Maria sharapova
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1) How many races
did Clinton and Trump win at Super Tuesday from a total of 11 state
competitions?
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a. 7,8
b. 7,7
c. 7,9
d. 7,11
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2) Which veteran
playwright and director won the META awards on March 1st 2016?
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a. Sanjay Leela
Bhansali
b. Karan Johar
c. Amol Gupte
d. Ratan Thiyam
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3) Which British
scientist(s) won the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize (largest
prize for neuroscience in the world)?
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a. Tim Bliss
b. Graham
Collinridge
c. Richard Morris
d. All of the above
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4) What is long
term potentiation?
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a. Repeated
stimulation
b. Stimulation
leading to the strengthening of the hippocampus
c. Memory
strengthener
d. All of the above
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5) Which Indian
columnist has been chosen for the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize for the first
time?
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a. Tavleen Singh
b. Jug Suraiya
c. Jerry Pinto
d. Rasheeda
Bhagat
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6) Which veteran
singer was awarded the Global Green Hero award 2016?
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a. Stevie Wonder
b. Lionel Richie
c. Whitney
Houston
d. None of the
above
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7) Who has/have
won the Turing Awards 2016?
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a. Whitfield
Diffie
b. Martin Hellman
c. Both of the above
d. None of the
above
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8) A revamped
website of the NCST was launched. It is __________.
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a.
www.nsct.gov.com
b.
www.ncst.gov.com
c. www.ncst.gov.in
d. None of the
above
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9) Which day was
celebrated as the National Day of the Republic of Bulgaria?
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a. March 1st
b. March 2nd
c. March 3rd
d. March 4th
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10) CCEA has
given approval for the winding up of NMCC. What does NMCC stand for?
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a. National
Manufacturing Cooperation Council
b. National
Manufacturing Competition Council
c. National
Manufacturing Competitiveness Cooperation
d. National Manufacturing Competitiveness
Council
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11 The central
govt recently announced to have contracted import of _________ of pulses and
the shipments are on the way.
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1) 2,500 tonne
2) 4,500 tonne
3) 6,500 tonne
4) 8,500 tonne
5) 10,500 tonne
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12 The govt has
released a new four-colour classification scheme for industries based on
their pollution potential. Which is NOT correct in this regard?
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1) Most polluting
– red category
2) Not polluting
– white category
3) Moderately
polluting – orange category
4) Significantly
low polluting – green category
5) None of these
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13 __________ has
signed an agreement with the Railways for electrification of the
Lalitpur-Udaipura rail section under the public private partnership (PPP).
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1) Bajaj Power
2) Tata Power
3) Reliance Power
4) Adani Power
5) Essar Power
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14 The Election
Commission has unveiled 'Tnelections' android app through which it will offer
a range of services. The present chief election commissioner is
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1) Hari Shankar
Brahma
2) VS Sampath
3) Nasim Zaidi
4) Achal Kumar
Jyoti
5) Om Prakash
Rawat
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15 As per the
Financial Services Secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal, Banks have so far disbursed
over __________ under PM MUDRA Yojana.
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1) Rs 1.15 lakh cr
2) Rs 0.95 lakh
cr
3) Rs 0.75 lakh
cr
4) Rs 0.65 lakh
cr
5) Rs 0.55 lakh
cr
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16 The US and
which country started their largest ever military exercise recently?
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1) India
2) Vietnam
3) South Korea
4) Japan
5) Cambodia
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17 Which of the
following women tennis players has been provisionally suspended after failing
drug test at Australian Open recently?
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1) Serena
Williams
2) Caroline
Wozniacki
3) Venus Williams
4) Maria Sharapova
5) Angelique
Kerber
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18 President
Francois Hollande recently awarded the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest
honour, to Mohammed bin Nayef who is the crown prince of
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1) Bahrain
2) Dubai
3) Syria
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Yemen
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19 The ISRO is
soon to launch IRNSS-1F which is a navigation satellite in the IRNSS space
system comprising total
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1) five
satellites
2) six satellites
3) seven satellites
4) eight
satellites
5) nine
satellites
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20 The total
allocation for Agriculture and Farmers’ welfare in the Union Budget for
2016-17 is
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1) Rs 35,984 cr
2) Rs 38,500 cr
3) Rs 30,000 cr
4) Rs 20,000 cr
5) Rs 18,000 cr
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