Current affairs

1.Who was on 31 August 2016 sworn in as the President of Brazil?
aNS-Michel Temer
2.Who among the following was recently appointed as United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India?
Ans-Aishwaryaa Dhanush
3.Which country recently amassed a world record one-day international total of 444 for three as they crushed Pakistan by 169 runs at Trent Bridge n the five-match series recently?
Ans-England
4.Name the new mobile operator which officially launched on 1 September 2016?
Ans-Reliance Jio
5.Guinness World Records on 1 September 2016 declared Majuli as the largest river island in the world. Majuli is in which state?
Ans-Assam
6.The 2016 Summer Paralympics will start on 7 September 2016 in which city?
Ans-Rio de Janeiro
7.The first BRICS Film Festival kick started on 2 September 2016 in which city?
Ans-New Delhi
8.Name the Political Party launched by Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on 3 September 2016?
Ans-Awaaz-e-Punjab
9.Which former Indian cricketer was recently (September 2016) made an honorary life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?
Ans-Zaheer Khan
10.Name the Action movie star, writer, director who was recently (Sept-2016) given an honorary Oscar for his extraordinary achievements in the movies?
Ans-Jackie Chan
11.The 28th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit began recently at?
Ans-Laos, Vientiane
12.World’s oldest cricketer Lindsay Tuckett who died on 7 September 2016 belongs to which country?
Ans-South Africa
13.Name the Indian film which has won the best film award at the first BRICS Film Festival concluded in New Delhi on 6 September 2016?
Ans-Thithi
14.The International Literacy Day is observed on?
Ans-8 September
15.Name the advanced weather satellite that was launched by ISRO from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on 8 September 2016?
Ans-INSAT-3DR
16.President Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to the Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 on 8 September 2016 as per ___ article of the Constitution?
Ans-Article 111
17.PRABAL DOSTYK-16 which began on 8 September 2016 is the joint bilateral military exercise between India and?
Ans-Kazakhstan
18.Who was the flag-bearer for the Indian contingent at the 2016 Ans-Summer Paralympic Games?
Devendra Jhajharia
19.Who recently become the first Indian woman cricketer to be honoured with MCC life membership?
Ans-Anjum Chopra
20.Who topped Fortune’s ’51 Most Powerful Women’ list released recently?
Ans-Mary Barra, CEO & chairman, General Motors
21.Who won the gold medal for India at Rio Paralympics 2016 in the men’s high jump T-42 event?
Ans-Mariyappan Thangavelu
22.The 2-day Indo-US Economic Summit will begin on 13 September 2016 at?
Ans-New Delhi
23.Who won the women's singles title of US Open 2016?
Ans-Angelique Kerber
24.Which team won the 2016 US Open men's doubles title?
Ans-Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares
25.Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won gold medal at 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, is associated with which sports?
AnsHigh jump