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February 2016 GK - 4

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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?

  1. Eduardo Rodríguez

  2. Carlos Mesa

  3. Evo Morales

  4. Jorge Quiroga

  5. Jaime Paz Zamora


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

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.

  1. 2005

  2. 2002

  3. 2007

  4. 2009

  5. 2011


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is (1). 

Who among the following was appointed as the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in February 2016?

  1. H. L. Dattu

  2. Rajendra Mal Lodha

  3. P. Sathasivam

  4. Altamas Kabir

  5. K. G. Balakrishnan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is option (1). 

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)?

  1. Chitra Ramkrishna

  2. Udai Kumar

  3. Ashish Kumar Chauhan

  4. Thomas Mathew

  5. Ashima Goyal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

In which year was a separate Railway Budget, which is different from the General Budget, first introduced on the basis of recommendations of the 10-member Acworth Committee?

  1. 1914

  2. 1919

  3. 1924

  4. 1929

  5. 1933


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

Who among the following, in February 2016, received the prestigious Astronautical Society of India's Aryabhata Award 2013?

  1. Rohan Monteiro

  2. Praveen Shetty

  3. Siraj Ahmed

  4. Kamalaksha Amin

  5. Avinash Chander


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct answer is (5). 

In February 2016, the Union Cabinet approved an agreement between India and ______ for the avoidance of double taxation of income from international air transport.

  1. Singapore

  2. Malaysia

  3. Maldives

  4. Thailand

  5. Madagascar


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

Bihar became the sixth state to join Union Government’s UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) scheme for financial restructuring of debt of

  1. drug and pharmaceutical companies

  2. financial companies

  3. power distribution companies

  4. telecom companies

  5. agricultural companies


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

Justice Dinesh Maheshwari was, in February 2016, sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court. Whom did he succeed?

  1. Sudip Ranjan Singh

  2. Uma Nath Singh

  3. T. Meena Kumari

  4. T. Nandakumar Singh

  5. Mrs. B. Giri Massar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

In the Railway Budget 2016-17, the term Nav Arjan was mentioned. What does Nav Arjan mean?

  1. New revenues

  2. New investments

  3. New norms

  4. New facilities

  5. New structures


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The correct answer is (1). 

In February 2016, the Reserve Bank of India cancelled the certificate of registration of how many non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)?

  1. 13

  2. 19

  3. 21

  4. 26

  5. 29


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

Which of the following states was formally declared the country’s first digital state?

  1. Karnataka

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Kerala

  4. Tamil Nadu

  5. Maharashtra


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

Which of the following banks won the Green Bond Pioneer Award 2016?

  1. ICICI Bank

  2. HDFC Bank

  3. Axis Bank

  4. Yes Bank

  5. Kotak Mahindra Bank


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

The Trans-Tasman Trophy is played by which of the following teams in the sport of cricket?

  1. Australia and England

  2. Australia and New Zealand

  3. England and New Zealand

  4. South Africa and New Zealand

  5. Australia and South Africa


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

In February 2016, which film was awarded the best picture in the 88th Academy Awards, popularly called the Oscars?

  1. Birdman

  2. Spotlight

  3. 12 Years a Slave

  4. Argo

  5. The Artist


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

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