1. 12 day Event Nandi Natakotsavam began in _________ ?
2. 20th National Youth Festival organized in Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh) with mascot being state animal of Chhattisgarh - ______ ?
3. According to the 2011 census, _____ community have lowest sex ratio with 828 girls on every 1000 boys in age of 0 - 6 years ?
4. USA and Japan lifted sanctions on _______ after United Nations atomic energy agency confirmed that ______ has fully taken steps to curb its disputed nuclear programme ?
5. All India Radio (AIR) launched audio broadcast channel for connoisseurs of art, especially classical music. The Channel is known as _______. ?
6. ______ Government launched Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam Scheme to support the tribal women in their livelihood ?
7. _______ government launched Janma Bhoomi Maa Vooru (My native place My village) campaign to focus on welfare schemes across the state ?
8. _____ government organised Flamingo Festival from 9-10 January, 2016, to create awareness on conservation of these rare species ?
9. As per World Economic Forum (WEF) report - oceans will have more plastics than fish by _____ if ongoing practice of dumping plastics continues ?
10. As per a decision by ______ Pollution Control Board, Thermal Power companies in Odisha will have to transport fly ash free of cost to road construction site within 100 kms perimeter of their plant. ?
11. ________________ will get its own postage stamp after it became fastest stock exchange clocking a median trade speed of six micro seconds. ?
12. Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) commissioned second of three 660MW units at 1,980MW Lalitpur super thermal power project in _____ ?
13. ___ Government approved 35 % reservation for women in government jobs in the state ?
14. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved setting up over _____________ MW of Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects on build under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Total investments expected under this scheme is about Rs 30,000 crore ?
15. Clean energy firm ReNew Power Ventures commissioned 40 megawatt wind power project in __________. Taking its total wind capacity to 693 megawatts ?
16. ___________'s Parliament (Folketing) apprpved to confiscate (Seize) asylum seekers personal possessions in order to pay their upkeep ?
17. For speedy trial of cases relating to witchcraft incidents, _________ Government decided to set up fast track courts in five districts ?
18. Girls First initiative reportedly resulted in improving emotional and physical well-being of school children in _______________. As per study, emotional resilience increased by 33 % and health knowledge by 99 % ?
19. __________ Government approved reclassification of coconut tree as palm by omitting Section 1-A of Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act, 1984 that included coconut under definition of tree ?
20. ____ Government launched e-Suvidha Portal for tracking mechanism to fast track projects. It aims at resolving issues in setting up infrastructure and other large projects with targeted investment between 50 - 1,000 crores ?
21. ________ government declared Feni as heritage brew outside the state. It attained Geographical Indication (GI) status in 2010 ?
22. Google and RailTel launched free Rail Wire Public Wi-Fi service for railway passengers at ____ Station ?
23. Government approved fitting of roof top solar energy panels over 10000 houses of Economically Weaker Sections in ____________ at a cost of 253 crore rupees under Prime Minister's Awas Yojana (PMAY) ?
24. Government decided to merge _______________ with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), to avoid duplication of work and improve efficiency ?
25. Government declared that Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (__________) shall be a deemed-to-be-university for five years ?
26. Government launched Ganga Gram Yojana to develop 1600 villages in ___________ situated along banks of Ganga River ?
27. Government launched skill development programme for Muslim girls in ______ under its Nai Manzil initiative ?
28. Government sanctioned 50000 crore rupees for development of infrastructure projects in ______ ?
29. Government signed a loan agreement with _____ for financing 50% of Neeranchal National Watershed Project. Total budget of Project is 2142 crores ?
30. ______ Government will spend 15 crore rupees on Swachh Bharat Mission in tribal district of Kinnaur ?
31. IRB Infrastructure Developers got tender for 10050 crore Zojila Pass tunnel road project in ______________. This tunnel project is countrys biggest road project by cost. Zojila Pass tunnel (14.08 KM) will be longest in South Asia once completed ?
32. India's largest tricolour hoisted atop tallest pole in ________. It is world's largest and highest hoisted Indian flag with Dimensions - 66 feet (height) * 99 feet (Width) ?
33. _____ signed MoU with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) to monitor mining activities in the country through satellite technology ?
34. Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched two safety and awareness initiatives by Mumbai Railway Police - SAMEEP (______) and B-SAFE ?
35. Indias grid-connected solar power generation capacity crossed 5,000 Mega Watt. Government plans to achieve _____ Giga Watt (GW) of power generation capacity from renewable sources by 2022 ?
36. International Kolkata Book Fair (worlds largest non-trade book fair) held in Kolkata (West Bengal). ______ is theme country of this year ?
37. Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das inaugurated state's land bank web portal, _________, that will help investors know land-related information.?
38. ______ government added ongoing crisis of drinking water in list of special local disasters of the State ?
39. ______ Government approved implementation of Sampoorna Arogya Keralam Project with objective of bringing together major health services initiated by Government ?
40. _____ become first state to achieve 100 % primary education. It was able to achieve it through its flagship primary education equivalency drive Athulyam Scheme ?
41. Magh Bihu (harvest festival of ______) celebrated, marking end of harvesting season ?
42. _____ Government issued norms for erecting memorials of national leaders, freedom fighters and politicians. The guidelines say that There will not be more than 2 memorials of a national leader in the state, both in 2 separate administrative divisions ?
43. ______ Government signed memorandum of understanding with Tata Trust for skill training programme for youth ?
44. Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) signed by Railways with Governments of Kerala and _____ for Formation of Joint Venture Companies for Development of Railway Infrastructure in these States. ?
45. Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal announced setting up of CCL (Central Coalfields Limited) Sports University in ______ with capacity of 1400 students and 15 sports academies ?
46. Ministry of Home Affairs enhanced honorarium of Special Police Officers (SPOs) of ______ to 6000 from Rs. 3000 per month, given under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme ?
47. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways decided to skip BS V Emission Norms and upgrade from BS-IV to BS-VI emission norms directly by ______ ?
48. Ministry of Shipping started Project‚ _______ ‚ with two verticals - Green Ports Initiatives and Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. Aim is to make Major Ports across India cleaner and greener ?
49. Nati folk dance of Kullu (_________) named in Guinness World Records Book as the largest folk dance in world. In colourful Kullu folk dance (Nati), 20000 dancers performed at Dhalpur ground during Kullu Dussehra festival on October 26, 2015. ?
50. National Academy of Sciences of India will set up a _____ river gallery in Mysuru (Karnataka). ?
51. NABARD (_______) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for web-based monitoring of watershed projects ?
52. Presdent Pranab Mukherjee recently given assent to five key bills. Which of these is not included in the bills - ?
53. President Pranab Mukherjee Imposed President’s Rule in ______ ?
54. ________ Government launched MITRA (Mobile Initiated Tracking and Rescue) application to ensure protection of women, children and elderly in time of distress ?
55. Rajasthan government inaugurated state's second biological park‚ Machia Biological Park‚ in ______ ?
56. Red Panda Winter Festival 2016 held in _____?
57. Social Justice and Empowerment Minsiter Thaawarchand Gehlot launched job portal for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) at URL -_________ ?
58. Somnath Temple became _______s first temple to deposit its Approx 35 kg idle gold in Gold Monetisation Scheme of Government. ?
59. State election commission of ______ announced that having toilets at home for all candidates to contest in panchayat elections ?
60. Supreme Court directed ______ government to make functional the State Cooperative Tribunal by filling up vacant posts. ?
61. ______ Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa launched‚ Amma Call Centre‚ as an initiative for quick delivery of government services and launched Amma Seeds scheme to provide certified quality seeds to farmers ?
62. ______ beceme first State to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level ?
63. Union Ministry of Shipping will launch RIS (_______) for Inland Waterways to improve navigation as government is set to expand the network across the country through National Waterways Bill, 2015 ?
