1. The Prime Minister's office has constituted a committee to hasten the Mumbai-Ahmadabad High- Speed Rail Corridor, meant for bullet trains between the two cities. Who is the Chairman of this committee?
1) S. Jaishankar
2) A.K. Mittal
3) Arvind Panagariya
4) Amitabh Kant
5) Shaktikanta Das
2. Who was declared the 2015 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year?
1) Celia Sasic
2) Carli Lloyd
3) Aya Miyama
4) Nadine Angerer
5) Hope Solo
3. Which is the first State in India to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level?
1) Haryana
2) Gujarat
3) Telangana
4) Kerala
5) Andhra Pradesh
4. Who won the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or Award on January 11, 2016?
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
2) Neymar
3) Luis Suarez
4) Lionel Messi
5) Alessandro Florenzi
5. Which is the first Indian city to be a member of the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) council?
1) Mysore
2) Hyderabad
3) Bangalore
4) Gandhinagar
5) Kochi
6. The President of Mozambique visited India in August 2015. Name him?
1) Armando Guebuza
2) Tobias Joaquim Dai
3) Filipe Nyusi
4) James Alix Michel
5) None of these
7. Who replaced Hasmukh Adhia as the Financial Services Secretary on August 31, 2015?
1) Anita Kapur
2) Anjuly Chib Duggal
3) R.S. Gujral
4) L.C. Goyal
5) None of these
8. Keith Rowley assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on September 9, 2015?
1) Jamaica
2) Barbados
3) Grenada
4) Trinidad and Tobago
5) Guyana
9. Amalendu Krishna won which of the following awards/prizes in 2015?
1) Ramanujan Prize
2) Saraswati Samman
3) Prem Bhatia Memorial Award
4) Gujar Mal Modi Award
5) Kuvempu National Award
10. The World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) is headquartered in?
1) Tokyo
2) Beijing
3) New York
4) Berne
5) Madrid
11. Who among the following is not a chess player?
1) Abhijeet Gupta
2) M.R. Lalith Babu
3) Deep Sengupta
4) Surya Shekar Ganguly
5) Saurav Ghosal
12. Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance of which of the following States in India?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) Odisha
5) Madhya Pradesh
13. Which of the following countries is a member of BIMSTEC?
1) Sudan
2) South Sudan
3) Senegal
4) Seychelles
5) Sri Lanka
14. Who appoints Banking Ombudsman?
1) Government of India
2) State Government
3) Reserve Bank of India
4) Concern bank
5) Indian Banks Association
15. Which country unveiled a major expansion of the new Suez canal on August 6, 2015?
1) Syria
2) Lebanon
3) Egypt
4) Tunisia
5) Ghana
16. Who is the author of the book "Green Signals-Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India"?
1) Kamal Nath
2) Kailash Satyarthi
3) Jairam Ramesh
4) Prakash Javdekar
5) Sandeep Pandey
17. Which of the following cities is the capital of Germany?
1) Bonn
2) Munich
3) Hamburg
4) Berlin
5) Amsterdam
18. Which State government has decided to categorize Dahi Handi as an adventure sport?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Maharashtra
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Jharkhand
19. Which of the following days is celebrated as "World Biofuel Day"?
1) June 10
2) July 10
3) August 10
4) September 10
5) October 10
20. Rajiv Mehrishi is currently the Union?
1) Finance Secretary
2) Home Secretary
3) Foreign Secretary
4) Defense Secretary
5) None of these
21. Which of the following terms is used for loans of very small amounts given to low income groups?
1) Rural credit
2) No frills loans
3) Cash credit
4) Micro credit
5) Overdraft
22. Who has joined Amnesty International India as its new Executive Director?
1) Rakesh Mohan
2) Aakar Patel
3) Salil Shetty
4) Subir Gokarn
5) Sabir Bhatia
23. Suvarnabhumi Airport is an international airport in?
1) Jakarta
2) Manila
3) Bangkok
4) Port Louis
5) Colombo
24. Who is the author of the book "Kashmir-The Vajpayee Years"?
1) V.K. Singh
2) N.N. Vohra
3) Karan Singh
4) A.S. Dulat
5) L.K. Advani
25. Which of the following States announced that former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's birthday on October 15 would be celebrated as the Youth Revival Day?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Meghalaya
4) Maharashtra
5) Tamil Nadu
26. Who among the following is not a Governor of an Indian State at present?
1) Ram Nath Kovind
2) Keshri Nath Tripathi
3) Acharya Dev Vrat
4) P. Sadashivam
5) Om Prakash Rawat
27. Who among the following won Arjuna Award for 2015 for Athletics?
1) Abhilasha Mhatre
2) Dipa Karmakar
3) Babita Kumari
4) M.R. Poovamma
5) None of these
28. Masdar City is a zero carbon city located in which of the following countries?
1) Iran
2) UAE
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Israel
5) Kuwait
29. The "Nai Manzil" scheme will address educational and livelihood needs of?
1) Tribal people
2) Widows
3) Minority communities
4) Acid attack victims
5) None of these
30. A Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for the Asia and Pacific Region will be established in?
1) Chennai
2) Dehradun
3) Lucknow
4) Coimbatore
5) Chandigarh
31. The Kishanganj Agriculture College has been renamed as "Dr. Kalam Agriculture College". It is in?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Jharkhand
32. Which of the following banks has launched "Dhanchayat", an educational film to raise awareness on the dangers of borrowing money from unorganized sources?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Bank of Baroda
5) State Bank of India
33. Usha Ananthasubramanian, the CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank, has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of?
1) Corporation Bank
2) Vijaya Bank
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Indian Bank
5) Indian Overseas Bank
34. BNP Paribas has acquired brokerage firm Sharekhan. BNP Paribas is a banking giant based in?
1) UK
2) Germany
3) Italy
4) France
5) Belgium
35. The rate at which the Reserve Bank of India borrows money from commercial banks is known as?
1) Repo rate
2) Reverse repo rate
3) Base rate
4) Bank rate
5) Prime Lending Rate
36. Who headed the Reserve Bank of India's High Powered Committee on Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs)?
1) Deepak Mohanty
2) Urjit Patel
3) Shyamla Gopinath
4) Usha Thorat
5) R. Gandhi
ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 2 8) 4 9) 1 10) 2
11) 5 12) 1 13) 5 14) 3 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 2 19) 3 20) 2
21) 4 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 5 27) 4 28) 2 29) 3 30) 2
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 2 36) 5
1) S. Jaishankar
2) A.K. Mittal
3) Arvind Panagariya
4) Amitabh Kant
5) Shaktikanta Das
2. Who was declared the 2015 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year?
1) Celia Sasic
2) Carli Lloyd
3) Aya Miyama
4) Nadine Angerer
5) Hope Solo
3. Which is the first State in India to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level?
1) Haryana
2) Gujarat
3) Telangana
4) Kerala
5) Andhra Pradesh
4. Who won the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or Award on January 11, 2016?
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
2) Neymar
3) Luis Suarez
4) Lionel Messi
5) Alessandro Florenzi
5. Which is the first Indian city to be a member of the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) council?
1) Mysore
2) Hyderabad
3) Bangalore
4) Gandhinagar
5) Kochi
6. The President of Mozambique visited India in August 2015. Name him?
1) Armando Guebuza
2) Tobias Joaquim Dai
3) Filipe Nyusi
4) James Alix Michel
5) None of these
7. Who replaced Hasmukh Adhia as the Financial Services Secretary on August 31, 2015?
1) Anita Kapur
2) Anjuly Chib Duggal
3) R.S. Gujral
4) L.C. Goyal
5) None of these
8. Keith Rowley assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on September 9, 2015?
1) Jamaica
2) Barbados
3) Grenada
4) Trinidad and Tobago
5) Guyana
9. Amalendu Krishna won which of the following awards/prizes in 2015?
1) Ramanujan Prize
2) Saraswati Samman
3) Prem Bhatia Memorial Award
4) Gujar Mal Modi Award
5) Kuvempu National Award
10. The World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) is headquartered in?
1) Tokyo
2) Beijing
3) New York
4) Berne
5) Madrid
11. Who among the following is not a chess player?
1) Abhijeet Gupta
2) M.R. Lalith Babu
3) Deep Sengupta
4) Surya Shekar Ganguly
5) Saurav Ghosal
12. Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance of which of the following States in India?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) Odisha
5) Madhya Pradesh
13. Which of the following countries is a member of BIMSTEC?
1) Sudan
2) South Sudan
3) Senegal
4) Seychelles
5) Sri Lanka
14. Who appoints Banking Ombudsman?
1) Government of India
2) State Government
3) Reserve Bank of India
4) Concern bank
5) Indian Banks Association
15. Which country unveiled a major expansion of the new Suez canal on August 6, 2015?
1) Syria
2) Lebanon
3) Egypt
4) Tunisia
5) Ghana
16. Who is the author of the book "Green Signals-Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India"?
1) Kamal Nath
2) Kailash Satyarthi
3) Jairam Ramesh
4) Prakash Javdekar
5) Sandeep Pandey
17. Which of the following cities is the capital of Germany?
1) Bonn
2) Munich
3) Hamburg
4) Berlin
5) Amsterdam
18. Which State government has decided to categorize Dahi Handi as an adventure sport?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Maharashtra
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Jharkhand
19. Which of the following days is celebrated as "World Biofuel Day"?
1) June 10
2) July 10
3) August 10
4) September 10
5) October 10
20. Rajiv Mehrishi is currently the Union?
1) Finance Secretary
2) Home Secretary
3) Foreign Secretary
4) Defense Secretary
5) None of these
21. Which of the following terms is used for loans of very small amounts given to low income groups?
1) Rural credit
2) No frills loans
3) Cash credit
4) Micro credit
5) Overdraft
22. Who has joined Amnesty International India as its new Executive Director?
1) Rakesh Mohan
2) Aakar Patel
3) Salil Shetty
4) Subir Gokarn
5) Sabir Bhatia
23. Suvarnabhumi Airport is an international airport in?
1) Jakarta
2) Manila
3) Bangkok
4) Port Louis
5) Colombo
24. Who is the author of the book "Kashmir-The Vajpayee Years"?
1) V.K. Singh
2) N.N. Vohra
3) Karan Singh
4) A.S. Dulat
5) L.K. Advani
25. Which of the following States announced that former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's birthday on October 15 would be celebrated as the Youth Revival Day?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Meghalaya
4) Maharashtra
5) Tamil Nadu
26. Who among the following is not a Governor of an Indian State at present?
1) Ram Nath Kovind
2) Keshri Nath Tripathi
3) Acharya Dev Vrat
4) P. Sadashivam
5) Om Prakash Rawat
27. Who among the following won Arjuna Award for 2015 for Athletics?
1) Abhilasha Mhatre
2) Dipa Karmakar
3) Babita Kumari
4) M.R. Poovamma
5) None of these
28. Masdar City is a zero carbon city located in which of the following countries?
1) Iran
2) UAE
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Israel
5) Kuwait
29. The "Nai Manzil" scheme will address educational and livelihood needs of?
1) Tribal people
2) Widows
3) Minority communities
4) Acid attack victims
5) None of these
30. A Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for the Asia and Pacific Region will be established in?
1) Chennai
2) Dehradun
3) Lucknow
4) Coimbatore
5) Chandigarh
31. The Kishanganj Agriculture College has been renamed as "Dr. Kalam Agriculture College". It is in?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Jharkhand
32. Which of the following banks has launched "Dhanchayat", an educational film to raise awareness on the dangers of borrowing money from unorganized sources?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Bank of Baroda
5) State Bank of India
33. Usha Ananthasubramanian, the CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank, has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of?
1) Corporation Bank
2) Vijaya Bank
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Indian Bank
5) Indian Overseas Bank
34. BNP Paribas has acquired brokerage firm Sharekhan. BNP Paribas is a banking giant based in?
1) UK
2) Germany
3) Italy
4) France
5) Belgium
35. The rate at which the Reserve Bank of India borrows money from commercial banks is known as?
1) Repo rate
2) Reverse repo rate
3) Base rate
4) Bank rate
5) Prime Lending Rate
36. Who headed the Reserve Bank of India's High Powered Committee on Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs)?
1) Deepak Mohanty
2) Urjit Patel
3) Shyamla Gopinath
4) Usha Thorat
5) R. Gandhi
ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 2 8) 4 9) 1 10) 2
11) 5 12) 1 13) 5 14) 3 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 2 19) 3 20) 2
21) 4 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 5 27) 4 28) 2 29) 3 30) 2
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 2 36) 5
