3 MARCH 2016

Ques. : 1 Who among the following won the “Best Actress in a

Leading Role” awards at the 2016 Oscars?
1) Cate Blanchett (Carol)
2) Brie Larson (Room)
3) Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
4) Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
5) Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
Answer:- 2) Brie Larson (Room)
Ques. : 2 Which India airport has been named the best airport by
size in the Asia Pacific region?
1) Bengaluru International Airport
2) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
3) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
4) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
5) Indira Gandhi International Airport
Answer:- 5) Indira Gandhi International Airport
Ques. : 3 Rahul Sachdev, who won India Open title recently, is
associated with
1) snooker
2) squash
3) badminton
More
4) tennis
Ramesh
5) table tennis
Venkatraman
Answer:- 1) snooker
Ques. : 4 Which of the following leading IT services companies
has been recognized as a Global Top Employer by the Top
Employers Institute?
1) Infosys
2) Wipro
3) TCS
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 3) TCS
Ques. : 5 The govt has set up a committee headed by Mahesh
Kumar Singla for granting of ST status to six OBC communities in
1) Haryana
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Assam
5) Jharkhand
Answer:- 4) Assam
Ques. : 6 _________ has acquired Jaypee group’s cement assets
for Rs 16,500 cr.
1) ACC
2) Ambuja Cements
3) Shree Cements
4) UltraTech
5) India Cements
Answer:- 4) UltraTech
Ques. : 7 What is India’s ranking in terms of energy security and
access as per the recent list compiled by the World Economic
Forum (WEF)?
1) 10th
2) 52nd
3) 90th
4) 94th
5) 98th
Answer:- 3) 90th
Ques. : 8 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a
robust growth rate of _______ for India in the fiscal year 2015-16.
1) 7.3 per cent
2) 7.4 per cent
3) 7.5 per cent
4) 7.6 per cent
5) 7.8 per cent
Answer:- 1) 7.3 per cent
Ques. : 9 The sales of which of the following cars crossed the 30-
lakh mark recently in the domestic market?
1) Eon
2) Alto
3) Santro
4) Vagon R
5) Swift
Answer:- 2) Alto
Ques. : 10 The bilateral annual “Iron Fist” military training
exercise was held recently between the armed forces of the US and
1) India
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Israel
4) Japan
5) Vietnam
Answer:- 4) Japan

On 2 March 2016 at 20:12, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
02 MARCH 2016
Ques. : 1 A new doppler radar to boost the weather forecasting
system in the cyclone-prone eastern coast will be commissioned in
Gopalpur, Odisha soon. Such radar is/are already deployed in
1) Paradip
2) Visakhapatnam
3) Machilipatnam
4) Kolkata
5) All the above
Answer:- 5) All the above
Ques. : 2 President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Muziris
Heritage Project in which of the following states recently?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) West Bengal
4) Gujarat
5) Manipur
Answer:- 1) Kerala
Ques. : 3 Rozle Prezelj has been elected the new chairman of the
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes’
Commission. He is a high-jumper from
1) Kenya
2) Nigeria
3) Estonia
4) Slovenia
5) Kosovo
Answer:- 4) Slovenia
Ques. : 4 Who among the following won the “Best Actor in a
Leading Role” awards at the 2016 Oscars?
1) Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
2) Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
3) Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
4) Matt Damon (The Martian)
5) Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Answer:- 3) Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Ques. : 5 Which of the following films won the “Best Picture”
awards at the 2016 Oscars?
1) The Big Short
2) Bridge of Spies
3) Spotlight
4) Mad Max: Fury Road
5) The Revenant
Answer:- 3) Spotlight
Ques. : 6 The General Budget 2016-17 has proposed allocation of
initial sums of Rs 100 cr each for centenary of Pt Deen Dayal
Upadhyay and 350th Birth Anniversary of
1) Lal Bahadur Shashtri
2) Madan Mohan Malviya
3) Veer Sawarkar
4) Guru Gobind Singh
5) Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer:- 4) Guru Gobind Singh
Ques. : 7 Resul Pookutty has become the first Asian to win Golden
Reel Award. He belongs to
1) Pakistan
2) India
3) Bangladesh
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 2) India
Ques. : 8 As per the Budget proposals for 2016-17, what per cent
Krishi Kalyan Cess will be levied on all services?
1) 0.25 per cent
2) 0.50 per cent
3) 0.75 per cent
4) 1 per cent
5) 1.25 per cent
Answer:- 2) 0.50 per cent
Ques. : 9 As proposed in the Budget for 2016-17, surchargee on
persons, other than companies, firms and cooperative societies
having income above Rs 1 cr to be raised from 12% to
1) 15 per cent
2) 16 per cent
3) 17 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 20 per cent
Answer:- 1) 15 per cent
Ques. : 10 As pre the Budget proposals for 2016-17, the companies
with revenue less than Rs 5 cr will be taxed at ______ plus
surcharge.
1) 21%
2) 23%
3) 25%
4) 27%
5) 29%
Answer:- 5) 29%

On 1 March 2016 at 18:26, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
1 MARCH 2016
Ques. : 1 What amount has been allocated for the new Employees’
Provident Fund (EPF) scheme in the Union Budget for 2016-17?
1) Rs 500 cr
2) Rs 1,000 cr
3) Rs 1,500 cr
4) Rs 2,000 cr
5) Rs 2,500 cr
Answer:- 2) Rs 1,000 cr
Ques. : 2 In the Union Budget for 2016-17, the excise duty on
tobacco products other than beedis has been raised from 10 per
cent to
1) 12 per cent
2) 14 per cent
3) 15 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 20 per cent
Answer:- 3) 15 per cent
Ques. : 3 The budget for 2016-17 proposes 1 per cent service
charge on purchase of luxury cars over Rs 10 lakh and in-cash
purchase of goods and services over
1) Rs 50,000
2) Rs 75,000
3) Rs 1 lakh
4) Rs 1.5 lakh
5) Rs 2 lakh
Answer:- 5) Rs 2 lakh
Ques. : 4 An additional exemption of Rs 50,000 has been proposed
in the Union Budget for 2016-17 for housing loans up to Rs 35
lakh, provided cost of house is not above
1) Rs 40 lakh
2) Rs 45 lakh
3) Rs 50 lakh
4) Rs 60 lakh
5) Rs 75 lakh
Answer:- 3) Rs 50 lakh
Ques. : 5 What amount has been allocated for MGNREGA scheme
for 2016-17 in the Union Budget for 2016-17?
1) Rs 30,500 cr
2) Rs 34,500 cr
3) Rs 38,500 cr
4) Rs 40,500 cr
5) Rs 44,500 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 38,500 cr
Ques. : 6 Hashim Thaci has been elected as the new president of
1) Serbia
2) Albania
3) Kosovo
4) Estonia
5) Eretria
Answer:- 3) Kosovo
Ques. : 7 The National Science Day is celebrated in India each
year to mark the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’ by
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on
1) 24 Feb
2) 25 Feb
3) 28 Feb
4) 29 Feb
5) 01 Mar
Answer:- 3) 28 Feb
Ques. : 8 Who among the following has been appointment as the
first chairman of the proposed Banks Board Bureau (BBB)?
1) Anjuly Chib Duggal
2) Roopa Kudwa
3) Anil Khandelwal
4) HN Sinor
5) Vinod Rai
Answer:- 5) Vinod Rai
Ques. : 9 Which of the following states is all set to be declared as
India’s first digital state by the President Pranab Mukherjee?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Telangana
5) Kerala
Answer:- 5) Kerala
Ques. : 10 BK Garudachar passed away recently. He was India’s
oldest
1) cricketer
2) hockey player
3) tennis player
4) shuttler
5) boxer
Answer:- 1) cricketer

On 23 February 2016 at 21:07, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
23 FEBRUARY 2015
Ques. : 1 Brendon McCullum blasted the fastest test century
coming from just 54 balls recently against Australia. He has been
playing for
1) New Zealand
2) Australia
3) South Africa
4) England
5) West Indies
Answer:- 1) New Zealand
Ques. : 2 The International Mother Language Day (Bhasha Divas)
is observed across the world on
1) 18 Feb
2) 20 Feb
3) 21 Feb
4) 23 Feb
5) 24 Feb
Answer:- 3) 21 Feb
Ques. : 3 The Indian film “Ottal” (The Trap) has been named as
best feature-length and best short films in the children’s category at
the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival. It is in
1) Malayalam
2) Telugu
3) Tamil
4) Kannada
5) Assamese
Answer:- 1) Malayalam
Ques. : 4 Justice Vineet Saran has been appointed by the President
as the new Chief Justice of
1) Karnataka High Court
2) Bombay High Court
3) Orissa High Court
4) Allahabad High Court
5) Madras High Court
Answer:- 3) Orissa High Court
Ques. : 5 India and Nepal have signed seven pacts during Nepalese
PM KP Sharma Oli’s recent visit to New Delhi. Which of the
following is NOT one of them?
1) Operationalization of Vishakhapatnam Port
2) Transit between Nepal and Bangladesh through Kakarbitta-
Banglabandh corridor
3) Letters of Exchange on Rail Transport Inauguration of
Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar transmission line
4) Establishment of Eminent Persons Group (EPG)
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 6 The book “Playing It My Way” has entered the Limca
Book of Records in the category of best-selling books across both
fiction and non-fiction categories. It is the autobiography of
1) Brian Lara
2) Steve Waugh
3) Saurav Ganguly
4) Kapil Dev
5) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer:- 5) Sachin Tendulkar
Ques. : 7 Which of the following teams won the Hockey India
League (HIL) title in the fourth edition recently?
1) Kalinga Lancers
2) Mumbai Magicians
3) Delhi Waveriders
4) Punjab Warriors
5) Ranchi Rhinos
Answer:- 4) Punjab Warriors
Ques. : 8 Who among the following clinched the women’s singles
title of the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2016?
1) Barbora Strycova
2) Maria Sharapova
3) Roberta Vinci
4) Sara Errani
5) Flavia Pennetta
Answer:- 4) Sara Errani
Ques. : 9 Bhubaneshwari Mishra, who passed away recently, was a
renowned
1) composer
2) classical and playback singer
3) classical dancer
4) novelist
5) actor
Answer:- 2) classical and playback singer
Ques. : 10 PM Narendra Modi launched the Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee Rurban mission (SPMRM) from Chhattisgarh recently.
The govt has earmarked over Rs 5,000 cr for the mission to
develop ______ clusters over next three years.
1) 100
2) 200
3) 300
4) 400
5) 500
Answer:- 3) 300

On 23 February 2016 at 11:21, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
22 FEBRUARY 2016
Ques. : 1 The Make in India week was held in Mumbai recently in
an effort to boost manufacturing in India. What is the share of
manufacturing in the gross domestic product (GDP)?
1) 11 per cent
2) 15 per cent
3) 17 per cent
4) 25 per cent
5) 28 per cent
Answer:- 3) 17 per cent
Ques. : 2 The Marshall Islands is in process to sue India and others
in International Court of Justice. Capital city of the tiny island
country is
1) Majuro
2) Bridgetown
3) Nassau
4) Luanda
5) Tirana
Answer:- 1) Majuro
Ques. : 3 Faustin Archange Touadera has won the 2016
Presidential election of
1) Chad
2) Nigeria
3) Yemen
4) Central African Republic
5) Albania
Answer:- 4) Central African Republic
Ques. : 4 The Union Minister Food Processing Industries
Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the Vibrant North-East 2016
Summit and Exhibition recently in
1) Aizawl
2) Guwahati
3) Itanagar
4) Agartala
5) Kohima
Answer:- 2) Guwahati
Ques. : 5 What is India’s ranking in terms of how its domestic
policies support worldwide innovation, as per report by the
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)?
1) 34th
2) 46th
3) 54th
4) 62nd
5) 71st
Answer:- 3) 54th
Ques. : 6 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 Feb launched the
ambitious Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban (rural-urban) Mission
from Dongargarh block of
1) Jharkhand
2) Haryana
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Rajasthan
Answer:- 4) Chhattisgarh
Ques. : 7 The cumulative gross NPAs of 24 listed public sector
banks, including market leader SBI and its associates, stood at
__________ as on Dec 31, 2015.
1) Rs 2 lakh cr
2) Rs 3 lakh cr
3) Rs 4 lakh cr
4) Rs 5 lakh cr
5) Rs 8 lakh cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 4 lakh cr
Ques. : 8 What is the non-life penetration of the gross domestic
product (GDP)?
1) 0.4 per cent
2) 0.7 per cent
3) 0.8 per cent
4) 2.1 per cent
5) 2.6 per cent
Answer:- 2) 0.7 per cent
Ques. : 9 Post office savings of 1, 2 and 3 year term deposits,
Kisan Vikas Patra as well as 5-year Recurring Deposits till now
earned 0.25 per cent higher interest than the _______ of similar
tenures.
1) bank deposits
2) commercial paper
3) employee provident fund
4) govt securities
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) govt securities
Ques. : 10 __________ is a form of securitization through which a
bank buys other’s assets for a stipulated period, taking the credit
risk of the folio.
1) repo
2) IBPC
3) SLR
4) MSF
5) Bank rate
Answer:- 2) IBPC

On 23 February 2016 at 11:20, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
20 FEBRUARY 2016
Ques. : 1 Professor David Shulman has been selected for the
prestigious Israel Prize. He is a renowned
1) environmentalist
2) astrologist
3) Indologist
4) historian
5) biologist
Answer:- 3) Indologist
Ques. : 2 Around Rs 1,500 cr of Bandhan Bank loan book – that
qualified as priority sector lending – has been sold to other banks
under IBPC. The term IBPC stands for
1) Interbank Preferential Certificates
2) Interbank Partnership Certificates
3) Interbank Proprietary Certificates
4) Interbank Participatory Certificates
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Interbank Participatory Certificates
Ques. : 3 The Govt has cut interest rates on short-term post office
deposits, Kisan Vikas Patras and other small saving schemes below
five years of maturity by
1) 0.10 per cent
2) 0.25 per cent
3) 0.50 per cent
4) 0.75 per cent
5) 1.25 per cent
Answer:- 2) 0.25 per cent
Ques. : 4 Investment commitment of about __________ has been
committed during the Make in India week that concluded in
Mumbai recently.
1) Rs 8 lakh cr
2) Rs 11 lakh cr
3) Rs 12 lakh cr
4) Rs 15 lakh cr
5) Rs 18 lakh cr
Answer:- 4) Rs 15 lakh cr
Ques. : 5 Kalikho Pul has been sworn-in as new Chief Minister of
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Sikkim
4) Assam
5) Manipur
Answer:- 2) Arunachal Pradesh
Ques. : 6 In life insurance, the penetration in India is just about
_________ of the GDP.
1) 1.5 per cent
2) 1.8 per cent
3) 2.2 per cent
4) 2.6 per cent
5) 3.2 per cent
Answer:- 4) 2.6 per cent
Ques. : 7 India’s oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Iraq hit the
highest in more than a decade in Jan. India is world’s _______
crude oil importer.
1) largest
2) second-largest
3) third-largest
4) fourth-largest
5) fifth-largest
Answer:- 3) third-largest
Ques. : 8 Harper Lee, famous for the masterpiece “To Kill a
Mockingbird,” passed away recently. She was an American
1) novelist
2) cartoonist
3) painter
4) actress
5) comedian
Answer:- 1) novelist
Ques. : 9 The govt has appointed Amit Mitra as the chairman of
the goods and services tax (GST) panel. He is the present finance
minister of
1) Maharashtra
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) Odisha
5) Gujarat
Answer:- 3) West Bengal
Ques. : 10 Of the proposed Rs 25,000 cr capital infusion meant for
2015-16, the govt has pumped in about Rs 20,000 cr till Jan 2016
in ______ PSU banks.
1) eight
2) nine
3) ten
4) 11
5) 13
Answer:- 5) 13

On 23 February 2016 at 11:20, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
19 FEBRUARY 2016
Ques. : 1 In the present Union Council of Ministers, Prakash
Javadekar is the Union Minister of
1) Environment, Forest and Climate Change
2) Communications and Information Technology
3) Science and Technology
4) Information and Broadcasting
5) Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Answer:- 1) Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Ques. : 2 Yogesh Kumar Tyagi has been appointed the new vice-
chancellor of
1) Delhi University
2) JNU
3) BHU
4) AMU
5) Vishva Bharti
Answer:- 1) Delhi University
Ques. : 3 Mahamaham is a Hindu Kumbh Mela festival celebrated
every 12 years in a town called Kumbakonam in
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Telangana
4) Maharashtra
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 5) Tamil Nadu
Ques. : 4 Apple has announced to build its very first technology
development centre outside US in
1) Bengaluru
2) Hyderabad
3) Chennai
4) Mumbai
5) Gurgaon
Answer:- 2) Hyderabad
Ques. : 5 The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to notify the
Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The TFA is related to
1) SAARC
2) ASEAN
3) WTO
4) TPP
5) SCO
Answer:- 3) WTO
Ques. : 6 Name the popular lyricist who has made into the
Guinness Book of World Records this year for writing the most
number of songs for Bollywood films.
1) Javed Akhtar
2) Gulzar
3) Prasoon Joshi
4) Sameer Anjaan
5) Piyush Pandey
Answer:- 4) Sameer Anjaan
Ques. : 7 The Record of the Year award at the 58th Annual
Grammy Awards went to
1) Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson)
2) Really Love (D’Angelo and the Vanguard)
3) Blank Space (Taylor Swift)
4) Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
5) Can’t Feel My Face (the Weeknd)
Answer:- 1) Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson)
Ques. : 8 The Easwar Committee recommendations are related to
1) NBFCs
2) Urban Co-operative Banks
3) simplifying income tax laws
4) simplifying company registration process
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) simplifying income tax laws
Ques. : 9 Name the person who will be conferred with the
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of
Honour), France's highest civilian honour.
1) Ritu Kumar
2) Sabyasachi Mukherji
3) Manish Malhotra
4) Manish Arora
5) Rohit Bal
Answer:- 4) Manish Arora
Ques. : 10 As per the news published in newspapers, the govt is
considering about “bad bank” initiative. The bad bank is aimed at
1) shaming banks with high NPA
2) shaming banks with poor customer services
3) takeover of inefficient banks
4) taking over the NPAs of banks
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) taking over the NPAs of banks

On 19 February 2016 at 15:24, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
17 FEBRUARY 2016
Ques. : 1 PS Jayakumar is the present managing director and chief
executive officer of
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) United Bank of India
4) Indian Bank
5) Dena Bank
Answer:- 2) Bank of Baroda
Ques. : 2 The IIP shrank 1.3% in Dec 2015 compared to last year.
Here, what is the full form of the term IIP?
1) Index of Initial Production
2) Index of Indian Produce
3) Index of Industrial Performance
4) Index of Industrial Production
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Index of Industrial Production
Ques. : 3 Maharashtra gov has finalised a pact with which country
under which the latter will fund 80% of the Rs 17,750-cr trans-
harbour project connecting Mumbai and Navi Mumbai?
1) China
2) Japan
3) US
4) Germany
5) France
Answer:- 2) Japan
Ques. : 4 The Jnanpith-winner ONV Kurup is no more. He was the
most celebrated contemporary poet of
1) Malayalam
2) Kannada
3) Telugu
4) Tamil
5) Assamese
Answer:- 1) Malayalam
Ques. : 5 The govt has launched a _________ fund called
electronic development fund (EDF) to boost electronic
manufacturing.
1) Rs 5,000-cr
2) Rs 10,000-cr
3) Rs 15,000-cr
4) Rs 20,000-cr
5) Rs 25,000-cr
Answer:- 2) Rs 10,000-cr
Ques. : 6 The govt extended the term of UK Sinha till 2017 as the
chairman of
1) IRDAI
2) SEBI
3) PFRDA
4) NABARD
5) SIDBI
Answer:- 2) SEBI
Ques. : 7 Alejandro G Inarritu and Leonardo DiCaprio won the
Best Director and the Best Actor award respectively at the 69th
BAFTA awards for the film
1) Steve Jobs
2) Bridge of Spies
3) Room
4) Brooklyn
5) The Revenant
Answer:- 5) The Revenant
Ques. : 8 Which of the following central universities turned 100
years on 13 Feb 2016?
1) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
2) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
3) Vishva Bharti
4) Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Ques. : 9 Which of the following firms was named manufacturing
innovator of the year at the inaugural TIME India awards?
1) Ajanta Pharma
2) Hero MotoCorp
3) Tata Steel
4) TVS Motors
5) JSW Steel
Answer:- 2) Hero MotoCorp
Ques. : 10 The US recently proposed to sale eight F-16s fighter
aircrafts to which country?
1) Turkey
2) Greece
3) Iran
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Pakistan
Answer:- 5) Pakistan

On 19 February 2016 at 15:24, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
18 FEBRUARY 2016
Ques. : 1 Who among the following won the ‘Album of the Year’
award at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards?
1) Kendrick Lamar (To Pimp A Butterfly)
2) Mark Ronson feat and Bruno Mars (Uptown Funk)
3) Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge (Thinking out loud)
4) Taylor Swift (1989)
5) Jason Isbell (Something More Than Free)
Answer:- 4) Taylor Swift (1989)
Ques. : 2 Who among the following won the men’s singles title of
the Argentina Open 2016?
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Nicolas Almagro
3) Dominic Thiem
4) Roger Federer
5) Novak Djokovic
Answer:- 3) Dominic Thiem
Ques. : 3 India and Sweden have signed a pact for technical
cooperation in railways and other areas. The capital city of Sweden
is
1) Wellington
2) Oslo
3) Helsinki
4) Stockholm
5) Copenhagen
Answer:- 4) Stockholm
Ques. : 4 India has launched the lightest gun ever which weighs as
less as 250 grams. The gun is named
1) Nirbhaya
2) Nirbheek
3) Nidar
4) INSAS Lite
5) Achook
Answer:- 3) Nidar
Ques. : 5 The Govt recently unveiled the National Capital Goods
policy with the objective to increase production of capital goods
from Rs 230,000 cr in 2014-15 to ________ in 2025.
1) Rs 500,000 cr
2) Rs 550,000 cr
3) Rs 600,000 cr
4) Rs 650,000 cr
5) Rs 750,000 cr
Answer:- 5) Rs 750,000 cr
Ques. : 6 Name the first missile to be developed by the DRDO
under India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Program
which has a range of 350 km.
1) Akash
2) Prithvi-II
3) Prithvi-III
4) Agni II
5) Agni III
Answer:- 2) Prithvi-II
Ques. : 7 The Supreme Court recently directed the RBI to provide
a list of companies which are defaulters of bank loans of over
1) Rs 100 cr
2) Rs 200 cr
3) Rs 500 cr
4) Rs 1000 cr
5) Rs 5000 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 500 cr
Ques. : 8 __________ has launched ‘Japan Desk’, a first-of-its-
kind initiative to facilitate Japanese corporates looking to invest in
India with banking and advisory services.
1) State Bank of India
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) Bank of Baroda
5) Indian Overseas Bank
Answer:- 1) State Bank of India
Ques. : 9 Which of the following PSBs named Vijay Mallya’s firm
UB Holdings a “wilful defaulter” recently?
1) Dena Bank
2) Vijaya Bank
3) Indian Bank
4) Syndicate Bank
5) Punjab National Bank
Answer:- 5) Punjab National Bank
Ques. : 10 ________ has been declared cleanest city of country in
Swachh Sarvekshan-2016.
1) Visakhapatnam
2) Mysuru
3) New Delhi
4) Tiruchirappalli
5) Chandigarh
Answer:- 2) Mysuru

On 17 February 2016 at 12:42, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
16 February important news
• The historical personality from India whose 200th birth
anniversary was celebrated on 16 February 2016 – Tatya Tope
• The country that won Men and Women Kabaddi competition at
the 12th South Asian Games – India
• India on 16 February 2016 test-fired indigenously developed
Prithvi-II missile, which is capable of carrying - 500 kg to 1000 kg
of warheads
• National Capital Goods Policy 2016 aims to increase share of
capital goods sector from the present 12 to 20 percentage by –
2025
• The number of medal won by India in Boxing at the 12th South
Asian Games - 10
• Two prominent sportspersons from Odisha who were included in
the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme for the 2016 and 2020
Olympic Games are – Sprinter Jauna Murmu, Archer Ranjit
• It is in this village of Ranchi Jharkhand’s first mega food park
was inaugurated – Getalsud
• This city bagged the best city performer in behavioral change
communication award in the Swachh Sarvekshan function
organised by the Union Government - Tiruchirapalli
• The famous Malayalam music director and composer of
background score of film Aaraam Thampuran who passed away on
14 February 2016 is - Rajamani
• The ICC Cricket for Good and UNICEF in partnership with
BCCI on 15 February 2016 launched the Team Swachh clinics
during - ICC WT20 Host City Tour
• The subsidiary of Tata Teleservices which announced its tie-up
with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation to provide
an additional payment gateway is – mRUPEE
• The country with which Ministry of Railways inked a
Memorandum of Understanding on technical cooperation in rail
sector is – Sweden
• The country defeated by Indian women football team to win gold
medal at the 12th South Asian Games is - Nepal
• Final Twenty20 of the three-match T-20 series between India and
Sri Lanka was played on 14 February 2016 at - Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh
• A padayatra for peace & harmony by the Manav Ekta Mission
from Kanyakumari to Kashmir is - Walk of Hope
• Under Union Government's campaign, the Samej village in Kullu
district of Himachal Pradesh, has been made smokeless by - Indian
Oil Corporation
• This prison in Maharashtra undertook a novel pilot project with
the cooperation of State Bank of India to provide ATM cards to all
jail inmates for completion of financial transactions in the jail -
Nagpur Central Prison
• Indo-British filmmaker who scooped a Grammy Award for Best
Music Film for his poignant documentary "Amy" on late British
singer Amy Winehouse - Asif Kapadia
• This state announced an allocation of 1000 crore rupees towards
the welfare of Muslims to be implemented from the Financial Year
2016-17 - Andhra Pradesh

On 16 February 2016 at 15:16, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
Ques. : 1 Stretching their winning run to 40, Sania Mirza and Martina
Hingis won St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy recently defeating
1) Vera Dushevina and
2) Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie
Barbora Krejcikova
3) Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4) Kimberly Birrell and Priscilla
and Lucie Safarova Hon
5) Jessica Moore and Storm Answer:- 1) Vera Dushevina and
Sanders Barbora Krejcikova

Ques. : 2 Biraja Prasad, who died recently, was the India's present
ambassador to
1) Kazakhstan 2) Turkmenistan
3) Ukraine 4) Tajikistan
5) Uzbekistan Answer:- 4) Tajikistan
Ques. : 3 Albert Pahimi Padacke has been appointed as the new
prime minister of
1) Chad 2) Algeria
3) Namibia 4) Kenya
5) Nigeria Answer:- 1) Chad

Ques. : 4 Which of the following firms won the award for best in class
for manufacturing at the inaugural TIME India awards?
1) Ajanta Pharma Limited 2) Hero MotoCorp
3) Tata Steel 4) JSW Steel
5) Nestle India Answer:- 3) Tata Steel

Ques. : 5 The joint military exercise ‘Lamitye 2016’ was held by

Indian Army and their counterparts from which country recently?
1) Mauritius 2) Singapore
3) Malaysia 4) Indonesia
5) Seychelles Answer:- 5) Seychelles

Ques. : 6 Which of the following films won the Best Film award at the
69th BAFTA Awards 2016?
1) Spotlight 2) Bridge of Spies
3) The Revenant 4) Brooklyn
5) Room Answer:- 3) The Revenant

Ques. : 7 The RBI has announced to inject adequate additional

liquidity to support banks using tools like LAF. The term LAF stands for
1) Liquidity Advancement 2) Liquidity Adjustment
Facility Facility
3) Liquidity Adequacy Facility 4) Liquidity Approval Facility
Answer:- 2) Liquidity
5) None of these
Adjustment Facility

Ques. : 8 M Devaraja Reddy recently took over as the President of

which of the following institutes?
1) IGNOU 2) IIT Delhi
3) IIM Ahmedabad 4) ICAI
5) Indian Institute of Science,
Answer:- 4) ICAI
Bangalore

Ques. : 9 Who among the following received the Pride of Kerala

Award from the World Malayalee Council recently?
1) Asin 2) Sridevi
3) Vidya Balan 4) Hema Malini
5) Rekha Answer:- 3) Vidya Balan

Ques. : 10 The Trade and Development Agency of which country

1) France 2) China
3) Singapore 4) US
5) Germany Answer:- 4) US

On 16 February 2016 at 10:46, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
Q.1. Umaid Bhawan Palace in ------------------------- has been
declared world's best hotel in the Travellers' choice awards by the
world's biggest travel site TripAdvisor.

(1) Jaipur

(2) Jodhpur

(3) Nagpur

(4) Hyderabad

(5) Lucknow

Q.2. To which of the following sports firm the Indian Olympic

Association (IOA) has signed as its marketing rights partner for the
next two years?

(1) IOS Sports & Entertainment

(2) SPT Sports Management

(3) Percept Sport

(4) Rhiti Sports

(5) Procam

Q.3. Which U-15 badminton player has been appointed as the

brand ambassador of Life Insurance Company PNB Metlife India?

(1) Neha Pandit

(2) Rituparna Das

(3) Ruthvika Shiva

(4) Vaishnavi Reddy

(5) Dhanya Nair

Q.4. Lleyton Hewitt who announced his retirement from tennis

recently belonges to which country?
(1) Australia

(2) Austria

(3) Switzerland

(4) France

(5) Spain

Q.5. Who among the following has been appointed as the Prime
Minister of Moldova?

(1) Pierre Nkurunziza

(2) Augustin Matata Ponyo

(3) Pavel Filip

(4) Ibrahim Mahlab

(5) Sherif Ismail

Q.6. Which ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) with Department of Telecommunication (DoT) to develop
and implement National Action Plan for Skill Development in
Telecom Sector?

(1) Ministry of Labour and Employment

(2) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

(3) Ministry of Small Medium Enterprises

(4) Ministry of Rural Development

(5) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q.7. FIPB recently cleared Thirteen FDI proposals totaling Rs

6,500 crore. FIPB stands for-

(1) Freign Investment Promotion Board

(2) Foreign Industries Promotion Board

(3) Forex Investment Protection Board

(4) Foreign Institutional Promotion Board

(5) Fertilizer Industry Promotion Board

Q.8. Eminent ---------------- player Pandit Shankar Ghosh passed

away.

(1) Flute

(2) Harmonium

(3) Sarod

(4) Tabla

(5) Guitar

Q.9. To which Telugu star the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi has signed
as brand ambassador for the third season?

(1) Allu Arjun

(2) Ravi Teja

(3) Rana Daggubati

(4) Nandamuri Ballkrishna

(5) Arjun Sarja

Q.10. Who among the following has been appointed as the

Executive Director of Greenpeace India?

(1) Ravi Chellam

(2) Anupam Mishra

(3) Chandi Prasad Bhatt

(4) Mohan Dharia

(5) Anil Prakash Joshi

Answers

Q.1. (2) Jodhpur

Q.2. (1) IOS Sports & Entertainment

Q.3. (4) Vaishnavi Reddy

Q.4. (1) Australia

Q.5. (3) Pavel Filip

Q.6. (2) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

(MSDE)

Q.7. (1) Foreign Investment Promotion Board

Q.8. (4) Tabla

Q.9. (3) Rana Daggubati

Q.10. (1) Ravi Chellam

On 16 February 2016 at 09:05, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
1. Name the Senior revenue service officer who was appointed as
the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes?
Answer. Arun Kumar Jain
2. Who was appointed as the Secretary General of the
Commonwealth of Nations recently?
Answer. Patricia Scotland
3. Which state government will ban liquor sale and consumption in
phases from April 1, 2016?
Answer. Bihar government
4. What is the full form of CMS?
Answer. Central Monitoring System (CMS)
5. What is the rank of India out of of 144 nations on Forbes’ annual
list of the best countries for doing business in 2015?
Answer. 97th
6. What is the revised PSL Target for RRB which will be effective
from 1st Jnuary 2016?
Answer. 75 percent
7. Where is the 2nd World Internet Conference was concluded?
Answer. Wuzen,China.
8. Who is going to be the Chief Guest at 67th India’s Republic Day
celebrations?
Answer. President of France Francois Hollande
9. Who was crowned the Miss World 2015 at the Beauty of Crown
Theater in Sanya, China?
Answer. Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo
10. Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of
Power, is the autobiography of whom?
Answer. Sharad Pawar
On 15 February 2016 at 21:02, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy
<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
Ques. : 1 The World Radio Day is observed every year on
1) 4 Feb 2) 9 Feb
3) 11 Feb 4) 13 Feb
5) 15 Feb Answer:- 4) 13 Feb

Ques. : 2 The first Mega Food Park (MFP) of which state was
inaugurated recently at Panwa village in Khargone district.
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan
3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Chhattisgarh
5) Jharkhand Answer:- 1) Madhya Pradesh

Ques. : 3 Vilas Tonapi has been appointed as Director of Indian

Institute of Millets Research which is located in
1) Hyderabad 2) Bhopal
3) Kolkata 4) Kochi
5) Patna Answer:- 1) Hyderabad

Ques. : 4 In order to provide greater momentum to the Make in India

initiative, Make in India Week was launched by the PM recently in
1) Bengaluru 2) Hyderabad
3) Mumbai 4) New Delhi
5) Jaipur Answer:- 3) Mumbai

Ques. : 5 The Reserve Bank of India recently signed an MoU with

which of the following central banks to enter into a Currency Swap
Agreement?
1) Central Bank of Iran 2) Central Bank of the UAE
3) Saudi Arabian Monetary
4) Central Bank of Kuwait
Agency
Answer:- 2) Central Bank of
5) None of these
the UAE

Ques. : 6 India’s Kavita Raut clinched a gold medal in South Asian

Games recently and booked Rio Olympics 2016 berth. She is a
1) long jumper 2) pole vault player
3) boxer 4) wrestler
Answer:- 5) long-distance
5) long-distance runner
runner

Ques. : 7 The govt has appointed Ramesh Abhishek as the next

__________ secretary.
1) Home 2) Revenue
4) Foreign Investment Promotion
3) Railway Board
Board (FIPB)
5) Department of Industrial Answer:- 5) Department of
Policy and Promotion Industrial Policy and Promotion
(DIPP) (DIPP)

Ques. : 8 Which of the following public sector banks posted highest-

ever quarterly loss by an Indian bank of Rs 3, 342 cr in the quarter
ended Dec 2015?
1) Union Bank of India 2) Bank of Baroda
3) Bank of India 4) Central Bank of India
5) United Bank of India Answer:- 2) Bank of Baroda

Ques. : 9 Anil Agarwal has announced to invest $10 bn to set a LCD

manufacturing plant in Maharashtra in India. He is the present
chairman of
1) Essel Group 2) Essar Group
3) Vedanta Group 4) One97 Communications
5) HCL Technologies Answer:- 3) Vedanta Group

Ques. : 10 Which of the following teams won the ICC U-19 World Cup
2016 final recently in Mirpur, Bangladesh?
1) India 2) Pakistan
3) Bangladesh 4) West Indies
5) Sri Lanka Answer:- 4) West Indies

On 15 February 2016 at 17:33, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
1. Union Government re-appointed whom as the Deputy Governor
of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), for a second three-year term?
Answer. Dr Urjit R Patel
2. Name the economist who was named as the Prime Minister of
Burkina Faso?
Answer. Paul Kaba Thieba
3. Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of food
regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)?
Answer. Pawan Kumar Agarwal
4. Which country became the first Asian country to approve the
sale of the world's first-ever dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia?
Answer. Philippines
5. What is the full form of ASBA?
Answer. Application Supported by Blocked Amount
6. Who headed the committee that reviewed the public-private
partnership (PPP) model for infrastructure projects has
recommended several measures for easy financing of these?
Answer. Former finance secretary Vijay Kelkar
7. Which country's soldiers will march down the Rajpath on
Republic Day along with Indian troops in the presence of President
Francois Hollande?
Answer. The French soldiers
8. According to the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)
2015-16, which country topped in the index?
Answer. Switzerland
9. Who won the National Award on e-Governance 2015-16 for
launching the Universal Account Number (UAN)?
Answer. Employees’ Provident Fund Organization
10. Name the Sand artist whose Santa Claus sculpture found a
place in Limca Book of World Records recently?
Answer.Sudarsan Pattnaik

On 15 February 2016 at 17:30, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
#AAO
1. Name the Chief Minister who launched the AMMA Micro
Loans scheme to help small traders affected by the recent floods?
Answer. Ms. Jayalalithaa
2. Which country maintained the high ranking in terms of average
annual human development index (HDI) growth rate among all
other South Asian countries?
Answer. Sri Lanka
3. In which country, recently a shooter opened fire at a high school
and a second location in a northern Saskatchewan community
leaving five dead and two others critically injured?
Answer. Canada
4. Which state seeking big ticket of foreign investment in the state
from China?
Answer. Haryana
5. With who does the US President Barack Obama discussed over
phone, the European response to the refugee crisis?
Answer. German Chancellor Angela Merkel
6. According, to the Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti which game is
forbidden in Islam, saying it encourages gambling and is a waste
of time?
Answer. Chess
7. According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
and NASA, which year was by far the hottest year in 136 years of
record keeping?
Answer. 2015
8. What is the full form of IRNSS?
Answer. Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
9. Which electronic giant launched Gear 2 smartwatch and Gear
virtual reality (VR) headset in India recently?
Answer. Samsung
10. Name the tennis player who recently registered his 300th win
in grand slams after defeating Grigor Dimitrov?
Answer. Roger Federer

On 14 February 2016 at 00:10, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
12 FEBRUARY 2016
Ques. : 1 What is India’s ranking on US Chamber of Commerce-
International Intellectual Property Index 2016?
1) 21st
2) 28th
3) 32nd
4) 34th
5) 37th
Answer:- 5) 37th
Ques. : 2 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and
European Union signed an agreement to improve Cooperation in
Cyber Defence recently. NATO is headquartered at
1) Rome, Italy
2) Athens, Greece
3) Paris, France
4) Berlin, Germany
5) Brussels, Belgium
Answer:- 5) Brussels, Belgium
Ques. : 3 The 47th Conference of Governors was held recently in
1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) New Delhi
4) Mumbai
5) Bengaluru
Answer:- 3) New Delhi
Ques. : 4 The Indian govt recently sanctioned Rs 580 cr for a vital
rail link connecting India with
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Bhutan
4) Nepal
5) Myanmar
Answer:- 1) Bangladesh
Ques. : 5 The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, JP
Nadda, recently outlined India’s strategy for elimination of Malaria
disease by
1) 2017
2) 2020
3) 2025
4) 2028
5) 2030
Answer:- 5) 2030
Ques. : 6 Which of the following countries appointed the Indian-
origin Harinder Sidhu as the country’s next High Commissioner to
India recently?
1) Canada
2) France
3) Australia
4) UK
5) Germany
Answer:- 3) Australia
Ques. : 7 Tamar Hahn was appointed as the Director of the United
Nations Information Centre (UNIC) recently. She belongs to
1) Uruguay
2) Argentina
3) Turkey
4) Israel
5) Sweden
Answer:- 4) Israel
Ques. : 8 The Union Minister For Science & Technology & Earth
Sciences, Harsh Vardhan, recently inaugurated the Translational
Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE) in
1) Pune
2) Gandhinagar
3) Jaipur
4) Kolkata
5) Mangalore
Answer:- 4) Kolkata
Ques. : 9 In its efforts to strengthen the aviation sector, which state
govt has planned to set up the country’s first-ever Aviation Park
there?
1) Rajasthan
2) Maharashtra
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Gujarat
Answer:- 5) Gujarat
Ques. : 10 The 6th National Science Film Festival and
Competition (NSFF) was held recently at Nehru Science Center in
1) Panaji
2) Ahmedabad
3) Hyderabad
4) Bhubaneswar
5) Mumbai
Answer:- 5) Mumbai

On 13 February 2016 at 23:30, Krishnamoorthy Rangasamy

<krishnamoorthyrangasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
13 FEBRUARY 2016
Ques. : 1 Which of the following Indian IT firms is all set to buy
the US-based HealthPlan Services for $460 mn?
1) Wipro
2) Infosys
3) TCS
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 1) Wipro
Ques. : 2 A temporary account held by a third part which operates
until the completion of a transaction process between two parties is
called
1) virtual account
2) current account
3) buffer account
4) escrow account
5) nostro account
Answer:- 4) escrow account
Ques. : 3 Which of the following countries topped the US
Chamber of Commerce-International Intellectual Property Index
2016?
1) Singapore
2) Norway
3) UK
4) US
5) Japan
Answer:- 4) US
Ques. : 4 Which state signed a joint venture pact for infrastructure
development with the Indian Railway recently? It is the fifth state
to sign such pact.
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) West Bengal
4) Assam
5) Chhattisgarh
Answer:- 5) Chhattisgarh
Ques. : 5 India signed nine pacts, including on cyber security and
infrastructure investment, with which gulf country recently? It is
the third largest trading partner of India after the US and China.
1) Saudi Arabia
2) Iran
3) UAE
4) Bahrain
5) Kuwait
Answer:- 3) UAE
Ques. : 6 Anirban Lahiri is associated with which of the following
games?
1) Shooting
2) Golf
3) Snooker
4) Squash
5) Chess
Answer:- 2) Golf
Ques. : 7 As per a study by the UN Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNISDR), hit with 19 disasters in 2015, India stands at
_____ position among disaster affected countries.
1) third
2) fourth
3) fifth
4) seventh
5) ninth
Answer:- 1) third
Ques. : 8 The European Space Agency (ESA) ann