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Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016

for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter Anuradha Roy
The annual credit guarantee mechanism announced by
the govt to support innovative start-ups `500 cr
The newly-elected first female President of Taiwan Tsai
Ing-wen
The corpus announced by the govt for innovationdriven enterprises (start-ups) `10,000 cr
The film which won the best film award at the 61st
Britannia Filmfare Awards Bajirao Mastani
The person selected for the Prof MV Pylee Award for the
Distinguished Academician of India Dr Jancy James
The capital city of Burkina Faso where IS militants killed
at least 28 people recently Ouagadougou
The headquarters of the India Meteorological
Department (IMD) New Delhi
Winner of the mens senior National basketball
championship Services
Winner of the Neerja Bhanot Award Subhashini
Vasanth
The anti-tank missile test-fired by the DRDO recently
Nag
The joint exercise held between the Indian Coast Guard
and their Japanese counterpart off the Chennai coast
recently Sahayog-Kaijin 2016
The country declared free of Ebola virus, signalling an
end to an epidemic in West Africa Liberia
The first fully organic state of the country Sikkim
Winner of the womens doubles title of the WTA Apia
International 2016 Caroline Garcia and Kristina
Mladenovic
The hero of 1971 India-Pakistan war who died recently
Lt General JFR Jacob

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The venue of the recent conference of Quadrilateral

Coordination Group (QCG) on Afghan Peace and
Reconciliation process Islamabad
The govt initiative which, according to the World Bank,
is estimated to be saving the govt about $1 bn annually
Aadhaar
The venue of the five-day long 20th National Youth
Festival Naya Raipur
Director of the Juhi Chawla starrer movie Chalk N Duster
Jayant Gilatar
The Syrian Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs
who visited India recently Walid al-Moallem
The PSB which recently opened its first branch dedicated
to serving startup companies in Bengaluru SBI
The city where the Central Institute for Research on
Buffaloes (CIRB) is located Hisar
The organisation which won the National Award on eGovernance 2015-16 EPFO
The baseball legend who died recently Monte Irvin
The Indian-American governor of Louisiana who
demitted office recently after his term ended Bobby
Jindal
Winner of the FIFA Womens Player of the Year award
Carli Lloyd (US)
The football club which gave Amitabh Bachchan
honorary lifetime membership recently Mohammedan
Sporting
The head of the committee set up by the PMO to hasten
the bullet train project Arvind Panagariya
The first state of the country to achieve 100 per cent
primary education Kerala
The noted journalist and Hindi writer who passed away
recently Ravindra Kalia
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The indigenously designed anti-submarine warfare

which was commissioned into the Indian Navy in
Visakhapatnam INS Kadmatt
The new Chairman of the fair-trade regulator Competition
Commission of India (CCI) Devender Kumar Sikri
The MD and CEO of Axis Bank who has been selected
as the Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2014-15
Shikha Sharma
The new Registrar General and Census Commissioner of
India Sailesh
The Indo-French military exercise which was conducted
in Rajasthan recently Shakti-2016
The ministry recently merged by the Govt with the
external affairs ministry Ministry of Overseas Indian
Affairs (MOIA)
The person recently reappointed as RBI deputy governor
for three years Urjit Patel
The country whose army contingent will be a part of the
Republic Day parade 2016 for the first time in history
France
The initiative to expose youth from J&K to the rest of
the country Wattan Ko Jano
The reservation for women approved by the Union Home
Ministry in Central armed police forces at constablelevel positions 33 per cent
The deadline by which the Central Govt has decided to
implement Bharat Stage (BS) VI emission norms Apr 1,
2020
The new Chairman and Managing Director of Madras
Fertilizers AB Khare
Indias new ambassador to Israel Pavan Kapoor
The multi-barrel rocket launcher recently tested by the
Indian Army Pinaka II
The present Executive Secretary of CTBT Organization
Lassina Zerbo
The young cricketer from Mumbai who recently scored
an unbeaten 1009 Pranav Dhanawade
The bank on which the RBI recently imposed a penalty
of `1 cr State Bank of Travancore
The venue of the Under-19 World Cup Cricket
Tournament Bangladesh
The J&K Chief Minister and former Union Home Minister
who recently passed away Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
The country which recently claimed to have tested a
thermonuclear or hydrogen bomb North Korea
The present MD and CEO of Punjab National Bank
Usha Ananthasubramanian
Winner of the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
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The estimated premium of the newly launched crop

insurance scheme which the Centre and States will
equally share `8,000 cr
The state which is observing 2016 as Digital Year
Maharashtra
Winner of the Ballon dOr award for worlds best football
player Lionel Messi
Winner of the Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award
2015 for his collection of poems titled BaalGeet
Balkrishna Garg
The British singer-songwriter who died recently David
Bowie
The folk dance which entered the Guinness Book of
world records recently Kullu folk dance (Nati)
The first state to introduce compulsory gender education
at the graduate level Telangana
Winner of the mens singles title of 2016 Chennai Open
Stan Wawrinka
The film awarded as the best picture (drama) award at
the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards The Revenant
The city which recently hosted the 28th edition of the
International Kite Festival Ahmedabad
The country recently elected to the Unicef executive
board, representing the group of Asia-Pacific countries
for the term 2016-18 Nepal
New CEO of Flipkart Binny Bansal
The venue of the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2016 held
on 9 Jan New Delhi
The first female Formula One driver who died recently
Maria Teresa de Filippis
The country code domain which has become the worlds
most commonly used domain .cn (China)
The Guest of Honour country at the 43rd edition of the
New Delhi World Book Fair China
The golfer voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of
Month for Dec 2015 Miguel Tabuena
The recently released logo for the Make in India Week
Laman Diva
The venue of the National Conference on Sustainable
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare attended by PM
Narendra Modi as chief guest Gangtok
Winners of the womens doubles title of the Brisbane
International 2016 Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
Winner of mens singles title of the Brisbane
International 2016 Milos Raonic
The present governor of J&K where President rule was
imposed recently Narinder Nath Vohra
The state where Jallikattu or bull-taming sport is played
during Pongal festival Tamil Nadu

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The new CMD of defence PSU BEML DK Hota

The famous sand artist whose work got a place in the
Limca Book of Records recently Sudarsan Pattnaik
The military helicopter Russias Rostec and Indias HAL
will jointly produce in India Kamov 226T
The city where Asias largest underground railway
station opened recently Shenzhen, China
The state which recently hosted the 12th National IceSkating Championship Jammu and Kashmir
The observation satellite recently launched by China
Gaofen-4
The head of the RBI committee on financial inclusion
Deepak Mohanty
The annual income ceiling above which a person will not
get subsidised cooking gas (LPG) from Jan 2016 `10
lakh
The chairman of the Committee reviewing public-private
partnership (PPP) in infrastructure Vijay Kelkar
Winner of Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy (2015-16)
Gujarat
The former Chief Justice of Karnataka and Kerala High
Courts who recently passed away VS Malimath
The city where the Make in India Week will be observed
Feb 13-18, 2016 Mumbai
The indigenously developed air-to-air missile which was
recently test-fired Astra
The country which recently allotted land to India to build
its first naval base in the Indian Ocean region
Seychelles
The firm which topped the list of Fortune 500 Indian
companies 2015 in terms of revenue IOC
The ODI Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards 2015
AB de Villiers
The private-sector lender which recently tied up with
IRCTC to launch online rail ticket booking service on its
website ICICI Bank
The brand ambassador of telecom company Reliance Jio
Shah Rukh Khan
The defence budget of Japan for the year starting Apr
2016 5.05 tn yen
The country whose Parliament House was inaugurated
by PM Narendra Modi recently and was constructed by
India Afghanistan
The new deadline to exchange pre-2005 currency notes
with new ones 30 Jun 2016
Indias new High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam H
Bambawale
Indias first indigenously designed and built warship
which was recently decommissioned INS Godavari

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Winner of the Best Woman Cricketer Award in senior

player category for the season 2014-15 at the BCCI annual
awards Mitali Raj
The country with which a bus service restarted on 4 Jan
after a gap of 27 years Nepal
Winner of the 2015 Costa Novel Prize for her novel A
God in Ruins Kate Atkinson
The former Chief Justice of India who passed away
recently Sarosh Homi Kapadia
Winner of the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey
tournament title ONGC
The new UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo
Grandi
The country which recently slashed the price of gas it
supplies to India by almost half Qatar
The chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed
Committee on reforms in BCCI RM Lodha
The biggest investor ($2.58 bn) in Indian businesses in
2015 Tiger Global Management
The two PSBs which jointly won the award for Cheque
Truncation System under the mid-sized category at the
National Payments Excellence Awards 2015
Corporation Bank and Indian Bank
The new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) RK
Mathur
The new CEO of the IT major Wipro Abidali
Neemuchwala
The head of the panel on Censor Board to work out a
revamp plan Shyam Benegal
The Indian-origin cancer expert who was knighted
recently by Queen Elizabeth II Harpal Singh Kumar
The chairman of the committee set up to examine wage
structure and service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks
Kamlesh Chandra
Winner of the 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi, the highest honour
given to Carnatic musicians Sanjay Subrahmanyam
The project which won the 2015 eASIA Award under
trade facilitation category DAVA
The day on which India and Pakistan exchange the list
of their nuclear installations every year 1 Jan
Winner of the SAFF Cup 2015 football title India
The Pakistani citizen who was recently granted the
citizenship of India Adnan Sami
The Cricketer of the Year at the BCCI annual honours
Virat Kohli
The new Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi
Kvirikashvili
Winner of the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015
Raghuveer Chaudhari

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Indias national aquatic animal Gangetic Dolphin

(River Dolphin)
The state where Indias first underwater tunnel is
proposed to come up in river Krishna Andhra Pradesh
The state govt which has decided to provide 35 per cent
reservation to women of all categories in all kinds of
govt jobs Bihar
The venue of the nineteenth edition of National
Conference on e-Governance Nagpur, Maharashtra
The venue of the 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF)
meetingDavos, Switzerland
The capital city of South Korea where the SBI opened its
first branch recently Seoul
Winner of the Favourite Actress in a New TV series
award at the Peoples Choice Awards 2016 Priyanka
Chopra
The village in Bihar state which was declared smokefree under the Mission Smokeless Village launched by
the IOC Poorakothi (Arwal)
The Indian who won the New Zealands prestigious Lady
Wigram Trophy motor race recently Jehan Daruvala
The new President of Institute of Company Secretaries
of India MamtaBinani
The air show where Indias indigenous light combat
aircraft Tejas was displayed recently Bahrain Air Show
The country which has topped the Global Talent
Competitiveness Index (GTC) 2015-16 Switzerland
The name of the flower which NASA succeeded to bloom
for the first time in the space recently Zinnia
The new CEO and MD of Tata Motors Guenter
Butschek
The cricketer who was slapped with a life ban by the
BCCI recently Ajit Chandila
The head of the Committee set up to simplify the
provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961 Justice RV Easwar
The Zoological Park which will receive World Banks
assistance of USD 20 mn Indira Gandhi Zoological
Park (Visakhapatnam, Andhra)
India navigation satellite successfully put into orbit by
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The currency of Peru Nuevo Sol

The British writer who won the 2015 Costa novel award
for her novel A God in Ruins KateAtkinson
The country that has topped the 2015 Human
Development Index (HDI) in the South Asia Region
Sri Lanka
The West Indies cricketer who retired from the
international cricket recently Shivnarine Chanderpaul
The city where Indias largest tricolour was hoisted atop
the tallest pole at Pahari Mandir recently Ranchi
Indian shuttler who won the womens singles title of the
2016 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold PV Sindhu
The new Chairman and Managing Director of the GIC
ReAliceVaidyan
The new brand ambassadors of the Incredible India
tourism campaign Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka
Chopra
The autobiography of Subhsash Chandra unveiled by
the PM Narendra Modi recently TheZFactor:My
Journey as the Wrong Man at the Right Time
Winner of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2016
Uttar Pradesh
A person of Indian origin who has won the Technical
Achievement Award (Design) at the 88th Academy
AwardsRahulThakkar
The noted ballet dancer and a Padma Bhushan recipient
who passed away recently MrinaliniSarabhai
New chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT)Atulesh Jindal
The new Prime Minister of Moldova Pavel Filip
The country where the first infection case of Zika, once
rare mosquito-borne virus, was recorded recently US
The storm that wrecked havoc in UK recently Frank
The city defined by the BBC as the perfect city in the
world recently Chandigarh
The country where the worlds biggest blue star sapphire
was found recently Sri Lanka
Indias ranking on the GTC 2015-16 89th
The week observed as the 27th Road Safety Week Jan
11 to Jan 17

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