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Ashok Lavasa
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Ques. : 1 The winner of the 2016 Indian
Premier League is
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1) Sunrisers
Hyderabad
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2) Royal
Challengers Bangalore
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3) Kolkata Knight
Riders
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4) Kings XI
Punjab
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5) Delhi
Daredevils
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Answer:- 1)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
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Ques. : 2 Pakke Tiger Reserve has won the
‘India Biodiversity Award 2016’. The tiger reserve is situated in
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1) Himachal
Pradesh
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2) Arunachal
Pradesh
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3) Assam
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4) West Bengal
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5) Maharashtra
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Answer:- 2)
Arunachal Pradesh
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Ques. : 3 Name the author who won the
‘Scholastic Asian Book Award’ for a 32,000-word manuscript of “Codex: The
Lost Treasure of the Indus” in Singapore recently.
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1) Anita Desai
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2) Kiran Desai
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3) Aditi
Krishnakumar
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4) Jhumpa Lahiri
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5) Arundhati Roy
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Answer:- 3) Aditi
Krishnakumar
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Ques. : 4 Who won the 2016 Monacco Grand
Prix F1 championship?
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1) Lewis Hamilton
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2) Kimi Raikkonen
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3) Fernando
Alonso
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4) Sebastian
Vettel
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5) Nico Rosberg
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Answer:- 1) Lewis
Hamilton
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Ques. : 5 Which of the following has
became first Union Territory (UT) to sign 24x7 Power for All document
recently?
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1) Puducherry
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2) Daman and Diu
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3) Chandigarh
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4) Lakshadweep
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5) Andaman and
Nicobar
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Answer:- 4)
Lakshadweep
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Ques. : 6 Which north-eastern states were
brought on broad gauge rail map with the launch of passenger trains between
Silchar-Jiribam and Silchar-Bhairabi recently?
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1) Manipur and
Mizoram
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2) Mizoram and
Meghalaya
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3) Meghalaya and
Manipur
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4) Meghalaya and
Tripura
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5) Tripura and
Mizoram
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Answer:- 1)
Manipur and Mizoram
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Ques. : 7 President Pranab Mukherjee
presented the Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskars for the year 2016 recently. Every
year, the award is given to five
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1) students
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2) poets
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3) teachers
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4) artists
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5) authors
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Answer:- 3)
teachers
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Ques. : 8 _________ will lead a yoga
session at the UN on the occasion of the second International Yoga Day on 21
Jun.
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1) Sadhguru Jaggi
Vasudev
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2) Ramdev
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3) Swami
Nithyananda
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4) Mooji
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5) Ravi Shankar
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Answer:- 1)
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
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Ques. : 9 Which of the following firms
forayed into e-commerce sector with the launch of CliQ, an online and
app-based platform, recently?
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1) Tata Group
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2) RIL
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3) Essel Group
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4) Essar Group
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5) Future Group
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Answer:- 1) Tata
Group
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Ques. : 10 Which state govt has entered
the Limca Book of Records for conducting the most intensive household survey
by a state in the country?
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1) Andhra Pradesh
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2) Telangana
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3) Jharkhand
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4) Karnataka
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5) Odisha
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Answer:- 2)
Telangana
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Ques. : 11 What is India’s ranking in the
global competitiveness rankings recently released by International Institute
for Management (IMD) based in Switzerland?
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1) 44th
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2) 41st
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3) 35th
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4) 25th
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5) 21st
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Answer:- 2) 41st
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Ques. : 12 According to the Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Economic Outlook Survey, India’s
economy will grow at what per cent in 2016-17?
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1) 7.1 per cent
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2) 7.3 per cent
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3) 7.6 per cent
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4) 7.7 per cent
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5) 9.6 per cent
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Answer:- 4) 7.7
per cent
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Ques. : 13 The Railway Ministry and PEC
University of Technology have signed an MoU for setting up of Kalpana Chawla
Chair. Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-origin
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1) boxer
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2) professor
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3) author
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4) astronaut
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5) singer
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Answer:- 4)
astronaut
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Ques. : 14 The Union Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a state-of-the-art submarine assembly workshop
at the Mazgaon Dock which is situated in
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1) Kandla
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2) Mumbai
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3) Kolkata
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4) Vishakhapatnam
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5) Kochin
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Answer:- 2)
Mumbai
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Ques. : 15 Surajit Kar Purkayastha was
appointed recently as the new Director General of Police in
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1) West Bengal
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2) Odisha
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3) Assam
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4) Jharkhand
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5) Bihar
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Answer:- 1) West
Bengal
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Ques. :1 6 _________ was awarded Japan’s
Fukuoka prize for 2016 for his outstanding contribution towards creating,
preserving and showcasing South Asian traditional fusion music.
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1) Pritam
Chakraborty
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2) Amit Trivedi
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3) AR Rahman
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4) Shankar
Mahadevan
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5) GV Prakash
Kuma
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Answer:- 3) AR
Rahman
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Ques. : 17 Alastair Cook recently became
the youngest batsman to score 10,000 Test runs, a record earlier held by
Sachin Tendulkar. Cook plays for
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1) West Indies
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2) Australia
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3) England
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4) South Africa
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5) New Zealand
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Answer:- 3)
England
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Ques. :1 8 Who among the following was
named T20 Player of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Awards 2015-16?
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1) Ajinkya Rahane
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2) Rishabh Pant
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3) Rohit Sharma
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4) Virat Kohli
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5) R Ashwin
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Answer:- 4) Virat
Kohli
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Ques. : 19 As notified by the govt
recently, effective 1 Jun, the threshold limit of PF withdrawal for deduction
of tax (TDS) has been raised from existing Rs 30,000 to
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1) Rs 40,000
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2) Rs 50,000
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3) Rs 60,000
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4) Rs 70,000
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5) Rs 80,000
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Answer:- 2) Rs
50,000
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Ques. : 20 Ashok Lavasa has been
appointed as the new
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1) Defence
Secretary
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2) Home Secretary
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3) Foreign
Secretary
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4) Cabinet
Secretary
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5) Finance
Secretary
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Answer:- 5)
Finance Secretary
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