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1.

Who has been conferred with The National Geoscience Award for Excellence (2014)?
1) Prof. Ashok Kumar Singhvi

2) Biswajeet Lenka

3) Vijay V. Mugal

4) Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee

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5) None

Which of the following tournament celebrated its silver jubilee on April 6th, 2016?

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1) Thomas & Uber Cup

2) Hero Indian Open

3) Santosh Trophy

4) Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

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5) None of these
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The world's first mass dengue vaccination programme has been launched by which country?
1) Israel

2) Philippines

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3) United States

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5) None of these

4) Russia

Prime Minister of which country recently resigned from his post after his name was revealed in Panama
paper leak?

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1) Kenya

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5) France
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2) Mexico

3) Bulgaria

4) Iceland

The National Maritime Day of India is celebrated on which day?

2) April 4th

3) April 5th

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4) April 6th

5) April 9th

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Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its policy interest rate by ..... basis points, bringing it to
6.5%, the lowest since 2011.
1) 25

2) 32

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3) 26

5) 21
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4) 28

Barbara Turner, who passed away recently, was related to which field?
1) Actor

3) Sportsperson

4) Politician

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5) None
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2) Journalist

Blackstone India, the Indian arm of global private equity fund Blackstone Group L.P. will buy ...........
stake in Bengaluru-based information technology services provider Mphasis Ltd.

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1) 62.5%

2) 63.5%

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5) None
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3) 60.5%

4) 65.5%

The government released ........... as food subsidy to state-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI).
1) Rs.25,869 crore

2) Rs.26,132 crore

3) Rs.22,359 crore

4) Rs.25,834 crore

5) None

10.

Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launched Transnational Skill Standards.
Who is Union Minister of Skill Development?
1) Rajiv Pratap Rudy

2) Ravi Shankar Prasad

3) Jagat Prakash Nadda

4) Anant Geete

5) None
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11.

Who has been conferred with the National Geoscience Award for Young Scientist (2014)?
1) Dr. R. Venkatesan

2) Dr. Indra Sekhar Sen

3) Dr. Simanchal Padhy

4) Dr. Nathani Basavaiah

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5) None
12.

1) Vidyut Sangam

2) Vidyut Pravah

3) Vidyut Power

4) Vidyut 24 7

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5) None
13.

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Which mobile app has been recently launched by Union Government to empower common people to
demand 24 7 Power?

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched which of the scheme which facilitates bank loans between
Rs.10 lakh and Rs.1 crore to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and women borrowers
setting up Greenfield enterprises in the non-farm sector?

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1) Gold Monetisation Scheme

2) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

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3) The Stand Up India Scheme

4) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

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5) None
14.

Name of the fastest train which has been launched by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu from
Delhi-Agra?
1) Gatimaan Express

2) Shatabdhi Express

3) Rajdhani Express

4) Durontho Express

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5) None

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Who has been appointed as a first Indian to be executive officer of Panasonic Corporation?

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1) Manish Sharma

2) Venugopal N Dhoot

3) Vijay Shekar Sharma

4) H.C. Rathod

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5) None
16.

Name the coach who has resigned from Pakistan's head coach after his team's exit from the World
Twenty20 tournament at the group stage?

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1) Waqar Younis

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3) Geoff Lawson
5) None
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2) Wasim Akram
4) Younis Khan

Which of the following Bank has announced a $ 50-million loan to YES Bank to be used exclusively
for lending to women-owned businesses?
1) IDA

2) IBRD

3) IFC

4) MIGA

5) None

18.

Which of the following state announced an ambitious policy Rural Technology Centres 2016 for
realising the dream of penetration of Information Technology and IT-enabled services to the grassroots
level?
1) Maharashtra

2) Karnataka

3) Tamilnadu

5) None

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4) Telangana

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19.

Union Government has released Indian .......... Panorama to increase awareness and build sensitivity
towards IP in the SME sector, academia and researchers?
1) Intelligent Prosperity

2) Intelligent Property

3) Intellectual Property

4) Intellectual Prosperity

5) None
20.

2) France to China

3) Germany to England

4) Germany to Iran

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Where is the headquarters of Bank of India located?

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5) None

3) Mumbai

4) Mangalore

3) Nairobi

4) New York

3) Real

4) Dollar

Where is the Headquarters of UNICEF located?

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1) Geneva
5) None
23.

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1) Germany to India

1) Vadodara

22.

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China is positioning itself as a formidable energy exporter, targeting markets that span from .........
along the New Silk Road.

5) None
21.

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2) Rome

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What is the currency of Argentina?

2) Peso

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5) Rand

24.

Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is located at which state?
1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Tamilnadu

3) Rajasthan

4) Maharashtra

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5) Assam
25.

Lingaraja Temple is located at which state?

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2) Tamilnadu

5) None
26.

3) Maharashtra

4) West Bengal

3) Chenab

4) Ganga

3) Oommen Chandy

4) Manohar Lal

3) Assam

4) Uttar Pradesh

3) Table tennis

4) Football

On which river Indira Sagar Dam is constructed?

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1) Narmada

2) Yamuna

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5) Mahanadhi
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Who is the Chief Minister of Kerala?

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1) Pinarayi Vijayan

2) Nitish Kumar

5) None
28.

Nautanki dance is related to which state?

1) Tamilnadu

2) Punjab

5) None

29.

Durand Cup is related to ....

2) Volleyball

5) Basket ball

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30.

What is the capital of Mali?

2) Astana

3) Banjul

4) Berlin

5) Brazzaville
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Union cabinet, has given approval for conversion of Working Capital Term Loan (WCTL) amounting
to Rs.29.91 crore into equity by issuing requisite number of equity shares of Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd.
(AYCL) of which of the following banks?
1) Bank of India

2) Bank of Baroda

3) Canara bank

4) Punjab National Bank

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5) Indian Bank
32.

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Who is appointed as the Ambassador of India to Norway?

2) Debraj Pradhan

3) Arunkumar

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5) Sharad Agarwal
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4) P.S. Kahlon

Which country successfully launched a scientific research satellite SJ-10 (Shijian-10)?

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1) India

2) Japan

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5) North Korea
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3) China

4) South Korea

Which country won 2016 men's Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament?
1) Vietnam

2) China

3) India

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4) Japan

5) Russia

35.

Which state imposed complete ban on liquor recently?

2) Assam

5) Karnataka
36.

2) Kerala

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3) Tamilnadu

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Maharashtra

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Union Government inaugurates 'Namma Toilet' in Delhi under which mission?

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5) None of these
38.

2) Swachh Bharat Mission

4) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

What is the name of India's first recently launched cash giving app?
1) Beyond

2) CASHe

3) INStant

5) PhonePe

39.

4) Bihar

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Which state government launches Adarsh Vidyalaya Project?

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3) Tamilnadu

Myanmar Parliament gives PM like role to who among the following?

2) Aung San Suu Kyi

3) Henry Van Thio

4) Myint Swe

5) Thein Sein

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4) ASSure

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40.

Who among the following is the former Executive Director of the Nuclear Power Board who passed
away recently? (He is also known as Father or Architect of the Madras Atomic Power Station).
1) GK Singhal

2) Myneni Hari Prasad Rao

3) Virat Damodar Rao

4) Preman Dinaraj

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5) Ashok Chauhan
41.

1) Narendra Modi

2) Arun Jaitley

3) Nitin Jairam Gadkari

4) Uma Bharati

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5) Anant Geete
42.

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International Day of Sport for Development and Peace was celebrated on?
1) April 6th

2) April 5th

3) April 30th

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5) None of these
43.

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Water Films Festival was inaugurated at water expo 2016 by .....

4) May 5th

Aung San Suu Kyi belongs to which country?

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1) Singapor

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3) Malaysia

2) Myanmar
4) Japan

5) Philippines
44.

1) Rajasthan

2) Maharashtra

3) Gujarat

4) Bihar

5) Orissa
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Union Cabinet approved Funding of exports to Iran through Export Development Fund of which bank?
1) Indian Oriental Bank of Commerce

2) SBI

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3) Exim Bank

4) HDFC

5) Bank of Baroda
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Which state officially launched the state-wide implementation of National Food Security Act, which
has been renamed as 'Maa Annapurna Yojna (Scheme)'?

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Who is newly appointed as the New Prime Minister of Iceland?

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3) Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson

Marking its first buyout of an internet store, Kishore Biyani-led Future Group is set to buy which of
the following online furniture store?

1) urbanladder.com

2) mebelkart.com

3) snapdeal.com

4) FabFurnish.com

5) homeshop18.com

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48.

Which country won the Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament in women's segment?
1) China

2) Vietnam

3) Kazakhstan

4) India

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5) UAE
49.

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New planet with triple-star system similar in size to Jupiter is named as..
1) KELT - 4

2) KELT - 4HJ

3) KELT - 4Ab

4) KELT - 5C

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5) None of these

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21-3; 22-4; 23-2; 24-2; 25-1; 26-1; 27-1; 28-4; 29-4; 30-1; 31-2; 32-2; 33-3; 34-3; 35-4; 36-1; 37-2; 38-2;
39-2; 40-2 41-4; 42-1; 43-2; 44-3; 45-3; 46-4; 47-4; 48-1; 49-3.

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