1. The Gobi desert is located in which of the following countries?
- 1) Australia
- 2) US
- 3) Russia
- 4) China
- 5) Afghanistan
2. Subhankar Pramanik, who won a gold medal in Junior World Cup in Gabala, Azerbaijan recently, is associated with
- 1) Boxing
- 2) Archery
- 3) Shooting
- 4) Javelin
- 5) Shot put
3. Monika Kapil Mohta has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to
- 1) Sweden
- 2) Norway
- 3) Finland
- 4) Denmark
- 5) Cuba
4. The Govt plans to double the number of schemes under DBT to _____ by Mar 2017.
- 1) 74
- 2) 86
- 3) 125
- 4) 147
- 5) All schemes
5. Charkhi Dadri was carved out as the 22nd district of which of the following states recently?
- 1) West Bengal
- 2) Haryana
- 3) Punjab
- 4) Madhya Pradesh
- 5) Jharkhanad
6. Federal Bank has launched its second FederalSkill Academy at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu as part of its CSR initiatives. The bank is headquartered at
- 1) Ernakulam
- 2) Chennai
- 3) Hyderabad
- 4) Manipal
- 5) Kochi
7. Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
- 1) BS Bassi
- 2) Deepak Gupta
- 3) Alka Sirohi
- 4) DK Dewan
- 5) Manbir Singh
8. Nicolas Maduro is the present president of which of the following countries? The country hosted the 17th NAM Summit recently.
- 1) Cameroon
- 2) Algeria
- 3) Cuba
- 4) Venezuela
- 5) Colombia
9. The West Bengal govt has decided to confer this year’s “Bangabibhushan” to who among the following?
- 1) Vidya Balan
- 2) Sachin Tendulkar
- 3) Amitabh Bachchan
- 4) Lata Mangeshkar
- 5) Deepa Malik
10. M Leelavathi has been chosen for the prestigious N Mohanan Suvarna Mudra Award 2016. She is an eminent academician and critic of
- 1) Assamese
- 2) Bengali
- 3) Kannada
- 4) Tamil
- 5) Malayalam
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1-4
2-3
3-1
4-1
5-2
6-5
7-3
8-4
9-4
10-5
