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In which state the first Non-Government Railway Project of Indian Railways has
been commissioned recently? Gujarat
Which Indian city has been chosen as “City of Music” by UNESCO? Varanasi
Sheila Ramani passed away. She was a / an____________. actress
Which of the following has been named as the most reputable nation in the world? Canada
Indian-origin ____ has made it to the list of Asia’s top 10 wealthiest millennials. John Paul Alukkas
In which state, India's first ‘One stop Centre’ for women has been launched? Chhattisgarh
Which state government has appointed Parineeti Chopra as its brand ambassador for
the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign? Haryana
Which of the following has bagged 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association award? Kerala Tourism
Formula One driver Jules Bianchi passed away. He belonged to which country? France
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) retained its India GDP growth projection for
FY 2015-16 at _________. 7.8 percent
Who has been appointed as the new Director of Film and Television Institute of India? Prashant Pathrabe
Name the Indian-origin doctor who has received the honorary fellowship by University
of Central Lancashire, England? Shiv Pande
Who has been given additional charge of Chairperson of Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India (FSSAI)? Bhanu Pratap Sharma
Who has been named IMF’s next chief economist? Maurice Obstfeld
Which Indian Wrestler has won WWP Commonwealth Championship in South Africa? Sangram Singh
Name the career portal launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. National Career Service
Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Hero Motors Group? Pankaj Munjal
India has jumped to the ______ position for tourist arrivals in Australia till May 2015. 8th
Tom Moore passed away. He was a ________. cartoonist
Which space agency has developed GSLV Mark-III? ISRO
Which country has begun building the world’s largest amphibious aircraft? China
Who won the British Open Golf title for 2015? Zach Johnson
Who has been re-elected as President of Western India Football Association (WIFA)? Praful Patel
How many Indian companies have made to the list of world’s 500 largest companies,
according to a list compiled by Fortune? 7
Ibrahim Rowther passed away. He was a Tamil ______________. film producer
Which Indian state is at the top in terms of total suicides in the country in 2014? Maharashtra
Expand NPS. National Pension System
Who has won the world’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s Copley Medal? Peter Higgs
Who has been sacked as the chief of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)? R.K. Pachauri
Major Dhyan Chand is associated with which sport? Hockey
Who has won the International Junior Golf Academy World Stars event in Las Vegas? Shubham Jaglan
Who has won the ‘Provogue Personal Care Mr India 2015’ title? Rohit Khandewal
First All Women Trans Continental Road Expedition from Delhi to _________was
flagged off. London
What is the rank of India (Men’s) in the latest International Hockey
Federation rankings? 8th
Who has been named the ‘Wind Power Person of the year 2015’? Ravi Kailas
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How many Indians have been selected for this year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay
Award? 2
With which country Google signed a MoU to launch the ‘Google Loon project’ in
the country? Sri Lanka
Clive Rice passed away. He was the former cricket captain of ________. South Africa
Who has been named a new special envoy to Syria by US? Michael Ratney
According to a new Forbes report who has been named as the highest-paid singer? Garth Brooks
What is the rank of India in attracting Foreign Direct Investment during 2014? 11th
Name the lone Indian author among 13 international authors shortlisted for the
2015 Man Booker Prize. Anuradha Roy
Expand GST. Goods and Services Tax
Which country has set up the world’s first unmanned factory that is operated by robots? China
According to WHO what is the rank of India among 22 high TB burden countries
globally? 14th
Which two countries implemented their landmark Land Boundary Agreement
on 01 August 2015? India and Bangladesh
Which day has been decided by Union Government to celebrate as first National
Handloom Day? 7th August
Master Prabhroop, who is associated with roller skating is from which Indian city? Lucknow
Which country will host 2022 Winter Olympics? China
Ravichandran Ashwin was presented the Arjuna Award. He is associated with
which field? Cricket
Sir Peter O’Sullevan, an iconic ____Horse Racing commentator passed away. British
Automobile manufacturer Renault India roped which actor as its brand
ambassador? Ranbir Kapoor
Who has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Mines? Balvender Kumar
Who has been selected for USA Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics
and Science Teaching? Darshan Jain
Ghosts of Calcutta has been authored by ………….. Sebastian Ortiz
Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity has been authored by whom? M. Raisur Rahman
Inshore patrol vessel ……………. was inducted into the Indian Coast Guard. Rani Durgavati
Which city of UP has been included in UNESCO’s field of excellence plan? Varanasi
2nd Sohra Marathon was held in …….. Meghalaya
Ottappalam is situated in which state? Kerala
Who had launched Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan focused on developing spirit of
innovation and experimentation among students? A.P.J Abdul Kalam
India’s first air freight station in private sector will be opened in which state? Tamilnadu
Which state has approved Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Jan Van Vikas Scheme? Maharashtra
Santosh Kumar Gangwar laid foundation stone for Apparel and Garment Making
Centre in which state? Mizoram
Ministry of Home Affairs extended ‘disturbed area’ status of which state for one more
year (Till June 30, 2016)? Nagaland
Patnitop Tunnel in Udhampur district of …….. will be India’s longest road tunnel
after its opening in 2016. Jammu and Kashmir
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Which city has become first nomination to be received by Urban Development Ministry
for a Smart City Mission? Puducherry
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated Integrated Security System (ISS) at
6 railway stations in which state? Mumbai
Which state may implement Maharashtra’s ‘Jal Yukt Shivar Abhiyan for water
conservation and Integrated water management scheme? Rajasthan
World’s largest flower Amorphophallus Titanum bloomed for first time in 5 years
at Jindai botanical gardens in which country? Japan
World Trade Organisation approved membership of ……… as its 162nd member. Kazakhstan
United States of America designated which country as 16th Major NonNATO
Ally (MNNA)? Tunisia
Nikkei media group of ……… buys UKS’ Financial Times owned by Pearson in a
$1.3 billion Deal. Japan
Gadhimai Temple Trust of which country has banned animal sacrifice during
Gadhimai festival? Nepal
Which country has approved Defence White Paper 2015 describing security issues
around it as increasingly tough? Japan
The Union Government brought how many more drugs under the price control
regime? 39
The Union Cabinet gave its approval for redevelopment of how many railway
stations? 400
The CCEA approved the creation of an intra state transmission system in how many
states of the country? seven
An indigenously designed and developed Visibility Measuring System _________
was installed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. DRISHTI
IGI Airport is in ___________ New Delhi
With which country India signed Technical Agreement on sharing white-shipping
information? Singapore
Who launched the Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan? Ram Vilas Paswan
What is the rank of India in the World in terms of power generation from nuclear sources? 12th
Bijoy Krishna Handique passed away in Jorhat, Assam. He was former _________ Union Minister
Expand UNSC. United Nations Security
Council
India signed a loan agreement of ___________ with Asian Development Bank. 300 million US dollars
Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of Railway Board? Ganga Ram Agarwal
Who has been chosen for the state’s highest literacy award, Bharat Bharti? Kashinath Singh
Government launched a new mobile app named Disha to promote digital literacy in
__________. Bihar
Rural Development Minister launched which web portal? SAMANVAY
Delhi Chief Minister inaugurated the first _____________ ‘Aam Aadmi Clinic’
Name the scheme launched by government to bring students closer to nature? School Nursery Yojana
Who took charge as the Chairperson of Delhi Commisson fo Women (DCW). Swati Maliwal
Bhalchandra Pendharkar passed away. He was associated with ____________ Marathi theatre
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Which state’s Government announced that it is trying to make Beas Belt as a habitat
of Gharials? Punjab
Tamil Nadu government instituted a youth award in the name of former President _____ Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution ------------- 2231 (2015).
Which edition of the Fortune 500 list for the year 2015 is released? 61st
The World’s Largest Radio Telescope, Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical
Telescope (FAST), is being constructed in which country? China
Which country became the Olympic movement`s 206th member? South Sudan
Which state’s political parties agreed to remove the word “secularism” from the
yet-to-be framed Constitution? Nepal
The European Union banned the marketing of around ----------------- medicines? 700 generic
Which country’s Parliament has adopted a new anti-terror law, which seeks to counter
the threat posed by militants especially jihadist threat? Tunisia’s
Which country has successfully tested the power system of Long March-5? China
SHEFROL-based waste water treatment plant built in which city? Puducherry
Forbes released the list of 2015 World’s Highest-Paid Actors, that includes names
of how many global actors? 34
A new species of cyprinid fish christened as PuntiusDolichopterus was discovered
from Kayamkulam city of ……………. Kerala
Amitava Ghosh is appointed as Vice President-engineering of Domestic e-commerce
portal ---------------- Snapdeal
Which city has became the first Indian city to be a member of Beijing headquartered
World Tourism Cities Federation Council. Kochi
…….. part of Sundarbans forest witnessed a rapid decline in the tiger population
between 2004 and 2015. This was revealed by the Tiger Census 2015. Bangladesh
The aim of “Skill India Mission” is to equip 500 million Indians with skills by
which year? 2022
Name the committee constituted by RBI to work out a medium-term (five-year) action
plan for financial inclusion? Deepak Mohanty Committee
Recently CCI slapped ___________ penalty on four state-run insurance companies. Rs. 671 crore
With which country has India signed an agreement to manufacture 200 helicopters? Russia
India and Russia have fixed a trade target of $30 billion to be achieved by _______. 2025
What is the cost of the project that has been launched by Stephen Hawking for search
of aliens? USD 100 million
Recently a set of ________ corporate governance principles for the banking sector has
been unveiled by BCBS. 13
Pakistan announced to buy eight submarines from _______that will boost Pakistani
navy’s maritime capabilities. China
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (TRAI)? Ram Sewak Sharma
Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Food Safety and Standards Authority
of India (FSSAI)? Ashish Bahuguna
Union Government has announced to roll out e-tourist visa facility to ______ nationals. Chinese
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Moody’s forecasted India’s GDP growth rate at ______ in 2016. 8%
Which automobile group replaced Toyota to emerge as the world’s largest-selling
vehicle maker in the first half of 2015? Volkswagen
BNP Paribas is a bank of which country? France
Anand Krishnamurthy is appointed as MD and CEO of which bank? Catholic Syrian Bank
Who has been appointed as secretary in Ministry of Micro. Small & Medium Enterprises? Anup K Pujari
A committee under RBI executive director ………. will prepare a 5 year action plan
to spread the reach of financial services across country. Deepak Mohanty
Which bank has signed a USD 200 million loan agreement of seven years with Asian
Development Bank? Axis Bank
Which company launched a prepaid card linked mobile wallet service, which includes
pay for services as well as withdraw cash of up to Rs 1 lakh? BSNL
Government capped the subsidy payout on kerosene at what rupees per litre? 12 rupees
Government has decided to infuse capital of ……….. in public sector banks by
September 2015. Rs 20,000 crore
With which bank, Mudra Bank signed an agreement for refinancing of loans given
to small enterprises? IDBI Bank
India’s Jewellery company Rajesh Exports accquired Valcambi, the world’s largest
gold refining company for Rs ………… $400 million
Which bank has appointed Ashok Kumar Lahiri as Chairman and Chandra Shekhar
Ghosh as MD and CEO? Bandhan Bank
World Bank approved US$ 250 million (ApproxRs. 1500 Crores) assistance to India
for which state’s Disaster Recovery Project? Andhra Pradesh
Japan committed help of how many dollar for Mekong Region countries in next
three years during the seventh Mekong Japan Summit in Tokyo? 6.1 billion USD
Digital signatures certifying firm ……… launched eSign services as part of Digital
India Vision. eMudhra
Which fast food chain tied up with IRCTC to start delivery system for passengers? KFC
Government sanctioned Rs.1,000 crore for a 15km railway project across borders
with which country? Bangladesh
…………. has overtaken US to become world’s third largest steel producer after
China and Japan? India
The Reserve Bank of India signed a Special Currency Swap Agreement with the
Central Bank of which country? Sri Lanka
Indian drug company Lupin acquired US generics company GAVIS Pharmaceuticals
and Novel Laboratories (GAVIS) for ………… 880 million US dollars
Reliance Unmanned Systems signed an MoU with Augur Overseas Operation to
manufacture Aerostats and Airships in which country? India
IDFC became second lender to enter the banking sector since which year? 2005
CCI imposed a penalty of what amount on Hyundai Motors India Ltd (Hyundai)? 420.26 crore rupees
SEBI cancelled the Certificate of Registration of which company? Sahara Mutual Fund
Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) launched a mobile banking app named………… ‘Kotak Bharat’
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Tata Motors has bagged the single-largest order of high mobility vehicle from the
--------------- Indian Army
Snapdeal tied-up with retailer ------------------ Ltd to launch a digital marketplace. Shoppers Stop
Union Cabinet approved setting up ___________ Rupees National Investment and
Infrastructure Fund to support that stressed projects by infrastructure companies. 20000 Crore
Which bank has launched ‘NRI Family Card,’as a prepaid card for Non-resident
Indians and their families? State Bank of Travancore
Who has launched a new Central Sector Scheme NaiManzil in Patna? Najma Heptulla
Union Government and World Bank signed __________credit agreement. 308.40 million US dollar
Government approved Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana scheme with
outlay of Rs. …....... over five years (201516 to 201920). 50,000 crore
Xiaomi Corp tied up with Foxonn to set up first Assembly line in which state? Andhra Pradesh
Rekha M Menon was appointed as the chairperson of which company? Accenture India
Private insurer SBI Life Insurance launched which Insurance policy? Smart Humsafar
Who won prestigious PGA Championships 2015? Jason Day
Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Public Enterprises
Selection Board (PESB)? Ajit Kumar Seth
At which of the following places the International Islamic Climate Change
Symposium was held? Istanbul, Turkey
Which gas is present in Moon’s thin atmospheric layer according to NASA? Neon
Recently Paravoor Bharathan passed away. He was a ___________. Malayalam actor
Who has been elected as the President of International Association of Athletics
Federation (IAAF)? Sebastian Coe
Who is the first Indian to be elected in the IAAF Council? Adille Sumariwalla
According to the new Hurun Rich List who is the richest Chinese in the world? Wang Jianlin
Who has been crowned Miss India-Canada 2015? Manasvi Noel
In Lonely Planet’s ‘Ultimate Travelist’ list what is the rank of Taj Mahal as world’s
best tourist attractions? Fifth
Who has been appointed as Australia’s inaugural ambassador to India on education? Adam Gilchrist
With which country Pakistan has signed a defence deal that includes the sale of four
Mi-35 ‘Hind-E’ attack helicopters to Pakistan? Russia
Who has emerged as winner in the Parliamentary elections of Sri Lanka? Ranil Wickremesinghe
Who won Britain’s oldest literary award the James Tait Black award 2015? Zia Haider Rahman
Who has been appointed as the UN ambassador of the ‘HeForShe’ campaign for
gender equality? Anupam Kher
Who has become the first transgender to be appointed as White House staff member? Raffi Freedman
Gurspan
Who has been appointed as the new chief of national carrier Air India? Ashwani Lohani
Which of the following won Spanish Super Cup 2015? Athletic Bilbao
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Babasaheb Purandare has been awarded with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2015.
He is a ___________. writer
Recently who has been appointed as Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed? Amitabh Mattoo
Arthur Morris passed away. He was the batsman of which country? Australia
Who is the author of the book ‘Making India Awesome’ released recently? Chetan Bhagat
Who won Cincinnati Masters Tennis title 2015? Roger Federer
Who has been appointed as chairman of India’s Oscar jury? Amol Palekar
Who won gold medal in 100m title at IAAF World Championships at Beijing? Usain Bolt
Which team won the STAR Sports Pro-Kabaddi League (PKL) title for 2015? U Mumba
Who won British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship? Aditi Ashok
Which cricket team won 2015 Ashes Test series? England
Which Indian airport became the first in the world to operate completely on solar
power? Cochin International
Airport
Which city will host the 2015 FIH Hockey World League (HWL) Finals? Raipur
Who won Women’s 100 meters gold at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics? Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Who has been appointed as chief executive officer of the Dubai Gold and Commodities
Exchange in the UAE? Gaurang Desai
Which Indian-American appointed as the full-time federal judge of California court
by President Barack Obama? Vince Chhabria
Who won Cincinnati Women Tennis Tournament title 2015? Serena Williams
Who won the Belgian Grand Prix? Lewis Hamilton
Which country’s writer won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel? China
According to the Census 2011 what is the total population of India? 121.09 crore
How many villages will be developed by Tata Trust as per the agreement signed by
it with Andhra Pradesh government? 264
Zaina Erhaim has been awarded 2015 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and
Ethical Journalism. She belongs to which country? Syria
Which stock exchange has signed a MoU with GIFT City for developing an
international exchange in it? MCX
According to Census 2011 what percent of India’s population have no faith in any
religion? 0.24%
Who has been appointed by UNICEF as goodwill ambassador for the UN Fund for
Children? Novak Djokovic
Who has assumed charge as the Director General of the CSIR? Dr. Girish Sahni
Name the Indian- American who won 2015 Stockholm Junior Water Prize? Perry Alagappan
________ Research Centre Imarat (RCI) received the PSU summit award 2015. DRDO’s
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Which country will host the Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior Weightlifting
Championship 2015? India
Who won 200 metres race at the 2015 Beijing World Athletics Championships? Usain Bolt
Recently ISRO successfully launched GSAT-6. It is a ______. communication satellite
Sanjeev Nandan Sahai is appointed as Home Secretary of which state? Delhi
Who has been appointed as Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women? Swati Maliwal
Who has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Information & Broadcasting? Sunil Arora
Telangana Government appointed ……….. as Director of Nizams Institute of
Medical Sciences (NIMS). Kandakatla Manohar
Vassiliki Thanou has been appointed as ………..'s First female prime minister. Greece
Government conferred Arjuna Awards to 17 sportspersons this year including
cricketer ………… Rohit Sharma
Noted Historian …….. has been conferred with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2015 by
Maharashtra Government. Babasaheb Purandare
_________'s journalist ZainaErhaim won Peter Mackler Award 2015 for Courageous
Journalism and training citizen reporters in his war-ravaged country? Syria
_____Government approved amended guidelines for Begum Akhtar Award. Uttar Pradesh
Zhanna Nemtsova has been awarded with ………'s Solidarity Prize 2015 for her
work for democracy and human rights? Poland
INS Trikand visited ……. for four day stay visit and Training. Israel
India-US Combined Military Training Exercise ………. 2015 held from 09 to 23 Sep
2015 in USA. YUDH ABHYAS
India’s first Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System
(IUHDSS) commissioned in which state? Kerala
Which country has became first Asian country to be conferred the Associate Membership
by European Organisation for Nuclear Research? Pakistan
Social security pact between India and …...........… came into force after two years of
waiting. UK
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched Disha mobile app to promote digital
literacy in which state? Bihar
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad released a commemorative Rs. 5 postal stamp
on Indian emperor ………….. Ashoka
Operation ………. launched as an initiative by railway police to trace missing and
destitute children and reunite them with parents. Muskaan
Which state assembly passed Public Grievance Redressal Bill, 2015 for speedy
redressal of public grievances by government servants? Bihar
Sri Lankan cricketer ………retired from International Cricket during ongoing Test
series against India? Kumar Sangakkara
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Who won the second version of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi by defeating Bengaluru
Bulls? U Mumba
Who has been ranked as No. 1 Golf Player in the World Surpassing Rory McIlroy? Jordan Spieth
Lewis Hamilton from …………. has won Belgian Grand Prix 2015? England
Indian Men's Hockey Team won three match series of their European Tour 2-1
against which country? France and Spain
Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister of India to visit UAE after how many years
........... 34
India-Paraguay Foreign Office Consultations (IPFOC) was held in ........... between
India and Paraguay. New Delhi
Which committee has recommended that MAT should not be imposed on FIIs. A.P. Shah
As per the Census 2011, the Total Population in 2011 was ............... 121.09 crores.
Which Summit 2015 is an initiative to reduce child and maternal deaths across the
world........... Call to Action
Who has launched the digital version of epic 'Ramcharitmanas'? Narendra Modi
Union Government has declared the names of ......... for its ambitious Smart Cities
Project 98 cities
Which has received Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy? Punjabi University
Who has been appointed India's new Home Secretary? Rajiv Mehrishi
Who is the Chief Minister of Kerala. P. Sathasivam
Who has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of India Trade Promotion
Organisation (ITPO)? L.C. Goyal
Air India Express commenced direct non-stop flights from Varanasi to .......... Sharjah
Pakistan signed a landmark defence agreement with which country that includes the
sale of four Mi-35 Hind E attack helicopters to Pakistan? Russia
Indian-American .................. was appointed as the full-time federal judge of
California Vince Chhabria
Which has allowed women to register to stand in local elections? Saudi Arabia
Abdul Aziz Haqqani, a top leader of Pakistan-based dreaded Haqqani network, has
been named as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ by the …………….. USA
The G20 grouping launched the W20 (Women20) in Ankara............... Turkey
Queen Elizabeth II became longest-reigning monarch of the which country ? United Kingdom
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2015 ended with which theme? “equality”
The White House has appointed its first openly ............ staff member Transgender
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the wealthiest individual under
the age of .................. 35
Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad released a commemorative postal stamp
on which emperor ? Ashoka
Rajiv Mangla is appointed as chief technology officer (CTO) of ……………. Snapdeal
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For the first time in ………….’s history, a university has awarded an M.Phil degree
in Hindi. Pakistan
Government created a policy framework to promote e-marketing of …………
products through e-commerce firms. Handloom
……………..sigend an agreement with USA's Jasper Technologies to offer Internet
of Things (IoT) services in India. Reliance
Communications
Smart Vault, a locker facility with latest robotic technology in India was launched
by ......... HDFC Bank.
Birla Corporation signed an agreement with which french based group? Lafarge Group
Real estate listing portal ………… acquired customer relationship management
software company HomeBuy360. Housing.com
Which city will be the first city in India to enjoy free high-speed internet from Uber,
powered by Airtel 4G? Mumbai
YouTube tied-up with Whistling Woods International (WWI) to set up YouTube
Space in in which city........... Mumbai
How many Indian companies figure in Forbes' annual list of The World's Most
Innovative Companies............. Three
Tata Consultancy Services ranked ……….. in Forbes' annual list of The World's
Most Innovative Companies. 64th
High Powered Committee on Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) headed by RBI
Deputy Governor ............ submitted its report. R Gandhi
Government announced to implement …………… from 2016-17 to replace existing
system of Appointment of top level posts in Public Sector Banks. Bank Board Bureau
Government announced seven pronged plan called ………..mission for Revival of
Public sector banks. Indradhanush
The Adani Group has announced an investment of ............... for two major projects
in Chhattisgarh Rs 25,200 crore
PayU India tied-up with online bus ticketing platform ........... to offer cash-back
discounts. redBus
Bandhan along with IDFC (Infrastructure Development Finance Company) were
granted banking licenses in 2014 by the ………… RBI
………… generated its highest single-day electricity generation of over 733 million
units through its 18 coal-based, 8 solar and hydro and 7 gas-based power Plants. NTPC
Public lender Indian Bank has launched ........... a mobile application service IndPay
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman …………..launched second version of India Energy
Security Scenarios 2047 (IESS 2047) as an open source web based tool aims to
explore range of potential future energy scenarios for India. ? Arvind Panagariya
IRB Infrastructure Developers has executed concession agreement with ................ NHAI.
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Which company/bank start lending operation from October 01, 2015? IDFC Bank
Union Government has released what amount rupees to Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, 2,000
crore
Which financial institution has launched unit linked insurance plan (ULIP) product called
as ‘New Endowment Plus that offers provides dual benefits of investment and insurance
to the policy Holder? Life Insurance Corporation
IRDAI(Headed by ……………) allowed banks to tie up with multiple insurers from
three segments - life, non–life and standalone health. Earlier, Banks were allowed to
tie up with max One Insurer. T.S. Vijayan
Moody’s Investors Service expect Indian economy would grow at .............per cent in the
current fiscal. 7
The Reserve Bank of India will put into circulation Rs 5 coins to commemorate
golden jubilee of ........... Indo-Pak War 1965.
Indirect Tax Revenue collections (Customs, Excise and Service Tax) increased by
…… in July 2015 as compared to July 2014. 39.1%
What was introduced on 1 July 2015 by the RBI? Base Rate
____s chairman Naina Lal Kidwai announced to launch green bonds in India for
raising funds for investments in environmental projects? HSBC India
India and UAE decided to increase their bilateral trade to nearly ___________ in
five years. $100 billion
According to ASSOCHAM which state led in employment generation in manufacturing
sector in the country in 2012-13? Tamil Nadu
Recently government has launched two funds by SIDBI, a fund of funds with total
corpus of ___________. Rs. 12,000 crore
Name the mobile wallet recently launched by SBI? State Bank Buddy
Which of the following has recently launched its new endowment plus ULIP policy? LIC
Recently RBI granted its in-principle approval to setting up Payments Banks to how
many entities? 11
Which government has launched Annapurna Bhandar Yojna? Rajasthan government
Recently Alexis Tsipras has resigned. He is the Prime Minister of which country? Greece
Initially how many PSU banks have integrated their educational loan products to the
“Vidya Lakshmi” portal? 5
RBI notified that banks can extend loan repayment period up to ____ years in case
50% crop is damaged due to natural calamities. 5
India has removed the name of which country from the list of countries put under the
restricted visa category? Iran
Who has become the new Prime Minister of Australia? Malcolm Turnbull
Who has topped the list of most powerful women in Asia Pacific prepared by
the global magazine Fortune? Chanda Kochhar
EKUVERIN 2015 is a military exercise between which two countries? India and Maldives
Who awarded the Rajbhasha Kirti Award 2014-15 to the Ministry of Railways? President of India
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Which city of America has declared 10 September as ‘Anupam Kher Day’? Las Vegas
Kalamandalam Sathyabhama passed away. She was popular for which dance form? Mohiniyattam
Who has become the first person of Indian-origin to become mayor of Germany’s
major city Bonn? Ashok Sridharan
At which places 2022 Asian Games will be organised? Hangzhou
Aditi Ashok is associated with which sport? Golf
Which country’s Prime Minister has been conferred with the United Nations Champions
of the Earth award? Bangladesh
What is the name of China’s most sophisticated observation satellite launched by it ? Gaofen-9
What is the venue of 55th National Open Athletics Championship? Kolkata
Name the second generation anti-tank guided missile, indigenously developed by
Bharat Dynamics Limited. Amogha-1
Name the Indian-origin person who has been appointed as the shadow chief secretary
for Treasury in London? Seema Malhotra
Which state government has launched M-Shiksha-Mitra mobile app for teachers? Madhya Pradesh
Who is Dutee Chand? Sprinter
Aqeela Asifi was awarded with the 2015 Nansen Refugee Award. She is a _________
refugee. Afghan
Which state government approved Victim Compensation Scheme? Delhi
Which team has won the Moin-ud Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament 2015-16? India Cements
Which Indian- American teen was awarded with the Champions of Change Award
of US at the White House? Swetha Prabhakaran
With which country India has created a “joint challenge coin”? America
Who has been elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2015-16? P.V. Chandran
“Peace and Friendship 2015” is the first joint military exercise between which two
countries? China and Malaysia
Which is the most expensive city in the world according to a report by Swiss Bank
UBS? Zurich
Bal Pandit passed away. He was a ______ Cricket commentator. Marathi
Name the Metro Man of India. E. Sreedharan
Who won men’s title in Beijing International Marathon 2015? Mariko Kipchumba
Who won men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the Asian AirGun Championships? Abhinav Bindra
Which country defeated India in the Davis Cup World Group playoff tie? Czech Republic
Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away. He was the former President of ................ BCCI
Who won Korea Open Badminton Tournament 2015? Cheng Long
Who won Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead female actor category in a
Comedy Series? Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Who has been conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014? Dr. Kamal Kishore
Goenka
Belgium created history by entering the finals of the prestigious Davis Cup for the
first time in last _____________. 111 years
Who has been elected as the President of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of
India (FMSCI)? Zayn Khan
How many gold medals were won by Indian Wushu team at the Fifth International
Pars Wushu Cup? 1
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Who has been appointed the new Chairman of Finance Industry Development
Council (FIDC)? Raman Agarwal
Which has been declared as the national animal of Nepal according to its new
constitution? Cow
Who has been conferred with DRDO’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2015? V.S. Arunachalam
Who has been appointed as Chairman of All India Gems & Jewellery Trade
Federation (GJF)? Sridhar GV
Robert Lewandowski is associated with which game? Football
What is the rank of India in individuals using the Internet in 2014? 136th
Who has been appointed as Head of National Commission for Protection of Child
Rights (NCPCR)? Stuti Narain Kacker
Which country successfully launched a new model of carrier rocket Long March-11? China
Who has been appointed as India’s new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom? Navtej Sarna
Harold Stapleton passed away. He was the oldest cricketer of which country? Australia
Who has been appointed as the Sherpa for G-20 talks? Arvind Panagariya
Who has been appointed as the President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)? Sourav Ganguly
In which country the 9th Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (RPBD) will be held? USA
Who has been elected as President of Bihar Cricket Association (BCA)? Abdul Bari Siddiqui
Which has been formally merged with SEBI? FMC
Which state Government won Skoch Order-of-Merit national award for
e-Governance and IT initiatives in state? Haryana
Who has been named as Australian of the Day by Commonwealth Bank for feeding
homeless in Darwin for past three years? Tejinder Pal Singh
Indian-American author ………….. has been selected for 2014 National Humanities
Medal of White House? Jhumpa Lahiri
India won UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015 for conservation efforts of
SreeVadakkunnathan Temple in …………….. Kerala
Which state Government has announced annual State Best Teachers’ Awards on the
occasion of Teacher’s Day 2015 (Sep 5, 2015)? Puducherry
Who is appointed as CMD of Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited? Dinesh Kumar Likhi
Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Indian
Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO)? L C Goyal
Disaster Mitigation conference of member countries of South Asian Association on
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held in ……………. New Delhi
Which country will organize South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise
(SAADMEx-2015) in November 2015? India
Who has been appointed as interim Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)? A K Jha
Which Indian has been appointed as global chief technology officer by the Swiss
Engineering Company ABB? Bazmi Husain
G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ held in Ankara. Ankara is a
city of which country? Turkey
China and ……… launched their joint air exercise Shaheen (Eagle)-4 in China. Pakistan
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INS Trikand Visited United Kingdom to participate in Annual Indo-UK Navy
Execrise …………. Konkan
India and ………..agreed to Maintain Peace along borders and minimize ceasefire
violations during Visit of Umar Farooq Burk to India. Pakistan
DMFs stands for- District Mineral
Foundations
Under the chairmanship of whom an Expert Group has been set up to suggest for
checking Cyber crimes? Gulshan Rai
Which Abhiyan focuses on building accessible government buildings for persons
with disabilities? Sugamya Bharat
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions constituted a committee
under whom to revisit the civil services examination pattern? B S Baswan
Noted ……….poet Viren Dangwal passed away. Hindi
Minister of State for Defence Pedro Arguelles Salaverria visited India. He belongs to
which country? Spain
Government released commemorative postal stamp on …………. BR Ambedkar
Researchers from Manipal University and Giessen from …………..discovered four
new atomic nuclei to be added to nuclei charts. Germany
As per recent study, population of marine creatures have declined by how many
percent since 1970? 49%
Which country has launched its newly-developed smaller version of carrier rocket
Long March-6? China
Shane Watson announced retirement from Test cricket. He belongs to which country? Australia
Asian Boxing Championships 2015 held in which country? Thailand
Lewis Hamilton from ………… won Italian Grand Prix 2015. England
Levan Aronian of ………… won Sinquefield Cup International Chess Tournament at
St. Louis (USA). Armenia
…………… won BuchiBabu Memorial Trophy by defeating Tamil Nadu Cricket
Association Districts (TNCA) XI. Mumbai
“30 Women in Power” has been written by whom? Naina Lal Kidwai
“Globalisation, Democratization and Distributive Justice” has been authored by ……… Mool Chand Sharma
…………..acquired Silicon Valley-based startup Reduce Data, a programmatic
display advertising platform. Snapdeal
…………. General Insurance tied up with Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) for sale of
Insurance products through Over 430 branches of Kerala Based Catholic Syrian
Bank. ICICI Lombard
Reserve Bank of India will issue coins of …………. denomination to commemorate
golden jubilee (50th) year of Indo-Pak War 1965. 5 rupees
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) bought 15 % stake in which country’s
second-largest oil firm Rosneft for about 1.35 billion USD? Russia
With which UN-based organization for Digitization of Payments and to promote .
financial inclusion programme Pradhan Mantri Jan-DhanYojana (PMJDY). Better Than Cash
Alliance
Who has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the Forbes India
Leadership Awards, 2015? RC Bhargava
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Which state govt. has launched the Digitised NFSA Ration Card recently? Odisha
Which city will host 13th World Spice Congress? Ahmedabad
Which state has imposed the Drought Tax? Madhya Pradesh
Who inaugurate the National Conference on Human Trafficking? Rajnath Singh
Union Government decided to provide additional ................. of unskilled manual
work in the financial year 2015-16 in drought-hit areas under MGNREGA scheme. 50 days
India and Cambodia signed ................ MoUs. two
NGT passed slew of directions to prevent pollution in River ..................... Yamuna
Navtej Sarna has been appointed as the new High Commissioner to the .................... United Kingdom
How many agreements were signed between India and Germany? 18
The male and female literacy rate in rural areas was ................... and ...................
respectively in India. 79.1 percent, 60.6 percent
Who launched Indian Railway Knowledge Portal? Minister of Railways
Who has organised the Indo-German Summit 2015 in Bengaluru? NASSCOM
The Union Government declared the National Socialist Council of .......................
an unlawful organisation. Nagaland-Khaplang
(NSCN-K)
Mulayam Singh Yadav inaugurated the 660 MW first unit of the ................... Power Generation Company
Ltd. Lalitpur
Which state government declared that it will develop Gurgaon as a smart city? Haryana
The Odisha Government decided to implement ................ sub-schemes for empower-
ment of transgenders. five
World’s highest terrestrial Research and Development centre has been established in
which Indian state? Jammu & Kashmir
Which state Government increased the pension given to the ex-servicemen or
widows of soldiers who took part in World War I and World War II. Haryana
In how many districts the second phase of Mission Indradhanush has been launched? 352
Governor of ........... V. Shanmuganathan was appointed as the Governor of Manipur. Meghalaya
Who has launched a Citizen Portal? Naveen Patnaik
Who chaired the first meeting of the National Sagarmala Apex Committee held in
New Delhi? Nitin Gadkari
NPA stands for - Non-Performing Assets.
Ashish Bahuguna is the Chairman of the food regulator ................... FSSAI
Flipkart appointed Sriram Venkataraman as its ................................ Chief Financial Officer.
Twitter announced ..................... as its permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Jack Dorsey
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated how many Pakistan-China Friendship
Tunnels? five
Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of which country? Australia
Sharif Ismail sworn in as Prime Minister of which country? Egypt
Michel Kafando was reinstated as the President of which country? Burkina Faso
RBI inked an agreement with which bank on exchange of supervisory information? Nepal Rastra Bank
Meena Hemchandra is the Executive Director of .................... RBI
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted in principle approval to how many entities to set
up small finance banks? 10 entities
RBI giving nod to how many entities for launching Payments Banks? 11 entities
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has entered into an agreement with .................... InSite Vision
Expand FMC- Forward Markets Commission
Reserve Bank of India cancelled license of …………. due to several irregularities and
ignoring financial rules and regulations. Sahara India Financial
Corporation Limited
Which bank has launched ‘Design Your Own Loan’ scheme? HDFC Bank
Blackstone Group LP repurchased the India-based BPO operations of the which
country’s Serco Group Plc? UK’s
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, launched a significant financial inclusion initiative in
which city? Varanasi
As per a statement by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, World Bank will provide aid
of …………. to Railways for completing ongoing infrastructural projects. $30 billion
Hero Cycles has acquired ...................... to strengthen its fast-growing premium
cycling segment in India. Firefox Bikes
Indra Nooyi and Shobhana Bharatia have been presented with the 2015 Global
Leadership Award of the ........................... US India Business
Council.
Shobhana Bharatia is the chairman of which group? Hindustan Times Group.
Central Board of Trustees enhanced Insurance benefits under Employees Deposit
Linked Insurance Scheme for EPF members from 3,60,000 to Rs …………..
during 208th meeting of Central Board of Trustees in Hyderabad ? 6,00,000
SEBI imposed a penalty of ....................... on PACL for illegal and fraudulent
mobilisation of funds from the public. Rs 7,269.5 crore
Committee headed by _______ recommended to amend section 115JB of Income-tax
Act to clarify the inapplicability of MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax) provisions to
FIIs/FPIs for period prior to 01.04.2015. A.P. Shah
NDTV Convergence signed a strategic deal with the ................... content
recommendations engine Taboola. US-based
Which state has started scheme for adoption of wild animals in zoos and deer parks? Haryana
Seychelles was admitted as the ………………. Member of WTO in April 2015. 161st
The government received 638 declarations of black money and assets abroad worth
................. Rs 3,770 crore.
Who has launched ‘Access to Clean Cooking Energy and Electricity - Survey of States
Report’. Piyush Goel
European Union has imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty of up to …………….
on imports of water and sewage pipes from India. 31.2 per cent
Which company was selected as member of the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index –
2015. Wipro Limited
Qualcomm announced that it will invest what amount for Indian start-ups? 150 million US dollars
SEBI was set up in ...... as a non-statutory body for regulating the securities markets. 1990
India signed a 123.51 million US dollar loan agreement with ................................ Asian Development Bank.
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Which bank registered the highest increase in gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) in
percentage terms against total loans in the 2014-15 fiscal year? UCO bank
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) is expected to take ................ stake in the
TAPI project. 10 percent
Indirect Tax Revenue Collections increased to Rs. 2,63,089 crore during April-August
2015 from Rs.1,92,677 crore in April-August 2014 (______ up). 27 %
Ashok Vemuri resigned from his position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ....... iGATE Corporation.
…………….. and Tata Trusts launched a scholarship programme to educate Indian
students in Android development in collaboration with Udacity for offering 1000
scholarships. Google
According to World Bank which state emerged as number 1 state in terms of ease of
doing business in India? Gujarat
With which country’s central bank RBI inked an agreement on exchange of
supervisory information? Nepal Rastra Bank
What is the amount allocated for Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)? Rs. 5142.08 crores
How many entities have got RBI’s approval to set up Small Finance Banks? 10
How many channels will be provided to cable operators through HITS digital
broadcasting platform? more than 500
What is OECD’s world growth forecast for the year 2015? 3.0%
What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2015? 81st
How much amount has been allocated to Integrated Power Development Scheme
(IPDS)? Rs. 45,000 crore
What is Standard Chartered’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) forecast for India for
the FY 2015-16? 1.5%
Who has been appointed the new Chairman of Finance Industry Development
Council (FIDC)? Raman Agarwal
With which country India has signed a MoU on energy security, climate change and
clean energy? US
In its biggest ever fine SEBI imposed a penalty of __________ on PACL Ltd. 7,269 crore rupees
Government has launched Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme for ___________ People with Disabilities
Who has topped Forbes Magazine’s ‘India top 100 rich list’? Mukesh Ambani
Who has been appointed as Additional Secretary in NITI Aayog? Yudhvir Singh Malik
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comprises of how many broad goals? 17
Which state Government won highest capacity addition in grid connected solar
rooftop power in the country during the financial year 2014-15? Punjab
Who is appointed as President of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers
(SIAM)? Vinod Dasari
Who has been appointed as Finance Secretary replacing Rajiv Mehrishi? Ratan P Watal
SEBI provisioned fine of Minimum Rs. ………..for companies without a woman
director on board. 50000
…………..launched RE60 quadricycle named Qute at a free-on-board (FoB) cost of
1.35 lakh). Bajaj Auto
Which financial institution has organized MUDRA credit camp in Karnataka’s
Dakshina Kannada District for those setting up small business units? Syndicate Bank
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Recently the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar renamed the DRDO Missile
Complex in _________ as “Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Missile Complex”. Hyderabad
Which company topped the ‘World’s Best Multinational Workplaces List’? Google
Which Indian actress has been nominated for People’s Choice Awards’ Favourite
Actress In A New TV Series for the American thriller series? Priyanka Chopra
With which country India signed an agreement on a cultural exchange programme
for 2015-2018? Israel
Name the roadshow started by USA in India to attract Indian investors. Select USA
Who has been appointed as the Assistant Director of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO)? Kundhavi Kadiresan
The navies of which countries participated in Malabar exercise 2015? India, USA and
Japan
Which country has the world’s largest middle class population? China
Who has been selected for the prestigious ‘Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award’? Kailash Satyarthi
Who has been appointed as executive chairman of Twitter? Omid Kordestani
Which has been declared as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court? National Judicial
-ments Commission Appoint
With how much corpus the Reserve Bank of India formed a single Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF)? 2000 crore rupees
Who has been appointed as the President of the Asian Council of Exercise and Sports
Science (ACESS)? G.L. Khanna
Punam Yadav is a __________. Weightlifter
Nissan signed an eight-year deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Nissan is a carmaker company of which country? Japan
Zaheer Khan announced his retirement from International cricket.
He belongs to which country? India
Which ministry launched a scheme called Central Victim Compensation
Fund (CVCF)? Ministry of Home Affairs
With which country Pakistan signed a major agreement to build a 1,100-kilometre
gas pipeline from Lahore to Karachi? Russia
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan
Petroleum Corp Ltd? M.K. Surana
Which state launched “My Brick My Amaravati” scheme? Andhra Pradesh
Who has became the first female Speaker in the parliamentary history of Nepal? Onsari Gharti Magar
What was the theme of World Food Day (WFD) 2015? Social Protection and
Agriculture
FIFA suspended which football association? Kuwait Football Association
Who has become Canada’s new Prime Minister? Justin Trudeau
Which country won Vietnam Open tennis trophy in the men’s singles category? India
Who has been named as the President of the All India Council of Sports by the
union government? Vijay Kumar Malhotra
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Vivo Mobiles is the new title sponsor of IPL. It is a smartphone company of which
country? China
Which junior men’s hockey team won Sultan Johor Cup Hockey Tournament’s title? Britain
Which Indian bagged a bronze medal at the Flemish Open fencing championship
2015? S.A. Bhavani Devi
K.S.L. Swamy passed away. He was a Kannad __________. Film Director
Name the only Indian batsman to score a triple-century in Test matches,
who announced his retirement from international cricket? Virender Sehwag
Which railway zone announced to establish George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel
Technology? Konkan Railway
Name the leader of India’s first expedition to Antarctica who passed away. Syed Zahoor Qasim
Who has been chosen for this year’s Tata Literature Live Lifetime Achievement
award? Kiran Nagarkar
Name the Indian-American who has been featured in the Forbes list of ‘Highest-Paid
Comedians 2015’. Aziz Ansari
K. Chockalingam was conferred with the prestigious Paul H Appleby Award.
He is a _____. Criminologist
Who has been appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi? Reva Khetrapal
Who has been crowned Mrs. Earth 2015? Priyanka Khurana Goyal
Which country announced to build the United Kingdom’s first nuclear power plant
since 1980’s? China
Who took the charge as Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission? Dr. Sekhar Basu
Which team won Under-18 Girls Junior National Football Championship title? Manipur
Which country announced that it will permanently station a military unit in the
Arctic by 2018? Russia
Who won the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix title? Lewis Hamilon
Who won French International Badminton title? Lee Chong Wei
When the first women pilots are expected to officially fly a fighter aircraft of the IAF? June 2017
Which country has awarded Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe 2015 Confucius
Peace Prize? China
What is the venue of 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit? New Delhi
Maureen O’Hara passed away. She was the actress of which country? Ireland
Who has been appointed as Secretary in Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman
of Atomic Energy Commission (Nuclear Chief)? SekharBasu
Who has been elected as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
for second term? Shashank Manohar
Who is appointed as Chief Justice of Guwahati (Assam) High Court? TinlianthangVaiphei
CSIR announced Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2015
for how many scientists? 11
……….. won Popular Choice Awards at Climate CoLab of Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (Cambridge UK). Nualgi
The Clintons’ War on Women has been written by ……….. and Robert Morrow. Roger Stone
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Autobiography of ……… “Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India” has
been released. Sam Pitroda
………. Government approved Swadhar Greh scheme to assure economic and social
security to women in distress. Haryana
Who has been appointed as the Maintenance Head of IAF? Virender Mohan Khanna
Which State Government has announced to set up bio-ethanol
refinery in the state? Punjab
India and …………. conducted inaugural Navy exercise from October 17 18, 2015
in Andaman Sea during expanded version of coordinated patrol (CORPAT). Indonesia
A sweet banana species with orange pulp Musa indandamanensis discovered in …… Andaman
Which country launched its new communication satellite APSTAR9 by Long March
3B carrier rocket? China
NASA’s New Horizon Spacecraft images revealed blue skies and numerous small
exposed regions of water ice on which planet? Pluto
UNHRC adopted resolution on ………. on report submitted by UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights. Sri Lanka
World Health Organisation removed all limitations on eligibility for Antiretroviral
Therapy among people living with …………. HIV
………….’s flag was raised for first time at United Nations headquarters in
New York. Palestine
Powerful Typhoon Koppu (also known as Lando) hit which countries with speed
of 240 kph.? Spain
President Pranab Mukherjee visited Jordan, Palestine and ………….., accompanied
by Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. Israel
……..India Africa Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in New Delhi. 4th
First National Tribal Carnival will be held in ……… from February 12 to 17, 2016. Delhi
Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2015 held in ……………….. Mexico
Which state’s government banned Ketoprofennonsteroid drug to save endangered
vulture population? Tamil Nadu
Which company opened India’s largest data center in Mumbai? NTT Communications
Who is the Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA)? Sharad Kumar
Who has been appointed as CEO and MD of Jabong? Sanjeev Mohanty
Who has become the first scientist of country who announced to return his Padma
Bhushan award? P.M. Bhargava
Who has been elected as Regional President of Indo-American Chamber of
Commerce (IACC) (South India) for 2015-16? N.V. Srinivasan
.…………..lawmakers unanimously elected a former guerrilla fighter Onsari Gharti
as the country’s first woman speaker of Parliament of a new government. Nepalese
BRICS nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa signed … Declaration
for co-investment of resources for supporting multilateral Research and
Development (R&D) Projects in mutually agreed areas. Moscow
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The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker welcomed the
signing of the grant agreement on the GIPL. GIPL stands for – Gas Interconnector
Poland – Lithuania
Which country has appointed Nasser Khan Janjua as the new
National Security Advisor (NSA)? Pakistan
TRAI has made it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate
consumers by one rupee for call drops with effect from __________. 1st January 2016
With which country NITRA under the Textile Ministry signed a MoU to promote
Indian textile enterprises in that country? Tajikistan
In partnership with which company, Tata Housing launched ‘Social sell’
campaign? Facebook
Which has been made mandatory by the government in order to start a new business? Aadhar card number
NATO allies and partner nations launched the Alliance’s Trident Juncture joint
military exercise at the Trapani air force base in _______. Italy
As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt. the GDP growth rate of China
was _____during the first half of 2015. 7%
Name Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2015? Urvashi Rautela
Which ministry reconstituted the Central Press Accreditation Committee (CPAC)? Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting
Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of MRF Limited? AB de Villiers
Which two countries inked an agreement on air security during the air strikes on
ISIS bases in Syria? Russia and USA
Bharti Airtel has struck a deal to sell ______ towers in seven of the 13 countries it
operates in across Africa. 8,300
NABARD sanctioned a loan of ___to the Haryana government under Rural Infrastructure
Development Fund for 2015-16. Rs. 134.64 crore
What is the rank of India on global business optimism Index? Second
How many British-Indians have secured a spot in top 10 of the ‘GG2 Power 101 list’? 7
Who has been appointed as the first-ever male member of the National Commission
of Women? Alok Rawat
For which amount Reliance Capital Asset Management announced takeover of
Goldman Sachs Asset Management India? Rs. 243 crore
According to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch what will be the growth rate
of India in this financial year? 7.4%
World Bank projected that remittances to India are expected to increase by how much
percent this year? 2.5%
Which country has offered $15 billion loan for India’s first bullet-train network? Japan
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Which department for the first time has drafted a National Policy on Capital
Goods? Department of Heavy Industry
Which software service firm appointed Ranganath D Mavinakere as Chief Financial
Officer (CFO)? Infosys
Telenor India appointed …………….. as new CEO. Aradhana Johri
Which bank conferred its Maharaja Sayajirao Bhasha Samman to poet and lyricist
Prasoon Joshi? Bank of Baroda
Coventry City (England) honoured to whom with its highest award for his contributions to
West Midlands region of central England? Ratan Tata
Government appointed committee under …………. submitted report for improving
monitoring of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) spending. Anil Baijal
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting reconstituted Central Press Accreditation
Committee that issues Press Information Bureau (PIB) cards to journalists ………….
is the chairman of committee. Frank Noronha
Which state government launched Mission Abaas urban housing mission to provide
affordable houses to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)? Odisha
Utkal Alumina International Limited (unit of Aditya Birla Group) launched Saksham
project for welfare of communities in ………….. Odisha
………… and Special Economic Zone inked a Memorandum of Understanding with
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to oversee operations of Kattupalli Port in Tamil Nadu. Adani Ports
…………. and Special Economic Zone signed an agreement with India Pulses and
Grains Association to handle import and exports of pulses across its ports in India. Adani Ports
…………. launched online fashion store Abof.com. Aditya Birla Group
Which bank became second bank after HDFC Bank to join Chillr payment platform
that enables payments through a mobile application? Bank of Baroda
Central Board of Excise and Customs increased limits for making any Tax Evader
liable for arrest and prosecution to ………… from existing 25 lakh (Central Excise),
10 lakh (Service Tax and Customs Duty). 1 Crore
Government increased basic customs duty on wheat from 10% to ………… for upto
31.03.2016. 25%
………… turned to United Nations over alleged obstruction of a key border trade point with
India which has resulted in shortage of essential goods like fuel and Others. Nepal
……… ecommerce platform tied up with Mumbai metro to offer online recharges of
Smart Cards. Paytm
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Who has been appointed as the wise chairman of the bank for International
Settlements (BIS)? Raghuram Rajan
Which state proposed Rs.405.17 crore plan on enhancing water supply in 11 AMRUT cities
during 2015-16? Telangana
Which bank received RBI approval to set up a mutual fund, asset management company
(AMC) and a trustee company? YES Bank
UN General Assembly elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and ………… as
nonpermanent members on Security Council for 2 years beginning 1 January 2016. Uruguay
Which corporation acquired SanDisk Corporation for 19 billion USD? Western Digital
Which company topped the list as world’s best company to work for third straight year? Google
Which country proposed 4point Peace Initiative with India for better relationships during
UN General Assembly? Pakistan
Which country became first European and 17th Overall country to sign Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) on Nalanda University? Portugal
Tata Power launched LED tube light scheme in ………… for providing five lights to
each household at 525 rupees per piece. Mumbai
Which state’s government announced 50 % subsidy on purchase of seeds to reduce
input costs for farmers? Telangana
Government announced to implement National Food Security Act 2013 in three
phases in which state? Uttar Pradesh
PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of fourth terminal of country’s largest container
port – Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in which city? Mumbai
President promulgated two ordinances, one for constitution of ………… and another
to amend Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. Commercial courts
Which country has imposed the state of emergency for 30 days? Maldives
Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Andhra Bank? Suresh N Patel
Who has been appointed chairperson of a committee to draft the new education policy? T.S.R. Subramanian
How many fee slab has been opened by the Indian Government for E-tourist Visa? 9
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) announced that the eight
core industries of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by ……… percent in
September 2015 as compared to 2.6 percent in September 2014. 3.2
Which bank has won the banking technology excellence award? Kerala Grameen Bank
RBI notified that the Foreign Institutional Inves tors (FIIs)/Registered Foreign
Portfolios Investors (RFPIs) can now invest up to ………. percent of the paid
up capital of DEN Networks Limited under the Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS). 74
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……………. has emerged as the most-watched Hindi channel in terms of time spent
per viewer ahead of top general entertainment channels (GEC). Doordarshan
Which company has to pay $234 million in patent lawsuit? Apple
