1. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Kerala Ayurveda?
a) Saniz Mirza
b) Anna Kournikova
c) Steffanie Graf
d) Maria Sharapova
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Answer c) Steffanie Graf. Kerala State government has appointed Tennis Icon Steffanie Graf as brand ambassador of Ayurveda. She will promote Ayurveda tourism of state in North America and Europe with theme Visit Kerala Destination.
2. Dileep Singh Bhuria, who passed away recently, was the LS MP from
a) Bihar
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Punjab
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Answer b) Madhya Pradesh. Dileep Singh Bhuria, member of Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam-Jhabua has passed away at the age of 71. He was elected to the lower house from Ratlam (Lok Sabha constituency) in Madhya Pradesh as member of Congress from 1980 to 1998. Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party and won Ratlam seat as its candidate in 2014.
3. Which company launched the 4G LTE Services for the first time in India?
a) Aircel
b) Vodafone
c) Airtel
d) BSNL
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Answer c) Airtel. Indian Telecom major Bharti Airtel has launched 4th Generation (4G) services in Mysuru (or Mysore), Karnataka. Airtel launched the India’s first 4G services in Kolkata in April 2012.
4. Praful Bidwai, who passed away recently, was associated with
a) Economy
b) Film Making
c) Journalism
d) Politics
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Answer c) Journalism. Veteran journalist, author, political analyst and anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai has passed away in Amsterdam, Netherlands at the age of 64 due to cardiac arrest after he had choked on his food.
5. What is the name of the recently launched mobile Application and Web Portal to aid flagship mission to Clean Ganga?
a) Clean Ganga
b) Mission Ganga
c) Bhuvan Ganga
d) Swacch Ganga
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Answer c) Bhuvan Ganga. The GOI has launched Bhuvan Ganga Mobile Application and Web Portal to aid flagship mission to Clean Ganga. The app and webportal was launched by Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti in New Delhi.
6. Which state has topped Patent Filing from India?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Gujarat
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Answer c) Maharashtra. According to the recently published annual report of the office of the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM), Maharashtra has topped in Patent filing in India during year 2013-14. While Bengaluru was the top city in IPR filing in the country.
7. The Partner Country for Russian Industrial Trade Fair Innoprom 2016 is
a) Japan
b) Germany
c) India
d) France
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Answer c) India. India has accepted Russia’s invitation and confirmed that it will be a partner country at the ‘INNOPROM 2016’ industrial fair. The fair will be held at Yekaterinburg in July 2016.
8. Which social networking company has surpassed in Wal-Mart on Stock Market?
a) Twitter
b) Facebook
c) LinkedIn
d) None of the Above
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Answer b) Facebook. The world’s biggest online social network knocked the world’s largest retailer out of the top 10 list of the highest-valued companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.
9. Russia has signed Nuclear Energy Agreement Pact with which country for the first time?
a) Syria
b) Yemen
c) Iran
d) Saudi Arabia
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Answer d) Saudi Arabia. Russia and Saudi Arabia have for the first time signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The agreement was signed in Russia during St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)
10. Who has been named by SBI as new MD and CEO of SBI Capital Markets?
a) Pranav Gupta
b) Praveen Gupta
c) Prakash Gupta
d) Suresh Gupta
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Answer b) Praveen Gupta. SBI Capital Markets, the merchant banking arm of State Bank of India, has appointed Praveen Gupta as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Gupta replaces Rajnish Kumar, who has been elevated as Managing Director – Compliance and Risk, State Bank of India.
11. Which company from Japan is going to invest $20 Million on Solar Energy Power Projects in India?
a) SoftBank
b) Sony
c) Seiko
d) Toshiba
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Answer a) SoftBank. The Japanese telecoms giant Softbank has announced plans to invest around $20 billion in solar-energy-power projects in India, joining forces with the country’s Bharti Enterprises and Taiwan’s Foxconn.
12. Which of the following company names Muilenburg as CEO succeeding McNerney?
a) Mercedes
b) Boeing
c) McLaren
d) Mittal Enterprises
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Answer b) Boeing. Boeing has announced that it would replace CEO Jim McNerney with current president and COO Dennis Muilenburg. McNerney, who the company said has held the CEO post for the past 10 years, will remain the chairman of the board.
13. GOI has launched first modernised anganwadi center at
a) Hyderabad
b) Sonepat
c) Madurai
d) Bhopal
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Answer b) Sonepat. The GOI has launched India’s first modernised anganwadi centre (AWC) at Hasanpur village in Sonepat. The modern center will be replicated at 4,000 other places and is likely to change the face of government’s 40-year-old children and women-oriented scheme.
14. Microsoft has unveiled its first priority reseller store in
a) Bengaluru
b) Kolkata
c) Hyderabad
d) Chennai
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Answer c) Hyderabad. Microsoft unveiled its first Priority Reseller Store at Hyderabad and launched Lumia 540 dual SIM smartphone.
