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1. 104th Indian Science Congress (ISC) 2017 will be held at Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati (___________) in January 2017 ?

Andhra Pradesh
Kerala Pradesh
Telangana
Karnataka
None of These


2. 43rd edition of India International Knit Fair 2016 held at India Knit Fair Complex in Tirupur in __________ ?

Kerala
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
None of These


3. 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in __________ in November 2016. South Korean director Im Kwon-taek will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at 47th IFFI ?

Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Kerala
Goa
None of These


4. 5th India International Silk Fair (IISF) 2016 held in _____________ ?

Ahemdabad
Jaipur
Beijing
Tokyo
New Delhi


5. Abhaneri festival held at Abhaneri village in Dausa (___________), to promote rural tourism in area ?

Uttar Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Rajasthan
Uttarakhand
None of These


6. According to 2011 census data, _______ % of population of Differently abled persons in age-group of 5-19 (65 lakh total) in 2011 were attending educational institutions. ?

61
71
81
51
None of These


7. According to SAFAR (________________), Delhi‚„s air quality is very poor. The average (24-hour rolling) of PM2.5 and PM10, suspended respirable pollutants, were recorded as 120.8 and 248 micrograms per cubic metre as against safe limits of 60 and 100 ?

System of Air Quantiy and Weather Forecasting and Research
System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research
System of Air Quality and World Forecasting and Research
System of Air Quality and Water Forecasting and Research
None of These


8. __________ government signed a FinTech Cooperation agreement with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to promote innovation in financial services ?

Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Telangana
Karnataka
None of These


9. As per a study by National Council of Applied Economic Research, ______________ has played important role in reducing ‚Ëœsocioeconomic disparities‚„ existing in maternal care ?

Janani Suraksha Yojana
Matratava yojana
Mid Day Meal
Jan Dhan Yojana
None of These


10. BHEL commissioned 660 Mw coal-based supercritical thermal power unit in ____________(Uttar Pradesh) ?

Varanasi
Kanpur
Lucknow
Allahabad
None of These


11. Bathukamma floral festival celebrated by Hindu women in _________ ?

Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Karnataka
Telangana
None of These


12. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved mechanism for revision of __________ price for supply to Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). Revised price will facilitate OMCs to carry out __________ Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme for 2016-17 ?

Alcohal
Ethanol
Benzol
Glucose
None of These


13. Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport's _________ (IGIA) achieved Platinum rating from Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) ?

Terminal 2
Terminal 1
Terminal 5
Terminal 4
Terminal 3


14. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung dissolved Delhi __________, referring It‚„s constitution to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe for alleged corruption ?

Waqf Board
Jal Board
Electricity Board
Minority Board
None of These


15. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and World Bank's Ease of Doing Business India Report 2016 stated that _____________ jointly topped Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking 2015-16 ?

Andhra Pradesh and Kerala
Andhra Karnataka and Telangana
Goa and Gujarat
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
None of These


16. Department of Personnel & Training (Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions) launched _____________ App. The mobile application aims to update on Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) appointments and postings on real time basis and to bring transparency ?

Employers Online
My Workplace
Employees Online
Work Online
None of These


17. Doordarshan signed agreement with _________________ regarding the transmission of 4 Gyan Darshan Educational channels ?

Delhi University
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Aligarh Muslim University
Banaras Hindu University
None of These


18. Election Commission of India (ECI) amended Conduct of Election Rules __________ to facilitate e-transfer of postal ballot. It will empower a returning officer in any constituency to send postal ballots to an eligible voter by electronic means ?

1971
1961
1981
1991
None of These


19. Election Commission of India (ECI) collaborated with __________ to register young voters in 5 states going to polls in 2017 - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. ?

Google
Twitter
Microsoft
Facebook
None of These


20. Global Conference to Strengthen Arbitration and Enforcement in India held in _____________ with title - National Initiative On Strengthening Arbitration And Enforcement In India ?

Delhi
Ahmedabad
Jaipur
Chennai
None of These


21. _____________ Tourism department launched vessels popularly known as ‚ËœDuck Boats‚„ to boost tourist footfall ?

Goa
Gujarat
Mizoram
Sikkim
None of These


22. Government allowed ______________ to sub-lease over 300 acres of land for setting up India‚„s first Medipark (Medical Park) at Chengalpet near Chennai in Tamil Nadu ?

SAIL
HLL Lifecare
GAIL
BHEL
None of These


23. Government approved 515 crores for development of proposed Sagar Port project in ________ ?

Goa
Sikkim
Odisha
West Bengal
None of These


24. Government approved Cadre Review of ___________ ?

Indian Administrative Service
Indian Police Service
Indian Finance Service
Indian Foreign Service
Indian Posts & Telecommunications Accounts and Finance Service


25. Government approved establishment of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at _______________ in a temporary campus at Old Government College of Engineering & Technology from 2016-17. ?

Raipur
Kalahandi
Jammu
Rohtak
None of These


26. Government approved establishment of NAD (_____________), aimed to establish a Digital Depository for school learning certificates, degrees and other academic awards of Higher Education Institutions, on the pattern of a Securities Depository ?

National Academic Depository
Neutral Academic Depository
National Academic Directory
Native Archaeological Depository
None of These


27. overnment approved formation of an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Berhampur (_________), at cost of Rs 152 crores for initial three years (2016-19). ?

West Bengal
Odisha
Chhattisgarh
Rajasthan
None of These


28. Government constituted a Committee Under Joint Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries (__________) to Monitor situation arising out of avian influenza (H5N8), Also called Bird Flu ?

Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Devendra Chaudhary
Munialappa
Parameswaran Iyer
None of These


29. Government decided to establish at least one ___________ in each of districts in country, to provide technical assistance to farmers ?

Self Help Group
Gramin Bank
Kisan Sahayata Kendra
Shramik Mitra Kendra
Krishi Vigyan Kendra


30. Government held tripartite talks with Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People's Front (UPF) of _________ to find solution to their long standing demand of homeland and political future. ?

Nagaland
Mizoram
Manipur
Assam
None of These


31. Government integrated 250 mandis in 10 states with e-NAM (_____________) in first phase. Target is to integrate 585 mandis by March 2018 ?

electronic - New Agriculture Market
electronic - Neutral Agriculture Market
electronic - Native Agriculture Market
electronic - National Agriculture Market
None of These


32. Government launched MSS (________________) as a surveillance network to check illegal mining using latest satellite technology. It is Developed by Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) in coordination with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG) Gandhinagar ?

Mining Saving System
Mining Surveillance System
Mutual Surveillance System
Mutual Saving System
None of These


33. Government made _________ mandatory for availing cooking gas (LPG) subsidies after November 2016 ?

Aadhaar card
Pan card
Voter ID card
Driving License
None of These


34. Government reconstituted Inter State Council (ISC) and its Standing Committee, under Clause 2 of Inter State Council order 1990. It will be headed by PM Narendra Modi and Members include Chief Ministers of all states, Six Union Ministers. Minister of Home Affairs ________ is chief of standing committee of ISC ?

Manohar Parrikar
VK Singh
Sushma Swaraj
Nitin Gadkari
Rajnath Singh


35. Government stated that _________ is third state after Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, to have declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) in Urban Areas ?

Karnataka
Kerala
Goa
Telangana
None of These


36. Government will invest 15000 crore rupees to increase capacity of Panipat refinery in _____________ to 25 Million Tonnes from existing 15 Million Tonnes ?

Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Himachal Pradesh
None of These


37. __________ Government will observe 2017 as‚ Garib Kalyan Varsh, aimed at welfare of poor people and generating employment opportunities. State Government also started a ‘Farm Tourism’ scheme to boost tourism to villages. ?

Punjab
Rajasthan
Uttarkhand
Himachal Pradesh
Haryana


38. _________ became third Open Defecation Free state after Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) (Gramin). ?

Kerala
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Goa
None of These


39. Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced that India-Pakistan's 3323-km border will be completely sealed by December ___________. Besides, a new concept of Border Security Grid (BSG) has been envisaged, which will take final shape after considering suggestions of all stake holders related to border security. ?

2017
2018
2019
2020
None of These


40. Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid foundation stone of building for Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) under Ministry of Culture at ________ (Uttar Pradesh) ?

Lucknow
Varanasi
Kanpur
Aligarh
Greater Noida


41. India's First International Arbitration Centre inaugurated in _________ (Maharashtra), to provide an arbitration platform for Indian business houses to negotiate commercial disputes ?

Pune
Mumbai
Nagpur
Aurangabad
None of These


42. India’s first startup magazine‚ ________, launched by Adhish Verma and Arunraj Rajendran ?

Entrepreneur India
Cofounder
Start up India
Startopper
None of These


43. India‚„s first ‚Å“Design Yatra‚ started in Kozhikode (_______), spread awareness and popularize designs. It will travel to 29 cities by February 2017, covering 15,000 kms. It is launched by the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) ?

Kerala
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Odisha
None of These


44. International Energy Agency (IAE) will partner with India to implement its UJALA (_____________) initiative globally for energy savings ?

Unnat Jyoti by Acceptable LEDs for All
Urban Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All
Ultra Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All
Universal Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All
Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All


45. IHSN (_______________) Toolkit workshop held by Ministry for Statistics and Programme Implementation in Delhi. Micro data Management Toolkit is open source data, DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) compliant application for cataloguing and dissemination of Metadata & Microdata ?

Integrated Household Survey Network
International Household Survey Network
International Household Social Network
Integrated Household Social Network
None of These


46. __________ become first state to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene in four districts - Chatra, Hazaribagh, Khunti and Jantara ?

Jharkhand
Odisha
Chhattisgarh
Uttarakhand
None of These


47. Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II (KWDT-II) headed by ________ decided to not to relook into allocation of Krishna River water among four states - Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ?

Sekhar Basu
Rajinder Khanna
G Gurucharan
Nripendra Mishra
Brijesh Kumar


48. In Life Expectancy data by Registrar General of India (2010 - 2014), ___________ has highest Life Expectancy at all ages, except at Birth (At Birth - which Kerala is at top - 74.9 years. Average Life expectancy in India has grown to 67.9 years in 2010-14, up from 49.7 years in 1970 ?

Jammu and Kashmir
Sikkim
Goa
Gujarat
None of These


49. _________ government will launch‚ Lalima Abhiyan‚ in November 2016, to make state free from anaemia ?

Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Rajasthan
None of These


50. ____________ Government allocated approx 40 hectare land to Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to build LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) India Project at Dudhala village in Hingoli district ?

Rajasthan
Goa
Sikkim
Gujarat
Maharashtra


51. ______ government launched Kaushalya Setu for accommodting students in skill development courses who failed to clear Class 10th / 12th exam. ?

Maharashtra
Mizoram
Meghalaya
Manipur
None of These


52. _________'s Human rights activist (Called as Iron Lady) Irom Sharmila announced formation of her political party named Peoples Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) ?

Mizoram
Meghalaya
Manipur
Nagaland
None of These


53. Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh informed that egg availability in India is _________ per person per year, while it should be about 180 eggs per person per year.?

133
93
83
63
None of These


54. Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti released first installment of Rs. 1500 crore to states as central assistance for 99 prioritized irrigation projects under AIBP (_____________). Amount is meant for 50 projects in 9 states. Total funds required for completion of all 99 projects is 77595 crore. ?

Accelerated Integrated Benefits Program
Acclaimed Irrigation Benefits Program
Accelerated Irrigation Bonus Program
Accelerated Internal Benefits Program
Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Program


55. Ministry of _____________ signed MoU with Common Services Centre (SPV of Ministry of Information Technology) for enabling online submission of applications under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) ?

Road, Transport and Highways
Finance
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Railways
None of These


56. Ministry of Railways and _________ signed MoU for smart railway stations, valid for 5 years. ?

Urban Development
Rural Development
Road, Transport and Highways
Finance
None of These


57. Ministry of Railways declared Okha-Kanalus and the Porbandar-Wansjaliya railway sections of ___________ as Green Train Corridors (All trains through these routes will be equipped with bio-toilets). ?

Sikkim
Gujarat
Goa
Himachal Pradesh
None of These


58. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways made it mandatory for all automobile manufacturers to provide emission and noise pollution details for every vehicle they produce, from April __________ onwards. Govt amended Form 22 under Central Motor Vehicles Act, 1989 through which manufactures provide the initial certification of compliance of vehicles ?

2017
2018
2019
2020
None of These


59. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways launched IBMS (_____________), to create an inventory of all bridges in country and rate structural condition of bridges, to help in their timely repair and rehabilitation work. IBMS will have info on over one lakh fifty thousand bridge structures ?

Indian Bridge Management System
Indian Bridge Mutual System
Internal Bridge Management System
Integrated Bridge Management System
None of These


60. Ministry of Science and Technology has launched two new schemes - Biotech KISAN (__________) and Cattle Genomics in order to apply science to boost rural economy ?

Krishi Integrated Science Application Network
Krishi Internal Science Application Network
Krishi Innovation Solvable Application Network
Krishi Innovation Science Application Network
None of These


61. Ministry of Shipping sanctioned Capital Dredging Project of Ro Pax Ferry Services between Gogha & Dahej, in Gulf of Cambay in __________ under Sagarmala programme. otal project cost is estimated to be Rs 234 Crore of which 50% will be funded by the Government under Sagarmala ?

Goa
Maharashtra
Sikkim
Gujarat
None of These


62. Ministry of Urban Development approved projects worth 114 crores under HRIDAY (_________) scheme for improving infrastructure facilities around core heritage sites in five cities - Varnasi (Uttar Pradesh), Amritsar (Punjab), Dwaraka (Gujarat), Puri (Odisha) and Warangal (Telangana) ?

Heritage City Deployment and Augmentation Yojana
Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
Holy City Development and Augmentation Yojana
Holy City Deployment and Augmentation Yojana
None of These


63. NITI Aayog identified three key areas for reforms needed to be implemented by states, for reviving Agriculture sector - Agricultural market reforms, Land lease reforms and Reforms related to forestry on private land. NITI Aayog released an index to rank States and UTs based on ease of Agriculture and opportunities for farmers for enhancing their income. State of ____________ is at top in this index ?

Gujarat
Goa
Mizoram
Manipur
Maharashtra


64. National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) Goa has established a high altitude research station in Himalaya called __________, at a remote region in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh ?

Himansh
Divyansh
Himmarg
Gulbarg
None of These


65. National Seismic Programme (NSP) been launched by Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan in _________ to trace hydrocarbon resources like oil and natural gas in Mahanadi basin ?

Jharkhand
Chhattisgarh
Uttarakhand
Odisha
None of These


66. National Summit on Fortification of Food held in _________, to address interventions in combating micronutrient malnutrition in country ?

Jaipur
Ahmedabad
New Delhi
Chennai
None of These


67. ___________________ government launched Madhubabu Aain Sahayata Sibir‚„ (MASS) scheme to provide legal assistance to deprived sections of the society at the grassroots level. It has been named after Odia lawyer Madhu Babu, who is considered as the first lawyer of this state ?

Jharkhand
Odisha
Chhattisgarh
Himachal Pradesh
None of These


68. PM Narendra Modi announced that India's first Railway University will be set up in _____________ (Gujarat) ?

Mizoram
Vadodara
Manipur
Assam
None of These


69. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Shaurya Smarak' war memorial in _____________, Madhya Pradesh ?

Rewa
Satni
Indore
Bhopal
None of These


70. PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of Urja Ganga, ambitious gas pipeline project in _____________ (Uttar Pradesh). Project Is aimed at providing piped cooking (PNG) gas and CNG gas for the vehicles to eastern region of India. It is being implemented by GAIL. It include Laying a 2,050-km pipeline connecting Jagdishpur (UP) to Haldia (West Bengal) by 2018 ?

Varanasi
Lucknow
Kanpur
Ghaziabad
None of These


71. PM Narendra Modi launched National SC/ST hub and Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) scheme for MSMEs at ______________ in Punjab. He also dedicated to the nation 3 hydropower projects at Koldam, Parbati and Rampur in Himachal Pradesh ?

Ludhiana
Jalandhar
Chandigarh
Jaisalmer
None of These


72. PM Narendra Modi launched campaign _____________, through which people can send their Diwali greetings and messages to soldiers to boost their morale. Messages can be sent via Narendra Modi App, MyGov.in, and All India Radio.?

#MyRakshak
#Sandesh2Soldiers
#Sandesh2Rakshaks
#Sandesh2Army
None of These


73. President Pranav Mukherjee inaugurated Sardar Patel Heart Institute at Ankleshwar in __________ ?

Uttarakhand
Maharsahtra
Goa
Gujarat
None of These


74. ________ High Court dissolved State Other Backward Classes (OBC) Commission as it was constituted without State Assembly enacting any legislation for it ?

Punjab
Assam
Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Rajasthan


75. Researchers from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) _________________ developed a protein-enriched rice variet, with 10% protein content. It is 3% more than what is found in any popular variety and has 30 PPM (parts per million) zinc content ?

Mizoram
Jharkhand
Chattisgarh
Odisha
None of These


76. Safe Motherhood Week Observed in __________, to decrease 'Mother Mortality Rate' (MMR) and 'Infant Mortality Rate' (IMR). ?

Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
Punjab
Himachal Pradesh
None of These


77. Second Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) 2016 held in Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), _________ ?

Jaipur
Ahmedabad
New Delhi
Mumbai
None of These


78. State Counsellor of __________, Aung San Suu Kyi Visited India and signed three agreements - Designing an academic and professional building programme for insurance industry of ________, Cooperation in Power Sector and Banking Supervision between RBI and Central Bank of _________ ?

Manipur
Mizoram
Assam
Myanmar
None of These


79. Telangana Government in its biggest administrative reform created 21 new districts, taking number of districts to __________ ?

41
37
27
35
31


80. __________ government organised traditional state festival of 'Bathukamma' and it entered into Guinness Book of World Records, with about ten thousand women participating ?

Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Telangana
Kerala
None of These


81. USA lifted Over 20 years old Economic sanctions against _________ ?

Myanmar
Iran
Vietnam
Japan
None of These


82. Government will fast-track four projects in Indus river basin to increase irrigation area in ____________ by 2 lakh acres. India has decided to exploit to maximum water of Pakistan-controlled rivers Indus, Jhelum and Chenab as per Indus Water Treaty (IWT) ?

Punjab
Jammu and Kashmir
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
None of These


83. ____________ High Court ordered state government to completely ban sale of whitener, after death of a teenager from sniffing an excess of it. ?

Uttarakhand
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Assam
None of These


84. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has recognised a group of 22 MPs belonging to smaller parties and certain Independents as a consolidated bloc - ______________. It will be the third largest group of MPs in the Rajya Sabha, after Congress and BJP. ?

The United Group
The Core Group
The Independent Group
The New Group
None of These


85. Vigilance Awareness Week is observed every year from ___________ across India to promote probity in public life and achieve a corruption free society. 2016 theme is ‚Å“Public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating Corruption‚ ?

October 10
October 3
October 1
October 31
None of These


86. Women of India Festival 2016 of organic products held in ____________ ?

Ahmedabad
Jaipur
Chennai
New Delhi
None of These


87. World Economic Forum (WEF) India Summit held in __________ with theme Fostering an Inclusive India through Digital Transformation ?

Jaipur
New Delhi
Ahmedabad
Guwahati
None of These


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