WBCS 2016 CURRENT AFFAIRS

WBCS 2016 CURRENT AFFAIRS:

1. Which of the following stock exchange companies of India has launched the CSR platform ‘Sammaan’?

 [A]National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE)

 [B]Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

 [C]MCX Stock Exchange

 [D]Bangalore Stock Exchange

2. India’s first National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) has been set up in which city?

 [A]Mumbai

 [B]New Delhi

 [C]Hyderabad

 [D]Chennai

3. For what purpose, ‘E-Pathshala’ web portal has been launched the Union HRD Ministry?  

  [A]To evaluate performance of schools

 [B]To host educational resources for students

 [C]To identify areas of improvements in students

 [D]All of the above

4. on which date, the National Energy Conservation Day is observed in India?

 [A]January 11

[B]March 15

[C]December 14

[D]June 29

5. Which of the following countries has hosted the International Neutrality Conference? [A]India

 [B]Sri Lanka

[C]Turkmenistan

[D]Pakistan

6. Which of the following countries has been hit by the powerful Typhoon Melor, recently? [A]Indonesia

[B]Maldives

[C]Philippines

[D]Myanmar

7. As per the 2015 Human Development Report (HDR), what is the India’s rank in Human Development Index (HDI) for 2014?

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 [A]121

[B]130

[C]132

[D]138

8. Who of the following Indians have won the 2016 Queen’s Young Leaders award?       [A]Ramesh Kapil & Sudha Madhavi

 [B]Ramesh Kapil & Neha Swain

[C]Kartik Sawhney & Neha Swain

 [D]Kartik Sawhney & Sudha Madhavi

9. For what purpose, Operation Smile-II will be launched across India?

 [A]To track missing children

[B]To eliminate child labour

[C]To reduce malnutrition in children

[D]To improve education facilities to children

10. What is the mascot of the 2016 South Asian Games?

[A]Chikor

[B]Shera

[C]Tikhor

[D]Appu

11. Who of the following will head the Judicial Committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme?

[A]Y V Reddy

[B]L Narasimha Reddy

[C]Sanjay Mishra

[D]Wykrhm Reddy

12. Who of the following has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement awards by the West Bengal government?

[A]Ajoy Chakrobarty and Dwijen Mukhyopadhyay

[B]Shantanu Moitra and Shibaji Chattopadhyay

[C]Kumar Sanu and Bappi Lahiri

[D]Shantanu Moitra and Ajoy Chakrobarty

13. Who of the following has received the prestigious International Human Rights Award for the year 2015?

[A]John Carol

[B]Leo Cornelio

 [C]Maria Stephen

[D]Fulton Sheen

14. Who of the following is the author of the book titled – ‘flood of Fire’?

[A]Amitav Ghosh

 [B]Jhumpa Lahiri

 [C]Anita Desai

 [D]Vikram Seth

15. Which of the following organisations has won the 2015 Aegis Graham Bell Award?

[A]Wipro

[B]Tata Consultancy Services

[C]Reliance

[D]Flipkart

16. Lasoong festival is celebrated in which of the following states?

 [A]Arunachal Pradesh

 [B]Nagaland

[C]Sikkim

[D]Meghalaya

17. India’s largest National Cancer Institute is set up in which of the following states?

[A]Andhra Pradesh

[B]Haryana

[C]Gujarat

[D]West Bengal

18. Which of the following countries has successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Shaheen-III missile?

 [A]Iran

[B]Saudi Arabia

 [C]Pakistan

 [D]Syria

19. On which date, the International Mountain day is observed?

[A]December 11

[B]January 5

[C]November 31

[D]December 13

20. Who of the following has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)?

[A]Sanjay Leela Bhansali

[B]Shyam Benegal

[C]Naseerudin Shah

[D]Lata Mangeshkar

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ANSWER:

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.A

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.C