1. Which of the following private sector lenders has acquired BSS Microfinance in an all-cash deal for Rs 139.2 cr?
- 1) Federal Bank
- 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
- 3) YES Bank
- 4) Axis Bank
- 5) IDFC Bank
2. The High Court in which of the following states recently decided to set aside the state govt’s anti-liquor law terming it illegal?
- 1) Kerala
- 2) Gujarat
- 3) Bihar
- 4) Rajasthan
- 5) Nagaland
3. The Union Govt appointed R Subramania Kumar as Executive Director (ED) of state-owned Indian Overseas Bank. The Indian Overseas Bank is headquartered in________
- 1) Hyderabad
- 2) Bengaluru
- 3) Kochi
- 4) Chennai
- 5) Mumbai
4. The 2016 BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meet was held recently in________
- 1) New Delhi
- 2) Mumbai
- 3) Jaipur
- 4) Kochi
- 5) Panaji
5. Syed Shamsul Haq passed away recently. The noted short-story writer, novelist, playwright and a very popular poet was from________
- 1) Pakistan
- 2) Bangladesh
- 3) Indonesia
- 4) Malaysia
- 5) Iran
6. Annu Rani is associated with which of the following sports? She broke her own national record recently.
- 1) Javelin throw
- 2) Archery
- 3) Shooting
- 4) Boxing
- 5) Weightlifting
7. The world’s first child with genes from three people was born to a couple in which of the following countries recently?
- 1) UK
- 2) Switzerland
- 3) Singapore
- 4) Japan
- 5) Mexico
8. Prof Kolakaluri Enoch was honoured with the 29th Moortidevi Award 2015 for his novel Ananta Jeevanam. He is an eminent author of________
- 1) Tamil
- 2) Assamese
- 3) Bengali
- 4) Malayalam
- 5) Telugu
9. Who among the following has been elected as the new Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI)?
- 1) Hormusji N Cama
- 2) Bodhisatva Ganguli
- 3) Riyadh Mathew
- 4) Jaideep Bose
- 5) Sanjoy Narayan
10. The International Translation Day is observed every year on________
- 1) 16 Sep
- 2) 21 Sep
- 3) 29 Sep
- 4) 30 Sep
- 5) 01 Oct
Answers:-
- 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
- 3) Bihar
- 4) Chennai
- 1) New Delhi
- 2) Bangladesh
- 1) Javelin throw
- 5) Mexico
- 5) Telugu
- 3) Riyadh Mathew
- 4) 30 Sep