Q1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its approval for _______ projects worth Rs. 24,374.86 crore in eleven States for expansion of railway network and connectivity across the country.
(a) 9
(b) 20
(c) 5
(d) 15
(e) 27
Q2. South India's first Children's Court was inaugurated in which of the following cities?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Madurai
(d) Cochin
(e) Chennai
Q3. The GPS enabled mobile app of the _____________ Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust bagged this year’s Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)’s healthcare excellence award.
(a) Assam
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Telangana
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) West Bengal
Q4. Which among the following Indians has pipped Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan to become the most followed Indian on social media site Twitter.
(a) Arun Jaitley
(b) Priyanka Chopra
(c) Salman Khan
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) Arvind Kejriwal
Q5. Which among the following IITs has blacklisted nine companies from placments after they revoked offers made to students or delayed the joining date recently?
(a) IIT- Kharagpur
(b) IIT- Guwahati
(c) IIT- Kanpur
(d) IIT- Delhi
(e) IIT- Bombay
Q6. Which State government decided to transform 1,000 villages with the help of corporate sector, and the civil society over the next few years?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Assam
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Kerala
(e) Maharashtra
Q7. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for all retail payments system in India announced that customers of ___________ banks will shortly be able to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for sending and collecting money via a smartphone using a Virtual Payment Address (VPA).
(a) 34
(b) 17
(c) 42
(d) 21
(e) 29
Q8. In an attempt to further develop the fixed income and currency markets, __________ announced a host of measures that would encourage large borrowers to raise funds from these markets.
(a) FICCI
(b) UIDAI
(c) RBI
(d) SEBI
(e) Finance Ministry
Q9. Which of the following companies has announced that it has received a successful Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its chemical division in Chennai, named Natco Organics Ltd, prior to amalgamation into the company?
(a) Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd
(b) Natco Pharma Ltd
(c) Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd
(d) Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd
(e) None of the above
Q10. The Union Cabinet has cleared the ____________ Bill 2016, aimed at regulating commissioning of surrogacy in the country in a proper manner.
(a) draft Surrogacy Bill, 2016
(b) Child Protection System Act
(c) Mother and Child Bill, 2016
(d) Abortion Survivors Protection Act
(e) None of the above
Q11. The Union Cabinet gave its nod for signing of revised double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with ________, a popular tax haven recently.
(a) Cyprus
(b) South Africa
(c) Cuba
(d) Namibia
(e) Peru
Q12. The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in.................?
(a) Malaysia
(b) Singapore
(c) Denmark
(d) Japan
(e) USA
Q13. Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean, has rich, turbulent history stretching back to antiquity. Where is the capital city of Cyprus?
(a) Manila
(b) Bandar Seri Begawan
(c) Nicosia
(d) Havana
(e) Lima
Q14. Who is the present Prime Minister of Singapore?
(a) Tomomi Inada
(b) Li Keqiang
(c) Shinzo Abe
(d) Lee Hsien Loong
(e) None of the above
Q15. Which Bank has launched ‘KBL-SMARTz’, a mobile application (app) built on the unified payments interface (UPI) platform of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) recently?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Karur Vysya Bank
(e) Karnataka Bank
Answers:
Q1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its approval for _______ projects worth Rs. 24,374.86 crore in eleven States for expansion of railway network and connectivity across the country.
(a) 9
(b) 20
(c) 5
(d) 15
(e) 27
Extra Info: The Centre gave its green signal for investments worth more than Rs.27,000 crore in new highways and railway lines across the country to boost economic growth. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved infrastructure projects worth Rs.27,328 crore for expansion of railway lines in 11 states and development of 1,120 km national highways in five states.
Extra Info: The Centre gave its green signal for investments worth more than Rs.27,000 crore in new highways and railway lines across the country to boost economic growth. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved infrastructure projects worth Rs.27,328 crore for expansion of railway lines in 11 states and development of 1,120 km national highways in five states.
Q2. South India's first Children's Court was inaugurated in which of the following cities?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Madurai
(d) Cochin
(e) Chennai
Extra Info: South India's first Children's Court was inaugurated in Hyderabad. After Goa and Delhi, Telangana has become the third state to have child friendly court and sixth in the country. Features like separate waiting rooms for children and a video camera trial for the accused will be available.
Extra Info: South India's first Children's Court was inaugurated in Hyderabad. After Goa and Delhi, Telangana has become the third state to have child friendly court and sixth in the country. Features like separate waiting rooms for children and a video camera trial for the accused will be available.
Q3. The GPS enabled mobile app of the _____________ Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust bagged this year’s Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)’s healthcare excellence award.
(a) Assam
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Telangana
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) West Bengal
Extra Info: The GPS-enabled mobile app of the Telangana Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust bagged this year’s Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)’s healthcare excellence award. It is the second award for the app having secured the ‘Elite Smart Healthcare Conclave’ for being the most important mobile app in the nation.
Extra Info: The GPS-enabled mobile app of the Telangana Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust bagged this year’s Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)’s healthcare excellence award. It is the second award for the app having secured the ‘Elite Smart Healthcare Conclave’ for being the most important mobile app in the nation.
Q4. Which among the following Indians has pipped Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan to become the most followed Indian on social media site Twitter.
(a) Arun Jaitley
(b) Priyanka Chopra
(c) Salman Khan
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) Arvind Kejriwal
Extra Info: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pipped Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan to become the most followed Indian on social media site Twitter. As per count, Mr Modi has over 22.1 million followers on the social networking platform, while the bollywood actor marginally trailed with 22 million.
Extra Info: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pipped Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan to become the most followed Indian on social media site Twitter. As per count, Mr Modi has over 22.1 million followers on the social networking platform, while the bollywood actor marginally trailed with 22 million.
Q5. Which among the following IITs has blacklisted nine companies from placments after they revoked offers made to students or delayed the joining date recently?
(a) IIT- Kharagpur
(b) IIT- Guwahati
(c) IIT- Kanpur
(d) IIT- Delhi
(e) IIT- Bombay
Extra Info: All the companies have been banned for one year, implying that they can come back after the placements for the year 2016-17. The companies include Pune-based on-demand grocery start-up PepperTap, which is shutting down operations, and health tech start-up Portea Medical. Besides these two, Cashcare Technologies, China’s Johnson Electric and GPSK have also been banned for revoking offers.
Extra Info: All the companies have been banned for one year, implying that they can come back after the placements for the year 2016-17. The companies include Pune-based on-demand grocery start-up PepperTap, which is shutting down operations, and health tech start-up Portea Medical. Besides these two, Cashcare Technologies, China’s Johnson Electric and GPSK have also been banned for revoking offers.
Q6. Which State government decided to transform 1,000 villages with the help of corporate sector, and the civil society over the next few years?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Assam
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Kerala
(e) Maharashtra
Extra Info: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said corporate sector is already working with the government in various sectors through the CSR and “we thought of using their resources, knowledge, technology and planning and implementation skills”.
Extra Info: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said corporate sector is already working with the government in various sectors through the CSR and “we thought of using their resources, knowledge, technology and planning and implementation skills”.
Q7. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for all retail payments system in India announced that customers of ___________ banks will shortly be able to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for sending and collecting money via a smartphone using a Virtual Payment Address (VPA).
(a) 34
(b) 17
(c) 42
(d) 21
(e) 29
Extra Info: One can use UPI app instead of paying cash on delivery on receipt of product from online shopping websites and can pay for miscellaneous expenses like paying utility bills, over the counter payments, barcode (scan and pay) based payments, donations, school fees and other such unique and innovative use cases.
Extra Info: One can use UPI app instead of paying cash on delivery on receipt of product from online shopping websites and can pay for miscellaneous expenses like paying utility bills, over the counter payments, barcode (scan and pay) based payments, donations, school fees and other such unique and innovative use cases.
Q8. In an attempt to further develop the fixed income and currency markets, __________ announced a host of measures that would encourage large borrowers to raise funds from these markets.
(a) FICCI
(b) UIDAI
(c) RBI
(d) SEBI
(e) Finance Ministry
Extra Info: In a circular, the RBI has it has decided to enhance the aggregate limit of partial credit enhancement provided by banks, permit brokers in corporate bond repos, authorise the platform for repo in corporate bonds and encourage credit supply for large borrowers through market mechanism. “It has also been decided to seek suitable legal amendments to enable the RBI to accept corporate bonds under Liquidity adjustment Facility,” the note added. Many of these were recommendations made by the Khan Committee to develop the corporate bond market.
Extra Info: In a circular, the RBI has it has decided to enhance the aggregate limit of partial credit enhancement provided by banks, permit brokers in corporate bond repos, authorise the platform for repo in corporate bonds and encourage credit supply for large borrowers through market mechanism. “It has also been decided to seek suitable legal amendments to enable the RBI to accept corporate bonds under Liquidity adjustment Facility,” the note added. Many of these were recommendations made by the Khan Committee to develop the corporate bond market.
Q9. Which of the following companies has announced that it has received a successful Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its chemical division in Chennai, named Natco Organics Ltd, prior to amalgamation into the company?
(a) Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd
(b) Natco Pharma Ltd
(c) Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd
(d) Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd
(e) None of the above
Extra Info: Natco Pharma Ltd has announced that it has received a successful Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its chemical division in Chennai, named Natco Organics Ltd, prior to amalgamation into the company.
Extra Info: Natco Pharma Ltd has announced that it has received a successful Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its chemical division in Chennai, named Natco Organics Ltd, prior to amalgamation into the company.
Q10. The Union Cabinet has cleared the ____________ Bill 2016, aimed at regulating commissioning of surrogacy in the country in a proper manner.
(a) draft Surrogacy Bill, 2016
(b) Child Protection System Act
(c) Mother and Child Bill, 2016
(d) Abortion Survivors Protection Act
(e) None of the above
Extra Info: The Union Cabinet has cleared the draft Surrogacy Bill 2016, aimed at regulating commissioning of surrogacy in the country in a proper manner. The bill main aims to safeguard rights of surrogate mothers and make parentage of such children legal. It will now be introduced in the Parliament.
Extra Info: The Union Cabinet has cleared the draft Surrogacy Bill 2016, aimed at regulating commissioning of surrogacy in the country in a proper manner. The bill main aims to safeguard rights of surrogate mothers and make parentage of such children legal. It will now be introduced in the Parliament.
Q11. The Union Cabinet gave its nod for signing of revised double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with ________, a popular tax haven recently.
(a) Cyprus
(b) South Africa
(c) Cuba
(d) Namibia
(e) Peru
Extra Info: The Union Cabinet gave its nod for signing of revised double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with Cyprus, a popular tax haven. It is also learnt to have approved the removal of island nation as a non-cooperative jurisdiction for income-tax purpose. Cyprus was the only country to have been blacklisted by India as a non-cooperative jurisdiction, due to lack of effective exchange of information.
Extra Info: The Union Cabinet gave its nod for signing of revised double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with Cyprus, a popular tax haven. It is also learnt to have approved the removal of island nation as a non-cooperative jurisdiction for income-tax purpose. Cyprus was the only country to have been blacklisted by India as a non-cooperative jurisdiction, due to lack of effective exchange of information.
Q12. The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in.................?
(a) Malaysia
(b) Singapore
(c) Denmark
(d) Japan
(e) USA
Extra Info: The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in Singapore starting. Select members of the public can hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While multiple companies, including Google and Volvo, have been testing self-driving cars on public roads for several years, nuTonomy says is the first to offer rides to the public.
Extra Info: The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in Singapore starting. Select members of the public can hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While multiple companies, including Google and Volvo, have been testing self-driving cars on public roads for several years, nuTonomy says is the first to offer rides to the public.
Q13. Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean, has rich, turbulent history stretching back to antiquity. Where is the capital city of Cyprus?
(a) Manila
(b) Bandar Seri Begawan
(c) Nicosia
(d) Havana
(e) Lima
Extra Info: Currency of Cyprus- Euro
Extra Info: Currency of Cyprus- Euro
Q14. Who is the present Prime Minister of Singapore?
(a) Tomomi Inada
(b) Li Keqiang
(c) Shinzo Abe
(d) Lee Hsien Loong
(e) None of the above
Extra Info: Currency of Singapore- Singapore dollar
Extra Info: Currency of Singapore- Singapore dollar
Q15. Which Bank has launched ‘KBL-SMARTz’, a mobile application (app) built on the unified payments interface (UPI) platform of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) recently?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Karur Vysya Bank
(e) Karnataka Bank
Extra Info: Launching the app in Mangaluru, P Jayarama Bhat, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Karnataka Bank said users can perform the transactions on-the-go through this app, which can be downloaded from Google PlayStore.
