Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 17 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 17 January 2016. Trending topics include Anuradha Roy winning DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, Start-up India, Stand-up India, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016 etc. This quiz will be useful for all upcoming exams including LIC AAO 2016, Railway RRB 2016 etc. 

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

1) Indian writer Anuradha Roy on 16 January 2016 has won the prestigious $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel?

(A) Sleeping on Jupiter

(B) An Atlas of Impossible Longing

(C) The Folded Earth

(D) None of these

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16 January 2016 has unveiled the ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ action plan in New Delhi to boost ____ in the country?

(A) financial inclusion

(B) startup ventures

(C) gold monetization

(D) None of these

3) Who among the following on 16 January 2016 formally opened Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing?

(A) Narendra Modi

(B) Vladimir Putin

(C) Xi Jinping

(D) Dilma Rousseff

4) Tsai Ing-wen was on 16 January 2016 elected as first female and 14th President of which country?

(A) Thailand

(B) North Korea

(C) Bhutan

(D) Taiwan

5) Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 came into force 15 January 2016. Which ministry is looking after its implementation?

(A) Union Ministry of Woman and Child Development

(B) Union Ministry of Home Affairs

(C) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development

(D) Union Ministry of Law

6) Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner ____ have recently won the 2016 WTA Apia International title in the women’s doubles category?

(A) Martina Navaratilova

(B) Martina Hingis

(C) Clim Clisters

(D) Maria Sharapova

7) Which was adjudged Best Film in the 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016?

(A) Piku

(B) Hero

(C) Bajirao Mastani

(D) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

8) Which organization on 14 January 2016 released a report titled World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends?

(A) IMF

(B) UNO

(C) World Bank

(D) None of these

9) Who won the Best Actor award at 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016?

(A) Ranveer Singh

(B) Amitabh Bachchan

(C) Sooraj Pancholi

(D) Salman Khan

10) Who won the Best Actress award at 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016?

(A) Bhumi Pednekar

(B) Deepika Padukone

(C) Priyanka Chopra

(D) Kangana Ranaut

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61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016: Complete list of winners PDF Download

Hi Aspirants..Here is the complete list of winners PDF Download of 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2016.

Best Film: Bajirao Mastani

Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Bajirao Mastani

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Ranveer Singh - Bajirao Mastani

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Deepika Padukone - Piku

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor - Dil Dhadakne Do

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Priyanka Chopra - Bajirao Mastani

Best Music: Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros. Anjjan and Amaal Mallik - Roy

Best Lyrics: Irshad Kamil - Agar tum saath ho (Tamasha)

Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh - Sooraj dooba (Roy)

Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghoshal - Deewani mastani (Bajirao Mastani)

Critics Categories

Best Film: Piku

Best Actor (Male): Amitabh Bachchan (Piku)

Best Actor (Female): Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Moushumi Chatterjee

RD Burman Award: Armaan Mallik

Debut Awards

Best Debut (Male): Sooraj Pancholi - Hero

Best Debut (Female): Bhumi Pednekar - Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Best Debut Director: Neeraj Ghaywan - Masaan

Best Action: Sham Kaushal - Bajirao Mastani

Best Background Score: Anupam Roy - Piku

Best Choreography: Pt Birju Maharaj - Mohe rang do laal (Bajirao Mastani)

Best Cinematography: Manu Anand - Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Best Costume: Anju Modi and Maxima Basu - Bajirao Mastani

Best Dialogue: Himanshu Sharma - Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Best Editing: A Sreekar Prasad - Talvar

Best Production Design: Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar and Saloni Dhatrak - Bajirao Mastani

Best Screenplay: Juhi Chaturvedi - Piku

Best Sound Design: Shajith Koyeri - Talvar

Best Story: Vijayendra Prasad - Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Best VFX(Visual Effects): Prana Studio - Bombay Velvet
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IBPS Exam Calendar 2016 Published

Hi Aspirants.. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has published the Exam calendar for 2016 (CWE-VI) for Participating Organizations. As per the calendar released there will be prelims and mains exam in 2016 also for PO and Clerk. Here are the highlights. 

1. PSBs – CWE PO/MT-VI and CWE CLERK-VI

The tentative dates are as follows:

CWE PO/MT-VI: Preliminary Examination: 16.10.2016, 22.10.2016 & 23.10.2016

Main Examination: 20.11.2016

CWE CLERK-VI: Preliminary Examination: 26.11.2016, 27.11.2016, 03.12.2016 & 04.12.2016

Main Examination: 31.12.2016 & 01.01.2017

2. PSBs – CWE SPECIALIST-VI

There will be single examination and the tentative dates are as follows:

CWE SPECIALIST-VI: Single Examination: 28.01.2017 & 29.01.2017

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Online Current Affairs Quiz – 15 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..here is the Online Current Affairs Quiz for 15 January 2016. We have covered all the important happenings for the day in this quiz. Trending topics include ‘SBI InCube’, ‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2016’, Nag Missile etc. Attempt the Online quiz for free and share your score with your friends. 

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

1) State Bank of India (SBI) on 15 January 2016 has launched dedicated specialized branch for start-ups called ‘SBI InCube’ in which state?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Karnataka

(C) Telangana

(D) Tamil Nadu

2) ‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2016’ is the 15th edition of bilateral exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its counterpart which country?

(A) Japan

(C) China

(C) South Korea

(C) Nepal

3) The indigenously-built third generation anti-tank missile Nag was on 14 January 2016 successfully test fired at Mahajan Field Firing Range in which state?

(A) Odisha

(B) Gujarat

(C) Goa

(D) Rajasthan

4) Indian Army Day is being observed every year on?

(A) 13 January

(B) 14 January

(C) 15 January

(D) 16 January

5) Union HRD Minister Smrithi Irani on 14 January 2016 inaugurated the first phase of permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) at Vithura in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Bihar

(D) Jharkhand

6) World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of outbreak of which disease in West Africa?

(A) Polio

(B) Malaria

(C) Dengue Fever

(D) Ebola

7) Union Cabinet has recently approved Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, a ____ insurance scheme to boost farming sector in the country?

(A) fertilizer

(B) new crop

(C) tractor

(D) None of these

8) ____ has recently become the first Indian state to achieve 100 per cent primary education?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Kerala

(D) Karnataka

9) Kamal Hassan and Gautam Ghosh were on 14 January 2016 included in the ______ Committee on functioning of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?

(A) Shyam Benegal

(B) Adoor Gopalakrishnan

(C) Raj Kapoor

(D) Shaji N Karun

10) Which former World No.1 tennis player was on 15 January 2016 included in the International Tennis Hall of Fame?

(A) Martina Hingis

(B) Amelie Mauresmo

(C) David Hall

(D) Marat Safin 

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Current Affairs Quiz – 13 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 13 January 2016. Questions will be very useful for all upcoming exams. 

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

1) National Youth Day was observed across India on 12 January 2016 to mark the birth anniversary of?

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) APJ Abdul Kalam

(C) S.Radhakrishnan

(D) Aryabhatta

2) Which player has won the 2016 FIFA Ballon d’Or Award?

(A) Cristiano Ronaldo

(B) Lionel Messi

(C) Neymar

(D) None of these

3) Binny Bansal was on 11 January 2016 appointed as the CEO of?

(A) Snapadeal

(B) Amazon

(C) Paytm

(D) Flipkart

4) Supreme Court on 12 January 2016 stayed the Union Government’s notification lifting ban on controversial bull taming sport Jallikattu in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Andhra Pradesh

5) Devender Kumar Sikri, on 11 January 2016 sworn in as the Chairman of?

(A) Central Information Commission

(B) Competition Commission of India

(C) Central Vigilance Commission

(D) Knowledge Commission

6) Nati folk dance of which state was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest folk dance in the world recently?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) West Bengal

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Himachal Pradesh

7) Who was on 12 January 2016 bestowed honorary life membership of Kolkata’s soccer outfit Mohammedan Sporting?

(A) Sachin Tendulkar

(B) Rajanikanth

(C) Lionel Messi

(D) Amitabh Bachchan

8) 20th National Youth Festival was on 12 January 2016 inaugurated by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Chhattisgarh

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Assam

9) ___ has recently won the National Award on e-Governance 2015-16?

(A) Income Tax Department

(B) Department of Posts

(C) Employees’ Provident Fund Organization

(D) IRDA

10) Which company recently entered into a partnership with Google to launch new smartphone under Google’s Project Tango?

(A) Lenovo

(B) Nokia

(C) Mototrola

(D) Asus

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Download Admit Card of IBPS SO 2016

Hi Aspirants..IBPS on 12 January 2016 has released the admit card for its Specialist Officer (SO) Exam 2015. You can download the Admit Card by entering Registration No and Date Of Birth or Password. All the Best for the exam in advance.

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Complete Current Affairs Questions PDF: December 2015

Hi Aspirants..Here is the much awaited full Current Affairs PDF of December 2015. Here we have covered all the important happenings held during the month of December 2015 useful for all upcoming exams including Railway RRB Non Technical Exam 2016, LIC AAO Exam 2016 and other exams by SSC, UPSC, SBI, SSC etc. This free PDF contains 243 questions which is enough for your preparation when it comes to Current Affairs for the month of December 2015. 

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We will also come out with a PDF Question Bank of quiz questions for December 2015 soon. You can download the full PDF from the below link. All the Best for upcoming exams.

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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. 

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

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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