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1. Name the Campaign which recently

launched by PM in Madhya pardesh?
Ans: Gramodaya se BharatodayaAbhiyan
(village self-governance)

10. The Reserve Bank of India has cut down

repo rate by Which Percent?
Ans: Policy Repo Rate : 6.50%

This Program is Started on the occasion of

the 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR
Ambedkar. (14Th April).

Reverse Repo Rate

: 6.00%

Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 7.00%

2. Indias first aadhaar-based atm launched
by which bank?
Ans: DCB BANK
3. Which country placed topped position in
Credit Suisse emerging consumers
scorecard 2016 ?
Answer: India
China and Saudi Arabia shared the second
position.
The survey covered nine countries - Brazil,
China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey.
4. Which Countries have made an agreement
to build the bridge on Red Sea ?
Answer: Saudi Arabia And Egypt
Name of the Bridge: King Salman bin Abdel
Aziz Bridge.
Egypt Capital : Cairo
Egypt Currency : Egyptian Pound
5. Which Team won the Asian Nations Cup
Chess 2016 tournament?
Ans: India men Team
It was the third time that Indian men won
the event. They won at Esfahan, Iran in
2005 and Kolkata 2009 previously when
China did not participate on both
occasions.
6. Most powerful businesswoman in Asia
Acordingto Forbes
Ans: Nita Ambani
7. Govt. inaugurates 'Namma Toilet' in Delhi
under which scheme?
Ans: Swachh Bharat Mission
8. Which country Is world's largest remittance
recipient in 2015?
Ans: India.
According to world bank report India
retained its top spot in 2015, attracting
about $69 billion in remittances, down
from $70 billion in 2014.
9. SAWEN is a regional network comprises of
______ countries in South Asia.
Ans: 8 countries

Bank Rate

: 7.00%

CRR

: 4%

SLR

: 21.25%.

11. Name the supercomputer which has

recently been unveiled at NIT Sikkim ?
Ans: Param Kanchenjunga
The supercomputer Param Kanchenjunga
lanuched by Sikkim
Governor ShrinvasPatil at the NIT Sikkim
campus at Ravangla in South Sikkim
District.
It is jointly developed by Pune based
Centre for Development of Advanced
Computing 'C-DAC' and the NIT Sikkim.
The total cost of the Supercomputer is
around three crore rupees.

12. India and ----------- signed a Agreement

on NamamiGangeProgramme.
Ans: German
Minister of Water Resources of India - Uma
Bharti
Support to National Urban Sanitation
Policy (SNUSP)
The German contribution to the 20162018 project will be Rs.22.5 crore.
13. Who has won the FBB Femina Miss India
World 2016 ?
Ans: Priyadarshini Chatterjee
The Femina Miss India beauty pageant held
in Mumbai.
14. India and Maldives have signed in
_____________ different sectors to boost
bilateral relations.
Ans: Six
1.Double Taxation , 2. Exchange of
Information 3. De fence Cooperation 4.
Space Research
5. Tourism
Cooperation 6. Conservation and
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15. Who is the Brand Ambassador of Skill
India?
Ans: Sachin
MSDE minister of state - Rajiv Pratap Rudy
MSDE - Ministry for skill development and
entrepreneurship
16. Recently which country join the
membership of IMF?
Ans: Nauru (Tiny South Pacific island
nation)
World Bank President - Jim Yong Kim.
World Bank Headquarters: Washington,
D.C.
188 countries consisitof World bank
According to IBRD.
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD).
17. India ranks ____ in 2016 Global
Connectivity Index.
Ans: 44
Global Analyst Summit 2016 Held
in Shenzhen, China.
Full from of ICT is Information and
Communications Technology.
18. Who has won the 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah
Cup ?
Ans:Australia (9th time ).
Final Match :: India VS Australia (Held in
Ipoh, Malaysia).
Winner of 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
is New Zealand.
19. Which state Government
launched BhimraoAmbedkarAwasYojana F
or Widows?
Ans: Jharkhand
Chief Minister of Jharkhand - Raghubar
Das.
The scheme has a target to build 11,000
houses for the current financial year with a
budget allocation of Rs. 80 Crore.
20. Maritime India Summit 2016 Held At?
Ans: Goregaon, Mumbai
PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the two
days Maritime India Summit 2016 from 14th
April to 16 April, 2016. South Korea is the
partner country for the summit.
21. The International Day of Sport for
Development and Peace was observed On
Ans: 6 April.

22. Vishwanathananand to be honored with

which award?
Ans: HridaynathMangeshkar
Note: HridaynathMangeshkar Award
started in 2011 by Mumbai
23. Which state government imposes
complete ban on alcohol?
Ans: BIHAR
Bihar Chief minister: Nitish Kumar
Person found sale and consumption of
liquor across the state will be punished
under the stringent provisions of the Bihar
Excise Act, 2016.
24. Myneni Hari Prasad Rao (88-years) passed
away who is he?
Ans: The architect of Madras Atomic Power
Station (MAPS)
Note: He was considered the Father or
Architect of the MAPS and had served its
first project director.
He had served as the Executive Director of
the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd
( NPCIL) of DAE, Mumbai.
25. Which State Government launches 100
AdarshaVidyalayas?
Ans: Odisha
Odisha Chief minister : Naveen Patnaik
26. Mother Teresa has been conferred with
which awards in UK recently ?
Answer: Founders Award
27. who has inaugurated the water films
festival recently ?
Answer: The Union Minister Uma Bharti
Full From Of WAPCOS: Water and Power
Consultancy Services
Theme for - 2016 India Water Week : Water
for all: Striving together.
28. who has been appointed by Lambda
Therapeutic Research as its new President
?
Answer: TausifMonif
29. Who has launched the ISBN portal ?
Answer: The Union Human Resource
Development MinsterSmritiIrani
Full From ISBN: International Standard
Book Number

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30. Which is the first state in India to clear
land title Bill?
Answer: Rajasthan
Rajasthan Governor - kalyansingh.
Rajasthan Chief minister - VasundharaRaje.
31. How Much Amount Centre Releases To
States For MGNREGA
Answer: Rs.12, 230 crore
Union Minister for Rural Development
:Birender Singh
Full From MGNREGA : Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA).
32. Who has been sworn as the president of
Kosovo?
Ans: HashimThaci
Kosovo Prime Minister : Isa Mustafa
Kosovo Currency : Euro
Kosovo Capital : Pristina

2016: Halt the rise: beat diabetes

2015: Food safety
41. Most powerful businesswoman in Asia
Acordingto Forbes
Ans: Nita Ambani
42. North East-ASEAN Business Summit
begins At
Ans: Imphal
Note: The Summit is organized by Manipur
Commerce and Industries Department in
collaboration with the Union Ministries of
External Affairs and Development of NorthEastern Region, Indian Chamber of
Commerce and Indian Chamber of Service
Industries.
43. Which Team won the Asian Nations Cup
Chess 2016 tournament.
Ans: India men Team
It was the third time that Indian men won
the event. They won at Esfahan, Iran in
2005 and Kolkata 2009 previously when
China did not participate on both
occasions.

33. Recently Who Launched the

Transnational SkillStandards in India?
Ans: Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy

44. KamlaAdvani passes away Who is She?

Ans: wife of senior BJP leader L.K. Advani

34. Name the person who has been appointed

as the new director of TNCA?
Ans: D. Vasu

45. Who appointed The Iceland's new prime

minister
Ans: SigurdurIngi Johannsson

Full from Of TNCA: Tamil Nadu Cricket

Association
35. Name the author and journalist who has
passed away recently
Ans: Yogendra Bali
36. Who is appointed as next Ambassador of
India to Norway?
Ans: Debraj Pradhan
37. Name the person who has been appointed
as the new CEO of GoJavas ?
Ans: Amitabh Coomar
38. Who Is New chairman For Nasscom
(National Association of Software and
Services Companies)
Ans: CP Gurnani
39. Which railway zone becomes largest
freight loading Zone?
Ans: EcoR(East Coast Railway)
40. World Health Day Observed on
Ans: 7th April
Themes Of World Health Day

46. Which State Has Recently launches 'Maa

Annapurna Yojna' Scheme
Ans: Gujrat
Gujrat CM: Anandiben Patel
Under the Maa Annapurna Yojna, 3.82 crore
people of Gujarat will be benefited. Each of
them will get rice at Rs 3 per Kg and wheat
at Rs 2 per Kg.
47. Recently who is appointed as Haryana
Lokayukta?
Ans: NK Aggarwal
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar.
48. Former Union Minister of State who has
passed away recently in Mizoram?
Ans: Mr. C Silvera
Mr. C Silvera Former Union Minister of
State for Health and Family Welfare
49. Who has won Malaysian Open for 2016 ?
Ans: Lee Chong Wei
The Badminton player Lee Chong Wei is
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50. Recently which state announced to start
plantation pro gramme in July?
Ans : UP
Name of the Program: Green UP - Clean
UP programme.
51. Which actress has been conferred with
the DadasahebPhalke Film Foundation
Award 2016 ?
Ans: Priyanka Chopra
DadasahebPhalke Film Foundation Award
for the year 2015 : veteran film actor and
director Manoj Kumar.
The DadasahebPhalke Film Foundation
Award is organised by the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting.
The First DadasahebPhalke award Winner
: Devika Rani.
52. Pakistan Navy has successfully test-fired
shore-based ____________ .
Ans: Zarb'
Pakistan Prime Minister - Nawaz Sharif.
Pakistan President - Mamnoon Hussian.
53. who has won the International Boxing
Federation Title for the year 2016 ?
Ans: Anthony Joshua
54. Danny Willett is Famous In Which Field?
Ans: Golf
Danny Willett has won the US Masters Golf
Championship for the year 2016 at Augusta
National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
55. SoniChaurasiya Belongs To which Field?
Ans: Kathak Dancer
SoniChaurasiya broke the record on
Saturday at 9.21 pm at Mount Litera Zee
School, Varanasi.
56. The 3rd Asia Ministerial conference on
tiger conservation will be held at which
place ?
Ans: New Delhi

57. The annual meeting of G7 will be held in

which country?
Ans: Hiroshima(japan)
The seven countries of Japan, the United
States, the United Kingdom, France,
Germany, Italy and Canada, along with the
President of the European Council and the
President of the European Commission.

58. Who has been named as the brand

ambassador of Premier futsal football
league ?
Ans: ViratKohli
Premier Futsal Chairman : Xavier Britto
The league is governed by the Futsal
Association of India (FAI)
59. The Ukrainian Prime Minister, ----------------announced his resignation?
Ans: Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ukrainian President - Petro Poroshenko
Ukraine currency - Ukrainian hryvnia
60. Name the person who has been appointed
as the CFO of Indus Towers ?
Ans: Mr. Hemant Kumar Ruia
61. Which teams have won the Asian Kho
KhoChampionship Title ?
Ans: India
62. IMF has projected How much
percentage of growth in 2016-17?
Ans: 7.5 %
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Managing Director: Christine Laggard
IMF Headquartered: Washington D.C.
63. UNICEF and _______University signed an
MoU to empower the adolescents 10-19
years.
Ans: GITAM
UNICEF - United Nations Children's
Emergency Fund
UNICEF Headquartered: New York
64. Recently Who won the Global Indian of
the Year award?
Ans: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Altogether 17 individuals were given the
awards under different categories like
entrepreneur, professional, academics, arts
& culture, philanthropy, special jury award,
global icon of the year and Indias global
icon award.
2015 the global Indian of the year award
were conferred to Shah Rukh Khan.
The tennis player Sania Mirza has also
honoured at the NRI of the year award
2016.
65. India and ____Agree 'in Principle' to
UseEach Other's Military Assets Airbases
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Ans: United States
Full From of LEMOA: Logistics Exchange
Memorandum of Agreement.

66. Name the person who has been awarded

with the highest French civilian honour?
Ans: Former Army Chief General JJ Singh
67. Who won the SaraswatiSamman award
2015?
Ans: Jammu-born poet and novelist Padma
Sachdev
The SaraswatiSamman was instituted in
1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It
consists of Rs 10 lakh, a citation and a
plaque.
Some of Padma Sachdev famous books are
TaviTeChanhan (1976), NheriyanGaliyan
(1982), Pota PotaNimbal (1987), Uttar Vahini
(1992) and Tainthian (1992).
68. Which government has decided to change
the name of the two cities recently?
Ans: Haryana
The New Names of Gurgaon as Gurugram
and Mewat as Nuh.
69. Recently which state launched PoochhO
Carpool app?
Ans: Delhi government.
Delhi chief minister - arvindkejriwal
Delhi Transport Minister - Gopal Rai
70. Who is appointed as anti-corruption
official in BSNL?
Ans: Deepak Kashyap.
Deepak Kashyap is a Railway service
officer.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(abbreviated BSNL) headquartered in New
Delhi.
Minister of Communications and
Information Technology - Ravi Shankar
Prasad
71. How many toilets will be constructed by
TCS under SwachhVidyalayaAbhiyan?
Ans: 1,509 toilets.
TCS chief N Chandrasekaran.
SwachhVidyalayaAbhiyanProgramme was
launched in August 2014.
72. Who Launches "DEEP" E-Bidding & EReverse Auction Portal"?
Ans: Piyush Goyal.

DEEP Means Discovery of Efficient

Electricity Price.
73. Which State has recently
launched Mission Drinking Water?
Ans: Maharashtra.
Maharashtra
ChiefMinisteris DevendraFadnavis.

74. Who is New chairman of IGNCA?

Ans: Ram Bahadur Rai
Ram Bahadur Rai is a veteran Hindi
journalist.
IGNCA Full From Indira Gandhi National
Center for the Arts.
75. New Chairman of NMA is?
Ans: SusmitaPande
SusmitaPande, a professor at Ujjains
Vikram University.
Full from of NMA is National Monument
Authority.
76. who is AIBA ambassador for Womens
World Championship?
Ans: Mary Kom
Mary Kom belongs to Manipur state.
77. Who is appointed as brand ambassadors
of Andhra Pradesh tourism?
Ans: Ajay Devgn and his wife Kajol
Andhra Pradesh capital - Amaravati
Andhra Pradesh Governor - E.S.L.
Narasimhan
Andhra Pradesh CM- Chandrababu Naidu
78. What is the new programelanuched
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for
Agriculture.
Ans: National Agriculture Market portal
eNAM to connect e-mandis.
The States include Gujarat, Rajasthan,
Jharkahnd, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar
Pradesh.
25 commodities including onion, potato,
apple, wheat, pulses, coarse grains and
cotton, have been identified for online
trading.
79. What is new name of Panagarh airbase?
Ans: Air Force Station Arjan Singh
It is located At West Bengal
80. Name The Recently Appointed as Prime
Minister Of Ukraine?

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Ans: VolodymyrGroysman
Ukraine Currency: hryvnia
Ukraine Capital : Kiev
Ukraine president - Petro Poroshenko
81. Free Wi-Fi service(Rail Tel) at Railway
stations is provided by?
Ans: Google

89. Who won the 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli

Chinese Grand Prix?
Ans: Nico Rosberg
he made a hat-trick by winning all three
Grand Prix that were held in 2016.
90. Who has become the Gujarats first
woman DGP?
Ans: GeethaJohri.

82. Who has been appointed as member of US

cyber security body ?
Ans: Ajay Banga

She also has the distinction of being

the Gujarat's first woman IPS officer.

83. MalickSidibe has passed away recently He

his Famous for Which Field?
Ans: Malian Photographer

91. Who has been appointed chief selector of

Pakistan.
Ans: Inzamam-ul-Haq

Sidbe was known for his black and white

studio portraits that captured the lives of
young Malians in the 1960s and 1970s.
MalickSidibe is belong to west African.
Mr. Sidibe has become the first African
winner of the Golden Lion for lifetime
achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2007
and also won a Hasselblad Award for
photography.
84. World Heritage Day was observed all over
the world on?
Ans: 18 April

Pakistan cricket board chairman - Shahryar

Khan
92. India is likely to buy 145 M777 Howitzers
for _______ to equip its Mountain Strike
Corps.
Ans: US$ 750 MILLION
93. Which country testFires 'Iskander' Tactical Ballistic Missile?
Ans: Russia
Russian capital - Moscow
Russian Prime minister - Dmitry Medvedev

85. The world's largest Charkha is to be

installed at which airport ?
Ans: Indira Gandhi International Airport in
New Delhi.

94. BetiBachaoBetiPadhao Scheme was

launched by whom?
Ans: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on
22nd January 2015.

This Charkha is ready for dispatch from a

unit of Khadi and Village Industries
Commission (KVIC) in Ahmadabad.

The WCD Minister SmtManeka Sanjay

Gandhi launches the BetiBachao,
BetiPadho scheme in additional 61 districts.

86. What is the name of the Indian Army

Conducts Exercise in Rajasthan?
Ans: Shatrujeet
'Shatrujeet' in the deserts of Rajasthan
near to the border of India and Pakistan.
87. SatyanandMunjal Passed Away he is
belongs which Group of industry?
Ans: co-founder of Hero Cycles group.
headquarter of Hero Group : Ludhiana.
88. DipaKarmakar belongs to which sport?
Ans: gymnastics.
DipaKarmakar the first Indian woman
gymnast to qualify for Olympics(Rio-2016)
Games.

95. Laureus World Sports Award winners of

this year?
Ans: Novak Djokovic (Men), Serena
Williams (Women)
American golf star Jordan Spieth won
the Breakthrough of the Year award.
Laureus World Sports Awards, known as the
Oscars of Sports.
96. Name the three countries which have
finalized the draft for the Chabahar
Agreement?
Ans: India, Afghanistan and Iran.
The first meeting of this trilateral agreement
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The agreement was finalized at the 2nd
meeting of experts from the three counties in
New Delhi.
Name the organization which has planned
to set up the two centres in Gujarat?
Ans: FICCI (Federation of Indian Chamber
of Commerce and Industry)
FICCI was established in 1983 and
headquarter in Delhi.
97. According to the report Indian advertising
industry will grow by how much percentage?
Ans: 12 %.
Indias ad growth rate to gain steam next year
with touching 13.9 % .
98. Who is New CEO of Tata steel?
Ans: BimlendraJha.

FIH means - International Hockey

Federation.
Durga Thakur belongs to Himachal Pradesh.
105.
Who appointed CEO of BCCI?
Ans: Rahul Johri
Full from of BCCI - Board of Control for
Cricket in India.
106.
How much amount allocates the
Union govt. -------------to clean up polluted
lakes in garden city.
Ans: Rs. 800 crore.
Union Environment Minister - Prakash
Javadekar
garden city of india- Bangalore.
107.
Who is appointed as New lokayukta
for Goa?
Ans: Justice P K Mishra.

99. The 14th meeting of Foreign Minister of

India, Russia and China was held at which
place ?
Ans: Moscow, Russian Federation.
15th Trilateral Academic Conference to be
held in India.
The External Affairs Minister of India
'Sushma Swaraj', Russian Foreign Minister
'Sergey Lavrov' and Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the People's Republic of China
'Wang Yi' have participated in the meeting.
100.
In Which Place PrimeMinister
Narendra Modi Launched Stand Up India
Scheme?
Ans: Noida

101.
William Bill Campbell has passed
away. Who is Willam Bill?
Ans: The Silicon Valley coach and mentor.
102.
Which has announced to invest in
startups in the financial technology space?
Ans: ICICI

Chief Minister of Goa- LaxmikantParsekar

Governor of Goa - Mridula Sinha.
108.
Union Minister for Science &
Technology and Earth Science
has inaugurated the Department of
Biotechnology (DBT) in which state?
Ans: Nagaland.
Union Minister for Science & Technology
and Earth Science Is Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
Nagaland Chief minister - T. R. Zeliang
Nagaland Capital - Kohima, Guwahati
(Judiciary)
109.
What is the rank of India on World
Press Freedom Index 2016?
Ans: 133 out of 180 countries.
110.
Name the private sector bank,
which has opened a dedicated branch for
startups ?
Ans: RBL Bank
The RBL Bank headquartered in
: Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
Founded in : August 1943.

ICICI Bank CEO and MD : Chanda Kochhar

Chairman : M K Sharma.

103.
Name the American actress, who
has passed away recently ?
Ans: Doris Roberts.
104.
Who has been promoted to
international outdoor umpire by the FIH?
Ans: Durga Thakur (India)

111.
Which malayalm Actor to
be nominated to Rajya Sabha member?
Ans: Suresh Gopi

112.
Who has appointed as Rubber
Board chief?
Ans: AAjith Kumar

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113.
Which company has acquired
the Cavendish industries for Rs. 2200 crore
?
Ans: JK Tyres.
Cavendish Industries is located in Laksar
near to Haridwar in Uttarakhand.
JK Tyre& Industries Ltd headquarter : New
Delhi, India.
114.
Which Govt. decides to host
International Yoga day 2016?
Ans: Chandigarh

123.
Name the Pop superstar who has
passed away recently?
Ans: Prince Rogers Nelson
He won seven Grammy Awards, a Golden
Globe and earned 30 nominations. He also
won an Oscar for the song score "Purple
Rain".
124.
who has conferred with the French
top honor?
Ans: Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee.

The first International Day of Yoga was

observed world over by millions on June
21, 2015.

Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee

Gandhis granddaughter.

Is Mahatma

115.
On which date We Observed Earth
Day?
Ans: April 22

125.
Between which two Asian countries
agree for peaceful negotiations to settle
border issue?
Ans: India, China

116.
Which city will host YOGA day
2016?
Ans: Chandigarh

126.
International Day of the Book is
observed on which date?
Ans: April 23

117.
Name the diplomat,
honored by the Cyprus?
Ans: Amitav Banerji

who

has

Cyprus President: NicosAnastasiades

Cyprus Capital: Nicosia
Currency: Euro.
118.
According to FDI Intelligence
Report India has replaced which country as
top destination for FDI?
Ans: India

127.
Union cabinet accorded the nod
Indian Institute of Science Education and
Research to function from a Temporary
campus in which city of Andhra Pradesh?
Ans: Tirupathi
IISER means Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research
128.
Who is the Chadian President?
Ans: IdrissDeby (5th time)
Chad Capital - N'Djamena

There was an 8% increase in project numbers

to 697, according to FDI Intelligence, a division
of The Financial Times.
119.
Who has been appointed executive
chairman of the Centrum Group?
Ans: JaspalBindra.
Founder of Centrum Group - ChandirGidwani
Executive Director of Centrum Capital group K Sandeep Nayak.

Chad Currency - Central African CFA franc

129.
Indian shooter ----------------finished
sixth in the men's 50m pistol event in ISSF
World Cup.
Ans: Jitu Rai
ISSF stands for lnternational Shooting Sport
Federation.
ISSF Headquarters - Munich, Germany

120.
Government
aims
to
poverty by ------------------ Year
Ans: 2032

remove
ISSF President - Olegario Vazquez Rana

121.
What is the new name given to
department of disinvestment?
Ans: DIPAM
122.
Which has become the worlds first
region to element malaria completely?
Ans: Europe

130.
Who has won the 2016 Pulitzer
Prize for fiction?
Ans: Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Vietnamese American professor at the
University of Southern California and editor
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the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his
2015 novel The Sympathizer.
131.
Twinning Network Program on
Chemical Ecology has been launched in
which of the following state of India?
Ans: Nagaland
132.
Who is the author of the book The
Story of Kashmir through the Ages?
Ans: ArjanNathChaku
133.
Who has been appointed as
the goodwill ambassador for the Indian
contingent bound for the Rio Olympics?
Ans: Salman Khan
IOA Full from Indian Olympic Association.
IOA President - N. Ramachandran
Brazil capital - Brasilia
Brazil currency - Brazilian real
134.
India has ratified the new TFA of
which organization?
Ans: WTO (World trade Organization)
TFA Full From - Trade Facilitation
Agreement
Indias WTO ambassador Anjali Prasad
WTO director- Roberto Azevdo.
135.
Who won the 2016 Barcelona
Open?
Ans: Rafel Nadal

140.
France and---------Launch $1
Trillion Potential Solar Programme.
Ans: India
France Prime Minister - Manuel Valls
French President - Francois Hollande.
141.
On Which Date National
Panchayati Raj Diwas Observed?
Ans: 24 April.
142.
The IRNSS-1G Will Be Launched
On 28th April 2016 From which spacecraft
station ?
Ans: Sriharikota(Andhra Pradesh)
IRNSS-1G will be launched by the Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) - C33
IRNSS- Indian Regional Navigation Satellite
System. It is used to provide accurate realtime positioning and timing services over
India and region extending to 1500 km
around India.
143.
The Heart of Asia conference 2016
held On ?
Ans: New Delhi (26 April)
144.
Commonwealth Judo
Championships 2018 Venue ?
Ans: Jaipur(India)
President of Judo Federation of India Mukesh KUMAR

136.
Pakistan Foreign Secretary to visit
Delhi for 'Heart of Asia' meet, what is Name
of Pakistan Foreign Secretary?
Ans: Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry

145.
Asian Cadet Judo Championships
2016 Venue ?
Ans: Kerala(India)

137.
Who was Launches Cancer
Care Campaign In North-east?
Ans: Dr. Jitendra Singh

146.
Name the corridor project which is
launched by China and Pakistan recently ?
Ans: PRSS-1

launched in Shillong.
Development of North Eastern Region
(DoNER)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS)
138.
Agri-Plastic Park is located at
Which Place?
Ans: in Vijayawada Soon
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu
139.
ManojBajpayee will receive
the DadasahebPhalke award for which
movie?
Ans: Aligarh

PRSS- Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite

CPEC- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
147.
Which Is India's first online
interactive portal ?
Ans: Sahapedia
Shapedia Launched by the Union
Government.it Is A non-profit society.
Sahapedia aims to educate the people of
India about the traditions, visual arts,
performing arts, literature and languages
that is scattered across the country.
148.
who was Appointed As Prime
Minister Of Congo ?
Ans: Mouamba Clement

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Congo Capital: Kinshasa.
Congo Currency: Congolese franc.
Congo President - Joseph Kabila
149.
who has won the international
award on plant nutrition
Ans: Mr. K Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar,a research scholar from IIT
Kharagpur (KGP)
150.
Which Indian shooter won the
Silver medal in ISSF Shooting World Cup in
Rio de Janeiro?
Ans: Mairaj Ahmed Khan

151.
From which year India will have the
panic button enabled mobile handsets ?
Ans: 2017
It aims to improve the safety of women and
ensuring a quick response from security
agencies or to send out distress signal to a
family member or the police authorities so
that they can be rescued.
152.
Which regional office of Indian
Railways launched missed call train status
service ?
Ans: Western Railway
153.
Which Indian rower is selected for
Rio Olympics 2016 ?
Ans: DattuBhokanal
154.
Name of committee contitute by
Government to help farmers double their
income by 2022 ?
Ans: Ashok Dalwai committee
155.
World Intellectual Property Day is
observed on ?
Ans: 26th april
156.
Which company has launched
the fraud detection mechanism ?
Ans: Experian
headquarter: Dublin, Ireland.
157.
which bank has launched
the mobile only bank in India?
Ans: DBS (The Singapore's largest bank)
158.
Union Cabinet approves MoU
between India and __________.
Ans: Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinean Capital - Port
Moresby
Papua New Guinean - Kina

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter

O'Neill.
159.
Which note has won the best note
of the year for 2015 ?
Ans: New Zealands five-dollar note
160.
The new naval detachment has
launched at which place?
Ans: Androth Island (Lakshadweep
archipelago)
161.
Who is the vise-President of South
Sudan?
Ans: Riek Machar
Capital: Juba
Currency: South Sudanese pound
President: SalvaKiirMayardit
162.
Who is appointed as the Prime
minister of Tibetan?
Ans: LobsangSangay
163.
Which country cricket association
has been suspended by the ICC?
Ans: Nepal
ICC Means International Cricket Council
164.
Who is the player equals world
record in recurve event at Archery World
Cup?
Ans: DeepikaKumari
165.
Who is the first non-cricketer to be
inducted into Legends Club of CCI ?
Ans: NanduNatekar
166.
Railway Ministry has to set up how
many crore of Rashtriya Rail
SanrakshaKosh ?
Ans: Rs 1 lack crore

167.
Who won the gold medal at
Sculpture Championship in Moscow?
Ans: SudarsanPattnaik.
Mr. Pattnaik has won the competition for
his 15 feet high art work Mahatma Gandhis
sculpture for non-violence and peace .
168.
India has successfully put into
orbit its -------------------with its own rocket
PSLV C 33?
Ans: seventh and final navigation satellite(
IRNSS-1G).
169.
Name the petroleum company
which has got the approval to invest
RS.3,000 crore in BORL?

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Ans: Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Limited (BPCL)

The Bollywood actress Radhika Apte

has bagged the best actress in an
International Narrative Feature for her
performance in anthology film Madly
at the 15th edition of Tribeca Film
Festival 2016 in New York, United
States.

Full From of BORL: Bharat Oman

Refineries Limited.
170.
Who has won the gold at 2016
Commonwealth Judo Championship?
Ans: Garima Chaudhary

She has become the first Indian actress

to won the best actress award at
Tribeca. The movie is directed by
Anurag Kashyap.

The 2016 Commonwealth Judo

Championship finals was held at Port
Elizabeth in South Africa.
171.
Who is the Chairman of Central
Administrative Tribunal (CAT)?
Ans: PermodKohli
Retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High
Court Justice PermodKohli has been
appointed as the Chairman of Central
Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for a
period of 5 years.
172.
Which state launched the app for
assembly polls?
Ans: Kerala.

180.
Name the Indian who have
conferred with the highest civilian
award of Mongolia?
Ans: Lokesh Chandra and Mansura
Haider
181.
Which municipal council becomes
first to have Digital-Locker?
Ans: Rahuri Nagar
182.
Who has been appointed
as director general of RPF?
Ans: Surendra Kumar Bhagat
RPF means Railway Protection Force

173.
Who has been appointed to United
Nations University Council?
Ans: Radha Kumar

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) is

a security force of India entrusted with
protecting railway passengers,
passenger area and railway property of
the Indian Railways.
The strength of RPF is about 65,000. It
is under the authority of Ministry of
Railways (India).

174.
Who has been appointed
as Australia's Bowling coach?
Ans: Allan Donald (South Africa)
175.
Which country is hosting the 2016
Heart of Asia Istanbul Ministerial
Process?
Ans: India

183.
Which city has been declared the
smoke free city?
Ans: Kohima (Nagaland)

176.
Which of the following Indian
company has become the first to join
a global energy productivity campaign
EP100?
Ans: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

Nagaland State ranks the second

highest in the country with 57% of
Tobacco Users, where 28% of School
children are tobacco chewers, 14% are
smokers and 41% of children buy
tobacco products for their parents,
relatives and elders.

177.
Which country has launched
the sounding rocket?
Ans: China
178.
V.T Thomas Died Recently. Who he
was?
Ans: Cartoonist

184.
Who is the recipient of Nelson
Mandela Award 2016?
Ans: TabassumAbnan

179.
Which Bollywood actress has
bagged the best actress in
an International Narrative Feature at
the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival?
Ans: Radhika Apte

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Tabassum Adnan, a women's rights

activist from Pakistan's has won the
prestigious Nelson Mandela award,
becoming the second woman from the
restless region to gain international
recognition after Nobel laureate Malala
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185.
Which state launched 100 piped
water supply projects ?
Ans: Odisha
Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen
Patnaik.
The project was inaugurated on the
occasion of 'UtkalGaurab Madhusudan
Das anniversary. In rural areas all
gram panchayats have been asked to
spend 30 per cent of the panchayat
funds towards piped water supply.
186.
Railway Ministry decided to set
up how many new Directorates?
Ans: Two
The first Directorate will identify and
prioritise train corridors for raising the
speed of trains and the second
Directorate will raise revenues by
advertising along the tracks and at
stations by radio, video, internet, Wi-Fi,
mobile apps and interactive services.
187.
Name the country which has
signed the MoU with India in the field of
Health Care and Medical Science?
Ans: Papua New Guinea (PNG)
188.
Who is selected for Japans highest
civilian honors?
Ans: N. K. Singh
N. K. Singh was also Principal
Secretary to Prime Minister A.B.
Vajpayee. He was also connected with
International organizations like World
Bank, IMF and UNDP.
189.
Under which Scheme
Centre approved Rs.9,005 Cr
investment for affordable housing in 3
states?
Ans: Prime Ministers
AwasYojana(PMAY)

Some Other Important Monthly

(1StApril30thApril) Updates
FB, Twitter, Google Asked To Set Up
IndiaServers
LAVA International Announces MS
DhoniAs Its Brand Ambassador
Shan-e-Punjab Express becomes India's
first train fitted with CCTV cameras
Bharti Airtel First Entity To Get Payments
Bank License From RBI
Tata starts U.K. steel sale
IIT-Kharagpur Wins Top Award For Patents
India's Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia,
who honoured as the Hilton Asian Tour
Golfer of the Month for March 2016 in
Sentosa, Singapore.
1st Delivery of Russian S-300 Air Defense
System Arrives In Iran.
Federal Bank has tied up with Chillar
Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to promote
the start-ups technology product 'Campus
Wallet'.
Health Ministry is planning to make
prescription of generic medicines
mandatory for doctors of all government
hospitals. This was stated
by HansrajGangaramAhir, Minister of State
for Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Golden Tobacco Ltd begins
implementing 85% pictorial warning rule on
its cigarette packs
SushilaKarki: First female Chief Justice of
Nepals Supreme Court
Akash Missile System successfully test
fired.

190.
Name the Bank which has signed
the MoU with Saarc Development
Fund?
Ans: Small Industries Development
Bank Of India (Sidbi)

Unified Payments Interface Launched.

191.
SimhasthaKumbhMela 2016 begins
At
Ans: Ujjain

MoU Between India And Bangladesh On

Cooperation In The Field Of Fisheries.

192.
Google And RailTel Launched Free
WiFi Service At
Ans: Bhubaneswar Railway Station

UNICEF's Fairness for Children report card,

released ranks Canada 26 out of 35 affluent
nations.
CEO: Anthony Lake

Centre Appoints Finance

Secretary RatanWattal As liaison Officer
With J&K.

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Founders: Herbert Hoover, Maurice Pate
UNICEF - United Nations Children's
Emergency Fund
OECD stands for Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development.
PP Pandey, a senior IPS officer has been
appointed as the in-charge director general
of police (DGP) of Gujarat.
He has succeed Mr. P C Thakur, who was
transferred to New Delhi.
Himachal Pradesh is celebrating 69th
Himachal Day. On the occasion, a statelevel function would be held at Ghumarvin
town in Bilaspur district.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra
Singh.
With this Bhubaneswar railway station
became the 2nd station to be covered
under the Google and RailTel Wi-Fi
project. (1st Mumbai Central).
RanganaHerath announces limited-overs
retirement.
National airports operator AAI is expected
to report an all-time high revenue of
Rs10,000 crore, with an estimated flat profit
growth in the fiscal ended March 31 this
year.

Indian Railway on for the first time used an

unmanned air vehicles or drones to inspect
the ongoing work on the Dedicated Freight
Corridor (DFC) project.

Continuing the deflationary trend for 17th

month, WPI inflation was at () 0.85 per
cent in March but may inch up gradually in
the coming months on growing pressure
on food and vegetable prices. Wholesale
Price Index-based inflation rate in March
was marginally higher at ()0.91 per cent
in February. In March last year, it was (
)2.33%.
Minister of State for Culture and Tourism
Dr. Mahesh Sharma released a memorial
Coin of Rs. 200/- and a Circulation Coin of
Rs. 10/- on Tatya Tope on the occasion of
his Martyr Day in New Delhi.
One of the most outstanding leaders
of Indias First War of Independence, Tatya

Tope was a patriot of the highest order. He

was captured by the British Forces on 07
April, 1859 and after a hurried trial for
waging war against the East India
Company, he was hanged to death on 18
April 1859 at Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh.

Indian Navy to grant permanent

commission to women, allow lady officers
aboard warships.

Union Government renames Department of

Disinvestment as DIPAM
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and
Emirates have renewed a deal for an
additional seven years which sees
the Dubai-based airline become a global
partner for all events from 2016-2023.
The government of India has merged Rajiv
Gandhi Khel AbhiyanYojana, Urban
Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) and
National Sports Talent Search Scheme
(NSTSS) with Khelo India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 1 will

launch Rs. 8,000 crore scheme to provide 5
crore free LPG connections to Below
Poverty Line (BPL) families using the
money saved from 1.13 crore cooking
gas users voluntarily giving up their
subsidies.
The Government of India approved
assistance of Rs 842.7 crore for Karnataka,
Puducherry and Arunachal Pradesh, which
have been affected by drought or floods.
the Union Road Transport and Highways
Ministry has taken a decision to terminate
three highway projects worth over Rs.
3,000 crores
Comcast, the parent company of Universal
Pictures has announced that it is going to
buy the DreamWorks Animation for $3.8
billion in cash. The deal will put Comcast in
direct competition with Disney.
Giving highest priority to road safety, the
government is planning to make it
mandatory to set aside 1% of the total cost
of any highway project for the purpose.
This money will be used for road safety
issues that include fixing accidental spots,
installing cameras, lights and on other
such issues.

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First time in the history, a total of 84 page
data has been released and put in the
public domain, as the Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT) has published direct
tax related data including income disclosed
in tax returns by various categories of tax
player from 2000 to 2015.

York Times and Photography Staff of Thomson Reuters.

International Reporting Alissa J. Rubin of The New
York Times
Feature Writing Kathryn Schulz of The New Yorker

2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners

The Pulitzer prizes was established in 1917.
The prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one
categories. In twenty of the categories, each
winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash
award.

Drama Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda

History Custers Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a
New America by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf)
Biography Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William
Finnegan (Penguin Press)
Poetry Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian (University
of Chicago Press)

list of some winners.

Breaking News Reporting Los Angeles Times Staff

Nonfiction Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby

Warrick (Doubleday)

Investigative Reporting Leonora LaPeter Anton and

Anthony Cormier of the Tampa Bay Times and Michael

Music In for a Penny, In for a Pound by Henry

Threadgill (Pi Recordings)

Braga of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Hindi SeviSamman Awards:

Explanatory Reporting T. Christian Miller of ProPublica

and Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project
Local Reporting Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick
and Lisa Gartner of the Tampa Bay Times
National Reporting The Washington Post Staff
Feature Photography Jessica Rinaldi of The Boston
Globe
Fiction The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
(Grove Press)

Commentary Farah Stockman of The Boston Globe

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has

presented the the Hindi SeviSamman Awards for
the years 2012, 2013 and 2014.
The awarders in different categories include:
1. Ganga Sharan Singh Award : For work in the field of
promotion and training of Hindi
For year 2012 : B Satyanarayan, Radhakant Mishra
and R. Surendran
For year 2013 : Shirda Kumar Saikia, T.S.K
Kannan, Rabindranath Mishra and D.M. Savitri
For year 2014 : M. Venkateshwar, V.D. Hegde, Deven
Chand Das Sudama and Beena Budki
2. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award : For work in the
field of journalism and creative literature

Criticism Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker

Editorial Writing John Hackworth of Sun Newspapers,
Charlotte Harbor, FL
Editorial Cartooning Jack Ohman The Sacramento
Bee
Breaking News Photography Mauricio Lima, Sergey
Ponomarev, Tyler Hicks and Daniel Etter of The New

For year 2012 : Mahesh Darpan and Vishwanath

Sachdev
For year 2013 : Rajeev Katara and B V Lalitamba
For year 2014 : Devendra Kumar and Shatrughan
Prasad
3. Atmaram Award : For work in the field of Science and
Technology literature and Machinery growth

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For year 2012 : Om Prakash Sharma and Ganesh
Shankar Paliwal
For year 2013 : Balendu Sharma Dadhich and
Dinesh Mani
For year 2014 : Suresh Kumar Jindal and Suresh Tiwari

Important Days in April

2th April - World Autism Awareness Day.
6th April - International Day of Sport
7th April - World Health day.

4. Subramanyam Bharti Award : For work for

promotion of Hindi in constructive or criticism
way
For year 2012 : S. Vijaya
For year 2013 : I.N. Chandrashekhar Reddy and
Mukta
For year 2014 : Narendra Kohli and Sheoraj Singh
Bechain

21st April - Civil service day.

22nd April - World Earth day.
23rd April - International Day of the Book
24th April - Panchayat Divas.
26TH April - World Intellectual Property Day

5. Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award : For work in

the field exploration and research as well as for
description on its journey
For year 2012 : S Rahmatulla and G. Gopinath
For year 2013 : Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari and
Puran Singh Dabas
For year 2014 : Suresh Gautam and Baldev Vanshi
6. Dr. George Grierson Award : Awarded to people
of foreign origin for promotion and training of
Hindi outside India
For year 2012 : Alka Dunputh
For year 2013 : Ge Fuping
For year 2014 : Shichiro Soma
7. Padmabhushan Dr. Moturi Satyanarayan Award :
Awarded to people of Indian origin for promotion and
training of Hindi outside India
For year 2012 : Susham Bedi
For year 2013 : Sneh Thakur

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