Current Affairs - Current Affairs

Exercise : Daily Current Affairs
  • January 4, 2017 Current Affairs
1.
Who has won the 2016 World Blitz Chess Championship?
Sergey Karjakin
Anna Muzychuk
Magnus Carlsen
Daniil Dubov
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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2.
Who has been appointed as an Adviser (policy & planning) in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)?
Sandip Ray Chaudhury
V Thiruppugazh
P K Mishra
Manoj Kumar Sahoo
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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3.
Name the Karnataka Minister who passed away recently while he was in Chikkamagaluru to attend the silver jubilee celebrations of the Transport Cooperative Society at Koppa?
Ananth Padmanabhan
Tabish Khair
Mahadev Prasad
Injeti Srinivas
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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4.
Name China's table tennis Olympic champion who announced her retirement through social media in January 2017.
Li Xiaoxia
Liu Shiwen
Ding Ning
Feng Tianwei
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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5.
It is with this country India reached an agreement on fisherman issue.
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Maldives
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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6.
Who has been appointed as the new leader of People's Party of Arunachal?
Takam Pario
Kamen Ringu
Pema Khandu
Kahfa Bengia
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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7.
The book "Death Under The Deodars: The Adventures of Miss Ripley-Bean" has been authored by whom?
Vikram Seth
Amitav Ghosh
Jumpa Lahiri
Ruskin Bond
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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8.
Who was appointed as Executive Director of RBI in place of US Paliwal?
Kabeer Bedi
Sushila Khurana
Surekha Marandi
Kunal Singh
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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9.
Which country has become the first in the world to pay basic income to randomly picked citizens on national level?
Indonesia
Finland
France
Sri Lanka
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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10.
K V Pusa, who passed away recently, was the noted politician of which state?
Manipur
Arunachal Pradesh
Tripura
Nagaland
Answer: Option
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11.
H S Mahadeva Prasad, who passed away recently, was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of which constituency?
Dharwad constituency
Chikkodi constituency
Bagalkot constituency
Gundlupet constituency
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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12.
"OnChat" a chatbot service has been launched by which bank to allow users to make payments through Facebook Messenger?
State Bank of India
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
Axis Bank
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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13.
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds
Justice H. J. Kania
Justice T. S. Thakur
Justice H. L. Dattu
Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha
Answer: Option
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14.
The World Braille Day (WBD) is observed on which date?
January 3
January 5
January 2
January 4
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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15.
Who won the 2016 Mubadala World Tennis Championship?
Novak Djokovic
Nicolas Almagro
Rafael Nadal
David Goffin
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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16.
Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI)?
J S Khehar
Madan Lokur
Kamlesh Khehar
T S Patil
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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17.
Renowned English art critic John Berger recently passed away. He had won the 1972 Booker Prize for which of the following novels?
From A to X
Ways of Seeing
G.
A Painter of Our Time
Answer: Option
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18.
What is the India's rank in offering highest salaries to expats, as per 2016 HSBC Expat Explorer Survey?
11th
31st
23rd
3rd
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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19.
Which multilateral organisation lifted 3-year ban on import of vegetables from India?
European Union
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
North American Free Trade Agreement
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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20.
Name the Australian opening batsman who was recently inducted into ICC Hall of Fame posthumously.
Arthur Morris
Alan Connolly
Graeme Watson
Ian Davis
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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