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Saumitra Chaudhuri, who passed away recently, was a former member of
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Planning Commission
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Law Commission
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Finance Commission
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National Commission for Schedule Tribes
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None of these
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India beat which of the following teams to win the hockey junior World Cup 2016?
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Australia
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Belgium
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England
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Malaysia
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Pakistan
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Private sector bank _______ has partnered with Ola, one of the popular mobile apps for transportation, to provide cash-on-demand at customer’s doorstep.
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YES Bank
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Federal Bank
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Axis Bank
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RBL Bank
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Bandhan Bank
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Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh recently inaugurated two new districts Pherzawl and Noney in the state of
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Mizoram
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Sikkim
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Assam
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Nagaland
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Manipur
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Who among the following has authored the book titled Exile?
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Aruna Chakravarti
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Kanhaiya Kumar
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Devdutt Pattanaik
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CNR Rao
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Taslima Nasreen
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The Power Minister Piyush Goyal will launch an app to ensure transparency in the implementation of rural electrification programme. The app is named
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Urja
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Vidyut Mitra
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GARV-II
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TRINETRA-II
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None of these
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Stephanie Del Valle has been crowned as the Miss World 2016 at an event held in Maryland, US. She hails from Puerto which is a Caribbean island and unincorporated territory of
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US
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Russia
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Canada
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Australia
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None of these
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The International Human Solidarity Day is observed every year on
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11 Dec
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19 Dec
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20 Dec
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22 Dec
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25 Dec
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A French court has found Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence. She is the present chief of
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World Bank
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UNICEF
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IMF
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ADB
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IBRD
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Andrey Karlov, who was shot dead in Turkey recently, was the ambassador of which country to Turkey?
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Ukraine
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Russia
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Uzbekistan
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Kyrgyzstan
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Tajikistan
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Who among the following has been appointed as the 44th Chief Justice of India?
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Madan B Lokur
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Ranjan Gogoi
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Jasti Chelameswar
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JS Khehar
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Dipak Misra
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Which of the following teams won the 2016 Indian Super League (ISL)?
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Kerala Blasters
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Atletico de Kolkata
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Chennaiyin FC
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FC Goa
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Delhi Dynamos FC
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_________ has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016 for a record third time.
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Stan Wawrinka
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Rafael Nadal
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Andy Murray
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Roger Federer
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Novak Dokovic
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The Assam govt has appointed who among the following as the brand ambassador of the State’s tourism for two years?
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Virat Kohli
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Mary Kom
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Priyanka Chopra
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Deepika Padukone
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The world's first cloned goat bearing superfine Cashmere wool was born in which of the following countries recently?
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UK
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Japan
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Australia
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Canada
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China
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Name the batsman who scored triple ton in the 5th Test match between India and England played in Chennai.
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Karun Nair
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Murali Vijay
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Ravindra Jadeja
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Ravichandran Ashwin
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Virat Kohli
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The taxi-hailing service Uber has announced a partnership with which of the following phone makers that will help customers book a cab without downloading the application?
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InFocus
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Samsung
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Nokia
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Micromax
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Xiaomi
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The retirement fund body EPFO has decided to lower the interest on EPF deposits for the current fiscal (FY17) to
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8.80 per cent
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8.75 per cent
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8.65 per cent
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8.55 per cent
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8.25 per cent
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The International Mountain Day is observed every year on
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09 Dec
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10 Dec
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11 Dec
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18 Dec
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20 Dec
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India won the 5-match Test series against England recently. Who among the following was declared the man of the series?
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Ravichandran Ashwin
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2)
Parthiv Patel
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Virat Kohli
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Ravindra Jadeja
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Shikhar Dhawan
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India signed an open skies agreement with six countries at International Civil Aviation Negotiations (ICAN) 2016 held recently in Nassau which is the capital city of
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Belarus
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Ukraine
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Bahamas
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Turkey
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Egypt
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The govt has announced Rs 207-cr project for protection of Majuli island which is the largest river island of the world situated in
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Sikkim
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Himachal Pradesh
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Assam
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Meghalaya
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Tripura
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India’s first cashless bazaar was launched in which of the following states recently?
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Kolkata, West Bengal
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Raipur, Chhattisgarh
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Jaipur, Rajasthan
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_________ has bagged the SKOCH silver award for attaining the position of No. 1 channel partner of LIC of India for the past three financial years.
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Dena Bank
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Syndicate Bank
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Bank of India
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Indian Bank
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Corporation Bank
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Which of the following countries nationalized the largest private bank of the country PrivateBank recently?
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Greece
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Venezuela
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Zimbabwe
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Ukraine
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Colombia
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Jagannatha Varma, who passes away recently, was a veteran ________ actor.
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Tamil
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Malayalam
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Telugu
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Kannada
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Bengali
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_______ ended the year 2016 as the Number one ranked Test cricket team.
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India
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Pakistan
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3)
England
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South Africa
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Australia
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India and Kyrgyzstan inked six pacts recently. The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is
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Bishkek
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Tashkent
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Kiev
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Bogota
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Manama
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In a setback to Indian travellers, ________ has withdrawn the visa-free facility for Indians.
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Taiwan
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Malaysia
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UAE
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Hong Kong
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Saudi Arabia
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The RBI is to issue new Rs 500 banknotes with the inset letter E having star mark in the number panel. The star banknotes in the denomination of ____ are already in circulation.
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Rs 10
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Rs 20
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Rs 50
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Rs 100
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5)
All the above
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The India squad for 2nd T20 World Cup for Blind 2017 was announced recently. The tournament will be held in
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Australia
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Bangladesh
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3)
Sri Lanka
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England
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India
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Arjun Bhati secured first position in Kids World Championship 2016 of which of the following games recently?
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Snooker
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Squash
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Chess
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Archery
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5)
Golf
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Who among the following won the ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) award at the ICC Awards 2016?
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1)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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2)
Ajinkya Rahane
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3)
Ravichandran Ashwin
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4)
Virat Kohli
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Ravindra Jadeja
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Quinton de Kock won the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year award at the ICC Awards 2016. He plays for
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South Africa
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Australia
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3)
New Zealand
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South Africa
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Zimbabwe
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As per a report by industry chamber PHDCCI and KPMG, India attracted the maximum FDI inflow from which country in the financial year 2015-16?
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Japan
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China
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Singapore
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Mauritius
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US
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______ has emerged as the country’s most well-read city in the fourth consecutive year according to Annual Reading Trends Report 2016 by Amazon.
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Bengaluru
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Mumbai
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Chennai
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Delhi
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Hyderabad
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Actor Hrithik Roashan launched the children’s book series “Tactabet” recently. The book series is being published for
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refugee children
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war orphans
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visually impaired people
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rag pickers
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None of these
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_________ has become the first Indian to be appointed as the global ambassador of the hair care brand “Pantene.”
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Katrina Kaif
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2)
Aishwarya Rai
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3)
Kareena Kapoor
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4)
Priyanka Chopra
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5)
Deepika Padukone
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President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a landmark Bill of rights guaranteeing freedom of speech, protest, fair trials and privacy in which country recently?
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Iran
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Saudi Arabia
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Iraq
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Kuwait
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UAE
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The Ministry of __________ has won gold in the Web Ratna category in the Digital India awards 2016. The Ministry is lead by
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Dharmendra Pradhan
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Jagat Prakash Nadda
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Harsh Vardhan
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Radha Mohan Singh
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Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Najeeb Jung resigned as the Lieutenant Governor of ________ recently.
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Pondicherry
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Goa
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Delhi
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4)
Lakshadweep
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None of these
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Who among the following is one of the 24 authors who have won the Sahitya Akademi awards 2016?
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Nasira Sharma
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2)
Vannadhasan
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3)
Jerry Pinto
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4)
All the above
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Only 1) and 2)
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Name the long range nuclear-capable subsonic cruise missile test-fired by India recently.
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Nirbhay
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2)
K2
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3)
Lakshya
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4)
Rushtam
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Ghatak
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Girija Vaidyanathan was appointed as the Chief Secretary of which of the following states recently replacing the tainted P Rama Mohana Rao?
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Karnataka
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Maharashtra
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Madhya Pradesh
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Kerala
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Tamil Nadu
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The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of IEDS which means Indian ________ Development Service.
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Engineering
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Exchange
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Export
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Enterprise
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Estimates
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Which country recently successfully launched a rocket named Epsilon-2, a solid fuel rocket which can reduce launch costs up to one-third?
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China
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South Korea
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3)
Germany
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Japan
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US
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Which state govt recently announced Aerospace and Defence Policy-2016 to attract investment into fields of aerospace and defence?
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Maharashtra
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Gujarat
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Rajasthan
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Uttar Pradesh
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Haryana
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As per the report published in Forbes magazine, India has surpassed the United Kingdom to become the world’s ________ economy.
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third-largest
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fourth-largest
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fifth-largest
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sixth-largest
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seventh-largest
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The RBI slapped fines on five foreign banks for violating FEMA rules recently. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
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Royal Bank of Scotland
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Bank of America
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Standard Chartered Bank
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Deutsche Bank
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5)
None of these
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_______ has announced support for FIFA Under-17 World Cup India 2017, the first Indian company to do so.
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SBI
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Reliance Industries
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3)
Bank of Baroda
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4)
Hero Motocorp
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5)
ICICI Bank
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