Current Affairs 2016

Question: Who is the present Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
1) Shri Ashok Chawla
2) Shri Atulesh Jindal
3) Shri A.K. Jain
4) Shri Devender Kumar Sikri

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Question: Who has won the FIFA world player award for 2015?
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
2) Lionel Messi
3) Neymar
4) Luis Suárez

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Question: The 103rd edition of Indian Science Congress from January 3 to 7, 2016 held at -
1) Bangalore
2) New Delhi
3) Mysore
4) Pune

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Question: In November 2015 concluded G20 summit was held at -
1) Antalya, Turkey
2) Paris, France
3) Berlin, Germany
4) Geneva, Switzerland

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Question: The "Turn the World UN Blue" global campaign was the part of -
1) United Nation's 70th anniversary
2) United Nation's 75th anniversary
3) United Nation's 60th anniversary
4) United Nation's 50th anniversary

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Question: Alphabet is a parent company of -
1) Yahoo
2) Google
3) Microsoft
4) Cisco

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Question: Which of the following has been declared as National Handloom Day by Government of India?
1) August 7
2) August 9
3) August 11
4) August 12

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Question: World water day is celebrated every year on -
1) June 23
2) May 15
3) July 21
4) March 22

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Question: According to Swachh Bharat Survey 2015, which of the following cities is most clean city of India?
1) Bangalore
2) Chennai
3) Mysore
4) Pune

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Question: The 8th BRICS Summit will be held in -
1) China
2) South Africa
3) Brazil
4) India

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Question: How many Indian companies have been included in world largest 500 companies as per fortune magazine?
1) 9
2) 7
3) 8
4) 10

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Question: Famous noodles brand "Maggi" is owned by -
1) Nestle India
2) Pepsico India
3) Parle Foods
4) ITC

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Question: India's biggest telescope "Multi Application Solar Telescope" (MAST) has been installed at -
1) Ladakh
2) Udaipur
3) Jaipur
4) Ahmedabad

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Question: Mission Indradhanush is related to -
1) Universal Immunisation programme
2) Revival of public sector bank
3) Development of Electronic Manufacturing Hub
4) Skill development of rural youth

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Question: Which of the following book is an autobiography of Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam?
1) Ignited Minds
2) Turning Points
3) Wings of Fire
4) My Presidential Years

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Question: Union Government has raised the National Floor Level Minimum wage from Rs. 137 per day to -
1) Rs. 140
2) Rs. 160
3) Rs. 150
4) Rs. 170

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Question: Which of the following state became the first state where railway track was made on PPP model?
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Karnataka

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Question: Which of the following company operate mobile wallet service ?
1) Vodafone
2) Airtel
3) Paytm
4) All of the above

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Question: As per the status on August 4, 2015, the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) stands at -
1) 4.5%
2) 4.25%
3) 4.0%
4) 5%

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Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of first mobile manufacturing electronics cluster at -
1) Tirupati
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Vijayawada

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Question: The 7th BRICS Summit 2015 held in -
1) South Africa
2) Russia
3) Brazil
4) China

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Question: "International Yoga Day" celebrate on -
1) 5th June
2) 20th June
3) 21st June
4) 22nd June

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Question: BRICS summit 2015 held at -
1) Shanghai
2) Ufa
3) Rio De janeiro
4) Moscow

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Question: "Love @ Facebook" is written by -
1) Hindol Sengupta
2) Nikita Singh
3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Anurag Mathur

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Question: Which team is the winner of 8th IPL league?
1) Channai Super King
2) Royal Challengers Bangalore
3) Kolkata Knight Rider
4) Mumbai Indian

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Question: A deadly virus suddenly appear in South Korea, the name of that virus is -
1) Ebola
2) SARS
3) MERS
4) Influenza

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Note: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Question: Revenue deficit in the budget 2015-16 has been estimated at -
1) 3.0% of GDP
2) 2.4% of GDP
3) 2.6% of GDP
4) 2.8% of GDP

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Question: In budget 2015-16 the target of agricultural credit for the year 2015-16 has been fixed at -
1) Rs. 10.5 lakh crore
2) Rs. 10.0 lakh crore
3) Rs. 8.5 lakh crore
4) Rs. 9.5 lakh crore

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Question: CSO has changed the base year for estimating the national income data -
1) from 2004-05 to 2010-11
2) from 1999-2000 to 2004-05
3) from 2004-05 to 2011-12
4) from 2004-05 to 2009-10

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Question: In Union Budget, GDP growth rate for the year 2015-16 has been projected at -
1) 8.0 - 8.5%
2) 7.0 - 7.5%
3) 7.5 - 8.0%
4) 8.5 - 9.0%

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Question: 14th Finance Commission has recommended distribution of grants to states for local bodies using 2011 population data. The weight ratio of population and area stands at -
1) 90:10
2) 80:20
3) 85:15
4) 92:08

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Question: In budget 2015-16 speech, the Finance Minister has announced the year __________ will be Amrut Mahotsav.
1) 2019
2) 2021
3) 2020
4) 2022

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Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's first indigenously developed vaccine _________ on March 9, 2015.
1) Rotavirus
2) Oral Polio
3) Influenza
4) Oral Typhoid

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Question: Who has won the 62nd National Film Awards as best actor?
1) Bobby Simhaa
2) Irfan Khan
3) Vijay
4) Amir Khan

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Question: In budget 2015-16, service tax plus education cess has been changed -
1) from 12% to 14%
2) from 12% to 13%
3) from 12.36% to 13%
4) from 12.36% to 14%

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Question: Mawlynnong Village in Meghalaya is in the news recently. The reason being -
1) It has been awarded the Asia's Cleanest village award in 2014-15
2) All the houses in the village have sanitary toilet
3) All the houses in the Village use clean energy for cooking
4) The village is situated on Indo-Bangladesh border

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Question: Who has won the 62nd National Film Awards as best actress?
1) Kangana Ranaut
2) Priyanka Chopra
3) Usha Jadhav
4) Baljinder Kaur

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Question: Who was declare man of the match in World Cup Cricket 2015 final match?
1) Guptil
2) Michael Clarke
3) James Faulkner
4) Mitchell Starc

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Question: Who said, "India is the bright spot on the cloudy global horizon" ?
1) IMF Chief Christine Lagarde
2) World Bank Chief Dr. Jim Yong Kim
3) UNO Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
4) US President Barack Obama

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Question: Which state is the winner of Ranji Trophy 2014-15?
1) Mumbai
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) West Bengal

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Question: What is 'Pink Sheet' ?
1) IMF's Data sheet on current account deficits
2) RBI's Monetary Policy norms
3) World Bank Commodities Price Data
4) WHO Data Sheet on Ebola

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Question: Who was declared man of the tournament in world cup Cricket 2015?
1) Guptil
2) James Faulkner
3) Mitchell Starc
4) AB de Villiers

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Question: Who was the ICC Cricket world Cup 2015 ambassador?
1) Riki Ponting
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) M. S. Dhoni
4) AB de Villiers

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Question: Project 'Maryadaa' is associated with -
1) Making all the women of the village educated and self-reliant
2) Education of girls
3) Making the village open defecation free
4) Skill development for women

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Question: India's Contribution to cumulative Global CO2 emission is about -
1) 7.4%
2) 3.6%
3) 5.5%
4) 2.8%

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Question: The winner of Irani Cup 2014-15?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) West Bengal

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Question: Lee Kuan Yew was recently in news, he is the founder of modern -
1) Thailand
2) Singapore
3) Malaysia
4) Vietnam

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Question: The highest individual World Cup score made by
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Chris Gayle
3) Martin Guptill
4) AB de Villiers

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Note: Martin Guptill has made this score on 2015 World Cup Cricket against West Indies.
Question: In the 2015-16 budget fund allocated for development of the North-Eastern Region (NER) is -
1) Rs. 3,000.00 crores
2) Rs. 2,362.74 crores
3) Rs. 2,100.00 crores
4) Rs. 2,000.00 crores

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Question: An International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) is set up at -
1) Mumbai
2) Ahmedabad
3) Gandhinagar
4) Bengaluru

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