GK Questions for next bank, SSC, Railways and other exams
1) Name the campaign launched by Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejunivetion Uma Bharti on
5 June 2015, aimed at turning one water stressed village in each district of the country into a water surplus village?
(A) Jal Kranti Abhiyan
(B) Jal Jyothi Karyakram
(C) Jal Samridhi Yojana
(D) None of these
2) Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was on 5 June 2015 sworn in as the first woman president of which country?
(A) Sudan
(B) Maldives
(C) Mauritius
(D) Greece
3) World Environment Day (WED) was observed globally on 5 June 2015 with the theme?
(A) Raise Your Voice Not The Sea Level (B) Think.Eat.Save
Planet; Consume with Care
(C) Green Economy: Does it include you?
(D) Seven Billion Dreams; One
4) Which country was the host country for the World Environment Day (WED) 2015?
(A) Brazil
(B) Italy
(C) China
(D) Australia
5) R Seshasayee was on 5 June 2015 appointed as the non-executive chairman of?
(A) Infosys
(B) TCS
(C) Wipro
(D) ICICI Bank
6) India’s first green police station was inaugurated on the occasion of World Environment Day 2015 at?
(A) Jaipur
(B) Kozhikode
(C) Darjeeling
(D) North Delhi
7) Indian and which country on 6 June 2015 signed a historic land boundary agreement settling a 41 year oldboundary dispute?
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Bangladesh
(D) China
8) BCCI has recently appointed which former Indian player to coach the India Under-19 and A teams?
(A) VVS Laxman
(B) Rahul Dravid
(C) Ravi Shastri
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
9) Which club on 6 June 2015 won the UEFA Champions League title?
(A) Real Madrid
(B) Barcelona
(C) Juventus
(D) Bayern
10) Dasaradhi Rangacharya who passed away recently was a legendary writer in which language?
(A) Telugu
(B) Kannada
(C) Bengali
(D) Marathi
Answers
1) Ans. (A) Jal Kranti Abhiyan
2) Ans. (C) Mauritius
3) Ans. (D) Seven Billion Dreams; One Planet; Consume with
Care4) Ans. (B) Italy
5) Ans. (A) Infosys
6) Ans. (D) North Delhi
8) Ans. (B) Rahul Dravid
9) Ans. (B) Barcelona
10) Ans. (A) Telugu
List of Present Chief Justices of High Courts 2015
7) Ans. (C) Bangladesh
1) Indian-origin Harbhajan Kaur Dheer recently became the first Asian elected mayor in which country?
(A) USA
(B) Japan
(C) South Korea
(D) UK
2) Suchitra Bhattacharya who died on 13 May 2015 was a celebrated writer in which language?
(A) Bengali
(B) Marathi
(C) Tamil
(D) Kannada
3) Lok Sabha on 13 May 2015 passed The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The Bills seeks to amend the Negotiable
Instruments Act of which year?
(A) 1857
(B) 1881
(C) 1947
(D) 1951
4) On 13 May 2015, who took over as the new Election Commissioner of India?
(A) Basanth Seth
(B) H S Brahma
(C) Achal Kumar Jyoti
(D) Nasim Zaidi
5) PM Narendra Modi on 16 May 2015 inaugurated which bank's first Chinese branch in Shanghai?
(A) HDFC Bank
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) State Bank of Travancore
6) Mohamed Morsi who was sentenced to death by country's court recently, was the former president of which country?
(A) Egypt
(B) Syria
(C) Yemen
(D) Iraq
7) Government has recently allocated Rs 5000 crore for development of AYUSH. Name the Union Minister for AYUSH Ministry?
(A) Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
(B) Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
(C) Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(D) Shri Anant Geete
8) Which country won their sixth consecutive Sudirman Cup(for Badminton) on 17 May 2015?
(A) Malaysia
(B) China
(C) Singapore
(D) India
9) Vikas Gowda recently won a bronze medal in the second leg of the prestigious IAAF Diamond League series on 17 May 2015.
Vikas Gowda is related with which sport?
(A) Tennis
(B) Discus Throw
(C) Weight Lifting
(D) Shooting
10) Indian technology major Infosys on 17 May 2015 announced establishing its first overseas centre outside India, in which
country?
(A) China
(B) Australia
(C) Mangolia
(D) South Korea
Answers
1) Ans. (D) UK
2) Ans. (A) Bengali
3) Ans. (B) 1881 4) Ans. (C) Achal Kumar Jyoti
5) Ans. (C) ICICI Bank
6) Ans. (A) Egypt 7) Ans. (A) Shri Shripad Yesso Naik 8) Ans. (B) China 9) Ans. (B) Discus Throw
10) Ans. (A) China
1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 announced three flagship social security schemes in West Bengal. Which among
the following is not among them?
(A) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana (PMJJBY)
(B) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Kalyan Yojana (PMSKBY)
(C) Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
(D) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
2) An advanced version of the BrahMos land-attack cruise missile was successfully test-fired on 9 May 2015 from the Car Nicobar
Islands at?
(A) Odisha
(B) Arabian Sea
(C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(D) Lakshwadeep
3) Indian Navy commissioned Porbandar base on 9 May 2015 and named it as?
(A) INS Sardar Patel
(B) INS Mahatma Gandhi
(C) INS Madan Malviya
(D) INS Veer Savrakar
4) World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared which country as free of the Ebola virus, confirming that the country
has had no new cases in 42 days?
(A) Sudan
(B) Guinea
(C) Sierra Leone
(D) Liberia
5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 May 2015 inaugurated a revamped and modernized 2.5 million tonne steel plant of IISCO at
Burnpur in which state?
(A) Bihar
(B) Chattisgarh
(C) West Bengal
(D) Haryana
6) Who was on 8 May 2015 declared the Sportsperson of the Year' at the Times of India Sports Awards?
(A) Jitu Rai
(B) Vikas Gowda
(C) Virat Kohli
(D) Pankaj Advani
7) Who was on 8 May 2015 appointed as a member of UPSC becoming the first officer from RAW to be appointed as UPSC
member?
(A) Arvind Saxena
(B) Tarun Rajpal
(C) Vikas Subramanian
(D) Kiran Kumar
8) Veteran actor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor was presented the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award on 10 May 2015 by?
(A) Pranab Mukherjee
(B) Arun Jaitley
(C) Hamid Ansari
(D) Amitabh Bachchan
9) Who was recently renominated as Public Accounts Committee chairman?
(A) Murali Manohar Joshi
(B) P. C. Chacko
(C) L K Advani
10) Who won the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix on 10 May 2015?
(A) Nico Rosberg
(B) Lewis Hamilton
(C) Sebastain Vettel
Answers
1) Ans. (B) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Kalyan Yojana (PMSKBY)
(D) KV Thomas
(D) Philp Masa
2) Ans. (C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3) Ans. (A) INS Sardar Patel 4) Ans. (D) Liberia 5) Ans. (C) West Bengal
6) Ans. (A) Jitu Rai
8) Ans. (B) Arun Jaitley
9) Ans. (D) KV Thomas
10) Ans. (A) Nico Rosberg
7) Ans. (A) Arvind Saxena
1) Which among the following has recently decided to introduce the concept of a Red Flagged Account (RFA) in a bid to minimize
fraud risks?
(A) RBI
(B) SEBI
(C) PFRDA
(D) IRDAI
2) Achal Kumar Jyoti was recently appointed as the?
(A) Vigilance Commissioner
(C) Chairman of National Human Rights Commission
(B) Union Home Secretary
(D) Election Commissioner
3) Which e-commerce company has recently acquired Bengaluru-based mobile app development platform company named
Native5?
(A) Flipkart
(B) Myntra
(C) Snapdeal
(D) Amazon
4) Microsoft has recently announced that ____may possibly be the last Windows operating system?
(A) Windows Express
(B) Windows Edge
(C) Windows 10
(D) Windows 13
5) Name the political party of Prime Minister David Cameron which won the UK elections recently?
(A) Conservative Party
(B) Scottish National Party
(C) Labour Party
(D) Liberal Democrats
6) National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) recently recommended government to raise the ‘creamy layer’ criterion for
OBCs from the present 6 lakh to?
(A) 5 lakhs
(B) 9 lakhs
(C) 10.50 lakh
(D) 12.50 lakh
7) Mumbai sessions court on 6 May 2015 sentenced Bollywood film star Salman Khan to five years in prison, for killing a man in a
hit-and-run accident happened in which year?
(A) 1991
(B) 2002
(C) 2009
(D) 2013
8) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on 8 May 2015 announced a ___ percent reduction in charges for transactions on
its inter-bank ATM network?
(A) 5 %
(B) 2 %
(C) 8 %
(D) 10 %
9) Envoys of the Philippines and Norway were recently killed in a chopper crash happened in which country?
(A) Indonesia
(B) Pakistan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Nepal
10) Hindustan Awami Morcha (HAM) is a new political party recently launched by?
(A) Prashant Bhushan
(B) Kisan Hazare
(C) Baba Ramdev
(D) Jitan Ram Manjhi
Answers
1) Ans. (A) RBI
2) Ans. (D) Election Commissioner
3) Ans. (B) Myntra
4) Ans. (C) Windows 10
5) Ans. (A) Conservative Party
6) Ans. (C) 10.50 lakh
7) Ans. (B) 2002 8) Ans. (D) 10 %
9) Ans. (B) Pakistan
10) Ans. (D) Jitan Ram Manjhi
1) Indian Army on 5 May 2015 inducted which indigenously developed supersonic surface-to-air missile which is capable of
targeting enemy helicopters, aircraft and UAVs from a range of 25 km?
(A) Tejas
(B) Pinaka
(C) Akash
(D) Dhanush
2) Jonathan Trott who has recently retired from International Cricket is from which country?
(A) England
(B) West Indies
(C) Australia
(D) Ireland
3) Asian Youth Athletic Championship 2015 which began recently is being held in?
(A) Pune, India
(B) Doha, Qatar
(C) Daka, Bangaldesh
(D) Seoul, South Korea
4) Land Boundary Agreement Bill to allow the operationalisation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary agreement was
recently numbered as the 119th Constitution Amendment Bill. When it was passed, it became the Constitution ___th Amendment
Bill?
(A) 99
(B) 100
(C) 101
(D) 111
5) Which technology giant has recently launched a cloud computing-based offering named 'Edu-Cloud', designed to offer digital
learning and teaching in schools and higher educational institutions?
(A) Goofle
(B) Facebook
(C) Yahoo
(D) Microsoft
6) Stuart Bingham who won World Snooker Championship is player from which country?
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) Egypt
(D) South Africa
7) A Cow-urine refinery was recently inaugurated at Jalore in which state?
(A) Goa
(B) Kerala
(C) Bihar
(D) Rajasthan
8) Which among the following document was recently made mandatory for Central excise registration?
(A) Aadhaar Card
(B) Passport
(C) PAN Card
(D) All of these
9) Who was recently appointed as the new chairperson of the Children Film Society of India (CFSI)?
(A) Naseeruddin Shah
(B) Mukesh Khanna
(C) Saurabh Raj Jain
(D) Shashi Kapoor
10) Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has recently launched a new TV rating system in India. This will replace
existing which rating system?
(A) TAM (Television Audience Measurement)
(B) TCRS (Television Content Rating Systems)
(C) House Hunters
(D) Eurodata
Answers
1) Ans. (C) Akash 2) Ans. (A) England
3) Ans. (B) Doha, Qatar
4) Ans. (B) 100
5) Ans. (D) Microsoft
6) Ans. (A) UK
7) Ans. (D) Rajasthan
8) Ans. (C) PAN Card
9) Ans. (B) Mukesh Khanna
10) Ans. (A) TAM (Television Audience Measurement)
1).Which among the following is NOT true about 35th National Games?
a) Goodwill Ambassador: Sachin Tendulkar
b) Total Number of Venues: 29
c) Host State: Kerala
d) Mascot: Shera
2).Name the Indian Scientist, who joined as a full time-member of NITI Aayog?
a) Vaishali Dhar
b) Vijay Kumar Saraswat
c) Siddharth Pandey
d) Sagar Singh
3).Which country has recently tested Raad Missile?
a) Japan
b) Sri Lanka
d) Russia
c) Pakistan
4).With which of the following company, SBI has joined hands for payment bank license?
a) Reliance
b) TATA
c) Airtel
5).The satellite named, Fajr (Dawn) was launched by which country?
a) Iran
b) China
c) Iraq
6).Where does the Water Conference-2015 was held?
a) Delhi
b) Guwahati
d) IDEA
d) Russia
c) Bhopal
d) Indore
7).Indian Coast Guard has recently Inducted High Speed-Patrolling Ship named as_______.
a) Amogh
b) Amar
c) Akbar
d) Amith
8).Sukanya Samridhi Yojna under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao enables a girl child below_____ years to open account in post offices
and in the banks?
a) 16
b) 14
c) 12
d) 10
9).What is the name of the programme that was launched by Uttarakhand to develop the tourism in the state?
a) Chardham Darshan
b) Dev Darshan
c) Himalaya Darshan
d) Dev Bhoomi Darshan
10).Name the committee which was formed for Electricity Amendment bill 2014?
a) Verma Committee
b) Gupta Committee
c) Rathi Committee
11).For which album, Ricky Kej has won Grammy Award?
a) Song of Indians
b) Winds of Samsara
c) Songs of India
d) Somaiya Committee
d) With love from India
12).In which state India’s largest solar park was yet to be launched?
a) West Bengal
b) Rajasthan
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Gujarat
13).Who is the winner of Yash Bharti Samman 2015?
a) Vinod Mehta
b) Vinod Dua
d) Chetan Bhagat
c) Shashi Taroor
14).Among the following country, which has emerged as the largest source of FDI into India in 2013-14?
a) Singapore
b) Malaysia
c) Japan
d) Russia
15).Who is the new President of Italy?
a) Carlo Mattarella
b) Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Answers:-
c) Sergio Mattarella
d) Giorgio Napolitano
1). d) 2). b) 3). c) 4). a) 5). a) 6). b) 7). a) 8). d) 9). c) 10). d) 11). b) 12). b) 13). a) 14). a) 15). c)
1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. who has on 3 May 2015 won the unified World Welterweight title of World Boxing Council, World Boxing
Organisation and World Boxing Association defeating Manny Pacquiao is from which country?
(A) Philippines
(B) Kenya
(C) Australia
(D) USA
2) Which Indian has recently acquired a stake in Xiaomi Technology, the No. 3 global smartphone maker?
(A) Azim Premji
(B) Mukesh Ambani
(C) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(D) Ratan Tata
3) Who has recently received Golden Medal for Merit in Work of Spain?
(A) Rafael Nadal
(B) Roger Federe
(C) Usain Bolt
(D) Floyd Mayweather
4) Ashraf Ghani who arrived in India recently on his first state visit to India is the President of which country?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Maldives
(D) Saudi Arabia
5) Mazen Darwish who was recently honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015 is the journalist
from which country?
(A) Yemen
(B) Egypt
(C) Peru
(D) Syria
6) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who was recently in news as dead was the chief of which terrorsit organization?
(A) ISIS
(B) Boko Haram
(C) Hamas
(D) Hizbul Mujahideen
7) Dr Prannoy Roy who was recently conferred the RedInk Award for lifetime achievement is the executive co-chairman of?
(A) CNN-IBN
(B) Time Now
(C) NDTV
(D) Doordarshan
8) World Press Freedom Day is observed on?
(A) May 1
(B) May 2
(C) May 3
(D) May 4
9) Capgemini has recently acquired IGATE for $4 bn. Capgemini is a Management consulting company headquartered at?
(A) Tokyo
(B) Paris
(C) New Jersey
(D) Mumbai
10) Shuttler Lee Chong Wei who was recently handed a backdated eight-month ban for doping by the Badminton World Federation
on 27 April 2015 is from which country?
(A) Malaysia
(B) China
(C) Singapore
(D) Japan
Answers
1) Ans. (D) USA
5) Ans. (D) Syria
9) Ans. (B) Paris
2) Ans. (D) Ratan Tata
6) Ans. (A) ISIS
10) Ans. (A) Malaysia
3) Ans. (A) Rafael Nadal
7) Ans. (C) NDTV
4) Ans. (B) Afghanistan
8) Ans. (C) May 3
1) Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) was recently adjudged the world's best airport for the year 2014, under the category of
handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum. IGIA is situated at?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Chennai
(C) Delhi
(D) Bengaluru
2) Army on 26 April 2015 conducted a major exercise, 'Akraman-II' in which state?
(A) Goa
(B) Odisha
(C) Punjab
(D) Rajasthan
3) 14th edition of Indo-French naval exercise 'Varuna' concluded on 2 May 2015. It was held in which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Goa
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Maharashtra
4) Magnus Carlsen won Shamkir chess tournament on 26 April 2015. Magnus Carlsen is from which country?
(A) Spain
(B) China
(C) Switzerland
(D) Norway
5) International Dance Day is observed on?
(A) May 1
(B) April 30
(C) May 2
(D) April 29
6) Which bollywood actor was recently conferred the Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award?
(A) Sharukh Khan
(B) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) Nazarudhin Shah
(D) Anil Kapoor
7) Which state government on 30 April 2015 issued a circular banning the use of the phrase “Horn Ok Please” on the rear side of
commercial vehicles?
(A) Maharshtra
(B) Delhi
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
8) Maharashtra’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on 1 May 2015 filed an FIR against CEO of which e-commerce major on
charges of for selling prescription drugs online?
(A) Amazon
(B) Snapdeal
(C) Flipkart
(D) eBay
9) “Educate Encourage Enlighten” will be the new tagline of ____ as announced recently?
(A) CBSE
(B) New Education Policy
(C) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(D) None of these
10) What is the name given to the massive rescue and relief launched by the Indian Army in Nepal?
(A) Operation Maitri
(B) Operation Seva
(C) Operation Rahat
Answers
1) Ans. (C) Delhi
2) Ans. (D) Rajasthan
3) Ans. (B) Goa
5) Ans. (D) April 29
6) Ans. (D) Anil Kapoor
7) Ans. (A) Maharshtra
9) Ans. (B) New Education Policy
10) Ans. (A) Operation Maitri
(D) Operation Neeti
4) Ans. (D) Norway
8) Ans. (B) Snapdeal
1) Microsoft on 29 April 2015 announced its next Web Browser’s name as?
(A) Invent
(B) Edge
(C) Pluto
(D) Micro Explo
2) Which former Union Finance Minister was recently honoured with Officier de la Légion d'Honneur (Officer of the Legion of
Honour), the highest French civilian distinction?
(A) Murali Manohar Joshi
(B) P Chidambaram
(C) Pranab Mukherjee
(D) Yashwant Sinha
3) Name the Eminent scientist who was recently conferred with Japan's highest civilian award for his outstanding contributions to
science and Indo-Japanese science corporation?
(A) K Radhakrishnan
(B) APJ Abdul Kalam
(C) CNR Rao
(D) TKM Nair
4) A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale struck which neighboring country of India on 25 April 2015?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) China
(D) Bangladesh
5) World Malaria Day is observed globally on?
(A) 21 April
(B) 25 April
(C) 27 April
(D) 30 April
6) Senior IPS officer Surender Singh was on 1 May 2015 appointed as the new DG of?
(A) BSF
(B) ITBP
(C) CRPF
(D) CISF
7) What is the authorized capital of each Regional Rural Bank (RRB) as per the recent amendments in Regional Rural Bank
(Amendment) Bill 2014?
(A) Rs.5 crore
(B) Rs. 100 crore
(C) Rs. 1000 crore
(D) Rs. 2000 crore
8) Department of Telecom has recently extended the deadline to fully implement the mobile number portability across the country
to?
(A) April 1, 2016
(B) October 2, 2015
(C) July 3, 2015
(C) January 1, 2016
9) International Labour Day is observed on?
(A) May 1
(B) April 29
(C) April 3
(D) May 2
10) NASA's Messenger spacecraft has recently crashed into the surface of which planet ending its historic 11-year mission?
(A) Saturn
(B) Mars
(C) Pluto
(D) Mercury
Answers
1) Ans. (B) Edge
5) Ans. (B) 25 April
9) Ans. (A) May 1
2) Ans. (D) Yashwant Sinha
6) Ans. (D) CISF
10) Ans. (D) Mercury
3) Ans. (C) CNR Rao
7) Ans. (D) Rs. 2000 crore
4) Ans. (A) Nepal
8) Ans. (C) July 3, 2015
1) Who was elected as the fifth general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on 19 April 2015?
(A) Pinarayi Vijayan
(B) Prakash Karat
(C) S Ramachandran Pillai
(D) Sitaram Yechury
2) Bangladesh cricket team recently recorded their first ever ODI series win against which country?
(A) Pakistan
(B) West Indies
(C) England
(D) Australia
3) Which bank recently launched near-field communications-enabled payment service 'Tap-n-Pay'?
(A) HDFC Bank
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Union Bank of India
(D) ICICI Bank
4) ICICI Bank launched near-field communications-enabled payment service 'Tap-n-Pay' in collaboration with?
(A) Snapdeal
(B) PNB Paribas
(C) Tech Mahindra
(D) Paytm
5) Name Indian Navy’s new missile destroyer ship that was launched on 20 April 2015 at Mazagaon Dock Limited (MDL), Mumbai?
(A) INS Visakhapatnam
(B) INS Kolkata
(C) INS Alleppy
(D) None of these
6) Which International news paper won two prestigious Pulitzer prizes on 20 April 2015 for coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West
Africa?
(A) BBC
(B) New York Times
(C) Al Jazeera
(D) The Times
7) Rajaji National Park in which state was recently declared as India's 48th Tiger Reserve?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) West Bengal
8) Name the new tournament announced by Cricket South Africa recently?
(A) Africa T20 Cup
(B) African Super series
(C) Africa T20 extravangaza
(D) African Cricket Cup
9) Who was on 20 April 2015, appointed as chief advisor of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Anti Corruption & Security
Unit (ACSU)?
(A) Vivek Murthy
(B) Karun Sebastain
(C) Vikrant Raju
(D) Neeraj Kumar
10) E-Samiksha online monitoring mechanism was recently launched by?
(A) Railways
Answers
1) Ans. (D) Sitaram Yechury
4) Ans. (C) Tech Mahindra
7) Ans. (C) Uttarakhand
10) Ans. (A) Railways
(B) India Post
(C) DOPT
2) Ans. (A) Pakistan
5) Ans. (A) INS Visakhapatnam
8) Ans. (A) Africa T20 Cup
(D) Prime Minister's Office
3) Ans. (D) ICICI Bank
6) Ans. (B) New York Times
9) Ans. (D) Neeraj Kumar
1) Haryana’s Ashish Jakhar on 17 April 2015 set a national youth record in boys’ hammer throw in the 12th National Youth Athletics Championships
held at?
(A) Punjab
(B) Goa
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Kerala
2) World Heritage Day was observed on?
(A) 24 April
(B) 14 April
(C) 21 April
(D) 18 April
3) Who recently took charge as the new spokesperson of External Affairs Ministry?
(A) Syed Akbaruddin
(B) S Jaishankar
(C) Arun Kumar Singh
(D) Vikas Swarup
4) Which Bollywood classic film was on 18 April 2015 released in Pakistan after 40 years of its release in India?
(A) Sholay
(B) Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge
(C) Chandi Chauk
(D) Dastan
5) Aroon Purie, who was recently chosen as the 'Editor of the Year' is the Editor-in-Chief of which group?
(A) The Hindu
(B) Times of India
(C) India Today
(D) NDTV
6) 'Godse' is no longer unparliamentary except in reference to 'Nathuram Godse', Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has ruled recently. In which
year Parliament had banned the use of the word?
(A) 1950
(B) 1976
(C) 1956
(D) None of these
7) President Pranab Mukherjee on 18 April 2015 inaugurated the centenary celebration of which High Court?
(A) Patna High Court
(B) Calcutta High Court
(C) Delhi High Court
(D) Bombay High Court
8) Venkadarath Saritha was recently appointed as the first female driver by Transport Corporation of which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Bihar
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Delhi
9) Who assumed charge as the 20th Chief Election Commissioner succeeding H.S. Bramha on 19 April 2015?
(A) Nasim Zaidi
(B) K G Balakrishnan
(C) V S Sampath
(D) None of these
(C) Lewis Hamilton
(D) Sebastian Vettel
10) Who won Bahrain Grand Prix 2015 recently?
(A) Nico Rosberg
(B) Kimi Raikkonen
Answers
1) Ans. (B) Goa
2) Ans. (D) 18 April
3) Ans. (D) Vikas Swarup
4) Ans. (A) Sholay
5) Ans. (C) India Today
6) Ans. (C) 1956
7) Ans. (A) Patna High Court
8) Ans. (D) Delhi
9) Ans. (A) Nasim Zaidi
10) Ans. (C) Lewis Hamilton
1) Pakistan and which country have recently agreed to hold first-ever joint military exercises as part of their enhanced defence
cooperation?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) Russia
(D) India
2) Surya Bahadur Thapa who passed away recently was the former Prime Minister of which country?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Singapore
3) Who was appointed the Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly on 16 April 2015?
(A) Jagdish Pradhan
(B) Vijender Gupta
(C) Om Prakash Sharm
(D) None of these
4) Which player recently became England’s highest wicket-taker in Test cricket?
(A) Stuart Board
(B) Joe Root
(C) Alastair Cook
(D) James Anderson
5) According to draft regulations released recently by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), Life
insurance policies sold through common service centres (CSCs) would have a maximum sum assured of?
(A) Rs 2 lakh
(B) Rs 5 lakh
(C) Rs 10 lakh
(D) Rs 25 lakh
(C) 17 April
(D) 18 April
6) World Haemophilia Day was observed globally on?
(A) 15 April
(B) 16 April
7) Oil India, the nation's second largest state-owned oil explorer, on 17 April 2015 announced that it has commissioned a 54 MW
wind energy project in which two states?
(A) Andhra Pradesh and Telengana
(B) Kerala and TamilNadu
(C) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
(D) Punjab and Haryana
8) Supreme Court on 17 April 2015 appointed whom to head a new investigating team to further probe the IPL-6 spot-fixing and
betting scandal?
(A) Vivek Murthy
(B) Vivek Priyadarshi
(C) Ranjib Biswal
(D) None of these
9) RBI recently notified that term deposits of Rs ___ lakh and below must have premature withdrawal facility?
(A) 15 lakhs
(B) 10 lakhs
(C) 5 lakhs
(D) 2 lakhs
10) US President Barack Obama has recently honoured whom with 'Champion of Change' award?
(A) Kailash Satyarthi
(B) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) Satya Nadella
Answers
1) Ans. (C) Russia
2) Ans. (A) Nepal
3) Ans. (B) Vijender Gupta
5) Ans. (A) Rs 2 lakh
6) Ans. (C) 17 April
7) Ans. (C) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
8) Ans. (B) Vivek Priyadarshi
9) Ans. (A) 15 lakhs
10) Ans. (D) Satya Nadella
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4) Ans. (D) James Anderson