Current Affairs Quiz – 29 February 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 29 February 2016. Trending topics include Oscar Awards 2016, Resul Pookutty winning Golden Reel Award, Stan Wawrinka, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ranveer Singh  etc. You can check details on each topic by attempting the quiz. 

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1) Which Indian on 28 February 2016 become the first Asian to win American Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) Golden Reel Award?

(A) A.R.Rahman

(B) Resul Pookutty

(C) Arnab Goel

(D) Bhuvaneswar Sarma

2) Leonardo DiCaprio won the Best Actor award at 88th Academy Awards ceremony (OSCAR 2016) for his film?

(A) The Revenant

(B) Room

(C) Bridge of Spies

(D) The Danish Girl

3) Which social media recently launched #Positionofstrength campaign in India to empower women to raise voices against any form of discrimination?

(A) Facebook

(B) Instagram

(C) Hike

(D) Twitter

4) Which player has recently won the 2016 Dubai ATP Tennis title in the men’s singles category?

(A) Rafael Nadal

(B) Novak Djokovic

(C) Stan Wawrinka

(D) Andy Murray

5) Which Indian was recently elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)?

(A) Dinesh Sharma

(B) Rajendar Singh

(C) Manish Kumar

(D) Ashutosh Tripathi

6) Who among the following have been chosen for the prestigious 2016 Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award?

(A) Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone

(B) Amitabh Bachan and Vidya Balan

(C) Sachin Tendulkar and Amir Khan

(D) Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ranveer Singh

7) Alok Kumar Verma has taken charge of new Police Commissioner of ____ on February 29, 2016?

(A) Chennai

(B) Delhi

(C) Mumbai

(D) Kolkata

8) Who among the following has been appointed as the first Chairman of Banks Board Bureau (BBB) on 28 February 2016?

(A) Vinod Rai

(B) N. Sinor

(C) Anil K Khandelwal

(D) Rupa Kudwa

9) What was the theme of National Science Day 2016 observed on 28 February?

(A) Science for Nation Building

(B) Fostering Scientific Temper and Energy

(C) Scientific Issues for Development of the Nation

(D) Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security

10) Brie Larson won the Best Actress award at 88th Academy Awards ceremony (OSCAR 2016) for her film?

(A) The Revenant

(B) Room

(C) Bridge of Spies

(D) The Danish Girl

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Current Affairs Quiz – 28 February 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz dated 28 February 2016 with Multiple Choice options. Trending topics include National Science Day, Kerala - country’s first digital state, Mumbai winning Ranji Trophy etc. You can attempt the quiz and learn more. 

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

1) National Science Day is observed in India on?

(A) 28 February

(B) 27 February

(C) 26 February

(D) 25 February

2) Bindiganavile Krishnaswamy Garudachar passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 27 February 2016 was a former?

(A) Hockey Player

(B) Cricketer

(C) Olympian

(D) None of these

3) President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 February 2016 has formally declared which state as the country’s first digital state?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Karnataka

(C) Kerala

(D) West Bengal

4) President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated India’s first Gender Park in which city on 27 February 2016?

(A) Kochi, Kerala

(B) Surat, Gujarat

(C) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

(D) Kozhikode, Kerala

5) President Pranab Mukherjee recently dedicated India’s first co-operative society in Information Technology (IT) sector UL CyberPark in which city?

(A) Kochi, Kerala

(B) Surat, Gujarat

(C) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

(D) Kozhikode, Kerala

6) Name the former DRDO Director-General (DG) who was recently awarded prestigious Aryabhata Award of Astronautical Society of India?

(A) G.K.Pillai

(B) Avinash Chander

(C) Selvin Christopher

(D) None of these

7) Which team on 26 February 2016 has won the Ranji Trophy for the season 2015-16 by defeating Saurashtra?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(C) Karnataka

(C) Mumbai

(D) Jammu and Kashmir

8) Gianni Infantino who was recently elected as the new President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is from which country?

(A) Germany

(B) France

(C) Spain

(D) Switzerland

9) 13th edition of World Spice Congress (WSC) was hosted by which Indian city recently?

(A) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

(B) Pune, Maharashtra

(C) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

(D) Kochi, Kerala

10) As announced recently, ISRO is working to establishment of a Satellite Tracking & Data Reception Station and Data Processing Facility for ASEAN Member countries in which country?

(A) Indonesia

(B) Maldives

(C) Bhutan

(D) Vietnam

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 27 February 2016

Hi Aspirants..here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 27 February 2016 useful for all upcoming competitive exams. Trending topics include extension of e-Tourist Visa Scheme to more countries, Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), appointed of three new Information Commissioners etc. You can learn more things by attempting the quiz. 

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1) Union Government on 26 February 2016 has extended e-Tourist Visa Scheme to 37 more countries. With this, the total count of countries under the scheme will become?

(A) 100

(B) 150

(C) 200

(D) 125

2) Who was on 26 February 2016 appointed as the Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard (ICG)?

(A) Rajendra Singh

(B) Vice Admiral HCS Bisht

(C) Surinder Pal Singh Basra

(D) None of these

3) Union Government has recently appointed three Information Commissioners at the Central Information Commission (CIC). Who among the following is not one among them?

(A) Amitava Bhattacharya

(B) Bimal Julka

(C) Divya Prakash Sinha

(D) Radha Krishna Mathur

4) Name the Union Railway Minister who presented the Railway Budget 2016-17 in the Parliament on 25 February 2016?

(A) Pawan Kumar Bansal

(B) Suresh Prabhu

(C) J P Nadda

(D) Rajnath Singh

5) As announced by Union Minister of State (MoS) in PMO Jitendra Singh in the Lok Sabha recently, ISRO is set to launch the country’s first solar mission called?

(A) Luna - A1

(B) Aditya-L1

(C) Vasudeva -P2

(D) Varuna-P1

6) Chemical scientist and well-known researcher Goverdhan Mehta was recently conferred with prestigious Cross of the Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) Award of which country?

(A) France

(B) Italy

(C) Canada

(D) Germany

7) Which bank recently launched e-Smart SME to provide a working capital loan for sellers on ecommerce platforms?

(A) ICICI Bank

(B) IDBI

(C) Axis Bank

(D) SBI

8) Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee was on 25 February 2016 sworn-in as the 28th Chief Justice of the High Court of?

(A) Kerala

(B) Delhi

(C) Karnataka

(D) Telangana

9) Which Indian private bank was recently awarded inaugural Green Bond Pioneer Award at a ceremony held in London, United Kingdom?

(A) ICICI Bank

(B) Yes Bank

(C) South Indian Bank

(D) IDFC Bank

10) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently extended currency swap arrangement to South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations till?

(A) November 2017

(B) April 2017

(C) December 2016

(D) March 2018

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Current Affairs Online Quiz – 24 February 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Online Current Affairs Quiz for 24 February 2016. Trending topics for the day include International Mother Language Day, new Chairman of National Human Rights Commission, IBSAMAR 2016 etc. Attempt the quiz & share your score. 

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1) Ottal (The Trap) has been named as best feature-length and best short films in the children’s category at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival. Ottal is a ____ film?

(A) Telugu

(B) Hindi

(C) Malayalam

(D) Tamil

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 February 2016 launched the National Rurban Mission (NRM) from Kurubhat in Rajnandgaon district of?

(A) Jharkhand

(B) Chhattisgarh

(C) Kerala

(D) Andhra Pradesh

3) International Mother Language Day is observed on?

(A) 21 February

(B) 22 February

(C) 20 February

(D) 19 February

4) Which former Chief Justice of India was recently selected as the new Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?

(A) Justice P Sathasivam

(B) Justice Cyriac Joseph

(C) Justice H L Dattu

(D) None of these

5) The fifth edition of IBSAMAR 2016 trilateral naval exercise between Brazil, India and ____ kicked off in Goa on 24 February 2016?

(A) South Africa

(B) Russia

(C) China

(D) Japan

6) India’s first indigenously built nuclear armed submarine ____ has recently successfully passed several deep sea diving drills as well as weapons launch tests?

(A) INS Virat

(B) INS Arihant

(C) INS Kalki

(D) INS Sindhurakshak

7) Which country will host Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation from 12 April 2016 to save tigers?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Nepal

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) India

8) World’s first fast-acting anti-rabies drug Rabies Human Monoclonal Antibody (RMAb) will be launched in which country as announced recently?

(A) USA

(B) Australia

(C) France

(D) India

9) The 42nd edition of world famous Khajuraho Dance Festival began on 24 Feb at Khajuraho in Chhatrapur District of?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Goa

10) Which country's Parliament building recently became the first in the world to completely run on solar power?

(A) Japan

(B) Austria

(C) Canada

(D) Pakistan

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Current Affairs Quiz – 21 February 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 21 February 2016. Trending topics include Sameer Anjaan - Bollywood lyricist-Record, Fastest Test Century by Brendon McCullum etc. You can check details on each topic by attempting quiz. All the Best!

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

1) Name the  -who recently created world record by composing around 3524 different songs in 650 Bollywood movies?

(A) Sameer Anjaan

(B) Anand Bakshi

(C) Indeevar

(D) Javed Akhtar

2) Which player on 20 February 2016 smashed the fastest ever Test century off only 54 balls?

(A) Steve Smith

(B) Misbah-ul-Haq

(C) Martin Guptill

(D) Brendon McCullum

3) Writer and philosopher Umberto Eco who passed away on 20 February 2016 belongs to which country?

(A) France

(B) USA

(C) Italy

(D) Mexico

4) Union Government has recently cut interest rates on short-term small saving schemes below five years of maturity by ____ per cent including post office deposits and Kisan Vikas Patras?

(A) 0.50

(B) 0.25

(C) 0.75

(D) None of these

5) Which bank has recently launched ‘Japan Desk’, a single window for inbound Japanese investments in India and vice-versa?

(A) ICICI Bank

(B) Federal Bank

(C) Axis Bank

(D) State Bank of India (SBI)

6) Boutros Boutros-Ghali who passed away in Cairo, Egypt on 17 February 2016 was the former?

(A) President of World Bank

(B) President of IMF

(C) Secretary-General of UN

(D) None of these

7) For the first time, India has recently participated in the Cobra Gold 2016 multilateral exercise hosted by which country?

(A) France

(B) Australia

(C) Italy

(D) Thailand

8) Taylor Swift recently won the Best album of the year in 58th Grammy awards 2016 for her album?

(A) 1989

(B) Uptown Funk

(C) Fearless

(D) Speak Now

9) ____ recently became the first Pakistan province to adopt landmark Hindu Marriage Bill, 2015?

(A) Balochistan

(B) Sindh

(C) Punjab

(D) Baltistan

10) Who was recently elected as President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)?

(A) Manoj Fadnis

(B) Devaraja Reddy

(C) Nilesh Vikamsey

(D) None of these

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 20 February 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 20 February 2016 useful for all upcoming competitive Exams including LIC AAO 2016, SSC CGL 2016, Railway RRB Exam 2016, ISRO Assistant Exam 2016 etc. Attempt the quiz and share your score.

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1) ISRO on 19 February 2016 has successfully conducted hotbed test of the indigenously developed high-thrust cryogenic engine (CE20) of the GSLV Mark 3 (LVM3) rocket for the upper stage from ISRO Propulsion Research Centre at?

(A) Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu

(B) Mysuru, Karnataka

(C) Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu

(D) Thumpa, Kerala

2) Scientists have recently discovered ____ new Jupiter-like planets that are similar in characteristics to our solar system’s biggest planet?

(A) Two

(B) Three

(C) Four

(D) Five

3) Christine Lagarde was on 19 February 2016 appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund for a second five-year term. She is from which country?

(A) Denmark

(B) France

(C) Switzerland

(D) Italy

4) Kalikho Pul was on 19 February 2016 sworn-in as the 9th Chief Minister of which state?

(A) Sikkim

(B) Assam

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Mizoram

5) Pulitzer Prize winning writer Harper Lee who died on 19 February 2016 belongs to which country?

(A) UK

(B) New Zealand

(C) Brazil

(D) USA

6) Amit Mitra was on 19 February 2016 appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST). Amit Mitra is the Finance Minister of?

(A) West Bengal

(B) Kerala

(C) Jammu and Kashmir

(D) Maharshtra

7) Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan who passed on 19 February 2016 was a veteran?

(A) Cartoonist

(B) Singer

(C) Writer

(D) Film Director

8) Which country on 18 February 2016 successfully launched ASTRO-H space observation satellite to probe mysterious black holes?

(A) China

(B) South Korea

(C) Japan

(D) Argentina

9) Akbar Kakkattil who died on 18 February 2016 was a renowed writer in which language?

(A) Malayalam

(B) Tamil

(C) Telugu

(D) Kannada

10) Which state government has recently launched the Utkarsh Bangla Scheme with an aim of providing vocational training to school dropouts?

(A) Bihar

(B) Haryana

(C) Jharkhand

(D) West Bengal

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