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300 GK QUESTIONS FOR JUNE

01ST JUNE 2016

1). Who amongst the following awards Olive medal for peace? a) UN Secretary General b) Pope c) President of the United States d) EU Chairman e) None of the above 2). Who amongst the following has not been awarded the Olive medal for peace? a) Tom Cruise b) Richard Gere c) George Clooney d) Salma Hayek e) None of the above 3). Which of the following countries has topped the Global Slavery index for 2015? a) China b) Nigeria c) South Sudan d) India e) Somalia 4). Which state government has recently, decided to give 6 per-cent additional dearness allowance to state government staff? a) Madhya Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Himachal Pradesh 5). The World Milk Day that is observed annually on 1 June was first celebrated by UN Food and Agriculture Organization in a) 1998 b) 1995 c) 1997 d) 2000 e) 2001 6). Central Government has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for enhancing the retirement age of all doctors of the Central Health Service to


a) 62 years b) 63 years c) 64 years d) 65 years e) 68 years 7). Who among the following was appointed recently as a member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) by President Pranab Mukherjee? a) Alka Sirohi b) Hem Chandra Gupta c) Manbir Singh d) BS Bassi e) None of the above 8). Who was officially declared to be the president-elect by the parliament of Philippines? a) Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud b) Heinz Fischer GColIH c) Rodrigo Digong Duterte d) Abdul Razak Hussein e) None of the above 9). A bilateral Air Force exercise between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) is underway at Al-Dhafra Air Base in UAE from 24 May 16 to 03 Jun 16. Name of the exercise is a) Desert Eagle b) Slinex c) Simbex d) Garuda e) Red Flag 10). Which among the following countries launched Quantum communication satellite? a) Russia b) China c) Australia d) New Zealand e) USA Answers:

1)b 2)a 3)d 4)a 5)e 6)d 7)d 8)c 9)a 10)b

02ND JUNE 2016

1). Union Cabinet has recently approved to sign MoU between the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India (DGCA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of which country?


a) Russia b) French c) Australia d) US e) China 2). Name the Sri Lankan bowler who has been recently announced his retirement in Test Cricket? a) Jeffrey Vandersay b) Niroshan Dickwella c) Lahiru Gamage d) Nuwan Kulasekara e) None of these 3). TRAI has launched a mobile application for telecom subscribers to register their complaints against pesky calls and SMSes to tighten the noose on telemarketers. Who is the present Chairman of TRAI? a) R S Sharma b) TS Vijayan c) U K Sinha d) S K Roy e) Radhakrishnan 4). Which among the following state government has planned to use the Sachin Tendulkar s name for Anti-Drug Campaign? a) Karnataka b) Kerala c) Haryana d) Maharashtra e) Madhya Pradesh 5). Name the Punjab teenage basketball player who earned three-year $75,000 scholarship to study in Ohio, USA? a) Satnam Singh b) Prashanti Singh c) Prince Pal Singh d) Ajmer Singh e) None of these 6). Who is the author of the Book The Unseen )ndira Gandhi ? a) Vikram Seth b) Arun Shourie c) Abul Fazal d) K.P. Mathur


e) S.S. Kohli 7). Who has been recently appointed as the first ever chief executive officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)? a) Anshu Jain b) Rahul Johri c) Abhi Talwalker d) Ajay Banga e) None of these 8). Which of the following state has planned to observe Navanirmana Week from 2nd to 8th June 2016? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Karnataka c) Kerala d) Haryana e) Arunachal Pradesh 9). Razak Khan who passed away recently is a famous ______. a) Former Cricketer b) Politician c) Actor d) Singer e) Poet 10). India has gifted 2,000 bicycles to poor dalit girls in _______. a) Bangladesh b) China c) Nepal d) Bhutan e) Sri Lanka Answers:

1)b 2)d 3)a 4)b 5)c 6)d 7)b 8)a 9)c 10)c

03RD JUNE 2016

1). Name the first state to give social welfare benefits to transgender community? a) Bihar b) Odisha c) Sikkim d) Meghalaya e) Telengana


2). Name the Country tops in the list of Green Energy Spending? a) US b) India c) Japan d) China e) UK 3). India signed MoU to enhance cooperation on energy security, clean energy and climate change with which country? a) US b) UK c) Japan d) China e) Russia 4). Name the Country Hosting Asia's largest annual security forum ? a) Japan b) Russia c) Singapore d) Malaysia e) Switzerland 5). Name the Newly Elected Speaker of Kerala Assembly? a) P Sreeramakrishnan b) P.Dhanapal c) Jayaraman d) Nirmal Singh e) Akhilesh Yadav 6). Winner of Green Economy Visionary Award? a) Raghuram Rajan b) HR Khan c) Raghavan Seetharaman d) A Gandhi e) Arun Kumar 7). Who becomes the First Tennis Player to win a $100m prize money? a) Roger Federer b) Novak Djokovic c) Andy Murray d) Rafael Nadal e) Tomas Berdych


8). Name the Country topped the FIFA rankings? a) Brazil b) Ukraine c) France d) Italy e) Argentina 9). Who has been appointed as a chief of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)? a) Rohit Agarwal b) Navin Agarwal c) RS Agarwal d) Kiran Agarwal e) Ragu Agarwal 10). Which of the following country is not a signatory of Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) against Ballistic Missile Proliferation? a) Albania b) Libya c) China d) Benin e) Russia Answers:

1)b 2)d 3)a 4)c 5)a 6)c 7)b 8)e 9)b 10)c

04TH JUNE 2016

1). Which State Assembly passes Ease of Doing Business Bill? a) Bihar b) Assam c) Odisha d) Tamilnadu e) Haryana 2). Singapore International Arbitration Centre to open its Representative Office at..? a) Mizoram b) Maharashtra c) Gujarat d) Rajasthan e) West Bengal 3). Union Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Sign deal for $200 Million loan to which State?


a) Gujarat b) Telengana c) Madhya Pradesh d) Jharkhand e) Punjab 4). Name the Country Topped the 'Good Country 2015' Index? a) Norway b) Sweden c) Thailand d) Hong Kong e) Libya 5). Which Country declares flood emergency after River Seine burst its banks? a) Italy b) Russia c) UK d) US e) France 6). Who has been appointed as new MD of State Bank of Mysore..? a) A Bhattacharya b) NK Chari c) Vishal Sikha d) Nita Ambani e) C Lagarde 7). Who won the Gold at World Sand Art Championship in Bulgaria? a) Sudarsan Patnaik b) NK Chari c) Vikas Swarup d) S Bansal e) Naveen Patnaik 8). Who is the Winner of French Open Mixed Doubles Title 2016? a) Martina Hingis- Ivan Dodig b) Martina Hingis-Bob Bryan c) Leander Paes -Martina Hingis d) Leander Paes-Sania Mirza e) Mahesh Bhoopathy-Sania Mirza 9). Shubham Jaglan related to Which Sport...? a) Cricket b) Hockey


c) Wrestling d) Boxing e) Golf 10). Boxing legend Muhammad Ali passed away belongs to which country? a) US b) UK c) France d) Russia e) Japan Answers:

1)b 2)c 3)d 4)b 5)e 6)b 7)a 8)c 9)e 10)a

05TH JUNE 2016

1). World Environment Day is observed on June 5 to encourage global awareness and initiate positive action to protect nature. The theme for the year 2016 is the fight against the illegal trade in wildlife. When the day was first observed? a) 1963 b) 1954 c) 1972 d) 1992 e) 2001 2). Which among the following states has become the first state in the country to have a State Data Centre (SDC)? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Himachal Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Uttar Pradesh 3). The Haryana Government launched Asia's First Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme at Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre. The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre is located at a) Bhiwani b) Kurukshetra c) Rewari d) Barwala e) Pinjore 4). To facilitate hassle-free entry of Indians into the US at selected airports, India and the


United States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, providing for expedited security clearances. Who is the Indian Ambassador to US? a) P. S. Raghavan b) Nirmal Kumar Verma c) Meera Sankar d) Arun K Singh e) None of the above 5). Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday said high-speed railway lines will be built from Visakhapatnam to Chennai and Bengaluru to Andhra Pradesh. What is the capital city of Andhra Pradesh? a) Amaravathi b) Vijayawada c) Visakhapatnam d) Machilipatnam e) Tirupathi 6). Haryana Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of Jai Jawan Awas Yojna in Bahadurgarh city Haryana. Who is the Chief Minister of Haryana? a) Manohar Lal Khattar b) Kalikho Pul c) Raman Singh d) Manohar Lal e) Mukul Sangam 7). Which among the following states government have recently signed an MoU with California (US) for cooperation in fields of business innovation, alternative energy, and education? a) Karnataka b) Maharashtra c) Telangana d) Mizoram e) Punjab 8). Dr K Vasuki, Executive Director of government-recognised sanitation agency Suchitwa Mission, recently organised )ndia s first green and waste-free swearing-in ceremony in ______. a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Nagaland d) Jammu and Kashmir e) Rajasthan 9). The Indian Army, under its welfare and development initiative Operation Sadbhavna,


has tied up with _____ for the training of youth from Kashmir as automobile service technicians. a) Infosys b) Tata Motors c) Mahindra and Mahindra d) Wipro e) TCS 10). According to the United Nations and Interpol, environmental crimes become the _____ biggest global crime. a) 2nd b) 3rd c) 4th d) 5th e) 10th Answers:

1)c 2)b 3)e 4)d 5)a 6)a 7)c 8)b 9)b 10)c

06TH JUNE 2016

1). Which state government has recently announced its first ever IT and Electronics Start-up Policy that has special focus on encouraging new ventures by providing them various incentives and subsidies? a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Madhya Pradesh d) Karnataka e) Haryana 2). Post Offices in the country are going to witness core banking operations by ______ with 1.33 lakh postmen carrying handheld ATMs. a) 2019 b) 2022 c) 2017 d) 2025 e) 2023 3). Union Minister for Road Transport, Surface and shipping Nitin Gadkari launched Setu Bhartam project in a) Himachal Pradesh b) Odisha c) West Bengal d) Maharashtra


e) Gujarat 4). Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off IRCTC's Tiger Express, a semi-luxury train to spread awareness among people regarding tiger conservation. The train travels between a) Delhi and Bhubaneswar b) Delhi and Patna c) Delhi and Bangalore d) Delhi and Mumbai e) Mumbai and Bangalore 5). To reduce import dependence, the government has decided to establish six bulk drug and medical devices parks across India. The estimated cost for the project is about a) Rs.60000cr b) Rs.70000cr c) Rs.75000cr d) Rs.80000cr e) Rs.85000cr 6). Bihar government launched the Bihar Public Grievance Redressal Act, empowering the public to get their grievances redressed within a specified time frame. Who is the chief minister of Bihar? a) Shri Sarbananda Sonowal b) Shri Nitish Kumar c) Shri Raghubar Das d) Shri T R Zeliang e) Shri Manik Sarkar 7). Government officials will observe a _____ day on the seventh of every month in and around Tezu town in Arunachal Pradesh. a) Water day b) Book day c) Vehicle – free day d) Official Language day e) None of the above 8). _____ became the first Indian state to give transgender people social welfare benefits, such as a pension, housing and food grains. a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Odisha e) Gujarat


9). The HRD Ministry is set to launch ______ DTH channels for live-telecasting lectures from six IITs and other top institutions. a) 15 b) 16 c) 22 d) 30 e) 32 10). India seven agreements and agreed to share intelligence to combat 'hawala' transactions (illegal money movement) and terror financing with which among the following countries? a) Oman b) Iran c) Qatar d) Yemen e) Bahrain Answers:

1)b 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)a 6)b 7)c 8)d 9)e 10)c

07TH JUNE 2016

1). Which city has become first city in the country to have its own city animal with Kamrup metropolitan district administration declaring Gangetic River Dolphin as its mascot? a) Kolkata b) Patna c) Vijayawada d) Guwahati e) None of these 2). The Delhi Government announced implementation of its solar policy. The policy aims at making the national capital a solar city with installation of 1 GW solar power capacity by a) 2021 b) 2020 c) 2019 d) 2023 e) 2025 3). Swachh Yug is the campaign to make gram panchyats along the ____ River open defecation free. a) Godavari b) Narmada


c) Ganga d) Brahmaputra e) Kaveri 4). The Ministry of Women and Child Development is organized the first ever All India Women Journalists workshop in a) Mumbai b) Bangalore c) Hyderabad d) Kolkata e) New Delhi 5). Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to be launched in Odisha. Who among the following are scheduled to flag it off? a) Jual Oram b) Harsimrat Kaur Badal c) Dharmendra Pradhan d) Both a and c e) Both b and c 6). India today signed loan agreement of USD 12 crore with the Asian Development Bank in New Delhi to improve irrigation and water management infrastructure in a) Chhattisgarh b) Mizoram c) Odisha d) Telangana e) Haryana 7). Which state government has decided to reduce land circle rates in urban and peri-urban areas by around 50%? a) Uttar Pradesh b) Uttarakhand c) Nagaland d) Tripura e) Meghalaya 8). Which railway zone started observing a safety awareness week to educate people regarding safety at railway level crossings? a) Eastern Railway b) South Central Railway c) Southern Railway d) Northern Railway e) Western Railway


9). Which state has announced that medical insurance of 2 lakh will be launched for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families for the treatment of serious ailments? a) Jharkhand b) Maharashtra c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh e) Tamil Nadu 10). Indian Railways has decided to install bio-toilets in all coaches to ensure the entire rail network is a zero discharge zone by 2019, ahead of the earlier decided 2021 announced by railway board chairman. Name the Railway board chairman. a) AK Kapoor b) VK Gupta c) AK Mittal d) Mohd. Jamshed e) None of the above Answers:

1)d 2)b 3)c 4)e 5)d 6)c 7)b 8)e 9)a 10)c

08TH JUNE 2016

1). World Oceans Day is being observed on June 8 to raise awareness of the challenges humanity faces to protect the world's oceans. The theme for the year 2016 is a) Healthy oceans, healthy planet b) Together we have the power to protect the ocean c) Youth: the Next Wave for Change d) Oceans of Life: Pick your favorite e) None of the above 2). Which country recently became the co-chair of Working Group on Maritime Situational Awareness under Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS)? a) Sri Lanka b) Kenya c) Afghanistan d) India e) Myanmar 3). Which ministry has released the Draft National Water Framework Bill, 2016 to invite comments and suggestions from public recently? a) Shipping ministry b) Water Resources ministry c) Drinking water and Sanitation Ministry


d) Consumer affairs ministry e) None of the above 4). Centre to introduce International Yoga Award Scheme with a view to promote yoga. The award will start giving the award from a) 2017 b) 2018 c) 2019 d) 2020 e) 2021 5). Minister of State for AYUSH, inaugurated a National Health Editors' Conference in New Delhi with the theme of Yoga for Holistic Health - Recent Researches. Name of the Minister of State for AYUSH is a) Sarbananda Sonowal b) Shripad Yesso Naik c) Santosh Kumar Gangwar d) Mahesh Sharma e) None of the above 6). Union Chemical and Fertiliser Minister Anant Kumar said, the Central Government will open 100 Jan Aushadhi Kendras in a) West Bengal b) Manipur c) Madhya Pradesh d) Bihar e) Tripura 7). President Pranab Mukherjee embarks on a four-day visit to Ghana and Ivory Coast beginning June 12. Who is the President of Ghana? a) Faure Gnassingbé b) Patrice Talon c) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf d) Roch Marc Christian Kaboré e) John Dramani Mahama 8). An Indo-Korean joint coast guard four day exercise will be held off Chennai coast from June 8. Name of the exercise is a) Sahyog Hyeoblyeog b) Sahyog-Kaijin c) KONKAN d) Simbex e) None of the above


9). Rajasthan state government has launched mobile application ____ for sharing information about air quality index of Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur. a) Raj Vindhya b) Raj Vayu c) Raj Neer d) Raj Megha e) Raj Indra 10). Railway Minister lays foundation stone for 8 rail projects recently in which state? a) Haryana b) Mizoram c) Gujarat d) Andhra Pradesh e) Chhattisgarh Answers:

1)a 2)d 3)b 4)a 5)b 6)d 7)e 8)a 9)b 10)c

09TH JUNE 2016

1). Mexico support to )ndia s membership to the Nuclear Supplier Group and working towards elevating relationship from Privilege Partners to Strategic Partnership. Who is the President of Mexico? a) Enrique Pena Nieto b) Raúl Castro c) Luis Guillermo Solís d) Juan Carlos Varela e) Daniel Ortega 2). Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has appointed a judicial commission to probe into the recent Mathura violence. The Judicial commission will be headed by a) Justice Vinod Kumar Srivastsva b) Justice SK Mittal c) Justice Mohit S. Shah d) Justice Mirza Imtiyaz Murtaza e) None of the above 3). In which among the following Indian states a two rice varieties Ranjit Sub-1 and Bahadur Sub-1 have been developed by researchers to get better yields under submerged conditions. a) Andhra Pradesh b) Assam c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Bihar


e) Chhattisgarh 4). Name the service launched by Indian Railways, under which baby food, hot milk and hot water will be provided at stations. a) Uchita Sewa b) Yatrik Sewa c) Janani Sewa d) Matru Sewa e) None of the above 5). The new Indian Reserve Battalion, is going to be set up in Rajasthan. The reserve will be named after whose name? a) Sikander Lodi b) Rana Sanga c) Maharaja Ganga Singh d) Maharana Pratap e) None of the above 6). Dr Shahid Rasool appointed as the new director of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia. Where the CEMCA is headquartered? a) Mumbai b) New Delhi c) Bangalore d) Allahabad e) Ahmadabad 7). Name the Indian entrepreneur who has been named by Time magazine to its 2016 list of millennials who are changing the world ? a) Umesh Sachdev b) Firas Alshater c) Simone Biles d) Francesco Sauro e) None of the above 8). Cristiano Ronaldo became the first footballer ever to top Forbes' list of highest-earning athletes of the year. He belongs to a) Spain b) France c) Germany d) Croatia e) Portugal 9). India has been ranked ______ on the 2016 Global Peace Index. a) 141


b) 142 c) 143 d) 144 e) 145 10). Famous personality KK Katyal passed away after a brief illness. Who is he? a) Politician b) Actor c) Journalist d) Magician e) Musician Answers:

1)a 2)d 3)b 4)c 5)d 6)b 7)a 8)e 9)a 10)c

10TH JUNE 2016

1). Which state has decided to celebrate the 21st day of every month as Yoga Day across all schools, colleges and universities in the State? a) Madhya Pradesh b) Mizoram c) Maharashtra d) Meghalaya e) None of the above 2). Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister will arrive in New Delhi on a three-day visit to India. Who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal? a) Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli b) Kamal Thapa c) Chandra Prakash Maninali d) Sahana Pradan e) None of the above 3). Who launches Swachh Map app of Rajkot civic body that will enable residents to register complaints of sanitation by sending photos using it? a) Raj Nath singh b) Arun Jaitely c) Sushma Swaraj d) Venkaiah Naidu e) None of the above 4). Food Ministry has proposed to impose ______ per cent duty on export of sugar to ensure sufficient supply in the domestic market. a) 15


b) 10 c) 20 d) 25 e) None of the above 5). The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd. signed a MoU with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) to facilitate investment in _______ sector. a) Financial b) Education c) Social d) Agriculture e) None of the above 6). Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved _______ million dollars loan to strengthen a key irrigation system and improve water management in the Vennar sub-basin of Cauvery Delta in Tamil Nadu. a) 50 b) 57 c) 100 d) 110 e) 135 7). The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and partners launched _________ Exercise, the biggest ever joint military exercise in Poland. a) Anaconda b) Nomadic Elephant c) Operation Brasstacks d) IBSAMAR e) None of the above 8). Which country has topped in the list of 19 countries figuring in the 2016 Malware Infection Index (MII) in the Asia-Pacific region? a) India b) Pakistan c) Bangladesh d) Sri Lanka e) None of the above 9). Senior IAS officer Rama Mohan Rao has been appointed as the Chief Rama Mohana Rao Secretary of a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh


e) Telangana 10). Who has been appointed as the head of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)? a) Per Lodin b) Yukiya Amano c) Ahmed Saleem d) Donald Kaberuka e) None of the above Answers:

1)c 2)b 3)d 4)d 5)e 6)c 7)a 8)b 9)a 10)a

11TH JUNE 2016

1). Union Railways Ministry has flagged off Champaran Satyagrah Express train. The train runs between Motihari to a) Gwalior b) Agra c) Lucknow d) Jaipur e) New Delhi 2). Pharma City is going to setup near a) Bangalore b) Hyderabad c) Tirupati d) Vijayawada e) Vishakhapatnam 3). The Union Urban Development Ministry has sanctioned ______ crore rupees for development of Machilipatnam town under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. a) 37.5 b) 38.5 c) 39.5 d) 40.5 e) 41 4). Recently, which State Police official website was hacked by a hacker from Team Pak Cyber Attackers ? a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Maharashtra


d) Telangana e) Haryana 5). Name the mobile application launched by the Union Ministry of Power to serve customers in the field of renewable energy. a) Surya Sakthi b) Surya Kiran c) Surya Mitra d) Sowra Vidtyut e) Sowra Shakthi 6). Snapdeal.com Nagar is in which state? a) Madhya Pradesh b) Himachal Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh e) Arunachal Pradesh 7). Who won the Australian Open title? a) Sun Yu b) Saina Nehwal c) Li Xuerui d) Yu Yang e) PV Sindhu 8). India, the US and _____ started the MALABAR-16 naval exercise off the Western Pacific coast, close to the disputed South China sea. a) France b) Sri Lanka c) Brazil d) Japan e) South Africa 9). Who was elected the Deputy Speaker of the Delhi assembly? a) Rakhi Birla b) Mohanthi Birla c) Shanmukhi Birla d) Rakshita Birla e) None of the above 10). Which company has been conferred the National Award for Best Performing Central PSU for Roof Top Solar Power initiatives? a) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. b) Coal India Limited.


c) GAIL (India) Limited. d) Airports Authority of India e) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Answers:

1)e 2)b 3)a 4)b 5)c 6)d 7)b 8)d 9)a 10)d

12TH JUNE 2016

1). The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour in a) 2000 b) 2001 c) 2002 d) 2003 e) 2004 2). Every year on 12 June is observed as World Anti Child Labour day. The theme for the year 2016 is a) End child labour in supply chains - It's everyone's business! b) Teachers and Education Unions: Ending Child Labour c) One hour against child labour d) Child labour: Quality education is the right response e) None of the above 3). Which state government has now decided to give rice at Rs two per kg to sex workers and poor HIV patients in the state? a) Maharashtra b) Haryana c) Nagaland d) Gujarat e) West Bengal 4). Name the island of Gujarat that has got electricity supply for the first time, nearly seven decades after independence. a) Willington b) Kavvayi c) Netrani d) Shiyal Bet e) None of the above 5). Aimed at boosting tourism in Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has approved projects worth _______ for developing the Ramayana, Krishna and Buddhist circuits in the state. a) Rs.200 crore


b) Rs.250 crore c) Rs.300 crore d) Rs.350 crore e) Rs.400 crore 6). Andhra Pradesh state government has launched an IT-enabled management system for irrigation projects in the state. Who is the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh? a) Kiran Kumar Reddy b) YS Jagan Mohan Reddy c) Nara Chandra Babu Naidu d) K Chandrashekar Rao e) None of the above 7). Which state became the first state in India to have an open government data portal linked? a) Maharashtra b) Sikkim c) Kerala d) Nagaland e) Mizoram 8). Who has launched a contest recently to design the logo and come up with the tagline for the newly announced India Post Payments Bank? a) Ravi Shankar Prasad b) M Venkaiah Naidu c) Manohar Parrikar d) Jagat Prakash Nadda e) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pasupathi 9). Food Corporation of India (FCI), a state-run organization has signed an agreement with the ________ for construction of two silos to store wheat, at an estimated cost of about Rs 80 crore. a) Hinduja Group b) Adani Group c) Aditya Birla Group d) Ajanta Group e) GMR Group 10). Who was appointed as a part-time member of the 21st Law Commission of India recently? a) AP Shah b) SN Kapoor c) G Narayana Raju d) Yogesh Tyagi


e) Satya Pal Jain

Answers:

1)c 2)a 3)e 4)d 5)c 6)c 7)b 8)a 9)b 10)e

13TH JUNE 2016

1). International Albinism Awareness Day is observed on a) June 11th b) June 12th c) June 13th d) June 14th e) June 15th 2). Who won the final of Champions Trophy Hockey tournament in London? a) India b) Australia c) Germany d) Belgium e) None of these 3). The Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavlamban Mission (VNSSM), set up by which state government, proposes to provide new crop loans to all farmers in 14 districts in a bid to arrest suicides? a) Haryana b) Kerala c) Maharashtra d) Madhya Pradesh e) Sikkim 4). Mata Vaishno Devi temple is located in a) Maharashtra b) Jammu and Kashmir c) Bihar d) Punjab e) Uttarakhand 5). According to a report by software security group Kaspersky, India ranks ___ in the list of hacked servers available for sale on xDedic. a) Second b) Third c) Fourth d) Fifth e) Sixth


6). __________ became the first country to prohibit deforestation. a) Finland b) France c) Norway d) Germany e) Poland 7). BeiDou Navigation Satellite System belongs to which country? a) Russia b) New Zealand c) Australia d) China e) Japan 8). India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) agreed to resolve the outstanding issues for resumption of long-stalled negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement. Which among the following countries does not belong to EFTA members? a) Switzerland b) Croatia c) Liechtenstein d) Iceland e) Norway 9). Who among the following Bollywood actress was nominated for 2016 Teen Choice Awards? a) Depika Padukone b) Priyanka Chopra c) Kareena Kapoor d) Sunny Leone e) Anuskha Sharma 10). Achyut Lahkar passed away recently, who is he? a) Actor b) Musician c) Lyricist d) Director e) Film Producer Answers:

1)c 2)b 3)c 4)b 5)c 6)c 7)d 8)b 9)b 10)a


14TH JUNE 2016

1). World Blood Donor Day is being observed across the world on a) June 14th b) June 15th c) May 14th d) May 15th e) August 14th 2). Which state government is going to launch mobile app for delivery of common services? a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Andhra Pradesh d) Telangana e) Madhya Pradesh 3). Name the Malaysia s AirAsia Group chief who has been given the status of Overseas Citizen of India (OIC) by the Indian government. a) Tony Hegarandes b) Tony Jordon c) Tony Fernandes d) Tony Kriston e) None of the above 4). Ranu Langthasa was unanimously appointed as the chairperson of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) in a) Manipur b) Meghalaya c) Nagaland d) Assam e) Arunachal Pradesh 5). Who among the following takes charge of Chief Justice of Manipur HC? a) Rakesh Ranjan Prasad b) Mahesh Bhoopati c) Vikram Singh d) Satya Manohar e) Rana Pratap Malhotra 6). DCB Bank launched a card-less and PIN-less ATM in a) Mumbai b) Bangalore c) Delhi d) Kolkata


e) Hyderabad 7). Name the nine-year-old Indian-origin girl is the youngest attendee at the Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year. a) Kalpana Vijay b) Deepika Vijay c) Anvitha Vijay d) Ashwini Vijay e) None of the above 8). Which among the following Airways companies has announced launch of an additional flight on the Hyderabad-Dammam Mangaluru-Sharjah route from August? a) Air India b) Air Costa c) Air Asia India d) Jet Airways e) Indi Go 9). Microsoft Corporation and _______ Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for $26.2 billion. a) LinkedIn b) Blogger c) Disqus d) Twitter e) None of the above 10). Donald Carr passed away recently. He is a former cricketer of which country? a) Zimbabwe b) South Africa c) Australia d) West Indies e) England Answers:

1)a 2)b 3)c 4)d 5)a 6)b 7)c 8)d 9)a 10)e

15TH JUNE 2016

1). Every year June 15th is observed as a) World Environment Day b) World Ocean Day c) Anti-Child Labour Day d) World Blood Donor Day e) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day


2). President Pranab Mukherjee receives award of Ivory Coast, the highest civilian award of the a) Africa b) Australia c) Europe d) America e) None of the above 3). Aiming to cultivate a spirit of innovation in youth, the NITI Aayog has decided to set up ______ Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in schools across the country. a) 100 b) 200 c) 500 d) 1000 e) 5000 4). Who inaugurated Child Labour Tracking System (CLTS), the system which was launched to keep a track of rescued child labour for their proper rehabilitation? a) Nitish Kumar b) Raman Singh c) ManoharLal d) PinariyaVijayan e) Pawan Kumar Chamling 5). Government releases draft wind-solar hybrid policy. The goal of the policy is to reach a generating capacity of 10 GW through hybridization projects by _______. a) 2020 b) 2021 c) 2022 d) 2019 e) 2025 6). Public Sector Power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned 195 MW unit at Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station. Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station is located at _____. a) Maharashtra b) Bihar c) Punjab d) West Bengal e) Gujarat 7). The United Nations General Assembly elected _______ to chair its Legal Committee, which is also known as the Sixth Committee.


a) Indonesia b) Iran c) Iraq d) Israel e) Saudi Arabia 8). Which among the following countries has developed a camera-based meteor detection network, called the Fireball Recovery and Inter Planetary Observation Network (FRIPON)? a) Italy b) Germany c) France d) Netherlands e) USA 9). Ashok Vemuri recently appointed as the CEO of a) Oracle b) EMC c) BOSCH d) Adobe e) Xerox 10). Five Indian institutes have been named amongst the top-50 in the latest QS University Rankings Asia 2016 list. Which among the following was not included in the list? a) IISC Bangalore b) IIT Delhi c) IIT Bombay d) IIT Madras e) IIT Kharagpur

Answers:

1)e 2)a 3)c 4)a 5)c 6)b 7)d 8)c 9)e 10)e

16TH JUNE 2016

1). RajasvaGyanSangam , the first joint annual conference of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is going to held on 16th and 17thof June 2016 in a) Gujarat b) New Delhi c) Mumbai d) Kolkata e) Bangalore 2). Prayut Chan-o-Cha will arrive in Delhi on a three-day visit. He is the Prime Minister of


a) Malaysia b) Vietnam c) Cambdia d) China e) Thailand 3). Vidyanjali, a school volunteer programme is launched by a) Vasundhara Raje b) Arun Jaitley c) Smriti Irani d) Narendra Modi e) Sushma Swaraj 4). Panchayat Pratikar a bilingual grievance redressal app is of which state? a) Maharashtra b) Andhra Pradesh c) Karnataka d) West Bengal e) None of these 5). India to provide financial grand of Rs 48.84 million to Nepal for the construction of a college.Indian Ambassador to Nepal laid foundation stone of the building for Koteshwor Multiple Campus in Kathmandu district. Who is the Indian ambassador to Nepal? a) Nirupama Rao b) Meera Shankar c) Ranjit Rae d) Prakash Shukia e) Ajai Malhotra 6). Who has introduced a water-efficient Centre Pivot Irrigation System in Uttar Pradesh's Budhana? a) Amjad Khan b) Naseeruddin Shah c) Nasir Husain d) Nawazuddin Siddiqui e) None of the above 7). Which state government has banned the sale of correction fluid and paint thinner in bottles, saying strict action will be taken against violators? a) Haryana b) Mizoram c) Chhattisgarh d) Odisha e) Telangana


8). India and ______ countries transit facility, under the revised Inland Water Transit and Trade Protocol, becomes operational. a) Nepal b) Bangladesh c) China d) Myanmar e) Bhutan 9). Ryugyong (otel is the world s tallest unoccupied building, according to Guinness World Records. Where the hotel is located? a) North Korea b) South Korea c) Sudan d) USA e) Germany 10). Who has been appointed as Managing Director of the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA), a statutory body of the Kerala Government? a) Abhishek Kumar b) Bijin Krishna c) Priyanka Singal d) Rajarshi Mishra e) M Beena Answers:

1)b 2)e 3)c 4)d 5)c 6)d 7)a 8)b 9)a 10)e

17TH JUNE 2016

1). Which state has set up a garment bank for new born babies? a) Himachal Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Andhra Pradesh e) Uttar Pradesh 2). India will like to partner with _______ in the implementation of its Vision through inclusive development and capacity building. a) Madagascar b) Nigeria c) Yemen d) Ireland e) Namibia


3). Who introduced the proposal to set up a Central Marine Police Force to protect the national coastline? a) Anandiben Patel b) Manohar Lal c) Shivraj Singh Chouhan d) Devendra Fadnavis e) Mukul Sangam 4). To increase domestic supply and check the rising prices of sugar, the government imposed a ____ per-cent customs duty on the export of raw, white, or refined sugar. a) 15% b) 16% c) 20% d) 21% e) 25% 5). Ashuganj port is located in _______. a) Sri Lanka b) Myanmar c) Bangladesh d) India e) None of these 6). Name the most powerful nuclear icebreaker launched by Russia. a) Arktika b) Akshya c) Amritha d) Amogha e) Aangirasa 7). Who appointed as the new ambassador to Malaysia? a) Deepika Lakhina b) Manzoor Amman c) Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir d) Amith Arya e) Bijendra Singh 8). Senior IAS officer Supriya Sahu was appointed as Director General of a) Coal India Limited b) Doordarshan c) Electronics Corporation of India d) Food Corporation of India e) None of these


9). Syed Nayeemuddin conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna. He is a football coach for which country? a) Bangladesh b) Pakistan c) India d) Nepal e) Malaysia 10). US-based cosmetics maker Revlon has agreed to buy perfume maker Elizabeth Arden in a deal valued at ____ million dollars. a) 850 b) 860 c) 870 d) 900 e) 950

Answers:

1)a 2)e 3)d 4)c 5)c 6)a 7)c 8)b 9)c 10)c

18TH JUNE 2016 1). The Centre has cleared _____ crore rupees for the makeover of Ramayana and Krishna circuits of Uttar Pradesh under the Swadesh Darshan scheme. a) Rs.300cr b) Rs.400cr c) Rs.500cr d) Rs.600cr e) Rs.700cr 2). The NCERT is set to organise the first ever 'Yoga Olympiad' for all government and government-aided schools students ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21. Who is the Director of NCERT? a) Harshavardhan Acharya b) Vijay Chandra c) Hrushikesh Senapaty d) Chandra Shekar e) Mohantesh Walmiki 3). Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said all the states have resolved to provide round-the-clock power supply to every household by March 2019. The Power Minister also announced the launch of the helpline _______ for redressal of consumer's complaints across the country. a) 1911


b) 1912 c) 1913 d) 1914 e) 1915 4). Which state government has decided to invest Rs.1,000 crore over the next three years towards skill development recently? a) Haryana b) Mizoram c) Kerala d) Odisha e) Chhattisgarh 5). Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha visited world famous Mahabodhi temple. The temple is located in a) Punjab b) Maharashtra c) Bihar d) West Bengal e) Madhya Pradesh 6). The Eurozone has approved € . billion about $ . billion in bailout funds for ________ , in what will be the first payment since 2015. a) Turkey b) Italy c) Serbia d) Syria e) Greece 7). Which Indian former cricketer has been named the chairman of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)? a) Chetan Sharma b) Chetan Chauhan c) Chandra Sekhar Gadkari d) Devang Gandhi e) None of the above 8). Soram Sunil was sworn in as the mayor of a) Imphal b) Mumbai c) Patna d) Mysore e) None of these


9). Who has been named "the hottest woman in the world" by the magazine 'Maxim India' as part of its 'Maxim Hot 100' list? a) Katrina Kaif b) Kareena Kapoor c) Deepika Padukone d) Anushka Sharma e) Priyanka Chopra 10). _______ has been named the World s Best Tourism Destination for by the 'European Council on Tourism and Trade' (ECTT). a) France b) Colombia c) Cambodia d) Poland e) Spain Answers:

1)a 2)c 3)b 4)d 5)c 6)e 7)b 8)a 9)e 10)c

19TH JUNE 2016

1). Which state government has given its approval to set up an AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) University, the first-of-its-kind in India. a) Andhra Pradesh b) Punjab c) Telangana d) Haryana e) West Bengal 2). The Assam government has announced free admission for Divyang students in government institutes. Name the Education minister of the state? a) Rambilas Sharma b) Himanta Biswa Sarma c) Bhupendrasinh Chudasama d) Kaptan Singh Solanki e) None of these 3). Name the Android mobile app launched by IRCTC which enables booking of air tickets for travel within India and abroad. a) IRCTC Air b) IRCTC Hava c) IRCTC Vegam d) IRCTC Flight e) IRCTC ABD


4). The _______ government has decided to disburse old age, physical disability, and widow pensions on a monthly basis starting July, instead of making quarterly payments. a) Jammu and Kashmir b) Gujarat c) Delhi d) Rajasthan e) Karnataka 5). Union Ministry of AYUSH released a Yog Geet (Song) in connection with the celebration of International Day of Yoga–2016. The Music of the song is composed by a) Deeraj Saraswat b) Gandhar TD Jadhav c) Gatha Jadhav d) Sumanto Ray e) None of the above 6). Greenfield Electronic Park spread over an area of 203 acres is going to come in which state? a) Odisha b) Tamil Nadu c) Haryana d) Andhra Pradesh e) Maharashtra 7). ________ has become the first state in India to provide free treatment to confirmed cases of Hepatitis C. a) Mizoram b) Meghalaya c) Punjab d) Kerala e) Chhattisgarh 8). _________ is the first State to have obtained a telecom licence and it can issue phone numbers starting with the series from August this year. a) Uttar Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Himachal Pradesh 9). Which parliament has passed a contentious bill to allow medically-assisted death for terminally ill people? a) USA


b) Canada c) Mexico d) Peru e) Cuba 10). Which currency coins have cartoon characters? a) Tonga b) Samoa c) Tuvalu d) Vanuatu e) Niue Answers:

1)d 2)b 3)a 4)c 5)d 6)a 7)c 8)b 9)b 10)e

20TH JUNE 2016

1). The Indian mixed recurve team of _____ won silver at the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey. a) Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi b) Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das c) Laxmirani Majhi and Atanu Das d) Bombayla Devi and Jayanta Talukdar e) None of these 2). Nico Rosberg of Germany won the European Grand Prix Formula 1 championship in a) Vienna b) Sakhir c) Shanghai d) Baku e) Suva 3). President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate a mass Yoga demonstration involving around 1,000 persons at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 21st June 2016. This is the ______ International Yoga Day. a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fifth e) Seventh 4). Mobile app launched to enhance consumer connect with Urban Power Distribution sector is a) UAJA


b) UKJA c) UMJA d) URJA e) ULJA 5). Which state government has launched Rs.640 crore project for skill development under which multipurpose training centres will be set up in rural areas? a) Madhya Pradesh b) Punjab c) Jammu and Kashmir d) Rajasthan e) Himachal Pradesh 6). India will set up a joint panel of parliamentarians with which country in a bid to boost bilateral strategic ties? a) United Arab Emirates (UAE) b) Saudi Arabia c) China d) Malaysia e) Philippines 7). Who was appointed as the President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) for the term 2016-17 succeeding Rohit J Patel? a) Aithav Chandra b) Gaurav Sharma c) Vikram Chandra d) Bipin R Patel e) Chandra Shekar Patel 8). Virginia Raggi is elected as the first ever female Mayor of a) Vienna b) Havana c) Rome d) Paris e) None of these 9). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) unveiled the iconic _____ Hybrid Electric Research Plane nicknamed as Maxwell. a) Y-36 b) X-57 c) Z-12 d) X-37 e) A-96


10). )nternational Cricket Council )CC suspended Sri Lanka s fast bowler _______ after an assessment of his bowling action. a) Kulashekara b) Kapugedara c) Shaminda Eranga d) Chaturanga De Silva e) Shehan Jayasuriya Answers:

1)b 2)d 3)b 4)d 5)e 6)a 7)d 8)c 9)b 10)c

21ST JUNE 2016

1). Who released postage stamps on Surya Namaskara to mark the second International Yoga Day to be celebrated on June 21? a) Arun Jaietly b) Narendra Modi c) Smirti Irani d) Raj Nath Singh e) None of these 2). Nearly _____ pregnant women set a new world record by performing yoga in Rajkot, Gujarat, on the occasion of International Yoga Day. a) 1500 b) 1000 c) 2500 d) 2000 e) 1750 3). Who launched the fund titled MukhMantri Punjab Hepatitis C Relief Fund to provide free treatment for patients affected by Hepatitis C. a) Kaptan Singh Solanki b) Sukhbir Singh Badal c) Bhagat Chunni Lal d) Madan Mohan Mittal e) Parkash Singh Badal 4). Which state has launched an online portal to facilitate loans to financially weak students who wish to pursue higher studies in the city after class 12? a) Maharashtra b) Delhi c) Madhya Pradesh d) Bihar


e) Jharkhand 5). Which state government signed an MoU with Chinese heavy machinery manufacturing firm Sany Group for working on investment proposals worth $1 billion? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Arunachal Pradesh c) Himachal Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh e) Uttar Pradesh 6). India and _____ signed two agreements that are aimed at enhancing cooperation in culture as well as educational sectors. a) Thailand b) Myanmar c) Nigeria d) Bhutan e) South Korea 7). The PatanjaliYogpeeth Trust created a new Guinness World Record of 408 people simultaneously doing the a) Savasana b) Sirsasana c) Sethu Bandha Sarvangasana d) Sukhasana e) Salabhasana 8). Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Boeing celebrated the foundation laying of a new facility for its joint venture named Tata Boeing Aerospace (TBAL). The venture is going to come up in which city? a) Bangalore b) Chennai c) Hyderabad d) Tirupati e) Vishakhapatnam 9). The 2016 edition of Top 500 list of supercomputers has revealed that Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer is the world s most powerful supercomputer system. The super computer belongs to a) Russia b) China c) USA d) England e) Japan


10). Kazuyoshi Miura is a famous sports person. He belongs to which sport? a) Formula one b) Golf c) Foot Ball d) Squash e) Tennis

Answers:

1)b 2)d 3)e 4)b 5)d 6)a 7)b 8)c 9)b 10)c

22ND JUNE 2016

1). Cabinet approves biggest ever spectrum auction. The estimated amount to fetch from the project is at-least a) Rs.5.36 lakh crore b) Rs.4.36 lakh crore c) Rs.6.36 lakh crore d) Rs.7.36 lakh crore e) Rs.3.36 lakh crore 2). The Cabinet has approved _____ crore rupees setting up of Fund of Funds for Startups under Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for extending support to Startups. a) 9000 b) 8000 c) 10000 d) 11000 e) 12000 3). Which state government has approved a proposal to set up a Counter-Insurgency and Anti-Terrorist school to train police and other security forces in combating left-wing extremism and militancy? a) Haryana b) Punjab c) Bihar d) Maharashtra e) Madhya Pradesh 4). Which state cabinet approved a proposal to grant minority status to Jews in the state? a) Mizoram b) Kerala c) Sikkim d) Chhattisgarh e) Maharashtra


5). _______ and the Chinese city of Jinan become 'sister cities' after signing a pact which allows for the exchange of ideas and technology in the field of education, urban planning, youth affairs, and sports. a) Gwalior b) Nagpur c) Jalandhar d) Kanpur e) Gorakhpur 6). Which state government has started an SMS campaign to ensure that all educational institutions in the state are tobacco-free? a) Assam b) Andhra Pradesh c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Gujarat d) Uttarakhand 7). Who has released a commemorative silver coin to mark the 300th martyrdom day of Sikh General Banda Singh Bahadur? a) Narendra Modi b) Devendra Fernandes c) Arun Jaitely d) Anandiben Patel e) Pranab Mukherjee 8). To commemorate the 2nd International Day of Yoga, ______ Postal circle on 21 June 2016 released )nformation booklet, Stamps on Yoga and stamps on Suryanamaskarams . a) Karnataka b) Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu d) Telangana e) Jharkhand 9). Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit is going to begin in a) Chengdu b) Tashkent c) Tianjin d) Beijing e) Shanghai 10). Ken Miyauchi appointed as the new President of a) Tata Group b) Softbank Group


c) Sinopec Group d) BPL Group e) None of these Answers:

1)a 2)c 3)d 4)e 5)b 6)a 7)c 8)b 9)b 10)b

23RD JUNE 2016

1). The United Nations Public Service Day was celebrated by the United Nations (UN) on a) 23rd June b) 23rd August c) 24th June d) 25th August e) 24th August 2). )ndia's first sunken museum is set to come up at (umayun s Tomb in a) Mumbai b) Delhi c) Pune d) Allahabad e) Rajkot 3). India and ________ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish formal cooperation in the fields of skill development and vocational and professional education and training. a) China b) Taiwan c) Hungary d) Switzerland e) France 4). Which country will host a pledging conference next month to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to help Iraqis return to normal life? a) India b) Germany c) USA d) Australia e) Netherlands 5). Furniture store chain Ikea is set to open its first museum in a) Sweden b) Norway c) UK


d) Latvia e) Denmark 6). Which is the most expensive city in the world for expats, according to an annual survey conducted by consultancy firm Mercer? a) Tokyo b) Luanda c) Osaka d) Moscow e) Hong Kong 7). Which company has announced the appointment of Anupam Pahuja as the Managing Director (MD) and Country Manager for its India operations? a) Citruspay b) PayPal c) Paytm d) PayUMoney e) CCAvenue 8). Name the Editor-in-Chief of Ananda Baazaar Patrika (ABP) and The Telegraph who resigned recently? a) Dipankar Das Purkayastha b) Atideb Sarkar c) Aveek Sarkar d) Dhruba Mukherjee e) Chandan Majumdar 9). Olympian Anju Bobby George resigned as President of the Kerala Sports Council. She belongs to which sport? a) High Jump b) Swimming c) Archery d) Long Jump e) Weight Lifting 10). Who received the 'International Icon Award' at the 17th edition of the IIFA awards ceremony, beginning in Madrid? a) Freida Pinto b) Noomi Rapace c) Lizzie Brocheré d) Kim Tae-hee e) KC Concepcion


Answers:

1)a 2)b 3)d 4)c 5)a 6)e 7)b 8)c 9)d 10)a

24TH JUNE 2016

1). Noted poet and lyricist Guda Anjaiah passed away recently. He belongs to a) Rajasthan b) Jammu and Kashmir c) Uttar Pradesh d) Tripura e) Telangana 2). Government has extended the date for reporting details of accounts under Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to a) December 1st 2016 b) November 30th 2016 c) December 31st 2016 d) January 1st 2017 e) January 31st 2017 3). James Savage, a nine-year-old boy, has become the youngest to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back. He is from a) Mexico b) California c) Las Vegas d) Chicago e) Dallas 4). Famous actress Manimala Devi passes away. She belongs to which film industry? a) Bengali b) Telugu c) Tamil d) Hindi e) Odia 5). Markets regulator SEBI has eased the norms for overseas fund managers to relocate to India, under which they need not fulfil the minimum investment requirement of a) Rs.15 lakh b) Rs.25 lakh c) Rs.35 lakh d) Rs.23 lakh e) Rs.20 lakh


6). Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that luxury train _____ will be introduced in south Indian states from the monsoon season next year. a) Palaces On Wheels b) Maharaja Express c) The Golden Chariot d) Royal Rajasthan on Wheels e) Deccan Odyssey 7). _________ is going to design mobile application for Union Human Resources Development (RD Ministry s SWAYAM platform. a) IBM b) Apple c) Microsoft d) Xerox e) None of these 8). Which telecom company ranks 1st spot on data usage? a) Airtel b) Idea c) Reliance d) BSNl e) None of these 9). India has been given a wildcard by the Association Mundial de Futsal (AMF) to participate in the upcoming U-17 Futsal World Cup.The tournament will be held in a) Bolivia b) Argentina c) Paraguay d) Uruguay e) Csolombia 10). Gordie Howe passed away recently, who is he? a) Hockey Player b) Tennis Player c) Badminton Player d) Golf Player e) Cricket Player Answers:

1)e 2)c 3)b 4)e 5)b 6)b 7)c 8)a 9)c 10)a


25TH JUNE 2016

1). Which bank has appointed Niraj Mittal as the Managing Director and Head of Institutional Banking for the country? a) American Express b) United Overseas Bank c) DBS Bank d) First Rand Bank e) HSBC 2). Margaret Atwood was awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize. She belongs to a) Cuba b) Canada c) Mexico d) Chile e) South Africa 3). India won the three-match One Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe 3-0. Who won the man of the series? a) KL Rahul b) Y Chahal c) JaspritBumrah d) Karun Nair e) None of the above 4). Anjan Dutta passed away recently. He is politician of which state? a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Mizoram c) Sikkim d) Assam e) Madhya Pradesh 5). Film director AC Tirulokchandar passes away. He belongs to which state? a) Kerala b) Tamil Nadu c) Andhra Pradesh d) Karnataka e) None of the above 6). World Refugee Day was observed on 20 June 2016. It has been started celebrating in several countries all around the world from a) 1981 b) 1991 c) 2000


d) 2001 e) 2002 7). Government has recently approved 100 per cent FDI in a host of sectors including which among the following sectors? a) Civil aviation b) Defence c) Pharma d) Single brand retail e) All the above 8). V. Vaithilingam elected as Speaker of ____ assembly. a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Pondicherry d) Andhra Pradesh e) None of the above 9). Who became the first Indian to score a century on his ODI debut, after registering 100*(115) against Zimbabwe in the first ODI of the series. a) Karun Nair b) Rishi Dhawan c) Kedar Jadav d) KL Rahul e) None of the above 10). Inder Malhotra passed away recently. Who is he? a) Actor b) Journalist c) Musician d) Hockey Player e) Politician Answers:

1)c 2)b 3)a 4)d 5)b 6)d 7)e 8)c 9)d 10).b

26TH JUNE 2016

1). On the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which countries police officials torched drugs estimated to cost around $57 million? a) Thailand b) Qatar c) Hungary d) Bermuda


e) Myanmar 2). Chief Minister Anandiben Patel unveiled a first of its kind Smart City Pre-paid Card of which bank, )ndia s largest private sector bank, in association with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)? a) Axis b) Yes c) HDFC d) ICICI e) Kotak Mahindra 3). Ending speculation about its listing plans, top stock exchange NSE said it has decided to get listed in India as well as abroad and will file draft papers with Sebi for domestic listing by a) November 2016 b) December 2016 c) January 2017 d) February 2017 e) March 2017 4). State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) today said that it has commissioned two units of 14 MW each at Salma Hydro Electric Project in a) Iran b) Afghanistan c) Yemen d) Bhutan e) Nepal 5). Which state government official said that Coca-Cola will set up a bottling plant on 70 acres of land provided by the government which will be set up at an investment of Rs.400-500 crore? a) Uttarakhand b) Uttar Pradesh c) Jharkhand d) Telangana e) Andhra Pradesh 6). According to global valuation corporation Duff and Phelps, the brand value of IPL has reportedly soared by ______ percent after its ninth edition. a) 19% b) 20% c) 21% d) 18% e) 17%


7). Sanjay Malik will now be the new business head in India for which company? a) Samsung b) Nokia c) Micromax d) Karbon e) Spice 8). Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football. He belongs to which country? a) Brazil b) Canada c) Argentina d) Germany e) Chile 9). Who among the following have won the Queen s Young Leaders Award that honours people from Commonwealth nations for their exemplary work? a) Kartik Sawhney b) Neha Swain c) Vikram Sinha d) Both A and B e) Both B and C 10). In 2016 IIFA Awards who among the following bagged the Best actor award? a) Salman Khan b) Sharukh Khan c) Ranbir Kapoor d) Hritkh Roshan e) Ranveer Singh Answers:

1)e 2)d 3)c 4)b 5)a 6)a 7)b 8)c 9)d 10)e

27TH JUNE 2016

1). The average deposit per account under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) increased _____ per cent in May 2016, according to India Spend analysis of government data. a) 110% b) 120% c) 117% d) 112% e) 118%


2). Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi called for including a chapter on the 1975 Emergency in textbooks. He belongs to which portfolio of Ministry of State? a) Drinking Water and Sanitation b) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises c) Chemicals and Fertilizers d) Parliamentary Affairs e) Home Affairs 3). Where did the first meeting of the Board of Governors of the $100-billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? a) Bangladesh b) Russia c) China d) Nepal e) Bhutan 4). Touching a new high, India holding of American government securities jumped to ________ billion USD in April amid uncertain global economic cues. a) 122.6 b) 121.6 c) 120.6 d) 119.6 e) 118.6 5). Who has has inaugurated the 22nd meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council at Ranchi, Jharkhand? a) Rajnath Singh b) Kalraj Mishra c) Sadananda Gowda d) Venkaiah Naidu e) None of these 6). I-T authorities have reportedly found undeclared income of around ____ crores rupees black money found in offshore accounts a) Rs.13000 b) Rs.14000 c) Rs.9000 d) Rs.10000 e) Rs.12000 7). The four-day long 'India Couture Week' 2016 (ICW), hosted by the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), the country's apex fashion body, will begin on a) June 29th


b) July 20th c) July 15th d) July 10th e) July 1st 8). Finance Secretary announced that the government has eliminated 1.6 crore duplicate and bogus ration cards that will help the exchequer save Rs.10,000 crore in subsidy annually. Name the Financial Secretary of India. a) Ratan Watal b) Nripendra Misra c) Ashok Lavasa d) Pradyut Guha e) None of these 9). Which city has been declared as the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) cultural capital for the year 2016-17? a) Dhaka b) Rangpur c) Mymensingh d) Mahasthangarh e) None of these 10). India formally became the ____ member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) that aims at the non-proliferation of missiles, rocket systems, and unmanned air vehicles, among others. a) 30th b) 31st c) 32nd d) 33rd e) 35th Answers:

1)e 2)d 3)c 4)b 5)a 6)a 7)b 8)c 9)d 10)e

28TH JUNE 2016

1). Moving towards modernisation of sea ports, Modi government has inaugurated an RFID-based access control system at which port? a) Chennai Port b) Vishakhapatnam Port c) Cochin Port d) Mangalore Port e) Paradip Port


2). Majuli, a 400-square-kilometre island in the Brahmaputra river, became )ndia s first island district. The Island belongs to which state? a) Assam b) Gujarat c) Andhra Pradesh d) Maharashtra e) Odisha 3). Which state government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a three-nation consortium for the construction of a Rs.10,183 crore gas-based fertiliser plant? a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Telangana d) Andhra Pradesh e) Tamil Nadu 4). Talgo s coaches are all set to begin speed trials from July 7. The train travels between a) Mathura – Palwal b) Mathura – Bhiwadi c) Mathura – Khurja d) Mathura – Jhajjar e) None of these 5). Odisha government launched a scheme to provide education loan at 1% interest to students pursuing higher studies. Name the scheme. a) Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana b) Kaldas Shiksha Sathi Yojana c) Kharavela Shiksha Sathi Yojana d) Chittaranjan Shiksha Sathi Yojana e) None of these 6). Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to give free LPG connections to 50 lakh Below Poverty Line families in a) Mizoram b) Bihar c) Nagaland d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Tripura 7). India ranked low at 105th position globally on a worldwide Human Capital Index. Which country topped the list? a) Germany b) Canada


c) Netherlands d) Finland e) Austria 8). IFC, Wadhawan Global Capital to invest _______ crore rupees in Aadhar Housing Finance to help the housing loan provider to lower income families double its business. a) Rs.45 crore b) Rs.60 crore c) Rs.71 crore d) Rs.83 crore e) Rs.76 crore 9). State-run telecom operator BSNL will expand its network in which state by installing 2,000 new mobile towers in the next two years? a) Punjab b) Kerala c) Chhattisgarh d) Madhya Pradesh e) West Bengal 10). FMCG major ITC will invest _____ crore over the next 2-3 years to set up 8-9 factories across the country for manufacturing of food products. a) Rs 3,000 b) Rs 4,000 c) Rs 4,500 d) Rs 4,800 e) Rs 5,000 Answers:

1)c 2)a 3)d 4)a 5)a 6)b 7)d 8)b 9)c 10)b

29TH JUNE 2016

1). Which state government has decided to offer various concessions to the economically weaker sections EWS for projects under its ambitious housing for all scheme. a) Gujarat b) Punjab c) Maharashtra d) Tamil Nadu e) Madhya Pradesh 2). The Centre will invest around _______ crore rupees to set up a 750-bedded All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Assam, the land for which was handed over by the state government.


a) Rs 1,000 b) Rs 2,000 c) Rs 3,000 d) Rs 4,000 e) Rs 5,000 3). The UN General Assembly recently elected which three nations as non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year period beginning in January, 2017. i) Ethiopia ii) Bolivia iii) Sweden iv) Estonia a) i, ii and iv b) i, iii and iv c) ii, iii and iv d) i, ii and iii e) None of these 4). The cleanest village in Asia, Mawlynnong, is situated in India's north-eastern state of a) Madhya Pradesh b) Meghalaya c) Mizoram d) West Bengal e) Karnataka 5). Which country recently inaugurated a test stretch of an electric road, making it one of the first countries in the world to conduct tests with electric power for heavy transports on public roads? a) Norway b) USA c) Sweden d) Finland e) Romania 6). According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Financial Stability Report, The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) ratio of public-sector banks rose to ____ from 5.1% between September 2015 and March 2016. a) 7.3% b) 7.4% c) 7.5% d) 7.6% e) 7.7%


7). Which company has launched data centres in India that is witnessing rapid adoption of cloud computing both by enterprises and startups? a) Flipkart b) Ebay c) Amazon d) Snapdeal e) None of these 8). In the latest World Bank ranking of the global logistics performance, India is now ranked ____ as against the 54th spot it occupied in the previous 2014 report. a) 31st b) 32nd c) 33rd d) 35th e) 37th 9). EPFO aims to cover all the workers in the country under provident fund (PF), pension and life insurance by a) 2019 b) 2022 c) 2025 d) 2028 e) 2030 10). AC Milan has recently appointed former Fiorentina and Sampdoria boss _______ as their new manager on a two-year contract. a) Cristian Brocchi b) Sinisa Mihajlovic c) Unai Emery d) Vincenzo Montella e) None of these Answers:

1)c 2)a 3)d 4)b 5)c 6)d 7)c 8)d 9)e 10)d

30TH JUNE 2016

1). The day marks the birth anniversary of late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the Father of Indian Statistics, National Statistics Day observed on a) June 28th b) June 27th c) June 29th d) June 30th


e) July 1st 2). Which state government has drawn up a Rs.120 crore plan to build toilets for 55,000 households under the Swachh Bharath Abhiyan? a) Puducherry b) Chhattisgarh c) Mizoram d) Odisha e) None of these 3). e-file tracking system to automate file, correspondence and document tracking within government offices is launched recently by which state government? a) Haryana b) Jammu and Kashmir c) Maharashtra d) Punjab e) None of these 4). The union cabinet has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and _____ for bilateral cooperation in water resources management and development. a) Rwanda b) China c) Uganda d) Tanzania e) Burundi 5). Which state has the highest fiscal deficit among all states in the country, according to Reserve Bank of India data? a) Karnataka b) Tamil Nadu c) Kerala d) Andhra Pradesh e) None of these 6). Who won the Austrian Grand Prix? a) Lewis Hamilton b) Nico Rosberg c) Sebastian Vettel VET d) KimiRäikkönen RAI e) None of these 7). The second BRICS Youth Summit from July 1- with the theme Youth as bridge for Intra-BR)CS Exchanges is going to held in which city?


a) Mumbai b) Pune c) Guwahati d) New Delhi e) None of these 8). Who has been sworn in as the 16th president of the Philippines? a) Rodrigo Duterte b) Emilio Aguinaldo c) Manuel L. Quezon d) Gabriela Silang e) Corazon C. Aquino 9). EESL has entered into a strategic partnership with which organisation for achieving objectives related to energy efficiency? a) EFRI b) GVNML c) TERI d) LEDEG e) Greenpeace 10). Who has been elected as Deputy Speaker of the 14th Kerala Assembly? a) I C Balakrishnan b) P Sreeramakrishnan c) Mullappally Ramachandran d) V Sasi e) None of the above Answers:

1)c 2)a 3)b 4)d 5)b 6)b 7)c 8)a 9)c 10)d

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