1. Who among the following has been named the UN’s new Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking?
- 1) Sunita Narain
- 2) Amal Clooney
- 3) Vian Dakhil
- 4) Angelina Jolie
- 5) Nadia Murad
2. The Naropa festival, which is held every 12 years, was held recently at which of the following places at the 17th century Hemis Monastery?
- 1) Shimla
- 2) Itanagar
- 3) Imphal
- 4) Ladakh
- 5) Agartala
3. Atul Kumar Goel has taken charge as Executive Director in which of the following public sector banks?
- 1) Union Bank of India
- 2) Bank of India
- 3) Bank of Baroda
- 4) Corporation Bank
- 5) Indian Bank
4. Name the Indian-American physician-author who has been selected for the prestigious 2015 National Humanities Medal, as announced by the White House.
- 1) Siddhartha Mukherjee
- 2) Abraham Verghese
- 3) Atul Gawande
- 4) Nisha Pahuja
- 5) None of these
5. Vijaya Bank has bagged the second prize under Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (Region C) for the year 2015-16. The bank is headquartered at
- 1) New Delhi
- 2) Chennai
- 3) Kolkata
- 4) Bengaluru
- 5) Mumbai
6. India will host the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in May 2017 in which of the following cities?
- 1) Ahmedabad
- 2) Jaipur
- 3) New Delhi
- 4) Mumbai
- 5) Hyderabad
7. Caracas is the capital city of which of the following countries?
- 1) Cambodia
- 2) Venezuela
- 3) Mongolia
- 4) Chile
- 5) Vietnam
8. Sourabh Varma is associated with which of the following games?
- 1) Tennis
- 2) Squash
- 3) Table tennis
- 4) Badminton
- 5) Snooker
9. The govt has appointed who among the following as the new Chairman of the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India?
- 1) Ashwani Kumar
- 2) Girish Chandra Murmu
- 3) VK Sharma
- 4) Shaktikanta Das
- 5) Usha Sangwan
10.The multiplex chain PVR Ltd is looking to raise up to Rs 250 cr through issue of NCDs to fund various activities. The term NCD stands for
- 1) Non-Cashable Debentures
- 2) Non-Convertible Debentures
- 3) Non-Classable Debentures
- 4) Non-Causable Debentures
- 5) None of these
ANSWERS
- Nadia Murad
- Ladakh
- Union Bank of India
- Abraham Verghese
- Bengaluru
- Ahmedabad
- Venezuela
- Badminton
- VK Sharma
- Non-Convertible Debentures