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1.

(b) Sangeet Natak Akademi

Which among the following West African nations has been

recently declared as Ebola-free by its government and the
United Nations?

(c) Indian Academy of Sciences

(a) Guinea

(b) Sierra Leone

(d) Lalit Kala Akademi

(c) Mali

(d) Liberia

Shekhar Sen has been appointed as the new chairman of

8.

(a) Sahitya Akademi

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Robert Mugabe, who has been appointed as the chairman

of African Union is the President of which country?

9.

Who is the winner of inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial

Prize for poetry?

(a) Zimbabwe

(b) Nigeria

(a) Sridala Swamy

(c) Zaire

(d) Kenya

(b) Arundhathi Subramaniam

The World Bank has released report "Scaling the Heights:

Social inclusion and sustainable development" for which
of the following states?

(c) Joy Goswami

(d) Ranjit Hoskote
10.

Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold title is associated with which game?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(a) Golf

(b) Formula 1 Race

(c) Sikkim

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Badminton

(d) Table Tennis

Leander Paes won 2015 Australian Open mixed doubles title

with his teammate.

11.

Beagle 2, which was found after eleven years, was a space

probe to

(a) Kristina Mladenovic

(b) Cara Black

(a) Mercury

(b) Venus

(c) Martina Hingis

(d) Petra Kvitova

(c) Mars

(d) Moon

Which among the following states has recently launched

Taluka Planning Atlas (TPA) project?
(a) Maharashtra

(b) Madhya Pradesh

Which among the below states has been awarded with

National e-Governance award 2014-15 for its best district
level initiative in the country?

(c) Gujarat

(d) Karnataka

(a) Gujarat

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(c) Punjab

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Which among the following states has recently signed a

pact with the International Crop Research Institute for the
Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to boost sustainable farming
in the state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Who has been appointed as the chairperson of Central

Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?
(a) Pahlaj Nihalani

(b) Ashoke Pandit

(c) Mihir Bhuta

(d) Ramesh Patange

12.

13.

14.

Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election

Commissioner (CEC) of India?
(a) Harishankar Brahma

(b) S C Sinha

(c) Sekhar Basu

(d) Sindhushree Khullar

Bhakti Sharma has recentlyset a new world record by

swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in which of the following
seas/oceans?
(a) Arctic Ocean

(b) Antarctic Ocean

(c) Aral Sea

(d) Caspian Sea

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15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

Prabhu Nath Dwivedi has been conferred prestigious

Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 in which of the following
languages?
(a) Hindi

(b) Urdu

(c) Marathi

(d) Sanskrit

24.

(a) Women

(b) Students

(c)

(d) S C Sinha

(c) Farmers

(d) Hilly Areas

Which among the following companies has agreed to pay

USD 70 million in fines to the US authorities for failing to
report safety issues involving its cars?
(a) Mitsubishi

(b) Toyota

(c) Chevrolet

(d) Honda

26.

27.

Which among the following has become first state to ban

selling of loose cigarettes?
(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c) Punjab

(d) Gujarat

28.

What is the theme for19th National Youth Festival which

began in Assam?
29.

(b) HDFC Bank

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Punjab National Bank

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

(a) Ankita Raina

(b) Sonal Phadke

(c) Arati Ponnappa

(d) Isha Lakhani

Thirty-Metre Telescope,the world's largest telescope, for

which India is creating software is located in
(a) Iceland

(b) USA

(c) Antarctica

(d) Norway

What is the rank given to India in Corruption Perception

Index- 2014?
(a) 82

(b) 85

(c) 88

(d) 90

Which of the following statements are correct regarding

Pre-paid Payment Instruments (PPIs)?
(b) Two beneficiaries at a time can use only one card.

Which bank has launched country's first contactless debit

and credit cards?
(a) ICICI Bank

Who has won 25,000 US Dollar ITF singles title in maiden

attempt recently?

(a) The limit of the payment card is `1 lakh.

(d) Youth for Clean, Green and Progressive India

(c) RBI has recently enhanced the validity of gift card

from 2 years to 5 years.
(d) The banks are not allowed to issue rupee denominated
PPIs for visiting foreign nationals

(b) Kanwaljit Singh Bakhshi: A politician in Australia

Which among the following insurance companies has

announced an insurance plan to have life cover upto the
age of 100 years?

(c) Kamlesh Lulla: A scientist in DRDO

(a) ICICI Lombard

(b) MaxBupa

(d) Mala Mehta: Founder of Indo- Australian Bal Bharatiya

Vidyalaya

(c) IDBI Federal

(d) LIC

(a) Rajaram Sanjaya: A German Scientist

Government of India has signed a loan agreement for

Karn ataka Integrated Urban Water Management
Investment Program (KIUWMIP) with which of the
following institutions?

30.

31.

32.

(a) World Bank

23.

(d) Telangana

(b) Sindhushree Khullar

(c) Youth for Clean, Green and Developed India

22.

(c) Kerala

(a) Arvind Panagariya

(b) Youth for Clean and Developed India

21.

(b) West Bengal

Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog?

(a) Youth for Clean and Green India

20.

(a) Gujarat

Green PHABLET, a customised low-cost combination of

phone and tablet computer, has been launched with the aim
to empower

Anil Sinha

25.

National Biodiversity Conference (NBC)-2015 will be held

in

Who among the following has been appointed as the new

CBI chief?
(a) Anand Lal Banerjee

(b) Sumedh Singh

(c) Ashok Kumar

(d) Anil Sinha

What is the full form of ICANN?

(b) Asian Development Bank

(a) Internet Corporation for Authorized Names and

Numbers

(c) New Development Bank

(b) Internet Council for Authorized Names and Numbers

(d) UNDP

(c) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

M Sathiyavathy has become first woman to be appointed

as Director General of

(d) Internet Council for Assigned Names and Numbers

33.

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

(a) Shipping

(b) Hydrocarbons

Mineral

Leading Producer

(c) Foreign Trade

(d) Civil Aviation

(a) Coal

India

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(b) Mica

34.

(c) Diamond

Canada

(b) ICICI Bank and State Bank of Patiala

(d) Uranium

Kazakhstan

(c) State Bank of Patiala and Yes Bank

ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) will sign a deal to aquire oilfields in

Siberia. Which of the following oilfields are included in the
deal?

36.

37.

(d) HDFC Bank and IDBI Bank

(a) PetroCarabobo & San Cristoba

Which among the following e-commerce companies has

tied up with India Post to facilitate weavers and artisans of
Varanasi to sell their product through its website?

(b) PetroCarabobo & Yurubcheno Tokhomskoye

(a) Flipkart

(b) Snapdeal

(c) Vankor&Yurubcheno Tokhomskoye

(c) Amazon

(d) HomeShop18

44.

45.

(d) Vankor&PetroCarabobo
35.

(a) ICICI Bank and Bank of Baroda

China

Which of the following date has been declared as Yoga

Day by the United Nations?
(a) 21st June

(b) 23rd June

(c) 21st July

(d) 23rd July

46.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has recently

commissioned 28 MW Nyaborongo Hydro Electric Project.
The project is located in

40.

41.

42.

43.

(b) Syria

(c) Iraq

(d) Turkey

Who among the following personalities have been chosen

as new brand ambassadors of 'Clean India' campaign by the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently?
(a) Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Sharma

(b) Botswana

(b) Sourav Ganguly, Kiran Bedi and Kapil Sharma

(c) Rwanda

(d) Gambia

(c) Harbhajan Singh, Kiran Bedi and Kapil Sharma

(d) None of these

Dineshwar Sharma has been named as the new chief of

47.

(b) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Which among the following e-commerce companies has

launched 'Agristore' recently?

(c) Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)

(a) Flipkart

(b) Snapdeal

(c) Amazon

(d) HomeShop18

(d) Intelligence Bureau (IB)

39.

(a) Tunisia

(a) South Sudan

(a) National Investigating Agency (NIA)

38.

Gulen Movement is mainly associated with which of the

following countries?

Tiladhak University (an ancient university), located in Bihar,

was established during the rule of which dyansty?

48.

Who has been named as 2015 Cricket World Cup

Ambassador?

(a) Mauryan dyansty

(b) Gupta dyansty

(a) Sourav Ganguly

(b) Brian Lara

(c) Kushan dyansty

(d) Pala dyansty

(c) Ricky Ponting

(d) Sachin Tendulkar

(a) Suriname

(b) Singapore

Which of the following countries are members of Eurasian

Economic Union?

(c) Mauritius

(d) Fiji

(a) Belarus

(b) Kazakhstan

(c) Kyrgyzstan

(d) All of the above

Anerood Jugnauth has become the new Prime Minister of

Rolene Strauss, who has been crowned as Miss World 2014,

is from

49.

(a) South Africa

(b) Brazil

Which among the following cities will host World IT

Congress in 2018?

(c) Argentina

(d) Australia

(a) Bengaluru

(b) New Delhi

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Pune

Which among the below teams has won Champions Trophy,

2014?
(a) Australia

(b) Germany

(c) Pakistan

(d) The Netherlands

50.

51.

Name the Union Minister who was appointed as the

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President of Maharashtra State
recently?

Which among the following states has been chosen as the

theme State for 29th Surajkund International Crafts Mela?

(a) Devendra Fadnavis

(a) Kerala

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Amit Shah

(c) Jharkhand

(d) Chhattisgarh

(d) Sudhir Mungantiwa

Recently, Reserve Bank of India has imposed monetary

penalty on two banks due to violation of Know Your
Customer (KYC norms). Which of the following are those
banks?

(b) Raosaheb Patil Danve

52.

State Government of Bihar has decided to grant child care

leave for women government employees. The child care
leave was granted for how many days?
(a) 600 days

(b) 730 days

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(c) 800 days
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54.

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56.

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58.

59.

60.

indigenously

(d) 1000 days

President Pranab Mukherjee has signed an ordinance to

amend the Motor Vehicles Act of
(a) 1988
(b) 1995
(c) 2004
(d) 2014
Larry Page was named as the Business person of the Year
for 2014 by Fortune magazine. Who is he?
(a) CEO of Google
(b) CEO of Amazon
(c) CEO of Yahoo
(d) CEO of WhatsApp
Name the company which has bagged Uganda's largest
ethanol plant order from Kakira Sugars?
(a) WNS (Holdings) Limited
(b) Praj Industries
(c) Hinduja Global Solutions
(d) Cognizant Business Process Services
Name the airline that was named as the World's Safest Airline
by AirlineRatings.com recently.
(a) Lufthansa
(b) Singapore Airlines
(c) Emirates
(d) Qantas
National Youth Day was observed across India on 12 January
2015. The day was observed to commemorate the birth
anniversary of which famous Indian personality?
(a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Who has won the men's single of Chennai Open of Tennis
2015?
(a) Aljaz Bedene
(b) Stanislas Wawrinka
(c) Roger Federer
(d) Novak Djokovic
India has decided to provide 60 million US dollars Line of
Credit (LoC) to a country for its road infrastructure projects
and passenger ferry service. Name the country.
(a) Maldives
(b) Guyana
(c) Nigeria
(d) Myanmar
Indian Immunologicals Limited has launched India's first
vaccine to counter the deadly bluetongue disease. Name
the vaccine?
(a) Vibriovax
(b) Ultravac Botulinum

62.

63.

64.

65.

66.

67.

68.

(c) Cattlevax LC
(d) Raksha Blu
61.

What is AMCA that was in news recently?

(a) It is Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft being built by
India and Russia jointly
(b) It is fifth generation fighter aircraft being built by India

69.

(c) It is fifth generation nuclear submarine being built by

India and France jointly
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Name the space telescope that discovered 1000th exoplanet
in the constellation Lyra.
(a) Hubble Space Telescope
(b) Chandrasekhar Space Telescope
(c) Kepler Space Telescope
(d) James Webb Space Telescope
Who was sworn-in as the sixth Governor of Uttarakhand in
2015?
(a) Rameshwar Thakur
(b) V K Bisht
(c) K K Paul
(d) Aziz Qureshi
Who was sworn-in as the President of Sri Lanka in 2015?
(a) Mahinda Deshapriya (b) Mahinda Rajapaksa
(c) Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (d) Mithripala Sirisena
Which Indian film was nominated for 2015 BAFTA Awards
under non-English best film category?
(a) The Lunchbox
(b) Two Days, One Night
(c) Liar's Dice
(d) Timbuktu
Who was appointed as MD & CEO of AXIS Capital Limited
recently?
(a) Nilesh Shah
(b) Albert
(c) Naba Mondal
(d) Jignesh Shah
Name the Indian industrialist on whose 175th birth
anniversary, Union government launched the
commemorative stamp?
(a) G D Birla
(b) T V Sundaram Iyengar
(c) Kasturbhai Lalbhai
(d) Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
Who won the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster
Chess title recently?
(a) Popov Ivan of Russia
(b) Dzhumaev Marat of Uzbekistan
(c) Mozharov Mikhail of Russia
(d) Swapnil S Dhopade
Who of the following cricketers on 2015 became the fastest
to score 12000 Test runs?
(a) Mahela Jayawardhene
(b) Shivnarine Chanderpaul
(c) Jacques Kallis

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70.

(d) Kumar Sangakkara

(a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi

18-kilometer long Jaffna-Kankasanthurai rail track in North

Sri Lanka was inaugurated recently. The restoration work
of the commercial rail service track was done by?

(b) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj

(a) IRCON

(c) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

(d) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
79.

(c) Larsen & Toubro

Who was sworn- in as the President of Tunisia recently

and became the first freely elected leader of Tunisia since it
gained independence from France in 1956?

(d) ECI Engineering & Construction Company

(a) Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali

Name the person who was appointed as the Chairman of

Railway Board?

(b) Beji Caid Essebsi

(a) Pradeep Kumar

(b) Navin Tondon

(d) Mehdi Jomaa

(c) A.K. Mittal

(d) Arunendra Kumar

(b) Tantia Constructions

71.

72.

73.

74.

(c) Habib Bourguiba

80.

Name the person, who was appointed as the Director General

of Civil Aviation (DGCA) recently?

(a) Mecanique Generale Langroise

(a) Prabhat Kumar

(b) M Sathiyavathy

(b) DeLaChapelle

(c) Vrinda Sarup

(d) AK Mittal

(c) Dassault Group

Out of the following, who took over as the as 21st Chairman

and Managing Director of PSU Heavy Engineering
Corporation?
(a) Avijit Ghosh

(b) R. Misra

(c) Sahdev Kulkarni

(d) Jaya Mathur

(d) MoonScoop Group

81.

Who took over as Chairman of Airports Authority of India

(AAI)?

(b) Insurance Development and Management Authority

of India (IDMAI)

(a) Sudheer Raheja

(c) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of

India (IRDAI) (Correct Answer)
(d) Insurance Regulatory and Management Authority of
India (IRMAI)

(c) Ankush Garg

(d) Nishant Malhotra

76.

Where ICICI Bank launched Digital Village Project?

82.

(a) New Delhi

(b) Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh

(b) Seoul

(c) Tiruchrapalli in Tamil Nadu

(c) Busan

(d) Patna

(d) Gandhinagar

(a) London

Union government appointed Managing Directors for four

PSU Banks. The appointments were made on the
recommendation of Appointment Board headed by

(b) New Delhi

(a) C Rangarajan

(b) Arvind Panagariya

(c) New Jersey

(c) Bimal Jalan

(d) Raghuram Rajan

Which state will host the 2015 International Hindi

Conference in April 2015?

83.

84.

Which Bollywood personality was named as the Brand

Ambassador of Andhra Pradesh health sector?
(a) Shahrukh Khan
(b) Aamir Khan
(c) Amitabh Bachchan
(d) Naseeruddin Shah

78.

8th India-South Korea Joint Commission meet was held in

(a) Akodara Village of Gujarat

(d) Moscow
77.

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)

was renamed recently as
(a) Insurance Regulatory and Management Authority
(IRMA)

(b) RK Srivastva

75.

Bharat Forge recently acquired which France-based

company for 90 crore rupees?

Which of the following Union Minister visited South Korea

to attend the 8th India-South Korea Joint Commission
meeting held in Seoul?

85.

Who among the following is referred to as the Father of

Indian Software industries?
(a) M C Prahalnad

(b) Faqir Chand Kohli

(c) Ajit Balakrishnan

(d) Vinod Dham

Saloni Dalal, who became the youngest medallist at the

35th National Games in Kerala, is associated with which
sports/events?
(a) Cycling

(b) Swimming

(c) Archery

(d) Wrestling

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87.

88.

89.

90.

91.

92.

93.

94.

95.

Nicol David, who has set a new record by topping the world
squash rankings for 106th month is from which country?
(a) Singapore

(b) Russia

(c) Malaysia

(d) Canada

Who among the following have won the women's and men's
single titles, respectively at Australia Open-2015?
(a) Maria Sharapova and Andy Murray
(b) Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic
(c) Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic
(d) Serena Williams and Andy Murray
Carl Djerassi, who passed away recently, was the chemist
widely known as father of ____?
(a) Liposuction
(b) Birth control pill
(c) Plastic surgery
(d) Blood transplant
Who among the following has become the youngest world
number one in golf history by reaching the top of the
women's ranking?
(a) Inbee Park
(b) Lydia Ko
(c) Stacy Lewis
(d) Shashan Feng
The Hero India Open tournament is related to which among
the following sports?
(a) Cricket
(b) Hockey
(c) Golf
(d) Football
India recently carried out its first canister-based trial of which
among the following missiles?
(a) Agni II
(b) Agni II Prime
(c) Agni III
(d) Agni V
Which among the following countries is the venue for ICC
Cricket World Cup-2019?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) England
(c) South Africa
(d) Pakistan
Recently, India and United States have signed an agreement
to develop three smart cities in India. Which one of the
following is not one of that?
(a) Allahabad
(b) Ajmer
(c) Bhopal
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Proposed Kowada Nuclear Power Plant is located in which
of the following states of India?
(a) Telangana
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Odisha
With the assistance of which of the following bodies, the
National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) was
launched in India?

96.

97.

98.

99.

100.

101.

102.

103.

104.

Jaswant Singh Rajput, who passed away recently, was

associated with which sports?
(a) Hockey
(b) Football
(c) Cricket
(d) Kabbadi
Recently, which one of the following schemes of union
government has entered into Guinness book of world record?
(a) MGNREGA
(b) Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana
(c) Swatcha Bharat Abhiyan
(d) Indira Awas Yojana
Which among the following is the first state in India to
launch web based education programme for all schools?
(a) Gujarat
(b) West Bengal
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Who among the following has won the women's and men's
singles titles, respectively at Syed Modi International
Badminton Championship?
(a) Saina Nehwal and P Kashyap
(b) Carolina Marina and P Kashyap
(c) Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth
(d) Carolina Marina and K Srikanth
The United Nations general assembly has declared the year
2015 as ____?
(a) International Year of Seas
(b) International Year of Soils
(c) International Year of Vegetables
(d) International Year of Food
M S Narayana, who died recently, was a popular actor and
comedian in which film industry?
(a) Kannada
(b) Malayalam
(c) Telugu
(d) Tamil
According to latest tiger census report (2015), which among
the following states has recorded highest number of tigers?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
Which among the following countries has occupied first
place in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)?
(a) United Kingdom
(b) Switzerland
(c) United States
(d) Australia
Who among the following has been appointed as new
chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?

(a) World Bank

(a) Chandra Prakash Dwivedi

(b) Asian Development Bank

(b) Ramesh Patange

(c) United Nation

(c) Pahlaj Nihalani

(d) UNESCO

(d) Syed Abdul Bari

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105. To celebrate the power of voters the Election Commission of
India has been organising "Matdata Mahotsava" in which
city?

115. Who among the following has been named as the

"Governor of the Year" in the Central Banking Awards for
2015?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Bangalore

(a) Jacques de Larosiere

(b) Claudio Borio

(c) Mumbai

(d) Kolkata

(c) Raghuram Rajan

(d) Christopher Jeffery

106. The union ministry of water resource has decided to

celebrate the year 2015-16 as ____?
(a) Jal Samruddi Varsh

(b) Jal Kranti Varsh

(c) Jal Shuddi Varsh

(d) Jal Neeti Varsh

107. Which among the following are the only banks from India
listed in the top 50 global banks in terms of market
capitalisation, recently?
(a) HDFC and SBI

(b) SBI and Axis Bank

(c) Axis Bank and ICICI

(d) ICICI and SBI

108. The names of mascots for 2016 Rio Olympic Games and
Paralympics Games are respectively__?
(a) Polo & Amik
(b) Wenlock and Mandeville
(c) Vinicius & Tom
(d) Roni & Amik
109. The winner of women's Brisbane International Title 2015 in
professional tennis tournaments is __?
(a) Ana Ivanovic

(b) Maria Sharapova

(c) Elina Svitolina

(d) Yaroslava Shvedova

110. Hari Shankar Brahma is the ___ Chief Election commissioner

of India.
(a) 16th

(b) 15th

(c) 19th

(d) 20th

111. The e-Panchayat project, which has won the National Award
for e-Governance for the best district-level initiative is a
project of which state?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir

(b) Karnataka

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Kerala

112. As per the latest report, India-ASEAN free trade agreement

(FTA) in services and investments will come into force from
____?
(a) 1st April, 2015

(b) 1st July, 2015

(c) 1st April, 2016

(d) 1st July, 2016

113. Recently, Indian railway has flagged off the first Compressive
Natural Gas (CNG) based trains in which state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Haryana

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Maharashtra

114. Who among the following is the new chairman of the Indian
Space Research Organisation?

116. Recently, Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has become the

first Hindu chief justice of which one of the Muslim major
countries?
(a) Pakistan

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Indonesia

(d) Turkey

117. Recently, Idukki has become the first district in the country
to have high speed rural broadband network. Idukki district
is in which state?
(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c)

(d) Maharashtra

Telangana

118. Lima, the host of United Nations Climate Change

Conference, COP20 or COP10, is the capital of which
country?
(a) Paraguay

(b) Peru

(c) Brazil

(d) Liberia

119. Which among the following has won the best film drama at
the Golden Globe Awards?
(a) Birdman
(b) The Grand Budapest Hotel
(c) Boyhood
(d) The Affair
120. The Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award, an award for
distinguished scientist is given by ____?
(a) Indian Space Research Organisation
(b) Ministry of Science and Technology
(c) Indian Science Congress Association
(d) Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Trust
121. Recently, the union government has given its approval to
link Damanganga-Pinjal interstate river link project. The
project envisages sharing of water between which two
states?
(a) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(b) Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(d) Rajasthan and Maharashtra
122. The first-ever Budda Heritage walk was recently held in
___?

(a) Shailesh Nayak

(b) A S Kiran Kumar

(a) Bihar

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Arun Kumar

(d) Sathish Singh

(c) Odisha

(d) Sikkim

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123. As per RBI guidelines, banks can allow minors above ___
years to independently open and operate saving banks
accounts. Fill the blanks with correct option?
(a) 8

(b) 10

(c) 12

(d) 14

124. The Union Government is planning to launch Rashtriya

Avishkar Abhiyan to create awareness among the students
in _____?

(a) France

(b) USA

(c) Japan

(d) Russia

127. Which State won the 10th National Award for outstanding
work in MGNREGA ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Haryana

(d) Uttar Pradesh

128. Who among the following has been selected for theJnanpith
Award 2014?

(a) Science and Mathematics

(a) Rabindra Sarkar

(b) M. N. Paloor

(b) Science and Social

(c) Satish Kalsekar

(d) Bhalchandra Nemade

(c) Ancient History

129. Which of the following has become India's first Wi-Fienabled metro city?

(d) Classical Music

125. Who among the following has become the first to make
three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain?
(a) Virat Kohli

(b) M S Dhoni

(c) Steve Smith

(d) Hashim Amla

126. The Operation Inherent Resolve is the military operation

against ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)
conducting by which country?

(a) Bengaluru

(b) Hyderabad

(c) Mumbai

(d) Kolkata

130. Who is the author of the book "Recasting India: How

Entrepreneurship is Revolutionizing the World's Largest
Democracy"?
(a) C.N. Ramachandran

(b) Hindol Sengupta

(c) James Grant

(d) Chinu Modi

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