Current Affairs 23-MAY 2016
Ques. : 1 The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Macharia Kamau as special envoy for El Nino and climate. Kamau is ambassador of which country to the UN?
1) Kenya
2) Nigeria
3) Sudan
4) Albania
5) Estonia
Answer:- 1) Kenya
Ques. : 2 The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is headquartered in
1) Ankara
2) Madrid
3) Zurich
4) Stockholm
5) Oslo
Answer:- 2) Madrid
Ques. : 3 Who among the following has been elected as new BCCI President, the 34th President of the cricket body?
1) Sunil Gavaskar
2) Ajay Shirke
3) CK Khanna
4) Shashank Manohar
5) Anurag Thakur
Answer:- 5) Anurag Thakur
Ques. : 4 Who among the following was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry recently?
1) Subramanian Swamy
2) MJ Akbar
3) AK Singh
4) Kiran Bedi
5) Bhim Sain Bassi
Answer:- 4) Kiran Bedi
Ques. : 5 PM Modi embarked upon on a 2-day visit to Iran recently. India is hopeful of signing deal for which of the following strategic ports with Iran?
1) Hambantota Port
2) Gwadar Port
3) Chabahar Port
4) Chittagong Port
5) Bagamoyo Port
Answer:- 3) Chabahar Port
Ques. : 6 The oldest living Olympic champion Sandor Tarics died recently. At the 1936 Games, he was a member of gold-medal winning water polo team of
1) Austria
2) Hungary
3) Slovenia
4) Spain
5) New Zealand
Answer:- 2) Hungary
Ques. : 7 Which of the following teams clinched the Federation Cup 2016 title?
1) Sporting Clube de Goa
2) Bengaluru FC
3) Aizawl FC
4) Mohun Bagan
5) Atletico de Kolkata
Answer:- 4) Mohun Bagan
Ques. : 8 Which of the following states launched ‘Smart Village’ program under which villages will get Rs 80 lakh to Rs 2 cr assistance from the state govt to improve public facilities?
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 1) Gujarat
Ques. : 9 Sarita Devi, who failed to qualify for Rio Olympics recently, is an Indian
1) archer
2) boxer
3) weightlifter
4) wrestler
5) sprinter
Answer:- 2) boxer
Ques. : 10 India will get an indigenously-built supercomputer in 2017. India's first supercomputer is
1) Param
2) Daksha
3) Kushagra
4) Tej
5) Marut
Answer:- 1) Param
