Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Current Affairs



Renowned Kerala born artist popularly known as 'Mani Da' who passed away recently - K.G. Subramanyan
· Indian-origins who have been honoured with prestigious 'Great Immigrants: The Pride of America' Award 2016 - Sundar Pichai, Hari Sreenivasan, Vikram Malhotra, Bharati Mukherjee
· India's rank in the Human Capital Index 2016 released by World Economic Forum - 105 (1st position - Finland)
· Indigenously built heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo which has been successfully inducted in the Indian Navy - Varunastra
· The theme of National Statistics Day 2016 (June 29) - Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
· The countries recently elected as the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council - Sweden, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan
· Eminent Chess player who was honoured with `Honoris Causa' Doctor of Science degree by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur - Viswanathan Anand
· The scheme recently launched by Odisha government to afford education loan at 1% interest to students for pursuing higher studies - Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana

Current Affairs questions
1. Which city in Japan recently hosted this year's G7 Summit?
2. Which was declared as the 'City Animal' of Guwahati?
3. Who is the new chief minister of Puducherry?
4. Which is the first state to grant BPL status to transgenders?
5. Who was the pro-term speaker of the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly?
6. Who is the new Advocate General of Kerala?
7. Which Keralite won silver in the 110 m hurdles in the Asian junior Athletics championship held in Ho
Chi Min City?
8. Which grama panchayat in the Alappuzha district has recently declared itself an open defection free (ODF) panchayat?
Answers
1. Ise-Shema
2. Gangetic River Dolphin
3. V. Narayanaswamy
4. Odisha
5. S. Sharma
6. C. P Sudhakara Prasad
7. Maymon Paulose
8. Muhamma

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