Non-Financial Expected Questions from November, 2016 – Part 1 – India, World, Sports, Appointments

Hello and welcome to exampundit . As promised yesterday, here are Non-Financial Expected Questions from November, 2016. The following questions are from Reports, India related news, Global news, Appointments, Sports and all other non-financial news.

1. Name the second open defecation free state in India. – Himachal Pradesh
2. Which of the following state became the third open
   defecation-free state of India? – Kerala
3. Which of the following company recently signed MoU with HRD
   Ministry for students to use its Placements platform? – LinkedIn
4. India held joint military exercise Surya Kiran-X with ___. –
   Nepal
5. Which of the following state topped the Agricultural
   Marketing & Farm Friendly Reforms Index? – Maharashtra
6. Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of the Central
   Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? – Sushil
   Chandra
7. Name the Twitter’s India head who recently resigned. – Rishi Jaitly
8. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was observed across India on – 31 October
9. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was observed across India to
   commemorate – the birth anniversary of Iron Man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
10. The theme for the 2016 Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was – Integration of India
11. The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against
    Journalists was observed globally on – 2nd
    November
12. Name the German footballer who recently announced retirement
    from football. – Miroslav Klose
13. Who was recently honoured with the Lifetime Achievement
    Award at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa? – South Korean director Im Kwon-taek
14. PM Narendra Modi launched Saur Sujala Yojana in which of the
    following state? – Chhattisgarh
15. Name the first state to implement Saur Sujala Yojana. – Chhattisgarh
16. Russia in November 2016 invited India to join in developing
    next-generation nuclear reactors and participate in its fast reactor research
    project, known as _________. – MBIR
17. Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was
    held in _______. – New Delhi, India
18. Who was recently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer
    (CEO) of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and
    the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group? – Kristalina Georgieva
19. Who was recently appointed as brand ambassador of Swachh
    Rail Mission? – Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh
    International
20. Who recently became the first Sikh to be appointed to the
    Canadian Senate? – Sarabjit Singh Marwah
21. Who was recently elected as the Prime Minister of Spain? – Mariano Rajoy
22. What was India’s score in the Freedom of the Press 2016
    report? – 41
23. Pratul Joshi is associated with which sports? – Badminton
24. Who won the men’s singles title of the Bahrain International
    Challenge badminton tournament? – Pratul
    Joshi
25. Joint military exercise SAMPRITI was held between India and
    __________. – Bangladesh
26. Which of the following companies recently tied up with
    Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for 360 degree virtual tour? – Google
27. Google tied up with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for
    360 degree virtual tour of ________ monuments across the country. – 280
28. Who was recently appointed as the Ambassador of India to the
    Republic of Lebanon? – Sanjiv Arora
29. Who was recently appointed as Managing Director and Chief
    Executive Officer of Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction
    and Security Interest of India (Cersai)? – Praveen
    Kumar Sharma
30. Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) recently
    announced  to honour which bollywood
    actress with a Lifetime Achievement Award? – Rekha
31. Which of the following International Film Festival recently
    announced to honor Rekha with a Lifetime Achievement Award? – Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)
32. Who was awarded the German Green Talent Award? – Shamik Chowdhury
33. The First World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed across
    the world on – 5 November
34. What was theme of the First World Tsunami Awareness Day? – Effective Education and Evacuation Drills
35. Pandit Amaradeva, who recently passed away was a renowned
    singer from ______. – Sri Lanka
36. Operation School Chalo was launched in ________. – Kashmir
37. Loktak Lake is located in _______. – Manipur
38. Who was recently appointed as Executive Director of Reserve
    Bank of India? – M Rajeshwar Rao
39. Who was recently appointed MD and CEO of BoB Capital Markets?
    – Ratnesh Kumar
40. Who was recently appointed as Director-General of the
    International Labour Organisation (ILO)? – Guy
    Ryder
41. Name the Indian lawyer recently elected as Member of
    International Law Commission of UN
42. . – Aniruddha Rajput
43. The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the
    Environment in War and Armed Conflict was observed globally on _______. – 6 November
44. World’s first hydrogen-powered and zero-emission passenger
    train was unveiled in which country? – Germany
45. Name the World’s first hydrogen-powered and zero-emission
    passenger train. – Coradia iLint
46. Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2016 was held in __________.
    – Singapore
47. Who won the women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2016? – India
48. Indian Women’s hockey team won the Asian Champions Trophy
    2016 by defeating ________. – China
49. Petra Kvitova is associated with which sports? – Tennis
50. Who was recently named to be mascot of Incredible India
    campaign? – Narendra Modi
51. Who was recently appointed as Chairman of Fund Trustee and
    Advisory Commission of Kerala? – Vinod
    Rai
52. Vinod Rai appointed as Chairman of Fund Trustee and Advisory
    Commission of _________. – Kerala
53. Who was recently honored with Tata Literature Live! Lifetime
    Achievement Award? – Amitav Ghosh
54. Which of the following country’s president was recently
    honored with the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Awards for the year 2016? – President of Tunisia Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi
55. Who has authored the book titled “An Era of Darkness:
    The British Empire in India”? – Shashi
    Tharoor
56. India’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) driven bus was
    launched in which of the following state? – Kerala
57. Who was recently appointed as interim Chairman of Tata
    Consultancy Services(TCS)? – Ishaat Hussain
58. Name the first ever Indian-American to win U.S. Senator Seat.
    – Kamala Harris
59. Name the first Indian-American woman to be elected to U.S.
    House. – Pramila Jayapal
60. World Science Day for Peace and Development was observed on
    _____. – 10 November

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