GENERAL AWARENESS
OCTOBER–2015
List of Important Days
October 1
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World Vegetarian Day.
October 1
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International Day for Older Persons (Senior Citizens Day)
Theme - ‘Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment’)
October 2
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International Day of Non-Violence (Gandhi Jayanti)
October 2
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National Anti-Drug Addiction Day
October 5
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(first Monday of October) - World Habitat Day (Theme -‘Public Spaces for All’)
October 9
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(second Friday of October) World Egg Day
October 9
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World Post Day
October 11
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International Day of Girl Child
(Theme - ‘The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030’)
October 16
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World Food Day (Theme - ‘Social Protection and Agriculture’)
October 17
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
(Theme - ‘Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and
discrimination’)
October 20
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World Statistics Day (Theme - ‘Better Data, Better Lives’)
October 20
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World Osteoporosis day (Theme- Serve up bone strength throughout life)
October 21
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Global Iodine deficiency disorder prevention day
October 24
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World Polio Day
Reserve Bank of India
• RBI signed an agreement with Central Bank of UAE for supervisory information exchange on 18
October 2015.
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RBI allowed banks to fix interest rates on Gold Deposit Scheme on 22 October 2015 under Gold
Monetisation Scheme. Gold Deposits will have the terms 1-3 years, 5-7 years and 12-15 years.
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Reserve bank of India relaxed norms of Forgien Portfolio Investors (FPI) of government debt and
also increased its limit in Rupees.
− For 2015-16, RBI enhanced the limit for investment of FPIs in two ranches from 12-OCT-2015 and
1-JAN-2016.
− From 12-OCT-2015, the limit will be increased from 1.53 lakh crores to 1.7 lakh crores rupees.
− From 1-JAN-2016, it will be 1.86lakh rupees.
− Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) or Registered Foreign Portfolios Investors (RFPIs) can
now invest up to 74% of the paid up capital of DEN Networks Limited under the Portfolio
Investment Scheme (PIS).
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved Yes Bank to set up a mutual fund, Asset Management
Company (AMC) and a trustee company.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) established Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) with Rs.2000 crore
corpus to develop and promote activities covered under the financial inclusion activities.
− FIF has been established by merging the 2 funds. Those are Financial Inclusion Fund and
Financial Inclusion Technology Fund (FITF).
− It will be administered by the reconstituted Advisory Board and will be maintained by
NABARD.
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Other Banks
• Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) Bank started its operations in India on 1st
October 2015 with 23 branches in Mumbai, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh initially.
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ICICI first in worldwide to launch card-less and device less mVisa application in Pockets App,
allows payment to be made by scanning a QR code and entering the amount, mVisa will reduce
the chances of fraud. At present mVisa, linked to bank’s debit card.
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UCO Bank registered as highest increase in gross Non-performing Assets in the fiscal year 2014-15
as announced on 4 October 2015 and became the worst performer in the list of public sector banks.
− Gross Non Performing Assets(NPAs) – assets that are not producing any income.
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Axis Bank Ltd has launched mobile and tablet-based banking apps for corporate customers that
allows them to do most of their transactions dealings.
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Bank of Baroda launched Chillr mobile app and becomes the first public sector bank to partner
with Chillr.
− Chillr is an offshoot of Kochi-based technology firm MobME.
Insurance
• KISAN Project and Hailstorm App launched by the Government of India on October 5 called as
Crop Insurance by using Space Technology and Geoinformatics.
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Telenor a telecom company in India to be the first in offering life insurance to its new and existing
customers with covers starting from Rs.5000 up to Rs.50,000.
− Telenor has offered a similar insurance scheme called Nirvoy life in Bangladesh.
Supreme Court
• Environment Compensation Charge on commercial vehicles imposed by Supreme Court of India
on October 12 while entering in Delhi during the period November 1 to February 29.
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Supreme Court bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar refused to modify its interim order and
allow bodies like Reserve Bank of India, SEBI, to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar card for welfare
schemes other than the public distribution system and LPG schemes and this modification will be
heard by a larger constitution bench of Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court allowed the voluntary use of Aadhaar Card for four schemes i.e. Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana,
scheme related to Pension and PF.
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Supreme Court of India declared National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) as
unconstitutional on 16 October 2015 as decided by five-Judge Constitutional Bench of SC.
High Courts and Sessions Courts
• Union Law Ministry notified Delhi High Court about the Amendment Act, 2015 which was passed
by Parliament in August, 2015 to amend the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 in order to reduce the
workload of the Delhi High Court.
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Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei appointed as acting Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court on 19
October 2015.
Central Government
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has given its approval to implement National Watershed Management Project “Neeranchal”
assisted by World Bank with total cost of Rs.2142.30 crores (Government’s share-Rs.1071.15 crores )
in national level as well as 9 states.
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Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved for the formation of Group
A services of the technical cadre of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
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− The new service named as the Indian Development Skill Services, earlier Directorate General
of Employment & Training, and Ministry of labor employment.
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Indian Government cleared the 1st batch of projects under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for 89 cities from 3 States (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and
Rajasthan) as announced by Urban Development Ministry worth Rs.2786 Crore.
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Modi government has made Aadhaar number compulsory in order to register new business, even
though the Supreme Court has only allowed Aadhaar to be used voluntarily for a few social
welfare schemes.
States
• TAMIL NADU Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa enhanced the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the
fine quality paddy at Rs.1450 and common variety quality at Rs.1410 per quintal on 30 –SEP- 2015.
− Revised MSP will come into effect from 1 oct -2015
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‘Citizen Portal’ launched by the State Government of ODISHA on October 2 namely
‘www.citizenportal-op.gov.in’. The portal will provide services under issuance of FIR copies,
character certificates etc.
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The healthcare programme ‘Amo Doli Programme’ launched by the State Government of
ODISHA on October 4 in naxal-affected area Rayagada District.
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50% subsidy on seeds provided the State Government of TELANGANA as announced on October
4.
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India’s 1st Dolphin Community Reserve to come up in WEST BENGAL with the aim to protect
Mammal, Gangetic River Dolphins as announced by Chief of State Wildlife Board Azam Zaidi.
− Dolphins was declared as the National Aquatic Animal in 2010 and often known as the Tiger of
the Ganges.
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The mobile app ‘mSehat’ launched for health workers by the State Government of UTTAR
PRADESH on 13 October 2015.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone Amaravati, a new capital city
of ANDHRA PRADESH at a grand ceremony held in Guntur district.
− State government signed a MoU with Singapore government agencies for preparing the master
plan for Amaravati which was submitted in July 2015.
− CRDA Commissioner N.Srikanath said that the construction Amaravati works will likely to
begin in 2017 and deadline to complete by 2018.
− PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Shri Ventakeswara Mobile and Electronics
Manufacturing Hub in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh on 22 October 2015. It will become 1st
dedicated mobile manufacturing electronics hub of India under Make in India initiative.
− On this occasion, Fast Track Task Force (FTTF) also launched to promote mobile handset
manufacturing eco-system in India.
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The scheme titled as ‘My Brick My Amaravati’ launched by ANDHRA PRADESH on 15 October
2015 under each citizen invited to purchase e-bricks for Rs.10 each.
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Swadhar Greh scheme launched by the State Government of Haryana on 18 October 2015, will
provide economic and social security to women in distress.
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UTTAR PRADESH announced Rs.50000 monthly pension to Yash Bharti awardees as announced
on 20 October 2015. The award was established in 1994 given in literature, fine arts, folk and
classical music and sports. Journalist Vinod Mehta awarded with Yash Bharti Samman 2015.
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Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) passed in MAHARASHTRA against the
hoarders and black marketers as approved on 20 October 2015. Earlier, the law was enacted in
1999.
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1st Car Free Day observed in DELHI on 22 October 2015 with the aim to encourage the people to
use public transport between 7 AM till 12 Noon connecting Red Fort to India Gate via Delhi Gate
and ITO. On 22nd day of every month observed as ‘Car Free Day’ as decided by Government of
Delhi.
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New Integrated Licensing Policy 2015 announced by the State Government of HARYANA as
announced by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on 23 October 2015 with the aim to develop
Hyper and High Potential Urban Complexes.
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MADHYA PRADESH announced to provide 33% quota for women in govt. jobs as announced on
27 October 2015. Earlier, it was 30%. Monthly pension of Rs.2500 also announced to give to the
relatives of those who killed in anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
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8th National Seed Congress started in Hyderabad on 26 October 2015 as inaugurated by
Agriculture Minister of TELANGANA Shrivinavasa Reddy.
Place in the News
• Rameswaram, the birth place of Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 15 October 2015 included as 498th town
under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Total 500 cities
selected to be developed under AMRUT Project.
Personalities
• Loon project of Google that takes internet to remote and inaccessible areas impressed Narendra
Modi during his tour to the Google Headquarters in the Silicon Valley.
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Pranab Mukherjee became 1st President of India to address Parliament of Israel ‘Knesset’ on 13
October 2015 also the 1st visited Israel.
− President and Prime Minister of Israel is Reuven Rivlin and Benjamin Netanyahu respectively.
Capital and Currency of Israel is Jerusalem and Shekel respectively.
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Justin Trudeau (43 years) of Liberal Party became 2nd youngest Prime Minister of Canada on 19
October 2015. The 1st youngest was Joe Clark (40 years) of Conservative Party.
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Urvashi Rautela became Miss Diva 2015 as announced on 18 October 2015 event held in Mumbai
while Natasha Assadi became 1st runner up and Naveli Deshmukh was 2nd runner up.
Defence and National Security
• World’s highest Terrestrial Research Centre built by Defense Research Development
Organization (DRDO) in Changla, Ladakh on 4 October 2015 located at 17,600 feet.
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Union Minister for Civil Aviation P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the International Civil
Helicopters Conclave 2015 in New Delhi.
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China will build four of the eight submarines in the port city of Karachi under a defense deal
signed with Pakistan. China would also transfer the technology to Pakistan for submarine
construction.
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu decided to allot land of 2,720 acres in
Kurnool district for Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for missile
testing project.
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Indian Air force celebrates its 83rd anniversary at Air Force station, Hindon, Ghaziabad on 8 Oct
2015.
− Sachin Tendulkar Former Cricketer, who was present at the occasion, became the first
sportsperson to be made an honorary group captain in the Indian Air Force.
− Indian Air Force was officially established on 8-Oct-1932 and it is the 4th largest air force in the
world.
− The President of India Pranab Mukherjee serves as the ex-officio commander-in-Chief of the
Indian Air Force.
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26th Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) between India and Indonesia started on October 3 at
Andaman Sea. It is important to noting that it is first ever bilateral exercise between the countries.
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INS Astradharani commissioned into Indian Navy on October 6. It is 1st totally indigenously
designed and built Torpedo launch and recovery vessel.
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National War Memorial will be established in Delhi as announced by the Government of India on
October 7. It will be established at National War Museum at Princess Park, India Gate.
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India and Slovenian company Pipistrel Aircraft signed a deal worth Rs.130 crore for 194 microlight aircraft for the National Cadet Crops (NCC) of Air Force and Navy.
− Virus SW80 is the aircraft chosen for purchase and is named as Garuda in the Indian service.
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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar renamed the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) Missile Complex in Hyderabad as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile
Complexin an event at Research Centre Imarat on the occasion of the 84th Birth Anniversary of Dr
Kalam.
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European Union launched 2nd phase of Operation Sophia (Naval operation) in Mediterranean Sea
on October 7 to fight human traffickers as launched by EUNAVFOR MED.
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The 3rd edition of Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Training Exercise Mitra Shakti – 2015 came to an end at
Aundh Military Camp in Pune, Maharashtra.
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The Indo-China Combined Military Training Exercise HAND-IN HAND 2015 was conducted
from 12 to 23 October 2015 at Kunming Military Academy, Yunnan, China.
− This was the 5th exercise in the Hand- in –Hand series , which started in 2007.
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Malabar Naval Exercise started between India, USA and Japan on 13 October 2015 in Bay of
Bengal and Indian Ocean.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched biggest Military exercise, putting 36000
soldiers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal – “Trident Juncture”, against the backdrop of Ukraine crisis.
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An Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) of Indian Air Force established at Walong, Anjaw,
Arunachal Pradesh as inaugurated on 23 October 2015. It is important to noting that this was in
operations in 1962 Indo-China War which is situated at 20km south of China border.
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Induction of women as IAF fighter pilots approved by Union Defence Ministry on 24 October
2015.
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Tsunami Early Warning System Siren successfully tested in Mumbai on 25 October 2015 installed
at Meteorology office of Western Naval Command as installed by Indian National Centre for
Ocean Information Services.
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‘SLINEX 15’, 4th bilateral maritime exercise between India and Sri Lanka started on 26 October
2015 at Trincomalee Coast, Sri Lanka.
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Union Ministry of Defence divided Maharashtra and Gujarat (MnG) Naval Area into 2 separate
headquarters to enhance the operational and administrative organizational structure. They have
been divided as Flag Officer Maharashtra Area and Flag Officer Gujarat Naval Area.
Committees/Commissions
• A 3 member committee chaired by former secretary general of the Lok Sabha PDT Achary,
submitted its report to Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, favouring a 400% hike in the
basic salary of MLA’s from Rs.12,000 to Rs.50,000 per month.
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Union Govt. of India set up R.V. Easwar Committee to simplify the provisions of Income Tax Act,
1961. Former Justice R.V. Easwar of Delhi High Court became its Chairman.
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Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) notified the appointment of a 5
member committee to review the research grants offered by University Grants Commission
(UGC).
− This Review Committee will submit its report to the Ministry by December 2015.
Schemes/Initiatives
• 2nd phase of Mission Indradhanush launched by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on
October 4 in 352 cities.
− The mission covered 7 diseases i.e. Diptheria, Whooping cough, Tetanus, Polio, Tuberculosis,
Measles and Hepatitis B.
− The ministry aims to achieve more than 90% children by 2020.
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For educational institutions, Smriti Zubin Irani Union Human Resource Development launches
National Ranking Framework Document and web portal.
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‘ASCmel.T’ mobile app launched by University of Southampton, Britain on October 2 with the
aim to aware the people with autism.
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Operation Valsalya launched by the State Government of Kerala to find out the missing children
as announced on October 9. It is important to noting that about 69 children have been kidnapped or
abducted in the State till June 2015.
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The foundation stone of India’s largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust laid in Mumbai
by PM Narendra Modi on October 11 costs about Rs.7900 Crore.
− JNPT is the largest container port in India.
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Mission Abaas launched by the State Government of Odisha on October 11 with the aim to
provide affordable houses to urban poor.
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‘Bill Banvao, Inaam Pao’ scheme launched by Government of Delhi on October 13 to aware the
people for purchase. The maximum prize is Rs.50,000/-.
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Union Ministry of Women and Child Development launched an initiative to spread awareness
about Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme on 29 October 2015 partnered with Cell tick Mobile
Media India Pvt. Ltd.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Shri Venkateswara Mobile and
Electronics Manufacturing Hub in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
− It is country’s 1st dedicated mobile manufacturing electronics cluster to be established in lines
with Union Government’s flagship Make in India initiative.
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Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare increased the delegated financial powers of
designated Central Government Hospitals and institutes to Rs.5 lakh per patient under the
Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme.
Summit/Conference
• G-20 summit 2018 will be held in India while 2016 held in China and 2017 held in Germany and
2015 held in Antalya, Turkey.
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Advantage Healthcare India 2015 launched by Ministry of Commerce and Industry on October 5
as announced in International Summit on Medical Value Travel held.
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates National conference on Anti Human
Trafficking in New Delhi, which was organized by Ministry of Home Affairs along with nodal
officer for anti human trafficking and officers from various districts who were in anti human
trafficking units.
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The Next Parvasi Bharatiya Divas conference is to be held in New Delhi from 8-10th January, 2016.
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BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) have issued a joint declaration to
ensure to legal migration amongst the countries.
− 7th BRICS Summit 2015 held in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. 8th BRICS Summit 2016 will be held
in New Delhi, India. 9th BRICS Summit 2017 will be held in China.
− BRICS nations signed Moscow Declaration for supporting multilateral science projects on 30
October 2015 during 3rd meeting of BRICS nations for science, technology and innovation.
− Dr.Harsh Vardhan led the meeting as an Indian delegation.
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Indian Police Foundation and Indian Police Institute inaugurated in New Delhi under Societies
Registration Act 1860 as inaugurated by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
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3rd India-Africa Forum Summit held on 29 October 2015. PM Modi announced $10bn concessional
credit for African countries. It is the largest multi-lateral event held in India. Total 54 African
countries participated in it.
− Earlier, the summit was postponed due to fatal Ebola Virus spread in Western African countries.
Agreement/Deal/Signed
• Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) signed an agreement with L&T (Larsen &
Toubro) for Kattupalli Port Operations on October 2. Kattupalli Port situated in Tamil Nadu.
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India signed 18 agreements with Germany in various sectors at 3rd Indo-German Intergovernmental Consultations. The MoU on Solar Energy, MoU on Aviation Security etc.
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12 Pacific Rim countries sign Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for free trade agreement on October
5 after a week of final talks in Atlanta.
− The countries are Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Darussaleam, Japan, Canada, USA,
Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. The agreement will cover 36% of the global
economic output.
− China world’s second largest economy has not been the part of the agreement.
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Future Group signed an agreement with Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved on October 9 to sell
Patanjali FMCG products.
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Government of India and Federal Public of Germany (KFW) signed 2 loan agreements, for
Himachal Pradesh (Euro 57 Million) and Andhra Pradesh (Euro 68 million) for Green Energy
Projects.
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Etihad Airways signed an agreement with IBM worth $700mn on October 13. Etihad Airways is
2nd largest airline of UAE headquartered at Khalifa, Abu Dhabi having CEO James Hogan.
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Rajasthan signed 27 MoUs under Housing for All scheme on October 13 worth Rs.12478 Crore.
The State became 1st to implement it.
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Pakistan signed an agreement with Russia for 1100 km gas pipeline project on 15 October 2015 lies
from Lahore to Karachi. The project will complete by December 2017. Earlier, both the countries
signed the defense deal also.
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Jharkhand signed an agreement with Gail India Ltd. on 15 October 2015 to create gas and city gas
distribution infrastructure of Urja Ganga Jagdishpur-Haldia Pipeline.
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The Union Cabinet approved the MoU between the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center(TECC)
in India and India-Taipei Association (ITA) in Taipei.
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The Myanmar Government has signed a peace accord with 8 of the 15 ethnic armed minorities
groups especially belonging to Kayin and Chin groups to end the civil war of decades.
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Union Cabinet approved MoU between the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
and Mozambique in the field of renewable energy.
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Indonesia signed an agreement with China to build high speed railway network in Indonesia as
announced on 16 October 2015.
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India and South American Ecuador signed an agreement to set up a Joint Economic and Trade
Committee (JETCO) to strength trade relations between the countries.
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Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) signed between India and Maldives on Criminal matters
on 20 October 2015 as approved by Union Cabinet of India.
− The President of Maldives is Abdulla Yameen. Capital and Currency is Male and Rufiyaa
respectively.
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Indian Air Force signed a deal of Rs.8000 crores with Bharat Electronics Limited for integrating
civil and defense radars across the country.
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United States and Russia have signed a memorandum of Understanding to establish air safety
measures and to avoid mid-air incidents between their air forces over Syrian skies.
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Britain signed nuclear deal with China on 21 October 2015 with the aim to build 1st nuclear power
plant in UK since 1980 as signed during the visit of President Xi Jinping.
− Prime Minister of Britain is David Cameron.
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India and Lithuania agree to intensify agricultural cooperation. Minister of state for Agriculture
Mr.Mohanbhai Kundariya and Lithuanian Vice Minister for Agriculture Mr.Vilius Martusevicius
held an bilateral talks in Vilinus.
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Grant Agreement on GIPL signed between Poland and Lithuania on 15 October 2015 with the aim
to end the energy isolation of Baltic Sea region. It became 1st gas inter connector between Eastern
Baltic Sea and Continental Europe. It has total length of about 534 km.
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Ashoka Buildcon signed an agreement with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on 24
October 2015.
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Andhra Pradesh signed an agreement with Japan on 22 October 2015 with the aim to development
of infrastructure in the State.
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India signed an agreement with France on preserving Written Heritage at National Library
situated in Kolkata as emphasized by Union Ministry of Culture on project of National Virtual
Library.
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Hockey India (HI), the top body governing the sports in the country, has signed a three-year MoU
with Sports Authority of India (SAI) to help regain hockey its position as the top sports of the
country.
Meet/Visit
• The annual meeting of Boards of Governors of World Bank Group and International Monetary
Fund started on October 6 at Lima, Peru. World Bank has 188 member countries.
− To fight with climate change, V20 Group (Finance Ministers of 20 countries) launched on
October 8 at Lima, Peru.
− V20 Climate Risk Pooling Mechanism launched on the event.
− India will not be the part of V20 Group.
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Indian President Pranab Mukherjee visited 3 Middle East Nations countries. Those are Jordan,
Palestine and Israel.
− India and Jordan signed 6 MoUs in various fields and both countries also assured to enhance
their cooperation in counter-terrorism and defense.
− Indian President Pranab Mukherjee handed over a cheque of 5 million dollars to the Palestinian
government as a budgetary support during his visit to Palestine.
− President Pranab Mukherjee conferred with Honorary Doctorate by Al-Quds University,
Ramallah, Palestine on October 13.
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Bills
• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akilesh Yadav decided to implement National Food Security Act,
2013 in three phases which benefit 15.21 crore people in the state.
− National Food Security Act,2013- people can buy wheat at the rate of Rs.2 per kg and Rice at the
rate of Rs.3 per kg on monthly basis
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Union Ministry of Human Development finalized the Mid day meals rules 2015, attempt to fix
responsibility on persons for non-supply of food for three consecutive school days or five days in a
month, under National Food Security Act,2013.
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On 5 October 2015 California signed ‘Right to Die Bill for Terminally Ill People’ into the law after
the doctor’s supervision.
− California became 5th State in the country after Oregon, Washington, Vermont and Montana who
signed the law.
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Rajasthan notified 5% quota for Gujjars and other Special Backward Classes (SBC) as announced
on 16 October 2015 under Rajasthan Special Backward Classes Reservation Act, 2015. The State
also provides 14% reservation to economically backward classes.
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According to 9th amendment of Criminal Law of China, students trying to copy in examinations,
will face a jail term of up to 7 years as effected by 1 November 2015 as the information revealed by
China Radio International on 25 October 2015.
Fund
• Asian Development Bank will provide $120mn to India-Bangladesh Electricity link up gradation
as announced on October 1.
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Government of India will spend about Rs.70,000 Crore for the development of major parts of the
country under Sagarmala Project as announced by Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways
and Shipping Nitin Jairam Gadkari in the meeting National Sagarmala Apex Committee.
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African Development Bank decided to triple annual climate financing to about $5 bn by the year
2020 as announced by its President Akinwumi Adesina on October 9. It has 80 member countries.
Economy
• According to the report released by International Monetary Fund (IMF), India’s growth forecast
for the year 2015-16 is 7.3%, faster than China.
− The Headquarter of IMF is in Washington D.C. and Managing Director is Christine Lagarde.
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India approved Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project in Myanmar on October 13 for
Revised Cost Estimate costs about Rs.2904.04 Crore with the aim to promote economic and
commercial relations between the countries.
− President of Myanmar is Thein Sein. Capital and Currency of Myanmar is Naypyidaw and Kyat
respectively.
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Fiscal balance turned surplus in August 2015 for the 1st time in last 8 years as announced by
Controller-General of Accounts as the revenue increases and expenditure decreases.
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India has been ranked among top 10 acquirers in the US market this year with 16 deals valuing
at 1.7 US billion dollars in 2015, report released by Baker & McKenzie. Majority of these deals
were in Pharma sector, with 6 transactions totaling $1.5 billion.
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According to the report of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
GDP of India will grow at 7.5% in the year 2015 as announced on October 6.
Companies/Industry
• Google officially becomes Alphabet Inc as new parent company, without any changes in their day
to day operations. YouTube, Search , Android will be under Alphabet.
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NDTV group’s NDTV Convergence signed the strategic deal of Rs.100 crore with content
recommendation engine TABOOLA to enhance its entire network of desktop and mobile site.
− NDTV was founded by Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy in 1988
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Tata Housing signed an agreement with Facebook on 14 October 2015 to sell homes online.
− Tata Housing launched the campaing ‘Social Sell’ on Facebook. Earlier, Tata Housing signed an
agreement with Housing.com and Snapdeal.com.
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Online fashion store ‘Abof.com’ launched by Aditya Birla Group on 16 October 2015. Abof –
Aditya Birla Online Fashion.
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Abiraaj Group, Dubai based private equity firm and India’s Aditya Birla group have agreed to
invest jointly in building and operating new solar power plants in India, aimed to generate
100gigaWatts by 2022, a 33 folds rise from current levels.
− Aditya Birla group is an Indian Multinational company and third largest in Indian private
sector.
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Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) signed an agreement to acquire Goldman Sachs
mutual funds business in India worth Rs.243 Crore as announced on 21 October 2015.
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Paytm has tied up with the Mumbai metro to offer online ticket booking services and recharges
on the Paytm platform.
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Infosys announced acquisition of US-based oil and gas consulting firm Noah for USD 70 million.
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Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with India Pulses Grains Association (IPGA), to handle pulses
across its ports in the country.
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Western Digital Corporation entered into a definitive agreement with SanDisk Corporation to
buy it for 19 billion US dollar. Both the Multi National Corporations (MNCs) are based in the USA.
Stock Market
• Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) became World’s fastest stock exchange with a median response
time of 6 micro seconds. Ashish Kumar Chauhan is its Managing Director and CEO.
Exports/Imports
• Import Duty on Wheat increased by 10% to 25% as announced on 19 October 2015 which will be
valid till 31st March 2016.
− Central excise duty has been exempted on RBD Palm Stearin, Methanol and Sodium Methoxide
used in the manufacture of bio diesel subject to actual user condition for a period up
to 31.03.2016.
Taxation/Trade
• The State Government of MAHARASHTRA imposed ‘drought tax’ to tackle the drought situation
of the State. Since the year 1973, it happened 1st time in the State.
− Maharashtra became 2nd State to declare drought hit State on 17 October 2015 as 14708 village
came under deficient by over 50%. The 1st one State was Karnataka who declare the State
drought hit in August 2015.
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National Green Tribunal ordered to levy environmental tax on trucks entering Delhi under Delhi
Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
− Delhi is the highest polluting city in the world.
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India imposed anti-dumping duty on auto parts of China on as announced on 22 October 2015 for
the period of 5 years.
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Indian Government approved the protocol on Double Taxation Avoidance with Israel and
Vietnam as announced on October 7.
− This agreement will prevent fiscal avoidance with respect to taxes on income
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Both E- Sahyog and PAN camps initiatives of the Income Tax Department to provide easy, simple
and reliable services especially in tax returns.
− The object of the income tax department is to make life as easy as possible for assessee and
difficult only for those who consciously evade and avoid.
− Indirect tax, a tax levied on goods and services rather than on income or profit.
Agriculture/Production
• According to the report of Union Agriculture Ministry, there is 12.5% food items contain
unapproved pesticides as the report released on October 2. The survey held under the scheme
‘Monitoring of Pesticide Residues’.
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A team of scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) discovered a sweet banana species
with orange pulp named Musa indandamanensis. It was discovered in the remote Krishna
Nalah tropical rain forest on the Little Andaman islands.
Space
• China’s 20th satellite for BeiDou Navigation Satellite System launched from Xichang Satellite
Launch Center.
− This satellite was boosted by Long March -3B carrier rocket , which has hydrogen atomic clock.
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China launched ‘The Jilin-1’ satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in china, which
includes 1 optical remote sensing satellite, 2 satellites for video imaging and 1 for imaging
technique testing.
− All four satellites were developed and produced by Chang Guang Satellite technology and these
satellites were carried by a Long March-2D rocket.
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On 26 October 2015, China successfully launched the Tianhui - 1C mapping satellite into its
designated orbit from Jiuquan satellite launch center in the north - western province of Gansu.
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China has successfully launched its First typhoon detecting rocket from Hainan has dropped
several radio sounds into the center of Typhoon Mujigae six minutes after the launch.
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China launched a new communication satellite APSTAR-9 by the Long March – 3B carrier rocket
from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.
− APSTAR – 9 will replace its predecessor APSTAR-9A which was launched in 1998 and will stay
in service for at least 15 years.
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A team of scientists from NASA discovered 2 complex organic molecules namely, Ethyl alcohol
and a simple sugar known as glycolaldehyde from gas emitted by the Comet Lovejoy.
•
Solar Dynamics Observatory confirmed a coronal hole at the topmost layer of the sun. The hole
called the coronel or dark spot has the size 50 times that of the Earth and its magnetic field is
releasing an ultrafast solar wind that is harmless to humans of earth.
Science and Technology
• Researchers discovered 4 new crab species in Kerala by collaborative research project of A. Biju
Kumar, R. Reshmi and Tomoyuki Komai (Japan).
− The following are the 4 new crab species that were discovered
− Paguristes luculentus
− Diogenes canaliculatus
− Pagurus spinossior
− Afropinnotheres ratnakara
Health/Diseases/Drugs
• Tamil Nadu banned Ketoprofen drug to save vultures on October 12 in 3 districts Erode,
Coimbatore and Nilgiris. It is a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the immunotherapy drug Keytruda
to treat Lung cancer.
•
According to the report from Brazil’s health officials, nearly 700 people have died so far this year
after contracting dengue fever, the deadly mosquito-borne disease.
•
Researchers at the University of California – San Francisco developed a new blood test based
on DNA sequencing that can be used to diagnose Ebola and other pathogens.
− The analysis used for Ebola detection is called as ‘Metagenomic’ analysis.
•
World Health Organization has removed all its limitations on antiretroviral therapy (ART) among
the people living with HIV.
•
Union minister of health and Family welfare modified National Blood Policy 2002 for better
utilization of blood and blood components.
− Permitted to transfer blood from one bank to another blood bank in case of shortage. The
exchange value is fixed at 1600 rupees per litre for surplus plasma available in blood bank.
Energy/Gas/Oil
• Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu said that it would launch 12-waste to energy power
plants using modern scientific methods of disposal and recycling of solid and liquid waste within
the next year. 77% of waste would be converted into energy.
•
Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas announced that price of domestic natural gas was
reduced by 18 percent from 3.82 US dollar per mmBtu to 4.66 US dollar per mmBtu due to fall in
international prices.
•
In Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project, Gas
Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) has 10% stake as announced on October 4.
− The project is 1735 km long lies between Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Under
the project natural gas of Caspian Sea will be transport in four nations. In India it lies through
Fazilka, Punjab.
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China operationalized the Zam Hydropower Station on Bhrampatura River in Tibet on October
12. The dam is considered as World’s highest altitude hydropower station. It will produce 2.5 bn
kw hours of electricity.
Environment
• India has pledged to reduce greenhouse gases emissions intensity of the GDP by 33-35% as
announced by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar.
•
World Wide Fund on the world Habitat day released report as Hidden Himalayas: Asia’s
wonderlands.
− According to the report 211 new spices were found which includes 133plants, 39 invertebrates,
26 fish, 10 amphibians, 1 reptile, 1 bird and 1 mammal.
•
1st Rajasthan Startup Policy 2015 launched on 8 October 2015 with the aim to start the ecosystem
in the State as launched by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
•
Typhoon namely ‘Koppu’ (also known as Lando) hit Northern Philippines on 18 October 2015.
•
Hurricane Patricia, the powerful storm, struck the Pacific Coast of Mexico on 23 October 2015
having speed of 190mph.
•
7.5 magnitude earthquake hits Hindu Kush Region of North-Eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan on
26 October 2015. The earthquake also felt in Northern India and Tajikistan. It is important to noting
that earthquake measured by Seisometer.
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Education
• Haryana announced to open Sanskrit University for Scheduled Castes category in Village
Mundri, Kaithal as announced on 24 October 2015 on the name of ‘Maharishi Valmiki’.
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3 new AIIMS will be established in India as decided by govt. of India on October 6 i.e. Nagpur,
Manglagiri (Andhra Pradesh) and Kalyani (West Bengal) costs about Rs.5000 Crore under Pradhan
Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.
•
A community and school based education programme on conservation of the endangered Eastern
Hook lock Gibbon has been launched in Arunachal’s lower Dibang Valley district and at Sadiya,
Assam by Arunachal Pradesh Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Dr.Shashi Kumar.
Transport/Cars/Scooters
• The special train named as ‘Science Express Climate Action Special’ (Climate Change Special)
started in India on 15 October 2015. The train will run till 7 May 2016 and run across Patiala,
Ambala etc. About 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 in Global Climate Summit.
− Theme – Climate Change.
− Aim – To create awareness among various sections of the society especially the students about
various challenges and issues associated with climate change.
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India’s first AC double-decker Shatabdi train ready to run on Mumbai-Goa route as announced
on 23 October 2015 by the concerned authority. 1st double-decker train without AC is run between
Howrah and Dhanbad.
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The Indian Railways catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched a pilot project of a
station based e-catering service allowing passengers to order meals as their choice.
− These meals will be delivered where train halts at the eligible stations from popular private
caterers.
Films and Film Festival
• Indian short film ‘An Old Dog’s Diary’ awarded at London Film Festival on 18 October 2015.
London Film Festival was established in the year 1957.
Festival
• Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2016 will be held in New Delhi during the period 8 to 10th January 2016.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2015 organized in Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.
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‘Khadi Utsav’ organized by the State Government of Gujarat in Ahmedabad on October 2 on the
event of 146th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The State also announced 25% discount on
Khadi products produced in the Gujarat and 15% on produced in any other State.
Media /I.T / Telecommunication
• From 1 January, 2016, each telecom company will compensate to consumer Rs.1 for call drops as
made mandatory by TRAI on 16 October 2015 as per the 9th amendment. The Chairman of TRAI is
Ram Sewak Sharma.
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Bharti Airtel launched its Wi-Fi app- Airtel Hangout globally. This app is aimed to enable more
users to experience super fast mobile internet speeds latching on to our Wi-Fi Zone and many more
internet capabilities on their mobile device.
•
Doordarshan emerged as most watched Hindi channel during 10 October to 16 October 2015 as
announced on 24 October 2015 by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
Appointments/Election (or) Latest who is who?
• Shashank Manohar appointed as unopposed as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) on October 4. BCCI established in the year 1928 earlier known as Calcutta Cricket Club.
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Sarat Kumar Acharya will replace Surender Mohan, assumed office as Chairman and Managing
director of Neyveli Lignite corporation Ltd.
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Pravin Dixit will take charge as Director General of Police in the state of Maharashtra on 30-SEP2015 approved by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
•
Mahindra Intertrade has appointed Sumit Issar as its new managing director and also appointed
as Managing Director of Mahindra Steel Service Center Limited.
•
Rear Admiral A B Singh handed over the Eastern Fleet commander to rear Admiral S V Bhokare.
•
Dr.Anup K. Pujari gets additional charge of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) on October 1.
He is Secretary of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise.
•
Tapan Ray has been appointed to the board of capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange
board (SEBI) by succeeding Anjuly Chib Duggal.
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Sriram Venkatraman as chief Financial Officer for Flipkart.
•
Jack Dorsey appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter for 2nd time. Earlier, he
appointed in the year 2007.
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On 27 October, 2015 Citibank announced that it has appointed Samiran Chakraborty as Chief
Economist for India.
•
Ashish Bahuguna gets additional charge of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India on October 4. Earlier, he was Chairman of FSSAI.
•
Liverpool have confirmed the appointment of 48 year old Jurgen Klopp as their new manager by
replacing Brendan Rodgers.
− Liverpool football club is a premier League football club based in Liverpool, England
•
Governing Centre Right Coalition Parties won the general elections of Portugal and Pedro Passos
Coelho became the Prime Minister while President of Portugal is Anibal Cavaco Silva. Capital and
Currency of Portugal is Lisbon and Euro respectively.
•
Hoesung Lee of South Korea appointed as Chairman of Inter-governmental Panel for Climate
Change (IPCC) on October 7 as R.K. Pachauri of India resigned due to involved in sexual abuse
scandal.
− The Headquarter of IPCC is in Geneva, Switzerland established in 1988 by UNEP and WMO. It
has 195 member countries.
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Shekhar Basu appointed as Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of
Department of Atomic Energy on 8 October 2015. The Commission was established in the year
1948.
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Allah Rakha Rahman of India (famous composer) appointed as Cultural Ambassador for
Seychelles on 8 October 2015.
− He awarded with 2 Academy (Oscar) Awards, 2 Grammy Awards, BAFTA Awards and Golden
Globe Award. Recently he awarded with Hridayanath Mangeskar Award for his contribution of
Indian Music.
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Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) suspended the its President Sepp
Blatter along with Vice-President Michel Platini and Jerome Valcke on October 8. Moreover, FIFA
banned Chung Mong-joon for six years.
− Now, Issa Hayatou of Cameroon (Head of Africa’s Football Confederation) will became Interim
President of FIFA.
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G. R. Chandak has been appointed as the Director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and
Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad under the Department of Biotechnology.
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K.P. Sharma Oli became Prime Minister of Nepal on October 9. He led Communist Party of
Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML).
− Onsari Gharti Magar appointed as House Speaker of Nepal on 16 October 2015. She became 1st
female Speaker in Nepal.
− Bidhya Devi Bhandari became 1st female President of Nepal on 27 October 2015 while Ram
Baran Yadav was 1st elected President of Nepal.
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Jioji Konrote became President of Fiji on October 11. He also known as ‘George Konrote’.
− Prime Minister of Fiji is Frank Bainimarama. Capital and Currency of Fiji is Suva and Dollar
respectively.
•
Telenor India appointed Sharad Mehrotra as its CEO on October 12. The Headquarter of Telenor
India is in Oslo, Norway.
•
Alexander Lukashenko became President of Belarus for 5th time on 11 October 2015 while Prime
Minister of Belarus is Andrei Kobyakov.
− Capital and Currency of Belarus is Minsk and Ruble respectively.
•
Alkesh Sharma appointed as CEO and MD of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development
Corporation on 12 October 2015 as announced by Appointments Committee of Cabinet.
− The corridor will pass through six states Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and
Maharashtra.
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Kundhavi Kadiresan appointed as Assistant Director General of United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific on 14 October
2015 while the Director General of FAO is Jose Graziano da Silva. Its Headquarter is in Rome, Italy.
•
M.K. Surana appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd. on 16 October 2015.
•
Shreehari Aney appointed as Advocate General of Maharashtra on 16 October 2015 under the
provisions of Article 165 of the Indian Constitution.
•
Vijay Kumar Malhotra appointed as President of All India Council of Sports (AICS) on 19
October 2015. AICS is an advisory body established in July 2015.
•
AB de Villiers, Cricketer of South Africa appointed as Brand Ambassador of MRF Ltd. (Tyre
manufacturing unit) on October 20. He is ODI Captain of South Africa.
•
Alok Rawat appointed as first ever male member of National Commission of Women (NCW) on
21 October 2015. Lalitha Kumaramangalam is the Chairperson of NCW.
•
Anil Kumble appointed as Brand Ambassador of Champions Tennis League team ‘Raipur
Rangers’ as announced on 20 October 2015. The team owned by Abhishek Mishra and Chinmay
Tiwari.
•
Ashok-Alexander Sridharan, an Indian origian became Mayor of Bonn, Germany on as sworn-in
on 21 October 2015. Bonn is 18th most populated city in Germany.
•
Suresh Arora appointed as Director General of Police (DGP) of Punjab on 25 October 2015 after
the removal of Sumedh Singh Saini. He was awarded with President’s Meritorious Medal,
Distinguished Service Medal and Prakram Medal.
•
Infosys appointed Ranganath D Mavinakere as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
•
Sylvie Lucas appointed as Chairperson of Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) of UN Security
Council (UNSC) Reforms on 26 October 2015.
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John Pombe Magufuli became President of Tanzania on 28 October 2015. It is important to noting
that Tanzania got its independence from United Kingdom in 1961.
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Narendra Nayak appointed as Managing Director of BlackBerry India on 27 October 2015. He
remained executive at IBM, Motorola and Digital Equipment India etc.
•
Retired Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua has been appointed as the new National Security
Advisor (NSA) of Pakistan.
•
Senior IRS Officer Najib Shah was appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Excise and
Customs (CBEC), apex body on Indirect Taxes.
Resignation/Dismissed/Retired/Quit
• Zaheer Khan retired from International Cricket as announced on 15 October 2015. He had played
2 Tests and taken 311 wickets and 282 wickets in 200 ODIs.
− He became 4th highest wicket taker of India after Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev and Harbhajan
Singh.
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Ashok vemuri joined iGate as CEO in September 2013 and he held 400000 shares, resigned his
Chief executive Officer position.
•
Kuwait Football Association suspended by FIFA on 16 October 2015 for government interference.
Kuwait is ranked at No.128 in FIFA Ranking.
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Virender Sehwag retired from International Cricket on 19 October 2015. He scored 8273 ODI runs
in 251 matches and scored 8586 runs in 104 Test matches. He awarded with Arjuna Award in 2002,
Test Player of the year 2010, Padma Shree in 2010.
Arrests/Jailed
• Vice-President of Maldives Ahmed Adeeb arrested on 24 October 2015 on suspicion of links to a
blast on President’s boat occurred on 28 September 2015 earlier. President of Maldives is Abdulla
Yameen.
•
British telecom giant Vodafone has the transfer pricing tax dispute case against Indian Income
Tax authorities after Bombay High Court ruled in its favor.
− In 2014, the IT tribunal had stayed the tax demand during the proceeding of the case and had
asked Vodafone India to deposit 200 crore rupees by February 2014.
•
US jury ordered Apple to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm more
than $234 million in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the
company’s iPhones and iPads without permission.
Deaths
• Slow left arm spinner Lindsay Kline Australian cricketer has died aged 81.
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Edida Nageswara Rao, the famous Cinema Producer of Andhra Pradesh, died on October 4. It is
important to noting that Telugu Cinema also known as ‘Tollywood’.
•
Henning Mankell, The internationally renowned Swedish crime writer has died at the age of 67.
•
Ravindra Jain, the famous Music Director, died on 9 October 2015. He directed the music in
various famous songs like Ram Teri Ganga Maili in the year 1985.
− He also awarded with Filmfare Award for Best Music for this song, also awarded with Lata
Mangeshkar Lifetime Achievement Award for Maharashtra and Padmashri in the year 2015.
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Manorama, the famous Tamil Actress died on October 10. She awarded with Padma Shri in 2002,
also awarded with National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989.
•
VICCO chairman Gajanan Pendharkhar, an industrialist from Maharashtra and chairman of
VICCO Group of Companies, passed away in Mumbai.
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Renowned Carnatic flautist Dr Natesan Ramani passed away in Chennai. He was 82.
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Former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, died on 14 October 2015.
He was 11th Chief of Naval Staff.
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Ashwini Kumar, the Honorary Member of International Olympic Committee, died on 20 October
2015. He was remained President of Indian Hockey Federation for about 16 years and remained
President of Punjab Olympic Association for 12 years also.
•
Curry King Lord Gulam Noon, an Indian-British, died on 27 October 2015. He was awarded with
Order of the British Empire in 1996 and Lifetime Achievement Award by Britain’s Opposition
party in 2015.
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Gamal Al-Ghitani, one of the Egypt’s most acclaimed novelist and journalist died at the age of 70
in Cario.
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Veteran film maker Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarayana Swamy popularly known as
Ravee passed away at the age of 77 in Bangalore, Karnataka.
•
Renowned Irish-American actress and singer Maureen O’Hara passed away in Boise, US.
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Bengali film, television and stage actor Pijush Ganguly passed away in Kolkata.
Awards/Honours
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11 scientist won Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) prize for science and technology.
− The following are the list of 11 scientist awardees in different fields
− Dr. Balasubramanian Gopal and Dr, Rajjev Kumar Varshney in Biological science
− Dr Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray – Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
− Dr Vidita Ashok Vaidya- Medical Science
− Dr Mandar Madhukar Deshmukh- Physical science
− Dr K Sandeep, Dr Ritabrata Munish – Mathematical Science
− Dr.Yogesh Morehwar Joshi – Engineering sciences
− Dr D Srinivasa Reddy , Dr Pradyut Ghosh – Chemical Sciences
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AR Rahman to receive the Hridaynath Mangeshkar award on October 26.
•
Sheila Watt-Cloutier won Right Livelihood Award 2015 on October 1. She shared the prize with
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesara of Uganda and Dr.Gino Strada of Italy.
•
Saudi Blogger and Activist Raif Badawi and British Poet critic James fenton awarded with 2015
Pen Pinter Prize.
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United Arab Emirates activist Ahmed Mansoor has won the Martin Ennals Award for Human
Rights defenders.
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Forbes India Leadership Awards 2015 presented in Mumbai. It is important to noting that Forbes
is business magazine of USA. CEO of Forbes is Michael Perlis, founder is B.C. Forbes and
founded in the year 1917. The list is:
− Best CEO of Multinational Company – Uday Shankar, Star India Pvt. Ltd.
− Best CEO of Public Sector – Arundhati Bhattacharya, State Bank of India
− Best CEO of Private Sector – C.P. Gurnani, Tech Mahindra Ltd.
− Lifetime Achievement Award – R.C. Bhargava, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
− Entrepreneur for the Year – Uday Kotak, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
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Ratan Tata awarded with UK City of Coventry on October 1. Moreover, Lord Kumar
Bhattacharyya, an Indian-American Prof. was also awarded with the award.
− Earlier in the year 2000 Ratan Tata awarded with Padma Bhushan and in 2008 awarded with
Padma Vibhushan.
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Zenia Bhumgara became 2nd Indian who awarded with Merlin Award by International Magicians
Association. 1st Indian who received the award is Prodip Chandra Sorcar, Jr.
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First Indian company Nualgi, in the field of nano Biotechnology has won the popular choice
Award at Climate CoLab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge.
•
Indian-American Karthik Chandran, Associate professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering
at Columbia Engineering has won prestigious 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a “Genius Grant”
of $625,000(Rs.4.09 crore) for his work in transforming wastewater from pollutant into useful
resources such as energy sources , fertilizers and commodity chemicals.
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Poet, Lyricist and advertising guru Prasoon Joshi won the Maharaja Sayajirao Bhasha Samman
award for his outstanding contribution in promoting Hindi.
− This award is presented by Bank of Baroda in memory of its founder Maharaja Sayajirao
Gaekwad-III.
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Youyou Tu of China, Satoshi Omura of Japan and William Campbell of Ireland awarded with
Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine on October 4.
− Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur B. McDonald of Canada jointly won Nobel Prize in Physics
2015 as selected by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. They awarded in the field of
‘Neutrinos’.
− Tomas Lindahl of UK, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar of USA awarded with Nobel Prize in
Chemistry for DNA studies on October 6.
− Svetlana Alexievich of Ukraine won Nobel Prize in Literature on 7 October 2015. She also
awarded with Swedish PEN Prize in the year 2007.
− National Dialogue Quartet, Tunisia (Nobel Committee of Norway) won Nobel Peace Prize 2015
for contribution in building pluralistic democracy in wake of 2011 Jasmine Revolution.
− Angus Deaton of Scotland won Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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Shashi Kapoor awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award of Jagran Fest on October 5 held in
Mumbai. Shoojit Sircar awarded with Best Director for the film ‘Piku’.
•
Trichy also known as Tiruchirapalli Municipal Corporation won Skoch Smart Governance
Award for effective solid waste management.
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Real Madrid’s key player Cristiano Ronaldo won a record 4th Golden Boot after topping Europe’s
goal scoring charts for the 2014-15 seasons.
− He became the 1st player in the award’s illustrious 47-year history to win the accolade 4 times.
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I.V. Sasi, the famous film maker of Malayalam, awarded with J.C. Daniel Award on October 12.
Earlier in 1982, his film ‘Aaroodam’ awarded with Nargis Dutt Award. The award is given by
Kerala annually in the field of Department of Cultural Affairs.
•
Marlon James of Jamaica won Man Booker Prize 2015 on October 13 for his novel ‘A Brief History
of Seven Killings’. He became 1st Jamacian to win the Prize. The award was established in 1969.
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According to the ‘Emerging Markets’, Arun Jaitley chosen as ‘Finance Minister of the Year, Asia’
on October 13 while Atiur Rahman of Bangladesh chosen for ‘Central Bank Governor of the Year,
Asia’.
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Kailash Satyarthi awarded with Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award on 13 October 2015.
Earlier, he awarded with Nobel Peace Prize and became 8th Indian.
•
Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of Tibet awarded with Presidential Medal by Salisbury
University, USA on 14 October 2015 for promoting peace.
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K. Chockalingam, famous criminologist, won Paul H. Appleby Award on 20 October 2015 as
presented by Indian Institute of Public Administration. He is the founder of Indian Society of
Victimology (ISV).
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Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe awarded with Confucius Peace Prize by China on 22
October 2015. Earlier in January 2015, he was appointed as Chairman of African Union. It is
important to noting that Zimbabwe became separate from UK in 1980.
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Dr.M.N. Nandakumara and Sivasakthi Sivanesan awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award
and Sangeet Acharya Ratna in UK on 26 October 2015.
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Raif Badawi won European Union’s Sakharov Prize for human rights on 28 October 2015. The
award has given annually by Parliament of Europe for freedom of thought.
•
Bindeshwar Pathak, the sanitation pioneer activist, awarded with New York Global Leaders
Dialogue Humanitarian Award on 29 October 2015.
•
On 23 October 2015, President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Fellowships and Awards for the year 2014.
− The following are among the eminent personalities who were awarded with the
fellowships of Sangeet Natak Akademi. They are S R Janakiraman – musicologist, M S Sathyu theatre doyen and noted filmmaker, Vijay Kumar Kichlu – musician and Tulsidas Vasant
Borkar – musicians.
Sports/Game
• Spotzlive was appointed as official marketing partner for Indian Badminton league on 30-SEP2015 approved by the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
− Indian Badminton League will be held from 2 Jan to 17 Jan -2016
•
Luis Leao Pinto of Portugal won MTB Himalaya Title 2015 on October 4 in Solo men’s category for
the 2nd time as received the crown titled as ‘King of the Himalaya’ while Catherine Williamson of
UK won Open Women’s Solo category.
− The event also known as Asia’s Premier Mountain Biking Race as sponsored by Hero Cycles
India held in Himachal Pradesh.
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First Spaniard David Ferrer won Malaysian Open defeated countryman Feliciano Lopez.
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Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won Wuhan Open Women’s Doubles title on October 4. This is 7th
World Tennis doubles title won by Indo-Swiss couple in the year 2015.
− The other six are Indian Wells Open, Miami Open, Charleston Open, Wimbledon, US Open and
Guangzhou Open. While Venus Williams of USA won Women’s singles title of the event.
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Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh made a smashing professional debut by knocking out Britain’s
Sonny Whiting in Manchester.
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Heena Sindhu , Indian Pistol Shooter won Gold Medal in woman’s 10m Air pistol event at 8th
Air Asian Gun Championships held in New Delhi
− India’s Shweta Singh won Silver medal. Korean Shooter Seon A Kim won Bronze.
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FIBA Asian Basketball Championship won by China on October 3 after defeating Philippines
held at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
•
Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine born Russia won World Cup Chess Championship held at Baku,
Azerbaijan on October 6. He has the record for being World’s youngest Chess Grandmaster at just
12 years 7 months. Earlier, in 2014 he won Norway Chess Tournament.
•
Women’s European Volleyball Championship won by Russia on October 4 after defeating
Netherlands. Hans Nieukerke of Netherlands awarded with Fair Play Award.
•
Deborah Herold (Cyclist) became 1st ever Indian to win five Medals at Taiwan Cup on October 7.
She is tribal girl from Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
•
Men’s singles title of China Open won by Novak Djokovic of Serbia by defeating Spain’s Rafael
Nadal in the final match held at Beijing..
− Women’s singles title won by Garbine Muguruza of Spain.
− Men’s doubles title won by Vasek Pospisil of Canada and Jack Sock of USA.
− Women’s doubles title won by Sania Mirza of India and Martina Hingis of Switzerland.
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− Their winning list is: Indian Wells Open, Miami Open, Charleston Open, Wimbledon, US Open,
Guangzhou Open, Wuhan Open and China Open.
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Ajay Jayaram won Dutch Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament by defeating Estonia’s Raul
Must in the final match played at Almere, Netherlands on October 11, became 1st Indian to win
Badminton Grand Prix tournament under 11x5 scoring system.
− Earlier, he won Korea Open Badminton tournament also. He won 3 international titles yet i.e.
New Zealand Open, Thailand Open and Czech Open.
•
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes Driver) of Britain won Russian Grand Prix of Formula 1 on October
11. It is his 9th title in 2015.
− Their winning list is: Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, China, Italy, Japanese, Russia and UK.
He became 1st British driver won highest number of titles.
•
French Open champion Stan Wawrinka defeated Benoit Paire to win the Japan Open for his
career-best fourth title of the season.
•
Punjab National Bank won Beighton Cup of Hockey on October 11 after defeating Indian Oil
Corporation.
− The Cup was established in the year 1895, it is considered as the oldest hockey tournament. The
event is organized by Bengal Hockey Association.
•
Shweta Rathore became 1st Indian female won Silver Medal in 49th Asian Bodybuilding and
Physique Championship held in Uzbekistan on 7 October 2015. Now, with this win, she qualified
for World Bodybuilding Championship held in Thailand.
•
Great Britain won Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey title on 18 October 2015 after defeating India
played in Malaysia. The event established in 2011 named after Sultan of Johor. India won two titles
in 2013 and 2014.
•
Punjab National Bank (PNB) won the 2015 Beighton Cup hockey tournament defeating the
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in the final match held in Kolkata.
− IOC had won this cup 4 times prior to this defeat.
•
Xuerui Li of China won women’s singles title of Denmark Open Badminton Title on 18 October
2015 after defeating P.V. Sindhu while Chen Long of China won men’s singles title. The event
formerly known as Danish Open.
•
Saketh Myneni of India won Vietnam Open Tennis title on 18 October 2015 after defeating
Jordan Thompson. Saketh Myneni won two titles till now earlier, he won Indore Open.
•
Novak Djokovic won Shanghai Rolex Masters Tennis title on 18 October 2015. It is his 3rd
Shanghai title in last 4 years. He ranked at No.1 position in World ranking.
•
1st Paragliding World Cup started in Bir Billing, Near Baijnath, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh on 22
October 2015. Snow leapord is the official mascot of the event, flagged off by Civil Aviation
Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju.
•
1st World Indigenous Games started in Palmas, Brazil on 22 October 2015 as flagged by President
of Brazil Dilma Rousseff.
•
Abhishek Verma became 1st Indian to won Silver Medal at Archery World Cup on 25 October
2015 while Mario Cardoso of Mexico won Gold Medal. Abhishek Verma won Gold Medal in Asian
Games 2014.
•
Deepika Kumari won Silver Medal in Archery World Cup on 25 October 2015 held in Mexico
while Choi Misun of South Korea won Gold Medal.
•
Lewis Hamilton won US Grand Prix of Formula 1 on 25 October 2015. It is his 3rd World title.
Earlier, he won the title in 2007, 2012 and 2014 while it is his 10th win in 2015.
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− His team mate Nico Rosberg of Germany stood at the second position and Ferrari driver
Sebastian Vettel (Germany) was at the third
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Emily Pedersen of Denmark won Hero Women’s Indian Open 2015 held at DLF Golf and Country
Club in Gurgaon, Haryana on 25 October 2015.
•
South Asian Rugby 7’S Championship 2016 will be held in Jammu and Kashmir during the
period 18 June to 20 June 2016 as announced Minister for Youth Sports Molvi Imran Raza Ansari.
•
Amit Kumar Saroha won Silver Medal in Men’s club throw F51 of IPC Athletics World
Championship held in Doha, Qatar on 29 October 2015.
Report
• According to the data on FDI in 1st half of 2015 released by Financial Times, London, India
emerged as most favored nation in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) with 31 Capex (billion dollars)
followed by China and USA.
•
According to Global Competitiveness Index 2015 released by World Economic Forum on 140
countries. Switzerland topped the list for 7th consecutive year while India ranked at 55th position
as compared to 71st position in the last year.
•
India tops Asia in sending scientists, engineers to US. Report from the National Science
Foundation’s National Center for science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) has revealed that
85% increase from India’s 2013.
•
According to data released by International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), India became
World’s largest cotton producer. India produced 6.51 mn tones of fiber whereas china has
registered 6.48 million tones.
•
A new report released on global Palliative care has named India as one of the worst place to die
which ranks at number 40 and Britain the best ranks at 1st by the Economic Intelligence Unit,
titled ‘The quality of Death : Ranking end-of –life care across the world’.
− Quality of death Index top 5 : Uk, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Belgium
− Quality of death Index last 5: Mexico, china, Brazil, Uganda, India
•
According to the report of World Bank released on October 5, 10% World’s population will be
living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015 for the first time.
− World Bank raised new International poverty line to $1.90 from $1.25.
− Headquarter of World Bank and President is Washington DC and Jim Yong Kim respectively.
•
According to the report of Asia’s Richest Families list released by Forbes on October 7, Lee
(Byung-Chull) family of South Korea topped the list with $26.6bn.
− Top family of India is Ambani family with $21.5bn ranked at 3rd position.
− Moreover, Premji family and Mistry family of India ranked at 7th and 10th positions respectively.
•
According to report on global wealth by Credit Suisse, China overtaken USA in terms of
population of middle class and became World’s largest country.
•
According to the report on cross border Merger and Acquisition Index released by Baker &
McKenzie on 18 October 2015, India is among the top 10 investor in USA in 2015.
•
According to the report ‘The World’s Women 2015’ released by United Nations, mortality rate
among Indian girls below the five years of age higher than the boys. Moreover, Global Materal
Newborn Health Conference held in Mexico.
•
Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea won International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition on 20
October 2015 held in Poland. The event was started in 1927 held every 5 years.
•
According to the report of Badminton World Federation Carolina Marin of Spain became No.1 in
World Ranking. Earlier, Saina Nehwal of India was No.1 in World ranking as announced on 22
October 2015.
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ICC launched the official ICC men's Team Ranking from Test, One Day International (ODI) and
T20 Cricket on 26 October, 2015.
− South Africa with 125 rating is at the top position in the Test ranking list, while Australia
topped the ODI list with 127 ratings. Sri Lanka with 126 points topped the list of T20 rankings.
•
International Cricket Council launched the official woman’s team ranking which includes results
in all three games in one ranking.
− Australia is currently on the top of the table for ICC’s Woman’s championship.
− India ranks 4th with 105 points.
•
According to World Bank, India is the World's largest remittance recipient.
− As per the report, remittances to India are projected to increase by 2.5 percent in 2015, well above
the 0.6 percent increase in 2014.
•
According to the report of United Nations Asia-pacific Disaster Report, Asia Pacific regions most
disaster prone part of the World as announced on 28 October 2015.
•
According to the report of World Bank’s 2016 Ease of Doing Business, India ranked at 130th
among 189 countries while Singapore ranked at 1st position.
•
According to the report of Freedom on the Net 2015 released by Freedom House on 28 October
2015, Iceland ranked at No.1 position.
•
According to Gold Survey Q3 2015 review and outlook released on 17 October 2015, India is the
biggest gold consumer in all over the World.
•
The 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) report released which
rated Denmark as the country with best retirement system for the consecutive four
years. India ranked last in the 2015 MMGPI report, due to material reduction in its household
savings rate.
General - National
• On October 6 Nayantara Sahgal, Sahitaya Akademi Awardee in 1986, announced to returning her
award to protest against the failure to safeguard the Indian cultural diversity.
− In 1986, she was awarded for English Novel ‘Rich Like Us (1985). She is the Niece of former PM
Jawahar Lal Nehru. Earlier, Uday Prakash also announced to returning the Award.
•
Self-portrait of Amrita Shergill sold for Rs.17 Crore in London on October 8 in the auction held at
House Sotheby’s. Earlier, in 1931 Boris Taslitzky of France received the painting. She also known as
‘India’s Frida Kahlo’.
•
Due to India’s obstruction in key trade point at the border, Nepal suffers from scarcity of essential
goods like fuel and cooking gas, figured in UN General Assembly.
− India has rejected this issue and said that it can only take goods up to the border and beyond that
it is responsible of Nepal.
− Nepal Signed an agreement with China on oil supply on 28 October 2015 so as to counter
shortages caused by the blockade of land routes from India. The agreement signed between
Nepal Oil Corporation and China National United Fuel Corporation.
•
United Nation Human Rights Council in Geneva, adopted consensus for human rights violations
during Srilanka civilian war.
•
The Urban Development Ministry M.Venkaiah Naidu announced the plan to generate electricity
and compost from municipal solid waste on first anniversary of Swachh Bharat.
•
Mobile museum on Mahatma Gandhi ‘s life and times at his birth place Porbandar has been built
in mini-truck by the Ministry of External Affairs, inaugurated by Gujarat chief
Minister Anandiben Patel.
− This has been built for the 3rd Indo-African Forum Summit to be held in New Delhi.
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High-risk area boundary of maritime piracy shifted from India’s western coastline 78 degree East
to 65 degree East longitude.
•
Punjabi Writer Dalip Kaur Tiwana became 1st Writer to return ‘Padma Shri’ award on 13 October
2015 to protest against communal tension in the country. She awarded with Padma Shri in 2004
and Sahitya Akademi in 1971.
•
For the first time, Indian Railways will get electricity from open market as announced on 15
October 2015. North Central Railways became 1st to purchase electricity under an agreement with
Adani Power Ltd. ADL will supply 50 mw power at Rs.3.69 per unit for the next 3 years.
•
The forum organized by Beijing Normal University and Beijing Municipal commission of
Education to build a platform among academia, politics, and business community.
•
The Canberra based art gallery in Australia agreed to return a 2000 year old Indian origin
sculptured of Gautama Buddha back to India.
− The Sitting Buddha sculpture has its roots traceable to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
•
Malaysia proposed to invest $30bn in India as announced on 15 October 2015 as announced by
Construction Industry Development Board, Malaysia. Malaysia will invest mainly in urban
development and housing projects and in smart cities projects also.
•
‘Vivo’ the mobile company of Brazil, assigned the title sponsorship of Indian Premier League on
18 October 2015 as announced by BCCI.
•
Karnataka and Gujarat lifted ban on Maggi Noodles as announced on 19 October 2015. Maggi
Noodles is Nestle India’s popular instant food brand.
•
Tunnel Technology Institute will be set up at Margao, Gao by Konkan Railway as announced by
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 19 October 2015. The institute titled as ‘George Fernandes
Institute of Tunnel Technology’.
•
Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi announced that India will observe November 26 as Constitution
Day (Samvidhan Divas) to spread awareness of Indian Constitution and its architect Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar.
•
Japan offered soft loan to India for bullet train project on 22 October 2015 worth $15bn (Rs.90,000
Crore) viz. Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor (505 km) as announced by Japan
International Cooperation Agency.
•
The National Executive Council (NEC) approved the Prospective Plans (PP) and Annual Plan of
Operations (APO) of Green India Mission (GIM).
− The annual plans was submitted by the following 4 states Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and
Jharkhand.
•
Indian Mountaineers Arjun Vajpai and Bhupesh Kumar climbed an untouched mountain peak
namely ‘Mount Kalam’ named it after APJ Abdul Kalam on 21 October 2015 situated in Spiti
Valley, Near Bara Shigri Glacier, Himachal Pradesh.
− They became 1st people to climb 6180 meter peak. Earlier in 2010, Arjun Vajpai became youngest
Indian to climb Mount Everest (16 years). He scaled 17 peaks in India.
•
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) partnered with about 30 Public Sector Undertakings
(PSUs) to jointly tackle and mitigate man-made or natural disasters or emergencies.
•
Vigithon, A marathon organized by Union Bank of India to fight against corruption started on 25
October 2015 as inaugurated by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. Vigilance Awareness Week will
be observed during 26 to 31 October 2015.
•
Geeta returned to India on 26 October 2015 who accidentally crossed over to Pakistan border and
adopted by Bilquis Bano Edhi in Karachi.
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According to the announcement made by PM Modi in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on 25 October 2015, there
will be no requirement of interview of Group B, C and D non-gazetted posts in Central Govt. as
effected by 1 January 2016.
•
Pushpa Mitra Bhargava became 1st Scientist to return his Padma Bhushan (national award) award
to protest against rationalism as announced on 28 October 2015. He is founder and Director of
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).
•
External Affairs minister Sushma swaraj and Russia’s deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin,
chairing the 21st India-Russia inter governmental consultations discussed to achieve the target of
USD 30 billion in bilateral trade in the next 10 years.
General - International
• 25 years of reunification of Germany conducted on October 3. Earlier in the year 1990, East
Germany and West Germany reunited.
− Chancellor of Germany is Angela Mekel and President of Joachim Gauck. Capital and Currency
of Germany is Berlin and Euro respectively.
•
ISIS blows up Palmyra’s Arc of Triumph on October 5. It was UNESCO World Heritage site. Oasis
town of Palmyra is also known as ‘Pearl of the Desert’.
•
Due to choking smog Malaysia ordered shut down of schools in the country on October 4 for two
days. In Malaysia, smog was caused due to smoke on Sumatra Island (Indonesian forest fires).
− Prime Minister of Malaysia is Najib Razak. Capital and Currency of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur
and Ringgit respectively. Education Minister of Malaysia is Mahdzir Khalid.
•
Heavily fortified ‘Green Zone’ of Baghdad opened for public for 1st time in 12 years on October 4.
The Green Zone lies on West bank of Tigirs River, Karkh, Baghdad. The zone also known as
‘International Zone of Baghdad’.
− Prime Minister of Iraq is Haider al-Abadi while President is Fuad Masum. Capital and Currency
of Iraq is Baghdad and Dinar respectively.
•
China launched the first phase of China International Payment System (CIPS) in
strengthening Yuan’s global usage. It will enhance efficiency and increase global use of the Chinese
currency.
•
On 13 October 2015, the roadshow started by USA ‘Select USA’ held in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai
and Kolkata with the aim to offer the companies invested in USA.
− The campaign started by US Department of Commerce. It was earlier initiated in 2011. It is
important to noting that Thummalapally is fourth fastest source of investment in USA.
•
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution authorizing the European
Union (EU) and individual countries to use force to tackle the worst refugee crisis.
•
Portugal became 1st European country to sign up MoU on establishment of Nalanda University on
9 October 2015. The University was established in 427 AD during the reign of Gupta King
‘Sakraditya’.
•
Parents of St. Therese of France canonized by the Pope Francis on 18 October 2015 became 1st
couple for their service to Church. St. Therese is popularly known as ‘Little Flower’ in the World.
•
Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay became non-permanent members of United Nations
Security Council on 15 October 2015 for two years begin on 1 January 2016.
•
United Nations completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015. Earlier, on 24.10.1945,
United Nations established.
•
USA designated Brett McGurk as Special Presidential Envoy to US-led coalition fighting ISIS as
announced on 23 October 2015.
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Libya’s parliament refused to sign the United Nations backed peace deal of power sharing
arrangement with rival Islamist- led authorities.
− The deal was refused by Tobruk lawmakers because it included amendments added by Islamists
without its consent.
•
The Parliament of Iran passed a bill that allows the government to implement a historic nuclear
deal reached with world powers namely the P5+1 (US, UK, France, China and Russia + Germany)
countries. This will protect Iran’s nuclear program and lifting of international economic sanctions.
•
Australian Government approved Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mine and rail project in
accordance with environment laws of country.
•
On 29 October 2015, China announced to end one child policy which was started earlier in the
year 1979 to control the population. Now each Chinese couple would be allowed two children.
•
UK government to fight the increasing radicalization of its residents, especially the youth.
− The main strategy is on four areas Building more cohesive community, Countering extremist
ideology, Building a partnership with all those opposed extremism and Disrupting extremist.
•
The people bank of China has launched a Yuan denominated bond in London for the first time to
internationalize its currency offering yield of 3.15 %. According to the Banking source, the debt sale
worth 5 billion Yuan for one year bonds was heavily oversubscribed.
•
US Senate passed Cyber Security Legislation as a critical step to address cyber threats and ensure
tools are in place in to deter future cyber-attacks.
− Aim – to help in preventing future cyber-attacks by facilitating a common awareness in the cyber
realm
− The bill reconciles with the earlier-passed House Cyber Security Bill.
•
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly approved the Resolution
condemning an economic embargo imposed by the US on Cuba. It stated that existence of such
restrictions undermines multilateralism and credibility of the UN.
Books and Authors
Book’s Name
• Ruled or Misruled: Story and
Destiny of Bihar
Author’s Name
Santosh Singh
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‘The Clintons War on Women’
Roger Stone and Robert Morrow
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‘The Courage to Act-A Memoir of
a Crisis and Its Aftermath’
Ben S. Bernanke
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‘Smita Patil: A Brief Incandescence’
Maithili Rao
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‘Dreaming Big: My Journey to
Connect India’
Sam Pitroda
(Father of Indian telecommunication revolution)
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CURRENT AFFAIRS-MCQ
OCTOBER-2015
List of Important Days
1.
International Day of Non-violence is observed on 2 October throughout the world on the birth
anniversary of?
(1) Martin Luther King
(2) Mahatma Gandhi
(3) Nelson Mandela
(4) George Washington
(5) None of these
2.
International day of Older Persons is observed every year on?
(1) October 1
(2) October 2
(3) October 3
(4) October 4
(5) None of these
3.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed globally on?
(1) 19 October (2) 18 October
(3) 17 October
(4) 16 October
(5) None of these
4.
World Statistics Day was observed across the world on?
(1) 21 October (2) 20 October
(3) 19 October
(4) 18 October
(5) None of these
5.
Name the theme of World Statistics Day which was observed globally on 20 October 2015?
(1) Working Together to Improve perfection
(2) Labor and Employment
(3) Social Development
(4) Better Data, Better Lives
(5) None of these
6.
United Nations Day is observed on?
(1) 24 October (2) 23 October
(3) 22 October
7.
8.
(4) 21 October
(5) None of these
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day was observed on?
(1) 24 October (2) 21 October
(3) 20 October
(4) 18 October
(5) None of these
World Polio Day was recently observed on?
(1) 24 October (2) 23 October
(3) 22 October
(5) None of these
(4) 21 October
Reserve Bank of India
9.
Reserve Bank of India on 29 Sept. 2015 cut repo rate by 50 basis points to?
(1) 6.75%
(2) 7.00%
(3) 6.50%
(4) 7.25%
(5) None of these
10.
Reserve Bank of India on 19 October 2015 signed the MoU on Supervisory Cooperation and
Exchange of Supervisory Information with which central bank?
(1) Central Bank of America
(2) Central Bank of England
(3) Central Bank of UAE
(4) Central Bank of Canada
(5) None of these
11.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently permitted how much percentage of foreign
investment in DEN Networks Limited?
(1) 49 %
(2)26 %
(3) 74 %
(4) 100 %
(5) None of these
Other Banks
12. Name the new private-sector bank which launched its operations on 1 October 2015 with 23
branches?
(1) Yes Bank
(2) Post Bank of India
(3) Muthoot Bank Ltd
(4) IDFC Bank
(5) None of these
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13.
Which bank has recently become the first institution worldwide to launch mVisa - a card-less and
device-less solution?
(1) Axis Bank (2) Federal Bank (3) HDFC Bank (4) ICICI Bank
(5) None of these
14.
IDFC Bank recently becomes the ____ scheduled commercial bank in the country?
(1) 75th
(2) 99th
(3) 91st
(4) 93rd
(5) None of these
15.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 October 2015 inaugurated which bank in New Delhi?
(1) Post Bank of India
(2) Reliance Bank
(3) IDFC Bank
(4) Bandhan Bank
(5) None of these
16.
Samiran Chakraborty was recently appointed as Chief Economist of global banking major ____
for India?
(1) Yes Bank
(2) Standard Chartered Bank
(3) ICICI Bank
(4) Citibank
(5) None of these
17.
Which bank confers the Maharaja Sayajirao Bhasha Samman to a person who made significant
contribution to Hindi language?
(1) Bank of India
(2) Canara Bank
(3) Bank of Baroda
(4) State Bank of India
(5) None of these
18.
Which of the following banks is/ are not eligible to implement the Gold Monetisation Scheme
(GMS) 2015?
(1) Public Sector Banks
(2) Foreign Banks
(3) Private Sector Banks
(4) Regional Rural Banks
(5) None of these
19.
Which of the following banks is the first Public Sector Bank (PSU) to join Chillr platform?
(1) State Bank of India
(2) Punjab National Bank
(3) Vijaya Bank
(4)Bank of Baroda
(5) None of these
20.
Which bank has registered highest increase in gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) in the 201415 fiscal year?
(1) UCO Bank
(2) Punjab National Bank
(3) State Bank of India
(4) Central Bank
(5) None of these
21.
Which of the following banks will set up Kukuza Project Development Company (KFDC) in
Africa?
(1) State Bank of India
(2) United Bank of India
(3) Exim Bank of India
(4) Punjab National Bank
(5) None of these
Insurance
22. Which of the following is the correct full form of KISAN in the KISAN Project launched recently?
(1) Crop Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatics
(2) Kisan Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatics
(3) Cluster Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatics
(4) Control Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatics
(5) None of these
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Central Government
23. To support victims of various attacks, CVCF fund has been set up by Union Government,
recently. What does CVCF stands for?
(1) Core Victim Compensation Fund
(2) Central Victim Compensation Fund
(3) Center Victim Compensation Fund
(4)Capital Victim Compensation Fund
(5) None of these
States
24. First Car-Free Day was recently observed in Delhi on?
(1) 22 October (2) 23 October
(3) 21 October
(4) 20 October
(5) None of these
25.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 22 Oct. 2015 laid the foundation stone of new capital city of
Andhra Pradesh named?
(1) Warangal
(2) Rajahmundry (3) Tirupati
(4) Amaravati
(5) None of these
26.
Which state government has recently decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in
government jobs?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Bihar
(3) Kerala
(4) Madhya Pradesh
(5) None of these
27.
The Sircilla and Siddipet constituencies which have become first 100 per cent open defecation free
constituencies in the country are in which state?
(1) Telangana
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) West Bengal
(4) Odisha
(5) None of these
28.
Recently, which state has started scheme for adoption of wild animals in zoos and deer parks?
(1) Jharkhand (2) Haryana
(3) Kerala
(4) Goa
(5) None of these
29.
Which state has maximum solar potential capacity in India?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Madhya Prades (5) None of these
Place in the News
30. Which country was recently selected to host 2017 Shooting World Cup?
(1) India
(2) Malaysia
(3) Bhutan
(4) Turkey
(5) None of these
31.
First World Indigenous Games started on 23 October 2015 in which country?
(1) China
(2) Russia
(3) Argentina
(4) Brazil
(5) None of these
32.
Which state is the venue for Fourth International Tourism Mart (ITM) which is scheduled to be
held in October, 2015?
(1) Mizoram
(2) Sikkim
(3) Meghalaya
(4) Manipur
(5) None of these
33.
The 12th South Asian Federation (SAF) Games 2016 will be hosted by which state of India?
(1) Mizoram
(2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Manipur
(4) Meghalaya
(5) None of these
Personalities
34. Who was recently crowned as Miss Diva 2015 & became India’s representative for the Miss
Universe pageant?
(1) Natasha Assadi
(2) Urvashi Rautela
(3) Naveli Deshmukh
(4) Vanya Mishra
(5) None of these
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35.
Jioji Konrote, has been elected as President of which country?
(1) Fiji
(2) Cuba
(3) Belarus
(4) Belgium
(5) None of these
36.
Bidhya Devi Bhandari was on 28 October 2015 elected as the first women president of which
country?
(1) Nepal
(2) Bhutan
(3) Srilanka
(4) Maldives
(5) None of these
37.
Saketh Myneni is related to which sports?
(1) Tennis
(2) Wrestling
(3) Boxing
(4) Athletics
(5) None of these
38.
Who among the following has been elected as the new President of Guatemala?
(1) Sandra Torres
(2) Jimmy Morales
(3) Alejandro Maldonado
(4) Otto Pérez Molina
(5) None of these
39.
Who among the following is current Prime Minister of Nepal?
(1) Sushil Koirala
(2) K P Sharma Oli
(4) Manmohan Adhikari
(5) None of these
(3) Girija Prasad Koirala
Defence and National Security
40. Name the India-Sri Lanka joint military exercise which begun at Aundh Military Station in Pune,
Maharashtra on 29 Sept. 2015?
(1) Soorya Kiran 2015
(2) Indradanush 2015
(3) Mitra Shakthi 2015
(4) Hand in Hand 2015
(5) None of these
41.
Apart from India and US, which country is participating in 2015 Malabar bilateral navy exercise?
(1) South Korea (2) Japan
(3) North Korea (4) Singapore
(5) None of these
42.
DRDO has recently established the world’s Highest Terrestrial Research Centre near Pengong
Lake at Changla in?
(1) Leh
(2) Ladakh
(3) Kargil
(4) Kashmir
(5) None of these
43.
Name the India-China Joint Military Training Exercise which concluded recently in Yunnan
province of China?
(1) Ekuvrin
(2) Surya Kiran
(3) Mithra Sakhti (4) Hand in Hand (5) None of these
44.
Union Government has recently approved induction of women into the Fighter branch of?
(1) BSF
(2) Indian Air Force
(3) Indian Army
(4) Indian Navy
(5) None of these
45.
India and which country began Joint Naval Exercise SLINEX 2015 at Trincomalee recently?
(1) Italy
(2) Sri Lanka
(3) China
(4) Russia
(5) None of these
46.
The CORPAT is a bilateral maritime exercise between which countries?
(1) India and Sri Lanka
(2) Sri Lanka and China
(3) Pakistan and China
(4) India and Indonesia
(5) None of these
47.
Which country successfully tests the Emad missile, a new generation long-range ballistic missile?
(1) China
(2) Iran
(3) Iraq
(4) Japan
(5) None of these
48.
Which of the following is India’s first indigenously-designed and built Torpedo launch and
recovery vessel (TRV)?
(1) INS Astradharani
(2) INS DhruvaK
(3) INS Ambuda
(4) INS Pulakesin-1
(5) None of these
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Committees/Commissions
49. Justice R V Easwar committee is related to which field?
(1) to simplify Service tax laws, 1969
(2) to simplify House loans, 1971
(3) to simplify Education norms, 1985
(4) to simplify provisions of IT Act, 1961
(5) None of these
Schemes/Initiatives
50. Which state government on 18 October 2015 approved Swadhar Greh scheme to empower
women in distress?
(1) Maharashtra (2) Delhi
(3) West Bengal (4) Haryana
(5) None of these
51.
Recently, which state government has launched “Operation Vatsalya” to track missing children?
(1) Karnataka (2) Maharashtra (3) Kerala
(4)Goa
(5) None of these
52.
Who among the following personalities will inaugurate the Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial in
UK?
(1) Sushma Swaraj
(2) Arun Jaitley
(3) Narendra Modi
(4) Pranab Mukherjee
(5) None of these
53.
Which state government of India has recently initiated “Van Dhan Jan Dhan” scheme for
Ayurvedic medicines?
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Maharashtra (3) Kerala
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) None of these
54.
Union Government on 30 September 2015 has released a commemorative Postage Stamp on?
(1) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (2) B.R.Ambedkar
(3) Bhagat Singh
(4) A.B.Vajpayee
(5) None of these
55.
In which Indian city Michael Phelps swim clinic was recently launched?
(1) Pune
(2) Kochi
(3) Kolkata
(4) Bengaluru
(5) None of these
56.
Union Finance Ministry has recently launched an e-Sahyog pilot project of which department to
facilitate taxpayers to reduce their need to physically appear before tax authorities?
(1) Finance Department
(2) Expenditure Department
(3) Revenue Department
(4) Income-Tax Department
(5) None of these
57.
Which state has launched the “My Ganga, My Dolphin-2015” campaign?
(1) Bihar
(2) Odisha
(3) West Bengal (4) Uttar Pradesh (5) None of these
58.
Amo doli programme has been launched by which state?
(1) West Bengal (2) Odisha
(3) Bihar
(4) Jharkhand
(5) None of these
59.
Which mobile-based app has recently launched to inform people about all Indian customs rules?
(1) Customs Traveler Guide-India (2) Customer Customs Guide-India
(3) Custom Guide-India
(4) Traveler Customs Guide-India (5) None of these
60.
The Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) 2015 will replace which Gold Deposit Scheme?
(1) Gold Deposit Scheme (2011)
(2) Gold Deposit Scheme (2004)
(3) Gold Deposit Scheme (1999)
(4) Gold Deposit Scheme (1983)
(5) None of these
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Summit/Conference
61. India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) 2015 was held recently at?
(1) New Delhi (2) Durban
(3) Chennai
(4) Johanesburg
62.
Which country will host the G20 Summit in 2018?
(1) Turkey
(2) Russia
(3) China
(4) India
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
63.
Which city is the venue for 13th World Spice Congress, which is to be held in February, 2016?
(1) Bhopal
(2) Kochi
(3) Ahmadabad (4) Dharwad
(5) None of these
64.
The 2015 National Seed Congress is hosted by which city of India?
(1) Kochi
(2) Chennai
(3) Hyderabad
(4) New Delhi
(5) None of these
Agreement/Deal/Signed
65. Britain has recently signed a landmark nuclear deal with which country to build the United
Kingdom’s first nuclear power plant since the 1980s?
(1) Japan
(2) China
(3) Australia
(4) Canada
(5) None of these
66.
With which country Pakistan signed a major agreement to build a 1,100 kilometre gas pipeline?
(1) Russia
(2) China
(3) Iran
(4) Afghanistan (5) None of these
67.
India has recently signed pact with which country on digital preservation and conservation of
rare written treasures?
(1) Japan
(2) Israel
(3) France
(4) USA
(5) None of these
Meet/Visit
68. Recently, the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) of the Directors General/Commissioners of Customs
conducted in which state of India?
(1) Goa
(2) UP
(3) New Delhi
(4) Maharashtra (5) None of these
69.
The first-ever BRICS Ministerial meeting on Migration recently held in _______?
(1) Beizing
(2) New Delhi
(3) Sochi
(4) Mumbai
(5) None of these
70.
In which country the Vulnerable 20 (V20) countries meeting held recently?
(1) India
(2) Peru
(3) Vietnam
(4) Bangladesh
(5) None of these
Fund
71. Which bank has recently decided to provide 120 million dollars loan to upgrade the IndiaBangladesh electricity network?
(1) IMF
(2) World Bank
(3) NABARD
(4) ADB
(5) None of these
72.
Under which fund, NABARD sanctioned loan to Gujarat for irrigation projects, recently?
(1) SIDBI
(2) SIDF
(3) RIDF
(4) NHB
(5) None of these
73.
To boost sporting activities in Jammu & Kashmir how much amount has been sanctioned by the
Union Sports Ministry recently?
(1) Rs.200 crore
(2) Rs.250 crore
(3) Rs.240 crore
(4) Rs.230 crore
(5) None of these
74.
How much financial assistance has been raised for BPL Patients under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
(RAN), recently?
(1) Rs.7 lakh
(2) Rs.3 lakh
(3) Rs.5 lakh
(4) Rs.6 lakh
(5) None of these
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Economy
75. As per IMF predictions, Indian economy is expected to grow at how much percentage in 2016-17?
(1) 6.3%
(2) 7.4%
(3) 7.5 %
(4) 6.8%
(5) None of these
Companies/Industry
76. Which tech giant has invited India’s amateur filmmakers to a help create a full-length usergenerated movie under the project named “India in a Day”?
(1) Google
(2) Microsoft
(3) Twitter
(4) Facebook
(5) None of these
77.
Internet Search engine giant Google recently officially converted into new parent company
named?
(1) Numeric Inc. (2) Digit Inc.
(3) Systema Inc. (4) Alphabet Inc. (5) None of these
78.
Which group has recently launched a new online fashion store Abof.com?
(1) Reliance Group
(2) Bharati Airtel Group
(3) Rayamond Group
(4) Aditya Birla Group
(5) None of these
79.
Which among the following has been ranked top in terms of brand value, globally?
(1) Google
(2) Coca Cola
(3) Apple
(4) Samsung
(5) None of these
80.
Which Indian company has recently acquired the US-based Noah Consulting?
(1) Reliance
(2) TATA
(3) Birla
(4) Infosys
(5) None of these
Stock Market
81. FMC merged with SEBI on?
(1) 30 September 2015
(4) 27 September 2015
82.
(2) 29 September 2015
(5) None of these
(3) 28 September 2015
On 14 October, 2015, which one has become world’s fastest stock exchange?
(1) Bombay Stock Exchange
(2) National Stock Exchange
(3) Kolkata Stock Exchange
(4) Bengaluru Stock Exchange
(5) None of these
25. Taxation/Trade
83. Which of the following states has decided to impose drought tax, recently?
(1) Maharashtra (2) Kerala
(3) Bihar
(4) Tamil Nadu
(5) None of these
84.
Union Government on 19 October 2015 raised the basic customs duty on wheat from 10 percent
to?
(1) 15 %
(2) 13 %
(3) 20 %
(4) 25 %
(5) None of these
85.
Recently, Sin Tax is in news. It is which type of tax?
(1) Custom Tax (2) Excise Tax
(3) VAT Tax
(4) Service Tax
(5) None of these
Agriculture/Production
86. India has emerged world’s largest cotton producer in the season ending in September 30, 2015 by
surpassing which country?
(1) Argentina (2) China
(3) Russia
(4) Nepal
(5) None of these
87.
Which one of the following is not a mandate crop of The International Crops Research Institute
for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)?
(1) Sorghum
(2) Pigeon Pea
(3) Finger Millet (4) Green Gram (5) None of these
Ans: 75-3, 76-1, 77-4, 78-4, 79-3, 80-4, 81-3, 82-1, 83-1, 84-4, 85-2, 86-2, 87-4,
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88.
Which northeast state is famous for Black rice; well known for its pleasant nutty flavor?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Sikkim
(3) Manipur
(4) Mizoram Hide
(5) None of these
89.
Which of the following organisations has developed the Herbal drug ‘BGR-34’?
(1) Centre For Biochemical Technology (CBT)
(2) Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC)
(3) National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI)
(4) Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)
(5) None of these
90.
Which state is the largest producer of walnut in India?
(1) Kerala
(2) Punjab
(3) Assam
(4) Jammu and Kashmir (5) None of these
Space
91. NASA has recently confirmed that Scientists have found the first evidence that briny water may
flow on the surface of which planet?
(1) Saturn
(2) Venus
(3) Mercury
(4) Mars
(5) None of these
92.
An APSTAR-9 communication satellite has been launched by which country, recently?
(1) China
(2) India
(3) Pakistan
(4) Indonesia
(5) None of these
93.
Which country has recently successfully launched 20th new generation satellite into space as part
of its domestic BeiDou Navigation System (BDS)?
(1) Russia
(2) France
(3) China
(4) UK
(5) None of these
94.
ARSAT2 is a second communication satellite launched by which country on 1 October 2015?
(1) Argentina (2) Brazil
(3) Australia
(4) Indonesia
(5) None of these
95.
Scientists have recently discovered two complex organic molecules viz. Ethyl alcohol and a
simple sugar known as glycolaldehyde on a comet named?
(1) Lovejoy
(2) Birdswing
(3) Lollipop
(4) Shoemaker
(5) None of these
96.
In context to latest astronomical findings, what is KIC 8462852?
(1) Asteroid
(2) Star
(3) Comet
(4) Meteorite
97.
(5) None of these
Recently, which country has launched the Tianhui-1C mapping satellite?
(1) China
(2) North Korea (3) Japan
(4) South Korea (5) None of these
Science and Technology
98. The world’s first 3D blood vessel bio printer has been invented by which country, recently?
(1) China
(2) India
(3) Japan
(4) USA
(5) None of these
Health/Diseases/Drugs
99. Recently, which state has banned Ketoprofen drug to save vulture population?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Telangana
(5) None of these
100. The Wilson disease is caused due to accumulation of which chemical in tissues?
(1) Magnesium (2) Copper
(3) Iron
(4) Silicon
(5) None of these
Ans: 88-3, 89-3, 90-4, 91-4, 92-1, 93-3, 94-1, 95-1, 96-1, 97-1, 98-1, 99-2, 100-2,
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Energy/Gas/Oil
101. PM Narendra Modi on 2 Oct. 2015 inaugurated county's first solar powered district court in
which state?
(1) Jharkhand (2) Bihar
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Himachal Pradesh
(5) None of these
102. The Sampoor thermal power project is a joint venture involving Sri Lanka and which country?
(1) India
(2) Bangladesh
(3) China
(4) Japan
(5) None of these
Environment
103. Recently, which country has been severely affected by Super typhoon Dujuan?
(1) Philippines (2) Japan
(3) China
(4) Bangladesh
(5) None of these
Education
104. Which state government has announced on July 2 that “Madras as that do not teach primary
subjects such as English, Maths and Science would be derecognized”?
(1) Telangana
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Jammu & Kashmir
(4) Maharashtra
(5) None of these
105. The Tunnel Technology Institute will be established in which state of India?
(1) Goa
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Kerala
(4) Maharashtra (5) None of these
Transport/Cars/Scooters
106. Ministry of Railways on 23 October 2015 announced that India’s first AC double-decker Shatabdi
train will soon run between which route?
(1) Delhi – Pune
(2) Thiruvananthapuram - Bengaluru
(3) Mumbai- Goa
(4) Ahemedabad- Rajpur
(5) None of these
Films and Film Festival
107. Which Indian short film recently won the prestigious Best Short Film Award at the 2015 London
Film Festival (LFF)?
(1) An Old Dog’s Diary
(2) Be Humane
(3) The Postman
(4) Mr.India
(5) None of these
108. Which of the following Indian movies has bagged the People’s Choice Award at Rome Film
Festival, recently?
(1) Talvar
(2) Haider
(3) Masaan
(4) Angry Indian Goddesses
(5) None of these
109. Which city is host to the 19th International Children’s Film Festival of India (ICFFI)?
(1) Mumbai
(2) Bengaluru
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Kolkata
(5) None of these
Media /I.T / Telecommunication
110. TRAI has recently made it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate consumers by ____ for
call drops with effect from 1 January 2016?
(1) Rs.5
(2) Rs.1
(3) Rs.2
(4) Rs.10
(5) None of these
111. As per BARC report, which of the following Hindi channels has emerged as the most watched
channel?
(1) Zee News (2) Doordarshan (3) Aaj Tak
(4) Star News
(5) None of these
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Appointments/Election (or) Latest who is who?
112. V. Shanmuganathan who was asked to discharge the functions of the Governor of Manipur was
originally the Governor of?
(1) Meghalaya (2) Assam
(3) Bihar
(4) West Bengal (5) None of these
113. Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was on 2 Oct 2015 appointed temporary cricket coach
of?
(1) UAE
(2) Sri Lanka
(3) Bangladesh (4) Afghanistan (5) None of these
114. Who was elected unopposed as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 4 Oct.
2015?
(1) Sunil Gavaskar
(2) Shashank Manohar
(3) Rajiv Shukla
(4) N Sreenivasan
(5) None of these
115. Who among the following was appointed as the Advisor of All India Football Federation (AIFF)
on 18 October 2015?
(1) Baichung Bhutia
(2) Pele
(3) Roberto Carlos
(4) Sunil Chhetri
(5) None of these
116. Union Government on 20 Oct. 2015 appointed whom as the president of newly established All
India Council of Sports (AICS)?
(1) Kapil Dev
(2) Suresh Kalmadi
(3) P T Usha
(4) Vijay Kumar Malhotra
(5) None of these
117. Who on 22 Oct. 2015 became the first male person to be appointed as member of National
Commission for Women (NCW)?
(1) Sam Pitroda
(2) Alok Rawat
(3) Rajiv Mehrishi
(4) Vijay Bahuguna
(5) None of these
118. Which former player was appointed as the Head Coach of Kolkata Knight Riders on 22 October
2015?
(1) Saurav Ganguly
(2) Wasim Akram
(3) Jacques Kallis
(4) Mahela Jayawardene
(5) None of these
119. Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua was recently appointed as the new National Security
Advisor (NSA) of which country?
(1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan
(3) Indonesia
(4) Afghanistan (5) None of these
120. Who has been recently appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Flipkart?
(1) Ravneet Singh
(2) Samardeep Subandh
(3) Manish Kalra
(4) Kunal Bahl
(5) None of these
121. Anup Vikal was recently appointed as the CFO of which ecommerce company?
(1) Flipkart
(2) Amazon
(3) eBay
(4) Snapdeal
(5) None of these
122. MRF Limited on 20 October 2015 named South African batsman ____ as its brand ambassador?
(1) J P Duminy
(2) Faf du Plessis
(3) Hashim Amla
(4) AB de Villiers
(5) None of these
123. Which former Indian cricket player was recently named Brand Ambassador of Champions Tennis
League team Raipur Rangers?
(1) Anil Kumble
(2) Virendar Sehwag
(3) Rahul Dravid
(4) Sachin Tendulkar
(5) None of these
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124. Suresh Arora was appointed as the DGP of which state on 25 October 2015?
(1) Delhi
(2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Gujarat
(4) Punjab
(5) None of these
125. Who on 23 October 2015 took over the posts of Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)?
(1) Anil Goswami
(2) Jiji Thomson
(3) Shekhar Basu
(4) Vikas Swarup
(5) None of these
126. Narendra Nayak was on 27 October 2015 appointed as Managing Director of?
(1) Microsoft India
(2) BlackBerry India
(3) iPhone India
(4) Mi3 India
(5) None of these
127. Who was on 28 October 2015 appointed as Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBEC)?
(1) Kaushal Srivastava
(2) Rajiv Nanda
(3) Ramesh Das
(4) Najib Shah
(5) None of these
128. Who is the new chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industries (CITI)?
(1) J. Thulasidharan
(2) Naishadh Parikh
(3) Binoy Job
(4) Mukund Choudhary
(5) None of these
129. Who has been elected as the new head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC)?
(1) Lee Hoi-chang
(2) Rajendra Pachauri
(3) Hoesung Lee
(4) Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
(5) None of these
130. Who has been named cultural ambassador for Seychelles?
(1) Lata Mangeshkar
(2) A R Rahman (3) Vidhya Balan
(4) Juhi Chawla
(5) None of these
131. Who has been appointed as the chair of the IGN of UNSC reforms?
(1) Samiran Chakraborty
(2) Gulam Noon
(4) Sylvie Lucas
(5) None of these
(3) Courtenay Rattray
Resignation/Dismissed/Retired/Quit
132. Which India boxer and Olympic medalist recently announced her retirement after the Rio
Olympics?
(1) Saina Nehwal
(2) Mary Kom
(3) Saritha Devi
(4) Babita Kumari
(5) None of these
133. Name the Ace Indian cricketer who on 20 Oct. 2015 announced his retirement from international
cricket?
(1) Virender Sehwag
(2) Yuvraj Singh
(3) Dinesk Karthik
(4) Murali Vijay
(5) None of these
134. Name the Chairperson of HSBC India who is going to retire in December 2016, as announced
recently?
(1) Chanda Kochaar
(2) Jyotsna Suri
(3) Naina Lal Kidwai
(4) D Manjula
(5) None of these
Deaths
135. Frank Tyson who passed away recently was a fast bowler from which country?
(1) Australia
(2) West Indies
(3) England
(4) South Africa (5) None of these
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136. Film producer Edida Nageswara Rao who died recently belongs to which film industry?
(1) Telugu
(2) Malayalam
(3) Kannada
(4) Marathi
(5) None of these
137. Acclaimed novelist and journalist Gamal al-Ghitani who passed away recently belongs to which
country?
(1) Mexico
(2) Cuba
(3) Argentina
(4) Egypt
(5) None of these
138. Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarayana Swamy (KSL Swamy) who passed away on 20 Oct. 2015
was a renowned filmmaker in?
(1) Malayalam (2) Tamil
(3) Kannada
(4) Telugu
(5) None of these
139. Brian Friel, who died recently, was a greatest playwright belongs to which country?
(1) USA
(2) Ireland
(3) England
(4) South Africa (5) None of these
140. Syed Zahoor Qasim, who died recently, was a prominent personality in which field?
(1) Literature
(2) Science
(3) Journalism
(4) Business
(5) None of these
Awards/Honours
141. Which organization was on 29 Sept. 2015 presented with the certificate of Limca Book of Records
for the 'Largest Yoga performance’?
(1) BSF
(2) NCC
(3) ITBP
(4) NSG
(5) None of these
142. Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier who recently won the 2015 Right Livelihood Award
belongs to which country?
(1) Canada
(2) Italy
(3) Uganda
(4) Japan
(5) None of these
143. Who recently won the Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement?
(1) Sonu Nigam
(2) Prabhakar Jog (3) Gulsar
(4) A R Rahman
(5) None of these
144. Which Indian was recently honored by UK city of Coventry?
(1) Ratan Tata
(2) E Sreedharan
(4) Arun Jaitley
(5) None of these
(3) Mukesh Ambani
145. Robert Mugabe has been awarded 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China is the president of which
country?
(1) Kenya
(2) Zimbabwe
(3) Sudan
(4) South Africa (5) None of these
146. Name the noted criminologist who has been conferred with the prestigious 2015 Paul H Appleby
Award?
(1) Narasimha Das
(2) Nariman Sinha
(3) K Chockalingam
(4) E Sreedharan
(5) None of these
147. Who among the following has been crowned the prestigious UK Crime Writer’s Association Gold
Dagger award?
(1) JK Rowling
(2) Robert Galbraith
(3) Michael Robotham
(4) Rolf Harris
(5) None of these
148. Who has been awarded the senior citizen award for iconic mother for the year 2015?
(1) Leelaben Chhabildas Gurjar
(2) Sunabeda Singh
(3) Jayadevi Thayi
(4) Yashodara Malpade
(5) None of these
Ans: 136-1,137-4, 138-3, 139-2, 140-2, 141-2, 142-1, 143-2, 144-1, 145-2, 146-3, 147-3, 148-1,
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149. Who became the first Indian to receive the Magnolia Gold, Shanghai’s top award?
(1) Rangarajan Vellamorer
(2) Maxwell Paranagama
(3) Kumar Bhattacharya
(4) Hemachandra Nayak
(5) None of these
150. Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alexeyeva, who has been awarded 2015 Vaclav Havel Human Rights
Prize, hails from which country?
(1) Russia
(2) South Korea (3) North Korea (4) Philippines
(5) None of these
151. Who was adjudged Best CEO of a Multi National Company for 2015 at the Forbes India
Leadership Awards?
(1) Harsh Mariwala
(2) Uday Shankar (3) R C Bharghava
(4) Samit Ghosh
(5) None of these
152. The National Dialogue Quartet (NDQ) of which country won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize?
(1) Uganda
(2) Belarus
(3) Tunisia
(4) Ireland
(5) None of these
153. Which one of the following has won the Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability
(GPGAS) 2015?
(1) Reliance
(2) Tata Steel
(3) Infosys
(4) Airtel
(5) None of these
154. Who among the following personalities won the Central Bank Governor of the Year 2015 for
Asia?
(1)Raghuram Rajan
(2)Atiur Rahman (3)Zhou Xiaochuan
(4)Elvira Nabiullina
(5) None of these
155. Who among the following has won the Mrs.Earth 2015 Pageant?
(1) Priyanka Khurana Goyal
(2) Suchitra Singh
(4) Chitra Sudhir
(5) None of these
(3) Nayandeepa Rao
156. Which Indian-American farmer has been honoured for exemplary agriculture work?
(1) Geeta Jain
(2) Nikita Desai
(3) Deepaki Kumari
(4) Anita Adalja
(5) None of these
157. Who among the following is the winner of 2015 PEN Pinter Prize?
(1) David Hare
(2) Tom Stoppard
(4) James Fenton
(5) None of these
(3) Salman Rushdie
158. Recently, which Indian company won the 2015 MIT Climate CoLab award?
(1) Amul
(2) Reliance
(3) Nualgi
(4) Tata
(5) None of these
159. Who has been recently honoured with fifth Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award?
(1) Amir Khan
(2) A R Rahman (3) Sharukh Khan
(4) Akshay Kumar
(5) None of these
160. Who among the following has won prestigious Vayalar Ramavarama Literary award?
(1) N S Madhavan
(2) Benyamin
(3) Subhash Chandran
(4) K G Sankara Pillai
(5) None of these
161. Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2015?
(1) Angus Deaton
(2) Samuel Wilson
(4) Steve Jurczyk
(5) None of these
(3) Caleb Henry
Ans: 149-1, 150-1, 151-2, 152-3, 153-2, 154-2, 155-1, 156-4, 157-4, 158-3, 159-2, 160-3, 161-1,
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162. Which Indian environment group bagged the 2015 UN Climate Solutions Awards?
(1) Conserve
(2) Delhi Greens (3) Chintan
(4) Siruthuli
(5) None of these
163. Who has been emerged as has been chosen as ‘Finance Minister of the Year, Asia’ by Emerging
Markets?
(1) Lou Jiwei
(2) Arun Jaitley (3) Taro Aso
(4) Isaq Dar
(5) None of these
164. Who received the Golden Boot award for scoring the most goals in Europe’s domestic leagues last
season?
(1) Cristiano Ronaldo
(2) Lionel Messi
(3) Luis Suarez
(4) Gareth Bale
(5) None of these
Sports/Game
165. Abhinav Bindra recently won Gold in men's 10 metre air rifle event at the Asian Air Gun
Championship held at?
(1) Tokyo
(2) Bangkok
(3) New Delhi
(4) Beijing
(5) None of these
166. Which pair recently won the 2015 Wuhan Open Women’s Tennis Doubles Trophy?
(1) Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis
(2) Cara Black - Flavia Penneta
(3) Irina-Amelia Begu and Monica Niculescu
(4) Sania Mirza - Flavia Penneta
(5) None of these
167. Which player has won the prestigious 2015 Denmark Open Badminton Title in the women’s
single category?
(1) P V Sindhu (2) Carolina Marin (3) Li Xuerui
(4) Saina Nehwal (5) None of these
168. Which country won the Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament on 18 October 2015?
(1) India
(2) Britain
(3) Pakistan
(4) Australia
(5) None of these
169. Who won 2015 United States Grand Prix title of Formula One?
(1) Sebastian Vettel
(2) Nico Roseberg
(4) Max Verstappen
(5) None of these
(3) Lewis Hamilton
170. Name the Indian archer who has recently won Silver medal in the 2015 Archery World Cup
Final?
(1) Pankaj Advani
(2) Abhishek Verma
(3) Rajat Chauhan
(4) Jithu Rai
(5) None of these
171. South Africa recently clinched 1st ever bilateral ODI series in India. Who was named Player of the
series?
(1) AB de Villiers
(2) Virat Kohli
(3) Quinton de kock
(4) Faf du plessis
(5) None of these
172. The President Cup is associated with which one of the following sports?
(1) Tennis
(2) Badminton
(3) Golf
(4) Hockey
(5) None of these
173. Who won the 2015 Wuhan Open Women’s Single title?
(1) Garbine Muguruza
(2) Venus Williams
(4) Camelia Begu
(5) None of these
(3) Martina Hingis
Ans: 162-3, 163-2, 164-1, 165-3, 166-1, 167-3, 168-2, 169-3, 170-2, 171-1, 172-3, 173-2,
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174. Which Indian cyclist has become first-ever Indian to won five medals at the 2015 Taiwan Cup?
(1) Manorma Devi
(2) Sunita Devi
(3) Deborah Herold
(4) Anjana
(5) None of these
175. By defeating which country China has clinched the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship title?
(1) India
(2) Japan
(3) Singapore
(4) Philippines
(5) None of these
176. Who among the following has won the Russian Grand Prix-2015?
(1) Nico Roseberg
(2) Sebastian Vettel
(4) Kimi Raikkonen
(5) None of these
(3) Lewis Hamilton
177. Who among the following has won the men’s single at China Open title?
(1) Rafael Nadal
(2) Novak Djokovic
(3)Roger Federer
(4)Andy Murray
(5) None of these
178. Which country has won 2015 Women’s European Volleyball Championship?
(1) Russia
(2) USA
(3) China
(4) Japan
(5) None of these
179. India’s Ajay Jayaram clinched the Dutch Open Grand Prix by defeating which of the following
players?
1) Raul Must
(2) Brice Leverdez (3) Eric Pang
(4) Thomas Rouxel
(5) None of these
180. Recently, who has won the silver medal in Archery World cup final in Mexico city?
(1) Jayanta Talukdar
(2) Rahul Banerjee
(3) Deepika Kumari
(4) Tarundeep Rai
(5) None of these
Report
181. India has been placed at ____ position on 2015 Global Competitiveness Index?
(1) 51st
(2) 55th
(3) 57th
(4) 58th
(5) None of these
182. Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on 22 October 2015 lost her World No.1 ranking to whom?
(1) Carolina Marin
(2) Li Xuerui
(3) P V Sindhu
(4) Cara Black
(5) None of these
183. Which country has been ranked number one in the recently launched ICC women’s team
ranking?
(1) India
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Australia
(4) New Zealand (5) None of these
184. Which of the following organizations releases World Economic Outlook from time to time?
(1) World Economic Forum
(2) International Monetary Fund
(3) World Bank
(4) World Trade Organization
(5) None of these
185. As per the latest survey, which country has been ranked top in terms of the business optimism?
(1) India
(2) Ireland
(3) Sweden
(4) Switzerland
(5) None of these
186. As per the World Bank’s 2016 Ease of Doing Business Report, what is the rank of India?
(1) 134
(2) 132
(3) 130
(4)137
(5) None of these
National Parties/Regional Parties
187. Justin Trudeau of Liberal Party has recently been elected as 23rd Prime Minister of which country?
(1) Italy
(2) Greece
(3) Canada
(4) Australia
(5) None of these
Ans: 174-3, 175-4, 176-3, 177-2, 178-1, 179-1, 180-3, 181-2, 182-1, 183-3, 184-2, 185-2, 186-3, 187-3,
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General - National
188. In which city India’s first dedicated mobile handset manufacturing facility will be set up?
(1) Kochi
(2) Chennai
(3) Tirupati
(4) Bangalore
(5) None of these
189. Who has been designated as the new Lokayukta of Delhi?
(1) Bilal Nazki
(2) Jasbir Singh
(4) Reva Khetrapal
(5) None of these
(3) Manmohan Sarin
190. Search engine giant Google has recently announced to provide high-speed public Wi-Fi in ___
Indian railway stations?
(1) 300
(2) 100
(3) 200
(4) 400
(5) None of these
191. BCCI on 18 October 2015 assigned title sponsorship of Indian Premier League (IPL) to?
(1) Airtel
(2) Vivo
(3) DLF
(4) Hero
(5) None of these
192. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has recently inaugurated the Indian Police Foundation (IPF)
and Indian Police Institute (IPI) in which city?
(1) New Delhi (2) Hyderabad
(3) Pune
(4) Thiruvananthapuram (5) None of these
193. Arjun Vajpai and Bhupesh Kumar recently created history by becoming first people to climb 6180
meter high unnamed peak in Himachal’s Spiti Valley. They named the mountain as?
(1) Mount Kalam
(2) Mount India
(3) Mount Bharat Matha
(4) Mount Gandhi
(5) None of these
194. Which of the following city / state is host of first National Tribal Carnival?
(1) Delhi
(2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Maharashtra (4) Goa
(5) None of these
195. India’s largest ever cluster redevelopment project spearheaded by Saifee Burhani Upliftment
Trust at a cost of Rs.4,000 crore is to be implemented in which of the following cities?
(1) Chennai
(2) Bangalore
(3) Ahemadabad (4) Mumbai
(5) None of these
196. Which railway station is set to become the first visually challenged-friendly station in India?
(1) Bangaluru (2) Chennai
(3) Mysuru
(4) Kochi
(5) None of these
197. In which of the following cities of India, tsunami early warning system was tested successfully,
recently?
(1) Chennai
(2) Kolkata
(3) Mumbai
(4) Mangalore
(5) None of these
198. The Chang La seed bank, world’s highest research and development facility is located in which
place?
(1) Leh
(2) Masoorie
(3) Tibet
(4) Shimla
(5) None of these
General - International
199. On 1 October 2015, which country's national flag was raised at United Nations for the first time?
(1) Palestine
(2) Pakistan
(3) Syria
(4) Egypt
(5) None of these
200. In which place, world’s first online hotel reference tool dedicated to Muslim travellers has been
launched?
(1) Dubai
(2) Abu Dhabi
(3) Karachi
(4) Jeddah
(5) None of these
201. Which country recently made copying in examinations a crime punishable up to seven years?
(1) Bhutan
(2) UK
(3) France
(4) China
(5) None of these
Ans: 188-3, 189-4, 190-4, 191-2, 192-1, 193-1, 194-1, 195-4, 196-3, 197-3, 198-1, 199-1, 200-2, 201-3,
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202. Which country has recently decided to move to a six-hour working day in a bid to increase
productivity and make people happier?
(1) Japan
(2) Switzerland
(3) Sweden
(4) Russia
(5) None of these
203. Valfajr is a smart torpedo system design and develop by which country?
(1) Japan
(2) China
(3) Iran
(4)Pakistan
(5) None of these
204. Which country commissioned the world’s high altitude hydropower station, recently?
(1) China
(2) Japan
(3) Russia
(4) Canada
(5) None of these
205. Which country is set to become the first ever cashless country in the world?
(1) Sweden
(2) Netherland
(3) Austria
(4) Singapore
(5) None of these
206. Which programme was launched by USA to promote, attract, retain and expand business
investments to and within the USA?
(1) Select USA (2) Invest USA
(3) Promote USA (4) Support USA (5) None of these
207. Which of the following European countries has become the first to sign the MoU on establishment
of Nalanda University?
(1) Germany
(2) Portugal
(3) France
(4) Denmark
(5) None of these
208. The Sendai framework is a global blueprint for ____?
(1) Wildlife conservation
(2) Biodiversity preservation
(4) Bioterrorism mitigation
(5) None of these
(3) Disaster reduction
Books and Authors
209. Book on Lata Mangeshkar named "Lata Mangeshkar: A Musical Journey" set to be released in Jan.
2015 is authored by?
(1) Yatindra Mishra
(2) Bhupindra Singh
(3) Meru Gokhale
(4) Tarun Vijay
(5) None of these
210. Book titled "Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India" released recently is the autobiography
of?
(1) Ravishankar Prasad
(2) E Sreedharan
(3) Narendra Modi
(4) Sam Pitroda
(5) None of these
211. Who is the author of the book “Advantage India: From Challenge to Opportunity”?
(1) Pranab Mukherji
(2) A P J Abdul Kalam
(3) Manmohan Singh
(4) Sushma Swaraj
(5) None of these
Ans: 202-4, 203-3, 204-1, 205-1, 206-1, 207-2, 208-3, 209-1, 210-4, 211-2.
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