APPSC Group-2 Important Questions


1. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski became the President of which of the following countries in July 2016?
1) Ecuador
2) Venezuela
3) Peru
4) Suriname

2. Margaret Atwood won the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize. She is a novelist from:
1) U.K.
2) Canada
3) Australia
4) New Zealand

3. Who has been named the ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission's youth based "Swachh Saathi" programme?
1) Priyanka Chopra
2) Alia Bhat
3) Vidya Balan
4) Dia Mirza

4. NATO conducted is biggest war games in Eastern Europe since the cold war, recently. It is called:
1) Cobra Gold
2) Python
3) Anaconda
4) None of these

5. Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's largest Defense Summit, was held in June 2016 in:
1) Seoul
2) Manila
3) Singapore
4) Shanghai

6. What is India's Rank in the Global Peace Index 2016?
1) 141
2) 163
3) 134
4) 137

7. Prayut Chan-O-Cha visited New Delhi recently. He is the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Vietnam
2) Thailand
3) Myanmar
4) Cambodia

8. Who headed the committee on New Education Policy?
1) T.S.R. Subramanian
2) Shailaja Chandra
3) J.S. Rajput
4) N.R. Narayana Murthy

9. Which is the first city in India to have its own City Animal?
1) Kanpur
2) Kolkata
3) Gandhinagar
4) Guwahati




10. Malabar Naval Exercise is conducted by India, USA and:
1) China
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) Singapore

11. Who is the youngest batsman to score 10,000 Test runs?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Ricky Ponting
3) Alastair Cook
4) Kumar Sangakkara

12. Soohorang is a white tiger selected as the mascot for the:
1) 2018 Winter Olympics
2) 2020 Summer Olympics
3) 2018 FIFA World Cup
4) 2018 Asian Games

13. The coast guards of India and which of the following countries held a joint exercise titled
"SAHYOG-HYEOBLYEOG" in June 2016?
1) Singapore
2) Japan
3) Vietnam
4) South Korea

14. Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) was established in:
1) 1975
2) 1974
3) 1987
4) 1985

15. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) and which of the following institutions have signed a declaration to promote solar energy on June 30, 2016?
1) World Bank
2) ADB
3) IMF
4) WTO

16. Which of the following nations is a part of G7?
1) Russia
2) China
3) India
4) Italy

17. "Mission Raftaar" Project is related to:
1) Defense
2) Indian Railways
3) Renewable Energy
4) Highways

18. The first airport in the world that runs fully on solar power is in:
1) Surat
2) New Delhi
3) Kochi
4) Jaipur

19. "Shishu", "Tarun" and "Kishore" are associated with:
1) IDBI Bank
2) NABARD
3) ICICI Bank
4) MUDRA Bank

20. Garbine Muguruza is the 2016 French Open women's singles title winner. She belongs to?
1) Spain
2) France
3) Canada
4) Sweden

21. Which is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia?
1) Thailand
2) Cambodia
3) Laos
4) Singapore

22. Nagarhole National Park is located in which of the following states?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Goa
4) Kerala

23. Who is the author of the book "A Life in Diplomacy"?
1) Hardeep Sing Puri
2) Shashi Tharoor
3) Navtej Sarna
4) M.K. Rasgotra

24. Which of the following Microfinance institutions has changed its name to Bharat Financial
Inclusion Limited?
1) SKS
2) BSS
3) Bandhan
4) Equitas

25. The Indian Post Payments Bank (IPPB) is set up with an investment of:
1) Rs. 500 Crore
2) Rs. 800 Crore
3) Rs. 650 Crore
4) Rs. 1000 Crore


Answers
1) 3        2) 2        3) 4        4) 3       5) 3
6) 1        7) 2        8) 1        9) 4     10) 2
11) 3     12) 1      13) 4      14) 3     15) 1
16) 4     17) 2      18) 3      19) 4     20) 1
21) 3     22) 2      23) 4      24) 1     25) 2