General Knowledge 2016

General Knowledge - General Awareness Quiz - Questions and Answers, GK 2016

1. What is the theme for 2016 International Mother Earth Day?

a. Unite for tomorrow

b. Trees for the Earth

c. Environmental teach-in

d. Earth and its ecosystems

2. According to 2016 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), what is India's rank globally in terms of ease of doing business in the country?

3. Sanjeev Rajput is associated with which sports?

4. Who is the newly appointed CMD of Jute Corporation of India Ltd. (JCI)?

5. Who have won the 2016 WTA Apia International title in the women's doubles category?

a. Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova

b. Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic

c. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

d. Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik

6. Which of the following organisations published the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2016 report?

7. What is the theme of 2016 World Asthma Day (WAD)?

a. Everyone normal breathing

b. Unite to overcome asthma

c. Reducing the asthma burden

d. You Can Control Your Asthma

8. Who has won the 2015 Women's World Open Squash Championship?

9. The headquarters of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) will come up in which city?

10. 'Chanderkhani Pass' is located in which state of India?

d. Arunachal Pradesh

Mangosteen contains a class of naturally occurring polyphenol compounds known as xanthones. There are two types of xanthones in this fruit