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JULY – 2016 GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

1). Under the 'Clean UP, Green UP' initiative, which state government has announced to plant

a record five crore saplings across the state on July 11.

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

e) Uttar Pradesh

2). Haritha Haram a flagship programme to increase the present 24% tree cover in the State

to 33% of the total geographical area of which among the following states?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Karnataka

e) Kerala

3). NATO Summit begins in

a) Vienna, Austria

b) Budapest, Hungary

c) Milan, Italy

d) Warsaw, Poland

e) None of these


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4). Home First Finance Company is looking to sell 30% stake for Rs 250 crore to fund

operations. The company provides loans of upto ____ lakh rupees, to firsthome buyers.

a) Rs.25 lakh

b) Rs.30 lakh

c) Rs.35 lakh

d) Rs.40 lakh

e) None of these

5). Which state government has proposed a “Fat Tax” on fast food items like burgers,

pizzas, donuts and pasta etc. served in branded restaurants in a bid to discourage the junk

food culture?

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Karnataka

d) Haryana

e) None of these

6). Which state government approved the new Slum and Jhuggi-Jhopdi Relocation and

Rehabilitation Policy?

a) Maharashtra

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Delhi

d) Punjab

e) Mizoram


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7). The IMF has announced a ____ billion dollar program for Iraq to help strengthen the

country's finances, hit by the crash in oil prices and the fight against the Islamic State group.

a) $ 5.86

b) $ 8.37

c) $ 5.34

d) $ 8.54

e) $ 5.94

8). Eminent philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi died.

He belongs to which country?

a) Turkey

b) Iran

c) Pakistan

d) Turkmenistan

e) Tajikistan

9). India signed an agreement for providing a Line of Credit of $92 million in the water

resources sector with which among the following countries during the recent visit of PM N

Modi to the country?

a) Ghana

b) Tanzania

c) Mozambique

d) Algeria

e) None of these


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10). The government has decided to award a compensation of _____ lakh rupees to civilian

victims of cross-border firing.

a) 3 lakh

b) 4 lakh

c) 5 lakh

d) 6 lakh

e) None of these

11). Most worst performing currency in the year 2016 is

a) Pound

b) Peso

c) Riyal

d) Yuan

e) None of these

12). Mr Tathagata Roy was sworn-in as the Governor of

a) Tripura

b) Assam

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Bihar

e) None of these

13). Who won the Wimbledon title 2016 in Tennis women’s singles?

a) Venus Williams

b) Serena Williams

c) Angelique Kerber

d) Flavia Pennetta

e) None of these


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14). Recently India had signed number of MoU’s with Kenya. Among them one is India

agreed provide concessional credit of how much amount for power transmission project to

Kenya?

a) 60 million dollar

b) 60 billion dollar

c) 60 trillion dollar

d) 6 billion dollar

e) None of these

15). Vahanchoritakrar is a mobile application launched by which among the following states

of India for strengthening the public security system?

a) Maharashtra

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Mizoram

d) Meghalaya

e) None of these

16). Which among the following countries to host Farnborough Airshow from July 11?

a) France

b) London

c) Netherlands

d) USA

e) None of these


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17). Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Konkan Railway

Corporation Limited (KRCL)?

a) Ashok Gupta

b) Dinesh Gupta

c) Sanjay Gupta

d) Anand Gupta

e) None of these

18). The Telecom Ministry has reportedly cleared the Rs3,500-crore 4G spectrum trading deal

between Bharti Airtel and

a) Aircel

b) Vodafone

c) Tata Docomo

d) Reliance

e) None of these

19). Which among the following organisations celebrates its 35th foundation day on 12 July

2016?

a) SIDBI

b) SEBI

c) NABARD

d) IRDA

e) None of these


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20). A spa, likely to be India's first to offer its services to the transgender community, was

launched in

a) Kerala

b) Karnataka

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Madhya Pradesh

e) None of these

21). Which Indian Bank to become first issuer of 'masala bonds'?

a) HDFC Bank

b) Yes Bank

c) ICICI Bank

d) State Bank of India

e) None of these

22). Recently how many more Indians qualified for the Rio Olympics will be held from 5

August to 21 August 2016?

a) Four

b) Five

c) Six

d) Seven

e) None of these


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23). Which government to set up 300 dengue clinics to provide treatment for dengue this

year?

a) Maharashtra

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Delhi

d) West Bengal

e) None of these

24). Who is the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh?

a) Kalikho Paul

b) NabumTuki

c) Lakshmikanth Pareskar

d) Narayanasamy

e) None of these

25). With which among the following countries does India recently signed an agreement for

the construction of a 1,320 megawatt (MW) coal fired power plant?

a) Nepal

b) Sri Lanka

c) Bhutan

d) Bangladesh

e) None of these


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26). Which bank announced the acquisition of GramaVidiyal Microfinance, a Trichy-based

Microfinance company?

a) IDFC Bank

b) HDFC Bank

c) DCB Bank

d) RBL Bank

e) None of these

27). Which international airlines has been named the 'World's Best Airline' by consumer

aviation website Skytrax?

a) Air Asia

b) Qatar Airways

c) Air Arabia

d) Emirates

e) None of these

28). Which country topped in the recently released ICC Test rankings?

a) India

b) Pakistan

c) England

d) Australia

e) None of these

29). Which team wins EurAsia Cup Hockey 2016?

a) India

b) Russia

c) Germany

d) Poland


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e) None of these

30). Which bank opens international banking unit at GIFT City?

a) Indian Overseas Bank

b) IDBI Bank

c) IndusInd Bank

d) State Bank of India

e) None of these

31). Who among the following has launched a teacher education portal, 'Prashikshak', which

aims at bringing quality teachers to Indian schools?

a) Rajnath Singh

b) Smriti Irani

c) Narendra Modi

d) Sushma Swaraj

e) None of these

32). PM Sets how many days Deadline for officials on Grievance Redressal at the meeting of

PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation).

a) 15 days

b) 14 days

c) 7 days

d) 10 days

e) 21 days


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33). Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the extension of embargo on

food imports from the EU and some other countries until ______.

a) December 31, 2016

b) December 31, 2017

c) December 31, 2018

d) December 31, 2019

e) December 30, 2017

34). The Reserve Bank of India said pre-2005 banknotes can now be exchanged only at select

RBI offices (and not banks) from

a) July 3rd

b) July 2nd

c) July 1st

d) June 30th

e) June 29th

35). The World Bank said it will lend over ______ billion dollar to India for its solar energy

projects.

a) $0.5 billion

b) $0.7 billion

c) $0.9 billion

d) $1 billion

e) $1.5 billion


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36). Cricket will be a part of the 2024 Olympics if ___ gets to host the tournament announced

by Italian Cricket Board President.

a) Venice

b) Milan

c) Verona

d) Rome

e) None of these

37). Name the cricket player who has resigned from his post as media representative in ICC’

s Cricket Committee.

a) Sunil Gavaskar

b) Ravi Shastri

c) Dilip Vengsarkar

d) Chetan Sharma

e) Mahesh Manjrekar

38). Who became the first Indian footballer to play in Europa League.

a) Sunil Chetri

b) Robin Singh

c) Subrata Pal

d) JejeLalpeklua

e) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu


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39). Recently, which among the following banks has launched a social media banking

platform enabling customers to access a host of banking services through their Facebook and

Twitter accounts?

a) Axis Bank

b) SBI

c) Punjab National Bank

d) Bank of Baroda

e) ICICI Bank

40). What was the theme of the 2016 International Day of Cooperatives that was observed

recently?

a) Driving Recovery through Co-operative Enterprise

b) Co-operatives and Employment Promotion

c) Peace-building through Co-operatives

d) Co-operatives: The power to act for a sustainable future

e) None of these

41). Which of the following Indian state has decided to introduce moral education as a

subject for students of Classes VI to XII?

a) Jammu & Kashmir

b) Assam

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Haryana

e) Himachal Pradesh


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42). According to Switzerland central bank's latest update what is the India’s Rank in terms

of citizens holding money with Swiss banks?

a) 61

b) 65

c) 68

d) 71

e) 75

43). State Bank of India has inked agreements with the World Bank for a _____ million dollar

facility to support grid-connected rooftop solar programme in the country.

a) 350

b) 820

c) 550

d) 625

e) 620

44). The Union Sports minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced a grant of _______ lakh for ailing

Olympic gold medallist Mohammed Shahid.

a) Rs.5 lakh

b) Rs.10 lakh

c) Rs.15 lakh

d) Rs.20 lakh

e) Rs.25lakh


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45). Name the Former French Socialist Prime Minister who died on July 3 at the age of 85.

a) Colin Munro

b) Ryan Giggs

c) Elie Wiesel

d) Michel Rocard

e) None of these

46). India's first Integrated Defence Communication Network (DCN) was launched. The

network has been designed and developed by which IT firm?

a) TCS

b) HCL Technologies

c) Infosys

d) iGate

e) None of these

47). In order to hunt for extraterrestrial life and explore space, China has built the world's

largest radio telescope, named

a) CAST

b) TAST

c) FAST

d) DAST

e) ZAST


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48). Haryana Government announced that it would develop an industrial township in the

state at an expense of

a) 2.5 billion dollar

b) 3 billion dollar

c) 3.5 billion dollar

d) 5 billion dollar

e) 6 billion dollar

49). Name the first actor to play the role Lois Lane on the Adventures of Superman television

series died.

a) Eva Marie Saint

b) Peta Wilson

c) Noel Neil

d) Parkey Posey

e) Kate Bosworth

50). In which state is the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) headquartered?

a) Maharashtra

b) Goa

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) West Bengal

e) Tamil Nadu


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51). Name the Indian swimmer who has won 8 medals including 3 golds at the IWAS

(International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports) U-23 World Games in Prague.

a) NiranjanMukundan

b) Abhay Kumar

c) KetanDahyabhai Patel

d) VivekRanadive

e) Tanvir Ahmed Khan

52). The Union Cabinet approved the Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers for the year

2016-17. The amount assigned for the purpose by the government is

a) 18276 crores

b) 18288 crores

c) 18296 crores

d) 18256 crores

e) 18246 crores

53). The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) recommended a

green cess of what percent on diesel vehicles.

a) 20 – 23

b) 19 – 21

c) 20 – 22

d) 15 – 20

e) 15 – 18


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54). Which state of India has become the first state in the country to introduce minimum

wages for part time workers?

a) Rajasthan

b) Gujarat

c) Maharashtra

d) Kerala

e) Karnataka

55). Name the telecommunication authority which has launched an app called “My speed”

to check real-time internet.

a) TDSAT

b) Dot

c) TRAI

d) WPCW

e) TERM

56). The Union Finance Ministry has constituted four members committee to examine the

feasibility and desirability of having a new financial year.The committee will be headed by

a) Shankar Acharya

b) Padmanabha Acharya

c) Mithelesh Acharya

d) Mukthesh Acharya

e) Somanadh Acharya


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57). Union Government launched National Green Highways Mission, for plantation drive on

1500 km of National Highways. What is the estimated cost for the project by the

government?

a) 750 crore rupees

b) 650crore rupees

c) 550crore rupees

d) 450crore rupees

e) 300crore rupees

58). Under Namami Gange Programme how many project were implement all over the?

a) 219

b) 198

c) 231

d) 220

e) 252

59). Where did the Liberty Park on 29 June 2016?

a) World Trade Organisation, Geneva

b) International Finance Corporation, Washington D. C

c) World Trade Center, New York

d) World Economic Forum, Cologny

e) None of these

60). Deepak Singhal appointed as the Chief Secretary of

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Himachal Pradesh


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e) Uttar Pradesh

61). The first Indian city where water connectivity will be developed as a feeder service to the

metro rail is

a) Bangalore

b) Varanasi

c) Kochi

d) Tamil Nadu

e) None of these

62). The Reserve Bank of India recently imposed a penalty of Rs 5 cr on which of the following

banks?

a) Bank of India

b) Bank of Baroda

c) Indian Bank

d) Dena Bank

e) Central Bank of India

63). Which of the following firms has agreed to buy Yahoo Inc's core internet business for

$4.83 bn in cash?

a) AT&T

b) Microsoft

c) Google

d) Verizon

e) Nokia


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64). Avasarala Kanyakumari was selected for the prestigious 2016 Sangita Kalanidhi Award.

She is the first female to be chosen for this prestigious award who plays

a) guitar

b) flute

c) tabla

d) violin

e) shehnai

65). Which state government has launched a pilot project of e-complaint system on an

experimental basis recently?

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Kerala

e) Rajasthan

66). Name the legendary modern Indian artist who has passed away in New Delhi following a

prolonged illness.

a) Maya Burman

b) Ram Chandra Shukla

c) Syed Haider Raza

d) Mohammed Yusuf Khatri

e) MRD Dattan


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67). India and which country are charting out a new path in bilateral trade and investment

ties with a focus on sectors including renewable energy, telecom and medical devices?

a) Mexico

b) UAE

c) USA

d) Russia

e) Japan

68). LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan sets up 9-member panel to probe Bhagwant Mann incident.

The panel chaired by

a) Kirit Somaiya

b) Vikram Seth

c) Mahesh Bhopathi

d) Amarenda Sahu

e) None of these

69). India's Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned 25 projects worth ____ crore rupees under the

Swadesh Darshan (domestic sightseeing) scheme to as many as 21 states.

a) Rs.2050

b) Rs.2048

c) Rs.2480

d) Rs.2840

e) Rs.2408


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70). Who won the recently concluded Hungarian Grand Prix?

a) Nico Rosberg

b) Daniel Ricciardo

c) Lewis Hamilton

d) Kimi Räikkönen

e) None of these

71). PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of AIIMS hospital in Gorakhpur. Gorakhpur is a

city in ______.

a) Bihar

b) Punjab

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Assam

e) Madhya Pradesh

72). Name the high-tech story-telling museum which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister

Narendra Modi on July 25 at Rashtrapati Bhavan?

a) Metro Museum

b) Garages Museum

c) Tribal Museum

d) Archaeological museum

e) None of these


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73). With whom Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated the Petrapole Integrated

Check Post through video-conferencing?

a) Pranab Mukarjee

b) Sushma Swaraj

c) Abdul Hamid

d) Sheikh Hasina

e) None of these

74). Mumbai Railway Police has successfully traced as many as 4,804 “missing” children

and reunited 4,386 of them with their family under the operation _______.

a) ‘Operation Muskan’

b) ‘Operation Smile’

c) ‘Operation Valsalya’

d) ‘Operation Bloodhound’

e) None of these

75). Seven Indian companies have made it to the latest Fortune 500 list of the world’s

biggest corporations in terms of revenue. Which of the following is topped the list?

a) ONGC

b) Walmart

c) Reliance Industries Ltd

d) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL)

e) None of these


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76). The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded a Rs 533 crore contract for

widening of Salasar-Nagaur Section in ________.

a) Odisha

b) Gujarat

c) Rajasthan

d) Goa

e) Meghalaya

77). Who is set to be hired as the New England manager at a Football Association board

meeting at Wembley?

a) Jurgen Klinsmann

b) Steve Bruce

c) Eddie Howe

d) Sam Allardyce

e) None of these

78). Which state Government constitutes State Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation

recently?

a) Karnataka

b) Maharashtra

c) Kerala

d) Mizoram

e) None of these


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79). India ranks ______ on Sustainable Development index.

a) 105

b) 107

c) 108

d) 109

e) 110

80). Who has been named brand ambassador of the Craig McDermott International Cricket

Academy in Australia?

a) Steve Smith

b) Mitchell Jhonson

c) Michael Clark

d) Shane Watson

e) None of these

81). Every year July 18th is observed across the world as

a) Malala Day

b) Nelson Mandela International Day

c) World Day for International Justice

d) World Hepatitis Day

e) None of these

82). Structural reforms in BCCI is a committee headed by

a) R M Lodha

b) TSR Subramanian

c) AP Shah

d) N R Narayana Murthy


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e) None of these

83). Name the cricketer who has equalled Ravi Shastri’s record for the fastest double-

century in first class cricket against Derbyshire.

a) Chesney Hughes

b) Aneurin Donald

c) Tom Taylor

d) Will Davis

e) None of these

84). Who has won the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship held from 12 July – 17 July

2016 concluded in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

a) Joshna Chinappa and Harindrapal Singh Sandhu

b) Dipika Pallikal Karthik and SauravGhosal

c) Sushil Nadkari and Vidhya Sharma

d) Vidhya Sharma and Harindrapal Singh Sandhu

e) None of these

85). The Asian Development Bank (ADB) trimmed its 2016 growth forecasts for developing

economies in Asia-Pacific region to _______ %.

a) 6

b) 7.7

c) 3

d) 5.6

e) 4


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86). The Centre, has released ______ crore rupees to states under the Mahatma Gandhi

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

a) Rs.28,022.87

b) Rs.26,022.87

c) Rs.23,022.87

d) Rs.25,022.87

e) Rs.29,022.87

87). Which state government has launched the free bus pass scheme for school and college

students for 2016-17?

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Delhi

e) Kerala

88). Who among the following has launched an e-portal enabling online interaction with

various branches of the Secretariat to reduce paperwork in the day-to-day functioning of the

Parliament?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Arun Jaitely

c) Mohammad Hamid Ansari

d) Sumitra Mahajan

e) None of these


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89). Art collective team Lab opened a digital art exhibition in

a) Tokyo, Japan

b) Switzerland

c) Beijing, China

d) Washington D C, USA

e) None of these

90). Who was appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace by the Director-General of UNESCO,

Irina Bokova?

a) Martin Luther

b) Silvester Stalin

c) Kudsi Erguner

d) David Marithon

e) None of these

91). Which among the following state Chief Minister gives order to setup Embankment

Protection Committee?

a) Bihar

b) Nagaland

c) Punjab

d) Assam

e) None of these


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92). “Madhubabu Pension Scheme” is an initiative of which among the following states?

a) Odisha

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Telangana

d) Mizoram

e) None of these

93). The Central government proposes to organise a ‘Make in India’ conference in which

among the following cities scheduled in December?

a) Bilaspur

b) New Delhi

c) Bhubaneswar

d) Vadodara

e) None of these

94). India to supply free ration to jobless workers in

a) Iran

b) Iraq

c) Saudi Arabia

d) Nepal

e) Bhutan

95). Which among the following banks sets up top team to track loans, sound 'NPA' alert?

a) Bank of India

b) ICICI Bank

c) United Bank of India

d) Axis Bank

e) None of these


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96). Bank of India (BoI) will issue shares on a preferential basis to the government for capital

infusion of ________ crore rupees.

a) Rs.1228

b) Rs.1338

c) Rs.1448

d) Rs.1118

e) Rs.1008

97). To improve attractiveness of SGB, the minimum subscription limit was reduced from 2gm

to

a) 0.7 gm

b) 0.9 gm

c) 1 gm

d) 1.5 gm

e) 1.2 gm

98). Harry Potter and the Cursed Child book launches in London. This is which series of the

book?

a) Seventh

b) Eighth

c) Ninth

d) Tenth

e) Fifteenth


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99). Name the Ashok Leyland non-exec vice chairman who resigns recently.

a) R Seshasayee

b) M Shanmuka Nathan

c) K Vijay Kumar

d) R Vinay Chopra

e) None of these

1O0). Who is set to be appointed as the new CBDT Chairperson with incumbent Atulesh Jindal

retired recently?

a) Anil Singh Nair

b) Pratap Singh Nair

c) Priyanka Singh Nair

d) Rani Singh Nair

e) None of these


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ANSWERS:

1 – E

2 – B

3 – D

4 – B

5 – A

6 – C

7 – C

8 – C

9 – B

10 – C

11 – A

12 – C

13 – B

14 – A

15 – A

16 – B

17 – C

18 – C

19 – C

20 – C

21 – A

22 – C

23 – C

24 – B

25 – D


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26 – A

27 – D

28 – D

29 – A

30 – C

31 – B

32 – D

33 – B

34 – C

35 – D

36 – D

37 – B

38 – E

39 – B

40 – D

41 – D

42 – E

43 – D

44 – B

45 – D

46 – B

47 – C

48 – D

49 – C

50 – A

51 – A


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52 – A

53 – C

54 – A

55 – C

56 – A

57 – E

58 – C

59 – C

60 – E

61 – C

62 – B

63 – D

64 – D

65 – A

66 – C

67 – A

68 – A

69 – B

70 – C

71 – C

72 – B

73 – D

74 – A

75 – B

76 – C

77 – D


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78 – C

79 – E

80 – E

81 – B

82 – A

83 – B

84 – B

85 – D

86 – A

87 – C

88 – D

89 – A

90 – C

91 – D

92 – A

93 – C

94 – C

95 – B

96 – B

97 – C

98 – B

99 – A

100 – D

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