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1.

India-EU Summit was held recently in Brussels. Who among the following is the present President of the European
Commission, the executive branch of the European Union?
1) Martin Schulz
2) Werner Hoyer
3) Donald Tusk
4) Jean-Claude Juncker
5) Wolfgang Schauble

2.

Who among the following actors was feted as Maharashtrian Of The Year recently?
1) Ranbir Kapoor
2) Amitabh Bachchan 3) Salman Khan
4) Ranveer Singh

5) Nana Patekar

Shiva Thapa, who won a silver medal at the Asian/Oceania Qualifying event in China recently, is associated with the
game of
1) archery
2) wrestling
3) weightlifting
4) boxing
5) shooting

4.

As per the global re-insurer Swiss Re, Indias total economic losses from all disasters in 2015 stood at around
1) $2.2 billion
2) $6.2 billion
3) $7.4 billion
4) $10.3 billion
5) $13.4 billion

5.

The UNICEF launched animated film series Unfairy Tales recently. The series is based on
1) child labour
2) human trafficking
3) drug addiction in youth
4) exploitation of women and child 5) refugee and migrant children

6.

Under the recently launched Stand Up India scheme, every bank branch, including private sector, will give loans
between ________ to at least one SC/ST and one woman entrepreneur.
1) Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh
2) Rs 1 lakh and Rs 5 lakh
3) Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh
4) Rs 10 lakh and Rs 50 lakh
5) Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 cr

7.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar flagged off first indigenous Sonar Dome recently. The sonar functions as the ships
underwater
1) eyes and ears
2) shield
3) ice cutter
4) fish catcher
5) missile launcher

8.

The Asian Development Bank has lowered Indias growth forecast to 7.4 % for 2016-17. The bank is headquartered at
1) Kuala Lumpur
2) Manila
3) Tokyo
4) Bangkok
5) Shanghai

9.

As approved by the Union Labour Ministry recently, the retirement fund body EPFO can now invest up to what percent
of its investible deposits in govt bonds?
1) 50 per cent
2) 55 per cent
3) 60 per cent
4) 65 per cent
5) 70 per cent

10.

Navdeep Suri is the present Indian High Commissioner to which country? Arun Jaitley launched Make in India
conference there during his recent visit.
1) New Zealand
2) Sweden
3) Australia
4) Canada
5) Denmark

11.

The winner of the ICC World Twenty20 2016 mens title is

1) England
2) Australia
3) New Zealand

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4) India

Rajiv Gauba took charge, recently, as the Secretary of the Union

1) Urban Development Ministry
2) Finance Ministry
4) Home Ministry
5) Commerce and Industry Ministry

5) West Indies

3) Education Ministry

13.

Which of the following cities is set to open the countrys first international arbitration centre in Aug this year?
1) Pune
2) Gurgaon
3) Bengaluru
4) Chennai
5) Mumbai

14.

Mehbooba Mufti was recently sworn in as the first woman chief minister of the state of
1) Assam
2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Uttarakhand
4) Punjab

5) Jammu & Kashmir

The first state to link all govt colleges to national cancer grid, recently, is
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Punjab
4) Haryana

5) Kerala

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the highest civilian honour - the King Abdulaziz Sash - in which country
recently?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Bahrain
5) UAE

17.

Which state, in a first of its kind in India, launched a mobile phone App titled RTA M Wallet recently facilitating digital
documents download on the App?
1) Delhi
2) Telangana
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala

18.

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is in process to establish the first Indian chair in the Arab world in
1) Cairo, Egypt
2) Riyadh, Saudi Arab 3) Tehran, Iran
4) Sanaa, Yemen
5) Manama, Bahrain

19.

The Govt of Japan recently committed a loan of around ________ for 5 infrastructure development projects across
India.
1) Rs 14,000 cr
2) Rs 15,000 cr
3) Rs 20,000 cr
4) Rs 25,000 cr
5) Rs 28,000 cr

20.

The interest rate on Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme for the period Apr 1 to Jun 30 will be
1) 7.9 per cent
2) 8.1 per cent
3) 8.3 per cent
4) 8.5 per cent
5) 8.7 per cent

21.

Who among the following won the womens singles title of the 2016 Miami Open tennis tournament?
1) Victoria Azarenka
2) Svetlana Kuznetsova
3) Petra Kvitov
4) Jelena Jankovi
5) Sania Mirza

22.

In a first, DCB Bank offered Aadhaar-based ATM transactions sans PIN recently. The private sector lender is headquartered
in
1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) Kochi
4) Mumbai
5) Kolkata

23.

Which of the following teams won the ICC Womens World T-20 2016 title?
1) England
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) India

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5) South Africa

The Development Bank KfW will provide loan assistance to metro system for Nagpur. The DfW bank is based in
1) France
2) US
3) Germany
4) Spain
5) Japan

25.

Kallol Roy has been appointed as the new CMD of

1) BARC
2) NTPC
4) Power Finance Corporation
5) Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam

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What is the full form of the term CBEC?

1) Central Board of Excise and Commerce
3) Central Board of Excise and Customs
5) None of these

3) NHPC

2) Central Board of Export and Customs

4) Central Board of Excise on Commodity

The Govt extended the safeguard duty on some steel imports by two years, till Mar 2018. This is to protect domestic
industry from onslaught of cheap supplies especially from
1) UK
2) Japan
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) China

28.

PM Narendra Modi visited TCS all-women IT centre in which of the following cities abroad recently?
1) Dubai
2) Manama
3) Kuwait City
4) Riyadh
5) Tehran

29.

What is Indias ranking among the worlds Top-Ten largest manufacturing countries as per the recent UNIDO report?
1) Third
2) Fourth
3) Fifth
4) Sixth
5) Seventh

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Azerbaijan announced a unilateral ceasefire against Armenian forces recently. The capital city of Azerbaijan is
1) Baku
2) Manama
3) Luanda
4) Tirana
5) Nassau

31.

The RBI, in its first monetary policy review of FY17, pegged 2016-17 GDP growth forecast at
1) 8.3%
2) 8.1%
3) 7.9%
4) 7.6%

5) 7.3%

32.

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu was hit with a 6.9 magnitude earthquake recently. The capital city of Vanuatu is
1) Santiago
2) San Jose
3) Belmopan
4) Nicosia
5) Port Vila

33.

India signed an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) recently. Which of the following is NOT one of the
56 members of IDB?
1) Saudi Arabia
2) UAE
3) Egypt
4) Kuwait
5) None of these

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The RBI announced its first monetary policy review of the financial year 2016-17 on 5 Apr. What is the new Repo rate?
1) 6.75%
2) 6.50%
3) 6.25%
4) 7%
5) 7.25%

35.

The RBI adjusted the reverse repo rate in its monetary policy review on 5 Apr. What is the new reverse repo rate?
1) 7%
2) 6.5%
3) 6.75%
4) 6.25%
5) 6%

36.

The RBI has reduced the minimum daily maintenance of the cash reserve ratio (CRR) from 95% of the requirement to
________ with effect from the fortnight beginning Apr 16.
1) 90%
2) 85%
3) 80%
4) 75%
5) 70%

37.

The RBI on 5 Apr cut the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by 0.75% to lower banks borrowing cost. The new MSF
is
1) 8%
2) 7.75%
3) 7.50%
4) 7.25%
5) 7%

38.

Which of the following states on 5 Apr decided to impose a total ban on alcohol?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand

5) Bihar

The National Maritime Day of India is observed on

1) 2 Apr
2) 3 Apr
3) 5 Apr

5) 7 Apr

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4) 6 Apr

Tran Dai Quang was sworn in as the new President of which of the following countries recently?
1) Chile
2) Vietnam
3) Philippines
4) Cambodia
5) Venezuela

41.

PM Narendra Modi launched Stand Up India scheme recently. Under the scheme, ________bank branches in the
country will provide loans to certain entrepreneurs.
1) 25,000 lakh
2) 50,000 lakh
3) 1 lakh
4) 1.25 lakh
5) 2.50 lakh

42.

The govt has set up a high-level committee to suggest ways to strengthen the security along the border with Pakistan.
The Committee is chaired by
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) LC Goyal
3) VK Singh
4) Madhukar Gupta
5) Bikram Singh

43.

Visiline Jepkesho and Cyprian Kotut won womens and mens titles respectively at the 40th edition of the Paris Marathon
recently. Both of them belong to
1) Kenya
2) Ethiopia
3) Eretria
4) Nigeria
5) Zambia

44.

Myneni Hari Prasad Rao, who passed away recently, was considered the architect of ________Atomic Power Station.
1) Narora
2) Rajasthan
3) Tarapur
4) Kakrapar
5) Madras

45.

Manish Sharma has become the first Indian and the youngest ever to become an executive officer of
1) Sony
2) Apple
3) Samsung
4) LG
5) Panasonic

46.

Name the sportsperson who has been chosen for the 2016 Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award?
1) MS Dhoni
2) Vishwanathan Anand
3) Ritu Rani
4) Mithali Raj
5) Sania Mirza

47.

Which of the following countries launched the worlds first public immunization program for dengue fever recently?
1) Philippines
2) Mexico
3) Al Salvador
4) Thailand
5) Malaysia

48.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) recently commissioned a seasonwise tiltable canal top solar PV plant at
Bhimavaram in
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Madhya Pradesh

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Aadhaar is now the largest digital platform in the world for transparent delivery of services as its enrolment recently hit
a milestone of
1) 25 cr
2) 40 cr
3) 50 cr
4) 75 cr
5) 100 cr

50.

Indias first instant loan giving app was launched in Mumbai recently. Name the app.
1) InstCash
2) CashApp
3) EzeeCASH
4) CASHe

5) CashMATE

The winner of the mens singles title of the 2016 Miami Open is
1) Kei Nishikori
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Stan Wawrinka

5) Rafael Nadal

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4) Andy Murray

The mens team which won 2016 Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament in Abu Dhabi recently is
1) China
2) Mongolia
3) Vietnam
4) India
5) Malaysia

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The Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh recently laid the foundation stone of the University of Horticultural
Sciences in
1) Bhopal
2) Karnal
3) Jaipur
4) Lucknow
5) Patna

54.

Name the Union Minister of State for Ministry of Textiles who inaugurated three mega textile projects in Nagaland
recently.
1) Jitendra Singh
2) Prakash Javadekar
3) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
4) Dharmendra Pradhan
5) Bandaru Dattatreya

55.

The National Food Security Act, renamed as Maa Annapurna Yojna (Scheme), was launched recently in the state of
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Bihar

56.

Smriti Irani recently unveiled a bronze bust of Aryabhatta at UNESCO headquarters in

1) Geneva
2) Hague
3) Sydney
4) Paris

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5) New York

The third phase of vaccination drive Mission Indradhanush begun recently. It covers seven vaccine preventable
diseases excluding
1) Diphtheria
2) Hepatitis B
3) Polio
4) Tuberculosis
5) Other than those given as options

58.

Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned as the Prime Minister of which country recently after his name appeared in
Panama Papers?
1) Argentina
2) Russia
3) Ukraine
4) Ireland
5) Iceland

59.

________ has been appointed as the new chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies
(Nasscom).
1) Shiv Nadar
2) N Chandrasekaran 3) Raman Roy
4) BVR Mohan Reddy 5) CP Gurnani

60.

The World Health Day is observed on

1) 5 Apr
2) 7 Apr

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3) 11 Apr

4) 17 Apr

5) 18 Apr

The SIDBI signed an MoU with LIC for Fund-of-Fund operations for venture fund industry recently. The SIDBI is
headquartered at
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi
4) Lucknow
5) Hyderabad

62.

In its report State Finances: A Study of Budgets, The RBI has pegged the GFD-GDP ratio for all States (consolidated)
for FY2016 at ________ of the Budget Estimate.
1) 2.1 per cent
2) 2.4 per cent
3) 2.5 per cent
4) 2.6 per cent
5) 2.9 per cent

63.

Who among the following is the present Director General of the Geneva-based body WTO?
1) Christine Lagarde 2) Mario Draghi
3) Janet Yellen
4) Robert Azevedo

5) Jim Yong Kim

The WTO revised 2016 global trade forecast recently to

1) 2.4 per cent
2) 2.8 per cent
3) 3.1 per cent

5) 3.9 per cent

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4) 3.5 per cent

Debraj Pradhan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to

1) Chile
2) Denmark
3) Sweden
4) Switzerland

5) Norway

Hashim Thaci was recently sworn in as the new President of

1) Serbia
2) Croatia
3) Moldova

5) Kosovo

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4) Lebanon

67.

A Namma Toilet was inaugurated in Delhi under Swachh Bharat Mission recently. The mission targets to establish over
________public toilets by 2 Oct 2017.
1) 1 lakh
2) 1.25 lakh
3) 1.5 lakh
4) 2 lakh
5) 2.5 lakh

68.

The book titled The Kiss of Life: How a superhero and my son defeated cancer was launched by Arvind Kejriwal
recently. This is the story of Ayaan, the son of
1) Emraan Hashmi
2) Arshad Warsi
3) Sanjay Dutt
4) Sunny Deol
5) Akshay Kumar

69.

Who among the following topped the Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016 list of the Forbes magazine?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Nita Ambani
4) Shikha Sharma
5) Arundhati Roy

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70.

The first business summit of the Asean with Indias northeastern region was held recently in
1) Dispur
2) Agartala
3) Imphal
4) Aizawl

5) Shillong

The Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy recently launched Transnational Skill Standards which are benchmarked to the
1) Singapore
2) Australia
3) Japan
4) UK
5) US

72.

The traditional festival of Sajibu Cheiraoba, which marks the beginning of a new year, was celebrated recently in
1) Telangana
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Jharkhand
4) Sikkim
5) Manipur

73.

Which among the following online marketplaces launched Sunshine platform for online donations recently?
1) Snapdeal
2) Flipkart
3) Infibeam
4) Shopclues
5) Amazon

74.

________ was posthumously conferred with the UKs prestigious Founders Award this year which is given to people
within the global Asian community.
1) Mother Teresa
2) Vivekanand
3) Madan Mohan Malaviya
4) Lal Bahadur Shastri
5) Indira Gandhi

75.

________ has become the first state in India to clear land title Bill.
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Madhya Pradesh

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4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Maharashtra

Saudi Arabia and which of the following countries have announced to build a bridge on Red Sea linking the two
countries?
1) Sudan
2) Ethiopia
3) Egypt
4) Yemen
5) Chad

77.

A $200-mn pact was inked by stakeholders recently to study TAPI pipeline project which is estimated to cost
1) $1 billion
2) $2 billion
3) $5 billion
4) $10 billion
5) $15 billion

78.

The Union Govt has given nod for setting up Indias first personal rapid transit (Metrino Pod) network for
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Gurgaon
4) Kolkata
5) Mumbai

79.

The govt constituted BB Tandon Committee recently to monitor

1) tax evasions
2) retrospective taxes
4) govt subsidies
5) govt advertisements

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3) Aadhar scheme

80.

The World Bank launched an ambitious climate action plan recently and set the target for achieving this by
1) 2017
2) 2018
3) 2019
4) 2020
5) 2021

81.

Which country topped the Credit Suisse Emerging Consumer Scorecard 2016?
1) Mexico
2) Indonesia
3) Brazil
4) China

5) India

A statue of who among the following will be installed in Frances Saint-Tropez town in Sep this year?
1) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
2) Dhyan Chand
3) Mother Teresa
4) Zal Irani
5) Dr Rajendra Prasad

83.

The National Safe Motherhood Day is observed on

1) 11 Apr
2) 17 Apr
3) 18 Apr

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4) 22 Apr

The Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations (G-7) met recently in
1) Toronto, Canada 2) Paris, France
3) Hiroshima, Japan
4) Berlin, Germany

5) 24 Apr
5) Rome, Italy

________ has been chosen for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the category of Best Actress of the Year.
1) Katrina Kaif
2) Deepika Padukone 3) Priyanka Chopra
4) Anushka Sharma
5) Kareena Kapoor

86.

Who won fbb Femina Miss India 2016?

1) Sushruthi Krishna
2) Priyadarshini Chatterjee
4) Rajkanya Barush
5) Navpreet Kaur

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3) Pankhuri Gidwani

87.

The Bank Board Bureau was set up by the govt following the recommendation of the RBI-appointed
1) KC Chakrabarty Committee
2) Usha Thorat Committee
3) G Gopalakrishna Committee
4) DK Mohanty Committee
5) PJ Nayak Committee

88.

In a huge tragedy, 102 people were killed in a major fire in Puttingal Devi Temple complex in Kollam district of the state of
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Telangana

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The Vinod Rai headed Banks Board Bureau held its maiden meeting in Mumbai recently. One of the tasks given to BBB
is
1) recommending heads of PSBs
2) bringing business for PSBs
3) nationalising the whole banking system
4) bringing govt holding in PSBs to 26 per cent
5) None of these

90.

The govt cut the MNREGA labour budget by 220 million person-days for FY17 recently. In FY17, the govt has allocated
what amount for the scheme?
1) Rs 32,500 cr
2) Rs 34,500 cr
3) Rs 36,500 cr
4) Rs 38,500 cr
5) Rs 40,500 cr

91.

The birth anniversary of who among the following would be observed at the United Nations for the first time?
1) BR Ambedkar
2) Guru Gobind Singh
3) Lala Lajpat Rai
4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
5) Madan Mohan Malaviya

92.

India has lined up $20 bn as investment in oil and gas as well as petrochemical and fertiliser projects in which country
subject to provision of concessional rights?
1) UAE
2) Iran
3) Yemen
4) Turkmenistan
5) Tajikistan

93.

________ has been awarded the prize for Top Academic Institute for Patents 2016.
1) IIT-Delhi
2) IIT-Mumbai
3) IIT-Kanpur
4) IIT-Bhubaneshwar

5) IIT-Kharagpur

The central govt recently approved Rs 1,304-cr assistance to the drought-affected

1) Maharashtra
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Uttar Pradesh

NK Aggarwal is the new Lokayukta of which of the following states?

1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Bihar
4) Rajasthan

5) Tamil Nadu

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Who among the following has been roped in as the brand ambassador of the Skill India campaign by the ministry for
skill development and entrepreneurship (MSDE)?
1) MS Dhoni
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Kapil Dev
4) Saurav Ganguly
5) Virat Kohli

97.

________ was chosen for the UNESCO or Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2016 recently.
1) Leyla Yunus
2) Amal Clooney
3) Khadija Ismayilova 4) Ilham Aliyev
5) Narges Mohammadi

98.

Which country recently launched a retrievable scientific research satellite SJ-10 in a bid to aid scientists to study
microgravity and space life science?
1) Japan
2) Singapore
3) China
4) Malaysia
5) Sweden

99.

Which of the following countries successfully test-fired shore-based anti-ship missile Zarb recently?
1) Iran
2) Indonesia
3) Bangladesh
4) Turkey
5) Pakistan

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100. Who among the following won the mens singles title of 2016 Malaysian Open badminton tournament?
1) Chen Long
2) Lin Dan
3) Tommy Sugiarto
4) Lee Chong Wei
5) Lee Yong-dae

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