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The 2016 'World Press Freedom Index' released by Reporters

without Borders (RSF) is led by Finland, which retained its top
spot for the sixth consecutive year, followed by Netherlands and
Norway.
General Awareness
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched
Healthy India Initiative magazine and No More Tension mobile
1. As per a recent report by the National Energy
App.
Administration published in February 2017,
which country has become world's biggest
producer of solar energy?
1) USA
4) Australia
2) Brazil
5) Canada
3) China

2. How many members are there in the Nuclear

'Heart of Asia' conference held in..?
Suppliers Group?
1) 50 2) 81 3) 90 4) 48 5) 55 9. Who among the following has been awarded 1) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 20. Who among the following won his first
3. Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojna' was the Mother Teresa Memorial International Change (IPCC) Formula 1 world title in November 2016?
launched in Agra on 20th November 2016.It Award for Social Justice 2016, posthumous- 2) International Union for Conservation of 1) Lewis Hamilton 2) Nico Erik Rosberg
is designed entirely for the rural masses, the ly? Nature (IUCN) 3) Sebastian Vettel 4) Daniel Ricciardo
ambitious scheme aims to provide affordable 1) Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain 3) International Olympic Committee (IOC) 5) Mark Hudd
houses to all those living below the poverty 2) Mustifizur Rahman 4) Indian Space Research Organisation 21. All India Conference of Central
line by the year: (ISRO)
3) Abdus Salam Administrative Tribunal was held in:
1) 2019 2) 2020 3) 2021 5) Defence Development & Research
4) Imam Hossain 5) Ashgar Ali 1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi
4) 2022 5) 2018 Organization (DRDO)
10. Who is the only Indian, ranked 36th in the 3) Hyderabad 4) Chennai
4. Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea is marginal 15. Recently, the three-day North East Film
US magazine Fortune's top 50 business 5) Kolkata
sea of: Festival-2017 was held at:
persons list for 2016? 22. The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
1) Atlantic Ocean 2) Arctic Ocean 1) Shillong 2) Kohima 3) Mumbai
1) Adi Godrej 2) Aditya Puri Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh launched
3) Indian Ocean 4) Pacific Ocean 4) Guwahati 5) Pune epashuhaat portal on the occasion of:
3) Mukesh Ambani 4) Gautam Adani
5) Antarctic Ocean 16. Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojna (PMJDY) 1) International Agriculture Day
5) Savitri Jindal
5. The "Heart of Asia Conference' was held in was launched in which of the following
11. Which among the following has implement- 2) National Animals Day
December 2016 in which of the following year?
ed artificial intelligence mechanism for 3) National Kisan Day
countries? 1) 2009 2) 2014 3) 2012
rumor detection? 4) National Milk Day
1) Pakistan 2) India 3) Nepal 4) 2015 5) 2016
1) NSE 2) BSE 5) Rashtriya Pashupalan Diwas
4) Bhutan 5) Maldives 17. In Nov, 2016, which country has opened its
3) NASDAQ 4) SEBI first space symposium on space science 23. Who has been elected as new Vice
6. The twenty-second session of the
5) FICCI and technology? President of the United States of America in
Conference of the Parties (COP 22) was held
12. Which business software maker has November 2016?
in: 1) North Korea 2) South Korea
announced to buy "Dyn", a monitor of glob- 1) John Kerry 2) Joe Biden
1) USA 2) Morocco 3) UK 3) Austria 4) New Zealand
4) Singapore 5) France al internet performance and traffic? 5) Norway 3) Mike Pence 4) Mitch Daniels
7. Which country has launched world's longest 1) Microsoft 2) Adobe 3) Google 18. National Cadets Day is observed on: 5) Al Gore
(712-km line) quantum communication line? 4) Oracle 5) TCS 1) September 11 2) October 18 24. Liaoning is the first aircraft carrier of which
1) China 2) USA 3) Japan 13. Who has been appointed as the United of the following countries?
3) November 8 4) November 27
4) Germany 5) France Nations in India Goodwill Ambassador for 1) USA 2) China 3) France
5) December 9
the Sustainable Development Goals 4) Singapore 5) Germany
8. Which among the following has proposed the 19. The Centre announced a new committee,
opening of "Islamic window" in conventional (SDGs) in January 2017? 25. Which of the following is/are green transport
headed by Amitabh Kant, to form a strategy
banks for "gradual" introduction of Sharia- 1) Sunil Gavaskar 2) Prakash Padukone vehicles?
to expedite the process of transforming
compliant or interest-free banking in India? 3) Ashok Amritraj 4) Sania Mirza India into a cashless economy. Amitabh 1) Compressed air vehicles
1) Corporate Affairs Ministry 5) Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia Kant is related with: 2) Battery electric vehicles
2) Finance Ministry 14. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri was the former 1) IMF 2) Niti Aayog 3) Hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicles
3) Reserve Bank of India chairman of which of the following organisa- 3) RBI 4) Finance Ministry 4) Natural gas vehicles
4) State Bank of India 5) Home Ministry tion? 5) World Bank 5) All of the above

Answer with explanations
1-3; China has emerged as world's biggest pro-
ducer of solar energy as per data shared by
the National Energy Administration (NEA)
of China on 4th February, 2017.
2-4; Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group
of nuclear supplier countries that seek to
prevent nuclear proliferation by controlling
the export of materials, equipment and
technology that can be used to manufac-
ture nuclear weapons. As of Feb 2017 the
NSG has 48 members.
3-4; Prime Minister launched his flagship hous-
ing scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas
Yojna' in Agra on 20th November 2016. It is
designed entirely for the rural masses, the
ambitious scheme aims to provide afford-
able houses to all those living below the
poverty line by the year 2022.
4-2; U.S. declared portions of the Arctic off-lim-
its for oil exploration for the next five years.
The decision means new oil and gas explo-
ration leasing in the Chukchi Sea and
Beaufort Sea will not be considered until
after 2022.
5-2; 6th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia
summit was held in Amritsar, India, from
December 3 to December 4, 2016.
6-2; The twenty-second session of the
Conference of the Parties (COP 22), were
held in Marrakech, Morocco from 7- 18
November 2016.
7-1; The new quantum communication line links
Hefei, capital of Anhui province, to
Shanghai, China's financial hub. Quantum
networks allow for the transportation of
quantum information between physically
separate quantum systems.
8-3; The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has pro-
posed the opening of "Islamic window" in
conventional banks for "gradual" introduc-
tion of Sharia-compliant or interest-free
banking in the country.
9-1; Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, one of the three
Bangladeshi hostages killed in the terrorist
attack on Holey Cafe in Dhaka's Gulshan
diplomatic zone on July 1, 2016 was
awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial
International Award for Social Justice 2016,
posthumously.
10-2; HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri has been
ranked 36th in the US magazine Fortune's
top 50 business persons list for 2016, and
is the only Indian among three persons of
Indian origin in the global rankings.
11-2; BSE has introduced a data analytics-
based solution that relies on artificial intel-
ligence to track news related to listed
companies on digital media using social
media.
12-4; Business software maker Oracle Corp
has announced to buy Dyn, a monitor of
global internet performance and traffic, to
allow cloud customers to optimize their
infrastructure costs and increase web-dri-
ven revenue.
13-3; Award-winning Hollywood film producer
and Wimbledon tennis player, Ashok
Amritraj has been appointed the United
Nations in India Goodwill Ambassador for
the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
Chairman and CEO of the Hyde Park
Entertainment Group, Mr. Amritraj is the first
Ambassador for the UN in India.
14-1; Rajendra Kumar Pachauri was the former
chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC).
15-5; The three-day (28th to 30th January)
North East Film Festival (NEFF) National
Film Archive of India, was held at Pune.
16-2; Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojna (PMJDY)
was launched on August 28, 2014.
17-1; For the first time the "Symposium on
Space Science and Technology 2016" at
the Sci-Tech Complex in North Korea.
More than 200 research papers were sub-
mitted as part of this is the first sympo-
sium.
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18-4; The National Cadet Corps is the Indian
military cadet corps with its Headquarters
at New Delhi, India. The 68th anniversary
celebrations of the National Cadet Corps
observed on November 27, 2016.
19-2; The Centre announced a new committee,
headed by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant,
to form a strategy to expedite the process
of transforming India into a cashless
economy.
20-2; Nico Erik Rosberg is a German driver, cur-
rently racing for the team. He is the 2016
Formula One World Champion.
21-2; The All India Conference of the Central
Administrative Tribunal (CAT) was held in
New Delhi from November 26- 27, 2016.
22-4; The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Minister, Radha Mohan Singh launched e-
pashuhaat portal on the occasion of
National Milk Day in New Delhi.
23-3
24-2; Liaoning is the first Chinese aircraft carri-
er commissioned into the People's
Liberation Army Navy Surface Force. It is
classified as a training ship, intended to
allow the Navy to practice with carrier
usage.
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