Tuesday, 26 January 2016
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
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