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1) Who was on 9 April 2015 appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner
(CEC)? - Dr. Nasim Zaidi
Note: He will assume the charge of office of the CEC with effect from 19 April
2015 when the incumbent Harishankar Brahma retires. He will have tenure up to
July 2017 when he attains the age of 65.
2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April 2015 launched the MUDRA Bank to
fund the small entrepreneurs. MUDRA stands for? - Micro Units Development and
Refinance Agency Ltd.

3) Name the former Australian cricket captain and legendary commentator who
died in Sydney on 10 April 2015? - Richie Benaud

4) Which Indian city was named as the National Earth Hour Capital 2015 on 9
April 2015? - Thane in Mumbai, Maharashtra

5) Surface-to-Surface nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully

test-fired on 9 April 2015 from a naval ship at? - Odisha coast
Note: Dhanush ballistic missile is a naval variant of Indias indigenouslydeveloped Prithvi missile.
6) Who was elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for
the year 2015-16 on 7 April 2015? - Sumit Mazumder
Note: He is the Chairman and Managing Director of the TIL Limited, Indias
largest manufacturer of material handling equipment.
7) Who was appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bengaluru on
1 April 2015? - Mayilsamy Annadurai

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8) World Health Day (WHD) 2015 was observed globally on 7 April 2015. What
was the theme for the day in 2015? - From farm to plate, make food safe.

9) Who was re-appointed as the chairman of the Indian Premier League's (IPL)
Governing Council by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 6 April
2015? - Rajeev Shukla

10) Name the winners of 2015 Miami Open Mens and womens singles titles
respectively? - Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams

11) Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Khadi and Village
Industries Commission (KVIC) on 10 April 2015? - Arun Kumar Jha

12) Which city was awarded the title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015, after it
won the Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC) of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 9
April 2015? - Seoul, South Korea

13) Under which Yojana MUDRA Bank was set up? - Pradhan Mantri Mudra
Yojana.
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14) Dena Bank on 6 April 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with which Insurance company to provide insurance cover to all Aadhaar-linked
savings account holders of the bank in the age group of 18 to 50 years? - Life
Insurance Corporation (LIC)

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15) Who was sworn-in as the 16th Governor of Mizoram on 4 April 2015? Keshari Nath Tripathi

16) Union Cabinet on 7 April 2015 gave its approval to release an additional
installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and
Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners at the rate of ____ percent? - six percent
Note: With this DA or DR will be 113 percent of the basic pay with effect from 1
January 2015.
17) Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), the retirement fund body,
on 9 April 2015 suspended the ___rupees minimum monthly pension scheme
from April 2015? - 1000 rupees
Note: This was suspended as there was no direction from the Union Government
to continue this scheme beyond 31 March 2015.
18) Which Union Ministry on 9 April 2015 suspended the registration of
Greenpeace India Society (GIS) for 180 days for acting against public and
economic interests of the country? - Union Ministry of Home Affairs

19) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 7 April 2015 recommended

the establishment of Integrated Emergency Communication and Response
System (IECRS). It has recommended which number as a single emergency
number? -112

20) Reserve Bank of India recently notified hike in Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) limit in Insurance Sector to ___ percent from the existing 26 percent? 49

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21) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 April 2015 launched a ____ to tackle the
menace of air pollution? - National Air Quality Index (NAQI)
Note: The index will be extended to 22 State capitals and 44 other cities with a
population exceeding one million.
22) Sania Mirza along with whom on 5 March 2015 won the Miami Open Tennis
women's doubles title? - Martina Hingis of Switzerland

23) Name the former Air Chief Marshal of Indian Air Force (IAF) who died on 9
April 2015? - Hrushikesh Moolgavkar

24) India was elected to four important United Nations agencies on 8 April 2015
at the Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) of UNECOSOC. Expand
UNECOSOC? - United Nations Economic and Social Council

25) Name the Jnanapith award winning Tamil novelist who died in Chennai on 8
April 2015? Jayakanthan

26) Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 8 April 2015 formed an expert
committee under the chairmanship of whom to suggest simplified compliance
for establishing new industries? - Ajay Shankar

27) Which Airport on 5 April 2015 won the prestigious Golden Peacock National
Quality Award for the year 2015? - Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)

28) Which e-commerce company on 8 April 2015 acquired mobile recharge

service FreeCharge in a cash and stock deal? - Snapdeal

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Note: With this acquisition, Snapdeal became the largest mobile commerce
company in India.
29) Name the campaign to promote Kerala tourism launched on 8 April 2015 by
Union Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge) Dr. Mahesh Sharma? Visit Kerala 2015

30) Which team on 7 April 2015 won the 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy
played at the KIIT Cricket Stadium, Bhubaneshwar? Gujarat

31) India was designated on 10 April 2015 to chair the ninth meeting of the
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) council to be held for two days
starting from 10 June 2015 at? - Abu Dhabi

32) Name the 15-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy in the United Kingdom, who
was on 12 March 2015 awarded with the 500 pounds Institute of Physics (IOP)
Prize? - Pratap Singh

33) Which Indian Grandmaster on 6 April 2015 won Bronze medal in the World
Womens chess championships held at Sochi, Russia? - Dronavalli Harika

34) Name one of the top mountaineers of India, who died on 4 April 2015? - Malli
Mastan Babu

35) Spiders belonging to the Thomisidae family was recently named after which
Indian state? Telangana

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36) Who was appointed as the seventh Prime Minister of Peru on 2 April 2015? Pedro Cateriano Bellido

37) Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj and veteran Hindi litterateur Uday Pratap Singh
were conferred Sahitya Shiromani Samman on 8 April 2015. This award is given
by which state? - Uttar Pradesh

38) Which state in USA on 9 April 2015 passed a bill that allows use of nitrogen
gas (nitrogen-induced hypoxia) as a method of execution? - Oklahoma
Note: Oklahoma will also become the first state in the United States that will
allow use of nitrogen for execution.

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