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1.
Who on 29 January 2016 won the Australian Open women's doubles tennis title?
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a)
Rishika Sunkara & Serena Williams
b) Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis
c)
Rishika Sunkara & Martina Hingis
d) Sania Mirza & Serena Williams
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2.
The 61st National School Athletic championships kick started on 29 January
2016 at Olympian Rahman Stadium, at
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a) Kochi, Kerala
b)
Kozhikode, Kerala
c)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
d) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
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3.
The Union Cabinet on 27 January 2016 approved to increase Authorized Share
Capital of the NSFDC from 1000 crore rupees to what amount for the
development of Scheduled Caste?
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a)
1700 crore rupees
b)
1100 crore rupees
c) 1200 crore rupees
d) 1500 crore rupees
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4.
The Legislative Department in the Ministry of Law & Justice on 28 January
2016 constituted an expert committee to review the Specific Relief Act of
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a)
1877
b)
1948
c) 1963
d) 1973
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5.
Iran on 28 January 2016 signed two agreements covering new aircraft orders
and a comprehensive civil aviation co-operation package with
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a) Airbus
b)
Boeing
c)
Raj Hamsa Ultralights
d) Lockheed Martin
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6.
Who on 28 January 2016 won the 2016 William E Colby Award for Best Military
Book for Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition?
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a) Nisid Hajari
b)
Douglas V. Mastriano
c)
Logan Beirne
d) Michael Franzak
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7.
Who on 28 January 2016 was appointed as the African Union’s High
Representative for the peace fund?
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a)
Alpha Oumar Konaré
b)
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
c)
Pierre Buyoya
d)
Donald Kaberuka
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8.
The guitarist and songwriter Paul Kantner who died on 28 January 2016 was
founder of which psychedelic rock band?
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a)
Pink Floyd
b)
The Doors
c) Jefferson Airplane
d) Tame Impala
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9.
Name the state that on 28 January 2016 announced a pay hike for about 85000
Gana Sikshaks and Sikshya Sahayaks of the state.
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a) Odisha
b)
Karnataka
c)
Assam
d) Bihar
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10.
Who on 28 January 2016 was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of
NTPC Limited?
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a)
Arup Roy Choudhury
b) Gurpreet Singh
c)
Harpreet Singh
d) Gurdeep Singh
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11.
Who on 28 January 2016 won gold medal in 2000mts Open Single Scull in the
34th Senior National Rowing Championship?
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a)
Gurpreet Kaur
b) Navneet Kaur
c)
Jagjeet Singh
d) Harpreet Kaur
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12.
Name the Australian Olympic diving gold medalist who announced his retirement
from the sport on 28 January 2016.
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a)
Grant Nel
b) Matthew Mitcham
c)
Ian Thorpe
d) Jack Laugher
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13.
Who won the 12th Sub-Junior National billiards championship title in the
fourth week of January 2016?
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a)
Ishika Shah
b) Doyel Dey
c)
Anushi Seth
d) Lahiri Sinapara
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14.
Who was appointed as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh on 28 January 2016?
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a)
Ranjan Gogoi
b)
Prafulla C Pant
c) Sanjay Mishra
d) Virendra Singh
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15.
Ministry of Culture on 28 January 2016 released a commemorative coin of 150
rupees and a circulation coin of 10 rupees on
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a)
Mahatma Gandhi
b)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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The ATAS scheme was launched by the Indian Railway on a pilot basis recently.
The term ATAS stands for
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1)
Advance Train Accommodation Scheme
2)
Assured Train Accommodation Scheme
3) Alternative Train Accommodation
Scheme
4)
Associated Train Accommodation Scheme
5) None of these
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Who among the following was recently named the Allan Border medallist for
2016, Australian cricket's greatest individual honour?
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1)
Alex Ross
2)
Adam Voges
3)
Glenn Maxwell
4) David Warner
5) Steve Smith
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The book titled ‘The Turbulent Years: 1980-1996’ was released by the Vice
President Hamid Ansari recently. It is a memoir written by
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1)
Sonia Gandhi
2)
Lal Krishna Advani
3)
Murli Manohar Joshi
4)
Manmohan Singh
5)
Pranab Mukherjee
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Marvin Minsky, who passed away recently, was a pioneer in
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1) Artificial Intelligence
2)
radiology
3)
space technology
4)
nanotechnology
5) genetic engineering
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__________ has won the Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016. It is
awarded to individuals or organisations fighting for the cause of human
rights under difficult circumstances.
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1)
Kailash Satyarthi
2) Henri Tiphagne
3)
Arundhati Roy
4)
Malala Yousafzai
5) Azim Premji
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Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the women’s doubles title of the 2016
Australian Open defeating
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1)
Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie
2) Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie
Hradecka
3)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova
4)
Kimberly Birrell and Priscilla Hon
5) Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders
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The indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile was test fired from
the integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur situated in
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1)
Andhra Pradesh
2)
Tamil Nadu
3)
Maharashtra
4)
Rajasthan
5)
Odisha
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The Union Cabinet approved raising of 17 Indian Reserve Battalions by J&K
and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) states. Which of the following is one of these
LWE states?
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1)
Maharashtra
2)
Chhattisgarh
3)
Jharkhand
4)
Odisha
5)
All of these
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JS Deepak was appointed recently as the new _________ secretary.
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1)
revenue
2) telecom
3)
minority affairs
4)
cabinet
5) finance
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