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1. Doha Bank has tied up with which of the following to generate business opportunities in
the Gulf Cooperation Council nations and India?
a. Bharati Airtel
b. Reliance group
c. Wipro
d. None of these
2. Who has been appointed as the Sherpa for G-20 talks in place of Railway Minister
Suresh Prabhu by the union government?
a. Arun Jaitley
b. Amit Shah
c. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
d. Arvind Panagariya
3. A foundation called Naam Foundation has been established by which of the following
with an aim to donate money to farmers, who are all affected by drought conditions?
A. Anupam Kher
B. Nana Patekar
C. Milkha Singh
D. None of these
4. Name the Australian Minister of Defence who visited India for a Bilateral Co-operation
between the two countries?
A. George Brandis
B. Eric Abetz
C. Julie Bishop
D. Kevin Andrews
5. Which of the following has been selected as the venue for 2022 Commonwealth
Games?
A. Durban
B. Gold Coast
C. Incheon
D. New Delhi
6. Name the committee which gave recommendations for MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax).
A. M.B. Shah
B. A.P. Shah
C. P.J. Nayak
D. None of these
7. Who is the chairman of FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)?
A. Bhanu Pratap Sharma
B. Ashish bahuguna
C. Sunita Narain
D. None of these
8. The Indian Air Force (IAF) commissioned book, The Duels of the Himalayan Eagle: The
first Indo-Pak Air War is released by Vice President Mohd. Hamid Ansari. Name the
author.
A. Satish Gujral
B. Air Marshal Bharat Kumar
C. Ashok Mitran
D. V.S. Naipal
9. Under the currency swap agreement, which countrys central bank has received USD
1.1 billion from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
A. Nepal
B. Sri Lanka
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C. South Africa
D. Bangladesh
10.The Non-Competitive bidding facility was only available for bonds or dated securities.
But now RBI has proposed to allow Non-Competitive bidding for T-bills also. What is
meant by T-bills?
A. Tax bills
B. Treasury bills
C. Task bills
D. None of these
11.PM Modi launched Rs 45,000 crore scheme with a goal to provide 24-hour power
supply to each and every house of the nation namely
A. National Immigrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
B. National Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
C. National Integrated Power Distribution Scheme (IPDS)
D. None of these
12.In which of the following states, a special cell of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) cell has been set up to facilitate effective
implementation of the scheme.
A. Rajasthan
B. Gujarat
C. Punjab
D. Haryana
13.ESagu is a web-based personalised agro-advisory system with a view to replace the
unscientific agricultural practiced with modern scientific ones. What do you mean by
ESagu?
A. electronic farming
B. electronic deforestation
C. electronic cultivation
D. None of these
14.The tenth annual meeting of the G-20 heads of government will be held on 15-16
November 2015 at which of the following place?
A. Brisbane, Australia
B. Antalya, Turkey
C. Berlin, Germany
D. Seoul, South Korea
15.The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards is
been shifted from NITI Aayog to which ministry?
A. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
B. Ministry of communication and information technology
C. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
D. None of these
16.When is National Literacy Day celebrated?
A. 8 September
B. 6 September
C. 8 October
D. 15 September
17.Which state government has decided to reduce the syllabus by 25 percent up to class
8th?
A. Kerala
B. Haryana
C. Delhi
D. Nagaland
18.Which former Union Environment and Forest Minister has written the book titled To
the Brink and Back: Indias 1991 Story?
A. Baleshwar Ram
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B. Jairam Ramesh
C. Venod Sharma
D. None of these
19.To maintain a permanent seat in UN Security Council, India hosted the G-4 summit in
New York while PM Narendra Modis visit in September. Which of the following country
was not a part of this G-4 summit?
A. Germany
B. Russia
C. Brazil
D. Japan
20.Lewis Hamilton of Britain has won 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One. He drives
A. Williams
B. Ferrari
C. Mercedes
D. None of these
21.Name the chairman of the panel set up by NITI Aayog for the recommendations on
land leasing including hilly states and schedule areas.
A. Bibek Bebroy
B. HS Meena
C. JP Mishra
D. T Haque
22.Where is the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) headquarters situated?
A. Kolkata
B. Nasik
C. New Delhi
D. Mumbai
23.A joint air drill, named Shaheen (Eagle)-4 has been launched by Pakistan and which
country as part of a series of military exchange programmes between the two
countries?
A. South Africa
B. India
C. USA
D. China
24.Telangana government has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with which state
government for supply of 1000MW Power for 12 years?
A. Jharkhand
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Rajasthan
25.SEBI has slapped its highest ever fine on PACL and its directors. How much is this fine?
A. Rs 7,259 crore
B. Rs 7,269 crore
C. Rs 7,200 crore
D. Rs 7,234 crore
26.FMC (Forward markets Commission) has been merged by the government with which
of the following?
A. BHEL
B. NABARD
C. NTPC
D. SEBI
27.In case of state-run banks, government has its stake 52% and above, but recently it
has decided to bring down its stake to 49% in which of the following bank?
A. IDBI
B. Canara Bank
C. Bank of Maharashtra
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D. Vijaya Bank
28.Which mathematician has been chosen for SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2015 ?</strong>
A. Manjul Bhargava
B. Anand Kumar
C. Dr. Jacob Tsimerman
D. Suresh Vebapally
29.Recently the Department of Archaeology and Museums has come across massive
naturally formed ancient twin caves in
A. Nalgonda district of Telangana
B. Idukki district of Kerala
C. Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh
D. None of these
30.Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha visited Thailand to strengthen the bilateral defense ties
between India & Thailand for a policy named:
A. East India Policy
B. Act East Policy
C. Act with Policy
D. None of these
31.Prof. Chandrashekhar Patil, a Kannada writer has announced to return his Pampa
award given to him by Karnataka government in 2009. What is the reason behind this?
A. he wants a more prestigious prize.
B. to protest against the murder of M.M. Kalburgi
C. Karnataka govt has said him to do so
D. None of these
32.In which district of Andhra Pradesh Indias first National Investment and Manufacturing
Zone (NIMZ) is going to be set up?
A. Kurnool
B. Guntur
C. Prakasham
D. Kadapa
33.Which of the following state is not coming under delhi-katra expressway?
A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Jammu and Kashmir
34.Who has/have been presented with the 2015 Global Leadership Award of the US India
Business Council (USIBC), for her/their commitment to driving a more inclusive global
economy and their roles as women leaders?
A. Indra Nooyi, chairman PepsiCo
B. Shobhana Bhartia, chairperson Hindustan Times Group
C. Shikha Sharma, MD Axis bank
D. Both A and B
35.When is International Day of Peace observed?
A. September 19
B. September 21
C. August 21
D. August 25
36.Which drug firm has acquired Novartis Healthcare vaccines business?
A. Sun Pharmaceuticals
B. GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
C. Cipla
D. Lupin Limited
37.Where is the India-US Startup Konnect going to take place on September 27 2015?
A. Fremont, California
B. Delhi
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C. San Jose, California
D. Varanasi, Gujarat
38.Who launched Smart National Common Mobility Card model for seamless travel across
India?
A. Nitin Gadkari
B. Rajnath singh
C. M.Venkeiah Naidu
D. Suresh Prabhu
39.To make the Clean India campaign a mass movement, government has decided to
release a Swachh Bharat anthem on 2nd October 2015 which is written by?
A. Prasoon Joshi
B. Javed Akhtar
C. Gulzar
D. Farhan Akhtar
40.In association with which of the following IT firms, Andhra Pradesh government has
launched an e-governance tool called e-Pragati to bring all the government services
under one roof?
A. IBM
B. Wipro
C. Cognizant
D. TCS
41.According to World Bank Report 2015, which of the following states has topped in ease
of doing business?
A. Rajasthan
B. Gujarat
C. Jharkhand
D. Madhya Pradesh
42.Whom of the following has become the first Indian to qualify for the prestigious
Presidents Cup?
A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Saina Nehwal
C. Anirban Lahiri
D. None of these
43.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Ireland met Irish Prime Minister ____
A. Michael D. Higgins
B. Clark Davinson
C. Enda Kenny
D. None of these
44.As announced in Union Budget 2015-16, Government has finally announced to give nod
to Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS) and Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme. Under Gold
Monetization Scheme, what minimum amount of gold can be deposited by an individual
with the banks?
A. 50 gm
B. 10 gm
C. 30 gm
D. 100 gm
45.Name the veteran actor who has been presented with the Honoured Guest award by
the U.S. state of Texas for his contribution to cinema and art.
A. Shahrukh Khan
B. Anupam Kher
C. Amitabh Bachan
D. None of these
46.Name the only girl among four people who have been selected as brand ambassadors
for Digital India programme by the government of India.
A. Neena Sachdeva
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B. Seema Jagwani
C. Krati Tiwari
D. Sheena Tiwari
47.The book titled Hungry Bengal: War, Famine, Riots and the End of Empire is authored
by whom?
A. Neel Mukherjee
B. VN Sahai
C. Janam Mukherjee
D. Vinod Bajaj
48.Recently which of the following sport recognized as a sports discipline by sports
ministry?
A. Dahi Handi
B. Yoga
C. Kabadi
D. None of these
49.Who has been signed as the brand ambassador of Oxigen Services, a digital payment
solution firm?
A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Virat Kohli
C. MS Dhoni
D. None of these
50.Who has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Egypt?
A. Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
B. Sherif Ismail
C. Ibrahim Mahlab
D. None of these
51.Which Indian batsman has been conferred with honorary life membership by Cricket
Club of India (CCI)?
A. Ajinkya Rahane
B. Shikhar Dhawan
C. MS Dhoni
D. None of these
52.A national web portal is launched at New Delhi for promotion of a national
apprenticeship scheme for Graduates, Diploma holders and 10+2 pass-outs vocational
certificate holders. It is launched by
A. Arun Jaitley
B. Amit Shah
C. Smriti Irani
D. None of these
53.Which Indian writer has been conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014 for
his work Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar Adhyayan?
A. Vijay Kumar Roy
B. Kedarnath Agarwal
C. Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka
D. Shyam Narayan Pandey
54.Governor Syed Ahmed passed away recently. He was the present governor of?
A. Jharkhand
B. Manipur
C. Nagaland
D. West Bengal
55.Along with Karnal and Faridabad selected for development as smart city, which city is
been selected by Haryana government to develop as smart city with its own resources?
A. Kurukshetra
B. Gurgaon
C. Rohtak
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D. Panipat
56.Which state launched Amma mobile phone scheme to help women Self-Help Group
(SHG) trainers supervise work after the launch of Amma brand by the state which
offers food items and medicos at low price?
A. Maharashtra
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Goa
D. Andhra Pradesh
57.Which of the following has signed a pact with UAEs Emirates Defence Industries
Company (EDIC) to work together in the defence sector in maintenance, repair and
overhaul category?
A. Reliance Defence Ltd
B. Bharat Dynamics
C. Hindustan Aeronautics
D. Bharat Earth Movers
58.Who has received the prestigious Skoch Order-of-Merit Award for introducing the
unique GPRS-enabled Integrated Spot Billing Project at the 41st Skoch Summit held at
India Habitat Centre in New Delhi?
A. Vijay Parakh
B. Konte Venkata Narayana
C. Anindya Dutta
D. None of these
59.Santhara a jainism ritual , is declared illegal by which of the following HC?
A. Gujarat
B. Uttar pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. Punjab
60.Which states governor has been given additional charge of Tripura after the approval
of one month leave of Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy?</strong>
A. West Bengal
B. Nagaland
C. Assam
D. Meghalaya
61.Which state has become the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action
Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)?
A. Gujarat
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Rajasthan
D. Haryana
62.Which of the following e-commerce site has launched its instant refund facility to help
its customers get refunds within one hour of receiving the returned products?
A. Flipkart
B. Snapdeal
C. Jabong
D. None of these
63.Indian government is set to launch a new operating system (OS), BOSS in the country
which will replace all other operating systems, including Microsoft Windows. Which of
the following has developed the new OS?
A. Infosys
B. ISRO
C. C-DAC
D. None of these
64.When is World Heart day observed every year across the globe?
A. September 28
B. September 29
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C. September 20
D. August 28
65.On World Tourism Day observed on 27th September 2015, government of India
announced free entry for tourists to 200 ticketed monuments and museums across
India except?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Bihar
D. Haryana
66.Central government has decided to increase the reservation to women in all paramilitary forces to 33%. Earlier the participation of Women in all forces remained at
A. 10%
B. 5.04%
C. 5%
D. None of these
67.Which of the following wrestler has been honoured with Arjuna Award 2015 for
outstanding excellence?
A. Babita Kumari
B. Geeta Phogat
C. Sunil Kumar
D. Yogeshwar Dutt
68.During PM Narendra Modis visit to Silicon Valley on 26th-27th September 2015,
Google has announced to introduce how many new languages to its Android Operating
System?
A. 5
B. 9
C. 11
D. 13
69.Which British-Indian delivery van driver has been honoured with Pride of Britain
Award?
A. Dee Patel
B. Lee Houis
C. Meet Pricks
D. Andrews Seth
70.Indian Navy has sent which of its missile to take part in Exercise KONKAN 2015 in
order to strengthen ties between the United Kingdom and India?
A. INS Vikrant
B. INS Kolkata
C. INS Vishakhapatnam
D. INS Trikand
71.To boost Indias manufacturing sector, version 2.0 is going to be launched of Prime
Minister Narendra Modis Make in India initiative. This version is aimed at tuning into
peoples movement on the lines of _______.
A. Cooperation movement
B. Quit India movement
C. Swadeshi movement
D. None of these
72.Who has won gold in the mens 10m Air Rifle event of the 8th Asian Air Gun
Championships held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi?
A. Gagan Narang
B. Abhinav Bindra
C. Jitu Rai
D. Vivek Singh
73.To maintain peace, prosperity and security, the foreign ministers of 3 countries
including India held their first trilateral meeting in New York which highlighted the
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growing convergence of their respective countries. Along with India, which of the
following country/s was/were also a part of this meeting?
A. Japan
B. USA
C. China
D. Both A and B
74.The Reserve Bank of India signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on
Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information with
A. Federal Bank, USA
B. Nepal Rastra Bank, Nepal
C. The Peoples Bank of China, China
D. None of these
75.Which portal is been launched by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for detailed
information on Indian Railways as a part of digital India?
A. www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in
B. www.digital.indianrailways.gov.in
C. www.info.indianrailways.gov.in
D. www.kportal.indianrail.gov.in
76.Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced which of the following campaign to promote
bank financing for start-ups and offer incentives to boost entrepreneurship and job
creation?
A. Start in India, Stand in India
B. Stand up India, Start up India
C. Start up India, Stand up India
D. None of these
77.Which Hollywood star has been selected for the Screen Actors Guilds Actors Inspiration
Award.?
A. Mike Myers
B. Liam Neesom
C. Leonardo DiCaprio
D. Brad Pitt
78.In which of the following states Tadoba festival is being celebrated recently?
A. Goa
B. Kerala
C. Maharashtra
D. None of these
79.National Cadet Corps (NCC) was entered in the Limca Book of Records by performing?
A. largest dancing performance concurrently
B. largest racing performance concurrently
C. largest cycling performance concurrently
D. largest Yoga performance concurrently
80.A 10 megawatt solar photo voltaic power plant is set up by Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Limited (NLC) at Neyveli in the state of?
A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Rajasthan
D. Maharashtra
81.Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi has stepped in Fortunes list of 50 most powerful women in
business. She is the CEO of
A. ADB Bank
B. Varun Beverages
C. PepsiCo
D. None of these
82.Recently, for which of the following Indian politician, government has decided to
release a commemorative postal stamp and also a coin in his honor?
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A. Jyotirao Phule
B. Vallabhbhai Patel
C. BR Ambedkar
D. Lal Bahadur Shastri
83.Who has won Mixed Doubles in the US Open Tennis Championship?
A. Roberta Vinci and Simona Halep
B. Nicolas Mahut and Sam Querrey
C. Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
D. None of these
84.In order to promote financial inclusion in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has announced to allow how much percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in White
Label ATM operations.
A. 50%
B. 30%
C. 100%
D. 70%
85.Name the Egyptian Prime Minister who has resigned amid corruption probe recently.
A. Ibrahim Mahlab
B. Ibrahim Ismail
C. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
D. None of these
86.What is the current repo rate as released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on
29th September 2015?
A. 6.25
B. 6.50
C. 6.75
D. None of these
87.Indian railways has tied up with which of the following to provide free Wi-Fi services
across 400 railway stations in the country?
A. ISRO
B. Microsoft
C. Google
D. None of these
88.SBI Card has launched an online specific credit card that focuses on online shopping
across different categories. Its name is
A. SimplyCLICK
B. SimpleCLICK
C. CLICKSimply
D. None of these
89.The government has decided to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in
private banks from the existing 74% to
A. 90%
B. 100%
C. 95%
D. 80%
90.India inked two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) for bilateral cooperation in
Tourism and Mekong-Ganga Project with which of the following country?
A. Venezuela
B. Kazakhstan
C. Cambodia
D. None of these
91.Indian government is set to launch a new operating system in the country which will
replace all other operating systems, including Microsoft Windows. It is
A. Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS)
B. Bharat Operating Systems Solutions (BOSS)
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C. Bharat Operating Software Solutions (BOSS)
D. None of these
92.President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Tourism Awards for
2013-14 at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Which of the following states
won the award under category Most Innovative use of Information technology?
A. Kerala
B. Gujarat
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Odisha
93.Which state government has launched M-Shiksha-Mitra mobile app for teachers
which is developed by National Informatics Centre?
A. Chattisgarh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Haryana
94.Which of the following yojana is launched by the central government which aims to
provide basic amenities and for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining
related operations?
A. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana
B. Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
C. Pradhan Mantri Atal Kalyan Yojana
D. None of these
95.The central government has decided to decrease its shares of funding in the Sarva
Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme which aimed at the universalization of elementary
education from 65% to what percent?
A. 60%
B. 55%
C. 30%
D. 50%
96.Which public sector bank has launched MUDRA Card for Micro and Small entrepreneurs
to meet their credit requirement?
A. Punjab and Sind Bank
B. Bank of Baroda
C. Bank of Maharashtra
D. Union Bank of India
97.Which bank is launching services on October 1st, 2015 with motto hatke bank which
will be a move of not having its own ATMs and making transactions at rivals ATMs free
for customers?
A. Bandhan Bank
B. IDFC Bank
C. IDBI Bank
D. None of these
98.To bring in more flexibility for the banks in case of bad loans, the Reserve Bank of
India has allowed the banks to convert the status of their stressed loans to a
company into standard ones if
A. if the loan amount is not paid within 1 and a half years.
B. that company is actually not in a condition to provide the loan for next 3
years.
C. that company is sold to a new major stakeholder
D. None of these
99.Royal Bank of Scotland has signed an agreement to transfer its Indias private banking
business to
A. TAFCON
B. Sanctum Wealth Management
C. Pegasus Events
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D. Percept Limited
100.
Who is going to become the BCCI president after former BCCI president
Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away?
A. Sharad Pawar
B. Shashank Manohar
C. Anurag Thakur
D. None of these
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