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1. Name the 15-year-old Mumbai cricketer who on 5 January 2016 scored a record 1009 in just 323 balls in an innings.
a) Rajat Bhatia
b) Pranav Dhanawade
c) Prithvi Shaw
d) Rahul Tewatia
b
2. Name the Indian cricketer whose knock was voted as the best Test knock in last 50 years.
a) Sachin Tendulkar's 200 against South Africa
b) VVS Laxman's 281 against Australia
c) Virender Sehwag's 309 against Pakistan
d) Rahul Dravid's 180 against Australia
b
3. High Court of which state on 4 January 2016 directed state government to take steps to procure 1843 decibel meters to ensure that there is no violation of noise pollution rules during festivals, public addresses, and processions?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Kerala
a
4. The Reserve Bank of India on 4 January 2016 imposed monetary penalty of one crore rupees on which bank for violation of its instructions?
a) HDFC Bank
b) Punjab National Bank
c) State Bank of Travancore
d) Axis Bank
c
5. Name the former Wigan Athletic defender who passed away in December 2015 but was recovered from the River Rhine in the western city of Krefeld on 2 January 2015.
a) Didier Drogba
b) Jordi Cruyff
c) Paul Kendrick
d) Steve Gohouri
d
6. Name the state who’s State Election Commissioner (SEC) on 4 January 2016 announced that toilets are mandatory requirement for contesting panchayat elections.
a) Jharkhand
b) Bihar
c) Haryana
d) Mizoram
b
7. Which state government inaugurated land bank web portal on 4 January 2016 to help investors know land-related information?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Jharkhand
d) Andhra Pradesh
c
8. Who was elected as Chairman of General Motors (GM) Board of Directors with immediate effect on 4 January 2016?
a) Mary Barra
b) Joseph J Ashton
c) Linda R Gooden
d) Theodore Solso
a
9. Which company bagged the 10050 crore Zojila Pass tunnel road project in Jammu and Kashmir on 4 January 2016?
a) IVRCL Infra Ltd
b) J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd
c) ILandFS Construction Ltd
d) IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd
d
10. Name the 38th Chief Justice of India who died on 4 January 2016 in Mumbai.
a) PB Gajendragadkar
b) Sarv Mittra Sikri
c) Sudhi Ranjan Das
d) Sarosh Homi Kapadia
d
11. Identify the writer who on 4 January 2016 won the Costa Novel Prize 2015.
a) Frances Hardinge
b) Don Paterson
c) Kate Atkinson
d) Andrea Wulf
c
12. Who on 4 January 2016 was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IT giant Wipro?
a) TK Kurien
b) Abid Ali Neemuchwala
c) Abbas Ali Neemuchwala
d) TS Kurien
b
13. Who on 4 January 2016 was sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India?
a) Radha Krishna Mathur
b) RK Sharma
c) Vijai Sharma
d) KV Chowdary
a
14. Name the power transmission company that on 2 January 2016 commissioned the Transmission Project to Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) ahead of schedule under the Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) incentive regime.
a) Tata Power
b) Sterlite Grid
c) NTPC
d) NPCIL
b
15. Scuba divers in December 2015 recorded the presence of several colonies of the fast-growing alien species Snowflake Coral off the coast of Thiruvananthpuram and Kanyakumari. What is the scientific name of the Snowflake Coral?
a) Carijoa riisei
b) Carpathian newt
c) Coenophlebia archidona
d) Verilus sordidus
a
1) How many micro satellites will be
carried in a single mission of the PSLV-SSO?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9
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ANSWER: 8
Explanation:
In a new global era, vehicle configuration of the PSLV of 400 km Space
Shuttle
Orbiter is around 1200 kgs. Number of micro satellites can be
carried in a single
mission namely 8 each weighing 120 kg with total
payload capacity 960 kg.
Currently, domestic satellite communication is
dominated by DTH and fixed
satellite services. Thematic missions such as
tele-medicine and tele-education
as well as satellite aided navigation are
also on the rise.
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2) How many new elements have been
added to the periodic table?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
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ANSWER: 4
Explanation:
Periodic table has been given 4 new elements changing one of the most
fundamental
pieces of knowledge in science. The elements 113, 115, 117 and
118 will now be
added to the 7th row of the table making it complete. The
new elements were discovered
by team from US, Russia and Japan and verified
by the International Union of Pure and
Applied Chemistry. All of the 4 new
admissions are man-made. The new elements are
the first to be added since
2011 when table got elements 114 and 116. New discoveries
filled the 7th
row or period of the table and existence and even properties of these
elements have to be discovered before they can be added to the table.
Elements are
named after mythological concept, mineral, place, country,
scientist or property.
Presently, the elements are named after their number: element 113 is
referred to as
ununtrium (which means 113-ium), and has the symbol Uut.
Element 115 is called as
ununpentium or Uup; While 117 is called
ununseptium or Uus, 118 is called ununoctium
or Uuo.
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3) Whom did Novak Djokovic beat during
his first game of 2016, the Qatar Open?
a. Dustin Brown
b. Roger Federer
c. Rafael Nadel
d. Andy Murray
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ANSWER: Dustin Brown
Explanation:
Novak Djokovic won at the Qatar Open on 4th January 2016 beating Dustin
Brown 6-2,6-2.
The world number 1 beat his German rival easily. Brown who
is World Number 118 lost
the first set in just 25 minutes. This was the first
ever meeting between the pair. This is
Djokovic’s second appearance in
Qatar.
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4) How many states have agreed to join
the UDAY scheme so far?
a. 12
b. 13
c. 14
d. 15
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ANSWER: 15
Explanation:
Close to 15 states have agreed to opt for the UDAY scheme meant for
reviving debt
stressed discoms in the nation according to Union Minister
Piyush Goyal. A total of
15 from the current 29 states are on board for the
Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana.
4 major states- UP, Odisha, Bihar and
Maharashtra have agreed to join UDAY with
total of 15 states joining the
scheme and 90% of over INR 4 lakh crore on discos debt
will be covered
under the scheme.
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5) 103rd Indian Science Congress saw
the coining of five Es for enquiry and engineering by Narendra Modi,
India’s PM. What do the 5 Es stand for?
a. Economy, Ecology, Energy, Enquiry and Equity
b. Economy, Environment, Energy, Empathy and Equity
c. Economy, Energy, Empathy, Ecology and Equality
d. Environment, Energy, Ecology, Empathy and
Equity.
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ANSWER: Economy, Environment, Energy, Empathy and Equity
Explanation:
The 103rd Indian Science Congress commenced on 3rd January 2016 with PM
Narendra
Modi coining the mantra of 5 Es for enquiry and engineering by the
scientific community.
5Es need to be at the centre of their equity and
engineering for scientists and technologists
to prosper. The 5Es are Economy,
Environment, Energy, Empathy and Equity. Economy is
where one finds cost
effective and efficient solutions while environment is the carbon
footprint
that determines energy on which prosperity relies, the PM said. The 5 Es
also
coincide with the centenary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of
relativity published in
1916 called E=MC^2. Richness of the tradition of
the country, consciousness of modern
age and strength of commitment to
world should create a more sustainable path.
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6) Which term has been coined by 5
Nobel Laureates at the 103rd Indian Science Congress?
a. Invent in India
b. Create in India
c. Explore in India
d. Discovery in India
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ANSWER: Invent in India
Explanation:
4 of the 5 Nobel laureates attending the Indian Science Congress have
indicated that
India should focus on discovering and inventing, not just
making in India. Scientists
remarked that to make in India without
dependence on others, one must invent in India
for which discovery is
crucial. There must be a strategic plan and students must be
encouraged to
take up science.
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7) Armament Research and Development
Establishment successfully test fired
Pinaka II MBRL system in the last
week of December 2015. What does MBRL stand for?
a. Multi Beam Rocket Launcher
b. Multi Barrier Rocket Launcher
c. Multi Beacon Rocket Launcher
d. Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher
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ANSWER: Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher
Explanation:
Armament Research and Development Establishment during the last week of
December
2015 successfully test fired multi barrel rocket launcher Pinaka
II. The trials were conducted
at Pokhran in Rajasthan. Pinaka is an
unguided rocket system which can neutralise large
areas with massive salvos
and its range is 20 km more than Pinaka 1 version which has
a 40 km range.
System acts as a force multiplier and as used during the Kargil war.
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8) Which Oscar winning cinematographer passed away on January 1, 2016 at California, US?
a. Vilmos Zsigmond
b. Hans Zimmer
c. Brian De Palma
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Vilmos Zsigmond
Explanation:
Vilmos Zsigmond, the winner of the Oscar for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind
passed away on January 1, 2016 at the age of 85. He was also Oscar nominated for 3 other movies
namely The Deer Hunter, The River and The Black Dahlia.
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9) Which British fast bowler died at the age of 22 on 3rd January 2016?
a. Matthew Hayden
b. Matthew Hobden
c. Matthew Johnson
d. Matthew Smith
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ANSWER: Matthew Hobden
Explanation:
Sussex fast bowler Matthew Hobden died at the age of 22 on 3rd January 2016. His death was
announced by the ECB. He was a 1993 born English player who made his county championship
debut on June 1, 2014. He was also part of the team which won the National Village Cricket Knockout
Final at Lord’s.
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10) Which Committee on IPL spot fixing submitted its report to SC on 4th January 2015?
a. Justice AP Shah
b. Justice RM Lodha
c. Justice MB Shah
d. Justice Thakur Singh
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ANSWER: Justice RM Lodha
Explanation:
Justice RM Lodha Committee on IPL spot fixing on 4th January 2015 submitted its report to the
SC suggesting reforms in BCCI for India. Panel has also recommended separate governing bodies
for IPL and BCCI with limited autonomy for IPL Governing Council. It has legalised betting and
proposed that no minister or government servant should bear office at BCCI. Also the report holds
that any BCCI office bearer cannot hold down two posts at the same time.
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11) Which Day was observed across the world on January 4th 2016 to commemorate the
birth anniversary of Louis Braille?
a. World Vision Day
b. World Eye Day
c. World Eyesight Day
d. World Braille Day
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ANSWER: World Braille Day
Explanation:
World Braille Day was observed on 4th January 2016 to commemorate the birth anniversary of
Louis Braille. Day also helps people to produce works in Braille language for the visually challenged.
Louis Braille was born in the 1800s and credited with developing the Braille script which helps visually
impaired people to read as well as write.
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12) Which countries have severed diplomatic ties with Iran following the storming of the Saudi
Arabian embassy?
a. Sudan
b. UAE
c. Bahrain
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: All of the above
Explanation:
Following the storming of the embassies of Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Bahrain and UAE have severed ties
with Iran. “In response to the barbaric attacks on the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran and its consulate
in Mashhad the government of Sudan announces the immediate severing of ties with the Islamic Republic
of Iran,” a Foreign Ministry statement said. UAE also recalled the envoy from Iran while Bahrain also
announced the severing of ties.
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13) Growth in FY16 has been pegged at which percentage, according to HSBC?
a. 7.2
b. 7.3
c. 7.4
d. 7.5
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ANSWER: 7.4
Explanation:
Foreign brokerage firm HSBC said the country is current amidst a credit less recovery and policy
reforms were the main step to attaining higher growth. Economists have also expressed dissent with
the new method of GDP computation and said the economy will clock 7.4% in FY16 and remain stable
in FY17 as well. During this phase of credit less recovery, sectors like investment which rely on external
funding take the longest to revive. The macro side is facing fiscal trilemmas according to economists where
the main challenge was funding higher wages at the same time, lowering fiscal deficit and continuing
government capex.
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14) Retail information for farm labourers rose in November to what percent, on
account of increase in food items prices?
a. 5.02%
b. 4.92%
c. 4.43%
d. 4.65%
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ANSWER: 4.92%
Explanation:
Retail inflation for farm labourers and rural workers in November increased to 4.92% and 5.02%
respectively on account of increase in food item prices. Corresponding inflation in October was
4.43% and 4.65%. Food inflation under CPI-AL and CPI-RL came at 4.79% and 5.15 percent in
November 2015. All India CPI numbers for agricultural and rural labourers for November rose to
853 and 857 points respectively. CPI-AL and RL of TN registered the maximum increase while
Meghalaya saw the maximum fall.
15) Wipro has appointed which executive as the CEO and member of the board w.e.f February 1, 2016?
a. T.K.Kurien
b. Abidali Z. Neemuchwala
c. Azim Premji
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Abidali Z. Neemuchwala
Explanation:
Wipro appoints T. K. Kurien as executive vice chairman and Abidali Z. Neemuchwala as the CEO and member
of the company board and both appointments are effective w.e.f February 1st, 2016. Kurien will complete his
5 year tenure as CEO in January. He has restructured Wipro and made major efforts to energise it. The third
largest IT services company has a lot of catching up to do with rivals.
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16) Bioware senior development executive has recently quit the Mass Effect Project on
January 4th 2016. Who is he?
a. Chris Pine
b. Chris Wynn
c. Chris Jones
d. Chris Smith
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ANSWER: Chris Wynn
Explanation:
Bioware senior development director Chris Wynn has quit the Mass Effect project and will no longer
be part of the company. He will be joining the N& community and await the release of Andromeda
with considerable enthusiasm.
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17) Which telecom giant has gained control of its rival Alcatel Lucent to the tune of nearly 80%?
a. Vodafone
b. Nokia
c. BT
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Nokia
Explanation:
Finnish telecom giant Nokia gains control of 80% of French American Rival Alcatel Lucent. Nokia
currently holds 76% of shares and voting rights under Alcatel as part of its public exchange offer.
Minimum requirement for Nokia is controlling 50% of shares and voting rights. This has been satisfied.
With this, Nokia hopes the merger will make it the top network equipment and service provider.
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