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GENERAL AWARENESS WEEKLY POCKET

Q.1. Which Latin American country has signed two agreements with North Korea on
cooperation in foreign trade and scientific and technological development?
Ans: Cuba
Q.2. Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey has been appointed as the Chief ------------------ for
Persons with Disabilities (CCPD).
Ans: Commissioner
Q.3. Which Union Territory has launched MITRA mobile application to ensure safety and
security of women by sending emergency SOS messages when in danger or emergency?
Ans: Puducherry
Q.4. Which Indian cricketer has broken the most stumping record of 139 by Kumar
Sangakkara in international cricket?
Ans: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Q.5. Senior journalist T. N. GopaKumar passed away recently. He belongs toAns: Kerala
Q.6. By how much per cent the Government has marginally revised downward the economic
growth for 2014-15?
Ans: 0.1
Q.7. Professor Morton Mower (US) and Sir Michael Marmot (UK) has recently been
conferred with the Prince Mahidol Award 2015. This award is given in the field ofAns: Medicine and public health
Q.8. Angelique Kerber, has been ranked sixth in the world claimed her first Australian Open
Women's singles title by defeating World No.1 Serena Williams. Kerber is a --------------origin player.
Ans: German
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Q.9. Vice Admiral Girish Luthra has taken over charge as the Flag Officer Commandingin-Chief of the ---------------------- Naval Command.
Ans: Southern
Q.10. Which other film along with Mad Max: Fury Road has bagged two awards at the
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards (AACTA)?
Ans: Carol
Q.11. Who has been chosen for the 'K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015' for his
contribution towards social justice as Chief Minister?
Ans: Nitish Kumar
Q.12. Who has been appointed as Indias Ambassador to Mexico?
Ans: Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi
Q.13. Which country's new parliament has elected U. Win Myint as Speaker of the House
of Representatives?
Ans: Myanmar
Q.14. This country has inaugurated its new parliament, in which the pro-independence
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds an absolute majority, putting an end to over 60
years of legislative control by the nationalist Kuomintang party (KMT). Name this country?
Ans: Taiwan
Q.15. Which place in India has been selected for the first 'Spaceward Bound Program 2016'
of NASA?
Ans: Laddakh
Q.16. Who has won his sixth Australian Open Mens Singles title recently?
Ans: Novak Djokovic
Q.17. Indian badminton Star Kidambi Srikanth has won Syed Modi International Badminton
Championship by defeating Huang Yuxian of ------------------------- in the final.

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Ans: China
Q.18. Frank Finlay, Oscar nominated --------------------- Actor known for 'Othello' passed
away recently.
Ans: British
Q.19. Which Indian batsman has claimed the top spot in the International Cricket Council's
(ICC) latest T20 batting rankings?
Ans: Virat Kohli
Q.20. India has approved how many small development projects in Afghanistan in third
phase?
Ans: 92
Q.21. Which U-19 Indian batsman has scored fastest Under-19 World Cup fifty recently in
the last group match against Nepal?
Ans: Rishabh Pant
Q.22. Who has been appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),
becoming the first woman to head a paramilitary force?
Ans: Archana Ramasundaram
Q.23. Recently Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Inaugurated the IREPS. What does IREPS
stand for?
Ans: Indian Railways E-Procurement System
Q.24. What is the name of the Googles parent company, which left behind the Apple as the
most valuable company in the world in terms of market capitalisation?
Ans: Alphabet
Q.25. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the policy rates unchanged in its --------------- bimonthly monetary policy.
Ans: sixth

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Q.26. Who has been appointed as a Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Group at the World Bank?
Ans: Saroj Kumar Jha
Q.27. Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Ministry of Tribal Affairs?
Ans: Shyam S. Agarwal
Q.28. Song Young-han defeated American star Jordan Spieth to win SMBC Singapore Open
title. He belongs to:Ans: S. Korea
Q.29. Which agency of the government of India has entered into two bilateral Advance
Pricing Agreements (APAs) with United Kingdom, recently?
Ans: Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
Q.30. Chinese authorities have named an asteroid after 2015 Nobel winning scientist Tu
Youyou. She has been awarded the Nobel Prize in the field ofAns: Physiology or Medicine
Q.31. In which state the foundation stone of Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory
(BGRL) was laid down at Karad to understand Earthquakes Mechanism in the Koyna
Region?
Ans: Maharastra
Q.32. Which neighbour country of India has approved the draft of a proposed Citizenship
Law, 2016 expanding scopes for dual citizenship for its expatriate citizens?
Ans: Bangladesh
Q.33. To which province of China the World Bank has approved a loan of 100 million US
dollars to help build a clean energy heating system?
Ans: Hebei

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Q.34. NIIF with which Russian company has agreed to set-up the Russia-India High
Technology Private Equity Fund for Joint Implementation of Investments into Projects in
India?
Ans: Rusnano
Q.35. India and Brunei has recently signed 3 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to
deepen bilateral cooperation in health, defence and on cooperation in youth and sports
affairs in the Brunei capital. What is the capital of Brunei?
Ans: Bandar Seri Begawan
Q.36. At which place a unique MAGIC (Modular, Agile, Intensified & Continuous) Process
Lab has been inaugurated?
Ans: National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Q.37. At which place the Counter-Terrorism Conference- 2016 was organised?
Ans: Jaipur
Q.38. Veteran Urdu short story writer, poet and journalist Intizar Husain passed away. He
belonged toAns: Pakistan
Q.39. Former Congress Leader Balram Jakhar passed away recently. He held the post of Ans: Lok Sabha speaker
Q.40. Russia's state arms trader Rosoboronexport has provided India with the final
consignment of ------------helicopters.
Ans: Mi-17V-5
Q.41. To which ministry the cabinet has given its approval to allow it to form joint venture
(JV) companies with the state governments to mobilize resources for undertaking projects
in states?
Ans: Ministry of Railways

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Q.42. For what duration a supernumerary post in the rank of air marshal has been created in
the Indian Air Force?
Ans: 17 months
Q.43. What is the extended tenure of Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC)
as per the Joint Declaration signed between India and Germany?
Ans: 2017-2022
Q.44. Chief of the Army Staff, of which neighbouring country has been conferred the
Honorary Rank of General of the Indian Army by the President of India recently?
Ans: Nepal
Q.45. Who has been appointed as the head of Mission and Force Commander of the United
Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) stationed in Golan to maintain the
ceasefire between Israeli and Syrian forces?
Ans: Jai Shanker Menon
Q.46. Who has become the first female head of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS)?
Ans: Aruna Sethi
Q.47. Former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), ------------------- passed
away recently.
Ans: S. S. Tarapore
Q.48. Pandit Ram Narayan has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Ratna Pandit
Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Award for 2015-2016. He is associated with which musical
instruments?
Ans: Sarangi
Q.49. Who has directed the film Titli which bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award
conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC)?
Ans: Kanu Behl

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Q.50. Which Indian business house has announced setting up of a centre for research,
development and innovation in aerospace technology?
Ans: Reliance
Q.51. How many countries are there in the Pacific Rim countries which has signed the USled Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in New Zealand, one of the biggest trade
deals in history?
Ans: 12
Q.52. India has become the -------------------- country outside the European region to sign a
Cooperation Agreement to acquire the status of the Associate Member State European
Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)?
Ans: Second
Q.53. At which place petrochemical complex of Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited
was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister?
Ans: Lepetkata, Dibrugarh
Q.54. Which ministry has launched an official YouTube channel to disseminate information
on major schemes, events, meetings and press conferences of the ministry on a real-time
basis?
Ans: Ministry of Finance
Q.55. Events related to South Asian Games will be held at Ans: Guwahati and Guwahati
Q.56. Who has been appointed as the commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan?
Ans: John Nicholson
Q.57. Which international sports body has constituted Anti-Corruption Unit Oversight
Group?
Ans: International Cricket Council (ICC)

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Q.58. At which of the place the Finance Minister inaugurated India Investment Summit
2016?
Ans: New Delhi
Q.59. Mahindra Asset Management Company received approval of ---------------- for setting
up of mutual fund business.
Ans: SEBI
Q.60. What growth rate has been projected by India Ratings in Indian economy in the third
quarter in the current fiscal year?
Ans: 7.6%
Q.61. Cobra Gold the largest Asia-Pacific annual amphibious military exercise held every
year inAns: Thailand
Q.62. Which Indian actor has been selected for a video campaign by the World Health
Organisation to raise awareness about diabetes in India?
Ans: Akshay Kumar

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