JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January 31, 2016

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January 31, 2016 for you!

1. Who among the following has won 2016 Colby Award for Best Military Book , “Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition.” in January, 2016?

• Nisid Hajari
• Arnab Jan Deka
• Masud Husain Khan
• Bhalchandra Nemade

Answer: 1

2. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) by the Central Government for a period of three years in January, 2016?

• Kamlesh Kumar Pandey
• Akhilesh Kumar Pandey
• Arbind Kumar Chaturbedi
• Kamlesh Chandhra Pandey

Answer: 1

3. Which of the following Veteran actress has been honoured with a special award for her contribution to the film industry as curtains came down on Yashwant International Film Festival in January, 2016?

• Rekha
• Aruna Irani
• Asha Parekh
• Waheeda Rehman

Answer: 4

4. Who among the following has been named as the winner of the Prince Mahidol Award 2015 in the field of medicine by Prince Mahidol Award Foundation in January, 2016?

• Akiro Endo
• Morton M. Mower
• Prasit Watanapa
• Sir Michael Gideon Marmot

Answer: 2

5. Which of the following countries agreed on 28^th January, 2016 to buy 118 Airbus jets worth $27 billion at list prices, including a dozen A380 superjumbos in January, 2016?

• Iran
• Iraq
• Nepal
• Mauritius

Answer: 1

6. Which of the following educational technology startup has been acquired by Apple?

• Rafter
• InsideTrack
• LearnSprout
• The Minerva Project

Answer: 3

7. Who among the following has been appointed as chairman and managing director of central PSU National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in January, 2016?

• Gagan Singh
• Gopal Singh
• Gurdeep Singh
• Gajanan Singh

Answer: 3

8. Who among the following has been appointed as CMO of Twitter in January, 2016?

• Jack Dorsey
• Peter Fenton
• Leslie Berland
• Omid Kordestani

Answer: 3

9. On 28^th January, 2016 Japan’s new Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency revealed the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Advanced Technology Demonstrator – Experimental (ATD-X) fifth-generation fighter technology demonstrator, now dubbed as…

• X-1
• X-2
• X-3
• X-5

Answer: 2

10. Name the Former minister and freedom fighter from Odisha who has been passed away on 28^th January, 2016.

• Maheswar Baug
• Ram Manohar Lohia
• Fakir Mohan Senapati
• RamaChnadra Bhanja Dev

Answer: 1

Happy learning!

TEAM CL