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1)Malli Mastan Babu,passes away he was a famous?mountaineer.
2)India's rank in Global Resilience Index 2015 Report?119th.
3)How much fund alloted for MUDRA bank?20000Cr.
4)Which Company acquired India s fastest growing mobile transaction platform FreeC
harge?Snapdeal.
5)Who was appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)? Mayilsamy Annad
urai.
6)The minimum interest rate at which a bank can lend is called?Base rate.
7)Ashgabat is the capital city of which country?Turkmenistan.
8)Credit guarantee corpus for MUDRA Bank?3,000Cr.
9)Name the Asteroid that was named after Malala Yousafzai?Asteroid 316201.
10)Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Khadi and Village Indus
tries Commission (KVIC)?Arun Kumar Jha.
11)Who won the Chinese Grand Prix of Formula One?Lewis Hamilton.
12)Who has been named as India Envoy to Nepal?Deep Kumar Upadhyay.
13)Nobel laureate Guenter Grass dies at age 87 he belongs to which country?Germa
ny.
14)Which state has decided to give the status of cabinet minister to yoga guru R
amdev?Haryana.
15)Who regulates the insurance companies?IRDA.
16)India's para-athlete who won the inaugural Young Leaders Award in the UK? Dev
ika Malik.
17)The New Central Vigilence Commissioner of India? KV Chowdary.
18)The winner of the 14th sant Namdev National Award 2015? Parkash Singh Badal.
19)The person Awarded with Freedom of Expression prize in Norway? Edward Snowden
.
20)Manoj Mishra has been appointed as the CMD of? National Fertilisers Ltd.
21)Who won the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix,2015? Nico Rosberg.
22)"World No Tobacco Day" is celebrated across the world on? 31th May.
23)A New Bank Note Paper Line Unit was recently set up in which Indian city?Hosh
angabad.
24)Swachhta saptapadi Scheme has been launched by which Indian state? Maharashtr
a.
25)Which Indian film won the Critics Award in the Uncertain Regard Category at C
annes,2015?Masaan.
26)Who has been appointed as the FIFA president? Sepp Blatter.
27)Who has been appointed the new Director General of DRDO? Selvin Christopher.
28)Martmobi was recently acquired by? Snapdeal.
29)Khoya Paya web portal,a forum for reporting & tracking missing people,is an i
nitiative of?Ministry of Women and Child Development.
30)Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS) is caused by? Corona Virus.
31)The Women Wrestler who won bronze in Asian championship in Doha on 6th May? G
eeta Phogat.
32)The new limit of FDI in the Pension sector? 49 percent.
33)Winner of the Shamkir Chess tournament on 26 Apr? Magnus Carlsen.
34)Winner of the Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 for "Technology Implementat
ion"? Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
35)The name of India's rescue operation in quake hit Nepal? Operation Maitri.
36)The Indian honoured by France with the Officer of the Legion of Honour? Yashw
ant Sinha.
37)The upper limit on withdrawals at micro-ATMs fixed by the banks? Rs.10,000.
38)World Dance Day? 29th Apr.
39)The Indian origin scientist at MIT who won the 2015 Heinz Award? Sangeeta Bha
tia.
40)The Chinese micro-blogging site equivalent to Twitter? Sina Weibo.
41)The Capital city of Mangolia? Ulan Bator.
42)The Port to be Developed by India in Iran? Chabahar.
43)The new president of Japan's Softbank Corp? Nikesh Arora.
44)As per RBI,gross non-performing asset(GNPA) ratio as on march 2015? 4.45 perc
ent.
45)National Technology Day which commemorates Nuclear Tests in Pokhran? 11th May
.
46)Who has become the first women president of Mauritius recently? Ameena GuribFakim.
47)Delhi Metro has got its first drive-less train from which country? Korea.
48)Who has been appointed as mission director of Food Security Mission? Narendra
Bushan.
49)Recently Maggi Noodles are banned in India due to food safety norms. Which el
ement was found in it above safety norms? Lead.
50)Which region of Uttar Pradesh has been added into National Capital Region(NCR
)? Mujjaffarnagar.
51)Who has been appointed as non-executive chairmain of ICICI Bank? M.K.Sharma.
52)Which award has presented to ISRO for accomplisihing Mars Mission? Space Pion
eer Award.
53)In IIFA 2015, the award for best film is awarded to? Queen.
54)Who won the Canadian Grand Prix 2015? Lewis Hamilton.
55)Who has been appointed as a new Director General (DG) of National Security Gu
ard (NSG)? R. C. Tayal.
56)Who won 2015 French Open Men s single title of Tennis? Stanislas Wawrinka.
57)39th session of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) was held in? Rome.
58)Who won UEFA Champion's League trophy 2015? Barcelona.
59)Who inaugurated first India-China Yoga College at Yunnan Minzu University in
Kunming, China? V.K.Singh.
60)Who has been appointed as the Director of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
recently? Sanghmitra Bandyopadhayay.
61)According to Global Peace Index 2015, which country is most peaceful?Iceland.
62)Which train was renamed "Yoga Express" recently? Haridwar Express.
63)Mogens Lykketoft recently elected as President of United Nations General Asse
mbly belongs to which of the following nations? Denmark.
64)As per the latest RBI press release, India s Foreign exchange reserves has rise
n to? USD 354.29 billion.
65)Which of the following Indian PSU has made Universal Account Number mandatory
for its employees? EPFO.
66)Which of the following Stock exchange has started the overnight investment fa
cility? NSE.
67)Which state has become the first in India to launch e-registration of propert
ies? Madhya Pradesh.
68) Which of the following Indian districts won the UN Public Service Award 2015
? Nadia , West Bengal.
69)Who has been selected for the prestigious G D Birla award for Scientific Rese
arch 2014? Prof. Sanjeev Galande.
70)Which company has Mr. Ratan Tata recently joined as a Special Advisor?Jungle
Ventures.
71)State Bank of India, country s largest bank, partnered with which online travel
company? MakeMyTrip.
72)Matti Makkonen passes away recently he was known as?Father of SMS technology.
73)The upper limit on withdrawals at micro automated teller machines?Rs.10,000.
74)The govt plans to roll out GST from?Apr1,2016.
75)Capital of Iran? Tehran.
76)Who has won the World Food Prize 2015? Fazle Hasan Abed.
77)Who has been selected for the prestigious G D Birla award for Scientific Rese
arch 2014? Prof. Sanjeev Galande.
78)Vikas Gowda is related to which of the following sports? Discus Throw.
79)The Sixth edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy was held in which
city? New Delhi.
80)Who became the first Asian to be elected the Mayor of United Kingdom? Harbhaj
an Kaur Dheer.
81)Whitley Award 2015 has been given to? Ananda Kumar and Pramod Patil.
e new notes, dated 2015, carry the signature of? Secretary, Ministry of Finance.
135)Which bank on 3 Jul launched an initiative known as "Project Tatkal" to prov
ide doorstep services and expedite home loan application process? State Bank of
India.
136)The country which has been named the most peaceful country in the world? Ice
land,
137)Luanda, which is voted as worlds costliest city live in, is capital city of
which country? Angola.
138)Recently, a brightest early galaxy has been named after which football playe
r? Cristiano Ronaldo.
139)Direct Marketing means? Face-to-face selling.
140)On which date International Day for Biodiversity is observed? May 22.
141)The 7th BRICS summit will be held in? Russian city of Ufa in Bashkortostan.
142)Name the women shuttler from India who created history, becomes first Indian
woman player to become World No. 1 recently? Saina Nehwal.
143)Who has emerged as most run scorer (orange cap) in Indian Premier League-201
5? David Warner.
144)Credit risk to the bank is high from which type of card? Credit cards.
145)Mark Rutte, who visited India, recently, is the present Prime Minster of whi
ch country? Netherlands.
146)Market segmentation means? Segmentation of target group according to their n
eeds.
147)Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Nation
al Commission for Women (NCW)? Lalitha Kumaramangalam
148)Bangladesh has granted permission to which of the following Indian insurance
firms, recently, to do business in the country which will start its operations
as a joint venture (JV) entity? LIC of India.
149)Currency of Greece? Euro.
150) USP in marketing means? Unique Selling Proposition.
151)Which states became the first Indian state to install a system to detect ear
thquakes and disseminate warnings? Uttarakhand.
152)Who has been appointed as the new Home Secretary of Delhi? S N Sahai.
153)Recently, UNESCO gave World Heritage Site status to Champagne vineyards. Where
is it located? France.
154)Who won the 2015 British Grand Prix of Formula One? Lewis Hamilton.
155)Recently, how many Indian colleges have received the heritage status given b
y UGC? 19.
156)Full form of FATCA? Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
157)India's rank in world happiness Index 2015? 117.
158)Capital of Cuba? Hawana.
159)BB King died recently is well known as? Guitarist & Singer.
160)Which country is all set to become world's first cashless country? Denmark.
161)Who were awarded Whitley Award 2015? Dr.Ananda kumar & Dr. Pramod Patil.
162)Whitley Award is also known as? Green Oscar.
163)Winner of 50th Jnanpith Award 2014? Bhalchandra Nemade.
164)Capital of Turkmenistan? Ashgabat.
165)Currency of Turkmenistan?Turkmenistan manat.
166)International Yoga day celebrated on? 21st June.
167)Currency of Kyrgyzstan? Kyrgyzstani som.
168)Name of India's first green police station? Maurice Nagar in North Delhi.
169)Sania Mirza creates history with Martina Hingis, becomes India s first women s d
oubles Grand Slam winner by defeating? Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina.
170)Full form of FSSAI? Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
171)RBI can issue bank notes of maximum denomination up to? Rs. 10000.
172)"Unbreakable" is an autobiography of which sports persons? M. C. Marrykom.
173)Who has been selected for Japan's prestigious Fukuoka Prize in the Academic
Category? Ramachandra Guha.
174)Serena Williams wins 2015 Wimbledon women's singles title by defeating? Garb
ine Muguruza.
175)Which protocol is used to transfer file from one system to another system? F
TP.
176)Who won "Pedal for Kashmir" cycling race? Dilawar Singh.
177)In 16th IIFA edition who was awarded with "Outstanding achievement in Intern
ational Cinema"? Subhash Ghai.
178)Capital of Tajikistan? Dushanbe.
179)Galaxy Named After Cristiano Ronaldo? COSMOS Redshift 7 or CR7.
180)Which state recently banned Thermocol Plate? Jharkhand.
181)The two SEZs offered by Bangladesh to Indian Companies? Bheramara and Mongla
.
182)The new CEO of the Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank? John Cryan.
183)Validity period of "Demand draft" is? 3 months.
184)Capital of Bhutan? Thimphu.
185)General Muhammadu Buhari won the Presidential Election of which country? Nig
eria.
186)Who won The Wimbledon 2015 men's singles final? Novak Djokovic beats Roger F
ederer.
187)The Holidays for the Banks are declared as per which Act? Negotiable instrum
ent Act 1881.
188)Name the Apex bank for all Central Banks? Bank For International Settlements
(BIS).
189)Which bank launches Voice Password Facility? ICICI.
190)Leander Paes and Martina Hingis Wins Wimbledon mixed doubles final 2015 by d
efeating? Peya and Babos.
191)Who has won the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia?Siddharatha Gig
oo.
192)Name the Indian who has been named the recipient of 2015 Heinz Award for Tec
hnology, the Economy and Employment? Sangeeta Bhatia.
193)India and Iran have signed pact to develop which of the following ports in I
ran recently? Chabahar Port.
194)Banking ombudsman is appointed by? RBI.
195)Recently which Countries were accepted as full members of the Shanghai Coope
ration Organisation (SCO)? India & Pakistan.
196)Which US state recently bans death penalty? Nebraska.
197)"Scion of Ikshvaku" is written by? Amish Tripathi.
198)Who won the womens singles of French Open? Serena Williams.
199)Name the Most expensive Global City? Luanda.
200)World Dance day? 29th Apr.
201)Upper limit on withdrawals at Micro ATMs ?Rs.10000.
202)According to Census 2011 what % of girls aged 19 are married in India? 41%.
203)Which country becomes Biggest Oil producer in 2014? US.
204)Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India? V
ijai Sharma.
205)Entertainer of the Year in 16th edition of IIFA awards? Deepika Padukone.
206)Who has been selected to be the chairman of the upcoming Kolkata-based Bandh
an Bank? Ashok Kumar Lahiri.
207)President of Turkmenistan? Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov.
208)Recently MS Viswanathan passes away he was known as? Legendary music directo
r.
209)Who has been appointed as Vice-Chief of Indian Army? Lt General Man Mohan Si
ngh Rai.
210)Capital of Myanmar? Naypyidaw.
211)Who has won the 2015 G D Birla award for scientific research? Prof. Sanjeev
Galande.
212)Name the IIT-JEE topper nominated as the brand ambassador of Digital India p
roject? Kruti Tiwari.
213)Which bank has become the first to launch Watch Banking in India? HDFC.
214)Capital of Singapore? Singapore.
215)Who was given the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2015? Kamin
i Kaushal.
216)The World Health Organization is headquartered in? Switzerland.
217)Who has won the prestigious World Food Prize-2015? Fazle Hasan Abed.
218)Who was appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand? Draupadi Murmu.
219)World Asthma Day 2015 was observed globally on? 5th May.
220)Book titled Unbelievable
Delhi to Islamabad authored by? Bhim Singh.
221)In which state, Digital India With Laado campaign is launched by the panchayat
on 5th july 2015? Haryana.
222)National Rail Museum is located in? New Delhi.
223)The Indian-American professor has been selected for 2015 World Agriculture P
rize laureate? R Paul Singh.
224)As per the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC), what percent of the
rural Indians are illiterates? 36%.
225)Currency of Bhutan? Ngultrum.
226)Richie Benaud who passed away on 10 April 2015 in Sydney was a famous? Crick
et commentator.
227)Which city was recently awarded the title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015?
Seoul.
228)Who was crowned fbb Femina Miss India World 2015 recently? Aditi Arya.
229)India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) recently became
operational at GIFT City in Gandhinagar district of which state?Gujarat.
230)An Asteroid numbered 316201 was recently named after? Malala Yousafzai.
231)The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the date to exchange pre-2005 b
ank notes till which date? December 31, 2015.
232)The space body which has won the 2015 space pioneer award for science and en
gineering? ISRO.
233)The country Which successfully tested the Wu-14, a hypersonic nuclear delive
ry vehicle? China.
234)World Day Against Child Labor is observed on? 12th June.
235)The Indian city Which is the venue for the International Conference on Strin
g Theory-2015? Bengaluru.
236)India on 5 July 2015 retained the South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA)
title defeating which country? Sri Lanka.
237)National Doctor s Day is celebrated in India on 1 July 2015, in memory of whic
h of the following doctor? Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.
238)Y K Sabharwal who passed away on 6 July 2015 was the former? Former Chief Ju
stice of India.
239)Union government recently launched a mobile application m-asset to know assets
of? Gram Panchayat.
240)First MUDRA card under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme was lau
nched by which bank on 4 July 2015? Corporation Bank.
241)Worlds 1st facial recognition ATM will be set up by which Country? China.
242)Which bank is recently going to stop paper slips after cash withdrawals at A
TMs. HDFC.
243)The government has earmarked how much for capital infusion in PSBs in 2015-1
6? 7940 Cr.
244)Current Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR)? 21.5%.
245)Recently which type of bills are also used as valid proof of address as said
by RBI? Utility bills which is not more than 2 months.
246)Present President of Asian Development Bank? Takehiko Nakao.
247)Founder & Chairperson of Bandhan Bank? Chandra Shekhar Ghosh.
248)The Apex Bank for all Central Banks? Bank for International Settlements.
249)The Fiscal deficit estimated for 2015-16? 3.9%.
250)Base year for calculating GDP changes from 2004-05 to? 2011-12.
251)World Ranking of Coal India mining Company in terms of Market Capital? 6th.
252)MD & CEO of National Payment Corporation of India(NPCI)? AP Hota.
253)Tata Power was replaced by which Company in BSE Sensex? Lupin.
254)The bank which has launched 'PayZapp' app with a complete payment solution?
HDFC Bank.
255)The new Chairman of Infosys? R Seshasayee.
256)The person awarded with the Freedom of Expression Prize in Norway on 2 Jun?
Edward Snowden.
302)Which country will host the Next BRICS Summit 2016? India.
303)Who was selected for the 28th Moorti Devi Award for the year 2014? Vishwanat
h Tripathi(For Vyomkesh Darvesh).
304)National Statistics Day? 29th June.
305)Who has been named as the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize? Fazle Hasan A
bed of Bangladesh.
3066)Who has been selected for 2015 World Agriculture Prize laureate?
R Paul Singh.
307)Nelson Mandela International Day was observed across the world on? 18th July
.
308)Which Indian State tourism has won 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PAT
A) award in the Heritage & Culture category for its Muziris Heritage Project? Ker
ala Tourism.
309)Jules Bianchi died recently he was a famous? F1 driver.
310)Book entitled "Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity authored by Shri M. Raisu
r Rahman.
311)Full form of FSSAI? Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
312)Who was appointed as chief security advisor for ICC World T20 2016? Neeraj K
umar.
313)Brand Ambassador for 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' in Haryana? Parineeti Chopra.
314)Which Indian city is chosen as 'city of music' by UNESCO? Varanasi.
315)Headquarter of Nestle whose product 'maggi' recently banned in India?Switzer
land.
316)National award-film providing wholesome entertainment - Mary Kom
317)Kisan vikas patra money doubles in - 100 Months
318)Nobel Prize in literature - Patrick Modiano
319)Bank selling Insurance policies - Bancassurance
320)Denmark currency - Krone
321)Capital of Cuba - Havana
322)Full form of IRDA - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.
323)Which of the following regulates insurance companies - IRDA of India
324)MSME minister - Kalraj Mishra
325)Maximum limit in Sukanya Samridhi Yojna in one financial year - Rs. 1.5 Lakh
.
326)World Health Day - 7th April
327)ICC World Cup 2023 venue - India
328)Auto biography of Milkha Singh - The Race of My Life
329)Headquarter of WHO - Geneva
330)Imphal is capital city of - Manipur
331)Dada Saheb Phalke Award - Shashi Kapoor
332)Mission Indradhanush is relatd to - vaccination against seven vaccine 333)pr
eventable diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tub
erculosis, measles and hepatitis B.
334)Michael Pheleps related to which game - Swimming
335)Vice chairman of NITI Ayog - Arvind panagariya
336)Computer program that transforms source code written in a programming langua
ge into another computer language - Compiler
337)Which is the greatest of all? TB
338)Which of the following is the Hardware? Printer
339)FTP full form - File Transfer Protocol
340)ASDL full form - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
341)Virus full form - Vital Information Resources Under Seize
342)Short cut to create new file - Ctrl + N
343)NITI Ayog present Chairman? - Narendra Modi
344) In IRDAI, 'D' refers to? - Development
345)Sheqel is the currency of which country? - Israel
346)Shillong is capital of which state? - Meghalaya
347)Monetary authority in India is? - Reserve Bank of India
348)Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, minimum deposit in a financial year is? - Rs
.1000
381) Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal was officially crowned as No. 1 woman Bad
minton player in the world on 2 April 2015. She replaced which Chinese player fr
om top spot?
Li Xuerui.
382) PepsiCo India on 3 April 2015 commissioned first phase of its largest bever
age plant at which place?
Sri City (Andhra Pradesh)
383) In one of the biggest doping scandals in recent years in India, as many as
21 athletes were suspended on 4 April 2015 on charges on doping. These sportsper
sons are associated with which sporting discipline?
Weightlifting.
384) Who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Peru on 2 April 2015 to repla
ce Ana Jara, who was thrown out of office by Congress on corruption charges? Ped
ro Cateriano.
385) What is the name of the Alabama (US) inmate who was set free on 3 April 201
5 after serving almost 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit after
a U.S. Supreme Court ruling?
Anthony Ray Hinton.
386) Malli Mastan Babu whose death came to prominence recently, was associated w
ith which discipline? Mountaineering.
387) Who is poised to become the first player of Indian origin to feature in a N
ational Basketball Association (NBA) team of US as reported during April 2015? S
im Bhullar.
388) What is the code name given to the operation to rescue Indians stranded in
Yemen being undertaken which involves Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and Air Indi
a as major partners? Operation Rahat.
389) What is the name of the ship of the Indian Navy which rescued 441 people fr
om Yemen, including foreign nationals, to Djibouti on 5 April 2015?
INS Mumbai.
390) Super Typhoon Maysak struck which sparsely populated country in the east of
the Philippines on 4 April 2015 resulting in death of 9 people? Federated State
s of Micronesia.
391) Which entity becomes the first public sector undertaking (PSU) to hit the m
arket in fiscal year 2015-16 with its disinvestment taking place on 8 April 2015
? Rural Electrification Corporation (REC).
392) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 7 April 2015 gave which far-reaching o
rder pertaining to plying of vehicles in Delhi?
It banned all diesel vehicles ov
er ten years old from playing on Delhi roads.
393) RBI presented its first bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review on 7 April 2015 a
nd kept all primary rates, including the Repo Rate, unchanged. What is the estim
ated GDP growth rate proposed to be achieved by RBI during fiscal year 2015-16? 7
.8%.
394) Union Govt. has planned which step to promote the Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP),
which was re-launched during November 2014? It has roped in Public Sector Banks
(PSBs) to sell KVP certificates.
395) Which PSU sector bank on 7 April 2015 signed an agreement with Life Insuran
ce Corporation (LIC) to provide insurance cover to its savings account holders u
nder the Prime Minister s Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) scheme? D
ena Bank.
396) MUDRA Bank, an ambitious initiative to provide boost to India s micro and sma
ll business entities, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a progr
amme held in New Delhi on 8 April 2015. What is the full expansion of the term M
UDRA? Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency.
397) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) completed how many years
of its operations during April 2015?
25 years.
398) Which leading online retail company acquired mobile transactions platform F
reeCharge as announced by the company on 8 April 2015? Snapdeal.
399) Which US state on 7 April 2015 became the first one in the country to impos
e a ban on a common second-trimester abortion procedure? Kansas.
400) Among other agreements signed between India and France on 10 April 2015, an
important agreement was struck on both the countries proceeding forward on the
stalled nuclear project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra. This nuclear project involve
s which Indian and French firms? Larsen & Toubro (India) and Areva (France).
401) Indian formally ended its massive evacuation efforts in Yemen named Operatio
n Raahat on 10 April 2015. This mission successfully evacuated how many people fr
om war-torn Yemen?
5,600.
402) Former Australia cricket captain and legendary commentator Richie Benaud, w
ho passed away on 9 April 2015, was one of the core members of which Australian
cricket channel? Channel Nine.
403) Terry Jones, the controversial pastor of Florida (US) came to news for whic
h reason recently? He announced his candidature for US Presidential Elections 20
16.
404) 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?
IF
CI Limited.
405) US-based rating agency Moody s on 9 April 2015 upgraded India s economic outloo
k from stable to positive. It announced that the Indian govt. is taking steps to
improve its economic strength. What is Moody s upgraded rating for India now?
Baa3 .
406) 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? Nor
way.
407) Which company became the first Indian private company since the year 2000 t
o list overseas as it recently made its debut on US stock exchange NASDAQ? Videoc
on D2h.
408)Jnanapith Award winning writer D.Jayakanthan, who passed away on 8 April 201
5, was associated with which language? Tamil.
409) Which port recently upstaged Chennai Port Trust (CPT) in car handling volum
es to become the largest car-exporting port of India?
Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL),
Ennore (Tamil Nadu).
410)Central government has approved the largest ever auction of Second Generatio
n telecom spectrum to obtain rupees from the sale?-64840 crore.
411)Recently former office bearer of the Mumbai Cricket Association died. Name h
im?-Ramesh Kosambia.
412)Who among the following has snatched National Sub-Junior Billiards title dur
ing the BRC Gloster National Billiards & Snooker Championship 2015?- Ishpreet Si
ngh Chadha.
413)Central government has approved broadcast of ordinance to revise the Mines a
nd Minerals Development and Regulation Act of?-1957.
414)Who among the following Russian has grabbed 7th Chennai International Open G
randmaster Chess title?-Popov Ivan.
415)Who among the following was named as the Business person of the Year for 201
4 by Fortune magazine?-Larry Page.
416)Which country's Internet giant Tencent Holdings Limited has launched its fir
st online bank named WeBank to enhance small businesses.-Chinese.
417) Competition Commission of India cleared PepsiCo India s proposal to sell its
bottling plants in North India to which company?-Varun Beverages.
418)Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman-cum-Managing Dire
ctor of Heavy Engineering Corporation?-Avijit Ghosh.
419)WEF meeting held in - Davos, Switzerland
420)E-kyc give to those who have - Aadhar Card
421)Tyler prize 2015 - Dr Madhav Gadgil
422)Folio Prize 2015 is given for which book - Family Life
423)Deposits of banks are insured by - DICGC
424)Which bank is started for msme sector - Mudra Bank
425)BSBDA Account can be opened by ?No frill Account holder.
426)ICC cricket world cup finals were played by which teams - New Zealand and Au
stralia
427)Pension fund rate - 8.75%
428)Capital of Germany - Berlin
429)Currency of Singapore - Dollar
430)National award actress - Kangana Ranaut
431)World Consumer's day - 15th March
432)Ratings of two banks have been reduced by Moody's - Central Bank of India In
dia & Indian Overseas Bank
433)IMF Headquater - Washington DC