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Salman , Abhinav , Sachin
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1 Name the
cricketer who has been roped in as the country’s
goodwill ambassador for the upcoming Rio
Olympics. He will accompany Salman
Khan and Abhinav Bindra.
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1) Sachin
Tendulkar
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2) MS Dhoni
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3) Kapil Dev
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4) Virat Kohli
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5) Sunil Gavaskar
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Answer:- 1)
Sachin Tendulkar
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2 Which state
govt launched Chandranna Bima Yojana,
an insurance scheme for the working
class people, recently?
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1) Telangana
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2) Tamil Nadu
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3) Karnataka
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4) Andhra Pradesh
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5) Kerala
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Answer:- 4)
Andhra Pradesh
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3 India has
agreed to pay Iran an interest of
what per cent on $6.5-billion that
refiners owe it in oil dues?
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1) 0.5 per cent
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2) 1 per cent
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3) 1.25 per cent
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4) 1.5 per cent
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5) 1.75 per cent
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Answer:- 4) 1.5
per cent
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4 The BHEL recently commissioned a 600 MW coal-based thermal power plant
in Jhabua Thermal Power Project (TPP) located
in Seoni district in
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1) Rajasthan
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2) Madhya Pradesh
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3) Maharashtra
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4) Gujarat
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5) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer:- 2)
Madhya Pradesh
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5 The BCCI has recommended Indian Test captain Virat Kohli for
the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
and _________ for the Arjuna award.
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1) Ravichandran
Ashwin
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2) Rohit Sharma
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3) Ajinkya Rahane
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4) Shikhar Dhawan
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5) Ravindra
Jadeja
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Answer:- 3)
Ajinkya Rahane
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6 The initiative
named MICE, launched by the central govt, recently, is aimed at
up gradation of which sector in India?
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1) Tourism
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2) Health
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3) Coal
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4) Electricity
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5) Space
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Answer:- 1)
Tourism
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7 The ADMM-Plus (ASEAN Defence Ministers’
Meeting Plus) Exercise on Maritime
Security and Counter Terrorism was held recently in
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1) Cambodia
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2) Thailand
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3) Brunei
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4) Vietnam
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5) Papua New
Guinea
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Answer:- 3)
Brunei
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8 The Rajya Sabha
Chairman turned down liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s resignation on procedural
grounds recently. Name the present
chairman of Rajya Sabha.
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1) KV Thomas
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2) Mohd Hamid
Ansari
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3) Najma
Heptullah
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4) K Rahman Khan
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5) PJ Kurien
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Answer:- 2) Mohd
Hamid Ansari
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9 The Time magazine’s 2016 list of the 100 most reputable universities in
the world is topped by
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1) University of
Oxford
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2) University of
Cambridge
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3) Stanford
University
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4) Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
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5) Harvard
University
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Answer:- 5)
Harvard University
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10 The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
retained India’s growth forecast at what per
cent for FY17 recently?
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1) 6.7 per cent
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2) 6.9 per cent
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3) 7.1 per cent
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4) 7.3 per cent
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5) 7.5 per cent
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Answer:- 5) 7.5
per cent
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11 The forex reserves of India reached record high of USD 361.601 bn in Apr 2016.
The forex reserves does not include
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1) foreign
marketable securities
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2) monetary gold
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3) special
drawing rights (SDRs)
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4) reserve
position in the IMF
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5) None of these
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Answer:- 5) None
of these
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12 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of
the Parliament recently sought explanation from the RBI governor Raghuram
Rajan for bad-loan menace of PSBs. The chairman
of PAC is
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1) KV Thomas
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2) P Chidambaram
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3) Yashwant Sinha
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4) Murli Manohar
Joshi
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5) Shanta Kumar
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Answer:- 1) KV
Thomas
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13 Indian Navy’s
first indigenous stealth submarine,
INS Kalvari, was launched for the sea trial recently. The submarine is built under Project 75 in
collaboration with
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1) Germany
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2) Russia
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3) Sweden
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4) UK
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5) France
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Answer:- 5)
France
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14 Ajay Mittal, recently, took charge as
the new secretary of
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1) Social Justice
and Empowerment
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2) Information
and Broadcasting
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3) Law and
Justice
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4) Road
Transport, Highways Shipping
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5) Defence
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Answer:- 2)
Information and Broadcasting
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15 Who won the 2016 Russian Grand Prix F1 championship
in Sochi?
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1) Kimi Raikkonen
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2) Lewis Hamilton
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3) Nico Rosberg
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4) Fernando
Alonso
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5) Sebastian
Vettel
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Answer:- 3) Nico
Rosberg
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16 Who among the
following publicly identified himself as the creator of the digital currency Bitcoin recently?
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1) Jon Matonis
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2) Andreas
Antonopoulos
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3) Shinichi
Mochizuki
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4) Craig Wright
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5) None of these
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Answer:- 4) Craig
Wright
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17 Name the Indian IT major, which along with
others inaugurated Saudi Arabia’s
first all women Business and Technology Park recently.
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1) TCS
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2) Wipro
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3) HCL
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4) Infosys
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5) Tech Mahindra
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Answer:- 2) Wipro
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18 The Payments
banks can accept demand deposits and
savings bank deposits from individuals and small businesses, up to a
maximum of _________ per account.
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1) Rs 20,000
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2) Rs 25,000
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3) Rs 50,000
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4) Rs 1 lakh
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5) Rs 2 lakh
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Answer:- 4) Rs 1
lakh
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19 The SBI cut its MCLR by 5 bps recently.
In the term MCLR, the letter ‘M’
stands for
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1) Minimal
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2) Maximum
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3) Marginal
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4) Multiple
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5) Maturity
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Answer:- 3)
Marginal
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20 The core sector expanded at 6.4% in Mar 2016. Which of the
following is one of the eight core
sector industries?
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1) Automobiles
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2) Textiles
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3) Electronics
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4) Food
processing
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5) Electricity
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Answer:- 5)
Electricity
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