Dear BA’ians,
We present to you a current affairs quiz to keep you updated with the happenings around you with reference to the upcoming competitive exams, at the same time prepare you for them.This quiz will be provided to with detailed solution, to add to your knowledge base.
1. Name the actress who has been conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2016?
a) Kareena Kapoor
b) Deepika Padukone
c) Sonakshi Sinha
d) Aishwarya Rai
e) Priyanka Chopra
2. India has offered to invest upto $20 billion in which of the following country announced by Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas during his two day visit to that country?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Myanmar
c) Iraq
d) Iran
e) Turkey
3. Name the person who has been chosen to receive the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for the year 2016?
a) Khadija Ismayilova
b) Mazen Darwish
c) Reeyot Alemu
d) Ahmad Zeidabadi
e) Lasantha Wickrematunge
4. Who is the Governor of Uttar Pradesh?
a) Kalyan Singh
b) Ram Naik
c) Ram Nath Kovind
d) Keshari Nath Tripathi
e) None of the above
5. The Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award is organised by which ministry?
a) Home Ministry
b) Finance Ministry
c) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
d) Ministry of Information and Technology
e) None of the above
6. Who is the present Director-General of UNESCO?
a) Jim Yong Kim
b) Roberto Azevedo
c) Christine Lagarde
d) Takehiko Nakao
e) Irina Bokova
7. A new mobile app ‘Mitra,’ developed to help women, children, and the elderly in distress, was recently launched by the Puducherry CM?
a) AK Singh
b) V Vaithilingam
c) N Rangasamy
d) VS Sivakumar
e) Abdu Rabb
8. Who won the women’s singles title at the Australian Open 2016?
a) Serena Williams
b) Angelique Kerber
c) Sabine Lisicki
d) Garbine Muguruza
e) Petra Kvitova
9. ___________ took over 75% of the outstanding loan liabilities of its power distribution companies amounting to Rs 39,900 cr under UDAY scheme recently?
a) Rajasthan
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Gujarat
e) Bihar
10. Nayani Krishnakumari, who passed away recently, was a noted _________ litterateur?
a) Tamil
b) Malayalam
c) Bengali
d) Telugu
e) Kannada
11. KV Krishna Rao, who passed away recently, was the former chief of?
a) Army Chief
b) Air Force Chief
c) Navy Chief
d) BSF Director General
e) CRPF Director General
12. Who won the men’s singles title at the Australian Open 2016?
a) Andy Murray
b) Stan Wawrinka
c) Novak Djokovic
d) Rafael Nadal
e) Roger Federer
13. Which bank has won the ‘Best Social Bank’ award, ‘Best rural bank’ award and ‘Best bank for participation in govt schemes’ award for midsized bank at the awards instituted by the ASSOCHAM?
a) Syndicate Bank
b) Punjab National Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Central Bank of India
e) Corporation Bank
14. The Cabinet of Somalia recently agreed on an election model outlined by a declaration in 2015. The capital of Somalia is?
a) Santiago
b) Bujumbura
c) Bridgetown
d) Mogadishu
e) Baku
15. Marshall Islands plan to sue India, Pakistan and Britain over nuclear weapons in the International Court of Justice which is located in?
a) Hague
b) Amsterdam
c) Geneva
d) London
e) Rome
Current Affairs One Liners March 2024: D...
General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Ex...
