01 JUN
2016
Ques.
: 1 What is India’s ranking in the global competitiveness rankings recently
released by International Institute for Management (IMD) based in Switzerland?
1) 44th
2) 41st
3) 35th
4) 25th
5) 21st
Answer:- 2) 41st
Ques.
: 2 According to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s
Economic Outlook Survey, India’s economy will grow at what per cent in 2016-17?
1) 7.1 per cent
2) 7.3 per cent
3) 7.6 per cent
4) 7.7 per cent
5) 9.6 per cent
Answer:- 4) 7.7 per cent
Ques.
: 3 The Railway Ministry and PEC University of Technology have signed an MoU
for setting up of Kalpana Chawla Chair. Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-origin
1) boxer
2) professor
3) author
4) astronaut
5) singer
Answer:- 4) astronaut
Ques.
: 4 The Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a state-of-the-art
submarine assembly workshop at the Mazgaon Dock which is situated in
1) Kandla
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Vishakhapatnam
5) Kochin
Answer:- 2) Mumbai
Ques.
: 5 Surajit Kar Purkayastha was appointed recently as the new Director General
of Police in
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Jharkhand
5) Bihar
Answer:- 1) West Bengal
Ques.
: 6 _________ was awarded Japan’s Fukuoka prize for 2016 for his outstanding
contribution towards creating, preserving and showcasing South Asian
traditional fusion music.
1) Pritam Chakraborty
2) Amit Trivedi
3) AR Rahman
4) Shankar Mahadevan
5) GV Prakash Kuma
Answer:- 3) AR Rahman
Ques.
: 7 Alastair Cook recently became the youngest batsman to score 10,000 Test runs,
a record earlier held by Sachin Tendulkar. Cook plays for
1) West Indies
2) Australia
3) England
4) South Africa
5) New Zealand
Answer:- 3) England
Ques.
: 8 Who among the following was named T20 Player of the Year at the CEAT
Cricket Awards 2015-16?
1) Ajinkya Rahane
2) Rishabh Pant
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Virat Kohli
5) R Ashwin
Answer:- 4) Virat Kohli
Ques.
: 9 As notified by the govt recently, effective 1 Jun, the threshold limit of
PF withdrawal for deduction of tax (TDS) has been raised from existing Rs
30,000 to
1) Rs 40,000
2) Rs 50,000
3) Rs 60,000
4) Rs 70,000
5) Rs 80,000
Answer:- 2) Rs 50,000
Ques. : 10 Ashok Lavasa has been appointed as the new
1) Defence Secretary
2) Home Secretary
3) Foreign Secretary
4) Cabinet Secretary
5) Finance Secretary
Answer:- 5) Finance Secretary
2 JUN
2016
Ques.
: 1 What per cent ‘Krishi Kalyan’ cess is imposed on service tax effective 1
Jun 2016?
1) 0.15 per cent
2) 0.25 per cent
3) 0.50 per cent
4) 0.75 per cent
5) 0.95 per cent
Answer:- 3) 0.50 per cent
Ques.
: 2 The global competitiveness rankings for 2016 released by International
Institute for Management (IMD) based in Switzerland is topped by
1) Switzerland
2) China Hong Kong
3) US
4) India
5) Indonesia
Answer:- 2) China Hong Kong
Ques.
: 3 D Javare Gowda, who passed away recently, was a noted writer of
1) Kannada
2) Tamil
3) Telugu
4) Malayalam
5) Assamese
Answer:- 1) Kannada
Ques.
: 4 _________ has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Kerala’s anti-drug
campaign.
1) Ajay Devgan
2) Shriya Saran
3) Asin
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) S Sreesanth
Answer:- 4) Sachin Tendulkar
Ques.
: 5 The govt’s scheme to declare undisclosed incomes started on 1 Jun and will
remain in force till
1) 30 Sep, 2016
2) 31 Dec, 2016
3) 31 Jan, 2017
4) 30 Mar, 2017
5) 30 Jun, 2017
Answer:- 1) 30 Sep, 2016
Ques.
: 6 India and which country signed five MoUs during the recent visit by Vice
President Mohammad Hamid Ansari to the country?
1) Spain
2) Algeria
3) Brazil
4) South Africa
5) Morocco
Answer:- 5) Morocco
Ques.
: 7 The 57-kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest
rail tunnel, was inaugurated recently in
1) Spain
2) France
3) Germany
4) Switzerland
5) China
Answer:- 4) Switzerland
Ques.
: 8 The Govt of India and the World Bank signed a grant agreement recently for
the Efficient and Sustainable City Bus Service Project for selected Indian
cities which include
1) Jaipur
2) Chandigarh
3) Patna
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques.
: 9 Who among the following took charge as the BCCI’s first ever CEO recently,
appointed on the recommendation of the Justice Lodha Committee?
1) Kapil Dev
2) Anurag Thakur
3) Rahul Johri
4) Ravi Shastri
5) Shashank Manohar
Answer :- 3)Rahul Johri
Ques.
: 10 What is India’s ranking on the 2016 Global Slavery Index released
recently?
1) First
2) Second
3) Third
4) Fourth
5) Fifth
Ans 1) first
03 JUN
2016
Ques.
: 1 The Union Cabinet recently approved the MoU between India and ____ to
enhance cooperation in the field of wildlife conservation and combating
wildlife trafficking.
1) China
2) Russia
3) US
4) South Africa
5) Brazil
Answer:- 3) US
Ques.
: 2 The Indian govt gifted 2,000 bicycles to poor Dalit girls studying in govt
schools in Banke, Siraha, Dhanusha and Sarlahi districts of which country
recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Nepal
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bhutan
Answer:- 2) Nepal
Ques.
: 3 India and Morocco have launched the India-Morocco Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (IMCCI). The capital city of Morocco is
1) Abuja
2) Bamako
3) Rabat
4) Tripoli
5) Algiers
Answer:- 3) Rabat
Ques.
: 4 The Union Cabinet approved the proposal to set up India Post payment bank
recently which will have a corpus of
1) Rs 400 cr
2) Rs 600 cr
3) Rs 800 cr
4) Rs 1,000 cr
5) Rs 1,200 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 800 cr
Ques.
: 5 The TRAI has launched a mobile application to register complaints against
pesky calls and SMSes. The present chairman of TRAI is
1) CB Bhave
2) TS Vijayan
3) Vijayalakshmy K Gupta
4) AK Kaushal
5) RS Sharma
Answer:- 5) RS Sharma
Ques.
: 6 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has become the second Indian to join Giving Pledge, the
billionaire philanthropic group started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. The
first Indian to do so is
1) Azim Premji
2) NR Narayana Murthy
3) Mukesh Ambani
4) Dilip Shanghvi
5) Shiv Nadar
Answer:- 1) Azim Premji
Ques.
: 7 Which of the following states celebrated its statehood day on 2 Jun?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Jharkhand
3) Uttarakhand
4) Telangana
5) Sikkim
Answer:- 4) Telangana
Ques.
: 8 Who among the following has become the first tennis player to win a $100-m
prize money recently?
1) Kei Nishikori
2) Roger Federer
3) Andy Murray
4) Rafael Nadal
5) Novak Djokovic
Answer:- 5) Novak Djokovic
Ques.
: 9 Joe Root was named International cricketer of the year at the CEAT Cricket
Awards 2015-16 recently. He belongs to
1) England
2) Australia
3) South Africa
4) New Zealand
5) West Indies
Answer:- 1) England
Ques.
: 10 Who among the following was conferred the Lifetime achievement award at
the CEAT Cricket Awards 2015-16?
1) Ravi Shastri
2) Mohinder Amarnath
3) Kapil Dev
4) Sunil Gavaskar
5) Dilip Vengsarkar
Answer:- 5) Dilip Vengsarkar
1.
The punch line of the advertisement of which of the following organization is
“Jindagi ke sath bhi Jindagi ke bad bhi” ?
1) New India Assurance
2) General Insurance Corporation
3) ICICI Prudential
4) Life Insurance Corporation Of India
5) None of these
2. The
central office of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is located at
1) Kolkata
2) New Delhi
3) Chennai
4) Pune
5) Mumbai
3.
If an organization wishes to venture into Insurance Business it has to obtain a
licence first from which of the following ?
1) Indian Banks Association (IBA)
2) Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
3) Tariff Advisory Committee (TAC)
4) Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
5) None of these
4.
Which of the following is not the name of an Insurance Scheme launched by the
Government of India
1) Janashree Bima Yojana
2) Krishi Shramik Sarnajik Suraksha Yojana
3) Shiksha Sahyog Yojana 4) Varsha
Bima Yojana
5) National Saving Scheme Programme
5.
Which of the following insurance companies writes its punch line in the
advertisements “Insurance is the subject matter of solicitation” ?
1) CIC
2) LIC
3) ING Vysya Life InsuranceCo.
4) Tata AIG Life Insurance Co
5) None of these
6.
Which of the following was the parent company of New India Assurance ?
1) LIC
2) GIC
3) Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
4) United India Insurance
5) None of these
7.
Which of the following words/ terms is closely associated with the insurance
business
1) Archives
2) Donation
3) Actuary
4) Quest
5) All are associated with insurance
8.
The New India Assurance Company was established in 1919 by
1) Dorab Tata
2) G. D. Birla
3) Jamunalal BajaJ
4) Kamlapat Singhania
5) None of these
9.
Which of the following is largest Non Life Insurance Company in India ?
1) ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.
2) United India Insurance Company Ltd.
3) General Insurance Company Ltd.
4). New India Assurance Company
Ltd.
5) None of these
10.
Which is the sole reinsurance company in the Indian insurance market ?
1) United India Insurance Company Limited
2) General Insurance
Corporation of India
3) New India Assurance Company Limited
4) The Oriental Insurance Company
5) Life Insurance Corporation of India
04
JUNE 2016
Ques.
: 1 The RBI recently eased norms for NBFCs to refinance infrastructure
projects. What does letter ‘F’ stand for in the term NBFC?
1) Factoring
2) Finance
3) Franchise
4) Forward
5) Forfeit
Answer:- 2) Finance
Ques.
: 2 Which Indian city has emerged as the fifth most preferred location for
housing innovation centres in the world?
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Noida
4) Gurgaon
5) Chennai
Answer:- 2) Bengaluru
Ques.
: 3 Who among the following has become the first Indian woman to be nominated
for membership in the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
1) Nita Ambani
2) Dipali Goenka
3) Chanda Kochhar
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya
5) Tina Ambani
Answer:- 1) Nita Ambani
Ques.
: 4 Who among the following was named Indian cricketer of the year at the CEAT
Cricket Awards 2015-16?
1) Ajinkya Rahane
2) Rohit Sharma
3) Virat Kohli
4) R Ashwin
5) MS Dhoni
Answer:- 2) Rohit Sharma
Ques.
: 5 India and Tunisia signed two MoUs during the recent visit of Vice President
Hamid Ansari. The capital city of Tunisia is
1) Bogota
2) Yerevan
3) Luanda
4) Tirana
5) Tunis
Answer:- 5) Tunis
Ques.
: 6 India has been ranked at 70th position on ‘Good Country’ 2015 index which
is topped by
1) Canada
2) Germany
3) Finland
4) Denmark
5) Sweden
Answer:- 5) Sweden
Ques.
: 7 Navin Agarwal was appointed Director General (DG) of NADA. Here, the term
NADA stands for
1) National Anti-Dumping Agency
2) National Anti-Doping Agency
3) National Anti-Defraud Agency
4) National Anti-Desertion Agency
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) National Anti-Doping Agency
Ques.
: 8 NK Chari has been appointed the new Managing Director of which of the
following associate banks of SBI?
1) State Bank of Travancore
2) State Bank of Patiala
3) State Bank of Hyderabad
4) State Bank of Mysore
5) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
Answer:- 4) State Bank of Mysore
Ques.
: 9 R Seetharaman has been honoured with the 2016 Green Economy Visionary
Award. He is the group CEO of
1) Doha Bank
2) HSBC
3) Softbank
4) Bank Melli
5) Riyad Bank
Answer:- 1) Doha Bank
Ques. : 10 The World Milk Day is observed every year on
1) 31 May
2) 1 Jun
3) 2 Jun
4) 3 Jun
5) 5 Jun
Answer:- 2) 1 Jun
06
JUNE 2016
Ques.
: 1 Who won the men’s singles title of the 2016 French Open tennis tournament?
1) Andy Murray
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Kei Nishikori
4) Roger Federer
5) Rafael Nadal
Answer:- 2) Novak Djokovic
Ques.
: 2 V Narayanasamy is the new Chief Minister of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Assam
4) Puducherry
5) Goa
Answer:- 4) Puducherry
Ques.
: 3 Sulabha Deshpande, who passed away recently, was a veteran
1) singer
2) dancer
3) author
4) film actor
5) social activist
Answer:- 4) film actor
Ques.
: 4 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Salma Dam (Herat Dam) in his recent visit
to which of the following countries?
1) Qatar
2) Afghanistan
3) Tajikistan
4) Iran
5) Myanmar
Answer:- 2) Afghanistan
Ques.
: 5 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Indian Govt have signed a $200-mn loan
agreement to upgrade 176 km of State roads in
1) Jharkhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Assam
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Rajasthan
Answer:- 1) Jharkhand
Ques.
: 6 In which of the following countries voters rejected a proposal to introduce
a guaranteed basic income for everyone in a recent plebiscite?
1) Singapore
2) Mauritius
3) Norway
4) Sweden
5) Switzerland
Answer:- 5) Switzerland
Ques.
: 7 India and Qatar inked 7 agreements to boost cooperation recently. The
capital city and currency of Qatar respectively are
1) Manama, Qatari dinar
2) Doha, Qatari riyal
3) Riyadh, Qatari ringgit
4) Tripoli, Qatari krona
5) Damascus, Qatari peso
Answer:- 2) Doha, Qatari riyal
Ques.
: 8 The Tiger Express, a semi-luxury tourist train, was flagged off recently
which will take the guests on board to the world famous Bandhavgarh and Kanha
National Parks in
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) West Bengal
3) Rajasthan
4) Gujarat
5) Odisha
Answer:- 1) Madhya Pradesh
Ques.
: 9 Avtar Singh qualified for Rio Olympic Games recently. He plays
1) boxing
2) wrestling
3) weightlifting
4) judo
5) discuss throw
Answer:- 4) judo
Ques.
: 10 Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited which of the following countries
recently to which India plans to sell BrahMos missiles?
1) Philippines
2) Thailand
3) Cambodia
4) Vietnam
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 4) Vietnam
07 JUNE
2016
Ques.
: 1 PM Narendra Modi launched ‘Stand Up India’ scheme recently. Under the
scheme, ______ bank branches in the country will provide loans to certain
entrepreneurs.
1) 25,000 lakh
2) 50,000 lakh
3) 1 lakh
4) 1.25 lakh
5) 2.50 lakh
Answer:- 4) 1.25 lakh
Ques.
: 2 The govt has set up a high-level committee to suggest ways to strengthen
the security along the border with Pakistan. The Committee is chaired by
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) LC Goyal
3) VK Singh
4) Madhukar Gupta
5) Bikram Singh
Answer:- 4) Madhukar Gupta
Ques.
: 3 Visiline Jepkesho and Cyprian Kotut won women’s and men’s titles
respectively at the 40th edition of the Paris Marathon recently. Both of them
belong to
1) Kenya
2) Ethiopia
3) Eretria
4) Nigeria
5) Zambia
Answer:- 1) Kenya
Ques.
: 4 Myneni Hari Prasad Rao, who passed away recently, was considered the
architect of _______ Atomic Power Station.
1) Narora
2) Rajasthan
3) Tarapur
4) Kakrapar
5) Madras
Answer:- 5) Madras
Ques.
: 5 Manish Sharma has become the first Indian and the youngest ever to become
an executive officer of
1) Sony
2) Apple
3) Samsung
4) LG
5) Panasonic
Answer:- 5) Panasonic
Ques.
: 6 Name the sportsperson who has been chosen for the 2016 Hridaynath
Mangeshkar Award?
1) MS Dhoni
2) Vishwanathan Anand
3) Ritu Rani
4) Mithali Raj
5) Sania Mirza
Answer:- 2) Vishwanathan Anand
Ques.
: 7 Which of the following countries launched the world’s first public
immunization program for dengue fever recently?
1) Philippines
2) Mexico
3) Al Salvador
4) Thailand
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 1) Philippines
Ques.
: 8 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) recently commissioned a seasonwise
tiltable canal top solar PV plant at Bhimavaram in
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:- 3) Andhra Pradesh
Ques.
: 9 Aadhaar is now the largest digital platform in the world for transparent
delivery of services as its enrolment recently hit a milestone of
1) 25 cr
2) 40 cr
3) 50 cr
4) 75 cr
5) 100 cr
Answer:- 5) 100 cr
Ques.
: 10 India's first instant loan giving app was launched in Mumbai recently.
Name the app.
1) InstCash
2) CashApp
3) EzeeCASH
4) CASHe
5) CashMATE
Answer:- 4) CASHe
08
JUNE 2016
Ques.
: 1 The Centre recently announced an increase in the MSP for pulses, oil seeds
and paddy for the upcoming kharif season. The term MSP stands for
1) Maximum Support Prices
2) Minimum Support Prices
3) Minimum State Prices
4) Maximum State Prices
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Minimum Support Prices
Ques.
: 2 The RBI announced the second bi-monthly review of its monetary policy on
Jun 07. Which of the following is NOT correct in this respect?
1) Repo rate – 6.5 per cent
2) Reverse repo rate – 6 per cent
3) CRR – 4 per cent
4) SLR – 21.25 per cent
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques.
: 3 Which of the following countries topped the 2016 Global Retail Development
Index (GRDI) released by London-based business consultancy AT Kearney?
1) India
2) China
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) Kazakhstan
Answer:- 2) China
Ques.
: 4 _______ has become the first state in the country to have a State Data
Centre (SDC), designed using green data centre concept to minimise power
requirement and increase power utilisation efficiency.
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 2) Himachal Pradesh
Ques.
: 5 Who among the following has been named the ambassador for Swachh Bharat
Mission’s youth-based ‘Swachh Saathi’ (student internship) programme?
1) Rani Mukerji
2) Kajol
3) Dia Mirza
4) Amrita Rao
5) Lara Dutta
Answer:- 3) Dia Mirza
Ques.
: 6 Name the president of Indian Olympic Association who has been awarded
Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee.
1) PK Muralidharan Raja
2) Injeti Srinivas
3) Praful Patel
4) N Ramachandran
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) N Ramachandran
Ques.
: 7 ________ has become the first city in the country to have its own ‘city
animal’ with declaring Gangetic River Dolphin as its mascot.
1) Varanasi
2) Kanpur
3) Allahabad
4) Guwahati
5) Patna
Answer:- 4) Guwahati
Ques.
: 8 As part of its efforts to make villages located along Ganga open
defecation-free, Govt has launched a campaign named
1) Swachh Tat
2) Swachh Dhara
3) Swachh Yug
4) Swachh Nagar
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Swachh Yug
Ques.
: 9 The govt and multilateral lending agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
signed a $120-mn loan agreement to improve irrigation and water management
infrastructure in
1) Jharkhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Assam
5) Odisha
Answer:- 5) Odisha
Ques. : 10 Which of the following firms topped the 2016
rankings of the Fortune 500 list?
1) AT&T
2) Berkshire Hathaway
3) Apple
4) ExxonMobil
5) Walmart
Answer:- 5) Walmart
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