Weekly Update: INDIA: Week5, January 2016

Ques. Who has been named as the advisor to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar?

Ans. Prashant Kishor

Ques. Which language was made the official language of India?

Ans. Hindi

Ques. Where is India's tallest and largest tricolour situated?

Ans. Ranchi

Ques. Who hoisted India's tallest and largest tricolour in Ranchi?

Ans. Manohar Parrikar

Ques. Sushma Swaraj is in Bahrain to attend?

Ans. first India-Arab Ministerial meeting

Ques. AC Jose passed away recently. He was -?

Ans. Former Kerala assembly speaker

Ques. Which indiginously made helicopter took part in the international air show?

Ans. Dhruv

Ques. India's which indigenous Light Combat Aircraft took part in the international air show?

Ans. Tejas

Ques. CIC stands for?

Ans. Central Information Commission

Ques. Mahindra defence has signed an agreement with which French company to make helicopters?

Ans. Airbus

Ques. India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging centre in_____ that will give Hanoi access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites that cover the region, including China and the South China Sea

Ans. Vietnam

Ques. How many Rafale jets will India buy from France?

Ans. 36

Ques. PM Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande inaugurated the interim secretariat of ?

Ans. International Solar Alliance (ISA)

Ques. India with which country has signed an agreement for cooperation on a coordinated grant competition for conducting basic and exploratory scientific research?

Ans. Russia

Ques. With which country has India signed a Protocol recently amending the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention with that country?

Ans. Armenia

Ques. Veteran actress Rekha has been honored with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award recently. Which state has conferred this award on her?

Ans. Maharashtra

Ques. Which state government has launched special weekly free clinics for women to provide free check up, treatment, tests and medicines?

Ans. Madhya Pradesh

Ques. Who is the chief minister of Kerala?

Ans. Oomman Chandy

Ques. Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot launched an exclusive job portal for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). What portfolio he holds?

Ans. Ministery of Social Justice and Empowerment

Ques. The list of 20 smart cities out of the 98 shortlisted for the 'Smart Cities Mission' has been released to receive funds. What is the total number of capital cities under this mission?

Ans. 24

Ques. Who headed the Expenditure Management Commission which submitted its final report to the government recently?

Ans. Bimal Jalan

Ques. Six Indian-manufactured Metro rail coaches have been exported to which country?

Ans. Australia

Ques. "Mukhyamantri Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan" is a water conservation mission of which state government?

Ans. Rajasthan Government

Ques. Who is the excise minister of Kerala?

Ans. K. Babu

Weekly Update: WORLD: Week5, January 2016

Ques. Which country has been ranked number one in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index?

Ans. Denmark

Ques. India has overtaken which country to become the world's largest rice exporter in 2015?

Ans. Thailand

Weekly Update: SPORTS: Week5, January 2016

Ques. Sait Nagjee football tournament was inaugurated by?

Ans. Ronaldinho

Ques. After how many years India has regained its No. 1 ICC Test ranking recently?

Ans. Five

Ques. Which organisation has named the Netherlands pair of Robert Van Der Horst and Lidewij Welten as the 2015 Players of the Year in the men's and women's categories respectively?

Ans. The International Hockey Federation (FIH)

Ques. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced Ireland's South African coach ---------------- as 2015's Coach of the Year in men's category.

Ans. Craig Fulton

Ques. David Warner of Australia has won the Allan Border Medal for the first time and also the 'Test Player of the Year' award. What role he has in the Australian cricket team?

Ans. Vice-captain

Ques. Who won the women's doubles title in Australian Open?

Ans. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

Ques. The Indian women's cricket team scripted history on Friday by clinching its maiden Twenty20 series win against which team?

Ans. Australia

Ques. Who won the women's single title at Australian Open?

Ans. Angelique Kerber

Weekly Update: FINANCE/ECONOMY: Week5, January 2016

Ques. How much is the budget Telengana government has decided for 2016-2017?

Ans. Rs 1.40 lakh crore

Ques. What amount has been raised Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), through Non Convertible Debenture?

Ans. Rs 425 crore

Ques. World Economic Forum is being held at?

Ans. Davos-Klosters, Switzerland.

Ques. Rajasthan has become the third State to sign the MoU under UDAY scheme, which are the other two States?

Ans. Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh

Ques. Ministry of Railways has signed two Separate Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with which two state governments for “Formation of Joint Venture Companies for Development of Railway Infrastructure in these States?

Ans. Kerala and Andhra Pradesh

Ques. For the capital cities of which two states Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $80-million loan agreement with the Centre to help continue improving infrastructure?

Ans. Mizoram and Tripura

Ques. What is the proposed amount of loan that would be provided to students under the Students Credit Card?

Ans. 4 Lakhs

Ques. Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  with which NBFC for vehicle financing?

Ans. Magma Fincorp

Ques. Excise duty on petrol has been hiked by Re __ per litre and Rs __ on diesel

Ans. 1, 1.50

Weekly Update: DEMISES: Week5, January 2016

Ques. Famous ------------------ Actor Abe Vigoda passed away recently.

Ans. American

Ques. Arindam Sen Gupta passed away. He was?

Ans. Managing editor of Times of India (TOI)

Ques. Former Army Chief General KV Krishna Rao, passed away recently. He played an important role in which war?

Ans. Bangladesh Liberation War

Weekly Update: BOOKS: Week5, January 2016

Ques. What is the name of second part of the President Pranab Mukherjee's memoir?

Ans. The Turbulent Years: 1980-1996

Ques. A book "Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition" on the partition of India in 1947 and its fatal consequences has won a 'William E. Colby Award 2016' in US. Who is the author of this book?

Ans. Nisid Hajari

Weekly Update: AWARDS: Week5, January 2016

Ques. Which Indian origin dentist in Melbourne has been honoured with the highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia?

Ans. Sajeev Koshy

Ques. Indian activist Henri Tiphagne is the first Indian to receive the Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016. Which arm of Amnesty International confers Human Rights Award?

Ans. Germany

Ques. A book "Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition" on the partition of India in 1947 and its fatal consequences has won a 'William E. Colby Award 2016' in US. Who is the author of this book?

Ans. Nisid Hajari

Weekly Update: APPOINTMENTS: Week5, January 2016

Ques. Who has been appointed as the spokesperson for Congress party?

Ans. Manish Tiwari

Ques. Who has been appointed as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh by the Supreme Court of India recently?

Ans. Sanjay Mishra

Ques. Who has been appointed as the new police commissioner of Mumbai?

Ans. Datta Padsalgikar

Weekly Update: ABBREVIATION: Week5, January 2016

Ques. What does USFDA stands for?

Ans. United States Food and Drug Administration

Weekly Update: WORLD: Week4, January 2016

World during the fourth week of Jan 2016 i.e. 17/01/2016 to 23/01/2016

Ques. For which European country China has sent a its first communication satellite, Belintersat-1?

Ans. Belarus

Ques. In which of the following year China will send a new lunar mission to the dark side of the moon?

Ans. 2018

Ques. Where is Galle Literary Festival being held?

Ans. Sri Lanka

Ques. Who is the first female President of Taiwan?

Ans. Tsai Ing-wen

Ques. Which country for the first time, has launched an online system to check the “authenticity” of top Tibetan Buddhist monks, amid growing incidents of fraud involving religious leaders?

Ans. China

Ques. Which Indian neighbour has conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed nuclear capable cruise missile Ra’ad with a range of 350 kms?

Ans. Pakistan

Ques. Amina J. Mohammed, who will serve the next chair of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is the environment minister of which country?

Ans. Nigeria

Weekly Update: DEMISES: Week4, January 2016

Demises/deaths during the fourth week of Jan 2016 i.e. 17/01/2016 to 23/01/2016

Ques. V. Rama Rao died recently. He was a former governor of which state?

Ans. Sikkim

Weekly Update: AWARDS: Week4, January 2016

Awards during the fourth week of Jan 2016 i.e. 17/01/2016 to 23/01/2016

Ques. Who has won the European Commission's prestigious Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for 2015 in Asia and the Pacific amateur category?

Ans. Ankita Anand

Ques. What is the name of the Indian-American Scientist who has won the prestigious National Medal of Science?

Ans. Rakesh K. Jain

Ques. Who won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature?

Ans. Anuradha Roy

Ques. What is the rank of India among the top markets considered as most important for overall growth according to the annual global CEO survey of PwC released at the WEF Annual Meeting?

Ans. Fifth

Ques. What is the rank of India in the inaugural list of the world's best countries, released on the sidelines of WEF Annual Meeting?

Ans. 22nd

Weekly Update: BOOKS: Week4, January 2016

Books during the fourth week of Jan 2016 i.e. 17/01/2016 to 23/01/2016

Ques. 'The Z Factor: My Journey as the Wrong Man at the Right Time' is an autobiography of Dr. Subhash Chandra, he is the chairman of-

Ans. Essel Group

Weekly Update: APPOINTMENTS: Week4, January 2016

Appointments during the fourth week of Jan 2016 i.e. 17/01/2016 to 23/01/2016

Ques. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

Ans. Atulesh Jindal

Ques. Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Moldova?

Ans. Pavel Filip

Weekly Update: DAYS: Week2, January 2016

Important days during the fourth week of Jan 2016 i.e. 17/01/2016 to 23/01/2016

Ques. Every year, India observes National Immunisation Day in January to mark the launch of-

Ans. pulse polio programme

Weekly Update: INDIA: Week4, January 2016

India during the fourth week of Jan 2016 i.e. 17/01/2016 to 23/01/2016

Ques. Dr. Harsh Vardhan who inaugurated the new user-friendly website of IMD and dedicated to the nation the System of Aerosol Monitoring And Research (SAMAR) is Union Minister of-

Ans. Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences

Ques.  Dr. Jitendra Singh recently inaugurated the “Hall of Nuclear Power” exhibition. Which ministry he does he hold?

Ans. (1) MoS (I/C) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER),

(2) MoS PMO

(3) Mos Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions,

(4) MoS Atomic Energy and Space

Ques. What is the name of the exhibition by the artist Shri Sudarshan Shetty at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA)?

Ans. Shoonya Ghar

Ques. Who is the secretary of DIPP?

Ans. Amitabh Kant

Ques. Who inaugurated the India-Palestine Digital Learning and Innovation Centre at the campus of the Al Quds University in Ramallah.

Ans. Sushma Swaraj

Ques. Who is the Social Justice Minister?

Ans. Thaawarchand Gehlot

Ques. Who inaugurated the Sikkim Organic Festival 2016?

Ans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Ques. Indian Space Research Oraganisation (ISRO) launched India's fifth navigation satellite powered by PSLV - C31 rocket. What is the name of this satellite?

Ans. IRNSS-1E

Ques. The first Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) has been inaugurated at which place?

Ans. Shilong

Ques. India with which country has agreed to strengthen economic cooperation in infrastructure and financial services to address cross-border tax evasion and avoidance?

Ans. UK

Ques. Which company has announced to launch Indo-Nepal remittance services in partnership with Nepal's Prabhu Money Group?

Ans. Eko

Ques. International Conference on “Cooperative Federalism: National Perspectives and International Experience” was held in-

Ans. New Delhi

Ques.  'Mahamana Express' was recently flagged off by ther Prime Minister from-

Ans. Varanasi

Ques. Umaid Bhawan Palace in ------------------------- has been declared world's best hotel in the Travellers' choice awards by the world's biggest travel site TripAdvisor.

Ans. Jodhpur

Weekly Update: FINANCE/ECONOMY: Week4, January 2016

Finance/Economy during the fourth week of Jan 2016 i.e. 17/01/2016 to 23/01/2016

Ques. Which state's commercial tax department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for sharing of foreign exchange realization data?

Ans. Bihar

Ques. Which among the following is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in which it has increased its shareholding by contributing Rs.1,000 crore towards its paid-up capital?

Ans. National Housing Bank

Ques. With which company the Cochin Port Trust has entered into an MoU for the running of weekly container train service from Irugur ICD, Coimbatore to ICTT Vallarpadam, Cochin Port.

Ans. CONCOR

Ques. India has been elected to the board of directors of-?

Ans. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Ques. In which sector does BTI Payments operate from which the technology giant IBM has bagged a 7-year deal worth USD 40 million?

Ans. a white Label ATM (WLA) operator

Ques. How many girls are there among twenty five children, who have been selected for the National Bravery Awards for 2015?

Ans. 3

Ques. Which company has taken over the management and control of Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Co Ltd (PDOC)?

Ans. Reliance Infrastructure Ltd

Ques. The International Monetary Fund cut its global economic growth forecast for 2016 to-?

Ans. 3.4 percent

Ques. How much expenditure has been approved by the Cabinet for Solar projects?

Ans. Rs. 5,050 crore

Ques. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed banks to sell India Gold Coins (IGC) with ------------------ manufactured by public sector MMTC Ltd.

Ans. Ashok Chakra

Ques. What is the medium term and long term duration of Gold Monetisation Schemes for which the RBI has allowed depositors to withdraw pre-maturely after the minimum lock-in period? 

Ans.  5-7 year and 12-15 years

Ques. ONGC Videsh Ltd, has entered into an agreement with which African Nation for cooperation in upstream hydrocarbon sector?

Ans. Equatorial Guinea

Weekly Update: SPORTS: Week4, January 2016

Ques. Who will represent Indian runners at the Rio Olympics?

Ans. Gopi T and Kheta Ram

Ques. Who became the fastest player to score 7000 ODI runs?

Ans. Virat Kohli

Ques. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named as captain of Rising Pune Supergiants. Who is the owner of this team?

Ans. Sanjiv Goenka

Ques. To which of the following sports firm the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has signed as its marketing rights partner for the next two years?

Ans. IOS Sports & Entertainment

Ques. Which U-15 badminton player has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Life Insurance Company PNB Metlife India?

Ans. Vaishnavi Reddy

Ques. Lleyton Hewitt who announced his retirement from tennis recently belonges to which country?

Ans. Australia

Weekly Update: ABBREVIATION: Week4, January 2016

Ques. What is the abbreviation of DIPP?

Ans. department of industrial policy and promotion

Weekly Update: World: Week2, January 2016

World during the second week of Jan 2016 i.e. 03/01/2016 to 09/01/2016

Ques. Filippo Grandi took over as Chief of the office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He belongs to which country?

Ans. Italy

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

Ans. Serbian Tiger

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

Ans. Tokyo

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

Ans. Belarus

Ques. Which country has claimed that it has successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test?

Ans. North Korea