Current Affairs May 2016 - Online Quiz



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Q 1 - The 27th India CORPAT (Coordinated Patrol) concluded on 19 May 2016 in _____?

A - New Delhi, India

B - Jakarta, Indonesia

C - Belawan, Indonesia

D - Mumbai, India

Answer : C

Q 2 - The Centre recently launched Kayakalp Fortnight initiative with an objective to _____?

A - to reduce terrorism

B - to intensify greenery around railway tracks

C - to spread knowledge and education

D - to intensify the Swachhta drive

Answer : D

Q 3 - A Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2016 was conferred to_____?

A - Ronald WP Drever

B - Kip S Thorne

C - Rainer Weiss

D - All of these

Answer : D

Q 4 - The book titled My Favorite Nature Stories, recently released and authored by which famous author______?

A - Arundhati Roy

B - Ruskin Bond

C - Imran Hashmi

D - Jhumpha Lehri

Answer : B

Q 5 - Who won the presidential election of the Philippines held on 9 May 2016?

A - Binali Yildirim

B - Rodrigo Duterte

C - Ki xing

D - None

Answer : B

Q 6 - William Schallert who passed away on 8 May 2016 was a famous ________?

A - Actor

B - Pop singer

C - News Reporter

D - Comedian

Answer : A

Q 7 - The Union Cabinet on 20 May 2016 approved an ordinance to exempt the State boards from the purview of (NEET) for one year. NEET stands for ___________?

A - National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test

B - National Eligibility Educational Test

C - National Environmental-cum-Entrance Test

D - National Ecological-cum-Environmental Test

Answer : A

Q 8 - The United Nations World Humanitarian Summit, organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), concluded in ___________?

A - Afghanistan

B - Istanbul, Turkey

C - Beijing

D - Switzerland

Answer : B

Q 9 - Which of the following team won the 2016 European champions title ___________?

A - Real Madrid

B - Atletico Madrid

C - Atlanta Madrid

D - None

Answer : A

Q 10 - The country that declared the launch of first quantum communication through a satellite in the world ____________?

A - Japan

B - China

C - India

D - US

Answer : B

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