• Mr. Anthony Lianzuala took over as the New Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance with effect from May 1, 2017, in New Delhi.
• He is the First person from the North-Eastern Region to hold this position.

1. Pana Sankranti is celebrated by Buddhists and Hindus residing in which State?
A.Assam
B.Odisha
C.Sikkim
D.Himachal Pradesh

2. Who has been bestowed with the Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Award 2017?
A A V Narasimha Murthy
B N Jayaram
C B K Chandrashekhar
D P Sripathi Tantry

3. ’World Hemophillia Day’ is observed on which date every year?
A.17th April
B.18th April
C.19th April
D.20th April

4. Which state government has recently signed a reworked MoU with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for Barmer refinery?
A Uttar Pradesh
B Madhya Pradesh
C Rajasthan
D Gujarat

5. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off the trial run of the new _________ coaches between Visakhapatnam and Araku
A.Altadome coaches
B.Vistadome coaches
C.Transdome coaches
D.Prismdome coaches


Ans:
1. B.Odisha
2. A. A V Narasimha Murthy
3. A.17th April
4. C.Rajasthan
5. B.Vistadome coaches

1. Who elected as first female President of Taiwan?
a.Annette Lu Hsiu-Lien
b.Yeh Chu-lan
c.Tsai Ing-wen
d.Luo Ying-shay

2. Recently, Russian “Order of Friendship” Award has been conferred upon which of the following Indian to recognize the contribution made in the betterment of relations b/w both nations ?
a.Aliya Mustafina
b.Mrinal Sen
c.Sivathanu Pillai
d.RS Sundar


3.Who has been selected for the 2016 Amnesty International Human Rights Award?
a.Pradeep Hedau
b.Monira Rahman
c.Henri Tiphagne
d.Abel Barrera

4.Which State government on proposed 50 per cent reservation for women in government jobs in the interim budget presented on 1 February 2016?
a.Assam
b.Tamil Nadu
c.Uttar Pradesh
d.West Bengal

5.Who elected to Board of Directors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
a.Satish Chandra Jha
b.Surender Singh
c.Rashmi Verma
d.Dinesh Sharma

6.To which country did the Union Ministry of Shipping exported six metro train coaches on 29 January 2016?
a.Australia
b.France
c.New Zealand
d.Japan

7.Which of the following has clinched the Single sculls in Senior Men category during 34th Senior National Rowing Championship ?
a.Sushil Kumar
b.G. Vishnu Prasad
c.Sandeep Kumar
d.Lachhman Singh

8.Who has been conferred with the V Shantaram Life Time Acheivement Award at MIFF 2016?
a.Neelam Singhi
b.Mike Pandey
c.Naresh Bedi
d.Mukesh Sharma

9.Who on 28 January 2016 was appointed as the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities?
a.Vimlesh Kumar Padney
b.Kamlesh Kumar Pandey
c.Satish Kumar Jha
d.Salil Kumar Jha

10.Who won Lady Wigram Trophy motor race?
a.Jehan Daruvala
b.Monisha Kaltenborn
c.Sneha Sharma
d.Shilpa Varma


Ans.
1. c.Tsai Ing-wen
2. d.RS Sundar
3. c.Henri Tiphagne
4. a.Assam
5. d.Dinesh Sharma
6. a.Australia
7. c.Sandeep Kumar
8. c.Naresh Bedi
9. b.Kamlesh Kumar Pandey
10. a.Jehan Daruvala

Q.1 Which economic organisation published a report on dumping of plastics in the oceans ?
1.World Bank
2.Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
3.Economic and Social Research Council
4.Institute of Economic Growth
5.World Economic Forum

Q.2 Northeast India’s first exclusive hospital for elephants has been established at the Kaziranga National Park in which Indian state?
1. Karnataka
2. Assam
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Rajasthan

Q.3 Who has been conferred with the third edition of Yash Chopra Memorial Award 2016?
1. Lata Mangeshkar
2. Amitabh Bachchan
3. Rekha
4. Amir Khan

Q.4 The 19th National Conference on e-Governance is being held in which city ?
1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Bengaluru
4. Nagpur
5. Lucknow

Q.5 The world famous Madame Tussauds wax museum will open its new venture in which Indian city ?
1. Bengaluru
2. New Delhi
3. Chennai
4. Mumbai

Q.6 Who among the following was the Chief Guest at 67th Republic Day of India 2016?
1. Barack Obama
2. Francois Hollande
3. Ranil Wickremesinghe
4. Li Keqiang

Q.7 During the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to UK, commercial deals worth how much have been agreed between the two nations?
1. 20 million pounds
2. 15 billion pounds
3. 9 billion pounds
4. 15 million pounds

Q.8 Indian Bureau of Mines(IBM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with which institute to monitor mining activities ?
1.Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)
2.National Remote Sensing Centre(NRSC)
3.Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP)
4.Remote Sensing Applications Center(RSAC)
5.Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS)

Q.9 Who is holding the record of highest singles wins at grand slams?
1. Martina Navratilova
2. Roger Federer
3. Serena Williams
4. Chris Evert
5. None of these

Q.10 National League for Democracy (NLD) party lead by Aung San Suu Kyi has won which countr’s landmark election recently?
1. Thailand
2. Bhutan
3. Singapore
4. Myanmar

Ans.

Q.1   5.World Economic Forum

Q.2   2. Assam

Q.3   3. Rekha

Q.4   4. Nagpur

Q.5   2. New Delhi

Q.6   2. Francois Hollande

Q.7   3. 9 billion pounds

Q.8   2.National Remote Sensing Centre(NRSC)

Q.9   1. Martina Navratilova

Q.10 4. Myanmar

1. India has imposed Anti- dumping duty on potassium carbonate imports from which of the following countries?
[A] China and South Korea
[B] South Korea and Taiwan
[C] Taiwan and China
[D] Singapore and Taiwan

2. The market regulator Sebi on 23 Jun eased the framework for start-up companies to raise capital from the stock market. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
[A] The exchanges will have a separate platform for start-ups called Institutional Trading Platform (ITP)
[B] No person in start-ups shall hold 25 per cent or more of the post-issue share capital
[C] The post-listing lock-in period for tech start-ups will be six months
[D] The listing period of IPOs has been shorten from 12 days to six days
[E] None of these

3. Which of the following state government made agreement with Joint Committee on the Inner Line Permit System for restriction of “outsiders” from entering and staying in a state without permission?
[A] Assam
[B] Manipur
[C] Tripurastate
[D] Nagaland

4. Who has became the first Indian shuttler to win silver medal in 2015 World Badminton Championship?
[A] PV Sindhu
[B] Jwala Gutta
[C] Saina Nehwal
[D] Kidambi Srikanth

5. The Reserve Bank of India on 25 Jun extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes of various denominations by six months. Now, the new deadline for exchange of these notes is
[A] Sep 31, 2015
[B] Dec 31, 2015
[C] Jan 31, 2016
[D] Mar 31, 2016

6. For which of the following state,the Tourism Ministry sanctioned Rs 99.86 crores for the ‘Integrated Development of Eco-Tourism Circuit’ project Under Swadesh Darshan Mission 2015-16?
[A] Telengana
[B] Andra Pradesh
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Karnataka

7. Under the Housing for All scheme launched by the govt on 25 Jun, it aims to build how many houses by 2022?
[A] 20 lakh
[B] 50 lakh
[C] 80 lakh
[D] 1 cr
[E] 2 cr

8. The mobile wallet app “Buddy” launched by which bank recently?
[A] PNB
[B] ICICI
[C] HDFC
[D] SBI

9. Which of the following country recently got out of the restricted visa list in India?
[A] Iaq
[B] Pakistan
[C] Iran
[D] Bangladesh

10. Name the Pakistani cricketer who assumed the role of the ICC President on 25 Jun in Barbados in the apex cricket body’s Annual Conference.
[A] Waqar Younis
[B] Zaheer Abbas
[C] Majid Khan
[D] Javed Miandad
[E] None of these

11. Which bank has allowed customers the ‘total control’ feature in debit cards to allow switch on and off facility on its card through the bank’s mobile application, internet or phone banking?
[A] SBI
[B] Axis Bank
[C] ICICI Bank
[D] HDFC Bank
[E] None of these

12. Union cabinet approved MoU between India with which of the following countries on cooperation in the fields of education, training and research?
[A] Russia
[B] China
[C] UK
[D] Australia

13. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who recently sworn as PM of which of the following country?
[A] Bangladesh
[B] Turkmania
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Paraguay

14. Who got appointed as CMD of Air India Ltd?
[A] Ashwani Lohani
[B] Rohit Nandan
[C] Balwinder Singh Bhullar
[D] Gargi Kaul

15. Which of the following is not authored by Chetan Bhagat?
[A] Making India Awesome
[B] One Night @ the Call Center
[C] Wings of Fire
[D] Revolution 2020

ANS

1. B] South Korea and Taiwan
2. E] None of these
3. B] Manipur
4. C] Saina Nehwal
5. B] Dec 31, 2015
6. A] Telengana
7. E] 2 cr
8. D] SBI
9. A] Iaq
10. B] Zaheer Abbas
11. B] Axis Bank
12. D] Australia
13. C] Sri Lanka
14. A] Ashwani Lohani
15. C] Wings of Fire

1) Who recently won the Rome Masters Tennis title?
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Novak Djokovic
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Andy Murray

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16 May 2015 became the first ever Indian Prime Minister to visit Mongolia. Name the capital of Mongolia?
(A) Victoria
(B) Tashkent
(C) Phnom Penh
(D) Ulaanbaatar

3) Draupadi Murmu recently sworn in as the first woman Governor of which Indian state?
(A) Bihar
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Karnataka

4) India recently assumed the presidency of the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) after a gap of 19 years. 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) was held at?
(A) Geneva
(B) Tokyo
(C) Ottawa
(D) Cambodia

5) US president Barack Obama on 18 May 2015 joined which social networking site with his official handle @POTUS?
(A) Facebook
(B) Twitter
(C) LinkedIn
(D) Google Plus

6) Vice chairman of NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya recently launched its new website. Name the URL?
(A) Niti.gov.in
(B) Nitiaayog.gov.in
(C) Aayodniti.org
(D) Nitiaayog.nic.in

7) Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MP Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia was recently appointed chairman of a Joint Committee of Parliament that will look into?
(A) Women's Reservation Bill
(B) GST Bill
(C) FDI Bill
(D) Land Acquisition Amendment Bill

8) Federal Bank on 18 May 2015 enetered into credit card segment through the launch of co-branded credit cards in partnership with which bank?
(A) ICICI
(B) HDFC
(C) SBI
(D) Kotak Mahindra Bank

9) Nelong Valley in which state was opened recently for tourists for the first time since the 1962 Indo-China war?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Himachal Pradesh

10) Supreme Court has recently banned photos of politicians in government advertisements based on which committee recommendation?
(A) N S Madhava Menon Committee
(B) T S R Subramanian Committee
(C) Ajay Chauhan Committee
(D) Not based on any committee recommendation

Answers
1) Ans. (B) Novak Djokovic
2) Ans. (D) Ulaanbaatar
3) Ans. (C) Jharkhand
4) Ans. (A) Geneva
5) Ans. (B) Twitter
6) Ans. (A) Niti.gov.in
7) Ans. (D) Land Acquisition Amendment Bill
8) Ans. (C) SBI
9) Ans. (C) Uttarakhand
10) Ans. (A) N S Madhava Menon Committee

1) Name Indian Navy's latest anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette which was launched on 19 May 2015?
(A) INS Kavaratti
(B) INS Sardar Patel
(C) INS Porbandar
(D) INS Kalavari

2) Researchers have recently discovered the driest place on the Earth in the Atacama Desert and named it Maria Elena South (MES). In which country it is?
(A) Algeria
(B) Chile
(C) Uganda
(D) Cuba

3) Which tech giant has recently acquired Coherent Navigation, a Bay Area firm working on high-accuracy GPS and navigation technologies?
(A) Microsoft
(B) Google
(C) Apple
(D) None of these

4) Laszlo Krasznahorkai who recently won the Man Booker International Prize 2015 is from which country?
(A) Australia
(B) Canada
(C) Turkey
(D) Hungary

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 May 2015 returned to India after completing his tour to three nations. Which among the following country was not among his visit?
(A) China
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Mongolia
(D) South Korea

6) Who was recently named as England men’s cricketer of the year 2014-15?
(A) Eoin Morgan
(B) Moeen Ali
(C) Stuart Board
(D) Joe Root

7) Who among the following is the recipient of Pt Haridutt Sharma Award 2015?
(A) Vikram Seth
(B) S Krishna Kumar
(C) Anurraddha Prasad
(D) Vivek Mishra

8) Which club recently won the Spanish La Liga title for the 23rd time?
(A) Real Madrid
(B) Barcelona
(C) Valencia
(D) Atletico Madrid

9) Which country topped the first World Environmental Democracy Index?
(A) Switzerland
(B) Lithuania
(C) Norway
(D) USA

10) Tathagata Roy recently sworn in as the governor of?
(A) Tripura
(B) Mizoram
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Sikkim

ANS:
1) A, 2) B, 3) C, 4) D, 5) B, 6) D, 7) C, 8) B, 9) B, 10) A.

1) World's highest railway tunnel was opened in which country on 2 May 2014?
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) South Korea
(D) Russia

2) Which former captain was recently appointed as the coach of Pakistan Cricket team?
(A) Inzamam ul haq
(B) Rashid Latif
(C) Wasim Akram
(D) Waqar Younis

3) Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind initiative was introduced in India recently in which state? (Note: Election queue management system helped voters to find out the level of crowd in the polling booths)
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) West Bengal
(D) Haryana

4) What was India's rank in the global rankings for freedom of the press released on 2 May 2014?
(A) 35
(B) 78
(C) 104
(D) 7

5) Deadline for switching to new format bank cheques under CTS ended on 30 April 2014. Expand CTS?
(A) Cheque Truncation System
(B) Cheque Time System
(C) Cheque Tearing System
(D) Cheque Transaction System

6) Which Airline from India is all set to join the world's largest airline grouping company— Star Alliance in July 2014?
(A) Indian Airlines
(B) Spcie Jet
(C) Indigo Airlines
(D) Air India

7) Who was recently sworn in as the 41st Chief Justice of India?
(A) P Sathasivam
(B0 K G Balakrishnan
(C) Ashok Kumar Mathur
(D) R M Lodha

8) Viktor Orban was recently re-elected as Prime Minister of which country?
(A) Cuba
(B) Yemen
(C) Hungary
(D) Egypt

9) Actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from “Mona Lisa” to “Who Framed Roger Rabbit, who died recently was from which country?
(A) USA
(B) Britain
(C) Japan
(D) China

10) Nokia appointed India born .............as its new President and CEO of the company recently?
(A) Rajeev Suri
(B) Satya Nadella
(C) Satyedranath
(D) Sundar Pichai

Answers
1)(B) China
2)(D) Waqar Younis
3)(C) West Bengal
4)(B) 78
5)(A) Cheque Truncation System
6)(D) Air India
7)(D) R M Lodha
8)(C) Hungary
9)(B) Britain
10)(A) Rajeev Suri