1. Who has been appointed as the new director of the Tamilnadu Cricket Association (TNCA) Academy? 1) Jaya Surya 2) Somachandra de Silva 3) D. Vasu 4) Roy Dias 5) None 2. Who among the following has been conferred with Founders Award posthumously in UK? 1) Florence Nightingale 2) Marie Curie 3) Mother Teresa 4) Malala Yousafzai 5) None 3. Which of the following bank has introduced Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate (MCLR), as internal benchmark for lending, in place of the base rate in line with the new RBI guidelines? 1) Central Bank of India 2) State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) 3) Andhra Bank 4) Indian Overseas Bank 5) None 4. Union Minister for Rural Development Birender Singh has released a central share of ........................ to the states for implementation of its flagship programmes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)? 1) Rs.12,230 crore 2) Rs.12,340 crore 3) Rs.12,545 crore 4) Rs.12,675 crore 5) None 5. Which telecom service provider will buy Aircel's 4G spectrum in eight circles for Rs. 3,500 crore through a trading deal, which would make India's No. 1 phone company? 1) Vodafone 2) Tata Docomo 3) Idea 4) Airtel 5) BSNL 6. Saudi Arabia's King Salman has announced an agreement with which of the following country to build a bridge over the Red Sea connecting the two countries? 1) Qatar 2) Bahrain 3) Syria 4) Egypt 5) None 7. Which state has become the first Indian state to pass Land Title Bill? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Rajasthan 3) Punjab 4) Assam 5) Maharashtra 8. Uttar Pradesh government has directed all the district magistrates for plantation of five crore trees at 6,500 sites in 24 hours on a date fixed in month of July under which of the following programme? 1) Save water - Save Life 2) Green UP - Clean UP 3) Clean India 4) Green India 5) None 9. Which of the following state will be launching a mobile application and digital payment gateway by the end of the year to facilitate to make all public services online so that a citizen does not have to visit a government office at all? 1) Maharashtra 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) West Bengal 5) None 10. Who is the Brand Ambassador of 'I Support Skill India' campaign? 1) Amitabh Bachchan 2) M.S.Dhoni 3) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Akshay Kumar 5) None 11. Who is the new appointed brand ambassador for Lava International Limited? 1) Hugh Jackman 2) MS Dhoni 3) Farhan Akhtar 4) Shah Rukh Khan 5) A. R. Rahman

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'Zarb' missile test fired by..? 12. Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation's Best Actress of the Year has been awarded to whom among the following? 1) Priyanka Chopra 2) Deepika Padukone 3) Kangana Ranaut 4) Vidya Balan 5) Kareena Kapoor 13. Union Government approved country's first Metrino Pod Taxi project for which city? 1) Mumbai 2) Chennai 3) Kolkata 4) Gurugram 5) Bengalore 14. Anti-ship surface to sea 'Zarb' missile was test fired by ......... 1) Indian Navy 2) Pakistan Navy 3) Sri Lanka Navy 4) Bangladesh Navy 5) China Navy 15. G7 Foreign Ministers' meet was held at ... 1) Japan 2) Canada 3) France 4) UK 5) US 16. Who was axed from Japan's badminton team for the 2016 Rio Olympics over charges of illegal gambling? 1) Kenichi Momota 2) Kento Momota 3) Kenichi Tago 4) Noriyasu Hirata 5) Kazumasa Sakai 17. English professional golfer who won 2016 US Masters Golf championship? 1) Nick Faldo 2) Danny Willett 3) Rory McIlroy 4) Smylie Kaufman 5) Dustin Johnson 18. Kollam temple is located in which state? 1) Kerala 2) Karnataka 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Tamilnadu 5) Orissa 19. Sajibu Cheiraoba (New Year) festival celebrated in which state? 1) Manipur 2) Nagaland 3) Meghalaya 4) Assam 5) Arunachal Pradesh 20. The Colombo Port City project, will be developed by which countries? 1) Sri Lanka & India 2) Sri Lanka & China 3) Sri Lanka & USA 4) Sri Lanka & Japan 5) Sri Lanka & Pakistan 21. Premier Futsal, recently announced futsal Soccer league. Who among the following will be the brand ambassador for this league? 1) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Virat Kohli 3) Rohit Sharma 4) M.S. Dhoni 5) None 22. Who has been selected for 2016 UNESCO/ Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize? 1) Mazen Darwish 2) Ahmet Sik 3) Khadija Ismayilova 4) Reeyot Alemu 5) None 23. Which of the following company recently got payments bank license from RBI? 1) Bharti Airtel 2) BSNL 3) Vodafone 4) Aircel 5) None 24. A copy of the first edition of the original 'First Folio' authored by William Shakespeare was found in which of the following countries? 1) Finland 2) Scotland 3) Switzerland 4) UK 5) US

25. Dr. C. Silvera passed away recently. He was a ......... 1) Politician 2) Economist 3) Journalist 4) Actor 5) None 26. Renewable energy company Mytrah has secured a .......... Asian Development Bank (ADB) direct loan facility, which will help it fund the development of a portfolio of new wind and solar projects. 1) $100 million 2) $125 million 3) $150 million 4) $175 million 5) $ 200 million 27. India and Maldives signed 6 Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding. Which of the following are included in these agreements? 1) Avoidance of Double Taxation of Income derived from International Air Transport 2) Exchange of Information with Respect to Taxes. 3) Agreement on Defence cooperation 4) MoU on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism 5) All of the above 28. B.R. Ambedkar's birth anniversary to be observed for first time in which of the following countries with focus on combating inequalities to achieve Sustainable Development Goals? 1) US 2) UN 3) Russia 4) France 5) None 29. Shaheen-V a joint air force exercise conducted recently is between which of the following countries? 1) Pakistan & Afghanistan 2) India & Pakistan 3) China & Pakistan 4) Afghanistan & China 5) None 30. Central Council for Research in homoeopathy (CCRH) has signed two MoUs with institutions of higher education of which of the following countries during International Convention on World Homoeopathy Day (WHD)? 1) Canada & Armenia 2) Germany & France 3) Brazil & Germany 4) Canada & Us 5) None 31. Who is appointed as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards? 1) U.K. Sinha 2) P.C. Thakur 3) Ranjit Sinha 4) Milind A Kharat 5) None 32. Who won Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey Tournament in the year 2016 which was held in Malaysia? 1) India 2) Pakistan 3) Australia 4) Malaysia 5) New Zealand 33. Who is the author of 'The making of India: The untold story of British Enterprise'? 1) Kartar Lalvani 2) V.S. Naipaul 3) Satish Gujral 4) P.N. Chopra 5) None

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34. The nationalized Bank Oriental Bank of Commerce raises how much shares to Life Insurance Corporation on a preferential Basis? 1) Rs.168 Crore 2) Rs.188 Crore 3) Rs.178 Crore 4) Rs.278 Crore 5) None 35. The first Maritime India Summit (MIS) was held at ........ 1) Kochi 2) Mumbai 3) Chennai 4) Visakhapatnam 5) None 36. The headquarters of World Anti-Doping Agency are located at ......... 1) Brussels, Belgium 2) Geneva, Switzerland 3) Montreal, Canada 4) New York, USA 5) None 37. Recently, India agreed to sign the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) with which country? 1) United States 2) France 3) Germany 4) Russia 5) China 38. Indian School of Business and ................... signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop new thinking and practices in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship? 1) Singapore Management University 2) Oxford Management University 3) France Management University 4) University of Washington 5) None

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