Q.1. Who has been appointed as India’s new ambassador to Russia?
(1) Pankaj Saran
(2) P.S. Raghavan
(3) Sudhesh Wallia
(4) Iram Khan
(5) Sukbir Kaur
Ans: (1) Pankaj Saran
Q.2. Who has been awarded the ‘Freedom of the City’ award of CapeTown?
(1) Desmond Tutu
(2) Dalai Lama
(3) Ahmed Kathrada
(4) Narendra Modi
(5) Francois Pienaar
Ans: (3) Ahmed Kathrada
Q.3. Who has been elected as Vice-President of the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)?
(1) S.R. Verma
(2) Vipin Saxena
(3) James Rodrick
(4) Kate Joules
(5) Rakesh Kapur
Ans: (5) Rakesh Kapur
Q.4. Which foreign bank announced shutting of its private banking operations in India?
(1) Federal Bank
(2) Doha Bank
(3) Standard Chartered Bank
(4) HSBC Holdings Plc.
(5) Bank of America
Ans: (4) HSBC Holdings Plc.
Q.5. Recently Union Govt. extended the usage criterion of the RuPay debit cards under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana in order to avail of the in-built insurance cover to _______ days.
(1) 50
(2) 72
(3) 90
(4) 100
(5) 105
Ans: (3) 90
Q.6. Which Indian Cricketer has been appointed as brand ambassador of Dubai-based hospitality and event management company Grand Midwest Group?
(1) Virat Kohli
(2) M.S. Dhoni
(3) Kapil Dev
(4) Yuvraj Singh
(5) Virendra Sehwag
Ans: (2) M.S. Dhoni
Q.7. Agni-I is a _________ missile.
(1) surface-to-air
(2) air-to-surface
(3) air-to-air
(4) surface-to-surface
(5) surface-to-water
Ans: (4) surface-to-surface
Q.8. Who has been named as World Athletes of the Year by the IAAF?
(1) Ashton Eaton
(2) Genzebe Dibaba
(3) Usain Bolt
(4) Sim Bhullar
(5) 1 and 2
Ans: (1) Ashton Eaton and Genzebe Dibaba
Q.9. Recently Prof. Y. Sudershan Rao resigned from his post. He was the Chairman of which of the following?
(1) Indian Council of Historical Research
(2) National Green Tribunal
(3) PETA
(4) Indian Red Cross Society
(5) Indian Council of Geographical Research
Ans: (1) Indian Council of Historical Research