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Question Bank Current Affairs - October 2016.
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Question 1Single Answer
Who took additional charge as Chairman of state-run life insurance behemoth LIC, replacing S.K.Roy who had resigned in June, nearly two years ahead of his retirement 
 
  1. A
    V.K. Sharma
     
  2. B
    K.V. Sharma
     
  3. C
    Dinesh Kumar
     
  4. D
    C.R. Mobile 
Question 2Single Answer
Who among the following are not among the winners of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2016?
 
  1. A
    Jitu Rai and P.V. Sindhu
     
  2. B
    Dipa Karmakar and Sakshi Malik
     
  3. C
    Rajat Chauhan and Lalita Babar
     
  4. D
    Sourav Kothari and Ajinkya Rahane
Question 3Single Answer
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on January 9 every year to mark the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in :
 
  1. A
    1913
     
  2. B
    1914
     
  3. C
    1915
     
  4. D
    1916
Question 4Single Answer
Who among the following won The Hindu Playwright Award 2016?
 
  1. A
    Meera Sitharaman
     
  2. B
    Anuradha Marwah
     
  3. C
    Aditya Sudarshan
     
  4. D
    Thomas Manuel
Question 5Single Answer
Who among the following was elected as the President of Zambia?
 
  1. A
    Edgar Lungu
     
  2. B
    Rupiah Banda
     
  3. C
    Frederick Chiluba
     
  4. D
    Hakainde Hichilema
Question 6Single Answer
Who among the following is the President of Syria?
 
  1. A
    Abdul Halim Khaddam
     
  2. B
    Abdullah al-Ahmar
     
  3. C
    Bashar al-Assad
     
  4. D
    Hassan Rouhani
Question 7Single Answer
Who among the following was appointed the new Governor of Punjab ?
 
  1. A
    Hari Om Singh Rathore
     
  2. B
    Manshankar Ninama
     
  3. C
    Ramcharan Vohra
     
  4. D
    V.P. Singh Badnore
Question 8Single Answer
Who among the following is the author of the book 'Speaking: The Modi Way?
 
  1. A
    Shashi Warrier
     
  2. B
    Rudraneil Sengupta
     
  3. C
    Virender Kapoor
     
  4. D
    Prachi Garg
Question 9Single Answer
World's first self-driving taxi service was launched by autonomous vehicle software startup nuTonomy in which country recently?
 
  1. A
    Singapore
     
  2. B
    Switzerland
     
  3. C
    South Korea
  4. D
    The Netherlands
Question 10Single Answer
Vanuatu is most risk from natural disasters according to the World Risk Index 2017. It is an island nation in which ocean?
 
  1. A
    Arctic
     
  2. B
    Indian
     
  3. C
    Atlantic
     
  4. D
    Pacific
Question 11Single Answer
Which of the following is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
 
  1. A
    Port Louis
     
  2. B
    Port Moresby
     
  3. C
    Port of Spain
     
  4. D
    Port -au-Prince
Question 12Single Answer
Which is the world's most liveable city according to the annual Liveability Ranking of 140 cities, conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit?
 
  1. A
    Melbourne
     
  2. B
    Toronto
     
  3. C
    Sydney
     
  4. D
    Vienna
Question 13Single Answer
Which among the following countries inaugurated an "anti-imperialist" military academy to counter the influence of United States in the town of Warnes ?
 
  1. A
    Cuba
     
  2. B
    Bolivia
     
  3. C
    North Korea
     
  4. D
    Iran 
Question 14Single Answer
India signed an agreement on the expansion of preferential trade agreement (PTA) with which South American country in a meeting, help recently in New Delhi.
 
  1. A
    Brazil
     
  2. B
    Chile
     
  3. C
    Argentina
     
  4. D
    Peru
Question 15Single Answer
Which country has inked a pact with India on maritime transport which will facilitate maritime commerce and transit of naval vessels?
 
  1. A
    Japan
     
  2. B
    Egypt
     
  3. C
    Maldives
     
  4. D
    Sri Lanka
Question 16Single Answer
After the talks between the visiting Nepal PM Prachanda and PM Narendra Modi on September 16, 2016, India announced a credit of which amount for post-earthquake reconstruction in Nepal?
 
  1. A
    $550 million
     
  2. B
    $650 million
     
  3. C
    $750 million
     
  4. D
    $850 million
Question 17Single Answer
During the Myanmar President Him Kyaw's visit to India, in which of the following areas the two countries signed MoUs?
 
  1. A
    Connectivity
     
  2. B
    Medicine
     
  3. C
    Renewable energy
     
  4. D
    All of the above
Question 18Single Answer
Which country has overtaken India as the top country of birth for migrant population in the UK according to migration figures released recently?
 
  1. A
    Italy
     
  2. B
    Poland
     
  3. C
    Turkey
     
  4. D
    Hungary
Question 19Single Answer
The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) to bolster the creation of high-quality infrastructure at premier educational institutions. HEFA will provide a funding of how many crores?
 
  1. A
    Rs. 20,000 crore
     
  2. B
    Rs. 18,000 crore
     
  3. C
    Rs. 15,000 crore
     
  4. D
    Rs. 12,000 crore
Question 20Single Answer
National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is situated in which state?
 
  1. A
    Tamil Nadu
     
  2. B
    Goa
     
  3. C
    Gujarat
     
  4. D
    Kerala
Question 21Single Answer
The Government has recently approved the Cadre Review of Group 'A' Executive officers of which paramilitary force with net creation of 74 posts of various ranks from Assistant Commandant to Additional DG ranks to enhance the operational and administrative capabilities of the force?
 
  1. A
    CISF
     
  2. B
    CRPF
     
  3. C
    ITBP
     
  4. D
    BSF
Question 22Single Answer
India has given its expost-facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and which African nation on cooperation in the field of National Housing Policy Development and Management (NHPDM)?
 
  1. A
    South Africa
     
  2. B
    Egypt
     
  3. C
    Kenya
     
  4. D
    Mozambique
Question 23Single Answer
The Supreme Court has cancelled a deal through which the former Left government in West Bengal acquired a 1,000 actress in Singer in 2006 to help an automobile company set up its Nano car manufacturing plant. The company in news is:
 
  1. A
    Maruti Suzuki
     
  2. B
    Tata Motors
     
  3. C
    Mahindra and Mahindra
     
  4. D
    Hyundai Motor
Question 24Single Answer
The Centre has integrated country's first secured cloud-based platform for the storage, issuance and verification of documents with the Driving Licence and Vehicle Registration system of the road transport ministry. What is the name of this platform?
 
  1. A
    DigiCenter
     
  2. B
    DigiHouse
     
  3. C
    DigiKeeper
     
  4. D
    DigiLocker
Question 25Single Answer
The capital of which state is the venue for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017?
 
  1. A
    Uttar Pradesh
     
  2. B
    Karnataka
     
  3. C
    Rajasthan
     
  4. D
    Tamil Nadu
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