1. RBI and which southern African central bank signed an agreement on information sharing under the Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information?
1) Namibia
2) Zimbabwe
3) Botswana
4) Zambia
5) South Africa
2. Botswana capital Gaborone and its currency is ...... ?
1) Kwacha
2) Pula
3) lilangeni
4) Dollar
5) Rand
3. Financial Inclusion Fund & Financial Inclusion Technology Fund merged into a single Fund namely .......?
1) Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
2) Financial Invitation Fund (FIF)
3) Forum Inclusion Fund (FIF)
4) Front Inclusion Fund (FIF)
5) Full Inclusion Fund (FIF)
4. Corpus Fund of newly created FIF .........?
1) Rs. 20 crore
2) Rs. 200 crore
3) Rs. 2,000 crore
4) Rs. 20,000 crore
5) Rs. 10 crore
5. Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana as revealed on 7 Oct 2015, the deposits have exceeded ........
1) Rs.25,000 crore
2) Rs.15,000 crore
3) Rs.10,000 crore
4) Rs.50,000 crore
5) Rs.75,000 crore
6. Which bank launched a new debit card 'Secure +' that can be switched off for specific period of time using a phone application or internet banking gateway?
1) ICICI bank
2) SBI
3) Axis bank
4) State Bank of Patiala
5) HDFC
7. According to the recent reports of Finance Ministry, who can act as the aggregator of payments for GST implementation?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) TRAI
4) Finance Commission
5) NITI Aayog
8. London-based financial information provider Emerging Markets declared whom as the Central Bank Governor of the Year 2015 for Asia?
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Atiur Rahman
3) Zhou Xiaochuan
4) Haruhiko Kuroda
5) Jim Yong Kim
9. Who heads the Committee on Innovation constituted by NITI Aayog that submitted its report on 27 October 2015 recommending private funding for R&D?
1) Kshatra Pathi Sivaji
2) Ramesh Chandra
3) Prof Tarun Khanna
4) Avinash Chander
5) Ramakanth Porde
10. First International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) has become operational at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) with the launch of the country’s first IFSC banking unit (IBU) set up by ......?
1) YES Bank
2) IDBI
3) SBI
4) Catholic Syrian Bank
5) OBC
11. India's rank on ease of doing business as per Doing Business 2016 report released by the World Bank?
1) 129
2) 140
3) 142
4) 130
5) 99
12. Union Government appointed which committee on 27 October 2015 with a view to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961?
1) RV Easwar
2) T Haque
3) Upamanyu Hazarika
4) S M Khan
5) BS Baswan
13. On 27 October 2015, who was appointed as the chair of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN Security Council (UNSC) reform?
1) Ban-Ki-Moon
2) Mogens Lykketoft
3) Irina Bokova
4) Anthony Lake
5) Sylvie Lucas
14. First Male Member of National Commission for Women ......?
1) Alok Rawat
2) Omprakash Rawat
3) Arun Rawat
4) Chandra Kumar Rawat
5) Ram Krishna Rawat
15. Who is present Chairperson of the National Commission for Women?
1) Draupadi Murmu
2) Mridula Sinha
3) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
4) Chithra Ramakrishnan
5) Arundhthi Subramanyam
16. The new elected prime minister of Canada ......?
1) Alex Tsipras
2) Sherif Ismail
3) Muhammadu Buhari
4) Salman bin Abdulaziz
5) Justin Trudeau
17. K Chockalingam won the Paul H Appleby Award. The award conferred by .....?
1) Indian Institute of Public Administration
2) Varanasi Hindu College
3) Indian Law Institute
4) IIT Roorke
5) Government of India
18. World Food day is observed on ......?
1) 16 Jan
2) 16 Sep
3) 16 Oct
4) 16 May
5) 16 Dec
19. 2015 World Food day theme .....?
1) Save food to kill poverty
2) Social Protection and Agriculture
3) Pulses eat less, Protein eat more
4) Safe food from pest
5) Food and Cold storages
20. Who is the Union minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?
1) Uma Bharati
2) Dr. Najma A. Heptulla
3) Ramvilas Paswan
4) Kalraj Mishra
5) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
21. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is ......?
1) 24 Oct
2) 21 Oct
3) 31 Oct
4) 17 Oct
5) 28 Sep
22. Which of the following combinations is wrong?
1) United Nations Day - 24 Oct
2) Indian Air force Day - 8 Oct
3) International day of rural women -16 Oct
4) World Teacher's day - 5 Oct
5) International day of Non-violence - 2 Oct
23. First ever double-decker Shatabdi Express train service will be started soon between Mumbai and ........?
1) Goa
2) Ahmadabad
3) Hyderabad
4) Varanasi
5) Guwahathi
24. Indian Railways launched which scheme for the benefit of waiting list passengers recently?
1) Kayakalp
2) Operation Smile
3) Athidhi Devo Bhava
4) Vikalp
5) Jan Tatkal
25. Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS) started from .......?
1) Santragachi railway station in Kolkata
2) Nampally railway station in Hyderabad
3) Egmore railway station in Chennai
4) Safdarjung railway station in New Delhi
5) Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal in Mumbai
26. Science Express covers halting at 64 locations over 20 States. The theme of 2015 Science Express Journey .......?
1) Learn Science for future
2) Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan
3) Science bring miracles
4) Climate Change
5) Railways is the Future
27. Which state announced a number of sops for Scheduled Caste people in the State, including laptops for girls and a Sanskrit University to be named after Maharishi Valmiki?
1) UP
2) MP
3) Haryana
4) AP
5) Tamil nadu
28. Typhoon Koppu attacked ........?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Russia
4) Australia
5) Philippines
29. Which nation parliament rejected UN peace deal for unity government on 19 October 2015?
1) Cuba
2) Iraq
3) Libya
4) Iran
5) Afghanistan
30. Who was chosen as 'Finance Minister of the Year, Asia' by London-based publication Emerging Markets on 14 October 2015 ?
1) Jack Lew
2) George Osborne
3) Arun Jaitely
4) Taro Aso
5) Ishaq Dar
31. Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 conferred on ....?
1) Kailash Satyardhi
2) ISRO
3) Malala Yousafzai
4) UNHCR
5) Mogens Lykketoft
32. ISRO Chairman......?
1) P. Kunhikrishnan
2) Dr. Shekar Basu
3) Selvin Christopher
4) A S Kiran Kumar
5) Aijth Doval
33. ”Uninor” telecom service provider, rebrand itself as........ ?
1) Telenor
2) MTS
3) Etihad Telecom
4) Jio
5) None of above
34. Which Indian Tennis Player won the 2015 Vietnam Open Trophy?
1) Yuki Bhambri
2) Somdev Devvarman
3) Saketh Myneni
4) Leander Paes
5) Mahesh Bhupathi
35. Denmark Open Badminton Title won by Xuerui Li of ........?
1) Singapore
2) Hong kong
3) Thailand
4) China
5) South Korea
36. 2015 Sultan of Johor Cup won by .....?
1) India
2) Great Britain
3) Canada
4) Australia
5) Malaysia
37. First World Indigenous Games inaugurated at ......?
1) Palmas (Brazil)
2) Sochi (Russia)
3) Gold Coast (Australia)
4) Pyeongchang (South Korea)
5) Ipoh (Malaysia)
38. Which of the following Cup / Trophy does not belong to Cricket?
1) Benson and Hedges Cup
2) Deodhar Trophy
3) Durand Cup
4) Irani Trophy
5) Vijay Hazare Trophy
39. Combination of National Parks and states given. Wrong combination is ......?
1) Banneraghata National Park - Karnataka
2) Guindy National Park - Tamil nadu
3) Kaziranga National Park - Bihar
4) Rajaji National Park - Uttarakhand
5) Dudhwa National Park - Uttar Pradesh
40. BRICS University President Forum 2015 held at ......?
1) Durban
2) Beijing
3) Sochi
4) Brasilia
5) New Delhi
41. 3rd Indo-Africa summit between 26-29 October 2015 held at ........
1) Durban
2) Lusaka
3) New Delhi
4) Harare
5) Mumbai
42. Who will promote for the road safety awareness programme of the central government?
1) Sachin
2) Ab de Villars
3) Amir Khan
4) Virat Kohli
5) Akhilesh Yadav
43. Voices from Chernobyl, Zinky Boys, War’s Unwomanly Face are the books of Svetlana
Alexievich, the 14th woman to win Nobel literature prize. The first person to receive Nobel in
Literature from India is ......?
1) Sarojini Naidu
2) Rabindranath Tagore
3) Chetan Bhagath
4) R.K.Narayan
5) Raja Rao
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-2, 3-1, 4-3, 5-1, 6-3, 7-1, 8-2, 9-3, 10-1
11-4, 12-1, 13-5, 14-1, 15-3, 16-5, 17-1, 18-3, 19-2, 20-3
21-4, 22-3, 23-1, 24-4, 25-4, 26-4, 27-3, 28-5, 29-3, 30-3
31-2, 32-4, 33-1, 34-3, 35-4, 36-2, 37-1, 38-3, 39-3, 40-2
41-3, 42-3, 43-2
1) Namibia
2) Zimbabwe
3) Botswana
4) Zambia
5) South Africa
2. Botswana capital Gaborone and its currency is ...... ?
1) Kwacha
2) Pula
3) lilangeni
4) Dollar
5) Rand
3. Financial Inclusion Fund & Financial Inclusion Technology Fund merged into a single Fund namely .......?
1) Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
2) Financial Invitation Fund (FIF)
3) Forum Inclusion Fund (FIF)
4) Front Inclusion Fund (FIF)
5) Full Inclusion Fund (FIF)
4. Corpus Fund of newly created FIF .........?
1) Rs. 20 crore
2) Rs. 200 crore
3) Rs. 2,000 crore
4) Rs. 20,000 crore
5) Rs. 10 crore
5. Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana as revealed on 7 Oct 2015, the deposits have exceeded ........
1) Rs.25,000 crore
2) Rs.15,000 crore
3) Rs.10,000 crore
4) Rs.50,000 crore
5) Rs.75,000 crore
6. Which bank launched a new debit card 'Secure +' that can be switched off for specific period of time using a phone application or internet banking gateway?
1) ICICI bank
2) SBI
3) Axis bank
4) State Bank of Patiala
5) HDFC
7. According to the recent reports of Finance Ministry, who can act as the aggregator of payments for GST implementation?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) TRAI
4) Finance Commission
5) NITI Aayog
8. London-based financial information provider Emerging Markets declared whom as the Central Bank Governor of the Year 2015 for Asia?
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Atiur Rahman
3) Zhou Xiaochuan
4) Haruhiko Kuroda
5) Jim Yong Kim
9. Who heads the Committee on Innovation constituted by NITI Aayog that submitted its report on 27 October 2015 recommending private funding for R&D?
1) Kshatra Pathi Sivaji
2) Ramesh Chandra
3) Prof Tarun Khanna
4) Avinash Chander
5) Ramakanth Porde
10. First International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) has become operational at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) with the launch of the country’s first IFSC banking unit (IBU) set up by ......?
1) YES Bank
2) IDBI
3) SBI
4) Catholic Syrian Bank
5) OBC
11. India's rank on ease of doing business as per Doing Business 2016 report released by the World Bank?
1) 129
2) 140
3) 142
4) 130
5) 99
12. Union Government appointed which committee on 27 October 2015 with a view to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961?
1) RV Easwar
2) T Haque
3) Upamanyu Hazarika
4) S M Khan
5) BS Baswan
13. On 27 October 2015, who was appointed as the chair of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN Security Council (UNSC) reform?
1) Ban-Ki-Moon
2) Mogens Lykketoft
3) Irina Bokova
4) Anthony Lake
5) Sylvie Lucas
14. First Male Member of National Commission for Women ......?
1) Alok Rawat
2) Omprakash Rawat
3) Arun Rawat
4) Chandra Kumar Rawat
5) Ram Krishna Rawat
15. Who is present Chairperson of the National Commission for Women?
1) Draupadi Murmu
2) Mridula Sinha
3) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
4) Chithra Ramakrishnan
5) Arundhthi Subramanyam
16. The new elected prime minister of Canada ......?
1) Alex Tsipras
2) Sherif Ismail
3) Muhammadu Buhari
4) Salman bin Abdulaziz
5) Justin Trudeau
17. K Chockalingam won the Paul H Appleby Award. The award conferred by .....?
1) Indian Institute of Public Administration
2) Varanasi Hindu College
3) Indian Law Institute
4) IIT Roorke
5) Government of India
18. World Food day is observed on ......?
1) 16 Jan
2) 16 Sep
3) 16 Oct
4) 16 May
5) 16 Dec
19. 2015 World Food day theme .....?
1) Save food to kill poverty
2) Social Protection and Agriculture
3) Pulses eat less, Protein eat more
4) Safe food from pest
5) Food and Cold storages
20. Who is the Union minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?
1) Uma Bharati
2) Dr. Najma A. Heptulla
3) Ramvilas Paswan
4) Kalraj Mishra
5) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
21. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is ......?
1) 24 Oct
2) 21 Oct
3) 31 Oct
4) 17 Oct
5) 28 Sep
22. Which of the following combinations is wrong?
1) United Nations Day - 24 Oct
2) Indian Air force Day - 8 Oct
3) International day of rural women -16 Oct
4) World Teacher's day - 5 Oct
5) International day of Non-violence - 2 Oct
23. First ever double-decker Shatabdi Express train service will be started soon between Mumbai and ........?
1) Goa
2) Ahmadabad
3) Hyderabad
4) Varanasi
5) Guwahathi
24. Indian Railways launched which scheme for the benefit of waiting list passengers recently?
1) Kayakalp
2) Operation Smile
3) Athidhi Devo Bhava
4) Vikalp
5) Jan Tatkal
25. Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS) started from .......?
1) Santragachi railway station in Kolkata
2) Nampally railway station in Hyderabad
3) Egmore railway station in Chennai
4) Safdarjung railway station in New Delhi
5) Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal in Mumbai
26. Science Express covers halting at 64 locations over 20 States. The theme of 2015 Science Express Journey .......?
1) Learn Science for future
2) Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan
3) Science bring miracles
4) Climate Change
5) Railways is the Future
27. Which state announced a number of sops for Scheduled Caste people in the State, including laptops for girls and a Sanskrit University to be named after Maharishi Valmiki?
1) UP
2) MP
3) Haryana
4) AP
5) Tamil nadu
28. Typhoon Koppu attacked ........?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Russia
4) Australia
5) Philippines
29. Which nation parliament rejected UN peace deal for unity government on 19 October 2015?
1) Cuba
2) Iraq
3) Libya
4) Iran
5) Afghanistan
30. Who was chosen as 'Finance Minister of the Year, Asia' by London-based publication Emerging Markets on 14 October 2015 ?
1) Jack Lew
2) George Osborne
3) Arun Jaitely
4) Taro Aso
5) Ishaq Dar
31. Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 conferred on ....?
1) Kailash Satyardhi
2) ISRO
3) Malala Yousafzai
4) UNHCR
5) Mogens Lykketoft
32. ISRO Chairman......?
1) P. Kunhikrishnan
2) Dr. Shekar Basu
3) Selvin Christopher
4) A S Kiran Kumar
5) Aijth Doval
33. ”Uninor” telecom service provider, rebrand itself as........ ?
1) Telenor
2) MTS
3) Etihad Telecom
4) Jio
5) None of above
34. Which Indian Tennis Player won the 2015 Vietnam Open Trophy?
1) Yuki Bhambri
2) Somdev Devvarman
3) Saketh Myneni
4) Leander Paes
5) Mahesh Bhupathi
35. Denmark Open Badminton Title won by Xuerui Li of ........?
1) Singapore
2) Hong kong
3) Thailand
4) China
5) South Korea
36. 2015 Sultan of Johor Cup won by .....?
1) India
2) Great Britain
3) Canada
4) Australia
5) Malaysia
37. First World Indigenous Games inaugurated at ......?
1) Palmas (Brazil)
2) Sochi (Russia)
3) Gold Coast (Australia)
4) Pyeongchang (South Korea)
5) Ipoh (Malaysia)
38. Which of the following Cup / Trophy does not belong to Cricket?
1) Benson and Hedges Cup
2) Deodhar Trophy
3) Durand Cup
4) Irani Trophy
5) Vijay Hazare Trophy
39. Combination of National Parks and states given. Wrong combination is ......?
1) Banneraghata National Park - Karnataka
2) Guindy National Park - Tamil nadu
3) Kaziranga National Park - Bihar
4) Rajaji National Park - Uttarakhand
5) Dudhwa National Park - Uttar Pradesh
40. BRICS University President Forum 2015 held at ......?
1) Durban
2) Beijing
3) Sochi
4) Brasilia
5) New Delhi
41. 3rd Indo-Africa summit between 26-29 October 2015 held at ........
1) Durban
2) Lusaka
3) New Delhi
4) Harare
5) Mumbai
42. Who will promote for the road safety awareness programme of the central government?
1) Sachin
2) Ab de Villars
3) Amir Khan
4) Virat Kohli
5) Akhilesh Yadav
43. Voices from Chernobyl, Zinky Boys, War’s Unwomanly Face are the books of Svetlana
Alexievich, the 14th woman to win Nobel literature prize. The first person to receive Nobel in
Literature from India is ......?
1) Sarojini Naidu
2) Rabindranath Tagore
3) Chetan Bhagath
4) R.K.Narayan
5) Raja Rao
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-2, 3-1, 4-3, 5-1, 6-3, 7-1, 8-2, 9-3, 10-1
11-4, 12-1, 13-5, 14-1, 15-3, 16-5, 17-1, 18-3, 19-2, 20-3
21-4, 22-3, 23-1, 24-4, 25-4, 26-4, 27-3, 28-5, 29-3, 30-3
31-2, 32-4, 33-1, 34-3, 35-4, 36-2, 37-1, 38-3, 39-3, 40-2
41-3, 42-3, 43-2
