Current Affair 13 March 2016

1) Union Finance Ministry has recently announced to withdraw its budget 2016 proposal to tax _____ withdrawals?

(A) New Pension Scheme

(B) Bonus

(C) Employee Provident Fund (EPF)

(D) Bank

2) Tourism campaign titled ‘New Worlds’ of which state has recently won the prestigious ‘Golden City Gate Award’ at the at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Kerala

(C) Jammu and Kashmir

(D) Assam

3) Justice Ajit Singh on 12 March 2016 sworn in as the Chief Justice (CJ) of which High Court?

(A) Madras High Court

(B) Kerala High Court

(C) Delhi High Court

(D) Gauhati High Court

4) India and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have recently decided to set up South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTC) at?

(A) New Delhi, India

(B) Daka, Bangladesh

(C) Colombo, Srilanka

(D) None of these

5) Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Anand Mahindra was recently conferred with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by which country?

(A) Spain

(B) Italy

(C) Russia

(D) France

6) Who was on 12 March 2016 appointed as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff?

(A) Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Singh

(B) Lt Gen Bipin Chandra Joshi

(C) Lt Gen NPS Hira

(D) None of these

7) What is the name given by Union government to the LED-based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme launched recently?

(A) JYOTI

(B) ROSHNI

(C) KIRAN

(D)  UJALA

Ans. (D)  UJALA

8) Which city was recently ranked the world's most expensive city by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

(A) New York

(B) Singapore

(C) Tokyo

(D) Paris

9) Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in which state was on 11 March 2016 shut down after leakage of heavy water?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Haryana

10) Which Bollywood actress was recently appointed as the brand ambassador of Reebok India?

(A) Aishwarya Rai

(B) Deepika Padukone

(C) Kangana Ranaut

(D) Alia Bhatt

1. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Bombay Stock exchange (BSE)? [A]Sudhakar Rao [B]Sethurathnam Ravi [C]Prem Kumar [D]S Ramadorai . 2. The Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF) Raising Day is celebrated on which date? [A]February 11 [B]March 10 [C]April 26 [D]May 3 . 3. The world’s tallest Jain statue is located in which state of India? [A]Maharashtra [B] Gujarat [C]Karnataka [D]Uttar Pradesh . 4. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the 21st Law Commission of India (LCI)? [A]Neeraj Tripathi [B]Balbir Singh Chauhan [C]Ravi R Tripathi [D]Sushil Sahu . 5. Tarun Kona is related to which sports? [A]Badminton [B]Hockey [C]Basketball [D]Cricket . 6. Which team has won 2016 Irani Cup Cricket Title? [A]Mumbai [B]Railways [C]Delhi [D]Rest of India . 7. Who has been appointed as the Secretary General of the Arab League? [A]Ahmed Abul Gheit [B]T P Seetharam [C]Abdel Fattah Abul [D]Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa . 8. Garuda Shakti 2016 is the joint military exercise between India and which country? [A]Indonesia [B]Malaysia [C]Maldives [D]Vietnam . 9. Nana Vasconcelos, who died recently, was a percussionist of which country? [A]Russia [B]Brazil [C]South Africa [D] Germany . 10. What is the theme of the Indian Army cycling event 2016? [A]Cycle for Healthy Environment [B]Cycle to Save Nature [C]Cycle to Recycle [D]Cycle to Live Nature
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1. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Bombay Stock exchange (BSE)? [A]Sudhakar Rao [B]Sethurathnam Ravi [C]Prem Kumar [D]S Ramadorai . 2. The Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF) Raising Day is celebrated on which date? [A]February 11 [B]March 10 [C]April 26 [D]May 3 . 3. The world’s tallest Jain statue is located in which state of India? [A]Maharashtra [B] Gujarat [C]Karnataka [D]Uttar Pradesh . 4. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the 21st Law Commission of India (LCI)? [A]Neeraj Tripathi [B]Balbir Singh Chauhan [C]Ravi R Tripathi [D]Sushil Sahu . 5. Tarun Kona is related to which sports? [A]Badminton [B]Hockey [C]Basketball [D]Cricket . 6. Which team has won 2016 Irani Cup Cricket Title? [A]Mumbai [B]Railways [C]Delhi [D]Rest of India . 7. Who has been appointed as the Secretary General of the Arab League? [A]Ahmed Abul Gheit [B]T P Seetharam [C]Abdel Fattah Abul [D]Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa . 8. Garuda Shakti 2016 is the joint military exercise between India and which country? [A]Indonesia [B]Malaysia [C]Maldives [D]Vietnam . 9. Nana Vasconcelos, who died recently, was a percussionist of which country? [A]Russia [B]Brazil [C]South Africa [D] Germany . 10. What is the theme of the Indian Army cycling event 2016? [A]Cycle for Healthy Environment [B]Cycle to Save Nature [C]Cycle to Recycle [D]Cycle to Live Nature
http://www.gktoday.in/gk-current-affairs-march-11-2016/