141.

The govt has clarified that foreign funds investing through 4) South Africa 5) Brazil
countries with which India has a tax treaty will be exempt from 151. The Union Cabinet has given its nod for the creation of a central
payment of MAT. The term MAT stands for agriculture university at in Bihar with an outlay of Z295 cr.
1) Minimum Advance Tax 2) Minimum Alternate Tax 1) Vaishali 2) Samastipur 3) Patna
3) Minimum Aggregate Tax 4) Minimum Avoidable Tax 4) Darbhanga 5) Gaya
5) None of these 152. In the case of 'small accounts' opened with bank with limited
142. Every year, which of the following days is celebrated as the benefits, the withdrawal and transfers should not exceed in a
National Panchayat Raj Day in India? month.
1) 20 Apr 2)21 Apr 3)24 Apr 1)Z10,000 2) no,000 3)Z50,000
4) 26 Apr 5) 30 Apr 4)715,000 5)2100,000
143. Who among the following has never been the governor of the 153. Who among the following is the new Director Geneial of `The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)'?
1) Bimal Jalan 2) HVR Iengar 1) K Radhakrishnan 2) A Sivathanu Pillai
3) Manmohan Singh 4) Yashwant Sinha 3) Avinash Chander 4) Rajendra Pachauri
5) Osborne A Smith 5) Ajay Mathur
144. Who among the following scored most-runs (547) in the ICC 154. Name the media firm which has announced to buy the
Cricket World Cup 2015? "Financial Times" from Britain's Pearson in a $1.3-bn deal?
1) Martin Guptill 2) Brendan Taylor 1) Time Warner 2) The Korea Times
3) AB de Villiers 4) Kumar Sangakkara 3)Nikkei 4) Bennett Coleman
5) None of these 5) HT Media
145. Who among the following took most wickets (22) in the ICC 155. The central govt is to undertake an artificial breeding
Cricket World Cup 2015? programme for the critically endangered flying bird the Great Indian
1) Mohammed Shami 2) Morne Morkel Bustard (GIB) along with the three states
3) Umesh Yadav 4) Mitchell Starc 1) Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra
5) None of these 2) West Bengal, Karnataka and Maharashtra
146. is an instrument issued by registered foreign 3) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
FIIs to overseas investors, who wish to invest in the Indian stock 4) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha
markets without registering themselves with the market regulator 5) None of these
Sebi. 156. The SEBI has suggested the newly introduced platform ITP be
1) Participatory Note 2) Commercial Paper used by the central govt for its disinvestment programme in unlisted
3) Treasury Bill 4) All the above PSUs. The term ITP stands for
5) Only 2) and 3) 1) Initial Trading Platform
147 The credit creation is the most important functions of 2) Institutional Trading Platform
commercial banks. The credit creation capacity of banks is NOT 3) International Trading Platform
determined by 4) Integrated Trading Platform
1) the amount of cash reserve in the country 5) None of these
2) Cash Reserve Ratio 157. Name the Nobel laureate who has won the world's oldest
3) Special Drawing Rights scientific prize, the Royal Society's Copley Medal.
4) monetary policies of the central bank 1) Robert Brout 2) Francois Englert
5) customer's desire to take loan 3) Peter Higgs 4) Fabiola Gianotti
148. The derivatives are those whose value depends on the value of 5) Tom Kibble
another asset called the underlying asset. Which of the following is 158. The Unesco has announced that Conakry will be the World Book
NOT a type of derivatives? Capital for 2017. Conakry is the capital city of
1) Swaps 2) Options 3) Futures 1) Ghana 2) Sierra Leone 3) Burkina Faso
4) Forwards 5) None of these 4) Guinea 5) Benin
149. The Indian-American Vivek Murthy became the youngest (37) 159. The National Broadcasting Day is observed across the country
ever Surgeon-General in which of the following countries in Apr on
2015? 1) 18 Jul 2) 23 Jul 3) 28 Jul
1)UK 2) Spain 3) Canada 4) 29 Jul 5) 30 Jul
4) South Korea 5) US 160. The taskforces set up by the NITI Ayog for Centrally Sponsored
150. The Bandung Conference, the large-scale AsianAfrican Schemes (CSS) is headed by
conference, was held in which of the following countries in Apr 1) Manik Sarkar 2) Siddaramaiah
2015? 3) Devendra Fadnavis 4) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
1) Malaysia 2) Indonesia 3) China
5) Anandiben Patel 171. Sister Nirmala, who died recently, was associated with which of
161. Who among the following is NOT a deputy governor of the RBI the following organisations?
as of now? 1) Greenpeace
1) HR Khan 2) Utj it R. Patel 2) Save the Children
3) R Gandhi 4) Anand Sinha 3) PETA
5) SS Mundra 4) Missionaries of Charity
162. Who among the following is/are the winner(s) of the 36th 5) None of these
American Book Awards? 172._____provides insurance cover to the deposits with the banks in
1) Naomi Klein 2) Marlon James 3) Carlos Santana our country.
4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 3) 1) NABARD 2) National Insurance Co
163. The pension sector in India is regulated by which of the 3) DICGC 4) ECGC 5) SWIFT
following as of now? 173. To promote very small businesses, the Centre aims to facilitate
1) RBI 2)SEBI 3) IRDAI credit up to under the MUDRA scheme in the current fiscal.
4) PFRDA 5) LIC of India 1) 225,000 cr 2) 235,000 cr 3) 240,000 cr
164. D Jayakanthan, who died recently, was a Jnanpith and Sahitya 4) Z1 lakh cr 5) None of these
Akademi Awards winner and a renowned writer. 174. Who among the following is the new chairman of the All India
1) Kannada 2) Tamil 3) Hindi Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?
4) Assamese 5) Malayalam 1) Shankar S Mantha
165. The 2015 Malabar River Festival, which is touted as Asia's 2) Anil Sahasrabudhe
biggest whitewater competition, was held in Jul in 3) Subramaniam Ramadorai
1) Goa 2) Maharashtra 3) Gujarat 4) FC Kohli
4) Tamil Nadu 5) Kerala 5) None of these
166. Which of the following films has won the Best Popular Film for 175. _____ won the European Athletics Team Championships 2015
Providing Wholesome Entertainment award at the 62nd National taking the title for the fourth time in the last six years.
Film Awards? 1) Finland 2) Sweden 3) France
1) Court 2) Chotushkone 3) Mary Kom 4) Germany 5) Russia
4) Jaoar Majhe 5) Jigarthanda 176. Which of the following is NOT an electronic banking delivery
167. The govt is considering permitting 100% foreign investment in channel?
white-labelled ATM operations. The white-lebelled ATMs are set up 1) Mobile banking 2) Internet banking
by 3) Telephone banking 4) ATM
1) RBI directly 5) None of these
2) state govts 177. Of the 100 proposed smart cities across states and Union
3) private sector banks territories, which of the following states will account for the most
4) private non-bank companies (13) smart cities?
5) cooperative banks 1) Gujarat 2) Madhya Pradesh
168. Who among the following has been appointed as Chief 3) Maharashtra 4) Tamil Nadu
Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with effect 5) Uttar Pradesh
from 8 Sep 2015? 178. Which of the following days is observed on 23 Jun?
1) Paul Krugman 2) Maurice Obstfeld 1) International Widows Day
3) Olivier Blanchard 4) Jordi Gall 2) Women's Entrepreneurship Day
5) Stanley Fischer 178. 3) National Girl Child Day
169. What is the full form of CDR as used in the field of 4) International Women's Day
banking/finance? 5) None of these
1) Corporate Deposit Restructuring 179. Which of the following is one of the public sector banks
2) Corporate Debt Restructuring nationalised in 1980 in the second phase of nationalisation?
3) Company Deposit Restructuring 1) Allahabad Bank 2) Bank of Baroda
4) Company Deposit Restructuring 3) Corporation Bank 4) Canara Bank
5) None of these 5) United Bank of India
170. The 87th foundation day of the Indian Council of Agricultural 180. Which of the following state govts has declared Jun 22 as the
Research (ICAR) on 25 Jul was organised outside New Delhi in 'Snake Bird Day' as part of a campaign to protect the endangered
1) Jaipur 2) Patna 3) Bhopal species?
4) Raipur 5) Lucknow 1) Karnataka 2) Kerala3) Maharashtra
4) Gujarat 5) Tamil Nadu