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Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Player of the Year 2016

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India Forward S V Sunil

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Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Most Promising Player 2016

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Harmanpreet Singh

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Name some Padma Award winners 2016

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  1. PA Sangma (former LS Speaker)
  2. Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP leader)
  3. Sharad Pawar (NCP supremo)
  4. Professor U R Rao (former ISRO Chairman)
  5. Virat Kohli (cricketer)
  6. Anuradha Paudwal (singer)
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Winner of Kala Ratan Award presented by Vice President Hamid Ansari

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Anupam Kher

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Winner of ‘Best Small Bank for 2016’

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Karur Vysya Bank

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Winner of second highest peacetime gallantry award ‘Kirti Chakra’

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Major Rohit Suri (part of surgical strikes on Pakistan)

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Name all peacetime gallantry awards in the descending order of value

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  1. Ashok Chakra
  2. Kirti Chakra
  3. Shaurya Chakra
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Winner of 2017 Abel Prize (mathematics equivalent of Nobel Prize)

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Yves Meyer, France

for his work on wavelets

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Winner of ‘World’ Best Airport’ named by SkyTrax World Airport Survey

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Changi Airport, Singapore

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Name of former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke’s autobiography

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‘My Story’

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Author of ‘Numbers Do Lie, 61 Hidden Cricket Stories’

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Former Indian Cricketer Akash Chopra

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What is the Swadhar Seva Scheme

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For women victims of i\unfortunate circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation to live with dignity

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Name the two online based citizen centric applications introduced by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to ease out the process of issuing licenses and curb corruption

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VAHAN 4.0 and SARATHI 4.0

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name the two Science Cities set up by Ministry of Culture through National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)

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  1. Science City, Kolkata

2. Regional Science City, Lucknow

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Name the Scheme launched by Ministry of Minority Affairs in UP to improve degrading conditions of Banaras saree weavers belonging to minority communities

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USTTAD scheme

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Indian Science Congress to be held where

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Osmania University, Hyderabad

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World Tuberculosis Day

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24th March

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World Water Day

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22nd March

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Which community in India celebrates Navroz

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Parsi community

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Name the committee appointed by government to report on strengthening border protection and address vulnerabilities in fencing along Indo-Pak border

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Maadhukar Gupta Committee

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New Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)

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Vanaja N Sarna

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First girl to explore the route from Sea Link near Worli Koliwada to the Gateway of India

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14 year old Gauri Singhvi, Udaipur,

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Person appointed to head the UN World Food Program

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David Beasley, USA (former South Carolina Governor)

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Name the first woman combat officer to be commissioned by the Border Security Force (BSF)

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Tanushree Pareek, from Bikaner, Rajasthan

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Only Indian corporate leader to be featured in Fortune’s Top 50 Greatest Leaders’ list

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SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya (Rank 26th)

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Which noted Tamil litterateur, also known as Asokamitran passed away in Chennai recently

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Thiagarajan

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New Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on a full time basis

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Upendra Tripathy

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New CEO of Freecharge appointed by Snapdeal

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Jason Kothari

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Which noted Gujarati poet and ghazal writer passed away in Ahmedabad recently

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Chinu Modi

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Tropical cyclone that hit northeast coast of Australia

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Cyclone Debbie

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World’s Healthiest Country named in the 2017 World Health Index

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Italy

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First river in the world to be granted the same legal rights as a human being

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Whanganui River, New Zealand

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Which day has been declared by Bangladesh as ‘Genocide Day’

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25th March

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India’s tallest and second tallest flag post

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Tallest- At the Indo-Pak Attari border (360 ft)

2nd Tallest- Kolhapur (300 ft)

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Where is the widest and shortest National Highway proposed to be built

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Sohna Road, Haryana

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First State to set up State Police complaints Authority

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Maharashtra

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India’s first vertical garden build in

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Which district is being developed as India’s first carbon neutral district

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Majuli, Assam

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Where is Asia’s longest bi-directional road tunnel

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Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

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Which e-commerce company is set to become a member of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)

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Whch company has acquired Tikona Deigital Networks’ 4G spectrum

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India’s rank on global energy architecture performance index

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India’s rank UNDP’s 2016 ‘Human Development’

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India’s rank on the World Happiness Report

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Wealthiest Indians in the UK in 2017

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The Hindujas

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Indians on the World Economic Forum’s 100 Young Global Leaders list

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  1. Vijay Shekhar (Paytm founder & CEO)

2. Shruti Shibulal (The Tamara Hospitality)

47
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WHO calls to end TB in South East Asia by which year

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India’s rank in the number of women Parliamentarians

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Best Indian city in terms of living standards

50
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Name Saturn’s largest moon

51
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Proposed India-based Neutrino Observatory to be set up in

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West Bodi Hills, Theni district of Tamil Nadu

52
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First recycled rocket launched by SpaceX

53
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Who has constructed the world’s largest artificial sun

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German Space Centre (DLR)

54
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Name the biggest ever river festival held in India

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‘Namami Brahamaputra’ in Assam

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Name five India cities included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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  1. Historic city of Ahmedabad
  2. Delhi- A Heritage City
  3. Jaipur City, Rajasthan
  4. Ekamra Kshetra- The Temple City, Bhubhaneswar
  5. Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai
56
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Name the New Year’s Day festival of the Telugu and Kannadiga people

57
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Which endangered tribal language of the Dravidian family has been recognized by West Bengal and Jharkhand

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Kurukh of the Oraon tribal community

58
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Who is hosting the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 final match

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Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

59
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Winner of Garfield Sobers’ Trophy (cricket)

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Who is hosting men’s hockey World League Final, 2018 World Cup

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Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

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India’s medal tally by special athletes in the 2017 Olympics World Winter Games

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Winner of Gold medal in men’s double tap at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup (Shot gun) in Acapulco, Mexico

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Ankur Mittal

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Which Union Cabinet approved body is replacing the National Commission for Backward Classes and which Article has been inserted in the Constitution to set it up

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National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes; Article 338B

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New Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee

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Mallikarjun Kharge
(charge is given to MP of the Main Opposition Party)
65
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Which State has the highest number of women MLAs

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UP; 38 women members

66
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New Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court

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Justice P K Mohanty

67
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New Chief Justice of MP HIgh Court

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Justice Hemant Gupta

68
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New Chief Justice of Kerala High Court

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Justice Navniti Prasad

69
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New Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court

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Justice T B Radhakrishnan

70
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How long will be the duration of paid maternity leave as per the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 passed by the Lok Sabha

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26 weeks from the existing 12 weeks earlier

71
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Official mascot of Kanha Tiger Reserve

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Bhoorsingh the Barasingha, a swamp deer

72
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Which state HC has imposed a four month ban on mining activities in the state

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Uttarakhand

73
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When was the 2017 World Earth Hour held

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25th March (8:30 pm to 9:30 pm)

74
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Where has the world’s first fluorescent frog been discovered

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Amazon basin, Argentina

75
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Code name for Interpol’s multi-national and multi-species enforcement operation in the fight against wildlife crime in India

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Operation Thunder Bird

76
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Code name of species specific operation on turtles by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

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Operation Save Kurma

77
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India’s top Arms supplier

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Name the water jet fast attack craft (WJFAC) commissioned by the Indian Navy at Karwar, Karnataka

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INS Tillanchang

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Name the joint military exercise between India and Nepal

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SURYA KIRAN-XI in Uttarakhand

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