Current Affairs -2016 April
(Chapter-06)
(Chapter-06)
100.The
Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (CGRBMS) has been launched
in which city of India?
Answer:
New Delhi
101.
Which of the following paper currencies on 25 April 2016 won the IBNS Banknote
of the Year Award for 2015?
Answer:
New Zealand’s 5 dollar
102.Which
bank has initiated the dedicated branch for Startups to assist entrepreneurs in
setting up new companies and offer banking services?
Answer:
RBL Bank
103.The
eleventh Indo-Mongolia joint training exercise being conducted in Mongolia from
April 25 to May 08 is named
Answer:
Nomadic Elephant - 2016
104.Which
is the historic agreement that Union government signed along with other 174
nations in New York on 22 April 2016?
Answer:
Paris climate agreement
105.Who
has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction?
Answer:
Viet Thanh Nguyen
106.Who
was appointed as the Director General (DG) of Railways Protection Force on 28
April 2016?
Answer:
Surender Kumar Bhagat
107.Emmy
award winning actress who acted in Everybody Loves Raymond has passed away
recently.
Answer:
Doris Roberts
108.The
hydro power project in Arunachal Pradesh, the work on which has been suspended
by the National Green Tribunal in view of its effect on the habitat of the
black-necked crane
Answer:
Tawang Hydro Project
109.The
Malayali actor who was nominated for Rajya Sabha by the President of India on
22 April 2016.
Answer:
Suresh Gopi
110.The
National Civil Services Day is celebrated on which date in India?
Answer:
April 21
111.
Name the Indian academician who was on 28 April 2016 appointed to the United
Nations' University Council?
Answer:
Radha Kumar
112.Who
signs the Paris agreement from India side at the high level signature ceremony
that the agreement adopted at the 21st conference of Parties?
Answer:
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar
113.
The project on which Indian Railway used drones for the first time to inspect
the ongoing work in the project on 17 April 2016.
Answer:
Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)
114.The
Government of India has released Commemorative Coin of Rs. 200/- and a
Circulation Coin of Rs. 10/- on the occasion of martyr day (April 18) of this
notable general of 1857 rebellion against the British
Answer:
Tatya Tope
115.The
bollywood actress who bagged the best actress in an international narrative
feature honour at Tribeca Film Festival 2016 on 22 April 2015.
Answer:
Radhika Apte
116.Which
Union Territory (UT) of India has got the Jan Dhan Yojana Award on 2016
National Civil Services Day?
Answer:
Chandigarh
117.The
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare 2016 was observed on
which date?
Answer:
29 April
118.Culture
and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma unveiled the 18feet tall Finial at which
City as part of the ongoing Conservation effort?
Answer:
Humayun’s Tomb, New Delhi
119.The
Brazilian Parliament’s lower house on 17 April 2016 voted in favour of
impeaching the country’s President. What is the name of the President?
Answer:
Dilma Rousseff
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