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Who among the following has been elected as President of FICCI for 2016?= Harshavardhan Neotia
Who among the following is the winner of the IBSF World Snooker Championship 2015?= Pankaj
Advani
In which country, the worlds second largest diamond ever has been discovered?= Botswana
OYO Rooms has announced a collaboration with which TSP on November 19th 2015?= Bharti Airtel
Two rivers in Eastern Meghalaya have turned blue due to high acid content. Which two rivers are
these?= Lukha & Myntdu
Government has eased norms for bilateral Official Development Assistance to promote which
scheme?= Make in India
Currency swap facility has been extended by the Government for which international bodys
members?= SAARC
Indias rooftop solar capacity has seen how much growth over the last year to 525 MW. Which state
has outperformed all the others?= TN
Agro chemicals sector in the country will touch USD ____ billion by 2018-2019 with 60% of the
contribution coming from exports, according to a report by TATA Strategic Management Group.= 7.5
Senior diplomat ___________ has been appointed as Ambassador to China.= Vijay Keshav Gokhale
Which Indian political leader was designated as the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the
Asia Region by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on 17th November?=
K. Rijiju
Stan Chartered Bank has recently appointed whom as the CEO on 17th November 2015?= Zarin
Daruwala
Which Indian women have made it to the BBC list of 100 aspirational women?= Sania Mirza, Kamini
Kaushal, Asha Bhosle
Researchers have developed a novel technology which uses a Wi-Fi router to wirelessly power
devices such as cameras without degrading the quality of your internet signal. What is it called=
PoWiFi
The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research has been established in which part
of Rajasthan?= Jhalawar
Tennis champion __________ has been awarded an honorary doctorate by University of East
London on 19th November, 2015= Ashok Amritraj
National Virtual Academy for Indian Agriculture has launched online course on diseases of
horticultural crops and their management in collaboration with which educational body?= ICRISAT
& IIT-Bombay
New vaccine for which disease has been found to be effective on 19th November 2015?= Ebola
Infosys has completed acquisition of which US based oil and gas consulting firm?= Noah Consulting
Which online travel company has appointed Deepak Tuli as senior VP growth business on 19th
November 2015?= MakeMyTrip
Dish TV has appointed whom as the CEO w.e.f November 23, 2015?= Arun Kumar Kapoor
leader Nitish Kumar has been sworn as Bihar CM for _____ time on November 20, 2015.= Fifth
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 Exports destinations are shifting towards which nations overtaking traditional markets like US and
EU?= Asia & Africa
Which books have been launched on R. Dadi Janaki, the 100 year old head of Brahma Kumaris?=
Prem aur Shanti ka Marg & I know How to Live, I know How to Die & Dadi Janaki: A Century of
Service
The __ edition of International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2015 has recently opened in Goa.= 46th
Which ex-governor died on 19th November 2015 at the age of 94?= Ram Krishna Trivedi
Indian Hotels Company Ltd/Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces on 21st November 2015 has exited which
hotels?= Gateway Hotel, Jodhpur & Gateway Hotel Ummed Ahmedabad
Rajasthan has signed a record ____ MoUs during the Resurgent Partnership Summit 2015 in
November= 295
Which ace shuttler has announced his retirement from international badminton?= Arvind Bhat
Which Indian state signed a Sister-State agreement for improving export and invest opportunities
with South Australia on 20th November 2015?= Rajasthan
Which Indian bank has just opened a representative office in Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh on
22nd November 2015?= Axis
At the 46th IFFI, retrospective honours were paid to which eminent film maker?= Amos Gitai
Union Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhu flagged off the first BG fast passenger train from
Silchar to _________ via Lumping, Haflonf through video conference on 21st November.= Guwahati
ADB announced a 5 year USD 16 billion partnership including investment fund to support
infrastructure development with which country in the region?= Japan
AAI on 20th November 2015 signed an MoU with which financial company for global expansion?=
IL&FS Global Financial Services
"Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions" will be the theme of which Summit to be
hosted by India in 2016?= BRICS 2016
Leaders of the __ APEC summit on 19th November 2015 issued the Leaders Declaration at the end
of the conclusion of summit in Manila, Philippines.= 23rd
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently approved ____ per cent disinvestment in
Coal India Limited (CIL)?= 10 %
World Pneumonia Day was observed on 12 November 2015 across the world with the theme?=
"Every Breath Counts: Stop Pneumonia Now"
Pakistan and US have made efforts to restore the stalled peace process between which two
parties?= Afghanistan government and Taliban
Which noted poet returned his Padma Shri to protest moral asymmetry in the nation on 22nd
November 2015?= Jayanta Mahapatra
Name the children's book writer and widow of cartoonist RK Laxman who died on 14 November
2015?= Kamala Laxman
The World Fisheries Day 2015 was celebrated on which day?= 21st November
Who won Brazilian Grand Prix of formula one?= Nico Rosberg
Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) on 17 November 2015 released Global Terrorism Index 2015.
Which country topped the list?= Iraq

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 2 time world champion Carolina Marin from Spain took her _____ title of the year at Hong Kong
Open on 22nd November 2015.= Sixth
International Day for Tolerance was observed globally on?= 16 November
Which former light heavyweight champion passed away on 21st November 2015?= Bob Foster
World Toilet Day (WTD) was observed on?= 19 November
Who won Mens Singles final of China Open Superseries Premier Badminton tournament?= Lee
Chong Wei
Which organization was on 19 November 2015 chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development for 2015?= United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
Which country will host 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from 1819
November 2015?= Philippines
Which player on 15 November 2015 won Women's Singles final of China Open Superseries Premier
Badminton tournament?= Li Xuerui
Name the Australian fast bowler who on 17 November 2015 announced retirement from all forms of
international cricket?= Mitchell Johnson
7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) headed by whom has submitted its report on 19 November 2015
to the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley?= Justice AK Mathur
Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has recently opened countrys first Affordable Medicines
and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) outlet at AIIMS in?= New Delhi
K. Shankaran Nair who passed away on 17 Nov. 2015 was the former director of?= RAW
Who was on 16 November 2015 appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the
United Nations at New York?= Syed Akbaruddin
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on 18 November 2015 suspended the which country's AntiDoping Agency as non-compliant with international sport's anti-doping code?= Russia
EKS Kosmos-2510 defence satellite was recently launched by which country?= Russia
Tianhe-2 supercomputer of which country has recently emerged as the worlds most powerful
supercomputer system for the sixth consecutive time?= China
G-20 summit 2015 was recently held at Antalya city of which country?= Turkey
Name the VHP leader associated with the Ramjanmabhoomi movement who died on 17 November
2015?= Ashok Singhal
23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Summit was recently held at?=
Manila, Philippines
Which country recently won the 2015 Fed Cup tennis tournament which was held in Prague?= Czech
Republic
Who was on 20 November 2015 elected as the President of industry body Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the year 2016?= Harshavardhan Neotia
Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal on 16 November 2015 laid the
foundation stone of the first Mega Food Park in which state?= Telangana
Which state government on 18 Nov. 2015 cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, paving the way towards
creating the post of an anti-graft ombudsman?= Delhi
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 Interest equalisation scheme, which is recently approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) will benefit which of the following ?= .Exporters
Apoorva Mehta, an Indian-American among Forbes Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 is related to
which of the following companies ?= Instacart
Sub-Committee of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) has appointed which Haryana
Minister as its member ?= Ram Bilas Sharma
Which Indian State has concluded its investors summit with 295 MoUs worth Rs 3.3 lakh cr ?=
Rajasthan
Dadi Janaki : A Century of Service book has been authored by which of the following ?= Liz
Hodgkinson
Which Englands Cricketer has smashed his own record of quickest ODI hundreds against Pakistan in
a final one-day international held in Dubai ?= Jos Buttler
Who has become the first Indian Woman to be bestowed by Asian Football Awards with a title of
Women in Football Award ?= Aditi Chauhan
University of East London has awarded honorary doctorate to which Hollywood filmmaker for
his/her contribution towards promoting talented moviemakers from across the world ?= Ashok
Amritraj
Direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Dish TV has appointed which of the following as its Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) ?= Arun Kumar Kapoor
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has appointed which of the
following as President of industry body for 2016 ?= Harshavardhan Neotia
The Finance Ministry of India has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on certain carbon black
imports from which countries ?= China & Russia
India-Bangladesh electricity network is financed by which lending body under SASEC Program with
$120 million of loan ?= Asian Development Bank
Jan Lokpal Bill cleared by Delhi Govt will investigate offences under which act ?= Prevention of
Corruption Act 1988
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed which of the following Padma Bhushan awardee Indian
scientist as one of the members of a high-level panel on health technology innovation ?= Yusuf
Hamied
Egypts first nuclear plant, which is to be financed and build by Russia will set up at which place ?=
Dabaa
India and China have been agreed to form a Ministerial-level mechanism to boost security
cooperation. It will be headed by which Ministers of both Nations ?= Home Ministers
UN Security Council has adopted which countrys sponsored resolution to prevent further attacks by
Islamic State terrorists and other extremist groups ?= France
Hockey World League(HWL) that to be held in Raipur, which PSU has named as its official partner ?=
NTPC
8th Junior Mens Asia Cup hockey title in Kuantan, Malaysia has been clinched by which of the
following country ?= India
Which of the following watch maker companies has joined hands with HP to offer a range of smart
watches ?= Titan
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 Who has won the Argentinas presidential election which led to ending of 12 years of leftist rule ?=
Mauricio Macri
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin secured which rank in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers ?=
2nd from 5th position
During United Nations Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) World leaders had launched which
Mission to accelerate clean energy revolution across the world ?= MissionInnovation
In the latest ATP ranking list, Yuki Bhambri has been ranked at which place ?= 93rd
How much amount has the U.P. Government proposed to invest under AMRUT Plan 2015-16?= Rs.
3, 287 Crore
Where was the venue for first time conducted World Indology Conference in collaboration with
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) ?= Rashtrapati Bhavan
After France which country has declared State of emergency due to terrorist attack which killed 21
people ?= Mali
In Expedias 2015 Vacation Deprivation India has been ranked at which position as most vacationdeprived nation globally ?= 4th
To boost economic ties with China which Indian commission will engage in a dialogue with Chinas
Development Research Centre (DRC) ?= National Institution for Transforming India
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated which e-commerce portal of
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) to promote transactions and reduce costs ?= e-lala
During World Indology Conference who was conferred with ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award
which was presented by President Pranab Mukherjee ?= Prof. Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron
Twelve countries contributing to nearly 40 per cent of the global economy have entered into a
trade partnership named TPP. TPP stands for= Trans-Pacific Partnership
Rakesh Sharma has taken over as Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank which is
headquartered at= Bengaluru
The mobile banking app LIME was launched by which of the following banks recently? it will work
for both account and non-account holders to shop, pay and transfer money.= Axis Bank
According to the fifth edition of the Bloomberg Markets Most Influential list of the worlds top 50
people, along with PM Narendra Modi, which Indian is the one to be a part of this list?= Ruchir
Sharma
The US based Hindi Sangam Foundation has announced to organise the Third International Hindi
Conference in= New Jersey
Floyd Mayweather announced retirement after equaling the record of 49 straight wins recently. He
is an American professional= boxer
Name the writer who has won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature for her polyphonic writings.=
Svetlana Alexievich
Which of the following pairs won the women's doubles title at the 2015 US Open tennis
tournament?= Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
Svetlana Alexievich, who has won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature belongs to= Belarus
The central govt has notied 56,827 km of Western Ghats across six states as ecologically sensitive
area.These six states do not include= Andnra Pradesh
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 To improve the skill development administration in the country, which technical body has been
given nod under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSD&E)?= Indian Skill
Development Service
The winner of the womens singles title of the 2015 US Open tennis tournament is= Flavia Pennetta
The Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) offers everything that retired investors need. What is the
upper limit for investment is the SCSS scheme?= Rs 15 lakh
The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 83rd anniversary on= 8th October 2015
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong s party was voted back to power in which of the following countries
recently?= Singapore
Name the world bank assisted National Watershed Management Project which is approved by
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently.= Neeranchal
Where is the International Technical Conference Rail Coach Interiors: Innovation, Safety,
Comfort held on 9th October and 10th October 2015 ?= New Delhi
The Inaugural bilateral maritime exercise between India and Australia named AUSINDEX15
commenced off the coast of __________ recently.= Visakhapatnam
The Hindi Diwas is observed on which of the following days annually? The Constituent Assembly of
India had adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of lndia
on this day in 1949.= 14 Sep
As per provisional data, India has exported __________ lakh tonnes of iron ore in the first seven
months of fiscal 2015-2016.= 10.75
Which of the following states has bagged the top slot in World Bank's ease of doing business
index released recently?= Gujarat
Name the Scientic Adviser to the Defence Minister of India who has been conferred with the 2015
Silver Medal from the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), London.= G Satheesh Reddy
________has become the rst state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).= Rajasthan
which state become first state to allow MLA raise online questions:= Maharashtra
APSSDC and which business group have joined hands to skill youth in areas such as cybersecurity
and data analytics?= NASSCOM
The Padmashree-awardee Kalamandalam Satyabhama passed away recently. She was a well-known
exponent of= Mohiniyattam
Recently Forbes 50 richest families in Asia list has featured 4 Indian families in top 10. Which of
the following is not one of those 4 families?= Godrej family
How many Indian families have featured in Forbes 50 richest families in Asia list?= 14
IDFC has inked a pact with which IT services major for core banking solutions on 7th December
2015?= TCS
Recently with which of the following has India signed an agreement on transfer of sentenced
persons?= Hong Kong
_____ has launched a credit card specially focused on online shopping. The bank has announced a
strategic partnership with 7 of lndia's biggest e-commerce players.= SBI
Forest cover in which state(s) have shown an increase in the last two years, according to Forest
Survey of India?= TN and kerela
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 Who has been named as the Cultural Ambassador for Seychelles for giving contribution in the
enhancement of Seychelles Art and Development?= AR Rehman
PepsiCo CEO lndra Nooyi is the sole lndian-origin executive in Fortune's list of 50 most powerful
women in business. The list has been topped by= Mary Barra
The Padma Shri awarded Ramaswamy R lyer passed away recently. He was a policy expert.= water
India will attain a larger green cover as per which report according to environment minister Prakash
Javdekar?= India State of Forest Report 2015
which of the following country has become the top source of fdi in to india= Singapore
Which bank has won the Bank of the Year award in UK on 3rd December 2015?= Yes Bank
Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia?= Malcolm
Turnbull
Who among the following has been elected as the chairperson of the climate change body Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently?= Hoesung Lee
Who has created history by winning five medals at Taiwan Cup?= Deborah Herold
IAF Chief, Arup Raha has announced to induct women in which of the following streams recently?=
Fighter Aircraft
lndias national broadcaster Doordarshan celebrates its anniversary every year on as it started
experimental telecast on this day in 1959.= 15 Sep
Government has granted in principle approval to 20 NIMZs. What is the full form of NIMZ?=
National Investment and Manufacturing Zones
Which flogged Saudi blogger has won PEN Pinter free-speech prize?= Raif Badawi
The Engineers Day is observed in India every year on the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya which
falls on= 15 Sep
With which bank has the insurance major Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has inked an agreement in
long-term bancassurance?= Dhanlaxmi Bank
The Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among six writers shortlisted for the prestigious
Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2015. He has been shortlisted for his book= The Year of the
Runaways
As per the lRDAls new norms, the corporate agents can tie up with up_______ to insurers each in
life,non-life and health insurance segments.= three
Which flag Officer Submarines has been appointed as the Eastern Fleet Commander?= Rear Admiral
SV Bhokare
Who among the following has won the Singapore Grand Prix F1 Championship?= Sebastian Vettel
The Global Innovation Index 2015 is topped by which of the following countries?= Switzerland
Which district has been honoured for its innovative project of solid waste management with the
effective use of monitoring technology, radio frequency identification system (RFID)?=
Tiruchirappalli
The Retirement fund manager EPFO has decided to increase the benets under the Employees
Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) scheme from the current Rs 3.6 lakh to= Rs 6 lakh
As per the announcement made by RBI on 3rd Sep15, the Reserve Bank of India will shortly put into
circulation ____coins to commemorate golden jubilee of Indo-Pak War 1965= Rs.5
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 What methodology has been proposed by RBI on 1st Sep15 to make Base Rate sensitive to policy
changes?= Marginal cost of funds Methodology
As per the Fitch Ratings released on 1st Sep15, which of the following banks has been downgraded
by one notch to 'bb' to reflect the growing risk to the bank's capital position from its mounting
stressed assets?= Punjab National Bank
Who has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary on 31st Aug15?= Ratan P Watal
As per the RBI Guidelines, on which of the following days RTGS facility will not operate?= 2nd
Saturday of the month & 4th Saturday of the month
Which of the following spacecrafts launched by NASA sent some stunning photos of Pluto recently?=
New Horizons
Which of the following is not one of the recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine as
announced ?= Merin DSouza
Jackie Collins died of breast cancer at the age of 77 recentl y. She was a renowned= novelist
Which stock exchange has launched an enhanced online system for Non-banking Financial
Companies (NBFCs) to report data on pledged securities on a quarterly basis?= BSE
How many firms have been banned by SEBI which are suspected to be platforms for tax evasion?=
More than 900
Which bank has acquired the Sharekhan.com- broking and trading company?= BNP Paribas
As announced by EPFO on 6th Aug15, what amount of money would be invested by EPFO via
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)?= 5000 Crore
What is the name of the project that is an ambitious project of the Union Finance Ministry to bring
into net black money hoarders and tax evaders by using optimum technology?= Project Insight
What amount of capital would be infused in Public Sector banks by Indian Government over a period
of four years to improve capital ratio and fight with rising bad loans?= 70,000 Crore
Name the mobile banking app of Kotak Mahndra Bank (KMB) launched primarily for un-banked
regions?= Kotak Bharat
Who has launched KISAN Project and Hailstorm App for Department of Agriculture, Cooperation &
Farmers Welfare(FW), Ministry of Agriculture and FW .= Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Ajay Jayaram is associated with which of the following games? He lost the nal of the Korea Open
Super Series event in Seoul recently.= Badminton
Odisha government has launched a programme named Amo Doli\ to help patients and pregnant
women from inaccessible areas to reach their nearest hospital or motorable road in naxal affected
district named?= Rayagada
World Habitat Day is observed on which of the following date this year?= October 5
Veteran ____ film producer Edida Nageswara Rao passed away recently due to old age related
ailments.= Telugu
Which temple in India has opened up a Demat account to accept donations from devotees in the
form of shares and securities?= Tirumala Venkateswara Temple
As announced by EPFO on 6th Aug15, what amount of money would be invested by EPFO via
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)?= 5000 Crore
As per the notification by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 6th Aug15, in which areas the banks are
allowed to shift, merge or close branches without seeking its prior permission?= Urban Areas
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 Which of the following got accredited by the Green Climate fund as a national implementing entity
for undertaking climate change related projects in India?= NABARD
What is India's ranking in the Global Innovation Index 2015 released recently?= 81st
The Vice-President Hamid Ansari visited which of the following countries recently and signed two
MoUs with his counterpart Bounyang Vorachith?= Laos
Who has won the Wuhan open?= Venus Williams
The Reserve Bank of India will transfer its surplus profit of 65,896 crore rupees to the Centre. This
amount is ___ percent higher than previous year.= 25%
Name the body of 'eminent' professionals and officials, which will replace the Appointments Board
for appointment of Whole-time Directors as well as non-Executive Chairman of PSBs?= Bank Board
Bureau
Name the initiative launched by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely to revamp functioning of public
sector banks, PSBs on 14th Aug15?= Indradhanush
Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of Canara Bank by the government?= Rakesh Sharma
Michelle Bachelet is the present president of which of the following countries?= Chile
Which of the following banks has launched India's rst mobile app for bank account opening named
FedBook Sele?= Federal Bank
Who has won the 2015 FIBA Asian Basketball Championship held at Changsha, Hunan, China?=
China
Who has been appointed as the new British Ambassador to Qatar?= Ajay Sharma
Aimed at bridging the rural-ubran divide, govt will set up_____ rural clusters by 2019-20 across the
country under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission.= 300
Name the lndian American who got the Champions of Change award from the US President Barack
Obama recently. She is the founder of Everybody Code Now! which is a non-prot organisation.=
Swetha Prabhakaran
Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda by the government?= P S Jayakumar
Which bank has launched the fist contactless debit, credit and multi-currency forex card?= Axis Bank
With which country India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to tackle the menace
of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) smuggling in Aug15?= Bangladesh
How many payment banks received in-principle approval by the Reserve bank of India?= 11
Who is the head of the committee that recommended conversion of Urban Cooperative Banks
(UCBs) with business size of 20,000 crore rupees or more into regular banks?= R Gandhi
Name the committee to recommend that granting relief to FIIs on Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT)
will be a positive thing for the market?= AP Shah Committee
Name the micro finance company that becomes the first to start operation as a commercial bank?=
Bandhan Bank
Which of the following committees submitted its report on mis-selling and streamlining of incentives
for market-linked products recently?= Sumit Bose Committee
The book titled The Girl in the Spiders Web" has been authored by who among the following?=
David Lagercrantz
A total of Rs 21,586cr has been disbursed under the MUDRA scheme so far As per the RBI circular no
collateral security should be insisted for loans up to_____ under the scheme.= Rs 10 lakh
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 The RBI has granted in-principle approval to 10 entities tor small banks. What is the minimum capital
requirement for small banks?= Rs 100 cr
NASA probe has spotted a global ocean beneath the icy crust of Enceladus, the geologically active
moon of= Saturn
Which news channel group had been selected by PM Narendra Modi for the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan which also launched the Safaigiri Summit and Awards 2015?= India Today
Which of the following banks has launched the India's first mortgage guarantee-backed home loan
product Extraa Home Loan?= ICICI Bank
With which bank, the Government of India on 28th July15 signed a $300 million loan to support the
governments flagship program, the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)?= Asian Development
Bank
Who cancelled Sahara Mutual Fund license on 28th July15?= SEBI
As per latest record Indias poverty rate is lowest among countries having large number of poor
population. Who has announced this report?= World Bank
Where is the international conference on Women in Law Enforcement held ?= Hyderabad
The Union Cabinet approved a mission aimed at developing rural growth clusters in all States and
UTs recently. Name the mission.= Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
To conserve which of the following endangered species, a community and school-based education
programme is launched by Arunachal Pradesh?= Hoolock Gibbon
India and which of the following countries inked two MoUs underthe Quick Impact Projects
Initiativerecently? =Cambodia
Which of the following is the Indian Navys first indigenously-designed and built torpedo and
recovery vessel which is commissioned in Visakhapatnam?= INS Astradharani
Manpreet Kaur, who set a new national record at the 55th National Open Athletics Championships in
Kolkata, is associated with the game of= shot put
Takaaki Kajita is one of the winners of Nobel Prize in physics for his work on neutrinos. He belongs
to?= Japan
Name the West Indies cricketer who was honoured with the Icon Award by the lndo-Caribbean
Alliance recently.= Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Which ministry inaugurated the International summit on medical value travel named Advantage
Healthcare India, 2015 organized from 5th to 7th October, 2015 in New Delhi?= Ministry of
Commerce & Industry
The 21st international Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer was observed recently on= 16Sep
Aqeela Asi was awarded with the 2015 Nansen Refugee Award by United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently. She is an= Afghan refugee teacher
Which company inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Infrastructure Leasing &
Financial Services (IL&FS) and Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company (GIFTCL) to develop
Smart Mobility Solutions Tec-City GIFT in Gujarat?= Siemen
The International Day of Democracy is observed on= 15 Sep
__has won atop UN environment award - Champions of the Earth (Policy Leadership category)-for
2015.= Sheikh Hasina
Swedish Henning Georg Mankell passed away recently. He was a= writer
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Name the author of book titled Ruled or Misruled: Story and Destiny of Bihar.= Santosh Singh
Sergey Karjakin has won the chess World Cup by 6-4 in the final . He belongs to= Russia
Name the iGate CEO who resigned after it was acquired by French IT major Capgemini.= Sujit Sircar
The India Gadget Expo 2015 (IGE) was held in which of the following cities recently?= Hyderabad
In the rst-ever river interlinking in the country, Godavari and Krishna rivers were formally linked,
recently, with the commissioning of Pattiseema lift irrigation project in Krishna district in= Andhra
Pradesh
For Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) the RBI will be increasing the investment limit for govt
securities to _________ by Jan 1, 2016.= Rs 1,79,500 cr
Where is the national war memorial and war museum going to be constructed as approved by union
government?= New Delhi
Ashok-Alexander Sridharan became rst person of Indian origin (PIO) to be elected as mayor
of______recently.= Bonn
PM Narendra Modi has been given which rank among the worlds top 50 people in the fifth edition
of the Bloomberg Markets Most Influential list?= 13
What is lndias ranking among 60 leading economies in terms ofbusiness growth environment in
the Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index (GDI)?= 34th
The central govt is set to save over Rs 10,000 cr in petroleum subsidy due to the successful rollout of
the modified direct benefits transfer (DBT) scheme. The DBT scheme for liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG) is named= Pratham
The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) on 8 Jun allowed banks to acquire _or more stake in companies
defaulting after restructuring of their loans under certain condition?= 51 percent
The HDFC, the largest mortgage lender in the country, has announced to raise funds by secured
redeemable NCDs and warrants. Here, the term NCD stands for= Non-Convertible Debentures
The Essel Group has formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with which of the following state govt s to
setup solar parks which will facilitate an investment of Rs 4,000 cr?= Rajasthan
India is on a recovering phase with respect to other competitive economies. What is the position of
India in Global competitiveness Index as released on 30th September 2015?= 55
Which of the following country has overtaken China and the United States and emerged as the No. 1
FDI destination in the Financial Times report?= India
A 10 megawatt solar photo voltaic power plant is set up by Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC)
at Neyveli in the state of?= Tamil Nadu
Which British-Indian delivery van driver has been honoured with Pride of Britain Award?= Dee Patel
Credit is a= A stock-flow concept
The place where bankers meet and settle their mutual claims and accounts is known as= Clearing
house
Economic planning is an essential feature of= Social economy
Which of the following is considered as the founding father of World Bank?= Harry Dexter & Lord
Keynes
Who compiles Economic Survey report in India?= Ministry of Finance
SEBI is a= Statutory body
Who nominates directors on the central board of RBI?= Government of India

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 Which of the following remains at the top of organizational structure of RBI?= Central board of
directors
Teaser loan are generally given for= Home loans
Banking sector comes under which of the following sector?= Service Sector
Which Indian movie bagged Peoples Choice Award at Rome Film Festival held in October?= Angry
Indian Goddesses
Which of the following countries resumed normal operations at the Yongbyon complex, the
country's main nuclear facility recently? The nuclear reactor is seen as a source of weapons-grade
plutonium.= North Korea
Which SOS mobile app has been launched by Anurag Bhushan, Consulate General of India in Dubai
for Indian workers in distress?= CGI Dubai
the International Day of Peace, sometimes unofciall y known as World Peace Day, is observed
annually on= 21 Sep
Which state government has launched an e-FIR Web Portal www.citizenportal-op.gov.in to enable
general public to register their complaints with police by sitting at home with just click of a
mouse?= Odisha
In which district, Gujarat government has launched a special Khadi Utsav to promote Khadi in the
young generation?= Ahmedabad
The World Car Free Day is celebrated every year on= 22 Sep
Which of the following countries successfully launched a newly-developed smaller version of carrier
rocket Long March-6 as part of the countrys space program recently?= China
Former cricketer Lindsay Kline passed away recently. He belonged to= Australia
Who has won the Entrepreneur for the Year Award at the fifth edition of Forbes India Leadership
Awards (FILA), 2015 held in Mumbai?= Uday Kotak
How many terrorist organisations were banned by the central government recently?= 39
Which of the following fast patrol vehicle has been launched by Indian Coast Guard Service?= ICGS
Atulya
Who amongst the following persons has NOT been appointed as one of the non-official members of
NMDC recently?= Ajay Mangal {NDMC=New Delhi Municipal Council}
Who among the following persons recently resigned from the post of Lokayukta in Karnataka?= Y
Bhaskar Rao
Who among the following persons has joined the Formula E committee recently?= Anand Mahindra
Recently, Supreme Court declined a PIL on uniform Civil Code. The Supreme court bench that passed
this judgement was headed by= T S Thakur
Who among the following persons has been appointed as the Vice President of Saavn?= Gaurav
Wadhwa
Who among the following persons has been appointed as the head of General Motors, India?=
Kaher Kazem
Who among the following Indian Batsmen has been fined for breaching ICC moral Code of
Conduct?= Murali Vijay
What is the aim of African Restoration Initiative Project?= Nurture forest regrowth
Which of the following country has become the top source of FDI into India?= Singapore
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 Which of the following states most recently joined UDAY Scheme?= Jharkhand
Which of the following denomination coins has been issued on an occasion 60th Death anniversary
of Dr. B R Ambedkar?= 125
Who among the following persons has laid the foundation of the 3 new project at Amaravati?= Nitin
Gadkari
Which of the following Indian UTs Assembly has passed a Bill to hike salary on the MLAs?= Delhi
How much amount has the U.P. Government proposed to invest under AMRUT Plan 2015-16?= Rs.
3, 287 Crore
Who among the following persons has become the fifth Indian Cricket to score twin centuries in a
test cricket?= Ajinkya Rahane
Who amongst the following persons has NOT been appointed as one of the non-official members of
NMDC recently?= Ajay Mangal
Recently, Which of the following countries has passed its anti-terrorism law to strip citizenship?=
Australia
Which of the following companies has got USFDA approval for its anti-cancer drug Gleevec?= Sun
Pharma
How much percentage of the GST rate has been recommended by GST panel?= 17-18%
Which of the following manned electric aircraft has got the license for production in China?= RX1E
Which of the states has recently approved the grant for its State Seeds Corporation?= Maharashtra
Which of the following countries parliament has passed a new Security Bill recently?= Malaysia
Recently, which of the following countries has contributed aid package for the Chennai flood victims
except India?= Singapore
Which of the following companies has signed a MoU with Silver Spring?= CESC
Which of the following companies has launched a web portal in collaboration with ISRO?= GAIL
Who among the following persons has been nominated as the BWF Women player of the Year
2015?= Saina Nehwal
Who among the following authors has won the PII-ICRC award for the report "BLink"?= Saurabh
Yadav
Who among the following persons has been appointed as the National President of Sahakar Bharati
recently?= Jyotindra Mehta
Which of the following Indian states has become the first to launch Rotavirus Vaccine Project?=
Himachal Pradesh
In which of the following Institutes would the Indian International Science Festival take place?= IIT
New Delhi
According to credit rating agency Brickwork Ratings, which of the following Indian state is the
biggest economy in terms of gross state domestic product (GSDP)?= Maharashtra
Recently, Air India started non-stop flight to which of the following American city?= San Francisco
Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial officer (CFO) of the ecommerce giant Flipkart?
=Sriram Venkataraman
Recently, Indian government approved signing of MoU between India and Iran on which of the
following issue?= Visa facilitation
Recently, which of the following state has been launched National Food Security Act, 2013?= Goa
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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ireland on the way to the US to attend UN General Assembly
meeting.The capital city of Ireland is= Dublin
Recently, Indian government has given its approval for signing MoU between India and Israel in the
field of?= Water resource management
Recently, Union Cabinet gave nod to establish how many new IITs?= 6
Recently, who won the prestigious INBA award?= Pulin Kumar
Who has been appointed as the 43rd Chief Justice of India?= Justice TS Thakur
Recently, WHO has been launched flavored drugs for kids to counter which disease?= TB
Recently, which of the following bank has been launched countrys first display variant debit card?=
Axis
Which of the following Indian city is on the way to get second Shikshak Bhawan?= Itanagar
Recently, Hornbill festival has been observed to uphold unity in diversity, in which of the following
state?= Nagaland
Recently, USA agreed to sign pact on sharing terrorist watch list information with which South Asian
country?= India
Recently, villages of which Indian state give up land to develop forest covers?= Maharashtra
Recently, which country allowed HIV positive recruits in their Army?= Israel
Recently, who among the following won the gold medal in the 7th WBPF World Bodybuilding and
Physique Championships?= Anoop Singh
In which of the following date international day for the abolition of slavery has been observed
globally?= 2 December
Who has become the first Indian woman to climb Kun Mountain, the twin of Nun, located in the
inhospitable Zanskar range of Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir?= G.R. Radhika
Government is going to set six waste-to-energy plants under Swachh Bharat Mission at different
locations. Which of the following is not one the such location?= Ahmedabad
As per RBI, which public sector bank is named as the worst performer in public sector banks with
highest number of non-performing assets (NPAs) recorded against it?= UCO Bank
Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2009 has been
given the presidency of which institution?= Britains Royal Society
Ustad Sabri Khan, who recently passed away was a famous:= Sarangi player
Recently, who has been elected as new Speaker of Bihar Assembly?= Vijay Chaudhary
Which chain of hospitals has launched its homecare services in Hyderabad, New Delhi and Chennai
which aims at to reduce the average stay of patients in hospitals?= Apollo Hospitals
The GE Capital announced to exit from the credit card issuing joint venture with which of the
following banks recently? The JV was set up in 1998= State Bank of lndia
Who is going to become the BCCI president after former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya passed
away?= Shashank Manohar
Which of the following is the India's rank in Global Innovation Index Report?= 81st
Who among the following persons has launched the GIAN Programme?= Smriti Irani
In which of the following dates has the World's AIDS Day celebrated?= 1st December
Which of the following countries has been defeated by the Netherland in the Hockey World League
Final?= Indian
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 Which of the following currencies has been added to the elite reserve currency list of IMF?= Chinese
Yuan
Who among the following persons will present the APJ Abdul Kalam Ignite Award for 2015 at IIM
Ahmedabad?= Pranab Mukherjee
Who among the following persons will launch the two months long Diu Tourism festival?= President
Pranab Mukherjee
Who among the following persons has been appointed as an advisor to the Tax reforms?= Anita
Kapur
Which of the following PSU companies has signed an agreement with GE and Alstom for new
manufacturing facilities?= Indian Railways
Who among the following persons has won the prestigious Ballon d'Or title?= Lionel Messi
Which of the following telecom operators has planned to invest Rs 60,000 crore in 3 years?= Bharti
Airtel
How many countries will participate in the UN conference for Climate Change summit?= 195
How much amount of financial aid has been announced by India for poor nations to fight climate
change?= $ 2.5 million
In which of the following places has the Defence & Aerospace Conclave been organised in India?=
Hyderabad
Who among the following persons has clinched the Davis Cup title?= Andy Murray
In which of the following places does the government launches Inactivated Polio Vaccine Injection?=
New Delhi
Eldar Ryazanov passes away. He was a= Russian Film Director
Martin Winterkorn resigned as the CEO of wnich of the following leading global automakers
recently?= Volkswagen
The social networking site Facebook announced a new name for the internet.org mobile website
and app recently. What is the new name of the service?= Free Basic
The telecom service provider Uninor announced it has rebranded it self as Telenor in India recently.
The telecom company which entered India in 2009 is based in= Norway
Who among the following will be lndias new high commissioner to Pakistan when the present high
commissioner retires in Dec this year?= Gautam Bambawale
Who among the following has been made lndias new permanent representative at the UN?= Syed
Akbaruddin
The govt think-tank NITI Aayog has constituted an expert group on land leasing which will be headed
by= T Haque
Who among the following persons has won the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix 2015?= Nico Rosberg
Which of the following companies has introduced the Li-Fi technology?= Velmenni
Who among the following persons has taken oath as Protem speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly
recently?= Sadanand Singh
Who among the following persons has been appointed as the new chairman of the President of the
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry?= Mahesh Gupta
Who among the following foundation has won the PHD Chamber Annual Award for excellence
2015?= GMR Varalakshmi Foundation
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 Which of the following PSU's has signed an agreement with ISRO's SAC?= Electronics Corporation of
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