September 2016 Current Affairs Online Test

1. The Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry has recently (February, 2016) launched construction of 81,757 houses for economically weaker sections in 163 cities of the

2. The tagline 'aapka bhala, sabka bhala' is associated with

3. 'Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan' who recently (February 2016) visited India is the crown prince of

4. Recently it is announced that for the first time the 'Elephanta Island' will get 24- hour electricity from August 15, 2016. The island is situated in the Indian state of

5. Which of the following Indian lyricist has entered the Guiness Book of World Records for pinning the most number of songs (3524 in 650 films) in Bollywood?

6. The five day inaugural 'Kerala Literature Festival' which saw tremendous participation was recently organised in the city of

7. In an all cash deal the external IT business of Sweden's Volvo group has recently been acquired for USD 138 million (around Rs.895 crore) by

8. In the recent (February, 2016) survey after the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014, the Indian city which is ranked as the cleanliest city amongst 73 cities covered under the survey is

9. During the 'Make in India' week the 'Adani Group' has signed an MoU with the Chief Minister for an investment of Rs.15000 crore to set up a 1600 MW thermal Power Plant in the Indian state of

10. The recent (February, 2016) week long 'Make in India' summit at Mumbai closed with investment pledges of around

11. Which country on August 24 fired a submarine launched missile towards Japan?

12. Mother Teresa was recently declared a saint by Pope Francis in Vatican City. The 12-member central delegation from India to the ceremony was led by

13. The eight-day Joint Sea-2016 exercise is the largest naval drill conducted between

14. Which country has built world’s longest bullet train network length of 2000 kms?

15. Which of the following SAARC nations was recently certified by WHO as free of malaria disease?

16. The world's first self driving taxis has been launched in which city?

17. The UN Charter, the seminal treaty of the UN, has now been translated into Sanskrit. Which of the following is NOT one of the six official languages of the UN?

18. India and which of the following countries held their joint bilateral military exercise “Prabal Dostyk -16” in Karaganda region recently?

19. Which country has developed the worlds first leprosy vaccine?

20. With which country India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to allow unlimited number of flights into each other’s countries?

21. What is the rank hold by the State Bank of India Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya in the list of 50 most powerful women based outside the United States by Fortune Magazine?

22. Yudh Abhyas-2016 a joint military exercise between

23. Which country worked with the South East Asia Region of the World Health Organisation to adopt the resolution?

24. Which country has been declared free from Yaws and Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) by the World Health Organization (WHO)?

25. The United States Postal Service has planned to release the Forever Stamp on October 5th to commemorate which Indian Festival to be hosted at Consulate General of India in New York?

26. India and Myanmar have signed four MoU to enhance cooperation and bilateral relations between the two countries. The capital city of Myanmar is

27. Union Government has adopted Coast Guard Ship named “Sarathi” in which state in the present of Defence Minister ManoharParrikar by Union Home Minister?

28. Who has been chosen for the mascot of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?

29. Union Tourism Minister has approved projects worth Rs. 500 crore for which state for integrated development of Tourist facilities?

30. The Indian Government declared that the Country was free from which contagious influenza by the department of Animal Husbandry?

31. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has come into existence.The Council will be headed by

32. Which of the following parties was recognised by the Election Commission as a National Party recently?

33. Which State Government opened an agriculture museum at Indira Gandhi KrishiVishwavidyalaya to provide information about special agricultural technique, related problems and their solution?

34. What is the toll free helpline number started by the Department of Post that will allow users across the country to register their grievances?

35. India’s first Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory will be set up in which state?

36. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has created ‘Urja Mitra Helpline’ through which customers can get information on power outages by dialling

37. Which e-Library has been launched by the Union government for divyang?

38. “POCSO e-box” has been launched by which Union Ministry for protection of children from sexual offenses?

39. Which of the following emerged as the cleanest districts in “Plains” in India in the Gramin Swachh Survekshan launched in May this year?

40. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the Onam celebrations in which of the following states/ UT recently?

41. Which state has became the second state in the country to achieve 100 percent electrification of households by report released by JM Financial?

42. Which state has bagged 9th Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016 and which state has bagged Best Horticulture state award at the Agriculture Leadership Summit at New Delhi?

43. Which state has won “Best Horticulture State” award of the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA)?

44. Which of the following states has been adjudged the cleanest state among 26 states in the sanitation survey conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)?

45. CM Sarbananda Sonowal (on 5 Sep) inaugurated Asia’s biggest digital library, dedicated to the memory of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, in NIT Silchar in the state of

46. In which state of India, The International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) announced that the 2016 World Cup would be held?

47. Which of the following state govts has issued draft notification on rearranging district borders to create 17 new districts? The new districts will come into being in Oct 2016.

48. The first Children Court of South India has launched in which of the following cities?

49. Which state has launched a mobile app 'Kisan Suvidha' for farmers?

50. The Legislative Assembly of which of the following states recently (on Aug 29) passed a resolution changing the name of the state?

51. Who is leading the Indian delegation at the 2016 Non Aligned Movement (NAM) summit?

52. The Union government was organised a two-day BRICS Wellness workshop in which city starting on September 10?

53. The 2016 BRICS Convention on Tourism was held recently at a UNESCO World heritage site in the state of

54. The 2016 BRICS conference on Urban Transition will be held in which city of India?

55. Indo-US Summit is being held in which city?

56. The 2016 BRICS Disaster Management conference has started in which city of India?

57. Who has to be conferred with Kumaon Literary Festival’s FON –Fellows of Natures South Asia Short Story Award in Nature writing in October 2016?

58. Who has been selected for the 2015 National Humanities Medal by United President Barack Obama?

59. Name the Indian-origin scientist has bagged the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize worth $500,000 for his groundbreaking work to improve lives glo- bally?

60. Name the film star who will be given an honorary Academy Award for his extraordinary achievements in film.

61. Which Indian receives the prestigious Magsaysay award?

62. Who of the following will be conferred with the 2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?

63. Which film has bagged the best film award at the 2016 BRICS Film festival?

64. Who was crowned Miss World Japan?

65. Hrushikesh Mallick will be honoured with the 37th edition of prestigious Sarala Award for his poetry work “Jeje Dekhi”. He is a noted poet of

66. Who has been appointed as ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur - Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour?

67. Who has won the first IEI-IEEE Award for Engineering Excellence-2015?

68. Who has been awarded with the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015?

69. Who among the following won the men’s singles title of the US Open tennis tournament?

70. Joshna Chinappa is associated with which of the following games? She improved her global ranking recently.

71. Devendra Jhajharia has become the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics as he won gold at the 2016 Rio Games recently. He is a

72. What medal has been won by the Sikkim Sports-person SushmitaRai at the World Martial Arts Mastership 2016 held at Cheongju in South Korea?

73. Deepa Malik, who won silver at Rio Paralympics 2016, is associated with which sports?

74. Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won gold medal at 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, is associated with which sports?

75. Which Indian tennis player took sole possession of the WTA doubles number one ranking after teaming up with Barbora Strycova to beat former partner Martina Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe?

76. Bishweshwar Nandi,whohas been chosen for the 2016 Dronacharya Award, is associated with which sports?

77. Which of the following Indians’ bronze Olympic medal from 2012 has been upgraded to silver?

78. Who won gold in 100 meter race in Americas Masters Games?

79. Which company has agreed to buy Samsung Electronics Company’s Printer business for $1.05 billion through open-market stock purchases?

80. Which company has agreed to acquire Mumbai based citrus pay for $130 million?

81. In the biggest consolidation deal in India's telecom sector, which of the following two firms have announced to merge their wireless businesses?

82. British Columbia has become the first foreign govt entity to issue a masala bond by floating Rs 500 cr rupee denominated overseas bonds. The British Co-lombia is a province of

83. Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has acquired which sports channel for $385 million from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEE)?

84. Which of the following countries has developed a radar system that uses quantum entanglement to beat the stealth technology? The country had earlier launched the world’s first quantum communications satellite.

85. The NASA has launched OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect samples from Bennu which is a (n)

86. Which flight is successfully tested by the Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) at Bangalore?

87. The Navy of which of the following countries revealed images of its futuristic Zumwalt destroyer recently which has stealth capabilities?

88. Which country space agency launched its space lab named Tiangong 2 to establish a manned space station around 2022?

89. Which of the following countries has developed a radar system that uses quantum entanglement to beat the stealth technology? The country had earlier launched the world’s first quantum communications satellite.

90. The Surgeons at John Radcliffe Hospital in the UK used which technology to remove a membrane and restore sight of Bill Beaver for the First time?

91. “Bubble Pin” a one-step offline payments mode has been launched by which digital payment company?

92. Michel Temer was recently sworn in as the new president of which of the following countries?

93. Who has been sworn-in as the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh?

94. Who has been appointed as the President of World Bank?

95. Who has been sworn-in as the new Governor of Arunachal Pradesh?

96. Who among the following has been appointed as brand ambassador for anti-liquor and drug cam-paign by the Kerala govt?

97. Which Olympic Shooting champion of India has announce his retirement?

98. Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, governor of which state was recently removed by President Pranab Mukherjee?

99. S R Nathan, who passed away recently, was the former President of which country?

100. Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, who passed away recently, was the former governor of

101. Which President died recently due to severe stroke that the Government announced the ending over a quarter of a century of his iron-fisted rule in the Central Asian nation?

102. Assamese Eminent Poet has passed away due to old age ailments in Guwahati at the age of 95 years. Who is he?

103. Dr. A.R. Kidwai, who recently passed away, was related to which field?

104. K K Sreedharan Nair, who died recently, was associated with which field?

105. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, whovisited India, recently, isthe present President of which of the followingcountries?

106. The book “His Bloody Project” has been authored by whom?

107. Name the world’s largest ship has created Guinness World Record in Denmark?

108. What is the name of unmanned submersible sets record at the Mariana Trench in the West Pacific?

109. Which of the following states declared Ankasa-mudra tank as a bird conservation reserve recently?

110. In which state is the Majuli river island located?

111. World’s largest indoor theme park will open in which of the following cities?

112. Recently which gas leaked from a fertilizer unit in Bangladesh?

113. The book “Six Machine” is the autobiography of which cricketer?

114. Who has won the MM Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK)?

115. The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with which publishing company to publish & distribute a special edition of the comic book, focusing on Swachh Bharat Mission?

116. Which committee has been constituted by Union Government to study silt in river Ganga in Bihar?

117. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of a five member National Rifle Association of India review Committee to probe the players dejected in the Rio Olympic?

118. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has set up a committee to consider incentives for promoting card and digital payments. The Committee is headed by

119. Which committee has recently submitted report on border protection to Union Government?

120. On which date the National Hindi Divas is celebrated in India?

121. 2016 year marks which edition of International Literacy Day and is celebrated at France, Paris as a Category 2-Intergovernmental meeting?

122. The International Day of Charity is observed every year on