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Friday 16 May 2014

Current Affairs for competitive exams of India

Current Affairs Questions


1. Who  will replace the current Army Chief General Bikram Singh ?

Ans: Lt. Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag.
2. Who is going to be the new Navy Chief ?
Ans.Admiral Robin Dhowan

3.       Who is the author of 100 years of solitude ?
 Ans: Gabriel Garcia Markez. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, belonged to Colombia. 
          His First Novel was Leaf Storm.He was the next to the famous Sapnish Writer Migual da Canvantas.

4.       Who wrote the controversial book An Accidental Prime Minister ?
 Ans:   Sanjay Baru

5.   Who coined the term Bitcoin ?
Ans:  Satoshi Nakamoto of Japan in 2008. Bitcoin is a digital currency.

6. Which Indian won Richmond open Squash tournament?
Ans: Josna Chinappa.

7. Who was awarded Nelson Mandela Peace award for her socio-economic work?
Ans: Vishakha Tripathi

8: Who won the women's Snooker Championship held at Leeds?
Ans: Chitra Magimeraj.

9: Who is the new Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India?
Ans: R.M.Lodha he will take over from P.Sadashivam . He will be the 41st CJI.

10. Who was awarded Goldman Environment Prize treated as Nobel Prize in Environment?
Ans: Ramesh Aggarwal. This award is also known as ''Green Nobel". It's headquater is situated in San Francisco

11. Who is the new CEO of Nokia?
Ans: Rajiv Suri.

12.Which terrorist is believed to have kidnapped school girls in Nigeria?
Ans: Boko Haram

13. Name the Prime Minister of Thailand who has been suspended by the Thailand Court.
Ans: Yingluck Sheenavatra

14.Who has won the elections in South Africa?
Ans: ANC has won the general election for the 5th time in the row. Jacob Juma likely to become the president again. The nearest rival Democratic Alliance got 22% votes whicle Economic Freedom Fighters got 6% vote.

15. Which plant absorbs large quantities of Nickel ?
Ans: Rinorea Niccolifera

16.Name the woman of Indian origin who became the judge of Masschuestus City.
Ans: Indira Talwani.

17: Name the Ex- Prime Minister of Israel who has been convicted for taking bribes.
Ans: Ehud Olmert.

18.Name the first woman who will lead the UN- Force.
Ans. Norwegian Major General Kristin Lund.

19: Name the first airplane which is completely powered by electricity.
Ans: E-Fan manufactured by Toulouse based Airbus of France.

20. Who is the author of the book 'Redesigning the Aeroplane while flying- reforming institutions?
Ans: Arun Maria in this book he alleges that Sonia Gandhi callled the shots on policies.

21. Who has become the youngest to scale the Mt.Everest?
Ans:Malvath Poorna, She hails from Andhra Pradesh, India.

22.Name the founders of WhatsApp which was purchased by the Facebook?
Ans: Jan Koum of Ukraine and Brian Atcon of America.

23. Who is heading the SIT formed to track down Black Money?
Ans: Former Supreme court Judge  M.B. Shah.

24. What is the name of the Fifa World Cup Mascot? Who was the first mascot and in which year?
Ans: Fuleco the Armadillo is this year's Mascot for the Soccer World Cup. Willie the Bear was the first mascot of Soccer World cup in the year 1966.

 25.Who is the president of Ukraine?
Ans. Petro Poroshanko .

26. Who is appointed as new Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister?
Ans. Shri Nripendra Mishra.

27.Who is the new Attorney General of India?
Ans. Mukul Rohtagi. He will take over from G.E.Vahanvati as the 14th Attorney General.

28.Who is known as the Mountain Man ?
Ans. Dasrath Manjhi of Bihar is known as the Mountain Man.

29.Which was the first Hindi News paper?
Ans. Udanth Marthand.

30. Name the newspaper which was published by Mahatama Gandhi in English.
Ans. Indian Opinion.

31. Who won the General Election in Egypt?
Ans. Former Army Chief Abdel Fateh Al-Sisi

32. Who is the founder of terrorist Group Jamat-ud-Dava.?
Ans. Hafeez Sayeed

33.Who is the author of the Book"Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Armies Way of war?
Ans. C. Christian Fair

34. Name the winner of National Florence Nightingale  award.
Ans. Ms. Martha Dodre and Anamma Verghese are two nurses  in Bihar.

35. Name of the first Leader of Opposition in India.
Ans. Ram Bhuhag Singh was the first leader of the opposition in the year 1969. There were no leader of the opposition since 1952-69. He was M.P from Buxar, Bihar belonged to Congress O.

36. Who  is the author of the book "The Path Unexplored"?
Ans.Shivtanu Pillai  he is the head of the Brahmos Aerospace a joint venture of India and Russia.

37.Who is going to be awarded Gandhi Peace Award?
Ans. Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt will receive this award from the President of India.

38.Where in Brazil BRICKS meeting is to be held?
Ans. Flortaleja and Brassilia.

39.Name the journalist who met Hafeez Sayeed?
Ans. Ved Prakash Veidik

40. Winner of the Fifa World Cup 2014.
Ans. Germany the coach was Jochim Loew.

41. Winner of Golden Ball Award in Fifa World Cup Football.
Ans. Lionel Messi of Argentina

42. Winner of Young Player Award in Fifa World Cup Football.
Ans. Paul Pogba of France.

43. Winner of Golden Boot in Fifa World Cup Football.
Ans. James Rodgriguez of Colombia

44. Winner of Golden Gloves .
Ans. Manual Neyur of Germany.

45. Who is the founder of Terrorist group ISIS and what does ISIS stands for?
Ans. Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi is the founder of ISIS which stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

46. Who is the founder of Boko- Haram terrorist group.?
Ans. Abu- Bakar Shekhu

47. Who is the president of Brazil?
Ans. Dilma Rausef.

48. Name the players who set the world record partnership for the last wicket in test cricket.
Ans. James Anderson and Joe Root made a partnership of 198 runs. Previous being partnership between P C Hughes and A C Agar of Australia for 163 runs vs England

49. Where will be the headquarter of the New Development Bank  created during Bricks Conference
Ans. Sanghai in China

50. Where is the venue of Commonwealth Games 2014 scheduled?
 Ans: Glasgow, Scotland.

51. Who is the President of Israel?
Ans. Benjamin Netanyahu.

52. Who is the President of Palestine?
Ans. Mahmud Abbas.

53. Which Malaysian airlines was shot down at the border of Ukraine? Which Malaysian airlines was lost in the month of march 2014?
Ans. MH17 was shot . MH 370 was lost.

54.Which music composer will be conferred the "Doctorate"by the Berkley College of Music?
Ans. A.R.Rehman

55. Who is the Chancellor of the Germany?
Ans. Angela Morkel

56.Which Indian has been awarded by the International Maritime Organisation?
Ans Mahaveer Singh of Indian Coast guard has been awarded for his exemplary courage shown in fire extinguishing on the ship Merchant Port MDAL Comfort.

57.Who has been appointed as the M.D. of SBI ?
Ans. B.Shriram.

58.What were the names of atom bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Ans: "Little Boy"was dropped in Hiroshima and "Fat Man"was dropped in Nagasaki.

59. What was the name of the plane that dropped Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Ans: B-29 bomber Enola Gay , was the bomber plane the name of the pilot was Col Paul Tibbets Bombardier was Major Thomas Ferebee.

60. Who are the owners of Flipkart?
Ans: Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal

61. Who is the founder of Amazon.in?
Ans: Jeff Bezos

62. Who is the WTO Chief?
Ans: Roberto Azevodo.

63. Where will be  the next Commonwealth games scheduled to be held  ?
Ans: Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia 2018.

64. Who is the first women chief justice of Kolkata High Court?
Ans: Manjula Chelluar.

65. With which firm did India cancelled the order of helicopters?
Ans: Augusta Westland an unit of Finmeccanica

66. Who wrote the controversial book "One Life is not Enough- An Autobiography"?
Ans: Natwar Singh

67.Who are the winners of Ramon Magsaysay award this year?
Ans: Two Chinese named HU Shuli - the editor in chief of ciaxin Media Group.
          Wang Canfa founder of centre for legal Assistance to pollution victims
          An Indonesian anthropologist Saur Marlina Mahurung he started Jungle School.
         Randy Hadasan of Phillipines and Omara Khan Masoudi of  Afghanistan. An NGO The     Citizen    Foundation of Pakistan.

68.Which country has declared a health emergency?
Ans: Sierra Leone has declared a  health emergency due to dreaded disease ebola
          Ebola first emerged in Guinea

69. Which country has asked India to open its embassy in its country?
Ans: Lithuania

70. Who is the chairman of NASSCOM?
Ans: R.Chandrasekaran.

71.Who is the chairman of ICC?
Ans: N.Srinivasan

72.Who  has been awarded Fields Medal , the Nobel Prize equivalent for math?
Ans: Manjul Bhargava of Indian origin was selected for this award by International Mathematical Union Congress i n Seoul, Co- Winner is Maryam Mirzakhani . Ist female to win this award .Ingrid Daubechies is the first female President of International Mathematical Union.

73. Who has been elected as LokSabha deputy speaker?
Ans: M Thambidurai of AIADMK has been elected for the post of Deputy Speaker. Sumitra Mahajan is the speaker of the Loksabha.

73. Who is the president of IAEA?
Ans: Yukio Amano of Japan

74. Who is the leader of Pakistan Awami Tehrik?
Ans: Tahir Al- Kadri

75. Who is the leader of Tehrik -e-Insaaf?
Ans: Imran Khan the former Cricketer.

76.Who is the founder of wikileaks?
Ans: Julian Asange.

77. Who is the author of the book "Strictly Personal Manmohan and Gursharan?
Ans: Daman Singh daughter of Manmohan Singh.

78.What is a Black Pond?
Ans: It is a type of tortoise found in Pakistan

79.Who has been fast unto death against the special powers given to armed forces in Manipur?
Ans: Erom Chanu Sharmila

80.Who is the author of the book "Not Just an Accountant?
Ans: Vinod Rai he is the former Auditor & Comptroller General

81.Who is the youngest F1 driver?
Ans: Max Verstappen became the youngest at the age of 16. teaming with Red Bull.

82. Who will be the new Prime Minister of Turkey?
Ans: Ahmat Dawotoglu

83. Who is the winner of British Open WGC- Bridge Stone International and PGA championship?
Ans: Rory Mcllroy. He is a Golfer.

84. Who is the owner of Jaipur pink Panthers Kabbadi team?
Ans: Abhishek Bacchan

85. Who is the co-owner of Kerala Blasters in Indian Super League Football?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar

86. Who will be awarded Sri Lal Shukla Award?
Ans: Mithileshwar of Ara Bihar has been selected for hi s literary work . This award is sponsored by Indian Farmers Ferlizers Cooperative Ltd.

87. What is Blue Revolution?
Ans: Pisciculture

88. Name the Gyanpeeth award winner who died recently.
Ans: U.R. Anantmurthy he used to write in Kannad.

89. Name of the famous Yog Guru who died recently.
Ans: V.K.S.Ayengar

90. Name the public sector who designed Aakash.
Ans: Bharat Dynamics it is a part of D.R.D.O

91 . Who has been appointed as the brand Ambassdor for Interpol?
Ans: Shahrukh Khan

92. Who are the publisher's of Sachin Tendulkar 's Autobiography "Playing it my way"?
Ans: Hoder and Staten the editor of this publishing house is Rodie Bloomfield.

93. Who has been appointed as new Governor of Goa?
Ans: Mridula Sinha

94.Who is the Emperor and P.M. of Japan?
Ans: Emperor Akhito and the P.M is Shinzo Abe

95. Name the Scheme launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi where every household is supposed to have a Bank A/C?
Ans: Jan Dhan Yojna

96.Name the Indian city which has send maximum students to United States for higher studies?
Ans: Hyderabad ranked 4th in the world by American Think Tank Institutions.

97. Where will be the G-20 meeting held in the year 2014?
Ans: Brisbane

98.Who won the China open Super Series ?
Ans: Saina Nehwal won women's singles whereas K.Srikanth won  men's single.

99. Where are the SAARC meeting going to be held?
Ans: Kathmandu

100. Who is the world chess champion?
Ans: Magnus Carlson

101: Who is the new CBI Chief?
Ans: Anil Kumar Sinha a 1979batch IAS of Bihar Cadre.

102: Which cricketer succumbed to head injuries while playing a first class match?
Ans: Phillip Hughes of Australia died of the bowling of Sean Abbot

103: Who is the new ISI chief ?
Ans: Rizwan Akhtar

104: Who are the winner of Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2014?
Ans: Eric Betzig, William Moerner, Stephen Hall Their work relates to the study on minutest detail of living cells helpful in curing Parkinson-Aljimher disease for giving microscope sharper vision.

105: Who are the winner of Nobel prize for Physics 2014?
Ans: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura, their work is regarding discovery of blue LED(Light emitting Diode)Akasaki was the teacher of Hiroshi Amano

105: Which Scientist has won the Nobel Prize for Peace?
Ans: Linous Polling is the only scientist to win Nobel Prize inChemistry as well as Nobel Peache prize . he won this award in 1962.

106:Who is the chief justice of India?
Ans: H.L.Dattu

107: Who are the winner of Nobel Prize of Medicine?
Ans: John'OKeefe, May-Britt Moser, Edward I Moser.

108:Name of the cyclone that hit Andhra Pradesh ?
Ans: Hudhud, this name was coined by Oman. Hudhud is the national bird of Israel it means woodpecker

109:Who is the president of Yemen?
Ans: Abd Rabbu Manohar Hadi 

110:Who is the winner of Nobel Prize in literature 2014?
Ans: Patric C Modiyano his famous books are A trace of Malice, Ring of Roads, Honeymoon

111: H.T.C belongs to which country?
Ans: Taiwan

112: Who won the Nobel prize in Economics 2014?
Ans: Jean Tirole A French Economist.

113: Who is the winner of ManBooker Prize 2014?
Ans: Richard Flungan for his novel "The Narrow Road to the Deep North this book describes Death Railway of Burma. . Neel Mukherjee an Indian born British national was also in the race for his novel "The Lives of Others".

114. Who is the Governor of Bihar?
 Ans: Kailashpati Tripathi

115:Who has been awarded Saraswati Samman recently?
Ans: Verrappa Moily

116.Name of the Russian Opposition leader who was shot dead?
Ans: Boris Nemotsov

117: Name of the plane that runs on Solar Energy.
Ans: Impulse 2.

118. What is the name of the cruise missile which was designed by DRDO ?
Ans: Nirbhay it can strike at a distance of 700km to 1500k.m

119. Who is the chief of DRDO?
Ans: D.Chander

120: Who is the new president of Indonesia?
Ans: Jiko Vidolo . Indonesia is the 3rd largest democratic state.

121: Who is the Chief Minister of Haryana?
Ans: Manohar Lal Khattar.

122: Who has been awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of Paulowania flowers?
Ans: Manmohan Singh former Prime Minister of India this award is given to him by the Japanese Government .

123: Who has been selected as the Best Labour M.P. of the year in Britiain?
Ans: Keith Vaz

124: Who is the new Chief Minister of Goa?
Ans: Laxmikant Parsikar

125: Who is was the first Air Chief Marshal of India?
Ans: Air Chief Marshal Subroto Mukherjee.

126:Who has been awarded Gyanpeeth Award in this year 2015?\
Ans: Bhalchandra Nemade

127: Which country will host the world cup of Cricket?
Ans: Australia and New Zeland.

128: Who are the winners of China Open Series held in Fuju China?
Ans: K.Srikanth and Saina Nehwal are the winners.

129: What was the venue for the G-20 Summit?
Ans: Brisbane

130:  Who is the new Censor Board Chief and whom does he replace?
Ans: Pahalaj Nilhani replaces Leela Samsung after the controversy related to the movie MSG.

131: In which state was the 35th National Games Held?
Ans: Kerala

132: Name of the separtist leader who was released in Kashmir?
Ans: Masrat Aalam

133: Who is the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir?
Ans: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.He belongs to PDP party.

134: What was the Pen Name of Pandit Nehru?
Ans: Chanakya

135: Who is the receipient of Dada Saheb Falke Award 2015?
Ans: Shashi Kapoor

136: With which sports is the Sudiraman Cup related?
Ans: Badminton

137: Which Indian sports personality reached the world no.1 ranking in tennis doubles?
Ans: Sania Mirza

138: Who will be the chairman of BRICKS Bank?
Ans: K.V.Kamath

139. Who is the president of Mongolia?
Ans: Sakiagin Albegadrez

140: What is Morin Khor?
Ans: It is a musical instrument of Mongolia.

141: Name of the Bangaladeshi Blogger who were killed recently by terrorist group Ansarullah Vahini?
Ans: Abhijeet Roy was killed in Feb 2015 and Anant Bijoy was killed in May 2015.

142: Name the project which is in consultation with Turkmenistan and who is the President of Turkmenistan?
Ans: Tapi Pariyojna is with the tie up of turmenistan and the president is Gurbanguli Berdi Muhmedev.

143: Against which company did Smiriti Irani filed a complaint in Goa?
Ans: FAB India

144: What is Dhanush?
Ans: It is Ballistic Missile it can carry a nuclear payload of 500kg.

145: Who is the new CEC of India?
Ans: Nasim Ahmed Jaidi is the new Chief Election Commisioner of India.

146:What was the name of theoperation conducted to carry Indian citizens from Yemen?
Ans: Operation Rahat

147: Who is the national Hockey coach?
Ans: Paul Van S.

148: Name the first indigenously build Submarine.
Ans: Scorpion build by Majhgaon Dockyard Limited

149: Who is the President of Nigeria?
Ans: Mohd Buhari  he defeated Goodluk Jonathan.

150: Name of the helicopter that has been given to BSF?
Ans: MI-17

151: Where was 26th Arab league meeting held?
Ans: Kahira

152: Who won the Wimbeldon title for men's singles?
Ans: Novak Djockvic.

153: Who won the women's doubles title in wimbeldon 2015?
Ans: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis.

154: Who has been awarded Khel Ratna for the year 2015?
Ans: Sania Mirza

155:Where was FIPNIC summit 2015 held?
Ans: Jaipur

156: Who is the new CEO of Google?
Ans: Sundar Pichai

157:Who is the new CEO of Microsoft?
Ans: Satya Nadela

158: Where will the 2016 Olympics and 2020 Olympics be held?
Ans: 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio,Brazil where as 2020 olympics will be held in Japan

159:With which country India has signed LBA i.e Land Boundary Aggreement?
Ans: Bangaldesh

160: Where will the 2018 world cup football be held?
Ans: Russia

161:Who was the Judge who looked into the matter of IPL fixing scam?
Ans: Justice Lodha

162:Who has taken maximum catches in a single test match?
Ans: Ajainkya Rahane took 8 catches against Srilanka previously 7 catches were taken by Yujendra Singh of India , Greg Chappel of Australia in 1974 Hasan Tilakratne of srilanka Mathew Hayden of Australia and Stefan Fleming of New Zealand .

163: Who is the new Governor of Bihar?
Ans: Ramnath Kovind.

164: Where was World Badminton Championship held in 2015?
Ans: Jakarta, Saina Nehwal was the runners up she was defeated by Carolina Marin in female singles while the male singles was won by Chen Long .

165:World Archery 2015 was held at which place?
Ans: Poland . Abhishekh Verma wins gold in this tournament.

166: World Atheletics Championship 2015 was being held in which country? 
Ans: Beijing, China Hussain Bolt wins gold in 100 m.

167: Who has been awarded Stockholm Water Prize?
Ans: Rajinder Singh has been awarded this prize for the year 2015 it is considered to be Nobel Prize for water conservation.

168: Who won copa america cup 2015?
Ans: Chile

169: Where was Men's World Hockey League Held?
Ans: Belgium

170 Where was Women's World Hockey league held?
Ans: Holland.

171: Name the Indian who will play in the NBAi.e Basketball league of America
Ans: Satnam Singh Bamra.

172: Who is the new CVC of India?
Ans: K.V.Choudhary.

173: Who is the new CIC of India?
Ans: Vijay Sharma

174: Which country has agreed to signa treaty with IAEA?
Ans: Iran.

175: Who won the US open tennis 2015?
Ans: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer to win the title. Martina Hingis and Leander Paes won the mixed doubles title .Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won the women's double title .Where as the women's title was won by Flavia Peneta of Italy.

176: Where was World Hindi Summit 2015 held?
Ans: Bhopal.

177: Who is the highest paid boxer who recently retired from boxing ?
Ans: Floyd Mevedar is the highest paid boxer who recently retired from boxing with a record of 49-0 He equals the great Legend Rocky Marciano. He previously won the Match of the Century beating Meni Pakiyavo this was the most expensive match of all time.

178: Where will the 2022 Asian Games be held?
Ans: Hangzhou in China.

179: Who has become the new PM of Australia?
Ans: Malcolm Turnbull of Liberal party. He was sworn in by Governor General.

180: Who has emerged as a new leader of Patel community of Gujrat?
Ans: Hardik Patel

181:Who has won the Elections in Greece?
Ans:Alexis Tsipras of Syrija Party has won the general elections 2015 in Greece.

182: Name the countries that are in G-4?
Ans: India, Germany,Japan,Brazil.

183:Which micro-finance company got the banking licence from the RBI in 2015?
Ans: Bandhan Bank.

184: Name the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2015?
Ans: For Physics the laureates are Arthur B.Mcdonald and Takaaki Kajita. For chemistry the winners are Paul L.Modrich and Tomas Lindahl and Aziz Sancar. For medicine the winners are Satosi Omura, and Tu Youyou and William C.Campbell.

185: Who won the Nobel prize for literature for the year 2015?
Ans: Svetlana Alexivich. She wrote novels like Voices from Chernobyll. She belongs to Belarus.

186: Who has been awarded Nobel prize for peace for the year 2015?
Ans: Tunisian National dialogue Quartet.It is a group of four associations. They started Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and  promoted  democracy in their country.

187:Who is Ajay Jairam?
Ans: Ajay Jairam is a badminton player of India he has won Dutch open badminton championship.2015.

188: Who are the winners of China open tennis championship in women doubles event 2015?
Ans: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won this tournament this is their 8th victory in 2015.
189: Name of the Cyclone that hit Mexico in October 2015?
Ans: Patricia
190: Where was G-20 summit held?
Ans: Turkey,Antalaya
191: Who has been the new Chief Justice of India?
Ans: T.S.Thakur.
192: Who was the chairman of 7th Pay Commission ?
Ans: Justice A.K.Mathur
193: Where was ASEAN summit 2015 held?
Ans: Malaysia.
194: In which city is the U.N.Sponsored Environment Summit being held in the month of Dec"15?
Ans: Paris
195:Which country has allowed it's woman citizens the right to vote and contest elections?
Ans: Saudi Arabia the first woman to win elections in Saudi Arabia is Salma Bint Hijab Al- Otibi. The Chairman of election commission of Saudi Arabia is Osama Al- Bar. Salma won an election of municipal authority.
196: Who is the Chairman of BCCI ?
Ans: Shashank Manohar
197: Who has been awarded the Gyanpeeth Award 2015?
Ans: Raghuvir Choudhary he writes in Gujrati .
198: Who has scored 1009 runs in inter school tournament?
Ans: Pranav Dhanwade he scored for KC Gandhi School. This is the highest individual score in an innings by any cricketer. The previous best was Arthur Collins of England who had scored 628 runs.
199: Where is World Economic Forum 2016 being held?
Ans: Davos in Switzerland.
200: Name of the Pakistan University which was attacked by terrorist group.
Ans: Bacha Khan University at Peshawar.
201:Which Indian state has been under President rule in the month of January 2016?
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh
202: Who was the CM when president's rule was imposed in Arunachal Pradesh?
Ans: Nabam Tuki
203: Who is the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh?
Ans: Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
204: What is the name of highest Peak in Antartica?
Ans: Mt. Winson Massif, This was scaled by Aparna Kumar an IPS officer of U.P.Cadre.
205: Who was the chief guest of 67th Republic Day Parade ?
Ans: Francoi Hollande.
206:Who wrote the book the "The Turbulent years:1980-1996"?
Ans: Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India.
207: WHO has called an emergency meeting due to which Virus?
Ans: WHO chairman Margaret Chan has issued a warning that Zika virus is spreading rapidly. It causes the disease microcephaly in which a child is born with smaller size head. It first broke out in Brazil. Latin America is worst affected.
208: Who is the Chief Minister of Kerala and why was he in news in the month of January 16?
Ans: Ommen Chandy. He is alleged of taking bribe from a solar company named Team Solar Energy company and one of its director was Sarita S Nair who alleged that the CM was bribed.
209: Who won the Australian Open Tennis championship 2016?
Ans: Novak Djokovic won the men's title beating Andy Murray of Britain Where as in the Ladies the Angelique Kerber beat Serena Williams in the women's final.
210:Where are 12th SAF games being held?
Ans:Guwahati, Assam
211: Name the company that has launched the world's Cheapest Smart phone?
Ans: Ringing bells has launched the world's cheapest smartphone the name of the product is Freedom 251.
212: Name the student leader of JNU who has been charged for treason.
Ans: Kanhaiya Kumar.
213: Where was Asia Cup T-20 2016 matches held?
Ans: Bangladesh.
214: Who won the Asia cup T-20 2016?
Ans: India beat Bangladesh to lift the cup.
215: Which country is hosting ICC World cup T-20 matches?
Ans: India
216: What was the venue of World Cultural festival 2016?
Ans: New Delhi.
217: When is World Happiness day celebrated?
Ans: March 20th
218: Name the fastest train of India.
Ans: Gatiman Express it runs between Hazrat Nizamuddin (N.Delhi) to Agra it runs at the speed  of 160kmph
219: Name the first woman chief minister of J&K?
Ans: Mehbooba Mufti
220: What is full form of WADA?
Ans: World Anti doping Agency.
221: Name of Chemical which was taken by Maria Sharapova for which she can face a ban of 4 years?
Ans: Meldonium
222: Which is the largest space port in the world?
Ans: Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
223:Who is the new civilian president of Myanmar?
Ans: U Htin Kyaw he will replace the military president Thein Sein.
224: Name the 5 languages that will appear on Currency notes of India?
Ans: Maithili, Santhali, Manipuri, Dogri, Bodo
225:What is Tejas?
Ans: It is light combat Aircraft.
226: Who won the men and women T-20 world cricket Championship?
Ans: West Indies men's team defeated England and West Indies women's team beat Australia to lift the trophy
227: Name 2 rovers  operating on Mars ?
Ans:  Curiosity and Oppurtunity.
228: Which state has completely banned wine ?
Ans: Bihar has become 4th state to ban wine . The other states are Gujrat, Manipur, Nagaland.
229: With which sports is Hawkes bay cup related?
Ans: Women Hockey.
230: Name Indian women gymnast who has qualified for the RIO Olympics?
Ans: Deepa karmakar she hails from Tripura and has become the first indian gymnast to qualify for this event.
231:What is Panama leaks?
Ans: It is a list of people who have formed offshore companies in Panama. Mossack Fonseca is a law firm that provides services to its client
231:Who is the leader of Bhoomata Brigade ?
Ans: Tripti Desai, She is fighting for the right of women to enter religious shrines in India.
232: Which satellite launched by ISRO has been coined as NAVIC(Navigation with Indian Constellation) by the Prime Minister of India?
Ans: IRNSS( Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System) it is India's first navigational satellite launched by ISRO from Sri Harikota, Andhra Pradesh
233: Name the town from where the Prime Minister has launched Ujjawala Yojna.
Ans: Baliya in Uttar Pradesh
234: Name the President of South Africa who has been charged for corruption.
Ans: Jacob Juma
235: Who is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2016.?
Ans: Veteran actor Manoj Kumar has been awarded .
236:Which company has been charged for paying bribe to officials of Indian Airforce?
Ans: Augusta Westland
237:Name the Afghani boy who has been in news for being the fan of Lionel Messi?
Ans: Murtaza Ahmadi
238:Who has won Manbooker prize 2016?
Ans: South korean author Hang Kang has won this award for her novel "The Vegetarian".
239:Which Football team has won the Premeir football league 2016?
Ans: Leicester City
240: Which party has won the assembly elections of Assam?
241: B.J.P has won the assembly elections in Assam for the first time .Sarvanand Sonowal is likely to become the Chief Minister of Assam.
242: Who was the oldest person to become the Chief Minister of any state of India?
Ans: V.S.Achyutanand of LDF party . He became the chief minister of kerala at the age of 82 in 2006.
243: Who is the new Chariman of ICC ?
Ans: Shashank Manohar
244: What is RLV Satellite?
Ans: India has launched a Reusable Launch Vehicle from Sri Harikota. The cost of the satellite was around 100crore. and it can be reused.This is the indigenously made satellite.
245: Who is the president of Iran?
Ans: Hasan Rohani is the president of Iran. India has made an agreement with the Iranian counter part to develop Chabahar Port in Iran.
246: Who has been appointed as Lieutenant General of Puducherry?
Ans: Kiran Bedi
247: Who has been elected as the Mayor of London?
Ans: Md. Sadik Khan has been elected as Mayor of London. He becomes the first Muslim to hold this post.
248: Name the cyclone that hit Indian subcontinent in the month of May 2016?
Ans: Ronu
249: Name the Brazilian President who was removed from Office on charges of corruption?
Ans: Dilma Rouseff has been removed from office on charges of corruption. She is replaced by Mitchel Timer.
250: Name of the largest aeroplane of the world?
Ans: Antonov AN-225 is the largest goods carrier in the world . It landed in Hyderabad (India) in the month of May.It is built by Ukraine and is also called "Dream".
251: What does N.E.E.T stand for?
Ans: National Eligiblity Entrance Test . It is common entrance test for medical aspirants.
252: Who is the governor of Kerala?
Ans:P.Sathasivam and the new chief minister is P.Vijayan
253:Name of the largest cruise ship ?
Ans: Harmony of sea is the name of the largest cruise ship.
254: Who has been awarded with highest civilian afghan award?
Ans: Narendra Modi has been awarded with the highest civilian afghan award "Amir Amanullah Khan award".
255: Who won the French Open Men's Single title for the year 2016?
Ans: Novak Djokovic.
256:Who won the French Open Women's Single title for the year 2016?
Ans:Garbine Muguruza of spain beat Serena William's .
257: Name the former HeavyWeight Boxing Champion who died in June 16?
Ans: Mohd. Ali he was previously known as Cassius Clay. He adopted Islam in 1964 after he was insulted in a white men Restaurant.
258: Who won the Australian Open Badminton woman Singles title 2016?
Ans: Saina Nehwal of India beat Chinese Sun Yu to lift this trophy .
259: Who is the Chief Minister of Puducherry?
Ans: V.Narayansami
260: Who was the first cricketer to score a century on debut in one day match of cricket?
Ans: England Dennis Lesiley Amiss Scored a century on debut against Australia in  1972. K.L.Rahul became the first Indian to do so against Zimbawe.
261: Who won the Champions Trophy for Hockey 2016?
Ans: Australia . Australia defeated India to lift this trophy. The venue of this tournament was London.
262:Which country has decided to stay out of European Union?
Ans: Britain.
263:What is NSG?
Ans: NSG stands for Nuclear Suppliers Group and the meeting for this group to decide the fate of India is being held at Seoul.
264: Who won the COPA America 2016 tournament?
Ans: Chile won by defeating Argentina. Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international football after the defeat.
265:Which country is hosting Euro Cup football 2016?
Ans: France.
266: Which Country won the Euro Cup Football 2016?
Ans: Portugal , it was their first victory.
267: Name the satellite that will provide information regarding planet Jupiter.
Ans: Juno
268: What is the name of the mascot of Rio Olympics 2016?
Ans:Vinicius
269:Name of the satellite that will report data from Jupiter.
Ans: Juno.
270: Who is the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?
Ans: Pema Khandu he has become the youngest Chief Minister of India.
271: Who is the new Prime Minister of Britain?
Ans:  Theresa May is the new PM of Britain . She is the second Woman Prime Minister of Britain.
Margret Thackher was the first woman Prime minister of Britain.
272: Who has become the first woman to contest the elections of the USA President from Republican Party?
Ans: Hillary Clinton became the first woman to contest the Presidential elections for Republican Party. Victoria Woodhull in 1872 and Belva Lockwood in 1884 contested the Presidential elections.
273: Which Indian wrestler was intially banned for Doping?
Ans: Narsingh Yadav
274: What does GST stand for in respect of India?
Ans: GST stands for Goods and Service tax . It is a type of indirect tax which will apply on whole of India. There will be only one tax for the whole country in the name of GST.
275:Name of the Chief Minister of Gujrat who has resigned from her post?
Ans: Anandiben Patel. resigned from her post.
276: Name two countries that will make their debut in the Rio Olympics 2016?
Ans: Kosovo and South Sudan.
277: Which sports is introduced in Rio Olympics for the first time?
Ans: Golf, Rugby Sevens
278: Who is the president of IOC?
Ans: Thomas Bach
279: Which Video Game has rocked the World?
Ans: Pokémon Go
280: Which Manipuri lady was on fast for last 16 years against the power given to Assam rilfes?
Ans:  Irom Sharmila . She has decided to discontinue her fast and will form a new political party and contest elections.
281: Which player has won most gold medals in Olympics?
Ans: Michael Phelps has won maximum individual gold medals. At present he has won 22 gold medals .

282: Who is the new Chief Minister of Gujrat?
Ans: Vijay Rupani
283: Who is the new RBI governor of India?
Ans: Urjit Patel
284: Where was Paralympic games held?
Ans: RIO in Brazil.
285: Name the winner of Gold medals in Paralympic games for India?
Ans: Mariyappan Thangavelu,in Men high jump,
286: Who became the first women for India to win a silver in Paralympics games?
Ans: Deepa Mallik won in Shotput.
287: Name the satellite that helped Indian Army in Surgical Strikes in POK?
Ans: Cartosat 2
288: Where is the world cup of Kabbadi 2016 being held?
Ans: Ahmedabad, Gujrat.
289:Name the Noble prize winners for the year 2016:
Ans: Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature.
         Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstorm  for Economics
          Juan Manuel Santos for Peace
          Jean Pierre Sauvage , Sir J.Fraser Stoddart, Bernard L Feringa for Chemistry.
          John M. Kosterlitz, David J Thouless, Duncan Haldane for Physics
          Yoshimori Ohusumi for Medicine.

290:    What is the name of Chinese Space Station?
Ans:     Tiangong it means Heavenly Palace

291:    Where was Brics summit held in October 2016?
Ans: Goa , India

292: What is the name of the longest manned spacecraft launched by China in October 16 which had 2 astronauts?
Ans: Shenzhou 11.launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre The name of the astronauts are Chen Dong and Jing Haipeng

293: Who has been elected as the new President of U.S.A?
Ans: Donald Trump of Republican Party has become the new President of America.He defeated Hillary Clinton of Democrat party.

294:Who has become the oldest lady to travel in space?
Ans: Peggy Whitson of USA.

295: Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Pakistan Army?
Ans: Qamar Javed Bajwa.

296: Which country has demonetised its Rupee ?
Ans: India the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs.1000 has been demonetised.

297: Who has become the new CM of Tamilnadu?
Ans: O.Paneersevlam has been appointed as the new CM of Tamilnadu.

298: Name the Cyclone which hit South Indian coasts in December 2016?
Ans: Vardah, the name is given by Pakistan. It originated from Bay of Bengal.

299: What is the venue of FIH (Hockey)Junior world cup 2016?
Ans: Lucknow .

300: Who is the new Army chief of Indian army?
Ans: General Bipin Rawat.

301: Who is the new Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India?
Ans: Jagdish |Singh Khehar.

302:What does BHIM stand for?
Ans: Bharat Interface for Money

303: Who has won Miss Universe Title for the year 2017?
Ans: Iris Mittenaere of France has won this title . This event took place at Manila in Phillipines.

304: Who was the chief guest on 26 republic day ?
Ans: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

305: Who are the winners of Oscar 2017?
Ans:
Best Movie:
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
 306: Name the Warship that retired from Navy in March 2017?
Ans: INS Virat

307: Where is Indian Ocean Rim Association meeting being held in March 2017?
Ans: Jakarta

308: Who is the new Chief Minister of Nagaland?
Ans: Dr.Shurhozelie Liezietsu 

309:Who is the Defence Minister in Donald Trump Cabinet?
Ans: General James Mattis

310: Which country will host world cup Under 17 football cup?
Ans: India, Kheleo is the mascot for the event.


















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