Current Affairs 2016

The recent current affairs quiz is based on the current affairs that has been happened in between last few days. The quiz will help you to grab the current affair in a very simple way.

The Supreme Court recalled its December 16 order appointing controversial Justice Virendra Singh, a former judge of Allahabad High Court as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh, and named another retired judge as the new ombudsman.

The list of 20 smart cities out of the 98 shortlisted for the 'Smart Cities Mission' was released.These 20 cities will be the first to receive funds, thus kickstarting the process of developing them into 'smart cities'. The next two years will see the inclusion of 40 and 38 cities, respectively.

United States (US) based software services exporter Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) has acquired cloud-based computing firm KBACE Technologies.

• Get passport in a week by giving four documents.
• CERT-In inks cyber security agreements with 3 nations.
• Rajasthan Government inks MoU to join UDAY Scheme.

The ministry of external affairs has announced two major changes that will fast-track the process for first-time passport applicants and make it more convenient to secure an appointment at the local passport seva kendra.

Pakistan̢۪s discarded Test opening batsman Imran Farhat announced his retirement from international cricket in a bid to appear in the Masters Champions League (MCL), which commences in Dubai.

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. has topped in global vehicle sales in 2015 by selling 10.151 million vehicles, beating Volkswagen and General Motors.

Three persons of Indian-origin (PIO) have been awarded 2016 Medal of the Order of Australia, Australia̢۪s highest civilian honour.

Marvin Minsky, the pioneer of artificial intelligence passed away on 24 January 2016 in Boston, United States due to cerebral hemorrhage. He was 88.

India has been ranked 76th out of 168 countries in the recently released 2015 Corruption Perception Index (CPI).

India has overtaken Thailand as the world̢۪s largest rice exporter in the year 2015 by shipping (exporting) 10.23 million tonnes of rice.