(1). The government is expected to collect over _________ in its disinvestment kitty over the next couple of months, with at least one buy-back announcement from PSUs every month.

• (a). Rs 26,000 crore
• (b). Rs 18,000 crore
• (c). Rs 16,000 crore
• (d). Rs 20,000 crore
• (e). Rs 15,000 crore

(2). Name the country that has recorded the largest current account surplus in the first half of this year since 2007.

• (a). China
• (b). Japan
• (c). Russia
• (d). Germany
• (e). USA

(3). Which state has launched an online service for consumers to apply for low-tension service connections?

• (a). Kerala
• (b). Tamil Nadu
• (c). Karnataka
• (d). Goa
• (e). Madhya Pradesh

(4). Name the state which has ranked first among all States in 2016 for attracting maximum 'investment intentions' in value terms.

• (a). Maharashtra
• (b). Telengana
• (c). Chhattisgarh
• (d). Gujarat
• (e). Karnataka

(5). Name the project which has been recently launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing piped drinking water to every household in the Telangana.

• (a). Swacch Bharat Mission
• (b). National Rural Drinking
• (c). Water Programme
• (d). Mission Bhagiratha
• (e). Mission Sadarmat

(6). Name the state which has launched 'Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana', a pension scheme for weaver community.

• (a). Assam
• (b). Odisha
• (c). Uttarakhand
• (d). Uttar Pradesh
• (e). None

(7). The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on

• (a). 42591
• (b). 42589
• (c). 42590
• (d). 42587
• (e). None

(8). The British Council India is to collaborate with the ______ government for promotion of education and culture.

• (a). New Delhi
• (b). Bihar
• (c). Odisha
• (d). Maharashtra
• (e). None of the above

(9). _________ new projects have been sanctioned in the country with the project cost of Rs. 42392.47 crore for various rural electrification works.

• (a). 4400
• (b). 3497
• (c). 4497
• (d). 4407
• (e). 4897

(10). Name the state which has approved 14 proposals including promulgation of two ordinances on rotation of office reservation of the Sarpanch at every general elections and amendment.

• (a). Kerala
• (b). Odisha
• (c). Uttarakhand
• (d). Uttar Pradesh
• (e). None

(11). Rajya Sabha passed a bill to amend the Constitution to facilitate rollout of the historic GST amid government's assurance that the tax rates would be kept "as low as possible". What is the full form of GST?

• (a). Goods and Services Tax
• (b). Good Service Tax
• (c). Goods and Security Tax
• (d). Goods and Scrutiny test
• (e). None

(12). Name the company which has claimed to be the first cloud-based software provider to offer Goods and Services Tax (GST) ready software suite in India.

• (a). Cypher Cloud
• (b). Deskera
• (c). Tata Consultancy Services Infosys
• (d). InstaCompute – Tata Communication
• (e). None of these

(13). Which pharmaceutical company has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market ant-infective drug linezolid injection, 600 mg/300 mL (2 mg/mL)?

• (a). Natco Pharma Ltd
• (b). Aurobindo Pharma Limited
• (c). Avon organics ltd
• (d). Lupin
• (e). None of these

(14). Ledecky from suburban Washington gave the United States its first ____ gold medal of the Rio Olympics, crushing her own world record in the women's 400-meter freestyle.

• (a). Archery
• (b). Swimming
• (c). Boxing
• (d). Racing
• (e). Weightlifting

(15). Name the former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who was found dead at the Chief Minister's official residence.

• (a). Nabam Tuki
• (b). Kalikho Pul
• (c). Jarbom Gamlin
• (d). Dorjee Khandu
• (e). None of these

(16). Name the new social network that is launched by Orkut.

• (a). Hello
• (b). Hai
• (c). Good
• (d). Update
• (e). Clap

(17). Name the person who has won the 2016 Commonwealth Chess championship crown recently?

• (a). Tania Sachdev
• (b). S L narayanan
• (c). Abhijeet Gupta
• (d). Deep Chakravarty
• (e). None of these

(18). Which state government took the initiative under which the state Crime Branch traced 1051 missing and destitute children?

• (a). Maharashtra
• (b). Karnataka
• (c). Odisha
• (d). Kerala
• (e). Mizoram

(19). Yaad Karo Qurbani celebrations is launched by Prime Minister at

• (a). Madhya Pradesh
• (b). Maharashtra
• (c). West Bengal
• (d). Haryana
• (e). None of these

(20). Government to set up committee to review e-commerce rules. Who is the head of the committee?

• (a). Shri V.K. Saraswat
• (b). Prof. Ramesh Chand
• (c). Shri Bibek Debroy
• (d). Mr Amitabh Kant
• (e). None of these