Non-Financial Current Affairs Quiz – May, 2016 – Set 1


Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is the first set of Non-Financial Current Affairs Questions for the upcoming Bank Exams. These are based on the Current Affairs from May, 2016. The topics include, National News, World News, Sports News, Lists, Indexes, Reports, Days, Obituaries and all other than the financial news.

1. Which of the
following state government recently launched Adi Praman, an online app for
tribal caste
validity certificate?
1) Telangana
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Maharashtra
2. In which of the
following stations RailTel was recently NOT commissioned?
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Raipur
3) Vijayawada
4) Howrah
5) Kachiguda
3. Which of the
following country recently tested world’s largest unmanned surface vessel Sea
Hunter?
1) Japan
2) United States of America
3) United Kingdom
4) Australia
5) China
4. Sriram Ramaswamy recently
became Royal Society Fellow. He is a well-known _________.
1) Physicist
2) Chemist
3) Botanist
4) Economist
5) Ecologist
5. Which of the
following note is nicknamed as the Bin Laden note?
1) US $500
2) US $100
3) Euro € 500
4) Euro €50
5) Pound £500
6. Shivam Shukla is
associated with which sports?
1) Archery
2) Wrestling
3) Shooting
4) Snooker
5) Golf
7. Former TCS CFO S
Mahalingam was recently appointed as non-executive chairman of which bank?
1) Standard Chartered
2) Axis Bank
3) City Union Bank
4) Bandhan Bank
5) HSBC Bank

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8. Cate Blanchett was
recently appointed goodwill ambassador of which UN body?
1) United Nations Human Rights Council
2) United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund
3) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
4) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
5) United Nations Environment Programme
9. Bombayla Devi
Laishram is associated with which sports?
1) Shooting
2) Archery
3) Football
4) Hockey
5) Athletics
10. Who won the English
Premier League 2015-16?
1) Chelsea
2) Tottenham Hotspur
3) Leicester City
4) Arsenal
5) West Bromwich Albion
11. What was India’s
rank in 2016 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index?
1) 8th  
2) 10th
3) 7th
4) 9th
5) 6th
12. World Press
Freedom Day is observed on ____________.
1) 2nd May
2) 3rd May
3) 4th May
4) 5th May
5) 6th May
13. Which of the
following Indian sportsperson recently announced to launch autobiography titled
“Ace
against Odds”?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Leander Paes
3) Sardar Singh
4) Sania Mirza
5) MS Dhoni
14. Australian
entrepreneur Craig Wright recently claimed to be creator of Bitcoin. What is Bitcoin?
1) Virtual Bank Account
2) Virtual US Currency
3) Digital Cryptocurrency
4) Digital Global Currency
5) Digital Stock Market
15. Agriculture
project Harita-Priya won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
2016 prize
in e-Agriculture category.
In which of the following state does this scheme belong to?
1) Maharashtra
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Sikkim
5) Chhattisgarh

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