Most Important GK Question

1. What is India's rank in Intellectual Property Index (IPI) by United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC)?
Ans- 37th (US top )

2. India?s first disabled-friendly beach will come up in which state?
Ans- Tithal beach in Valsad district, Gujarat

3. What is India?s position in milk production in the world?
Ans- 1st

4. Who was appointed as new Australian High Commissioner to India?
Ans- Harinder Sidhu

5. Who is the author of Book titled A Kingdom for his Love?
Ans- Vani Mahesh and Shinie Antony

6. Who has been conferred with the first world Sanskrit Award?
Ans- Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

7. Who has been appointed as the part time member of the Prasar Bharti Board?
Ans- bollywood actress Kajol

8. India?s first LCD panel plant will come up in which state?
Ans- Maharashtra

9. National Framework for Malaria Elimination for the elimination of the disease by 2030 launched at which place?
Ans- New Delhi

10. Name the umpire who has been banned by the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) for five years on corruption charges?
Ans- Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf for five years

11. World Radio Day was observed globally on which date?
Ans- 13 February 2016

12. Who has been appointed as Chairman of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)?
Ans- Ashok Chawla

13. 4th World Government Summit was held at which place?
Ans- Dubai

14. Who is UAE's Central Bank Governor?
Ans- Mubarak Rashed Al Mansoori

15. Approximately what per cent of total Indian workforce are unorganised workers?
Ans- 89%

16. ONV Kurup, who died recently, was a famous poet of which language?
Ans-Malayalam

17. Who was Nida Fazli, who died recently?
Ans-Urdu Poet

18. Apple Building its First Technology Centre in India at which place?
Ans- Hyderabad

19. Name the app that enables travellers to book confirmed Railway Tickets?
Ans-Ticket Utson

20. Which bank posts highest ever loss by an Indian bank?
Ans-Bank of Baroda

21. Who won ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup title?
Ans- West Indies by defeating India

22. Who was declared the Player of the Tournament in ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup title?
Ans-Mehidy Hasan Miraz

23. Who won 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy?
Ans- Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis

24. What is the name of India and Seychelles joint military exercise began in Seychelles?
Ans- LAMITYE 2016

25. Which film won the Golden Beaver Best Film Award in the institutional category at the 6th National Science Film Festival and Competition in Mumbai?
Ans- Nagaland is changing, But...,

26. Which Indian Bank has launched 'Japan Desk', a first-of-its-kind initiative to facilitate Japanese corporates looking to invest here with banking and advisory services?
Ans- SBI

27. Which Indian state has become the first ever state to e- auction limestone blocks?
Ans- Jharkhand

28. US President Barack Obama will host US-Asean summit at which place?
Ans-California

29. Who has been named ambassador of the government?s "Make in India? initiative by the Government of India?
Ans- PiruzKhambatta

30. Who was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?
Ans-Justice DhirendraHiralalWaghela

31. Name the subsidiary of Tata Teleservices which announced its tie-up with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation to provide an additional payment gateway?
Ans- mRUPEE

32. Name the state that announced a free bus pass scheme for senior citizens in its capital?
Ans- Tamil Nadu

33. The Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) Programme that was in news in February 2016 seeks to
replace which combat?
Ans- Sarath BMP-II

34. YES Bank, UltraCash partner to launch which type of payments service?
Ans- payments processing through sound waves

35. WHicch State has launched Utkarsh Bangla Scheme, a welfare scheme for school-dropouts?
Ans-West Bengal

36. Who was conferred Knight of the Legion of Honour, France?s highest honour?
Ans- Fashion designer Manish Arora

37. Jharkhand?s first mega food park was inaugurated at which place?
Ans- village Getalsud in Ranchi

38. Name the Malayalam short-story writer and novelist, famous for his work Sarga Sameeksha, who died recently?
Ans- Akbar Kakkattil

39. Who was awarded the prestigious Israel Prize for Religious Studies for his research into the literature and culture of southern India?
Ans- David Dean Shulman

40. Who is Prime Minister of Ukraine?
Ans- Arseniy Yatsenyuk

41. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund for a second five-year term?
Ans- Christine Lagarde (60) from France

42. Who was sworn-in as the 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?
Ans-Kalikho Pul

43. Who was named the chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
Ans-Finance Minister of West Bengal Amit Mitra

44. Prasar Bharati has signed a MoU with.......... in connection with several broadcast related activities including exchange of news, programmes and co-production?
Ans- Empressa de Brazil Communicacao (EBC)

45. Who announced $150 million to combat Zika Virus in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Ans- World Bank

46. Google?s Project Loon begins its operations in which country?
Ans- Sri Lanka

47. Which country in February 2016 freezed intake of all foreign workers?
Ans-Malaysia

48. Which bollywood actor is the author of the book titled "The Kiss of Life: How A Superhero and My Son Defeated Cancer?
Ans- Emraan Hashm

49. Which country launched the astronomy satellite ASTRO-H to study the X-Rays emanating from black holes and galaxy cluster?
Ans- japan

50. Which State government decided to form a panel to review New Pension Scheme of 2003?
Ans- Tamil Nadu