You Are On Question Answer Bank SET 65
3251. What is the theme of this year’s International Day of Biological Diversity?
Answer: Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
3252. Name the recently commissioned fourth and last Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Converte of Project – 28?
Answer: INS Kavaratti
3253. The Indian Air Force has successfully conducted the trial run of landing of fighter jet on which express way?
Answer: Yamuna Expressway
3255. Which state government has recently amended Factories Act, 1948, to allow women to work in night shifts?
Answer: Maharashtra
3257. Which eminent economist, who served as policy advisor to the earlier UPA Government, passed away recently?
Answer: Mrinal Datta Chaudhari
3258. Which Indian was elected head of the Bureau of International Recycling?
Answer: Ranjit Singh Baxi
3259. Which Indian film, Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)?
Answer: Masaan
3260. Which picturesque valley, 45 km away from Indo-China border in Uttarakhand was opened for the first time for tourists after the 1962 Indo China war?
Answer: Nelong, The valley falls under the Gangotri National Park.
3261. Manoj Mishra has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of which Union Government owned company?
Answer: National Fertilizers Limited.
3264. The President of India, on 20 May inaugurated the 50th anniversary of which historic achievement, by the team lead by Captain M S Kohli?
Answer: India’s climb of Mount Everest.
3265. According to the recently released United Nations Annual Hunger Report, which country has the highest number of hungry people in the world?
Answer: India
3266. Name the interim coach of the Indian cricket team for the Bangladesh tour?
Answer: Ravi Shastri
3267. Who tops the list of the world’s most powerful women, according to the Forbes Magazine?
Answer: Angela Merkel
3268. Which state government decided to withdraw Armed Forces Special powers Act (AFSPA) from the state?
Answer: Tripura
3269. Who was appointed as the Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India?
Answer: Meena Hemachandra
3270. Which Indian origin diplomat has been appointed as Singapore’s envoy to Sri Lanka?
Answer: S Chandra Das
3271. Which international organization has achieved a milestone of destroying 90 percent of the global chemical weapons?
Answer: Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
3272. The United States has recently removed which country, from its list of state sponsors of Terrorism?
Answer: Cuba
3274. Dr. Selvin Christopher was appointed Director General of which central government organization?
Answer: Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
3275. Which state government has recently launched the cleanliness drive, Swachhata Saptapadi Scheme?
Answer: Maharashtra
3278. Name the former Indian cricketers who have been inducted into the BCCI Advisory committee?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman
3279. Name the FIFA president who announced his resignation due to corruption allegations?
Answer: Sepp Blatter
3280. Which former Indian Prime Minister was honoured with Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award?
Answer: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
3283. Name the former foreign minister of Singapore who was appointed Chancellor of Nalanda University?
Answer: George Yeo
3285. Which Indian has been conferred World No Tobacco Day Award by the World Health Organization?
Answer: Surendra Negi
3286. Which women tennis player and former world No. 1 and who won three Wimbledon titles in a day (1951), passed away recently?
Answer: Doris Hart
3287. Who known as one of the pioneers of Indian IT industry and chairman of Hinditron Group, passed away recently?
Answer: Hemant Sonawala
3288. Who head the committee, constituted by the government, on revisiting and revitalizing the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model of development?
Answer: Vijay Kelkar
3289. The World Bank has sanctioned 250 million dollar loan for which project, aiming at reinforcing flood control measures and reconstruction of flood affected infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project
3291. Who was awarded Freedom of Expression Prize , a Norwegian Award, also known as Bjornson Prize?
Answer: Edward Snowden
3292. Name the Indian city in which metro railway has recently been inaugurated?
Answer: Jaipur and Chennai
3293. Name the virus transmitted respiratory disease that lead to many deaths in South Africa?
Answer: Middle East Respiratory Disease (MERS)
3294. Which international organization has ruled that Indian ban of poultry meat, eggs and live pigs from the United States is inconsistent with international norms?
Answer: World Trade Organization
3295. Name the project launched by the central government, aiming at converting one water scarce village in every district into water surplus village?
Answer: Jal Kranti Abhiyan
3296. Which eminent biochemist and winner of 2004 Chemistry Nobel passed away recently?
Answer: Irwin Rose
3297. Name the web portal launched by the Government of India to trace missing kids?
Answer: Khoya Paya
3299. Which Indian has been inducted into the Elite Panel of International Cricket Council Umpires 2015-2016?
Answer: Sundaram Ravi
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