Current Affairs One Liners Questions and Answers 2016


One liner important Current Affairs questions for UPSC, NDA, CDS, PSC, SSC, SCRA, Railway, Bank, LIC, TET, B.Ed., State Level Vacancy, Police/SI and other competitive exams.

1. Who has launched a nation-wide breastfeeding programme Mothers' Absolute Affection (MAA)? – JP Nadda
2. First tiger cell of India will set-up in– Dehradun
3. India's first underground museum will be opened in– New Delhi
4. Which state became the first state of to ratify GST Bill? – Assam
5. NITI Aayog has signed agreement to set-up web portal on energy data with– US Energy Information Administration
6. The tropical storm that triggered landslides in Mexico– Earl
7. First SAARC Young Parliamentarians Conference held in– Islamabad (Pakistan)
8. What is the mascot of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games? – Vinicius
9. The bank who has launched "group credit life insurance scheme" of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in Mangaluru– Corporation Bank
10. Name of the portal launched by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to curb illegal money pooling by firms– Sachet
11. How many athletes have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2016? – Four
12. RBI imposed penalties of up to Rs. 5 lakh on how many cooperative banks for violation of norms? – Four
13. The aircraft that recently completed the first round-the-world solar powered flight is– Solar Impulse 2
14. According to the study of ASSOCHAM, which country is the third largest number of technology driven startups in the world? – India
15. Who has been elected the new Prime Minister of Nepal? – Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'
16. How many sports has been included by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for 2020 Tokyo Olympics? – 5 Sports
17. First Iranian athlete woman to win an Olympic medal, is– Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin
18. 'Who has won the silver medal in women's singles badminton event at Rio Olympics 2016? – PV Sindhu
19. Which Indo-Canadian MP has been named as the new leader of the government in Canada's House of Commons? – Bardish Chagger
20. Who will be conferred upon with the annual Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award 2016? – Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
21. The 2016 India International Footwear Fair (IIFF) has started in– New Delhi
22. Who became India's first woman member of the IOC? – Nita Ambani
23. Sachin Tendulkar has selected a village for development under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)– Donja
24. Who has inaugurated the Uttarakharid's first Animal Birth control Centre (ABC) at Dehradun? – Maneka Gandhi
25. The 2016 SAARC Home Ministers' conference was held in– Islamabad (Pakistan)
26. Sunita Jain was honoured with the 25th Vyas Samman for her poetry collection– Kashma
27. Who has been appointed as Lieutenant, Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands? – Jagdish Mukhi
28. Who has successfully launched the world's first quantum satellite? – China
29. Who emerged the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix-2016? – Nico Rosberg
30. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? – Urjit Patel
31. 'iMobile SmartKeys' mobile app has been launched by the– ICICI Bank
32. India has set-up military hotlines at 3-border locations with– China
33. Which Indian cricketer was recently awarded honorary life membership of MCC? – Virender Sehwag
34. The Union Bank of India (UBI) has launched an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) based mobile app– *99# Mobile Application
35. Former India football team captain who has been conferred with the Mohun Bagan Fe's prestigious Mohun Bagan Ratna (jewel) for 2016– Syed Nayeemuddin
36. Who has won the World Martial Arts Championships in Sydney, Australia? – Vivek reja
37. Which country launched world's first quantum-enabled satellite named Micius? – China
38. The Uttar Pradesh has announced Rani Laxmi Bai award for– Sakshi Malik
39. Author of the book 'The Ocean of Churn : How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History', is– Sanjeev Sanyal
40. Author of the book 'The Orphanage of Words' is– Shinie Antony
41. The world's tallest girder rail bridge will come up in the State– Manipur
42. Union Cabinet has given its approval to Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that seeks to improve– Road Safety in the Country
43. Two-day meeting of BRICS Women Parliamentarian's Forum began in– Jaipur (Rajasthan)
44. Who is the new Governor of the RBI? – Urjit Patel
45. Who has launched first mobile telecom satellite? – China
46. Longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world is opened in– China
47. First Indian State to ratify GST Constitution Amendment Bill (122nd)– Assam
48. Who was crowned UEFA Best Player in Europe title 2015-16? – Cristiano Ronaldo
49. Which bank becomes the first among the private sector banks to offer Indian Gold Coins? – Federal Bank
50. Doha Bank has announced to open a state-of-the-art branch in– Kochi
51. Who is the first Indian woman to win an individual silver medal in the Olympics? – PV Sindhu
52. Indian weather satellite 'INSAT-3DR' will be put into orbit from which launch vehicle– GSLV-Mark II
53. The F1 racer who won 2016 German Grand Prix is– Lewis Hamilton
54. Who won women's singles title in the 2016 Rogers Cup? – Simone Halep
55. Which country topped the 2016 Global Innovation Index? – Switzerland
56. The hammer thrower has created a world record of 82.29 m in women's hammer throw to win gold at Rio Olympics is– Anita Wlodarczyk
57. Who has appointed as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court? – Manjula Chellur
58. Who has been appointed as the new Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi? – Bhaskar Khulbe
59. Kofi Annan is named the head of an advisory panel on the crisis of Rakhine state in– Myanmar
60. Youth Voters' Festival of 2016 will be held in– Nagaland