Justice RM Lodha
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1. Who of the following headed the committee that on 4 January
2015 submitted its report to the Supreme Court suggesting reforms in the
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
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a) G K Pillai
b) Diana Eduljee
c) Upamanyu Hazarika
d) Justice RM Lodha
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2. With which country did Saudi Arabia on 3 January 2016
announced to severe the bilateral relationship?
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a) Iraq
b) Iran
c) Bahrain
d) Azerbaijan
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3. Which country on 3 January 2016 won the South Asian
Football Federation Cup (SAFF) championships?
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a) Nepal
b) Afghanistan
c) Bangladesh
d) India
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4. In which city the 103rd Indian Science Congress was
inaugurated on 3 January 2016?
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a) Hyderabad
b) Vijayawada
c) Chennai
d) Mysuru
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5. Which law and order agency on 2 January 2016 entered the
Limca Book of Records for solving the biggest cash heist case of the country?
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a) Central Reserve Police Force
b) Central Bureau of Investigation
c) Delhi Police
d) Maharashtra Police
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6. Identify the Sussex fast bowler who died on 3 January 2016
at the age of 22 due to unexplained reasons.
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a) Bob Hobden
b) Robert Willy
c) Matthew Morgan
d) Matthew Hobden
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7. Identify the Oscar-winning cinematographer for Close
Encounters of the Third Kind who died on 1 January 2016.
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a) Joseph Ruttenberg
b) Emmanuel Lubezki
c) Vilmos Zsigmond
d) Charles B. Lang, Jr.
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8. The Union Government launched LPG-like DBT scheme for which
commodity that will be effective from 1 April 2016?
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a) CNG
b) Kerosene
c) Petrol
d) Rice
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9. Identify the veteran CPI leader, also the former general
secretary of the party, who passed away on 2 January 2016.
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a) Ardhendu Bhushan
Bardhan
b) Indrajit Gupta
c) Ardhendu Bhishm Bardhan
d) Arijit Bhushan Bardhan
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10. Which state on 2 January 2015 became the first in the
country to allow issuance of motor insurance policies in digital form by
launching e-Vahan Bima Scheme?
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a) Telangana
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
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11. Union Cabinet on 30 December 2015 gave ex-post facto
approval for setting up a Network University under
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a) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
b) Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa (BRICS)
c) East Asia Summit (EAS)
d) Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO)
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12. Identify the multi barrel rocket launcher system that was
successfully test-fired in December 2015 by India at Pokhran in Rajasthan?
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a) Pinaka II
b) BARAK 8
c) Nag
d) Astra
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13. The Union Government on 31 December 2015 announced setting
up of the CCL Sports University in which state?
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a) Bihar
b) West Bengal
c) Jharkhand
d) Odisha
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14. With which country India on 1 January 2015 exchanged the
list of nuke installations and prisoners for the 25th consecutive year as
part of the bilateral agreement that is in force since 1991?
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a) Pakistan
b) Germany
c) China
d) Israel
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15. Name the amputee mountaineer who on 25 December 2015
conquered Mount Aconcagua in Argentina.
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a) Arunima Sinha
b) Mark Joseph Inglis
c) Jamie Andrew
d) Sarah Doherty
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