JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January29, 2016

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January29, 2016 for you!

1. Which of the following cities has topped in the list of 20 cities that are to be developed into Smart Cities of India as announced by the Minister of Urban Development on 28^th January, 2016?

• Pune
• Chennai
• Ahmedabad
• Bhubaneswar

Answer:4

2. “The Turbulent Years – 1980-1996” was released on January 28, 2016, it’s a memoir of …

• Monika Gnadhi
• Manmohan Singh
• Pranab Mukherjee
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Answer:3

3. To what percent India’s voting rights has been increased from the current 2.3 per cent according to a report by International Monetary Fund released on 27^th January, 2016?

• 5 per cent
• 6 per cent
• 7 per cent
• 8 per cent

Answer:2

4. Who among the following civil servants from Uttar Pradesh became the first to scale the Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica in January, 2016?

• Sandhya
• Vimla Mehra
• Aparajita Rai
• Aparna Kumar

Answer:4

5. Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on 28^th January, 2016 released a Rs 150 commemorative coin on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of one of the following freedom fighter. Identify it from the given options.

• Lala Lajpat Rai
• Bipin Chandra Pal
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer:1

6. Name the lawyer and human rights defender who will be awarded the 8th Human Rights Award by Amnesty International Germany, 2016.

• Henri Tiphagne
• Triveni Acharya
• ichael Fernandes
• Rajeev John George

Answer:1

7. Who among the following filmmakers has been honoured with the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award as the 14th edition of the Mumbai International Festival on 28^th January, 2016?

• Puneet Sira
• Naresh Bedi
• Sudhir Mishra
• V. Chandran

Answer:2

8. How many nations has signed a data-sharing agreement that will see multinational companies’ financial reports shared widely, the better to understand their global financial contortions on 28^th January, 2016?

• 30
• 31
• 32
• 34

Answer:2

9. India on 28^th January, 2016 test fired its indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile as part of a user trial from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at …

• Mainapur
• Midnapur
• Chandipur
• Chandrapur

Answer:3

10. Any individual will not be able to book more than …online in a month from IRCTC website from his/her user ID implementing from 15^th of February, 2016.

• Five tickets
• Six tickets
• Seven tickets
• Eight tickets

Answer: 2

Happy learning!

TEAM CL