| 31 | Famous musician ___________ along with three inspirational African youth activist movements have been declared the joint winners of the prestigious Amnesty International top 2016 human rights award in May 2016. |
| A) Angelique Kidjo | |
| B) Manu Dibango | |
| C) Miriam Makeba | |
| D) Dianne Reeves | |
| 32 | Anti-tobacco Day is observed on __________. |
| A) 21-May | |
| B) 11-May | |
| C) 18-May | |
| D) 31-May |
| 33 | Who has been appointed head coach of Pakistan Cricket team by the Pakistan Cricket Board in May 2016? |
| A) Waqar Younis | |
| B) Darren Lehmann | |
| C) Steve Rixon | |
| D) Mickey Arthur | |
| 34 | Which country won the Asian Kabaddi championships held in Mat 2016? |
| A) India | |
| B) Pakistan | |
| C) Nepal | |
| D) Thailand | |
| 35 | India has been ranked at __________ position in the 2016 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index, published by a global management consulting firm named AT Kearney in May 2016. As per the report,India has emerged as the fastest growing economy in the world, surpassing all the other members of BRICS. The US and China secured top two positions for fourth straight year followed by Canada and Germany. |
| A) 6th | |
| B) 9th | |
| C) 7th | |
| D) 11th | |
| 36 | Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Society (BCAS), the aviation security wing of the government, in May 2016? |
| A) G S Malhi | |
| B) Prashant Pathrabe | |
| C) Kumar Rajesh Chandra | |
| D) Bhupendra Kainthola | |
| 37 | Indian author and Social Science professor __________ won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016, in the Asia region for his fiction -Cow and Company- about four men in search of a cow in May 2016. |
| A) Amitav Ghosh | |
| B) Aravind Adiga | |
| C) Parashar Kulkarni | |
| D) None of These | |
| 38 | Indian Private bank ___________ has signed a MoU with the BRICS Grouping-promoted New Development Bank (NDB) for a partnership in bond issuances, co-financing, treasury management and human resources. |
| A) ICICI Bank | |
| B) HDFC Bank | |
| C) Axis Bank | |
| D) Yes Bank | |
| 39 | India's Private sector bank ___________ has received a -Custodian of Securities- licence from the Capital Market regulator SEBI to offer custodial services to financial market participants, including FIIs and foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in May 2016. |
| A) ICICI Bank | |
| B) HDFC Bank | |
| C) Axis Bank | |
| D) Yes Bank | |
| 40 | India-s E-commerce marketplace __________ has acquired Gurgaon-based predictive marketing technology startup TargetingMantra in May 2016. |
| A) Jabong | |
| B) Myntra | |
| C) Snapdeal | |
| D) FlipKart |
Answers:
| 31 | Ans) Angelique Kidjo |
| 32 | Ans) 31-May |
| 33 | Ans) Mickey Arthur |
| 34 | Ans) Pakistan |
| 35 | Ans) 9th |
| 36 | Ans) Kumar Rajesh Chandra |
| 37 | Ans) Parashar Kulkarni |
| 38 | Ans) ICICI Bank |
| 39 | Ans) Yes Bank |
| 40 | Ans) Snapdeal |
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