1. The 10-day- festival ‘Sangai Festival 2016’ was held recently in which of the following states?
- 1) Manipur
- 2) Tripura
- 3) Kerala
- 4) Sikkim
- 5) Uttarakhand
2. Who among the following was awarded the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his book “Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India” recently?
- 1) Janice Pariat
- 2) Mahesh Rao
- 3) Samanth Subramanian
- 4) Akshaya Mukul
- 5) None of these
3. India recently successfully test-fired indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile from Odisha coast. The missile has a range of
- 1) 350 km
- 2) 700 km
- 3) 1500 km
- 4) 2500 km
- 5) 3500 km
4. The guided missile destroyer INS Chennai was commissioned into the India Navy recently. This is the last of the Project 15A which also include
- 1) INS Kolkata
- 2) INS Kochi
- 3) INS Mumbai
- 4) All the above
- 5) Only 1) and 2)
5. Captain Radhika Menon was bestowed with the 2016 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea recently. The IMO headquarters is located in
- 1) London
- 2) Paris
- 3) Geneva
- 4) Basel
- 5) Frankfurt
6. Ram Naresh Yadav, who passed away recently, was the former Governor of
- 1) Uttar Pradesh
- 2) Madhya Pradesh
- 3) Rajasthan
- 4) Uttarakhand
- 5) Karnataka
7. Gaganjeet Bhullar, who won the BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open recently, is associated with which of the following games?
- 1) Squash
- 2) Billiards
- 3) Golf
- 4) Tennis
- 5) Table tennis
8. The branches of selected banks authorised by the RBI to stock rupee notes and coins are termed as
- 1) Prime branches
- 2) Systemically important branches
- 3) Currency chests
- 4) Bancassurance
- 5) None of these
9. ________ has been honoured with “Dr Nagendra Singh International Peace Award” for his efforts in ensuring world peace.
- 1) Sri Sri Ravishankar
- 2) Baba Ramdev
- 3) Mata Amritanandamayi
- 4) Dadi Janki
- 5) None of these
10. ________ was honoured with ‘Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the year’ at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held in Goa.
- 1) Shaan
- 2) Udit Narayan
- 3) Sonu Nigam
- 4) SP Bala Subrahmanyam
- 5) Shankar Mahadevan
