Q1. Name the eminent author, who was awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015 for her autobiography 'Chitt-Chete' in Dogri language.
(a) Kiran Nagarkar
(b) Padma Sachdev
(c) Aravind Adiga
(d) Ruskin Bond
Q2. Who was appointed United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India?
(a) Aishwaryaa Dhanush
(b) Jennifer Lawrence
(c) Sharmila Tagore
(d) Anuradha Rao
Q3. Which among the following movies had bagged as many as four awards, including for the Best Film, at the 23rd Star Screen Awards 2016?
(a) MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
(b) Pink
(c) Neerja
(d) Udta Punjab
Q4. The VISAKA scheme launched by the Union Ministry for Human Resource Development is aimed at making people aware about-
(a) cleanliness
(b) importance of vaccination
(c) disaster management
(d) cashless economic system
Q5. Which company has launched its global startup program 'Launchpad' in India? An online portal featuring over 400 products from different startups including 25 Indian startups.
(a) Amazon
(b) Flipkart
(c) TCS
(d) Wipro
Q6. The International Volunteer Day (IVD) is observed across the world on __________ every year.
(a) 1st December
(b) 5th December
(c) 10th December
(d) 24th December
Q7. Name of the India's first online flea market, which lets a buyer and seller interact and transacts in 10 seconds literally.
(a) Omisha
(b) Monesh
(c) Yappily
(d) Zeshta
Q8. Who has won the online reader's poll for TIME Person of the Year?
(a) Donald Trump
(b) Vladimir Putin
(c) Barack Obama
(d) Narendra Modi
Q9. President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated the first ever International Gita Mahotsav in.........?
(a) Kochin, Kerala
(b) Kurukshetra, Haryana
(c) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
(d) Darbhanga, Bihar
Q10. The govt. has extended the MIP on 19 products for two months to protect domestic steel industry. The term MIP stands for
(a) Maximum Import Price
(b) Mortgaged Import Price
(c) Minimal Import Price
(d) Minimum Import Price
Q11. The world’s first hospital train, Lifeline Express train gets how many additional coaches for cancer treatment?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 4
Q12. Birth anniversary of the father of Indian Constitution B R Ambedkar (April 14), will be observed as _______ in the country.
(a) Milk Day
(b) Water Day
(c) Air Pollution Day
(d) Bird Day
Q13. Name of the actor, who has won the 'Kids' Icon of the year at nickelodeon kids choice awards?
(a) Ranveer Singh
(b) Shahrukh Khan
(c) Aamir Khan
(d) Salman Khan
Q14. Who is the (44th) chief justice of india?
(a) TS Thakur
(b) Jagdish Singh Khehar
(c) HJ Kania
(d) Srinivas Vardachariar
Q15. Name of the state, which announced the setting up of a special panel to stop child trafficking?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Karnataka
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Solutions
1.B
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.A
6.B
7.C
8.D
9.B
10.D
11.C
12.B
13.B
14.B
15.A
