Arun Shrivastava is the present MD & CEO of which of the following banks? The bank launched fund transfer based on Aadhaar Number through NUUP’ and ‘Fund Transfer through IMPS’ recently?

(A) SBI
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Canara Bank
(D) Bank of Baroda
(E) Syndicate Bank

Who among the following has been appointed as a Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI)?

(A) Himanshu Joshi
(B) Gopal Murli Bhagat
(C) Raj Kamal Verma
(D) Ashok Kumar Garg
(E) Dinesh Kumar Khara

______ has launched a Rs 100-cr start-up fund on its diamond jubilee year “to foster, nurture and incubate new ideas related to the oil & gas sector”.

(A) Indian Oil
(B) ONGC
(C) GAIL
(D) BPCL
(E) HPCL

Manjula Chellur has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts?

(A) Calcutta High Court
(B) Bombay High Court
(C) Madras High Court
(D) Allahabad High Court
(E) Patna High Court

Who among the following former India batsmen was awarded the honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club recently (on Aug 16)?

(A) Virender Sehwag
(B) Vinod Kambli
(C) Ravi Shastri
(D) Manoj Prabhakar
(E) Mohammad Azharuddin

Which city has again been given the title of the world’s most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit?

(A) Perth
(B) Calgary
(C) Adelaide
(D) Vienna
(E) Melbourne

Which of the following state govts has issued draft notification on rearranging district borders to create 17 new districts? The new districts will come into being in Oct 2016.

(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Telangana
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Madhya Pradesh
(E) Uttar Pradesh

The govt has approved the signing of an MoU between India and South Africa to establish cooperation in Grassroots Innovation. The currency of South Africa is

(A) Krona
(B) Rand
(C) Dollar
(D) Pound
(E) Peso

India’s first textile university is being planned to be setup in which of the following cities?

(A) Surat
(B) Kanpur
(C) Kolkata
(D) Chennai
(E) Hyderabad

PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the first phase of SAUNI project related to irrigation and drinking water supply in which state?

(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Telangana
(E) Gujarat

Bernard Farrelly, who had won the first official surfing World Championship in 1964, died recently. He belonged to

(A) US
(B) UK
(C) Spain
(D) Australia
(E) Italy

What is the theme of the 31st Summer Olympics 2016 being held in Rio De Janerio, Brazil?

(A) Peace and Environment
(B) Zeal and Victory
(C) Human and Environment
(D) Peace and Prosperity
(E) Fight and Fraternity

Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar missed a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics to Giulia Steingruber of

(A) Russia
(B) US
(C) Switzerland
(D) Belgium
(E) China

Lionel Messi announced a dramatic comeback from international retirement recently. He plays for the national teamof

(A) Brazil
(B) Argentina
(C) Portugal
(D) Spain
(E) New Zealand

The govt has slapped an additional penalty of $380 million on which firm and its partners for producing less than targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields?

(A) Cairn India
(B) Petro net LNG Ltd
(C) Reliance Industries
(D) GGCL
(E) Essar Oil

Myanmar will deploy single-stop inspections at border gates with neighbouring countries to prevent illegal trade. The capital city of Myanmar is

(A) Naypyidaw
(B) Ulaanbaatar
(C) Phnonf Penh
(D) Hanoi
(E) Vientiane

Anand Krishnamurthy resigned recently as the Managing Director and Chief Executive of which of the following private sector banks?

(A) Federal Bank
(B) YES Bank
(C) IDFC Bank
(D) Bandhan Bank
(E) Catholic Syrian Bank

The Centre has given its green signal for investments worth around across the country to boost economic growth. in new highways and railway lines

(A) Rs 27,000 cr
(B) Rs 35,000 cr
(C) Rs 52,000 cr
(D) Rs 77,000 cr
(E) Rs 1 lakh cr

The Visakha Dairy, which aims to procure and process 10 lakh litres of milk a day by 2020, is the premier dairy based in

(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Andhra Pradesh
(E) Karnataka

Apurvi Chandela, who was honoured with the Arjuna Award this year, is a

(A) boxer
(B) squash player
(C) shooter
(D) wrestler
(E) shuttler