1. Which country won the Thomas cup Badminton Championship, 2016 ?

2. India commissioned its first indigenously built stealth warship INS Shivalik and inducted into the Indian Navy recently, thus joining the elite group of countries capable of constructing such vessels. Which among the following other countries are in the elite group?
1. Russia
2. The United States
3. Germany
4. The United Kingdom Select the correct answer using the code given below : Code :

3. Recently Microsoft announced its 26.2 billion dollar acquisition of which one of the following professional networking sites?

4. Which of the following is/are correct relating to the North- Eastern Region Community Resources Management Project for upland areas?
1. It is a livelihood and rural development project aimed to transform the lives of the poor and marginalized tribal families in North-East India.
2. This Project is initiated exclusively by the North-Eastern Council. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

5. Which of the following country/countries successfully inserted a spacecraft into Mars orbit by maiden attempt ?

6. Which of the following statements about Dr. Aparajita Datta is/are correct?
1. She is a wildlife biologist.
2. She has been working for the conservation of hornbills in the dense tropical forests of Arunachal Pradesh. 3 She was honoured with the Whitley Award, also known as Green Oscar, in the year 2013 in London. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

7. Which one among the following countries is the largest trading partner of India in external trade for the year 2015-2016?

8. Which one of the following is NOT one of the objectives of Look East Policy?

9. In the 52nd National Film Awards, whom did the President of India confer the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration ?

10. The UN has recently passed a resolution against human right violation in a South Asian country. Which of the following was the country ?

11. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. UN General Assembly in November 2012 adopted a resolution banning death penalty.
2. India voted against the resolution. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

12. Which one among the following is an indigenously built Weapon System Integrated helicopter handed over to the Indian Army in February 2013 by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.?

13. East Zone won the prestigious Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament 2014-15 by defeating

14. Who is Benjamin Carson who was recently in the news ?

15. The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission report submitted recently, among others, contained which of the following proposals?
1. All regulators will have an empowered board, the role of each of the members has been defined.
2. The Commission envisages an important process of judicial review of the regulations.
3. The draft code does not mention about executive powers. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

16. Why was Sucheta Kadethankar in the news recently?

17. The President of which one of the following countries has been awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, 2006?

18. Which of the following statements about SIMBEX 14 is/are correct?
1. It was a bilateral naval exercise between Indian navy and Sri Lankan navy.
2. It was the 21st in the series.
3. It was conducted in the Andaman Sea. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

19. According to International Astronomical Union which one of the following has lost its status as a planet?

20. Who, among the following, is the latest Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature?

21. Consider the following names in the field of Indian cinema : Vidya Balan Soumitra Chatterjee Tapan Sinha VK Murthy Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
1. All of them are winners of Dadasaheb Phalke award.
2. While Tapan Sinha is a film director VK Murthy is known for cinematography
3. Soumitra Chatterjee was the last to get the Dadasaheb Phalke award. Select the correct answer using the code given below :

22. Consider the following statements :
1. Justice Dalveer Bhandari was recently elected as the President of Internationad Court of Justice.
2. Justice Bhandari was a senior Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

23. Which one among the following films was conferred the 'Golden Peacock' award in the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014) ?

24. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute Report 2007, India is on which one of the following positions on global hunger index?

25. Who among the following cricket players has not died while playing a match ?