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Current Affairs - September 2016

Test your knowledge of key events from September 2016 including space missions, sports achievements, technological developments, and international observances.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Indian Space Research Organization successfully launched the INSAT-3DR satellite which is a/an ______ satellite.

  1. space exploration
  2. meteorological
  3. navigational
  4. communication
  5. earth remote sensing
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The International Literacy Day is annually celebrated on _______.

  1. 3rd September
  2. 8th September
  3. 11th September
  4. 15th September
  5. 21st September
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

OSIRIS-REx is the first mission of which country launched to collect samples from an asteroid and return to Earth?

  1. Russia
  2. France
  3. Australia
  4. The US
  5. The UK
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the women’s singles title at the 2016 US Open tournament?

  1. Serena Williams
  2. Angelique Kerber
  3. Karolína Pliskova
  4. Roberta Vinci
  5. Venus Williams
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In September 2016, the world’s first driverless bus service began carrying passengers in ________.

  1. Lyon
  2. Washington, D.C.
  3. Tokyo
  4. Beijing
  5. Canberra
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following became the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious life membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?

  1. Anjum Chopra
  2. Mithali Raj
  3. Jhulan Goswami
  4. Harmanpreet Kaur
  5. Ekta Bisht
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the first gold medal at the 2016 Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajhariya
  2. Mariyappan Thangavelu
  3. Deepa Malik
  4. Varun Singh Bhati
  5. Naresh Sharma
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In September 2016, the Reserve Bank of India cancelled the certificate of registration of five non-banking financial companies. Which among the following is not one among them?

  1. Simco Consultants Private Ltd.
  2. Rajvir Marketing and Investment Private Ltd.
  3. Crystal Investments Ltd.
  4. K. Z. Leasing & Finance Ltd.
  5. Shri Jaya Investments Agency Ltd.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who topped the list of most powerful women based outside the US, released by Fortune in September 2016?

  1. Ana Botin
  2. Arundhati Bhattacharya
  3. Isabelle Kocher
  4. Chua Sock Koong
  5. Chanda Kochhar
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games took place in September 2016 at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Of how many athletes did the Indian contingent comprise?

  1. 10
  2. 24
  3. 19
  4. 21
  5. 25
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following banks became the first bank in the country and among few globally to deploy ‘Software Robotics’?

  1. SBI
  2. PNB
  3. Axis Bank
  4. ICICI Bank
  5. HDFC Bank
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Novel based on Apatani tribe titled ‘Into the Hidden Valley’ won the 2016 MM Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction in the United Kingdom. In which state does this tribe live?

  1. Odisha
  2. Nagaland
  3. Arunachal Pradesh
  4. Mizoram
  5. Chhattisgarh
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The International Day of Peace is annually observed on

  1. 11th September
  2. 15th September
  3. 21st September
  4. 24th September
  5. 29th September
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which state will India’s first LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) laboratory be set up?

  1. Telangana
  2. Karnataka
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Gujarat
  5. Tamil Nadu
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In September 2016, who among the following took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), an undertaking of the Department of Atomic Energy?

  1. Debashish Ghosh
  2. Sanjeev Sood
  3. Diwakar Acharya
  4. C. K. Asnani
  5. Rajiv Gauba
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