Current Affairs Weekly Collection for UPSC EXAMS - January 2016 to April 2017

Current Affairs for
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from January 2016 to
April 2017

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Weekly Quiz
January 1st
week- 2016
1) The recently released book "Azad Bachpan ki or" is authored by
a) Kailash Satyarthi
b) Smriti Irani
c) Shashi Tharoor
d) Chetan Bhagat
Ans a) Kailash Satyarthi
Related facts
• Decades after he questioned the idea of child labour, Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi
launched his book “ Azad Bachpan Ki Or ” recently, dedicated to all the child labourers he has come
across so far.
• The book is a culmination of Mr. Satyarthi’s long-drawn march against the rights of children
employed in various odd jobs. It comprises articles, pamphlets and other writings on the subject.
• Tracing Mr. Satyarthi’s journey from 1981 onwards when he first rescued a girl from traffickers, the
book narrates how he started working towards protecting children since then. In fact, the activist
pointed out that some of his articles even “question religious beliefs and dogmas” that fall silent on
“malpractices like begging”.
2) Who won the singles event of 2016 Chennai Open Tennis tournament?
a) B Coric
b) S Wawrinka
c) A Bedene
d) B Paire

Ans b) S Wawrinka
Related facts
• Stan Wawrinka defeated the Borna Coric (World No. 33) of Croatia by 6-3, 7-5 score.
• This was his third consecutive ATP Chennai Open title for Wawrinka (won in 2014, 2015 and 2016)
and overall fourth, first won it in 2011.
• With this win, Wawrinka pocketed US $ 75,700 and won 250 ranking points.
3) Soldiers of which of the following country will parade along with Indian troops on Rajpath during Republic
Day celebration on 26 January 2016?
a) USA
b) Sri Lanka
c) France
(D) Russia
Ans c) France
Related facts
• This is the first time a military contingent of a foreign country will take part in the Republic Day
Parade on January 26. A contingent of the French army, which is already in India for a joint military
exercise, will take part in the parade along with Indian armed forces.
• In 2009, the Indian armed forces had achieved a similar landmark when a contingent led the
massive Bastille Day military parade down Paris’s majestic Champs Elysee. Then Prime Minister Dr
Manmohan Singh was the Chief Guest of Honour in that event.
• This year, French President Francois Hollande will be the chief guest at the Republic Day
celebrations. This will be the fifth time that a French leader will be a chief guest at R-Day
celebrations
4) Narendra Modi on 3 January 2015 inaugurated 103rd Indian Science Congress in which city?
a) Thiruvananthapuram
b) Mysuru
c) Pune
d)Ahemedabad
Ans b) Mysuru
Related facts
• Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India with
headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. The association started in the year 1914 in Kolkata and it
meets annually in the first week of January every year. Today, it has a membership strength of more
than 30,000 scientists.
• The first meeting of the congress was held from 15–17 January 1914 at the premises of the Asiatic
Society, Calcutta. Honorable justice Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, the then Vice Chancellor of the
University of Calcutta presided over the Congress. One hundred and five scientists from different
parts of India and abroad attended it
5) Name the operation carried out by Army to flush out six terrorist at Pathankot airbase recently?
a) Operation Allout
b) Operation Bhaag
c)OperationFreeze
d)Operation Dhangu

Ans d) Operation Dhangu
Related facts
• 'Operation Dhangu' was the codename given to the mission to eliminate the terrorists from the
Pathankot airbase after heavily-armed Pakistani terrorists stormed the Air Force base, triggering a
fiece gunbattle in which 7 security men were martyred and all the 6 infiltrators were gunned down.
• The exercise was given the name - 'Operation Dhangu' - as Dhangu is the name of the village
where the airbase has been established.
• Undoubtedly, the brave soldiers of security forces save a number of lives as at the time of terror
attack that airbase had around 3,000 family members of IAF personnel and 23 trainees from four
foreign countries.
• The entire operation went on for three days because the area was difficult and close to the family
quarters of IAF officials.
6) World’s first slum museum will be set up in which of the following cities?
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) Delhi
d) Kolkata
• Ans a) Mumbai
Related facts
•
The Indian metropolis of Mumbai — home to the neighbourhood made famous by the film
"Slumdog Millionaire" — is to get the world's first slum museum
• The museum will showcase some of the myriad of objects that are produced every year in Dharavi,
one of Asia's biggest slums and the setting for Danny Boyle's hit 2008 movie.
• The organisers of 'Design Museum Dharavi' say they want to challenge people's perceptions of
slums by highlighting the creative talent that resides in them.
7) Which country has won the 2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) football championship?
a) India
b) Afghanistan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Nepal
Ans a) India
• The SAFF Championship, also called South Asian Football Federation Cup (previously South Asian
Football Federation Gold Cup), is the main association football competition of the men's national
football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation.
• Previous names have included the South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup in
1993 and South Asian Gold Cup 95 in 1995. Eight teams compete in the South Asian Football
Federation Tournament.
8) Which film won the Golden globe award for -Best picture Drama

a) The Revenant
b) Carol
c) Mad Max: Fury Road
d) Room
Ans a) The Revenant
Related facts
• The Revenant is a 2015 American epic biographical Western film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
set in 1823 Montana and South Dakota, which was inspired by the experiences of frontiersman and
fur trapper Hugh Glass.
• The screenplay was written by Mark L. Smith and Iñárritu, based in part on Michael Punke's The
Revenant: A Novel of Revenge. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, and
Domhnall Gleeson
• The best film award was also bagged by 'The Revenant', which became the lead winner at the
awards with its lead star Leonardon DiCaprio winning the best actor. In total, 'The Revenant' took
home three out of four awards, it was nominated for.
• 'The Big Short' and Danny Boyle's 'Steve Jobs' were other films with four nominations each. While
"Steve Jobs" bagged two-- best supporting actress for Kate Winslet and best screenplay for Aaorin
Sorkin, "The Big Short" went home empty handed.
Jan 2nd
Week
1) Which film won the Filmfare best film award for 2016?
a) Piku
b) Bajirao Mastani
c) Dilwale
d) Tamasha
Ans b) Bajirao Mastani
Related facts
• Bajirao Mastani, which casts Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra in
pivotal roles, won nine awards including the Best Film and the Best Director Award.
• Deepika won the Best Actress Award for Piku while Ranveer won the Best Actor Award for
Bajirao Mastani
• Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
2) Kerala achieved the goal of total Primary education under which of the following schemes?
a) Saksharjyothi
b)Safalyam
c) Divyajyoti
d) Athulyam

Ans d) Athulyam
Related facts
• Athulyam Scheme was meant to provide primary school education to people aged between 15
and 50 years
• The first phase of the Athulyam programme commenced in 2010 and targeted 140 panchayats.
The fourth standard equivalency programme commenced 10 years prior to this.
• The programme was initiated in Nilambur and Chelambra grama panchayats in Malappuram
district and at the Payyannur municipality in Kannur district. Subsequently Payyannur and
Nilambur got the distinction of being the first local bodies in the country to attain total primary
education
• Kerala become the first State to achieve total primary education. The Statewide declaration to
this effect was done by Vice President Hamid Ansari,on January 13.
3) India’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has launched dedicated specialized branch
‘SBI InCube’ for
a) Women
b) Start ups
c) Differently abled
d) None of the above
Ans b) Start ups
Related facts
• The ‘SBI InCube’ first branch was opened in Bengaluru.
• It will cater to the specific financial needs by providing advisory services to the budding
entrepreneurs under one roof It will assist start-ups in cash management, regulations, taxation,
mentoring, foreign exchange and remittances and other financial services.
• Soon SBI will be launching these branches in Pune and National Capital Region (NCR).
4) On which of the following days is Army day celebrated
a) January 10th
b) January 15th
c) January 20th
d) January 25th
Ans: b) January 15th
Related facts
• This year it will be the 68th Indian Army Day.
• On this day in 1949, Lt. General (later Field Marshal) Kodandera Madappa Cariappa became the
first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army (of the independent India) by succeeding British
Army General Roy Butcher (last British Commander-in-Chief of India.).
• This day inspires the troops to continue to enrich the glorious traditions of the Indian Army with their

dedication and sacrifice.
• It is celebrated every year at all the Army Command headquarters and national capital by
organizing army parades including many other military shows.
5) Who won the 2015 Ballon D'or award
a) Lionel Messi
b) Christiano Ronaldo
c) Wayne Rooney
d) Neymar
Ans a) Lionel Messi
Related facts
• The Ballon d'Or is an annual award given to the player voted to be the best of the year.
• Messi along with his Barcelona teammate Neymar and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo were
shortlisted by FIFA back in November.
• Having won five major trophies in the 2015 calendar year, which included the 2015 FIFA Club World
Cup in December in Japan against Argentine club River Plate in which he scored the first goal,
Messi won 41.33% of the votes.
6) National Youth day is celebrated which markes the Birth anniversary of
a) Swami Vivekananda
b) Dhyan Chand
c) Rajiv Gandhi
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans a) Swami Vivekananda
Related facts
• Union Government in 1984 had declared and decided to observe the birthday of Swami
Vivekananda i.e. 12 January as a National Youth Day every year from 1985 onwards.
• It will help to propagate the philosophy and the ideals of Swami Vivekananda for which he lived and
worked.
• Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January 1863 as Narendranath Dutta and died on 4 July
1902.
• He was chief disciple of the 19th century saint Ramakrishna Paramhamsa and the founder of the
Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He was one of the most prominent figures of
India who introduced Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the “Western” World.
7) Identify the following girl who won the Young Indians, Big Achievements' at Amazing Indians
Awards conducted by Time Now.

a) Anjali Joshy
b) Anjali Verma
c) Malavath Poorna
c) Sakshi Seth
Ans c) Malavath Poorna
Related facts
• Malvath Purna is the youngest girl at the age of 13 years and 11 days to climb the mount everest
on May 25,2014.
• She was born in Pakala Village in Nizamabad district ,Telangana.
• She was accompanied by Sadhanpalli Anand Kumar from Khammam district,Andhra Pradesh
8) Yukiya Amano is the Director general of which organization?

a) World Health Organization
b) International monetary fund
c) UNESCO
d) International Atomic energy agency
Ans d) International Atomic energy agency
Related facts
• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks
to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose,
including nuclear weapons.
• The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957. Though
established independently of the United Nations through its own international treaty, the
IAEA Statute,the IAEA reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security
Council
• The United States in January officially lifted nuclear sanctions against Iran after the
International Atomic Energy Agency had verified that Iran had “fully implemented its
required commitments

January 3rd
week
1) Who among the following were chosen as the new ambassadors for Incredible India Campaign?
a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Amitabh Bachan
c) Aamir Khan
d) Both a and b
Ans d) Both a and B
Related facts
• Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra will replace Aamir Khan as the new
ambassadors of the Incredible India campaign.
• The ‘Incredible India’ campaign is mostly broadcast in foreign countries to reflect that “Indians are
good hosts”.
2) Malayalam film actress Kalpana who died recently won the National film for best supporting actress
for the film
a) Thanichala Njan
b) Karnavar
c) Theruvunakshathrangal
d) Nirakazhcha
Ans a) Thanichala Njan
Related facts
• At the 60th National Film Awards, she won the Best Supporting Actress award for her
performance in Thanichalla Njan(2012).
• Kalpana is the sister of film actresses Urvashi and Kalaranjini. Kalpana Ranjani, better
known by her stage name Kalpana, entered the film industry wanting to work as a heroine.
• After making her debut in the 1980 film Pokkuveyil directed by G.Aravindan, Kalpana went
on to star in several critically acclaimed films and her portrayals as a comedienne were
appreciated by critics.
3) Which state Assembly on 15 January 2016 approved reclassification of coconut tree as palm?
a) Kerala
b) Goa
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
Ans b) Goa
Related facts
• The Goa Legislative Assembly on Friday passed the 'Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Tree

Act' which reclassifies coconut plant as 'palm' amidst the walkout by opposition which criticised the
legislation as being detrimental to existence of coconut trees.
• The Act was passed after an hour-long debate on the issue wherein opposition benches termed the
government's move as "facilitation of the mass massacre of coconut trees" in the coastal state.
• The Bill seeks to increase the fee for felling of tree from existing Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000. It also
seeks to omit section 1-A of the Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act 1984.
4 ) Which state recently becomes India’s first fully organic state?
a) Kerala
b) Sikkim
c) Gujarat
d) Telangana
Ans b) Sikkim
Related facts
• Sikkim has formally become India’s first fully organic state after it successfully implemented organic
farming practices on around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land.
• Formal declaration in this regard was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after inaugurating the
Sikkim Organic Festival 2016 in Gangtok, Sikkim. PM also handed the Organic Certificate to Sikkim
Chief Minister Pawan Chamling.
• Pawan Chamling-led government had decided to make state an organic farming state. Later state
government had banned entry and sale of chemical inputs for farmland in phases and also moved
away from subsidies to farmers for purchasing chemical inputs.
• It forced farmers in state to organic cultivation. Since then agricultural land in state was gradually
converted to certified organic land by using organic practices.
5) Indian writer Anuradha Roy on 16 January 2016 has won the prestigious $50,000 DSC Prize for South
Asian Literature for her novel?
a) Sleeping on Jupiter
b) An Atlas of Impossible Longing
c) The Folded Earth
d) None of these
Ans a) Sleeping on Jupiter
Related facts
• Indian writer Anuradha Roy has won the on the prestigious $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian
Literature for her novel ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’.

• She was awarded with prize and a unique trophy by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremesinghe in Colombo.
• Her novel Sleeping on Jupiter deals with the subject of violence against women with story revolving
around girl named Nomi and is set in Jarmuli, a city of temples.
• She was selected among the 6 shortlisted authors for this edition (sixth) of prize by jury headed by
Mark Tully.
• Anuradha Roy Ms Roy is novelist, journalist and editor. Her first novel An Atlas of Impossible
Longing has been translated into 15 languages across the world. Till date she has authored three
novels viz. An Atlas of Impossible Longing (2008), The Folded Earth (2011) and Sleeping on
Jupiter (2015).
6) Tsai Ing-wen was on 16 January 2016 elected as first female and 14th President of which country?
a) Thailand
b) North Korea
c) Bhutan
d) Taiwan
Ans d) Taiwan
• Pro-Independence Opposition candidate of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen (59)
has been elected as first female and 14th President of Taiwan.
• Ms Tsai’s victory is the biggest mandate ever won by a DPP president and is only the second-ever
victory for the DPP since Taiwan split with China in 1949.
• China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province (island) which will one day be reunited with the
mainland. China also has threatened to take back by force, if necessary.
7) Which state has been conferred the Union Government’s prestigious Krishi Karman Award in maximum
food grains production category for year 2014-15?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Tamil Nadu
Ans b) Madhya Pradesh
Related facts
Madhya Pradesh has been conferred the Union Government’s prestigious Krishi Karman Award in
maximum food grains production category for year 2014-15 for the 4th consecutive year.
• MP has been shortlisted for the award in the Integrated Agri Production category for the year 2014-
15. It has produced record 328 lakh tonnes in the mentioned period compared to 280 lakh tonnes

2013-14 period.
• Earlier the state had won this award in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. The state will get an amount of
five crore rupees along with Krishi Karman award.
• Other winners
Chhattisgarh: Chosen for achieving growth in production of pulses.
West Bengal: Chosen for good agriculture production.
8) The Election Commission celeberated the 6th National Voters’ Day throughout the State with the theme
‘Inclusive and Qualitative Electoral Participation’ on
a) January 25.
b) January 26
c) January 27
d) January 28
Ans b) January 26
Related facts
• In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, Government of India
has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as 'National Voters' Day.
• It started from January 25th, 2011 to mark Commission's foundation day.
Weekly Quiz
Feb 1
3) In which tennis tournament is Womans Singles champion given the Daphne Akhurst Memorial cup?
e) French open
f) Wimbeldon
g) Australian open
h) US open

Ans c) Australian open
Related facts
The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in
Melbourne, Australia. First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam
tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
The tournament was first known as the Australasian Championships and then became the Australian
Championships in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969
2)Where is Indias first Defence Industrial Park being planned?
a) Chennai
b) Coimbatore
c) Wayanad
d) Ottapalam
Ans d) Ottapalam
Related facts
• Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Union Government has given its final
approval to Kerala Government’s approval to set up India’s first Defence Industrial Park at
Ottappalam.
• Proposal in this regard was forwarded by Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation
(Kinfra), a Kerala government owned Public Sector Company.
• The proposed defence park will be established as part of Union Government’s flagship Make in
India programme and state government’s Make in Kerala project.
• It will have modern common infrastructure facilities aimed at attracting component manufacturers
in the defence industry. Union government also has agreed to bring the park under the Modified
Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS).
• The park would be established in 60 acres of land at cost of Rs. 231 crore with the financial help of
Central and State governmen
3 ) Which of the following is not part of the SMART CITIES mission announced recently
e) Lucknow
f) Bhubaneswar
g) Surat
h) Jabalpur
Ans a) Lucknow
Related facts
• The Union Ministry of Urban Development has shortlisted 20 cities from 11 States and Delhi Union
Territory in the list of first batch of Smart Cities Mission.
• These shortlisted cities were selected from Smart City Challenge competition in which 97 cities and

towns had participated from 23 States and UTs.
• Among the shortlisted 20 Smart cities, 3 are from Madhya Pradesh, 2 each are from Maharashtra,
Rajasthan Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh and 1 each from Odisha, Kerala,
Delhi (UT), Assam and Punjab.
• 20 shortlisted smart cities (Rank wise) are Bhubaneswar, Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Kochi,
Ahmedabad,Jabalpur, Visakhapatnam, Solapur,Davangere,Indore, New Delhi Municipal
Corporation. Coimbatore, Kakinada, Belagavi, Udaipur, Guwahati,Chennai, Ludhiana, Bhopal,
• What is Smart City? A smart city is highly advanced urban region in terms of overall infrastructure,
communications, sustainable real estate and market viability. In this city information technology (IT)
is the principal infrastructure and the basis for providing essential services to residents. There are
many technological platforms involved the principal infrastructure of the smart cities and it is not
limited to automated sensor networks and data centres
4) Where was the 2016 International Naval fleet review held?
a) Mumbai
b) Vishakapatnam
c) Surat
d) Kochi
Ans b) Vishakapatnam
• Naval Fleet Review has been followed by navies around the world for years. Every operational ship
proudly displays its crest during the review. Ships sail across seas to participate in the event with
friendly nations. Legend has it that Britain held its first review in 1415. Ten reviews have taken
place in India since 1947.
• It's objective is to enhance mutual trust and confidence with neighbouring navies by inviting their
ships to participate in the event.
• The main part of the event Fleet review is conducted by the Supreme Commander of the Indian
Armed Forces, the Honourable President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee.
• The Honourable President of India reviewed the International Fleet, a combination of Naval
Warships from Indian Navy as well as frontline Navies from across the globe, comprising over 75
frontline ships and submarines off Visakhapatnam on 06 Feb 2016
54 countries. 24 warships from foreign countries and 24 foreign Naval chiefs, 90 foreign delegates took part
in the International fleet review
5) Who won the Syed Modi International Grand Prix 2016?
a) K Srikanth
b) P Kashyap
c) Huang Yuxiang
d) HS Prannoy
Ans a) K Srikanth
Related facts
• Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won the 2016 Syed Modi International Grand prix Gold
Championship Title of Badminton in men’s singles category. In the final match played at Lucknow
(Uttar Pradesh), he defeated Huang Yuxiang of China by 21-13, 21-14 and 21-14 score.
• Women’s single Title Sayaka Sato (Japan) won the 2016 Syed Modi International Grand prix Gold

Championship Title in women’s singles category. In the final match, she defeated Sung Ji Hyun
(South Korea) by 12-21, 21-18, 21-18 score.
• The championship has been named after a famous Indian badminton player Syed Modi, an eight-
time National Badminton champion.
6) Which games will have the following Logo
a) SAFF Games
b) T20 world cup
c) Rio Olympics
d) World Athletic championships
Related facts
• The South Asian Games (SAF Games, SAG, or SA games, & formerly known as South Asian
Federation Games) are a biennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia.
• The governing body of these games is South Asian Sports Council (SASC), formed in 1983. At
present, SAG are joined by eight members namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
• The first South Asian Games were hosted by Kathmandu, Nepal in 1984 and have since been held
every two years except for some occasions. In 2004, it was decided in the 32nd meeting of South
Asian Sports Council to rename the games from South Asian Federation Games to South Asian
Games as the officials believed the word Federation was diminishing the emphasis on event and
acting as a barrier in attracting crowd
• Tikhor the baby Rhino was the official mascot for the 2016 South Asian Games. According to the
organising committee, Tikhor carries the message of Peace, Progress, and Prosperity in the South
Asian region.] This is in line with the official motto, "Play for Peace, Progress and Prosperity
7)India has recently overtaken which country as the world’s largest rice exporter in the year 2015?
a) China

b) Thailand
c) Singapore
d) Indonesia
Ans b) Thailand
Related facts
• Thailand ranked second on the list of the world's largest rice exporting countries with 9.8 million
tons exported to the world market last year, compared to 10.9 million tons the previous year, while
India topped the chart with 10.2 million tons and Vietnam was third with 6.4 million tons
8) Q9. Marvin Minsky, the pioneer of ______ passed away on 24 January 2016 in Boston, United States?
a) Xerox
b) Lift
c) Artificial Intelligence
d) Mobile
Ans c) Artificial Intelligence
Related facts
• Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive scientist in the
field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI
laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy
• He worked as an adviser for Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey;
Weekly quiz
February 2
1) Sudhir Tailang who died on 6 February 2016 was a famous?
a) Cartoonist
b) Writer
c) Singer
d) Director
Ans -a) Cartoonist
Related facts

• Sudhir Tailang was known for his political cartoons that chronicled contemporary Indian politics
with wit and humour.
• His first cartoon published in a newspaper at the age of 10 in 1970. He got his first major break in
Mumbai based Illustrated Weekly of India in 1982.
• As a cartoonist, he had worked in a number of Indian newspapers including Hindustan Times,
Indian Express and The Times of India. For several years he was with the Hindustan Times and his
last assignment was with the Asian Age. In 2009,
• He had published book of cartoons titled “No, Prime Minister” which carried cartoons on Manmohan
Singh drawn during first stint of his Prime Ministership.
• He was awarded Padma Shri (2004), India’s fourth highest civilian award for his contribution to the
art of cartooning.
2) What is Feb 4th celeberated as
a) World Cancer day
b) World blood donation day
c) World Heart day
d) World Diabetes day
Ans a) World Cancer day
Related facts
• Every year World Cancer Day (WCD) is being observed on 4 February across the world to raise
awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.
• The theme (tagline) for year 2016 WCD is “We can. I can”.
• It reflects on what everyone can do to raise awareness of cancer and asks to take pledge and
action in fight against cancer.
• The World Cancer Day 2016-2018 will seeks to explore how everyone- as individuals or as a
collective – can do their part to reduce the burden of cancer globally.
• The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) had founded the WCD in 2008 by formally
writing the goals of the World Cancer Declaration. The primary goal of observing the day is to
reduce illness and death caused by it by 2020.
3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 February 2016 dedicated Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC’s) new state
of the art refinery at Paradip in which state to the nation?
a) Odisha
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujarat
d) Goa
Ans a) Odisha
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC’s) new state of the art

refinery at Paradip in Odisha to the nation.
• It is overall IOC’s 11th refinery to be set up and has installed capacity of 15 million metric tonnes
per annum (MMTPA).
• Capable to produce Bharat Stage IV (BS IV)/BS V quality transportation fuel to comply with Auto
Fuel Policy.
4) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has recently launched ____ on for prevention of
AIDS specially among people injecting drugs in the 8 North-Eastern states?
a) Project Arrow
b) Project Sunrise
c) Project Reach
d) Project Aware
Ans b) Project Sunrise
• The AIDS prevention special project aims to diagnose 90 per cent of such drug addicts with HIV
and put them under treatment by 2020.
• Project Sunrise aims at bringing the people living with HIV/AIDS into the national mainstream and
create more awareness about the disease in these N-E states..
• It will be implemented in the North East in addition to the existing projects of the National AIDS
Control Organization (NACO).
5) Name the two cities that topped the National Air Quality Indices (NAQI) with 409 points each
for having the ‘severe’ pollution?
a) Varanasi and Muzzafarpur
b) Bengaluru and Delhi
c) Delhi and Kolkata
d) None of these
Ans a) Varanasi and Muzzafarpur
Related facts
• The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has released National Air Quality Indices (AQI) for 24
cities across India in the month of January 2016.

• In the list Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and Muzzafarpur (Bihar) were on the top with an AQI value of
409 points each and were coded as ‘severe’ in terms of air pollution in January 2016.
• Faridabad (Haryana), Patna (Bihar) and Agra (Uttar Pradesh) were placed at 3rd, 4th and 5th
position with 399, 388 and 372 points respectively. The national capital Delhi was placed at the 6th
position with 362 points and was coded as ‘very poor’ in terms of air pollution.
• Earlier in September 2015 and October 2015, Delhi was at the top in the AQI i.e. in terms of air
pollution chart. The World Health Organization (WHO) also had earlier termed Delhi as one of the
most polluted city in the world in terms of air pollution
6) Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 5 February 2016 decided to set up the National
Organic Farming Research Institute in which state?
a) Kerala
b) West Bengal
c) Assam
d) Sikkim
Ans d) Sikkim
• The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 5 February 2016 decided to set up the
National Organic Farming Research Institute in Sikkim.
• The institute will be established by upgrading the existing Regional Centre of the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Gangtok.
• The setting up of the institute is of primary importance for Sikkim as it was declared as the first
organic farming State in the country in January 2016 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
7) Which Bollywood actor will feature in the World Health Organisation (WHO) diabetic awareness
campaign?
a) Sharukh Khan
b) Akshay Kumar
c) Amitabh Bachchan
d) Aamir Khan
Ans b) Akshay Kumar
Related facts
• Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will feature in a video campaign by the World Health
Organisation to raise awareness about diabetes in India.
• It is part of the World Health Organisation’s mission to prevent diabetes whenever possible,
encourage prevention and to raise awareness.
8) Alphabet Inc., the parent company of _____ has recently overtaken Apple as s most valuable company
in the world?

a) Microsoft
b) Google
c) Facebook
d) IBM
Ans b) Google
Related facts
• Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate created in 2015 as the parent company of
Google and several other companies previously owned by or tied to Google.
• The company is based in California and headed by Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey
Brin, with Page serving as CEO and Brin as President
• Some of its subsidiaries include Google, Calico, GV, Google Capital, X, Google Fiber and Nest
Labs.
• Alphabet Inc surpassed Apple Inc as the most valuable company in the United States in after-hours
trading in February knocking the iPhone maker from the top spot that it has held for the better part
of four years.
• The change may signal the passing of the technology baton to Alphabet - formerly known as
Google - from Apple, which surged past Microsoft Corp in market value in 2010.
Weekly quiz
Feb 3
i) Who won the Under 19 world cup cricket held recently in Bangladesh
i) India
j) West Indies
k) Srilanka
l) England
Ans b) West Indies
• West Indies for the first time has won the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating three time
champions India by five wickets played at Mirpur (Bangladesh).
• In the final match West Indies team achieved the target of 146 runs set by India in in 49.3 overs.
Earlier in the first inning, Indian team was bowled out for 145 in 45.1 overs. Man of the match:
Keacy Carty (West Indies) Player of the tournament: Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh)
j) Which of the following is works of ONV kurup

a) Agnishalabhangal
b) Aksharam
c) Uppu
d) All the above
Ans d) All the above
Related facts
• Noted Malayalam poet and lyricist O N V Kurup passed away in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He
was 84. He was popularly known as “ONV”, Ottaplakkal Nambiyadikkal Velu Kurup and had made
significant contributions to the Malayalam film music.
• He was also was part of the progressive movement in Kerala.
• O N V Kurup Born on 27 May 1931 in Chavara, Kollam.
• He had started his career as a lecturer in Maharajas College, Ernakulam later he taught at the
different colleges. His first poem “Munnottu” (Forward) about his patriotic feelings was published in
1946. His notable works include Agnishalabhangal (1971), Aksharam (1974), Uppu (1980),
Bhoomikkoru Charamageetham (1984), Ujjayini (1994) and Swayamvaram (1995).
• He had served as Chairman of the Kerala Kalamdandalam and also held several top positions in
various arts and literary bodies.
• Awards and Honours: He was awarded Kerala and Kendra Sahitya Academy awards. In 2007, was
awarded country’s highest literary honour, the Jnanpith Award for his overall contributions to the
Malayalam literature. He was also awarded Padma Shri (1998) and Padma Vibhushan (2011).
k) Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)?
a) Ashok Chawla
b) B V Sreekantan
c) R K Pachauri
d ) None of these
Ans a) Ashok Chawla
• Former IAS officer Ashok Chawla has been appointed as Chairman of The Energy and Resources
Institute (TERI).
• TERI is a non-profit research institution that conducts research work in the fields of energy,
environment and sustainable development.
• Established in 1974 as Tata Energy Research Institute and was renamed The Energy and
Resources Institute in 2003.
• It aims to focus on formulating local and national level strategies for shaping global solutions to
critical issue
4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated the Make in India Centre at MMRDA Grounds in
which state?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu

c) Telengana
d) Maharashtra
Ans d) Maharashtra
The Make In India Centre featured an exhibition of the most innovative products and manufacturing
processes that have been developed in India.
Make in India is the current government’s flagship initiative, launched by the prime minister in September
2014, to encourage international companies to manufacture their goods in India.
The prime minister is expected to meet senior leaders and captains of industry from both India and abroad.
He heldd bilateral meetings with senior foreign leaders.
Make in India Week was the flagship event to provide greater momentum to the Make in India initiative, and
to showcase to the world the achievements of the nation in the manufacturing sector.
5) Mobile-one governance application of which state has recently won gold medal at the fourth World
Government Summit in Dubai, UAE in the m-governance awards category?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans b) Karnataka
Related facts
• The Karnataka Mobile-One app, which brings over 4,000 services including government ones and
private ones onto one integrated platform that can be accessed as an App on smartphones. a web
portal or through SMS and IVRS,
• It was launched in December 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
• The app has been commended as India's first M-governance model and there are plans at the
Centre to upscale it to the national level.
• About 64 countries competed for it of which the e-governance apps of the United Kingdom and
Kazakhstan were shortlisted along with Karnataka Mobile-One.
6) First phase of the world’s largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant was recently launched in the
Souss-Massa-Drâa area in which country?
a) Italy
b) Australia
c) Morocco
d) Seychells
Ans c) Morocco
• The first phase of the world’s largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant was launched in the

Souss-Massa-Drâa area in Morocco.
• It is part of Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex which will produce enough energy for more than one
million Moroccan households on completion by 2018.
• The plant aims to reduce dependence on fossil fuels with the use of renewable energy and move
towards low carbon development. It will reduce the fossil fuel dependence by about 2 and half
million tons and also lower carbon emissions by 760,000 tons per year.
7) Which state government has recently decided to set up India’s first aviation park?
a) West Bengal
b) Goa
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan
Ans c) Gujarat
• To strengthen the aviation sector in Gujarat, the state government has planned to set up the
country's first-ever Aviation Park here having a slew of facilities including an airstrip, training school,
helipad and space for setting up small manufacturing units among others.
• This integrated park aims to raise the awareness about the potential of the aviation sector among
students, professionals, policy makers and business entities.
8) 4th World Government Summit was recently held at?
a) New Delhi
b) Canberra
c) Tokyo
d) Dubai
Ans d) Dubai
• The World Government Summit is the largest annual government gathering in the
world focused on shaping the future of governments by encouraging innovative
practices in government work and services.
• The summit brings together decision makers and leading experts in the field of government, and
provides a unique opportunity for governments, authorities, academic institutions and leading
international organizations from around the world to share experiences and practices.
• The World Government Summit showcases the latest and future trends in
government. It explores innovative concepts for reinventing governments and
enhancing quality and efficiency and sheds the light on innovative global practices in
government service delivery, hence helping shape the future of governments
Weekly Quiz
Feb 4th

1) Who has been recently appointed as the Chairman of Banks Board Bureau
a) Vinod Rai
b) Raghuram Rajan
c)Arundhati Bannerjee
d) Chanda Kochar
Ans a) Vinod Rai
Related facts
• Vinod Rai was the former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
• His appointment comes after Prime Minister has approved the proposal of the Department of
Financial Services for the constitution of the BBB.
• The tenure of Mr Rai and other members of the board will be of two years.
• BBB will be a super authority of eminent professionals and officials for public sector banks (PSBs).
It will replace the Appointments Board of Government.
• The bureau was announced by the Union Government in August 2015 as part of seven point
Indradhanush Mission to revamp the PSBs.
• Banks Board Bureau will give recommendations for appointment of full-time Directors as well as
non-Executive Chairman of PSBs.
• Give advice to PSBs in developing differentiated strategies for raising funds through innovative
financial methods and instruments and to deal with issues of stressed assets.
• Guide banks on mergers and consolidations and also ways to address the bad loans problem
among other issues.
• Currently, there are 22 state-owned banks or PSBs in India including State Bank of India (SBI),
IDBI Bank and Bhartiya Mahila Bank etc.
2) On which of the following days is National Science day celeberated
a) Feb 25
b)Feb 26
c)Feb 27
d) Feb 28
Ans d) Feb 28th
Related facts
• National science day aims to impart scientific temper in the minds of people of all age groups.
• The theme for year 2016 is “Scientific Issues for Development of the Nation” that aims at raising
public appreciation.
• This day is celebrated as science festival in the entire nation by organising science exhibitions,
seminars, workshops, symposiums and many other activities.
• This day marks the epoch-making discovery of Raman Effect by Indian physicist Chandrasekhara
Venkata Raman (CV Raman) on February 28, 1928.
• This discovery was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
• In 2013, the American Chemical Society designated the ‘Raman Effect’ as an International Historic
Chemical Landmark.
• The first National Science Day was celebrated on February 28, 2000.

3) Which of the following states was declared as the Country's first Digital state?
a) Gujarat
b)Karnataka
c)Kerala
d) Tamil Nadu
Ans c) Kerala
Related facts
• President Pranab Mukherjee declared Kerala as the country’s first digital stat after launching a
digital empowerment campaign of state at a function held in Kozhikkode.
• The campaign aims at bridging the digital divide by 2020
• This declaration was made considering the rapid digital strides of the state which has achieved 100
percent mobile connectivity, 75 percent e-literacy, maximum digital banking, broadband connectivity
upto the Panchayat level, linking bank accounts with Aadhar cards and e-district plan in all districts.
• State has successfully linked all villages in the state with broadband connectivity under the National
Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) project. It is first state in country to do so.
• The broadband connectivity has helped to provide high-speed internet in all gram panchayats and
remote areas of the state.
• Apart from NOFN it, two projects started by the government in 2002 viz. Akshaya and IT@School –
also has helped it to attain high e literacy.
• Under these projects over 2,500 Akshaya service centres functioning in rural and urban areas have
helped generate awareness in e-governance.
• State also has over 600 e-governance applications covering almost all departments of state that
play pioneering role in delivering e-services to citizens.
• As a digital state, Kerala has a mobile tele-density of 95% and Internet access covering over 60 %
of the population
4) Which team won the Ranji Trophy for the season 2015-16
a) Mumbai
b) Delhi
c) Rajasthan
d)Karnataka
Ans a) Mumbai
• Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy for a season 2015-16 by defeating Saurashtra.
• With this victory, Mumbai clinched Ranji title for record 41st time (10 of them being won with innings
wins) after playing in record 45 finals.
• In the final match played a Gahunje Stadium of Maharashtra Cricket Association in Pune, Mumbai
defeated Saurashtra by 21 runs.

• Shreyas Iyer of Mumbai was declared man of the match for his 117 runs in the match. He ended
the season as the leading run-getter with 1321 runs at 73.38 including four centuries and seven
fifties.
• Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between teams
representing regional cricket associations.
• The trophy is named after England and Sussex cricketer Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji and was first
played in 1934.
• At present, the championship is played between 27 teams which include 21 states (of 29 Indian
states) and Delhi (UT). The format of Ranji Trophy is Round-robin then knockout.
Weekly quiz
March 1
1) Who has recently been awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2015/
a) Anupam Kher
b) Nana Patekar
c) Manoj Kumar
d) Moushmi Chatterjee
Ans c) Manoj Kumar
Related facts
• Manoj Kumar was born as Harikishan Giri Goswami on 24 July 1937 in Abbottabad (now in
Pakistan), then part of British India.
• His debut role as an actor was in the film Fashion (1957) and as a leading role was in film Kaanch
Ki Gudia (1960).
• He is remembered for his films Hariyali Aur Raasta, Himalaya Ki God Mein, Woh Kaun Thi, Do
Badan, Patthar Ke Sanam, Upkaar, Neel Kamal, Purab Aur Paschim, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan, and
Kranti.
• He is best known for acting in and directing films with patriotic themes. His first patriotic film was
Shaheed (1965) based on the life of Bhagat Singh. A
• He is a recipient of National Film Award (1968) for the film Upkaar. He also was honoured with the
Padma Shri in 1992 and Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award is conferred by the Union Government on person for outstanding
contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema.
• Established in 1969 to commemorate the birth centenary year of father of Indian cinema
Dadasaheb Phalke. It is the highest official recognition (award) in Indian cinema. The Award
consists of a Swarn Kamal, a cash prize of 10 lakhs rupees and a shawl. It is given on the basis of
recommendations of a committee of eminent personalities set up by the Centre.
2 Which film won the Best Picture award in the 88th
Academy awards held in February 2016
a) The Revenant

b) Room
c )Spotlight
d ) Bridge of spies
Ans c) Spotlight
Related facts
Some of the other awards given this year were as follows
• Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant).
• Best Actress: Brie Larson (Room).
• Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies).
• Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl).
• Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant).
3) What did Raymond Tomlinson who passed away recently invent ?
a ) Email
b) Whats app
c) Blue tooth
d) Internet
Ans a) Email
Related facts
• Raymond Tomlinson invented direct electronic messages between users on different machines on a
certain network in 1971
• He passed away in Washington, United States recently . He was 74 years old.
• He implemented email system on the ARPANET system which is considered as the precursor to the
Internet.
• Prior to this system, users could only write messages to others using the same computer. @ sign:
To send electronic messages on different machines on a certain network successfully he had used
@ sign to separate the user name from the name of their machine. Since then this separation
scheme is used in email addresses and has become standard.
4) Where did Pranab Mukherjee recently inaugurate India's First Gender park
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Thiruvananthpuram
d) Kozhikode
Related facts
• It is also the first of its kind gender equality convergence centre in Asia. The park is an initiative of
the Social Justice Department of the Kerala Government to promote research and other initiatives

to enable total gender equality.
• The Gender Park seeks to encourage women to take part in developmental and decision making
process. It has been launched as part of supporting the efforts of the State and Central
governments in ensuring an inclusive, discrimination free society.
• It covers issues pertaining to all three genders and in accordance with the 2015 gender and
transgender policies of the state government. The Gender Institute at the park will mainly focus on
learning, research and capacity development. It seeks to bring together the state, civil society and
academia on a common platform to promote studies and research on gender issues to address the
gender issues.
• This platform seeks to create an environment to share global knowledge and experiences in
reducing gender inequalities. It also seeks to create awareness of the critical linkages between
gender equality, economic growth and poverty reduction to effectively address gender related
issues in national development processes.
Weekly Quiz
March 2
1) Identify the following person along with Arun Jaitley
a) Rebekka Brookes
b) Christine Lagarde
c ) Alice Munro
d) Janet Yellen
Ans b) Christian Lagarde
Related facts
• Christine Lagarde is Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 5 July
2011.She is is a French lawyer and Union for a Popular Movement politician.
• India and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have decided to set up South Asia Regional Training
and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTC) in New Delhi. In this regard, Union Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley and Christine Lagarde,have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
• SARTTC will set up for enhancing capacity development and training officials in dealing with
macro-economic and financial issues in the South Asia region. It will become the focal point for
planning, coordinating, and implementing the IMF’s capacity development activities in the region
on a wide range of areas.

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization headquartered
in Washington, D.C., of 188 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure
financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic
growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
• Formed in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference, it came into formal existence in 1945 with 29
member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international payment system. C
2) Who among the following was recently conferred with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of
the Legion of Honour) by French Government?
a) Gautam Adani
b) Anand Mahindra
c ) Rahul Bajaj
d) Kishore Biyani
Ans b) Anand Mahindra
Related facts
• Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Anand Mahindra was conferred with
Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by French Government.
• He was presented with this award by Francois Richier, Ambassador of France to India in
recognition of his outstanding national and international achievements.
• Anand Mahindra is one of the most prominent business leaders in India. Under his leadership
Mahindra & Mahindra group has turned into a global company of outstanding repute.
• Knight of the Legion of Honour Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur is the highest French civilian
award which was started by first emperor of France Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. It is bestowed
upon person for his outstanding service to France, regardless of the nationality.
3) Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of the 21st Law Commission of India?
a) Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan
b) Justice P Sathasivam
c) Justice A P Shah
d) Justice H L Dattu
Ans a) Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan
• The Union Government has appointed former Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Balbir Singh
Chauhan (66) as Chairman of the 21st Law Commission of India (LCI). Currently he is Chairman of
the Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal.
• The LCI is a non-statutory and non-constitutional body constituted by the Union Government from
time to time.
• The first commission was constituted in 1955 and since then various commissions were re-
constituted every three years. It is usually headed by a retired Supreme Court judge or former Chief
Justice of a high court.
• The 20th LCI was headed by Justice A P Shah, Former Chief Justice (CJ) of Delhi High Court and
its tenure ended on 31 August, 2015.
4) Who won the Santhosh Trophy Football tournament recently?

a) Services
b) Maharashtra
c ) Railways
d) Punjab
Ans a) Services
Related facts
• Services retained the Santosh Trophy National Football Championships title after beating hosts
Maharashtra 2-1 in the summit clash.
• Arjun Tudu, scored twice in the space of 11 minutes (26th and 37th) to help Services clinch their
fifth title overall at the SEC Railway Stadium. Mohammed Shabaz had given Maharashtra the lead
in the 15th minute.
• The tournament first began in 1941, and iss the premier football competition in the country.The
trophy as named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, which is
now in Bangladesh, who had been the President of the Indian Football Association, the football
organisation of Bengal and the donators of the trophy
GK quiz
March 3
1) Where will the next BRICs summit be held
a) Moscow
b) Beijing
c) Delhi
d) Goa
Ans-d) Goa
Related facts
▪ India will host the 8th BRICS Summit would be organized on 15-16 October 2016 in Goa. It
will host over fifty meetings and events, at the Ministerial, Working Groups, Senior Officials.
▪ BRICS is an association of five countries viz. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
▪ India has assumed BRICS Chairmanship for second time and had hosted the BRICS
Summit in 2012 for first time in New Delhi.
2) Tourism campaign titled ‘New Worlds’ of which state has recently won the prestigious ‘Golden City Gate
Award’ at the at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016?
a) Gujarat
b) Kerala
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d ) Assam
Ans b) Kerala

Related facts
▪ Kerala Tourism's new campaign on responsible tourism has bagged the prestigious 'Golden
City Gate Award' at the world's leading travel trade show ITB in Berlin.
▪ Titled 'New Worlds', the multimedia campaign containing three short films directed by
reputed Malayalam filmmakerAnwar Rasheed won the silver prize of this year's Das Golden
Stadttor or Golden City Gate, dubbed the Oscar of tourism communication, at the
Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin
3) What is the name given by Union government to the LED-based Domestic Efficient Lighting
Programme ?
a) JYOTI
b ) ROSHNI
c ) KIRAN
d ) UJALA
Ans. D ) UJALA
• Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) distributed 8 crore LED bulbs in a year across 125
cities in the country under the Government of India's UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for all)
scheme.
• Efficient domestic lighting is one of the largest contributors to energy savings globally.
• Distribution of eight crore LED bulbs has led to daily savings of over 2.84 crore kWh, it said adding
that alongside the savings in units, the country has also benefitted from daily CO2 emission
reduction of 23,000 tonnes.
• The UJALA scheme is fully operational in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh and Uttrakhand.
4) Who won the Men's singles at the All England Badminton tournament held in March recently/
a) Lee Chong Wei
b) Chen Long
c) Lin Dan
d ) Tian Houwei
Ans c) Lin Dan
Related facts
• Fifth seed Lin Dan of China comfortably won his sixth All England open title after defeating fellow
countryman Tian Houwei 21-9, 21-10 in the Men’s Singles final.
• In the Women’s Singles final, Nozomi Okuhara from Japan beat Chinese Wang Shixian in a close
encounter 21-11, 16-21, 21-19 to lift her maiden All England Open title.
• The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's
oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the
success of the world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898. The first tournament
was successfully organised on April 4, 1899,
• Prakash Padukone (1980) and P Gopichand(2001) are the Indians who have won the All England
title in the past

GK Quiz
March 4
Q1)Who among the following recently entered the Guinness book of records for the highest number of
songs sung?
4) Susheela Menon
5) Lata Mangeshkar
6) KJ Yesudas
7) Asha Bhosle
Ans a) Suseela Menon
Related facts
• Renowned playback singer P. Susheela has now been recognised by both the Guinness Book of
World Records for singing most number of songs in Indian languages. Guinness Book of World
Records officially credited her for singing record 17,695 songs (solo, duet and chorus backed
songs) in twelve Indian languages.
• In her singing career spanning six decades, she has won many awards and earned accolades. She
has five National Awards to her credit. She was awarded Padma Bhushan, India’s second highest
civilian award in in 2008.
2)Who won the prestigious FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament held in Moscow recently?
a) Sergey Karjakin
b) Fabiano Caruana
c) Viswanathan Anand
d)Anish Giri
Ans a) Sergey Karjakin
Related facts
3)In the final Round 14, he defeated American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana scoring 8.5 points.
With this victory, he will now play with the incumbent world champion, Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus
Carlsen, in a match for the world chess crown in November 2016.
3) The Telecom Commission has approved which number as the single emergency number for India
a) 111
b) 100
c) 121
d) 112
Ans d) 112
Related facts
All citizens in distress will be able to get all emergency services such as police, fire department and
ambulance by just dialling this single-number. It will direct the call to concerned departments immediately
for help
4) Which film was selected as the best film in the 63rd
National film awards announced recently
a) Piku
b) Bahubali

c) Charlie
d) Tanu weds Manu
Ans b) Bahubali
Related facts
m) Baahubali: The Beginning (Tamil, Telugu) directed by S. S. Rajamouli was selected as the Best
feature film.
The 63rd National Film Awards in the various categories are as follows
n) Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Hindi) directed by Kabir Khan was selected as the Best Popular film providing
wholesome entertainment.
o) Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Piku).
p) Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns).
q) Best Direction: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani).
r) Best Film on Social Issues: Niranayakam (Malayalam) directed by V. K. Prakash.
s) Best Supporting Actor: Samuthirakani for the film Visaranai (Tamil).
t) Best Supporting Actress: Tanvi Azmi for the film Bajirao Mastani (Hindi).
5) Union Government on 8 March 2016 launched an online marketing platform ____ to facilitate women
entrepreneurs to sell their products to buyers?
(A) Mahila Sahay
(B) Mahila E-Market
(C) Mahila Jyoti
(D) Mahila E-HAAT
e) It was launched by Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi in New
Delhi
f) Objective is to strengthen the financial inclusion of women entrepreneurs by providing
continued support to their creativity.

GK quiz
April 1
1. Where was the fourth edition of Nuclear security summit held recently?
2. Where was asia’s largest and first of its kind optical telescope Aryabhatta Research Institute
of Observational Sciences (ARIES) was unveiled?
3.
4. Where was the 13th
edition of Indo European Union Summit held recently?
5. Htin Kyaw (69) was sworn in as the first elected civilian (non-military) of which country
recently
6. Who won the Women Singles title at Indian Open Badminton held recently
7. What is the new scheme aimed at providing credit to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe,
and women borrowers called?
8. Iragavarapu Venkata Reddy Construction Limited was in the news for what wrong reasons?
9. Who recently became the first Woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir?
10. Who was awarded the Man of the series title at recent T20 world cup?
11. Which state beame the first in the country to Join the National cancer grid?
12. Which Bank has set up the first Aadhar Based ATM?
13. Narendra Modi was conferred with which country’s highest civilian honour- the King
Abdulaziz Sash?
14. Shiva Thapa, who qualified for 2016 Olympics, is associated with which sport?
15. Where will be the Indian Council for Cultural relations(ICCR) chair be established in the
Arab world?
16. In which state is the Kakrapara Atomic Power Station (KAPS) located?
Answer
1. Washington
In this edition of summit, heads of about 53 countries and representatives of five international
organisations including the UNO, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), European Union
(EU), Interpol took part
The summit will highlight achievements and commitments of several countries towards
safeguarding nuclear devices and technologies and reducing the threat of nuclear terrorism
2. Devasthal in Nainital District, Uttrakhand
It was remotely activated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Belgian counterpart Charles
Michel from Belgium.
Aries telescope was joint collaborative technological effort between Indian and Belgian scientis
3. Brussels
Prime Minister Narendra Modi represented Indian side in the summit. While the European
Union (EU) was represented by President of the European Council, Donald Tusk and President
of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. The 13th summit laid out concrete priority
actions for the strategic bilateral partnership in areas like trade and investment, climate, energy,
water and migration in the next five years.
4 .Myanmar
g) Htin Kyaw (69) sworn in as the first elected civilian (non-military) President of Myanmar after 53
years of military rule. Myanmar’s Army was in power since 1962 coup.
h) Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi who is the leader of NLD party that has majority in the

Parliament was sworn in as foreign affairs Minister.
i) Even though NLD is having majority in Parliament, Aung San Suu Kyi was not able to become
President as the military drafted 2008 constitution of country bars citizen having children of
another country nationality. Her children hold British passports
5. Ratchanok Intanon
 She defeated Olympic champion Li Xuerui 21-17, 21-18 in just 42 minutes
 Kento Momota (Jpn) bt 5-Viktor Axelsen (Den) 21-15, 21-18 to win the Mens Title
6. Standup India
 The scheme is intended to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes, Schedule
Tribes and women and will involve loans ranging from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 1 crore.
 The intent of the proposal is to leverage the institutional credit structure to reach out to
these underserved sectors of the population by facilitating bank loans in the non-farm
sector set up by such SC, ST and women borrowers.
7. IVRCL was the contractor of the under-construction flyover in north Kolkata, which partially
collapsed
Iragavarapu Venkata Reddy Construction Limited (IVRCL), an India-based company engaged in
the business of development and execution of Engineering, Procurement, Construction and
Commissioning in various Infrastructure projects such as Water Supply, Roads and Bridges,
Townships and Industrial Structures, Power Transmission for Central/State Governments, other
Local Bodies and private sector.
8.Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed
9.Virat Kohli for his 273 runs in his five innings
10. Maharashtra tied up with the Tata Trusts to link all government colleges and medical colleges to
the national cancer grid for uniform cancer profiling and quality treatment
11. DCB Bank has started an Aadhaar-based ATM usage facility wherein a customer can transact
using his biometric details instead of the PIN.
 The user can key-in the 12-digit Aadhaar number or swipe the card at an automated teller
machine (ATM) to start a transaction, but at the stage of confirming the identity, it requires biometric
details rather than the PIN
12.Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour- the King Abdulaziz Sash.
World leaders who have received the honour include US President Barack Obama, Russian
President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, British Prime Minister David
Cameron and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
13.Boxing
14. Egypt India will institute its first Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) chair in the Arab
world at Ain Shams University (ASU) in Cairo, Egypt.
15.Gujarat
Kakrapara Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat had to be shut down last month after leakage of
heavy water from its coolant system.

GK quiz
April 2
1. Which state became the fourth state to declare total prohibition recently
2. The Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has constituted a three-member
Committee to see that guidelines set for government advertisements by the Supreme Court
are followed?Who will be heading the committee
3. The Union Government has approved country’s first Metrino Pod project i.e. personal rapid
transit (PRT) network for which place?
4. Who is the new Chairman of NASSCOM appointed recently?
5. Who has directed the recently released film Jungle book based on the Rudyard Kipling
story?
6. Which actor has played Mowgli in the film Jungle Book?
7. What is the Union ministry’s Universal vaccination programme called?
8. What was the Theme of World Health Day celeberated on April 7th
this year?
9. Who was honoured with Hridyanath Mangeshkar award this year?
10. Which city won the top spot in the central government’s sanitation survey, Swachh
Sarvekshan-2016?
11. Which e-commerce giant has recently acquired a Bengaluru-based mobile payments
company PhonePe
12. Which University was was adjudged as the best Indian university in the first National
Institutional Ranking Framework launched by HRD Ministry recently?
13. Who will be captaining the Gujarat Lions team in IPL 2016?
14. Johan Cryuff,the football legend who died recently played for which country
15. Name the chief Minister of Uttarakhand until Presidents Rule was imposed in the state in
March 2016
Answer
1.Bihar
Alcohol prohibition in India is in force in the states of Gujarat, Nagaland and parts of Manipur; as
well as in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Kerala has been implementing prohibition in a
phased manner since 2014
2. BB Tandon
Senior TV journalist Rajat Sharma and ad-man Piyush Pandey will be the other two members of the
committee.
In May 2015, Supreme Court in its order had issued Guidelines on Regulating Government
Advertisements based on recommendations of Prof NR Madhava Menon Committee.

In its order, SC had barred publication of photos of leaders in government advertisements except those
of the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India.
SC had also directed the Union Government to constitute a three-member committee to regulate the
issue of public advertisement
3. Gurgaon,Haryana
A PRT network is made up of small automated vehicles (dubbed as pod) running at close intervals
on a guideway with docking stations for passengers to get on and get off. The pod can
accommodate up to five people. The average speed of the pods is 60kmph.
4.CP Gurnani
Currently, Gurnani is Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tech Mahindra.
NASSCOM is a global non-profit trade association (organisation) of Indian Information Technology
(IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry.
It facilitates business and trade in software and services and encourages the advancement of
research in software technology.
5. Jon Favreau
The Jungle Book is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed by Jon Favreau, written by
Justin Marks, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
Based on Rudyard Kipling's eponymous collective works, the film is a live-action/CGI reimagining of
Walt Disney's 1967 animated film of the same name
6. Neel Sethi
He is an Indian American child actor
7. Mission Indradhanush
The third phase of Union Health Ministry’s universal vaccination programme Mission Indradhanush began
on 7 April, 2016.
Mission Indradhanush: It depicts 7 colours of the rainbow which aims to cover all those children by 2020
who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against 7 vaccine preventable diseases. The
diseases include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B.
8. Beat Diabetes
World Health Organisation (WHO) is marking its annual World Health Day (7 April), to celebrate

Organization’s founding in 1948 on this day in the first World Health Assembly.
9. Viswanathan Anand
The previous recipients of the award include eminent personalities like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha
Bhosle, Amitabh Bachchan, Hariprasad Chaurasia and A R Rahman
10 Mysore
Chandigarh,Tirucharapally and Delhi bagged the next 3 spots in the list
11. Flipkart
12. Indian Institute of sciences,Bangalore
13. Suresh Raina
14. Netherlands
15. Harish Rawat
Gk Quiz
April 3
1 Who won the 2016 Sultan azlan Shah Hockey tournament?
2. Where is the BRICS new Development Bank headquartered?
3) Satyanand Munjal passed away recently co-founded which group?
4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the new portal to connect e-mandies in several state what is it
called?
5) Where was the first Maritime India Summit 2016 held recently?
6) Where did Prime Minister Modi launch Gramodaya se Bharat Uday Abhiyan recently?
7) As per the recent report which country has the largest remittance recipient in 2015?
8) Which state became the first state to pass law against social boycott?
9) Dipa Karmakar who qualified for Rio Olympic is associated with which sport?
10) President Dilma Rousseff impeachment motion was set in motion in April .Which country are we talking
about?
11) Who won the World sports man of the of the Year award at Laureus awards 2016?

12) When was the world heritage day celebrated?
13) Earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude struck 1 70 kilometre Northwest of Quito .In which country is
Quito located?
14) Government has received 600 Research proposals under Satyam scheme? Expand Satyam.
15) Haryana government has decided to rename Gurgaon as ___
Answer
1 Australia ,
It defeated India by 4 goals in the finals.
2 Shanghai, China
BRICS new Development bank has approved its first package of loans work 811 million dollars for for
renewable energy projects in Brazil China South Africa and India.
3. Hero Cycles group, he had co-founded the group along with his three brothers.
4.eNam- National agriculture market which is Pan India e-trading platform designed to create a unique
national market for agriculture commodities.
5.Mumbai,
Main focus of Summit is to give impetus to make in India and blue economy under the union government
ambitious Sagar Mala project.
6. Mhow ,Madhya Pradesh
It is the birthplace of BR Ambedkar .Main aim is to strengthen Panchayati Raj in villages
7. India
8.Maharashtra
9.Gymnastics
10.Brazil
11.Novak Djokovic
Serena Williams Won the Sports women of the Year
12.April 18
UNESCO established 18 April as the International Day for Monuments and Sites in 1983. It aims to raise
public awareness about the diversity and vulnerability of the worlds monuments and heritage sites and the
efforts required to protect and conserve them.
13.Ecuador
14. Science and technology of Yoga and meditation programme
15.Gurugram

GK quiz
May 2
1. In which state will Asia’s first Rice Technology Park be set up ?
2. Which country won the 2016 Asian Kabaddi Championship(Circle style)?
3. Who has been appointed as the Next Chief of Naval Staff?
4. Who won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016 for the Asia region.
5. Who was conferred with Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2015 recently?
6. When is the World Press Freedom day celeberated?
7. Who has been appointed by the Supreme court to head the committee to oversee the
functions of Medical council of India?
8. Who was crowned the champions of English premier league recently?
9. What is the scheme for for providing free of cost LPG (cooking gas) connections to women
from BPL Households called
10. What was the theme of 2016 International workers day?
11. Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat recently qualified for Rio Olympics.With which sport are
they associated with?
12. Name the sportswoman who has recently been nominated for Rajya Sabha?
13. With which country did India hold Joint Military exercise called Nomadic Elephant?
14. Which company has has recently become the first Indian company to sign up for “EP100”, a
global energy productivity campaign?
15. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of National stock exchange?
Answers
1. Karnataka,Koppal District
2. Pakistan defeating India by 50-31 in the final
3. Vice admiral Sunil Lanba.
He will succeed incumbent Navy Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan.
4. Parashar Kulkarni for his funny Fiction story Cow and the company
5. Manoj Kumar
6. May 3rd
2016 Theme was: “Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms – This Is Your Right!”
7. Former chief Justice of India RM Lodha
8. Leicester city
9. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Maldepur Morh, Ballia in Uttar
Pradesh. The tagline for the scheme is Swachh Indhan, Behtar Jeevan. Under PMUY, each
of the beneficiaries will receive monetary support of about 1,600 rupees to get a connection
of cooking gas. It includes administrative cost, pressure regulator booklet and safety hose

10. Celebrating the International Labour Movement
11. Wrestling
12. Mary Kom
13. Mongolia
14. Mahindra and Mahindra
EP100 showcases the world’s most influential businesses committed to doubling their
energy productivity.Energy productivity is about getting more economic output from each
unit of energy, and builds on the huge progress that has already been made on energy
efficiency
15. Ashok Chawla
He is the former chief of Competition Commission
Weekly quiz
May 3rd
week ,2016
1. In which country is the Euro 2016 football tournament being held?
2. Who won the 2016 Man Booker International prize?
3. What is the new name of Wheeler island in Odisha which has the Integrated Missile testing range?
4. Who was recently awarded the Hall of Fame award by International Astronautical federation (IAF)?
5. Who recently became the youngest Formula 1 winner?
6. Along with which leader was Simhastha Declaration released by Narendra Modi at Ujjain?
7. Who has been re appointed as the ICC cricket committee chairman?
8. Which city was declared the most polluted city in the world?
9. On which day is National technology day celeberated?

10. Who won the presidential election of Philipines recently?
11. Which state won the Lonely Planet Best destination for Wildlife award?
12. Which state launched the Chandranna Bhima Yojana for working class people?
13. Who won the Saraswati Samman 2015 announced recently?
14. Who was appointed as the first Chief executive officer of BCCI?
15. Who is the brand ambassador for Skill India Programme?
16. Answers
1. France
The 2016 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or
simply Euro 2016, will be the 15th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the
quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organized by UEFA. It is
scheduled to be held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Spain are two-time defending
champions
2. Han Kang,South Korean writer for her novel “The Vegetarian’
3. Abdul Kalam Island( it was renamed in September 2015)
4. UR Rao,Chairman of ISRO(1984-94)
5. Max Veerstappen(18) from Netherlands
6. Srilankan president Maithripala Sirisena
Simhastha Declaration has 51 sacred points for betterment of mankind that will start new
discourse not only in India but around the world. It is also a prescription on how a duty-
centred system that had been the origin of Indian philosophy of life is relevant in today’s
India.
7. Anil Kumble
8. Zabol,Iran
9. May 11th
The day is being commemorated to celebrate the anniversary of first of the five tests of
Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test, held on 11 May 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
10. Rodrigo Duterte
He won the 2016 presidential election of the Philippines by a landslide victory. He will
become the 16th President-elect of Philippines.
11. Madhya Pradesh
12. Andhra Pradesh
13. Ms Padma Sachdev for her autobiography ChittChette written in Dogri Language
14. Rahul Johri
15. Sachin Tendulkar
Weekly Quiz

May 4
1) On which day is International day for Biological Diversity celeberated?
2) ISRO successfully test launched the vehicle RLV-TD from Sriharikota recently?What does R in
RLV-TD stand for
3) Which team won the Thomas Cup badminton tournament recently?
4) Who was recently appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry?
5) Who was recently elected as the BCCI president?
6) In which state was Smart Village programme launched?
7) Where is the Port of Chabahar located?
8) Satya Nadella will be India for his third visit this year?He is the CEO of which company
9) Which country has been successful with Medicines with Red line campaign to curb over the counter
sale of antibiotics?
10) With Which Grand slam is Rolland Garros associated?
11) Where is 2016 Copa America championship going to be held?
12) Sarbananda Sonowal was sworn in as the Chief minister of which state recently?
13) Dattu Bhokanal is the lone athlete from the sport to qualify for Rio olumpics?With which sport is he
associated with?
14) Who won the best actor award at Cannes film festival 2016?
15) Which film won the Palm d'Or -Best film at the Cannes film festival 2016?
Answers
1) May 22
2016 Theme for the day was “Mainstreaming Biodiversity,sustaining people and their livelihoods”
2) Reusable
Reusable launch Technology Demonstrator(RLV-TD) is capable of launching
sattelites into orbit around earth and then re-enter the atmosphere
3) Denmark.They beat Indonesia 3-2 to claim the title
4) Kiran Bedi
5) Anurag Thakur
6) Gujarat
7) Iran
India,IRan and Afghanistan recently signed an agreement under which India will invest
500 million dollars to develop the port of Chabahar
8) Microsoft

9) India
10) French open
11) USA
12) Assam
13) Rowing
14) Shahab Hosseini for the film “The Salesman'
15) I by British director Ken Loach.
Film is about a middle aged widower and the UK welfare system
GK Quiz
June First week- 2016
1) When is the World Environment day celeberated?
2) What was the theme for 2016 World Environment day ?
3) Who was sworn is as the chief minister of Pondicherry recently?
4) Who won the 2016 Indian premier league title?
5) Pakke tiger reserve in which state recently won the India Biodiversity award 2016?
6) Who won the Woman's Singles title at French open 2016?
7) Who became the first Indian to be given IAF Hall of fame award?
8) Who topped the list of Forbes 100 most powerful Woman in the world?
9) Binali Yildrim was selected as the Prime minister of which country recently?
10) Palakkad,Dharwar,Bhillai,Goa,Jammu and which other city will have new IIT soon?
11) Union HRD minister launched the ASMITA scheme for what purpose?
12) Who won the 2016 Indian Federation cup football tournament?
Answer
1) June 5th
2) Go wild for Life(Zero tolerance for Illegal trade in wildlife)
3) V Narayanaswamy
4) Sunrisers Hyderbad
5) Arunachal Pradesh
6) Garbine Murguza

7) UR Rao,Noted Space scientist
8) Angela Merkel
9) Turkey
10) Tirupati
11) Student Tracking programme;Asmita stands for All school monitoring Individual tracing analysis
12) Mohun Bagan
Weekly quiz
June 2nd
week,2016
1) When is the World Blood donor day celeberated?
2) International union of Pure and Applied chemistry has announced the four proposed names for new
elements.They are Nihonium(Nh),Moscovium,Tennessine(Ts) and __________
3) Who won the 2016 International Dublin Literary award?
4) Who won the Womans singles title of Australian open Super series Badminton?
5) Inder Malhotra who recently passed away was associated with which field?
6) Which day is celeberated as the World day against Child Labour?
7) Which state in India became the first state to launch open Government data portal that facilitates
use,reuse and redistribution of data?
8) According to the Global Peace Index for 2016 launched by Institute for economics and peace which
country is the most peaceful country in the world?
9) The new train launched recently between Bapudham,Motihari and Anand Vihar Delhi has been
named after which historic movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi?
10) Name the actress who has been selected as the Ambassador for the Swach Saathi Programme
Answer
1) June 4th
Theme for 2016 was “Blood connects us all”
2) Oganesson.It is the only the second element to named after a living scientist
3) Akhil Sharma
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Journalism,He was the resident editor of Times of India and the Statesman
6) June 12
7) Sikkim
8) Iceland
India was ranked 141 out of 163 countries

9) Champaran Satyagrah express
10) Dia Mirza
Weekly Quiz
June 3rd
Week,2016
1) Who won the Men's champions trophy Hockey Tournament held in London recently?
2) Why were Mohana Singh,Avani Chaturvedi and Bhawana Kanth in news recently?
3) When is the International day of Yoga celeberated?
4) What is the official ball of Euro 2016 called?
5) What does SWAYAM which is the HRD minsitry's platform for Open Online courses?
6) PM Modi has outlined a Rapid five point Mantra to Tax officials to broaden direct tax net base?What
does RAPID stand for?
7) Which country has recently become the first country to prohibit deferostation?
8) In June who became the first Indian to score a century on debut?
9) Who will be the flag bearer of India at the Rio Olympics?
10) What does the term Brexit mean?
11) Who won the Afghanistan highest civilian honour of Ameer Amanullah Prize recently?
12) Whom did Leander Paes partner to win the French open Mixed doubles 2016 title
13) Who became the first female secretary General of FIFA recently?
14) Who has recently publicly identified himself as the creator of the virtual currency BITCOIN?
15) When is the World Refugee day celeberated
Ans
1) Australia
2) They became the first Women Fighter pilots commissioned by IAF
3) June 21st
4) Addidas Beau Jeu
5) Study webs of Active learning for Young aspiring minds(SWAYAM).This e education platform will
offer courses from high school stage to post graduate stage
6) Revenue,Accountability,Probity,Information,Digitization
7) Norway
8) KL Rahul against Zimbabwe

9) Abhinav Bindra
10) Britains exit from European Union
11) Narendra Modi
12) Martina Hingis
13) Ms Fatma Samba
She is Senagelese UN Diplomat and 21 year veteran of United Nations programmes
14) Craig White,Australian entrepreneur and computer scientist
15) June 20th
,
The observance of the day seeks to draw attention to the plight of refugees throughot the world
GK quiz
June 4
1) Who won the Copa America 2016 football tournament ?
2) Who has written works like Madhyamavyayogam (1979), Kalidasa’s Vikramorvasiyam (1981),
Shakuntalam (1982), Karnabharam
3) Who became the first Indian Athlete to qualify for 100 m Woman (after qualification was introduced for
the event?
4) Who has been appointed as the head coach of Indian mens cricket team?
5) Name of the web portal and mobile app that will be launched by the Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development for IIT JEE aspirants?
6) India entered the MTCR group on June 28th
.What does MTCR stand for?
7) World Bank president arrived in India in June?Who is the current World Bank president
8) Who has recently been appointed as the Chairperson of National institute of Fashion Technology?
9 ) Who has directed the film Udta Punjab which has been in news recently?
10) What is the name of the Light combat Aircraft developed by HAL inducted in Indian Airforce?
11) Vinay Satpati's book Half Lion:How X transformed India was released in June?Identify X
12) Name the NASA Spacecraft that is currently exploring Jupiter's origin and evolution?
13) Xerxes Desai who passed away recently formed which Watch company in tie up with Tamil Nadu
Industrial development corporation?
14) Modi met in June Mr. Enrique Pena Nieto the president of _________ ?
15) Andhradesh has started shifting its Government offices to the new capital city of
Ans
1) Chile
In the final in New Jersey, it defeated Argentina on Penalties
2) Kavalam Narayana Panicker

He was dramatist, theatre director and poet. He had written over 26 Malayalam plays and had played a
pioneering role in bringing idiom into Malayalam theatre. Born on 28 April 1928 in Kavalam, Kerala. He had
started his career as a lawyer in 1955 for six years but later devoted himself to art and literature.
3) Dutee Chand
4) Anil Kumble
5) IITPAL
5) Missile Technology Control regime
6) Jim Yong Kim
7) Chetan Chauhan
8) Abhishek Chaubey
9) Tejas
10) Narasimha Rao
11) Juno
13) TITAN
14) Mexico
15) Amravati
GK Quiz
July 1
1.Which country topped the Human capital Index (HCI) which is a measure of countries capability
to nurture,develop and deploy talent for economic growth?
2. Who will be the official sponsor for the 2016 Rio Olympics?
3. When is the National Doctors day celeberated?
4. In whose honour is National Doctors day celeberated?
5. Dr RC Dhere winner of Sahitya Academy(1987) who died recently wrote in which language?
6. Who won the 2016 Womens Champions trophy?
7. Rodrigo Duterte was recently sworn in as the President of _____?
8.National statistics day is celeberated on June 29th
to mark the birth anniversary which eminent
Statistician?
9.Which District in Assam became the first Island District of the country?

10.Name the founder of nationalist Socialist council of Nagaland who passed away recently.
11. Who has been appointed as the First Chief Officer of National investment and Infrastructure
fund(NIIF)
12. Who won the Golden Boot award in 2106 Copa America Football tournament?
13. Where has India's first commercial court and commercial disputes resolution centre been set
up?
14.India launched the Medium surface to Air Missile Barak8 which has been built in colloboration
with which country?
15.Name the Author of the book “Future shock “who passed away recently
Answers
1. Finland.India has been ranked 105th
in the HCI index
2.Amul
3. July 1
4.Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy who was a highly respected Physician and renowned freedom fighter.He
was the second Chief minister of West bengal.He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1961.He was a
member of Brahmo Samaj
5.Marathi
6. Argentina
7. Philipines
8. Late Prof Prasanta Chaandra Mahalanobis
9. Majuli which is a 400 square kilometer in Brahmaputra river
10. Isak Chisi Swu
11.Sujoy Bose.NIIF was formed to attract investment from both domestic and international sources
for infrastructure development in the country
12. Eduardo Vargas(Leading scorer with 6 goals)
13.Raipur(Chattisgarh)
14.Israel
15.Alvin Toffler
Weekly quiz
July 2

1. Who is referred to as Father Teresa of Pakistan who passed away recently?
2. Who became the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea for the
year 2016 from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
3. Which state government has proposed a Fat Tax to discourage the junk food culture?
4 .Narendra Modi in his African tour signed several MOU with Felipe Nyusi areas of drug trafficking, pulse
trading and sports?Which country's president is Felipe Nyusi
5. In the recent Cabinet expansion who became the Cabinet Minister of Information and Broadcasting
6. World Economic forum recently released its Network readiness Index of country which measures
countries’ success in creating the necessary conditions for a transition to a digitised economy and society?
Which country topped the list
7.Which statebecome the first state in the country to introduce minimum wages for part time workers
8.Who won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton mens title recently?
9. India has recently set up apparel training centre in which African countries to promote skill
development?
10.The 2016 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit has started in which of the following cities
11.The National Green Highways Mission (NGHM) has been launched from which city of India?
12.The ‘Smart Pulse Survey’ will be conducted by which state government of India
13.Who is the author of the book “MS: A life in Music”?
14 . The Namami Gange programme has been launched from which city of India?
15.Who has become the first-ever Indian gymnast to be certified as “World Class Gymnast” by the
International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG)?
Ans
1) Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away after a long battle with kidney disease.
2) Captain Radhika Menon
3) Kerala
4) Mozambique
5) Venkaiah Naidu
6) Singapore
7) Rajasthan
8) B Sai Praneeth
9) Nigeria
10) Warsaw
11) New Delhi
12) Andhra Pradesh(The Andhra Pradesh government will conduct a ‘Smart Pulse Survey’ for

collecting socio-economic data of 1.48 crore households in the state. The first phase of the survey has
started from July 8 and will continue till July 30, 2016.)
13. TJS George
14. Haridwar
15.Dipa Karmakar from Tripura has become the first-ever Indian gymnast to be certified as “World Class
Gymnast” by the International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG). The IFG is the governing body of
competitive gymnastics and its headquarters is at Lausanne, Switzerland.Dipa Karmakar(born 9 August
1993 in Agartala) rose to recognition after winning a Bronze medal in 2014 and also qualified the Rio 2016
Olympics to became the first Female Indian Gymnast to do so
Weekly Quiz
July 3
1)Who headed the committee on BCCI reforms whose recommendations were accepted recently by the
Supreme court?
2) Malcolm Turnbull was recently sworn in as the Prime mInister of Australia?
3) Who has installed TRI NETRA for Avoiding accidents?
4) Where has Indias first e court(paperless) court been set up?
5) What was the theme of Nelson Mandela International day celeberated on July 18th
?
6) Who won the Womans National Squash Singles title this year?
7)Capitol complex from India was added into UNESCO’s heritage site recently?Where is Capitol complex
situated
8)Pema Khandu was sworn in as the 10th
Chief minister of which state?
9) Which state in India will soon have a Happiness department?
10) The worlds first Hospital on Rails of Indian Railways completed 25 years recently?What is it called
11) What was the Operation to rescue Indian Citizens in July from South Sudan Called?
12) Who became the second Woman Prime Minister of United Kingdom recently?
13) When is the World Population day celeberated?
14) The 51st
Jnanpith Award was conferred on Dr.Raghuvir Chaudhari recently?In which language has he
written his works
15) What is the name of the Autobiography of Sania Mirza released recently?
Answers
1. RM LOdha
2. Australia
3. Railways
Terrain Imaging for Diesel Drivers- Infrared Enhanced Optical and Radar Assisted (Tri-NETRA)

4. Hyderbad
5. Take action,Inspire change
6. Deepika Pallikal
7. Chandigarh
8. Arunachal Pradesh
9. Madhya Pradesh
The department will prepare guidelines for coordination between different departments like women
and child development, health, and sports for propagating happiness in the state.
10. Lifeline Express
11. Sankat Mochan
12. Theresa May
Theresa May born on October 1,1956 in Eastbourne Susses
She succeeds David Cameron, who had resigned in the wake of Brexit referendum that
ended his six-year-long stint as the Prime Minister of Britain.
With this, she became UK’s second-ever female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher (in
office from 1979-1990
Prior to entering front-line politics, May has worked with the Bank of England from 1977 to
1983.
13. July 11
14. Gujarati
15. Ace against Odds

Weekly Quiz
July 4
Neeraj smashes world record
1.Neeraj Chopra broke the Junior world record in the IAAF World under 20 championship.Where was the
championship held?
2 . Which country has recently declared a 3-month state of emergency in the aftermath of coup attempt?
3. The India’s first Green Rail Corridor was inaugurated on the 114-km long Manamadurai to __________
stretch in Tamil Nadu?
4. Where was Indias First Water Metro project inaugurated?
5.Identify the artist who passed away recently?
6. Who recently became the first Indian captain to score a double century outside India?
7. Which country ranks first in Sustainable Development goals?
8. Ajay Bhushan Pandey was appointed as the CEO of ____________?
9. Which company topped the Fortune 500 list released recently?
10. Ghatampur Thermal Power project has been approved by the Cabinet recently?In which state is
Ghatampur plant?
11.Mohd Shahid the hockey player who passed away recently won a gold medal in Which Olympics
12. Who became the first Indian to win the Mr.World title?
13.Name the Bakery in Dhaka where hostage crisis took place on July 1st
,2016?
14.Who won the Inaugral Indian Premier Futsal tournament?
15.Vijendar Singh clinched the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title with by beating WBC European
champion?Name him
Answer
1 .Bydgoszcz,Poland

2. Turkey
3. Rameswaram(Green Rail corridor ensures Zero toilet discharge and all trains have been equipped with
Bio Toilets)
4. Kochi
5.Syed Haider Raza
6.Virat Kohli
7. Sweden
8. UIDAI (Unique Identification authority of India)
9. Walmart
10. Uttar Pradesh
11.1980,Moscow Olympics
12. Rohit Khandelwal
13. Holy Artisans
14. Mumbai 5s
15.Kerry Hope
SH Raza-The Bindu Vanishes
Syed Haider Raza Alias S.H. Raza (22 February 1922 – 23 July 2016) was an Indian artist who has lived
and worked in France since 1950, but maintains strong ties with India.
His works are mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic, with a very rich use of color, replete with icons from Indian
cosmology as well as its philosophy.
He was awarded the Padma Shri and Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1981, Padma Bhushan in
2007 and Padma Vibhushan in 2013.
He was conferred with the highest French civilian honour, the Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur
(Legion of Honour) on July 14, 2015.
The bindu variously interpreted as shunya or the void or nothingness was the gignature in his later works
which also served as a symbol of the seed which possesses the potential to give birth to all life.

GK quiz
August 1st
week
1 )We will be adding 6 new IITS under the Institute of Technology(Amendment) bill 2016?
The six new IITs are at Palakkad,Goa,Dharwar,Bhillai,Jammu and______
2) Which state in India became the first state to adopt Sewage and Waste water policy
3) What is the slogan of World Anti Doping agency(WADA)?
4 ) Who won the fourth edition of Pro Kabaddi League?
5) Who has written the books Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998) and Rudaali on which films were made?
6) When is World Tiger day Celeberated?
7) Name the Indians who won the Magsaysay award this year
8 ) Name the first Aircraft to circle the globe using Solar Energy?
9) Union government plans to redraw the Red corridor?What is Red corridor
10) Which committee will be constituted by Union Government for timely implementation of Central
Schemes?
11 ) The novel “The Village by the Sea: an Indian family story” has been authored by whom?
12 ) Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao, who recently passed away, was the well-known scientist of which
field?
13 ) The book “The Sialkot Saga” has been authored by whom?
14 ) Kargil Vijay Diwas is celeberated on which day?
15 ) What is the motto of 2016 Rio Olympics
Answers
1 ) Tirupati
2) Rajasthan
3) Play True
4) Patna Pirates
5 ) Maheshwata Devi
6) July 29
7) Bezwada Wilson and musician TM Krishna,
Bezwada Wilson (India): He has been recognized for asserting the inalienable right to a life of
human dignity. He is the National Convener of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA). He has done
remarkable work in liberating scores of people engaged in manual scavenging across the country.
Thodur Madabusi Krishna (India): He has been recognized for ensuring social inclusiveness in
culture. He is a Carnatic music vocalist.
8 ) Solar Impulse 2
9 ) Red Corridor is a region in the eastern part of India that experiences considerable Naxalite–Maoist

insurgency.
10 ) Disha
11 ) Anita Desai
12 ) Agriculture
13 ) Ashwin Sanghi
14 ) July 26th
15) A new world( Portuguese: Um mundo novo)

Weekly Quiz
August 2
1. Union Govt has launched the MAA scheme.What does Maa Stand for?
2. Sahitya Akademi winner Mahim Bora who passed away recently wrote in which language?
3. Who became the first Indian Woman to be elected as an Individual member of IOC?
4. Who has been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award 2016?
5. Pushpa Kamal Dahal was elected as the 39th
Prime Minister of which country?
6. Who will be the host of 2020 Summer Olympics?
7. Baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and _____________ are the
events to be held in Next olympics
8. Indias First Tiger cell will be set up in which city
9. Iron lady of Manipur Irom Sharmila ended her 16 year long hunger strike recently.Against
which did she go on a strike?
10. Government lanched the Yaad Karo Kurbani programme to commemorate the 70 the year
of Independence and 75th
year of _____________movement?
11. Name the first Indian Gymnast to qualify for Olympics final
12. Who became the 16th
Chief minister of Gujarat recently?
13. When is the National Handloom day celeberated?
14. Who lit the Rio Olympics flame during the opening ceremony?
15. Who was the youngest athlete to compete at Rio Olympics 2016?
Answer
1 ) Mothers absolute affection(Nation wide breast feeding exam)
2 ) Assamese
3 ) Nita Ambani
4 ) Shubha Mudgal
5 ) Nepal
6 ) Tokyo
7 ) Surfing
8 ) Dehradun
9 ) AFSPA-Armed forces special Powers act
10 )Quit India Movement
11 ) Dipa Karamakar
She hails from Agartala, Tripura. At 2014 Commonwealth Games held at Glasgow she had created history
becoming the first Indian female gymnast to win medal (bronze) in history of the games. He also had won a
bronze medal at the Asian Gymnastics Championships and had finished fifth at the 2015 World Artistic
Gymnastics Championships. She is also one of the five women who have successfully landed on very
difficult Produnova vault in competition.

12 ) Vijay Rupani
13 ) August 7th
14 ) Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima(Brazilian Olympic marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, who
memorably took bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, bravely continuing after being
physically-attacked by an onlooker while leading in the latter stages of the event)
15 ) Gaurika Singh from Nepal
Weekly quiz
August 3
1 ) Who won the ladies title of PSA Australian open held in Melbourne recently?
2) Which country successfully launched the world's first Quantum Satellite which which help in establish
hack proof communications system?
3 ) Who beat Michael Phelps to win the 100 m butterfly title to claim the first Olympic gold for his country ?
4 ) Which team won the Nehru trophy Boat race for a record for 14th time in Alleppey recently?
5 ) Joao Havelange who passed away recently headed which body from 1974 to 1998?
6 ) Where in India will the first Nickel production plant being set up by Hindustan Copper plant?
7 ) Name the poet and lyricist who penned National award winning lyrics like Anandha Yazhai Meetukirazh
in Thanga Meenkazh, who passed away recently?
8 ) Which state became the first to Ratify the GST bill,2014 recently?
9 ) Which Indian athlete entered a track event final at Rio olympics after PT Usha did it in 1984 olympics?
10 ) Which sport returned to Olympics after 112 years in Rio ?
11 ) Name the new video calling app launched by Google to compete against Skype?
12 ) Where is the next NAM summit going to be held in September?
13 ) When is the international Youth day celeberated?
14 ) When is the World Bio Fuel day celeberated
15 )The theme song for Tiranga Yatra “70 saal azaadi Yaad karo Kurbani” organised to mark the 70 years
of independence day was composed by whom?
Answer
1 ) Dipika Pallikal
2) China

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