Prelims-2016

Prelims• She was heading the oil Tanker “Sampurna Swarajya” on

rainy night when she saw a Boat “Durgamma” with 7

fisherman drifting off Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.They

had lost the food supplies and also any hope of survival.

She ordered her Tanker to rescue the fisher men amidst

25 feet high waves and heavy winds. For her brave act

she became the first woman in the world to receive the

Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the

International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

Answer

•Captain Radhika Menon

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•Dorjee Khandu,Nabam Tuki ,Gegong Apang have all been Chief Ministers of which state?

Q-2

Answer Ans-2

•Arunachal Pradesh

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•Abhinav Bindra will be the Flag bearer at the Rio Olympics-2016.Who was the

flag bearer at London Olympics 2012

Q-3

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•Sushil Kumar

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•Why were Mohana Singh,Avani

Chaturvedi and Bhawana Kanth in

News recently?

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•Who has written the following books

Q-5

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•Raghuram Rajan

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Which Indian state announced setting up of Happiness Ministry?

Q-6

Prelims• Madhya Pradesh

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•What is the Movie Mission 90 days based on?

Q7

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•Assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and the following investigation.

•Mission 90 Days is a 2007 Malayalam film by Major Ravi starring Mammooty. It is Major Ravi's second directorial venture and is based on the

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• International union of pure and Applied Chemistry(IUPAC) has announced the proposed names of four new elements.They are Nihonium(Nh),Moscovium,Tennessine(Ts) and____________?

• The fourth element has been named after a living scientist.Name the scientist

Q-8

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• Element 118 has named Oganessian in honour of Russian Nuclear Physicict Yuri Oganessian•His many achievements include the discovery of superheavy elements and significant advances in the nuclear physics of superheavy nuclei including experimental evidence for the “island of stability”.

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• He was test cricketer who played 40 test

Matches and opened with Gavaskar in

most matches.He played for India for 12

years(1969-81) and scored 2084 runs.He

was recently in news for being appointed

as Chairman of National Institute of

Fashion Technology.Name him

Q-9

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•Chetan Chauhan

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•We have all heard of Central board of certification certificates like U(unrestricted Public exhibition,UA(parental guidance for children below 12 years),A(Restricted to adults)•What is an S certificate

Q-10

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S:Only people associated with Science(Engineers ,doctors,scientists)

Prelims• Wheeler Island, is an island off the coast of Odisha, India, approximately 150

kilometres (93 mi) from the state capital Bhubaneshwar. The Integrated Test

Range maintaining a missile testing facility is located in the island.It is the

missile test facility for most missiles of India; Akash Missiles, Agni Missiles, Astra

Missile, BrahMos, Nirbhay, Prahaar Missile, Prithvi Missiles, Shaurya Missile,

Advanced Air Defence (AAD), and Prithvi Air Defence. Access to the test facility

is by ship, as there is no bridge or airport connecting the island to the mainland.

• In 2015 the Island was renamed after whom?

Q-11

Prelims• Abdul Kalam Island

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Prelims• It is a sweet that originated in Turkey

made by Mixing of Nuts and

sometimes fruit pieces in a sugar

paste whose composition is varied to

give it a chewy consistency.In modern

times it made by mixing

Honey,Sugar ,Nuts and egg

Albumen.What are we talking about?

Q-12

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•NougatAns-12

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•He founded the Purti Power power and Sugar limited in Maharashtra and also controls various industrial establishment.He Served as President of BJP from 2010-13.He is now the Minister for Road,Transport and Highways and shipping.Identify him

Q-13

Prelims• Nitin Gadkari

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When he died on April 28,2016,the obituary in one of

the English dailies was the “Man who influenced

Malayalis to read from Back to front?

Who are we talking about?

Q-14

Prelims• VT Thomas also known as Toms• The cartoonist who created Boban and Molly

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Q 15

. Which Indian was crowned Mr.World 2016 in a

male Beauty pageant held recently,The first

asian to win the title?

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• Rohit Khandelwal

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Q 16

The Nobel peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by Parliament of which country?

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•Norway

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Q-17

Name the Malayali Dramatist,Theatre director and poet who had written over 26 Malayalam plays many adapted from Sanskrit drama and Shakespeare like Madhyamavyayogam ,Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiyam (1981, 1996), Shakuntalam (1982), Karnabharam (1984, 2001), Bhasa's Uru Bhangam (1988),Swapnavasavadattam and Dootavakyam (1996) who died in June this year

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• Kavalam Narayana Panicker

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Q-18

The Film “The Man who knew Infinity starring Dev Patel is based on which famous Indian

Prelims• Srinivasa Ramanujan

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Q-19

Which organizations Logo is being shown here

Prelims• WADA• World Anti doping agency

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Q-20

Identify the Athlete

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•Neeraj Chopra

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Q-21

Which country’s natives have strict rules for Sur names and can not put any other surnames.The name of the males has to end in - Son (Son)and name of daughter in dottir(Daughter).

So son of Olafur Ragnar Grimson will be Olaffson and daughter as Olaffsdottir.They can either take the Fathers name or Mother name to add the suffix

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• ICELAND

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Who won the 2016 Dada

Saheb Phalke award?

He is known for acting in and directing

films with patriotic themes

Q-22

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A-22

Manoj Kumar

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•Name the Author of the book Future shock who passed away recently

Q-23

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A-23

Alvin Toffler

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•India launched in May the country’s first space shuttle protype called RLV TD?•What does R in RLV TD stand for

Q-24

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A-24

Reusable

Reusable Launch vehicle

Prelims• After Bilateral talks,President Enrique Pena drove out for a

meal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had dinner at restaurant called Qunitonil .The dinner included Bean Tacos.• Which country we are talking about

Q-25

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Mexico

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