Susanta Lahiri
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1. Name the Bank that on 6 January 2016 launched Immediate
Payment Service (IMPS) across all its branches in association with the
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
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a) Andhra Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) Canara Bank
d) Bank of Baroda
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2. Who on 5 January 2016 was conferred with Polly Umrigar
Trophy for International Cricketer-of-the-Year?
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a) Shikhar Dhawan
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Virat Kohli
d) Ravichandran Ashwin
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3. The Competition Commission of India on 5 January 2016 gave
nod to Reliance Capital Asset Management to acquire which investment banking
company’s mutual fund business in India?
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a) Morgan Stanley
b) JPMorgan Chase
c) Wells Fargo
d) Goldman Sachs
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4. Which company on 5 January 2016 completed the formalities
related to acquisition of Alca-Lucent in 15.6 billion euro deal?
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a) Nokia
b) Ericsson
c) Apple
d) Huawei
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5. Union Government on 5 January 2016 reduced export duty on
iron ore pellets to zero from
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a) 2 percent
b) 5 percent
c) 7 percent
d) 10 percent
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6. For undertaking anti-Naxal operations, Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF) decided to deploy how many women commandos in left-wing
extremist affected states?
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a) 500
b) 1000
c) 100
d) 300
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7. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 5 January 2016
approved what percentage of posts at constable level to be filled up by women
in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)?
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a) 11
b) 30
c) 33
d) 47
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8. Name the cricket playing nation that on 5 January 2016
withdrew from the Under-19 World Cup Tournament to be held in Bangladesh.
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a) South Africa
b) Pakistan
c) Australia
d) Ireland
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9. Which of the following country on 4 January 2016 rolled out
new policies to reduce gun violence in the country?
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a) US
b) Britain
c) France
d) Japan
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10. Who of the following was appointed as manager of Real
Madrid on 5 January 2016?
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a) Zinedine Zidane
b) Rafael Benitez
c) Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima
d) Roberto Carlos
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11. Identify the country with which India resumed the bus
service on 4 January 2016 after a gap of 27 years?
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a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Bhutan
d) Nepal
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12. Who was appointed as the head of one man committee to
study issues related to Gramin Dak Sevaks?
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a) Kamlesh Chandra
b) T Q Mohammad
c) Vijay Kelkar
d) AK Mathur
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13. Which team on 3 January 2015 won the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri
Hockey tournament?
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a) Indian Railways
b) ONGC
c) IOC
d) None of them
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14. Identify the Indian scientist. He was involved in the
discovery of the element 117 that was included in the 7th row of the periodic
table on 30 December 2015 by the IUPAC.
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a) Rakesh K Jain
b) Manu Prakash
c) Susanta Lahiri
d) Sangeeta Bhatia
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15. Identify the element that was not in the list of four new
elements added to the 7th row of the periodic table on 30 December 2015 by
the IUPAC.
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a) Element 115
b) Element 116
c) Element 117
d) Element 118
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