1. The Global Peace Index is the product of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). IEP is a global think tank headquartered in?
1) Berlin, Germany
2) Los Angeles, USA
3) Seoul, South Korea
4) Sydney, Australia
5) Geneva, Switzerland
2. Who won the 2016 French Open tennis men’s singles title?
1) Andy Murray
2) Rafale Nadal
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Roger Federer
5) Milos Raonic
3. Who assumed office as the President of Peru on July 28, 2016?
1) Martin Vizcarra
2) Mercedes Araoz
3) Carlos Ferrero
4) Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
5) Alejandro Toledo
4. Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s largest Defense Summit, was held in June 2016 in?
1) Singapore
2) Beijing
3) Shanghai
4) Hong Kong
5) Hanoi
5. Who won the best women’s player award in the Eurasian Blitz chess tournament in Kazakhstan recently?
1) Koneru Humpy
2) Dronavalli Harika
3) Hou Yifan
4) Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
5) None of these
6. Which country topped the 2016 Global Slavery Index?
1) India
2) China
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh
5) Uzbekistan
7. Who is the present Chief Minister of Puducherry?
1) A. Namassivayam
2) Malladi Krishna Rao
3) V. Vaithilingam
4) M. Kandasamy
5) V. Narayanasamy
8. Who was conferred with National Order of the Republic of Ivory Coast, the highest civilian award of the West African country recently?
1) Pranab Mukherjee
2) Hamid Ansari
3) Narendra Modi
4) Manohar Parrikar
5) Sushma Swaraj
9. Which of the following Indian universities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Peking University in China to enhance academic ties?
1) Jawaharlal Nehru University
2) Nalanda University
3) Delhi University
4) University of Hyderabad
5) Banaras Hindu University
10. Peter Thomson assumed office as the President of the United Nations General Assembly on September 13, 2016. He is a diplomat from?
1) Fiji
2) Spain
3) Mexico
4) Finland
5) USA
11. Tsai Ing-wen is the first female Presi dent of which of the following Asian countries?
1) Vietnam
2) Taiwan
3) South Korea
4) North Korea
5) Laos
12. Which is the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation?
1) Sweden
2) Finland
3) Ireland
4) Iceland
5) Norway
13. The 57- kilometer Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest tunnel, was opened recently in?
1) Australia
2) Iceland
3) Switzerland
4) Netherlands
5) Denmark
14. Which of the following groups/ organizations conducted its biggest war games in Eastern Europe called “Anaconda” in June 2016?
1) G7
2) SCO
3) G20
4) NATO
5) European Union
15. Which Indian-American student won the National Geographic Bee Competition 2016?
1) Anamika Veeramani
2) Rishi Nair
3) Kapil Nathan
4) Nihar Sai Reddy
5) Saketh Jonnalagadda
16. International Day of Rural Women is observed every year on?
1) May 13
2) October 15
3) June 29
4) July 29
5) August15
17. John Key resigned as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in December 2016?
1) Canada
2) Australia
3) New Zealand
4) Mexico
5) Austria
18. Who was chosen as TIME magazine’s Person of the Year 2016?
1) Narendra Modi
2) Vladimir Putin
3) Julian Assange
4) Mark Zuckerberg
5) Donald Trump
19. The Reserve Bank of India left the repo rate unchanged in the fifth bimonthly onetary policy review on December 7, 2016. What is the present repo rate?
1) 6%
2) 6.5%
3) 6.25%
4) 5.75%
5) 6.75%
20. Who was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal for his entrepreneurial leadership by the U.S. based Chemical Heritage Foundation?
1) Sunil Mittal
2) Dilip Shanghvi
3) Mukesh Ambani
4) Kumaramangalam Birla
5) N.R. Narayana Murty
21. Which of the following is the tagline of Bharatiya Mahila Bank?
1) Where Every Individual is Comm itted
2) Nation Banks on Us
3) Modern Innovative Dependable
4)Empowering Women Empowering India
5) Banking to All
22. Which of the following won the India Biodiversity Award 2016?
1) Manas Tiger Reserve, Assam
2) Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh
3) Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh
4) Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Karna taka
5) Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh
23. Frances Arnold of USA recently became the first female winner of which of the following prizes?
1) Pulitzer Prize
2) Abel Prize
3) Millennium Technology Prize
4) Templeton Prize
5) Man Booker International Prize
24. What is the name of the trilateral naval exercise conducted by the navies of India, Japan and the United States near South China Sea in June 2016?
1) SIMBEX
2) AUSINDEX
3) VARUNA
4) MALABAR
5) INDRA
25. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred Amir Amanullah Khan Award, the highest civilian honor of?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Mongolia
5) Afghanistan
26. Which country topped the 2016 Global Peace Index?
1) Iceland
2) Denmark
3) Austria
4) New Zealand
5) Portugal
27. What is India’s rank in the 2016 Global Peace Index?
1) 143
2) 141
3) 134
4) 133
5) 122
28. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Finance Secretary – Ashok Lavasa
2) Revenue Secretary – Hasmukh Adhia
3) Financial Services Secretary – Anjuly Chib Duggal
4) Economic Affairs Secretary – Neeraj Kumar Gupta
5) Foreign Secretary – S. Jaishankar
29. Who was awarded the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut novel “The Glorious Heresies”?
1) Lisa McInerney
2) Cynthia Bond
3) Anne Enright
4) Elizabeth McKenzie
5) Hannah Rothschild
30. Connemara National Park is located in which of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) France
3) Germany
4) Ireland
5) New Zealand
31. Who won the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his novel “Family Life”?
1) Amitav Ghosh
2) Akhil Sharma
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Kiran Desai
5) Pallavi Aiyar
32. Garbine Muguruza of Spain won which of the following Grand Slam tennis women’s singles titles in 2016?
1) Australian Open
2) French Open
3) Wimbledon
4) US Open
5) None of these
33. Bhakti Kulkarni is a renowned player in which of the following sports?
1) Archery
2) Athletics
3) Badminton
4) Chess
5) Golf
34. Prayut Chan-O-cha visited India recently. He is the Prime Minister of?
1) Myanmar
2) Cambodia
3) Thailand
4) Laos
5) Vietnam
35. Which country honored the United Nations Secretary General Ban Kimoon with Order of Friendship Award recently?
1) France
2) Argentina
3) Russia
4) Japan
5) USA
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