Current Affairs -2016 November (Chapter-30)

Current Affairs -2016 November

(Chapter-30)

434.For which purpose “Hind-Iran portal” has been launched between India and Iran?

Trade

435.Who won the 2016 Hero Women's Indian Open?

Aditi Ashok

436.Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) launched by the Union Government started in

New Delhi

437.Which super computer has topped the Top500 list of the world’s fastest computers, making it the eighth time in a row?

Sunway TaihuLight

438.Name the scheme launched to provide free electricity connection to each household in the Bihar in the next two years.

Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar

439.The 2016 World Travel Market (WTM) has started in which city?

London

440.Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off a weekly ‘Shabd Bhedi’ Superfast Express train to run between which cities?

Ghazipur and Kolkata

441. According to the newly released Oxford Dictionary, which Indian surname was found to be most common in the United Kingdom?

Patel

442.Oxford Dictionaries has named which word as International Word of the Year-2016 ?

Post-Truth

443.Who received the Legion of Honour from France in November 2016?

Ban ki-moon

444.Name the scheme of textile ministry identity cards for artisan that was launched by Union textile minister Smriti Irani in Ahmedabad.

Pehchan

445.The Indian Navy has inducted 4 types of SONAR systems. What are their names?

Abhay, Humsa UG, NACS, AIDSS

446.India’s first International Children’s festival will be held in which city?

Mumbai

447.‘Women in India: Unheard Stories’ a virtual artwork and exhibition was organized by which firm on November 19 2016 ?

Google

448.The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 was passed in Lok Sabha on November 21, 2016 by Health Minister of India.Who is the present Health Minister of India?

J P Nadda

449.What was the theme of the 24th APEC Summit that concluded recently in Lima, Peru?

Quality Growth and Human Development

450.Which Indian journalist has been honored at CPJ’s annual International Press Freedom Awards 2016 held on 22 November 2016 in New York City, for reporting from the Naxal-hit Bastar area, in Chhattisgarh?

Malini Subramaniam