Current Affairs May 2016 - Online Quiz


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Q 1 - Indigenously developed by DRDO, the AAD interceptor single-stage missile is known as______?

A - Aakash

B - Prithvi

C - Ashwin

D - Ayushmaan

Answer : C

Q 2 - The Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016, for the Asia region has been conferred to which of the following authors___?

A - Parashar Kulkarni

B - Faraaz Mahomed

C - Lance Dowrich

D - Tina Makereti

Answer : A

Q 3 - A Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2016 was conferred to_____?

A - Ronald WP Drever

B - Kip S Thorne

C - Rainer Weiss

D - All of these

Answer : D

Q 4 - Jayalalithaa who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, belongs to which of the following parties?

A - Bhartiya Janta Dal

B - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)

C - Indian National congress

D - Tamilian congress party

Answer : B

Q 5 - The World’s first scanning helium microscope (SHeM) is made by __________?

A - Chinese Scientists

B - American Scientists

C - Australian researchers

D - Indian Scientists

Answer : C

Q 6 - Who won the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2016 (Circle Style) that was held at Wah Cantonment in Pakistan, defeating India?

A - Pakistan

B - Iran

C - Turkmenistan

D - Nepal

Answer : A

Q 7 - The Winner of 2016 Thomas Cup badminton tournament is ________?

A - Denmark

B - China

C - Indonesia

D - Danish

Answer : A

Q 8 - Which of the following organizations launched its inaugural World Wildlife Crime Report, that highlights how the poaching and illegal trade of thousands of different species across the globe?

A - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

B - UNO

C - WHO

D - UNICEF

Answer : A

Q 9 - Seema Punia who qualified for the Rio Olympics is a player of __________?

A - Discus Throw

B - Athletics

C - Long jump runner

D - None

Answer : A

Q 10 - The Nepali soldier who won the world's highest marathon on Mount Everest is __________?

A - Bed Bahadur Sunuwar

B - Tenzing Norgay

C - Bahadur Shastri

D - Arnab Krishnamurthy

Answer : A

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