Current Affairs

1. Ashwini Nangia has been appointed as the Director of the CSIR National Chemical Laboratory which is situated at?

 Patna

 Pune

 Nasik

 Bhopal

 Chennai

2. The Rail Minister, in the budget for 2016-17, has proposed a fully airconditioned third AC service with an optional service for meals named?

 Yatri Express

 Tejas

 UDAY

 Antyodaya Express

 Humsafar

3. The Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhu, has announced in the Railway Budget 2016-17 plans to set up an innovation committee headed by Ratan Tata which will be named?

 SUTRA

 UDAY

 Tejas

 Vikalp

 SMART

4. Vijay Mallya has been replaced by who among the following as the new chairman of the Diageo-controlled United Spirits (USL) recently?

 MK Sharma

 Dinesh K Sarraf

 B Ashok

 Gurdeep Singh

 Ramesh Nair

5. The economic survey for 2015-16, prepared by the finance ministry's chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian, proposes widening tax net from 5.5% of earning individuals to more than?

 08%

 10%

 12%

 15%

 20%

6. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari has been sworn in as the new chief justice of the?

 Allahabad High Court

 Karnataka High Court

 Meghalaya High Court

 Madras High Court

 Patna High Court

7. Who among the following has been named by the Nissan as its brand ambassador?

 Virat Kohli

 MS Dhoni

 Rohit Sharma

 Shikhar Dhawan

 Ravindra Jadeja

8. The Govt has given its nod to $150mn credit to which of the following countries for Chabahar Port?

 Sri Lanka

 Bangladesh

 Iraq

 Maldives

 Iran

9. Lalita Babar has been named Sportsperson of the Year in India Sports Awards 2015. She is a?

 boxer

 wrestler

 archer

 long distance runner

 triple jumper

10. The public sector bank IDBI Bank has got Sebi’s nod to raise Rs 3,771 cr via QIP. The term QIP stands for?

 Qualified International Placement

 Qualified Institutional Placement

 Qualified Internal Placement

 Qualified Introductory Placement

 None of the above