Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 17 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 17 January 2016. Trending topics include Anuradha Roy winning DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, Start-up India, Stand-up India, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016 etc. This quiz will be useful for all upcoming exams including LIC AAO 2016, Railway RRB 2016 etc. 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1) Indian writer Anuradha Roy on 16 January 2016 has won the prestigious $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel?

(A) Sleeping on Jupiter

(B) An Atlas of Impossible Longing

(C) The Folded Earth

(D) None of these

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16 January 2016 has unveiled the ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ action plan in New Delhi to boost ____ in the country?

(A) financial inclusion

(B) startup ventures

(C) gold monetization

(D) None of these

3) Who among the following on 16 January 2016 formally opened Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing?

(A) Narendra Modi

(B) Vladimir Putin

(C) Xi Jinping

(D) Dilma Rousseff

4) Tsai Ing-wen was on 16 January 2016 elected as first female and 14th President of which country?

(A) Thailand

(B) North Korea

(C) Bhutan

(D) Taiwan

5) Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 came into force 15 January 2016. Which ministry is looking after its implementation?

(A) Union Ministry of Woman and Child Development

(B) Union Ministry of Home Affairs

(C) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development

(D) Union Ministry of Law

6) Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner ____ have recently won the 2016 WTA Apia International title in the women’s doubles category?

(A) Martina Navaratilova

(B) Martina Hingis

(C) Clim Clisters

(D) Maria Sharapova

7) Which was adjudged Best Film in the 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016?

(A) Piku

(B) Hero

(C) Bajirao Mastani

(D) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

8) Which organization on 14 January 2016 released a report titled World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends?

(A) IMF

(B) UNO

(C) World Bank

(D) None of these

9) Who won the Best Actor award at 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016?

(A) Ranveer Singh

(B) Amitabh Bachchan

(C) Sooraj Pancholi

(D) Salman Khan

10) Who won the Best Actress award at 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016?

(A) Bhumi Pednekar

(B) Deepika Padukone

(C) Priyanka Chopra

(D) Kangana Ranaut

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Check our Previous Current Affairs Quiz January 2016