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Lidewij Welten
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Sania mirza
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1 The International Day of Commemoration in memory of the
victims of the Holocaust is observed every year on
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1) 10 Jan
2) 12 Jan
3) 15 Jan
4) 23 Jan
5) 27 Jan
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2 Who among the following won the woman FIH Player of the Year
award for her performance in 2015?
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1) Lily Owsley
2) Joyce Sombroek
3) Lidewij Welten
4) Anna Flanagan
5) Florencia Habif
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3 M Jagadesh Kumar took over as the new Vice-Chancellor of
which of the following central universities recently?
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1) Jawaharlal Nehru
University (JNU)
2) Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
3) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
4) Vishwa Bharati
5) University of
Allahabad
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4 The Supreme Court recently appointed Justice Sanjay Mishra
as the new Lokayukta of
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1) Delhi
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) Himachal Pradesh
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5 The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) signed
cyber security pacts with its counterparts in three countries recently. These
three countries are
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1) Malaysia, South Korea and Indonesia
2) Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
3) South Korea, US and Japan
4) China, Germany and France
5) Malaysia, Singapore and Japan
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6 India and Armenia signed protocol amending the India-Armenia
Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) recently. The capital city of
Armenia is
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1) Belmopan
2) Nassau
3) Tirana
4) Yerevan
5) Luanda
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7 Aparna Kumar recently become the country’s first civil
servant to scale Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in
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1) the Antarctica
2) Australia
3) Argentina
4) Europe
5) Africa
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8 The list of 20 smart cities out of the 98 shortlisted for
the 'Smart Cities Mission' was released recently. Which of the following
cities is NOT one among them?
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1) Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2) Patna, Bihar
3) Jaipur, Rajasthan
4) Surat, Gujarat
5) Kochi, Kerala
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9 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Govt of India
recently signed an $80-mn loan pact to continue improving infrastructure in
two north-eastern state capital cities
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1) Dispur and Itanagar
2) Itanagar and Agartala
3) Kohima and Imphal
4) Agartala and Aizwal
5) Imphal and Kohima
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10 India became the world’s largest exporter of rice in 2015.
Doing so, it replaced which of the following countries from the top position?
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1) China
2) Indonesia
3) Thailand
4) Myanmar
5) Bangladesh
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11) J. K. Rowling is the
latest author to receive the PEN/ALLEN Foundation Literary Service Award. Who
are some of the other winners of this award?
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a. Toni Morrison
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Tim Stoppard
d. All of the above
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12) January 26 is
celebrated as an important day for :
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a. Australia
b. India
c. Statehood Day of Himachal Pradesh
d. All of the above
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13) Padma Awards have
been conferred each year in which categories?
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a. Padma Shri
b. Padma Bhushan
c. Padma Vibhushan
d. All of the above
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14) Jeevan Raksha Padak
comes under how many categories?
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a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
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15) Which tennis star has
been awarded the Padma Bhushan?
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a.
Sania Mirza
b. Shikha Uberoi
c. Vishika Chhettri
d. Ankita Bhambri
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16) PM of India Shri
Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande set out the foundation
stone of ISA. What does ISA stand for?
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a. International Sun
Alliance
b. International Solar Alliance
c. Indian Solar Alliance
d. India Solar Alliance
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17) Which beach has
become the first in India to have Wi-Fi connectivity?
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a.
Malpe beach
b. Karwar beach
c. Kumta beach
d. Trasi beach
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18) India and France have
expressed strong commitment for stalled negotiations for proposed FTA. The
negotiations for the free trade pact have been upheld since May 2013 through
BTIA. What does BTIA stand for?
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a. Broad Based Trade and
Investment Agreement
b. Broad based Trading and Investing
Agreement
c. Bank based Trading and Investing Agreement
d. Bank based Trading and Investment Agreement
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19) Which state has
joined the UDAY scheme after inking an MoU with the Central Government?
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a. Rajasthan
b. Bihar
c. Gujarat
d. Chattisgarh
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20) A global team led by
Indian American scientist has discovered 10 new genes associated with
autoimmune disease lupus. What is lupus?
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a. An kidney disorder
b. A cardiac disorder
c. A autoimmune disease
d. A liver disorder
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21) Which famous figure
associated with artificial intelligence recently passed away?
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a.
Marvin Minsky
b. Stuart Russel
c. Yann LeCunn
d. Yoshua Bengio
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