Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Current Affairs Quiz - 19 September 2016


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1. Who was on 19 September 2016 appointed as the chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as per Article 316 of Constitution?
Answer: Alka Sirohi

2. West Bengal government recently decided to confer this year's 'Bangabibhushan' to which singer?
Answer: Lata Mangeshkar

3. China and ____ have recently carried out joint naval exercises dubbed as Joint Sea-2016 in the resource-rich South China Sea (SCS)?
Answer: Russia

4. Eminent Malayalam critic and academician ____ was on 17 September 2016 chosen for the prestigious N Mohanan Suvarna Mudra Award 2016?
Answer: M Leelavathy

5. Which Sports personality was recently appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Punjab National Bank?
Answer: Virat Kohli

6. Name the Young Indian shooter who recently (Sept-2016) won the gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup?
Answer: Subhankar Pramanick

7. _____ won the best drama series at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards?
Answer: Game of Thrones

8. India’s Priyesha Deshmukh (23) has recently won a historic bronze medal in the first World Deaf Shooting Championships held at?
Answer: Kazan, Russia

9. Who was recently (Sept-2016) appointed as chairman of state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India?
Answer: VK Sharma

10. Charkhi Dadri was recently added as the 22nd district of which state?


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Monday, 19 September 2016

Known about 2016 Summer Paralympics

The 2016 Summer Paralympics (Brazilian Portuguese: Jogos Paralímpicos de Verão de 2016), the fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event.[5] These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the paratriathlon.


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