Who among the following persons has secured India’s 12th Olympic quota berth for shooting for the Rio Games?

• (A) Napis Tortungpanich
• (B) Sanjay Rajput
• (C) Vitaliy Dovgun
• (D) Jitu Rai

Who among the following persons has been appointed as UP’s Lokayukta?

• (A) Prabhu Nath Singh
• (B) Sanjay Mishra
• (C) Virender Singh
• (D) N.K. Mehrotra

Which of the following Indian States will get the first ever solar-stellar observatory?

• (A) Rajasthan
• (B) Gujarat
• (C) Maharashtra
• (D) Karnataka

India celebrated its first Constitution Day on:

• (A) 15th August, 1947
• (B) 26th January, 1950
• (C) 26th November, 1949
• (D) NOTA

In which of the following states, ‘Hornbill’ festival has been observed to uphold Unity in Diversity?

• (A) Nagaland
• (B) Manipur
• (C) Assam
• (D) Mizoram

Consider the following statements regarding IRNSS-1E:
1. It is India’s fifth navigational satellite
2. It was launched from PSLV-C31
3. It was successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota
4. It is an independent regional satellite system designed to provide information in the Indian region and 1500 km around the Indian Mainland

• (A) (1), (2) and (3)
• (B) (2), (3) and (4)
• (C) (1), (2) and (4)
• (D) All of the above are correct

With regard to the recently approved “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana”, which of the following statement is/are incorrect?
1. For annual commercial and horticultural crops, the premium to be paid by farmers will be only 5%
2. There will be a uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops
3. For Rabi crops, premium to be paid by farmers is 1.5%

• (A) (1) only
• (B) (2) only
• (C) (3) only
• (D) None of the above

The National Air Quality Index (AQI) measures air quality by taking into consideration which of the following pollutants?
1. Ammonia, 2. Nitrogen dioxide, 3. Sulphur dioxide, 4. Carbon dioxide, 5. Ozone, 6. Lead

• (A) (1), (3) and (5) only
• (B) (1), (2), (4) and (6) only
• (C) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)
• (D) (1), (5) and (6) only

The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana:
1. Focuses on feeder separation (rural households and agricultural)
2. Seeks to electrify rural and urban areas both
3. Will nationalise all power distribution companies in rural areas
4. Seeks to provide uninterrupted power supply to industries set up in the rural areas

• (A) only (3)
• (B) only (1)
• (C) only (2)
• (D) All of the above

Who of the following has been awarded Padma Vibhushan?
1. Avinash Dixit, 2. Sania Mirza, 3. Priyanka Chopra, 4. Anjum Chopra

• (A) only (1)
• (B) only (2)
• (C) only (3)
• (D) only (4)

Who among the following persons has won the Man Booker Prize, 2015?

• (A) Marlon James
• (B) Sanjeev Sahota
• (C) James Tott
• (D) Ali Smith

Consider the following statements regarding International Solar Alliance (ISA):
1. Indian Prime Minister Narender Modi and French President Francois Hollande has jointly laid the foundation stone of the International Solar Alliance Headquarters
2. The interim Secretariat of the ISA is located at Gurgaon, India
3. ISA has 121 member-countries

• (A) only (1) and (2)
• (B) only (2) and (3)
• (C) only (1) and (3)
• (D) All the above are correct

Consider the following statements regarding Corruption Perception Index (CPI), 2015:
1. The Corruption Perception Index, 2015 was released by Berlin-based corruption watch-dog Transparency International
2. India ranks 76th out of 194 countries in the CPI 2015
3. The list is topped by Denmark followed by Finland and Sweden

• (A) only (1) and (2)
• (B) only (1) and (3)
• (C) only (2) and (3)
• (D) All the above are correct

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding Zika virus?

• (A) The virus was first isolated in April 1947 at Brazil
• (B) It is transmitted by daytime active Aedes mosquitoes such as A. aegypti
• (C) It is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae and the genus Flavivirus
• (D) The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, muscle pain, headache, etc.

Consider the following statements regarding Corporate Tax Avoidance deal:
1. A total of 31 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) members agreed to sign this deal
2. It will be harder for firms to hide money in tax havens or play one country’s tax authorities against another
3. France is not among 31 members who agreed to sign the deal

• (A) only (1) and (2)
• (B) only (2) and (3)
• (C) only (1) and (3)
• (D) All the above are correct

Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India?

• (A) Raghuram Rajan
• (B) Arvind Panagariya
• (C) Arvind Subramanian
• (D) Y.V. Reddy

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna was approved by Central Government on:

• (A) 13th January, 2016
• (B) 23rd January, 2016
• (C) 13th January, 2015
• (D) 25th December, 2016