14|15 May @ Today's Current Affairs For SSC Exam, SBI Exam, RRB Exam, UPSC Exam @ All Competitive Examinations.

14 | 15 May @ Today's Current Affairs For SSC Exam, SBI Exam, RRB Exam, UPSC Exam @ All Competitive Examinations.

1.    Name the state that had decided to introduce statewide police emergency facility number dial 100 on 2 October 2016. - Uttar Pradesh

2.    Name the pharmaceutical corporation that in May 2016 took steps to block its drugs from use in lethal injections. - Pfizer Inc

3.    Name the E-commerce giant that was accused by Wildlife SOS of selling wildlife specimens, including an array of wildlife trophies, snares and manuals on hunting. - Amazon

4.    The Reserve Bank of India on 13 May 2016 said that entities from how many countries will require its prior approval to establish branch office or project office in India. - Seven

5.    Name the orgnaisation that has decided to tighten due diligence requirements for issuance and transfer of controversy-ridden P-Notes and put the onus on investors to ensure compliance with anti-money laundering law. - Securities and Exchange Board of India

6.    Name the World’s largest cargo aircraft that landed at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International airport for a stopover on the way to Australia from Turkmenistan on 13 May 2016. - Antonov An-225

7.    Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science under the Union Ministry of AYUSH in May 2016 started a Tribal Health Care Research Project in a district of In Himachal Pradesh. Name it - Lahaul-Spiti

8.    Ritu Rani whose name was recommended for Arjuna Award by a sports body of India is related to which sport? - Hockey

9.    Name the former captain of Indian cricket team, who on 13 May 2016 was appointed ICC Cricket Committee chairman for a second term of three years. - Anil Kumble

10.    Name the World’s oldest person who died on 14 May 2016 dies in New York at age 116. - Susannah Mushatt Jones

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1.    Who of the following was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 14 May 2016? - Justice Naveen Sinha

2.    The Prime Minister along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on 14 May 2016 released a Declaration' at Ninora village in Ujjain. Name it. - Simhastha Simhastha

3.    Name the state that on 13 May 2016 notified its Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Act 2016. - Haryana

4.    Name the woman who on 13 May 2016 was named as the FIFA’s first female Secretary General (SG). - Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura

5.    Who headed the committee appointed by Haryana Government that on 13 May 2016 submitted its report on Jat Quota agitation to Chief Minister Manohar Lal? - Parkash Singh

6.    Name the country that on 13 May 2016 passed a comprehensive bill on Opioid abuse by young athletes and babies. - United States

7.    World Health Organization in its urban air quality database released on 12 May 2016 claimed that Zabol is the world’s most polluted city in terms of air quality. Zabol is a city of which country? - Iran

8.    Which of the following Indian city is not part of four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution as claimed by WHO’s urban air quality database released in 12 May 2016? - Ahmedabad

9.    Name the state that on 12 May 2016 decided to implement caste based reservation policy in contractual jobs in government and its undertaking. - Jharkhand

10.    Name the Spiritual leader and chief of Nirankari Mission who died on 13 May 2016 in a road accident in Montreal, Canada. - Baba Hardev Singh

11.    India got its Union Cabinet’s approval to sign the inter-governmental agreement with this country on 12 May 2016. - Mauritius

12.    The Kenyan government has decided to close World's biggest refugee camp that houses an estimated 328000 refugees mostly from Somalia. Name it. - Dadaab camp

13.    Hockey India on 12 March 2016 recommended whose name for the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award? - Sylvanus Dung Dung

14.    Hockey India on 12 March 2016 recommended whose name for the Dronacharya Award? -  CR Kumar

15.    Who became the interim President of Brazil following the suspension of Dilma Rousseff on 12 May 2016? - Michel Temer