Daily updated Current Affairs quizzes that cover the topics like Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2016-2017, World Rabies Day, and 2016 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement among others….. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF 1. The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2016-2017 was released in September 2016. Consider the following statements in context to the project I. […]
Current Affairs: 28 September 2016 O.P. Singh takes charge as DG of CISF Senior IPS officer O P Singh (1983-batch UP cadre) has been appointed as the new Director-General (DG) of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Earlier, he served in the Special Protection Group (SPG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and as Additional Director-General (Airport […]
Current Affairs: 27 September 2016 ISRO successfully launches weather satellite SCATSAT-1 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched its satellite SCATSAT-1 for ocean and weather-related studies from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The satellite Carrying the 377 kg SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites. This was the first mission of PSLV in which it launched […]
24th Sept.-2016 Daily updated quizzes that cover the topics like Joint Military Exercise INDRA-2016, Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and Mission Parivar Vikas among others. 1. Name the long range air-to-air missile that was successfully test fired by Indian Air Force from Mirage-2000 Upgrade combat aircraft. a) Novator K-100 b) Barack-8 c) MICA d) […]
Current Affairs: 26 September 2016 Race Course Road renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg The Prime Minister’s residential address will now be 7 Lok Kalyan Marg and not the famous Race Course Road with the authorities has approved the renaming of the iconic British-era road in posh Lutyens’ Delhi. A decision to this effect was […]
Current Affairs: 25 September 2016 Sanjiv Singh is new Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation Sanjiv Singh (56-year) will be the new Chairman of nation’s biggest company (by revenue) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). He will replace B Ashok on his superannuation at end of May 2017. Singh is currently Director of Refineries at IOC since 1st […]
Current Affairs: 24 September 2016 President, PM launch VP’s book titled “Citizen and Society” President Pranab Mukherjee and PM Narendra Modi has launched Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari’s book titled “Citizen and Society” at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. The book is a collection of lectures delivered by Hamid Ansari ranging from the role of […]
Current Affairs : 23 September 2016 Oxford tops world university rankings Oxford University (UK) topped the list as the world’s leading university in the latest Times Higher Education world rankings index. The United States had 63 institutions in the top 200, while the UK had 32 and Australia had 8. Asian region’s top institution, National […]
Current Affairs: 22 September 2016 21 September: International Day of Peace The International Day of Peace is observed across the world annually on 21st September. It is dedicated to world peace and specifically the absence of war and violence such as might be occasioned by a temporary […]
India Successfully test-fires Barak 8 Surface-to-Air Missile India has successfully test-fired the most advanced surface-to-air missile ‘Barak-8‘ from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur in Balasore district,Odisha. The 4.5-meter nuclear capable ballistic missile weighs around 3 tonnes and can carry a payload of 70 kilograms developed jointly with Israel. The missile […]
