Answer Key D

ANSWER KEY D-BAT (DAILY BANKING AWARENESS TEST) : 16-09-2015
Q.1. According to World Bank which of the following emerged as number 1

state in terms of ease of doing business in India?
Ans: (2) Gujarat
Q.2. Who has become the new Prime Minister of Australia?
Ans: (1) Malcolm Turnbull
Q.3. Who has topped the list of most powerful women in Asia Pacific
prepared by the global magazine Fortune?
Ans: (3) Chanda Kochhar
Q.4. Recently with which country's central bank RBI inked an agreement on
exchange of supervisory information?
Ans: (4) Nepal Rastra Bank
Q.5. EKUVERIN 2015 is a military exercise between which two countries?
Ans: (3) India and Maldives
Q.6. Who awarded the Rajbhasha Kirti Award 2014-15 to the Ministry of
Railways?
Ans: (4) President of India
Q.7. Which city of America has declared 10 September as 'Anupam Kher
Day'?
Ans: (1) Las Vegas
Q.8. Recently Kalamandalam Sathyabhama passed away. She was
popular for which dance form?
Ans: (4) Mohiniyattam
Q.9. Who has become the first person of Indian-origin to become mayor of
Germany's major city Bonn?
Ans: (2) Ashok Sridharan
Q.10. Recently RailTel of the Indian Railways partnered with Google to

provide free Wi-Fi services under Project ________.
Ans: (3) Nilgiri
Q.11. Recently the Centre has decided to provide additional ________
days of work to farmers in drought-hit areas under MGNREGA.
Ans: (4) 50
Q.12. Recently Goldman Sachs forecasted that India's potential growth
could rise to ______ per cent over the period 2016-2020.
Ans: (1) 8
Q.1. Who won 2015 US Open Womens Singles title?
Ans: (1) Flavia Pennetta
Q.2. Which of the following pairs won the 2015 US Open Womens Doubles
title?
Ans: (3) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
Q.3. Who has been elected as the Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)?
Ans: (4) Hormusji N. Cama
Q.4. Narsingh Pancham Yadav is associated with which game?
Ans: (2) Wrestling
Q.5. Recently Prime Minister of __________ Lee Hsien Loong registered a
landslide victory in the general election held in the country.
Ans: (5) Singapore
Q.6. Recently Egypt's Ibrahim Mahlab resigned from his post. He was the
____________ of Egypt.
Ans: (2) Prime Minister
Q.7. Who has been conferred with Vishwa Hindi Samman, recently?
Ans: (3) Dr. K.K. Aggarwal
Q.8. According to the Hurun report who is the richest Indian?
Ans: (2) Mukesh Ambani
Q.9. Which of the following banks has launched LIME mobile app?
Ans: (3) Axis Bank
Q.10. World Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. announced his
retirement. He belongs to which country?
Ans: (1) USA
Q.11. Recently Pulitzer Prize winner Frank D. Gilroy passed away. He was
a __________.
Ans: (2) playwright
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Q.1. Which of the following pairs won the US Open mixed doubles title?
Ans: (1) Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
Q.2. Which hindi writer has recently returned his Sahitya Akademi Award?
Ans: (2) Uday Prakash
Q.3. Which state in the country is the first to submit State Annual Action
Plan under AMRUT Yojana?
Ans: (5) Rajasthan
Q.4. Who has been appointed as Qatar's new ambassador to Iraq?
Ans: (3) Zayed al-Khayareen
Q.5. Whic country's flag was hosted at the UN Headquarters in New York,
despite this country not being a member of the UN?
Ans: (3) Palestine
Q.6. Recently the First Minister of ____________, Peter Robinson

resigned.
Ans: (4) Northern Ireland
Q.7. AUSINDEX-15 is the naval exercise between which two countries?
Ans: (3) India and Australia
Q.8. Who has been appointed by FIFA as Chairman of the committee for
security and integrity?
Ans: (1) Moses Magogo
Q.9. Who has acquired stake in UAE Royals to become its co-owner?
Ans: (3) Virat Kohli
Q.10. Which country has build the world's longest solar park in Pakistan?
Ans: (2) China
1. Who is the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions? Narendra Modi
2. On -------, World Photography Day is observed across the world. - August
19
3. Countrys largest lender State Bank of India launched a mobile wallet
app, ------, in collaboration with Accenture and Mastercard. - SBI Buddy
4. Which bank announced a new home loan proposition, 'Saral-Rural
Housing Loan', with a special interest rate? - ICICI Bank
5. What is the full form of AMRUT? - Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation
6. Who became the first fielder in Test cricket history to take eight catches
in a match, achieving the unique feat on Day 3 of the first Test against Sri
Lanka in Galle? - Ajinkya Rahane
7. History writer ------ was conferred with the 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award,
the state's highest honour, at a glittering function in Mumbai. - Balwant
Moreshwar Purandare
8. Carolina Mara Marn Martn is a ----- player from Spain. - badminton

9. Andhra Pradesh's ----- has gained the unique distinction of becoming the
first district in the country with the highest number of e-toilets (461) in its
schools. - Nellore
10. Who was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of
national carrier Air India Ltd for three years? - Ashwani Lohani
11. Which country was opened the second land crossing in Tibet via Nathu
La to allow the first batch of Indian pilgrims undertaking the arduous
Kailash- Manasarovar Yatra, in the latest confidence-building measure
between the two neighbours. - China
12. The once in 144 years event, Maha Pushkaralu, was celebrated on July
14. It was celebrated in the ----- river this time. - Godavari
13. Banks have made available deposit scheme facility to all account
holders under the Suraksha Deposit Scheme and the Jeevan Suraksha
Deposit Scheme aimed at enabling them to deposit ----- or Rs. 5001,
respectively in their accounts either on their own initiative by cash or
regular cheque etc. received as gifts during the festive season of Raksha
Bandhan for long term subscription under PMSBY or both PMSBY and
PMJJBY, respectively. - Rs.201
14. -----, a small hamlet in North Gujarat, around 100 km from Prime
Minister Narendra Modis hometown Vadnagar, has emerged as Indias first
Digital Village. - Akodara
15. Founder chairman of bicycle giant Hero Cycles ----- died in Ludhiana. O P Munjal
16. What is the Tagline of Bandhan Bank? - Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai
17. The full form of RTGS is ------. Real Time Gross Settlement
18. National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) is an Indian institution
for research, training and consultancy in banking and finance. It is located
in ----. - Pune
19. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched two funds, India
Aspiration Fund (IAF) and ----- scheme by Small Industries Development
Bank of India (SIDBI), a fund of funds with total corpus of Rs 12,000 crore.
- SIDBI Make In India Loan For Enterprises (SMILE)

20. The ---- scheme has been acknowledged by the Guinness Book of
World Records for being the largest cash transfer program (households). Pahal
21.Greece's Prime Minister -----has announced he is resigning and has
called an early election. - Alexis Tsipras
22. Jasper Infotech, which owns and operates online marketplace -----, has
entered into a three-year partnership with the country's largest private
sector lender, HDFC Bank, to launch a co-branded credit card. - Snapdeal
23. How many Indian companies on the Forbes' list of 100 most innovative
companies in the world? - 3
24. A Chinese firm specialising in precision technology has set up the first
unmanned factory at ----- city where all the processes are operated by
robots, regarded as futuristic solution to tide over China's looming
demographic crisis and dependence on manual workers. - Dongguan
25. The book "Swami and Friend" written by the famous Indian author------.
- R.K Narayan
26. The hotlines of communication between President Barack Obama and
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have become operational
recently.With this, India becomes the ----- nation to have a secure line of
communication with the United States. - Fourth
27. Lipulekh is a Himalayan pass between Nepal, India and China
connecting the North Western Cornered Byash Valley of Nepal and Indian
State of ------ with the old trading town of Taklakot (Purang) in Tibet and
belongs to Nepal. - Uttarakhand
Q.1. Who has been appointed the first woman Director General of the
DRDO's Electronics and Communication Systems cluster?
Ans: (1) J. Manjula
Q.2. Which country has announced to modernize 400 railway stations
across India?
Ans: (3) Japan
Q.3. According to Global AgeWatch Index 2015 which country is the best
place to live for those aged 60 and over?
Ans: (2) Switzerland
Q.4. India's Defence minister dedicated INS Vajrakosh to the nation. Who is
the Defence minister at present?
Ans: (4) Manohar Parikkar
Q.5. Which country's development bank signed an agreement with the New
Development Bank (NDB) to strengthen cooperation?
Ans: (5) Brazilian Development Bank
Q.6. Name the Indian-origin entrepreneur who has been named in the
Fortune magazine annual list of 10 women innovators, groundbreakers and
game changers.
Ans: (1) Payal Kadakia
Q.7. Recently Brad Haddin announced his retirement from international
cricket. He is the cricketer of which country?
Ans: (3) Australia
Q.8. Who has been named the new CEO of the prestigious US Green
Building Council (USGBC)?
Ans: (4) Mahesh Ramanujam
Q.9. Recently government set an ambitious literacy target to achieve 100%
literacy in villages adopted under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)
by ___________.
Ans: (3) March 2016
Q.10. Which government created history by linking two mighty rivers of the
state, Godavari and Krishna?
Ans: (2) Andhra Pradesh
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General Awareness Question Asked In IBPS-RRBs-OFFICE ASSISTANT

Exam (Evening Shift -12.09.2015)
POSTED BY BANKERS GURU ON -
What is the full form of SLR? - Statutory Liquidity Ratio

What is the full form CRR? - Cash Reserve Ratio
Participatory Notes commonly known as P-Notes or PNs are instruments issued by
registered foreign institutional investors (FII) to overseas investors, who wish to
invest in the Indian stock markets without registering themselves with the market
regulator, -----------. - SEBI.
The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised with effect from ------ on the basis of the
Reserve Bank of India (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948. - 1st January, 1949
The Reserve Bank of India was established on ----- in accordance with the provisions
of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. - April 1, 1935
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued ---- denomination coins to commemorate
International Yoga Day. - Rs.10
Recurring Deposit is a special kind of ------ offered by banks in India which help
people with regular incomes to deposit a fixed amount every month into their
Recurring Deposit account and earn interest at the rate applicable to Fixed Deposits.
- Term Deposit
Money laundering is the process of transforming the proceeds of ---- into ostensibly
legitimate money or other assets. - crime
All ----- including branches of foreign banks functioning in India, local area banks and
regional rural banks are insured by the DICGC. - commercial banks
The 2018 Commonwealth Games (officially the XXI Commonwealth

Games) is an international multi-sport event for members of the
Commonwealth that will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, --------between 4 to 15 April 2018. - Australia
Who is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the
incumbent Defence Minister of India? - Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu
Parrikar
Who took over as 20th Chief Election Commissioner? - Dr. Nasim Zaidi
Who is the current chief executive officer of Microsoft? - Satya Narayana
Nadella
Kumbh Mela was held in ---- in 2015. - Nasik

Q.1. Recently President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Gandhi Peace

Prize for 2014 to the _____________.
Ans: (1) ISRO
Q.2. Who has become Britain's longest-reigning monarch?
Ans: (3) Queen Elizabeth II
Q.3. Name the Hungary's Defence Minister who resigned recently?
Ans: (4) Csaba Hende
Q.4. India-Belarus Intergovernmental Commission's seventh meeting was
held in the Belarus capital ________.
Ans: (3) Minsk
Q.5. What is the lock-in period under the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme?
Ans: (4) 5-7 years
Q.6. According to Moody's Investors Service what is India's growth forecast
for the year 2016?
Ans: (3) 7.5%
Q.7. Deepak Lather is associated with which game?
Ans: (5) Weightlifting
Q.8. Who has been presented with the Honoured Guest award by the
U.S. state of Texas for his contribution to cinema and art?
Ans: (3) Anupam Kher
Q.9. Which of the following became the second in the country after
Rajasthan to fix the minimum educational qualification for elections to the
Panchayati Raj institutions?
Ans: (2) Haryana
Q.10. Who clinched the men's singles titles at the Sushant Chipalkatti
Memorial India Junior International Badminton Championships?
Ans: (1) Lakshya Sen
ANSWER KEY D-BAT (DAILY BANKING AWARENESS TEST) : 08-092015
Q.1. Which of the following from India attended the G20 summit?
Ans: (5) Governor of RBI and Finance Minister of India
Q.2. According to the first ever count of India's leopards India's total
leopard population is in the range of ______ to 14,000.
Ans: (2) 12,000
Q.3. What is India's growth forecast for FY 2015-16 according to Barclays?
Ans: (4) 7.8%
Q.4. Recently Shane Watson announced his retirement from Test cricket.
He is from _________.
Ans: (1) Australia
Q.5. In a significant development in the ongoing European migrant crisis,
________ opened their borders to thousands of refugees.
Ans: (3) Germany and Austria
Q.6. Who won the 2015 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix title?
Ans: (4) Lewis Hamilton
Q.7. Who won Mauritius Open ITF Junior Championships 2015?
Ans: (2) Snehal Mane
Q.8. Who won womens 10m air rifle event of the ISSF Rifle and Pistol
World Cup?
Ans: (2) Ahmadi Elaheh
Q.9. Name the committee set up by the government to rationalise
distribution incentives for financial products and curb their mis-selling.
Ans: (4) Sumit Bose Committee
Q.10. According to RBI's Annual Report for 2014-15 what is the stipulated
target for funding of RBIs contingency funds?
Ans: (2) 12% of assets
Q.1. Under One Rank One Pension (OROP) pension will be revised after
how many years?
Ans: (2) five
Q.2. Recently Gagan Narang has achieved the number ___________ spot
in men's 50m rifle prone shooting category in Asia.
Ans: (1) One
Q.3. Which Indian-American teacher has been selected to receive the 2015
C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Teacher Award?
Ans: (4) Preetika Kumar
Q.4. Which state bagged the Skoch Order-of-Merit national award?
Ans: (3) Haryana
Q.5. Who stepped down as the coach of the Sri Lankas national cricket
team?
Ans: (5) Marvan Atapattu
Q.6. Who has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities
Medal?
Ans: (2) Jhumpa Lahiri
Q.7. Recently Sri Lanka Central Bank has received ________ from RBI
under the currency swap agreement between the two reserve banks.
Ans: (3) 1.1 billion dollars
Q.8. Bastar district has been selected for National Literacy Award 2015.
Bastar district is in which state?
Ans: (4) Chhattisgarh
Q.1. Who has been appointed as President of the Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)?
Ans: (1) Vinod Dasari
Q.2. Who sworn in as new President of Guatemala?
Ans: (2) Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre
Q.3. Name the in-charge of the Clean India Mission who has resigned from
the post recently?
Ans: (1) Vijay Laxmi Joshi
Q.4. Which two countries agreed to hold a three-nation summit with
Japan?
Ans: (5) China and South Korea
Q.5. Which South African city will host the Commonwealth Games 2022?
Ans: (4) Durban
Q.6. Recently ________has for the first time overtaken Mumbai in unsold
housing units and thus become the city with the second-highest residential
real estate inventory overhang after the National Capital Region (NCR).
Ans: (1) Bengaluru
Q.7. Who took charge as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI)?
Ans: (3) Dinesh Kumar Likhi

Q.8. Recently India has emerged as the 8th largest tourism market for
which country?
Ans: (2) Australia
Q.9. Who took charge of Secretary, Department of Official Language under
the Ministry of Home Affairs?
Ans: (4) Girish Shankar
Q.10. Dwayne Bravo has been presented with the Hummingbird Medal,
Trinidad and Tobago's third highest award. He is the batsman of which
country?
Ans: (4) West Indeas
Q.11. Charles Kumi Gyamfi passed away. He was a former Ghanaian
________.
Ans: (5) 2 and 3

Q.1. Recently Kevin Andrews visited India. He is the Defence Minister of
which country?
Ans: (3) Australia
Q.2. Which country has decided to cut its number of troops by 300,000
expressing its commitment towards world peace?
Ans: (2) China
Q.3. Who has become the first female President of Commonwealth Games
Federation?
Ans: (4) Louise Martin
Q.3. Recently Union Government announced that it will auction previously

allotted ___________ to private firms.
Ans: (1) small oil and gas fields
Q.4. Expand NCMC.
Ans: (5) National Common Mobility Card
Q.5. Recently the Sports Ministry decided to recognize Yoga as a sports
discipline and placed it in the _________ category.
Ans: (2) Priority
Q.6. Which has become the first Railway Zone in Indian Railways to
eliminate all unmanned level crossings from its system?
Ans: (3) West-Central Railway Zone
Q.8. Who has been conferred with the prestigious Magsaysay Award
2015?
Ans: (4) Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta
Q.9. Who has taken over the additional charge of the post of the CMD of
NTPC?
Ans: (1) A.K. Jha
Q.10. Where the 2018 Annual Meetings of IMF and the World Bank will
take place?
Ans: (4) Bali, Indonesia
Q.1. Recently Standard Chartered has revised down Indian GDP rate
forecast for the FY 2015-16 to ________ from 7.7 per cent.
Ans: (1) 7.3 per cent
Q.2. Which country has won the top UNESCO prize 'Award of Excellence2015' ?
Ans: (1) India
Q.3. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Atomic Energy
Regulatory Board (AERD)?
Ans: (4) Shiv Abhilash Bhardwaj
Q.4. Which of the following won Buchi Babu Memorial Cricket Trophy?
Ans: (3) Mumbai
Q.5. Which two banks has been declared as Domestic Systemically
Important Banks (D-SIBs) by RBI?
Ans: (3) SBI and ICICI Bank
Q.6. According to RBI household financial saving for FY 2014-15 placed at
________of Indias national income as against 7.3% in 2013-14.
Ans: (3) 7.5 %
Q.7. Which country won a historic Test series against Sri Lanka as it
defeated the hosts by 117 runs in the third and final test match played in
Colombo?
Ans: (4) India
Q.8. Who has been appointed as Director of Indira Gandhi Centre for
Atomic Research (IGCAR)?
Ans: (1) S.A.V. Satya Murty
Q.9. Recently global ratings agency Fitch, downgraded Punjab National
Bank's Viability Rating (VR) to ______.
Ans: (3) bb
Q.10. Which Indian-origin person in Australia has been named for
Australian of the Day award by Commonwealth Bank of Australia?
Ans: (2) Tejinder Pal Singh
Q.1. Who has been appointed new Finance Secretary of India?

Ans: (2) Ratan P. Watal
Q.2. Who has taken over as the Chairman of the National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI)?
Ans: (1) Raghav Chandra
Q.3. Who has been awarded "Pride of India" award in New York?
Ans: (5) Frank Islam
Q.4. Which country topped the medals tally at the 15th World Athletics
Championships that concluded at Beijing?
Ans: (3) Kenya
Q.5. Who has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of India
Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)?
Ans: (4) L.C. Goyal
Q.6. Who has been given the additional charge of the Law Ministry of
Delhi?
Ans: (1) Manish Sisodia
Q.7. Which Indian airport launched a new mobile app service named
flyDEL for providing facilities to passengers?
Ans: (3) Delhi International Airport Limited
Q.8. Recently batsman Ian Bell announced his retirement from one-day
internationals. He is the batsman of which country?
Ans: (2) England
Q.9. Recently government identified ______ cities and towns spread
across nine states of the country for implementation of its ambitious
Housing for All scheme.
Ans: (3) 305
Q.10. Recently Oliver Wolf Sacks passed away. He was a famous

________.
Ans: (5) neurologist and author
Q.1. Recently who
'Ramcharitmanas'?
has
launched
the
digital
version
of
epic
Ans: (2) Narendra Modi

Q.2. Who has been appointed India's new Home Secretary?
Ans: (1) Rajiv Mehrishi
Q.3. Who won women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships
2015?
Ans: (1) Mare Dibaba
Q.4. Recently __________ Mo Farah became the first man athlete to win
back-to-back world distance doubles when he stormed to a 5,000 metres
victory in World Athletics Championships.
Ans: (3) Britain's
Q.5. Recently who was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award?
Ans: (5) Sania Mirza
Q.6. How many players were awarded Arjuna Award on the occasion of
National Sports Day?
Ans: (4) 17
Q.7. Which of the following received Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy?
Ans: (2) Punjabi University
Q.8. Recently M. M. Kalburgi passed away. He was a ______ writer.
Ans: (3) Kannada
Q.9. Which country won the 50 kg freestyle category in the Cadet Wrestling
World Championships?
Ans: (1) India
Q.10. Which Ministry launched portal 'Sahaj'?
Ans: (3) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Q.1. Who won 200 metres race at the 2015 Beijing World Athletics
Championships?
Ans: (1) Usain Bolt
Q.2. How much fund has been allocated for development of 100 smart
cities?
Ans: (5) Rs. 48,000 crore
Q.3. With which of the following IFFCO has formed a joint venture to
manufacture the high quality agrochemicals in India?
Ans: (4) Mitsubishi Corporation
Q.4. Recently ISRO successfully launched GSAT-6. It is a ______.
Ans: (2) communication satellite
Q.5. Recently ________ launched its Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite
into space.
Ans: (1) China
Q.6. Who has been elected as the President of the Association of Indian
Statisticians and Scorers of India (ASCII)?
Ans: (3) Dilip Vengsarkar
Q.7. Who topped Wealth-X list of Top 20 Wealthiest People Under 35?
Ans: (4) Mark Zuckerberg
Q.8. Who became the fastest batsman to reach 8000 One Day
International (ODI) runs?
Ans:(1) AB de Villiers
Q.9. Who has been appointed as the Director of Nizams Institute of Medical
Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad?
Ans: (4) Dr. Kandakatla Manohar
Q.10. Which of the following has launched 'India Energy Security Scenarios
(IESS) 2047', an interactive energy scenario building tool?
Ans: (5) NITI Aayog
Q.1. According to Census 2011 what percent of India's population have no
faith in any religion?
Ans: (1) 0.24%
Q.2. How many agreements have been signed between India and
Seychelles during the visit of President of Seychelles to India?
Ans: (4) 5
Q.3. Who has been appointed by UNICEF as goodwill ambassador for the
UN Fund for Children?
Ans: (5) Novak Djokovic
Q.4. Who has become the first Kenyan to win a gold medal in mens 400m
hurdles race at the 15th IAAF World Championships?
Ans: (1) Nicholas Bett
Q.5. Which bank has recently launched the country's first mortgage
guarantee-backed home loan product?
Ans: (3) ICICI Bank
Q.6. Who has assumed the charge of Member of Joint Electricity
Regulatory Commission (JERC) for Goa and UTs?
Ans: (5) Neerja Mathur

Q.7. Who has assumed charge as the Director General of the CSIR?
Ans: (2) Dr. Girish Sahni
Q.8. Name the Indian- American who won 2015 Stockholm Junior Water
Prize?
Ans: (2) Perry Alagappan
Q.9. Recently ___________ Research Centre Imarat (RCI) received the
PSU summit award 2015.
Ans: (3) DRDO
Q.10. Which country will host the Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior
Weightlifting Championship 2015?
Ans: (4) India
Q.1. According to the Census 2011 what is the total population of India?
Ans: (5) 121.09 crore
Q.2. Name the telemedicine initiative launched by the government in
collaboration with Apollo Hospitals to provide healthcare facilities in rural
areas?
Ans: (1) Sehat
Q.3. With which country India recently signed a MoU in the field of Tourism
during the visit of Sushma Swaraj to that country?
Ans: (3) Egypt
Q.4. Recently SEBI announced norms for commodities derivatives market.
From which date these norms will come into force?
Ans: (1) 28 September 2015
Q.5. How many villages will be developed by Tata Trust as per the
agreement signed by it with Andhra Pradesh government?
Ans: (4) 264
Q.6. Which country's company donated $10 million to build the central
library in the Nalanda International University in Bihar?
Ans:(2) Singapore
Q.7. Recently Adani Group, has inked a pact with the which state
government to invest over Rs. 25,000 crore for two projects?
Ans: (1) Chhattisgarh government
Q.8. Names of how many people have been approved for this year's
Dronacharya Award?
Ans: (4) 5
Q.9. Recently Zaina Erhaim has been awarded 2015 Peter Mackler Award
for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. She belongs to which country?
Ans: (1) Syria
Q.10. Which of the following has signed a MoU with GIFT City for
developing an international exchange in it?
Ans: (2) MCX
Q.1. Recently India signed an agreement with Nepal to lay an oil pipeline
from Raxaul in _________________to Amlekhgunj in Nepal.
Ans: (1) Bihar
Q.2. With which country India recently signed a MoU on cooperation in the
fields of education, training and research?
Ans: (4) Australia
Q.3. Which of the following will host the 2015 FIH Hockey World League
(HWL) Finals?
Ans: (3) Raipur

Q.4. Who won Womens 100
Championships in Athletics?
meters
gold
at
the
2015
World
Ans: (5) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Q.5. Who has been appointed as chief executive officer of the Dubai Gold
and Commodities Exchange in the UAE?
Ans: (2) Gaurang Desai
Q.6. Which Indian-American appointed as the full-time federal judge of
California court by President Barack Obama?
Ans: (2) Vince Chhabria
Q.7. Who won Cincinnati Women Tennis Tournament title 2015?
Ans: (1) Serena Williams
Q.8. Who won the Belgian Grand Prix?
Q.9. Which country's writer won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel?
Ans: (4) China
Q.10. Recently ________________ has tied up with Baba Ramdev for
manufacturing and marketing some of the herbal supplements and food
products developed by it.
Ans: (2) DRDO
Q.1. Which of the following has become the first Micro Finance Institution in
India to become a universal bank?
Ans: (1) Bandhan
Q.2. Who won Cincinnati Masters Tennis title 2015?
Ans: (1) Roger Federer

Q.3. Who has been appointed as chairman of India's Oscar jury?
Ans: (5) Amol Palekar
Q.4. Who won gold medal in 100m title at IAAF World Championships at
Beijing?
Ans: (3) Usain Bolt
Q.5. Which team won the STAR Sports Pro-Kabaddi League (PKL) title for
2015?
Ans: (2) U Mumba
Q.6. Who won British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship?
Ans: (4) Aditi Ashok
Q.7. Which cricket team won 2015 Ashes Test series?
Ans: (3) England
Q.8. Madhya Pradesh government announced that the state will house
world's largest 750 Mega Watts(MW) solar power station in ________
district.
Ans: (1) Rewa
Q.9. Recently Kumar Sangakkara retired from international cricket. He
played his final match against which country?
Ans: (4) India
Q.10. Which Indian airport became the first in the world to operate
completely on solar power?
Ans: (4) Cochin International Airport
National Sports Awards 2015
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the National

Sports and Adventure Awards at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on
August 29, 2015.
(i) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2015
Ms. Sania Mirza (Tennis) was conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
2015.
(ii) Dronacharya Awards 2015

Following coaches were conferred with Dronacharya Awards for the year
2015.
S.N
o
NAME OF THE COACH
DISCIPLINE
Shri Naval Singh
Athletics-Parasports
Shri Anoop Singh
Wrestling
Shri Harbans Singh
Shri Swatantar Raj Singh
Shri Nihar Ameen
Athletics- Lifetime
Boxing- Lifetime
SwimmingLifetime
(iii)
Arjuna Awards 2015
Following sportspersons were conferred with Arjuna Awards for the year
2015:
S.
No
.
Name
Discipline
Naib Subedar Sandeep Kumar
Archery
Ms. M.R. Poovamma*
Athletics
Shri Kidambi Srikanth Nammalwar
Shri Mandeep Jangra*
Boxing
Shri Rohit Sharma*
Cricket
Ms. Dipa Karmakar
Gymnastic
Shri Sreejesh P.R.
Hockey
Shri Manjeet Chhillar
Kabaddi
Ms. Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre
Kabaddi
10
Shri Sawarn Singh**
Rowing
11
Shri Anup Kumar Yama
12
Shri Jitu Rai
13
Shri S. Sathish Kumar
Badminton
Roller Skating
Shooting
Weightlifting
14
Shri Bajrang
Wrestling
15
Ms. Babita Kumari*
Wrestling
16
Ms. Yumnam Sanathoi Devi
Wushu
17
Shri Sharath M. Gayakwad
Para-Swimming
*. M.R. Poovamma, Mandeep Jangra, Rohit Sharma, and Babita Kumari

could not attend the Award Ceremony as presently they are participating in
international tournaments abroad.
** Shri Swaran Singh could not attend the Award Ceremony as he is
admitted in hospital for treatment of an injury.
They will be given Awards later by the Minister of State (Independent
Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports.
(iv)
Dhyan Chand Award 2015
Following persons were conferred with Dhyan Chand Awards for the year
2015:
S.
No
.
NAME OF THE SPORTSPERSON
DISCIPLINE
Mr. Romeo James
Hockey
Mr. Shiv Prakash Mishra
Tennis
Mr. T.P.P. Nair
Volleyball
(v) Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2014

Following persons were conferred with Tenzing Norgay National Adventure
Awards for the year 2014.
S.
No.
Name
Category
1.
Ms. Arunima Sinha
Land Adventure
2.
Shri Jot Singh
Land Adventure
3.
Wg. Cdr. Paramvir Singh
Water Adventure
4.
Lt. Col. (Retd.) Satyendra Verma
Air Adventure
5.
Col. (Retd.) Satish Chander Sharma
Life Time
Achievement
(vi) Maulana Abul Kalma Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2014-15
Punjabi University, Patiala was conferred with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Trophy for the year 2014-15.
(vii) Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Purushkar, 2015

Following entities were conferred with Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puruskarar for the year 2015.
Sl.
No
.
Category
Entity
1.
Identification and nurturing of

budding /young talent
Directorate General of Military

Training
2.
Encouragement to sports through

Corporate Social Responsibility
Coal India Limited
3.
Employment of sportspersons and

sports welfare measures
Haryana Police
4.
Sports for Development
Sports Coaching Foundation,

Hyderabad
Q.1. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie is from which country who won first gold
medal of the World Athletics Championships men's marathon?
Ans:(1) Eritrea
Q.2. Babasaheb Purandare has been awarded with Maharashtra Bhushan
Award 2015. He is a ___________.
Ans: (4) writer

Q.3. RBI notified that banks can extend loan repayment period up to
______ years in case 50% crop is damaged due to natural calamities.
Ans: (4) 5
Q.4. Recently who has been appointed as Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed?
Ans: (5) Amitabh Mattoo
Q.5. Recently Indias High Commissioner to Singapore, Vijay Singh Thakur,
has received Asian of the Year 2014 award by leading Singapore daily The
Straits Times, on behalf __________.
Ans: (2) Prime Minister of India
Q.6. Name the sole Indian company which has found place in Fortune
magazine's inaugural 'Change of the World' list of companies?
Ans: (1) Jain Irrigation Systems
Q.7. Recently India has removed the name of which country from the list of
countries put under the restricted visa category?
Ans: (3) Iran
Q.8. Recently Arthur Morris passed away. He was the batsman of which
country?
Ans: (3) Australia
Q.9. Who is the author of the book 'Making India Awesome' released
recently?
Ans: (4) Chetan Bhagat
Q.10. Recently India became the ________ country to have a hotline
(direct secure line of communication) with the US President.
Ans: (5) fourth
Q.1. Which government has launched Annapurna Bhandar Yojna?

Ans: (2) Rajasthan government
Q.2. Which Indian player signed an exclusive management contract with
leading management and marketing company IOS Sports and
Entertainment for a period of two years?
Ans: (1) Saina Nehwal
Q.3. Recently Alexis Tsipras has resigned. He is the Prime Minister of
which country?
Ans: (3) Greece
Q.4. Who has been appointed as the new chief of national carrier Air
India?
Ans: (4) Ashwani Lohani
Q.5. Initially how many PSU banks have integrated their educational loan
products to the Vidya Lakshmi portal?
Ans: (4) 5
Q.6. Recently government announced that the Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV)
emission norms will come into force across the country from
_______________.
Ans: (1) 1 April 2017
Q.7. What is the rank of Hindustan Unilever in the Forbes list of 'The
World's Most Innovative Companies'?
Ans: (4) 41st
Q.8. With which of the following Prasar Bharti signed a MoU for
cooperation which will set the stage for a new media era in both the
countries?
Ans: (2) Digital Television Russia
Q.9. Recently union cabinet gave its approval for the signing of the revised
Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and ___________.
Ans: (3) Seychelles
Q.10. Which of the following won Spanish Super Cup 2015?
Ans: (1) Athletic Bilbao
1. The approach of Micro-Credit or Banking with the poor is comparatively a new concept in the field of
rural credit. This approach has been tried very successfully in which of the following countries?
(1) India
(2) China,
(3) Japan
(4) Bangladesh,
(5) None of these
2. The lowering of Bank Rate by the Reserve Bank of India leads to
(1) More liquidity in the market,
(2) Less liquidity in the market
(3) No change in the liquidity in the market,
(4) Mobilization of more deposits by commercial banks
(5) none of the above
3. Which of the following is not a part of the scheduled banking structure in India?
(1) Public Sector Banks
(2) Moneylenders
(3) Private Sector Banks
(4) Regional Rural Bank
(5) State Co-operative banks
4. The rate of interest on Savings Bank Account is decided by
(1) RBI
(2) Indian Banks Association
(3) Government of India
(4) the concerned bank
(5) Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
5. Many times we read a term CBS used in banking operation. What is the full form of the letter S in the
term CBS?
(1) Systematic
(2) Super
(3) Support
(4) Solution
(5) None of these
6. Who sets up the Bench Mark Interest Rate for Germany?
a) German Central Bank
b) Deutsche Bundes Bank
c) European Central Bank (ECB)
d) Deutsche Bank
e) None of the above
7. What is India's Apex Tax body?
a) CBDT
b) GAAR
c) IT Department
d) RBI
8. FICCI is an Association of Business Organizations in India. Who is the President of FICCI?
a) Shikha Sharma
b) Usha Thorat
c) Naina Lal Kidwai
d) Indra Nooyi
9. Banks in India are governed by BR Act 1949. What does 'BR' stands for?
a) Banks Registration
b) Banking Re-organization
c) Banking Regulation
d) Banking Rights
10. In India, Scheduled Commercial Banks are those Banks included?
a) In the 2nd Schedule of RBI Act 1934
b) In the 2nd Schedule of BR Act 1949
c) In the 2nd Schedule of NI Act 1881
d) In the 2nd Schedule of Companies Act 1956
Ques. : 1 Who among the following cricketers has been elected president of cricket statisticians body
ACSSI?
1) Ajit Wadekar
2) Ravi Shastri
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Kapil Dev
5) Dilip Vengsarkar
Ques. : 2 The Centre has allowed road developers to completely exit BOT projects two years after
completion and invest the funds for certain purposes. The term BOT stands for
1) Build-Organise-Transfer
2) Build-Operate-Terminate
3) Build-Operate-Transfer
4) Bear-Operate-Transfer
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 __________ has launched the countrys first Mortgage Guarantee-backed home loans for firsttime borrowers in the affordable housing segment.
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) SBI
4) Federal Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has become a new goodwill ambassador for the UN Fund for
Children?
1) Roger Federer
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Andy Murray
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Martina Hingis
Ques. : 5 The government on 27 Aug released a list of 98 cities which are to be developed as smart cities.
Which state leads in number of smart cities?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Karnataka
Ques. : 6 Which of the following is/are missing from the list of 24 state capitals included in 98 cities to be
developed as smart cities?
1) Bengaluru
2) Kolkata
3) Patna
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 7 The govt has given a 4 months extension (up to 31 Dec 2015) to the 7th Central Pay
Commission. The chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission is
1) Meena Agarwal
2) Ratin Roy
3) Vivek Rae
4) Ashok Kumar Mathur
5) BN Srikrishna
Ques. : 8 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed an agreement on 27 Aug to locate the
first internationally-controlled bank of low-enriched uranium?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Ukraine
3) Belarus
4) Mongolia
5) Tajikistan
Ques. : 9 Vikas Gowda is associated with which of the following games?

1) Archery
2) Shooting
3) Discus throw
4) Pole vault
5) Boxing
Ques. : 10 India on 26 Aug signed an information exchange agreement with Seychelles on tax matters.
Such agreements have already been signed with which of the following by India so far?
1) Bahamas
2) Bermuda
3) Gibraltar
4) Cayman Islands
5) All the above
1. Country's largest lender the SBI recently declared how much amount of its bad loan to sell to the Asset
reconstruction companies
1) Rs. 5000 crore
2) Rs. 10000 crore
3) Rs. 3000 crore
4) Rs. 6000 crore
5) None of these
2. "Doing business report" published by

1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) ADB
4) WTO
5) None of these
3. The Holidays for the Banks are declared as per which of the following Act
1) Reserve bank Act
2) Banking Regulation Act 1949
3) Negotiable instrument Act 1881
4) Companies Act 1956
5) None of these
4. Interest rate "Savings deposit" now a days is decided by

1) RBI
2) SBI
3) Respective Banks
4) IBA
5) None of these
5. "ASBA" stands for

1) Application supported by bank account
2) Application supported by balance account
3) Application supported by blocked account
4) Application supported by blocked amount
5) None of these
6. FCCB stands for

1) Foreign currency convertible bonds
2) Forex currency convertible bonds
3) Form currency convertible bonds
4) Future currency convertible bonds

5) None of these
7. "De Mat" account is regulated by

1) RBI
2) SBI
3) IRDA
4) SEBI
5) None of these
8. Banking ombudsman is appointed by

1) Union government
2) RBI
3) Respective state government
4) Exim bank
5) None of these
9. How much maximum amount that is insured by "deposit insurance" credit corporation (DICGC)
1) Rs. 50000
2) Rs. 100000
3) Rs. 10000
4) Rs. 500000
5) None of these
10. How much quantity of coins to be minted decided by

1) RBI
2) Union government
3) SBI
4) IRDA
5) None of these
11. RBI can issue bank notes of maximum denomination
1) Rs. 1000
2 ) Rs. 500
3) Rs. 10000
4) Rs. 20000
5) None of these
12. Life span of Rs. 10 notes are

1) 10-15 months
2) 16-19 months
3) 10-18 months
4) 1-12 months
5) 20-25 months
13. Validity period of "Demand draft" is

1) 6 months
2) 12 months
3) 3 months
4) 8 months
5) None of these
14. According to "Micro small medium enterprise development Act 2006 (MSME Act 2006)" investment
limit for micro enterprise in manufacturing sector is
1) Less than Rs. 10 lakh
2) Less than Rs. 25 lakh
3) Rs. 50 lakh
4) Rs. 20 crore
5) None of these
1. Which of the following accounts is not insured by DICGC?

1) Savings Account
2) Fixed Deposit
3) Interbank Deposits
4) Recurring Deposits
5) None of these
2. According to the Union Budget, two new IIM will be opened in which of the following states?
1) Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh
2) Andhra Pradesh and Goa
3) Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh
4) Himachal Pradesh and Delhi
5) None
3. The headquarter of amnesty international is located in which of the following city?

1) Washington DC
2) Paris
3) Vienna
4) London
5) Geneva
4. BIOS stands for

1) Basic Input Output system
2) Binary Input output system
3) Basic Input Off system
4) Binary Input Output Systematically
5) None
5. Father of 'C' programming language

1) Dennis Ritchie
2) Prof Jhon Kemeny
3) Thomas Kurtz
4) Bill Gates
5) None
6. The device used to carry digital data on analog lines is called as

1) Multiplexer
2) Demodulator
3) Modem
4) Modulator
5) None
7. Who is visiting India for the first time?

1) Australian Prime Minister
2) Australian Defence Minister
3) Autralian Foreign Minister
4) Defence Secretary
5) None of these
1. Wide area networks (WANs) always require

(1) None of these
(2) High speed processors
(3) Same type
(4) All of the above
(5) High bandwidth communication source link
2. Typical bandwidth of optical fibres is

(1) Order of GHz
(2) Order of KHz
(3) Order of Hz
(4) None of these
3. A large number of computers in a wide geographical area can be efficiently connected by

(1) Twisted pair lines
(2) Coaxial cables
(4) None of these
(5) Communications satellites
4. Which of the following topologies is not of broadcast type?

(1) Star
(2) None of these
(3) Ring
(5) Bus
5. Bug means
(1) A difficult syntax error in a program
(2) Documenting programs using an efficient Documentation too
(3) A logical error in a program
(5) None of these
6.The part of machine level instruction, which tells the central processor what was to be Done is
(1) Operation code
(2) Address
(4) Operand
(5) None of these
7. Indicate which , of the following is not true about 4GL.

(1) Many database management system packages support 4GLs
(2) 4GL does not support a high -level of screen interaction
(3) A 4GL is a software tool which is written, possibly, in some third generation language
(5) None of these
8. Indicate which of the following, best describes the term "software"

(1) Systems programs only
(2) Application programs only
(4) Both (1) and (2)

(5) None of these
9. A translator is best described as

(1) A hardware component
(2) A system software
(3) An Application software
(5) None of these
10. Indicate which of the following is not true about an interpreter

(1) Interpreter analyses each source statement every time it is to be executed
(2) Interpreter is a kind of translator
(3) Interpreter generates an object program from the source program
(5) None of these
11. The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are
(2) Semantic errors
(3) Logical errors
(4) Syntax errors
(5) None of these
12. C is
(1) An assembly language
(2) A machine language
(3) A third generation high level language
(5) None of these
13. A graph prepared by a computer
(1) is its output

(2) None of these
(3) is a hard copy
(4) all of the above
(5) is the piece of information to use
14. Which of the following does not represent on I/O device

(1) speaker which beeps
(2) ALU
(3) plotter
(4) joystick
(5) None of these
15. The communication line between the CPU, memory and peripherals is called a
(1) all of these
(2) line
(3) media
(4) Bus
(5) None of these
1. Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM) concerns:

I. Fiscal Deficit
II. Balance of Payment
III. Revenue Deficit
(1) Only I
(2) Only II
(3) I & II
(4) I & III
(5) All of these
2. Which of the principal institution for promotion, financing and development of small scale industries in
the country?
(1) RBI
(2) SBI
(3) IDBI
(4) SIDBI
(5) None of these
3. Which of the following instruments of credit control adopted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) does
not fall within general or quantitative methods of credit control?
(1) Stipulation of certain minimum margin in respect of advance against specified commodities
(2) Open market operations
(3) Bank rate

(4) Variable reserve requirement
(5) None of these
4. Indigenously built INS Astravahini was decommissioned at Vishakhapatnam recently. It was a
1) Torpedo launch and recovery vessel
2) guided missile destroyer
3) Fast attack vessel
4) helicopter carrier
5) Anti-submarine warfare carrier
5. The proposal of which of the following Chinese telecom solutions providers to set up a manufacturing
unit in Tamil Nadu received conditional security clearance from the Union Home Ministry recently?
1) China Unicom
2) Pioneer Global
3) ZTE
4) Huawei
5) Lenovo
6. Accounts are allowed to be operator by cheques in respect of____.
(1) Both savings bank accounts and fixed deposit accounts
(2) Savings bank accounts and current accounts
(3) Both savings bank accounts and loan accounts
(4) Both savings bank accounts and cash accounts only
(5) Both Current accounts and fixed deposit accounts
7. Largest shareholder (in percentage shareholding) of a nationalized bank is____.
(1) RBI,
(2) NABARD
(3) LICI,
(4) Govt. of India,
(5) IBA
8. Insurance cover for bank deposits in our country is provided by____.?
(1) SBI,
(2) Govt. of India
(3) GIC,
(4) LIC
(5) DICGC
9. Expand the term ALM as used in Banking/ Finance sector:
(1) Asset Liability Maturity
(2) Asset Liability Mismatch,
(3) Asset Liability Manpower
(4) Asset Liability Maintenance
(5) Asset Liability Management
10. For repayment of loan availed from Banks/ NBFC we come across a term known as EMI. What does it
stand for?
(1) Equated Money index,
(2) Easy Money Instalment
(3) Equated Monthly Instalment
(4) Equal Monthly Instalment,
(5) Equal Minimum Instalment
Q1. The basic units of a excel spreedsheet where we enter data is called
(a) Tab
(b) Box
(c) Cell
(d) Field
(e) None of the above
Q2. The maximum number of rows supported by Excel 2003 spreadsheet is
(a) 10,000
(b) 35,356
(c) 55,782
(d) 65,536
(e) None of these
Q3. The maximum number of rows supported by Excel 2007 spreadsheet is
(a) 9,68,576
(b) 12,15,857
(c) 13,42,554
(d) 10,48,576
(e) None of these
Q4. Which one is a 'text editor' for Microsoft Windows
(a) MS Word
(b) Ms Excel
(c) WordPad
(d) Notepad
(e) None of these
Q5. Which one is the default 'Word Processor' for Microsoft Windows
(a) MS Word
(b) Ms Paint
(c) WordPad
(d) Notepad
(e) None of these
Q6. What is the maximum size of a word document created
(a) 1 MB
(b) 32 MB
(c) 16MB
(d) 999KB
(e) None of these
Q7. What is the maximum number of Primary Partitions that can be created on a Hard-disk
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 1
(e) None of these
Q8. How many layers in the TCP/IP protocol layers
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 11
(e) None of these
Q9. What is the binary value of 'A'
(a) 01000100
(b) 11000001
(c) 01100001
(d) 01000001
(e) None of these

Q10. Which key combination is used to minimize all open windows and displays in the screen
(a) Alt+M
(b) Shift+M
(c) Windows Key+D
(d) CTRL+D
(e) None of these
Q11. How many users can access a share folder simultaneously from a Windows XP machine
(a) 20
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) Unlimited
(e) None of these
Q12. How many users can access a share folder simultaneously from a Windows 7 machine
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 50
(e) None of these
Q13. Which key combination is used to close a open application in Windows machine
(a) Alt+F8
(b) CTRL+X
(c) Alt+F4
(d) Shift+P
(e) None of these
Q14. Total number of function keys in a computer keyboard
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 8
(e) None of these
Q15. Which one is the latest release of Windows Client Operating System
(a) Windows XP
(b) Windows 7
(c) Windows Me
(d) Windows 8.1 or 8
(e) None of these
1. Name the Indian American woman who has been honoured as one of the Champions of Change by the
White House of the US.
1) Sunita Viswanath
2) Indra Nooyi
3) Sunita Williams
4) Renu Khator
5) Geeta Menon
2. The Haryana govt has appointed who among the following as its brand ambassador for the Beti
Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign to promote the cause of the girl child?
1) Kareena Kapoor
2) Parineeti Chopra
3) Deepika Padukone
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Madhuri Dixit
3. The Union govts Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has approved a proposal to set
up the countrys first defence industrial park at Ottappalam in
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) West Bengal
5) Gujarat
4. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Director of National Book Trust?
1) MA Sikandar
2) Uddipana Goswami
3) Rita Chowdhury
4) Arupa Kalita Patangia
5) Anuradha Sharma Pujari
5. The RBI signed a special currency swap agreement, recently, with the central bank of which of the
following countries that will allow the latter to draw up to $1.1 bn for a maximum period of six months?
1) Afghanistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Maldives
6. India has signed a pact with the World Bank, recently, for $250-mn financial assistance for the Disaster
Recovery Project of
1) Odisha
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andaman and Nicobar
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Lakshadweep
7. RBI launched Inflation Indexed Bonds (IIBs) to stop away investors from gold to paper-based savings
instruments. What is the maturity period these bonds?
(1) 5 years
(2) 10 years
(3) 6 years
(4) 7 years
(5) None of these
8. RBI Provides--------for meeting day-to-day receipt and expenditure mismatch to both Central and State
Governments
1) Treasury bills
2) Ways and Means advance
3) Date and securities
4) All the above
5) None of these
9. The maximum number of withdrawals permitted in a savings account, half yearly is__?
(1) 90
(2) 60
(3) 50
(4) 110
(5) None of these
10. The Capital Account Convertibility of the Indian rupee refers to:
(1) That the Indian rupee can be exchanged for the US dollar for international trade in goods and service
(2) That the Indian rupee can be exchanged for any major currency for the purpose of trading financial assets
(3) That the Indian rupee can be exchanged by the authorized dealer for travel purpose
(4) That the Indian rupee can be exchanged for any major currency for the purpose of trade in goods and
services
(5) None of the above
13. Where is the Asian Development Bank (ADB) located?

a) Mumbai, India
b) Hiroshima, Japan
c) Shanghai, China
d) Manila, Philippines
e) Jakarta, Indonesia
14. Structured Financial Messa-ging System (SFMS) is a secure messaging standard developed to serve
as a platform for intra-bank and inter-bank applications in India. Which of the following have interface
with SFMS?
a) RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement)
b) Negotiated Dealing System (NDS)
c) Security Settlement System (SSS)
d) 'a' and 'c' of the above
e) 'a', 'b' & 'c' of the above
15. Which Country is the largest producer of Tea in the world?
a) India
b) Brazil
c) Peoples Republic of China
d) Srilanka
4. What Is a slide transition?

1) Overheads
2) Letters
3) A special effect used to introduce a slide in a slide show
4) The way one slide looks
5) None of these
5. Which of the following will be the next version of Android after Lollypop?
1) Masala Dosa
2) Mushroom
3) Marshmalow
4) Monotone
5) None of the above
6. To print the Power Point presentation, press
1) Ctrl+ T
2) Ctrl + E
3) Ctrl + S
4) Ctrl + P
5) None of these
Ques. : 1 Indian Railways and Indian Army are among world's biggest employers. What are their ranks,
respectively, among the world's biggest employers?
1) 1st and 2nd
2) 1st and 5th
3) 3rd and 6th
4) 6th and 7th
5) 8th and 9th
Ques. : 2 India and which of the following countries signed agreements including the double taxation
avoidance treaty and ratification on the extradition treaty, recently, during the visit of the External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj?
1) Thailand
2) Nepal
3) Mauritius
4) Vietnam
5) Bangladesh
Ques. : 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 Jul launched the Digital India program. It comprises of
various initiatives which include
1) Wi-Fi hotspots
2) Next Generation Network (NGN)
3) Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) app
4) eSign
5) All the above
Ques. : 4 In a bid to revive dwindling interest in Test cricket, which of the following two teams will play
the first day-night Test match in Adelaide later this year?
1) Australia and New Zealand
2) England and Australia
3) South Africa and Australia
4) India and Australia
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 Which of the following banks has launched '30-min auto' and '15-min 2-wheeler' loan schemes,
for which customers have to provide only their biometric details?
1) ICICI Bank
2) SBI
3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Bank of Baroda
Ques. : 6 Which of the following Indian cities has won the United Nations Public Service Award 2015 in
the category of improving delivery of public services recently? The city was declared as the first open
defecation free district in country earlier.
1) Thrissur
2) Kollam
3) Belgaum
4) Nadia
5) Dhalai
Ques. : 7 Anisa Rasouli was nominated as the first female judge to the Supreme Court in which of the
following countries on 28 Jun?
1) Bangladesh
2) Iran
3) Pakistan
4) Afghanistan
5) Indonesia
Ques. : 8 _________ is celebrated as the National Doctor's Day as a tribute to the legendary Dr Bidhan
Chandra Roy, a physician, former West Bengal CM and the Bharat Ratna awardee.
1) 29 Jun
2) 30 Jun
3) 1 Jul
4) 2 Jul
5) 3 Jul
Ques. : 9 Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel has become the world's third largest mobile operator with 303 mn
subscribers. Which of the following is the worlds largest mobile operator as of now?
1) China Unicom
2) China Mobile
3) Vodafone Group
4) AT&T
5) None of these
Ques. : 10 Greece made history in becoming first ever developed economy not to pay back the IMF on 30
Jun. The nation(s) which has/have failed to make their commitments to the IMF include(s)
1) Peru
2) Zambia
3) Sudan
4) Zimbabwe
5) All the above
Q.1. Recently who has launched the digital version of epic

'Ramcharitmanas'?
Ans: (2) Narendra Modi
Q.2. Who has been appointed India's new Home Secretary?
Ans: (1) Rajiv Mehrishi
Q.3. Who won women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships
2015?
Ans: (1) Mare Dibaba
Q.4. Recently __________ Mo Farah became the first man athlete to win
back-to-back world distance doubles when he stormed to a 5,000 metres
victory in World Athletics Championships.
Ans: (3) Britain's
Q.5. Recently who was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award?
Ans: (5) Sania Mirza
Q.6. How many players were awarded Arjuna Award on the occasion of
National Sports Day?
Ans: (4) 17
Q.7. Which of the following received Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy?
Ans: (2) Punjabi University
Q.8. Recently M. M. Kalburgi passed away. He was a ______ writer.
Ans: (3) Kannada
Q.9. Which country won the 50 kg freestyle category in the Cadet Wrestling
World Championships?
Ans: (1) India
Q.10. Which Ministry launched portal 'Sahaj'?
Ans: (3) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Q.1. Who won 200 metres race at the 2015 Beijing World Athletics
Championships?
Ans: (1) Usain Bolt
Q.2. How much fund has been allocated for development of 100 smart
cities?
Ans: (5) Rs. 48,000 crore
Q.3. With which of the following IFFCO has formed a joint venture to
manufacture the high quality agrochemicals in India?
Ans: (4) Mitsubishi Corporation
Q.4. Recently ISRO successfully launched GSAT-6. It is a ______.
Ans: (2) communication satellite
Q.5. Recently ________ launched its Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite
into space.
Ans: (1) China

Q.6. Who has been elected as the President of the Association of Indian
Statisticians and Scorers of India (ASCII)?
Ans: (3) Dilip Vengsarkar
Q.7. Who topped Wealth-X list of Top 20 Wealthiest People Under 35?
Ans: (4) Mark Zuckerberg
Q.8. Who became the fastest batsman to reach 8000 One Day
International (ODI) runs?
Ans:(1) AB de Villiers
Q.9. Who has been appointed as the Director of Nizams Institute of Medical
Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad?
Ans: (4) Dr. Kandakatla Manohar
Q.10. Which of the following has launched 'India Energy Security Scenarios
(IESS) 2047', an interactive energy scenario building tool?
Ans: (5) NITI Aayog
Q.1. According to Census 2011 what percent of India's population have no
faith in any religion?
Ans: (1) 0.24%
Q.2. How many agreements have been signed between India and
Seychelles during the visit of President of Seychelles to India?
Ans: (4) 5
Q.3. Who has been appointed by UNICEF as goodwill ambassador for the
UN Fund for Children?
Ans: (5) Novak Djokovic
Q.4. Who has become the first Kenyan to win a gold medal in mens 400m
hurdles race at the 15th IAAF World Championships?
Ans: (1) Nicholas Bett

Q.5. Which bank has recently launched the country's first mortgage
guarantee-backed home loan product?
Ans: (3) ICICI Bank
Q.6. Who has assumed the charge of Member of Joint Electricity
Regulatory Commission (JERC) for Goa and UTs?
Ans: (5) Neerja Mathur
Q.7. Who has assumed charge as the Director General of the CSIR?
Ans: (2) Dr. Girish Sahni
Q.8. Name the Indian- American who won 2015 Stockholm Junior Water
Prize?
Ans: (2) Perry Alagappan
Q.9. Recently ___________ Research Centre Imarat (RCI) received the
PSU summit award 2015.
Ans: (3) DRDO
Q.10. Which country will host the Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior
Weightlifting Championship 2015?
Ans: (4) India
1. Hinduja Group-promoted ----- has completed acquisition of Royal Bank
of Scotland's diamond and jewellery financing business in the country. IndusInd Bank
2. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is a self-help book about the
development of character and discipline in life, written by --------. - Robin
Sharma
3. Pamarthy Shankar, a cartoonist working with the prominent Telugu
newspaper 'Sakshi', has won the Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014
Award for sketching -------. - Nelson Mandela
4. Indian artistic gymnast ------- clinched the women's vault bronze medal at
the Asian Championships in Hiroshima. - Dipa Karmakar
5. England-based Willis Group Holdings, the third largest insurance

brokerage in the world, has re-entered the Indian market by picking up 49
per cent stake in the ------based Almondz Insurance Brokers. - New Delhi
6. Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) on 21 July 2015 launched a mobile
bankingapp named -------. Kotak Bharat
7. Hirakud Dams built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from
Sambalpur in the state of ---- in India. - Odisha
8.What is the Capital of Sri Lanka? - Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
9. What is the currency of Mozambique? - Mozambican Metical
10. International Yoga Day, or Yoga Day, is celebrated on ------ and was
declared so by United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. June 21
11. The Reserve Bank notified government's decision to raise foreign direct
investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector to ---- per cent. - 49
12. The proposed Rs.20,000-crore National Investment and Infrastructure
Fund (NIIF) will function as a sovereign wealth fund like Singapores ----and operate at arms length from the government. - Temasek
13. Noted Hindi litterateur ----- has been chosen for the state's highest
literary award, Bharat Bharti. - Kashinath Singh
14. - Cabinet approved setting up of an expert group to classify the ---- data
of the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011. - Caste/Tribe
15.The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in
the Indian state of -----. - Madhya Pradesh
16. Who has launched a new product, 'Smart Humsafar', a plan which
offers multiple benefits of savings and insurance cover for husband and
wife under a single policy? - SBI Life Insurance
17. Kolkata's ------ will host the final of the ICC World T20, to be held in
India from March 11 to April 3, next year, across eight cities. - Eden
Gardens
18. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., based in ------, is one of the five
Wholly Government of India owned assurance companies of India. Mumbai
19. Vivek Agnihotri's political satire Buddha in a Traffic Jam won the Best
------ in a Foreign Language Award at the Madrid International Film Festival.
- Original Screenplay
20. Jeevan Anand , Zindagi Ke Saath Bhi, Zindagi Ke Baad Bhi is one of
the best products of which insurance company? - Life Insurance
Corporation (LIC)
21. The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
signed a $300 million loan to support the governments flagship program,
the ---- that is aimed at improving the health status of the countrys urban
population. - National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)
22. Who is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician, currently serving as Minister
for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information, and Broadcasting, in the
Government of India and also as Leader of the House in the Rajya
Sabha? - Arun Jaitley
23. Who is currently the acting Chief Secretary of Delhi? - Shakuntala
Gamlin
CATEGORIES:
1. The recommendations of the ----- report, in 1999, the Insurance

Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) was constituted as an
autonomous body to regulate and develop the insurance
industry. - Malhotra Committee
2. What is the Capital of Mozambique? - Maputo
3. Which film has won the best original screenplay in aForeign Language
award at the Madrid International Film Festival? - 'Buddha In A Traffic
Jam'
4. National Insurance Academy (NIA) is a premier institution devoted to
equip the insurance industry with the best of talents. It is situated in which
state? - Maharashtra, Pune
5. Apart from being a leading insurance provider in India, National
Insurance Company Limited (NICL) also serves ------. - Nepal
6. When is Hiroshima Day observed? - 6 August
7. Social worker Anshu Gupta and former AIIMS official -------- won the
Ramon Magsaysay awards for "enterprising leadership" and for exposing
corruption respectively. - Sanjiv Chaturvedi
8. "Sar Utha Ke Jiyo" is the tagline of which company? - HDFC Life
9. Joint Communique 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting was held at
------, Malaysia. - Kuala Lumpur
10.The Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer whose sound
infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul in a 40-year-plus
career, has died. Who is this? - George Duke
11. A group of Indian Air Force personnel successfully completed an IndiaUK air and ground exercise on July 31, that saw Indian Sukhoi Su-30s
pitted against their Royal Air Force counterparts flying Eurofighter Typhoon.
What is the name of this exercise? - Indradhanush (Rainbow)
12. Krishnapatnam Port is a privately built and owned all weather, deep
water port on the east coast of India, located in the Nellore District of which
state? - Andhra Pradesh
13. Who is the current Chief Minister of Haryana? - Manohar Lal Khattar
14. The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to name the ------ in the
name of former President APJ Abdul Kalam. - Uttar Pradesh Technical
University (UPTU)
15. Polutech which engages in the water treatment engineering services,is
a part of Murugappas Group will form a Joint Venture (JV) with Japanbased Organo Group for providing ----- in the industrial sector. - Water
Treatment Services
16. The Reserve Bank issued ---- denomination coins to commemorate
International Yoga Day. - Rs 10
17. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ----- as National Handloom
Day to mark the 1905 Swadeshi movement. - August 7
18. What is the currency of Sri Lanka? - Sri Lankan Rupee
19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is an Indian state-owned
insurance group and investment company headquartered in -----. - Mumbai
20. The Ramanujan Prize for 2015 has been won by mathematician ---- of
the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. - Amalendu Krishna
21. The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway in ---- extending from Port Said
to Suez and connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. - Egypt
22. India will surpass China to become the most populous nation in the
world by -----, six years sooner than previously forecast, and the country is
projected to retain the top spot till 2100, the UN has said. - 2022
23. Rural Development Minister ----- launched SAMANVAY, a compilation of
all schemes of both Central and State governments for Gram Panchayats. Chaudhary Birender Singh
1. The standard protocol of the internet is
1) FTP
2) HTTP
3) TCP / IP
4) HTTPS
5) None of these
2. When you install a new program on your computer, it is added to the

1) Start programs
2) Desktop programs
3) All programs
4) Control panel
5) None of these
3. Key function of firewall is
1) Monitoring
2) Copying
3) Pasting data
4) Moving
5) None of these
4. A program that generally has more user friendly interface than a DBMS is called
1) Notepad
2) Form
3) Word processing
4) Paint
5) None of these
5. Too much electricity and cause of a voltage surge, refers to
1) Firewall
2) Shock
3) Spoofing
4) Spike
5) None of these
6. The software that is used to create textbased documents are referred to
1) Suits
2) Word processors
3) Spreadsheets
4) Restore
5) None of these
7. A programming language for creating special programs like applets is known as
1) C + +
2) Java
3) BASIC
4) Net
5) None of these
8. An online discussion group that allows direct 'live' communication is known as
1) E mails
2) Virus
3) Chat group
4) Paint
5) None of these
9. Microsoft messenger allows users to
1) Visual presentation
2) Live communication
3) Graphics presentation
4) Blog creation
5) None of these
10. An embedded operating system is generally find in
1) PDA
2) Network server
3) Desktop
4) Mailserver
5) None of these
11.Which protocol is used to transfer file from one system to another system
1) FTP
2) HTTP
3) SMTP
4) POP
5) None of these
Q.1. According to the Census 2011 what is the total population of India?
Ans: (5) 121.09 crore
Q.2. Name the telemedicine initiative launched by the government in
collaboration with Apollo Hospitals to provide healthcare facilities in rural
areas?
Ans: (1) Sehat
Q.3. With which country India recently signed a MoU in the field of Tourism
during the visit of Sushma Swaraj to that country?
Ans: (3) Egypt
Q.4. Recently SEBI announced norms for commodities derivatives market.

From which date these norms will come into force?
Ans: (1) 28 September 2015
Q.5. How many villages will be developed by Tata Trust as per the
agreement signed by it with Andhra Pradesh government?
Ans: (4) 264
Q.6. Which country's company donated $10 million to build the central
library in the Nalanda International University in Bihar?
Ans:(2) Singapore
Q.7. Recently Adani Group, has inked a pact with the which state
government to invest over Rs. 25,000 crore for two projects?
Ans: (1) Chhattisgarh government
Q.8. Names of how many people have been approved for this year's
Dronacharya Award?
Ans: (4) 5
Q.9. Recently Zaina Erhaim has been awarded 2015 Peter Mackler Award
for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. She belongs to which country?
Ans: (1) Syria
Q.10. Which of the following has signed a MoU with GIFT City for
developing an international exchange in it?
Ans: (2) MCX
Union Budget 2015-16 presented by Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley in
the Parliament. We are bringing you the highlights and key announcements
of Budget 2015-16.
Union Budget 2015-16: Highlights & Key Announcements
The objective of this Budget is to improve quality of life and to pass
benefits to common man.
Indian Govt has 3 major achievements: Jan Dhan Yojana, Coal

Auction and Swacch Bharat programme
Incremental change is not going to take us anywhere, will need to

think in terms of quantum jump
Under Swacch Bharat Yojana, 50 lakh toilet already built, 6 crore

toilet targeted
Government will encourage new start ups and entrepreneurship
Government is still firm on achieving fiscal deficit target of 3 % of
GDP eventually
Real GDP expected to accelerate to 7.4%
Current FOREX reserves $340 bn, Second best stock market in

Asian economy
Govt will utilize vast postal network for increasing access to

institutional banking
Roadmap to achieve Fiscal deficit of 3% of GDP in three years:

Target is 3.9% in 2015-16, 3.5% in 2016-17, 3% in 2017-18.
National Insurance scheme called PM Suraksha Bhima Yojana,

offering coverage of 2 lakh rupees for just premium of Rs.12 per year.
Rs. 5300 crore allocated for micro irrigation
Target of 8.5 lakh crores credit to be given to farmers in 2015-16

Target of 8.5 lakh crore of credit for agricultural sector
Unclaimed deposits of Rs 3,000 crore in PPF and Rs 6000 crore in
EPF; to create senior citizens welfare fund from this corpus
Atal Pension Yojana to provide defined pension according to

contribution ; 50% contribution to be from Govt.
Increased Budgetary allocation to Roads & Railways
5 Ultra Mega power projects, of 4000 MW announced
Initial sum of Rs 150 Cr to create world class IT hub to take
advantage of our competitiveness
Start-ups: mechanism for techno-financial incubation for start ups;

govt sets aside Rs 1000 crore
National Infrastructure Fund will try to leverage Infrastructure
companies ; Tax free bonds for Roads , Railways & irrigation
Renewable energy target will be increased to 1,75,000 MW
Highest ever allocation for MGNREGA, by increasing it this year by
5,000 crore rupees
Ports in public sector will be encouraged to corporatize & become

companies under companies act
EPF & ESI has hostage rather than client ; ESI should be made
optional to employees
GST will be put in place state of art internationally indirect tax system
by April 1st 2016: FM
An addition of 1,000 crores for Nirbhaya Fund
Govt proposes to increase visa-on-arrival to 150 countries to

increase tourism
Initial outlay of Rs 75 crore for development of electric vehicles
For better regulation a merger of FMC & SEBI is being currently
worked out
National Skill Mission to be launched through skill development and

entrepreneurship ministry, to develop employability of youth, especially
below 25 years of age
Section 6 of FEMA to be amended
Committee to be set up to plan the celebration of the 100th birth
anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Propose to set-up an IT based student financial aid system under PM

Vidya Laxmi scheme
The new Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Programme will ensure no

student misses out on higher education opportunities due to lack of funds
Govt announces AIIMS institutions in J& K , Punjab , Himachal

Pradesh and Assam.
ISM Dhanbad will be upgraded to full IIT
Government is pursuing policy of #MakeInIndia in defense not only to

cater our needs but also for export
Defense budget has been enhanced to 2,46,727 crore rupees, an

approx. increase of Rs. 25,000 crore
Unplanned expenditure for 2015-16 is estimated at 13 lakh 12
thousand and 200 crores
Budget Estimates of Expenditure: Rs. 17 .77 lakh crore of which Non

Planned is Rs. 13.12 lakh crore and Plan is 4.65 lakh crores
Direct Tax collection is going to be 14.49 lakh crore rupees
Basic rate of Corporate Tax to be reduced from 30% to 25% in next 4
years and will be accompanied by reducing exemptions.
Exemptions to individual tax payers will remain
Non-filing of returns, or filing of returns with inadequate information

may attract 10 year Jail term. Even concealment of income will be
prosecutable with rigorous imprisonment
Government to enact a comprehensive law on black money stashed

abroad
Benami property transaction bill will be introduced to tackle black

money transaction in real estate soon
Quoting of PAN is mandatory for any purchase made more than Rs.
1 Lakh.
Defer the applicability of GAAR for 2 years ; will only apply

prospectively after Apr 2017.
Reduced Royalty fees on Technical Services to 10% from 25%.
Wealth Tax Abolished, instead super rich will pay extra 2% extra
surcharge for people with income over 1 Crore. This will lead to additional
9,000 cr to Tax kitty.
Custom duty on raw materials and intermediaries to be reduced
Excise duty on Leather footwear reduced to 6%
Fuel excise duty will remain unchanged; change in tobacco excise

duty.
Consolidated Service Tax increased from 12.36% to 14%!

Increased in deduction for Health insurance from Rs. 15000 to Rs.
25000. For senior citizens increased to 30,000.
Additional deduction of Rs 50,000 for contribution to pension fund

and new pension scheme
Tax exemption for transport allowance increased from Rs 800 to Rs

1600 per month.
Individual tax payer will benefit to the extent Rs.4,44,200/- from the
exemptions announced
Direct tax proposals will lead to 8315 cr loss and an increase of Rs.
23,000 cr in indirect tax gains.
Q.1. Recently India signed an agreement with Nepal to lay an oil
pipeline from Raxaul in _________________to Amlekhgunj in Nepal.
Ans: (1) Bihar
Q.2. With which country India recently signed a MoU on cooperation

in the fields of education, training and research?
Ans: (4) Australia
Q.3. Which of the following will host the 2015 FIH Hockey World
League (HWL) Finals?
Ans: (3) Raipur
Q.4. Who won Womens 100 meters gold at the 2015 World
Championships in Athletics?
Ans: (5) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Q.5. Who has been appointed as chief executive officer of the Dubai
Gold and Commodities Exchange in the UAE?
Ans: (2) Gaurang Desai
Q.6. Which Indian-American appointed as the full-time federal judge

of California court by President Barack Obama?
Ans: (2) Vince Chhabria
Q.7. Who won Cincinnati Women Tennis Tournament title 2015?
Ans: (1) Serena Williams
Q.8. Who won the Belgian Grand Prix?
Q.9. Which country's writer won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best
Novel?
Ans: (4) China
Q.10. Recently ________________ has tied up with Baba Ramdev

for manufacturing and marketing some of the herbal supplements
and food products developed by it.
Ans: (2) DRDO
1. The World Day for International Justice, also referred to as Day of International Criminal
Justice or International Justice Day is celebrated throughout the world on
1) 11 Jul
2) 17 Jul
3) 18 Jul
4) 28 Jul
5) 30 Jul
2. The RBI has said that banks will now report past dues and levy any late payment charges on
credit card holders only if the payment has been due for more than
1) two days
2) three days
3) five days
4) ten days
5) 15 days
3. The countdown to the first-ever niche banking license award process has began as the
external advisory committee headed by ________ has given its report to the RBI.
1) Nachiket Mor 2
2) R Gandhi
3) Urjit Patel
4) Bimal Jalan
5) Usha Thorat
4. In a third bailout for debt-stricken Greece, the European Union has agreed to lend ________ to
the country.
1) 3 billion euro
2) 5 billion euro
3) 7 billion euro
4) 9 billion euro
5) 11 billion euro
5. Jules Bianchi, who died recently from head injuries sustained in Japan in a 2014 competition,
was a
1) boxer
2) sprinter
3) pole vault player
4) F1 driver
5) cyclist
6. Within the banking sector, foreign investment up to ________ in private sector banks and
________ in the case of public sector banks is allowed.
1) 49 per cent, 26 per cent

5) None of these
7. The Centre has done away with sub-limits for foreign investments in Indian companies. Which
of the following will NOT be considered a foreign investment in an Indian firm?
1) Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)
2) Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
3) Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs)
4) Depository Receipts (DRs)
5) None of these
8. The Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY), which seeks to preserve
and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country in the selected 12 cities, does not cover
1) Amaravati
2) Vellankini
3) Kanchipuram
4) Madurai
5) Ajmer
9. U Wunna Maung Lwin is the present Foreign Minister of which of the following countries? He
was in New Delhi to hold the first meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission of the two
nations.
1) Singapore
2) Thailand
3) Malaysia
4) Myanmar
5) Cambodia
10. The South Korean steel giant Posco, recently, put on hold its $12-bn steel project in which of
the following states due to delays in various regulatory approvals?
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) Tamil Nadu
11. Which of the following is not a tool in the hands of RBI to control the inflationary pressure in
the country?
1) Bank Rate (BR)
2) Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
4) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
5) None of these
12. Which of the following tool is used frequently by the RBI to control credit and monetary
situations of the markets in the country?
1) Cash Reserve Ratio
2) Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)
3) Balance of Trade
4) Forward Trade Agreements
5) Electronic Clearing Service
13. Which among the following organization has got the principal approval from the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) for establishing as well as operating White Label ATMs (WLAs)?
1) Muthoot Finance
2) Union Bank of India
3) LIC (Life Corporation of India)

4) NICL (National Insurance Company Limited)
5) None of these
14. Present minimum & maximum limit for RTGS transactions is ____.
1) Rs.50000, Rs 200000
2) Rs. 1 lac, No Limit
3) Rs. 2 lac, Rs 5 lac
4) Rs.5 lac, Rs 10 lac
5) Rs. 2 lac, No Limit
15. The maximum amount of the total revenue earned by the government of India comes from1) Income Tax
2) Customs Duty
3) Excise Duty
4) VAT
5) Corporate Tax
10. Which of the following is the highest unit?

(1) Tera Byte
(2) Peta Byte
(3) Exa Byte
(4) Zeta Byte
(5) Yeta Byte
11. Which of the following is a Universal Gate?

(1) OR
(2) XNOR
(3) NAND
(4) XOR
(5) NOT
12. Which of the following is not an example of Optical Disc?

(1) Compact Disc
(2) Digital Versatile Disc
(3) Blu Ray Disk
(4) Holographic Versatile Disc
(5) Floppy Disk Drive
13. To contain the dwindling population of Parsis in India, which scheme was introduced in India?
(1) Romi tolo

(2) Parsi HI
(3) Parsi Lo
(4) Jiyo Parsi kho
(5) Jiyo Parsi
14. In which city of Canada, a street named after Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of Indian Independence
Day?
(1) Ponyong
(2) Ronnetzone
(3) Ottova
(4) Winnipeg
(5) None
15. Till 30th June, 1955 State Bank of India (SBI) was known as?
(1) State Bank of British India
(2) Imperial Bank of India
(3) India Central Bank
(4) Central Bank of British India
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1. What Video Card is Best Suited for 3D Games?

(1) ATI 3D Charger
(2) NVidia GeForce 256 DDR
(3) ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
(4) 3DFX VooDoo 5
(5) None of these
2. What platform does the AMD K6 3+ Processor Belong to?

(1) Sockets
(2) Socket7
(3) Slot A
(4) Slotl
(5) None of these
3. What platform can the VIA/Cyri III Processor Be used in jut c the following?
(1) Slot 1
(2) Socket A
(3) Slot A
(4) Socket 7
(5) None of these
4. What motherboard manufacturer is the most popular out of the following?

(1) Abit
(2) AOpen
(3) IWill
(4) Asus
(5) None of these
5. What is the BEST ram solution for the
Intel
Pentium
4 Processor?
(1) SDRAM
(2) DDR SDRAM
(3) EDO/Fast Page Ram
(4) Rambuss
(5) None of these
6. What does BASIC stand for?

(1) Basically, it's just your basic computer language, so they named it BASIC.
(2) Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
(3) Binary Analysis System Interpretation Commandset
(4) Byte Arranging Software for Improved Coding
(5) None of these
7. What does ASCII stand for?
'
(1) Array of Simple Character Iteration Indices

(2) Another Stupid Character Identification Idea
(3) Alternate Source Code Image Improvement
(4) None of these
(5) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
8. The access method used for magnetic tape is_____

(1) Direct
(2) Random
(4) Sequential
(5) None of these
9. By .Processing we understand ____
(1) String manipulation only

(3) Processing string of only words
(4) Processing string of numbers and special symbols
(5) None of these
10. The difference between memory and storage is that the memory is ___ and storage is ____
(1) Slow, fast
(2) Temporary, permanent
(3) Permanent, temporary
(5) None of these
1. To protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of markets in capital
market, (Securities and Exchange Board of India) SEBI established on April 12......
1) 1987
2) 1990
3) 2001
4) 1985
5) 1992
2. Who is the chairman of SEBI?
1) CB Bhave
2) Som Mittal
3) UK Sinha
4) Yogesh Agarwal
5) Rajkumar Dhoot
3. Angel Investor provides......
1) Financial backing to start the business.
2) Working capital.
3) Lending at the time of urgency.
4) Bank guarantee to continue the business.
5) None
4. The new rules of Angel investors as per SEBI issued on 16 September 2013 given. Which among the
following is wrong?
1) Angel investors have been allowed to be registered as Alternative Investment Funds.
2) Investments under angel investing restricted between Rs.50 lakh and Rs 5 crore.
3) They can make investments only in those companies which are incorporated in India only.
4) Angel funds needs to be invested in a firm for at least three year.
5) Angel funds can be availed for companies not older than 4 years.
5. Which is India's only listed micro-lender, it has concluded a securitization transaction for Rs.321 crore
with a major public sector bank, ranked as A1+?
1) SMILE Finance
2) Sahara Finance
3) SKS Microfinance
4) Shradda Finance
5) L&T Finance
6. As per the new rule of New Pension scheme (NPS), if a subscriber exists after age of 60 years, how
much portion of the pension he must invest to purchase an annuity policy?
1) 40
2) 20
3) 18
4) 100
5) 75
7. National Textile Corporation (NTC) launched a retail chain by name.....?
1) Bapu
2) Thread
3) Republic
4) Indian Republic
5) Great India
8. Tata Power commenced construction work for the first phase of its joint venture 400- MW hydro power
project in Georgia. The capital of Georgia is?
1) Sofia
2) Istanbul
3) Juba
4) Kiwi
5) Tbilisi
9. Who hosts 2018 Mens World Cup of Hockey?
1) Australia
2) Netherlands
3) India
4) Pakistan
5) England
10. All-weather 14-km tunnel at Zojila pass to be constructed. Zozila pass is in the state of?
1) Jammu and Kashmir
2) Karnataka
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Assam
5) Tamilnadu
Q.1. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie is from which country who won first gold
medal of the World Athletics Championships men's marathon?
Ans:(1) Eritrea
Q.2. Babasaheb Purandare has been awarded with Maharashtra Bhushan
Award 2015. He is a ___________.
Ans: (4) writer
Q.3. RBI notified that banks can extend loan repayment period up to
______ years in case 50% crop is damaged due to natural calamities.
Ans: (4) 5
Q.4. Recently who has been appointed as Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed?
Ans: (5) Amitabh Mattoo
Q.5. Recently Indias High Commissioner to Singapore, Vijay Singh Thakur,
has received Asian of the Year 2014 award by leading Singapore daily The
Straits Times, on behalf __________.
Ans: (2) Prime Minister of India
Q.6. Name the sole Indian company which has found place in Fortune
magazine's inaugural 'Change of the World' list of companies?
Ans: (1) Jain Irrigation Systems
Q.7. Recently India has removed the name of which country from the list of
countries put under the restricted visa category?
Ans: (3) Iran
Q.8. Recently Arthur Morris passed away. He was the batsman of which
country?
Ans: (3) Australia
Q.9. Who is the author of the book 'Making India Awesome' released
recently?
Ans: (4) Chetan Bhagat
Q.10. Recently India became the ________ country to have a hotline
(direct secure line of communication) with the US President.
Ans: (5) fourth
CATEGORIES:
Q.1. Which government has launched Annapurna Bhandar Yojna?

Ans: (2) Rajasthan government
Q.2. Which Indian player signed an exclusive management contract with
leading management and marketing company IOS Sports and
Entertainment for a period of two years?
Ans: (1) Saina Nehwal

Q.3. Recently Alexis Tsipras has resigned. He is the Prime Minister of
which country?
Ans: (3) Greece
Q.4. Who has been appointed as the new chief of national carrier Air
India?
Ans: (4) Ashwani Lohani
Q.5. Initially how many PSU banks have integrated their educational loan
products to the Vidya Lakshmi portal?
Ans: (4) 5
Q.6. Recently government announced that the Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV)
emission norms will come into force across the country from
_______________.
Ans: (1) 1 April 2017
Q.7. What is the rank of Hindustan Unilever in the Forbes list of 'The
World's Most Innovative Companies'?
Ans: (4) 41st
Q.8. With which of the following Prasar Bharti signed a MoU for
cooperation which will set the stage for a new media era in both the
countries?
Ans: (2) Digital Television Russia
Q.9. Recently union cabinet gave its approval for the signing of the revised
Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and ___________.
Ans: (3) Seychelles
Q.10. Which of the following won Spanish Super Cup 2015?
Ans: (1) Athletic Bilbao
Ques. : 1 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 31 Aug designated Indias top two banks by assets
as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs). These two banks are
1) SBI and PNB

2) SBI and BOB
3) SBI and HDFC Bank
4) SBI and ICICI Bank
5) SBI and Canara Bank
Answer:- 4) SBI and ICICI Bank
Ques. : 2 Who among the following is the new Union Finance Secretary?
1) Ratan P Watal
2) Rajiv Takru
3) Anjuly Chib Duggal
4) Hasmukh Adhia
5) Shaktikanta Das
Answer:- 1) Ratan P Watal
Ques. : 3 The Union govt, recently, released a sum of ________ to Employees Pension Scheme
(EPS), 1995 as its contribution for the year 2015-16.
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 1,500 cr
3) Rs 2,000 cr
4) Rs 2,500 cr
5) Rs 2,800 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 2,000 cr
Ques. : 4 The US President Barack Obama has renamed which of the following mountains in
North America as Denali?
1) Mount Saint Elias
2) Mount Foraker
3) Mount Blackburn
4) Mount Whitney
5) Mount McKinley
Answer:- 5) Mount McKinley
Ques. : 5 Which state govts on 31 Aug inaugurated the One Stop Centre, known as Sakhi,
which will play a role in helping the women in distress?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Haryana
3) Punjab
4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 2) Haryana
Ques. : 6 The visiting Indian team won the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka 2-1 on 1
Sep. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) This is India's first Test series victory on Sri Lankan soil in 22 years.
2) It was new captain Virat Kohlis first series win.
3) R Ashwin declared Man of the Series.

4) Cheteshwar Pujara named man of the match for his 145 (not out) in the third Test.
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 7 As announced by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 1 Sep, foreign institutional
investors and foreign portfolio investors will be exempted from MAT on transactions prior to
1) Apr 1, 2014
2) Sep 1, 2014
3) Dec 1, 2014
4) Jan 1, 2015
5) Apr 1, 2015
Answer:- 5) Apr 1, 2015
Ques. : 8 Who among the following has been appointed the new Union Home Secretary?
1) Anil Goswami
2) Rajiv Mehrishi
3) Sunil Arora
4) Tuk Tuk Kumar
5) LC Goyal
Answer:- 2) Rajiv Mehrishi
Ques. : 9 Indian womens hockey team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after a gap of 36
years. Who is the present captain of womens hockey team?
1) Mamta Kharab
2) Ritu Rani
3) Vandana Kataria
4) Rani Rampal
5) Sushila Chanu
Answer:- 2) Ritu Rani
Ques. : 10 ___________ has taken over as the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI).
1) RP Singh
2) Vijay Chhibber
3) Raghav Chandra
4) Rajinder Khanna
5) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Answer:- 3) Raghav Chandra
Ques. : 1 Name the Indian wrestler who on 30 Aug won gold medal in the 50 kg freestyle
category at the World Cadet Championship held in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
1) Ravinder Singh
2) Bajrang
3) Yogeshwar Dutt
4) Anil
5) Sushil Kumar
Answer:- 4) Anil
Ques. : 2 The govt has announced the list of 98 cities from different states to be developed as
smart cities in gradual manner. Which of the following is NOT correct in this respect?
1) Andhra Pradesh Tirupati
2) Arunachal Pradesh Pasighat
3) Bihar Biharsharif
4) Gujarat Rajkot
5) Madhya Pradesh Vidisha
Answer:- 5) Madhya Pradesh Vidisha
Ques. : 3 The Reserve Bank has withdrawn the instructions on compensation to banks for
detecting counterfeit notes. The compensation was being paid at _________ of the notional
value of counterfeit notes detected.
1) 5 per cent
2) 10 per cent
3) 15 per cent
4) 20 per cent
5) 25 per cent
Answer:- 5) 25 per cent
Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries topped the medal tally at the 2015 IAAF World
Championships which concluded in Beijing on 30 Aug?
1) Ethiopia
2) Kenya
3) China
4) US
5) Jamaica
Answer:- 2) Kenya
Ques. : 5 Which of the following banks has launched IndPay mobile app through which
customers can operate their banking accounts anytime and anywhere?
1) Indian Bank
2) Bank of India
3) IndusInd Bank
4) IDBI Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
Answer:- 1) Indian Bank
Ques. : 6 The govt on 30 Aug launched a scheme for online release of new LPG connections for
the consumers. The scheme has been named
1) SAHAJ
2) SARAL
3) SUGAM
4) PAHAL
5) TATKAL
Answer:- 1) SAHAJ
Ques. : 7 According to a report released by the Department of Economic Affairs, Indias external
debt increased by 6.6 per cent to _________ in 2014-15.
1) USD 384.7 bn
2) USD 391.1 bn
3) USD 446.3 bn
4) USD 475.8 bn
5) USD 545.6 bn
Answer:- 4) USD 475.8 bn
Ques. : 8 As per the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on 31 Aug, India
remained the fastest growing major economy of the world for a second straight quarter, with GDP
growing at _______ during Apr-Jun 2015.
1) 7.5 per cent
2) 7 per cent
3) 6.8 per cent
4) 6.7 per cent
5) 6.5 per cent
Ques. : 9 Which of the following countries completed the tunneling and track-laying for the 35mile NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world, recently?
1) Japan
2) France
3) Switzerland
4) China
5) Germany
Answer:- 3) Switzerland
Ques. : 10 Name the mountaineer who has been honoured with the 2015 Tenzing Norgay
national adventure award by President Pranab Mukherjee.
1) Arjun Vajpai
2) Narendra Kumar
3) Jot Singh
4) DK Khullar
5) Lovraj Singh Dharamshaktu
Answer:- 3) Jot Singh
Ques. : 1 The book titled To The Brink And Back: Indias 1991 Story has been authored by who
among the following?
1) Jairam Ramesh
2) Yashwant Sinha
3) Manmohan Singh
4) P Chidambaram
5) Jayanthi Natarajan
Answer:- 1) Jairam Ramesh
Ques. : 2 MM Kalburgi, who was killed on 30 Aug at his residence, was a rationalist and an
eminent scholar of
1) Kannada
2) Tamil
3) Telugu
4) Malayalam
5) Sanskrit
Answer:- 1) Kannada
Ques. : 3 Name the noted Indian agriculture scientist who has been awarded the first Sunhak
Peace Prize, billed as an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize. He shares the award with the
President of Kiribati Islands, Anote Tong.
1) Modadugu Vijay Gupta
2) R Paul Singh
3) Surinder K Vasal
4) Sanjaya Rajaram
5) BR Barwale
Answer:- 1) Modadugu Vijay Gupta
Ques. : 4 OP Jaisha set a new marathon national record at World Athletics Championships and
ensured the 2016 Rio Olympics spot. The biennial World Athletics Championships 2015 was held
in
1) Tokyo
2) Seoul
3) Beijing
4) Jakarta
5) Manila
Answer:- 3) Beijing
Ques. : 5 Which of the following teams won 2015 Guru Tegh Bahadur Hockey title after 7 years
recently?
1) Army XI
2) Air India
3) Indian Oil
4) BPCL
5) Western Railway
Answer:- 2) Air India
Ques. : 6 The Call To Action Summit 2015 on ending preventable child and maternal deaths
was held on 27-28 Aug in
1) Kathmandu
2) Colombo
3) Dhaka
4) New Delhi
5) Thimphu
Answer:- 4) New Delhi
Ques. : 7 India gifted the Indian Coast Guard Ship Varaha to which of the following countries
recently?
1) Seychelles
2) Mauritius
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bangladesh
Answer:- 4) Sri Lanka
Ques. : 8 The central govt has identified ________ cities and towns across nine states under the
ambitious Housing For All project aimed at providing 2 cr houses in urban areas by 2022.
1) 98
2) 108
3) 245
4) 275
5) 305
Answer:- 5) 305
Ques. : 9 The govt has fixed health goals to be achieved over the next 15 years. Under the new
goals, the maternal mortality rate is to be reduced to ______ per 1000 live births.
1) 150
2) 100
3) 70
4) 50
5) 25
Answer:- 3) 70
Ques. : 10 The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on _________ every year in honour of
Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand on his birthday.
1) 27 Aug
2) 29 Aug
3) 30 Aug
4) 31 Aug
5) 1 Sep
Answer:- 2) 29 Aug
Ques. : 1 India on 26 Aug signed an information exchange agreement with Seychelles on tax
matters. Such agreements have already been signed with which of the following by India so far?
1) Bahamas
2) Bermuda
3) Gibraltar
4) Cayman Islands
5) All the above

Answer:- 5) All the above
Ques. : 2 The Centre has allowed road developers to completely exit BOT projects two years
after completion and invest the funds for certain purposes. The term BOT stands for
1) Build-Organise-Transfer
2) Build-Operate-Terminate
3) Build-Operate-Transfer
4) Bear-Operate-Transfer
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Build-Operate-Transfer
Ques. : 3 __________ has launched the countrys first Mortgage Guarantee-backed home loans
for first-time borrowers in the affordable housing segment.
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) SBI
4) Federal Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
Answer:- 1) ICICI Bank
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has become a new goodwill ambassador for the UN Fund for
Children?
1) Roger Federer
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Andy Murray
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Martina Hingis
Answer:- 2) Novak Djokovic
Ques. : 5 The government on 27 Aug released a list of 98 cities which are to be developed as
smart cities. Which state leads in number of smart cities?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 2) Uttar Pradesh
Ques. : 6 Which of the following is/are missing from the list of 24 state capitals included in 98
cities to be developed as smart cities?
1) Bengaluru
2) Kolkata
3) Patna
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 7 The govt has given a 4 months extension (up to 31 Dec 2015) to the 7th Central Pay
Commission. The chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission is
1) Meena Agarwal
2) Ratin Roy
3) Vivek Rae
4) Ashok Kumar Mathur
5) BN Srikrishna
Answer:- 4) Ashok Kumar Mathur
Ques. : 8 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed an agreement on 27 Aug to
locate the first internationally-controlled bank of low-enriched uranium in
1) Kazakhstan
2) Ukraine
3) Belarus
4) Mongolia
5) Tajikistan
Answer:- 1) Kazakhstan
Ques. : 9 Vikas Gowda is associated with which of the following games?
1) Archery
2) Shooting
3) Discus throw
4) Pole vault
5) Boxing
Answer:- 3) Discus throw
Ques. : 10 Who among the following cricketers has been elected president of cricket statisticians
body ACSSI?
1) Ajit Wadekar
2) Ravi Shastri
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Kapil Dev
5) Dilip Vengsarkar
Answer:- 5) Dilip Vengsarkar
Ques. : 1 According to the data released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner on
25 Aug, the population growth rate of which of the following religions was highest (24.6 per cent)
in the decade 2001-2011?
1) Buddhist
2) Sikh
3) Christian
4) Hindus
5) Muslim
Answer:- 5) Muslim
Ques. : 2 The Internet giant Google has paired up with ________ to launch an initiative named
Internet Saathi to provide rural women in India with internet literacy.
1) Tata Trusts
2) Reliance Foundation
3) Janani 4) Pride India
5) SBI Foundation
Answer:- 1) Tata Trusts
Ques. : 3 China's central bank cut interest rates and lowered the amount of reserves banks must
hold recently. What is the currency of China?
1) Dong
2) Baht
3) Ringgit
4) Renminbi
5) Tugrik
Answer:- 4) Renminbi
Ques. : 4 Which of the following PSBs will issue equity shares on preferential basis to the govt for
capital infusion of Rs 5,393 cr as a total of Rs 20,088 cr is being infused in 13 PSBs?
1) Canara Bank
2) Bank of Baroda
3) IDBI
4) PNB
5) SBI
Answer:- 5) SBI
Ques. : 5 The 70th anniversary of the La Tomatina festival, which is celebrated on the last
Wednesday of the month of Aug every year, was celebrated recently in
1) Italy
2) France
3) Germany
4) Spain
5) Turkey
Answer:- 4) Spain
Ques. : 6 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Director General of the
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)?
1) MO Garg
2) Samir K Brahmachari
3) Girish Sahni
4) T Ramasami
5) Samir Brahmachari
Answer:- 3) Girish Sahni
Ques. : 7 India will implement the Sendai framework 2015-2030 in letter and spirit said the Union
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju recently. The Sendai framework is associated with
1) elimination of child labour
2) reducing malnutrition among children
3) disaster risk reduction
4) green house gas emission cut
5) making world nuclear weapon free
Answer:- 3) disaster risk reduction
Ques. : 8 The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2015 has been given to
1) Directorate General of Military Training (DGMT)
2) Coal India Limited (CIL)
3) Haryana State Police
4) Sports Coaching Foundation (SCF)
5) All the above
Ques. : 9 James Alix Michel, who visited India from 25-27 Aug, is the present President of which
of the following countries?
1) Seychelles
2) Mauritius
3) Mongolia
4) Hungary
5) Suriname
Answer:- 1) Seychelles
Ques. : 10 The Isro is set to launch GSAT-6 on 27 Aug. This is Indias latest
1) communication satellite
2) educational satellite
3) meteorological satellite
4) military satellite
5) nano-satellite
Answer:- 1) communication satellite
Ques. : 1 According to the data released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner on
25 Aug, the population growth rate of India in the decade 2001-2011 was found to be
1) 24.6 per cent
2) 17.7 per cent
3) 16.8 per cent
4) 15.5 per cent
5) 8.4 per cent
Answer:- 2) 17.7 per cent
Ques. : 2 Who won the womens 100m gold at the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015?
1) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
2) Gelete Burka
3) Blessing Okagbare
4) Tori Bowie
5) Dafne Schippers
Answer:- 1) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Ques. : 3 Rana Kapoor has received the RBI approval for his re-appointment as MD and CEO of
which of the following private banks for 3 years effective from Sep 1, 2015?
1) Bandhan Bank
2) IDFC Bank
3) YES Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Answer:- 3) YES Bank
Ques. : 4 The govt on 25 Aug launched a health service called SEHAT. The term SEHAT stands
for
1) Social Enterprise for Health And Treatment
2) Social Entity for Health And Telemedicine
3) Social Endeavour for Health And Treatment
4) Social Endeavour for Health And Telemedicine
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Social Endeavour for Health And Telemedicine
Ques. : 5 Retired judge ML Tahaliyani was on 24 Aug sworn in as the new Lokayukta of which of
the following states?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Delhi
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) Andhra Pradesh
Answer:- 4) Maharashtra
Ques. : 6 The govt on 25 Aug launched a health service called SEHAT along with ___________
to provide healthcare access to citizens irrespective of geographical location connecting
Common Service Centres (CSCs)?
1) Sahara Hospital
2) Max Healthcare
3) Surya Clinic
4) Dr Reddys Laboratories
5) Apollo Hospitals
Answer:- 5) Apollo Hospitals
Ques. : 7 Who among the following are the winners of the mens doubles title of 2015 Cincinnati
Masters tennis tournament, the oldest tennis tournament in the US?
1) Marcin Matkowski and Nenad Zimonjic
2) Daniel Nestor and Edouard Roger-Vasselin
3) Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock

4) Stan Wawrinka and Leander Paes
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Daniel Nestor and Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Ques. : 8 India and _______ on 24 Aug agreed on a joint financial commitment of up to AUS$
one mn and signed an MoU to strengthen existing partnerships in higher education and research.
1) UK
2) Sweden
3) Norway
4) Germany
5) Australia
Answer:- 5) Australia
Ques. : 9 The birth centenary celebrations of Rani Gaidinliu were held by the central govt
recently. She was a legendary freedom fighter from
1) Assam
2) Nagaland
3) Tripura
4) Kerala
5) Puducherry
Answer:- 2) Nagaland
Ques. : 10 The Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) purchased nearly 90 per cent of Indian Oil
shares sold on 24 Aug, which helped the govt get about ________ from the stake sale.
1) Rs 7,979 cr
2) Rs 8,937 cr
3) Rs 9,379 cr
4) Rs 9,793 cr
5) Rs 9,973 cr
Ques. : 1 Who won the mens singles title of the 2015 Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Roger Federer
3) Tomas Berdych
4) Andy Murray
5) Rafael Nadal
Answer:- 2) Roger Federer
Ques. : 2 __________ has been appointed as chairman of Indias Oscar jury, which will select
the countrys official entry in the best foreign film category of the 88th Academy Awards.
1) Amole Gupte
2) Deepti Naval
3) Zarina Wahab
4) Amol Palekar
5) Paresh Rawal
Answer:- 4) Amol Palekar
Ques. : 3 India will host the World Hindi Conference after a gap of 32 years in which of the
following cities on 10-12 Sep?
1) Bhopal
2) Jaipur
3) Indore
4) New Delhi
5) Patna
Answer:- 1) Bhopal
Ques. : 4 So far, the govt has sold minority stake in which of the following PSUs this fiscal?
1) PFC
2) REC
3) Dredging Corp
4) Indian Oil
5) All the above
Ques. : 5 Which of the following teams won the 2015 Pro Kabaddi title on 23 Aug?
1) Bengaluru Bulls
2) U Mumba
3) Jaipur Pink Panthers
4) Dabang Delhi
5) Bengal Warriors
Answer:- 2) U Mumba
Ques. : 6 Chief Minister N Rangasamy launched a scheme to provide free laptops to all students
who have passed Plus Two from Govt Higher Secondary Schools in which of the following
states/UTs recently?
1) Goa
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) Puducherry
5) Sikkim
Answer:- 4) Puducherry
Ques. : 7 ________ is all set to become the first state in India to launch Agro-Solar Policy to
encourage the farmers to tap the solar energy.
1) Maharashtra
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Odisha
Answer:- 3) Gujarat
Ques. : 8 Who among the following has won the prestigious 2015 Peter Mackler Award for
Courageous and Ethical Journalism?
1) Sabria Jawhar
2) Mahsa Amrabadi
3) Narges Mohammadi
4) Zaina Erhaim
5) Sameera Aziz
Answer:- 4) Zaina Erhaim
Ques. : 9 Who won the womens singles title of the 2015 Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament?
1) Eugenie Bouchard
2) Caroline Wozniacki
3) Simona Halep
4) Serena Williams
5) Maria Sharapova
Answer:- 4) Serena Williams
Ques. : 10 _________ has become the first Indian to win Ladies British Amateur Golf
Championship.
1) Aditi Ashok
2) Ankita Tiwana
3) Sharmila Nicollet
4) Smriti Mehra
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Aditi Ashok
Ques. : 1 The govt has announced to sell what per cent stake in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
through an offer for sale (OFS) on 24 Aug which can fetch about Rs 9,500 cr?
1) 5 per cent
2) 7 per cent
3) 8 per cent
4) 10 per cent
5) 12 per cent
Ques. : 2 _________ has become the first country in the world to receive funds from UN for Solar
Home Systems.
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bhutan
Answer:- 1) Bangladesh
Ques. : 3 Arthur Morris passed away, recently, who was the former opening batsman and the
oldest living Test cricketer of
1) England
2) Australia
3) South Africa
4) New Zealand
5) West Indies
Answer:- 2) Australia
Ques. : 4 Which IT firm in India has unveiled three new service lines called Aikido, a combination
of three words Ai, Ki and Do, which in Japanese mean combining, spirit and path/way?
1) Wipro
2) TCS
3) Infosys
4) Tech Mahindra
5) HCL
Answer:- 3) Infosys
Ques. : 5 NR Varhadpande passed away on 21 Aug. He was an Indologist and an eminent
scholar of
1) Hindi
2) Tamil
3) Telugu
4) Malayalam
5) Sanskrit
Answer:- 5) Sanskrit
Ques. : 6 The __________ committee on minimum alternate tax (MAT) has recommended to the
finance ministry that the levy shouldn't be imposed for the period preceding Apr 1, 2015.
1) Altamas Kabir
2) HL Dattu
3) AP Shah
4) Rajendra Mal Lodha
5) Mukul Mudgal
Answer:- 3) AP Shah
Ques. : 7 India got its first private bank in 11 years as the Bandhan Bank commenced operations
on 23 Aug with 501 branches. What is the punch line of the bank?
1) Apna Bhala, Aapki Bhalai
2) Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai
3) Banking the Unbanked
4) Khayal Aapka
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai
Ques. : 8 Who won the Belgian Grand Prix F1 championship on 23 Aug?
1) Kimi Raikkonen
2) Sebastian Vettel
3) Nico Rosberg
4) Romain Grosjean
5) Lewis Hamilton
Answer:- 5) Lewis Hamilton
Ques. : 9 Who won the 100m gold at World Championships 2015 held in Beijing on 23 Aug?
1) Su Bingtian
2) Usain Bolt
3) Andre de Grassse
4) Trayvon Bromell
5) Justin Gatlin
Answer:- 2) Usain Bolt
Ques. : 10 The RBI has issued licences to 11 applicants to set up payment banks. Which of the
following is allowed to these banks?
1) Undertaking lending services
2) Opening accounts of non resident Indians
3) Accepting deposits above Rs 1 lakh
4) Offering current and savings account deposits
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Offering current and savings account deposits
Ques. : 1 The Payments Banks will initially be restricted to holding a maximum balance of
________ per individual customer.
1) Rs 10,000
2) Rs 25,000
3) Rs 50,000
4) Rs 1 lakh
5) Rs 1.5 lakh
Answer:- 4) Rs 1 lakh
Ques. : 2 The RBI on 19 Aug granted payment bank licences to 11 firms. Which of the following
is one of the firms which got licence?
1) Future Group
2) Videocon d2h
3) MG George Muthoot
4) National Securities Depository Ltd
5) All the above
Answer:- 4) National Securities Depository Ltd
Ques. : 3 _________ actor Paravoor Bharathan, who acted in nearly 300 regional films, died
recently.
1) Malayalam
2) Kannada
3) Tamil
4) Telugu
5) Bengali
Answer:- 1) Malayalam
Ques. : 4 India is negotiating a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Southern African
Customs Union (SACU). Which of the following is NOT a member country of SACU?
1) Namibia
2) Swaziland
3) Lesotho
4) South Africa
5) Brazil
Answer:- 5) Brazil
Ques. : 5 The nine-member internal committee of the RBI to study and recommend
improvements for Urban Coop Banks (UCBs) released its report on 20 Aug. It was headed by
1) R Gandhi
2) Nachiket Mor
3) Anand Sinha
4) Urjit Patel
5) HR Khan
Answer:- 1) R Gandhi
Ques. : 6 The RBIs internal committee on urban cooperative bank (UCB) has recommended that
UCBs with business size more than ________ be allowed to convert into universal commercial
banks.
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 10,000 cr
3) Rs 20,000 cr
4) Rs 25,000 cr
5) Rs 50,000 cr
Ques. : 7 The govt has launched a first of its kind web portal for the benefit of students seeking
Educational Loans. Name the portal.
1) www.vidyadhan.co.in
2) www.vidyalakshmi.co.in
3) www.vidyabharti.co.in
4) www.vidyakosh.co.in
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) www.vidyalakshmi.co.in
Ques. : 8 Najma Heptulla, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs launched Online Application
Management System (OAMS) for Nai Roshni scheme which is aimed at leadership development
of
1) minority women
2) tribal women
3) schedule caste women
4) rural women
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) minority women
Ques. : 9 Which state has launched the Rajiv Gandhi Illuminating Scheme for Hill Town
Advancement (RISHTA) project, an efficient smart LED based street lighting project?
2) Uttarakhand
3) Sikkim
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Tripura
Answer:- 4) Himachal Pradesh
Ques. : 10 Which of the following state govts on 20 Aug entered into an agreement with Future
Group to provide multi-brand consumer goods at competitive prices at fair price shops?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 2) Rajasthan
Ques. : 1 Who among the following is all set to return as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
after the recent Parliamentay elections?
1) Chandrika Kumaratunga
2) Maithripala Sirisena
3) Ranil Wickremesinghe
4) Mahinda Rajapaksa
5) Sarath Fonseka
Answer:- 3) Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ques. : 2 The Reserve Bank of India has given in-principle approval to 11 applicants to set up
payments banks. Which of the following is NOT among them?
1) Department of Posts
2) Reliance Industries Ltd
3) Tech Mahindra Ltd
4) Vodafone m-pesa Ltd
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 The RBIs in-principle approval granted to 11 applicants to set up payment banks will
be valid for a period of 18 months. The Payment Banks will NOT be allowed to
1) accept demand deposits
2) remit money
3) provide Internet banking
4) issue ATM/debit cards
5) issue credit cards

Answer:- 5) issue credit cards
Ques. : 4 Name the novelist who has won the annual James Tait Black Award 2015 for his debut
novel In the Light of What We Know.
1) Zia Haider Rahman
2) Imdadul Haq Milon
3) Anisul Hoque
4) Humayun Ahmed
5) Sunil Gangopadhyaya
Answer:- 1) Zia Haider Rahman
Ques. : 5 The central govt has decided to declare which of the following cities as 'twin national
heritage cities,' the first instance of such a tag being given?
1) Hyderabad-Sikandrabad
2) Haridwar-Rishikesh
3) Ghaziabad-Faridabad
4) Jaipur-Jodhpur
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Haridwar-Rishikesh
Ques. : 6 The Australian govt has appointed who among the following cricketers as its inaugural
ambassador to India on education?
1) Shane Warne
2) Glenn McGrath
3) Matthew Hayden
4) Adam Gilchrist
5) Ricky Ponting
Answer:- 4) Adam Gilchrist
Ques. : 7 Who among the following has been named an advocate for UNs HeForShe campaign,
the campaign on gender equality?
1) Anil Kapoor
2) Salman Khan
3) Anupam Kher
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) Akshay Kumar
Answer:- 3) Anupam Kher
Ques. : 8 _________ has been conferred with Maharashtra Bhushan award, the state's highest
honour.
1) Anant Sadashiv Altekar
2) DP Khambete
3) Satish Alekar
4) Babasaheb Purandare
5) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Answer:- 4) Babasaheb Purandare
Ques. : 9 To check black money generation, the govt on 20 Aug approved signing and ratification
of the agreement between India and _________ for exchange of information with respect to
taxes.
1) Morocco
2) Seychelles
3) Algeria
4) Mauritania
5) Mauritius
Answer:- 2) Seychelles
Ques. : 10 Who among the following has been appointed new Chairman and Managing Director
of Air India?
1) Rohit Nandan
2) Ashwani Lohani
3) Vivek Sahai
4) Vinay Mittal
5) Arunendra Kumar
Answer:- 2) Ashwani Lohani
Ques. : 1 Which state has launched Grama Jyothi programme which is aimed at comprehensive
development of rural areas allowing planning and execution of works by villages themselves?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Jharkhand
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 2) Telangana
Ques. : 2 Cricketing icon and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar has become a Tiger Ambassador
of which of the following states?
1) Telangana
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) West Bengal
Ques. : 3 Bajrang Kumar, who has been chosen for the prestigious Arjuna award this year, is a
1) shooter
2) boxer
3) weightlifter
4) wrestler
5) archer
Answer:- 4) wrestler
Ques. : 4 Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
in the last _______ years recently.
1) 21
2) 24
3) 28
4) 34
5) 42
Answer:- 4) 34
Ques. : 5 Which of the following airports in India has become the worlds first airport to operate
on solar power?
1) Mangaluru International Airport
2) Cochin International Airport
3) Jaipur International Airport
4) Srinagar International Airport
5) Indira Gandhi International Airport
Answer:- 2) Cochin International Airport
Ques. : 6 Which of the following teams lifted South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-16 title
on 18 Aug?
1) Maldives
2) Afghanistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) India
5) Bangladesh
Ques. : 7 The World Photography Day is observed every year on which of the following days?
1) 11 Aug
2) 15 Aug
3) 19 Aug
4) 17 Aug
5) 9 Aug
Answer:- 3) 19 Aug
Ques. : 8 Who among the following has/have been recommended for this years Dhyan Chand
Award?
1) Romeo James
2) TPP Nair
3) SP Misra
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ques. : 9 The proposed National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) entity will be
headquartered in
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Bengaluru
4) Hyderabad
5) Pune
Answer:- 1) Mumbai
Ques. : 10 Who won the womens doubles title of the 2015 Rogers Cup Masters tournament?
1) Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik
2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova
3) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
4) Renata Voracova and Sania Mirza
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova
Ques. : 1 Five sports coaches have been recommended for the prestigious Dronacharya Award
this year. Which of the following pairs of coaches and games they are associated with is NOT
correct?
1) Nihar Ameen (swimming)
2) Harbans Singh (athletics)
3) Anoop Singh Dahiya (wrestling)
4) Naval Singh (para-athletics)
5) None of these
Ques. : 2 Who won the womens singles title of the 2015 Rogers Cup Masters tournament?
1) Caroline Garcia
2) Serena Williams
3) Simona Halep
4) Belinda Bencic
5) Caroline Wozniacki
Answer:- 4) Belinda Bencic
Ques. : 3 Introducing the PSBs revamp plan termed Mission Indradhanush, the govt has
announced BBB to be operational by Apr 2016. The term BBB stands for
1) Bank Board Bureau
2) Basic Bank Bureau
3) Broad Bank Board
4) Bank Beholding Bureau
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Bank Board Bureau
Ques. : 4 Which of the following banks has launched an automated locker facility with high-end
robotic technology for the first time in the country?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Yes Bank
Ques. : 5 Which of the following scooter models in India crossed the 1-crore sales milestone
recently?
1) Hero Pleasure
2) Hero Maestro
3) Honda Aviator
4) Honda Activa
5) Suzuki Swiss
Answer:- 4) Honda Activa
Ques. : 6 Bandhan Bank, which will start operations on 23 Aug, has fixed interest rates. The
savings interest rates have been fixed at ______ for deposits below Rs 1 lakh and ______ for
those above Rs 1 lakh.
1) 4 per cent, five per cent
2) 4.25 per cent, five per cent
3) 4.5 per cent, 5.5 per cent
4) 5 per cent, six per cent
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) 4.25 per cent, five per cent
Ques. : 7 If a portion of a banknote is missing or composed of more than two pieces, its called
1) scribbled notes
2) stuck note
3) charred note
4) mutilated note
5) soiled notes
Answer:- 4) mutilated note
Ques. : 8 Which of the following banks has launched a mobile wallet app called Buddy in
collaboration with Accenture and Mastercard recently?
1) SBI
2) PNB
3) Axis Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
Answer:- 1) SBI
Ques. : 9 As per the revised draft of FSLRC report released by the finance ministry, the
commission has proposed a financial regulatory architecture featuring
1) Public Debt Management Agency
2) Reserve Bank of India

3) Financial Redress Agency
4) Resolution Corporation
5) All the above
Ques. : 10 Rating agency Moodys Investors Service on 18 Aug scaled down its projections for
India's economic growth for 2015-16 to
1) 7 per cent
2) 7.5 per cent
3) 7.3 per cent
4) 7.1 per cent
5) 6.9 per cent
Ques. : 1 The govt has announced appointment of MDs and CEOs of public sector lenders.
Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) Rakesh Sharma Canara Bank
2) PS Jayakumar Bank of Baroda
3) Kishore Kharat Piraji IDBI Bank
4) MO Rego Bank of India
5) None of these
Ques. : 2 The Central govt plans capital infusion of Rs 70,000 cr in PSBs till FY19. Which of the
following PSBs is getting the most (Rs 5,531 cr) out of Rs 20,088 cr which will be infused in 13
banks soon?
1) IDBI Bank
2) Bank of India
3) State Bank of India
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Bank of Baroda
Answer:- 3) State Bank of India
Ques. : 3 Who won the mens singles title of Rogers Cup Masters tournament on 16 Aug?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Andy Murray
3) Tomas Berdych
4) Rafael Nadal
5) Roger Federer
Answer:- 2) Andy Murray
Ques. : 4 Swatantra Raj Singh is one of the five veteran coaches recommended for the
prestigious Dronacharya Award this year. He coaches
1) wushu
2) kabaddi
3) athletics
4) swimming
5) boxing
Answer:- 5) boxing
Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman of the Public
Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)?
1) KM Acharya
2) Anshuman Das
3) Gauri Kumar
4) Ajit Kumar Seth
5) Atul Chaturvedi
Answer:- 4) Ajit Kumar Seth
Ques. : 6 Which of the following states has been declared by the CM of the state as totally digital
and the first state in the country to achieve such a distinction?
1) Tripura
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) Goa
Answer:- 4) Kerala
Ques. : 7 Usha Ananthasubramanian has been appointed as the MD and CEO of which of the
following public sector banks?
2) Allahabad Bank
3) Dena Bank
4) Central Bank of India
5) Indian Bank
Answer:- 1) Punjab National Bank
Ques. : 8 India and which of the following countries on 13 Aug signed an MoU on technical
cooperation in railway sector?
1) Slovak Republic
2) Hungary
3) Austria
4) Slovenia
5) Czech Republic
Answer:- 1) Slovak Republic
Ques. : 9 Which of the following has gained the unique distinction of becoming the first district in
the country with the highest number of e-toilets (461) in its schools? These are fitted with
automatic wash and energy conservation facility.
1) Nellore
2) Bengaluru
3) Chennai
4) Kochi
5) Nadia
Answer:- 1) Nellore
Ques. : 10 During PM Narendra Modis recent visit to the UAE, the latter has agreed to increase
its investment in India to about
1) Rs 2 lakh cr
2) Rs 2.5 lakh cr
3) Rs 5 lakh cr
4) Rs 7 lakh cr
5) Rs 7.5 lakh cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 5 lakh cr
Ques. : 1 Which of the following has become the first monument in India to join Twitter? It joined
the micro-blogging site on the Independence Day.
1) Taj Mahal
2) Lal Quila
3) Qutub Minar
4) Charminar
5) Jama Masjid, Delhi
Answer:- 1) Taj Mahal
Ques. : 2 The govt has named who among the following as the MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda?
1) PS Jayakumar
2) SS Shirodkar
3) Shyam Srinivasan
4) Vishwavir Ahuja
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) PS Jayakumar
Ques. : 3 Who among the following has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of Canara
Bank?
1) Romesh Sobti
2) Chitra Ramkrishna
3) Naina Lal Kidwai
4) Rakesh Sharma
5) Shikha Sharma
Answer:- 4) Rakesh Sharma
Ques. : 4 Who won the men's singles finals badminton match at the BWF World Championships
in Jakarta on 16 Aug?
1) Lee Chong Wei
2) Chen Long
3) Lin Dan
4) Pablo Abian
5) Mathias Boe
Answer:- 2) Chen Long
Ques. : 5 PM Narendra Modi, while delivering his second Independence Day speech from the
ramparts of the Red Fort said that __________ should be our mantra.
1) Startup India, run India
2) Startup India, speed up India
3) Startup India, stand up India
4) Startup India, exceed India
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Startup India, stand up India
Ques. : 6 Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to enter World Badminton final but settled for a
silver on 16 Aug losing to
1) Beatriz Corrales
2) Carolina Marin
3) Wang Shixian
4) Ratchanok Intanon
5) Li Xuerui
Answer:- 2) Carolina Marin
Ques. : 7 The Standard Life has announced to buy an additional stake of nine per cent in its
Indian insurance venture with which of the following?
1) ICICI Bank 2) Bharti
3) Tata 4) HDFC
5) SBI Answer:- 4) HDFC
Ques. : 8 Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on ________. On this
day in 1945 Japan had surrendered to the Allies.
1) 13 Aug
2) 14 Aug
3) 15 Aug
4) 16 Aug
5) 17 Aug
Answer:- 3) 15 Aug
Ques. : 9 In his speech on the Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi set a _________ deadline
for every village in India to get electricity.
1) 100-day
2) 200-day
3) 500-day
4) 900-day
5) 1,000-day
Answer:- 5) 1,000-day
Ques. : 10 Santhara (also known as sallekhana), the dietary abstinence that eventually leads to
death, is a religious practice associated with
1) Jainism
2) Buddhism
3) Hinduism
4) Christianity
5) Judaism
Answer:- 1) Jainism
Ques. : 1 Beverage maker Coca-Cola India has roped in who among the following cricketers as
its social ambassador for a three-year deal ending in 2017?
1) Sourav Ganguly
2) Gautam Gambhir
3) Yuvraj Singh
4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
5) Rahul Dravid
Answer:- 1) Sourav Ganguly
Ques. : 2 The micro-blogging site Twitter has lifted its character limit for direct messages between
users. As a result, private messages will no longer have the limit of ___________ characters
which applies to tweets.
1) 100
2) 110
3) 120
4) 140
5) 160
Answer:- 4) 140
Ques. : 3 Azim Premji and Shiv Nadar were the only Indians on the inaugural list of 20 richest
people in the world of technology put out by Forbes and topped by Bill Gates. Premji is the
chairman of Wipro, while Nadar is the founder of
1) Snapdeal
2) Syntel
3) Symphony Technology Group
4) HCL Technologies
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 4) HCL Technologies
Ques. : 4 The IndusInd Bank has raised Rs 5,081 cr by issuing six crore new shares via QIP and
preferential issuances. The term QIP stands for
1) Qualified Institutional Purchase
2) Qualified Institutional Procurement
3) Qualified Institutional Placement
4) Qualified Institutional Planning
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Qualified Institutional Placement
Ques. : 5 Axis Bank has launched contactless debit, credit and multi-currency forex cards. As per
the RBIs guidelines, banks can process contactless transactions below _________ without a
personal identification number.
1) Rs 5,000
2) Rs 4,000
3) Rs 3,000
4) Rs 2,000
5) Rs 1,000
Answer:- 4) Rs 2,000
Ques. : 6 The International Youth Day (IYD), an awareness day designated by the United
Nations, is observed on
1) 2 Aug
2) 4 Aug
3) 8 Aug
4) 12 Aug
5) 14 Aug
Answer:- 4) 12 Aug
Ques. : 7 The Indian hockey team defeated which of the following teams in the European Tour
series 2-1 recently?
1) Spain
2) Germany
3) UK
4) France
5) Italy
Answer:- 1) Spain
Ques. : 8 Om Prakash Munjal, who died recently, was the founder of
1) Avon Cycles
2) BSA Hercules
3) Atlas Cycles
4) Hero Cycles
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Hero Cycles
Ques. : 9 The Reserve Bank of India on 13 Aug paid a dividend of nearly ________ to the govt,
the highest ever from the central bank in its 80-year history.
1) Rs 44,000 cr
2) Rs 55,000 cr
3) Rs 66,000 cr
4) Rs 77,000 cr
5) Rs 88,000 cr
Ques. : 10 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner?
With his appointment, the sole vacancy in the three-member poll body has been filled.
1) Nripendra Misra
2) Om Prakash Rawat
3) KG Balakrishnan
4) Rajeev Topno
5) Ajit Seth
Answer:- 2) Om Prakash Rawat
Ques. : 1 Name the Indian cueist who has won the World 6-Red Snooker Championship in
Karachi, his 13th world title.
1) Pankaj Advani
2) Manan Chandra
3) Aditya Mehta
4) Geet Sethi
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Pankaj Advani
Ques. : 2 Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani has threaten to resign amid lingering peace talks in
the country adding to the political chaos in
1) Iraq
2) Syria
3) Libya
4) Yemen
5) Jordan
Answer:- 3) Libya
Ques. : 3 Which of the following social networking majors has given benefits of around $21
million to Indian developers as part of one of its initiatives recently?
1) Twitter
2) Facebook
3) LinkedIn
4) Myspace
5) Google+
Answer:- 2) Facebook
Ques. : 4 _________ has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund as an implementing entity
for undertaking climate change related projects in India.
1) NABARD
2) RBI
3) SIDBI
4) SEBI
5) NHB
Answer:- 1) NABARD
Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been roped in by the Maharashtra state govt as the state
ambassador for the Save the Tiger campaign and promote tiger tourism?
1) Dharmendra
2) Sunny Deol
3) Nana Patekar
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) Jackie Shroff
Answer:- 4) Amitabh Bachchan
Ques. : 6 India has signed financing agreement with World Bank for NCRMP-II project. It is
aimed at reducing vulnerability to cyclone and other similar hazards in
1) West Bengal
2) Maharashtra
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) All the above
Ques. : 7 The Rajya Sabha committee on the land acquisition Bill has decided to seek an
extension till the coming winter session. The committee is chaired by
1) SS Ahluwalia
2) Pashupati Nath Singh
3) KV Thomas
4) Kalyan Banerjee
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) SS Ahluwalia
Ques. : 8 The govt has approved the setting up of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) for
imparting MD and Ph.D level education. The AIIA will come up in
1) Ajmer
2) Chennai
3) Haridwar
4) New Delhi
5) Hyderabad
Ques. : 9 Identify the one who is NOT among the 17 sportspersons picked for this years Arjuna
awards?
1) PR Sreejesh (hockey)
2) Dipa Karmakar (gymnastics)
3) Jitu Rai (shooting)
4) Shikhar Dhawan (cricket)
5) K Srikanth (badminton)
Answer:- 4) Shikhar Dhawan (cricket)
Ques. : 10 As per the market research firm IDC, by 2017 India will overtake US to be the secondlargest smartphone market globally. Which is the largest smartphone market in the world?
1) Russia
2) China
3) Japan
4) France
5) Brazil
Answer:- 2) China
Ques. : 1 Which of the following countries topped the Asian Youth Chess Championship with 17
medals in South Korea recently?
1) China
2) Vietnam
3) Iran
4) India
5) South Korea
Answer:- 4) India
Ques. : 2 ________ on 11 Aug became only the second tennis player to be recommended for the
prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
1) Ankita Bhambri
2) Sania Mirza
3) Leander Paes
4) Mahesh Bhupathi
5) Rohan Bopanna
Answer:- 2) Sania Mirza
Ques. : 3 Indias social security pact with which of the following countries came into force on 1
Aug as notified by the govt? The employees of one country posted in another will get benefitted
of it.
1) US
2) Japan
3) Canada
4) UK
5) Sweden
Answer:- 3) Canada
Ques. : 4 Which of the following Indian cities will soon become a member of Beijingheadquartered World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Council?
1) Kochi
2) Chennai
3) Madurai
4) Panji
5) Agartala
Answer:- 1) Kochi
Ques. : 5 In a first such action against any company, the govt has sought compensation of
around ________ from Nestle for damages caused by Maggi noodles to Indian consumers.
1) Rs 430 cr
2) Rs 480 cr
3) Rs 540 cr
4) Rs 640 cr
5) Rs 720 cr
Answer:- 4) Rs 640 cr
Ques. : 6 The govt has launched Nai Manzil scheme for minority youth on pilot basis from Bihar.
The scheme aims to provide
1) English and computer education
2) free vocational foreign trips
3) guidance to stay away from terrorism
4) educational and skill training
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) educational and skill training
Ques. : 7 President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 24th 'Saraswati Sammaan' for the year
2014 to who among the following on 10 Aug for his work 'Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam'?
1) Jaipal Reddy
2) Jayanthi Natarajan
3) Murli Deora
4) M Veerappa Moily
5) Mallikarjun Kharge
Answer:- 4) M Veerappa Moily
Ques. : 8 The indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant has been fully commissioned and has started
commercial production required for space applications. The plant is located at Chavara in
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 1) Kerala
Ques. : 9 The International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples is commemorated annually on
1) 7 Aug
2) 8 Aug
3) 9 Aug
4) 10 Aug
5) 11 Aug
Answer:- 3) 9 Aug
Ques. : 10 The Chinese central bank devalued yuan, cutting its daily reference rate by
_________ on 11 Aug amid the sharpest economic slump in about 25 years.
1) 0.9 per cent

2) 1 per cent
3) 1.3 per cent
4) 1.9 per cent
5) 2.1 per cent
Ques. : 1 In a significant restructuring at Google, who among the following has been named the
new CEO of the technology giant?
1) Rajeev Suri
2) Nikesh Arora
3) Amit Singhal
4) Sundar Pichai
5) Satya Nadella
Answer:- 4) Sundar Pichai
Ques. : 2 The co-founder of Google Larry Page on 10 Aug announced the formation of a new
umbrella firm of which Google will be a part. Name the umbrella firm.
1) Alpha
2) Alphabet
3) Xeta
4) Nexa
5) Rainbow
Answer:- 2) Alphabet
Ques. : 3 Bengaluru leads the list of capitals in the Swachh Bharat rankings among 476 cities in
the country. Which state capital came at last in the ranking?
1) Patna
2) Jaipur
3) Bhopal
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai
Answer:- 1) Patna
Ques. : 4 The ASEAN plus three is a forum that functions as a coordinator of co-operation
between the ASEAN and the three East Asia nations of
1) India, Japan, and South Korea
2) China, India, and South Korea
3) India, Japan, and Australia
4) China, Japan, and South Korea
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) China, Japan, and South Korea
Ques. : 5 The World Bio Fuel Day is celebrated on
1) 7 Aug
2) 8 Aug
3) 9 Aug
4) 10 Aug
5) 11 Aug
Answer:- 4) 10 Aug
Ques. : 6 Dilip Parulekar was conferred the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) Safari India South Asia Travel Award 2015 recently. Parulekar is the tourism minister of
1) Maharashtra
2) Goa
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 2) Goa
Ques. : 7 Name the Indian socio-biologist who was awarded Germany's highest civilian honour the Cross of Order of the Merit, recently.
1) K Vijay Raghavan
2) Raman Sukumar
3) Padmanabhan Balaram
4) Raghavendra Gadagkar
5) Madhav Gadgil
Answer:- 4) Raghavendra Gadagkar
Ques. : 8 A global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk reduction GlobalSat for DRR
proposed under the UN framework is to be dedicated to which of the following Indians?
1) Rakesh Sharma
2) Kalpana Chawla
3) Vikram Sarabhai
4) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
5) APJ Abdul Kalam
Answer:- 5) APJ Abdul Kalam
Ques. : 9 Freedom fighter Kayyara Kinhanna Rai passed away recently. He was also a(n)
_______ poet.
1) English
2) Hindi
3) Kannada
4) Tamil
5) Telugu
Answer:- 3) Kannada
Ques. : 10 Which of the following banks has launched its Saral-Rural Housing Loan at base rate
of 9.7 per cent for borrowers from the rural areas?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) SBI
5) PNB
Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed as the new governor of Bihar?
1) Mridula Sinha
2) Ram Nath Kovind
3) Kaptan Singh Solanki
4) OP Kohli
5) Ram Naik
Answer:- 2) Ram Nath Kovind
Ques. : 2 The govt of India and RBI are finalising the structure of the MPC, which will decide the
interest rates in the country. The term MPC stands for
1) Monetary Policing Committee
2) Monetary Priority Committee
3) Monetary Preference Committee
4) Monetary Policy Committee
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Monetary Policy Committee
Ques. : 3 Which of the following cities tops the chart of cleanest cities in the country among 476
cities surveyed during 2014-15?
1) Mysuru
2) Damoh
3) Bengaluru
4) Mandya
5) Hassan
Answer:- 1) Mysuru
Ques. : 4 The worlds biggest contract electronic manufacturer Foxconn on 8 Aug signed a USD
5-bn deal with which of the following state govts to set up manufacturing base there?
1) Gujarat
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Maharashtra
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
Ques. : 5 Name the typhoon which entered China on 8 Aug after pounding Taiwan.
1) Erika
2) Victor
3) Wanda
4) Soudelor
5) Kate
Answer:- 4) Soudelor
Ques. : 6 England has won the Ashes series defeating Australia in the fourth match by an innings
and 78 runs. Name the bowler who helped England dismiss Australia for 60 runs in the first
innings of the match.
1) Jonny Bairstow
2) Stuart Broad
3) Adil Rashid
4) Mark Wood
5) Moeen Ali
Answer:- 2) Stuart Broad
Ques. : 7 Name the Australian Test captain who has announced to retire after the final Ashes test
against England.
1) Shane Watson
2) Mitchell Starc
3) Mitchell Johnson
4) Michael Clarke
5) Steve Smith
Answer:- 4) Michael Clarke
Ques. : 8 The 31-membe Parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal Bill has got two months
extension till Sep 30. The Committee is headed by
1) EM Sudarsana Natchiappan
2) Vasudevan Maitreyan
3) Tiruchi Siva
4) KP Ramalingam
5) BS Gnanadesikan
Answer:- 1) EM Sudarsana Natchiappan
Ques. : 9 Which of the following has become the first Indian private firm to license technology of
a full-scale system from DRDO for Lakshya, the pilotless target system?
1) Tata Advanced Systems
2) Mahindra Defence Systems
3) Ashok Leyland
4) Reliance Infrastructure
5) Larsen and Toubro
Answer:- 5) Larsen and Toubro
Ques. : 10 Educationist Acharya Dev Vrat has been appointed as the new Governor of which of
the following states recently?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Himachal Pradesh
Answer:- 5) Himachal Pradesh
Ques. : 1 The first ever National Handloom Day to mark the 1905 Swadeshi movement was
observed recently on
1) 2 Aug
2) 3 Aug
3) 5 Aug
4) 7 Aug
5) 8 Aug
Answer:- 4) 7 Aug
Ques. : 2 Marking its maiden entry into stock market, Indias pension fund body EPFO
announced an investment of _________ through Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) this fiscal.
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 7,000 cr
3) Rs 10,000 cr
4) Rs 12,000 cr
5) Rs 15,000 cr
Ques. : 3 Name the archer who earned India its first-ever individual medal in the World Archery
Championships when the compound marksman bagged a silver in the final at Copenhagen
recently.
1) Jayanta Talukdar
2) Tarundeep Rai
3) Abhishek Verma
4) Rajat Chauhan
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Rajat Chauhan
Ques. : 4 The Reserve Bank of India has directed banks to withdraw the additional interest rate of
____________ that they pay against armed forces' insurance deposits.
1) 0.8 per cent
2) 1 per cent
3) 1.1 per cent
4) 1.28 per cent
5) 2 per cent
Ques. : 5 The Bharat Parv, a celebration of Culture & Cuisine from different states of India, is
being organized from 3rd to 15th Aug in
1) Jaipur
2) New Delhi
3) Kohima
4) Gangtok
5) Port Blair
Ques. : 6 India has affirmed its commitment to provide momentum to its engagement with the
ASEAN community. Which of the following is NOT a member of the 10-member economic bloc?
1) Singapore
2) Philippines
3) Myanmar
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Ques. : 7 In the Budget, the govt had proposed to set up PDMA to manage govt debt and also to
shift the regulation of govt bond from RBI to Sebi. The term PDMA stands for
1) Public Debt Minimising Agency
2) Public Debt Maintenance Agency
3) Public Debt Management Agency
4) Public Debt Migration Agency
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Public Debt Management Agency
Ques. : 8 As replied by the Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to Rajya Sabha
recently, India received what amount as FDI from 12 countries visited by PM Narendra Modi in
financial year 2014-15?
1) USD 19.78 bn
2) USD 30.93 bn
3) USD 75.71 bn
4) USD 6.42 bn
5) USD 3.42 bn
Answer:- 1) USD 19.78 bn
Ques. : 9 India and which of the following countries on 6 Aug inked an agreement to set up
Centre of Excellence in Software Development and Training (CESDT) in that country?
1) Bangladesh
2) Bhutan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Nepal
5) Myanmar
Answer:- 5) Myanmar
Ques. : 10 Name the Indian-American who has been appointed as the US ambassador to Sri
Lanka and Maldives.
1) Rajiv Shah
2) Nisha Desai Biswal
3) Richard Rahul Verma
4) Nikki Haley
5) Atul Keshap
Answer:- 5) Atul Keshap
Types of Banking
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1. Para Banking
When Bank provide banking services except the general banking facility.
2. Narrow Banking
When banks invest its money in government securities instead investing in market to avoid risk.
3. Overseas Banking
Banks having branches in other countries besides its origin country. Example Bank of Baroda
has maximum foreign branches by any indian bank
4. Offshore Banking
Bank which accept currency of all countries. Offshore banks are in those countries which
declares them as Heaven Bank Country. Example- Swiss Banks
5. Green Banking
Promoting environmental-friendly practices and reducing your carbon footprint from your banking
activities.
6. Islamic Bank
Those Banks which work according to Islamic Laws. Concept originate in Egypt. Islamic bank
opens at Cochin in Kerala in 2010.
7. Kiosk Banking
When we Deposit or withdraw money from booths , it is called Kiosk banking.
8.Defense Banking
Full banking services made available to all members of the Defense force, including nonuniformed personnel and other civilians.
9.Retail Banking
Retail banking refers to the division of a bank that deals directly with retail customers. Also known
as consumer banking or personal banking, retail banking is the visible face of banking to the
general public.
10 Banking on Wheel
To provide banking services in remote villages which are devoid of banking facilities as part its
financial inclusion plan.
11. Wholesale Banking
Wholesale banking is the provision of services by banks to organisations such as Mortgage
Brokers, large corporate clients, mid-sized companies, real estate developers and investors,
international trade finance businesses, institutional customers (such as pension funds and
government entities/agencies), and services offered to other banks or other financial institutions.
Ques. : 1 The RBI tracks retail inflation in deciding its monetary policy action. As per its policy
review on 4 Aug, the retail inflation stood at an eight-month low of ______ year-on-year in Jun
2015.
1) 5.01 per cent
2) 7.6 per cent
3) 6.1 per cent
4) 5.4 per cent
5) None of these
Ques. : 2 The 70th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing was observed in many parts of the world
on 6 Aug commemorating the atomic bombing on the city in 1945. The bomb dropped there by
the US was codenamed
1) Little Boy
2) Enola Gay
3) Dirty Boy
4) Fat Boy
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Little Boy
Ques. : 3 Around 30 lives were lost in a major train accident on 4 Aug when Kamayani Express
and the Jabalpur Mumbai Janata Express derailed at the same time in Harda district in
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 3) Madhya Pradesh
Ques. : 4 The World Wide Web (WWW) was born on Aug 6, 1991, when the first web page was
launched on the internet by
1) Tim Berners-Lee
2) Douglas Engelbart
3) Marc Andreessen
4) Aaron Swartz
5) Robert Cailliau
Answer:- 1) Tim Berners-Lee
Ques. : 5 Which of the following is the first telecom operator in India to commercially launch its
4G high-speed data services in 296 towns across the country recently?
1) Reliance Jio
2) Airtel
3) Idea
4) Vodafone
5) Reliance Communications
Answer:- 2) Airtel
Ques. : 6 The industry body FICCI has signed an MoU with which of the following organisations
for the second phase of SCORE Global Programme to impart training to MSMEs?
1) WTO
2) ILO
3) ADB
4) World Bank
5) IMF
Answer:- 2) ILO
Ques. : 7 Filipe Nyusi is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? India and
this country inked an MoU on Cooperation in the field of renewable energy recently.
1) Zambia
2) Tanzania
3) Madagascar
4) Mozambique
5) Angola
Answer:- 4) Mozambique
Ques. : 8 Who among the following has been given the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize 2015 of
Poland for championing democracy and human rights?
1) Mustafa Dzhemilev
2) Julian Assange
3) Zhanna Nemtsova
4) Edward Snowden
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Zhanna Nemtsova
Ques. : 9 Churchill Alemao, who has been arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery
case, was the former Public Works Department minister of
1) Assam
2) Kerala
3) Nagaland
4) Tripura
5) Goa
Answer:- 5) Goa
Ques. : 10 The Forbes magazine has released the list of 2015 Worlds Highest-Paid Actors which
has been topped by
1) Akshay Kumar
2) Amitabh Bachchan
3) Vin Diesel
4) Jackie Chan
5) Robert Downey Jr
Answer:- 5) Robert Downey Jr
Ques. : 1 India put off its negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with __________ on 5
Aug, following an import ban imposed by the latter on 700 drugs tested by Hyderabad-based
GVK Biosciences.
1) EU
2) Australia
3) UK
4) US
5) China
Answer:- 1) EU
Ques. : 2 Which of the following has won the Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award 2015 for
exemplary work in Dairy Geographical Information System?
1) NDDB
2) Mother Dairy
3) Amul
4) COMPFED
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) NDDB
Ques. : 3 Taking a cue from PM Narendra Modi's campaign to give up LPG subsidy, which of the
following states would launch a scheme to inspire people to voluntarily surrender social security
pension?
1) Rajasthan
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Haryana
5) Punjab
Answer:- 4) Haryana
Ques. : 4 The EPFO is to invest a part (5 per cent initially) of the retirement fund corpus in the
capital market through ETFs for the first time. The term ETF stands for
1) Exchange-Tracked Fund
2) Exchange-Transacted Fund
3) Exchange-Traded Fund
4) Exchange-Transferred Fund
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Exchange-Traded Fund
Ques. : 5 Which of the following countries is to inaugurate the new Suez Canal dubbed as the
Suez Canal Axis on 6 Aug? The 72-km project is aimed at speeding up traffic.
1) Syria
2) Egypt
3) Turkey
4) Iran
5) Greece
Answer:- 2) Egypt
Ques. : 6 Which of the following automakers in India launched the S-Cross, a premium crossover,
on 5 Aug?
1) Hyundai
2) Ford
3) Renault
4) Maruti Suzuki
5) General Motors
Answer:- 4) Maruti Suzuki
Ques. : 7 The Legislative Assembly of which of the following states on 5 Aug passed a legislation
making it mandatory for candidates contesting all level of panchayat raj elections to have toilets
at their individual home by Jan 31, 2016?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Gujarat
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 3) Bihar
Ques. : 8 The National Highways Authority of India has released an index of prices pertaining to
the sector for public comment. The length of National Highways in the country is about
1) 70,000 km
2) 74,000 km
3) 83,000 km
4) 96,000 km
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) 96,000 km
Ques. : 9 The Asias largest telescope, the Multi Application Solar Telescope (MAST), was
recently inaugurated in India in
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka
2) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3) Indore, Madhya Prasad
4) Udaipur, Rajasthan
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Udaipur, Rajasthan
Ques. : 10 Who among the following has been honoured with the Ramanujan Prize for 2015? He
has been honoured for his contributions in the area of algebraic K-theory, algebraic cycles and
theory of motive.
1) Sujatha Ramadorai
2) Amalendu Krishna
3) Kannan Soundararajan
4) Manjul Bhargava
5) James Maynard
Answer:- 2) Amalendu Krishna
Ques. : 1 The central govt signed a peace accord on 3 Aug with which of the following insurgent
outfits to end the longest insurgency in the country?
1) NSCN (IM)
2) NSCN (K)
3) All Bodo Students Union
4) Peoples War Group (PWG)
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) NSCN (IM)
Ques. : 2 The Tourism Ministrys Incredible India advertising campaign has been bagged by
advertising agency McCann India for a period of three years. The agency has been handling the
commercials on Atithi Devo Bhava featuring superstar
1) Salman Khan
2) Shah Rukh Khan
3) Hrithik Roshan
4) Aamir Khan
5) Amitabh Bachchan
Answer:- 4) Aamir Khan
Ques. : 3 Which of the following banks headed by Naina Lal Kidwai is planning to launch green
bonds this year to enable fund raising for investments in projects with environmental benefits?
1) HSBC India
2) ICICI Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Standard Chartered
Answer:- 1) HSBC India
Ques. : 4 The Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Majahan invoked which of the following rules to name
(identifying for action) 25 Congress members who were protesting in the well of the House
recently?
1) 349
2) 374(A)
3) 331(D)
4) 331A
5) 118(2)
Answer:- 2) 374(A)
Ques. : 5 The RBI announced its monetary policy review on 4 Aug. Which of the following rates
and ratios is NOT correct after the recent review?
1) Repo rate 7.25%
2) Reverse repo rate 6.25%
3) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4%
4) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 21.5%
5) None of these
Ques. : 6 The US President Barack Obama honoured three Indian Americans among others for
their innovative and path breaking startups during the first-ever White House Demo Day recently.
These Indian Americans include
1) Suma Reddy
2) Ann Marie Sastry
3) Privahini Bradoo
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ques. : 7 As announced by the ISRO, recently, it will be launching nine nano/micro satellites
during 2015-16 timeframe for the first time for
1) UK
2) France
3) US
4) China
5) Bangladesh
Answer:- 3) US
Ques. : 8 The panel tasked with examining and suggesting reforms for the Public-Private
Partnership (PPP) model in infrastructure projects is headed by
1) Shankar Acharya
2) Bimal Jalan
3) C Rangarajan
4) Vijay Kelkar
5) Y Venugopal Reddy
Answer:- 4) Vijay Kelkar
Ques. : 9 Which of the following countries is planning to send Jilin-1, the countrys first selfdeveloped remote sensing satellite for commercial use, into space in Oct?
1) Israel
2) Spain
3) Norway
4) Singapore
5) China
Answer:- 5) China
Ques. : 10 Which of the following is the first Bill passed by the Lok Sabha in the monsoon
session of Parliament on 3 Aug?
1) The Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015
2) The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015
3) The SCs and the STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014 4) The Indian Institutes
of Information Technology (IIIT) Bill, 2014
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) The SCs and the STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014
Ques. : 1 __________ has launched Dhanchayat, an educational film to raise awareness on the
dangers of borrowing money from unorganised sources.
1) ICICI Bank
2) SBI
3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Yes Bank
Answer:- 3) HDFC Bank
Ques. : 2 The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, has formally
conferred its associate membership on __________ recently.
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bhutan
5) Maldives
Answer:- 1) Pakistan
Ques. : 3 The second edition meeting of Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) to
be attended by the heads of 14 island nations will be hosted by India on 21 Aug in
1) Bhopal, MP
2) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3) Bangalore, Karnataka
4) Jaipur, Rajasthan
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Jaipur, Rajasthan
Ques. : 4 The road transport ministry has come out with draft notification for mass emission
standards for biofuel vehicles which will be known as
1) BS-V
2) BS-VI
3) BS-VII
4) B100
5) B80
Answer:- 4) B100
Ques. : 5 __________ won the womens squash title in the Victorian Open WSA Event in
Melbourne, Australia on 2 Aug.
1) Line Hansen
2) Joshna Chinappa
3) Anaka Alankamony
4) Dipika Pallikal
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Joshna Chinappa
Ques. : 6 Indian womens recurve archery team has won silver medal in World Archery
Championship held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Who among the following was NOT a member of
the Indian team?
1) Rimil Buriuly
2) Deepika Kumari
3) Laxmirani Majhi
4) Krishna Poonia
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Krishna Poonia
Ques. : 7 The HDFC Bank and which of the following online marketplaces launched on 3 Aug
their co-branded credit card aimed at enabling customers to make online payments instead of
availing the cash on delivery option?
1) Snapdeal
2) Amazon
3) Shopclues
4) ebay
5) Paytm
Answer:- 1) Snapdeal
Ques. : 8 Which of the following luxury car makers has appointed Roland S Folger as the MD
and CEO of its India operations recently?
1) Volkswagen
2) BMW
3) Mercedes-Benz
4) Bentley Motors
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Mercedes-Benz
Ques. : 9 Who won the mens singles title of the Hamburg Open on 2 Aug?
1) Fabio Fognini
2) Rafael Nadal
3) Andy Murray
4) Novak Djokovic
5) Roger Federer
Answer:- 2) Rafael Nadal
Ques. : 10 Which of the following sports was officially recognised as an Olympic sport by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 2 Aug?
1) Bowling
2) Squash
3) Racquetball
4) Frisbee
5) Chess
Answer:- 4) Frisbee
Ques. : 1 The RBI will shortly put into circulation the coins (minted by the Govt of India) of which
of the following denominations to commemorate the International Day of Yoga?
1) Rs 1
2) Rs 2
3) Rs 5
4) Rs 10
5) Rs 20
Answer:- 4) Rs 10
Ques. : 2 The Union Cabinet approved setting up of NIIF that was announced in the Budget this
year which will provide equity support to infrastructure financing companies. The term NIIF
stands for
1) National Initial Infrastructure Fund
2) National Initial Investment Fund
3) National Investment & Infrastructure Fund
4) National Innovation & Infrastructure Fund
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) National Investment & Infrastructure Fund
Ques. : 3 The International Olympic Committee has selected which of the following cities as the
host for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games?
1) Almaty
2) Beijing
3) Tokyo
4) Pyeongchang
5) Kuala Lumpur
Answer:- 2) Beijing
Ques. : 4 The Indian Air Force conducted the Indra Dhanush IV exercise with which of the
following countries which concluded on 30 Jul?
1) US
2) UK
3) Japan
4) Singapore
5) France
Answer:- 2) UK
Ques. : 5 As announced by the Finance Ministry, the govt will infuse Rs 70,000 cr in the public
sector banks (PSBs) over a period of four years?
1) Rs 10,000
2) Rs 20,000
3) Rs 25,000
4) Rs 50,000
5) Rs 70,000
Answer:- 5) Rs 70,000
Ques. : 6 Which of the following cities has got Indias first harbour defence system? The system
will enable operators to foresee, and respond to, surface and sub-surface threats to vital assets
along the harbour and warships in the quay.
1) Mumbai
2) Alang
3) Kandla
4) Kochi
5) Haldia
Answer:- 4) Kochi
Ques. : 7 The 14-year-old Ranveer Singh Saini created history by becoming the first Indian
_______ to win a gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles recently.
1) shooter
2) archer
3) golfer
4) boxer
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) golfer
Ques. : 8 The first National Handloom Day will be launched by the PM Narendra Modi in
Chennai on
1) 5 Aug
2) 7 Aug
3) 9 Aug
4) 10 Aug
5) 12 Aug
Answer:- 2) 7 Aug
Ques. : 9 Which of the following books was authored by the former President of India (late) APJ
Abdul Kalam?
1) Turning Points
2) Target 3 Billion
3) Ignited Minds
4) India 2020
5) All the above
Ques. : 10 Indias space agency ISRO is jointly working with which of the following space
agencies to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite named
NISAR?
1) CNES (France)
2) JAXA (Japan)
3) European Space Agency
4) CNSA (China)
5) NASA (US)
Answer:- 5) NASA (US)
Ques. : 1 According to the UNs 2015 Revised World Population Prospect report released
recently, India will become the most populous nation by
1) 2019
2) 2020
3) 2021
4) 2022
5) 2025
Answer:- 4) 2022
Ques. : 2 As per the Financial Services Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, the govt has decided to
infuse capital to the tune of _________ in public sector banks.
1) Rs 10,000 cr
2) Rs 15,000 cr
3) Rs 20,000 cr
4) Rs 25,000 cr
5) Rs 30,000 cr
Ques. : 3 Cyclone ________ hit parts of West Bengal and north Odisha recently.
1) Madi
2) Komen
3) Nilam
4) Helen
5) Lehar
Answer:- 2) Komen
Ques. : 4 Who among the following is the newly-appointed coach of the Indian men's hockey
team?
1) Paul van Ass
2) VR Raghunath
3) Michael Nobbs
4) Terry Walsh
5) Roelant Oltmans
Answer:- 5) Roelant Oltmans
Ques. : 5 The proposed ____________ National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is
likely to be set up as a trust in which the govt will contribute 49 per cent at most.
1) Rs 20,000-cr
2) Rs 25,000-cr
3) Rs 50,000-cr
4) Rs 75,000-cr
5) Rs 1,00,000-cr
Answer:- 1) Rs 20,000-cr
Ques. : 6 The worlds largest animal sacrifice ritual, the Gadhimai festival of which of the
following countries is no more a bloody affair as the animal sacrifice at the festival has been
banned?
1) Bangladesh
2) Bhutan
3) Nepal
4) India
5) Indonesia
Answer:- 3) Nepal
Ques. : 7 Name the movie which has become the first Tamil movie to have its premiere in the
competition section of the upcoming 72nd Venice International Film Festival.
1) Visaaranai
2) Drishyam
3) Bahubali: The Beginning
4) Thalaivaa
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Visaaranai
Ques. : 8 The EPFO will start investing in the stock market on Aug 6 with an initial corpus of
around Rs 5,000 cr. The EPFO has been allowed to invest a minimum of 5 per cent and up to
________ of its funds in equity or equity-related schemes.
1) 10 per cent
2) 15 per cent
3) 20 per cent
4) 25 per cent
5) 30 per cent
Ques. : 9 Who among the following on 31 Jul was presented with the prestigious Arjuna Award?
1) Ravichandran Ashwin
2) Ajinkya Rahane
4) Suresh Raina
5) Ravindra Jadeja
Answer:- 1) Ravichandran Ashwin
Ques. : 10 Hong Kong central bank has taken action against the Hong Kong Branch of which of
the following public sector banks of India for violating the Anti-Money Laundering and CounterTerrorist Financing law?
1) Bank of Baroda
3) Bank of India
5) Canara Bank
Ques. : 1 As the declared by the UNO in 2010, whose birthday on 15 Oct is observed as the
World Students Day globally?
2) Madan Mohan Malaviya
3) Syama Prasad Mukherjee
4) APJ Abdul Kalam
5) Deendayal Upadhyaya
Ques. : 2 The Sangeet Natak Academy and the Padmashri awardee Vasundhara Komkali died
recently. She was an eminent
1) vocalist
2) actor
3) author
4) scientist
5) environmentalist
Answer:- 1) vocalist
Ques. : 3 Who is the author of the book titled Sleeping on Jupiter which is shortlisted for Man
Booker Prize 2015?
1) Rahul Bhattacharya
2) Vikas Swarup
3) Anuradha Roy
4) Tahmima Anam
5) Jahnavi Barua
Answer:- 3) Anuradha Roy
Ques. : 4 Which of the following banks has announced to buy domestic online retail broking
major Sharekhan for an undisclosed sum of money recently?
1) BNP Paribas
2) HDFC Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) Federal Bank
Answer:- 1) BNP Paribas
Ques. : 5 _____________ has topped the list of the worlds wealthiest private foundations
established with total assets of USD 43.4 bn, according to a Wealth-X report.
1) Carlos Slim Foundation
2) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
3) Bloomberg Philanthropies
4) Li Ka Shing Foundation
5) Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Answer:- 2) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ques. : 6 Kalyani group has tied up with Israels Rafael to produce a man-portable, anti-tank
missile in India. Name the missile.
1) Javelin
2) Spike
3) Python 5
4) Sparrow
5) Matra R530
Answer:- 2) Spike
Ques. : 7 Which of the following international firms has announced to appoint David Taylor as its
next CEO to succeed AG Lafley effective Nov 1?
1) Procter & Gamble
2) Nestle
3) Reckitt Benckiser
4) Unilever
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Procter & Gamble
Ques. : 8 Which of the following firms has acquired the title sponsorship rights for BCCIs
domestic and international cricket matches at home for a period of four years with a bid price of
Rs 203.28 cr?
1) Snapdeal
2) Flipkart
3) Paytm
4) Shopclues
5) Amazon
Answer:- 3) Paytm
Ques. : 9 As per the changes notified by the govt related to composite cap on overseas
investment, in private sector banking, there will a sub-limit of 49 per cent on portfolio investment
within the overall foreign investment limit of
1) 69 per cent
2) 74 per cent
3) 75 per cent
4) 76 per cent
5) 100 per cent
Ques. : 10 The central govt has nominated who among the following to be director on the central
board of directors of Reserve Bank of India with immediate effect?
1) UK Sinha
2) Arvind Subramanian
3) Arvind Mayaram
4) Rajiv Mehrishi
5) Ajay Tyagi
Answer:- 5) Ajay Tyagi
Ques. : 1 Who is the new chairman of the food regulator FSSAI?
1) Ashish Bahuguna
2) Bimal Kumar Dubey
3) Yudhvir Singh Malik
4) Bhanu Pratap Sharma
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Ashish Bahuguna
Ques. : 2 Who among the following Indians has/have won the Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2015?
1) Sanjiv Chaturvedi
2) Anshu Gupta
3) Vinod Rai
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 3 Who among the following is NOT a winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2015?
1) Kommaly Chanthavong, Laos
2) Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa, the Philippines
3) Kyaw Thu, Myanmar
4) Dilma Rousseff, Brazil
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Dilma Rousseff, Brazil
Ques. : 4 The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 420 cr on
which of the following automakers for unfair trade practices as it did not make genuine spare
parts freely available in the open market?
1) Maruti Suzuki
2) Hyundai Motors
3) General Motors
4) Ford Motors
5) Renault
Answer:- 2) Hyundai Motors
Ques. : 5 India has signed loan agreement worth $300 mn with which of the following agencies to
support the govt's flagship program, the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) New Development Bank
4) Asian Development Bank
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Asian Development Bank
Ques. : 6 The General Council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on 27 Jul 2015 approved
the membership terms of __________ which will join the world trade body as 162nd member.
1) Zimbabwe
2) Zambia
3) Yemen
4) Kazakhstan
5) Vietnam
Ques. : 7 The International Tiger Day, also known as Global Tiger Day, is held annually on
1) 11 Jul
2) 18 Jul
3) 28 Jul
4) 29 Jul
5) 30 Jul
Answer:- 4) 29 Jul
Ques. : 8 Clive Rice, who was one of the best all-rounders of his era alongside Kapil Dev, Imran
Khan, Ian Botham, was the former cricketer of
1) Australia
2) South Africa
3) New Zealand
4) Zimbabwe
5) England
Answer:- 2) South Africa
Ques. : 9 The Union Cabinet on 29 Jul approved changes suggested by a Rajya Sabha Select
Committee to the GST Constitution Amendment Bill which include compensating the States for
_____ years for loss of revenue.
1) five
2) four
3) three
4) two
5) one
Answer:- 1) five
Ques. : 10 Name the leading car maker which on 29 Jul announced to invest Rs 6,400 cr ($1 bn)
in India and to launch 10 Made-in-India vehicles over 5 years.
1) Toyota
2) Volkswagen
3) General Motors
4) Nissan
5) Mitsubishi
Answer:- 3) General Motors
Ques. : 1 Which automaker has surpassed Toyota Motor Corp to become the biggest automaker
by deliveries in the first half of 2015?
1) Volkswagen
2) General Motors
3) Ford
4) Hyundai
5) Suzuki
Answer:- 1) Volkswagen
Ques. : 2 A long range surface to air missile (LRSAM), Barak-8, will undergo testing in Oct this
year. The missile is being developed by India and
1) US
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) Israel
5) France
Answer:- 4) Israel
Ques. : 3 P Hariharan passed away recently. He was an eminent
1) astronaut
2) biologist
3) author
4) poet
5) physicist
Answer:- 5) physicist
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has been appointed chairman of the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (Trai)?
1) Rajeev Kher
2) Bimal Julka
3) PK Sinha
4) Rahul Khullar
5) RS Sharma
Answer:- 5) RS Sharma
Ques. : 5 ________ became the first state to have a provision for compulsory voting with the
state govt on 27 Jul putting out a notification in this regard. The voting in the local body polls has
been made mandatory there.
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) West Bengal
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala
Answer:- 1) Gujarat
Ques. : 6 Which of the following teams won the CONCACAF Gold Cup football title on 26 Jul?
1) Costa Rica
2) Russia
3) Mexico
4) Jamaica
5) US
Answer:- 3) Mexico
Ques. : 7 The Indian govt has sanctioned around Rs 1,000 cr for a 15-km railway project to
connect with which of the following countries recently?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) Bhutan
5) Nepal
Ques. : 8 French auto major Renault on 27 Jul signed who among the following as brand
ambassador to promote its range of vehicles in India?
1) Akshay Kumar
2) Varun Dhawan
3) Ranbir Kapoor
4) Arjun Kapoor
5) Hrithik Roshan
Answer:- 3) Ranbir Kapoor
Ques. : 9 _________ has bagged the Dun & Bradstreets Indias Top PSUs Awards 2015 in the
electrical and electronic equipment sector.
1) BHEL
2) Antrix Corporation
3) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
4) Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)
Ques. : 10 The World Hepatitis Day is observed on

1) 11 Jul
2) 18 Jul
3) 28 Jul
4) 29 Jul
5) 30 Jul
Answer:- 3) 28 Jul
Ques. : 1 PM Narendra Modi on 26 May launched DD Kisan television channel targeted at rural
India. What is the amount allocated in the Union budget for the dedicated channel?
1) Rs 40 cr
2) Rs 80 cr
3) Rs 100 cr
4) Rs 120 cr
5) None of these
Ques. : 2 Who among the following has been roped in as the face of DD Kisan, India's first
channel exclusively for farmers that was unveiled by Narendra Modi on 26 May?
1) Dilip Kumar
2) Manoj Kumar
3) Amitabh Bachchan
4) Aamir Khan
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Amitabh Bachchan
Ques. : 3 The govt cleared 21 FDI deals worth Rs 281 cr recently. The FDI proposals under
approval route are cleared by the FIPB, however, those proposals involving investment of more
than ____________are given final clearance by the CCEA.
1) Rs 1,500 cr
2) Rs 2,000 cr
3) Rs 2,500 cr
4) Rs 3,000 cr
5) None of these
Ques. : 4 Which state govt has taken up a project to provide better habitat to sloth bears by
restoring the ecology of Jessore wildlife sanctuary, recently?
1) Sikkim
2) Assam
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Gujarat
Ques. : 5 Hou Hsiao-Hsien was adjudged Best Director at the 68th Cannes Film Festival for the
film
1) The Measure of a Man
2) Chronic
3) The Assassin
4) Dheepan
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) The Assassin
Ques. : 6 India and which of the following countries on 25 May signed a Joint Vision Statement
on Defence Cooperation for the period 2015-2020?
1) Mongolia
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Vietnam
Ques. : 7 The central govt has set up a committee to revisit and revitalize the public private
partnership (PPP) model of infrastructure development. The Committee will be chaired by
1) Sudipto Sarkar
2) Pradeep Kumar
3) Shekhar Shah
4) Sharmila Chavali
5) Vijay Kelkar
Answer:- 5) Vijay Kelkar
Ques. : 8 Six officers of FIFA were arrested on corruption charges on 27 May in Switzerland. The
FIFA regulates which of the following sports globally?
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Basketball
4) Formula One
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Football
Ques. : 9 The much-awaited National IPR Policy of India is expected soon. Here, what does the
term IPR stands for?
1) Intellectual Property Rights
2) International Property Rights
3) Inherited Property Rights
4) Interlinked Property Rights
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Intellectual Property Rights
Ques. : 10 The govt is getting ready to launch PM Narendra Modi's most ambitious scheme
Housing For All soon. The scheme envisages housing for all by
1) 2018
2) 2019
3) 2022
4) 2025
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 2022
Ques. : 1 The list of worlds 500 largest companies in the 2015 Fortune Global 500 list compiled
by Fortune magazine is led by which company?
1) Chevron
2) Exxon Mobil
3) Walmart
4) Google
5) IBM
Answer:- 3) Walmart
Ques. : 2 A nine-member committee set by which of the following sports bodies has
recommended that Dutchman Paul van Ass need not return to resume his charge as the men's
team's chief coach?
1) Hockey India
2) BCCI
3) All India Tennis Association (AITA)
4) Badminton Association of India (BAI)
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Hockey India
Ques. : 3 The govt has announced to sell 5% stake in which of the following firms to raise Rs
1700 cr on 27 Jul?
1) PFC
2) SAIL
3) NTPC
4) ONGC
5) NHPC
Answer:- 1) PFC
Ques. : 4 Anshu Jain has got a clean chit from the financial watchdog BaFin on charges of
allegedly lying about the interbank rate rigging scandal. He is the former co-CEO of
2) Deutsche Bank
3) City Bank
4) Morgan Stanley
5) HSBC
Answer:- 2) Deutsche Bank
Ques. : 5 PM Narendra Modi launched the 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana' during his
recent Bihar visit. Which of the following is NOT true about the scheme?
1) It will ensure round the clock electricity supply to farmers and rural households.
2) The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has been subsumed in the new
scheme.
3) The scheme has an outlay of Rs 76,000 cr for implementation of the projects.
4) A total of Rs 14,680 cr worth projects have already been approved under the scheme.
5) None of these
Ques. : 6 The IDFC Bank to start operations from Oct 1. Which of the following is NOT correct
about the bank?
1) The IDFC is a credit rating agency.
2) Rajiv Lall will be its vice-chairman and managing director.
3) Anil Baijal will be the chairman of IDFC bank.
4) Vinod Rai (former CAG) will be its non-executive chairman.
5) Vikram Limaye will continue to be its CEO and MD.
Answer:- 1) The IDFC is a credit rating agency.
Ques. : 7 Name the Indian historian who has been awarded with the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
in the academic category. He is best known for his book, 'India After Gandhi.'
1) Romila Thapar
2) Ramachandra Guha
3) Bipan Chandra
4) Sujata Keshavan
5) Madhav Gadgil
Answer:- 2) Ramachandra Guha
Ques. : 8 Which of the following states approved Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Jan Van Vikas
Scheme aimed at comprehensive development of villages in the buffer zones of tiger reserves
and around them recently?
1) West Bengal
2) Assam
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) Madhya Pradesh
Ques. : 9 10-year-old Shubham Jaglan was in news for winning second successive world junior
title in ______at Las Vegas recently.
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Chess
4) Golf
5) Snooker
Answer:- 4) Golf
Ques. : 10 Mosquirix is the worlds first vaccine for which of the following diseases to get a green
light from European drugs regulators recently?
1) Malaria
2) Tuberculosis
3) AIDS
4) Ebola
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Malaria
Ques. : 1 Hisao Tanaka, who resigned recently after found responsible for an accounting scandal
worth nearly Rs 8,000 cr, was the President and CEO of the Japanese electronics giant
1) Sony
2) Panasonic
3) Toshiba
4) Hitachi
5) Sharp Corporation
Answer:- 3) Toshiba
Ques. : 2 Who among the following is/are the winner(s) of the 36th American Book Awards, the
annual award which celebrates diversity in publishing?
1) Naomi Klein
2) Marlon James
3) Carlos Santana
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ques. : 3 The pension sector in India is regulated by which of the following as of now?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) IRDAI
4) PFRDA
5) LIC of India
Answer:- 4) PFRDA
Ques. : 4 Tom Moore, who died recently, was a(n)
1) cartoonist (Archie Comics)
2) journalist (Financial Times, UK)
3) author
4) gay rights activist
5) guitarist
Answer:- 1) cartoonist (Archie Comics)
Ques. : 5 The 2015 Malabar River Festival, which is touted as Asias biggest whitewater
competition, started on Jul 23 in
1) Goa
2) Maharashtra
3) Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala
Answer:- 5) Kerala
Ques. : 6 India and which country on 21 Jul signed an agreement on sharing white-shipping
information to enhance maritime cooperation during Navy chief Admiral RK Dhowans visit to the
country?
1) Indonesia
2) Brazil
3) Malaysia
4) Singapore
5) Thailand
Answer:- 4) Singapore
Ques. : 7 The govt is considering permitting 100% foreign investment in white-labelled ATM
operations. The white-lebelled ATMs are set up by
1) RBI directly
2) state govts
3) private sector banks
4) private non-bank companies
5) cooperative banks
Answer:- 4) private non-bank companies
Ques. : 8 Who among the following has been appointed as Chief Economist of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) with effect from 8 Sep 2015?
1) Paul Krugman
2) Maurice Obstfeld
3) Olivier Blanchard
4) Jordi Gal
5) Stanley Fischer
Answer:- 2) Maurice Obstfeld
Ques. : 9 The M-SIPS scheme, designed to attract investment in electronics manufacturing with
capital subsidy of 20 per cent in SEZ or 25 per cent in non-SEZ units, has been extended by the
govt for
1) two years
2) three years
3) four years
4) five years
5) six years
Answer:- 4) five years
Ques. : 10 For the first time in its history, the foundation day of the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) is being organised outside New Delhi, in
1) Jaipur
2) Patna
3) Bhopal
4) Raipur
5) Lucknow
Answer:- 2) Patna
Ques. : 1 The Union Cabinet has given its nod for the creation of a central agriculture university
at _________ in Bihar with an outlay of Rs 295 cr.
1) Vaishali
2) Samastipur
3) Patna
4) Darbhanga
5) Gaya
Answer:- 2) Samastipur
Ques. : 2 The central govt has given an in-principle nod for locomotive-maker Talgo to undertake
trial runs of its lighter and faster trains that could cut travel time considerably. Talgo is based in
1) Spain
2) Italy
3) Germany
4) France
5) Japan
Answer:- 1) Spain
Ques. : 3 Who among the following is the new Director General of The Energy and Resources
Institute (TERI)?
1) K Radhakrishnan
2) A Sivathanu Pillai
3) Avinash Chander
4) Rajendra Pachauri
5) Ajay Mathur
Answer:- 5) Ajay Mathur
Ques. : 4 Name the media firm which has announced to buy the Financial Times from Britains
Pearson in a $1.3-billion deal?
1) Time Warner
2) The Korea Times
3) Nikkei
4) Bennett Coleman
5) HT Media
Answer:- 3) Nikkei
Ques. : 5 The central govt along with the three state govts will soon undertake an artificial
breeding programme for the critically endangered flying bird the Great Indian Bustard (GIB).
These three states are
1) Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra

2) West Bengal, Karnataka and Maharashtra
3) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
4) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
Ques. : 6 The SEBI has suggested the newly introduced platform ITP be used by the central govt
for its disinvestment programme in unlisted PSUs. The term ITP stands for
1) Initial Trading Platform
2) Institutional Trading Platform
3) International Trading Platform
4) Integrated Trading Platform
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Institutional Trading Platform
Ques. : 7 Name the Nobel prize winner who has won the worlds oldest scientific prize, the Royal
Societys Copley Medal recently.
1) Robert Brout
2) Francois Englert
3) Peter Higgs
4) Fabiola Gianotti
5) Tom Kibble
Answer:- 3) Peter Higgs
Ques. : 8 The Unesco has announced that Conakry will be the World Book Capital for 2017.
Conakry is the capital city of
1) Ghana
2) Sierra Leone
3) Burkina Faso
4) Guinea
5) Benin
Answer:- 4) Guinea
Ques. : 9 The National Broadcasting Day is observed across the country on
1) 18 Jul
2) 23 Jul
3) 28 Jul
4) 29 Jul
5) 30 Jul
Answer:- 2) 23 Jul
Ques. : 10 Name the legendary sports person of India who will be conferred with the 'Bharat
Gaurav' Lifetime Achivement Award by Sanskriti Yuva Sangstha at the British Parliament on Jul
25.
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Dhyan Chand
3) Viswanathan Anand
4) Prakash Padukone
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Dhyan Chand
Ques. : 1 According to govt sources, only 8,000 account holders have availed of the overdraft
(OD) facility under the Jan Dhan Yojana so far. The scheme envisages extending households an
overdraft facility of ________after satisfactory operation of accounts for six months.
1) Rs 1,000
2) Rs 2,000
3) Rs 5,000
4) Rs 10,000
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Rs 5,000
Ques. : 2 The IDFC is all set to start full-fledged banking operation by the end of the year. IDFC
is involved in ___________ at present.
1) general insurance
2) asset reconstruction
3) micro finance
4) infrastructure financing
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) infrastructure financing
Ques. : 3 PM Narendra Modi has visited 17 countries till Jun 2015. Which of the following
countries is NOT among those visited by him so far?
1) Bangladesh
2) Brazil
3) Myanmar
4) Seychelles
5) Mauritius
Ques. : 4 Hwang Kyo-ahn was appointed as the new Prime Minister in which of the following
countries ?
1) Vietnam
2) Singapore
3) Thailand
4) Philippines
5) South Korea
Answer:- 5) South Korea
Ques. : 5 Who among the following is the National Security Advisor at present?
1) Sujatha Singh
2) Ajit Doval
3) Nripendra Misra
4) Shivshankar Menon
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Ajit Doval
Ques. : 6 Who is the chairman of the Rajya Sabha committee on the constitutional amendment
Bill regarding national goods and services tax (GST)?
1) Abhishek Singh
2) Kirti Azad
3) Bhupender Yadav
4) Ram Kripal Yadav
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Bhupender Yadav
Ques. : 7 The central govt has cleared Isro's Rs 3,090-cr augmentation programme of PSLV.
What does letter P denote in the term PSLV?
1) Polar
2) Primary
3) Parallel
4) Pentahedron
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Polar
Ques. : 8 The Indian Navy got the INS Sindhukirti back after a nine-year refit. It is a/an
1) anti-submarine warfare corvettes
2) aircraft carrier
3) diesel-electric submarine
4) nuclear submarine
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) diesel-electric submarine
Ques. : 9 What is Indias ranking among 70 countries in the first Environmental Democracy Index
launched by Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI) and Access Initiative?
1) 24th
2) 21st
3) 19th
4) 32nd
5) 41st
Answer:- 1) 24th
Ques. : 10 The Union Cabinet gave its approval for the revival of closed urea unit of Fertilizer
Corporation India Limited (FCIL) at Sindri with an investment of Rs 6000 cr. The unit is situated in
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Odisha
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Jharkhand
Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed as the chairperson of the Food Safety
and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently?
1) Lov Verma
2) Yudhvir Singh Malik
3) K Chandramouli
4) Bhanu Pratap Sharma
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Bhanu Pratap Sharma
Ques. : 2 Who is the new Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW)?
1) Barkha Shukla
2) Swati Maliwal
3) Mridula Sinha
4) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Swati Maliwal
Ques. : 3 The Vice President of India M Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Locale, Everyday
Islam and Modernity recently. The book has been authored by
1) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
2) Syed Ahmed
3) MJ Akbar
4) M Raisur Rahman
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) M Raisur Rahman
Ques. : 4 According to the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2014 report released by the
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), total of 5,650 farmers committed suicide in 2014. The
maximum suicides were reported in
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Telangana
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
Ques. : 5 Which of the following Indian cities has joined the global bandwagon of UNESCO
Cities of Music under the Creative Cities Network recently?
1) Hyderabad
2) Lucknow
3) Jaipur
4) Chennai
5) Varanasi
Answer:- 5) Varanasi
Ques. : 6 The Union Cabinet on 21 Jul approved a proposal to extend an interest subvention
scheme to banks to benefit farmers. Which of the following is NOT true in this regard?
1) The scheme will be restricted to short-term crop loans up to Rs 3 lakh. 2) The farmers who
repay their amounts within one year of disbursal will get benefitted of it.
3) The scheme would be applicable for post-harvest loans taken by small and marginal farmers
against their negotiable warehouse receipts.
4) The Cabinet approved an expenditure of Rs 18,110 cr for FY16 to enable banks to provide
three per cent interest subvention.
5) None of these
Ques. : 7 Name the Indian actor who has won the Ironman title at a triathlon held in Zurich in
Switzerland on Jul 19. The contest includes a 3.8-km swim, 180.2-km cycle ride and 42.2-km run
to be completed in 16 hours.
1) Ranbir Kapoor
2) Milind Soman
3) John Abraham
4) Arjun Rampal
5) Shahid Kapoor
Answer:- 2) Milind Soman
Ques. : 8 Name the 1993 Mumbai blast accused who is set to be hanged on 30 Jul. The
Supreme Court rejected a final plea for judicial intervention to stop his execution recently.
1) Chhota Rajan
2) Abu Salem
3) Tiger Memon
4) Yakub Memon
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Yakub Memon
Ques. : 9 The ICC World Twenty20 2016 will be played in which of the following countries?
1) India
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bangladesh
4) Australia
5) South Africa
Answer:- 1) India
Ques. : 10 Which of the following automakers launched its first compact SUV named Creta in
India on 21 Jul?
1) General Motors
2) Toyota
3) Volkswagen
4) Maruti Suzuki
5) Hyundai
Answer:- 5) Hyundai
Ques. : 1 Which of the following auto majors in India has come up with new premium dealerships
named Nexa to sell only premium cars from these dealerships?
1) Maruti Suziki
2) Hyundai
3) Tata Motors
4) Mahindra and Mahindra
5) Fiat
Answer:- 1) Maruti Suziki
Ques. : 2 The govt has kept which of the following sectors out of the purview of composite foreign
investment caps announced recently for foreign investments?
1) Defence
2) Banking
3) Pharmaceuticals
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 3 The ethically questionable practice of a salesperson misrepresenting or misleading an
investor about the characteristics of a product or service is termed as
1) over-the-counter sale
2) misselling
3) cross selling
4) misbehaviour
5) persuasion
Answer:- 2) misselling
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has been appointed as Interim Director of the Pune-based
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)?
1) Mukesh Khanna
2) Praveen Kumar
3) Pallavi Joshi
4) Prashant Pathrabe
5) Gajendra Chauhan
Answer:- 4) Prashant Pathrabe
Ques. : 5 The tourism department of which state has won 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association
(PATA) award in the Heritage & Culture category for its Muziris Heritage Project?
1) Maharashtra
2) Odisha
3) Kerala
4) Gujarat
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 3) Kerala
Ques. : 6 India and which country have signed an agreement in the area of customs to liberalise
business visas recently? The two countries have fixed a target of USD 30 bn to be achieved by
2025.
1) Sweden
2) Japan
3) Singapore
4) Russia
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 4) Russia
Ques. : 7 The Nelson Mandela International Day is observed across the world on
1) 11 July
2) 18 July
3) 28 July
4) 29 July
5) 30 July
Answer:- 2) 18 July
Ques. : 8 Amelie Mauresmo, the two-time Grand Slam winner, was on 18 Jul inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame. She is the former number one tennis player of
1) France
2) Spain
3) Switzerland
4) Russia
5) Japan
Answer:- 1) France
Ques. : 9 The US actor Alex Rocco died of cancer aged 79 recently. He was best known for his
role in crime drama
1) The Fast and the Furious
2) Sherlock Holmes
3) The Bourne Identity
4) The Departed
5) The Godfather
Answer:- 5) The Godfather
Ques. : 10 The Indev Air Freight Station, India's first private air freight station (AFS,) has
announced commencement of its operations on 1 Aug in
1) Bengaluru
2) Hyderabad
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai
5) Pune
Answer:- 4) Chennai
Ques. : 1 The South Korean steel giant Posco, recently, put on hold its $12-bn steel project in
which of the following states due to delays in various regulatory approvals?
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 4) Odisha
Ques. : 2 Name the Indian American woman who has been honoured as one of the Champions
of Change by the White House of the US.
1) Sunita Viswanath
2) Indra Nooyi
3) Sunita Williams
4) Renu Khator
5) Geeta Menon
Answer:- 1) Sunita Viswanath
Ques. : 3 The Haryana govt has appointed who among the following as its brand ambassador for
the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign to promote the cause of the girl child?
1) Kareena Kapoor
2) Parineeti Chopra
3) Deepika Padukone
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Madhuri Dixit
Answer:- 2) Parineeti Chopra
Ques. : 4 The Union govts Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has approved a
proposal to set up the countrys first defence industrial park at Ottappalam in
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) West Bengal
5) Gujarat
Answer:- 2) Kerala
Ques. : 5 Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia, who passed away recently, was the soccer legend of
1) Brazil
2) Argentina
3) Chile
4) France
5) Uruguay
Answer:- 5) Uruguay
Ques. : 6 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Director of National Book
Trust?
1) MA Sikandar
2) Uddipana Goswami
3) Rita Chowdhury
4) Arupa Kalita Patangia
5) Anuradha Sharma Pujari
Answer:- 3) Rita Chowdhury
Ques. : 7 The RBI signed a special currency swap agreement, recently, with the central bank of
which of the following countries that will allow the latter to draw up to $1.1 bn for a maximum
period of six months?
1) Afghanistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Maldives
Ques. : 8 India has signed a pact with the World Bank, recently, for $250-mn financial assistance
for the Disaster Recovery Project of
1) Odisha
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andaman and Nicobar
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Lakshadweep
Answer:- 4) Andhra Pradesh
Ques. : 9 Indigenously built INS Astravahini was decommissioned at Vishakhapatnam recently. It
was a
1) torpedo launch and recovery vessel
2) guided missile destroyer
3) fast attack vessel 4) helicopter carrier
5) anti-submarine warfare carrier
Answer:- 1) torpedo launch and recovery vessel
Ques. : 10 The proposal of which of the following Chinese telecom solutions providers to set up a
manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu received conditional security clearance from the Union Home
Ministry recently?
1) China Unicom
2) Pioneer Global
3) ZTE
4) Huawei
5) Lenovo
Answer:- 4) Huawei
Ques. : 1 The World Day for International Justice, also referred to as Day of International Criminal
Justice or International Justice Day is celebrated throughout the world on
1) 11 Jul
2) 17 Jul
3) 18 Jul
4) 28 Jul
5) 30 Jul
Answer:- 2) 17 Jul
Ques. : 2 The RBI has said that banks will now report past dues and levy any late payment
charges on credit card holders only if the payment has been due for more than
1) two days
2) three days
3) five days
4) ten days
5) 15 days
Answer:- 2) three days
Ques. : 3 The countdown to the first-ever niche banking licence award process has began as the
external advisory committee headed by ___________ has given its report to the RBI.
1) Nachiket Mor
2) R Gandhi
3) Urjit Patel
4) Bimal Jalan
5) Usha Thorat
Answer:- 1) Nachiket Mor
Ques. : 4 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 16 Jul reaffirmed its growth forecast for India,
pegging Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow at ______ in FY16 and ________ in FY17.
3) 7.5 per cent, 8 per cent
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) 7.8 per cent, 8.2 per cent
Ques. : 5 In a third bailout for debt-stricken Greece, the European Union has agreed to lend
_________ to the country.
1) 3 billion euro
2) 5 billion euro
3) 7 billion euro
4) 9 billion euro
5) 11 billion euro
Answer:- 3) 7 billion euro
Ques. : 6 Jules Bianchi, who died recently from head injuries sustained in a competition in Japan
in 2014, was a
1) boxer
2) sprinter
3) pole vault player
4) F1 driver
5) cyclist
Answer:- 4) F1 driver
Ques. : 7 Within the banking sector, foreign investment up to ________ in private sector banks
and _________ in the case of public sector banks is allowed.
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 74 per cent, 20 per cent
Ques. : 8 The Centre has done away with sub-limits for foreign investments in Indian companies.
Which of the following will NOT be considered a foreign investment in an Indian firm?
1) Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)
2) Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
3) Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs)
4) Depository Receipts (DRs)
5) None of these
Ques. : 9 The Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY), which seeks to
preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country in the selected 12 cities, does
not cover
1) Amaravati
2) Vellankini
3) Kanchipuram
4) Madurai
5) Ajmer
Answer:- 4) Madurai
Ques. : 10 U Wunna Maung Lwin is the present Foreign Minister of which of the following
countries? He was in New Delhi to hold the first meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission of
the two nations.
1) Singapore
2) Thailand
3) Malaysia
4) Myanmar
5) Cambodia
Answer:- 4) Myanmar
Ques. : 1 Which of the following NASA spacecrafts passed by dwarf planet Pluto (within just
12,500 km of its surface) recently?
1) Discovery
2) Colombia
3) Path Finder
4) New Horizons
5) Rosetta
Answer:- 4) New Horizons
Ques. : 2 The act of a country voluntarily reducing the value of its currency vis-a-vis a basket of
other international currencies is termed as
1) appreciation
2) devaluation
3) evaluation
4) liquidation
5) moratorium
Answer:- 2) devaluation
Ques. : 3 The visiting Indian cricket team defeated which of the following teams 3-0 in the threematch one-day International series recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Zimbabwe
4) New Zealand
5) South Africa
Answer:- 3) Zimbabwe
Ques. : 4 The three-member committee of the Supreme Court headed by former CJI RM Lodha
has slapped a life ban from all cricket matches on
1) Raj Kundra
2) Gurunath Meiyappan
3) N Srinivasan
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 5 Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (MSV) died on 14 Jul in Chennai. He was a
legendary
1) music director
2) singer
3) actor
4) script writer
5) film critic
Answer:- 1) music director
Ques. : 6 Who among the following has been appointed as the Vice-Chief of the Indian Army
recently?
1) Philip Campose
2) Man Mohan Singh Rai
3) Karan Singh Shekhawat
4) Mukul Kumar Singh
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Man Mohan Singh Rai
Ques. : 7 India on 13 Jul signed an MoU for cooperation in the field of election management and
administration with which of the following countries?
1) Georgia
2) Cuba
3) Colombia
4) Kazakhstan
5) Belarus
Answer:- 1) Georgia
Ques. : 8 The 17-year-old Sumit Nagal won the junior boys doubles of the Wimbledon 2015 with
his partner Nam Hoang Ly who is from
1) Vietnam
2) Netherlands
3) Spain
4) Switzerland
5) Japan
Answer:- 1) Vietnam
Ques. : 9 The recently released novel titled Go Set a Watchman is authored by
1) Suzanne Collins
2) Stephenie Meyer
3) JK Rowling
4) Harper Lee
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Harper Lee
Ques. : 10 Vijender Singh, who was in news for turning professional, recently, is associated with
the game of
1) hockey
2) tennis
3) archery
4) shooting
5) boxing
Answer:- 5) boxing
Ques. : 1 India has won a record 156 medals, including 89 gold and 50 silvers, in the World
Police and Fire games held recently in
1) Washington
2) Paris
3) London
4) Tokyo
5) Athens
Answer:- 1) Washington
Ques. : 2 The committee formed by the sports ministry to recommend measures for the smooth
running of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) training centres around the country is headed by
1) Bhogeshwar Barua
2) Malav Shroff
3) Jaspal Sandhu
4) Gopi Chand
5) Ashwini Nachappa
Answer:- 5) Ashwini Nachappa
Ques. : 3 To raise awareness about the importance of investing in youth skills development, the
United Nations General Assembly has decided to celebrate the first World Youth Skills Day
(WYSD) on
1) 15 Jul
2) 18 Jul
3) 21 Jul
4) 25 Jul
5) 31 Jul
Answer:- 1) 15 Jul
Ques. : 4 Who among the following is the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
Credit Information Bureau India Ltd (CIBIL)?
1) Arun Thukral
2) Satish Pillai
3) Arun Duggal
4) Pranab Kumar Choudhury
5) Ashu Suyash
Answer:- 2) Satish Pillai
Ques. : 5 ___________ has become the first British Asian to join the England and Wales Cricket
Board (ECB).
1) Vikram Solanki
2) Lord Kamlesh Patel
3) Mark Ramprakash
4) Ronnie Irani
5) Nasser Hussain
Answer:- 2) Lord Kamlesh Patel
Ques. : 6 Sriram Kalyanaraman is the new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
which of the following regulators?
1) NHB
2) FMC
3) SEBI
4) NABARD
5) IRDAI
Answer:- 1) NHB
Ques. : 7 In which state at least 27 pilgrims lost their lives on 14 Jul in a stampede while
participating in Godavari Pushkaram, observed once in twelve years?
1) Maharashtra
2) Odisha
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 4) Andhra Pradesh
Ques. : 8 Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on 14 Jul. These six world
powers include five permanent members of the UN Security Council and
1) Japan
2) Brazil
3) Germany
4) India
5) Italy
Answer:- 3) Germany
Ques. : 9 A Supreme Court-appointed panel on 14 Jul banned two Indian Premier League
franchises for two years on charges of betting by their owners. These two franchises are
1) Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians
2) Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings
3) Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders
4) Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings
5) Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings
Answer:- 5) Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings
Ques. : 10 Who are the winners of the mens doubles final of Wimbledon 2015?
1) Jamie Murray and John Peers
2) Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau
3) Mahesh Bhupathi and Janko Tipsarevic
4) Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau
Ques. : 1 The Union Civil Aviation Minister on 13 July launched the GAGAN system, which would make
airline operations more efficient and reduce costs. The present Civil Aviation Minister is
1) Anant Geete
2) Ashok Gajapathi Raju
3) Ananthkumar
4) Suresh Prabhu
5) Nitin Gadkari
Answer:- 2) Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Ques. : 2 The GAGAN is a satellite-based navigation system which provides autonomous, high precision
geo-spatial location information of the user. The term GAGAN stands for
1) GPS-Aided Geo Advanced Navigation
2) GPS-Aided Geo Aviation Navigation
3) GPS-Aided Geo Accurate Navigation
4) GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation
Ques. : 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 Jul launched skill India initiatives that aim to train over 40
crore people in India in different skills by 2022. Which of the following is NOT a part of the initiatives?
1) National Skill Development Mission
2) National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015
3) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
4) Skill Loan scheme
5) None of these
Ques. : 4 The RBI has constituted a committee to work out a medium-term (five-year) measurable action
plan for financial inclusion. The committee is headed by
1) Deepak Mohanty
2) Subir Gokarn
3) Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty
4) Anand Sinha
5) Harun Rashid Khan
Answer:- 1) Deepak Mohanty
Ques. : 5 Name the noted artist who has been conferred with highest French Civilian Award Commandeur
de la Lgion dHonneur (the Legion of Honour).
1) Subodh Gupta
2) Jogen Chowdhury
3) Akbar Padamsee
4) Ram Kumar
5) Sayed Haider Raza
Answer:- 5) Sayed Haider Raza
Ques. : 6 Simhastha Kumbh Mela, which occurs once in 12 years as per Hindu calendar, began on 16 Jul
with the traditional ceremony of hoisting of flags and thousands of people taking a holy dip in Godavari
river in
1) Ujjain
2) Nashik
3) Allahabad (Prayag)
4) Haridwar
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Nashik
Ques. : 7 India has test-fired its indigenously developed helicopter-launched Nag (HeliNa) missile at a
firing range in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan recently. It is an _______ missile.
1) anti-tank
2) anti-UAV
3) anti-ballistic missile
4) anti-aircraft
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) anti-tank
Ques. : 8 The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has launched 100Women Initiative to
select 100 women achievers of India through public nominations in collaboration with
1) WhatsApp
2) Facebook
3) Twitter
4) Google+
5) LinkedIn
Answer:- 2) Facebook
Ques. : 9 The Union Ministry of Urban Development on 15 Jul launched nationwide HRIDAY scheme
from
1) Amritsar
2) Lucknow
3) Varanasi
4) Hyderabad
5) Jaipur
Answer:- 1) Amritsar
Ques. : 10 The CCI has imposed a total penalty of Rs 671.05 cr on four public sector insurance companies
for manipulating a bidding process initiated by the Kerala govt. Here, the term CCI stands for
1) Censor Commission of India
2) Competition Controller of India
3) Competition Commission of India
4) Competition Committee of India
5) Competition Curator of India
Answer:- 3) Competition Commission of India
Ques. : 1 After talks between PM Narendra Modi and President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the two
sides signed a total of seven pacts. Mr Gurbanguly is the present president of
1) Turkmenistan
2) Tajikistan
3) Kyrgyzstan
4) Kazakhstan
5) Uzbekistan
Answer:- 1) Turkmenistan
Ques. : 2 Only a few Indian Prime Ministers have visited Pakistan so far. Who among the following is one
among those PMs who visited Pakistan?
2) Rajiv Gandhi
3) Jawaharlal Nehru
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 Leander Paes clinched the mixed doubles title at 2015 Wimbledon after defeating Alexander Peya
and Timea Babos on 12 Jul. His partner in the game was
1) Martina Navratilova
2) Monica Seles
3) Anna Kournikova
4) Sania Mirza
5) Martina Hingis
Answer:- 5) Martina Hingis
Ques. : 4 The indigenously-built Aakash missile has been inducted into Indian Air Force. Which of the
following is NOT true about the missile?
1) The supersonic missile has a speed three times faster than that of sound.
2) The surface-to-air missile can hit eight targets at a time.

3) It has been developed jointly by the DRDO and Bharat Electronics Ltd.
4) The missile's radar, developed by BEL, has been named Rajendra Radar.
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been selected to be the chairman of the upcoming Kolkata-based
Bandhan Bank?
1) Sisir Kumar Chakrabarti
2) B Sambamurthy
3) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
4) Ashok Kumar Lahiri
5) Bibek Debroy
Answer:- 4) Ashok Kumar Lahiri
Ques. : 6 Novak Djokovic defeated who among the following to win the mens singles title of the
Wimbledon 2015?
1) Roger Federer
2) David Ferrer
3) Stan Wawrinka
4) Andy Murray
5) Rafael Nadal
Answer:- 1) Roger Federer
Ques. : 7 SN Sahai has been appointed as the new Home Secretary of
1) Delhi
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Assam
5) Bihar
Answer:- 1) Delhi
Ques. : 8 For the first time in India, a system to detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings has been
installed in
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Sikkim
5) Uttarakhand
Answer:- 5) Uttarakhand
Ques. : 9 Gennady Padalka has broken the record for the longest time spent in space with a total of 803
days as on Jul 2015. He is a cosmonaut of
1) Germany
2) Russia
3) US
4) France
5) UK
Answer:- 2) Russia
Ques. : 10 India got full membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on 10 Jul. Along with
India, the process to include ________ as a member was also initiated.
1) Afghanistan
2) Belarus
3) Pakistan
4) Mongolia
5) Iran
Ques. : 1 India and which of the following countries have signed four agreements including one
to boost defence cooperation and hold annual joint military exercises during PM Narendra Modis
visit to the country recently?
1) Kyrgyzstan
2) Ukraine
3) Mongolia
4) Tajikistan
5) Turkmenistan
Answer:- 1) Kyrgyzstan
Ques. : 2 The proposed USD 10-bn TAPI gas pipeline project will originate in which of the
following countries?
1) Tajikistan
2) Tanzania
3) Turkmenistan
4) Trinidad and Tobago
5) Turkey
Answer:- 3) Turkmenistan
Ques. : 3 Which of the following pairs of Central Asian countries and their currencies is NOT
matched correctly?
1) Turkmenistan Turkmenistan manat
2) Uzbekistan Uzbekistani som
3) Kazakhstan Kazakhstani tenge
4) Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani ruble
5) Tajikistan Tajikistani somoni
Answer:-4) Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani ruble
Ques. : 4 The govt has set a target of skilling _________ people by 2022, under the new National
Policy for Skill Development.
1) 20.15 cr
2) 30.20 cr
3) 40.20 cr
4) 50 cr
5) 50.20 cr
Answer:- 3) 40.20 cr
Ques. : 5 The Shanghai-headquartered New Development Bank or BRICS bank has been set up
with an initial authorised capital of USD 100 bn, while its initial subscribed capital of USD 50 bn
has been shared among the founding members
1) equally
2) as per their GDP size
3) as per their foreign exchange reserves
4) as per their population
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) equally
Ques. : 6 After the success of country's first 24x7 all-women cab network 'She-Taxi', the stateowned autonomous institution Gender Park plans to launch 'She-Bus' service in
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Goa
4) Kerala
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 4) Kerala
Ques. : 7 India on 11 July recorded a population of 127,42,39,769 at 5 PM. As per the National
Population Stabilisation Fund (NPSF), India may become the most populous country by
1) 2020
2) 2025
3) 2030
4) 2040
5) 2050
Answer:- 5) 2050
Ques. : 8 The pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the womens doubles title of 2015
Wimbledon tennis tournament defeating
1) Pranjala Yadlapalli and Chihiro Muramatsu
2) Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spear
3) Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova
4) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina
Ques. : 9 Who won the womens singles title of the 2015 Wimbledon tennis tournament?
1) Garbine Muguruza
2) Victoria Azarenka
3) Coco Vandeweghe
4) Maria Sharapova
5) Serena Williams
Answer:- 5) Serena Williams
Ques. : 10 The state-run National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has set
a target of providing _________ as credit to farmers for irrigation over the next three years.
1) Rs 10,000 cr
2) Rs 20,000 cr
3) Rs 25,000 cr
4) Rs 30,000 cr
5) Rs 50,000 cr
Ques. : 1 The five BRICS countries will contribute different sums to the New Development Bank
promoted by the group. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) China $41 billion
2) India $21 billion
3) Russia $18 billion
4) Brazil $18 billion
5) South Africa $5 billion
Answer:- 2) India $21 billion
Ques. : 2 The foreign ETFs have invested $3.7 billion into equity markets in India till Jun 2015.
Here the term ETF stands for
1) Extra Traded Fund
2) Externally Traded Fund
3) Exchange Traded Fund
4) Exchange Trashed Fund
5) Eligible Traded Fund
Answer:- 3) Exchange Traded Fund
Ques. : 3 The World Population Day is an annual event which seeks to raise awareness of global
population issues and is observed every year on
1) Jul 1
2) Jul 5
3) Jul 10
4) Jul 11
5) Jul 13
Answer:- 4) Jul 11
Ques. : 4 The Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan met at Ufa, Russia and agreed on a few
issues. Which of the following is NOT among the agreed issues?
1) Pakistan will share key accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvis voice sample. 2) An early meeting
between the heads of BSF and Pakistan Rangers.
3) The national security advisors of the two nations will meet soon.
4) Indias $500-mn line of credit to eradicate polio from Pakistan.
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Indias $500-mn line of credit to eradicate polio from Pakistan.
Ques. : 5 The underground metro rail service is called tube in which of the following cities? A
strike to this service brought the city to a virtual standstill recently.
1) New York
2) Paris
3) Frankfurt
4) London
5) Tokyo
Answer:- 4) London
Ques. : 6 Who is the author of the book Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World
War?
1) Swapan Dasgupta
2) Tavleen Singh
3) MJ Akbar
4) Raghu Karnad
5) Raja Mohan
Answer:- 4) Raghu Karnad
Ques. : 7 The visiting India cricket team won the first of the three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe
recently. Who leads the team in this tour?
1) Ajinkya Rahane
2) Ravindra Jadeja
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Virat Kohli
5) Suresh Raina
Answer:- 1) Ajinkya Rahane
Ques. : 8 Indian space agency ISROs PSLV rocket PSLV-C28 carried five satellites successfully
to the space on 10 Jul in its heaviest commercial mission (around 1,440 kg) till date. These five
satellites belonged to
1) Germany
2) Switzerland
3) UK
4) Singapore
5) Iran
Answer:- 3) UK
Ques. : 9 The govt campaign GiveItUp is associated with
1) making India open defecation free
2) giving up black money stashed abroad
3) giving up access land to landless people
4) giving up LPG subsidy
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) giving up LPG subsidy
Ques. : 10 Over 8.65 lakh people were evacuated, recently, in which of the following countries as
typhoon Chan-Hom approached it?
1) Japan
2) Indonesia
3) Malaysia
4) China
5) Pakistan
Answer:- 4) China
Ques. : 1 The World Bank, in its The State of Social Safety Nets 2015 report, has ranked which
Indian scheme as the second-largest unconditional cash transfer social security programme in
the world?
1) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
2) Janani Suraksha Yojna
3) Atal Pension Yojana
4) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme
5) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
Answer:- 5) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
Ques. : 2 The committee set up by the govt on bankruptcy law reform in India is chaired by who
among the following? It released its interim report earlier this year.
1) TK Viswanathan
2) NR Madhava Menon
3) Kariya Munda
4) PL Punia
5) Shashi Kant Sharma
Answer:- 1) TK Viswanathan
Ques. : 3 India will contribute _________ to the $100 billion foreign-exchange reserves pool that
is being set up by five nations of the BRICS grouping to tackle dollar liquidity problems.
1) $8 billion
2) $12 billion
3) $18 billion
4) $22 billion
5) $41 billion
Answer:- 3) $18 billion
Ques. : 4 The central banks of the BRICS countries on 7 Jul signed an operating agreement on a
$100 billion foreign exchange reserve pool. As per Russian Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina,
it will come into force on
1) Jul 30
2) Aug 1
3) Sep 30
4) Oct 1
5) Dec 31
Answer:- 1) Jul 30
Ques. : 5 The Reserve Bank of India has given its final nod for introduction of a new category of
semi-closed Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) for
1) Multiplexes
2) Super Markets
3) Internet marketplaces
4) Mass Transit Systems
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Mass Transit Systems
Ques. : 6 Which of the following is the oldest stock exchange of Asia? It completed 140 years of
operations on Jul 9, 2015.
1) BSE
2) NSE
3) Nikkei
4) Shanghai Stock Exchange
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) BSE
Ques. : 7 India and which of the following countries have signed FATCA pact which will enable
and facilitate smoother exchange of tax-related information between the two countries?
1) Russia
2) China
3) US
4) Switzerland
5) Mauritius
Answer:- 3) US
Ques. : 8 PM Narendra Modi proposed a 10-point initiative for the BRICS group in its annual
summit in Ufa, Russia. Which of the following is NOT one among them?
1) A trade fair
2) A Railway Research Centre
3) A military alliance on the lines of NATO
4) A film festival
5) BRICS Sports Council and Annual Sports Meet
Answer:- 3) A military alliance on the lines of NATO
Ques. : 9 PM Narendra Modi is slated to visit the US at the end of Sep to address a special
session of the UN to mark the _______ year of its foundation.
1) 65th
2) 68th
3) 70th
4) 72nd
5) 75th
Answer:- 3) 70th
Ques. : 10 Which of the following pairs of international institutions and their heads is NOT
matched correctly?
1) World Bank Jim Yong Kim
2) International Labour Organisation Guy Ryder
3) International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde
4) Asian Development Fund Takehiko Nakao
5) None of these
Ques. : 1 Rajasthan plans to emulate Maharashtra's 'Jal Yukt Shivar Abhiyan.' This mission is
about
1) water conservation and management
2) water camps
3) laying water pipelines
4) reuse of water
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) water conservation and management
Ques. : 2 Rosneft has signed a preliminary deal with Essar Group about acquiring up to 49 per
cent of the Vadinar oil refinery in India. Rosneft is the biggest oil producer of
1) Kazakhstan
2) Tajikistan
3) Uzbekistan
4) Russia
5) Ukraine
Answer:- 4) Russia
Ques. : 3 Fergusson College, founded in 1885, has been accorded the special heritage status by
the University Grants Commission (UGC). The college is situated in
1) Mumbai
2) Nasik
3) Pune
4) Aurangabad
5) Nagpur
Answer:- 3) Pune
Ques. : 4 The Unesco has decided to grant world heritage status to 23 Meiji period (1868-1912)
sites which include coalmines and shipyards. These sites are situated in
1) South Korea
2) North Korea
3) Japan
4) Vietnam
5) Indonesia
Answer:- 3) Japan
Ques. : 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Karim Massimov jointly launched the
first exploratory drilling of the Satpayev oil block, recently, in
1) Tajikistan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Turkmenistan
4) Uzbekistan
5) Kazakhstan
Ques. : 6 Which of the following schemes of India has been ranked as the world's largest public
works programme by the World Bank?
1) PAHAL
2) MGNREGA
3) Bharat Nirman
4) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 2) MGNREGA
Ques. : 7 The Union home ministry has declared whole of __________ as a "disturbed area" for
a further period of one year from Jun 30, 2015.
1) Nagaland
2) Manipur
3) Tripura
4) Meghalaya
5) Mizoram
Answer:- 1) Nagaland
Ques. : 8 Yanis Varoufakis resigned as the Finance Minister of which of the following countries
amid financial crisis in the country?
1) Italy
2) Spain
3) Turkey
4) Greece
5) Sweden
Answer:- 4) Greece
Ques. : 9 The process of India's accession into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
has begun. Presently, which of the following is NOT a member of SCO group founded in
Shanghai, China, on Jun 15, 2001?
1) Uzbekistan
2) Tajikistan
3) Kyrgyzstan
4) Kazakhstan
5) Belarus
Answer:- 5) Belarus
Ques. : 10 The World Bank, in its The State of Social Safety Nets 2015 report, has ranked which
Indian scheme as the top-most social security programme with conditional cash transfers?
1) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
2) Janani Suraksha Yojna
3) Atal Pension Yojana
4) Indira Awaas Yojana
5) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
Answer:- 2) Janani Suraksha Yojna
Ques. : 1 Under the govts plan to transform India's 90,000 km of national highways into green
corridors, __________ of the road construction cost will go towards planting trees.
1) one per cent
2) two per cent
3) three per cent
4) five per cent
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) one per cent
Ques. : 2 As per the latest Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011, which of the
following states tops the list of states with manual scavenging still in practice?
1) Punjab
2) Karnataka
3) Tripura
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
Ques. : 3 Indias GDP crossed USD 2 tn mark in 2014. What are Indias positions in 2014 in the
world in terms of nominal GDP and PPP respectively?
1) tenth, fourth
2) ninth, third
3) seventh, fifth
4) fifth, third
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) ninth, third
Ques. : 4 The Indian road network of 33 lakh km is the second largest in the world and consists
of 92,851 km of National Highways. The country with the largest road network in the world is
1) Russia
2) China
3) US
4) Japan
5) Canada
Answer:- 3) US
Ques. : 5 Which of the following countries has won the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup football
tournament?
1) Japan
2) England
3) Germany
4) US
5) Sweden
Answer:- 4) US
Ques. : 6 The eminent Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain who authored the bestseller and criticallyacclaimed 'Udas Naslain' passed away on 3 Jul. He was a citizen of
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) Bangladesh
4) Iran
5) Indonesia
Ques. : 7 Which of the following teams has won the 4th South Asian Basketball Championship
(SABA) on 6 Jul?
1) Sri Lanka
2) India
3) Nepal
4) Pakistan
5) Bangladesh
Answer:- 2) India
Ques. : 8 India and Uzbekistan signed three agreements to enhance corporation between foreign
ministries, culture and tourism on 6 Jul. The capital city of Uzbekistan is
1) Ashgabat
2) Dushanbe
3) Tashkent
4) Astana
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Tashkent
Ques. : 9 Name the skipper of India womens cricket team who scripted a new chapter in the
history becoming the first from the country and overall second to reach the 5000-run milestone in
one-day internationals recently.
1) Poonam Raut
2) Mithali Raj
3) Anjum Chopra
4) Harmanpreet Kaur
5) Jhulan Goswami
Answer:- 2) Mithali Raj
Ques. : 10 China has nominated who among the following to be the first president of the Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
1) Jin Liqun
2) Lou Jiwei
3) Zhu Yunlai
4) Takehiko Nakao
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Jin Liqun
Ques. : 1 Commodore CD Balaji (retd.), on 3 Jul took charge as the Director of the Aeronautical
Development Agency (ADA) and Programme Director of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). The
ADA is headquartered at
1) Bengaluru
2) Lucknow
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Baleswar
Answer:- 1) Bengaluru
Ques. : 2 The government has decided to give Cabinet ministers rank to Arvind Panagariya.
Presently, he holds which of the following positions?
1) Chief Economic Adviser to Finance Ministry
2) Media Advisor to the PM
3) CEO of NITI Aayog
4) Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
Ques. : 3 Number of vehicles recalled by the auto majors in India has crossed __________ mark
in the last three years after the automobile body SIAMs voluntary code on vehicle recall came
into effect in Jul 2012.
1) 60,000
2) 1,14,000
3) 2,50,000
4) five lakh
5) ten lakh
Answer:- 5) ten lakh
Ques. : 4 Greece has reached on the brink of exiting from Euro zone. Before joining the Euro
zone in 2002, the currency of Greece was
1) Greek ngultrum
2) Greek ringgit
3) Greek peso
4) Greek drachma
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Greek drachma
Ques. : 5 The UNESCO has classified Sana'a as endangered heritage site. Sanaa is situated in
which of the following countries?
1) Syria
2) Libya
3) Yemen
4) Afghanistan
5) Iraq
Answer:- 3) Yemen
Ques. : 6 The Adani group on 4 Jul signed an MoU with which of the following state govts for
setting up solar power plants at a cost of Rs 4,536 cr in Ramanathapuram district?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Telangana
Answer:- 2) Tamil Nadu
Ques. : 7 The iON cloud platform, which has become the preeminent platform for conducting
examinations in the country, is a product of
1) IBM
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) TCS
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 4) TCS
Ques. : 8 The Guinness Book of World Records has recognised a record created in ________ on
'World Hand washing Day' on Oct 15, 2014 in which 12,76,425 students washed their hands
simultaneously at 13,196 different locations.
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Tripura
4) Rajasthan
5) Madhya Pradesh
Ques. : 9 Who among the following won the 2015 British Grand Prix F1 championship recently?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Fernando Alonso
3) Sebastian Vettel
4) Nico Rosberg
5) None of these
Ques. : 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for a six-nation tour on 6 Jul to attend the BRICS
and SCO summits in Russia. The Central Asian nations which he will also visit do not include
1) Tajikistan
2) Kazakhstan
3) Uzbekistan
4) Ukraine
5) Kyrgyzstan
Answer:- 4) Ukraine
Ques. : 1 Who won Norway Chess 2015 tournament recently?
1) Jon Ludvig Hammer
2) Veselin Topalov
3) Magnus Carlsen
4) Vishwanathan Anand
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Veselin Topalov
Ques. : 2 The One nation, one number became a reality on 3 Jul as mobile phone users can now
retain their numbers when they relocate to any part of the country. The mobile number portability
(MNP) was first allowed within circles in
1) 2009
2) 2010
3) 2011
4) 2012
5) 2013
Answer:- 3) 2011
Ques. : 3 The book titled Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji has
been written by which of the following famous personalities and Arun Tiwari?
1) J Jayalalithaa
2) APJ Abdul Kalam
3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) LK Advani
5) Narendra Modi
Ques. : 4 The govt has approved Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) which will
have an outlay of _________ over a period of five years (2015-16 to 2019-20).
1) Rs 5000 cr
2) Rs 10,000 cr
3) Rs 20,000 cr
4) Rs 25,000 cr
5) Rs 50,000 cr
Ques. : 5 China has started construction of the 3,968-km-long gas pipeline to pump 38 billion
cubic meters of natural gas from _________ to Shanghai.
1) Kazakhstan
2) Tajikistan
3) Belarus
4) Russia
5) Uzbekistan
Answer:- 4) Russia
Ques. : 6 The govt notified the compliance window, to declare foreign assets without prosecution,
under the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets and Imposition of Tax Act on 1 Jul. The
window will remain open till
1) Sep 1, 2015
2) Sep 30, 2015
3) Oct 1, 2015
4) Dec 31, 2015
5) Mar 31, 2016
Answer:- 2) Sep 30, 2015
Ques. : 7 _______ this year is officially be a bit longer than usual because an extra second, or
'leap' second, was added to the day, according to NASA.
1) Jun 29
2) Jun 30
3) Jul 01
4) Jul 02
5) Jul 03
Answer:- 2) Jun 30
Ques. : 8 Who among the following has been chosen for the GD Birla Award for Scientific
Research for 2014? The award seeks to recognise research by Indian scientists aged below 50
and living and working in India.
1) CNR Rao
2) Thanu Padmanabhan
3) Jayant Narlikar
4) Sanjeev Galande
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Sanjeev Galande
Ques. : 9 Matti Makkonen, who passed away, recently, was known as the father of
1) Short Message Service (SMS)
2) E-mail
3) World Wide Web
4) Cloud storage
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Short Message Service (SMS)
Ques. : 10 The first day-night cricket Test match will be played in Adelaide, Australia later this
year. In order to facilitate the game under floodlights, the specially designed _______ Kookaburra
balls will be used.
1) red
2) white
3) pink
4) yellow
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) pink
Ques. : 1 Greece made history in becoming first ever developed economy not to pay back the
IMF on 30 Jun. The nation(s) which has/have failed to make their commitments to the IMF
include(s)
1) Peru
2) Zambia
3) Sudan
4) Zimbabwe
5) All the above
Ques. : 2 India and which of the following countries signed agreements including the double
taxation avoidance treaty and ratification on the extradition treaty, recently, during the visit of the
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj?
1) Thailand
2) Nepal
3) Mauritius
4) Vietnam
5) Bangladesh
Answer:- 1) Thailand
Ques. : 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 Jul launched the Digital India program. It comprises
of various initiatives which include
1) Wi-Fi hotspots
2) Next Generation Network (NGN)
3) Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) app
4) eSign
5) All the above
Ques. : 4 In a bid to revive dwindling interest in Test cricket, which of the following two teams will
play the first day-night Test match in Adelaide later this year?
1) Australia and New Zealand
2) England and Australia
3) South Africa and Australia
4) India and Australia
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Australia and New Zealand
Ques. : 5 Which of the following banks has launched '30-min auto' and '15-min 2-wheeler' loan
schemes, for which customers have to provide only their biometric details?
1) ICICI Bank
2) SBI
3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Bank of Baroda
Ques. : 6 Which of the following Indian cities has won the United Nations Public Service Award
2015 in the category of improving delivery of public services recently? The city was declared as
the first open defecation free district in country earlier.
1) Thrissur
2) Kollam
3) Belgaum
4) Nadia
5) Dhalai
Answer:- 4) Nadia
Ques. : 7 Anisa Rasouli was nominated as the first female judge to the Supreme Court in which
of the following countries on 28 Jun?
1) Bangladesh
2) Iran
3) Pakistan
4) Afghanistan
5) Indonesia
Answer:- 4) Afghanistan
Ques. : 8 _________ is celebrated as the National Doctor's Day as a tribute to the legendary Dr
Bidhan Chandra Roy, a physician, former West Bengal CM and the Bharat Ratna awardee.
1) 29 Jun
2) 30 Jun
3) 1 Jul
4) 2 Jul
5) 3 Jul
Answer:- 3) 1 Jul
Ques. : 9 Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel has become the world's third largest mobile operator with
303 mn subscribers. Which of the following is the worlds largest mobile operator as of now?
1) China Unicom
2) China Mobile
3) Vodafone Group
4) AT&T
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) China Mobile
Ques. : 10 Indian Railways and Indian Army are among world's biggest employers. What are their
ranks, respectively, among the world's biggest employers?
1) 1st and 2nd
2) 1st and 5th
3) 3rd and 6th
4) 6th and 7th
5) 8th and 9th
Answer:- 5) 8th and 9th
Ques. : 1 President Pranab Mukherjee released the book titled Uniki (Being or Existence) in Hyderabad,
recently, which is authored by the Maharashtra Governor
1) C Vidyasagar Rao
2) Ram Naik
3) Ram Naresh Yadav
4) Kalyan Singh
5) OP Kohli
Answer:- 1) C Vidyasagar Rao
Ques. : 2 The first state in the country to launch an innovative voluntary scheme Mhara Gaon- Jagmag
Gaon aimed at providing 24 hour uninterrupted power supply to rural domestic consumers is
1) Rajasthan
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Haryana
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Haryana
Ques. : 3 _______ has become the first country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of
HIV and syphilis as announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
1) UK
2) Spain
3) Norway
4) Finland
5) Cuba
Answer:- 5) Cuba
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has won the Commonwealth Chess Championship on 29 Jun?
1) Deep Sengupta
2) Abhijeet Gupta
3) S Ravi Teja
4) MR Lalith Babu
5) Arghyadip Das
Answer:- 2) Abhijeet Gupta
Ques. : 5 The power equipment maker BHEL on 1 Jul said it has commissioned the 500 MW Kosti
Thermal Power Station, the largest power plant of
1) Bhutan
2) Turkey
3) Comoros
4) DR Congo
5) Sudan
Answer:- 5) Sudan
Ques. : 6 The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 3 Jul approved the proposal of which of the
following private banks to raise its foreign institutional investment (FII) cap in the bank from 49 per cent
to 55 per cent?
1) Yes Bank
2) HDFC Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Federal Bank
Answer:- 3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Ques. : 7 The Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 was released by the govt on 3 Jul. Which of
the following is NOT true about the preliminary findings of the census?
1) The country has a total of 24.39 cr households.
2) Of the rural households, 18.46 per cent belong to a SC and 10.97 per cent to a ST.
3) About a fourth of the rural households don't have a literate adult above the age of 25.
4) The survey has been completed in all the 640 districts.
5) None of these
Ques. : 8 The provisional data of the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) was released on 3 Jul by
the govt. It is the first such Census in independent India as the last one was conducted in
1) 1909
2) 1911
3) 1928
4) 1932
5) 1942
Answer:- 4) 1932
Ques. : 9 __________ is the first company in the IT/ITeS sector to sign an advance pricing agreement
(APA) with the Central Board of Direct Taxes. It is a part of efforts to reduce disputes with foreign
companies over tax-related issues.
1) BNP Paribas Solutions
2) Standard Chartered PLC
3) ANZ Merchant Business Solutions
4) HSBC Wealth Strategic Solutions
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) BNP Paribas Solutions
Ques. : 10 Name the Indian-American who has been named as the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher
Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences World Agriculture Prize laureate.
1) Vijay K Dhir
2) R Paul Singh
3) Jamshed Bharucha
4) Rakesh Khurana
5) Geeta Menon
Answer:- 2) R Paul Singh
Ques. : 1 Indias GDP crossed $2 trillion mark in 2014. However, in terms of PPP, India's GDP stood at
________ in 2014, maintaining its third slot in the world, after China and the US.
1) $6.78 trillion
2) $6.12 trillion
3) $5.78 trillion
4) $4.82 trillion
5) $2.01 trillion
Answer:- 1) $6.78 trillion
Ques. : 2 According to the World Banks latest estimates on per capita income and GDP, which of the
following is NOT correct?
1) Indias per capita income rose 9.7 per cent to $1,631 in 2014.
2) India was 169th in terms of per capita income in the world.
3) In terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), the country's per capita income grew to $5,833 in 2014.
4) In terms of official dollar-rupee rate, the economy was third in terms of GDP size.
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) In terms of official dollar-rupee rate, the economy was third in terms of GDP size.
Ques. : 3 Airbus and _________ have teamed up to manufacture and supply helicopters for the Indian
armed forces. The joint venture will bid for 100 naval utility helicopters and other procurement projects.
1) Tata Group
2) L&T
3) Mahindra Group
4) Godrej Industries
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Mahindra Group
Ques. : 4 The Re 1 note is back in circulation as announced by the govt in Dec 2014. The new notes, dated
2015, carry the signature of the present
1) Finance Minister
2) A deputy governor, RBI
3) Governor, RBI
4) Prime Minister
5) Secretary, Ministry of Finance
Answer:- 5) Secretary, Ministry of Finance
Ques. : 5 Tata Trust has tied up with which of the following technology giants to launch the joint initiative
called, Internet Saathi, to train rural women learn and use Internet?
1) Microsoft
2) Google
3) Facebook
4) TCS
5) Infosys
Answer:- 2) Google
Ques. : 6 Which of the following telecommunication firms on 3 Jul launched a pre-paid card linked mobile
wallet service, Speed Pay, which allows customers to transfer cash, pay for services as well as withdraw
cash of up to Rs 1 lakh?
1) Vodafone
2) Idea
3) Airtel
4) BSNL
5) Aircel
Answer:- 4) BSNL
Ques. : 7 Who among the following Indian-Americans has/have been honoured with this years prestigious
Great Immigrants: The Pride of America award?
1) Abraham Verghese
2) Madhulika Sikka
3) Rakesh Khurana
4) Preet Bharara
5) All the above
Ques. : 8 YK Sabharwal, who passed away, recently, was the former
1) Chief Justice of India
2) Chief Election Commissioner
3) Central Vigilance Commissioner
4) Chief Information Commissioner
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Chief Justice of India
Ques. : 9 Which of the following banks on 3 Jul launched an initiative known as Project Tatkal to provide
doorstep services and expedite home loan application process?
1) HDFC Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) ICICI Bank
5) Axis Bank
Ques. : 10 Which of the following teams won the 2015 Copa America football tournament?
1) Argentina
2) Chile
3) Colombia
4) Peru
5) Brazil
Answer:- 2) Chile
Ques. : 1 The output of eight infrastructure sectors expanded by 4.4 per cent in May, the highest
growth rate in past six months. Which of the following industries is NOT one of the eight core
sector industries?
1) Fertilizer
2) Textile
3) Cement
4) Steel
5) Petroleum refinery
Answer:- 2) Textile
Ques. : 2 India and which of the following countries have signed an MoU to establish the Rs 50 cr
($7.9 mn) PACEsetter Fund which aims to accelerate commercialisation of innovation in off-grid
clean energy solutions?
1) Germany
2) France
3) Canada
4) Norway
5) US
Answer:- 5) US
Ques. : 3 The president of which of the following countries on 26 Jun dissolved the 225-member
parliament, paving the way for fresh parliamentary elections in mid Aug, eight months ahead of
the schedule?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bhutan
5) Myanmar
Ques. : 4 The ministry of Civil Aviation on 25 Jun approved a proposal for setting up a second
airport in the National Capital Region at
1) Jewar
2) Mewat
3) Jhajjar
4) Rewari
5) Mahendragarh
Answer:- 1) Jewar
Ques. : 5 Yevgeny Primakov died at 85 recently. The journalist, diplomat and a seasoned spy
was the former Prime Minister of
1) Russia
2) Kazakhstan
3) Ukraine
4) Belarus
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Russia
Ques. : 6 Bangladesh signed an agreement with which country to construct a 3.5-km tunnel
under the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong at a cost likely to be over $ 1 bn recently?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) China
4) Malaysia
5) Singapore
Answer:- 3) China
Ques. : 7 A total of 50 nations, including India, signed agreement on China-led AIIB on 29 Jun in
Beijing. China, India and Russia are the three largest shareholders whose stakes, respectively,
are
1) 32 per cent, 10 per cent and 8 per cent
2) 30.34 per cent, 8.52 per cent and 6.66 per cent
3) 30 per cent, 9 per cent and 7 per cent
4) 29.41 per cent, 7.25 per cent and 5.33 per cent
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) 30.34 per cent, 8.52 per cent and 6.66 per cent
Ques. : 8 Arun Shrivastava is the present managing director & chief executive officer of which of
the following public sector banks? The Manipal-based bank is scaling down the pace of business
expansion for 2015-16.
1) Indian Bank
2) Union Bank of India
3) Bank of India
4) Canara Bank
5) Syndicate Bank
Answer:- 5) Syndicate Bank
Ques. : 9 The State Bank of India on 28 Jun said that its joint venture partner in SBI Life is keen
to increase its stake from 26 per cent to 36 per cent. The SBI's JV partner in SBI Life is
1) American International Group
2) Tokio Life
3) Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
4) BNP Paribas
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) BNP Paribas
Ques. : 10 The ICC made changes in the rules for ODIs recently on the recommendations made
by the ICC's cricket committee headed by the former India captain
1) Kapil Dev
2) Saurabh Ganguly
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Anil Kumble
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Anil Kumble
Ques. : 1 Which of following technology giants has introduced an Undo option that allows users
to cancel delivery of an email within 30 seconds of hitting the send button?
1) Microsoft
2) Rediffmail
3) Yahoo
4) Google
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Google
Ques. : 2 The Centre has proposed an investment of ___________ during five years for the
Indian Railways.
1) Rs 8 lakh cr
2) Rs 8.50 lakh cr
3) Rs 9 lakh cr
4) Rs 9.50 lakh cr
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Rs 8.50 lakh cr
Ques. : 3 Which of the following telecommunication firms in India has acquired a strategic
minority stake in OneWeb, a satellite internet company for providing affordable internet access?
1) Reliance Jio
2) Bharti Airtel
3) Idea
4) Vodafone
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Bharti Airtel
Ques. : 4 ___________ has been voted the Best Test player of the 21st century in an online poll
conducted by the website of the Cricket Australia.
1) Jacques Kallis
2) Ricky Ponting
3) Adam Gilchrist
4) Kumar Sangakkara
5) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer:- 5) Sachin Tendulkar
Ques. : 5 Name the Indian-American researcher from University of Central Florida (UCF) who
has developed a nature-inspired technique for creating the worlds first full-colour, flexible thin-film
reflective display.
1) Debashis Chanda
2) Satish K Tripathi
3) Vijay K Dhir
4) Manjul Bhargava
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Debashis Chanda
Ques. : 6 Which of the following state govts on 25 Jun presented a Rs 41,129-cr budget with a
major focus on education, health and transport sectors calling it the countrys first Swaraj
Budget?
1) Bihar
2) Delhi
3) Kerala
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Delhi
Ques. : 7 Name the person who has scripted history by becoming the first Indian basketball
player to be drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the US. He has been picked
by Dallas Mavericks.
1) Sambhaji Kadam
2) Vishesh Bhriguvanshi
3) Pratham Singh
4) Satnam Singh Bhamara
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Satnam Singh Bhamara
Ques. : 8 The book titled The Emergency: A Personal History has been authored by
1) Coomi Kapoor
2) Pranab Mukherjee
3) Jaswant Singh
4) Sanjaya Baru
5) Natwar Singh
Answer:- 1) Coomi Kapoor
Ques. : 9 Who among the following, recently, warned that the global economy is slowly slipping
into Great Depression-like problems of the 1930s?
1) Bimal Jalan
2) Duvvuri Subbarao
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Arvind Subramania
5) Kaushik Basu
Answer:- 3) Raghuram Rajan
Ques. : 10 _________ is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
1) Jun 20
2) Jun 23
3) Jun 25
4) Jun 26
5) Jun 30
Answer:- 4) Jun 26
Ques. : 1 India announced what amount as aid for rebuilding Nepal on 25 Jun in the international
donors conference in Kathmandu?
1) USD 500 mn
2) USD 800 mn
3) USD 1 bn
4) USD 1.2 bn
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) USD 1 bn
Ques. : 2 The Reserve Bank of India on 25 Jun extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005
currency notes of various denominations by six months. Now, the new deadline for exchange of
these notes is
1) Sep 31, 2015
2) Dec 31, 2015
3) Jan 31, 2016
4) Mar 31, 2016
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Dec 31, 2015
Ques. : 3 The RBI, recently, announced to bring currency notes of which denomination with
numerals in ascending size in the number panels? The new security feature will be introduced in
a phased manner in all other denominations.
1) Rs 50
2) Rs 100
3) Rs 500
4) Rs 1000
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Rs 100
Ques. : 4 Which bank has allowed customers the total control feature in debit cards to allow
switch on and off facility on its card through the banks mobile application, internet or phone
banking?
1) SBI
2) Axis Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Axis Bank
Ques. : 5 India's fiscal year ends on
1) Jan 31
2) Mar 31
3) Apr 1
4) Sep 30
5) Dec 31
Answer:- 2) Mar 31
Ques. : 6 Name the Pakistani cricketer who assumed the role of the ICC President on 25 Jun in
Barbados in the apex cricket bodys Annual Conference.
1) Waqar Younis
2) Zaheer Abbas
3) Majid Khan
4) Javed Miandad
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Zaheer Abbas
Ques. : 7 The PM on 25 Jun launched smart cities, AMRUT and housing for all by 2022 schemes
at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The govt plans to develop how many smart cities in India in all?
1) 50
2) 20
3) 100
4) 80
5) 500
Answer:- 3) 100
Ques. : 8 Under the Smart Cities Mission, each smart city, selected through a City Challenge
Competition, would get a Central assistance of ________ per year for five years.
1) Rs 50 cr
2) Rs 100 cr
3) Rs 200 cr
4) Rs 500 cr
5) Rs 1000 cr
Ques. : 9 Under the Housing for All scheme launched by the govt on 25 Jun, it aims to build how
many houses by 2022?
1) 20 lakh
2) 50 lakh
3) 80 lakh
4) 1 cr
5) 2 cr
Answer:- 5) 2 cr
Ques. : 10 The market regulator Sebi on 23 Jun eased the framework for start-up companies to
raise capital from the stock market. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) The exchanges will have a separate platform for start-ups called Institutional Trading Platform
(ITP)
2) No person in start-ups shall hold 25 per cent or more of the post-issue share capital
3) The post-listing lock-in period for tech start-ups will be six months
4) The listing period of IPOs has been shorten from 12 days to six days
5) None of these
Ques. : 1 Sister Nirmala, who died recently, was associated with which of the following
organisations?
1) Greenpeace
2) Save the Children
3) PETA
4) Missionaries of Charity
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Missionaries of Charity
Ques. : 2 Dennis Muilenburg has been named as chief executive officer (CEO) of which of the
following firms effective Jul 1?
1) Airbus
2) Boeing
3) Bombardier
4) Embraer
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Boeing
Ques. : 3 To promote very small businesses, the Centre aims to facilitate credit up to _______
under the MUDRA scheme in the current fiscal.
1) Rs 25,000 cr
2) Rs 35,000 cr
3) Rs 40,000 cr
4) Rs 1 lakh cr
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Rs 1 lakh cr
Ques. : 4 Who among the following is the new chairman of the All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE)?
1) Shankar S Mantha
2) Anil Sahasrabudhe
3) FC Kohli
4) Subramaniam Ramadorai
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Anil Sahasrabudhe
Ques. : 5 _________ has won the European team athletics championships, winning 10 of the 40
events on the program, taking the title for the fourth time in the last six years.
1) Finland
2) Sweden
3) France
4) Germany
5) Russia
Answer:- 5) Russia
Ques. : 6 The capital market regulator Sebi on 23 Jun halved the time required between listing
and closing of an initial public offering (IPO) to
1) 12 days
2) ten days
3) eight days
4) six days
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) six days
Ques. : 7 Of the 100 proposed smart cities across states and Union territories, which of the
following states will account for the most (13) smart cities?
1) Gujarat
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:- 5) Uttar Pradesh
Ques. : 8 Which of the following days is observed on 23 Jun?
1) International Widows Day
2) Women's Entrepreneurship Day
3) National Girl Child Day
4) International Women's Day
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) International Widows Day
Ques. : 9 James Horner, who died aged 61 in a plane crash on 22 Jun, was the Oscar-winning
_________ of the film Titanic.
1) composer
2) director
3) script writer
4) choreographer
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) composer
Ques. : 10 Which of the following state govts has declared Jun 22 as the 'Snake Bird Day' as part
of a campaign to protect the endangered species?
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Gujarat
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 2) Kerala
Ques. : 1 We often read about the term PMLA in financial newspapers. What is the full form of
PMLA?
1) Prevention of Monetary Lending Act
2) Prevention of Money Leasing Act
3) Prevention of Monetary Liaisoning Act
4) Prevention of Money Laundering Act

5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Ques. : 2 The social networking giant Facebook has partnered security software firm Kasperky to
help its users detect and clean malware from their computers. The term malware is used for
computer
1) spyware
2) trojan horses
3) worms
4) viruses
5) All the above
Ques. : 3 The Union Cabinet on 24 Jun gave its approval for setting up of six new Indian
Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country. Which of the following will NOT be one of them?
1) Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
2) Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
3) Dispur (Assam)
4) Nagpur (Maharashtra)
5) Amritsar (Punjab)
Answer:- 3) Dispur (Assam)
Ques. : 4 The Union Cabinet on 24 Jun decided to renew long term agreement with the steel
mills of which of the following countries for supply of high grade Indian iron ore during Apr 2015
to Mar 2018?
1) China and US
2) South Korea and Japan
3) Russia and France
4) Germany and France
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) South Korea and Japan
Ques. : 5 Name the tennis legend who on 24 Jun was appointed as the Ayurveda brand
ambassador of Kerala.
1) Martina Hingis
2) Sania Mirza
3) Steffi Graf
4) Monica Seles
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Steffi Graf
Ques. : 6 The board of directors of which of the following private lenders extended managing
director Aditya Puri's tenure for another five years, with effect from Nov 1 recently?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank

4) Yes Bank
5) None of these
Ques. : 7 NITI Aayog's sub-committee of chief ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan will submit
its report to the Centre by Aug 2015. This sub-committee is headed by
1) Lal Thanhawla
2) Harish Rawat
3) Siddaramaiah
4) N Chandrababu Naidu
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) N Chandrababu Naidu
Ques. : 8 PM Narendra Modi on Jul 1 will launch the digital locker facility. Which of the following
is NOT true about the digital locker facility?
1) It will help citizens digitally store their important documents (PAN card, passport, mark sheets
and degree certificates).
2) It uses authenticity services provided by Aadhaar.
3) It will provide for sharing of verified electronic documents across govt agencies.
4) It will increase the administrative overheads of govt departments and agencies created due to
paper work.
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) It will increase the administrative overheads of govt departments and agencies
created due to paper work.
Ques. : 9 The Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) system is related to
1) insurance sector
2) export-import
3) commodity market
4) capital market
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) capital market
Ques. : 10 As per the latest sigma study from global reinsurer Swiss Re, India's insurance
penetration in financial year 2014-15 (FY15) remained at
1) 3.1 per cent
2) 3.3 per cent
3) 3.9 per cent
4) 4.3 per cent
5) None of these
Ques. : 1 India has been ranked a lowly 143rd on Global Peace Index for 2015 released by the
nonprofit Institute for Economics and Peace. The country which has topped the index is
1) Iceland
2) Norway
3) Sri Lanka
4) Nepal
5) Bhutan
Answer:- 1) Iceland
Ques. : 2 According to a research published by the World Economic Forum, which of the
following is the world's biggest employer which claims over 3.2 mn employees on its roster?
1) Indian Railways
2) McDonald's
3) Walmart
4) People's Liberation Army, China
5) US Department of Defense
Answer:- 5) US Department of Defense
Ques. : 3 Mid-sized private sector lender Yes Bank plans to raise money through an ADR issue
under its USD 1-bn capital infusion plan next fiscal. The term ADR stands for
1) Associated Depository Receipts
2) Accredited Depository Receipts
3) American Discounted Receipts
4) American Depository Receipts
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) American Depository Receipts
Ques. : 4 Name the Indian spiritual leader who has been conferred with Colombia's highest
civilian award for his contribution to peace issues around the world, particularly in the Latin
American country.
1) Ramdev
2) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
3) Jaggi Vasudev
4) Mata Amritanandamayi
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Ques. : 5 According to the data provided by the RBI to the Finance Ministry, which bank (with
21.5 per cent assets either bad or have been restructured to save them from turning nonperforming assets (NPAs)) leads the NPA list as of now?
2) Punjab & Sind Bank
3) United Bank of India
4) Indian Overseas Bank
5) Central Bank of India
Answer:- 3) United Bank of India
Ques. : 6 The Bank of Maharashtra and MUDRA Bank have signed an agreement to finance new
entrepreneurs and small businesses. Which of the following is correct about the three categories
of loans to be provided by the bank?

1) Shishu loan of up to Rs 50,000
2) Kishor loan above Rs 50,000 up to Rs 5 lakh
3) Tarun above Rs 5 lakh and up to Rs 10 lakh 4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 7 Which of the following countries has shut down its oldest remaining nuclear reactor,
Grafenrheinfeld reactor, as part of a move to switch off all its nuclear plants by the end of 2022?
1) France
2) Japan
3) Norway
4) Germany
5) Italy
Answer:- 4) Germany
Ques. : 8 India recalled its envoy Ravi Thapar from which of the following countries after his wife
was accused of assaulting help recently?
1) South Korea
2) Australia
3) Sweden
4) New Zealand
5) South Africa
Answer:- 4) New Zealand
Ques. : 9 The supreme court of which of the following countries, recently, ruled that same-sex
marriage is a legal right across the country?
1) Ireland
2) Argentina
3) Denmark
4) England
5) US
Answer:- 5) US
Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries has been ranked on top of the Baseline Profitability
Index (BPI) 2015?
1) India
2) US
3) China
4) Indonesia
5) Vietnam
Answer:- 1) India
Ques. : 1 Terrorist attacks in three nations on 26 Jun left several people dead and triggered panic
across continents. These three countries were
1) France, Kuwait and Tunisia
2) Italy, Kuwait and Syria

3) France, Iran and Kenya
4) Israel, Indonesia and Tunisia
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) France, Kuwait and Tunisia
Ques. : 2 The ICC Board, during its Annual Conference in Barbados, on 27 Jun made some
changes regarding ODI cricket matches. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) The batting Powerplays in the last ten overs of an innings in ODIs scrapped.
2) The mandatory requirement of having two fielders in catching position in the first ten overs
scrapped.
3) All no balls and not just over stepping by the bowlers will result in a free hit in both ODIs and
Twenty20 Internationals.
4) The rule changes will come into effect for series starting on or after Jul 5.
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 The Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on 24 Jun launched the countrys first modernised
anganwadi centre at Hasanpur village in
1) Sonepat, Haryana
2) Faridabad, Haryana
3) Lucknow, UP
4) Patna, Bihar
5) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Answer:- 1) Sonepat, Haryana
Ques. : 4 The Uttar Pradesh govt has renamed the Lucknow Zoological Garden after who among
the following?
1) Chandrashekhar Azad
2) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
3) Ashfaqulla Khan
4) Ram Prasad Bismil
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Ques. : 5 The Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has indicated that India could move
towards abolishing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. This section is related to
1) prohibition of Child Marriage
2) prohibition of Child Labour
3) homosexuality
4) dowry
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) homosexuality
Ques. : 6 The UN, on 25 Jun, announced a release of emergency aid of $25 million for relief
efforts in which of the following crisis-torn countries?
1) Nigeria
2) Libya
3) Yemen
4) Kenya
5) Iraq
Answer:- 3) Yemen
Ques. : 7 The metro rail service commenced in which of the following cities on 29 Jun? The 28year-old driver, A Preethi, drove the first metro rail trip of the city.
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Kochi
5) Panaji
Answer:- 2) Chennai
Ques. : 8 The JSW Steel has sought shareholders' approval to raise Rs. 4,000 cr through QIP.
What does the term QIP stands for?
1) Qualified Industrial Placement
2) Qualified International Placement
3) Qualified Institutional Purchase
4) Qualified Institutional Placement
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Qualified Institutional Placement
Ques. : 9 Who among the following are the winners of the womens doubles title of the 2015
Canada Open badminton tournament?
1) Chan Kaka Tsz Ka and Yuen Sin Ying
2) Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto
3) Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek
4) Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa
Ques. : 10 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) was renamed as Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority of India on 30 Dec
1) 2011
2) 2012
3) 2013
4) 2014
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) 2014
Ques. : 1 Who among the following won the US Open golf championship on 21 Jun?
1) Jordan Spieth
2) Rory Mcllroy
3) Dustin Johnson
4) Anirban Lahiri
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Jordan Spieth
Ques. : 2 The winner of the mens singles title of the Queens Club final tennis tournament is
1) Kevin Anderson
2) Viktor Troicki
3) Novak Djokovik
4) Andy Murray
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Andy Murray
Ques. : 3 The Retirement fund body EPFO on 22 Jun notified an order to make UAN mandatory
for all employers covered under its purview. Expand the term UAN
1) Unique Account Number
2) Unique Access Number
3) Universal Account Number
4) Universal Access Number
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Universal Account Number
Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries, recently, lifted ban on dancing after midnight in dance
clubs? The law, which dated from 1948, during the US occupation, was put in place to prevent
foreigners lifestyle from corrupting the countrymen.
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Germany
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Japan
Ques. : 5 Which of the following countries has confirmed the test of a supersonic nuclear delivery
vehicle, dubbed the Wu-14, recently? It was assessed as travelling up to 10 times the speed of
sound, or around 7,680 miles per hour.
1) The US
2) Israel
3) North Korea
4) Russia
5) China
Answer:- 5) China
Ques. : 6 Japanese giant SoftBank, along with Bharti Enterprises and Taiwanese Foxconn, have
decided to invest USD 20 bn in ___________ projects in India.
1) mobile manufacturing
2) tech-start up
3) wind energy
4) solar energy
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) solar energy
Ques. : 7 The Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) has set up a _________ Make
in India fund to create a world-class manufacturing hub of MSMEs.
1) Rs 100 cr
2) Rs 5000 cr
3) Rs 1,000 cr
4) Rs 10,000 cr
5) None of these
Ques. : 8 _________ has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the worlds biggest oil producer in 2014. It
produced 11.6 mn barrels of oil per day in 2014.
1) Russia
2) Mexico
3) The US
4) Iraq
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) The US
Ques. : 9 The UK celebrated the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta recently. The then King John
was forced at the point of the sword to agree to Magna Carta on 15 Jun
1) 1215
2) 1760
3) 1820
4) 1840
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) 1215
Ques. : 10 Which of the following states on 19 Jun imposed a ban on the sale of thermocol plates
with the move aimed at the promotion of leaf plates in the state?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Assam
3) Jharkhand
4) West Bengal
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Jharkhand
Ques. : 1 The World Refugee Day is observed on
1) 19 Jun
2) 20 Jun
3) 21 Jun
4) 22 Jun
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) 20 Jun
Ques. : 2 Name the footballer on whose name CR7 Galaxy has been named by the European
Southern Observatory (ESO).
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
2) Neymar
3) Gareth Bale
4) Lionel Messi
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Cristiano Ronaldo
Ques. : 3 Which of the following states on 20 Jun launched the Village Mentoring Project (VMP)
to improve healthcare and education of the villagers with a special emphasis on girl child?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Haryana
4) Tamil Nadu
5) West Bengal
Answer:- 3) Haryana
Ques. : 4 Name the Indian historian who has been selected for Japan's prestigious Fukuoka
Prize in the Academic category.
1) Romila Thapar
2) Madhav Gadgil
3) Sujata Keshavan
4) Ramachandra Guha
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Ramachandra Guha
Ques. : 5 The 350th founding anniversary of the holy Sikh city Anandpur Sahib was observed in
Punjab on 19 Jun. This city was founded in 1665 by
1) Guru Ram Das
2) Guru Tegh Bahadur
3) Guru Arjan Dev
4) Guru Gobind Singh
5) Guru Nanak
Answer:- 2) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Ques. : 6 India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and which of the following Bangladeshi player
were on 19 Jun fined 75 and 50 per cent of their match fees respectively after the first ODI
between the two countries in Mirpur?
1) Shafiul Islam
2) Abul Hasan
3) Mustafizur Rahman
4) Taskin Ahmed
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Mustafizur Rahman
Ques. : 7 The duty imposed by a govt on imported products which have prices less than their
normal values or domestic price, is termed as
1) customs duty
2) excise duty
3) anti-dumping duty
4) import duty
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) anti-dumping duty
Ques. : 8 Who among the following Indian scientist was on 19 Jun conferred Japan's highest
civilian award, the 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star'?
1) CNR Rao
2) MRS Rao
3) G Madhavan Nair
4) APJ Abdul Kalam
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) CNR Rao
Ques. : 9 Who won the Austrian Grand Prix F1 championship on 21 Jun?
1) Felipe Massa
2) Lewis Hamilton
3) Nico Rosberg
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Nico Rosberg
Ques. : 10 As a part of its efforts to give further fillip to the all round development of the state,
which of the following states has decided to observe 2015-16 as the year of development?
1) Punjab
2) Rajasthan
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Punjab
Ques. : 1 Japans parliament passed a bill to lower the voting age to _____ recently.
1) 25
2) 21
3) 19
4) 18
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) 18
Ques. : 2 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for Inclusion of
which of the following states in the list of states to be covered under the National Dairy Plan- I
(NDP-I)?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Jharkhand
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 India is third in global doping report for 2013 released by World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA). Which of the following countries tops in this regard?
1) China
2) Turkey
3) Russia
4) Australia
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Russia
Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries has produced worlds first electric passenger
planeBX1E which has gained an airworthiness certificate?
1) Switzerland
2) China
3) Germany
4) Sweden
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) China
Ques. : 5 Keith Vaz has been re-elected as chair of the British Parliaments influential home
affairs select committee. He is the Britains longest-serving MP of
1) Chinese-origin
2) Pakistani-origin
3) Indian-origin
4) Nepalese-origin
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Indian-origin
Ques. : 6 After a gap of more than a decade, a new private sector lender will start operations
from Aug 23 as it received the final approval from the Reserve Bank of India on 17 Jun. Identify
the Kolkata-based micro financier.
1) Bandhan Financial Services
2) SKS Microfinance
3) Asirvad Microfinance
4) Annapurna Microfinance
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Bandhan Financial Services
Ques. : 7 The Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP), which evaluates a

countrys readiness for Basel III norms, is conducted by
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) ADB
4) BIS
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) BIS
Ques. : 8 The ANZ Bank will open two more branches in India by early next year in Gurgaon and
Bangalore. What is the full form of ANZ?
1) Australia New Zealand
2) Austria New Zealand
3) Amsterdam New Zealand
4) Athens New Zealand
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Australia New Zealand
Ques. : 9 The LIC of India has been allowed to form a joint venture in Bangladesh, becoming the
second foreign insurer to operate in the country. The first one is
1) Tata-AIG
2) MetLife-ALICO
3) IFFCO-Tokyo
4) Edelweiss Tokio
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) MetLife-ALICO
Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries has launched the world's first facial recognition ATM,
which will not allow users to withdraw cash unless their face matches their Ids?
1) South Korea
2) Switzerland
3) France
4) China
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) China
Ques. : 1 Name the Indian footballer who has become the first Indian to score 50 international
goals. He achieved the feat during his team's 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam.
1) Sunil Chhetri
2) IM Vijayan
3) Robin Singh
4) Subrata Pal
5) Nirmal Chettri
Answer:- 1) Sunil Chhetri
Ques. : 2 The govt has appointed Nilesh Sathe as the member-life of the Insurance Regulatory
and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). The insurance regulator IRDAI is headquartered at
1) Bengaluru
2) Mumbai
3) New Delhi
4) Hyderabad
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Hyderabad
Ques. : 3 The central govt has approved increasing Indias solar power capacity target under the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) to __________ by 2022.
1) 20,000 MW
2) 50,000 MW
3) 100,000 MW
4) 150,000 MW
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 100,000 MW
Ques. : 4 The Union Cabinet on 17 Jun gave its approval for Housing for All by 2022 Mission.
Which of the following is NOT true about the mission?
1) It has four components - slum rehabilitation, credit linked interest subsidy, affordable housing
and beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement.
2) The central assistance will be in the range of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.30 lakh per beneficiary.
3) In urban areas, 2 crore new houses are to be built to meet the housing shortage over the next
seven years.
4) Interest subsidy of 6.5 per cent on housing loans availed upto a tenure of 15 years will be
provided to EWS/LIG categories.
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 The Union Govt on 17 Jun decided to increase the number of workdays under
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from 100 days to
_______ in drought-affected areas of the country.
1) 120 days
2) 125 days
3) 140 days
4) 150 days
5) 200 days
Answer:- 4) 150 days
Ques. : 6 What is Indias ranking in the 2015 Global Peace Index out of 162 countries?
1) 154
2) 143
3) 112
4) 72
5) 69
Answer:- 2) 143
Ques. : 7 Charles Correa, who passed away in Mumbai on 16 Jun, was the face of contemporary
Indian
1) literature
2) bureaucracy
3) architecture
4) music
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) architecture
Ques. : 8 The 25-year-old Beno Zephine from Chennai has become the first 100 per cent blind
officer in
1) Indian Foreign Service
2) Indian Army
3) Central Industrial Security Force
4) Indian Police Service
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Indian Foreign Service
Ques. : 9 The Election Commission has suspended the recognition of PA Sangma-led National
Peoples Party? The party was a recognized state party in the state of
1) Rajasthan
2) Assam
3) Sikkim
4) Meghalaya
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Meghalaya
Ques. : 10 Haruhiko Kuroda is the present head of which of the following institutions?
1) Asian Development Bank
2) World Bank
3) IMF
4) Bank of Japan
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Bank of Japan
Ques. : 1 Which of the following telecommunication companies launched free pan India roaming
scheme on 15 Jun? This scheme will allow companys mobile customers across the country to
receive incoming calls free of cost.
1) Bharti Airtel
2) Idea
3) BSNL
4) Vodafone
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) BSNL
Ques. : 2 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 15 Jun elected Mogens Lykketoft as
its President for its upcoming 70th session in Sep 2015. He was the sole candidate from the
Western European nations and is the speaker of the parliament of
1) Denmark
2) Poland
3) Germany
4) Croatia
5) Austria
Answer:- 1) Denmark
Ques. : 3 Name the present president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) who visited New
Delhi recently.
1) Jim Yong Kim
2) Takehiko Nakao
3) Lou Jiwei
4) Haruhiko Kuroda
5) Jin Liqun
Answer:- 2) Takehiko Nakao
Ques. : 4 Which of the following trains has been named as Yoga Express on the eve of the
International Yoga Day on 21 Jun?
1) Haridwar Mail
2) Kalinga Utkal Express
3) Chennai Express
4) Bhopal Express
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Haridwar Mail
Ques. : 5 The Indian Basel III framework for bank risk-based capital requirements came into force
in
1) Apr 2013
2) Dec 2013
3) Apr 2014
4) Sep 2014
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Apr 2013
Ques. : 6 In first of its kind loan against shares (LAS) offering, which of the following banks is
allowing customers to design their own loans and avail them in 24 hours?
1) ICICI Bank
2) SBI
3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) None of these
Ques. : 7 India and Poland set the bilateral trade target of ___________by 2018 after the
meeting of Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation in Warsaw.
1) USD 2.5 billion
2) USD 4 billion
3) USD 5 billion
4) USD 8 billion
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) USD 5 billion
Ques. : 8 The ADB has decided to increase its lending to India from an average of USD 3 billion
annually to _________ in next few years.
1) USD 4 billion
2) USD 5 billion
3) USD 6 billion
4) USD 9 billion
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) USD 4 billion
Ques. : 9 What is the full form of NPS, a scheme launched by the PFRDA?
1) National Provided Scheme
2) National Provisional System
3) National Participatory Scheme
4) National Pension System
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) National Pension System
Ques. : 10 Indias space agency ISRO will provide satellite-generated information to the railways
through space technology. Its indigenous navigational guide system developed on the lines of
GPS system of the US is named
1) VARUNA
2) GAGAN
3) AKASH
4) EAGLE
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) GAGAN
Ques. : 1 The word Grexit was repeatedly seen in the financial newspapers recently. What does
the word Grexit mean?
1) Currency of Greece
2) Greece leaving its currency and joining eurozone
3) Greece exiting the eurozone
4) Capital city of Greece
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Greece exiting the eurozone
Ques. : 2 Which of the following is the apex bank for all central banks? It complimented the
Indian banking authorities for their substantial reforms and alignment with the Basel framework
recently.
1) Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
2) World Bank
3) IMF
4) Federal Reserve
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Ques. : 3 The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 15 Jun deferred decision for the
second time on which of the following banks proposal for raising foreign investment limit in the
bank to 55 per cent?
1) Federal Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Ques. : 4 The 5/20 rule, which was in news, recently, is associated with which of the following
sectors?
1) Pharmaceuticals
2) Civil Aviation
3) Gold import/export
4) Automobiles
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Civil Aviation
Ques. : 5 The merchandise exports in May 2015 contracted 20.19 per cent, reaching $22.34
billion. The trade deficit in May also narrowed to
1) $10.40 billion
2) $11 billion
3) $11.6 billion
4) $12 billion
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) $10.40 billion
Ques. : 6 Name the bollywood actor who on 16 Jun surrendered to Enforcement Directorate (ED)
an amount of about Rs 1.2 cr that he had received from scam-hit Saradha group of companies
for being its brand ambassador.
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Mithun Chakraborty
3) Saif Ali Khan

4) Vidya Balan
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Mithun Chakraborty
Ques. : 7 The govt has decided to infuse capital in public sector banks (PSBs) based on the
requirement of individual lenders. What is the amount earmarked for capital infusion in PSBs in
2015-16?
1) Rs 11,200 cr
2) Rs 7,940 cr
3) Rs 6,990 cr
4) Rs 5,690 cr
5) None of these
Ques. : 8 The World Blood Donor Day is observed across the world on
1) 14 Jun
2) 15 Jun
3) 17 Jun
4) 20 Jun
5) 23 Jun
Answer:- 1) 14 Jun
Ques. : 9 Which of the following telecommunication vendors has announced to set up 40,000 WiFi hotspots across the country over the next three years through the PPP mode? About Rs 6,000
cr will be required for the project.
1) Reliance Jio
2) Reliance Communications
3) Barti Airtel
4) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
Ques. : 10 RuPay card payment system would roll out RuPay Credit cards from 2016 which are
expected to give Visa and MasterCard a tough competition. The RuPay card is floated by
1) NPCI
2) IBA
3) SBI
4) RBI
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) NPCI
Ques. : 1 The GIC Re and 11 other non-life insurers have formed the India Nuclear Insurance
Pool. Which of the following is NOT true about the pool?
1) The New India Assurance will issue the policy.
2) The private insurers like ICICI Lombard, Tata AIG, Reliance and others are part of it.
3) The reinsurance support had come from Nuclear Risk Insurer from London.
4) This pool will be the first such market pool globally.
5) The pool will cover both operators and suppliers and initially only cold zones (outside reactor
areas) are covered.
Answer:- 4) This pool will be the first such market pool globally.
Ques. : 2 Queen Elizabeth II of the UK presented the inaugural Young Leaders Award to 60
exceptional youths from across the Commonwealth nations recently. Which of the following
Indians were among the winners?
1) Devika Malik
2) Akshay Jadhao
3) Ashwini Angadi
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 The central govt along with the Tamil Nadu govt launched the Migrant Resource Centre
(MRC) in Chennai recently. There are three such MRCs already functioning in
1) Kochi, Gurgaon and Hyderabad
2) Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad
3) Kolkata, Gurgaon and Mumbai
4) Bengaluru, Delhi and Kolkata
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Kochi, Gurgaon and Hyderabad
Ques. : 4 Which of the following banks has launched PayZapp app with a complete payment
solution?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 The 41st G7 summit was held on Jun 7-8 in Schloss Elmau (hotel), Bavaria in which of
the following countries?
1) Italy
2) Canada
3) France
4) Germany
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Germany
Ques. : 6 Philae wakes up was the news in newspapers recently. What is Philae?
1) A vanished river
2) An active volcano
3) An F1 driver who was in coma

4) A comet lander rover
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) A comet lander rover
Ques. : 7 Sheila Kaul, who died, recently, was a former
1) Governor of Himachal Pradesh
2) CM of Delhi
3) Finance Minister of Punjab
4) Union Environment Minister
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Ques. : 8 The wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior retired from all forms of cricket on 11 Jun. He
played for which of the following teams?
1) Australia
2) South Africa
3) New Zealand
4) England
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) England
Ques. : 9 The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed on
1) 12 Jun
2) 14 Jun
3) 15 Jun
4) 17 Jun
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 15 Jun
Ques. : 10 When a smaller company folds into a larger one through exchange of shares or cash,
it is termed as
1) diversification
2) collaboration
3) merger
4) joint venture
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) merger
Ques. : 1 According to a recent PwC report, Indias top dry-fuel miner Coal India (CIL) has
become the ________largest mining company among top 40 global mining firms in terms of
market capital.
1) third
2) fourth
3) fifth
4) sixth
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) sixth
Ques. : 2 The General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) and 11 other non-life insurers
have formed the India Nuclear Insurance Pool. It will have a capacity of
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 1,500 cr
3) Rs 2,000 cr
4) Rs 2,500 cr
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 In which country, facing an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the
president cancelled a visit to the US and the governor of the central bank cut interest rates to a
record low citing the spread of MERS as a threat to growth recently?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Vietnam
4) Cuba
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) South Korea
Ques. : 4 The book Scion of Ikshvaku has been authored by
1) Amish Tripathi
2) Preeti Shenoy
3) Ravinder Singh
4) Chetan Bhagat
5) Ashwin Sanghi
Answer:- 1) Amish Tripathi
Ques. : 5 Chiril Gaburuci, who announced his resignation after he was questioned by state
prosecutors, recently, was the Prime Minister of
1) Slovakia
2) Romania
3) Moldova
4) Hungary
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Moldova
Ques. : 6 Which country has announced to open the New Suez Canal on Aug 6? It earns around
$5 bn per year from existing Suez Canal and the new one is supposed to increase the revenues
to $15 bn by 2023.
1) Iraq
2) Israel
3) Jordan
4) Egypt
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Egypt
Ques. : 7 Hannover Re has decided to offer reinsurance cover for Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojana (PMSBY). This worlds third-largest reinsurer is based in
1) France
2) Spain
3) Sweden
4) Germany
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Germany
Ques. : 8 Which of the following pairs is the winner of the 2015 French Open?
1) Lucie Hradecka and Marcin Matkowski
2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
3) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes
4) Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
Ques. : 9 Sir Wesley Winfield Hall became 80th cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of
Fame on 12 Jun. He is the 18th cricketer to be inducted from
1) Australia
2) West Indies
3) England
4) New Zealand
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) West Indies
Ques. : 10 Dick Costolo resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following
Internet firms?
1) Yahoo
2) Rediffmail
3) Twitter
4) LinkedIn
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Twitter
Ques. : 1 Christopher Lee, who died on 7 Jun, was a legendry British
1) actor
2) sculptor
3) author
4) sand artist
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) actor
Ques. : 2 Which of the following Indian IT companies are being probed for alleged visa (H1-B)
rule violations in the US?
1) Infosys
2) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
3) HCL
4) Tech Mahindra
5) Both 1) and 2)
Answer:- 5) Both 1) and 2)
Ques. : 3 As announced by the Reserve Bank of India on 11 Jun, which of the following bills (not
more than two months old) will be accepted as valid proof of address for opening account with
banks?
1) Water bill
2) Piped gas bill
3) Postpaid mobile bill
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ques. : 4 Peter Hultqvist, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present Defence Minister of
which of the following countries? He offered to collaborate with India on production of light
combat aircraft in the country along with state-of-the-art submarines.
1) France
2) Germany
3) UK
4) Sweden
5) Only 2) and 3)
Answer:- 4) Sweden
Ques. : 5 Adani Ports and SEZ Limited has bagged the project to develop the Rs 6,500-cr
Vizhinjam port which is located in
1) Kerala
2) Goa
3) Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Kerala
Ques. : 6 Which of the following firms received a loan-restructuring package from Indian banks,
recently, and will have to repay its principal loan by 2030-31 now? The company had a total debt
of Rs 16,010 crore as of 2014-15.
1) RGTIL
2) APSEZ
3) Purti Power
4) Essel Infraprojects
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) RGTIL
Ques. : 7 Which of the following Indian cities has been declared the happiest city in India in an
IMRB International study, commissioned by LG Electronics?
1) Ahmedabad
2) Mumbai
3) Lucknow
4) New Delhi
5) Chandigarh
Answer:- 5) Chandigarh
Ques. : 8 The Padma Shri awardee and the creator of world famous Rock Garden, Nek Chand
died on 12 Jun. The famous Rock Garden is situated in
1) Begaluru
2) Jaipur
3) Chandigarh
4) Bhopal
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Chandigarh
Ques. : 9 The World Day Against Child Labour is observed on
1) 5 Jun
2) 8 Jun
3) 12 Jun
4) 14 Jun
5) None of these
Answer:- 3)12 Jun
Ques. : 10 The book Teaching Plato in Palestine: Philosophy in a Divided World is authored by
1) Carlos Fraenkel
2) Steven D Levitt
3) John Brooks
4) Michael Lewis
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Carlos Fraenkel
Ques. : 1 Who among the following is the only Indian sportsman (ranked 23rd) in Forbes
magazines 100 highest-paid athletes in the world list?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Yuvraj Singh
4) Virat Kohli
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Ques. : 2 The Forbes magazines 100 highest-paid athletes in the world list is topped by who
among the following?
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
2) Roger Federer
3) Tiger Woods
4) Floyd Mayweather
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Floyd Mayweather
Ques. : 3 The African leaders on 10 Jun signed a 26-nation free trade pact to create a common
market that would span half the continent from Cairo to Cape Town. Name the agreement.
1) Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)
2) African Free Trade Area (AFTA)
3) Agreed Free Trade Area (AFTA)
4) Common Free Trade Area (CFTA)
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has been appointed Director of the Hyderabad-based CSIRIndian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)?
1) Upinder S Bhalla
2) D Sivananda Pai
3) Srivari Chandrasekhar
4) Pradyut Ghosh
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Srivari Chandrasekhar
Ques. : 5 Indias RBI and Sebi on 11 Jun got the top-most ratings from the global bodies of
banking and capital market regulators, the highest score of 4 for all eight parameters. Which of
the following is NOT among the other 5 countries which also got the same ratings?
1) Japan
2) Singapore
3) Brazil
4) Australia
5) US
Answer:- 5) US
Ques. : 6 Name Indias first indigenously-built aircraft carrier which was undocked on 10 Jun at
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Cochin, Kerala.
1) INS Vishal
2) INS Viraat
3) INS Vishwash
4) INS Vikrant
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) INS Vikrant
Ques. : 7 Who among the following was on 10 Jun conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant
Namdev National Award- 2015 in Pune, Maharashtra by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on
behalf of the Sarhad Foundation?
1) Farooq Abdullah
2) Tarun Gogoi
3) Naveen Patnaik
4) Parkash Singh Badal
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Parkash Singh Badal
Ques. : 8 Hemant Kanitkar, who died on 10 Jun, was a former Indian
1) footballer
2) hockey player
3) test cricketer
4) tennis player
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) test cricketer
Ques. : 9 Which of the following pairs won the mens doubles title of the 2015 French Open?
1) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
2) Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo
3) Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau
4) Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo
Ques. : 10 Jun 1 is celebrated as which of the following days annually across the world?
1) World Milk Day
2) World Environment Day
3) World Ocean Day
4) International Mountain Day
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) World Milk Day
Ques. : 1 Which of the following software exporters of India has launched a product, BaNCS
Digital, to cater specifically for American retail banks to help them get more digital?
1) Infosys
2) TCS
3) Wipro
4) HCL
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) TCS
Ques. : 2 The Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off 1500th high horse power (HHP)
Diesel Locomotive at Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi. The locomotive is named
1) Gaurav
2) Garuda
3) Govardhan
4) Ganesha
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Gaurav
Ques. : 3 Which of the following international banks has announced to cut up to 50,000 jobs from
its payroll and slash investment banking in an effort to improve its sluggish performance?
1) Citi Bank
3) HSBC
4) Morgan Stanley
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) HSBC
Ques. : 4 The RBI, under the new scheme 'strategic debt restructuring' (SDR), has given banks
freedom to take 51 per cent stake in defaulting firms under certain conditions. Which of the
following is NOT one of those conditions?
1) The decision to invoke SDR will be taken within 30 days of recast account review.
2) 75 per cent of banks by value and 60 per cent by number of banks must approve the proposal.
3) After the conversion, lenders under JLF must collectively hold 51 per cent or more of equity.
4) Conversion of debt into equity under SDR must be completed within 90 days.
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 Dasaradhi Rangacharya, who diad on 8 Jun, was a well-known poet and writer of
1) Telugu
2) Malayalam
3) Kannada
4) Tamil
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Telugu
Ques. : 6 MK Sharma has been appointed as the non-executive Chairman of which of the
following private sector banks in India?
1) HDFC Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) None of these
Ques. : 7 In the first such cross-border operation, special forces of the army on 9 Jun carried out
a strike killing nearly 20 insurgents hiding in which of the following neighbouring countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) Nepal
3) Bhutan
4) Myanmar
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Myanmar
Ques. : 8 The World Oceans Day is observed every year on
1) 6 Jun
2) 8 Jun
3) 11 Jun
4) 21 Jun
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) 8 Jun
Ques. : 9 Who won the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix F1 championship?
1) Sebastian Vettel
2) Kimi Raikkonen
3) Valtteri Bottas
4) Lewis Hamilton
5) None of these
Ques. : 10 RC Tayal has been appointed as the new chief of the
1) CRPF
2) NSG
3) BSF
4) CISF
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) NSG
Ques. : 1 Worried by the revised monsoon forecast, the Maharashtra govt is considering the use
of cloud seeding. Which of the following chemicals is used for cloud seeding?
1) Liquid propane
2) Potassium iodide
3) Silver Iodide
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 2 R Seshasayee has taken over as the new chairman of which of the following
information technology firms?
1) Infosys
2) Wipro
3) Tech Mahindra
4) TCS
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Infosys
Ques. : 3 The Essel Group has formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with which of the following state
govts to set up solar parks which will facilitate an investment of Rs 4,000 cr?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Karnataka
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) None of these
Ques. : 4 Adani Power and Reliance Power have signed separate MoUs with which of the
following countries, recently, to set up power utilities of 1,600 Mw and 3,000 Mw respectively
there?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Myanmar
3) Nepal
4) Bangladesh
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 The mens singles title of the French Open tennis tournament 2015 was won by
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Stanislas Wawrinka
3) Andy Murray
4) Rafael Nadal
5) Roger Federer
Answer:- 2) Stanislas Wawrinka
Ques. : 6 Which of the following pairs won the womens doubles title of the 2015 French Open
tennis tournament?
1) Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova
2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova
3) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
4) Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova
Ques. : 7 Uma Bharti on 5 Jun launched nationwide Jal Kranti Abhiyan (campaign) aimed at
consolidating water conservation and management in the country from
1) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
2) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
3) Jaipur, Rajasthan
4) Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Jaipur, Rajasthan
Ques. : 8 During PM Narendra Modis recent visit Bangladesh offered 2 SEZs to Indian
companies to be set up in which of the following places?
1) Bheramara and Mongla
2) Sylhet and Khulna
3) Dhaka and Chittagong
4) Chittagong and Sylhet
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Bheramara and Mongla
Ques. : 9 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 8 Jun allowed banks to acquire _________or more
stake in companies defaulting after restructuring of their loans under certain conditions.
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 51 per cent
4) 74 per cent
5) None of these
Ques. : 10 The HDFC, the largest mortgage lender in the country, has announced to raise funds
by secured redeemable NCDs and warrants. Here, the term NCD stands for
1) Non-Convertible Debt
2) Non-Convertible Deductibles
3) Non-Convertible Derivatives
4) Non-Convertible Debentures
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Non-Convertible Debentures
Ques. : 1 Which of the following states leads in solar power with close to 1.128 MW of install
capacity as of 2014-15?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Maharashtra
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Rajasthan
Ques. : 2 The BCCI has announced to appoint who among the following as India Under-19
cricket team coach?
1) VVS Laxman
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Sourav Ganguly
4) Rahul Dravid
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Rahul Dravid
Ques. : 3 The finance ministry on 6 Jun imposed anti-dumping duty for certain stainless steel
products imported from which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) South Korea
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 4 The prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was sworn in as president of which of
the following countries on 5 Jun, becoming the first women to hold the ceremonial position in the
island nation?
1) Mauritius
2) Maldives
3) Suriname
4) Jamaica
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Mauritius
Ques. : 5 Which of the following teams won the Champions League football tournament on 06
Jun?
1) Juventus
2) Barcelona
3) Atletico Madrid
4) Real Madrid
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Barcelona
Ques. : 6 The central govt is set to save over Rs 10,000 cr in petroleum subsidy due to the
successful rollout of the modified direct benefits transfer (DBT) scheme. The DBT scheme for
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is named
1) Pratham
2) Pahal
3) Prayas
4) Pahchan
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Pahal
Ques. : 7 The govt is all set to launch AMRUT programme in the month of Jun itself. The AMRUT
programme envisages
1) development of 500 cities
2) nation-wide reduction in pollution level
3) cleaning of river Ganga
4) implementation of Bharat V emission norms
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) development of 500 cities
Ques. : 8 Serena Williams won the French Open tennis tournament on 6 Jun defeating
1) Victoria Azarenka
2) Karolna Pliskova
3) Lucie Safarova
4) Petra Kvitova
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Lucie Safarova
Ques. : 9 Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank appointed who among the following as its
new CEO on 7 Jun?
1) Paul Achleitner
2) Juergen Fitschen
3) Anshu Jain
4) John Cryan
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) John Cryan
Ques. : 10 Who is the present president of Bangladesh? He handed over the Bangladesh
Liberation War Honour to PM Narendra Modi on behalf of Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a ceremony in
Bangladesh recently.
1) Abdul Hamid
2) Sayed Ashraful Islam
3) Fakhruddin Ahmed
4) Hussain Muhammad Ershad
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Abdul Hamid
Ques. : 1 Which of the following are the six cities in India which have a Metro rail service as of
Jun 2015?
1) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai and Jaipur
2) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Bhopal and Mumbai
3) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Indore and Mumbai
4) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Jaipur
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Jaipur
Ques. : 2 The RBI on 2 Jun lowered Indias economic growth forecast for 2015-16 to
1) 7.8 per cent
2) 7.6 per cent
3) 7.5 per cent
4) 7.4 per cent
5) 7.3 per cent
Ques. : 3 Which of the following is NOT a highlight of RBIs second bi-monthly monetary policy
statement for 2015-16 issued on 02 Jun?
1) Short-term lending rate (repo) cut by 0.25 pc to 7.25 pc

2) Cash Reserve Ratio unchanged at 4 pc
3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio retained at 21.5 pc
4) Inflation expected to rise to 6 pc by Jan 2016
5) None of these
Ques. : 4 The govt launched khoyapaya.gov.in on 2 Jun which will help find missing
1) children
2) mobile phones
3) documents
4) animals
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) children
Ques. : 5 The agriculture and allied sectors, which account for the largest number of workers in
the country, grew at __________ in 2014-15.
1) 0.2 per cent
2) 0.5 per cent
3) 1.1 per cent
4) 2.1 per cent
5) None of these
Ques. : 6 Which of the following are the only four countries in the world which carry more than a
billion tonnes of freight on their railway networks annually?
1) Japan, the US, Russia and China
2) South Korea, the US, Russia and China
3) Germany, the US, Russia and China
4) India, the US, Russia and China
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) India, the US, Russia and China
Ques. : 7 Which of the following steel manufacturers has now become the largest steel maker in
the country ahead of long-time market leader Steel Authority of India (SAIL)?
1) Tata Steel
2) JSW Steel
3) Bhushan Steel
4) Vizag Steel
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) JSW Steel
Ques. : 8 Which of the following airlines in India announced to observe No Car Day, No Plastic
Day on the World Environment Day on 5 Jun?
1) Jet Airways
2) Vistara
3) Air India
4) Indigo
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Air India
Ques. : 9 In the worst attack in two decades, insurgents on 4 Jun ambushed a military convoy in
Chandel district, killing at least 20 army personnel in the state of
1) Assam
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Telangana
4) Manipur
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Manipur
Ques. : 10 The environment ministry has constituted a third expert body to review hydropower
projects on the Ganga basin in which of the following states?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Uttarakhand
Answer:- 5) Uttarakhand
Ques. : 1 Ratan Tata-led panel formed by Railways has decided to benchmark Indian Railways
against the train networks of four global giants. These global giants are
1) Japan, Spain, Russia and France
2) Japan, South Korea, Italy and Germany
3) US, China, Russia and Germany
4) US, China, Italy and France
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) US, China, Russia and Germany
Ques. : 2 The BHEL has secured the largest order in its history, valued at Rs 17,950 cr, for
setting up a 4,000 MW super-critical thermal power project from the State Power Generation
Corporation of
1) Rajasthan
2) Telangana
3) Odisha
4) West Bengal
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Telangana
Ques. : 3 What is the new Reverse Repo rate after the RBIs Jun 2 policy review?
1) 6 per cent
2) 6.25 per cent
3) 6.50 per cent
4) 6.75 per cent

5) None of these
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has been named the new commerce secretary in the Union
govt?
1) Upendra Tripathi
2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
3) Rajeev Nayan Choubey
4) Rita A Teaotia
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Rita A Teaotia
Ques. : 5 Who among the following was awarded freedom of expression prize in Norway on 2
Jun?
1) Malala Yousafzai
2) Glenn Greenwald
3) Edward Snowden
4) Julian Assange
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Edward Snowden
Ques. : 6 Which of the following countries is set to honour former Prime Minister Atal Behari
Vajpayee with its Friends of Liberation War Award?
1) Myanmar
2) Bangladesh
3) Bhutan
4) Nepal
5) None of these
Ques. : 7 Which of the following has become the sixth city in the country to operate a Metro with
the service started operations on 3 Jun?
1) Chennai
2) Jaipur
3) Panji
4) Bhopal
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Jaipur
Ques. : 8 Irwin Rose, who died recently, had shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in
1) Chemistry
2) Physics
3) Literature
4) Physiology or Medicine
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Chemistry
Ques. : 9 Who among the following has been appointed the secretary general of the National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?
1) Upendra Tripathi
2) V Somasundaram
3) Rajesh Kishore
4) Satyanarayan Mohanty
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Satyanarayan Mohanty
Ques. : 10 The central govt has carried out a major bureaucratic reshuffle, with 16 ministries and
departments getting new secretaries. Which of the following is not correct in this regard?
1) Rajeev Nayan Choubey Aviation Secretary
2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha Cabinet Secretary
3) Pradeep Kumar Pujari Power Secretary
4) V Somasundaram Defence Secretary
5) Balvender Kumar Mines Secretary
Answer:- 4) V Somasundaram Defence Secretary
Ques. : 1 The RBI announced its policy review on 2 Jun. What is the new repo rate after the
review?
1) 7 per cent
2) 7.25 per cent
3) 7.50 per cent
4) 7.75 per cent
5) 8 per cent
Ques. : 2 Which of the following rates/ratios were left unchanged on Jun 2 policy review by the
RBI?
1) CRR
2) SLR
3) MSF
4) Bank rate
5) All the above
Ques. : 3 Which of the following former cricketers was/were on 1 Jun inducted into the BCCI's
newly-constituted cricket advisory committee, which will guide the Board and the national team?
1) VVS Laxman
2) Sourav Ganguly
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)
Ques. : 4 Which of the following oil firms of India sold its shale gas asset held with Pioneer in the
US for $2.5 billion recently?
1) ONGC
2) RIL
3) Essar Oil
4) Videocon
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) RIL
Ques. : 5 The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, recently, stressed on greater use of plastic currency.
Which of the following is considered plastic currency?
1) Debit Card
2) Credit Card
3) Pre-paid Card
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ques. : 6 The innovation council formed by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has decided to
benchmark Indian Railways against the train networks of four global giants. Who heads the
innovation council?
1) Ratan Tata
2) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
3) Anand Mahindra
4) Azim Premji
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Ratan Tata
Ques. : 7 Which of the following telecom firms has announced to offer free roaming services from
Jun 15?
1) Airtel
2) Idea
3) Reliance
4) BSNL
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) BSNL
Ques. : 8 Name the newly elected FIFA chief who on 2 Jun resigned in the face of a US-led
corruption investigation.
1) Issa Hayatou
2) Sepp Blatter
3) Luis Figo
4) Michel Platini
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Sepp Blatter
Ques. : 9 Which of the following teams won the Hero I-League trophy on 31 May?
1) Bengaluru FC
2) Mohun Bagan
3) Churchill Brothers
4) Mohammedan SC
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Mohun Bagan
Ques. : 10 The World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on which day to raise
global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature?
1) 2 Jun
2) 3 Jun
3) 5 Jun
4) 6 Jun
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 5 Jun
Ques. : 1 The Shangri La dialogue, where defense ministers and military chiefs met for an annual
summit, was held in which of the following countries recently?
1) Singapore
2) Malaysia
3) South Korea
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Singapore
Ques. : 2 Which of the following private sector lenders has decided to discontinue issuing slips
after cash withdrawals at ATMs and will alert the customer through SMSes? The bank will roll out
the service across its network of over 11,700 ATMs by the end of Jun.
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 Which of the following films has become the first film of 2015 to cross Rs100 cr mark
worldwide?
1) Baby
2) Piku
3) Bombay Velvet
4) Tanu Weds Manu Returns
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has been selected to be the new Central Vigilance
Commissioner (CVC)?
1) JM Garg
2) Pradeep Kumar
3) Vijai Sharma
4) KV Chowdary
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) KV Chowdary
Ques. : 5 Name the person selected to be the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
1) Vijai Sharma
2) KV Chowdary
3) Basant Seth
4) Rajiv Mathur
5) Yashovardhan Azad
Answer:- 1) Vijai Sharma
Ques. : 6 In order to provide medicines at rates that are 60-70 per cent lower than market prices,
the govt will soon open ________ more Jan Aushadi stores across the country. Around 100
stores are operating under the scheme started in 2008.
1) 300
2) 500
3) 800
4) 1,000
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) 1,000
Ques. : 7 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has capped the remuneration on non-executive
director of private banks to _________ per annum.
1) Rs 6 lakh
2) Rs 7.2 lakh
3) Rs 8.5 lakh
4) Rs 10 lakh
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Rs 10 lakh
Ques. : 8 Indias overall exports of textiles and clothing stood at about ___________ in 2014-15,
according to the Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil).
1) $41 billion
2) $39 billion
3) $43 billion
4) $45 billion
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) $41 billion
Ques. : 9 Who among the following has been appointed as the next chancellor of the Nalanda
University?
1) Amartya Sen
2) George Yeo
3) Ratan Tata
4) Low Thia Khiang
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) George Yeo
Ques. : 10 MS Raghavan is the present chairman and managing director of which of the following
public sector banks? The bank has eased the restrictions on corporate lending after improving
performance on PSL in 2014-15.
1) Bank of India
2) Indian Bank
3) IDBI Bank
4) Andhra Bank
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) IDBI Bank
Ques. : 1 The govt has issued rules to raise limit on funds individuals can take abroad under
liberalised remittances scheme. The limit has been raised to
1) $1.25 lakh
2) $1.50 lakh
3) $2 lakh
4) $2.5 lakh
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) $2.5 lakh
Ques. : 2 Narendra Modi will become the first Indian PM to visit which of the following countries
soon? Though India recognized the country in 1950, no Indian PM has visited the country so far.
1) Maldives
2) East Timor
3) Somalia
4) Israel
5) Singapore
Answer:- 4) Israel
Ques. : 3 We often read about the OROP in newspapers now a day. What does the term OROP
stand for?
1) One Rank, One Provision
2) One Rank, One Position
3) One Rank, One Perks
4) One Rank, One Pension
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) One Rank, One Pension
Ques. : 4 Which of the following firms has emerged as the top Indian corporate to earn the
highest net profit for 2014-15?
1) Coal India
2) SBI
3) TCS
4) ONGC
5) Reliance Industries
Answer:- 5) Reliance Industries
Ques. : 5 The President Pranab Mukherjee was received by the King Carl Gustaf and Queen
Silvia on May 31, 2015 in which of the following countries at the start of a three day official visit to
the country?
1) Norway
2) Belarus
3) Spain
4) Sweden
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Sweden
Ques. : 6 The sale and registration of any new four-wheeled vehicle not complying with BS-IV
emission norms will not be allowed anywhere in the country from
1) Dec 2015
2) Jan 2016
3) Apr 2017
4) Jun 2018
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Apr 2017
Ques. : 7 Name the ace Indian archer who outclassed Chang Hye Jin of Korea to clinch the
bronze medal in the women's individual recurve event of the World Cup on 31 May in Antalya
(Turkey).
1) Deepika Kumari
2) Chekrovolu Swuro
3) Dola Banerjee
4) Bombayla Devi Laishram
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Deepika Kumari
Ques. : 8 The govt has issued new income tax return forms which can be filled with ease. Which
of the following is NOT a highlight of the new forms?
1) Each of these forms will contain no more than three pages
2) Details sought on foreign travel and bank accounts has been eased
3) The last date for filing has been extended to Aug 31
4) A new Form, ITR 2A, can be filed by individuals who does not have capital gains, income from
business or profession, or foreign asset and foreign income
5) None of these
Ques. : 9 India is set to sign a 10-year defence framework agreement, which contain a specific
reference to the Defense Technology & Trade Initiative (DTTI), with which of the following
countries soon?
1) South Korea
2) Japan
3) US
4) Russia
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) US
Ques. : 10 The Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry has appointed who among the
following as director general (news) in Doordarshan (DD)?
1) Akshay Rout
2) Veena Jain
3) Sanjeev Srivastava
4) Rajdeep Sardesai
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Veena Jain
Ques. : 1 The govt has decided to go for third phase of coal auction. Which of the following is
NOT correct in this regard?
1) 10 mines, 8 producing and 2 about to produce, to be on sale.
2) In this phase of auction, there will be no coal mine for power generators.
3) The bidding will run from Aug 11 to 17.
4) The ministry of coal will auction linkages to Coal Indias production for five years.
5) None of these
Ques. : 2 The FMC will have to complete all pending investigations before its merger with the
securities market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The term FMC stands
for
1) Future Markets Commission
2) Food Markets Commission
3) Foreign Markets Commission
4) Forward Markets Commission
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Forward Markets Commission
Ques. : 3 Mark Rutte, who visited India, recently, is the present Prime Minster of which of the
following countries?
1) Netherlands
2) Hungry
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Netherlands
Ques. : 4 India and which of the following countries have agreed on a 17-point road map aimed
at strengthening mutual trust and confidence during President Pranab Mukherjee visit to this
country recently?
1) Belarus
2) Sweden
3) Lithuania
4) Latvia
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Belarus
Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been appointed by the govt as the PMs Special Envoy
on Countering Terrorism and Extremism recently?
1) Ajit Doval
2) Asif Ibrahim
3) Alok Joshi
4) Dineshwar Sharma
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Asif Ibrahim
Ques. : 6 The govt has launched IAP HealthPhone programme, worlds largest digital mass
education programme to address malnutrition in women and children. The brand ambassador of
the programme is
1) Anushka Sharma
2) Salman Khan
3) Aamir Khan
4) Shah Rukh Khan
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Aamir Khan
Ques. : 7 Bangladesh has granted permission to which of the following Indian insurance firms,
recently, to do business in the country which will start its operations as a joint venture (JV) entity?
1) LIC of India
2) SBI Life
3) ICICI Prudential
4) HDFC Life
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) LIC of India
Ques. : 8 Who among the following will lead the events at the United Nations on the International
Yoga Day on Jun 21?
1) Sushma Swaraj
2) Narendra Modi
3) Rajnath Singh
4) VK Singh
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Sushma Swaraj
Ques. : 9 The WTO, recently, ruled that the Indian ban on import of poultry meat, eggs and live
pigs from ________ is inconsistent with the international norms and now India will have to allow
these products.
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) US
4) China
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) US
Ques. : 10 The employees of five associate banks of State Bank of India (SBI) went on a strike
on 4 Jun to protest against their merger with it. Which of the following is NOT an associate bank
of the SBI as of now?
1) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
2) State Bank of Travancore
3) State Bank of Mysore
4) State Bank of Hyderabad
5) State Bank of Surastra
Answer:- 5) State Bank of Surastra
Ques. : 1 The Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and the Central Vigilance Commissioner
(CVC) were sworn in by the President on 10 Jun. The new CIC and the CVC are respectively
1) Vijai Sharma and KV Chowdary
2) Ajit Seth and Sujatha Singh
3) Shivshankar Menon and Nripendra Misra
4) Ajit Seth and KV Chowdary
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Vijai Sharma and KV Chowdary
Ques. : 2 The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has included three more
districts in the National Capital Region (NCR). These three districts are
1) Karnal, Jind and Muzaffarnagar
2) Yamunanagar, Hanumangarh and Baghpat
3) Panipat, Bharatpur and Sharanpur
4) Jhajjar, Bulandshahr and Meerut
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Karnal, Jind and Muzaffarnagar
Ques. : 3 Henkel Adhesive Technologies of Germany has announced to invest 30 million euro
(Rs 216 cr) to set up India's largest adhesives plant in
1) Sanand
2) Gwalior
3) Nasik
4) Pune
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Pune
Ques. : 4 The Parliament of which of the following countries raised serious objection over an
agreement between India and China to boost border trade at Qiangla/Lipu-Lekh Pass, recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Bhutan
3) Nepal
4) Pakistan
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Nepal
Ques. : 5 The Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the much-awaited Indias first
automated vehicle testing centre at which of the following places?
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Chennai
4) Nashik
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Nashik
Ques. : 6 According to the IMD, The deep depression over east-central Arabian Sea further
intensified into a cyclonic storm. This first tropical storm of the pre-monsoon season in the Indian
seas has been named
1) Megh
2) Ashobaa
3) Nilam
4) Rashmi
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Ashobaa
Ques. : 7 The Union Cabinet on 10 Jun cleared the signing of a motor vehicles pact with three
nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) grouping. These three
nations are
1) Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal
2) Bhutan, Pakistan and Nepal
3) Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh
4) Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh
Ques. : 8 The Cairn India is all set to be merged into which of the following firms, its parent
company?
1) RIL
2) Essel Group
3) Essar Group
4) Vedanta Ltd
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Vedanta Ltd
Ques. : 9 The govt will provide soft loans of what amount to sugar mills to help them clear part of
their Rs 21,000-cr dues to farmers.
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 6,000 cr
3) Rs 8,000 cr
4) Rs 12,000 cr
5) None of these
Ques. : 10 As per the latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report of the World Bank, India is
set to surpass China and for the first time is leading the WB's growth chart of major economies
with an expected growth rate of _________in FY16.
1) 7.1 per cent
2) 7.5 per cent
3) 7.8 per cent
4) 8.1 per cent
5) None of these

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