(a) 24th
(b) 31st
(c) 02nd
(d) 16th
(e) None of the above
Q2. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between?
(a) India & Pakistan
(b) Australia & New Zealand
(c) England & Australia
(d) India and South Africa
(e) South Africa & West Indies
Q3. Meenakshi Amman Temple is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of?
(a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(b) Puri, Odisha
(c) Madurai, Tamil Nadu
(d) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
(e) Kolkata, West Bengal
Q4. World Sparrow Day is a day designated to raise awareness of the house sparrow and other common birds to urban environments celebrated on?
(a) 20th March
(b) 12th January
(c) 24th October
(d) 10th December
(e) 22nd March
Q5. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an international financial institution that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. Where is the headquarter of AIIB?
(a) New Delhi, India
(b) Beijing, China
(c) Rome, Italy
(d) Paris, France
(e) None of the above
Q6. The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised with effect from?
(a) 01st January 1921
(b) 01st July 1956
(c) 02nd May 1935
(d) 15th December 1965
(e) 1st January 1949
Q7. Radha Mohan Singh is an Indian politician and a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the present Union Minister of?
(a) Finance Minister
(b) Home Minister
(c) Civil Aviation Minister
(d) Agriculture Minister
(e) Information and Broadcasting Minister
Q8. Baichung Bhutia is an Indian _________ of Sikkimese-Bhutia descent who plays as a striker.
(a) Footballer
(b) Cricketer
(c) Wrestler
(d) Shooter
(e) None of the above
Q9. The Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe, is known for its flat landscape, canals, tulip fields, windmills and cycling routes. What is the capital of Netherlands?
(a) London
(b) Amsterdam
(c) Athens
(d) Canberra
(e) None of the above
Q10. BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies. Which of the following not them?
(a) Russia
(b) China
(c) Bangladesh
(d) India
(e) South Africa
Q11. The writer who refused the Nobel Prize for literature was
(a) Winston Churchil
(b) Jean Pal Sartre
(c) Boris Pasternak
(d) Prem Chand
(e) Svetlana Alexievich
Q12. Which Indian city is also known as City of Four Junctions?
(a) Mathura
(b) Patiala
(c) Madurai
(d) Bijnor
(e) Malda
Q13. Who among the following is the Vice Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Committee?
(a) Mrs. Marry Rohinson
(b) Ms. Sadaka Ogata
(c) Mr. Justice P. N. Bhagawati
(d) Ms. Gro Harlem Brundtland
(e) Mr. Yuji IWASAWA
Q14. Who among the following has become the first winner of Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize?
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) A.P.J. Kalam
(c) L.K. Advani
(d) Manmohan Singh
(e) None of the above
Q15. Who invented the polio vaccine (oral)?
(a) Jonas Salk
(b) Albert Sabin
(c) Burkholder
(d) Robert Koch
(e) Jhon Watson