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countries at- New York 20. Identify the epidemic that needs an urgent action to end it within the next five years, as per the new report released by United Nations in May 2016 -AIDS 21. India held the first round of Maritime Security Dialogue with which country- United States 22. The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit concluded in April 2016 in which of the following cities? - Washington, D.C. United States 23. In which city the 13th India-EU Summit was held in March 2016- Brussels 24. The 13th session of the Islamic Summit Conference concluded in April 2016 was held in which of the following cities-Istanbul, Turkey 25. The Supreme Court of this country in March 2016 upheld the 1988 Constitutional provision that declares Islam as the state religion- Bangladesh 26. Who topped the World's Greatest Leaders list that was released by Fortune magazine in March 2016?- Jeff Bezos 27. As per the World Malaria Report 2015 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) which region became the first in the world to eradicate malaria- Europe 28. India, Afghanistan and Iran finalized draft of the Chabahar Trilateral Agreement on Transport and Transit Corridor at a meeting of experts from the three countries in April 2016 held inNew Delhi 29. Name the country which become the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank - Nauru 30. What is India's Rank in 2016 World Press Freedom Index-160 31. Name the Indo-American woman teahcer who was honored by US President Barack Obama for her excellent work in the field of education in May 2016-Revathi Bala krishnan 32. Who was sworn-in as the first civilian president to lead the country after 53 years of military rule by Myanmar's Parliament in March 2016- Kyaw 33. He took over as the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal in April 2016-Ans. Justice (retd) Permod Kohli 34. Identify the first woman who was sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) at Raj Bhawan in Jammu in April 2016-Mehbooba Mufti 35. Who in April 2016 was appointed the President of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, which was reconstituted on the same day-Ram Bahadur Rai 36. Which famous cricketer in the second week of April 2016 was signed by the Union Government to endorse the I Support Skill India campaign-Sachin Tendulkar 37. Who in April 2016 was sworn in as the 9th President of Vietnam-Tran Dai Quang 38. Who in May 2016 was appointed as Additional Solicitor General in Supreme Court-Atma Ram Nadkarni 39. Who in May 2016 was appointed as the Chief of Bureau of Civil
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1. Which number was approved as the single emergency number for India by the Telecom Commission in March 2016112 2. Who is appointed as the head of a three-member panel by the Supreme Court of India in May 2016 to oversee the functions of the Medical Council of India- RM Lodha 3. Identify the scheme that was launched by PM Modi in May 2016 to provide cooking gas connections to five crore below-povertyline beneficiaries over the next three years- Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 4. Identify the state in which National LED programme UJALA was launched by Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal in April 2016Madhya Pradesh 5. The Karnataka Government in May 2016 decided to establish Asia's first Rice Technology Park. The park will be established at which of the following towns- Gangavati 6. What is India's rank in crony-capitalism index that was released by the Economist in May 2016- Ninth 7. Heart of Asia conference with an objective of bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan and speeding up its reconstruction began in April 2016 in which city- New Delhi 8. Who in May 2016 won the Best Indian Destination for Wildlife Award- Madhya Pradesh Tourism 9. Union government constituted the inter-ministerial panel in April 2016 to prepare a blueprint for doubling farmers' income by which year- 2022 10. Who among the following is not in the six eminent personalities whom President Pranab Mukherjee nominated to Rajya Sabha in April 2016- Anupam Kher 11. The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit concluded in April 2016 in which of the following cities- Washington, D.C. United States 12. Name the fastest train of India that was flagged off in April 2016 from Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin station-Gatimaan Express 13. Which of the following was adjudged as the top university in India as per the India Rankings 2016 released under National Institutional Ranking Framework- Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 14. In which city the 2-day National Summit on Family Planning concluded in April 2016- New Delhi 15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2016 launched 'Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan' from which state- Madhya Pradesh 16. Identify the Programme under which India and Germany signed an Implementation agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation in April 2016- Namami Gange Programme 17. Kachhabali village became the first liquor-free village in which of the following state-Rajasthan 18. Haryana Government in April 2016 decided to rechristen Gurgaon as-Gurugram 19. Paris climate agreement 2016 was signed in April 2016 by 175
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Indian Railways, rolled out free Wi-Fi service at which railway station in April 2016-Bhubaneswar 59. Identify the nuclear capable undersea ballistic missile that was successfully test fired in March 2016 from an undisclosed location in the Bay of Bengal-K-4 60. Which indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile was test fired from the complex of Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast-Ashwin 61. Who of the following won Italian Open Women's Singles Tennis title-Serena Williams 62. Name the snooker player who in May 2016 won World Championship title of Snooker in Sheffield-Mark Selby 63. Who of the following was elected as the independent Chairman of the International Cricket Council in May 2016-Shashank Manohar 64. West Indies in April 2016 won the ICC Cricket World T-20 Men's Cup 2016 by defeating-England 65. What is India's rank at the April 2016 edition of FIFA or CocaCola World Rankings of Soccer-162 66. Which country in April 2016 won the 25th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held in Ipoh, Malaysia-Australia 67. Who in April 2016 became the first Indian gymnast ever to secure an Olympic berth-Dipa Karmakar
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Aviation Security-Kumar Rajesh Chandra 40. Who was appointed as head coach of Pakistan Cricket Team by the Pakistan Cricket Board in May 2016? Ans. Mickey Arthur 41. Who of the following will be taking the charge of Chief of Naval Staff in May 2016-Sunil Lanba 42. Who on 6 April 2016 was appointed the Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)-CP Gurnani 43. Name the person who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in April 2016-Rahul Johri 44. Name the co-founder of Hero Cycles group who passed away in April 2016-Satyanand Munjal 45. Identify the Saudi Arabia's highest civilian honour that was conferred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2016. Ans. The King Abdulaziz Sash 46. Who in April 2016 was crowned the FBB Femina Miss India World 2016 at the 53rd edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant-Priyadarshini Chatterjee 47. Identify the poet who in April 2016 was selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2015-Padma Sachdev 48. Who was chosen for the UNESCO or Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2016 in April 2016-Khadija Ismayilova 49. What was the theme of National Technology Day that was observed across the nation on 11 May 2016-Technology Enablers of Startup India 50. What was the theme of the World Malaria Day 2016 that was observed on 25th April 2016-End Malaria For Good 51. Who authored the book Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha that was in news in March 2016-Bharathi S Pradhan 52. What is the name of the book that narrates the story of actor Emraan Hashmi life when his family dealt with the horrific struggle as his six-year-old son Ayaan battled his way through cancer-The Kiss of Life 53. Name the South Korean author who won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel 'The Vegetarian'-Han Kang 54. Which are the four countries that are internationally recognised as having successfully developed and flown manned stealth jets-Japan, USA, Russia & China 55. Name the off-shore patrol vessel (OPVs) that was launched in May 2016 by Goa-based defence shipyard, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)-ICGS Shaurya 56. The world's largest unmanned surface vessel that was tested by United States of America (US) Navy in San Diego in May 2016 named as-Sea Hunter 57. Name India's seventh navigation satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System that was launched by ISRO in April 2016-IRNSS 1G 58. Google in collaboration with RailTel, the telecom arm of the
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106. What was the theme of World Day Against Child Labour 2016End child labour in supply chains - It's everyone's business! 107. World Refugee Day that was observed on 20 June 2016 was adopted by UNGA via a resolution adopted in the year-2001 108. Name the author of the book titled 'Who Moved My Interest Rate'-Duvvuri Subbarao 109. Identify the supercomputer that was declared as the fastest in the world by the TOP500 List-Sunway TaihuLight 110. The first squadron of home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas was inducted into Indian Air Force (IAF) at the Aircraft System Testing Establishment in-Bengaluru
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board's special general meeting (SGM) in Mumbai-Anurag Thakur 99. Who was appointed by the President as the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Puducherry-Kiran Bedi 100. Name the boxing legend who died after a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease on 3 June 2016-Muhammad Ali 101. Name the South African writer who won the 2016 Caine PrizeLidudumalingani Mqombothi 102. Who of the following was conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award by President Pranab Mukherjee-Raghuveer Chaudhari 103. Who was recently awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter PrizeMargaret Atwood 104. What is the theme of the 2016 World Population DayInvesting in teenage girls 105. 2016 World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2016 with theme-Zero tolerance for the illegal trade in wildlife
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account for BJP in the Assembly Election 2016 for the first time in the Kerala-O Rajagopal 79. Union Cabinet gave its ex-facto approval to the Amendment to The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 for incorporation of how many IITs-Six 80. Who was appointed as the head of one-man judicial commission by the Uttar Pradesh Government to probe violence in Mathura in early June 2016-Mirza Imtiyaz 81. Name the island of Gujarat that was in news recently for getting power after 70 years of Independence-Shiyal Bet 82. Which state on 21 June 2016 approved the minority status to Jew community-Maharashtra 83. Which State Government announced 14.5% fat tax on pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tacos sold through branded outletsKerala 84. Which state recently became the first Indian state to launch a green-concept based State Data Centre-Himachal Pradesh 85. The pound sterling fell in value with Britain voting in favour of exiting European Union (EU). This was the lowest since which year-1985 86. As per Mercer's 2016 Cost of Living Survey, which of the following cities topped the list of most expensive cities-Hong Kong 87. Which country was ranked 1st in the Human Capital Report 2016 released recently-Finland 88. Which European city hosted the NATO Summit 2016-Warsaw 89. Which Company topped the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest firms that was released on 21 July 2016Walmart 90. Which historical site in Bihar was declared as the UNESCO's World Heritage Site-Nalanda Mahavihara 91. India's joining the Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) against Ballistic Missile Proliferation increased the number of signatories' to -138 92. What was India's rank in the biannual Good Country Index Who became the third Indian in 100 years to get elected to the post of chief of Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce-Sunil Mittal 93. Who was re-elected as the chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee for another 3-year term until 2018-Anil Kumble 94. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India-Ajay Bhushan Pandey 95. Who was recently appointed as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India to succeed Harun R Khan-NS Vishwanathan 96. Who was appointed as the Chief Economist of World Bank in July 2016-Paul Romer 97. Who of the following was appointed as the second women Prime Minister of United Kingdom-Theresa May 98. Who of the following was elected as 34th BCCI President at the
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observed on 19 August 2016-One Humanity 146. In which Dargah, Bombay High Court on 26 August 2016 ruled that women should be Permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of a Dargah set in the heart of Mumbai-Haji Ali Dargah 147. Which state named Sakshi Malik, the woman wrestler who won the bronze medal at Rio Olympics, as its brand ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign-Haryana 148. Which of the following cities will host the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup-Ahmedabad 149. Who was recently sworn in as the Governor of Punjab-V P ingh Badnore 150. Which of the follwing Country team won Mens hockey gold medal in Rio, Olympics 2016-Argentina 151. Who is Indian Flag bearer during Rio Olympics 2016 opening ceremony-Abhinav Bindra 152. Who was honoured with the 2016 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award-Shubha Mudgal
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Putin won the Russian parliamentary election-United Russia party 190. Which state has decided to install monorail in its capital CityWest Bengal 191. Which airports was awarded the Best Tourist Friendly Airport under the category for State Annual Excellence Awards by Andhra Pradesh Tourism-Tirupati Airport 192. Who was conferred with the 2015 Moortidevi Award by Bharatiya Jnanpith Organisation-Kalakaluri Enoch 193. Recently, which of the following country declares measles free by WHO-Brazil 194. The Union Cabinet recently approved closure of which Company-Hindustan Cables Limited 195. Who will be honoured with the 2016 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement of the Maharashtra GovernmentUttam Singh 196. Who was appointed as first US ambassador to Cuba in 55 years by President Barack Obama-Jeffrey DeLaurentis 197. What was the theme for World Maritime Day that was observed across the world on 29 September 2016-Shipping: Indispensable to the World 198. Name the instant messaging mobile application launched by Google-Allo 199. The world's largest solar power plant has recently opened at which of the following places in Tamil Nadu-Kamuthi 200. Who was appointed as the Indian Ambassador to the United States of America-Navtej Sarna 201. India wins historical 500th test against which country-New Zealand 202. Which film has been selected as India's entry to the 89th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held in 2017 in the Foreign Language Film category-Visaranai 203. With which country India inked the 7.8-billion Euro deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets-France 204. NITI Aayog's Target for 2024 olympics-50 medals 205. Indian Air force day is observed on-oct 206. Which city is hosting the Conference on disaster risk reduction-New Delhi 207. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine-Yoshinori Ohsumi 208. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics-David J. Thouless along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz 209. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry-Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa 210. Who was bestowed with the 2016 Nobel Peace-Juan Manuel Santos of Columbia 211. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature-Bob Dylan 212. IMF in its 2016 October World Economic Outlook (WEO) projected the global growth in 2016 at-3.1 percent 213. IMF in its 2016 October World Economic Outlook (WEO) projected the India's growth in 2016 at-7.6 percent 214. Which Indian shooter clinched a silver medal in the 50 meter
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district of Haryana-Charkhi Dadri 168. Name the Indian shooter who clinched a silver medal in the 50 meter pistol event of the ISSF World Cup Final at Bologna, Italy-Jitu Rai 169. Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission-Alka Sirohi 170. What was the theme of the 2016 International Dayfor the Preservation of the Ozone Layer-Ozone and climate: Restored by a world united 171. Joint military training exercise of Indian and US Armies, coded as YUDH ABHYAS 2016, is being held in-Chaubattia, Uttarakhand 172. National Hindi Divas is annually celebrated on-4 September 173. Indian para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia recently won gold medal in which of the following events of Rio ParalympicsJavelin Throw 174. The first BRICS Wellness Workshop was held in-Bengaluru 175. Which Indian athlete became the first Indian woman to bag a medal at the Paralympics-Deepa Malik 176. Which smartphone usage and carriage on board aircraft was prohibited by the Civil Aviation Ministry-Samsung Galaxy Note 7 177. Who won India's first gold medal at the Rio Paralympic Games-Mariyappa Thangavelu 178. Which city hosting the 28th ASEAN Summit-Vientiane, Laos 179. Which Indian organisation won the 2016 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy-Jan Shikshan Sansthan 180. Which Indian Olympic gold medallist announced his retirement recently-Abhinav Bindra 181. “ Majuli” that recently became the first island district of India is located in which state-Assam 182. Who was sworn in as President of Brazil in August 2016Michel Temer 183. Name the Syrian civil defense organization that won the 2016 Right Livelihood Award-The White Helmets 184. Mother Teresa was recently proclaimed a Saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican. In which year she was beatified, a first step towards canonization- 2003 185. What is the position of India in the World Economic Freedom (WEF) Index 2016-112th 186. Which Nobel laureate was honoured as the 2016 Humanitarian of the Year by the Harvard Foundation-Aung San Suu Kyi 187. Theme of the International Day of Peace that was observed across the world on 21 September 2016-The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace 188. Name the Declaration that was adopted by the World Leaders recently at the United Nations General Assembly Summit for Refugees and Migrants-New York Declaration 189. Which political party of Russian President Vladimir
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