JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January6, 2016

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January6, 2016 for you!!

1. State-run power equipment maker BHEL has commissioned its first 600 MW unit at Kakatiya Thermal Power Project in January, 2016. It is situated in…

• Kerala
• Odisha
• Telangana
• Tamil Nadu

Answer: 3

2. Which of the following banks launches Immediate Payment Service in Andhar Pradesh, across all its branches in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), capable of processing person-to-account remittances in January, 2016?

• Vijaya Bank
• Andhra Bank
• Syndicate Bank
• State Bank of Hyderabad

Answer: 2

3. Government has reduced export duty on one of the following items to zero from 5 per cent in January, 2016, a move that will make the commodity more competitive amid subdued demand and weakening prices. Identify it?

• Bauxite
• Row Cotton
• Iron ore pellets
• Broadcasting equipments

Answer: 3

4. More than two years after the spacecraft made a successful soft-landing on the earth’s only natural satellite China on 5^th January, 2016 has named the landing site of its first moon lander Chang’e-3 as….

• Sun Palace
• Earth Palace
• Moon Palace
• satellite Palace

Answer: 3

5. The Indian Army has successfully completed user-assisted trials of Pinaka II, a multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) system, at Pokhran field firing range in January, 2016. It is situated in …

• Punjab
• Kerala
• Rajasthan
• Telangana

Answer: 3

6. The world’s largest blue star sapphire, weighing 1404.49 carets and valued at an astonishing $100 million, has been found in January, 2016 in a mine in…

• India
• China
• England
• Sri Lanka

Answer: 4

7. Name the 15 years old cricketer who hits world record 1009 runs at school level tournament in Mumbai in January, 2016.

• Pranav Aadekar
• Pranav Deshpande
• Pranav Dhanawade
• Pranav Bhatwadekar

Answer: 3

8. Who among the following has been named as the new chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India, in January, 2016?

• Kunal Shah
• Milind Deora
• Subho Ray
• Raghav Chandra

Answer: 1

9. Who among the following has sworn in as a Eighth Chief Information Commissioner on 5th January 2016?

• RK Sinha
• RK Singh
• RK Mathur
• RK Bahadur

Answer: 3

10. Who among the following writers has won the Costa Novel Award, 2015?

• Patrick Gale
• Anne Enright
• Kate Atkinson
• Melissa Harrison

Answer: 3

Happy learning!

TEAM CL