BC Roy Award for excellence in the
d) Kohima field of medicine.
e) Raipur a) Randeep Guleria
Answer: c) b) DS Rana
351). When is United Nations Day celebrated? c) Arvind Kumar
a) October 21 d) Both a and b
b) October 22 e) All of the above
c) October 23 Answer: e)
d) October 24 358). Who launched #Sandesh2Soldiers campaign to
e) October 29 invite people to send letters and messages to the Indian
Answer: d) armed forces?
352). In which year was INS Viraat commissioned into a) Manohar Parrikar
the Indian Navy? b) Narendra Modi
a) 1944 c) Pranab Mukherjee
b) 1950 d) Sushma Swaraj
c) 1963 e) Venkiah Naidu
d) 1972 Answer: b)
e) 1987 359). In which state is the Itchu village located?
Answer: e) a) Jammu and Kashmir
353). Which city has the Sardar Patel Hospital & b) Kerala
Heart Institute located? c) Maharashtra
a) Ankleshwar d) Rajasthan
b) Jambusar e) Telangana
c) Lunawada Answer: a)
d) Vadodara 360). Name the Indian Chess player who won the
e) Vapi Hoogeveen International chess tournament.
Answer: a) a) Keshav Samant
354). Which of the following book has been shortlisted b) Moghai Ojah
for the Hindu Prize 2016? c) Anjana Om Kashyap
a) The Adivasi Will Not Dance by Hansda d) Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
Sowendra Shekhar e) Abhijeet Gupta
b) Andhere se ujale ki aur by Arun Jaitley Answer: e)
c) Jinnah Often Came To Our House by Kiran 361). What was the theme of the 2016 World
Doshi Osteoporosis Day that was observed on 20 october?
d) Kalkutta by Kunal Basu a) Love is true : Protect Your Future
e) None of the above b) Love Your Bones: Proceed Your Future
Answer: a) c) Love Your Bones: Protect Your Future

d) Real Men Build Their Strength From Within 368). The government has decided to sell ____ from its
e) Stop at One: Make your First Break your Last buffer stock through the National Commodity and
Answer: c) Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) to cool prices.
362). Who won the 2016 United States Grand Prix? a) Chickpeas
a) Daniel Ricciardo b) Rice
b) Lewis Hamilton c) Soybean
c) Nico Rosberg d) Vankai
d) Sebastian Vettel e) Wheat
e) Sergio Prez Answer: a)
Answer: b) 369). How much will the Central Government provide
363). Recently which company has forayed into to setup a cyber security research and development
cooking gas retailing? fund?
a) Haldia Petrochemicals a) Rs. 1000 crore
b) Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited b) Rs. 1300 crore
c) Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals c) Rs. 1500 crore
Limited d) Rs. 1005 crore
d) Reliance Industries e) Rs. 1888 crore
e) SPIC Answer: a)
Answer: d) 370). The government opened the sixth tranche of the
364). Which State organises the Yash Bharti Awards sovereign gold bond scheme(SGB). The bonds will be
that are conferred for excellence in literature, fine arts, offered at Rs. ____ per gram.
folk and classical music and sports? a) 2934
a) Uttar Pradesh b) 2906
b) Bihar c) 2957
c) Sikkim d) 2988
d) Nagaland e) 2971
e) Manipur Answer: c)
Answer: a) 371). Cyrus Mistry was the chairman of
365). Which company has set up a cybersecurity a) TCS
engagement centre (CSEC) in New Delhi? b) Reliance Group
a) Microsoft c) Sahara Group
b) Oracle d) Tata Group
c) Yahoo e) None of the above
d) Google Answer: d)
e) Wipro 372). Which of the following countries has been
Answer: a) chosen to lead Association of Natural Rubber
366). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Producing Countries?
first National Tribal Carnival in which city of India? a) Austria
a) New Delhi b) China
b) Varanasi c) India
c) Lucknow d) Sri Lanka
d) Jaipur e) USA
e) Kochin Answer: c)
Answer: a) 373). Which of the following cities have been ratified
367). How much will the World Bank (WB) give to as a venue for U-17 Football World Cup next year?
the Indian Government for the third tranche for a) Guwahati
construction of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor b) Goa
(EDFC)? c) New Delhi
a) $670 million d) Kochi
b) $875 million e) All of the above
c) $773 million Answer: e)
d) $650 million 374). Name the Bengaluru-based water tanker driver
e) $640 million who won the Mr Asia title 2016 at the 5th Phil-Asia
Answer: d) bodybuilding championships in the Philippines?
a) Akhil jain

b) Koshy Varghese 381). Govt launches Biotech-KISAN scheme to
c) Rajeev Khandelwal empower farmers, especially women, which of the
d) G Balakrishna following person inaugurate the scheme?
e) Vargesh koda a) Harsh Vardhan
Answer: d) b) Narendra Modi
375). Which of the following countries has recently c) Raj Nath Singh
won 2016 FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup? d) Smt. Sushma Swaraj
a) Brazil e) None of the above
b) Japan Answer: a)
c) North Korea 382). Which of the following govt to observe next year
d) South Korea as Garib Kalyan Varsh?
e) All of the above a) Kerala
Answer: c) b) Madhya Pradesh
376). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laucnhed Urja c) Sikkim
Ganga, the highly ambitious gas pipeline project in d) Haryana
which city of India? e) Nagaland
a) New Delhi Answer: d)
b) Varanasi 383). Which of the following govt to sign MoU with
c) Lucknow UNICEF to procure 40,000 doses of HPV vaccine?
d) Jaipur a) Punjab
e) Udaipur b) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: b) c) Sikkim
377). Which of the following sports has/have been d) Haryana
included in the Olympics for the first time? e) Nagaland
a) Karate Answer: a)
b) Surfing 384). Name the country which has announced its
c) Skatebording withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.
d) Climbing a) Angola
e) All of the above b) China
Answer: a) c) Russia
378). Bilal Nazki has been appointed as the d) Gambia
chairperson of e) Germany
a) Delhi Human Rights commission Answer: d)
b) Kerala Human Rights commission 385). Who won the 2016 Man Booker Prize for his
c) Sikkim Human Rights commission book, The Sellout?
d) Madhya P radesh Human Rights commission a) David Means
e) J&K Human Rights commission b) David Szalay
Answer: e) c) Graeme Macrae Burnet
379). Almatti dam is located in which of the following d) Paul Beatty
states? e) Wyl Menmuir
a) Andhra Pradesh Answer: d)
b) Karnataka 386). India began the 4th Joint Military Exercise,
c) Rajasthan 'MITRA SHAKTI 2016' with which country?
d) Telangana a) USA
e) Uttar Pradesh b) Sri Lanka
Answer: b) c) Oman
380). Jorge Batlle was paased away , he related to d) Indonesia
which country? e) Canada
a) Israel Answer: b)
b) Norway 387). Name the actress who was honored for her
c) Austria indelible style at the second annual InStyle Awards in
d) Uruguay Los Angeles.
e) Godavari a) Cobie Smulders
Answer: d) b) Freida Pinto
c) Nicole Kidman

d) Salma Hayek a) Assam
e) Scarlett Johansson b) Bihar
Answer: c) c) Sikkim
388). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched 7 d) Andhra Pradesh
schemes in his Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi, what e) Odisha
is the overall cost of the project ? Answer: a)
a) 5000 crore 395). Which country has withdrawn a request for a
b) 5500 crore flotilla of warships to be allowed to refuel in Spains
c) 6000 crore north African enclave of Ceuta, following concern
d) 5600 crore among Nato allies?
e) 500 crore a) China
Answer: a) b) Iran
389). India to provide LED bulbs, equipment to which c) North Korea
of the following country as a grant? d) Pakistan
a) Vanuatu e) Russia
b) Vietnam Answer: e)
c) Nepal 396). Which state CM urges Centre to release Rs.795
d) Myanmar Cr 31 Lakh to settle insurance claims of farmers?
e) None of the above a) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: a) b) Assam
390). What is India's rank in the latest World c) Bihar
Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2016? d) Odisha
a) 108th e) Sikkim
b) 123rd Answer: d)
c) 76th 397). India signed three agreements with which
d) 87th country on issues pertaining to avoidance of double
e) 99th taxation, cooperation in the field of youth and sport
Answer: d) affair and food safety cooperation?
391). Which of the following day observed as World a) Australia
Day for Audiovisual Heritage? b) Germany
a) 26 October c) Japan
b) 27 October d) New Zealand
c) 28 October e) South Korea
d) 25 October Answer: d)
e) 24 October 398). How many scheme/s have been launched by the
Answer: b) Union Ministry of Science and Technology in order to
392). Who has been appointed as the next High apply science to boost rural economy?
Commissioner of India to Australia? a) 1
a) Ajay M. Gondane b) 2
b) Chandra Lahoti c) 3
c) Karnal Singh d) 4
d) O P Singh e) 5
e) Vinod Rai Answer: b)
Answer: a) 399). Name the committee appointed by the
393). Sooronbai Jeenbekov who resigned from the post government regarding One Rank One Pension (OROP).
of Prime Minister is from which country? a) L Narasimha Reddy committee
a) Azerbaijan b) Manohar Parrikarcommittee
b) Kyrgyzstan c) Naik Jadu Nath Singh committee
c) Lebanon d) Ramesh Chandra Lahoti committee
d) Turkmenistan e) Sachin Sharma committee
e) Uzbekistan Answer: a)
Answer:b) 400). Which state government will observe 2017 as the
394). Which of the following state government to "Garib Kalyan Varsh"?
procure 40,000 Metric Tons of paddy to help flood a) Bihar
affected farmers? b) Haryana

c) Maharashtra 407). Which state government will remove the upper
d) Rajasthan age limit for widows and divorced women applying for
e) Uttar Pradesh government jobs?
Answer: b) a) Bihar
401). Which committee has been constituted to monitor b) Delhi
bird flu situation? c) Gujarat
a) Anant Mashelkar committee d) Odisha
b) G N Bajpai committee e) Uttar Pradesh
c) KV Kamath committee Answer: e)
d) Munialappa committee 408). Which year was the first National Ayurveda Day
e) GK Kamath committee observed?
Answer: d) a) 2005
402). Who has been appointed as Chairman of GSMA? b) 2014
a) Kishore Biyani c) 2015
b) Gautam Adani d) 2010
c) Shirish Sharma e) 2016
d) Azim Premji Answer: e)
e) Sunil Mittal 409). Which year will National Academic
Answer: e) Depository(NAD) be established?
403). Which bank has launched its online money a) 2017
transfer service, Money2India Europe in Sweden, b) 2019
Norway and Denmark? c) 2020
a) Axis d) 2016
b) HDFC e) 2021
c) ICICI Answer: a)
d) OBC 410). The Ministry of AYUSH has launched Mission
e) PNB Madhumeha to combat which disease through
Answer: c) Ayurveda?
404). UN General Assembly committee has voted to a) Malaria
launch negotiations on a new treaty banning which b) Encephalitis
type of weapons? c) Diabetes
a) Barrel bombs d) Syphilis
b) Chemical e) Pneumonia
c) Cluster bombs Answer: c)
d) Incendiary 411). The government has approved construction of
e) Nuclear ______ houses for urban poor under Pradhan Mantri
Answer: e) Awas Yojana(Urban).
405). The Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Library and a) 86,126
Resource Centre was inaugurated in which country b) 84,460
a) Bhutan c) 85,569
b) Sri Lanka d) 85,557
c) Mauritius e) 88,900
d) China Answer: b)
e) Saudi Arabia 412). Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched a new
Answer: b) train in Uttar Pradesh. It will run from _____ to _____.
406). Name the award given to Nadia Murad and a) Allahabad to Sriniwaspuri
Lamiya Aji Bashar. b) Anand Vihar to Ballia
a) Geschwister-Scholl-Preis c) Gorakhpur to Patna
b) Leipzig Human Rights Award d) Kanpur to Hauz Khas
c) Sakharov Prize e) Varanasi to Narela
d) UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Answer: b)
Freedom Prize 413). Centre soon to open ______ pharmacy AMRIT
e) William J. Brennan Award outlets in different parts of the country to provide
Answer: c) affordable medicines?
a) 300

b) 350 420). Name he person who has been appointed as
c) 340 adviser to the World Bank for the lesbian, gay,
d) 470 bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) activist?
e) 400 a) Akbaraly Aitikeev
Answer: a) b) Clifton Cortez
414). Name the state, which has becomes Indias c) Henry Ramos Allup
second open defecation free state? d) Martn Fernndez de Enciso
a) Andhra Pradesh e) Raimonds Vjonis
b) Assam Answer: b)
c) Bihar 421). Who has been appointed as chief executive of the
d) Himachal Pradesh World Bank?
e) Nagaland a) Christos Stylianides
Answer: d) b) Jacek Dominik
415). Centre sanctions Rs _____ cr for development of c) Karel De Gucht
roads in Vijayapura District of Karnataka? d) Kristalina Georgieva
a) 100 e) Meglena Kuneva
b) 300 Answer: d)
c) 200 422). Name of the American singer, who has accepted
d) 250 the Nobel Prize in literature.
e) 500 a) Bob Dylan
Answer: a) b) Derroll Adams
416). Which country has announced to award High- c) Josh Beech
Altitude Medal for soldiers to recognise their services d) Madi Diaz
in the tough terrain and adverse climate areas? e) Terry Gilkyson
a) Russia Answer: a)
b) Japan 423). India has approved an agreement with which of
c) Germany the following country regarding transfer of sentenced
d) USA persons?
e) India a) Austria
Answer: e) b) Estonia
417). State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank have c) Finland
cut their lending rates at ____% and ___% d) Myanmar
respectively. e) Afghanistan
a) 0.15 and 0.10 Answer: b)
b) 0.20 and 0.35 424). Name the film, which has won the award for best
c) 0.10 and 0.15 documentary at the 6th CAM International Film
d) 0.20 and 0.10 Festival in Cairo?
e) 0.25 and 0.50 a) Bawandar
Answer: a) b) Daughters of Mother India
418). What is the India's rank in the latest Global c) Kaaka Muttai
Youth Development Index? d) Keshu
a) 117 e) Nachom-ia Kumpasar
b) 133 Answer: b)
c) 132 425). Whichof the following year will the new law
d) 158 prohibiting benami transactions come into effect?
e) 171 a) 2016
Answer: b) b) 2017
419). Which of the following country has lost its bid to c) 2018
become a member of the UNs human rights council? d) 2019
a) Russia e) 2020
b) China Answer: a)
c) Pakistan 426). Which of the following bank has signed a
d) India memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MMTC
e) Germany for the sale of these coins?
Answer: a) a) Andhra Bank

b) Bank of Baroda c) Bihar
c) Bank of Maharashtra d) Odisha
d) Indian overseas bank e) Gujarat
e) Union bank of India Answer: b)
Answer: a) 433). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised Indo
427). The Labour Ministry will pay a minimum wage Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) _______for contributing
of Rs. _____ per day for unskilled agricultural labour his salary to make his village in Himachal Pradesh
in C-class towns from November? open defecation free?
a) 300 a) jawan Vikas Thakur
b) 350 b) T.S Thakur
c) 400 c) Jewel Oram
d) 450 d) Pinarayi vijayan
e) 500 e) Sathasivam
Answer: b) Answer: a)
428). What was the theme of Indias first National 434). In Spain's Parliament votes conservative who
Ayurveda Day? back into power?
a) Prevention and Control of Diabetes through a) Ashraf Ghan
Ayurveda b) Mariano Rajoy
b) Ayurveda Controls Diabetes and Chronic c) Bujar Nishani
Disease d) Abdelaziz Bouteflika
c) Ayurveda is Life e) Serzh Sargsyan
d) Prevention and Control of Diabetes Answer: b)
e) Ayurveda Controls Diabetes 435). OPEC sources said, which is one of the world's
Answer: a) top producers in Petroleum Exporting Countries?
429). Which of the following film will be the opening a) Russia
film of Indian Panaroma 2016 in Goa at 47th b) South Africa
International Film Festival of India? c) South Asia
a) Ishti d) China
b) Baahubali e) Spain
c) Piku Answer: a)
d) Visarani 436). OPEC and non-member oil producing countries
e) Queen met today which of the countries for aiming to build
Answer: a) support for a plan to reduce output?
430). Shashikala Kakodkar who passed away, she was a) Vienna, Austria
a _____. b) Austria, Asia
a) Actor c) America,Vienna
b) Journalist d) Russia, Austria
c) Politician e) Russia, Vienna
d) Sportsperson Answer: a)
e) Writer 437). SBI to allot shares to govt for _____capital
Answer: c) infusion?
431). The Department of Personnel & Training a) 5.8k cr
(DoPT) under the Ministry of Personnel, Public b) 6.7k cr
Grievances and Pensions has launched c) 5.3k cr
___________APP d) 5.5k cr
a) Employees Online e) 5.6k cr
b) Employees Offline Answer: e)
c) DoPT online 438). Which bank said it plans to raise 6,000 crore in
d) DoPT offline tranches from bonds to fund its business expansion?
e) Public Grievances a) State Bank of India
Answer: a) b) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
432). Which of the following state CM launches paddy c) Punjab National Bank
farming on airport land? d) Dena Bank
a) Sikkim e) Bandhan Bank
b) Kerala Answer: c)

439). Reserve Bank of India on permitted startups to e) Karnataka
raise external commercial borrowings (ECBs) of up to Answer: b)
_________million in a financial year 446). What is the name of bilateral novel exercise
a) USD 2 between India and Singapore?
b) USD 4 a) SIMBEX-16
c) USD 5 b) SIMBEX-17
d) USD 3 c) SIMBEX-19
e) USD 1 d) SIMBEX-20
Answer: d) e) SIMBEX-25
440). SEBI orders 4 firms to refund public money in Answer: a)
______months? 447). China hold discussions on NSG issue in Beijing
a) 3 with which country?
b) 7 a) America
c) 4 b) India
d) 8 c) France
e) 5 d) Russia
Answer: a) e) Japan
441). What is the theme of World Cities Day Answer: b)
observed on October 31? 448). Canada and ____have signed a landmark trade
a) Inclusive Cities, Shared Development deal?
b) Exclusive Cities, Shared Development a) UAE
c) Inclusive Cities, Exclusive Cities b) EU
d) Shared Undevelopment in Exclusive Cities c) USA
e) Shared Undevelopment in Inclusive Cities d) UK
Answer: a) e) None of these
442). The week in which 31st October, the birthday of Answer: b)
whose falls is observed as Vigilance Awareness Week? 449). GST Network To Borrow Rs____ Crore To
a) Mahandma Gandhi Fund Infra Costs?
b) Jwaharlal Nehru a) 700
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel b) 600
d) Lal Bagadur Shastri c) 450
e) Tripur Kumaran d) 800
Answer: c) e) 950
443). Which of the govt organizes Run for Unity on Answer: d)
'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas'? 450). The government of India has a ____per cent
a) Mumbai stake in GSTN and the state government an equal
b) Delhi share?
c) Maharastra a) 24.5
d) West Bengal b) 25.4
e) Odisha c) 24.4
Answer: c) d) 22.5
444). Which state government will observe No e) 21.6
Tobacco Day all over the state on Nov 1? Answer: a)
a) Punjab 451). 56th Open National Athletics Championships
b) Bihar held in?
c) Goa a) Lucknow
d) Megalaya b) Allahabad
e) Gujarat c) Hyderabad
Answer: a) d) Mumbai
445). Which government declared the state as drought- e) Chennai
hit? Answer: a)
a) Tamilnadu 452). Name the person, who has won the Wuhan
b) Kerala Open?
c) Telungana a) Zhang Shuai
d) Andra Pradesh b) Simona Halep

c) Dominika Cibulkova Answer: a)
d) Johanna Konta 460). What is the theme of the World Habitat Day
e) Petra Kvitova 2016?
Answer: e) a) Better City, Better Life
453). Kotak Bank to acquire _______stake in BSS b) Harmonious Cities
Microfinance? c) Housing at the Centre
a) 99.5% d) Public Spaces for All
b) 99.6% e) None of the above
c) 99.7% Answer: c)
d) 99.8% 461). Name the person, who won Korea Open?
e) 98.9% a) Gaganjeet Bhullar
Answer: a) b) Daniel Ricciardo
454). Name the person, who has been appointed ED of c) Sabastin vector
Indian Overseas Bank? d) Neya Saravanarajan
a) Ajay Tyagi e) Raviteja Anumukonda
b) G.S. Yadav Answer: a)
c) M.S. Sahoo 462). Currency of UAE?
d) R Subramania Kumar a) Riyal
e) Unnikrishnan b) Dirham
Answer: d) c) Dinar
455). What is full from of IBBI? d) Riyadh
a) Insolvency and Bank Board of India e) None of the above
b) Insolvency and Balance Board of India Answer: b)
c) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India 463). Name the person,who has been appointed as a
d) Income and Bank Board of India new Additional Director General NCC Directorate,
e) Income and Bankruptcy Board of India Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: c) a) Madhavan Nair
456). Who Crowned Mrs India Earth? b) U R Rao
a) Diya Reddy c) Shailesh Nayak
b) Prineet Grewal d) K. Radhakrishnan
c) Kieren Dsouza e) Nilendra Kumar
d) Annu Rani Answer: e)
e) H M Jyothi 464). Name the noted contemporary artist, who had
Answer: b) recently released a book called Faces of Creativity,
457). Capital of Canada? who died recently.
a) Ottawa a) Yusuf Arakkal
b) Toronto b) Yusuf Araf
c) Quebec City c) Yusuf Khan
d) Quebec City d) Yusuf kaif
e) None of the above e) None of the above
Answer: a) Answer: a)
458). Name the Indian-origin teenager who won the 465). Who is the author of the book titled Modis
Google Science Fair prize 2016? Midas Touch in Foreign Policy?
a) Kiara Nirghin a) Sugumar Raj R
b) Mavika Boyini b) Surendra Kumar M
c) Neya Saravanarajan c) Sudharsan Patnaik
d) Raviteja Anumukonda d) Suthara Vinayagam
e) Sahana venkatesh e) Surendara Raj R
459). Who won the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix? 466). Who was appointed as the Chairman of the
a) Daniel Ricciardo Central Board of Direct Taxes?
b) Liwe Hamilton a) C V Chandrasekhar
c) Max Verstappen b) Kartik Kumar
d) Nico Rosberg c) Mashkoor Ali Khan
e) Sabastin vector d) Sam Pitroda

e) Sushil Chandra d) African Asian Rural Development Organization
Answer: e) e) Asian Asian Rural Development Organization
467). The Public Debt Management Cell is launched Answer: d)
by? 473). Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)
a) The RBI announced that the Terminal 3 of which of the
b) The NASSCOM following airport achieved Platinum rating from Indian
c) The Finance Ministry Green Building Council (IGBC)?
d) The World Bank a) Terminal 1
e) The IRDA b) Terminal 2
Answer: c) c) Terminal 3
468). Name the committee, which has Setup for d) Terminal 4
Cauvery Basin? e) Terminal 5
a) GK Jha Answer: c)
b) GS Jha 474). What is theCapital Conservation Bufferfor
c) GM Jha Payment Banks and Small Finance Banks under RBI
d) GR Jha released the operating guidelines for Payment Banks
e) GA Jha and Small Finance Banks?
Answer: b) a) 7.1%
469). Madhur Deora as CFO and Senior Vice President b) 7.2%
of which of the following firm? c) 7.3%
a) Paytm d) 7.4%
b) Flipkart e) 7.5%
c) Senpdeal Answer: e)
d) Mytra 475). Union Ministry of Urban Development has
e) Freecharge approved projects worth Rs .. crore under
Answer: a) HRIDAY scheme for improving infrastructure facilities
470). Union Minister for Human Resource around core heritage sites in five cities?
Development PrakashJavadekar has inaugurated a) 114
ShatabdiKrishiBhawan and a Green Building in which b) 115
of the following university? c) 116
a) Tezpur University, Tezpur d) 117
b) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi e) 118
c) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Answer: a)
d) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 476). ASEAN Regional Forum HDUCI Meet
e) Bharathiar University, Coimbatore concluded in .?
Answer: b) a) New Delhi
471). What is the Minimum Capital for Payment Banks b) Mumbai
and Small Finance Banksunder The RBI released the c) Chennai
operating guidelines for Payment Banks and Small d) Kolkata
Finance Banks? e) Jaipur
a) 15 per cent Answer: a)
b) 16 per cent 477). Govt to get Rs . crore from spectrum
c) 17 per cent auction this fiscal?
d) 12 per cent a) 33000
e) 13 per cent b) 34000
Answer: a) c) 35000
472). The Union Cabinet gave its approval to sign d) 36000
MoU between India and AARDO for capacity building e) 37000
programmes in the field of rural development, what is Answer: e)
the full form of AARDO? 478). In which year India to be 2nd largest coal
a) African Austria Rural Development producer?
Organization a) 2018
b) Austria Asian Rural Development Organization b) 2019
c) Australia Asian Rural Development c) 2020
Organization d) 2030

e) 2025 c) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: c) d) Andhra Pradesh
479). Chinese central bank injects $........ bn via mid- e) Uttar Pradesh
term lending? Answer: e)
a) 41 486). Indian Railways to sign deal with which of the
b) 42 following country for high-speed trains?
c) 43 a) Japan
d) 44 b) China
e) 45 c) Germany
Answer: a) d) Italy
480). Name the person, who received the 'Outstanding e) None of the above
Celebrity Woman of the Year' award? Answer: c)
a) Priyanka Chopra 487). India and which country will sign an agreement
b) Sonakshi Sinha on cooperation and facilitation of investment on the
c) Deepika Padukone sidelinesof the upcoming BRICS Summit in Goa?
d) Kangana Ranaut a) Hungary
e) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan b) china
Answer: e) c) Brazil
481). Which of the following CM launches Samajwadi d) Russia
smartphone scheme? e) South Africa
a) Punjab Answer: c)
b) Haryana 488). Name the person, who has been appointed As
c) Madhya Pradesh Next Secretary General of UN General Assembly?
d) Andhra Pradesh a) Antonio Guterres
e) Uttar Pradesh b) Ban Ki-moon
Answer: e) c) Alice Munro
482). Centre provides over Rs..crore to Railways d) Alice Dylan
for bio toilets & CCTV cameras? e) Tovara Da Silva Nunes
a) 1600 Answer: a)
b) 1700 489). IOC confident of giving free internet at which of
c) 1800 the upcoming Olympic?
d) 1900 a) Pyeongchang 2018
e) 1500 b) Tokyo 2020
Answer: a) c) Beijing 2022
483). Name the person who has Launches Enhanced d) Boston 2024
Foreign Trade Data Dashboard? e) Los Angeles 2022
a) SushmaSwaraj Answer: c)
b) NitinJairamGadkari 450). Indian shooter who named 'Champion of
c) Sushri UmaBharati Champions' by ISSF?
d) Smt. NirmalaSitharaman a) AbhinavBindra
e) RamdasAthawale b) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Answer: d) c) Vijay Kumar
484). Which of the following state govt to link Public d) GaganNarang
Distribution System to Aadhar cards to make it e) JituRai
corruption-free & transparent? Answer: e)
a) Punjab 451). What was the theme of World Standards Day
b) Haryana that was observed on 14 October 2016?
c) Madhya Pradesh a) Our Standards Your Standards
d) Andhra Pradesh b) Standards Build Trust
e) Uttar Pradesh c) Standards together Build a trust
Answer: b) d) Stronger Together
485). BHEL commissions another 660 Mw thermal e) The Right to Standards
unit in? Answer: b)
a) Punjab 452). The 2016 SAARC Sufi festival will be held in
b) Haryana which of the following countries?

a) India Answer: a)
b) Maldives 459). The first-ever BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach
c) Afghanistan Summit will be held in which state of India?
d) Bangladesh a) Kerala
e) Sri Lanka b) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: a) c) Uttar Pradesh
453). BhumibolAdulyadej, who passed away recently, d) Goa
was the king of which country? e) Rajasthan
a) Bhutan Answer: d)
b) Indonesia 460). Dr. Abdul Kalam's birthday is observed as World
c) Malaysia Student Day on which date?
d) Maldives a) 12th October
e) Thailand b) 14th October
Answer: e) c) 15th October
454). Which of the following was used by the d) 26th October
researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education e) 13th October
and Research to produce cathodes for solar cell? Answer: c)
a) Human nails 461). Which of the following country has formally
b) Human waste joined China's One-Belt One Road Initiative?
c) Human brain a) Bangladesh
d) Human hairs b) India
e) Human skin c) Pakistan
Answer: d) d) Sri Lanka
455). The book The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad has e) Nepal
been authored by which Bollywood icon? Answer: a)
a) nawazuddinsiddiqui 462). Name the city where the 10-day 'Rashtriya
b) DeepikaPadukone Sanskriti Mahotsav' (RSM) was inaugurated by Home
c) Twinkle Khanna Minister Rajnath Singh?
d) Akshay Kumar a) New Delhi
e) Dhanush b) Kohima
Answer: c) c) Bhopal
456). ShahlylaAhmadzaiBaluch, who passed away d) Mumbai
recently, was a football player of which country? e) Chennai
a) Pakistan Answer: a)
b) Australia 463). Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador
c) Italy of Valvoline Cummins India?
d) Japan a) Lokesh Rahul
e) Iran b) P V Sindhu
Answer: a) c) Virat Kohli
457). Dario Fo, who passed away recently, was the d) Sakshi Malik
Nobel prize winning playwright and actor of which e) Deepa karmaker
country? Answer: c)
a) France 464). Rear Admiral B Dasgupta assumes Command as
b) Italy Flag Officer Commanding at _______?
c) Germany a) East
d) The UK b) West
e) The USA c) North south
Answer: b) d) North east
458). Name the Senior IAS officer who was appointed e) None of these
as the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)? Answer: a)
a) Ajay Kumar Bhalla 465). Modi to distribute ________ charkhas to women
b) Deepak Menon spinners in Ludhiana?
c) Kapil Mehta a) 500
d) Kapil sharma b) 550
e) O P Singh c) 660

d) 600 b) Singapore
e) 510 c) Italy
Answer: a) d) Japan
466). The Food Safety and Standards Authority of e) China
India (FSSAI) released new standards on food____. Answer: d)
a) Fortification 473). Which economic group has decided to set up a
b) Security credit ratings agency?
c) Manufacturing a) BRICS
d) Packaging b) G20
e) Service c) G8
Answer: a) d) NATO
467). BRICS development bank will raise its lending e) BRIS
rate to $___ billion next year. Answer: a)
a) 4.6 474). In which year will the GST tax be implemented?
b) 2.5 a) 2018
c) 3.5 b) 2017
d) 1.9 c) 2019
e) 5.3 d) 2020
Answer: b) e) 2021
468). Indian government has granted license to which Answer: b)
oil and gas company to set up 3,500 petrol pumps in 475). Which motor vehicle manufacturing company
India? has manufactured 'Circuit', India's first electric bus?
a) Royal Dutch Shell a) Ashok Leyland
b) Chevron b) Eicher Motors
c) ConocoPhillips c) Mahindra & Mahindra
d) ExxonMobil d) Preet Group Motors
e) BP plc e) Sundharam motors
469). Name the person who has been appointed as the 476). Which mobile phone manufacturing company has
next Ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on bagged a $230-million 4G network deal from Bharti
Disarmament, Geneva? Airtel?
a) Amandeep Singh a) Nokia
b) Amandeep kumar b) OnePlus
c) Amandeep kapil c) QMobile
d) Aravinth kapil d) Samsung
e) Arun Singh e) Sony
470). Kigeli V dies in US, who is he? 477). Name the actor who will be receive the 44th
a) The king annual Chaplin Award.
b) The politicians a) Al Pacino
c) The sports person b) James Caan
d) The journalist c) Michael Sheen
e) The writer d) Robert De Niro
Answer: a) e) Stephen Fry
471). How many medals did Indian grapplers win at Answer: d)
the 2016 Tifsa World Games? 478). Name the Pakistan nuclear reactor which became
a) 3 active on October 17.
b) 4 a) Karachi Nuclear Power Complex
c) 6 b) Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant
d) 7 c) Chashma Nuclear Power Plant
e) 8 d) Multan Heavy Water Production Facility
Answer: b) e) Pakistan Nuclear Power Fuel Complex
472). Which country banned Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Answer: c)
smartphones from airplanes? 479). What is the slogan of Cell for IPR Promotion and
a) Russia Management (CIPAM) ?

a) Creative India, Innovative India. 486). Who of the following is the author of the book
b) Creative India, Improve India. The Sleepwalker's Dream?
c) Innovative India, Improve India. a) Amitav Ghosh
d) Innovative India, Implement India. b) Dhrubajyoti Borah
e) Innovative India, increase growth in India. c) Dhrubajyoti Ghosh
Answer: a) d) Margaret Alva
480). Three day conference of top commanders of e) Ramachandra Guha
Indian Air Force concluded today in ____? Answer: b)
a) Mumbai 487). Who of the following has authored the book
b) Agarthala Andhere Se Ujale Ki Aur that was released in October
c) Ahmadabad 2016?
d) New Delhi a) Amit Shah
e) Cochin b) Arun Jaitley
Answer: d) c) Madhu Dandavate
481). The 10th Indo-US trade forum is being held in d) Ravi Shankar Prasad
which city? e) Swapan Das Gupta
a) Mumbai Answer: b)
b) Chennai 488). Which state government has signed an agreement
c) New Delhi with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to
d) Bengaluru promote innovation in financial services?
e) Jaipur a) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: c) b) Maharashtra
482). The government will launch the ___ tranche of c) Rajasthan
Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB) scheme on 24th of d) Sikkim
October. e) West Bengal
a) 10th Answer: a)
b) 6th 489). Name the businessman who has been named as
c) 7th the new Chairman of the Indian Institute of
d) 8th Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
e) 9th a) Anil Ambani
Answer: b) b) Kumar Mangalam Birla
483). Who was appointed as the Commandant of the c) Kunwer Sachdev
Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala in Kerala? d) Ashok Vemuri
a) Vice Admiral S V Bhokare e) Harsh Goenka
b) Vice Admiral S V Bhosle Answer: b)
c) Vice Admiral Karambir Singh 490). How much will Power Grid Corporation of India
d) Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar invest in power transmission projects?
e) Vice Admiral K V Bhosle a) 1,000.20 crore
Answer: a) b) 1,184.45 crore
484). Satyadev Katare recently passed away. Who was c) 1,235.40 crore
he? d) 1,580.13 crore
a) politician e) 1,860.67 crore
b) A Gandhian activist Answer: b)
c) Artist 491). Which country has won the 2016 FIFA U-17
d) Sports person Womens World cup?
e) Film maker a) US
Answer: a) b) argentina
485). Gandhi activist, who passed away recently. c) Spain
a) Anna Hazaare d) North Korea
b) Eqbal Ahmad e) Japan
c) Joan Baez Answer: d)
d) Mewa Ramgobin 492). 'Happiness junction' inaugurated at _____
e) Uri Avnery railway station?
Answer: d) a) Bihar
b) Mumbai

c) Chennai b) Brazilian
d) Kolkata c) Argentinian
e) Delhi d) Portuguese
Answer: a) e) American
493). US has sanctioned a 75 million dollars sale of Answer: b)
military hardware to 500). The government has recommended anti-dumping
a) India duty of ______% on jute.
b) Iran a) 5-20
c) Israel b) 3-15
d) Saudi Arabia c) 2-5
e) UAE d) 10-25
Answer: e) e) 7-30
494). Mehar Mittal, who passed away recently, was Answer: a)
the legendary actor of which language? 501). Sanjay Baweja, CFO of _____ resigned on
a) Telugu October 26.
b) Punjabi a) TCS
c) Malayalam b) Amazon India
d) Hindi c) Wells Fargo
e) Urudu d) Capgemini
Answer: b) e) Flipkart
495). Who won the 2016 European Golden Boy Answer: e)
Award? 502). According to the World Bank's' latest 'Doing
a) Gianluigi Donnarumma Business' report, India ranks ____ in terms of ease of
b) Kingsley Coman doing business.
c) Marcus Rashford a) 130th
d) Renato Sanches b) 131th
e) None of the above c) 132nd
Answer: d) d) 133rd
496). Govt to invest Rs 1 lakh crore to boost road, e) 139th
inland water transport in ___________? Answer: a)
a) Assam 503). Who was appointed as the Chief Executive
b) Bihar Officer (CEO) of International Hockey Federation
c) Sikkim (FIH)?
d) Nagaland a) Jason McCracken
e) Arunachal Pradesh b) Kelly Fairweather
Answer: a) c) Renato Sanches
497). Which country's Prime Minister arrived in New d) Tom Hayden
Delhi for a three-day long state visit on October 26? e) Graeme Macrae Burnet
a) Australia Answer: a)
b) China 504). India notified a new Double Taxation Avoidance
c) Finland Agreement (DTAA) with which
d) New Zealand country?
e) UK a) Indonesia
Answer: d) b) Kuwait
498). Which country won against Australia in the 2016 c) Malaysia
RoboCup Challenge? d) South Korea
a) China e) North Korea
b) Germany Answer: d)
c) Japan 505). According a report by Nasscom-ZINNOV India
d) South Korea will have _____ startup companies by 2020.
e) USA a) 10630
Answer: e) b) 10400
499). Carlos Alberto, a legendary football player who c) 10345
passed away on October 25 was of which nationality? d) 10000
a) Spanish e) 10500

Answer: e) c) NAC
506). Which bank has launched Insta Services to d) NITI Aayog
enable electronic submission of Form 15G/H through e) VCI
its mobile application? Answer: d)
a) Axis 513). Prince Mikasa, world's oldest royal, dies at 100,
b) HDFC he belongs to which country
c) PSB a) Japan
d) TMBL b) China
e) UBI c) North korea
Answer: a) d) South korea
507). Raj Begum who passed away on October 26 was e) UK
a ____. Answer: a)
a) Actor 514). India's first 'Design Yatra' will be conducted in
b) Journalist which state?
c) Politician a) Karnataka
d) Singer b) Kerala
e) Writer c) Odisha
Answer: d) d) Maharastra
508). What is India's rank on the World Economic e) Mumbai
Forums (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2016? Answer: b)
a) 34 515). India and Russia have agreed to double the range
b) 87 of the ______supersonic cruise missile from 290 km to
c) 97 over 600 km?
d) 106 a) BrahMos
e) 130 b) BrahMaas
Answer: b) c) Brahmina
509). Who won the 2016 French Open Badminton in d) BrahMosh
Men's category? e) brahMoosh
a) Chow Tien Chen Answer: a)
b) Lee Chong Wei 516). World Bank appoints who as chief executive?
c) Ng Ka Long a) Ban ki moon
d) Srikanth Kidambi b) Jim Yong Kim
e) Viktor Axelsen c) Abdul Hamid
Answer: a) d) Kristalina Georgieva
510). India approved a new Agreement on Trade, e) Alexander Lukashenko
Commerce and Transit with which country? Answer: d)
a) South Africa 517). Under Swachh Maharashtra Mission,Three
b) Myanmmar Maharashtra women awarded the title of ______for
c) Bhutan their inspiring role?
d) Bangladesh a) Swachhatadoot
e) Afghanistan b) Samriti
Answer: c) c) SachhaBharat
511). The RBI has permitted startups to raise $___ d) SwachhaBharat
million in a financial year. e) SwachhMission
a) 1 Answer: a)
b) 2 518). Indian cricketer ______has become the top-
c) 3 ranked female bowler in the ICC ODI rankings, seven
d) 5 years after?
e) 6 a) Mohammad Shami
Answer: c) b) Ishant Sharma
512). The Central government has allowed which c) Jhulan Goswami
government agency to sell public sector undertakings d) Umesh Yadav
(PSUs)? e) Rohit Sharma
a) BIS Answer: c)
b) DIPP

519). Ashok Chawla Takes Over As Non-Executive b) 3
Chairman Of _____ Bank? c) 6
a) Yes d) 7
b) Bank of Maharastra e) 10
c) Bandhan Answer: a)
d) Lakshmi Vilas 522). who wins Mexican Grand Prix?
e) Saraswati a) Lewis Hamilton
Answer: a) b) Nico Rosberg
520). Which state is most farmer friendly state c) Max Verstappan
according to NITI Aayog? d) Daniel Ricciardo
a) Pujab e) Stabestian Vital
b) Tamilnadu Answer: a)
c) Haryana 523). Who wins Asian Champions Trophy?
d) Maharashtra a) Pakistan
e) Kerala b) Malaysia
Answer: d) c) North Korea
521). India to get electricity from offshore wind plants d) South Korea
in how many years? e) India
a) 5 Answer: e)
524). Country's economic growth recorded ________ a) Naman Ojha
percent in first quarter of current fiscal b) Ashish Nehra
a) 7.1% c) Ishant Sharma
b) 7.3% d) Ravishandran Ashwin
c) 6.9% e) None of these
d) 7% Answer: d)
e) 6.5% 529). Anuradha Rao appointed as MD, CEO of
Answer: a) a) SBI Capital Markets Ltd
525). Who was appointed as the U.N. Womens b) SBI Mutual Fund
advocate for Gender Equality? c) SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd.
a) Priya Dhanush (SBICPSL)
b) Sonam Kapoor d) SBI Life Insurance Company Limited
c) Aishwarya Dhanush e) None of these
d) Sneha Agarwal Answer: b)
e) None of these 530). Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson &
Answer: c) Managing Director of Biocon has been awarded with
526). The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) has Knight of the Legion of Honour. This is the honour
appointed whom as the new Chancellor of Teri of which country?
University? a) Portugal
a) Harish Jain b) Spain
b) Rajan Sinha c) Switzerland
c) Amitabh Kanth d) Italy
d) Ashok Chawla e) France
e) None of these Answer: e)
Answer: d) 531). The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD)
527). Along with Bezwada Wilson who among the signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
following Carnatic singer receives Ramon Magsaysay which publishing company to publish and distribute a
prize for 2016? special edition of the comic book, focusing on Swachh
a) Sudha Raghunadhan Bharat Mission?
b) P. Uniikrishnan a) Amar Chitra Katha
c) Sanjay Subramanyam b) National Book Trust
d) Abhishek Raghuram c) Scholastic
e) T.M. Krishna d) Taxman Publications Limited
Answer: e) e) None of these
528). Name the Indian bowler who is ranked 3rd in the Answer: a)
latest ICC Test rankings for Test Bowlers.

532). Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao has a) Title
been given the additional charge of which state by b) Commodity
President Pranab Mukherjee? c) Equity
a) Uttar Pradesh d) Soft
b) Bihar e) P2P
c) Karnataka Answer: e)
d) Tamil Nadu 539). Mobile payments start-up PhonePe Internet Pvt.
e) Gujarat Ltd, which is owned by Flipkart, in partnership with
Answer: d) __________has launched unified payments interface
533). In which city is the two day BRICS Convention (UPI) based payments app.
on Tourism being held? a) ICICI
a) Bikaner b) Yes Bank
b) Pune c) Axis Bank
c) Jaipur d) SBI
d) New Delhi e) None
e) Khajuraho Answer: b)
Answer: e) 540). Government of India will sell its sovereign gold
534). What is the amount foreign investors will have to bonds (SGB) through ______.
invest to secure a Permanent Residency Status (PRS) a) SHCI
from the government of India? b) RBI
a) Rs.5 crore c) CDSL
b) Rs.15 crore d) NSDL
c) Rs.20 crore e) SSE
d) R.25 crore Answer: a)
e) Rs.30 crore 541). Which state government has inked a tripartite
Answer: d) memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the
535). Centre constitutes expert committee to study silt Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airport Authority of
in river Ganga in Bihar. Who is selected as the India (AAI) to develop 11 small airports and airstrips?
Chairman of the committee? a) Gujarat
a) A. K. Sinha b) Meghalaya
b) S. K. Sahu c) Madhya Pradesh
c) A. K. Gosain d) Karnataka
d) Rajnish Rajan e) Tamil Nadu
e) None of the above Answer: a)
Answer: a) 542). Regional Editors Conference being held in which
536). Brazils Senate has impeached President ______ among the following cities?
from the office for breaking budgetary laws. a) Bangalore
a) Jose Sarney b) Chennai
b) Dilma Rousseff c) Hyderabad
c) Emesto Geisel d) Mumbai
d) Washington Luis e) Delhi
e) None of these Answer: b)
Answer: b) 543). Petroleum companies to hold first international
537). Ali Bongo is re-elected as the President of which conference on cooking gas in
Central African Country? a) Pune
a) DR Congo b) Kolkata
b) Cameroon c) Bhubaneswar
c) Gabon d) Ranchi
d) Angola e) Vadodara
e) Guinea Answer: c)
Answer: c) 544). Solung festival celebrated in which among the
538). Name the category of loan which would be following Indian States?
regulated as a separate category of NBFCs by the RBI. a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Assam a) Reliance
c) Telangana b) Vodafone
d) Arunachal Pradesh c) Idea
e) Kerala d) Tata
Answer: d) e) Airtel
545). Railway has launched an insurance scheme for Answer: a)
passengers travelling on e- ticket. The insurance cover 551). Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari
will be upto ____ lakhs. inaugurated the 4th phase of the Vidyadhanam project
a) Rs.5 at
b) Rs.7 a) Thiruvananthapuram
c) Rs.7.8 a) b) Kochi
d) Rs.8.3 b) Kollam
e) Rs.10 c) Coimbatore
Answer: e) d) Sivakasi
546). Who was sworn in as the new president of Answer: b)
Brazil? 552). Cricketer-turned-politician who launches Awaaz-
a) Ranieri Mazzilli e-Punjabalong with some other leaders?
b) Getulio Vargas a) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Deodoro da Fonseca b) Ajay Sharma
d) Joao Figueiredo c) Navjot Singh Sidhu
e) Michel Termer d) Raman Lambe
547). The first BRICS Film festival is being held in Answer: c)
which among the following cities? 553). A special package of Rs 200 crore has been
a) Braslia announced by Prime Minister NarendraModi to engage
b) Moscow youth in constructive sporting activities of which state?
c) Beijing a) Andhra Pradesh
d) Delhi b) Himachal Pradesh
e) Cape Town c) Kerala
Answer: d) d) Jammu and Kashmir
548). Which bank has launched USSD (unstructured e) New Delhi
supplementary service data) based *99# mobile Answer: d)
application on Play Store on Android platform. 554). Which among the Local Political Party gets
a) United Bank of India National Party Status?
b) UCO Bank a) AamAdmi Party
c) Union Bank of India b) Indian National Lok Dal
d) State Bank of India c) TRS
e) Oriental Bank of Commerce d) TDP
Answer: c) e) TMC
549). Name the Indian Coal Company which has Answer: e)
signed an MoU with Indian Council of Forestry 555). Two-day G-20 Summit of the world's major
Research and Education (ICFRE) for effectively economies will hosted by which among the following
monitoring of environment related issues in the coal countries?
mining projects. a) India
a) EC b) China
b) CIL c) Australia
c) GMDC d) Brazil
d) NLC e) Russia
e) SEC Answer: b)
Answer: b) 556). India and _________ has signed 12 agreements
550). Name the telecommunication company which has for cooperation in areas, including defence and IT, to
set aside a Rs 5,000 crore venture capital fund to help boost bilateral ties.
young entrepreneurs in the country build their business. a) Vietnam

b) Thailand b) Delhi
c) Malaysia c) Pune
d) Myanmar d) Goa
e) Bhutan e) Hyderabad
557). Which among the following private sector banks 563). Which state government has launched the Biju
has announced the launch of a mobile based payment Kanya Ratna Yojana (BKRY) for the development of
solution, mVisa, for easier retail payment? girls in three districts of the state?
a) DCB Bank a) Odisha
b) Axis Bank b) Bihar
c) ICICI Bank c) Meghalaya
d) RBL Bank d) Chhattisgarh
e) Yes Bank e) Haryana
558). Who has been elected as the Indian Broadcasting 564). Village Gumthala Garhu near Pehowa in
Foundations President? Kurukshetra district has became the first Wifi hotspot
a) Rajat Sharma village in which among the following states?
b) NP Singh a) Karnataka
c) K Madhavan b) Mizoram
d) PunitGoenka c) Assam
e) KVL NarayanaRao d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: d) e) Haryana
559). Name the former Indian pacer who has been Answer: e)
made an honorary life member of the Marylebone 565). Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Cricket Club (MCC), becoming the 24th Indian Darmendra Pradhan has observed that which among
cricketer to be bestowed the honour. the following Indian states will become the countrys
a) IrfanPathan hub of petroleum reserves?
b) Zaheer Khan a) Punjab
c) AjitAgarkar b) West Bengal
d) Praveen Kumar c) Madhya Pradesh
e) None of these d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: b) e) Uttar Pradesh
560). Noted poet, literary critic, author and winner of Answer: d)
the SahityaAkademi award Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya 566). Which among the following Internet service to
passed away. He belongs to which state? offer unlimited broadband at below Rs.1 per GB.
a) Madhya Pradesh a) Reliance Jio
b) Meghalaya b) Vodafone
c) Assam c) Tata
d) Punjab d) BSNL
e) Haryana e) None of these
Answer: c) Answer: d)
561). Who has released a special postage stamp to 567). Who among the following will be honoured with
mark Mother Teresas canonisation as a saint at The the 37th edition of prestigious Sarala Award for his
Vatican? outstanding poetry?
a) Minister of state Commerce and Industry a) Hrushikesh Mallick
b) Minister of state Culture b) Mukesh Nandan
c) Minister of state Communications c) Amarnath Chetuvedi
d) Minister of state Minority Affairs d) Vijay Gangopadhyaya
e) None of these e) None of these
562). 1st Nomad Film Festival' being held in which 568). Which of the following country ratified the 2015
among the following Indian cities? Paris agreement to cut global greenhouse gas emissions
a) Mumbai

ahead of the G20 summit beginning 4th of September 574). Which States High Court becomes 4th state to
in Hangzhou, China? launch the e-stamp facility?
a) Russia a) Madhya Pradesh
b) China b) Rajasthan
c) USA c) West Bengal
d) 2 and 3 d) Karnataka
e) 1 and 2 e) Maharashtra
Answer: d) Answer: b)
569). Name the person, who founded an order of nuns 575). Shramdaan movement initiative is recently
devoted to caring for the poor and destitute on the launched in which among the following Union
streets of Kolkata, India and will soon be canonised Territory?
(officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint)? a) Andaman and Nicobar
a) Martin Luther King Jr. b) Daman & Diu
b) Mother Teresa c) Puducherry
c) Susan B. Anthony d) Chandigarh
d) Nelson Mandela e) Lakshadweep
e) None of the above Answer: c)
Answer: b) 576). Indias first International conference on cooking
570). Sriram Balaji and Sasi Kumar recently in news gas begins in which state?
belonging to India is related to which among the a) Odisha
following sports? b) Meghalaya
a) Badminton c) Mizoram
b) Tennis d) Bihar
c) Cricket e) Assam
d) Table Tennis Answer: a)
e) Archery 577). Sri Lankan Prime minister Ranil Wickremsinghe
Answer: b) inaugurated the 69th session of WHO (World Health
571). Who among the following is the current SBI Organisation) Regional committee meeting at
Chief? a) Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte
a) K.V.Kamath b) Colombo
b) Chanda Kochhar c) Negombo
c) Shikha Sharma d) Arudrapura
d) Arundhati Bhattacharya e) None of these
e) Kiran Mazumendar Shaw Answer: b)
Answer: d) 578). Which of the following companies has adopted
572). The newly discovered small maroon & gold fish the EU-US privacy shield framework?
species in the Pacific Ocean has been named after a) Microsoft
_______. b) Facebook
a) Valdmir Putin c) Twitter
b) Mother Teresa d) Apple
c) Michael Phelps e) Dell
d) Narendra Modi Answer: a)
e) Barack Obama 579). Which state appoints Sachin as brand ambassador
Answer: e) for anti-liquor campaign?
573). Teachers day is celebrated annually to a) Maharashtra
commemorate which Indian figure? b) Andhra Pradesh
a) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Gujarat
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad d) Telangana
c) Indira Gandhi e) Kerala
d) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhkrishnan Answer: e)
e) None of these 580). Name the newly appointed Chairman and
Answer: d) Managing Director of MOIL Ltd.
a) G.P.Kundargi

b) Mukund Chaudhuri to the subcontinent that will explore export
c) Anil Ambani opportunities?
d) Mukesh Ambani a) Steve Waugh
e) P.K.Singh b) Ricky Ponting
Answer: b) c) Shane Warne
581). Which state has decided to develop 340 villages d) Adam Gilchrist
as Horticulture Villages at a cost of 93 crore rupees e) None of these
during the Golden Jubilee year of the State? Answer: b) Ricky Ponting
a) Punjab 587). Which state/UT has launched Shramdaan
b) Haryana movement in India?
c) Himachal Pradesh a) Odisha
d) Meghalaya b) Andhra Pradesh
e) none of these c) Puducherry
Answer: b) Haryana d) Lakshadweep
582). Name the Goa's state bird which has been chosen e) None of these
as the logo for the three-day bird festival from Answer: c) Puducherry
November 11 to 13? 588). Who of the following won the mixed doubles of
a) Great hornbill 2016 Brazil Open Grand Prix?
b) Sparrow a) Tarun Kona and Sikki Reddy
c) Koel b) Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy
d) Bulbul c) Manu Attri and Pradnya Gadre
e) None of these d) Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Pradnya Gadre
Answer: d) Bulbul e) None of these
583). Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Answer: b) Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy
has inaugurated a new world class library, Bharat Ratn 589). A team of scientists recently discovered a new
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Learning Resource Centre in Ghost Snake Species of elusive, pale grey reptiles in
which city? which country?
a) Silchar a) Iceland
b) Guwahati b) South Africa
c) Tezpur c) Madagascar
d) Jorhat d) Tanzania
Answer: a) Silchar Answer: c) Madagascar
584). Name the Indian Olympic medallist who 590). Which country ghost WHO South-East Asia
announced the retirement recently? Regions annual committee meeting?
a) Abhinav Bindra a) Sri Lanka
b) Mary Kom b) India
c) Sushil Kumar c) Nepal
d) Vijender Singh d) Bhutan
Answer: a) Abhinav Bindra Answer: a) Sri Lanka
585). Who will be honoured with the 37th edition of 591). Who was named as a brand ambassador of
prestigious Sarala Award for his outstanding poetry? Arunachal Pradesh for state tourism to boost tourism?
a) Vikram seth a) Arjun Rampal
b) Nandini Sahu b) Ranveer Singh
c) Kumar Vishwas c) John Abraham
d) Dr. Hrushikesh Mallick d) Rannvijay Singh
Answer: d) Dr. Hrushikesh Mallick Answer: c)
586). Name the former Australian cricket player who 592). The 11th Summit of the Group of Twenty (G20)
has been appointed brand ambassador of his home state was recently concluded in which of the following
Tasmania and will join a government-led trade mission cities?
a) Victoria City

b) Hamburg Which of the following is not part of the granted fund
c) Nanjing under the scheme?
d) Hangzhou a) Madhya Pradesh
e) None of these b) Uttarakhand
Answer: d) c) Sikkim
593). Union Health Minister J P Nadda has launched a d) Bihar
Case Detection campaign for a disease in the country. e) None of these
Name the disease? Answer: d)
a) Coeliac 599). Nomad Film Festival 2016 started in which of the
b) Leprosy following cities?
c) Tuberculosis a) Mumbai
d) Viral Hepatitis b) Jaipur
e) None of these c) New Delhi
Answer: b) d) Jabalpur
594). The Union Government recently launched the e) None of these
UrjaMitra Helpline for power outages. What is the Answer: c)
helpline number? 600). Which movie won the Best Film Award at the
a) 14401 first BRICS Film Festival that recently concluded in
b) 19999 New Delhi?
c) 10920 a) XuanZang
d) 92700 b) The Battle for Sevastopol
e) None of these c) Thithi
Answer: a) d) Kalushi, The story of Solomon Mahlangu
595). Which report was released by UNICEF recently e) None of these
stating the growing crisis for migrant children? Answer: c)
a) Committing to Child Survival: A Promise 601). Name the Satellite Launch Vehicle that was used
Renewed to launch the advanced weather satellite, INSAT-3DR
b) Uprooted: The growing crisis for refugee and byISRO?
migrant children a) GSLV-F05
c) Education as a Preventive Strategy against b) GSLV-D5
migrant children crisis c) GSLV-D6
d) Reimagine the future: Innovation for every d) D.GSLV Mk.I
child e) None of these
e) None of these Answer: a)
Answer: b) 602). How much amount has been approved by Union
596). Dharmendra Pradhan recently launched a Tourism Ministry for five states under Swadesh
campaign to promote use of natural gas in India. What Darshan scheme?
is the name of campaign? a) 350 crore rupees
a) #NaturalGas4India b) 400 crore rupees
b) #Gas4India c) 450 crore rupees
c) #India4NaturalGas d) 500 crore rupees
d) # Indias4gas e) None of these
e) None of these Answer: c)
Answer: b) 603). Bengaluru host the first edition of Internet of
597). Who won the 2015 J.C. Daniel Award? Things India Congress 2016, who address this
a) AranmulaPonnamma meeting?
b) K.G. George a) Ravi shankar Prasad
c) Madhu b) B.Venkaiah Naidu
d) I.V. Sasi c) Raj Nath Singh
e) None of these d) Smt. SushmaSwaraj
Answer: b) e) None of these
598). Union Government approved 450 crore rupees Answer: a)
for five states under the SwadeshDarshan scheme.

604). Which of the following country agree to supply a) Cocos
more uranium to India? b) Victoria
a) Australia c) Tasmania
b) Canada d) Queensland
c) Kazakhstan e) None of these
d) Namibia Answer: c)
e) None of these 611). Which state\ UT toped in NSSO sanitation
Answer: b) survey?
605). Prime Minister NarendraModi has arrived in a) Sikkim
which country to attend the ASEAN-India and the East b) Kerala
Asia Summits (EAS)? c) Mizoram
a) Vietnam d) Himachal Pradesh
b) Cambodia e) Nagaland
c) Malaysia Answer: a)
d) Laos 612). CM scooty scheme launched by which state?
e) None of these a) Kerala
Answer: d) b) J & k
606). The PRABAL DOSTYK-16 joint bilateral c) Madhya Pradesh
military exercise is between India and _____. d) Haryana
a) Belarus e) Bihar
b) Kazakhastan Answer: b)
c) Russia 613). Which of the following state to Roll Out 'Twitter
d) Portugal Seva?
e) None of these a) Tamilnadu
Answer: b) b) Uttar Pradesh
607). The ____ Summer Paralympic Games have c) Madhya Pradesh
started in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. d) Haryana
a) 21st e) Bihar
b) 15th Answer: b)
c) 19th 614). Under UJALA how many LEDs are distributed?
d) 20th a) 20 crore
e) None of these b) 16 crore
Answer: b) c) 17 crore
608). India has entered an open skies agreement with d) 15 crore
which country ? e) 18 crore
a) Iran Answer: d)
b) Belgium 615). Who will take over the additional charge as
c) Greece Governor of Madhya Pradesh?
d) Mongolia a) Surendra Nath
e) None of these b) V.C. Pande
Answer: c) c) Gulsher Ahmad
609). Tata Housing has entered into a partnership with d) Sheila Kaul
which bank to enable easier financing and purchase of e) O.P. Kohli
homes? Answer: e)
a) PNB 616). Which state the Laser Interferometer
b) BoB Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) project was
c) SBI launched?
d) HSBC a) Maharashtra
e) None of these b) Gujarat
Answer: c) c) Rajasthan
610). Which island state of the commonwealth d) Punjab
Australia is tie up with Kerala for trade and e) Telangana
collaboration? Answer: a)

617). Who has been awarded by International Shooting e) None of these
Sports Federation (ISSF) for his exceptional Answer: c)
contribution to the field of shooting? 623). Which bank has announced the deployment of
a) Pawan Singh Software Robotics for business processes across
b) Agnivesh Agarwal various functions of the bank?
c) Sunil Duggal a) IDBI BANK
d) Narendrakumar Baldota b) CANARA BANK
e) Anirudha R. Barwe c) ICICI BANK
Answer: a) d) AXIS BANK
618). Which state CM dedicates 2 Mbps connectivity e) SBI
to 6,000 villages? Answer: c)
a) Odisha 624). Which country's space agency has launched a
b) Maharashtra mission to retrieve a rock sample from a 500m-wide
c) Gujarat asteroid called Bennu?
d) Goa a) Israel
e) Andra Pradesh b) USA
Answer: c) c) China
619). What is the team of ASEAN Summit 2016 d) UK
concludes in Vientiane, Laos? e) Japan
a) Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic Answer: b)
ASEAN Community. 625). Which country successfully carried out its fifth
b) Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic nuclear test?
ASEAN Country a) North Korea
c) Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic b) South Korea
Community c) China
d) Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic d) Japan
world e) USA
Answer: a) 626). Which of the following bank get Dun &
620). Under which programme has the Central Bradstreet Banking Awards 2016?
government approved six proposals to set up centers of a) Indian Overseas Bank
excellence to promote and fund start-ups? b) Canara Bank
a) ASHA c) Syndicate Bank
b) NIDHI d) Union Bank Of India
c) KIRAN e) Bank Of Maharashtra
d) USHA Answer: b)
e) ISO 627). Government appoints J. Satyanarayana as the
Answer: b) chairperson of UIDAIU, UIDAIU stands for?
621). The RBI has cancelled the registration a) UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY
certificates of how many NBFCs? OF INDIA
a) 4 b) UNION IDENTITY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
b) 3 c) UNIQUE IDENTIFY AUTHORITY OF
c) 6 INDIA
d) 5 d) UNCOMMON IDENTITY AUTHORITY OF
e) 8 INDIA
Answer: d) e) None of these
622). ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company which Answer: a)
has got approval of the _________for an initial public 628). Jayant Purushottam Gokhale as a Director?
offering (IPO). a) Canara bank
a) IRDA b) Icici bank
b) PRMF c) Syndicate bank
c) SEBI d) Andhra bank
d) SIDBI e) Federal bank

Answer: c) d) Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu-Urban Development
629). State Bank of India Raises ____________by Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
allotting Basel-III compliant perpetual bonds to YES Information & Broadcasting
Bank. Answer: a)
a) Rs 2,100 crore 635). Construction Workers pension scheme launched
b) Rs 11,100 crore by Odisha, how much amount will be given after the
c) Rs 23,000 crore age of 80?
d) Rs 11,000 crore a) 300
e) Rs 31,000 crore b) 400
Answer: c) c) 500
630). Startup 'CuroCarte', launched by? d) 800
a) Ananya Birla e) 1000
b) Aditya Birla Answer: c)
c) Mangalam Birla 636). India-Nepal Home Secretary-level talks conclude
d) Anusya birla in __________
e) None of these a) New delhi
Answer: a) b) Kathmandu
631). Which place the All-women Police Control c) Pokhara
Room vans was launched? d) Mumbai
a) Bengaluru e) Chennai
b) Kolkata Answer: a)
c) Chennai 637). Who is the MD AND CEO of US BASED Indian
d) New Delhi ORIGIN national cash register NCR?
e) Maharashtra a) Navroze Dastur
Answer: d) b) John H Patterson
632). National Crime Record Bureau declared Odisha c) Bill nuti
had lowest conviction rate in 2015 , how many case d) Georgia pole
registered under IPC in 2015? e) Gwinneet country
a) 39,066 Answer: a)
b) 29,066 638). LIC Housing targets Rs.______ cr loan disbursal
c) 49,066 for this fiscal
d) 38,066 a) 3600
e) 39,666 b) 1500
Answer: a) c) 4000
633). The results of the 2016 Swachh Survekshan d) 2589
(Cleanliness Index) for rural India was released on 8 e) 3000
September 2016. Mandi and Sindhudurg were declared Answer: c)
as the cleanest districts in India. This two place belongs 639). HDFC Ergo General Insurance Company (HDFC
to? ERGO) has completed the acquisition of 100 percent
a) Himachal pradesh & Assam shares of____________?
b) Maharashtra & Uttar Pradesh a) Max insurance
c) Himachal Pradesh & Maharashtra b) Mahindra and Mahindra insurance
d) Arunachel Pradesh & Himachal Pradesh c) LIC Housing Finance
e) None of these d) L&T General Insurance Company
634). Who has been commissioned the offshore 640). Asias oldest stock exchange _______?
patrolling (OPV) vessel, Sarathi, at Goa Shipyard Ltd a) BSE
(GSL)? b) SSC
a) Shri Raj Nath Singh-Home Affairs c) JSC
b) Smt. Sushma Swaraj-External Affairs d) NSC
c) Shri Arun Jaitley-Finance Corporate Affairs Answer: a)
641). BRICS Wellness Workshop begins in?
a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai Answer: b)
c) Bengaluru 648). Who got Tamil ratna award in US?
d) Chennai a) Subramanian Swamy
e) Jaipur b) Subramanian shiva
Answer: c) c) Rajinikanth
642). The two-day International Buddhist Conclave d) Kamalakhasan
will begin in sarnath , sarnath belogs to which of the e) None of these
following state ? Answer: a)
a) Assam 649). 9th Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016
b) Bihar held in?
c) Uttar Pradesh a) New Delhi
d) Madhya Pradesh b) Mumbai
e) Punjab c) Bengaluru
Answer: c) d) Chennai
643). Indo-US Economic Summit will begin e) Jaipur
in___________? Answer: a)
a) New Delhi 650). Who own the US OPEN WOMENS title 2016?
b) Mumbai a) Angelique Kerber
c) Bengaluru b) Karolina Pliskova
d) Chennai c) Steffi Graf
e) Jaipur d) Serena Williams
644). Patanjali Mega Food and Herbal Park was Answer: a)
located in Mihan , which is located at outskirts of ? 651). Recently Union Cabinet approves formation of
a) Kerala GST Council, who is the chairperson of the committee?
b) Nagpur a) Union finance minster
c) West Bengal b) Union Ministry of state finance
d) Madhya Pradesh c) Union Minister of State, in-charge of Revenue
e) None of these of finance
Answer: b) d) Both A & B
645). Vietnam wins 1st Paralympic gold with world e) All the above
record which of the following field? Answer: a)
a) Weightlifting 652). Who will be the head of the Committee to
b) Long jump identify people below the poverty line (BPL)?
c) Discuss through a) Aravind Subramanian
d) High jump b) Arvind Panagariya
e) None of these c) Raghuram Rajan
Answer: a) d) AK Bhargava committee
646). According to HackerRank, which of the e) None of the above
following countrys world best developer? Answer: b)
a) China & Japan 653). Recently Govt launches toll free
b) Japan & Russia number__________ for postal complaints?
c) Russia & USA a) 1934
d) China & Russia b) 1924
e) None of these c) 1954
Answer: d) d) 1814
647). Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) launched e) 1947
_______ to resolve Income Tax grievances? Answer: b)
a) e-solving 654). Which of the following country have started
b) e-nivaran naval drills in the disputed South China Sea with
c) Both a & b china?
d) none of these a) Japan
e) cannot be determined b) North korea

c) South korea c) September 13
d) Russia d) September 11
e) Both B&C e) None of the above
Answer: d) Answer: a)
655). Which of the following country longest bullet 662). Which of the following state inaugurated nation
train network? first Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Store ?
a) Russia a) Maharashtra
b) Japan b) Bihar
c) China c) Odisha
d) USA d) Madhya Pradesh
e) UK e) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: c) Answer: e)
656). Worlds highest bridge located in____________? 663). Which of the following state has nation second
a) China 100% electrification status?
b) Russia a) Gujarat
c) India b) Andhra Pradesh
d) Nepal c) Telangana
e) UK d) Assam
Answer: a) e) Rajasthan
657). Which country named as world's best adventure Answer: b)
destination? 664). Onam festival belogs to which of the following
a) India state?
b) Island a) Goa
c) Ecuador b) Kerala
d) Costa Rica c) Tamil Nadu
e) Chile d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: b) e) None of the above
658). Which of the following country demands Answer: b)
recognition as 'nuclear state'? 665). 3rd BRICS Urbanization Forum Meet begins in?
a) China a) Hyderabad
b) Russia b) Mumbai
c) USA c) Visakhapatnam
d) South Korea d) Amravati
e) North Korea e) None of the above
Answer: e) Answer: c)
659). Who is the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan? 666). Freecharge partners with which of the following
a) Bakytzhan Sagintaev bank to launches UPI payment ?
b) ursultan Nazarbayev. a) ICICI
c) Mauricio Macri, b) AXIS
d) Joko Widodo c) IDBI
e) None of the above d) SBI
Answer: a) e) None of the above
660). Wasim Bari MD of ______________ cricket Answer: b)
team? 667). Anoop K Sharma new CMD of _______
a) Bangladesh Corporation?
b) Pakistan a) Shipping
c) UAE b) Mining
d) Canada c) Cool
e) None of the above d) Road
661). Hindi diwas was celebrated on ________? Answer: a)
a) September 14 668). Devendra Jhajharia wins gold at Paralympics? he
b) September 12 belongs to which of the following sports?

a) Javelin thrower 675). International Day of Democracy was observed on
b) Long jump 15th September. What was the theme for the
c) Short put International Day of Democracy 2016?
d) Sprinter a) Strengthening Voices for Democracy
e) None of the above b) Space for Civil Society
Answer: a) c) Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for
669). Who is the union minister of sports? Sustainable Development
a) Vijay Goel d) Engaging youth on democracy
b) Vijay goal e) None of the above
c) Vijay singh Answer: c)
d) Vendara prathan 676). Which bank has tied up with Faculty of
e) None of the above Commerce at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to offer
Answer: a) specialised banking courses?
670). Indian American scientist who wins US$500000 a) Axis bank
2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize? b) HDFC Bank
a) Ramesh Raskar c) ICICI Bank
b) Raskar Ramesh d) IDBI bank
c) Ramesh kumar e) SBI
d) Ramesh varma Answer: a)
e) None of the above 677). Who has been appointed as the Chairman &
Answer: a) Managing Director (CMD) of Shipping Corporation of
671). International Day of Democracy observed on? India (SCI)?
a) 15 September a) A S Kiran Kumar
b) 16 September b) Anoop Kumar Sharma
c) 14 September c) Deepak Gupta
d) 13 September d) Ved Prakash
e) None of these e) None of the above
672). Who has been chosen as the Swachh Bharat 678). Who was recently appointed the Chairman of
Abhiyan mascot? Isuzu Motors India?
a) Kunwar bebi a) Miyane Devkrove
b) Kunwar Bai b) Hiroyasu Miura
c) Kumar chnd c) Hiroshi Nakagawa
d) Humar bai d) Hiroshi Miura
e) None of these e) None of the above
Answer: b) Answer: c)
673). Name the person, who will be honored with 679). Indian Cyclists won six medals, including 3 gold,
Kumaon Literary Festival's FON (Fellows of Nature)? 2 silver and 1 bronze on the opening day of the Track
a) Meghna Pant Asia Cup 2016. Which country is hosting the 2016
b) Meghna Gandhi Track Asia Cup cycling?
c) Menaga pant a) India
d) Menaga kumari b) Sri Lanka
e) None of the above c) China
Answer: a) d) Japan
674). Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of e) North Korea
Uttar Pradesh farmers scheme 'Samajwadi Kisan Answer: a)
Beema Yojana'? 680). Who won the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket
a) Deepa Malik tournament?
b) Nawazuddin Siddiqui a) None of the below
c) None of the these b) India White
d) Salman Khan c) India Red
e) Suresh Raina d) India Green
Answer: b) e) India Blue

Answer: e) b) USA
681). Name the bank, which has bagged four awards c) France
for inclusive insurance for 2016 from Skoch Group? d) Canada
a) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank e) None of the above
b) Karnataka Grameena Bank Answer: c)
c) Karnataka rajya Grameena Bank 688). Karnataka Vikas Grameena bank headquarters
d) Karnataka Vikrama Grameena Bank located in _____?
e) None of these a) Dharwad
Answer: a) b) Bangalore
682). Name the bank, which has bagged the 2nd prize c) Mangalore
under Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (region c) for the year d) Hobli
2015-16? e) None of the above
a) Bank of Baroda Answer: a)
b) Bank of Maharashtra 689). Which of The following PSU has bagged the
c) Union bank of India award for outstanding performance in official language
d) Vijaya bank implementation under the category of nationalized
e) None of the above banks in the linguistic region - B - for the year 2014-
Answer: d) 15?
683). Expand the term NAM? a) Bank of Baroda
a) Non-Aligned Movement b) Bank of Maharashtra
b) National aligned movement c) Union bank of India
c) NO Aligned Movement d) Vijaya bank
d) None of the above e) None of the above
e) Non agreement movement Answer: a)
Answer: a) 690). India and Sri Lanka has signed a Memorandum
684). Government introduces bullet-proof army of Understanding (MoU) to support livelihood of the
vehicles in Kashmir, what is the name of that vehicles? fishing and farming communities in _______ which of
a) Panthera-T5 the following district of Sri Lanka?
b) Panthera-T6 a) Ampara
c) Panthera-T7 b) Badulla
d) Panthera-T8 c) Galle
e) Panthera-T9 d) Hambantota
Answer: b) e) Trincomalee
685). The first Indian Chief Minister to host a Twitter Answer: d)
Town Hall is? 691). Name the cricketer, who have been conferred
a) Sarbananda Sonowal with Arjuna Award for the current year (2016) ?
b) Raman Singh a) Ishant Sharma
c) Vijay Rupani b) Ajinkya Rahane
d) Nitish Kumar c) Viral kohli
e) Arvind Kejriwal d) Lokesh rahul
Answer: c) e) None of the above
686). Nitish Kumar launched a website to provide Answer: b)
information on the celebration of 350th Prakash Utsav 692). Which of the following country has been secured
of the Sikh guru in 2017? He belongs to which state? 112th Spot on World Economic Freedom Index?
a) Assam a) India
b) Bihar b) Nepal
c) Karnataka c) Bangladesh
d) Maharashtra d) Sri lanka
e) Punjab e) Pakistan
687). India to sign $8.8bn Rafale jets deal with which 693). Name the Radio station, which has been launched
of the following country? a website and mobile app for its Balochi service to
a) Japan reach people who speak this language across the globe?

a) City FM 92 c) Suzlon Energy
b) All India Radio d) NEPC India
c) Air India Radio e) None of the above
d) Air Rajdhani Radio Answer: c)
e) PMo office radio 700). Tourism Ministry has approved Rs. 500 Crore as
Answer: b) part of development package of Prime Minister
694). Name the Former Italian president, who has Reconstruction Plan for integrated development of
passed away recently? tourism in which state?
a) Edward Albee a) West Bengal
b) Matteo Renzi b) Uttarakhand
c) Carlo Azeglio Ciampi c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Silvio Berlusconi d) Jammu and Kashmir
e) Giulio Andreotti e) Madhya Pradesh
695). Which of the following person who has been 701). Name the state, which has been not yet to
taken charge as Executive Director in Union Bank of implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA)?
India? a) Tamil Nadu & Kerala
a) Shri Arun Tiwari b) Kerala & Goa
b) Shri Vinod Kathuria c) Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
c) Shri Raj Kamal Verma d) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
d) Atul Kumar Goel e) None of these
Answer: d) 702). Name the city, which has been 3rd among Indian
696). Name the US playwright, who has passed away, cities in molestation cases?
recently? a) Chennai
a) Edward Albee b) Hyderabad
b) Matteo Renzi c) Bangalore
c) Carlo Azeglio Ciampi d) Cochin
d) Silvio Berlusconi e) None of the above
e) Giulio Andreotti Answer: c)
Answer: a) 703). US India Business Council has termed which of
697). Which of the following Financial Services Ltd the following state as India's "growth engine"?
has won the Platinum Award for Inclusive Insurance at a) Maharashtra
the SKOCH Insurance Awards 2016? b) Gujarat
a) Housing Development Finance Corporation: c) West Bengal
b) Birla Global Finance Limited d) Kerala
c) Bajaj Capital Limited e) Tamil Nadu
d) SBI Capital Markets Limited Answer: b)
e) None of the above 704). India extends $_______ mn credit line to Nepal
Answer: e) for post-quake reconstruction?
698). Name the country that topped the chart in the a) 650
2016 Track Asia cup held in Delhi. b) 850
a) Bangladesh c) 550
b) Afghanistan d) 750
c) India e) 755
d) Hong Kong Answer: d)
e) Pakistan 705). Name the state which has host the Vibrant
Answer: d) Gujarat Summit 2017?
699). Name the energy solution provider that won its a) Maharashtra
maiden order from Oil India limited (OIL) for 52.50 b) Gujarat
MW project capacity. c) West Bengal
a) Central Electronics d) Kerala
b) Orient Green Power e) Tamil Nadu

Answer: b) 712). Name the person, who got the Smita Patil
706). Name the person, who has been appointed as the Memorial Award for Best Actor?
UNODC Goodwill Ambassador? a) Katrina Kaif
a) Nadia Murad Basee Taha b) Juhi Chawla
b) Sachin Tendulkar c) Kangana Ranaut
c) Amitab Bachan d) Deepika Padukone
d) Raniji Khand e) Alia Bhatt
Answer: a) 713). Name the person who got the Ramakrishna Bajaj
707). Who of the following is the author of the book Memorial Global Award?
His Bloody Project? a) Kumar mangalam birla
a) Deborah Levy b) Samir brahmachari
b) Graeme Macrae Burnet c) Deepika padukone
c) Paul Beatty d) Anshu gupta
d) Ottessa Moshfegh e) None of the above
e) Edward Albee Answer: d)
Answer: b) 714). How many railway station sulabh has started
708). Name he person, who has been conferred with cleaning and maintenance under the scheme?
the 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar a) 4
Award? b) 5
a) Ramesh Raskar c) 6
b) Abraham Verghese d) 7
c) Dinesh Bharadia e) 8
d) Jairam Patel Answer: b)
e) none of these 715). World Bank will invest nearly how much money
Answer: c) in Assam?
709). Indowind Energy, an independent power a) 1,400 crore
producer, has decided to set up 10 MW wind energy b) 1,300 crore
project in which of the following state ? c) 1,500 crore
a) Karnataka d) 1,200 crore
b) Maharashtra e) 1,000 crore
c) Madhya Pradesh Answer: e)
d) Andhra Pradesh 716). Lord Narendra Babubhai Patel was awarded for
e) Telangana his contribution in which field?
Answer: a) a) medical
710). India approves $1 bn connectivity project which b) sports
of the following country? c) film
a) Afghanistan d) Journalist
b) Pakistan e) None of the above
c) Sri lanka Answer: a)
d) Nepal 717). Who is the director of film Sunrise?
e) Maldives a) Partho Sen-Gupta
Answer: d) b) Leena Yadav
711). Name the company, which has tied up with the c) Sen-Gupta
countrys largest rail ticketing platform IRCTC to d) Nina Lath Gupta
enable digital payments for travelers? e) Marc Irmer
a) Freecharge Answer: a)
b) Paytm 718). Virat kohli appointed as the brand ambassador of
c) Mobkcik which of the following bank?
d) Quicker a) PNB
e) None of above b) IOB
Answer: b) c) BOM
d) BOB

e) None of the above a) Maharashtra
Answer: a) b) Andhra Pradesh
719). Name the person, Who conferred with Banga c) Tamil Nadu
Bibhushan ? d) Gujarat
a) Amala Shankar e) Karnataka
b) Mahashweta Devi Answer: b)
c) Sourav Ganguly 726). Govt to set INR 4000 cr overhaul of _________
d) Amitabha Chowdhury check posts for GST?
e) Lata Mangeshkar a) 80
Answer: e) b) 90
720). Name the person, who won the 85kg wrestling c) 45
gold at the Cadet World Championships held in d) 66
Georgia? e) 45
a) Deepak Punia Answer: a)
b) Subhash Punia 727). Name the state, which has been developed as a
c) Akhil Sheoran capital of Ayurveda?
d) None of the these a) Haryana
e) Vinita Bhardwaj b) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: a) c) Kerala
721). Which of the following country ranked worlds d) Assam
top exporter of information, communication e) None of these
technology? Answer: a)
a) USA 728). Which of the following country host First Indian
b) China music & dance festival?
c) UK a) USA
d) Russia b) UK
e) None of these c) Japan
Answer: e) d) Australia
722). What is the name of 22nd district of Haryana? e) None of these
a) Dadri Answer: d)
b) Jind 729). Federal Bank launches 2nd Federal Skill
c) Hisar Academy in which of the following place?
d) Mahendragarh a) Chennai
e) Karnal b) Coimbatore
Answer: a) c) Ernakulum
723). Selfie with my Shauchalya' started which of the d) Trivandrum
following city of Punjab ? e) None of these
a) Patiala Answer: b)
b) Mansa 730). Which of the following who has been appointed
c) Patiala as the UPSC chairman?
d) Ludhiana a) Deepak Gupta
e) Rupnagar b) Alka Sirohi
Answer: d) c) Ravi Reddy
724). Name the state, which has host 2-day national d) M Saritha Varma
conference on labour? e) None of these
a) Odisha Answer: b)
b) Maharashtra 731). Who has taken over as General Officer
c) Andhra Pradesh Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command?
d) Madhya Pradesh a) Bikram Singh
e) Telangana b) Deepak Kapoor
Answer: a) c) KJ Singh
725). Which of the following state has Tops in d) None of these
Industrial Investments? e) Surinder Singh

Answer: e) b) Cochin
732). Govt appointed panel recommends for MSP of c) Mumbai
gram to Rs 4,000 a quintal, who is the head of the d) Visakhapatnam
panel? e) None of these
a) Arvind Subramanian Answer: d)
b) Arvind Panagariya 739). Soorya Festival has started at which of the
c) AK Sinha following state?
d) Arun jaitly a) Maharashtra
e) None of these b) Kerala
Answer: a) c) Himachal Pradesh
733). Govt to build one crore houses by 2019 under, d) Goa
which of the following yojna? e) Andhra Pradesh
a) Kaushal Vikas Yojana Answer: b)
b) Krishi Sinchai Yojana 740). Typhoon Malakas hits which of the following
c) None of these country recently?
d) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna a) Japan
e) Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana b) China
Answer: d) c) North Korea
734). Name the service, which has announced the d) South Korea
launch by Ministry of Railways for differently-abled? e) Philippines
a) Yatri Mitra Sewa Answer: a)
b) Passenger Friend 741). Junaid Ahmad has become the World Bank's
c) Janani Sewa Country Director for India, he replacing?
d) Both a & b a) Franois Bourguignon
e) None of these b) Justin Yifu Lin
Answer: d) c) Kaushik Basu
735). Who has released the translated version of 'Sai d) Onno Ruhl
Charitra Granth', a book on the life of Sai Baba? e) Paul Romer
a) Eldeen Husaini Answer: d)
b) Man Mohan Adhikari 742). IDFC issues commercial papers of Rs _____
c) Nisha Adhikari crore.
d) Parmanand Jha a) 800
e) Prem Bahadur Kansakar b) 780
Answer: a) c) 760
736). Who has appointed as the next Ambassador of d) 740
India to the Kingdom of Sweden? e) 700
a) Vijay Thakur Singh Answer: e)
b) P Kumaran 743). Vijaya Bank Rolls out New Apps, what is the
c) Monika Kapil Mohta name of the apps?
d) Monika kumar mohta a) VPAYQWIK
e) None of these b) Vijaya *99#
Answer: c) c) V-eConnect+
737). HRD Minister inaugurates Super Computer at IIT d) Both a&b
Guwahati, what is the name of the device? e) Both a,b &c
a) PARAM-ISHAN Answer: e)
b) PARAM-SHAN 744). Which of the following Global Ratings said
c) PARAM-SHON India's GDP to grow by 8% over next few years?
d) PEREM-ISHAN a) Standard & Poor's (S&P)
e) None of the above b) McGraw Hill
Answer: a) c) Fitch Ratings
738). Which of the following place Three-day d) Credit Analysis & Research Ltd
international seafood show was held? e) CRISIL Limited
a) Chennai Answer: a)

745). Yes Bank has partnered with which of the c) Falcon 9
following startup to issues yes bank NiYO Benefits d) Vulcan 5
Card? e) SPARK
a) NaNO Answer: c)
b) NeYO 752). Former West Indies paceman Courtney Walsh
c) NiYA has agreed a three-year deal to become specialist
d) NiYO bowling coach with national cricket team?
e) None of these a) Zimbabwe
Answer: d) b) Bangladesh
746). PV Bharathi is now ED of which of the following c) West Indies
bank? d) Kenya
a) Canara Bank e) Pakistan
b) Indian Bank Answer: b)
c) Indian Overseas Bank 753). Sharad Rao who recently passed away was a ___.
d) Punjab National Bank a) Doctor
e) Union Bank of India b) Teacher
Answer: a) c) Activist
747). Name the person, who has assumed charge as d) Union Leader
Bharat Electronics Limiteds first woman director? e) Journalist
a) Anitha Gobalan Answer: d)
b) Anandi Ramalingam 754). Which Indian Organisation has won the
c) Geetha raj UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy in 2016?
d) Sailakshmi satheesh a) Jan Sikshna Sansthan
e) None of these b) Pratham
Answer: b) c) Teach for India
748). Which of the following state was awarded 2015 d) Make A Difference
Better Performing Project Award? e) None of these
a) Maharashtra Answer: a)
b) Kerala 755). Quadrangular one-day cricket series which saw
c) Himachal Pradesh India A beating Australia in the finals was held in
d) Goa ______.
e) Andhra Pradesh a) India
Answer: c) b) Australia
749). India successfully test fires long range Barak-8 c) England
missile off Odisha coast? What type of missile is this? d) South Africa
a) surface-to-air e) Bangladesh
b) surface-to- surface Answer: b)
c) Nuclear missiles 756). Who amongst the following won the Italian
d) surface-to-water Grand Prix 2016?
e) none of these a) Sebastian Vettel
Answer: a) b) Kimi Raikkonen
750). Narottam Mohanty related to which of the c) Lewis Hamilton
following filed ? d) Nico Rosberg
a) Cricket e) None of these
b) Football Answer: d)
c) Basketball 757). Urjit Patel recently assumed charge as the
d) Hockey Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is RBIs?
e) None of the above a) 24th Governor
Answer: b) b) 23rd Governor
751). Name the rocket launched by SpaceX which c) 26thGovernor
exploded in Cape Canaveral, Florida. d) 22nd Governor
a) Perasus IV e) None of these
b) Antares Answer: a) 24th governor

758). Which of the following state launched countrys 765). What Is The Currency Of Chile?
first aadhaar linked exam forms? a) Chilean peso
a) Maharashtra b) US Dollar
b) Goa c) Euro
c) Bihar d) Chilean Dollar
d) Kerala e) None of these
Answer: c) Bihar 766). Who Is The Union Minister For Labor And
759). Which US tennis star won her 308th Grand Slam Employment?
match win taking her into the quarter finals of the US a) BandaruDattatreya
Open? b) Ravi shaker Prasad
a) Venus Williams c) Vijay Goel
b) Serena Williams d) Ashok GanapathyRaju
c) Maria Sharapova e) None of these
d) Steffi Graf Answer: a)
e) None of these 767). Who is new chairman & MD of Uranium
Answer: b) Serena Williams Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)?
760). What is the capital of Vietnam? a) C.K. Asnani,
a) Hanoi b) Shilip Kumar
b) Hmong c) Abid Qureshi
c) Ho Chi Minh City d) Satbir Singh
d) D) Haiphong e) None of these
Answer: a) Hanoi 768). Who is the new president of Henkel elevates its
761). Who is the governor of Assam? India business?
a) Banwarilal Purohit a) C.K. Asnani,
b) Kaptan Singh Solanki b) Shilip Kumar
c) Vajubhai ValA c) Abid Qureshi
d) Mridula Sinha d) Satbir Singh
Answer: a) Banwarilal Purohit Answer: b)
762). Who is the governor of Odisha?
a) S.C. Jamir 769). Who is the next Ambassador of India to Algeria?
b) Ram Naik a) C.K. Asnani,
c) NarinderNath Vohra b) Shilip Kumar
d) Acharya DevVrat c) Abid Qureshi
e) None of these d) Satbir Singh
763). Who is the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh? Answer: d)
a) AkhileshYadav (SP) 770). Which of the following IT Companywins 3-year
b) Mehbooba Mufti (JKPDP) contract from NSB Group?
c) Virbhadra Singh (INC) a) TCS
d) NarinderNath Vohra b) WIPROs
e) None of these c) HCL
Answer: c) d) INFOSYS
764). Nuakhai festival is celebrated in which state of e) None of these
India? Answer: b)
a) Bihar 771). "Into the Hidden Valley", a book, won the MM
b) Uttar Pradesh Bennetts AwardWho is the author of this book?
c) Odisha a) Stuart Blackburn
d) Punjab b) Shaiju Mathew
e) None of these c) Shobha De
Answer: c) d) SamitBasu

e) None of these c) Devendra Jhajharia
Answer: a) d) Sam Grewe
772). Name of the Indias first woman to get MCC e) None of these
membership? Answer: a)
a) Mithali Raj 779). Who won Us Open2016 Doubles Title?
b) Harmanpreet Kaur a) Pablo Carreo Busta and Guillermo Garca-
c) Archana Das Lpez
d) Anjum Chopra b) Jamie Murray-Bruno Soares
e) None of these c) Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares
Answer: d) d) Martina Hingis Leander Paes
773). Dilip Kumar Mandal : MD & CEO of ? e) None of these
a) SBI AMC Answer: b)
b) IDBI AMC 780). Himachal Pradesh MoU with Singapore for smart
c) AXIS AMC township in which of the following city?
d) ICICI AMC a) Kangra
e) HDFC AMC b) Solan
Answer: b) c) Jathiadevi
774). Who receives Pangkor Dialogue Award 2016 in d) Kotkhai
Malaysia ? e) Kullu
a) Chandrababu Naidu Answer: c)
b) Pema Khandu 781). Yudh Abhyas 2016 is set to be conducted in
c) Sarbananda Sonowal Uttarakhand ? what is Yudh Abhyas 2016?
d) Nitish Kumar a) Indo-US defense cooperation
e) T R Zeliang b) Indo-japan defense cooperation
Answer: e) c) Indo-Russia defense cooperation
775). Which of the following state bagged Best d) Indo-UK defense cooperation
Horticulture State award? e) Indo- pak defense cooperation
a) Assam Answer: a)
b) Haryana 782). Indian Railways claims Murugappa Gold Cup?
c) Sikkim This cup related to which of the following sports?
d) Uttrakand a) Cricket
e) No of these b) Football
Answer: b) c) Hockey
776). NASA launches first mission to collect samples d) Badminton
from asteroid, what is the name of the spacecraft? e) None of the above
a) OSIRIS-Rex Answer: c)
b) ORISIS-Rex 783). Who is K.V arunachalam?
c) OSISIR-Rex a) Sports person
d) OSIRIS-Rax b) Politician
e) OSIRIS-Max c) Journalist
Answer: a) d) Writer
777). Recently which of the following state implement e) Film maker
Adarsh and Utkarsh Vidyalaya? Answer: a)
a) West Bengal 784). How many women get M.S. Subbulakshmi
b) Rajasthan Awards?
c) Andhra Pradesh a) 4
d) Bihar b) 5
e) Odisha c) 6
Answer: b) d) 7
778). Who won the first gold medal in para Olympic e) 8
held in reo 2016? Answer: d)
a) Mariyappan Thangavelu 785). Who will present The 2015 National Medal of
b) Varun Singh Bhati Arts award?

a) Vladimir Putin 792). Who has been selected for 2015 National
b) Justin Trudeau Humanities Medal by white house?
c) David Johnston a) Ewan McGregor
d) Bashar al-Assad b) Abraham Verghese
e) None of the above c) Sofia Vergara
Answer: e) d) Tony-Winning
786). Who is Dinesh Bharadia? e) None of the above
a) Sports person Answer: b)
b) Politician 793). National Power lifting Championship held in?
c) Journalist a) Jharkhand
d) Writer b) Uttra Pradesh
e) scientist c) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: e) d) Odisha
787). Indias microfinance sector sees ______ growth e) None of the above
in FY16? Answer: a)
a) 50 794). What is the position of Indian football team in the
b) 60 recent FIFA ranking?
c) 70 a) 149
d) 66 b) 143
e) 77 c) 148
Answer: d) d) 154
788). Name the typhoon which hits Taiwan recently? e) 150
a) Bess Answer: c)
b) Karen 795). Who is Tony Winning?
c) Meranti a) Film director
d) Omar b) Music director
e) Ophelia c) Sports director
Answer: c) d) Journalist
789). Who is the newly elected president of Union of e) None of the above
European Football Associations (UEFA)? Answer: a)
a) Aleksander Ceferin 796). Deaf Indian shooter who won the bronze medal
b) Aleksander de-Madrid in her first-ever international competition at the 1st
c) Lennart Johansson World Deaf Shooting Championships held in Kazan?
d) Gianni Infantino a) Deepak Punia
e) Michel Platini b) Subhash Punia
Answer: a) c) Akhil Sheoran
790). Which of the following city named world's most d) Priyesha Deshmukh
sustainable city? e) Vinita Bhardwaj
a) London Answer: d)
b) Singapore 797). Who is Ramnaresh Sarwan?
c) Stockholm a) professional cricketer
d) Vienna b) professional footballer
e) Zurich c) professional sprinter
Answer: e) d) professional hockey
791). Who has been appointed as Director, Research e) none of the above
Centre Imarat (RCI), Defence Research Development Answer: a)
Organisation (DRDO), Hyderabad? 798). Iranian cyclist who dies during Paralympic
a) BHVS Narayana Sammy Games?
b) MHVS Narayana Murthy a) Erik Zabel
c) AHVS Narayana Murthy b) David Zabriskie
d) CHVS Narayana Murthy c) Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel
e) BHVS Narayana Murthy d) Grant Potter
Answer: e) e) Sarafraz Bahman Golbarnezhad

Answer: e) c) Nico Rosberg
799). V K Sharma gets additional charge as LIC d) Sebastian Vettel
chairman, he replace? e) Nico Hlkenberg
a) S R Roy Answer: c)
b) S M Roy 806). Telangana inks MoU with ______ to promote
c) K K Roy education?
d) S K Roy a) BSNL
e) S J Roy b) ISRO
Answer: d) c) WIBRO
800). Name the person, who will attend a meeting of d) HCL
anti-corruption agencies of SAARC nations in e) MICROSOFT
Pakistan? Answer: b)
a) K V Chowdary 807). What is the full from of DFCCIL?
b) K M Chowdary a) Dedicated Fight Corridor Corporation of India
c) K R Chowdary Limited
d) K L Chowdary b) Divided Freight Corridor Corporation of India
e) K N Chowdary Limited
Answer: a) c) Deactivate Freight Corridor Corporation of
801). Name the person, who has been appointed as the India Limited
UN Ambassador? d) Dedicated Freight common Corporation of
a) Samantha Power India Limited
b) Rosemary DiCarlo e) Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of
c) Susan Rice India Limited
d) Nadia Murad Basee Taha Answer: e)
e) None of the above 808). Name the person, who has been awarded the
Answer: d) 'Best Businessman' at GQ Awards?
802). Which of the following person appointed as Head a) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
of International Society for Blood Transfusion? b) Mukesh Ambani
a) Ravi Shankar c) Bharathi Mital
b) Ravi kumar d) Aditiya Birla
c) Ravi Reddy e) Anil Ambani
d) Samantha Power Answer: a)
e) None of these 809). Defence Acquisition Council clears proposals
Answer: c) worth Rs _________ Crore?
803). Name the person, who has bags Mohanan a) 1,800
Suvarna Mudra award? b) 1,600
a) L Mohanan c) 1,900
b) M Leelavathi d) 1,700
c) S Suvarna e) 1,500
d) D Leelavathi Answer: c)
e) None of these 810). Gold medal winner at Paralympic Games Shri
Answer: b) Mariyappan Thangavelu and Shri Devendra Jhajharia
804). Who is Indias flagbearer in Paralympic closing will be awarded Rs ______ lakh cash prize?
ceremony? a) 30
a) Devendra Jhajharia b) 45
b) Mariyappan Thangavelu c) 35
c) Ankur Dharma d) 65
d) Pooja Khanna e) 20
e) Deepa Malik Answer: a)
Answer: b) 811). International Day of Peace observed on?
805). Who has won the 2016 Singapore Grand Prix? a) 21 September
a) Lewis Hamilton b) 22 September
b) Daniel Ricciardo c) 20 September

d) 19 September Answer: d)
e) 18 September 818). How much amount Center allocated to
Answer: a) Nagaland for road projects?
812). Name the city, which has been topped in the list a) 340 crore
of 27 new smart cities announced by the Minister of b) 360 crore
Urban Development M.Venkaiah Naidu? c) 350 crore
a) Ujjain d) 370 crore
b) Tirupati e) 380 crore
c) Amritsar Answer: a)
d) Agra 819). Which of the following state the North East
e) Nashik Connectivity Summit kicks-off?
Answer: c) a) Arunachal Pradesh
813). The central government approved nine highway b) Assam
projects at a cost of ________crore? c) Manipur
a) 2,600.33 d) Meghalaya
b) 2,600.32 e) None of the above
c) 2,600.31 Answer: e)
d) 2,600.34 820). 5th BIRAC Innovators Meet held in?
e) 2,600.35 a) New Delhi
Answer: c) b) Mumbai
814). Centre has decided to open _________ Jan c) Gujarat
Aushadhi Kendras by March 2017 to provide quality d) Kerala
medicines at affordable rates? e) None of the above
a) 3200 Answer: a)
b) 3000 821). Which of the following state government has
c) 3500 announced Thaaliku Thangam scheme?
d) 3300 a) Andhra Pradesh
e) None of the above b) Tamil Nadu
Answer: b) c) Telagana
815). Which of the following state to host Power d) Kerla
Ministers' conference on October 7? e) None of the above
a) Tamil Nadu Answer: b)
b) Kerala 822). Name the company, which has installed the
c) Maharashtra Worlds largest solar power plant at Kamudhi, Tamil
d) Madhya Pradesh Nadu?
e) Gujarat a) Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd
Answer: e) b) Vikram Solar Pvt Ltd
816). Cabinet has approved the proposal to increase c) Adani Group Pvt Ltd
freedom fighters' pension by _____ per cent plus DA? d) Premier Solar Systems Pvt Ltd
a) 30 e) None of the above
b) 25 Answer: c)
c) 33 823). Union Science and Technology Minister Dr.
d) 20 Harsh Vardhan has adopted 'Dheerpur Village' and
e) 21 'Ghoga' the last village under the North Delhi under
Answer: d) which of the following yojana?
817). Centre to set up committee to deal with a) Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
complaints regarding Waqf properties, who will be the b) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana
head of the committee? c) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna
a) Retired Supreme Court Judge d) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
b) Retired High Court Chief Justice e) None of the above
c) Minister for Minority Affairs Answer: a)
d) Both a) or b) 824). The Ksheer Tester belongs to which of the
e) None of the above following ministry?

a) Ministry of Law & Justice, Electronics & b) Oracle
Information Technology c) Google
b) Ministry of Statistics & Programme d) Wipro
Implementation e) None of the above
c) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Answer: b)
Distribution 831). Mission Parivar Vikas comes under which of the
d) Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth following ministry?
Sciences a) Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and
e) None of the above Urban Poverty Alleviation, Information &
Answer: d) Broadcasting
825). Name the state/UT which has hosted Incredible b) Ministry of Statistics & Programme
India Tourism Investors Summit (IITIS)-2016? Implementation
a) New Delhi c) Ministry of Water Resources, River
b) Maharashtra Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
c) Madhya Pradesh d) Ministry of Women and Child Development
d) Rajasthan e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
e) None of the above Answer: e)
Answer: a) 832). Recently how many members were newly
826). Name the country, which will host Global appointed by central government to the Monetary
Innovation Conference 2017? Policy Committee (MPC)?
a) China a) 3
b) Japan b) 4
c) Australia c) 5
d) Brazil d) 6
e) Turkey e) 2
827). Kotak Mahindra Bank launches app to open 833). PM approves constitution of how many
accounts, what is the name of the app? committees for commemoration of birth centenary of
a) Kotak Now Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay?
b) Kotak New a) 3
c) Kotak online b) 2
d) Kotak Now off line c) 4
e) None of the above d) 5
Answer: a) e) 1
828). Name the Pakistan Bank, which Opens Branch in Answer: b)
China? 834). Centre released ________ cr for Building Toilets
a) Askari Bank. along Ganga?
b) Allied Bank Limited. a) 325
c) Habib Bank b) 345
d) Bank Alfalah. c) 315
e) Bank AL Habib d) 335
Answer: c) e) 335
829). Name the person, who has topped the Forbes Answer: c)
100 Richest Indians list? 835). What is the rank of India in Sustainable
a) Mukesh Ambani Development Goals (SDG)?
b) Dilip Shanghvi a) 188
c) Azim Premji b) 157
d) Pallonji Mistry c) 143
Answer: a) e) 153
830). Maharashtra government Partners With, which of Answer: c)
the following software firm to develop the smart city? 836). What is the name of Russia-Pakistan Military
a) Yahoo Drill?

a) Friendship 2016 d) Tamil Nadu
b) Druzhba-2016 e) None of the above
c) TASS 2016 Answer: b)
d) Raspak 2016 843). Sanjiv Singh will be the new Chairman of which
e) RAPK 2016 of the following nations largest company?
Answer: a) a) BHEL
837). Which of the following country host the India b) BSNL
Business and Culture Festival? c) BEEL
a) Brazil d) IOC
b) China e) NTPC
c) Japan Answer: d)
d) South Africa 844). Who has been appointed as a chairman of
e) Russia Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board?
Answer: b) a) M.K. Sahoo
838). Recently Insurance regulator IRDAI has imposed b) Justice R C Lahoti
a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on which of the following c) Subhash Kashyap
Insurance Company for violations of various norms? d) Mahesh Sharma
a) ICICI e) None of the above
b) LIC Answer: e)
c) SBI 845). Vijay Kelkar has been elected president of the
d) MAX prestigious Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). Kelkar
e) HDFC succeeded which of the following person?
Answer: c) a) C Rangarajan
839). Securities and Exchange Board of India recently b) Mahesh Sharma
has prohibited ______companies from selling various c) S K Kalra
immovable and movable properties? d) Rakesh Jain
a) 3 e) Sandeep Patel
b) 2 Answer: a)
c) 6 846). Mohan M Shantanagoudar new CJ of which of
d) 7 the following state?
e) 4 a) Kerala
Answer: e) b) Kolkata
840). Canara Bank to raise $_________mn for its c) Manipur
overseas branches? d) Tamil Nadu
a) 660 e) None of the above
b) 500 Answer: a)
c) 550 847). The ___________ edition of India-Russia Joint
d) 530 Military Exercise INDRA-2016 has begun in the
e) 540 Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok, Russia.
Answer: b) a) 9
841). Which of the following country India has Sign b) 6
MoU on Tea Production? c) 8
a) China d) 6
b) Nepal e) 10
c) Bangladesh Answer: c)
d) Sri Lanka 848). who has written the book Citizen and Society?
e) None of the above a) Harilal Upadhyay
Answer: a) b) Hemant Shesh
842). Girish Chandra Gupta was sworn in as Chief c) Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman
Justice of which of the following state? d) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
a) Kerala e) None of the above
b) Kolkata Answer: e)
c) Manipur 849). Ritu Rani related to which of the following sport?

a) Cricket 855). Which company has been appointed as the asset
b) Shooting management company for the creation and launch of a
c) Hockey new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)?
d) Volley ball a) AXIS
e) Golf b) HDFC
Answer: c) c) ICICI
850). Who won the doubles title of the Pan Pacific d) SBI
Open title in Tokyo ? e) PNB
a) Sania Mirza & Barbora Strcov Answer: c)
b) Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis 856). ftCash team up along with which bank to launch
c) Zhaoxuan Yang & Chen Liang UPI for micro-merchants?
d) Martina Hingis & Barbora Strcov a) Reliance
e) T. Bacsinszky & M. Hingis b) HDFC
Answer: a) c) SBI
851). National Mission on Bioeconomy was launched d) ICICI
in Shillong by the Institute of Bio-resources and e) Birla Sun Life Mutual Funds
Sustainable Development (IBSD) under the which of Answer: d)
the following ministry? 857). Which of the following committee head on
a) Ministry of Finance development of corporate bond?
b) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers a) H R khan committee
c) Ministry of Science and Technology b) TSR Subramanian committee
d) Ministry of Bioscience c) Aravind Subramanian committee
e) None of the above d) Deepak mohenty committee
Answer: c) e) None of the above
852). Recently which of the following state becomes Answer: a)
the first state/UT to adopt Centre's Street Lighting 858). The Securities and Exchange Board of India
National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local (SEBI) decided to relax its regulations to enable
bodies (ULB)? employees to apply for shares over Rs _____________
a) Rajasthan limits?
b) Maharashtra a) 300,000
c) Bihar b) 400,000
d) Goa c) 250,000
e) Delhi d) 260,000
Answer: a) e) 200,000
853). Recently which of the following metro railway Answer: e)
station was renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg Metro 859). Uttarakhand government has signed MoUs worth
station? Rs _____ crore to boost tourism?
a) East Course Metro Station a) 504
b) Race Course Metro station b) 506
c) North course metro station c) 507
d) MG metro station d) 508
e) None of the above e) 509
854). What is the rank of Mumbai in the MasterCard 860). Which of the following city administration tied
Global Destinations Cities Index? up with French Development Agency (AFD) signed a
a) 91 memorandum of understanding (MoUs) on Smart City
b) 27 Project and 'Technical Cooperation' in the field of
c) 30 Sustainable Urban Mobility ?
d) 48 a) Chandigarh
e) 62 b) Mumbai
Answer: b) c) Chennai
d) Kochin
e) None of the above

Answer: a) a) Navtej Sarna
861). Arnold Palmer, nicknamed as The King b) Ranjan Mathai
recently passed away. He was related to which of the c) Anurag Srivastava
following fields? d) Jaimini Bhagwati
a) Cricket e) Kamalesh Sharma
b) Tennis Answer: c)
c) Golf 868). The 2nd meeting of the High Level Group of
d) Basketball Eminent Experts to strengthen the SAARC Anti-
e) Ice Hockey Terrorism Mechanism was held in which of the
Answer: c) following country?
862). Who has been elected new president of the a) India
Boxing Federation of India? b) Afghanistan
a) Ajay Singh c) Bangladesh
b) Ajay Kumar d) Bhutan
c) Abhishek Matoria e) Maldives
d) Rajesh Bhandari Answer: a)
e) Asit Banerjee 869). Which country recently launched world's biggest
Answer: a) radio telescope in search for extraterrestrial life?
863). United Bank of India (UBI) has received Rs 608 a) India
crore capital infusion from _________? b) China
a) SEBI c) The United Kingdom
b) SIDBI d) The United States
c) IRDA e) Russia
d) RBI Answer: b)
e) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 870). Name the former high court judge who has died
Answer: e) while serving as the chairman of FCAT?
864). Name the Indian player who recently won India's a) S K Mahajan
first medal at Asian Beach Games. b) M K Mahajan
a) Pincky Balhara c) R K Mahajan
b) Shivam Bhowmick d) S M Mahajan
c) Rajat Malhotra e) None of the above
d) Ajay Kumar Answer: a)
e) None of the above 871). Name the indo- US joint military exercise, which
Answer: a) recently commenced in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand?
865). Which of the following state will become a) Babar-2016
kerosene-free from April 1 next year? b) Cherat-2016
a) Bihar c) Moskow Friendship-2016
b) Haryana d) Druzhba-2016
c) Assam e) Yudh Abhyas 2016
d) West Bengal Answer: e)
e) Andhra Pradesh 872). Who won the 2016 St Petersburg Open Mens
Answer: b) Singles title?
866). Union Minister of State for Commerce and a) Alexander Zverev
Industry Nirmala Sitharaman is on a 3-day visit to b) Andre Begemann
which of the following neighboring country? c) Andy Murray
a) Nepal d) Roger Federer
b) Bangladesh e) Stan Wawrinka
c) Bhutan Answer: a)
d) Sri Lanka 873). Who won the 2016 St Petersburg Open Mens
e) China Doubles title?
Answer: d) a) Treat Huey and Henri Kontinen
867). Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of b) Leander Paes and Henri Kontinen
India to the Republic of Djibouti? c) Leander Paes and Andre Begemann

d) Dominic INglot and Treat Huey e) None of the above
e) Dominic Inglot and Henri Kontinen Answer: c)
Answer: e) 880). Who has been appointed as Additional Secretary
874). Name the app, which Kotak Mahindra Bank in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council?
(KMB) has launched for open a new account? a) Arun Gopal
a) Kotak now b) Arun Goyal
b) Kotak new c) K K Jindal
c) Kotak online d) Aravind Subramanian
d) Kotak offline e) Deepak mohenty
e) Kotak open Answer: b)
Answer: a) 881). World Tourism Day observed on?
875). The Incredible India Tourism Investors Summit a) 27 September
(IITIS)- 2016 ws held in which of the following state? b) 26 September
a) Madhya Pradesh c) 29 September
b) Sikkim d) 22 September
c) kerala e) 25September
d) New Delhi Answer: a)
e) Goa 882). The Steering Committee on Greenfield airports
Answer: d) headed by Secretary, Civil Aviation (MoCA),
876). Which of the following country will host 2026 Government of India considered how many new airport
Asian games? projects?
a) Japan a) 3
b) China b) 4
c) North Korea c) 5
d) South Korea d) 6
e) India e) 7
877). Name the person, who has won the gold medal in 883). Name the country that topped the Global
the 200m Butterfly senior mens category at the 70th Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released in
Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championship at September 2016.
Delhi with new national record? a) Switzerland
a) Aaron Agnel Dsouza Dsouza b) Singapore
b) Sajan Prakash c) United States
c) Neil Himanshu Contractor d) Netherlands
d) Saurabh Sangvekar e) Germany
e) Sandeep Sejwal Answer: a)
Answer: b) 884). Name the person who passed away recently, was
878). Name the person, who has been won Polish Open the former President and Prime Minister of Israel?
in the womens singles final of the International a) Ehud Barak
challenge badminton? b) Ariel Sharon
a) Rituparna c) Shimon Peres
b) Rasika Raje d) Ehud Olmert
c) Sunila Apte e) Yitzhak Rabin
d) Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Answer: c)
e) P. C. Thulasi 885). Name the person who was appointed as first US
Answer: a) ambassador to Cuba in 55 years by President Barack
879). Name the person who has won the national award Obama.
for the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Krishi a) Cameron Munter
Puruskar 2016? b) Jeffrey DeLaurentis
a) Natalya Voytsekh c) Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat
b) Sajana Yedav d) Richard G. Olson
c) Krishna Yadav e) Shimon Peres
d) Krishaveni Answer: b)

886). Which of the following country will host FIFA 892). Name the instant messaging mobile application
U-17 World Cup? launched by Google.
a) Germany a) Allo
b) United States b) Ello
c) Brazil c) Hello
d) India d) Duo
e) Portugal e) None of the above
887). Which of the following airport became first in the 893). Who won the Belgium Open title of the table
Asia-Pacific region to achieve the Carbon Neutrality tennis in the mens singles category?
status by Airport Carbon Accreditation? a) Nuytinck Cedric
a) Hong Kong International Airport b) Achanta Sharath Kamal
b) Indira Gandhi International Airport c) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
c) Dubai International Airport d) Steffen Mengel
d) Beijing Capital International Airport e) None of the above
e) Shanghai Pudong International Airport Answer: c)
Answer: b) 894). Name the state/union territory whose government
888). What was the theme for World Rabies Day that decided to write off all farm loans taken from co-
was observed on 28 September 2016? operative Banks.
a) End Rabies Together a) Delhi
b) Rabies: Educate. Vaccinate. Eliminate. b) Bihar
c) Rabies: Educate, and Vaccinate only c) Puducherry
d) Rabies: Eradicate it globally d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Rabies: Understand it to defeat it. e) Tamil Nadu
889). Which of the following country recently held first 895). Which of the following place the foundation
high level dialogue on counter-terrorism and security stone of first Gokul Gram was laid by Union
with India? Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh?
a) Bangladesh a) Dwarka
b) China b) Mathura
c) Cuba c) none of the these
d) Malaysia d) Puri
e) The USA e) Vrindavan
Answer: b) Answer: b)
890). What is the rank of India in the Global 896). Which of the following typhoon has struck
Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2016-2017? Taiwan recently?
a) 36 a) Megi
b) 37 b) Haiyan
c) 38 c) Maemi
d) 39 d) Mike
e) 49 e) Mireille
891). What is the theme of the 2016 World Tourism 897). Punjab has recently hosted a mega food park at
Day? which of the following district?
a) Tourism for all promoting universal across a) Amritsar
b) None of the above b) Bathinda
c) Tourism Celebrating Diversity c) Faridkot
d) Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering d) Firozpur
Sustainable Development e) None of the above
e) Tourism for All - promoting universal Answer: e)
accessibility 898). Name the country, which has got patrol vessel
Answer: e) from India?
a) Bangladesh

b) Bhutan d) R. K. Kini
c) Mauritius e) P.C. Thakur
d) Nepal Answer: a)
e) Sri Lanka 905). Name the person, who has been appointed as a
Answer: c) Director General of National Security Guard (NSG)
899). Name the state which has Reserve Bank has a) O.P. Singh
given approval to Rs 26,000-crore cash credit limit b) Sudhir Pratap Singh
(CCL) for purchasing paddy? c) R. K. Pachnanda
a) Tamil Nadu d) R. K. Kini
b) Karnataka e) P.C. Thakur
c) West Bengal Answer: b)
d) Maharashtra 906). Who has been appointed as a Secretary (Security)
e) Punjab in the Cabinet Secretariat?
Answer: e) a) O.P. Singh
900). Name the person who has been removed from b) Sudhir Pratap Singh
post of Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of c) R. K. Pachnanda
Maharashtra? d) R. K. Kini
a) Sushil Muhnot e) P.C. Thakur
b) Sunil Muhnot Answer: d)
c) Ravindra Marathe 907). Name the person, who has been appointed as
d) V M Kanade Director General of National Disaster Response Force
e) None of the above a) O.P. Singh
Answer: a) b) Sudhir Pratap Singh
901). Who is the new Chairman and Managing c) R. K. Pachnanda
Director of Bank of Maharashtra? d) R. K. Kini
a) Sushil Muhnot e) P.C. Thakur
b) Sunil Muhnot Answer: c)
c) Ravindra Marathe 908). Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prashad sworn in as the
d) V M Kanade new Chief Justice of the which of the following High
e) None of the above Court?
Answer: c) a) Manipur
902). Name the country which has passed the landmark b) Nagaland
bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register c) Himachal Pradesh
their marriages? d) Assam
a) Pakistan e) Odisha
b) Sri Lanka Answer: a)
c) Nepal 909). Name the person, who will be honored with the
d) Bangladesh annual 'LalitArpan Samman' this year?
e) None of the above a) Veerappa Moily
Answer: d) b) Govind Mishra
903). Who has been elected as the President of the c) Sugathakumari
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)? d) Shubha Mudgal
a) Vijay Kumar e) A. Manavalan
b) Vijay Kelkar Answer: d)
c) C Rangarajan 910). Name the person, who has receives ICC Test
d) V M Kanade Championship mace in Lahore?
e) Ravindra Marathe a) Shahid Afridi
Answer: b) b) Zaheer Abbas
904). Who has been appointed as Director General, c) Wasim Akram
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)? d) Inzamam-ul-Haq
a) O.P. Singh e) Misbah-ul-Haq
b) Sudhir Pratap Singh Answer: e)
c) R. K. Pachnanda

911). What was the theme of the World Heart Day d) Gwalior
2016? e) Delhi
a) 29th SEPTEMBER Answer: d)
b) 28th SEPTEMBER 918). The US and Vietnamese navies have begun the
c) 27th SEPTEMBER 7th annual Naval Engagement Activity NEA, Vietnam
d) 26th SEPTEMBER 2016 at _______?
e) 25th SEPTEMBER a) Da Nang
Answer: a) b) Nha Trang
912). What is the theme of the World Maritime Day c) Sa Pa Terraces
2016? d) Phu Quoc
a) "Shipping: indispensable to the world". e) Thien Mu Pagoda
b) Globalization Answer: a)
c) 'Light Your Heart, Empower Your Life' 919). RBL Bank Raises Rs _________ Crore From
d) All of the Above CDC Group Of UK?
e) None of these a) 360
Answer: a) b) 340
913). Max Walker, who recently passes away belongs c) 335
to which country? d) 330
a) England e) 320
b) South Africa Answer: d)
c) Australia 920). Oriental Bank to raise Rs _____ Crore via Tier 1
d) Newzealand bonds?
e) West Indies a) 500
Answer: c) b) 550
914). Recently, PMUY has been launched in which c) 560
state? d) 600
a) Andhra Pradesh e) 660
b) Himachal Pradesh Answer: a)
c) Madhya Pradesh 921). What is the theme of the International
d) Jammu & Kashmir Translation Day 2016?
e) Assam a) 1st October
Answer: d) b) 2nd October
915). Which of the following Indian state registers c) 30th September
highest unemployment rate in 2015-16? d) 29th September
a) Assam e) 1st September
b) Tripura Answer: c)
c) Telangana 922). Riyadh Mathew, the new PTI Chairman, who has
d) Tamil Nadu he succeeded?
e) Sikkim a) R C Lahoti
Answer: b) b) Mahesh Sharma
916). Which of the following city is the wealthiest city c) M S Sahoo
in India? d) Vijay Kelkar
a) Chennai e) Viveck Goenka
b) Kochin Answer: e)
c) Mumbai 923). Who is the new director of Nehru Memorial
d) Delhi Museum and Library?
e) Hyderabad a) Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Answer: c) b) Shakti Sinha
917). Name the Indian city, which has the most c) Nitin Desai
polluted city in Indian by WHO? d) Mahesh Rangarajan
a) Chennai e) Mahesh Sharma
b) Mumbai Answer: b)
c) Hyderabad

924). Recently, Syed Shamsul Haq passed away. He d) Sikkim
was associated to which field? e) Tripura
a) Author Answer: b)
b) Film director 931). Which of the following sate bagged the award for
c) Sports person best swachh iconic place?
d) Journalist a) Gangtok
e) Actor b) Panaji
Answer: a) c) Kollam
925). Who is the author of "Ananta Jeevanam"? d) Paripalli
a) Sahu Shantiprasad e) Patan
b) Kolakaluri Enoch Answer: e)
c) Syed Shamsul Haq 932). Parrikar inaugurates _____ th Coast Guard
d) Dipanjan Basu Commanders' conference in New Delhi?
e) Jagdeesh Lal a) 34
Answer: b) b) 35
926). Karnataka Bank has inked a memorandum of c) 36
understanding (MoU) with ______ for distribution of d) 37
mutual fund products? e) 38
a) Birla Sun Life AMC Answer: b)
b) LIC 933). Unified District Information System for
c) HDFC life insurance Education (U-DISE) Day observed across which of the
d) MAX life insurance following state?
e) None of the above a) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: a) b) Arunachal Pradesh
927). Recently, who has been as a full-time Member of c) Nagaland
the 21st Law Commission of India? d) Sikkim
a) R Subramania Kumar e) Tripura
b) Vignesh Kumar Pandey Answer: c)
c) Subramaniam Ayer 934). Private sector lender Yes Bank plans to raise up
d) S. Sivakumar to Rs.________ crore by issuing long-term bonds on a
e) Sahu Shantiprasad private placement basis?
Answer: d) a) 2500
928). Vice President Hamid Ansari to address National b) 2600
Assembly of which of the following country? c) 2700
a) Mali d) 2800
b) Maraco e) 2900
c) Australia Answer: a)
d) China 935). Who has been elected as a President of The
e) South Africa Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2016-17?
Answer: a) a) Riyadh Mathew
929). India-Canada Annual Ministerial Dialogue held b) Hormusji N Cama
at? c) Viveck Goenka
a) Toronto d) Vineet Jain
b) New Delhi e) Somesh Sharma
c) Ottawa Answer: e)
d) Maharashtra 936). Who has been appointed as Indias High
e) Goa Commissioner to UK?
Answer: a) a) Riyadh Mathew
930). Which of the following CM flags off all-women b) Yashvardhan Sinha
Mt Gorichen Expedition? c) Hormusji N Cama
a) Himachal Pradesh d) Viveck Goenka
b) Arunachal Pradesh e) Vineet Jain
c) Nagaland Answer: b)

937). Who bags 29th Moortidevi Award? 943). How many countries of the United Nations have
a) Gulab Kothari signed a landmark declaration to rid the world of drug-
b) Kalakaluri Enoch resistant infections or superbugs?
c) Kapila Vatsyayana a) 193
d) Vishwanath Tripathi b) 94
e) Hormusji N Cama c) 186
Answer: b) d) 197
938). Which of the following airports was awarded the e) None of these
Best Tourist Friendly Airport under the category for Answer: a)
State Annual Excellence Awards by Andhra Pradesh 944). Jharkhand government has signed _____ MoUs
Tourism? worth Rs 5,000 crore in textile, health, IT and skill
a) Visakhapatnam Airport development.
b) Vijayawada Airport a) 45
c) Tirupati Airport b) 40
d) Rajahmundry Airport c) 43
Answer: c) e) 56
939). Which country won the Under-18 hockey Asia Answer: b)
Cup? 945). Name the person, who has been appointed
a) India adviser to the UN Conference on Trade and
b) Pakistan Development (UNCTAD)?
c) Bangladesh a) Vijay Nambiar
d) Nepal b) Joseph Verner
e) China c) Iqbal Riza
Answer: a) d) Jeffrey Sachs
940). The Union Government recently notified the e) Jack Ma
constitution of the Monetary Policy Committee. Who Answer: e)
will serve as the Chairperson of the Committee? 946). Name the person, who has been appointed as
a) Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India New Indian Ambassador to USA?
b) Governor of Reserve Bank of India a) Arun Kumar Singh
c) President b) Navtej Singh Sarna
d) Prime Minister c) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
e) Union Finance Minister d) Nirupama Rao
941). India has signed MoU with which of the Answer: b)
following country for the exchange of information with 947). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
respect to Taxes? announced the names of Monetary Policy Committee
a) San Marino members, who will hold office for a period of four
b) So Tom & Prncipe years. Name the persons?
c) Scotland a) Chetan Ghate
d) Senegal b) Pami Dua
e) Samoa c) Ravindra Dholakia
Answer: e) d) Urjit Patel
942). The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has e) All the above
approved a $ ______ million loan to develop the Answer: e)
proposed Vishakhapatnam Chennai industrial 948). Which state government has decided to recruit
corridor? members of transgender community as warders in jails
a) 631 of the State?
b) 632 a) Bihar
c) 634 b) Kerala
d) 635 c) Odisha
e) 632 d) Maharashtra
Answer: a) e) Punjab

Answer: c) a) Syndicate Bank
949). Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a b) Bank of Baroda
programme-'70 Saal Azadi-Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani' c) Andhra Bank
a) August 8th d) Canara Bank
b) August 9th e) Punjab National Bank
c) August 12th Answer: b)
d) August 14th 956). ICICI Bank reduces MCLR by
e) August 15th a) 0.015%
Answer: b) b) 0.05%
950). Ministry of Communications launches Twitter c) 0.025%
Sewa to address the complaints of common man The d) 0.07%
twitter handle of the Minister will be e) 0.09%
a) @maheshsharmabjp Answer: b)
b) @jitendrasinghbjp 957). Which bank started certification for officers who
c) @girirajsinghbjp sanction loans?
d) @manjojsinghbjp a) State Bank of India
e) None of these b) State Bank of Hyderabad
Answer: d) c) State Bank of Patiala
951). Central body approves ____ crore rupees for d) State Bank of Mysore
Ganga rejuvenation projects. e) None of these
a) Rs. 400 crore Answer: a)
b) Rs. 425 crore 958). Which digital payments platform has partnered
c) Rs. 450 crore with the leading payment gateway solution provider,
d) Rs. 475 crore PayUbiz, to further strengthen its merchant base and
e) Rs. 500 crore help consumers move from cash to digital payments?
Answer: a) a) Paypal
952). Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu recently lays b) PayTM
foundation stone of broad-gage rail project in which c) Freecharge
state? d) MobiKwik
a) Mizoram e) None of these
b) Nagaland Answer: c)
c) Haryana 959). Who has appointed as Secretary to Prime
d) Tripura Minister Narendra Modi?
e) Meghalaya a) Bhaskar Khulbe
Answer: b) b) Vijay Khulbe
953). Resolution for renaming of which high court c) Ashok Khulbe
passed recently by the state assembly? d) Mahesh Kulbe
a) Mumbai High Court e) None of these
b) Kolkata High Court Answer: a)
c) Delhi High Court 960). Who takes over as Chairman of National Dairy
d) Kerala High Court Development Board (NDDB)?
e) None of these a) Manoj Rath
Answer: e) b) Vikram Rath
954). Which state government has inked a MoU with c) Aravind Bhoopathi
Japan to develop a food value chain in the state? d) Dilip Rath
a) Telangana e) None of these
b) Karnataka Answer: d)
c) Kerala 961). Chocolate maker Mondelez International has
d) Andhra Pradesh roped in whom as managing director of its India unit.
e) None of these a) Deepak Iyer
Answer: d) b) Dilip Iyer
955). Which bank has tied up with a fintech start-up c) Dinesh Iyer
Fisdom for personal wealth management services? d) Dharmendra Iyer

Answer: a) 968). Resolution for renaming of which high court
962). Name the Indian American linguist, Professor passed recently by the state assembly?
who passes away recently? a) Mumbai High Court
a) Ananth Radha Sharma b) Kolkata High Court
b) Braj B. Kachru c) Delhi High Court
c) Chitharanjan Das d) Kerala High Court
d) Daamodar Sharma e) None of these
e) Eashwar Kumar Answer: e)
Answer: b) 969). Which state government has inked a MoU with
963). Which state government has decided to recruit Japan to develop a food value chain in the state?
members of transgender community as warders in jails a) Telangana
of the State? b) Karnataka
a) Bihar c) Kerala
b) Kerala d) Andhra Pradesh
c) Odisha e) None of these
d) Maharashtra Answer: d)
e) Punjab 970). Which bank has tied up with a fintech start-up
Answer: c) Fisdom for personal wealth management services?
964). Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a a) Syndicate Bank
programme-'70 Saal Azadi-Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani' b) Bank of Baroda
a) August 8th c) Andhra Bank
b) August 9th d) Canara Bank
c) August 12th e) Punjab National Bank
d) August 14th Answer: b)
e) August 15th 971). ICICI Bank reduces MCLR by
Answer: b) a) 0.015%
965). Ministry of Communications launches Twitter b) 0.05%
Sewa to address the complaints of common man The c) 0.025%
twitter handle of the Minister will be d) 0.07%
a) @maheshsharmabjp e) 0.09%
b) @jitendrasinghbjp Answer: b)
c) @girirajsinghbjp 972). Which bank started certification for officers who
d) @manjojsinghbjp sanction loans?
e) None of these a) State Bank of India
Answer: d) b) State Bank of Hyderabad
966). Central body approves ____ crore rupees for c) State Bank of Patiala
Ganga rejuvenation projects. d) State Bank of Mysore
a) Rs. 400 crore e) None of these
b) Rs. 425 crore Answer: a)
c) Rs. 450 crore 973). Which digital payments platform has partnered
d) Rs. 475 crore with the leading payment gateway solution provider,
e) Rs. 500 crore PayUbiz, to further strengthen its merchant base and
Answer: a) help consumers move from cash to digital payments?
967). Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu recently lays a) Paypal
foundation stone of broad-gage rail project in which b) PayTM
state? c) Freecharge
a) Mizoram d) MobiKwik
b) Nagaland e) None of these
c) Haryana Answer: c)
d) Tripura 974). Who has appointed as Secretary to Prime
e) Meghalaya Minister Narendra Modi?
a) Bhaskar Khulbe

b) Vijay Khulbe e) None of these
c) Ashok Khulbe Answer: d)
d) Mahesh Kulbe 981). Accredited Social Health Activists is a social
e) None of these welfare programme initiated by which Indian state?
Answer: a) a) Mizoram
975). Who takes over as Chairman of National Dairy b) Haryana
Development Board (NDDB)? c) Assam
a) Manoj Rath d) West Bengal
b) Vikram Rath e) None of these
c) Aravind Bhoopathi Answer: b)
d) Dilip Rath 982). How many Jan Aushadhi Stores to be opened
e) None of these across India under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi
Answer: d) Yojana?
976). Chocolate maker Mondelez International has a) 1500
roped in whom as managing director of its India unit. b) 2500
a) Deepak Iyer c) 3500
b) Dilip Iyer d) 4500
c) Dinesh Iyer e) 3000
d) Dharmendra Iyer Answer: e)
e) None of these 983). Name the typhoon which struts China recently?
Answer: a) a) Anida
977). Name the Indian American linguist, Professor b) Bratu
who passes away recently? c) Nida
a) Ananth Radha Sharma d) Virna
b) Braj B. Kachru e) None of these
c) Chitharanjan Das Answer: c)
d) Daamodar Sharma 984). The seventh meeting of South Asian Association
e) Eashwar Kumar for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Immigration
Answer: b) Authorities was held in
978). The state that cleared a proposal to rename its a) Pakistan
existing name is b) Bangladesh
a) Andhra Pradesh c) Bhutan
b) Sikkim d) India
c) West Bengal e) Maldives
d) Chhattisgarh Answer: a)
e) None of these 985). According to S&P Global Ratings, to meet the
Answer: c) BESEL-III norms PSBs need _____ crore capital
979). The Rajya Sabha passed by voice vote the Indian infusion over next 3 years.
Medical Council Bill, 2016 seeks to the amendment of a) Rs.1.5 lakh
Indian Medical Council Act, b) Rs.3.5 lakh
a) 1956 c) Rs.4.5 Lakh
b) 1948 d) Rs.2.5 lakh
c) 1984 e) Rs.5.5 lakh
d) 1965 Answer: d)
e) 1958 986). Which insurance company has launched a new
Answer: a) linked insurance product 'iNVESTSHIELD'?
980). Indian art and culture to be on full display during a) Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
first ever Festival of India. The festival is going to b) Future General India Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
conducted in which country? c) HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
a) USA d) IDBI Federal Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
b) Singapore e) Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life
c) Malaysia Insurance Co. Ltd.
d) Australia

Answer: e) a) Anandiben Patel
987). According to the latest report released Country's b) Niten Patil
infrastructure sector grows by how much percentage in c) Vijay Rupani
June? d) Vinod Rai
a) 5% e) None of these
b) 5.2% Answer: c)
c) 5.4% 994). The Bengaluru boy, Om Prakash Gowda smashed
d) 5.6% the previous record of 48.21 meters made in 2012, by
e) 5.8% Shreeya Rakesh Deshpande. He has set a new record
Answer: b) in____________.
988). State-run BHEL has commissioned the second a) Long jump
500 MW thermal unit in b) Car racing
a) Andhra Pradesh c) High jump
b) Chhattisgarh d) Limbo skating
c) Odisha e) None
d) Telangana Answer: d)
e) None of these 995). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a
Answer: b) committee to look at the various facets of ________in
989). Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has been India and to benchmark the countrys position vis--vis
elected as Prime Minister of both peer countries and advanced countries.
a) Nepal a) Personal finance
b) Bhutan b) Household finance
c) Sri Lanka c) Corporate finance
d) Bangladesh d) Public finance
e) None of these e) None
990). Name the artist who has been awarded the 2016 996). Who has assumed charge of new General
PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant? Manager of East Central Railway (ECR) with
a) Sarita Gopalan headquarters at Hajipur in Bihar?
b) Anita Gopalan a) C K Gayen
c) Gita Gopalan b) D K Gayen
d) Haritha Gopalan c) A K Gayen
e) None of these d) Aditya Kumar Mittal
991). Name the The Egyptian-born Nobel-winning Answer: b)
scientist who has died recently. 997). The US has agreed to provide five Central Asian
a) Ahmed Zewail countries with up to $15 million. Which of the
b) Mohamad Zilani following does not include in the five central Asian
c) Vinod Akram countries?
d) Irfan Pathan a) Kazakhstan
e) Mohamad Iqbal b) Kyrgyzstan
Answer: a) c) Afghanistan
992). Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) d) Tajikistan
of India ______has stepped down from private sector e) Turkmenistan
lender IDFC Banks board. Answer: c)
a) Vinod Rai 998). Name the pharmaceutical Company which has
b) V. K. Shunglu received final approval from the US Food and Drug
c) VN Kaul Administration (FDA) for generic Tamiflu capsules
d) Shashi Kant Sharma used for treatment of influenza in the American market
e) None of the above with 180 days of exclusivity.
Answer: a) a) Biocon
993). Who among the following becomes the Chief b) Sanofi
Minister of Gujarat? c) Natco Pharma

d) Torrent Pharma a) Rs. 5 lakhs
e) Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd b) Rs. 12 lakhs
Answer: c) c) Rs 10 lakhs
999). Who has been elected as an individual member of d) Rs. 9 lakhs
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) thus e) Rs. 8 lakhs
becoming India's first woman to join the body? Answer: c)
a) Pia Singh 1005). Software giant, IBM in collaboration with
b) Nita Ambani Apple has launched a global development hub called
c) Ekta Kapoor ________for iOS Garage in Bengaluru.
d) Renuka Ramnath a) MFirst
e) Meena Ganesh b) NetFirst
Answer: b) c) MobileFirst
1000). The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) d) MobileF
entered into a Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement e) MF
(APA) on 2nd August, 2016 with the Indian subsidiary Answer: c)
of a trading company of which country? 1006). Who will launch a mobile app for PMO, which
a) Russia has been developed by six students, selected through a
b) China contest to make the app?
c) Japan a) Finance Minister
d) Indonesia b) Health Minister
e) None of the above c) Prime Minister
Answer: c) d) President
1001). Name the bank that cuts the interest rates for e) Education Minister
first time since 2009. Answer: c)
a) Bank of England 1007). Name the Assamese Litterateur who passed
b) Bank of Australia away recently?
c) Bank of Russia a) Mahim Bora
d) Bank of Germany b) Vikram Bora
e) Bank of Canada c) Pavan Bora
Answer: a) d) Mithlesh Bora
1002). States have issued bonds worth _______under e) Rahim Bora
the UDAY scheme for revival of their debt-ridden Answer: a)
discoms? 1008). Which country has announced that it will not
a) Rs 0.66 lakh crore host the European Road Cycling Championships?
b) Rs 5.66 lakh crore a) Germany
c) Rs 4.66 lakh crore b) France
d) Rs 2.66 lakh crore c) USA
e) Rs 1.66 lakh crore d) Greece
1003). Name the state that has signed a MoU with Answer: b)
Indian Space Research Organisation for setting up 1009). Name the bill introduced by Government of
Water Resources Information System in the state. India regarding compensation to employees.
a) Orissa a) Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2016
b) Telangana b) The Workers Compensation Regulator Act 2016
c) Hyderabad c) Accident Compensation Act 2016
d) Andhra Pradesh d) Employees Compensation (Amendment) Bill 2016
e) Assam e) None of these
Answer: b) Answer: d)
1004). 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 1010). Who has been appointed as an independent
will be given to Shubha Mudgal for her outstanding Director of IDFC Bank?
contribution towards the promotion of communal a) PramatheshBaru
harmony, peace and goodwill. What is the award b) RaoSikandarIqbal
money for this prize? c) AnandSinha

d) Gourishankar Roy launched the first satellite for mobile
e) None of these telecommunication?
Answer: c) a) India
1011).Research Ltd (CARE Ratings)? b) China
a) Rajesh Mokashi c) South Korea
b) KaliashNathKatju d) Russia
c) Seth Govind Das e) USA
d) BaikunthaaShukla Answer: b)
e) None of these 1018). Who has been re-appointed as the President of
Answer: a) Asian Development Bank?
1012). Name the International credit rating agency a) Takehiko Nakao
which has affirmed its BBB- long-term rating and A- b) Masao Fujioka
3 short-term rating on ICICI Bank. c) Haruhiko Kuroda
a) CRISIL d) Taroichi Yoshida
b) S&P Global e) None of these
c) Fitch Ratings Answer: a)
d) Moodys Corporation 1019). Which company has recently acquired Seattle-
e) None of these based machine learning startup Turi?
Answer: b) a) HCL
1013). SEBI proposes new framework for which type b) Facebook
of trading? c) IBM
a) Proprietary Trading d) Apple
b) Money Marketing e) Oracle
c) Algorithmic Trading Answer: d)
d) Day Trading 1020). Name the telecommunication agency which has
e) None of these come out with a new consultation paper.
Answer: c) a) DoT
1014). Countrys foreign exchange reserves have b) TDSAT
reached _______ billion dollar in the week to July 29. c) TRAI
a) 788.8 d) TEC
b) 908.6 e) None of these
c) 400.9 Answer: c)
d) 365.49 1020). Which bank to raise Rs.4000 crore through
e) 2005.3 infrastructure bonds and a similar amount through
Answer: d) Basel III-compliant tier-II bonds?
1015). Government sets inflation target at ________ a) Bank of Baroda
per-cent for the next five years. b) ICICI Bank
a) 6 c) Yes Bank
b) 2.6 d) United Bank of India
c) 5.1 e) IDBI Bank
d) 5 Answer: e)
e) 4 1021). Insurance regulator IRDAI puts a cap of ______
Answer: e) crore on the annual salary of Chief Executive, which
1016). Which state government launches new website could be paid from the policyholders' fund.
of state Home department? a) 1
a) Odisha b) 1.5
b) Chhattisgarh c) 2
c) Maharashtra d) 2.5
d) Andhra Pradesh e) 3
e) Karnataka Answer: b)
Answer: a) 1022). Name the American shooter who won the first
1017). Which country has recently successfully gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
a) Yi Siling

b) Irina Shilova Answer: e)
c) Renata Mauer 1029). Name the digital payment company which has
d) Virginia Thrasher announced its tie up with 12 state electricity boards.
e) None of these a) Paytm
Answer: d) b) Freecharge
1023). Jitu Rai finishes __ in men's 10m air pistol c) Google wallet
event. d) MobiKwik
a) 6th e) PayUMoney
b) 8th Answer: d)
c) 5th 1030). Name the Financial Services Company which
d) 3rd has launched the pilot project for Bharat Bill Payment
e) 7th System (BBPS)?
Answer: b) a) Religare
1024). Name the Sri Lankan bowler who bagged six b) NPCI
wickets to fashion Sri Lankas historic series win over c) LKP securities
Australia. d) FINO
a) Lashit Malinga e) None of these
b) Nuwan Ekanayake Answer: b)
c) Dilruwan Perera 1031). Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu
d) Martin de Silva launched Swachh Suvekshan-2017 of 500 cities in
e) None of these which city?
Answer: c) a) Delhi
1025). When is the National Handloom Day b) Chennai
celebrated? c) Bangalore
a) August 6th d) Mumbai
b) August 10th e) None of these
c) August 9th Answer: a)
d) August 8th 1032). Who has launched an app creating a portal for
e) August 7th citizens to have discussions and directly submit
Answer: e) grievances to the Prime ministers office (PMO) right
1026). The 13th edition of the 3-day 'We Care Film from their smartphones?
Festival on Disability Issues' was concluded in a) Narendra Modi
a) Bangalore b) Venkaiah Naidu
b) Chennai c) Sushma Swaraj
c) Allahabad d) Prnab Mukherjee
d) Mumbai e) None of these
e) New Delhi Answer: a)
Answer: e) 1033). Bangladesh government has blocked how many
1027). Who has been appointed as the Chief General online portals and news websites?
Manager of State Bank of Travancore? a) 25
a) Ashok Kumar Pradhan b) 18
b) Sachidananda Raut Ray c) 19
c) Sanjay Jagdale d) 12
d) Binod Bihari Verma e) 30
Answer: a) 1034). Name the company which has become the first
1028). Which country will host the 2016 Asian Tennis private company to receive government approval to
Tour (ATT) in September? land on the moon.
a) Vietnam a) SpaceX
b) Brunei b) Astobotic
c) Cambodia c) Moon Express
d) Myanmar d) Team Puli
e) Bhutan e) None of these

Answer: c) e) Rs 15,000 crore
1035). Name the famous Script writer and director who Answer: c)
passed away recently. 1041). Name the country that has recorded the largest
a) Shanmukhan Nadhan current account surplus in the first half of this year
b) Sundaram since 2007.
c) Niranjan a) China
d) Bhoopthi b) Japan
e) None of these c) Russia
Answer: b) d) Germany
1036). Minimum pension of retired central government e) USA
staff will now go up by what percent? Answer: b)
a) 150% 1042). Which state has launched an online service for
b) 151% consumers to apply for low-tension service
c) 157% connections?
d) 155% a) Kerala
e) 158% b) Tamil Nadu
Answer: c) c) Karnataka
1037). _____________ General Manager in-charge, d) Goa
has taken over as Head of BHEL Corporate R&D with e) Madhya Pradesh
effect from August 4, 2016. Answer: b)
a) KK Khurana 1043). Name the state which has ranked first among all
b) Vishwa Mohan Katoch States in 2016 for attracting maximum investment
c) Asoke Kumar Mukerji intentions in value terms.
d) Mahendra Mohan Gupta a) Maharashtra
e) A. Surya Prakash b) Telengana
Answer: a) c) Chhattisgarh
1038). Who won the Olympic gold medal to a thrilling d) Gujarat
4x100m freestyle relay at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? e) Karnataka
a) Adam Peaty Answer: e)
b) Kosuke Hagino 1044). Name the project which has been recently
c) Michael Phelps launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for
d) Ryan Lochte providing piped drinking water to every household in
e) None of the above the Telangana.
Answer: c) a) Swacch Bharat Mission
1039). German car parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen AG b) National Rural Drinking Water Programme
is setting up its first technology centre in India which c) Mission Bhagiratha
will be dedicated to software and mechanical d) Mission Sadarmat
engineering. In which city does the company set up its e) None of these
centre? Answer: c)
a) Hyderabad 1045). Name the state which has launched Baristha
b) Tirupati Bunakar Sahayata Yojana, a pension scheme for
c) Chennai weaver community.
d) Bengaluru a) Assam
e) Bhubaneswar b) Odisha
Answer: a) c) Uttarakhand
1040). The government is expected to collect over d) Uttar Pradesh
_________ in its disinvestment kitty over the next e) None
couple of months, with at least one buy-back Answer: b)
announcement from PSUs every month. 1046). Which Bank is aiming to facilitate three million
a) Rs 26,000 crore transactions through its inter-operable electronic toll
b) Rs 18,000 crore collection facility on national highways by March
c) Rs 16,000 crore 2017?
d) Rs 20,000 crore a) ICICI

b) HDFC announced a deal merging their life insurance
c) Axis businesses to create India's largest listed life insurance
d) Kotak Mahindra company with an estimated market value of Rs67,000
e) Yes crore?
Answer: a) a) HDFC, Aegon Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
1047). The International Day of the World's Indigenous b) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Max group
Peoples is observed on c) HDFC, Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
a) August 9 d) HDFC, Max group
b) August 7 e) None
c) August 8 Answer: d)
d) August 5 1053). The RBI also left its growth projections for the
e) None Indian economy unchanged at _______ for the
Answer: a) financial year ending March 31, 2017.
1048). The British Council India is to collaborate with a) 7.5%
the ______ government for promotion of education and b) 7.6%
culture. c) 7.9%
a) New Delhi d) 8.0%
b) Bihar e) 7.1%
c) Odisha Answer: b)
d) Maharashtra 1054). Name the company which has claimed to be the
e) None of the above first cloud-based software provider to offer Goods and
Answer: b) Services Tax (GST) ready software suite in India.
1049). _________ new projects have been sanctioned a) Cypher Cloud
in the country with the project cost of Rs. 42392.47 b) Deskera
crore for various rural electrification works. c) Tata Consultancy Services
a) 4400 d) Infosys
b) 3497 e) InstaCompute Tata Communication
c) 4497 Answer: b)
d) 4407 1055). Government of India permits Foreign Direct
e) 4897 Investment (FDI) across the hydrocarbon value chain
Answer: c) covering which of the following sector?
1050). Name the state which has approved 14 a) Upstream sector
proposals including promulgation of two ordinances on b) Downstream sector
rotation of office reservation of the Sarpanch at every c) Midstream sector
general elections and amendment. d) 2 and 3
a) Kerala e) 1, 2 and 3
b) Odisha Answer: e)
c) Uttarakhand 1056). According to Moody's Investors Service, Non-
d) Uttar Pradesh banking finance companies (NBFCs) will benefit from
e) None the RBI's decision to herald --------- universal banking
Answer: b) licence regime.
1051). Rajya Sabha passed a bill to amend the a) on tap
Constitution to facilitate rollout of the historic GST b) in tap
amid government's assurance that the tax rates would c) upon tap
be kept "as low as possible". What is the full form of d) up tap
GST? e) tap upon
a) Goods and Services Tax Answer: a)
b) Good Service Tax 1057). Which pharmaceutical company has received
c) Goods and Security Tax final approval from the US Food & Drug
d) Goods and Scrutiny test Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market ant-
e) None infective drug linezolid injection, 600 mg/300 mL (2
Answer: a) mg/mL)?
1052). Which two insurance companies have a) Natco Pharma Ltd

b) Aurobindo Pharma Limited c) West Bengal
c) Avon organics ltd d) Haryana
d) Lupin e) None of these
Answer: b) 1064). Government to set up committee to review e-
1058). Ledecky from suburban Washington gave the commerce rules. Who is the head of the committee?
United States its first ____ gold medal of the Rio a) Shri V.K. Saraswat
Olympics, crushing her own world record in the b) Prof. Ramesh Chand
women's 400-meter freestyle. c) Shri Bibek Debroy
a) Archery d) Mr Amitabh Kant
b) Swimming e) None of these
c) Boxing Answer: d)
d) Racing 1065). Which among the following companies
e) Weightlifting commissions 130 MW of solar power plants in AP,
Answer: b) Telangana?
1059). Name the former Chief Minister of Arunachal a) Swelect Enegry Systems Ltd
Pradesh who was found dead at the Chief Ministers b) First Solar Power India
official residence. c) Indosolar Ltd
a) Nabam Tuki d) Chemtrols Solar Pvt Ltd
b) Kalikho Pul e) None of these
c) Jarbom Gamlin Answer: b)
d) Dorjee Khandu 1066). Niti ties up with which among the following
e) None of these countries Energy Information Administration (EIA) to
Answer: b) set up portal on energy data?
1060). Name the new social network that is launched a) Canada
by Orkut. b) Russia
a) Hello c) USA
b) Hai d) China
c) Good e) Australia
d) Update Answer: c)
e) Clap 1067). Pawan Kumar Bajaj appointed as CEO of which
Answer: a) among the following banks?
1061). Name the person who has won the 2016 a) Bank of Maharashtra
Commonwealth Chess championship crown recently? b) United Bank of India
a) Tania Sachdev c) Indian Overseas Bank
b) S L narayanan d) Punjab National Bank
c) Abhijeet Gupta e) Bank of Baroda
d) Deep Chakravarty Answer: b)
e) None of these 1068). RBI decided to inject what amount through
Answer: c) OMO for liquidity crunch on FCNR payout?
1062). Which state government took the initiative a) Rs.8000cr
under which the state Crime Branch traced 1051 b) Rs.9000cr
missing and destitute children? c) Rs.10000cr
a) Maharashtra d) Rs.11000cr
b) Karnataka e) Rs.12000cr
c) Odisha Answer: c)
d) Kerala 1069). National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
e) Mizoram Development (NABARD) sanctioned Rs 26.06 crore
Answer: c) for tackling waterlogging by constructing lift schemes
1063). Yaad Karo Qurbani celebrations is launched by in low-lying areas to the government of
Prime Minister at a) Uttarakhand
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Jharkhand
b) Maharashtra c) Chhattisgarh

d) Odisha d) Marty Malloy
e) Punjab e) Misato Nakamura
1070). NHAI Signs MOU with which among the 1076). Film producer, script and screenplay writer and
following IITs for Research Project on Paneled lyricist Panchu Arunachalam passes away recently. He
Cement Concrete Pavements for Highways? belongs to
a) Kanpur a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kharagpur b) Telangana
c) Madras c) Karnataka
d) Delhi d) Tamil Nadu
e) None of these e) Kerala
Answer: b) Answer: d)
1071). Indias second largest mobile operator 1077). Name the mobile app that is launched by the
Vodafone has renewed its multi-million dollar MSAI and Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust for women safety.
agreement for IT infrastructure with tech giant a) I feel Safe
________for another five years. b) Safety first
a) IBM c) Ladies safety
b) Wipro d) Nirbhaya Jyoti
c) CSC e) None of these
d) Accenture Answer: a)
e) Microsoft 1078). The ambitious Crime and Criminal Tracking
Answer: a) Networks and System (CCTNS) project will be
1072). Max Hypermarkets India appoints who among operationalised by
the following as Managing Director? a) 31st March 2017
a) Rajeev Krishnan b) 31st January 2017
b) Rajeev Subhash c) 31st December 2016
c) Rajeev Chandra d) 30th April 2017
d) Rajeev Sham e) 30th November 2016
Answer: a) 1079). The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime
1073). Which among the following banks appoints Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for
Dinesh Kumar Khara as Managing Director? signing and ratification of an Agreement between India
a) State Bank of Hyderabad and Croatia on Economic Cooperation. The average
b) State Bank of Patiala bilateral trade growth was ______during the last three
c) State Bank of Mysore years.
d) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur a) 17.33%
e) State Bank of India b) 15.55%
Answer: e) . c) 16.44%
1074). Who will be honoured at the United Nations on d) 17.44%
India's 70th Independence Day by a performance by e) None of the above
Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman at the world Answer: d)
body's iconic General Assembly? 1080). Name the education content provider company
a) Gopalakrishnan that has launched the first and only Indian TV Channel
b) Sankaranarayanan in partnership with DEN Manoranjan Satellite in Pune.
c) M S Subbulakshmi a) Oureducity
d) M. Balamuralikrishna b) Millionlights
e) Sudha Ragunathan c) Endeavour
Answer: c) d) Alpha Education services
1075). Who has won the host nation's first gold medal e) Educom
of the Rio 2016 Games in the -57kg final? Answer: b)
a) Rafaela Silva 1081). Millionlights, an education content provider
b) Sumiya Dorjsuren Company has launched the first and only Indian TV
c) Kim Jan-Di Channel in partnership with DEN Manoranjan Satellite

in Pune. Which of the following is not the objective of d) Integrated Child Develop Service (ICDS)
the channel? e) Integrating Child Development Service (ICDS)
a) To focus on higher education and skill development Answer: b)
b) To create a landscape of content 1087). India and which country has agreed on a $30
c) To create delivery platforms million public-private five-year research initiative for a
d) To provide certifications leading to higher joint research on smart grid and energy storage
employability technology?
e) None of the above a) China
Answer: d) b) US
1082). Which state recently agrees to implement c) UK
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana on an experimental d) Russia
basis in the kharif season? e) Pakistan
a) Andhra Pradesh Answer: b)
b) Maharashtra 1088). Name the project which has started by
c) Bihar Syndicate Bank for providing improved customer
d) Haryana service and latest digital banking services.
e) Punjab a) Project Digital
Answer: c) b) Project Ananya
1083). Name the state that has become the 16th state c) Project Digital Banking
to join the centrally sponsored plan Ujwal Discoms d) Project Anamika
Reforms for power distribution (UDAY). e) None
a) Maharashtra Answer: b)
b) Andhra Pradesh 1089). Who has been selected as the brand ambassador
c) Madhya Pradesh for ITCs leading health & hygiene brand, Savlon?
d) Arunachal Pradesh a) P V Sindhu
e) Tamil Nadu b) Saina Nehwal
Answer: c) c) Jwala Gupta
1084). Puducherry joined and became the first union d) Ashwini Ponnappa
territory to join Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana e) None of these
(UDAY). An overall net benefit of ------------ approx. Answer: b)
would accrue to the UT by opting to participate in 1090). Who among the following Indians were
UDAY. included in Forbes' list of 100 richest tech tycoons
a) Rs 278 crores a) Mukesh Ambani and Azim Premji
b) Rs 368 crores b) Dilip Shanghvi and Shiv Nadar
c) Rs 378 crores c) Mukesh Ambani and Shiv Nadar
d) Rs 372 crores d) Dilip Shanghvi and Azim Premji
e) Rs 978 crores e) Azim Premji and Shiv Nadar
1085). Recently, which of the following has been 1091). Accenture and LinkedIn are jointly organising
launched by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley? "HackFest 2016", a platform for students to solve real-
a) Databank world business and human challenges through
b) Online finance facilitation innovative (original and new) ideas. Where the non-
c) Both 1 and 2 stop, 20-hour challenge will be held on September 24-
d) Moneybank 25?
e) None of the above a) Bengaluru
Answer: c) b) Chennai
1086). Government has notified the national Early c) Hyderabad
Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy. Early d) Mumbai
Childhood Care and Education comes under which e) Chandigarh
scheme? Answer: a)
a) Integrated Child Developing Service (ICDS) 1092). Who inaugurated Independence Day Film
b) Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) Festival on 12th August 2016 in New Delhi?
c) Integrated Children Development State (ICDS) a) Narendra Modi

b) Venkaiah Naidu c) Rs.135 lakh
c) Arun Jaitley d) Rs.75 lakh
d) Sushma Swaraj e) Rs.55 lakh
e) Smriti Irani Answer: a)
Answer: b) 1099). Recently, which bank has announced the
1093). Which among the following states inaugurates availability of Flipkart mobile site in its mobile
the first 'Sewa Kendra'? banking app?
a) Maharashtra a) Yes Bank
b) Kerala b) Kotak Mahindra Bank
c) Gujarat c) ICICI Bank
d) Punjab d) HDFC Bank
e) Haryana e) Axis Bank
1094). Which state becomes the first in India to pass 1100). Sriram Rajamani has been named as ____
GST bill unanimously? managing director of its India research lab at
a) Assam Bengaluru?
b) Arunachal Pradesh a) Microsoft
c) Andhra Pradesh b) Facebook
d) Bihar c) Google
e) Chhattisgarh d) LinkedIn
Answer: a) e) Yahoo
1095). After the President approval for the new IITs Answer: a)
how many new IITs are coming the country? 1101). Every year World Elephant Day is observed on
a) Five August 12th. It is first being observed in which year?
b) Six a) 2009
c) Seven b) 2012
d) Eight c) 2013
e) Twelve d) 2014
Answer: b) e) 2007
1096). Which minister visited Indonesia to attend the Answer: b)
International Meeting on Counter Terrorism on the 1102). Which among the following states to ratify GST
theme Countering Cross Border Movement of Bill in the upcoming state assembly sessions?
Terrorism held in Bali, Indonesia? a) Bihar
a) Arun Jaitley b) Haryana
b) Manohar Parikar c) Gujarat
c) Prakash Javedkar d) Both A and B
d) Kiren Rijiju e) Both A and C
Answer: d) 1103). National Association of Software and Services
1097). Which state government recently decided to (Nasscom) has launched operations of its startup
grant 33% reservation to women in Urban Local warehouse in which among the following states?
Bodies? a) Telangana
a) Mizoram b) Andhra Pradesh
b) Himachal Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu
c) Nagaland d) Karnataka
d) Tripura e) Kerala
e) Meghalaya Answer: b)
Answer: c) 1104). Which among the following states signed a
1098). IRDAI has imposed _______ lakh rupees fine Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India
on Bharti Axa General Insurance Co Ltd for violation Trade and Exhibition Centre (ITEC), Dubai for
of various norms promotion of skill development, investment and
a) Rs.35 lakh tourism sectors?
b) Rs.125 lakh a) Rajasthan

b) Himachal Pradesh b) Seoul
c) Madhya Pradesh c) Buenos Aires
d) Maharashtra d) Montevideo
e) West Bengal e) None of these
1105). Union Health Minister inaugurates AMRIT 1111). Which countries Foreign Minister meets PM
outlet at Safdarjung Hospital. Who is the Union Health Modi amid strained ties over NSG bid?
Minister? a) USA
a) Prakash Javadekar b) Russia
b) JP Nadda c) Brazil
c) Kalraj Mishra d) China
d) Ravi Shankar Prasad e) Israel
e) None of these Answer: d)
Answer: b) 1112). Spiritual guru, Pramukh Swami passes away is
1106). Sri Lanka signed a tripartite agreement to the head of
proceed with the construction of a mega multi-billion a) Hindu Vivek Kendra
dollar port city project in capital Colombo with which b) Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha
among the following countries? c) Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat
a) China d) Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
b) Switzerland e) Prathana Samaj
c) Russia Answer: b)
d) Bhutan 1113). Na Muthukumar who passed away recently was
e) South Korea a _______ lyricist.
Answer: a) a) Tamil
1107). Cipla Ltd has appointed who among the b) Malayalam
following as the managing director & global chief c) Hindi
executive officer of the company effective September d) Kannada
1, 2016. e) Telugu
a) Umang Vohra Answer: a)
b) Manohar Narayanan 1114). Who won the third test held in West Indies on
c) Pradeep Vohra August 13?
d) Sudeep Manohar a) West Indies
e) None of these b) India
Answer: a) c) Draw Match
1108). Dipika Pallikal is associated with which among d) Sri Lanka
the following sports? e) Australia
a) Tennis Answer: b)
b) Badminton 1115). ________ bank and payments company
c) Archery Suvidhaa Infoserv have launched Nano Credit.
d) Squash a) HDFC
e) Gymnastics b) Axis
1109). Name the former Odisha chief secretary who c) Federal
passes away recently. d) UCO
a) Sudhanshu Bhusan Mishra e) Yes
b) Shri G. Mohan Kumar Answer: b)
c) Smt. Vandana Kumari Jena 1116). Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan launched
d) Smt. Anita Agnihotri the "Colours of Independence" event at a prominent
e) None of these mall in
Answer: a) a) Bangalore
1110). Leo Messi has announced his decision to b) Mumbai
continue playing for the Argentina national team. What c) Chennai
is the capital of Argentina? d) Pune
a) Amsterdam e) Delhi

Answer: c) a) Russia
1117). The railway Budget will be merged with the b) India
general Budget from 2017-18 onwards. The Railway c) China
Budget was first introduced in the year d) UK
a) 1920 e) USA
b) 1926 Answer: c)
c) 1932 1123). Dipa Karmakar finishes fourth in the Vaults
d) 1924 final marking Indias most stupendous international
e) 1918 achievement. Who won the gold medal?
Answer: d) a) Giulia Steingruber
1118). Union Information Technology Minister Ravi b) Maria Paseka
Shankar Prasad said that the Union government will set c) Simone Biles
up five electronic manufacturing clusters in which d) Oksana Chusovitina
among the following states? e) Maria
a) Andhra Pradesh Answer: c)
b) Arunachal Pradesh 1124). ONGC has launched a Rs __________ start-up
c) Madhya Pradesh fund on its diamond jubilee year to foster, nurture and
d) Himachal Pradesh incubate new ideas related to the oil & gas sector.
e) Uttar Pradesh a) 450-crore
Answer: a) b) 330-crore
1119). Government has approved ____ crore highway c) 275-crore
projects for six states, including Karnataka and d) 180-crore
Maharashtra. e) 100-crore
a) Rs.1911 crore Answer: e)
b) Rs.1933 crore 1125). Two PSU Banks have started a facility wherein
c) Rs.1955 crore an account holder can verify his income tax return on
d) Rs.1977 crore e-filing site even without having net banking. They Are
e) Rs.1999 crore a) United Bank of India
Answer: a) b) Punjab National Bank
1120). Pernille Blumes an athlete belongs to Denmark c) Andhra Bank
related with which among the following sport? d) 1 and 2
a) Archery e) 1 and 3
b) Judo Answer: d)
c) Cycling 1126). Japan has committed investments of about USD
d) Rowing ______ billion in India in various areas including high-
e) Swimming speed rail service, manufacturing sector.
Answer: e) a) 45
1121). New business premiums of life insurance b) 33
companies saw a 4 per cent rise to Rs 13,854.44 crore c) 25
in July 2016. Among private players, ________ d) 18
registered the highest premium from new business at e) 12
Rs 676.54 crore, a jump of 36 per cent from Rs 497.08 Answer: c)
crore last year. 1127). Name the first woman Chief Justice of the
a) SBI Life Calcutta High Court who recently has been named the
b) ICICI Lombard new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
c) HDFC Standard Life a) Sujata Manohar
d) Max Life b) Manjula Chellur
e) HSBC OBC c) Leila Seth
Answer: a) d) Fathima Beevi
1122). Which country is set to launch the world's first e) Sudhi Ranjan Das
quantum communication satellite having hack-proof Answer: b)
ultra-high security features to prevent wiretapping and 1128). Name the player who wins the gold with an
intercepts? incredible 9.81 second in 100m run.

a) Usain Bolt which state launched the country's first comprehensive
b) Gatlin 'Crime Criminal Tracking Network System' (CCTNS)
c) Elaine Thompson through 42 cyber labs?
d) Tori Bowie a) Maharashtra
e) Fraser-Pryce b) Bihar
Answer: a) c) Delhi
1129). The first ever BIO-CNG project in India was d) Telangana
inaugurated in e) Chennai
a) Pune Answer: a)
b) Maharashtra 1135). Which state has been given the opportunity to
c) Uttar Pradesh host the BRICS summit in mid-October because of its
d) Andhra Pradesh high hospitality standards?
e) Mizoram a) Maharashtra
Answer: a) b) Tripura
1130). Government is likely to get an estimated Rs c) Goa
23,944.4 crore from clean environment cess in the d) Assam
ongoing financial year. By whom the cess is to be e) New Delhi
collected? Answer: c)
a) Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers 1136). Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu
b) Coal India limited (CIL) announced a ____ crore rupees special development
c) Petrochemicals, Oil, Gas & Refineries package for Anantapur district for a plethora of steps
d) Iron India limited (IIL) that include drought-proofing.
e) Silicon India limited (SIL) a) 6,554
Answer: b) b) 5,664
1131). Which State/Union Territory observed De Jure c) 6,445
Transfer Day with pomp and gaiety on August d) 5,446
16th every year? e) 4,665
a) Chhattisgarh Answer: a)
b) Damn and Diu 1137). India has provided One million US Dollars
c) Lakshadweep grant to Zimbabwe in the wake of El Nino induced
d) Delhi drought disaster. Who is the Indian ambassador to
e) Puducherry Zimbabwe?
Answer: e) a) Shri Surjit Singh Majithia
1132). Which state become second to ratify the b) R Masakui
Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services c) Gautam H Bambawale
Tax (GST) d) Arun Kumar Singh
a) Andhra Pradesh e) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
b) Punjab Answer: b)
c) Tamil Nadu 1138). RBI has questioned the decision of a 21-bank
d) Kerala consortium led by which of the following Bank to
e) Bihar extend a staggering Rs 5,262-crore loan to Kolkata-
Answer: e) based rice trading firm REI Agro which was found to
1133). Name the state whose government will bring in be involved in fraudulent activities?
a digital revolution by connecting all its 28,000 gram a) BOB
panchayats in 36 districts by 2017-18 to open the world b) Union
to rural area. c) SBI
a) Maharashtra d) UCO
b) Madhya Pradesh e) CBI
c) Rajasthan Answer: d)
d) Assam 1139). Kotak Mahindra Bank has introduced mobile
e) Andhra Pradesh banking app that can be used both online and offline.
Answer: a) With the Kotak Bharat app, You can transfer up to Rs
1134). On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day,

_____ a day in one transaction from their savings, e) China
current accounts or even credit cards? Answer: e)
a) 2,000 1145). Theme of Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016 is
b) 1,500 a) Human Factor in Innovation
c) 2,500 b) Winning with Global Innovation
d) 3,500 c) Effective Innovation Policies for Development
e) 3,000 d) The Local Dynamics of Innovation
Answer: c) e) None of these
1140). Maharashtra govt picks which among the Answer: b)
following companies to convert Nagpur into smart 1146). Indian Overseas Bank will be conducting an
city? Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of shareholders
a) Mphasis of the Bank to issue equity shares to the Government of
b) Mindtree India to raise_______, as part of Centre's plans to
c) Hexaware Technologies infuse funds into the public sector lender.
d) Larsen & Toubro Infotech a) Rs 5,551 crore
e) None of these b) Rs 3,551 crore
Answer: d) c) Rs 1,351 crore
1141). Which is the Third state to ratify the GST Bill? d) Rs 2,551 crore
a) Uttarakhand e) Rs 1,551 crore
b) Andhra Pradesh Answer: e)
c) Jharkhand 1147). The Reserve Bank has imposed penalties of up
d) Bihar to Rs ___ lakh on four cooperative banks for violation
e) Assam of various norms.
Answer: c) a) 4
1142). National Green Highways Mission (NGHM) b) 5
under NHAI has collaborated with which company for c) 6
plantations work on NH 7 in Nagpur region? d) 7
a) Tata Power Company Ltd e) 2
b) Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC) Answer: b)
c) Reliance Power Limited 1148). Tata Power Solar commissions 100 MW project
d) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited for NTPC in which among the following states?
e) None of the above a) Karnataka
Answer: b) b) Madhya Pradesh
1143). Name the state which has approved the c) Andhra Pradesh
implementation of the recommendations of 7th Pay d) Telangana
Commission, raising salaries of over 8.5 lakh state e) None of these
employees and pensioners, in a move that would cost Answer: c)
Rs 8,513 crore annually to the exchequer. 1149). Who among the following has been appointed
a) Gujarat as the Governor of Manipur recently?
b) Rajasthan a) Najma A. Heptulla
c) Maharashtra b) V. Shanmuganthan
d) Telangana c) Banwarilal Purohit
e) Tamil Nadu d) Balakrishna Acharya
Answer: a) e) Kaptan Singh Solanki
1144). Name the country which has joined the ranks of Answer: a)
the worlds 25 most-innovative economies, while 1150). Which country launched the first-ever quantum
Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United satellite to help develop an unhackable
States of America, Finland and Singapore lead the communications system?
2016 rankings in the Global Innovation Index. a) Russia
a) Japan b) USA
b) South Korea c) India
c) India d) China
d) Nepal e) France

Answer: d) b. Axis Bank
1151). Which states government will call an Assembly c. Yes Bank
session to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill on d. ICICI Bank
Goods and Services Tax? a) Only a, b and d
a) Gujarat b) Only b, c and d
b) Telangana c) Only a, b and c
c) West Bengal d) All are true
d) Delhi e) None
e) Madhya Pradesh Answer: a)
Answer: b) 1157). The Telangana Drinking Water Supply Project
1152). The Uttar Pradesh government has approved a (Mission Bhagiratha) has got approval for sanction of
Metro Rail project recently for which city? ________loans by a consortium of eight banks, led by
a) Allahabad Andhra Bank.
b) Ghaziabad a) Rs. 7,750 crore
c) Noida b) Rs. 6,750 crore
d) Meerut c) Rs. 6,850 crore
e) None of the above d) Rs. 9,450 crore
Answer: a) e) Rs. 3,780 crore
1153). Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) Answer: b)
for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines 1158). Which smartphone seller will start
launched e-bidding web portals to enhance manufacturing handsets in India soon announced by the
transparency in power transmission sector of the company recently?
country. Which is/are not one of them? a) Xiaomi
a) TARANG Mobile App b) Oppo
b) e-Trans c) Lenovo
c) DEEP d) Huawei
d) 1 and 3 e) Yulong
e) All are correct Answer: d)
Answer: e) 1159). Which organisation has developed a simple,
1154). India and Bangladesh has agreed to jointly user friendly, quick and cost effective kit for onsite
produce a documentary on the ____________war determination of Cr (VI), which meets IS10500 as well
which led to independence for Bangladesh. as EPA criterion?
a) 1937 a) BARC
b) 1971 b) ISRO
c) 1970 c) IISC Bangalore
d) 1936 d) Lupin
e) None of the above e) Dabur
1155). Which bank is planning to tap retail investors to 1160). The number of web users in India will see a
issue additional tier I bonds (AT1) to strengthen capital two-fold rise at ___________by 2020 against 350
adequacy ratio? million at the end of 2015, a latest report said.
a) Bank of India a) 730 million
b) Indian Overseas Bank b) 710 million
c) Yes Bank c) 830 million
d) ICICI d) 630 million
e) Bank of Baroda e) None of the above
1156). Name the Indian private banks which have been 1161). Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been
occupied the top six slots amongst global banks along handed a _______ year-ban by the Court of Arbitration
with their Chinese peers China Construction Bank for Sport (CAS) following an appeal by World Anti-
Corp (CCB), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Doping Agency (WADA).
(ICBC) and Agricultural Bank of China (ABC). a) 5
a. HDFC Bank b) 6

c) 4 e) ICICI
d) 3 Answer: e)
e) 2 1168). State Bank of India (SBI) has approved share
Answer: c) swap ratio to merge _______ associate banks and
1162). Name the Indian badminton Player who has Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB).
become the first Indian Badminton player to enter the a) 3
Final at the Olympics. b) 7
a) Aparna Balan c) 5
b) Ashwini Ponnappa d) 6
c) Jwala Guptta e) 4
d) PV Sindhu Answer: c)
e) Saina Nehwal 1169). The worlds longest & highest glass bottom
Answer: d) bridge is set to open soon in which country?
1163). India signed a short-term route agreement with a) USA
which country to allow transport of petroleum goods? b) China
a) Myanmar c) Singapore
b) Bhutan d) Malaysia
c) Afghanistan e) Cambodia
d) Bangladesh Answer: b)
e) Sri Lanka 1170). Govind Tej who passed away on August
Answer: d) 18th was a _______.
1164). Which ministry has launched a portal for online a) Film Maker
filing of evaluation temple for star rating of mines? b) Journalist
a) Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises c) Politician
b) Shipping d) Businessman
c) Environment e) Activist
d) Mines Answer: a)
e) Finance 1171). The State Bank of India (SBI) will gain $____
Answer: d) billion in assets following its merger with associate
1165). India Post Payments Bank will begins its banks and Bhartiya Mahila Bank
operations in _______. a) 50
a) 2020 b) 300
b) 2017 c) 97
c) 2019 d) 208
d) 2018 e) 120
e) 2025 Answer: e)
Answer: b) 1172). Who won the gold medal in the Mens 4 x 100
1166). Federal Bank has announced its partnership meters relay in the Rio Olympics?
with which mobile banking application, to provide a) Ryota Yamagata
cashless transactions? b) Mike Rodgers
a) Paytm c) Usain Bolt
b) Oxigen Wallet d) Ricardo de Souza
c) Mobikiwi e) None of these
d) PayUMoney Answer: c)
e) Chillr 1173). The govt. is likely to tax quasi-equity
Answer: e) instruments with which country if these are converted
1167). Which bank has launched iMobile SmartKeys, into equity after April 1, 2017?
Asias first payment service using a smartphone a) Switzerland
keyboard? b) Mauritius
a) BoB c) Singapore
b) Axis d) USA
c) PNB e) Norway
d) HSBC

Answer: b) a) Karnataka
1174). China and India held their 8th high-level b) Kerala
Financial and Economic Dialogue in _____ to c) Tamil Nadu
strengthen trade and economic cooperation d) Haryana
a) Beijing e) Punjab
b) Shanghai Answer: b)
c) Hong Kong 1181). India pledges Rs 3.9 crore for upgrading
d) Chengdu Sanskrit school in
e) Tianjin a) Bhutan
Answer: a) b) Nepal
1175). India's foreign exchange reserves has reached $ c) Sri Lanka
________ billion in the week to August 12. d) Myanmar
a) 365.82 e) None of these
b) 400.77 Answer: b)
c) 268.90 1182). India ranks _______ in Asia Pacific on fixed
d) 509.43 broadband.
e) 613.47 a) 35th
Answer: a) b) 37th
1176). Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 20 c) 39th
paid tribute to former Prime Minister _______ on his d) 41st
72nd birth anniversary. e) 43rd
a) Morarji Desai Answer: c)
b) Rajiv Gandhi 1183). A two-day meeting of BRICS women
c) Charan Singh parliamentarians was held in
d) VP Singh a) Raipur
e) Gulzarial Nanda b) Udaipur
Answer: b) c) Bilaspur
1177). Name the consumer internet search platform d) Jaipur
which has shut down its operations on August 19. e) None of these
a) Yahoo Answer: d)
b) Baidu 1184). Who launches various projects under Namami
c) Otalo Gange in Varanasi recently?
d) Askme a) Smriti Irani
e) Mocavo b) Uma Bharati
Answer: d) c) Arun Jaitely
1178). US and Ukraine have urged a speedy resolution d) Narendra Modi
to the conflict with which country? e) Pranab Mukheerje
a) China Answer: b)
b) North Korea 1185). Which country has officially announced to
c) Russia support for Chinas ambitious One Belt and One Road
d) Japan (OBOR) connectivity initiative along the ancient Silk
e) Iran Road.
Answer: c) a) Myanmar
1179). World Humanitarian Day is observed on b) India
a) August 19 c) Bhutan
b) August 20 d) South Korea
c) August 21 e) Russia
d) August 18 Answer: a)
e) August 17 1186). World's highest glass skywalk opens in
Answer: a) a) Russia
1180). Which state cabinet approved a new debt relief b) Australia
scheme for low income and poor people who face the c) China
threat of revenue recovery proceedings? d) Malaysia

e) USA Answer: a)
Answer: c) 1193). Name the airlines company which has
1187). Ride-hailing service Uber has rolled out two announced Deepika Padukone as its brand
new features for its apps Dial an Uber and ambassador?
________ that are aimed to make it easier for riders. a) Air India
a) Request for a Ride b) GoAir
b) Request a Ride for others c) Vistara
c) Send the request in message d) IndiGo
d) Uber at your door e) SpiceJet
Answer: b) 1194). Who declared the declared the official closing
1188). Which Telecom Company and Microsoft India of the 31st Olympics games 2016 at Rio?
have announced the signing of a Memorandum of a) Demetrius Vikelas
Understanding to offer telecom and IT solutions for big b) Juan Antonio Samaranch
businesses? c) Jacques Rogge
a) Vodafone d) Thomas Bach
b) BSNL e) None of these
c) Reliance Answer: d)
d) Airtel 1195). Who has been appointed as the Governor of
e) Idea Punjab?
Answer: b) a) VP Singh Badnore
1189). Shri Yogeshwar Sangwan appointed as Indias b) BK Nehru
new Ambassador to c) SMH Burney
a) Iran d) Najma Heptulla
b) Greece e) Ved Marwah
c) Turkey Answer: a)
d) Jordon 1196). Who won the 2016 Cincinnati Open womens
e) None of these doubles tennis at Cincinnati Open?
Answer: e) a) Julia Gorges and Karolina Pliskova
1190). Brazil defeats _______ and wins first Olympic b) Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova
soccer gold. c) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
a) Netherlands d) Martina Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe
b) Germany e) None of these
c) Great Britain Answer: b)
d) China 1197). Which among the following states becomes the
e) Russia fourth to ratify GST Bill?
Answer: b) a) Arunachal Pradesh
1191). Name the Indian actor who has been chosen for b) Andhra Pradesh
the French honour of Chevalier award? c) Madhya Pradesh
a) Rajini Kanth d) Himachal Pradesh
b) Amitab Bachan e) Uttar Pradesh
c) Kamal Hasan Answer: d)
d) Amir Khan 1198). Vijay Goel Flags off TirangaYaatra in Delhi.
e) Sanjay Datt Vijay Goel is the minister of which Portfolio?
Answer: c) a) Road Transport and Highways Shipping
1192). Who has been appointed as independent director b) Labour and Employment
on the board of India Post Payment Banks (IPPB) -- the c) Youth Affairs and Sports
payments bank arm of postal department? d) Petroleum and Natural Gas
a) RS Sodhi e) Department of Atomic Energy
b) Shivamangal Singh Suman Answer: c)
c) Thakur Anukulchandra 1199). __________ has agreed to partner with
d) Narendra Karmarkar Railways for digitising and showcasing its heritage on
e) None of these digital platforms.

a) Microsoft d) Tamil
b) Google e) Sanskrit
c) Facebook Answer: a)
d) Yahoo 1205). Azadi Sattar saal-Yaad Karo Kurbani a program
e) Twitter to re-instill the spirit of freedom struggle and national
Answer: b) movement among the younger generation is launched
1200). Wrestler Sakshi Malik, who won India's first by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which state?
medal in the Rio Olympics, will be the country's flag a) Gujarat
bearer at the Summer Games Closing Ceremony in b) Delhi
which stadium? c) Madhya Pradesh
a) AT&T Stadium, Brazil d) West Bengal
b) Sapporo Dome, Brazil e) Maharashtra
c) Maracana, Brazil Answer: c)
d) Scotiabank Saddledome, Brazil 1206). Name the Mobile app launched by Punjab Chief
e) None of the above Minister Parkash Singh Badal for farmers.
Answer: c) a) Kisan Karma
1201). Telangana government has issued draft b) Kisan Aage Kadam
notification on creation new districts that would be c) Kisan Suraksha
created by dividing nine of the existing 10 districts d) Kisan Suvidha
excluding Hyderabad. Telangana government seeks to e) None of these
create _______new districts for public and Answer: d)
administrative convenience among other reasons. 1207). United States has announced 138 million dollar
a) 11 new aid to which country which is meant for food,
b) 12 water, and medicine for those in need?
c) 15 a) Niger
d) 16 b) South Sudan
e) 17 c) Madagascar
Answer: e) d) Ethiopia
1202). Which state became the first state in the country e) Burundi
to draft its own internal security legislation The Answer: b)
Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act 1208). Which of the following bank has raised Rs
(MPISA), 2016? 1,000 crore through bonds to fund business growth?
a) Meghalaya a) United Bank of India
b) Maharashtra b) State Bank of India
c) Gujarat c) ICICI
d) Himachal Pradesh d) Axis Bank
e) Kerala e) Bank of Baroda
1203). Name the state that has ratified the Goods and 1209). Who has sworn as the 12th Lieutenant Governor
Service Tax (GST) constitution amendment bill of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
becoming the fifth state to pass the bill. a) Ashok Chawla
a) Assam b) Deepak Mohanthi
b) Chhattisgarh c) Rakesh Setti
c) Himachal Pradesh d) Jagdish Mukhi
d) Jharkhand e) Dinesh Agarwal
e) Bihar Answer: d)
Answer: b) 1210). Who is the current governor of Assam?
1204). President Pranab Mukherjee recently launched a) Ajit Singh
Akashvani Kendras Moitree Service in which of the b) Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
following languages? c) Banwarilal Purohit
a) Bangla d) Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
b) Urdu e) Tathagata Roy
c) Odia

Answer: c) e) IBM
1211). The government today launched Accessible E- Answer: b)
Library 'Sugamya Pustakalaya' for Divyang under 1217). Which countries unmanned submersible has
Prime Minister's Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan. Who dived to a depth of 10,767 metres at the world's deepest
among the following launched the e-library at a ocean point?
function in New Delhi? a) South Korea
a) Ravi Shankar Prasad b) Canada
b) Prakash Javadekar c) UK
c) Thawar Chand Gehlot d) Russia
d) All the three jointly e) China
Answer: d) 1218). Which countries Postal Service will issue a
1212). President of India inaugurates CII-IIEST Diwali postage stamp?
conference on Enabling Make in India through a) USA
Industry Academia Innovation Platform in b) South Africa
a) Kolkata, West Bengal c) Germany
b) Ahmedabad, Gujarat d) Brazil
c) New Delhi e) Singapore
d) Bangalore, Karnataka Answer: a)
e) Hyderabad, Telangana 1219). Odisha Cabinet has approved the Odisha Startup
Answer: a) Policy 2016. It will deal with _____.
1213). India mens hockey team is ranked ______ in a) Education
the latest FIH rankings. b) Sports
a) Tenth c) Agriculture
b) Fourth d) Entrepreneurship
c) Sixth e) None of these
d) Seventh Answer: d)
e) Ninth 1220). Who won a double to clinch the title in the MRF
Answer: c) Formula 1600 category and a ticket for the Mazda
1214). Which country will not compete in the 2016 Road to Indy shootout as the fifth and final round of
Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing
imposed for state-sponsored doping? Championship?
a) USA a) Mohan Kumar
b) Greece b) Vikash Anand
c) Russia c) Karthik Tharani
d) Kuwait d) Sharath Kamal
e) Chile e) None of the above
Answer: c) Answer: b)
1215). According to a report by New World Wealth, 1221). Which country has launched its largest military
India was ranked _______ in the the top 10 wealthiest operation into Syria, sending tanks, planes and ground
countries in the World. forces into Jarabulus?
a) 7th a) China
b) 10th b) Japan
c) 9th c) Turkey
d) 6th d) Taiwan
e) 5th e) France
1216). Which company has acquired artificial 1222). Delhi Assembly today ratified the Goods and
intelligence startup Genee? Service Tax (GST) Constitution Amendment Bill,
a) Facebook becoming the third non-BJP-ruled state Delhi's share in
b) Microsoft central taxes has been stagnant (slow-moving) at
c) Oracle ___________for the last 17 year and rolling out of
d) Adobe

GST is expected to increase its share in central taxes e) Nagaland
significantly. Answer: e)
a) Rs225 crore 1228). Cabinet approves MoU with which country to
b) Rs325 crore establish cooperation in Grassroots Innovation?
c) Rs425 crore a) South Korea
d) Rs525 crore b) Germany
e) None c) South Africa
Answer: b) d) Australia
1223). Akhlaq Ur Rahman Kidwai, who served as e) Norway
Governor of many states, including Bihar, West Bengal Answer: c)
and Haryana, passed away after brief illness. He was a 1229). How many Indian companies have made it to
recipient of_______ the Forbes list of 'World's Most Innovative Companies'
a) Bharat Ratna of 2016?
b) Padma Bhushan a) Three
c) Padma Vibhushan b) Five
d) Arjuna Award c) Seven
e) Both B and C d) Nine
Answer: c) e) Eleven
1224). Name the Scientific Adviser to the Defence Answer: b)
Minister and DRDO's DG (Missiles & Strategic 1230). Rio Olympics bronze medal winner Sakshi
Systems), who was conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award Malik has been appointed as the brand ambassador of
for engineering excellence 2015. Beti Bachao, Beti Padao for which state?
a) A. Sivathanu Pillai a) Maharashtra
b) V. K. Saraswat b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Shri Sudhir Kumar Mishra c) Bihar
d) G. Satheesh Reddy d) Haryana
e) None e) Punjab
Answer: d) Answer: d)
1225). Which ministry has launched new Hindi website 1231). Scientists of which country studying said that
and updated and revamped English portal of the they have detected a rare deep-Earth tremor, Known as
Ministry? an S wave microseism for the first time?
a) Railway ministry a) USA
b) Finance, Corporate Affairs ministry b) Japan
c) Home Affairs c) China
d) Minority Affairs Ministry d) Russia
e) None of the above e) Mexico
1226). The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime 1232). Which state government has announced a
Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for public-private partnership model for their initiative
signing of new Air Services Agreement (ASA) mission transform of 1,000 most backward villages
between India and across the state?
a) Fiji a) Madhya Pradesh
b) South Korea b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Malaysia c) Gujarat
d) Bhutan d) Karnataka
e) Ukraine e) Maharashtra
Answer: a) Answer: e)
1227). The Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) has 1233). In which state was a life-size bronze statue of
organised a film festival in Mother Teresa unveiled on her 106th birth
a) Mizoram anniversary?
b) Punjab a) Maharashtra
c) Assam b) Nagaland
d) Karnataka c) Manipur

d) West Bengal d) Canara Bank
e) Mizoram e) None of these
Answer: d) Answer: c)
1234). Name the Football player who has won the 1240). In which state is the Haji Ali Dargah located?
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. a) Rajasthan
a) Lionel Messia b) Uttar Pradesh
b) Gareth Bale c) Maharashtra
c) Cristiano Ronald d) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Toni Kroos e) Haryana
e) Gianluigi Buffon Answer: c)
Answer: c) 1241). Name the state, which has launched ambulance
1235). Which among the following banks will issue mobile app?
bonds worth Rs. 500 crore tomorrow to meet its long- a) Haryana
term capital requirements? b) Himachal Pradesh
a) HDFC c) Madhya Pradesh
b) Syndicate Bank d) Karnataka
c) Karur Vysya Bank e) Gujarat
d) ICICI Bank Answer: b)
e) None of these 1242). State-run Solar Energy Corporation will set up a
Answer: a) ________ crore payment security mechanism to
1236). Which bank has launched KBL-SMARTz, a prevent delays in releasing viability gap funding (VGF)
mobile application (app) built on the unified payments to solar power developers under the Jawaharlal Nehru
interface (UPI) platform of the National Payments National Solar Mission.
Corporation of India (NPCI)? a) Rs.1500 crore
a) Kotak Mahindra Bank b) Rs.750 crore
b) RBL Bank c) Rs.1200 crore
c) Lakshmi Vilas Bank d) Rs.600 crore
d) Karnataka Bank e) Rs.1550 crore
Answer: d) 1243). RBI asks banks to provide loans to women self-
1237). Season-3 of the Indian Super League (ISL) help groups in rural areas at ___ per annum.
football would be held from October 1 to December a) 6%
18. In which city the opening game scheduled? b) 6.5%
a) Ahmedabad c) 7%
b) Pune d) 7.5%
c) Kolkata e) 8%
d) Delhi Answer: c)
e) None of these 1244). Which among the following banks is planning
Answer: e) to raise Rs.1,000 crore through additional Tier-I bonds
1238). Centre has set up a committee to consider (AT1) to increase its capital adequacy and business
incentives such as cash back schemes headed by growth, reports claimed.
whom? a) Oriental Bank of Commerce
a) Pradeep Kumar Sinha b) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
b) Amitabh Kant c) Andhra Bank
c) Ratan P Watal d) Syndicate Bank
d) Tarun Ramadorai e) IndusInd Bank
e) TVSN Prasad Answer: a)
Answer: c) 1245). India-US bilateral trade up at _______ billion
1239). The Central government has appointed Gopal dollar in 2015.
Murli Bhagat as Executive Director of a) $105
a) Andhra Bank b) $106
b) Vijaya Bank c) $107
c) Corporation Bank d) $108

e) $109 Answer: a)
Answer: e) 1252). Tourism Ministers of BRICS countries meet is
1246). US-based Financial services major, Goldman going to be held in which Indian state?
Sachs has marginally revised upwards its India CPI a) Madhya Pradesh
inflation forecast to b) Kerala
a) 5.5% c) Maharashtra
b) 6.6% d) Delhi
c) 7.7% e) Punjab
d) 8.8% Answer: a)
e) 9.8% 1253). India has been ranked ____ among the 171
Answer: a) countries in the 2016 World Risk Index (WRI).
1247). A committee for poverty alleviation has been a) 77th
constituted by PM Narendra Modi. How many b) 78th
members is part of this committee? c) 79th
a) 7 d) 80th
b) 6 e) 81st
c) 3 Answer: a)
d) 4 1254). Which among the following states has launched
e) 9 the Centre's UJALA scheme in the state with the
Answer: d) distribution of LED bulbs to the people?
1248). Which country won against India in the first a) Jammu and Kashmir
T20 in Florida on August 27? b) Himachal Pradesh
a) West Indies c) Punjab
b) Sri Lanka d) Delhi
c) England e) Rajasthan
d) Australia Answer: a)
e) New Zealand 1255). China has launched a cargo train service to
Answer: a) which of the following countries?
1249). Name the Indian Cricketer who presented a) India
India's Rio Olympics medallists PV Sindhu and Sakshi b) Russia
Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar and Sindhu's coach c) Mongolia
Pullela Gopichand, BMW cars for their achievements. d) Pakistan
a) Rahul Dravid e) Iraq
b) Saurav ganguly Answer: b)
c) Sachin Tendulkar 1256). Who was appointed as 'Chief Speed Officer' by
d) VVS Laxman Digicel?
e) None of these a) Mohamed Farah
Answer: c) b) David Rushid
1250). Which countrys Space Agency on August 28 c) Usain Bolt
successfully tested its own scramjet or the air-breathing d) Wang Zen
engine? e) None of these
a) USA Answer: c)
b) Japan 1257). Which automobile company has launched
c) China DiGiSENCE, a cloud based technology solution to
d) India track vehicle information in real time?
e) France a) Mahindra
Answer: d) b) Tata
1251). National Sports Day in India is observed on c) Maruthi
a) August 29 d) Bajaj
b) September 29 e) Force
c) July 29 Answer: a)
d) October 29 1258). Who inaugurated IIT Dharwad on August 28?
e) June 29 a) Pranab Mukherjee

b) Smriti Irani e) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajnath Singh Answer: c)
d) Narendra Modi 1265). Padma Sachdev who is recently in news is a
e) Prakash Javadekar a) Poet
Answer: e) b) Journalist
1259). How many athletes received Rajiv Khel Ratna c) Environmentalist
award? d) Diplomat
a) 3 e) None of these
b) 4 Answer: a)
c) 5 1266). Centre moves to raise minimum wage for
d) 6 workers. What is the minimum wage for semi-skilled
e) 9 non-agriculture workers?
Answer: b) a) 220 rupees
1260). Which countries New Constitution will be b) 350 rupees
presented in November 2016? c) 246 rupees
a) Saudi Arabia d) 300 rupees
b) Sri Lanka e) 320 rupees
c) Peru Answer: b)
d) UK 1267). India has signed a Logistics Exchange
e) Bolivia agreement with which among the following countries?
Answer: b) a) UK
1261). Which of the following agencies has appointed b) US
PV Sindhu as Commandant? c) Russia
a) BSF d) Italy
b) CRPF e) Germany
c) Army Answer: b)
d) Air Force 1268). Htin Kyaw is the President of which among the
e) None of these following countries?
Answer: b) a) Malaysia
1262). Which of the following companies has recently b) Bhutan
opened an online bookstore for the books in Telugu? c) Iraq
a) Flipkart d) Mongolia
b) Amazon e) Myanmar
c) Snapdeal Answer: e)
d) eBay 1269). Which among the following Indians bronze
e) None of these Olympic medal from 2012 has been upgraded to
Answer: b) Silver?
1263). Which of the following neighbours of India has a) Saina Nehwal
reached a new peak in terms of its foreign debt at Rs.74 b) Yogeshwar Dutt
trillion? c) Dipika Kumari
a) Sri Lanka d) Gagan Narang
b) Pakistan e) None of these
c) Nepal Answer: b)
d) China 1270). Who has won the Beligian Grand Prix of 2016?
e) Bhutan a) Nico Roseberg
Answer: b) b) Lewis Hamilton
1264). Kadiyam Srihari is the Deputy CM of which c) Alonso
among the following states which passed GST Bill d) Sebastian Vettel
recently? e) None of these
a) Assam Answer: a)
b) Bihar 1271). SAUNI irrigation project is related to which
c) Telangana river?
d) Haryana a) Ganga

b) Narmada e) Vadodara
c) Bhramuputra Answer: a)
d) Gandok 1278). Velankanni festival is celebrated in which
e) Godavari among the following states?
Answer: b) a) Kerala
1272). Madhukar Gupta committee was formed to b) Tamil Nadu
study c) Karnataka
a) India China Border threats d) Andhra Pradesh
b) India Pakistan Border threats e) Telangana
c) Drug Trafficking in Punjab Answer: b)
d) India Nepal Border threats 1279). Government on August 30th cleared bidding for
e) None of the above how many highway projects in 11 states?
Answer: b) a) 14
1273). ______ Railway won the overall team b) 15
championship in the 82nd All India Railway athletic c) 16
Championship held at Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu. d) 17
a) Eastern e) 18
b) Western Answer: c)
c) Northern 1280). Majuli is all set to become India's first island
d) Southern district on 8th September. The district belongs to which
e) Central among the following states?
Answer: b) a) Gujarat
1274). The US-India Strategic and Commercial b) Karnataka
Dialogue recently held in which Indian city? c) West Bengal
a) Mumbai d) Assam
b) Pune e) Mizoram
c) Bangalore Answer: d)
d) Hyderabad 1281). _________ becomes the first state to distribute 2
e) Delhi crore LED Bulbs under UJALA
Answer: e) a) Maharashtra
1275). Doha Bank, one of the prominent banks in b) Haryana
Qatar, is formally inaugurating its first branch in c) Kerala
a) Andhra Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh
b) Kerala e) Gujarat
c) Telangana Answer: e)
d) Gujarat 1282). Which state government has passed the Sports
e) Mizoram Council Bill to promote sports?
Answer: b) a) Maharashtra
1276). Name the Veteran painter who passes away b) Rajasthan
recently? c) Karnataka
a) Trinadh Pandey d) Gujarat
b) Manohar Dube e) Haryana
c) Dinanath Pathy Answer: e)
d) Vishal Karmekar 1283). Name the initiative launched by Union Health
e) None of these and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda to empower the
Answer: c) patient by seeking his/her views on quality of
1277). The Defence Ministry has sanctioned the experience in a public healthcare facility.
construction of a National War Memorial and National a) Arogya aur Swasthya
War Museum in which among the following cities? b) Chikisak
a) Delhi c) Mera Arogy Mera Aspataal
b) Mumbai d) Mera Aspataal
c) Ahmadabad e) None of these
d) Varanasi

Answer: d) Answer: e)
1284). Which bank has launched Unified Payment 1290). Name the CLRI scientist who bags A P J Abdul
Interface [UPI] App named empower? Kalam award.
a) ICICI a) P Shanmugam
b) IndusInd b) R Ramanujam
c) SBI c) V Sadasivam
d) HDFC d) M Maheswara Sharma
e) Canara e) None of these
1285). Name the bank that has received the approval of 1291). Anita Wlodarczyk underlined her absolute
the RBI to sell less than 10 per cent of its stake to dominance of the women's hammer by throwing a
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). world record 82.29 metres to win the Rio Olympic gold
a) Kotak Mahindra Bank by an incredible 554 centimetres. She belongs to which
b) Yes Bank country?
c) Federal Bank a) Denmark
d) ICICI Bank b) USA
e) Axis Bank c) Poland
Answer: a) d) Russia
1286). NABARD has sanctioned a loan of Rs 204.67 e) Netherlands
crore under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund Answer: c)
(RIDF) for rural infrastructure in which state? 1292). Who won against world number two Wang
a) Haryana Yihan of China in the badminton womens singles
b) Rajasthan quarter-finals to enter the semi-finals of the Rio 2016
c) Telangana Olympics?
d) Meghalaya a) Carolina Marin
e) Manipur b) Saina Nehwal
Answer: a) c) Li Xuerui
1287). The Goa government has signed a memorandum d) PV Sindhu
of understanding (MoU) with Google India to? e) Jwala Gutta
a) promote digital literacy Answer: d)
b) develop internet safety education for students 1293). Name the player who has won the only medal
c) promote android development India has been able to win at the 31st Olympiad. She is
d) make government websites mobile friendly the only Indian woman wrestler to have ever won a
e) All of the above medal at the Olympic Games.
Answer: e) a) Geeta Phogat
1288). Name the swimmer who became the first b) Sakshi Malik
swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same c) Geeta Singh
event? d) Geetika Jakhar
a) Mark Spitz e) None of the above
b) Ryan Lochte Answer: b)
c) Michael Phelps 1294). Name the writer who was awarded the
d) Matt Biondi prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015 for her poetry
e) None of these collection "Kshama".
Answer: c) a) Aroti Dutt
1289). South Indian Bank associated with which b) Sunita Jain
among the following banks to launch co-branded credit c) Rita Banerji
card? d) Jahnavi Shrivastava
a) Punjab National Bank e) Chitra Mudgal
b) ICICI Bank Answer: b)
c) Syndicate Bank 1295). Who won the gold medal in mens 200 metres
d) Andhra Bank event?
e) State Bank of India a) Riste Pandev
b) Usain Bolt

c) Justin Gatlin c) Delhi
d) Jimmy Vicaut d) Meghalaya
1296). Name the Indian cricketer who is ranked second 1302). Which state is going to host 2016 Kabaddi
in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test bowlers World Cup?
rankings. a) Maharashtra
a) Ashish Nehra b) Gujarat
b) Ishant Sharma c) Punjab
c) Ravichandran Ashwin d) Haryana
d) Mohit Sharma e) Rajasthan
Answer: c) 1303). Which of the following is not selected for Rajiv
1297). Who has selected Donja village in Osmanabad Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
district for development under the Sansad Adarsh a) PV Sindhu
Gram Yojna (SAGY)? b) Sakshi Malik
a) Sachin Tendulkar c) Dipa Karmakar
b) Kapil Dev d) Virat Kohli
c) Navjot Singh Siddhu e) Jitu Rai
d) Smriti Irani Answer: d)
e) Maneka Gandhi 1304). This year's Dronacharya Award has been
Answer: a) conferred upon six coaches, which of the following is
1298). Which bank has tied up with MMTC for not one of them?
offering the Indian Gold Coin (IGC), the first such a) Bishweshwar Nandi
offering by the Government? b) Raj Kumar Sharma
a) Axis Bank c) Sagar Mal Dhayal
b) Federal Bank d) S. Pradeep Kumar
c) ICICI Bank e) All are correct
d) SBI Answer: e)
e) None 1305). Who will be conferred by Dhyan Chand Award
Answer: b) 2015?
1299). Name the Indian-American woman academic a) Ms. Satti Geetha
who will be inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of b) Sylvanus Dung Dung
Fame. c) Rajendra Pralhad Shelke
a) Renu Khator d) Only 1 and 2
b) Manisha Mehta e) All of the above
c) Sarojini Tripati Answer: e)
d) Ashwini Datta 1306). Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
e) None of these 2015-16 will be given to which of the following
Answer: a) Institute?
1300). Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma to get lifetime a) Punjabi University, Patiala
achievement award. He plays which among the b) NIT, Kurukshetra
following music instruments? c) IIT, Delhi
a) Mruamgam d) IISC Bangalore
b) Piano e) None of the above
c) Santoor Answer: a)
d) Flute 1307). Which payments technology and transaction
e) None of these processing company, has launched an Access Control
Answer: c) Server, a secure authentication platform that supports
1301). Justice Manjula Chellur was sworn in as the 3-D Secure Protocol and enables Card issuers and
Chief Justice of the ________ High Court. acquiring banks to offer security to customers during
a) Madras online transactions?
b) Bombay a) Tech Process

b) Payvision e) China
c) Fiserve Answer: b)
d) Financial Software and Systems 1309). Which state has become the first state to sign up
e) CSI for the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) which
Answer: d) seeks to revive unused airstrips and connect tier II and
1308). The worlds largest indoor theme park is set to III towns with flights?
open in which country to lure back some of the tourists a) Maharashtra
and residents who often flee abroad during the b) Andhra Pradesh
scorching desert summer? c) West Bengal
a) Saudi Arabia d) Punjab
b) Dubai e) Karnataka
c) New York Answer: a)
d) USA
b) 5
c) 6
1310). Which film won the UNESCO Salon Youth d) 7
Video Competition 2016? e) 8
a) Daughter Answer: b)
b) Little
c) Magical Piano 1315). India will get electricity generated by wind-
d) My Home propelled plants installed in _____ and ____ in about 5
e) Pink years.
Answer: c) a) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
b) Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
1311). When is World Savings Day observed? c) Maharashtra and Karnataka
a) October 29 d) Odisha and West Bengal
b) October 30 e) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
c) October 28 Answer: b)
d) October 27
e) October 31 1316). Name the research institute which has
Answer: e) developed a salt to combat bacterial infections.
a) Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
1312). When is World Vegan Day celebrated? b) Bangalore Research Institute
a) October 28 c) Bose Institute
b) October 29 d) Indian Institute of Science
c) October 30 e) National Institute of Science
d) October 31 Answer: d)
e) November 1
Answer: e) 1317). has started the joint military exercise,'Surya
Kiran' with which country?
1313). Finance Ministry releases Rs ___________ a) Vietnam
crore for restoration of infrastructure in J&K? b) Nepal
a) 1,093 c) Tunisia
b) 1,094 d) Oman
c) 1,095 e) Sri Lanka
d) 1,092 Answer: b)
e) 1,091
Answer: a) 1318). According to the UNICEF ____ million
children live with polluted air.
1314). Real Estate (Regulation and a) 300
Development)(General) Rules, 2016. It will be b) 350
applicable to how many UT/s? c) 400
a) 4 d) 360

e) 500 e) Uttarakhand
1319). Who has been elected as President of Lebanon? 1325). In which state is Naya Raipur located?
a) Elias Hrawi a) Bihar
b) Igor Kostolevsky b) Chhattisgarh
c) Michel Aoun c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Stanislav Lyubshin d) Rajasthan
e) Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov e) Uttar Pradesh
1320). Name the Russian theatre personality who 1326). Name the law regarding black money which
passed away, who is regarded as the worlds oldest came into effect on November 1.
theatre actor. a) Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and
a) Bechara Khoury Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2016
b) Charles Debbas b) The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment
c) Fyodor Dobronravov Act, 2016
d) Selim Hoss c) The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment)
e) Vladimir Zeldin Bill, 2016
Answer: e) d) The Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Amendment) Bill, 2016
1321). Which state became the third Open Defecation e) The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Free (ODF) state in the country? Answer: b)
a) Assam
b) Bihar 1327). Name the federal law enforcement agency
c) Kerala which has made it mandatory for the public sector
d) Meghalaya banks to report any bank fraud of funds of over Rs. one
e) Tamil Nadu crore.
Answer: c) a) 51 SAG
b) CCTNS
1322). PM Narendra Modi launches 'Saur Sujala c) CEIB
Yojana' in which of the following state? d) CVC
a) Chhattisgarh e) IB
b) Delhi Answer: d)
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh 1328). The RBI has opened its second office of the
e) Uttarakhand Banking Ombudsman in which city?
Answer: a) a) Hyderabad
b) Jaipur
1323). Which of the following state Government c) Mumbai
launches Madhubabu Aain Sahayata Sibir Scheme? d) New Delhi
a) Odisha e) Pune
b) Bihar Answer: d)
c) Kerala
d) Meghalaya 1329). Who has been appointed as the new Prime
e) Tamil Nadu Minister of South Korea?
Answer: a) a) Hwang Kyo-ahn
b) Kim Byong-joon
1324). Which state government has launched the Rs c) Park Geun-hye
200-crore Yamuna riverfront project? d) Yim Jong-yong
a) Bihar e) Yoo Il-ho
b) Delhi Answer: b)
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh

1330). Who will be crowned as the next Crown Prince d) Im Kwon-taek
of Thailand? e) Shreyas Chavan
a) Asdang Dejavudh Answer: d)
b) Maha Vajiralongkorn
c) Maha Vajiravudh 1336). Name the power generation company which
d) Mahidol Adulyadej has commissioned its 50 Megawatt (MW) wind power
e) Prajadhipok project (WPP) in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
Answer: b) a) DV Corp
b) MSPL Limited
1331). Name the Head of Twitter India who resigned c) NHPC Limited
from his post on November 1. d) THDC Ltd
a) Indradeep Sinha e) Welspun Energy
b) Karan Verma Answer: c)
c) Rishi Jaitly
d) Varsha Varman 1337). Which country's sports ministry has made it
e) Yelavarthy Nayudamma mandatory for all the National Sports Federation
Answer: c) (NSFs) to register themselves with NGO-PS Portal to
receive grants?
1332). Who has been appointed as the new non- a) Brazil
executive/ part-time Chairman of South Indian Bank? b) India
a) Amitabha Guha c) Nigeria
b) Kamil Bulke d) Pakistan
c) Kummanam Rajasekharan e) South Africa
d) R.R. Keshavamurthy Answer: b)
e) Salim Gangadharan
Answer: e) 1338). Australia announces 19 grants worth
$_______million for projects with India
1333). Name the veteran journalist who has been a) 6.3
chosen for the 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award' for his b) 5.3
outstanding contribution to journalism. c) 4.3
a) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala d) 6.5
b) Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar e) 6.1
c) Posani Krishna Murali Answer: a)
d) Raghav Juyal
e) S Nihal Singh 1339). Which of the following state government
Answer: e) disbursed loan amount Rs 5 thousand 436 crore under
PMMY?
1334). Name the singer who will be honoured with a) Odisha
Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the b) Bihar
year at the 47th International Film Festival of India c) Kerala
(IFFI) in Goa. d) Meghalaya
a) Bana Singh e) Tamil Nadu
b) Dasarathi Krishnamacharya Answer: a)
c) Rajesh Chauhan
d) Shreyas Chavan 1340). The International Day to End Impunity for
e) SP Balasubrahmanyam Crimes against Journalists is observed globally on
Answer: e) which date?
a) 30 October
1335). Name the South Korean directors who will be b) 31 October
honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the c) 3 November
upcoming 47th International Film Festival of India. d) 1 November
a) Park Chan-wook e) None of the above
b) Kim Jee-woon Answer: e)
c) Lee Chang-dong

1341). Centre to set up $_______ bn clean energy a) Varuna-2016
equity fund for additional renewable energy? b) Sampriti-2016
a) 2 c) SLINEX-2016
b) 3 d) Simbex-2106
c) 4 e) Sahyog- 2016
d) 5 Answer: b)
e) 6
Answer: a) 1347). SBI has slashed interest rate on home loans by
______ basis points to 9.15%?
1342). Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said a) 12
that the government is committed to the welfare of ex- b) 13
servicemen and more than Rs______crore has been c) 15
disbursed under the One Rank One Pension,OROP d) 11
scheme? e) 16
a) 5,207 Answer: c)
b) 5,307
c) 5,407 1348). RBI asks banks to ensure 10% of ATMs
d) 5,507 dispense Rs ___________notes?
e) 5,607 a) 500
Answer: d) b) 100
. c) 1000
d) Both a) and b)
1343). Over __________ crore people are covered e) Both a) and c)
under the National Food Security Act which has been Answer: b)
implemented across the country?
a) 80 1349). Name the Bank which has launches overdraft
b) 83 facility for salaried home loan borrowers?
c) 65 a) ICICI
d) 72 b) SBI
e) 90 c) HDFC
Answer: a) d) AXIS
e) IOB
1344). To commemorate ____________th foundation Answer: a)
day of the Indian Air Force, the Central Air Command
of the IAF conducted a spectacular aerobatic display at 1350). Which company has inks a MoU with HRD
the Air Force station at Bakshi Ka Talab at Lucknow? ministry to create jobs for students?
a) 81 a) Apple
b) 83 b) Oracle
c) 84 c) Facebook
d) 85 d) Likedln
e) 93 e) Google
1345). Which of the following state launchesthe cyber 1351). Which scheme launched by Union Health
police stations in all districts? Minister in New Delhi to improve health care facilities
a) Delhi for pregnant women?
b) Rajasthan a) Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
c) Gujarat b) Pradhan Mantri Matritva Abhiyan
d) Goa c) Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Abhiyan
e) Maharashtra d) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Matriva Abhiyan
Answer: e) e) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Abhiyan
Answer: a)
1346). What is the name of Bangladesh-India joint
military exercise?

1352). Railways set target of 100% de-carbonisation, small and medium enterprises operating in clean
90% electrification in next 5 yrs with the investment of energy sectors
Rs _____cr a) Mumbai-based RBL Bank
a) 35000 b) Mumbai-based RLL Bank
b) 28000 c) Mumbai-based RRL Bank
c) 25000 d) Mumbai-based RBI Bank
d) 30000 e) None of the above
e) 45000 Answer: a)
Answer: c)
1358). The deal between Indian private sector bank and
1353). Which of the following mobile App launched _____ will support innovative solutions to improve
for reduction in energy use from 15 to 20% by the access to clean energy?
Railway Minister? a) UKID
a) RAILSAVE b) UNID
b) SAVERRAIL c) USAID
c) SAVERAIL d) UAEID
d) RAILSAVER e) None of the above
e) SAVERRAIL Answer: c)
Answer: d)
1359). How many banks are newly join the Unified
1354). The Indian Air Force landed its largest military Payments Interface (UPI)?
transport _____Globemaster in Arunachal Pradesh a) 5
close to the India-China border b) 7
a) aircraft C-17 c) 4
b) aircraft C-21 d) 3
c) aircraft C-25 e) 6
d) aircraft C-12 Answer: a)
e) aircraft C-27
Answer: a) 1360). UPI was launched by National Payments
Corporation of India with Which bank?
1355). China and who have said their navies will a) IRDAI
cooperate more in the politically sensitive South China b) RBI
Sea in an agreement? c) SEBI
a) India d) IDBI
b) South Korea e) ICICI
c) America Answer: b)
d) Malaysia
e) Russia 1361). India collaboration with whom to enhance
Answer: d) energy sector with special focus on areas such as
waste-to-energy, hydropower, smart metering and solar
1356). Austrian airline People's Viennaline has started energy?
the shortest international flight in the world, an eight- a) Dubai
minute flight between b) Southi Arabia
a) Germany to France c) Sweden
b) France to Germany d) China
c) England to France e) America
d) China to France Answer: c)
e) Switzerland to Germany
Answer: e) 1362). Which Indian Researcher wins the German
Green Talent award?
1357). The US Agency for International Development a) Abishek Chowdhury
(USAID) and ________announced a loan portfolio b) Amit Khant Chowdhury
guarantee to facilitate up to $75 million for lending to c) Ashish Chopra Chowdhury
d) Shamik Chowdhury

e) Ram kapoor Chowdhury b) Gujarat
Answer: d) c) Telangana
d) Karnataka
1363). Journalist Akshaya Mukul refuses to receive e) Maharashtra
award from PM Modi for which book? Answer: e)
a) The ideological roots of Christy
b) The ideological roots of Islamic 1369). ICICI Bank cuts home loan rate by ________%
c) The ideological roots of peace a) 0.20
d) The ideological roots of Hindutva b) 0.25
e) The ideological roots of Non-Violence c) 0.15
Answer: d) d) 0.10
e) 0.05
1364). Rajeev Nayyar, a 31-year-old middle-order Answer: c)
batsman playing for Himachal Pradesh, played out a
____minute-long knock in the Ranji Trophy to record 1370). The Food Safety and Standards Authority of
the longest innings in first-class cricket? India (FSSAI) to spend _____cr on food testing
a) 1015 infrastructure
b) 1115 a) 482
c) 1020 b) 442
d) 1100 c) 452
e) 1120 d) 476
Answer: a) e) 382
Answer: a)
1365). Pandit Amaradeva passes away at the age of 88
who belongs to? 1371). When is World Tsunami Awareness Day
a) India observed?
b) Pakistan a) November 4
c) Australia b) November 3
d) Sri lanka c) November 6
e) None of the above d) November 5.
Answer: d) e) November 7
Answer: d)
1366). National Human Rights Commission has
organised a two-day workshop on 'Good Governance, 1372). Name the scheme launched by the government
Development and Human Rights' in collaboration with to provide free health check-ups to pregnant women at
Meghalaya Government, in ____________? government health centres and hospitals.
a) Shillong a) PMSMA
b) Cherrapunji b) AMSY
c) Tura c) AVAG
d) Williamnagar d) BMSSY
e) Mawmluh e) IMSY
1367). Which of the following country will host 7th 1373). Name the country, which will host the first ever
session of COP7 on tobacco control? International Agro-biodiversity Congress?
a) China a) China
b) India b) Germany
c) Russia c) India
d) Germany d) Japan
e) Swaziland e) Australia
1368). Gorewada Zoo located in which state?

a) Goa

1374). Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, CHRI, Answer: c)
will hold a day long national workshop on condition of
prisons in the country in which of the following city? 1380). Name the country, which has been signed a pact
a) New Delhi with India to improve oil production in the country ?
b) Mumbai a) Bahrain
c) Kochin b) Kuwait
d) Impal c) Saudi Arabia
e) Patiala d) United Arab Emirates
Answer: a) e) Venezuela
Answer: e)
1375). Anurag Bhushan unveils Mahatma Gandhi
statue at Consulate office in which country? 1381). Which industry trade group has launched
a) United Arab Emirates Startup Mentorship Circle to mentor startups?
b) The UK a) ASSOCHAM
c) Saudi Arabia b) EEPC
d) Australia c) NASSCOM
e) Russia d) CII
Answer: a) e) IBEF
Answer: d)
1376). President Pranab Mukherjee has approved a
____% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) to central 1382). Name the state, which has been conferred with
government employees. prestigious award for outstanding work in the field of
a) 1 e-governance at the 'State of the States Conclave
b) 2 2016'?
c) 3 a) Haryana
d) 4 b) Assam
e) 5 c) Sikkim
Answer: b) d) Nagaland
e) Himachal Pradesh
1377). India's first titanium project has begun test Answer: a)
production in which state?
a) Gujarat 1383). Name the Bollywood actor who has been as the
b) Karnataka Brand Ambassador for Switzerland Tourism.
c) Odisha a) Aamir Khan
d) Jharkhand b) Akshay Kumar
e) Rajasthan c) Ranveer Singh
Answer: c) d) Salman Khan
e) Shahrukh Khan
1378). The government has fined $1.55 billion on Answer: c)
which company in the ONGC Gas Dispute?
a) Haldia Petrochemicals 1384). Name the singer who has been named the
b) Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited highest-paid woman in music for 2016 in Forbes
c) Manali Petrochemical annual list.
d) SPIC a) Adele
e) Reliance Industries Ltd b) Beyonce
Answer: e) c) Nelly Furtado
d) Rihanna
1379). Recently which state government inks MoU e) Taylor Swift
with Civil Aviation Ministry for regional connectivity? Answer: e)
a) Bihar
b) Maharashtra 1385). Who has been elected as Chairman of PwC
c) Assam India?
d) Gujarat a) Ajay Kangoo
e) Odisha b) Deepak Kapoor

c) Shyamal Mukherjee a) Andhra Pradesh
d) Vikas Seth b) Maharashtra
e) ShyamalKapoor c) Rajasthan
Answer: c) d) Tamil Nadu
e) West Bengal
1386). Name the Chinese film which has been selected Answer: a)
as the official film for the Academy Award for Best
Foreign Language Film. 1392). Which country launched the meteorological
a) Back to 1942 satellite Himawari-9?
b) Country Teachers a) China
c) The Promise b) India
d) The Story of Qiu Ju c) Japan
e) Xuanzang d) South Korea
Answer: e) e) Thailand
Answer: c)
1387). An online platform named __________ has
been launched in India which explains the country's 1393). Malaysia has agreed to buy four naval vessels
central and state laws in a user-friendly method? from which country to handle South China Sea
a) Nyaaya disputes bilaterally?
b) Naaya a) China
c) Naraya b) Germany
d) Nayaaya c) Israel
e) Nyaayan d) Japan
Answer: a) e) USA
Answer: a)
1388). Name the former Deputy Chief Minister of
Jammu and Kashmir who passed away recently. 1394). Who has been elected by the UN to its top body
a) Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad of legal experts?
b) Mangat Ram Sharma a) Aniruddha Rajput
c) Mehr Chand Mahajan b) Nagendra Nath Jha
d) Muzaffar Hussain Baig c) Ramesh Oza
e) Tara Chand d) Syed Hasan Imam
Answer: b) e) Vinod Patel
Answer: a)
1389). Who is the author of the book An Era of
Darkness: The British Empire in India? 1395). President Pranab Mukherjee would award
a) Vijay Dutta Presidential Colours to which two military units on
b) Ajay Sidhu November 10?
c) Maria Aurora Couto a) 10th Combat Engineer Regiment and 7th Parachute
d) Manabendra Shah Battalion
e) Shashi Tharoor b) 12th Madras Native Infantry and 6th
Answer: e) Reconnaissance Squadron
c) 1st Bombay Native Infantry and 11th Cavalry
1390). What is the theme of the World Tsunami Brigade
Awareness Day? d) 2nd Armoured Brigade and 1st Signal Brigade
a) Effective Education and Evacuation Drills e) 30 Squadron of Air Force and 501 Signals Unit
b) Effective Evacuation Drills Answer: e)
c) Effective Evacuation Drills: Be Safe
d) Effective Education and Effective Drills 1396). India has signed an agreement with which
e) Evacuation Education and Evacuation Drills country to set up a Joint Working Group on Fisheries
Answer: a) (JWG) and a hotline between their Coast Guards?
a) Bangladesh
1391). Which state tops in World Bank's Energy- b) Oman
Saving Rankings? c) Pakistan

d) Sri Lanka b) Mumbai
e) Thailand c) Chennai
Answer: d) d) Kohima
e) Ludhiana
1397). India has started the SAMPRITI-2016 joint Answer: a)
military exercise with which country?
a) Bangladesh 1403). The Indian Army has launched 'School Chalo'
b) Canada programme in which state?
c) Germany a) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Singapore b) Punjab
e) Thailand c) Himchal Pradesh
Answer: a) d) Jammu and Kashmir
e) Nagaland
1398). Name the Tennis player who has been ranked Answer: d)
number 1 in the latest Tennis rankings.
a) Andy Murray 1404). What is India's rank in the latest Grant Thornton
b) David Ferrer International Business Report on optimism index?
c) Novak Djokovic a) 1
d) Rafael Nadal b) 2
e) Stan Wawrinka c) 3
Answer: a) d) 4
e) 5
1399). Which team won the 2016 Asian Federation Answer: b)
Cup?
a) Air Force Club Iraq 1405). Which country has adopted a controversial
b) Bengaluru Football Club cyber security law to counter growing threats of
c) FC Aldiyer Kurshab hacking and terrorism?
d) Muktijoddha Sangsad a) China
e) Super Sun SC b) North Korea
Answer: a) c) South Korea
d) Japan
1400). Which team won the 2016 Asian Women's e) Australia
Hockey Champions Trophy? Answer: a)
a) China
b) India 1406). Who became the mascot for "Incredible India"
c) Japan campaign?
d) Malaysia a) Salman Khan
e) South Korea b) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer: b) c) Aamir Khan
d) Narendra Modi
1401). Which state government has signed a e) Virat kholi
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Answer: d)
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airport Authority of
India under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)? 1407). Which country has developed the unmanned sea
a) Assam vessel, "SeaFly-01"?
b) Gujarat a) Australia
c) Haryana b) China
d) Maharashtra c) Japan
e) Pandy d) Russia
Answer: a) e) USA
Answer: b)
1402). India hosted its first Global Tobacco Control
Conference at which of the flowing state?
a) Noida

1408). Which company became to first one to get RBI b) Indian Air Force
approval for debt recast under Scheme for Sustainable c) Indian Navy
Structuring of Stressed Assets? d) Border Security Force (BSF)
a) ABB India Limited e) All the above
b) Hindustan Construction Company Limited Answer: a)
c) Oil India Limited
d) Reliance industrial Limited 1414). Donald Trump won the 2016 US Presidential
e) Tata Steel Limited elections, he is ____th US Presidential?
Answer: b) a) 45
b) 46
1409). Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has c) 44
lowered its credit cost by ____% in a bid to promote d) 43
project exports. e) 54
a) 0.19 Answer: a)
b) 0.25
c) 0.56 1415). Name the journalist who has been awarded with
d) 0.48 Reporters without Borders (RSF)-TV5 Monde prize.
e) 0.73 a) Hadi Abdullah
Answer: b) b) Hossein Mousavi
c) Rasul Boqiev
1410). Scientists from IIT Kharagpur clamied to have d) Sharof Rashidov
found evidence confirming the existence of which e) Both a) and c)
mythical Indian river in Odisha? Answer: a)
a) Bhagmati
b) Chandrabhaga 1416). The Defence Ministry cleared its new
c) Saraswati blacklisting policy for suspending or banning arms
d) Gauri contractors for wrongdoings. For how long will the
e) Shagamam firm/s be barred from conducting business with the
Answer: b) government?
a) 1 year
1411). The 9th Annual Meeting of International b) 2 years
Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines (IRCH) c) 5 years
was inaugurated in which city of India? d) 10 years
a) Noida e) 15 years
b) New Delhi Answer: d)
c) Nagpur
d) Jaipur 1417). A five-member headed by Yashwant Sinha has
e) Udaipur submitted its report to the Union Home Ministry
Answer: b) regarding problems in which state?
a) Himachal Pradesh
1412). A three-day Global Rajasthan Agri tech Meet b) Jammu and Kashmir
GRAM has begun in which city, with a objective of the c) Jharkhand
meet is to double the income of farmers through d) Manipur
various technologies and agriculture activities? e) Nagaland
a) Ajmer Answer: b)
b) Bikaner
c) Jaipur 1418). Indias first liquefied natural gas(LNG) driven
d) Jodhpur bus was launched in which state?
e) Udaipur a) Rajasthan
Answer: c) b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
1413). Which of the following has launched d) Maharashtra
Operation school chalo in South Kashmir? e) Kerala
a) Indian Army Answer: e)

a) Telangana
1419). Name the sportsperson who has announced her b) Tamil Nadu
retirement from rowing. c) Karnataka
a) Elena Horvat d) Kerala
b) Georgeta Damian e) Maharashtra
c) Heather Stanning Answer: d)
d) Kathleen Heddle
e) Megan Still 1425). Who has been appointed as Executive
Answer: c) Director(ED) of the RBI?
a) Abbas Musliyar
1420). Which bank has launched Unified Payments b) G Mahalingam
Interface(UPI) solution for its corporate and financial c) M Rajeshwar Rao
institutional, and commercial banking clients? d) Medini Ray
a) Axis e) Ram Vinay Shahi
b) HDFC Answer: c)
c) ICICI
d) Standard Chartered 1426). Which bank has has signed a MoU with the
e) Yes Indian Army on defense salary package?
Answer: d) a) Bank of Baroda
b) Corporation Bank
1421). The RBI has made it mandatory for borrowers c) Karnataka Bank
tapping External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) will d) PNB
be required to cover the principal as well as the coupon e) SBI
through ______. Answer: b)
a) Basis swap
b) Dealer equity option 1427). The RBI on November 8 unveiled new currency
c) Equity derivative notes in the denomination of Rs.____ and Rs.____.
d) Hedging a) 500,2000
e) STIRT b) 50,100
Answer: d) c) 20,10
d) 10,50
1422). What is India's rank in the latest study on digital e) 50,1000
transformation conducted by CA Technologies and Answer: a)
Coleman Parkes?
a) 78 1428). How much loan amount has been sanctioned by
b) 79 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve to
c) 81 improve Assams power distribution system?
d) 80 a) $42 million
e) 87 b) $45 million
Answer: b) c) $48 million
d) $52 million
1423). The IRDA has approved which country's e) $64 million
insurance agency's application to provide onshore Answer: c)
reinsurance services in India?
a) Japan 1429). Indian government has abolished currency notes
b) USA in which denomination on November 8?
c) UK a) Rs. 10 and 50
d) China b) Rs. 100 and 500
e) Germany c) Rs. 500 and 1000
Answer: c) d) Rs. 50 and 100
e) Rs. 20 and 50
1424). Vinod Rai has been appointed as the Chairman Answer: c)
of Fund Trustee and Advisory Commission of which
state?

1430). Who has been named for 2016 Tata Literature c) 10.6
Live! Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of d) 10.7
his outstanding contribution to the Indian literary e) 10.9
space? Answer: c)
a) Amitav Ghosh
b) Banshi Kaul 1436). The government has announced a ___% penalty
c) Heisnam Kanhailal for cash deposits above Rs.250000 in case of income
d) Kalamandalam Gopi mismatch.
e) Ram Vinay Shahi a) 100
Answer: a) b) 155
c) 180
1431). The Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) d) 190
is being held in which city? e) 200
a) Ajmer Answer: e)
b) Bikaner
c) Jaipur 1437). Name the Indian American who won the U.S.
d) Kota Senate seat from California.
e) Udaipur a) Anvita Dutta
Answer: c) b) Beheruz Sethna
c) Kamala Harris
1432). Name the online travel agency which has d) Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
signed an agreement with the Uttarakhand government e) Mireille Balestrazzi
to promote homestays. Answer: c)
a) Cleartrip
b) Expedia 1438). Name the Indian-American who has been
c) SOTC elected to the US House of Representative, winning the
d) Thomas Cook Washington State Senate seat.
e) Yatra.com a) Kamala Harris
Answer: e) b) Mani Lal Bhaumik
c) Nayomi Munaweera
1433). What is the amount the Ministry of Skill d) Pramila Jayapal
Development and Entrepreneurship has given to the e) Sal Khan
Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana? Answer: d)
a) Rs 288.08 crore
b) Rs 499.94 crore 1439). India will setup a joint working group(JWG)
c) Rs 503.12 crore with which country to deal with the menace of fake
d) Rs 602.14 crore Indian Currency Notes?
e) Rs 715.23 crore a) Burma
Answer: b) b) China
c) Nepal
1434). Who has been elected as President of the d) Oman
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)? e) Thailand
a) Jurgen Stock Answer: b)
b) Meng Hongwei
c) Mireille Balestrazzi 1440). Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 10
d) Paul Dickopf has departed for a 3 day visit to which country?
e) Ronald Noble a) Canada
Answer: b) b) Japan
c) Saudi Arabia
1435). Direct tax collections in India have increased d) Thailand
by ____% during the April-October period of 2016-17 e) Uganda
of current financial year. Answer: b)
a) 10.2
b) 10.5

1441). India has signed a memorandum of Answer: a)
understanding(MoU) with Palestine to setup a techno
park in ____. 1447). Who has been appointed as CEO of IBRD &
a) Gaza City IDA of World Bank?
b) Hebron a) Saran Singh Marwah
c) Jerusalem b) Kristalina Georgieva
d) Ramallah c) Jhumpa Lahiri
e) Tel Aviv d) Sanjeev Sahota
Answer: d) e) Neel Mukherjee
Answer: b)
1442). Who has been appointed as Chairman of the
Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)? 1448). Name the person who has been appointed as the
a) Aman Singhvi brand ambassador of Equitas Small Finance Bank?
b) Hari Shivaram Rajguru a) Padma Sachdev
c) Haris Chandra b) Suman K Sharma
d) Rani Singh Nair c) Bhagwat Prasad Sathe
e) Sushil Chandra d) Veena Gupta
Answer: e) e) R Ashwin
Answer: e)
1443). Which state ranks 1st in the country in 2016
Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms 1449). Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak is the brand
Index? ambassador for which of the following Mission?
a) Maharashtra a) Swachh Rail Mission
b) Odisha b) Clean India Mission
c) Tamil Nadu c) Swachh ganga Mission
d) Telangana d) Digital India
e) West Bengal e) Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
1444). India and Russia have agreed to double the 1450). Who has been appointed as the next
range of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to Ambassador of India to Lebanon?
_____ kms. a) Irfan Habib
a) 300 b) Mahashweta Devi
b) 400 c) Nalini Malani
c) 500 d) Ramachandra Guha
d) 600 e) Sanjiv Arora
e) 700 Answer: e)
Answer: d)
1451). National Council of Applied Economic
1445). Who won mens Erste Bank Open Title? Research(NCAER) has forecast ____% GDP growth
a) Andy Murray rate in financial year 2016-17.
b) Novak Djokovic a) 4.7
c) Stan Wawrinka b) 6.5
d) Rafel nadal c) 7.6
e) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d) 8.9
Answer: a) e) 9.9
Answer: c)
1446). Name the person who has becomes Canada's
first Sikh Senator? 1452). The government recently has cancelled the
a) Sarabjit Singh Marwah licenses of how many NGOs after they failed to apply
b) Sahara Singh Marwah for its renewal within the deadline?
c) Saran Singh Marwah a) 8000
d) Sabjit Singh Marwah b) 9000
e) None of the above c) 10000

d) 11000 1458). What is the new name of Google Capital, the
e) 20000 search giant's venture arm that invests in growth-stage
Answer: d) companies?
a) CapitalG
1453). India has signed an oil production deal with b) GoogleG
which country? c) GoogleC
a) Saudi Arabia d) GoogleCap
b) UAE e) Google CG
c) Oman Answer: a)
d) China
e) Venezuela 1459). Who won the mens 2016 Paris Masters Title?
Answer: e) a) Novak Djokovic
b) Andy Murray
1454). India signed an agreement with which country c) John Isner
to enhance collaboration in energy sector? d) Kei Nishikori
a) France e) Milos Raonic
b) Germany Answer: b)
c) Japan
d) Sweden 1460). Who won the 2016 Bitburger Open Grand Prix
e) USA Gold in Men's Singles category?
Answer: d) a) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
b) Hsu Jen-hao
1455). Construction major HCCs Rs 5,000 cr debt c) Ihsan Maulana Mustofa
recast has become the first case to get approval under d) Rajiv Ouseph
the _____ scheme. e) Shi Yuqi
a) S4A Answer: e)
b) S5B
c) S6Z 1461). Who won the 2016 World Boxing Organization
d) SI8 welterweight title?
e) S2H a) Jessie Vargas
Answer: a) b) Juan Manuel Mrquez
c) Manny Pacquiao
1456). Name the oil and gas company which has setup d) Shane Mosley
a Rs. 50 crore fund to encourage new ideas related to e) Timothy Bradley
the oil and gas sector. Answer: c)
a) Aban Offshore
b) Bharat Petroleum 1462). Which country has set up a 10 billion euro
c) Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals investment fund to finance projects in Central and
d) OIL Eastern Europe?
e) Ratnagiri Gas and Power a) Russia
Answer: d) b) Poland
c) USA
1457). Defence Research and Development d) Brazil
Organisation (DRDO) signed a MoU with IIT___ to e) China
establish a Joint Advanced Technology Centre(JATC). Answer: e)
a) Bombay
b) Delhi 1463). Who will be conferred with the Rashtriya
c) Madras Kalidas Samman for year 2016-17?
d) Kanpur a) Anupam Kher
e) All the above b) Banshi Kaul
Answer: b) c) Heisnam Kanhailal
d) N. Rajam
e) Raj Bisaria
Answer: b)

b) Anthony Noto
1464). Recently, India signed two agreements, one on c) Billy Waugh
intellectual property (IP) and another for bilateral d) David H. McNerney
cooperation on raising ease of doing business with e) William Joel Bryan
which country? Answer: a)
a) Australia
b) Germany 1470). Which bank has partnered with Flipkart to
c) Newzlanad launch Buzz Credit Card?
d) Russia a) Axis
e) United Kingdom b) HDFC
Answer: e) c) HSBC
d) SBI
1465). Which Mission of NASA created Guinness e) SC
world record for highest altitude fix of a Global Answer: a)
Positioning System (GPS) signal at 70000 kilometers
above the surface of the Earth? 1471). Which country on November 10 launched a
a) NASA spacecraft Robotic Mission Pulsar Navigation Satellite?
b) Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission a) India
c) Orion spacecraft Mission b) China
d) Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission c) Japan
e) Orion Multiscale Mission d) South Korea
Answer: d) e) USA
Answer: b)
1466). Which country is hosting the Conference of
Parties (COP22) of the UN Framework Convention on 1472). Who is author of the book, 'Back To The Roots,
Climate Change (UNFCCC)? A definitive Guide To Grassroots and Football
a) India Development'?
b) Japan a) Dattu Phadkar
c) Nepal b) Manjit Bawa
d) Morocco c) Piru Singh Shekhawat
e) UK d) Shaji Prabhakaran
Answer: d) e) Kamala Harris
Answer: d)
1467). Who was recently appointed as the MD and
CEO of Bank of Baroda Capital Markets Limited? 1473). Who has inaugurated the Smart India
a) Kapil Pathak Hackathon 2017?
b) Jignesh Chatwal a) Narendra Modi
c) Ratnesh Kumar b) Nitin Gadkari
d) Ratnesh Pathak c) Prakash Javdekar
e) Hossein Mousavi d) Pranab Mukherjee
Answer: c) e) Rajnath Singh
Answer: c)
1468). Who has been appointed as interim chairman of
Tata Consultancy Services(TCS)? 1474). Which team won the 33rd Surjit Women
a) Ishaat Hussain Hockey Tournament?
b) Kedar Pandey a) BSF
c) L. M. Singhvi b) Haryana XI
d) Shankar Nag c) Indian Air Force
e) Tejendra Khanna d) IOC
Answer: a) e) Western Railways
Answer: e)
1469). Name the Chief Operating Officer(COO) of
Twitter who resigned on November 9. 1475). Which state has approved the Mukhya Mantri
a) Adam Bain Shikshak Samman Yojana?

a) Bihar 1481). Name the app launched by the Union Ministry
b) Chattisgarh of Health and Family Welfare.
c) Himachal Pradesh a) No More Tension
d) Maharashtra b) Stress out
e) Rajasthan c) Tanaav
Answer: c) d) Tension gone
e) No More Stress
1476). President Pranab Mukherjee awarded the Answer: a)
Presidential Colours award in which state?
a) Haryana 1482). A Two-day BRICS Communication Ministers
b) Maharashtra meeting chaired by Minister of State for
c) Punjab Communication Manoj Sinha has begun in which city?
d) Rajasthan a) New Delhi
e) Uttar Pradesh b) Bengaluru
Answer: a) c) Nagpur
d) Visakhapatnam
1477). Name the athlete who has broken the record in e) Kochin
high jump at the 32nd National Junior Athletics Answer: b)
Championships.
a) Adikanda Mahanta 1483). Which scheme was launched by Union Ministry
b) Ashok George of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship recently?
c) Sanjeev Sharma a) Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana
d) Tejaswin Shankar b) Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
e) Vineet Katju c) Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana
Answer: d) d) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
e) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Yojana
1478). Name the Tennis player who has been named as Answer: c)
the UN goodwill ambassador.
a) Ana Ivanovic 1484). Which state government has launched Lakshya
b) Maria Sharapova Bhagirathi campaign to complete the irrigation
c) Martina Hingis projects?
d) Serena Williams a) Telangana
e) Victoria Azarenka b) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: b) c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Chhattisgarh
1479). The Ministry of Road Transport has made it e) Andhra Pradesh
mandatory for cars to have airbags from _____ 2017. Answer: d)
a) April
b) December 1485). India has signed a Memorandum of
c) May Understanding (MoU) with which county for
d) October advancement of academic research in the field of Earth
e) September Sciences?
Answer: d) a) Sri Lanka
b) Japan
1480). Which Indian steel company won the 2016 c) Myanmar
Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance? d) Canada
a) Essar Steel e) Russia
b) JSW Steel Ltd Answer: b)
c) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam
d) Steel Authority of India 1486). Which state government will start Deendayal
e) Tata Steel generic medicine stores to sell generic medicines?
Answer: d) a) Goa
b) Gujarat
c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Kerala a) Wakayama
e) Andhra Pradesh b) Hyogo
Answer: b) c) Fukushima
d) Mie
1487). The 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation e) Ehime
(APEC) will be hosted by which country? Answer: b)
a) Morocco
b) India 1493). Which company will partner with India Spend
c) Peru to launch #Breathe?
d) Philippines a) Facebook
e) Japan b) Microsoft
Answer: c) c) Twitter
d) Oracle
1488). Which bank will raise Rs 5,000 crore to fund e) Dell
infrastructure and affordable housing during the fiscal Answer: c)
by issuing long-term infra bonds?
a) SBI 1494). Who has been appointed as Vice President of
b) PNB USA?
c) BoB a) Ben Carson
d) BoM b) Bernie Sanders
e) SC c) Mike Pence
Answer: a) d) Rick Santorum
e) Scott Walker
1489). Guy Ryder has been re-elected as Director- Answer: c)
General of which organization?
a) ASOTRECOL 1495). Recently, which country ratified the Paris
b) EGAF Agreement on Climate Change on November 10?
c) FIE a) Australia
d) GLU b) China
e) ILO c) Israel
Answer: e) d) Japan
e) UK
1490). The 2018 International Competition Network Answer: a)
(ICN) annual conference will be hosted by which
country? 1496). The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has
a) China approved a three-year $12 billion loan to which
b) India country?
c) Japan a) Brazil
d) Portugal b) Egypt
e) Singapore c) India
Answer: b) d) Nigeria
e) South Africa
1491). When is Public Service Broadcasting Day Answer: b)
observed in India?
a) November 12 1497). Who has been selected by the Madhya Pradesh
b) November 11 Government for the Kalidas Samman national award
c) November 13 for 2015-16?
d) November 9 a) J.S.Verma
e) November 10 b) Khurram Murad
Answer: a) c) Raj Bisaria
d) Roop Singh
1492). Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe e) Varsha Varman
signed MoUs between Gujarat Government and _____ Answer: c)
Prefecture.

1498). Name the author who won the 2016 Goldsmiths 1504). PM Modi inaugurated the International
Prize. Conference and Exhibition on Sugarcane Value Chain
a) Ali Smith Vision 2025 Sugar at _______.
b) Jim Crace a) Baramati
c) Lars Iyer b) Kolhapur
d) Magnus Mills c) Nagpur
e) Mike McCormack d) Pune
Answer: e) e) Sangli
Answer: d)
1499). India signed a nuclear energy deal with which
country? 1505). Name the Indian who has been re-appointed to
a) China the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations by the
b) Germany General Assembly.
c) Japan a) A. Gopinathan
d) Russia b) Prabhash Joshi
e) USA c) Premendra Mitra
Answer: c) d) S.K. kaul
e) Upamanyu Chatterjee
1500). Name the Russian swimmer who has been Answer: a)
banned for eight years for taking banned substances.
a) Aleksey Akatyev 1506). The US has signed an agreement with which
b) Georgy Baimakov country regarding asylum seekers held in offshore
c) Egor Degtyarev detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru?
d) Vitaly Melnikov a) Australia
e) Igor Plotnikov b) Canada
Answer: d) c) Fiji
d) New Zealand
1501). World Diabetes Day observed on November 14, e) Spain
what is the theme of World Diabetes Day 2016? Answer: a)
a) Eyes on diabetes and focuses around screening
b) Focuses around screening on diabetes 1507). Which country's President arrived on a six-day
c) Eyes on diabetes visit to India to further strengthen bilateral ties?
d) Eyes on screening the diabetes a) Argentina
e) None of these b) Israel
Answer: c) c) Nigeria
d) Poland
1502). PM Modi dedicated to the nation several rail e) USA
projects at ______, Uttar Pradesh. Answer: b)
a) Agra
b) Allahabad 1508). Which country will preside the 8th edition of
c) Ballia the Conference of Parties (COP) to WHO Framework
d) Ghazipur Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)?
e) Varanasi a) France
Answer: d) b) Greece
c) India
1503). In which state is the Mopa Greenfield d) Italy
international airport located? e) UK
a) Goa Answer: c)
b) Karnataka
c) Maharashtra 1509). The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
d) Telangana (APEC) Forum's Week is being held in which country?
e) West Bengal a) Fiji
Answer: a) b) Japan
c) Mexico

d) Peru c) Vadodara
e) USA d) Kolkata
Answer: d) e) Mumbai
Answer: b)
1510). India signed a bilateral trade agreement with a
validity period of __________ year with Bhutan? 1516). Name the financial services company which
a) 1 has got license from the RBI to set up a Small Finance
b) 2 Bank business.
c) 3 a) SBI Capital Markets Ltd
d) 4 b) Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd
e) 5 c) DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd
Answer: a) d) Birla Global Finance Ltd
e) ICICI Group Ltd
1511). Who has been appointed as President of the the Answer: b)
International Hockey Federation(FIH)?
a) Chand Singhal 1517). Who won the 2016 Bulgarian presidential
b) Manmohan Mahapatra elections?
c) Narinder Batra a) Ivailo Kalfin
d) Upendra Kumar b) Krasimir Karakachanov
e) Vishnu Tirtha c) Rumen Radev
Answer: c) d) Tsetska Tsacheva
e) Velizar Enchev
1512). The RBI has kept stock currency at how many Answer: c)
locations across India?
a) 4000 1518). Which Indian language will be a part of foreign
b) 4500 languages for Australian Pre-Schoolers?
c) 5000 a) Bengali
d) 6100 b) Hindi
e) 7000 c) Kannada
Answer: a) d) Sanskri
e) Tamil
1513). Name the businessman who has been named by Answer: b)
Fortune magazine as the 'Business Person of the Year'
for 2016. 1519). Leon Russell who passed away on November 13
a) David Ellison was a ______.
b) Elon Musk a) Writer
c) Mark Zuckerberg b) Politician
d) Michael Bloomberg c) Sportsperson
e) Steve Ballmer d) Musician
Answer: c) e) Journalist
Answer: a)
1514). Who has been appointed as Managing
Director(MD) of Mahindra and Mahindra? 1520). Which company has launched Kahin Bhi-
a) Charles Terrot Kabhi Bhi medical facilities for its beneficiaries of
b) David Lalrinmuana Delhi?
c) Ketan Dahyabhai Patel a) AICI
d) Mahesh Mahadevan b) NIA
e) Pawan Goenka c) SGICL
Answer: e) d) MB
e) ESIC
1515). The Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd has Answer: e)
commenced operations in which city?
a) Bhopal
b) Jalandhar

1521). Meghalaya became the first state to start India's e) SBI
first Cherry Blossom Festival, which is widely Answer: d)
celebrated in _____________?
a) Japan 1527). Name the country, which has signed two
b) China agreements with India on water resource management
c) India & Agriculture?
d) Germany a) Bhutan
e) Russia b) Iraq
Answer: a) c) Israel
d) Japan
1522). India and US jointly launch the clean energy e) Sri Lanka
projects, how much is the overall coast of the project? Answer: c)
a) USD 75 mn
b) USD 85 mn 1528). Molinari Rail to set up manufacturing unit in
c) USD 95 mn India, Molinari Rail belongs to which country?
d) USD 65 mn a) China
e) USD 105 mn b) Germany
Answer: c) c) Russia
d) Switzerland
1523). Suzuki Motor Corporation to set up Industrial e) USA
Training Institute in Gujarat at which of the following Answer: d)
city?
a) Ahmedabad 1529). Name the person, who has won the National
b) Surat Women Premier Chess Championship held in New
c) Vadodara Delhi?
d) Rajkot a) Padmini Rout
e) Mehsana b) Eesha Karavade
Answer: e) c) S Vijayalakshmi
d) Eesha Kumar
1524). Name the Indian state, which has been termed e) Grandmasters Koneru Humpy
as the country's breast cancer capital? Answer: a)
a) Kerala
b) Sikkim 1530). Who won first Asian Tour title outside India in
c) Maharashtra golfer?
d) Gujarat a) Eesha Karavade
e) Punjab b) S Vijayalakshmi
Answer: a) c) Eesha Kumar
d) Grandmasters Koneru Humpy
1525). The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation e) SSP Chawrasia
(APEC) Forum's Week started in Peru at which of the Answer: e)
following city of Peru?
a) Arequipa 1531). Name the person, who has been appointed as
b) Lima chairman of Tata Global Beverages?
c) Callao a) Padmini Rout
d) Trujillo b) Harish Bhat
e) Limo c) Harish Rhawat
Answer: b) d) Eesha Karavade
e) Eesha Kumar
1526). Which bank Launch Chat Botsfor 'Intelligent' Answer: b)
Banking?
a) ICICI 1532). India and Asian Development Bank has signed a
b) HDFC 500 million US dollar loan to build a 9.8 km long road
c) IDBI bridge across the Ganges River to connect which
d) AXIS country?

a) Nepal Answer: c)
b) Bangladesh
c) Bhutan 1538). Which state has started Indias first Cherry
d) Myanmar Blossom Festival ?
e) All the above a) Sikkim
Answer: a) b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
1533). Which state has govt. has launched Har Ghar d) Meghalaya
Bijli Lagataar programme to provide free electricity e) Nagaland
connection to about 50 lakh households above the Answer: d)
poverty line?
a) Bihar 1539). Heyday: Britain and the Birth of the Modern
b) Assam World has been authored by ?
c) Tripura a) Ben Wilson
d) Telanagana b) Charles Baudelaire
e) Andhra Pradesh c) G M Young
Answer: a) d) Haris Bhat
e) Keigo Higashino
1534). Maharashtra has become the first state to adopt Answer: a)
the FAUP policy what is the full from of FAUP?
a) Fly Air Use Policy 1540). Who has been honored with the 2016 Raja Ram
b) Fly Ash Uninstall Policy Mohan Roy Award for his outstanding contribution to
c) Fly Ash Utilization Policy journalism?
d) Fly Ash Utilization Program a) Harish Rhawat
e) Fresh Air Utilization Policy b) Eesha Karavade
Answer: c) c) Eesha Kumar
d) T P Dhanesh
1535). The three-day event of 2016 World Internet e) Keigo Higashino
Conference (3rd) has begun in which city? Answer: d)
a) Moscow, Russia
b) Mumbai, India 1541). The World Philosophy Day 2016 was celebrated
c) Rio , Brazil on which day?
d) Tokyo, Japan a) First Wednesday of November
e) Wuzhen China b) Second Monday of November
Answer: e) c) Third Thursday of November
d) Fourth Saturday of November
1536). Which Indian city is hosting the 2016 National e) Second Thursday of November
Childrens Film Festival (NCFF)? Answer: c)
a) Ahmadabad
b) Jaipur 1542). Name the village, which has been adopted by
c) Mumbai sachin Tendulkar recently?
d) New Delhi a) PR Kandriga
e) Udaipur b) RR Kandriga
Answer: b) c) KR Kandriga
d) MR Kandriga
1537). Who is the head of a task force formed by the e) PJ Kandriga
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to re-calibrate all ATMs Answer: a)
and cash dispensing machines with the new design of
(Rs 500 and Rs 2000) notes? 1543). Mehbooba Mufti formally launched the World
a) H R Khan Bank-funded mega development Rs ______-crore
b) N S Vishwanathan Jhelum-Tawi flood recovery project?
c) S S Mundra a) 1,500
d) Shaktikanta Das b) 1,600
e) Urjit patel c) 1,700

d) 1,800 b) Maharashtra
e) 1,900 c) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: b) d) Himachal Pradesh
e) Haryana
1544). Name the state, which state has become the first Answer: a)
state to adopt a resolution welcoming the
demonetization of high-value currency notes? 1550). Who has been ranked 36th in the US magazine
a) Bihar Fortune's top 50 business persons list for 2016?
b) Sikkim a) Ajay Banga
c) Nagaland b) Satya Nadella
d) Maharashtra c) Ajita Rajendra
e) Chhattisgarh d) Aditya Puri
Answer: e) e) AO Simith's
Answer: d)
1545). Which of the following country has issued the
statement about its withdrawal from the International 1551). What is the theme of World Day of
Criminal court? Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2016?
a) Russia a) Its time to remember say NO to road crime!
b) France b) Its time to remember---Speed will kills
c) Japan c) Lets have roads that are safe for all
d) China d) Vital post-crash actions: Medical Care,
e) India Investigation,
Answer: a) e) Vital post-crash actions: Medical Care,
Investigation, Justice!
1546). Which city host the Great Indian Film and Answer: e)
Literature Festival?
a) Mumbai 1552). Hind-Iran portal has been launched between
b) Ahmadabad India and Iran, for?
c) Gurugram a) Trade
d) Bangalore b) Education
e) Cochin c) Entrepreneurship
Answer: c) d) Double taxation
e) Tourist
1547). Government today launched revamped Aadhaar Answer: a)
toll-free helpline number, what is that number?
a) 1967 1553). The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar
b) 1969 recently launched a scheme to provide free electricity
c) 1956 connection to about 50 lakh homes by 2018. What is
d) 1947 the scheme called?
e) 1957 a) Bihar Gram JyotiYojana
Answer: d) b) HarGharBijliLagatar
c) MukhyaMantriUjjwalaYojana
1548). Over Rs __________ crore collected as Swachh d) PM Gram JyotiYojana
Bharat Cess in last fiscal? e) Gram JyotiYojana
a) 3700 Answer: b)
b) 3900
c) 2900 1554). The Supreme Court held that a child adopted by
d) 2700 a Hindu widow will not have any rights on the property
e) 1900 of the woman's deceased husband under which Act?
Answer: b) a) Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1957
b) Child, Family and Community Service Act, 1931
1549). Name the state, which has sign MoU with c) Mother and Child Act, 1911
Microsoft for digital services? d) Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956
a) Telangana e) Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1954

Answer: d) 1560). The Union Government recently decided to
permit APMC-registered traders to withdraw what
1555). The Union Government recently reduced the amount of cash from their own bank accounts that are
limit of exchange of old 500 and 1000 rupees notes KYC compliant?
from 4500 rupees to what amount? a) 30000
a) 1500 rupees b) 45000
b) 2000 rupees c) 50000
c) 2500 rupees d) 55000
d) 3000 rupees e) 40000
e) 4000 rupees Answer: c)
Answer: b)
1561). What is the theme of World Toilet Day?
1556). The Union Government recently decided that a) Toilets and jobs
Farmers will be permitted to draw up to ______rupees b) Toilets and sanitation
per week in cash from their KYC compliant accounts c) Toilets and clean
only? d) Toilets and motivate
a) 20000 e) Toilets and services
b) 25000 Answer: a)
c) 30000
d) 35000 1562). Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yaday
e) 40000 launched state wide integrated emergency services
Answer: b) _____ in Lucknow?
a) UP-108
1557). The Union Government recently decided to b) UP-109
permit families celebrating weddings to withdraw what c) UP-110
amount of cash from their own bank accounts that are d) UP-100
KYC compliant? e) UP-110
a) 100000 rupees Answer: d)
b) 250000 rupees
c) 300000 rupees 1563). Name the state which has host 47th
d) 50000 rupees International Film Festival?
e) 500000 rupees a) Ahmadabad
Answer: b) b) Goa
c) Kolkata
1558). Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius d) Maharashtra
AniroodJugnauth inaugurated AYUR Herbarium e) New Delhi
project in Goa at which of the following village? Answer: b)
a) Saligao village
b) Agarwada village 1564). Name the film which is Bangladesh's entry for
c) Salcetevillage the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film
d) Sancoale Village category, was screened at the ongoing 22nd Kolkata
e) Sirigao village International Film Festival (KIFF)?
Answer: a) a) Checkmate
b) Musafir
1559). The Union Government recently allowed c) 'Oggatonama',
withdrawal of 2000 rupees cash from which of the d) Romeo vs Juliet
following places? e) Nishwartha Bhalobasa
a) Grocery shops Answer: c)
b) Jewellery Shops
c) Petrol Pumps 1565). In which place, 200 countries including India
d) Railway station adopt work plan for implementation of Paris Climate
e) Trading Companies Agreement by 2018?
Answer: c) a) Marrakesh
b) Paris

c) Landon Answer: d)
d) Lao
e) New Delhi 1571). The ________th annual Latin Grammys has
Answer: a) been announced at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise,
Nevada, US?
1566). Mauritius to waive _________ shooting tax for a) 13
Indian film-makers? b) 14
a) 30% c) 15
b) 40% d) 16
c) 50% e) 17
d) 35% Answer: e)
e) 45%
Answer: b) 1572). The International Conference on Brucellosis
2016 was inaugurated in which city?
1567). ________, Hawaii to soon have Sister-State a) Mumbai
relationship? b) Hyderabad
a) Cochin c) New Delhi
b) Vizag d) Jaipur
c) Kollam e) Bengaluru
d) Mumbai Answer: c)
e) Goa
Answer: e) 1573). Who inaugurated the Rail Vikas Shivir at
Surajkund?
1568). Who has been appointed as the National a) Pranab Mukherjee
Security Advisor of the United States by President b) Narendra Modi
Donald Trump? c) Suresh Prabhu
a) Michael Flynn d) Nitin Gadkari
b) Susan Rice e) Harsh varthan
c) Tom Donilon Answer: b)
d) James Jones
e) Stephen Hadley 1574). The government has approved the cancellation
Answer: a) of Gitanjali Gems special economic zone (SEZ)
project in which state?
1569). Pt Hari Prasad Chourasia has been conferred a) Andhra Pradesh
this years Sumitra Charat Ram Award for lifetime b) Bihar
achievement in the field of Indian classical music, he c) Gujarat
plays? d) Maharashtra
a) Clarinet e) Telangana
b) Flautist Answer: d)
c) Saxophone
d) Soprano 1575). India signed a new double tax avoidance pact
e) Trumpet with which country?
Answer: b) a) China
b) Cyprus
1570). Tata Consultancy Services and Vedanta win c) Oman
ACES awards, what is ACES? d) Saudi Arabia
a) Asia Co-operation Excellence and Sustainability e) UK
Awards Answer: b)
b) Automation Of Central Excise and Service Tax
c) Autodesk Comprehensive Education Solution 1576). India and UK have signed how many Bilateral
d) Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs)?
Awards a) 3
e) Automated Command and Control Evaluation b) 4
System c) 5

d) 6 Answer: a)
e) 7
Answer: a) 1582). What is the theme of World Day of
Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2016?
1577). Which bank has appointed C.V.R. Rajendran as a) Vital post-crash actions: Medical Care, Insurance,
its MD and CEO? Justice
a) UCO Bank b) Vital post-crash actions: medical kit ,
b) Punjab & Sindh Bank Investigation, Insurance,
c) IDFC Bank c) Vital post-crash actions: Medical Care,
d) DCB Bank Investigation, Justice
e) Catholic Syrian Bank d) Vital post-crash actions: Insurance, Investigation,
Answer: e) Justice
e) Vital post-crash actions: Medical Care
1578). Which bank has introduced mobile ATMs to Answer: c)
ease the burden on the people after demonetisation of
Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes? 1583). Which ministry launch Pradhanmantri Grameen
a) Axis bank Awas Yojna to provide 3 crore affordable housing
b) Canara bank units across country?
c) ICICI bank a) Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty
d) SBI bank Alleviation
e) Syndicate bank b) Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking
Answer: b) Water and Sanitation
c) Human Resources Development
1579). Singer Sharon Jones passes away, she belongs d) Public Grievances and Pensions
to which country? e) Civil Aviation
a) USA Answer: d)
b) UK
c) South Africa 1584). Union textile minister Smriti Irani inaugurated
d) Australia thematic handicrafts exhibition and launched a scheme
e) Brazil of textile ministry 'pehchan' identity cards in which of
Answer: a) the following state?
Explanation: American singer Sharon Jones, lead a) Gujarat
singer of soul and funk bad 'Sharon Jones & The Dap- b) Tamil Nadu
Kings', died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 60 in c) Maharashtra
New York on Friday. Jones released her first record d) Uttar Pradesh
when she was 40 years old. She was nominated for her e) New Delhi
first Grammy in 2014 for the album 'Give the People Answer: a)
What They Want'.
1585). Worlds first Bollywood-themed park opens in
1580). Name the former Governor of Jammu and which city?
Kashmir who died recently. a) Mumbai
a) AkhlaqurRahmanKidwai b) Dubai
b) HarGharBijliLagatar c) Paris
c) JanakiBallabhPatnaik d) New York
d) SikanderBakht e) Shanghai
e) Srinivas Kumar Sinha Answer: b)
Answer: e)
1586). Worlds first Genetic Garden of Halophytes
1581). What is the theme of Universal Childrens Day? (naturally occurring salt-tolerant plants) was
a) Stop Violence against the Children. inaugurated at the coastal town of Vedaranyam in
b) No child labour which state?
c) Stop Violence against the child labors a) Kerala
d) Avoid Violence against the child b) Tamil Nadu
e) Avoid child labour c) Odisha

d) Maharashtra a) Pranab Mukherjee
e) Andhra Pradesh b) Raj Nath Singh
Answer: b) c) Venkaiah Naidu
d) Arun Jaitley
1587). The Reserve Bank of India has proposed e) Narendra modi
opening _______ in conventional banks for gradual Answer: c)
introduction of Sharia-compliant banking in India?
a) Islamic technology 1593). Name the weather satellite launched by NASA
b) Islamic Bank on November 20.
c) Islamic window a) ADEOS
d) Arabic Window b) GOES-R
e) Islamic method c) Landsat 8
Answer: c) d) Sentinel-1
e) Terra
1588). Who has been honoured with Dr Nagendra Answer: b)
Singh International Peace Award for his efforts in
ensuring world peace? 1594). Government is setting up HEFA, to provide
a) Anna hazare funds for creating infrastructure and promoting
b) baba ramdev research facilities in the Centrally-aided institutions of
c) Chandi Prasad Bhatt higher learning, what is the full form of HEFA?
d) Kisan Baburao Hazare a) Higher Education Financing Agreement
e) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar b) Higher Examination Financing Agency
Answer: e) c) Higher Education Found Agency
d) Higher Education Financing Agency
1589). Which country has ink new tax pact to replace e) Higher Education Financing Arrangement
2 decade-old treaty with India Answer: d)
a) Cyprus
b) Peru 1595). Who has been awarded the Mother Teresa
c) Limo Memorial International Award for Social Justice for
d) South Africa 2016?
e) Indonesia a) Cedric Prakash
Answer: a) b) Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain
c) Flavia Agnes
1590). Who was appointed as the new Executive d) Shylaja Menon
Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority e) Sima Samar
(NALSA)? Answer: b)
a) Anil R. Dave
b) Ravi Shankar 1596). Name the Destroyer ship which was
c) Chandi Prasad Bhatt commissioned by the Indian Navy on November 21.
d) Jagdish Singh Khehar a) INS Kolkata
e) Kisan Baburao Hazare b) INS Kochi
Answer: d) c) INS Paradip
d) INS Chennai
1591). World Television Day Observed on _____ e) INS Ranvijay
November? Answer: d)
a) 21
b) 22 1597). Name the missile launched by India on
c) 20 November 21.
d) 19 a) Trishul
e) 18 b) Aakash
Answer: a) c) Prithvi
d) Nag
1592). Name the person who opens Indian Panorama at e) Surya
IFFI 2016 in Goa? Answer: c)

c) Delhi
1598). Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu d) Patna
Naidu Monday commissioned a ____ MW solar power e) Ahmadabad
plant in West Godavari district. Answer: a)
a) 7
b) 5 1604). Which country Re-launches Asia's top financial
c) 8 center?
d) 9 a) China
e) 4 b) North Korea
Answer: b) c) South Korea
d) India
1599). Which is the focus country in the 47th e) Japan
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2016 at Answer: e)
Bambolim,Panaji (Goa)?
a) South Korea 1605). Which country elected as Vice Chair of
b) Belarus Kimberly Process Certificate Scheme 2018?
c) Japan a) India
d) Thailand b) China
e) Mauritius c) South Africa
Answer: a) d) Japan
e) Australia
1600).Which of the following country has launched Answer: a)
worlds longest super-secure quantum communication
line? 1606). RBI Allows Rs______/Week Withdrawal From
a) Japan Overdraft Accounts?
b) China a) 5000
c) Germany b) 50000
d) Canada c) 500000
e) USA d) Both a) & b)
Answer: b) e) Only b) & c)
Answer: b)
1601). Name the Indian golfer who won the BANK
BRI-JCB Indonesia Open 2016 for the second time in 1607). Name the state, which has joins hand with IDFC
his career? bank introduces Coupon for Cashless Purchase?
a) Arjun Atwal a) Maharashtra
b) Flavia Agnes b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Gaganjeet Bhullar c) Telangana
d) Jeev Milkha Singh d) Goa
e) Shiv Kapur e) Kerala
Answer: c) Answer: c)
1602). The National Institute of Sowa Rigpa(Tibetan 1608). Name the person, who has appointed as CEO of
Medicine system) will be established in which state? SBM Bank (Mauritius), India?
a) Himachal Pradesh a) Siby Sebastian
b) Jammu & Kashmir b) Flavia Agnes
c) Nagaland c) Gaganjeet Bhullar
d) Sikkim d) Jeev Milkha Singh
e) Uttarakhand e) Shiv Kapur
1603). India's longest expressway from inaugurated 1609). Who won the 2016 ATP World Tour Final?
Agra to ________? a) Andy Murray
a) Lucknow b) David Goffin
b) Jaipur c) Milos Raonic

d) Novak Djokovic a) China
e) Raven Klaasen b) India
Answer: a) c) Japan
d) Pakistan
1610). Who won the gold medal in men's trap event at e) USA
the 60th National Shooting Championship for Answer: b)
Shotgun?
a) Birendra Lakra 1616). What is India ranks ______ out of 58 countries
b) Kailash Sankhala on 2017 Climate Change Performance Index?
c) Manavjit Singh Sandhu a) 20
d) Sriram Singh b) 21
e) Tribhuvan Narain Singh c) 31
Answer: c) d) 30
e) 10
1611). Name the person, who has inaugurate Answer: a)
multimedia exhibition on theme of Aazadi 70 Saal,
Yaad Karo Kurbani? 1617). India to Get Info on Swiss Bank Accounts from
a) Pranab Mukherjee _______?
b) Raj Nath Singh a) September 2018
c) Venkaiah Naidu b) September 2017
d) Arun Jaitley c) September 2020
e) Narendra modi d) September 2019
Answer: c) e) September 2021
Answer: d)
1612). Which state government announces the Fitment
of auto-dippers mandatory in vehicles? 1618). The Government has allowed farmers to repay
a) Haryana all their loans in _____ days.
b) Bihar a) 50
c) Sikkim b) 60
d) Himachal Pradesh c) 70
e) Assam d) 75
Answer: a) e) 90
Answer: b)
1613). India's Longest Expressway has opened in
which district of Uttar Pradesh? 1619). Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) allowed
a) Manipuri Rs ________ crore of irregular benefits to
b) Hathras infrastructure companies?
c) Unnao a) 4000
d) Bareilly b) 3500
e) Sultanpur c) 3000
Answer: c) d) 5000
e) 4500
1614). Which country will quit the Trans-Pacific Answer: e)
Partnership trade deal?
a) Australia 1620). IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering & Tourism
b) Fiji Corporation) has signed an agreement with which
c) New Zealand mobile payment company to help people in making
d) Tuvalu faster and easier reservation of tickets?
e) USA a) Freecharge
Answer: e) b) Google wallet
c) MobiKwik
1615). Recently, Which country became an associate d) PayTM
member of European Organization for Nuclear e) State Bank Buddy
Research (CERN)? Answer: a)

1627). Name the person, who has won the Shakti Bhatt
1621). Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is the Princess of First Book Prize 2016?
which country? a) Akshaya kumara
a) Belarus b) Akshaya Mukul
b) Liechtenstein c) Samanth Subramanian,
c) Thailand d) Mahesh Rao
d) Tonga e) Janice Paria
e) Vietnam Answer: b)
Answer: c)
1628). Who is the President of All India Football
1622). Pankaj Patel elected as ____________President Federation?
for 2017? a) Samar Pal
a) CBDT b) Rowan Arumughan
b) FICCI c) Pranjal Banerjee
c) IOC d) Praful Patel
d) SEDBI e) Kennedy Sapam
e) CCI Answer: d)
Answer: b)
1629). Which company has launched a virtual artwork
1623). Name the businessman who has been awarded and exhibition showcasing the achievements of the
with the Interfaith Leadership Award. Indian women in the country?
a) Arthur Monty M. Ahalt a) Facebook
b) George Chamillard b) Google
c) Jeffrey A. Citron c) Microsoft
d) Melih Abdulhayolu d) Oracle
e) Frank Islam e) Yahoo
Answer: e) Answer: b)
1624). Who has been appointed as Executive Director 1630). Name the former Governor of Madhya Pradesh
of McLaren Technology Group? who passed away recently?
a) Zak Brown a) B. D. Sharma
b) Frank Islam b) Narayan Dutta Ojha
c) George Chamillard c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
d) Jeffrey A. Citron d) Ram Naresh Yadav
e) Melih Abdulhayolu e) Sarla Grewal
Answer: a) Answer: d)
1625). Who has been awarded IMO Award for 1631). Which country's Prime Minister will be the
Exceptional Bravery at Sea? chief guest at the 14th PravasiBharatiya Divas (PBD)?
a) Mikko Ilonen a) Portugal
b) Padraig Harrington b) Canada
c) Radhika Menon c) USA
d) Simon Dyson d) UK
e) Thongchai Jaidee e) Poland
1626). India testfired the Agni-I missile in which state? 1632). Name the state, which has becomes the first e-
a) Andhra Pradesh assembly constituency of the country?
b) Kerala a) Assam
c) Maharashtra b) Sikkim
d) Odisha c) Himachal Pradesh
e) West Bengal d) Tripura
Answer: d) e) West Bengal
Answer: c)

b) 33,000
1633). In Himachal Pradesh, the Palampur Assembly c) 25,000
Constituency in Kangra district has becomes the first e- d) 35,000
assembly constituency of the country, which has e) 50,000
adopted _________system, making it paperless? Answer: a)
a) e-seva
b) e-vidhan 1639). Over two thousand industrialists whose loan
c) e- naam accounts to the tune of _______ lakhcrore rupees and
d) e- ujjal have turned into, Non Performing Assets?
e) e-assembly a) 3.98
Answer: b) b) 3.68
c) 3.89
1634). MASSAI, MTDC to organize Advantage d) 3.69
Maharashtra Expo-2017 held in_____? e) 3.58
a) Nagpur Answer: c)
b) Pune
c) Mumbai 1640). The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
d) Nasik Corporation has done away with service tax charges on
e) Aurangabad online bookings done through its website
Answer: e) till______________.
a) 31st November
1635). Which government has amended the 2008 b) 31stDecember
liquor prohibition recently? c) 21stDecember
a) Maharashtra d) 15thDecember
b) Kerala e) 25thDecember
c) Bihar Answer: b)
d) Odisha
e) New Delhi 1641). The RBI has doubled the limit of Prepaid
Answer: a) Payment Instruments (PPIs) to Rs. ________ to
facilitate digital transactions.
1636). Name the country which will host The 13th a) 20000
World Robot Olympiad? b) 15000
a) Bangladesh c) 10000
b) Nepal d) 30000
c) India e) 40000
d) Sri Lanka Answer: a)
e) Myanmar
Answer: c) 1642). Name the person, who has been honored with
International Press Freedom Award?
1637). What is the theme of 13th World Robot a) AkshayaMukul
Olympiad? b) FardunjeeMarzban
a) Rap the world c) MaliniSubramaniam
b) Recall the Scrap d) Rama Varma
c) Rapid the Scroll e) UdayPrakash
d) Rap the Scrap Answer: c)
e) Run the Scrap
Answer: d) 1643). Dr M Balamuralikrishna who passed away on
November 22 was a _____ musician.
1638). National Bank for Agriculture and Rural a) Aravana
Development (NABARD) will be utilizing its own cash b) Kajari
credit limits up to about ______crore rupees to ensure c) Hindustani
loans for Primary Agricultural Credit Society and d) Carnatic
farmers? e) Marfa
a) 23,000 Answer: d)

Answer: c)
1644). MGK Menon who passed away , he was related
to which field? 1650). Which bank has launched India's first banking
a) Activist robot called Lakshmi?
b) Artist a) Allahabad Bank
c) Journalist b) Bandhan Bank
d) Politician c) City Union Bank
e) Scientist d) Vijaya Bank
Answer: e) e) Yes Bank
Answer: c)
1645). Dr. VivekiRai passed away, he was related to
which field? 1651). Recently which state assembly passes 33%
a) Writer Reservation of Women in Urban Local Bodies?
b) Artist a) Nagaland
c) Journalist b) Sikkim
d) Politician c) Gujarat
e) Scientist d) Kerala
Answer: a) e) Goa
Answer: a)
1646). Leonard Cohen who passed away , he was a
_____. 1652). Name the state government, which has
a) Journalist launched the water distribution monitoring portal?
b) Painter a) Telangana
c) Politician b) Madhya Pradesh
d) Singer c) Andhra Pradesh
e) Sportsperson d) Uttrakhand
Answer: d) e) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: c)
1647). Robert Vaughn who passed away , he was a
______. 1653). Maharashtra PWD to use machines for pothole-
a) Actor filling across state, what is the name of the machine?
b) Writer a) Jet Tracker
c) Sportsperson b) Jet Patcher
d) Journalist c) Speed patcher
e) Politician d) Speed pothole
Answer: a) e) Jet Monitoring
Answer: b)
1648). Pedro Fernandez who passed away on
November 11 used to play which sport? 1654). National Foundation For Communal Harmony
a) Badminton programme held in?
b) Boxing a) Mumbai
c) Football b) Kolkata
d) Karate c) Kerala
e) Tennis d) Delhi
Answer: b) e) Haryana
Answer: d)
1649). Name the cricket player who has been made
brand ambassador for the second T20 World Cup for 1655). Wangala harvest festival celebrated in which
the Blind. state?
a) Ajay Jadeja a) Assam
b) Irfan pathan b) Bihar
c) Rahul Dravid c) Sikkim
d) Sachin Tendulkar d) Manipur
e) Virat kohli e) Tripura

1656). Rajasthan government to provide cheap, quality 1662). Who has been appointed as the Chairman of
meals to the poor, under which scheme? National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)?
a) Annapurna Food Programme a) Ashish Nehra
b) Annapurna Rasoi Programme b) Bansi Lal
c) Annapurna Rural Programme c) Dattatreya Aralikatte
d) Annapurna Poverty Programme d) Raghav Chandra
e) Annapurna Programme for BPL e) Yudhvir Singh Malik
Answer: b) Answer: e)
1657). On November 23 archaeologists discovered a 1663). The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
7000 year old city in which country? has issued how many regulations regarding insolvency
a) Iran professional agency and insolvency professionals?
b) China a) 3
c) Egypt b) 4
d) Mexico c) 5
e) USA d) 6
Answer: c) e) 7
Answer: a)
1658). Which country will chair the Energy Club of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2017? 1664). Goldman Sachs has forecast a deceleration in
a) Azerbaijan Indias GDP growth to ____% this fiscal due to
b) Russia demonetization?
c) Pakistan a) 6.1
d) Turkey b) 6.2
e) India c) 6.5
Answer: d) d) 6.8
e) 6.9
1659). The 24th edition of Asia-Pacific Economic Answer: d)
Cooperation (APEC) summit concluded in _____?
a) India 1665). Airtel has launched its first payment bank in
b) China which state?
c) Peru a) Maharashtra
d) Japan b) Rajasthan
e) North Korea c) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: c) d) New Delhi
e) Kolkata
1660). What is the theme of 24th edition of Asia- Answer: b)
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit?
a) Quality Growth and Human Development 1666). SEBI has allowed how many investors in angel
b) Develop Growth and Develop Human funds?
c) Quality Development and Human Development a) 230
d) Well Growth and well Development b) 250
e) Sustainable Growth and Human Development c) 200
Answer: a) d) 240
e) 300
1661). Who has been chosen as US Ambassador to the Answer: c)
UN?
a) Ishwar Puri 1667). State Bank of India(SBI) has cut its bulk deposit
b) Monica Gill rates to _____%.
c) Nikki Haley a) 1.9
d) Sheena Iyengar b) 1.7
e) Tulsi Gabbard c) 1.8

d) 1.5
e) 1.6 1673). Who was honoured with Centenary Award for
Answer: a) Indian Film Personality of the year at the 47th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
1668). Name the scientist who has been given the US a) AR Rehman
highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of b) Gulzar
Freedom. c) SP Bala Subrahmanyam
a) Elza Erkip d) Udit Narayan
b) Janet Abbate e) Unni Krishna
c) Lynn Conway Answer: c)
d) Margaret Hamilton
e) Susan Gerhart 1674). Which Indian actor won the Best Actor Award
Answer: d) at the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards?
a) Manoj Bajpayee
1669). Which company has commissioned a 93 MW b) Naseeruddin Shah
steam turbine-based captive power plant (CPP) for c) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) in Gujarat? d) Om Puri
a) BHEL e) Rajini Kanth
b) CESC Limited Answer: a)
c) JSW Energy
d) MSPL Limited 1675). Name the twin-seat aircraft that in November
e) NTPC 2016 received the Initial Operation Clearance (IOC).
Answer: a) a) Jaguar DARIN I
b) Jaguar DARIN II
1670). K Subash who passed away , he was a _____. c) Jaguar DARIN III
a) Actor d) Jaguar DARIN IV
b) Director e) Jaguar DARIN V
c) Journalist Answer: c)
d) Poet
e) Scientist 1676). The Palampur Assembly Constituency of
Answer: b) Himachal Pradesh that became the first e-Assembly
constituency of India. Palampur constituency lies in
1671). What is the theme of the 2016 International Day which district of Himachal Pradesh?
for the Elimination of Violence against Women? a) Hamirpur
a) Green the World - raise funds to end violence b) Bilaspur
against women c) Mandi
b) Lavender the World - raise funds to end violence d) Kangra
against women e) Panba
c) Orange the World - raise funds to end violence Answer: d)
against women
d) Pink the World - raise funds to end violence 1677). The Union Government in association with the
against women North Eastern States and West Bengal organised the
e) Violet the World - raise funds to end violence International Tourism Mart in which place?
against women a) Guwahati
Answer: c) b) Sikkim
c) Kolkata
1672). Who will be the Chief Guest at the 14th Pravasi d) Manipur
Bharatiya Divas? e) Tripura
a) Antonio Costa Answer: d)
b) Donald Ramtar
c) Donald trump 1678). Who is the author of the book Death Under the
d) Michael Ashwin Deodars?
e) Satyandre Adhin a) Amit Chaudhuri
Answer: a) b) Jhumpa Lahiri

c) Kiran Desai b) Ivan Mikoya
d) Ruskin Bond c) James Mike
e) Antonio Costa d) Max Planck
Answer: d) e) Tim hawkins
Answer: b)
1679). Name the country that topped in the 2016 ICT
Development Index out of a total of 175 countries? 1685). Which of the following committee has been
a) Denmark constituted to convert 100% Government Citizen
b) Iceland Transactions to the digital platform?
c) India a) Amitabh Kant committee
d) Japan b) Arun Jaitely committee
e) South Korea c) Arvind Panagariya committee
Answer: e) d) Kirti Parekh committee
e) Kishore Kumar committee
1680). Indias first International Childrens festival will Answer: a)
be held in which city?
a) Mumbai 1686). Who of the following will be conferred with the
b) New Delhi Legends Award by International Boxing Association
c) Pune (AIBA) on its 70th anniversary?
d) Chennai a) Kapil Mehta
e) Ahmadabad b) Mary Kom
Answer: a) c) Shiva Thapa
d) Vijender Singh
1681). Dileep Padgaonkar, who passed away recently, e) Sonaki Gutha
was the famous personality of which field? Answer: b)
a) Journalism
b) Music 1687). Which committee was constituted by Union
c) Dance Government on Yoga Education in Universities?
d) Literature a) Dwarakanath Bhavan Committee
e) Sports b) H R Nagendra committee
Answer: a) c) M M Lal committee
d) Suresh Lal Barnawal committee
1682). Cricketer Karen Rolton has been inducted into e) Kirti Parekh committee
the ICCs Hall of Fame, is belonged to which country? Answer: b)
a) England
b) West Indies 1688). Who has been appointed as the Lieutenant
c) New Zealand General of Pakistan's Army ?
d) Australia a) Babeel Qureshi
e) Pakistan b) Bilal Qureshi
Answer: d) c) Faisal Qureshi
d) Ifan Qureshi
1683). Which of the following bank has recently e) Qamar Javed Bajwa
launched contactless debit card which is based on Near Answer: e)
Field Communication (NFC) technology?
a) ICICI Bank 1689). Constitution Day is observed across India on
b) Nainital Bank which date?
c) South Indian Bank a) 24 November
d) Union Bank b) 26 November
e) Indian overseas bank c) 18 December
Answer: c) d) 16 December
e) 17 November
1684). Name the co-creator of iconic MiG-29 fighter Answer: b)
jet, who has passed away?
a) Dileep Padgaonkar

1690). First International Gita Mahotsav to be Answer: e)
celebrated in __________?
a) Haryana 1696). Which country has begun voting to phase out
b) Bihar nuclear power plants?
c) Nagaland a) China
d) Manipur b) Germany
e) New Delhi c) Japan
Answer: a) d) Russia
e) Switzerland
1691). When is National Milk Day observed in India? Answer: e)
a) November 25
b) November 26 1697). AROGYA fair organized in which place?
c) November 27 a) Himachal Pradesh
d) November 28 b) Arnachal Pradesh
e) November 29 c) Sikkim
Answer: b) d) Madhya Pradesh
e) Assam
1692). Narendra Modi launched the 'Indian Police at Answer: a)
Your Call' mobile app at a national police conference
in _____? 1698). Which of the following governmental body get
a) Hyderabad an advanced system, called "Tri-Netra".
b) Ahmadabad a) Airlines
c) Mumbai b) Railways
d) New Delhi c) Rickshaw
e) Varanasi d) Ships
Answer: a) e) Taxi
Answer: b)
1693). Name the portal launched by the government to
provide detailed information to farmers about bovine 1699). Name the hill station, wich host Judima
animals. festival?
a) e-jaanwar a) Assam
b) e-praani b) Himachal Pradesh
c) e-pashu c) Arnachal Pradesh
d) e-jantu d) Sikkim
e) e-paisa e) Madhya Pradesh
1694). Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has decided 1700). Who has been appointed Director of Lal
to adopt another tribal village in Madhya Pradesh, what Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
is the name of the village? (LBSNAA)?
a) Paldev a) Aarti Kanakia
b) Maihar b) Swati Sharma
c) Bharhut c) Upma Chawdhry
d) Griddhraj d) Varsha Deshmukh
e) Birsinghpur e) Vindhya Tomar
1695). Which country has passed a new law regarding 1701). Who is appointed as new president of Hockey
surveillance? India?
a) Brazil a) Udham Singh
b) Kenya b) Dhyan Chand
c) Russia c) Dhanraj Pillay
d) South Korea d) Mariamma Koshy
e) UK e) Mushtaque Ahmad

Answer: d)
1708). How much business has been targeted by Bajaj
1702). Which multiplex has partnered with SBI for allaianz and Canara bank in FY2017-18?
ease of cash withdrawal? a) 200 crore
a) City pride b) 300 crore
b) E-Square c) 400 crore
c) INOX Leisure d) 50 crore
d) Pvr Cinemas e) 500 crore
e) Rahul cinemas Answer: c)
Answer: c)
1709). Who unveiled the statue of Sathya Sai Baba?
1703). Who won the Gold Medal at AIBA Youth a) Narendra Modi
World Championships.? b) Nitin Gadkari
a) Hawa Singh c) Pranab Mukherjee
b) Jorge Grinan d) Venkaya naidu
c) Mushtaque Ahmad e) Prakash Javadekar
d) Naman Talwar Answer: a)
e) Sachin Singh
Answer: e) 1710). The 51st Annual Conference of Directors-
General of Police of States was held in which state?
1704). Who leads the Rolex Ranking and wrested one a) Maharashtra
crore rupees CG golf title? b) Rajasthan
a) Shamim Khan c) Telangana
b) Anisha Padukone d) Gujarat
c) Jeev milkha singh e) Madhya Pradesh
d) Khalin Joshi Answer: c)
e) Mushtaque Ahmad
Answer: a) 1711). Which country won the silver medal in the 13th
World Robot Olympiad (WRO)?
1705). How much percentage of incremental a) China
CRR(Cash Reserve Ratio) is introduced by RBI? b) India
a) 50% c) Qatar
b) 100% d) Russia
c) 75% e) Thailand
d) 80% Answer: b)
e) 90%
Answer: b) 1712). Name the mobile payment company which has
partnered with the National Highways Authority of
1706). Who is the new President of PHDCCI? India(NHAI) to pay toll tax.
a) Gopal Jiwarajka a) Airtel Money
b) Manmohan Singh b) Freecharge
c) Raghuram Rajan c) Mobikwik
d) Rahul Gandhi d) Oxigen Wallet
e) Sharad Pawar e) Paytm
1707). Which company has got SEBI'S NOD to launch 1713). The Competition Commission has approved the
an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT). proposed acquisition of which chemical company by
a) IRB Infra Norways Yara Fertilisers?
b) L&T Infra a) Ceyenar Chemicals
c) Raheja Infra b) Tata Chemicals
d) Reliance Infra c) Natinal Fertilizers
e) Reliance Jio d) Pidilite Industries
Answer: d) e) Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers

Answer: b)
1720). Which company has signed a MoU with the
1714). Who won the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? Self-Employed Womens Association of India
a) Nico Rosberg (SEWA)?
b) Daniel Ricciardo a) Best Western
c) Lewis Hamilton b) FlipKey
d) Sergio Prez c) N9NE Group
e) Jenson Button d) Airbnb
Answer: c) e) Landry's, Inc.
Answer: d)
1715). Which cab company has partnered with SBI and
Punjab National Bank to ease cash crunch? 1721). India hosts golden jubilee celebrations of
a) Zoomcar UNCITRAL in _________?
b) City Cool a) New Delhi
c) Wings b) Mumbai
d) Ola c) Ahmadabad
e) Meru d) Hyderabad
Answer: d) e) Jaipur
Answer: a)
1716). Which state will become the first state in India
to go cashless from December 31? 1722). Akodara Indias first digital and cashless
a) Assam village created by ICICI Bank is located in which
b) Goa state?
c) Bihar a) Goa
d) Maharashtra b) Gujarat
e) Rajasthan c) Maharashtra
Answer: b) d) Kerala
e) Madhya Pradesh
1717). Anand Yadav who passed away on November Answer: b)
27 was a ______ language author.
a) Dogri 1723). Indias first underwater festival has been held in
b) Hindi which city?
c) Kannada a) Chennai
d) Marathi b) Kochi
e) Sanskrit c) Mumbai
Answer: d) d) Pune
e) Thiruvendram
1718). Which bank will be the pin issuer for Answer: d)
CentrumPay?
a) Axis 1724). The Losar Festival (the New Year Festival) has
b) HDFC begun in which state?
c) KVB a) Assam
d) SC b) Jammu and Kashmir
e) Yes c) Sikkim
Answer: e) d) Uttarakhand
e) Himachal Pradesh
1719). According to Deutsche Bank Indias real GDP Answer: b)
growth is expected to be at _____%.
a) 6.1 1725). Which bank has tied up with non-banking
b) 6.2 finance company Bajaj Finance to launch a series of
c) 6.3 co-branded credit cards for Indian customers?
d) 6.8 a) Axis Bank
e) 6.5 b) DBS Bank
Answer: e) c) HDFC Bank

d) ICICI Bank b) Madhya Pradesh
e) RBL Bank c) Maharashtra
Answer: e) d) Sikkim
e) Uttar Pradesh
1726). Name the Iranian film that won Golden Peacock Answer: e)
award at the 47th International Film Festival of India
(IFFI)? 1732). What was India's rank among the 136
a) Daughter economies in terms of enabling cross border trade
b) Little based on a report of World Economic Forum (WEF)?
c) Magical Piano a) 96
d) My Home b) 102
e) Pink c) 106
Answer: a) d) 130
e) 125
1727). Which of the following word has been named Answer: b)
for the "Word of the Year for 2016" by
Dictionary.com? 1733). Which Indian state will become the first state in
a) Hohlimop India to go cashless?
b) Pickmoni a) Gujarat
c) Xenophobia b) Goa
d) Xenophot c) Sikkim
e) Oxford d) Kerala
Answer: c) e) Nagaland
Answer: b)
1728). Which Indian film has been invited for a special
screening at the UN Headquarters? 1734). Who was recently appointed as the Chief
a) Pink Secretary of Delhi?
b) Udta Punjab a) K. K. Sharma
c) Neerja b) M. M. Kutty
d) Aligarh c) Naveen Mehta
e) Magical Piano d) Santosh Yadav
Answer: a) e) Nikunj Juneja
Answer: b)
1729). Who won the 2016 Davis Cup tennis title?
a) Croatia 1735). Who will head the Committee of Chief
b) Argentina Ministers on demonetisation that was constituted
c) Cuba recently?
d) USA a) Manohar Lal Khattar
e) India b) N Chandrababu Naidu
Answer: b) c) Pinarayi Vijayan
d) Shaktikanta Das
1730). The Reserve Bank may cut rates in which e) Nikunj Juneja
month to support growth and tap favourable inflation Answer: b)
outlook?
a) April 1736). Which country will honour the families of 1668
b) December martyrs of the Indian Army who fought in the India-
c) January Pakistan war 1971?
d) June a) Bangladesh
e) March b) India
Answer: b) c) Pakistan
d) US
1731). Asias first & longest cycle highway has been e) Sri Lanka
inaugurated in which state? Answer: a)
a) Gujarat

1737). Recently, RBI reduced the monthly cash e) 8500
withdrawal limit from the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Answer: e)
Yojana (PMJDY) accounts to what amount?
a) 4000 1743). The 14-day India International Trade Fair (IITF)
b) 5000 is being held in which city?
c) 7000 a) Ahmedabad
d) 8000 b) Hyderabad
e) 10000 c) Mumbai
Answer: e) d) New Delhi
e) Pune
1738). Who among the following has won the bronze Answer: d)
medal at the IBSF World Snooker Championship in
Doha? 1744). Name the Tennis player who won the Stefan
a) Aditya Mehta Edberg Sportsmanship Award.
b) Geet Sethi a) Andy Roddick
c) Kamal Chawla b) Gustavo Kuerten
d) Pankaj Advani c) Juan Martin del Potro
e) Nikunj Juneja d) Novak Djokovic
Answer: d) e) Roger Federer
Answer: e)
1739). The book Swimmer among the Stars has been
authored by whom? 1745). Who won the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix?
a) Amitav Ghosh a) Kimi Raikkonen
b) Kanishk Tharoor b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Nikunj Juneja c) Max Verstappen
d) Nikunj Juneja d) Valtteri Bottas
e) Shashi Tharoor e) Lewis Hamilton
Answer: b) Answer: e)
1740). Morgan Stanley lowers Indias growth forecast 1746). Who won the 2016 Hero Women's Indian
by 40 bps to __________for FY17? Open?
a) 7.3% a) Aditi Ashok
b) 7.4% b) Aruna Budda Reddy
c) 7.5% c) Nicole Sharmila
d) 7.6% d) Shamini Kumaresan
e) 7.7% e) Swati Dudhwal
1741). India and Japan have signed how many 1747). Which team won the 33rd Surjit Hockey
agreements to boost the bilateral cooperation? Tournament?
a) 8 a) Army XI
b) 9 b) CAG
c) 11 c) CRPF
d) 10 d) India Railways
e) 5 e) Punjab National Bank
Answer: d) Answer: e)
1742). The government will impose a levy of Rs._____ 1748). Which country will host the 2018 Invictus
per flight on major routes to fund the UDAN (Ude Games for wounded military personnel?
Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme. a) Japan
a) 8000 b) India
b) 7000 c) China
c) 7500 d) Australia
d) 9900 e) England

Answer: d) b) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR),
Sriharikota.
1749). Name the unmanned combat aerial vehicle that c) ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore.
was successfully tested by Defence Research and d) ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri.
Development Organisation (DRDO)? e) Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga,.
a) AFZ-4 Answer: e)
b) Mil Mi-9
c) Rustom _ 2 1755). A team of women commandos has been
d) Rustom-3 inducted for the first time in Central Reserve Police
e) Tufaan Force (CRPF) to counter Naxal insurgency in
Answer: c) ___________?
a) Jharkhand
1750). Africa launches its first cycle-share scheme in b) Bihar
Morocco, what is the name of the cycle? c) Assam
a) Medina bikes d) Tripura
b) Making Bikes e) Nagaland
c) Riding Bikes Answer: a)
d) Smoove Bikes
e) Marrakech's biking 1756). Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav inaugurated
Answer: a) the Rs ______-crore Gomti riverfront development
project & Gaus Mohammad Stadium in Lucknow?
1751). RBIs deputy governor N S Vishwanathan has a) 1600
reiterated that ___________ still stands as the deadline b) 1700
for banks to clean up their balance sheets? c) 1500
a) April 2016 d) 1300
b) January 2017 e) 1200
c) March 2017 Answer: c)
d) March 2018
e) April 2018 1757). Who is the author of the book, 'The Legend of
Answer: c) Lakshmi Prasad'?
a) Twinkle Khanna
1752). Which country Airline has been named the best b) Tushar Raheja
airline in the world for the fourth consecutive year by c) Tuhin Sinha
AirlineRatings.com in its Airline Excellence Awards? d) Khagendra Thakur
a) Air Asia e) Gajendra Thakur
b) Air Australia Answer: a)
c) Air India
d) Air New Zealand 1758). The _________ SGFI National School Football
e) Air USA Championship 2016 got underway with a colourful
Answer: d) opening ceremony by the school students at Netaji
Stadium, Port Blair?
1753). National Press Day being observed on? a) 63
a) November 16 b) 61
b) November 17 c) 65
c) November 15 d) 64
d) November 14 e) 62
e) November 19 Answer: e)
Answer: a)
1759). Name the person, who has been appointed as the
1754). India's Rustom-II UAV successfully completes CEO of Times Global Partners?
maiden test flight at? a) Ajay Singh
a) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), b) Anil sinha
Thiruvananthapuram. c) Cyrus Mistry
d) O P Singh

e) Rishi Jaitly c) Mahesh Rao
Answer: e) d) Kapil Bhakti
e) Zayed Al Nahyan
1760). Name the chinese supercomputer that won the Answer: e)
fastest supercomputer title in the recently released 48th
edition of Top500 list of supercomputers? 1766). Eliud Kipchoge wins men's Delhi Half
a) Cori Marathon, he belongs to?
b) SumwayTaihulight a) USA
c) Tianhe-2 b) Nigeria
d) Titan c) Kenya
e) Titan-2 d) Jamaica
Answer: b) e) Brazil
Answer: c)
1761). India's total solar capacity crosses
___________GW? 1767). Former world champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu
a) 10 clinched the gold medal in men's trap event at the 60th
b) 15 National Shooting Championship for Shotgun, which
c) 19 city host the 60th National Shooting Championship
d) 20 for Shotgun?
e) 24 a) Jaipur
Answer: a) b) Ahmadabad
c) Indoor
1762). Name the sprinter who was recently handed an d) Ranchi
eight-year ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency. e) West Bengal
a) Ainju josh Answer: a)
b) Dharambir Singh
c) Makhan Singh 1768). Name the portal launched by the Indian
d) Milkasingh Government help passengers book airtickets.
e) Paramjit Singh a) Havai vyavastha
Answer: b) b) Aasman sewa
c) Karya sewa
1763). CVR Rajendran as MD & CEO which bank? d) AirSewa
a) South Indian bank e) Air ticket sewa
b) Catholic Syrian bank Answer: d)
c) Karur vysa bank
d) Federal bank 1769). Which ministry has launched a campaign to
e) Airtal payment bank open bank accounts of workers, both in organised and
Answer: b) unorganised sectors?
a) Corporate Affairs
1764). Name the badminton player who has won China b) Information and Broadcasting
open Series title 2016? c) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
a) Saina Nehwal d) Finance
b) Jwala Gutta e) Social Justice and Empowerment
c) PV Sindhu Answer: d)
d) Sun Yu
e) Juma hu zaa 1770). The Indian Government has imposed Duty on
Answer: c) which product to protect the domestic market?
a) Textiles
b) Steel
1765). Who has been conferred the prestigious Mother c) Electronics
Teresa International Award by the Mumbai-based d) Cement
NGO Harmony Foundation? e) Leather
a) G Gopinath Answer: b)
b) Pt H P Chaurasia

1771). Fitch Ratings lowered India's GDP growth Answer: d)
forecast to ______% for this fiscal.
a) 4.3 1777). Name the Indian Actor who named as 'Kids'
b) 5.2
Ikon of the Year' at Nickelodeon's Kids Choice
c) 6.9
d) 7.4 Awards.
e) 8.8 a) Salman Khan
Answer: c) b) Shahrukh Khan
c) Amitabh Bachan
1772). The Indus water treaty was signed between d) Akshay Kkumar
which two countries? e) Amir Khan
a) India-Pakistan
Answer: b)
b) India-Bangladesh
c) India-Sri Lanka
d) India-Afghanistan 1778). Supreme Court judge Justice Jagdish Singh
e) India-China Khehar will be the next Chief Justice of India (CJI). He
Answer: a) is the ________ Chief Justice of India.
a) 42nd
1773). Who has been re-nominated by the HRD b) 43rd
ministry as Chairman of the Auroville Foundation?
c) 44th
a) Karan Singh
b) Mihir Sarna d) 45th
c) Roger Anger e) 46th
d) Vivek Gujrathi Answer: c)
e) AK Upadhyay
Answer: a) 1779). The 12 day annual bilateral maritime exercise
between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy
1774). A bench headed by Justice ________ asked the
Central Government to take a decision regarding Yoga. KONKAN 16 began on December 5, 2016 at
a) AK Upadhyay a) Triruvantapuram
b) AP Jain b) Mangaluru
c) JC Seth c) Kochi
d) MA Baby d) Mumbai
e) MB Lokur e) Surat
Answer: c)
Answer: d)
1775). Which team beat Pakistan in the 2016 ACC
Women's Asia Cup? 1780). Political satirist and founder editor of Thuglak
a) Australia magazine, SrinivasaIyer Ramaswamy popularly known
b) England as Cho Ramaswamy passed away. He belongs to which
c) India state of India?
d) New Zealand a) Tamil Nadu
e) Sri Lanka
b) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: c)
c) Telangana
1776). The World Economic Forum (WEF) has named d) Kerala
Hindi language ranked ________ most powerful e) Karnataka
languages on the planet. Answer: a)
a) 9th 1781). What was the theme of the 2016 World AIDS
b) 7th Day?
c) 8th a) Getting to zero
d) 10th b) The time to act is now
e) 5th c) Hands up for #HIVprevention

d) Getting No AIDS c) Magnus Karjakin
e) Getting to zero #HIVprevention d) Sergey Karjakin
Answer: c) e) Viswanathan Anand
Answer: b)
1782). Centre proposes to release Rs ___________cr to
develop 100 Smart Cities? 1787). The UNESCO recently added rumba dance to
a) 48,000 its coveted list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The
b) 46,000 dance belongs to which of the following countries?
c) 47,000 a) Argentina
d) 49,000 b) Brazil
e) 58,000 c) Colombia
Answer: a) d) Cuba
e) South Africa
1783). Which state Raj Bhawan has adopted the Answer: d)
cashless system for all kind of payments?
a) Arunachal Pradesh 1788). The Union Cabinet recently approved the
b) Himachal Pradesh rehabilitation package of what amount for displaced
c) Andhra Pradesh families from Pakistan occupied Jammu & Kashmir
d) Nagaland (POJK)?
e) New Delhi a) Rs 2000 crore
Answer: b) b) Rs 2500 crore
c) Rs 5000 crore
1784). The Union Cabinet has given approval to the d) Rs 7500 crore
India negotiating position at the recent 28th Meeting of e) Rs 7600 crore
Parties (MoP) in __________, Rwanda. Answer: a)
a) Kigali
b) Butare 1789). The Central Statistical Office in November
c) Gitarama 2016 announced that Indias Gross Domestic Product
d) Province (GDP) accelerated to what percentage?
e) Ruhengeri a) 7.1 percent
Answer: a) b) 7.3 percent
c) 7.6 percent
1785). The 50th anniversary of the United Nations d) 7.7 percent
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) e) None of these
was recently hosted by which of the following Answer: b)
countries?
a) India 1790). Who will head the Committee of Chief
b) USA Ministers on demonetization that was constituted
c) Brazil recently?
d) China a) Manohar Lal Khattar
e) UK b) N Chandrababu Naidu
Answer: a) c) Pinarayi Vijayan
d) Shaktikanta Das
1786). Who won the 2016 World Chess e) Vajibaiwaala
Championship? Answer: b)
a) Garry Kasparov
b) Magnus Carlsen

1791). Which bank Bank launches Aadhaar-based
disbursement of micro loan? 1796). Which country has signs MoU with Thailand to
a) SBI promote cooperation and collaboration?
b) ICICI a) Pakistan
c) RBL b) China
d) AXIS c) Myanmar
e) UBI d) India
Answer: c) e) Bangladesh
Answer: d)
1792). India has signed government-to-government
(G2G) deal with which county to buy 145 M-777 1797). Naveen Patnaik inaugurates Tata Steels 55,000
Ultra-Light Howitzers worth $750 million under the TPA ferro-chrome plant in ______?
Foreign Military Sales programme? a) Andari
a) France b) Bodaguda
b) Israel c) Boliguda
c) Japan d) Damunaikguda
d) United State (UK) e) Gopalpur
e) United States (US) Answer: e)
Answer: e)
179a) Dhasai
1793). Name the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar b) Abitkhind
that won the prestigious Crossword Book of the Year c) Bori
Award in the Autobiography category? d) Bholewadi
a) The Test of My Life e) Digambar
b) Playing it my way Answer: a)
c) Out of the BOx
d) Straight from the Heart: An Autobiography 1799). India International Science festival 2016 to be
e) The Test of My cricket held in__________?
Answer: b) a) Jaipur
b) Kolkata
1794). Facebook will invest $40000 in which Indian c) Mumbai
Fashion Startup under its FBStartProgramme? d) New Delhi
a) Ajio e) Varanasi
b) CoutLoot Answer: d)
c) fabindia
d) Vastragatha 1800). Govt provides how many essential medicines
e) Coutt through AMRIT scheme?
a) 540
1795). Name the bank which has tied up with Spice b) 530
Digital for cash management services through the c) 550
banks e-collection facility? d) 580
a) Federal Bank e) 600
b) State bank of India Answer: a)
c) ICICI
d) Axis 1801). Hornbill Festival Kicks Off In______
e) HDFC a) Sikkim
Answer: a) b) Manipur

c) Nagaland d) 6.9
d) Assam e) 4.9
e) Mizoram Answer: d)
Answer: c)
1807). UN report has lowered India's GDP growth
1802). Under Section ______ of the RBI Act, the forecast to ____%
Reserve Bank of India made the decision regarding a) 7.9
demonetisation. b) 7.6
a) 24(2) c) 5.9
b) 24(5) d) 6.6
c) 24(1) e) 4.9
d) 24(3) Answer: b)
e) 24(4)
Answer: c) 1808). Which state's education board has made it
mandatory for students of Class 10 and 12 to have
1803). The government will issue _______ at toll Aadhaar card?
plazas from December 2. a) Maharashtra
a) DISTANCETags b) Haryana
b) FASTags c) Kerala
c) Hero ags d) Bihar
d) KMTags e) Telangana
e) SPEEDTags Answer: a)
Answer: b)
1809). Which Bank launches new product
1804). ______ has been included in the UNESCO's SIMsePAY for money transfer through feature
Representative List. phones?
a) Yoga a) Federal Bank
b) Tai Chi b) Yes bank
c) Jujitsu c) ICICI
d) KravMaga d) Axis
e) KukSool e) HDFC
1805). Who leads the popular lead over President-elect 1810). BHEL commissions first unit of
Donald Trump? Pulichintalahydel project, what is the capacity of unit?
a) Hillary Clinton a) 4x30 MW
b) Jill Stein b) 4x40 MW
c) Jim Webb c) 4x80 MW
d) Mike Pence d) 4x380 MW
e) Rocky De La Fuente e) 4x100 MW
1806). CRISIL has lowered India's GDP growth 1811). Which Indian Airport is the most connected
forecast to ______%. airport in India, according to air travel intelligence
a) 7.9 company OAG?
b) 8.9 a) Chennai International Airport
c) 5.9 b) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai

c) Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi c) 3.64
d) Goa international airport, Goa d) 4.64
e) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport e) 5.64
1812). Suresh Prabhu lays foundation stone for Rolling 1817). Who has been appointed as President of
Stock Component factory, what is the overall coat of Gambia?
this project? a) Adama Barrow
a) Rs 300 crore b) Dawda Jawara
b) Rs 200 crore c) Farimang Mamadi Singateh
c) Rs 350 crore d) Mammah Kandeh
d) Rs 400 crore e) Yahya Jammeh
e) Rs 500 crore Answer: a)
Answer: a)
1818). Who has been appointed as the Interim chief
1813). Which country has launched a multi-year trial executive officer (CEO) of National Stock Exchange of
for AIDS vaccine? India (NSE)?
a) Burkina Faso a) Chitra Ramkrishna
b) Mozambique b) J Ravichandran
c) Namibia c) Malik Mohammad Jayasi
d) Rwanda d) Satyajit Sharma
e) South Africa e) V. Prakash
Answer: e) Answer: b)
1814). Which city emerges as most Instagrammed city 1819). India and which country has signed four
of 2016? agreements in the fields of cyber security, visa
a) London relaxation, and investments?
b) New York a) Qatar
c) Ottawa b) Japan
d) Paris c) Nepal
e) Washington d) Bangladesh
Answer: b) e) Sri Lanka
Answer: a)
1815). Edible oil firm Ruchi Soya Industries launched
an initiative to provide banking assistance to farmers, 1820). Who has been nominated by President Donald
in association with which bank? Trump as the United States Secretary of Defense?
a) HDFC Bank a) Harold Brown
b) ICICI Bank b) James Mattis
c) State Bank of India c) James V. Forrestal
d) Union bank d) Neil H. McElroy
e) Axis bank e) William P. Clements
1816). Undisclosed amount of INR 1821). The ________Heart of Asia conference that
____________crore found in Jan Dhan accounts? began inAmritsar?
a) 1.64 a) 4
b) 2.64 b) 5

c) 6 Answer: d)
d) 7
e) 8 1827). Name the bank, which has Launches Cippy
Answer: c) Wallet for Online Transaction?
a) Axis Bank
1822). Navy day observed on_______ December b) DCB Bank
a) 4 c) HDFC Bank
b) 5 d) ICICI
c) 3 e) SBI Bank
d) 2 Answer: b)
e) 6
Answer: a) 1828). India and which country to sign agreement on
Kudankulam units 5 and 6?.
1823). The 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) has a) Russia
been organized at________? b) Japan
a) Kerala c) Germany
b) Madhya Pradesh d) USA
c) West Bengal e) Poland
d) Nagaland Answer: a)
e) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: c) 1829). Name the person, who has been won Children's
Peace Prize?
1824). Tripitak Sutrapath Mahotasava begin in a) Amity jaji
_________? b) Amit kumat
a) Assam c) Kamjen Basu
b) Bihar d) Kehkashan Basu
c) Jharkhand e) Santhosh Naeayanan
d) Utterkand Answer: d)
e) Sikkim
Answer: b) 1830). The C40 Mayors Summit held in which city?
a) New York
1825). Name the bank, which has made cashless of b) Washington
Patnas three villages? c) London
a) Bank of Maharashtra d) Paris
b) Bank of India e) Mexican city
c) Bank of Baroda Answer: e)
d) Punjab National Bank
e) ICICI 1831). What was the theme of the 2016 World Soil
Answer: c) Day?
a) Soils and pulses, a symbiosis for life
1826). Hailakhandi first in ____________to pay tea b) Soils, foundation for family farming
workers via bank account? c) Soils, a solid ground for life
a) Jharkhand d) Soils for family farming
b) Utterkand e) foundation for family farming
c) Sikkim Answer: a)
d) Assam
e) Bihar

1832). The 7th World Ayurveda Congress was held in 1837). Home Secretary level talks have begun between
which city? India and _______ in New Delhi.
a) Chennai a) Afghanistan
b) Kolkata b) Australia
c) Mumbai c) Bangladesh
d) New Delhi d) China
e) Vadodara e) USA
1833). Which country's Prime Minister resigned after 1838). At the 6th Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference
suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan all the countries adopted the Amritsar Declaration. It
to reform the constitution? will deal with _______.
a) Albania a) Environment
b) France b) IT security and infrastructure
c) Germany c) Narcotics
d) Italy d) Terrorism
e) Switzerland e) Trade
Answer: d) Answer: d)
1834). Who has been appointed as President of 1839). Which magazine has put Prime Minister
Austria? Narendra Modi as Person of the Year 2016?
a) Norbert Hofer a) Forbes
b) Karlheinz Kopf b) Life
c) Heinz Fischer c) MidWeek
d) Andreas Khol d) Outlook
e) Alexander Van der Bellen e) TIME
1835). Who won the Gangadhar National Award for 1840). What is PV Sindhu's rank in the latest BWF
the year 2015? World Ranking?
a) Anand Sharan Raturi a) 8th
b) Leeladhar Jagoori b) 7th
c) Madan Mohan Lakhera c) 10th
d) N. D. Tiwari d) 11th
e) Rajendra Kumar Badi e) 4th
1836). Who won the 2016 International Children's 1841). Name the athlete who won the 2016 IAAF
Peace Prize? Athlete of the Year Award in womens category.
a) Anagha Prasad a) Almaz Ayana
b) Chandrakant Keni b) Gabriela Szabo
c) Kehkashan Basu c) Juliet Chekwel
d) Siddheshwar Prasad d) Mercy Cherono
e) Vandana Shiva e) Tirunesh Dibaba

1842). Ola has partnered with which bank to set up 1847). Name the sculptor who won the 2016 Turner
mobile ATMs for cash withdrawal? Prize for contemporary art.
a) CB a) Heather Barnett
b) SBI b) Margaret Harrison
c) HSBC c) Helen Marten
d) YES d) Molly Garnier
e) AB e) Clarice Cliff
Answer: d) Answer: c)
1843). As per a new plan Niti Aayog will give a 1848). Mahaparinirwan Diwas is observed across India
incentive of Rs.____ to every individual who has on 6 December to commerate ____.
shifted to digital payment mode. a) Babasaheb Ambedkar
a) 20 b) K. Kamaraj
b) 25 c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) 50 d) Morarji Desai
d) 10 e) Zakir Husain
e) 15 Answer: a)
Answer: d)
1849). Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
1844). The government on December 4 announced that ______ International Oil and Gas Conference,
it will release new Rs. 20 and 50 notes. The new Rs. 20 PETROTECH-2016 in Delhi.
notes will have the inset letter ____ . a) 8th
a) M b) 9th
b) L c) 10th
c) D d) 12th
d) A e) 13th
e) Z Answer: d)
Answer: b)
1850). Who has been appointed as the Chief Minister
1845). Which bank has raised Rs. 1000 crore by of Tamil Nadu?
issuing bonds under BASEL III norms? a) O. Panneerselvam
a) Axis b) M. Karunanidhi
b) BoB c) V.R. Nedunchezhiyan
c) HDFC d) Bakthavatsalam
d) OBC e) V.K Sasikala
e) SBI Answer: a)
Answer: b)
1851). Science and Technology Minister Dr Harsh
1846). Bernard Cazeneuve has been appointed as Vardhan made a statement in the Lok Sabha regarding
Prime Minister of which country? organising India International Science Festival, IISF-
a) Dominican Republic 2016. The festival is being held in which among the
b) Fiji following cities?
c) French a) Mumbai
d) Haiti b) Bengaluru
e) New Zealand c) New Delhi
Answer: c) d) Chennai
e) Hyderabad

Answer: c)
1856). Khadi and Village Industries Commission
1852). Govt asks banks to install additional 10 lakh (KVIC) launched e-commerce platform to promote
POS to promote digital transaction terminals by March, khadi. KVIC is headquartered at
next year in order to promote digital transactions across a) New Delhi
the country. What is the full form of POS? b) Chennai
a) Price of Service c) Hyderabad
b) Postal Station d) Lucknow
c) Point of scale e) Mumbai
d) Public Service Machines Answer: e)
e) None of these
Answer: c) 1857). Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched AP
Purse mobile app featuring 13 mobile banking and 10
1853). Dr BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary to be mobile wallet options, in Vijayawada. Who is the Chief
observed as 'Water Day' across the India. The day will Minister of Andhra Pradesh?
be observed to mark Ambedkars contribution in water a) Devendra Fadnavis
resource management of the country. When is the Dr b) K Chandra Shekar Rao
BR Ambedkars birth anniversary observed? c) N Chadrababu Naidu
a) April 14th d) Siddaramaiah
b) July 14th e) None of these
c) March 15th Answer: c)
d) June 15th
e) August 16th 1858). Which state government to appoint 1000
Answer: a) Banking correspondents in unbanked gram panchyats?
a) Maharashtra
1854). University Grants Commission, UGC, has asked b) Odisha
all universities and colleges across the country to c) Karnataka
launch a month-long campaign to create awareness d) Gujarat
about cashless transactions. Who among the following e) Haryana
is the present chairman of UGC? Answer: b)
a) Mukul Singh
b) Ved Prakash 1859). Manohar Lal Khattar has given administrative
c) Mahendra Bhoopati approval for implementation of the Rs 50-crore
d) Vikarm Anthoney National Hydrology Project to be set up in the state
e) None of these with 100 per cent assistance from the Centre. He is the
Answer: b) Chief Minister of which State?
a) Jharkhand
1855). The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata b) Uttarakhand
Banerjee has announced that the state would be setting c) Bihar
up a special panel to stop child trafficking. The panel is d) Haryana
chaired by whom? e) Mizoram
a) Partha Chatterjee Answer: d)
b) Mukesh Chatterjee
c) Satish Chattrjee 1860). Which country has the highest achieving
d) Anand Chatterjee students in international education rankings, with its
e) Mahesh Chatterjee teenagers coming top in tests in maths, reading and
Answer: a) science in the Programme for International Student

Assessment, Pisa rankings, run by the Organisation for 1865). Manohar Parrikar and the United States
Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD)? Secretary of Defence have finalised Indias designation
a) Estonia as Major Defence Partner of the United states in the
b) Japan India-US joint statement. Who is the current United
c) Vietnam States Secretary of Defence?
d) Finland a) Ashton Carter
e) Singapore b) John Kerry
Answer: e) c) Satly Jewell
d) Alester Cook
1861). International Anti-Corruption day was observed e) None of these
on Answer: a)
a) 9th December
b) 9th October 1866). According to the World Power Language Index
c) 10th December (PLI) released by World Economic Forum (WEF),
d) 10th October what will be the rank of Hindi in the Most Powerful
e) 9th November Language list in 2050?
Answer: a) a) Tenth
b) Ninth
1862). Name the former US Astronaut and the first c) Eighth
American to orbit Earth died. d) Seventh
a) John Glenn e) Sixth
b) Gus Grissom Answer: b)
c) Buzz Aldrin
d) Scott Kelly 1867). Which among the following banks has informed
e) None of these BSE that the Board of Directors of the Bank has
Answer: a) approved the appointment of Ms. VeenaMankar as the
Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board?
1863).In a further move to take the Indian Railways at a) Bank of Baroda
an advanced level, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister b) State Bank of Hyderabad
of Railways launched website of National Rail Plan, c) Karnataka Bank
2030. Name the website. d) Andhra Bank
a) www.railnational.in e) IDFC Bank
b) www.plan2030.gov.in Answer: e)
c) www.nationalrailplan.in
d) www.nationalrail2030.gov.in 1868). The state government of Kerala launches
e) None of these HarithaKeralam Mission to create new developments
Answer: c) by the optimum utilization of the natural resources.
Who is the Chief Minister of Kerala?
1864). Where was the 28th edition of state Information a) Panner Selvam
Ministers Conference held? b) Pinarayi Vijayan
a) Bengaluru c) K Chandra Shekar Rao
b) Jamshedpur d) Siddiramaianh
c) Mumbai e) N Chandra Babu Naidu
d) New Delhi Answer: b)
e) Vadodara
Answer: d) 1869). The Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) is
scheduled to be held from 16 December to 23

December 2016 in which among the following Indian a) Venkaiah Naidu
cities? b) Ravishankar Prasad
a) New Delhi c) Nirmala Sitaraman
b) Mumbai d) Smriti Irani
c) Hyderabad e) None of these
d) Goa Answer: b)
e) Chennai
Answer: d) 1874). Seeking to fight corruption with the active
participation of people, which State Government has
1870). Which among the following High Court has launched two mobile applications which can be used to
ruled that the practice of triple talaq (Talaq-e-bidat) upload information regarding graft?
among Muslims is unconstitutional and violates the a) Tamil Nadu
rights of women enshrined in constitution? b) Kerala
a) Allahabad High Court c) Karnataka
b) Mumbai High Court d) Andhra Pradesh
c) Madras High Court e) Telangana
d) Delhi High Court Answer: b)
e) Manipur High Court
Answer: a) 1875). What is Indias rank in the recently released
Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2016?
1871). Human Right Day is observed on December a) 6th
10th every year. What is the slogan for the year 2016? b) 9th
a) Our Rights Our Freedom c) 11th
b) Standup for someones rights today d) 8th
c) My voice counts e) 7th
d) Every day is Human Rights Day Answer: e)
e) None of these
Answer: b) 1876). Which of the following country has launched a
new cargo service connecting Tibet and Nepal?
1872). The Committee on Digital Payments constituted a) India
by the Finance Ministry, to review existing payment b) Sri Lanka
systems in the country and recommend appropriate c) Pakistan
measures for encouraging Digital Payments, submitted d) China
its report on 09 December 2016. Who was the e) None of these
Chairman of the committee? Answer: d)
a) Ashok Lavasa
b) D B Shekatkar 1877). India and which country signed an agreement
c) Indrajeet Sarkar for civil nuclear cooperation?
d) Ratan P Wattla a) Qatar
e) None of these b) USA
Answer: d) c) Japan
d) China
1873). Union IT Minister launched Digidhan Abhiyan, e) Vietnam
to enable every citizen, small traders and merchants to Answer: e)
adopt digital payments in their everyday financial
transactions. Who among the following is the Union IT
Minister of India?

1878). Vistaar Financial Services, an MSME-focused d) Mathokar Sanjay
financing firm has appointed _______ as non-executive e) None of these
Chairman and Independent Director. Answer: a)
a) C B Bhave
b) Sri Radha Mohan 1883). The Narmada SevaYatra has been launched by
c) Madhukar Gupta which of the following states?
d) Manoj Bajpai a) Maharashtra
e) None of these b) Chhattisgarh
Answer: a) c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh
1879). Nana Akufo-Addo was elected as the President e) Uttarakhand
of which among the following countries? Answer: c)
a) Burkina Faso
b) Togo 1884). Which among the following banks decided to
c) Liberia Launch Credit Card WithRs 25000 Limit Soon?
d) Benin a) Punjab National Bank
e) Ghana b) Syndicate Bank
Answer: e) c) Axis Bank
d) State Bank of India
1880). Documentary, Raising the Bar has won the e) ICICI Bank
Award of Recognition at Australian film festival. The Answer: d)
documentary is directed by
a) Onir 1885). What is the theme of 2016 International
b) Biju Mountain Day (IMD)?
c) Chrik a) Mountain cultures: Celebrating diversity and
d) Weng strengthening identity
e) None of these b) Mountain minorities and indigenous peoples
Answer: a) c) Managing mountain biodiversity for better lives
d) Mountain biodiversity for better lives
1881). President Pranab Mukherjee has launched a e) None of these
100 Million for 100 Million campaign organized by Answer: a)
the KailashSatyarthi Childrens Foundation at which
among the following Indian cities? 1886). Who among the following appointed as the
a) Mumbai Prime Minister of New Zealand?
b) Pune a) John Key
c) New Delhi b) Helen Clerk
d) Kolkata c) Bill English
e) Hyderabad d) Jenny Shipley
Answer: c) e) Jim Bolger
Answer: c)
1882). Internet and Mobile Association of India
(IAMAI) has constituted a working groupon fighting 1887). Who has been elected new President of 90th
online piracy. Who among the following is the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan?
chairman of the committee? a) Vasant Abaji Dahake
a) Ajit Mohan b) Nagnath Kottapalle
b) Kiran Shankar c) F M Shinde
c) Vijay Karan d) Akshay kumar M Kale

e) None of these c) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: d) d) Madhya Pradesh
e) Himachal Pradesh
1888). Antonio Guterres, who has been sworn-in as the Answer: c)
new Secretary General of the United Nations, is the
former Prime Minister of which country? 1893). Which of the following state has launched
a) Malaysia Narmada Seva Yatra?
b) Portugal a) Haryana
c) France b) West Bengal
d) Singapore c) Odisha
e) Switzerland d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: b) e) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: d)
1889). Who has been named as the new Prime Minister
of Italy? 1894). Which country has successfully launched
a) Mario Monti Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) spacecraft that will deliver a
b) Enrico Letta large magnetic tether, a space junk collector
c) Matteo Renzi technology into orbit?
d) Ramano Prodi a) China
e) Paolo Gentiloni b) Russia
Answer: e) c) India
d) Japan
1890). Which country launches new-generation e) USA
weather satellite in geostationary orbit, is also the Answer: d)
countrys first quantitative remote-sensing satellite in
high orbit. 1895). Which of the following help line number will be
a) Russia launched soon to educate people and provide support
b) Japan related to cashless mode of transactions?
c) New Zealand a) 1444
d) China b) 144
e) India c) 14444
Answer: d) d) 14144
e) 1414
1891). Who is the first Indian captain to hit three Answer: c)
double centuries?
a) Virat Kohli 1896). Name the train which is renamed as Vizag Steel
b) Rohit Sharma Samta Express to promote its brand Vizag Steel?
c) Ajinkya Rahane a) Ala Hazrat Express
d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni b) Ananthapuri Express
e) Saurav Ganguly c) Andhra Pradesh Express
Answer: a) d) Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express
e) Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
1892). Which of the state has launched the website Answer: e)
APEDB to provide repository of knowledge on
investing? 1897). Nabard will provide a grant of ____ crore
a) Haryana rupees for deployment of point of sale machines and
b) Maharashtra procurement of EMV based debit cards for farmers.

a) Rs.228 crore petrol and diesel will get a discount of ____ percent on
b) Rs.118 crore the sale price of fuel.
c) Rs.256 crore a) 0.2
d) Rs.172 crore b) 0.25
e) Rs.183 crore c) 0.35
Answer: a) d) 0.5
e) 0.75
1898). Who among the following has presented the Answer: e)
Shilp Guru Awards and National Awards to master
crafts persons for the year 2015? 1903). Who among the following will chair an
a) Narendra Modi important meeting with senior officials from Jharkhand
b) Pranab Mukherjee in connection with digital cashless payment?
c) Arun Jaitely a) R. S. Sharma
d) Venkaiah Naidu b) Sudhir Gupta
e) None of these c) Amitabh Kant
Answer: b) d) Kshatrapati Shivaji
e) None of these
1899). Who has been appointed as the as the new Answer: c)
director of National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA)?
a) Arjun Singh 1904). Who among the following appointed as the new
b) Adwaita Gadanayak chief of ISI?
c) Rajesh Verma a) Rahul Sharif
d) Radha Krishnan b) Javed Jamsheed
e) None of these c) Rijvana Aktar
Answer: b) d) Naveed Mukhtar
e) None of these
1900). Who became the first Indian to win a medal at Answer: d)
the Mr Olympia event?
a) Iqbal Sayeed 1905). Who among the following appointed as
b) Mahamood Saheb UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for stellar work in
c) Akram Basha child rights?
d) Vijayendra Bhoopati a) Deepika Padukone
e) None of these b) Priyanka Choopra
Answer: a) c) Katrina Kaif
d) Anushka Sharma
1901). Which state government launches country's e) None of these
amphibious bus project to become the first of its type? Answer: b)
a) Haryana
b) Kerala 1906). Who among the following football players win
c) Punjab the prestigious Ballon d'Or award for a fourth time?
d) Uttar Pradesh a) Cristiano Ronaldo
e) Maharashtra b) Lionel Messi
Answer: c) c) Tom Bardey
d) Russel Wilson
1902). In a statement, the Indian Oil Corporation has e) None of these
said customers making digital payment for purchase of Answer: a)

1907). Who won the World Billiards Championship c) PayUMoney
held in Bengaluru recently? d) Paytm
a) Geet Seti e) None of these
b) Francisco Bustamnte Answer: d)
c) Pankaj Advani
d) Semih Sayagri 1912). Sultan Muhammad V has been elected as the
e) None of these King of _____
Answer: c) a) Thailand
b) Malaysia
1908). Who among the following has inaugurated the c) Bhutan
sixth edition of Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on d) Rwanda
Housing and Urban Development in New Delhi? e) None of these
a) Narendra Modi Answer: b)
b) Kalraj Mishra
c) Nirmala Sitaraman 1913). Who was posthumously named Brazils player
d) Sriti Irani of the year after a vote by fans?
e) Venkaiah Naidu a) Cristiano Ronaldo
Answer: e) b) Gareth Bale
c) Karim Benzema
1909). India said it will contribute ______ lakh US d) Sergio Ramos
Dollars to the United Nations's Central Emergency e) Danilo
Response Fund (CERF) for the year 2016-17. Answer: e)
a) 4 lakh
b) 4.5 lakh 1914). Who has won the most improved player award
c) 5 lakh at the Badminton World Federations annual function
d) 5.5 lakh held in Dubai.
e) 6 lakh a) Saina Nehwal
Answer: c) b) Lee Xuirui
c) PV Sindhu
1910). Grofers, the on-demand e-commerce mobile and d) Carliona Marin
web application, is opening up a new avenue for people e) None of these
to get cash delivered at home, by partnering with which Answer: c)
bank?
a) Yes Bank 1915). Who has been named as one of 15 Global
b) ICICI Bank Thinkers, Compiled by the Foreign Policy magazine?
c) Axis Bank a) Smriti Irani
d) HDFC Bank b) Sushma Swaraj
e) None of these c) Mammtha Benerji
Answer: a) d) Akilesh Yadav
e) Narendra Modi
1911). Which among the following digital payment Answer: b)
systems has partnered with major National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) toll concessionaries to 1916). Name the bilateral naval exercise between India
enable cashless payments at all state, national and city and Russia.
toll plazas? a) EKUVERIN
a) Oxigen b) SIMBEX
b) MobiKiwi c) INDRA

d) LAMITY fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. Who is
e) None of these the Prime Minister of Tajikistan?
Answer: c) a) Emomali Rahmon
b) Kokhir Rasulzoda
1917). Which country has become 4th largest defence c) John Mogufuli
spender? d) Kassim Majiliva
a) Russia e) Noen of these
b) India Answer: b)
c) Philippines
d) Indonesia 1922). The Indian Railways tied-up with which bank to
e) Saudi Arabia install at least 10000 Point of Sale (POS) machines
Answer: b) using debit or credit cards at the Public Reservation
System (PRS) counters of Railways?
1918). Indias largest indoor sports arena will come up a) State Bank of India
in which of the following states? b) Punjab National Bank
a) Assam c) Syndicate Bank
b) West Bengal d) Indian Bank
c) Kerala e) None of these
d) Andhra Pradesh Answer: a)
e) Maharashtra
Answer: b) 1923). Name the Mobile walletlaunched by Punjab
National Bank that enables a smart phone user to
1919). The book Many Everests: An Inspiring undertake on line transactions using the money stored
Journey of Transforming Dream into Reality has been in the wallet?
authored by whom? a) PNB KITTY
a) Ravindra Kumar b) PNB CHITTY
b) Kailash Satyarthi c) PNB FITTY
c) Manav Kumar d) PNB KRITTY
d) Nitish Bharadwaj e) None of these
Answer: a)
1924). Who among the following appointed as the
1920). Antonio Guterres, who has been sworn-in as the acting chief of Life Insurance Corporation of India?
new Secretary General of the United Nations, is the a) S K Roy
former Prime Minister of which country? b) VK Sharma
a) Portugal c) Vinod Roy
b) Singapore d) Mahesh Sharma
c) Malaysia e) None of these
d) New Zealand Answer: b)
e) Indonesia
Answer: a) 1925). V G Kannan took charge as Chief Executive of
which among the following National offices?
1921). The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime a) Childrens Film Society of India
Minister, Shri NarendraModi has approved the protocol b) Indian Banks Association
amending the agreement between India and Tajikistan c) Press Council of India
for avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of d) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
e) None of these

Answer: b) e) None of these
Answer: b)
1926). A biopic titled Blond Ambition has been
named the most admired unproduced film script 1931). The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft will be launched
currently in the Hollywood system. It is the biopic of in which year by ISRO?
a) Madonna a) 2018
b) Sandra Bullock b) 2017
c) Jennifer Aniston c) 2019
d) Johnny Depp d) 2020
e) Angelina Jolie e) 2021
1927). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked 1932). Who will head the parliamentary committees to
_______ in the recently released most powerful people examine the Central government's monetary policy?
in the world by Forbes. a) Shaktikanta Das
a) 7th b) AnjulyChibDuggal
b) 8th c) Urjit Patel
c) 9th d) All of the above
d) 10th e) None of the above
e) 11th Answer: d)
Answer: c)
1933). Makkal Pavalar Inkulab passed away, who is
1928). EKUVERIN Exercise is the joint military he?
exercise between India and ______. a) Sports
a) Russia b) Music
b) Nepal c) Journalist
c) China d) Politician
d) Pakistan e) poet
e) Maldives Answer: e)
Answer: e)
1929). Which country Army has successfully test fired 1934). The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
an enhanced version of an indigenously-designed will install real time and manual pollution monitoring
Babur cruise missile? stations in which of the following state/s:
a) Bangladesh a) Delhi
b) Nepal b) Haryana
c) Pakistan c) Rajasthan
d) Russia d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of these e) All the above
1930). Nobel-winning Thomas Schelling dies at 95. He 1935). Name the Formula 1 driver who announced his
is related with which among the following fields? retirement recently?
a) Physician a) Adrian Sutil
b) Economist b) Daniel Ricciardo
c) Poet c) Felipe Massa
d) Social Activist d) Jules Bianchi

e) Nico Rosberg
Answer: e) 1941). Which team won Womens Asia Cup T20?
a) India
1936). Name the athlete who won the 2016 IAAF male b) Pakistan
Athlete of the Year award in Male category. c) Bangladesh
a) Femi Ogunode d) Sri Lanka
b) Olusoji Fasuba e) Nepal
c) Patrick Johnson Answer: a)
d) Robson da Silva
e) Usain Bolt 1942). Bhai Mahavir is passed away, he belongs to
Answer: e) which filed?
a) Sports
1937). Name the city, which has been Awarded Best b) Political
Cities Award at C40 Mayors Summit? c) Film Industry
a) Chennai d) Journalist
b) Kolkata e) Business
c) Mumbai Answer: b)
d) New Delhi
e) Panaji 1943). Bekal Utsahi passed away, he belongs to which
Answer: b) filed?
a) Sports
1938). Which film named best film by New York Film b) Political
Critics Circle? c) Film Industry
a) La La Land d) Journalist
b) Moonlight e) Both b) and c)
c) Paterson Answer: e)
d) The Handmaiden
e) Toni Erdmann 1944). Sammy Lee died, he belongs to which filed?
Answer: a) a) Sports
b) Political
1939). Name the person, who has been crowned Miss c) Film Industry
Supranational 2016? d) Journalist
a) Joanna Eden e) Both a) and b)
b) Metro Manila Answer: a)
c) Pia Garcia
d) Sarah-Lorraine Riek 1945). Name the former FIFA President who has lost
e) Srinidhi Shetty his appeal against a six-year ban for ethics violations.
Answer: e) a) Gianni Infantino
b) Issa Hayatou
1940). Who launched Stanpan Suraksha App to c) Jules Rimet
Promote Breast Feeding? d) Sepp Blatter
a) Narendra Modi e) Stanley Rous
b) Raj Nath Singh Answer: d)
c) Jual Oram
d) Maneka Sanjay Gandhi 1946). The 5th Goods and Services Tax(GST) Council
e) Jagat Prakash Nadda Meet was held in which city _______.

b) Kolkata Answer: a)
c) New Delhi
d) Chennai 1951). Which among the following banks has been
e) Bengaluru adjudged Best Bank for SME Lending by The
Answer: c) Associate Chambers of Commerce and Industry of
India (Assocham)?
1947). Who has been appointed as CEO and Director a) Indian Bank
of Airtel DTH? b) Andhra Bank
a) Sunil Taldar c) Bank of Baroda
b) Ved Prakash d) Vijaya Bank
c) Rajesh Tripathi e) Bank of India
d) M.S. Rao Answer: d)
e) Shashi Arora
Answer: a) 1952). Name the life insurance provider that has
launched two micro insurance products, Jeevan
1948). State Bank of India(SBI) announced that it will Suraksha and Credit Suraksha.
sell government-minted "Indian Gold Coin". Which a) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
facts of the announcement are true? b) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
A. MMTC will will tie-up with SBI to relase the coin c) HDFC Life
B. It is India's first ever sovereign gold offering d) Exide Life Insurance
C. The coin is available in denominations of 10, 15 e) IDBI Federal Life Insurance
and 25gm bar. Answer: c)
a) Only a
b) Both a and b 1953). PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia's largest
c) both b and c man-made jungle safari, a nearly 800-acre Nandanvan
d) All of the above Zoo and Safari, which is located in which state
_______?
e) None of the above
a) Odisha
Answer: a) b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Chhattisgarh
1949). In which city was Ex-President of Cuba, Fidel d) Gujarat
Castro buried? e) Jharkhand
a) Havana Answer: c)
b) Baracoa
c) Moron
1954). Name the Indian badminton player who won the
d) Puerto Padre mens singles title of the Bahrain International
e) Santiago Challenge at Segayya in Bahrain.
Answer: e) a) Syed Modi
b) Chetan Anand
1950). Which among the following countries is going c) Aditya Joshi
to establish a Center of Excellence in Information d) Manu Attri
e) Pratul Joshi
Technology at Egypt's oldest and most prestigious Al-
Answer: e)
Azhar University?
a) India 1955). the overdraft facility for salaried home loan
b) China borrowers to seek loans up to Rs. 1 crore for personal
c) Pakistan needs against his/her property is introduced by which
d) Sweden bank ?
a) YES Bank
e) Portugal

b) SBI Answer: a)
c) RBL
d) ICICI Bank 1961). Name the new mobile banking app which Yes
e) Indus Ind Bank launches for customers to undertake most
Answer: d) transactions on the app including Net Banking
registration?
1956). Which of the following states have been ranked a) YES Abhi
top in State-wise Ease of Doing Business rankings ? b) YES Junction
a) Andhra Pradesh and Telengana c) Yes Swipe 2.0
b) Tamil nadu and Kerala d) Yes Mobile 1.0
c) Gujarat and Bihar e) Yes Mobile 2.0
d) Telengana and Odisha Answer: e)
e) jharkhand and Haryana
Answer: a) 1962). India and Nepal commenced their 10th joint
military exercise at Army Battle School, Saljhandi in
1957). The maximum amount of the total Revenue Nepal is been named as ?
earned by the government of India comes from: a) INDRA
a) Income Tax b) Surya Kiran
b) Customs Duty c) Simbex
c) Excise Duty d) Mithra Shakthi
d) Value Added Tax e) prabal dostyk -16
e) Corporate Tax Answer: b)
Answer: c)
1963). Name the country that becomes the world's
1958). Manoj Sinha the current Telecom Minister largest organ donor, performed over 4,700 organ
(Independent Charge) is belongs to which transplants in the year 2015 ?
Constituency? a) India
a) gautam Budh Nagar b) Germany
b) Ghazipur c) Spain
c) Nagpur d) Australia
d) Gurgaon e) Canada
Answer: b)
1964). The first World Sanskrit Award has been given
1959). Telangana government joins hand with IDFC to Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who belongs to which
bank introduces Coupon for Cashless Purchase to solve country ?
the change problem , thus the bank is head quartered in a) Thailand
which city ? b) Myanmar
a) Delhi c) Sri Lanka
b) Kolkata d) Nepal
c) Mumbai e) Singapore
d) Bangalore Answer: a)
e) Pune
Answer: c) 1965). The James Webb Space Telescope is the newly
constructed largest space telescope, which will be 100
1960). Government imposes penalty of Rs 10,000 cr on times more powerful than the Hubble Telescope has
____ and its partners for pumping out gas that flowed been designed by ?
to the Krishna Godavari-D6 Block from an adjoining a) China National Space Administration
field owned by ONGC. b) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
a) Reliance Industries Limited c) The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space
b) Aditya Birla Activities
c) Godrej Group d) UK Space Agency
d) larsen & toubro e) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

1971). 7th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP7)
1966). Name State or Union Territory which recently to World Health Organization, WHO Framework
celebrated its "Liberation Day" on 1st of November Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will be held
every year. in _________
a) Puducherry a) Delhi
b) Goa b) Kolkata
c) Delhi c) Noida
d) Odisha d) Pune
e) Haryana e) Lucknow
1967). In Odisha, banks operating in the state have 1972). Govt has launched a new scheme called Pradhan
disbursed loans to the tune of 5 thousand 436 crore to Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) for the
23 lakh 43 thousand beneficiaries under PMMY in benefit of __________ inorder to provide free health
2015-16. Where second letter 'M' from right stands for check-ups at government health centres& hospitals.
? The
a) Mudra a) Aged Peoples
b) Mantri b) Orphan Childs
c) Mahesh c) Disputed widows
d) Maha d) Below poverty peoples
e) None of these e) Pregnant Women
1968). UCO Bank has issued shares values around 1973). Passengers with valid passport holders and
Rs.270.59 crores to __________ insurance company valid onward air tickets can spend four days in the
inorder to raise fund. country under the Visa Free Transit Facility (VFTF)
a) HDFC Life Insurance scheme is introduced in which country ?
b) Bajaj Allianz a) Malaysia
c) Exide Life Insurance b) Singapore
d) IDBI Federal Life Insurance c) Thailand
e) Life insurance Corporation d) Switzerland
Answer: e) e) New Zealand
Answer: b)
1969). The Union Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched a scheme to 1974). Andy Murray has become World number one
boost up an ecosystem of entrepreneurship for young rank Tennis player for first time in his career by
people. surpassing Novak Djokovic has belong to which
a) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana country ____ ?
b) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana a) Britain
c) Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana b) Switzerland
d) Pradhan Mantri Vikas Yojana c) Japan
e) None of these d) France
Answer: c) e) Spain
Answer: a)
1970). The evidence of a mythical Indian river ______
of odisha is found by Scientists from Indian Institute of 1975). The 2016 World Internet Conference has held in
Technology (Kharagpur). Wuzhen town which is located in ?
a) Saraswathi River a) Spain
b) Chandrabhaga River b) Japan
c) Askini River c) China
d) Vipas River d) Greece
e) Sutudri River e) Russia

1976). ________ is the first state to launch cyber c) Azamgarh
police stations in all districts. d) Ballia
a) Karnataka e) e)None of these.
b) Punjab Answer: b)
c) Haryana
d) Maharashtra 1982). Name of the Newly appointed Chairman of
e) Bihar Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) who, replaces
Answer: d) Rani Singh Nair is _______?
a) Avinash Rai Khanna
1977). The UN climate change conference, COP 22, b) Ratnesh Kumar
has begun the 12-day meeting Marrakech, Morocco c) Pankaj Patel
country which has ________ as its Capital Town. d) Sushil Chandra
a) Luanda e) Shamik Sharma
b) Thimphu Answer: d)
c) Rabat
d) Havana 1983). Messaging app Telegram which has recently
e) Banjul launched , a blogging platform for publishing content
Answer: c) anonymously which is named as _________?
a) Telegraph
1978). SBI has got the approval from central board for b) Tele-Blog
the issuance of _______ shares to minority c) Blog4All
shareholders of its three listed subsidiaries associate d) Insta-Blog
banks and Government of India. e) Blog-it
a) 12.60 crore Answer: a)
b) 13.63 crore
c) 15.27 crore 1984). ________ is the first country has planned to
d) 16.63 crore issue a national digital currency 'e-krona' to deal with
e) 14.72 crore the falling domestic use of cash.
Answer: b) a) Cuba
b) Sweden
1979). ___________ has launched a unique platform c) Belgium
called Startup Mentorship Circle to help in d) France
connecting start-ups with the global marketplace. e) None of these
a) Reserve Bank of India Answer: b)
b) SEBI
c) Association of Industries 1985). Dr VivekiRai, the renowned person who died
d) None recently on 22 November 2016 in Varanasi, Uttar
e) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Pradesh has specialised in which field ?
Answer: e) a) journalist
b) Musician
1980). Harish Bhat has sworn in as the new Chairman c) Writer
of ______? d) Hockey
a) TATA Global Beverages e) None of these
b) TATA Consultancy Services Answer: c)
c) Aditya Birla Retail Limited
d) Tech Mahindra 1986). Worlds first Bollywood-themed park opens
e) None of these recently in which city ____ ?
Answer: a) a) Sharjah
b) Abu Dhabi
1981). India's first rural skate park, of non-for-profit c) Doha
project that teaches village children skateboarding for d) Baquba
free which is located in _________ village. e) Dubai
a) Bundelkhand Answer: e)
b) Janwar

1987). "Lakshya Bhagirathi" a campaign which is e) BC Tripathi
launched in __________ state to complete the Answer: c)
irrigation projects that could not be completed.
a) Andhra Pradesh 1993). Who among the following won the mens single
b) Bhiar title of the US Open tennis tournament?
c) Karnataka a) Novak Djokovic
d) Chhattisgarh b) Andy Murray
e) Madhya Pradesh c) Roger Federer
Answer: d) d) Rafael Nadal
e) Stan Wawrinka
1988). Venezuela has been financed of amount Answer: e)
__________ by ONGC Videsh Ltd which helps raise
output at a Venezuelan oilfield. 1994). Which of the following teams has won the final
a) $318 Million of the 128th edition of Durand Cup football
b) $253 Million tournament?
c) $341 Million a) Neroca FC
d) $408 Million b) Air India
e) None of these c) Mohammedan Sporting Club
Answer: a) d) Army Green
e) Salgaocar FC
1989). _____ is the first state in India which launched Answer: d)
liquefied natural gas-driven bus.
a) Karnataka 1995). Which of the following cities will host the 15th
b) Goa edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in 2017?
c) Kerala a) Jaipur
d) Maharashtra b) New Delhi
e) Assam c) Mumbai
Answer: c) d) Hyderabad
e) Bengaluru
1990). _______ has signed a MoU with the Indian Answer: e)
Army on defence salary package. It will be providing
free/concessional services to the Army under the MoU 1996). The Yudh Abhyas 2016 exercise was held in
a) Canara Bank Uttarakhand from sep 14 to 27 between India and
b) Indian Bank _________.
c) State Bank of India a) US
d) Corporation Bank b) Russia
e) Dena Bank c) China
Answer: d) d) Japan
e) France
1991). Reoti Saran Sharma, who died recently was a Answer: a)
renowned?
a) Singer 1997). India has been ranked 35th on the Logistics
b) Writer Performance Index (LPI) 2016, which has been topped
c) Musician by ________.
d) Historian a) Sweden
e) Biologist b) Germany
Answer: b) c) China
d) Luxembourg
1992). Who among the following has been appointed e) US
as the new chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)? Answer: b)
a) S Varadarajan
b) Nishi Vasudeva 1998). Who among the following is the present
c) B Ashok President of Myanmar?
d) PK Singh a) U Htin Kyaw

b) Shwe Mann
c) Thein Sein 2000). Who is the author of the book Chronicles: On
d) Aung San Suu Kyi Our Troubled Times?
e) Min Aung Hlaing a) Thomas Piketty
Answer: a) b) Noam Chomsky
c) CJ Carver
1999). Which of the following countries has built d) Arundhati Roy
worlds largest radio telescope nicknamed Tianyan? e) Sanjeev Sanyal
a) US Answer: a)
b) Japan
c) China
d) Russia
e) South Korea
Answer: c)
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