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17551. Prime Minister of Britain who has resigned, after the British public took the momentous decision to reject his entreaties and turn their back on the European Union?
Answer: David Cameron.
17552. Who has been re-appointed India"s batting coach for their four-Test tour of West Indies?
Answer: Sanjay Bangar.
17553. Acclaimed dramatist, theatre director and poet who has given to Malayalam literature and theatre fine works such as “Avanavan Kadamba”,” Daivathar”, “Kaikkuttappad” and “Ottayaan”, passed away on June 26, 2016?
Answer: Kavalam Narayana Panicker.
17554. Legendary artist, credited with being one of the pioneers of Indian modern art, passed away on June 29, 2016?
Answer: K G Subramanyan.
17555. Former India batsman who was named head coach of the Afghanistan national cricket team in June 2016?
Answer: Lalchand Rajput.
17557. Which country has joined an exclusive club of countries controlling exports in missile technology?
Answer: India.
17559. Who became the first Indian female athlete to qualify for the 100m dash in Olympics in 36 years as she booked a Rio Games berth at the 26th G Kosanov Memorial Meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Answer: Dutee Chand.
17560. Argentina footballer who has retired from international football after missing in a penalty shootout as Argentina lost a fourth major final in nine years?
Answer: Lionel Messi.
17561. The author whose celebrated 1970 book Future Shock examined the danger and promise of the accelerating pace of change in society, passed away on June 27, 2016?
Answer: Alvin Toffler.
17562. Former Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) president who led the BJS to its biggest ever win in 1967 when it won 35 seats in the Lok Sabha, passed away on May 2, 2016?
Answer: Balraj Madhok.
17563. Independent MP and liquor baron who is facing a case of loan default of over Rs. 9,400 crore, resigned from Rajya Sabha on May 2, 2016?
Answer: Vijay Mallya.
17564. Leicester City striker who has won the Football Writers" Association Player of the Year-2016 award?
Answer: Jamie Vardy.
17565. Who holds the Guinness World Record for “The Fastest time to travel the Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot (female)”?
Answer: Michelle Kakade.
17566. Who has taken over as the next Chief of the Naval Staff on May 3, 2016 replacing Admiral RK Dhowan, who superannuates from service?
Answer: Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba.
17567. Prime Minister of Turkey who has resigned on May 5, 2016, paving the way for his replacement by a trusted ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan?
Answer: Ahmet Davutoglu.
17568. Who has become the first Indian author to win the Commonwealth short story prize, beating almost 4,000 entries for the 5,000 pound award with the first short story he has ever written?
Answer: Parashar Kulkarni .
17570. Former South African cricketer who has been appointed as Pakistan cricket team"s head coach on May 6, 2016?
Answer: Mickey Arthur.
17571. Who won the Madrid Open Womens tennis title 2016 defeating Dominika Cibulkova in the final?
Answer: Simona Halep.
17572. Who has been named chairman of the Workers" Party of Korea at a rare party congress held in Pyongyang?
Answer: Kim Jong-un.
17573. Who has been appointed country manager for Indian operations of Apple Inc?
Answer: Sanjay Kaul.
17574. A sculpture of a kneeling Hitler by an Italian artist has sold for a record £12 million in the auction held in the recent New York auction. Who is that artist?
Answer: Maurizio Cattelan.
17576. Which pair won the $100,000 Busan Open Challenger doubles title-2016 defeating Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana of Taiwan in the final?
Answer: Leander Paes (India) and Sam Groth (Australia).
17578. Senior Congress leader who has been renominated as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for a third term of one year?
Answer: Prof. K.V. Thomas.
17579. Name the personalities who are selected as the Good will Ambassador of Indian contingent for Rio Olympics?
Answer: A.R.Rahman, Sachin Tendulkar, Abhinav Bindra and Salman Khan.
17580. Who has been appointed as the acting chief justice of the Kerala High Court on 05th May, 2016?
Answer: Mohan Shantanagoudar.
17581. Name the Islamist leader who has been hanged in Bangladesh on May 11, 2016 for crimes during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971?
Answer: Motiur Rahman Nizami.
17582. Leicester manager who has won the Enzo Bearzot award for best Italian coach of the season?
Answer: Claudio Ranieri.
17583. Name the world"s largest cargo aircraft, made its first landing in India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad?
Answer: The Antonov An-225 Mriya.
17584. Who has been elected unanimously and unopposed as the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC?)
Answer: Shashank Manohar.
17585. The parliament of which country on May 11, 2016 gave final approval to a law recognizing civil unions of same-sex couples?
Answer: Italy.
17586. Name the largest passenger ship in the world, which first set sail on 15 May 2016 from the STX France docks in Saint-Nazaire?
Answer: MS Harmony of the Seas.
17587. Leicester striker who won the Premier League player of the season 2015-2016?
Answer: Jamie Vardy.
17589. Who has been elected as the International Federation of Association Football’s (FIFA) first female general secretary?
Answer: Senegalese Fatma Samoura.
17590. Name the first Muslim woman who has been elected as the speaker of a state parliament in Germany?
Answer: Muhterem Aras.
17591. American supercentenarian who was, at the age of 116 years, 311 days , becomes the world"s oldest living person passed away on May 12, 2016?
Answer: Susannah Mushatt Jones.
17592. Former India captain who was re-appointed ICC Cricket Committee chairman for a second term of three years?
Answer: Anil Kumble.
17593. The West Indian cricket writer, commentator and journalist, who passed away on May 11, 2016?
Answer: Tony Cozier.
17594. Name the train provided by Indian Railway with 50 wagons carrying nearly 25 lakh litre water to the scarcity-hit city “Latur”?
Answer: The Jaldoot Express.
17595. Which pair won the Rome Masters Women’s doubles title -2016 defeating Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova in the final?
Answer: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis.
17596. Former Indian Test Cricketer who was the second Indian batsman, after Lala Amarnath, to score a hundred on Test debut, passed away on May 16, 2016?
Answer: Deepak Shodhan.
17597. Tottenham Hotspur striker who won the Premier League Golden Boot for the first time after finishing the season with 25 goals?
Answer: Harry Kane.
17598. Who won the Rom Masters Men’s title -2016 defeating Novak Djokovic in final?
Answer: Andy Murray.
17599. South Korean author who has won the Man Booker International Prize-2016 for her novel “The Vegetarian”?
Answer: Han Kang.
17600. Which cricketer holds the record of most runs by a batsman in an IPL season with this 973 runs in year 2016?
Answer: Virat Kohli.
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