1). A biopic titled “Blond Ambition” has been named the most admired unproduced film script currently in the Hollywood system. It is the biopic of
a) Madonna
b) Sandra Bullock
c) Jennifer Aniston
d) Johnny Depp
e) Angelina Jolie


2). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked _______ in the recently released most powerful people in the world by Forbes.
a) 7th
b) 8th
c) 9th
d) 10th
e) 11th


3). EKUVERIN Exercise is the joint military exercise between India and ______.
a) Russia
b) Nepal
c) China
d) Pakistan
e) Maldives


4). Which country Army has successfully test fired an enhanced version of an indigenously-designed Babur cruise missile?
a) Bangladesh
b) Nepal
c) Pakistan
d) Russia
e) None of these


5). Nobel-winning Thomas Schelling dies at 95. He is related with which among the following fields?
a) Physician
b) Economist
c) Poet
d) Social Activist
e) None of these


6). India's first residential transgender school to come up in which among the following cities?
a) Tiruvanantapuram
b) Chennai
c) Kochi
d) Bengaluru
e) Visakhapatnam


7). Which among the following state decided to provide free LPG connections to those BPL families, who were missed in the 2011 Socio Economic Caste Census on the lines of Pradhan Mantri UjwalaYojana?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Punjab
e) Kerala


8). Which state become the first in the country to launch Mahila Police Volunteer (MPV) initiative for safety of women?
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Chattisgarh
d) Maharashtra
e) Gujarat


9). Majuli set to become country’s first ever carbon neutral district. The district is situated in which among the following states?
a) West Bengal
b) Meghalaya
c) Mizoram
d) Assam
e) Arunachal Pradesh


10). Name the Indian-American woman elected as Mayor of Californian city.
a) SavitaVaidhyanathan
b) AnushaShanmugam
c) VineethaChoudary
d) Manjula Rani
e) Nirmala Vijayan


11). Which country has topped in Asia in innovation chart?
a) China
b) India
c) Malaysia
d) Indonesia
e) None of these


12). Which among the following companies has launched the “Each one, teach one” program?
a) Flipkart
b) Freecharge
c) Paytm
d) Amazon
e) Snapdeal


13). India and ASEAN have set a target of trading at 100 billion dollar to be achieved by 2020. Currently the trade between ASEAN and India is ________ billion dollars.
a) Fifty three
b) Sixty two
c) Fifty seven
d) Forty three
e) Seventy One


14). Who has been appointed as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs?
a) Anil Arora
b) Sunil Arora
c) VineelArora
d) Kamal Arora
e) None of these


15). Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) on Thursday presented 'Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016' to whom among the following?
a) Anil Ambani
b) Ratan Tata
c) Vijay Malya
d) MukeshAmbani
e) Sunil Bharati Mittal


16). State-owned power producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and aluminium producer National Aluminium Co. Ltd (NALCO) have signed MoU to establish a 2.4 giga watt (GW) Coal based power project at which among the following states?
a) Gujarat
b) Odisha
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
e) Uttar Pradesh


17). On the lines of Amma canteens, which state government has recently, launched a subsidised meal scheme in which the poor and the needy will get breakfast for Rs 5 and lunch or dinner for Rs 8?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Rajasthan
c) Haryana
d) Telangana
e) Kerala


18). The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)provides _____ percent of tax and surcharge on declarations of unaccounted cash deposited in banks.
a) 75%
b) 80%
c) 65%
d) 55%
e) 50%


19). _______ has become the first country in the world to legally offer "three-parent baby" fertility treatments after regulators gave the green light.
a) Canada
b) USA
c) Britain
d) Peru
e) None of these


20). India and Tajikistan signed four agreements today in areas including on double taxation, money laundering and counter-terrorism. Who is the President of counter party?
a) Tapou VI
b) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
c) Kassim Majiliwa
d) EmomaliRahmon
e) None of these


21). Who among the following appointed as the new head of Audi India and stated that he will assume his new role from February 01, 2017.
a) Vinod Ansari
b) Kamal Ansari
c) Surendra Ansari
d) Anil Ansari
e) Rahil Ansari


22). Publicis Communications announces the appointment of ______ as CEO of Publicis Communications India.
a) Saurabh Varma
b) Saurabh Chowdhary
c) Saurabh Bhoopati
d) Saurabh Ganguly
e) Saurabh Acharya


23). Which city Municipal Corporation awarded Digital India Silver Award?
a) Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
b) Bangalore city Municipal Corporation
c) Coimbatore city Municipal Corporation
d) Mysore City Municipal Corporation
e) None of these


24). Karnataka VikasGrameena Bank (KVGB) has bagged two awards for inclusive insurance from Skoch Group for 2016, according to a press release here. The bank is headquartered in
a) Mysore
b) Dharwad
c) Gadag
d) Belagavi
e) Kolar


25). Who has been conferred with CEPM Fellowship Award-2016?
a) BHEL
b) BMEL
c) BEL
d) BPCL
e) None of these


26). The Himachal Pradesh has achieved 100 percent Aadhar saturation on the basis of population of year 2015. Which is the first state to achieve 100 percent Aadhar saturation?
a) Delhi
b) Telangana
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
e) Chandigarh


27). Name the portal launched by DoT that will help users get checked the radiation level of mobile towers and transmitters across the country in a month.
a) Tarang Silichar
b) Tarang Sanchar
c) Tarang Samachar
d) Tarang Sarkar
e) None of these


28). India and Tajikistan recently signed some MoU’s recently. Which among the following areas were not included in those agreements?
a) Broadcasting in Exchange of Audio Visual Programs
b) Double taxation avoidance
c) Money laundering
d) Counter-terrorism
e) All were included


29). State Bank has launched mobile wallet Mobi Cash. The wallet is the broader version with which among the following telecommunication companies?
a) Airtel
b) BSNL
c) Idea
d) Vodafone
e) None of these


30). Who among the following appointed as the air force chief?
a) Arup Raha
b) Birender Singh Dhanoa
c) Anil Kumar Browne
d) Pradeep vasant Naik
e) None of these


31). Who among the following appointed as the new RAW Chief?
a) Rajiv Jain
b) Bipin Rawat
c) Anil Dhasmana
d) Birender Singh Dhanoa
e) None of these


32). Which country has crowned junior Hockey World Cup champions?
a) Australia
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) Malaysia
e) Belgium


33). International Migrants Day was observed every year on
a) 19th December
b) 18th December
c) 17th December
d) 16th December
e) 15th December


34). Who among the following has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Assam tourism?
a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Deepika Padukone
c) Sakshi Malik
d) Amritha Sharma
e) None of these


35). Who among the following has been crowned Miss World 2016 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland (USA)?
a) Natasha Mannuela
b) Pankhuri Gidwani Yaritza Miguelina
c) Stephanie Del Valle
d) Yaritza Miguelina
e) None of these


36). The Union Power Ministry is going to launch which of the following mobile application to provide real time data of all six lakh villages of the country?
a) MARV-II
b) GARV-II
c) SARV-II
d) JARV-II
e) None of these


37). Which private sector bank has partnered with Ola to provide cash-on-demand at customer’s doorstep?
a) YES Bank
b) ICICI Bank
c) HDFC Bank
d) Axis Bank
e) None of these


38). PrivatBank is the bank of which among the following countries largest bank?
a) Germany
b) California
c) Romania
d) Ukraine
e) Somalia


39). The India-Nepal Folk Crafts Festival, an initiative of South Asia Foundation to promote cultural exchanges between the two neighbours, began in
a) Shillong
b) Guwahati
c) Darjeeling
d) New Delhi
e) Kathmandu


40). Name the programme launched by the AYUSH Ministry to promote health and health education in villages.
a) SwasthyaRakshaProgramme
b) SwasthyaSurakshaProgramme
c) SwachtaRakshaProgramme
d) SwachtaSuakshaProgramme
e) None of these


41). Which among the following teams won the 2016 Indian Super League(ISL) football tournament?
a) Kerala Blasters
b) NorthEast United
c) Atletico de Kolkata
d) Chennaiyin
e) None of these


42). Which state government has launched “Immunization Incentives and Information Programme” to increase immunization rates of children between the age group of 0-12 months?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Punjab
d) Haryana
e) Madhya Pradesh


43). Who among the following persons has been stepped down as president of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA)?
a) Praful Patel
b) Sharad Pawar
c) Anurag Thakur
d) Rajeev Shukla
e) None of these


44). Name the district that is going to become the India’s first carbon neutral district?
a) Dibang Valley
b) Jorhat
c) Majuli
d) Nagaon
e) None of these


45). Name the Former Planning Commission member passed away recently.
a) Saumitra Chaudhuri
b) Aravinda Manohar Bajpae
c) Sunil Cheitri
d) Manoj Kumar Chaterjee
e) None of these


46). International Human Solidarity Day is observed annually on
a) 20th December
b) 21st December
c) 22nd December
d) 23rd December
e) 24th December


47). Telangana gets Rs 450 crore Central aid for backward districts. Who is the Chief Minister of Telangana?
a) N Chandra Babu Naidu
b) K Chandra Shekar Rao
c) Vijay Rupani
d) Nitish Kumar
e) Siddiramiah


48). Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation of the first-ever Indian Institute of Skills of the country in which among the following states?
a) Maharashtra
b) Karnataka
c) Gujarat
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Tamil Nadu


49). Name the Tamil poet whose statue was recently inaugurated on the bank of River Ganga in Haridwar?
a) Mamulanar
b) Agastya
c) Thiruvalluvar
d) Nakkirar
e) None of these


50). Name the Minister who launched a website providing information on Haj pilgrimage relating to Haj Matters in New Delhi.
a) M Venkiah Naidu
b) Sushri Uma Bharati
c) Jagat Prakash Nadda
d) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
e) None of these