1. Which Indian city hosted the Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in December 2016?
1) New Delhi
2) Amritsar
3) Chandigarh
4) Patna
2. Mitra Shakti 2016 is the joint military exercise of India and:
1) Nepal
2) Maldives
3) Sri Lanka
4) None of these
3. Which Indian sportswoman was appointed a member of the International Olympic Committee’s
Athletes’ Commission recently?
1) Sania Mirza
2) P.V. Sindhu
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Sakshi Malik
4. Where was the 17th India-Russia Summit held in October 2016?
1) Moscow
2) New Delhi
3) Sochi
4) Goa
5. Paolo Gentiloni became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in December 2016?
1) France
2) Austria
3) Italy
4) Germany
6. Which of the following is an environmental science book?
1) Sea of Poppies
2) River of Smoke
3) Silent Spring
4) And Then One Day
7. Which of the following is related to horticulture?
1) Green Revolution
2) White Revolution
3) Silver Revolution
4) Golden Revolution
8. In which year was the reorganization of States on linguistic basis done?
1) 1950
2) 1951
3) 1954
4) 1956
9. Ibn Battuta is considered as one of the greatest travelers of all time. He belonged to:
1) Egypt
2) Ethiopia
3) Morocco
4) Yemen
10. Raja Harishchandra, India’s first feature film, was released in the year:
1) 1913
2) 1911
3) 1909
4) 1912
11. Who is considered as the founder of the Gupta dynasty?
1) Sri Gupta
2) Samudragupta
3) Chandragupta I
4) Chandragupta II
12. Selman Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1952 for his discovery of:
1) Prontosil
2) Streptomycin
3) Tigecycline
4) Ticarcillin
13. In which of the following years was the Battle of Plassey fought?
1) 1761
2) 1775
3) 1757
4) 1764
14. Which of the following devices measures humidity?
1) Barometer
2) Lactometer
3) Manometer
4) Hygrometer
15. The concept of nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha by the President was borrowed from the constitution of:
1) USA
2) Canada
3) Ireland
4) South Africa
16. Who among the following Union Ministers is a Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh?
1) M. Venkaiah Naidu
2) Ashok Gajapathi Raju
3) Suresh Prabhu
4) Arun Jaitley
17. Which of the following cups is associated with Hockey?
1) Thomas Cup
2) Uber Cup
3) Durand Cup
4) Aga Khan Cup
18. National Good Governance Day is observed every year on?
1) September 25
2) October 31
3) December 25
4) October 25
19. Who is the author of the book “Namesake”?
1) Anita Desai
2) Kiran Desai
3) Shobha De
4) Jhumpa Lahiri
20. August Weismann proposed the:
1) Natural Selection Theory
2) Germ Plasm theory
3) Cell Theory
4) Scientific Theory
21. Sir C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for his work in the field of:
1) Nuclear Physics
2) Brownian Motion
3) Scattering of Light
4) None of these
22. Who among the following Indians has not won the Ramon Magsaysay Award?
1) Arvind Kejriwal
2) Kiran Bedi
3) Anna Hazare
4) T.N. Seshan
23. Which of the following is not considered while calculating Human Development Index (HDI)?
1) Life expectancy
2) Income
3) Housing
4) Education
24. Arvind Panagariya is associated with:
1) UGC
2) RBI
3) Election Commission
4) NITI Aayog
25. Sravanbelgola is famous for its Jain temples. It is in:
1) Rajasthan
2) Karnataka
3) Bihar
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