GK Update 14th December 2016

Ques: In which state has Sachin Tendulkar inaugurated projects worth Rs 6 crore at his adopted village of Puttamrajuvari Kandriga near Gudur, 110 km from Tirupati?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh

Ques: Name the former Governor Lieutenant General (Retd.) of Jammu and Kashmir, who passed away after brief illness recently?
Ans: Srinivas Kumar Sinha

Ques: Which firm has launched Internet of Things (IoT) services venture named “UNLIMIT” in association with Cisco Jasper?
Ans: Reliance Group

Ques: Which word has been named international word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries.
Ans: Post- truth

Ques: Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius Anirood Jugnauth has inaugurated an AYUR Herbarium project in which state?
Ans: Goa

Ques: In Which city Bollywood theme Parks has opened with fanfare, fireworks, dance, music and simulator 4D shows based on hit Hindi-language movies?
Ans: Dubai, UAE

Ques: Who has won the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals title, after defeating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the final?
Ans: Andy Murray

Ques: Who has honoured with an international peace prize for his efforts in ensuring world peace?
Ans: Shri Shri Ravishankar

Ques: Name the Information and Broadcasting Minister, who has inaugurated a multimedia exhibition on the theme of ‘Aazadi 70 Saal, Yaad Karo Kurbani’ to commemorate 70 years of India’s Independence and its depiction through films?
Ans: M Vankaia Naidu
Ques: Name the former governor of Madhya Pradesh, who has passed away recently?
Ans: Ram Naresh Yadav

Ques: Who has won the 2016 International Maritime Organization (IMO) award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea at IMO Headquarter?
Ans: Captain Radhika Menon

Ques: Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who was awarded the prestigious Mother Teresa International Award by the Mumbai-based NGO Harmony Foundation recently, is a minister in
Ans: UAE

Ques: What is the strike range of indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile?
Ans: 700 metres

GK update 13th December 2016

Ques: Name the mission, which has launched by Pranab Mukherjee on his 81st birthday to end child labour, child slavery and violence against children?
Ans:100 Million for 100 Million campaign

Ques: Name the place, where the first India-China Think-Tanks Forum started?
Ans:New Delhi

Ques: Name the cricketer, who has scored three double hundreds in a 2016 playing against England?
Ans: Virat Kohli

Ques:Name the Athlete, who became the first Indian to win a medal at the 2016 Mr Olympia event?
Ans: Iqbal Sayed

Ques: Name the woman, who has became the first canadian woman to appear on canadian $10 bill?
Ans: Viola Desmond

Ques: Name the country, which has launched  a spacecraft for the International Space Station, carrying a large magnetic space junk collector to divert the space junk toward Earth’s atmosphere?
Ans: Japan

Ques: Who has been appointed as a new Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBTD) Member?
Ans: Rajendra Kumar

Ques: Name the company, which has tied up with The Department of Science and Technology (DST) to formed a public-private partnership to conduct research on water and air pollution monitoring.
Abs: Intel

Ques: Name the documentary movie, which has won the  Award of Recognition at Australian film festival?
Ans: Raising the bar

Ques: Who has been appointed as a new prime minister of New Zealand?
Ans: Bill English

GK Update 25th November 2016

Ques: Recently RBI has hit a record high of bank deposit. What is the amount claimed?
Ans: ₹4.3 trillion

Ques: Which Indian university has been named the top university for job placement?
Ans: IIT Kharagpur

Ques: Which country will chair the Energy Club of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
Ans: Turkey


Ques: Who has been appointed as the new US ambassador to UN?
Ans: Nikki Haley


Ques: At what place was India placed on the ITU index released by the UN International Telecommunication Union?
Ans: 138th

Ques: Who has been appointed as the new chairman of NHAI?
Ans: Yudhvir Singh Malik

Ques: Raghav Chandra has been appointed as the new secretary of which governmental unit?
Ans: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

GK Update 23rd November 2016

Ques: Who became the new president of FICCI?
Ans: Pankaj R Patel

Ques: Who was conferred the first World Sanskrit Award?
Ans: Maha Chakri Sirindhron

Ques: From when has the Swiss Bank agreed to share account information with Indian Government?
Ans: From September 2018 and onwards

Ques: Indian Government has asked NABARD to disburse _______ crore to farmers.
Ans: ₹ 21,000

Ques: Name the Indian Journalist who has been conferred with the International Press Freedom Award for her reporting from Chhattisgarh's Naxal-infested Bastar area.
Ans: Malini Subramaniam

Ques: Which renowned Musician passed away on 22 November 2016?
Ans: M Balamuralikrishna

Ques: Which renowned Hindi and Bhojpuri litterateur died?
Ans: Dr. Viveki Rai

GK knowledge 10th November 2016

Ques: A joint expedition team of Indo Tibetan border Police and Indian mountaineering had recently became the first to scale which mountain?
Ans: Mt. Kangto

Ques: Which is the highest peak of Arunachal Pradesh?
Ans: Mt. Kangto

Ques: Who is the agriculture minister of Rajasthan?
Ans: Prabhu Lal Saini

Ques: Which news channel has been banned from broadcasting for 1 day?
Ans: NDTV

Ques: What is the full form of NSG?
Ans:

Ques: Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director of RBI?
Ans: M Rajeshwar Rao

Ques: CEO of KPMG India is planning to retire. Who is the CEO of KPMG India?
Ans: Richard Rekhy

Ques: Which Bangladeshi cricket player has been acquitted in maid torture case?
Ans: Shahadat Hussain

Ques: Who is has been selected as the president of United States of America?
Ans: Donald Trump

GK Update 3rd October 2016

Which south African player became the 1st cricketer to score a century in all formats at the same venue?

Ans. Faf du Plessis

Ques. Which Indian golfer won his sixth Asian Tour title, winning the Korea Open in Incheon.

Ans. Gaganjeet Bhullar

Ques. What is the theme of The third annual White House Student Film Festival?

Ans. The world I want to live in

Ques. Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix?

Ans. Daniel Ricciardo

Ques. India's Right to Information (RTI) Act, that was passed in 2005, has been ranked ___ best in the world, according to the latest rankings of 111 nations with such laws.

Ans. 4th

Ques. Which Railway Station has been named the cleanest railway station in India?

Ans. Surat railway station

Ques. Who becomes the first Indian to complete the Spartathlon, widely described as the "world's toughest race".

Ans. Kieren Dsouza

Ques. Which South Indian actor became the 1st to get his wax statue at the Madame Tussade, Bankok?

Ans. Prabhas

GK update 28th March 2016

Ques. Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment' report is given by-

Ans. United Nations Environment Programme

Ques. According to BMI Research, growth of Indian Economy for the year 2016-17 is-

Ans. 7.2 %

Ques. Which country has launched its first cyber security public organization aimed at better safeguarding national cyber security and guiding internet companies in performing their duties?

Ans. China

Ques. Recently Union Health Minister JP Nadda launched Rota Virus vaccine free of cost in which city?

Ans. Bhubaneswar

Ques. Recently which country's first modern stock exchange, Yangon Stock Exchange was officially opened for trading?

Ans. Myanmar

Ques. Recently former MP Lal Muni Chaubey died due to prolonged illness in New Delhi. He belongs to which party?

Ans. BJP

Ques. Scientists working on NASA’s Cassini mission have identified the highest point on Saturn’s largest moon Titan. Titan’s tallest peak is ____ meter high.

Ans. 3,337

Ques. Northwest China's Qinghai Province has issued a regulation on protection of which remote nature reserve?

Ans. HohXil

GK update 11th February 2016

Ques. What is the new name of Shah Rukh Khan-owned Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel?
Ans. Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR)

Ques. Which state government has put a cap on the prices charged by cab companies?
Ans. Karnataka government

Ques. Which Indian businessman has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering based in USA?
Ans. Mukesh Ambani

Ques. Who has been appointed as a Secretary, Railway Board?
Ans. R. K. Verma

Ques. Ministry of Railways and Government of --------------------- for Formation of Joint Venture Companies for Development of Railway Infrastructure in the State.
Ans. Chhattisgarh

Ques. Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the --------------------High Court.
Ans. Bombay

Ques. What route length has been proposed to be constructed for the four Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri?
Ans. 900 km

Ques. What is the expected growth rate of Indian Economy according to CRISIL research, for 2016-17?
Ans. 7.9 percent

Ques. On which personalities London School of Economics has released archival documents to mark his 125th birth anniversary?
Ans. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Ques. Manpreeth Kaur senior won ------------- while Manpreet Kaur junior took ------------ medal in Women’s Shot Put at 12th South Asian Games.
Ans. Gold, Silver

Ques. Which country is at the top of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce International IP Index "Infinite Possibilities" released by GIPC?
Ans. USA

GK update 10th February 2016

Ques. According to the government, what is the number of cases pending in lower court?
Ans. 2 crore

Ques. Nepal’s former ----------------- Sushil Koirala passed away.
Ans. Prime Minister

Ques. Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been elected the President of South Asian Wrestling Federation, while Tabiur Rehman from ------------------- was elected as the Secretary General of SAWF.
Ans. Bangladesh

Ques. What is the GDP growth estimated by the Central Statistics Office of the country for the current fiscal 2015-16?

Ans. 7.6 per cent

Ques. Which stadium will host the final of the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2017?
Ans. The Lord's

Ques. Which Indian has become the highest paid CEO in the US?
Ans. Sundar Pichai

Ques. Sushila Panwar has secured gold medal at the 12th South Asian Games, she is associated with which of the following sports?
Ans. Weightlifting

Ques. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India has signed the Grant Agreement for India Aviation Safety Technical Assistance Phase II in New Delhi, with which of the following countries?
Ans. USA

Ques. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister ---------------------------- has released the Hydrocarbon Vision Document 2030 for North East in Guwahati.
Ans. Dharmendra Pradhan

Ques. Which institution has ruled against differential pricing for data services giving a big boost to Net Neutrality?
Ans. TRAI

Ques. New Zealand cricketer Brendon ------------------- McCullum retired from One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
Ans. Barrie

GK update 9th February 2016

Ques. Who won the women's single's title at the South Asian Games?
Ans. Joshna Chinappa

Ques. Scientists are investigating a suspected meteorite death in which Indian state?
Ans. Tamil Nadu

Ques. What is the name of the joint Indo - Nepal army exercise?
Ans. Surya Kiran

Ques. Where is Surya Kiran exercise being held?
Ans. Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand

Ques. Which Indian warship is being planned to be converted into a tourism centre after being decommissioned?
Ans. INS Viraat

Ques. Which state is constituting wakf board under wakf act 1995?
Ans. Punjab

Ques. Which refinery has again become country's top refiner after its state of the art refinery dedicated to the nation in Odisha?
Ans. Paradeep

Ques. At which place India and China conducted their first joint tactical exercise?
Ans. Laddakh

Ques. In how many languages a 24x7 Toll Free Tourist Infoline has been launched by the Ministry of Tourism & Culture and Ministry of Civil Aviation?
Ans. 12

Ques. The Central Govrnment of India has approved to set up a Sanskrit University in-
Ans. Jharkhand

Ques. Dan Hicks has died recently. He was-
Ans. a singer

Ques. Which country has won the 2016 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) after beating Mali football team 3-0?
Ans. Congo

Ques. India has bagged ----------------- medal in Compound women's archery at the 12th South Asian Games (SAG).
Ans. Gold

Ques. North Korea launched a long-range rocket from the --------------------- launch station of North Korea.
Ans. Tongchangri

Ques. Which company has won a five-year IT infrastructure management deal from Assa Abloy group, a Swedish major in door opening solutions.
Ans. Wipro

Ques. Renowned -------------- and Hindi poet Nida Fazli died recently.
Ans. Urdu