Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016

1. In which event has won its first-ever medal at the ongoing Asian Championships in Lishui,China? a. Swimming b. Wrestling c. Weight Lifting d. Roller Skating

2. Who is the sports minister of India? a. Vijay Goel b. Kalraj Mishra c. Anant Geete d. Prakash Javedkar

3. Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has been granted recognition as a. National Sports Federation for Boxing b. National Boxing Association c. National Sports Association of India d. Indian Boxing Federation

4. The Union govt. has decided to fix the minimum wage for unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns in central sphere at a. Rs. 450/ day b. Rs.350/ day c. Rs. 300/ day d. Rs. 400/ day

5. According to a newly established organisation by Microsoft in Delhi, what does CSEC refer to? a. Cyber Security Encouragement Cell b. Cyber Safety Engagement Center c. Cyber Security Engagement Center d. Cyber Safety Engagement Cell

6. To whom is One Rank One Pension submitted? a. Shri Manohar Parrikar b. Shri Raj Nath Singh c. Ravi Shankar Prasad d. Harsh Vardhan

7. With which country has India signed a revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for the avoidance of double taxation? a. North Korea b. America c. South Korea d. Sri Lanka

8. Who has been elected as GSMA (Global System Mobile Association) Chairman for a two-year period from January 2017 through December 2018? a. Bilal Nazk b. Sunil Mittal www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 1

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 c. SV Bhokare d. Sunil Mishra

9. Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia? a. Ajay M. Gondane b. K. Natwar Singh c. Nirupama Rao d. Abhay K

10. Who is appointed as the next non-executive chairman of South Indian Bank.? a. Mohan E. Alapatt b. John Joseph c. Salim Gangadharan d. Ajai Malhotra

11. Who has been appointed the chief of Enforcement Directorate(ED), the agency entrusted with probing money laundering cases? a. Ranjit Sinha b. PP pandey c. Amitabh Pathak d. Karnal Singh

12. Who has become the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize in 2016? a. Paul Beatty b. Joyce Carol Oates c. Whitney Otto d. Grace Paley

13. First prize in the Community Service Announcement category of the prestigious -Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) awards for this year is won by a. Doordarshan b. Bal Bharti c. All India Radio d. Prasar Bharti

14. Who among the following Indian body Builder has won the Mr. Asia title at the 5th Phil-Asia bodybuilding championships in the Philippines? a. Thakur Anoop Singh b. G Balakrishna c. Wasim Khan d. Amit Chhetri

15. Urja Ganga scheme is related to a. cooking gas pipleline b. water electricity c. solar energy d. biogas plant energy

16. Who has been appointed as the CEO of The International Hockey Federation (FIH)? a. Kelly Fairweather www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 2

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 b. Bobby Hull c. Wayne Gretzky d. Jason McCracken

17. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated first National Tribal Carnival in a. Delhi b. Nagaland c. Bhubaneshwar d. Raipur

18. Which of the following services is provided to Service voters? a. EVM b. paper ballot box c. e-postal d. Email ballot service

19. Which service is started for direct taxes for about 2.5 crore private and Government salaried employees by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely? a. e-mail b. SMS c. postal d. Whatsapp text

20. What does WMO refers to? a. The World Meteorological Organisation b. World Medical Organisation c. World Mythological Organisation d. World Museum Organisation

21. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of Jammu & Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (JKHRC)? a. A S Anand b. H.L. Dattu c. S. Rajendra Babu d. Bilal Nazki

22. Who has been appointed as Head of SoftBank Vision Fund? a. Rajeev Misra b. Waheed Ali c. Prakash Lohia d. Anand Satyanand

23. Who won the Lewis Hamilton won the United States Grand Prix-2016? a. Lewis Hamilton b. Nico Rosberg c. Heuer’s Daniel Ricciardo d. Sebastian Vettel

24. In which year was Indo-Tibetan Border Police raised? a. 1964 www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 3

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 b. 1963 c. 1962 d. 1961

25. Who among the following doctors has not beeen selected for the prestigious Dr. BC Roy Award for excellence in the field of medicine? a. CS Yadav b. Vibhor Tak c. Randeep Guleria d. Arvind Kumar

26. Who among the following actors is selected for the prestigious Yash Bharti Samman for the year 2016 for his contributions and achievements in the field of film acting? a. Naseeruddin Shah b. Anupam Kher c. Nawazuddin Siddiqui d. Amitabh_Bachchan

27. The United Nations Day is being observed globally on a. October 26 b. October 23 c. October 24 d. October 25

28. Of which country's Monetary Authority has Andhra Pradesh government has signed an agreement to promote innovation in financial services in their respective markets? a. Singapore b. America c. China d. Thailand

29. Which campaign is launched by PM Narendra Modi through which people can send their Diwali greetings and messages to the soldiers to boost their morale? a. #Message2Army b. # Sandesh2Jawans c. #Sandesh2Soldiers d. #Greetings2Soldiers

30. Which regional connectivity scheme is unveiled by central government with flights priced at Rs.2,500 for one hour of flying time to and from regional airports? a. PANKH b. UDAN c. AKASH d. PANCHHI

31. Which of the following countries won the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup? a. North Korea b. South Korea www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 4

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 c. Japan d. China

32. Who inaugurated the Sardar Patel Heart Institute at Ankleshwar in Gujarat? a. Anandi Ben Patel b. Amit Shah c. Narendra Modi d. Pranab Mukharjee

33. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India? a. S.Y. Quraishi b. Navin Chawla c. H.S. Brahma d. Nasim Zaidi

34. Indo-Bangla bilateral meeting for Agartala-Akhaura rail project has been held in a. Dharamnagar b. Agartala c. Kumarghat d. Amarpur

35. The slogan of the National IPR Policy is a. Innovative India, Developing India b. Creative India, Progressing India c. Creative India, Innovative India d. Innovative India, Creative India

36. Which Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) Car Nicobar Class vessel was commissioned and allotted to the Eastern Fleet of the Navy at Vishakhapatnam? a. INS Kabra b. INS Tahiyu c. INS Chakra d. INS Arihant

37. Who has been elected as the new President of the North Zone of Urology Society of India? a. T. K. Viswanathan b. Satya Prakash Yadav c. Rajinder Khanna d. B. D. Sharma

38. Prime Minster Narendra Modi has inaugurated three hydropower projects of 1,752 MW capacity in a. Himachal Pradesh b. Uttrakhand c. Jammu and kashmir d. Haryana

39. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has announced One billion US Dollar aid to Bangladesh over the next three years to fight a. corruption www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 5

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 b. poverty c. child malnutrition d. unemployment

40. The diplomatic relationship between India and Algeria was established in a. 1962 b. 1963 c. 1964 d. 1965

41. Who has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee‟s (IOC) Athletes‟ Commission? a.PV Sindhu b. c. d.

41. Who has been appointed as the India‟s Ambassador to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva? a. Deepa Malik b. Ashok Kantha c. Rajesh Prasad d. Amandeep Singh Gill

42. An Indian luxurious train”Maharaja Express” has earned the tag of world‟s a. most luxurious train b. most comfortable train c. cleanest train d. longest train

43.Who won the men‟s singles title at the Chinese Taipei Badminton Open? a. Sourabh Verma b. Daren Liew c. M A Abdul Latif d. D D Ayustine

44. Which Indian boxer has retained his WBC welterweight Asia title? a. Shiva Thapa b. Manoj Kumar c. Neeraj Goyat d. Akhil Kumar

45. World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on a. 14 October b. 17 October c. 18 October d. 16 October

46. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on a. 17 October b. 16 October www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 6

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 c. 18 October d. 19 October

47.Who has been selected for the Mathrubhumi Literary Award-2016 in recognition of his contribution to the field of literature? a. Amit Chaudhuri b. Rewa Prasad Dwived c. Aravind Adiga d. C Radhakrishnan

48. Which of the following countries has launched spacecraft in the longest-ever manned mission, taking two astronauts into orbit? a. Korea b. China c. Japan d. America

49. Which of the following companies is granted a licence to Europe‟s third-biggest oil company BP to set up 3,500 petrol pumps in India by The Union Government has formally granted ? a. BP Pic b. Exxon Mobil c. Pertamina d. Missan Oil Company

50. Which country won the 1st BRICS U-17 Football Tournament 2016? a. Brazil b. South Africa c. Russia d. China

51. According to World Economic Forum (WEF) which country is the safest country of the world? a. UAE b. Qatar c. Finland d. UK

52. According to mines ministry, what is MSS? a. Mining Sensory System b. Mining Security System c. Mining Safety System d. Mining Surveillance System

53. Who inaugurated the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) -2016? a. Rajnath Singh b. Pranab Mukharjee c. Narendra Modi d. Amit Shah

54. India's ODI againts New Zealand at Dharamshala on 16th oct 2016 is the team's a. 1000th ODI b. 900th ODI www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 7

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 c. 800th ODI d. 1100th ODI

55. Which bank has signed a three-year principal sponsorship contract with badminton Olympians P V Sindhu and K Srikanth? a. Bank of Baroda b. HDFC Bank c. Allahabad Bank d. ICICI Bank

56. The Theme of World Standards Day 2016 is a. Standards Build Nations b. Standards and credibility c. Standards Build Trust d. Standards: The Mark of Purity

57. Who inaugurated the Women of India Festival 2016 at Dilli Haat in ? a. Sushma Swaraj b. Maneka Gandhi c. Samriti Irani d. Vasundhara Raje

58. With which bank has Union Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on General Cooperation? a. New Development Bank b. Industrial Development Banks c. Small Industries Development Bank d. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

59. In how many cities will Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme be launched in Andhra Pradesh? a. 34 b. 32 c. 33 d. 23

60. Which country has announced to leave the Commonwealth? a. Maldives b. Canada c. Cyprus d. Nigeria

61. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature? a. Bob Dylan b. J. Michael Kosterlitz c. Yoshinori Ohsumi d. Juan Manuel Santos

62. Who has been awarded by Ugandan government for promoting human values through his literature in Uganda? a. Aravind Adiga www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 8

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 b. Upamanyu Chatterjee c. Ramachandra Guha d. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”

63. Who among the following Indian Hockey players has been selected for the 28th Jimmy George Foundation Award-2016? a. S Sunil b. P R Sreejesh c. Akash Anil Chikte d. Nikkin Thimmaiah

64. World sight day is being observed annually on the second a. Thursday of October b. Friday of October c. Sunday of October d. Monday of October

65. The first World Tsunami Awareness Day will be celebrated in 2016 on a. 7th November b. 6th November c. 5th November d. 8th November

66 . Which institute has the Union Cabinet approved to be established at Jammu? a. IIM b. IIT c. AIIMS d. IIFD

67. Who won the 2016 Champion of Champions pistol Award of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) for pistol shooting? a. Swapnil Kusale b. Sumedh Kumar c. d. Anant Jeet Singh

68. Three-day first BRICS Trade Fair and Exhibition begins in a. Delhi b. Mumbai c. Jaipur d. Chennai

69. Which country is not included in BRICS? a. Russia b. Brazil, c. Indonesia d. China

70. The fourth BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial meeting was convened a. Mumbai b. Delhi www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 9

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 c. Chennai d. Jaipur

71. Who has been appointed as the prime minister of Morocco? a. Abdellatif Filali b. Abdelilah Benkirane c. Abbas El Fassi d. Driss Jettou

72. Who has been honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre prize at the UK Theatre Awards, 2016? a. Ian McKellen b. Michael Gambon c. Tom Hardy. d. John Gielgud

73. International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) was observed globally on a. 15 October b. 14 October c. 13 October d. 16 October

74. After winning ICC Test Championship against New Zealand, India‟s position in tests ranking is a. 1st b. 2nd c. 3rd d. 4th

75. How many districts are added in redrawn map of Telangna and what is the total number of districts after the addition? a. 23, 33 b. 22.32 c. 21, 31 d. 24, 34

76. International Day of the Girl is observed annually on a. 14 October b. 12 October c. 13 October d. 11 October

77. Which bank has announced a tie-up with Uber under which its credit cardholders, across six countries, will get a cash-back of up to 25 per cent for hailing cabs from the app? a. Foreign lender Standard Chartered Bank b. HDFC Bank c. Antwerp Diamond Bank d. Credit Industriel et Commercial

78. The Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) will initially be located at a. Express Tower b. Kohinoor Tower www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 10

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 c. Ashok Tower d. Imperial Tower

78. Whom did India's defeat to be at joint fourth position in the Isle of Man international Chess tournament? a. Anatoly Karpov b. Garry Kasparov c. Hou Yifan d. Mikhail Botvinnik

79. The Telangana government organised the traditional state festival of 'Bathukamma' at a. Gachibowli Stadium b. Lal Bahadur stadium c. Saroornagar Indoor Stadium d. NTR Stadium

80. Who is China‟s new ambassador to India? a. Luo Zhaohui b. Yao Jing c. Liu Hongyang d. Yang Guangyu

81. World Post Day is observed on a. 19th October b. 10th October c. 9th October d. 17th October

82. Who bagged the 24th Ekalabya Award for the year 2016 in recognition of her sporting excellence? a. Sudhir Kumar b. Ajit Wijetilekk c. Santosh C R d. Srabani Nanda

83. Who is the brand ambassador of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the corporate entity of Vizag Steel? a. PV Sindhu b. Deepa Malik c. Sakshi Malik d. Nirmala Sheoran

84. Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace 2016? a. Juan Manuel Santos b. Santos Acosta Castillo c. Santos Gutiérrez Prieto d. Santos Montejo

85. Which state Maharashtra did become to Central Government‟s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) scheme? a. 17th b. 18th www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 11

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 c. 20th d. 19th

86. Which of the following cities in not included under HRIDAY scheme for improving infrastructure facilities around core heritage sites in five cities? a. Udaipur b. Amritsar c. Puri d. Varanasi

87. Which country will host Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in November 2016? a. India b China c. Japan d. Korea

88. With which university has Doordarshan entered into an agreement for transmission of four Gyan Darshan educational channels? a. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) b. Punjabi University c. Guru Nanak Dev University d. Banaras Hindu University

89. The name of former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi's e-book on RTI is a. RTI Act- Authentic Interpretation of The Statute b. Law relating to Right to Information c. RIGHT to INFORMATION - One Should Know d. Digest of CIC Decisions under the RTI Act

90. Who has been elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks‟ Association (IBA) for the financial year 2016-17? a. Rajeev Rishi b. Arun Kaul, c. Chanda Kochha d. T M Bhasin

91. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Jammu and Kashmir Bank? a. Parvez Ahmed b. Mustaq Ahmad c. Abdul Aziz Mantoo d. Haseeb Drabu

92. Former NASSCOM Chairman and Executive Chairman of Cyient Ltd. B V R Mohan Reddy as an Honourary Consul of Germany in a. Arunachal Pradesh b. Madhya Pradesh c. Andhra Pradesh d. Uttar Pradesh

93. Book titled 'Modi‟s Midas Touch in Foreign Policy' is authored by www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 12

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 a. Dhani Prem b. Surendra Kumar c. Rajeev Bhargava d. Harish Mehta

94. In how many states has Union Government agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh integrated 250 Mandis with the electronic national agriculture market (e-NAM) for the first phase? a. 25 b. 15 c. 20 d. 10

95. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated the first Model Skill Development Centre of the state in a. Guwahati b. Tezpur c. Silchar d. Dispur

96. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has been conferred the prestigious 2016 a. Asian Leadership Awards b. Business leadership awards c. Sustainable Development Leadership Award d. Tata Business Leadership Award

97. Who will lead Indian men‟s hockey team (18-member) in the fourth Asian Champions Trophy? a. P. R. Sreejesh b. Pankaj Kumar c. Tanuj Gulia d. Hardik Singh

98. Who has clinched a silver medal in the 50 metre pistol event of the ISSF World Cup at Bologna, Italy? a. Vijay Kumar b. c. Jitu Rai d. Abinav Bindra

99. Minister Antonio Guterres (66-year) poised to become the next Secretary General of the United Nation is the former Prime Minister of a. Portugal b. Argentina c. Ireland d. Algeria

100. Who did President Pranab Mukherjee nominate to Rajaya Sabha on the seat vacated by Navjot Singh Sidhu? a. Pramod Mahajan b. Arun Jaitely c. Roopa Ganguly d. Venkaiah Naidu www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 13

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101. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? a. S. Sivakumar b. Rani Nair c. MS Sahoo d. Sushil Chandra

102. ISRO has successfully launched India‟s latest communication satellite a. GSAT-18 b. GSAT-17 c. GSAT-16 d. GSAT-15

103. Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has launched the a. Indian Road Management System b. Indian Bridge Management System c. Indian Highway Management System d. Indian Toll Management System

104. The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world's a. smallest machine b. heaviest machine c. largest machine d. widest machine

105. Who among the following is not one among the three people who have the Nobel Prize 2016 for Chemistry? a. Sir Fraser Stoddart b. Jean-Pierre Sauvage c. Stefan Hell d. Bernard Feringa

106. Professor Nayanjot Lahiri (History) at the Ashoka University has been awarded the 2016 John F. Richards Prize for her book a. Marshalling the Past: Ancient India and its Modern Histories b. Finding Forgotten Cities c. The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization d. Ashoka

107. The World Teachers‟ Day (WTD) 2016 is being observed across the world on 5th October since a. 1994 b. 1995 c. 1996 d. 1997

108. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to discontinue the provision of a. reappear b. revaluation c. internal assessment d. grace marking

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109. Russian Tennis star Maria Sharapova‟s doping ban has been reduced from two years to a. 10 months b. 12 months c. 16 months d. 15 months

110. The first edition of the BRICS Under-17 Football tournament begins at a. Goa b. Maharashtra c. Kerala d. Karnataka

111. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three British-born scientists for discoveries about a. strange forms of matter b. unknown forms of matter c. extinct forms of matters d. undiscovered forms of matters

112. Who among the following is not one of the three British-born scientists who won 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics? a. Duncan Haldane b. David Thouless c. James Cameron d. Michael Kosterlitz

113. Which subsrance did Kiara Nirghin, the winner of Google Science Fair held in United States, used to develop a cheaper “super-absorbent material” that helps soil retain water? a. Banana skin b. Orange peel c. Coconut oil d. Sunflower seeds

114. Who has been appointed Chevalier de l‟Ordre National du Mérite (Knight in the National Order of Merit) by the French government? a. Prajna Chowta b. Christophe Leparc c. Lupino d. Rebecca Zlotowski

115. Which state has become India‟s first state to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene? a. Arunachal Pradesh b. Odisha c. Bihar d. Jharkhand

116. Jawhar Sircar who has recently resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharati Corporation was appointed in a. 2010 b. 2014 www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 15

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 c. 2012 d. 2008

117. Who has been Chosen as the brand ambassador of its ambitious „Haritha Keralam„ project by the Kerala‟ government? a. K J Yesudas b. A. P. Komala c. Ratheesh Kumar d. K. K. Aroor

118. Who has been elected as the President of Estonia by the parliament? a. Lennart Georg Meri b. Toomas Hendrik Ilves c. Arnold Rüütel d. Kersti Kaljulaid

119 Which bank has became the first domestic bank of India to open a branch in the capital city of Yangon, Myanmar? a. State Bank Of India b. ICICI Bank c. HDFC Bank d. Canara bank

120. Who received the 2016 Noble Prize in Medicine for his discoveries on how cells recycle their content, a process known as autophagy? a. Yoshinori Ohsumi b. Takao Kondo c. Hitoshi Okamura d. Akihiro Kusumi

121. Who will be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade on 26th January 2017? a. Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei b.Crown Prince of Duba, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum c. Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed d. Crown Prince of Jordan, Hussein bin Abdullah

122. Who won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival (SBSFF) for his work “Murga“? a. Suhas Joshi b. Prahlad Kakkar c. Sanjay Surkar d. Katyayan Shivpuri

123. Who launched the “Delhi Police Senior Citizen” mobile application for senior citizens? a. Najeeb Jung b. Arwind Kejriwal c. Alok Kumar Verma d. Narendra Modi

124. Which has become the first India state to adopt Central Government‟s Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local bodies (ULB)? a. Bihar www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 16

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 b. Rajasthan c. Uttar Pradesh d. Jharkhand

125. Who won the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix held at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia? a. Nicolas Kiesa b. Sebastian Vettel c. Daniel Ricciardo d. Daniil Kvyat

126. Who won the 6th Asian Tour title, Korea Open 2016 in Incheon, South Korea? a. Gaganjeet Bhullar b. Gaurav Ghei c. Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia d. None of these

127. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu lagged off an all-women Mt Gorichen expedition in a. Pasighat b. Tawang c. Itanagar d. Ziro

128. According to Union Ministry of Tourism of India, the 'Cleanest Tourism Destination' is a. Chandigarh b. Gangtok c. Mysore d. Jodhpur

128. The Chairman and Managing Director of state-run Power Finance Corporation (PFC) with effect from October 1st, 2016 is a. M. K. Goel b. Sanjeev Sharma c. Rajeev Kumar d. Arun Sharma

129. 2nd October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, is marked as a. International Peace Day b. International Brotherhood Day c. International Non-Violence Day d. International Non-Foreign Goods Day

130. The Centre has constituted a four-member Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) under the Chairmanship of a. Amardeep Singh Bhatia b. G.S. Yadav c. M.S. Sahoo d. Ajay Tyagi

131. Who has become the first Indian to complete the Spartathlon, widely described as the "world's www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 17

Current Affairs Question Bank : October 2016 toughest race"? a. Geeta Zutshi b. c. Kieren Dsouza d. Kavita Raut

132. The “Cleanest Iconic Place” award at the Indian Sanitation Conference (INDOSAN) 2016 is given to a. Ellora Caves b. Nalanda c. Rani ki Vav d. Churches and Convents of Goa

133. State Bank of India (SBI) encumbent Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya will remain the chairperson of SBI for a. One year b. Two years c. Three years d. Six months

134. Who has been elected as President of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for the year 2016-17? a. P. V. Chandran b. Kiran B Vadodaria c. Ravindra Kumar d. Somesh Sharma

135. The Central Government has appointed R Subramania Kumar as Executive Director (ED) of a. Indian Overseas Bank b. State bank of India c. Bank of India d. Central Bank of India

136. Under the category for “State Annual Excellence Awards for the year 2015-16” by Andhra Pradesh Tourism Tirupati Airport has been awarded as a. Best Eco Friendly Airport b. Best Energy Efficient Airport c. Best Tourist Friendly Airport d. Best Cost Friendly Airport

137. People who disclosed assets under the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) will have to pay a. 30% tax with penalty b. 30% tax without penalty c. 45% tax without penalty d. 45% tax with penalty

138. Who became the first Indian woman to cross the 60-metre mark in javelin throw at the 56th Open National Athletics Championships? a. Annu Rani c. Fannu Rani d. Seema Punia b. Neeraj Chopra www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 18

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139. India lifted the 4th men‟s Under-18 Asia Cup 2016 hockey trophy by defeating a. China b. Japan c. Bangladesh d. Malaysia

140. Who is elected as the Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)? a. Riyadh Mathew b. Hormusji N. Cama c. Vivek Goenka d. K R Narayanan

141. Who has been appointed as the director of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)? a. C S Rajan b. Rajiv Mehrishi c. Shakti Sinha d. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Sinha

142. 7th annual Naval Engagement Activity NEA is begun by a. Chinese and Japanese navies b. The Us and Chinese navies c. The Vietnamese and Chinese Navies d. The US and Vietnamese navies

143. The International Translation Day is being observed today on a. 30 September b. 29 September c. 28 September d. 21 September

144. Which of the following companies have not have joined hands to announce a historic partnership on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning? a. Google b. Amazon c. Flipkart d. Facebook

145. The world‟s first child with genes from three people was born in a. Argentine b. Maxico c. America d. Indonesia

146. The theme of International Translation day is a. Translation and Interpreting: Connecting Worlds b. Translation and Interpreting: Joining Globes c. Translation and Interpreting: Connecting Universe d. Translation and Interpreting: Joining Worlds

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