Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 1. ___________has entered into collaboration with German Government for a special programme on ‘Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security‘. (a) NABARD (b) RBI (c) SBI (d) HDFC 2. South India’s first underground metro services flagged off in ____ (a) Switzerland (b) New zealand (c) Canada (d) Bengaluru 3. _________High Court terms reservation in promotions in the State as unconstitutional (a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Himachal Pradesh 4. International Labour Day celebrated on (a) 1 May (b) 5 March (c) 10 April (d) 3 June 5. ______ inks MoU with SAARC Development Fund (a) SBI (b) SIDBI (c) NBIA (d) RBI BankExamsToday.Com Page 1 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 6. Union Government has launched National LED programme, name of the program is (a) LAMP (b) ANNA (c) UTTAM (d) UJALA 7.Full form of UJALA scheme (a) Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (b) Unnat Jan-Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (c) Unnat Janan-Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (d) Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LAMPs for All 8. World Press Freedom Day celebrated on (A) 10 March (B) 25 June (C) 2 July (D) 3rd May 9. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched _________ insurance scheme for working class (A) Vishav vidhalya Yojana (B) Barham Yojana (C) Chandranna Bima Yojana (D) Shakti kendar Yojana 10. Which Indian cricketer nominated for Khel Ratna 2016 (A) Sachin Tendulkar (B) Dhoni (C) Virat Kohli BankExamsToday.Com Page 2 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 (D) Rohit Sharma 11. Which Indian cricketer nominated for Arjuna Award 2016 ? (A) Raina (B) Ajinkya Raina (C) Rohit sharma (D) Virendra Sehwag 12. Which Indian cricketer to become Rio Olympic goodwill ambassador for India ? (A) Sachin Tendulkar (B) Rohit sharma (C) Virendra Sehwag (D) Virat Kohli 13. ________________ has appointed as MD of Bharti Retail (A) Rajiv Bansal (B) Kishore Biyani (C) Sanjiv Kumar (D) Parmeet Dugal 14. World Bank headquarters situated at (A) Washington, D.C., (B) Paris (C) Landon (D) Geneva 15. Who is the head of WHO ? (A) Chanda Kochhar (B) Neha kirpal (C) Usha Sangwan (D) Margaret Chan BankExamsToday.Com Page 3 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 16. _________selected new UNFCCC Executive Secretary (a) Patricia Espinosa (b) Teona Droc (c) Diana Tusco (d) Rossie vas 17. _______won 2016 World Championship title of Snooker (a) Mark Selby (b) John Haggins (c) Ding Junhui (d) JImmy white 18. Anti-Terrorism Day is observed on (a) 7 March (b) 10 April (c) 21 May (d) 5 June 19. Head of World Bank ? (a) Rajendra Prasad (b) Jim Yong Kim (c) Zakkir HUssain (d) K.R.Narayanan 20. Head-quarters of UNICEF is situated at (a) South Africa (b) Ingland (c) Austria (d) New York BankExamsToday.Com Page 4 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 21 . Ease of Doing Business report is released by (a) World Bank (b) RBI (c) State Bank of India (d) IDBI 22. Which of the following is a rabi crops? a) Cotton b) Mustard c) Maize d) Rice 23. The Hirakud Project harnesses the water of the ____________ river. a) Ganga b) Sutlej c) Mahanadi d) Tapi 24. Who will be the next Navy Chief of India ? (a) Robin .K. Dhawan (b) Sunil Lanba (c) Jal Cursetji (d) Arun Parkash 25. Headquarters of European Central Bank (ECB) ? (a) Canada (b) England (c) Austria (d) Frankfurt, Germany 26. Which company provides Wi-Fi services at railway stations in India ? (a) Google BankExamsToday.Com Page 5 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 (b) Cisco (c) Fortune (d) ORacle 27. Agriculture project _________ of Andhra Pradesh wins WSIS 2016 prize ? (a) Harita-Priya (b) Sunanda (c) Rupita Ghosal (d) Anamika Mishra 28. Who took over as Chairperson of National Statistical Commission ? (a) Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar (b) Dr. Padam Singh (c) Radha Binod Barman (d) Dr. Surjit Bhalla, 29. Official currency of Zimbabwe ? (a) CFA Franc BEAC (b) US Dollar (c) Argentine Peso (d) United States Dollar, Euro, Botswana pula, Pound sterling, South African rand 30. Which bank has launched ‘mVisa‘ ,a mobile-based payments solution ? (a) Bank of Baroda (b) State Bank of India (c) Punjab National Bank (d) Reserve Bank of India 31. Largest private sector bank of India ? (a) ICICI bank BankExamsToday.Com Page 6 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 (b) RBI Bank (c) SBI Bank (d) IDBI Bank 32. Which Indian director has been honoured with a special statue by the Switzerland government ? (a) Yogesh KUmar (b) Yash Chopra (c) Rajender Singh (d) Sunil Yadav 33. India’s first sports expo to be held at ? (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) Pune (d) Kolkata 34. Which bank has been awarded as ‘excellence award on empowering MSMEs’ by the Federation of Industry, Trade and Services (FITS). (a) Corporation Bank (b) IDBI Bank (c) RBI Bank (d) SBI Bank 35. Number of gram panchayats in Odisha to increase by (a) 500 to 600 (b) 300 to 500 (c) 700 to 900 (d) 100 to 400 36. Who releases ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index. (a) UN Bank BankExamsToday.Com Page 7 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 (b) IMF Bank (c) World Bank (d) UNICEF Bank 37. World Bank founded on (a) 1933 (b) 1928 (c) 1977 (d) 1944 38. Recently which bollywood actor released his auto-biography (a) Amitabh Bachchan (b) Dilip Kumar (c) Shashi Kapoor (d) Rajesh Khanna 39. Founder of SpaceX (a) Elon Musk (b) Aaron (c) Basil (d) Cuthbert 40. Which Indian Bank signs MoU with BRICS’s New Development Bank (a) RBI Bank (b) SBI Bank (c) IDBI Bank (d) ICICI Bank 41. Gujarat Government accords minority status to (a) Deline Community (b) Jain community (c) Hay River Community BankExamsToday.Com Page 8 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 (d) Shrama Community 42. Karnataka Government to set up Asia’s first Rice Technology Park in (a) Kochi (b) Gangavati (c) Agra (d) Pune 43. Indian Railways launches _______ Tourist train for pilgrims (a) Bharat Darshan (b) Jyotrilinga Darshan (c) Shakthi Yathra (d) Ganga Drashan 44. Which Indian bank tied up with National Australia Bank (a) Allahabad Bank (b) Bank of India (c) South Indian Bank (d) Bank of Baroda 45. CEO of Bank of Baroda (a) Jeff Bezos (b) Satya Nadella (c) Sundar pichai (d) P. S. Jayakumar 46. Headquarters of UNICEF is situated at (a) kolkata (b) Bengaluru (c) Mumbai (d) New York BankExamsToday.Com Page 9 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 47. India to launch single emergency number on 1 Jan 2017, what's that emergency number (a) 110 (b) 105 (c) 112 (d) 100 48. Which state police received "Smart Police Award" ? (a) Assam Police (b) Bihar Police (c) Punjab Police (d) Nagaland Police 49. ______to get Asia’s first Rice Technology Park (a) Kochi (b) Gangavati (c) Agra (d) Pune 50. India ranks ___ in 2015 Crony-Capitalism Index ? (a) 9th (b) 5th (c) 10th (d) 15th 51. Name of scheme Government started to help budding entrepreneurs (a) Unique Business Identification Number (UBIN) (b) Central Government Health scheme (c) Digital India Programme (d) Indira Awaas Yojana BankExamsToday.Com Page 10 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 52. _______wins 2016 Mutua Madrid Open (a) Rafael Nadal (b) Kei Nishkori (c) David Goffin (d) Novak Djokovic 53. Which Indian bank announced tie up with National Australian Bank (a) Allahabad Bank (b) South Indian Bank (c) Bank of India (d) Bank of Baroda 54. International Migratory Bird Day is observed on (a) 10 May (b) 8 June (c) 15 April (d) 20January 55. What is the full form of BAFTA? (a) British Academy of Film and Television Arts (b) British Academy of Film and Television Awards (c) British Awards of Film and Television Arts (d) British Academy of Film and Television 56. World Migratory Bird Day ? (a) 7 June (b) 10 May (c) 10 April (d) 5 July BankExamsToday.Com Page 11 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 57. Who is Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation ? (a) Samriti Dheer (b) Sumati Bhan (c) Uma Bharti (d) Divya Kumari 58. Who won the Philippine presidential elections ? (a) Rodrigo Digong Duterte (b) Ferdinand Marcos (c) Leni Robredo (d) Antonio Trillanes 59. Who has been appointed as Additional Solicitor General ? (a) Ranjit Kumar (b) Neeraj Kishan Kaul (c) Sanjay Jain (d) Atma Ram Nadkarni 60. Indian Army training exercise that is conducted in Rajasthan ? (a) 'Chakravyuh-IV' (b) 'Chakravyuh-III' (c) 'Chakravyuh-VII' (d) ‘Chakravyuh-II’ 61. International Nurses Day is observed on ? (a)10 June (b) 12 May (c) 15 April (d) 8 August BankExamsToday.Com Page 12 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 62. Who is the CMD of HDFC Bank ? (a) Partho Dutta (b) A.N. Roy (c) Aditya Puri (d) Umesh Chandra Sarangi 63. Jio Money Wallet is launched by ? (a) Reliance Jio Infocomm (b) Airtel jio Infocomm (c) Idea Jio Infocomm (d) BSNL Jio Infocomm 64. Who is the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ? (a) Nitish Kumar (b) Akhilesh yadav (c) Dr. Raman singh (d) Arvind Kejriwal 65. Who is the CMD of Yes bank ? (a) Rakesh Sethi (b) Ashwani Kumar (c) Kishore kumar sansi (d) Rana Kapoor 66. Anti-tobacco Day is observed on ? (a) 31 May (b) 10 April (c) 16 June (d) 30 August BankExamsToday.Com Page 13 Current Affairs Question Bank June 2016 67. Who is the CMD of ICICI bank ? (a) T.M Bhasin (b) Arun kaul (c) Chanda Kochhar (d) Rajeev Rishi 68. "A friend you can bank upon" is the tagline of which bank ? (a) Vijaya bank (b) Allahabad Bank (c) Andhra Bank (d) Dena Bank 69.