(1) Recently who of the following has been appointed as the next Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF) ?

1. Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
2. Air Marshal Anil Kumar Browne
3. Air Marshal Arup Raha
4. Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik

(2) Which of the following became the first state to adopt a resolution that welcomed the demonetisation scheme of the Union government ?

1. Uttrakhand
2. Jharkhand
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Madhya Pradesh

(3) Assam's island district, Majuli will now become India's first ever Carbon neutral district by 2020. Which of the following statements is/are true in this regard ?

1 - It is India's first island distrcit
2 - It is inhabited mostly by the members of prominent tribes like Garo, Khasi,      etc.
3 - It was formed due to change in the course of Brahmaputra and its tributaries.

1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 & 3
4. Both 1 & 2

(4) Who of the following was appointed as new Chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) ?

1. Anil Dhasmana
2. K.C. Verma
3. Sanjeev Tripathi
4. Alok Joshi

(5) During December, 2016 which of the following became the first village in Jammu & Kashmir to go 'cashless' ?

1. Lanura
2. Lallan
3. Larkipora
4. Akura

(6) The Forbe's Magazine's annual list of World's Most Powerful People was released on 14 dec, 2016. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ranked at _____ place on the list of 74 people.

1. 8th
2. 7th
3. 9th
4. 6th

(7) Which of the following states had the highest no. of cases of human rights violation lodged by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in 2015, with 44% of the total no. of cases registered with the NHRC, pertaining to the state ?

1. Odisha
2. Haryana
3. Bihar
4. Uttar Pradesh

(8) On Oct 22, 2016, PM Narendra Modi announced that Country's first Railway university will come up in ______ ?

1. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Mumbai)
2. Vadodra
3. Kochi
4. Char Bagh (Lucknow)

(9) The Union Govt. has appointed senior IPS officer Rajiv Jain as the New Chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB). He succeeds Dineshwar Sharma and shall have two years terms.

1. Rajiv Jain
2. Rajiv Mathur
3. N.Sandhu
4. Dineshwar Sharma

(10) What is the name of portal to be launched by the Department of Telecom (DoT) that will let users check radiation compliance status of mobile towers and transmitters across the country ?

1. Turrant Sanchar
2. Tarang Sanchar
3. Vikiran Sanchar
4. None of These

(11) In Dec, 2106 who of the following was appointed as the Chairman of LIfe Insurance Corporation for a period of 5 years ?

1. V.K. Sharma
2. Smt. Usha Sangwan
3. Shri Shaktikanta Das
4. Shri Girish Chandra Murmu

(12) On 12th Dec, 2016 a cyclone barrelled into the southeast coast with           90 km/hr killing At least 12 people  from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, paralysing life and leaving a trial of destruction. What was the name of the Cyclone ?

1. HudHud
2. Roanu
3. Vardah
4. Aila

(13) During Dec, 2016 Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur recommended Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar's name to be the 44th Chief Justice of India. Which of the following statements is/are true in this regard ?

<1>  He will retire from his office on 27, August 2017, after serving the nation as Chief Justice of India for over 7 months.

<2> He will be the first Chief Justice of India from the Sikh community and succeed CJI Thakur who will be demitting office on 3, Jan 2017.

1. Both 1& 2
2. Neither 1 nor 2
3. Only 1
4. Only 2

(14) On Nov 1, 2016, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared the state as 'Open Defecation Free' (ODF) . The state govt. had constructed about 1,75,000 toilets in the last four months to make Kerala the _____  among the big states to claim ODF status.

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth

(15) On Oct 22, 2016, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated a new international terminal at the Vadodra airport. It is the 2nd Green Airport in the country. Name the First ?

1. Kochi
2. Mumbai
3. Hydrabad
4. Delhi

(16) Which of the following state Govt. on 12th December 2016 launched country's first amphibious bus project nearly two years after its announcements ?

1. Punjab
2. Haryana
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Karnataka

(17) Who is the new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? He took charge on Nov. 1, 2016.

1. Subhash Chandra
2. Sushil Chandra
3. Shikha Sharma
4. Chanda Cochhar

(18) Which material has been described as the nano-material of the century ?

1. Graphene
2. Antimony
3. Boron
4. Thulium

(19) Which company has announced to create an app for set-top boxes ?

1. Google
2. Amazon
3. Facebook
4. Microsoft

(20) The Govt. has on Feb. 1, 2017 announced to ban all cash transactions above Rs._____ lakh from 1 April,2017.

1. 2
2. 3
3. 5
4. 10

(21) What is the name of the Auto Biography of Rishi Kapoor  that was in news recently ?

1. The Chocolate Boy
2. Lover Boy of Bollywood
3. Khullam khulla
4. Rishi & Bollywood

(22) The world's highest bridge "Beipanjiang Bridge" was recently opened to traffic. The bridge lies in which country?

1. China
2. Indonesia
3. Mongolia
4. Bhutan

(23) In which Indian state the health insurance scheme 'Atal-Amrit Abhiyan' was launched recently ?

1. Maharashtra
2. Tripura
3. Assam,
4. Gujarat