2016 Current affairs and General Awareness Quiz for Competitive Exams Compiled by www.ssbcoaching.com Jan 2016

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   2016 Current affairs and General Awareness Quiz for Competitive Exams Compiled by www.ssbcoaching.com Jan 2016

 1. In which of the following states Kakatiya thermal plant is located?
          a) Andrhapradesh          b) Karnataka          c) Odhisa          d) Telangana

 2. Who of the following has become the first batsman to score more than a 1,000 runs in an innings in any form of cricket?
          a) Pranav Dhanawade           b) Virat Kholi          c) Arvind Jadeja          d) Ravindra Wade

 3. In which of the following states the Ganga Gram Yojana has been launched?
          a) Uttarkhand                          b) Bihar                       c) West Bengal          d) Uttar Pradesh

 4. For what purpose, the Stand Up India Scheme has been launched?
[A]to promote entrepreneurship among SC/ST
[B]to promote entrepreneurship among rural youth
[C]to promote entrepreneurship among Woman
[D]to promote entrepreneurship among SC/ST and Women
          a) A          b) B          c) C                    d) D

 5. Who of the following is the author of the novel titled - Go Set a Watchman?
          a) Cynthia Lord                       b) Bill Clegg                 c) Marlon James          d) Harper Lee

 6. The “fountain of oneness” is located in which of the following cities?
          a) Ajmer                                              b) Delhi                        c) Agra                        d) Khajuraho

 7. Siril Verma is related to which of the following sports?
          a) Cricket                                b) Basketball               c) Football                   d) Badminton

 8. Who is the author of the book titled ‘The Country of First Boys’?
          a) Ravi Kanbur                        b) Amaritya Sen          c) Kaushik Basu          d) Vikram Seth

 9. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was the founder of which of the following political party in Jammu & Kashmir? ( He recently passed away)
          a) Jammu and Kashmir People’s Dynamic Party
          b) Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
          c) Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP)
          d) Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC)

 10. Shakti 2016, is the joint military exercise of India with which country?
          a) Japan                                      b) France                c) Russia                    d) USA

 11. Which of the following is the India’s indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare corvette?
          a) INS Aravalii             b) INS Kadmatt           c) INS Savitri              d) INS Subhadra

 12.  On which date, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated in India?
          a) January 9                b) January 6                c) January 9                d) January 11

 13. Martina Hingis, the famous tennis player, hails from which country?
          a) Russia                    b) Poland                     c) Switzerland             d) United Kingdom

 14. The India International Kite Festival is celebrated in which Indian state every year?
          a) Maharashtra                       b) Gujarat                    c) Rajasthan               d) Karnataka

 15. Which of the following domains has become the world’s most commonly used domain in the internet?
          a) .de                           b) .cn                           c) .com                        d) .in

 16. Which of the following states is the host for the National Youth Festival 2016?
          a) Karnatka                 b) Bihar                       c) Chhattisgarh           d) Assam

 17. Who is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Flipkart?
          a) Nikhil Saxena          b) Sachin Mehra          c) Binny Bansal          d) Nitin Sharma

 18. Who has won the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or award?
          a) Chritiano Ronaldo          b) Luis Suarez          c) Neymar          d) Linoel Messi

 19. The Flamingo Festival-2016 is organised in which state?
[A]Tamil Nadu                         [B]Odisha                    [C]Andhra Pradesh     [D]Kerala

   20. Hopman Cup is associated with which sports?
          a) Tennis                     b) Badminton              c) Golf                         d) Hockey

 21. Which of the following panels has been set up to study 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations?
          a) NK Mittal Panel                                 b) M Raghuveer panel       
          c) P.K. Sinha Panel                              d) K. Kishore Panel

 22. On which date, the Indian Army Day is celebrated?
          a) January 15              b) January 21              c) January 11              d) March 19

 23. Jacob-Farj-Rafael, who passed away recently, was associated with which of the following events?
          a) Sino-Indian war of 1962                              b) Goan Liberation Movement
          c) Indo-Pakistan war of 1971                         d) Kargil war in 1999


 24. Which state has become the India’s first fully organic state?
          a) Tripur                      b) Sikkim                     c) Himachal Pradesh              d) Haryana

 25. Which Indian state is set to fly the world’s largest tricolour on republic day?
          a) Mizoram                 b) West Bengal           c) Jharkhand               d) Madhya Pradesh

 26. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Creating Leadership’?
          a) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw                  b) Kiran Bedi               c) Mary Kom  d) Medha Patkar

 27. USA recently lifted the Nuclear Sanction on which of one of the following country?
          a) Japan                                  b) North Korea            c) Iraq              d) Iran

 28. Indian writer Anuradha Roy has won the on the prestigious $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel______________________

         a) Sleeping on Jupiter              b) An Atlas of Impossible
          c) The Folded Earth                d) Suitable Boy

 29. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled the_____  action plan in New Delhi to boost startup ventures in the country.
          a) Bhrat Nirmaan                    b) Apana Desh Apana Adhikar
          c) Swatch Bharat                    d) Start-up India, Stand-up India

 30. Arunima Sinha is related to which of the following fields?
          a) Journalist                            b) Politician                 c) Mountaineering    d) Terpsichorean

 31. Who of the following has been appointed as the new CEO of Wipro Limited?
          a) TK Kurien b) Manik K Mathur   c) Abid Ali Neemuchwala  d) Nand Kuamr Chauhan

 32. In context to India’s defence system, “Pinaka II” refers which one of the following?

          a) Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM)                                    b) Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)
          c) Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) system          d) Nuclear-capable ballistic missile

 33. The 14-km long Zojila tunnel will be constructed in which of the following states?
          a) Sikkim                     b) J & K           c) Uttrakhand              d) Himachal Pradesh

 34. India and _______ had started talks on the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement in 2012 after that country had lifted the long-standing ban on selling uranium to energy-starved India
          a) Australia                  b) USA            c) Russia                    d) France

 35. India and _______ jointly developed Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) Barak 8 was successfully test fired from INS Kolkata. The firing trial of the LR SAM has been jointly carried out by the Indian Navy, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and that countries Aerospace Industries.
          a) Israel                       b) USA            c) France                    d) Russia

36 World Health Organization (WHO), a UN health agency has declared______  Ebola-free after no new cases were reported. Now the country enters into 90-day period of heightened surveillance of WHO.
          a) Nigeria                                   b) Uganda                c) Guinea                    d) Kenya

37. . _________has won the 14th season of prestigious Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy for season 2015-16 for first time in its history of championship.
          a) Andhrapradesh                  b) Gujarat           c) Goa           d) Maharashtra

38. ______ is a new airport which is constructed on an undeveloped site. It is built from scratch on a new location because the existing airport is unable to meet the traffic requirements.

          a) Greenfield Airport                b) Brownfield Project               c) White Field           d) Red Field
39. Gujarati litterateur Raghuveer Chaudhary selected for 2015 _____ Award
          a) Man Booker Award          b) Pulizer            c) Jnanpith         d) Saraswathi Sammelan

40. Senior IAS officer Amitabh Kant has been given additional charge as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. Who is the Chairman of the NITI Aayog?
a) President                       b) PM                    C) Finance Minister                         d) Governor of Reserve  bank
Answers:  JAN 2016 gk FOR afcat
1.       D- Telangana
2.       A-Pranav Dhanawade
3.       D- Uttar Pradesh
4.       D-
5.       D- Harper Lee
6.       B- Delhi
7.       D- Badminton
8.       B- Amartiya Sen
9.       C- JKPDP
10.   B- France
11.   B- INS KADMATT
12.   C- jan 09
13.   C- Switzerland
14.   B- Gujarat
15.   B-.cn
16.   C- Chhattisgarh
17.   C- Binny bansal
18.   D- Linoel Messi
19.   C
20.   A- tennis
21.   C- PK Sinha Panel
22.   A- Jan- 15
23.   C- Indo Pak War 1971
24.   B- Sikkim
25.    C- Jharkahand
26.   B- Kiran Bedi
27.   C- Iraq
28.   A- Sleeping on Jupiter
29.   D- Start-up India, Stand-up India
30.   C –Mountaineering
31.   C-Abid Ali Neemuchwala
32.   B- J & K
33.   A-Australia
34.   A- Israel
35.   A- Gaofen - 4  Satellite
36.   C-Guinea
37.   b) Gujarat           
38.   a) Greenfield Airport
39.   c) Jananpith        

40.   B- Prime Minister

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