Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is the first set of Non-Financial Current Affairs Questions for the upcoming BMSB PO and RBI Grade B 2016. These are based on the Current Affairs from August, 2016 first week. The topics include, news related to India & its states, world news, appointments, days, awards & honors etc.
1. In the National Tourism Awards for 2014-15, the Best State/Union Territory for ComprehensiveDevelopment of Tourism was presented to which state/UT?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Kerala
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Goa
2. The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 seeksto establish the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in which state?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Assam
5) Manipur
3. Which of the following states recently signed a MoU with Indian Space Research Organisation for settingup Water Resources Information System?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Telangana
5) Chhattisgarh
4. What is the outlay of the maiden broad-gauge train service between Agartala and Delhi, ‘Tripura SundariExpress’?
1) 680 crore rupees
2) 698 crore rupees
3) 986 crore rupees
4) 968 crore rupees
5) 860 crore rupees
5. Justice DB Bhosale was on 30 July sworn-in as Chief Justice of _______________
1) Allahabad High Court
2) Madras High Court
3) Guwahati High Court
4) Bhopal High Court
5) Calcutta High Court
6. Ahmed Zewail, who recently passed away was a Nobel-Prize winning ___________.
1) Physicist
2) Doctor
3) Chemist
4) Writer
5) Economist
7. American journalist Stephanie Pearson won the Best Foreign Journalist for India Award in NationalTourism Awards for 2014-15 for her feature ‘The Great Heaven’ on which state/UT?
1) Meghalaya
2) Jammu & Kashmir
3) Kerala
4) Uttarakhand
5) Tamil Nadu
8. The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be held in __________.
1) Pakistan
2) India
3) Poland
4) Malaysia
5) United States of America
9. Which city won the Pro Kabaddi League Season 4?
1) Patna
2) Jaipur
3) Pune
4) Kolkata
5) New Delhi
10. Gachibowli Stadium is located in which city?
1) Indore
2) Ahmedabad
3) Cuttack
4) Hyderabad
5) Pune
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