Questions and Answers 06 August 2016

Questions

1. Who has been selected for the 2016 Amnesty International Human Rights Award?

   [A]Pradeep Hedau

   [B]Monira Rahman

   [C] Abel Barrera

   [D]Henri Tiphagne
 

2.World kidney day is observed on ?
   [A]04 March [B]06 March [C]13 March [D]09 March

3. Who has become the India’s first civil servant to successfully scale Mount Vinson Massif?

   [A]Pankaj Chauhan

   [B]Aparna Kumar

   [C]Aniket Darra

   [D]Sudha Gupta

4.Indian Overseas bank head quarters is located at ?
   [A]Kolkata [B]Mumbai [C]Bangalore [D]Chennai 

5. Who has been conferred with the V Shantaram Life Time Acheivement Award at MIFF 2016? 

   [A]Naresh Bedi

   [B]Mike Pandey

   [C]Neelam Singhi

   [D]Mukesh Sharma
 

Answers

1.[D]Henri Tiphagne.

   Indian lawyer and human rights defender, Henri Tiphagne has been selected for the 2016 Amnesty International Human Rights Award for his exceptional commitment to human rights. The award comes with 10000 Euros and will be given to him on 25 April 2016 at the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin, Germany. Tiphagne is the first Indian to receive the Amnesty award. He is the founder of the organization People’s Watch, one of the most notable human rights organizations in India.

2.[C]13 March
    It is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF).it is to create awareness about the importance of Kidneys.

3.[B]Aparna Kumar.

   Aparna Kumar, a 2002-batch IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh cadre, has become the India’s first civil servant to successfully scale Antarctica’s highest peak Mount Vinson Massif. She climbed the 17,000-feet-high peak and hoisted the Tricolour and the UP police flag there. Earlier, she had successfully scaled Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
 

4.[D] Chennai.

   The bank was founded in 1937.it is established to encourage overseas banking and foreign exchange operations.

5.[A]Naresh Bedi.

   The noted wild life film maker Naresh Bedi has been conferred with the V Shantaram Life Time Acheivement Award at 14th edition of 2016 Mumbai International Festival (MIFF), Mumbai. He is the first Asian to receive a Wildscreen Panda Award and the first Indian to receive a nomination for the British Academy Film Awards.