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1000 MW Turga hydel project that was approved by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) will be
located in West Bengal
A court of the country that ordered the Sunni Muslim-ruled country's leading Shia opposition group
dissolved and its assets should be seized is - Bahrain
A Federal Supreme Court justice authorized corruption probe against Dilma Rousseff. She is the
president of Brazil
A group of Chinese scientists will be performing worlds first genetic editing trial on humans in an
attempt to find a cure for - Lung Cancer
A group of researchers discovered a new species of eel, Gymnothorax indicus, from - Bay of Bengal
A group of scientists recently succeeded in introduction of Sericulture in Poyen Village, which is
located in - Kargil
A Joint expedition by India and the United States have resulted in the discovery of large, highly
enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate at- Indian Ocean
A new species of a ground-dwelling lizard was recently discovered in Mumbai. The lizard is named
after- Varad Giri
A new termite species named Glyptotermes Chiraharitae was recently discovered at - Kerala
A Rapid Rural Police Response System was recently launched in Punjab
A three-day Woodpecker Environment and Wildlife Film Festival will begin on 7 July 2016 at
historic Gaiety Theatre in - Shimla
Actor who won the UK Theatre Awards 2016 for his individual contributions to British theatre- Sir
Ian McKellen
Afghanistan signed a peace agreement with one of the country's largest militant groups Hezb-e-Islami
led by - Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Agricultural scientist fondly referred to as the Father of Hybrid Sorghum who died in July
2016- Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh laid the foundation stone of a Gokul Gram at Mathura in
Uttar Pradesh for - Conservation and development of native cattle breeds
Ahmed Zewail, the Egyptian-American scientist who died in the United States on 2 August 2016 won
the Nobel Chemistry Prize in 1999 for - his pioneering work in femtochemistry
Air India will introduce three more flights on the Australia-India air route next year, increasing the
frequency to - 10 flights per week
Airport Authority of India in August 2016 signed a MOU with which state for successful launch of
the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) of the Union Government- Maharashtra
Angelique Kerber became the second German player to win the US Open. The first German player to
win the US Open is - Steffi Graf
App launched by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 5 July 2016 for measuring real
time mobile Internet speed of consumers - MySpeed

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App launched by Union Government in August 2016 to enable citizens associate more and more with
Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas- Swachhata App
Armenian President appointed Karen Karapetyan as the Prime Minister of Armenia. The president of
the country is - Serzh Sargsyan
As per reports, Union Government has decided to reduce the number of Maoist-affected districts from
existing 106 districts by what number 20
As per WMO, global land and ocean average temperature for January 2016June 2016 was -1.05C
above the 20th century average
Assam Government decided to set up a Special Protection Force for Kaziranga national park
comprising - 112-member
Assamese poet and author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002 and died recently in
September 2016- Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya
Astronomers have detected the Great Red Spot on which planet that is the region behind heating of
the planet - Jupiter
At least 2186 nationals of the country have supported the idea that the country should leave the
European Union - Latvia
Australias oldest Olympian who has passed away recently is - Forbes Carlile
Australian surfing champion best known as Midget for his slight size who died on 7 August 2016 at
the age of 71 is - Bernard Farrelly
Author awarded with the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015- Sunita Jain
Author of the autobiography 'Chitt-Chete' written in Dogri language is - Padma Sachdev
Author of the book "Citizen and Society" that was launched by President Pranab Mukherjee and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is - Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari
Backed by Supreme Court's order, former Arunachal Pradesh's Chief Minister who resumed his duty
as the Chief Minister of the state is - Nabam Tuki
Bank that tied-up with Uber for cash-back of up to 25 percent for hailing cabs from the app-Standard
Chartered Bank
Banwarilal Purohit has been recently appointed the Governor of - Assam
Bar Council of India (BCI) suspended 126 lawyers of this state and prohibited them from practising
in any court or tribunal in the country - Tamil Nadu
Bengali writer who wrote Jhansi'r Rani (The Queen of Jhansi) and died in July 2016-Mahasweta Devi
BHVS Narayana Murthy was appointed as the Director of Research Centre Imarat. The Research
Centre Imarat is a laboratory of Defence Research Development Organisation
Bill passed by Rajya Sabha in August 2016 to introduce the goods and services tax- The Constitution
(122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014
Bill passed by Rajya Sabha in July 2016 to establish the National Compensatory Afforestation
Fund- Compensatory and Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016
Bill passed by the Union Cabinet in July 2016 to evolve a mechanism for social, economic and
educational empowerment of the transgenders - Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016
Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra government to undertake measures on a warfooting to
keep the beaches safe as during ongoing immersion of Ganesh idols in - Arabian sea
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) women parliamentarians forum on 21 August
2016 ended at Jaipur with the passage of - the Jaipur Declaration
BRICS policy planning dialogue meeting began on 26 July 2016 in this Indian city - Patna
Britain's Foreign Office has relaxed its travel advice for Britons visiting Turkey following - a failed
coup
CCEA has given its approval for disinvestment of a percent of paid up equity of National Buildings
Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) - 15%

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Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on 30 June 2016 notified rules for calculating Fair Market
Value (FMV) of assets located in India under- Income-tax Act, 1961
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fox News Channel who resigned in July 2016Roger Ailes
Chairman of Ricoh India Ltd who resigned on 25 July 2016- Tetsuya Takano
Chariots of these are pulled during the world famous Rath Yatra in Puri - Lord Jagannath, Lord
Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra
China and Vietnam on 13 September 2016 agreed to properly manage their differences over territorial
disputes in - the South China Sea
China in August 2016 launched the world's first quantum satellite named- Quantum Experiments at
Space Scaler (QUESS) satellite
China recently launched its first Dark Sky Reserve in - Tibet
China's city that is set to host India Week celebrations with a business and investment meeting to be
attended by CEOs of top Indian firms is - Yangzhou
City of Jammu and Kashmir in which Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) is located that
was attacked by Terrorists in October 2016 is - Pampore
Clothing brand that was acquired by the Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail in July 2016- Forever 21
Committee constituted by RBI in August 2016 to look at various facets of household finance in
India- Tarun Ramadorai Committee on Household Finance
Company that topped the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest firms - Walmart
Consortium of the government entities that made the proposal of R&D project for development of
Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) Technology for Thermal Power Plants are-BHEL, NTPC and
IGCAR
Countries whose names were approved as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security
Council by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) are - Ethiopia, Bolivia, Sweden and
Kazakhstan
Countrys largest two-wheeler maker that inked a wage settlement pact with its permanent workers at
Gurgaon Plant, entailing a hike of 12500 rupees spread over three years is - Hero MotoCorp Ltd.
(HMCL)
Critically acclaimed Iranian director who died recently and whose 1997 film Taste of Cherry won the
prestigious Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival- Abbas Kiarostami
Debshankar Mukhopadhyay was recently been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of -Zee
Learn
Dinesh Kumar Khara has been appointed as the Managing Director of - State Bank of India
Eminent Assamese litterateur who passed away in August 2016 and won Sahitya Akademi award for
his most popular work Edhani Mahir Hanhi in 2001- Mahim Bora
Eminent poet and lyricist who passed away in August 2016 and penned a novel titled Silk City in
Tamil- Na Muthukumar
Exercise Jalrahat for Flood Relief is a Joint Initiative of Armed Forces and Assam Government
Facility launched by Union Government in August 2016 that allows people to sign documents
digitally from remote places- eSignDesk
Famous musician who died in August 2016 and gave the Album titled Beached- Ricci Martin
Five new sports that will be added to the progaramme for 2020 Tokyo Olympics include Baseball/Softball, Karate, Skateboard, Climbing Sports and surfing
Following Constitutional Article was referred by Delhi High Court to hold that Lt. Governor is the
administrative head of the National Capital Territory - Article 239 & 239AA

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Following were appointed as the observer to oversee the election of new Chief Minister of Gujarat
after Anandiben Patel resigned from her office - Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP General
Secretary Saroj Pandey
For crowd control, the Union Government approved the use of Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide
(PAVA) as an alternative to - Pellet Guns
Former England batsman who signed a deal to become Australia's batting coach until March 2020 is
- Graeme Hick
Former international umpire who passed away in August 2016- Subrata Banerjee
Former Meghalaya Chief Secretary who waas appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of
Meghalaya is - P B O Warjri
Former RBI Deputy Governor Anand Sinha was appointed to the Board of- IDFC Bank
Former Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief who will be honored with 2016 Tilak Sanman
Puraskar for his contribution to Green Revolution is - Sharad Pawar
Fortunes list of most powerful women based outside the US was topped by - Banco Santander's Ana
Botin
Founder of Titan Co Ltd who died in June 2016- Xerxes Sapur Desai
Four African nations that was visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi between 7 July to 11 July
2016 are Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Mozambique
Four Indians qualified for the Rio Olympics beginning 5th of August are - Mohammad Anas, Srabani
Nanda, Ankit Sharma and Atanu Das
Four SAARC member countries that decided to boycott the 19th SAARC Summit to be hosted by
Pakistan from 9 to 10 November 2016 are - India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan
Geologists have found the first evidence for China's Great Flood, a 4000-year-old disaster that led to
birth of the Xia dynasty and modern Chinese civilization happened in this river Yellow River
Gita Gopinath was appointed as the financial advisor to - Chief Minister of Kerala
Government has approved subsidized helicopter services in ten sectors of - Jammu and Kashmir and
Himachal Pradesh
Government of the country has approved a new 18-billion euros nuclear power station after imposing
significant new safeguards to protect national security is Britain
Government of the country has asked electoral authorities to declare illegal the opposition coalition
seeking to oust President Nicolas Maduro via a recall vote, accusing them of committing massive fraud
is - Venezuela
Government's think-tank Niti Aayog has devised a short-term and medium-to-long term action plan to
help India achieve 50 medals in - 2024 summer Olympics
Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Guptaon who added another feather to his
cap by retaining the Commonwealth Chess championship crown in Colombo, Sri Lanka is - Abhijeet
Gupta
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani dedicated 2 mbps download and 512 kbps upload digital
connectivity to - 6000 villages
Gujarat Governor OP Kohli today took additional charge of the Governor of - Madhya Pradesh
He authored the book Life In Diplomacy - M K Rasgotra
He bagged the Under-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship title - India's Velavan
Senthilkumar
He clinched the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in mens segment - Saurav Ghosal
He handed the ICC Test Championship mace to Indian Test captain Virat Kohli for leading his team
to the top of the Test Team Rankings - Sunil Gavaskar

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He headed by to prepare a road map for elimination of poverty submitted its report to the Prime
Minister's Office (PMO) on 11 September 2016 - Arvind Panagariya, the Vice-Chairman of NITI
Aayog
He headed the 7th Pay Commission whose recommendations were approved by the Union Cabinet
- Justice AK Mathur
He headed the Committee on border protection that submitted its report to the Home Minister Rajnath
Singh - Madhukar Gupta
He headed the NGT committee to assess the damage caused by the World Culture Festival of Art of
Living Foundation to the Yamuna flood plain in March 2016 - Shashi Shekhar
He headed the SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money who submitted its
fifth report to the apex court Justice MB Shah
He is retired judge of Odisha High Court and will head the judicial probe constituted by the state
government to look into Jagannath Temple management Bimal Prasad Das
He was appointed as the 24th governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Dr. Urjit R Patel
He was appointed as the head of the task force by the Union Government to study the structure of
organised Group A Central services T Jacob
He was awarded with Golden Ball award at the 2016 Copa America football tournament -Alexis
Sanchez
He was awarded with Golden Boot award at the 2016 Copa America football tournament -Eduardo
Vargas
He was awarded with Golden Glove award at the 2016 Copa America football tournament -Claudio
Bravo
He was chosen as Man of the Match during the 1st test match between India and New Zealand
- Ravinder Jadeja
He was chosen for the 2016 Nag Bhushan Award that is conferred by Nagpur-based NonGovernmental Organization Nag Bhushan Foundation - Devendra Fadanvis, the Chief Minister of
Maharashtra
He was conferred with the 2016 Mahanayak Samman award on 24 July 2016 by West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee - Bappi Lahiri
He was given the charge of Union Ministry of Minority Affairs following the resignation of Najma
Hepatullah Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
He was honoured with Tamil Ratna award by America Tamil Sangam in September 2016 Subramanian Swamy
He was selected for 2016 Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award -Shiv
Kumar Sharma
He was sworn in as Philippines president - Rodrigo Duterte
He was sworn-in as the 19th Chief Minister of Gujarat - Vijay Rupani
He was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh and is also became the youngest Chief
Minister in India - Pema Khandu
He was sworn-in as the deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat - Nitin Patel
He was sworn-in as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh - Tathagata Roy
He was the Delhi High Court-appointed observer that submitted its report on Delhi and Districts
Cricket Association's functioning during this year's IPL with its observation - Justice Mukul Mudgal
He will head Indian Navys high level committee that was constituted to find out extent of Scorpene
Submarine data leak - Ashok Kumar
He will head the high-level committee that was constituted to review the minimum support price
(MSP) and bonus for pulses - Arvind Subramanian

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He will head the panel constituted to prepare draft bill on Ganga river to deal with all issues related to
the river Justice (retd) Girdhar Malviya
He will head the RBI constituted inter regulatory Working Group that will study the entire gamut of
regulatory issues relating to Fin Tech and Digital Banking in India - Sudarshan Sen, Executive Director
of RBI
He will head the Rhino Horn Verification Committee that was constituted by Assam Government to
verify the genuineness of the rhino horns stored in various treasuries of the state since three decades
- Mohan Chandra Malakar
He won the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula One (F1) - Nico Rosberg
He won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature - Bob Dylan
He won the 2016 Wimbledon title by defeating Milos Raonic of Canada 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2) -Andy
Murray
He won the gold medal of Judo in 73kg category at 2016 Rio Olympics - Shohei Ono, Japan
Head of New Health Emergencies Programme appointed by World Health Organisation (WHO) in
June 2016- Peter Salama
High Court of the state issued directions to the Election Commission that teacher should not be
deployed for poll duty during examinations - Uttar Pradesh
Hindustani classical singer who will be honoured with the annual 'LalitArpan Samman' this year is
- Shubha Mudgal
Hiroshi Nakagawa was appointed the Chairman of - Isuzu Motors India
Hollywood actress who starred as Eva in 1958 film The Gun Runners and passed away in August
2016- Gita Hall
IMF in its revised global economic growth forecast for 2017 lowered world economy growth to what
percent point from its previous report of April 2016 0.1 percent point
In an effort to recognise the contribution of veteran crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey, Mumbais civic
body renamed a city square near Hiranandani Garden in suburban Powai to - Jyotirmoy Dey Chowk
In Andhra Pradesh, the famous hill shrine of Tirumala Tirupati Devasathanam has made it official
that it is compulsorily to produce Aadhaar card as identity proof by the devotees who wish to perform
- Anga Pradakshinam
In France, at least 60 people were killed and many injured in the French Riviera city of Nice when a
truck ploughed into crowds watching a fireworks display on - Bastille Day National holiday
In Jammu and Kashmir, one of the founding members of ruling PDP and MP who resigned from the
party and membership of Parliament is - Tariq Hameed Karra
In Moldova, a court has sentenced former Prime Minister to nine years in prison after finding him
guilty of corruption and abuse of power while in office - Vlad Filat
In the wake of increasing number of road accidents due to drunken driving, the Union Government
has requested all States and union territories to ensure no license is issued to liquor vendors along National Highways
India A clinched the Quadrangular one-day cricket series by defeating - Australia-A by 57 runs
India agreed to resolve bottlenecks to enhance bilateral trade and boost investments between the
countries with - Nepal
India and Bangladesh recently signed a deal for the construction of coal fired power plant named
- Rampal Power Station
India and France inked the 7.8-billion Euro deal for - 36 Rafale fighter jets
India and Sri Lanka on 15 September 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
support livelihood of the fishing and farming communities in - Hambantota district
India declared itself free from the highly contagious infectious viral disease of birds - Avian influenza
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India has handed over 30 SUVs to the nation during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit is Mozambique
India has set up an apparel training centre in which West African country to support textiles industry
of the country - Nigeria
India in August 2016 signed agreement with which country to foster conditions that will help create
and improve workplace-based vocational training in India's industrial clusters- Germany
India in September 2016 signed Air Services Agreement under Open Sky Policy with - Greece

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India is ranked at which place in The W10 report 2016 released by New World Wealth-Seventh

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India off-spinner who surged to the top of the ICC player rankings for Test bowlers after a superb
outing in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua is - Ravichandran Ashwin
India on 20 July 2016 signed the Air Services Agreement for the first time with -Mozambique

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India on 27 June 2016 became the 35th full member of - the Missile Technology Control Regime
(MTCR)
India on 28 September 2016 observed the 109th birth anniversary of revolutionary socialist -Shaheed
Bhagat Singh
India on 7 July 2016 signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in areas of drug trafficking,
pulse trading and sports with- Mozambique
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India proposed a joint task force on connectivity in India-ASEAN Region to work on extension of
India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highways to - Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
India recently received certificates from World Health Organisation recognising India free from
- Yaws, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus
India renewed its existing Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit with which country that was
signed on 29th July 2006 for a period of ten years with - Bhutan
India signed 100 Million US dollar Loan with this multilateral agency for Cauvery Delta project in
Tamil Nadu with- Asian Development Bank
India signed Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) with the United States

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India signed MoUs in fields of renewable energy, traditional systems of medicine with Myanmar

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India successfully test fired a new surface-to-air missile, from an Integrated Test Range at Chandipur
that was jointly made between - India and Israel
India was placed at what position in the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2016 - 91st position

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India wrestler who was named as a replacement for dope-tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav for Rio
Olympics in the 74kg freestyle category is - Parveen Rana
Indias Ace shooter who on 28 June 2016 clinched the silver medal for India in men's 50-metre rifle 3
position event of the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Ajerbaijan - Sanjeev Rajput
Indias boxing star Vijender Singh defeated him to lift the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight
title at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi - Kerry Hope of Australia
Indias facility to produce Nickel metal of LME grade from primary resource was launched by
Hindustan Copper Limited at - Ghatsila in Jharkhand
Indias first BIO-CNG plant was inaugurated in Pune
Indias first centre for international arbitration was launched by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis in - Mumbai
Indias first commercial dispute resolution centre and commercial court was inaugurated on 2 July
2016 at - Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Indias first e-court was opened in July 2016 at- High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
Indias first Paralympic gold medallist who was the flag-bearer for the Indian contingent at the 2016
Summer Paralympic Games is - Devendra Jhajharia

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Indias first Water Metro project was recently launched in - Kochi

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Indias rank in Logistics Performance Index 2016 released by the World Bank is - 35

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Indias rank in the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2016-2017 that was released by World
Economic Forum - 39
Indias site that was listed in UNESCOs world Heritage sites in mixed category in July 2016 is Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim
Indias site that was listed in UNESCOs world Heritage sites in transnational category in July 2016
is - Complexe du Capitole, Chandigarh
Indian athlete Deepa Malik recently bagged a silver medal at the Rio Paralympics. She won the medal
in- Shotput F-53 event
Indian Company that got the highest ranking in the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest firms
- Indian Oil Corporation
Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu recently became the first Indian to play in Europa League.
He was named in - Stabaek FC
Indian music composer will honour legendary carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi at the United
Nations on 15 August 2016 at the United Nations General Assembly is - A.R. Rahman
Indian off-spinner who reclaimed the number one spot in Test rankings for bowlers is -Ravichandran
Ashwin
Indian Olympic gold medallist who announced his retirement from shooting recently-Abhinav Bindra

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Indian para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia recently won gold medal in - Javelin Throw

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Indian powerlifter who finished fourth in the men's 49kg category at Rio Paralympics -Farman Basha

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Indian researchers have found that endosulfan causes DNA damages in animals. Endosulfan is
- Organochlorine pesticide
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Telangana government signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to provide digital classes across the state through its state channel named - Mana
TV
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched eight satellites in two different
orbits in a single mission with - PSLV C35 rocket
Indian womens Kabbadi team on 28 September 2016 bagged gold medal at - the 5th Asian Beach
Games
Indians in the Fortunes list of most powerful women based outside the US are - SBI chief Arundhati
Bhattacharya, ICICI head Chanda Kochhar (fifth) and Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma (ninteenth)
Indian-American professor who was on 12 July 2016 appointed as the Dean of University of North
Texas College of Information in the United States- Kinshuk
Indian-origin former Singapore President who was conferred with the Outstanding Member of the
South Asian Diaspora award 2016- S R Nathan
Indian-origin politician Sellapan Ramanathan died recently. He was the former president of
Singapore
Indian-origin President of Singapore who died in August 2016 and was the sixth and longest-serving
President of Singapore- S R Nathan
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India's Grand Master who won the Fide Womens Grand Prix trophy in Chendu, China is -Harika
Dronavalli
India's mixed doubles pair that won the 2016 Brazil Open Grand Prix is - Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N
Sikki Reddy
India's Olympic Silver Medalist who passed away recently is - Joseph Antic
Institutions that on 28 June 2016 inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Coal
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by coal companies are - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Central Institute of
Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR)
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed on 26 June 2016 with
theme - Listen First
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict that was observed on 26 June
2016 was adopted by UNGA via a resolution adopted in the year - 1997
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition is observed globally
on- 23 August
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was observed on - 26 September
International Day of Charity is observed globally on- 5 September
International Day of Democracy was observed on 15 September 2016 with theme -Democracy and
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
International Day of Friendship is celebrated on- 30 July
International Tiger Day that was observed on 29 July 2016 was founded in at the St. Petersburg Tiger
Summit of which year, with the aim to double the big cat population by 2022 -2010
It is with this country India signed a short-term route agreement to route petroleum products
Bangladesh
Italian film actor who died in June 2016 and was known for acting in Spaghetti Westerns-Bud
Spencer
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling party that on 11 July 2016 claimed victory in an
election for the upper house of parliament National Diet is - Liberal Democratic Party
Jim Yong Kim was recently reappointed as the President of - the World Bank
Jupiters Moon where the astronomers from US space agency NASA found evidence of possible
water plumes - Europa
K V R Murthy was recently appointed the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of - Jute Corporation of
India Limited
Kazakhstans swimmer who won men's 200m breaststroke swimming event at the Rio Olympics is
- Dmitriy Balandin
Kazhakstans weightlifter who won gold medal of the men's 77kg weightlifting class at the Rio
Olympic Gamess - Azerbaijan
Lok Sabha in August 2016 passed which Bill to reduce litigation in cases of disputes arising over
compensation to workers- The Employees Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Lok Sabha on 26 July 2016 passed the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill,
2016 to amend - the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) (CLPR) Act, 1986
Lok Sabha passed the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2016 that seeks to amend
the Benami Transactions Act of the year - 1988
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to
probe preacher speeches of the person and submit a report. He is - Zakir Naik
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India appointed Liro Rossi as the Chief Executive Officer of -Holiday
Club resorts
Majuli recently became the first island district of India. Majuli is located in Assam
Malayalam script writer who died in August 2016 and won the state film award for best screenplay in
1996 for the film Kanakkinavu- T A Rasaq
Ministry of Railways decided to implement Flexi Fare system in - Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto
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Morgan Freeman is among the recipients list of 2015 National Medal of Arts to be given by US
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Naga rebel leader who died in June 2016 and was chairman of Nationalist Socialist Council of
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Name of the all-in-one virtual reality solution launched by Intel to create merged reality is -Alloy
Name of the operation that seeks to build border modelled after Israeli security mechanisms along
Pakistan - Operation Chakravyuh
Name the state that will allow teachers suffering from diseases of debilitating disorder for special
concession in transfer under the new teachers transfer policy Haryana
NASA recently gave its approval to New Horizons mission to investigate a mysterious object located
deep in - Kuiper Belt
NASAs Hubble Space Telescope recently detected Great Balls of Fire near - V Hydrae
NASAs spacecraft that recently entered Jupiters orbit to understand the origin and evolution of the
planet IS Juno
NASAs spacecraft that was launched to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth in
hopes of learning more about the origins of life - OSIRIS-REx
Nasdaq-listed Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corp (TRTL) in July 2016 acquired- Yatra Online
National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) on 7 July 2016 unveiled
Indias first Centre of Excellence focused on Internet of Things (CoE- IoT) at- Bengaluru
National Sports Day is observed across India on 29 August to commemorate birth anniversary of
- Dhyan Chand
Navy Chief recently commissioned INS Karna, which is a dedicated base for - Marine Commandos
NDA governments programme that was launched to reach out the minority community and publicize
the various welfare measures taken by the government for their betterment -Progress Panchayat
NDMC in July 2016 signed MoU to develop 12 sewage treatment plants with- National
Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
Nelson Mandela International Day is observed every year on- 18 July
Nepal Maoist chief who is all set to become the Prime Minister for the second time as he filed his
nomination after receiving crucial backing from the agitating Madhesis by signing a three-point pact is
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda"
Nepal's Prime Minister who resigned from his office ahead of a no-confidence vote is -Khadga Prasad
Oli
NITI Aayog in August 2016 signed agreement to set up web portal on energy data with-United States
(US) Energy Information Administration (EIA)
North-west railway has further extended its facilities for newborn and their mothers at -Jaipur railway
station in Rajasthan
Noted scientist Madhav Dhekane recently took over as the Director of - ISRO Inertial Systems Unit
NS Vishwanathan has been recently appointed as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. He
will succeed - Harun R Khan
Number of projects inaugurated by Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti under the Namami Gange
Programme is - 231
Odisha government has launched a new cadre for urban local bodies called - the Odisha Municipal
Cadre
Off-spinner from India who became the fastest Indian and second overall to take 200 wickets,
reaching the milestone in his 37th Test is - Ravichandran Ashwin
ONGCs Executive Director who has been appointed as the full-time Chairman of Oil India Ltd. is
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Outlet of the pharmacy was inaugurated by Union Health Minister JP Nadda at Gauhati medical
college and hospital AMRIT pharmacy
Paris-based startup acquired by Google in July 2016- Moodstocks
Parliament of the country has passed legislation that will prohibit police from providing information
to the media without government permission - Egypt
Patna High Court quashed Bihar government notification completely banning liquor in the state by
saying that the notification is - Ultra Vires to the Constitution
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Person appointed as the Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) in July 2016-Guruprasad
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Person appointed as the Chairman of Press Trust of India recently- Riyadh Mathew
Person appointed as the Chairman of the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) of Kerala- VS
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Person appointed as the Chief Economist of World Bank in July 2016- Paul Romer
Person appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CSS Corp in August 2016-Manish
Tandon
Person appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Intelligence Grid
(NATGRID) in July 2016- Ashok Patnaik
Person appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of ITC Ltd in July 2016- Sanjiv Puri
Person appointed as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh in July 2016 - Deepak Singhal
Person appointed as the Chief Secretary to the Karnataka Government recently- Subhash Chandra
Khuntia
Person appointed as the Director General of National Museum in July 2016- Buddha Rashmi Mani
Person appointed as the Director General of Police (Intelligence) of Tamil Nadu recently - TK
Rajendran
Person appointed as the Director of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library recently- Shakti Sinha
Person appointed as the Managing Director of Max Hypermarkets India in August 2016 -Rajeev
Krishnan
Person appointed as the Prime Minister of Tunisia in August 2016- Youssef Chahed
Person appointed as the Transport Commissioner of Delhi - Sandeep Kumar
Person appointed as the Vice-President-Finance for India and South West Asia of Coca-Cola in July
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Person re-elected as the Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council on 8 July 2016-Ramraje Naik
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Person sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in August 2016Jagdish Mukhi
Person was elected as the National President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for the year
2016-17- K K Aggarwal
Person who assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Uranium Corporation
of India Limited recently - CK Asnani
Person who assumed the charge as the Chairman of Central Silk Board, Union Ministry of Textiles in
August 2016- K M Hanumantharayappa
Person who bagged the APJ Abdul Kalam Award for meritorious services in the Higher Education
Department of Tamil Nadu- P Shanmugam
Person who has assumed charge of General Manager of East Central Railway in August 2016- D K
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Person who resigned as Managing Director of JM Financial Ltd in August 2016- Nimesh Kampani

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Person who resigned as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Microsoft in July 2016- Kevin Turner

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Policy launched by Railways Ministry recently to ensure women participation in Indian
Railways- Policy providing sub quota of 33% to women for the allotment in catering units
Portal acquired by Flipkart Ltd on 26 July 2016- Jabong
Portal launched by Railways Ministry on 30 June 2016 for employees' grievances redressalNIVARAN portal
President Pranab Mukherjee launched Kolkata Akashvani Kendras Moitree Service in Bangla for
listeners in - Bangladesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani today jointly teleinaugurated the Stor Palace in Kabul that was renovated under a tripartite agreement between- Aga
Khan Development Network, Government of Afghanistan and the Union Government
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the first phase of SAUNI (Saurastra Narmada Avataran
Irrigation yojana) at - Sanodara of Jamnagar district of Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August 2016 launched Mission Bhagiratha in- Telangana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Yaad Karo Kurbani celebrations at Alirajpur in Madhya
Pradesh, the birthplace of freedom fighter - Chandra Shekhar Azad
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2016 launched Projects under the Smart Cities Mission in
Pune for- 20 Smart Cities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched 70 Saal Azaadi Yaad Karo Kurbani programme at
- Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a book titled The Birds of Banni Grassland that is a
compilation of the research work, relating to more than 250 species of birds found in - the Banni area of
Kutch, Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-nation tour to - Mozambique, South Africa,
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Puducherry Government decided to write off all farm loans taken in the Union Territory from - Cooperative Banks

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the 10 per cent reservation given to economically weaker
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Raj Babbar was recently appointed the Chief of Congress party in the state of - Uttar Pradesh
Rajya Sabha on 1 August 2016 passed the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2016 with voice Vote that
seeks to amend - the Dentists Act, 1948
Rank of India in the inaugural Sustainable Development Goal Index released by Sustainable
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Rank secured by India in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2016- 97th
Region declared as Measles free recently by WHO- The Americas
Renowned painter and freedom fighter who passed away in June 2016 KG Subramanyan passes
away and was awarded with the Padma Vibhushan in 2012- KG Subramanyan
Renowned Yoga Guru who passed away in recently was responsible for founding Krishnamacharya
Yoga Mandiram- TKV Desikacha
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed 27 crore rupees penalty on 13 public and private sector
banks for - Foreign Exchange Management (FEMA) Act violations and Know your customer (KYC)
lapses
Riding on their back-to-back wins over Laos in June 2016, India made a big leap of 11 places to
occupy this place in the latest world football rankings issued by FIFA - 152
Russia on 8 October 2016 vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution demanding an end to the
bombing of - Aleppo city in Syria
Russia plans to deploy one of its best air defense systems to Crimea in August 2016 that is -the S-400
Triumf
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman will soon be appointed as Director of the Board. The Vice
Chairman of Samsung Electronics is - Lee Jae-yong
Sanjay Gupta has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of - Konkan Railway
Corporation Limited
Satellite launched by China in August 2016 for the protection of its maritime rights is - Gaofen-3
Scheme approved by Union Cabinet in July 2016 to impart fresh training to 60 lakh youths and
certify skills of 40 lakh persons acquired non-formally- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
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Second phase of the Feed the Future- India Triangular Training Programme was launched on 25 July
2016 in New Delhi by - the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the U.S Agency for
International Development (USAID)
Second phase of the Feed the Future- India Triangular Training Programme was launched will
provide specialized agriculture training to - 1500 agricultural professional across Africa and Asia
Shambhu Singh Yadav has been appointed as the Deputy Lokayukta of - Uttar Pradesh

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She became the first Indian badminton player to enter the womens singles finals in Olympics - P V
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She became the first Indigenous woman elected to the House of Representatives (lower house) of
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She clinched the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in womens segment - Dipika Pallikal
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She clinched the women's singles of the Russian Open Grand Prix at Vladivostok - Ruthvika Shivani
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She will become the second woman to become the Prime Minister of Britain following the
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She won the Democratic nomination for the US President elections scheduled to take place on 8
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She won the womens singles title of 2016 Wimbledon - Serena Williams

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Six Indians who on 11 July 2016 qualified for the Rio Olympics are - Renjith Maheswary, Anirban
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South African writer who won the 2016 Caine Prize- Lidudumalingani Mqombothi
Sports Minister Vijay Goel has announced ten lakh rupee cash award to javelin thrower for creating
world record at IAAF world Under-20 athletics Championship - Neeraj Chopra
Sports Minister Vijay Goel on 2 August 2016 inaugurated Wall of Wishes at India Gate Lawns in
New Delhi to celebrate - the Olympic mood in the country
Sports person who was nominated for the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civillian honour by
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is - Sushil Kumar, the two-time Olympic-medallist wrestler
Sports personality appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Vizag Steel recently- P V Sindhu
Sri Lanka's parliament approved the establishment of office of missing persons (OMP) to investigate
incidents of people reported missing during and soon after - the war against LTTE
Sriram Rajamani is appointed as the Managing Director of Microsoft India Research Lab, which is
located in - Bengaluru
State government that made available online A2 milk of indigenous cows in North India through Vita
Milk Plants on demand of general public is - Haryana
State that constituted a State Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (STAGI) in July
2016- Kerala
State that launched Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana (KSSY) to Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana (KSSY) Odisha
State that launched the DNA Index System for DNA profiling of criminals in August 2016-Andhra
Pradesh
State that will now have its own bravery awards and these awards will be given out on Independence
Day and Republic Day every year is - Delhi
State-run airlines that will now fly unconfirmed passengers of Rajdhani trains at the fares matching
with the AC first class ticket prices is - Air India
Sudhanshu Mani has been appointed as the General Manager of - Integral Coach Factory
Supreme Court in its decision held that a Hindu son can divorce his wife if she tries to separate him
from his elderly parents as - It is 'pious obligation' of a son to maintain his parents
Sushila Karki recently was endorsed by Nepals Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee as the first
woman - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
System developed by Indian Railways for enhancing the vision of Locomotive Pilots in inclement
weather in July 2016- TRI-NETRA system
T.P. Dasan recently assumed the charge as President of - Kerala State Sports Council
Tamil film directed by Vetrimaran and produced by Dhanushs Wunderbar Films that was selected as
India's entry in the Foreign Language Film category for the 89th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held
in 2017 - Visaranai
Targeting 25 per cent rail share in automobile traffic, railways on launched time-tabled Auto Express
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Telangana and Maharashtra government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start


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Chanaka-Korata on Painganga River
The 109th martyrdom day of a freedom fighter was observed in different parts of West Bengal today
with solemnity - Khudiram Bose
The 11-year-old girl who will swim in River Ganga from Kanpur to Varansi with a message of clean
Ganga is - Shraddha Shukla
The 139th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath commenced on 6 July 2016 in Puri, Odisha. The festival is
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The 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who was appointed as the Chief
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The 2016 BRICS Youth Summit that concluded in Guwahati, Assam concluded on 3 July 2016 was
held with theme - Youth as bridge for Intra-BRICS Exchanges
The 2016 India-US Economic Summit will be held in New Delhi
The 2016 National Doctors Day that was observed recently is observed to honour - Bidhan Chandra
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The 3rd edition of BRICS Urbanisation Forum Meet is being held at Vishakhapatnam

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The actor who was recently named as the brand ambassador of the Samajwadi Pension Yojana is
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The advanced weather satellite that was launched by ISRO from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in
Sriharikota is - INSAT-3DR
The advertising doyen chosen for the Advertising Agencies Association of India Lifetime
Achievement Award is - Srinivasan K. Swamy
The African nation from which Union Government has decided to evacuate its nationals amid
Africas oldest civil war that ignited in July South Sudan
The aircraft that recently completed the first round-the-world solar powered flight is - Solar Impulse 2
The airlines that has decided to start an inter-State flight service from Bhubaneswar on 15 August
2016 is - Air Odisha
The airport that became the first in the Asia-Pacific region to achieve the Carbon Neutrality status by
Airport Carbon Accreditation is - Indira Gandhi International Airport
The airport that was awarded the Best Tourist Friendly Airport under the category for State Annual
Excellence Awards by Andhra Pradesh Tourism is - Tirupati Airport
The ambitious scheme to give security free LPG connection to BPL families under Pradhan Mantri
Ujjawala Yojna (PMUY) was launched in Patna, Bihar
The American artistic gymnast who won gold in the Floor Exercise event at Rio Olympics is -Simone
Biles
The American filmmaker, often called as the Godfather of Gore, who died recently is -Herschell
Gordon Lewis
The American ice hockey Olympic champion who has been appointed as the Head of International
Olympic Committee Athletes Commission is - Angela Ruggiero
The American journalist who has won Best Foreign Journalist for India Award for her feature, The
Great Heaven, on Kerala is - Stephanie Pearson
The American soprano and playback singer, best known for dubbing the singing voices of the leading
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The American swimmer who recently won his/her 21st Olympic gold Medal at the 2016 Summer
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The American swimmer who set a new world record to win gold in the women's 400 metres freestyle
at the Rio Olympics is - Katie Ledecky
The amount of money recently approved by the Union Government for Swadesh Darshan scheme is
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The amount to be invested by the Union Government in order to increase the capacity of Panipat
Refinery from existing 15 million tonnes to 25 million tonnes is - 15000 crore rupees
The animal that was recently declared as critically endangered by the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature is - Bornean orangutan
The annual cap of coal for sale through State Nominated Agencies has been hiked from four thousand
two hundred tonnes per annum to - Ten thousand tonnes per annum
The anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug designed for type 2 Diabetes mellitus that was released by Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - BGR-34
The anti-missile system that will be deployed in the Korean Peninsula by United States and South
Korea - THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense)
The apex banking body of micro-financing and funding to the causes of rural development that
celebrated its 35th foundation day on 12 July 2016 is - NABARD
The author of the book titled Ringside With Vijender that was released recently is -Rudraneil
Sengupta
The author of the book titled Who Moved My Interest Rate? - Duvvuri Subbarao
The author of the famous book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community who died
recently is - William H McNeill
The Authority that has decided to create a Special Purpose Vehicle SPV for operation and
maintenance of its green projects including those related to parks, nature reserves and eco-friendly
corridors - Delhi Development Authority
The Ayurvedic medicine manufacturer that recently inked MoU with DRDOs Defense Institute of
High Altitude Research to promote cultivation of rare medicinal plants is - Dabur India Ltd.
The bank that has recently signed a share purchase agreement to acquire micro lender Grama Vidiyal
is - IDFC Bank
The bank that recently introduced the Software Robotics for power banking operations is -ICICI Bank
The Belgian jazz musician, mostly known for harmonica playing, who died recently is - Toots
Thielemans
The Brazilian researchers recently found a species of mosquito that is able to transmit Zika virus to
humans
The Brazilian swimmer and wheelchair user who lit the symbolic cauldron at the 2016 Summer
Paralympic Games is - Clodoaldo Silvax
The bureaucrat who has been appointed as the Secretary of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a new formula to calculate
production subsidy for Sugar Mills
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved construction of a new dry dock
within - Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 28 September 2016 approved Project
SAKSHAM that is - New Indirect Tax Network (Systems Integration) of the Central Board of Excise
and Customs (CBEC)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently gave its approval for installation of Ghatampur
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The Chinese player who won gold medal in Table Tennis at Rio Olympics and also became the fifth
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The city that will host the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup is - Ahmedabad
The colour of the ball used during the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament is Pink
The committee that was constituted to examine the desirability and feasibility of having a new
financial year will be headed by this former Chief Economic Adviser - Shankar Acharya
The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairperson who has been elected the 39th Prime Minister of
Nepal is - Pushpa Kamal Dahal
The company that has landed a 99.7-million dollar contract from Vietnam Border Guard to design,
construct and supply high-speed patrol vessels is - Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
The country for which negotiations for budget contributions began in Brussels for its membership in
European Union is - Turkey
The country has appointed two women as judges of Islamic Shariah High Court for the first time in
the history of the judiciary of the Muslim-majority country - Malaysia
The country inducted its largest indigenously-built transport aircraft Y-20 is - China
The country that banned online media from publishing unverified content, especially from the social
media, after the country's internet regulator punished some major websites that fabricated stories this
year is - China
The country that became the first in the world to contribute US$100000 for the UN Trust Fund in
support of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse is India
The country that called for a free trade deal with Britain following its exit from the European Union
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The country that declared Zika emergency in the northern half of the country Peru
The country that discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new
mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China's runways and military installations across the vital
trade route is Vietnam
The country that has recently been declared free from measles by the World Health Organization is
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The country that has recently launched world's largest amphibious aircraft is - China
The country that launched its second Shijian-16 series satellite is - China
The country that opened its border with Colombia for the second time in July 2016 to allow people to
cross over to shop for basic foods and medicines is - Venezuela
The country that ranked 1st in the Human Capital Report 2016 is - Finland
The country that recently announced to resume work on Giant Sea Wall to save its sinking capital is
Indonesia
The country that recently inaugurated worlds first electric road is - Sweden
The country that recently launched world's biggest radio telescope in search for extraterrestrial life is
China
The country that signed the controversial anti-terrorist legislation adopted by the lower and upper
houses of parliament in June 2016 is - Russia
The country that topped the Global Competitiveness Index, (GCI) 2016-17 - Switzerland
The country that topped the Logistics Performance Index 2016 released by the World Bank
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The country that topped the medal table at the 2016 Summer Olympics recently concluded in Rio de
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The country that won the gold in first-ever Olympic Women's Rugby Sevens Championship isAustralia
The country to whos visiting Home Minister was assured for Indias full support in their fight against
terrorism by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is - Bangladesh
The country where the Muslim Brotherhood has made a return to parliament after winning 16 seats in
the 130-member house is - Jordan
The country whose surgeons performed the worlds first robotic operation inside the eye is The
United Kingdom
The country with which Russia has agreed to restore bilateral relations and end the economic
sanctions is Turkey
The country with which Russia recently signed an agreement on Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation is
- Cuba
The countrys Anti-monopoly watchdog ruled that Google would have to pay a 6.8 million dollar
fine, for pre-installing applications on mobile devices running its Android operating system Russia
The country's industrial production grew at this percentage rate in May 2016 - 1.2%
The Court of Arbitration for Sport recently banned wrestler Narsingh Yadav for four years following
an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency. The Court of Arbitration for Sport is located at - Lausanne,
Switzerland
The cricketer who became the oldest captain to score a century in a Test match - Misbah-ul-Haq
The Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology that is celebrating its 40 years of opening its
gate for the public is based in the city - Madras
The cycler who won gold in Men's omnium track cycling at Rio Olympics is - Elia Viviani
The dairy products company that became the official sponsor of Indian contingent to the Rio
Olympics 2016 is Amul
The death metal band that won the G-Shock Wacken Metal Battle 2016 at the recently held Bangalore
Open Air is - Elemental
The Defence Ministry has written a letter to CBI seeking a probe into the allegations of kickbacks in
the 2008 deal with - Brazilian aircraft maker, Embraer
The Department of Posts and Telegraph in association Andhra Pradesh will deliver holy water,
Pushkara jalam, of this river to the devotees for festival Pushkaralu Krishna River
The director of Hollywood film The Wicker Man who died recently is - Robin Hardy
The director of the Vietnam War classic The Deer Hunter who died at his Los Angeles home at the
age of 77 is - Michael Cimino
The District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) whose formation was
announced by Union Government will be known as - Disha
The district of West Bengal that was declared as an open-defecation free (ODF) district in September
2016 is - Hooghly
The drama series that became the Most-Awarded Drama in Emmy History is - Game of Thrones
The 'Early Childhood Care and Education' policy notified by Union Government aims to achieve
holistic development of children below - Six years of age
The Election Commission of India recently launched NERP 2016 programme across the country.
What is the full form of NERP is - National Electoral Roll Purification
The estimated cost of the R&D project for development of Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC)
Technology for Thermal Power Plants that was approved by CCEA is - 1554 crore rupees

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The Exercise RIMPAC 2016 recently began at Hawaii
The famous futurist and the author of the famous book Future Shock who died recently is -Alvin
Toffler
The famous Modern Indian artist who passed away recently is - Syed Haider Raza
The female violinist who will be conferred with the coveted Sangita Kalanidhi Award for the year
2016 is - A. Kanyakumari
The film that won the 2016 International Indian Film Academy Award for Best Film is -Bajrangi
Bhaijaan
The first actress to play the role of Lois Lane in Superman who died recently is - Noel Neill
The first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, who died recently is - James Alan
McPherson
The first BRICS Wellness Workshop was held in Bengaluru
The first death anniversary of former President was observed on July 27 who died at the Indian
Institute of Management, Shillong where he had gone to deliver a lecture - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
The first edition of IoT India Congress 2016 began in Bengaluru
The first Indian Cricket Captain under whom India received the ICC Test Championship mace is
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The first Indian cueist to win a medal at the Sangsom 6 Red Snooker World Championship is
Pankaj Advani
The first meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency
commenced recently in - Visakhapatnam
The first professional full-time football coach of India who died recently is - Amal Dutta
The first Russian-Pakistani joint military exercise, which recently commenced in Pakistan, is Druzhba-2016
The first squadron of home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) that was inducted into Indian Air
Force (IAF) at the Aircraft System Testing Establishment in Bengaluru on 1 July 2016 is Tejas
The first Sri Lankan player to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame is - Muttiah
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The first state in India to introduce minimum wages for part time workers is - Rajasthan

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The five symbols included in the Official Emblem for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India unveiled
recently are - Indian Ocean, Banyan Tree, Kite and Starburst
The footballer who announced his retirement from international football - Lionel Messi
The footballer who recently became the first Indian to play in Europa League is - Gurpreet Singh
Sandhu
The footballer who recently was conferred Shan-E-Mohammedan is - Prasun Banerjee

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The former Australian cricketer, nicknamed as Tangles, who passed away recently is - Max Walker

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The former Chief Justice of India who has been appointed as the Head of BCCI legal panel to interact
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The former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who was found dead at the Chief Ministers official
residence is - Kalikho Pul
The former Comptroller and Auditor General of India who stepped down from private sector lender
IDFC Banks board is - Vinod Rai
The former English cricketer who registered his name in Guinness Book of World Record for taking
the highest catch of cricket ball is - Nasser Hussain
The former FIFA president and IOC member who died recently is - Joao Havelange
The former French cyclist, who rode in eleven editions of the Tour de France, who died recently is
- Dominique Arnaud
The former French Financial Services Commissioner appointed as the European Unions Chief
Negotiator with the United Kingdom over leaving the European Union is - Michel Barnier
The former Indian athlete who will be honoured with the Bharat Gaurav Award by the East Bengal
Football Club is - Milkha Singh
The former Wipro employee appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of online fashion portal Myntra
is - Dipanjan Basu
The founder of Slingbox, a TV streaming media device, who died recently is - Blake Krikorian
The freedom fighter who symbolised Gandhian and Communist values who passed away recently is
- K Madhavan
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2014 is also known as - Constitution (122nd Amendment)
Bill
The Governor of Tripura who has taken the additional charge as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
during JP Rajkhowas absence due to leave is- Tathagata Roy
The great ape species that has recently been declared as Critically Endangered by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature is - Eastern Gorilla
The Gujarati writer who was conferred with the 51st Jnanpith Award by President Pranab Mukherjee
on 11 July 2016 is - Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari
The hammer thrower who created a world record of 82.29m in womens hammer throw to win gold at
Rio Olympics is - Anita Wlodarczyk
The head of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha who died recently is
- Pramukh Swami Maharaj
The history professor of Iceland who won Icelands presidential election by securing 39.1% of the
vote is - Gudni Johannesson
The Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner who passed away recently is - Elie Wiesel
The host city of the 2016 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was -Vientiane,
Laos
The Hungarian biochemist, professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences (D.Sc.) and winner of a
Szchenyi Prize who died recently is - Gyorgy Keri
The Hungarian city that will host the 2020 European Aquatics Championships is - Budapest
The IFS officer who has been appointed as the Indian Ambassador to the United States of America is
- Navtej Sarna
The Indian actor chosen for the prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight in the
National Order Arts and Letters) is - Kamal Haasan
The Indian American who won the 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize is - Ramesh Raskar
The Indian athlete who became the first Indian woman to bag a medal at the Paralympics is -Deepa
Malik
The Indian badminton player who won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Mens Singles
title is - B Sai Praneeth

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The Indian city that will host the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie, scheduled for 16 September to
18 September 2016 is - New Delhi
The Indian diplomat, famous for heading the Indian delegation at the Conference on Disarmament in
Geneva, who died recently is - Arundhati Ghose
The Indian female wrestler who won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category at the Olympic Games in
Rio is - Sakshi Malik
The Indian government institute ranked Worlds 12th Best Government Institute by the Scimago
Institutions Rankings is - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
The Indian Gymnast who created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic
final at the Rio Olympic Centre is - Dipa Karmakar
The Indian javeline thrower who set a new national record at the 56th National Inter-State Senior
Athletics Championships is - Annu Rani
The Indian multinational IT firm that won the Employee Engagement Project of the Year and Social
Responsibility Project of the Year at North American Employee Engagement Awards is -Tata
Consultancy Services
The Indian music composer who was recently honoured with the Tamil Ratna Award is - A R
Rahman
The Indian para-athlete who recently became the first Indian to win two gold medals at the
Paralympics is - Devendra Jhajharia
The Indian paramilitary force that has decided to appoint Olympic Silver medalist PV Sindhu as its
brand ambassador and bestow the honorary rank of Commandant to her - Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF)
The Indian player who recently won India's first medal at Asian Beach Games is - Pincky Balhara
The Indian port that became first port in India to implement logistics data tagging of containers is
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port
The Indian shooter who won the trap bronze medal in the Champion of Champions match at the
Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy is - Manavaditya Rathore
The Indian skeet who won the bronze medal in the Champion of Champions match at the Junior
World Cup in Porpetto, Italy is - Anant Naruka
The Indian social entrepreneur recently named among the 2016 Local SDG Pioneers, which is a part
of the United Nations Global Compact, is - Zubaida Bai
The Indian tennis doubles pair who won the Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos title is - Purav Raja and
Divij Sharan
The Indian who has been posthumously conferred the Bharat Gaurav Award in London recently is
- Neerja Bhanot
The Indian women cricketer who was recently awarded an honorary life membership of the
Marylebone Cricket Club is - Anjum Chopra
The Indian-American linguist and Jubilee Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of
Illinois who died recently is - Braj B Kachru
The Indigenously developed Varunastra that was inducted in the Indian Navy is a -Heavyweight
Torpedo
The Indo-US joint military exercise that concluded at Chaubattia in Uttarakhand is - Yudh Abhyas
The information technology services, distribution and digital solutions firm that developed first
Integrated Defence Communication Network is - HCL Technologies
The initiative under which Odisha Crime Branch traced 1051 missing and destitute children Operation Muskan-2

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The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signed a contract with M/s DST, Germany to
design vessels, especially suited to navigate the 1620 km stretch of - National Waterway-1 (NW-1)
The instant messaging mobile application launched by Google is Allo
The institute that recently developed the Solar Power Tree for generation of electricity from solar
energy is - Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
The institute that was ranked Worlds No. 1 Government Institute as per the Scimago Institutions
Rankings is - National Centre for Scientific Research, France
The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha seeks to amend - the
Institutes of Technology Act, 1961
The institution or organisation that in its report claimed that excessive blue light emitted by light
emitting diodes (LED) can adversely impact human health - American Medical Association
The Interim Administrative Cell of the International Solar Alliance (ISA Cell) on 30 June 2016
signed declaration to promote solar energy globally with- World Bank
The International Cricket Council (ICC) approved a change to the DRS (Decision Review System)
playing condition relating to the LBW Umpires Call that allow changes to the decision review system
that will overturn - not-out LBW decisions
The international martial artist who has become the World Karate Champion at Martial Arts
Championships held in Australia is - Vivek Teja
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 27 July 2016 announced that it will launch the
Olympic Channel on - 21 August 2016, at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games Rio 2016
The international quasi-judicial body that recently banned wrestler Narsingh Yadav for four years
following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency is - Court of Arbitration for Sport
The International Translation Day was on 30 September 2016 observed across the world with the
theme- Translation and Interpreting: Connecting Worlds
The Iraqi Interior Minister who offered to resign after a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad earlier
this week killed more than 200 people is - Mohammed al-Ghabban
The Iron Lady of Manipur, who ended her 16-year-long hunger strike outside the Jawaharlal Nehru
Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal, Manipur is - Irom Chanu Sharmila
The journal that published the study of researchers that claims that that the hole in the Earths ozone
layer over Antarctica is healing is - Science
The journalist, considered the dean of black press columnists, who passed away recently is - George
E. Curry
The leading global healthcare firm that inked a pact with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) for
manufacturing global pharma major Bristol-Myers Squibbs daclatasvir tablets used for the treatment of
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is - Zydus Cadila
The legendary Carnatic vocalist who will be honoured at the United Nations on Indias 70th
Independence Day by A.R. Rahman is - M. S. Subbulakshmi
The legendary Pakistani cricketer, often dubbed as Little Master, who passed away recently is - Hanif
Mohammad
The legendary singer of evergreen song "Kabhi tanhaiyon mein hamari yaad ayegi" who died after a
prolonged illness is - Mubarak Begum
The Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Lok Sabha seeks to amend
the existing Lokpal and Lokayukta Act of the year - 2013
The long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for which India signed a
one-billion dollar deal with the US defence and aerospace major Boeing is - Poseidon-8I
The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that it has decided to increase the
financial assistance given to women convicts after their release from prison from -5000 rupees to 25000
rupees
The Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute of Plant Sciences recently joined hands with BPCL to
- launch field trials oil-degrading bacteria

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The Maldives' foreign minister who quit the government over its hasty decision to implement the
death penalty - Dunya Maumoon
The Master of the oil products tanker Sampurna Swarajya who was selected for the 2016
International Maritime Organization Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea is - Radhika Menon
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Rajya Sabha increases the
availability of the maternity benefit by how many weeks from the date of expected delivery Eight
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Rajya Sabha wants to amend the
Maternity Benefit Act of the year 1961
The men's doubles pair who won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Mens Doubles title
is - Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy
The Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 that was passed by Rajya Sabha seeks to repeal the Mental Health
Act of the year - 1987
The Mercedes driver who won the 2016 British Grand Prix title of Formula One is - Lewis Hamilton
The Mercedes driver who won the 2016 Italian Grand Prix is - Nico Rosberg
The metal compound that was used by researchers to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into a usable
energy source by using sunlight - Tungsten Diselenide
The minister who was elevated to the rank of Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modiled NDA government is - Prakash Javdekar
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) on 11 August 2016 approved
construction of over 37013 houses for the urban poor with an investment of 1491 crore rupees in Karnataka and Haryana
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recently granted recognition to - Paralympic Committee of
India
The ministry which is hosting the first meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Energy Saving and
Energy Efficiency is - Union Power Ministry
The mobile company that recently appointed Sanjay Malik as the head of Indian market is -Nokia
The motto of the Election Commission of India for the year 2016 is - No voter to be left behind
The multinational telecommunications company that recently agreed to acquire the U.K. based
semiconductor firm ARM Holdings is - Softbank
The music composer who will be honoured with the 2016 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime
Achievement of the Maharashtra Government is - Uttam Singh
The name of the frozen nutritional dessert developed by CSIR- Central Food Technological Research
Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) Mysuru - Nutrice
The nation that received its first batch of Chinese military equipment as part of Beijings commitment
to provide millions of dollars of assistance to help it in its fight against terrorism is - Afghanistan
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration developed a high-tech electroactive bandage. It
is made of - Polyvinylidene Flouride
The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research recently established a high altitude research
station in Himalaya called HIMANSH. It is located in - Spiti, Himachal Pradesh
The National Committee on Trade Facilitation that was constituted is related to this international
organisation World Trade Organisation
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered immediate banning of diesel vehicles more than 10
years old to deal with pollution in - Delhi
The National Hindi Divas is annually celebrated on - 14 September
The National Seismic Programme was recently launched on Mahanadi basin in Odisha to -carry out
assessment of unappraised areas across the country for potential oil and natural gas reserves
The nation's first Green Rail Corridor which ensures zero toilet discharge on rail tracks was
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The nations party to the dispute in South China Sea are China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia,
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The nationwide fortnightly programme that was recently launched by the Union Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare is - Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight
The new HIV infections reported in the year 2015 as per the Global Burden of Disease Study of 2015
is - 2 lakh
The newly discovered species of tarantula (a big hairy spider) was named as Kankuamo Marquezi
after Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Laureate in Literature
The noted music director who co-composed in many films with his uncle including Mahua and died
in Mumbai is - Om Prakash Sonik
The noted Telugu writer who was conferred the Moortidevi Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith for the year
2015 for his novel Ananta Jeevanam is - Prof. Kalakaluri Enoch
The novel that won 2016 MM Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction in the United Kingdom -Into the
Hidden Valley authored by Stuart Blackburn
The Odia actor and director who died in August 2016 and began his career with the movie Kedar
Gouri in 1954- Gobind Tej
The Odisha Government recently launched Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana in - Ganjam, Dhenkanal and
Angul districts of the state
The Odisha governments special assistance scheme for elderly weavers that was launched to mark
the National Handlooms Day is -Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana
The official ceremony of 2016 International Indian Film Academy Award was held at -Madrid, Spain
The oldest and last litigant of the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri title suit, who died due to heart-related
complications in the temple city of Ayodhya is - Hashim Ansari
The oldest serving aircraft carrier of the world that arrived at Kochi on its last sailing prior to
decommissioning later in 2016 is - INS Viraat
The Olympic Participant from India whos named was cleared for participation in Rio Olympics by
United World Wrestling (UWW) Narsingh Yadav
The online healthcare start-up that recently acquired diagnostic labs aggregator Medd is -1mg
Technologies
The only Indian cricketer who figured in the Top 10 Test Player Rankings of the ICC - Ajinkya
Rahane
The operation that was started to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in South Sudan's capital Juba
- Sankat Mochan
The para-athlete who will be Indias flag bearer in the closing ceremony of the Rio Paralympics is
- Thangavelu Mariyappan
The percent tax to be levied on goods brought to local areas for consumption after purchase under ecommerce 6%
The person was re-elected as President of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association for a 15th consecutive
term - N Srinivasan
The person who was appointed as first US ambassador to Cuba in 55 years by President Barack
Obama - Jeffrey DeLaurentis
The player defeated by Stan Wawrinka who won the 2016 US Open Mens Singles title is Novak
Djokovic
The politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1988 to 1991 who died recently is
- Michel Rocard
The port city that is threatened by the Wildfires in southern France that forced to evacuationMarseille
The portal launched by the Reserve Bank of India to check illegal money collection is -Sachet

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The position at which SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya was placed in Fortunes list of most
powerful women based outside the US is - Second
The position of the India in the Human Capital Report 2016 is - 105th
The President of Indian Olympic Association was recently awarded the Olympic Order for his
outstanding services to the Olympic movement is - N. Ramachandran
The programme launched by Department of Science & Technology to nurture ideas and innovation
into successful start ups is - National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI)
The project for which the World Bank approved the 63 million US dollar for welfare of adolescent
girls and young women in Jharkhand is -Tejaswini: Socioeconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
and Young Women
The prolific Romanian actor, director and essayist and recipient of the title of "The oldest active
theatre actor" on the planet by Guinness World Records who died recently is - Radu Beligan
The prominent Tamil saint poet whose statue was unveiled In Dam Kothi compound of holy city
Haridwar in Uttarakhand by Rajya Sabha MP, Tarun Vijay is - Thiruvalluvar
The rank of Indian cricket team in the recently released ICC test rankings Second
The rank of Indian in the Logistics Performance Index 2016 is 35th
The Rare Marbled Map butterfly (Cyrestis cocles) was sighted in PM Kota village of Maredumilli
mandal in East Godavari district of - Andhra Pradesh
The Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016 that was passed by Parliament in July 2016 seeks
to establish a Regional Centre for Biotechnology in - Faridabad, Haryana
The Reliance Communications recently agreed to merge with Aircel. The parent company of Aircel is
- Maxis Communications
The renowned Punjabi writer and Jnanpith awardee who passed away recently is - Gurdial Singh
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision2018 that aims at building a less-cash society by encouraging greater use of -Electronic payments by
all sections
The Reserve Bank of India on 1 July 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on
Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information with - National Bank of
Cambodia (NBC)
The rider who won the 5th Red Bull Romaniacs title is - Graham Jarvis
The runner-up of the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament is - India Red
The satellite developed by a consortium-led by the PES University in Bengaluru that would explore
remote sensing applications is - PISAT
The satellite of students of IIT, Bombay that was launched in ISROs launch in which it sent eight
satellites to space under one mission is - Pratham
The satellites that was carried into space as the primary payload of India is - SCATSAT-1
The SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money that submitted its fifth report to
the apex court has recommended ban on Cash transactions above - 3 lakh rupees
The SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money that submitted its fifth report to
the apex court has suggested capping cash holding up to - 15 lakh rupees
The scheme approved by the Union Cabinet for providing short term crop loan to farmers is - Interest
Subvention Scheme
The scheme of India Post under which an individual or a corporate entity can get their photo or logo
printed inside the postage stamp - My Stamp
The scientist who has been appointed the Vice Chancellor of the Homi Bhabha National Institute is
- P D Gupta
The second Italian marine accused of killing two Indian fishermen who was allowed to remain in his
country by Supreme Court is - Massimiliano Latorre

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The senior IAS officer who was appointed as the Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) Council - Arun Goyal
The singer who will be awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award is -Shubha
Mudgal
The son of Osamu Suzuki who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Suzuki Motor
Corp is - Toshihiro Suzuki
The South African Paralympic gold medallist who was sentenced for six years for the murder of his
girl friend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 is - Oscar Pistorius
The sportsperson appointed as the ambassador of Nissans newly-launched car Datsun redi-Go Sport
is - Sakshi Malik
The sprinter of India who emerged as the fastest male athlete after winning the gold in 100m dash in
10.60secs at the 56th National Inter-state Senior Championships - Sameer Mon
The sprinter who won the in mens 100-metre final at the Rio Olympics is Usain Bolt

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The State Bank of India signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Society for
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The state declared that all natural calamities including unseasonal heavy rain, lightning, Loo and
storm and others will be treated as state disaster is - Uttar Pradesh
The state government has planned to create 400 hectares of new water area in private land in 2016
Odisha
The state government that has decided to conduct a 'Smart Pulse Survey' for collecting socioeconomic data of 1.48 crore households in the state is - Andhra Pradesh
The state government that officially launched AIR Regional News Units Facebook page is
Chhattisgarh
The state government that will confer Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik with Rani Laxmi Bai Award for
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The state launched the facility of virtual and digital classrooms across 32 ITIs in the state on the
occasion of World Youth Skills Day is - Maharashtra
The state signed an MoU with China Fortune Land Development (CFLD) Company to develop a new
industrial township in the state at an expense of 5 billion dollar Haryana
The state that accorded in-principle approval to the implementation of Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojna
that aims at providing education loans to poor meritorious students who want to pursue higher studies
at a nominal 1 percent interest is - Odisha
The state that celebrated the century old traditional festival of Kharchi Puja at Chaturdas Devta
Temple with pomp and gaiety is - Tripura
The state that decided to develop 340 villages as Horticulture Villages at a cost of 93 crore rupees
during the Golden Jubilee year of the State is - Haryana
The state that decided to engage retired teachers in government high schools under Teacher on Call
scheme to meet the shortage of teaching faculty is Odisha
The state that decided to increase tax rates on diesel by one percent and petrol by 1.5 percent is
Bihar
The state that dissolved all school management committees to make educational institutes free from
politics - Assam
The state that has announced 60 lakh rupees cash special incentive for six sportswomen of the state
who have qualified for the Rio Olympics is - Odisha
The state that has notified the "Freight Assistance Scheme" for the exporting Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) located anywhere in the State - Haryana

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The state that has opened an exclusive Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) -Andhra
Pradesh
The state that in July 2016 tried to set a world record by planting more than five crore saplings in just
ten hours is - Uttar Pradesh
The state that launched an online service for consumers to apply for low-tension service connections
is - Tamil Nadu
The state that launched the second phase of Haritha Haram programme of government in the state is
- Telangana
The state that notified the guidelines for transparent auction and scientific mining and hiked the
penalty for offences under the mining act is Himachal Pradesh
The state that organsied various initiatives to mark the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of the 1942 Quit
India Movement is Maharashtra
The state that proposed to create 17 new districts in the state is Telangana
The state that recently banned e-cigarettes is Kerala
The state that recorded the highest number of domestic tourist visits in 2015 as per the data released
by the Ministry of Tourism is - Tamil Nadu
The state that recorded the highest number of foreign tourist visits in 2015 as per the data released by
the Ministry of Tourism is - Tamil Nadu
The state that signed a long-term lease agreement with Falcon Marine Exports for the operation of
Jagatjore Shrimp Culture Project is Odisha
The state that via an affidavit in the High Court during a course of hearing said that said that it is
going to introduce chapter in school syllabus against witchcraft killings - Jharkhand
The state that was exempted from the purview of compulsory Aadhaar number which is required for
availing the University Grants Commission scholarships for higher education is -Assam
The state that won the champion trophy in All India Electricity Board Kabaddi tournament is Himachal Pradesh
The state two which union Government assured all support to in tackling the spread of Scrub typhus
disease in the State - Himachal Pradesh
The state where about 52000 government primary and upper primary schools functioning under the
School and Mass Education Department, have no teacher for each class is Odisha
The stock exchange that became the first Indian stock exchange to file Initial Public Offering with
SEBI is - Bombay Stock Exchange
The stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) terror group that was seized by the Iraqi army -Falluja
The Supreme Court accepted major recommendations of the Lodha Committee on reforms in BCCI
including a bar on ministers and civil servants and those above - 70 years
The Supreme Court has sought the Centre's response within 8 weeks on a plea of an ex-servicemen's
body seeking implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) as recommended by - the Koshyari
Committee
The Supreme Court of India recently stated that its 2014 verdict did not include lesbians, gays and
bisexual persons under the category of Transgender
The swimmer who became the first swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same event is
- Michael Phelps
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha seeks to amend the Customs Tariff
Act of the year - 1975
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha seeks to amend the Income Tax
Act of the year - 1961
The team won the 2016 Copa America football tournament by defeating Argentina Chile
The technology to be studied by the Reserve Bank of India to reduce the use of paper currency is
- Blockchain

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The tennis player who won the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad is - Feliciano Lpez

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The theme for the 10th National statistics day that was celebrated on 29 June 2016 -Agriculture and
Farmers' Welfare
The theme for the 2016 International Day of the Girl Child is - Girls' Progress = Goals' Progress:
What Counts for Girls
The theme of the 2016 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit that concluded
recently is - Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community
The theme of the 2016 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is - Ozone and
climate: Restored by a world united
The theme of the 2016 International Day of Cooperatives that was observed recently is - Cooperatives: The power to act for a sustainable future
The theme of the 2016 World Population Day is - Investing in teenage girls

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The theme of the 2016 World Tourism Day is - Tourism for All - promoting universal accessibility

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The theme of the Exercise RIMPAC 2016 that recently began at Hawaii is - Capable, Adaptive,
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The theme of the International Literacy Day 2016 is - Reading the Past, Writing the Future
The theme of the World Breastfeeding Week 2016 is - Breastfeeding: A key to Sustainable
Development
The theme of the World Hepatitis Day 2016 is Elimination
The theme of the World Humanitarian Day that was observed on 19 August 2016 was - One
Humanity
The tribe residing in Meghalayas since around 1200 BCE as per a new study of Pre-historic
megaliths and tools is - Khasi tribe
The tropical storm that triggered landslides in Mexico killing at least 38 people - Earl

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The Turkish musician who was appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace by the Director-General
of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is - Kudsi Erguner
The two countries that recently held first high level dialogue on counter-terrorism and security are
- India and China
The two ladies of which one can be the first woman Prime Minister of Britain after more than 25
years since Margaret Thatcher are - Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom
The two sport greats who were named as the members of Khelo India, a national programme
launched by the Union Government for the development of sports in the country is - Anju Bobby
George and Pullela Gopichand
The two-day national conference on Prison Reforms will be held in - New Delhi

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The typhoon that became the strongest in 21 years that brought violent winds in Taiwan is Meranti

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The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to introduce amendments to the bill in Parliament -Benami
Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015
The Union Cabinet approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of
Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation with this country - Mauritius
The Union Cabinet approved the creation of the Higher Education Financing Agency for -creating
capital assets in higher educational institutions
The Union Cabinet approved the formation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council. The
Council will be created as per - Article 279A of the amended Constitution
The Union Cabinet approved the incorporation of Sagarmala Development Company (SDC) under
the Companies Act, 2013 that will be under the administrative control of - the Ministry of Shipping
The Union Cabinet gave in-principle approval for setting up major gateway container port for Indian
cargo in- Tamil Nadu

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The Union Cabinet has cleared changes to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitutional
Amendment Bill, dropping 1 percent manufacturing tax and providing guarantee to compensate - states
for any revenue loss in the first five years of rollout of the proposed indirect tax regime
The Union Cabinet recently approved closure of - Hindustan Cables Limited
The Union Cabinet recently approved the extension of contract between Ministry of Earth Sciences
and the International Seabed Authority for exploration of- Polymetallic Nodules
The Union Cabinet recently approved The High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 to be
introduced in the Parliament. The bill will facilitate the changing of the names of these two courts
- Bombay High Court and Madras High Court
The Union Government approved nearly 1600 crore rupees for Jammu and Kashmir under skill
development initiative - 'Himayat'
The Union Government has decided to raise a CRPF battalion consisting of scheduled tribe
candidates from - Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur and Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh
The Union Government in September 2016 announced a Special Financial Package for -Andhra
Pradesh
The Union Government on 28 June 2016 revised the financial limits of departments and ministries.
With this, the Minister-in-charge of the administrative Ministry can now approve Non-Plan schemes up
to- 500 crore rupees
The Union Government on 28 September 2016 approved assistance of 1269 crore rupees for drought
affected - Maharashtra
The Union Government on 30 September 2016 decided to raise the Employees Provident Fund (EPF)
investment in Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) from existing 5 per cent to - 10 per cent
The Union Government recently approved projects worth about 450 crore rupees under Swadesh
Darshan scheme for five states - Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu
The Union Government recently notified the constitution of the Monetary Policy Committee. The
Chairperson of the Committee will be - Governor of Reserve Bank of India
The Union Government recently released Direct Selling Guidelines 2016 framework to -protect
consumers from Ponzi frauds
The Union Government revised the time schedule for making payments under the Income Declaration
Scheme 2016 by - 30 September 2017
The Union Health Ministry has decided to launch Mission Parivar Vikas in 145 High Focus districts
in seven states for - improved family planning services
The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani on 30 June 2016
launched- Prashikshak Portal
The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences recently announced the India Meteorological Department will
soon use forecast monsoon with - Dynamical Monsoon Model
The Union Ministry of Power launched the e-bidding portal DEEP for - Medium term purchase of
power
The Union Ministry of Power launched the TARANG Mobile App to - Track power transmission
projects
The United Nations' top human rights official accused this countrys government troops and rebels of
ethnically targeted atrocities, during renewed fighting over the last month - South Sudan
The United States has designated al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), as a foreign terrorist
organization and called its leader Asim Umar as - a specially designated global terrorist
The United States signed a 38 billion dollars deal with Israel to provide the country with military
assistance over a 10-year period, from - 2019 to 2028
The US and Vietnamese navies have begun the 7th annual Naval Engagement Activity (NEA),
Vietnam 2016 at - Tien Sa Port in Da Nang
The veteran journalist associated with Sulabh Patrika who passed away recently is -Ramsewak
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The veteran Malayalam theatre artist, poet and Padma Bhushan recipient who passed away recently is
- Kavalam Narayana Panicker
The veteran tabla maestro of the Banaras Gharana who died recently is - Pandit Lacchu Maharaj
The village that has become the first Wifi hotspot village in Haryana is - Gumthala Garhu
The web portal that launched for online submission and monitoring of environmental approvals for
mining of sand and minor minerals was launched by - Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar
The Wildlife Institute of India announced that it will house Indias first repository on tigers under its
new Tiger Cell, which is funded by - National Tiger Conservation Authority
The winner of the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix that was held recently in Spielberg, Austria is -Lewis
Hamilton
The winner of the 2016 Calcutta Football League is - East Bengal

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The winner of the 2016 China Open Men's Singles title is - Andy Murray

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The winner of the 2016 China Open Women's Singles title is - Agnieszka Radwanska

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The winner of the 2016 Durand Cup football title is - Army Green

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The winner of the 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award is - Dinesh Bharadia

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The winner of the 2016 MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament is - Indian Railways

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The winner of the 2016 MRF MoGrip FMSCI National Rally Championship for two-wheelers isAbdul Wahid Tanveer
The winner of the 2016 St Petersburg Open Mens Doubles title is - Dominic Inglot and Henri
Kontinen
The winner of the 2016 St Petersburg Open Mens Singles title is - Alexander Zverev

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The winner of the 2016 US Open Mens Doubles title is - Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares

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The winner of the 2016 US Open Mens Singles title is - Stan Wawrinka

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The winner of the 2016 US Open Womens Singles title is - Angelique Kerber

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The winner of the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament is - Indian Blue

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The winner of the Belgium Open title of the table tennis in the mens singles category is - Sathiyan
Gnanasekaran
The World Banks Board of Executive Directors on 24 June 2016 approved 201.50 million US dollars
for Technical Education Quality Improvement Project for- India
The world famous Velankanni our lady of health basilica annual feast started with the hoisting of flag
in Tamil Nadu
The World Health Organization has recently declared Brazil free from - Measles

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The World Heart Day is celebrated every year on- 29 September

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The World Hepatitis Summit will be held from 29 March to 31 March 2017 at - Sao Paulo

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The worlds first baby was born from a new procedure that combines the DNA of three people. The
name of the procedure is - Mitochondrial Donation
The worlds first driverless bus service was launched recently in Lyon, France

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The worlds largest airship that recently made its maiden voyage in England is - Airlander 10

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The worlds largest solar power plant has recently opened at Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu

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The world's wilderness has reduced by a tenth in the past two decades, according to a study conducted
by the scientists from - the University of Queensland in Australia
The wrestler appointed as the Wrestling Director of the Rohtak University is - Sakshi Malik
The writer recently hosted by the Rashtrapati Bhavan under the Writer in-Residence programme is
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The Yazidi woman, kidnapped and held by the Islamic State, who was recently appointed the
UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking is - Nadia Murad
Basee Taha
Theme of International Day for Disaster Reduction that was observed on 13 October 2016 is - Live to
Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality
Theme of the International Meeting on Counter Terrorism held in Bali, Indonesia was -Countering
Cross Border Movement of Terrorism
Theme of the World Youth Skills Day 2016- Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment
These many cities were selected for infrastructure development under the Smart Ganga City Scheme
of the Union Government 10 cities
They clinched the mixed doubles titles of the Russian Open Grand Prix at Vladivostok - N Sikki
Reddy and Pranaav Chopra
They won the men's Doubles title of 2016 Wimbledon - Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut
(France)
They won the mixed doubles title of 2016 Wimbledon - Heather Watson (Britain) and Henri
Kontinen (Finland)
They won the womens doubles title of 2016 Wimbledon - Serena Williams and Venus Williams
This aircraft carrier will be preserved as museum after it is de-commissioned INS Viraat
This Argentina and Barcelona footballer was sentenced to 21-months in prison for tax fraud by a
Spanish court - Lionel Messi
This bank launched Indias first full-fledged digital banking service for small-and medium enterprises
HDFC Bank
This city hosted the 1st National Conference of Investigating Agencies New Delhi
This city is hosting a 2-day SAARC Finance Ministers Conference Islamabad
This city is hosting the SAARC Youth Parliamentarians Conference on Peace and Harmony for
Development 2016 - Islamabad
This company acquired the cement business of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd Birla Corporation
Limited
This country accounted for the highest share of tourist arrival in India Bangladesh
This country formally announced its wish to rejoin the African Union (AU) 32 years after leaving the
organisation - Morocco
This country has shown its intention to revive Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership
Agreement (CECPA) with India recently Mauritius
This country launched the KN-11 ballistic missile from a submarine in Sea of Japan North Korea
This country topped the Sustainable Development Goal Index released by Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN) Sweden
This country was declared as Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free in July 2016 by the World Health
Organization- India
This entity was incorporated as the first PSU under the Department of Posts - India Post Payments
Bank Limited
This Great Britain player won the gold medal in mens singles tennis category in Rio 2016 Olympic
Games Andy Murray
This Indian artistic gymnast was named a Gymnaste de Classe Mondaile (World class gymnast) by
the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Dipa Karmakar
This Indian cricketer topped the list of all-rounder in the recently released ICC rankings
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This Indian tennis player topped the WTA womens doubles ranking Sania Mirza

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This Indian wrestler who qualified for Rio Olympics failed a dope test after being tested positive for a
banned substance steroid - Narsingh Yadav
This Jamaican athlete won the mens 200m gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics Usain Bolt

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This nation lifted the Euro 2016 football championship at Saint-Denis in Paris after defeating France
1-0 is- Portugal
This organisation partnered with Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) of the United
Nations - Bertelsmann Stiftung
This Pakistan-based organization was designated by the United States as a terror group Jamaat-urAhrar
This place in Andhra Pradesh saw the laying of foundation of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises technology centre - Pudi in Visakhapatnam district
This State Government issued a draft notification for creation of 17 new districts Telangana

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This train clocked 180 km per hour to become the fastest train of India Spanish-made Talgo train

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This web portal was launched by the Union Government for e-bidding and e-reverse auction for
Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) in transmission projects - e-Trans
Three Indian naval ships have reached Russia as part of effort to enhance maritime cooperation
between the navies of both countries is - INS Sahyadri, Shakti and Kirch
Three states that ratified the Goods and Services Tax Constitutional amendment bill 2016 after
Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand are - Himachal Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Gujarat
Three veteran baul (sufi) singers were hacked in Chaudanga district of - Bangladesh
To adopt comprehensive exploration of non fuel and non coal mineral resources, Union minister of
steel and mines Narendra singh Tomar unveiled - the National Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP)
To mark the world tourism day today, Kerala Tourism will organise Sugama Sancharam - barrierfree-travel - a unique event that will take about 100 differently abled delegates for - a one-day tour
Troops of Indian and Kazakhstan Army began the joint exercise called - PRABAL DOSTYK 16
Turkeys President who declared a three-month state of emergency in the country in response to the
failed coup that happened on 15 July 2016 is - Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President who said that he is ready to reinstate the death penalty if the people demand it and
Parliament approves the necessary legislation, following the recent coup attempt - Recep Tayyip
Erdogan
Two athletes who ran the fastest 400 metres in the world in 2016 and made to the US team for the Rio
Olympics at the American trials are- Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt
Two Indian forest officials, who were selected for the 2016 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law
Enforcement Awards are - Sanjay Dutta and Ritesh Sarothiya
Two institutions that signed an MoU to work jointly towards sustainable development of the tea
sector are - the United Planters' Association of Southern India (UPASI) and the China Tea Marketing
Association (CTMA)
Typhoon that made landfall near Tateyama City in Chiba Prefecture south of Tokyo, Japan is Mindulle
UN Charter was recently translated into - Sanskrit
Under the fresh flexi-fund guidelines for Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), flexi-funds in each
CSS have been increased from the current 10 percent to - 25 percent for states
Under the fresh flexi-fund guidelines for Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), flexi-funds in each
CSS have been increased from the current 10 percent to 30 percent for Union Territories
UNICEF in its release of 19 July 2016 said that almost a quarter of a million children are suffering
from severe malnutrition and risk death in parts of - Borno state, North-East Nigeria
Unilever, the parent company of Hindustan Unilever (HUL), in August 2016 acquired- Blueair

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Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh gave away Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Antyodaya
Krishi Puruskars to 12 farmers for their contribution in - Agriculture Sector
Union Bank of India (UBI) in August 2016 launched an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
(USSD) based mobile app named- *99# Mobile Application
Union Cabinet approved redevelopment of seven General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA)
colonies in - Delhi
Union Cabinet approved the amendments made to the Maternity Benefits Act which aims to raise
maternity leave for women from 12 weeks to - 26 weeks
Union Cabinet approved the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to train 50 lakh apprentices
by - 2019-20
Union Cabinet in July 2016 approved the establishment of a All India Institute Of Medical Science
(AIIMS) at- Bhatinda\
Union Cabinet in September 2016 approved MoU between India and Singapore in the field
of- Industrial Property Cooperation
Union Cabinet on 3 August 2016 gave its approval to Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that
seeks to improve - Road Safety in the country
Union Government launched Sugamaya Pustakalaya online library to serve Persons with print
disabilities
Union Government launched the media campaign for Swachh Bharat Mission. The campaign features
- actor Amitabh Bachchan and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar
Union Government will soon set up inter-ministerial task force to exploit the full potential of the
rivers Indus, Chenab, and Jhelum as per- the Indus Water Treaty
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan launched the
Pradhanmantri Ujjwala Yojna in - Madhya Pradesh at a function held in Shahdol
Unit 1 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was recently dedicated to nation. The reactors of the
plant are built jointly by - Russias Atomstroyexport company and Indias Nuclear Power Corporation
of India
United Nation member states have reached on an agreement ahead of the first-ever summit on
addressing the large movements of refugees and migrants to be held in September 2016 in -New York
United States President Barack Obama recently designated a marine national monument in the
Atlantic Ocean. The name of the monument is - Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National
Monument
United States President Barack Obama recently designated countrys first marine national monument
in - Atlantic Ocean
US embassy launched a scholarship program for women in the country - Afghanistan

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US golfer Arnold Palmer recently passed away. He was nicknamed as The King

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US placed Sanctions on Kim Jong-un and Other Top North Koreans for - Human Rights Abuses

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Uttar Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a skill development centre to
help farmers with - The Netherlands
V P Singh Badnore has been recently appointed the Governor of - Punjab
Veteran film producer, script and screenplay writer who passed away in August 2016 and wrote
dialogues for Sivaji starrer Avanthan Manithan- Panchu Arunachalam
Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari left to the country to lead the Indian delegation at the 11th
Asia -Europe Meeting - Mongolia
Voters of the country that approved a new draft constitution, giving extra powers to the military Thailand
Website launched by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in July 2016 to
facilitate two-way communication between the government and citizens- Transforming India

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West Bengal Cabinet on 2 August 2016 cleared a proposal to rename the state as - Bengal in
English and Bango or Bangla in Bengali
West Bengal government decided to install monorail from - Budge Budge in South 24-Parganas to
Ruby Connector in Kolkata
William H McNeill recently passed away at the age of 98. He was a - Historian
Winners of 2016 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel-Oliver
Hart and Bengt Holmstrom
Winners of the 2016 Right Livelihood Award widely referred as the Alternative Nobel Prize are Syria Civil Defence (The White Helmets), Egypts Mozn Hassan and Nazra for Feminist Studies,
Russias Svetlana Gannushkina and Turkish daily Cumhuriyet
Woman appointed as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court in August 2016 - Manjula Chellur

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Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi launched a social media campaign in New
Delhi to mark the Daughters Day to be celebrated on 11 August 2016
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has called for a ban on all Russian competitors and officials at
the upcoming Rio Olympics and other international sports on the basis of the Investigation Report of
- Richard McLaren, the Canadian law professor
World Bank on 1 July 2016 released the Logistics Performance Index 2016 titled -Connecting to
compete: 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy
World Health Organization (WHO) on 27 September 2016 released its report on pollution, which is
extremely worrying with a claim that - 92 percent of the worlds population lives in places where air
quality levels exceed WHO limits
World Maritime Day was observed across the world on 29 September 2016 with the years theme
- Shipping: indispensable to the world
Worlds largest Charkha (spinning wheels) that was unveiled at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi
International Airport (IGI), New Delhi is made of the teak wood brought from Burma
Wrist spinner who scaled the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings becoming the first Pakistani
bowler to do so since Mushtaq Ahmed in 1996 is - Yasir Shah
Yesteryear Tamil actress who passed away in August 2016 and was part of Hindi films like Pistolwali
(1972), Rani Aur Jaani (1973) - Jyothilakshmi
YUDH ABHYAS 2016, a joint military training exercise of Indian and US Armies, commenced at
- Chaubattia, Uttarakhand
1st BRICS Film Festival will be hosted in September 2016 in- Delhi

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2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to- Juan Manuel Santos

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2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to- David J. Thouless along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and
J. Michael Kosterlitz
7-day-long Naropa festival is being celebrated in- Jammu and Kashmir

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A newly discovered fish of the genus Tosanoides was in September 2016 named after- Barack Obama

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A skydiver with 18000 jumps, who became first person to jump from 25000 feet (7620 meters) without
a parachute or a wing suit - Luke Aikins
A team of researchers recently created a three-dimensional lung, called as organoids. This technique
could be used to study specifically - Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
A team of scientists discovered the worlds oldest stromatolite fossils in the Isua Greenstone Belt
recently. These Fossils are- 3.7 Billion Years Old
A team of scientists recently discovered a new Ghost Snake Species of elusive, pale grey reptiles
dwelling in- Madagascar
Aadi Perukku festival, celebrated on 18th of Aadi month in Tamil calendar year in gratitude to water
bodies especially Cauvery River, is being celebrated today with traditional gaiety in -Tamil Nadu
Actress who topped the list of The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016- Jennifer Lawrence

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Anandi Ramalingam has been appointed as the first woman Director (Marketing) of - Bharat
Electronics Limited
Antonio Guterres who was appointed as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations by the
General Assembly is the former Prime Minister of Portugal
Anuradha Rao was recently appointed the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of - SBI
Mutual Fund
As per RBIs Annual Report 2015-16, the Indian economy is likely to expand by what percent in 201617 - 7.6 percent
As per the recent report of UNESCO, what number of new teachers are needed to provide quality
universal primary and secondary education by 2030- 69 million
Asian Development Bank in September 2016 approved 631 million US dollars loan forVisakhapatnam-Chennai industrial corridor
Author of the book titled The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad- Twinkle Khanna

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Author of the book, Jihad in My Saffron Garden is Dr. Roxy Arora

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Bihar government notified Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 under which a drunker could land in
jail for at least 7 years with a fine of at least 1 lakh rupees
Bill passed by Lok Sabha in August 2016 for reconstruction of Financial Assets -Enforcement of
Security Interest & Recovery of Debts Laws & Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Book R D Burmania: Panchamemoirs is authored by - Chaitanya Padukone

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Book titled India Rising: Fresh Hope, New Fears is authored by- Ravi Velloor

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BRICS Countries adopted which declaration during the second meeting of BRICS Ministers for
Disaster Management in August 2016- Udaipur Declaration
Budget at which the Maharashtras ambitious Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway
project will be developed that was unveiled by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is
46000-crore rupee
CCEA approved the mechanism for revision of ethanol price for supply to Public Sector Oil Marketing
Companies (OMCs) to carry out - the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme
CCEA approved the partial capital grant of 5176 crore rupees for development of 2539 km long
Jagdishpur-Haidia and Bokaro-Dhamra Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL) project to- GAIL (India) Limited
CEO of Prasar Bharati Corporation who resigned recently- Jawhar Sircar

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Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) who was given a years extension by Union Government is
- Arundhati Bhattacharya
Charkhi Dadri has been recently declared as the 22nd district of - Haryana
Chief Minister of Odisha who decided to share his thoughts on different issues through the radio for 10
minutes every month is - Naveen Patnaik
Coal India Limited (CIL) and Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) signed MoU
for effectively monitoring of environment related issues in - the Coal Mining Projects
Colombian voters in a referendum rejected the peace deal with - Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC) rebels
Commission set up by the Haryana government that submitted its report to the Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal at Chandigarh was heded by - Justice SN Dhingra
Companies that adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield framework recently- Microsoft, Google and
Salesforce
Company acquired by Facebook recently to build Wi-Fi drones, data servers and virtual reality goggles
faster- Nascent Objects
Company that topped the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016- Tesla Motors
Company that was recently conferred with the prestigious membership of the Asia-Pacific Aerospace
Quality Group- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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Complying with the Supreme Court direction, the state that released Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu is
- Karnataka
Country hit by Typhoon Meranti recently- China
Country struck by a high-intensity earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale which led to death
of about 150 people- Italy
Country that passed a bill that seeks to curb murders in the name of honour is Pakistan
Country that passed a bill that seeks to punish rapists by use of modern technology of DNA testing in
probes involving rape cases is Pakistan
Country that topped the World Economic Freedom (WEF) Index 2016- Hong Kong

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Country that topped the World Risk Index 2016 published by United Nations University Institute for
Environment and Human Security- Vanuatu
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, who will be the chief guest at the 2017 Republic Day parade of
India- Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Delhi government capped the cost of chikungunya serology test to - 600 rupees

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Dharmendra Pradhan recently launched #Gas4India campaign to - promote use of natural gas

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Famous political leader who served as Governor of several States for a record period of 17 years and
died in August 2016- Akhlaq Ur Rahman Kidwai
Fast Attack Craft that was recently handed over to Indian Navy by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers Limited- Tihayu
First ever BRICS film festival began in - New Delhi

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First Indian music and dance festival aimed to showcase the country's rich and diverse culture was
kicked off in - Sydney, Australia
Former editor of Mathrubhumi magazine who died recently is - K K Sreedharan Nair
Former ISRO Chairman who was recently inducted into the 2016 IAF Hall of Fame by the International
Aeronautical Federation is - U R Rao
Four banks that introduced NPCIs Unified Payments Interface (UPI) that allow customers to make
payments via digital means are - Axis Bank, Union Bank of India, Federal Bank and Bank of
Maharashtra
Guided Missile Destroyer Ship that was launched recently at Mazagaon Dock Ship Builders Limited
(MDL), Mumbai- INS Mormugao
He became the first minority actor in 18 years to win the Emmy Award for best leading actor in a
drama series - Rami Malek
He was conferred with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow (Akademi Ratna) by President Pranab
Mukherjee - C V Chandrasekhar, an eminent personality in the field of performing arts
He was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court - Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale
He will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2017 Crown Prince of
Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
He will chair the five-member review committee that was constituted by NRAI to probe the shooters'
Rio Games debacle - Abhinav Bindra
He won the mens singles title in the 2016 Rogers Cup - Novak Djokovic
High Court of the state stayed the government's decision mandating centralised counselling for the
students who appeared for the NEET in 2016 for medical and dental courses - Maharashtra
High Court of which state cancelled the recruitment process of about four thousand police sub
inspectors initiated by the state government- Uttar Pradesh
Highest-ranked Indian company in the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies
2016- Asian Paints
I ndian organisation that won the 2016 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy- Jan Shikshan Sansthan

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IMF in its 2016 October World Economic Outlook (WEO) projected the global growth in 2016 at - 3.1
percent
IMF in its 2016 October World Economic Outlook (WEO) projected the Indias growth in 2016 at - 7.6
percent
In a major deal for India's private defence industry, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group and Rafale maker
Dassault Aviation announced - a joint venture
India recently signed a bilateral agreement for development of a network of Agro irradiation centres
with- Russia
India recently signed three MoUs with Singapore to- strengthen ties on countering terrorism and skill
development
India stood at which position in the World Economic Freedom (WEF) Index 2016- 112th

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India successfully test-fired the most advanced surface-to-air missile off the Odisha coast -'Barak-8'

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Indias the communication satellite that was launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace from the
spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana is - GSAT-18
Indian actress who made her entry in the Forbes list of World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016-Deepika
Padukone
Indian Bank that became the first to open a branch in the capital city of Yangon, Myanmar-State Bank
of India
Indian Railway launched an insurance scheme for passengers travelling on e- ticket with insurance
cover up to - 10 lakh rupees
Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik recently won the Peoples Choice Prize for his sand sculpture titled
Mahatma Gandhi World Peace at the - Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship 2016
Indian shooter who clinched a silver medal in the 50 meter pistol event of the ISSF World Cup Final at
Bologna, Italy is - Jitu Rai
Indian shooters clinched seven medals, including three gold, on the opening day of the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup for pistol, rifle and shotgun at -Gabala in
Azerbaijan
Indian State that signed MoU with Japan to develop food value chain in the state- Andhra Pradesh

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Indian who won the 2016 John F Richards Prize of American Historical Association- Nayanjot Lahiri

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Indian-origin teenager who won the Google Science Fair prize 2016- Kiara Nirghin

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Indians who received the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016- Thodur Madabusi Krishna and Bezwada
Wilson
India's rank in the World Risk Index 2016 by United Nations University Institute for Environment and
Human Security- 77th Rank
Insurance scheme for passengers travelling on e-ticket launched by Indian Railway will be available
after paying a premium of - 92 paisa
Intelligence and security agency of India that was added to the Second Schedule of the RTI Act, 2005
leading to its exemption from the purview of the Act- Strategic Forces Command (SFC)
International Day Against Nuclear Tests is observed globally on- 29 August

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International Day of Peace was observed across the world on 21 September 2016 with theme -The
Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace
International Kabaddi Federation on 31 July 2016 selected a country to host The 2016 Kabaddi World
Cup India
Joint Sea-2016 naval exercise was conducted between- China and Russia

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Kersti Kaljulaid was recently elected as the first woman President of - Estonia

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Lt Gen Bipin Rawat recently took over as the Vice Chief of - Indian Army

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M. Venkaiah Naidu recently released the book titled Modis Midas Touch in Foreign Policy, which is
authored by - Surendra Kumar
Maharashtra Government announced a cash reward of 75 lakh rupees for a steeplechase specialist from
the state - Lalita Babar, who finished a creditable 10th at the Rio Olympics
Malayalam critic chosen for the prestigious N Mohanan Suvarna Mudra Award 2016- M Leelavathy

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Manipur-based theatre legend who died recently- Heisnam Kanhailal

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Marine National Monument off Hawaii that was expanded by President Obama to turn up to be world's
largest marine reserve is - Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
Ministry of Civil Aviation gave green signal for expansion of Agartala airport

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Naropa Festival recently started in Ladakh region of India. The festival is also known as -Kumbh of
Himalayas
National Disaster Response Force Director General, OP Singh laid the foundation stone for a
permanent NDRF station at Sudumbare village of - Pune
New frog species recently discovered in Australias largest virgin forest in Queensland- Cape York
graceful tree frog or Litoria Bella
Nobel laureate who was honoured as the 2016 Humanitarian of the Year by the Harvard
Foundation- Aung San Suu Kyi
Noted poet who wrote Sindur ki Raakh in 1955 and died recently- Kashmiri Lal Zakir

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Nuakhai festival is celebrated in- Odisha

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Number of cities in the third list of Smart Cities that was released by Union Government 27

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Number wise India is 62nd nation to ratify - the Paris Agreement on climate change

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Oil India Limited recently signed MoU with which University to augment its reserves base and
maximise recovery from its aging oilfields- University of Houston
Oscar-winning director of movie LA Confidential who passed away recently- Curtis Hanson

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Person appointed as acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court recently- Justice Pradip Kumar
Mohanty
Person appointed as Brand Ambassador of Keralas Haritha Keralam project- K J Yesudas

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Person appointed as CMD of Power Finance Corporation recently- Rajeev Sharma

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Person appointed as Honorary Consul of Germany in Hyderabad recently- BVR Mohan Reddy

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Person appointed as the Advocate General of Tamil Nadu in August 2016- R Muthukumaraswamy

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Person appointed as the CEO of Microsoft Accelerator in India recently- Bala Girisaballa

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Person appointed as the CEO of Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Ltd recently- Ashish Vohra

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Person appointed as the CEO of Sheth Creators, a real estate company of Nusli Wadia-led Wadia
Group- Bharat Dhuppar
Person appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India recently- VK Sharma

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Person appointed as the Director General of Foreign Trade recently- Ajay Kumar Bhalla

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Person appointed as the Head of International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) recently-Ravi
Reddy
Person appointed as the Head of Online and E-commerce of Lenovo India in August 2016-Rajesh
Thadani
Person appointed as the India's Ambassador to Sweden recently- Monika Kapil Mohta

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Person appointed as the Managing Director of Mondelez International's India Business in August 2016
- Deepak Iyer
Person appointed as the President of India Bullion and Jewellers Association in August 2016-Mukesh
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Person appointed as the Whole-Time Member of SEBI recently- Gurumoorthy Mahalingam

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Person appointed as the World Bank Country Director for India recently- Junaid Ahmad

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Person awarded with the prestigious IAFP Young scientist scholarship award 2016- Kirtiraj Kundlik
Gaikwad
Person elected as president of Indian Newspaper Society (INS) recently- Somesh Sharma

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Person named as the President of Microsoft India by the parent company Microsoft Inc in August 2016
- Anant Maheshwari
Person recently appointed as the Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board- MS Sahoo

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Person sworn in as President of Brazil in August 2016- Michel Temer

1007

Person sworn in as the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court- Girish Chandra Gupta

1008

Person who resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jubilant FoodWorks Limited
recently- Ajay Kaul
Person who will head the high-level committee constituted by Union Finance Ministry in August 2016
to suggest steps to promote card payments- Ratan P Watal
President Vladimir Putins United Russia party on 19 September 2016 won the Russian parliamentary
election by securing 343 seats of the total 450 in - Duma, the lower house of Russian Parliament
Professional Indian mountaineer who scaled the world's sixth highest mountain Cho Oyu is-Arjun
Vajpai
Pulitzer-winning US playwright who authored the masterpiece Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf and
died recently- Edward Albee
PV Bharathi was recently appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of- Canara Bank

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Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off maiden broad-gauge train service between Agartala and
Delhi - Tripura Sundari Express
RBI in its 4th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17 adjusted the Reverse Repo rate to- 5.75
percent
RBI in its 4th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17 reduced the Repo rate to- 6.25 percent

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Reliance Industries Limited in September 2016 launched the telecom service- Reliance Jio

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Report released by UNICEF recently stating the crisis for migrant children- Uprooted: The growing
crisis for refugee and migrant children
Rushiraj Barot won gold in the junior men's 25m rapid fire pistol event in - ISSF Junior World Cup

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S. Sivakumar was recently appointed as a full-time member of - the 21st Law Commission of India

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Scientists at MIT have developed a spectroscopic technique that would help the 2020 Mars Rover to
identify the signs of life at - Mars
Scientists in Japan studying earthquakes have detected a rare deep-Earth tremor, known as - S wave
microseism
Service launched by Indian Railways recently to facilitate access to wheelchairs, battery operated cars
for elderly, differently-abled people- Yatri Mitra Sewa
She won the womens singles title in the 2016 Rogers Cup - Simona Halep

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Short film that won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival- Murga

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South Indian city that inaugurated the first Children's Court in August 2016- Hyderabad

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South Korea's LG Electronics Inc in September 2016 tied-up with- Amazon.com

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SpaceXs rocket that destroyed recently in an explosion during a propellant fill operation is -Falcon 9

1029

Sports personality appointed as Brand Ambassador of Punjab National Bank recently- Virat Kohli

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State High Court that recently launched e-stamping facility- Rajasthan

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State in which a Mega Food Park was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee recently- West
Bengal
State in which a special pink colour envelop under speed post was launched by Justice Virender Singh
with a purpose to expedite judicial process- Jharkhand
State which signed MoU with Union Government to develop 11 small airports and airstrips in
September 2016- Gujarat
Sunil Godhwani was recently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of - Religare Enterprises
Limited
Taxi-booking app that launched the offline taxi booking feature recently- Ola

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The 100-year-old women athlete from India won Gold medal at the American Masters Games in the
100-meter dash - Man Kaur
The 1979-batch IRS officer of the I-T cadre who taken over as the Chairperson of Central Board of
Direct Taxes is - Rani Singh Nair
The 2016 G20 Summit was recently concluded in Hangzhou, China

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The 2016 Mohun Bagan Ratna has been conferred on - Syed Nayeemuddin

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The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was won by- David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael
Kosterlitz
The 28th ASEAN Summit began in - Laos capital Vientiane

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The 47-day-long annual monsoon trawling ban from venturing into the Arabian Sea was lifted midnight
31 July 2016 in - Kerala
The 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit will be held in- Goa
The actor who was recently honoured with the Entertainer of The Year award by CNBC-TV18 isIrrfan Khan
The agrarian mass festival of western Odisha that was celebrated is - Nuakhai
The AIADMK Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha who was expelled from the primary membership
of the party by AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa is - Sasikala Pushpa
The Air Marshall who has recently assumed the charge of Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel is -B Suresh
The appointed former Finance Secretary appointed as the Chancellor of TERI University is -Ashok
Chawla
The approximate percentage of 300 Billion Cubic Metre water in River Ganga contaminated by arsenic,
as per a latest study, is - 40%
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval for initiating the process of winding up
of Hindustan Diamond Company Private Limited (HDCPL), which is a - 50:50 joint venture of the
Union Government and De Beers Centenary Mauritius Limited (DBCML)
The Cauvery Supervisory Committee headed by Shashi Shekhar directed Karnataka to release 3000
cusecs of water per day from 21 to 30 September 2016 to - Tamil Nadu
The country that advised all pregnant women with symptoms associated with Zika, to be tested for the
virus is - Singapore
The country that appointed an ambassador to Iran for the first time since 2011, as part of its aims for
more productive co-operation is - The United Kingdom
The country that enforced a new legislation that grants sweeping powers to its National Security
Council (NSC) is Malaysia
The country that launched large-scale snap military drills, putting its troops on full combat readiness in
districts bordering country and the Baltic States is Russia
The country that overtook India as the most common non-UK country of birth for people living in the
UK is Poland
The country that recently became the first in the world to ban disposable plastic cups and plates is
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The country that signed a historic peace accord to end more than five decades of conflict with rebel
group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is - Colombia
The country that was recently declared malaria-free by the World Health Organisation is - Sri Lanka

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The Director of Mark Bangles appointed as the President of India Bullion and Jewellers Association is Mukesh Mehta
The draft bill of Union Government that seeks to resolve the inter-state disputes over river water
sharing is - National Water Framework Bill, 2016
The drama series that won the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards is - Game of Thrones

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The F1 racer who won 2016 German Grand Prix is - Lewis Hamilton

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The famous golfer who was voted the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for July 2016 is Thongchai Jaidee
The famous humanist French photographer who died recently is - Marc Riboud

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The famous painter from the Bengal school of painting who passed away recently is -Dhirendranath
Brahma
The far eastern border district of Afghanistan that was declared free of Islamic State militants after a
month long offensive is - Kot district in Nangarhar province
The financial services firm with which the Board of Control for Cricket in India recently tied up is
- Janalakshmi Financial Services
The first Asian to win the Heritage Heroes Award by the International Union for Conservation of
Nature is - Bibhuti Lahkar
The first edition of Nomad Film Festival 2016 began recently in- New Delhi

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The first football referee of Odisha who recently passed away at age of 100 is - Narottam Mohanty

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The first state to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs under Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)
scheme is Gujarat
The first-ever BRICS trade fair will be held in- New Delhi

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The former IAS officer who was recently appointed the part-time chairperson of Unique Identification
Authority of India is - J Satyanarayana
The former Japanese Defence Minister who has been elected as the first woman governor of Tokyo is
- Yuriko Koike
The former Portuguese Prime Minister recently selected by the UN Security Council as the next UN
Secretary-General is - Antonio Guterres
The Giant African Land Snail (GALS) was spotted in the campus of - the Goa University at Taleigao
The India cricketer who was recently named the captain of the India's all time Test XI by Wisden is
- MS Dhoni
The India Sanitation Conference (INDOSAN) was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi at - New Delhi
The Indian film director appointed as the UN Womens Advocate for Gender Equality and Womens
Empowerment in India is - Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush
The Indian film director who was recently honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian
filmmaker Shyam Benegal at the Lonavla International Film Festival India is - Govind Nihalani
The Indian hearing-impaired shooter who won the bronze medal in the first World Deaf Shooting
Championships is - Priyesha Deshmukh
The Indian industrialist who was recently conferred the Clinton Global Citizen Award is - Adi Godrej
The Indian translator who won the 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants for English translation of
Hindi novel Simsim by Geet Chaturvedi is - Anita Gopalan
The Indian wildlife film-maker who was recently appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mrite
(Knight in the National Order of Merit) by the French Government is - Prajna Chowta

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The Indian wrestler who won gold medal in Junior World Wrestling Championships is Manisha

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The Indian wrestler whose bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics was upgraded to silver is Yogeshwar Dutt
The Indian-American who was named as the 2016 class of the Jerger Future Leaders of Audiology by
the American Academy of Audiology is - Vinaya Manchaiah
The Indian-origin software industry veteran recently appointed the CEO of US-based company ANSYS
is - Ajei Gopal
The indigenous Light Utility Helicopter recently successfully completed its test flight in Bengaluru.
The helicopter is developed by - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
The Kudankulam Plant Unit-2 was in August 2016 synchronised with Southern Power Grid at-Tamil
Nadu
The movie that won the Best Film Award at the first BRICS Film Festival that recently concluded in
New Delhi is - Thithi
The name of the new book that was recently announced by Arundhati Roy is - The Ministry of Utmost
Happiness
The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that
was passed in Parliament wants to establish the National Institute of Technology in - Andhra Pradesh
The National Mission on Bioeconomy was launched in - Shillong, Meghalaya

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The new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Fiji that was approved by Union Cabinet
seeks updation of the existing Air Services Agreement (ASA) that was signed on - 28 January 1974
The new import policy for marble and travertine blocks and marble and granite slabs notified by the
government will come into effect from - 1 October 2016
The new species of Pika named Ochotona sikimaria was recently discovered in- Sikkim

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The noted contemporary artist, who had recently released a book called Faces of Creativity, who died
recently is - Yusuf Arakkal
The number of breeds of livestock and poultry recently been registered with the National Bureau of
Animal Genetic Resources is Nine
The Olympic bound wrestler who was given clean chit by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) and
can now participate in Rio Olympics beginning on 5 August 2016 is - Narsingh Yadav
The organiser of the first edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit is - The Energy and
Resources Institute
The person headed the committee that was constituted by the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs
to look into the alternatives to pellet guns - TVSN Prasad
The person honoured with the 2016 Sustainable Development Leadership Award is - Pawan Chamling

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The person recently appointed the chairman of the BCCI Selection Committee is - MSK Prasad

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The person who was re-elected as President of Gabon - Ali Bongo Ondimba

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The player who won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2015-16 is - Cristiano Ronaldo

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The recent joint naval exercises conducted between China and Russia in the South China Sea is - Joint
Sea-2016
The researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research used human hair to produce
cost-effective, metal-free cathodes for use in - solar cells
The rocket was used by ISRO to test Supersonic Combustion Ramjet engine called Scramjet, from the
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta in Andhra Pradesh - ATV02
The scientist who was recently conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015 is
- G. Satheesh Reddy
The sportspersons to be appointed as the Commandant and Brand Ambassador of CRPF is - P V Sindhu

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The state that became Indias first state to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene is
Jharkhand
The state that launched the 108 mobile app for immediate and easy facility of the National Ambulance
Service is - Himachal Pradesh
The state that objected to Genetically-Modified (GM) mustard from being considered for commercial
cultivation in India is Kerala
The state that topped the list of endemic flowering plants, as announced by the Botanical Survey of
India is - Tamil Nadu
The states Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary education has decided to delete a lesson based
on Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova from the next edition of a school textbook is - Goa
The system that was launched to make sure that the bridges across India remains safe by Union
Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari - Indian Bridge Management
System (IBMS)
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on 1 August 2016 unanimously passed a resolution to rename the Madras
High Court as - the Tamil Nadu High Court
The team defeated by Patna Pirates that won the fourth edition of Pro Kabaddi League is -Jaipur Pink
Panthers
The team lifted the title of the Obaidullah Khan Heritage Cup Hockey Tournament by defeating Indian
Railways - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)
The team that won the fourth edition of Pro Kabaddi League is - Patna Pirates

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The tennis star who set a new record of most number of Grand Slam matches wins is -Serena Williams

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The terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport declared first Platinum rated green airport
terminal building in India is - Terminal 3
The theme for the World Sight Day 2016 is - Stronger Together

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The theme of the 2016 World Teachers' Day is - Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status

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The theme of the first edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit that was inaugurated by
President Pranab Mukherjee is - Beyond 2015: People, Planet and Progress
The theme of the World Habitat Day 2016 - Housing at the Centre

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The train whos twelve coaches derailed between Aluva and Karukutty stations in Ernakulam district is
- Thiruvananthapuram-Mangaluru Express
The two day BRICS Convention on Tourism began at World heritage site - Khajuraho in Madhya
Pradesh
The two nations that was requested by Assam Government to immediately rectify their travel advisory
to its citizens to the state - UK and Australia
The typhoon that is expected to hit south China's Guangdong Provinceis - typhoon Nida

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The typhoon that killed about ten people after it struck Japan in last week of August 2016 is - Lionrock

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The Union Cabinet approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and
Hungary on cooperation in the field of - Water Management
The Union Cabinet approved the provision of a direct communication link through a dedicated
submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) between - Mainland (Chennai) and Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
The Union Cabinet approved the signing and ratification of agreement for the exchange of information
with respect to Taxes with - Samoa
The Union Cabinet recently approved setting up of a Medical Devices Manufacturing Park (Medipark)
in- Tamil Nadu
The Union Cabinet recently approved the amendments to- HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control)
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The Union Government on appointed Indian Revenue Service officer Sushil Chandra as the Chairman
of - the Central Board of Direct Taxes
The Union Government recently notified the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme that promises
to - offer financial incentives to employers
The UPSC member who was recently appointed the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
is- Alka Sirohi
The veteran film director who won the 2015 J.C. Daniel Award is - K.G. George

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The veteran trade union leader, who also headed the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply Trust (BEST)
Workers Union, who died recently is - Sharad Rao
The West Bengal State Assembly recently passed a resolution to change the name of the state. The state
would be called Bengal in English
The winner of the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix is - Daniel Ricciardo

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The winner of the 2016 Shinhan Donghae Open is- Gaganjeet Bhullar

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The winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are- Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart
and Bernard L Feringa
The woman wrestler and bronze medalist at 2016 Rio Olympics who was named as Haryanas brand
ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign is - Sakshi Malik
The women who created a new record in the Women's Hammer Throw at the 65th All India Police
Athletics Championship in Hyderabad is Minakshi from CISF
The World Heritage site declared as the cleanest iconic place in India is - Rani ki Vav, Gujarat

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Theme for 2016 World Sight Day that was observed on 13 October 2016 is - Stronger Together

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Theme of World Post Day 2016- Innovation, Integration and Inclusion

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They won the womens doubles title at Connecticut Open in New Haven, the US - Indo-Romanian team
of Saina Mirza and Monica Niculescu
To expand the states green cover, the state that fixed a target of planting over one crore saplings over
an area of 15000 hectares in 2016 is Himachal Pradesh
To indigenise procurements and reduce import dependence, Indian Army announced establishment of
- the Army Design Bureau (ADB)
To streamline government borrowings and better cash management with the overall objective of
deepening bond markets, the Union Finance Ministry has set up - Public Debt Management Cell
(PDMC)
Transportation app Ola in September 2016 tied-up for Cab Booking Interface Integration withYatra.Com
Tributary of River Brahmaputra that was blocked by China for building a dam is - Xiabuqu River

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Two companies that recently signed MoU with Dhamra LNG Terminal Private Limited for taking
equity stake in the Terminal- Indian Oil Corporation Limited and GAIL India Limited
Two-day North East Connectivity Summit was held in- Agartala
Union Cabinet approved creation of a Project Development Fund (PDF) for catalysing Indian economic
presence in the CLMV countries. The countries include - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
Union Cabinet approved revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for avoidance of
double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income with -Cyprus
Union Cabinet enhanced the compensation to victims of terror and left extremism from three lakh
rupees to- Five lakh
Union Cabinet recently approved the signing of MoU between India and which group of countries in
the field of water resources- European Union
Union Government approved 450 crore rupees for Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh and Sikkim under - the Swadesh Darshan scheme

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Union Government launched accessible E-Library 'Sugamya Pustakalaya' for Divyang under Prime
Ministers - Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)
Union Government launched the biggest Leprosy Case Detection campaign in the country with an
objective - to detect the disease early so that those affected can be saved from physical deformity
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on 19 September 2016 inaugurated
the super computer PARAM ISHAN at - IIT Guwahati campus
Urja Mitra Helpline number that was recently launched by Union Government- 14401

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Urjit Patel recently assumed charge as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is RBIs -24th
Governor
Vector-borne disease that claimed 27 lives of children in Malkangiri district of Odisha in 25 days is Japanese Encephalitis
World Leaders recently at the United Nations General Assembly Summit for Refugees and Migrants
adopted the- New York Declaration
World Space Week is being observed from 4-10 October with theme - Remote Sensing: Enabling our
Future
Worlds longest reigning monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej recently died at the age of 88. He was the King
of - Thailand
Worlds oldest cricketer who hails from South Africa and died in September 2016- Lindsay Tuckett

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World's first self-driving taxi service was in August 2016 launched in- Singapore

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Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries of mechanisms for
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