1. Headquarters of NATO is located in?
Ans: Brussels, Belgium.
2. What is ‘Kadmatt’ which was recently in NEWS?
Ans:India’s 2nd indigenous anti-submarine warship.
3. VLC in communications stands for?
Ans: Visible Light Communication.
4. What is the striking range of nuclear-capable ballistic missile Dhanush, which was recently test-fired from a Naval ship off the coast of Odisha?
Ans: 350 kilometres.
5. LED is?
Ans: light-emitting diode.
6. What is LiFi?
Ans: Light Fidelity.
7. Which state’s Chief Minister has directed officials to provide free electricity connection to everyone in Bihar by November 2017?
Ans: Bihar CM, Mr. Nitish Kumar.
8. A 55-metre replica of the Eiffel Tower in being planned at the Eco Park in which Indian city?
Ans: Kolkata.
9. What is the striking range of surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile?
Ans: 350Km.
10. DRDO is?
Ans: Defence Research and Development Organisation.
11. Who has been conferred with the prestigious “Kalinga Samman 2014” for popularising science among the common man in Odisha?
Ans: Renowned physicist and Padma Bhushan Trilochan Pradhan.
12. Rajiv Bansal, advisor to the CEO at Infosys will be appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of which India’s leading app-based cab operator?
Ans: OLA.
13. Which state Govt has announced to ban the sale of liquor from 1st April 2016?
Ans: Bihar.
Currently, liquor consumption is prohibited in the states of Gujarat (1958), Nagaland (1989), Manipur (1991) and Kerala (2014) and Union Territory of Lakshadweep.
14. Noboru Karashima who recently passed away was a renowned?
Ans: Japanese Tamil scholar and former president of the International Tamil Research Association, Noboru Karashima passed away in Tokyo.
15. Which banking major announced shutting down of its private banking business in India after a strategic review of its global private banking operations in the country?
Ans: HSBC Holdings Plc.
16. What is the new deadline for completion of rural connectivity through all- weather roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana?
Ans: 2019( from 2022).
17. under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana what is the amount allocated by the centre to states during 2015-16?
Ans: Rs 15,100 crore.
18. Recently Market regulator Sebi has inked a pact with which country’s Securities and Exchange Commission to enhance investor protection and creating effective securities markets in both the countries?
Ans: Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).
19. Who is the chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission?
Ans: M Khairul Hossain.
20. Who won the Argentina’s presidential election, ending 12 years of leftist rule lead by Daniel Scioli of ruling Peronist Party?
Ans: Mauricio Macri.
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