1. Who won the 2016 Copa America Football title?
Ans: Chile. They defeated Argentina in the finals.
2. Name the Indian origin lawyer from South Africa who was appointed chairman of the UN Commission to monitor the human rights situation in Sudan.
Ans: Yasmin Sooka
3. The supersonic cruise missile system BrahMos was recently integrated with which fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force?
Ans: Sukhoi SU-30 MKI
4. Who won the 2015 GD Birla Award for Scientific Research?
Ans: Sanjay Mittal
5. Who is the head coach of the Indian cricket team for the next one year?
Ans: Anil Kumble
6. International Olympic Day was observed on:
Ans: June 23
7. What does MTCR stand for?
Ans: Missile Technology Control Regime
8. Who is CEO of the newly created National Investment and Infrastructure Fund?
Ans: Sujoy Bose
9. The union government launched a pilot programme to run two wheelers on CNG in which city?
Ans: New Delhi
10. Lionel Messi, who recently announced his retirement from the Argentine football team, plays for which football club?
Ans: FC Barcelona
11. International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed on:
Ans: June 26.
UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was also observed on June 26.
12. Which eminent Malayalam dramatist, theatre director and poet passed away recently?
Ans: Kavalam Narayana Panicker
13. The Government of India gave approval for the purchase of 145 Ultra Light Howitzer guns-from which country?
Ans: United States
14. Who is the first Indian woman after PT Usha to qualify for the 100 metre event in the Olympics?
Ans: Dutee Chand
15. Which Indian was named among the ten '2016 Global Compact Sustainable Development Goal Pioneers’, by the United Nations?
Ans: Zubaida Bai
16. Day of the Seafarer was observed on:
Ans: June 25
17. Which rebel organisation signed a ceasefire agreement with the Government of Columbia to end the 50 year civil war?
Ans: FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia)
18. Where was the 2016 summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held?
Ans: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19. World Hydrography Day was observed on:
Ans: June 21.
UN Public Service Day was also observed on June 23.
20. What is the rank of India in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows, as per the 2016 World Investment Report published recently by UNCTAD?
Ans: 10th
21. Which Kannada movie won the Asia New Talent Awards for the best film and the best script writer at the 2016 Shanghai International Film Festival?
Ans: 'Thithi
22. The International Astronomical Union named a crater on Mars after which earthquake-hit village in Nepal?
Ans: Langtang
23. Which man-made waterway, opened in 2014, was recently renovated, expanded and re-opened for ships?
Ans: Panama Canal
24. Which Indian shooter won silver in the 10 metre Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan?
Ans: Jitu Rai
25. Which neighbouring country has recently set up a dark sky reserve to limit light pollution?
Ans: China
26. Which company appointed Sanjay Malik as its head of Indian market?
Ans: Nokia
27. Which sportspersons were named as members of Khelo India?
Ans: Anju Bobby George and Pullela Gopichand
28. Which popular Qawwali singer in Pakistan was shot dead recently?
Ans: Amjad Sabri
29. Who are the 2016 NBA champions?
Ans: Cleveland Cavaliers
30. Who will be the India's batting coach for the West Indies tour?
Ans: Sanjay Bangar
