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Jehan Daruvala
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1. In which European city
the 46th Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum began on 20 January 2016?
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a) London
b) Berlin
c) Davos
d) Paris
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2. Which satellite was
launched by the PSLV-C31 on 20 January 2016?
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a) IRNSS 1-B
b) IRNSS 1-C
c) IRNSS 1-D
d) IRNSS 1-E
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3. What is the name of
the programme sponsored by the European Union for developing methods of using
nuclear weapons to deflect asteroids and comets from colliding with the
Earth?
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a) COMETShield
b) NEOShield
c) ASTCOMET Shield
d) NEOWISE Shield
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4. What is the name of
the volcano that erupted in Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka peninsula on 19
January 2016?
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a) Shiveluch
b) Zhupanovsky
c) Mount Egon
d) Petropavlovsk
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5. Union Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare on 19 January 2016 released the Phase – I of
National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – IV. The NFHS – IV covers the period
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a) 2005-06
b) 2010-2015
c) 2015-16
d) 2005-2010
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6. Which state government
on 19 January 2016 signed a MoU for skill training programme for the youth?
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a) Bihar
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
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7. The Phase – I of NFHS
– IV released recently provides findings on maternal and child health and
nutrition for how many states?
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a) 15
b) 29
c) 13
d) 20
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8. Which state government
on 19 January 2016 approved 35 percent reservation for women in all
government jobs including reserved and unreserved category?
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a) Odisha
b) Assam
c) Bihar
d) Telangana
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9. Name the senior
journalist and former editor of daily Loksatta who passed away on 19 January
2016 in Mumbai.
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a) Jhumpa Ranade
b) Aroon Tikekar
c) Arun Tikekara
d) Vivan Pandey
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10. Name the Indian racer
who on 16 January 2016 won the prestigious Lady Wigram Trophy in New Zealand.
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a)
Jehan Daruvala
b) Karun Chandok
c) Narain Karthikeyan
d) Varun Sharma
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11. In which country on
19 January 2016 a unity government was formed under an UN-brokered deal?
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a)
Libya
b) Egypt
c) Ghana
d) Nigeria
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12. Who was on 19 January
2016 appointed as the head of the Committee on Yoga Education in Universities
by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development?
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a) Dr Rajesh Nallapati
b) Prof H R Nagendra
c) Dr Jancy James
d) Prof J Anantha Swamy
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13. The 8th India-UK
Economic and Financial Dialogue was held on 19 January 2015 in
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a)
London
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Manchester
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14. Identify the state
for which Union Government sanctioned 33000 crore rupees for infrastructure
development projects on 19 January 2016.
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a)
Tamilnadu
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Gujarat
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15. Who was appointed as
the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Commission for Backward Classes on 18 January
2016?
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a) Justice V. Eswaraiah
b) Justice KL Manjunath, (Retd.)
c) Justice M.N. Rao
d) None of them
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