(1) Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal?
A) Khadga Prasad Oli
B) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
C) Khil Raj Regmi
D) Baburam Bhattarai
(2) Who will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2016 Goa State Film Festival?
A) Mrinal Kulkarni
B) N Chandra
C) Sachin Pilgaonkar
D) Bardroy Baretto
(3) Ahmed Zewail, who died recently, was the Nobel Laureate in which field?
A) Chemistry
B) Physics
C) Medicine
D) Peace
(4) Which state has become the first Indian state to approve sewage and waste water policy?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Odisha
(5) The book “Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata” has been authored by whom?
A) Bibek Debroy
B) Anjan Sundaram
C) Hansda Sowendra
D) Karthika Nair
(6) Global software major Oracle India recently announced corporate citizenship collaboration with which of the following banks?
A) SBI
B) PNB
C) HDFC Bank
D) Axis Bank
(7) What is the full form of the term CBDT as used in banking and finance?
A) Central Board to Decide Taxes
B) Central Board of Direct Taxes
C) Central Board to Derive Taxes
D) Central Board of Discreet Taxes
(8) Which of the following countries will host the 7th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC)?
A) China
B) Brazil
C) India
D) US
(9) Translator and artist Anita Gopalan was recently awarded with the 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants for her English translation of Hindi novel Simsim by
A) BG Verghese
B) NN Vohra
C) Sunil Khilnani
D) Geet Chaturvedi
(10) In which state, State run Power major Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has successfully commissioned 500 MW second thermal power unit?
A) Sikkim
B) Uttarakhand
C) Haryana
D) Chhattisgarh
Answers:-
(1) B (2) B (3) A (4) C (5) D (6) A (7) B (8) C (9) D (10) D