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Current Affairs, April - July, 2016
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF APRIL TO JULY 2016

SET - 01
1. ________ is appointed as Kerala-based Rubber Board's chairman. ?
a) Nripendra Mishra b) A Ajith Kumar c) Swashpawan Singh d) Rajinder Khanna
e) None of These
2. ___________ appointed as New Member Electrical, Railway Board ?
a) Ashwani Kumar Kapoor b) Malay Kumar Sinha c) G. Gurucharan
d) Devendra Chaudhary e) None of These
3. Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI) appointed _______ as its new chairman and managing director (CMD) ?
a) Vijay Shankar Pandey b) Sekhar Basu c) Kallol Roy d) Anil Swarup
e) None of These
4. ________ appointed as Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) ?
a) Tapan Ray b) Aruna Sharma c) Rita A Teaotia d) Bhupendra Kainthola
e) None of These
5. Bounnhang Vorachith is appointed as President and Thongloun Sisoulith is appointed as Prime Minister of __________ ?
a) Singapore b) Myanmar c) Vietnam d) Cambodia
e) Laos
6. Debraj Pradhan is appointed as Ambassador of India to __________ ?
a) Sweden b) Norway c) USA d) Russia
e) None of These
7. _______ Government appointed P.K.Mishra as Lokayukta ?
a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra c) Goa d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
8. Govenment appointed S. K. Bhagat as Director General of __________ ?
a) Railway Protection Force b) Border Security Force c) Central Industrial Security Force
d) Central Reserve Police Force e) None of These
9. Government Appointed _________ as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards (FS,CD&HG). ?
a) Shekhar Basu b) Ashok Kumar Gupta c) Vrinda Sarup d) P. C. Thakur
e) None of These
10. Government appointed Deepak Mishra as Addl. Director General in ____ ?
a) BSF b) CISF c) CRPF d) RPF
e) None of These
11. Government appointed __________ as Director General in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) ?
a) Meeran C. Borwankar b) Narendra Kumar Sinha c) Aruna Sharma
d) Kavery Bannerjee e) None of These
12. Government appointed ___________ as chairperson of National Monument Authority (NMA) ?
a) V. K. Subburaj b) Tapan Ray c) Susmita Pande d) Ramesh Abhishek
e) None of These
13. Government reconstituted IGNCA (________) Trust with Ram Bahadur Rai as its President ?
a) Indira Gandhi Native Centre for Arts b) Indira Gandhi Neutral Centre for Arts
c) Indira Gandhi New Centre for Arts d) Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
e) None of These
14. __________ government appointed Geeta Johri as Director General of Police (DGP) ?
a) Manipur b) Mizoram c) Goa d) Gujarat
e) None of These
15. Handset manufacturer __________ announced Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni as it's new brand ambassador ?
a) Micromax b) Lava c) Samsung d) Gen
e) None of These
16. Hashim Thaci appointed as President of _________ ?
a) Iraq b) Iran c) Kosovo d) UAE
e) None of These
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17. IT major Mindtree co-founder Subroto Bagchi has been appointed as head of __________ Skill Development Authority. ?
a) Goa b) Odisha c) Bihar d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
18. Idriss Deby won fifth term as President of _______ (Northern Central Africa) ?
a) Angola b) Chad c) Gabon
d) Central African Republic e) None of These
19. Indian academician ________ appointed as United Nation''s University Council along with other 11 people by UN Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon. ?
a) Sujata Mehta b) Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta c) Preeti Saran
d) Radha Kumar e) None of These
20. Inzamam-ul-Haq has been appointed as the chief selector of _______ ?
a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh c) UAE d) Afghanistan
e) None of These
21. Japanese electronics giant Panasonic appointed Indian ________ to its global Top executive council. ?
a) Manish Sharma b) Vijay Sharma c) Sachin Bansal d) Binny Bansal
e) None of These
22. Ministry for skill development and entrepreneurship (MSDE) named Cricketer __________ as brand ambassador of 'Skill
India' campaign ?
a) M S Dhoni b) Sachin Tendulkar c) Rahul Dravid d) V V S Laxman
e) None of These
23. Mouamba Clement is appointed as new Prime Minister of central African country ______ ?
a) Gabon b) Central African Republic c) Chad
d) Congo e) None of These
24. Nguyen Xuan Phuc is appointed as ___________'s 8th Prime Minister. ?
a) Myanmar b) Nepal c) China d) Japan
e) Vietnam
25. _____________ founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma will chair newly formed Payments Banks Group at industry body Internet
and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). ?
a) Snapdeal b) Flipkart c) Paytm d) Google
e) None of These
26. ______ has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ?
a) Rahul Johri b) Anurag Thakur c) Rajeev Shukla d) Sunil Gavaskar
e) None of These
27. _______ appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Urban Development. ?
a) Shashi Shekhar b) Rajiv Gauba c) Shyam S Agarwal d) Rajeev Gupta
e) None of These
28. Former Chief Justice of ________ High Court Permod Kohli appointed as in Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal ?
a) Mizoram b) Goa c) Sikkim d) Meghalaya
e) None of These
29. __________ is appointed as deputy chairman of Kolkata Dock System ?
a) Pradeep Kumar Pujari b) Vinod Zutshi c) Rajiv Yadav d) Girish Sahni
e) S Balaji Arunkumar
30. Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson appointed as new Prime Minister of _________. He has been appointer after Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson
resigned due to his name being revealed in Panama papers leak ?
a) New Zealand b) Ireland c) Iceland d) Finland
e) None of These
31. Sushila Karki is appointed as First Ever Female Chief Justice of Supreme Court of ____ ?
a) Canada b) Singapore c) Mauritius d) Nepal
e) None of These
32. __________ Cricket Association Academy appointed D. Vasu as Director. ?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Tamil Nadu c) Uttar Pradesh d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) None of These
33. National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) appointed _________ as its Chairman for 2016-17
and Raman Roy as vice chairman ?
a) CP Gurnani b) Sachin Bansal c) Vijay Sharma d) Ratan Tata
e) None of These
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34. Tibetan government-in-exile re-elected _______ as Prime Minister for second consecutive term. ?
a) Jim Yong Kim b) Ban Ki Moon c) Hwang Kyo-ahn d) Shinzo Abe
e) Lobsang Sangey
35. Tran Dai Quang elected as 9th President of _______ ?
a) Japan b) Vietnam c) Myanmar d) China
e) None of These
36. US President Barack Obama nominated MasterCards Indian-American CEO __________ as a member of Commission on
Enhancing National Cybersecurity of USA ?
a) Ajay Banga b) Sunder Pichai c) Vijay Sharma d) Satya Nadella
e) None of These
37. United States (US) President Barack Obama nominated Indian-American Geeta Pasi as the USA's new envoy to central
African nation __________ ?
a) Libya b) Gabon c) Congo d) CAF
e) Chad
38. Volodymyr Groysman appointed as new prime minister of _______ ?
a) Ukraine b) Russia c) Mongolia d) Vietnam
e) None of These
SET 02
1. Laureus Sports Awards 2016 - Sportsman of the Year - Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Sportswoman of the Year - Serena Williams
(_____) ?
a) USA b) UK c) Russia d) Spain
e) France
2. 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners - Fiction (The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen), Drama (Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda),
History (Custers Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T.J. Stiles), Biography (Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by
_________), Poetry(Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian), Music (In for a Penny, In for a Pound by Henry Threadgill) ?
a) Leonora LaPeter Anton b) Anthony Cormier c) William Finnegan d) Christian Miller
e) None of These
3. 5 times world chess champion _________ will be honoured with Hridaynath Award ?
a) Magnus Carlsen b) Vladimir Kramnik c) Bobby Feischer d) Viswanathan Anand
e) None of These
4. Actor _________ chosen for Dadasaheb Phalke Award in Best Actor (Critics Choice) category for his role in Aligarh Movie ?
a) Jeetendra b) Amitabh Bachchan c) Irrfan Khan d) Ranveer Singh
e) Manoj Bajpayee
5. Actor ______ will be Honored as 'Lokmat Maharashtrian of The Year award ?
a) Shahrukh Khan b) Salman Khan c) Ranveer Singh d) Ranbir Kapoor
e) None of These
6. Actress ___________won Global Indian of the Year award at NRI of the Year awards. ?
a) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan b) Deepika Padukone c) Priyanka Chopra d) Rekha
e) None of These
7. Bollywood actress _________ won best actress in an international narrative feature honour at Tribeca Film Festival 2016 for
her performance in anthology film Madly. ?
a) Deepika Padukone b) Radhika Apte c) Priyanka Chopra d) Katrina Kaif
e) None of These
8. ________ Poetess and novelist Padma Sachdev has been chosen for prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2015 for her
autobiography Chitt-Chete, published in 2007 ?
a) Dogri b) Hindi c) Urdu d) Gujarati
e) Marathi
9. Former Indian Army Chief ______ conferred with Officer of the Legion of Honour, highest French civilian distinction ?
a) J. J. Singh b) V K Singh c) Bikram Singh d) Deepak Kumar
e) None of These
10. ___________ won National Intellectual Property (IP) Award in academic institutes category. Institute will be awarded Top
prize for Academic Institute for Patents 2016 on World IP Day (26 April 2016) ?
a) IIT Ropar b) IIT Kanpur c) IIT Delhi d) IIT Kharagpur
e) None of These
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11. In ____________ , Balamallupalli village in Karimanagar district has been awarded as the best Panchayat in India ?
a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Telangana
e) None of These
12. India's Nand Kishore Singh has been selected for prestigious Order of theÂ Rising Sun, Gold and Silver, _________'s highest
civilian award ?
a) France b) Japan c) Germany d) South Africa
e) None of These
13. Indian diplomat in UK, Amitav Banerji has been conferred with one of highest awards of _________(Island country in the
Eastern Mediterranean Sea) ?
a) UK b) USA c) France d) Japan
e) Cyprus
14. Indian-origin researcher _________ has been recently selected for NASAs Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) programme
for his concept Venus Interior Probe Using In-situ Power and Propulsion . Purpose of programme is to revolutionise future
space missions to Mars and beyond ?
a) Ratnakumar Bugga b) Vivek Murthy c) Bobby Jindal d) Geeta Menon
e) None of These
15. Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova of ___________ has been chosen for 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize. ?
a) Tajikistan b) Kyrgyzstan c) Turkmenistan d) Azerbaijan
e) None of These
16. K Ashok Kumar, a research scholar from ________ won prestigious International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award for his work
on project aimed at studing soil nutrient dynamics under organic and inorganic nutrient management to improve crop yield
and quality of rice-chickpea cropping system in lateritic soil. ?
a) IIT Ropar b) IIT kanpur c) IIT Kharagpur d) IIT Delhi
e) None of These
17. MK Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee is conferred with Order of Arts and Letters, one of __________' s top
honours, for her work for promoting peace, solidarity, culture, education, and development. ?
a) Germany b) France c) Spain d) Russia
e) None of These
18. _____ conferred its highest civilian award "North Star" to 2 noted Indian scholars-Lokesh Chandra and Mansura Haider for
their contribution to studies ?
a) China b) Mongolia c) Japan d) USA
e) None of These
19. Mumbai Press Club selected _____ for RedInk Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism 2016 ?
a) Barkha Dutt b) Arnab Goswami c) Rajat Sharma d) T N Ninan
e) None of These
20. _____________'s $5 polymer note wonÂ IBNS Bank Note of the Year AwardÂ 2015. This award is an initiative of International
Bank Note Society (IBNS) to recognize an exceptional banknote issued each year. ?
a) New Zealand b) Australia c) Japan d) China
e) None of These
21. Noted Actor ________ is honoured with 2016 Lifetime Achievement of Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award ?
a) Jeetendra b) Amitabh Bachchan c) Vinod Khanna d) Dharmendra
e) None of These
22. Noted _________ scholar Vijayveer Vidyalankar is selected for 25th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award for his work on the
Rasa Sddhant and Vedas. ?
a) Hindi b) Sanskrit c) Urdu d) Tamils
e) None of These
23. PEN America will confer PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award upon imprisoned ____________ novelist Ahmed Naji.PEN/Allen
Foundation Literary Service Award will be given to Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling ?
a) Iraqi b) Libyan c) Syrian d) Egyptian
e) None of These
24. President Pranab Mukherjee Presented Hindi Sevi Samman Awards for years 2012, 2013 and 2014 t0 42 people in 7
categories. Under These Awards, George Grieson Award was given to Alka Dhanpat (2012), Ge Fuping (2013), __________
(2014 )?
a) Shirda Kumar Shakya b) B Satyanarayan c) Radhakant Mishra d) R Surendran
e) Shichiro Soma
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25. President Pranab Mukherjee presented National Geoscience Awards - 2014 to honour scientists for their outstanding contributions
in Geosciences, Mining and Allied areas. For 2014, ________ was conferred with highest honour National Geoscience Award
for Excellence for his contributions in sedimentary technologies. 32 other geoscientists were honored on this Occasion ?
a) Sekhar Basu b) K. Radhakrishnan c) Ashok Kumar Singhvi d) C. R. Rao
e) None of These
26. Under Prime Minister Awards for Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJSY) - Nagaon (________) won
in North East and Hill States, Chandigarh in UTs and North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) in Other States. ?
a) Assam b) Uttar Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Goa
e) None of These
27. Under Prime Minister Awards for Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) - ____________ in North East & Hill
states and Bikaner (Rajasthan) awarded in Other States category. ?
a) East Sikkim b) West Sikkim c) North Sikkim d) South Sikkim
e) None of These
28. ___________ won FBB Femina Miss India World 2016. She will represent India at Miss World 2016 pageant. ?
a) Pankhuri Gidwani b) Sushruthi Krishna c) Priyadarshini Chatterjee d) Navpreet Kaur
e) None of These
29. _______ will be given Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundations Best Actress of the Year award. ?
a) Kangana Ranaut b) Radhika Apte c) Konkona Sen d) Deepika Padukone
e) Priyanka Chopra
30. _________, renowned sand artist from India has won gold medal at 9th Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship The magical
world of sand at Moscow (Russia) ?
a) Nitish Bharti b) Prakash Lohia c) Sudarsan Pattnaik d) Asif Kapadia
e) None of These
31. United Kingdoms Awards 2016 for recognition of exemplary achievements of people within the global Asian community -
______ (Founders Award ), Rami Ranger (Community Service), Prakash Lohia (Business Leader), Asif Kapadia (Outstanding
Achievement in Cinema), Anil Agrawal (Entrepreneur) ?
a) Lal Bahadur Shastri b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel c) M K Gandhi
d) Mother Teresa e) None of These
SET - 03
1. _______ Committee on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2015 submitted report ?

a) Swashpawan Singh b) Bhupender Yadav c) Â G. Gurucharan d) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
e) None of These
2. Government constituted 8-member committee under ____________ (Additional secretary at Agriculture Ministry ) to prepare
a blueprint for doubling farmers' income by 2022 ?
a) Ashok Dalwai b) Vijay Shankar Pandey c) Anil Swarup
d) Vrinda Sarup e) None of These
3. Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry constituted a Committee under former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
___________, to check violations of guidelines set for government advertisements by Supreme Court ?
a) H. S. Brahma b) Navin Chawla c) N. Gopalaswami d) Nasim Zaidi
e) B B Tandon
4. Ministry of Home Affairs constituted committee under ___________ to suggest ways to tighten security along India-Pakistan
border ?
a) Ashok Kumar Gupta b) G Mohan Kumar c) Madhukar Gupta d) Prabhu Dayal Meena
e) None of These
5. ___________ headed committee submitted its report about measures for revamping functioning of Central Board of Film
Certification (CBFC). ?
a) Amarendra Khatua b) Shyam Benegal c) Ajay Narayan Jha d) Ashok Lavasa
e) None of These
6. The making of India: The untold story of British Enterprises has been authored by ?
a) Manju Lodha b) Kartar Lalvani c) Bilal SiddiqiÂ
d) Palaniappan Chidambaram e) None of These
7. _____________ is author of book A State in Denial " Pakistans Misguided and Dangerous Crusad ?
a) Ramachandra Guha b) Ruskin Bond c) B.G. Verghese d) Khushwant Singh
e) None of These
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8. Boo Alphabet Soup for Lovers is authored by _________ ?
a) Anita Nair b) Anant Pai c) Vikram Seth d) Amish Tripathi
e) None of These
9. Book Blood on my Hands: Confessions of Staged Encounters is written by _______________ ?
a) Amartya Sen b) Ankit Fadia c) Ram Charan d) Kishalay Bhatacharjee
e) None of These
10. BookÂ Flying in High Winds: A Memoir is authored by ___________ ?
a) Kartar Lalvani b) Nita Mehta c) S. K. Mishra d) Anita Nair
e) None of These
11. Book Indias War: The Making of Modern South Asia 1939-1945, has been authored by historian _______ ?
a) Srinath Raghavan b) Amitav Ghosh c) Deepak Chopra d) Jhumpa Lahiri
e) None of These
12. Book No Time to Pause has been authored by __________ ?
a) S.K. Mishra b) Pavithra Ramesh c) Arjan Nath Chaku d) Inder K Chaku
e) None of These
13. Book Param Vir: A War Diary is written by ____________ ?
a) Manju Lodha b) Tushar Agarwal c) Bilal Siddiqi d) Pavithra Ramesh
e) None of These
14. Book The Great Indian World Trip is authored by __________ ?
a) Tushar Agarwal b) Kishalay Bhatacharjee c) S.K. Mishra
d) Kartar Lalvani e) None of These
15. BookÂ The Kiss of Life: How a superhero and my son defeated cancer, written by Bilal Siddiqi and actor ________ has been
Launched ?
a) Amitabh Bachchan b) Aamir Khan c) Shahrukh Khan d) Emraan Hashmi
e) None of These
16. __________ wrote Book Framed As a Terrorist: My 14-Year Old Struggle to Prove My Innocence. Its about a Delhi based
Author who was proved innocent 14 years after being charged in 18 bomb blast cases. ?
a) Chetan Bhagat b) Anant Pai c) Khushwant Singh
d) Mohammad Aamir Khan e) None of These
17. __________ astronaut Scott Kelly will write a memoir titled Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey to Mars. ?
a) ESA b) NASA c) ROSCOSMOS d) Israel Space Agency
e) None of These
18. _________ has wrote book Standing Guard A Year in Opposition ?
a) Tushar Agarwal b) S.K. Mishra c) Manju Lodha d) Scott Kelly
e) Palaniappan Chidambaram
19. The book The Story of Kashmir through the Ages, written by ____________ has been released. ?
a) Arjan Nath Chaku and Inder K Chaku b) Shobha De c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Khushwant Singh e) None of These
SET - 04
1. A Government allowed States to impose stock limits to check price rise in _______________, keeping in view recent
upward trend in its prices ?
a) Sugar b) Oil c) Coal d) Vinegar
e) None of These
2. Airline __________ signed agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for a broad range of information technology
(IT) services ?
a) Air INDIA b) Air Asia c) Vistara d) Spicejet
e) Indigo
3. As per ASSOCHAM-SREI report -Â PPP Investment in Indian Infrastructure: Need for growth and development, ________
acquired top position with highest share (15%) in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects across India, followed by
Maharashtra (11%), Haryana (8.5%), Gujarat (6%) and Madhya Pradesh (4.5%) ?
a) Pujnjab b) Mizoram c) Goa d) Uttar Pradesh e) None of These
4. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast growth rate at __________ in 2016-17 as against 7.6% during 2015-16 ?
a) 5.4 % b) 7.8 % c) 7.0 % d) 6.4 %
e) 7.4 %
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5. Based on data by International Trade Centre, India's share in international food trade in 2014 is estimated at ________ ?
a) 1.5 % b) 3.5 % c) 2.5 % d) 4.5 %
e) 5.5 %
6. ____________ announced the acquisition of 20 MHz spectrum in eight circles from Aircel for Rs 3,500 crore ?
a) Bharti Airtel b) Vodafone c) BSNL d) Idea
e) None of These
7. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared conversion of Working Capital Term Loan (WCTL) of _________'s
29.91 crore rupees loan to Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd. (AYCL) into equity shares ?
a) Punjab National Bank b) Bank of Baroda c) State Bank of India d) National Housing Bank
e) None of These
8. ____________India inaugurated its $190 million factory in Sri City SEZ, on the border of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
It companys largest plant in Asia Pacific ?
a) Cadbury b) Honda c) Hyundai d) Nestle
e) None of These
9. _____________ launched mobile app Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers, to inform international travelers about Customs
Baggage rules, who may be traders/exporters/importers ?
a) Central Board of Excise and Customs b) Central Board of Direct Taxes
c) Central Board of Secondary Education d) Central Board of Film Certification
e) None of These
10. _____________ launched a new service Twitter Seva to address issues and grievances of startups, exporters and importers,
and other stakeholders. ?
a) Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways b) Ministry of Railways c) Ministry of Finance
d) Ministry of Commerce and Industry e) None of These
11. _______ became First bank to launch an Aadhaar-based Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) facility where a customer can
transact using his biometric details instead of the PIN ?
a) HDFC b) AXIS c) ICICI d) DCB Bank
e) None of These
12. Department of Disinvestment is renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management or '__________. It has
been mandated to advise government in the matters of financial restructuring of central public sector enterprises ?
a) Dwipam b) Dipam c) Drashyam d) Sarvekshan
e) None of These
13. E-commerce Firm ____ acquired Bengaluru-based mobile payments companyÂ PhonePeÂ , for an undisclosed sum ?
a) Google b) Amazon c) PayTm d) Snapdeal
e) Flipkart
14. ________ tied up with Chillar Payment Solutions to promote ItsÂ 'Campus Wallet', a student Identity Card integrated with
banking technology ?
a) Federal Bank b) ICICI Bank c) HDFC Bank d) SBI
e) None of These
15. ______ acquired online home furnishings and cor business company FabFurnish ?
a) PayTm b) Amazon c) Snapdeal d) Future Group
e) None of These
16. __________ Governments Development Bank KfW will provide loan of EUR 500 million (about Rs.3,750 cr) for Nagpur city
Metro Rail System ?
a) Spanish b) French c) German d) Polish
e) None of These
17. Global data services company _________ launched its Hunter Fraud Score in India as a new scoring mechanism. It will help
measureing probability of fraud in a credit application across banking and insurance industries ?
a) Adobe b) Experian c) Google d) Microsoft
e) None of These
18. _________ named as Most Attractive Employer in 6th Randstad Awards 2016 for 2nd consecutive year. Mercedes-Benz India
was the runner-up. Sectorwise - Dell India (IT), Samsung India (Consumer Electronics) and Amazon India (E-Commerce) ?
a) Microsoft b) Google India c) INFOSYS d) TCS
e) None of These
19. Government approved __________ to invest Rs. 3,000 in Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL) ?
a) BEL b) SAIL c) GAIL
d) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited e) None of These
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20. Government disinvested its 11.36% shares in __________ to raise about Rs. 2,700 crores ?
a) National Hydroelectric Power Corporation b) NTPC c) GAIL
d) SAIL e) None of These
21. Government extended safeguard duty on import of some ________ products till March 2018. Safeguard duty will be reduced
to 10% in stages till 2018 from current 20% ?
a) Steel b) Iron c) Copper d) Aluminnium
e) None of These
22. Government has released Rs. 25,834 crore to FCI (______) as Food Subsidy. ?
a) Fertilizer Corporation of India b) Food Corporation of India
c) Jute Corporation of India d) Fuel Corporation of India e) None of These
23. Government has set minimum wage for contract workers to Rs. _________ per month ?
a) 40,000 b) 30,000 c) 20,000 d) 10,000
e) None of These
24. Government issued a new set of income tax return (ITR) forms that require people with an income of Rs _____________ and
above per annum to disclose their assets ?
a) 75 Lakh b) 25 Lakh c) 10 Lakh d) 20 Lakh
e) 50 lakh
25. Government launched 2 schemes - National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps Programme and National Energy Efficient
Fan Programme in Vijayawada (_______), to make country more energy efficient. These will be implemented by Energy
Efficiency Services Limited ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Telangana c) Andhra Pradesh d) Rajasthan
e) None of These
26. Government launchedÂ DEEPÂ (___________) web portal as an e-Bidding & e-Reverse Auction portal for acquisition of
short-term power by Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) ?
a) Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price b) Discovery of Effective Electricity Price
c) Discovery of Efficient Ecology Pattern d) Discovery of Efficient Economical Price
e) None of These
27. Government will to make it mandatory to set aside __________ of total cost of any highway project for road safety ?
a) 5 % b) 1 % c) 10 % d) 20 %
e) None of These
28. Hero MotoCorp will set up a factory in _______ with investment of 3000 crores and 1.8 million units annual capacity ?
a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Andhra Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
29. India banned import of milk and milk products, certain mobile phones and a few other items from ________ after finding
them sub-standard or not following security codes ?
a) Sri Lanka b) Myanmar c) Nepal d) Pakistan
e) China
30. India signed memorandum of understanding with Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for _________ million line of credit to
simplify exports to IDBs member countries ?
a) $300 b) $200 c) $100 d) $400
e) None of These
31. Indian Private Sector's __________ signed a strategic partnership with Phillip Capital (India) for managing NRI Portfolio
Investment Scheme (PIS). ?
a) ICICI Bank b) Axis Bank c) HDFC d) Federal Bank
e) None of These
32. Indian tyre manufactures _________ acquied tyre, tube and flap maker Cavendish Industries for Rs 2200 crores. ?
a) Ceat Tyres b) JK Tyres c) MRF Tyres d) Michelin Tyres
e) None of These
33. Ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution announced that food grains under Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme
will now be supplied to states at further subsidized rates as prescribed under National Food Security Act, instead of prescribed
BPL rates. Now, food grains will be supplied at NFSA rate of Rs 3 per kilo for rice and Rs 2 per kilo for wheat. Approx
___________ crore children across country get hot cooked meals in 11.56 lakh elementary schools across country. ?
a) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 40
e) None of These
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34. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) sanctioned loan of Rs 1,000 crore to _______ State
Warehousing Corporation for purchase of wheat during ongoing rabi marketing season ?
a) Meghalaya b) Mizoram c) Uttar Pradesh d) Gujarat
e) Haryana
35. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launchedÂ UPI (_________), to revolutionise mobile payment system in
country. 29 banks have agreed to join the platform ?
a) Universal Payments Interface b) Unified Payments Interface
c) Unified Payments Integration d) Universal Payments Integration
e) None of These
36. National Stock Exchange (NSE) launched a new index Nifty - MidSmallcap _____________. It will represent mid and small
market capitalization segments and will comprise of companies of Nifty Midcap 150 and Nifty Smallcap 250 indices. ?
a) 400 b) 500 c) 600 d) 700
e) None of These
37. ________ became 189th member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Its initial subscription quota for
IMF will be of SDR (Special Drawing rights) 2 million or about $2.81 million. It will be the second smallest member of IMF
after Tuvalu. ?
a) Niger b) Chad c) Gabon d) Vetican City
e) Nauru
38. PM Narendra Modi launched Stand Up India Scheme to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes
and Women entrepreneurs. It will facilitate minimum _____ projects per bank branch and expected to benefit at least 2.5 lakh
borrowers within 3 years ?
a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d) 4
e) None of These
39. PM Narendra Modi launched online national agricultural products market platform to integrate wholesale markets across
India, named as e-NAM (_____)?
a) Neutral Agricultural Market b) National Agricultural Market
c) New Agricultural Market d) National Aero Market e) None of These
40. __________ became first private sector bank in India to open dedicated branch for startups. The branch was inaugurated at
Koramangala, Bengaluru by noted entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani ?
a) HDFC Bank b) SBI c) Axis Bank d) ICICI Bank
e) RBL Bank
41. Railway Minister announceD 2 passenger friendly services - Cancellation of PRS counter tickets through IRCTC website and
Dialling Number _____ and Acceptance of International Debit and Credit Cards for payment for e-ticketing. ?
a) 149 b) 139 c) 159 d) 169
e) None of These
42. Reserve Bank of India gave final approved to payments bank venture - AMCS (____________). With this, AMCS became
first entity to receive final approval from the RBI to start a payments bank. Kotak Mahindra Bank has upto 19.9 % stake in
this entity ?
a) Axis M Commerce Services Ltd b) Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd
c) Adobe M Commerce Services Ltd d) Airtel Mutual Commerce Services Ltd
e) None of These
43. Reserve Bank of Indias first bi-monthly policy review - Repo rate reduced by 25 basis points to _________. Reverse repo rate
increased to 6 %. GDP growth is projected to improve to 7.6 % in 2016-17. Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate reduced to
7%. ?
a) 6.5 % b) 7.5 % c) 8.5 % d) 6 %
e) None of These
44. _________'s largest bank, DBS unveiledÂ mobile only bank in India - digibank. It uses technologies such as bio metrics and
artificial intelligence to enable paperless and branch less banking. ?
a) USA b) UK c) New Zealand d) Australia
e) Singapore
45. _________ and Saarc Development Fund (SDF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for mutual coopera-
tion and collaboration. ?
a) IRDAI b) Small Industries Development Bank of India c) RBI
d) NABARD e) None of These
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46. Tax collections for FY 2015-16 stood at Rs. ________, as compared to Estimates of Rs 14.55 Lakh Crores. Indirect Tax revenue
collections are Rs. 7.11 Lakh Crores and Direct Tax revenues stand at 7.48 Lakh crores. ?
a) 14.60 Lakh Crore b) 13.60 Lakh Crore c) 12.60 Lakh Crore d) 15.60 Lakh Crore
e) None of These
47. Tslc Limited launched its mobile-only lending platform ________, providing users a personalized experience to borrow cash
within minutes ?
a) Cashpe b) Cashing c) Cashpay d) e-Cash e) CASHe
48. __________ Cement bought Jaypee Group's Cement Trade for Rs 15,900 crores ?
a) UltraTech b) JK c) Reliance d) Tata
e) None of These
49. Viewing huge dip in freight traffic volume resulting in massive financial losses to the Indian Railways, Government decided to
withdraw Port Congestion Surcharge in order to attract imported freight traffic including Containers, Coal, Iron ore etc which
are being diverted to road. Port congestion surcharge levy is ______ of basic freight rate. ?
a) 20 % b) 10 % c) 30 % d) 40 %
e) None of These
50. _____ moved to International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking appointment of a third arbitrator in its Rs 20,000-crore tax
dispute with India. ?
a) Boeing b) Idea c) Uninor d) Airtel
e) Vodafone
51. e-Commerce Firm ______has partnered with 9 non governmental organisations (NGOs) to launch Sunshine, a platform
where users can make donations to causes under education, health, sports, women empowerment, disaster relief and old age
care ?
a) Snapdeal b) Flipkart c) Amazon d) PayTm
e) None of These
52. As per USA research firm IHS , India is now _________ largest spender on defence, following a 13.1% increase in its 2016-
17 defence budget. Indias defence expenditure is now $50.7 billion ?
a) 2nd b) 4th c) 5th d) 6th
e) None of These
53. Eleventh edition of India - _______ joint military training Exercise Nomadic Elephant 2016 held ?
a) Mongolia b) China c) Japan d) Vietnam
e) None of These
54. Government renamed _________ Air Force Base of Indian Air Force as Air Force Station Arjan Singh, in honour of the
Marshal of Air Force Arjan Singh ?
a) Pathankot b) Hindon c) Chandigarh d) Panagarh
e) None of These
55. INS Karmuk along with a Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft participated in 22nd Indo - ___________ Coordinated Patrol
(CORPAT) in Andaman Sea ?
a) Singapore b) Malaysia c) Thailand d) Vietnam
e) None of These
56. Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in _________ air exercise along with US, NATO and allied forces. It is scheduled in
April - May 2016 in Alaska ?
a) White Flag b) Blue Flag c) Sahyog Kaijin d) Nomadic Elephant
e) Red Flag
57. Indian Army conducted major Exercise __________ by elite STRIKE 1 in Rajasthan, With about 30,000 soldiers in action ?
a) SHATRUJEETA b) Sanrakshan c) Yudhabhyaas d) Yudhaveer
e) None of These
58. Indian Army's ________ launched a think tank on Defence and Strategic Affairs -Â Gyan Chakra, aimed at providing an
outlet to veterans for pursuing research on strategic and national security issues ?
a) South Command b) North Command c) Western Command d) East Command
e) None of These
59. Indian Navy inaugurated naval detachment at Androth Island of __________ , to strengthen maritime security around
Arabian Sea and enhance surveillance of crucial shipping lanes ?
a) Daman and Diu b) Lakshadweep c) Pondicherry d) Goa e) None of These
60. Nuclear capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLMB) code named _______ successfully test fired in Bay of
Bengal ?
a) K-8 b) K-6 c) K-2 d) K-4 e) None of These
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61. Pakistan and __________ held their joint bilateral air force exercise namedÂ Shaheen (Eagle) 5 ?
a) USA b) North Korea c) China d) Vietnam
e) None of These
62. ________ test fired anti-ship surface to seaÂ ZarbÂ missile. It is the Chinese C-602 Missile which is export version of YJ-62.
It has range of 280 kms ?
a) Japan b) Vietnam c) North Korea d) Pakistan
e) None of These
63. Reliance Defence signed agreement with 3 ________ firms (Ukroboronprom, Spetstechno Exports and Antonov) to collaborate
on range of military products. ?
a) Russian b) Ukrainian c) American d) Chinese
e) None of These
64. Surface-to-air supersonic _________ missile System successfully teste with speeds ranging from Mach 2.8 to 3.5. It can target
up to a range of 25 kms ?
a) K - 4 b) Agni c) Brahmos d) Prithvi e) Akash
SET - 05
1. Government approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with _____ on technical cooperation in capacity building,
benchmarking and bilateral exchange in infrastructure engineering ?
a) Nepal b) Bhutan c) Myanmar d) Sri Lanka
e) None of These
2. A Wave Rider Buoy deployed to _______ by India for improved Ocean State Forecasts for the Indian Ocean Islands, As part
of 'Integrated Ocean Information System' for Indian Ocean Countries ?
a) Sri Lanka b) Myanmar c) Seychelles d) Bangladesh
e) None of These
3. According to FDI Intelligence Report by Financial Times Limited - _______ replaced China as top Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) destination by attracting $63 billion worth FDI projects in 2015n ?
a) USA b) UK c) Russia d) India
e) None of These
4. According to agency Carat, India's 2016 advertising growth rate will be fastest at __________, which is ahead of global
average of 4.5%. India's ad growth rate will also be ahead of most other markets including the USA (4.7 %), the UK (6.2 %),
Russia (0.2 %), China (5.8 %), Japan (1.8 %), and Brazil (6.8 %) ?
a) 12 % b) 14 % c) 13 % d) 10 %
e) 15 %
5. Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become first African-American on face of US paper currency, as she will replace
former President Andrew Jackson on ________ bill ?
a) $50 b) $10 c) $20 d) $500 e) $100
6. As per World Health Organization (WHO), _____become world's first region to eliminate mosquito-borne disease Malaria ?
a) Europe b) Asia c) Australia d) UK e) None of These
7. As per World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Global Tiger Forum (GTF), global tiger population has increased by 22 % after a
century of constant decline. Number of wild tigers across globe are now 3,890. __________ at top with 2226 tigers ?
a) Russia b) UK c) USA d) India e) None of These
8. As per a report by World Bank, _____ remained world's largest remittance recipient in 2015 with 69 billion USD remittances
in 2015 (down from 70 billion in 2014). Followed by China (64 billion USD), Philippines (28 billion), Mexico (25 billion) and
Nigeria (21 billion USD) ?
a) Pakistan b) South Africa c) India d) Australia
e) None of These
9. As per report Future-Ready Economies Model by Dell, _________ is ranked 44th among worlds 50 future-ready economies
cities that are embracing technology for growth. The list is topped by San Jose, followed by San Francisco, Singapore and
London ?
a) Chennai b) Vadodara c) Ahmedabad d) Mumbai e) Delhi
10. BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) approved its first package of loans worth 811 million USD for four renewable energy
projects in Brazil, China, South Africa and India. NDB will provide $300 million to Brazil, $250 million to India (Through
__________), $180 million to South Africa and $81 million to China. These funds will be used for renewable energy projects
of 2.37MW and will reduce harmful emissions by 4 million tons annually ?
a) SBI b) Canara Bank c) Bank of Baroda d) IDBI Bank
e) None of These
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11. India's BSE (Bombay Stopck Exchange) signed MoU with Exchange of __________ for listing S&P BSE Sensex-based
derivatives contracts on KRX ?
a) Brazil b) North Korea c) South Korea d) USA e) None of These
12. _________approved draft of Supreme Court Judge (Investigation Act) 2016, to empower Parliament to impeach a judge in
Supreme Court in case of misconduct or incapacity of the Judge ?
a) Sri Lanka b) Bangladesh c) Pakistan d) Myanmar
e) None of These
13. ____________ and Pakistan signed agreement for launch of a special satellite to monitor the development of an Economic
Corridor between 2 countries. Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) System will be developed and a satellite will be
launched in June 2018 ?
a) Iran b) North Korea c) Israel d) USA
e) China
14. _________ launched a retrievable scientific research satellite SJ-10, to study micro-gravity and space life science ?
a) China b) USA c) UK d) Russia
e) France
15. ____ successfully launched Kunpeng-1B sounding rocket equipped with a new altitude control system, aimed at carrying
measurements in upper atmosphere and to help in high-speed flight and space tourism research ?
a) Japan b) Vietnam c) Russia d) China
e) None of These
16. European Parliament approved creation of a European PNR (__________) system to combat terrorism. PNR is a joint system
for security agencies to access airline passenger data on all flights to and from the EU ?
a) Passenger Name Records b) Passenger Native Records c) Pure Natural Records
d) Passenger Neutral Records e) None of These
17. Federal grand jury in US's Wisconsin State has put 940 million USD fine against two companies of India's Tata group - _____
and Tata America International Corp, accusing them of ripping off its software and punitive damages ?
a) Tata Power b) Tata Steel c) Tata Consultancy Services d) Tata Energy
e) None of These
18. First edition of original First Folio authored by _________ found at Mount Stuart House off the western coast of Scotland ?
a) Madam Curie b) Issac Newton c) Albert Einstein d) William Shakespeare
e) None of These
19. Forbes Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016 List - India's ________ have been ranked top 2 in List. ?
a) Nita Ambani and Indira Nooyi b) Nita Ambani and Arundhati Bhattacharya
c) Nita Ambani and Chanda Kochchar d) Chanda Kochchar and Arundhati Bhattacharya
e) None of These
20. France's Reporters Without Borders (RWB) 2016 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) ranked india at __________ out of 180
nations with score of 43.17. Finland is at top in list ?
a) 131st b) 132nd c) 133rd d) 134th e) 135th
21. Government approved MoU between Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and Insurance
Authority of ____________ for cooperation in field of insurance supervision ?
a) United Arab Emirates b) USA c) UK d) Russia e) None of These
22. Government approved MoU with _______ on cooperation in Healthcare and Medical Sciences. ?
a) New Zealand b) Papua New Guinea c) USA d) UK e) None of These
23. Government approved MoU with ________ on Technical Cooperation in Railway Sector ?
a) Algeria b) Switzerland c) Swaziland d) Sweden e) None of These
24. Government approved MoU with __________on cooperation in preventing and combating of Human Trafficking ?
a) France b) Russia c) UK d) USA
e) United Arab Emirates
25. Government approved adopting SAWEN (_____________), a regional inter-governmental wildlife law enforcement support
body launched in January, 2011 in Paro, Bhutan ?
a) South Asia Wildlife Environmental Network b) South Asia Wildlife Ecological Network
c) South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network d) South Asia Water Conservation Enforcement Network
e) None of These
26. Government approved extension of MoU with ______ on cooperation in Fisheries ?
a) Bangladesh b) Sri Lanka c) Pakistan d) Myanmar
e) None of These
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27. Government approved increasing framework agreement between Exim Bank of India and Central Bank of __________ for
financing purchase of goods and services from India to Rs.3000 crore from Rs. 900 crore. It will be done by utilising Export
Development Fund (EDF) of EXIM Bank ?
a) Iraq b) Iran c) Japan d) Syria
e) None of These
28. Government imposed anti-dumping duty of up to US _______ on imports of N-Butyl Alcohol from European Union (EU),
Malaysia, Singapore and USA, as per recommendation of Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) ?
a) 249 dollars b) 49 dollars c) 149 dollars d) 349 dollars
e) None of These
29. High-intensity earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on Richter scale struck South American country of ________ ?
a) Argentina b) Brazil c) Uruguay d) Paraguay e) Ecuador
30. Huawei's 3rd Global Connectivity Index report (announced at Global Analyst Summit 2016 in Shenzhen (China)) - USA,
Singapore and Sweden are at top in connectivity rankings while India is ranked __________?
a) 34 b) 54 c) 44 d) 24 e) 4
31. India ratified WTOs (World Trade Organisation) Trade Facilitation Agreement that aims at easing customs procedures to
boost commerce. India is ________ WTO member to ratify TFA. ?
a) 56th b) 96th c) 86th d) 76th e) 66th
32. India and ___________ launched a programme with $1 trillion Potential Solar Programme under International Solar Alli-
ance (ISA). It is a solar finance programme that aims at helping developing countries to fully harness their solar resources for
a clean energy future ?
a) Germany b) France c) Spain d) Russia e) None
33. India and _____________ signed MoU for cooperation in traditional medicine and homeopathy. ?
a) Mauritius b) USA c) UK d) Russia e) None
34. India and __________ announced an in-principle logistics exchange agreement to enable their militarizes to use each other's
assets and bases for repair and replenishment ofÂ supplies ?
a) Germany b) France c) Russia d) UK e) United States
35. India extended Line of Credit (LoC) of 1 billion USD to ________, on occasion of ________'s Foreign Minister Lundeg
Purevsuren visiting India ?
a) China b) Mongolia c) Vietnam d) Russia
e) None of These
36. India signed historic _________ climate agreement along with over 170 nations during a UN General Assembly Ceremony at
UN Headquarters in New York City (USA). It is a significant step that for cutting down greenhouse gas emissions to combat
global warming. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar attended on India's Behalf ?
a) Paris b) Tokyo c) New York d) New Delhi
e) None of These
37. India will institute its first Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) chair in the Arab world at Ain Shams University (ASU)
in __________ . ?
a) Iraq b) Libya c) Qatar d) Kuwait
e) Egypt
38. India, Afghanistan and _________ finalized draft of Chabahar Trilateral Agreement on Transport and Transit Corridors,
during second technical meeting of experts in New Delhi ?
a) Iran b) Iraq c) Kuwait d) Qatar
e) None of These
39. Information technology company ____________ launched eight new personal products including world's thinnest laptop -
Spectre (10.4 mm thickness) ?
a) Google b) Hewlett-Packard c) Dell d) Microsoft
e) None of These
40. Interim Administrative Cell of International Solar Alliance (ISA Cell) and UNDP (________) announced to promote solar
energy globally, during side event on International Solar Alliance at UN Headquarters in New York ?
a) Universal Native Development Programme b) Under Nations Development Programme
c) United Nations Divisional Programme d) United Nations Deployment Programme
e) United Nations Development Programme
41. International Monetary Fund (IMF) declared that India's growth will reach __________ in 2016-17 and India will overtake
China's GDP growth rate by over 1% ?
a) 7.0% b) 7.5% c) 8.5% d) 9.5%
e) None of These
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42. _________ successfully tested its first domestically developed single-pilot stealth fighter jet X-2 ?
a) China b) Japan c) Malaysia d) Vietnam e) None
43. Kalash indigenous Community residing in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of ____________ is reportedly facing existential
Threat. They currently have a Population of around 3000 ?
a) Pakistan b) Iran c) Iraq d) Kuwait
e) None of These
44. ____________ become first Indian company to sign up for EP100, a global energy productivity campaign. Singatories of this
campaign have to double their energy productivity by 2030 ?
a) Google b) TCS c) Infosys d) TATA
e) Mahindra & Mahindra
45. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan Offered $20 Billion Indian Investment during his visit to
__________ ?
a) Qatar b) Iran c) Kuwait d) Iraq
e) None of These
46. India ___________ International Cooperation signed Implementation agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under Namami
Gange Programme ?
a) German b) Australian c) Spanish d) French
e) None of These
47. Mumbai-born _______ topped The Sunday Times Britain's Rich List 2016 with a fortune of 13.1 billion pounds, followed by
Hinduja brothers at 13 billion pounds ?
a) Ratan Tata b) Lakshmi Mittal c) Azeem Premji d) Sunder Pichai
e) David and Simon Reuben
48. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) entered into collaboration with _________ for a special
programme on 'Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security' ?
a) Germany b) Spain c) France d) Japan
e) None of These
49. _________ imposed ban on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites, due to its concern on spreading
Information Online ?
a) Pakistan b) North Korea c) Israel d) USA
e) None of These
50. PM Narendra Modi will address joint meeting of __________ Congress during his visit to Washington in June 2016 ?
a) German b) Chinese c) Japanese d) Russian
e) United States
51. Law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. received worldwide attention when an enormous cache of its documents was provided to
news media in name of _________ as leak of information on off-shore tax havens ?
a) Panama Papers b) Egyptian Papers c) Confidential Papers d) Wikileaks
e) None of These
52. Royal Mail of British honoured playwright _________ by issuing a set of special postage stamps to mark the 400th anniver-
sary of his death ?
a) Issac Newton b) Albert Einstein c) William Shakespeare d) Thomas Edison
e) None of These
53. ______ successfully launched first rocket (unmanned Soyuz-21a) from its newly built Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur
Oblast, Far East region bordering China ?
a) North Korea b) Japan c) Mongolia d) Russia
e) None of These
54. Saudi Arabia and ________ will build bridge connecting each other over the Red Sea to boost trade and commerce. The
bridge would be approx 16 KM in Length. ?
a) Israel b) Jordan c) Qatar d) Kuwait
e) Egypt
55. _______ approved Vision 2030 as an economic reform plan with roadmap for diversifying the economy in next 14 years and
to ensure it can live without oil by 2020 ?
a) Qatar b) Kuwait c) Saudi Arabia d) Iraq
e) None of These
56. Shareholders of Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Pipeline Company Limited signed an agreement to invest
$200 million in studies and engineering for ________ billion project to transport natural gas to participating countries ?
a) $10 b) $30 c) $60 d) $100 e) None of These
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57. ________ sports ministry imposed sanctions on its Cricket authority along with other three federations, which disallow them to
host or bid for any major international tournaments. Decision will be reviewed in 2017 ?
a) New Zealand b) South Africa c) West Indies d) Australia
e) None of These
58. __________________'s Sri Jayewardenepura University signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan and India
on collaboration in science and technology ?
a) Sri Lanka b) Nepal c) Bangladesh d) Pakistan
e) None of These
59. _________ Government resumed work on stalled Chinese Colombo Port City project. ?
a) Sri Lankan b) Bangladeshi c) Indian d) Pakistani
e) None of These
60. Statue of Great Sikh Warrior Maharaja Ranjit Singh will be installed in ________'s Saint-Tropez town in September 2016 ?
a) Russia b) USA c) Spain d) France e) Germany
61. As per Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), USA remained as worlds biggest spender in 2015 with India
moved up one spot to ________ in global rankings ?
a) 4th b) 3rd c) 2nd d) 6th e) 7th
62. TIME's 100 most influential people List 2016 included Indians - Raghuram Rajan (RBI Governor), __________ (Actress),
Sania Mirza (Tennis), Sunita Narain (environmentalist), Sachin and Binny Bansal (Flipkart Co-founders), Sundar Pichai
(Google CEO) ?
a) Kangana Ranaut b) Priyanka Chopra c) Deepika Padukone d) Madhuri Dixit
e) None of These
63. Tata Steel soild its loss-making 4.5-million tonne (mt) long-product Scunthorpe steel plant in Britain to UK-based investment
firm Greybull Capital for Approx __________ ?
a) 100000085 Rupees b) 100085 Rupees c) 10085 Rupees d) 1085 Rupees
e) 85 Rupees
64. United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) released report titled about inequalities in child well-being in 41 countries
of European Union (EU) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). _________ is at the top
of the overall league table with lowest inequality among children. Israel ranked lowest across all domains. ?
a) Denmark b) Russia c) Spain d) Germany
e) None of These
65. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 2015 Yearbook report ranked India at ________ among
worlds Top-Ten manufacturing countries. Top 3 are China, United States, Japan ?
66. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report 2014 ranked India at 3rd in Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report (ADRVs) in 2014.
List is topped by __________ with 148 doping violation cases?
a) Pakistan b) Spain c) Russia d) North Korea
e) None of These
67. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended accreditation of National Anti-Doping Laboratory of ___________ and prohibits
it laboratory from carrying out any WADA-related anti-doping activities including all analyses of urine and blood samples ?
a) New Delhi b) Beijing c) Seoul d) Tokyo e) Moscow
68. World Bank Group released 2016 edition of World Development Indicators (WDI) with 1400 indicators for over 200 economies.
WDI 2016 now includes estimates of global and national extreme poverty rates at international poverty line of ________ US
dollars/day per person ?
a) 2.90 b) 1.90 c) 3.90 d) 4.90 e) 5.90
69. World Bank and __________ signed first co-financing framework agreement between two institutions ?
a) New Development Bank b) IMF c) United Nations
d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Banke. e) None of These
70. As per World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Report, India's
urban population will increase from 38 Crore (33 %) in 2014 to __________ (40 %) by 2031 ?
a) 60 Crore b) 70 Crore c) 50 Crore d) 80 Crore
e) None of These
71. World Immunization Week 2016 organised across between 24 - 30 April 2016 with campaign theme______________ Â and
it seeks to achieve global vaccination targets by 2020. It will be 2nd year of Close the Immunization Gap campaign ?
a) Close the Immunization Gap b) Widen the Immunization Gap
c) Expand the Immunization Gap d) Enlarge the Immunization Gap
e) None of These
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72. World Trade Organization (WTO) revised its 2016 global trade updated forecast to 2.8% from ________. The main reasons
for cutting the forecast rate is slowdown in China and broad market volatility that continues to threaten growth ?
a) 4.9 % b) 3.9 % c) 5.9 % d) 4.5 %
e) None of These
73. World's first public dengue vaccination programme launched in ______ with a French drug Dengvaxia (worlds 1st dengue
fever vaccine) to combat mosquito-borne disease. ?
a) France b) Germany c) Japan d) Philippines
e) None of These
SET 06
1. ________ Assembly passed 2 bills to make minimum educational qualification criteria mandatory for the urban local bodies
election ?
a) Haryana b) Punjab c) Uttar Pradesh d) Rajasthan
e) None of These
2. 2016 Water Film Festival (a part of India Water Week 2016 celebrations) started at Water Expo-2016 in _______ . It is
organized by WAPCOS ?
a) Ahmedabad b) Jaipur c) New Delhi d) Mumbai
e) None of These
3. _____ became first company in India to implement Health Ministrys Cigarettes Packaging Amendment Rules 2014?
a) Nestle b) PepsiCo c) ITC d) Golden Tobacco
e) None of These
4. _____ is an initiative to eradicate poverty by feeding needy in Kozhikode (Kerala) hotels, aimed at avoiding food wastage in
district?
a) Samagra b) Srajan c) Milan d) Milap
e) Operation Sulaimani
5. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh laid foundation stone of _________ State University of Horticultural Sciences at
Karnal?
a) Punjab b) Himachal Pradesh c) Haryana d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
6. _________ Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) become first e-office electricity distribution company
with purpose of clearing files without any delay and ensuring transparency and accountability?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Tamilnadu c) Mizoram d) Kerala
e) Uttar Pradesh
7. ______ Government launched Adarsh Vidyalaya (AV) project to provide modern schools facilities in underdeveloped rural
areas of the state ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Odisha c) Rajasthan d) Meghalaya
e) None of These
8. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned a seasonwise tiltable canal top solar PV plant at Bhimavaram
(____)?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Assam d) Meghalaya
e) None of These
9. ________ got approval for its 694-crore rupees project at Haldia Dock Complex in West Bengal for developing LPG import
terminal?
a) BPCL b) IOCL c) OIL d) HPCL
e) None of These
10. CCTV Camera System has been integrated in Train ______?
a) Janshatabdi Express b) Gatiman Expres c) Duranto Express d) Shan-e-Punjab Express
e) None of These
11. Cab aggregator Uber signed agreement with _____ Tourism and FICCI to facilitate training for Uber driver-partners?
a) Punjab b) Haryana c) Himachal Pradesh d) Gujarat
e) None of These
12. Ceasefire between Government and NSCN-IM extended by April 2017, to bring long lasting peace in Nagaland?
a) Meghalaya b) Nagaland c) Mizoram d) Assam
e) None of These
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13. ________ took over infrastructure of abandoned Tapti gas field in western offshore from its joint venture partners Reliance
Industries and BG. ?
a) GAIL b) BEL c) BHEL d) SAIL e) ONGC
14. _________ Becomes First Kerosene-Free City with sale of subsidised cooking and lighting fuel being stopped completely?
a) Chandigarh b) Delhi c) Mumbai d) Ahmedabad
e) None of These
15. Chithirai festival celebrated at Meenakshi Temple in Madurai (_______)?
a) Mizoram b) Karnataka c) Kerala d) Tamil Nadu
e) None of These
16. ______ Government launched second phase of odd-even car rationing scheme to check pollution ?
a) Gujarat b) Goa c) Delhi d) Mizoram
e) None of These
17. _____ High Court ruled that keeping a criminal case pending for indefinite period amounts to violation of constitutional rights
of accused recognized under Article 21 (right to life) of Constitution of India. ?
a) Gujarat b) Delhi c) Assam d) Maharashtra
e) None of These
18. ______ government banned all forms of chewable tobacco for 1 year in interest of public health.?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Delhi c) Madhya Pradesh d) Assam
e) None of These
19. _____ Railway Zone headquartered in Odisha emerged as largest Freight Loading Railway Zone in 2015-16. ?
a) West Central b) North East c) Westrern d) East Coast
e) Southern
20. Election Commission of India launched mobile application Â e-voterÂ with comprehensive details about forthcoming 2016
Assembly polls in ______ .?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Meghalaya d) Bihar e) Odisha
21. ICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) will set up 2 Mahila Huts in _____ for upliftment of women belonging to all sections of
society through education and training. ?
a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra c) Meghalaya d) Mizoram
e) None of These
22. First National Tribal Carnival will be held in ______ to promote various facets of tribal life relating to culture, tradition,
customs and their skills. ?
a) Gujarat b) Delhi c) Mizoram d) Goa
e) None of These
23. ______ India's fastest train Completed its First Run From Delhi to agra in 100 Minutes?
a) Duranto Express b) Shatbdi Express c) Shaktivan Express d) Gatiman Express
e) None of These
24. Panasonic and AES India will construct a 10 MW energy storage array at Panasonic's Technopark manufacturing facility in
_______. It is first large-scale battery-based energy storage project in India. ?
a) Assam b) Meghalayas c) Mizoram d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Haryana
25. Government approved country's first Metrino Pod project i.e. personal rapid transit (PRT) network for _____?
a) Chennai b) Delhi c) Gurgaon (Haryana) d) Bangalore
e) None of These
26. Government approved Operationalisation of new Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Tirupati
(Andhra Pradesh)?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
27. overnment approved utilization of 400 hectares of un-cultivable farm land at Central State Farm (CSF), Jetsar in Sri Ganganagar
District, Rajasthan for setting up of a solar Power Plant of capacity ________ MW ?
a) 300 b) 200 c) 400 d) 500 e) 600
28. Government banned import of ___ for commercial breeding.?
a) Cats b) Cows c) Dogs d) Tiger e) None of These
29. Government extended Beti Bachao Beti Padho Scheme to additional districts across 11 States and Union Territories with low
Child Sex Ratio.?
a) 151 b) 111 c) 91 d) 81 e) 61
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30. Government made mandatory for mobile manufacturers to add in-built panic button from January 1, 2017 and global
positioning system (GPS) in all phones from January 1, _______ ?
a) 2019 b) 2017 c) 2018 d) 2020 e) 2011
31. Parliament passed Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill 2016 to amend list of list of Scheduled Castes
(SC) from 5 states. Which is of these states is not included in this list ?
a) Chhattisgarh b) Haryana c) Kerala d) Uttar Pradesh e) Odisha
32. Government revised stuition fee in IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) to _____ from 2016-17 with complete waiver for SC/
ST/PH students?
a) 2.5 lakh per annum b) 2 lakh per annum c) 3 lakh per annum d) 4 lakh per annum
e) 3.5 lakh per annum
33. resident Pranab Mukherjee nominated 6 eminent members to Rajya Sabha - Mary Kom (Boxer), Narendra Jadhav (economist),
Suresh Gopi(Malayalam actor), Swapan Dasgupta (Journalist), Subramanian Swamy (BJP leader), ______ (Noted cricketer-
turned-politician) ?
a) Navjot Singh Sidhu b) Sachin Tendulkar c) Sourav Ganguly d) Azharuddin
e) None of These
34. Government's LED programme - Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) launched in _____ with objective of
distributing three crore LED bulbs over six months.?
a) Mizoram b) Assam c) Andhra Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Madhya Pradesh
35. ____ Government will provide 10 % reservation for economically backward classes (EBCs) in general category in government
jobs and admission to educational institutions from next academic year ?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Gujarat c) Uttar Pradesh d) Rajasthan e) Haryana
36. _______ launched Maa Annapurna Yojna to provide cereals at concessional rates to poor and middle class families under
National Food Security Act (NFSA).?
a) Gujarat b) Goa c) Maharashtra d) Mizoram
e) None of These
37. HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani released India Rankings 2016 as Indias First Ever Rankings of Indian Institutions. Top
Ranked Institutions are - University - Indian Institute Of Science Banglore , Engineering - ___ , Management - IIM Bangalore,
Pharmacy - Manipal College Of Pharmaceutical Sciences-Manipal (Karnataka) ?
a) IIT Kanpur b) IIT Ropar c) IIT Bombay d) IIT Delhi e) IIT Madras
38. ______ Government notified Affordable Plotted Housing Policy 2016 for low and medium potential towns also known as
Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana ?
a) Haryana b) Uttar Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Kerala e) Rajasthan
39. Haryana Government renamed Gurgaon as Gurugram and ___ as Nuh?
a) Jhajjar b) Mewat c) Fatehabad d) Faridabad e) Ambala
40. Himachal Pradesh High Court issued notice to Union and State governments on issue of declaring ___ as vermin for six
months in Shimla?
a) Zebras b) Elephants c) Apes d) Donkeys e) Monkeys
41. President Pranab Mukherjee promulgated ____ Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance 2016 to authorize expenditures
Rs 13642 Crores in the state that has come under a political crisis ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Uttarakhand c) Haryana d) Rajasthan
e) None of These
42. _________ initiative launched by 2 NRIs Vijay Kumar and Anurag Saxena with an aim to bring back lost artefacts to India
and restore Nations pride through restoring its culture?
a) Lost India b) India Pride Project c) Bting It Back d) Our Pride
e) None of These
43. Rahuri Municipal Council of Ahmednagar district in _____ became first Municipal Council to attain status of integrated with
digital locker for issuance of all essential Documents, as part of Digital India Programme ?
a) Maharashtra b) Goa c) Gujarat d) Karnataka
e) Uttar Pradesh
44. India's ______ airport became first airport in world to completely run on solar power. It now produces 50000 units of
electricity per day, enough for all its operational functions.?
a) Hyderabad b) Bangalore c) Shimla d) Delhi e) Kochi
45. India's first arbitration centre for dealing the financial disputes will be opened soon in ____?
a) Delhi b) Mumbai c) Ahmedabad d) Jaipur
e) None of These
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46. India's first online interactive heritage portal _____ has been launched by Union Government?
a) Sahapedia b) Wikipedia c) Indiapedia d) Culturepedia
e) None of These
47. India's first special purpose vehicle (SPV) on smart city________ Smart City Limited has been launched?
a) Lucknow b) Ahmedabad c) Delhi d) Mumbai
e) Bhubaneswar
48. Indian IT services company ______is recognized as one of United Kingdom's leading employers for women in a list published
by The Times.?
a) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) b) HCL c) Infosys
d) Wipro e) None of These
49. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched Indias _____navigation satellite IRNSS 1G to complete
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)?
50. Infosys launched new app named _____ that chronicles Indian IT journey since 1950?
a) Samartha b) Gaurav c) Yatra d) Prayasa e) Itihaasa
51. ______ recognized in-service training of Indian Navy Sailors personnel for award of Graduation Degree?
a) Jamia Millia Islamia b) Delhi University c) Hyderabad University d) IIT Delhi
e) None of These
52. ___ Government approved Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme (MMSFES) to supplement National Food
Security Act (NFSA) .?
a) Haryana b) Himachal Pradesh c) Jammu and Kashmir d) Mizoram
e) None of These
53. _____Government announced reserve 2 % employment in various departments for meritorious sportspersons of the state.?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Chhattisgarh c) Odisha d) Jharkhand
e) None of These
54. _________ Government launched Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana for widows to create equality and harmony in society.?
a) Assam b) Meghalaya c) Chhattisgarh d) Odisha
e) Jharkhand
55. ____ branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has partnered with UNICEF to promote safe and healthy practices for
improving maternal and child health in the state.?
a) Karnataka b) Meghalaya c) Kerala d) Mizoram
e) None of These
56. Lok Sabha passed Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill 2016 to provide statutory status to existing Regional Centre for
Biotechnology in Faridabad (_______ )?
a) Haryana b) Himachal Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh
e) None of These
57. Maharashtra Government banned digging of borewells beyond ____ in order to check steep decline in ground water level
across state.?
a) 100 feet b) 200 feet c) 125 feet d) 150 feet
e) None of These
58. _____ Government made it mandatory to have a hologram on every alcohol bottle manufactured and sold in the state in
order to check sale of spurious liquor.?
a) Maharashtra b) Mizoram c) Uttar Pradesh d) Bihar
e) None of These
59. _____ tied up with Tata Trusts to link all government colleges and medical colleges to the national cancer grid for uniform
cancer profiling and quality treatment.?
a) Maharashtra b) Goa c) Gujarat d) Mizoram e) None
60. Major Fire broke out at Puttingal temple (_____) claiming several hundred lives?
a) Meghalaya b) Mizoram c) Karnataka d) Kerala
e) None of These
61. Mandd Sobhan, a Konkani cultural organisation, will set up a Konkani museum in Mangaluru (____)?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh c) Kerala d) Karnataka
e) None of These
62. Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananta Kumar announced to provide a plastic park to ______ ?
a) Kerala b) Andhra Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Rajasthan
e) None of These
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63. Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan launched Twinning Network Programme on Chemical
Ecology of NASTEC (North Eastern Region at Nagaland Science & Technology Council) in Kohima (______)?
a) Manipur b) Assam c) Mizoram d) Meghalaya
e) Nagaland
64. Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan inaugurated India's first Cellulosic Alcohol Technology Demonstration
Plant (Second Generation Ethanol Plant) at ______ (Uttarakhand).?
a) Kashipur b) Dehradun c) Nainital d) Haridwar
e) Pauri Garhwal
65. Railway Ministry decided to create _____ lakh crore rupees safety fund named Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh to strengthen
safety measures on rail network to prevent accidents. ?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1 e) 5
66. ______ assembly passed Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Bills 2016 for providing statutory backing to land records. With
this, Rajasthan became first state to pass land title bill for effectively guaranteeing land and property ownership ?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Kerala c) Rajasthan d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
67. Minister of Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar inaugurated 3 mega textile projects in _____ ?
a) Assam b) Nagaland c) Meghalaya d) Manipur
e) None of These
68. Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation approved investment of 9005 crore for construction of 73,205 more houses
for Economically Weaker Sections under Prime Minister's Awas Yojana in ___. ?
a) Maharashtra, Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir b) Maharashtra, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir
c) Assam, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir d) Maharashtra, Punjab and Goa
e) None of These
69. Minster of Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani launched portal for registration and allotment of ISBN (_____)?
a) International Standard Book Neutralization b) International Safe Book Number
c) Intentional Standard Book Number d) International Standard Book Number
e) None of These
70. MoU signed between Mahindra Intertrade and MSTC Limited for setting up Joint Venture Company for establishing first Auto
Shredding Plant in India in ____.?
a) New Delhi b) Mumbai c) Bangalore d) Ahmedabad
e) None of These
71. ____'s capital Kohima has been declared as a smoke-free city ?
a) Nagaland b) Meghalaya c) Goa d) Gujarat
e) Manipur
72. National Mission for Clean Ganga in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) announced launch of
Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (CGRBMS) in _____?
a) Mumbai b) New Delhi c) Mumbai d) Ahmedabad
e) None of These
73. National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) partenered with Rainbow Agrilife India Private Limited for commercialization
of the NEMHARI-A, a plant based Formulation for Management of ______ Disease?
a) Dengue b) Hapatitis c) Tubersulosis d) Mulberry Root Knot
e) None of These
74. North East-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Summit held in Imphal (____) with focus on road
connectivity, trade and tourism.?
a) Mizoram b) Assam c) Nagaland d) Meghalaya e) Manipur
75. ____ Government launched 100 piped water supply projects for rural areas and promised to make piped water provision in all
gram panchayats by 2017?
a) Punjab b) Jharkhand c) Odisha d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
76. Shri Trimbakeshwar Devasthan Trust (STDT) in Nashik (____) banned all persons (men and women) from entering the
Temple. Only hereditary priests will be allowed to enter the sanctum of Trimbakeshwar temple ?
a) Maharashtra b) Goa c) Gujarat d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
77. Supreme Court approved a single common entrance test NEET (____ for admission to MBBS and BDS courses for 2016-17. All
India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) fixed for May 1, 2016 will now be treated as NEET-1. ?
a) Native Eligibility Entrance Test b) New Eligibility Entrance Test
c) National Eligibility Entrance Test d) National Engineering Entrance Test
e) None of These
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78. Tata Trusts signed pact with _____ government to achieve elimination of Malaria from state by 2030. ?
a) Manipur b) Mizoram c) Maharashtra d) Odisha
e) None of These
79. The Border Security Force will hoist tallest national flag by January 2017 at Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post (the Wagah border).
The national flag will be ___ high and will be visible from Pakistan's largest city Lahore. ?
a) 50-feet b) 1150-feet c) 950-feet d) 650-feet e) 350-feet
80. The World's largest wooden Charkha (spinning wheel, weighing 4 tonnes) will be installed at ____ Airport . It is made by KVIC
(Khadi and Village Industries Commission ) ?
a) Ahmedabad b) Mumbai c) New Delhi d) Jaipur e) None
81. Third phase of Health Ministrys universal vaccination programme Mission _____ began. Under it, 39 lakh children have been
vaccinated against seven preventable diseases in last 2 phases. ?
a) Indradhanush b) Nirvikar c) Sugam d) Sulabh e) None of These
82. To promote the Swachh Bharat Mission, Urban development Minister Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated 20 Namma Toilets in ____ ?
a) Bangalore b) Delhi c) Mumbai d) Ahmedabad
e) None of These
83. Tourism Ministry launched NOAPS (_______) Web Portal of National Monuments Authority. It is developed through technology
of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), who is mapping 3686 ASI monuments and sites in country. ?
a) NOC Online Application and Processing System b) NOC Online Application and Payment System
c) NOC Online Acknowledgement and Processing System d) NOC Overall Application and Processing System
e) None of These
84. Traditional festival of Sajibu Cheiraoba celebrated in ____ to mark beginning of a new year with cultural gusto and religious
fervor ?
a) Manipur b) Mizoram c) Assam d) Goa e) None
85. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) generated _____ Aadhaar Cards so far, touching this landmark in 5.5 years.
Aadhaar coverage now is at 93 percent among people above age of 18. ?
a) 125 Crore b) 115 Crore c) 120 Crore d) 100 Crore
e) None of These
86. ____ police launched Operation Milan in Lucknow to rescue abducted youths and minors and reunite them with their families ?
a) Meghalaya b) Assam c) Andhra Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
87. ____ High Court ruled that legitimacy of Presidents decision to suspend state assembly under Presidents rule is subject to
judicial review. ?
a) Allahabad b) Uttarakhand c) Mumbai d) Chennai
e) Karnataka
88. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revoked accreditation of ______ Antidoping Center . It was suspended in November
2015 ?
a) USA b) Pakistan c) India d) China e) Russia
89. Worlds first White Tiger Safari inaugurated in ____ district of Madhya Pradesh, adjacent to Mukundpur Zoological Park. It is
spread over 25 hectares. ?
a) Satna b) Rewa c) Sidhi d) Katni e) None
SET - 07
1. 4th meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Russia, India and China (RIC) Forum held in _______ (Russia). External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj attended on India's Behalf. Cooperation in combating terrorism was theme of the meet ?
a) Sochi b) Yekaterinburg c) Moscow d) Novosibirsk
e) None of These
2. 2 days Maritime India Summit 2016 held in ____________ ?
a) Ahmedabad b) Mumbai c) Delhi d) Jaipur e) None
3. 2016 Spring Meetings of World Bank and IMF Held in _________ (USA). Attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on
India's Behalf ?
a) Phoenix b) Chicago c) Houston d) New York
e) Washington DC
4. 3rd SAARC Agriculture Ministers' Meet held in ________. Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh
attended on India's Behalf. ?
a) Bangladesh b) India c) Nepal d) Sri Lanka
e) None of These
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5. 3th Islamic Summit Conference concluded in _______ with theme Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace ?
a) Qatar b) Kuwait c) UAE d) Turkey
e) None of These
6. 4th Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) Held in __________(USA), to discuss issues related to nuclear security. India represented
by PM Narendra Modi. ?
a) Washington b) San Jose c) San Diego d) San Antonio
e) None of These
7. _______________ Economic and Financial Partnership Dialogue between India and USA held in Wahington DC (USA).
India and USA will enhance collaboration on tackling offshore tax evasion and increase co-operation in sharing of cross-
border tax information ?
a) 1st b) 6th c) 3rd d) 4th e) 8th
8. 8th International Seminar on Wheat and Wheat Products will be held in _________ in July 2016 with theme New Ideas and
Innovation for Growth ?
a) Goa b) Gujarat c) Maharashtra d) Rajasthan e) None
9. BRICS New Development Bank Board of Governors Meeting and BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
Meeting held in Washington DC (USA). Attended by ________ on India's Behalf ?
a) Arun Jaitley b) Narendra Modi c) Sushma Swaraj d) Nitin Gadkari
e) None of These
10. G-20 Session for Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors held in _________ (USA). G20 countries sought a crackdown
on tax heavens, shell companies and terror financing in wake of the 'Panama Papers' scandal ?
a) Los Angles b) Dallas c) San Antonio d) Washington DC
e) None of These
11. Global Exhibition on Services 2016 held at India Expo Centre & Mart, _________ (Uttar Pradesh) ?
a) Firozabad b) Ghaziabad c) Noida d) Greater Noida e) None
12. Group of 7 (G-7) countries foreign ministers meet held in Hiroshima (_______) ?
a) China b) Japan c) Vietnam d) Myanmar
e) None of These
13. Heart of Asia conference held in ________ with an aim to bring peace to Afghanistan and speeding up its reconstruction
process ?
a) Mumbai b) Kabul c) Karachi d) Islamabad e) New Delhi
14. Human Resource and Development Minister Smriti Irani attended International Conference on Zero in ________ (France).
She unveiled a bronze bust of Indian mathematician Aryabhatta ?
a) Paris b) Lyon c) Toulouse d) Bordeaux
e) None of These
15. India organized 22nd meeting of BASIC Group (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) in _________ ?
a) Jaipur b) Ahmedadad c) Mumbai d) New Delhi
e) None of These
16. Minister for Health & Family Welfare, ___________ visited Japan for meeting of Health Ministers from WHO South East Asia
Region and Western Pacific Region countries. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Infectious
Diseases (NIID) of Japan signed Letter of Intent on the occasion ?
a) Piyush Goel b) Radha Mohan Singh c) J. P. Nadda d) Nitin Gadkari
e) None of These
17. National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign and National Summit on Family Planning held in _________ ?
a) Ahmedabad b) New Delhi c) Jaipur d) Mumbai
e) None of These
18. During President Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to _________, he signed Air Services Agreement signed for introduction of
direct flights between two countries ?
a) Australia b) New Zealand c) Thailand d) Vietnam
e) None of These
19. During President Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to _________, he offered $100 Million Credit Line from India for projects in
Transport and infrastructure sectors ?
a) Bangladesh b) Singapore c) Malaysia d) Papua New Guinea
e) None of These
20. Regional Conference of North Eastern States on Child Adoption held at State Convention Centre in _________ . ?
a) Meghalaya b) Mizoram c) Sikkim d) Manipur
e) None of These
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21. Special meeting held by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in ________ to firm up cooperation
between countries in wake of 'Panama Papers' leak. During the meet, International Monetary Fund, Wolrd Bank, United Nations
And OECD decided to Form a New Group To Stop Tax Erosion ?
a) France b) USA c) UK d) Russia e) Spain
22. Third Asia Ministerial Conference on Tigers Conservation held in _______ . ?
a) Mumbai b) New Delhi c) Ahmedabad d) Chennai
e) None of These
23. 2016 Commonwealth Judo Championships held in ____. India will host Commonwealth Judo Championships in Jaipur
(Rajasthan) in 2018. ?
a) South Africa b) Australia c) Nigeria d) Austria
e) None of These
24. _______ won 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2016 by defeating India in Ipoh (Australia). It was Ninth Sultan
Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament Title for _______ ?
a) Pakistan b) Nepal c) Sri Lanka d) Australia
e) None of These
25. ______'s Fast Bolwer Clint McKay announced retirement from international cricket. ?
a) England b) New Zealand c) Australia d) South Africa
e) None of These
26. BCCI will host its first-ever day and night cricket Test with pink ball during ____ tour to India in 2016. ?
a) Bangladesh b) Pakistan c) Australia d) England
e) New Zealand
27. Badminton Player _______ became first non-Cricketer to be inducted into Legends Club founded by late Cricket Club of
India (CCI) president Raj Singh Dungarpur. ?
a) Saina Nehwal b) Nandu Natekar c) Jwala Gutta d) Kidambi Srikkanth
e) None of These
28. Barcelona open Tennis 2016 - Men's Singles - Rafael Nadal (___), Men's Doubles - Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of USA. ?
a) Netherlands b) France c) Spain d) Poland
e) None of These
29. Beijing Olympics gold medalist and ace shooter _______ Joined Salman Khan as India's Goodwill Ambassador for Rio
Olympics 2016 ?
a) Rajyawardhan Rathore b) Abhinav Bindra c) Gagan Narang d) Ranjan Sodhi
e) None of These
30. _________ boxer Anthony Joshua won 2016 International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight title ?
a) Nigerian b) German c) French d) Australian e) British
31. Cricketer _____________ is named as Brand Anbassador of Premier Futsal, a newer and shorter five-a-side variant of soccer
(football). World's first multinational Futsal league will be held in 8 Indian cities from July 15 to 24, 2016. ?
a) Virat Kohli b) Rohit Sharma c) Suresh Raina d) M S Dhoni
e) None of These
32. Cyprian Kotut from _______ won 40th Paris marathon in Men's Category. Women's title was won by Visiline Jepkesho
(Kenya) ?
a) Vanuatu b) Nigeria c) Jamaica d) Kenya
e) None of These
33. Danny Willett from ____ won 2016 US Masters Golf tournament ?
a) Poland b) Kenya c) Australia d) England e) None of These
34. ____ Cricketer James Taylor announced his retirement at age of 26 due to ill health ?
a) New Zealand b) England c) Australia d) South Africa
e) None of These
35. Football club Mohun Bagan's striker _______ named as Football Players Association of India (FPAI) Player of The Year. ?
a) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu b) Subroto Pal c) Sunil Chetri d) Baichung Bhutia
e) Jeje Lalpekhlua
36. Government merged Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan, Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) and National Sports Talent
Search Scheme (NSTSS) with _________ Programme for development of sports?
a) Khelo India b) Badho India c) Jeeto India d) Khel Samagam
e) None of These
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37. ICC World T20 Cricket 2016 Men's and Women's tournament was won by ______, they defeated England in men's final and
Australia in women's final ?
a) New Zealand b) England c) Australia d) West Indies e) None
38. ICC suspended _______'s all rounder Irfan Ahmed for 2.5 years as he admitted to breach the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code. ?
a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh c) Hong Kong d) UAE
e) None of These
39. India won 2016 Asian Nations Cup Chess by defeating _____ in Abu Dhabi.?
a) Pakistan b) Vietnam c) Sri Lanka d) Kuwait e) Qatar
40. India's _________ has been promoted to international outdoor umpire by International Hockey Federation (FIH)?
a) Adrian Gabriel b) Durga Thakur c) Amit Katariya d) Anand Dangi
e) None of These
41. India's men's and women's teams have won both categorys championship titles at third Asian ________ championship in
Indore, Beating Bangladesh in both cases ?
a) Badminton b) Hoekcy c) Kabaddi d) Kho-Kho
e) None of These
42. Indian boxer _____ named among eight ambassadors for the upcoming World Championship of AIBA scheduled in May
2016 in Astana (Kazakhstan) ?
a) Mary Kom b) Vijender Singh c) Shiva Thapa d) Gagan Narang
e) None of These
43. Indian boxer Shiva Thapa won silver at Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament in ___ ?
a) China b) Malaysia c) Thailand d) Vietnam
e) None of These
44. Indian gymnast _______ created history by becoming first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics Games
to be held in August 2016 ?
a) Ashish Kumar b) Dipa Karmakar c) Suromitro Basu d) Sanathoi Devi
e) None of These
45. Indian rower _____ qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics to be held in August 2016 in Brazil. He qualified Rio Olympics after
winning a silver medal in single sculls event in South Korea ?
a) Sharath Gayakwad b) Vikas Gowda c) Vijender Kumar d) Dattu Baban Bhokanal
e) None of These
46. Indias ________ equalled world record set by South Korea's Ki Boe Bae in Womens Recurve event at qualifying stage of
Archery World Cup held in Shanghai (China) by scoring 686 out of 720 to finish 1st in qualifiers ?
a) Dipa Karmakar b) Babita Kumari c) Laxmirani Majhi
d) Bombayla Devi Laishram e) Deepika Kumari
47. India's ____ won silver in men's skeet event at ISSF World Cup held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ?
a) Navjot Chana b) Vijender Singh c) Mairaj Ahmed Khan d) Vikas Gowda
e) None of These
48. As per International Cricket Council (ICC) Latest Team Rankings, Top teams are - Test Cricket - Australia, ODI - Australia ,
T-20- ___ ?
a) India b) Pakistan c) South Africa d) New Zealand
e) None of These
49. International Cricket Council (ICC) renewed its deal with Emirates Airline for seven years and ICC suspended Cricket Association
of ____ due to lack of leadership and misgovernance ?
a) Pakistan b) Nepal c) Myanmar d) South Africa
e) None of These
50. Jonathan Bairstow (England), Ben Stokes (England), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Kane Williamson (______) and
Steven Smith (Australia) have been named as the Wisden Almanacks Five Cricketers of 2015 for outstanding performance in
a year ?
a) England b) South Africa c) New Zealand d) Australia e) None
51. Kane Williamson appointed 29th test cricket captain of ____ cricket Team. ?
a) Australia b) England c) Zimbabwe d) South Africa
e) New Zealand
52. Malaysian Open Badminton 2016 winners - Men's Singles - Lee Chong Wei (_____), Women's singles - Ratchanok Intanon
(Thailand). ?
a) Singapore b) Thailand c) Malaysia d) Vietnam
e) None of These
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53. Miami Open Tennis 2016 winners - Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Womens Singles - Victoria Azarenka (______) ?
a) Switzerland b) Swaziland c) Poland d) Belarus
e) None of These
54. New emblem of 2020 Olympics (_______) and Paralympic Games has been unveiled. Logo features a circular Japanese
traditional checkered pattern ?
a) Yokohama b) Tokyo c) Osaka d) Nagoya
e) None of These
55. Nico Rosberg (_____) won 2016 Formula One Baharain Grand Prix and Chinese Grand Prix ?
a) Germany b) Netherlands c) Poland d) Switzerland
e) None of These
56. Noted ______ spinner Rangana Herath retired from T20 and One Day International Cricket (ODI) ?
a) Afghanistani b) UAE c) Bagladeshi d) Pakistani
e) Sri Lankan
57. Riyad Mahrez (_____) became first African footballer to win Professional Footballers Associations (PFA) Player of the Year
award for 2015 - 16. Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli was named Young Player of the Year ?
a) Chad b) Algeria c) Niger d) Nigeria e) None
58. _____ announced that its Olympic athletes will wear uniforms that have been infused with insect repellent to keep mosquitoes
carrying Zika virus. ?
a) South Korea b) North Korea c) Pakistan d) Australia e) India
59. __________'s Rafael Nadal won 2016 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters title of Tennis, by defeating Gael Monfils of France ?
a) Bulgaria b) Poland c) Germany d) France e) Spain
60. Sports Ministry will provide _____ rupees monthly allowance to sports persons under Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme
for their preparation for Olympics and Paralympics Games at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) ?
a) 1 lakh b) 2 lakh c) 3 lakh d) 4 lakh e) 5 lakh
61. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced appointment of _____ as chief selector of Sri Lankan Cricket team ?
a) Mahela Jayawardena b) Sanath Jayasuriya c) Arjuna Ranatunga d) Kumar Sangakkara
e) None of These
62. Stuttgart Grand Prix Women's Tennis 2016 - Doubles - Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic (France), Singles - Angelique
Kerber (_____) ?
a) Poland b) France c) Russia d) Spain e) Germany
63. ______ batsman Iraq Thomas created a record by scoring 21-ball century in Tobago Cricket Associations T20 tournament at
Louis D'or. He broke previous record made by Chris Gayle when he made century in 30 balls in IPL Match against Pune
Warriors ?
a) Trinidad b) Tobago c) Jamaica d) Tuvalu e) None
64. Women's Tennis Association Rankings - Serena Williams (____) maintained the top spot ?
a) Germany b) USA c) Australia d) Austria e) None
SET - 08
1 . Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) Lucknow reported that novel use of _______ urine distillate
(Kamdhenu Ark) can help eradicate Cancer ?
a) Cow b) Buffalo c) Tiger d) Shark e) None
2. ________ researchers developed Graphene based all-weather solar cell that can generate electricity even during rains ?
a) Russian b) Japanese c) Chinese d) Vietnamese
e) None of These
3. Government launched low cost micro solar device - ________. The solar dome would help rural and urban population to
have a reliable access to electricity ?
a) Sulabh Jyoti b) Samagra Jyoti c) Sarva Jyoti d) Surya Jyoti
e) None of These
4. India will Launch GSAT-11 spacecraft by first quarter of 2017. GSAT-11 is a first generation high throughput communication
satellite with mass of about _________ kg ?
a) 25600 b) 15600 c) 10600 d) 2600
e) 5600
5. __________ Scientists developed worlds lightest synthetic material called silica aerogelÂ orÂ blue air ?
a) ESA b) NASA c) ISRO d) ROSCOSMOS
e) None of These
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6. ISRO (__________) signed MoU with Airports Authority of India (AAI) to provide scientific parameters for construction of
airports. ISRO also signed MoU with postal department to provide space technology helpful in tracking parcel movements and
Railways for GPS based Train Position Information ?
a) Indian Space Research Organization b) International Space Research Organization
c) Indian Safe Research Organization d) Indian Space Resurgence Organization
e) None of These
7. ________'s Kepler spacecraft has gone into emergency mode (lowest operational mode) some 75 million miles from Earth.
EM of spacecraft was discovered during undertaking a microlensing observing campaign ?
a) ESA b) NASA c) ROSCOSMOS d) ISRO e) CNSA
8. Researchers at University of Georgia (USA) and Ben-Gurion University of the Nege (_______) have developed worlds smallest
nanoscale diode or molecular rectifier that could impact development of molecular electronic devices ?
a) Israel b) Russia c) USA d) UK e) Spain
9. Scientists at Institute of Advance Study in Science & Technology (_____) have developed an eco-friendly biopolymer using
nanotechnology for water purification applications. This eco-friendly biopolymer is created using a naturally occurring substance,
called chitosan. ?
a) Assam b) Meghalaya c) Goa d) Gujarat e) Mizoram
10. Scientists discovered a rare triple-star system named KELT-4Ab with a gas giant planet similar in size to _________. It was
discovered at Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics (USA) ?
a) Venus b) Pluto c) Neptune d) Jupiter
e) None of These
11. Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (________) discovered a way to forecast earthquakes based on tremors or
earthquakes below a Richter scale of 2. The study has been led by Indian-origin researcher Deepa Mele Veedu ?
a) Russia b) UK c) USA d) Singapore
e) None of These
12. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched first inflatable habitat room that will attach to International Space Station
(ISS) for a 2 year test. Inflatable room has been named as BEAM (_________) and is the first such habitat to hold humans
in orbit ?
a) Biangle Expandable Actitvity Module b) Bigelow Expandable Actitvity Module
c) Binocular Expandable Actitvity Module d) Bigelow Explainable Actitvity Module
e) None of These
13. Supercomputer Param Kanchenjunga unveiled at National Institute of Technology (NIT) ___________ . ?
a) Raipur b) Rourkela c) Calicut d) Kurukshetra e) Sikkim
14. 31-year-old Kathak dancer Soni Chaurasiya of Varanasi (________) broke previous record of marathon dancing of 123 hours
and 20 minutes. Soni broke record previously held by Kerala's Hemlatha ?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Tamilnadu
e) Rajasthan
15. ________ music legend Merle Haggard passed away. ?
a) French b) Russian c) American d) Spanish
e) None of These
16. Finance Minister ______ visited Australia and attended Make in India conference in Sydney. ?
a) Sushma Swaraj b) Radha Mohan Singh c) Nitin Gadkari d) Arun jaitley
e) None of These
17. For the first time, United Nations (UN) observed birth anniversary of ___________ on April 13, 2016 (a day before his date
of birth). ?
a) B. R. Ambedkar b) M. K. Gandhi c) L. B. Shastri
d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel e) None of These
18. Government released Commemorative Coin of Rs. 200 and Circulation Coin of Rs. 10 on ________ on occasion of his
Martyrdom Day (18-04-2016)?
a) M K Gandhi b) Mangal Pandey c) Tatya Tope d) L B Shastri
e) None of These
19. India and United States signed Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) to ramp up bilateral defence ties,
during US Defense Secretary ________'s visit to India. ?
a) Ashton Carter b) Larry Page c) Joe Biden d) Christine Lagrade
e) None of These
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20. _________ architect Zaha Hadid passed away. She was first woman and Muslim recipient of Pritzker Prize, known as the
Nobel for architecture ?
a) Kuwaiti b) Israeli c) Irani d) Iraqi e) None
21. _________ founder Amanullah Khan passed away. ?
a) Congress b) BJP c) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
d) BJD e) None of These
22. _______ ' President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom visited India ?
a) Syria b) Qatar c) Kuwait d) UAE e) Maldives
23. Myneni Hari Prasad Rao, chief architect of ________ Atomic Power Station passed away. ?
a) Kota b) Madras c) Kakrapar d) Jaitapur
e) None of These
24. National Security Adviser ________ visited China for 19th round of boundary talks between India and China. ?
a) Raghuram Rajan b) Sekhar Basu c) Arvind Mayaram d) Ajit Doval
e) None of These
25. Actors Doris Roberts, Patty Duke, Larry Drake that recently passed away, belonged to _______ ?
a) Russia b) USA c) UK d) Spain e) France
26. Noted ________ Footballer Cesare Maldini passed away ?
a) German b) Spanish c) Turkish d) Russian e) Italian
27. Noted ________ cartoonist V T Thomas passed away ?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Mizoram d) Meghalaya
e) Uttar Pradesh
27. Noted ________ photographer Malick Sidibe passed away ?
a) Russian b) South African c) Nigerian d) Malian
e) None of These
29. PM Narendra Modi during His recent Tri-nation Visit, Attended 13th India-EU summit in __________. On this occasion,
Joint Declaration on India-EU Water Partnership adopted to enhance cooperation on environment issues ?
a) USA b) UAE c) Belgium d) Russia
e) None of These
30. PM Narendra Modi during His recent visit to ____, Activated Asia's largest 'general purpose' optical telescope installed in
'Devsthal', 60 km from Nainital, through 'Remote Activation ?
a) USA b) Belgium c) UK d) Russia e) Spain
31. PM Narendra Modi was conferred with ________'s highest civilian honourÂ the King Abdulaziz Sash, during his visit to the
country ?
a) Kuwait b) Saudi Arabia c) Qatar d) Egypt
e) None of These
32. PM Narendra Modi Attended 4th Nuclear Security Summit in Washington (USA). India signed MoU with USA for setting up
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in India and announced _______ USD to Nuclear Security
Fund of International Atomic Energy Agency. ?
a) 4 million b) 3 million c) 2 million d) 1 million e) 15 million
33. _________ Oceans and Fisheries Minister Minister Kim Young Suk visited India and signed MoU for cooperation in development
of ports ?
a) South Korean b) North Korean c) Russian d) Vietnamese
e) Japanese
34. _______ 's Pop music star Prince Rogers Nelson (Prince) passed away ?
a) USA b) UK c) Russia d) Bulgaria e) Somalia
35. ________ Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned ?
a) Russian b) Ukrainian c) Mongolian d) Chinese e) None
SET - 09
1. ______ appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Information & Broadcasting ?
a) Ajay Mittal b) Pradeep Kumar Sinha c) Nripendra Mishra
d) G. Gurucharan e) None of These
2. ________ elected as 34th President of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) till September 2017 ?
a) S. Ayyappan b) Jai Priye Prakash c) Anurag Thakur d) Rita A Teaotia
e) None of These
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3. _____ re-appointmented Vinod K Dasari as Managing Director(MD) for 5 years ?
a) Reliance b) Infosys c) Tata Motors d) Ashok Leyland
e) None of These
4. Baciro Dja named as new Prime Minister of ____ (Country in West Africa) ?
a) France b) USA c) UK d) Switzerlamd
e) Guinea Bissau
5. ________'s Mourad Laachraoui won gold in European Taekwondo Championships and will nocompete in this summer's Rio
Olympics. Note that hs is brother of Paris Blasts Accused Najim Laachraoui ?
a) UK b) Russia c) Belgium d) France e) None
6. Binali Yildirim chosen as _______'s Prime Minster ?
a) Turkey b) Finland c) Serbia d) Switzerland
e) None of These
7. Bollywood Actor ________ became goodwill ambassador of LEPRA India organization that fights against diseases like
leprosy and tuberculosis ?
a) Aamir Khan b) R. Madhavan c) Shahrukh Khan d) Emraan Hashmi
e) None of These
8. Bombay High Court Advocate _________ is appointed as Additional Solicitor General ?
a) Atma Ram Nadkarni b) Tapan Ray c) J S Deepak d) Nripendra Mishra
e) None of These
9. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research appointed _______ appointed as Director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular
Biology (CCMB) ?
a) Rakesh Kumar Mishra b) Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta c) Narendra Kumar Sinha
d) S. Christopher e) None of These
10. Cricketer ______ has been re-appointed ICC (International Cricket Council) Cricket Committee chairman for second term of
3 years. Rahuil dravid has been elected as a member ?
a) Virat Kohli b) M S Dhoni c) Sachin Tendulkar d) Anil Kumble
e) None of These
11. Cricketer ____ became Brand Ambassador of world famous Swiss luxury watch makerÂ Hublot ?
a) Rahul Dravid b) M S Dhoni c) Virat Kohli d) Rohit Sharma
e) None of These
12. Deepak Gupta sworn-in as Chief Justice (CJ) of ________ High Court. ?
a) Jharkhand b) Chhattisgarh c) Odisha d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of These
13. Enda Kenny has been re-elected as _____'s Taoiseach (prime minister of Ireland) for a second term ?
a) USA b) UK c) Australia d) Scotland e) Ireland
14. ______ appointed as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command while AR Karve as Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Naval Command ?
a) Girish Luthra b) Sunil Lamba c) Neeraj Kumar Gupta d) M. Nair Rajeevan
e) None of These
15. Government approved joint issue of UN Women ____ postage stamp and a MoU has been signed between Department of
Posts and United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) in for this purpose ?
a) HeorWe b) HeForWe c HeorShe d) HeForShe e) None
16. ______ appointed as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). ?
a) Arvind Mayaram b) Vinod Rai c) Hindupur Pradeep Rao d) C Gopalachari
e) None of These
17. India's _______ appointed as Deputy Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee. While General Luis Miguel Maduro from
Portugal was appointed as Chairman of FIFAs governance Committee ?
a) S. Jaishankar b) Mukul Mudgal c) Sujata Mehta d) Ashok Lavasa
e) None of These
18. Indian American _______ elected to newest national committee woman, a key position of Republican National Committee
of USA ?
a) Bobby Jindal b) Harmeet Kaur Dhillon c) Nripendra Mishra
d) Bhanu Pratap Sharma e) None of These
19. Indian Person Philip Abraham elected as Deputy Mayor of Loughton town in ______. ?
a) Russia b) France c) USA d) United Kingdom
e) None of These
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20. Indian non-fiction short film on girl child education ______ has been invited for a special screening at 42nd edition of Seattle
International Film Festival (SIFF) 2016b (Washington DC) ?
a) Beti b) Chiraiya c) Vadhu d) Jal e) None
21. Indian-origin lawyer Murali Pillai from has been elected as a member of parliament of _________ ?
a) Singapore b) USA c) UK d) Russia e) None
22. Italian sports car manufacturer _________ appointed Sergio Marchionne as new CEO ?
a) Toyota b) Ferrari c) Honda d) Hyundai e) None
23. J Jayalalithaa sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for record ________ time. Her party AIADMK Party won 134 / 234
seats in State Assembly elections 2016 ?
a) third b) seventh c) fifth d) sixth e) fourth
24. _______ has been assigned Independent charge of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports after resignation of Sarbananda
Sonowal ?
a) Rajnath Singh b) Nitin Gadkari c) Radha Mohan Singh d) Sushma Swaraj
e) Jitendra Singh
25. _____ has been appointed as Lt. Governor of Union Territory of Puducherry. ?
a) Nitin Gadkari b) Rajnath Singh c) Kiran Bedi d) Radha Mohan Singh
e) None of These
26. ______ appointed as Director General in Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) ?
a) Kumar Rajesh Chandra b) Anoop Kumar Srivastav c) Girish Shankar
d) Nripendra Mishra e) None of These
27. Mamata Banerjee sworn-in as Chief Minister of West Bengal for _____ successive five-year term. ?
a) Third b) Second c) Fourth d) Fifth
e) None of These
28. Manohar Kumar appointd as Director (Engineering) of __________ ?
a) SAIL b) NTPC c) National Projects Construction Corporation Limited
d) BEL e) BHEL
29. Mexican diplomat _________ is appointed as executive secretary of UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change) ?
a) Jim Yong Kim b) Ban Ki Moon c) Lee Keqiang d) Christina Lagrade
e) Patricia Espinosa
30. Michel Temer appointed as president of _______ after 6-months Suspension of Dilma Rouseff. ?
a) Russia b) France c) Brazil d) Spain e) None of These
31. ________ appointed as managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) ?
a) R Rajan b) T. S. Vijayan c) Upendra Kumar Sinha d) Mrugank Paranjape
e) None of These
32. Naveen Sinha appointed as 31st Chief Justice of _______ High Court. ?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) Gujarat
e) None of These
33. Noted scientist ________ appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Limited (NPCIL) ?
a) K Sharma b) C R Rao c) Avinash Chander d) V K Saraswat
e) None of These
34. ______ assumed charge as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance ?
a) Bikram Singh b) Sunil Lamba c) Vimal Kumar d) Arup Raha
e) PP Khandekar
35. President Pranab Mukherjee approved appointment of 4 judges to Supreme Court - AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok
Bhushan, and L Nageshwar Rao. With this, judicial strength of Supreme Court moved up to 28, Max permitted strength is
___________ ?
a) 32 b) 31 c) 30 d) 28 e) 29
36. _______ is appointed as Chairperson of National Statistical Commission ?
a) Radha Binod Barman b) Nandita Chartterjee c) Shankar Agarwa d) Balvender Kumar
e) None of These
37. _______ appointed as Principle Adviser for social sector in NITI Aayog ?
a) Anil Kumar Agarwal b) Rakesh Garg c) Upendra Tripathy d) S Jaishankar
e) Ratan P Watal
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38. Rodrigo Digong Duterte won Presidential Elections of ________ ?
a) Philippines b) Serbia c) Spain d) Russia
e) None of These
39. ________ appointed as new commandant of Indian Military Academy (IMA) ?
a) Sunil Lamba b) S K Saini c) Jitendra Shankar Mathur
d) ChirravuriViswanath e) None of These
40. Sadiq Khan of British Labour party became first Muslim to be elected as Mayor of ________ ?
a) Manchester b) LiverpoolÂ c) Los Angles d) New York
e) London
41. Sameer Chadha appointed as partner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ______ ?
a) Google b) KPMG India c) Microsoft d) Infosys
e) None of These
42. _______ is appointed as National Stock Exchange (NSE)'s new Chairman ?
a) Pradeep Kumar Pujaria b) Ashok Chawla c) Ashutosh Sharma d) Rajive Kumar
e) None of These
43. ________'s UN diplomat Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura named First Female as Secretary General of FIFA (International
Federation of Association Football) Council. ?
a) Senegal b) Chad c) Niger d) Nigeria
e) None of These
44. ________ elected as ICC's (International Cricket Council) first independent Chairman for 2 years ?
a) Ravi Shastri b) Anurag Thakur c) S. K. Sinha d) Sunil Gavaskar
e) Shashank Manohar
45. Somnath Ghosh is appointed as next Ambassador of India to _________ ?
a) Kyrgyzstan b) Tajikistan c) Turkenistan d) Uzbekistan
e) None of These
46. _______ appointed as 23rd Chief of Indian Navy while Karambir Singh appointed as Vice Chief of Indian Navy ?
a) Sunil Lamba b) Bikram Singh c) Vinay Kumar d) Arup Raha
e) None of These
47. Surajit Kar Purkayastha appointed as Director General of ________ Police ?
a) Assam b) Uttaranchal c) Uttar Pradesh d) Mizoram
e) West Bengal
48. Tech Firm _______ appointed Sanjay Kaul as Head for its India Operations?
a) Apple b) Google c) Microsoft d) Adobe
e) None of These
49. Three Indians selected in list of 50 scientists elected as Fellows of Royal Society of ________ - Sriram Ramaswamy, Ramanujan
Hegde and Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan ?
a) USA b) UK c) Russia d) Spain e) France
50. Tinlianthang Vaiphei appointed as acting Chief Justice of _____ High Court ?
a) Assam b) Nagaland c) Mizoram d) Meghalaya e) Tripura
51. Tsai Ing-wen appointed as first female President of ______ ?
a) Taiwan b) China c) Vietnam d) Nepal
e) None of These
52. United Nations (UN) appointed Mary Robinson and ________ as UN Special Envoys for El Nino and Climate. ?
a) Peter Tomka b) Ban Ki Moon c) Macharia Kamau d) Babatunde Osotimehin
e) None of These
53. United States (US) President Barack Obama appointed Indian-American engineer __________ as member of President's
Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (PACFBNF) ?
a) Nripendra Misra b) S K Sinha c) Bobby Jindal d) Manjit Singh
e) None of These
54. V Narayanaswamy elected as Congress Legislature Party leader, to become Chief Minister of _______ ?
a) Daman and Diu b) Goa c) Lakshadweep d) Tamilnadu
e) Puducherry
55. ______ is appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Girish Shankar appointed as Secretary in
Department of Public Enterprises (Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises) ?
a) R. Rajan b) Arvind Mayaram c) Vijay Shankar Madan d) C. Gopalachari
e) None of These
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56. In 20th CEAT Cricket Awards 2016 - Lifetime Achievement - Dilip Vengsarkar, International Cricketer - Joe Root (England),
International Bowler - Ravichandran Ashwin, Test Cricketer - Kane Williamson (NZ), ODI Cricketer - Martin Guptill (____) ?
a) New Zealand b) England c) South Africa d) Zimbabwe
e) None of These
57. Han Kang became First _______ author to win Man Booker International Prize after she won 2016 Prize for her novel The
Vegetarian. ?
a) Japanese b) Chinese c) South Korean d) Vietnamese
e) None of These
58. Actress _______ honoured by Harvey Milk Foundation for her contribution to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
(LGBT) equality as a United Nations Equality Champion ?
a) Deepika Padukone b) Priyanka Chopra c) Tanushree Dutta d) Celina Jaitly
e) None of These
59. _______ Agriculture Project won World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) 2016 prize in e-Agriculture category. Harita-
Priya (Harmonized Information of Agriculture, Revenue and Irrigation for a Transformation Agenda Precision Technology for
Agriculture) Project is meant to collect very specific climate data from farms and give farmers personalised information
through SMS ?
a) Rajasthan b) Madhya Pradesh c) Kerala d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Andhra Pradesh
60. Bharti Enterprises founder ________ honored with 2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award ?
a) Lakhsmi Niwas Mittal b) Mukesh Ambani c) Sunil Bharti Mittal d) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
e) None of These
61. ________ director Ken Loach's film, Daniel Blake won Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. It was Loach's second award for
best picture at the festival after 2006's‚ The Wind That Shakes the Barley ?
a) British b) Russian c) French d) Spaish
e) None of These
62. _______ received excellence award on empowering MSMEs by Federation of Industry, Trade and Services (FITS) ?
a) Central Bank of India b) Corporation Bank c) SBI d) Axis Bank
e) None of These
63. Former ISRO Chairman ___________ became first Indian to be given‚ Hall of Fame‚ Award by International Astronautical
Federation (IAF) ?
a) Udupi Ramachandra Rao b) G. Madhavan Nair c) K. Radhakrishnan d) Shailesh Nayak
e) None of These
64. Indian American professor _________ will be presented 2015 National Medal of Science of USA ?
a) Rakesh K. Jain b) G. Gurucharan c) Nripendra Mishra d) Vijay Shankar Pandey
e) None of These
65. Indian American teenager from Texas ________ won $50,000 Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award for his work in making
a low-cost electronically-aided knee brace device which allows people with weakened legs to be able to walk better ?
a) Ashok Kumar Gupta b) Neeraj Kumar Gupta c) Hem Kumar Pande d) Syamantak Payra
e) None of These
66. Indian artist ______________ won 3rd prize in UN Poster for Peace contest, presented by UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
(ODA) to raise awareness of need for nuclear disarmament. Her poster Cutting Barriers through Peace featured a peace dove
slicing through a nuclear weapon ?
a) Anjuly Chib Duggal b) Preeti Saran c) Sujata Mehta d) Anjali Chandrashekar
e) None of These
67. Indian author _________ won 2016 Scholastic Asian Book Award for her 32,000-word manuscript Codex: The Lost Treasure
Of The Indus ?
a) Jhumpa Lahiri b) Aditi Krishnakumar c) Rashmi Bansal d) Shobha De
e) None of These
68. Indian author _________ won regional Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016 for Asia region, for his politically grounded,
funny fiction story Cow and Company (about four men in search of a cow) ?
a) Subroto Bagchi b) Amitav Ghosh c) Amish Tripathi d) Chetan Bhagat
e) Parashar Kulkarni
69. Indian-American ________ is honoured by USA as 2016 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year for her excellent work in the
field of education ?
a) Revathi Balakrishnan b) Sunder Pichai c) Satya Nadela d) Vivek Murthy
e) None of These
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70. Indian-American journalist __________ honored with Edgar A Poe award by USA along with her 3 colleagues from Inside
Climate News ?
a) Nandita Chartterjee b) Anita Agnihotri b) Soumya Swaminathan d) Neela Banerjee
e) None of These
71. Indian-American scientist _______ received Springer Theses Award for his research on developing transgenic mice to study a
critical tumor-suppressor A-20 ?
a) Bobby Jindal b) Vivek Murthy c) Arnab De d) T. C. A. Anant
e) None of These
72. Indian-American student won 2016 National Geographic Bee championship, securing first three positions in 28th annual
National Geographic Bee Competition in Washington. Winners - ________ (1st), Saketh Jonnalagadda and Kapil Nathan ?
a) Vivek Murthy b) Rishi Nair c) A. S. Kiran Kuma d) Vinod Zutshi
e) None of These
73. ________ Tourism won the Lonely Planet Group's Best Indian Destination for Wildlife Award ?
a) Meghalaya b) Madhya Pradesh c) Mizoram d) Manipur
e) None of These
74. Musician Angelique Kidjo (________) along with three inspirational African youth activist movements have been declared
joint winners of Amnesty International top 2016 human rights award ?
a) France b) Russia c) UK d) USA
e) None of These
75. _______ Police department won National Award for Smart Policing in the category of Road Safety and Traffic Management
for initiative of‚ SMS based Vehicle Monitoring System, by FICCI ?
a) Nagaland b) Gujarat c) Meghalaya d) Goa
e) None of These
76. Nandini Bhandaru, a PhD student at IIT-_____________ won Young Scientist Award of European Materials Research
Society (E-MRS) for contribution to materials science, for her contribution to materials science and nanotechnology, particularly
nano-patterning of soft films and surfaces ?
a) Kharagpur b) Delhi c) Patna d) Mumbai
e) None of These
77. Oscar winning Legendary Indian music composer A R Rahman honored by ________'s Fukuoka prize 2016 in Grand Prize
category for his outstanding contribution towards showcasing South Asian traditional fusion music ?
a) China b) Japan c) Vietnam d) South Korea
e) None of These
78. Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kameng district of ________ won, India Biodiversity Award 2016, in conservation of threatened
species category for its‚ Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme. Under this Programme, urban citizens contribute money to
protect hornbill nests around Pakke Tiger Reserve ?
a) Manipur b) Meghalaya c) Sikkim d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) None of These
79. 15th Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards presented by President
Pranab Mukherjee - Top foreign exchange earner and leading exporter of last 50 years - Reliance Industry , Gold Award in IT
services - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Gold award among supporting institutions - ________ ?
a) Yes Bank b) AXIS Bank c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank
e) State Bank of India
80. President Pranab Mukherjee presented Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskar 2016 to 15 teachers from _____ for their contribution in
education. ?
a) Mizoram b) Madhya Pradesh c) Punjab d) Haryana
e) None of These
81. President Pranab Mukherjee presented National Florence Nightingale Awards to ______ nursing personnel from across the
country. ?
a) 35 b) 25 c) 45 d) 55 e) 65
82. ____________ Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has been conferred the prestigious Othmer Gold Medal by Chemical
Heritage Foundation, for his entrepreneurial leadership. ?
a) TATA b) Reliance c) Aditya Birla Group d) Motherson
e) None of These
83. Renowned author of Harry Potter series, JK Rowling has been honoured with highest _____ civilian honour, Legion Of
Honour ?
a) Russian b) German c) French d) Spanish
e) None of These
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84. _______ , Indian-American bio-technologist received University of Houston's highest teaching award for her contributions to
education in USA ?
a) Sujata Mehta b) Nandita Chartterjee c) Anjuly Chib Duggal d) Anita Agnihotri
e) Rupa Iyer
85. ________ Chief Minister Pawan Chamling conferred with Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award, one of the Nepal's prestigious
literary award ?
a) Mizoram b) Manipur c) Sikkim d) Meghalaya
e) None of These
86. Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Given to LIGO (_______) for momentous detection of gravitational
waves ?
a) Laser Interferometer Geostationary-Wave Observatory
b) Laser Interferometer Global-Wave Observatory
c) Laser Interferometer Geo-Wave Observatory
d) Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
e) Laser Interferometer Green-Wave Observatory
87. ______'s Frances Arnold won the Technology Academy's (Finland) Millennium Technology Prize for her work 'directed
evolution' (method of rewriting DNA to improve medicines and develop green fuels). She is first female wo win this 1 million
euro prize. ?
a) UK b) USA c) Russia d) Sweden e) None of These
SET - 10
1. Book A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve has been released. It is collection of previously unreleased writings by
______ and has been compiled byÂ Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk ?
a) Mother Teresa b) Pope Francois c) George Bush d) Saint Patrick e) None of These
2. Book Anubandh: Building 100-mile communities is authored by _______ ?
a) Khushwant Singh b) Ashwin Sanghi c) Ela Bhatt d) Vikram Seth e) None of These
3. Book Chaos and Caliphate: Jihadis and the West in the Struggle for the Middle East authored by ______ has been released. ?
a) Mark Twain b) Harper Lee c) J K Rowling d) Patrick Cockburn e) None of These
4. Book Dr. Ambedkar: Life and Mission has been authored by _________ ?
a) Amitav Ghosh b) Ravinder Singh c) Amish Tripathi d) Anant Pai e) Dhananjay Kheer
5. Book Exploring Marxist Bengal, authored by _______ has been released ?
a) Rashmi Bansal b) Ram Charan c) Debraj Bhattacharya d) R. K. Narayan
e) None of These
6. Book Great Acceleration: How the World is Getting Faster is authored by ________?
a) Robert Colvile b) Edgar Allan Poe c) John Steinbeck d) Nathaniel Hawthorne
e) None of These
7. Book Gujarat Files : Anatomy of a Cover Up, authored by _____ has been released ?
a) Amartya Sen b) Rana Ayyub c) Vikram Chandra d) Rohinton Mistry e) None of These
8. Book Incarnations : India in 50 lives, is authored by ______ ?
a) Sunil Khilnani b) Nita Mehta c) Subroto Bagchi d) Ravi Subramanian e) None of These
9. Book India vs Pakistan: Why Can't we just be Friends, written by ______ has been released ?
a) Husain Haqqani b) Ankit Fadia c) Shiv Khera d) V. S. Naipaul e) None
10. Book Making It Big: The inspiring Story of Nepal’s first billionaire in his own words has been authored by ________, Nepal's
first billionaire ?
a) Shesh Ghale b) Upendra Mahato c) Jamuna Gurung d) Binod Chaudhary e) None of These
11. Book My Favourite Nature StoriesÂ authored by ______ has been released ?
a) Khushwant Singh b) Salman Rushdie c) Chetan Bhagat d) Ruskin Bond e) None of These
12. Book Politics of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, authored by _______ has been released ?
a) Anita Desai b) Yeshi Choedon c) Taslima Nasrin d) Vikram Chandra e) None of These
13. Book ________ and Russia, written by Reba Som and Sergei Serebriany has been released ?
a) Tilak b) Nehru c) Gandhi d) Bose e) Tagore
14. Book Tagore's Vision of the Contemporary World, written by _______ has been released ?
a) Indra Nath Choudhuri b) Devdutt Pattanaik c) V. S. Naipaul
d) Amitav Ghosh e) None of These
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15. Book White magic: A story of heart break , Hard Drugs and Hope has been authored by __________ ?
a) Kiran Nagarkar b) Amish Tripathi c) Kuldip Nayar d) Arjun Nath e) None of These
16. Noted actor Shashi Kapoor's biography Shashi Kapoor the Householder, the StarÂ has been released. It has been written by
_____ ?
a) Abraham Verghese b) Akhil Sharma c) Aseem Chhabra d) Durjoy Dutta
e) None of These
17. Committee headed by ______ set up to formulate new National Education Policy submitted its report to Human Resource
Development (HRD) ministry ?
a) T S R Subramanian b) Nripendra Mishra c) Rajinder Khanna d) Malay Kumar Sinha
e) None of These
18. Government constituted 11 members committee under _____ to recommend measures to enhance combat capabilities of
armed forces and re-balance overall defence expenditure ?
a) Shobhana K Pattanayak b) Sekhar Basu c) D B Shekatkar d) Rajiv Nayan Choubey
e) None of These
19. Government constituted a 5 Member Committee under ________, to give recommendations on FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility
and Budget Management) roadmap for future In pursuance of Budget Announcement 2016-17 ?
a) Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta b) Tapan Ray c) J. S. Deepak d) N. K. Singh
e) None of These
20. Government constituted a committee under _______, to prepare a policy framework for taxi and other transport operators ?
a) M. Nair Rajeevan b) Naveen Verma c) G Mohan Kumar d) Narendra Kumar Sinha
e) Sanjay Mitra
21. _____________ Committee on Yoga Education in Universities submitted its report to the Government ?
a) Shaktikanta Das b) Amar Sinha c) H.R. Nagendra d) Avinash K Srivastava e) None of These
22. ______ committee constituted by government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to boost cashless transactions ?
a) Neeraj Kumar Gupta b) Rajiv Mehrishi c) Bhanu Pratap Sharma
d) Nandita Chartterjee e) None of These
23. _______ committee submitted its report on Jat Quota in Haryana ?
a) Ajay Mittal b) Parkash Singh c) Subash Chandra Khuntia d) P. K. Malhotra
e) None of These
24. Supreme Court appointed 3-three-member committee under ______ to oversee functions of Medical Council of India (MCI) ?
a) R. M. Lodha b) Krishan Kumar Jalan c) Rakesh Garg d) G. Narayana Raju
e) None of Thesea
25. 2016 _____ trilateral naval exercise will be hosted by Japan with naval ships of USA, India and Japan participating in it ?
a) Malabar b) Sahyog Kaijin c) Yudhabhyaas d) Red Mark e) None of These
26. ADMM-Plus (ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus) Exercise on Maritime Security and Counter Terrorism (Ex MS & CT)
held in ____. Indian Navy Ship INS Airavat participated in it ?
a) Libya b) Kuwait c) Brunei d) Syria e) None of These
27. Bilateral Air Force exercise between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) ______ held in UAE ?
a) Yudhabhyaas b) Sahyog Kaijins c) Red Flag d) Ex-Desert Eagle-I e) None of These
28. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) launched Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) ___________ . ?
a) Samudra b) Tarang c) Tarangini d) Vikrant e) Shaurya
29. INS ______, Indian Navy's first indigenous Scorpene-class stealth submarine, launched for first sea trial in Mumbai naval
dockyard ?
a) Sindhughosh b) Tarangini c) Kalvari d) Chakra e) None of These
30. India Successfully tested Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile -______.Â During Test, It hit target missile which
another ballistic missile (Prithvi). ?
a)Ashwin b) Akash c) Shool d) Agni e) None of These
31. Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test-fired a land-attack version of supersonic cruise missileÂ BrahMos at Pokaran (Rajasthan).
It is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kilogram and has top supersonic speed of Mach 3 (thrice the speed of sound). It can
strike a target at maximum range of _____-km ?
a) 490 b) 290 c) 690 d) 890 e) 1090
32. Indian Air Force launched its Electronic Maintenance Management System (e-MMS) Project, an automated military mainte-
nance system. It has been developed by ________, for which contract was signed in 2013. e-MMS will help IAF to get rid of
paper works and heavy logbooks ?
a) Wipro b) TCS c) Infosys d) HCL e) None of These
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33. Indian Army conducted major military training exercise 2016 Chakravyuh-II in Suratgarh (____), in conjunction with the
Indian Air Forc ?
a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Haryana e) None of These
34. Indian Coast Guard ship ____ has been commissioned ?
a) Antriksh b) Akrosh c) Ayush d) ArushÂ e) None of These
35. Indian Navy commissioned Fast Attack Craft INS _____ ?
a) Talwar b) Shivalik c) Tarangini d) Tarmugli e) None of These
36. Indian Navy decommissioned aging fleet of ______, to be replaced by a squadron of Russian MIG 29k jets ?
a) De Havilland Dove b) Sea Harriers c) HAL HT-2 d) Hawker Sea Hawk
e) None of These
37. Indian Navy launched new Harbour Defence Systems at Naval Dockyard in ________, including Integrated Underwater Harbour
Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS) and Mine Warfare Data Centre (MWDC). ?
a) Sriharikota b) Kottayam c) Chennai d) Goa e) Visakhapatnam
38. Indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile successfully test-fired. It is Capable of carrying 500
kg to 1,000 kg of nuclear as well as conventional warheadsm with Strike Range of ____ km ?
a) 350 b) 550 c) 750 d) 1550 e) 3000
39. Two Indian Naval Ships (INS)Â Veer and ________ have been decommissioned. ?
a) Shikhar b) Shaurya c) Tarangini d) Nipat e) None of These
SET - 11
1. All four Southern languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia are now Included in classical languages of India.
Earlier, _____ alone had this status ?
a) Sanskrit b) Hindi c)Marathi d) Gujarati e) None of These
2. 11th Habitat Film Festival 2016 Held in ______, showcasing some of best films of 2015-2016 ?
a) Lucknow b) Ahmedabad c) New Delhi d) Chennai e) None of These
3. 51 Enclaves (Approx 7000 acres) in Coochbehar district of _______ voted for the first time since independence. They came
into India in 2015 after an agreement signed between India and Bangaldesh in 1974 was bought into force on 31-07-2015 ?
a) Odisha b) Uttar Pradesh c) Chhattisgarh d) West Bengal e) None of These
4. According to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, first bullet train will run in India in ________. It will connect Mumbai and
Ahmedabad and is expected to cover 508 km in 2 hours, running at maximum speed of 350 kmph ?
a) 2025 b) 2017 c) 2019 d) 2021 e) 2023
5. All India Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) under leadership of Mamata Banerjee won 2016 _________ Assembly Elections
by winning 211 / 295 seats ?
a) Odisha b) Assam c) West Bengal d) Tamilnadu e) None of These
6. ___________ Government launched Chandranna Bima Yojana as an insurance scheme for working class people in State.
Under this, Rs. 5 lakh would be paid if insured worker met with an accidental death or permanent disability and 3 lakh for
partial disability ?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Arunachal Pradesh c) Manipur d) Mizoram e) None of These
7. ______ will become first Indian State to make all of its urban areas Open Defecation Free by October 2016 ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Mizoram e) None of These
8. BJP formed NEDA (____) to boost development agenda in North-Eastern states ?
a) North East Democratic Alliance b) North East Deployment Alliance
c) North East Development Alliance d) New Eonomical Democratic Alliance e) None of These
9. Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited got 1,600 crores order from joint venture company of National Thermal Power Corporation
Limited (NTPC) and Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to set up a coal based thermal power project in ______ ?
a) Odisha b) Jharkhand c) Chhattisgarh d) Andhra Prades e) None of These
10. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) commissioned a 600 MW coal-based thermal power plant in at Jhabua Thermal Power
Project (TPP) in Seoni (________) ?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Uttar Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh e) None of These
11. ____ Government announced ban on sale, distribution, storage, manufacture, consumption and publicity of tobacco prod-
ucts like gutka and pan masala ?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Manipur d) Bihar e) None of Theses
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12. UNICEF and _________ based Rajendra Agriculture University signed agreement to curb malnourishment among women
and children in the state ?
a) Chhttisgarh b) Bihar c) Madhya Pradesh d) Jharkhand e) None of These
13. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved offering an improved Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) package based
on 2007 notional pay scales for employees of ___________ , that is suffering from severe financial sickness ?
a) BEL b) SAIL c) GAIL d) SAIL
e) Hindustan Vegetable Oils orporation
14. Chief Executive Officer of ________, Tim Cook Visited India and opened a new Development Office in Hyderabad (Telangana) ?
a) Apple b) Google c) Yahoo d) Microsoft e) None of These
15. Coalition of Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 2016 __________ Assembly Elections by winning 91 / 140 seats and Pinarayi
Vijayan will be next chief minister of state ?
a) Manipur b) Uttar Pradesh c) Karnataka d) Kerala e) None of These
16. Cyclonic storm ___________ over west central Bay of Bengal Hits Indian Coastal states of Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra
Pradesh ?
a) Igor b) Dean c) Roanu d) Katrina e) None of These
17. Government of Union Territory of _______ released draft of Bill for establishing it as 30th State in country ?
a) Puducherry b) Delhi c) Daman and Diu Administration d) Lakshadweep e) None of These
18. ______ Metro Rail Corporation conducted trial run of countrys first ever driverless Metro train ?
a) Jaipur b) Delhi c) Banagalore d) Chennai e) None of These
19. Departmtnt of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will now be known as __________ Sashaktikaran Vibhag in Hindi and
dropped word 'Viklangjan' ?
a) Shashaktjan b) Sakshamjan c) Atiriktajan d) Divyangjan e) None of These
20. For effective waste management in an eco-friendly manner, ______ government banned disposable foam food containers like
cups, plates, spoons, containers, etc., and has restricted the use of mineral water bottles in government programmes all over the
state ?
a) Sikkim b) Arunachal Pradesh c) Mizoram d) Manipur e) None of These
21. Google launched Free Public Wi-Fi Service at 5 Indian Railway Stations (Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati and Allahabad) as part of
RailWire initiative of _________?
a) RailTel b) IRCON c) SAIL d) BHEL e) GAIL
22. Government approved National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy 2016 to promote IP regime and to encourage innovation
and entrepreneurship with theme - _____________ ?
a) Supportive India; Creative India b) Creative India; Innovative India
c) Supportive India; Start Up India d) Start Up India; Stand Up India e) None of These
23. Government approved ________ Government's proposal to set up Kalinganagar National Investment and Manufacturing
Zone in Jajpur district with cost approx 4200 crores ?
a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Odisha e) None of These
24. Government approved establishment of National Institute of Technology (NIT) _________. It was on August 20, 2015
registered as a Society under ______ Societies Registration Act, 2001 ?
a) Manipur b) Uttar Pradesh c) Assam d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Andhra Pradesh
25. Government approved status of Central University for Rajendra Agriculture University, PUSA, Samastipur (_______) ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Bihar d) Odisha e) None of These
26. Government approved to amend Institutes of Technology (IIT) Act, 1961 for incorporation of 6 new IITs - Tirupati (Andhra
Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Dharwar (Karnataka), Bhilai (_________), Goa, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) ?
a) Chhattisgarh b) Jharkhand c) Odisha d) Uttar Pradesh e) None of These
27. Government approved undertaking cadre review of ________ to meet functional requirements and strengthening cadre
structure ?
a) Indian Administrative Service b) Indian Postal Service
c) Indian Revenue Service d) Indian Police Service e) None of These
28. Government launched 9 projects initiatives for rural sanitation initiatives for conservation of river Ganga in ________ ?
a) Chhattisgarh b) Odisha c) Jharkhand d) Rajasthan e) None of These
29. Government launched affordable Faecal Incontinence Management System (FIMS) ___________. Fecal incontinence (FI) is
a medical condition marked by inability to control ones bowel (Intestine) movements ?
a) Sugam b) Sulabh c) Opportunity d) Aura e) Qora
30. Government launched named MICE (_______, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) initiative for up gradation of tourism
sector in India ?
a) Minerals b) Mutual c) Meetings d) Innovation e) None of These
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31. Government modified list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and ______ ?
a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli b) Daman and Diu Administration c) Lakshadweep
d) Puducherry e) None of These
32. _____ Government has accorded minority status to Jain community in state ?
a) Goa b) Gujarat c) Tamilnadu d) Andhra Pradesh e) None of These
33. _______ Government launched Smart Village program to improve public facilities in villages. Under this, 300 villages will be
selected for Smart Village program ?
a) Gujarat b) Andhra Pradesh c) Kerala d) Madhya Pradesh e) Uttar Pradesh
34. ________ government launched 2 state-wide campaigns - Bal Amritam and Mission Shakti , against malnutrition. As part of
these campaigns, iron-rich supplementary food would be provided to children and women ?
a) Karnataka b) Kerala c) Uttar Pradesh d) Rajasthan e) Gujarat
35. HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani launched multilingual knowledge portal www.______.in as largest online repository of dictionaries
in India ?
a) Apni vani b) Bharat vani c) Param Vani d) VividhVani e) None of These
36. Harish Rawat led Congress Government won floor test in ________ legislative assembly. Mr Rawat will now assume as Chief
Minister after Presidents rule revoked in state recently ?
a) Uttarakhand b) Uttar Pradesh c) Kerala d) Karnataka e) Madhya Pradesh
37. _______ Pradesh Government has launched PEHAL, a vision document of the Shimla District administration for raising
education standards ?
a) Assam b) Bihar c) Assam d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Himachal Pradesh
38. _______ fisheries department started an artificial propagation programme for conservation of Golden Mahseer fish. ?
a) Himachal Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Assam d) Bihar e) None of These
39. India will to develop regional connectivity projects worth $_____ billion in South Asia, including road corridors connecting
India with Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan through West Bengal and India-Myanmar through Manipur ?
a) 8 b) 5 c) 10 d) 2 e) 14
40. Indian Pharmaceutical Firm Strides Shasun received tentative approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)
for Efavirenz USP 600 mg meant for Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for treatment of ______?
a) Zika b) Saars c) Polio d) Tuberculosis e) HIV
41. Indian Railways conducted first ever trial run for high-speed Talgo trains of _______ on Bareilly-to-Moradabad stretch in Uttar
Pradesh with speeds averaging 80-115 kmph. Talgo consumes 30% less energy and can run on curves without decelerating. It
can complete journey between Delhi and Mumbai in about 12 hours against present 17 hours ?
a) Russia b) Spain c) France d) Japan e) China
42. _____ Foundation signed pact with Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune to support students
from economically weaker section to pursue ‘high quality’ education ?
a) Wipro b) Infosys c) TCS d) Cognizant e) None of These
43. Kalraj Mishra, Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) inaugurated Harmukh Khadi Gram Udyog Sansthan
in ______ (Jammu & Kashmir) ?
a) Srinagar b) Leh c) Laddakh d) Jammu e) None of These
44. __________ Government decided to establish Asia's first Rice Technology Park at Gangavati in Koppal district. A Maize
Technology Park will also be established at Ranebennur in Haveri district ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh c) Assam d) Kerala e) Karnataka
45. ________ became first Union Territory (UT) to sign 24x7 Power for All document, that states a plan to increase solar capacity
of the region from 2.15 MW to 8.45 MW ?
a) Daman and Diu Administration b) Lakshadweep c) Delhi
d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli e) None of These
46. _________ government will launch Nagaroday Abhiyan, under Gramoday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan in July-August 2016,
with focus on welfare of people of urban localities ?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Assam d) Uttar Pradesh e) Rajasthan
47. ______ - National Anti-Terrorism Day. It Marks death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who was assassinated
at an election rally near Chennai by a suicide bomber from LTTE on this day in 1991 ?
a) May 10 b) May 1 c) May 2 d) May 20 e) May 21
48. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Railways and Forest Department of __________ for
plantation of trees alongside Railway Track on Railway Land Boundary ?
a) Haryana & Punjab b) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh e) None of These
49. Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda launched Centre for Environmental Health in ______ to assess impact of environment-
related problems on health ?
a) Jaipur b) New Delhi c) Ahmedabad d) Chennai e) None of These
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50. Minister of ____ launched an application PMIS (Project Management & Information System) for proper Monitoring of all its
projects throughout country ?
a) Civil Aviation b) Home Affairs c) Road, Transport and Highways
d) Finance e) Railways
51. Ministry of ______ launched a web-based application on Integrated Waste Management System (www.iwms.nic.in), for better
management of waste ?
a) Environment and Forests b) Road, Trasport and Highways c) Shipping
d) Rural Develoment e) None of These
52. Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) launched ASMITA (________) under Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY), aimed
at tracking educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII ?
a) All School Monitoring Intellectual Tracing Analysis
b) All School Monitoring Individual Training Analysis
c) All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis
d) All School Monitoring Internal Tracing Analysis
e) None of These
53. Ministry of Power and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched Indias first integrated web portal
(www.nzeb.in) designed to promote and mainstream NZEB (________) in India ?
a) Neutral Zone Energy Buildings b) New Zone Energy Buildings
c) Non Zero Energy Buildings d) Net Zero Energy Buildings e) None of These
54. Ministry of Urban Development shortlisted 13 cities in list of 2nd batch of Smart Cities Mission, topped by ____ in Uttar
Pradesh ?
a) Ahmedabad b) Varanasi c) Allahabad d) Kanpur e) Lucknow
55. MoU signed between Ministry of Textiles and ________ for popularizing India Handloom textiles as a fashionable product for
youth. ?
a) Reliance b) TATA c) NDTV Ethnic Retail d) Aditya Birla Group e) None of These
56. NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog decided to come up with a _______-year vision document in relation
with global trends and economic growth. It will replace five-year plans continued since 1951. First document will come into
effect from 2017-18 after end of 12th Five year plan ?
a) 15 b) 20 c) 25 d) 17 e) 19
57. NTPC signed a joint venture agreement (JVA) with __________ to revive plants of Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited
(FCIL) ?
a) SAIL b) Coal India c) CONCOR d) GAIL e) BHEL
58. National Academy For Training & Research In Social Security (NATRSS) has been renamed as _______ National Academy
of Social Security ?
a) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya b) M K Gandhi c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
d) Rajiv Gandhi e) Indira Gandhi
59. National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned over 10 years old diesel vehicles in six cities of ______ Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi,
Kollam, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Kannur. ?
a) Kerala b) Kartnatka c) Andhra Pradesh d) Telangana e) None of These
60. _____ Government promulgated Official Language (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 to ensure use of Odia in all government systems
and launched Green Passage scheme for orphan students to ensure that they get free of cost higher education in the state ?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Jharkhand c) Chhattisgarh d) Odisha e) None of These
61. PM Narendra Modi has launched India's first solar powered e-boats at Assi Ghat in river Ganga, Varanasi (_________) ?
a) Mizoram b) Kerala c) Madhya Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh e) None of These
62. Postal department of India went high tech by geo tagging 1.5 Lakh post offices on Bhuvan Portal by ______ and monitoring
timely clearance of letter boxes through a mobile app ?
a) GAIL b) ISRO c) BHEL d) BEL e) CONCOR
63. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) desiged by _________ in Rashtrapati Bhavan and a
mobile application Monitor ?
a) Congizant b) Infosys c) TCS d) WIPRO e) IBM
64. Railways launched _________ Tourist train for pilgrims to visit several Pilgrims ?
a) Bharat Darshan b) Desh Darshan c) Bharat Raman d) Bharat Bhraman e) None of These
65. Railways renamed ____________ city station after Karnataka's 19th century revolutionary freedom fighter and warrior
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna ?
a) Belgaum b) Mangalore c) Mysore d) Bengaluru e) None of These
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66. NPPA (_________) fixed ceiling price of 54 drug formulations used for treatment of cancer, bacterial infections, diabetes and
hypertension ?
a) Neutral Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority b) New Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
c) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority d) National Pharmaceutical Purifiying Authority
e) None of These
67. Railways signed MOU with __________ for setting up Kalpana Chawla Chair on Geospatial Technology for Indian Railways
at University ?
a) CCS University b) PEC University of Technology c) Anna University
d) Yogi Vemana University e) None of These
68. _______ became first Indian state to issue newspaper advertisements for the post of Vice Chancellor (VC) of government
universities ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Rajasthan c) Madhya Pradesh d) Haryana e) None of These
69. _________'s Bundi is stepping into virtual world with an 'e-municipal council' to make all informative rsources digitally
accessible ?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Rajasthan e) None of These
70. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched 20 Nirbhaya buses of _________ State Transport Corporation
with multiple safety measures to better protect women passengers. These include Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), CCTV and
panic buttons on every seat. ?
a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Chhattisgarh e) None of These
71. Road, ransport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched ePACE (___________), INFRACON and an updated INAMPRO
IT initiatives, developed by National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd ?
a) e - Projects Appraisal & Continuing Enhancements
b) e - Projects Approval & Continuing Enhancements
c) e - Projects Appeals & Continuing Enhancements
d) e - Projects Appraisal & Continental Enhancements
e) None of These
72. ______, Delhi-based Non-profit organization (NGO) has been awarded Inter-cultural Innovation Award 2016 by United
Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in Azerbaijan. The award was bestowed upon NGO for their unique Student
Exchange Program, which allowed children in schools from India and Pakistan to connect with each other ?
a) People 2 People b) Routes 2 Roots c) Roots 2 Roots d) Maitri e) None of These
73. Single emergency number, ________ will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to help people reach
immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department ?
a) 101 b) 111 c) 122 d) 112 e) 125
74. Tata Power Renewable Energy will develop 2 solar-grid connected photovoltaic projects of 50 mw capacity each in Pavagada
Solar Park in Tumkur district of _________?
a) Odisha b) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) Kerala e) Karnataka
75. ________ government signed MoU with US-based healthcare tech firm Eclat Health Solutions. Eclat will invest USD 15 million
in state to provide 1000 jobs ?
a) Gujarat b) Karnataka c) Telangana d) Andhra Pradweh e) Kerala
76. _________ state Government entered Limca Book of Records for its Intensive Household Survey conducted in August 2014,
that compiled all kinds of information about each household in state with an aim to prepare a data-bank for its social welfare
and development programmes ?
a) Goa b) Gujarat c) Kerala d) Telangana e) None of These
77. _______ ranked first in overall performance in Implementation of MGNREGA. Testing was done on basis of 3 indicators -
efficiency in providing guaranteed 100 days of employment, regular wage payment, work completion rate. ?
a) Manipur b) Bihar c) Mizoram d) Uttar Pradesh e) Tripura
78. ________ Government will develop over 197 km long bicycle highway from Agra up to the lion safari in Etawah to encourage eco-
tourism in vicinity of Taj Mahal ?
a) Chhattisgarh b) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) Kerala e) None of These
79. 2016 Women Economic Forum (WEF) hosted by ________ under theme Women: Uplifting and Uniting the World ?
a) New Delhi b) Beijing c) Tokyo d) New York e) None of These
80. 42nd G7 summit held in Ise-Shima (__________). G7 Consits of Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United
Kingdom, USA ?
a) Cambodia b) Vietnam c) Japan d) China e) None of These
81. 49th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors’ of Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in Frankfurt (______), attended by
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on India's Behalf ?
a) UK b) France c) Spain d) Germany e) None of These
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82. Annual Master General of Ordnance (MGO) Industry Cooperation Meet (AMICOM-2016) held in _______ with theme
Indigenisation. AMICOM Series is an initiative of Indian Army to engage with indigenous defence industry ?
a) Chennai b) Ahmedabad c) Lucknow d) Jaipur e) Delhi
83. First World Conference on Tourism for Development (WCTD) held in _______ (China) with theme Tourism for Peace and
Development ?
a) Guangzhou b) Tianjin c) Beijing d) Chengdu e) Shanghai
84. First-ever World Humanitarian Summit since World War II, held in Istanbul (________) ?
a) Turkey b) Spain c) Syria d) Libya e) None of These
85. Fourth South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC) Ministerial Meeting held in _________ ?
a) Kathnmandu b) New Delhi c) Islamabad d) Dhaka e) None of These
86. International Buddhist conference held in Lumbini (________ ) with theme Lumbini : the birth place of Lord Buddha and the fountain
of Buddhism and world peace ?
a) Nepal b) Bangladesh c) India d) Dhaka e) None of These
87. National Meet on Mining Sector held in ________ (Rajasthan) ?
a) Jaipur b) Bikaner c) Jaisalmer d) Jodhpur e) None of These
88. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organized 3-day International Vichaar Mahakumbh conference at ________ in Madhya
Pradesh ?
a) Satna b) Indore c) Jabalpur d) Ujjain e) None of These
89. ______ hosted 26th World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF) in its capital Kigali. Theme is - Connecting Africa's Resources
through Digital Transformation ?
a) Ecuador b) Paraguay c) Uruguay d) Rwanda e) None of These
90. University Grants Commission (UGC) brought out new norms for deemed universities. An institution will be eligible to become
a deemed university if It has undergraduate and 5 post-graduate programmes with research in existence for _____ years. ?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6 e) 7
91. World Bank Group launched Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility and launched a _______ million fund to fight Pandemics
in poor countries and creating the world's first insurance market for pandemic risk. FEP is a financing mechanism designed to
quickly mobilize funds to tackle global disease outbreaks and create a new insurance market for pandemic risk. It was unveiled
at G-7 Finance Ministers Summit in Ise-Shima (Japan) ?
a) $700 b) $600 c) $300 d) $400 e) $500
SET - 12
1. _______ won Thomas Cup badminton tournament for the first time by defeating Indonesia.?
a) Denmark b) Spain c) Russia d) France e) None of These
2. 3-member Indian women's archery team comprising Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and ______ named for Rio Olympics
after several selection trials. ?
a) Chekrovolu Swuro b) Dola Bannerjee c) Laxmirani Majhi d) Saina Nehwal e) None of These
3. 6th Senior Men’s National Hockey championship 2016 won by Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) by defeating
______ ?
a) Haryana b) Uttar Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Punjab e) None of These
4. _________ became first Indian Kabaddi Refree to officiate in 2016 Rio Olympic Games ?
a) Manjeet Chhillar B) Navneet Gautam c) Ajay Thakur d) Anup Kumar e) Ashok Kumar
5. BCCI nominated ______ for prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2016 and Ajinkya Rahane for Arjuna Award. ?
a) M S Dhoni b) Rohit Sharma c) Virat Kohli d) Suresh Raina e) None of These
6. Charlotte Edwards, _______’s women cricket team captain announced her retirement ?
a) England b) Australia c) New Zealand d) West Indies e) None of These
7. _______ won Uber Cup badminton championship by defeating South Korea. It was china's 14th Uber cup title ?
a) Japan b) China c) Indonesia d) Malaysia e) None of These
8. Discus thrower _______ qualified for Rio Olympics with a 62.62m throw at Pat Young’s Throwers Classic 2016 at Salinas in
USA. She crossed 61 Metre Olympics qualification standard ?
a) Seema Punia b) Vikas Gowda c) Saina Nehwal d) Deepika Kumari e) None of These
9. In England Cricket Awards 2016 - _________ won 3 awards - Test Player of the Year, Limited Overs Player of the Year and
Fans' Player of the Year. ?
a) Joe Root b) Alastair Cook c) Kevin Pietersen d) Jonathan Trott e) None of These
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10. ________ cricketer Alastair Cook became youngest Cricketer to score 10000 test runs. He achieved this at age of 31 years, during
test match against Sri Lanka ?
a) West Indies b) Australia c) New Zealand d) England e) None of These
11. ______ were crowned La Liga champions for second straight time and 24th time overall, after they defeated FC Granada ?
a) Real Madrid FC b) Athletic Bilbao c) Sevilla FC d) FC Barcelona e) None of These
12. Former South African cricketer Mickey Arthur is appointed as ________ cricket team’s head coach ?
a) Bangladesh b) Pakistan c) Sri Lanka d) Myanmar e) None of These
13. Golden State Warriors guard _______ named as NBA (National Basketball Association)'s Most Valuable Player for second
straight year ?
a) Magic Johnson b) Kobe Bryant c) Lebron James d) Michael Jordan e) Stephen Curry
14. Government will launch‚ Mission ______ to engage more children in activities relating to Football in October, 2016. Note that
FIFA U-17 Football world cup will be held in India ?
a) 11 Million‚ b) 21 Million c) 1 Million d) 31 Million e) 111 Million
15. ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) Junior World Cup held in Suhl (_________) ?
a) Poland b) Spain c) France d) Germany e) None of These
16. India Finished 4th in Commonwealth Judo Championship 2016 in Port Elizabeth (_________) with 12 Medals (5 Gold).
South Africa stayed at top with 266 Medals (65 Gold) ?
a) Australia b) England c) South Africa d) New Zealand e) None of These
17. India's Biliards player ________ won Asian 6-Red Snooker title in Abu Dhabi. He became first in world to hold both world
and continental titles in 6-red snooker at same time ?
a) Geet Sethi b) Pankaj Advani c) Ashok Shandilya d) Wilson Jones e) None of These
18. Indian Boxer ______ recorded his 5th consecutive victory in Professional Boxing after defeating Matiouze Royer (France) ?
a) Mary Kom b) Vijender Singh c) Hawa Singh Umarwas d) Akhil Kumar e) None of These
19. Indian boxer Sonia Lather won silver medal at AIBA Women's World Championships in Astana (________). She was defeated by
Mesiano Alessia. ?
a) Turkey b) Uzbekistan c) Turkmenistan d) Kazakhstan e) None of These
20. Indian boxers won 4 medals at 7th Asian Youth Championships in ______ ?
a) Kazakhstan b) Turkmenistan c) Uzbekistan d) Turkey e) None of These
21. Indian para athlete and Arjuna Awardee _______ won gold medal in men‚s club throw (F-51) at 2016 French Open Athletics
Championship in Paris. He broke Asian record with a throw 26.58m ?
a) Amit Kumar Saroha b) Manasi Joshi c) Pramod Bhagat d) Baishakhi Deb e) None of These
22. Italian Open Tennis 2016 - Men's Singles - Andy Murray (____) defeated Novak Djokovic (Serbia). Women‚s Singles - Serena
Williams (USA) defeated Madison Keys (USA) ?
a) Russia b) Britain c) Australia d) USA e) None of These
23. __________ named champions of English Premier League 2015-16 season ?
a) Arsenal FC b) Liverpool FC c) Manchester United d) Leicester City e) None of These
24. Leicester City's _________ named 2015-16 Footballer of Year by Football Writers Association (FWA) ?
a) Shinji Okazaki b) Wes Morgan c) Riyad Mahrez d) Leonardo Ulloa e) Jamie Vardy
25. ________ won women's Asian Team squash Championships in Chinese Taipei, by defeating India ?
a) Thailand b) Singapore c) Malaysia d) Vietnam e) None of These
26. Mark Selby from _______ won 2016 World Championship title of Snooker by defeating China's Ding Junhui ?
a) England b) West Indies c) Australia d) New Zealand e) None of These
27. Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton from ______ won 2016 Monaco Grand Prix ?
a) USA b) Britain c) Poland d) Germany e) None of These
28. _______ won 2016 Indian Federation Cup football tournament title for 14th time, defeating Aizawl FC ?
a) Bengaluru FC b) Churchill Brothers c) Mohun Bagan FC d) Salgaocar SC e) None of These
29. Mutua Madrid Open Tennis - Men's Singles - Novac Djokovic (_________) defeated Andy Murray (Britain). Women‚s Singles
- Simona Halep (Romania) defeated Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia. ?
a) France b) Spain c) Russia d) Switzerland e) Serbia
30. Nico Rosberg (________) won 2016 Formula One Russian Grand Prix 2016 ?
a) France b) Russia c) Germany d) Poland e) Spain
31. Noted Tennis Player ______ withdrawn from 2016 French Open due to back injury ?
a) Novak Djokovic b) Andy Murray c) Rafael Nadal d) Roger Federer e) None of These
32. Nour El Sherbini (_____, age - 20) became youngest ever Women's squash World champion by defeating Laura Massaro of
England ?
a) Libya b) Egypt c) Syria d) Switzerland e) None of These
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33. ________ won 3rd edition of Asian Kabaddi Championship 2016 (Circle Style) by defeating India ?
a) Pakistan b) India c) Bangladesh d) Sri Lanka e) None of These
34. _______ won 2016 UEFA Champions League for record 11th time by defeating Atletico Madrid FC by 5-3 goals ?
a) FC Barcelona b) Chelsa FC c) Real Madrid FC d) FC Bayern Munich e) Real Madrid FC
35. Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen (18 years age) from ______ became Formula One‚s youngest winner, after he won 2016
Spanish Grand Prix ?
a) Germany b) Netherlands c) Spain d) Russia e) France
36. Indian Sprinter __________ set a new national record in 3,000-meter steeplechase category by clocking 9 minutes and 26.55
seconds in IAAF Diamond League race in Shangha ?
a) Sudha Singh b) Anil Kumar Prakash c) Santhosh S R
d) Abdul Najeeb Qureshi e) None of These
37. ______'s cricket captain Eric Dusingizimana has set a new Guinness world record by batting out a straight 51 hours as longest
individual net session. He beat record set last year by India's Virag Mane (50 hours).?
a) South Africa b) Greneda c) Bermuda d) Netherlands e) Rwanda
38. _______ appointed as India's head cricket coach for team's tour to Zimbabwe. ?
a) Sanjay Bangar b) Ravi Shastri c) R P Singh d) Murali Karthik e) None of These
39. _______ named champions of UEFA Europa League for third straight year after they defeating Liverpool ?
a) Real Madrid FC b) Sevilla‚ FC c) Barcelona FC d) Liverpool FC e) None of These
40. _________ defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to win its First IPL (Indian Premier League) title ?
a) Kolkata Knight Riders b) Mumbai Indians c) Rising Pune Supergiants
d) Kings XI Punjab e) Sunrisers Hyderabad
41. Joint US-Australian military research team successfully tested a hypersonic technology in Australian desert as part of HIFiRE
(__________) Programme. During test, scramjet attached to a rocket booster was successfully sent to an altitude of 278 km
at Mach 7.5 (seven times speed of sound) ?
a) Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation b) Hypersonic Intentional Flight Research Experimentation
c) Hypersonic International Fuel Research Experimentation d) Hypersonic International Flow Research Experimentation
e) None of These
2. After successful test of Reusable launch Vehicle- Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD), Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO) will test an ABPS (__________), aimed to capitalize on oxygen in atmosphere instead of liquefied oxygen while in
flight. These activities are part of ISRO's efforts to to bring down cost of launch vehicles. ?
a) Air-breathing Pollution System b) Air-breathing Population System
c) Air-breathing Propulsion System d) Air-Breaking Propulsion System
e) None of These
43. Astronomers discovered 3 planets with similar size and temperatures as those of Venus and Earth, using ___________
telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. They arE orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star at approx 40 light-years from Earth ?
a) Gran Telescopio Canarias b) South African Large Telescope
c) Large Synoptic Survey Telescope d) Trappist e) None of These
44. Australian researchers at University of Newcastle built world’s first SHeM (________). It would enable scientists to study
human, animal and plant samples, as well as pharmaceutical drugs and computer chips in their true state ?
a) Secure Hole microscope b) Super Huge microscope
c) Secure Helium microscope d) Scanning Hole microscope
e) Scanning Helium microscope
45. ______ will launch world's first quantum communication satellite in July 2016, to improve security of data transmission. It
will use quantum photons, which cannot be separated or duplicated, making communication immune to wiretapping or
interceptions ?
a) Vietnam b) Japan c) China d) Myanmar e) None of These
46. Government announced that currently ______ Indian satellites are operational in space ?
a) 34 b) 44 c) 54 d) 64 e) 74
47. Group of researchers from University of Cambridge built worlds smallest (nanoscale) working engine, led by Jeremy Baumberg
from Cavendish Laboratory. They named it ANTs (________). This Nanoscale engine is just a few billionths of a metre in size
and uses light to power itself ?
a) Actuating Nano-Transmission b) Actuating Nano-Transducers
c) Actuating Native-Transducers d) Absorbing Nano-Transducers
e) None of These
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48. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) is putting studying rain formation in clouds through a research program called
CAIPEEX (__________). Under this experiment, air borne observations are taken through randomized cloud seeding and the
impact is recorded ?
a) Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment
b) Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Percentage Enhancement Experiment
c) Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Ecological Experiment
d) Cloud Aerosol Internal and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment
e) None of These
49. Indian Space Research Organization successfully tested a RLVTD (_________) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota
(Andhra Pradesh). With this, India moved a step close to developing a space vehicle that can fly numerous times into space ?
a) Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator b) Recyclable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator
c) Recvocable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator d) Resumable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator
e) None of These
50. NASA's unmanned ________ space observatory discovered largest trove (group) of exoplanets outside our solar system. Of the
new trove of 1,284 exoplanets, nearly 550 are said to be rocky planets like Earth. ?
a) MOM b) Opportunity c) Huble d) Kepler e) None of These
51. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully deployed first experimental inflatable room attached to
International Space Station (ISS). Experimental inflatable room is dubbed as BEAM (_________), built by Nevada Com-
pany Bigelow Aerospace ?
a) Bigelow Expandable Activity Mainframe b) Bigelow Executable Activity Module
c) Big Expandable Activity Module d) Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
e) None of These
52. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a super pressure balloon to conduct near-space scientific
investigations, from South Island Wanaka Airport (______). The balloon is 532,000 cubic metres and aims to remain
airborne for more than 100 days ?
a) USA b) New Zealand c) UK d) Russia e) Sweden
53. National Aeronautics and Space Asdministration (NASA) unveiled first global digital elevation (topographic model) of
Mercury, made by 10000 images captured by NASA’s MESSENGER (_______) mission ?
a) MErcury Space , Surface ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging
b) MArs Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging
c) MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Radar
d) MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEology, and Ranging
e) Mercury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging
54. Scientists at University of Montreal (________) developed worlds Smallest (Nano) Thermometer using DNA (Deoxyribonucleic
acid) structures that can resize at specifically defined temperature functions. Worlds smallest thermometer is 20,000 times
smaller than a human hair and is fully programmable ?
a) Canada b) USA c) Russia d) UK e) Sweden
55. Scientists from Queen’s University (________) developed world’s first holographic flexible smartphone named HoloFlex, that lets
users to interact with 3D Media without using any headgear or glasses. HoloFlex features a high-definition Flexible Organic Light
Emitting Diode (FOLED) touch-screen display ?
a) Russia b) USA c) UK d) Canada e) Germany
56. Scientists from Trinity College Dublins School of Physics and CRANN Institute discovered a new property of light based on
_________, opening up ways to alter basic understanding of fundamental nature of light ?
a) Speed b) Torque c) Angular Momentum d) Path e) None of These
57. Scientists from University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) developed world's first genetically engineered clone of ________
virus strain. They dubbed it as infectious complementary DNA (cDNA) clone ?
a) Ebola b) Zika c) Saars d) HIV e) None of These
58. Scientists have detected atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars for the first time. It was detected using an instrument onboard
the SOFIA (_______) ?
a) Strategic Observatory for Infrared Astronomy b) Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
c) Secure Observatory for Infrared Astronomy d) Stratospheric Observatory for Internal Astronomy
e) None of These
59. World's first robot lawyer ROSS has been employed by a _______ law firm BakerHostetler. It will assist the law firm in legal
research. ?
a) France b) Russia c) UK d) USA e) None of These
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SET - 13
1. 102 years old, world's oldest Olympic champion Sandor Tarics (______) passed away ?
a) Hungary b) Poland c) Switzerland d) Austria e) None Of These
2. ___________ entrepreneur Craig Wright publicly identified himself as creator of virtual currency Bitcoin. He claimed that he
is real person behind pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin which was launched in 2009. Satoshi Nakamoto’s
online cash system work in 2009 was the key for creation of online cash system, but he remained anonymous since then ?
a) French b) Spanish c) Australian d) Austrian e) None of These
3. _______ granted political refugee status to ousted former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed ?
a) French b) German c) Spanish d) Britain e) None of These
4. Commerce & Industry Minister _______ visited Bahrain and Myanmar for India-Myanmar Business Conclave at Yangon ?
a) Rajnath Singh b) Sushma Swaraj c) Ravi Shankar Prasad d) Nitin Gadkari
e) Nirmala Sitharaman
5. _________, India's oldest Test cricketer and 2nd Indian to score a memorable test century in his debut innings, has passed
away ?
a) Mohinder Amarnath b) Madan Lal c) Deepak Shodhan d) Dilip Vengsarkar e) None of These
6. Foreign Secretary of India, _______ visited Bangladesh ?
a) S Jaishankar b) Ratan Watal c) Rajiv Mehrishi d) Kiren Rijiju e) None of These
7. _________ astrophysicist Andre Brahic, knwon for discovery of Neptune's rings, Passed away ?
a) German b) French c) Polish d) Swiss e) None of These
8. Maithripala Sirisena, President of _________ visited India and released ‘Simhastha Declaration’ at Ninora village in Ujjain ?
a) Sri Lanka b) Pskistan c) Bangladesh d) Nepal e) None of These
9. HASE Hiroshi, _________'s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology visited India. ?
a) Japan b) China c) Vietnam d) Myanmar e) None of These
10. Noted _____ actor William Schallert passed away. ?
a) Germany b) Russia c) UK d) USA e) None of These
11. Noted ______ singer Diwaliben Bhil passed away ?
a) Hindi b) Tamil c) Kannada d) Gujarati e) None of These
12. Noted ______ writer D Javare Gowda passed away. ?
a) Urdu b) Kannada c) Punjabi d) Gujarati e) None of These
13. Noted _______ litterateur R G Jadhav passed away ?
a) Hindi b) Tamil c) Kannada d) Gujarati e) Marathi
14. _____'s Minister for Justice & Migration, Morgan Johansson visited India ?
a) Sweden b) Poland c) Germany d)UK e) None of These
15. Tony Cozier, legendary West Indies commentator from _______ passed away ?
a) Cuba b) Puerto Rico c) Jamaica d) Barbados e) None of These
16. US-based Nepali _______ climbed Mount Everest for seventh time, breaking her own record for the most summits of the worlds
highest mountain by any woman ?
a) Phurba Tashi Sherpa b) Apa Sherpa c) Lakhpa Sherpa d) Chhewang Nima e) None of These
17. Government revised rehabilitation of bonded labour scheme, bringing it into the Central sector. Scheme proposes to increase
the Budget provision from rs. 5 crore to about Rs. ___ crore per annum ?
a) 47 b) 27 c) 67 d) 87 e) 107
18. _______-based Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will shut down its corporate, institutional and retail banking operations in
India. RBS currently operates 10 retail branches in India employing 400 people ?
a) Australia b) USA c) UK d) France e) Germany
19. Government allowed _______% foreign direct investment (FDI) in asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) under automatic
route, up from 49%. ?
a) 90 b) 80 c) 75 d) 100 e) None of These
20. _______ will launch a new trade receivable and credit exchange platform for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
This It will help MSMEs to file their bill against large companies ?
a) Multi Commodity stock exchange b) Bombay stock exchange c) SEBI
d) RBI e) National stock exchange
21. _______ Disaster Recovery Project (APDRP) will be funded jointly by World Bank and state government in ratio 68 (World
Bank) : 32 (State Govt.). World Bank will finance 1,550 crore and state government will spend 670 crore) in the project ?
a) Assam b) Arunachal Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Maharashtra
e) None of These
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22. According to USA based global rating agency Fitch, India's economic growth rate will accelerate to ______ by 2018-2019.
India's GDP to grow 7.5% in 2015-2016 and improve to 7.7% in 2016 - 2017 and 7.9% in 2017-2018 ?
a) 8 % b) 8.5 % c) 9 % d) 9.5 % e) 10 %
23. As per Government Data, India's GDP Growth rate in Last Quarter of 2015-16 (Jan - Mar 2016) stayed at 7.9 %, Taking
India's GDP growth rate during 2015-16 to _____ ?
a) 7.2 % b) 7.6 % c) 7.9 % d) 6.6 % e) 7 %
24. As per Government Data, India's per capital income rose by 7.4 % to Rs _______ in 2015-16, compared to Rs 86,879 in the
2014-15 ?
a) 93,293 b) 103,293 c) 113,293 d) 89,293 e) None of These
25. As per National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India’s GDP growth rate is projected to 7.6 % in FY 16 (2015-
16) and ________ FY 17 (2016-17) because of a favourable monsoon ?
a) 7.7 % b) 8.7 % c) 6.7 % d) 7 % e) None of These
26. As per report by Assocham-KPMG, India emerged as world’s ______ largest electronic waste (e-waste) producer and India
discards 18.5 lakh tonnes of e-waste each year. India is world’s second largest mobile market with 1.03 billion subscribers,
nearly 25% of it end up in e-waste annually ?
a) 2nd b) 4th c) 6th d) 5th e) 7th
27. Utomobile giant ______ incorporated its agricultural equipment rental services arm Trringo.com as a wholly-owned subsidiary ?
a) Eicher b) Ashok Leyland c) Tata d) Mahindra & Mahindra e) None of These
28. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd commissioned first 800 MW super critical thermal unit in ________. This is the highest rating
unit in the state. ?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Gujarat d) Rajasthan e) Uttar Pradesh
29. Classifieds business ______ acquired Salosa, an on-demand in-home beauty services provider. ?
a) Yahoo b) PayTm c) Google d) OLX e) Quikr
30. E-commerce Firm ______ will launch its own map services in tie up with MapUnity, to better handle its shipping activities ?
a) Flipkart b) PayTm c) Snapdeal d) Amazon e) None of These
31. E-commerce Firm _______ acquired Gurgaon-based predictive marketing technology startupTargetingMantra for undis-
closed amount ?
a) PayTm b) Amazon c) Flipkart d) Snapdeal e) None of These
32. Global rating agency Moody's has forecasted growth rate of _____ % for Indian economy in 2016 and 2017 ?
a) 7 b) 8.5 c) 7.5 d) 8 e) 9
33. ______ acquired business technology startup Synergyse founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur Varun Malhotra ?
a) Yahoo b) Google c) HCL d) Microsoft e) None of These
34. Google partnered with _______ to offer direct carrier billing in India. ______ users will now be able to make purchases on
Google Play Store directly through their postpaid and prepaid accounts. ?
a) Airtel b) Idea Cellular c) Aircel d) Vodafone e) None of These
35. Government approved National Capital Goods Policy 2016 by Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprise for capital
goods sector. Policy Objectives are - Increase production of capital goods from 2,30,000 crore rupees in 2014-15 to 7,50,000
crore rupees in 2025, Raise employment from current 84 lakh to 3 crore, Increase exports from 27% to 40% of production,
Increase share of domestic production in Indias demand from 60% to ______ ?
a) 75 % b) 70 % c) 90 % d) 80% e) None of These
36. Government approved financial restructuring of ___________, including loan waiver of over 9000 crores and transfer of 56
acres of Ash Dyke land of Barauni unit to Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL) to settle dues of
_______ for faster revival of Barauni Unit ?
a) Hindustan Fertilizers Corporation Limited
b) SAIL c) BHEL d) BEL d) GAIL e) None of These
37. Government approved financial restructuring of Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited (HSCL) and its takeover by
_______ ?
a) National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited b) Bharat Electronics Limited
c) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited d) SAIL e) None of These
38. Government approved investment of over 5500 crore rupees for basic urban infrastructure in six states - Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat,
Rajasthan,Odisha, Jharkhand and Meghalaya. It has been done under AMRUT (_____________) . ?
a) Atal Mission for Relocation and Urban Transformation
b) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
c) Atal Mission for Re-incarnation and Urban Transformation
d) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transportation
e) None of These
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39. Government approved proposal of _____ to set up an IT/ITeS special economic zone (SEZ) in Bengaluru, Karnataka in an area
spread over 4 hectares ?
a) Google b) Wipro c) HCL d) Infosys e) None of These
40. Government approved proposal of __________ for increase in foreign investment limit to 74% from existing foreign equity of
41.87 % ?
a) Axis Bank b) ICICI Bank c) HDFC Bank d) SBI e) Yes Bank
41. Government constituted IEPF (__________) Authority, to strengthen framework for safeguarding interest of investors. This is
a step closer to setting up IEPF, which will be utilized for multiple purposes for protecting investors ?
a) International Education and Protection Fund b) Institution Education and Protection Fund
c) Investor Education and Protection Fund d) Institution Education and Provocation Fund
e) None of These
42. Government launched _______ Dashboard to provide easy access to detailed trade data of the country. This web-based
dashboard will provide an accurate perspective to the general public on the facts around the trade performance in India ?
a) EXIM Analytics b) Forex Analytics c) Foreign Analytics d) Internal Analytics e) None of These
43. Government launched Pradhan Mantri _______ Yojana for providing free of cost LPG (cooking gas) connections to women
from BPL Households. It was launched by PM Narendra Modi from Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) with tagline - Swachh Indhan,
Behtar Jeevan ?
a) Sajag b) Ujjwala c) Sajal d) Sulabh e) None of These
44. _____ launched SmartUp, a dedicated solution for startups to fulfil all their banking needs. It was launched in association
with Mumbai-based accelerator Zone Startups India (ZSI) ?
a) State Bank of India b) ICICI Bank c) HDFC Bank d) Axis Bank e) None of These
45. ________ launched India's first contactless business credit card in association with Jet Airways for small and mid-sized enterprises
(SMEs), named as Jet Airways ________ Business Advantage Card. Card is powered by VISA payWave contactless technology ?
a) SBI b) Yes Bank c) HDFC Bank d) Axis Bank e) ICICI Bank
46. ______ signed MoU with BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) for partnership in bond issuances, co-financing, treasury
management and human resources ?
a) SBI b) Axis Bank c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank e) None of These
47. IREDA (______) will be converted into a Green Bank to enable its access funding from overseas banks, to entitled it to avail
of certain benefits supported by Power Ministry ?
a) Institutional Renewable Energy Development Agency b) Indian Revocable Energy Development Agency
c) Indian Renewable Energy Deployment Agency d) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
e) None of These
48. IT & Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated that payments bank of India Post will start functioning from
________ ?
a) March 2018 b) March 2017 c) March 2019 d) March 2020 e) None of These
49. IT services Firm Tech Mahindra will acquire UK based Target Group to strengthen its BFSI portfolio, for _________ USD ?
a) $164 million b) $1640 million c) $16.4 million d) $1.64 million e) None of These
50. Income Declaration Scheme 2016 / 4 month window for declaration of domestic black money (Dhan Wapsi), effective from
1st June 2016. It provides an opportunity to all persons who have not declared income correctly in earlier years to declare their
undisclosed incomes, to be taxed at rate of ________ ?
a) 15 % b) 35 % c) 65 % d) 55 % e) 45 %
51. Income Tax (IT) department launched electronic grievance redressal system ___________ to fast track taxpayer grievances
and ensure early resolution of their complaints ?
a) e-niravan b) e-nivaran c) e-nirdesh d) e-niyati e) None of These
52. India Signed An agreement for Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Grant of USD _______ Million with World Bank for"Efficient
and Sustainable City Bus Service Project ?
a) 9.20 b) 90.20 c) 900.20 d) 19.20 e) 59.20
53. Indian Railways created a __________ Directorate to carry out advertisements in rail Assets, to increase revenue substantially
from non-tariff sources. Mobility Directorate will also be constituted, to focus on areas like speed enhancement ?
a) Gooda Revenue b) Passenger Revenue c) Freight Revenue d) Fare Revenue
e) Non-Fare Revenue
54. Indian Signed loan agreement with World Bank for US$ 100 million for ______ Urban Water Supply Modernization
project ?
a) Karnataka b) Kerala c) Mizoram d) Meghalaya e) None of These
55. JSW Energy bought a 1,000 MW power plant of Jindal Steel and Power, located in _________. ?
a) Jharkhand b) Chhattisgarh c) Odisha d) Bihar e) None of These
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56. ________ financial company Nomura exited its mutual fund joint venture with India's Life Insurance Corporation of India
(LIC) ?
a) Russian b) French c) American d) Chinese e) Japanese
57. ________ slaunched cash back campaign for its VISA debit cardholders ?
a) South Indian Bank b) Karnataka Bank c) RBL d) SBI e) None of These
58. _______ tied-up with National Australian Bank (NAB) for online inward remittances from Australia at a competitive rate ?
a) State Bank of India b) South Indian Bank c) HDFC Bank
d) Axis Bank e) None of These
59. Lok Sabha passed Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2015 that seeks to ensure time-bound settlement of insolvency. The Code
creates time-frame of _______ days for resolution of insolvency of companies and individuals. If insolvency is resolved in
stipulated time, assets of borrowers may be sold to repay creditors ?
a) 180 b) 270 c) 90 d) 150 e) 360
60. Ministry of Women & Child Development has been administering STEP (_____________) Scheme since 1986-87, to impart
training to women in modern skills as well as traditional ones and enable women to become self-employed/ entrepreneurs ?
a) Support to Training and Ecological Programme for Women
b) Support to Training and Enrichment Procurement for Women
c) Support to Training and Enrichment Programme for Women
d) Support to Training and Employment Procurement for Women
e) Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women
61. NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies) signed MoU with _________ to build a product
design initiative for Indian entrepreneurs ?
a) TCS b) Facebook c) Google d) Microsoft e) None of These
62. National Aluminium Company (Nalco) signed MoU with ________ for Research and Development (R&D) in fields of mutual
interest ?
a) BARC b) SAIL c) BHEL d) BEL e) GAIL
63. _______ signed MoU with National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) to Build a sustainable
framework by supporting entrepreneurship and self-defence courses for Safai Karamcharis and Scavengers ?
a) Amazon b) Snapdeal c) Flipkart d) Uber e) Ola
64. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy launched Contract Labour Payment Management
System for _______ ?
a) Coal India Limited b) SAIL c) BHEL d) BEL e) GAIL
65. Public sector Bank _________ reported largest net loss of rs. 5,367.14 crore for 4th quarter ended 31st of March, 2016. This
is the biggest quarterly loss in Indian bank history. ?
a) State Bank of India b) Punjab National Bank c) Bank of Baroda d) Corporation Bank
e) None of These
66. _________ will launch an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) programme for fintech start-ups, to enhance engagement with
start-ups ?
a) Axis Bank b) ICICI Bank c) HDFC Bank d) SBI e) RBL Bank
67. _________ Jio Infocomm launched digital wallet service named JioMoney Wallet. It's prepaid wallet that will easy mobile-
based transactions for Indians for purchasing goods and services ?
a) Reliance b) TATA c) Airtel d) Idea e) None of These
68. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released consultation paper on Peer to Peer (P2P) lending to classify it as NBFC (____) ?
a) Non-Banking Futures Company b) New-Banking Financial Company
c) Non-Banking Financial Company d) Neutral-Banking Financial Company
e) None of These
69. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue banknotes of 1000 rupees denominations with inset letter _______ in both the number
panels ?
a) X b) M c) A d) R e) P
70. Retirement fund body EPFO decided to almost double maximum sum assured under its insurance scheme from 3.6 lakh to
______ for its 4 crore subscribers ?
a) Rs 7.2 lakh b) Rs 6.75 lakh c) Rs 6.9 lakh d) Rs 6.5 lakh e) Rs 6 lakh
71. SBI's Overseas subsidiary, ______ SBI Bank launched payment gateway to facilitate transactions between ______ and
India. ?
a) Germany b) Bangladesh c) Nepal d) Pakistan e) None of These
72. Saudi Arabia based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will open its first branch in India at ___________ (Gujarat) ?
a) Ahmedabad b) Vadodara c) Surat d) Gandhinagar e) None of These
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73. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) made mandatory for ___________ Notes (P-Notes) users to follow Indian
anti-money laundering laws and report any suspicious transactions. Issuers of P-Notes will report transfer trail of P-Notes to
SEBI on monthly basis in addition to present reporting details of their holders. ?
a) Percentage b) Participatory c) Precipitation d) Portable e) Purified
74. State Bank of India decided to merge its five associate public sector banks (PSBs) and Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with
itself. 5 subsidiary banks are - State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State
Bank of Patiala and State Bank of _______ ?
a) Travancore b) Delhi c) Chennai d) Ahmedabad e) None of These
75. Tata Group entered into e-commerce with launch of 'Tata __________'. Products purchased through this platform will be
accepted for return at physical stores of Westside or Croma. ?
a) CliQ b) Shop c) Online d) E-Commerce e) Buy
76. To Promote ease of doing business, Government started process for issuance of UBIN (________) to help budding
entrepreneurs ?
a) Universal Business Identification Number b) Unique Business Isolation Number
c) Universal Business Identification Number d) Unique Business Identification Number
e) None of These
77. World Bank approved ______ million USD loan to support India’s grid connected rooftop solar programme to generate clean
energy. Loan has maturity of 20 years and a 19.5 year grace period. ?
78. World Bank's subsidiary International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest _________ million (about INR 460 crore) in Apollo
Health & Lifestyle ltd (AHLL) and $20 million in FCEL (Future Consumer Enterprise Ltd). ?
a) 88 b) 68 c) 98 d) 128 e) 158
79. World's largest single rooftop solar power plant of 11.5 MegaWatt (MW) capacity inaugurated at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh in
Beas near Amritsar in ______ ?
a) Jharkhand b) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) Haryana e) Punjab
80. _______ received Custodian of Securities licence from SEBI to offer custodial services to financial market participants (FIIs ,
foreign portfolio investors). ?
a) Yes Bank b) SBI c) HDFC Bank d) ICICI Bank e) None of Theses
81. e-Commerce Firm ______ has tied up with Wipro IT services for implementing technology infrastructure for PayTm's upcoming
Payment bank business ?
a) Snapdeal b) Amazon c) Flipkart d) PayTm e) None of These
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1. Central Asian state leaders inaugurated Central Asia South Asia (CASA-1000) transmission line in _______ to link Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan and to promote regional stability ?
a) Tajikistan b) Kyrgyzstan c) Afghanistan d) Pakistan e) Turkmeinstan
2. Indias renewable energy sector has been ranked ______ in the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) with
China at second and the US on top. Index ranks 40 markets on the attractiveness of their renewable energy investment and
deployment opportunities ?
a) 5th b) 4th c) 3rd d) 6th e) 7th
3. Malaysia, Indonesia and ______ will conduct coordinated sea patrols and establish a hotline to combat piracy and kidnappings
in waters bordering the three nations ?
a) India b) Vietnam c) Laos d) Philippines e) Cambodia
4. ________ km Long twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel opened in Switzerland. It is now world's longest Train Tunnel and will
provide high-speed rail link under Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe ?
a) 67 b) 27 c) 37 d) 47 e) 57
5. A Genetic study confirmed that Bene Israel community living in the western part of _______ has roots of Jewish Religion. ?
a) Pakistan b) USA c) India d) UK e) None of These
6. According to IMF (_________), Financial inequality is highest in India and China among Asia Pacific countries. China and
India's rapid growth has been accompanied by increasing levels of inequality. Inter provincial inequality is lower in India than
in China, and rising inequality in India is primarily in urban phenomenon. ?
a) International Monetary Fund b) International Mutual Fund
c) Institutional Monetary Fund d) Institutional Mutual Fund e) None of These
7. According to a study by Organisation Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and European Union’s Intellectual
Property Office, India is _________ biggest exporter of fake goods in world. List is topped by China, followed by Turkey,
Singapore and Thailand ?
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8. As per Forbes, India's HDFC has been ranked _______ among world's top 10 biggest and most powerful companies in consumer
financial services sector. List is topped by global major American Express ?
9. As per SocialCops' analysis of World Bank dataa - India is _______ out of 210 countries on electrification with 78.7% of its
population having access to electricity ?
a) 137th b) 147th c) 157th d) 167th e) None of These
10. As per World Cities Report 2016 - Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures report by UN Habitat - Urban areas contributing
______ of GDP of India and an extra 30 crore urban residents are projected by 2050 ?
a) 30 % b) 40 % c) 50 % d) 60 % e) None of These
11. As per recent World Health Organisations (WHO) Urban Air Quality Data - Top 3 Polluted Cities are ______s Zabol (217),
Indias Gwalior (176) and Allahabad (170) ?
a) Libya b) Syria c) Iraq d) Iran e) None of These
12. As per recent study by The Economist - India is ranked __________ in 2015 Crony-Capitalism Index with crony sector wealth
accounting for 3.4 % of gross domestic product (GDP). In India, non-crony sector wealth is 8.3 % of GDP. Top countries are -
Russia (1st), Malaysia (2nd), Philippines (3rd) ?
13. _________ state of Victoria, Swinburne University signed two agreements with India in medical technology to address major
health challenges in India ?
a) UK b) Bulgaria c) Russia d) USA e) Australian
14. ___________ Government approved Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power’s first phase of the 3,000 MW LNG-based power plant
at Meghnaghat in Narayanganj district. It will be largest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in _______ with investment of over
8,700 crore rupees (1.3 billion dollars) ?
a) Bangladesh b) Nepal c) Sri Lanka d) Myanmar e) None of These
15. Barack Obama became first incumbent USA president to visit Hiroshima memorial site in ______. It is world’s first atomic
bombing dropped on August 6, 1945 and killed over 140,000 people. ?
a) Vietnam b) Cambodia c) China d) Japan e) None of These
16. ____________ and networking player GBI partnered to increase reach in West Asian countries. ?
a) BSNL b) Vodafone c) Bharti Airtel d) Idea e) None of These
17. _______ launched 3 (1 domestic (Ziyuan III 02 ) and foreign (NewSat)) by a Long March 4B rocket. Ziyuan III 02 satellite is a new
civilian high-resolution mapping satellite and second in remote-sensing mapping system that __________ plans to build by 2030 ?
a) Japan b) China c) Vietnam d) Laos Cambodia e) Laos
18. China signed agreements with _______ to build 600-megawatt atomic reactor ?
a) Chad b) Sudan c) Niger d) Nigeria e) None of These
19. ______ successfully launched Yaogan-30 remote-sensing satellite into sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) using Long March-2D
rocket ?
a) Laos b) Vietnam c) Japan d) China e) None of These
20. Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademark granted patent to ______ s Gilead Sciences for its Hepatitis C drug
Sofosbuvir (brand name Sovaldi) in India ?
a) USA b) UK c) Russia d) Japan e) France
21. European Central Bank (ECB) announced to stop producing ________ euro banknote by the end of 2018 ?
a) 500 b) 1000 c) 100 d) 50 e) 20
22. Google won US court battle with software firm ___________ after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java
programming language. _________ had argued that Google had infringed its copyright and had sought nearly 9 billion dollars
in damages ?
a) Yahoo b) Oracle c) Microsoft d) Adobe e) None of These
23. Government approve MoU between Secur
ities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ______ for co-operation
and technical assistance ?
a) Baghdad b) Qatar c) Singapore d) Abu Dhabi e) None of These
24. Government approved MOU with Maldives for cooperation in field of tourism and with ________ for promoting sustainable,
stable and low-carbon thermal power development in India ?
a) UK b) China c) Russia d) USA e) Japan
25. Government approved Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) between Ministry of Women & Child Development (MWCD)
and ________ for cooperation in Information and Communication Technology enabled Real Time Monitoring (ICT-RTM) of
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and other related technical matters. ?
a) Azee Premji Foundation b) Carlos Slim Foundation
c) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation d) Warren Buffett e) None of These
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26. Government approved MoU between Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Central Bank of ________ on co-operation concerning
currency swap agreement ?
a) United Arab Emirates b) USA c) UK d) Russia
e) None of These
27. Government approved MoU between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and _______ Space Agency for cooperation
in exploration and user of outer space for peaceful purposes ?
a) Europe b) United Arab Emirates c) Russia d) France
e) None of These
28. Health Minister J P Nadda launched Kayakalp Fortnight at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) _______ with aim
of intensifying Kayakalp initiative under Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan ?
a) Bhubaneswar b) Jodhpur c) New Delhi d) Raipur e) None of These
29. IT services Firm ______ inaugurated Saudi Arabia's first all women business and technology park (WBP) in Riyadh. ?
a) Google b) Cognizant c) HCL d) Infosys e) Wipro
30. India and _________ concluded a nuclear agreement to engage bilateral neighborhood relationship. Indian nuclear deal will
equip and train ________ to import their first nuclear power plant from Russia ?
a) Nepal b) Pakistan c) Bangladesh d) Sri Lanka e) None of These
31. India and Canada, Iceland, Israel, New Zealand and China have signed OECDs (_____________) Multilateral Competent
Authority Agreement, for boosting automatic exchange of information on tax issues and developing new tools to tackle tax
evasion ?
a) Organisation for Ecological Co-operation and Deployment
b) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deployment
c) Organisation for Ecological Co-operation and Development
d) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
e) None of These
32. India signed protocol for amendment of DTAA (___________) for checking Tax Evasion with Mauritius and Slovenia ?
a) Due Taxation Avoidance Agreement b) Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
c) Double Taxation Acceptance Agreement d) Due Taxation Acceptance Agreement
e) None of These
33. India and ________ held their first Maritime Security Dialogue in New Delhi for deepening evolving partnership in maritime
domain ?
a) USA b) UK c) Russia d) France e) None of These
34. India banned its nationals from travelling to _____, in view of prevailing security situation in that country. ?
a) Syria b) Pakistan c) Iraq d) Iran e) Libya
35. India signed Project Collaboration Agreement (PCA) with ____________ for cooperation on promoting effectiveness of
traditional and complementary medicines ?
a) World Bank b) World Health Organization c) IMF d) ADB
e) None of These
36. India's BIRAC (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council) and Horticulture Innovation ________ signed MOU to
enhance research and development capabilities in biotechnology ?
a) Australia b) USA c) Nigeria d) South Africa e) None of These
37. International Monetary Fund Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific predicted Indias growth rate to be ________ in 2016-17.
Growth in Asia and the Pacific is expected to be 5.3 % in 2016-2017 ?
a) 9 % b) 8.5 % c) 7.9 % d) 7% e) 7.5 %
38. __________ has stopped free shipping of oil to Indian refiners from April 2016 ?
a) Iran b) Iraq c) Syria d) Libya e) None of These
39. _________ became last country in Western Europe to pass legislation for legalizing same-sex civil unions ?
a) Poland b) Italy c) Portugal d) Switzerland e) None of These
40. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of ______ visited India. ?
a) Russia b) UK c) USA d) Switzerland e) Fiji
41. ________'s Government hasdecided to close Dadaab refugee camp, referred to as world’s largest refugee camp having
330000 refugees mostly from Somalia. ?
a) Tanzania b) Kenya c) Uganda d) Ethiopia e) None of These
42. ________ Chief Uday Kotak (Net worth $7.1 billion), is only Indian in Forbes' 'Money Masters: The Most Powerful People In
The Financial World' list of 40. List topped by Blackstone Group's CEO Stephen Schwarzman (worth $10.2 billion) ?
a) Reliance b) Kotak Mahindra Bank c) ICICI Bank d) Yes Bank
e) None of These
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43. MOU Signed Between NITI Aayog and _________ Cooperation Enterprise for launching the Urban Management Programme
in India, to tap expertise of ________ in urban sector to build capacities ?
a) Singapore b) UK c) USA d) China e) None of These
44. Memorandum of Understanding signed with Qatar for cooperation in Information Technology and with _______ for Conservation
and Restoration of Ancient Mosques and other Historical Monuments ?
a) USA b) Sri Lanka c) Bangladesh d) Nepal e) Maldives
45. Mount Sinabung volcano in Karo plateau of ________ erupted. ?
a) Thailand b) Indonesia c) Malaysia d) Bangladesh e) None of These
46. _______ recalled its Ambassador to India (Deep Kumar Upadhyaya) over charges of non-cooperation and indulging in anti-
government activities ?
a) Nepal b) Mauritius c) Bangladesh d) Sri Lanka e) None of These
47. Nokia Technologies and _______ signed 10-year licensing agreement to market Nokia-branded phones and tablets ?
a) Samsung b) Microsoft c) Yahoo d) Google e) HMD global
48. 12 MoUs signed with Iran during PM Modi's visit to Iran. Including India, Iran and Afghanistan's 3-way land transit agreement
on Irans strategic port of Chabahar and India's ________ signed MoU with Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development
and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) ?
a) National Aluminium Company Limited b) SAIL c) BHEL
d) BEL e) GAIL
49. Pfizer Inc (_________) will buy Anacor Pharmaceuticals (USA) in a $5.2-billion (£3.61 billion) ?
a) UK b) USA c) Russia d) France e) Spain
50. _______ Aerial combat exercises between US, NATO and allied forces and India Air Force (IAF) concluded in Alaska (USA).
This was second time India in such an exercise after 2008 ?
a) Ex-Desert Eagle b) Nomadic Elephant c) White Flag d) Green Flag e) Red Flag
51. South American nation ________ adopted the Social Fridge Policy to feed needy ones who are facing hardship due to
increase in job cuts and inflation in the country ?
a) Argentina b) Brazil c) Chile d) Colombia e) None of These
52. _______ Government honoured late Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra by unveiling bronze statue at Interlaken, weighing about
250 kilos. ?
a) UK b) Russia c) Switzerland d) Spain e) None of These
53. ________ passed amendments to National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA)- 2017 to enhance country’s defence cooperation
with India and bring India at par with its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies for technology and equipment sale ?
a) France b) Russia c) UK d) USA e) None of These
54. USA lifted its embargo on sales of lethal weapons to ________, its one-time enemy in 1970's ?
a) Cambodia b) Myanmar c) China d) Japan e) Vietnam
55. _________ Navy tested world's largest unmanned surface vessel named Sea Hunter. It is a self-driving 132-foot ship able to
travel up to 10000 nautical miles on its own ?
a) UK b) Russia c) USA d) Poland e) Portugal
56. ________ President Barack Obama National Bison Legacy Act for officially making American bison the country's first
national mammal ?
a) USA b) Russia c) Japan d) China e) None of These
57. _______ Senate approved 1.1 billion USD emergency funding to combat Zika virus in 2016 and 2017 ?
a) Russia b) USA c) UK
d) France e) None of These
58. USA activated a land-based missile defence station (Aegis Ashore Missile Defence System) in ______, as part of NATO’s
larger European shield to protect member countries from short and medium-range missiles, particularly from Middle East ?
a) Romania b) Switzerland c) Russia d) Greece e) None of These
59. _________'s private space transport service company, SpaceX launched Japanese JCSAT-14 communication satellite by
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ?
a) USA b) Germany c) UK d) Russia e) None of These
60. UNEP (___________) released report Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Regional assessment for Asia and the Pacific ?
a) Urban Nations Environment Programme b) United Nations Economical Programme
c) United Nations Ecological Programme d) United Nations Environment Programme
e) None of These
61. United Nations Environment Programme released report Actions on Air Quality, during second United Nations Environment
Assembly (UNEA-2) in Nairobi (_______) ?
a) Chad b) Nigeria c) Niger d) Kenya e) None of These
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62. UNODC (________) launched inaugural World Wildlife Crime Report, highlighting how poaching and illegal trade of thousands of
different species across globe present real environmental dangers. ?
a) United Nations Office on Dual Crime b) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
c) United Nations Office on Durable Commodities d) United Nations Office on Double Convention
e) None of These
63. United Nations launched UN _________ Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) to finance critical unfunded priorities in the
response to _________ outbreak ?
a) Tuberculosis b) SAARS c) Ebola d) HIV e) Zika
64. World Health Organisation released World Health Statistics 2016 - Monitoring Health for the SDGs. Global life expectancy for children
born in 2015 was 71.4 years, while in India it was 68.3 years (66.9 for males and 69.9 for females). With Average lifespan of 86.8 years,
women in Japan live longest while Switzerland's men have longest average 81.3 years lifespan. People in ________ have worlds lowest
life-expectancy for both men and women (50.8 years for women and 49.3 years for men) ?
a) Sierra Leone b) Chad c) Sudan d) Lebanon e) None of These
65. ______ (Country in South Africa) decided to put some of its wild animals for sale, in view of severe drought and worsening finances. ?
a) Greneda b) South Africa c) Sudan d) Zimbabwe e) None of These
66. _______ will print its own version of US dollars i.e. bond notes in order to ease cash shortage. Specially-designed $2, $5, $10 and $20
bond notes will have same value as their US dollar equivalents. ?
a) Nigeria b) Kenya c) Zimbabwe d) Sudan e) None of These
67. _________ Labor Day / International Workers' Day / May Day. ?
a) 1 May b) 2 May c) 3 May d) 4 May e) 5 May
68. _____ World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) with 2016 theme Stop the Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds ?
69. ______ National Technology Day. 2016 Theme is Technology enablers of Startup India'. ?
a) 3 May b) 2 May c) 1 May d) 11 May e) 4 May+
70. _______ World Hypertension Day. 2016 Theme is Know Your Numbers ?
71. 14 May - World Fair Trade Day (Second _____ of May Each Year). ?
a) Wednesday b) Friday c) Saturday d) Sunday e) Tuesday
72. _______ - International Day of Families. Theme for 2016 is Families, healthy lives and sustainable future ?
73. ______ - National Day for Disease of Dengue ?
74. _______ World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. Theme is ICT entrepreneurship for social impact. ?
75. ________ International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. 2016 theme is Honouring Our Heroes ?
76. ______ World Press Freedom Day, observed by United Nations. 2016 Theme is Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms “ This Is
Your Right! ?
77. 3 May, 2016 - World Asthma Day (First ________ in May every year). 2016 theme is You Can Control Your Asthma ?
a) Thursday b) Monday c) Wednesday d) Tuesday e) Sunday
78. ______ International Firefighters' Day (IFFD) ?
a) 20 May b) 4 May c) 14 May d) 1 May e) None of These
79. ________ World Athletics Day ?
80. 8 May - Birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. India held a cultural festival in ______ on this occasion ?
a) Egypt b) USA c) Nepal d) China e) UK
81. ________, 2016 - 475th Birth Anniversary of Maharana Pratap . Government released a Commemorative coin of Rs. 100 and a
Circulation coin of Rs. 10 on this occasion ?
82. _________ International Museum Day. 2016 theme is Museums and Cultural Landscapes ?
83. _______ International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD). Theme for 2016 is Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their
Livelihoods ?
a) May 20 b) May 22 c) May 2 d) May 21 e) None of These
84. ________ - World No-Tobacco Day. 2016 Theme is World No Tobacco Day - Get ready for plain packaging ?
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SET - 15
1. P. Dhanapal re-elected as ________ Legislative Assembly Speaker ?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Assam c) Manipur d) Mizoram e) None of These
2. _______ is appointed as Union Law Secretary ?
a) Nripendra Mishra b) Swashpawan Singh c) Suresh Chandra
d) Pradeep Kumar Sinha e) None of These
3. _______ appointed as Member Engineering of Railway Board ?
a) Shobhana K Pattanayak b) Sekhar Basu c) Malay Kumar Sinha d) A.K. Mittal e) None
4. _____ appointed Kulmeet Bawa as Managing Director (MD) for South Asia. ?
a) Infosys b) Microsoft c) Yahoo d) Google e) Adobe
5. ____ appointed as Finance Secretary of India. ?
a) Anuj Kumar Bishnoi b) Rita A Teaotia c) Ashok Lavasa d) Aruna Sharma e) None of These
6. Bharti Airtel appointed _____ as Director (Airtel Business). ?
a) Ashok Ganapathy b) Sunder Pichai c) Cyrus Mistry d) Satya Nadella e) None of These
7. ______ Chief Sunil Bharti Mittal has been elected chairman of International Chambers of Commerce (ICC). ?
a) Tata Group b) Bharti Group c) Mahindra Group d) Kotak Group e) None of These
8. Bipin R Patel appointed as President of _______ Chamber of Commerce and Industry for 2016-17. ?
a) Gujarat b) Maharasshtra c) Mizoram d) Manipur e) None of These
9. Bollywood actress _______ was named as the ambassador for Swachh Saathi (student internship) programme ?
a) Dia Mirza b) Deepika Padukone c) Vidya Balan d) Priyanka Chopra
e) None of These
10. Brijesh Mehra is appointed as head of corporate banking at _______ ?
a) HDFC Bank b) ICICI Bank c) State Bank of India d) Ratnakar Bank
e) None of These
11. CR Sasikumar is appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of _______ ?
a) Bikaner and Jaipur b) Tranacore c) Mysore d) Travancore
e) None of These
12. ____ Bank appointed Niraj Mittal as Managing Director and Head of Institutional Banking for India.?
a) HDFC b) DBS c) HSBC d) ICICI e) None of These
13. ______ appointed as Additional Secretary to the President ?
a) Ashok Kumar Gupta b) Narendra Kumar Sinha c) Tapan Ray
d) Vrinda Sarup e) Thomas Mathew
14. ______ appointed Umang Bedi as managing director for India Operations ?
a) Facebook b) Google c) Microsoft d) Yahoo e) None of These
15. Former MP and cricketer _______ has been appointed as chairman of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). ?
a) Navjot Singh Sidhu b) Sachin Tendulkar c) Kapil Dev d) Chetan Chauhan e) None of These
16. G Kalyanakrishnan is appointed as Chief Executive of _______ ?
a) BHEL b) SAIL c) Nuclear Fuel Complex d) GAIL e) None of These
17. Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal has been re-elected to IATA (________)'s Board of Governors for 5th successive tenure ?
a) Independent Air Transport Association b) International Air Transport Association
c) International Air Transfusion Association d) Institutional Air Transport Association
e) None of These
18. N K Chari is appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of _____ ?
a) Travancore b) Mysore c) Bikaner and Jaipur d) India e) None of These
19. Ken Miyauchi has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank
Group, replacing ____ ?
a) Sunder Pichai b) Shantanu Narayen c) Satya Nadella d) Nikesh Arora
e) None of These
20. ________ appointed Anupam Pahuja as Managing Director (MD) and Country Manager for India operations ?
a) Paypal b) Google c) Micorsoft d) Yahoo e) None of These
21. M Beena is appointed as Managing Director of _____ Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation. ?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Manipur d) Gujarat e) None of These
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22. ______ appointed as Director General (DG) of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) ?
a) Sekhar Basu b) Navin Agarwal c) Arvind Mayaram d) S. Christopher e) None of These
23. Noted Hollywood actress ______ named as Global Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women ?
a) Angelina Jolie b) Charlize Theron c) Jennifer Lopez d) Anne Hathaway e) None of These
24. P Sreeramakrishnan elected as speaker of 14th legislative assembly of ______ ?
a) Meghalaya b) Mizoram c) Manipur Karnataka e) Kerala
25. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski elected as President of _______ ?
a) Portugal b) Brazil c) Peru d) Argentina e) None of These
26. Per Lodin (________) appointed as chief military observer and head of UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
(UNMOGIP) ?
a) Sweden b) Switzerland c) Liberia d) Syria e) None of These
27. Peter Thomson (_______) has been elected as President of 71st session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). ?
a) Switzerland b) Fiji c) Finland d) Sweden e) None of These
28. Prabhas Kumar Jha appointed as Secretary in Ministry of ______ ?
a) Railways b) Road, Transport and Highways c) Parliamentary Affairs
d) Fianance e) None of These
29. Rakesh Ranjan Prasad appointed as Chief Justice of _______ High Court ?
a) Rajasthan b) Assam c) Mizoram d) Maghalaya e) Manipur
30. _______ appointed as chairperson of NC Hills Autonomous Council. ?
a) Amar Sinha b) M. Nair Rajeevan c) Ranu Langthasa d) Naveen Verma
e) None of These
31. _______ appointed as a part-time member of 21st Law Commission of India ?
a) Ajit M Sharan b) Hasmukh Adhia c) Sibabrata Tripathi d) Satya Pal Jain
e) None of These
32. ________ has been appointed as new director of Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) ?
a) Ameising Luikham b) Shahid Rasool c) Ajay Mittal d) Naini Jayaseelan
e) None of These
33. ______ appointed as Director General of Doordarshan. ?
a) Supriya Sahu b) Suresh Chandra c) Krishan Kumar Jalan d) Upendra Tripathy
e) None of These
34. ________ is appointed head of newly created land policy cell in NITI Aayog ?
a) Sanjay Mitra b) C. Viswanath c) Sanjay Kothari d) Prabhas Kumar Jha e) T Haque
35. V. Vaithilingam is elected as Speaker of _______ legislative Assemby ?
a) Delhi b) Puducherry c) West Bengal d) Odisha e) None of These
36. Virginia Raggi has been elected as first female mayor of ______'s capital Rome. ?
a) Italy b) Russia c) Iran d) Turkey e) None of These
37. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed _________ as head coach of Indian Cricket Team ?
a) Dil;ip Vengsarkar b) Sunil Gavaskar c) Kapil Dev d) Sachin Tendulkar e) Anil Kumble
38. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India _________ has been conferred with honorary professorship by Nanjing
Audit University (China) ?
a) Shashi Kant Sharma b) Vinod Rai c) Raghuram G Rajan
d) Arvind Mayaram e) None of These
39. Exide Life Insurance appointed cricketer _______ as its brand ambassador, to be featusred in its marketing campaign -
Lamba saath, bharose Ki baat ?
a) Rohit Sharma b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni c) Virat Kohli d) Anil Kumble
e) None of These
40. Food and Beverage multinational firm ________ named Ulf Mark Schneider as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ?
a) Subway b) Pizza Hut c) McDonald's e) Cadbury e) Nestle
41. Government appointed ________ as deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Other 3 Deputy RBI Governors are - R
Gandhi, S S Mundra, Urjit Patel ?
a) Arvind Mayaram b) NS Vishwanathan c) H R Khan d) Raghuram G Rajan
e) None of These
42. Gudni Johannesson won 2016 Presidential elections of _______ ?
a) Nigeria b) Iceland c) Switzerland d) Iraland e) None of These
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43. N Srinivasan re-elected as president of the ______ Cricket Association for 15th consecutive term ?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Mizoram c) Manipur d) Uttar Pradesh e) None of These
44. _________ appointed Sanjay Malik as new head for India operations ?
a) Adobe b) Yahoo c) Google d) Micorosoft e) Nokia
45. South African Indian-origin lawyer Yasmin Sooka has been appointed to chairman of UN commission (committee) to monitor
human rights situation in ________ ?
a) South Africa b) South Sudan c) South Korea d) Syria e) None of These
46. ________ has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd ?
a) Sujoy Bose b) C Rajgopalachari c) Arvind Mayaram d) Arun Jaitley e) None of These
47. ___________ Motor Corp appointed Toshihiro as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). ?
a) Volkswagen b) Toyota c) Hyundai d) Honda e) Suzuki
48. Bethool Ajmal from ______ named as winner of The Little Miss Princess of Asia 2016 at a beauty pageant held in
Georgia ?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Manipur d) Meghalaya e) Maharashtra
49. ____________ novelist Margaret Atwood chosen for 2016 Pen Pinter Prize. ?
a) American b) Australian c) Canadian d) Spanish e) French
50. Deshauna Barber, a serving Army Reserve officer has crowned as Miss _________ 2016 and became first Military Person to
be win this title ?
a) Romania b) New Zealand c) Australia d) USA e) None of These
51. Indian American author _________ won 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his semiautobiographical novel
Family Life ?
a) Ashwin Sanghi b) Amish Tripathi c) Ramachandra Guha d) Chetan Bhagat e) Akhil Sharma
52. Indian diabetes specialist ___________ conferred with Vivian Fonseca Scholar Award 2016 ?
a) Girish Sahni b) Vijay Shankar Madan c) Shashank S Shah d) Rajive Kumar
e) None of These
53. Indianorigin professor ______ awarded prestigious Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II. He is
founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and has been granted Regius Professorship for his contribution in
manufacturing ?
a) Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya b) Vinod Aggarwal c) Bobby Jindal d) Rashmi Verma e) None of These
54. Jadavpur University (_________) won 12th National Youth Parliament Competition for Universities and Colleges conducted
by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. ?
a) Jaipur b) Kolkata c) Rohtak d) Lucknow e) None of These
55. _________ Movie Thithi won 2 awards Best Film and Best Script Writers at 19th Shanghai International Film Festival,
under Asia New Talent Awards Category ?
a) Kannada b) Tamil c) Hindi d) Punjabi e) None of These
56. ________ Bank won CFBP (Council for Fair Business Practices) Jamnalal Bajaj award for fair business practices. ?
a) Karnataka b) Karur Vyasa c) Lakhsmi Vilas d) Ratnakar e) None of These
57. Lakshmi Saravana Kumar, Tamil writer won 2016 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar award (_______) for his novel
“Kaanakan" ?
a) Gujrati b) Punjabi c) Hindi d) Tamil e) None of These
58. _________, president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has been honoured with Olympic Order by International Olympic
Committee (IOC) for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement ?
a) K. VijayRaghava b) Jitendra Shankar Mathur c) Rajiv Yadav d) N Ramachandran
e) None of These
59. Noted Indian footballer ________ will be conferred with the 2016 Mohun Bagan Ratna (Mohun Bagan Jewel) Award ?
a) Baichung Bhutia b) Syed Nayeemuddin c) Subrata Paul d) Sunil Chhetri e) None
60. _______ Port Trust received Best Performance Award from Shipping Ministry, in efficiency parameters for year 201516 ?
a) Mumbai b) Vizag c) New Mangalore d) Kolkata e) Paradip
61. Qatarbased Indian banker ________ has been awarded by Green Economy Visionary award at 2016 Union of Arab Banks
International Banking Summit held in Rome ?
a) Raghavan Seetharaman b) K Vijayraghavan c) E Sridharan d) Girish Sahni
e) None of These
62. _______ has won the 2016 Sahitya Akademi Bal Puraskar award (English) for her collection of short stories His Share of
Sky. ?
a) Vinod Aggarwal b) Ashutosh Sharma c) Anita Agnihotri d) Rashmi Narzary
e) None of These
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63. Ridley Scott will be honoured with 30th ________ Cinematheque Award. ?
a) Romanian b) Australian c) American d) German e) None of These
64. ________ honoured UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon with Order of Friendship Award. ?
a) Spain b) Russia c) France d) Germany e) None of Theses
65. __________, noted Indian sand artist won gold medal in People’s Choice Prize at 2016 world championship festival of sand
sculpting Russe in Bulgaria for his sand sculpture Drugs kill Sports ?
a) Nitish Bharti b) Sudarsan Pattnaik c) Badal Barai d) A. S. Kiran Kumar e) None of These
66. 17th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards held in Madrid (_______). Winners - Picture - Bajrangi Bhaijaan,
Direction - Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Actor (Male) - Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani, Best Actor (Female) - Deepika
Padukone for Piku ?
a) Italy b) Poland c) Germany d) Spain e) None of These
67. Five-time World chess Champion Viswanathan Anand has been conferred with Honoris Causa Doctor of Science by Indian
Institute Of Technology ____________ during its 49th convocation ceremony ?
a) Kanpur b) Delhi c) Kharagpur d) Mumbai e) None of These
68. Four Indian-Americans honoured with Great Immigrants (Pride of America) Award 2016 - Sunder Pichai (CEO of ______),
Hari Sreenivasan, Vikram Malhotra and Bharati Mukherjee ?
a) Google b) Yahoo c) Microsoft d) Adobe e) None of These
69. IIT ______ professor Sanjay Mittal has been awarded 25th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2015, for his contributions
in area of Mechanics. ?
a) Delhi b) Kanpur c) Mumbai d) Roorkee e) Ropar
70. Indian social entrepreneur __________ has been named among ten 2016 Global Compact SDG Pioneers, an initiative
launched by United Nations ?
a) Sunder Pichai b) Kailash Satyarthi c) Malala Yousafzai d) Zubaida Bai e) None of These
71. National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) awarded Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with Honorary Fellowship
in _______ for his contributions to world peace and culture ?
a) Germany b) Spain c) Russia d) USA e) UK
72. __________ ice hockey winger Artemi Panarin won 2015-16 season Calder Memorial Trophy at US National Hockey League
(NHL’s) Rookie of the Year at NHL Awards ceremony ?
a) French b) British c) Russian d) German e) Spanish
SET - 16
1. Book A Life in Diplomacy, written by ___________ has been released. ?
a) Maharajakrishna Rasgotra b) Ravinder Singh c) Vikram Seth d) Anant Pai
e) None of These
2. Book All of Us in Our Own Lives, authored by _______ has been released ?
a) Aruna Sundararajan b) Rajiv Gauba c) Manjushree Thapa d) Rajeev Gupta
e) None of These
3. Book Goa Undercover has been authored by _________ ?
a) Jhumpa Lahiri b) Khushwant Singh Popular novelist and jo c) Amitav Ghosh
d) Madhumita Bhattacharyya e) None of These
4. Book Indias Wars: A Military History (19471971) has been authored by ________ . ?
a) Nita Mehta b) Anant Pai c) Subroto Bagchi d) Amish Tripathi e) Arjun Subramaniam
5. Book The Gene: An Intimate History has been written by __________. He is Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Emperor of
All Maladies ?
a) Jhumpa Lahiri b) Ravinder Singh c) Siddhartha Mukherjee d) Chetan Bhagat
e) None of These
6. Book The Unseen Indira Gandhi , authored by ______ has been released. ?
a) KP Mathur b) Vikram Seth c) Anant Pai d) Subroto Bagchi e) None of These
7. Book The World in 2050 Striving for a More Just, Prosperous and Harmonious Global Community, written by _______ has
been released ?
a) Aruna Sundararajan b) Harinder S. Kohli c) Sekhar Basu d) Shashi Shekhar
e) None of These
8. OP Jindal Global University (JGU) launched book __________ , highlighting President Pranab Mukherjee's contribution to field of
higher education ?
a) The Education President b) Our President c) Indian President
d) Higher Education President e) None of These
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9. Book “A Life in Diplomacy”, authored by _______ has been released.?

a) Maharajakrishna Rasgotra b) Ravi Subramanian c) Ashwin Sanghi
d) Ruskin Bond e) None of These
10. Book “Chandigarh is in India” has been authored by __________ ?
a) Vikram Seth b) Chetan Bhagat c) Ravinder Singh d) Shanay Jhaveri e) None of These
11. Legendary Music Composer R D Burman's Biography R.D.Burmania –Panchamemoirs has been authored by noted journalist
______?
a) Barkha Dutt b) Arnab Goswami c) Rajat Sharma d) Chaitanya Padukone
e) None of These
12. Novel “Once Upon a Time in India: The Marvelous Adventures of Captain Corcoran” was written in the 1860s, by a
Frenchman Alfred Assollant, about India. It has been translated into English for the first time by _______ ?
a) Anant Pai b) Sam Miller c) Ankit Fadia d) Arundhati Roy e) None of These
13. PM Narendra Modi released book The Birds of Banni Grassland, prepared by Scientists of _________ Institute of Desert
Ecology. It is a compilation of the research work, relating to more than 250 species of birds found in the Banni area of Kutch
(_______) ?
a) Goa b) Rajashan c) Haryana d) Maharashtra e) Gujarat
14. Expert Committee under _____ has submitted its report about examining Specific Relief Act 1963. Committee recommended
that courts intervention in public works should be minimal, specific performance of contracts be made the rule and damages or
compensation be the exception and a separate class of contracts for public utility contracts should be created ?
a) Anand Desai b) Shyam S Agarwal c) Shashi Shekhar d) Rajeev Gupta
e) None of These
15. Government made a selection committee headed by _____ to shortlist candidates for Reserve Bank of India governor post ?
a) Vinod Aggarwal b) A S Kiran Kumar c) P K Sinha d) Ashutosh Sharma e) None of These
16. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has set up _______ committee to study scope of title
insurance in Indian marke ?
a) K. VijayRaghavan b) Sanjay Mitra c) Rajive Kumar d) Suresh Mathur e) None of These
17. Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises constituted 3rd Pay Revision Committee for executives of Central Public
Sector Undertakings under chairmanship of ________ ?
a) Vrinda Sarup b) Tapan Ray c) Narendra Kumar Sinha d) S K Sinha
e) Satish Chandra
18. Parliamentary committee under chairmanship of _______ has been constituted to review Model code of conduct (MCC) for
election polls and suggest ways to check malpractices ahead of polls ?
a) Devendra Chaudhary b) S. Ayyappan c) E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan
d) Anuj Kumar Bishnoi e) None of These
19. _______ Committee on Decongestion of Traffic in Delhi submitted its report to Ministry of Urban Development ?
a) Rajiv Gauba b) Rita A Teaotia c) Aruna Sharma d) S K Sinha e) None of These
20. University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a 5member committee under _________ for pay revision of academic
staff of Universities and Colleges ?
a) Rajiv Nayan Choubeyb) V S Chauhan c) Anil Swarup d) Hem Kumar Pande
e) None of These
21. Uttar Pradesh Government appointed judicial commission under ________ to probe into recent Mathura violence?
a) Mirza Imtiyaz Murtazab) Nripendra Mishra c) P K Sinha d) Arvind Mayaram
e) None of These
22. Government constituted Financial Sector Search and Recruitment Committee headed by ______ to decide on members and
heads of financial regulatory agencies. ?
a) P K Sinha b) Malay Kumar Sinha c) G. Gurucharan
d) Shobhana K Pattanayak e) None of These
23. 10day long military exercise Anakonda 2016 started in ______ as largest training exercise of Polish Armed Forces in 2016.
Purpose is to check abilities of NATO to defend territory of theeastern flank of North Atlantic Alliance ?
a) Poland b) Spain c) France d) Germany e) Netherlands
24. 5th edition of joint naval exercise 2016 SahyogHyeobleod between Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and _______ held in Bay of Bengal
(Chennai). ?
a) Japan b) China c) South Korea d) Vietnam e) None of These
25. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a submarine assembly workshop at Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders in ______ ?
a) Delhi b) Jaipur c) Ahmedabad d) Mumbai e) None of These
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26. Government decided to form a new reserve battalion to be named after great warrior ______ ?
a) Rani Lakshmibai b) Sambhaji Bhonsle c) Bajirao 1 d) Prithviraj Chauhan
e) Maharana Pratap
27. Government allowed export of missile systems to certain friendly countries. _________ of missile capacity will be permitted to be
exported if producers manage to get export orders subject to parameters set by government ?
28. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) unveiled Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) HTT40 (_________) ?
a) Hindustan Turbo Trainer40 b) Huge Turbo Trainer40
c) High Turbo Trainer40 d) Hybrid Turbo Trainer40 e) None of These
29. India announced to sell its Homemade Supersonic Cruise Missile to ______ ?
a) China b) Vietnam c) Japan d) South Korea e) None of These
30. BrahMos Aerospace for the first time demonstrated integration of supersonic cruise missile system BrahMos on Sukhoi
_______ fighter aircraft. ?
a) SU-30 MKI b) HAL Tejas c) assault Mirage 2000 d) SEPECAT Jaguar e) None
31. Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved purchase of 145 Ultra-Light Howitzers (ULH) guns from _______, at cost of
approx 4875 Crores. ?
a) USA b) Israel c) Russia d) UK e) Spain
32. First squadron of indigenously made Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas inducted into Indian Air Force (IAF), by Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL). First squadron of LCA Tejas has been named as ‘________., with Its base in Sulur (Tamil Nadu) ?
a) Flying Virus b) Flying Threats c) Flying Dangers d) Flying Daggers e) None of These
33. India's first integrated DCN (________) launched by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. It will enable Indian Army, Air force,
Navy and Special Forces Command to share situational awareness for faster decision-making ?
a) Defence Co-operation Network b) Defence Connection Network
c) Defence Convocation Network d) Defence Communication Network e) None of These
34. Indian Naval ship Satpura arrived in Hawaii to participate in 25th edition of Exercise ________ ?
a) Sahyog Kaijin b) RIMPAC c) NATO d) Yudhabhyaas e) None of These
35. Indian Navy launched INS _________ - fourth and last ship in series of the Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) ?
a) Lehar b) Tarangini c) Kamath d) Satpura e) Tarasa
36. Indigenously-built anti-submarine torpedo _____________ has been inducted in Indian Navy, making India one of eight
countries to have capability to design and build such anti-submarine torpedo system ?
a) Varunastra b) Shastra c) Astra d) Barak e) None of These
37. Medium range Surface-to-Air ballistic missile Barak-8 has been test fired. It has been developed in collaboration with ________.
It is 4 meter long ballistic missile which can hit target within 70 km ?
a) Russia b) USA c) Japan d) Israel e) None of These
38. Medium range surface-to-air missile missile (MRSAM) developed jointly by India and _____ was successfully test-fired. MR-
SAM has strike ranges from 50 to 70 km. ?
a) USA b) Russia c) Israel d) Japan e) None of These
SET - 17
1. _________ is conferred with National Award for its Roof Top Solar Power initiatives ?
a) Airports Authority of India b) SAIL c) BHEL d) BEL
e) GAIL
2. ______ obtained a telecom licence and will issue phone numbers starting with the 797 series from August 2016 ?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Andhra Pradesh d) Mizoram e) None of These
3. Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved 100 million USD loan to strengthen irrigation system and improve water manage-
ment in Vennar subbasin of Cauvery Delta in ________ ?
a) Mizoram b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Tamil Nadu e) None of These
4. Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed loan agreement with India for providing new loan of 200 million USD to upgrade 176
km of roads in _____ ?
a) Chhattisgarh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Asaam d) Mizoram e) Jharkhand
5. _______ launched India's first internationallylisted certified green bond to finance climate change solutions around the world
at London Stock Exchange (LSE). Proceeds of the bond will be invested in green energy, transportation and infrastructure
projects ?
a) LIC b) HDFC Bank c) Axis Bank d) ICICI Bank e) None of These
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6. _______ received RBI approval to start an online bidding platform for Sovereign Gold Bond scheme, to offer an online
bidding platform for collecting bids from members and their clients for SGB issue ?
a) Bombay Stock Exchange b) National Stock Exchange
c) Multi Commodity Stock Exchange d) SEBI e) None of These
7. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved disinvestment of 10% equity of __________, from Government's
shareholding of 100%. Equity capital is Rs.2001.90 crore and Net worth is approximately Rs. 7,800 Crore ?
a) SIDBI b) Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. c) NABARD
d) SEBI e) None of These
8. ________ launched Bengaluru's first ATM that accepts Aadhaar number and Aadhaar fingerprint (biometric) instead of
ATM/Debit Card and PIN to dispense cash. ?
a) DCB Bank b) ICICI Bank c) Axis Bank d) HDFC Bank e) LVB Bank
9. Finance Ministry announced that nonresident Indians (NRIs) can now open NPS (_________) accounts online i.e. through
eNPS (using Aadhaar Card / PAN card). Earlier, NRIs could open NPS accounts only through paper based applications by
approaching Bank offices ?
a) National Pension Savings b) New Pension Savings
c) NativePension Savings d) Neutral Pension Savings e) None of These
10. Government approved first ever Civil Aviation Policy 2016, brought out by Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA). It aims at
Making India 3rd largest civil aviation market by 2022 from current 9th position. Increase domestic ticketing to _________by
2022 from 8 crore in 2015. Increase airports having scheduled commercial flights from 77 in 2016 to 127 by 2019. Increase
cargo volumes to 10 million tonnes i.e. by 4 times by 2027 ?
a) 50 crore b) 40 crore c) 20 crore d) 30 crore e) None of These
11. Government approved a Special Package for employment generation and promotion of exports in Textile and Apparel sector.
Major benefits include increase of 30 billion USD, Investment of 74000 crore rupees and Creation of 1 crore jobs. Govern-
ment shall bear entire _______ of employers contribution of EPF Scheme for new employees of garment industry for first 3
years who are earning less than 15000 rupees per month ?
12. Government approved mega auction of all available spectrum across 7 bands. Airwaves in 7 spectrum bands to be auctioned
are 700, 800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300 and 2500 MHz. This auction for the first time will sell __________ band which is
preferred for offering highspeed broadband services ?
a) 2300 MHz b) 700 MHz c) 2500 MHz d) 1800 MHz e) None of These
13. Government approved to set up a ________Crore Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) under Small Industries Development Bank
of India (SIDBI) for extending support to Startups, in line with Start up India Action Plan ?
a) 50000 b) 40000 c) 30000 d) 20000 e) 10000
14. Government banned use of ________ (KbrO3) as a food additive as it is carcinogenic (Causes Cancer). A study by Centre for
Science and Environment (CSE) found that it is widely used in bread and refined flour. Study found that 84% of 38
commonly available brands of prepackaged breads had these elements ?
a) Potassium bromate b) Potassium Sulphate c) Potassium Nitrate d) Potassium Hydrate e) None of These
15. Government extended deadline for implementing Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) to March 31, ________. With
this, states shall take over 75% of ailing DISCOM (Power Distribution companies) debt as on 30th September, 2015 by 31st
March, _______ by issuing Bonds ?
a) 2020 b) 2019 c) 2018 d) 2017 e) 2021
16. Government imposed _______ customs duty on sugar exports to boost domestic supply and check prices ?
a) 30 % b) 10 % c) 20 % d) 15 % e) 18 %
17. Government is developing National Waterway1 (NW1) under Jal Marg Vikas Project with assistance from World Bank.
NW1 refers to 1620 km Haldia________ stretch of River Ganga. The project would be completed over a period of six years
at an estimated cost of Rs. 4,200 crore ?
a) Kolkata b) Allahabad c) Varanasi d) Lucknow e) None of These
18. ______ General Insurance acquired L&T General Insurance for Rs 551 crores. ?
a) Iffco Tokyo b) HDFC Ergo c) LIC d) HSBC e) None of These
19. India and Asian Development Bank Signed 120 Million USD Loan Agreement to Modernize Irrigation and Improve Water
Management in ________ ?
a) Jharkhand b) Assam c) Manipur d) Odisha e) None of These
20. _______ government announced to abolish tax on agricultural income in State Budget for 201617. ?
a) Karnataka b) Kerala c) Mizoram d) Manipur e) None of These
21. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched a scheme for setting up of ________ Mega Watt (MW) Wind Power
Project connected to transmission network of Central Transmission Utility (CTU), to facilitate supply of wind power to the
nonwindy states at a price discovered through transparent bidding process ?
a) 1000 b) 100 c) 2000 d) 3000 e) 4000
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22. Ministry of Power launched URJA _______ Mobile application for Urban Power Distribution Sector. It has been developed by
Power Finance Corporation (PFC). ?
a) Urja Jyoti Abhiyaan b) Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan c) Urban Jal Abhiyaan
d) Unnat Jyoti Abhiyaan e) None of These
23. PM Narendra Modi outlined RAPID as a fivepoint mantra to tax officials to reform and broaden direct tax net base. RAPID
Stands for _____________. It was announced during 2 day Rajasva Gyan Sangam held in New Delhi ?
a) Revenue, Affirm, Probity, Information, Digitization
b) Roads, Accountability, Probity, Information, Digitization
c) Revenue, Accountability, Probability, Information, Digitization
d) Revenue, Accountability, Probity, Information, Digitization e) None of These
24. Railways signed agreement with ______ Government for formation of joint venture Company to develop railway infrastructure
in state. ?
a) Goa b) Assam c) Mizoram d) Rajasthan e) Odisha
25. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines on S4A (_________) , with an aim to strengthen lenders’ ability to deal with
stressed assets and to put real assets back on track ?
a) Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Solid Assets b) Scheme for Sscure Structuring of Stressed Assets
c) Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets
d) Schedule for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets e) None of These
26. _______ International Arbitration Centre signed agreement with Gujarat International Finance TecCity Company Limited
(GIFTCL) and GIFT SEZ Limited (GIFT SEZ) to establish a representative office in India ?
a) Singapore b) China c) Vietnam d) Russia e) None of These
27. _____ announced its Remit2India Service, Currently available for remittance from Europe, Australia, UAE, and Singapore ?
a) LVB b) South Indian Bank c) RBL d) ICICI Bank e) Axis Bank
28. State Bank of India (SBI) and _________'s CaixaBank signed pact to provide loans to joint ventures and local enterprises ?
a) Germany b) France c) Spain d) Russia e) None of These
29. ____ launched IT Innovation Startup Fund of 200 Crores to support startups in financial technology (fintech) space. It will
provide assistance of up to 3 crore rupees to a company registered in India for promoting information technology for banking
and related activities ?
a) Kotak Mahindra Bank b) AXIS Bank c) HDFC Bank d) ICICI Bank e) SBI
30. ______ Advanced Systems Limited and Boeing laid foundation laying of a new facility in Hyderabad for its joint venture, to
coproduce Boeing AH64 Apache helicopter fuselages and other aerostructures ?
a) Mahindra b) Reliance c) Tata d) Aditya Birla e) None of These
31. ________ Power Renewable Energy Limited will acquire renewable energy company Welspun Renewables for 9,249 crores,
considered largest transaction in renewables space in India. This will help it to grow its clean energy portfolio to 2.3 gigawatts
(GW) ?
a) BHEL b) Adani c) Reliance d) Tata e) None of These
32. To make agriculture production system more flexible to climate change, _______ government approved a Rs 25 crore project
that will benefit 75,000 farmers ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Haryana c) Punjab d) Delhi e) None of These
33. Vibrant Gujarat summit will be held during January 1013, 2017 with _________ as its national partner. ?
a) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry b) International Chamber of Commerce
c) NASSCOM d) SAILs e) None of These
34. World Bank Group released midyear India Development Update 2016 Financing DoubleDigit Growth. It expects Indias
economic growth to be at 7.6 % in 2016-2017, followed by a 7.7 % in 2017-2018 and _______ in 2018-2019?
a) 8.5 % b) 9 % c) 8.8 % d) 7.9 % e) 7.8 %
35. Southern state of ________ joined Centre's debt revival scheme for state power distribution companies - Ujwal Discom
Assurance Yojana (UDAY). It will bring benefits of approx 4400 crores ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Kerala d) Karnataka e) None of These
36. _______ approved 500 million USD loan to build a bridge across Ganga River in Bihar. Loan funds will be used to build 9.8
km road bridge in Bihar on Ganga River. It will be India’s longest river bridge. ?
a) Asian Development Bank b) IMF c) World Bank
d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank e) None of These
37. Cabinet approved recommendations of 7th Pay Commission. Increased Salaries of Government employees will be made
applicable now with _______ hike. Pay for government employees will be between 18000 - 225000 rs / month ?
a) 15.55 % b) 43.55 % c) 13.55 % d) 33.55 % e) 23.55 %
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38. As per recent changes made by Government to enhance financial powers of its Ministries, Projects Under Expenditure ____
may be approved by Concerned Ministry itself (as compared to limit of 75 crores earlier) ?
a) 300 b) 200 c) 100 d) 400 e) 500
39. UNICEF (__________) released State of World’s Children 2016 report ?
a) United Nations Children's Education Fund b) United Nations Children's Emergency Fund
c) United Nations Co-operating's Exigency Fund d) United Nations Children's Environment Fund e) None of These
40. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim visited India. World Bank signed agreement with International Solar Alliance (ISA)
to provide over 1 billion USD to support Indias solar initiatives. World bank will provide _________ dollars to Indias grid-
connected rooftop solar programme that will finance the installation of at least 400MW of solar photovoltaic installations ?
a) 525 million b) 725 million c) 925 million d) 825 million e) 625 million
41. World Bank approved _________ million USD Loan for Technical Education Quality Improvement Project III (TEQIP III) in
India to improve quality of engineering education in select Indian states ?
a) 301.50 b) 201.50 c) 401.50 d) 501.50 e) 601.50
42. World Bank approved 63 million USD project - Tejaswini: Socioeconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young
Women in _________ ?
a) Chhattisgarh b) Jharkhand c) Haryana d) Odisha e) None of These
43. Reliance Industries and _________ signed Subscription and Shareholders' Agreement to set up payments bank. RIL will be
promoter with a 70 % equity and ________ will have 30 % equity contribution ?
a) State Bank of India b) ICICI Bank c) Axis Bank d) HDFC Bank e) None of These
44. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Vision-2018 document - ___________________. It aims at building efficiecnt
payment systems for a ‘less-cash India and ensuring access to mobile banking services to even basic phone users ?
a) Go Cashless : Vision-2018 b) No More Cash Transations: Vision-2018
c) Cash Less Ness : Vision- 2018 d) Cash Less India: Vision-2018
e) Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision-2018
45. Reserve Bank of India will set up a committee to study use of __________ technology for reducing use of paper currency ?
a) Money Pooling b) Blockchain c) Recurring Pool d) Pool Chain e) None of These
46. 1 June World Milk Day, started by UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in ____?
a) 2001 b) 2011 c) 2012 d) 2002 e) 2003
47. _____ Global Day of Parents. ?
a) 19 June b) 10 June c) 1 June d) 18 June e) 2 June
48. _________ United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression ?
a) 01 June b) 02 June c) 03 June d) 04 June e) None of These
49. ________ World Day Against Child Labour. 2016 Theme is End child labour in supply chains – It’s everyone’s business. ?
50. ______ United Nations International Albinism Awareness Day ?
51. __________ World Blood Donor Day. 2016 Theme Blood connects us all and 2016 Slogan is Share life, give blood. ?
52. _______ World Day to Combat Desertification. 2016 theme is Inclusive cooperation for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality ?
53. _______ World Refugee Day ?
54. ______ World Hydrography Day. Hydrography – the key to wellmanaged seas and waterways ?
55. ________ World Environment Day. 2016 Theme is Go Wild for Life (ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE
TRADE). Host Country is Angola ?
56. _____ World Oceans Day. Theme for 2016 is Healthy oceans, healthy planet ?
57. _______ UN International Yoga Day. 2016 Theme Connect the Youth. Government organised National Event of Mass Yoga
Demonstration at the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh. firstever ‘National Yoga Olympiad’ organized by NCERT for all
government and governmentaided schools. Jharkhand government announced that Yoga education will be included in the
state's school curriculum.?
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58. International Olympic Day, International Widows Day and United Nations Public Service Day are held on same day of
______. ?
a) June 19 b) June 20 c) June 21 d) June 22 e) June 23
59. ________ Day of the Seafarer. 2016 Theme is At Sea For All ?
60. ______ International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. 2016 theme is Listen First. ?
61. ________ - National Statistics Day. It is celebrated annually on occasion of Birth anniversary of India’s eminent statistician
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. 2016 Theme is Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. ?
62. 15th Asia Security Summit 2016 organized by International Institute of Strategic Studies in _____. Attended by Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar on India's Behalf ?
a) Singapore b) China c) Japan d) Vietnam e) None of These
63. 19th Plenary Session of Contact Group on Piracy off Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) held in Mahe (______). India chosen to
cochair important Working Group on Improving Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) in Region ?
a) China b) Mauritius c) Seychelles d) Vietnam e) None of These
64. 20th Ex MALABAR2016, Joint Naval Exercise of India, ______ & Japan started. Harbour phase will be held at Sasebo
(Japan) from 10 13 June 16 and sea phase in Pacific Ocean from 14 17 June 16. ?
a) Spain b) UK c) Russia d) USA e) Germany
65. 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) and the inaugural Mission Innovation (MI) Meet held in _____. India was represented by
Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan. India announced to double investment in Clean
Energy Research in next five years (72 million USD to 145 million dollars) ?
a) France b) Spain c) Russia d) UK e) USA
66. 9th India Chem 2016 event will be held in _______ from September 13, 2016. Purpose is to develop Indian Chemical and
Petrochemical Industry. ?
a) Jaipur b) Delhi c) Mumbai d) Ahmedabad e) None of These
67. Asia's largest technology trade fair Computex Taipei 2016 held in _______, to promote internet computing ecosystem ?
a) Taiwan b) Japan c) Vietnam d) Myanmar e) None of These
68. Asias largest annual security forum ShangriLa Dialogue held in __________ to talk about security issues in AsiaPacific
region, organised by Londonbased International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). India represented by Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar ?
a) UK b) Singapore c) Japan d) Sri Lanka e) None of These
69. First All India Women Journalists’ Workshop organized by Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in _______ ?
a) New Delhi b) Jaipur c) Ahmedabad d) Varanasi e) None of These
70. Plenary session of 105th Session of International Labour Conference held in Geneva (________), attended by Shankar
Aggarwal (Secretary (Labour and Employment)) ?
a) Switzerland b) Russia c) Sweden d) Spain e) None of These
71. St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) summit held in ______. Attended by Dharmendra Pradhan (Minister of
State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas) on India's Behalf ?
a) Bulgaria b) UK c) USA d) Russia e) None of These
72. 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) will be hosted by ________. GES is initiative of USA President Barack Obama
to bring entrepreneurs from across the globe on one platform ?
a) Spain b) Russia c) USA d) India e) None of These
73. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley attended First Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of ________ in Beijing, during his
recent visit to china . ?
a) Asian Development Bank b) Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank c) World Bank
d) New Development Bank e) None of These
74. Home Minister ________ inaugurated 22nd meeting of Eastern Zonal Council at Ranchi (Jharkhand). He also inaugurated
headquarters of Jharkhand's special anti-Maoist force 'Jharkhand Jaguar' in Ranchi. ?
a) Radha Mohan Singh b) Arun Jaitley c) Smriti Irani d) Nitin Gadkari
e) Rajnath Singh
75. International Conference on Social Statistics in India held in _____(Bihar). The conference has been organised by Asian
Development Research of India ?
a) Patna b) Gaya c) Bhagalpur d) Muzzaffarpur e) None of These
76. Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2016 held is Tashkent (_______)?
a) Afghanistan b) Kyrgyzstan c) Turkmenistan d) Uzbekistan e) None of These
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77. British tennis Player Andy Murray won Queen's Club tournament for record fifth time. He defeated Milos Raonic (______) ?
a) Canada b) Russia c) Spain d) France e) None of These
78. 2019 AFC Asian Cup to be hosted by _________. It is a quadrennial (once in 4 years) men’s football championship
organised by Asian Football Confederation ?
a) Japan b) India c) United Arab Emirates d) Bangladesh e) None of These
79. A cheerful white tiger cub “Soohorang” has been named as official mascot for ________s 2018 Pyeongchang Winter
Olympics ?
a) China b) Japan c) Vietnam d) South Korea e) None of These
80. Australia won 2016 Champions Trophy of Hockey by defeating _________ by 31 score. It was played in London (UK) ?
a) Russia b) Spain c) Germany d) France e) India
81. Australian Open Badminton 2016 Men's Singles HansKristian Vittinghus (_______) won by defeating Jeon HyeokJin
(South Korea). Women's Singles Saina Nehwal (India) won by defeating Sun Yu (China)?
a) UK b) USA c) Denmark d) Russia e) None of These
82. French Open 2016 Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (_______) defeated Britains Andy Murray. Women's Singles Garbine
Muguruza (Spain) won by defeating Serena Williams (USA). Men's Doubles Spanish Feliciano López and Marc López defeated
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan pair from USA. Women's Doubles French Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic defeated
Russian Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina ?
a) Serbia b) Switzerland c) Romania d) Liberia e) None of These
83. Indian Boxing Council (IBC ), a licensing body for professional boxers in India has been granted affiliation by _______
Boxing Council. ?
a) International b) Commonwealth c) Olympics d) Asian e) None of These
84. Indian Field athlete Tintu Luka won silver medal in 800 meters in Josef Odlozil Memorial Athletics Meet in Prague (________) ?
a) Czech Republic b) Netherlands c) Spain d) Russia e) None of These
85. Indian Judoka _________ qualified for 2016 Rio Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) ?
a) Avtar Singh b) Tintu Luka c) Vikas Gowda d) Dipa Karmakar e) None of These
86. Indian mixed recurve team of Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das won silver medal at Archery World Cup held in Antalya
(________) ?
a) Portugal b) Spain c) Russia d) Turkey e) None of These
87. Indian tennis player ________ become only tennis player in world and first Indian to make 7th appearance at the Olympics.
He will participate in Rio Olympics in August 2016 ?
a) Kidambi Srikanth b) Mahesh Bhupathi c) Rohan Bopanna d) Leander Paes e) None of These
88. International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended ______’s fast bowler Shaminda Eranga from bowling due to illegal bowling
action ?
a) Bangladesh b) Sri Lanka c) Nepal d) India e) None of These
89. International Tennis Federation banned tennis player Maria Sharapova (_______) for 2 years over doping charges. ?
a) Spain b) USA c) Georgia d) Liberia e) Russia
90. ________ city of Uttar Pradesh will host 2016 Junior Men’s hockey World Cup ?
a) Lucknow b) Kanpur c) Varanasi d) Allahabad e) None of These
91. Maharashtra won first edition of India’s Bad Bull Softball League by defeating ______. ?
a) Delhi b) Rajasthan c) Gujarat d) Punjab e) None of These
92. Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton from ________ won 2016 Canada Grand Prix ?
a) Russia b) USA c) Britain d) Spain e) None of These
93. Mercedes F1 driver Nico Rosberg (_________) won 2016 European Grand Prix ?
a) Spain b) Germany c) Russia d) Switzerland e) None of These
94. NR Visakh from ______ became first Indian to win Mumbai Mayors International Open Chess Tournament 2016 (9th
edition). ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Tamil Nadu c) Madhya Pradesh d) Haryana e) None of These
95. Navy Officer Ashutosh Pednekar became first Indian to participate and win International tournaments in sport of ________ ?
a) Tennis b) Ice Hockey c) Squash d) Racketlon e) None of These
96. Rio Olympics 2016 organising committee revealed official slogan for first Olympic and Paralympic Games in South America
__________ ?
a) A new world b) A new Hope c) A new Horizon d) A new Community e) None of These
97. ______ Tennis Player Novak Djokovic became first tennis player to earn more than $100 million in prize money. He is
followed by Switzerland's Roger Federer. ?
a) Serbian b) Australian c) British d) Chinese e) None of These
98. _________ Women’s Team won FINA Women Water Polo World League Super Final in China by defeating Spain ?
a) Russia b) USA c) Spain d) UK e) None of These
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99. __________ is only player to represent India in chess and cricket. His name is listed in World Chess Federation’s official site.
Beside this, he is playing for Indian national cricket team, which is touring Zimbabwe ?
a) K L Rahul b) Virat Kohli c) Rohit Sharma d) Yuzvendra Chahal e) None of These
100. 56th edition of National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2016 started in ______. It’s a qualifying event for Rio
Olympics ?
a) Ahmedabad b) Jaipur c) Patna d) Delhi e) Hyderabad
101. Athletic World Championship medalist Anju Bobby George and national badminton coach _________ have been made
members of Khelo India, national programme for development of sports in India ?
a) Prakash Padukone b) Kidambi Srikkanth c) Pullela Gopichand d) Leander Paes e) None of These
102. Chile won 2016 Copa America Football tournament by defeating ___________. Host country was USA ?
a) Argentina b) Brazil c) USA d) Uruguay e) None of These
103. Hockey Champions Trophy 2016 Winners, Men - __________won by defeating India. Women - Argentina won by defeating
Netherlands ?
a) Russia b) Australia c) Bagladesh d) USA e) None of These
104. Indian Grand Master Harika Dronavalli won best women's player award in Eurasian Blitz chess tournament in ______. ?
a) Turkmenistan b) Kyrgyzstan c) Kazakhstan d) Uzbekistan e) None of These
105. Indian shooter Jitu Rai won silver medal at ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) Shooting World Cup held in Baku
(______) ?
a) Qatar b) UAE c) Egypt d) Afghanistan e) Azerbaijan
106. Indian sprinter ______ has qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics in women’s 100metre event scheduled to be held in August 2016
in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) ?
a) Muhammad Anas b) Anil Kumar Prakash c) Dutee Chand d) Dipa Karmakar e) None of These
107. Lionel Messi announced retirement from ____________Football team ?
a) French b) Spanish c) Portugese d) Argentinean e) None of These
SET - 18
1. In 2015 Good Country Index (GCI). Top 5 Countres Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany. Libya
was ranked as the least good country in the world in 2015 . India has been placed at _________ position in list of 163
countries in Overall Index ?
a) 70th b) 77th c) 80th d) 90th e) None of These
2. In 2016 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) by Londonbased business consultancy A T Kearney India is ranked at
________ position, jumping 13 positions from last year (2015) among 30 developing countries on ease of doing business ?
a) 4th b) 3rd c) 2nd d) 5th e) None of These
3. 2016 list of 500 supercomputers _________s Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer is worlds most powerful supercomputer
system. SunwayTaihuLight can perform calculations with speed of 124.5 petaflops per second (Pflops) ?
a) Laos b) Vietnam c) Japan d) China e) None of These
4. 2016 World Investment Report by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) India ranks _______
in FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) inflows. Indias FDI inflows have increased to 44 billion dollars in 2015 as compared to 35
billion dollars in 2014. Top 10 Countries are: United States, Hong Kong, China, Ireland, Netherlands ?
5. 4 Indian women Arundhati Bhattacharya (SBI Chief), Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank Chief), PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi and
Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar are in new list of Forbes worlds 100 most powerful women. List is topped by _______
Chancellor Angela Merkel ?
a) Spanish b) British c) German d) Polish e) None of These
6. GangesDanube Cultural Festival of India held in _________. Festival showcases Indian culture, i.e. dance, music, yoga, film
and exhibitions ?
a) Hungary b) Poland c) Switzerland d) UK e) None of These
7. A bronze statue of Shri Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose been unveiled at the Indian cultural centre premises in ________ ?
a) Thailand b) Malaysia c) UK d) USA e) None of These
8. According to Forbes 2016 list of worlds 100 highestpaid athletes, __________ Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is at top with
earnings of $88 million, followed by Lionel Messi, LeBron James, Roger Federer, Kevin Durant and Novak Djokovic. ?
a) Portugese b) British c) Polish d) Spanish e) None of These
9. As Per World Health Organization (WHO), ________ became first Asian country to eliminate mothertochild HIV transmis-
sion ?
a) Thailand b) Indonesia c) Malaysia d) Sri Lanka e) None of These
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10. As per list by Dutch campaign group PAX Worldwide, ___________ is only Indian bank named in Hall of Shame list of 158
banking institutions that have invested heavily in companies making cluster bombs. Maximum number of 74 banks are from
US, followed by China (29) and South Korea (26). ?
a) HDFC Bank b) Axis Bank c) ICICI Bank d) State Bank of India e) None of These
11. BP Statistical Review of World Energy India surpassed __________ to become worlds thirdlargest oil consumer. Top 4 are
USA (19.39 million bpd), China (11.96 million bpd), India (4.1 Million bpd), Japan (3.9 Million bpd) ?
a) Spain b) Russia c) Vietnam d) Japan e) None of These
12. BRICS' New Development Bank (NDB) will issue its first _________ denominated bonds to finance sustainable development
projects, after receiving a rating from international ratings agencies as well as getting authorities approval ?
a) Yen b) Yuan c) Rupee c) USD e) None of These
13. Baltimores National Aquarium will create an Oceanside dolphin sanctuary. It will be first of its kind sanctuary for marine
mammals in ________ ?
a) Asia b) Australia c) Africa d) South America e) North America
14. Forbes' America's Richest Selfmade Women' list 2016 Diane Hendricks (owner of ABC Supply) is at top with worth of 4.9
billion USD. Two Indianorigin women on List ________ (Syntel), Jayshree Ullal (Arista Networks) ?
a) Neerja Sethi b) Indira Nooyi c) Arundhati Bhattacharya d) Chanda Kochchar
e) None of These
15. Fortune 500 Top Companies List 2016 (62nd Annual Rankings). Top 10 Companies are ________ ($482 Billion Revenue),
Exxon Mobil ($246 Billion), Apple ($233 Billion), Berkshire Hathaway ($210 Billion), McKesson ($181 Billion), United
Health Group ($157 Billion), CVS Health ($153 Billion), General Motors ($152 Billion), Ford Motor ($149 Billion) ?
a) TCS b) Microsoft c) Google d) Walmart e) None of These
16. _______ Parliament passed resolution to recognize massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces during First World War (1915)
as genocide ?
a) Chinese b) Italian c) German d) Japanese e) None of These
17. Government approved Agreement with _________ on Labour Cooperation for General Category Workers Recruitment ?
a) Libya b) Saudi Arabia c) Kuwait d) Nigeria e) None of These
18. Government approved Indian membership of ICDP (___________) by signing MOU with Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ
German Research Centre for geosciences ?
a) International Continental Scientific Dual Program b) International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
c) Inter-Continental Scientific d) Institutional Continental Scientific Drilling Program
e) None of These
19. Government approved MOU with _________ for cooperation in Youth and Sports Affairs ?
a) Russia b) Nigeria c) Libya d) Brunei Darussalam e) None
20. Government approved MOU with __________ Civil Aviation Authority to implement Technical Cooperation Programme
(TCP) for implementation of Practices of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) ?
a) French b) Russian c) Spanish d) German e) None of These
21. Government approved MOU with _______ for cooperation in Agriculture and Allied Sector, Air Services ?
a) Taiwan b) Japan c) Vietnam d) Myanmar e) None of These
22. Government approved MoU between ISRO and _______ Space Agency on cooperation in field of outer space ?
a) European b) Canadian c) Austraian d) Chinese e) None of These
23. Government approved for amending Agreement between India and _________ for avoidance of double taxation and prevention
of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. ?
a) Italy b) Bulgaria c) Russia d) Belgium e) None of These
24. Government approved signing 15 years contract with International Seabed Authority for undertaking exploration and other
developmental activities related to PMS (______) . The exploration and other developmental activities has been allotted in
the area of 10,000 sq km in parts of Central and South – West Indian Ridges (SWIR), in Indian Ocean ?
a) PolyMetallic Sulphates b) PolishMetallic Sulphides
c) PaidMetallic Sulphides d) PureMetallic Sulphides e) PolyMetallic Sulphides
25. IT Firm ________ acquired UKbased digital transformation firm BIO Agency Ltd in an allcash deal of 45 million pounds ?
a) Infosys b) HCL c) Tech Mahindra d) TCS e) None of These
26. India and ________ launched Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Rabat, on the occasion of Indian Vice President
Hamid Ansari visiting _______ ?
a) Morocco b) Italy c) Mongolia d) Russia e) None of These
27. India and _________ signed an early agreement for implementation of AEOI (Automatic Exchange of Information) between
two countries, to curb flow of Black money. ?
a) Mauritius b) Switzerland c) Vietnam d) Liberia e) None of These
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28. India and ________ signed MoU for cooperation in Information Technology (IT) and promotion of traditional handicrafts ?
a) Russia b) Turkey c) Tunisia d) Syria e) None of These
29. India and __________ will set up a joint parliamentary panel to enhance relations and facilitate their visits to promote
cooperation to tackle security issues and challenges facing the region ?
a) Portugal b) Italy c) Russia d) USA e) UAE
30. India and ________ signed MoU to join global terror database maintained by Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) ?
a) Russia b) UK c) USA d) Spain e) None of These
31. India approved assistance of Rs 4.8 Crore to ________ for construction of a college building in capital Kathmandu (Koteshwor
Multiple Campus) ?
a) Russia b) UK c) USA d) Nepal e) None of These
32. India gifted 2,000 bicycles to poor dalit girls in government schools of ______ to encourage them to enrol in schools.?
a) Bangladesh b) Nepal c) Sri Lanka d) Myanmar e) None of These
33. India joined _________ Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCoC), a global ballistic missile proliferation
regime. India has joined to highlight its readiness to further strengthen global nonproliferation objectives ?
a) Hague b) Hungary c) Hongkong d) Tokyo e) None of These
34. India signed MoU with _________ to facilitate hasslefree entry of Indians at selected airports, with quick security clearances
for preapproved, lowrisk travellers from India. ?
a) Germany b) Spain c) Russia d) UK e) USA
35. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and India Ports Global Private Limited (IPGPL) signed MoU for implementation of
additional works on the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) in ______?
a) Nepal b) Myanmar c) Bangladesh d) Sri Lanka e) None of These
36. International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved ______ billion USD loan to Sri Lanka to support its economy ?
a) 1.5 b) 1 c) .5 d) 2.5 e) None of These
37. ___________ elected to chair a UN committee for first time in 71year history of United Nations (legal affairs committee of
General Assembly) ?
a) India b) Nigeria c) Angola d) Palestine e) Israel
38. KolkataAshuganjTripura transit facility under revised Inland Water Transit and Trade Protocol between India and ________
became operational ?
a) Bangladesh b) Nepal c) Bhutan d) Sri Lanka e) None of These
39. Mercer's Cost of Living Survey 2016, including 209 cities across five continents. New York City is used as the base city for all
comparisons and currency movements are measured against US dollar. Kinshasa (sixth), appears for first time in top 10 cities
with Hong Kong (China) at top. Five Indian cities were also ranked in the list. They are: Indian Cities ________ (82), New
Delhi (130), Chennai (158), Kolkata (194), Bangalore (180) ?
a) Ahmedabad b) Mumbai c) Varanasi d) Ghaziabad e) None of These
40. Microsoft's Report on Malware Infection Index (MII) in the AsiaPacific region ________ topped in list of 19 countries,
having maximum Infections. India is placed at 8th position ?
a) Laos b) Myanmar c) Nepal d) Sri Lanka e) Pakistan
41. Nagpur (Maharashtra) and Chinese city of ________ signed pact for becoming sister cities, to exchange ideas and technology
in field of education, urban planning, youth affairs, and sports ?
a) Tinajin b) Jinan c) Beijing d) Guangzhou e) None of These
42. ______ became first country in world to prohibit deforestation and make government's public procurement policy deforestation free ?
a) Switzerland b) Norway c) Poland d) Germany e) None of These
43. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna (__________), which was renovated by India. PM Modi
joined in via video conferencing ?
a) Sri Lanka b) Afghanistan c) Nepal d) UAE e) None of These
44. Report The Rise of Environmental Crime has been released by UNEP (_______) and INTERPOL. As per report, environmen-
tal crimes grew up by 26 % larger than previous estimates. Environmental crime is the 4th largest criminal enterprise after drug
smuggling, counterfeiting and human trafficking ?
a) United Native Environment Programme b) Urban Nations Environment Programme
c) United Nations Ecological Programme d) United Nations Economy Programme
e) United Nations Environment Programme
45. ________ launched world's biggest, most powerful icebreaker, named Arktika. It is 568 feet long and powered by 2 nuclear
reactors. It can break through ice 13 feet deep ?
a) USA b) Russia c) China d) India e) None of These
46. Shiyal Bet Island in ________’s Amreli district got electricity supply for the first time since independence after Pashchim
Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) started supply to island through a 6km undersea cable ?
a) Gujarat b) Goa c) Andhra Pradesh d) Kerala e) None of These
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47. Software Firm ________ announced to acquire professional social platform LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion USD. ?
a) Yahoo b) TCS c) Facebook d) Google e) Microsoft
48. Stonegate Bank (Based in Florida, USA) issued first credit card that can be used in ________. Until now, Americans have generally had
to bring cash to ______ and change it either at state institutions that impose a 10 % penalty or informal exchanges with locals ?
a) Cuba b) Canada c) India d) Iran e) None of These
49. __________ voters rejected an unconditional basic income (UBI) proposal in referendum that proposed to provide a fixed Unconditinal
Basic Income (UBI) to all citizens and foreigners who have been residents for at least 5 years. Amount suggested was 2500 US dollars
a month to each adult and 640 US dollars for each child ?
a) USA b) Switzerland c) Australia d) Russia e) None of These
50. ___________ based International Institute for Management and Development (IMD)s world competitiveness rankings 2016 Hong
Kong is at top, followed by Switzerland, USA, Singapore. India has been ranked 41 out of 61 countries in the IMD ?
a) Poland b) UK c) USA d) Russia e) Switzerland
51. ______ returned over 200 stolen cultural artifacts to India, some dating back 2,000 years. The estimated cost of these artifacts is around
US$ 100 million ?
a) USA b) China c) Russia d) UAE e) None of These
52. _________ will provide over 3 billion USD support to Afghan forces by 2020 and donated 20 million aid to United Nations' effort to
help refugees who fled fighting in Iraqi city of Fallujah ?
a) Russia b) India c)USA d) Germany e) None of These
53. Under impetus of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and ______ Space Agency, space agencies of more than 60 countries
agreed to engage their satellites, to coordinate their methods and their data to monitor humaninduced greenhouse gas emissions ?
a) European b) German c) Russian d) French e) None of These
54. __________ launched its secret spy satellite NROL37 by United Launch Alliances (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket, worlds most powerful
rocket ?
a) Spain b) UK c) Russia d) China e) USA
55. World Bank report on global economic Global growth forecast is cut to _______ in 2016 and at 2.8% in 2017, due to slower recovery
in advanced economies. India will remain one of fastest growing major economies, ahead of China ?
a) 1.4% b) 3.4% c) 2.4% d) 5.4% e) None of These
56. Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed his 5 Nations Visit to Afghanistan, Switzerland, Qatar, USA, ________ ?
a) Mexico b) Nigeria c) Cuba d) Sudan e) None of These
57. PM Narendra Modi recently visited Afghanistan. He inaugurated AfghanIndia Friendship Dam in Herat province in Western Afghani-
stan. PM Narendra Modi conferred with _________ Award, Afghanistan’s highest civilian honour ?
a) Nishan-e-Haider b) Amir Amanullah Khan c) Legion of Honour
d) Order of Abu Dhabi e) None of These
58. India and _______ signed 7 agreements to increase co-operation, during a recent visit to 5 countries by PM Narendra Modi. Agreements
include agreement to share intelligence to combat ‘hawala transactions and terror financing. Other Agreements Mutual Assistance in
Customs Matters Financial Intelligence, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Tourism, Health Youth and Sports ?
a) Qatar b) USA c) Mexico d) Afghanistan e) None of These
59. Switzerland and ______ supported India's membership in the 48member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), during a recent visit to 5
countries by PM Narendra Modi ?
a) Mexico b) USA c) Russia d) Afghanistan e) None of These
60. During a recent visit to USA by PM Modi - He delivered an address to the joint meeting of USA Congress. USA also agreed on proposal
to set up six nuclear reactors in India. Nuclear Power Corporation of India and Westinghouse Electric Co., a U.S. unit of Toshiba Corp.,
will begin engineering and sitedesign work for reactors.
Further Agreements Include exchange of Terrorist Screening Information, Wildlife Conservation and Combating Wildlife Traficking,
Technical Arrangement between Navies.
India and US will set up 2 financial assistance programmes worth _______ million for supporting Indias clean energy initiatives
including solar power and other renewables (includes creation of a $20 million USIndia Clean Energy Finance (USICEF) initiative). ?
a) $240 b) $180 c) $120 d) $60 e) None of Theses
61. People of ________ in a historic Brexit referendum voted in favour of leaving European Union (EU) by 52 % votes in Favor. ?
a) Germany b) France c) Poland d) United Kingdom e) None of These
62. Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan visited UK for 5th Indo-UK Science and Innovation Council
Meeting (SIC) in London. UK and India agreed to work in two major initiatives in _____________ ?
a) Solar Energy and Coal b) Solar Energy and Nano Material Research
c) Railways and Defence d) Railways and Nano Material Research e) None of These
63. In 2016 Human Capital Index (HCI) by World Economic Forum (WEF) Report - Finland is at top and India is ranked
_________, as compared to 100th in 2015. ?
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64. _________ established its first dark sky reserve for astronomical observation in Tibetan prefecture of Ngari ?
a) China b) India c) Nepal d) Mongolia e) None of These
65. _________ launched its second Shijian-16 series satellite for space research and experiments, on board of Long March-4B
rocket ?
a) Spain b) UK c) Russia d) China e) Germany
66. City of Fallujah in _____ has been officially declared fully liberated from terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ?
a) Syria b) Iran c) Iraq d) Libya e) None of These
67. ___________ government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of ____________) rebels signed a historic ceasefire and
disarmament agreement ?
a) Cambodia b) Colombian c) Canada d) Chile e) China
68. Expanded Panama Canal reopened by Panama Government. Panama. Estimated cost for project was $50 billion. Panama
Canal expansion project is also called as the ___________ Project. ?
a) Dead Locks b) Third Set of Locks c) New Horizon d) Cut the sea e) None of These
69. Government approved MoU between Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)
of ________, to strengthen relationship between both ?
a) Sri Lanka b) Myanmar c) Nepal d) Bhutan e) None of These
70. Government approved MoU with _____ for cooperation in water resources management and development ?
a) Tanzania b) Lithunia c) Serbia d) Iceland e) None of These
71. Government of India (GoI) extended ban on import of milk and its products from _______ till June 2017 ?
a) China b) Pakistan c) Myanmar d) Bhutan e) Nepal
72. India became 35th member of MTCR (___________). It would be mutually beneficial in furtherance of international non-
proliferation objectives ?
a) Mutual Technology Control Rules b) Missile Technology Control Regime
c) Missile Technology Capturings Regime d) Missile Technology Caching Regime
e) None of These
73. In Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016 of World Bank Group report (Connecting to Compete 2016: Trade Logistics in the
Global Economy), India ranked _______ among 160 countries with score 3.42. For third time, Germany topped the list ?
74. Mahasthangarh, 3rd century BC archaeological site in Bogra (__________) has been declared as South Asian Association of
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) cultural capital for 2016-17 ?
a) Pakistan b) Banladesh c) Sri Lanka d) India e) Bangladesh
75. __________ banned its citizens from working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya. Owing to security concerns ?
a) Myanmar b) Sri Lanka c) Nepal d) India e) None of These
76. QS University Rankings 2016 report ranked ___________ (33rd) as India's best among Asias top 50 universities. National
University of Singapore (NUS) has been ranked best university in Asia, followed by University of Hong Kong ?
a) IIT Mumbai b) IIT Kharagpur c) IIT Delhi
d) Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore e) None of These
77. Report by consulting firm Capgemini stated that Millionaires in ________ are wealthier than Millionaires in other regions of
the world, with total worth 17.4 trillion dollars in 2015 ?
a) North America b) Asia c) South America d) Africa e) Europe
78. ________ parliament passed Right to Information (RTI) bill, to restore transparency and good governance in country ?
a) China b) Myanmar c) Pakistan d) Nepal e) Sri Lanka
79. ___________ becomes first country to have electric road. It inaugerated test stretch of an electric road in Sandviken to
conduct tests with electric power for hybrid heavy transports. Tests will be conducted upto 2018 on parts of road E16. ?
a) Sweden b) Poland c) Iceland d) France e) Germany
80. Two Indians - Kartik Sawhney and Neha Swain won 2016 Queen's Young Leaders award in ________?
a) France b) Spain c) Germany d) United Kingdom e) USA
81. Two women - Noor Huda Roslan and Nenney Shuhaidah Shamsuddin have been appointed as judges of ____________’s
Islamic Shariah High Court for first time in history of country ?
a) Thailand b) Malaysia c) Indonesia d) China e) None of These
82. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected Ethiopia, Bolivia, Sweden and ___________ as non-permanent members
of United Nations Security Council (UNSC), for 2 year term. They will replace Spain, Malaysia, New Zealand, Angola and
Venezuela ?
a) Kazakhstan b) Uzbekistan c) Turkmenistan d) Kyrgyzstan e) None of These
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83. Washington DC-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) cleared payment of $501 million for ________ after completing
11th review of country’s economic performance under a three-year program supported by an Extended Fund Facility (EFF)
arrangement ?
a) Nigeria b) Thailand c) Malaysia d) Pakistan e) None of These
84. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) commissioned 2 units of 14 Megawatts each at Salma Hydro Electric Project in
_______?
a) Nigeria b) Thailand c) Malaysia d) Turkmeinstan e) Afghanistan
85. As per recent reports, Pollutants _____ and ground level Ozone are responsible for maximum number of premature mortalities
in India ?
a) PM 2.5 b) PM 1.5 c) PM 2 d) PM 3.5 e) PM 5 86. As per
recent study by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), hot drinks (beverages) consumed at temperatures above
______ Celsius can cause esophageal cancer. Report states that drinks are not carcinogenic, but actually the high temperatures
at which they served causes cancer ?
a) 75 b) 55 c) 65 d) 85 e) 95
87. ______ Great Barrier Reef rodent (known as Bramble Cay melomys) has become the first mammal species driven to extinction
by humaninduced climate change ?
a) Polish b) Indian c) British d) Australian e) None of These
88. ________ successfully launched 23rd BeiDou Navigation Satellite to support its global navigation and positioning network. It
is 23rd satellite in BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, which is being developed as an alternative to GPS (Global Positioning
System) of USA ?
a) Cambodia b) Laos c) Vietnam d) Japan e) China
89. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched record 20 satellites in a single mission from Satish Dhawan
Space Centre in Sriharikota, using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) _______. It's ISRO's Highest number of Satellites
launched in a single mission Main satellite in this mission was Indias latest earth observation satellite Cartosat2. 2 satellites
were from Chennais Sathyabama University and College of Engineering, Pune (COEP). ?
a) C35 b) C33 c) C34 d) C36 e) C37
90. International Astronomical Union (IAU) named a crater on Mars as Langtang after one of villages most affected by 2015
earthquakes in ________ ?
a) Nepal b) India c) Chile d) Peru e) UK
91. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced proposed names for 4 new elements that were added
in periodic table in January 2016. They completed _______ row of periodic table of elements. These new elements are
Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts) (Indian scientist Susanta Lahiri played important role in discovering it) and
Oganesson (Og) ?
92. Scientist Gordana VunjakNovakovic (______) has grown a living bone in lab to repair large defects in head and face of
patient. The new technique uses autologous stem cells derived from a small sample of the recipients fat and precisely
replicates the original anatomical structure of the bone ?
a) Columbia University b) Harvard University c) Sydney University d) University of Melbourne e) None of These
93. Scientists from Harvard University (_________) created a unique bionic leaf (2.0) that solar energy to split water molecules
into oxygen and hydrogen and hydrogeneating bacteria to produce liquid fuels from CO2. It can convert solar energy to
biomass with 10% efficiency, much higher than the 1% seen in fastest growing plants. ?
a) USA b) Canada c) UK d) Russia e) Australia
94. Scientists from LamontDoherty Earth Observatory in __________'s Columbia University discovered a way to trap green-
house gas (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground by changing it into a rock, as part of CarbFix project. ?
a) Russia b) Ireland c) Scotland d) Iceland e) None of These
95. Scientists from USA proposed an ambitious project HGPWrite (___________), to create a genetic blueprint or synthetic human
genome. The project aims to develop technologies to more efficiently and more cheaply write DNA (synthetic genome) ?
a) Human Genes ProjectWrite b) Human Genome ProjectWorld
c) Human Genome ProjectWire d) Human Genome ProjectWrite e) None of These
96. Scientists of University of Sheffield (_________) identified process of removal of DNA molecules from iconic doublehelical
structure. New research has unlocked a crucial part of mystery as to how human DNA can replicate and repair itself. ?
a) USA b) UK c) Russia d) Spain e) Germany
97. _________ based private space company SpaceX successfully launched 2 commercial satellites EUTELSAT 117 West B
and ABS2A, using SpaceXs reusable Falcon 9 rocket ?
a) Russias b) Liberia c) Bulgaria d) UK e) USA
98. World's first 3Dprinted aircraft THOR (Test of Hightech Objectives in Reality) unveiled by Airbus at International Aerospace
Exhibition in _____ ?
a) Germany b) Spain c) France d) UK e) None of These
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99. Matthew Godvin, associate professor in University of Texas (_______) has developed a newly patented method to kill cancer
cells. ?
a) UK b) Japan c) Russia d) USA e) None of These
100. Scientists at University of Bristol (____) have developed a new stem cell-containing bio-ink that allows 3D printing of complex
living tissues that may be used for surgical implants. ?
a) Lithunia b) Russia c) England d) USA e) Noneof These
101. Scientists at University of California have developed worlds first 1,000-processor chip, named ________. It has 1000 inde-
pendent programmable processors and has highest clock-rate processor ever designed at university level. ?
a) PowerCore b) KiloCore c) PowerChip d) MicroChip e) None of These
SET - 19
1. 3,049 people registered in Guinness book of world records for performing largest Karma dance ever. Event was held in District
Mandla (_______) ?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Haryana d) Gujarat e) None of These
2. AYUSH Ministry released a Yog Geet (Yoga song) for celebrating 2nd International Yoga Day on _______ 2016. It has been
written by Dheeraj Saraswat, Music by Sumanto Ray and sung by Gandhar T. D. Jadhav and Ms. Gatha Jadhav. ?
a) 1 June b) 2 June c) 21 June d) 20 June e) None of These
3. Andhra Pradesh Government's AP Food Processing Society signed agreement with National Research Development Corpora-
tion (Ministry of Science & Technology) to strengthen agribusiness & food processing sector by establishing SAPNAP (_______).
These will focus on creation of enabling ecosystem for accelerated growth of agribusiness by involving all the stakeholders ?
a) Smart Agribusiness Paid Networks of Andhra Pradesh
b) Smart Agribusiness Platform Native of Andhra Pradesh
c) Safe Agribusiness Platform Networks of Andhra Pradesh
d) Smart Agribusiness Platform Networks of Andhra Pradesh e) None of These
4. Annual Ambubachi Mela held at Kamakhya temple (________) ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Meghalaya d) Manipur e) Assam
5. ______ Assembly passed Ease of Doing Business Bill 2016 to facilitate ease of doing business in state, to attract fresh
investment in state ?
a) Manipur b) Meghalaya c) Assam d) Gujarat e) None of These
6. _________ Government launched Maitree Ek Gyan Yatra initiative to link primary schools to high schools to colleges.
Purpose is to change the mindset of teachers, as in some places in states teachers of a school considered it below their dignity
to teach lower level students. ?
a) Assam b) Uttar Pradesh c) Manipur d) Meghalaya e) None of These
7. Assams _________ became first city to have its own city animal after Kamrup metropolitan district administration declared
Gangetic River dolphin (Locally known as Sihu) as its official mascot ?
a) Kamrup b) Guwahati c) Jorhat d) Shillong e) None of These
8. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned a 195 megawatt (MW) unit at Muzaffarpur thermal power station in
_______ ?
a) Bihar b) Uttar Pradesh c) Jharkhand d) Rajasthan e) None of These
9. ________ CM Nitish Kumar launched Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act for quick redressal of peoples' complaints /
grievances from Government officials within 60days ?
a) Bihar b) Uttar Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Manipur e) None of These
10. __________ Government inaugurated ‘Child Labour Tracking System (CLTS)’ in order to keep track of rescued child labour
for their proper rehabilitation and financial help of Rs 25,000 for every rescued child labour ?
a) Jharkhand b) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) Bihar e) None of These
11. __________ government approved its first Solar Policy, aiming at installation of 1 GW (1,000 Mega Watts) solar power
capacity by 2020, which is proposed to be doubled to 2 GW by 2025 ?
a) Gujarat b) Goa c) Uttar Pradesh d) Delhi e) None of These
12. Department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) approved setting up a greenfield electronic park within Infovally
complex IT hub in Bhubaneswar (_______) ?
a) Gujarat b) Odisha c) Goa d) Uttar Pradesh e) None of These
13. Election Commission (EC) asked Government to amend electoral law Representation of People Act (RPA), 1951 to empower
it to postpone or cancel elections if evidence emerges of use of money to influence voters in affected areas, by inserting new
clause __________ in RPA 1951. It will allow declaring invalid of election if money is used to lure voters ?
a) 61 B b) 60 B c) 59 B d) 57 B e) 58 B
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14. Global Peace Index (GPI) 2016 by global think Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) for 163 countries India ranked
__________ on List (Up from 143 in 2015). Top 5 peaceful countries Iceland (1st), Denmark (2nd), Austria (3rd), New
Zealand (4th), Portugal (5th). Least 5 peaceful countries Syria (163rd), South Sudan (162nd), Iraq (161st), Afghanistan
(160th), Somalia (159th), Yemen (158th) ?
15. Google and Tata Trusts jointly launched Internet Saathi program in Purulia (_________), as part of Googles Helping Women
Get Online campaign?
a) Meghalaya b) Manipur c) Madhya Pradesh d) West Bengal e) None of These
16. Government approved enhancement of retirement age NonTeaching and Public Health Specialists of Central Health Service
from 62 years to ________ and and Doctors of General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) subcadre of Central Health Service
(CHS) to 65 years. ?
a) 68 years b) 67 years c) 65 years d) 70 years e) None of These
17. Government asked all state governments to link _________ with caste and domicile certificates to be issued to school
students. It is first initiative to be undertaken by Government to issue these certificates to the students within 60 days when
they are studying in Class V or VIII ?
a) Bank Accounts b) Aadhaar c) Pan Card d) Voter ID Card e) None of These
18. Government eased foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for 9 sectors to for job creation and ease of doing business in
country. Food products 100%, Defence FDI beyond current limit of 49% has now been permitted through government
approval route, Pharmaceutical ______ FDI under automatic route and require government approval for above it, Civil
Aviation 100% FDI (upto 49 % under automatic). Animal Husbandry 100% FDI, brownfield airport projects - 100 % under
automatic Route ?
19. Government launched campaign ‘________’ to make all villages along banks of Ganga Open Defecation Free (ODF) ?
a) Namami Gange b) Swachh Ganges c) Swachh Jal d) Swachh Yug e) None of These
20. Government started Asia's First Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme on Pinjore (________) ?
a) Haryana b) Goa c) Gujarat d) Uttar Pradesh e) None of These
21. __________ government announced its first IT and Electronics Startup Policy,wapplicable only to IT and electronics related
startups. Under this, State Government will develop 50 new incubators to mentor and guide 2,000 startups in the next five
years ?
a) Gujarat b) Goa c) Maharashtra d) Andhra Pradesh e) None of These
22. _______ Government laid foundation stone of Jai Jawan Awas Yojna (JJAY) at Bahadurgarh. It is an initiative to provide
affordable housing to serving and retired JCOs and Other Ranks ?
a) Goa b) Haryana c) Gujarat d) Uttar Pradesh e) None of These
23. ________ government will set up an AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) Univer-
sity, the firstofitskind in India. It will be formed by upgrading Shri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College in Kurukshetra ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Himachal Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Haryana e) None of These
24. _________ became first state to have a State Data Centre (SDC), designed using green data centre concept. It will offer 101
peopleoriented services online through an integrated data base. It would integrate websites of various departments and all
services can be accessed through the integrated data base, saving time and money spent on creation of infrastructure ?
a) Goa b) Gujarat c) Uttar Pradesh d) Sikkim e) Himachal Pradesh
25. India's First case of a baby born with a rare genetic disorder called ‘Harlequin Ichthyosis‘ occured in Nagpur (_______). This
disease affects 1 in 3 lakh babies and causes thickening of the skin across body ?
a) Gujarat b) Goa c) Maharashtra d) Meghalaya e) None of These
26. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) launched ‘_________ mobile app to enable booking of air tickets
for travel within India and abroad at lower prices ?
a) IRCTC Air b) IRCTC Fly c) IRCTC Sky d) IRCTC Book e) None of These
27. _________ Government announced to use Cricket Legend Sachin Tendulkar's name in campaign against liquor and drug
abuse in state ?
a) Karnataka b) Kerala c) Madhya Pradesh d) Meghalaya e) None of These
28. ___________ Tourism won 4 awards at the 11th ‘FilmAT’ international film festival dedicated to tourism, art and ecology in
Poland ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Karnataka c) Kerala d) Rajasthan e) Haryana
29. Kiran Bedi (Lieutenant Governor of ______) launched a mobile app (HelpAge SOS App) to help senior citizens in distress ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Lakshadweep c) Daman and Diu d) Delhi e) Puducherry
30. ___________ Government decided to use plastic waste, along with tar, to build roads. It is aimed at improving durability and
longevity of asphalt roads and reducing soil pollution caused by plastic ?
a) Goa b) Gujarat c) Maharashtra d) Assam e) None of These
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31. ______ Government gave minority status to Jews in state as per the provisions of the State Minorities Commission Act, 2004 ?
a) Meghalaya b) Goa c) Gujarat d) Maharashtra e) None of These
32. ______ government will celebrate 21st day of every month as Yoga day across all schools, colleges and universities in state. ?
a) Goa b) Maharashtra c) Gujarat d) Uttar Pardesh e) None of These
33. _______ government will celebrate 21st day of every month as Yoga day across all schools, colleges and universities in state ?
a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Goa d) Uttar Pradesh e) None of These
34. ___________ will design mobile application for Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry’s SWAYAM platform. Under
this, ministry will launch 2000 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for over 3 crore students in 2016 ?
a) TCS b) HCL c) Wipro d) Google e) Microsoft
35. Ministry of Commerce & Industry approved establishment of Mega Leather Cluster at Nellore district (_________) ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh c) Kerala d) Rajasthan e) Haryana
36. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting framed New Print Media Advertisement Policy for Directorate of Advertising & Visual
Publicity (DAVP), to promote transparency and accountability in issuing of advertisements in print media. Policy introduces
a New Marking System for newspapers. Advertisements shall be released by DAVP to Newspapers based on marks obtained
by each newspaper. Certification by RNI/ABC if circulation exceeds _________ copies per publishing day ?
a) 45,000 b) 55,000 c) 65,000 d) 75,000 e) None of These
37. Mori village in East Godavari (_________) will be developed as a smart village of global standards by using digital tools,
realtime information, and uninterrupted internet connectivity. ?
a) Jharkhand b) Chhattisgarh c) Odisha d) West Bengal e) Andhra Pradesh
38. National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) will launch cleaning River Ganga Project in __________. In
December 2015, the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation hired NBCC to carry out
feasibility study of river for entrylevel activities in Bihar ?
a) Bihar b) Goa c) Gujarat d) Madhya Pradesh e) None of These
39. ___________ became first state to give social welfare benefits to transgender people, including BPL Cards, housing, pension
and food grains ?
a) Gujarat b) Odisha c) Goa d) Maharashtra e) None of These
40. PM Narendra Modi released NDMP (__________) to make India more disaster resilient. It is based on 4 priority themes of
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 201530 Understanding disaster risk, Improving disaster risk governance,
Investing in disaster risk reduction and Disaster preparedness ?
a) New Desire Mutual Plan b) National Disaster Mutual Plan
c) New Disaster Management Plan d) Native Disaster Management Plan
e) National Disaster Management Plan
41. Piyush Goyal (Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy) launched ____________ mobile App,
developed by National Institute of Solar Energy. This App can handle thousands of calls simultaneously and can efficiently
monitor all visits of Suryamitras ?
a) Sulabh Mitra b) Surya Mitra c) Sumitra d) Suyogya Mitra e) None of These
42. ___________ became first state to launch a special fund Mukh Mantri Hepatitis C Relief Fund to provide free treatment for
patients affected by Hepatitis C ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Punjab c) Madhya Pradesh d) Goa e) None of These
43. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off India's first timetabled freight train, Cargo Express, from Delhi to ________. Aims
is to reduce delay and uncertainty over the time schedule for delivery of goods ?
a) Bengaluru b) Ahmedabad c) Chennai d) Varanasi e) None of These
44. Railway Ministry launched 2 policies related to Parcel Cargo Train Express and Parcel Leasing CPLP (__________) and
Liberalised policy on Parcel Cargo Express Trains (PCET) ?
a) Liberalised Combined Parcel Leaving Policy b) Liberalised Combined Parcel Leasing Leaving
c) Liberalised Comprehensive Parcel Leasing Purity d) Liberalised Comprehensive Parcel Leaving Policy
e) Liberalised Comprehensive Parcel Leasing Policy
45. Railways Ministry flagged off Champaran Satyagrah Express train in Motihari (_________), to mark 100 years of the historic
Champaran Satyagraha (movement) launched by M K Gandhi in 1917 ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Bihar c) Madhya Pradesh d) Rajasthan e) None of These
46. Railways launched 3 passenger service initiatives _________ for mothers (hot milk, hot water and baby food will be available
at railway stations), optional catering in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains and children's menu on trains ?
a) Janani Sewa b) Shishu Care c) Mahila Kosh d) Janani Kosh e) None of These
47. __________ Government launched mobile application RajVayu for sharing information about air quality index of Jaipur,
Udaipur and Jodhpur. ________ becomes first state in country to launch such app for sharing information about air quality
index of cities ?
a) Gujarat b) Goa c) Haryana d) Uttar Pradesh e) Rajasthan
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48. ________ became first state to have an open government data portal at _______.data.gov.in ?
a) Sikkim b) Uttar Pradesh c) Gujarat d) Goa e) None of These
49. __________ Government will set up a Pharma City on 12,500 acres of land in Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar districts. ?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Telengana c) Andhra Pradesh d) Rajasthan e) None of These
50. To boost community participation in government schools, HRD ministry launched ________ scheme inviting volunteers to
hold public speaking, story telling, play acting sessions and participate in other coscholastic activities ?
a) Vidyapath b) Vidyajyoti c) Vidyakosh d) Vidyalakshmi e) Vidyanjali
51. Urban Development Ministry sanctioned 37.5 crore rupees for development of Machilipatnam town (__________) under Atal
Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. ?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Meghalaya d) Goa e) None of These
52. Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu launched _________ portal as an online system for redressal of service related grievance
of railway employees ?
a) Saksham b) Nirvan c) Nivaran d) Sulabh e) None of These
53. Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh launched CMRS (_______) App for better crop and Nutrient
management released for farmers in bihar ?
a) Crop Mutual Rice-based Systems b) Crop Manager for Rich-based Systems
c) Cold Manager for Rice-based Systems d) Crop Manager for Rice-based Systems
e) None of These
54. ______ Government and Armed Forces launched “Exercise Jalrahat” for flood relief at Narangi cantonment of Army ?
a) Mizoram b) Arunachal Pradesh c) Nagaland d) Manipur e) Assam
55. _________ Government granted district status to Majuli, a 400 square kilometres island in Brahmaputra River. With this,
Majuli became India’s first island district and 34th district of _______ ?
a) Manipur b) Mizoram c) Assam d) Meghalaya e) None of These
56. Beijing Based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved first set of loans totalling US 509 million dollars to
finance projects in four countries viz. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia and _______ ?
a) Tajikistan b) Uzbekistan c) Turkmenistan d) Kyrgyzstan e) None of These
57. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched ________, an anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug designed for type
2 Diabetes mellitus, jointly developed by National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and Central Institute for Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) ?
a) BGR-44 b) BGR-34 c) BGR-54 d) BGR-64 e) BGR-74
58. Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) signed MoU with Jadavpur University (___) to establish Jagadish
Chandra Bose Centre for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT) ?
a) Kolkata b) Delhi c) Ahmedabad d) Jaipur e) None of These
59. India Post opened up ongoing scheme of customized printing of ‘My Stamp’ for individuals and corporate also. Under this,
individual or a corporate entity can get their photo or logo printed inside postage stamp at a price of ______ rupees ?
a) 12 lakh b) 1 lakh c) 2 lakh d) 10 lakh e) 20 lakh
60. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) signed MoU with CEEW (___________) to launch Initiative on Solar for Healthcare.
It will focus on providing effective health care delivery at the last mile ?
a) Council on Ethics, Environment and Water b) Council on Ecology, Environment and Water
c) Council on Economy, Environment and Water d) Council on Energy, Environment and Water
e) None of These
61. India’s first pilot programme to run two wheelers on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has been launched by Government in
_______ to curb air pollution in cities ?
a) Lucknow b) Jaipur c) Ahmedabad d) Delhi e) None of These
62. Indias first sunken (Underwater) museum will be set up at World Heritage Site of __________s Tomb in New Delhi. It will
open to public in early 2018 and will display a mix of artifacts locked up in reserve collections of National Archives and
museums of Archaeological Survey of India ?
a) Akbar b) Humayun c) Najak Khan d) Mirza Ghalib e) None of These
63. Indias largest food products marketing organization Amul become official sponsor of Indian contingent to 2016 Rio Olympics.
_________ Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which sells its product under brand Amul signed agreement with Indian
Olympic Association (IOA) ?
a) Haryana b) Uttar Pradesh c) Maharaahstra d) Rajasthan e) Gujarat
64. ___________ became fourth state to ban e-cigarette (electronic cigarette) as its use can cause cancer and heart ailments.
Punjab was first to ban e-cigarettes in November 2014, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka ?
a) Kerala b) Uttar Prades c) Gujarat d) Goa e) Delhi
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65. MOU signed between Rural Development Ministry and ________ for geo-tagging assets created under MGNREGA in each
gram panchayat, to check leakages and for effective mapping of terrain for future developmental works. ?
a) BEL b) BHEL c) SAIL d) ISRO e) None of These
66. Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Zubin Irani launched ______________ teacher education portal. Vision
is to strengthen District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and bring quality teachers into Indian school education
system ?
a) Prashikshan b) Parikshak c) Prashikshak d) Prakashan e) Pariksha
67. ___________ Government launched women helpline 181 and Sakhi-One Stop Centre, to provide integrated assistance
including medical, legal and psychological counselling to women affected by violence. Sakhi-One Stop Centre is a centrally
sponsored scheme by Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) to be funded through Nirbhaya Fund ?
a) Assam b) Nagaland c) Manipur d) Mizoram e) None of These
68. National Institute of Animal Welfare (NIAW) and _____________ signed Agreement to conduct academic programmes to
focus on development of Animal Welfare Sciences ?
a) Aligarh Muslim University b) Jawaharlal Nehru University
c) Banaras Hindu University d) Kanpur University e) None of These
69. _______ government approved proposal of the Panchayati Raj department to add 500 new gram panchayats before 2017
three-tier panchayat polls ?
a) Sikkim b) Manipur c) Asssm d) Odisha e) None of These
70. __________ government has signed a pact with WorldFish, an international non-profit research organization, to boost fish
production in the state ?
a) Odisha b) Assam c) Manipur d) Meghalaya e) None of These
71. ______________ government launched scheme Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana (KSSY) with an aim to provide education loan
at 1 % interest to students for pursuing higher studies ?
a) Odisha b) Assam c) Maharashtra d) Gujarat e) None of These
72. PM Narendra Modi launched ‘____________ involving 83 projects from 20 different cities in the country, at a cost of 1770
crore rupees (Mostly from Pune). These projects are related to water supply projects, sewage treatment plants, solid waste
management under Swachh Bharat Mission and development of green and open spaces under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation
and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) ?
a) Swatch City Mission b) Smart City Mission c) Sulabh City Mission
d) Saksham City Mission e) None of These
73. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in Darjeeling (_________) received a male snow leopard named Makalu from
London’s Dudley Zoological Gardens. The male snow leopard will be used for breeding conservation programme at PNHZP ?
a) Odisha b) Sikkim c) Assam d) West Bengal e) None of These
74. PMSMA (Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan ) launched by Government, to boost health care facilities for pregnant
women (especially poor). Under this, pregnant ladies will be given free health check-up and required treatment for free on 9th
of every month. The scheme is applicable only to the women in their pregnancy period of _______ months ?
a) 2 to 8 b) 1 to 6 c) 6 to 9 d) 3 to 9 e) 3 to 6
75. Tathagata Roy, Governor of Tripura has been given additional charge of Governor of _________ ?
a) Manipur b) Assam c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Meghalaya e) None
76. ____ government declared that all natural calamities including unseasonal heavy rain, lightning, Loo and storm etc. will be
treated as state disaster. ?
a) Meghalaya b) Assam c) Uttar Pradesh d) Goa e) None of These
77. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) launched long-term monitoring studies project to document the effect of climate change on
animal biodiversity in states of Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and ________?
a) Himachal Pradesh b) H aryana c) Gujarat d) Maharashtra e) None of These
78. Prayut Chan-o-cha, ____________'s Prime Minister Visited India. Two agreements signed between India and _________ -
MoU between India’s Nagaland University and Chiang Mai University, Agreement for extension of Cultural Exchange Programme
(CEP) between both countries. ?
a) Thailand b) Malaysia c) Vietnam d) Laos e) Cambodia
79. Amber Gurung, Known as Father of modern ________ music and composer of ________national anthem passed away ?
a) Bangladesh b) Sri Lanka c) Nepal d) India e) None of These
80. Anju Bobby George resigned as President of ______ Sports Council ?
a) Jharkhand b) Chhattisgarh c) Karnataka d) Kerala e) None of These
81. Finance Minister ______ Visited Japan ?
a) Rajnath Singh b) Sushma Swaraj c) Radha Mohan Singh d) Nitin Gadkari e) Arun Jaitley
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82. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released commemorative silver coin to mark 300th martyrdom day of Sikh General ______. He
was given title of Bahadur by 10th Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh ?
a) Ishar Singh b) Hari Singh Nalwa c) Banda Singh Bahadur d) Hira Singh
e) None of These
83. Former captain of ____ Cricket team, Donald Carr passed away ?
a) England b) South Africa c) New Zealand d) Australia e) None of These
84. Indian Person ________ became first Indian to be nominated as a member of International Olympic Committee (IOC)
headquartered at Lausanne, Switzerland. Election will be held at 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro in August 2016. If
elected, she will continue as an IOC member until age of 70 ?
a) Indira Nooyi b) Nita Ambani c) Arundhati Bhattacharya d) Chanda Kochhar
e) None of These
85. Gunit Chadha resigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Asia Pacific region of ______ ?
a) Deutsche Bank b) Google c) KPMG d) Morgan Stanley e) None of These
86. Indias First Mr. Universe _____ passed away. He won Mr. Universe title in 1952 and was nicknamed ‘Pocket Hercules due to
his shiort height ?
a) Manohar Aich b) Thakur Anoop Singh c) Bikram Saluja d) Sachin Khurana
e) None of These
87. Joo Hyunghwan, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of __________ Visited India. During His visit, India and South
Korea launched a platform ‘Korea Plus to promote and facilitate Korean Investments in India ?
a) Vietnam b) North Korea c) India d) South Korea e) None of These
88. Legendary ________ ice hockey player Gordie Howe passed away. ?
a) Spanish b) British c) Australian d) Canadian e) None of These
89. Noted _______ boxer Muhammad Ali passed away. He was former three times world heavyweight champion (1964, 1974
and 1978). He was also known globally for his civil rights activism ?
a) Indian b) American c) Pakistani d) Bangladeshi e) None of These
90. Noted _____ novelist Mudrarakshas passed away ?
a) Gujarati b) Telugu c) Tamil d) Punjabi e) Hindi
91. Noted _______ film actress Manimala Devi passed away ?
a) Odia b) Punjabi c) Gujarati d) Kannada e) None of These
92. Noted ____ Chess Player Victor Korchnoi passed away ?
a) French b) Spanish c) Italian d) Russian e) None of These
93. Noted ____ Razzak Khan passed away. ?
a) Journalist b) Scientist c) Actor d) Politician e) None of These
94. Inder Malhotra and KK Katyal recently passed away, they were noted _____ ?
a) Scientists b) Journalists c) Actors d) Politicians e) None of These
95. Noted theatre personality Achyut Lahkar passed away . He was konwn as father of the Bhryamyman (Mobile Theatre of
_____) ?
a) Manipur b) Assam c) Meghalaya d) Bihar e) None of These 96.
S. K. Roy resigned as chief of _____ ?
a) RBI b) IRDA c) SEBI d) LIC e) None of These
97. US President Barack Obama nominated Indianorigin Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir as USA's ambassador to _________ ?
a) Malaysia b) Thailand c) UK d) India e) None of These
98. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee visited Ghana, Ivory Coast and _________. Additionally, he became first Indian presi-
dent to visit Ghana and Ivory Coast. ?
a) Namibia b) Nigeria c) Lithunia d) Niger e) Chad
99. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has been honoured with highest national award of _____________- Grande Croix
Commandeur in National Merit Order / National Grand Crois. ?
a) Ghana b) Cote d’Ivoire c) Nambia d) Egypt e) None of These
100. ________, a pioneer of quizzing in India and educationalist passed away. ?
a) KG Subramanyan b) Kavalam Narayana Panicker c) Labh Juneja d) Neil O'Brien
e) one of These
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Answer
SET - 01
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. e 6. b 7. c
8. a 9. d 10. c 11. a 12. c 13. d 14. d
15. b 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e
SET - 02
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. d 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. b 20. a 21. a
22. a 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d
SET - 03
1. b 2. a 3. e 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. c
8. a 9. d 10. c 11. a 12. b 13. a 14. a
15. d 16. d 17. b 18. e 18. a
SET - 04
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. e 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. b 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. b
50. e 51. a 52. b 53. a 54. d 55. c 56. e
57. a 58. c 59. b 60. d 61. c 62. d 63. b
64. e
SET - 05
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. a 7. d
8. c 9. e 10. b 11. c 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. e 17. c 18. d 19. b 20. c 21. a
22. c 23. d 24. a 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. a 45. b 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. b
50. a 51. a 52. c 53. d 54. e 55. c 56. a
57. b 58. a 59. a 60. d 61. d 62. b 63. e
64. a 65. d 66. c 67. b 68. b 69. d 70. a
71. a 72. b 73. d
SET - 06
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. d 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. a 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. a 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. d 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. b
50. e 51. a 52. c 53. d 54. e 55. c 56. a
57. b 58. a 59. a 60. d 61. d 62. b 63. e
64. a 65. d 66. c 67. b 68. b 69. d 70. a
71. a 72. b 73. d 74. e 75. c 76. a 77. c
78. d 79. e 80. c 81. a 82. b 83. a 84. a
85. d 86. d 87. d 88. e 89. a
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SET - 07
1. c 2. b 3. e 4. a 5. d 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. a 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. a 24. d 25. c 26. e 27. b 28. c
29. b 30. e 31. a 32. d 33. d 34. b 35. e
36. a 37. d 38. c 39. b 40. b 41. d 42. a
43. a 44. b 45. d 46. e 47. c 48. a 49. d
50. c 51. e 52. c 53. d 54. d 55. a 56. e
57. b 58. a 59. e 60. a 61. b 62. e 63. b
64. b
SET - 08
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. b
15. c 16. d 17. a 18. c 19. a 20. d 21. c
22. e 23. b 24. b 25. b 26. e 27. a 28. d
29. c 30. b 31. b 32. b 33. a 34. a 35. b
SET - 09
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. b 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. d
50. e 51. a 52. c 53. d 54. e 55. c 56. a
57. c 58. d 59. e 60. c 61. a 62. b 63. a
64. a 65. d 66. b 67. b 68. e 69. a 70. d
71. c 72. b 73. b 74. d 75. a 76. a 77. b
78. d 79. e 80. c 81. a 82. b 83. c 84. e
85. c 86. d 87. b
Set 10
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. b 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. a 18. c 19. d 20. e 21. c
22. a 23. b 24. a 25. a 26. c 27. d 28. e
29. c 30. a 31. b 32. a 33.a 34. d 35. d
36. b 37. e 38. a 39. d
Set 11
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. b 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. b
50. e 51. a 52. c 53. d 54. e 55. c 56. a
57. b 58. a 59. a 60. d 61. d 62. b 63. e
64. a 65. d 66. c 67. b 68. b 69. d 70. a
71. a 72. b 73. d 74. e 75. c 76. d 77. e
78. c 79. a 80. c 81. d 82. e 83. c 84. a
85. b 86. a 87. a 88. d 89. d 90. b 91. e
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SET -12
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. d 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. a 42. c
43. d 44. e 45. c 46. a 47. b 48. a 49. a
50. d 51. d 52. b 53. e 54. a 55. d 56. c
57. b 58. b 59. d
SET - 13
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. d 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. a 18. c 19. d 20. e 21. c
22. a 23. b 24. a 25. a 26. b 27. d 28. b
29. e 30. a 31. d 32. c 33. b 34. b 35. d
36. a 37. a 38. b 39. d 40. e 41. c 42. a
43. b 44. c 45. e 46. c 47. d 48. b 49. a
50. e 51. b 52. a 53. e 54. a 55. b 56. e
57. b 58. b 59. a 60. e 61. b 62. a 63. e
64. a 65. b 66. e 67. a 68. c 69. d 70. e
71. c 72. a 73. d 74. a 75. a 76. d 77. d
78. b 79. e 80. a 81. d
SET – 14
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. d 25. c 26. a 27. d 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. b 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. b
50. e 51. a 52. c 53. d 54. e 55. c 56. a
57. b 58. a 59. a 60. d 61. d 62. b 63. e
64. a 65. d 66. c 67. a 68. c 69. d 70. e
71. c 72. a 73. d 74. a 75. a 76. d 77. d
78. b 79. e 80. a 81. d 82. c 83. b 84. d
SET – 15
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. c 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. e 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. b 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. c
50. d 51. e 52. c 53. a 54. b 55. a 56. a
57. d 58. d 59. b 60. e 61. a 62. d 63. c
64. b 65. b 66. e 67. a 68. a 69. b 70. d
71. e 72. c
SET – 16
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. c 16. d 17. e 18. c 19. a 20. b 21. a
22. a 23. a 24. c 25. d 26. e 27. c 28. a
29. b 30. a 31. a 32. d 33. d 34. b 35. e
36. a 37. d 38. c
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SET – 17
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. b 46. a 47. c 48. d 49. e
50. c 51. a 52. b 53. a 54. a 55. d 56. d
57. b 58. e 59. a 60. d 61. c 62. a 63. c
64. d 65. e 66. c 67. a 68. b 69. a 70. a
71. d 72. d 73. b 74. e 75. a 76. d 77. a
78. c 79. d 80. e 81. c 82. a 83. b 84. a
85. a 86. d 87. d 88. b 89. e 90. a 91. d
92. c 93. b 94. b 95. d 96. a 97. a 98. b
99. d 100. e 101. c 102. a 103. b 104. c 105. a
106. c 107. d
SET – 18
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. b 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. b
50. e 51. a 52. c 53. d 54. e 55. c 56. a
57. b 58. a 59. a 60. d 61. d 62. d 63. e
64. a 65. d 66. c 67. b 68. b 69. d 70. a
71. a 72. b 73. d 74. e 75. c 76. d 77. b
78. e 79. a 80. d 81. b 82. a 83. d 84. e
85. a 86. c 87. d 88. e 89. c 90. a 91. b
92. a 93. a 94. d 95. d 96. b 97. e 98. a
99. d 100. c 101. b
SET – 19
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. c 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b 13. e 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. e 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. c
29. e 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. a 34. e 35. b
36. a 37. e 38. a 39. b 40. e 41. b 42. b
43. a 44. e 45. b 46. a 47. e 48. a 49. b
50. e 51. a 52. c 53. d 54. e 55. c 56. a
57. b 58. a 59. a 60. d 61. d 62. b 63. e
64. a 65. d 66. c 67. b 68. b 69. d 70. a
71. a 72. b 73. d 74. e 75. c 76. c 77. a
78. a 79. c 80. d 81. e 82. c 83. a 84. b
85. a 86. a 87. d 88. d 89. b 90. e 91. a
92. d 93. c 94. b 95. b 96. d 97. a 98. a
99. b 100. d
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June 1, 2016
1. 1 June : Global Day of Parents.
2. 1 June World Milk Day, started by UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2001. Noted that India's National Milk Day is
celebrated on 26 November, in memory of Verghese Kurien (Father of India's White Revolution).
3. Government extended retirement age of government doctors to 65 years, to strengthen healthcare sector in the country.
4. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a submarine assembly workshop at Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders in Mumbai.
5. Government signed MOU with USA to enhance cooperation in field of wildlife conservation and combating wildlife trafficking.
6. India and Morocco launched IndiaMorocco Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IMCCI) in Rabat (Moroccan capital), on the
occasion of Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari visiting Morocco.
7. R Seetharaman (Group CEO of Doha Bank) has been honoured with 2016 Green Economy Visionary Award for his contribution in
environmentfriendly activities.
8. Government approved MOU with French Civil Aviation Authority (Direction Generale de lAviation Civile (DGAC)) to implement
Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) for implementation of Practices of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
9. PM Narendra Modi released National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) to make India more disaster resilient. It is based on 4 priority
themes of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 201530 Understanding disaster risk, Improving disaster risk governance,
Investing in disaster risk reduction and Disaster preparedness.
10. Odisha became first state to give social welfare benefits to transgender people, including BPL Cards, housing, pension and food grains.
11. Navin Agarwal appointed as Director General (DG) of National AntiDoping Agency (NADA).
12. P Sreeramakrishnan elected as speaker of 14th legislative assembly of Kerala.
13. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) launched DND (do not disturb) mobile app for telecom subscribers to register their
complaints against pesky calls and SMSes.
14. BRICS' New Development Bank (NDB) will issue its first yuandenominated bonds to finance sustainable development projects, after
receiving a rating from international ratings agencies as well as getting authorities approval.
15. Asias largest annual security forum ShangriLa Dialogue held in Singapore to talk about security issues in AsiaPacific region, organised
by Londonbased International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). India represented by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
16. India and Tunisia signed MoU for cooperation in Information Technology (IT) and promotion of traditional handicrafts.
17. Government approved MOU with Brunei Darussalam for cooperation in Youth and Sports Affairs.
June 2, 2016
1. A.K. Mittal appointed as Member Engineering of Railway Board.
2. Dr. Thomas Mathew appointed as Additional Secretary to the President
3. Prabhas Kumar Jha appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
4. Government approved setting up India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) as a Public Limited Company under Department of Posts with
100% Government of India equity. Total expenditure is 800 Crores.
5. Asian Development Bank and Government of India signed agreement for $200 million loan to upgrade 176 Kilometers of State roads
Jharkhand.
6. Government started Asia's First Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme on Pinjore (Haryana).
7. Asia's largest technology trade fair Computex Taipei 2016 held in Taiwan, to promote internet computing ecosystems.
8. Switzerlandbased International Institute for Management and Development (IMD)s world competitiveness rankings 2016
i) Hong Kong is at top, followed by Switzerland, USA, Singapore, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and Canada.
ii) India has been ranked 41 out of 61 countries in the IMD
iii) The IMD measures how well countries manage all their resources and competencies to facilitate longterm value creation.
9. Noted actor and Comedian Razzak Khan passed away.
10. Sri Lankan Bowler Nuwan Kulasekara retired from Test Cricket.
11. Serbian Tennis Player Novak Djokovic became first tennis player to earn more than $100 million in prize money. He is followed by
Switzerland's Roger Federer.
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12. Forbes' America's Richest Selfmade Women' list 2016

i) Diane Hendricks (owner of ABC Supply) is at top with worth of 4.9 billion USD.
ii) Two Indianorigin women on List Neerja Sethi (Syntel), Jayshree Ullal (Arista Networks)
13. India gifted 2,000 bicycles to poor dalit girls in government schools of Nepal to encourage them to enrol in schools.
14. K Chari is appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of Mysore (SBM).
15. India joined Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCoC), a global ballistic missile proliferation regime. India
has joined to highlight its readiness to further strengthen global nonproliferation objectives.
June 3, 2016
1. Bombay Stock Exchange received RBI approval to start an online bidding platform for Sovereign Gold Bond scheme, to offer an online
bidding platform for collecting bids from members and their clients for SGB issue.
2. P Dhanapal reelected as Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker.
3. Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) signed agreement with Gujarat International Finance TecCity Company Limited
(GIFTCL) and GIFT SEZ Limited (GIFT SEZ) to establish a representative office in India.
4. German Parliament passed resolution to recognize massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces during First World War (1915) as
genocide.
5. Kerala Government announced to use Cricket Legend Sachin Tendulkar's name in campaign against liquor and drug abuse in state.
6. Ashok Lavasa appointed as Finance Secretary of India.
7. Book The Unseen Indira Gandhi , authored by KP Mathur has been released.
8. National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) will launch cleaning River Ganga Project in Bihar. In December 2015,
the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation hired NBCC to carry out feasibility study of river for
entrylevel activities in Bihar.
9. 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) and the inaugural Mission Innovation (MI) Meet held at San Francisco (USA). India was
represented by Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan. India announced to double investment in Clean
Energy Research in next five years (72 million USD to 145 million dollars).
June 4, 2016
1. 04 June United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
2. Under impetus of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French Space Agency (CNES), space agencies of more than 60
countries agreed to engage their satellites, to coordinate their methods and their data to monitor humaninduced greenhouse gas
emissions.
3. 15th Asia Security Summit 2016 organized by International Institute of Strategic Studies in Singapore. Attended by Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar on India's Behalf.
4. 19th Plenary Session of Contact Group on Piracy off Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) held in Mahe (Seychelles). India chosen to cochair
important Working Group on Improving Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) in Region.
5. OP Jindal Global University (JGU) launched book The Education President, highlighting President Pranab Mukherjee's contribution
to field of higher education.
6. India and Asian Development Bank Signed 120 Million USD Loan Agreement to Modernize Irrigation and Improve Water Manage-
ment in Odisha.
7. Plenary session of 105th Session of International Labour Conference held in Geneva (Switzerland), attended by Shankar Aggarwal
(Secretary (Labour and Employment)).
8. Piyush Goyal (Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy) launched Surya Mitra mobile App, developed by
National Institute of Solar Energy. This App can handle thousands of calls simultaneously and can efficiently monitor all visits of
Suryamitras.
i) National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is organizing Suryamitra skill development programs at various locations across country.
Duration of this skill development program is approx 90 days, sponsored by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India.
9. Paradip Port Trust received Best Performance Award from Shipping Ministry, in efficiency parameters for year 201516.
10. Noted journalist K.K. Katyal passed away.
11. Ministry of Commerce & Industry approved establishment of Mega Leather Cluster at Nellore district (Andhra Pradesh).
12. Jadavpur University (Kolkata) won 12th National Youth Parliament Competition for Universities and Colleges conducted by Ministry
of Parliamentary Affairs.
13. Book The World in 2050 Striving for a More Just, Prosperous and Harmonious Global Community, written by Harinder S. Kohli has
been released.
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14. Andhra Pradesh Government's AP Food Processing Society signed agreement with National Research Development Corporation
(Ministry of Science & Technology) to strengthen agribusiness & food processing sector by establishing Smart Agribusiness Platform
Networks of Andhra Pradesh (SAPNAP). These will focus on creation of enabling ecosystem for accelerated growth of agribusiness by
involving all the stakeholders.
15. 20th Ex MALABAR2016, Joint Naval Exercise of India, USA & Japan started. Harbour phase will be held at Sasebo (Japan)
from 10 13 June 16 and sea phase in Pacific Ocean from 14 17 June 16.
16. Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises constituted 3rd Pay Revision Committee for executives of Central Public Sector
Undertakings under chairmanship of Justice Satish Chandra (Retd.).
17. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting framed New Print Media Advertisement Policy for Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity
(DAVP), to promote transparency and accountability in issuing of advertisements in print media
i) Policy introduces a New Marking System for newspapers. Advertisements shall be released by DAVP to Newspapers based on marks
obtained by each newspaper
a) Circulation certified by ABC/RNI(25 marks)
b) EPF subscription for employees (20 marks)
c) Number of pages (20 marks)
d) Subscription to wire services of UNI/PTI/Hindustan Samachar (15 marks)
e) Own printing press (10 marks)
f) Annual subscription payment to PCI(10 marks)
ii) Certification by RNI/ABC if circulation exceeds 45,000 copies per publishing day, for circulation upto 45,000 copies per publishing
day certificate from Cost/Chartered Accountant/ Statutory Auditor Certificate/ ABC is mandated.
iii) Policy also stipulates empanelment procedure for MultiEditions of a newspaper. It states that, whenever copies of one edition of a
newspaper are printed from more than one centre and if contentcis different, they would be treated as different editions. Each edition
is required to have a separate RNI registration number.
iv) Policy has classified Newspaper/Journals into three categories namely Small (<25,000 copies per publishing day), Medium (25,001
75,000 copies per publishing day) and Big (>75,000 copies per publishing day).
June 5, 2016
1. 5 June World Environment Day. 2016 Theme is Go Wild for Life (ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE). Host
Country is Angola.
1. Indian Navy Pledges 1.5 % of its Works Budget Towards Renewable Energy Generation.
2. Government committed to take up massive tree plantation drive in upto 200 cities across country to create Urban Forests. Environment
Ministry launched ‘Urban Forestry Scheme in Pune, where 6000 saplings will be planted to create an ‘urban jungle on 80 acres of land.
3. Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu flagged off Tiger Trail Circuit Train between Mumbai and Delhi.
2. India and USA signed MoU to join global terror database maintained by Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) of USA. USA recognised
India as a major defence partner which will pave way to bring it closest US allies for defence related trade and technology transfer.
3. 2015 Good Country Index (GCI)
i) Top 5 Countres Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany.
ii) Libya was ranked as the least good country in the world in 2015 .
iii) India has been placed at 70th position in list of 163 countries n Overall Index. India's Rank in subindexes
a) International peace and security 27th
b) prosperity and equality 124th
c) Health and wellbeing 37th
d) Science and technology 62nd
e) Culture 119th
f) Climate 106th
4. Noted American boxer Muhammad Ali passed away. He was former three times world heavyweight champion (1964, 1974 and
1978). He was also known globally for his civil rights activism.
5. Assam Assembly passed Ease of Doing Business Bill 2016 to facilitate ease of doing business in state, to attract fresh investment in state.
6. Scientists from Harvard University (USA) created a unique bionic leaf (2.0) that solar energy to split water molecules into oxygen and
hydrogen and hydrogeneating bacteria to produce liquid fuels from CO2. It can convert solar energy to biomass with 10% efficiency,
much higher than the 1% seen in fastest growing plants.
7. Indian judoka Avtar Singh qualified for 2016 Rio Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
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8. French Open 2016

i) Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Britains Andy Murray. It was Djokovics 12th major title and he became the first
man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slams at once.
ii) Women's Singles Garbine Muguruza (Spain) won by defeating Serena Williams (USA).
iii) Men's Doubles Spanish pair of Feliciano López and Marc López won by defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan pair from USA.
iv) Women's Doubles French pair of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic defeated Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and
Elena Vesnina.
v) Mixed Doubles Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) won b6y defeating Sania Mirza (India) and Ivan Dodig
(Croatia).
9. World's first 3Dprinted aircraft THOR (Test of Hightech Objectives in Reality) unveiled by Airbus at International Aerospace Exhibition
in Germany.
i) THOR has just 3 parts, makin its lighter, faster and cheaper. It weighs 21 kilo grams and less than 4 metres long. All it parts (except
electrical elements) are 3D printed from a substance called polyamide.
10. Himachal Pradesh became first state to have a State Data Centre (SDC), designed using green data centre concept. It will offer 101
peopleoriented services online through an integrated data base. It would integrate websites of various departments and all services can
be accessed through the integrated data base, saving time and money spent on creation of infrastructure.
11. Delhi government approved its first Solar Policy, aiming at making Capital an environmentfriendly solar city. It Recommends installation
of 1 GW (1,000 Mega Watts) solar power capacity in Delhi by 2020, which is proposed to be doubled to 2 GW by 2025.
12. Gujarat government announced its first IT and Electronics Startup Policy,wapplicable only to IT and electronics related startups.
Under this, State Government will develop 50 new incubators to mentor and guide 2,000 startups in the next five years.
13. Rajasthan Government launched mobile application RajVayu for sharing information about air quality index of Jaipur, Udaipur and
Jodhpur. Rajasthan becomes first state in country to launch such app for sharing information about air quality index of cities.
14. 2016 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) released by Londonbased business consultancy A T Kearney
i) India is ranked at second position, jumping 13 positions from last year (2015) among 30 developing countries on ease of doing
business.
ii) Sharp pick up in GDP growth and better clarity regarding FDI regulations have helped India achieve a second ranking.
iii) Indias retail sector expanded at annual growth rate of 8.8% between 2013 and 2015, with annual sales crossing US 1 trillion dollars.
15. Bollywood actress Dia Mirza was named as the ambassador for Swachh Saathi (student internship) programme .
June 6, 2016
1. Assams Guwahati became first city to have its own city animal after Kamrup metropolitan district administration declared Gangetic
River dolphin (Locally known as Sihu) as its official mascot. Less than 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins remain in Brahmaputra River
along Guwahati.
2. Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed loan agreement with India for providing new loan of 200 million USD to upgrade 176 km of
roads in Jharkhand.
3. Lucknow city of Uttar Pradesh will host 2016 Junior Mens hockey World Cup.
4. Election Commission (EC) asked Government to amend electoral law Representation of People Act (RPA), 1951 to empower it to
postpone or cancel elections if evidence emerges of use of money to influence voters in affected areas, by inserting new clause 58 B in
RPA 1951. It will allow declaring invalid of election if money is used to lure voters.
5. Government decided to form a new reserve battalion to be named after great warrior Maharana Pratap. It will be called Maharana India
Reserve Battalion.
6. Amber Gurung, Known as Father of modern Nepali music and composer of Nepals national anthem passed away.
7. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its second bimonthly monetary policy review 201617 has kept key policy rates unchanged. Current
Rates are
i) Policy Rates ––
a) Repo 6.50 %
b) Reverse repo 6.0 %
c) Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate 7.00 %
ii) Reserve Ratios ––
a) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4.0 %
b) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 21.25 %
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iii) Other forecas –––

i) Growth forecast Unchanged at 7.6% for current fiscal
ii) Inflation target Unchanged at 5% for January 2017
8. As Per World Health Organization (WHO), Thailand became first Asian country to eliminate mothertochild HIV transmission.
9. International Tennis Federation banned tennis player Maria Sharapova (Russia) for 2 years over doping charges.
10. World Bank report on global economic
1. Global growth forecast is cut to 2.4% in 2016 and at 2.8% in 2017, due to slower recovery in advanced economies.
2. India will remain one of fastest growing major economies, ahead of China, for next 3 years. Indias growth projections have been
marginally lowered by 0.2% to 7.6% for 201617 and 7.7% in 201718.
11. BP Statistical Review of World Energy
1. India surpassed Japan to become worlds thirdlargest oil consumer. Top 4 are USA (19.39 million bpd), China (11.96 million
bpd), India (4.1 Million bpd), Japan (3.9 Million bpd).
2. Oil remained the world’s leading fuel, accounting for 32.9% of global energy consumption. sCoal is secondlargest fuel by market
share (29.2%). Natural gas’ market share of primary energy consumption stood at 23.8%.
3. In 2015, global demand for primary energy grew only 1% which is slower than 10year average.
12. Microsoft's Report on Malware Infection Index (MII) in the AsiaPacific region
1. Pakistan topped in list of 19 countries, having maximum Infections. India is placed at 8th position.
2. Top 5 Malware Infected Nations are Pakistan (1st), Indonesia (2nd), Bangladesh (3rd), Nepal (4th), Vietnam (5th).
13. Indianorigin professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya awarded prestigious Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II.
He is founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and has been granted Regius Professorship for his contribution in manufac-
turing.
14. Russia has honoured UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon with Order of Friendship Award.
15. Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved 100 million USD loan to strengthen irrigation system and improve water management in
Vennar subbasin of Cauvery Delta in Tamil Nadu.
June 7, 2016
1. Per Lodin (Sweden) appointed as chief military observer and head of UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).
2. Axis Bank launched India's first internationallylisted certified green bond to finance climate change solutions around the world at
London Stock Exchange (LSE). Proceeds of the bond will be invested by Axis Bank in green energy, transportation and infrastructure
projects, to play a role in reinforcing India’s commitment to produce 175,000 MW of renewable power by 2022.
3. Legendary Canadian ice hockey player Gordie Howe passed away.
4. Google and Tata Trusts jointly launched Internet Saathi program in Purulia (West Bengal), as part of Googles Helping Women Get
Online campaign.
5. Railways Ministry flagged off Champaran Satyagrah Express train in Motihari (Bihar), to mark 100 years of the historic Champaran
Satyagraha (movement) launched by M K Gandhi in 1917.
6. Global Peace Index (GPI) 2016 by global think Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) for 163 countries
i) India ranked 141 on List (Up from 143 in 2015).
ii) Top 5 peaceful countries Iceland (1st), Denmark (2nd), Austria (3rd), New Zealand (4th), Portugal (5th).
iii) Least 5 peaceful countries Syria (163rd), South Sudan (162nd), Iraq (161st), Afghanistan (160th), Somalia (159th), Yemen
(158th) .
4. Indias neighbours Bhutan (13th), Nepal (78th), Bangladesh (83rd), Sri Lanka (97th), China (120th) and Pakistan (153rd).
7. V. Vaithilingam is elected as Speaker of Puducherry legislative Assembly.
8. Sikkim became first state to have an open government data portal at sikkim.data.gov.in.
9. Satya Pal Jain appointed as a parttime member of 21st Law Commission of India.
10. Railways launched 3 passenger service initiatives Janani Sewa for mothers (hot milk, hot water and baby food will be available at
railway stations), optional catering in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains and children's menu on trains.
11. Noted journalist Inder Malhotra passed away.
12. Noted theatre personality Achyut Lahkar passed away . He was konwn as father of the Bhryamyman (Mobile Theatre of Assam).
13. Scientists from LamontDoherty Earth Observatory in Iceland's Columbia University discovered a way to trap greenhouse gas (GHG)
carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground by changing it into a rock, as part of CarbFix project.
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i) In CarbFix project, scientists pumped CO2 and water, 540 metre underground into volcanic rock at Hellisheidi geothermal power
plant. In this method, CO2 is dissolved with water (carbonation) is pumped into volcanic rocks called basalts. Later, CO 2 solidifies into
a storable solid mineral (calcite).
ii) In the research it was found that 95% of the gas was captured and converted in two years.
14. Indian American author Akhil Sharma won 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his semiautobiographical novel Family Life.
15. China successfully launched 23rd BeiDou Navigation Satellite to support its global navigation and positioning network. It is 23rd
satellite in BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, which is being developed as an alternative to GPS (Global Positioning System) of USA.
16. Norway became first country in world to prohibit deforestation and make government's public procurement policy deforestationfree.
17. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced proposed names for 4 new elements that were added in
periodic table in January 2016.
i) All these 4 elements are super heavy and are synthetic in nature (created in laboratory). They completed seventh row of periodic
table of elements.
ii) These new elements are
a) Nihonium (Nh) Created by a group of Japanese researchers. Nihon means Japan in Japanese.
b) Moscovium (Mc) Named after Russian Capital Moscow.
c) Tennessine (Ts) Named after American state of Tennessee. Indian scientist Susanta Lahiri played important role in
discovering it
d) Oganesson (Og) Named after Russian researcher Yuri Oganessian. It is second element to be named after a living
scientist.
June 8, 2016
1. 8 June World Oceans Day. Theme for 2016 is Healthy oceans, healthy planet.
2. A cheerful white tiger cub “Soohorang” has been named as official mascot for South Korea’s 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
3. government constituted Financial Sector Search and Recruitment Committee headed by P K Sinha to decide on members and heads
of financial regulatory agencies.
4. Sudarsan Pattnaik, noted Indian sand artist won gold medal in Peoples Choice Prize at 2016 world championship festival of sand
sculpting Russe in Bulgaria for his sand sculpture Drugs kill Sports.
5. Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited will acquire renewable energy company Welspun Renewables for 9,249 crores, considered
largest transaction in renewables space in India. This will help Tata Power to grow its clean energy portfolio to 2.3 gigawatts (GW).
6. Rakesh Ranjan Prasad appointed as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.
7. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines on Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A), with an aim to
strengthen lenders ability to deal with stressed assets and to put real assets back on track. Highlights of the Scheme. RBIformulated the
Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A) as an optional framework for resolution of large stressed accounts.
8. First All India Women Journalists Workshop organized by Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in New Delhi.
9. 2019 AFC Asian Cup to be hosted by United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is a quadrennial (once in 4 years) men’s football championship
organised by Asian Football Confederation.
10. Government launched campaign ‘Swachh Yug’ to make all villages along banks of Ganga Open Defecation Free (ODF).
11. 5th edition of joint naval exercise 2016 SahyogHyeobleod between Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and South Korea held in Bay of Bengal
(Chennai).
12. N Ramachandran, president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has been honoured with Olympic Order by International Olympic
Committee (IOC) for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement.
13. As per recent reports, Pollutants PM2.5 and ground level Ozone are responsible for maximum number of premature mortalities in India.
14. T Haque is appointed head of newly created land policy cell in NITI Aayog.
15. 10day long military exercise Anakonda 2016 started in Poland as largest training exercise of Polish Armed Forces in 2016. Purpose
is to check abilities of NATO to defend territory of theeastern flank of North Atlantic Alliance. It involves 31,000 soldiers from 19 NATO
countries and five partner countries.
16. India joined a group of nearly 40 nations that have signed a Europeled clampdown on tax evasion and corruption.
17. NR Visakh from Tamil Nadu became first Indian to win Mumbai Mayor’s International Open Chess Tournament 2016 (9th edition).
18. Book The Gene: An Intimate History has been written by Siddhartha Mukherjee.He is Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Emperor
of All Maladies.
19. University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a 5member committee under V S Chauhan for pay revision of academic staff of
Universities and Colleges.
20. Karnataka government announcemd to abolish tax on agricultural income in State Budget for 201617.
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June 9, 2016
1. Airports Authority of India (AAI) is conferred with National Award for its Roof Top Solar Power initiatives. AAI has installed 4.8
megawatt peak power (MWp) rooftop solar plants at 13 airports, generating 51 lakh units of solar energy.
2. According to Forbes 2016 list of worlds 100 highestpaid athletes, Portugese Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is at top with earnings of
$88 million, followed by Lionel Messi, LeBron James, Roger Federer, Kevin Durant and Novak Djokovic.
3. Book Indias Wars: A Military History (19471971) has been authored by Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam.
4. Indias First Mr. Universe Manohar Aich passed away. He won Mr. Universe title in 1952 and was nicknamed ‘Pocket Hercules due to
his shiort height.
5. Scientists of University of Sheffield identified process of removal of DNA molecules from iconic doublehelical structure. New research has
unlocked a crucial part of mystery as to how human DNA can replicate and repair itself.
6. Government approved MOU with Taiwan for cooperation in Agriculture and Allied Sector, Air Services.
7. Government approved MoU between ISRO and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) on cooperation in field of outer space.
8. Government approved Indian membership of International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) by signing MOU with
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for geosciences.
9. Government approved enhancement of retirement age NonTeaching and Public Health Specialists of Central Health Service from 62
years to 65 years and and Doctors of General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) subcadre of Central Health Service (CHS) to 65 years.
10. Government approved Agreement with Saudi Arabia on Labour Cooperation for General Category Workers’ Recruitment.
11. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved disinvestment of 10% equity of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd.
(HUDCO), from Government's shareholding of 100%. Equity capital of HUDCO is Rs.2001.90 crore and Net worth is approximately
Rs. 7,800 Crore.
12. India and Switzerland signed an early agreement for implementation of AEOI(Automatic Exchange of Information) between two
countries, to curb flow of Black money.
13. To boost community participation in government schools, HRD ministry launched Vidyanjali scheme inviting volunteers to hold
public speaking, story telling, play acting sessions and participate in other coscholastic activities.
14. Government approved signing 15 years contract with International Seabed Authority for undertaking exploration and other develop-
mental activities related to PolyMetallic Sulphides (PMS). The exploration and other developmental activities has been allotted in the
area of 10,000 sq km in parts of Central and South – West Indian Ridges (SWIR), in Indian Ocean.
15. Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood chosen for 2016 Pen Pinter Prize.
June 10, 2016

1. Peter Thomson (Fiji) has been elected as President of 71st session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
2. Noted Hindi novelist Mudrarakshas passed away.
3. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched a scheme for setting up of 1000 Mega Watt (MW) Wind Power Project
connected to transmission network of Central Transmission Utility (CTU), to facilitate supply of wind power to the nonwindy states at
a price discovered through transparent bidding process.
4. Australian Great Barrier Reef rodent (known as Bramble Cay melomys) has become the first mammal species driven to extinction by
humaninduced climate change.
5. Government approved Civil Aviation Policy 2016
i) This is for the first time since Independence that an integrated Civil Aviation Policy has been brought out by the Union Ministry of
Civil Aviation (MoCA).
ii) Civil Aviation Policy 2016 aims at
a) Make India 3rd largest civil aviation market by 2022 from current 9th position.
b) Increase domestic ticketing to 30 crore by 2022 from 8 crore in 2015.
c) Increase airports having scheduled commercial flights from 77 in 2016 to 127 by 2019.
d) Increase cargo volumes to 10 million tonnes i.e. by 4 times by 2027.
iii) Under Regional Connectivity Scheme enabling Indians to fly at Rs. 2,500 per hour at unserved airports.
iv) For starting international operations, requirement of 5 years of domestic flying removed.
v) Ensure availability of quality certified 3.3 lakh skilled personnel by 2025.
vi) Development of greenfield airports and heliports.
vii) Areas covered in the Policy Regional connectivity, 5/20 Requirement for International Operations, Safety, Air Transport Operations, ,
Route Dispersal Guidelines, Bilateral traffic rights, Codeshare agreements, Fiscal Support, Immigration and Customs, Airports developed by
State Governments (Private / PPP mode), Aeronautical ‘Make in India.
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6. Indian tennis player Leander Paes become only tennis player in world and first Indian to make 7th appearance at the Olympics. He will
participate in Rio Olympics in August 2016.
7. Bethool Ajmal from Kerala named as winner of The Little Miss Princess of Asia 2016 at a beauty pageant held in Georgia.
8. G Kalyanakrishnan is appointed as Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC).
9. India announced to sell its Homemade Supersonic Cruise Missile to Vietnam.
10. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Visited Japan.
11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed his 5 Nations Visit to Afghanistan, Switzerland, Qatar, USA, Mexico. Highlights are
a) Afghainistan
i) PM Narendra Modi conferred with Amir Amanullah Khan Award, Afghanistan’s highest civilian honour.
ii) PM Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani jointly inaugurated AfghanIndia Friendship Dam in Herat
province in Western Afghanistan. This Dam was earlier known as Salma Dam. It is built on Hari River amd meant to generate 42 MW
of power and irrigate 75000 hectares of land.
b) Qatar
i) India and Qatar signed 7 agreements which include agreement to share intelligence to combat ‘hawala’ transactions and terror
financing between the two countries. Other Agreements are
1. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), Ministry of Finance, Government of India and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
2. Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters
3. Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIUIND) and the Qatar Financial Information Unit (QFIU) concerning cooperation in the
exchange of intelligence related to money laundering,
4. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, the Government of Republic of India and the National Qualifications Authority/
Supreme Education Council, Government of the State of Qatar
5. Tourism, 6. Health, 7. Youth and Sports
c) Switzerland
Switzerland supported India's membership in the 48member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Switzerland agreed to provide mutual
support to India for becoming nonpermanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
d) USA
i) PM Modi delivered an address to the joint meeting of the USA Congress.
ii) USA welcomED India entry into Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
iii) USA recognised India as an important strategic partner in defense which will give India access to better quality and dualuse
technology.
4. There was also forward movement on the proposal to set up six nuclear reactors in India. Nuclear Power Corporation of India and
Westinghouse Electric Co., a U.S. unit of Toshiba Corp., will begin engineering and sitedesign work for reactors.
5. Further Agreements between India and USA Include exchange of Terrorist Screening Information, cooperation on Wildlife
Conservation and Combating Wildlife Trafficking, Technical Arrangement between the Indian Navy and the United States Navy
concerning Unclassified Maritime Information Sharing and Cooperation in Gas Hydrates.
6. India and US WILL set up 2 financial assistance programmes worth $60 million for supporting Indias clean energy initiatives
ncluding solar power and other renewables (includes creation of a $20 million USIndia Clean Energy Finance (USICEF) initiative).
7. India signed Pact with USA for cooperation in development of INS Vishal (India's second Aircraft Carrier). It is scheduled to be
commissioned in 2025.
e) Mexico
Mexico also supported India's membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, a 48member club of nations that control trade in
advanced nuclear technologies.
June 11, 2016

1. CR Sasikumar is appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of Travancore (SBT).
2. Indian Boxing Council (IBC ), a licensing body for professional boxers in India has been granted affiliation by Commonwealth Boxing
Council.
3. Haryana Government laid foundation stone of Jai Jawan Awas Yojna (JJAY) at Bahadurgarh. It is an initiative to provide affordable
housing to serving and retired JCOs and Other Ranks.
4. HDFC Ergo General Insurance acquired L&T General Insurance for Rs 551 crores.
5. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar launched Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act for quick redressal of peoples' complaints / grievances from
Government officials within 60days.
6. Facebook appointed Umang Bedi as managing director for India Operations.
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7. Bharti Airtel appointed Ashok Ganapathy as Director (Airtel Business).

8. Adobe appointed Kulmeet Bawa as Managing Director (MD) for South Asia.
9. Deshauna Barber, a serving Army Reserve officer has crowned as Miss USA 2016. She became first Military Person to be crownwd Miss
USA. Miss Hawaii Chelsea Hardin came first runnerup and Miss Georgia Emanii Davis is second runnerup.
10. Fortune 500 Top Companies List 2016 (62nd Annual Rankings). Top 10 Companies are Walmart ($482 Billion Revenue), Exxon
Mobil ($246 Billion), Apple ($233 Billion), Berkshire Hathaway ($210 Billion), McKesson ($181 Billion), United Health Group
($157 Billion), CVS Health ($153 Billion), General Motors ($152 Billion), Ford Motor ($149 Billion).
11. USA returned over 200 stolen cultural artifacts to India, some dating back 2,000 years. The estimated cost of these artifacts is around
US$ 100 million.
12. 4 Indian women Arundhati Bhattacharya (SBI Chief), Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank Chief), PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi and Biocon
Founder Kiran Mazumdar are in new list of Forbes worlds 100 most powerful women. List is topped by German Chancellor Angela
Merkel.
13. Shahid Rasool has been appointed as new director of Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA).
14. Noted Russian Chess Player Victor Korchnoi passed away.
15. International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved 1.5 billion USD loan to Sri Lanka to support its economy.
June 12, 2016

1. 12 June World Day Against Child Labour. 2016 Theme is End child labour in supply chains – Its everyones business.
2. Australian Open Badminton 2016
i) Men's Singles HansKristian Vittinghus (Denmark) won by defeating Jeon HyeokJin (South Korea)
ii) Women's Singles Saina Nehwal (India) won by defeating Sun Yu (China)
3. Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal has been reelected to IATA(International Air Transport Association)'s Board of Governors for 5th
successive tenure.
4. Maharashtra government will celebrate 21st day of every month as Yoga day across all schools, colleges and universities in state.
5. Telengana Government will set up a Pharma City on 12,500 acres of land in Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar districts.
6. Urban Development Ministry sanctioned 37.5 crore rupees for development of Machilipatnam town (Andhra Pradesh) under Atal
Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme.
7. Vibrant Gujarat summit will be held during January 10 to 13, 2017 with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
(FICCI) as its national partner.
8. State Bank of India (SBI) and Spain's CaixaBank signed pact to provide loans to IndoSpanish joint ventures and local enterprises.
9. Sansad Ratna Awards given to 5 MPs BJP's PP Chaudhary, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shrirang Appa Barne, Raajeev Shankarrao
Satav, Shivaji Adhalrao Patil and P Rajeev.
10. Government made a selection committee headed by P K Sinha to shortlist candidates for Reserve Bank of India governor post.
11. M Beena is appointed as Managing Director of Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation.
12. Bihar Government inaugurated 'Child Labour Tracking System (CLTS)' in order to keep track of rescued child labour for their proper
rehabilitation and financial help of Rs 25,000 for every rescued child labour.
13. Software Firm Microsoft announced to acquire professional social platform LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion USD.
14. Israel elected to chair a UN committee for first time in 71year history of United Nations. Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon won the
chair of the legal affairs committee of General Assembly by picking 109 Votes from 193 members.
15. Shiyal Bet Island in Gujarats Amreli district got electricity supply for the first time since independence after Pashchim Gujarat Vij
Company Limited (PGVCL) started supply to island through a 6km undersea cable.
June 13, 2016

1. 13 June United Nations International Albinism Awareness Day.
2. India's First case of a baby born with a rare genetic disorder called ‘Harlequin Ichthyosis‘ occured in Nagpur (Maharashtra). This
disease affects 1 in 3 lakh babies and causes thickening of the skin across body.
3. Ranu Langthasa appointed as chairperson of NC Hills Autonomous Council.
4. Former captain of England Cricket team, Donald Carr passed away.
5. USA Womens Team won FINA Women Water Polo World League Super Final in China by defeating Spain.
6. Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton from Britain won 2016 Canada Grand Prix.
i) 2016 Formula One season
7. India approved assistance of Rs 4.8 Crore to Nepal for construction of a college building in capital Kathmandu (Koteshwor Multiple
Campus).
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8. Brijesh Mehra is appointed as head of corporate banking at RBL (Formerly Ratnakar Bank Limited).
9. DBS Bank appointed Niraj Mittal as Managing Director and Head of Institutional Banking for India.
10. Stonegate Bank (Based in Florida, USA) issued first credit card that can be used in Cuba. Until now, Americans have generally had to
bring cash to Cuba and change it either at state institutions that impose a 10 % penalty or informal exchanges with locals.
11. DCB Bank launched Bengaluru's first ATM that accepts Aadhaar number and Aadhaar fingerprint (biometric) instead of ATM/Debit
Card and PIN to dispense cash.
12. To make agriculture production system more flexible to climate change, Haryana government approved a Rs 25 crore project that will
benefit 75,000 farmers.
13. Government is developing National Waterway1 (NW1) under Jal Marg Vikas Project with assistance from World Bank. NW1 refers
to 1620 km HaldiaAllahabad stretch of River Ganga. The project would be completed over a period of six years at an estimated cost
of Rs. 4,200 crore.
14. Railways signed agreement with Odisha Government for formation of joint venture Company to develop railway infrastructure in state.
15. Rio Olympics 2016 organising committee revealed official slogan for first Olympic and Paralympic Games in South America A new
world.
June 14, 2016

1. 4 June World Blood Donor Day. 2016 Theme Blood connects us all and 2016 Slogan is Share life, give blood.
2. Indian diabetes specialist Shashank S Shah conferred with Vivian Fonseca Scholar Award 2016.
3. Karnataka Bank won CFBP (Council for Fair Business Practices) Jamnalal Bajaj award for fair business practices.
4. Russia launched world's biggest, most powerful icebreaker, named Arktika. It is 568 feet long and powered by 2 nuclear reactors. It can
break through ice 13 feet deep. Russia is only nation to possess Nuclear Powered Ice Breakers.
5. Kiran Bedi (Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry) launched a mobile app (HelpAge SOS App) to help senior citizens in distress.
6. St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) summit held in Russia. Attended by Dharmendra Pradhan (Minister of State (I/C)
for Petroleum and Natural Gas) on India's Behalf.
7. 3,049 people registered in Guinness book of world records for performing largest Karma dance ever. Event was held inDistrict Mandla
(Madhya Pradesh).
8. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off India's first timetabled freight train, Cargo Express, from Delhi to Bengaluru. Aims is to
reduce delay and uncertainty over the time schedule for delivery of goods.
9. GangesDanube Cultural Festival of India held in Hungary. Festival showcases Indian culture, i.e. dance, music, yoga, film and
exhibitions.
10. KolkataAshuganjTripura transit facility under revised Inland Water Transit and Trade Protocol between India and Bangladesh became
operational. The facility is running through a land and river route crossing Bangladesh territory cuts the KolkataAgartala distance via
Siliguris ‘chicken neck from 1600 km to 800 km and reduced time of journey from 30 days (via Siliguri corridor) to 10 days.
11. Noted Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway named as Global Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women.
12. As per recent study by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), hot drinks (beverages) consumed at temperatures above
65 Celsius can cause esophageal cancer. Report states that drinks are not carcinogenic, but actually the high temperatures at which they
served causes cancer.
13. Scientist Gordana VunjakNovakovic (Columbia University) has grown a living bone in lab to repair large defects in head and face of
patient. The new technique uses autologous stem cells derived from a small sample of the recipients fat and precisely replicates the
original anatomical structure of the bone.
14. Government approved Ramayana and Krishna Circuits under Swadesh Darshan Scheme
1. Ramayana Circuit 11 tourist destinations across 6 states. Uttar Pradesh: Ayodhya, Shringhverpur Nandigram and Chitrakoot (ii)
Bihar : Sitamarhi, Buxar and Darbhanga (iii) Telangana : Bhadrachalam (iv) Chattisgarh : Jagdalpur (v) Karnataka : Hampi (vi) Tamil Nadu
2. Krishna Circuit 12 destinations across 5 states. (i) Gujarat: Dwarka (ii) Rajasthan : Nathdwara, Jaipur and Sikar (iii) Uttar
Pradesh: Mathura, Vrindavan, Barsana, Gokul, Nandgaon and Govardhan (iv) Odisha
15. United States launched its secret spy satellite NROL37 by United Launch Alliances (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket, worlds most
powerful rocket
June 15, 2016

1. Book Goa Undercover has been authored by Madhumita Bhattacharyya.
2. Yuzvendra Chahal is only player to represent India in chess and cricket. His name is listed in World Chess Federations official site.
Beside this, he is playing for Indian national cricket team, which is touring Zimbabwe.
3. Andhra Pradesh obtained a telecom licence and will issue phone numbers starting with the 797 series from August 2016. It indirectly
got the opportunity to start an internet based telephone service ‘without requiring any further registration’ after it obtained permission
from the Telecom Ministry for starting its own IPTV — Internet Protocol based Television network — as part of its Fibre Grid project.
4. Supriya Sahu appointed as Director General of Doordarshan.
5. Suresh Chandra is appointed as Union Law Secretary.
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6. Prayut Chanocha, Thailand's Prime Minister Visited India.

i) Two agreements signed between India and Thailand MoU between Indias Nagaland University and Thailands Chiang Mai Univer-
sity, Agreement for extension of Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) between both countries.
7. Baltimores National Aquarium will create an Oceanside dolphin sanctuary. It will be first of its kind sanctuary for marine mammals in
North America.
June 16, 2016

1. Government imposed 20 % customs duty on sugar exports to boost domestic supply and check prices.
2. Joo Hyunghwan, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea Visited India. During His visit, India and South Korea
launched a platform ‘Korea Plus’ to promote and facilitate Korean Investments in India.
3. Noted Odia film actress Manimala Devi passed away.
4. Bharti Group Chief Sunil Bharti Mittal has been elected chairman of International Chambers of Commerce (ICC).
5. PM Narendra Modi outlined RAPID as a fivepoint mantra to tax officials to reform and broaden direct tax net base. RAPID Stands for
Revenue, Accountability, Probity, Information, Digitization. It was announced during 2 day Rajasva Gyan Sangam held in New Delhi.
6. Finance Ministry announced that nonresident Indians (NRIs) can now open National Pension Savings (NPS) accounts online i.e.
through eNPS (using Aadhaar Card / PAN card). Earlier, NRIs could open NPS accounts only through paper based applications by
approaching Bank offices.
7. US President Barack Obama nominated Indianorigin Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir as USA's ambassador to Malaysia.
8. US based private space company SpaceX successfully launched 2 commercial satellites EUTELSAT 117 West B and ABS2A, using
SpaceXs reusable Falcon 9 rocket.
9. Scientists from USA proposed an ambitious project Human Genome ProjectWrite (HGPWrite), to create a genetic blueprint or synthetic
human genome. The project aims to develop technologies to more efficiently and more cheaply write DNA (synthetic genome).
1. The objective HGPWrite is to write genetic code (DNA of life) rather than reading the genetic code. The project envisions on same
scale as the Human Genome ProjectRead (HGPRead) which had sequenced human genome in 2003. It seeks to reduce cost of
engineering DNA segments synthetically in laboratory.
10. Microsoft will design mobile application for Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministrys SWAYAM platform. Under this, ministry
will launch 2000 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for over 3 crore students in 2016.
11. The Indian Air Force (IAF) inducted 3 women fighter pilots for first time Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chatuvedi and Mohana Singh.
12. Railway Ministry launched 2 policies related to Parcel Cargo Train Express and Parcel Leasing Liberalised Comprehensive Parcel
Leasing Policy (CPLP) and Liberalised policy on Parcel Cargo Express Trains (PCET).
13. AYUSH Ministry released a Yog Geet (Yoga song) for celebrating 2nd International Yoga Day on 21 June 2016. It has been written by
Dheeraj Saraswat, Music by Sumanto Ray and sung by Gandhar T. D. Jadhav and Ms. Gatha Jadhav.
14. State Bank of India (SBI) launched IT Innovation Startup Fund of 200 Crores to support startups in financial technology (fintech)
space. It will provide assistance of up to 3 crore rupees to a company registered in India for promoting information technology for
banking and related activities.
15. Australia won 2016 Champions Trophy of Hockey by defeating India by 31 score. It was played in London (UK) .
June 17, 2016

1. 17 June World Day to Combat Desertification. 2016 theme is Inclusive cooperation for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality.
2. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) unveiled Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) HTT40. HTT40 stands for Hindustan Turbo Trainer40.
3. Ministry of Power launched URJA Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan Mobile application for Urban Power Distribution Sector. It has been
developed by Power Finance Corporation (PFC).
4. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna (Sri Lanka), which was renovated by India. PM Modi joined in via
video conferencing.
5. Indian mixed recurve team of Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das won silver medal at Archery World Cup held in Antalya (Turkey).
6. International Astronomical Union (IAU) named a crater on Mars as Langtang after one of villages most affected by 2015 earthquakes
in Nepal.
7. Virginia Raggi has been elected as first female mayor of Italy's capital Rome.
8. Kannada Movie Thithi won 2 awards Best Film and Best Script Writers at 19th Shanghai International Film Festival, under Asia New
Talent Awards Category.
9. Punjab became first state to launch a special fund Mukh Mantri Hepatitis C Relief Fund to provide free treatment for patients affected
by Hepatitis C.
10. Government banned use of potassium bromate (KbrO3) as a food additive as it is carcinogenic (Causes Cancer). A study by Centre for
Science and Environment (CSE) found that it is widely used in bread and refined flour. Study found that 84% of 38 commonly
available brands of prepackaged breads, including buns and pav tested positive for potassium bromate and potassium iodate.
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11. 2016 Top 500 list of supercomputers

1. Chinas Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer is worlds most powerful supercomputer system SunwayTaihuLight can perform
calculations with speed of 124.5 petaflops per second (Pflops). It is worlds first system to surpass 100 petaflops. Sunway TaihuLight
has been developed by the Chinas National Research Centre of Parallel Computer Engineering and Technology (NRCPC). It can
perform 93 quadrillions calculations per second.
a) One petaflop is equal to one quadrillion sustained floating point operations per second.
b) Other supercomputers in list
i) Second Intelbased Chinese Tianhe2 supercomputer (speed of 33.86 Pflops)
ii) Third Titan of the Department of Energy (speed of 17.59 Pflops)
12. Assam Government launched Maitree Ek Gyan Yatra initiative to link primary schools to high schools to colleges. Purpose is to change
the mindset of teachers, as in some places in states teachers of a school considered it below their dignity to teach lower level students.
13. Government eased foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for 9 sectors to for job creation and ease of doing business in country. With
these changes, India becomes most open economy in world for FDI.
i) Food products 100% FDI under government approval route has been approved.
ii) Defence FDI beyond current limit of 49% has now been permitted through government approval route, in cases resulting in
access to modern technology in country or for other reasons.
iii) Pharmaceutical 100% FDI under automatic route in greenfield pharma and brownfield pharma has been approved.
iv) Aviation 100% FDI under automatic route in Greenfield and Brownfield Airport Projects.
v) Animal Husbandry 100% FDI allowed in Animal Husbandry (including breeding of dogs), Aquaculture, Pisciculture and
Apiculture under Automatic Route.
vi) Single Brand Retail Trading Entities undertaking single brand retail trading have been relaxed from local sourcing norms up
to 3 years. Entities engaged in single brand retail trading of products having ‘stateofart and ‘cutting edge technology have been
relaxed from local sourcing norms up to 5 years.
14. Noted Telangana poet and lyricist Guda Anjaiah passed away.
15. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and India Ports Global Private Limited (IPGPL) signed MoU for implementation of
additional works on the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) in Myanmar.
June 18, 2016

1. 2016 World Investment Report by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
1. India ranks 10th in FDI(Foreign Direct Investment) inflows. Indias FDIinflows have increased to 44 billion dollars in 2015 as
compared to 35 billion dollars in 2014.
2. Top 10 Countries are: United States, Hong Kong, China, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore, Brazil, Canada and India.
3. United States with 380 billion dollars FDIinflows has topped the list. China with FDIinflows at 136 billion dollars is ranked third.
2. Maharashtra Government gave minority status to Jews in state as per the provisions of the Maharashtra State Minorities Commission
Act, 2004.
3. Report The Rise of Environmental Crime has been released by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL. As
per report, environmental crimes grew up by 26 % larger than previous estimates. Environmental crime is the 4th largest criminal
enterprise after drug smuggling, counterfeiting and human trafficking.
4. 9th India Chem 2016 event will be held in Mumbai from September 13, 2016. Purpose is to develop Indian Chemical and
Petrochemical Industry.
5. Noted Indian footballer Syed Nayeemuddin will be conferred with the 2016 Mohun Bagan Ratna (Mohun Bagan Jewel) Award.
6. Navy Officer Ashutosh Pednekar became first Indian to participate and win International tournaments in sport of Racketlon.
7. Rashmi Narzary has won the 2016 Sahitya Akademi Bal Puraskar award (English) for her collection of short stories His Share of Sky.
8. Lakshmi Saravana Kumar, Tamil writer won 2016 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar award (Tamil) for his novel “Kaanakan”.
9. Haryana government will set up an AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) University, the
firstofitskind in India. It will be formed by upgrading Shri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College in Kurukshetra.
10. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) launched ‘IRCTC Air mobile app to enable booking of air tickets for travel
within India and abroad at lower prices.
11. Kerala Tourism won 4 awards at the 11th ‘FilmAT international film festival dedicated to tourism, art and ecology in Poland.
1. Responsible Tourism initiative of Kerala Tourism won Best Promotional Social Campaign, Protection of Nature, and EcoFood
categories.
2. Tourism boards ad film “The Great Backwaters of Kerala” won ‘Best Editing Award.
12. Maharashtra won first edition of Indias Bad Bull Softball League by defeating Punjab.
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13. Genevabased NGO Advisors 2016 Top 500 NGOs List

1. Bangladeshbased NonGovernment organization (NGO) BRAC ranked No. 1 in the list of World rankings. BRAC has acquired top
position because of its holistic approach to fight against poverty. Doctors Without Borders (Switzerland) is at second place.
14. Parliamentary committee under chairmanship of E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan has been constituted to review Model code of conduct
(MCC) for election polls and suggest ways to check malpractices ahead of polls.
15. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has set up Suresh Mathur committee to study scope of title
insurance in Indian market.
16. Former MP and cricketer Chetan Chauhan has been appointed as chairman of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).
17. India and UAE will set up a joint parliamentary panel to enhance relations and facilitate their visits to promote cooperation to tackle
security issues and challenges facing the region.
18. Scientists at USA's University of California created worlds first microchip that has 1,000 processors, fastest chip designed in a university
lab. This energyefficient microchip is named as KiloCore and has a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second
and contains 621 million transistors.
June 19, 2016

1. Mercedes F1 driver Nico Rosberg (Germany) won 2016 European Grand Prix.
2. Government approved a Special Package for employment generation and promotion of exports in Textile and Apparel sector
a) Major benefits to textile and apparel sector in 3 years include increase of 30 billion USD, Investment of 74000 crore rupees and
Creation of 1 crore jobs. Salient features of package are
i) Employee Provident Fund Scheme Reforms Government shall bear entire 12 % of employers contribution of EPF Scheme for new
employees of garment industry for first 3 years who are earning less than 15000 rupees per month. Ministry of Textiles shall provide
additional 3.67 % % of employers contribution amounting to 1170 crore rupees over next 3 years. EPF shall be optional for
employees earning under 15000 rupees, so that workers will be left with more money in hands.
ii) Increasing overtime caps Overtime hours for workers will not be exceeded 8 hours per week in line with International Labour
Organisation (ILO) norms.
iii) Introduction of fixed term employment
iv) Additional incentives under ATUFS Package breaks new ground in moving from input to outcome based incentives by increas-
ing subsidy under AmendedTechnology Up gradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) from 15 to 25 % for garment sector as a boost to
employment generation.
v) Enhancing scope of Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act, 1961 Looking at the seasonal nature of garment industry, the provision
of 240 days under Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act would be relaxed to 150 days for garment industry.
3. Government approved for amending Agreement between India and Belgium for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal
evasion with respect to taxes on income.
4. Government asked all state governments to link Aadhaar with caste and domicile certificates to be issued to school students. It is first
initiative to be undertaken by Government to issue these certificates to the students within 60 days when they are studying in Class V
or VIII.
5. Ken Miyauchi has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group.
6. Government extended deadline for implementing Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) by a year to March 31, 2017. With this,
states shall take over 75% of ailing DISCOM (Power Distribution companies) debt as on 30th September, 2015 by 31st March, 2017
by issuing Bonds.
7. Government approved mega auction of all available spectrum (more than 2300 Megahertz) across 7 bands, to make way for
largestever spectrum auction in country. Airwaves in 7 spectrum bands to be auctioned are 700, 800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300 and
2500 MHz.
i) This auction for the first time will sell 700 MHz band which is preferred for offering highspeed broadband services. 700 MHz band
is approximately 70% cheaper than in the 2100 MHz band (used for 3G services). Thus will increase internet penetration in country.
8. Government approved to set up a 10000 Crore Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) under Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI) for extending support to Startups, in line with Start up India Action Plan. FFS will be used for the contribution of various
Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to extend funding support to
Startups.500 crore rupees already has been provided to the corpus of FFS in the fiscal 201516 and 600 crore rupees has been
earmarked for 201617.
9. Expert Committee under Anand Desai has submitted its report about examining Specific Relief Act 1963. Committee recommended
that courts intervention in public works should be minimal, specific performance of contracts be made the rule and damages or
compensation be the exception and a separate class of contracts for public utility contracts should be created.
10. Book All of Us in Our Own Lives, authored by Manjushree Thapa has been released.
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11. Government decided to allow export of missile systems to certain friendly countries. 10 % of missile capacity will be permitted to be
exported if producers manage to get export orders subject to parameters set by government.
12. A bronze statue of Shri Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose been unveiled at the Indian cultural centre premises in Malaysia.
13. Bipin R Patel appointed as President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) for201617.
14. Department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) approved setting up a greenfield electronic park within Infovally
complex IT hub in Bhubaneswar (Odisha).
15. Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Boeing laid foundation laying of a new facility in Hyderabad for its joint venture named
Tata Boeing Aerospace (TBAL), to coproduce Boeing AH64 Apache helicopter fuselages and other aerostructures.
June 20, 2016

1. 20 June World Refugee Day.
2. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released commemorative silver coin to mark 300th martyrdom day of Sikh General Banda
Singh Bahadur. He was given title of Bahadur by 10th Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh.
3. Mori village in East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) will be developed as a smart village of global standards by using digital tools,
realtime information, and uninterrupted internet connectivity
4. Annual Ambubachi Mela held at Kamakhya temple (Assam).
5. USA will provide over 3 billion USD support to Afghan forces by 2020 and donated 20 million aid to United Nations' effort
to help refugees who fled fighting in Iraqi city of Fallujah.
6. Nagpur (Maharashtra) and Chinese city of Jinan signed pact for becoming sister cities, to exchange ideas and technology in
field of education, urban planning, youth affairs, and sports.
7. As per list by Dutch campaign group PAX Worldwide, State Bank of India (SBI) is only bank named in Hall of Shame list of
158 banking institutions that have invested heavily in companies making cluster bombs. Maximum number of 74 banks are
from US, followed by China (29) and South Korea (26).
8. South India Bank announced its Remit2India Service, Currently available for remittance from Europe, Australia, UAE, and
Singapore.
9. Book A Life in Diplomacy , written by Maharajakrishna Rasgotra has been released.
10. Six Indian World War I(WWI) heroes become part of Britains new digital archive Risaldar Badlu Singh (Punjab), Chatta
Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Darwan Singh Negi (Uttarakhand), Lance Naik Lala (Himachal Pradesh), Gabar Sing Negi
(Uttarakhand), Gobind Singh (Rajasthan).
11. S.K. Roy resigned as chief of Life Insurance Corp (LIC).
12. Anju Bobby George resigned as President of Kerala Sports Council.
13. Leading Payments platform PayPal appointed Anupam Pahuja as Managing Director (MD) and Country Manager for India
operations.
14. British tennis star Andy Murray won Queen's Club tournament for record fifth time. He defeated Milos Raonic (Canada).
June 21, 2016

1. 21 June Second UN International Yoga Day.
i) 2016 Theme Connect the Youth.
ii) This years observance highlights important role healthy living plays in realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
which were adopted by all 193 UN member states in 2015.
iii) Government organised National Event of Mass Yoga Demonstration at the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh.
iv) Andhra Pradesh Postal circle released “Information booklet, Stamps on Yoga” and “12 stamps on Suryanamaskarams”.
v) firstever ‘National Yoga Olympiad organized by NCERT for all government and governmentaided schools students from June 18
to 21, 2016. Theme of Olympiad is ‘Yoga for Health and Harmony.
vi) History International Yoga Day was pitched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
in September 2014. In December 2014, UNGA had unanimously adopted Indialed resolution to observe 21st June as ‘International
Day of Yoga.
vii) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said Yoga education will be included in the state's school curriculum.
2. 21 June World Hydrography Day. Hydrography – the key to wellmanaged seas and waterways.
3. Qatarbased Indian banker Raghavan Seetharaman has been awarded by Green Economy Visionary award at 2016 Union of Arab
Banks International Banking Summit held in Rome.
4. Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani became first Indian to be nominated as a member of International
Olympic Committee (IOC) headquartered at Lausanne, Switzerland. Election will be held at 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro in
August 2016. If elected, she will continue as an IOC member until age of 70.
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5. Indian Field athlete Tintu Luka won silver medal in 800 meters in Josef Odlozil Memorial Athletics Meet in Prague (Czech Republic).
6. Switzerland voters rejected an unconditional basic income (UBI) proposal in referendum that proposed to provide a fixed Unconditinal
Basic Income (UBI) to all Swiss citizens and foreigners who have been residents in Switzerland for at least 5 years. Amount suggested
was 2500 US dollars a month to each adult and 640 US dollars for each child. It would have cost additional 25.62 billion USD to the
government.
7. Rajiv Gauba Committee on Decongestion of Traffic in Delhi submitted its report to Ministry of Urban Development.
8. India signed MoU with USA to facilitate hasslefree entry of Indians into America at selected airports, with quick security clearances for
preapproved, lowrisk travellers from India.
9. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned a 195 megawatt (MW) unit at Muzaffarpur thermal power station in Bihar.
10. Uttar Pradesh Government appointed judicial commission under Mirza Imtiyaz Murtaza to probe into recent Mathura violence.
11. Ridley Scott will be honoured with 30th American Cinematheque Award.
12. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski elected as President of Peru.
13. Gunit Chadha resigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Asia Pacific region of Deutsche Bank.
14. Maharashtra Government decided to use plastic waste, along with tar, to build roads. It is aimed at improving durability and longevity
of asphalt roads and reducing soil pollution caused by plastic.
June 22, 2016

1. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched record 20 satellites in a single mission from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre in Sriharikota, using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C34. It's ISRO;s Highest number of Satellites launched in a single
mission
1. Main satellite in this mission was Indias latest earth observation satellite Cartosat2. It was PSLVs 35th continuous successful launch
of its total 36th flight.
2. Other 19 satellites were from USA (13), Canada (2), Germany (1) and Indonesia (1). 2 satellites were from Chennais Sathyabama
University and College of Engineering, Pune (COEP).
3. Cartosat2 will be used for mapping and Land Information System (LIS) and Geographical Information System (GIS).
4. The total weight of all the satellites launched by PSLVC34 were 1,288 kg, with the 19 copassenger satellites weighing 560kg.
5. At the internationla scale, NASA in 2013 launched 29 satellites in a single mission and Russia in 2014 launched 33 satellites in one
launch.
6. Other satellites
i) LAPAN A3 (Indonesia) Microsatellite to be used for earths magnetic field monitoring and surveillance purpose.
ii) BIROS (Germany) To be used for remote sensing of high temperature events.
iii) SKYSAT GEN 21 Micro satellite developed by Googles subsidiary company Terra Bellas.
iv) Flock2P Earth imaging satellites (USA)
v) 12 Dove Earth Imaging Satellites (USA)
vi) M3MSAT (Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite) (Canada) To be used for study and collection of automatic identi-
fication system signals from low earth orbit.
vii) GHG SatD (Canada) Earth observation satellite. It will be used for measuring the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases
(GHGs) especially Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4).
viii) Sathyabamasat (From Chennai's Sathyabama University) to collect data on greenhouse gases (GHGs).
ix) Swayam (by College of Engineering, Pune) Aims to provide point to point messaging services to the HAM (amateur radio)
community.
2. IT Firm Tech Mahindra acquired UKbased digital transformation firm BIO Agency Ltd in an allcash deal of 45 million pounds.
3. Mercer's Cost of Living Survey 2016
i) The ranking for 2016 includes 209 cities across five continents. New York City is used as the base city for all comparisons and
currency movements are measured against the US dollar.
ii) Kinshasa, which is ranked sixth in the survey, appears for the first time in the top 10 cities.
iii) Five Indian cities were also ranked in the list. They are:
iv) Indian Cities Mumbai (82), New Delhi (130), Chennai (158), Kolkata (194), Bangalore (180)
4. International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Sri Lankas fast bowler Shaminda Eranga from bowling due to illegal bowling action.
5. World Bank Group released midyear India Development Update 2016 Financing DoubleDigit Growth
i) It says that economy was lifted to a higher growth path by demand from urban households and public investments, despite the fact
that other key growth engines (Rural households, Trade, Agriculture) are stalled.
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ii) Oil bonanza directly benefited government and exceeded its revenue collection targets.
iii) Manufacturing and services sectors expanded 7.4 and 8.9 %, respectively.
iv) Inflation abated primarily because of lower food prices. Lower inflation raised real incomes and allowed RBIto cut interest rates,
which favored financiallyconnected urban households.
v) To remain on this growth path, challenge for India is to activate stalled engines agricultural growth, rural demand and trade.
6. It expects Indias economic growth to be at 7.6 % in 20162017, followed by a 7.7 5 in 20172018 and 7.8 5 in 20182019
7. States are responsible for 57 % of the spending, which is 16 % of GDP.
8. Transfer of grants to states increased by 0.7 % of GDP in FY16 compared to the budget estimate of a net increase of 0.5 %.
9. Rajasthan and Kerala spent over 70 % of additional resources on health, education and infrastructure.
10. Key Reform resuired for Financial Sector Accelerate ongoing structural transformation of sector toward one that is more marketoriented
and competitive. Second, address NPA challenge.
June 23, 2016

1. 23 June International Widows Day
2. 23 June United Nations Public Service Day.
3. 23 June International Olympic Day.
4. Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan visited UK for 5th IndoUK Science and Innovation Council
Meeting (SIC) in London. UK and India agreed to work in two major initiatives in Solar Energy and Nano Material Research.
5. Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) signed MoU with Jadavpur University (Kolkata) to establish Jagadish
Chandra Bose Centre for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT).
6. MOU signed between Rural Development Ministry and ISRO for geotagging assets created under MGNREGA in each gram
panchayat, to check leakages and for effective mapping of terrain for future developmental works.
7. Andhra Pradesh joined Centre's debt revival scheme for state power distribution companies Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana
(UDAY). It will bring benefits of approx 4400 crores. Under UDAY, 13 states have signed MoU till date. Andhra Pradesh being latest.
8. Sujoy Bose has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd.
9. PM Narendra Modi released book The Birds of Banni Grassland, prepared by Scientists of Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology
(GUIDE). It is a compilation of the research work, relating to more than 250 species of birds found in the Banni area of Kutch
(Gujarat).
10. Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh launched Crop Manager for Ricebased Systems (CMRS), a web based
App for better crop and Nutrient management released for farmers in bihar.
11. Government approved MoU with Tanzania for cooperation in water resources management and development.
12. Government approved MoU between Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)
Bhutan, to strengthen relationship between both.
13. National Institute of Animal Welfare (NIAW) and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (JNU) signed Agreement to conduct
academic programmes to focus on development of Animal Welfare Sciences.
14. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) signed MoU with Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) to launch
Initiative on Solar for Healthcare. It will focus on providing effective health care delivery at the last mile.
15. Indian Naval ship Satpura arrived in Hawaii to participate in 25th edition of Exercise RIMPAC.
i) Exercise RIMPAC is largest biennial multilateral naval exercise in world, held in Western Pacific Ocean.
ii) Current (25th) edition of the exercise is scheduled off Hawaii from 30 June 04 August 16 and is likely to be attended by 27 countries.
16. Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Zubin Irani launched Prashikshak teacher education portal. Vision is to
strengthen District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and bring quality teachers into Indian school education system.
17. Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu launched NIVARAN portal as an online system for redressal of service related grievance of
railway employees.
June 24, 2016

1. IITKanpur professor Sanjay Mittal has been awarded 25th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2015, for his contributions in
area of Mechanics.
2. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed Anil Kumble as head coach of Indian Cricket Team.
3. Neil O'Brien, a pioneer of quizzing in India and educationalist passed away.
4. Russian ice hockey winger Artemi Panarin won 201516 season Calder Memorial Trophy at US National Hockey League (NHL’s)
Rookie of the Year at NHL Awards ceremony.
5. Mahasthangarh, 3rd century BC archaeological site in Bogra (Bangladesh) has been declared as South Asian Association of
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) cultural capital for 201617.
6. Scientists at University of California have developed worlds first 1,000processor chip, named KiloCore. It has 1000 independent
programmable processors and has highest clockrate processor ever designed at university level.
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7. China established its first dark sky reserve for astronomical observation in Tibetan prefecture of Ngari.
1. Darksky reserve is an area that is kept free of artificial light pollution, with purpose of promoting astronomy.
8. Colombian government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels signed a historic ceasefire and disarmament
agreement. It is considered as one of last steps toward ending a halfcentury conflict that has killed thousands of people in Colombia.
9. Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved 500 million USD loan to build a bridge across Ganga River in Bihar. Loan funds will be
used to build 9.8 km road bridge in Bihar on Ganga River. It will be Indias longest river bridge.
10. People of United Kingdom (UK) in a historic Brexit referendum voted in favour of leaving European Union (EU) by 52 % votes in Favor.
i) This is second referendum on UK’s relationship with the EU. In 1975, in a referendum on whether the UK should stay or leave the
EU, the country voted for staying with 67.2% votes.
ii) UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced resignation, wef from October 2016.
iii) Leaving the EU now has triggered a 2year ‘withdrawal process’ which will determine future of UK’s relationship with EU. At the end
of withdrawal process, UK exits single market and EU countries will start imposing tariffs on British products.
iv) Why UK wants to leave EU
a) Since formation of EU, several countries joined it and UK thinks that since then EU’s hold over everyday aspects of these countries
has increased.
b) Britain can save billions of pounds every year that it spends as EU fees, without much gain in return.
c) UK also thinks that EU’s some constraints have imposed many opposing rules on Britain’s business.
d) What does UK’s exit means
e) Henceforth, UK will be able to secure independent trade deals with important countries such as India, China and US.
f) It will have control over wide areas like employment, health, law and safety and immigration policies.
g) What critics believe
h) By leaving EU, UK would not be able to obtain better trade terms with other countries. It would face problems with different
regulations of EU.
i) Leaving EU will not help UK to reduce immigration as countries that trade with EU from outside have higher rated of immigration,
including from EU countries.
v ) Impact on India
i) UK’s exit from the EU will affect the flow of FDI(Foreign Direct Investment) in India over the shortmedium term and long term periods.
ii)Indian information technology (IT) companies based in the UK with large work forces that offer services to Europe Union member
countries will be hit.
iii) Indian Rupee may get hit and may get weakned due to strenthening of USD (United States Dollar).
11. Scientists at University of Bristol (England) have developed a new stem cellcontaining bioink that allows 3D printing of complex
living tissues that may be used for surgical implants.
12. South African Indianorigin lawyer Yasmin Sooka has been appointed to chairman of UN commission (committee) to monitor human
rights situation in South Sudan.
13. Indian social entrepreneur Zubaida Bai has been named among ten 2016 Global Compact SDG Pioneers, an initiative launched by
United Nations.
14. Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics in womens 100metre event scheduled to be held in August 2016
in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
15. Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved purchase of 145 UltraLight Howitzers (ULH) guns from USA, at cost of approx 4875
Crores.
June 25, 2016

1. 25 June Day of the Seafarer. 2016 Theme is At Sea For All.
2. BrahMos Aerospace for the first time demonstrated integration of supersonic cruise missile system BrahMos on Sukhoi SU30
MKIfighter aircraft.
3. PM Narendra Modi launched ‘Smart City Mission involving 83 projects from 20 different cities in the country, at a cost of 1770 crore
rupees. These projects are related to water supply projects, sewage treatment plants, solid waste management under Swachh Bharat
Mission and development of green and open spaces under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
4. Chile won 2016 Copa America Football tournament by defeating Argentina in a penalty shootout. Host country was USA.
5. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in Darjeeling (West Bengal) received a male snow leopard named Makalu from
Londons Dudley Zoological Gardens. The male snow leopard will be used for breeding conservation programme at PNHZP.
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6. Beijing Based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved first set of loans totalling US 509 million dollars to finance projects
in four countries viz. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia and Tajikistan. These loans will have an interest rate of London Interbank
Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 1.15 % and a repayment period of 25 years with 5 years in grace period.
i) Bangladesh US 165 million USD loan for a Power Distribution System Upgrade and Expansion Project.
ii) Indonesia US 216.5 million USD loan for a National Slum Upgrading Project.
iii) Pakistan US 100 million USD loan for ShorkotKhanewal Section of National Motorway M4.
iv) Tajikistan US 27.5 million USD loan for the DushanbeUzbekistan Border Road Improvement Project.
7. Lionel Messi announced retirement from Argentinean Football team. He made this announcement after Argentina was defeated by
Chile in the 2016 Copa America final in penalty shootout, in which he missed the penalty.
8. India became 35th member of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). It would be mutually beneficial in furtherance of interna-
tional nonproliferation objectives.
i) India was able to successfully enter this multilateral export control regime with the unopposed support of all 34 MTCR Partners.
Earlier in 2015, Indias bid for the membership to the group had failed after it was blocked by Italy.
ii) By becoming MTCR member, India will now be able to buy highend missile technology and also can enhance its defence joint
ventures with Russia. Indias inclusion to the MTCR will also strengthen its own export controls.
9. Indian shooter Jitu Rai won silver medal at ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) Shooting World Cup held in Baku
(Azerbaijan).
10. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched BGR34, an antidiabetic ayurvedic drug designed for type 2 Diabetes
mellitus, jointly developed by National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
(CIMAP).
11. Expanded Panama Canal reopened by Panama Government, with muchlarger generation of container ships opw able to pass
through isthmus of Panama.
i) Panama Canal expansion project was approved in October 2006 after it was favoured by national referendum by a 76.8% majority.
Estimated cost for project was $50 billion.Panama Canal expansion project is also called as the Third Set of Locks Project.
ii) New lane of canal runs for 77km. It doubles the existing capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new lane of traffic allowing for
a larger number of ships.
iii) About Panama Canal
a) Panama Canal is an artificial 77 km waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across Isthmus of Panama
and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.
b) It was opened in 1914 to provide alternative route to lengthy sea voyage around southernmost tip of South America via Drake
Passage or Strait of Magellan.
12. Gudni Johannesson won 2016 Presidential elections of Iceland.
13. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Shashi Kant Sharmahas been conferred with honorary professorship by Nanjing
Audit University (China).
14. Nagaland Government launched women helpline 181 and SakhiOne Stop Centre, to provide integrated assistance including medi-
cal, legal and psychological counselling to women affected by violence. SakhiOne Stop Centre is a centrally sponsored scheme by
Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) to be funded through Nirbhaya Fund.
15. Sweden becomes first country to have electric road. It inaugerated test stretch of an electric road in Sandviken to conduct tests with electric
power for hybrid heavy transports. Tests will be conducted upto 2018 on parts of road E16.
16. CSIRCentral Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIRCIMFR) signed MoU with coal supplying companies and power utilities for
quality analysis of coal supplied.
17. Assam Government granted district status to Majuli, a 400 square kilometres island in Brahmaputra River. With this, Majuli became
Indias first island district. Majuli island is 34th district of Assam (splitted from jorhat district). Majuli island is mostly inhabited by
Mishing tribal people.
18. Government appointed NS Vishwanathan as deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Other 3 Deputy RBI Governors are R
Gandhi, S S Mundra, Urjit Patel.
19. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected Ethiopia, Bolivia, Sweden and Kazakhstan as nonpermanent members of United
Nations Security Council (UNSC), for 2 year term. They will replace Spain, Malaysia, New Zealand, Angola and Venezuela.
20. Indigenouslybuilt antisubmarine torpedo Varunastra has been inducted in Indian Navy, making India one of eight countries to have
capability to design and build such antisubmarine torpedo system. It weighs around 1.25 tonnes and carries about 250 kg of
explosives at a speed of around 40 nautical miles an hour.
June 26, 2016

1. 26 June : International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. 2016 theme is Listen First.
2. 26 June : International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
3. Noted Sculptor and painter KG Subramanyan passed away.
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4. Four IndianAmericans honoured with Great Immigrants: The Pride of America Award 2016.
i) Sunder Pichai CEO of Google.
ii) Hari Sreenivasan Broadcast journalist associated with the PBS NewsHour.
iii) Vikram Malhotra McKinsey.
4. Bharati Mukherjee Professor emerita in department of English at University of California (Berkeley).
5. China launched its second Shijian16 series satellite for space research and experiments, on board of Long March4B rocket.
6. Government approved National Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP), aiming at accelerating exploration activity through enhanced
participation of private sector.
i) Policy emphasizes on making available baseline geoscientific data of world standards in public domain, quality research in a
publicprivate partnership (PPP).
ii) It also seeks to undertake quick aerogeophysical surveys of country and creation of dedicated geoscience database etc.
iii) Ministry of Mines will carry out auctioning of identified exploration blocks for exploration by private sector. It will be done on the
revenue sharing basis in case their exploration leads to auctionable resources.
7. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) launched longterm monitoring studies project to document the effect of climate change on animal
biodiversity in states of Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
8. Medium range surfacetoair missile missile (MRSAM) developed jointly by India and Israel was successfully testfired. MRSAM has
strike ranges from 50 to 70 km.
9. Hockey Champions Trophy 2016
i) Men Australia won by defeating India. It was australia's 14th title.
ii) Women Argentina won by defeating Netherlands. It was argentina's 7th Title.
10. Government decided to enhance financial powers of its Ministries, for approval of NonPlan Schemes or Projects. The new approval
limits are
i) Projects Under Expenditure 300 Crores Standing Finance Committee of Concerned Ministry or concerned ministry.
ii) Projects with expenditure over 300 Crores Committee on NonPlan Expenditure (CNE) (earlier limit was 75 crores).
iii) Ministerincharge of administrative Ministry now can approve NonPlan schemes costing less than 500 crore rupees (Earlier limit
was 150 crore rupees).
iv) Projects with expenditure of 500 1000 crore > These will be approved by Finance Minister.
v) Projects with expenditure of over 1000 crores Cabinet or Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs will final these proposals.
vi) Financial Adviser now can appraise upto 20% increase in firmed up cost estimates.
vii) If absolute cost escalation is upto 75 crore rupees it has to be approved by Secretary of concerned administrative Department. In
case the absolute cost escalation is above 75 crore rupees, the Administrative Ministerincharge will approve it.
11. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim visited India.
i) World Bank signed agreement with International Solar Alliance (ISA) to provide over 1 billion USD to support India’s solar
initiatives.
a) World bank will provide 625 million dollars to India’s gridconnected rooftop solar programme that will finance the installation of
at least 400MW of solar photovoltaic installations.
b) ISA is Gurgaon (India) based first international organization comprising of 121 Countriesw, with United Nations as Strategic Partner.
It was jointly launched by India and France in November 2015 during United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris.
12. India's first integrated Defence Communication Network (DCN) launched by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. It will enable Indian
Army, Air force, Navy and Special Forces Command to share situational awareness for faster decisionmaking.
13. First squadron of indigenously made Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas inducted into Indian Air Force (IAF), by Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL). First squadron of LCA Tejas has been named as ‘Flying Daggers., with Its base in Sulur (Tamil Nadu).
14. Indias largest food products marketing organization Amul become official sponsor of Indian contingent to 2016 Rio Olympics. Gujarat
Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells its product under brand Amul signed agreement with Indian Olympic
Association (IOA).
15. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) signed MoU with Advertising Standard Council of India (ASCI) to check
misleading advertisements in the food and beverages sector.
16. Sports Ministry granted recognition to Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) lifted
temporary suspension on it.
17. Reliance Industries and State Bank of India (SBI) signed Subscription and Shareholders' Agreement to set up payments bank. RIL will
be promoter with a 70 % equity and SBI will have 30 % equity contribution.
18. 2016 Human Capital Index (HCI) by World Economic Forum (WEF)
i) Report was released in Tianjin (China), at WEF Annual Meeting of New Champions. It is also known as `Summer Davos summit.
ii) Top 10 Countries Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Netherlands, Canada and Belgium.
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iii) India ranked 105th, as compared to 100th in 2015.

iv) Indias Neighbours Sri Lanka (50th), China (71st), Bhutan (91st), Bangladesh (104th), Nepal (108th) and Pakistan (118th).
v) BRICS Russia (28th), China (71st), Brazil (83rd) and South Africa (8th).
19. Kerala became fourth state to ban ecigarette (electronic cigarette) as its use can cause cancer and heart ailments. Punjab was first to ban
ecigarettes in November 2014, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka.
i) ecigarettes These are handy batterypowered devices that emit doses of vaporised nicotine. It produces the feel of tobacco smoking.
20. Indian Navy launched INS Tarasa fourth and last ship in series of the Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC).
21. Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016 of World Bank Group report Connecting to Compete 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global
Economy
i) India ranked 35th among 160 countries with score 3.42. India has improved its ranking by jumping 19 positions compared to 54th
rank in 2014 LPI.
ii) For third time, Germany topped ter list . Top 5 countries Germany (score: 4.23 points), Luxembourg (4.22), Sweden (4.20),
Netherlands (4.19) and Singapore (4.14).
June 27, 2016

1. Book “A Life in Diplomacy”, authored by Maharajakrishna Rasgotra has been released.
2. Book “Chandigarh is in India” has been authored by Shanay Jhaveri.
3. Novel “Once Upon a Time in India: The Marvelous Adventures of Captain Corcoran” was written in the 1860s, by a Frenchman Alfred
Assollant, about India. It has been translated into English for the first time by Sam Miller.
4. International Conference on Social Statistics in India held in Patna (Bihar). The conference has been organised by Asian Development
Research of India.
5. Indias first pilot programme to run two wheelers on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has been launched by Government in New Delhi
to curb air pollution in cities.
6. Indias first sunken (Underwater) museum will be set up at World Heritage Site of Humayuns Tomb in New Delhi. It will open to public
in early 2018 and will display a mix of artifacts locked up in reserve collections of National Archives and museums of Archaeological
Survey of India.
7. 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) will be hosted by India. GES is initiative of USA President Barack Obama to bring
entrepreneurs from across the globe on one platform.
8. Legendary Music Composer R D Burman's Biography R.D.Burmania –Panchamemoirs has been authored by noted journalist
Chaitanya Padukone.
9. Government of India (GoI) extended ban on import of milk and its products from China till June 2017.
10. City of Fallujah in Iraq has been officially declared fully liberated from terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), after military
operation of Iraqi Army.
11. 56th edition of National InterState Senior Athletics Championships 2016 started in Hyderabad (Telangana). Its a qualifying event for
Rio Olympics.
12. Uttar Pradesh government declared that all natural calamities including unseasonal heavy rain, lightning, Loo and storm etc. will be
treated as state disaster.
13. Odisha government has signed a pact with WorldFish, an international nonprofit research organization, to boost fish production in the
state.
14. Assam Government and Armed Forces launched “Exercise Jalrahat” for flood relief in Assam at Narangi cantonment of Army.
15. Tathagata Roy, Governor of Tripura has been given additional charge of Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
June 28, 2016

1. Athletic World Championship medalist Anju Bobby George and national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand have been made
members of Khelo India, national programme for development of sports in India.
2. Nokia appointed Sanjay Malik as new head for India operations.
3. Odisha government launched scheme Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana (KSSY) with an aim to provide education loan at 1 % interest to
students for pursuing higher studies.
4. Cabinet approved recommendations of 7th Pay Commission. The salaries and arrears, effective from 1 January 2016, will be made
applicable now
i) Commission recommended 23.55 % hike in pay and allowances of government employees.
ii) Minimum pay for government employees is to be set at 18000 rupees per month, while maximum is 225000 Rs. month for Apex
Scale and 250000 rs / month for Cabinet Secretary.
iii) Increase in pay will be 16 %, increase in allowances will be 63 % and increase in pension will be 24 %.
5. Ministry of Urban Development approved setting up of District Level Advisory and Monitoring Committees to promote people centric
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planning and execution of new urban development schemes. These committees will comprise of elected representatives (Members of
Parliament (MP) and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA)).
6. Odisha government approved proposal of the Panchayati Raj department to add 500 new gram panchayats before 2017 threetier
panchayat polls.
7. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Vision2018 document Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision2018. It aims at
building efficiecnt payment systems for a ‘lesscash India and ensuring access to mobile banking services to even basic phone users.
8. Report by consulting firm Capgemini
i) Millionaires in Asia are wealthier than Millionaires in other regions of the world, including North America and Europe.
ii) Asian millionaires wealth is 17.4 trillion dollars in 2015, more than 8.4 trillion in 2006.
iii) There are 5.1 million Asian millionaires in 2015, Majority of 2.7 million from Japan and 1 million from China.
9. Exide Life Insurance appointed cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni as its brand ambassador, to be featusred in its marketing campaign
Lamba saath, bharose Ki baat.
10. Indian Grand Master Harika Dronavalli won best women's player award in Eurasian Blitz chess tournament in Kazakhstan.
11. Sri Lanka parliament passed Right to Information (RTI) bill, to restore transparency and good governance in country.
12. Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 22nd meeting of Eastern Zonal Council at Ranchi (Jharkhand). He also inaugurated
headquarters of Jharkhand's special antiMaoist force 'Jharkhand Jaguar' in Ranchi.
13. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) commissioned 2 units of 14 Megawatts each at Salma Hydro Electric Project in Afghanistan.
1. Salma dam, or the AfghanIndia Friendship dam, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent visit.
14. National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) awarded Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with Honorary Fellowship in UK
for his contributions to world peace and culture.
15. N Srinivasan reelected as president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) for 15th consecutive term.
16. Noted Malayalam theatre artist and poet Kavalam Narayana Panicker passed away.
17. 2016 IIFA awards (17th International Indian Film Academy Awards) held in Madrid (Spain). Winners List
i) Best Picture Bajrangi Bhaijaan
ii) Best Direction Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Bajirao Mastani
iii) Best Actor (Male) Award Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani
iv) Best Supporting Actor (Male) Anil Kapoor for DilDhadhakne Do
v) Best Actor (Female) Deepika Padukone for Piku
vi) Best Supporting Actor (Female) Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani
vii) Others Awards :
a) Best Music Direction: Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros, Anjjan and Amaal Mallik forRoy
b) Best Story Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku
c) Best Performance in Negative role Award: Darshan Kumaar for NH 10
d) Best Performance in a Comic Role Award: Deepak Dobriyal for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
e) Best Male Playback Singer Award: Papon for 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage', Dum Laga Ke Haisha
f) Best Female Playback Singer Award: Monali Thakur for 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage', Dum Laga Ke Haisha
g) Best Lyric Writer: Varun Grover for 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage', Dum Laga Ke Haisha
h) Special award for Woman of the Year: Priyanka Chopra
18. Washington DCbased International Monetary Fund (IMF) cleared payment of $501 million for Pakistan after completing 11th review
of Pakistans economic performance under a threeyear program supported by an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement.
19. Two Indians Kartik Sawhney and Neha Swain won 2016 Queen's Young Leaders award in United Kingdom.
20. Noted Industrialist Xerxes Sapur Desai (founder of largest watchmaker company Titan) has passed away.
June 29, 2016

1. 29 June National Statistics Day. It is celebrated annually on occasion of Birth anniversary of Indias eminent statistician Prasanta
Chandra Mahalanobis. 2016 Theme is Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
2. Medium range SurfacetoAir ballistic missile Barak8 has been test fired. It has been developed in collaboration with Israel. It is 4 meter
long ballistic missile which can hit target within 70 km.
3. Fivetime World chess Champion Viswanathan Anand has been conferred with Honoris Causa Doctor of Science by Indian Institute
Of Technology Kanpur (IITK) during its 49th convocation ceremony.
4. Two women Noor Huda Roslan and Nenney Shuhaidah Shamsuddin have been appointed as judges of Malaysias Islamic Shariah
High Court for first time in history of judiciary of Malaysia.
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5. Reserve Bank of India will set up a committee to study use of Blockchain technology for reducing use of paper currency.
i) Blockchain technology Blockchain database consists of blocks that hold timestamped batches of valid transactions. Digital records
are put together into blocks and then leaped together cryptographically and chronologically into a chain using algorithms. Encryption
process is termed ‘hashing.
ii) Blockchain database helps in reducing use of paper currency as it makes hard for hackers to attack it as hackers need access to every
copy of database simultaneously. As the hash cannot be converted back into the original data,the blockchain database keeps data
secure.
6. Matthew Gdovin, associate professor in University of Texas (USA) has developed a newly patented method to kill cancer cells.
1. Research involved injecting a chemical compound, nitrobenzaldehyde into tumour and allowing it to diffuse into tissue. A beam of
light was aimed at tissue, which caused the cells to become very acidic inside. It forced the cells to commit suicide. It was estimated that
up to 95 % of the targeted cancer cells were dead within 2 hours.
7. United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) released State of Worlds Children 2016 report
a) Unless world focuses more on plight of its underadvantaged children by 2030
i) 7 Crore children may die before reaching their 5th birthdays, mostly subSaharan Africa.
ii) Over 6 crore primary schoolaged children will be out of school.
iii) Some 7.5 crore women will have been married as children.
iv) Boys and girls attend primary school in equal numbers in 129 countries.
v) The number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide is almost half what it was in the 1990s.
vi) About 12.4 crore children today do not go to primary and lowersecondary school.
vii) India in report
1. Report states that 5 countries will account for more than half of the global burden of underfive deaths India (17 %), Nigeria (15
%), Pakistan (8 %), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (7 %) and Angola (5 %).
2. In India, being born into poorest households carries a learning ‘penalty relative to children from richest households. Penalty widens
between ages 7 and 11, reaching a 19 % gap in students ability to subtract.
8. World Bank approved 63 million USD project Tejaswini: Socioeconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in
Jharkhand.
9. Nepal banned its citizens from working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya. Owing to security concerns.
10. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) launched by Government, to boost health care facilities for pregnant women
(especially poor). Under this, pregnant ladies will be given free health checkup and required treatment for free on 9th of every month.
The scheme is applicable only to the women in their pregnancy period of 3 to 6 months.
11. Food and Beverage multinational firm Nestle named Ulf Mark Schneider as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
12. Suzuki Motor Corp appointed Toshihiro Suzuki as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
13. India Post opened up ongoing scheme of customized printing of ‘My Stamp for individuals and corporate also. Under this, individual
or a corporate entity can get their photo or logo printed inside postage stamp at a price of 12 lakh rupees.
14. World Bank approved 201.50 million USD Laon for Technical Education Quality Improvement Project III(TEQIP III) in India to
improve quality of engineering education in select Indian states.
June 30, 2016

1. Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2016 held is Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
2. QS University Rankings 2016
i) Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and IITs of Mumbai (35th), Delhi (36th), Madras (43r) and Kanpur (48th) have figured
in list of Asias top 50 universities. IISc is 33rd this year and it was 34th last year. IITKharagpur was placed 51st and two other IITs
Roorkee (78) and Guwahati (94), made it to the top 100. Delhi University has been ranked 66th.
ii) National University of Singapore (NUS) has been ranked best university in Asia, followed by University of Hong Kong.
iii) Indias performance
a. India is fifth best among 17 countries featured in ratings, with 23 universities in list of top 350.
b. India is behind Taiwan (34), South Korea (54), Japan (72) and China (82)
c. IISc, Bangalore, which emerged as the top Indian institution in the QS rankings, was also rated as the best Indian university in the HRD
ministrys first ever National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released earlier this year.
3. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley visited China.
i) He attended First Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors’ of Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing.
ii) Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank was started in December 2015. Headquarters is in Beijing (China).
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iii) It has capital of $100 Billion USD.

iv) India has state of 8.52 % in it. India will pay $334.7m annually till 201920 for 8.52% stake in AIIB.
v) China has highest stake in AIIB 30.34 %.
vi) Jin Liqun is first and current president of AIIB.
vii) He attended 8th IndiaChina Financial Dialogue.
viii) Indian President Pranab Mukherjee visited Ghana, Ivory Coast and Namibia
a. Ghana
1. Pranab Mukherjee become first Indian president to visit Republic of Ghana.
2. India and Ghana have signed 3 agreements to strengthen cooperation in visa waivers for holders of diplomatic, official passports,
setting up a Joint Commission.
3. India is the largest foreign investor in Ghana with more than 700 projects. Bilateral trade between India and Ghana increased to 1.2
billion dollars from 538 million dollars in 2010. India mainly imports Gold from Ghana.
b. Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
1. Pranab Mukherjee become first Indian president to visit Ivory Coast.
2. President of India honoured with highest national award of Cote d’Ivoire Grande Croix Commandeur in National Merit Order /
National Grand Crois.
c. Namibia
1. India and Namibia have signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) MoU on Capacity building for civil servants of
Namibia and Mou on setting up of centre of excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
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July 1, 2016
1. State Bank of India Launched Digital Village Campaign and selected 21 villages across country, on State Bank Day (1st July).
2. 01 July National Doctors' Day. It marks birth and death anniversary of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, noted Indian Physician.
a. On this occasion, President Pranab Mukherjee presented BC Roy national awards for 2008, 2009 and 2010 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
i) 2010 Nikhil C. Munshi, O.P. Kalra, Tejinder Singh, Subash Gupta, Amrinder Jit Kanwar, Rajendra Prasad and Glory Alexander.
ii) 2009 H. Sancheti, Renu Saxena, Atul Kumar, A.K. Kriplani, Kanan A. Yelikar, H.S. Bhanushali, G.V. Rao, Moti Lal Singh, C.N.
Purandare and C.V. Hari Narayan.
iii) 2008 Rajeshwar Dayal, Mammen Chandy, Neelam Mohan, Rohit V. Bhatt, Mohan Kameswaran, Harsha Jauhari, Gopal H.
Badlani and Yash Gulati
3. BRICS Youth Summit 2016 held in Guwahati (Assam) with Theme Youth as bridge for IntraBRICS Exchanges.
4. Manoj Kumar Unni appointed as Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS).
5. Malik Samarawickrama, Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade of Sri Lanka visited India.
6. India approved MOU with Mauritius in field of Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation.
7. India approved MoU with Mozambique in field of Drug demand reduction and prevention of illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs.
Government also approved a longterm contract with Mozambique for import of pulses.
8. Government approved National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for providing apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh
youngsters by 20920, with outlay of 10,000 crore rupees.
i) It will be implemented by Director General of Training (DGT) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
ii) Government will provide incentives to employers to engaging apprentices and will share 25% of total stipend payable to an
apprentice with employers. Government will bear 50% of the total expenditure incurred on providing basic training to an apprentice.
9. India approved MOU with Tanzania in field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.
10. Government approved setting up a Major port at Enayam near Colachel in Tamil Nadu.
11. Government approved joint issue of postage stamps between Department of Posts of India and Portugal.
12. Home Minister Rajnath Singh released illustrative book of Central Reserve Police Force titled Ayodhya ke Shoorvir. It depicts saga of
valour of CRPF in foiling terrorist attack on Ram Janam Bhumi Babri Masjid Complex On July 05, 2005.
13. Government constituted a Committee under Shankar Acharya (former Chief Economic Adviser), to examine desirability and feasibility
of having ‘a new financial year.
14. India will be Partner Country of INNOPROM 2016 (largest annual international industrial trade fair of Russia). Commerce Minister Smt
Nirmala Sitharaman will Lead Indian Delegation Of 110 Companies To Russia.
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15. An Apparel Training Centre established in Kaduna (Nigeria) under Cotton Technical Assistance Programme (Cotton TAP) for Africa
which is being implemented by Department of Commerce, Government of India under 2nd India Africa Forum Summit.
Jul 02, 2016

1. Jul 02, 2016 International Cooperative Day. It is held on first saturday of July.
2. Punjab Government launched Rapid Rural Police Response System (RRPRS) to ensure prompt and effective police response in
12,000 villages across state.
3. Indias first Commercial Court and Commercial Disputes Resolution Centre inaugurated at Raipur (Chhattisgarh).
4. First meeting of BRICS Working Group on Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency held in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
5. State Bank of India (SBI) signed agreement worth $625 million USD with World Bank to support its grid connected rooftop solar
photovoltaic (GRPV) programme, aimed ar geenrating 400 MW solar capacity across country.
6. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became first Indian football player to play in UEFA Europa League, after being named in Norwegian club
Stabaek FCs squad for qualifying match against Connahs Quay Nomads FC in Europa League.
7. Indian Badminton Player B Sai Praneeth won 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton title by defeating Lee Hyun II of South Korea.
Mens doubles title was won by Indian pair Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy.
8. Sudarshan Sen has been appointed as Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will replace NS Vishwanathan who
was elevated as Deputy Governor of RBI.
9. Researchers from University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium have built a supersensitive electronic nose comprising of chemical
sensors metalorganic frameworks (MOFs). The supersensitive enose has ability to detect pesticides and nerve gas in very low
concentrations by analyzing their chemical makeup.
10. India will host meet of heads of antinarcotics agencies of BRICS nations in October 2016, to discuss issues related to narcoterrorism
and money laundering.
11. Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Maharashtra) became first Indian port to implement logistics data bank tagging system of containers, as part of
its Ease of Doing Business initiatives.
12. M V Dhekane appointed as Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala).
13. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) approved extending its New Horizons mission to investigate a mysterious
object deep in Kuiper Belt. New Horizons space probe will now investigate a mysterious object known as 2014 MU69 located deep
in Kuiper Belt.
14. Indian Para swimmer Niranjan Mukundan won 8 medals at IWAS (International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports) U23 World Games
held in Prague (Czech Republic).
15. Government approved High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill 2016 to change names of High Courts based on nomenclature of cities
they are located in. It willn facilitate changing names of ‘Madras High Court as Chennai High Court and ‘Bombay High Court as
Mumbai High Court respectively.
16. Goverment approved Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers for 201617, bearing cost of 18276 Crore Rupees. It will help farmers
getting short term crop loan payable within one year up to 3 lakhs Rupees at only 4% per annum.
1. Government will provide interest subvention of 5% per annum to all farmers for short term crop loan up to 1 year for loan upto 3
lakhs rupees for 201617. Thus, farmers will have to effectively pay only 4% as interest. In case they fail to repay loan in time they
would be eligible for interest subvention of 2% as against 5% available above.
Jul 03, 2016

1. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain has won the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.
2. Worlds largest Charkha unveiled at Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in New Delhi. This Charkha is made from
highquality Burma teak wood and weighs fourtones and is 9 feet wide, 17 feet tall and 30 feet long.
3. State Bank of India (SBI) launched SBI Mingle, a social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users. It will allow SBIs
customers to access various banking services via these social platforms.
4. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) launched MySpeed mobile application for measuring real time mobile Internet speed
that consumers get.
5. Rajasthan become first state in India to introduce minimum wages for part time workers, bringing part time workers in state under
Minimum Wages Act 1948. As per new rule, it is now mandatory for employer to pay 50% of the prescribed a day minimum wage to
a person who works for less than four hours in a day. Besides, government also increased minimum wages in all categories of
scheduled employments by 104 Rupees / month.
6. China inducted its largest indigenouslybuilt transport aircraft named as Y20.
7. Networked Readiness Index (NRI) Report by Genevabased World Economic Forum (WEF). It measures countries success in creating
the necessary conditions for a transition to a digitised economy and society
i) Top5 countries Singapore (1st) Finland (2nd), Sweden (3rd), Norway (4th), United States (5th).
ii) India was placed at 91st position in the recently released 2016.
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8. Cabinet Expansion Transfers and New Appointments

a. Cabinet Ministers (Changed Por tfolios)
i) Venkaiah Naidu Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
ii) Ananth Kumar Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
iii) Prakash Javdekar Ministry of Human Resource Development
iv) Ravi Shankar Prasad Ministry of Law & Justice (along with Ministry of Information Technology)
v) Narendra Singh Tomar Ministry of Rural Development Ministry, Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Drinking Water and
Sanitation
vi) D. V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
vii) Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Textiles
b. Ministers of State 19 New Ministers of state were Inlcuded.
i) Vijay Goel Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (Independent Charge)
ii) Piyush Goyal Ministry of Mines (Independent Charge)
iii) Anil Madhav Dave Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)
iv) Santosh Kumar Gangwar Ministry of Finance
v) Faggan Singh Kulaste Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
vi) S. Ahluwalia Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
vii) Ramdas Athawale Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
viii) Rajen Gohain Ministry of Railways
ix) Jayant Sinha Ministry of Civil Aviation
x) Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs
xi) Mahendra Nath Pandey Ministry of Human Resource Development
xii) Ajay Tamta Ministry of Textiles
xiii) Anupriya Patel Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
xiv) R. Chaudhary Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Law & Justice
9. Uma Bharti, Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation launched 231 projects under ‘Clean Ganga
project, as part of Namami Gange Campaign of Government.
10. Noted music director Om Prakash Sonik passed away.
11. South African writer, filmmaker and photographer Lidudumalingani won 17th Caine Prize 2016 (referred as african booker), for his
short story “Memories We Lost”.
1. This award was established in 2010 in United Kingdom, in memory of Sir Michael Harris Caine (former Chairman of Booker
Group).
12. Russia approved a legislation consisting of a package of controversial antiterror amendments, named as Big Brother law. The
nickname Big Brother law was coined by Edward Snowden (USA intelligence contractor turned privacy activist).
1. It Boosts surveillance powers for security services and grants them access to any users messages without any judicial oversight.
2. It maked Mandatory for communication service providers to store users calls, messages, photographs and videos for six months and
metadata for 3 years, so that government agencies can access it.
13. Astronomers led by University of Arizona sighted a Jovian planet orbiting a triple star system, named as HD 131399Ab. ThIS strange
planet was discovered using SPHERE instrument on European Southern Observatorys (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile.
14. Second antidrug working group meeting of heads of antinarcotics agencies of BRICS countries held in New Delhi to discuss issues
related to narcoterrorism and money laundering.
15. Government launched Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) portal (kvk.icar.gov.in), to provide information and advisory to farmers and
facilitate online monitoring of KVK activities.
Jul 04, 2016

1. Kerala Government has proposed a Fat Tax on fast food items like burgers, pizzas, donuts and pasta etc. served in branded restaurants
in a bid to discourage junk food culture. It will be 14.5 % of value of food items.
2. Cookbook author and food blogger Nimi Sunilkumar won Gourmand World Cookbook Award 201516, for her cookbook “4 oclock
Temptations of Kerala”. It was chosen for award in the ‘Best Indian Cuisine Cookbook section.
1. Gourmand World Cookbook Award is known as Oscar award in field of cookery. This is the only international award in this field.
3. Bornean orangutan species has been declared critically endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources (IUCN). IUCN found that population of Bornean orangutans dropped by nearly twothird since 1970s. It is expected to
further decline to 47,000 by 2025 representing population loss of 86%.
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4. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi launched a cybercell to check online abuse and harassment of women and
children on social media platforms. WCD Ministry has advised women and children to send their complaints, if they are being abused
or harassed on social media platforms using the hashtag #IamTrolledHelp.
5. Captain Radhika Menon (India) became first woman in world to receive Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from International
Maritime Organisation (IMO). She was chosen by 116th session of IMO Council meeting held in London for displaying great courage
in leading the difficult rescue operation in the Bay of Bengal in June 2015. She rescued all seven fishermen from fishing boat
Durgamma, which was adrift following engine failure.
6. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) signed Agreements with IITBombay and Madras to establish a binodal
‘Centre of Propulsion Technology (CoPT) at these two institutions. It aims to achieve synergy between DRDO and IITs for channelising
research efforts for developing products and related critical aerospace technologies.
7. Pakistani philanthropist, social activist and humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away. He was known as Pakistans ‘Father Teresa,
and was Pakistans most respected figure for his humanitarian work.
8. 2nd unit of India’s largest nuclear power plant, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu became operational. It now has 2 unit
of 1000 MW each. Both units of the Kudankulam plant have been made at a cost of over Rs. 22,000 crore.
i) Kudankulam Nuclear Plant's Technology is backed by Russia. This atomic reactor will provide electricity to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry,
Kerala and Karnataka.
ii) India currently operates 21 reactors that can generate 5,780 MW of electricity besides giving India its atomic weapons. India hopes
to generate 63,000 MW of nuclear power by 2032.
9. National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) conferred rare and singular species genetic recognition tag to the threatened
breed of Kendrapara sheep found in Odisha, under registration number INDIA_SHEEP_1500_KENDRAPADA_14042. It became
42nd sheep breed in India to receive such tag. The genetically rare status will help to boost conservation effort to protect these
domesticated threatened sheep.
10. Sushila Karki appointed as first woman Chief Justice of Nepal.
11. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred 51st Jnanpith Award on renowned Gujarati writer and litterateur Raghuveer Chaudhari.
i) Jnanpith Award (Pronounced Gyaanpeeth) is Indias highest literary honour. It was instituted in 1961 and is presented annually by
Bharatiya Jnanpith trust founded by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain family that owns Times of India newspaper group.
ii) The award is bestowed upon any Indian citizen who writes in any 22 official languages of India mentioned in VIII Schedule of
Constitution of India. It carries cash prize of 11 lakh rupees, a citation plaque and a bronze.
12. Sanjay Gupta appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL).
13. Indias first Centre of Excellence on Internet of Things (CoE– IoT) launched in Bengaluru (Karnataka) jointly set up NASSCOM,
Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) and Education and Research Network (ERNET). It has been created
as a catalyst for developing IoT SME/Startup ecosystem of India to scale for industrial and societal needs. The centre has capacity to
incubate 40 startups and allows them to build a prototype and test them.
14. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) to check child diarrhoeal deaths. IDCF
drive will be observed from 11th 23rd July 2016, as a cost effective intervention to curb risk of spread of diarrhoea that scales up
during monsoon season.
Jul 05, 2016

1. First international film, arts and animal welfare festival AnimalHumanNature Continuum started in Mumbai (India0. It will highlight
relationship among animals, humans and nature.
2. Scotland Based oil energy explorer Cairn asked Indian Government to pay nearly $6 billion as compensation for hurting its business
through a tax dispute of $1.6 billion raised by India. Cairn then took its case to international arbitration court in The Hague.
1. Cairn said that taxes sought were related to transactions carried out to reorganise company's structure to prepare for Cairn India
Limited's stock market flotation in 2007.
2. Cairn sold its majority stake in Cairn India to Vedanta Resources in 2011. Cairn said that tax department's investigation, started in
January 2014 and stalled sale of its outstanding holding in Indian venture, worth about $700 million.
3. Neerja Bhanot conferred with Bharat Gaurav Award in London (UK) by Sanksriti Yuva Sansth, a Jaipurheadquartered NGO.
4. India will host world's first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 'Super Fight League' from August 26 to October 1, 2016. This league will feature
eight teams DELHI, Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai, Haryana, Bangalore, Punjab, Pune and Goa.
5. State Bank of India (SBI) tied up with ecommerce firm Flipkart to offer new preapproved Equated Monthly Installment(EMI) facility
for SBI account holders. Under this, SBI will provide overdraft facility to its customers purchasing goods worth Rs. 5,000 and above
on Flipkart for tenor of 6, 9, and 12 months, withPersonal loan interest (14%) applicable for such purchases. Purpose is to provide
finance to credit worthy individuals for online purchase, without applying for a personal loan for simple purchases.
6. Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of Naval Staff commissioned Marine Commandos Unit as ‘INS Karna at Naval Base at Bheemunipatanam
near Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
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7. Government approved Bill for change of name of Rajendra Central Agricultural University in Pusa (Bihar) to Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Central Agricultural University.
8. Government approved Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) with outlay of 12000 crores, to impart skilling to 1 crore
people by 2020. PMKVY will impart fresh training to 60 lakh youths and certify skills of 40 lakh persons acquired nonformally under
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
9. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved disinvestment of 15% equity of National Buildings Construction Corporation
Limited (NBCC), out of Government of Indias 90% shareholding. It would bring in 1,706 crores to Government.
10. Government appointed A.K. Patnaik as Chief Executive Officer of National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID).
11. Mahindra Aerostructures, a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra got a Tier 1 supplier contract to supply airframe parts for Airbuss
AS565 MBe Panther helicopter. With this, Mahindra Aerostructures becomes first Indian company to receive a direct manufacturing
contract from Airbus as a Tier 1 supplier.
12. First direct bus service between Pokhara (Nepal) and New Delhi (India) launched.
13. State Bank of India (SBI) signed MoU with Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT Bombay to promote innovation
by startups in the financial sector.
14. Bangladesh and India signed agreement for construction of a 1,320 megawatt (MW) coal fired power plant near Sundarbans. India's
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) was selected under an open international tender for constructing super thermal plant at
Bangladeshs southwestern Rampal near the Sundarbans.
15. D Rajkumar appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL ).
Jul 06, 2016

1. July 06 World Zoonoses Day.
2. Supreme Court ordered restoration of former Chief Minister Nabam Tukis Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh.
i) Supreme Court quashed Governors decision advancing session of the state assembly by a month, stating that it is violative of
Constitution.
ii) Now BJP's government in Arunachal Pradesh, headed by Chief Minister Kalikho Pul will step down and make way for then
Congress government headed by Nabam Tuki.
iii) It is first time in history that Supreme Court has put back a state government that had been dismissed by Centre under Presidents
rule (under Article 356).
iv) Background
1. In November 2015, 21 of Congress legislators of total 47 rebelled against CM Nabam Tuki. It reduced Congress government to
26 legislators (minority) in 60member assembly. Following it, Government imposed Presidents rule under Article 356 of Constitu-
tion on January 26, 2016 and Later, Kalikho Pul was sworn in as 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
3. Government notified UIDAI(Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules 2016 to give legal status to
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). These rules have been framed as per provisions of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of
Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016.
4. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in Hague (Netherlands) rejected Chinas claims to economic rights across large swathes of
South China Sea, as part of case brought by Philippines. Ruling came from an arbitration tribunal under United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which China and Philippines have signed.
5. Worlds first digital incubator for student startups “SV.CO” launched in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala). Students can form teams and
apply for admission to the digital incubator. Once selected, they will be guided right from selecting an idea to building a prototype and
its launch to early customers within 6 months.
6. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) partnered with Yes Bank under Partial Risk Sharing Facility (PRSF) for financing
energy efficiency projects programme sponsored by World Bank. As per agreement, SIDBI will guarantee 75% of loans of up to Rs.
15 crore extended to energy efficiency projects.
7. Autobiography of Tennis Player Sania Mirza Ace against Odds has been released. She wrote it with her father Imran Mirza.
8. National EVidhan Academy will be set up in Tapovan (Himachal Pradesh), where Himachal Vidhan Sabha is situated in Dharamshala.
The academy will train MPs, MLAs and staff of such institutions from different states.
9. Sunil Kumar Kohli has been appointed as Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA).
10. Indian author Dinesh C. Sharma won 2016 Computer History Museum Book Prize for his book “The Outsourcer: The Story of Indias
IT Revolution”, by Special Interest Group for Computers, Information and Society (SIGCIS ) for History of Technology.
11. 7th edition of Mountain Echoes literary festival 2016 will be held in Thimpu (Bhutan) in August 2016. It is an initiative of IndiaBhutan
Foundation in association with Siyahi, a literary organization.
12. Gangajal delivery scheme has been launched by India Post in Patna (Bihar0. Under this scheme, pious Gangajal brought from
Gangotri and Rishikesh, would be delivered at doorsteps of people at nominal prices.
13. Haryana Government will introduce online filing of Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) through Smart Performance Appraisal
Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW) for all its IPS officers, to be recorded online at ips.gov.in.
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14. Government constituted committee headed by Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian to tackle shortage of pulses in India.
15. Amal Dutta, noted former India footballer passed away.
Jul 07, 2016

1. 7day long Kharchi Puja festival started at Chaturdas Devta Temple in Old Agartala (Tripura). In this century old festival of Tripura, Puja
is offered to headimages of 14 God and Goddesses, that are bought outside only during first week of Shukla Paksha of Ashad of
Bengali calendar year.
2. Book The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, authored by Amitav Ghosh has been released.
3. Conservative party's Theresa May became Prime Minister of United Kingdom. She succeeded David Cameron, who resigned after
Brexit referendum. With this, she became UKs secondever female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher (in office from 19791990).
4. Government approved revival of 3 fertilizers defunct Fertilizer Units Barauni (Bihar) unit of Hindustan Fertilizers Corporation Limited
(HFCL), (ii) Urea unit of Fertilizer Corporation India Limited (FCIL) at Sindri (Jharkhand) and (iii) Urea unit of FCIL at Gorakhpur (Uttar
Pradesh).
5. Peru declared Zika Virus outbreak as a health emergency across northern half of country after 102 people were infected with the virus.
6. Government approved Revised Cost Estimate of ongoing 1020 MW PunatsangchhuII Hydroelectric Project (HEP) in Bhutan, that
seeks provide surplus power to India.
7. Indian Air Force started operation Sankat Mochan to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in South Sudans capital Juba.
8. D K Hota has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML).
9. Noted sprinter Sameer Mon won gold in 100 meters in 56th National Interstate Athletics (Hyderabad) by completing in 10.60
seconds.
10. PM Narendra Modi radio programme Mann Ki Baat will now also be telecast to Bangladesh, on All India Radio's upcoming Bangla
language service channel Akashvani Maitree. Purpose is to strengthen bilateral ties and break stranglehold of Pakistani and Chinese
radio channels in Bangladesh.
11. Maharashtra government crossed target in its initiative for plantation of about 2 crores trees, aimed at benefittig the environment.
12. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a smart model village pilot project, to be implemented in five selected villages in Haryana
than later on will be spread across country.
13. PM Narendra Modi released a book and souvenir on the life of Banda Bahadur on the occasion of 300th Martyrdom Anniversary of
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur.
14. Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament 2016
i) Men's Singles B. Sai Praneeth (India)
ii) Women's Singles Michelle Li (Canada)
iii) Men's Doubles Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy (India) They are also first Indian mens doubles pair to qualify for the Rio
Olympic Games.
iv) Women's Doubles Setyana Mapasa and Gronya Somerville (Australia)
v) Mixed Doubles Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao (Vietnam)
15. South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) Zone Qualifying Round of FIBA Asia Challenge 2016 held in Bangalore (Karnataka).
Jul 08, 2016

1. Tuluni festival is celebrated every year on July 8 by Sumi Naga tribe of Nagaland to mark end of dry season and the beginning of new
fruits.
2. Linda Burney become first Indigenous woman elected to House of Representatives (lower house) of Parliament of Australia.
3. China completed work on worlds largest radio telescope, to be used to explore space and help in hunt for extraterrestrial life. It is a 500
Metre Aperture Spherical Telescope, size of 30 football fields and has been cut out of a mountain in the southwestern province of
Guizhou.
4. India and Cyprus revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), under which capital gains tax will be levied on the sale of
shares of investments made after April 1, 2017.
5. Government will provide assistance of 400 crore rupees for developing airports at varioous locations in Uttar Pradesh.
6. 13 districts in Madhya Pradesh will be covered under upcoming phase of Government's Mission Indradhanush initiative aimed at full
immunization of all children in country.
7. overnment approved renaming Mhow railway station in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh after BR Ambedkar as he was born there.
8. Online pharmacy Company 1mg acquired diagnostic labs aggregator Medd (HolaMed Healthcare Technologies Pvt. Ltd) for an
undisclosed amount.
1. 1mg operates an online marketplace for medicines, besides facilitating medical appointments and diagnostic test bookings.
9. Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) appointed R Baskar Babu as its new President of Board.
10. K B Koliwad elected as Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
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11. Noted communist leader and former World Peace Council president Romesh Chandra passed away.
12. Olympians Association of India, India's firstever association for Indian Olympians has been launched. It's official Twitter account
@IndianOlympians, will serve as the platform for realtime updates of Indian contingent at upcoming Rio Olympics.
13. Saudi Arabia elected as 39th Associate Member of International Cricket Council’s (ICC) during its meeting in Edinburgh (Capital of
Scotland).
14. IWAS (International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports) U23 World Games held in Prague (Czech Republic). India's paraswimmer
Niranjan Mukundan won eight medals in these games, including three golds.
15. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Swami Vivekanand Sabhagar at Kathak Kendra of Sangeet Natak Akademi in New Delhi.
16. Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL) acquired global clothing brand Forever 21 in Indian market for around Rs. 175 Crores.
Jul 09, 2016
1. Government appointed R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy as Accountant General (economic and revenue sector audit) of Tamil Nadu.
2. Noted Iranian Film director Abbas Kiarostami Passed Away. His 1997 film "Taste of Cherry" won Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival.
3. SBI Cards and Payment Services launched a premium credit card 'Elite', as a bundle of several privileges and benefits for high net worth
individuals (HNIs). It is launched on Master Card World platform, enabled with NFC (Near Field Communication) technology.
4. Travel planning and booking site TripAdvisor appointed Gary Fritz as its President and Chief Growth Officer of AsiaPacific region.
5. Deepak Singhal appointed as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
6. IDFC Mutual Fund appointed Vishal Kapoor as its chief executive officer.
7. Telecom tower company Indus Towers appointed Tejinder Kalra as Chief Operating Officer.
8. Second phase of Haritha Haram programme of Telangana government launched. It aims to plant 46 crore plants to improve green belt.
9. West Bengal Government will set up 3 biotechnology hubs in in Bardhaman, Kalimpong and Medinipur districts, to bring more
biotechnology innovations.
10. International Monetary Fund announced $5.34 billion program for Iraq to help strengthen its finances, that are hit by crash in oil prices
and fight against the Islamic State group.
11. Noted music director Om Prakash Sonik passed away.
12. Dipa Karmakar became First Indian gymnast to be named a ‘Gymnaste de Classe Mondaile (World class gymnast) by International
Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
13. Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) gave this years Lifetime Achievement Award to Srinivasan K Swamy (Chairman of R
K Swamy Hansa).
14. 2day long NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Summit 2016 held in Warsaw (Poland). It was 27th summit biannual summit of
NATO since its inception in 1949.
15. Finance Ministry imposed antidumping duty on purified terephthalic acid (PTA) imports from China, Iran, Taiwan, Indonesia and
Malaysia.
1. Antidumping duty is a tariff that governments impose on foreign imports that it believes are priced below fair market value.
16. Telecom Ministry cleared 3,500crore 4G spectrum trading deal between service providers Bharti Airtel and Aircel. Under this, Airtel
acquired rights to use 4G spectrum of Aircel in 8 telecom circles.
Jul 10, 2016

1. Aditya Puri, chief executive and managing director (MD) of HDFC Bank has been ranked as best banking CEO in Asia by investor
community.
2. Maharashtra police launched four mobile apps for timely intervention into emergency situations Pratisaad Ask, Police Mitra,
Vahanchoritakrar and Railway helpline app.
3. Karnataka Region Economic and Trade Organisation (KRETO) and Sanya People Municipal Government (China) signed MoU to foster
trade between Sanya City and Karnataka.
4. LafargeHolcim signed agreement with Nirma to sell its 100% holding in cement maker Lafarge India for value of $1.4 billion.
5. Sun Pharma rolled out Gemcitabine InfuSMART in Europe. InfuSMART is a technology in which oncology products are developed in
a readytoadminister (RTA) bag. Sun Pharma become worlds first pharmaceutical company to manufacture and launch a licensed RTA
oncology product.
1. Oncology is study and treatment of tumours.
6. K V R Murthy appointed as chairmancummanaging director of Jute Corporation of India Limited.
7. Forbes list of worlds highest paid celebrities
a) Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar were only Indian celebrities in list.
i) Shahrukh khan is ranked 86th with annual earnings of 33 Million USD.
ii) Akshay Kumar is ranked 94t with 31.5 million USD earnings.
b) Musician Taylor Swift is at top of list with $170 million USD yearly earnings.
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8. Noted Canadian American Historian William H McNeill passed away.

9. IDFC Bank acquired Tamil Naduheadquartered microfinance institution Grama Vidiyal in an allcash deal.
10. Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) will be first Indian company to sell masala bonds, a rupeedenominated bond sold to
foreign investors and listed on an overseas exchange.
i) It plans to raise Rs 3,000 crores through sale of such bonds.
ii) These bonds will bear a fixed coupon and will have a incumbency period of 3 years and 1 month.
11. IndianAmerican professor Dr. Kinshuk has been named Dean of University of North Texas College of Information in USA.
12. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and French firm Safran Helicopter Engines will establish a support centre in India for rotorcraft
customers.
13. According to a survey conducted by Skytrax,
1. Top 5 best airlines Emirates (1st), Qatar Airways (2nd), Singapore Airlines (3rd), Cathay Pacific (4th), ANA All Nippon Airways (5th).
14. BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) introduced 'Paperless SIP' (systematic investment plans), to allow mutual fund investors to make
transactions through various modes of payments. Additional feature on BSE's mutual fund platform StAR MF would allow MF
distributors to register SIPs for their clients, who can pay SIP amounts through various modes. New facility will be available only for
nondematerialised transactions and for instalment of amount over 2 lakh.
15. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain has won the 2016 British Grand Prix.
Jul 11, 2016

1. July 11 World Population Day. Theme for 2016 is Investing in teenage girls.
2. Book Ringside with Vijender, authored by Rudraneil Sengupta has been released.
3. Book Who Moved my Interest Rates, authored by former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Duvvuri Subbarao has been released.
4. Haryana Government announced to develop an industrial township in state at an expense of 33000 Crore. This industrial township
will spread in over 1500 acres of land in Sohna and Manesar areas of Gurgaon. For this, Haryana Industrial and Infrastructure
Development Corporation (HSIIDC) signed MoU with China Fortune Land Development (CFLD) Company.
5. Juno spacecraft of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully entered Jupiters orbit. Junos aim is to under-
stand the origin and evolution of Jupiter. It travelled 2.7 billion kilometres since its launch to reach Jupiter. Juno will have mission life
of 20 months from July 2016 to Feb 2018. In its mission life, the spacecraft will circle the Jupiter 37 times before finally making a death
plunge in 2018.
6. USA Department of Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated top officials of North Korean regime along with
Leader Kim JongUn for abuses of human rights. This is the first time that USA has sanctioned North Korean leader over human rights
abuses.
7. Scientists named a newly discovered species of tarantula (a big hairy spider) as Kankuamo Marquezi after the famed Colombian
novelist and 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
8. Portugal won 2016 UEFA European football championship (Euro Cup 2016) by defeating host France. It was Portugals first UEFA
European Championship title.
9. 2016 Wimbledon Championships winners (130th edition)
i) Mens Singles Andy Murray (Britain) won by defeating Canadas Milos Raonic. It was his second Wimbledon title after 2013.
ii) Womens Singles Serena Williams (USA) won by defeating Germanys Angelique Kerber. It is Williams seventh Womens Singles
Wimbledon title (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015) and overall 22nd Grand Slam title.
iii) Mens Doubles French pair of PierreHugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated French pair Julien Benneteau and Édouard
RogerVasselin.
iv) Womens Doubles USA pair of Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated Tímea Babos (Hungary) and Yaroslava Shvedova
(Kazakhstan).
v) Mixed Doubles Henri Kontinen (Finland) and Heather Watson (UK) defeated Robert Farah (Colombia) and AnnaLena Grönefeld
(Germany).
10. PM Narendra Modi Completed his Visit to 4 African Nations South africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya
a) Mozambique
i) India and Mozambique signed 3 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in areas of drug trafficking, pulse trading and sports. These
MoUs were signed at Maputo (Mozambique Capital), in presence of Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique.
ii) India handed over 30 SUVs to Mozambique. With this, India completed delivery of 4.5 million US dollar grant assistance as part of
supporting institutions of Mozambique.
b) South Africa
i) India and South Africa signed MoUs in four areas of bilateral cooperation in Tourism, Grass root innovation (Science and
Technology), Information and Communication technology (ICT), Arts and Culture.
ii) MoUs were signed in presence of South African President Jacob Juma in Pretoria (South Africa).
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c) Tanzania
i) India and Tanzania have signed five agreements in DaresSalaam in presence of Tanzanian President John Pombe Joseph
Magufuli.
ii) Agreements were for
1. Establishment of Vocational Training Centre at Zanzibar
2. Visa waiver agreement for Diplomatic/Official passport holders
3. Cooperation in the water resource management and development
4. Line of Credit (LoC) of US 92 million dollars for rehabilitation and improvement of water supply system in Zanzibar
5. Joint Action Plan (JAP) between National Small Industries Corporation of India (NSIC) and Small Industries Development
Organization Tanzania (SIDO).
d) Kenya
i) India and Kenya signed seven agreements in presence of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi
ii) Agreements were
1. MoU on Defence Cooperation.
2. MoU in space Technology partnership.
3. Revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).
4. Agreement on exemption of Visa for holders of Diplomatic passports.
5. MoU on Cooperation in National Housing Policy Development and Management.
6. MoU on Cooperation in of expertise sharing, standardisation and mutual trade between Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
and Bureau of Kenya Standards (BKS).
7. Line of Credit (LoC) Agreement for US $29.95 million to Kenyan Government for upgradation of Rift Valley Textiles
Factory (RIVATEX East Africa Limited).
8. LoC Agreement for US $15 million (first tranche of $30 million) to Kenya’s IDB Capital Limited for development of small
and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya.
9. Besides, PM Narendra Modi also announced that
i) India will finance a cancer hospital in Kenya and India will also donate medicines for AIDS patients in Kenya.
ii) India would provide concessional credit of 60 million dollars for power transmission project to Kenya
Jul 12, 2016

1. India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $100 million loan agreement to improve water management in Vennar subbasin
of Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu.
2. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) declared Bihar's ancient site Ruins of Nalanda Mahavihara,
a World Heritage Site. It is 98 km away from Patna and is second UNESCO Heritage Site in Bihar after Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya.
1. Nalanda Mahavihara was founded by Kumargupta I of the Gupta dynasty in 5th century CE. It was patronized by various rulers
including King Harshavardhana of Kannauj (7th century CE) and Pala rulers (8th – 12th century CE) as well as various scholars. About
six centuries after Nalandas decline, the site was first discovered and reported by Sir Francis Buchanan.
3. Joint Venture Agreement Signed between Railways and Haryana Government for expanding Railways network in Haryana.
4. Indias Chess Grand Master Harika Dronavalli won Fide Womens Grand Prix trophy in Chendu (China) by defeating Russias Olga
Girya.
5. Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi has been appointed as new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
6. Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully conducted proof firing tests of Armament system for 155 mm
× 52 calibre New Advanced Towed Artillery Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), deveoped by Pune based Armament Research &
Development Establishment (ARDE) nodal laboratory of DRDO.
7. 11th AsiaEurope Meeting Summit (ASEM11) or ASEM2016 held in Ulaanbaatar (capital of Mongolia). Theme of the Summit is
‘Partnership for the Future through Connectivity‘ and it is attended by leaders of 51 member countries. It was attended by Vice
President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on India's behalf. He unveiled a stone statue of MK Gandhi at Pethub Monastery in Mongolian
capital.
8. World Health Organization (WHO) has certified India as Yaws, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free country.
9. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up an interregulatory Working Group under RBIs Executive Director Sudarshan Sen, to study
regulatory issues relating to Financial Technology (Fintech) and Digital Banking in India.
10. 6th Indian Languages Festivals (ILF) Samanvay 2016 will be held in New Delhi in November 2016 with theme Language as Public
Action.
11. 2016 Hemis festival held at Hemis Monastery in Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir ), to celebrate birthday of Lord Padmasambhava (Guru
Rinpoche). He is believed to be local savior who banished demons and evil spirits.
12. Gordon Reid (Great Britain) won firstever Wimbledon wheelchair tennis mens singles title 2016 by defeating Swedens Stefan Olsson.
13. Government revised schedule for making payments under Income Declaration Scheme 2016. Now, minimum amount of 25 % of tax
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is to be paid by 30th November 2016. Further amount of 25 % by 31st of March 2017 and balance amount can be paid by 30th
September 2017.
14. Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money recommended ban on cash transactions of above 3 lakh rupees in a day and a
separate law to declare such transactions as illegal and punishable.
15. West Bengal government has set a target to construct toilets across all villages of the state by March 2019 to enable open defecation free
(ODF) rural Bengal.
16. Haryana's Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with nonprofit public organization
namely Global Village Foundation (GVF) for collaborative studies and research on social and economic public policies.
17. India jumped 11 places to occupy 152nd spot in latest world football rankings issued by FIFA.
18. BHEL commissioned a 250 MW unit at Bhavnagar Energy Company (BECL) 2x250 MW thermal power project. It is based on
ecofriendly Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion (CFBC) technology, using lowquality coal (lignite) as primary fuel.
Jul 13, 2016
1. INS India, base depot ship of Indian Navy at New Delhi celebrated its 75th anniversary.
2. 40th sesion of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC) at Istanbul in Turkey.
i) Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP) in Sikkim named First Indian world heritage site to qualify in Mixed
Category Both Natural and Cultural.
ii) Archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) in Bihar.
3. Capitol Complex in Chandigarh also made it to the list, thus bringing all three nominations this session into the heritage roll of honour.
4. This is first time that any country got three sites inscribed in the Word Heritage List at a single session of the committee meeting
5. India now has 35 sites, including 27 cultural properties, seven natural sites and one mixed site, notified as World Heritage Sites.
6. Other UNESCO world herirage sites declared during same session Ani (Turkey), Qanat (Iran), Artificial islets of Nan Madol (Micronesia),
Stecci Sites (Bosnia, central and western Montenegro, southern Croatia and western Serbia), Ancient Philippi (Spain), Antequera
Dolmens (Spain), Gorhams Cave Complex (Britain).
7. Turkish musician Kudsi Erguner was appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace by the DirectorGeneral of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.
8. Besides, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) also listed SwissFrench architect Le Corbusiers
works among its World Heritage Sites list.
i) Le Corbusier's works were added in list in recognition of his contribution in modern architectural movement after World War I. His
17 sites across spread across seven countries France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Japan and India have been added
in the World Heritage Sites list.
ii) Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) and USbased Bell Helicopter signed a deal to jointly develop helicopter market in India.
iii) Government launched Transforming India Website (www.transformingindia.mygov.in), a repository for sharing the impact of
various governance initiatives with citizens in realtime. It was launched by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice and
Communication and Information Technology.
iv) Lifeline Express, worlds first hospital on a train of Indian Railways has completed 25 years of service to underprivileged masses of
rural India. Lifeline Express is also known as the Magic Train of India. It was launched on 16 July 1991.
v) Madhya Pradesh became first Indian state in to have ‘Happiness Department’ that will work as knowledge resource centre on subject
of happiness on the lines of Bhutan.
vi) Commerce Ministry launched an emarketplace portal for online purchase of goods and services by various central government
ministries and departments, to bring in more transparency and streamlining the government procurement of goods and services. This
emarketplace portal has been developed by the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D).
vii) Pema Khandu of Congress Party sworn in as 10th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He became youngest Chief Minister in the
country, at just the age of 36 years.
9. Uttar Pradesh government signed a MoU with Netherlands to set up a skill development center to help farmers. It would ensure that
farmers would get information in food processing and modern techniques for better produce of sugarcane, potato, dairy development
and flowers.
10. Railway Ministry launched a project to install Solar Panels in all Railway Buildings in order to reduce expenditure on electricity. As part
of this, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu laid foundation stone of one Megawatt (MW) solar power plant at Amritsar Railway station in
Punjab.
11. 73rd Senior National Squash Championship (held in Mumbai (Maharashtra))
i) Mens singles Saurav Ghosal won by defeating Harinderpal Singh Sandhu (he won this title for 11th time).
ii) Women's Singles Dipika Pallikal Karthik won by defeating Joshna Chinappa.
12. USA Space Cmpany SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon Cargo capsule filled with supplies for astronauts aboard International
Space Station, using Falcon 9 rocket. After successful take off, Falcon 9 rocket successfully landed back on solid ground.
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13. Noted playback singer Mubarak Begum passed away.

14. Guruprasad Mohapatra appointed as Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI).
15. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed 7 unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with Indian taxpayers to reduce tax
litigation. With this, CBDT has so far entered into 77 APAs (3 bilateral and 74 unilateral APAs)
i) APA is usually is signed between a taxpayer and central tax authority (in India it is CBDT) on an appropriating transfer pricing
methodology for determining value of assets and taxes on intragroup overseas transactions. It seeks to introduce certainty in tax law
by reducing compliance costs and make tax regime investment friendly.
ii) In India, Advance Pricing Agreement mechanism was introduced in 2012 as per provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. APAs seeks
to (i) Boost economy and ease of doing business, (ii) Provide alternative path to the investors with rollback provision to reduce
litigation (iii) Strengthen Governments mission of fostering a nonadversarial tax regime.
Jul 14, 2016
1. India’s first ecourt (paperless court) opened at High Court of Hyderabad (common high court for states of Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana).
2. Parliament passed Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill 2016 to provide statutory status to existing Regional Centre for Biotechnol-
ogy in Faridabad, Haryana. It will provide legislative backing to Regional Centre and also confers upon it status of an institution of
national importance.
3. Indian Railways launched project to instal Terrain Imaging for Diesel Drivers Infrared Enhanced Optical and Radar Assisted (TriNETRA)
system to avoid train accidents. The system will be installed on locomotives for enhancing the vision of Locomotive Pilots in inclement
weather.
i) Device uses infrared and radar technology to collect signals up to a distance of 23 km and displays the information (composite video
image) on a screen fitted inside the locomotive.
ii) TriNetra will alert drivers of any physical obstruction on tracks ahead and thus giving ample time to apply brakes.
iii) It will be very useful during fog, heavy rain and nights, when drivers have to constantly look outside the locomotive to judge
condition.
iv) This system consists a high sensitivity infrared video camera, highresolution optical video camera and a radarbased terrain
mapping system.
4. 14th edition of Homeless World Cup 2016 started in Glasgow (Scotland). It is an annual football tournament focusing on advocating
a global awareness about homelessness. Slum Soccer also partnered with Tata Trusts and Football Players Association of India (FPAI)
for India’s participation in world cup. Slum Soccer organization uses football as a tool for social upliftment of downtrodden and atrisk
youth.
5. Battle exercise Operation Megh Prahar conducted by Indian Army on banks of Yamuna River to test effectiveness of ultra modern Tank
T90 & BMP2, in Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
6. Goa government granted scheme for students of local language schools. Under this, aided primary schools having Konkani and
Marathi as Medium of Instruction (MoI) will be provided a special grant of Rs.400 per student per month for 10 months in a year.
7. Ramayana Masam began in Kerala in Malayalam month “Karkidakam”, will end on August 16. The famous Malayalam version of
Ramayana titled “Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu” written by Thunchath Ezhuthachan is recited in this month.
8. Actor Amitabh Bachchan will be face of city compost campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) to encourage citizens to use
compost produced from municipal solid waste.
9. Margaret Alva (Politician and Former Governor of Rajasthan), released her autobiography Courage and Commitment.
10. Indias first multicity marathon The Great India Run started from New Delhi. It will pass through Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and will end at Mumbai on August 6, 2016.
11. India has been ranked 3rd on business optimism index for AprilJune quarter of 2016, as per the latest Grant Thorntons latest
International Business Report (IBR). After remaining on top globally for the two preceding quarters, Indias rank has dropped due to
delays in key reforms such as Goods and Services Tax (GST), nonresolution of tax disputes, NPA issues in banking.
12. Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh won 2016 WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title after defeating former WBC European
champion Kerry Hope (Australian).
13. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are first states where Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS) will be launched. It will integrate courts,
police stations, prosecution, forensic science laboratories and jails.
14. Human Resource Development Minsitry organised Gun Gaurav event to felicitate 46 students who achieved high marks in XII exams
despite adverse conditions.
15. Puducherry government will form ‘Swachh Bal Senas’ to make sure cleanliness across union territory.
Jul 15, 2016

1. 15 July World Youth Skills Day. 2016 Theme: “Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment”.
1. In India, President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated first edition of India Skills Competition on this occasion.
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2. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched facility of virtual and digital classrooms across 32 ITIs in state on this
occasion.
3. He also Announced an initiative called 'Skill Sakhis' for women empowerment.
i) Reserve Bank of India asked banks to exchange up to 20 pieces of soiled currency notes with a maximum value of Rs. 5,000 free of
charge in an effort to improve customer service.
ii) Over 14 lakh LPG connections have been released to women of BPL families under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) that
aims at providing LPG connections to five crore belowpovertyline beneficiaries over next three years.
4. Government has so far brought 74 schemes of 17 Ministries and Departments under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
5. Pakistan captain MisbahulHaq became oldest captain to score Test hundred as he scored 110 against England at First test at Lord's.
6. Government released Rs 100 crore towards its cocontribution for Atal Pension Yojana (APY) for 201516.
i) APY provides minimum guaranteed pension ranging between Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per month for subscribers from age of 60 years.
ii) Under this scheme, individuals who registered before March 31, 2016 will get a cocontribution from government, which will be 50
% of the subscriber contribution up to a maximum of Rs 1,000. The cocontribution will be for 5 years from 201516 to 201920.
7. Indian travel agency Yatra Online has been mergered with Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corp (a Nasdaqlisted special purpose acquisition
firm) for $218 million (Rs 1,458 crore).
8. Lowcost airline with pink and white themed Air Carnival launched its operations with its maiden flight from Coimbatore to Chennai.
The airline will focus on shorthaul services with ATR72500 aircraft.
9. Ayurvedic FMCG firm Dabur tied up with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO's) unit Defense Institute of High
Altitude Research (Leh) to promote sustainable cultivation of highaltitude medicinal plants in Ladakh. Both organizations will educate
farmers and help enhance livelihood opportunities in the cold desert area.
10. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari visited USA.
Jul 16, 2016

1. Spinner Yasir Shah ranked number one in ICC Test rankings, becoming first Pakistani bowler to do so since Mushtaq Ahmed in
December 1996. He took 10 qickets in macth against England at Lord's.
2. Malcolm Turnbull sworn in for another term as Australias prime minister after a narrow election victory.
3. World Bank Group appointed Paul Romer (USA) as Chief Economist.
4. Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP).
5. Tata STRIVE (an initiative of Tata Community Initiatives Trust) launched its first Skill Development Centre (TSSDC) centre in Hyderabad.
It will equip youth in State with skills in BPO, banking, financial services, insurance and retail industries to make them employable.
6. FMCG Firm Dabur acquired South Africabased Discaria Trading (PTY) for an undisclosed amount. Discaria Trading is engaged in
manufacturing and trading of cosmetics.
7. Herbalife International India entered into a twoyear partnership with Indian Olympic Association to be official nutrition sponsor of
Indian Olympic contingent to Rio De Janeiro Olympics 2016.
8. Government allocated Rs 22,915 crore capital to meet capitalization needs of 13 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) in current fiscal, in line
with Indradhanush initiative for restoring banking sector health. The maximum capital infusion will be for State Bank of India (SBI) at
Rs 7,575 crore and the least for Allahabad Bank at Rs 44 crore. Indian Overseas Bank will be provided second highest 3101 Crores.
Jul 17, 2016

1. 17 July International Criminal Justice Day.
2. A new study of Prehistoric megaliths indicate that Meghalayas Khasi tribe has been residing in the state since around 1200 BCE. The
study was conducted on the megaliths and tools discovered in Meghalayas RiBhoi district. A megalith is a large stone that forms part
of a prehistoric monument.
3. Andhra Pradesh government will conduct a 'Smart Pulse Survey' for collecting socioeconomic data of 1.48 crore households in the state.
4. Zee Learn, education branch of Essel Group, appointed Debshankar Mukhopadhyay as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
5. Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) recommended a green cess of 2022 percent on diesel vehicles.
EPCA is a Supreme courtappointed Green Panel for DelhiNational Capital Region (NCR).
6. Javeline thrower Annu Rani beat her national record with a 59.87m throw at 56th National InterState Senior Athletics Championships
in Hyderabad.
7. Ministry of Tourism released data on domestic and foreign tourist visits
i) Domestic Tourist Visits
–– Number of Domestic Tourist Visits (DTVs) to States and UTs was 14.32 Crores, up from 12.82 Crore in
2014. Tamil Nadu stayed at top in domestic tourism with 3.3 crore domestic visits.
ii) Foreign Tourist Visits
i) India garnered 2.3 crore visits in 2015 as compared to 2.23 crore in 2014.
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ii) Tamil Nadu is at top with 46.8 lakh visits. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh secured second and third place. with 44 lakh
visits and 31 lakh visits respectively.
Jul 18, 2016

1. 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day (also known as Mandela Day). 2016 Theme is Take Action, Inspire Change.
2. Fourth tranche of the Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB) scheme opened for subscription between July 18 22, 2016. SGB It offers an
alternative to holding gold in physical form.
1. Government has fixed 3,119 Rupees per gram as the issue price for the bond in this tranche.
2. In this tranche, subscriptions can be made between 1 gram to 500 gram per person. Earlier, minimum denomination was 5 gram.
3. Redemption of SGB bonds by an individual is exempted from capital gains tax.
4. SGB gives an interest of 2.75 % per annum and is payable every six months on initial investment.
5. Government uses funds raised through these bonds as part of its market borrowing programme.
–– Noted USA Film Director Michael Cimino Passed Away.He is director of Vietnam War classic The Deer Hunter.
–– Adhya Pradesh government approved Madhya Pradesh Tax on Entry of Goods in Local Areas Amendment Bill 2016. The Bill seeks
to levy 6 percent entry tax on goods brought to local areas for consumption after purchase under ecommerce. The step has taken
in wake of losses to the state exchequer due to the online shopping.
––– Search Giant Google acquired Moodstocks, a startup based out of Paris that develops machinelearning based image recognition
technology for smartphones.
Jul 19, 2016

1. Government appointed Utpal Bora as chairman of Oil India Ltd.
2. Rare Marbled Map butterfly was sighted in Eastern Ghats near PM Kota village of Maredumilli mandal in East Godavari district of
Andhra Pradesh. This is first time that the Marbled Map butterfly species, usually found in the northeast, was sighted in South India.
3. Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of Malaysia visited India.
4. A Coup Attempt by Military neutralized in Turkey, aimed at dethroning current president Tayyip Erdogan.
5. National Green Tribunal has put ban on over 10 year old diesel vehicles in Delhi.
6. Tropical storm Typhoon Nepartak struck Chinas Fujian Province.
Jul 20, 2016

1. Government approved establishment of new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) under
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), at cost of Rs. 1011 crores.
2. Government approved signing Air Services Agreement with Mozambique, To promote air connectivity between two countries.
3. Government approved MoU with Tunisia for strengthening cooperation in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and
Digital Economy.
4. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved installation of Ghatampur Thermal Power Project (GTPC) of 1980 MW capacity
through Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (joint venture of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut
Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL).
5. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved construction of a new dry dock within Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at an
estimated cost of Rs.1799 crores to augment shipbuilding / repair capacity of India.
6. Ministry of Culture will upgrade Infrastructure for one State Central Library and one District Library in each State / Union Territory as
a Model Library under National Mission on Libraries (NML).
7. Indian Model Rohit Khandelwal won Mister world 2016 Title at in Southport (England). He became first ever Asian to win this Title.
8. A Garden Waste Management Unit (GWMU) inaugurated in President’s Estate in Delhi, as part of advancing Swachh Bharat Mission.
GWMU will process green waste such as fallen leaves, pruned plant material, cut grass and litter into organic compost.
9. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation constituted a committee under Madhav Chitale to prepare
guidelines for desiltation of river Ganga from Bhimgauda (Uttarakhand) to Farakka (West Bengal). The committee will also establish
difference between desilting and sand mining and will establish need for desilting for ecology and eflow of Ganga.
10. Noted painter S.H. Raza passed away.
11. Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) launched second phase
of Feed the Future India Triangular Training Programme, bringing specialized agriculture training to 1,500 agricultural professional
across Africa and Asia.
12. Malaysian Navy chief Ahmad Kamarulzaman bin Haji Ahmad Badaruddin visited India.
13. Social Security between India and Japan shall come into force from 1st October 2016. With this, number of India's operational Social
Security Agreements (SSA) will be 16. SSA are concluded by Ministry of External Affairs along with Employees’ Provident Fund
Organisation (EPFO).
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14. Manipur became First North Eastern State to Join UDAY Scheme, meant for restructuring debt of State's Power Utilities. Manipur's
Joinig UDAY will derove net benefit of 263 Crores.
15. Scimago Institutions Rankings 2016
1. India's Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked 12th in world among government institutions. CSIR was
being ranked 14th for past 3 years. Overall global ranking of CSIR also improved from 110 to 99th position.
2. Out of 746 institutions, France's National Centre for Scientific Research was ranked first followed by Chinese Academy of Science.
3. Scimago rankings is a classification of academic and research related institutions, combining 3 different sets of indicators based on
research performance, innovation outputs and societal impact measured by their web visibility.
Jul 21, 2016

1. Supreme Court accepted recommendations of R M Lodha Committee on reforms in BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India)
1. Barring ministers and civil servants and those above 70 years of age from becoming BCCI members. Max term of members of BCCI
will be 3 years.
2. Parliament to decide whether BCCI should come under the Right to Information Act (RTI).
3. Disallowing BCCI officebearer from holding dual posts simultaneously i.e. in a state cricket association and in the BCCI.
2. As per Government, Majority of glaciers in India including Gangotri are retreating (melting) at varying rates ranging from 5 to 20
metre per year due to global warming.
3. Rajya Sabha passed Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2016 that seeks to amend Child Labour (Prohibition
and Regulation) Act 1986. Key facts are
i) Prohibition of employment of children below 14 years in all occupations or processes except where child helps his family.
ii) A new category is called adolescent. They are person between 14 and 18 years of age. Employment of adolescents is prohibited
in hazardous occupations.
iii) Government may add or omit any hazardous occupation from list included in Bill.
4. Punishment for employing any child is increased to imprisonment between 6 months to two years (from earlier 3 monthsone year)
or fine of 20,000 to 50,000 Rupees (from earlier 10,000 to 20,000 Rupees).
5. Proposes penalty for employing an adolescent in a hazardous occupation i.e. imprisonment between 6 months and 2 years or a fine
of 20,000 to 50,000 Rupees or both.
––– Noted Indian hockey player Mohammed Shahid passed away.
––– Nigerian journalist Didi Akinyelure won second BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. As part of the award, she will start a
threemonth placement at the BBC in London in September 2016. It will provide her opportunity to gain skills and experience by
attending a course with BBC Academy.
6. Researchers from Laval University in Quebec (Canada) will conduct world’s first Zika vaccine test on humans.
7. Government approved Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016 to protect them from discrimination. It will lead greater
inclusiveness and will make transgender persons productive members of society.
8. Government approved introducing amendments to Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill 2015, to strengthen Benami
Transaction (Prohibition) Act 1988. The Bill seeks to Amend definition of benami transactions to widen scope for legal action, Specify
penalties for entering into benami transactions and establish adjudicating authorities and Appellate Tribunal to deal with benami
transactions.
9. Turkey declared 3month emergency across nation after a failed military coup to overthrow democratically elected government.
10. Election Commission of India (ECI) launched National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP) 2016. 2016 motto of ECIis “No voter to be
left behind”. NERP 2016 aims to improve health of electoral rolls (ERs) and optimize polling station (PS) location and area.
11. Government approved incorporation of Sagarmala Development Company (SDC) to push portled economic development under
Sagarmala project.
–– SDC will be under Ministry of Shipping and It will provide equity support to the project Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and
funding support to the residual projects under Sagarmala Programme.
12. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) signed MoU with National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Nagpur) to develop
12 sewage treatment plants (STP).
13. Lok Sabha passed National Institute of Technology, Science, Education and Research (Amendment) (NITSER) Bill 2016, that aims to
establish a new National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Andhra Pradesh.
14. Fortune 500 Companies List 2016
i) Seven Indian companies have made it to Fortune 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations in terms of revenue Indian Oil
Corporation (161st), Reliance Industries (215th), Tata Motors (226th), State Bank of India (232nd), Bharat Petroleum (358th),
Hindustan Petroleum (367th) and Rajesh Exports (423rd).
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ii) Global top 10 companies Walmart (1st), State Grid (2nd), China National Petroleum (3rd), Sinopec Group (4th), Royal Dutch
Shell (5th), Exxon Mobil (6th), Volkswagen (7th), Toyota Motor (8th), Apple (9th) and BP (10th).
iii) The world’s 500 largest companies generated collectively generated 27.6 trillion dollars in revenues and 1.5 trillion dollars in
profits in 2015. Together, 2016 Fortune Global 500 companies employ 6.7 crore people worldwide and are represented by 33
countries.
15. PM Narendra Modi and PM of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated Petrapole Integrated Check Post (ICP), through
videoconference. Petrapole ICP is located in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Petrapole is the Indian side of PetrapoleBenapole
border checkpoint between India and Bangladesh.
16. Ajay Bhushan Pandey is appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
Jul 22, 2016

1. Facebook’s Internet drone named ‘Aquila’ passed first fullscale test. The flight test was undertaken in Arizona (US) went for 96
minutes. Aquila is solar solarpowered internet drone being designed to beam the Internet service to remote areas of the world. It is
developed by Facebook’s Connectivity Lab.
2. Sustainable Development index (SDI) 2016
1. SDI assesses countries where they stand with regard to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
2. India has been ranked 110th out of 149 countries.
3. Top 10 Countries: Sweden (1st), Denmark (2nd), Norway (3rd), Finland (4th), Switzerland (5th), Germany (6th), Austria (7th),
Netherlands (8th), Iceland (9th) and United Kingdom (10th).
4. Bottom 5 Countries: Chad (145th), Niger (146th), Congo (147th), Liberia (148th) and Central African Republic (149th).
5. India’s neighbours: Pakistan (115th), Myanmar (117th), Bangladesh (118th) and Afghanistan (139th), China (76th).
3. Indian test cricket team captain Virat Kohli became first Indian captain to score a double century outside India. He achieved this after
scoring 200 runs against West Indies on second day of first Test.
4. Ganesh Singh appointed as Chairman of Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) to examine provisions of Land Acquisition Amend-
ment Bill2015.
5. Ministry of Science and Technology launched Solar Power Tree as an innovative way to generate electricity by harnessing maximum
solar energy in a limited space. It was launched by Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi.
Key Features are
1. Solar Power Tree has been developed by CSIRCentral Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIRCMERI).
2. It can harnesses solar energy for producing electricity with an innovative vertical arrangement of solar cells.
3. It takes only 4 square feet of land for installing a 5 KW Solar Power tree. But in a conventional horizontal layout for generating 5 KW
it requires 400 square feet of land.
4. It can harness up to 1015% more power in comparison to a conventional layout on ground.
5. It has a battery backup of 2 hours on full load and can give light even after sunset. It is facilitated with water sprinkler at the top for
selfcleaning of panels which help to increase the efficiency of solar panels.
6. Noted Music Director Bappi Lahiri and Filmmaker Goutam Ghose have been honoured with Mahanayak award by West Bengal
Government.
7. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra (18 years age) became first Indian Junior athlete ever to create a World Record in Junior athletics
Championship. He achieved this after a throw of record 86.48 metre distance furing Under20 World Athletics Championships in
Bydgoszcz (Poland).
8. Kerala Government launched Kochi Water Metro project, first ever Water Metro project in the country. It project aims to provide water
connectivity to people living between islands in the Kochi agglomeration area and city.
9. Scientists will undertake field trials of 3 new strains of oildegrading bacteria in Kochi (Kerala). Field trials will be conducted by Malabar
Botanical Garden, MBG Institute of Plant Sciences (Kozhikode) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). Study will pave the
way fordevelopment of bioremediation agents to clean up petroleum pollutants from the environment.
i) Oildegrading bacteria (microorganisms) have enzyme systems to degrade and utilise hydrocarbons as a source of carbon and energy.
Based on this concept, scientists from MBGIPS successfully isolated key hydrocarbondegrading enzyme produced by the bacteria.
ii) New strains isolated by MBGIPS include two species of Burkholderia and one species of Pseudomonas.
iii) Bioremediation is an environmentfriendly mechanism that uses microorganisms to degrade environmental pollutants.
10. Indian shooter Manavaditya Rathore (son of Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyawardhan Rathore) won trap bronze medal in
Champion of Champions match at Junior World Cup in Porpetto (Italy). Anant Naruka also won a bronze.
11. China showcased world’s largest amphibious aircraft AG 600. Key Features are
i) Massive seaplane AG600 is far larger than any other plane built for marine takeoff and landing. The aircraft has a maximum takeoff
weight of 53.5 tonnes. It has maximum range of 4,500 km and is intended for fighting forest fires and performing marine rescues.
ii) It could potentially be used to display China’s ability to conduct a variety of operations in the disputed South China Sea.
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12. Renowned violinist Avasarala Kanyakumari selected for prestigious 2016 Sangita Kalanidhi Award. She beccame first female violinist
to get this coveted award.
13. India’s first Green Rail Corridor inaugurated on 114km long RameswaramManamadurai stretch in Tamil Nadu. Green Rail Corridor
ensures zero toilet discharge on rail tracks as part of its commitment to clean environment under the ‘Swachh RailSwachh Bharat’
initiative.
14. Brazilian scientists identified Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito as another type of Zikatransmitting mosquito. It was identified by
researchers from the public Brazilian laboratory Fundacion Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Upto now, transmission of Zika virus was only
known through Aedes aegypti mosquito, that spreads Dengue and Chikungunya. Culex quinquefasciatus is known as domestic
mosquito in Brazil.
15. India's Wrestling Entry for Rio Olympics, Narsingh Yadav failed dope test after he was tested positive for a banned substance steroid.
Besides, Shot Putter Inderjeet Singh also failed dope Test.
Jul 23, 2016
1. Government rescinded (Ccncelled) earlier decision of Congresss led UPA Government to set up Concurrent Evaluation Office (CEO)
for managing Concurrent Evaluation Network (CENET) in Ministry of Rural Development.
2. Government approval raising foreign shareholding limit from 5% to 15% in Indian Stock Exchanges for a stock exchange, a depository,
a banking company, an insurance company, a commodity derivative exchange. Cabinet also allowed foreign portfolio investors to
acquire shares through initial allotment, besides secondary market, in the stock exchanges.
3. Government abolished existing "Separate Guidelines for establishing Joint Venture Companies by Defence Public Sector Undertak-
ings (DPSUs)", that were notified in February 2012. Guidelines issued by Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and Ministry of
Finance (MoF) that which are applicable to all Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) will now also be applicable for DPSUs to set
up JV companies.
4. Government approved Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with Cambodia. The Treaty promotes and protects investments from either
country in territory of other country, with objective of increasing bilateral investment flows.
5. Government approved establishment of a new AIIMS at Bhatinda (Punjab), under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
(PMSSY) at a cost of 925 crores. Note that earliewr government had approved a new AIIMS at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh).
6. Government approved amendment in Central Agricultural University Act (CAU) 1992 to include State of Nagaland under jurisdiction
of CAU, Imphal. Now, the College of Veterinary Sciences in Nagaland will produce muchneeded professional manpower in the fields
of animal husbandry, which will facilitate socioeconomic growth in region. It will help Nagaland to get the benefit of CAU (Manipur).
CAU was established for entire North Eastern Region.
7. Government approved revised cost estimate for Rs. 3727.30 crore for National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project
(NATRIP). NATRIP is an important Initiative by Government for establishment of global test centres in India. This will address R&D
requirements of the automotive industry.
8. Fourth Home Minister level talks held between India and Bangladesh on oaccasion of Asaduzzaman Khan (Home Minister of
Bangladesh) visiting India.
9. Ministry of Earth Sciences held its 10th anniversary and Foundation Day. It was established in 2006.
10. India contributed 100,000 USD to United Nations’ Trust Fund in support of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers.
With this India became the first country to make a contribution to the fund and to start UN fund for sex abuse victims. The Trust Fund
was established in March 2016 under United Nations Department of Field Support (DFS).
11. Finance Ministers from Group of 20 (G20) economies met in Chinese city of Chengdu.
12. Budha Rashmi Mani appointed as Director General (DG) of National Museum.
13. Lok Sabha passed Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill 2016 for opening six new IITs in Palakkad (Kerala), Tirupati (Andhra
Pradesh), Goa, Dharwar (Karnataka), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) and Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) and Bringing Indian School of Mines
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) within ambit of parent Act.
14. eCommerce Firm Flipkart acquired online fashion portal Jabong through its fashion unit Myntra. Deal is said to be around 450 Crores.
Jul 24, 2016

1. BRICS Policy Planning Dialogue concluded in Patna (Bihar) with theme Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions.
2. Solar Impulse 2 become first aircraft to circle globe using solar energy after landing in Abu Dhabi. It travelled 26744 miles since starting
from Abu Dhabi in March 2015. Solar Impulse 2 is a Swiss longrange solarpowered aircraft project.
3. Ministry of Home Affairs has setup a committee under T V S N Prasad, for exploring other possible alternatives to pellet guns as
nonlethal weapons.
4. World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Brazil free of measles, after no case of the disease was registered in 2015. Eradication of
measles in Brazil is conclusion of work of WHO and PanAmerican Health Organization (PAHO).
5. Government approved 1600 crore rupees for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under skill development initiative Himayat programme.
Under it, youths from J&K would be given training in jobintensive vocational courses over next 3 years.
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6. State Bank of India (SBI) and Brookfield Asset Management set up a joint venture (JV) of RS 7000 Crores to make investments in
businesses with stressed assets. SBI will commit approx 5 % of total investment.
7. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague (Netherlands) ruled against Antrix Corporation in case with Devas Corporation
over sharing of spectrum on satellites. Case is
i) In 2005, Devas Corporation and Antrix Corporation struck a deal which had provided for launch of 2 satellites. These satellites were
to establish a hybrid satellite and terrestrial communications network to supply wireless audiovisual, broadband and mobile internet
service across India.
ii) But later, Antrix Corporation terminated contract citing changes in Indian policy and that the allocation of Sband Spectrum to
companies unconnected with India’s space programme was now regarded as a risk to national security.
iii) Devas moved to PCA, citing Antrix had contended that national security and force majeure issues reasons for termination of deal
as “contrived excuses”. It also asked damages of 1.6 billion USD from Indian Government under UNCITRAL (United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law) Arbitration Rules.
8. Joint expeditions by India, USA and Japan discovered large, highly enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate (an icy form of fuel)
in Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean). This is the first of its kind discovery in the Indian Ocean that has potential to be producible and opens
up a new resource to meet energy needs of India.
9. Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016 (regarded as Asia’s Nobel Prize)
i) Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s highest honour and is often regarded as the region’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. It was
established in 1957 in memory of Philippines’ 3rd President Ramon Magsaysay
ii) Total 6 awardees this year for Ramon Magsaysay Award, Including Two Indians.
iii) 2016 Awardees are
a) Bezwada Wilson (India): He has been recognized for asserting the inalienable right to a life of human dignity. He is the National
Convener of Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA).
b) Thodur Madabusi Krishna (India): He has been recognized for ensuring social inclusiveness in culture. He is a Carnatic music
vocalist.
c) Conchita Carpio Morales (Philippines): She has been recognized for restoring faith in the rule of law.
d) Dompet Dhuafa (Indonesia): She has been recognized for expanding the transformative impact of zakat.
e) Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (Japan): The organisation has been recognized for building a world of genuine solidarity.
f) Vientiane Rescue (Laos): The organisation has been recognized for volunteering to save lives at risk.
10. Government will drop 20 out of 106 districts described as being Maoistaffected. The list is called Red Corridor. Dropping of these
districts from list will result in drying of aid given to these districts (approx 30 crore rupees annually). Red corridor expands in 106
districts of 10 states Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
11. Government cleared changes in Goods and Service Tax (GST) Constitutional Amendment Bill, providing guarantee to compensate
states for any revenue loss in the first 5 years of rollout of proposed indirect tax regime, GST. Also, Removal of 1% additional tax on
interstate sales as proposed in the Constitutional Bill. Removal of 1% additional manufacturing levy tax by manufacturing States from
GST Bill.
12. Himachal Pradesh won 41st All India Electricity Board Kabaddi tournament 2016 by defeating Punjab.
13. Tamil Nadu government launched free bus pass scheme for school and college students for 201617, aimed to benefit students from
poor backgrounds.
14. Managing Piety : The Shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh has been authored by Linus Strothmann.
Jul 25, 2016

1. NITI Aayog signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with Intel India to set up 10 Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in India to promote
creativity and imagination among young innovators. ATL is a part of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and aims to build relevant skill sets
among youngsters.
2. First Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of the BRICS New Development Bank held at Shanghai (China). Mr Raj Kumar (Joint
Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs) represented India.
3. Government of Delhi launched online payment system for licensing and registration of Food Business Operators (FBOs).
4. Global Retirement Index (GRI) 2016 by Natixis Global Asset Management
i) India has been ranked 43rd out of 43 countries in the 2016 .
ii) List is topped by Norway, followed by Switzerland, Iceland, Sweden and Germany.
iii) purpose of this index is to provide a global benchmark for retirees and future retirees so that they can evaluate and compare
suitability of various nations, and plan their retirement accordingly.
5. SAARC Tourism Summit will be hosted by Aurangabad (Maharashtra) in October 2016, with an aim to tap Foreign Direct Investment
( FDI) under “Make in India” and “Make in Maharashtra” schemes. Ministry of External Affairs chosen Aurangabad because 2017 will
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be celebrated as “Visit Maharashtra Year” and 2018 will observe 200th anniversary of discovery of world heritage Ajanta caves
(Maharashtra).
6. Michelle Kakade from Pune became first person to complete Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot. It took her 193 days, 1 hour & 9
minutes to cover 5968.4 kms of the Golden Quadrilateral that connects the 4 major metros of India.
7. Odisha government constituted a judicial commission under Bimal Prasad Das, to study functioning of Sri Jagannath Temple, which
has recently witnessed major controversies over mismanagement of rituals.
8. Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) will start from Kolkata in August 26 and will travel across world to mark canonisation
of Mother Teresa on September 4, 2016.
9. Book Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time has been authored by Arianna Huffington.
10. Advay Ramesh from Chennai won Google Community Impact Award from Asia for creating a device that enhances fishermen’s safety
and productivity, named FishErmen Lifeline Terminal (FELT). FELT uses Standard Position Services (SPS) provided by Indian
Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) to increase fishermen’s safety and productivity at sea.
11. Indian Hockey Olympian Player Joe Antic passed away.
12. Nepal's Prime Minister, Khadga Prasad Oli resigned.
13. Cabinet Committee on Security approved 13 new armed police battalions, including one comprising mostly tribals from worst
Maoisthit districts, will be raised by the government to tackle Naxalists. Of the 12 battalions, four will be raised in Chhattisgarh, three
each in Jharkhand and Odisha and two in Maharashtra.
14. State of Electricity Production in India
i) As per Government, Total 169503 MW elecricity will be produced in India this year, which is 2.3 % more than demand of 165253 MW.
Although, 30 % power gets wasted in terms of Transmission Loss (22 %) and stealing (8 %).
ii) India is now self sufficient in terms of producing enough power to fulfill its needs. Government has set target of Power to All by 2019
(changed from 2022 earlier).
15. China’s internet regulator has put a ban on major online companies, to stop original news reporting.
16. Cleanliness report of Railway stations
i) Gujarat has 5 out of top 10 cleanest stations and Bihar has 5 out of top 10 dirtiest stations in India.
ii) 5 cleanest stations Beas (Punjab), Gandhidham (Gujarat), Vasco Da Gama (Goa), Jamnagar (Gujarat), Kumbakonam (Tamilnadu).
iii) 5 dirtiest stations Madhubani (Bihar), Ballia (UP), Bhaktiyarpur (Bihar), Raichur (Karnataka), Shahganj (UP).
17. Byculla Zoo in Mumbai became firts Indian zoo to have Penguins, after 8 Humboldt penguins bought in from Seoul (South Korea).
Jul 26, 2016

1. 26 July Kargil Vijay Diwas, named after success of Operation Vijay. On this day in 1999, India successfully took command of the high
outposts which had been lost to Pakistani intruders.
2. International Cricket Council (ICC) appointd Steve Elworthy as Managing Director of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which will be
held in England and Wales.
3. International remittance company Western Union appointed Sohini Rajola as Regional Vice President, India and South Asia.
4. Federal Bank signed agreement with Reliance Jio Money for oneclick payment service. Reliance Jio Money is a wallet application that
will be launched soon for mobile devices where Federal Bank will enable a direct payment option for its customers.
5. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) signed agreement with State Bank of India to create plan for promotion of
rail ticketing activities, including internet ticketing and unreserved ticketing system.
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and revival of fertilizer
factory which was closed for the last three decades in Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh).
7. Government constituted a committee under Giridhar Malviya, to prepare Draft Bill on Ganga to deal with all issues related to Ganga
River.
8. Orissa Integrated Power Ltd's 4000 UMPP(ultra mega power project) received First Stage Approval. Area required is 1302 hectares for
this Rs 29000 mega power project.
9. Kerala Government constituted a State Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (STAGI) on lines of National Technical Advisory
Group on Immunisation (NTAGI). It will advise State government on policies to be adopted and implemented under National
Immunisation Programme.
10. Public Sector Bank Corporation Bank launched a new Green PIN facility as an online module for generation of Personal Identification
Number (PIN) for credit card holders.
11. Online marketplace Snapdeal partnered with eticketing platform BookMyShow to extend its offerings. Now, customers can now book
tickets for movies on Snapdeal.
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12. HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company and Shamrao Vithal Cooperative (SVC) Bank held bancassurance partnership to provide
a range of nonlife insurance offerings to customers of SVC bank.
13. Karnataka Bank started a programme called solar light scholarship to provide solar lights in the nonelectrified houses of students in
rural area, in association with Manipalbased Bharatiya Vikas Trust.
14. ICICI Bank organised a coin exchange mela during the 'Rath Yatra' festival at RBIfinancial literacy camp in Bholanath Vidyapith,
Puri(Odisha).
15. Andhra Pradesh government laid foundation stone for a Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises technology centre under
Technology Centre Systems Programme (TCSP) at Pudi in Visakhapatnam district.
16. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis launched a pilot project of ecomplaint system on an experimental basis in Pune. Citizens can
now register a police complaint online at any city police station from anywhere. As per current laws, FIRs have to be registered at police
station only.
17. A motorcycle rally named Ride for Accessibility organized in Delhi with a message to empower Divyangs (differently abled persons).
Jul 27, 2016

1. National Memorial Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of former President APJ Abdul Kalam held at Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), on
the occasion of his death anniversary (July 27).
2. 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad, a men's tennis tournament has been won by Spainish player Feliciano Lopez. He defeated Robin Haase of
Netherlands.
3. ITC Limited appointed Sanjiv Puri as Chief Operating Officer.
4. Online classifieds platform Quikr acquired Bengalurubased online recruitment firm Hiree for an undisclosed amount.
5. Tata Consultancy Services has been ranked as top employer in Indian IT industry, as per a report by Nasscom. TCS had a total
headcount of 3.62 lakh while Infosys and Wipro had 1.97 lakh and 1.73 lakh, respectively.
6. ICICI Bank and Axis Bank are first Indian banks to sign up for Swift’s global payments innovation initiative. Belgiumbased Swift is a
global memberowned cooperative and a leading provider of secure financial messaging services. It aims to enhance crossborder
payments by using its messaging platform.
7. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put penalty on Bank of Baroda (5 Crore), HDFC Bank (2 Crore), Allahabad Bank(2 Crore), UCO Bank
(2 Crore) and Rs 1 crore on Bank of India for violation of antimoney laundering norms.
8. Ministry of Tourism sanctioned 25 projects under Swadesh Darshan scheme worth Rs. 2048 Crore.
9. Hinduja National Power Corporation Limited (HNPCL) commissioned its 1,040 MW coal fired thermal power project on coast of Bay
of Bengal in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh). Andhra Pradesh is implementing 24X7 “Power for All Scheme.” State had initiated the
power sector reforms in 1998 and now has a total installed capacity is 15,311 MW. It aims to achieve 29,000 megawatts installed
capacity by 2019.
10. Rajasthan government will hold Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) in Jaipur from November 9 11, aimed at doubling income of
farmers by 2022. The event will showcase investment opportunities in agricultural sector in state.
11. Karnataka Government has setup a dedicated startup cell for speeding up the implementation of initiatives under its startup policy.
12. Elephant Dakshayani in Travancore Devasom Board will enter Guinness World Records as oldest living elephant (86 years age).
13. Vodafone MPesa, a mobile phonebased money transfer service, has tied up with Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)
to enable consumers pay their electricity bills instantly.
14. Haryana Government announced to open Yoga centres across all municipal units. 1 yoga centre would be opened in each municipal
committee, two within jurisdiction of each municipal council and four in each municipal corporation.
15. UN General Assembly approved agreement to make International Organisation for Migration part of UN as a related organisation.
1. IOM assisted 2 crore migrants in 2015. It is an intergovernmental organisation with more than 9,500 staff and 450 offices worldwide.
It was Founded after World War IIto resettle refugees from Europe.
16. Chinese electronics firm LeEco announced to buy American TV manufacturer Vizio for $2 billion.
17. Muttaiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Australia's Arthur Morris, Karen Rolton and George Lohmann of England will be included in ICC
hall of fame. Muttaiah Muralitharan will be first Sri Lankan to be included in ICC's Hall of Fame.
18. BJP MP Anurag Thakur will be commissioned into Territorial Army (TA) as a regular officer. He will be the first serving BJP MP to join
Army.
Jul 28, 2016

1. 28 July World Nature Conservation Day (WNCD.
2. 28 July World Hepatitis Day. 2016 Theme is Elimination.
3. Book India’s Most Powerful Women has been written by Mrs. Prem Ahluwalia.
4. Noted Social Activit and Writer Mahasweta Devi passed Away.
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5. Governmement stated that during 201516, energy generated through Wind and Solar sources was 33029.39 MU and 7447.92 MU
respectively. During last two years, total capacity of 5735 MW and 4131 MW have been installed for wind and solar energy respectively.
6. Aruna Sharma is appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Steel.
7. Aruna Sundararajan is appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
8. Rajeev Kapoor is appointed as Director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (Mussoorie).
9. Noted agricultural scientist Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao passed away. He is famously known as Father of Hybrid Sorghum.
10. European Union (EU’s) appointed Michel Barnier as its Chief Negotiator for United Kingdom’s exit from EU bloc.
11. India signed a defence deal with United States worth over $1 billion to purchase four additional Poseidon8I(P8I) longrange maritime
surveillance and antisubmarine warfare aircrafts. It is a followup to eight P81 aircrafts already bought by India in in 2009.
12. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) announced that India Meteorological Department (IMD) will use supercomputer to forecast India’s annual
summer monsoon, based on a dynamical monsoon model and will be operational from 2017.
i) Dynamical Monsoon Model The dynamical monsoon model works by simulating weather on powerful supercomputers and
extrapolating it over particular timeframes.
ii) This modern forecasting model is being tested at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.
iii) Dynamical monsoon model is also called Coupled Forecast System version 2.
13. Kolkata's East Bengal football Club announced to give this year's Bharat Gaurav award (Pride of India) to legendary athlete Milkha
Singh.
14. State Bank of India has launched a payment system at its ATMs which will allow account holders to transfer the money by using mobile
phone number as an identifier. It works on instant money transfer (IMT) platform which will enable a payment of up to Rs 10,000 from
any SBI bank account and recipient can withdraw funds instantly from an IMTenabled ATM without using a debit card. IMT is a unique
payment system launched by Eempays Payment Systems Pvt Ltd.
15. International Transgender Arts Festival, a performing arts festival for transgenders will be organized at National Gallery for Modern Arts
in Bengaluru from July 29 31, 2016.
16. Odisha government announced 60 lakh rupees cash special incentive for 6 sportswomen of the state who qualified for Rio Olympics.
The six sportspersons are Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda and four hockey players Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Lilima Minz and
Sunita Lakra.
17. India named Parveen Rana as a replacement for dopetainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav for Rio Olympics in 74kg freestyle category.
Narsingh Yadav has been foundb guilty in a dope test.
18. CocaCola appointed Sarvita Sethi as the new VicePresident (Finance) for India and South West Asia.
19. Kerala Assembly passed Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications) Amendment Bill 2016, to pave way for VS Achutanandan's
appointment as the Administrative Reforms Committee Chairman with Cabinet rank. Bill seeks to add a subsection that says No person
shall be disqualified from being member of legislative assembly (MLA) on grounds that it holds the office of profit in term of being
Chairman of Administrative Reforms Commission.
20. Book The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable authored by Amitav Ghosh has been released.
21. 4th Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival held in Guwahati (Assam). This festival pays homage to rich culture of northeast India and is
dedicated to film fraternity of region.
Jul 29, 2016

1. 29 July International Tiger Day (Global Tiger Day).
2. A.K.Mital has been reappointed as Chairman of Railway Board for 2 years.
3. Government of Himachal Pradesh, NTPC & NHPC signed MoU for setting up Hydro Engineering College in Bilaspur (Himachal
Pradesh), to promote technical education in State.
4. 3 books on life of former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam have been released Dr Kalam, Prerna ki Udaan (Hindi1), Do You Know Dr.
APJ Abdul Kalam (English) and Prerna Nu Zarnu : Dr Abdul Kalam (Gujarati). These books language have been written by Unnat
Pandit.
5. Exercise Maitree 2016 Joint Indo Thailand Military Exercise concluded at Krabi (Thailand).
6. Anant Maheshwari has been appointed as president of Microsoft's India operations.
7. Parliament passed Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill 2016, aimed at establishment of funds under public accounts of Centre and
State levels for compensatory afforestation.
i) It Establishes National Compensatory Afforestation Fund (NCAF) under Public Account of India, and State Compensatory Affores-
tation Fund under Public Account of each state. NCAF will get 10% of funds collected and remaining 90% will go to respective State
Fund.
ii) Collected funds will be utilised for afforestation, regeneration of forest ecosystem, wild life protection and forest related infrastructure
development. Establishes National and State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authorities to manage the
funds.
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8. Haryana Government launched Pashudhan Bima Yojana, an insurance cover scheme for cattle breeders in state. Insurance cover will
be provided at a premium of Rs 100 for cows, buffaloes, bulls, camels and at Rs 25 for sheep, goat and pig for 3 years.
9. First meeting of BRICS Employment Working Group (BEWG) held in Hyderabad (Telangana).
10. Mohun Bagan Footclub conferred its highest honour Mohun Bagan Ratna on noted Indian Footballer Syed Nayeemuddin.
11. Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale appointed as new Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.
12. Strategic Forces Command (SFC) which forms part of National Command Authority (NCA) has been added to Second Schedule of
Right to Information Act (RTI) 2005 as a subsection of Section 24 of RTI. Section 24 of RTI exempts security and intelligence
establishments from its purview.
13. West Bengal selected for All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project Award 2015. It has been selected by 51st committee from
Indira Gandhi Krishi Bikash Kendra for its achievement in four key areas including scientific research for seeds.
14. Skydiver Luke Aikins from USA became first person to jump from 25,000 feet (midtropospheric altitude) without a parachute and
landing safely in a net. He fell safely into 100x100ft net in Simi Valley, southern California after twominute free fall.
15. PM Narendra Modi flagged off Run for Rio event to encourage Indian contingent at 2016 Rio Olympics beginning on August 5, 2016.3
16. Noted Tabla maestro Pandit Lachu Maharaj passed away.
17. Anurag Kashyap's psychological thriller ‘Psycho Raman’ won Best Asian Genre Film award at 20th Bucheon International Fantastic
Film Festival (BIFAN) 2016 in South Korea. It is called Europe Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (EFFFF) Asian Award.
18. Madhya Pradesh won best state award for comprehensive development of tourism, followed by Gujarat and Karnataka, at National
Tourism Awards 20142015.
i) Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur railway station received Best Tourist Friendly railway station award.
ii) Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport got Best Airport award
iii) Telangana’s Warangal won best heritage city award.
iv) Kerala Tourism won six National Tourism awards for 201415 in the marketing category for states. It received two more awards,
including the one for its Responsible Tourism (RT) initiative in Wayanad.
19. International summit on tobaccocontrol will be hosted by India in Noida on November 2016.
20. Book Hashimpura 22 May: The forgotten story of one of India’s biggest custodial killings, authored by Vibhuti Narain Rai has been
released. He was posted as Superintendent of Police in Ghaziabad district when Hashimpura massacre took place.
Jul 30, 2016

1. 30 July United Nations International Day of Friendship. Note that some nations including India, observe First Sunday of August as
friendship day.
2. 30 July World Day against Trafficking in Persons.
3. India will host 2016 Kabaddi World Cup to be held in October 2016.
4. Iqbal Ahmed Ansari appointed as 39th Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
5. Patna Pirates won 4th edition of STAR SportsProKabaddi League by defeating Jaipur Pink Panthers. It was second consecutive title of
Patna Pirates.
6. Railway Ministry flagged off first broad gage train service Tripura Sundari Express from Agartala (Tripura) to Delhi.
7. Government constituted District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) for effective development and
coordination of Central Government’s programme. It will be known as DISHA and will monitor implementation of 28 schemes and
programmes of several Ministries.
8. Karnataka government has recently imposed an unconditional ban on the sale and possession of Chinese manja and other
nonbiodegradable threads used to fly kites.
9. Startup India States’ Conference organized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion ( DIPP) in New Delhi, to give momentum
to startup India initiative.
10. From September 2016 Onwards, passengers booking tickets through IRCTC website can avail a travel accident cover of Rs 10 Lakh for
a premium of Rs 1. Insurance would provide coverage against death, injury and disabilities caused due to accidents.
11. As per latest report by WaterAid ‘Caught Short–How lack of toilets and clean water contribute to malnutrition’, India has highest
number of children suffering from stunting (less growth) in world. 4.8 crore children in India suffer from stunted growth.
12. Book How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Surviving Conquering Life has been written by Lilly Singh.
13. Sharad Pawar has been honored by 2016 Tilak Samman Puraskar for his contribution in Green revolution.
14. Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) won ‘Best Commodity Exchange’ award at 2016 Bullion Federation Global Convention
organized by the Bullion Federation in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
15. ecommerce firm Amazon launched Prime premium service in India, available to customers in 100 Indian cities. With this, customers
can avail 1 2 day delivery on lakhs of eligible products.
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16. Government constituted committee to prepare a road map for restructuring University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India
Council for Technical Education (AICTE), under Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya. Apart from this, Arvind Panagariya
committee working on restructuring of Medical Council of India (MCI), has recommended replacing MCI with National Medical
Commission (NMC).
17. Yes Bank got approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to sponsor a mutual fund and to setup an Asset Management
Company (AMC) and a trustee company in India.
18. Book The Sialkot Saga has been authored by Ashwin Sanghi.
19. Andhra Pradesh government launched Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh, with theme “Green cover for a happy living”.Purpose is to
increase green cover in state to 50 % by 2029.
20. 11th edition of Navlekhan award 2015 of Bharatiya Jnanpith has been awarded to Amlendu Tiwari and Balram Kawant for their
novels ‘Parityakt’, ‘Sara Morila,’. Om Nagar and Tasneem Khan were awarded for their ‘Nib Ke Chire Se’ and ‘Yeh Mere Rahnuma’
respectively.
Jul 31, 2016

1. World Health Organisation 2015 Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Global Survey report
–– The report highlights need to intensify national action to meet global targets governments have agreed to protect people from heart
disease, cancers, diabetes, and lung diseases.
2. Globally, four NCDs, which are cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, represent largest cause of
death in people aged under 70 years.
––– Haryana Government notified "Freight Assistance Scheme" for exporting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) located
anywhere in State. It has given time till September 9 to submit claim application for 201516. The decision was taken in view of
additional cost borne by MSMEs exporting unit located in state due to large distances from sea ports.
3. Japanese payments company OKIinstalled 600 automatic teller machines with cash recycling abilities for country's largest bank State
Bank of India.
4. USbased A10 Networks, an application networking and security company acquired Appcito, a provider of SoftwareAsAService
(SaaS)based multicloud Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions.
5. Intex Technologies appointed actress Madhuri Dixit as its Brand Ambassador.
6. American author James Alan McPherson has passed away. He was first black author to receive Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1978.
7. German football team captain Bastian Schweinsteiger retired from national team.
8. International Weightlifting Federation suspended 8member Russian team from Rio Olympics due to doping offences.
9. Gujarat government appointed Jagdip Narayan Singh as Chief Secretary of State.
10. Cochin Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) launched an Aadhaar based eCertificate of Origin service. A certificate of origin is
a critical document in course of export, which is issued to exporters by to avail duty benefits under Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) or
prove from where the goods originated. It speeds up application, issuance process and provide a more secure documentation
environment.
11. 18yearold IndianAmerican girl Sruthi Palaniappan became youngest delegate at Democratic National Convention which nominated
Hillary Clinton as the party's presidential candidate.
12. Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) initiated first phase of its new enterprise portal to facilitate accurate
and timely circulation of information to internal and external stakeholders. The portal is developed by firm Tech Mahindra, provides
a platform to intermediaries to interact in a secure manner with SEBI.
13. Government collected over 920 Crores through fourth tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond scheme, highest achieved yet. With issue price
fixed at Rs. 3,119 per gram, amount was mobilised through over 1.95 lakh applications representing around 2.95 tonnes of gold.
14. Yahoo has developed a new online abuse detecting algorithmm, better than most existing products. It uses machine laerning and
carries 90 % accuracy in recognizing unsuitable speeches.
15. Bihar government lifted ban on sale and consumption of toddy (palm wine) in state.
16. Oracle acquired NetSuite (first cloud company), for 9.3 billion USD.
17. Book Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, written by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany has been launched.
18. Satish Mathur has been appointed DGP (Director General of Police) of Maharashtra Police.
19. Jharkhand government will form a separate cell for Primitive Tribes Group (PTG) in Welfare Department.
20. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain has won the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix title of Formula One.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF APRIL TO JULY 2016

1. _______ Committee on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2015 submitted report ?

9. Book “A Life in Diplomacy”, authored by _______ has been released.?

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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF APRIL TO JULY 2016

CURRENT AFFAIRS - JUNE TO JULY - 2016

12. Forbes' America's Richest Self­made Women' list 2016 ­

8. French Open 2016 ­

iii) Other forecas –––

June 10, 2016

June 11, 2016

7. Bharti Airtel appointed Ashok Ganapathy as Director (Airtel Business).

June 12, 2016

June 13, 2016

June 14, 2016

June 15, 2016

6. Prayut Chan­o­cha, Thailand's Prime Minister Visited India.

June 16, 2016

June 17, 2016

11. 2016 Top 500 list of supercomputers ­

June 18, 2016

13. Geneva­based NGO Advisors 2016 Top 500 NGOs List ­

June 19, 2016

June 20, 2016

June 21, 2016

June 22, 2016

June 23, 2016

June 24, 2016

June 25, 2016

June 26, 2016

iii) India ranked 105th, as compared to 100th in 2015.

June 27, 2016

June 28, 2016

June 29, 2016

June 30, 2016

iii) It has capital of $100 Billion USD.

Jul 02, 2016

Jul 03, 2016

8. Cabinet Expansion ­ Transfers and New Appointments

Jul 04, 2016

Jul 05, 2016

Jul 06, 2016

Jul 07, 2016

Jul 08, 2016

Jul 10, 2016

8. Noted Canadian ­ American Historian William H McNeill passed away.

Jul 11, 2016

Jul 12, 2016

13. Noted playback singer Mubarak Begum passed away.

Jul 15, 2016

Jul 16, 2016

Jul 17, 2016

Jul 18, 2016

Jul 19, 2016

Jul 20, 2016

Jul 21, 2016

Jul 22, 2016

Jul 24, 2016

12. Forbes' America's Richest Selfmade Women' list 2016

8. French Open 2016

6. Prayut Chanocha, Thailand's Prime Minister Visited India.

11. 2016 Top 500 list of supercomputers

13. Genevabased NGO Advisors 2016 Top 500 NGOs List

8. Cabinet Expansion Transfers and New Appointments

8. Noted Canadian American Historian William H McNeill passed away.