Current Affairs Quiz – 11 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 11 January 2016. Attempt the quiz and share your score. 

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1) _____has recently become the first State in the country to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level?

(A) Kerala

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Telangana

2) Stanislas Wawrinka from which country on 10 January 2016 won the 2016 Chennai Open title of tennis?

(A) Denmark

(B) Switzerland

(C) Spain

(D) Serbia

3) World Hindi Day was celebrated on?

(A) 10 January

(B) 11 January

(C) 12 January

(D) 13 January

4) Name the city in which the main event of the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2016 was inaugurated recently?

(A) Chennai

(B) Kochi

(C) New Delhi

(D) None of these

5) Name the first female Formula One driver who died on 8 January 2016?

(A) Maria Teresa de Filippis

(B) Lella Lombardi

(C) Divina Galica

(D) Giovanna Amati

6) Which film was adjudged as best Picture in the Golden Globe Awards 2016?

(A) The Martian

(B) Room

(C) Joy

(D) The Revenant

7) 28th edition of International Kite Festival began on 10 January 2016 in which state?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Gujarat

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Madhya Pradesh

8) Which country on 9 January 2016 elected to the UNICEF executive board, representing the group of Asia-Pacific countries for the term 2016-2018?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) Bhutan

(D) Nepal

9) Who won the best actor award for drama in the Golden Globe Awards 2016?

(A) Leonardo DiCaprio

(B) Will Smith

(C) Michael Fassbender

(D) Eddie Redmayne

10) Who won the best actress award for drama in the Golden Globe Awards 2016?

(A) Saoirse Ronan

(B) Cate Blanchett

(C) Brie Larson

(D) Alicia Vikander

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Employment News: 09 January - 15 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Employment News for the week ending 15 January 2016.

1. Staff Selection

Name of Post –Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub- Inspector in CISF Examination 

No. of Vacancies – Various Vacancies

Last Date – 05.02.2016.

2. Military Engineer Services

Name of Posts – Mate (Tradesman) etc. 

No. of Vacancies -580

Last Date – 15.01.2016

3. UPPSC.

Name of Posts – Asstt. research officers, Professor’s, Allopathic med. Officers.

No. of Vacancies – 2234

Date- 21.01.2016

4. National Council of Education Research and Training

Name of Posts – Lower Division Clerk.

No. of Vacancies –70

Last Date – 08.02.2016

5. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Delhi.

Name of Post –Junior Engineering Assistant’s.

No. of Vacancies -61

Last Date: – 25.01.2016
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Complete List of Golden Globe Award 2016 Winners - PDF Download

Hi Aspirants..The 73rd Golden Globe Awards 2016 honored the best in film and American television of 2015 and was held on 10 January 2016. The Golden Globe Award is an American accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

Here’s the complete list of winners of Golden Globes 2016. You can download the PDF list from the below link. 

Best Motion Picture, Drama: ‘The Revenant’

Best Actor, Motion Picture (Drama): Leonardo DiCaprio, ‘The Revenant’

Picture, Musical or Comedy: ‘The Martian’

Director: Alejandro Inarritu, ‘The Revenant.’

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt Damon, ‘The Martian.’

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, ‘Joy.’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Brie Larson - 'Room'

Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, “Creed.”

Supporting Actress, Motion Picture: Kate Winslet, ‘Steve Jobs.’

Animated Film: ‘Inside Out.’

Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, ‘Steve Jobs.’

Original Score: Ennio Morricone, ‘The Hateful Eight.’

Foreign Language: ‘Son of Saul.’

Original Song: ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ (music and lyrics by Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes), ‘Spectre.’

Television

Series, Drama: “Mr. Robot.”

Series, Comedy: “Mozart in the Jungle.”

Actor, Drama: Jon Hamm, “Mad Men.”

Actress, Drama: Taraji P. Henson, “Empire.”

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Gael Garcia Bernal, “Mozart in the Jungle.”

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”

Supporting Actress, Series, Limited Series or TV Movie: Maura Tierney, “The Affair.”

Supporting Actor, Series, Limited Series or TV Movie: Christian Slater, “Mr. Robot.

Movie or Limited Series: “Wolf Hall.”

Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie: Oscar, Isaac, “Show Me a Hero.”

Actress, Movie or Limited Series: Lady Gaga, “American Horror Story: Hotel.’

Cecil B. DeMille Award: Denzel Washington

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 10 January 2016

Hi Aspirtants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 10 January 2016. Trending topics for the day include Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis, Dr Urjit Patel appointment as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), New Delhi World Book Fair etc. Attempt the quiz & share your score. 

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1) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis on 9 January 2016 have won the 2016 WTA Brisbane International Tennis trophy in the women’s doubles category. Martina Hingis belongs to which country?

(A) Switzerland

(B) Hungary

(C) Denmark

(D) Spain

2) Governor’s rule has been imposed in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on 10 January 2016 as the process of formation new government following the death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is taking some time. Name the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)?

(A) Najeeb Jung

(B) NN Vohra

(C) Vidyasagar Rao

(D) O P Kohli

3) Union Government on 9 January 2016 has reappointed ____ as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a second three-year term?

(A) R. Khan

(B) R. Gandhi

(C) Dr Urjit Patel

(D) S.S. Mundra

4) 24th edition of New Delhi World Book Fair began at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on 9 January 2016 with the theme?

(A) Indigenous Voices: Mapping India's Folk & Tribal Literature

(B) Kathasagara: Celebrating Children's Literature

(C) Suryodaya: Emerging voices from North East India

(D) Vivid Bharat - Diverse India

5) Book titled "‘Azad Bachpan Ki Or" released on 8 January 2016 is authored by?

(A) Kailash Satyarthi

(B) Smriti Irani

(C) Shashi Tharoor

(D) Chetan Bhagath

6) Joint exercise between Indian and ____ Coast Guard named Sahyog-Kaijin-XV is scheduled to be held in the Bay of Bengal off Chennai on 15 January 2016?

(A) China

(B) Japan

(C) France

(D) Russia

7) Which country code domain ‘.cn’ has become the world’s most commonly used in the internet with 16.36 million users, surpassing Germany’s ‘.de’ domain?

(A) Cambodia

(B) Chechen Republic

(C) China

(D) Chile

8) Name the operation carried out by Army to flush out six terrorist at Pathankot airbase recently?

(A) Operation Allout

(B) Operation Bhaag

(C) Operation Freeze

(D) Operation Dhangu

9) World’s first slum museum will be set up in which of the following cities?

(A) Mumbai

(B) Kochi

(C) Trivandrum

(D) New Delhi

10) Soldiers of which of the following country will parade along with Indian troops on Rajpath during Republic Day celebration on 26 January 2016?

(A) USA

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) France

(D) Russia

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English Quiz for LIC AAO Exam 2016 and Railway RRB Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are some useful questions for upcoming two major exams ie. LIC AAO Exam 2016 and Railway RRB Exam 2016. Railway exam include 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 the quiz and share your score. 

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1. Choose the correct alternative

The economic _____ has affected our sales tremendously.

(a) slowdown

(b) crackdown

(c) touchdown

(d) showdown

2. She failed to ____ to her name.

(a) shine up

(b) keep up

(c) rise up

(d) line up

3. All orders must _____ the rules.

(a) conforms to

(b) conforming with

(c) conforms with

(d) conform to

4. As the doctor _____ into the room, the nurse handed him the temperature chart of the patient.

(a) was coming

(b) comes

(c) is coming

(d) came

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5. A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B), (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

She had realized that she had seen him here before.

(a) had been realized

(b) realized

(c) has realized

(d) No improvement

6. Being ill, he came to work.

(a) He came to work and fell ill

(b) Despite coming to work, he was ill

(c) Inspite of being ill, he came to work

(d) No improvement

7. Hundreds of children are deaf born every

(a) deaf are born every

(b) every born are deaf

(c) are born deaf every

(d) No improvement

8. She is willing to help you.

(a) willfull

(b) willingly

(c) willfully

(d) No improvement

9. Choose the word opposite in meaning to be the given word

Bizarre

(a) Ordinary

(b) Comical

(c) Droll

(d) Ridiculous

10. Choose the word opposite in meaning to be the given word

Guilty

(a) Innocent

(b) Sorry

(c) Dubious

(d) Reward

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Answers

1) Ans. (a) slowdown

2) Ans. (b) keep up

3) Ans. (d) conform to

4) Ans. (d) came

5) Ans. (b) realized

6) Ans. (c) Inspite of being ill, he came to work

7) Ans. (c) are born deaf every

8) Ans. (d) No improvement

9) Ans. (a) Ordinary

10) Ans. (a) Innocent
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Traditional GK for Railway RRB Exam 2016 and LIC AAO 2016

Hi Aspirants..In this post we are sharing with you some traditional GK questions expected to be asked in the upcoming two major competitive exams ie.Railway RRB Exam 2016 and LIC AAO 2016. Railway exam include 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. We have added the questions in our quiz program so that you can easily study. Attempt the quiz to check answers and your score. 

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1) Who is the author of the book “ The Three Mistakes In My life”?

(a) Chetan Bhagat

(b) Amrita Pritam

(c) Jhumpa Lahiri

(d) Ruskin Bond

2) Which gas emitted by power stations causes acid rain?

(a) Sulphur dioxide

(b) Helium

(c) Nitrogen

(d) Carbon dioxide

3) Which city will host the 2022 common Wealth Games (CWG)?

(a) Montreal

(b) Colombo

(c) Durban

(d) Glasgow

4) Name the two research stations maintained by Indian in Antarctica.

(a) Sagar Nidhi kand Yamunotri

(b) None of these

(c) Maitri and Bharti

(d) Gangotri and Himadri

5) An example of hormone is

(a) Renin

(b) Oxytocin

(c) Peprin

(d) Cytosine

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6) To reduce tooth decay most toothpastes contain a

(a) Fluoride

(b) Iodide

(c) Chloride

(d) Bromide

7) The part of brain which controls emotional reaction in our body is

(a) Cerebrum

(b) Meaninges

(c) Thalamus

(d) Hypothalamus

8) Hydraulic brakes work on the principal of

(a) Newton’s law

(b) Bhernoulli’s theorem

(d) Thomson’s law

(c) Pascal’s law

9) Which of the following colour of light deviates least through the prism?

(a) green

(b) violet

(c) red

(d) yellow

10) If the President wants to resign, he shall address his letter of resignation to

(a) Vice-President of India

(b) Speaker of Lok Sabha

(c) Chief Justice of India

(d) Prime Minister of India

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Current Affairs Quiz – 9 January 2016

Hi Aspirtants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 9 January 2016. Questions will be very useful for all upcoming exams including LIC AAO 2016, Railways RRB 2016, SSC/UPSC/IBPS and other Bank Exams. Attempt the quiz and share your score.

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

1) Who has been conferred with the Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for year 2016 recently?

(A) Arun Jaitley

(B) Arundhati Bhattacharya

(C) Raghuram Rajan

(D) Chanda Kochhar

2) Who was on 8 January 2016 appointed as Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI)?

(A) Devender Kumar Sikri

(B) Sam Pitroda

(C) Ashok Chawla

(D) G.K.Singh

3) Union Government on 7 January 2016 has decided to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with which ministry?

(A) Ministry of Home Affairs

(B) Ministry of External Affairs

(C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

(D) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

4) India and France have started their eight-day counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency bilateral military exercise named Shakti-2016 in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Goa

(D) Rajasthan

5) Which bank has recently partnered with FINO PayTech to foray into the payments bank space?

(A) Syndicate Bank

(B) ICICI Bank

(C) SBI

(D) Canara Bank

6) Which company on 7 January 2016 announced acquisition of the property search website Commonfloor.com for an undisclosed amount in a majority stock-swap transaction?

(A) Paytm

(B) Olx

(C) Quikr

(D) 90 acres

7) Who was on 7 January 2016 was appointed as the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India?

(A) Sailesh

(B) Vivek Krishna

(C) Meenakshi Singh

(D) None of these

8) Union Government on 8 January 2016 allowed the conduct of the traditional bull-taming sports, Jallikattu in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Bihar

(D) Maharashtra

9) Amitabh Kant was on 7 January 2016 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of?

(A) BSNL

(B) Lok Sabha

(C) NITI Aayog

(D) Air India

10) Union Government recently decided to implement the Bharat Stage (BS) VI emission norms from?

(A) 1 April 2016

(B) 1 April 2020

(C) 1 April 2018

(D) 1 April 2019

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