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Sports Current Affairs 2016

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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

Current affairs latest gk questions 2015

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Included  2015 events related gk and current affairs questions 

 

  These current affairs Questions are useful for  UPSC ,bank and PSC exams , SBI clerk, RRB, Postal Assistant. use this questions for Quick reference .

All the questions are updated as on 30/12/15

 1. Newly appointed BCCI President ?
Answer:  anurag thakur (appointed on 23-5-2016)

2. who was recently appointed as chief of industrial corridor project (Delhi- mumbai)?
Answer: Alkesh Sharma

3. Recently selected Nepal prime minister?
Answer: Khadga Prasad Oli

4. Which country launched missile named "Imad" ?
Answer: Iran 

5. who is the 2015 booker prize winner ? 
Answer: Marlon James (Jamaica)

6. who wrote the book "A Brief History of Seven Killings" ?
Answer: Marlon James

7. Who is Miss India 2015 winner ? 
Answer : Aditi Arya 

8. which team won copa america 2015?
Answer: chile

*9. Nepal's recently elected  president  (first women president for nepal)?
Answer:  Bidhya Devi Bhandari 

10. Who is the Recently selected prime minister of Nepal ?
Answer: K.P. Sharma Oli

10. The economically diverse region of MENA nations refers to which  countries?
Answer: Middle East and North Africa

11. which country was affected by Typhoon "Koppu" ?
Answer : philippines 

12. which country recently built Zam Hydropower Station on river Brahmaputra?
Answer: china (dam located at tibet)
 
13. 2015 WTA womens doubles winners ?
 Answer: Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza

14. Venue for G20 summit 2015?
Answer: Turkey

15.  2015 Third India–Africa Forum Summit was held at ___________ ?
Answer: New Delhi

16. Who was recently appointed as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations  ?
Answer: Syed Akbaruddin

17. Recently elected  Bihar chief minister ?
Answer: Nitish Kumar  

*18. Recently appointed Canada prime minister ?
Answer: Justin Trudeau 

*19. who is the Newly appointed  argentina president?
Answer: Mauricio Macri

*20. which country recently tested  nuclear capable ballistic missile named "Shaheen 1A" ? 
Answer: Pakistan 

*21. who is  Miss Universe 2015 ?
Answer: Pia Wurtzbach from Philippines

*22. Who is Miss world 2015?
Answer: Mireia Lalaguna from Spain

*23. Which year is celebrated as "International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies"?
   Answer: 2015

*24. Which year is celebrated as "International Year of Soils "?
Answer: 2015 

*25. Who is the Jnanpith Award 2014 winner? 
Answer: Bhalchandra Nemade (Marathi Novelist)

*26. Who is the First women president of  mauratious ?
Answer: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (Elected on 2015)

*27. which nation won 2015 SAFF CUP ?
Answer: India 

*28. The venue for  2015 SAFF CUP ( South Asian Football Federation ) ?
Answer: kerala(India)
 

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2015Nobel prize winners

2015 physics Nobel prize winner : Takaaki Kajita(Japan) and Arthur B. McDonald(Canada)

2015 Chemistry Nobel prize winner : Tomas Lindahl(sweden), Paul Modrich(US) and Aziz Sancar(Turkey)

2015 Nobel prize  for Physiology or Medicine : Youyou Tu(China), William C. Campbell(Ireland) and Satoshi Omura(Japan)


2015 Nobel prize for Literature : Svetlana Alexievich(Ukraine)


2015 Nobel peace prize: National Dialogue Quartet 

2015 Economic peace prize: Angus Deaton(UK)

2015 grandslam winners

Grandslam is the four major tennis tournaments Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open

2015 Australian Open men's winner : Novak Djokovic
Australian Open women's winner: Serena Williams
Australian Open mixed Doubles  winner: Leander Paes  & Martina Hingis

2015 French Open  men's winner : Stan Wawrinka
French Open  women's winner : Serena Williams 

2015 Wimbledon men's winner :  Novak Djokovic
Wimbledon women's winner :  Serena Williams
Wimbledon women's double winners : Sania Mirza  & Martina Hingis
Wimbledon mixed Doubles  winner: Leander Paes  & Martina Hingis


2015 US Open men's winner : Novak Djokovic
US Open women's winner : Flavia Pennetta 
US Open women's double winners : Sania Mirza  & Martina Hingis
US Open mixed Doubles  winner: Leander Paes  & Martina Hingis

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Gk questions

1. what is known as king of hobbies
Answer: philately

2. Vijay Hazare Trophy is related to which sports item ?
Answer: Cricket

Current affairs November 2013

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 Current affairs November 

2013 Indira gandhi Prize winner?  
Answer:  M S Swaminathan

Which indian state host  2013 World Chess Championship ?
Answer: Tamil nadu (chennai)


Malayalam Literary award ezhuthachan puraskar 2013 winner ?
Answer: M K Sanu.

What is the full form for "FMC" that was recently in news?
Answer : Forward Markets Commission.

Who is the present Chief Secretary of the State?
Answer : Kaushik Mukherjee


Which nation host 2018 men's hockey World Cups ?
Answer: India

Which nation host 2018 women's hockey World Cups ?
Answer: England

Typhoon Haiyan was hit in which country?
Answer : Philippines

 Venue for 2013 Commonwealth summit (CHOGM 2013 ) ?
answer: Sri Lanka

Miss Universe 2013 Winner ?
Gabriela Isler(Venezuela)

who won bharat ratna 2013?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar and C N R Rao

Note: CNR RAO is the man behind India's mars mission

Newly appointed Maldives, President?

answer: Abdulla Yameen

Newly appointed Chairman of PFRDA ( Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority)
answer : Anup Wadhawan 

mamoni raisom goswami prize 2013 winner? 
Answer : Mahasveta Devi 

Newly elected Latvia, Prime minister ?
Answer :  Valdis Dombrovskis

Current affairs October - 2013

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Daily current affairs bits for all job seekers . Current Affairs related to India , world and sports


1. Winner of 2013 Shanghai Masters title ?

2.Name the cyclone which was hit to Indian states Odisha and Andhra pradesh ?
Answer: Phailin

3.Typhoon Nari was hit over which country ?
Answer: Philippines


4. 2013 Nobel prize for economics winner?

Answer: Robert Shiller, Eugene Fama, and Lars Peter Hansen

Other Nobel prize winners List

5. Name the UIDAI chairman who was recently in news?

Answer:  Nandan Nilekani

6. What is the full form for " NDMA" ?
Answer :  National Disaster Management Agency

7. Newly appointed India's hockey coach ? Answer: Terry Walsh

8. Man Booker prize 2013 winner? Answer : Eleanor Catton

9. What is the nationality of  Eleanor Catton? answer : New Zealand

10. who is the youngest man booker prize winner?
Answer : Eleanor Catton



Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ?
Answer: Jeet Thayil (Narcopolis)

Recently elected sbi first women chairperson

answer:  arundhati bhattacharya


Which country was hit by Hurricane Raymond?
Answer:  Mexico 
 
what is name for India's Mars mission?
Answer : Mangalyaan