prelims with answer 2016
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Prelims-2016
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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)
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Answer
•Captain Radhika Menon
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•Dorjee Khandu,Nabam Tuki ,Gegong Apang have all been Chief Ministers of which state?
Q-2
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Answer Ans-2
•Arunachal Pradesh
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Prelims
•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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Prelims
•Sushil Kumar
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Prelims
•Why were Mohana Singh,Avani
Chaturvedi and Bhawana Kanth in
News recently?
Q-4
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Prelims Ans
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Prelims
•Who has written the following books
Q-5
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Prelims
•Raghuram Rajan
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Prelims
Which Indian state announced setting up of Happiness Ministry?
Q-6
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Prelims• Madhya Pradesh
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Prelims
•What is the Movie Mission 90 days based on?
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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
Ans-7
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Prelims
• 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”.
Ans-8
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Prelims
• 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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Prelims
•Chetan Chauhan
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Prelims
•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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Prelims Ans-10
S:Only people associated with Science(Engineers ,doctors,scientists)
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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
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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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Prelims
•NougatAns-12
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Prelims
•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
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Prelims• Nitin Gadkari
Ans-13
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Prelims
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
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Prelims• VT Thomas also known as Toms• The cartoonist who created Boban and Molly
Ans
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Prelims
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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Prelims
• Rohit Khandelwal
Ans- 15
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Prelims
Q 16
The Nobel peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by Parliament of which country?
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Prelims
•Norway
Ans 16
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Prelims
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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Prelims
• Kavalam Narayana Panicker
Ans-17
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Prelims
Q-18
The Film “The Man who knew Infinity starring Dev Patel is based on which famous Indian
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Prelims• Srinivasa Ramanujan
Ans-18
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Prelims
Q-19
Which organizations Logo is being shown here
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Prelims• WADA• World Anti doping agency
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Prelims
Q-20
Identify the Athlete
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Prelims
•Neeraj Chopra
Ans-20
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Prelims
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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Prelims
• ICELAND
Ans-21
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Prelims
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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Prelims
A-22
Manoj Kumar
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Prelims
•Name the Author of the book Future shock who passed away recently
Q-23
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Prelims
A-23
Alvin Toffler
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Prelims
•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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Prelims
A-24
Reusable
Reusable Launch vehicle
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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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Prelims
A-25
Mexico
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