Current Affairs : January quiz 2016 (One word questions) - 77 (LIC AAO , IBPS SO , Railways)

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Kallen Pokkudan
• The multilateral agency that was formally opened by theChina’s President Xi Jinping on 16 January 2016	AsianInfrastructure Investment Bank
• The IndoSwiss pair that won the 2016 WTA ApiaInternational Sydney tennis title	Sania Mirza (India) &Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
• At the 61st Filmfare Awards ceremony, the best filmaward was won by	Bajirao Mastani
• As per the World Development Report released by theWorld Bank on 14 January 2016, the amount India savedannually by using Aadhaar on account of decreased leakages	1 billion US dollars
• At the 61st Filmfare Awards ceremony, the best actoraward was won by	Ranveer Singh
• She was conferred with the Prof MV Pylee Award for theDistinguished Academician of India	Dr Jancy James
• He was conferred with the Sree Chitra Thirunal NationalAward 2015 by the Vice President of India Hamid Ansari	T PSreenivasan
• The state that was conferred with the Krishi KarmanAward 201415 by the Union Ministry of Agriculture andFarmers Welfare	Madhya Pradesh
• The 23rd Conference of the Speakers and PresidingOfficers of the Commonwealth Countries was held at	KotaKinabalu in Malaysia
• The 68th Army Day was celebrated on	15 January 2016
• The IndoSwiss pair that broke a 22yearold worldrecord by winning their 29th consecutive women’s doublesmatch	Sania Mirza (India) & Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
• The country which formed a fourmember eminent personsgroup to review all bilateral treaties with India	Nepal
• The region which was declared as Ebola free by the WorldHealth Organisation	West Africa
• State Bank of India launched India’s first startup focusedbank branch called SBI InCube in	Bengaluru, Karnataka
• The Assistant General Secretary and Spokesman of All India Muslim Personal Law Board who died on 15 January2016 is	Mohammed Abdul Rahim Qureshi
• The Russian tennis player who will be inducted into theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame on 16 July 2016 is	MaratSafin
• The Bollywood actor, known for his role of the astrologerGuran in Lagaan, who died on 14 January 2016 is	RajeshVivek
• The famous actor, known for playing the character ofSeverus Snape in Harry Potter series, who died on 14January 2016 is	Alan Rickman
• He authored the book titled Objective RailwayEngineering Track, Works & Others released on 14 January2016	MM Agarwal
• He won the Times Now Amazing Indians Awards 2016 in the‘The Eco Saviours’ Category on 14 January 2016	LateKallen Pokkudan
• The multilateral agency that released the publicationtitled World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends	World Bank
• To develop Neeranchal National Watershed Project, theGovernment of India signed a loan agreement with	WorldBank
• She won the Times Now Amazing Indians Awards 2016 inthe ‘Energising India’ Category on 14 January 2016	Mathews K Mathew
• He was the fourth Indian to be awarded with Lee KuanYew Exchange Fellowship for his contribution in developmentand international harmony on 13c January 2016	Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan
• Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on 13January 2016 received the first broadgauge train on trialrun between	Badarpur to Kumarghar to Agartala section atAgartala
• For speedy trial of cases relating to witchcraft incidents,the Jharkhand Government on 13 January 2016 decided toset up fast track courts in five districts, namely	Ranchi,Chaibasa, Khunti, Palamau and Simdega
• Famous stage actor Brian Bedford who passed away on 13January 2016 is known for	acting in and directing Shakespeare
• The sports personality who was presented with the DannyKaye Humanitarian Leadership Award at the sixth biennialUNICEF Ball is	David Beckham
• The FIFA Emergency Committee on 9 January 2016 decidedto dismiss Jerome Valcke from the position of	FIFASecretary General
• President Pranab Mukherjee on 8 January 2016 gave hisassent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which hasamended the	Sugar Cess Act, 1982