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This section includes 5709 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 401. |
Who of the following replaced Cyrus Mistry as the Chairman of the Tata Global Beverages? |
| A. | Ratan Tata |
| B. | Ishaat Hussain |
| C. | Harish Bhat |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 402. |
Who has been bestowed with the 2016 honorary Academy Award (or Oscar)? |
| A. | Jackie Chan |
| B. | Tom Hanks |
| C. | Chris Tucker |
| D. | Michelle Yeoh |
| Answer» B. Tom Hanks | |
| 403. |
Which Indian-origin personality has been honoured with the Henley & Partners Global Citizen Award for 2016? |
| A. | Leigh Foster |
| B. | Garriaud-Maylam |
| C. | Imtiaz Sooliman |
| D. | Christian Kalin |
| Answer» D. Christian Kalin | |
| 404. |
Who has won the 2016 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix? |
| A. | Nico Rosberg |
| B. | Kimi Raikkonen |
| C. | Lewis Hamilton |
| D. | Max Verstappen |
| Answer» D. Max Verstappen | |
| 405. |
Who has become the first Indian woman to won 2016 Hero Women's Indian Open tournament? |
| A. | Sharmila Nicollet |
| B. | Aditi Ashok |
| C. | Kishi Sinha |
| D. | Gauri Monga |
| Answer» C. Kishi Sinha | |
| 406. |
Who will be honoured with the Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate Award for 2016? |
| A. | Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri |
| B. | Lata Mangeshkar |
| C. | Gulzar |
| D. | Sonu Nigam |
| Answer» D. Sonu Nigam | |
| 407. |
Which of the following actors recently won the Academy Honorary Award? |
| A. | Sigourney Weaver |
| B. | Edward Norton |
| C. | Jackie Chan |
| D. | Johnny Depp |
| Answer» D. Johnny Depp | |
| 408. |
Padmini Rout is associated with which sports? |
| A. | Chess |
| B. | Tennis |
| C. | Hockey |
| D. | Badminton |
| Answer» B. Tennis | |
| 409. |
Who of the following recently won the National Women Premier Championship for the third time? |
| A. | Eesha Karavade |
| B. | S Vijayalakshmi |
| C. | Padmini Rout |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 410. |
Which Indian chess grandmaster has won the 2016 Champions Showdown? |
| A. | Viswanathan Anand |
| B. | Babu M.R. Lalith |
| C. | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi |
| D. | Dronavalli Harika |
| Answer» B. Babu M.R. Lalith | |
| 411. |
Dharambir Singh is associated with which sports? |
| A. | Sprint |
| B. | Football |
| C. | Cricket |
| D. | Boxing |
| Answer» B. Football | |
| 412. |
Which of the following Indian actors recently launched the book titled 'The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad'? |
| A. | Twinkle Khanna |
| B. | Shilpa Shetty |
| C. | Bipasha Basu |
| D. | Manisha Koirala |
| Answer» B. Shilpa Shetty | |
| 413. |
Who was appointed as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency by Donald Trump, the new President-elect of the USA? |
| A. | John O. Brennan |
| B. | Mike Flynn |
| C. | George J. Tenet |
| D. | Mike Pompeo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 414. |
Who of the following was appointed the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority? |
| A. | Jagdish Singh Khehar |
| B. | Anil R. Dave |
| C. | Tirath Singh Thakur |
| D. | Dipak Misra |
| Answer» B. Anil R. Dave | |
| 415. |
RBI in November 2016 constituted an eight-member task force to re-calibrate all ATMs functioning in India. Who of the following was appointed as the chairman of the task force? |
| A. | SS Mundra |
| B. | NS Vishwanathan |
| C. | R Gandhi |
| D. | Harun R Khan |
| Answer» B. NS Vishwanathan | |
| 416. |
Name the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir who died recently. |
| A. | Sikander Bakht |
| B. | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai |
| C. | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| D. | Srinivas Kumar Sinha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 417. |
Who was named as the National Security Advisor by Donald Trump, the new President-elect of the USA? |
| A. | John O. Brennan |
| B. | Mike Flynn |
| C. | George J. Tenet |
| D. | Mike Pompeo |
| Answer» C. George J. Tenet | |
| 418. |
Who has been conferred the 2016 Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice? |
| A. | Hishaam Hussain |
| B. | Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain |
| C. | Abinta Kabir |
| D. | Tarishi Khan |
| Answer» C. Abinta Kabir | |
| 419. |
Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Times Global Partners recently? |
| A. | Piyush Yadav |
| B. | Rishi Jaitly |
| C. | Udit Makhija |
| D. | Paras Kapoor |
| Answer» C. Udit Makhija | |
| 420. |
Who of the following was posthumously awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice for 2016? |
| A. | Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain |
| B. | Abinta Kabir |
| C. | Tarishi Jain |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Abinta Kabir | |
| 421. |
Who of the following was conferred with the 2016 Mother Teresa International Award? |
| A. | Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| B. | Jagdish Singh Khehar |
| C. | Anuradha Koirala |
| D. | Sunitha Krishnan |
| Answer» B. Jagdish Singh Khehar | |
| 422. |
Which Indian golfer has won 2016 BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open? |
| A. | Anirban Lahiri |
| B. | Gaganjeet Bhullar |
| C. | Jyoti Randhawa |
| D. | Jeev Milkha Singh |
| Answer» C. Jyoti Randhawa | |
| 423. |
Who of the following was recently awarded with the 2016 International Maritime Organization Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea? |
| A. | Radhika Menon |
| B. | Christopher Leon |
| C. | BM Das |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Christopher Leon | |
| 424. |
Who won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for the year 2016? |
| A. | Manu S. Pillai |
| B. | Akshaya Mukul |
| C. | Madhu Gurung |
| D. | Sophia Khan |
| Answer» C. Madhu Gurung | |
| 425. |
Who was awarded the Infosys Prize 2016 for Physical Sciences? |
| A. | Anil Bhardwaj |
| B. | Kaivan Munshi |
| C. | Gagandeep Kang |
| D. | Sunit Amrith |
| Answer» B. Kaivan Munshi | |
| 426. |
Who was recently appointed as the Executive Director of McLaren Technology Group? |
| A. | Mansour Ojjeh |
| B. | Bruce McLaren |
| C. | Ron Dennis |
| D. | Zak Brown |
| Answer» E. | |
| 427. |
Denton Cooley, the famous surgeon who performed world's first artificial heart transplant, was belonged to which country? |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | China |
| C. | Japan |
| D. | United States |
| Answer» E. | |
| 428. |
Which Indian personality has been honoured with the 2016 Dr. Nagendra Singh Internal Peace award? |
| A. | Baba Ramdev |
| B. | Sushma Swaraj |
| C. | Narendra Modi |
| D. | Sri Sri Ravishankar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 429. |
Name the Indian Carnatic vocalist who died in recent past. |
| A. | MS Subbulakshmi |
| B. | M Balamuralikrishna |
| C. | Tyagaraja |
| D. | Maharajapuram Santhanam |
| Answer» C. Tyagaraja | |
| 430. |
Who has been elected as the new President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for 2017? |
| A. | Pankaj Patel |
| B. | Harshavardhan Neotia |
| C. | Nikunj Srivastav |
| D. | Anil Bhatti |
| Answer» B. Harshavardhan Neotia | |
| 431. |
Who will be the chief guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention? |
| A. | Li Keqiang |
| B. | Shinzo Abe |
| C. | Antonio Costa |
| D. | Satyandre Adhin |
| Answer» D. Satyandre Adhin | |
| 432. |
Who was recently elected as the President of FICCI for the year 2017? |
| A. | Harshavardhan Neotia |
| B. | Rashesh Shah |
| C. | Pankaj R. Patel |
| D. | Jyotsna Suri |
| Answer» D. Jyotsna Suri | |
| 433. |
M Balamuralikrishna, who passed away recently, was the famous personality of which field? |
| A. | Journalism |
| B. | Music |
| C. | Dance |
| D. | Politics |
| Answer» C. Dance | |
| 434. |
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who has been conferred the first 'World Sanskrit Award', is belonged to which country? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Malaysia |
| C. | Thailand |
| D. | Indonesia |
| Answer» D. Indonesia | |
| 435. |
William Trevor, who died recently, was the renowned author of which country? |
| A. | Iceland |
| B. | Portugal |
| C. | Ireland |
| D. | Greece |
| Answer» D. Greece | |
| 436. |
Name the former Governor of Madhya Pradesh who died recently. |
| A. | Dinesh Yadav |
| B. | Ram Naresh Yadav |
| C. | Satish Kaushik |
| D. | Kedarnath Sinha |
| Answer» C. Satish Kaushik | |
| 437. |
Who of the following will be the Special Guest at the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas? |
| A. | Antonio Costa |
| B. | Donald Ramtar |
| C. | Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 438. |
Who was appointed as the CEO of State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) Group? |
| A. | Siby Sebastian |
| B. | Gaganjeet Bhullar |
| C. | Pankaj Patel |
| D. | Kamala Harris |
| Answer» B. Gaganjeet Bhullar | |
| 439. |
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)? |
| A. | Danish Kapoor |
| B. | K K Sahoo |
| C. | Raghav Chandra |
| D. | Yudhvir Singh Malik |
| Answer» E. | |
| 440. |
Who of the following was named as the education secretary of the US by President-elect Donald Trump? |
| A. | Betsy DeVos |
| B. | Nikki Haley |
| C. | Jay Van Andel |
| D. | Kevin P Chavous |
| Answer» B. Nikki Haley | |
| 441. |
Dileep Padgaonkar, who passed away recently, was the famous personality of which field? |
| A. | Sports |
| B. | Journalism |
| C. | Politics |
| D. | Science |
| Answer» C. Politics | |
| 442. |
Who will be the Chief Guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas? |
| A. | Antonio Costa |
| B. | Donald Ramtar |
| C. | Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Donald Ramtar | |
| 443. |
Who was honoured with Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the year at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? |
| A. | SP Bala Subrahmanyam |
| B. | AR Rehman |
| C. | Udit Narayan |
| D. | Gulzar |
| Answer» B. AR Rehman | |
| 444. |
Who of the following was recently appointed the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India? |
| A. | Yudhvir Singh Malik |
| B. | Raghav Chandra |
| C. | Yogendra Narain |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Raghav Chandra | |
| 445. |
K. Subaash, who passed away recently, was related to which field? |
| A. | Sports |
| B. | Politics |
| C. | Science |
| D. | Film Industry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 446. |
Who of the following took charge of Hockey India as its president in November 2016? |
| A. | Mariamma Koshy |
| B. | Narinder Dhruv Batra |
| C. | Tapan Das |
| D. | Mushtaque Ahmad |
| Answer» B. Narinder Dhruv Batra | |
| 447. |
Who of the following resigned as the Chancellor of Nalanda University in November 2016? |
| A. | Vivian Balakrishnan |
| B. | George Yeo |
| C. | Amratya Sen |
| D. | Goh Chok Tong |
| Answer» C. Amratya Sen | |
| 448. |
Name the former editor of The Times of India who died in November 2016. |
| A. | Devyani Chaubal |
| B. | BK Karanjia |
| C. | Dileep Padgaonkar |
| D. | Praful Bidwai |
| Answer» D. Praful Bidwai | |
| 449. |
Who of the following will be conferred with the Legends Award by International Boxing Association (AIBA) on its 70th anniversary? |
| A. | Kerry Hope |
| B. | Mary Kom |
| C. | Vijender Singh |
| D. | Shiva Thapa |
| Answer» D. Shiva Thapa | |
| 450. |
Which Indian boxer to be honoured with 'Legends Award' by International Boxing Association (AIBA)? |
| A. | Sarjubala Devi |
| B. | Mary Kom |
| C. | Mandeep Jangra |
| D. | Shiva Thapa |
| Answer» C. Mandeep Jangra | |