1. National Insurance Academy (NIA) is situated at?

(A) Hyderabad
(B) New Delhi
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Pune -OK
2. Which one of the following rivers of India is called biological desert?
(A) Noyyal
(B) Damodar -OK
(C) Bhiwani
(D) Bhadar
3. On March 8, which of the following days is celebrated?
(A) Army Day
(B) Womens Day -OK
(C) Labour Day
(D) AIDS Day
4. Which IT firm has been ranked as Top Employer in Europe?
(A) Samsung
(B) Tata Consultancy Services -OK
(C) Bentley
(D) HEINEKEN
5. In SIFI, S stands for?
(A) Science
(B) School
(C) Systematically OK (SYSTEMICALLY Important Financial Institution)
(D) Structural
6. Air India headquarters located at?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Kolkata
(C) Chennai
(D) New Delhi -OK
7. The currency of Belgium is?
(A) Belgian Franc
(B) Euro -OK

(C) Dollar
(D) Pound
8. Parliament has passed Insurance Laws (amendment) Bill, 2015 in Rajya Sabha on?
(A) 12 January, 2015
(B) 12 February 2015
(C) 10 February, 2015
(D) 12 March, 2015 -OK
9. Which amongst the following is not an insurance company functioning in India?
(A) ICICI prudential
(B) ING Vysya
(C) National Securities Depository Limited -OK
(D) New India Insurance Company
10. In which of the following countries, the next SAARC summit will be held?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan -OK
(C) Malaysia
(D) Sri Lanka

11. The full form of NBFC is?

(A) Non-Banking Foreign Company
(B) Non-Business Foreign Company
(C) New-Business Financial Corporation
(D) Non-Banking Financial Company -OK
12. Which of the following is the winner of the best picture for Oscar Awards 2015?
(A) The Theory of Everything
(B) The Grand Budapest Hotel
(C) Boyhood
(D) Birdman -OK
13. The tennis legend who brought up his 1000th victory at tour level on January 11, 2015 in
Brisbane, Australia, is?
(A) David Ferrer
(B) Roger Federer -OK
(C) Stanislas Wawrinka
(D) Rafael Nadal

14. The weight of human body is?

(A) Maximum at the poles
(B) Same at every place on the earths surface
(C) Maximum at the equator -OK
(D) More on the mountains than planes
15. Which one of the following is made up of Carbon only?
(A) Kevlar
(B) Lexan
(C) Graphene -OK
(D) Spider silk
16. Which one of the following compounds is not stored in human body?
(A) Glycogen
(B) Amino acids
(C) Fat
(D) Tocopherol -OK
17. Insulin is a?
(A) Steroid
(B) Carbohydrate
(C) Protein -OK
(D) Fat
18. Which one of the following is not natural polymer?
(A) Wool
(B) Leather
(C) Nylon -OK
(D) Silk
19. Which one of the following compounds is used to make fire-proof clothing?
(A) Sodium sulphate -OK
(B) Magnesium sulphate
(C) Ferrous sulphate
(D) Aluminium sulphate
20. GPS stands for which one of the following?
(A) Greenwich Polar Satellite
(B) Global Police Surveillance
(C) Global Positioning System -OK
(D) General Pacific Survey

21. Heavy water is manufactured in India at?

(A) Trombay -OK
(B) Assam
(C) Delhi
(D) Bhilai
22. Which one of the following is coated on the photographic plate?
(A) Silver oxide
(B) Silver bromide -OK
(C) Silver chloride
(D) Silver iodide
23. Hydrogen bomb was developed by?
(A) Adberd Taylor -OK
(B) Bernor Bon Bron
(C) J. Robert Opan Heemar
(D) Samual Cohen
24. What is the full form of BMD test ?
(A) Bone Marrow Density
(B) Bone Mineral Density -OK
(C) Bone Marrow Deficiency
(D) Bone Marrow Differentiation
25. Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, is well known for his three Arrows strategy. Which of
the following is not a part of his quiver ?
(A) Fiscal Stimulus
(B) Structural Reforms
(C) Agricultural Reforms -OK
(D) Monetary Stimulus
26. Who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog ?
(A) Amitabh Kant -OK
(B) Maya Ram
(C) Ram Sewak Sharma
(D) Omita Paul
27. W. S. Retail is associated with which portal?
(A) Amezon
(B) Flipkart -OK

(C) Snapdeal
(D) Infibeam
28. UDAY Scheme launched by Union government is related with ?
(A) Promoting FDI
(B) Promoting Tourism
(C) Improving financial status of Power Distribution Companies -OK
(D) Improving financial health of Banks having heavy deficit
29. Kidambi Srikanth is associated with which of the following sports ?
(A) Chess
(B) Cricket
(C) Badminton -OK
(D) Lawn Tennis
(E) Hockey

30. How many Bank Accounts were opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana on its
inaugural day ?
(A) 200 crores
(B) 125 crores
(C) 150 crores -OK
(D) 100 crores
(E) None of these
31. Which of the following is a anabolic process ?
(A) Digestion
(B) Respiration
(C) Excretion
(D) Photosynthesis -OK
32. The ore of copper is found in the form of ?
(A) Oxide
(B) Carbonate
(C) Sulphide -OK
(D) Fluoride
33. In which area is the Shompen tribe found ?

(A) Nilgiri Hills

(B) Nicobar Islands -OK
(C) Spiti Valley
(D) Lakshadweep
34. Which of the following is not an all India service ?
(A) Indian Administrative Services
(B) Indian Police Services
(C) Indian Foreign Services -OK
(D) Indian Forest Services
35. Sammaan is a?
(A) A CSR platform, operational on BSE, to help companies find agencies for carrying out social
welfare activities -OK
(B) An NGO working for the welfare of destitutes
(C) A scheme of income tax department for small tax payers
(D) The latest fiction from Jhumpa Lahiri
36. Who termed Paris Deal on Climate Change as Climate Justice ?
(A) US President Barack Obama
(B) UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon
(C) Indian PM Narendra Modi -OK
(D) French President Francois Hollande
37. Which one of the following is a plant hormone?
(A) Insulin
(B) Thyroxin
(C) Oestrogen
(D) Cytokinin -OK
38. Which one of the following programs aims for its completion by October 2, 2019?
(A) Jan Dhan Yojana
(B) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
(C) Janshrre Bima Yojana
(D) Swachch Bharat Mission -OK

39. Kandla is well known for?

(A) Ship breaking industry

(B) Cutting and polishing of diamonds
(C) Export processing zone -OK
(D) Traditional art and craft center
40. Great Himalayan National Park, which has been accorded the UNESCO World Heritage Site
status, is located in?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Himachal Pradesh -OK
(C) Jammu-Kashmir
(D) Nagaland
41. Who among the following scientists has been conferred upon Bharat Ratna for the year 2013?
(A) K.L. Mashelkar
(B) G.P. Rao
(C) Hariharan Parthsarthi
(D) C.N.R. Rao -OK
42. Who presents the budget for the Ministry of Railways?
(A) Minister for Railways -OK
(B) Finance Minister
(C) Minister of State for Railways
(D) Prime Minister
43. Which of the following has the highest export from India?
(A) Agriculture and allied products
(B) Engineering goods -OK
(C) Textiles
(D) Chemical and related pro-duct
44. Which of the following has recently been declared as a TigerReserve?
(A) Balphakram National Park
(B) Rajaji National Park -OK
(C) Betla National Park
(D) Kaziranga National Park
45. Which among the following rivers flow into the Arabian Sea?
(A) Narmada -OK
(B) Kaveri
(C) Krishna
(D) Godavari

46. Absence of Vitamin C can cause which of the following diseases?

(A) Rickets
(B) Night-blindness
(C) Scurvy -OK
(D) Beri beri
47. The 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in which country?
(A) South Korea
(B) Germany
(C) Qatar
(D) Brazil -OK
48. Which among the following is an official language of the United Nations?
(A) Arabic -OK
(B) Hindi
(C) Japanese
(D) Latin
49. Which amongst the following countries has appointed Justice S.K.Sinha as its Chief Justice in
January, 2015?
(A) Surinam
(B) Maurititus
(C) Nepal
(D) Bangladesh -OK
50. The Sambhar lake of Rajasthan is a?
(A) Fresh water lake
(B) Salt Water Lake -OK
(C) Dry lake
(D) None of the above
51. Which of the following is the oldest and deepest lake of the world?
(A) Lake Baikal -OK
(B) Lake Huron
(C) Victoria Lake
(D) Lake Winnipeg
52. Operation All out of the Indian Army has been launched in January 2015 against?
(A) Naxlites in Chhattisgarh
(B) Bodo Militants in Assam -OK

(C) Militants in Jammu and Kashmir

(D) Cross border infiltration
53. Earth-Hour was observed in the year 2015 on?
(A) 31 March
(B) 28 March -OK
(C) 27 March
(D) 19 March
54. Who has written the book titled Faces and Places which was released by the Vice President of
India in March, 2015?
(A) Jhumpa Lahiri
(B) Deepak Nayyar -OK
(C) Chetan Bhagat
(D) Arvind Adiga
55. Which one of the following is a water borne disease?
(A) Small pox
(B) Malaria
(C) Cholera -OK
(D) Tuberculosis
56. The blood pressure of anindividual is 140 mm Hg. In this statement Hg refers to?
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Mercury -OK
(C) Hygrometer
(D) Heliograph
57. The Book letters from a Nation: From Jawaharlal Nehru to his Chief Ministers 19471963edited
by Madhav Khosla has recently been published by?
(A) Pavilion Books
(B) Pathfinder Press
(C) Penguin Books -OK
(D) Prentice Hall

58. In which session of The Indian National Congress was Jana Gana Mana first sung?

(A) Calcutta 1911 -OK

(B) Calcutta 1917
(C) Amritsar 1919
(D) Belgaum 1924
59. The first woman Governor of a state in India after 1947 was?
(A) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
(B) Sucheta Kriplani
(C) Sarojini Naidu -OK
(D) Dr. Najma Heptullah
60. The main pollutant in the smoke coming from cigarette is?
(A) Carbon monoxide and Dioxins
(B) Carbon monoxide and Nicotine
(C) Carbon monoxide and Benzene -OK
(D) Dioxicine and Benzene
61. Which of the following is not a river of Madhya Pradesh?
(A) Dudhi
(B) Barnar
(C) Chameli -OK
(D) Luni
62. What is the percentage of Hydro-carbon in Natural Gas?
(A) 90%
(B) 95% -OK
(C) 98%
(D) 99%
63. Who among the following had not served as Governor, Reserve Bank of India?
(A) C.D. Deshmukh
(B) Bimal Jalan
(C) Reghuram Rajan
(D) Arvind Subramanian -OK
64. Dronacharya Award is an Award presented by the Government of India for Excellence in?
(A) Primary Education
(B) Adult Literacy
(C) Sports Coaching -OK
(D) Educational Research
65. Veenapani Chawla who died recently at the age of 67 was an acclaimed?

(A) Classical Dancer

(B) Theatre Personality -OK
(C) Hindi Poet and Lyricist
(D) Scientist
66. Science Article- Bhuvan: Alternative to Google earth in India
Bhuvan, an initiative of Indian space research organization (ISRO), is a satellite mapping tool
(launched in 2009, quite similar to google earth or Wikimapia) which allows users to zoom far closer
than the aerial view from a chopper.
67. Which one of the following is called the Sugar bowl of the world?
(A) India
(B) Hawaii Island
(C) Cuba -OK
(D) Philippines

68. Indias oldest football tournament is?

(A) Rovers Cup
(B) Santosh Trophy
(C) Durand Cup -OK
(D) IFA Shield
69. Who among the following was awarded Sahitya AcademyAward for Hindi Language for 2014?
(A) Ramesh Chandra Shah -OK
(B) Mamta Kalia
(C) Maitreyi Pushpa
(D) Dudh Nath Singh
70. Full form of C.F.L. is?
(A) Compact Fluorescent Lamp -OK
(B) Centrally Fixed Lamp
(C) Chemical Fluorescent Lamp
(D) Condensed Fluorescent Lamp
71. Which of the following countries has not been affected by Arab Spring-2011 ?
(A) Saudi Arab -OK
(B) Libya

(C) Tunisia
(D) Syria
72. The National Capital of Republic of Iraq is?
(A) Medina
(B) Al Bahah
(C) Baghdad -OK
(D) Jeddah
73. Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in 19th century?
(A) Swami Dayanand
(B) Swami Vivekanand -OK
(C) Guru Shankaracharya
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
74. Vidya Vahini Project lays emphasis on which of the following?
(A) Computer Education -OK
(B) Value Education
(C) Environmental Education
(D) Skill Development
75. He is known as the father of geography because he first time used the word Geography?
(A) Ptolemy
(B) Eratosthenes -OK
(C) Herodotus
(D) Hecataeus
76. Male mosquitoes take their food from?
(A) The human blood
(B) The standing water
(C) The sap of plants -OK
(D) The dung and other debris
77. Who is the author of the bookRomancing with Life?
(A) Bill Clinton
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Dev Anand -OK
(D) Shashi Tharoor

78. Swachchha Bharat Abhiyan aims to achieve the target of Clean India by the year?

(A) 2024
(B) 2020
(C) 2019 -OK
(D) 2017
79. Mixed economy in India means?
(A) Co-existence of large and small scale industries
(B) Foreign collaboration in economic development
(C) Co-existence of public and private sector -OK
(D) None of the above
80. In the sale of diamonds the unit of weight is carat. One carat is equal to?
(A) 100 mg
(B) 200 mg -OK
(C) 300 mg
(D) 400 mg
81. Which of the following aviation companies has to suspend its operation in India due to nonpayment of dues to various authorities?
(A) Jet Airways
(B) Spice Jet -OK
(C) Go Air
(D) Indigo
82. The gas, used in the manufacture of Vanaspati Ghee from Vanaspati Oil, is?
(A) Hydrogen -OK
(B) Oxygen
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Carbon dioxide
83. Right of Property is a
(A) Fundamental Right
(B) Constitutional Right -OK
(C) Legal Right
(D) Both (A) and (B)
84. Indias maximum number of slums are in the state of
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra -OK
(D) West Bengal

85. Which state government has taken initiative to enact a law against superstitions ?
(A) Jharkhand
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Haryana
86. Which of the following statements is true about DMK ?
(A) DMK is a partner in UPA government at the centre
(B) DMK quits UPA government over governments stand in the resolution against Sri Lanka in the
U.N. Human Rights Council -OK
(C) DMK quits UPA government over D. Rajas involvement in 2 G scam
(D) DMK quits UPA government over Prime Ministers decision to participate in CHOGM meeting in
Sri Lanka
87. Who has been named PETA Person of the Year ? - SHASHI THAROOR