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Past Questions — 2016

MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Kiran Bedi had been made governor of

A) Kerala
B) Goa
C) Maharastra
D) Puducherry
The correct choice is “Puducherry”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

The instrument LIGO discovered which of the following?

A) Higg’s boson
B) Anti-proton
C) Gene replication
D) Gravitational wave
The correct choice is “Gravitational wave”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Who is the new president of Burkina Faso?

A) Roch Marc Kabore
B) Mike Brush
C) Sandy Patton
D) Bob Dick
The correct choice is “Roch Marc Kabore”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

An American Indian who was awarded Edgar A.Poe Award in May 2016 was

A) Neela Banerjee
B) Sri Devi
C) Ramanujan Hegde
D) Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan
The correct choice is “Neela Banerjee”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Governor of Mizoram is

A) Nirbhay Sharma
B) A.R.Kohli
C) K.K.Paul
D) K.R.Tripathi
The correct choice is “Nirbhay Sharma”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Who is the author of the book ‘Nunna Kawng Thuampuiah’?

A) C.Laitanga
B) K.C.Lalvunga
C) C.Thuamluaia
D) James Dokhuma
The correct choice is “James Dokhuma”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

In what country was the G-7 summit held in May 2016

A) Germany
B) France
C) USA
D) Japan
The correct choice is “Japan”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

What does HRI stands for (in connection with India)?

A) Harish Chandra Research Institute
B) Human Resources Institution
C) Indian Household Researches
D) Homi Bhabha Research Institute
The correct choice is “Harish Chandra Research Institute”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Which state has been selected for the Krishi Karman Award for year 2014-2015?

A) Bihar
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) West Bengal
The correct choice is “Madhya Pradesh”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

The anti-submarine warfare corvette which has been commission in the Indian Navy by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R.K.Dhowan at naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam was

A) INS Kadmatt
B) INS Vikram
C) INS Surya
D) INS Raman
The correct choice is “INS Kadmatt”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Which country won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup?

A) Nigeria
B) Mali
C) Brazil
D) Argentina
The correct choice is “Nigeria”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Which country recently detonated its first hydrogen bomb?

A) South Korea
B) North Korea
C) Pakistan
D) Iran
The correct choice is “North Korea”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

One million bytes is known as

A) Millibyte
B) Gigabyte
C) Megabyte
D) Microbyte
The correct choice is “Megabyte”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Which one is known as Ganga of South?

A) Kaveri
B) Mahanadi
C) Lopat
D) Tsango
The correct choice is “Kaveri”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

The street view service is of which company?

A) Apple
B) Google
C) Yahoo
D) Microsoft
The correct choice is “Google”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Who is the author of the book ‘As you like it’?

A) Mark Twain
B) Alexander Dumas
C) William Shakespeare
D) Charles Dickens
The correct choice is “William Shakespeare”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

India’a first underwater restaurant was unveiled on 1 February 2016 in which city?

A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) Ahmedabad
D) Pune
The correct choice is “Ahmedabad”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Which city is known as city of Golden Temple?

A) Amritsar
B) Allahabad
C) Shimla
D) Mecca
The correct choice is “Amritsar”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Who discovered Steam Engine?

A) James Watt
B) John Bairde
C) Alexander Fleming
D) George Stevenson
The correct choice is “James Watt”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Name the person who has taken charge as UN High Commissioner for refugees?

A) Fillippo Grandi
B) Raul Paul
C) Antonio Guterres
D) Sunando Ghosh
The correct choice is “Fillippo Grandi”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Vice President of India is

A) Arun Jaitley
B) Hamid Ansari
C) Sushma Swaraj
D) Sumitra Mahajan
The correct choice is “Hamid Ansari”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Who became the first player to win ATP World Tour Finals for fourth consecutive time?

A) Roger Federer
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Novac Djokovic
D) Andy Murray
The correct choice is “Novac Djokovic”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Who was awarded the 2016 Man Booker International Prize?

A) Khushwan Singh
B) Han Kang
C) F. Jezebilli
D) Chetan Bhaghat
The correct choice is “Han Kang”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

The short form of Deoxyribonucleic Acid is

A) DXNA
B) DBA
C) DNA
D) DONA
The correct choice is “DNA”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
MPE&SS (LDE) • 2016 • Paper-I (English & G.K.)

Which one is a program used to find out whether someone is online?

A) Finger
B) COBOL
C) Poke
D) Byte
The correct choice is “Finger”. It gives the correct grammatical form, meaning, usage, or idiomatic sense for the sentence.
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