Current Affairs 2016

1. Who has formally declared Kerala as the country's first digital state?
Ans: President Pranab Mukherjee

2. Who has been elected as new President of Federation International de Football Association (FIFA), a global governing body of football?
Ans: Gianni Infantino

3. Nationality of Gianni Infantino?
Ans: Switzerland

4. Who has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), country's coastal protection force?
Ans: Rajendra Singh

5. The Union Government has appointed three Information Commissioners at the Central Information Commission (GIG). Give their names?
Ans: Amitava Bhattacharya, Bimal Julka, Divya Prakash Sinha

6. The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad who has been conferred with Germany's prestigious Cross of the Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) Award?
Ans: Goverdhan Mehta

7. Who has been appointed as new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Honda Cars India?
Ans: Yoichiro Ueno

8. Who has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys Consulting Holding, a subsidiary of India's second largest software company Infosys?
Ans: Michael Pesch

9. Which country is going to host Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation from 12th April 2016 to save tigers?
Ans: India

10. Who have been chosen for the prestigious 2016 Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award?
Ans: Sanjay Leela Bhapsali and actor Ranveer Singh

11. Which country's Parliament building became the first in the world to completely run on solar power?
Ans: Pakistan

12. Name the Parliament of Pakistan?
Ans: Majlis-e-Shoora

13. The world's largest arms importer?
Ans: India

14. Who has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)?
Ans: Dinesh Sharma

15. Which state is set become the first state in the country to complete aquifer mapping for its groundwater resources by May 2016?
Ans: Haryana

16. Who has been appointed as Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARG) for a term of three years?
Ans: KN Vyas

17. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund for a second five-year term?
Ans: Christine Lagarde

18. Nationality of Christine Lagarde?
Ans: France

19. Who has smashed the fastest ever Test century off only 54 balls?
Ans: Broaden McCullum (New Zealand Captain)

20. One of the notable generals in India's First War of Independence (1857-58) of Revolt of 1857 whose 200th birth anniversary was celebrated in New Delhi?
Ans: Tatya Tope

21. Real name of Tatya Tope?
Ans: Ramachandra Pandurang Tope

22. Who is the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha?
Ans: Ghulam Nabi Azad

23. The Government which state nominated Sunita Krishnan for Padma Shree?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh

24. Who is the co-founder of Prajwala, who got Padma Shree in 2016?
Ans: Sunita Krishnan

25. Which state nominated Vinod Rai, the former CAG for Padmabhushan?
Ans: Kerala

26. In which state Sunitha Krishnan is a member of Women's Commission?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh

27. Where is Kamala Surayya Memorial?
Ans: Punnayurkulam

28. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted the toughest sanctions ever imposed on which country in response to its fourth nuclear test and rocket launch?
Ans: North Korea

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