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1. The Government has extended the deadline for submission of public comments on
the proposed policy framework for net neutrality till ___________.
1) 20th August 2) 30th August 3) 1st September 4) 5th September 5) None of these
2. Which Hindi film was awarded as a best film on the second day of Indian Film Festival
of Melbourne (IFFM) 2015?
1) Dum Laga Ke Haisha 2) Piku
3) Bahubali 4) Drishyam 5) None of these
3. Who won the best actress award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2015?
1) Sonam Kapoor
2) Deepika Padukone
3) Bhumi Pednekar
4) Rani Mukherjee
5) None of these
4. Who won the best actor award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2015?
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Ajay Devgan
3) Shahrukh Khan
4) Irfan Khan
5) None of these
5. Name the title of the India-US Combined Military Training Exercise scheduled to be
held from 9th Sep’15 at Joint Base Lewis McChord in the USA?
1) EXPEDITION 2015
2) WAR EXERCISE 2015
3) YUDH ABHYAS 2015
4) YUDH SAMAGAM 2015
5) None of these
6. On 16th Aug’15, Hamida Salem passed away at her residence in Jamia Nagar, New
Delhi. She is a/an ______.
1) Urdu Writer
2) Politician 3) Singer
4) Poet
5) None of these
7. Which of the following countries declared State of Emergency due to over increasing
activity at the Cotopaxi volcano?
1) Ecuador
2) Colombia
3) Peru
4) Chile
5) None of these
8. Name the Indian badminton player who became the first Indian to win a silver in the
World Badminton Championship on 16th Aug’15?
1) Ashwani Ponappa
2) Aditya Joshi
3) Saina Nehwal
4) P Kashyap
5) None of these
9. Name the player who clinched the gold medal in the compound men’s individual section
in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 competition in Poland on 15th Aug’15?
1) Deepika Kumari
2) Abhishek Verma 3) Mangal Singh Champia
4) None of the above
5) None of these
10. In which country the first International Army Games was held?
1) China
2) Brazil
3) Kuwait
4) Russia
5) None of these
11. The 2015 US-India Cyber Dialogue was held on 11-12th August 15 in which city?
1) New Delhi 2) Geneva
3) Washington DC
4) Berlin
5) None of these
12. Which of the following organizations has been selected for the 2014 Gandhi Peace
Prize?
1) TERI 2) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
3) ISRO
4) DRDO
5) BARC
13. Who won the All England Badminton Championship for India?
1) P. Gopichand
2) Prakash Padukone
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Both 1 & 2
5) 1, 2 & 3
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14. Which of the following teams won the Ranji Trophy cricket in March 2015?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Mumbai
5) Delhi
15. Which State government launched Bhagyashree scheme for girls on 8th March 2015?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Karnataka 4) Goa
5) West Bengal
16. Hukam Singh passed away recently. He was the Chief Minister of?
1) Punjab
2) Rajasthan
3) Uttarakhand
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Haryana
17. Ajaypal Singh Banga is the President and CEO of?
1) Deutsche Bank
2) Citibank
3) Google
4) Master Card
5) SoftBank
18. Benetton Group is a global fashion brand based in?
1) France
2) Italy
3) Spain
4) UK 5) USA
19. Who is the author of the book “2014: The Election that Changed India”?
1) Prannoy Roy
2) Vinod Mehta
3) Rajdeep Sardesai
4) Shekar Gupta
5) Yashwant Sinha
20. Which of the following is not a team name in the Indian Super League (ISL) football
tournament?
1) Delhi Dynamos
2) Mumbai City
3) FC Goa
4) Kerala Blasters
5) North West United
21. Which one of the following countries is not a member of the European Union?
1) Austria
2) Estonia
3) Slovakia
4) Slovenia
5) Serbia
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22. Ultimate controller of Bank Deposits is?
1) RBI
2) Finance Secretary
4) Controller of Deposits
5) SEBI
3) Ministry of Finance
23. The Deposit Insurance Act came in to force in on 1st January_______
1) 1975
2) 1954
3) 1948
4) 1979
5) 1962
24. Around 2% revised rail passenger fares came into effect from 7 October, 2013 to
implement FAC. FAC stands for_______
1) Fuel Adjustment Component
2) Food Adjustment Component
3) Full Adjustment Component
4) Free Adjustment Component
5) Fuel Arrangement Component
25. Vayoshreshtha Samman to be given to _______
1) NRI
2) Senior Citizens
3) Doctors
4) Purohiths
5) Children
26. Banks usually collect penal rate of interest on _______for the pre mature withdrawal
of fixed deposits?
1) Principal
2) Rate of interest
3) Minimum deposit amount
4) Maturity amount
5) All of above
27. Fixed deposits can have_______
1) Nomination facility
2) Nomination facility with the permission of Bank Chairman.
3) Nomination facility by taking special permission from bank.
4) Nomination facility on the day of closing
5) Nomination facility with the permission of person who introduced him to open account.
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28. As per the direction of RBI, the banks can pay rate of interest on Fixed deposits’?
1) At intervals shorter than quarterly intervals also
2) Pay on quarterly basis alone
3) On half yearly basis only
4) As per the direction of government of India
5) None of these.
29. Idea of insuring deposits kept with banks received attention for the first time in the
year 1948 after the banking crises in?
1) Maharashtra
2) Karnataka
3) AP
4) Bengal
5) Goa
30. Which committee first time in India supported the concept of Insuring Deposits?
1) Rural Banking Deposit Committee 2) Urban Banking Enquiry Committee
3) Rural Banking Enquiry Committee 4) SBI Rural Banking Enquiry Committee
5) None of these.
31. After crash of the two banks, RBI seriously took the issue of insuring of deposits?
1) Palai Central Bank Ltd and Laxmi Bank Ltd
2) Laxmi Bank Ltd & General bank of India 3) Development Bank Corporation Limited & ICICI
4) Palai Central Bank Ltd and IDBI
5) None of these
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32. Which of the following terms NOT used in banking/finance related matters?
1) Discount Rate 2) Letter of credit 3) Policy Rate 4) Exchange rate 5) Base rate
33. Who amongst the following is the chief of SEBI?
1) Milind Bhave
2) UK Sinha
3) Shashikath Verma
4) Shyamala Gopinath
5) None of these
34. Which of the following is a leading electronic-payment technology firm?
1) Visa
2) Max
3) BSE
4) Sensex
5) SWAP
35. Global Market means market of :
1) USA
2) China
3) OPEC members
5) All major countries and their alliances
4) European Union countries
36. Who will be appointed as the next Dean of Indian School of Business (ISB)?
1) K M Sharma
2) Rajendra Srivastava
3) Praveen Sharma
4) Rahul Kullar
5) None of these
37. What is Komen?
1) It’s a new operating system
4) It’s the name of a cyclone
2) It’s a mobile application
5) None of these.
3) It’s a mobile virus
38. As per United Nations report, when India will become most populous country?
1) 2022
2) 2020
3) 2025
4) 2030
5) None of these.
39. Who is the new CEO of Procter & Gamble (P&G)?
1) Edward Reeds 2) Chris Lockhart 3) David Taylor 4) John Walley 5) None of these.
40. What is the name of the internet browser in Windows 10 operating system?
1) Cortana
2) Sword
3) Mozilla
4) Edge
5) None of these
41. Who won Junior Title at US Powerlifting Championships 2015?
1) Raj Chetty 2) C. M. Naim 3) Vijay Vazirani 4) Amitoj Chhabra 5) None of these
42. National Broadcasting Day is celebrated on _______?
1) 19 July
2) 21 July
3) 23 July
4) 27 July 5) None of these
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43. Which city named as World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO?
1) Accra
2) Conakry
3) Addis Ababa
4) Madrid 5) None of these
44. A book “Lord Jagannath” authored by ______.
1) Dr. Jagannath Patnaik
2) Vasant Sarwate
4) Prasnna Kumar Patsani
5) None of these
3) Rohinton Mistry
45. Book titled ‘’President’s Bodyguards’’ by ______.
1) Rajnath Singh
2) Uma Bharati
3) Sushma Swaraj
4) Narendra Modi
5) None of these
46. Which among the following accounts fetch the highest rate of interest?
1) Savings deposit
2) Recurring deposit
3) Fixed deposit
4) Current account deposit
5) 1 and 4
47. The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade between
nations. Who is the Director General of WTO?
1) Roberto Azevedo
2) Christine Legarde 3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Oliver Ralph Kahn
5) None of the above
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48. RBI on October, 7th 2013, has reduced Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate from
9.5% to 9% to improve liquidity in the system. What is MSF?
1) MSF rate is the rate at which banks lodge funds overnight with RBI buying approved
government securities.
2) MSF rate is the rate at which banks borrow funds overnight from other banks against
approved government securities.
3) MSF rate is the rate at which banks borrow funds overnight from RBI against approved
government securities.
4) MSF rate is the minimum rate at which banks lend to the borrowers.
5) None of the above
49. Between 2007-08 to 2012-13, the value of Card spending rose to Rs.1.97 Lakh Crores.
A raise in Cards spending indicates?
1) Transformation to ‘Cashless Economy’
2) Low inflation
3) Raising incomes
4) Falling prices
5) None of the above
50. What is NOT true with regard to ‘Carbon Credit’?
1) It is a tradable certificate or permit.
2) It represents the right of an Industry to emit certain quantity of Carbon Dioxide.
3) Carbon Credits mechanism was formalized in Kyoto Protocol.
4) Carbon Credits are currently traded on 5 exchanges across the globe.
5) None of the above.
51. Nasa announces discovery of new planet seen as ‘close cousin’ to Earth .
1) Kepler 450c
2) Kepler 440b
3) Kepler 270c
4) Kepler 452b
5) None of these
52. A book “Early Hindu Temples of Gujarat,” by _______.
1) Salman Rushdie
2) Arundhati Roy
4) Varun Maira
5) None of these
3) Vikram Seth
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53. 46 Indian Labour Conference held in ______.
1) New Delhi 2) Panji
3) Mumbai
4) Shimla
5) None of these
54. India ranks at _______ position in terms of power generation from nuclear source as
per data published in May 2015 by PRIS of IAEA.
1) 3rd
2) 7th
3) 2th
4) 21st
5) None of these
55.
“Journey of a Curious Mind” authored ______.
1) Prasnna Kumar Patsani
2) Vikram Seth
4) Dr. Jagannath Patnaik
5) None of these
3) V.S. Naipaul
56. Who appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Myntra?
1) Sachin Bansal
2) Ananth Narayanan
3) Satish Mane
4) Binny Bansal
5) None of these
57. New fish species named Puntius Dolichopterus discovered in _____.
1) Goa
2) Odisha
3) Maharashtra
4) Kerala
5) None of these
58. Who won Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014 Award ?
1) Pamarthy Shankar
2) Barun Roy
3) S. Jithesh
4) Shubham Gupta
5) None of these
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59. Who won the Best Documentary Producer award at Madrid International Film Festival?
1) Ikram Akhtar
2) Jayantilal Gada
3) Rohit Gupta
4) Benoy Behl
5) None of these
60. Who appointed as Chairperson of FSSAI ?
1) Dr. S.S. Negi
2) Bhanu Pratap Sharma
4) Sundari Subramaniam
5) None of these
3) Arun Narendhranath
61. Who awarded with first-ever Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize?
1) Helena Ndume, Jorge Sampaio
2) Joan Levy Zlotnik, Tamara Grigsby
3) Joe Kort, Mariko Yamada
4) Celia Williamson, llen DeVoe
5) None of these
62. Who selected for Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015?
1) William Dalrymple
2) irfan habib
3) S. T. Joshi
4) Ramachandra Guha
5) None of these
63. A book entitled “Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity” authored by _______.
1) Basharat Peer
2) Fareed Zakaria
3) M. Raisur Rahman
4) Mirza Abul Fazl
5) None of these
64. Who won IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf event 2015?
1) S M Krishna
2) Rohit Varma
3) Sachin Sharma
4) Shubham Jaglan
5) None of these
65. Who won Royal Society’s Copley Medal, the world’s oldest scientific prize?
1) Brian Cox
2) Peter Higgs
3) Jocelyn Bell Burnell
4) John Pendry
5) None of these
66. A book entitled “Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity” authored by _______.
1) Basharat Peer
2) Fareed Zakaria
3) M. Raisur Rahman
4) Mirza Abul Fazl
5) None of these
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67. On 15th Aug’15, which of the following campaigns was announced by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi during his Independence Day Address?
1) Start-up India, Stand up India
2) Start and Run India 3) Learn and Earn India
4) Skilled and Expert India
5) None of these
68. Name the new name of the Agriculture Ministry as proposed by the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address to the nation on 15th Aug’15?
1) Ministry of Indian Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
2) Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Ministry 3) Ministry of Indian Agriculture and Welfare
4) Agriculture and Welfare Ministry
5) None of these.
69. Which state’s Chief Minister has launched an official twitter account of Taj Mahal on
15th Aug’15?
1) Delhi
2) Bihar
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) None of these
70. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board?
1) Atul Chaturvedi
2) Aradhan Jauhari
3) S P Goel
4) Ajit Kumar Seth
5) None of these
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71. Name the Indian cricketer who became the first player in test cricket history to take 8
catches in a match?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Ajinkya Rahane
3) Virat Kohli
4) Shikhar Dhawan
5) None of these
72. With which country India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to tackle
the menace of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) smuggling in Aug’15?
1) Myanmar
2) China
3) Pakistan 4) Bangladesh
5) None of these
73. Which bank has launched the fist contactless debit, credit and multi-currency forex
card?
1) Axis Bank 2) ICICI Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) SBI
5) None of these
74. Arundhati Bhattacharya is in news recently. She is going to be?
1) 1st woman Deputy Governor of RBI
2) 1st woman Chair Person of SBI
3) 1st woman Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
4) 1st woman Finance Secretary to Govt. of India
5) None of the above
75. National Spot Exchange (NSEL) is the news for defaulting payments to investors.
Who is the founder promoter of FT?
1) Jignesh Shah
2) Harshad Mehta
3) Ketan Parekh
4) A K Telgi
5) None of the above
76. India’s 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
77. 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
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78. 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
79. 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
80. 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
81. 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
82. 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
83. 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
84. 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
85. Which of the following telecommunication companies launched free pan India roaming
scheme on 15 Jun? This scheme will allow company’s 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
86. In which country, two powerful bomb blasts occurred outside a hugely popular Lord
Brahma temple on 17th Aug’15?
1) Bangladesh 2) Thailand
3) Indonesia 4) Singapore 5) None of these
87. In 2014-15, Food grain production in country is estimated to have declined by _____.
1) 0.32%
2) 2.34%
3) 3.12%
4) 4.66%
5) None of these
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88. Who has been appointed as the 23 Chief justice of Pak Supreme Court on 17th
Aug’15?
1) Nasirul Mulk
2) Mamnoon Hussain
3) Jawwad S Khawaja
4) Shiraj Hussain
5) None of these
89. Who has won the Rogers Cup Masters tournament held in Canada on 17th Aug’15?
1) Andy Murray
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Leander Paes
4) Rafael Nadal
5) None of these
90. In Golf, what position has been achieved by Anirban Lahiri at the US PGA
championship, Whistling Straits?
1) 1st
2) 3rd
3) 5th
4) 2nd
5) None of these
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91. On 17th Aug’15, from which city direct flights to Sharjah was inaugurated?
1) Pune
2) Varanasi 3) Lucknow 4) Kochi
5) None of these
92. 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
93. The central govt has approved increasing India’s 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
94. 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
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95. Find the ‘odd man out’ of the following?
1) Walmart
2) Tesco
3) Carrefour 4) Big Bazar
5) Ikea
96. One of the Primary functions of IMF is to provide short term capital assistance to member
countries through SDR (Special Drawing Rights). What is NOT true about SDR?
1) Currency code of SDR is XDR
2) SDR is the Unit of Account of IMF
3) Asian Development Bank (AD2) also uses SDR as its Currency
4) SDR can be exchanged only for US Dollar, British Pound, and Euro & Japanese Yen
5) None of the above
97. Main functions of Money?
1) Medium of Exchange
4) Only ‘1’ and ‘2’ of the above
2) Unit of Account
5) ‘1’, ‘2’ & ‘3’ of the above
3) Store of Value
98. M/s XYZ company has got an order to supply Machinery to M/s ABC Co of Nigeria.
Who has to get a Letter of Credit issued from a Bank?
1) M/s ABC since they are the importers
2) M/s XYZ since they are the exporters
3) Both since they are the parties to the agreement
4) RBI since they regulate the Foreign Trade in India 5) None of the above
99.
What is ‘Packing Credit’?
1) Finance extended to packing materials industry
2) Finance extended to an Importer to pack the goods imported
3) Finance extended to Warehouses for keeping the goods packages
4) Finance extended to an Exporter to meet the costs of buying and/ or making products to
be exported
5) None of the above
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100. What is NOT true with regard to Currency Chests in India?
1) They are managed by different banks on behalf of RBI
2) Deposits in Currency Chests are taken into account for calculation of CRR (Cash
Reserve Ratio)
3) Standard Chartered Bank a Foreign Bank also maintains Currency Chest
4) Coins are also stored in Currency Chests
5) None of the above
101. For which state, PM Narendra Modi announced Rs. 1.25 Lakh Crore special package
on 18th Aug’15?
1) Bihar
2) Telangana 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Uttarakhand 5) None of these
102. Around which sanctuary located in the national capital region, the demarcation of
eco-sensitive zone has been completed by the government?
1) National Bird Sanctuary
2) Okhla Bird Sanctuary
3) Gautam Buddha Vihar Sanctuary 4) Buddha Bird Sanctuary
5) None of these
103. Name the wife of President Pranab Mukherjee who passed away on 18th Aug’15 ?
1) Sonam Mukherjee
2) Annapurna Mukherjee
3) Suvra Mukherjee
4) Akshita Das
5) None of these
104. On 18th Aug’15 which of the following courts directed the chief secretary of Uttar
Pradesh to ensure that government servants, representatives of people, Judiciary
etc send their wards to the government primary school of the state , so that they
become serious enough to ensure good condition of primary schools?
1) Delhi High Court
2) Allahabad High Court
3) Supreme Court
4) Bombay High Court
5) None of these
105. The headquarter of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is located at
______.
1) Durban
2) Masdar
3) Beijing
4) New Delhi
5) None of these
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106. Which country did PM Narendra Modi visit on 16 Aug’15?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) Kuwait
4) UAE
5) None of these
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107. Name the India based airlines that signed a massive deal to purchase 250 aircrafts
from Europe’s Airbus Company?
1) Vistara Airlines
2) Indian Airlines
3) SpiceJet Airways
4) Indigo Airlines
5) None of these
108. Which political group emerged as the largest group to win the Sri Lankan polls held
in Aug’15?
1) United National Party
2) Lanka Desham Party
3) Tamil National Party
4) None of these
5) None of these
109. According to ASSOCHAM, which State led the employment generation in
manufacturing sector of the country in 2012-13?
1) Andhra Pradeh
2) Tamil Nadu 3) Karnataka 4) Punjab 5) None of these
110. Name the mobile wallet app launched by the State Bank of India on 18th Aug’15?
1) Wallet
2) Apna Purse
3) InstantPay 4) Buddy
5) None of these
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111. How many Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) have been suspended by the
orders issued by RBI under RBI Act, 1934?
1) 2
2) 5
3) 7
4) 10
5) None of these
112. Which state government of India launched one stop centre “Sakhi” to help women in
distress?
1) Chattisgarh 2) Haryana
3) Utter Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these
113. Which of the following banks has been declared by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as
Domestic systematically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
1) HDFC and ICICI
2) ICICI and SBI
3) SBI and HDFC
4) PNB and SBI
5) None of these
114. The central govt has approved increasing India’s 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
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115. 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
116. 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
117. What is India’s ranking in the 2015 Global Peace Index out of 162 countries?
1) 154 2) 143
3) 112 4) 72
5) 69 118. 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
119. 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
120. The Election Commission has suspended the recognition of PA Sangma-led National
People’s Party? The party was a recognized state party in the state of
1) Rajasthan 2) Assam
3) Sikkim 4) Meghalaya
5) None of these
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121. 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
122. Recently Parliament has pass-ed Companies Act 2013. What is NOT true with regard
to some of the features of the Act?
1) An Individual can set up “One person Private Ltd Company”
2) An independent Director can hold 3 consecutive terms of 3 years
3) Listed Companies must have at least 1/3rd independent Directors
4) Prescribed Companies must have at least 1 woman Director on the Board
5) A Private Ltd Company can have a maximum of 200 members
123. What is ‘Net Interest Margin’ of a Bank?
1) Margin of Interest earned on Trading in Govt Securities
2) Difference between the Base Interest Rate and the Average Lending Rate
3) Difference between the interest income and the amount of interest paid out
4) Difference between Interest on Term Loans and Interest on Cash Credits
5) None of the above
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124. What is the World’s largest functioning Oil Refinery?
1) Reliance Refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat 2) IOC Refinery in Digboi, Assam
3) HPCL Mumbai Refinery
4) Paraguana Refinery, Venezuela
5) Exxon Mobil Refinery, Singapore
125. 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
126. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Security Council consists of fifteen members.
2. The body’s presidency rotates yearly among its members.
1) Only 1
2) Only 2 3) Both 1 & 2 4) All of these 5) None of these
127. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces received Nobel peace prize in 1988.
2. UN Security Council has authority to refer cases to the International Criminal Court in
which the court could not otherwise exercise jurisdiction.
1) Only 1
2) Only 2
3) Both 1 and 2
4) None of these
5) All of these
128. Coffee club is group of a nation for the purpose of
1) Increasing the coffe production throughout the world
2) Discussion about peaceful non- nuclear world
3) Demanding reforms in the United Nations Security Council
4) Opposition to the possible expansion of the United Nations Security Council.
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129. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Grama Jyothi is a sheme for rural development launched by Uttar Pradesh government.
2. The programme envisages empowering gram panchayats for all-round development of
villages in areas of sanitation and drinking water, health and nutrition, education, social
security and poverty reduction, natural resources, agriculture and infrastructure.
1) Only 1
2) Only 2 3) Both 4) None of these
5) All of these
130. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Economic Intelligence Council is the apex forum overseeing government agencies
responsible for economic intelligence and combating economic offences in India.
2. The Economic Intelligence Council is under chairmanship of Director General of the
Central Economic Intelligence Bureau.
1) Only 1
2) Only 2
3) Both
4) None of these
5) All of these
131. Okhla Sanctuary is situated in
1) Chandigarh 2) Noida 3) Patna 4) Jaipur
5) None of these
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132. Which airport became first in the world to be powered by solar energy?
1) Bangalore
2) London
3) Kochi 4) San Francisco 5) None of these
133. In which Indian state largest deposits of lignite coal are found?
1) Jharkhand 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Odisha
4) Chattisgarh 5) None of these
134. India signed MoU with which country to solve the menace of fake currency?
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Sri Lanka 4) Bangladesh 5) None of these
135. Which of the following statements are correct about Swacha bharat mission?
1. This campaign aims to accomplish the vision of a ‘Clean India’ by 2nd October 2019
2. Fund sharing between the Central Government and the State Government and Urban
Local Bodies (ULBs) is 75%: 25% (90% : 10% for North Eastern and special category
states).
3. The program aims to to make India “open defecation free” by 2015.
1) 1, 2 2) 2, 3
3) 1, 3 4) All of these 5) None of these
136. Which of the following instruments are used in Hindustani classical music ?
1. Tabala
2. Sarangi
3. Veena
4. Jalatarangam
1) 1 and 2
2) 2,4
3) 3 and 4 4) All of these
5) None of these
137. 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
138. 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
139. 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
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140. Which of the following countries has produced world’s first electric passenger
plane‘BX1E’ which has gained an airworthiness certificate?
1) Switzerland 2) China
3) Germany 4) Sweden
5) None of these
141. Keith Vaz has been re-elected as chair of the British Parliament’s influential home
affairs select committee. He is the Britain’s longest-serving MP of
1) Chinese-origin 2) Pakistani-origin
3) Indian-origin 4) Nepalese-origin
5) None of these
142. 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
143. The Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP), which evaluates a
country’s readiness for Basel III norms, is conducted by
1) World Bank 2) IMF 3) ADB 4) BIS
5) None of these
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144. 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
145. 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
146. Japan’s parliament passed a bill to lower the voting age to _____ recently.
1) 25 2) 21
3) 19 4) 18
5) None of these
147. Reserve Bank of India on 13 August 2015 notified the Union Budget-2015-16 Interest
Subvention Scheme (ISS) and asked all banks to provide interest concession of 2
percent on short term crop loans of up to ________ rupees.
1) 1 lakh
2) 3 lakh
3) 6 lakh
4) 11 lakh
5) None of these
148. 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
149. World population day is celebrated on _______?
1) 7 July
2) 9 July
3) 11 July
4) 13 July
150. Who won the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015?
1) Japan
2) Germany 3) England
4) USA
151. Who won gold for India at Archery World Cup 2015 ?
1) Jayanta Talukdar
2) Abhishek Verma
4) Atul Verma
5) None of these
5) None of these
5) None of these
3) Dhaniram Basumatary
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152. Who appointed as MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda?
1) Arunma Oteh
2) Ravi Venkatesan
4) PS Jayakumar
5) None of these
3) TC Venkat Subramanian
153. Who appointed as CEO of Canara Bank?
1) Rakesh Sharma
2) T N Manoharan
4) T C V Subramainian
5) None of these
3) G Narayanan
154. Who won 2015 Gujar Mal Modi award for innovative science and technology?
1) Pradyut Ghosh
2) Mustansir Barma
3) D. Sivananda Pai
4) Upinder S. Bhalla
5) None of these
155. The “Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy” is associated with which sports?
1) Cricket
2) Badminton 3) Hockey
4) Foot ball
5) None of these
156. 2015 United States-India Cyber Dialogue held in ________.
1) Mumbai
2) New York City
3) New Delhi
4) Washington, DC
5) None of these
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157. Who became India’s first woman to play in English league football?
1) Aditi Chauhan
2) Anjana Saikia
3) Sangita Basfore
4) Sasmita Malik
5) None of these
158. Who appointed as MD and CEO of IDBI Bank ?
1) Ravi Venkatesan
2) G Padmananbhan
4) Hasmukh Adhia
5) None of these
159. Which bank launches mobile wallet app ‘Buddy’?
1) PNB
2) Bank of Maharashtra
3) HDFC
3) Kishor Piraji Kharat
4) SBI
5) None of these
160. Which bank launched locker facility named ‘Smart Vault’.
1) Bank of Baroda
2) ICICI Bank
3) SBI
4) Yes Bank 5) None of these
161. Which union ministry launched the smart National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)
recently?
1) Ministry of Railways
2) Ministry of Home Affairs 3) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4) Ministry of Urban Development
5) None of these
162. Book titled ‘Mrs Funnybones’ authored by _________.
1) Twinkle Khanna
2) Rinke Khanna
4) Akshay Kumar
5) None of these
3) Dimple Kapadia
163. Who conferred with ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ Award ?
1) Babasaheb Purandare
2) Anna Hazare
4) Ajinkya Dev
5) None of these
3) Vikas Amte
164. ‘Making India Awesome’ authored by ________.
1) Rohinton Mistry
2) Arundhati Roy
4) Jhumpa Lahiri
5) None of these
3) Chetan Bhagat
165. Who sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
1) Maithripala Sirisena
2) Ranil Wickremesinghe
4) Thalatha Atukorale
5) None of these
3) Sarath Amunugama
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166. Who appointed as CMD of Air India Limited?
1) Ashwani Lohani
2) Jaspreet Singh
4) C.B.S. Venkataramana
5) None of these
3) J.S. Deepak
167. Which became first country to receive funds from UN for Solar Home Systems?
1) India
2) Bangladesh
3) Nepal
4) Taiwan
5) None of these
168. Pakistan and _____ signed defence agreement that includes the sale of four Mi-35 helicopters.
1) Russia
2) America
3) South Korea 4) North Korea
5) None of these
169. Who won the James Tait Black Award 2015 ?
1) Tahmima Anam
2) Taslima Nasrin
4) Haider Rahman
5) None of these
3) Imdadul Haq Milon
170. World Humanitarian Day is observed on ________.
1) 17 August
2) 19 August 3) 21 August 4) 24 August
171. Who appointed as new CEO of Google?
1) Sundar Pichai
2) Satya Nadella
4) Shantanu Narayen
5) None of these
5) None of these
3) Ajaypal Singh Banga
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172. Google Creates Parent Company Called _________.
1) Alphabet Inc 2) Google corporate Inc 3) Zessta Inc 4) Xylem Inc 5) None of these
173. Who awarded with Germany’s Cross of Order of the Merit?
1) Abraham Verghese
2) Anindya Sinha
3) Avinash Dixit
4) Raghavendra Gadagkar
5) None of these
174. Who appointed as Governor of Bihar ?
1) J.P. Rajkhowa
2) Ram Nath Kovind
3) E. S. L. Narasimhan
4) Vajubhai Vala
5) None of these
175. Who conferred with PATWA 2015 award ?
1) Dilip Parulekar
2) Omprakash Singh 3) Sudhir Mungantiwar
4) Sunil Kumar Pintu
5) None of these
176. Which Asian country to become first member of CERN (European Organization for
Nuclear Research)?
1) China
2) Japan
3) India
4) Pakistan
5) None of these.
177. India’s first Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS)
was commissioned in Kochi, Kerala. First of its kind system in the country is part of
initiatives to strengthen and beef up coastal security in the western coastline. Which
of the following statement is not correct about it?
1) This Harbour Defence and Surveillance System was Designed by Israel Aerospace
Industries (IAI).
2) This automated system capable of detecting, identifying, tracking and generating warning
for surface and underwater threats.
3) The system has been contracted by Integrated Headquarters of Union Ministry of Defence
in 2012. Henceforth it will operate under the control of the Naval Officer-in-Charge (Kerala)
4) Presently, similar kind of systems are fitted in over 150 locations across the world including
in South America, Caribbean, Mediterranean countries and Africa.
5) None of these.
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178. Union Government has conferred Arjuna Award on Indian cricket team off-spinner
bowler Ravichandran Ashwin. With this Ashwin became ______ cricketer to receive
the prestigious award.
1) 48th
2) 49th
3) 47th
4) 46th
5) None of these
179. India’s 14 year old Prabhroop Sekhon has won two gold medals in the Special Olympics
World Summer Games held at ______. He won the medals in 300 metre and 500 metre
Roller Skating event.
1) Philadelphia, US
2) New York, US
3) Los Angeles, US
4) Iowa City, US
5) None of these.
180. Andhra Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
with a/an ______ firm for iron ore mining projects in Kurnool and Kadapa districts.
1) Australian
2) American 3) Argentinian
4) Brazilian
5) None of these.
181. What is an Indian Depository Receipt?
1) A deposit account with a Public Sector Bank
2) A depository account with any of depositories
3) An instrument in the form of depository receipt created by an Indian depository against
underlying equity shares of the issuing company
4) An instrument in the form of deposit receipt issued by Indian depositories
5) None of these.
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182. Land Development Banks form a part of the?
1) Commercial Banks
2) Industrial Development Bank of India
3) Food Corporation of India 4) Co-operative Credit Structure
5) None of these
183. Which of the following cannot be called as a value Added Service offered by bank?
1) Special Accounts for poor sections of society
2) Accident Insurance Cover
3) Instant credit of outstations cheques
4) Free cheque books
5) All of these
184. The minimum number of women required for formation of women groups under
Development of women and children in Rural Areas Programme is?
1) 20
2) 15
3) 10
4) 05
5) None of these
185. What is the full form of ‘FINO’, a term we see frequently in financial newspapers?
1) Financial Investment Network and Operations
2) Farmer’s Investment in National Organization
3) Farmers Inclusion News and Operations
4) Financial Inclusion Network and Operations
5) None of these
186. With an aim to provide better services to the debit card holders, the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has directed all commercial and public sector banks to introduce new
Automated Teller Machines (ATM) that can deliver lower denomination notes such
as?
1) Rs 10
2) 20
3) 50
4) None of the above 5) All the above
187. Which of the following banks is limited to the needs of agriculture and rural finance?
1) RBI
2) SBI
3) IFC
4) NABARD
5) Axis Bank
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188. Open-market operations of Reserve Bank of India refer to?
1) Trading in securities
2) Auctioning
3) Transaction in gold
4) All of these
5) None of these
189. Which of the following has introduced a new tool named Data Warehousing and
Business Intelligence System for speedy analysis of data and identification of
violations?
1) IRDA
2) SBI
3) RBI
4) TRAI
5) None of these
190. The Reserve Bank hiked the limit for foreign investment in Asset Reconstruction
Companies (ARCs) from the earlier cap of 49 percent to?
1) 74 %
2) 47 %
3) 57 %
4) 72 %
5) None of the above
191. IndusInd Bank has acquired the diamond and jewellery (bullion) financing business
and related deposit portfolio of which Bank?
1) HSBC Holdings, UK
2) ICBC, China
3) Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain
4) Banco Bradesco, Brazil
5) None of these.
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192. Veteran Sri Lankan ______ Santasilan Kadirgamar passed away in Colombo.
1) Scientist
2) Historian
3) Proffesor 4) Journalist 5) None of these.
193. On which day World Hepatitis Day is being observed every year around the globe?
1) July 25
2) July 26
3) July 27
4) July 28
5) None of these.
194. Who among the following was appointed as the chairman of telecom regulator Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 27 July 2015?
1) R. K. Arnold
2) Sudheer Gupta
3) R S Sharma
4) Rahul Khullar
5) None of these.
195. Indian women’s recurve archery team has won silver medal in World Archery
Championship held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Who among the following is not the
member of Indian women’s team?
1) Laxmirani Majhi
2) Deepika Kumari
3) Rimil Buriuly
4) Dola Banerjee
5) None of these
196. New species of butterfly called Banded Tit discovered in which state?
1) Maharashtra
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Udisha
5) None of these
197. India’s first Earthquake Warning System successfully installed in which state?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Jharkhand 3) Gujarat 4) Maharashtra 5) None of these
198. Who became first Indian to win a Gold Medal at World University Games in Gwangju?
1) Siddarth Guha
2) Abhijit Mudigonda
3) Inderjeet Singh
4) Rohan Sharma
5) None of these
199. Who became 1st British-Asian appointee to ECB Management Board?
1) Jas Binag
2) Shobna Gulati
3) Indira Joshi
4) Lord Kamlesh Patel
5) None of these
200. Who won Wimbledon 2015 Women’s title?
1) Agnieszka Radwaska
2) Garbine Muguruza
4) Serena Williams
5) None of these
3) Maria Sharapova
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201. The National Green Tribunal has asked Delhi Government to stop unauthorized sand
mining on the ________ riverbed.
1) Yamuna
2) Ganga
3) Indus
4) Kosi
5) None of these
202. Name the President of Seychelles who will arrive in New Delhi on 25th Aug’15 on a
three-day visit to India?
1) James Alix Michel
2) Alexis Tsipras
3) Joel Morgan
4) Jean Paul Adam
5) None of these
203. Who has asked both India and Italy to “suspend” all court proceedings involving two
Italian marines charged with killing of two Indian fishermen in 2012 and also refrain
from initiating new ones that might “aggravate or extend” the dispute?
1) United States
2) UN Court
3) G-20 Countries
4) G5 countries
5) None of these
204. With which country has India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the
construction of cross-border petroleum pipeline at the Ministry for Commerce and
Supplies on 24th Aug’15?
1) Myanmar
2) Bangladesh
3) China
4) Nepal
5) None of these
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205. Which country’s Prime Minister became the first PM to visit the resting place of
Indigenous land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo?
1) USA
2) Australia
3) India
4) Japan
5) None of these
206. The ‘Legion d’honneur’ award is the highest award of which of the following countries?
1) Brazil
2) Spain
3) Greece
4) France
5) None of these
207. On 24th Aug’15 which Community protested in Rajasthan by taking out silent procession at many places against recent Rajasthan High Court order on ‘Santhara’ ritual?
1) Jain
2) Marwari
3) Gujjar
4) Meena
5) None of these
208. In which of the following cities the war museum has been established to mark the
Golden Jubilee celebration year of 1965 war between India and Pakistan?
1) Ladakh
2) Srinagar 3) Jaipur
4) Jodhpur 5) None of these
209. Which of the following companies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
Andhra Pradesh government to launch the ‘Smart Village’ programme in Vijayawada?
1) ICICI Bank 2) Tata Trust 3) L&T Infra 4) Adani Builders
5) None of these
210. What amount has been fixed by the government as a target of loan disbursement
under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) to small business units during the
current fiscal?
1) 1.22 Lakh Crore
2) 3.65 Thousand Crore
3) 500 Crore
4) 980 Crore
5) None of these
211. Which country has won the Ashes Test Series that ended on 23rd Aug’15?
1) India
2) Australia 3) England
4) None of these 5) All of these
212. Which of the following bowlers was fined for 65 per cent of his match fee for breaching
the ICC Code of Conduct twice on 23rd Aug’15?
1) Bhomesh Kumar
2) Mitchell Johnson
3) Ishant Sharma
4) None of these
5) None of these
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213. Name the state that has announced the world’s largest solar power station of 750
Mega Watts (MW) capacity to be established in one of its state’s district?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) None of these
214. Which is /are the following reasons for the BSE Sensex to fall by 1624.51 pints and
close at 25,741.56 on 24th Aug’15?
1) Economic Crisis in Greece
2) Slowing Chinese economy
3) Devaluation of Chinese currency
4) Bailout of Greece Economy
5) None of these
215. India has imposed Anti- dumping duty on potassium carbonate imports from which
of the following countries?
1) China and South Korea
2) Singapore and Taiwan
3) Taiwan and China
4) South Korea and Taiwan
5) None of these
216. Who among the following personalities bestowed with the 2015 Gujar Mal Modi Award
recently?
1) Prof. Mustansir Barma
2) N. Valarmathi
3) Jothimani Gowthaman
4) T K Anuradha
5) None of these
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217. Who is the first recipient of Dr. A. P.J. Abdul Kalam Award, instituted by Government
of Tamil Nadu in 2015?
1) Prof. Mustansir Barma
2) N. Valarmathi
3) Jothimani Gowthaman
4) T K Anuradha
5) None of these
218. The “Accessible India” campaign is associated with which of the following fields?
1) Tourism
2) Child Education
3) Empowerment of Gram Panchayats
4) Physically disabled persons
5) None of these
219. In context of banking, what does ‘BBB’ stands for ______?
1) Bank Broadcast Bureau
2) Bank Beneficial Bureau
3) Bank Blogger Bureau
4) Bank Board Bureau Show 5) None of these
220. Who has been selected for the presigious 2014 US National Humanities Medal?
1) Alice McMurtry
2) Larry waters
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) All of the above
5) None of these
221. Which of the following has recently acquired Bengaluru-based HomeBuy360?
1) Housing.com
2) SoftBank
3) Indian Real Estate Forum (IREF)
4) None of the above
5) None of these
222. The West-Central Railway (WCR) zone has become the first Railway zone in India
Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossing. Where is the headquarters of this
zone?
1) Jhansi
2) Kanpur
3) Jabalpur
4) Kota
5) None of these
223. Which state government has launched “Grama Jyothi” Scheme to empower gram
panchayats?
1) Telangana 2) Bihar
3) Odisha
4) Tripura
5) None of these
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224. To empower women the “Women-20 (W20) group has been launched by G20. Who is
the newly appointed president of the w20 group?
1) Lakshmipuri
2) Christine Lagarde
3) Angel Gurria
4) Gulden Turktan
5) None of these
225. India, Slovak Republic signed MoU for technical cooperation in ________.
1) Defense Sector 2) Railway Sector 3) Health Sector 4) Shipping Sector 5) None of these
226. 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
227. 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
228. 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)
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229. 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
230. 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
231. 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
3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
4) Yes Bank
5) None of these
232. 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
233. 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
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234. 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
235. 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
236. Name the telemedicine initiative launched by the government on 25th Aug’15 in
collaboration with Apollo Hospitals to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas?
1) Swasthya
2) Swasth
3) Sehat
4) Poshan
5) None of these
237. Centre has informed Supreme Court that political parties should not be brought under
the ambit of Right to Information, RTI Act by terming them ________.
1) PublicAuthorities
2) PrivateAuthorities 3) IndependentAuthorities
4) DemocraticAuthorities
5) None of these
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238. Name the typhoon that hit the Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu on 25th Apr’15?
1) Soudelor
2) Halola
3) Pirana
4) Goni
5) None of these
239. Which country would be compensated by Russia for seizing a ship belonging to the
pressure group, Greenpeace, during a protest against Arctic oil drilling, as ordered
by an International court of arbitration in The Hague?
1) Ukraine
2) Latvia
3) Germany 4) Netherland
5) None of these
240. Which of the following countries has condemned deportations of its citizens after
Venezuela closed its border with its eastern neighbour last week?
1) Colombia
2) Brazil
3) Guyana
4) Panama
5) None of these
241. As per the report by Alzheimer Disease International, by which year number of people
suffering from dementia in the world would triple to more than a hundred and thirty
million?
1) 2022
2) 2050
3) 2056
4) 2060
5) None of these
242. Which of the following countries released its last known Ebola patient from a hospital
on 24th Aug’15?
1) Sierr Leone 2) Guinea
3) Liberia
4) Senegal
5) None of these
243. Who has been sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Maharashtra on 24th Aug’15?
1) Justice Vinod Tawde
2) Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani
3) Justice Ravindra Singh
4) Justice PB Gaikwad
5) None of these
244.Who among the following would not be conferred by Dronacharya Award for the year 2015?
1) Anoop Singh
2) Harbans Singh
3) Swatantar RajSingh
4) Romeo James
5) None of these
245. Who among the following would not be conferred by Dhyan Chand Award for the
year 2015?
1) Shiv Prakash Mehra
2) T.P.P.Nair
3) Romeo James
4) Ajay Vishwakarma
5) None of these
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246. Name the woman journalist who won the prestigious 2015 Peter Mackler Award for
Courageous and Ethical Journalism?
1) Zaina Erhaim
2) Anjana Kashyap
3) Christiane Amanpour
4) Barbara Walters
5) None of these
247. Which state will host the Youth Delphic Games in February 2016?
1) Maharashtra
2) Goa
3) Karnataka
4) Gujarat
5) None of these
248. Book titled India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension authored by
_______.
1) Rajiv Dogra
2) Twinkle Khanna
3) Chiki Sarkar
4) Amiya Chandra
5) None of these
249. Which Bank launched watch banking application for Apple Watch ?
1) SBI
2) HDFC
3) ICICI
4) Citi
5) None of these
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250. Book ‘’37 Bridges and Other Stories’’ authored by _______.
1) Kamila Shamsie
2) Mohsin Hamid
3) Aamer Hussein
4) Fatima Bhutto
5) None of these.
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