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David Bowie
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1 Who among the following clinched the men’s singles title of
2016 Chennai Open?
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1) Alijaz Bedene
2) Borna Coric
3) Stan Wawrinka
4) David Ferrer
5) Andy Murray
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2 Which of the following films won the best picture (drama)
award at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards presented in 10 Jan 2016?
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1) Creed
2) Joy
3) Room
4) The Martian
5) The Revenant
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3 The state-run Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) will rationalise
the number of its regional offices by closing 10 such offices to improve
efficiency. The bank is headquartered at
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1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Kochi
5) Manipal
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4 The 11th World Hindi Day was recently observed on
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1) 05 Sep
2) 14 Sep
3) 10 Jan
4) 12 Jan
5) 02 Feb
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5 The 28th edition of International Kite Festival was held
recently in
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1) Ahmedabad
2) Pune
3) Mumbai
4) Jaipur
5) Madurai
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6 Which country was recently elected to the Unicef executive
board, representing the group of Asia-Pacific countries for the term
2016-2018?
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1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Malaysia
4) Sri Lanka
5) Nepal
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7 A five-day seed festival, aimed to celebrate seeds that feed
humankind, will be held in Kannur district in which state starting 22 Jan?
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1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Telangana
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8 Binny Bansal was named the CEO of which of the following
online marketplaces recently?
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1) Snapdeal
2) Amazon
3) ebay
4) Flipkart
5) Paytm
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9 The 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2016 was held on 9 Jan in
which of the following cities?
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1) Gandhinagar
2) Patiala
3) Chandigarh
4) New Delhi
5) Lucknow
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10 The Italian Maria Teresa de Filippis, who died recently,
was the first female
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1) Sprinter
2) Archer
3) Formula One driver
4) Cricketer
5) Wrestler
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1. Identify the
personality. India on 12 January 2016 celebrated National Youth Day to mark his
birth anniversary.
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a) Bhagat Singh
b) Chandra Shekhar Azad
c) Swami Vivekananda
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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2. Name the startup. It
was launched by Illumina in association with Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos to
develop blood-based cancer tests.
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a) Grail
b) Autumn
c) Expeditions
d) Trace
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3. The Rashtriya Ispat
Nigam Limited on 11 January 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
which state government to invest 38500 crore rupees?
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a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Odisha
d) Tamil Nadu
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4. Identify the legendary
artist, mostly known for his androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, who passed
away on 10 January 2016.
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a) Charles Bowie
b) David Bowie
c) Dave Franco
d) Mikhail Tav
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5. Which institute on 10
January 2016 claimed to have successfully produced a cloned buffalo offspring
named Cirb Gaurav?
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a) National Dairy
Research Institute
b) Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes
c) Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology
d) Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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6. Which state in January
2016 became India’s first state to introduce compulsory gender education at
the graduate level?
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a) Assam
b) Odisha
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Telangana
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7. Who on 11 January 2016
was announced as the Vice-President of Airbus Group?
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a) Ashish Saraf
b) Debashish Roy
c) Anirban Lahiri
d) Viktoria Zig
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8. Who on 11 January was
appointed as the CEO of India's biggest e-commerce company Flipkart?
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a) Mukesh Bansal
b) Sachin Bansal
c) Binny Bansal
d) Ravi Garikipati
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9. Identify the merchant
vessel. Its 35 crew members were sentenced to 5 years in jail by a Tutucorin
district sessions court on 11 January 2016 on charges of illegally entering
Indian waters with the possession of weapons.
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a) MV Seaman Guard
Ohio
b) MV Enrica Lexie
c) MV Vaitarna
d) MV Tampa
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10. Who won the best
actor award in motion picture category in the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
on 11 January 2015 in California, the USA?
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a) Christian Slater
b) Jon Hamm
c) Sylvester Stallone
d) Leonardo DiCaprio
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11. Who was the author of
the book titled ‘Maru Bharat Saru Bharat’ that was released by PM Narendra
Modi on 10 January 2016?
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a) Shakshi Maharaj
b) Jain Acharya Ratnasundersuriswarji Maharaj
c) Madhuri Bose
d) Sharad Pawar
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12. What is the name of
the Bengali journal, which is published by Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya
Sammelan Organisation?
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a) Sammelani
b) Sahithi
c) Nikhila Bharathi
d) None of the Above
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13. In which city the
88th annual conference of Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan was
inaugurated by the President Pranab Mukherjee on 10 January 2016?
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a) Ranchi
b) Hyderabad
c) Guwahati
d) Kolkata
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14. DRDO successfully
test-fired the new Penetration-Cum Blast (PCB) and Thermobaric (TB)
Ammunition tank at Chandipur, Odisha on 6 January 2016. It was specially
designed for which Battle Tank?
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a) Ex MBT
b) T-72 Ajaya tank
c) Arjun MBT
d) None of these
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15. Identify the
President-Designate of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB) who was on a state visit to India in the second week of January 2016?
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a) Jim Yong Kim
b) Jin Liqun
c) Christine Lagarde
d) Takehiko Nakao
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