1. Where was the India Sanitation Conference conducted ahead of the second anniversary of Swachh Bharath Mission?
Ans: New Delhi
2. What is the numerical position of India as a country which ratify the Paris agreement?
Ans: 62
3. Who is the Indian origin South African who won Google science fair prize-2016?
Ans: Kiara Nirghin
4. Name the V.I.P who accepted India's invitation to be the chief guest for next Republic Day celebration.
Ans: Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Abudabi crown prince)
5. Name the scheme, The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had launched and later under which black money of Rs 65250 crore was disclosed.
Ans: Income Disclosure Scheme 2016
6. First state in India, to adopt Central Governments Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local bodies (ULB) is ____.
Ans: Rajasthan
7. Who is elected as the first female president of Estonia?
Ans: Kersti Kaljulaid
8. Which of her books made history writer Nayanjot Lahiri, the winner of John F Richards prize 2016?
Ans: Ashoka in Ancient India
9. Who is the chairman of newly constituted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)?
Ans: M.S. Sahoo
10. Which is that opened the first domestic bank in India a foreign branch in Yangon, Myanmar?
Ans: State Bank of India
11. Who is the first Indian to be in-ducted in the Hall of Fame of International Astronautical Federation (JAF)?
Ans: Uduppi Ramachandra Rao (ISRO former chairman)
12. Name the newly launched system to ensure safety of bridges in the country by Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Ans: Indian Bridge Management System
13. Who is the author of 'Modis midas touch in foreign policy'?
Ans: Surendra Kumar
14. Where is India's first International Arbitration Centre Inaugurated?
Ans: Mumbai
15. Who recently extended his record as the Indian cricketer to win most number of player of the series award?
Ans: R. Aswin
16. Name the Columbian president who won Nobel prize for piece.
Ans: Juan Manuel Santos
17. Which is India's latest communication satellite launched from French Guiana?
Ans: GSAT-18
18. Name the space telescope that detected mysterious super-hot blobs of gas seen near a dying star.
Ans: NASA's Hubble space telescope
19. Who is the Indian researcher, successfully produced a stable, high efficiency, all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal solar cells?
Ans: Abhishek Swarnkar
20. What is the name of the high altitude glaciological research station in Himalaya started functioning recently?
Ans: Himansha
21. Who won the gold medal in women's kabbadi at the 5th Asian Beach Games held in Danang, Vietnam?
Ans: India
22. Name the body which The Union Finance Ministry has decided to set up with the objective of deepening bond markets in the country.
Ans: Public Debt Management Cell
23. Where was the 4th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial Meeting held?
Ans: Jaipur
24. Who is appointed as the new head for National Security Advisory Board?
Ans: P.S. Raghavan
25. Who won the champion of champions pistol award of International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)?
Ans: Jithu Rai
