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Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
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1) A committee
has been formed by Deepak Naik, chairman of Maharashtra State Economic
Development Council to work towards the revival of which river?
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a. Tapi
b. Mahanadi
c. Godavari
d. Cauvery
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2) Which part of
the world have peanut’s genetic roots been traced to, marking the first time
a high quality sequencing of the crop genome being carried out?
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a. Cambodia
b. Bolivia
c. Serbia
d. Latvia
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3) Which year did
NASA astronauts in the spacecraft hear outer space music on moon?
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a. 1967
b. 1968
c. 1969
d. 1970
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4) What is a
tetraploid?
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a. Plant carrying
two separate genomes
b. Crop carrying
two kinds of genome
c. Crop carrying
one kind of genomes
d. Both a and b
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5) RBI has
extended currency Swap arrangement till November 2017 with SAARC Nations.
This includes:
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a. Maldives
b. Nepal
c. China
d. Both a and b
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6) Budget session
of the Indian Parliament is being held from February 23 to May 13, 2016. What
are the important bills listed for discussion during this session?
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a. TADA
b. GST Bill
c. Real Estate
Bill
d. Both b and c
e. All the baove
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7) What does
VVPAT stand for in the context of elections?
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a. Paper audit
trail machine
b. Voter Verified
Paper Audit Trail
c. Both of the above
d. None of the
above
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8) Polling for
2019 general elections will be conducted in which way to enhance
transparency?
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a. Online voting
will be conducted
b. Paper trail
based EVMs will be utilised
c. Paper audit
trail machines will be used
d. Both b and c
e. All the above
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9) MSEI has
appointed Udai Kumar as CMD. What does MSEI stand for?
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a. Metropolitan
Share Exchange of India Limited
b. Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India
Limited
c. Both of the
above
d. Neither of the
above
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10) Election
Commission of India hosted a one of the kind international seminar recently.
What was it on?
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a. Leveraging
technology for transparent elections
b. Leveraging
technology for credible elections
c. Leveraging ICT
for fair elections
d. All of the above
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11 A new doppler
radar to boost the weather forecasting system in the cyclone-prone eastern
coast will be commissioned in Gopalpur, Odisha soon. Such radar is/are
already deployed in
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1) Paradip
2) Visakhapatnam
3) Machilipatnam
4) Kolkata
5) All the above
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12 President
Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Muziris Heritage Project in which of the
following states recently?
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1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) West Bengal
4) Gujarat
5) Manipur
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13 Rozle Prezelj
has been elected the new chairman of the International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes’ Commission. He is a high-jumper from
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1) Kenya
2) Nigeria
3) Estonia
4) Slovenia
5) Kosovo
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14 Who among the
following won the “Best Actor in a Leading Role” awards at the 2016 Oscars?
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1) Eddie Redmayne
(The Danish Girl)
2) Michael
Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
3) Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
4) Matt Damon
(The Martian)
5) Bryan Cranston
(Trumbo)
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15 Which of the
following films won the “Best Picture” awards at the 2016 Oscars?
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1) The Big Short
2) Bridge of
Spies
3) Spotlight
4) Mad Max: Fury
Road
5) The Revenant
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16 The General
Budget 2016-17 has proposed allocation of initial sums of Rs 100 cr each for
centenary of Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay and 350th Birth Anniversary of
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1) Lal Bahadur
Shashtri
2) Madan Mohan
Malviya
3) Veer Sawarkar
4) Guru Gobind Singh
5) Subhash
Chandra Bose
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17 Resul Pookutty
has become the first Asian to win Golden Reel Award. He belongs to
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1) Pakistan
2) India
3) Bangladesh
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia
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18 As per the
Budget proposals for 2016-17, what per cent Krishi Kalyan Cess will be levied
on all services?
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1) 0.25 per cent
2) 0.50 per cent
3) 0.75 per cent
4) 1 per cent
5) 1.25 per cent
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19 As proposed in
the Budget for 2016-17, surchargee on persons, other than companies, firms
and cooperative societies having income above Rs 1 cr to be raised from 12%
to
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1) 15 per cent
2) 16 per cent
3) 17 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 20 per cent
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20 As pre the
Budget proposals for 2016-17, the companies with revenue less than Rs 5 cr
will be taxed at ______ plus surcharge.
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1) 21%
2) 23%
3) 25%
4) 27%
5) 29%
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