GK & Current Affairs 2016

1.The world’s longest bullet train network has been established in which country?
China Japan United States Germany

2.What is the theme of 2016 World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)?
Suicide Can Be Prevented! Connect, Communicate, Care Stigma: A Major Barrier to Suicide Prevention Light a candle near a Window

3.The book “Anything but Khamoshi” is the biography of which famous personality?
Rajinikanth Bharathi Pradhan Shatrughan Sinha LK Advani

4.Who has been honoured with 2016 Tamil Ratna award in United States?
Lalit Modi Subramanian Swamy Narendra Modi Lata Mangeshkar

5.Which country is hosting the 2016 Track Asia Cup cycling competition?
China India Bhutan Sri Lanka

Current Events of National and International Importance

1.Which campaign has been launched by Union Government to promote the use of natural gas in India?

GasoneIndia campaign Gas4India campaign GasinIndia campaign GasallIndia campaign

2.Who has won the prestigious 2015 J.C. Daniel Award?

Rani George K G George Balu Mahendra V Sasi

3.The 2016 BRICS Wellness Workshop will be held in which city of India?

Kochi Bengaluru Chennai Mumbai

4.The Union Government has launched which pan-India helpline for power outages?

Urja Power Helpline Urja Mitra Helpline Urja Nihit Helpline Urja Kendra Helpline

5.The world’s first driverless bus service has started in which country?

Japan France Germany Singapore

Current Affairs September 2016

The Ministry of External affairs (MEA) has recently launched a registration module “madad.gov.in” for Indian students studying abroad so they could be reached in case of emergency. Currently, there is no data available on the Indian students studying abroad.

C.K. Asnani, a chemical engineer from Osmania University, has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), an undertaking of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)

Anjum Chopra, a former Indian captain, has become the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

Ankur Dhama, a middle-distance runner, will be the India’s first blind athlete to represent country at 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He will take part in the event with his partner Vipin Kumar. Earlier, Dhama took part at the 2014 Asian Para Games and won a silver medal and two bronze medals.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched advanced weather satellite “INSAT-3DR” into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) by the GSLV-F05 rocket vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikotta, Andhra Pradesh. The INSAT-3DR is a modern weather satellite and has a life expectancy of 10 years. It will help to predict weather patterns and also provide search and rescue information.

Current Affairs Quiz

1.India’s first international conference on cooking gas has held in which city?
Kochi Chennai Bhubaneswar New Delhi

2.Who is the newly elected President of Gabon?
Daniel Ona Ondo Rose Francine Rogombe Jean Ping Ali Bongo Ondimba

3.The BRICS Convention on Tourism has started in which World heritage site of India?
Ajanta Caves Humayun’s Tomb Khajuraho Nalanda Mahavihara

4.Which committee has been constituted by Union Government to study silt in river Ganga in Bihar?
S K Sahu committee Rajnish Ranjan committee A K Sinha committee Nitish Kumar committee

5.Kashmiri Lal Zakir, who passed away recently, was a famous poet in which language?
Urdu Marathi Telugu Tamil