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Q521.

Zealand captain Brendon McCullum blasted into history with the fastest Test hundred in a mere 54 balls against  Australia at Hagley Oval. The previous fastest Test hundred record was in the name of which cricketer ?

1)	Viv Richards	2)	Misbah-ul-Haq
3)	Adam Gilchrist	4)	Nathan Astal
5)	None of these

Q522.

Imran Abdulla, the opposition leader and chief of the Ahdaalath Party has been sentenced to 12-year-long imprisonment for having “incited violence” at a demonstration on May 1 last year. He is the opposition leader of which country ?

1)	Maldives	2)	Bangladesh
3)	Indonesia	4)	Iran
5)	None of these

Q523.

The U.S. President Barack Obama is likely to make a historic visit to which country, become the first sitting American president to go to the island nation in 80 years ?

1)	Vietnam	2)	Cuba
3)	China	4)	Brazil
5)	Japan

Q524.

Which of the following state gets first all-woman panchayat and becoming first in the State to adopt 100% political representation for women at the Gram Panchayat level ?

1)	Gujarat	2)	Kerala
3)	Maharashtra	4)	Odisha
5)	None of these

Q525.

India's oldest performing musician Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan and the recipient of Padma Bhushan in 2013 and Sangeet Natak Akademi award passes away at the age of 107. He was associated with which field ?

1)	Hindustani classical vocalist	2)	Carnatic classical vocalist
3)	Dhrupad Voclist	4)	Kawali Song
5)	None of these

Q526.

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana was approved by the Union Cabinet,recently.Which of the following statement is correct ? A) This scheme has the solution to problems the farmers face. B) It envisages a uniform premium of only 2 % to be paid by farmers for Kharif crops and 1.5 % for Rabi crops.  C) The premium for annual commercial and horticultural crops will be 5 %. D) There is no upper limit on government subsidy for this scheme.

1)	Only A & B are correct	2)	Only A ,B & C are correct
3)	Only B,C & D are correct	4)	All A,B,C and D are Correct
5)	None of these

Q527.

Among the eight states -Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka,Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telengana which state become the first state in the country to have aquifer mapping done for its groundwater resources by May,2016 ?

1)	Haryana	2)	Gujarat
3)	Karnataka	4)	Punjab
5)	None of these

Q528.

World's cheapest smartphone” Freedom 251” launched at Rs 251.Which company has manufactured this  mobile phone ?

1)	Vivo	2)	Ringing Bells
3)	Nokia	4)	Micromax
5)	None of these

Q529.

The 12th edition of the South Asian Games, South Asia’s biggest being held from February 5th-16th, 2016, co-hosted by two state of India. Which of the following are the two states ?

1)	Assam and Meghalaya	2)	Assam and Manipur
3)	Assam and Mizoram	4)	Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh
5)	None of these

Q530.

Former United Nations secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali died at a hospital in Cairo at the age of  93. Which of the following is true ?

1)	He was former Egyptian Defence minister.	2)	Boutros-Ghali was the first Arab to serve as UN chief
3)	He took office in 1992 at a time of increasing influence for the world body following its decisive role in the Gulf War, serving afour-year term.	4)	In 2005, he was named president of Egypt’s human rights council, a body created by then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
5)	None of these