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Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani)
1 Aviva Plc recently acquired an additional 23 per cent stake in Aviva Life Insurance from which firm for Rs 940 cr?

1) Reliance Capital
2) Dabur Invest Corp
3) Bajaj Capital
4) Bharti Group
5) Birla Sunlife
Answer:- 2) Dabur Invest Corp

2 Which of the following technology firms announced the biggest tech merger in history, the $70-bn merger with EMC recently?

1) Dell
2) HP
3) Oracle
4) Microsoft
5) Red Hat
Answer:- 1) Dell

3 The 63rd National Film Awards were presented by the president Pranab Mukherjee recently. Who was conferred the Best Director award this year?

1) Anand L Rai (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)
2) Shoojit Sircar (Piku)
3) SS Rajamouli (Baahubali: The Beginning)
4) Kabir Khan (Bajrangi Bhaijaan)
5) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani)
Answer:- 5) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani)

4 The Supreme Court appointed a three-member panel to oversee the Medical Council of India (MCI) recently. The panel is headed by

1) SK Sareen
2) Vinod Rai
3) RM Lodha
4) Kurian Joseph
5) HL Dattu
Answer:- 3) RM Lodha

5 India will organise a cultural festival in which of the following countries to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore?

1) France
2) Papua New Guinea
3) Egypt
4) Mauritius
5) Suriname
Answer:- 3) Egypt

6 Patricia Espinosa was selected as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently. She is a diplomat from

1) Norway
2) Sweden
3) Denmark
4) Mexico
5) Chile
Answer:- 4) Mexico

7 Who among the following took charge as Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) based in Pune recently?

1) Bhupendra Kainthola
2) Prashant Pathrabe
3) Nana Patekar
4) Salim Khan
5) Anupam Kher
Answer:- 1) Bhupendra Kainthola

8 Mark Selby from England won the 2016 World Championship title of which of the following games recently?

1) Squash
2) Chess
3) Table tennis
4) Boxing
5) Snooker
Answer:- 5) Snooker

9 What is the full form of the term PMI? It is an indicator of business activity -- both in the manufacturing and services sectors.

1) Purchasing Market Index
2) Purchasing Management Index
3) Purchasing Monitors’ Index
4) Purchasing Managers’ Index
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Purchasing Managers’ Index

10 The World Malaria Day is observed on

1) 23 Apr
2) 25 Apr
3) 26 Apr
4) 3 May
5) 5 May
Answer:- 2) 25 Apr

11 The European Central Bank announced to permanently discontinue production of 500-euro bill recently. The ECB is headquartered at

1) London, UK
2) Rome, Italy
3) Madrid, Spain
4) Frankfurt, Germany
5) Paris, France
Answer:- 4) Frankfurt, Germany

12 As revealed by Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance, recently, there were 7,686 wilful defaulters owing around _________ to state-owned banks as of Dec 2015.

1) Rs 28,000 cr
2) Rs 33,000 cr
3) Rs 45,000 cr
4) Rs 55,000 cr
5) Rs 66,000 cr
Answer:- 5) Rs 66,000 cr

13 The state-run IREDA might be converted into a Green Bank to enable it to access funding from overseas banks. It is associated with

1) rural development
2) insurance sector
3) renewable energy
4) asset restructuring
5) rural irrigation
Answer:- 3) renewable energy

14 Kotak Mahindra Bank opened its IFSC banking unit at GIFT City in Gujarat recently. Here, the term IFSC stands for

1) Indian Financial Services Centre
2) International Financial Services Centre
3) Institutional Financial Services Centre 4) Integrated Financial Services Centre
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) International Financial Services Centre

15 Seven Indian shuttlers qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics, recently. Who among the following is NOT one of them?

1) Ashwini Ponnappa
2) Jwala Gutta
3) Kidambi Srikanth
4) PV Sindhu
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

16 The annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was held recently in

1) New Delhi
2) Tokyo
3) Manila
4) Frankfurt
5) Bangkok
Answer:- 4) Frankfurt

17 Which of the following firms bagged the Gold Award in IT Services field at the Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards of the FIEO?

1) Wipro
2) TCS
3) Infosys
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 2) TCS

18 ________ has been appointed as the new Chief of Naval Staff and will assume charge on May 31.

1) Sunil Lanba
2) Satish Soni
3) SPS Cheema
4) HCS Bisht
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Sunil Lanba

19 _________ was honoured with a special statue by the Switzerland govt recently.

1) Late Yash Chopra
2) Shubhash Ghai
3) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
4) Late Raj Kapoor
5) SS Rajamouli
Answer:- 1) Late Yash Chopra

20 Jai Kumar Garg is the present Managing Director and CEO of which of the following PSBs? The bank won ‘excellence award on empowering MSMEs’ recently.

1) PNB
2) SBI
3) Dena Bank
4) Indian Bank
5) Corporation Bank
Answer:- 5) Corporation Bank
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