Jan to June 2017 Important Facts Flashcards
Rio Olympics 2016 India’s Tally
67th Rank (0 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
2016 Paralympics Games Rio India’s Tally
43rd Rank (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Nobel Prize 2016 Literature
Bob Dylan
Nobel Prize 2016 Medicine
Yoshinori Ohsumi (on autophagy or how body's cells detoxify and repair themselves)
Nobel Prize 2016 for Chemistry
Sir J. Frasier Stoddart
Bernard L. Feringa
(for design and synthesis of molecular machines)
Nobel Prize 2016 for Physics
David J. Thouless F. Duncan M. Haldane J. Michael Kosterlitz (mathematical framework in the field of topography to explain unexpected properties of solid materials)
Nobel Prize 2016 for Peace
Juan Manuel Santos
(Columbia)
(for his efforts to bring an end to a 50 year long civil war, the longest running civil war conflict in the world)
Nobel Prize 2016 for Economics
Oliver Hart and
Bengt
(Contributions to Contract theory)
ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy)
Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
ICC Test Cricketer of the Year
Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year
Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award
Misbah-ul-haq (Pakistan)
ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
ICC Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year
Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
ICC T20 Performance of the Year
Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies)
ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Trophy)
Marais Erasmus
Best FIFA Men’s Player Award 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Best FIFA Women’s Player Award 2016
Carli Lloyd (USA)
FIFA Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
Falcao (Columbia)
Oscar 2017 Best Picture
Moonlight
Oscar 2017 Best Actor in Leading Role
Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
Oscar 2017 Best Actress in Leading Role
Emma Stone, La La Land
Oscar 2017 Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Oscars 2017 Best Documentary Short
The White Helmets
Oscars 2017 Best Animated Feature
Zootopia
Oscars 2017 Best Foreign Language Film
The Salesman, Asghar Farhadi
Man Booker Prize
Han Kang for ‘The Vegetarian’
Stockholm Water Prize 2016
Professor Joan Rose (America)
59th Grammy Awards Album of the Year
25 (Adele)
59th Grammy Awards World Musical Album
Sing Me Home
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble (Indian tabla player Sandeep Das is a member of this team)
59th Grammy Awards Song of the Year
Hello (Adele)
Miss Universe 2016
Iris Mittenaere (France)
70th BAFTA Award Best Film
La La Land
70th BAFTA Award Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
70th BAFTA Award Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
70th BAFTA Award Best Actress
Emma Stone, La La Land
Ramon Magasaysay Award 2016 in ‘Emergent Leadership’
Thodur Madabusi Krishna (India)
Ramon Magasaysay Award 2016 in ‘Community Leadership’
Bezwada Wilson (India)
Ramon Magasaysay Award 2016 (uncategorised)
Vientiane Rescue (Laos)
TIMES’ Person of the Year
Donald Trump (USA)
Miss World 2016
Stephanie Del Valle (Puerto Rico)
Abel Prize 2017 (Mathematics)
Yves Meyer (France)
Pulitizer Prize 2017
Colson Whitehead for ‘The Underground Railroad’
Miss Teen Universe 2017
Srishti Kaur (India)
Japan’s ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ 2017
Ashwani Kumar (India)
Israel’s ‘Genesis Award’ 2017
Sculptor Anish Kapoor (India)
Asian Businesswoman of the Year Award 2017
Asha Khemka
International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Athlete of the Year (Male) 2016
Usian Bolt (Jamaica)
International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Athlete of the Year (Female) 2016
Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia)
Laureus Award 2017 Sportsman of the Year
Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Laureus Award 2017 Sportswoman of the Year
Simone Biles (USA)
Ballon D’Or 2016 Best Footballer
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) (4th Time win)
After lying dormant for many years, name India’s onli volcano situated in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which has become active again
Barren Island
Against which country India won the 4-mathc Test Series and reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Australia
Arvind Padmanabhan who passed away recently is related to which field
Journalism
Place in Kerala where NTPC has installed India’s largest floating solar photo voltaic plant
Kayamkulam
Where did PM Modi inaugurate the 112 feet iconic statue of Adiyogi Lord Shiva
Coimbatore
International Women’s Day
8th March
Which town in Kangra will be the second state capital of Himachal radesh
Dharamsala
India’s medal tally in 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games
73 Medals (37 Gold, 10 Silver, 26 Bronze)
How many satellites were launched by ISRO in a single mission on 15th Feb from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh by its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
104
Cartosat-2 Series Satellite and 103 co-passenger satellites
Haryana Government has decided to run electric buses in whichi city
Gurugram
In which state Bhagoria festival is celebrated by Bhils and Bhilalas tribes in the month of March before Holi
Madhya Pradesh
India’s longest bridge (9.5 km)
Dhola-Sadiya bridge across River Lohit, Assam
Where will the first book village in India be set up
Bhilar, Maharshtra
The QR code platform launched by Indian government to aid cashless payments, developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI), Mastercard and Visa
BharatQR
India defeated which country to win T20 Blind Cricket World Cup
Pakistan
India has been elected the President of which organ of the UN to promote sustainable human settlements across the globe
UN Habitat
Largest Steel Producers in the World 2016
- China
- India
- Japan
Name of 2230 kg South Asia Satellite intended to serve economic and developmental priorities of South Asian nations y India using its rocket GSLV-F09 on 5th May 2017
GSAT-9
India won the 2016 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s championship defeating which country
Bangladesh
India longest road tunnel and Asia’s longest bi-directional highway tunnel
Chenani-Nashri tunnel, Jammu and Kashmir