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1. The Union Government has issued detailed guidelines to tackle the outbreak of Zika Virus

Disease in the wake of reported cases in Americas. The virus is transmitted by

a) Machaomyia flies

b)Acartophthalmus flies

c) Aedes mosquitoes

d) Bolitophila mosquitoes

A) a & b are correct answers

B) c is correct answer

C) c & d are correct answers

D) a is correct answer

Your Answer: B) c is correct answer

Right Answer: B) c is correct answer

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Explanation: The correct answer is B. These guidelines were issued by Union Health Ministry

and come after World Health Organisation (WHO) had declared this outbreak as Public Health

Emergency of International Concern.

2. Which film has won the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of

Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC).

a) Titli

b) Lovely

c) Bijuli

d) Babli

A) d is correct answer

B) a & b are correct answers



Your Answer:

Right Answer: D) a is correct answer

Explanation: The correct answer is D. Indian filmmaker Kanu Behl directorial film Titli has won

many awards at various international film festivals at places like Bordeaux (France), Hawaii

(US), New York (US), Turkey and Spain.

3. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its sixth bi-monthly monetary policy review for year 2016

has maintained what status in key policy interest rate.

a) Increase in interest rate

b) Decrease in interest rate

c) status quo

d) none of the above


B) c is correct answer



Your Answer:

Right Answer: B) c is correct answer

Explanation: The correct answer is B. The key policy interest rates were kept unchanged on

the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation in the

country. RBI has kept its stance on the credit policy accommodative.


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4. Union Government has appointed senior IPS officer K Durga Prasad has Director General

(DG) of which police force?

a) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

b) Broder Security

c) Indo Tibetan Border police

d) Central Reserve police force





Your Answer:

Right Answer: A) d is correct answer

Explanation: The correct answer is A. Decision in this regard was taken by Appointments

Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

5. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the construction work of Borehole Geophysics

Research Laboratory (BGRL). Where this is being established?

a) Karad, Maharashtra

b) Karjat, Maharashtra

c) Banghat, Uttarakhand

d) Lansdowne, Uttarakhand





Your Answer:


Explanation: The correct answer is D. Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL) is

being set up at Karad to understand Earthquakes Mechanism in the Koyna Region of

Maharastra

6. Which social legislation completed ten years of implementation?

a) Right to Education Act

b) MGNREGA

c) Food Security Act


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d) Street Vendors Act


B) c & d are correct answers

C) b is correct answer


Your Answer: C) b is correct answerRight Answer: C) b is correct answer

Explanation: The correct answer is C. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment

Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) the Flagship rural job guarantee scheme was announced by the

then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in February 2006.

7. Identify the Indian national who was appointed as the Senior Director for the Fragility,

Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank on 1 February 2016.

a) Saroj Kumar Jha

b) Jim Young Kim

c) Shashi Tharoor

d) Shanta Devarajan





Your Answer:


Explanation: The correct answer is D. Saroj Kumar Jha is an alumnus of Indian Institute of

Technology Kanpur. Jha till last week was World Bank's Regional Director for Central Asia

based in Almaty since February 2012.

8. For which state of India did World Bank approved Million US dollars 35 to Improve Citizen

Access to Public Services?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh



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Your Answer:

Right Answer: A) d is correct answer

Explanation: The correct answer is A. The Project will improve access to selected public

services for the people of Madhya Pradesh (MP) and particularly those belonging to deprivedgroups.

9. India's first underwater restaurant was unveiled in which city?

a) Mumbai

b) Chennai

c) Ahmedabad

d) Pune


B) c & d are correct answers

C) c is correct answer


Your Answer: C) c is correct answer

Right Answer: C) c is correct answer

Explanation: The correct answer is C. Indias first underwater restaurant was unveiled in

Ahmedabad. The 32-seater restaurant called Real Poseidon is built 20 feet below ground level

and offers its diners a culinary experience like no other with view of over 4000 species of fish

all around it.

10. Which country lifted ban on import of Indian Groundnut?

a) China

b) Vietnam

c) Philippinesd) Pakistan


B) b is correct answer



Your Answer: B) b is correct answer

Right Answer: B) b is correct answer

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Explanation: The correct answer is B. The country had suspended import of Indian

groundnuts from April 6, due to interception of quarantine pests in consignments exported

since January, 2015.

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