Current Affairs 01 JUNE 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 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 What is India’s ranking in the global competitiveness rankings recently released by International Institute for Management (IMD) based in Switzerland?
1) 44th
2) 41st
3) 35th
4) 25th
5) 21st
Answer:- 2) 41st
Ques. : 2 According to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Economic Outlook Survey, India’s economy will grow at what per cent in 2016-17?
1) 7.1 per cent
2) 7.3 per cent
3) 7.6 per cent
4) 7.7 per cent
5) 9.6 per cent
Answer:- 4) 7.7 per cent
Ques. : 3 The Railway Ministry and PEC University of Technology have signed an MoU for setting up of Kalpana Chawla Chair. Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-origin
1) boxer
2) professor
3) author
4) astronaut
5) singer
Answer:- 4) astronaut
Ques. : 4 The Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a state-of-the-art submarine assembly workshop at the Mazgaon Dock which is situated in
1) Kandla
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Vishakhapatnam
5) Kochin
Answer:- 2) Mumbai
Ques. : 5 Surajit Kar Purkayastha was appointed recently as the new Director General of Police in
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Jharkhand
5) Bihar
Answer:- 1) West Bengal
Ques. : 6 _________ was awarded Japan’s Fukuoka prize for 2016 for his outstanding contribution towards creating, preserving and showcasing South Asian traditional fusion music.
1) Pritam Chakraborty
2) Amit Trivedi
3) AR Rahman
4) Shankar Mahadevan
5) GV Prakash Kuma
Answer:- 3) AR Rahman
Ques. : 7 Alastair Cook recently became the youngest batsman to score 10,000 Test runs, a record earlier held by Sachin Tendulkar. Cook plays for
1) West Indies
2) Australia
3) England
4) South Africa
5) New Zealand
Answer:- 3) England
Ques. : 8 Who among the following was named T20 Player of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Awards 2015-16?
1) Ajinkya Rahane
2) Rishabh Pant
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Virat Kohli
5) R Ashwin
Answer:- 4) Virat Kohli
Ques. : 9 As notified by the govt recently, effective 1 Jun, the threshold limit of PF withdrawal for deduction of tax (TDS) has been raised from existing Rs 30,000 to
1) Rs 40,000
2) Rs 50,000
3) Rs 60,000
4) Rs 70,000
5) Rs 80,000
Answer:- 2) Rs 50,000
Ques. : 10 Ashok Lavasa has been appointed as the new
1) Defence Secretary
2) Home Secretary
3) Foreign Secretary
4) Cabinet Secretary
5) Finance Secretary
Answer:- 5) Finance Secretary
