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Q501.

Legendary pre-independence cricketer and skipper Bindiganavile Krishnaswamy Garudachar passed away at the age of 99. He was playing Ranji Trophy for which team ?

1)	Mysore	2)	Saurashtra
3)	Hyderabad	4)	Madras
5)	None of these

Q502.

Christine Lagarde has been re-appointed as its Managing Director for a second five-year term after an uncontested election. At present, IMF’s headquarters is located at -------- .

1)	Washington D.C.	2)	New York
3)	Geneva	4)	Paris
5)	None of these

Q503.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rs 35,000-crore oil refinery project of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) at Paradeep refinery. Paradip refinery is situated in which of the following state ?

1)	West Bengal	2)	Andhra Pradesh
3)	Odisha	4)	Maharashtra
5)	None of these

Q504.

Renowned singer-songwriter Dan Hicks passed away after a two-year long battle with throat and liver cancer at the age of 74 who was popularly known for his traditional mix of folk, jazz and country music.  He belongs to which country ?

1)	USA	2)	UK
3)	Canada	4)	Ireland
5)	None of these

Q505.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the permanent campus of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in ---------.

1)	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh	2)	Kottayam , Kerala
3)	Jatani near Bhubaneswar, Odisha	4)	Vadodara, Gujarat
5)	None of these

Q506.

US astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who was the sixth man to walk on the Moon, passed away on 5 February 2016 at the age of 85.  He was associated with which path-breaking NASA mission to the Moon?

1)	Apollo 14	2)	Apollo 17
3)	Luna-2	4)	Pioneer 1
5)	None of these

Q507.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to which venue for the EU-India summit on March 30,2016 especially for the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) ?

1)	Geneva	2)	Brussels
3)	Washington DC	4)	Vienna
5)	Non of these

Q508.

The famous author Umberto Eco passes away at the age of 84 who intrigued, puzzled and delighted readers worldwide with his best-selling historical novel “The Name of the Rose”. He was a native of ------ .

1)	Greece	2)	Italy
3)	Germany	4)	France
5)	None of these

Q509.

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

Q510.

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