Current Affairs Online Test – January 2016

Who is the Author of “Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition”?

Who has been chosen for the K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015?

Who took over charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command?

Government of India has marginally revised downward the economic growth for 2014-15 to _______ from the earlier estimate of 7.3 per cent.

The Government of India has decided to nominate _______________for the UNESCO world heritage city tag this year.

Alibaba.com, the wholesale trading platform of China’s Alibaba group has unveiled its first physical trade facility centre in India at

World Leprosy Day is observed internationally on

Name the Airlines which launched a new feature called “Fare Lock”?

KV Krishna Rao, who passed away recently, was a/an

Naresh Bedi has been honored with V Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award. Who is he?

Girish Kumar Ahuja and Pushpendra Rai are appointed as the Non-Official Directors of __________.

Akash is

Which country has the highest number of tuberculosis cases in the world?

IRCTC has limited how many tickets per month to one user?

Who has been officially announced as America’s favourite Hollywood star?

Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) and Bharti Airtel will merge their telecom operations in

____________ has acquired education-technology startup LearnSprout.

Paul Kantner, who passed away recently, was associated with

How many Indian-origin persons have been awarded Australia’s highest civilian honour for their contribution in the fields of physics, engineering and medicine?

Who has won the Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016?

A permanent memorial of India’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant has been unveiled in

How many capital cities are there among the selected 20 smart cities?

____________ may soon become world’s first city to get the ultra high speed 5G mobile network by 2018.

Arindam Sen Gupta, who passed away recently, was a/an

Who has been honoured with the third Yash Chopra Memorial Award?

Railway broadband will reach _______households through its Railwire network providing a host of services at the block level in the next two years.

Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015 shows that India has moved up in rank from 85 position to______.

All India Radio has launched a non-conventional audio broadcast channel. Name it.

India and which country sign an agreement on scientific research?

_________acquires UK-based Point to Point for around $11M.

Ratan Tata backs start-up________.

Thaawarchand Gehlot has launched an exclusive job portal for_________.

______to launch dairy drinks in India

_______ has kept the title of world’s biggest automaker for the fourth straight year.

Cabinet approved MoUs related to ________ Security.

Who won Olympic quota?

Abe Vigoda who passes away recently, was a/an_____

Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards are associated with

How many categories are there in Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards?

Robert Van der Horst and Lidewij Welten are associated with

ONGC gets clearance for Krishna-Godavari basin project. The cost of the project is

Who is the present Petroleum minister?

SEEMA DARSHAN is an initiative of the Ministry of

India and ____________ has signed an MoU towards an Inter-governmental agreement (IGA) over the purchase of 36 Rafale jets from Dassault Aviation.

Recently India has donated ambulances and eight buses to which of the following country?

Kalpana, who passed away recently, was a/an

The First Ministerial Meeting of Arab-India Cooperation Forum was held in

Ram Sutar, who won the Padma Bhushan Award, is a/an

Robert D Blackwill, who won the Padma Bhusan Award, was a Former ______ Ambassador to India.

Dr Viswanathan Shanta, who won Padma Vibhusan Award, is related to

Malini Awasthi, who won the Padma Shri Award, is related to

The RBI has sought an additional Rs 26,000 crore from the government to be injected into state-run banks by

India is all set to build a satellite tracking and imaging centre in _______.

National Voters Day is observed on

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has won the Presidential election of ___________.

Who has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)?

The Abhay Prashal Stadium is in

Banks to get _______per cent commission under gold monetisation scheme.

When is National Girl Child Day is observed?

Which company will make its debut at the Auto Expo 2016?

Parrikar hoists highest tricolour at________.

French President arrived India on a three-day official visit to India. Name the President.

_________ ends 22-year international career.

Player clinches Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold title?

Nirmala Gajwani who passed away was a/an _________.

Who was appointed new CBDT chief?

India has been ranked ____on an inaugural list of the world’s best countries.

New tree frog genus discovered in NE India, Name it.

Who won 300th Grand Slam Singles Match?

_______ has been appointed as Private Secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee.

Shankar Ghosh who died recently was a/an ___________.

Who won Scientific and Technical Achievement Award 2016?

Music track ______ has achieved a ten-digit viewcount on YouTube, thus entering Guinness book of world record.

India Post opens exclusive counters for_______.

Which states have organised numerous programmes and events to celebrate their Foundation Days?

Which state Introduced e-Tappal system?

Name the India-France military exercise which recently began.

_______set to partner Russia for Rs 5,000-crore defence deal.

________ successfully tested driverless car using at NASA Centre.

Who has been ranked number 1 in Junior Badminton players ranking?

________appointed CMD of Madras Fertilizers

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who passed away was a Chief Minister of which State?

Name the person who has been appointed India’s new ambassador to Israel.x

According to world Bank, India to grow at a faster _____percent in fiscal 2016-17.

Which actress has become the first Indian actor to register a win at the People Choice Awards?

Who broke the world record on way to winning gold in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix?

Labshankar Thakar who passes away, was/an ______.

The government of India has reduced export duty on ________.

Tata Trusts has joined hands for agri development with_________.

Which state Government launched e-Vahan Bima Insurance scheme?

India has signed an MoU with which country in the field of Civil Aviation?

Nitin Gadkari inaugurates the first River Information System of India in ________.

GOI approves closure of________ Watches.

Sri Lanka and which country has agreed to expand FTA?

__________conducted ‘successful’ hydrogen bomb test.

Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with which Country?

Five Minor planets named after __________scientists

Which Company gets CCI nod to acquire Goldman Sach’s fund arm?

Andhra Bank launches ________ for money transfer.

Inter-ministerial panel for ______ gas to be set up soon.