PART_3_GK_JULY_2016

1. which country won the UEFA European football championship for the first time, following a 1–0 victory after extra time over the host team, France?
Ans: Portugal ( Capital: Lisbon; Currency: Euro).

2. Who won the 2016 British Grand Prix title of Formula One?
Ans: Lewis Hamilton.( British Formula One racing driver).

3. Who has been appointed as the acting Governor of Arunachal Pradesh?
Ans: Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy. He has been given the additional charge of Governor of Arunachal Pradesh during the leave of absence of incumbent Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa.

4. Who became the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea for the year 2016 from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)?
Ans: Captain Radhika Menon, first woman captain of the Indian Merchant Navy.

5. Who has been appointed as the full-time Chairman of Oil India Ltd. ?
Ans: Utpal Bora.

6. From which African nation the Union Government has decided to evacuate its nationals amid Africa’s oldest civil war that ignited in July 2016?
Ans: South Sudan. (Capital: Juba; Currency: pound).

7. ‘Mission Sankat Mochan’ is associated with?
Ans: To evacuate the stranded Indians, and sent two aircraft to ferry them back to India from South Sudan.

8. Koshyari Committee is associated with?
Ans: One Rank One Pension (OROP).

9. Who won the men’s singles title of 2016 Wimbledon?
Ans: Andy Murray. HE defeated Milos Raonic of Canada in the finals.

10. Who won the women’s singles title of 2016 Wimbledon ?
Ans: Serena Williams.

11. Who won the women’s doubles title of 2016 Wimbledon?
Ans: Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

12. Which pair won the mixed doubles title of 2016 Wimbledon ?
Ans: Heather Watson (Britain) and Henri Kontinen (Finland).

13. Which pair won the men’s Doubles title of 2016 Wimbledon?
Ans: Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (France).

14. Which country will deploy THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) an anti-missile system in the Korean Peninsula(South Korea)?
Ans:USA.

15. Who become the first woman Chief Justice of Nepal?
Ans: Justice Sushila Karki. The oath was administered by President Bidya Devi Bhandari at a special programme organised at the Presidential Residence, Sheetal Niwas.

16. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established on ?
Ans: 12 July 1982. (Headquarters : Mumbai; Chairman: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala).

17. Which state tried to set a world record by planting more than five crore saplings in just ten hours ?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh.

18. Renjith Maheswary is associated with which sports?
Ans: Triple jump.

19. Jinson Johnson is associated with which sports?
Ans: Athletics(800m) .

20. Dharambir Singh is associated with which sports?
Ans: Athletics (200m).

21. Anirban Lahiri is associated with which sports?
Ans: Golf.

22. Aditi Ashok is associated with which sports?
Ans: Golf.

23. Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia is associated with which sports?
Ans: Golf.

24. who was conferred with the 51st Jnanpith Award by President Pranab Mukherjee?
Ans: Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari ( Gujarati writer).

25. Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data in the country is released by?
Ans: Central Statistics Office (CSO). Industrial production grew by 1.2 per cent in May 2016.

26. Who was given the charge of Union Ministry of Minority Affairs following the resignation of Najma Hepatullah?
Ans: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

27. Who topped the list of World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes ?
Ans: Taylor Swift.

28. Who authored the book titled “Ringside With Vijender”?
Ans: Rudraneil Sengupta.

29. Who has been appointed as the Chief of Congress party in Uttar Pradesh?
Ans: Raj Babbar .

30. Nabam Tuki who resumed his duty as the Chief Minister of which state?
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh.

31. Which south American country declared a health emergency in 11 states in the north and eastern jungle regions due to an expanding outbreak of the Zika virus?
Ans: Peru.( Capital: Lima; Currency: Sol).

32. “No Dream is Too High” is the autobiography of?
Ans: NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin – the second man to land on moon.

33. The 11th Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit was held in ?
Ans; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

34. Which is the first state in India that gave its nod to set up Happiness Department that will work as knowledge resource centre on the subject of happiness?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh.

35. Which state is observing the Ramayana month (also known as Karkidakam) ?
Ans: Kerala.

DOWNLOAD AS PDF:CLICK ME

PART_2_GK_JULY_2016:

 

1. Who won the 17th edition of prestigious Caine Prize(famously referred as the African Booker Prize) 2016 ?
Ans: Lidudumalingani Mqombothi a South African writer for his short story entitled ‘Memories We Lost’ published in “Incredible Journey: Stories That Move You (Burnet Media, South Africa, 2015)”.

2. The World famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath began in which state?
Ans: Odisha.

3. Om Prakash Sonik who recently passed away was?
Ans: Veteran Music Director.

4. Niranjan Mukundan is associated with which sports?
Ans: swimming. He is a Para swimmer.He won eight medals, including three golds, at the recently-concluded IWAS (International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports) U-23 World Games in Prague, Czech Republic.

5. B Sai Praneeth is associated with which sports?
Ans: Badminton. He won Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Men’s Singles title 2016.

6. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is associated with which sports?
Ans: Football. First Indian football player to play in UEFA Europa League.

7. Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in place of N S Vishwanathan, who has been elevated as Deputy Governor at the central bank?
Ans: Sudarshan Sen.

8. The Objective of Shankar Acharya Committee is?
Ans: to examine desirability and feasibility of new financial year.

9. The Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO) is?
Ans: Guy Ryder.

10. The Headquarters of International Labour Organization (ILO) is based at?
Ans: Geneva, Switzerland.

11. What is India’s Ranking in the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2016, released recently by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF)?
Ans: India was placed at 91st position. Top Five: Singapore (1st) while Finland (2nd), Sweden (3rd), Norway (4th), United States (5th).

12. The Capital of Mozambique is?
Ans: Maputo. (Currency: Metical).

13. Which country built the largest transport aircraft Y-20 which allows the forces to transport cargo and troops over long distances in diverse weather conditions?
Ans: China.

14. Which is the first state in the country to introduce minimum wages for part time workers?
Ans: Rajasthan.

15. Which Institution launched ‘MySpeed’ a mobile application which will help a consumer to measure internet speed on his smartphone and send results to the authority?
Ans: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). (chairman: R. S. Sharma).

16. State Bank of India Day is observed on?
Ans: 1st July.

17. Which Public Sector bank partnered with Flipkart to offer its consumers the facility of pre-approved EMI Facility on purchases?
Ans: State Bank of India (SBI).

18. Which Bank launched ‘Mingle’ application a social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users using which customers can do a host of banking services like checking balance and requesting mini statements on their Facebook or Twitter accounts?
Ans: State Bank of India (SBI).

19. Which Bank launched Digital Villages programme which aims to transform villages into cash less eco-system by adopting them?
Ans: State Bank of India (SBI).

20. What is the amount approved by Govt. for National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme?
Ans: Rs. 10,000 crore with a target of 50 lakh apprentices to be trained by 2019-20.

21. What is the amount approved by Govt for the Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers ?
Ans: 18,276 Crore. Under this scheme, farmers will get short term crop loan payable within one year up to Rs. 3 lakhs at only 4 per cent per annum and Central Government will provide interest subvention of 5 per cent per annum.

22. A new Major port at Enayam near Colachel has been approved by Govt. It is located in which state?
Ans: Tamil Nadu. Currently India has 12 major ports. They are Kandla, Mumbai, JNPT, Marmugao, New Managlore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore, V.O. Chidambarnar, Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia).

23. Which is the first port in the country to implement logistics data tagging of containers?
Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru Port , Mumbai in Maharashtra.

24. ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU) is situated at?
Ans: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.(Director: M V Dhekane).

25. The 27th biannual summit of NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was concluded in?
Ans: Warsaw, Poland. The previous summit was held in Wales, the United Kingdom in 2014.

26. Jacob Zuma is the president of which country?
Ans: South Africa.

27. Which State has decided to conduct a ‘Smart Pulse Survey’ for collecting socio-economic data of 1.48 crore households ?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh.

28. Which State proposed “Fat Tax”(14.5 percent) on Junk Food like pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tacos sold through branded outlets?
Ans: Kerala.

29. Who is the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?
Ans: Justice H. L. Dattu.

30. Which is the most Obese state in the country?
Ans: Punjab followed by Kerala and Goa.

DOWNLOAD AS PDF:CLICK ME

 

PART_1_GK_JULY_2016:

 
1. What is Prashikshak, which was recently launched by Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Mrs.Smriti Irani ?
Ans: an online teacher education portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs). It seeks to strengthen DIETs and bring quality teachers into the school education system.

2. NIVARAN portal is a?
Ans: online system for redressal of service related grievance of serving current and former railway employees. Launched by Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu.

3. The second BRICS Youth Summit, 2016 was held in ?
Ans: Guwahati, Assam.( Assam Chief Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal).

4. The First meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency commenced recently in?
Ans: Visakhapatnam.

5. What is the Theme of second BRICS Youth Summit 2016?
Ans: “Youth as bridge for intra-BRICS exchanges”.

6. Which Indian Public Sector Bank and and the World Bank have signed an agreement worth 4,200 crore rupees (USD 625 million) to support grid-connected rooftop solar programme (GRPV) in the country?
Ans: State Bank of India (SBI) .

7. Which state launched nation’s first Rapid Rural Police Response System across the state to ensure prompt and effective police response in villages to counter any crime or law and order situation in 20 minutes?
Ans: Punjab.

8. UNHRC stands for?
Ans: United Nations Human Rights Commission.

9. Which State banned e-cigarettes following study reports that the use of e-cigarettes could lead to cancer and heart diseases?
Ans: Kerala.

10. Which company will sponsor the Indian contingent at the biggest multi-sport event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games?
Ans: Amul. It is based at Anand in the state of Gujarat was formed in 1946.

11. Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere who recently passed away was?
Ans: Eminent Marathi litterateur and folk scholar, known for his ground-breaking work on Maharashtra’s religious traditions.

12. INS Tarasa is a?
Ans: last ship in the series of four Water Jet Fast Attack Crafts (WJFAC) being built by Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) for the Indian Navy .

13. Ozone layer is present in which layer of the atmosphere?
Ans: stratospheric layer. Ozone is important because it blocks out harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.

14. Who sworn in as the 16th president of the Philippines?
Ans: Rodrigo Duterte.

15. Neerja Bhanot has been posthumously conferred the Bharat Gaurav Award from which country?
Ans: United Kindom.

16. Who won the the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix that was held recently in Spielberg, Austria?
Ans: Lewis Hamilton.

17. Who won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Men’s Singles title?
Ans: B Sai Praneeth.

18. Which Indian pair won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Men’s Doubles title ?
Ans: Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy.

19. Which state signed an MoU with China Fortune Land Development (CFLD) Company to develop a new industrial township in the state at an expense of 5 billion dollar?
Ans: Haryana.

20. Which country banned online media from publishing unverified content, especially from the social media, after the country’s internet regulator punished some major websites that fabricated stories this year?
Ans: China.

21. With which country’s Central Bank, Reserve Bank of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on “Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information?
Ans: Cambodia . National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). (Capital: Phnom Penh; Currency: riel).

22. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is associated with which sports?
Ans: Football. He became the first Indian to play in Europa League. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu plays as a goalkeeper for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Stabæk and the India national team.

23. Exercise RIMPAC(Rim of the Pacific) 2016 is ?
Ans: The Pacific military exercise, at Hawaii with 26 nations participating in the war games that will cover the Hawaiian Island and southern California. The theme of RIMPAC 2016 is Capable, Adaptive, Partners.

24. Alvin Toffler who recently passed away was?
Ans: Writer and futurist. He the authored the book” Future Shock” .

25. Who is the chairperson of the 21st Law commission of India?
Ans: Justice B. S. Chauhan.

 

DOWNLOAD AS PDF: CLICK ME

PART_9_GK_JUNE_2016:

 

1. Who has been appointed as the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India ?

Ans: NS Vishwanathan. He succeeded HR Khan.

2. Number of Deputy Governors RBI can have ?
Ans:Four. RBI has provision for four Deputy Governors, two of whom are appointed from outside — an economist and a commercial banker. The other two Deputy Governors are appointed from within the RBI’s ranks.

3. Which team leads in the latest ICC ODI Team Rankings?
Ans: Australia followed by New Zealand and India(3rd).

4. Who leads in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen?
Ans: AB de Villiers(1st), followed by Virat Kohli (2nd) and Hashim Amla(3rd). Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan occupy the sixth and eighth positions respectively.

5. Who leads in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers?
Ans: West Indian Sunil Narine, followed by New Zealand’s Trent Boult and Bangaldesh’s Shakib Al Hasan.
Ravichandran Ashwin is the highest placed Indian on the 11th spot.

6. Who leads in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders?
Ans: Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan.

7. The Panama Canal a man-made 48-mile (77 km) waterway in Panama connects which two oceans?
Ans: connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

8. Shailesh Nayak Committee is associated with?
Ans: review of the Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ) Notification.

9. UPI stands for?
Ans: Unified Payment Interface.

10. S4A is?
Ans: Scheme for sustainable structuring of stressed assets (S4A).
Unveiled earlier this year by RBI to help the banks deal with bad loans does not seem to be bearing any fruit.

11. DAY-NULM stands for?
Ans: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojna-National Urban Livelihoods Mission.

12. Which scheme/yojana has been renamed as ‘Deen Dayal Antyodaya-Yojana-NULM’ or Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-Rashtriya Shahri Aajeevika Mission’in Hindi?
Ans: National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM).

13. Which Indian female athlete is famously known as “The Golden Girl”?
Ans: P.T. Usha. Also known as Payyoli Express, Queen of Indian Track and Filed. First Indian Women to reach the final of an Olympic Event.

14. Isak Chisi Swu who recently passed away was?
Ans: A veteran Naga Leader and co-founder of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) .

15. Which state launched “Sakhi-One Stop Centre”, an institute that supports women affected by violence?
Ans: Nagaland

16. Torpedo Varunastra, Indigenously-built and recently introduced by Indian Navy is a?
Ans: Heavyweight anti-submarine. It has been developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a premier laboratory of DRDO.

17. The capital of Tanzania is?
Ans: Dodoma. (Currency: shilling).

18. The National Statistics Day is celebrated every year on ?
Ans: June 29 . To mark the birth anniversary of renowned statistician Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis. Year 2016 marks the tenth edition of National Statistics Day.

19. World Statistics Day is celebrated on ?
Ans:20 October.

20. Who won 2016 Presidential election of Iceland ?
Ans: Gudni Johannesson. He will succeed Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, who served 20 years as head of state. He defeated Halla Tomasdottir.

21. Reykjavik is the capital of which country?
Ans: Iceland. (Currency: króna).

22. Who released the book titled “The Birds of Banni Grassland”?
Ans: Prime Minister Narendra Modi . The book was presented to the Prime Minister by the Scientists of Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE).

23. Who has been conferred honorary professorship by the Nanjing Audit University (NAU) in China?
Ans: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Shashi Kant Sharma.

24. Which is the first countries in the world to conduct tests with electric power for heavy transports on public roads?
Ans: Sweden.( Capital : Stockholm; Currency: Krona).

25. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved first set of loans totalling US 509 million dollars to finance projects in which countries?
Ans: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia and Tajikistan.

26. Which country won 2016 Copa America Football tournament?
Ans: Chile. Defeated Argentina in finals.

27. Which ace footballer announced that he would no longer play for the national(Argentina) team?
Ans: Lionel Messi. Announced following Argentina’s loss to Chile in the Copa America final.

28. The striking range of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is?
Ans: 290 Kms.

29. Which country won the 2016 Champions Trophy Hockey Women’s title?
Ans: Argentina.

30. Barak-8 missile which was successfully test-fired recently was co-developed by the Defence Research Development Laboratory (DRDL) of DRDO in partnership with country?
Ans: Israel .

31. What is the amount approved by World Bank for Technical Education Quality Improvement Project III (TEQIP III) in India to improve the quality of engineering education in select Indian states?
Ans: 201.50 million US dollars.

32. The World Bank Board approved the 63 million US dollar project, Tejaswini: Socioeconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in which state?
Ans: Jharkhand.

33. KG Subramanyan passed away recently was ?
Ans: Renowned painter and freedom fighter.

34. Xerxes Sapur Desai who recently passed away was?
Ans: Founder of Titan Company Ltd.

35. Exercise Jalrahat is a?
Ans: a Joint Initiative by State Government and Armed Forces for Flood Relief in Assam.

36. Exercise Prakampana is a?
Ans: Exercise which will be carried out by Indian Navy for relief and assistance in case of a super cyclone at Vizag, Andhra Pradesh in August 2016.

37. Exercise Sahayta is a?
Ans: Exercise which will be undertaken by Indian Air Force on relief and assistance in case of a major earthquake at Bhuj, Gujarat.

38. Which country launched its second Shijian-16 series satellite?
Ans: China .

39. Which organisation releases the Human Capital Report?
Ans: World Economic Forum (WEF).

40. Which country tops the Human Capital Index 2016 ranks?
Ans: Finland (1), Norway (2), Switzerland (3). India occupied the 105th position.

41. Sanjeev Rajput is associated with which sports?
Ans: Shooting. Recently , he clinched the silver medal for India in men’s 50-metre rifle 3 position event of the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Ajerbaijan.

42. Jitu Rai is associated with which sports?
Ans: Shooting. He won silver in the 10 m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

43. What is the term period of new non-permanent members((Ethiopia, Bolivia, Sweden and Kazakhstan) of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) ?
Ans: two-year . They will replace Spain, Malaysia, New Zealand, Angola and Venezuela.

44. World’s largest river island Majuli is located in which river ?
Ans: in the Brahmaputra River in Assam. Assam Govt. declared Majuli as island District.

45. The Objective of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) is?
Ans: boosting the health care facilities for the pregnant women, especially the poor. It also seeks to protect pregnant ladies from infectious diseases.

46. The production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this purpose is called as?
Ans: Sericulture.

47. Which state declared all natural calamities including unseasonal heavy rain, lightning, Loo and storm and others will be treated as state disaster?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh.

48. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)?
Ans: Sujoy Bose.

49. Which state launched a new scheme Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana (KSSY) with an aim to provide education loan at 1 percent interest to students for pursuing higher studies?
Ans: Odisha.

50. Which country became the 35th full member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)?
Ans: India.

 

DOWNLOAD AS PDF:CLICK ME