UPSC – Civil Services (Main Exam) 2016 current affairs questions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">1. India’s first Defence Industrial Park will come up in which state? </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">A)Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(B)Kerala</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (C)Odisha </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(D)Uttar Pradesh </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> . 2. Which state is the theme state for the 30th Surajkund International Crafts Mela? </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(A)Rajasthan</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (B)Telangana </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(C)Haryana </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(D)West Bengal</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">. 3. Who has won the 2016 Australian Open men’s singles title? </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(A)Andy Murray</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (B)Stan Wawrinka</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (C)Novak Djokovic </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(D)Roger Federer  </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">. 4. On which date, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to celebrate its “State Tourism Day”? <br />(A)February 8 </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(B)February 14 </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(C)February 24</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (D)February 28</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">. 5. Which of the following companies is set to build the world’s tallest free-standing clock tower? </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(A)Wipro </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(B)Infosys </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(C)Tata Consultancy Services </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(D)Tech Mahindra</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> 6. Who has won the 2016 Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton championship title in men’s singles category? </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(A)Kidambi Srikanth</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (B)Huang Yuxiang </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(C)Deby Susanto </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(D)Shin Seung-chan </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> . 7. Which of the following states is set to launch ‘Gender Taxi’, owned and operated by transgenders?</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(A)West Bengal</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (B)Kerala </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(C)Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(D)Himachal Pradesh  </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">. 8. Who is the first woman to be appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)? </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(A)Neha Singh </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(B)</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Archana Ramasundram </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(C)K Durga Devi</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (D)Deepa Chauhan </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">. 9. Which country will host the 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships? </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(A)Japan </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(B)Qatar</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> (C)China </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(D)Australia </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> . 10. World’s first ‘robot- run’ farm is set to come up in which country? </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(A)China </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(B)Japan </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(C)South Korea </span><br /> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">(d)Australia</span><br style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><br /> ANSWERS-(1)b (2)b (3)c (4)b (5)b (6)b (7)a (8)b (9)a (10)b</div>

UPSC – Civil Services (Main Exam) 2016 current affairs questions

1. India’s first Defence Industrial Park will come up in which state?  ( A)Tamil Nadu  (B)Kerala  (C)Odisha  (D)Uttar Pradesh   . 2. ...

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