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GK Asked in IBPS Clerk Mains 2016

Some Important GK Questions for Upcoming exams in 2017-18

Included  2016 events related gk and current affairs questions 

 **Who is the next secretary general of UNITED NATIONS (UN)?   
Answer: Antonio Guterres

1.Who is the present Union Railway minister?
    Answer: Suresh Prabhu 

2. The venue for 2016 SAARC summit (19th)  ?
    Answer: Islamabad (Pakistan)

3. Venue for 2016 Olympics ?
     Answer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4. UN Observes 2016 as ________?
     Answer: International Year of Pulses


5 . Who was recently appointed as Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
Answer: Devender Kumar Sikri

6. What is the full form for ASBA that was recently in news ?
Answer: Application Supported by Blocked Amount (Introduced by SEBI for applying to IPO - initial public offers ) 

7. Who will be the chief guest at 2016 Republic day parade?
Answer: French President Francois Hollande 

8.Who is the First Lady chief minister in jammu and kashmir?
Answer: Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed

9. First railway university will be in which state?
Answer: Gujarath( Vadodra )


10. Who is the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog ( National Institution for Transforming India)?
Answer : Arvind Panagariya 

11. which is the 29th state of india?
Answer: Telangana

12. Which state moving it's capital to "Amaravati" ?
Answer: Andhra pradesh

13. Which is the First Digital state in India?
Answer: Kerala

14 First Digital district in India?
Answer: Idukki(Kerala)

15. Who Won  2016 oscar - best actor award ?
 Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

16. Who Won  2016 oscar - best actress award ?
 Answer: brie Larson

17. Who Won  2016 oscar - best film  ? 
Answer: Spotlight  

18. Who is the winner of abel prize 2016?
answer: Andrew Wiles( Brittan )

19. which is the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Venue ?
Answer: India

20. The eighth BRICS Summit(2016) will be held in which country?
Answer: India(Goa) 


21. India's first Semi high speed train?
Answer: Gatimaan running between Delhi and agra


22. Newly elected assam chief minister?
Answer: Sarbanada Sonowal(BJP) 

23. Newly elected kerala chief minister?
Answer: pinarayi vijayan 

24. Newly elected Tamilnadu chief minister?
Answer: Jayalalitha 

25. which state is linked with jat protest?
Answer: Hariyana 

*26. 2016  jnanpith award winner?
Answer: Shankha Ghosh (Bengali poet)

*27. who won  2016 miss world ?
Answer:  Stephanie Del Valle(Puerto Rico)

Questions from RIO Olympics 2016

26*.What is the mascot of 2016 Rio Olympics ?
 Answer: Vinicius and Tom 

27. Who was the flag bearer for India in the 2016 Rio Olympics ?
Answer:  Abhinav Bindra

28.Indian player who won silver medal in badminton at Rio Olympics 2016  ?
Answer: P V Sindhu 

29.Indian player who won bronze medal in wrestling at Rio Olympics 2016  ?
Answer: Sakshi malik

30. The youngest Indian who won Olympic medal ?
Answer : P V Sindhu 

31.Which country won highest number of medals in Rio Olympics 2016?
Answer: United states (Total 121 medals) 

*32. Where is the venue for 2020 olympics?
Answer: Tokyo  


*33. 2016 rajiv gandhi khel ratna award winners?
Answer: Sindhu(badminton), Sakshi malik(wrestling), Dipa  Karmakar(gymnastics), Jitu Rai(shooting)

*34.Where is the venue for 2018 Asian games ?
Answer: Indonesia


*35. Newly elected prime minister of United Kingdom?
Answer: Theresa may


*36. Who wrote the book "Aranyer Adhikar"?
Answer: Mahasweta devi(Bengali writer recently passed away.Other important books "Titu Mir , Hajar Churashir Maa")


37*. Who is the recently appointed Governor of Reserve Bank of India  ?
Answer: Urjit Patel

38*. Where is the venue for 2016 G20- summit?
Answer: Hangzhou, China

39*  Where is the venue for Asean summit 2016?
Answer: Lavos

40*. Who wrote the the book " One Indian girl"?
Answer: Chetan bhagath

Nobel prize 2016

41* who won 2016 nobel prize in medicine ?

Answer: Yoshinori ohsumi 

42*. Who is the winner of 2016 Nobel prize in physics  ?
Answer:David thouless,Duncane haldane, Michael kosterlitz

43*. Who is the winner of 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry  ?
Answer: Fraser Stoddart, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Ben Feringa 

44*.Who won 2016 Nobel prize in Literature  ?
Answer:Bob Dylan 

45*. Who is the winner of 2016 Nobel peace prize
Answer: Juan Manuel Santos(President of Colombia )

46* who are the winners of  2016 Nobel prize in economics?
Answer: Oliver Hart &  Bengt Holmstrom

    

Sports Current Affairs 2016

Grand Slam winners

1. Australian open 2016 men's title Winner?
Answer: Novak Djokovic


2. Australian open 2016 women's title Winner?
Answer: Angelique Kerber  from Germany


3. French open 2016 women's title Winner?
Answer: Garbine Muguruza  from spain

4. French open 2016 men's title Winner?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

*5. Wimbledon 2016 men's winner?
Answer: Andy murray

*6.Wimbledon 2016 women's winner?
Answer: Serena Williams

*7. US open 2016 men's winner?
Answer: Stan Wawrinka (from switzerland)

*8. US open 2016 women's winner?
Answer: Angelique Kerber  from Germany


9.Who won  the 2016 FIFA Ballon d'Or award ( player of the year )?
Answer: Lionel Messi 

10. Who won 2016 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year ?
Answer: Carli Lloyd (USA)


11. 20- twenty world cup 2016 winner?
Answer: West Indies

12.  who is the winner of laureus award -Sportsman of the Year ?
 Answer:Novak Djokovic

13.  who is the winner of laureus award -Sportswomen of the Year ?
Answer:  Serena Williams


*14. Recently appointed indian cricket team coach?  
Answer: Anil Kumble  
  
*15.Which  country recently left European Union by  referendum called "Brexit"?
Answer: United kingdom

*16. Which country won 2016 copa america ? 
Answer: chile(Defeated Argentina )


*17. venue for 2016 Euro cup?
Answer: France

*18. 2016 champions trophy winner?
Answer: Australia (beat India in finals)

*19. 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey championship winners?
Answer: Australia (beat India in finals)


*20. winner of 2016 Euro cup? 
Answer: Portugal(Defeated France in Finals)

*21. winner of 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup 
Answer:India

GK Questions Asked in UIIC AO 2016 Exam (2nd Slot)

General Awareness Questions

1. Next Asian Games 2018 will be held in? - Jakarta, Indonesia

2. Winner of Italian Tennis Open - Serena Williams

3. What is the rate of Interest in Crop Insurance scheme? 

4. SBI Partner with which cab? - Uber

5. BASEL Norms to be implemented in India by -March 31, 2019.

6. Shatrujeet exercise concluded in - Rajasthan

7. Youngest player to reach 10,000- Alastair cook

8. White label ATM registerd under which act - Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act 2007

9. Sri Lanka PM name - Ranil Wickremesinghe

10. Academy award for best movie - Spotlight

11. Best Actress award at 63rd National Film Awards - Kangana Ranaut 

GK Questions asked in RRB PO Mains 2016

1. When is NRI Day is celebrated ? 
Answer: 09th January

2. Who is the president of SOUTH AFRICA? 
Answer: Jacob Zuma

3. Fidel Castro belongs to which field? 

Answer: Former Prime Minister of Cuba

4. India defeated which country in Kabbadi World Cup? 
Answer: Iran

5.What is the theme of APEC Summit 2016? 
Answer: Quality Growth and Human Development

6. Who won the Jnanpith Award 2016?
Answer:  Raghuveer Chaudhary

7. In which state Periyar Tiger Reserve is situated ? 
Answer: Kerala

8. Who has introduced UPI ? 
Answer: NPCI

9. Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom won the Nobel prize in Economics for-
Answer: their contributions to contract theory"

10. What is the currency of JAMBIA? 
Answer: Kwacha 

11. what is the capital of Lithuania? 
Answer: Vilnius

12. Who is the author of the book 'Cause of Wealth'? 
Answer: Adam Smith

13.Who has been awarded the 'Dada Saheb Phalke'  2016 Award? 
Answer: Manoj Kumar

14. How many bands of tax rates have been fixed at GST
Answer: Four

15. Who is currently the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation in the Government of India?
Answer: D. V. Sadananda Gowda

16. Which country has topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings in 2016?
Answer: new zealand

17. How much amount for DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)?
Answer: 76,000 crore

18. Which country will host the Games in 2018?
Answer: Indonesia

19. PV Sindhu beat Chinese Sun Yu to win the _______Super Series badminton championship. 
Answer: China Open

20. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016?
Answer:  Bob Dylan.

21.  With the Wimbledon win, Serena Williams has now won 22 Grand Slam titles, a record equal to---
Answer: Steffi Graf

22. Airtel Payments Bank has rolled out its pilot in which state?
Answer: Rajasthan

23. The government of India passed controversial legislation that requires large companies to spend at least --------- of their profits every year on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Answer: 2 per cent

24. The Walt Disney World Resort celebrated its ------- anniversary.
Answer: 45th

25. Who is the present President of Israel
Answer: Reuven Rivlin

26. What is the Repo Rate after the fourth Bi- Monthly Monetary Pilicy?

Answer: 6.25 Per Cent

27. The Pushkar Fair or locally Pushkar ka Mela is an annual five-day camel and livestock fair held in the town of Pushkar in the state of __________
Answer: Rajasthan

28. No 1 ATP Ranking after US Open?
Answer: Andy Murray

29. Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by Which country's  National University of Defense Technology, retains its position as the world's No. 1 system with a performance?
Answer: China

30. The world's most famous mouse (Mickey Mouse ) is celebrating his?
Answer:  88th birthday

31. Union Cabinet approves Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission to drive economic, social and infrastructure development in rural areas. The mission aims to create _____ such Rurban growth clusters over the next 3 years, across the country. 
Answer: 300

General Awareness questions asked in IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Exam 2016

• How many times demonetisation has taken place in the country - 
• Brand Ambassador of Punjab National Bank - Virat Kohli
• Brand Ambassador of Switzerland Tourism - Ranveer Singh
• Where will Madam Tussauds Museum open in India - New Delhi
• State to have first cyber police station - Maharashtra
• Related to World Tourism Summit 
• Which bank has recently shut its operations in India - Royal Bank of Scotland
• Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation Award has been conferred to which actress - Priyanka Chopra
• Which Indian cricketer recently scored a century in his debut match - K. L. Rahul
• Where did India play it's 500th test match recently - Kanpur
• Related to India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) sharing
• Which country has topped the World Business Optimism Index - Indonesia
• Where will Common Wealth Games for 2018 be conducted - Australia
• Where will be the NRI Summit (Pravasi Bhartiya Divas) held - Bengaluru
• Related to Urja Ganga Yojana
• Related to International Olympic Committee - Nita Ambani
• State to impose fat tax on junk food - Kerala
• Which is the costliest railway station - New York
• Full form of RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
• Related to Free Economy - Hong Kong
• Related to Heart of Asia Conference
• Who coined the term 'Helicopter money'
• How much percent do the companies have to contribute to Corporate Social Responsibility - 2%
• M. Balamuralikrishna, who passed away recently was associated to which field - Music
• Which payment bank is the first to start it's business - Airtel M-commerce
• Who has been conferred with the World Sanskrit Prize - Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
• Women Cricketer inducted into ICC cricket hall of Fame- Karen Rolton , Australia
• Name of first robot to be used by City bank- Lakshmi
• Toll free number for Aadhaar - 1947
• Insurance covered on deposit money of bank accounts - DICGC
• Oscar Lifetime achievement award conferred to - Jackie Chan
• Full form of LAF - Liquidity Adjustment Facility

1. M. Balamuralikrishna, who passed away recently was associated to which field: Carnetic Music
2. Which payment bank is the first to start it’s business: Airtel M-commerce
3. 2016 Indonesia Open Golf tournament winner: Gaganjeet Bhullar
4. Aadhar toll free number launched: 1947
5.  Heart of Asia conference 2016:  Amritsar, Punjab
6. World’s Costlier Railway station built in: New York, USA
7. Ambassador of Tourism by Switzerland Govt: Ranveer Singh
8. Banks to report frauds of how much amount and above to CVC: Rs.1 crore
9. World’s First Sanskrit award: Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of  Thailand
10. Women Cricketer inducted into ICC cricket hall of Fame: Karen Rolton , Australia/ Anjum Chopra ( India)
11. First Robot used by city union bank Name is: Lakshmi
12. How many times demonetisation has taken place in the country: 3 times
13. Brand Ambassador of Punjab National Bank: Virat Kohli
14. Which country has topped the World Business Optimism Index: Indonesia
15. Hub of drug manufacturing: Himachal Pradesh
16. First Railway University in india: Vadodara
17. 2015 AIFF ( All India Football Federation) Player of the Year: Eugeneson Lyngdoh
18. Where will Common Wealth Games for 2018 be conducted: Australia
19. Where will be the NRI Summit (Pravasi Bhartiya Divas) held: Bengaluru
20. Where will Madam Tussaud’s Museum open in India: New Delhi
21. Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award 2016: Jacky Chan
22. State to have first cyber police station: Maharashtra
23. World Tourism Summit: Dallas Texas, U.S.A
24. Which bank has recently shut its operations in India: Royal Bank of Scotland
25. Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation Award has been conferred to which actress: Priyanka Chopra
26. Which Indian cricketer recently scored a century in his debut match: K. L. Rahul
27. Where did India play it’s 500th test match recently: Kanpur
28. Percent of shareholding of Government in  India Post Payment Bank (IPPB): 100%
29.  Related to International Olympic Committee: Nita Ambani
30.  State to impose fat tax on junk food: Kerala
31.  Which is the costliest railway station: New York
32.  Full form of RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
33. Full Form of LAF: Liquidity Adjustment Facility
34. MDR abbreviation: Merchant Discount Rate
35. Penalty for delaying solving the problem of atm after 7 days: Rs. 100 Daily
36. Which country topped economic freedom index: Hongkong
37.  Who coined the term ‘Helicopter money: Milton Friedman
38.  Optimism index 1st rank:  Indonesia
39. Bank insurance regulator – DICGC (Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation )