1. Name the former captain of New Zealand cricket team who died of cancer on 3 March 2016 in Auckland.
a) Martin Croweb) Don Cleverleyc) Jack Newmand) Lindsay Weir
2. World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2016 across the world with theme
a) The future of wildlife is in our handsb) Wildlife Crime is serious; let’s get serious about wildlife crimec) Wildlife a Boon to Humanityd) Protect Wildlife before it is lost
3. Eminent poet Dr Bhagwati Lal Vyas was chosen for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar on 2 March 2016 for his anthology of Rajasthani poems titled
a) Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabadb) Shatabdi Niruttarc) Footpath Par Chiriya Nachti Haid) Suraj Leelti Ghatiyan
4. Name the creator of television’s longest-running soap opera Coronation Street who passed away on 1 March 2016.
a) Tony Warrenb) Kate Oatesc) Kieran Robertsd) Ken Irwin
5. Which of the following autonomous organization was winded up by Union Government on 2 March 2016?
a) Heavy Engineering Corporation Limitedb) HMT Bearing Limitedc) Sambhar Salts Limitedd) National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
6. Name the cryptography pioneers who on 1 March 2016 were honoured with the Association for Computing Machinery's 2015 A.M. Turing Award.
a) Whitfield Diffie and Marty Hellmanb) Leslie G. Valiant and Charles P. Thackerc) Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellmand) Silvio Micali and Shafi Goldwasser
7. Who on 29 February 2016 was appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Office (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX)?
a) Parveen Kumar Singhalb) Mrugank Paranjapec) L K Singhald) Satyananda Mishra
8. Which State/UT on 29 February 2016 became the first state in the country to launch the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a public health programme for school children?
a) Maharashtrab) Odishac) Delhid) Telangana
9. Who of the following is the author of the book, titled Who was Shivaji?
a) Anuj Dharb) Govind Pansarec) Anup Ashok Sardesaid) Subhash Chandra
10. The Telangana Government on 2 March 2016 reached an understanding on constructing five dams on Godavari, Penganga and Pranahita rivers for irrigation purposes with which state?
a) Andhra Pradeshb) Madhya Pradeshc) Chhattisgarhd) Maharashtra
11. As per a decision of Organizing Committee of 12th South Asian Games, the Tikhor park as a tribute to the mascot of the games will be established in
a) Guwahati and Agartalab) Agartala and Shillongc) Guwahati and Shillongd) Shilong and Aizawl
12. Identify the country for which the US ratings agency Moody's Analytics has cuts its outlook to negative in the first week of March 2016.
a) Chinab) Japanc) Indiad) United States
13. Who was named for Lifetime Achievement Award of the 11th edition of the Mahindra Excellence Theatre Awards (META) on 1 March 2016?
a) Zohra Sehgalb) Ratan Thiyamc) Badal Sarkard) Khaled Chowdhury
14. What system did Indian Railways launch for unreserved tickets to bring transparency and prevent revenue leakage in the ticketing system in New Delhi on 1 March 2016?
a) Online Ticketing Systemb) Electronic Ticket Systemc) Smart Card Systemd) Bar Coding System
15. For which State’s Higher Education Quality Improvement Project did India signed a financing agreement for IDA credit of 300 US dollars with the World Bank on 1 March 2016?
a) Andhra Pradeshb) Himachal Pradeshc) Madhya Pradeshd) Arunachal Pradesh
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