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. 

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

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!

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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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Current Affairs Quiz – 14 February 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 14 February 2016. Trending topics for the day include Gravitational Waves, O N V Kurup, Banaras Hindu University, Make in India Centre etc. Attempt the quiz and share your score.

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

1) Scientist recently for the first time have discovered Gravitational Waves (GW) that were hypothesised by Albert Einstein in which year?

(A) 1924

(B) 1919

(C) 1910

(D) 1916

2) O N V Kurup who passed away on 13 February 2016 was a noted poet and lyricist in which language?

(A) Tamil

(B) Malayalam

(C) Telugu

(D) Kannada

3) Banaras Hindu University (BHU) founded by _____ has turned 100 years on 13th February 2016?

(A) B R Ambedkar

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Pt Madan Mohan Malviya

(D) Bhagat Singh

4) Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)?

(A) Ashok Chawla

(B) B V Sreekantan

(C) R K Pachauri

(D) None of these

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated the Make in India Centre at MMRDA Grounds in which state?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Telengana

(D) Maharashtra

6) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 12 February 2016 banned which umpire for five years after its disciplinary committee found him guilty of corrupt practices?

(A) Asad Rauf

(B) Aleem Dar

(C) Rohan Mahanama

(D) Kumar Dharmasena

7) World Radio Day (WRD) is observed globally on?

(A) 13 February

(B) 14 February

(C) 12 February

(D) 16 February

8) Tamar Hahn from Israel has been recently appointed as the Director of United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Buenos Aires of which country?

(A) Ireland

(B) Argentina

(C) Brazil

(D) Australia

9) 4th World Government Summit recently held at?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Canberra

(C) Tokyo

(D) Dubai

10) Which player on 9 February 2016 became the fastest to make 10 One Day International (ODI) centuries?

(A) Shikar Dhawan

(B) Dinesh Chandimal

(C) Quinton de Kock

(D) Mushfique Rahim

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IBPS SO V Exam 14 February 2016 -IT Professional Knowledge Questions

Hi Aspirants..Here are some useful IT Professional Knowledge Questions in IBPS SO V Exam held on 14 February 2016.

1. The Round button in web pages is called - Throbber

2. TCP and udp which layer protocols? -transport

3. Which class can accomodatte more no of hosts? - class A

4. Which of these protocol is connection oriented? - tcp

5. In JAVA, the class destructor returns? - No Value

6. Other name of malicious software? - Malware

7. Scrambling of Data is called? - Encryption

8. What is actually MAC Address in networking?

9. One question of Foreign Key

10. The addition of any hardware in system comes in which phase of SDLC model? - System Design

11. Who controls Unix functionality?

12. One question of Macro virus

13. What is main use of PPP? -

14. 1 question of Hierarchical database

15. One question of VPN

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SSC CGL Notification 2016 - Apply Online

Staff Selection Commission has notified the Combined Graduate Level Examination 2016 - SSC CGL 2016. Staff Selection Commission will hold the Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2016 (Tier-I) on SUNDAY the 8th & 22nd May, 2016. SSC CGL 2016 is for filling up different categories of posts in various Ministries/ Departments/Organizations.

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Important Dates

Opening Date for Online Registration: 13 February 2016

Closing Date for Online Registration: 10 March 2016 (5 PM)

Date of Examination: 8th & 22nd May, 2016

Essential Qualifications (as on 1st August, 2016)

1) Assistant Audit Officer: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Institute.

2)  Desirable Qualifications for the Post of Assistant Audit Officer: Chartered Accountant or cost & Management Accountant or Company Secretary or Masters in Commerce or Masters in Business Studies or Masters in Business Administration (Finance) or Masters in Business Economics.

3) Statistical Investigator Grade – II Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% in Mathematics at 12th standard level or Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.

4) Compiler : Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as compulsory or Elective subject.

5) All other Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.

Age Limit (as on 1st August, 2016): Age limit is different for each post. Please refer the official notification from below link for more details about age limit.

Scheme of the Examination: The Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below-

Tier -I -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

Tier -II -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

Tier -III- Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/Document Verification. Interview component has been dispensed with. There will, therefore, be no interview.

Application Fee:

--Rs. 100 (One hundred only)

All Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Physically Handicapped, and Ex-Servicemen eligible for reservation are exempted from paying application fee, as per extant government orders.

-- The candidates who are not exempted from paying examination fee may submit the requisite fee through State Bank of India only either in the form of challan, generated on line, or through SBI Net Banking. Payment can also be made through any Credit or Debit Card.

How to Apply: The application must be submitted through online mode only.

We will bring you more details regarding SSC CGL 2016 like Exam Pattern, New Changes, Syllabus of Exam, Useful Books etc. in coming days. So Keep visiting.

Download Notification as PDF from here

Apply Online for SSC CGL 2016: http://ssconline.nic.in/ssc/ or http://ssconline2.gov.in or http://sscregistration.nic.in/

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 12 February 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 12 February 2016. Trending topics include Davinder Singh, Mobile-one governance application, Australian High Commissioner to India, Aurobindo Mukherjee etc. Attempt the quiz and share your score.

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

1) Name the Indian-origin lawyer who was recently named Vice-Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce Commission (ICC) on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption?

(A) Davinder Singh

(B) Anu Peshawaria

(C) Devendra Ganguly

(D) None of these

2) Which Indian IT company has recently acquired US based healthcare technology firm HealthPlan Services for US 460 million dollars?

(A) TCS

(B) Infosys

(C) Wipro

(D) Mahindra

3) Mobile-one governance application of which state has recently won gold medal at the fourth World Government Summit in Dubai, UAE in the m-governance awards category?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Andhra Pradesh

4) Who was on 11 January 2016 appointed as the Australian High Commissioner to India?

(A) Harinder Sidhu

(B) Patrick Suckling

(C) Richard Verma

(D) Vineeth Mathur

5) What was India's rank in the Intellectual Property Index (IPI) by United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC)?

(A) 35

(B) 36

(C) 37

(D) 38

6) Aurobindo Mukherjee who passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal on 11 February 2016 was a veteran?

(A) Cartoonist

(B) Film Director

(C) Hockey Player

(D) Writer

7) Which state Government has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Railway to form a joint venture (JV) company for the expansion of railway tracks in the state?

(A) Chhattisgarh

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Maharashtra

(D) West Bengal

8) First phase of the world’s largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant was recently launched in the Souss-Massa-Drâa area in which country?

(A) Italy

(B) Australia

(C) Morocco

(D) Seychells

9) Which country on 11 February 2016 appointed women ministers for the newly created portfolios for happiness and tolerance, and youth affairs?

(A) United Arab Emirates

(B) Oman

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Iran

10) Which bank on 9 February 2016 announced its tie-up with Smartbox Ecommerce Solutions for solving challenges related to last mile delivery for e-commerce firms?

(A) SBI

(B) ICICI

(C) Federal Bank

(D) YES Bank

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