After successfully completing the CAT 2016 sprint series, we are back with the SNAP 2016 sprint preparation series – GK 2 to boost your prep. This will continue for the last 10 days leading to SNAP 2016 and will cover almost all the question types that you need to know come the 18th of December.
SNAP 2016 sprint preparation series – GK 2
1. Who was not awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by the President of the United States in the year 2016?
a) Bill Gates
b) Margaret Hamilton
c) Meryl Streep
d) Ellen DeGeneres
2. Who is the current chairman of NASSCOM?
a) Raman Roy
b) C P Gurnani
c) B. V. R. Mohan Reddy
d) R Chandrashekhar
3. According to The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, which of the following is not one of the world’s three most competitive economies.
a) Switzerland
b) Singapore
c) United States
d) Germany
4. BMW G310R is a motorcycle developed by BMW Motorrad in collaboration with which Indian automobile company?
a) Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
b) Tata Motors Ltd.
c) TVS Motor Company
d) Hero MotoCorp Ltd.
5. Who is the author of the book ‘Zero to One’?
a) Ben Horowitz
b) Malcolm Gladwell
c) Marc Andreessen
d) Peter Thiel
6. In 2015, who was awarded the national film award for best male playback singer?
a) Shankar Mahadevan
b) Sukhwinder Singh
c) Mahesh Kale
d) Rupankar Bagchi
7. Which team won the 2015–16 Irani Cup?
a) Mumbai
b) Karnataka
c) Rest of India
d) Rajasthan
8. Who among the following was crowned Miss World 2015?
a) Sofia Nikitchuk
b) Maria Harfanti
c) Valerie Abou Chacra
d) Mireia Lalaguna
9. Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work related to
a) Parasites
b) Malaria
c) Immunity
d) Autophagy
10. Who was not awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year 2014/2015?
a) C.N.R.Rao
b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c) Bhimsen Joshi
d) Sachin Tendulkar
11. Who was awarded the best actor at the 88th academy awards?
a) Matt Damon
b) Leonardo DiCaprio
c) Bryan Cranston
d) Eddie Redmayne
12. Name the project developed by Google to provide internet access to rural and remote areas
a) Project Oxygen
b) Project Loon
c) Project Balloon
d) Project X
13. Which Bollywood actor was chosen as the brand ambassafor of Switzerland Tourism in 2016?
a) Ranveer Singh
b) Hrithik Roshan
c) Ranbir Kapoor
d) Shah Rukh Khan
14. The 19th SAARC summit was indefinitely postponed. Which country was going to host it?
a) India
b) Bangladesh
c) Sri Lanka
d) Pakistan
15. Who is the current chief justice of India?
a) T S Thakur
b) H L Dattu
c) J S Khehar
d) R M Lodha
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Solutions:
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. c
5. d
6. c
7. c
8. d
9. d
10. c
11. b
12. b
13. a
14. d
15. a
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You can follow the entire sprint series here: SNAP 2016 Sprint Preparation Series by Learningroots
Also, you can check out all the articles under the series by going to this page: SNAP 2016 Sprint Preparation Series Timetable
