Q1. Asian Development Bank said recently that it has approved $500 million (approximately Rs. 3350 crore) loan for constructing a bridge across Ganga. The bridge will be constructed in which state?
a) Bihar
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Punjab
d) Haryana
Q2.Which of the following state government has approved a proposal of the Panchayati Raj department to add 500 new gram panchayats before the 2017 three-tier panchayat polls?
a) Bihar
b) Rajasthan
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal
e) Punjab
Q3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the government's flagship Smart City mission in 20 cities across the country from which of the following place making a strong pitch to consider urbanisation as an opportunity to mitigate poverty?
a) Patna
b) Ranchi
c) Kolkata
d) New Delhi
e) Pune
Q4. Coca-Cola India plans to set up a bottling plant with a total investment of Rs 400-500 crore (US$ 58.9-73.7 million) on 70 acres of land provided by the Government of which state at Sitarganj city in Udham Singh Nagar district?
a) Bihar
b) Uttarakhand
c) Maharashtra
d) Gujarat
e) Punjab
Q5. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was bestowed with an Honorary Fellowship by an Indian student’s body of which country for his contributions to world peace and culture?
a) Spain
b) UK
c) France
d) Greece
e) Italy
Q6. Mahasthangarh is one of the earliest urban archaeological sites so far discovered and has been declared as the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) cultural capital for the year 2016-17. Mahasthangarh is in which country?
a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) China
d) Afghanistan
e) Pakistan
Q7.Which of the following team has won the 2016 Copa America Football tournament recently, by defeating Argentina in a penalty shootout?
a) Portugal
b) Netherlands
c) Chile
d) Brazil
e) None of the above
Q8.Amazon Web Services has launched its first data centre at which place in India? The data centre is part of its $5-billion investment in the country.
a) New Delhi
b) Bengaluru
c) Hyderabad
d) Chennai
e) Mumbai
Q9. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd by the Union government?
a) Sujoy Bose
b) Ashok Lavasa
c) NS Vishwanathan
d) Gaurav Shah
e) None of the above
Q10.Which of the following state government has launched a new scheme Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana with an aim to provide education loan at 1 % interest to students for pursuing higher studies recently?
a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) Chhatisgarh
d) Odisha
e) Rajasthan
Answers:
Q1. Asian Development Bank said recently that it has approved $500 million (approximately Rs. 3350 crore) loan for constructing a bridge across Ganga. The bridge will be constructed in which state?
a) Bihar
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Punjab
d) Haryana
Explanation: Once built, the 9.8 km road bridge in Bihar will be country’s longest river bridge. The bridge would provide vital transport links between the northern and southern parts of the state and with neighbouring country Nepal.
Q2.Which of the following state government has approved a proposal of the Panchayati Raj department to add 500 new gram panchayats before the 2017 three-tier panchayat polls?
a) Bihar
b) Rajasthan
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal
e) Punjab
Explanation: The state presently has 6,211 panchayats.
Q3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the government's flagship Smart City mission in 20 cities across the country from which of the following place making a strong pitch to consider urbanisation as an opportunity to mitigate poverty?
a) Patna
b) Ranchi
c) Kolkata
d) New Delhi
e) Pune
Explanation: As the Prime Minister launched 14 smart city projects in Pune, and initiated 69 other works in other smart cities in the country. He addressed for 35-minutes at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.
Q4. Coca-Cola India plans to set up a bottling plant with a total investment of Rs 400-500 crore (US$ 58.9-73.7 million) on 70 acres of land provided by the Government of which state at Sitarganj city in Udham Singh Nagar district?
a) Bihar
b) Uttarakhand
c) Maharashtra
d) Gujarat
e) Punjab
Explanation: The state government has agreed to provide 70 acres to the company at the State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (SIDCUL) in the Sitarganj phase-II area.
Q5. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was bestowed with an Honorary Fellowship by an Indian student’s body of which country for his contributions to world peace and culture?
a) Spain
b) UK
c) France
d) Greece
e) Italy
Explanation: National Indian Students and Alumni Union, UK, awarded Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with an Honorary Fellowship.
Q6. Mahasthangarh is one of the earliest urban archaeological sites so far discovered and has been declared as the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) cultural capital for the year 2016-17. Mahasthangarh is in which country?
a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) China
d) Afghanistan
e) Pakistan
Explanation: The extensive ruins of Mahasthangarh presents a glorious past of about two thousand and five hundred years of Pundranagar, the capital city of ancient Pundra Vardhan Bhukti. The site spreading along the western bank of Korotoa, is situated about 13 km north of Bogra town.
Q7.Which of the following team has won the 2016 Copa America Football tournament recently, by defeating Argentina in a penalty shootout?
a) Portugal
b) Netherlands
c) Chile
d) Brazil
e) None of the above
Explanation: The Copa América Centenario (Centennial Cup America) was an international men's association football tournament that was hosted in the United States in 2016. The competition was a celebration of the centenary of CONMEBOL and the Copa América, and was the first Copa América hosted outside of South America.
Q8.Amazon Web Services has launched its first data centre at which place in India? The data centre is part of its $5-billion investment in the country.
a) New Delhi
b) Bengaluru
c) Hyderabad
d) Chennai
e) Mumbai
Explanation: As a part of its commitment to invest $5 billion in India, Amazon recently launched its first set of India data centres in Mumbai to cater to cloud computing services here unleashing a new race for the top cloud provider position in India.
Q9. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd by the Union government?
a) Sujoy Bose
b) Ashok Lavasa
c) NS Vishwanathan
d) Gaurav Shah
e) None of the above
Explanation: National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is a fund created by the Government of India for enhancing infrastructure financing in the country. Its creation was announced in the Union Budget 2015-16.The operational framework was approved on 20 August 2015.
Q10.Which of the following state government has launched a new scheme Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana with an aim to provide education loan at 1 % interest to students for pursuing higher studies recently?
a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) Chhatisgarh
d) Odisha
e) Rajasthan
Explanation: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated the scheme to the foresight of Biju Babu on his birth centenary who had instituted ‘Kalinga UNESCO’ award for the popularisation of science when he was only 35 years old.
