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GK for XAT, SNAP, IIFT & Other MBA exams 2016 & 2017 

Weekly GK Bundle is a collection of weekly GK updates for the preparation of GK for XAT, IIFT, SNAP and other MBA entrance exams. 

New Appointments

1. Who has won the 2016 Presidential election of the Republic of Ghana?
   Nana Akufo-Addo
   
   
2. Who has become the acting president of South Korea?
   Hwang Kyo-ahn
   
   
3. Who has been elected new President of 90th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan?
   Akshay Kumar M Kale
   
   
4. Who has been named as the new Prime Minister of Italy?
   Paolo Gentiloni
   
   
5. Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of New Zealand?
   Bill English
   
   
6. Which Bollywood personality has been appointed as the UNICEF’s newest Global Goodwill Ambassador?
   Priyanka Chopra
   
   
7. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)?
   V G Kannan
   
   
8. Who has been appointed as the new director general of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs(IICA)?
   Sunil Arora

Honors & Awards

1. Who has been bestowed with the Golden Jubilee Lifetime Achievement Award by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM)?
   Sunil Gavaskar
   
   
2. Who has been elected new President of 90th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan?
   Akshay Kumar M Kale
   
   
3. Who has become the first Indian to win medal at the Mr. Olympia Amateur Asia 2016’s Classic Bodybuilding category?
   Iqbal Sayed
   
   
4. Who has won the World Billiards (150-Up format) Championships title?
   Pankaj Advani
   
   
5. Which of the following footballers has won the 2016 FIFA Ballon D’or Award ?
   Cristiano Ronaldo
   
   
6. Which badminton player has won the 2016 ‘Most Improved Player’ award by the Badminton World Federation (BWF)?
   P V Sindhu

1. Which Indian personality has been named as the 2016 Foreign Policy Global Thinker for novel Twitter diplomacy?
   Sushma Swaraj
   
   
2. Which international personality has topped the 2016 World’s Most Powerful People list of Forbes?
   Vladimir Putin
   
   
3. Which Indian batswoman has been named in the ICC Women’s team of the year 2016?
   Smriti Mandhana

Motto & Themes

1. What is the theme of 2016 Human Rights Day (HRD)?
   Stand up for someone’s rights today
   
   
2. What is the theme of 2016 International Mountain Day (IMD)?
   Mountain cultures: Celebrating diversity and strengthening identity

Miscellaneous

1. The world’s largest seating capacity cricket stadium will come up in which state of India ?
   Gujarat
   
   
2. Which union minister has launched Digidhan campaign to promote digital transactions?
   Ravi Shankar Prasad
   
   
3. Which committee has been constituted by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) to fight against the menace of online piracy?
   Ajit Mohan committee
   
   
4. “100 Million for 100 Million” campaign for child rights has been launched by whom?
   Pranab Mukherjee
   
   
5. The first India-China think tank forum has been held in which of the following cities?
   New Delhi
   
   
6. Which technological giant has tied up with union government for online River Water and Air Quality Monitoring (WAQM) systems?
   Intel
   
   
7. Antonio Guterres, who has been sworn-in as the new Secretary General of the United Nations, is the former Prime Minister of which country?
   Portugal
   
   
8. India’s first amphibious bus project has been launched by which state government?
   Punjab

1. Which state government has tied up with Tata Trust to strengthen Public Distribution System (PDS)?
   Uttar Pradesh
   
   
2. “Fengyun-4” an advanced weather satellite has been successfully launched into orbit by which country?
   China
   
   
3. Gotthard Base Tunnel(GBT), the world’s longest and deepest traffic tunnel is located in which country?
   Switzerland
   
   
4. The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (APMCHUD) has started in which city?
   New Delhi
   
   
5. Which Indian airport has become the second airport in the Asia-Pacific region to achieve carbon neutral status?
   Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad
   
   
6. The Economic Times Asian Business Leaders’ Conclave 2016 has been held in which country?
   Malaysia
   
   
7. Which state has become the first Indian state to launch Mahila Police Volunteer (MPV) initiative?
   Haryana
   
   
8. “2016 EKUVERIN” the joint military exercise has started between India and which country?
   Maldives
   
   
9. India’s first transgender school will come up in which of the following cities?
   Kochi