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For students preparing for competitive exam, the major question faced by everyone is General
Knowledge, how to prepare for GK. The reason for extra importance of General Knowledge topics
and questions is that it will not only assist you to score very high marks in less time but it will also
help you to perform well in Group Discussions and Interviews. General awareness has always
been taken at the lighter side by many of the candidates not realizing that how major it can be in
competitive exams. Here are some useful tips for preparing GK:

Tip-1: Read Newspapers Daily

Tip-2: Watch Current affairs special programmes on News
Tip-3: Read Business Today & India Today magazine thoroughly
Tip-4: Complete Cetking’s GK40 program
Following questions are divided into sets of 25 to 75 questions each.

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GA/FA/EA questions asked in SBI PO mains 31st July 2016
Q1. Mozambique capital- Maputo
Q2. One question asked from- State Bank of India has inked
agreements with the World Bank for a $625-million (around Rs. 4,200
crore) facility to support grid connected rooftop solar programme in
the country.
Q3. Which of the following Banks heaquarter in Chennai- Indian Bank
Q4. FINO PayTech is a- Payment Bank
Q5. One question asked from- DBS Bank launched a ‘mobile-only
bank’ in India. The ‘digibank’ uses technologies, such as biometrics
and artificial intelligence, to enable paperless, signature-less and
branchless bank.
Q6. One question asked from- State Bank Mingle is the social banking
application of SBI which enables you to perform basic banking
activities through SBI's official Facebook page.
Q7. lakhwar dam is built upon which river ? - Yamuna
Q8. Talcher coal hub is located in ? - Odisha
Q9. MD AND CEO of Bandhan bank ? - Chandrasekar gosh
Q10. First women to climb mount everest-Arunima sinha
Q11. Ease of doing business indrx is developed by ? - World Bank
Q12. USD 500 million sanctioned to Bihar project by? -ADB
Q13. Non farm micro units are eligible for how much loan under
MUDRA scheme ? - 10 lakh
Q14. "State of children" report is prepared by ?-UNICEF
Q15. BSBDA max amount capping? -Rs50,000
Q16. NACH launched by?-NPCI
Q17. Housing to all by 2022 in how many rural areas?- 2.95 crore
houses
Q18. Rani Jhansi Marine Park?- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q19. As per WESP,fastest growing economy at 7.3%- India
Q20. Krishi Kalyan Cess starting date?- 1st June 2016.
Q21. Women Economic Forum Summit held in – New Delhi
Q22. Small finance banks will also have to ensure that 50% of their
loan portfolio constitutes advances of up to Rs.25 lakh
Q23. In FDI Intelligence report – Gujarat state top destination states
for FDI in 2015
Q24. Madhavrao scindia cricket ground? Rajkot Gujarat
Q25. India 1st defence communication network ? Delhi
Q26. Small finance bank loan portfolio? 25 lakh
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Q27. FRBM act committee? NK singh
Q28. One questions asked from-Which of the following is not money
market instrument ?
Q29. Universal banks FDI limit ?74%
Q30. World bank lowered global forecast by ? 2.4%
Q31. Capital Small Finance Bank Limited headquarter- Jalandhar,
Punjab
Q32. BMB merge with?- SBI
Q33. NATO summit- Warsaw Poland
2016 Business GK quiz
1. Who takes over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) of Indian
Air Force (IAF) = Air Marshal Bhadauria
2. Who is BHEL CMD = Atul Sobti
3. Wipro names Whom as it’s new CEO, TK Kurien to be Vice
Chairman = Abidali Neemuchwala
4. First Woman to chair GM as CEO = Mary Barra
5. LinkedIn India head - Akshay Kothari
6. Odisha Govt designated whom as its Technical Advisor = Sam
Pitroda
7. Who replaced Aamir Khan as ‘Incredible India’ ambassador =
Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra
8. Which Indian company acquires 100 percent stake in Augere
Wireless = Airtel
9. Paytm acquires which company for $8mn to enrich customer
experience = Shifu
10. Nokia completed acquisition of ________ for 15.6 Billion Euros =
Alca Lucent
11. Apple takeovers educational startup ________ =Learnsprout
12. Quickr to acquire which company = Commonfloor
13. Which Indian city to get India’s first Space Park = Bengaluru
14. 7 throw of periodic table completed with addition of 4
elements Element 113, Element 115, Element 117 and which one =
Element 118
15. Sukanya Chkrabarti, Indian American professor develops method
to hunt what? = dark matter
16. Which company successfully tested driverless car using at NASA
Centre, California = Nissan
GA/FA in SBI Clerk 2016 on 26th June 2016 Ist Shift. Have a look!!
1. Gatiman Express - Runs between Delhi and Agra in India
2. KRS dam - Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS, is the
name of both a lake and the dam that creates it. It is located close to
the settlement of Krishnarajasagara. The dam is across Kaveri River, in
Mandya in Karnataka state, India.
3. Kempe Gouda Airport - Kempegowda International Airport is an
international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state
of Karnataka.
4. Full form of FEMA - Foreign Exchange Management Act
5. Full form of ECB - External Commercial Borrowing
6. July 11 - World Population Day
7. Full form of RTGS - Real-time Gross Settlement Systems
8. NHRC - National Human Rights Commission of India
9. DICGC - Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
10. 151 megawatt (MW) solar plant is in which state - The Welspun
Solar MP project is a 151 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station
built in Bhagwanpura village, just south of Diken, Jawad tehsil of
Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. Operational
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since February 2014, it is one of the largest solar power projects in
India. 6. Largest nuclear power plant in india- Tarapur, Maharashatra
11. Atal mission - Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation - The scheme was launched by Prime Minister 7. One Question asked from LPG
Narendra Modi in June 2015 with the focus of the urban renewal
projects is to establish infrastructure that could ensure adequate 8. In ECGC "G" stand for- Guarantee
robust sewerage networks and water supply for urban
transformation. Rajasthan was the first state in the country to submit 9. Gobi Desert continent- Asia
State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation (AMRUT). 10. Chabahar Port- Iran
12. Aviation Park - India's first Aviation Park to come up in Gujarat
13. Where is Hazirabagh? - MoS Jayant Sinha constituancy 11. Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited or CIBIL is a- Credit
14. Chief Economic Advisor- Arvind Subramanium Information Company
15. MUDRA Maxlimit- 10lacs
16. FMC merges with- SEBI 12. The "Fed" is the central bank- USA
17. IDFC Bank HQ- Mumbai
18. Who is Seema Punia- Discus Thrower 13. Pinarayi Vijayan is the current Chief Minister of- Kerala
19. What is T in RTGS- Time
20. Highest mountain on the European continent- Mount Elbrus 14. Bank of India Headquarter- Mumbai
21. Kempegowd Airport- Bangalore, Karnataka
22. Cuttak city is on the bank of- Mahanadi 15. Ahmedabad city river bank- Sabarmati River
23. SDR maintained by- IMF
24. Khardung La is a mountain pass located- Jammu and Kashmir 16. One quation asked from foreign trade policy
25. Aga Khan Palace- Pune, India
26. Kiran Bedi elected governor of- Ponducherry 17. One quation asked from National Insurance Company Limited
27. Playing it my way biography of - Sachin Tendulkar (NICL).
28. Which country becomes First Country In The World To Ban
Deforestation- Norway 18. One quation asked from debt market
29. Lima is the capital city of- Peru
30. Currency of Malaysia- Ringgit 19. Surya Mitra Mobile App- Ministry of New Renewable Energy
31. Indus Valley Desert is a desert ecoregion of- Pakistan
32. One question asked from CRISIL 20. One quation asked from CRR and SLR
33. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation ( DICGC) is a
subsidiary of- RBI 21. What is L in MCLR- Lending
34. Exercise Desert Eagle- India and UAE
35. The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) is an Act of 22. Defence Industrial Park at- Ottappalam in Palakkad district of
the Parliament of India "to Central banks would work towards an Kerala
orderly functioning of the transactions which can also develop their-
foreign exchange market 23. Reverse Repo Rate- 6.00%
36. Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha National Park- Madhya
Pradesh 24. Neeraj Chopra- Javelin Thrower
37. Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS. The dam is
across- Kaveri River 25. NACH full form- National Automated Clearing House
38. What is "c" in ECB- External Commercial Borrowing
39. Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company registered 26. Currency of Israel- shekel
under the- Companies Act, 1956
40. deutsche bank headquarter- Frankfurt, Germany 27. Fully air-conditioned third AC service- Humsafar
41. Regional Rural Banks (also RRBs) regulated by- NABARD
42. Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account ( BSBDC) maximum Limit- fifty 28. Wings of fire book- APJ Abdul kalam
thousand
43. Reliance Industries Limited tied up for payments bank licence- SBI 29. Which state declared own mascot- Assam
44. One question asked from Pradhan Mantri Skills India
45. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) headquarter- Madrid, 30. CRR and SLR deposits in which form- Cash and Liquidity
Spain

31. which country gv back india d artifacts it stole 2000yr back- USA
GA/FA Questions asked SBI Clerk 2016 (25th June 1st Shift)
1. Wular Lake- Jammu and Kashmir 32. Shishu mudra scheme up to- Rs 50,000

2. Valmiki National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is located in-Bihar 33. International development association (IDA) HQ- Washington DC

3. Demonetization of higher denomination banknotes.- Rs10000 34. 11 digit alpha numeric code on cheque- IFSC

4. July 28 every year celebrated as- World Hepatitis Day

35. 6 metro coaches exported to Australia frm which indian city-
5. Anant Gangaram Geete- Maharashtra Barodara

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their customers. According to information available on the RBI
36. According to new Basel-III norms, which kick in from- March 2019 website, the top 20 cities are generating INR how much amount in bill
payments every year ?
37. Umaid Bhawan Palace, located at- Jodhpur, Rajasthan (a) INR 16,810 billion
(b) INR 4,703 billion
38. The highest mountain of India- Kangchenjunga (c) INR 10,172 billion
(d) INR 6,223 billion
39. Bandan Bank which types of Bank- Private Bank (e) None of the above

40. A _______ is an agreement between two parties to exchange Q2. Currency risk is the potential risk of loss from fluctuating foreign
sequences of cash flows for a set period of time- Swap exchange rates when an investor has exposure to foreign currency or
in foreign-currency-traded investments. Currency risk is sometimes
41. RIDF full form- Rural Infrastructure Development Fund referred to as-
(a) Monetary Rate
42. One question asked from Pakistan Stock Exchange (Karachi Stock (b) Export Rate
Exchange) KSE100 (c) Trade Rate
(d) Exchange-rate risk
43. Foreign Trade Policy regulated by- Ministry of Commerce and (e) None of the above
Industry
Q3. The government has named _________ outside experts as
GK 2016 current affairs members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve
1. Zinnia : The first ever flower grown where = space Bank of India (RBI), moving to a model followed in the developed
2. Chinese scientists develop new bio artificial organ = liver world.
3. India to build a satellite tracking station in which country = (a) One
Vietnam (b) Two
4. Bajrang Punia, Ritu Phogat win Gold at which championship = (c) Three
National Wrestling Championship (d) Four
5. Qatar Masters Open chess tournament title clinched by (e) Five
_________ = Magnus Carlsen
6. Who is named 2015 England Player of the Year = Wayne Rooney Q4. MasterCard is rolling out its Identity Check service, popularly
7. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis start off 2016 with which win = known as ________ to customers in Europe through a new mobile
Brisbane title app.
8. Who is inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame = Marat (a) Selfie pay
Safin (b) Voice Record
9. Who breaks De Villiers’ record to reach 8000 ODI runs = Virat (c) Finger print
Kohli (d) Video play
10. Kumar Sikri is new Chairman of Competition Commission of India (e) None of the aove
(CCI).
11. Barcelona FC forward Lionel Messi from Argentina has won the Q5. Who has launched the party name as People’s Resurgence Justice
2016 FIFA Ballon d’Or Award. Alliance (PRJA)?
12. Indian writer Anuradha Roy has won the on the prestigious (a) Niranjan Jyoti
$50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel ‘Sleeping (b) Irom Sharmila#
on Jupiter’. (c) Aung San Suu Kyi
13. Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami (Posthumous) receives Param (d) Yogi Adityanath
Vir Chakra award. (e) None of the above
14. List of Oscar Awards: 88th Academy Awards
15. Best Picture Spotlight Q6. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the Report of the
16. Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant). Internal Working Group (IWG) on Rationalisation of Branch
17. Best Actress Brie Larson (Room) Authorisation Policy. The Group is chaired by............?
18. Best Supporting Actor Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) (a) Bibek Debroy
19. Best Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) (b) Madhukar Gupta
20. Best Director Alejandro G. (The Revenant). (c) NR Nagendra
21. Most awards (d) Ratan P Watal
22. Mad Max: Fury Road (6 Awards) followed by The Revenant (3) (e) Lily Vadera
and Spotlight (2).Most nominations in 88th Academy Awards The
Revenant (12), Mad Max: Fury Road (10) and The Martian (7) Q7. Mobile Money Identification Number (MMID) is a ________ digit
23. Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ranveer Singh chosen for 2016 number of which the first four digits are the unique identification
Dinanath Mangeshkar Award number of the bank offering Immediate Payment Service (IMPS).
24. Stan Wawrinka wins 2016 Dubai ATP Tennis title (a) Seven
25. Dinesh Sharma elected as Chairperson of (b) Thirteen
IFAD(International Fund for Agriculture Development) (c) Eleven
(d) Nine
GK quiz 2016 (e) None of the above
Q1. Bharat Bill Payment System is a major component of the retail
payment transactions in India, and is characterized by the presence of
large number of billers, who provide a variety of payment options to

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Q8. All bank loans, including home loans, taken are now linked to the (d) 7.6 per cent
bank's marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR). MCLR has (e) 7.3 per cent
effective from?
(a) January 1, 2016 Q6. The Sheikh Zayed Stadium is a cricket ground located in which
(b) September 1, 2015 among the following cities?
(c) April 1, 2015 (a) Abu Dhabi, UAE
(d) April 1, 2016 (b) Dubai, UAE
(e) None of the above (c) Karachi, Pakistan
(d) Lahore, Pakistan
Q9. Two professors from Harvard and MIT have been awarded the (e) Hyderabad, India
Nobel Prize in economics for contributions to-
(a) Financial and real estate markets Q7. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is
(b) Private prisons a permanent, intergovernmental Organization, created at the
(c) Contract theory Baghdad Conference on September 10–14, 1960, by Iran, Iraq,
(d) Essential to the functioning Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Where is the headquartered of
(e) Research sheds light OPEC?
(a) Geneva, Switzerland
Q10. _________ is a system that powers multiple bank accounts into (b) Belgium, Brussels
a single mobile application (of any participating bank), merging (c) New York, USA
several banking features, seamless fund routing & merchant (d) Paris, France
payments into one hood. (e) Vienna, Austria
(a) Real-time gross settlement systems (RTGS)
(b) Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale (EFTPOS) Q8. Indian and Chinese armies have held the second joint tactical
(c) Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) exercise “Sino India Cooperation 2016 in which city?
(d) Unified Payments Interface (UPI) (a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(e) None of the above (b) Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Ajmer, Rajasthan
Q1. Indravati National Park is a national park located in which among (d) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
the following states? (e) None of the above
(a) Odisha
(b) West Bengal Q9. Dalai Lama has been given the honorary citizenship of which
(c) Chhatisgarh among the following cities?
(d) Assam (a) Moscow, Russia
(e) Tamil Nadu (b) Rome, Italy
(c) Milan , Italy
Q2. EFTPOS is an electronic payment system involving electronic (d) Paris, France
funds transfers based on the use of payment cards, such as debit or (e) Sydney, Australia
credit cards, at payment terminals located at points of sale. What is E
in EFTPOS? Q10. The Election Commission of India has held the first ever
(a) Electronic International Conference on Voter Education in which city?
(b) Essential (a) Patna
(c) Every (b) Chennai
(d) Effective (c) Lucknow
(e) None of the above (d) New Delhi
(e) Kolkata
Q3. The Book "One Indian Girl" is the 7th fictional novel and the 9th
overall novel written by the Indian author.......? Q11. The 11-member committee, headed by former Finance
(a) Vikram Seth Secretary Ratan P Watal is related with which among the following
(b) Arundhati Roy committee?
(c) Kiran Desai (a) Incentivise transactions through cards and digital
(d) Aravind Adiga (b) One Rank One Pension
(e) Chetan Bhagat (c) Indo-Pakistani war and Simla Agreement
(d) Financial inclusion or inclusive financing
Q4. Bhavanisagar Dam or Lower Bhavani Dam, is located in which (e) None of the above
state?
(a) Kerala Q12. Corporation Bank is a public sector banking company
(b) Tamil Nadu headquartered in..........?
(c) Maharashtra (a) Kolkata
(d) West Bengal (b) Mangalore
(e) Madhya Pradesh (c) Chennai
(d) Bengaluru
Q5. RBI believes this boost to consumption will lead to gross value (e) Mumbai
added (GVA) growth of _____ for 2016-17?
(a) 7.1 per cent Q13. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is a specified minimum fraction of the
(b) 7.0 per cent total deposits of customers, which commercial banks have to hold as
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according to the guidelines of the central bank of a country. CRR (e) 1978
controls-
(a) It cheaper for banks to borrow money Q21. The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a
(b) Is a tool, which central bank uses for short-term purposes loosely-defined region in the western part of which Ocean?
(c) Greater control to the central bank over money supply (a) Australia Ocean
(d) Marking a shift from earlier method of calibrating various policy (b) Atlantic Ocean
rates separately (c) Southern, Ocean
(e) None of the above (d) Indian, Ocean
(e) None of the above
Q14. Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) is a Zero Balance
Savings Account that takes care of your simple banking needs with Q22. The Antwerp Diamond Bank is a small, 75-year-old bank that
Free ATM card, monthly statement, and cheque book. How much specializes exclusively in serving the diamond and the diamond
amount has withdrawal and transfer limit under BSBDA? jewelry sector. Where is the headquarter of the Antwerp Diamond
(a) Rs 1,00,000 per month Bank?
(b) Rs 20,000 per month (a) Vienna, Austria
(c) Rs 50,000 per year (b) Antwerp, Belgium
(d) Rs 10,000 per month (c) Frankfurt, Germany
(e) No Limit (d) Beijing, China
(e) Washington DC, USA
Q15. Grama Vidiyal Microfinance, a Trichy-based microfinance
company has acquired by which among the following Banks? Q23. Typhoon Haima made a second landfall in which country?
(a) Punjab National Bank (a) China
(b) Bandhan Bank (b) India
(c) ICICI Bank (c) Japan
(d) State Bank of India (d) Malaysia
(e) IDFC Bank (e) Singapore

Q16. Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Q24. In a bid to boost credit growth in the economy, the Centre
Commonwealth of the............? announced a sum of how much crore for recapitalisation of 13 public
(a) Kenya sector banks?
(b) Argentina (a) Rs 22,915 crore
(c) Uganda (b) Rs 27,110 crore
(d) Iceland (c) Rs 10,000 crore
(e) Bahamas (d) Rs 50,207 crore
(e) Rs 38,500 crore
Q17. Which is a hybrid security, combining features of preferred stock
and corporate bonds? Q25. Payments banks are a new model of banks conceptualized by
(a) UPI the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). These banks can accept a restricted
(b) NPCI deposit which is currently limited to INR 1 lakh per customer account.
(c) NEFT How much amount minimum capital has requirement for Payments
(d) MIPS banks?
(e) RTGS (a) Rs 1 crore
(b) Rs 50 crore
Q18. Which among the following countries North Atlantic Treaty (c) Rs 1000 crore
Organization (NATO) leaders will hold their next summit in 2017? (d) Rs 500 crore
(a) Beijing, China (e) Rs 100 crore
(b) New York, USA
(c) Paris, France Headquarter Of ICAN - Geneva, Switzerland
(d) Brussels, Belgium Kandla port has been renamed as - Deen dayal upadhyaya Port
(e) London, UK Noble prize for literature - Kazuo Ishiguro
Headquarter Of ICAR - New Delhi
Q19. Kalikho Pul who has found hanging from a ceiling fan was the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park is located in - Assam
Chief Minister of which state? Gorumara National Park is located in - West Bengal
(a) Andhra Pradesh Banwari Laal purohit is governor of which state - Tamil Nadu
(b) Madhya Pradesh 14th November celebrated as - Diabetes Day
(c) Arunachal Pradesh 10th brics summit will be held in - Johannesburg, South Africa
(d) Himachal Pradesh One question was asked from operational risk.
(e) Uttar Pradesh Yudh Abhyas 2017, a joint military training exercise between India
and ______ - United States
Q20. The highest currency note ever printed by the Reserve Bank of What is the meaning of M in MUDRA - Micro
India (RBI) was a Rs 10,000 note during the British Raj. It was printed What is the meaning of P in PCA - Prompt
first in- What is the meaning of G in SHG - Group
(a) 1919 First payment Bank in india - Airtel Payments Bank Ltd
(b) 1946 Vijayawada situated on the bank of which River - Krishna River
(c) 1938 What is the minimum capital required for small finance bank - 100 Cr
(d) 1912 Venezuela capital - Caracas

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Cheque and DD come under which act - Negotiable Instrument Act Punjab
1881 None of These
Prakash javdekar constituency - Madhya Pradesh ( Ans - 1)
Tungabhadra dam is in which state – Karnataka
Pooja Kadian is related to which sports – Wushu 7. Vice President Hamid Ansari released Festschrift A lifetime of
UPI Full Form - Unified Payment Interface Moulding Technology and Science Policy in India, dedicated to
Hidayatullah National Law University is in which state – New Raipur, ___________ ?
Chhattisgarh A P J Abdul Kalam
Cheque truncation system introduced in which year - 2010 Ashok Parthasarthi
One question related to IBBI Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Recently died Kundan Shah is related to which field – Director Lal Krishan Advani
The Banking Codes and Standards Board of India was registered as a None of These
society under which act - Societies Registration Act, 1860 ( Ans - 2)

GK 2016 Books & Authors

8. Actor ____________ launched her second book The Legend of
1. Book An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India, authored by Lakshmi Prasad. Her first was Mrs Funnybones: She's Just Like You
Lok Sabha MP ___________ has been released ? and a Lot Like Me (2015). ?
Shashi Tharoor Twinkle Khanna
Hema Malini Hema Malini
Rahul Gandhi Rekha
Mulayam Singh Jaya Bachchan
None of These None of These
( Ans - 1)
( Ans - 1)
2. Book Harp, has been authored by _________ ?
Chetan Bhagat
Amish Tripathi 9. Book A Season of Ghosts has been authored by noted Indian author
Nidhi Dalmia ____________ ?
Jhumpa Lahiri Ruskin Bond
None of These Chetan Bhagat
( Ans - 3) Ramachandra Guha
Amish Tripathi
3. Book Immortal, by __________ has been released ? None of These
Amish Tripathi ( Ans - 1)
Hem Kumar Pande
Jhumpa Lahiri 10. Book Conflicts of Interest: My Journey through India's Green
Krishna Udayasankar Movement, by ___________ has been acquired by Penguin India ?
None of These Amitav Ghosh
( Ans - 4) Jhumpa Lahiri
Nita Mehta
4. Book SRK - 25 Years of a Life, authored by ____________ has been Sunita Narain
released. It traces journey of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan. ? None of These
Ravinder Singh ( Ans - 4)
Robin Sharma
Chetan Bhagat 11. Book Death under the Deodars: The Adventures of Miss Ripley-
Ramachandra Guha Bean by noted author ____________ has been released ?
Samar Khan Subroto Bagchi
( Ans - 5) Amish Tripathi
Chetan Bhagat
5. Book The Burning Forest: India’s War in Bastar, authored by Ruskin Bond
__________ has been released ? None of These
E Sridharan ( Ans - 4)
Rajendra Singh
Nandini Sundar
Amish Tripathi 12. Book Heyday: Britain and the Birth of the Modern World, has
None of These been authored by ____________ ?
( Ans - 3) J K Rowling
Ben Wilson
6. Book CHARAIVETI, CHARAIVETI has been Released, with its first Amish Tripathi
copy presented to President Pranab Mukherjee. Book is compilation Salma Rushdie
of select recollections of sixty years in public life of Shri Ram Naik None of These
(Governor of ________) ?
Uttar Pradesh ( Ans - 2)
Rajasthan
Haryana

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13. Book‚ How to Steal a Ghost@Manipal, has been authored by (6) One Question asked from Micro ATM
__________ ?
Chetan Bhagat (7) Global citizen festival 2016 held in - Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ashwin Sanghi
Ruskin Bond (8) Hand in Hand is an exercise between India and China
Ravinder Singh
Shweta Taneja (9) Balamuralikrishna related to which field - Carnatic singer
( Ans - 5)
(10) Bollywood theme park recently opened in Dubai,UAE

14. Book Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless in South Asia has been (11) National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) transaction -
authored by ________ ? transaction is done in hourly batches
Partha S.Ghosh
Subroto Bagchi (12) Electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) - in which 'P'
Vikram Seth stands for Point
Anant Pai
None of These (13) Commercial papers in India is issued in the form of promissory
( Ans - 1) note

(14) India got 145 M777 howitzer from USA

15. Book Swimmer Among the Stars, has been authored by
_________ ? (15) Rabobank Headquarter- Utrecht, Netherland
Shashi Tharoor
Anant Pai (16) Kehkashan Basu - International children's peace prize
Amish Tripathi
Kanishk Tharoor (17) 100% equity owned by govt. in India Post Payment Bank (IPPB)
None of These
( Ans - 4) (18) Asia's first cycle highway now in Uttar Pradesh

(19) Asia Pacific screen awards best actor - Manoj bajpai

16. PM Narendra Modi released book on life of Shri Kedarnath Sahni.
He was a governor of Indian states of Sikkim and __________ ? (20) Irom Chanu Sharmila a civil rights activist, political activist, and
Mizoram poet from the Indian state of- Manipur
Nagaland
Goa 1. _____________ study Utility Scale DSM Opportunities and Business
Assam Models in India has pegged India’s Energy Efficiency Market at Rs. 1.6
None of These Lakh Crores. Ministry of Power has fixed energy savings targets for XII
( Ans - 3) Plan period (2012‚­17) as 60.5 BU (billion units) through various
energy efficiency interventions ?
17. Rajiv Gandhi Assassin Nalini Sriharan approved release book about World Bank
her prison life (24 years). Book Rajiv Gandhi assasin, hidden truths, IMF
Priyanka meeting Nalini has been written by ________ ? ADB
Ketan Mehta New Development Bank
Ekalaivan None of These
Salman Rushdie
Anant Pai ( Ans - 1)
None of These
( Ans - 2)
2. Ministry of Women and Child Development launched
‚Ëœ_____________‚„ portal to register complaints of child sexual
abuse ?
IBPS Clerk Mains 2016 Part-1 Complaint-Box
Suggestion-Box
General-Awareness-Quiz-for-IBPS-PO-Mains-2016 E‚­BOX
I-BOX
(1) Kumarakom bird sanctuary -Kerala None of These

(2) Gobind sagar dam - Himachal Pradesh ( Ans - 3)

(3) Book "Immortals of meluha" is written by- Amish tripathi

3. 10‚­days Tripitak Sutrapath Mahotasava has started at Bodhgaya in
(4) Person With Disabilities Day theme of 2016 - "Achieving 17 goals ____________ ?
for the future we want" Mizoram
Manipur
(5) International criminal court headquarter- The Hague, Netherlands Assam
Bihar

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None of These No Personal Law Board is above Constitution, referring to All India
Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) ?
( Ans - 4) Allahabad
Delhi
Jodhpur
4. 21st International Film Festival of Kerala held in _____________ ? Patna
Kochi None of These
Malappuram
Kozhikode ( Ans - 1)
Kollam
Thiruvananthapuram
10. American Firm _____________ introduced Its Prime Video Service
( Ans - 5) in India, to provide users access to collection of ad‚­free new releases
including Bollywood and Hollywood movies. It will pose competition
to other online streaming services like Netflix and Hotstar. ?
5. 6,117 _______________ dancers have set a new Guinness World Google
Record by performing together in a single event in Vijayawada district Facebook
of Andhra Pradesh. Guinness World Record updated for 12‚­minute Microsoft
“Jayamu Jayamu” item as ‘Largest ______________ dance’ Amazon
performance. ? None of These
Kathak
Bharata Natyam ( Ans - 4)
Kuchipudi
Kathakali
None of These 11. Amul, a Milk Products brand under Kaira District Cooperative Milk
Producers’ Union will invest 200 crore rupees for a ‘Centralised Milk
( Ans - 3) Processing Plant’ at Sankrail Food Park in Howrah in
_______________ ?
Odisha
6. ___________ launched by AYUSH Ministry to promote health and Jharkhand
health education in villages ? Chhattisgarh
Swasthya Raksha Programme West Bengal
Swasthya Bharat Programme None of These
Swatch Raksha Programme
Swatch Bharat Programme ( Ans - 4)
None of These

( Ans - 1) 12. _______________ Government allotted 1473 Acres land for

construction of nuclear power plant at Kovvada. This 6600 MW
Nuclear Power Project will be executed at estimated cost of Rs 60000
7. Thal Favang Kut festival organised by state Government of crores. State govt also launched website of state's Economic
____________. It is a post‚­harvest festival which is celebrated after Development Board (AP‚­EDB) ?
harvesting the paddy. ? Kerala
Manipur Andhra Pradesh
Mizoram Karnataka
Assam Telangana
Nagaland None of These
None of These
( Ans - 2)
( Ans - 2)

13. Annual Reading Trends Report 2016 by Amazon has ranked

8. Actor ___________ has recently launched Braille‚­Tactile children’s ____________ as country’s most well ‚­ read city in fourth
book series Tactabet. ? consecutive year. Bengaluru and Mumbai taking second and third
Hrithik Roshan spot ?
Aamir Khan Chennai
Shah Rukh Khan Nashik
Ranbir Kapoor Ahmedabad
None of These Pune
Delhi
( Ans - 1)
( Ans - 5)

9. ____________________ High Court ruled that practice of triple

talaq (Talaq‚­e‚­bidat) among Muslims is unconstitutional and violates
rights of women as stated in constitution. High Court also stated that

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14. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found ancient camping site Thiruvananthapuram
used by pre‚­historic man, at an altitude of 4,200 metres in Nubra None of These
Valley of Ladakh in _______ ?
J&K ( Ans - 4)
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab 20. Cabinet approved draft Major Port Authorities Bill 2016, aimed to
None of These replace Major Port Trusts Act 1963. The bill aims to empower 12
major ports to perform with greater efficiency on account of full
( Ans - 1) autonomy in decision‚­making. Number of sections have been
reduced to ___________, from 134 ?
65
15. As per report by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry 55
of India (Assocham) and Deloitte, India's internet population will 45
increase from current 34.3 crore to ________ crore users by 2020 ? 125
50 None of These
40
70 ( Ans - 1)
60
None of These
21. Campaign 100 Million for 100 Million Campaign organized by
( Ans - 4) Nobel peace prize winner __________________ 's Childrens’
Foundation, on occasion 0f 81st birthday of President of India Pranab
Mukherjee. Aim is to mobilise 100 million youth and children for 100
16. _______________ government launched ‘Sustainable Action for million underprivileged children across world ?
Climate Resilient Development in Majuli’ (SACReD, Majuli) to make Kailash Satyarthi
river island Majuli country’s first ever Carbon Neutral district by 2020. Satya Nadella
? Malala Yousafzai
West Bengal Anil Bokil
Nagaland None of These
Assam
Sikkim ( Ans - 1)
None of These

( Ans - 3) 22. ___________________ CM Raman Singh Launched country’s first

cashless bazaar in capital Raipur. It has over 900 shops that provide
customers the facilities of cashless payments using Cashless systems ?
17. _______________'s Hailakandi became 1st district to pay cashless Jharkhand
transactions wages after it paid wages to tea garden workers through Chhattisgarh
individual bank accounts ? Odisha
West Bengal West Bengal
Assam None of These
Sikkim
Bihar ( Ans - 2)
None of These

( Ans - 2) 23. Cyclone _________ struck coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Andhra
Pradesh. It is 3rd cyclonic storm of season after Cyclone Kyant and
Nada ?
18. Augmented reality Game Pokemon Go entered Indian market, Vajra
2016 in partnership with telecom operator ____________. ? Chakra
Airtel Vaayu
Reliance Jio Vardah
Vodafone None of These
Idea
None of These ( Ans - 4)

( Ans - 2)
24. ______ High Court removed ban imposed on 344 fixed dose
combination (FDC) drugs by Central Government over fears that they
19. Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) and Kerala are potential health and safety hazards.Ban was imposed based on
Police organized 45th All India Police Science Congress in recommendations of Kokate committee. ?
___________ ? Uttar Pradesh
Kochi Rajasthan
Kozhikode Bihar
Coimbatore Haryana

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Delhi
( Ans - 5)
( Ans - 5)

30. First Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) held on banks of river Mandovi
25. Department of Posts brought out a Special Cover on freedom in Panaji (______________). ?
fighter ________________, eight Commemorative Postage Stamps on Gujarat
Personalities Series: Bihar & a stamp on Hardayal Municipal Heritage Maharashtra
Public Library ? Goa
Lala Lapat Rai Haryana
Shaheed Udham Singh None of These
Gaya Prasad Katiyar
Shaheed Bhagat Singh ( Ans - 3)
None of These
SBI Clerk Exam (Morning Shift).
( Ans - 3)

26. Department of Telecom (DoT) will soon launch ‘________’ portal Following questions were shared by our readers with us.
that will let users check radiation compliance status of mobile towers
and transmitters across country ? 1. What is the fullform ECB - External commercial borrowing
Tarang Sanchar 2. Who is the author of Lowland ? - Jhumpa Lahiri
Tarang Pravah 3. What are the limits for atm withdrawls free of charge ? - 5 times
Sacnhar Pravah for same bank (revision is going to be implemented shortly)
Akash Vani 4. What is the capital of Ehiopia ? - Addis Ababa
None of These 5. World population day is on? – 11 July
6. Plastic money refers to - Debit card
( Ans - 1) 7. Budget for skill development - Rs 100 crore allocated for a start-
up programme for rural youth
8. Yuan is the currency of? - China
27. ESIC (Employee's State Insurance Corporation) enhanced Ceiling 9. Playing to win is autobiography of ? - Saina Nehwal
on Medical Expenditure from Rs. 2150 to Rs. ___________ per 10. 2016 uber and thomas cup will be held In - Kunshan, China
Insured Person with sub ceiling of Rs. 1250 for “Administration” and 11. Who is the current Food processing minister - Harsimreet kaur
Rs. 1750 for “Other. badal
12. Who is Mario goteze ? - German Footballer
To enhance number of Registered Employers / Employees, a new 13. The accidental prime minister book was written by- Sanjaya Baru
enrollment Scheme has been approved for three months ‚­ 1st 14. What is the BRICS development bank Base Capital? - 100 billion $
January to 31st March, 2017 ? 15. What is the full form of KVP : Kisan Vikas Patra
4000 16. Ramoji film city is located in ? - Hyderabad
3000 17. Credit rating in India is done by which body ? - CIBIL, CARE and
2500 ICRA
5000 18. Commodity exchange Regulate By? - MCX
None of These 19. An institutions which is related to agriculture banking - NABARD

( Ans - 2) 1. _____________ : International Day for Preventing Exploitation of

Environment in War and Armed Conflict ?
6 November
28. Enforcement Directorate summoned ___________ India to 16 November
investigate airline’s alleged violation of Foreign Exchange 10 November
Management Act (FEMA) regulations ? 20 November
Spicejet None of These
Indigo
AirAsia ( Ans - 1)
Jet Airways
None of These
2. Nov 01 ‚­ Statehood Day of Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka,
( Ans - 3) Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and _____________ ?
Goa
Gujarat
29. Environment Ministry approved Rs. 40 crore proposal of Punjab
_______________ government to treat water from Ousteri lake ? Maharashtra
Dadra and Nagar Haveli None of These
Delhi
Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( Ans - 3)
Goa
Puducherry

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3. ____________ ‚­ World Vegan Day. Observed every year by setting Nov 1
up stalls, hosting potlucks and planting memorial trees to benefit Nov 10
veganism for humans, animals and natural environment ? None of These
Nov 04
Nov 03 ( Ans - 1)
Nov 02
Nov 01
None of These 9. ___________ ‚­ World Pneumonia Day. 2016 Theme is Keep the
Promise, Stop Pneumonia Now. ?
( Ans - 4) Nov 12
Nov 1
Nov 2
4. _________ ‚­ International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Nov 10
Journalists ? None of These
Nov 04
Nov 03 ( Ans - 1)
Nov 01
Nov 20
Nov 02 10. _____________ ‚­ Children's day in India. It is celebrated on
occasion of Birth Anniversary of Jawahar Lal Nehru, India's First Prime
( Ans - 5) Minister. He was born in 1889 ?
Nov 4
Nov 1
5. Nov 05, 2016 ‚­ First Global Tsunami Awareness Day. United Nov 10
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) constituted the day by adopting a Nov 14
resolution in December 2015. Proposal was mooted by None of These
_____________ after 3rd UN Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
held in Sendai in March 2015 ? ( Ans - 4)
China
Vietnam
Japan 11. ___________ ‚­ World Diabetes Day. 2016 theme is Eyes on
Myanmar Diabetes ?
None of These Nov 1
Nov 4
( Ans - 3) Nov 10
Nov 14
None of These
6. Nov 09 ‚­ Foundation Day of State of Uttarakhand. It was created in
2000. 1. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat conferred ( Ans - 4)
Uttarakhand Ratna award on former Uttarakhand CM _____________
?
Narayan Dutt Tiwari 12. Nov 15 ‚­ _________ Statehood Day. It was created on Nov 15,
Vijay Bahuguna 2000. ?
Ramesh Pokhriyal Chhattisgarh
B. C. Khanduri Jharkhand
None of These Uttarakhand
Odisha
( Ans - 1) None of These

( Ans - 2)
7. ____________‚­ World Science Day for Peace and Development.
2016 Theme is Celebrating Science Centres and Science Museums ?
Nov 1 13. Nov 7 ‚­ 128th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Bharat Ratna Sir
Nov 10 ____________ ?
Nov 20 Rabindranath Tagore
Nov 30 Vallabh Bhai Patel
None of These Madan Mohan Malaviya
Jawahar Lal Nehru
( Ans - 2) Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

( Ans - 5)
8. ________ ‚­ Public Service Broadcasting Day. It marks M K
Gandhi‚„s First and Only visit to All India Radio (AIR) studio On this
day in 1947 ? 14. _____________ ‚­ National Cancer Awareness Day ?
Nov 12 Nov 7
Nov 2 Nov 10

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Nov 1 20. ___________ - United Nations'(UN) Universal Children‚„s Day.
Nov 11 2016 theme is Stop Violence Against Children ?
None of These Nov 20
Nov 21
( Ans - 1) Nov 22
Nov 2
None of These
15. ____________ ‚­ World Savings Day. 2016 theme is “Grabbing
Hold of Your Financial Future ? ( Ans - 1)
Oct 3
Oct 1
Oct 30
Oct 31 21. . Nov 20 - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
None of These 2016. It is held on Third ________ of November. ?
Sunday
( Ans - 4) Monday
Saturday
Thursday
16. __________ - India's National Press Day. ? None of These
Nov 1
Nov 6 ( Ans - 1)
Nov 16
Nov 10
None of These 22. ___________ - United Nations‚„ (UN) World Television Day. ?
Nov 2
( Ans - 3) Nov 21
Nov 20
Nov 1
17. __________- International Day for Tolerance. On this occasion, None of These
UNESCO awarded tolerance prize 2016 (Madanjeet Singh Prize) to
Moscow Jewish museum. Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center is a ( Ans - 2)
$50 million institution that opened in 2012. UNESCO had instituted
Madanjeet Singh Prize in 1995 ?
Nov 6 23. _________ - International Day for the Elimination of Violence
Nov 16 against Women. 2016 Theme is Orange the World ‚œ raise funds to
Nov 10 end violence against women ?
Nov 1 Nov 5
None of These Nov 2
Nov 20
( Ans - 2) Nov 25
None of These

18. ____________ - World Philosophy Day, celebrated on third ( Ans - 4)

Thursday of November by United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ?
Nov 1 24. ____________ - Constitution Day of India. On this day in 1949, the
Nov 17 Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, that
Nov 7 went into effect on 26 January 1950 ?
Nov 10 Nov 2
None of These Nov 6
Nov 20
( Ans - 2) Nov 25
Nov 26

19. _________ - World Toilet Day. 2016 Theme is Toilets and jobs. ( Ans - 5)
This day in 2016 is also 100th Birth Anniversary of Former Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi. ?
Nov 9 25. _________ - National Milk Day (NMD). It marks mark birth
Nov 1 anniversary of Father of India's White Revolution Dr.Verghese Kurien.
Nov 10 ?
Nov 19 Nov 2
None of These Nov 6
Nov 26
( Ans - 4) Nov 20
None of These

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( Ans - 3)
( Ans - 3)

26. ____________ - International Day of Solidarity with the

Palestinian People ? 6. Legendary ___________ singer and composer Pandit Amaradeva
Nov 29 passed away ?
Nov 20 Sri Lankan
Nov 9 Indian
Nov 11 Bangaldeshi
None of These Nepali
None of These
( Ans - 1)
( Ans - 1)
1. As per recent study, 7th century _________ Buddhist pilgrim and
scholar Xuan Zang (Hsuan Tsang) stayed a couple of years in
Bezawada (the old name of Vijayawada) to copy and study Buddhist 7. MN Sharma, first chief architect of __________ passed away ?
scriptures ? Delhi
Chinese Chandigarh
Japanese Jaipur
Vietnamese Kolkata
Nepali None of These
None of These
( Ans - 2)
( Ans - 1)

8. Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,

2. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Visited __________ visited Trinidad and Tobago ?
_______ and signed a new bilateral Trade Agreement ? Ram Vilas Paswan
Nepal Sushma Swaraj
Sri Lanka Radha Mohan Singh
Bhutan Rajnath Singh
Myanmar None of These
None of These
( Ans - 1)
( Ans - 3)

9. Mota Singh, First Indian‚­origin Sikh in ______, passed away ?

3. Former ________ Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma UK
passed away ? USA
Uttar Pradesh Russia
Punjab Spain
Haryana None of These
Jammu and Kashmir
None of These ( Ans - 1)

( Ans - 4)
10. Noted ________ singer‚­songwriter Leonard Cohen passed away ?
American
4. Chief of Indian Army Dalbir Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee British
Visited _______ ? Swiss
Bangladesh Canadian
Sri Lanka None of These
Japan
China ( Ans - 4)
Nepal

( Ans - 5) 11. Noted geophysicist ____________ passed away, known for

outstanding contribution in understanding earthquakes, mass
extinctions and movement of Indian sub‚­continent plates ?
5. Janet Reno, first woman Attorney General of _________, passed Pramila Jaypal
away ? Kailash Satyarthi
UK Rajendra Singh
Russia Janardhan G Negi
USA None of These
Spain
None of These ( Ans - 4)

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now. At US $9.2 billion, John Collison is world's youngest self-made
billionaire ?
12. Persons Visiting India ‚­ Skype
WhatsApp
Jordan - Salameh Hammad (Interior Minister) Stripe
Japan - Shotaro Yachi (National Security Advisor) Snapchat
Vietnam - Bui Van Thanh (Deputy Minister of Public Security) None of These
Bangladesh - Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (Minister of
Disaster Management & Relief) ( Ans - 3)
Turkey - Lutfi Elvan (Minister of Development)
Bhutan - Dawa Gyaltshen (Minister of Home & Cultural Affairs)
Mongolia - Khurelsukh Ukhna (Deputy Prime Minister) 17. _________ leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ram
__________ - Maithripala Sirisena (President), Mangala Naresh Yadav passed away. ?
Samaraweera (Foreign Minister), Mahinda Amraveera (Fisheries SP
Minister) Congress
BSP
Nepal BJP
Sri Lanka None of These
Bangladesh
Mauritius ( Ans - 2)
None of These

( Ans - 2) 18. ________’s former president Fidel Castro passed away,

considered a great friend for India ?
Colombia
13. _____________'s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Adam Bain Cuba
resigned ? France
Microsoft Italy
Facebook None of These
Google
Linkedin ( Ans - 2)
Twitter

( Ans - 5) 19. Former _____________ Governor Lt Gen S K Sinha passed away. ?

Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
14. ____________'s Denton A. Cooley - noted heart surgeon who Manipur
performed world’s first artificial heart transplant, has passed away ? J&K
USA None of These
UK
Russia ( Ans - 4)
Poland
None of These
20. Former Cricketer and Rajya Sabha Sachin Tendulkar adopted
( Ans - 1) another village - Gollapalli, in Andhra Pradesh. His first village under
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna is Puttamrajuvari Kandriga in Andhra
Pradesh. ?
15. Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of ________________ will be Chief Sachin Tendulkar
Guest at 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention to be held from 7 to Mohammad Azharuddin
9 January 2017 at Bengaluru (Karnataka). Kirti Azad
Sunil Gavaskar
While, Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin, Vice President of Suriname None of These
will be Special Guest at Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) to be held
on 7 January 2017 in Bengaluru. ? ( Ans - 1)
Italy
Poland
Belgium
Portugal 21. George Yeo resigned as Nalanda University Chancellor. He is
None of These former Foreign minister of _____________ ?
Singapore
( Ans - 4) China
Vietnam
Japan
16. As per Forbes, the co-founder brothers of _____________, Patrick None of These
and John Collison are officially world’s youngest self-made billionaires
( Ans - 1)

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28. Noted __________ writer director K Subaash passed away. He
was best known for penning superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer
22. Indian Army Chief ______________ Visited China. ? Chennai Express. ?
Sunil Lanba Hindi
Dalbir Singh Suhaag Odia
Arup Raha Tamil
Bikram Singh Gujrati
None of These None of These

( Ans - 2) ( Ans - 3)

23.____________ Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth visited india. ? 29. Noted __________ and policy maker Mambillikalathil Govind
Nepal Kumar Menon passed away ?
Myanmar Chemist
Sri Lanka Biologist
Mauritius Actor
None of These Politician
Physicist
( Ans - 4)
( Ans - 5)

24. Noted Carnatic artist Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna passed

away. ? 30. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of __________ visited India ?
Scientist Malaysia
Journalist Indonesia
Social Activist Thailand
Politician Singapore
Carnatic Artist None of These

( Ans - 5) ( Ans - 3)

25. Noted __________ author William Trevor (among best short story
writers), has passed away. ?
Polish
Danish
Irish
Swiss
None of These

( Ans - 3)

26. Noted _______ Dileep Padgaonkar passed away ?

Journalist
Scientist
Actor
Politician
None of These

( Ans - 1)

27. Noted ____________ author Anand Yadav passed away. His

autobiography‚ Zombi,‚ won him prestigious Sahitya Akadmi award in
1991. ?
Gujrati
Marathi
Punjabi
Hindi
None of These

( Ans - 2)

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