(1). The first ever BIO-CNG project in India was inaugurated in

• (a). Pune
• (b). Maharashtra
• (c). Uttar Pradesh
• (d). Andhra Pradesh
• (e). Mizoram

(2). Government is likely to get an estimated Rs 23,944.4 crore from clean environment cess in the ongoing financial year. By whom the cess is to be collected?

• (a). Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers
• (b). Coal India limited (CIL)
• (c). Petrochemicals, Oil, Gas & Refineries
• (d). Iron India limited (IIL)
• (e). Silicon India limited (SIL)

(3). Which State/Union Territory observed De Jure Transfer Day with pomp and gaiety on August 16th every year?

• (a). Chhattisgarh
• (b). Damn and Diu
• (c). Lakshadweep
• (d). Delhi
• (e). Puducherry

(4). Which state become second to ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST)

• (a). Andhra Pradesh
• (b). Punjab
• (c). Tamil Nadu
• (d). Kerala
• (e). Bihar

(5). Name the state whose government will bring in a digital revolution by connecting all its 28,000 gram panchayats in 36 districts by 2017-18 to open the world to rural area.

• (a). Maharashtra
• (b). Madhya Pradesh
• (c). Rajasthan
• (d). Assam
• (e). Andhra Pradesh

(6). On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day, which state launched the country's first comprehensive 'Crime Criminal Tracking Network System' (CCTNS) through 42 cyber labs?

• (a). Maharashtra
• (b). Bihar
• (c). Delhi
• (d). Telangana
• (e). Chennai

(7). Which state has been given the opportunity to host the BRICS summit in mid-October because of its high hospitality standards?

• (a). Maharashtra
• (b). Tripura
• (c). Goa
• (d). Assam
• (e). New Delhi

(8). Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced a ____ crore rupees special development package for Anantapur district for a plethora of steps that include drought-proofing.

• (a). 6554
• (b). 5664
• (c). 6445
• (d). 5446
• (e). 4665

(9). India has provided One million US Dollars grant to Zimbabwe in the wake of El Nino induced drought disaster. Who is the Indian ambassador to Zimbabwe?

• (a). Shri Surjit Singh Majithia
• (b). R Masakui
• (c). Gautam H Bambawale
• (d). Arun Kumar Singh
• (e). Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

(10). Maharashtra govt picks which among the following companies to convert Nagpur into smart city?

• (a). Mphasis
• (b). Mindtree
• (c). Hexaware Technologies
• (d). Larsen & Toubro Infotech
• (e). None of these

(11). Name the CLRI scientist who bags A P J Abdul Kalam award.

• (a). P Shanmugam
• (b). R Ramanujam
• (c). V Sadasivam
• (d). M Maheswara Sharma
• (e). None of these

(12). Anita Wlodarczyk underlined her absolute dominance of the women's hammer by throwing a world record 82.29 metres to win the Rio Olympic gold by an incredible 554 centimetres. She belongs to which country?

• (a). Denmark
• (b). USA
• (c). Poland
• (d). Russia
• (e). Netherlands

(13). Which is the Third state to ratify the GST Bill?

• (a). Uttarakhand
• (b). Andhra Pradesh
• (c). Jharkhand
• (d). Bihar
• (e). Assam

(14). National Green Highways Mission (NGHM) under NHAI has collaborated with which company for plantations work on NH 7 in Nagpur region?

• (a). Tata Power Company Ltd
• (b). Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC)
• (c). Reliance Power Limited
• (d). Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
• (e). None of the above

(15). Name the state which has approved the implementation of the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission, raising salaries of over 8.5 lakh state employees and pensioners, in a move that would cost Rs 8,513 crore annually to the exchequer.

• (a). Gujarat
• (b). Rajasthan
• (c). Maharashtra
• (d). Telangana
• (e). Tamil Nadu

(16). Name the country which has joined the ranks of the world's 25 most-innovative economies, while Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Finland and Singapore lead the 2016 rankings in the Global Innovation Index.

• (a). Japan
• (b). South Korea
• (c). India
• (d). Nepal
• (e). China

(17). Theme of Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016 is

• (a). Human Factor in Innovation
• (b). Winning with Global Innovation
• (c). Effective Innovation Policies for Development
• (d). The Local Dynamics of Innovation
• (e). None of these

(18). Tata Power Solar commissions 100 MW project for NTPC in which among the following states?

• (a). Karnataka
• (b). Madhya Pradesh
• (c). Andhra Pradesh
• (d). Telangana
• (e). None of these

(19). Who among the following has been appointed as the Governor of Manipur recently?

• (a). Najma A. Heptulla
• (b). V. Shanmuganthan
• (c). Banwarilal Purohit
• (d). Balakrishna Acharya
• (e). Kaptan Singh Solanki

(20). Which country launched the first-ever quantum satellite to help develop an unhackable communications system?

• (a). Russia
• (b). USA
• (c). India
• (d). China
• (e). France