Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015 launched the “Digital India Week”, as part of the “Digital India” initiative to give India a big push in digital technology. What is the primary objective of “Digital India”?
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To bridge the digital divide by bringing in large investments in technology manufacturing
“Digital India” is a massive initiative of the Indian Govt. to provide electronic governance and universal phone connectivity across the country. It primarily aims to bridge the digital divide by bringing in large investments in technology manufacturing in the country. Leading industrialists pledged Rs. 4.5 lakh crore as Narendra Modi inaugurated the “Digital India Week at a programme held in New Delhi on 1 July 2015. It is worth mentioning that the push to connect India and drive a national fibre optic network, approved by the previous Congress-led government in 2011, has made slow progress in utilizing technology to bring services and deliverables to those outside large towns and cities.
To bridge the digital divide by bringing in large investments in technology manufacturing
“Digital India” is a massive initiative of the Indian Govt. to provide electronic governance and universal phone connectivity across the country. It primarily aims to bridge the digital divide by bringing in large investments in technology manufacturing in the country. Leading industrialists pledged Rs. 4.5 lakh crore as Narendra Modi inaugurated the “Digital India Week at a programme held in New Delhi on 1 July 2015. It is worth mentioning that the push to connect India and drive a national fibre optic network, approved by the previous Congress-led government in 2011, has made slow progress in utilizing technology to bring services and deliverables to those outside large towns and cities.
Which country has became the first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to baby as announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 1 July 2015?
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Cuba
WHO described this feat as one of the greatest public health achievements ever achieved. Cuba has achieved zero instances for babies born with HIV, transmitted to the baby through the affected mother. In 2013, only two babies were born with HIV in Cuba, and only five born with congenital syphilis. Over the past five years, Caribbean countries have had increased access to antiretroviral drugs as part of a regional initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission. HIV and syphilis testing for pregnant women and their partners, caesarean deliveries and substitution of breastfeeding have also contributed to the breaking of the infection chain in Cuba. The reduction in infection rates in Cuba is seen as a major breakthrough in the campaign to rid the world of the virus.
Cuba
WHO described this feat as one of the greatest public health achievements ever achieved. Cuba has achieved zero instances for babies born with HIV, transmitted to the baby through the affected mother. In 2013, only two babies were born with HIV in Cuba, and only five born with congenital syphilis. Over the past five years, Caribbean countries have had increased access to antiretroviral drugs as part of a regional initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission. HIV and syphilis testing for pregnant women and their partners, caesarean deliveries and substitution of breastfeeding have also contributed to the breaking of the infection chain in Cuba. The reduction in infection rates in Cuba is seen as a major breakthrough in the campaign to rid the world of the virus.
Which country on 30 June 2015 became the first-ever developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
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Greece
Greece, as expected, was not able to repay €1.6 billion it owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in what was the largest missed payment in the Fund’s history. The deadline to make the payment ended on 30 June. Greece, who had asked European partners for a two-year aid package to cover its financing needs, made last-minute overtures to its international creditors for financial aid on 30 June but it was not enough to save the country from becoming the first developed economy to default on an IMF loan. Greece has received nearly €240 billion in two bailouts from the European Union and International Monetary Fund since 2010. The money has allowed the country to stay afloat but at a high cost to its population, which has swallowed many austerity measures such as cuts to pensions, wages and public services. With its missed payment to the IMF, Greece is on a path out of the euro with unforeseeable consequences for both the EU’s grand currency project and the global economy.
Greece
Greece, as expected, was not able to repay €1.6 billion it owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in what was the largest missed payment in the Fund’s history. The deadline to make the payment ended on 30 June. Greece, who had asked European partners for a two-year aid package to cover its financing needs, made last-minute overtures to its international creditors for financial aid on 30 June but it was not enough to save the country from becoming the first developed economy to default on an IMF loan. Greece has received nearly €240 billion in two bailouts from the European Union and International Monetary Fund since 2010. The money has allowed the country to stay afloat but at a high cost to its population, which has swallowed many austerity measures such as cuts to pensions, wages and public services. With its missed payment to the IMF, Greece is on a path out of the euro with unforeseeable consequences for both the EU’s grand currency project and the global economy.
Communication pioneer Matti Makkonen, who passed away during June 2015, was known for developing which popular mode of mobile communication?
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Text messaging or SMS
Matti Makkonen of Finland was known as the “father of short messaging service (SMS)” after developing the idea of sending messages via mobile networks. He had helped to launch the worldwide sensation of texting, although he was often quick to point out that he did not invent the technology single-handedly. He had claimed that real launch of the SMS service, was when Nokia introduced the first phone that enabled easy writing of messages (Nokia 2010 in 1994). Although the use of SMS the world-over has begun to fall, it still remains a popular service. He passed away during June 2015.
Text messaging or SMS
Matti Makkonen of Finland was known as the “father of short messaging service (SMS)” after developing the idea of sending messages via mobile networks. He had helped to launch the worldwide sensation of texting, although he was often quick to point out that he did not invent the technology single-handedly. He had claimed that real launch of the SMS service, was when Nokia introduced the first phone that enabled easy writing of messages (Nokia 2010 in 1994). Although the use of SMS the world-over has begun to fall, it still remains a popular service. He passed away during June 2015.
Bharti Airtel became the third-largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers as disclosed in the latest data published by World Cellular Information Service (WCIS). Which operators occupied the first and second spots respectively?
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China Mobile and Vodafone Group
Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel moved up one position in the global rankings of mobile operators with over 303 million mobile subscribers across its operations. The global rankings were led by China Mobile (China), which had 626.27 million subscribers and was followed by Vodafone Group of the UK with 403.08 million subscribers worldwide. China Unicom (China) closely followed Airtel with 299.09 million subscribers while America Movil occupied fifth place with 274.14 million subscribers. It is worth mentioning that Bharti Airtel had started its operations in November 1995 in New Delhi and in less than two decades emerged as the top telecom brand in the world. The company presently operates in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa. Bharti Airtel’s mobile network covers over 1.85 billion people and carried over 1.23 trillion minutes of calls and over 333 petabytes of data in 2014-15.
China Mobile and Vodafone Group
Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel moved up one position in the global rankings of mobile operators with over 303 million mobile subscribers across its operations. The global rankings were led by China Mobile (China), which had 626.27 million subscribers and was followed by Vodafone Group of the UK with 403.08 million subscribers worldwide. China Unicom (China) closely followed Airtel with 299.09 million subscribers while America Movil occupied fifth place with 274.14 million subscribers. It is worth mentioning that Bharti Airtel had started its operations in November 1995 in New Delhi and in less than two decades emerged as the top telecom brand in the world. The company presently operates in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa. Bharti Airtel’s mobile network covers over 1.85 billion people and carried over 1.23 trillion minutes of calls and over 333 petabytes of data in 2014-15.
The Union Govt. recently put off the proposal to relax the 5/20 condition for airlines to fly abroad, according to which domestic carriers must have been in operation for five years and have a fleet of 20 aircraft to be eligible to fly on international routes. What is the main reason for putting-off this decision?
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The govt. was worried that it could be accused of favouring new airlines while implementing this rule
It is worth mentioning that by relaxing the 5/20 condition for domestic airlines to fly abroad, the govt. could have faced accusations of favouring new airlines -especially Vistara and AirAsia, who have started their operations within a couple of years. Certain members of the Union Cabinet felt any change in the rule will be seen as benefiting Vistara, the joint venture airline between Singapore Airlines and Tata Sons, and AirAsia, the low-cost airline in which also Tata Sons has a stake.
The govt. was worried that it could be accused of favouring new airlines while implementing this rule
It is worth mentioning that by relaxing the 5/20 condition for domestic airlines to fly abroad, the govt. could have faced accusations of favouring new airlines -especially Vistara and AirAsia, who have started their operations within a couple of years. Certain members of the Union Cabinet felt any change in the rule will be seen as benefiting Vistara, the joint venture airline between Singapore Airlines and Tata Sons, and AirAsia, the low-cost airline in which also Tata Sons has a stake.
In an unprecedented event, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) remained opened on 1 July 2015 so as to facilitate settlement of public and market transactions. Normally, RBI remains closed for public transactions on every year’s 1 July. Why?
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Because RBI has its annual closing of accounts on this day
It is worth mentioning that while April to March is the accounting year for almost whole business fraternity in India, RBI’s accounting year is from July to June. Hence, till date RBI used to remain close for public transactions on 1 July. But moving away from the tradition, the RBI remained opened for public on 1 July 2015 and continued to provide services such as RTGS/NEFT, transfer of funds and settlement of securities, etc. to the general public.
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Because RBI has its annual closing of accounts on this day
It is worth mentioning that while April to March is the accounting year for almost whole business fraternity in India, RBI’s accounting year is from July to June. Hence, till date RBI used to remain close for public transactions on 1 July. But moving away from the tradition, the RBI remained opened for public on 1 July 2015 and continued to provide services such as RTGS/NEFT, transfer of funds and settlement of securities, etc. to the general public.
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1. Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released Global Peace Index 2015 on June16, 2015. What is India’s rank?
1) 138
2) 134
3) 143
4) 139
5) 140
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2. Which tennis legend was appointed the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala on June 24, 2015?
1) Andre Agassi
2) Steffi Graf
3) Maria Sharapova
4) Boris Becker
5) Pete Sampras
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sheila Kaul passed away on June 13, 2015. She was a former Governor of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) West Bengal
5) Jharkhand
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Mogens Lykketoft was elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly in June 2015. He belongs to?
1) UK
2) France
3) Italy
4) Denmark
5) Norway
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Institute for Economics and Peace is headquartered in?
1) Sydney
2) Geneva
3) Berne
4) Manila
5) Oslo
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. The world’s first mangrove zoo will be set up in?
1) Tripura
2) Odisha
3) Manipur
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. UNO declared 2015 as the International Year of?
1) Crystallography
2) Light and Light based Technologies
3) Yoga
4) Family Farming
5) Cooperatives
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. The first development financial institution in India is?
1) IDBI
2) Exim Bank
3) IFCI
4) SIDBI
5) ICICI
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. The world’s largest vertical maze, Maze Tower, is in?
1) Dubai
2) Kuala Lumpur
3) New York
4) Jakarta
5) Riyadh
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. Charlie Hebdo’s office was attacked by terrorists in January 2015. It is a satirical weekly magazine based in?
1) Spain
2) Germany
3) France
4) Hungary
5) Portugal
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. The 2017 women’s cricket world cup will be held in?
1) India
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) England
5) New Zealand
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Who won the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster chess tournament in January 2015?
1) Popov Ivan
2) Ramnath Bhuvanesh
3) R. Siddharth
4) Dzhumaev Marat
5) Mozharov Mikhail
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Which of the following is a successor body of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) WTO
4) OECD
5) WEF
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14. Which country was formerly known as Nyasaland?
1) Zambia
2) Tanzania
3) Mozambique
4) Malawi
5) Sudan
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Which of the following organizations has seven members?
1) SAARC
2) NATO
3) BIMSTEC
4) OPEC
5) ASEAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. According to the ‘Status of Tigers in India 2014’ report what is the population of tigers?
1) 1706
2) 1411
3) 2226
4) 1909
5) 1826
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
17. India is home to what percent of the world’s tiger population?
1) 60%
2) 65%
3) 75%
4) 70%
5) 55%
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18. Who was named as the Governor of the Year in the Central Banking Awards for 2015?
1) Ben Bernanke
2) Janet Yellen
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Mark Carney
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Which State got the National Award for e-Governance for the best district level initiative in India?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Sikkim
4) Gujarat
5) Jammu & Kashmir
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20. Sukanya Samruddhi Account was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
January 22, 2015 from?
1) Ambala
2) Panipat
3) Hissar
4) Karnal
5) Faridabad
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. India’s foreign direct investment increased by what per cent in 2014, as per a UN report released in January 2015?
1) 26%
2) 30%
3) 14%
4) 18%
5) 20%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Leander Paes and which of the following female tennis players won the 2015 Australian Open
Mixed Doubles title?
1) Kristina Mladenovic
2) Martina Hingis
3) Sania Mirza
4) Lucie Safarova
5) Simona Halep
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
23. Who won the women’s singles title of the Syed Modi International Masters Badminton tournament
in Lucknow on January 25, 2015?
1) Carolina Marin
2) P. V. Sindhu
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Li Xuerai
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. National Academy of Direct Taxes is located in?
1) Mumbai
2) Pune
3) Thane
4) Nagpur
5) Surat
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. The technique of inducing rain from cloud is called?
1) Cloud Control
2) Cloud Computing
3) Cloud Engineering
4) Cloud Seeding
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26. Indian Statistical Institute was founded by?
1) R.C. Bose
2) J.M. Sengupta
3) R.R. Bahadur
4) P.C. Mahalanobis
5) C.R. Rao
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27. Arihant is a?
1) Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
2) Multi barrel rocket launcher
3) Surface to air missile
4) Nuclear submarine
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28. Baiji oil refinery is located in?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Syria
4) Russia
5) Sudan
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29. World Vitiligo Day is observed on?
1) June 25
2) June 26
3) June 23
4) June 24
5) June 28
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30. Sukanya Samridhi Account will enable parents to open bank accounts of girls who are under?
1) 12 years
2) 15 years
3) 10 years
4) 18 years
5) 14 years
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31. The Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes was launched by the Union Ministry of?
1) Urban Development
2) Rural Development
3) Home
4) Finance
5) Social Justice and Empowerment
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32. The 13th Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Russia-India- China trilateral was held in February 2015 in?
1) Beijing
2) Moscow
3) Yekaterinburg
4) New Delhi
5) Sochi
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33. Which of the following is a 21- nation grouping of Pacific Rim countries?
1) ASEAN
2) SCO
3) EAS
4) BASIC
5) APEC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34. The first district in India to have complete rural broadband coverage is?
1) Ernakulam
2) Kollam
3) Idukki
4) Palakkad
5) Thrissur
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35. Which country topped the list of 93 countries in the 2014 edition of Global Talent Competitive Index?
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) Luxembourg
4) USA
5) Canada
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36. What is India’s rank in the Global Talent Competitive Index that was released by the INSEAD Business School in January 2015?
1) 63
2) 78
3) 65
4) 67
5) 75
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37. Yingluck Shinawatra was impeached by the Parliament in January 2015. She is the former Prime Minister of?
1) Cambodia
2) Laos
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam
5) Myanmar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38. Which country was the largest recipient of FDI in 2014?
1) China
2) USA
3) Singapore
4) Brazil
5) India
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39. The Ra’ad is an air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) developed by?
1) Israel
2) Afghanistan
3) North Korea
4) Pakistan
5) Myanmar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40. Which of the following is the capital of Turkey?
1) Antalya
2) Istanbul
3) Izmir
4) Adana
5) Ankara
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 1 6) 5 7) 2 8) 3 9) 1 10) 3
11) 4 12) 1 13) 3 14) 4 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3 19) 5 20) 2
21) 1 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 4 26) 4 27) 4 28) 2 29) 1 30) 3
31) 5 32) 1 33) 5 34) 3 35) 1 36) 2 37) 3 38) 1 39) 4 40) 5
1. Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released Global Peace Index 2015 on June16, 2015. What is India’s rank?
1) 138
2) 134
3) 143
4) 139
5) 140
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Which tennis legend was appointed the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala on June 24, 2015?
1) Andre Agassi
2) Steffi Graf
3) Maria Sharapova
4) Boris Becker
5) Pete Sampras
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sheila Kaul passed away on June 13, 2015. She was a former Governor of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) West Bengal
5) Jharkhand
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Mogens Lykketoft was elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly in June 2015. He belongs to?
1) UK
2) France
3) Italy
4) Denmark
5) Norway
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Institute for Economics and Peace is headquartered in?
1) Sydney
2) Geneva
3) Berne
4) Manila
5) Oslo
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. The world’s first mangrove zoo will be set up in?
1) Tripura
2) Odisha
3) Manipur
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. UNO declared 2015 as the International Year of?
1) Crystallography
2) Light and Light based Technologies
3) Yoga
4) Family Farming
5) Cooperatives
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. The first development financial institution in India is?
1) IDBI
2) Exim Bank
3) IFCI
4) SIDBI
5) ICICI
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. The world’s largest vertical maze, Maze Tower, is in?
1) Dubai
2) Kuala Lumpur
3) New York
4) Jakarta
5) Riyadh
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. Charlie Hebdo’s office was attacked by terrorists in January 2015. It is a satirical weekly magazine based in?
1) Spain
2) Germany
3) France
4) Hungary
5) Portugal
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. The 2017 women’s cricket world cup will be held in?
1) India
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) England
5) New Zealand
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Who won the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster chess tournament in January 2015?
1) Popov Ivan
2) Ramnath Bhuvanesh
3) R. Siddharth
4) Dzhumaev Marat
5) Mozharov Mikhail
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Which of the following is a successor body of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) WTO
4) OECD
5) WEF
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14. Which country was formerly known as Nyasaland?
1) Zambia
2) Tanzania
3) Mozambique
4) Malawi
5) Sudan
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Which of the following organizations has seven members?
1) SAARC
2) NATO
3) BIMSTEC
4) OPEC
5) ASEAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. According to the ‘Status of Tigers in India 2014’ report what is the population of tigers?
1) 1706
2) 1411
3) 2226
4) 1909
5) 1826
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
17. India is home to what percent of the world’s tiger population?
1) 60%
2) 65%
3) 75%
4) 70%
5) 55%
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18. Who was named as the Governor of the Year in the Central Banking Awards for 2015?
1) Ben Bernanke
2) Janet Yellen
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Mark Carney
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Which State got the National Award for e-Governance for the best district level initiative in India?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Sikkim
4) Gujarat
5) Jammu & Kashmir
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20. Sukanya Samruddhi Account was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
January 22, 2015 from?
1) Ambala
2) Panipat
3) Hissar
4) Karnal
5) Faridabad
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. India’s foreign direct investment increased by what per cent in 2014, as per a UN report released in January 2015?
1) 26%
2) 30%
3) 14%
4) 18%
5) 20%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Leander Paes and which of the following female tennis players won the 2015 Australian Open
Mixed Doubles title?
1) Kristina Mladenovic
2) Martina Hingis
3) Sania Mirza
4) Lucie Safarova
5) Simona Halep
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
23. Who won the women’s singles title of the Syed Modi International Masters Badminton tournament
in Lucknow on January 25, 2015?
1) Carolina Marin
2) P. V. Sindhu
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Li Xuerai
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. National Academy of Direct Taxes is located in?
1) Mumbai
2) Pune
3) Thane
4) Nagpur
5) Surat
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. The technique of inducing rain from cloud is called?
1) Cloud Control
2) Cloud Computing
3) Cloud Engineering
4) Cloud Seeding
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26. Indian Statistical Institute was founded by?
1) R.C. Bose
2) J.M. Sengupta
3) R.R. Bahadur
4) P.C. Mahalanobis
5) C.R. Rao
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27. Arihant is a?
1) Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
2) Multi barrel rocket launcher
3) Surface to air missile
4) Nuclear submarine
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28. Baiji oil refinery is located in?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Syria
4) Russia
5) Sudan
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29. World Vitiligo Day is observed on?
1) June 25
2) June 26
3) June 23
4) June 24
5) June 28
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30. Sukanya Samridhi Account will enable parents to open bank accounts of girls who are under?
1) 12 years
2) 15 years
3) 10 years
4) 18 years
5) 14 years
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31. The Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes was launched by the Union Ministry of?
1) Urban Development
2) Rural Development
3) Home
4) Finance
5) Social Justice and Empowerment
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32. The 13th Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Russia-India- China trilateral was held in February 2015 in?
1) Beijing
2) Moscow
3) Yekaterinburg
4) New Delhi
5) Sochi
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33. Which of the following is a 21- nation grouping of Pacific Rim countries?
1) ASEAN
2) SCO
3) EAS
4) BASIC
5) APEC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34. The first district in India to have complete rural broadband coverage is?
1) Ernakulam
2) Kollam
3) Idukki
4) Palakkad
5) Thrissur
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35. Which country topped the list of 93 countries in the 2014 edition of Global Talent Competitive Index?
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) Luxembourg
4) USA
5) Canada
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36. What is India’s rank in the Global Talent Competitive Index that was released by the INSEAD Business School in January 2015?
1) 63
2) 78
3) 65
4) 67
5) 75
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37. Yingluck Shinawatra was impeached by the Parliament in January 2015. She is the former Prime Minister of?
1) Cambodia
2) Laos
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam
5) Myanmar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38. Which country was the largest recipient of FDI in 2014?
1) China
2) USA
3) Singapore
4) Brazil
5) India
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39. The Ra’ad is an air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) developed by?
1) Israel
2) Afghanistan
3) North Korea
4) Pakistan
5) Myanmar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40. Which of the following is the capital of Turkey?
1) Antalya
2) Istanbul
3) Izmir
4) Adana
5) Ankara
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 1 6) 5 7) 2 8) 3 9) 1 10) 3
11) 4 12) 1 13) 3 14) 4 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3 19) 5 20) 2
21) 1 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 4 26) 4 27) 4 28) 2 29) 1 30) 3
31) 5 32) 1 33) 5 34) 3 35) 1 36) 2 37) 3 38) 1 39) 4 40) 5
1) 138
2) 134
3) 143
4) 139
5) 140
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Which tennis legend was appointed the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala on June 24, 2015?
1) Andre Agassi
2) Steffi Graf
3) Maria Sharapova
4) Boris Becker
5) Pete Sampras
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sheila Kaul passed away on June 13, 2015. She was a former Governor of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) West Bengal
5) Jharkhand
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Mogens Lykketoft was elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly in June 2015. He belongs to?
1) UK
2) France
3) Italy
4) Denmark
5) Norway
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Institute for Economics and Peace is headquartered in?
1) Sydney
2) Geneva
3) Berne
4) Manila
5) Oslo
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. The world’s first mangrove zoo will be set up in?
1) Tripura
2) Odisha
3) Manipur
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. UNO declared 2015 as the International Year of?
1) Crystallography
2) Light and Light based Technologies
3) Yoga
4) Family Farming
5) Cooperatives
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. The first development financial institution in India is?
1) IDBI
2) Exim Bank
3) IFCI
4) SIDBI
5) ICICI
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. The world’s largest vertical maze, Maze Tower, is in?
1) Dubai
2) Kuala Lumpur
3) New York
4) Jakarta
5) Riyadh
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. Charlie Hebdo’s office was attacked by terrorists in January 2015. It is a satirical weekly magazine based in?
1) Spain
2) Germany
3) France
4) Hungary
5) Portugal
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. The 2017 women’s cricket world cup will be held in?
1) India
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) England
5) New Zealand
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Who won the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster chess tournament in January 2015?
1) Popov Ivan
2) Ramnath Bhuvanesh
3) R. Siddharth
4) Dzhumaev Marat
5) Mozharov Mikhail
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Which of the following is a successor body of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) WTO
4) OECD
5) WEF
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14. Which country was formerly known as Nyasaland?
1) Zambia
2) Tanzania
3) Mozambique
4) Malawi
5) Sudan
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Which of the following organizations has seven members?
1) SAARC
2) NATO
3) BIMSTEC
4) OPEC
5) ASEAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. According to the ‘Status of Tigers in India 2014’ report what is the population of tigers?
1) 1706
2) 1411
3) 2226
4) 1909
5) 1826
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
17. India is home to what percent of the world’s tiger population?
1) 60%
2) 65%
3) 75%
4) 70%
5) 55%
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18. Who was named as the Governor of the Year in the Central Banking Awards for 2015?
1) Ben Bernanke
2) Janet Yellen
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Mark Carney
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Which State got the National Award for e-Governance for the best district level initiative in India?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Sikkim
4) Gujarat
5) Jammu & Kashmir
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20. Sukanya Samruddhi Account was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
January 22, 2015 from?
1) Ambala
2) Panipat
3) Hissar
4) Karnal
5) Faridabad
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. India’s foreign direct investment increased by what per cent in 2014, as per a UN report released in January 2015?
1) 26%
2) 30%
3) 14%
4) 18%
5) 20%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Leander Paes and which of the following female tennis players won the 2015 Australian Open
Mixed Doubles title?
1) Kristina Mladenovic
2) Martina Hingis
3) Sania Mirza
4) Lucie Safarova
5) Simona Halep
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23. Who won the women’s singles title of the Syed Modi International Masters Badminton tournament
in Lucknow on January 25, 2015?
1) Carolina Marin
2) P. V. Sindhu
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Li Xuerai
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. National Academy of Direct Taxes is located in?
1) Mumbai
2) Pune
3) Thane
4) Nagpur
5) Surat
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. The technique of inducing rain from cloud is called?
1) Cloud Control
2) Cloud Computing
3) Cloud Engineering
4) Cloud Seeding
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26. Indian Statistical Institute was founded by?
1) R.C. Bose
2) J.M. Sengupta
3) R.R. Bahadur
4) P.C. Mahalanobis
5) C.R. Rao
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27. Arihant is a?
1) Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
2) Multi barrel rocket launcher
3) Surface to air missile
4) Nuclear submarine
5) None of these
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28. Baiji oil refinery is located in?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Syria
4) Russia
5) Sudan
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29. World Vitiligo Day is observed on?
1) June 25
2) June 26
3) June 23
4) June 24
5) June 28
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30. Sukanya Samridhi Account will enable parents to open bank accounts of girls who are under?
1) 12 years
2) 15 years
3) 10 years
4) 18 years
5) 14 years
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31. The Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes was launched by the Union Ministry of?
1) Urban Development
2) Rural Development
3) Home
4) Finance
5) Social Justice and Empowerment
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32. The 13th Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Russia-India- China trilateral was held in February 2015 in?
1) Beijing
2) Moscow
3) Yekaterinburg
4) New Delhi
5) Sochi
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33. Which of the following is a 21- nation grouping of Pacific Rim countries?
1) ASEAN
2) SCO
3) EAS
4) BASIC
5) APEC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34. The first district in India to have complete rural broadband coverage is?
1) Ernakulam
2) Kollam
3) Idukki
4) Palakkad
5) Thrissur
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35. Which country topped the list of 93 countries in the 2014 edition of Global Talent Competitive Index?
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) Luxembourg
4) USA
5) Canada
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36. What is India’s rank in the Global Talent Competitive Index that was released by the INSEAD Business School in January 2015?
1) 63
2) 78
3) 65
4) 67
5) 75
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37. Yingluck Shinawatra was impeached by the Parliament in January 2015. She is the former Prime Minister of?
1) Cambodia
2) Laos
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam
5) Myanmar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38. Which country was the largest recipient of FDI in 2014?
1) China
2) USA
3) Singapore
4) Brazil
5) India
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39. The Ra’ad is an air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) developed by?
1) Israel
2) Afghanistan
3) North Korea
4) Pakistan
5) Myanmar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40. Which of the following is the capital of Turkey?
1) Antalya
2) Istanbul
3) Izmir
4) Adana
5) Ankara
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 1 6) 5 7) 2 8) 3 9) 1 10) 3
11) 4 12) 1 13) 3 14) 4 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3 19) 5 20) 2
21) 1 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 4 26) 4 27) 4 28) 2 29) 1 30) 3
31) 5 32) 1 33) 5 34) 3 35) 1 36) 2 37) 3 38) 1 39) 4 40) 5
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