Answer: C) Parineeti Chopra Explanation:

Answer: A) India Explanation: Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari is arriving in New Delhi on a five-day visit to India. This will be Bhandari's first foreign trip after assuming the office in October 2015, following the promulgation of the new Constitution in Nepal.

Answer: A) Telangana Explanation: Telangana has introduced a logo for identifying vehicles driven by persons with hearing impairment and has become the first state in the country to do so. The logo was designed by city-based graphic designer Manikanta Annapragada who was the first person to obtain a driving licence under the ‘hearing impaired’ category in the country. The logo consists of a hearing impaired mark along with text saying, “Driver is deaf — Please watch out”.

Answer: C) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Explanation: IPCC stands for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme.     IPCC, with respect to Chartered Accountancy, stands for Integrated Professional Competence Course. This is the second level of the CA course.

Answer: D) Gujarat Explanation: The 30th International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) will be held in Gujarat from January 8 to 13, 2017. Apart from this, three other international kite festivals will be held in different parts of India viz. Telangana International Kite Festival will be held in Hyderabad on January 14 and 15, the Delhi International Kite Festival from January 16 to 17 and the Belgaum International Kite Festival from January 18 to 22.

Answer: D) California Explanation: The US state California's  economy has surpassed that of the UK to become the world’s fifth largest, according to new federal data released.   With a GDP of $2.7 trillion, California is now only behind the US, China, Japan and Germany.

Answer: A) oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus Explanation: Living organisms often contain trace amounts of several elements, but the most abundant ones are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, sulphur and phosphorus.