1. A very severe cyclonic storm hit Chennai recently. The cyclone was named
1) Vardah
2) Phailin
3) Yemyin
4) Sidr
5) Aila
2. The Kerala govt launched the applications – ‘ArisingKerala’ and ‘Whistle Now’ – on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day on
1) 5 Dec
2) 7 Dec
3) 9 Dec
4) 11 Dec
5) 12 Dec
3. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) recently launched a new 24-hour TV channel for cashless transaction lessons. The channel is named
1) DigiDarshan
2) DigiLesson
3) DigiShala
4) DigiShiksha
5) DigiSalah
4. The noted astronaut John Glenn died recently. He was the first ______ astronaut to orbit Earth.
1) British
2) Russian
3) Japanese
4) French
5) US
5. Indian documentary ‘Raising The Bar’ won the ‘Award of Recognition’ at the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards recently. The documentary is directed by
1) Bikas Mishra
2) Juhi Chawla
3) Sanjay Suri
4) Onir
5) Nandita Das
6. Muhtar Kent recently announced to step down as the CEO of
1) Coca-Cola
2) PepsiCo
3) ExxonMobil
4) Oracle
5) MasterCard
7. _______ recently launched a rocket carrying the unmanned cargo spaceship Kounotori 6 to deliver supplies for astronauts living in the International Space Station (ISS).
1) France
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) Sweden
5) US
8. Who among the following won the 2016 IBSF World Billiards Long Up title?
1) Sourav Kothari
2) Peter Gilchrist
3) Geet Sethi
4) Aditya Mehta
5) Pankaj Advani
9. Larsen & Turbo (L&T) has bagged a contract to make Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium the world’s biggest cricket stadium in terms of seating capacity. The stadium is situated in
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Chhattisgarh
10. India and which country held a conference on Ease of Doing Business in New Delhi recently to enhance the strategic bilateral partnership between the two nations?
1) US
2) China
3) Japan
4) UK
5) Germany
