February 2016 Current Affairs - 4
General knowledge quiz covering government appointments, awards, economic decisions, and schemes from February 2016
Questions
In February 2016, Bolivia's Electoral Commission announced that people of the country rejected an amendment to the Constitution in a referendum with 51.3 percent vote. With this vote, who among the following Presidents stands disqualified for contesting the Presidential election in 2019?
- Eduardo Rodríguez
- Carlos Mesa
- Evo Morales
- Jorge Quiroga
- Jaime Paz Zamora
In February 2016, Bimal Julka, Divya Prakash Sinha and Amitava Bhattacharyya were appointed as Information Commissioners. With this, for the first time since the inception of Central Information Commission (CIC) in ____, it will have the full complement of the Chief and 10 Information Commissioners.
- 2005
- 2002
- 2007
- 2009
- 2011
Who among the following was appointed as the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in February 2016?
- H. L. Dattu
- Rajendra Mal Lodha
- P. Sathasivam
- Altamas Kabir
- K. G. Balakrishnan
In February 2016, who among the following was appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited (MSEI)?
- Chitra Ramkrishna
- Udai Kumar
- Ashish Kumar Chauhan
- Thomas Mathew
- Ashima Goyal
Who among the following, in February 2016, received the prestigious Astronautical Society of India's Aryabhata Award 2013?
- Rohan Monteiro
- Praveen Shetty
- Siraj Ahmed
- Kamalaksha Amin
- Avinash Chander
In February 2016, the Union Cabinet approved an agreement between India and ______ for the avoidance of double taxation of income from international air transport.
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Thailand
- Madagascar
Bihar became the sixth state to join Union Government’s UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) scheme for financial restructuring of debt of
- drug and pharmaceutical companies
- financial companies
- power distribution companies
- telecom companies
- agricultural companies
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari was, in February 2016, sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court. Whom did he succeed?
- Sudip Ranjan Singh
- Uma Nath Singh
- T. Meena Kumari
- T. Nandakumar Singh
- Mrs. B. Giri Massar
In the Railway Budget 2016-17, the term Nav Arjan was mentioned. What does Nav Arjan mean?
- New revenues
- New investments
- New norms
- New facilities
- New structures
In February 2016, the Reserve Bank of India cancelled the certificate of registration of how many non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)?
- 13
- 19
- 21
- 26
- 29
Which of the following states was formally declared the country’s first digital state?
- Karnataka
- Hyderabad
- Kerala
- Tamil Nadu
- Maharashtra
Which of the following banks won the Green Bond Pioneer Award 2016?
- ICICI Bank
- HDFC Bank
- Axis Bank
- Yes Bank
- Kotak Mahindra Bank
In February 2016, which film was awarded the best picture in the 88th Academy Awards, popularly called the Oscars?
- Birdman
- Spotlight
- 12 Years a Slave
- Argo
- The Artist