Current Affairs : September quiz 2016 ( Multiple choice questions) - 14 (LIC AAO , IBPS , SSC , Railways)

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Ques. : 1 The women’s doubles title of the 2016 Connecticut Open was won by Sania Mirza recently with her new partner

1) Chuang Chia Jung

2) Kateryna Bondarenko

3) Monica Niculescu

4) Martina Hingis

5) None of these

Answer:- 3) Monica Niculescu

Ques. : 2 MS Dhoni set a world record recently when he captained India against New Zealand in a T20 match. This was _____ game under his captaincy across all three formats, the most by a player in history.

1) 315th

2) 321st

3) 325th

4) 328th

5) 335th

Answer:- 3) 325th

Ques. : 3 Who among the following has/have been appointed as new member(s) of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC)?

1) Ira Bhaskar

2) Arundhati Nag

3) Sharmila Tagore

4) All the above

5) Only 2) and 3)

Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 4 India’s first textile university is being planned to be set up in which of the following cities?

1) Surat

2) Kanpur

3) Kolkata

4) Chennai

5) Hyderabad

Answer:- 1) Surat

Ques. : 5 The Visakha Dairy, which aims to procure and process 10 lakh litres of milk a day by 2020, is the premier dairy based in

1) Gujarat

2) Maharashtra

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Karnataka

Answer:- 4) Andhra Pradesh

Ques. : 6 PM Narendra Modi has announced to set up a task force to prepare an action plan for the next three Olympic Games. The next summer Olympic game in 2020 will be held in

1) China

2) South Korea

3) Greece

4) Germany

5) Japan

Answer:- 5) Japan

Ques. : 7 In a push to a cashless economy, The NPCI recently launched the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) initially with how many banks onboard?

1) 04

2) 12

3) 18

4) 21

5) 26

Answer:- 4) 21

Ques. : 8 Despite the steep hike in US visa fees, the applicants from which of the following countries have cornered 72 per cent of the H-1B visas and 30 per cent of L-1 visas issued worldwide so far in 2016?

1) China

2) India

3) Philippines

4) Thailand

5) Japan

Answer:- 2) India

Ques. : 9 Which of the following European countries was hit by a massive earthquake recently which killed 290 people?

1) France

2) Germany

3) Italy

4) UK

5) Spain

Answer:- 3) Italy

Ques. : 10 The DIPP is all set to launch a nation-wide awareness campaign on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The term DIPP stands for

1) Department of Internal Policy and Priorities 2) Department of International Policy and Promotion

3) Department of Intervention Policy and Promotion

4) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

5) None of these

Answer:- 4) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

Ques. : 11 Subir Gokarn was appointed in Nov 2015 as an executive director in IMF and since then, he has been representing India and which of the following countries?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Nepal

3) Bangladesh

4) All the above

5) None of these

Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 12 The RBI has asked banks to provide loans up to Rs 3 lakh at what per cent interest rate to Women Self-Help Group (SHG) under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)-Aajeevika?

1) 3 per cent

2) 5 per cent

3) 7 per cent

4) 9 per cent

5) 10 per cent

Answer:- 3) 7 per cent

Ques. : 13 The Forbes has released the sixth annual list of The World’s Most Innovative Companies 2016 which is topped by

1) Tata Consultancy Services

2) Hindustan Unilever

3) Salesforce

4) Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

5) Tesla Motors

Answer:- 5) Tesla Motors

Ques. : 14 Who among the following has been awarded the first IEI-IEEE Award for Engineering Excellence-2015?

1) G Satheesh Reddy

2) VK Saraswat

3) Avinash Chander

4) Shailesh Nayak

5) K Radhakrishnan

Answer:- 1) G Satheesh Reddy

Ques. : 15 Who among the following is India’s first and only individual Olympic gold-medallist?

1) Mary Kom

2) Saina Nehwal

3) Abhinav Bindra

4) Pullela Gopichand

5) Karnam Malleswari

Answer:- 3) Abhinav Bindra

Ques. : 16 Who among the following has won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the year 2015-16?

1) Gareth Bale

2) Antoine Griezmann

3) Cristiano Ronaldo

4) Ronaldinho

5) Neymar

Answer:- 3) Cristiano Ronaldo

Ques. : 17 A person booking a train ticket through the IRCTC website will be able to opt for travel insurance cover of up to what amount for a premium of 92 paise only from 31 Aug?

1) Rs 1 lakh

2) Rs 2 lakh

3) Rs 5 lakh

4) Rs 7.5 lakh

5) Rs 10 lakh

Answer:- 5) Rs 10 lakh

Ques. : 18 India will host the first BRICS film festival in which of the following cities from Sep 2 to 6?

1) Mumbai

2) Ahmedabad

3) Chennai

4) Hyderabad

5) New Delhi

Answer:- 5) New Delhi

Ques. : 19 Colombia's govt and the country's biggest rebel group recently reached a historic deal for ending a half-century of hostilities. The capital city of Colombia is

1) Maputo

2) Baku

3) Manama

4) Bogota

5) Lisbon

Answer:- 4) Bogota

Ques. : 20 Who among the following has won Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award 2016?

1) Silvanus Dungdung

2) Sardara Singh

3) Gagan Ajit Singh

4) Dhanraj Pillay

5) Dilip Tirkey

Answer:- 1) Silvanus Dungdung