Saturday, March 26, 2016

Latest Current Affairs -2016

Q.1  Who has become the first women Director General Of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?
a. Bharti Dev
b. J Manjula
c. Geeta Rana
d. Diya Sriram


Ans. b (J Manjula)

Q.2 Which bank has launched 'Banks Of Wheels'scheme in 20 backward blocks to reach the farmers and other people in remote areas of the state ?
a. Co-operative Bank Ltd. of Andhra Pardesh
b. Co-operative Bank Ltd. of Odisha
c. Co-operative Bank Ltd. of Gujrat
d. Co-operative Bank Ltd. of Haryana

Ans.b(Co-operative Bank Ltd. of Odisha)

Q.3 Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Canera Bank recently?
a. Raman Mishra
b. Rumil Shah
c. Rakesh Sharma
d. Suresh Sharma

Ans. c( Rakesh Sharma)

Q.4 Who has been elected as the new chairmen of the Press Trust of India (PTI)?
a. Hormusji N Cama
b. Mahendra Mohan Gupta
c. Soma Mathew
d. Justice Markandey Katju

Ans.a(Hormusji N Cama)

Q.5 Who has won the "United Nations Champions of the Earth award " for leadership on climate change ?
a.Fakhruddin Ahmed
b.Dmitry Medvedev
c.Sheikh Hasina
d. Narender Modi

Ans.c(Sheikh Hasina)

Q.6 Who has been sworn  in as the new prime minister of Australia?
a. Malcolm Turnbull
b.Peter Cosgrove
c.Tony Abott
d. Justin Trudeau

Ans.a( Malcolm Turnbull)

Q.7 Who has been sworn  in as the new prime minister of Canada ?
a. Malcolm Turnbull
b.Peter Cosgrove
c.Tony Abott
d. Justin Trudeau

Ans.d (Justin Trudeau)

Q.8 Name a 15 year -old Indian American teen who has been selected by the White House for the prestigious Champions of Change award?
a. Radhika Bajaj 
b. Shweta Bhargava
c. Sweta Prabhakaran
d. Manoj Bhargava

Ans. c (Sweta Prabhakaran)

Q.9 Recently SEBI has slapped its highest ever fine on which of the following ?
a.  G-Tech stone
b. Pearl Agro Corporation Limited (PACL)
c. SJ Corporation
d. United bank of India

Ans. b(Pearl Agro Corporation Limited) 

Q.10 To provide free consulation to the public ,India has set up Department of Ayush in?
a.Brasilia
b. Dubai
c. Toronto
d. London


Ans.b(Dubai)