GK update 7th January 2016

Ques. Who won the gold at Swedish air-rifle championship?
Ans. Apurvi Chandela

Ques. By how much amount has the central government cut the support to railways this financial year?
Ans. Rs. 12000 crore

Ques. Ratan Tata has invested in which company?
Ans. Tracxn

Ques. Which Mumbai cricketer has become the first batsman in the country to score 1000 plus runs in an innings in any form of cricket?
Ans. Pranav Dhanawade

Ques. Which prominent educationist and social reform’s 200th birth anniversary celebrations were held on January 6, 2016 at Nadia, WB?
Ans. Pandit Madan Mohan Tarkalankar

Ques. The 7th National Conference on Women in Police is being held at which location in Kadarpur Gurgaon from Jan 6-8, 2016?
Ans. CRPF Academy

Ques. Indian space agency ISRO is setting up the country’s first space park at which location?
Ans. Bengaluru

Ques. Traces of which animal were found for the first time in China’s Jilin province by forest officials?
Ans. Serbian Tiger

Ques. Following the Rann Utsav, the second edition of the Polo Utsav is being celebrated. What is its other name?
Ans. Green Festival

Ques. Which NASA observatory has found evidence of powerful has blasts produced by supermassive black holes 26 million light years from earth, triggering the formation of new stars?
Ans. Chandra

Ques. For what purposes Tata Trusts signed an agreement with Mars, Incorporated?
Ans. Development of agriculture in India

Ques. In which state Ganga Gram Yojana has been launched?
Ans. Uttar Pradesh

Ques. Which city has topped top-30 list of the World’s most powerful, productive and connected cities prepared by JLL?
Ans. Tokyo

Ques. Which has become the first state to sign a MoU with the Union Government for UDAY scheme?
Ans. Jharkhand

Ques. Who has been appointed as Chairman of General Motors (GM)?
Ans. Mary Barra

Ques. Who has been awarded with the 2015 Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award?
Ans. Syed Kirmani

Ques. Recently LinkedIn appointed ________ as Country Manager for India.
Ans. Akshay Kothari

Ques. Recently former Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia passed away. In which year he was appointed as CJI of India?
Ans. 2010

Ques. Recently how many agreements have been signed between Pakistan and Sri Lanka?
Ans. Eight

Ques. Recently Pakistan has declared its capital Islamabad as sister city of Minsk. Minsk is the capital city of which country?
Ans. Belarus