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(1). The first ever BIO-CNG project in India was inaugurated in
- (a). Pune
- (b). Maharashtra
- (c). Uttar Pradesh
- (d). Andhra Pradesh
- (e). Mizoram
Explanation:
(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)
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(13). Which is the Third state to ratify the GST Bill?
- (a). Uttarakhand
- (b). Andhra Pradesh
- (c). Jharkhand
- (d). Bihar
- (e). Assam
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation:
(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
Explanation: