1. Who was appointed
as the India’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia?
Answer. Ahmad
Javed
2. Who was awarded
with Lifetime Achievement Awards by the West Bengal Government?
Answer. Bappi Lahiri
and singer Kumar Sanu
3. Name the
Indian-origin Tamil writer who was declared as the winner of the prestigious
South East Asian Write Award for Singapore?
Answer.
Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali
4. Who was honoured
with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th edition of Dubai International
Film Festival in Dubai?
Answer.
Naseerudin Shah
5. Name the two
Indians, who have won the 2016 Queen's Young Leaders award in the United
Kingdom?
6. Name the
Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who will be conferred with
Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award?
Answer. Frank Islam
7. Who was awarded
with the E-India Award for adopting technology to serve the public better and
using resources efficiently through mobile applications?
Answer. The
Delhi Development Authority
8. Who will be the
Chief Guest at 67th India’s Republic Day celebrations?
Answer. Francois
Hollande
9. Name the renowned
economist, agriculturist, prolific journalist and stalwart farmer leader who
passed away in December?
Answer. Sharad
Joshi
10. Name the renowned
sarangi player who died in New Delhi?
Answer. Ustad Sabri
Khan
11. Name the Noted
litterateur and Professor who passed away due to cardiac arrest?
Answer. Surendra
Upadhyay
12. What is the
full form of KNOMAD?
Answer.
Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Developmen
13. Which
organization released a report entitled Asian Economic Integration Report 2015:
How Can Special Economic Zones Catalyze Economic Development?
Answer. Asian
Development Bank
14. Where is the 14th
Meeting of the Council of Heads of Governments of Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (CSO) Member States was concluded?
Answer.
Zhengzhou, China
15. Where is the 5th
Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process concluded?
Answer.
Islamabad, Pakistan
16. Where is the 10th
East Asia Summit held?
Answer. Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
17. Losar, the
biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival began in which state?
Answer. Ladakh region
of Jammu and Kashmir
18. Name the two
Indian cities which have made it to the Creative City Network of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the
first time ever?
Answer. Varanasi and
Jaipur
19. Who is the author
of The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence – An Insider’s Account?
Answer. Madhuri
Bose
20. Life On My Terms:
From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power, is an autobiography of ?
Answer. Sharad Pawar
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