Current Affairs August 2016 - Online Quiz

Q 1 - Which of the following has/have been awarded the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Medal for Young Scientists 2016?

A - IISc Bangalore and Hyderabad

B - Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Hyderabad

C - Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

D - IIM, Ahmdabad

Q 2 - The 7th meeting of SAARC Immigration Authorities was held in______.

A - Islamabad

B - New Delhi, India

C - Dhaka

D - Lankavi

Q 3 - Which of the following Indian actors were included among world’s top 20 highestpaid actors compiled by Forbes magazine?

A - Shahrukh Khan

B - Rajnikanth

C - Akshay Kumar

D - Both a and c

Q 4 - The annual Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award was honored to____.

A - Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

B - Ustad Amjad ali Khan

C - Shivkumar Sunitanandan

D - None of these

Q 5 - Narsingh Yadav, who has been banned for 4 years from Olympics, is a ____.

A - Wrestler

B - Gymnast

C - Badminton player

D - Footballer

Q 6 - Which of the following countries topped Global Innovation index?

A - Switzerland

B - Singapore

C - Sweden

D - Ireland

Q 7 - The third bi-monthly monetary policy statement for the fiscal year 2016-17 keeps repo rate and reverse repo rate at___ and ___ respectively.

A - 6.6% and 6.8%

B - 7% and 6.2%

C - 6.0% and 6.5%

D - 6.5% and 6%

Q 8 - Which of the following players did not receive Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2016?

A - P.V. Sindhu

B - Jitu Rai

C - Sakshi Malik

D - Raj Kumar Sharma

Q 9 - Which of the following companies were included among list of 50 global firms recognized by Fortune magazine?

A - ITC

B - Godrej

C - Cipla Ltd

D - Both b and c

Q 10 - _______became the first country in the world to launch a self-driving taxi service.

A - China

B - Sweden

C - Singapore

D - France