7 October 2016

100 MCQs - AUG 2016 CURRENT AFFAIRS (PART-1)

1. What is the India’s rank in the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII)?
(A) 81
(B) 66
(C) 78
(D) 54
Answer: 66
2. World’s largest indoor theme park will open in which of the following cities?
(A) Dubai
(B) New York
(C) Paris
(D) Berlin
Answer: Dubai
3. The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted by which state of India?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Haryana
(C) Odisha
(D) Gujarat
Answer: Gujarat
4. Ahmed Zewail, who died recently, was the Nobel Laureate in which field?
(A) Chemistry
(B) Physics
(C) Medicine
(D) Peace
Answer: Chemistry
5. Who was the flag bearer from India at the closing ceremony in the 2016 Rio Olympics?
(A) P V Sindhu
(B) Lalita Babar
(C) Sakshi Malik
(D) Leander Paes
Answer: Sakshi Malik
6. Which committee will be set up by Union Government to review e-commerce rules?
(A) Sudarshan sen committee
(B) Shankar Acharya committee
(C) Amitabh Kant committee
(D) TSR Subramanian committee
Answer: Amitabh Kant committee
7. “Gaofen-3” an earth observation satellite has been successfully launched by which country?
(A) France
(B) United States
(C) United Kingdom
(D) China
Answer: China
8. The International Biodiesel day is observed on which date?
(A) August 10
(B) August 11
(C) August 12
(D) August 13
Answer: August 10
9. The 2016 BRICS Disaster Management conference has started in which city of India?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Bhopal
(C) Raipur
(D) Udaipur
Answer: Udaipur
10. Who has been conferred with the prestigious Vyas Samman 2015?
(A) Sunita Jain
(B) Nirmala Verma
(C) Kaliash Gupta
(D) Rajesh Mahor
Answer: Sunita Jain
11. Which country will be the focused country at the 2016 International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
(A) Iran
(B) South Korea
(C) Brazil
(D) Spain
Answer: South Korea
12. Who has become the first Indian woman to join the International Olympic Committee?
(A) Deepika Arora
(B) Ipsita Dasgupta
(C) Mary Kom
(D) Nita Ambani
Answer: Nita Ambani
13. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Assam?
(A) Loknath Mishra
(B) A K Singh
(C) Nikhil Kumar
(D) Banwarilal Purohit
Answer: Banwarilal Purohit
14. The sailing campaign “Jal Tarang” has been started from which state of India?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Odisha
(D) West Bengal
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
15. The Make in India conference will be held in which city of India?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Lucknow
(C) Bhubaneswar
(D) Chennai
Answer: Bhubaneswar
16. Project Ananya has been launched by which of the following Indian banks?
(A) State Bank of India
(B) Syndicate bank
(C) Punjab National Bank
(D) Dena Bank
Answer: Syndicate bank
17. Which union ministry has signed MoU with Amar Chitra Katha to publish and distribute a comic book on Swachh Bharat Mission?
(A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(B) Ministry of Urban Development
(C) Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
(D) Ministry of Human Resource Development
Answer: Ministry of Urban Development
18. Who is the newly elected President of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
(A) Haruhiko Kuroda
(B) Idris Haron
(C) Hart Schafer
(D) Takehiko Nakao
Answer: Takehiko Nakao
19. India’s first comprehensive “Crime Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS)” has been launched by which state government?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Haryana
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Odisha
Answer: Maharashtra
20. The world’s first self-driving taxi service has been launched in which of the following countries?
(A) Japan
(B) Singapore
(C) Malaysia
(D) China
Answer: Singapore

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