Current Affairs (June-July 2016) for SBI Clerk 2016 Mains

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful expected Current Affairs Questions from June – July 2016 for SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2016. Questions are also useful for other upcoming exams like SSC CGL 2016, SBI PO Mains 2016 etc.

1. The 2016 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit 2016 was held at?

(A) Buenos Aires

(B) Paris

(C) Warsaw

(D) Washington

2. Om Prakash Sonik, who passed away recently, was a famous personality of which field?

(A) Film

(B) Sports

(C) Media

(D) Literature

3. Shankar Acharya committee has been constituted during July 2016 by Union Government for?

(A) Examine the feasibility of a new financial year

(B) Examine Seventh Pay Commission Recommendation

(C) To find out new RBI Governor

(D) None of these

4. What is the India’s rank in the 2016 Networked Readiness Index (NRI)?

(A) 141

(B) 36

(C) 55

(D) 91

5. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting?

(A) Ravi Shankar Prasad

(B) Venkaiah Naidu

(C) Smirthi Irani

(D) Harsha Vardhan

6. Abbas Kiarostami, the immensely acclaimed and influential writer-director from which country died recently (July 2016)?

(A) France

(B) Mexico

(C) Portugal

(D) Iran

7. Which bank during July 2016 launched a full-fledged digital banking service for small and medium enterprises (SME)?

(A) HDFC Bank

(B) ICICI Bank

(C) IndusInd Bank

(D) UCO Bank

8. How much interest subsidy for farmers has been approved by Union Government for FY 2016-17?

(A) 7.5 %

(B) 5 %

(C) 6.7 %

(D) 8 %

9. Who has become the first-ever Indian gymnast to be certified as “World Class Gymnast” by the International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG)?

(A) Ashish Kumar

(B) Dipa Karmakar

(C) Deepika Kumari

(D) Mary Kom

10. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)?

(A) Sadananda Gowda

(B) Prakash Javadekar

(C) Suresh Prabhu

(D) Arun Jaitley

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Warsaw - Capital of Poland

2) Ans. (A) Film

3) Ans. (A) Examine the feasibility of a new financial year

4) Ans. (D) 91

5) Ans. (B) Venkaiah Naidu

6) Ans. (D) Iran

7) Ans. (A) HDFC Bank

8) Ans. (B) 5 %

9) Ans. (B) Dipa Karmakar

10) Ans. (B) Prakash Javadekar

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions – 14 June 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 14 June 2016. This questions will be very useful for all upcoming exams.

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

1. World Blood Donor Day is observed on?

(A) 13 June

(B) 14 June

(C) 15 June

(D) 16 June

2. India and Ghana have recently (June 2016) signed three bilateral agreements to strengthen co-operation in varied fields. Name the capital of Ghana?

(A) Copenhagen

(B) Port-au-Prince

(C) Accra

(D) Victoria

3. Who of the following assumed charge as the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court on 13 June 2016?

(A) Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad

(B) Justice R K Mathur

(C) Justice Ashok Bhusan

(D) Justice J Chelemeswar

4. Who has won the 2016 Canada Grand Prix title of Formula One?

(A) Lewis Hamilton

(B) Sebastian Vettel

(C) Valtteri Bottas

(D) Nico Rosberg

5. Which entity will acquire professional social platform LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, as was announced on 13 June 2016?

(A) Facebook

(B) Google

(C) Twitter

(D) Microsoft

6. Which among the following country is not participating in the Joint Naval Exercise Malabar 2016?

(A) China

(B) India

(C) Japan

(D) USA

7. Name the theme of the 2016 World Blood Donors Day?

(A) Thank you for saving my life

(B) Safe blood for saving mothers

(C) Give the gift of life

(D) Blood connects us all

8. Writer Mudrarakshasa who died on 13 June 2016 was famous in which language?

(A) Tamil

(B) Urdu

(C) Hindi

(D) Bengali

9. Name the e-ticketing company in which Ratan Tata recently invested?

(A) Book My Show

(B) Kyazoonga

(C) Goal

(D) None of these

10. Name of the web portal and mobile app that will be launched by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development for IIT JEE aspirants?

(A) IITPAL

(B) Vidya Lakshmi

(C) Aspirants Guru

(D) None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (B) 14 June 2016 Theme: “Blood connects us all”

2) Ans. (C) Accra

3) Ans. (A) Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad

4) Ans. (A) Lewis Hamilton

5) Ans. (D) Microsoft

6) Ans. (A) China

7) Ans. (D)  Blood connects us all

8) Ans. (C) Hindi

9) Ans. (B) Kyazoonga

10) Ans. (A) IITPAL

Current Affairs Quiz Questions – 13 June 2016

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Current Affairs Quiz - 13 June 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Multiple Choice Current Affairs Quiz Questions for 13 June 2016 useful for all upcoming exams.

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

1. ____ has recently become the first country in the world to prohibit deforestation?

(A) Scotland

(B) Norway

(C) Denmark

(D) Russia

2. On 11 June 2016 who became the first Indian cricketer to score a century on one day international (ODI) debut?

(A) Sanju Samson

(B) Karun Nair

(C) KL Rahul

(D) None of these

3. Who has been recently chosen as India’s flag bearer at Rio Olympics?

(A) Mary Kom

(B) Sushil Kumar

(C) Saina Nehwal

(D) Abhinav Bindra

4. Which country has successfully launched a 23rd BeiDou Navigation Satellite to support its global navigation and positioning network?

(A) China

(B) Argentina

(C) France

(D) Japan

5. Who on 12 June 2016 won the women’s title of the 2016 Australian Open Super Series Badminton tournament?

(A) P V Sindhu

(B) Carolina Marin

(C) Ratchanok Intanon

(D) Saina Nehwal

6. Name the Indian American author who recently won the prestigious 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his semi-autobiographical novel “Family Life.”?

(A) Akhil Sharma

(B) Neel Mukerjee

(C) Arvind Adiga

(D) Vineeth Mathur

7. In which country on 12 June 2016 a mass shooting occurred at a gay nightclub in which at least 51 people were killed, including the gunman?

(A) Canada

(B) Italy

(C) USA

(D) Australia

8. Who on 12 June 2016 won the men’s title of the 2016 Australian Open Super Series Badminton tournament?

(A) P.Kashyap

(B) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus

(C) Lee Dong-keun

(D) Lin Dan

9. World Day Against Child Labour was observed on?

(A) 13 June

(B) 12 June

(C) 11 June

(D) 10 June

10. Inder Malhotra who died on 12 June 2016 was a veteran?

(A) Singer

(B) Writer

(C) Journalist

(D) Politician

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Norway

2) Ans. (C) KL Rahul

3) Ans. (D) Abhinav Bindra

4) Ans. (A) China

5) Ans. (D) Saina Nehwal

6) Ans. (A) Akhil Sharma

7) Ans. (C) USA

8) Ans. (B) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus

9) Ans. (B) 12 June

Note: 2016 Theme: ‘End child labour in supply chains – It’s everyone’s business.’

10) Ans. (C) Journalist

Current Affairs Quiz - 12 June 2016

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Employment News - 11 June 2016 to 17 June 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the employment news for 11th June to 17th June 2016.

1. UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Name Of Post : Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers in Employees Provident Fund Organisation

No.of Vacancies : 257

Last Date :23.06.2016

2. BHARAT COAKING COAL LIMITED, DHANBAD

Name Of Post : Overseer (Civil), Junior Overman and Mining Sirdar

No.of Vacancies : 721

Last Date :07.07.2016

3. DENA BANK

Name Of Post : Specialist Officers in MMGS-II and SMGS IV

No.of Vacancies : 48

Last Date :24.06.2016

4. ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, JOSHPUR

Name Of Post : Child Psychologist, Vocation Counsellor, Technical Assistant, Physiotherapist, Office Assistant etc

No.of Vacancies : 68

Last Date :30 days from the date of publication

5. ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE, PUNE

Name Of Post : Junior Scientific Assistant, LDC, Painter and Decorator etc

No.of Vacancies : 24

Last Date :21 days from the date of publication

Source : http://employmentnews.gov.in/

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 12 June 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 12 June 2016 useful for all upcoming exams.

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

1. ____ on 11 June 2016 became the first state in India to have an open government data portal?

(A) Assam

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Sikkim

2. Former Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam was elected unopposed as the Speaker of ____ legislative Assembly on 11 June 2016?

(A) Puducherry

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Kerala

(D) Delhi

3. India, Japan and United States (US) navies have kicked off 2016 ____ trilateral naval Exercise near South China Sea?

(A) TROPEX

(B) MALABAR

(C) IBSAMAR

(D) GARUDA

4. Union Railways Ministry has flagged off Champaran Satyagrah Express train at a function in Motihari, Bihar on 11 June 2016. Champaran Satyagrah Express train has been introduced to mark 100 years of the historic Champaran Satyagraha (movement) launched by Mahatma Gandhi in?

(A) 1919

(B) 1921

(C) 1917

(D) 1915

5. India was ranked ____ on a Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2016 out of 163 countries?

(A) 121

(B) 141

(C) 101

(D) 87

6. Which country topped 2016 Global Peace Index?

(A) Denmark

(B) Austria

(C) New Zealand

(D) Iceland

7. Union Ministry of Power on 11 June 2016 has launched Surya Mitra mobile App to serve customers in the field of renewable energy. The app was launched by Union Power Minister?

(A) Piyush Goyal

(B) Ashok Gajapthi Raju

(C) Nitin Gadkari

(D) None of these

8. Which bank has recently launched India’s first internationally-listed certified green bond to finance climate change solutions around the world at London Stock Exchange (LSE)?

(A) ICICI Bank

(B) Axis Bank

(C) Canara Bank

(D) Yes Bank

9. Which country on 9 June 2016 honoured UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Order of Friendship Award?

(A) Russia

(B) France

(C) Italy

(D) Australia

10. Which country has topped in the list of 19 countries figuring in the 2016 Malware Infection Index (MII) in the Asia-Pacific region?

(A) India

(B) Indonesia

(C) China

(D) Pakistan

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Sikkim

2) Ans. (A) Puducherry

3) Ans. (B) MALABAR

4) Ans. (C) 1917

5) Ans. (B) 141

6) Ans. (D) Iceland

7) Ans. (A) Piyush Goyal

8) Ans. (B) Axis Bank

9) Ans. (A) Russia

10) Ans. (D) Pakistan

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Complete Winners List French Open Tennis 2016 - PDF Download

Hi Aspirants.. Here is the Winners list of French Open 2016. Questions are surely expected from this tournament for upcoming exams and also for various Quiz competitions. You can download this as PDF from link below. 

The 2016 French Open was the 115th edition and the second Grand Slam event of the year 2016. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 22 May to 5 June and consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Novak Djokovic's victory at this tournament in his 20th Grand Slam final completed his career Grand Slam (all four major tournaments), the eighth man to do so in singles and only the fifth career Grand Slam since the start of the Open Era (after Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal). Djokovic also achieved a non-calendar year Grand Slam, where he is the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once. The victory by Garbiñe Muguruza was her first Grand Slam win in her second Grand Slam final.

Gist of French Open 2016

When Played: 22 May to 5 June, 2016

Edition: 115th

Prize money: €32,017,500

Surface: Clay

Where Played: Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France

Complete list of winners with details

Men's Singles

Final between: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) vs Andy Murray (UK)

Winner- Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women's Singles

Final between: Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) vs Serena Williams (USA)

Winner: Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain)

Men's Doubles

Final between: Feliciano López (Spain) & Marc López(Spain) Vs Bob Bryan(USA) & Mike Bryan(USA)

Winners: Feliciano López (Spain) & Marc López(Spain)

Women's Doubles

Fianl between:  Caroline Garcia(France) & Kristina Mladenovic(France) Vs Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) & Elena Vesnina (Russia)

Winners: Caroline Garcia(France) & Kristina Mladenovic(France)

Mixed Doubles

Final between: Martina Hingis (Switzerland) &  Leander Paes(India) Vs  Sania Mirza(India) & Ivan Dodig (Croatia)

Winners:  Martina Hingis (Switzerland) &  Leander Paes(India)

Also Check Australian Open 2016 WinnersList

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