Welcome to the Objective Questions Section of GK GS GYAN. These Multiple Choice questions are based on daily current affairs and news specially from Newspapers like ‘The Hindu’, The Indian Express and others. It will be helpful to prepare for UPSC, IBPS Bank PO, State PCS, CDS, Railways, and all other similar competitive examinations.
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1) The recent stake sale in NTPC was the second-biggest disinvestment of the current financial year while the biggest one was of Rs 9,370-cr in
1) IOC
2) Coal India
3) ONGC
4) HMT
2) Which of the following cities (ranked 139 in the world) is best Indian city to live in as per the 18th Mercer Quality of Life study?
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Pune
4) Hyderabad
3) The RBI has decided to extend the SAARC Currency Swap Arrangement till Nov 14, 2017 under which it will be offering swap arrangement up to an overall amount of
1) USD 1 bn
2) USD 2 bn
3) USD 3 bn
4) USD 4 bn
4) The Indian-origin art lover and playwright Ismail Mahomed from _______ has been knighted by the French govt for his lifelong devotion to the promotion of arts.
1) South Africa
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) Singapore
5) The fifth edition of IBSAMAR 2016 trilateral naval exercise was held recently. The exercise was held between
1) India, Brazil and Saudi Arabia
2) India, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia
3) India, Brazil and Singapore
4) India, Brazil and South Africa
6) Who on 23 February 2016 was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court?
1) Justice Subhro Kamal
2) Justice Vineet Saran
3) Justice D H Waghela
4) Justice R S Reddy
7) Identify the distinguished Scientist, who took charge as Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) on 23 February 2016.
1) KN Vyas
2) Sekhar Basu
3) Ratan Kumar Sinha
4) None of these
8) Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry held the ninth meeting of National Steering Committee on 22 February 2016 at which place?
1) Mumbai
2) Ahmedabad
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai
9) Union Cabinet on 24 February 2016 gave approval for establishment of which mission with an aim to encourage innovation ecosystem and entrepreneurship?
1) Atal Innovation Mission
2) Swachha Bharat Mission
3) National Rural Health Mission
4) Total Sanitation Campaign
10) As President Pranab Mukherjee mentioned during his address to the joint session of the parliament, recently, there are over ______ Jan Dhan account holders at present.
1) 11 cr
2) 15 cr
3) 21 cr
4) 25 cr
11) Who has been appointed as the CJ of Meghalaya HC?
1) Justice Dinesh Maheshwari
2)Justice Uma Nath Singh
3) Justice SK Mukherjee
4) Justice Vineet Saran
12) Vienna has been declared world’s best city to live in as per the 18th Mercer Quality of Life study. Vienna is the capital city of
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Spain
4) Austria
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