Current Affairs Quiz 29 March 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 29 March 2016. Attempt the Quiz and share your score. 

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

1) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to script history by launching a record number of ____ satellites in a single mission in May 2016?

(A) 5

(B) 11

(C) 22

(D) 18

2) Sergey Karjakin from which country has recently won the prestigious FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament held in Moscow?

(A) Norway

(B) Switzerland

(C) Malaysia

(D) Russia 

3) Which organization on 29 March 2016 launched animate film series ‘Unfairy Tales’?

(A) WWF

(B) INTERPOL

(C) WTO

(D) UNICEF

4) Telecom Commission has approved the number ____ as the single emergency number for India?

(A) 112

(B) 911

(C) 111

(D) 100

5) Which player was on 28 March 2016 appointed as captain of the Delhi Daredevils team for 2016 Indian Premier League season?

(A) J P Duminy

(B) Zaheer Khan

(C) Asish Nehra

(D) Yuvraj Singh

6) India’s biggest ever land, naval and homeland security exhibition Defence Expo 2016 began on 28 March 2016 in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Goa

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Odisha

7) Who won the Best Actor award at 63rd National Film Awards 2016?

(A) Jayasurya

(B) Samuthirakani

(C) Vijay

(D) Amitabh Bachchan

8) Who won the Best Actress award at 63rd National Film Awards 2016?

(A) Parvathy

(B) Kangana Ranaut

(C) Tanvi Azmi

(D) Deepika Padukone

9) Which film was selected as the Best feature film in the 63rd National Film Awards 2016?

(A) Piku

(B) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

(C) Baahubali: The Beginning

(D) Bajirao Mastani

10) Sanjay Leela Bhansali won the Best Director award at 63rd National Film Awards 2016 for his film?

(A) Bajirao Mastani

(B) Baahubali: The Beginning

(C) Piku

(D) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

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National Film Awards 2016 Complete List of Winners PDF Download

* The 63rd National Film Awards 2015 were announced on 28 March 2016 by the Chairpersons of the three juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films and Best Writing on Cinema.

* Baahubali has won the Best Film award at 63rd National Film Award. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor award for his role in ‘Piku’while Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress for her role in ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns

* The Feature Film Central panel was headed by Shri Ramesh Sippy, a popular director & producer in Hindi cinema.

* The Central panel comprised of 11 members including Chairman. The Non Feature jury was headed by Shri Vinod Ganatra and comprised of 7 members including the Chairman. The jury on Best Writing on Cinema was headed by Ms. Advaita Kala and comprised of 3 members including the Chairperson. 

Here is the complete list of winners: You can download the PDF from below link. 

1. Best Feature Film - Baahubali

2. Indira Gandhi award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Neeraj Ghaywan, Masaan

3. Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment - Bajrangi Bhaijaan

4. Best Film on Social Issues - Niranayakam

5. Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation - Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal

6. Best Children's Film - Duronto

7. Best Direction - Sanjay Leela Bhansali, ‘Bajirao Mastani’

8. Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan, Piku

9. Best Actress - Kangana Ranaut, Tanu Weds Manu Returns

10. Best Supporting Actor - Samuthirakani for  Visaaranai

11. Best Supporting Actress - Tanvi Azmi, Bajirao Mastani

12. Best Child Artist - Gaurav Menon, Ben

13. Best Male Playback Singer - Mahesh Kale for Katyar Kalijat Ghusli

14. Best Female Playback Singer - Monali Thakur, Moh Moh Ke Dhage

15. Best Cinematography - Sudeep Chaterjee for Bajirao Mastani

16. Best Screenplay- 

i. Screenplay Writer (Original): Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku and Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns

ii. Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : Vishal Bhardwaj For Talvar

iii. Dialogues : Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku and Himanshu Sharma For Tanu Weds Manu Returns

17. Best Audiography:

i. Location Sound Recordist: Sanjay Kurian For Talwar

ii. Sound Designer: Biswadeep Chatterjee For Bajirao Mastani

iii.  Re-recordist of the final mixed track: Justin Gose For Bajirao Mastani

18. Best Editing - Late Kishore TE for Visaaranai

19. Best production Design - Shriram Iyengar, Saloni Dhatrak And Sujeet Sawant for Bajirao Mastani

20. Best Costume Designer -Payal Saluja For Nanak Shah Fakir

21. Best Make-Up Artist - Preetisheel G Singh And Clover Wootton for Nanak Shah Fakir

22. Best Music Direction -

a) Songs: M Jayachandran for the song Kaathirun Nu Kaathirunnu from Ennu Ninte Moideen

b) Background Score:  Ilaiyaraaja for Thaarai Thappattai

23. Best Lyrics - Varun Grover For The Song Moh Moh Ke Dhage From Dum Laga Ke Haisa

24. Special Jury Award -

1. Kalki Kochlin for Margarita With Straw

25. Best Choreography - Remo D'Souza for the song Deewani Mastani from Bajirao Mastani

26. Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration - Nanak Shah Fakir

27. Best Special Effect - V Srinivas Mohan for Baahubali

26. Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution-

* Best Assamese Film : Kothanodi

* Best Bengali Film: Shankhachil           

* Best Hindi Film: Dum Laga Ke Haisha

* Best Kannada Film: Thithi

* Best Konkani Film: Enemy

* Best Malayalam Film: Pathemari

* Best Marathi Film: Ringan

* Best Odiya Film: Pahada Ra Luha

* Best Punjabi Film: Chauthi Koot        

* Best Tamil Film: Visaaranai

* Best Telugu Film: Kanche

* Best Sanskrit Film: Priyamanasam

* Best Maithili Film: Mithila Makhaan

* Best Mizo Film: Kima's Lode Beyond The Class

* Best Manipuri Film: Eibusu Yaohanbiyu

27. Best Feature Film in Language other than specified in VIII Constitution -

* Best Wancho Film - The Head Hunter

* Best Haryanvi Film: Satrangi

* Best Khasi Film - Onaatah

* Best Bodo Film - Dau Huduni Methai

28. Special Mention

a) Rinku Rajguru for Sairat

b) Jayasurya for Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam & Lukka Chuppi

c) Ritika Singh for Irudhi Suttru

29. Awards for Writing on Cinema

Best Film Critic: Meghachandra Kongbam

Best Book On Cinema: Dr Rajakumar Samagra Charithre by Doddahulluru Rukkoji

Best Book on Cinema - Special Mention : Forgotten Masters of Hindi Cinema by Satish Chopra

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GK Questions asked in Railway RRB NTPC Exam - 29 March 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are the General Awareness questions asked in today’s (29/03/2016) Railway RRB Exam 2016. This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. All the Best. 

1. Radar full form? - Radio Detection And Ranging

2. What is tomato? - Fruit

3. Which person holds the record of winning maximum gold in olympics? - Michael Phelps

4. Chandrashekhar Limit is applied to? - Mass

5. Lemur are found in? - Madagascar

6. Bhimbetka caves are approximately how many years old? - 30,000 years

7. Chemical name of Baking soda? - Sodium Bicarbonate

8. Chief Justice of India retirement age? - 65 years

9. Kamarup kingdom is in which state? - Assam

10. No. of medals for India in 2012 Olympics? - 6 medals

11. Who gives oath to the President? - Chief Justice of India

12. Tallest building in world? - Burj Khalifa

13. SPM full form? - Suspended Particulate Matter

14.  Which language is used in ideographs? - China and Japan

15. Berlin wall demolished in which year? - 1989

16. Zika virus spread by? - Aedes mosquito

17. Father of geometry? - Euclid

18. 2015 TIME person of the year? - German Chancellor Angela Merkel

19. Which river flows through Karnataka and TN? - Kaveri

20. DPT full form? - Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus

21. Oscar winner director from India? - Satyajit Ray

22. Swej nahar is in which country? - Egypt(Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea)

23. What is graphene? - Allotrope of carbon.

24. What is umami? - 5th basic taste of tongue

25. Highest grand slams winner male? - Roger Federer

26. Aurum is which metal? - Gold

27. Which team won the maximum football world cup? - Brazil

28. Last Mughal emperor? - Bahadur Shah Zafar

29. Environment day is observed on? - 5 June

30. Which is landlocked country? - Kyrgyzstan

31. Quit India Revolution date? - 8 August 1942

32. Currency of Thailand? - Thai baht

33. Din-i-illahi founder? - Mughal emperor Akbar

34. Granite is an example of which rock? - Igneous rock

35. Smallest bone in human body? - Stapes

36. Name of father of Subhash chandra bose? - Janakinath Bose

37. Organ that can grow and regenerate? - liver

38. Which country invented paper? - China

39. Unesco headquarters? - Paris

40. Gases Causing greenhouse effect? - water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.

41. Interpol headquarters? - Lyon, France

42. 'Tee' term associated with which sports? - Golf

43. Who is Chief justice of India? - Justice TS Thakur

44. Who is known as semant(Frontier)  Gandhi? - Khan Abdul Gaffar khan

45. National song of India is written by? - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

46. Where is Kunchilal water falls? - Karnataka

47. Largest non polar desert in the world? - Sahara

48. Where is the island of Sychelles located? - Mahe

49. Land locked country? - Liechtenstein in Central Europe, surrounded by Switzerland and Austria

50. Pollination by wind is called? - Anemophily or wind pollination

51. Brightest star in our sky? - Sirius A

52. A Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact written by? - George Gheverghese Joseph

53. Mangalyan launched from which place? - Sriharikota

54. RBI was Nationalised in which year? -  1949

55. Queen berry rules in which game? - Modern boxing

56. A Deep crack in glacier is called? - Crevasse

57. Largest fresh water lake in India? - Lake Baikal

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Current Affairs Quiz – 13 March 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 13 March 2016. Attempt Quiz!!

1) Union Finance Ministry has recently announced to withdraw its budget 2016 proposal to tax _____ withdrawals?

(A) New Pension Scheme

(B) Bonus

(C) Employee Provident Fund (EPF)

(D) Bank

2) Tourism campaign titled ‘New Worlds’ of which state has recently won the prestigious ‘Golden City Gate Award’ at the at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Kerala

(C) Jammu and Kashmir

(D) Assam

3) Justice Ajit Singh on 12 March 2016 sworn in as the Chief Justice (CJ) of which High Court?

(A) Madras High Court

(B) Kerala High Court

(C) Delhi High Court

(D) Gauhati High Court

4) India and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have recently decided to set up South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTC) at?

(A) New Delhi, India

(B) Daka, Bangladesh

(C) Colombo, Srilanka

(D) None of these

5) Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Anand Mahindra was recently conferred with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by which country?

(A) Spain

(B) Italy

(C) Russia

(D) France

6) Who was on 12 March 2016 appointed as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff?

(A) Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Singh

(B) Lt Gen Bipin Chandra Joshi

(C) Lt Gen NPS Hira

(D) None of these

7) What is the name given by Union government to the LED-based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme launched recently?

(A) JYOTI

(B) ROSHNI

(C) KIRAN

(D)  UJALA

Ans. (D)  UJALA

8) Which city was recently ranked the world's most expensive city by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

(A) New York

(B) Singapore

(C) Tokyo

(D) Paris

9) Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in which state was on 11 March 2016 shut down after leakage of heavy water?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Haryana

10) Which Bollywood actress was recently appointed as the brand ambassador of Reebok India?

(A) Aishwarya Rai

(B) Deepika Padukone

(C) Kangana Ranaut

(D) Alia Bhatt

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GK Questions from LIC AAO Exam 13 March 2016- Evening Shift

Hi Aspirants, here are the GK, GA and Computer Questions asked in today's (13 March 2016) Evening Shift LIC AAO Exam 2016. If you have attempted the exam, please share your reviews with us and also share questions you remember. Thanks to Gaury, Kavya and Dhanush for sharing the questions with us. 

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1. Stanislas Wawrinka is related to which sport? - Tennis

2. World No Tobacco Day is observed on? - May 31

3. PAN is must for all the transactions above? - Rs. 2 Lakh

4. Chief election commissioner is appointed by whom? - President of India

5. Headquarters of FIFA? - Zurich

6. First Doppler radar to forecast cyclonic storms is located in which state? - Odisha

7. Who was recently appointed as the first Chairman of Banks Board Bureau? - Vinod Rai

8. 13th World Spice Meeting was held at? - Ahmedabad

9. Capital of Greece? - Athens

10. Name the Director of the film Spotlight which won Oscar Award 2016? - Tom McCarthy

11. Speed of Tejas train announced in rail Budget 2016? - 130 km/hr

12. Bandipur National Park located in which state? - Karnataka

13. Fund allocated for AMRUT in Union Budget? - Rs. 7, 290 Crore

14. Mumbai defeated which team to win Ranji Trophy 2015-16? - Saurashtra

15. Aryabhatta Award was recently conferred on? - Avinash Chander

16. India and Iran signed an agreement for in Chabahar Port development, situated on the Gulf of? - Oman

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GK MCQ Quiz for Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical)

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful GK Questions for upcoming Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical) for selection of Assistant Station Master, Goods Guard, Commercial Apprentice, Traffic Apprentice, Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Traffic Assistant, Senior Time Keeper etc. Attempt quiz & share your reviews. 

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

1) ‘ALU’ stands for

(a) Algebraic Logic Unit

(b) Algorithmic Logic Unit

(c) Arithmetic Logic unit

(d) None of above

2) The only state of India, where common civil code provision is applicable

(a) Goa

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(c) Kerala

(d) Assam

3) The minimum age required to becomes a member of rajya sabha is-

(a) 21 years

(b) 25 years

(c) 30 years

(d) 35 years

4) The NABARD was established in which year?

(a) 1970

(b) 1975

(c) 1977

(d) 1982

5) "The turbulent years: 1980-1996" is the book written by?

(a) Pranab Mukherjee

(b) Kailash satyarthi

(c) Dr. K. K. Mohammad

(d) Keneth Baker

6) Which one of the following is the primary sector of India’s economy?

(a) Agriculture

(b) Industry

(c) Cooperative

(d) None of the above

7) Who was the chairman of 7th Central pay commission?

(a) Arvind Pangadia

(b) Ashok Kumar Roy

(c) Ashok Kumar Mathur

(d) Anil Sinha

8) Export – Import (Exim) bank was set up in the year?

(a) 1981

(b) 1982

(c) 1985

(d) 1989

9) Tipu Sultan was the ruler of?

(a) Hyderabad

(b) Madurai

(c) Mysore

(d) Vijya Nagar

10) Who wrote the famous song ‘Saare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara’?

(a) Sahir Ludhianvi

(b) Sir Sayyad Ahmed Khan

(c) Sir Muhammad Iqbal

(d) Bahadur shah Zafar

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