DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 25 MAY 2016
(Daily News India)
1. KIRAN BEDI APPOINTED AS NEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF PUDUCHERRY
i. BJP leader
and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was appointed as Lt Governor of Puducherry.
ii. The post
in the Union territory had been lying vacant from last two years.
iii. Lt
Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island Lt Gen Ajay Singh had been given
additional charge of Puducherry.
2. RATAN P WATAL APPOINTED AS PRINCIPAL ADVISER FOR SOCIAL
SECTOR IN NITI AAYOG
i. Former
Finance Secretary Ratan P Watal was appointed as Principal Adviser in NITI
Aayog for 3-years.
ii. Earkier
he was the Union Finance Secretary.
3. CHINA WON UBER CUP BADMINTON TOURNAMENT FOR 14TH TIME
i. Chinese
women badminton team has won the Uber Cup title.
ii.China defeated
South Korea by 3-1 in final at beijing.
iii. India
won the bronze medal in the Uber Cup tournament.
4. DENMARK WINS FIRST THOMAS CUP BADMINTON TOURNAMENT
i. Denmark
has won the 2016 Thomas Cup badminton tournament.
ii. Denmark
defeated Indonesians by 3-2 in the final at China.
iii. Ashwin
placed 2nd in ICC Test bowlers ranking
5. PANKAJ ADVANI CREATES HISTORY BY WINNING ASIAN 6-RED SNOOKER
TITLE
i. India's Pankaj
Advani has created history in Abu Dhabi by clinching the Asian 6-Red Snooker
title.
ii. He has
won the IBSF World 6 Red Championship last year also.
iii. He
became the first player to hold both the world and continental championships in
6 Red snooker at the same time.
6. SARBANANDA SONOWAL SWORN-IN AS ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER
i. Senior BJP
leader Sarbanand Sonowal was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Assam.
ii. Governor
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya administered his oath of office and secrecy at
Khanapara in Guwahati.
iii. Sonowal
became Assam’s second tribal chief minister after Jogen Hazarika in the 1970s.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW LT. GOVERNOR OF PUDUCHERRY?
a. Mamta Banerjee
b. shila Dixith
c. Kiran Bedi
d. anone of the above
2. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW PRINCIPAL ADVISOR FOR SOCIAL
SECTOR IN NITI AAYOG?
a. Anurag Thakur
b. Ratan P Watal
c. Vijay Shikre
d. Mamta Banerjee
3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRY IS DEFEATED BY DENMARK IN
“THOMAS CUP”?
a. Japan
b. UK
c. Indonesia
d. China
4. THE FAMOUS PLAYER “PANKAJ ADVANI” BELONGS TO WHICH GAME?
a. Squash
b. Snooker
c. Hockey
d. Cricket
5. WHO AMONG OF THE
FOLLOWING CLINCHES “ASIAN 6- RED SNOOKER TITLE”?
a. Pankaj Advani
b. Pankaj Thakur
c. Pankaj Singh
d. None of these
6. RECENTLY, WHO HAS APPOINTED
AS NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF ASSAM?
a. Sarbananda Sonowal
b. R. Radahakrishana
c. Narayan Singh
d. Pankaj Shah
7. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF
ASSAM?
a. Guwahati
b. Itanagar
c. Dispur
d. Agartala
8. WHO IS THE GOVERNOR OF ASSAM?
a. Padmanabha Balakrishna
b. R. Radha krishan
c. NK Nair
d. None of the above
ANSWERS:
1. C 2. B 3.
C 4. B 5.
B 6. A 7.
C 8. A
