Current Affairs 24 May 2016
Current Affairs is an important part of competitive exam. WBCS STUDY gives current affairs as MCQ. So the candidates can easily remember the Current Affairs. In banking exam SBI, Insurance, IBPS generally asked very recent current Affairs and in SSC exams the commission generally asked the current Affairs related to the Nation and Sports.
Ques. : 1 The International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on
1) May 18
2) May 20
3) May 22
4) May 24
5) May 25
Answer:- 3) May 22
Ques. : 2 Pawan Chamling, who was conferred with the Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award by Nepal recently, is the present Chief Minister of
1) Sikkim
2) Assam
3) Manipur
4) Mizoram
5) Meghalaya
Answer:- 1) Sikkim
Ques. : 3 Who among the following is the head of the 11-member committee set up to recommend measures to enhance the combat capabilities of the armed forces?
1) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
2) DB Shekatkar
3) Deepak Kapoor
4) Bikram Singh
5) Vijay Kumar Singh
Answer:- 2) DB Shekatkar
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has been appointed as Principle Adviser for social sector in NITI Aayog?
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) Hasmukh Adhia
3) Ratan P Watal
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Ratan P Watal
Ques. : 5 Which of the following firms has designed the Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC), a software solution for Rashtrapati Bhavan?
1) Wipro
2) IBM
3) TCS
4) HCL
5) Microsoft
Answer:- 2) IBM
Ques. : 6 India and Oman signed 4 MoUs during the recent visit by Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to the country. The capital city of Oman is
1) Manama
2) Baku
3) Abu Dhabi
4) Muscat
5) Sana'a
Answer:- 4) Muscat
Ques. : 7 Who won the Asian 6-Red Snooker title in Abu Dhabi recently?
1) Kamal Chawla
2) Manan Chandra
3) Aditya Mehta
4) Keen Hoh Moh
5) Pankaj Advani
Answer:- 5) Pankaj Advani
Ques. : 8 The govt has constituted the IEPF Authority to further strengthen the framework for safeguarding the interest of investors. What does letter ‘P’ stands for in the term IEPF?
1) Protection
2) Provident
3) Provision
4) Preference
5) Performance
Answer:- 1) Protection
Ques. : 9 Which of the following states started an artificial propagation programme for rehabilitation and conservation of Golden Mahseer fish recently?
1) West Bengal
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Kerala
5) Himachal Pradesh
Answer:- 5) Himachal Pradesh
Ques. : 10 Which of the following films won the Palme d'Or award at Cannes Film Festival recently?
1) I, Daniel Blake
2) The Salesman
3) Ma Rosa
4) American Honey
5) It's Only The End of the World
Answer:- 1) I, Daniel Blake
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