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1. Raj Bhawan of ________ has adopted the cashless
system for all kind of payments.
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
2. _______ scientists have approved the use of three-
parent baby fertility treatments.
Answer: British
3. Mahindra Group and ________ joined together to
develop blockchain solution.
Answer: IBM
4. Which bank has launched Aadhaar Payment Bridge
System for small ticket micro-finance loan disbursements?
Answer: RBL Bank
5. Who headed the committee formed by Chief Ministers
of various states representing different political parties to
examine and promote the use of digital payment systems
across the country?
Answer: Chandrababu Naidu (CM of Andhra
Pradesh)
6. Which start-up company received $40,000 worth of
credits and services from Facebook for Facebook's
developer-focused "FbStart" programme?
Answer: CoutLoot
7. Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd
(CMPDI) signed a MoU with _________ to increase
their market share in the rapidly growing consultancy
area.
Answer: SBI Capital
8. India has singed deal with _______ to buy 145 M-777
Ultra-Light Howitzers worth $750 million.
Answer: United States
9. Who has topped in Fortunes Businessperson of the
Year?
Answer: Mark Zuckerberg (Founder of Facebook)
10. Arunachal Pradesh and ________ signed a MoU for
promoting cooperation and collaboration.
Answer: Thailand
11. Who won the 2016 World Chess Championship held in
USA?
Answer: Magnus Carlsen
12. India International Science festival 2016 will be held
in ________.
Answer: New Delhi
13. China and _______ have launched a direct rail and
sea freight service with the first cargo train departing from
Chinas southwestern Yunnan province.
Answer: Pakistan
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14. Ten day long TripitakSutrapathMahotasava began at
_______.
Answer: Bodhgaya, Bihar
15. Ten day long Hornbill Festival began at ______
Answer: Nagaland
16. Which airline has launched the world's shortest
scheduled service on an Airbus A380, flying it from Dubai
to Doha?
Answer: Emirates Airlines
17. As per UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific report, India's economy is projected to
grow at ______% in 2017.
Answer: 7.6%
18. BHEL commissioned the first unit of the 4x30 MW
Pulichintala hydroelectric project in _________.
Answer: Telangana & Andhra Pradesh
19. Which bank has launched a new digital transaction
service through mobile phones named SIMsePAY?
Answer: Yes Bank
20. Who has been appointed as the President of the All
India Tennis Association?
Answer: Praveen Mahajan
21. Scientists from ______ have created the worlds first
water-wave laser.
Answer: Israel
22.MakkalPavalarInkulab recently passed away in
Chennai was a/an ________
Answer: Tamil Poet
23. Which village in Maharashtra has become the first
"cashless village" in the state?
Answer: Dhasai (Thane District)
24. According to air travel intelligence company OAG,
Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi is the
______ most connected airport in the world.
Answer: 22nd
25. Railway Minister laid the foundation stone for the
Rolling Stock Component factory in _______.
Answer: Maharashtra
26. Which state Government to launch an aggressive
campaign based on scientific studies to counter the smear
campaign against coconut oil?
Answer: Kerala
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 27. RBI defers mandatory implementation of Aadhaar 40. 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) has been
enabled PoS devices till _______. organized at ________.
Answer: June, 2017 Answer: Kolkata

28. India and ______ signed four agreements in the
fields of cyber security, visa relaxation, and investments.
Answer: Qatar
29. _______ has emerged as the most geo-tagged city on
Instagram in 2016.
Answer: New York
30. Edible oil firm Ruchi Soya in association with which
bank launched an initiative to provide banking assistance
to farmers under the initiative "KisanKalyanAyojan"?
Answer: State Bank of India
31. Who becomes the king of Thailand?
Answer: MahaVajiralongkorn
41. Sixth Heart of Asia conference that began in______.
Answer: Amritsar, Punjab
42. World largest bird festival organized in ______ to
promote Eco tourism.
Answer: Agra
43. India has recieved over _____ US dollar FDI
milestone between April 2000 and September 2016.
Answer: $300 billion
44. _______ is India's first online flea market, which lets
a buyer and seller interact and transacts in 10 seconds
literally.
Answer: Yappily

32. Who has been appointed as ambassador of 45. Which e-commerce major launched its global startup
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Swachh program 'Launchpad' in India?
Bharat Mission? Answer: Amazon
Answer: Salman Khan
46. ________ and KPMG announced a strategic Internet
33. Who has been appointed as the Director of the Central of Things advisory partnership to accelerate the digital
Bureau of Investigation? transformation of large and mid-market enterprises in the
Answer: RakeshAsthana country.
Answer: Microsoft India
34. Which city gets best cities award in recognition of its
programme on solid waste management for tackling 47. Tribal Affairs Minister launched _______ App to
climate change? Promote Breast Feeding.
Answer: Kolkata Answer: StanpanSuraksha

35. Market Stabilisation Scheme (MSS) limit raises to Rs.
______ fromRs. 30,000 crore to manage liquidity.
Answer: Rs. 6 lakh crore
36. Who has been chosen as the Sports Illustrated's Sports
person of the Year?
Answer: LeBron James (Basketball player)
37. Which state government will launch a mobile
application that intends to reduce the road accident's
casualties by half by 2020?
Answer: Rajasthan
48. Who won the International Childrens Peace Prize for
her work towards climate justice and combating
environmental degradation?
Answer: KehkashanBasu
49. BekalUtsahi recently passed away was a/an
_______.
Answer: Poet and former RajyaSabha MP
50. Who has been honoured with the prestigious
Gangadhar National Award for the year 2015?
Answer: Leeladhar Jagoori (Hindi poet)

38. Which bank launched its own mobile and tab based 51. Who has been appointed as CEO & Director Airtel
digital Cippy Wallet app? Digital TV?
Answer: DCB Bank Answer: Sunil Taldar

39. Hailakandi district in _______ become the first 52. Who has been appointed as MD & CEO of Airtel
district to pay wages to tea garden workers through Payments Bank?
individual bank accounts. Answer: ShashiArora
Answer: Assam

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 53. Who was presented with the Lifetime Achievement
Award at the 22nd edition of Star Screen Awards?
Answer: Rekha
54. Which movie was named the Best Film at the 22nd
edition of annual film awards show Star Screen Awards?
Answer: Pink
55. Who has won the online reader's poll for TIME Person
of the Year?
Answer: NarendraModi
56. Which state government is working on 'Maha wallet'
to encourage cashless transactions?
Answer: Maharashtra
57. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first ever
International Gita Mahotsav in _______.
Answer: Kurukshetra, Haryana
58. Which state government banned the carrying of arms
at wedding functions?
Answer: Haryana
59. Which bank has partnered Ola to set up mobile ATMs
for cash withdrawal?
Answer: YES Bank
60. Metals and Minerals Trading gold Corporation
(MMTC) has tied up with which bank to sell government
minted Indian 24 Karat Gold Coin?
Answer: State Bank of India
61. Who sworn in as new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: O Panneerselvam
62. Who has been appointed as a Senior Vice President of
Asian Football Confederation?
Answer: Praful Patel
63. Who became the new president of Uzbekistan?
Answer: ShavkatMirziyoyev
64. Who has been appointed as Managing Director of
Air Asia?
Answer: Amar Abrol
65. Who has been appointed as the Chief of the
Directorate General of Civil Aviation?
Answer: B.S. Bhullar
66. _______ has launched a new personal safety app
called "Trusted Contacts" that lets users share their
location with trusted people in everyday situations and
emergencies.
Answer: Google
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67. Whose birth anniversary on 14 April to be observed as
"Water Day" across the India.
Answer: Dr BR Ambedkar
68. India International Science Festival, 2016 held at
CSIR National Physical Laboratory Campus in
__________.
Answer: New Delhi
69. Whicg state has announced that the state would be
setting up a special panel to stop child trafficking?
Answer: West Bengal
70. Which state has launched Purse mobile app featuring
13 mobile banking and 10 mobile wallet options?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
71. India will establish a Center of Excellence in
Information Technology at ______.
Answer: Egypt
72. Which state government has decided to appoint 1
thousand Banking correspondents in about 1 thousand
unbanked gram panchyats spread across 107 blocks across
the State?
Answer: Odisha
73. Which bank has been adjudged "Best Bank for SME
Lending"?
Answer: Vijaya Bank
74. Which Life insurance provider has launched two
micro-insurance scheme named JeevanSuraksha and
Credit Suraksha to provide financial security to its
customers?
Answer: HDFC Life
75. Who has named "Kid's Ikon of the Year" at
Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards?
Answer: Shahrukh Khan
76. Who will be the next Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Jagdish Singh Khehar
77. Name the worlds first hospital train which is all set to
get two additional coaches for cancer treatment.
Answer: Lifeline Express
78. India-Russia Indra NAVY-2016 naval exercise will be
held in the city of __________.
Answer: Visakhapatnam
79. 12 day annual bilateral maritime exercise between
British and Indian Navy Exercise "KONKAN-2016" begin
at _______.
Answer: Mumbai
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 80. Government has decided to waive service tax on debit
and credit card transactions up to Rs. ______ to promote
digital transactions.
Answer: Rs. 2000
81. Venkaiah Naidu Inaugurated 4th Bi-Annual Photo
Exhibition of All India Working News Cameramens
association in __________.
Answer: New Delhi
82. CEO of PrasarBharati S C Panda inaugurated
PrasarBharati archives sales counter in _______.
Answer: New Delhi
83. India-UK Conference on Ease of Doing Business
inaugurated in _________.
Answer: New Delhi
84. 5th India-Arab Partnership Conference to be held in
________.
Answer: Muscat, Oman
85. Which state government has initiated steps to provide
banking services to about 5 thousand uncovered villages
by January 10th next year?
Answer: Telangana
86. ________ gets nod from RBI to launch the country's
first trade receivables exchange platform for MSMEs,
promoted by Sidbi and NSE.
Answer: Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL)
87. "Mahila E-haat", an online marketing platform for
women entrepreneurs ties up with ________ bank &
India Post to offer more payment options to buyers and
simplify shipping of products.
Answer: State Bank of India
88. Who took charge as Goalkeeping Coach of India
Under-21 hockey team?
Answer: PR Sreejesh
89. Who will take charge as chief justice of the apex court
of Pakistan?
Answer: Justice MianSaqibNisar
90. Who has been named as Person of the Year 2016 in
TIME magazine?
Answer: Donald Trump (US President)
91. Who has been named as US ambassador to China?
Answer: Terry Branstad
92. Which bank has bagged the "Best MSME Bank Award
(private sector) 2016" instituted by Assocham?
Answer: Karnataka Bank Ltd
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93. Who has been named as highest paid athlete of all
time by Forbes?
Answer: Michael Jordan
94. Which company has been named the company of the
year by Fortune magazine?
Answer: Alphabet
95. 28th State Information Ministers Conference,
SIMCON 2016 began in _______.
Answer: New Delhi
96. Serendipity Arts Festival to be held in ______.
Answer: Goa
97. 21st International Film Festival of Kerala began in
______.
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram
98. Government launched ________ Abhiyan, to enable
every citizen, small traders and merchants to adopt digital
payments in their everyday financial transactions.
Answer: Digidhan
99. RBI asks banks to upload KYC with central registry
from ______.
Answer: 1st January
100. According to the Global Terrorism Index, 2016 India
was ranked _____ in the list of countries most impacted
by terrorism in 2015.
Answer: 7th
101. As per 2016 World Power Language Index, which
language is the most powerful language in the world?
Answer: English
102. Who has been appointed as the Non-Executive
Chairperson of the Board of IDFC Bank Ltd?
Answer: Ms. VeenaMankar
103. Who has been appointed as non-executive Chairman
and Independent Director of Vistaar Financial Services?
Answer: C B Bhave
104. ______ has launched a new cargo service
connecting Tibet and Nepal.
Answer: China
105. Which state's CM launched five months long
Narmada SevaYatra at Amarkantak aims to make
Narmada river pollution free and unceasing river?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
106. NABARD to provide grant of Rs ______ for
deployment of point of sale machines and procurement of
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Answer: Rs. 228 crore
107. World Bank has cancelled a $100 million loan to
which country that was meant to be for a natural gas
efficiency project?
Answer: Pakistan
108. A nationwide toll-free helpline number ______ will
be launched soon to educate people and provide support
related to cashless mode of transactions.
Answer: 14444
109. India and ________ have signed 3 agreements in
various areas including youth affairs and sports, fishing
and standardization to enhance strategic partnership.
Answer: Indonesia
110. Who became the first Indian to win a medal at the Mr
Olympia event?
Answer: IqbalSayed
111. _______ launched space junk collector vessel
"Kounotori" into orbit to clear clutter.
Answer: Japan
112. _______ launched 2nd generation weather satellites
in geostationary orbit, this is also the countrys first
quantitative remote-sensing satellite in high orbit?
Answer: China
113. Worlds longest rail tunnel carrying passengers deep
under the Swiss Alps started from Zurich to _______.
Answer: Lugano
114. Who has named as new Prime Minister of Italy?
Answer: Paolo Gentiloni
115. Who has sworn in as PM of New Zealand?
Answer: Bill English
116. Who has been elected as the President of the 90th
AkhilBharatiya Marathi SahityaSammelan?
Answer: Akshaykumar Kale
117. Who has been appointed as the new member of the
CBDT in six member panel
Answer: RajendraKumar
118. _______ is declared as official language of Goa.
Answer: Konkani
119. What percentage of discount allowed to customers
making digital payment for purchase of petrol and diesel?
Answer: 0.75 %
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120. Indian Air Force organised a seminar to increase
awareness and promote organ donation at the Air Force
auditorium in ________.
Answer: New Delhi
121. Who topped in Forbes magazines second annual list
of wealthiest entrepreneurs under the age of 40?
Answer: Mark Zuckeberg
122. Who has been appointed UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador for stellar work in child rights?
Answer: Priyanka Chopra
123. Who won the prestigious Ballon d'Or award for a
fourth time?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo
124. Who won 11th World Billiards (150-Up format)
Championships title in the summit clash in Bengaluru?
Answer: PankajAdvani
125. Who sworn in as the ninth UN Secretary General?
Answer: Antonio Guterres
126. Asian Development Bank lowered India's growth
forecast for this year from 7.4 % to ____%.
Answer: 7%
127. Which airport has achieved carbon neutral status?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
128. Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu
inaugurated the sixth edition of Asia Pacific Ministerial
Conference on Housing and Urban Development in
_________.
Answer: New Delhi
129. India to contribute _______ US Dollars to the
United Nations's Central Emergency Response Fund
(CERF) for the year 2016-17.
Answer: 5 lakh
130. Which e-commerce mobile and web application firm
planned to open up a new avenue for people to get cash
delivered at home, by partnering with YES Bank?
Answer: Grofers
131. Which digital payment platform has partnered with
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) toll
concessionaries to enable cashless payments at all state,
national and city toll plazas?
Answer: Paytm
132. Trade between India & China expected to be ______
dollar for 2016.
Answer: $65 billion
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 133. Who is 15th king Malaysia?
Answer: Sultan Muhammad V
134. Who won the most improved player award at the
Badminton World Federations annual function held in
Dubai?
Answer: PV Sindhu
135. Name the Union minister who has been named as
one of 15 Global Thinkers in the decision makers category
for fashioning a novel brand of Twitter diplomacy
compiled by the Foreign Policy magazine?
Answer: SushmaSwaraj
136. According to the annual Janes defense budgets
report, India become _____ largest defence spender.
Answer: 4th
137. 9th edition of INDRA NAVY annual bilateral
maritime exercise between Indian Navy and _______
Navy began in the Bay of Bengal.
Answer: Russian
138. Union Cabinet approved the protocol amending the
agreement between India and ______ for avoidance of
double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with
respect to taxes on income.
Answer: Tajikistan
139. Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for Signing of an
agreement between India and ______ on cooperation in
the field of agriculture and food related industry.
Answer: Kyrgyzstan
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140. GoI announced ______ yojna to encourage
consumers for transition to digital payments and
DigiDhanVyapariYojana to encourage merchants for
transition to digital payments.
Answer: Lucky GrahakYojana
141. How many cities are selected nationwide to
implement "Solar Cities" programme?
Answer: 60
142. Indian Railways tied-up with which bank to install at
least 10000 Point of Sale machines using debit or credit
cards at the Public Reservation System counters of
Railways?
Answer: State Bank of India
143. Punjab National Bank launched the banks mobile
wallet named _________.
Answer: PNB Kitty
144. Name the new chairman and MD of Life Insurance
Corporation of India (LIC)?
Answer: VK Sharma
145. Who took charge as Chief Executive of the Indian
Banks Association (IBA)?
Answer: V G Kannan
146. PM NarendraModi has been ranked _____ in most
powerful people in the world by Forbes.
Answer: 9th
147. ______ has successfully test fired an enhanced
version of an indigenously designed Babur cruise missile.
Answer: Pakistan
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