Quiz on Current Affairs – 30 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 30 August 2016 covering the important happenings for the day. This will be very useful for all upcoming exams. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to attempt the quiz with multiple choice options as asked in competitive exams. Just login with your facebook account to begin quiz. Happy Learning.

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1. Who recently won the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula One?

Answer: Nico Rosberg

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 August 2016has launched the first phase of SAUNI (Saurastra Narmada Avataran Irrigation) Yojana in which state?

Answer: Gujarat

3. Telangana Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council on 30 August 2016 have unanimously passed a resolution giving their nod to the proposed Amendment to the Constitution to pass the GST. Telangana has become the ___ State/UT to ratify the Bill?

Answer: 12th

4. Which Olympic medal winner has been appointed as an honorary Commandant of the CRPF on 30 August 2016?

Answer: P V Sindhu

5. West Bengal Assembly has passed a resolution for renaming the state as ‘Bangla’ in Bengali and ___ in English?

Answer: Bengal

6. Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze medal in which Olympics has been upgraded to silver on 29 August 2016?

Answer: London Olympics

7. Who was recently awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015?

Answer: Padma Sachdev

8. India and the ____ have signed Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) that will enable both countries to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of defence supplies?

Answer: United States

9. National Sports Day was observed on?

Answer: 29 August

10. Name the Veteran Sri Lanka batsman who announced his retirement from international cricket on 28 August 2016?

Answer: Tillakaratne Dilshan
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Current Affairs Quiz – 29 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 29 August 2016 useful for all upcoming Banking, Insurance and Government exams. First attempt the quiz and check your score. Below we have also compiled the questions and the right answers for easy studying. We strongly recommend you to first attempt the quiz and then study the questions.

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1. Union Human Resource Development Minister on 28 August 2016 formally inaugurated IIT Dharwad. Name the present Union Human Resource Development Minister?

Answer: Prakash Javdekar

2. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the first time has successfully conducted the Scramjet engine test. The scramjet engine was test launched on board of which rocket?

Answer: RH 560

3. Who was on 29 August 2016 named as the next Head of Larsen & Toubro(L&T)?

Answer: SN Subrahmanyan

4. NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft has recently successfully executed its first flyby of which planet?

Answer: Jupiter

5. Which Automobile manufacturer recently introduced DiGiSENSE, a cloud based technology solution to track vehicle information in real time?

Answer: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

6. Qatar’s based Doha Bank has recently opened a branch in which state?

Answer: Kerala

7. Which coutry is going to host the 19th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit from November 9-10, 2016?

Answer: Pakistan

8. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that UPI application has become operational. Expand UPI?

Answer: Unified Payments Interface

9. Four athletes recently received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2016. Who among the following is not one among them?

Answer: Virat Kohli

10. India has been ranked ___ among the 171 countries in the 2016 World Risk Index (WRI)?

Answer: 77th
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Quiz on Current Affairs – 19 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 19 August 2016 useful for SSC, UPSC, IBPS, Bank Exams and other PSC Exams.

1. Badminton player P V Sindhu on 18 August 2016 won historic silver medal in women’s singles badminton event at Rio Olympics 2016. Which player defeated P V Sindhu in the final?

Answer: Carolina Marín

Note: Sindhu became the first Indian woman to clinch a silver medal in Olympics. She also became the fourth Indian to win a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004, Athens) and Vijay Kumar (2012, London) and wrestler Sushil Kumar (2012, London).

2. World Humanitarian Day was observed on?

Answer: 19 August

Note: The digital campaign for the World Humanitarian Day 2016 was The World You’d Rather.

3. Which city was recently named as  world’s most liveable city for the sixth year running according the Economist’s global liveability survey?

Answer: Melbourne

4. Who was recently awarded the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015 for her poetry collection “Kshama”?

Answer: Hindi scholar and writer Sunita Jain

Note: The award instituted by the K K Birla Foundation carries a cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakh.

5. India Post Payments Bank Limited (IPPBL) has received the Certificate of Incorporation from the Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Companies Act 2013. Earlier Union Government has given its approval for setting up IPPB as a Public Limited Company under the DoP with ___% Government of India (GOI) equity?

Answer: 100%

6. State Bank of India’s (SBI’s) board of directors on 19th August 2016 has approved merger of its five associate banks and which other bank with itself?

Answer: Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB)

Note: These five subsidiaries are State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Travancore.

7. Which state Government recently became first state in the country to launch India’s first comprehensive ‘Crime Criminal Tracking Network System’ (CCTNS)?

Answer: Maharashtra

8. Who was conferred with Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award recently?

Answer: Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

9. Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), situated in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 18 August 2016 banned which Indian wrestler for four years following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)?

Answer: Narsingh Yadav

10. Who recently became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal?

Answer: Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin

Note: She won the bronze medal in Taekwondo.

11. Which bank has recently unveiled a payment service dubbed as "iMobile SmartKeys" that uses smartphone keyboard to make quick & secure payments?

Answer: ICICI Bank

12. Federal Bank has announced its partnership with ___, a mobile banking application, to provide cashless transactions?

Answer: Chillr

13. Which Indian former player  was recently awarded the honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club?

Answer: Virender Sehwag

14. Who won the Gold medal in men’s 200m at Rio Olympics 2016?

Answer: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt

Note: He ran 19.78 seconds to come home ahead of Canada’s Andre de Grasse and France’s Christophe Lemaitre.

15. Govind Tej who died on 19 August 2016 was a noted filmmaker,actor & director in which language?

Answer: Odia

16. The world's longest and highest glass bottom bridge is set to open soon in which country?

Answer: China

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Current Affairs Questions – 18 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz Questions for 18 August 2016 useful for all upcoming competitive exams.

1. Who won India’s first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by clinching the bronze in the wrestling 58kg category?

Answer: Sakshi Malik

Note: Sakshi Malik created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal. It was India’s overall 25th medal in Olympic Games. She defeated Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan by 8-5 points. With this she becomes only the fourth woman athlete from India to win an Olympic medal. Weight-lifter Karnam Malleshwari was the first Indian to win an Olympic medal.

2.Name the world’s largest (longest) aircraft which has recently embarked its maiden flight at an airfield in Cardington in central England?

Answer: Airlander 10

Note: Airlander 10 is hybrid ship i.e. it is a partly plane and partly airship filled with helium gas. It is 92-metre-long and 43.5m wide.

3. Indian cricket team has secured world No.1 ranking in the latest ICC Test rankings. Which team is at second position?

Answer: Pakistan

4. Which state has become the 3rd State to ratify the Goods and Services Tax on 18 August 2016?

Answer: Jharkhand

5. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of new BJP HQ building at ____ on August 18, 2016?

Answer: New Delhi

6. The government has recently launched new initiatives including setting up of a water purification plant under Namami Gange at?

Answer: Mathura, UP

7. Name the three apps launched by Power Ministry to enhance transparency in the power transmission sector?

Answer: TARANG,e-Trans & DEEP

8. PV Sindhu made history on 18 August 2016 for Indian badminton when she reached the final of the women’s singles event after beating Nozomi Okuhara of which country?

Answer: Japan

9. Who was on 17 August 2016 appointed as the Administrator of Lakshadweep?

Answer: Farooq Khan

10. Name the Indian-American who was recently named co-chair of the transition team of Hillary Clinton?

Answer: Neera Tanden

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Current Affairs MCQ – 17 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here are the Current Affairs Updates for 17 August 2016 covering the important happenings for the day. These questions will be very useful for all upcoming exams like IBPS Clerk 2016, RBI Grade B Officer, SSC CGL 2016 etc.

1. Name the former Union Minister who was on 17 August 2016 appointed as the Governor of Manipur?

Answer: Najma Heptulla

Note: She had served as Union Minority Affairs Minister in the Union Cabinet of NDA Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had resigned in July 2016.

2. Who was on 17 August 2016 appointed as the Governor of Assam?

Answer: Banwarilal Purohit

Note: He is a three-time former member of Lok Sabha from Nagpur and Managing Editor of Central India’s daily ‘The Hitavada’.

3. Who was on 17 August 2016 appointed as the Governor of Punjab?

Answer: VP Singh Badnore

Note: He hails from Rajasthan and is associated with Mayo College, Ajmer.

4. Who was on 17 August 2016 appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

Answer: Jagdish Mukhi

Note: He is Delhi-based BJP leader and former MLA from Delhi.

5. The first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Youth Parliamentarians Conference on `Peace and Harmony for Development’ was held from August 16 to 18, 2016 at?

Answer: Islamabad, Pakistan

6. Name the World famous prominent Punjabi writer, novelist, short story writer and Jnanpith awardee who died on 16 August 2016?

Answer: Gurdial Singh

Note: He was one of the greatest writers of Punjabi Literature and had focused on the economically and socially marginalised people in rural Punjab in his short stories and novels.

7. Name the former president of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) who died on 16 August 2016?

Answer: Joao Havelange

Note: His tenure as President in FIFA is the second longest behind only that of Jules Rimet.

8. Statue of Sister Nivedita was recently (August 2016) unveiled in which country?

Answer: Ireland

Note: Sister Nivedita was a great disciple of Swami Vivekananda.

9. Name the noted Malayalam scriptwriter who died on 15 August 2016?

Answer: T A Razzaq

Note: He started his career as a scriptwriter in 1991 for Mohanlal-starred “Vishnulokam”. As a scriptwriter, his notable films include Kanakinavu, Ghazal, Perumazhakalam, Aayirathil Oruvan and Thalolam.

10. Name the first Speaker of Delhi Assembly and father of Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel who died on 16 August 2016?

Answer: Charti Lal Goel

Note: He became the first Speaker of Delhi Assembly in 1993& continued in the post till 1998.

11. India’s PV Sindhu on 17 August 2016 defeated world number two ___ of China to enter the semi-finals of the Rio 2016 Olympics?

Answer: Wang Yihan

Note: She became only the second Indian women’s player after Saina Nehwal to reach the semi-final of Olympic.

12. Tata Power Solar has recently commissioned a 100 mw solar project for NTPC at?

Answer: Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

13. Name the Indian music composer who was recently honoured with the Tamil Ratna Award?

Answer: A R Rahman

14. Name the two sportspersons who have been recommended for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest honour in sports?

Answer:   Gymnast Dipa Karmakar and Shooter Jitu Rai

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Important Current Affairs Quiz– 16 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 16 August 2016 covering all the important happenings of the day. Quiz Questions will be very useful for all upcoming exams.

1. Who won the gold medal in men’s singles tennis category in Rio 2016 Olympic Games?

Answer: Andy Murray of Great Britain

Note: He defeated Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the final match held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With the win, he retained the medal and became the first player to win two men's singles tennis gold medals in Olympics.

2. Which country topped the Global Innovation Index, 2016?

Answer: Switzerland

3. What is India's position in the Global Innovation Index, 2016?

Answer: 66th

4. Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has  recently inaugurated the country’s first facility to produce nickel in which state?

Answer: Jharkhand

Note: The facility was inaugurated by Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of mines. Nickel is primarily used to make stainless steel.

5. Who has bagged the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award 2016 presented by the Government of Tamil Nadu?

Answer: P Shanmugam

Note: He is the Sr.Principal Scientist at Central Leather Research Institute.

6. Who recently became only the second Indian artist after M.S.Subbulakshmi to perform at the iconic UN General Assembly hall?

Answer: A R Rahman

Note: Subbulakshmi was invited to perform at the General Assembly in Oct 1966.

7. Which Indian batsman entered the top-10 in the latest Test rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC)?

Answer: Ajinkya Rahane

8. Wayde Van Niekerk from which country recently smashed Michael Johnson’s long-standing world record in 400m recently at Olympics 2016?

Answer: South Africa

9. ___ on 16 August 2016 became the first non-NDA state to ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill on GST?

Answer: Bihar

Note: Bihar became the first non-NDA state and overall second after BJP-ruled Assam to pass GST Bill. The Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014 on GST has already been passed by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

10. Which country on 16 August 2016 successfully launched the world's first quantum satellite which boasts of establishing hack-proof communications between space and the ground as it is equipped with security features to prevent wiretapping and intercepts?

Answer: China

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Current Affairs Quiz- 15 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 15 August 2016. Questions will be very useful for all upcoming Banking, UPSC, SSC, PSC Exams etc.

1. Union Government has constituted a National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) to develop the pan-India road map for trade facilitation. It will be headed by?

Answer: Pradeep Kumar Sinha, Cabinet Secretary of India.

2. Which bank has recently launch an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) based *99# mobile application for their customers for basic banking needs?

Answer: Union Bank of India (UBI)

Note: It was launched in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for all retail payments system in the country.

3. India’s first ever BIO-CNG plant producing CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) from agricultural residue was recently inaugurated at?

Answer: Pune, Maharashtra.

4. Who was recently appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?

Answer: Justice Manjula Chellur

Note: She will succeed CJ Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela who retires on August 24, 2016. She will be second woman Chief Justice of the Bombay HC, after Sujata Manohar in 1994.

5. Govt has conferred Shaurya Chakra posthumously to Lt. Col. E.K. Niranjan of the National Security Guard. Shaurya Chakra is the ___ highest peacetime gallantry medal of the country?

Answer: 3rd

Note: Lt. Col. E.K. Niranjan was killed while defusing a grenade at the scene of the terror attack at Pathankot IAF base in January 2016.

6. Havildar Hangpan Dada has been posthumously honoured with Ashok Chakra on the eve of Independence Day. Ashoka Chakra is the country’s highest award for gallantry during?

Answer: Peace Time

Note: Dada had shown exemplary courage, devotion & gallantry beyond the call of duty during an encounter with a group of terrorists in J&K.

7. Jharkhand government has recently introduced the e-POS (electronic point of sale) system. Jharkhand has become only ___ State in country to have their PDS system digitised?

Answer: 3rd

8. Who won the Gold Medal in the 100m men's Final of Rio Olympics 2016?

Answer: Usain Bolt

Note: Bolt recorded his season best time of 9.81 seconds. American Justin Gatlin settled for a Silver with a time of 9.89 sec & Canada’s Andre De Grasse finishing 3rd.

9. Who recently created history by producing the best-ever performance by an Indian gymnast in the Olympics history?

Answer: Dipa Karmakar

Note: Dipa finished 4th in the women’s vault finals in the Rio. The gold was won by American Simone Biles (15.966).

10. As announced by Union Government on 14 August 2016, the ___ year-old practice of presenting a separate Rail Budget is set to come to an end from the next financial year?

Answer: 92

Note: The Finance Ministry accepted Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s proposal to merge Rail Budget with the General Budget.

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Current Affairs – 14 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz covering the important happenings of 14 August 2016 useful for all upcoming exams.

1. Union Government has launched the first phase of Smart Ganga City programme in 10 cities located along River Ganga on 14 August 2016. Name the Union Water Resources Minister?

Answer:  Uma Bharti

Note: 10 Cities/Towns are Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna, Sahibganj and Barrackpore.

2. Name India’s top squash player who recently won the prestigious PSA Australian Open held in Melbourne?

Answer: Dipika Pallikal

3. Na Muthukumar who died on 14 August 2016 was a famous?

Answer: Lyricist

Note: He won two national awards for the songs Ananda Yazhai Meetukiral in Thanga Meengal and Azhage Azhage in Saivam. He is the only Tamil writer who wrote 103 songs in single year (2012).

4. Name the Bollywood actors who bagged the best actress & best actor awards at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2016?

Answer: Sonam Kapoor & Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Note: Sonam was awarded for her performance in Neerja & Nawazuddin won for his role of psycho serial killer in Raman Raghav 2.0.

5. Who recently became India's first captain to win two Tests in West Indies?

Answer: Virat Kohli

Note: Bishen Bedi, Ajit Wadekar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni won one Test each as captain in West Indies.

6. South Indian Bank (SIB) & ____ has recently announced their collaboration to launch co-branded credit cards for the customers of South Indian Bank?

Answer: SBI Card

7. India will be celebrating its ___th Independence Day on 15 August 2016?

Answer: 70th

8. According to a recent research by NASA which planet was habitable for up to 2 billion years?

Answer: Venus

Note: NASA report suggests that the planet had a shallow water ocean & cooler surface temperatures for up to 2 billion years. The findings were obtained with a model similar to the type used to predict future climate change on Earth. Measurements by NASA’s Pioneer mission to Venus in the 1980s first suggested Venus originally may have had an ocean.

9. Name the world No. 61 women badminton player who defeated Saina Nehwal in the group stage of Olympics 2016?

Ans: Maria Ulitina of Ukraine

10. What was the theme of 2016 International Youth Day (IYD) observed on 12 August?

Answer: The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions - 13 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 13 August 2016 useful for upcoming competitive exams like IBPS, SSC, UPSC, PSC Exams etc. We have prepared the questions in such a way as likely to be asked in these exams.

1. Which bank has recently launched a program called "Project Ananya" that focuses on improved customer service and offering latest in digital banking services?

Answer: Syndicate Bank

Note: The bank plans to transform 10 % of its branches to the new format in the next 6-12 months. The first Ananya branch was opened by MD and CEO Arun Srivastava.

2. Indian's multinational pharmaceutical company Cipla Limited has appointed ____ as the managing director (MD) & Chief executive officer (CEO) of effective September 1, 2016?

Answer: Umang Vohra

Note: The current incumbent, Subhanu Saxena will step down from his position on August 31, 2016 to attend to emergent family priorities.

3. World Elephant Day was observed on?

Answer: 12 August

4. Supreme Court of India on 12 August 2016 has lifted the ban on registration of high-end diesel cars and SUVs having engine capacity of 2000 cc and above in which city?

Answer: New Delhi

Note: Ruling in this regard was given by SC bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur on record the affidavits filed by some car makers and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

5. World Bio-Fuel Day was observed across the world on?

Answer: 10 August

Note: The day is observed every year with an aim to create awareness about non fossil-fuels (Green Fuels).

6. The 2016 International Youth Day was celebrated on?

Answer: 12 August

7. Name the Chinese table tennis champion who became the fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam by winning gold medal in Rio Olympics 2016?

Answer: Ma Long

8. Which state Government on 10 August 2016 decided to grant 33 percent reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)?

Answer: Nagaland

Note: The decision was announced by the Chief Minister TR Zeliang during the State Level Watershed Conference held in Kohima.

9.  Who topped the 100 Richest Tech Billionaires In The World 2016 List of Forbes?

Answer: Bill Gates

10. Name the Indian cricket player who has equalled Kapil Dev and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's record for taking two five wicket hauls and scoring two half-centuries in a Test series?

Answer:  Ravichandran Ashwin

Note: He has joined Kapil Dev and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as the third Indian player to take two five wicket hauls and score two half-centuries in a Test series. Kapil Dev has achieved it twice in his illustrious career. Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved this in the five-Test series against England in 2014.

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