Q1. India’s Sand artist ___________ has won the people’s choice prize for his sand sculpture titled “Mahatma Gandhi – World Peace” at the ninth Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship 2016.
(a) Rekha Bhardwaj
(b) Sudarsan Pattnaik
(c) Ilana Yahav
(d) Rahul Arya
Q2. India and _______________ have signed an agreement in the area of Maritime Transport to step up co-operation on the seas recently?
(a) Syria
(b) France
(c) Bhutan
(d) Egypt
Q3. Name the Martial arts expert and actor, who will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar?
(a) Chow Yun-fat
(b) Jackie Chan
(c) Jean Rochefort
(d) Tom Cruise
Q4. Who has created history by setting a record of most number of Grand Slam matches wins by a woman in the Open era?
(a) Peng Shuai
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Martina Hingis
(d) Venus Williams
Q5. Which of the following country has host the G-20 Summit recently?
(a) China
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Russia
Q6. Gumthala Garhu near Pehowa became the first Wifi hotspot village in _______ circle under the bulk plan of BSNL for the state.
(a) Assam
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Haryana
Q7. India Post has released a commemorative postage stamp on __________ to celebrate the canonisation of her as saint recently.
(a) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
(b) Kasturba Gandhi
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) Indira Gandhi
Q8. Name the India’s lone individual Olympic gold medallist, who has officially announced his retirement from shooting.
(a) Ronjan Sodhi
(b) Abhinav Bindra
(c) Gagan Narang
(d) Anjali Bhagwat
Q9. Which of the following states has launched the ‘Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana’ (BKRY) and inaugurated 1,000 anganwadi buildings as part of the celebration marking birth centenary of legendary Biju Patnaik.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Odisha
(d) Punjab
Q10. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador for anti- liquor and drug campaign by the Kerala government?
(a) Amitabh Bachchan
(b) PV Sindhu
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Baba Ramdev
Q11. Name the Noted Odia poet, who will be honoured with the 37th edition of prestigious Sarala Award for his outstanding poetry.
(a) Dr Hrushikesh Mallick
(b) Nilakantha Bhanja
(c) Pratibha Satpath
(d) Haraprasad Das
Q12. In a remarkable public health achievement, which country was certified by WHO on having eliminated malaria, a life-threatening disease which long affected the island country.
(a) Ireland
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Denmark
(d) Laos
Q13. Which among the following online payment system has launched a one-step offline payments mode, called Bubble Pin?
(a) MobiKwik
(b) Freecharge
(c) PayPal
(d) Mobile Wallet
Q14. In which state Nuakhai, the agrarian mass festival was celebrated recently?
(a) Odisha
(b) Chhatisgarh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Bihar
Q15. On the occasion of the 55th Teachers’ Day Assam, CM Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated Asia’s biggest digital library dedicated to the memory of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India, in ………….?
(a) Dibrugarh University
(b) Gauhati University
(c) IIT-Guwahati
(d) NIT-Silchar
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