1. Who was appointed as Brand Ambassador of Volvoline?
a) Sachin tendulkar
b) MS Dhoni
c) Amitabh Bachhan
d) Virat Kohli
2. Argand Partners acquires _____________?
a) Bajaj Electric
b) Philips
c) Godrej
d) Sigma Electric
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated newly built war memorial- Shaurya Smark in which city?
a) Lucknow
b) Bhopal
c) Jaipur
d) New Delhi
4. Who was appointed as the Whole-Time Member of SEBI recently?
a) Rajeev Kumar Agarwal
b) Gurumoorthy Mahalingam
c) Prashant Saran
d) S Raman
5. Who was appointed as the Director General of Foreign Trade recently?
a) Anup Wadhawan
b) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
c) Jai Kumar Jha
d) Anoop Kapoor
6. India recently signed a bilateral agreement for development of a network of Agro irradiation centres with which country?
a) Russia
b) Qatar
c) Hungary
d) Egypt
7. Who was awarded with the prestigious IAFP Young scientist scholarship award 2016?
a) Khalid Mohamed Sharif
b) Christopher Waggener
c) Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad
d) Chun Wang
8. What was the theme of World Sight Day that was observed on 13 October 2016?
a) Countdown to 2020
b) The Right to Sight
c) Low Vision
d) Stronger Together
9. Who was recently appointed as next United Nations Secretary-General?
a) Ban Ki-moon
b) Antonio Guterres
c) Angela Merkel
d) None of the above
10. What is the name of the new book that was recently announced by Arundhati Roy?
a) The Ministry of Happiness
b) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
c) Annie Gives It Those Ones
d) The Ministry of Virtuals
11. What was the theme of World Food Day 2016?
a) Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too
b) Social Protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty
c) Family Farmers – Feeding the world, caring for the earth
d) Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition
12. Name the country with which India signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of water resources, including innovations in irrigation technology.
a) Russia
b) South Africa
c) Brazil
d) Hungary
13. Russia’s Rosneft Oil Company and its partners in October 2016 acquired which Indian company?
a) Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Ltd
b) Petronet Limited
c) Essar Oil Limited
d) GE Oil & Gas Limited
14. China in October 2016 signed 26 agreements and MoUs with which country in fields of power and energy, information technology, investment, disaster management and culture?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Bangladesh
d) Sri Lanka
15. Who headed the expert committee that in its report suggested that the Saraswati River was not mythical and it existed?
a) KS Valdiya
b) AK Singh
c) Shashi Shekhar
d) Madhav Chitale
16. What was the theme of the 2016 World Standards Day?
a) Industry Sectors Ranging from Energy
b) Climate Change and Healthcare
c) Standards Build Trust
d) International Standards Represent the Consensus View
17. Who was selected for the Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2016?
a) M P Veerendra Kumar
b) P V Chandran
c) M Mukundan
d) C Radhakrishnan
18. Who of the following won the men’s singles title at the Chinese Taipei Open badminton?
a) Parupalli Kashyap
b) Sourabh Verma
c) Daren Liew
d) Hsu Jen-hao
19. What was the theme for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty that was observed on 17 October 2016?
a) Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms
b) Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty
c) Ending the violence of Extreme Poverty: Promoting empowerment and building peace
d) We Can End Poverty
20. What was the theme for 2016 BRICS Summit?
a) BRICS Partnership – a Powerful Factor of Global Development
b) Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions
c) Inclusive Growth: Sustainable Solutions
d) BRICS: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation
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