1 December 2016

1.World AIDS day observed on....?

1)7 Apr   2)13 Oct  3)1 Dec 4)29 Sep   5)10 March
Ans : 3

2.What is the theme of the 2016 World AIDS Day to raise awareness to the Aids pandemic caused by the
spread of the HIV infection?
1)HIV fight to save us and save You
2) Getting to zero
3)Hands up for HIV prevention
4)time to act is now
5) Getting No AIDS

Ans : 3

3.Union government proposed to release Rs ............ crores to develop 100 Smart Cities

1)  48,000   2) 40,000   3)37,000 4)29,000    5)18,000

Ans : 1

4.Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu elected to Rajya Sabha from ....?
1)Rajasthan   2)odisha  3)AP 4)Karnataka   5)Delhi

Ans : 1

5.Which state Raj Bhawan declared to adopt the cashless system for all kind of payments?
1)Tamil nadu   2)Jammu and Kashmir 3) Himachal Pradesh  4) Arunachal Pradesh  5)Goa

Ans : 3

6.Himachal Pradesh Governor is...?

1)N.N.Vohra   2)Kaptan singh solanki 3)AcharyaDevvrat 4)Nazib Zung   5)Kalyan Singh

Ans : 3

7.Andhra Pradesh launched  mobile wallet with the name .......... to help the public in the adoption of
cashless payments.
1)AP Purse   2)AP PAY  3)AP POCKET 4)AP VALLET   5)AP GODIGITAL

Ans : 1

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8.Union Cabinet approved baseline and freeze years proposal of the Union Ministry of Environment,
Forest (MoEFCC) over the issue of phasing down the climate-damaging refrigerants hydrofluorocarbons
(HFCs) as negotiated in Kigali meet. Where is Kigali?
1)it is the capital of Rwanda  2)it is capital of  Uganda 3)it is captal of Somalia 4)it is a city in Iraq
5)it is city in Saudi Arabia

Ans : 1

9.Who won the 2016 World Chess Championship?

1) Viswanathan Anand 2)Garry Kasparov 3) Magnus Carlsen 4)Ramone Pauile 5)Gary Karpov

Ans : 3

10.UNESCO added rumba dance to its coveted list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The dance belongs
to...?
1)Cuba    2) Argentina  3)Brazil 4)Chile   5)USA

Ans : 1

11.Union Cabinet recently approved the rehabilitation package of.......amount for displaced families
from Pakistan occupied Jammu & Kashmir (POJK)?
1)Rs 2000 crore 2)Rs 7000 crore 3) Rs 2500 crore 4) Rs 1500 crore 5)Rs 8000 crore

Ans : 1

12.Gross Domestic Product (GDP) accelerated to....in the second quarter of 2016-17 as per the
declaratoion made by Central Statistical Office?
1)6.7%    2)7.3%    3)6.8%    4)6.9% 5)7.2%

Ans : 2

13.Which bank Bank launched Aadhaar-based disbursement of micro loan?

1)SBI   2)Union Bank of india 3)RBL  4)ICICI   5)Axis Bank

Ans : 3

14.Private sector RBL Bank has launched APBS for small ticket micro-finance loan disbursements. APBS
stands for.....?
1)Aadhaar Payment Bridge System 2)Aadhaar Pal Bridge System 3)Aadhaar Payment Bond System
4)Aadhaar Paid Bridge System 5)Aadhaar Payment Bridge Store

Ans : 1

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15.APBS through EBT Provide basic financial services (cash deposit, balance enquiry, cash withdrawal
and remittance) at low-cost access devices called Micro ATMs maintained at Business correspondents. In
this context, EBT stands for....?
1)electronic Benefit transfer 2)electronic Bore transfer 3)electronic Benefit transformation
4)electric Benefit transfer 5)endemic Benefit transfer

Ans : 1

16.From which nation India agreed to buy 145 M-777 Ultra-Light Howitzers worth $750 million?
1)USA    2)Russia  3)Japan 4)Italy    5)UK

Ans : 1

17.Playing it my way is the autobiography of whom won the prestigious Crossword Book of the Year
Award in the Autobiography category?
1)Sachin Tendulkar 2)Saina Nehwal 3)Kapil Dev 4)Yuvraj Singh 5)Mary Com

Ans : 1

18.The autobiographies of Sports persons given. The wrong combination is.........?

1)Straight from the heart—Kapil dev 2)The test of My Life-Yuvraj singh
3)Sunny Days-Sunil gavaskar 4)Unbreakable-Mary Com 5)All of above correct

Ans : 5

19.CoutLoot is the Fashion Startup of..........?

1)Twitter   2)orkut   3)Facebook 4)Yahoo    5)Microsoft

Ans : 3

20.Which bank tied up with Spice Digital mobile chain for cash management services through the bank’s
e-collection facility?
1)Andhra bank  2)ICICI 3) Federal Bank 4)Axis Bank   5)UBI

Ans : 3

21.Thailand and which state signed  MoU to promote cooperation and collaboration?
1)Nagaland   2)Assam   3) Meghalaya 4)Manipur  5) Arunachal Pradesh  

Ans : 5

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22.Tata Steel’s 55,000 TPA ferro-chrome plant in Gopalpur in the state of....?
1)Jharkhand   2)Uttarakhand 3)UP  4)MP   5)Odisha

Ans : 5

23.Tata Steel estsablished  plant in Odisha is a unique environment-friendly unit with state-of-the-art

pollution control equipment and technology such as ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) and STP (Sewage
Treatment Plant). It is the first plant in India to use .......... method of chrome ore fine agglomeration
1)rusting    2)pluming   3)cooling 4)roaming  5)briquetting

Ans : 5

24.Dhasai village in Thane district has become the first "cashless village" in ..............?
1)Goa   2)Tamil nadu  3)Karnataka   4)Maharashtra  5)Odisha

Ans : 4

25.India International Science festival 2016 held on 7 to 11 December in..............?

1)  Jaipur   2)Hyderabad   3)Kolkata  4) New Delhi  5)Patna

Ans : 4

26.Government of India provides how many essential medicines through AMRIT scheme?
1)610   2)540 3)210   4)121  5)1000

Ans : 2

27.AMRIT stands for Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for....?

1) Treatment   2)Trauma   3)Throat  4)Talisman   5)Treaty

Ans : 1

28.Hornbill Festival Kicks Off in the state of............?

1)Tamil nadu   2)Kerala  3)Nagaland 4)Punjab   5)Meghalaya

Ans : 3

29.Under which section of the RBI Act, the Reserve Bank of India made the decision regarding
demonetisation?
1)24(1)   2) 24(4)   3) 24(2) 4) 24(3) 5)24(5)

Ans : 1

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30. ………….used at toll plazas to ease the cash crunch 
1) FASTags    2)Ttags   3)Tolltags 4)Polltags   5)Rushtags
Ans : 1

31.Yoga has been included in the UNESCO's Representative List. UNESCO head office located at...?
1)New York   2)Vienna  3)Washington 4)Rome   5)Paris

Ans : 5

32.CRISIL has lowered India's GDP growth forecast to ....for the fiscal year 2016-17.
1)7.1%   2)7.3%   3)6.9%  4)7.5%  5)6.8%

Ans : 3

33.UNO lowered India's GDP growth forecast to.............?

1)7.6%    2)8.1%   3)7.9%   4)8.2%  5)7.9%

Ans : 1

34.Maharstra made it mandatory for students of Class .....to have Aadhaar card
1)5 to 7    2)1 to 12   3)10 to 12 4)10 to 15  5)13 to 15

Ans : 3

35.SIMsePAY launched by which bank for money transfer through feature phones?

1)SBI   2)HDFC   3)Federal Bank 4)Yes Bank   5)Axis bank

Ans : 4

36.Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft will be launched iby ISRO in the year....?

1)2019   2)2020  3) 2018 4)2017   5)2025

Ans : 3

37.The parliamentary committees to examine the Central government's monetary policy are...?
1) Shaktikanta Das and A C Duggal 2)A C Duggal and N S Srinivassan
3)Ashok lavasa and AC Duggal 4) Urjit Patel and Ashok Lavasa
5) Shaktikanta Das and A C Duggal and Urjith Patel

Ans : 5

38.Makkal Pavalar Inkulab passed away, He belongs to....?

1)Malayalam Literature 2)Telugu Literature 3)Tamil Literature 4)Odia Literature 5)Hindi Literature

Ans : 3

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