Current Affairs Online Test – February 2016

KJ Joseph from Kerala has set a new world record for the maximum number of ________ in one minute.

_________ has been bestowed gold in national award for e-governance 2015-16 in the category of “Innovative Use of ICT by Central Government PSUs”.

National Deworming Day is observed on

_________ has introduced a new flood alerts feature in India as a part of its efforts to make critical information around natural disasters more accessible to everyone.

Which state is planning to set up India’s first civil aviation park?

The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) asks for ______% OBC Reservation in Private Sector.

The Hindu Marriage Bill 2015 has been approved by the Panel in

Union Ministry of state for Petroleum and Natural gas (MoPNG) has released the Hydrocarbon Vision _______ for north-east India.

Who is Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan?

Who has been appointed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?

The 4-day National Arogya Fair has concluded in

World’s largest concentrated solar plant opened in _______.

What is India’s rank in US Chamber IP Index?

Who has been has been appointed executive vice-chairman of the organisation TERI?

IRCTC ties up with tea cafe chain _________.

The 14 day Indo-Nepal Combined Military Exercise has began recently. Name the exercise.

Who won gold medal at SAG?

Nida Fazli who dies was a/an _____.

India is planning to eliminate Malaria by

India’s first international arbitration centre will be set up in

Which country will host the first ever Global Maritime Summit in April 2016?

The Hornsea Project is associated with

The Armies of India and _______ have held a Joint Tactical exercise (JET) on the sensitive LAC in Eastern Ladakh recently.

Who has been appointed as the president of the South Asian Wrestling Federation (SAWF)?

Who has been appointed the police commissioner of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur?

Who has appointed its interim Managing Director & CEO of Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India?

Minuteman 3 is the Intercontinental Ballistic missile of

Which country will host Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation from 12 April 2016 to save tigers?

Justice Dinesh Maheshwari sworn-in as Chief Justice of

REMI Award is associated with _________.

Frank Finlay who died at 89, was a/an______.

Who has been named La Liga’s Player of the Month for January?

Who has been voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Year by fans in an online poll?

Who has been appointed as the Chairman of TERI?

Tithal beach is in which Indian State?

Peacock, the national bird of India, may soon be termed a vermin in _______.

What is Nidar?

_____________ has released an app called Fetch! which utilises facial recognition and artificial intelligence to recognise the dog’s breed.

Kavita Raut is associated with

Who is the present Health Minister?

RBI has extended the USD 2 billion currency swap arrangement to SAARC nations till mid

Who has appointed its interim Managing Director & CEO of Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India?

Francesca Schiavone is associated with

Which team has been crowned as the Champions of Hockey India League?

________ and ________ account for 55 percent of yearly global deaths from air pollution.

Rio Haryanto is associated with

ISRO and University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies are collaborating on developing the NEMO-AM satellite. What is N in NEMO-AM?

What is Cobra Gold?

IMCOR is associated with India and _____________.

The China’s Silk Road Train does not pass through

Warren Richardson is associated with

The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley inaugurated the Non Tax _______ Portal.

Who has been nominated for ‘Global Teacher Prize’?

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

1989, the Album of ___________ has won the Album of The Year Award.

Who has been elected as President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)?

Cabinet grants ‘in-principle’ approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal. What is I in LIGO?

Boutros Ghali, who passed away recently, was a former Secretary General of

Akbar Kakkattil, who passed away recently, was a/an

____________ has won The National Chess team Championship for the first time.

World’s first wireless flexible smartphone has been developed. What is the name?

BAE Systems is associated with

Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari launched a dedicated website to the union government’s Maritime India Summit 2016. Name the website.

The Government of ________ would soon ink an MoU with British Pig Association (BPA) to develop and promote piggery in the state.

Cabinet approves collaboration between Ministry of AYUSH and _______.

Who invested in Hyderabad based packaging material maker Bollant Industries?

Who has been appointed as Director General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)?

Sameer Anjaan has entered the Guinness Book of World Records. Who is he?

Manish Arora has been conferred with the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour). Who is he?

International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed on ___________.

World Radio Day is observed on _____________.

Recently the United States has temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in _________.

Canada, the US and ___________ signed a deal in Winnipeg, Canada, to tap into energy cooperation among the three countries.

The United States and ________ will sign a bilateral agreement to restore regular flights between the two countries after more than half a century.

DMK is one of the major parties in which state?

The World’s first waste supermarket has been opened in

__________ has announced the Telecom Infra Project recently.

The Parliament of __________ became the first in the world to completely run on solar power.

Which city has been ranked Number One is World’s Top City for quality of life?

Which city has been ranked highest among Indian cities on a quality of life survey by consulting firm Mercer?

Guantanamo Bay detention facility is in

India’s first nuclear armed submarine is now ready for full fledged operations. What is the name of the submarine?

___________ is launching new mobile technologies that will allow customers to authenticate their online purchases using selfies or fingerprints.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is set to be named as the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) “national goodwill ambassador for youth”. He is a

Who took over as Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) recently?

AS Kiran Kumar is the Chairman of ___________.

_________ will end the support for its app for BlackBerry devices including BlackBerry 10 by the end of 2016.

Lamitye 2016 – It is a joint training exercise between the armies of India and _________.

From March 1′ 2016, which country will have Visa-On-Arrival facility?

National Science Day is observed on

Bollywood actor ______________ was felicitated by Melbourne based South Asian community members in Australia.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali and ________________ have been chosen for 2016 Dinanath Mangeshkar Award.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit US, Saudi Arabia and ____________ next month.

____________ has received tentative approval from the US health regulator for its Ritonavir tablets used for treatment of HIV infection.

Agonda beach and Palolem beach is in

Muziris Heritage Project is associated with

Who has been appointed as the first Chairman of the Banks Board Bureau?

Who has joined ICC and UNICEF’s effort to build a social movement for sanitation and toilet use, thereby leading to an open defecation-free India?

Who won the award for best sound for documentary “India’s Daughter” at the coveted Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 63rd annual Golden Reel Awards?

The Department of Biotechnology and a consortium of top UK research institutions signed an MoU for establishment of a joint India-UK collaboration programme in __________.