Sudarshan patnaik's Moscow sand art
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1 Sudarsan Pattnaik, who won a gold medal at Moscow championship recently, is a(n)
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1) architect
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2) painter
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3) cartoonist
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4) sand artist
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5) classical
dancer
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Answer:- 4) sand
artist
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2 Which state govt announced 10% reservation
for the economically backward among upper castes recently?
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1) Maharashtra
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2) Uttar Pradesh
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3) Telangana
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4) Gujarat
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5) Rajasthan
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Answer:- 4)
Gujarat
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3 Which country
successfully launched the first rocket from its newly built Vostochny Cosmodrome recently?
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1) Kazakhstan
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2) Ukraine
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3) Uzbekistan
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4) Tajikistan
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5) Russia
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Answer:- 5)
Russia
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4 Which country
recently conferred its highest
civilian award, the North Star,
on two Indian scholars - Lokesh
Chandra and Mansura Haider?
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1) Malaysia
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2) Indonesia
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3) Mongolia
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4) Vietnam
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5) Cambodia
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Answer:- 3)
Mongolia
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5 The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed on
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1) 25 Apr
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2) 26 Apr
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3) 28 Apr
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4) 29 Apr
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5) 30 Apr
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Answer:- 3) 28
Apr
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6 Garima Chaudhary clinched a gold medal at the 2016 Commonwealth Championship finals in
South Africa recently. She is an India
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1) judoka
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2) boxer
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3) shooter
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4) archer
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5) discus thrower
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Answer:- 1)
judoka
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7 Name the sportsman
who has been roped in as goodwill
ambassador of India’s Olympic contingent alongside Bollywood star Salman
Khan.
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1) Mahendra Singh
Dhoni
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2) Mary Kom
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3) Saina Nehwal
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4) Vijender Singh
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5) Abhinav Bindra
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Answer:- 5)
Abhinav Bindra
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8 Peter O’ Neil is the present Prime
Minister of which of the following countries? India signed four MoUs with
this country recently.
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1) Papua New
Guinea
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2) New Zealand
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3) Sweden
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4) Norway
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5) Spain
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Answer:- 1) Papua
New Guinea
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9 Veer and Nipat, which were
decommissioned by the Indian Navy, recently, were the Indian Naval
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1) Stations
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2) Ships
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3) Helicopters
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4) Surveillance
aircrafts
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5) Radars
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Answer:- 2) Ships
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10 Name the
women’s rights activist from Pakistan
who won the Nelson Mandela Graça
Machel Innovation Award 2016.
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1) Asma Jahangir
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2) Tabassum Adnan
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3) Ishrat Afreen
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4) Bushra Gohar
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5) Amina Masood
Janjua
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Answer:- 2)
Tabassum Adna
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11. Who among the
following was recently namedthe Allan
Border medallist for 2016, Australiancricket's greatest individual
honour?
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a) Alex Ross
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b) Adam Voges
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c) Glenn Maxwell
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d) David Warner
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e) Steve Smith
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Answer: David
Warner
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12. JS Deepak was appointed recently as
the new_________ secretary?
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a) revenue
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b) telecom
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c) minority
affairs
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d) cabinet
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e) finance
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Answer: telecom
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13. The book
titled ‘The TurbulentYears:1980-1996’ was released by the VicePresident Hamid Ansari recently.
It is a memoir written by?
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a) Sonia Gandhi
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b) Lal Krishna
Advani
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c) Murli Manohar
Joshi
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d) Manmohan Singh
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e) Pranab
Mukherjee
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Answer: Pranab
Mukherjee
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14. Who won the women’s singles title at theAustralian
Open 2016?
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a) Serena
Williams
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b) Angelique
Kerber
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c) Sabine Lisicki
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d) Garbine
Muguruza
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e) Petra Kvitova
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Answer: Angelique
Kerber
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15. ___________
took over 75% of the
outstandingloan liabilities of its power distributioncompanies amounting to Rs 39,900 cr under UDAY scheme recently?
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a) Rajasthan
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b) Uttar Pradesh
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c) Madhya Pradesh
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d) Gujarat
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e) Bihar
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Answer: Uttar
Pradesh
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16. The market
regulator SEBI hiked FPI investment limit for govt securities recently. The term
FPI stands for?
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a) Forward
Portfolio Investor
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b) Foreign
Portfolio Investor
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c) Foreign
Preferential Investor
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d) Followup
Portfolio Investor
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e) None of the
above
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Answer: Foreign
Portfolio Investor
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17. _______ has
become the first state to implement use of injectable contraceptives as afamily planning measure?
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a) West Bengal
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b) Uttar Pradesh
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c) Bihar
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d) Haryana
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e) Tamil Nadu
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Answer: Haryana
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18. Which country
launched the 22nd satellite inthe
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)series recently being developed
as an alternative to the US GPS system?
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a) Singapore
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b) Malaysia
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c) Indonesia
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d) Japan
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e) China
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Answer: China
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19. As per the
security solutions firm Symantec,India’s
ranking among countries with highnumber of financial Trojan infections at
presentis?
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a) second
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b) third
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c) fourth
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d) fifth
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e) sixth
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Answer: third
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20. Under the
plan ‘Indradhanush’ the
totalamount proposed to be infused in stateownedbanks over a period of four
years is?
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a) Rs 25,000 cr
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b) Rs 40,000 cr
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c) Rs 55,000 cr
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d) Rs 70,000 cr
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e) Rs 90,000 cr
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Answer: Rs 70,000
cr
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