Thursday 19 May 2016

HariOm/Current-affairs/January 2016:

*INTERNATIONAL
1) Which country’s parliament adopted the country’s first law against domestic violence?
Ans:- China
2) World Health Organization(WHO) has declared which country as Ebola free country recently?
Ans:- West Africa
3) Giorgi Kvirikashvili has been elected as the 12th Prime Minister of which country?
Ans:- Georgia
4) The blue stone of Sri Lanka was named as ___?
Ans:- The Star of Sapphire
5) Union Government signed loan agreement to clean Mula Mutha river in pune with which country?
Ans:- Japan
6) China and Soudi Arabia signed MoU on Industrical capacity to improve co-operation in_?
Ans:- Energy policies

*INDIA & WORLD
1) India made a civil nuclear cooperation deal with which country recently?
Ans:- Australia
2) In which I Q test Kashmia had got top score 2 became youngest brainiest students in country?
Ans:- Mensa test
3) 8th India and UK Economic and Financial Dialogue held in which place ?
Ans:- London
4) Memorandum of Understanding in co-operation field of health is held between?
Ans:- India and Maldives

*NATIONAL
1) Which is inaguarated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 December to ferry MPs at Parliament?
Ans:- Electric Bus ‘Go Green’
2) On 22 December Rajya Sabha cleared which bill of Juveniles?
Ans:- Juvenile Justice (Amendment) Bill, 2015
3) The Union cabinet approved which scheme in the textile industry?
Ans:- Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme
4) Ministry overseas Indian Affairs was merged with?
Ans:- Ministry of external affairs (MEA)
5) Two related sub progects green ports launched by Union Ministry of shipping is?
Ans:- 1. Green Port, 2. Swachh Bharat Abiyaan

*STATES
1) On 18th Jan. 2016 Narandra Modi declared which state as organic farming state ?
Ans:- Sikkim
2) The Vice President Humid Ansari announced which state has 100% primany eduction?
Ans:- Kerala
3) Recently Punjab chief minister parkash sing Bandal Band which manufacturing?
Ans:- Gutkha Manufacture
4) Tamil Nadu chief Minister Jayalalitha announced “Amma call centre” for public redressal state governament with complaint number?
Ans:- 1100

*CONFERENCES
1) What are 5 E’5 coined by Modi in Indian science congress?
Ans:- Economy, Environment, energy, empathy and equity
2) Who inaugurated 103rd Indian science congress (ISC) held in Mysore?
Ans:- Narendra Modi

*AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Who is the Gujarati literature selected for 2015 Jnanpith Award?
Ans:- Raghuveer Chaudhary
2) Who is the famous mridangam vidwan got yuva purskar?
Ans:- Parupalli Subbarayaphalgun
3) In 2015 to whom the cricketer of yerar award is given by BCCI?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
4) Indian Author Anuradha Roy got which award for her novel “sleeping on Jupiter”?
Ans:- DSC Prize
5) The 2015-16 Krishi karam award was announced to which state?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh
6) Israil Journalist, palestinion pastor got which prize for “Fight against occupation and violence”?
Ans:- Swedish rights Prize

*SPORTS & GAMES
1) Who are named as the Women’s Doubles World Champions by the ITF?
Ans:- Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis
2) Who won the Mixico Open Grand Prix Badminton title?
Ans:- Sumit Reddy -Manu Atri Pair
3) For which cup does the Mumbai teenager pranav Dhanawade played and broke world record?
Ans:- Bhundari Cup
4) India beats Afghanistan and won which Cup for 7th time?
Ans:- SAFFCUP
5) Pranav Dhanawade scores 1009 runs in 323 balls and broke world record for which tournament?
Ans:- Inter-school tournament is Mumbai
6) Nick Kyrgios, darila gavilova won which title by playing Tennis?
Ans:- Hopman cuptitle

*ECONOMY
1) RBI has extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes up to ____?
Ans:- June 30, 2016
2) For which purpose MUDRA converted to MUDRA SIDBI?
Ans:- To benift small scale sectors
3) The reliance wants to set up Rs.5,000 crore naval shipbuilding unit near?
Ans:- Rambilli, 70 km from Vizag
4) World bank released 20 million us dollar for reconstructing which Zoo?
Ans:- Indira Gandhi Zoological park

*SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) What is the new planet discovered by Australian astronomers found the possibly nearest habitable planet near Earth.?
Ans:- Wolf 1061c
2) What is the name of the reusable rocket land back successfully on Earth launched by SpaceX?
Ans:- Falcon 9
3) What is India’s first indigenously designed warship that has been decommissioned after 32 years of service?
Ans:- INS Godavari
4) What is the beyond visual range air to air missile succesfully testfired on 25 December from Balasore?
Ans:- ASTRA
5) What is the indigenously developed heavyweight torpedo that will be inducted into the Indian Navy next year?
Ans:- Varunastra
6) INS, Kadmat was Inuented by which united?
Ans:- Garden Reach ship Builders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE)
7) DRDO successfully tested fire and forget anti tank missile nag against?
Ans:- Thermal target system (TTS)
8) Recently which country had successfully tested hydrogen bomb with fission reaction?
Ans:- North Korea
9) ISRO successfully launched which Fifth navigation satellite from Satish dhawan space centre?
Ans:- IRN SS-I E

*PERSONS IN NEWS

#A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food Regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India?
Ans:- Pavan Kumar Agarwal
2) Who was appointed as the India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan?
Ans:- Gautam H Bambawale
3) Air Marshal Bhadarvia takes deputy chief of ?
Ans:- Air Staff
4) Dksitri appointed as chairman of fair trade regulator for?
Ans:- Competition Commission of India (CCI)

#B) RESIGNS
1) The first Indian-American that resigns Governor of Lovisiana in America is?
Ans:- Bobby Jindal
2) The president that resigns from FIFA (International Federation of Association foot ball) is?
Ans:- Seep Blatter

#C) DEATHS
1) The Jammu & Kashmir CM dead is _____ ?
Ans:- Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
2) The great leader list by Indian army, who led to birth of Bangladesh?
Ans:- Gen JFR Jacob
3) The ex-sikhim governor passed away was?
Ans:- Ventra Pragada Rama Rao

#D) VISITORS
1) During Modi’s Russia visit, agreement in defence sector includes production of which type of helicopters in India was signed by the two nations?
Ans:- 200 Kamov-226T helicopters
2) Which country Narendra Modi made a surprise visit?
Ans:- Pakistan

#E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Whose 45 feet high Santa Claus sculpture found a place
in Limca Book of World Records?
Ans:- Sudarshan Patnaik
2) The “2015” earth’s warmest year science 1080” who said this point?
Ans:- NASA and NOAA with Individual Analysis

*PLACES IN NEWS
1) India’s biggest Wildlife Rescue Centre named as Gorewada Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre has been commissioned at ___?
Ans:- Nagpur, Mahrashtra
2) What is the first shipyard in India to get the nod for construction of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) ships?
Ans:- Cochin Shipyard
3) Smriti Irani Inaugurated world book fair at?
Ans:- New Delhi
4) Recently BCCI banned Indian premier for five years for his involvement in match fixing is?
Ans:- Ajit chandila

*ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) CSO stands for?
Ans:- Central Statistics Office
2) What is meant by NPA?
Ans:- Non Performing Assets
3) PPP Stands for___?
Ans:- Public Private Partnership

*BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Who is the author of the book ‘Kargil: Turning the Tide’
released recently?
Ans:- Lieutenant General Mohinder Puri
2) Book entitle Jawaharlal Nehru and Indian polity was released by?
Ans:- Hamid Ansari

*COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) DDCA Commissioner of Enquiry headed by?
Ans:- Former Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam
2) Which committee was formed by Reserve Bank on Medium-term path on Financial Inclusion?
Ans:- Deepak Mohanty Committee
3) Lodha committee on?
Ans:- BCCI

*DAYS & DATES
1) To mark birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, January 12 is celebrated as _?
Ans:- National Youth Day
2) National Voter’s Day is observed on __ ?
Ans:- January 25
3) January 15 is celebrated as _?
Ans:- National Army Day
4) National Cleanliness Day is observed on _?
Ans:- January 30
5) National Day of patriotism is observed on __ ?
Ans:- January 23
6) January 30 is celebrated as ___ ?
Ans:- Martyrs Day

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