26 OCTOBER 2016

Ques. : 1   Who among the following has won the Man Booker Prize 2016?
1) Paul Beatty (The Sellout)
2) Ottessa Moshfegh (Eileen)
3) Graeme Macrae Burnet (His Bloody Project)
4) Deborah Levy (Hot Milk)
5) Madeleine Thien (Do Not Say We Have Nothing)
Answer:- 1) Paul Beatty (The Sellout)

Ques. : 2   Carlos Alberto, who died recently, was an ace footballer from
1) Brazil
2) Spain
3) France
4) Germany
5) Argentina
Answer:- 1) Brazil

Ques. : 3   India Meteorological Department (IMD) recently declared the deep depression over East-central Bay of Bengal intensified into cyclone
1) Nilofar
2) Viyanu
3) Sidr
4) Kyant
5) Nisha
Answer:- 4) Kyant

Ques. : 4   What is India’s ranking on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2017?
1) 130th
2) 131nd
3) 134th
4) 140th
5) 151st
Answer:- 1) 130th

Ques. : 5   The govt is confident of meeting the fiscal deficit target in 2016-17 which has been set at _______ of the gross domestic product (GDP).
1) 3 per cent
2) 3.2 per cent
3) 3.5 per cent
4) 3.6 per cent
5) 3.9 per cent
Answer:- 3) 3.5 per cent

Ques. : 6   Which of the following banks has unveiled a virtual assistant called ‘Erica’ which uses artificial intelligence?
1) CITI Bank
2) Standard Chartered
3) HDFC Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Bank of America
Answer:- 5) Bank of America

Ques. : 7   NN Vohra, who appointed former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Bilal Nazki as the chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission, is the present governor of
1) Odisha
2) Jharkhand
3) West Bengal
4) Bihar
5) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer:- 5) Jammu and Kashmir

Ques. : 8   Which of the following state govts recently declared the list of Yash Bharati awardees 2016? The award is given for excellence in literature, fine arts, folk and classical music and sports.
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Maharashtra
5) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:- 5) Uttar Pradesh

Ques. : 9   Which of the following countries topped the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2017?
1) New Zealand
2) South Korea
3) Hong Kong
4) Denmark
5) Singapore
Answer:- 1) New Zealand

Ques. : 10   Tiangong-2 is the experimental space lab of which of the following countries which successfully launched a micro-satellite, Banxing-2 recently?
1) Russia
2) China
3) South Korea
4) Germany
5) UK
Answer:- 2) China
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