Q1. Which player was one of the India's goodwill ambassador at Rio Olympics along with actor Salman Khan and Shooter Abhinav Bindra?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Saina Nehwal
(c) Deepika Pallikal
(d) Sachin Tendulkar
Q2. Who is the Brand Ambassador of the world famous watch brand Hublot?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) MS Dhoni
(c) Shikhar Dhawan
(d) Rohit Sharma
Q3. The United Nations General Assembly declared World Press Freedom Day on?
(a) May 1
(b) May 3
(c) May 10
(d) June 20
Q4. Name the place where India organised a cultural festival to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore?
(a) UK
(b) Paris
(c) Egypt
(d) Russia
Q5. Name the person who captured the verdant Swiss valley in his films, has been honoured with a special statue by the Switzerland government?
(a) Manoj Kumar
(b) Amitabh Bachchan
(c) Late Yash Chopra
(d) Dilip Kumar
Q6. Name the Indian author and professor who has won the commonwealth short story regional prize for 2016, in the Asia region for his "politically grounded, funny" fiction ‘Cow and Company’ about four men in search of a cow?
(a) Kumar Rajesh Chandra
(b) Prashar Kulkarni
(c) H R Nagendra
(d) Birender Singh
Q7. What is the single emergency number which will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to help people reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department?
(a) 101
(b) 199
(c) 112
(d) 111
Q8. IRCTC is planning to sell cuisine and handicrafts of which state?
(a) Bihar
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Q9. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the largest trove of planets outside the solar system. NASA is the agency of which of the following country?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) Brazil
(d) USA
Q10. Name the University which has completed 100 years of its eventful journey in the year 2016?
(a) Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
(c) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
(d) Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IP)
Q11. Who received the first copies of the books 'Tagore’s Vision of the Contemporary World' and 'Tagore and Russia' at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi?
(a) Arun Jaitley
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) Pranab Mukherjee
Q12. Name the person who has been appointed as the Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of CAG?
(a) Amitabh Kant
(b) Pradeep Rao
(c) A K Mittal
(d) Hashmukh Adhiya
Q13. In a bid to provide solar energy, the Indian Railways is all set to conduct trial of its first solar panel-powered train in?
(a) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(b) Patna, Bihar
(c) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(d) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Q14. Name the film that is a four minute documentary film on girl child education, has been invited for special screening at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Washington DC.
(a) Bahu
(b) Putri
(c) Beti
(d) Ladly
Q15. Name the player who has become the youngest formula 1 winner?
(a) Nico Rosberg
(b) Max Verstappen
(c) Lewis Hamilton
(d) Sebastian Vettel
Solutions
1.D
2.D
3.B
4.C
5.C
6.B
7.C
8.B
9.D
10.A
11.D
12.B
13.D
14.C
15.B
