Tuesday 23 August 2016

Today's current gk 23 AUGUST 2016

23 AUGUST  2016  

Ques. : 1   In an unprecedented move, the country's highest sporting award - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - will be conferred upon four athletes which do NOT include
1) Yogeshwar Dutt
2) Dipa Karmakar
3) Sakshi Malik
4) Jitu Rai
5) PV Sindhu
Answer:- 1) Yogeshwar Dutt

Ques. : 2   Joyce Carol Thomas passed away recently, He was a renowned
1) author
2) scientist
3) musician
4) singer
5) painter
Answer:- 1) author

Ques. : 3   The Indian origin Sikh MP Bardish Chagger has been named as the new leader of the govt in the House of Commons in which country? She is the first woman to hold the post in the country’s history.
1) UK
2) Canada
3) US
4) France
5) Germany
Answer:- 2) Canada

Ques. : 4   Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recently felicitated Lalita Babar who reached the final event at the Olympics in the game of
1) swimming
2) discuss throw
3) shot put
4) javelin throw
5) steeplechase
Answer:- 5) steeplechase

Ques. : 5   Who among the following has been selected by France for its prestigious Chevalier de L’Ordre Arts et Lettres, also known as Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters?
1) Rajnikant
2) Mithun Chakraborty
3) Hema Malini
4) Chiranjeevi
5) Kamal Haasan
Answer:- 5) Kamal Haasan

Ques. : 6   Name the present President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) who was awarded the Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement recently.
1) N Ramachandran
2) Sandeep Jajodia
3) Vijay Kumar Malhotra
4) Akhilesh Das
5) Kanwar Deep Singh
Answer:- 1) N Ramachandran

Ques. : 7   The world’s highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge was opened to visitors in which of the following countries recently? The bridge connects two mountain cliffs known as the Avatar Mountains.
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) Chile
4) China
5) Sweden
Answer:- 4) China

Ques. : 8   The Fortune 2016 ‘Change the World’ list has been topped by which of the following firms?
1) Walmart
2) GlaxoSmithKline
3) Nestle
4) Mastercard
5) Cipla
Answer:- 2) GlaxoSmithKline

Ques. : 9   SR Nathan, who died recently, was the former President of which of the following countries?
1) Philippines
2) Thailand
3) Singapore
4) Vietnam
5) Cambodia
Answer:- 3) Singapore

Ques. : 10   Which of the following countries topped the medal table at the recently concluded Rio 2016 Olympics?
1) China
2) Brazil
3) US
4) UK
5) Russia
Answer:- 3) US

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