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53101. Who haswon the 2016 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) maleAthlete of the Year award?
Answer: Usain Bolt
53102. The UnionGovernment has recently approved additions to which reserved category list?
Answer: OBC
53103. UnionMinister for HRD launched which scheme on December 3 to create awareness aboutcashless economies?
Answer: VittiyaSaksharta Abhiyan
53104. BHELcommissioned first unit of Pulichintala hydro power plant in which state ofIndia?
Answer: AndhraPradesh
53105. Whobecame the second women president of the All India Tennis Association onDecember 1,2016?
Answer: PraveenMahajan
53106. What isthe name of the website launched by Tasmania-based Women’s Legal Service incollaboration with TRS Law Offices India to educate Indian women about theirlegal rights?
Answer: www.girlsgottaknow.in
53108. WhichState government has proposed the making of an anti-child trafficking panel?
Answer: West Bengal
53109. whichcompany tied up with SBI to sell Govt. minted ‘Indian Gold Coin’?
Answer: Metals andMinerals Trading Corporation
53110. Whichcountry’s Scientists have become the first to discover a method of mapping thehuman thought by using fast functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI)?
Answer: UnitedStates of America
53111. WhichIndian bank has been adjudged the “Best Bank for SME Lending” by Assocham?
Answer: Vijaya Bank
53112. Whichstate launched the Purse mobile app to promote digital transactions?
Answer: AndhraPradesh
53114. Who hasbeen appointed as the new director of National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA)replacing Rajeev Lochan?
Answer: AdwaitaGadanayak
53116. A booktitled “The Modi Doctrine: New Paradigms in India"s Foreign Policy” wasrecently launched at the Indian High Commission in London. Who is the author ofthe book?
Answer: AnirbanGanguly
53117. A newBank of England’s 5 pound note has angered vegetarians because:
Answer: It containstraces of animal fat.
53118. TheIndian Institute of Science (IISc) ranked which place in Times HigherEducation’s (THE) BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017?
Answer: 14
53121. What isthe theme of 2016 United Nations (UN)’ International Volunteer Day (IVD)?
Answer: GlobalApplause – give volunteers a hand
53122. Pakistanhas named a university after physicist Abdus Salam. Which award has he won?
Answer: Nobel Prizein Physics
53124. Whichcountry’s Prime Minister resigned on December 5, 2016, after being defeated ina referendum on constitutional reform over his plan to reform the constitution?
Answer: Italy
53125. Who hasbeen named as the Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2016? [A]Donald Trump
Answer: Donald Trump
53127. FormerTamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who passed away in Chennai on December5, 2016 at 68 had been appointed as the CM of Tamil Nadu how many times?
Answer: 6
53128. Accordingto the World Power Language Index (PLI) released by World Economic Forum (WEF),what will be the rank of Hindi in the Most Powerful Language list in 2050?
Answer: 9th
53129. Who hasbeen appointed as the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NationalStock Exchange of India (NSE)?
Answer: JRavichandran
53130. UnionGovernment on 30th December 2016 gave approval for the inclusion of how manynew castes in the Central OBC list?
Answer: 15
53132. whichcountry’s scientist developed new cheap way to produce nuclear fuel using electricity?
Answer: Russia
53134. TheWinter Fog Experiment (WIFEX) 2016-17 campaign has been launched by which unionministry?
Answer: Ministry ofEarth Sciences
53136. ISRO on7th December launched its own earth observational satellite. What is it called?
Answer: Resourcesat-2A
53138. Name theIndia’s First Social Aided Ecommerce Platform that offers new unique as well aspre-loved used products which is available for both, offline and onlinepurchase?
Answer: Yappily
53140. WhichIndian organisation announced to provide financial support to eligible banksfor deployment of 2 POS devices each in 1 Lakh villages with population of lessthan 10000?
Answer: NABARD
53141. Cabinetminister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation UmaBharti has announced to celebrate the birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar held on 14th April aswhich day?
Answer: Water Day
53142. As perthe World Power Language Index (PLI), which is the second most powerfullanguage in the world?
Answer: Mandarin
53143. WhichIndian city has bagged the C40 Award for best solid waste managementimprovement project of 2016?
Answer: Kolkata
53145. YES Bankhas launched a digital banking service without the need for smartphone orinternet
Answer: SIMsePAY
53146. whichbank launched Aadhaar Payment Bridge System for cashless loan disbursements?
Answer: RBL Bank
53147. Who hasbeen honored with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award at the 12th AnnualUNICEF Snowflake Ball in New York, USA on November 30, 2016?
Answer: Katy Perry
53148. Whichinternational organisation has inscribed Yoga in the representative list ofIntangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
Answer: UNESCO
53149. What isthe theme of 2016 World Soil Day (December5)?
Answer: Soils andpulses, a symbiosis for life
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