QUESTION DISCUSSION 10.08.2016 TO 17.08.

2016

QUESTION DISCUSSION
10.08.2016 TO 17.08.2016
1. Who heads the CBDT committee to
review the media policy of the
board?
(a) K.C. Mathur
(b) Gopal Mukherjee
(c) S.R. Nath
(d) P.C. Haldar
(e) Gagan Saraswat
2. Which become the first state to
ratify the GST Bill?
(a) Bihar
(b) Assam
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) West Bengal
3. Which state govt. has decided to
grant 33% reservation for women
in PRI?
(a) Manipur
(b) Nagaland
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
(e) Delhi
4. NITI Ayog has signed MOU with
the
Energy
Information
Administration of which country to
set up a Web Portal on energy in
India
(a) Russia
(b) USA
(c) China
(d) UK
(e) Japan
5. Sri Lanka has signed a agreement
with which country to build a
multi-billion dollar port city
project in its capital Colombo
(a) India
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) USA
(e) France
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6. RBI has transferred a surplus profit

of what amount to the govt. of
India recently
(a) Rs. 65876 cr.
(b) Rs. 67587 cr.
(c) Rs. 76583 cr.
(d) Rs. 62758 cr.
(e) Rs. 65757 cr.
7. Lt. Col. E.K. Niranjan has been
posthumously conferred with
which gallantry award
(a) Param Veer Chakra
(b) Ashok Chakra
(c) Shaurya Chakra
(d) Veer Chakra
(e) Mahaveer Chakra
8. Ashok Chakra has been conferred
on Havildar
(a) Hangapan Dada
(b) Hariharan Dora
(c) Hasmi Raza
(d) Hamint Sharif
(e) None of these
9. M.S. Subbulakshmi will be
honoured which institute
(a) WTO
(b) UNO
(c) EU
(d) ASSAR
(e) UNICEF
10.First of its kind touch & feel
garden for the visually impaired
was open in
(a) Calicut
(b) Vasco
(c) Bangaluru
(d) Patna
(e) Hyderabad
11.World Bio -fuel day is observed on
(a) 10th August

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(b) 11th August

(c) 12th August
(d) 13th August
(e) 15th August
12.Rajya Sabha has passed the
Maternity Benefit Bill 2016 to
raise maternity leave for working
women to
(a) 12 weeks
(b) 14 weeks
(c) 20 weeks
(d) 26 weeks
(e) 30 weeks
13.Central govt. has sanctioned what
amount for the Nirbhaya Fund
recently?
(a) Rs. 100 cr.
(b) Rs. 200 cr.
(c) Rs. 300 cr.
(d) Rs. 400 cr.
(e) Rs. 500 cr.
14.Operation Muskan is related to
Search
(a) Child labour
(b) Disabled
(c) Missing children
(d) Old persons
(e) All of these
15.Daughters Day is celebrated on
(a) 11th August
(b) 12th August
(c) 13th August
(d) 14th August
(e) 17th August
16.The 1000 mw Kundankulam
Nuclear Power Plant whose 2nd
unit become functional recently in
which state
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
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(c) Karnataka
(d) Bihar
(e) Kerala
17.Indian railway is exploring the
possibility of running magnetic
levitation train named
(a) Talgo
(b) Bullet Train
(c) Maglev
(d) Smart
(e) None of these
18.The govt. has targeted to generate
what amount from the up-coming
spectrum sale
(a) Rs. 4.6 lakh cr.
(b) Rs. 5.6 lakh cr.
(c) Rs. 6.7 lakh cr.
(d) Rs. 8.7 lakh cr.
(e) Rs. 3.4 lakh cr.
19.As per the recent RBI Monetary
Policy
Repo
rate
remain
unchanged at
(a) 7%
(b) 6.5%
(c) 6.25%
(d) 6%
(e) 5.5%
20.What is the MSF rate as per the
new bimonthly credit policy?
(a) 6%
(b) 5.6%
(c) 7%
(d) 7.5%
(e) 5.5%
21.Who will head the committee to
study on the FDI in e-commerce?
(a) Rajib Shukla
(b) Amitabhkant
(c) P.S. Sindhu
(d) S.S. Mundra
(e) H.R. Khan
22.Irom Chanu Sharmila known as
Iron Lady of Manipur ended her

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16yr long fasting against which

law
(a) NSA
(b) TADA
(c) POTA
(d) AFSPA
(e) UAPA
23.Takehiko Nakao has been elected
as President of
(a) BRICS Bank
(b) AIIB
(c) ADB
(d) IMF
(e) WB
24.Kalakho Poul who committed
suicide recently is the former CM
of
(a) Manipur
(b) Nagaland
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Tripura
(e) None of these
25.In the Forbes 100 top people in IT
field whose name has been
mentioned
(a) Azim Premzi
(b) Shiv Nadar
(c) K. Narayanmurti
(d) Kiran Karnik
(e) Both (a) & (b)
26.C & AG reported the armed and
ammunition with Indian Army as
sufficient for a war of
(a) 20 days
(b) 30 days
(c) 40 days
(d) 50 days
(e) 100 days
27.C & AG reported massive
corruption in which central scheme
recently
(a) PMGSY
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(b) PMRY
(c) NRHM
(d) NHCM
(e) PMJDY
28.At the All party meeting in the
Parliament it was decided to held
talk with all stake holders on which
issue
(a) Nagaland
(b) Manipur
(c) J & K
(d) Telengana
(e) Bihar
29.100 million for 100 million
campaign has been launched for
the
(a) Aged
(b) Disabled
(c) Child labour
(d) Girl child
(e) All of these
30.NSCN (I-M) is a insurgent group
in
(a) Nagaland
(b) J & K
(c) Tripura
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Bihar
31.The CBI has filed charge sheet on
the former Chairman & Officials
of ISRO in which case?
(a) Antrix-Devas
(b) Antrix-Jio
(c) Antrix-Tata
(d) Antrix-Airtel
(e) None of these
32.The Citizenship Amendment Bill
2016 aim to give Muslims except
from Afghanistan, Pakistan &
Bangladesh Indian citizenship after

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they stay for how many years in

India?
(a) 5yr
(b) 6yr
(c) 10yr
(d) 12yr
(e) 14yr
33.UK govt. has been thinking to
delay Brixit to
(a) 2017
(b) 2018
(c) 2019
(d) 2020
(e) 2021
34.Russia has send its most advanced
air defence system to which
region?
(a) Turkey
(b) Syria
(c) Crimea
(d) Iraq
(e) None of these
35.Which country has recently denied
visa to Indian Sarod Maestro Ustad
Amjad Ali Khan
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) France
(d) Italy
(e) China
36.Wang Yi who visited India
recently is the Foreign Minister of
which country?
(a) Taiwan
(b) Indonesia
(c) Singapore
(d) China
(e) Myanmar
37.Indian origin Priti Patel is a
minister in which country who
came on a visit to India recently
(a) UK
(b) USA
(c) France
(d) Singapore
(e) Mauritius

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38.ONGC has set up a start up Fund

of what amount to promote
research in its sector
(a) Rs. 100 cr.
(b) Rs. 500 cr.
(c) Rs. 1000 cr.
(d) Rs. 5000 cr.
(e) Rs. 50000 cr.
39.Retail Inflation (CPI) has increased
to what percentage recently
(a) 6.07%
(b) 5.06%
(c) 4.08%
(d) 3.06%
(e) 7.07%
40.Odisha govt. had decided to
remove which dept. From RTI
Act?
(a) Supply
(b) PRI
(c) Vigilance
(d) Agriculture
(e) None of these

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ANSWER KEYS
1. (b)

11. (a)

21. (b)

31. (a)

2. (b)

12. (d)

22. (d)

32. (b)

3. (b)

13. (b)

23. (c)

33. (c)

4. (b)

14. (c)

24. (c)

34. (c)

5. (c)

15. (a)

25. (e)

35. (b)

6. (a)

16. (b)

26. (a)

36. (d)

7. (c)

17. (c)

27. (a)

37. (a)

8. (a)

18. (b)

28. (c)

38. (a)

9. (b)

19. (b)

29. (c)

39. (a)

10. (a)

20. (c)

30. (a)

40. (c)

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