(1) The BHEL has commissioned a 250 MW unit based on eco-friendly Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion (CFBC) technology at Bhavnagar thermal power project in
A) Maharashtra
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Karnataka
D) Gujarat
(2) Which of the following countries was recently acknowledged as the first country in the world to become YAWS free by the WHO?
A) India
B) Thailand
C) Philippines
D) Myanmar
(3) Who among the following won the Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy of Chess in China?
A) Koneru Humpy
B) Olga Girya
C) Harika Dronavalli
D) Padmini Rout
(4) Joe Antic, who passed away recently, was a
A) hockey player
B) cricketer
C) shuttler
D) tennis player
(5) Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?
A) Sarvendra Vikram Bahadur Singh
B) Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi
C) Pramod Kumar Das
D) Girish Chandra Murmu
(6) Vice-President Ansari recently visited Ulaanbaatar for two-day 11th Asia Europe Meeting-ASEM-Summit. Ulaanbaatar is the capital city of
A) Kazakhstan
B) Uzbekistan
C) Mongolia
D) Vietnam
(7) Who among the following has authored the book titled The Shade of Swords?
A) Arun Shourie
B) Venkaiah Naidu
C) Tavleen Singh
D) MJ Akbar
(8) The book “Furiously Happy: A Funny book about Horrible Things” has been authored by whom?
A) Allie Brosh
B) Alexandra Brosh
C) Jenny Lawson
D) Roy Sorensen
(9) “Operation Megh Prahar”, the battle exercise has been conducted by which Indian military force?
A) Indian Army
B) Indian Air Force
C) Indian Navy
D) Indian Coastal Guard
(10) The 2016 Tuluni festival has been held in which state of India?
A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) Nagaland
C) Sikkim
D) Arunachal Pradesh
ANSWERS:
(1) D (2) A (3) C (4) A (5) B (6) C (7) D (8) C (9) A (10) B