Current Affairs Questions

Q1. Who became first person to jump from 25000 feet without a parachute or wing suit?
Answer: Luke Aikins

Q2. Who was elected as first female governor of Tokyo?
Answer: Yuriko Koike

Q3. Which country is going to host Kabaddi World Cup in October 2016?
Answer: India

Q4. Who sworn-in as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court?
Answer: Justice DB Bhosale

Q5. Who wins 2016 German Grand Prix of F1?

Answer: Lewis Hamilton

Q6. Which state signs MoU with Japan to develop food value chain?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Q7. Railway Minister flags off maiden broad-gauge train service between _____________ .
Answer: Agartala and Delhi

Q8. Resolution to rename Madras HC as _____________ passed.
Answer: Tamil Nadu

Q9. Who wins Pro Kabaddi League Season 4?
Answer: Patna Pirates

Q10. Who was winner in Men’s Singles of 2016 Rogers Cup?
Answer: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Q11. Who was appointed as Managing Director of Mondelez India?
Answer: Deepak Iyer

Q12. Lok Sabha passes Bill on Reconstruction of _____________ .
Answer: Financial Assets

Q13. Who wins 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants?
Answer: Anita Gopalan

Q14. R D Burmania: Panchamemoirs authored by __________________  released.
Answer: Chaitanya Padukone 

Q15. Who is President of Microsoft India?
Answer: Anant Maheshwari

Q1. India has signed a short-term route agreement with _____________ to allow transport of petroleum goods from Assam to Tripura.
Answer: Bangladesh

Q2. Which Bank has launched a payment service using a smartphone keyboard named ‘iMobile SmartKeys’?
Answer: ICICI Bank

Q3. Doha Bank QSC, one of the prominent banks in Qatar, is formally inaugurating its 1st branch in which state on August 27, 2016?
Answer: Kerala

Q4. Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Issac has earmarked how much amount for state-run and aided schools for the five-year term recently?
Answer: Rs 10,000 crore

Q5. Former Cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has selected Donja village in Osmanabad district of _________ for development under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY).
Answer: Maharashtra

Q6. Which state government will honour Sakshi Malik, the first woman Indian wrestler to win a medal in Olympics, with the coveted Rani Laxmi Bai award?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Q7. Which company and National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) sign MoU for industrial use of treated water?
Answer: IOC 

Q8. Which Ministry has launched an app, bringing websites and various social media handles of over 170 Indian missions on a common platform to further its public outreach?
Answer: External Affairs Ministry

Q9. The Government has slapped an additional penalty of $380 million (around Rs. 2,500 crore) on _____________ and its partners for producing less than targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields.
Answer: Reliance Industries Limited

Q10. Name the ace shuttler, who made the country proud in Rio Olympics as she became the first Indian woman to win a Silver medal at the biggest sporting event of the world.
Answer: P V Sindhu

Q11. Which Ministry has launched a portal for electronic bidding and e-reverse auction of tariff-based electricity transmission projects to enhance transparency in transmission sector?
Answer: Power Ministry

Q12. Name the Punjabi writer, who has passed away recently?
Answer: Gurdial Singh

Q13.  Which bank has become the first private bank to join hands with the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF), pledging Rs1 crore to support the upcoming Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016?
Answer: South Indian Bank

Q14. __________________ an urban cooperative bank based in the North, has announced a bancassurance tie-up with the country’s largest life insurer, LIC of India.
Answer: Shivalik Mercantile Co-operative Bank

Q15. Which Indian company has announced a long-term master franchise agreement with Amsterdam-based fashion brand Scotch & Soda?
Answer: Reliance Brands

Q1. Name the scientist, who has bagged the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award for meritorious services in the Higher Education Department of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: P Shanmugam 

Q2. Which states government has decided to make Aadhaar card mandatory for procurement of paddy in the state?
Answer: Odisha

Q3. Oscar-winning composer _____________ enthralled a packed audience at the iconic UN General Assembly hall with his renditions of Indian Carnatic legend M S Subbulakshmi's music, Sufi songs and the foot-tapping 'Jai Ho' at a concert to mark India's 70th Independence Day.
Answer: AR Rahman

Q4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced how much per cent hike in pension of freedom fighters on 70th Independence Day?
Answer: 20 per cent

Q5. Which state has announced a slew of development projects and schemed regarding the "seven resolves" adopted by his government for the next five years and that rule of law prevailed in the state recently?
Answer: Bihar

Q6. Tata Power Solar has commissioned a 100-MW solar project for NTPC in................?
Answer: Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

Q7. Which company has secured an order to set up solar photovoltaic (SPV) plants, estimated to cost Rs 169 crore. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order has been placed by West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Corporation Ltd (WBSEDCL)?
Answer: BHEL

Q8. Jamaican sprinter ___________ has won gold in the 100-metre final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil recently. 
Answer: Usain Bolt

Q9. Name the president of FIFA for two decades transformed soccer's governing body into a multibillion-dollar business has died.
Answer: Joao Havelange

Q10. The Reserve Bank has imposed penalties on four cooperative banks for violation of various norms. Who is the present governor of RBI?
Answer: Urjit Patel

Q11. Who has been honoured by the America Tamil Sangam with its Tamil Ratna Award? 
Answer: AR Rahman

Q12. The Narendra Modi-led BJP government has appointed new governors for Assam, Manipur, Punjab and Lieutenant Governor for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Who is appointed as governor of Manipur?
Answer: Najma Heptulla

Q13. Name the Malayalam filmmaker-scriptwriter, who has passed away in Kochi recently? 
Answer: TA Razaq

Q14. India climbed 15 spots, from 81 last year, to 66 in the Global Innovation Index (GII) and maintained the top spot in the Central and South Asia regions, according to the rankings released by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Which country has topped in Global Innovation Index (GII)?
Answer: Switzerland 

Q15. Which state government has re-launched its “Majhi Kanya Bhagyashri” scheme in order to achieve its objective of improving the skewed girl child ratio in the state?
Answer: Maharashtra

Q1. Which state has decided to grant 33% reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies recently?
Answer: Nagaland

Q2. Which state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India Trade And Exhibition Centre (ITEC), Dubai for promotion of skill development, investment and tourism sectors?
Answer: Rajasthan

Q3. Indian's multinational pharmaceutical company Cipla Limited has appointed _____________ as the managing director (MD) & global chief executive officer (CEO) of the company effective September 1, 2016.
Answer: Umang Vohra 

Q4. Who has appointed as the next Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?
Answer: Manjula Chellur 

Q5. South Indian Bank and ____________ a credit card issuer has announced their collaboration to launch co-branded credit cards for the customers of South Indian Bank.
Answer: SBI Card

Q6. Which city, the first ever BIO-CNG project in India was inaugurated?
Answer: Pune, Maharashtra

Q7. Which institution has bagged the 5 Medals for Young Scientists award 2016 recently?
Answer: IISc, Bengaluru

Q8. IRDAI has imposed how much amount fine on Bharti AXA General Insurance Co Ltd for violation of various norms including outsourcing activities and corporate governance guidelines?
Answer: Rs 35 lakh 

Q9. Which company has acquired Beam, an interactive livestreaming startup that lets viewers watch and play along with game streamers in real time and did not disclose financial terms of the deal?
Answer: Microsoft

Q10. Who won the Australian Open squash title by beating Mayar Hany of Egypt recently?
Answer: Dipika Pallikal Karthik

Q11. Name the bollywood stars, who bagged the best actress and best actor awards at the Indian Film Festival (IFF) of Melbourne 2016.
Answer: Sonam Kapoor (actress) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (actor)

Q12. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) ties up with _____________________ to launch an USSD based *99# mobile application for their customers.
Answer: Union Bank of India

Q13. In which state the sailing campaign “Jal Tarang” was flagged off by state assembly.
Answer: Himachal Pradesh

Q14. A first-of-its-kind touch and feel garden for the visually impaired people in the country was inaugurated near Calicut University campus in..............?
Answer: Kerala

Q15. Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has inaugurated the country's first facility to produce nickel, a metal for which the country is completely dependent on imports. The new facility Nickel, Copper and Acid Recovery Plant is located at the company's Indian Copper Complex (ICC) at Ghatshila in which state?
Answer: Jharkhand