Current affairs Questions set 5

1. Who has been appointed as National Stock Exchange chairman after obtaining approval from
Securities Exchange Board of India?

A. Vinod Chawla
B. Ashok Kumar
C. S.B. Mathur
D. Ashok Chawla

Answer – D. Ashok Chawla

Explanation: Mumbai based India’s biggest exchange, NSE, had nominated Ashok Chawla as
its new chairman after obtaining a clearance from the market regulator Securities and Exchange
Board of India. He is set fill the shoes of previous holder S.B. Mathur.

2. Which State Government approved the bicycle highway to promote Eco-Tourism that will
surround the various historical and Tourism Spots?

A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Maharashtra
D. Andhra Pradesh

Answer – A. Uttar Pradesh

Explanation: State Government has approved the 200 Km Long bicycle highway from Agra to
the Lion Safari in Etawah to promote Eco-Tourism in the surroundings of the Taj Mahal.
Inaugurated by: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav

3. Prime Minister launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana at Ballia for which purpose over the
next three years?

A. Cooking Oil
B. Cooking Kerosene
C. Cooking Gas
D. All the above

Answer – C. Cooking Gas

Explanation: Prime Minister launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana at Ballia to provide 5
crore Cooking gas connections to below-poverty-line beneficiaries in three years.
4. Name the actor who was conferred the National Film Award for Best Actor?

a) Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani

b) Amitabh Bachchan for Piku
c) Allu Arjun for Race Gurram
d) Mahesh Babu for Dookudu

Answer-b

5. Who was appointed Managing Director (MD) of Bharti Retail?

a) Rakesh Biyani
b) Yusuf Siddiqui
c) John Matthews
d) Kishore Biyani

Answer- D

6. Who publicly identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin?

a) Craig Steven Wright

b) Satoshi Nakamoto
c) Joseph Thomas
d) None of the above

Answer-a

7. Name the football club that was crowned champions of English Premier League.
a) Tottenham Hotspur
b) Chelsea
c) Leicester City
d) Southampton

Answer-c

8. in which State/Region did the Supreme Court of India banned all diesel cabs from 1 May
2016?
a) Pondicherry
b) Delhi-NCR
c) Daman & Diu
d) None of These
Answer-b

9. World Biodiversity day is being celebrated on which day to emphasize people’s livelihoods
and sustainable development in across the domain of activity?

A.22nd May
B.23rd May
C.21st May
D.24th May

Answer – A.22nd May

Explanation: International Day for Biological Diversity also called World Biodiversity Day was
created in 1993 by the United Nations for the promotion of biodiversity issues.

10. Who has been appointed as Lt Governor of Pondicherry for two years after the successor of
Lt General Ajay Singh?

A. Virendra Kataria
B. Kiran Bedi
C. Rangarajan
D. None of these

Answer – B. Kiran Bedi

Explanation: The BJP government has named former IPS officer and BJP leader Kiran Bedi as
the lieutenant-governor of Pondicherry for nearly two years. The country’s first woman to serve
as IPS was put under the additional charge of Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island.

11. Pench Tiger Reserve is situated in __?

A. Kerala
B. Gujarat
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Rajasthan

Answer –C. Madhya Pradesh

12. The G7 Finance summit began at ______________ to balance the growth of the global
economy amid the slowing down of the China Economy and other emerging countries.

A. Tokyo in Japan
B. Sendai in Japan
C. Beijing in China
D. Shanghai in China

Answer – B. Sendai in Japan

Explanation: The G7 finance summit begins at Sendai in Japan to give fillip for balancing the
growth of the global economy amid the slowing down of the Chinese economy and those of
other emerging countries

13. Who has been elected as the Chief Minister of the Assam and maiden victory of BJP in
Legislative Assembly in Assam?

A. Sarbananda Sonowal
B. Tarun Gogoi
C. Manohar Parikkar
D. Rajender Sarkar

Answer – A. Sarbananda Sonowal

14. Who is Left Democratic Front Party member and also Chief Minister of Kerala?

A. Shri Kalikho Pul

B. Shri Tarun Gogoi
C. Shri Pinarayi Vijayan
D. Shri Nitish Kumar

Answer – C. Shri Pinarayi Vijayan

14. World Press Freedom is celebrated every year on ___________________ to mark the
international community that freedom of the press and expression?

A. May 2nd
B. May 3rd
C. May 1st
D. May 4th

Answer – B. May 3rd

15. Who has been appointed as India’s Goodwill Ambassador in addition to Shooter Abhinav
Bindra to represent Indian at Rio Olympics?

A. Yuvraj Singh
B. Mary Kom
C. PT Usha
D. Sachin-Tendulkar

Answer – D. Sachin Tendulkar

Explanation: The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has accepted India’s Olympic Association’s
invitation to become the Goodwill Ambassador for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Earlier the IOA
named Beijing Games gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra as another Goodwill Ambassador.

16. Name the Cricketer who became the youngest Cricketer to score 10000 test runs.

a) Alex Hales
b) Alastair Cook
c) Joe Root
d) James Anderson

Answer-b

17. Who of the following was adjudged as the player of the series in the final match of 2016
Indian Premier League?

a) Chris Gayle
b) Ben Cutting
c) Virat Kohli
d) Chris Gayle

Answer-c

18. Name the football club that won 2016 European Champions League.

a) Real Madrid
b) Atletico Madrid
c) Barcelona
d) Manchester United

Answer-a

19. Name Tiger Reserve that received the India Biodiversity Award 2016 in Mumbai on 22 May
2016.

a) Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve

b) Melghat Tiger Reserve
c) Pakke Tiger Reserve
d) Manas Tiger Reserve
Answer: c

20. Who was first US president to visit Hiroshima bomb site as on 28 May 2016?

a) George W Bush

b) Bill Clinton

c) Barack Obama

d) No One Visited

Answer-c

21. Who authored the book titled A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve?

a) Mother Teresa
b) Dalai Lama
c) Barack Obama
d) Malala Yousafzai

Answer-a

22. As per the UGC Regulations 2016, research existence of how many years is needed for an
institution to get recognition as a deemed university?
a) 2 years
b) 3 years
c) 4 years
d) 5 years

Answer-b

23. Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) recently announced to open its first branch in
India in which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Haryana
d) Kerala

Answer-a

24. who has assumed as the new chief of the Naval staff as the Current CNS Admiral R.K.
Dhowan retired after four decade of service?
A. Sunil Lumba
B. Sunil Lanba
C. Sunil Kanha
D. Sunil Sharma

Answer-b

25. Which film won the 2016 Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival?
a) Dheepan
b) I, Daniel Blake
c) Marty
d) The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Answer-b

26. Who of the following was elected as 34th BCCI President at the board’s special general
meeting (SGM) in Mumbai?

a) Shashank Manohar
b) Fateh Singh Gaekwad
c) Anurag Thakur
d) Ajay Shirke

Answer-c

27. Which country won the 2016 Thomas Cup badminton tournament?

a) China
b) The Netherlands
c) Denmark
d) Indonesia

Answer-c

28. Which country won the Uber Cup badminton tournament held in Kunshan, China?
a) India
b) South Korea
c) Indonesia
d) China
Answer-d

29. Name the Indian state that inaugurated the world’s largest single rooftop solar power plant
with capacity of 11.5 Megawatt (MW).
a) Haryana
b) Gujarat
c) Punjab
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer-c

30. The SBI proposed to merge which public sector bank with itself along with its 5 associate
banks?
a) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
b) Andhra Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Union Bank of India

Answer-a

31. Which bank launched the SmartUp platform to offer banking and payment solutions to start-
ups?
a) ICICI Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Axis Bank

Answer-b

32. In this city Apple Inc. opened a Development Office to develop Maps for Apple products?
a) Chennai
b) Hyderabad
c) Thiruvananthapuram
d) New Delhi

Answer-b

33. Name the South Korean author who won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her
novel 'The Vegetarian'.
a) Ann Goldstein
b) Han Kang
c) Elena Ferrante
d) Orhan Pamuk

Answer-b
34. Name the first Indian who has been honoured with the IAF Hall of Fame award 2016?
a) Shubhkaran Yadav
b) Amal Deka
c) Joseph Matthew
d) Udupi Ramachandra Rao

Answer-d

35. World Health Organization in its urban air quality database released on 12 May 2016
claimed that Zabol is the world’s most polluted city in terms of air quality. Zabol is a city of which
country?
a) Iran
b) Nigeria
c) China
d) Russia

Answer-a

36. Name the state that on 12 May 2016 declared drought in over 29000 villages of the state.
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Telangana
d) Maharashtra

Answer-d

37. Who of the following Indian wrestler on 12 May 2016 earned the Olympic quota from India in
74-kg category?
a) Dharamvir Singh
b) Brijbhushan Singh
c) Narsingh Yadav
d) Sushil Kumar

Answer-c

38. Who of the following was elected as the independent Chairman of the International Cricket
Council on 12 May 2016?
a) Sharad Pawar
b) Shashank Manohar
c) Adnan Zaidi
d) Mustafa Kamal

Answer-b
39. The Uttar Pradesh government on 11 May 2016 gave its nod to develop nearly 200-km long
bicycle highway from
a) Agra to Etawah
b) Agra to Mathura
c) Kanpur to Lucknow
d) Aligarh to Agra

Answer-a

40. Who on 9 May 2016 took charge as Managing Director and CEO of Multi Commodity
Exchange?
a) Mrugank Paranjape
b) Jyoti Samant
c) P K Singhal
d) Dasrath Singhal

Answer-a

41. What is India’s rank in crony-capitalism index that was released by the Economist in the
first week of May 2016?
a) Ninth
b) First
c) Third
d) Seventh

Answer-a

42. Identify the epidemic that needs an urgent action to end it within the next five years, as per
the new report released by United Nations on 6 May 2016
a) Yellow fever
b) Cholera
c) AIDS
d) None of these

Answer-c

43. For which companies did the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion under Commerce
& Industry Ministry relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms on 6 May 2016?
a) Limited Liability Partnerships
b) Asset Reconstruction Companies
c) Unlimited Companies
d) Private Limited Companies

Answer-b