1. What is India's rank in the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), released by the World Economic Forum?
Ans: 91
Singapore is the first in the list.
2. Who heads the committee, constituted to examine the possibility of changing the existing dates of financial year?
Ans: Shankar Acharya
3. Name the latest country to become an associate member of the ICC.
Ans: Saudi Arabia
4. What was the theme of the World Population Day 2016?
Ans: "Investing in Teenage Girls"
5. The 2016 NATO summit was held in which city?
Ans: Warsaw (Poland)
6. Who is the first woman to get the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea?
Ans: Radhika Menon
7. Which eminent Pakistani philanthropist and social activist, also known as Pakistan's `Father Teresi’, passed away recently?
Ans: Abdul Sathar
8. Lidudumalingani Mqombothi, South African writer and film maker, got which prestigious literary award recently?
Ans: Caine Prize
9. Which Indian city hosted the 2016 BRICS Youth Summit?
Ans: Guwahati
10. Name the mission launched by the union government to develop eco friendly and green national highways?
Ans: National Green Highways Mission (NGHM)
11. Which central government scheme, aims to train 50 lakh apprentices in the country?
Ans: National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)
12. The government of India has given in-principle approval for setting up a major port at which place in Tamilnadu?
Ans: Enayam, near Colachel
13. Who is the new union minister for human resources development?
Ans: Prakash Javedkar
14. Which became the first port in the country to implement logistics data tagging of containers?
Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Maharashtra
15. Who is the first woman to become the chief justice of Nepal?
Ans: Sushila Karki
16. Where was the 2016 BRICS Anti Drug Working Group Meeting held?
Ans: New Delhi
17. Name the World Bank project in India, exclusively aimed at the socio economic empowerment of adolescent girls and young women in Jharkhand?
Ans: Tejaswini
18. As per the data released by the union ministry of tourism, which is the most visited state, as well as foreign tourists?
Ans: Tamil Nadu
19. Who are the winners in the men's and women's singles in the 2016 Wimbledon Tennis?
Ans: Andy Murray (Men's Singles), Serena Williams (Women's Singles)
20. Who won the 2016 UEFA European Football championship?
Ans: Portugal
21. The National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has given genetic recognition tag to which breed of sheep found in Odisha?
Ans: Kendrapara Sheep
22. Who is the first Indian footballer to play in the Europa League?
Ans: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
23. The second unit of which nuclear power plant became operational recently?
Ans: Kudankulam
24. Who won the Formula One British Grand Prix?
Ans: Lewis Hamilton
25. Which Keralite won the World Cookbook Award, for her cookbook, '4 o'clock Temptations of Kerala'?
Ans: Nimi Sunilkumar
26. What is the percent of `Fat Tax' imposed by the Government of Kerala, on fast food items like burgers, pizzas, doughnuts, pasta etc?
Ans: 14.5 percent
27. India has set up an apparel training centre in which African country to support its textile industry?
Ans: Nigeria
28. Which country has introduced stringent anti terror law, dubbed as `Big Brother' law?
Ans: Russia
29. What is the original name of the popular Bollywood music director Omi, who passed away recently?
Ans: Om Prakash Sonik
30. Name the mobile application launched by the TRAI for measuring the real time mobile internet speed that consumers get.
Ans: Myspeed
31. Name the social media banking platform launched by the SRI, for Facebook and Twitter users?
Ans: SBI Mingle
32. The world's largest charka was unveiled at which Indian airport?
Ans: Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
