(1) Lok Sabha MPs were among 5 parliamentarians for the first time for being honoured with which award?
A) Sansad Ratna
B) Bharat Ratna
C) Ashok Ratna
D) Padma Shri
(2) Which pay review panel has been constituted for academic staff of Universities and Colleges?
A) Satish Ghosh panel
B) Ashok Dalwai panel
C) V S Chauhan panel
D) Neeraj Kumar Gupta panel
(3) Peruvian economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski defeated whom with a thin margin to become Peru’s next president?
A) Keiko Fujimori
B) Sasha Fujimori
C) Meiko Fujimori
D) None of the above
(4) Who has been bestowed with the Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II?
A) Mahesh Kumar Singla
B) Kumar Bhattacharyya
C) Divakar Reddy
D) H R Nagendra
(5) Which of the following teams won the FINA Women Water Polo World League Super Final?
A) China
B) Australia
C) USA
D) China
(6) Which state government has recently abolished agriculture income tax?
A) Assam
B) Bihar
C) Rajasthan
D) Karnataka
(7) Which country became the the first country to prohibit deforestation?
A) Australia
B) Brazil
C) Norway
D) Africa
ANSWERS:
(1) A (2) C (3) A 4) B (5) C (6) D (7) C