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1. Who became world's most valued nation brand ?
Ans- United States (India at 7th position)
2. Who was appointed as new global brand ambassador for Tata Motors‟ passenger vehicles ?
Ans- Footballer Lionel Messi
3. Brijmohan Lall Munjal died recently. Who is he ?
Ans- Hero Group founder
4.Who won the Swiss Indoors men's singles tennis title ?
Ans- Roger Federer
5. Indian Railways launches ........ scheme for waitlisted passengers ?
Ans- Vikalp
6. MTS India will merged with which telecom company ?
Ans- Reliance Communications
7. Who will act as the Chairman 5-member panel to frame new education policy ?
Ans- T.S.R. Subramanian
8. BSNL Partner with ....... to set up 100 WiFi hotspots in rural India ?
Ans- Facebook
9. Who won the 2015 Rugby World Cup for record third time by defeating Australia ?
Ans- New Zealand
10. Which State has announced to set up bio-ethanol refinery in the state to tackle the menace of
wheat and paddy straw burning ?
Ans- Punjab
11. Who was appointed as next Chief Justice of India ?
Ans- Justice T.S Thakur
12. Who became first female jockey to win Melbourne Cup ?
Ans- Michelle Payne
13. Who has won the first prize at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prize ceremony ?
Ans- All India Radio‟s (AIR‟s) Programme on child labour titled Nilkkam Ivarkkoppam
14. Reserve Bank of India has fixed the public issue price at ....... per gram for the sovereign gold
bonds ?
Ans- Rs. 2,684
15. Balance Nail 16-01 is joint military exercise of which countries ?
Ans- Nepal and USA
16. Which country was hit by the rare and historic cyclone Chapala, recently?
Ans- Yemen
17. Which country has imposed national emergency due to internal security issues, recently?
Ans- Maldives
18. Which internet gaints is starting the „Project Loon‟ in India?
Ans-Google (to provide low-cost internet access to rural areas of India
19. Omar al-Bashir, who recently visited India is the President of the which country ?
Ans- Sudan
20.Who was the author of the book „Advantage India-From Challenge to Opportunity‟?
Ans- APJ Abdul Kalam book was co-authored by Srijan Pal Singh
21. What is the capital of Bosnia ?
Ans- Sarajevo
22. Who was appointed as Managing Director of Oxford University Press India ?
Ans- V Sivaramakrishnan
23. The Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee (BLRC) headed by.......?
Ans- Dr T K Viswanathan
24. WHich country plane crashed recently in Sinai peninsula of Egypt killing all people aboard?
Ans- Russia
25. Sharm el-Sheikh resort located in which country ?
Ans-Egypt
26. Who was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada ?
Ans- Justin Trudeau
27. Bimal Prasad, who passed away recently was India‟s former ambassador of which country?
Ans- Nepal
28. . Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ranked at what position in 2015 Forbes Most Powerful People
list?
Ans- 9th
29. Which Indian has attained second rank in the latest international rankings of boxing in the 56
kilogram category?
Ans-Indian boxer Shiva Thapa
30. Which country Topped FIFA World Rankings 2015 ?
Ans- Belgium
31. Who has been named as World.s healthiest country?
Ans-Singapore (India ranked 103rd position)
32. Under Indian Gold Coin 2015, what denominations of gold coins are issued?
Ans- 5, 10 and 20 grams
33. What is the minimum and maximum investment allowed under the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme
(SGBS) 2015?
Ans- 2 grams and 500 grams of physical gold
34. Who became the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up 10000 runs ?
Ans- Vidarbha opener Wasim Jaffer
35. Who became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets mark in the Indian test cricket history ?
Ans- Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin
36. Who won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol women.s event at the 13th Asian Shooting
Championship ?
Ans- India.s Heena Sindhu
37. Which country topped the 2015 Global Prosperity Index?
Ans- Norway (India ranked 99 position)
38. Who is the most powerful woman in the Indian business sector, according to Fortune India ?
Ans- Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson of SBI
39. Indian origin Harjit Sajjan has been sworn in as Defence Minister of which country?
Ans-Canada
40. Who is the author of the book titled . .Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations.?
Ans-Nandan Nilekani
41. Who has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the board of the Bank for International Settlements ?
Ans- Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan
42. Who has appointed as the Ethics Officer (Ombudsman) at BCCI ?
Ans- Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
43.Who was re-elected by the General Assembly to a six year term on the United Nations Commission
on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) ?
Ans- India
44. The World Science Day for Peace and Development 2015 was observed on ......?
Ans- 10 November 2015
45. Who was the chairmen of Independent Commission (IC) on Doping in Sports submitted its report to
the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ?
Ans- Richard Proud
46. Who was honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Award for lifetime achievement ?
Ans- Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
47. Book titled What Happened to Netaji? authored by whom ?
Ans- Anuj Dhar
48. which companies form a joint venture to manufacture aerostructures for aircraft and collaborate on
integrated systems development opportunities in India?
Ans- Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems
49. First international film festival for the persons with disabilities (IFFPD) will be held in which city?
Ans- New Delhi
50. Baglihar Hydro Electric Power Project is located in which Indian state?
Ans-Jammu and Kashmir
51. What is the enhanced FIPB‟s monetary limit to approve foreign investment proposals?
Ans-Rs 5,000 crore
52. What percent of FDI is allowed in plantation crops (coffee, rubber, cardamom, palm oil tree and
olive oil tree ) in India?
Ans-100%
53. What is the range of India‟s strategic missile – Agni-IV?
Ans- 4000 KM
54. Which country will host the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016?
Ans- Istanbul of Turkey
55. Which global companies bagged the contracts for setting up of locomotive factories in Bihar worth
Rs Rs 37,000 crore ?
Ans- US based General Electric and French engineering company Alstom (first major foreign direct
investment (FDI) in rail projects)
56. What is the full Form of GAGAN ?
Ans- GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation
57. What is the name of the Coast Guard‟s latest and largest offshore patrol vessel ?
Ans-Samarth
58. Which two bank tie-up to help NRI customers in the gulf to carry out their remittances instantly and
more conveniently ?
Ans-Emirates bank and SBI
59. Who was appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) ?
Ans- Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn
60. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of UN has declared the year 2016 as the __?
Ans-International Year of Pulses
61. Who have won the 2015 International Children's Peace Prize ?
Ans- Abraham M Keita from Liberia
62. Comac C919 aircraft is developed by which country ?
Ans- China
63. Which country was provisionally suspended from International athletics on doping charges?
Ans- Russia
64. G-20 Leaders Summit 2015 held at...........?
Ans- Antalya, Turkey
65. Annual Hundred Drums Wangala Festival is celebrated at which state?
Ans- Meghalaya
66. Who is Yitzhak Navon? who died recently .
Ans- Former Israel President
67. Indian Government has imposed ______% of Swachh Bharat Cess on taxable services ?
Ans- 0.5%
68. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched “Neev Fund” to invest in small infrastructure projects in
eight low-income states at which place ?
Ans- UK
69. On which date World Diabetes Day observed ?
Ans- Nov 14
70. Which two Indian banks are going to list their bonds on the London Stock Exchange ?
Ans- HDFC & YES Bank
71. What is the free remittance limit under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)?
Ans-USD 2,50,000 per financial year
72. Who will host 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit ?
Ans- Philippines
73. Who has won the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix title of Formula One (F1) ?
Ans- Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg
74. Who have been nominated as members of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society ?
Ans- Bhawana Somaaya, Satish Shah and Brijendra Pal Singh
75. Which is the first state to start e-auction of mines in India?
Ans-Rajasthan
76. Which organisation has launched Financial Infrastructure Development Network (FIDN)?
Ans-Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
77. In context to India‟s defence system, “Maareech” is related with..... ?
Ans-Advanced Torpedo Defence System
78. Which Indian state is set to open an university exclusively for research-oriented studies related to
gender?
Ans- Kerala
79. Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD) party has won the election in which
country?
Ans- Myanmar
80. What is the name of India‟s first mobile-based platform to facilitate global investments for domestic
retail investors?
Ans-Stockal
81. Government planning to sell......... of its stake in Coal India?
Ans- 10 per cent
82. Who was conferred with Disaster Risk Reduction Asia Champion honour by UN ?
Ans- Kiren Rijiju
83. Who was elected to Board of Governors of World Water Council (WWC) for 2016-18?
Ans- Prithvi Raj Singh of Jal Bhagirathi Foundation
84.Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard Chartered Bank, India ?
Ans- Zarin Daruwala
85. Who will host the first International Qawwali Festival 2015 titled Taali Ho that is scheduled to be
held from 12 February 2015 to 14 February 2015 ?
Ans-Delhi
86.Who has emerged as the world.s most powerful supercomputer system for the sixth consecutive
time ?
Ans- China.s Tianhe-2
87. What is full form of NIIF ?
Ans- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
88. The United Nations. (UN) International Day for Tolerance is observed on ......?
Ans- November 16
89. Which country have the largest reserve of recoverable uranium in the world?
Ans- Australia
90. India.s first AMRIT pharmacy outlet was opened in which city?
Ans- Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) pharmacy outlet at AIIMS in
New Delhi
91. What is the India.s rank in Global Gender Gap Index for 2015?
Ans-108 (Iceland topped the Gender Gap Index)
92. . Satellite EKS Kosmos-2510 was launched by which country?
Ans- Russia
93. India's largest Greenfield steel project in the country commissioned in which state?
Ans- Kalinganagar steel plant in Jajpur district of Odisha
94. Who is the present Secretary-General of Interpol?
Ans- Jurgen Stock
95. Who was the author of the book .Inside IB and RAW: The Rolling Stone That Gathered Moss.?
Ans- Shankaran Nair
96. Who was appointed as India.s ambassador to China ?
Ans- Vijay Keshav Gokhale
97. Who has been appointed as 43rd Chief Justice of India ?
Ans- Justice T.S.Thakur
98. .Ek Kadam Unnati Ki Aur. campaign is launched by which company in Telangana state?
Ans- Intel India
99. According to Global Terrorism Index 2015 released by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) ,
What is India's position ?
Ans-India was the sixth most affected by terrorism.
100. India.s first mega silk cluster will come up in which Indian state?
Ans- Karnataka
101. 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Summit was held at which
place ?
Ans- Manila, Philippines
102. Who elected as the President of industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI) for the year 2016 ?
Ans- Harshavardhan Neotia
103. Egypt signed aggrement with which country to build its first nuclear power plant at Dabaa on the
Mediterranean coast ?
Ans- Russia
104. Who won 2015 Reporters without Borders Prize ?
Ans- Syrian journalist Zaina Erhaim
105. Who has been appointed as a member to the high-level panel on health by United Nations (UN)?
Ans-Yusuf Hamied
106. The second World Congress for Disaster Management was held in which city?
Ans- Vishakapatnam
107.Who is the winner of the IBSF World Snooker Championship 2015?
Ans- Pankaj Advani
108. Which Indian Bank opens branch in Bangladesh recently ?
Ans- Axis Bank
109. On which date, World Fisheries Day is observed?
Ans- November 21
110. Which country hosted the 2015 ASEAN summit?
Ans- Malaysia
111. What is the name committee has been set up for promotion of Sanskrit language?
Ans- N Gopalaswami committee
112. Who will be the Chief Guest at the 67th Republic Day parade of January 26, 2016?
Ans- Francois Hollande
113. Which Indian state has signed a sister-state agreement with South Australia?
Ans- Rajasthan
114. Which Indian state has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for planting the most
number of saplings in one day?
Ans- Uttar Pradesh
115. Who became the first Indian to win the Asian Woman Footballer of the Year award in the United
Kingdom?
Ans- Aditi Chauhan
116. Who became 1st player to win ATP World Tour Finals for 4th consecutive time ?
Ans- Novak Djokovic
117. Who was appointed Executive Director to Asian Development Bank ?
Ans- Swati Dandekar
118. Who won presidential polls in Argentina ?
Ans- Mauricio Macri
119. Who was appointed as Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the UN Assistance
Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)?
Ans- Michael Keating of United Kingdom
120. What are masala bonds?
Ans- Rupee denominated overseas bonds
121. On which date, the National Milk Day is observed?
Ans-26 November
122. Which country will host the 12th South Asian Games in 2016?
Ans-India
123. What amount of insurance is provided for Rupay classic card holders?
Ans-Rs. 1,00,000/-
124. Who is appointed as chairperson of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)?
Ans- Anju Bobby
125. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM?
Ans-Sunil Kanoria
126. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women observed on which date ?
Ans- 25 November
127.What is the new deadline to for completion of rural connectivity through all- weather roads under
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)?
Ans-2019
128. 11th East Asia Summit 2016 will be held at which place ?
Ans- Lao PDR
129. What is the range of Nuclear-capable Dhanush missile ?
Ans-350 kms
130. Which country has launched the Canadian communication satellite Telstar 12V?
Ans- Japan
131. Who was appointed as Prime Minister of Portugal ?
Ans- Atonio Costa
132. Who will be the first woman Secretary-General of the Commonwealth?
Ans- British lawyer Patricia Scotland
133. India co-developed the Barak-8 missile with which country?
Ans- Israel
134. Which banking major is shutting down its private banking operations in India?
Ans- HSBC
135. Online system- Bhavishya was launched for what purpose?
Ans- Online pension tracking system
136. Which two countriesplayed the first day-night Test cricket match?
Ans- Australia and New Zealand
137. Who is current President of Portugal ?
Ans- Anibal Cavaco
138. Noboru Karashima, who passed away recently, related to which among the following fields?
Ans- historian
139. Which state set up NRI Commission first time in India?
Ans- Punjab (Kerala becomes the 2nd state )
140. Who has been declared the IAAF‟s male athlete of the year for 2015?
Ans- American decathlete Ashton Eaton
141. Who has won the 2015 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament?
Ans-P V Sindhu
142. In context to Indian defence system, „INS Kadmatt‟ belongs to which type?
Ans-Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette
143. The Bharat Stage (BS)-V norms will be implemented from which year?
Ans- 2019
144. Who is the author of the book titled-„Vanessa and Her Sister‟?
Ans-Indian-origin author Priya Parmar‟s novel – ‟Vanessa and Her Sister‟ has been named by New
York Times in its annual prestigious list of 100 most notable books of 2015.
145. Who was re-elected as the president of Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) ?
Ans-Anil Khanna
146.Who won the 2015 Davis Cup tennis title ?
Ans-Great Britain by defeating Belgium
147. Who won the first ever day-night cricket test ?
Ans-Australia against New Zealand
148. Who is Prime Minister of Turkey ?
Ans- Ahmet Davutoglu
149. UN climate summit 2015 held at which place ?
Ans- Paris
150. Who won the Delhi Half Marathon in the men and women categories ?
Ans- Ethiopian Birhanu Legese and Kenyan Cynthia Limo in men and women categories respectively
151. Kawal Tiger Reserve is located in which state ?
Ans- Adilabad district in Telangana
152. Which state is the host for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2015?
Ans- Goa
153. Who is the chairman of the committee on Revisiting & Revitalizing the PPP model of Infrastructure
Development ?
Ans- Vijay Kelkar
154. World Toilet Day observed on ........?
Ans- 19 November
155. Who was sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister ?
Ans- Nitish Kumar
156. Who has been chosen for the prestigious 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development ?
Ans- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
157. Who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New
York ?
Ans- Syed Akbaruddin
158. Which country declared Ebola Free by World Health Organization (WHO) recently ?
Ans- Sierra Leone
159. What is the name of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise held at Rajasthan ?
Ans- „Indra-2015‟
160. What is the full form of UDAY ?
Ans- Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna for financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies
161. Recently, which two countries of Europe have conducted a joint session of both governments after
a conflict of 25 years?
Ans- Bosnia and Serbia
162. "IMPRINT INDIA‟ initiative is aimed at improving what field in India?
Ans- Scientific research.
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