Q1. The Government has decided to raise the
Employees Provident Fund ( EPF) investment in Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) from
present 5 per cent to ...........?
Answer: 10 per cent
Q2. Which Airport has been awarded as
"Best Tourist Friendly Airport" under the category for "State
Annual Excellence Awards (2015-16)" by Andhra Pradesh Tourism?
Answer: Tirupati Airport
Q3. Who will be joining Aditya Birla Retail
as chief executive officer (CEO)?
Answer: Mohit Kampani
Q4. Which state/UT has launched a mobile
application for senior citizens to enable them to reach out to the police
quickly in emergency situations.
Answer: Delhi
Q5.
Who has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the
Republic of Guinea recently?
Answer: R Ravindra
Q6. Who has received the 2016 Noble Prize
for Medicine?
Answer: Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japan
Q7. After the recent reduction in interest
rate for small savings schemes by the govt for the Oct-Dec quarter of 2016-17,
what is the new interest rate for Five-Year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme?
Answer: 8.5 per centknowledge process outsourcing companies, medical assistant
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Q8.
Name the 16-year-old Indian-origin South African teen, who has won a
$50,000 scholarship, the grand prize at the annual Google Science Fair for her
work using orange peel to develop a cheaper “super-absorbent material” that
helps soil retain water.
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Q9. World Space Week is an annual event
that is observed from 4 - 10 October every year in various parts of the world
including Europe and Asia. World Space Week, 2016 is being observed with
theme..............?
Answer: Remote Sensing: Enabling our Future
Q10. Who has resigned as the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharati Corporation?
Answer: Jawhar Sircar
Q11. The Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Council has decided that businesses in rest of India (excluding those in
Northeastern and hill states) with annual turnover below _______ would be out
of the GST net.
Answer: Rs 20 lakh
Q12. As decided by the RBI, the statutory
liquidity ratio (SLR) of banks will come down 0.25 per cent every quarter till
Jan 2017. What is the present SLR?
Answer: 20.75 per cent
Q13. In which of the following city, the
annual India Economic Summit has begun?
Answer: New Delhi
Q14. The Union Finance Ministry has set up
a PDMC to streamline government borrowings and better cash management with the
overall objective of deepening bond markets. PDMC stands for?
Answer: Public Debt Management Cell
Q15. The World Teachers’ Day (WTD) 2016 is
being observed across the world on 5 October. The theme for the World Teachers’
Day 2016 is ................?
Answer: Valuing Teachers, Improving their
Status
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