Some Gk Questions for 2016 exams

1.Who is the present Union Railway minister?
    Answer: Suresh Prabhu 

2. The venue for 2016 SAARC summit (19th)  ?
    Answer: Islamabad (Pakistan)

3. Venue for 2016 Olympics ?
     Answer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4. UN Observes 2016 as ________?
     Answer: International Year of Pulses


5.Who won  the 2016 FIFA Ballon d'Or award ( player of the year )?
Answer: Lionel Messi 

6. Who won 2016 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year ?
Answer: Carli Lloyd (USA)

7 . Who was recently appointed as Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
Answer: Devender Kumar Sikri

8. What is the full form for ASBA that was recently in news ?
Answer: Application Supported by Blocked Amount (Introduced by SEBI for applying to IPO - initial public offers ) 

9. Who will be the chief guest at 2016 Republic day parade?
Answer: French President Francois Hollande 

10.Who is the First Lady chief minister in jammu and kashmir?
Answer: Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed

11. First railway university will be in which state?
Answer: Gujarath( Vadodra )


12. Who is the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog ( National Institution for Transforming India)?
Answer : Arvind Panagariya 

13. which is the 29th state of india?
Answer: Telangana

14. Which state moving it's capital to "Amaravati" ?
Answer: Andhra pradesh

15. Which is the First Digital state in India?
Answer: Kerala

16 First Digital district in India?
Answer: Idukki(Kerala)

17. Who Won  2016 oscar - best actor award ?
 Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

18. Who Won  2016 oscar - best actress award ?
 Answer: brie Larson

19. Who Won  2016 oscar - best film  ? 
Answer: Spotlight