November 2016 – CLATGyan Mock General Knowledge Set

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Hey there 🙂

We’ll be putting up all the remaining GK sets now. If nothing else, this is something that *might* just help you score a few brownie points on the exam, if you get lucky. Scroll down, answer away. Revise the questions that you get wrong!

You can access all the Daily Briefs here. Study those, and make sure to do these GK exercises.

  1. What is the name of the satellite jointly made by the ESA and Roscosmos for Mars?





2. India's first bicycle highway was inaugurated in which state?





3. What is the name of the first digital village of India?





4. Who has been appointed as the Director General of Military Operations?





5. Which country won the Davis Cup 2016 Title?





6. Which company is set to acquire TATA Chemical’s urea and fertilizer business?





7. Who is going to lead the committee on service providers instituted by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India?





8. Who has been selected as the president of Hockey India?





9. Who is the author of the book ‘Death under the Deodars: The Adventures of Miss Ripley Bean’?





10. What is the name of the digital platform launched by C.B.S.E. to provide students an easier access to their academic documents online?





11. Who was the chief guest at the 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention?





12. The world’s first Bollywood theme park has opened in ____.





13. The TATA Steel board  voted to replace ____ as the chairman of the company and named SBI veteran OP Bhatt as the interim chairman.





14. The Indian government appointed ____ as the new Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India.





15. Name the popular Cuban former President who recently passed away.





16. Where was the 13th World Robot Olympiad held?





17. Where was the first underwater festival of India held?





18. Which badminton player was ranked number 1 in the BWF rankings?





19. Who recently resigned as Chancellor of the Nalanda University?





20. ___ has been elected as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries.





21. India’s longest expressway, from ___ to ___, has been launched by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav.





22. NASA successfully launched the most advanced weather satellite into space named ____.





23. ____ became the first bowler ever to complete 50 wickets in two consecutive calendar years.





24. _____ received the Dr. Nagendra Singh International Peace Award.





25. Justice Nagendra Singh served as a judge on which of the following courts?





26. Where was the 47th International Film Festival of India held?





27. Where did India recently test fire the Agni I missile from?





28. India recently became an associate member of the CERN. Where is the CERN headquartered?





29. Who was presented with the first World Sanskrit Award?





30. Indian Journalist, ______ has been conferred with the International Press Freedom Award for her reporting from Bastar area situated in Chhattisgarh.





31. ____ surpassed Saudi Arabia to become India’s no. 1 crude oil supplier.





32. The Sunway Taihu Light is a supercomputer developed by which of the following countries?





33. India ranked ___ in the Climate Change Performance Index 2017 which was issued by the Germanwatch and Climate Action Network Europe.





34. ____ became the first player in International Cricket to have scored 500+ runs in all the three formats in a calendar year.





35. The state of ____ will soon have a formal sister-state relationship with Goa.





36. Who is the new coach for the Mumbai Indians team?





37. _____ amended its constitution to make access to drinking water a fundamental right for all citizens and stop its commercialization.





38. _____ holds the record for most time spent in space by a woman and she is also the first woman to become ISS commander.





39. The Union Government and ____ have signed a $500-million loan agreement for the construction of a 9.8km long bridge across Ganga in Bihar which would be the country’s longest river bridge.





40. _____ won 2016 National Women Premier Chess Championship.





41.Who won the Bulgarian presidential election?





42. Hockey Asian Championship Trophy 2018 will be hosted by which country?





43. Who was awarded the ATP Sportsmanship Award 2016?





44. Where are the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s headquarters located?





45. India and ___ have signed  bilateral Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement





46. What is India's first banking robot launched by City Union Bank called?





47. ____ became the first Indian to win a ladies European Tour Event, clinching the Hero Women’s Indian Open in Gurgaon.





48. _____ is set to be the world’s first country to axe all the traditional school subjects from its school including literature, physics history and maths by 2020.





49. ___ has been named as the Business Person of the Year by Fortune magazine.





50. Who won the Brazilian Grand Prix this year?  









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