General Knowledge

Current Affairs Questions 2016


Included  2016 events related gk and current affairs questions 

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1.Who is the present Union Railway minister?
    Answer: Suresh Prabhu

2. The venue for 2016 SAARC summit (19th)  ?
    Answer: Islamabad (Pakistan)

3. Venue for 2016 Olympics ?
     Answer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4. UN Observes 2016 as ________?
     Answer: International Year of Pulses


5 . Who was recently appointed as Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
Answer: Devender Kumar Sikri

6. What is the full form for ASBA that was recently in news ?
Answer: Application Supported by Blocked Amount (Introduced by SEBI for applying to IPO - initial public offers )

7. Who will be the chief guest at 2016 Republic day parade?
Answer: French President Francois Hollande

8.Who is the First Lady chief minister in jammu and kashmir?
Answer: Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed

9. First railway university will be in which state?
Answer: Gujarath( Vadodra )


10. Who is the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog ( National Institution for Transforming India)?
Answer : Arvind Panagariya

11..er: Andrew Wiles( Brittan )

19. which is the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Venue ?
Answer: India

20. The eighth BRICS Summit(2016) will be held in which country?
Answer: India(Goa)


21. India's first Semi high speed train?
Answer: Gatimaan running between Delhi and agra


22. Newly elected assam chief minister?
Answer: Sarbanada Sonowal(BJP)

23. Newly elected kerala chief minister?
Answer: pinarayi vijayan 



24. which state is linked with jat protest?
Answer: Hariyana

*25. 2016  jnanpith award winner?
Answer: Shankha Ghosh (Bengali poet)

*26. who won  2016 miss world ?
Answer:  Stephanie Del Valle(Puerto Rico)
Miss world 2016

Questions from RIO Olympics 2016


26*.What is the mascot of 2016 Rio Olympics ?
 Answer: Vinicius and Tom 

27. Who was the flag bearer for India in the 2016 Rio Olympics ?
Answer:  Abhinav Bindra

28.Indian player who won silver medal in badminton at Rio Olympics 2016  ?
Answer: P V Sindhu

29.Indian player who won bronze medal in wrestling at Rio Olympics 2016  ?
Answer: Sakshi malik

30. The youngest Indian who won Olympic medal ?
Answer : P V Sindhu

31.Which country won highest number of medals in Rio Olympics 2016?
Answer: United states (Total 121 medals)

*32. Where is the venue for 2020 olympics?
Answer: Tokyo  


*33. 2016 rajiv gandhi khel ratna award winners?
Answer: Sindhu(badminton), Sakshi malik(wrestling), Dipa  Karmakar(gymnastics), Jitu Rai(shooting)

*34.Where is the venue for 2018 Asian games ?
Answer: Indonesia


*35. Newly elected prime minister of United Kingdom?
Answer: Theresa may


*36. Who wrote the book "Aranyer Adhikar"?
Answer: Mahasweta devi(Bengali writer recently passed away.Other important books "Titu Mir , Hajar Churashir Maa")


37*. Who is the recently appointed Governor of Reserve Bank of India  ?
Answer: Urjit Patel

38*. Where is the venue for 2016 G20- summit?
Answer: Hangzhou, China

39*  Where is the venue for Asean summit 2016?
Answer: Lavos

40*. Who wrote the the book " One Indian girl"?
Answer: Chetan bhagath

Nobel prize 2016

41* who won 2016 nobel prize in medicine ?
Answer: Yoshinori ohsumi 

42*. Who is the winner of 2016 Nobel prize in physics  ?
Answer:David thouless,Duncane haldane, Michael kosterlitz


43*. Who is the winner of 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry  ?
Answer: Fraser Stoddart, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Ben Feringa 

44*.Who won 2016 Nobel prize in Literature  ?
Answer:Bob Dylan 

45*. Who is the winner of 2016 Nobel peace prize
Answer: Juan Manuel Santos(President of Colombia )

46* who are the winners of  2016 Nobel prize in economics?
Answer: Oliver Hart &  Bengt Holmstrom
    
 
*newly updated




Sports Current Affairs 2016

sports Gk questions for Bank,PSC and UPSC Exams

Grand Slam winners


1. Australian open 2016 men's title Winner?
Answer: Novak Djokovic


2. Australian open 2016 women's title Winner?
Answer: Angelique Kerber  from Germany


3. French open 2016 women's title Winner?
Answer: Garbine Muguruza  from spain


4. French open 2016 men's title Winner?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

*5. Wimbledon 2016 men's winner?
Answer: Andy murray

*6.Wimbledon 2016 women's winner?
Answer: Serena Williams

*7. US open 2016 men's winner?
Answer: Stan Wawrinka (from switzerland)

*8. US open 2016 women's winner?
Answer: Angelique Kerber  from Germany


9.Who won  the 2016 FIFA Ballon d'Or award ( player of the year )?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

10. Who won 2016 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year ?
Answer: Carli Lloyd (USA)


11. 20- twenty world cup 2016 winner?
Answer: West Indies

12.  who is the winner of laureus award -Sportsman of the Year ?
 Answer:Novak Djokovic

13.  who is the winner of laureus award -Sportswomen of the Year ?
Answer:  Serena Williams


*14. Recently appointed indian cricket team coach?  
Answer: Anil Kumble  
  
*15.Which  country recently left European Union by  referendum called "Brexit"?
Answer: United kingdom

*16. Which country won 2016 copa america ? 
Answer: chile(Defeated Argentina )


*17. venue for 2016 Euro cup?
Answer: France

*18. 2016 champions trophy winner?
Answer: Australia (beat India in finals)

*19. 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey championship winners?
Answer: Australia (beat India in finals)


*20. winner of 2016 Euro cup? 
Answer: Portugal(Defeated France in Finals)

*21. winner of 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup 
Answer:India

General knowledge questions :Folk Dances


Important Regional (folk) Dances and States in India


Bihu - Assam


* Sattriya - Assam


Ottam Thullal - Kerala


* Kathakali - Kerala


Yakshagana - Karnataka


Bhangra - Punjab


Tamasha - Maharashtra


Koli - Maharashtra


Nautanki - Uttar Pradesh


Garba - Gujarat


Chau dance - Orissa ,Bihar


Cheraw (Bamboo Dance) - Mizoram

 


Kummi - Tamil Nadu

 

Bharatanatyam  -  Tamil Nadu
  

Lahoo Dance - Meghalaya


Kalbelia - Rajasthan ( UNESCO heritage list)




*Koodiyattam-kerala( UNESCO heritage list)
 
Kuchipudi - Andhra pradesh


Kottam -
Andhra pradesh


  
Important GK Questions about Dance


1. Which place did bharatanatyam originate?
Answer: Tamil Nadu


2. Which dance is associated with the personality Rukmini Devi Arundale ?
Answer: Bharatanatyam


3. Which dance is known as the "Ballet of East" ?
Answer: Manipuri


4. Which dance is based on Geethagovindam wrote by Jayadevan ?
Answer: Odissi dance


5. Which place did Kuchipudi dance originate?
Answer: kuchipudi village in Andhra Pradesh


6. Which dance is associated with the personality Siddhendra Yogi ?
Answer: Kuchipudi dance


7. Where did  the dance Kathak originate?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh


* 8. What is the total number of classical dances in India ?
Answer: 8


* 9. Which state has most number of classical dances ?
Answer: Kerala (Kathakali,Mohiniyattam)


* 10. Which dance form was originated in majuli island ?
Answer: Sattriya




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Revolutions for Increase Production (yellow,white,green,blue,pink brown & grey)

Some revolutions are introduced to increase the production of various items by different governments. Here lists some of them  from previous questions .If you have any suggestions feel free to comment



 Yellow revolution =>Increase in production of oil seeds  

 White revolution => Increase in production of milk         

 Green revolution => Increase in crop production            

 Blue revolution   => Increase in fish production              

 Pink revolution  => Increase in production of meat        

 Brown revolution => Increase in production of leather  

 Grey revolution => Increase in production of fertilizers 


Who is known as Father of green revolution?
Answer:  Norman Borlaug

Who is known as Father of green revolution in india?
Answer: M S swaminathan

what is mean by operation flood ?
Answer: increase in production of milk

In which year operation flood started ?
Answer: 1970
 
who is the father of white revolution ?
Answer: Varghese Kurien

Green revolution was started in which country?
answer: Mexico