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Current Affairs Questions (based on The Hindu) for RRB Mains 2016

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Q1. Which among the following movies had bagged as many as four awards, including for the Best Film, at the 23rd Star Screen Awards 2016 recently?
(a) MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
(b) Dishoom
(c) Neerja
(d) Udta Punjab  
(e) Pink

Q2. The VISAKA scheme launched by the Union Ministry for Human Resource Development is aimed at making people aware about-
(a) cleanliness
(b) importance of vaccination
(c) disaster management
(d) cashless economic system
(e) None of the above
Q3. Who has been appointed as a CEO & Director of Airtel Digital TV DTH arm?
(a) Shastri Arora
(b) Chitra Ramkrishna 
(c) Sunil Taldar
(d) MM Kutty
(e) None of the above
Q4. The Hornbill Festival began was observed recently in which state? The festival coincides with the Statehood Day of the state which is observed on December 1.
(a) Sikkim 
(b) Nagaland
(c) Tripura
(d) Manipur
(e) Assam
Q5. Name the companies, which have signed to established a strategic IOT Advisory partnership?
(a) KPMG and Microsoft
(b) Dell and Sony
(c) Facebook and Google
(d) Apple and IBM
(e) Yahoo and HP
Q6. Which company has launched its global startup program ‘Launchpad’ in India recently? An online portal featuring over 400 products from different startups including 25 Indian startups. 
(a) Amazon
(b) Flipkart
(c) TCS
(d) Wipro
(e) Facebook
Q7. The International Volunteer Day (IVD) is observed across the world on __________ every year. 
(a) 01st December
(b) 05th December
(c) 10th December 
(d) 24th December
(e) 19th December
Q8. Name of the India’s first online flea market, which lets a buyer and seller interact and transacts in 10 seconds literally. 
(a) Omisha
(b) Monesh 
(c) Yappily
(d) Zeshta
(e) None of the above
Q9. Which country named its crown prince Maha Vajiralongkorn as its new king, 50 days after the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadei? 
(a) China
(b) Israel
(c) Nepal
(d) Thailand
(e) South Korea
Q10. Name the Former international hockey umpire, who has passed away recently?
(a) Shailesh Reddy
(b) Bhagwan Das Tandon
(c) Jaidev Kumar
(d) Anand Yadav
(e) Phulel Singh Sujlana
Q11. Who has won the online reader’s poll for TIME Person of the Year?
(a) Donald Trump
(b) Vladimir Putin
(c) Barack Obama
(d) Angela Merkel
(e) Narendra Modi
Q12. Name the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who passed away recently at Chennai hospital?
(a) M Karunanidhi
(b) O Panneerselvam
(c) Sasikala Natarajan
(d) J Jayalalithaa
(e) Ottakara Thevar
Q13. Which company has launched a new personal safety app called ‘Trusted Contacts’ that lets users share their location with trusted people in everyday situations and emergencies? 
(a) Amazon
(b) Yahoo
(c) Google
(d) Facebook
(e) Microsoft
Q14. Who has been sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a sombre ceremony at the Raj Bhawan along with all the ministers in the erstwhile Jayalalithaa Cabinet?
(a) Tiruchi Siva
(b) O Panneerselvam
(c) Sasikala Natarajan
(d) MG Ramachandran
(e) None of the above
Q15. Who has been elected as the second president of Uzbekistan after winning 88.61% vote in the first presidential election since the death of the authoritarian leader and President Islam Karimov?
(a) Shavkat Mirziyoyev
(b) Rustam Azimov
(c) Nigmatilla Yuldashev
(d) Gulnara Karimova
(e) None of the above
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