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GA MANTRA FOR RRB(CLERK,PO) IBPS PO [JAN-JUNE ]
INTERNATIONAL
1) Which Asian country celebrated its 67th Independence Day on 4 January 2015?
Ans:- Myanmar
2) Recently in news, “Charlie Hebdo” magazine belongs to which country?
Ans:- France
3) Maithripala Sirisena, has been elected as new President of which country?
Ans:- Sri Lanka
4) Who was elected as the first female President of Croatia on 11 January 2015?
Ans:- Grabar Kitarovic
5) Historic “Paris unity rally” was organized in support of ?
Ans:- Anti-terrorism
6)Name the first country to Introduce Law for the Creation of Baby from Two
Women and One Man?
Ans:- United Kingdom
7)The 5th General Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency
(IRENA) was held in which city?
Ans:- Abu Dhabi
8)How many SAARC countries met on 2 – 3 February 2015 to finalize Motor
Vehicles Agreement this year?
Ans:- Four
9)Rui Araujo, has been chosen as the new prime minister of ____?
Ans:- East Timor
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10)According to latest survey, which country has largest area planted under GM
(Genetically Modified) crops?
Ans:- USA
11) Which country’s government has proposed a prisoner swap with Indonesia in
a last ditch effort to save the lives of two drug traffickers of its country, who are
expected to face a firing squad within days?
Ans:- Australia
12) Which country’s Professor was in news as on 9 March 2015 as she rejected an
Indian student’s internship request citing rape problem in India?
Ans:- Germany
13) Which country has imposed sanctions on another group of individuals and
entities in Ukraine and Russia accused of undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty and
misappropriating Ukrainian state assets?
Ans:- United States of America
14) The North-South Rail link in Srilanka connects which two locations in the
island nation?
Ans:- Talaimannar to Madhu Road
15) Which country’s government has announced plans to build a new capital to
the east of the present one?
Ans:- Egypt
16) Which country carried out its first air strikes in Syria, as part of the US-led
coalition fighting Islamic State militants?
Ans:- Canada
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17) Name the political party of Pakistan that decided to join parliament after
almost seven months of absence from the National Assembly and provincial
assemblies of Punjab and Sindh?
Ans:- Tehreek-e-Insaf
18) Which country’s president condemned psychiatric therapies designed to
repair gay, lesbian and transgender youth?
Ans:- United States
19) China is planning to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link
between Tibet and ____ passing through a tunnel under Mount Everest?
Ans:- Nepal
20) Saudi Arabia on 21 April 2015 ended its month-long military operation against
the Houthi rebels under which air strikes were conducted. What was the name of
this operation?
Ans:- Operation Decisive Storm
21) How many Indian origin MP’s were eleted to UK Parliament during the British
elections of 2015?
Ans:- 10
22) Which country has criticised European Union proposals to authorise the use of
force against smugglers taking migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe?
Ans:- Libya
23) After losing more than 4,000 people to Ebola, which country has now been
declared free of the disease by the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Ans:- Liberia
24) What is the name of the former Army General who took over as the 8th
President of Guyana on 16 May 2015?
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Ans:- David Arthur Granger
25) The World’s first referendum on same sex marriage is being held in — ?
Ans:- Ireland
26) As per OPCW, how much of the global chemical weapons stockpile has been
achieved so far –?
Ans:- 90%
27) A court of which country recently ordered three tobacco companies to pay
fines worth around $12 billion for damages, which is the largest award in
country’s history?
Ans:- Canada
28) Which prominent European country’s Parliament on 9 June 2015 voted
overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that seeks to hold a referendum to gauge the
mood of its citizens on the issue of remaining part of the European Union (EU)?
Ans:- Britain
29) Which bird was nominated as United Kingdom’s first-ever national bird in a
poll conducted in the country that concluded during June 2015?
Ans:- Robin
30) China has launched a freight train service between its northeastern city of
Harbin which another country?
Ans:- Europe
INDIA & WORLD
31) Name the train that has now started running from Kolkata to Dhaka with
its own rake from 4 January 2015?
Ans:- Maitree Express
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32) The 8th India-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue was held on
17 January 2015 ________?
Ans:- New Delhi
33) Which country recently allowed e-voting by non-resident citizens?
Ans:- India
34) Which country on 20 January 2015 signed an agreement on transfer of
sentenced persons with Hong Kong Special Administrative Region?
Ans:- India
35) European Union (EU) on 20 January 2015 decided to lift a sevenmonth-long ban on the import of mangoes from –?
Ans:- India
36) What is India’s ranking in the recently released international intellectual
property (IP) index?
Ans:- 29
37) In which region, has Gujarat government decided to set up ‘Plast India
International University’ in partnership with University of Massachusetts
Lowell?
Ans:- Vapi
38) The tenth India Mongolia Joint Training Exercise culminated on 6
February 2015 with a grand closing ceremony held at ___?
Ans:- Gwalior Military Cantonment
39) Which was the busiest international city pair for travel to and from India
during 2014?
Ans:- Mumbai-Dubai
40) The Barak 8 air and missile defence system is being jointly developed
by India and which country?
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Ans:- Israel
41) With which country has India collaborated to study the global Climate
Change?
Ans:- Norway
42) Name the warship that has been exported by India to Mauritius and
commissioned on 12 March 2015?
Ans:- Barracuda
43) With which country has India inked five Memoranda of Understanding
to give new impetus to bilateral co-operation on 11 March 2015?
Ans:- Mauritius
44) India and which country recently completed its first ever Friendship
Motor Rally successfully at India gate?
Ans:- Nepal
45) With which country, Textiles Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has
been signed by India on 17 March 2015?
Ans:- Kyrgyzstan
46) Name the massive air and sea operation recently launched by India to
evacuate over 4000 Indians from Yemen?
Ans:- Operation Raahat
47) Which international organization on 1 April 2015 launched a group
against terrorism named ‘Group of Friends against terrorism’ with 30
members including India? Ans:- United Nations
48) With which country has India signed Memorandum of Cooperation for
transportation on 8 April 2015?
Ans:- United States of America
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49) India was placed at 101st place in the Social Progress Index (SPI)
ratings that were released globally on 9 April 2015. Which country topped
this list?
Ans:- Norway
50) Indian formally ended its massive evacuation efforts in Yemen named
“Operation Raahat” on 10 April 2015. This mission successfully evacuated
how many people from war-torn Yemen?
Ans:- 5,600
51) 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill is related to –?
Ans:- Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh
52) Name the festival of Indian Culture inaugurated in Russia on 10 May
2015 by the President of India?
Ans:- Namaste India
53) India has recently extended e-tourist visa scheme to — more
countries?
Ans:- 31
54) What is India’s current global ranking in terms of electricity generation
from nuclear source?
Ans:- 13th
55) How many agreements have been signed between India and China for
bilateral cooperation in several areas including economy, trade, science
and technology and culture?
Ans:- 24
56) India has decided to buy only 36 Rafale fighter jets scrapping the
earlier plan to acquire 126 aircraft on grounds of huge cost. From which
country India is buying Rafale fighter jets?
Ans:- France
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57) Which country nationals on 2 June 2015 to India decided to grant eTourist visa facility?
Ans:- Sweden
58) As per the Rule of Law Index 2015 by US-based World Justice Project
(WJP) released on 2 June 2015 what is the India’s position among BRICS
countries?
Ans:- Third
59) What is the theme of the joint declaration highlighting bilateral
cooperation issued by India and Bangladesh?
Ans:- Notun Projonmo- Nayi Disha
60) The second common border market “Border Haat” was opened on 11th
June 2015. Between which countries Border Haat Market is opened?
Ans:- India and Bangladesh
NATIONAL
61) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has been
recently renamed as?
Ans:- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
62) Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG has recently been renamed
as?
Ans:- PAHAL
63) Name the Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation who inaugurated the India Water Week – 2015
recently with the theme “Water Management for Sustainable
Development”?
Ans:- Uma Bharti
64) Union Cabinet on 5 January 2015 approved the largest ever telecom
spectrum auction which will cover?
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Ans:- 2G
65) Which year will be celebrated as Jal Kranti Varsh across the country to
highlight the need of conservation and saving of water?
Ans:- 2015-16
66)According to latest data, which state has attracted maximum foreign
direct investment (FDI) in the country?
Ans:- Maharashtra
67)10th of February will henceforth be recognised in India as?
Ans:- National Deworming Day
68)As per the latest report by TRAI, teledensity in India is approximately
about____?
Ans:- 77.58
69)The Government has decided to remove the minimum export price of
450 dollars per tonne on the export of a specific vegetable in view of the
prevailing lower prices and higher domestic availability. Name the
vegetable?
Ans:- Potato
70)For how many central government services, the government has
launched a single window e-Biz portal to bring transparency and ease of
doing business in the country on 19 February 2015?
Ans:- 11
71) Which organisation has launched “National Electoral Roll Purification
and Authentication Programme” (NERPAP) throughout the country from
3rd Mar’15 with the prime objective of bringing a totally error free and
authenticated electoral roll?
Ans:- Election Commission of India
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72) National Association of Software and Services Companies
(NASSCOM) on 1 March 2015 celebrated its ___th foundation day?
Ans:- 25th
73) How many Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) accounts does the NPCI aim
to link to the corresponding Aadhar Numbers by June 2015?
Ans:- 17 crore
74) Name the scheme that has been launched by the government for
redressal of grievances of consumers relating to pricing and availability of
medicines?
Ans:- PRASAD and Swadesh Darshan
75) The Supreme Court of India (SC) on 17 March 2015 cancelled the
Union Government’s decision to include which category/community in the
Central Other Backward Classes (OBC) list?
Ans:- Jaat
76) Name the scheme that has been suspended by Employees Provident
Fund Organisation (EPFO) from April 2015?
Ans:- Minimum Monthly Pension Scheme
77) Union Government on 3 April 2015 extended the deadline for
implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) deadline by ____
months?
Ans:- Six months
78) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently
recommended which number as the single emergency number across the
country?
Ans:- 112
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79) The Government has constituted a task force comprising experts and
senior officials to be chaired by B N Navalawala, Ex-Secretary of Ministry of
Water Resources. What is the major responsibility of the task force?
Ans:- Interlinking of Rivers
80) Name the project launched by the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar
Prabhu on 21 April 2015 for monitoring the implementation of budget
announcements?
Ans:- E-Samiksha
81) “Educate Encourage Enlighten” will be the new tagline of ____ as
announced recently?
Ans:- New Education Policy
82) Name the programme launched by Government with Urban Local
Bodies (ULBs) located on the banks of the river Ganga for achieving the
objective of Clean Ganga?
Ans:- Nirmal Ganga Sahbhagita
83) Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has recently
launched a new TV rating system in India. This will replace existing which
rating system?
Ans:- TAM (Television Audience Measurement)
84) The Supreme Court on 13 May 2015 barred publication of photos of
leaders in government advertisements except those of the —-?
Ans:- President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India
85) For the next 5 years, Namami Gange programme will have a budget
outlay of ?
Ans:- Rs 20,000 crore
86) A New Bank Note Paper Line Unit was recently set up in which Indian
city?
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Ans:- Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh
87) Khoya Paya web portal, a forum for reporting & tracking missing
people, is an initiative of —
Ans:- Ministry of Women and Child Development
88) Union Govt. on 5 June 2015 announced plans to establish country’s
13th major port in Maharashtra with an investment of Rs. 6,000 crore. This
port would be established at which place near Mumbai?
Ans:- Dahanu
89) As per the Central food safety regulator FSSAI, how many variants of
Maggi Noodles were found ‘Unsafe and Hazardous’ for human
consumption?
Ans:- Nine
90) Government of India has launched Modified Special Incentive Proposal
Scheme (M-SIPS) for which sector?
Ans:- Electronic sector
STATES
91) Which state government on 1 January 2015 launched an online facility
for making application under the Right to Information Act?
Ans:- Maharashtra
92) Who has launched the special programme titled ‘CORRECTION’, a
unique initiative for prisoners providing an opportunity to prisoners to
showcase their talents?
Ans:- All India Radio Thiruvananthapuram
93) Which state in India became the first to ban the sale of loose cigarettes
in India?
Ans:- Punjab
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94) Union cabinet meeting has recently approved setting up of India-based
Neutrino Observatory (INO) project in Bodi West Hills of which state?
Ans:- Tamil Nadu
95) In which zone did the Railway Minister on 13 January 2015 inaugurate
India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered train?
Ans:- Rewari – Rohtak link of Northern Zone
96)In whiich city, “India stone mart 2015″ was recently organized?
Ans:- Jaipur
97)Surajkund International Crafts Mela recently held in which state?
Ans:- Haryana
98)Which IIT, among the following has launched Mass Open Online
Courses (MOOCS) for students?
Ans:- IIT Bombay
99)Which state is set to roll out Information Technology Mass Literacy
Scheme or “Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan”, to make the people of the state
digitally literate?
Ans:- Haryana
100)Which state Handloom corporation has signed MoU with global ecommerce company e-bay?
Ans:- Gujarat
101) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 March 2015 inaugurated two units
each of 600 MW of Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant in which state?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh
102) Which state government is contemplating on framing a law under
which registration of pregnancy would be made compulsory within first
three months of pregnancy? Ans:- Haryana
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103) Which State’s Archives body is publishing three volumes of rare
documents on Shaheed Bhagat Singh?
Ans:- Bihar
104) Government of India has recently decided to establish a National
Marine Police Training Institute in which state?
Ans:- Gujarat
105) In which state First Kisan Call Centre (KCC) of North-East was
opened on 9 March 2015?
Ans:- Tripura
106) Which state has launched the subsidised Aahar scheme on the
occasion of the State’s Foundation Day on 1 April 2015?
Ans:- Odisha
107) Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu
Naidu on 1 April 2015 approved which city as the new capital of the state?
Ans:- Amaravathi
108) PepsiCo India on 3 April 2015 commissioned first phase of its largest
beverage plant in India in which state?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh
109) President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Centenary Year
Celebrations of which High Court on 18 April 2015?
Ans:- Patna High Court
110) Which state government has launched a major campaign Subodham,
in a bid to wean people away from addiction to liquor?
Ans:- Kerala
111) In which state a cow-urine refinery inaugurated for research on the
cow products on 3 May 2015?
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Ans:- Rajasthan
112) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on 1 May 2015 introduced ___
rupees Accident Insurance Scheme for transport drivers?
Ans:- 5 lakh
113) Which state is site to the India’s first hydro-engineering college?
Ans:- Himachal Pradesh
114) Which court on 11 May 2015 acquitted AIADMK Chief J Jayalalithaa
in the 19 year old disproportionate assets case?
Ans:- Karnataka High Court
115) Which thermal power plant will be built by NTPC in Jharkhand ?
Ans:- Patratu Plant
116) To which state of India, World Bank has approved $250 Million loan
for Flood Recovery Project & reconstruction of flood-affected public
infrastructure?
Ans:- Jammu & Kashmir
117) Which city has recently become the sixth city in the country with a
metro?
Ans:- Jaipur
118) India’s first Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre is inaugurated in which
state?
Ans:- Maharashtra
119) Which Union Territory has received permission for the first ever
Medical College on 8 June 2015?
Ans:- Andaman & Nicobar
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120) In which state, India’s first eco-friendly police station was
commissioned recently?
Ans:- New Delhi
CONFERENCES
121) 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held on 7 – 9 January 2015 at
Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Who was the chief guest at the event?
Ans:- Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana
122) Which Indian city will hold the World Congress on Infomation
Technology 2018?
Ans:- Hyderabad
123) Which Indian city hosted the first World Ocean Science Congress?
Ans:- Kochi
124) The International Conference on Global Environment Issues was held
from March 14 -15 March 2015 in —-?
Ans:- New Delhi
125) Summit of the Americas, which was held on 10-11 April 2015 at
Panama City (Panama), was which edition of the multilateral summit?
Ans:- 7th
126) What is the theme of the 6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy
was organized by ASSOCHAM in New Delhi on 15 May 2015?
Ans:- Nuclear Energy: A ‘Clean’ Energy option
127) In 2015, where will the conference to establish a new international
framework replacing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol be held –?
Ans:- Paris
128) 41stG7 summit was held in –?
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Ans:- Germany
129) The 104th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) was
held from 1-13 June 2015 in —–?
Ans:- Geneva, Switzerland
AWARDS & HONOURS
130) London-based financial journal “Central Banking” named who as the
winner of the “Governor of the Year” award on 13 January 2015?
Ans:- Raghuram Rajan, RBI Governor
131) What is the name of the Indian-American entrepreneur and
philanthropist who was presented with the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr
Award on 18 January 2015 in Washington?
Ans:- Frank Islam
132) National Award for e-Governance for the best district-level initiative in
Citizen-Centric Service Delivery through ICT was presented to which
State?
Ans:- Jammu & Kashmir
133) How many childrens are given National Bravery award 2014?
Ans:- 24
134) Who won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in Science and Engineering
category?
Ans:- Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Team of ISRO
136) Which feature film bagged the award for being the best film at the 68th
edition of BAFTA in 2015?
Ans:- Boyhood
137) Who has been selected for the 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014?
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Ans:- Bhalchandra Nemade
138) Who has won the King Faisal International Prize(KFIP) 2015?
Ans:- Dr. Zakir A.Naik
139) India based Ricky Kej has won the Grammy Award for his album ___?
Ans:- Winds of Samsar
140) What is the name of the Indian-American assistant professor who was
awarded the $500,000 National Science Foundation Career award for his
breakthrough research on 11 February 2015?
Ans:- Gurpreet Singh
141) Hifikepunye Pohamba has recently won the world’s most valuable
individual award, the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. Hifikepunye
Pohamba is the President of which African country?
Ans:- Namibia
142) Which University recently honored Ratan Tata with Doctorate of
Automotive Engineering?
Ans:- Clemson University
143) Name the former union minister who has been awarded with the
prestigious Saraswati Samman 2014 for his Kannada poem Ramayana
Mahanveshanam?
Ans:- M.Veerapa Moily
144) Who has won KwazuluNatal 2015 National Teachers Award in South
Africa?
Ans:- Ganasen Reddy
145) Name the Indian researcher has been named as New South Wales
(NSW) “Woman of the year 2015″ award recently?
Ans:- Minoti Apate
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146) Who Arab poet recently won the 2015 Kumaran Asan World Prize for
poetry?
Ans:- Adonis
147) Which city has been awarded for its performance in renewable energy
by WWF ?
Ans:- Rajkot
148) In which field Hevesy Medal is given?
Ans:- Nuclear and Radio Chemistry
149) Name the Indian-origin CEO who was honoured with the White
House Champions of Change on 16th April 2015?
Ans:- Satya Nadella
150) Name the Bollywood actor was on 21 April 2015 honoured with the
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 for his performance in the
movie Happy New Year?
Ans:- Shah Rukh Khan
151) Name the Indian who won the Whitley Award 2015 for his work to
protect the iconic Great Indian Bustard in the Thar Desert?
Ans:- Pramod Patil
152) Dr Prannoy Roy who was recently conferred the RedInk Award for
lifetime
achievement
is
the
executive
co-chairman
of?
Ans:- NDTV
153) Which district in India has received 2015 UN Public Service Award?
Ans:- Nadia, West Bengal
154) Who has been conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and
Letters
for
his
contribution
to
the
fashion
industry?
Ans:- Wendell Rodricks
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155) The PEN literary award for freedom of speech has been awarded to
__?
Ans:- Charlie Hebdo
156) Which factory has been awarded continuously for the third time for
controlling population and environment protection in kerala ?
Ans:- Kumbazha
157) Name the Indian-origin US Surgeon General has been presented with
the Pride of the Community Award by a prominent Hindu advocacy group?
Ans:- Vivek Murthy
158) Who has been conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev
National Award at a function in Pune, Maharashtra on 10 June 2015?
Ans:- Parkash Singh Badal
158) Which movie has won the top honors at 16th International India Film
Academy(IIFA)awards?
Ans:- Queen
159) Who has won the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015?
Ans:- Ali Smith
SPORTS & GAMES
160) Name the Indian cricket player who has broken the record of Rahul
Dravid of Highest Scorer in Australia?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
161) Recently, Who made the fastest ODI century in 31 balls?
Ans:- AB de villiers
162) Who bagged the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 in women
category?
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Ans:- Nadine Kessler
163) Name the tennis players who won the Apia International Title in
Women’s Double Category on 17 January 2015?
Ans:- Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza
164) Who created a national record in weightlifting by lifting 238 kilograms
under the 56 kilograms category at 10th Youth National Weightlifting
Championship 2015?
Ans:- Jimjang Deru
165) The Mascot of the 35th National Games is?
Ans:- Great Indian Hornbill (Ammu)
166) Saloni Dalal, who became the youngest medallist at the 35th National
Games in Kerala, is associated with which sports/events?
Ans:- Swimming
167) Which state won the gold medal at the National Games men’s football,
final of which was played on 9 February 2015?
Ans:- Mizoram
168) The opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 was held
on 12 February 2015 in which cities of New Zealand and Australia?
Ans:- Christchurch and Melbourne
169) Recently, UNICEF and which football legend has launched protection
fund named “7” to protect the world’s most vulnerable youngsters?
Ans:- David Beckham
170) Who is the batsman who has scored the fastest 150 runs in ODI’s?
Ans:- AB de Villiers
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171) Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 10 March 2015 registered most wins by an
Indian captain in the history of the cricket World Cup. He surpassed whose
record?
Ans:- Sourav Ganguly
172) Which football club recently won League Cup?
Ans:- Chelsea
173) New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe was recently inducted into the
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as the ___th member?
Ans:- 79
174) Which New Zealand bowler joined cricket’s exclusive 300 ODI wickets
club by claiming his 300th victim on 8 March 2015?
Ans:- Daniel Vettori
175) Daniel Vettori who announced his retirement from international cricket
plays for which country?
Ans:- New Zealand
176) Who was recently named as the Leading Cricketer in the World in the
2015 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack?
Ans:- Kumar Sangakkara
177) Which Australian cricketer recently announced his retirement from
ODIs?
Ans:- Michael Clarke
178) Name the driver who won the Chinese Formula One (F1) Grand Prix
for 2015 held on 12 April 2015 at Shanghai?
Ans:- Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
179) What is the name of the 21-year old English batsman who made
cricketing history by scoring 350 in a one-day club match on 20 April 2015?
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Ans:- Liam Livingstone
180) Name the team that won the English Premier League 2014-15 football
title on 3 May 2015 held at London?
Ans:- Chelsea
181) In which country BRICS Under-17 Football Cup set to be held?
Ans:- India
182) Who won the 2015 Mutua Madrid Open Men’s Singles Title?
Ans:- Andy Murray
183) Who won the inaugural BNP Paribas Istanbul Open Tennis men’s
single title?
Ans:- Roger Federer
184) Jonathan Trott who has recently retired from International Cricket is
from which country?
Ans:- England
185) Who was recently named sixth most marketable athlete in the world
as per report released by British Sports business magazine ‘SportsPro’?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
186) Indian archer Deepika Kumari finished at which place in the recently
concluded Antalya Archery World Cup 2015?
Ans:- Third
187) Who became the first Indian umpire after S. Venkataraghavan to be
inducted in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Elite Panel of Umpires?
Ans:- Sundaram Ravi
188) Who has been conferred with the South Africa (SA) Cricketer of the
Year Award for 2015?
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Ans:- A B DeVillers
189) Which state gives the Bishnuram Medhi award for the State cricketerof-the-year?
Ans:- Tamil Nadu
ECONOMY
190) Post office savings bank accounts can now be operated through
ATMs following a recent gazette notification amending which Post Office
rules?
Ans:- Post Office Savings Bank General Rules, 1981
191) For which type of companies, RBI has relaxed KYC rules due to
practical difficulties and constraints in getting KYC documents at frequent
intervals?
Ans:- Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) )
192) As per the announcement made by the government, in which type of
banks the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) and CEO would
be separate?
Ans:- Public Sector Banks
193) As per the RBI guidelines, what is the minimum paid-up equity capital
for small finance banks?
Ans:- Rs.100 Crore
194) Which bank launched India’s first contactless debit and credit card on
7 January 2015 that enables one to make payments by just waving the
card near merchant terminals instead of swiping the same?
Ans:- ICICI Bank
195) Which Middle-east based bank during January 2015 launched
region’s first online-only consumer banking business will offer personal
finance products and credit cards?
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Ans:- Gulf International Bank (GIB)
196) After deciding to split into three, which company recently became the
first Indian listed company to solely focus on life insurance?
Ans:- Max India
197) Reserve Bank of India has estimated the Current Account Deficit
(CAD) for 2014-15 at ___ percent of the GDP on 3 February 2015?
Ans:- 1.3%
198) What is the new Eligibility limit for Foreign Exchange Remittances
under Liberalized Remittance Scheme announced by the RBI on 3
February 2015?
Ans:- $2,50,000
199) What rank has been given to Indians in the latest leaked HSBC list of
Swiss Bank account holders from over 200 countries?
Ans:- 16th
200) According to recent UNCTAD report which country has become most
favoured foreign investment(FDI) destination?
Ans:- China
201) As per the latest Forbes ranking of the richest people in the world,
who is the richest person in India?
Ans:- Dilip Sanghvi
202) Which bank became the first major bank to announce rate cut after
RBI’s second Repo rate cut of the year was announced on March 2015?
Ans:- State Bank of Travancore (SBT)
203) Which Indian mobile company has recently entered into a partnership
with China Mobile, for jointly sourcing devices and equipment as well as
developing 4G technology and standards?
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Ans:- Airtel
204) Upto what limit Reserve Bank of India eased the norms for home
loans by allowing banks to include stamp duty and registration charges to
the cost of a unit?
Ans:- 10 Lakh
205) Which is India’s largest company with Rs 3.68 lakh cr worth assets as
per data compiled by the Corporate Affairs Mini
206) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 April 2015 sanctioned the scheme of
amalgamation of ING Vysya Bank Ltd. with which bank?
Ans:- Kotak Mahindra Bank
207) As per the World bank Report 2015, which country has stood at the
bottom of eight economies in South Asia?
Ans:- Pakistan
208) Which entity becomes the first public sector undertaking (PSU) to hit
the market in fiscal year 2015-16 with its disinvestment taking place on 8
April 2015?
Ans:- Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)
209) Which entity has become India’s newest public sector undertaking
(PSU) during April 2015 after Union Govt. increased its stake to over 51%
in this entity?
Ans:- IFCI Limited
210) Newly formed Mudra Bank will be part of?
Ans:- Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
211) Which French IT firm recently announced to buy US rival IGATE for 4
billion US dollar?
Ans:- CapGemini
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212) Which company has announced that it would merge its retail
operations with Bharti Retail Ltd. to create one of India’s biggest retail
chains with more than 570 stores across the country?
Ans:- Future Retail
213) Which entity during May 2015 completed India’s single largest office
space leasing deal so far by signing up for a 2-million sq. ft. custom-built
office campus in Bengaluru?
Ans:- Flipkart
214) By what percent, Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell in the month of April
2015 as against 8.48 percent in April last year due to decline in the prices
of food articles?
Ans:- 4.87%
215) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 13 May 2015
gave its approval for ___% disinvestment in NTPC and ___% in Indian Oil
Corporation respectively?
Ans:- 5% and 10%
216) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on 8 May 2015
announced a ___ percent reduction in charges for transactions on its interbank ATM network?
Ans:- 10 %
217) Name the private-sector bank to announce that it will discontinue
issuing slips after cash withdrawals at ATMs and will alert the customer
through SMSs?
Ans:- HDFC Bank
218) The Reserve Bank of India on 2 June 2015 cut its key short-term
lending rate or repo rate by 0.25 per cent to 7.25 percent. It is the _____
repo rate cut in this year?
Ans:- Third
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219) Which country has granted permission to the Life Insurance of India
(LIC) to run its business?
Ans:- Bangladesh
220) The Reserve Bank India (RBI) on 11 June 2015 gave permission to
which investor segment to invest in regulated chit funds in India?
Ans:- Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
221) Which Indian mining conglomerate on 13 June 2015 announced
buying the stake of minority shareholders in Cairn India, the country’s top
private oil producer?
Ans:- Vedanta Ltd
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
222) In which month of the year 2015, there will be no communication of
ISRO with the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)?
Ans:- June 2015
223) The “Project-75” of the Indian Navy’s is related to construction and
design of __?
Ans:- Submarines
224) The first antibiotic discoevered in last 30 years, capable of fighting
superbig resistance, has been named?
Ans:- Teixobacti
225) First indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas was handed over
to Indian Air Force by Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar on 18 January
2015. Tejas was developed by?
Ans:- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
226) Which year was marked as the Earth’s hottest year since 1880 as per
the two separate analyses done by NASA scientists and National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists?
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Ans:- 2014
227)Swine Flu cases are reported from many parts of India. Which animal
is associated with Swine Flu?
Ans:- Pig
228)Agni-v Missile has been successfully testfired, the range of Agni-v is?
Ans:- 5500-5800 KM
229)DRDO is building its new Missile Launch testing facility at which place?
Ans:- Krishna Delta complex
230)Which NASA spacecraft sent new pictures of dwarf planet Pluto that
were released by the agency on 4 February 2015?
Ans:- New Horizons
231) World’s first humanoid robot-staffed hotel is set to open in which city?
Ans:- Nagasaki, Japan
232) Name the aircraft that becomes the first to fly day and night without a
drop of fuel, propelled solely by the sun’s energy?
Ans:- Solar Impulse-2
233) Rotavirus vaccine “Rotavac” will be used for prevention of which
disease?
Ans:- Diarrhea
234) Indian Naval Ship (INS) Alleppey, which was decommissioned from
the Indian Navy on 13 March 2015, was which category of naval vessel?
Ans:- Minesweeper
235) Name the surface to surface missile successfully tested by Pakistan
during March 2015?
Ans:- Shaheen-III
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236) Burraq and Barq are an all weather armed drone and a laser guided
missile respectively. These were recently test fired by which country?
Ans:- Pakistan
237) Which country has recently developed an anti-ballistic missile system
called “David’s Sling”?
Ans:- Israel
238) Surface-to-Surface nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was
successfully test-fired on 9 April 2015 from a naval ship at?
Ans:- Odisha coast
239) US space agency NASA during April 2015 revealed the first-ever
colour image of dwarf planet Pluto.This photo was taken by a Pluto probe
that was sent by the agency in 2006. What is the name of this probe?
Ans:- New Horizons
240) India recently successfully test-fired its which nuclear-capable ballistic
missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha
coast?
Ans:- Dhanush
241) A new strategic naval base of the Indian Navy named “INS Sardar
Patel” was commissioned on 9 May 2015. This base has been established
in which coastal city of Gujarat?
Ans:- Porbandar
242) Canada has most recently pledged to reduce Greenhouse gas
emmisions by how many percentage points by 2030?
Ans:- 30%
243) Japanese Scientists on 14 May 2015 discovered a new state of matter
called?
Ans:- Jahn-Teller-metal
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244) How many smokers (approx.) are there globally as disclosed in the
newly disclosed status report of Global Statistics on Addictive Behaviours
(GSAB)?
Ans:- 1 billion
245) An advanced version of the BrahMos land-attack cruise missile was
successfully test-fired on 9 May 2015 from the Car Nicobar Islands at?
Ans:- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
246) The ‘Kavaratti’ ship has been launched on 19th May’15 at a glittering
ceremony held at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE),
Kolkata. It is the _______ Ship of Project-28?
Ans:- Fourth
247) The Pinaka Mark II multi barrel rocket recently test fired by the Indian
Army can strike targets upto a range of —?
Ans:- 65 Km
248) Which university has revealed the world’s first artificial leg capable of
simulating the feelings of a real leg, even feeling pain?
Ans:- Austrian University
249) Name the organization that has launched a giant balloon carrying a
kind of flying saucer that will test technologies for landing on Mars?
Ans:- NASA
250) Which organizations scientists developed a tool to predict destructive
solar storms?
Ans:- NASA
251) Name the scientist who along with his team developed World’s first
water-based computer?
Ans:- Manu Prakash
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PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
252) M.Sathiyavathy has recently become first woman to be appointed as
Director General (DG) of?
Ans:- Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
253) Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir was on 5 January 2015 appointed as
the Chief Justice of which high court?
Ans:- Jammu & Kashmir
254) Naveen Chopra was on 9 February 2015 appointed as Chief
Operating Officer of which telecom company?
Ans:- Vodafone
255) Who has assumed charge as the new Chairman and Managing
Director of National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) recently?
Ans:- Hanumanthu Purushotham
256) Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the National Book Trust
(NBT) on 2 March 2015?
Ans:- Baldev Sharma
257) Who has been appointed as the new President of Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) for 2015-16?
Ans:- Sumit Mazumder
258) Who was sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court on
15 April 2015?
Ans:- Meenakshi Madan Rai
259) Name the Indian-origin Member of Parliament in Britain appointed as
the new Employment Minister in British Prime Minister David Cameron’s
Cabinet?
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Ans:- Priti Patel
260) Who has been appointed as the President of Japan’s multinational
telecommunications and internet company SoftBank Corp on 11 May
2015?
Ans:- Nikesh Arora
261) Who has been appointed as new Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys?
Ans:- R. Seshasayee
262) Who was on 3 June 2015 appointed as Special Envoy on Counter
Terrorism and Extremism in the Prime Minister Office?
Ans:- Syed Asif Ibrahim
B) RESIGNS
263) What is the name of the former director of the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) who resigned from the post of member of the Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC) during January 2015?
Ans:- Amar Pratap Singh
264) Name the Vice-President of Global Technology Centres, Asia Pacific
at Cisco Systems resigned from his post recently?
Ans:- Sanjay Mathur
265) Which noted scientist resigned as the Chairman of Board of
Governors of IIT Bombay recently as reported on 18 March 2015?
Ans:- Anil Kakodkar
266) Mustafa Kamal stepped down from the post of International Cricket
Council (ICC) President on 1 April 2015. He belongs to which country?
Ans:- Bangladesh
267) Ruth Rendell, who passed away on 2 May 2015, was associated with
which field?
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Ans:- Crime fiction writing
268) Who has resigned as FIFA president on 2 June 2015?
Ans:- Sepp Blatter
C) DEATHS
269) Virendra Prabhakar was died on 4 January 2015.He was a famous?
Ans:- Photo Journalist
270) Upendra Trivedi who passed away on 4 January 2015 was a
renowned actor of stage and cinema in?
Ans:- Gujarati
271) Mrinalini Mukherjee passed away recently. She was a famous?
Ans:- Sculptor
272) Name the person known as Noted Gandhian and son of Mahatma
Gandhi’s personal secretary who passed away on 15 March 2015?
Ans:- Narayan Desai
273) Renowned poet Kailash Vajpeyi who died on 1 April 2015 is famous in which
language?
Ans:- Hindi
274) Name the former Australian cricket captain and legendary commentator
who died in Sydney on 10 April 2015?
Ans:- Richie Benaud
275) Ruth Rendell, who passed away on 2 May 2015, was associated with which
field?
Ans:- Crime fiction writing
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276) Former bureaucrat M.N. Buch, who passed away on 6 June 2015, was known
for role in developing which Indian city with his modern urban planning concepts?
Ans:- Bhopal
277) Veteran actor, Sir Christopher Lee, who passed away on 7 June 2015 at the
age of 93, was associated with which legendary character in films?
Ans:- Dracula
D) VISITORS
278) Name the Bhutan Prime Minister visited India from 10-18 January
2015?
Ans:- Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay
279) Name the Asian Development Bank (ADB) President visited India on 5
February 2015?
Ans:- Takehiko Nakao
280) In which region of Sri Lanka, PM Narendra Modi handed over 27,000
new homes on 14 March 2015 to Tamils who became homeless during the
civil war?
Ans:- Jaffna
281) Which Sculpture has been presented to Narendra Modi by Canadian Prime
Minister?
Ans:- Parrot Lady
282) In which city of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held Summit level talks
with Chinese President Xi Jinping on 14 May 2015?
Ans:- Xian
283) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between India and
Netherlands during the Visit of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Shri Mark
Rutte to New Delhi. The MoU was signed for the development of –?
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Ans:- Vaccines
E) MISCELLANEOUS
284) Who recently (Jan 2015) became the first cricketer to cross 5 million
followers on Twitter?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
285) The Limca Book of records has registered which person to be the only
woman in India to represent the same constituency on the same party
ticket eight times in a row?
Ans:- Sumitra Mahajan
286) Which Indian IT company was recently named as the top employer in
Europe for the third consecutive year by a top employers certification
agency?
Ans:- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
287) Name the 12-year-old Muslim girl who recently won the first position at the
Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Champion League?
Ans:- Mariyam Asif Siddiqui
288) 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?
Ans:- 2002
289) Which country has set a new world record by planting 49,672 trees in one
hour?
Ans:- Bhutan
PLACES IN NEWS
290) The Chandyan village, where the remnants of late Harappan period
house have been discovered recently is located in __?
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Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
291) World’s first robot-staffed hotel is set to open in ______?
Ans:- Japan
292) As per the Mercer’s Quality of Living Report 2015, which city has the
world’s best quality of living?
Ans:- Vienna
293) What is the name of the Islamist militant group that stormed into a
university campus in Kenya on 2 April 2015 and took Christian students hostage
resulting in death of at least 15 persons?
Ans:- Al Shabaab
294) Name the city that would become the first in India to get Google Street View
as announced on 12 May 2015?
Ans:- Hyderabad
295) In the first cross border operation in which country Indian Army on 9 June
2015 struck terrorist camps and killed nearly 20 North-Eastern insurgents?
Ans:- Myanmar
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
296) What is the full form of SAIL?
Ans:- Steel Authority of India Limited
297) What is the full form of ‘ TRAI ‘?
Ans:- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
298) What is the full form of ‘ BCCI ‘?
Ans:- Board of Control for Cricket in India
299) What is the full form of ‘ IFCI ‘?
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Ans:- Industrial Finance Corporation of India
300) What is full form of DARPA ?
Ans:- Defense Advance Research Project Agency
301) What is the full form of IFFI ?
Ans:- International Film Festival of India
BOOKS IN NEWS
302) Name the author of the book ‘The Indian Parliament – A Critical
Appraisal’ released by the Vice President of India on 8 January 2015?
Ans:- Prof. Sudha Pai and Shri Avinash Kumar
303) The book “Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror
Attacks” was written by —?
Ans:- SK Rath
304) “The Modi Effect : Inside Narendra Modi’s Campaign to Transform
India” was authored by ——-?
Ans:- Lance Price
305) Who is the author of the book titled “Historical Documents Testify the ‘
Sovereignty of Senkaku”?
Ans:- Tadayoshi Murata
306) Book titled Unbelievable – Delhi to Islamabad was released on 8 May 2015
by Vice President M Hamid Ansari in New Delhi. Who is the author of this book?
Ans:- Bhim Singh
307) Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh’s third and final book under the “Ibis
trilogy” was published recently. What is the name of this book?
Ans:- Flood of Fire
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COMMITTEES IN NEWS
308) Which committee was constituted to look into various concerns of the
citizens hailing from the North Eastern States living in different parts of the
country and to suggest suitable remedial measures?
Ans:- Bezbaruah Committee
309) Who heads the Supreme Court panel to ensure major reforms in the
practice and procedure of Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI)?
Ans:- Justice R M Lodha
310) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered
Committee of State Finance Ministers on the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) as announced on 25 March 2015?
Ans:- K M Mani
311) Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 8 April 2015 formed an expert
committee under the chairmanship of whom to suggest simplified compliance for
establishing new industries?
Ans:- Ajay Shankar
312) Which committee was set up to review of deep-sea fishing Policy and
Guidelines?
Ans:- Meenakumari committee
313) Who is the chairman of the Panel on Net neutrality that submitted its report
recently?
Ans:- K.Bhargava
DAYS & DATES
314) National Youth Day was observed across India on —-?
Ans:- 12 January 2015
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315) The International Mother Language Day 2015 was observed on —–?
Ans:- 21 February
316) When is World Water Day?
Ans:- March 22
317) World Malaria Day was observed on —?
Ans:- April 25
318) The World Press Freedom day was observed globally on –?
Ans:- 3 May 2015
319) World Environment Day was observed globally on —?
Ans:- 5 June
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