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January 2016 GK - 3

January - 2016 week 3

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following states was declared the first organic farming state of India?

  1. Punjab
  2. Gujarat
  3. Sikkim
  4. West Bengal
  5. Tamil Nadu
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the first state in India to achieve 100 percent primary education?

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Karnataka
  3. Kerala
  4. Telangana
  5. Andhra Pradesh
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ventrapragada Rama Rao was a veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader who passed away in January, 2016. He was the governor of

  1. Karnataka
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Odisha
  4. Sikkim
  5. Gujarat
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who became Taiwan's first female President in January 2016?

  1. Tsai Ing-wen
  2. Peng Wan-ru
  3. Lai Shin-yuan
  4. Tang Bi-a
  5. Wang Shu-hui
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was appointed the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Motors Group in January 2016?

  1. Karl Slym
  2. Guenter Butschek
  3. Ravindra Pisharody
  4. Subodh Bhargava
  5. Naseer Munjee
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs won the 2016 WTA Apia International Sydney title?

  1. Tímea Babos and Katarina Srebotnik
  2. Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza
  3. Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan
  4. Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic
  5. Carla Suárez Navarro and Belinda Bencic
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was India’s rank in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2015-16, which was launched by INSEAD in January 2016?

  1. 67
  2. 78
  3. 89
  4. 92
  5. 109
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2016, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS)-1E satellite. The satellite is the ____ of the IRNSS constellation.

  1. second
  2. third
  3. fourth
  4. fifth
  5. sixth
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The new Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana was approved by the Union Cabinet in January 2016. The farmers will pay a uniform premium of only 1.5% for all Rabi crops and ___% for all Kharif crops.

  1. 1.75
  2. 2
  3. 2.25
  4. 2.5
  5. 2.75
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The coast guards of India and Japan conducted their 15th joint exercise, called Sahyog-Kaijin 2016, off the coast of

  1. Visakhapatnam
  2. Panaji
  3. Chennai
  4. Mumbai
  5. Puri
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the prestigious 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature?

  1. Akhil Sharma
  2. Anuradha Roy
  3. Raj Kamal Jha
  4. Mirza Waheed
  5. K. R. Meera
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was awarded the 2016 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award at the 61st Filmfare Awards?

  1. Amitabh Bachchan
  2. Shabana Azmi
  3. Om Puri
  4. Moushumi Chatterjee
  5. Tanuja
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2016, the cabinet of which of the following states formally approved 35% reservation for women in all government jobs?

  1. Bihar
  2. Odisha
  3. Chhattisgarh
  4. Uttar Pradesh
  5. Jharkhand
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where was the eighth India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue held in January 2016?

  1. Delhi
  2. London
  3. Jaipur
  4. Oxford
  5. Cambridge
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2016, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the results from Phase-1 of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16. Phase-1 of the NFHS-4 included thirteen states and two union territories. Which of the following was one of the two union territories?

  1. Chandigarh
  2. Daman and Diu
  3. Lakshadweep
  4. Pondicherry
  5. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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