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Q.1 Name the person who has been elected to the Board of Directors of AIIB.

a.Dineshwar Sharma

b.Dinesh Sharma

c.Samay Sharda

d.Raghuram Rajan

Q.2 Who has won the men’s singles title of the WTA Apia International Tennis

Tournament 2016.

a.Grigor Dimitrov

b.Martin Klizan

c.Viktor Troicki

d.Daniel Nestor

Q.3 Name the former Sikkim governor and senior BJP leader who passed away this

month.

a.V.Rama Rao

b.Sudarshan Agarwal

c.Balmiki Prasad Singh

d.R.S Gavai

Q.4 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 won by whom ?

a.Shehan Karunatilaka

b.Anuradha Roy

c.Jeet Thayil

d.Jhumpa Lahiri

Q.5 P.M Narendra Modi Launches ‘start up- India , Stand-up India’ action plan in this

the start-up profits are to be tax-free for how many years ?

a.4 years

b.2 years

c.3 years

d.5 years



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Q.6 Who was elected as First Female President of Taiwan ?

a.Yeh Chin-feng

b.yeh chin-ian

c.Tsai Ing-wen

d.Christine Tsung

Q.7 Recently US lifts Nuclear Sanctions against which country.

a.Sudan

b.North Korea

c.Burma

d.Iran

Q.8 61st Britania Filmfare Lifetime achievement award won by.……?

a.Kamini Kaushal

b.Aruna Irani

c.Moushumi Chatterjee

d.Manna Dey

Q.9 Name the Anti-tank Missile tested by DRDO in Rajasthan.

a.MILAN

b.NAG

c.COBRA

d.TOOPHAN

Q.10 Who has won Women’s Double WTA Apia International Tennis title.

a.Caroline Garcia/Kristia mladenovic

b.H.chan/Y.chan

c.M.Hingis/S.Mirza

d.R.Olaru/Y.Shvedova

Key : 1.b |2.c |3.a |4.b |5.c |6.c |7.d |8.c |9.b |10.c|



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Q.1 Which renowned Kannada filmmaker and lyricist passed away this month after a

battle with throat cancer?

a. V.Nagendra prasad

b. Geethapriya

c. K.Kalyan

d. Hansalekha

Q.2 Falcon 9 Rocket which is successfully launched by NASA is designed and

manufactured by which corporation?

a. ORBITAL SCIENCES

b. XCOR AEROSPACE

c. BOEING

d. SPACE X

Q.3 who is the President of France?

a. Jacques Chirac

b. Francois Hollande

c. Georges Pompidou

d. Nicolas Sarkozy

Q.4 Name the new MD & CEO of Tata Motors Ltd. ?

a. Guenter Butschek

b. Carl-Peter Forster

c. Prakash Telang

d. Ralf Speth

Q.5 Exim Bank inks Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the government of

which state for promoting exports?

a. Madhya Pradesh

b. Andhra Pradesh

c. Uttar Pradesh

d. Arunachal Pradesh

Q.6 Which of the following is the Chairman and Managing director of Exim Bank?

a. Yaduvendra Mathur

b. J.P. Dua



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c. Adarsh Kishore

d. Ajai Kumar

Q.7 Which team wins the Premier Badminton League(PBL) title 2016?

a. Awadh Warriors

b. Delhi Acers

c. Mumbai Rockets

d. Chennai Smashers

Q.8 Recently at which place the Annual Indian Science Congrss(ISC) was held?

a. Mysore

b. Goa

c. Delhi

d. Agra

Q.9 Name the stock exchange who has launched the Algorithm trading test

facility for investors?

a. Calcutta Stock Exchange

b. Bombay Stock Exchange

c. National Stock Exchange

d.Madras Stock Exchange

Q.10 NASA launched two satellites of Jason mission are Jason 1 & Jason 2 OSTM

arelaunched in which year?

a. 2002,2004

b. 2001,2008

c. 2000,2003

d. 2006,2007

Key : 1.b |2.d |3.b |4.a |5.b |6.a |7.b |8.a |9.b |10.b|

Q.1 Which state won the 2014-2015 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy?

a. West Bengal

b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Bihar



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d. Rajasthan

Q.2 In which city the 19th edition of National Conference on e-Governance has

begun?

a. Nagpur

b.Jaipur

c. Raipur

d. Agra

Q.3 IndianBureau of Mines(IBM) was established in which year?

a. 1975

b. 2000

c. 1948

d. 1960

Q.4 According to WEF report , oceans will have more plastics than fish by

2050.what is the full form of WEF ?

a. World Environment Federation

b. World Environment Fund

c. World Economic Fund

d. World Economic Forum

Q.5 Name the India first state to achieve the status of plastic bag-free state.

a. Sikkim

b. Gujarat

c.U.P

d.Nepal

Q.6 Which Italian Director pssed away on 19 jan.2016?

a. Federico Fellini

b. Bernardo Bertolucci

c. Ettore Scola

d. Vittorio Desica

Q.7 Mrinalini Sarabhai, who passed away recently was related to which field?

a. Singer

b. Journalist



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c. Classical Dancer

d. Sportsperson

Q.8 To whom the Moldovan Parliament has appointed as their prime minister on 20

january 2016?

a. Pavel Filip

b. Valeriu Strelet

c. Chiril Gabucrici

d. Vladimir Plabotniuc

Q.9 Who took the charge as a new Executive Director of Green peace India?

a. Divya Raghunandan

b. Samit Aich

c. Vinuta Gopal

d. Ravi Chellan

Q.10 The book titled,”The Z Factor : My Journey as the wrong Man at the right

time“.who is the author of this book?

a. Narayan Pandit

b. Subhash Chandra

c. Paresh Mokashi

d. Vijay Joshi

Q.11 Who has won the Lady Wigram Trophy Motor Race?

a. Jehan Daruvala

b. Allen Berg

c. Dave McMillen

d.Lance Stroll

Q.12 Name the Senior journalist and former editor of Daily Loksatta who passed

away on 19 jan. 2016?

a. Aroon Tikekar

b. T.P. Parvate

c. Kumar Ketkar

d. R.N.Late



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Q.13 Which of the following state govt. has approved 35 per cent reservation for

women in all govt. jobs including reserved & unreserved category?

a. U.P

b. Bihar

c. Maharashtra

d. Tamil Nadu

Q.14 46th Annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) began on 20 jan.2016

was held in which country?

a. India

b. China

c. Switzerland

d. Russia

Q.15 Which of the following Sri Lankan player faced 4-year ban by the ICC for

doping?

a. Rangana Herath

b. Thisara Perera

c. Upul Tharanga

d. Kusal Perera

Key : 1.b |2.a |3.c |4.d |5.a |6.c |7.c |8.a |9.d |10.b| 11.a |12.a |13.b |14.c |15.d

Q.1 Name the Former Deputy Speaker of Gujarat assembly & social activist who

passed away on 21 Jan. 2016 in Rajkot?

a. Nirmala Gajwani

b. Dr. Neema Acharya

c. Ganpat Vasava

d. Ashok Bhatt

Q.2 To which player PV Sindhu defeated in 2016 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix

GoldBadminton championship?

a. Gao Ling

b. Wang Yihan

c. Kristy Gilmour

d. Wang Xin



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Q.3 On 24 Jan.2016 India won the first T20 Asia Cup Cricket for blind against which

team?

a. Sri Lanka

b. Pakistan

c. Bangladesh

d. Afghanistan

Q.4 Where the India’s largest flag with tallest flagpole was hosted?

a. jamshedpur

b. Medininagar

c. Phusro

d. Ranchi

Q.5 To whom Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) appointed as their new

chairman?

a. Alpeesh Mathur

b. vinayak Misra

c. A K Jain

d. Atulesh Jindal

Q.6 Who won the Oscar award for Scientific & Technical achievement?

a. Peter Braun

b. Rahul Thakkar

c. Ken Museth

d. Mihai Alden

Q.7 Travellers choice award 2016 for world’s best hotel was won by which hotel?

a. Achtis Hotel

b. Shinta Mani Resort

c. Umaid Bhawan Palace

d. Hotel Ritta Hoppner

Q.8 which country is recognised as the most modern country and the no.1 nation for

Green living?

a. Sweden

b. Germany



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c. Denmark

d. Australia

Q.9 In Best Countries Report,which country is named as best for women?

a. Luxembourg

b. Italy

c. Denmark

d. Brazil

Q.10 Who won the ITTF World Tour title at the GAC Group 2015 World Tour Super

Series Qatar Open ?

a. Belarusian Vladimir SAMSONOV

b. Russian Vladimir Krishnov

c. Chinese Yang li

d. Indian Sourabh Ghoshal

Key : 1.a |2.c |3.b |4.d |5.d |6.b |7.c |8.a |9.c |10.a |

Q.1 Who is popularly known as the “Frogman of India” ?

a. Avtar Singh Paintal

b. Sathyabhama Das Biju

c. Ananda hiv Prasad

d. Har Gobind Khorana

Q.2 Which Bollywood Actress & Rajya Sabha MP has been awarded the Yash chopra

Memorial Award?

a. Rekha Ganesan

b. Hema Malini

c. Jayashree

d.Jaya Bachhan

Q.3 Who was the chief guest of 67th Indian Republic Day ?

a.Barack Obama

b. Lee Myung Bak

c. Cassam Uteem

d. Francois Hollande



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Q.4 Name the first railway atation in India to have free Wi-Fi internet facility?

a. Mumbai Central Station

b. New Delhi Station

c. Banglore Station

d. Kolkata Station

Q.5 In which of the following state the president rule is imposed on 26 jan.2016 ?

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Andhra Pradesh

c. Arunachal Pradesh

d. Himachal Pradesh

Q.6 On which of the following day the 9th National Girl Child Day is celebrated?

a. 24 January

b. 11 February

c. 30 March

d. 16 August

Q.7 Who wo the Presidential election of Portugal?

a. Anibal Cavaco Silva

b. Jorge Sampaio

c. Marcelo Rebelode Sousa

d. Mario Soares

Q.8 Under which Article of Indian Constitution Arunachal Pradesh was brought under

Presidential rule?

a. Article 356

b. Article 355

c. Article 356(a)

d. Article 358

Q.9 Who was awarded with the Country’s highest peacetime gallantary award

Ashok Chakra on 26 jan.2016?

a. Major Mukund Varadarajan

b. Naik Neeraj Kumar

c. Major Laishram Jyotin Singh

d. Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami



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Q.10 Which of the following bollywood actor who known for his work in the movie

GODFATHER passed away on 26 jan.2016?

a. Abe Vigoda

b. Gianni Russo

c. Diane Keaton

d. Richard Conte

Key : 1.b |2.a |3.d |4.a |5.c |6.a |7.c |8.a |9.d |10.a | Q.1 Who has been appointed as a Chief Marketing Officer(CMO) of micro blogging site

Twitter?

a. Leslie Berland

b. Lisa Sandberg

c. Lisle King

d. Michel Sandberg

Q.2 Which state has signed a MoU to join UDAY scheme?

a. Gujarat

b. Rajasthan

c. Haryana

d. Punjab

Q.3 On 28 jan.2016 who was appointed as Lokayukta of U.P ?

a. Justice Virendra Singh

b. N.K. Mehrotra

c. Justice Sanjay Mishra

d. Rajeshwar singh

Q.4 Which country is the world’s largest rice exporter in 2015?

a. India

b. Australia

c. China

d. Thailand



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Q.5 Who won two gold medals in 34th Senior National Rowing Championship 2016?

a. Jaspreet kaur

b. Gurpreet kaur

c. Navneet kaur

d. Harjot kaur

Q.6 Name the new Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC Ltd. ?

a. Gurdeep Singh

b. Sampat Singh

c. Ramesh Gupta

d. Aditya Verma

Q7. Which of the following missile was successfully tested fired at Chandipuri in

Odisha?

a. Prithvi

b. Akash

c. Agni

d. Brahmos

Q.8 Where the 1st Ministerial Meeting of Arab-India Cooperation Forum was held?

a. Iraq

b. Algeria

c. comoros

d. Bahraini

Q.9 Who won the 2016 William E. Colby Award for the book “Midnight’s Furies: The

Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition” ?

a. Marcus Luttrell

b. Dexter Filkins

c. James d. Bradley

d. Nisid Hajari

Q.10 What is India’s rank in Corruption Perception index 2015?

a. 25

b. 96



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c. 76

d. 81

Key : 1.a |2.b |3.c |4.a |5.c |6.a |7.b |8.d |9.d |10.c |

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