1. Who gets Saraswati Samman?
a) Maryam Moin
b) Nida Syed
c) Sanam Fatima
d) Padma Sachdev
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Answer d) Padma Sachdev.Jammu-born poet and novelist Padma Sachdev has been chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015 for her autobiography in Dogri language. The 76-year-old writer’s autobiography ‘Chitt-Chete’, published in 2007, was selected for the 25th Saraswati Samman from among five works that were shortlisted from 22 works in as many languages published between the years 2005-2014.
2.Who wins Global Indian of the Year award?
a) Deepika Padukone
b) Priyanka Chopra
c) Sushmita Sen
d) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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Answer d) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has won the ‘Global Indian of the Year’ award. Aishwarya was honoured at NRI of the Year award function held in Mumbai. The actress, 42, dedicated the award to her daughter Aaradhya.
3.Who wins Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Month?
a) Harjeet Singh
b) Jeunghun Wang
c) Anirban Lehri
d) SSP Chawrasia
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Answer d) SSP Chawrasia. India’s SSP Chawrasia, who clinched the Hero Indian Open last month, has been named the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for March.
4. According to IMF, India to notch up to _____pc growth in 2016-17.
a) 7.5
b) 8.0
c) 7.2
d) 9.0
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Answer a) 7.5.Retaining its 7.5 per cent GDP expansion forecast for India in 2016 and 2017, IMF asked the government to cut down subsidies, initiate labour reforms and dismantle infrastructure bottlenecks to sustain strong growth. In its World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said India should continue fiscal consolidation, underpinned by revenue reforms and further reduction in subsidies.
5. Which Country becomes the member of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network?
a) Armenia
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Pakistan
d) India
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Answer d) India. The Union Cabinet gave its nod for India adopting the statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) which will help in checking cross border wildlife crimes.The approval by the Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi allows the country to become a formal member of SAWEN in order to strengthen ties with the member countries in controlling the trans-boundary wildlife crime through communication, coordination, collaboration, capacity building and cooperation in the region.
6. _______will launch an online national agricultural products market platform that will integrate 585 wholesale markets across India.
a) Pranab Mukherjee
b) Narendra Modi
c) Smiriti irani
d) Sushmita Swaraj
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Answer b) Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch an online national agricultural products market platform that will integrate 585 wholesale markets across India. The launching of e-platform for marketing of agriculture products is being done with the aim to provide more options to farmers to sell their produce and is part of implementation of the roadmap for doubling income of the farmers by 2022.
7. Gurgaon is now _______.
a) Gurdham
b) Goregram
c) Gurgram
d) Gurugram
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Answer d) Gurugram. The Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government has renamed its largest city Gurgaon to “Gurugram“. The neighbouring Mewat district will now be known as “Nuh“. The decision to change the name of Gurgaon to Gurugram has been taken on the basis of the representations received at several fora. As per the Gurgaon district’s official website, the district in ancient times “used to be known as Guru-gram, which in course of time got distorted to Gurgaon.”
8. India and _______Agreement on Namami Gange Signed.
a) Germany
b) USA
c) Pakistan
d) China
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Answer a) Germany. An Implementation Agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Programme was signed between the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development.
9. India and ____sign MoU for Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Development of Ports
a) Mauritius
b) USA
c) North Korea
d) South Korea
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Answer d) South Korea.An MoU was signed by Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road, Transport and Highways and Shipping, Government of the Republic of India and Mr. Kim Young Suk, Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, Government of the Republic of Korea in Mumbai. The South Korean delegation led by Minister Kim is in Mumbai to participate in the Maritime India Summit, 2016 (MIS, 2016). This MoU is for cooperation and mutual assistance between India and Republic of Korea in port related matters.The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for signing of this MoU on 06.04.2016.
10. MoU between_________ and ______on cooperation in the field of Fisheries.
a) India and Nepal
b) China and India
c) Pakistan and India
d) Bangladesh and India
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Answer d) Bangladesh and India. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Bangladesh in September, 2011 on bilateral cooperation in the field of Fisheries and aquaculture and allied activities.
11. MoU between India and________on cooperation in preventing and combating of Human Trafficking.
a) Maldives
b) USA
c) China
d) UAE
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Answer d) UAE. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of an MoU between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on cooperation in preventing and combating of Human Trafficking.
12. India and _______ agree on 2 new ‘pathfinder’ projects.
a) Maldives
b) USA
c) China
d) UAE
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Answer b) USA.India and the US have identified two new “pathfinder” projects under the Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI) for the joint production of a helmet-mounted digital display and a biological tactical detection system. The Americans also formally pitched two proposals for the manufacture of fighter jets under the ‘Make in India‘ initiative.
