Persons in News Current Affairs Quiz - September 2016

1. 105 year old _______ has been chosen as the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ mascot, after she felicitated by PM Shri Narendra Modi for building toilet by selling off her goats ?

Kunwar Bai Rajendra Singh Tarun Bhagat Singh Kailash Satyarthi None of These

2. Alexander Tsybulsky, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of ___________ visited India for 4th Meeting of Joint Working group on Priority Investment Projects. ?

Spain France Russia Germany None of These

3. ________ 's oldest surviving Test cricketer, Len Maddocks passed away ?

West Indies South Africa UK Australia None of These

4. ______'s noted writer Syed Shamsul Haq passed away ?

Afghanistan Pakistan Myanmar Indonesia Bangladesh

5. Crown prince of ______________, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be chief guest for 68th Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2017 ?

Kuwait Qatar Abu Dhabi Jordan None of These

6. First President of _________, Islam Karimov passed away. ?

Uzbekistan Turkmeinstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan None of These

7. Former ________ cricketer Max Walker passed away. ?

England Australian South Africa West Indies None of These

8. Government removed Sushil Muhnot from post of Chairman and Managing Director of ________ ?

Bank of Maharashtra Bank of India Bank of Baroda Oriental Bank of Commerce None of These

9. India Post released a commemorative stamp to honour Catholic Saint _________ (was recently proclaimed a Saint by Pope Francis)?

Mother Teresa Pope francis Francis Xavier Gonsalo Garcia None of These

10. James Gordon Carr, Minister of Natural Resources of ___________ visited India for participating in 3rd Joint Energy Dialogue with India ?

Poland Italy USA Canada None of These

11. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (I/C) for Culture & Tourism visited Confluence Festival of India in ___________________. He also received three ancient artefacts stolen and smuggled out of India and acquired by National Gallery of _________________ - Seated Buddha, Goddess Pratyangira and Worshippers of Buddha ?

Russia UK USA Australia None of These

12. Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare,‚ ________ visited Israel. ?

Nitin Gadkari RadhaMohan Singh Rajnath Singh Anant Geete None of These

13. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of ____________ visited India. ?

Bangladesh Pakistan Libya UAE Afghanistan

14. Nepal Prime Minister ___________ visited India along with Home Secretary Lok Darshan Regmi. MOUs signed are - Credit line agreement of USD 750 million to Nepal for post-earthquake reconstruction projects. It is in addition to 1 Billion USD Loan agreement signed in November 2014 ?

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Khadga Prasad Oli Sushil Koirala Khil Raj Regmi None of These

15. Noted _______ poet and author Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya passed away ?

Punjabi Manipuri Gujarati Assamese None of These

16. Noted Golf Player Arnold Palmer (__________) passed away. He was known as the king of golf and was part of ‚Å“The Big Three‚ in golf during 1960s, along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player ?

UK Russia USA Spain None of These

17. Noted Oscar-winning director Curtis Hanson and playwright Edward Albee passed away. They belonged to __________ ?

UK USA Russia Argentina None of These

18. Noted _______ poet, novelist and short story writer Kashmiri Lal Zakir passed away ?

Punjabi Urdu Gujrati Bengali None of These

19. Shimon Peres, Former President of ________ passed away ?

UAE Lebanon Kuwait Israel None of These

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