Current Affairs Quiz 14 September 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Important Current Affairs Updates for 14 September 2016.

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

1. World’s longest bullet train network was recently established in which country?

Answer: China

2. Super Typhoon Meranti recently hit which country?

Answer: Taiwan

3. Name the para-athlete who will be India’s flag bearer in the closing ceremony of the Rio Paralympics 2016?

Answer: Thangavelu Mariyappan

4. Name the Indian para-athlete who recently became the first Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics?

Answer: Devendra Jhajharia

5. Which committee has recently submitted its report to prepare a road map for elimination of poverty?

Answer: Arvind Panagariya committee

6. The third edition of BRICS Urbanisation Forum Meet was recently held in which Indian city?

Answer: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

7. Union Government has recently launched a toll free number___ to register postal complaints?

Answer: ‘1924’

8. The National Hindi Divas is annually celebrated on?

Answer: 14 September

9. Track Asia Cup Cycling event recently commenced in which of the following cities?

Answer: New Delhi

10. Who recently become the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Paralympics?

Answer: Deepa Malik
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Current Affairs Quiz 13 September 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 13 September 2016 useful for bank exams, ssc exams, upsc exams etc.

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

1. Deepa Malik, who won silver medal at Rio Paralympics 2016, is associated with which sports?

Answer: Shot Put

2. Uttar Pradesh government recently named which actress as the brand ambassador of the Samajwadi Pension Yojana?

Answer: Vidya Balan

3. The 2016 International Buddhist Conclave will be held in which country?

Answer: India

4. Angelique Kerber who won the US Open Women’s Singles title 2016 belongs to which country?

Answer: Germany

5. Which stock exchange recently became the first Indian stock exchange to file Initial Public Offering with SEBI?

Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange

6. Which state government has officially launched AIR Regional News Unit (RNU)’s Facebook page?

Answer: Chhattisgarh

7. Stanislas Wawrinka won the US Open men’s singles title 2016 defeating whom?

Answer: Novak Djokovic

8. World’s first robotic operation inside the eye was successfully performed recently in which country?

Answer: UK

9. Cauvery water which was in news recently is between which two states?

Answer: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

10. Which Indian state was recently adjudged as the cleanest state in terms of rural sanitation?

Answer: Sikkim
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Banking Awareness for BOB PO Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful banking awareness questions useful for upcoming Bank of Baroda PO Recruitment 2016. The exam is scheduled to be held on 25 September 2016. To view multiple choice questions, click on the 'START QUIZ' button below. We have also compiled the Q&A for easy reference and study. All the Best.

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1. In Banking terminology, NPA means

Answer: Non-Performing Asset

2. Which of the following schemes has been launched for providing health services in rural areas?

Answer: ASHA

3. Which of the following schemes has been launched for the school-going children?

Answer: Mid-Day Meal

4. ‘Sugam’ is a scheme launched for

Answer: Small tax payers

5. What is the full form of ‘ULIP’, the term which was in the news recently?

Answer: Unit Linked Insurance Plan

6. Which of the following is NOT a banking related term?

Answer: Radiation

7. Insurance service provided by various banks is commonly known as ______

Answer: Bancassurance

8. Which from the following is NOT true when the interest rate in the economy goes up?

Answer: Return on capital increases

9. Rate of interest is determined by:

Answer: Commercial Banks

10. Which bank was earlier called the “Imperial Bank of India”?

Answer: SBI

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Current Affairs Quiz Mock Test September 2016 (Second Week)

Hi Aspirants..Here is a Current Affairs Quiz Mock Test covering 25 Important Questions of September 2016 (Second Week). We have selected these 25 Questions which are likely to be asked in the upcoming exams & you should never miss them. We will also soon upload the Current Affairs PDF of September 2016 (Second Week). Stay Connected. Click on the 'START QUIZ' button to attempt the mock test.

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12 September 2016 Current Affairs Quiz Questions

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

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

1. Name the winner of the 2016 US Open Men’s Singles title?

Answer: Stan Wawrinka

Note: In the final, Swiss Wawrinka defeated Serbian Djokovic 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 to clinch the title. This is Wawrinka’s maiden US Open title and his third major title.

2. Union Cabinet on 12 September 2016 approved the process, formation and functioning of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council. Creation of the GST Council as per Article ___ of the amended Constitution?

Answer: Article 279A

Note: The council will consist of the Finance Minister and State Finance Ministers. It will make recommendations on important issues related to GST, including items and rates.

3. Which team on 11 September 2016 won the Durand Cup football title?

Answer: Army Green

Note: In the final of Asia's oldest football tournament in New Delhi, Army Green defeated Neroca FC 6-5 via penalty shoot outs.

4. ‘Yudh Abhyas 2016’ which is set to be conducted in Uttarakhand from September 14 to 27 is the joint military training exercise between India and?

Answer: US defence cooperation

Note: The two week exercise will witness participation of about 225 personnel of the US Army and similar strength of Congo Brigade of the Indian Army.

5. Which drama on 10 September 2016 won the Golden Lion for Best Film Award at the 73 Venice Film Festival?

Answer: Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left)

Note: Ang Babaeng Humayo is nearly four-hour black and white revenge drama film about a woman’s thirst for revenge and her feelings of forgiveness after 30 years in jail for a crime she did not commit.

6. World's first driverless bus service launched recently (Sept-2016) in which country?

Answer: France

Note: The world’s first daily driverless bus service has started in Lyon, France which will run in the city’s Confluence area. The driverless bus service includes two electric shuttles that will transport passengers on a ten-minute route hosting five stops.

7. Supreme Court opened on a holiday on 12 September 2016 to hear the Karnataka government’s plea to modify an order directing it to share Cauvery water with which state?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

Note: Supreme court modified its 5th September order on Cauvery water sharing issue. The apex Court has asked Karnataka to release 12000 cusecs water to Tamil Nadu per day till 20 September.

8. Talgo train completed its final trial between Delhi and Mumbai in 11 hours and 42 minutes at a maximum speed of 150 kmph. Talgo train is made in?

Answer: Spain

9. A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck northwest Tanzania on 12 September 2016. Name the Capital of Tanzania?

Answer: Dodoma

10. Name the drama series that became the Most-Awarded Drama in Emmy History?

Answer: Game of Thrones

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Current Affairs Quiz 11 September 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz Questions for 11 September 2016 useful for all upcoming exams.

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

1. The 2-day Indo-US Economic Summit will begin on 13 September 2016 at?

Answer: New Delhi

2. Bakytzhan Sagintaev was recently (Sept-2016) appointed as the Prime minister of which country?

Answer: Kazakhstan

3. 11 September is the birth anniversary of freedom fighter, human rights activist and spiritual leader _____?

Answer: Vinoba Bhave

Note: The father of the Bhoodan or Land Gift Movement, a freedom fighter and spiritual leader, Vinoba Bhave was born in Kolaba district, Maharashtra on September 11, 1895.

4. Who won the women's singles title of US Open 2016?

Answer: Angelique Kerber

Note: German professional tennis player Angelique Kerber won her first U.S. Open title and the second Grand Slam trophy of her breakthrough season.  The German defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

5. Which country won its first-ever Paralympic gold medal on 10 September 2016 after para weightlifter Le Van Cong lifted 183 kgs, to set a new world record at the event?

Answer: Vietnam

6. Which team won the 2016 US Open men's doubles title?

Answer: Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares

Note: Great Britain’s Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares won their second Grand Slam doubles title, defeating Spaniards Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo García-López 6-2, 6-3.

7. Angelique Kerber on 10 September 2016 became the first German to win the US Open since Steffi Graf in?

Answer: 1996

8. Which foreign Bnak has recently received approval from India's regulatory authorities to open a branch in the country and begin operations?

Answer: Qatar National Bank

9. Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won gold medal at 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, is associated with which sports?

Answer: High jump

10. Which state has recently become the first Indian state to roll out “Twitter seva”?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh
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IB Recruitment 2016 – Apply Online for 320 Jr Intelligence Officer Posts

Hi Aspirants, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Intelligence Bureau (IB) has given an employment notification for the recruitment of 320 Junior Intelligence Officer Grade-II (Technical) vacancies on temporary basis. Details are as follows:

Important Dates:

Starting Date to Apply Online: 03-09-2016

Last Date to Apply Online: 24-09-2016 till 23:59 hours

Last Date for depositing fee: 27-09-2016 (till closing of banking hours)

Admit Card can be Download in: October, 2016

Date for Written Examination: 16-10-2016

IB Vacancy Details:

Total No of Posts: 320

Name of the Posts: Junior Intelligence Officer Grade-II (Technical)

1. UR: 190 Posts

2. OBC: 43 Posts

3. SC: 57 Posts

4. ST: 30 Posts

Age Limit: Candidates age limit should be between 18 to 27 years as on 24-09-2016. Age relaxation as applicable.

Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess Higher Secondary (12th) with Mathematics & Physics & 02 years Industrial Training Course from a recognized Institute in Radio Technician/ Electronics/ Electronics & Communication.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on written examination, trade test & medical examination.

Application Fee: Candidates have to pay Rs. 50 /- for male candidates belonging to General & OBC category by cash deposit at any branch of State Bank of India using the Challan form (available in part-II of the online application). No fee for SC/ ST & female candidates.

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Current Affairs Quiz: 10 September 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz in MCQ format of 10 September 2016 for preparing for upcoming competitive exams.,

  

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

1. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has recently (Sept-2016) commissioned well-equipped offshore patrolling (OPV) vessel named ____?

Answer: Sarathi

Note: It was commissioned by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) shipyard at Vasco in south Goa.

2. Who won the gold medal for India at Rio Paralympics 2016 in the men’s high jump T-42 event?

Answer: Mariyappan Thangavelu

Note: Also Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze for India in the same event.

3. Which state has recently won ‘Best Horticulture State’ award of the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA)?

Answer: Haryana

4. Civil Aviation Ministry on 9 September 2016 prohibited the use and carriage of Galaxy Note 7 smart phone of which company on board aircraft?

Answer: Samsung

Note: The decision was taken in light of several incidents globally, involving the battery of Samsung Galaxy Note 7.

5. Who recently became the first cueist from India to win a medal at the prestigious Sangsom 6 Red Snooker World Championship?

Answer: Pankaj Advani

6. India’s first LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) laboratory will be set up in Aundh in Hingoli district of?

Answer: Maharashtra

Note: It will be third such laboratory in the world and first outside the United States. The existing two laboratories are located in Hanford, Washington and in Livingston, Louisiana.

7. Who was recently appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state owned Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)?

Answer: CK Asnani

8. SBI on 9 September 2016 launched its fully automated branch “SBI In Touch” at Gandhi Nagar in Vellore in which state?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

9. Name the state that bagged 2016 best agriculture state award at 9th Agricultural Leadership Summit 2016?

Answer: Odisha

10. SEBI has recently approved which among the following insurance company to launch its initial public offering (IPO)?

Answer: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co.
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Quiz on Current Affairs – 9 September 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz MCQ for 9 September 2016.

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

1. ___ has become the first bank in India to deploy ‘software robots, that emulate human action, in its over 200 business processes?

Answer: ICICI Bank

2. Who recently become the first Indian woman cricketer to be honoured with MCC life membership?

Answer: Anjum Chopra

3. Name the women who has become the youngest woman in the world to have a full beard, according to the Guinness World Records?

Answer: Harnaam Kaur

4. Who topped Fortune’s ’51 Most Powerful Women’ list released recently?

Answer: Mary Barra, CEO & chairman, General Motors

5. O P Kohli who recently took over the additional charge as Governor of Madhya Pradesh is presently the Governor of?

Answer: Gujarat

6. Which state has emerged on top among States in the rankings for coverage of Swachh Bharat (Rural)?

Answer: Sikkim

7. "Awaaz-e-Punjab" is the new political party former by which former cricketer?

Answer: Navjot Singh Sidhu

8. World’s largest river island, Majuli in which state has been made a district?

Answer: Assam

9. ISRO’s has recently placed INSAT-3DR advanced weather satellite in the intended orbit using?

Answer: GSLV-F05

10. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently launched the ‘___’ facility for online redressal of taxpayers’ grievances related to refunds, ITRs?

Answer: e-nivaran
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10 September 2016 SSC CGL Exam GK Questions

Hi Aspirants, here are the GK Questions asked in today's (10 September 2016) SSC CGL Online Exam 2016.

GK Questions Asked in SSC CGL Online Exam: 1st Shift

1. Do or die related to which movement? - Quit India movement

2. Name of carboxlic acid? - ethanol/ Acetic acid / Oxalic acid

3. Biggest boundary share by India with country? – Bangladesh

4. Persec is unit of? - Length

5. Jog falls on which river? - Sharavathi River

6. Tehri dam on which  river ? - Bhagirathi and Bhilangna

7. Raman Magsaysay award 2016 winners? - TM Krishna and Bezwada Wilson

8. RBI app for illegal money? - Sachet

9. Who decide that a bill is money bill or not? - Speaker

10.  AB blood does not contains? -  both Antigen and antibody

11. Reaction type of Nuclear bomb? - Uncontrolled fusion

12. First law officer of Government of India? - Attorney General of India

GK Questions Asked in SSC CGL Online Exam: 2nd Shift

1. Arrange the cities from North to south? - (Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Chennai, Cochin )

2. Who prorogues lok sabha? - President

3. Which is not nutritional content of milk? - Vitamin C

4. India's first licensed pilot? - J. R. D. Tata

5. Pepper plant is which type of tree? - Vine

6. If a bomb exploded on moon, when will you hear on earth?–It will never reach Earth. There is not medium for sound to travel from the Moon to the Earth.

7. Who can declare emergency? - President

8. With which battle did British rule established in India? - Battle of Buxar

9. Who was not part of sociology religious reforms? - Raja ram mohan , jothibha  , ishwar chander vidyasagar , harish chander

10. 'Tsunami' classified as a? - Earthquake

11. Who were the first Europeans to come to India? - Portuguese

12. No of permanent members of UN security council?- 5 

13. World economic outlook is released by? – IMF

14. What are particles suspended in air with radius less than 1um called? aerosol, fumes, smoke

15. The worst method to get rid of municipal waste is? -  Dumping, Incineration, Landfilling

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