(1) Who among the following won the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix F1 championship?
A) Kimi Raikkonen
B) Fernando Alonso
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Lewis Hamilton
(2) Who among the following has been appointed by the World Bank as Chief Economist to succeed Kaushik Basu?
A) Seppo Honkapohja
B) Urjit Patel
C) David Romer
D) Paul Romer
(3) Which state government has recently launched pilot project of e-complaint system?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala
C) Maharashtra
D) Odisha
(4) India’s first green rail corridor has been launched in which of the following states?
A) Sikkim
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Assam
D) Punjab
(5) Who has been chosen for the 2016 Sangita Kalanidhi Award of the Madras Music Academy?
A) R.N. Tharanathan
B) Avasarala Kanyakumari
C) K. Venkataramanan
D) R.N. Thyagarajan
(6) Roger Ailes resigned recently as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
A) BBC
B) Fox News Channel
C) Voice of America
D) Reuter
(7) Dominique Arnaud, who died recently, was the former French
A) cyclist
B) boxer
C) footballer
D) tennis player
(8) SH Raza, who passed away recently, was an internationally acclaimed
A) author
B) singer
C) painter
D) music composer
(9) The book “One Last Drink at Guapa” has been authored by whom?
A) Deepankar Sharma
B) Sheila Kumar
C) Saleem Haddad
D) Krishna Sobti
(10) What is the name of India’s majestic aircraft carrier of Indian Navy set sail for one last time from Mumbai to Kochi which will be decommissioned later this year?
A) INS Viswa
B) INS Vira
C) INS Viraat
D) INS Vikrant
ANSWERS:
(1) D (2) D (3) C (4) B (5) B (6) B (7) A (8) C (9) C (10) C