November 2016 Current Affairs – General Knowledge – General Awareness

1st November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ On 28th Oct Himachal Pradesh selected as Second Open Defecation Free state after Sikkim.

2nd November 2016 Current Affairs:




⇒ On 31st Oct Vigilance Awareness Week has celebrated in India to promote probity in public life and achieve a corruption free society.

⇒ Kerala selected ad the 3rd Open Defecation Free – ODF state in India.

3rd November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Govt fixed the GST (Goods and Services Tax) rates with a low of 5, followed by 12, 18 and a high of 28 per cent.

⇒ Sarabjit Singh Marwah is the first Sikh to selected to the Senate of Canada.

5th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Women’s Hockey team of India defeated China with 2-1 and won Women’s Asian Champions Trophy title.

⇒ Lawyer Aniruddha Rajput selected as the member of International Law Commission by General Assembly among 34 individuals.

⇒ Windows 7 and 8 operating systems sale stopped by Microsoft.

7th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Prime Minister of Britain Theresa May reached India for a 3 day visit.

8th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ PM Modi declared that starting midnight Rs 500 and 1000 rupees notes are illegal. All banks will be closed tomorrow. All ATM will be closed for next two days. All 100 and 500 Rs notes must be changed with 31 Mar 2017.

9th November 2016 Current Affairs:




⇒ Donald Trump the member of Republican party elected as America’s 45th President.

⇒ Indian – Americans Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Kamala Harris, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Ami Bera are elected to the United States Congress.

⇒ Pramila Jayapal is the first Indian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representative.

⇒ California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris became the first India-American to win the U.S. Senate seat from the state.

10th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ The World Science Day for Peace and Development for the year 2016 celebrated today.

11th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ PM Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe signed civil nuclear agreement combined in Tokyo.

14th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Today is Gurunanak Jayanti

⇒ World diabetes day observed by all nations.

⇒ India celebrated Children’s Day on the occasion of Jawarharlal Nehru’s 127th birth day.

19th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Today is world toilet day. Its main intention is to take awareness on global sanitation.

20th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ PV Sindhu Indian Shutler won China Open for her maiden Super Series title after defeating Sun Yu with 21-11, 17-21, 21-11.

22nd November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Japan hit by a Tsunami after a powerful earthquake of 7.4 magnitudes rocked the northern part of Japan.

⇒ Mahaa Cakri Sirindhorn respected with first World Sanskrit Award for her contribution towards promotion of the language.

24th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley selected as United Nations ambassador to the UN

25th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Cyrus Msatry was removed be Tata steel from companies chairman post. the company appointed OP Bhatt in his place as independent director.

⇒ Dilip Padgaonkar died at his age of 72. He was a famous journalist and former ediotor in chief of Times of India.

26th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Fidel Castro, revolutionary leader of Cuba and former president died at his age of 90.

28th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ Argentina team defeated Croatia by 3-2 and won Davis Cup for the first time in Zagreb.

29th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ In a plane accident out of 81 people 76 people died along with a Brazillian foofball team members. The flight was crashed near Colombian city of Medellin.

30th November 2016 Current Affairs:

⇒ The supreme court declared that all cinemas must play our national anthem before starting the movie and every one must rise for the anthem.