National Current Affairs Quiz - August 2016

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1. ______ Government approved 33 % reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) ?

Nagaland
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Manipur
None of These


2. _________ CM Jayalalithaa announced Rs 1,000 increase in freedom fighters‚ pension from Rs 11,000 ?

Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Goa
None of These


3. 10-day long‚ Velankanni our lady of health basilica‚ annual feast held at Vellankan shrine in __________ ?

Goa
Uttar Pradesh
Telangana
Tamil Nadu
None of These


4. 12 day Sailing campaign‚ Jal Tarang‚ has been started from Bilaspur (___________), aimed at strengthening national unity and integrity. ?

Mizoram
Madhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh


5. 12-day long Krishna Pushkar festival began in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The festival comes once in every _______ years ?

6
14
12
10
None of These


6. 2016 Youth Voters’ Festival will be held in _______ in September 2016 ?

Nagaland
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Goa
None of These


7. 3 day long India's International Footwear Fair (IIFF) held in ______ with 263 companies from India and abroad participating ?

Ahmedabad
Delhi
Lucknow
Jaipur
None of These


8. Tata Power Solar commissioned a 100 MW solar project for NTPC in Anantapur (_________). It is biggest solar project commissioned using domestically manufactured solar cells and modules ?

Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Haryana
None of These


9. Aadhar linked eSignature facility - ____________ has been launched by LegalDesk, a Bengaluru based start-up, allowing allow all citizens (with Aadhaar) to remotely sign any document ?

eSignDesk
eVerifyDesk
eApproveDesk
eAdhaarDesk
None of These


10. Aadi Perukku festival celebrated in ________ as a thanksgiving festival to rivers, especially Cauvery river. This festival is celebrated on 18th of Aadi month in Tamil calendar year ?

Gujarat
Kerala
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
None of These


11. Alibaba Group, along with Crossword and Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust launched‚ __________ as an initiative inviting Indians to donate textbooks and educational material for underprivileged ?

Share Books
Sharing is Caring
Mission Share Knowledge
Mission Million Books
None of These


12. _______ became first state to launch DNA Index System (DIS) for DNA (Deoxyribonucleac acid) profiling of criminals. The system uses latest DNA technology tool (RapidHIT DNA System) developed by IntegenX of USA. It creates DNA profiles within 90 to 120 minutes compared to currently available technologies which take at least two days or more ?

Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Goa
Gujarat
None of These


13. ________ government signed MoU with Japan to develop a food value chain in state ?

Telangana
Goa
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh


14. __________ Assembly passed Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill 2016 to boost local film industry. Bill Proposes to fix service charge at a maximum of Rs 12 per ticket, which is as high as Rs 40 at present ?

Assam
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Goa
None of These


15. ________ became 15th state to ratify GST Bill and now it will be go to presidential assent before becoming a law. Assam was first state to Ratifsy GST. Centre seeks to roll-out GST by April 1, 2017. ?

Manipur
Mizoram
Gujarat
Goa
None of These


16. Automobile manufacturer _________ Ltd introduced‚ DiGiSENSE‚ as a cloud based technology solution to track vehicle information in real time?

Tata
Maruti Suzuki
Mahindra & Mahindra
Honda
None of These


17. BHEL commissioned second 500 MW thermal unit at Marwa Thermal Power Station in _________ ?

Goa
Chhattisgarh
Gujarat
Mizoram
None of These


18. __________ Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed MoU with The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) for promoting renewable energy ?

Jharkhand
Bengal
Gujarat
Goa
None of These


19. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST) (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) signed agreemet for developing ‚Ëœ__________‚„ (DBS). DBS involves implanting electrodes within certain areas of brain and regular electrical pulses generated by a pacemaker-like device placed under skin in upper chest regulates the abnormal impulses of the brain. DBS is used in typical neurological conditions of Essential tremor, Parkinson's disease and Dystonia ?

Deep Brain Summarizer
Deep Brain Simulator
Due Brain Stimulator
Deep Brain Stimulator
None of These


20. Bombay Stock Exchange signed MoU for co-operation in cyber security with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) ______ ?

Kanpur
Delhi
Bombay
Hyderabad
None of These


21. Cabinet approved introducing Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 to amend Maternity Benefit Act 1961. This law protects employment of women during the time of her maternity and entitles her of a ‚Ëœmaternity benefit. Proposed amendments include Increase Maternity Benefit to _______ weeks from 12 weeks for 2 surviving children and 12 weeks for over 2 children ?

26
16
36
46
None of These


22. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) signed MoU with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (Tirunelveli (________)) to carry out collaborative research programmes in marine biodiversity ?

Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Meghalaya
None of These


23. Competition Commission of India imposed penalties on _______ Chemists and Druggist Association and Lupin Ltd, for being in contravention of provisions of Competition Act 2002 ?

Meghalaya
Mizoram
Kerala
Karnataka
None of These


24. Defence Ministry sanctioned construction of a National War Memorial and National War Museum in ______. Government also aproved a new Aerospace Museum in ___________, focused on India’s rich aviation history. ?

Mumbai
Shillong
Jaipur
Ahmedabad
New Delhi


25. Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) organized a 64-day-long theatre festival in _________ as biggest theatre festival in World. It will showcase 245 theatres of several groups at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex ?

Delhi
Ahmedabad
Kolkata
Lucknow
None of These


26. Festival‚ Amazing North-EastParadise Unexplored‚ will be held in ________ to promote rich folk culture of North-East India ?

New Delhi
Guwahati
Shillong
Imphal
None of These


27. First Children Court of South India launched at Nampally Criminal Courts Complex in ___________, aimed at fast disposal of cases related to children. Telangana is third state to have a child friendly court after Goa and Delhi ?

Vijaywada
Hyderabad
Warangal
Chennai
None of These


28. _______ Tourism organized ‘Freedom Ride’ as an exclusive bike rally on Independence Day (August 15, 2016). ?

Gujarat
Mizoram
Goa
Meghalaya
None of These


29. __________ government signed MOU with Google to promote digital literacy and drive digital transformation ?

Nagaland
Mizoram
Meghalaya
Gujarat
Goa


30. Government approved Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 to improve road safety scenario. It amends 68 of existing 223 sections of Motor Vehicles Act (MVA) _________ . It Increases compensation for Hit & Run cases to Rs. 2 lakh from Rs.25000. Adds provision for payment of compensation in road accidents fatalities upto ?

1998
1978
1988
2008
None of These


31. Government approved Rs 400 Crore projects under Namami Gange mission, Mostly for _________ (307 Crores). ?

Meghalaya
Mizoram
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
None of These


32. Government approved amendments in Central List of OBCs (Other Backward Classes) applicable to Andhra Pradesh and ________ ?

Tamilnadu
Telangana
West Bengal
Odisha
None of These


33. Government launched Accessible E-Library ‘__________’ for Divyang under Prime Minister’s Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan?

Sugamya Pustakalaya
Sulabh Pustakalaya
Sahaj Pustakalaya
Swatch Pustakalaya
None of These


34. Government launched first phase of Smart Ganga City programme in 10 cities located along River Ganga - Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna, Sahibganj and Barrackpore (_______) ?

Uttarakhand
Chhattsiagarh
Odisha
Jharkhand
West Bengal


35. _______ became first state to distribute 2 crore LED Bulbs under UJALA Under‚ UnnatJyoti‚ programme, by reaching this milestone in just 96 days and over 42 lakh households have already benefitted from scheme ?

Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
None of These


36. _____________ high court removed 10 % reservation quota for economically backward classes (EBCs) in higher educational institutions and government jobs, by terming State's Unreserved Economically Weaker Sections Ordinance 2016 as unconstitutional. Ordinance was termed unconstitutional as total reservation exceeds in state exceeded 50 % percent cap set by Supreme Court. ?

Gujarat
Goa
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
None of These


37. Chhattisgarh's First IIT (Raipur / Bhilai) inaugrated in campus of Government Engineering College Raipur. It is one of 4 IITs to begin sesson in 2016, Other 3 being - IIT Goa, IIT Jammu and Kashmir and IIT Dharwad (___________). Other two IITS - Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) and Palakkad (Kerala) are under establishment stage ?

Rajasthan
Haryana
Madhya Pradesh
Kerala
Karnataka


38. Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur launched mobile application '________ HP' to facilitate efficient access to ambulances for medical emergencies ?

108
118
110
128
None of These


39. ________ signed MoU with Apollo India Credit Opportunity Management LLC and AION Capital Management to set up an asset reconstruction company ?

HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
Axis Bank
SBI
None of These


40. India's First touch and feel garden for visually impaired people in country has been inaugurated near Calicut University campus by _____ government ?

Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
Kerala


41. _________________ (ICHR) will document stories relating to villages and towns across India into an encyclopedia, aimed at connecting people better with oral and folk traditions. ICHR will also undertake study of princely States of modern India and studies to fill gaps between Harappan civilisation (first Indian urbanisation) and the 6th century BC (second urbanisation) ?

Indian Council of Homological Research
Indian Council of Historical Research
Indian Council of Hygienic Research
Indian Council of Heterogeneous Research
None of These


42. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) ___________ adopted five villages under Namami Gange programme - Ramel Nagar, Khoyra Katree, Pratapur, Hari Hindpur, and Katri Ladhva Khera. ?

Delhi
Kanpur
Mumbai
Allahabad
None of These


43. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and ___________ government signed MoU to provide improved hospitality and tourism services to customers. Indian Railways also partnered with Google for digitizing and showcasing its heritage on digital platforms ?

Manipur
Meghalaya
Goa
Gujarat
None of These


44. Indian Railways will build India‚„s longest tunnel and world‚„s tallest girder rail bridge on Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge railway line in ________.

This 111-km long line already has 37 tunnels on it. New tunnel will be 11.55 km long and will surpass Pir Panjal tunnel (Banihal-Qazigund line in J&K ). Rail bridge with height of 141m will surpass the existing tallest bridge in Europe which has a height of 139m ?

Gujarat
Goa
Nagaland
Meghalaya
Manipur


45. India's first underground museum will be opened at Rashtrapati Bhavan in ____________ in October 2016. Approx Rs. 80 crores were spent in creating this museum. ?

Ahmedabad
New Delhi
Hyderabad
Jaipur
None of These


46. India’s first BIO-CNG plant producing CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) from agricultural residue inaugurated in ________ (Maharashtra) ?

Pune
Mumbai
Nagpur
Aurangabad
None of These


47. India’s first military heritage website ________________ has recently launched by Glory Foundation ?

coloursofarmy.org
mygloriousindia.org
gloryofindia.org
signsofglory.org
coloursofglory.org


48. India’s first textile university will be set-up in _________ (Gujarat) with an investment of approx 800-900 crores ?

Surat
Delhi
Ahmedabad
Jaipur
None of These


49. ____________ govt allotted 10,000 crores for government schools for next 5 years. As part of this, 60,000 new hi-tech class rooms will be set up ?

Karnataka
Kerala
Mizoram
Meghalaya
None of These


50. Larsen & Toubro got contract as Implementation Partner to convert ___________ (Maharashtra), into country's first large-scale integrated Smart City ?

Panjim
Thane
Aurangabad
Mumbai
Nagpur


51. Lok Sabha passed Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2016 to pave way for employers in __________ sector to avail income tax benefits. Bill seeks to amends the Income Tax Act (IT), 1961 and the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.‚  ?

Textile
IT
Logistics
Banking
None of These


52. MOU signed between National Tiger Conservation Authority and WII (_________) for establishing Indias first tiger cell. It will have a database of tigers as well as DNA and stripes samples from over 50 tiger reserves and will aid conservation efforts ?

Delhi
Mumbai
Dehradun
Nagpur
None of These


53. ____________ became first state to launch Indias first comprehensive ‘Crime Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), through operationalisation of 34 cyber laboratories across state in order to combat growing cybercrimes. CCTNS is developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Pune ?

Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashta
None of These


54. Maharashtra Government has unveiled ambitious Mumbai to _________ Super Communication Expressway project. The 46,000-crore rupee ambitious project will create state-of-the art road connectivity within a period of three years and give a fillip to investment in the state. ?

Amravati
Nashik
Pune
Aurngabad
Nagpur


55. __________ Government launched Quit India 2 Swaraaj to Suraaj Movement against various social ills ?

Meghalaya
Mizoram
Maharashtra
Nagaland
None of These


56. Maharashtra Government will provide upto 1,200 wi-fi hotspots in ____________ as part of its plans to make it a wi-fi city by May 2017. ?

Mumbai
Nagpur
Pune
Thane
None of These


57. Maharashtra and ____________ signed agreements for irrigation projects to be constructed on Godavari (Medigadda barrage‚ ), Pranahita (Tummadihatti barrage) and Painganga rivers (Chanaka-Korata barrage) ?

Gujarat
Telangana
Madhya Pradesh
Goa
None of These


58. __________________ became first state in country to draft its own internal security legislation‚  Protection of Internal Security Act (MPISA), 2016. It focuses on maintaining law and order and combating terrorism, insurgency, caste-related violence and communalism in state. ?

Maharashtra
Gujarat
Goa
Sikkim
None of These


59. _______ government will transform 1,000 villages with help of corporate sector and civil society over next 5 years. ?

Maharashtra
Goa
Gujarat
Manipur
None of These


60. Material Sciences Firm and Part of Murugappa Group‚ Carborundum Universal‚ inaugurated its highh-end Research and Development centre in its Hosur (__________) ?

Meghalaya
Manipur
Telangana
Tamilnadu
None of These


61. Mega Food Park inaugurated in Jangipur of Murshidabad District of ___________ ?

Mizoram
Madhya Pradesh
Odisha
West Bengal
None of These


62. Minister for Health & Family Welfare J P Nadda inaugurated 3 AMRIT (_______________) outlets at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) Shillong, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Imphal and All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jodhpur, To reduce expenditure incurred by common patients on treatment of cancer and heart diseases ?

Affordable Medicines and Reluctable Implants for Treatment
Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment
Affordable Medicines and Reliable Ingredients for Treatment
Accurate Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment
None of These


63. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation launched a short film series‚ ________, in honour of those who are driving positive behaviour change in their communities across country by helping eliminate open defecation and adopt safe sanitation practices ?

Open Clutter Free
No Open Defecation
Hygiene First
Swatch Bharat
An Open Mind


64. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched a mobile app (developed by ________ for free) that integrates various social media handles of over 170 Indian missions on a common platform. ?

Facebook
Microsoft
Google
TCS
None of These


65. Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) approved construction of 37013 houses for urban poor in __________ and Haryana with an investment of 1491 crore rupees (central assistance of 569 crores) ?

Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka
None of These


66. Ministry of Labour and Employment renamed Central Board for Workers Education as ________________ National Board for Workers Education and Development ?

M K Gandhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Dattopant Thengadi
Subhash Chandra Bose
None of These


67. Ministry of Mines launched portal for Star Rating of Major Mineral Mines with an aim to promote sustainable mining. Portal was developed by IBM (Indian Bureau sof Mining) through National Institute of Smart Government _________ ?

Ahmedabad
Hyderabad
Lucknow
Delhi
None of These


68. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) allocated 142 crore has been provided for Biogas Programme for 2016-17, for implementing NBMMP (______________) for setting up of family type biogas plants in rural and semi-urban areas of the country. A target of 1,00,000 biogas plants has been fixed for the current year ?

Native Biogas and Manure Management Programme
National Biogas and Manure Management Programme
Natural Biogas and Manure Management Programme
National Biogas and Mangrove Management Programme
None of These


69. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a Notification to free __________ from permit requirements ?

Buses
Cars
Motorbikes
e rickshaws / e carts
None of These


70. Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) signed MoU with Comic Book Publisher Amar Chitra Katha to publish a special edition of comic book focusing on _______________ ?

Swachh Bharat Mission
Ujjawala
Aadhaar
Jan Dhan
None of These


71. Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched POCSO (______________) e-box in Delhi. ?

Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses
Protection of Children from Social Offenses
Protection of Children from Serious Offenses
Protection of Children from Serial Offenses
None of These


72. Mobile application ___________ aimed at helping women ensure their safety in Delhi has been launched at Delhi University, powered by Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust ?

We Feel Safe
I Feel Safe
Now Feel Safe
I Must Feel Safe
None of These


73. Motorcycle finance company Bajaj Finance partnered with India Post to facilitate purchase of vehicles in ___________ ?

Meghalaya
Madhya Pradesh
Kerala
Karnataka
None of These


74. National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) _____________ signed MoU with Maharaja Sayajirao(MS) University for awarding MBA degree in specific Railway fields to railway probationary officers belonging to Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) and Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS). ?

Lucknow
Jaipur
Ahmedabad
Delhi
Vadodara


75. National Association of Software and Services (NASSCOM) launched its startup warehouse at Sunrise Startup Village at Rushikonda in Visakhapatnam (___________) ?

Telengana
Kerala
Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
None of These


76. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) sanctioned 26 crore to ___________ government, for tackling waterlogging by constructing lift schemes in low-lying areas, village ponds, and other allied works ?

Punjab
Mizoram
Bihar
Haryana
None of These


77. National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) registered 9 new breeds of indigenous farm (livestock and poultry) animals from Uttarakhand, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, NicobarIsland, Nagaland, Assam and Manipur. Total indigenous breeds of livestock in country now reached _________ ?

180
170
160
190
None of These


78. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed MOU with IIT ___________ for research project on Laboratory and Field investigations on Paneled Cement Concrete Pavements for Highways ?

Mumbai
Delhi
Kanpur
Kharagpur
None of These


79. National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) of Ministry of AYUSH launched National campaign on Medicinal Plants at Rajasthan State Institute of Agriculture Management (__________) ?

Kota
Jodhpur
Binaker
Udaipur
Jaipur


80. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) signed MoU for industrial use of treated water. This helps in establishment of STP in ___________ which will provide treated water for industrial use ?

Delhi
Lucknow
Mathura
Kanpur
None of These


81. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) application, allowing customers to make easier real-time payments using smartphones. Initially, Reserve Bank of Indias allowed _________ banks UPI applications to go live on Google Play Store ?

21
31
15
11
None of These


82. _________ Government dedicated 100 multi-purpose shelter houses to people for use during floods and cyclones, aiming to minimize casualtes during calamities ?

Jharkhand
Odisha
Chhattisgarh
Delhi
None of These


83. ________ Police Launched Operation Muskan-2 as an initiative to trace missing children and reunite them with parents ?

Odisha
Jharkhand
Manipur
Mizoram
None of These


84. ____________ government launched a website of state's Home department to enable differently-abled persons to interact with website ?

Odisha
Jharkhand
Mizoram
Sikkim
None of These


85. _________ government made Aadhar Card mandatory for procurement of paddy in the state, to maintain transparency and ensure quick payment of dues ?

Delhi
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Odisha
None of These


86. _________ government will recruit members of transgender community persons as warders in jails, as per directive of Supreme Court ?

Delhi
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Odisha
None of These


87. Online marketplace Amazon launched India’s first dedicate online book store for ________ Language with a wide selection of over 10,000 titles. ?

Urdu
Telugu
Hindi
Punjabi
None of These


88. PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin dedicated first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in _________, through video conferencing. It has Indias single largest nuclear generation unit with capacity of 1000 megawatt (MW) ?

Haryana
Gujarat
Sikkim
Tripura
Tamil Nadu


89. PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone for the Rs 10600 crore National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) 1,600 MW Super Thermal Power Project (Phase I) in Ramagundam (_____________) ?

Telangana
Tamuilnadu
Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
Madhya Pradesh


90. PM Narendra Modi launched Saurashtra Narmada Irrigation (SAUNI) Project at Sanosara in _________ ?

Madhya Pradesh
Goa
Maharashtra
Gujarat
None of These


91. PM Narendra Modi released theme song for Tiranga Yatra organised between 16 to 23 August 2016 across the country to mark 70 years of Independence. Theme song 70 Saal Azadi Yaad Karo Kurbani has been composed by ___________ ?

Jawed Akhtar
Gulzar
Ghazal Srinivas
Manoj Muntashir
None of These


92. President Pranab Mukherjee launched Akashvani Maitree Channel and its website in Bengali language for listeners in West Bengal, __________ and adjoining areas. Akashvani Maitree Channel is an initiative of Kolkata Akashvani Kendra for blending content both from India and Bangladesh and preserving Bengali culture ?

Nepal
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
None of These


93. ______________ CM Parkash Singh Badal launched mobile app 'Kisan Suvidha' to provide basic information on weather updates, crop prices and expert advices to farmers. ?

Haryana
Punjab
Delhi
Himachal Pradesh
None of These


94. __________ become first state to approve sewage and waste water policy. ?

Uttar Pradesh
Mizoram
Meghalaya
Rajasthan
None of These


95. Rajya Sabha passed Dentists (Amendment) Bill 2016 that seeks to amend Dentists Act __________. It will also replace Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance 2016. Key Features include introduction of a uniform entrance examination for all dental educational institutions ?

1948
1958
1968
1970
None of These


96. Research and innovation firm‚ Fifth Generation Technologies‚ (specialisation in building‚ real time intelligence‚ solutions) signed agreement with Anna University (_______) for conducting research to arrive at a useful prediction of remaining life of critical equipment that are working in high temperature environments ?

Chennai
Delhi
Ahmedabad
Jaipur
None of These


97. Researchers from Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) __________, (Gujarat) developed photocatalyst that can degrade 3 industrial dyes (methyl orange, methylene blue and reactive black-5) in presence of sunlight ?

Vadodara
Bhavanagar
Surat
Rajkot
None of These


98. ___________ will be focus country at 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2016 to be held in Goa in November 2016 ?

Canada
UK
USA
South Korea
None of These


99. Sreekrishna temple in Guruvayur (__________) is included in Tourism Ministry’s Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) ?

Assam
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Karnataka
Kerala‚ 


100. Supreme Court stated that former ________ are not entitled for government accommodation for lifetime. Judgment came on a plea filed by Uttar Pradesh-based NGO Lok Prahari ?

Presidents
Prime Minsters
Chief Ministers
Chief Justices of India
None of These


101. Tamil Nadu Assembly passed resolution to rename State's High Court name as _________ ?

High Court of Chennai
Tamilnadu High Court
Madurai High Court
Madras High Court
None of These


102. ____________ government launched an online service for consumers to apply for low-tension service connections, through State's Generation and Distribution Corporation's website. ?

Telangana
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Assam
None of These


103. ___________ government will rearrange its interim borders to create 17 new districts in October 2016 ?

Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Telangana
Madhya Pradesh
None of These


104. ________ signed MOU with Indian Space Research Organisation for setting up a Water Resources Information System (WRIS) on ISRO's ‘Bhuvan’ web portal ?

Meghalaya
Manipur
Nagaland
Tripura
Telangana


105. Town and Country Planning (TCP) department of ________________launched citizen governance mobile App ‚Å“HIM TCP‚ to take vital services online. This App ensures single point access to services and other functions of department ?

Haryana
Jammu and Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh
Goa
None of These


106. Traditional farm festival of Hareli celebrated in ____________. It marks beginning of Shravan month (holy month of Hindus) ?

Haryana
Gujarat
Goa
Chhattisgarh
None of These


107. Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu launched Swachh Survekshan-2017 for ____________ cities with an idea to make competitive environment to make cities clean. ?

1000
500
1500
2000
None of These


108. Uttar Pradesh government approved a Metro Rail project for _____________city. Detailed project plan to be laid out later ?

Allahabad
Meerut
Aligarh
Meerut
None of These


109. West Bengal Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution changing the name of the State to Bengal in English and __________ in Bengali ?

Banga
Paschim Banga
Pashcim Bangal
Bangal
Bangla


110. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi inaugurated Uttarakhand's first animal birth control centre in _____________. Government will take measures for Birth Control for stray dogs, whose population has been rising in state ?

Nainital
Dehradun
Haridwar
Rudraprayag
None of These


111. World Bank has sanctioned Rs 980 crore to dredge _____________River as an initiative to develop waterways to Bangladesh and to other South East Asian countries in a bid to boost trade and industry in the Northeast ?

Brahmaputra
Ganga
Narmada
Sutlej
None of These




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