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1. Which committee is formed on Financial inclusion: Deepak Mohanty

2. Name the player who is inducted into the International Tennis hall of fame: Amelie Mauresmo

3. Who won champion of change award: Sunita Wiswanath

4. In the worst Hajj tragedies in recent years, more than 700 persons were killed and hundreds other were injured in a stampede outside the holy city of Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on 24 September 2015. This stampede took place at which place near Mecca? – Mina

5. What is the name of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Volkswagen, who on 23 September 2015 resigned from the post in the wake of the recently surfaced scandal over falsified emissions tests involving the company? – Martin Winterkorn

6. Google recently allowed which new features in its Gmail service? – ‘Block’ and ‘Unsubscribe’ features

7. American sportsman Yogi Berra, who passed away on 22 September 2015, was a legend associated with which sports? – Baseball

8. Telecom operator Uninor on 23 September 2015 changed its name to Telenor, the name of its Norway-based parent company. This became possible as the Indian partner in the venture has completely exited from the operations. What is the name of this Indian partner? – Unitech Wireless

9. Which film was on 23 September 2015 chosen as India’s official entry for 2016 Oscar Awards? – ‘Court‘, Marathi film

10. The NITI Aayog’s Committee of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Mission, on 23 September 2015 suggested levying cess on telecom services, petrol and minerals like coal and iron ore to fund the cleanliness programme. The committee also pressed for enhancing the viability gap funding and tax exemptions to enable faster execution of the programme besides asking for separate tariff for waste-to-energy projects. Who is heading this committee? – N. Chandrababu Naidu, AP Chief Minister