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JULY 1 and 2
1) India has improved its
ranking in the World Bank
Group's bi-annual "Logistics
Performance Index 2016",
jumping from 54th in 2014 to
_______ in 2016.
(a) 34th
(b) 35th
(c) 36th
(d) 37th
Ans: (b)
2) Under National Green
Highways Mission, Nitin Gadkari
kick-starting the initial
plantation drive along 1,500km
of national highways at a cost
of about _________ crore.
(a) Rs.100 crore
(b) Rs.200 crore
(c) Rs.300 crore
(d) Rs.400 crore
Ans: (c)
3) Which of the following Indian
state govt. has decided to ban
electronic cigarette recently in
view of studies claiming that its
use can cause various health
issues, including cancer and
heart ailments?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Telangana
(d) Kerala
Ans: (d)
4) The Income Tax Department
has unearthed undisclosed
income of ________ crore in
the last two fiscals.
(a) Rs.40,000 crore
(b) Rs.41,000 crore
(c) Rs.42,000 crore
(d) Rs.43,000 crore
Ans: (d)
5) The second BRICS Youth
Summit got underway in
________ on June 1 in a
JULY 3
1) Which of the following Indian
state has decided to introduce
"File tracking" mechanism to
bring
in
transparency
in
governance
and
to
allow
common people track the
position of a file?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Assam
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Haryana
Ans: (b)
2) Which of the following Indian
state has decided to introduce
moral education as a subject
for students of Classes VI to
XII?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Assam
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Haryana
Ans: (d)
3) Who inaugurated a smart
model village pilot project at
Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi?
(a) Pranab Mukarjee
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Arvind Kejriwal
(d) Rajnath Singh
Ans: (a)
4) Name the app which was
launched by SBI to help the
customers with a host of
banking services on their social
media accounts.
(a) SBI Smart
(b) SBI Single
(c) SBI Mingle
(d) SBI Mini
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5) Which of the following Bank
has inked agreements with the
World Bank for a $625 million
(around Rs 4,200 crore) facility
to support grid connected
rooftop solar programme in the
country?
(a) SBI
(b) RBI
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) HSBC Bank
Ans: (a)
6) Telangana Chief Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao requested
the Centre to extend financial
assistance of _______ crore for
the Mission Kakatiya
programme.
(a) Rs.3000 crore
(b) Rs.4000 crore
(c) Rs.5000 crore
(d) Rs.6000 crore
Ans: (c)
7) Name the mobile app which
will be launched by the
Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India through which
consumers can check the speed
of internet connection on their
smart phones.
(a) TRAI MySpeed
(b) TRAI Speed
(c) TRAI HighSpeed
(d) TRAI EfficientSpeed
Ans: (a)
8) The Union Sports minister Dr
Jitendra Singh announced a
grant of _______ lakh for ailing
Olympic gold medallist
Mohammed Shahid.
(a) Rs.5 lakh
(b) Rs.10 lakh
(c) Rs.15 lakh
(d) Rs.20 lakh
Ans: (b)
JULY 4
1) India has slipped to
________ place in terms of
money held by Indian citizens
with banks in Switzerland,
while the UK remains on top.
(a) 54th
(b) 58th
(c) 75th
(d) 79th
Ans: (c)
2) J P Nadda has assured
immediate sanctioning of funds
for the establishment of states
first medical college to improve
the ailing health scenario at
Naharlagun in _______.
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar
Ans: (b)
3) Which of the following Bank
is recently decided to add 400
more branches and expand its
ATM network by another 1,000
in the current fiscal to boost
business from retail operations?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Axis Bank
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(d) 5th
Ans: (d)
9) Name the Oscar-winning
director of 'The Deer Hunter'
who died at 77 recently.
(a) Michael Cimino
(b) Michel Hazanavicius
(c) Tom McCarthy
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
JULY 5
1. Which Indian para-swimmer
has won 8 medals in the 2016
International Wheelchair and
Amputee Sports (IWAS) U-23
World Games?
(a) Bharat Kumar
(b) Niranjan Mukundan
(c) Sharath Gayakwad
(d) Prasana Karmakar
Ans: (b)
2. Who of the following pairs
has won 2016 Mens doubles
Canada Open Grand Prix
Badminton tournament?
(a) Pranaav Jerry Chopra and
Akshay Dewalkar
(b) Adrian Liu and Toby Ng
(c) Manu Attri and Sumeeth
Reddy
(d) Setyana Mapasa and
Gronya Somerville
Ans: (c)
3. The recently released 2016
State of the Worlds Children
report is the annual flagship
report of which international
organisation?
(a) United Nations Childrens
Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
(b) Food and Agriculture
Organization ( FAO)
(c) International Labour
Organization (ILO)
(d) World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
Ans: (a)
4. Which mobile app has been
launched by Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (
TRAI) to measure mobile
internet speed?
(a) SpeedAxis
(b) WhatSpeed
(c) MySpeed
(d) MobileSpeed
Ans: (c)
5. Who has been appointed as
the new Executive Director of
Reserve Bank of India ( RBI)?
(a) Deepak Singhal
(b) Sudarshan Sen
(c) Meena Hemchandra
(d) Milind Sharma
Ans: (b)
6. Which country will host the
2016 meet of BRICS antinarcotics heads?
(a) Russia
(b) India
(c) Brazil
(d) China
Ans: (b)
7. Who has become the first
Indian footballer to play in the
Union of European Football
Associations (UEFA) Europa
league?
(a) Syed Rahim Nabi
(b) Sandesh Jhingan
(c) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
(d) Sunil Chhetri
Ans: (c)
8. The Renuka Wildlife
Sanctuary is located in which
state of India?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: (b)
9. Which port has become the
first Indian port to implement
JULY 6
1) In which place Union Cabinet
approved to setting up of major
port to become a transshipment hub for the global
East-West trade route?
(a) Ezhudesam
(b) Pazhaverkadu
(c) Tiruchendur
(d) Enayam
Ans: (d)
2) Which state Government
Labour Department has
introduced a new system of
introducing minimum wages to
the part time workers?
(a) Assam
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Odisha
Ans: (c)
3) In which international airport
having the Worlds Largest
chakra that is unveiled by the
BJP President Amit Shah?
(a) Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport, Mumbai
(b) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
International Airport, Nagpur
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Chennai
(d) Indira Gandhi International
Airport, New Delhi
Ans: (d)
4) For what purpose, Union
Cabinet chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
approved The High Courts Bill,
2016?
(a) Alteration of Names
(b) Addition of Names
(c) Substitution of Names
(d) Deletion of Names
Ans: (a)
5) In which place the World
famous Rath Yatra of Lord
Jagannath leaves along with his
brother Balram and sister
Subhadhra?
(a) Kasi
(b) Puri
(c) Amristar
(d) Haridwar
Ans: (b)
6) What is the ranking position,
India secured among the rest
of the countries in terms of
their readiness for transition to
a digitised economy and
society?
(a) 86
(b) 93
(c) 81
(d) 91
Ans: (d)
7) In which country along India
has approved a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) in the
field of Traditional Systems of
Medicine and Homeopathy?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Tanzania
(c) Korea
(d) South Africa
Ans: (b)
JULY 7
1) Worlds largest charkha
unveiled at______ ?
(a) India
(b) Kolkata
(c) Delhi
(d) Mumbai
Ans: (d)
2) Who has inaugurated Swami
Vivekanand Sabhagar at
Kathak Kendra ?
(a) piyush Goyal
(b) Parnab Mukherjee
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(d) Vijay Bansal
Ans: (b)
3) Which is the first state to
introduce minimum wages for
part time workers ?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) America
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttra Khand
Ans: (a)
4) Who is launched by
"Myspeed" app to track mobile
data speed ?
(a) TRAI
(b) DOT
(c) Ministry of Information and
telecommunication
(d) ISRO
Ans: (a)
5) Who won eight medals in
IWAS World Games ?
(a) Danger Fourpence
(b) Leonid Slutsky
(c) Danny Shittu
(d) Niranjan Mukundan
Ans: (d)
6) International Day for the
Elderly Is Observed on ?
(a) 8 August
(b) 16 June
(c) 1 October
(d) 22 July
Ans: (c)
7) What is the Currency of
Brazil ?
(a) Real
(b) Guaran
(c) Peso
(d) Lev
Ans: (a)
8) Who is Cabinet Minister of
Textile ?
(a) Smt. Sushma Swaraj
(b) Smriti Zubin Irani
(c) Raj Nath Singh
(d) Arun Jaitley
Ans: (b)
JULY 8
1) Who inaugurates the second
anti-drug working group
meeting of heads of Drug
Control Agencies of BRICS
countries?
(a) Pranab Mukarjee
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Arun Jaitely
(d) Rajnath Singh
Ans: (d)
2) Which of the following
country will host the 8th BRICS
summit in October 2016?
(a) Brazil
(b) India
(c) China
(d) South Africa
Ans: (b)
3) Which of the following Indian
state conduct a 'Smart Pulse
Survey' for collecting socioeconomic data of 1.48 crore
households in the state on July
8?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Telangana
Ans: (c)
4) 231 projects Namami Gange
programme including
installation of sewage
treatment plants and ghat
constructions, at over 100
locations in seven states with
an estimated cost of _______
crore.
(a) Rs.1000 crore
(b) Rs.1500 crore
(c) Rs.2000 crore
(d) Rs.2500 crore
Ans: (b)
5) Which is the capital of
Mozambique?
(a) Maputo
(b) Warsaw
(c) Madrid
(d) Ramallah
Ans: (a)
6) Which of the following Indian
state has joined hands with
business-to-business (B2B)
ecommerce firm Applicate IT
Solutions to enable 35,000 emitra kiosks for traders and
retailers to procure products
directly from manufacturers?
(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Punjab
Ans: (c)
7) Digital payments and
commerce platform Paytm is
infusing _______ crore in its
payments bank arm, which is
looking to start operations by
Diwali this year.
(a) Rs.300 crore
(b) Rs.350 crore
(c) Rs.400 crore
(d) Rs.450 crore
Ans: (b)
8) How many Indian states
issue tenders worth Rs 5,000
crore for projects in a
renewable energy transmission
network?
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) 11
Ans: (a)
9) What is the currency of
Poland?
(a) Metical
(b) Balboa
(c) Polish zloty
(d) Euro
Ans: (c)
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10) Name the Veteran music
director who had passed away
at the age of 77 on July 7,
2016.
(a) Ravindra Jain
(b) V. Dakshinamoorthy
(c) Master Sonik
(d) Om Prakash Sonik
Ans: (d)
JULY 9
1) India has set up an apparel
training centre in ________ to
support textiles industry of the
West African country.
(a) Ghana
(b) Guinea
(c) Liberia
(d) Nigeria
Ans: (d)
2) Jharkhand has received 27
investment proposals of
_________ crore in mining,
power, agriculture, food
processing, health, education
and tourism.
(a) Rs.1 lakh crore
(b) Rs.2 lakh crore
(c) Rs.3 lakh crore
(d) Rs.4 lakh crore
Ans: (a)
3) Commerce and Industry
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
will lead a delegation of over
110 Indian companies that will
showcase their engineering
prowess at a trade fair in
_______.
(a) Japan
(b) Russia
(c) Ghana
(d) China
Ans: (b)
4) According to a research
report by NASSCOM, the
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
market in India is expected to
Ans: (a)
JULY 10
1) Who won the Wimbledon
title 2016 in Tennis womens
singles?
(a) Venus Williams
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Angelique Kerber
(d) Flavia Pennetta
(e) None of these
Ans: (b)
2) In which of the following
Indian state, the National
Research Centre for Banana is
expected to set up?
(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra
(e) None of these
Ans: (c)
3) Indian Para-swimmer
Niranjan Mukundan has won
_______ medals at the recently
concluded Under-23 World
Games in Czech Republic.
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
(e) 9
Ans: (d)
4) What is the Capital of
Kazakhstan?
(a) Ashgabat
(b) Bishkek
(c) Astana
(d) Dushanbe
(e) None
Ans: (c)
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5) Patna is the capital city of
which Indian state?
(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Assam
Ans: (c)
6) The governments ambitious
Bharatmala project connecting
eastern and western India
through _______ km of
national highways is expected
to commence by March 2017.
(a) 6000 km
(b) 7000 km
(c) 8000 km
(d) 9000 km
(e) None of these
Ans: (b)
7) Maharashtra police has
launched four mobile apps for
timely intervention into
emergency situations. Which is
the not belongs to that?
(a) Pratisaad-Ask
(b) Police Mitra
(c) Police Pratisaad
(d) Vahanchoritakrar
(e) Railway helpline app
Ans: (c)
8) With which of the following
country, India seeks
cooperation in innovative
technologies for modernising
the country's infrastructure?
(a) UK
(b) US
(c) UAE
(d) Russia
(e) Japan
Ans: (b)
9) Telecom Ministry is cleared
the _______ crore 4G
spectrum trading deal between
service providers Bharti Airtel
and Aircel.
Ans: (b)
JULY 11
1) World Population Day is
observed on ________.
(a) Jul-10
(b) Jul-11
(c) Jul-12
(d) Jul-13
Ans: (b)
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7) BEML Limited has set up a
service training centre at its
________ Complex proving
commitment towards Skill
India Campaign.
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Vizhagapatinam
(c) Bangalore
(d) Mysore
Ans: (d)
8) Who has been named as
best banking CEO in Asia?
(a) Aditya Puri
(b) Chanda Kochchar
(c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(d) Shikha Sharma
Ans: (a)
9) Who clinched Wimbledon
title 2016 in mens singles?
(a) Novak Djokovic
(b) Andy Murray
(c) Milos Raonic
(d) Roger Federer
Ans: (b)
10) Who won the UEFA EURO
2016?
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) Portugal
(d) Chile
Ans: (c)
JULY 12
1) Which of the following Indian
state has created a world
record by planting over 5 crore
trees in 24 hours?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar
Ans: (b)
2) According to the survey,
based on solid waste
management practises in
towns, which of the following
are cleanest cities in India?
Ans: (b)
JULY 13
1) How many 'dengue clinics'
will set up in Delhi to tackle
dengue cases in the city?
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 400
Ans: (c)
2) Which of the following has
opened international banking
unit (IBU) at the International
Financial Services Centre
(IFSC) in the Gujarat
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International Finance Tec-City
(GIFT City)?
(a) Saraswat Bank
(b) IndusInd Bank
(c) IDFC Bank
(d) Yes Bank
Ans: (b)
3) With which of the following
country, India signed a
landmark deal for the
construction of a 1,320
megawatt coal fired power
plant?
(a) Nepal
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Pakistan
(d) Bangladesh
Ans: (d)
4) Name the former chief
operating officer of ecommerce
logistics company Go-Javas
who has joined Vulcan Express
which is the captive logistics
unit of Snapdeal as its COO
(Chief Operating Officer).
(a) Rohit Bansal
(b) Kunal Bahl
(c) Vijay Ghadge
(d) Vijay Sekhar Sharma
Ans: (c)
5) Who topped the all-rounders
list besides being placed second
in bowling in the latest ICC Test
rankings?
(a) Dwayne Bravo
(b) R.A. Jadeja
(c) Ravichandran Ashwin
(d) Mohammad Hafeez
Ans: (c)
6) Hockey India named senior
goalkeeper _______ as the
captain of the national team for
the Rio Olympics, removing
long-time skipper Sardar Singh.
(a) P.R. Sreejesh
(b) Chinglensana Singh
(c) Devinder Walmiki
Ans: (c)
JULY 14
1) Name the operation which
was launched by Indian govt.
to evacuate the Indians from
South Sudan.
(a) Operation Talwar
(b) Operation Pawan
(c) Operation Black Thunder
(d) Operation Sankat Mochan
Ans: (d)
2) To join with which scheme,
Union Textile Minister Smriti
Irani appealed to textile
industry for the benefit of
workers?
(a) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha
Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
(b) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti
Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
(c) Pradhan mantri kaushal
vikas yojana (PMKVY)
(d) Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)
Ans: (a)
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(b) William Hague
(c) Boris Johnson
(d) David Miliband
Ans: (c)
8) What is the capital of
Mongolia?
(a) Ulaanbaatar
(b) Nicosia
(c) Tehran
(d) Vientiane
Ans: (a)
9) Name the autobiography of
tennis star Sania Mirza which
was launched by Bollywood
superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
(a) The Story of My
Experiments with Truth
(b) Ace Against Odds
(c) Playing to win, my life on
and off court
(d) Playing it My Way
Ans: (b)
10) Mafia boss Bernardo
Provenzano has died at the age
of 83. He belongs to
(a) Taiwan
(b) Syria
(c) Italy
(d) Mongolia
Ans: (c)
JULY 15
1) Who inaugurates the first
edition of "India Skills
Competition" on the occasion of
World Youth Skills Day on July
15?
(a) Pranab Mukarjee
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Arvind Kejriwal
(d) Arun Jaitely
Ans: (a)
2) Which of the following has
acknowledged as the first
country in the world to become
YAWS-free?
(a) Thailand
(b) India
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(c) Canada
(d) Sweden
Ans: (b)
3) RBI asked banks to
exchange up to _______ pieces
of soiled currency notes with a
maximum value of Rs 5,000
over the counter free of charge.
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 50
(d) 100
Ans: (b)
4) Government has netted
______ tonnes of idle
household and temple gold
under the monetisation scheme
since its launch in November
2015.
(a) 3.1
(b) 3.2
(c) 3.3
(d) 3.4
Ans: (a)
5) Who was appointed as new
Chairman of CBSE?
(a) Vijay Kumar Dev
(b) Girish Chandra Murmu
(c) Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi
(d) Pramod Kumar Das
Ans: (c)
6) India made a big leap of 11
places to occupy _______ spot
in the latest world football
rankings issued by FIFA.
(a) 151
(b) 152
(c) 153
(d) 154
Ans: (b)
7) Name the India's Chess
Grand Master who captures the
Fide Womens Grand Prix
trophy in Chendu in China.
(a) Olga Girya
(b) Valentina Gunina
(c) Alexandra Kosteniuk
Ans: (a)
JULY 16&17
1) World Day for International
Justice is celebrated on
_______.
(a) Jul-15
(b) Jul-16
(c) Jul-17
(d) Jul-18
Ans: (c)
2) Which countrys Film festival
was inaugurated by Minister of
State for Information &
Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan
Rathore?
(a) Iran
(b) Iraq
(c) Indonesia
(d) Italy
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3) Name the online web portal
which was launched by Ministry
of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship for imparting
skills with an aim to reach
millions of skill seekers in
India.
(a) Indiaskills.com
(b) indiaskillsonline.com
(c) indiaskills.in
(d) indiaskillsonline.in
Ans: (b)
4) Which of the following Indian
state has set up a dedicated
court under its Protection of
Interest of Depositors Act to
fast-track hearing in the
National Spot Exchange case?
(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: (c)
5) Which of the following Bank
inaugurated an all women
branch in Kolkata?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Canara Bank
(d) Axis Bank
Ans: (d)
6) The National Housing Bank
(NHB) expects to raise
_______ million for refinancing
banks.
(a) $100 million
(b) $200 million
(c) $300 million
(d) $400 million
Ans: (b)
7) Pema Khandu is expected to
be sworn in as Chief Minister of
_______.
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Karnataka
Ans: (b)
8) Who became the WBO Asia
Pacific Super Middleweight
champion with a convincing win
over Australian Kerry Hope?
(a) Jermain Taylor
(b) Alfonso Blanco
(c) Billy Joe Saunders
(d) Vijender Singh
Ans: (d)
9) Headquarters of Axis Bank is
_______.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Mumbai
(d) Vadodara
Ans: (c)
10) What is the currency of
Iran?
(a) Rial
(b) Krone
(c) Dinar
(d) Som
Ans: (a)
JULY 18&19
1) Nelson Mandela
International Day is celebrated
on _______.
(a) Jul-15
(b) Jul-16
(c) Jul-17
(d) Jul-18
Ans: (d)
2) India's first e-court was
opened at High Court of
Judicature at ________.
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Chennai
(c) Bangalore
(d) Thiruvananthapuram
Ans: (a)
3) Which of the following Indian
state has planned to create 400
hectares of new water area in
private land in this year 2016?
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(b) Bangladesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) New Zealand
Ans: (c)
9) Name the Glamorgan
teenager who smashes Ravi
Shastri's record for the fastest
double-century in first-class
cricket with a stunning innings
against Derbyshire.
(a) Aneurin Donald
(b) Nick Selman
(c) Will Bragg
(d) Craig Meschede
Ans: (a)
10) Mubarak Begum passed
away at the age of 80. She is a
______.
(a) Dancer
(b) Singer
(c) Journalist
(d) Comedian
Ans: (b)
JULY 20&21
1. How many Seven Indian
companies figure in the latest
Fortune 500 list?
a) Five
b) Seven
c) Eight
d) Ten
Ans: (b)
2. RBI has set up an Interregulatory Working Group on
Fin Tech and Digital Banking.
The group will be headed by
_____________
a) R Gandhi
b) Urjit Patel
c) Sudarshan Sen
d) Subir Gokarn
Ans: (c)
3. The annual Ramayana
Month began in
_____________
a) Tamil Nadu
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b) Karnataka
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Kerala
Ans: (d)
4. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal has launched a live
interactive programme, titled
TalkToAK, who is the governor
of Delhi?
a) Najeeb Jung
b) Kiran Bedi
c) Vijay Kumar
d) A.K. Singh
Ans: (a)
5. Worlds first hospital-train
________________ completes
25 years of service
a) Red Cross express
b) Great White hospital express
c) Lifeline express
d) None of these
Ans: (c)
6. Government of India
launched Transforming India
portal, who is the Union
Minister of Electronics and
Information Technology and
Law and Justice?
a) Ananth Kumar
b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
c) Venkaiah Naidu
d) Prakash Javadekar
Ans: (b)
7. Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) has successfully
commissioned the third unit of
the 440 MW hydro power unit
in ___________________
a) Assam
b) Rajasthan
c) West Bengal
d) Telangana
Ans: (c)
8. Leading Ayurvedic FMCG
firm Dabur has tied up with
____________ to promote
sustainable cultivation of high-
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Retirement Index (GRI),
__________ is the worst place
for retirement
a) India
b) China
c) Japan
d) Singapore
Ans: (a)
14. Which Country has imposed
a ban on academic scholars
from travelling abroad as a part
of the wide-ranging purge of
state institutions following the
failed military coup?
a) North Korea
b) USA
c) Turkey
d) Libya
Ans: (c)
15. The Turkish Government
declared a three-month state of
emergency in the country after
the recent failed military coup.
Who is the president of Turkey?
a) Abdullah Gul
b) Ahmet Necdet Sezer
c) Binali Yldrm
d) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ans: (d)
16. The Centre has created a
new Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology by
bifurcating the erstwhile
Ministry of
____________________
a) Information and
Broadcasting
b) Statistics & Programme
Implementation
c) Communications and
Information Technology
d) Science and Technology
Ans: (c)
17. The Book titled The Great
Derangement: Climate Change
JULY 22
1) PM Narendra Modi laid
foundation stone of AIIMS
hospital in Gorakhpur.
Gorakhpur is a city in ______.
(a) Bihar
(b) Punjab
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Assam
Ans: (c)
2) Name the high-tech storytelling museum which will be
inaugurated by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on July 25 at
Rashtrapati Bhavan?
(a) Metro Museum
(b) Garages Museum
(c) Tribal Museum
(d) Archaeological museum
Ans: (b)
3) With whom Prime Minister
Narendra Modi jointly
inaugurated the Petrapole
Integrated Check Post through
video-conferencing?
(a) Pranab Mukarjee
(b) Sushma Swaraj
(c) Abdul Hamid
(d) Sheikh Hasina
Ans: (d)
4) Mumbai Railway Police has
successfully traced as many as
4,804 "missing" children and
reunited 4,386 of them with
their family under the operation
_______.
(a) 'Operation Muskan'
(b) 'Operation Smile'
(c) 'Operation Valsalya'
(d) Operation Bloodhound
Ans: (a)
5) The New Development Bank
has announced its first round of
loans worth about ______
million dollars.
(a) 600 mn dollars
(b) 700 mn dollars
(c) 800 mn dollars
(d) 900 mn dollars
Ans: (d)
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have made it to the latest
Fortune 500 list of the worlds
biggest corporations in terms of
revenue. Which of the following
is topped the list?
(a) ONGC
(b) Walmart
(c) Reliance Industries Ltd
(d) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
(IOCL)
Ans: (b)
7) The National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) has
awarded a Rs 533 crore
contract for widening of
Salasar-Nagaur Section in
________.
(a) Odisha
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Goa
Ans: (c)
8) Who has become the first
Indian to win the coveted title
of Mr. World at a grand
ceremony at Southport in
England?
(a) Rohit Khandelwal
(b) Puerto Rico
(c) Nicklas Pedersen
(d) Esparza Ramirez
Ans: (a)
9) Who is set to be hired as the
New England manager at a
Football Association board
meeting at Wembley?
(a) Jurgen Klinsmann
(b) Steve Bruce
(c) Eddie Howe
(d) Sam Allardyce
Ans: (d)
10) Which is the capital of
Spain?
(a) Moscow
(b) Madrid
(c) Maputo
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(d) Canberra
Ans: (b)
JULY 23
1) Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
organised a day-long
conference on Startup India on
July 23 in ________.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Odisha
(c) New Delhi
(d) Mumbai
Ans: (c)
2) To attract investment in IT,
electronics and biotechnology
sector, Odisha has decided to
organize an investors' meet in
_______.
(a) Bhubaneswar
(b) Bangalore
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Chennai
Ans: (b)
3) India has ranked a low at
______ out of 149 nations to
achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals, according
to a new index which is topped
by Sweden.
(a) 110
(b) 123
(c) 141
(d) 153
Ans: (a)
4) HDFC Ltd will issue nonconvertible debentures (NCDs)
on a private placement basis to
raise ______ crore.
(a) Rs.1000 crore
(b) Rs.2000 crore
(c) Rs.3000 crore
(d) Rs.4000 crore
Ans: (b)
5) RBI has received a proposal
from the Commerce and
Industry Ministry to use a part
of Forex reserves to give
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(d) Rs.10 lakh
Ans: (d)
JULY 24
1) Railway Minister Suresh
Prabhu inaugurated 114-km
long _______ route as the
India's first green rail corridor
with zero toilet discharge
section.
(a) Rameswaram-Bangalore
(b) Rameswaram-Kochi
(c) Rameswaram-Kanyakumari
(d) Rameswaram-Manmadurai
Ans: (d)
2) Who will flag off the broad
gauge train service between
Delhi and Agartala from the
national capital on July 31?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Manohar Parrikar
(c) Suresh Prabhu
(d) Darmendra Pradhan
Ans: (a)
3) Indian smartphone brand
Karbonn Mobiles announced
setup of a new state of the art
mobile manufacturing plant in
_______.
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Odisha
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (b)
4) In which of the following
country, Apple Inc is planning
to open its first Apple retail
Store?
(a) Turkey
(b) Brazil
(c) Taiwan
(d) Canada
Ans: (c)
5) Name the javelin thrower
who set a new junior world
record en route to winning the
gold medal at the IAAF World
Under-20 Athletics
Championship.
(a) Neeraj Chopra
(b) Kashinath Naik
(c) Annu Rani
(d) Rajesh Bind
Ans: (a)
6) Saiyed Haider Raza died in
New Delhi at the age of 94. He
is a ______.
(a) Dancer
(b) Journalist
(c) Painter
(d) Singer
Ans: (c)
7) Which is the currency of
Taiwan?
(a) Euro
(b) Dollar
(c) Peso
(d) Rupee
Ans: (b)
8) Agartala is a capital city of
_______.
(a) Mizoram
(b) Manipura
(c) Tripura
(d) Nagaland
Ans: (c)
9) How many Athletes are
qualified for Rio Olympics 2016
from India?
(a) 118
(b) 119
(c) 120
(d) 121
Ans: (c)
JULY 25
1) Who will head the committee
that was constituted to prepare
guidelines for desiltation of
river Ganga?
a) NK Singh
b) Madhav Chitale
c) Arvind Subramanian
d) Anand Desai
Ans: (b)
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d) Kismat Chopra
Ans: (a)
7) Name the Indian skeet who
won the bronze medal in the
Champion of Champions match
at the Junior World Cup in
Porpetto, Italy.
a) Sharan Susheel
b) Kismat Chopra
c) Kynan Chenai
d) Anant Naruka
Ans: (d)
8) Indias first Green Rail
Corridor, which ensures zero
toilet discharge on rail tracks,
was inaugurated recently by
Railways Minister Suresh
Prabhu in which state?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Assam
Ans: (a)
9) Bar Council of India (BCI)
have suspended 126 lawyers of
which state and prohibited
them from practising in any
court or tribunal?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Assam
d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (d)
10) Union Ministers Kalraj
Mishra and Venkaiah Naidu laid
the foundation of Ministry of
Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises technology centre
at
a) Hyderabad
b) Mumbai
c) Visakhapatnam
d) Ranchi
Ans: (c)
11) Indias first Water Metro
project was recently launched
in which of the following cities?
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a) Kochi
b) Kolkata
c) Port Blair
d) Kozhikode
Ans: (a)
12) The Malabar Botanical
Garden and Institute of Plant
Sciences recently joined hands
with which of the following oil
and gas companies to launch
field trials oil-degrading
bacteria?
a) Indian Oil Corporation
b) Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited
c) ONGC
d) Cairn India
Ans: (b)
13) Name the female violinist
who will be conferred with the
coveted Sangita Kalanidhi
Award for the year 2016.
a) L Athira Krishna
b) Akkarai Subbalakshmi
c) A Kanyakumari
d) Jyotsna Srikanth
Ans: (c)
14) Who has won the 2016
Swiss Open Gstaad?
a) Dominic Thiem
b) Pablo Andjar
c) Roger Federer
d) Feliciano Lpez
Ans: (d)
15) Name the famous Modern
Indian artist who passed away
recently.
a) Syed Haider Raza
b) Benode Behari Mukherjee
c) Kalipada Ghoshal
d) Jamini Roy
Ans: (a)
JULY 26
1) How much insurance cover
has been offered by the Indian
Railways for passengers?
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(d) Kochi
Ans: (a)
7) Which Indian Arabic
calligrapher has won second
prize at Cairo International
Festival for Arabic Calligraphy?
(a) Mohammad Baghdadi
(b) Muqtar Ahmed
(c) Mamoun Luthfi Sakkal
(d) Khalid Mohammad
Ans: (b)
8) Who has been appointed as
the Director General (DG) of
National Museum?
(a) Omita Paul
(b) N R Pillai
(c) Venu Vasudevan
(d) Budha Rashmi Mani
Ans: (d)
9) The first-ever meeting of
BRICS Employment Working
Group (BEWG) will be hosted
by which country?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) South Africa
(d) Brazil
Ans: (a)
10) The How To Be a Bawse: A
Guide to Surviving Conquering
Life has been authored by
whom?
(a) Arjun Nath
(b) Lilly Singh
(c) Pramod Kapoor
(d) Ajai Mansingh
Ans: (b)
JULY 27
1) Centre has approved Rs.
1601 crore for ______ under
skill development initiative
Himayat to train 1.24 lakh local
youths in vocational courses.
(a) Bihar
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Assam
Ans: (c)
2) Which of the following state
passed a Bill mandating that
those aspiring to contest
Panchayat elections must have
toilets with flush in their
homes?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Haryana
(d) Punjab
Ans: (c)
3) A port side container facility
of the Container Corporation of
India (Concor) has been
opened at _______ Port, to
foster trade, boost industrial
growth and help in
development of the region.
(a) Visakhapatnam
(b) Krishnapatnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Ennore
Ans: (b)
4) The Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) has imposed a monetary
penalty of Rs.5 crore on
______ Bank.
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Bank of Baroda
Ans: (d)
5) Which of the following bank
recently launches debit cardless instant money transfer
facility by using mobile phone
number as identifier?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) SBI
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
Ans: (b)
6) Which of the following bank
gets nod from Securities
Ans: (a)
JULY 28
1) World Hepatitis Day is being
observed on ________.
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(a)July 25
(b) July 26
(c) July 27
(d) July 28
Ans: (d)
2) What is the theme of the
World Hepatitis Day 2016?
(a) Prevention
(b) Elimination
(c) Diagnosis Treatment
(d) Rejection
Ans: (b)
JULY 29
1) Global Tiger Day is
celebrated on which date every
year?
(a) 28th July
(b) 29th July
(c) 30th July
(d) 31st July
Ans: (b)
2) International Organisation
for Migration (IOM),which
assisted an estimated 20
million migrants in 2015, is an
intergovernmental organisation
with more than 9,500 staff and
450 offices worldwide. The UN
General Assembly has
unanimously adopted a
resolution approving an
agreement to make the
International Organisation for
Migration part of the UN as a
related organisation.
Headquarters of IOM is located
at:
(a) Geneva, Switzerland
(b) New York, United States
(c) Paris, France
(d) London, United Kingdom
Ans: (a)
3) In July 2016, Union cabinet
approved setting up of new All
India Institute of Medical
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7) According to a passenger
feedback survey on cleanliness
carried out by the Railway
Ministry, which among the
following was rated as dirtiest
Railway Station?
(a) Salem Railway Station,
Tamil Nadu
(b) Jamnagar Railway Station,
Gujarat
(c) Madhubani Railway Station,
Bihar
(d) Shahganj Railway Station,
Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (c)
8) Name the influential Indian
Writer and activist, who passed
away in July 2016?
(a) Shakuntala Devi
(b) Gayatri Devi
(c) Laxmi Devi
(d) Mahasweta Devi
Ans: (d)
9) Who among the following
has been named by European
Union as its in-charge of
negotiating Brexit with the
United Kingdom?
(a) Michel Barnier
(b) Nigel Farage
(c) Nicole Sanders
(d) Kristine Anderson
Ans: (a)
10) Indias Ministry of Defense
signed a $1 billion deal with
which aircraft maker for the
purchase of four additional
Poseidon 8I Neptune advanced
maritime patrol/anti-submarine
warfare aircraft?
(a) Airbus
(b) Boeing
(c) Bombardier
(d) Embraer
Ans: (b)
JULY 30
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Railway Board ?
(a) R.K Mittal
(b) B.K Kashyap
(c) N.K. Sohal
(d) A K Mittal
Ans: (d)
2. International Tiger Day is
being observed on ?
(a) 23 June
(b) 29 July
(c) 26 March
(d) 10 August
Ans: (b)
3.Who is the first woman ever
been nominated for President
elections by a major US
political party ?
(a) Hillary Clinton
(b) Jill Stein
(c) Shirley Chrilholm
(d) Carol Braun
Ans: (a)
4. 3rd India Education fair
begins in ______?
(a) Chennai
(b) Dhaka
(c) New Delhi
(d) Colombo
Ans: (b)
5. What is the Currency of
Croatia ?
(a) Lev
(b) Zloty
(c) Euro
(d) Kuna
Ans: (d)
6. European Commission
appoints has appointed
___________as its Chief
Negotiator for the United
Kingdoms exit from the bloc.
(a) Tasneem Khan
(b) Jim Carter
(c) Stephan Morkel
(d) Michel Barnier
Ans: (d)
JULY 31
1. Name the Joint military
exercise between India and
Thailand that culminated at
Krabi Thailand?
a) Friendship
b) Veerta
c) EKUVERIN
d) MAITREE
Ans: (d)
2. Who was sworn in as the
Chief Justice of Allahaba High
Court in July 2016?
a) Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari
b) Justice Dilip Babasaheb
Bhosale
c) Justice Ravish Kumar
d) Justice Kamaal Hasan
Ans: (b)
3. The first-ever meeting of
BRICS Employment Working
Group (BEWG) was held in
which city?
a) New Delhi
b) Hyderabad
c) Pune
d) Goa
Ans: (b)
4. Who of the following was
reappointed as the Chairman
Railway Board?
a) AK Mital
b) AK Kapoor
c) Mohd Jamshed
d) MAHESH MANGAL
Ans: (a)
5. Which of the state Govt. has
launched Pashudhan Bima
Yojana?
a) Bihar
b) Haryana
c) Uttarakhand
d) Gujarat
Ans: (b)
6. Name the country whose 8member team was formally
suspended from next month's
Rio Olympics due to doping
offences by the International
Weightlifting Federation (IWF)?
a) China
b) Russia
c) India
d) North Korea
Ans: (b)
7. Name the state that has
decided to regularise
unauthorised constructions till
December 2015 on a mass
scale in the state's urban belts?
a) Maharashtra
b) Delhi
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (a)
8. Name the Indian-American
girl who has become the
youngest delegate at the
Democratic National
Convention which has
nominated Hillary Clinton as
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the party's presidential
candidate?
a) Priya Dev
b) Manisha Bedi
c) Sruthi Palaniapan
d) Depti Shah
Ans: (c)
9. Name the state that has
decided to form a separate cell
for the Primitive Tribes Group
(PTG) in the Welfare
Department?
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Jharkhand
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (b)
10. Who of the following will
head the expert committee that
was constituted to possible
alternatives to pellet guns as
non-lethal weapons?
a) Atul Karwal
b) Rajeev Krishna
c) Tushar Tripathy
d) TVSN Prasad
Ans: (d)
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