1. With which country India has collaborated in implementing ‘Water4Crops’ project?
a) Japan
b) European Union
c) United States
d) Israel
2. What is the
mantra suggested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve tax administration
in the country?
a) RESPONSIVE
b) RAPID
c) PARDA
d) PARDARSHI
3. Name the River
of Maharashtra that will be made pollution free under 'Namami Chandrabhaga'
project.
a) Tapti
b) Krishna
c) Godavari
d) Bhima
4. Name the
instrument of NASA on its Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) that helped them to measure
methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on Earth’s surface.
a) Lockheed L-1011
b) Mongoose-V
microprocessor
c) Beacon Monitor
d) Hyperion
spectrometer
5. Which national
aquarium in United States announced its plan to develop an Oceanside dolphin
sanctuary for marine mammals including dolphins?
a) National
Aquarium, Baltimore
b) National
Aquarium, Washington, DC
c) UnderWater World
Guam - Tumon
d) Miami Seaquarium
6. Name the
Indian-origin diplomat who was nominated as the American Ambassador to Malaysia
in June 2016?
a) Kamala Shirin
Lakhdhir
b) Imran Yousuf
c) Bharat Suresh
Joshi
d) Sayonara Luxton
7. Name the
yesteryear Odia actress who passed away recently and was conferred with the
prestigious Jayadev Purashkar in the year 2000.
a) Suryamayee
Mohapatra
b) Megha Ghosh
c) Yukttaa Rakshit
d) Manimala Devi
8. Name the
41-year-old British woman MP from the opposition Labour Party who was killed
after being shot and stabbed in her constituency in northern England.
a) Constance
Markievicz
b) Jo Cox
c) Nancy Astor
d) Viscountess
Astor
9. Name the first
Mizo female to scale the summit of Mt Everest as part of the 10-member female
NCC expedition to climb the highest mountain.
a) Lalrintluangi
b) Pi Sangkhumi
c) Hmeichhe
Insuihkhawm Pawl
d) Ninglun Hanghal
10. In which state
the Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal launched the Ujala Scheme in June 2016?
a) Goa
b) Rajasthan
c) Haryana
d) Uttar Pradesh
11. Bramble Cay
melomys is the mammal that was recently declared extinct primarily due to
human-induced climate change. The mammal was endemic to which of the following
places?
a) Eastern
Himalayas
b) Mountains of
Southwest China
c) Madagascar
d) Great Barrier
Reef
12. Who was
recently awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Raif Badawi
c) Jhumpa Lahiri
d) Akhil Sharma
13. With which
country did India signed two MoUs on capacity building for civil servants and
centre of excellence in IT?
a) Morocco
b) Namibia
c) South Africa
d) Nigeria
14. Who became the
third Indian in 100 years to get elected to the post of chief of Paris-based
International Chamber of Commerce?
a) Mukesh Ambani
b) Ratan Tata
c) Sunil Mittal
d) Ajim Premji
15. Union Home
Ministry approved the proposal of which state to form Central Marine Police
Force?
a) Maharashtra
b) West Bengal
c) Kerala
d) Gujarat
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