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1.

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is annually held on

1) 30 Nov

2.

2) 1 Dec

3) 2 Dec

4) 3 Dec

5) 31 Dec

The Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Sabri Khan passed away recently. He was a maestro of
1) Sarangi

2) Violin

3) Guitar

4) Tabla

5) Flute

3.

India launched the GIAN scheme to boost the quality of the countrys higher education through
international collaboration. What is the full form of the term GIAN?
1) Grass root Initiative of Academic Networks
2) General Initiative of Academic Networks
3) Greater Initiative of Academic Networks
4) Global Initiative of Academic Networks
5) None of these

4.

Which of the following countries hosted the first media summit of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South
Africa (BRICS) grouping recently?
1) Brazil
2) South Africa
3) Russia
4) China
5) India

5.

Roch Marc Christian Kabore was elected as the new president of which of the following countries recently?

1) Burkina Faso

2) Cameroon

3) Barbados

4) Angola

5) Algeria

6.

Name the bodybuilder who earned the title of Mr World by winning a gold medal in a world bodybuilding
meet in Bangkok, Thailand recently.
1) Varinder Singh Ghuman
2) Ankur Sharma
3) Thakur Anoop Singh
4) Neeraj Kumar
5) Ashish Sakharkar

7.

________ on 1 Dec 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London and will serve for up to five years.

1) Elizabeth Blackburn
4) Thomas A Steitz

2) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
5) None of these

3) Harry F Noller

8.

The four European countries Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland have announced a
________ initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries.
1) $250-mn
2) $400-mn
3) $500-mn
4) $750-mn
5) $900-mn

9.

Name the Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee acclaimed violinist who was honoured with the Sangeet
Samman at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015 recently.

1) Kala Ramnath

2) Johar Ali Khan

3) P Sunder Rajan

4) Balabhaskar

5) L Subramaniam

10. As per the latest report by credit rating agency Brickwork Ratings, which state is the biggest economy
within India at Rs 16.87 lakh cr in terms of gross state domestic product?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) UP
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Rajasthan

11. The Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984 complets 31 years in Dec 2015. The leakage of which of the following
lethal gases killed an estimated 25000 people there?
1) Chlorine pentafluoride
2) Phosphorus pentafluoride
4) Methyl isocyanate
5) Boron tribromide

3) Carbon monoxide

12. The Tata Sons and ICBC of which of the following countries have formed a long-term partnership under
which ICBC will become a strategic banking partner to the Tata group?
1) China
2) Brazil
3) Indonesia
4) Singapore

5) South Korea

13. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for operationalisation of six new IITs recently. Which state will not get
one of these six IITs?
1) Karnataka

2) Kerala

3) Goa

4) Chhattisgarh

5) Madhya Pradesh

14. The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed globally on
1) 1 Dec

2) 2 Dec

3) 3 Dec

4) 4 Dec

5) 5 Dec

15. The RBI announced to infuse ________ on 7 Dec by buying govt securities to ease a liquidity crunch in
the money markets.
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 10,000 cr

3) Rs 15,000 cr

4) Rs 20,000 cr

5) Rs 25,000 cr

16. The senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice Tirath Singh Thakur was on 3 Dec sworn in as Chief
Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He is ________ CJI.
1) 40th
2) 41st
3) 42nd
4) 43rd

5) 44th

17. In addition to Rs 940 cr package announced by the centre earlier, PM Narendra Modi announced an
immediate relief of what amount for flood-hit Tamil Nadu recently?
1) Rs 500 cr
2) Rs 700 cr
3) Rs 1,000 cr
4) Rs 1,100 cr

5) Rs 1,500 cr

18. Which bank launched the countrys first display variant debit card recently which is capable of generating
the OTP on the card itself?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank

3) Federal Bank

4) Axis Bank

5) SBI

19. Who has authored the book titled This Unquiet Land: Stories from Indias Fault Lines?
1) Prannoy Roy

20.

2) Sagarika Ghose

3) Arnab Goswami

4) Rajdeep Sardesai

5) Barkha Dutt

As per economists, Brazil is in danger of suffering its worst recession since the 1930s. What is the currency of Brazil?

1) Dong

2) Real

3) Ringgit

4) Shekel

5) Kuna

21. MAM Ramaswamy, who died recently, was a former parliamentarian and a veteran
1) actor

2) novelist

3) industrialist

4) musician

5) communist

22. The Transparency International (TI), which is a global coalition against corruption, is headquartered at
1) Geneva, Switzerland
4) Rome, Italy

2) Berlin, Germany
5) Madrid, Spain

3) Paris, France

23. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for introduction of a Bill recently for establishment of a Regional
Centre for Biotechnology in
1) Noida
2) Gurgaon

3) Ghaziabad

4) Faridabad

5) Hyderabad

24. The Union Cabinet on 2 Dec 2015 approved signing of MoU between India and which country on visa
facilitation for diplomatic, official/service and ordinary passport holders?
1) Spain
2) Iran
3) Sweden
4) Afghanistan

25.

5) Myanmar

The Union Cabinet recently gave its approval for signing of a MoU between India and which country in the field of water
resources management and development cooperation?
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3) Japan
4) US
5) Israel

26. The govt on 2 Dec approved a post facto agreement with which country to expand bilateral cooperation in
the field of solar energy?
1) China
2) Switzerland

3) Germany

4) France

5) Singapore

27. The indigenously developed torpedo defence system was recently inducted into the Indian Navy. The
system has been named
1) Jatayu
2) Bhima

28.

3) Maareech

4) Bharat

5) Tarkash

With about 45,000 soldiers in action, the Indian Army conducted a major war exercise Drad Sankalp in ________

recently.
1) Gujarat

2) Punjab

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Jammu & Kashmir 5) Rajasthan

29. The first India International Science Festival (IISF) was held recently at
1) IIT-Bombay

2) IIT-Kanpur

3) IIT-Madras

4) IIT-Delhi

5) IIT-Kharagpur

30. ________ on 3 Dec 2015 became the first state of India to launch Rotavirus vaccination project which will

help in controlling the child mortality rate due to diarrhoea.

1) Himachal Pradesh 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Sikkim

4) Assam

5) Gujarat

31.

The United Nations (UN) annually observes the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development on

1) 1 Dec

2) 2 Dec

3) 3 Dec

4) 4 Dec

5) 5 Dec

32. The 44th Navy Day was observed recently on which day? It commemorates the start of Operation Trident
during the India-Pakistan War of 1971.
1) 2 Dec
2) 4 Dec

3) 5 Dec

4) 6 Dec

5) 7 Dec

33. The committee on the goods and services tax (GST) has recommended a revenue neutral rate range of
17-18 per cent for the proposed GST. The committee was headed by Chief Economic Advisor
1) Arvind Subramanian
2) Arvind Mayaram
3) Rajiv Mehrishi
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) None of these

34. Who among the following is the current Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change?
1) Venkaiah Naidu
4) Piyush Goyal

2) Nirmala Sitharaman
5) Prakash Javadekar

3) Ravi Shankar Prasad

35. The RBI revised priority sector lending (PSL) for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) recently. Now, what per
cent of RRBs outstanding advances should be for PSL?
1) 25 per cent
2) 40 per cent
3) 50 per cent

4) 70 per cent

5) 75 per cent

36. Which of the following is NOT an associated bank of the State Bank of India (SBI) at present?
1) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
4) State Bank of Patiala

2) State Bank of Hyderabad

5) None of these

3) State Bank of Mysore

37. Ashwani Kumar is the present CMD of which of the following public sector banks? The bank is likely to
issue 65 cr shares to bring down govts stake to 52 per cent.
1) Canara Bank
2) Punjab National Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Dena Bank

3) Corporation Bank

38. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced what amount of assistance and loans for Africa at a summit in
Johannesburg recently?
1) $20-bn
2) $40-bn

3) $50-bn

4) $60-bn

5) $80-bn

39. A general decline in prices, often caused by a reduction in the supply of money or credit is termed as
1) inflation

2) deflation

3) recession

4) stagflation

5) retardation

40. In a landmark change, the central govt is set to begin direct transfer of cash into farmers accounts,
instead of physical procurement of ________ from wholesale markets.
1) pulse
2) wheat
3) cotton
4) maize

41.

5) paddy

The RBI revised rules regarding priority sector lending for RRBs recently. As of Mar 2015, there are ________ RRBs
operating in the country.

1) 51

2) 52

3) 56

4) 62

5) 81

42. The manned electric aircraft RX1E was given a licence for production in which of the following countries
recently? The aircraft can operate for around 45-60 minutes on one full charge.
1) Switzerland
2) Sweden
3) Singapore
4) Japan

5) China

43. The name of Kidambi Srikanth is associated with which of the following games?
1) Tennis

2) Badminton

3) Squash

4) Table tennis

5) Snooker

44. Which of the following teams won the title of Hockey World League Final at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Stadium, Raipur recently?
1) Netherlands
2) India

3) Belgium

4) Australian

5) Malaysia

45. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led Indian delegation for Heart of Asia 5th Ministerial
Meeting on Afghanistan held on Dec 9 in
1) Kabul
2) Tehran
3) Shanghai

4) Tokyo

5) Islamabad

46. ________ has replaced Mauritius as the top source of foreign direct investment into India during the first

half of the current fiscal. India got FDI of $6.69-bn from Singapore during Apr to Sep.
5)
Chin
1) US
2) Netherlands
3) Singapore
4) Japan
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47. A high-intensity earthquake (7.2 magnitude) hit which of the following Central Asian countries on 6 Dec?
1) Tajikistan

2) Kazakhstan

3) Turkmenistan

4) Kyrgyzstan

5) Turkmenistan

48. Storm Desmond hit which of the following countries recently bringing heavy rain and strong wind?
1) US

2) UK

3) Mexico

4) Japan

5) Philippines

4) 7 Dec

5) 9 Dec

49. The Armed forces Flag Day is celebrated every year on

1) 1 Dec

50.

3) 5 Dec

Name the 14 day long joint Army exercise between India and Russia which concluded in Rajasthan recently.

1) Yudh Abhyas

51.

2) 3 Dec
2) Surya Kiran

3) Nomadic Elephant 4) Indra

5) Mithra Shakti

________ became the first state of India to join the Union Govts Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) recently.

1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Karnataka

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Bihar

52. Alexis Tsipras is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? The country approved the
2016 budget amid economic recession recently.
1) Greece
2) Portugal
3) Egypt

4) Denmark

5) Spain

53. ________ sent the first uranium consignment of 250 tonnes to India for its nuclear power reactors
recently. A civil nuclear deal is signed between the two countries.
1) Australia
2) Canada
3) Japan
4) UK

5) Australia

54. The AIA Group Ltd (AIA) announced to increase its shareholding in life insurance joint venture with which
of the following companies from the current level of 26 per cent to 49 per cent?
1) Reliance Group 2) Bharti Insurance 3) Tata Group
4) Birla Group

5) None of these

55. One of the sections of a financial market where securities and financial instruments with short-term
maturities are traded is called the
1) super market
2) closed market

56.

3) open market

4) capital market

The newly launched IDFC Bank has inked a pact with which IT services major to use its BaNCS system for banks core

banking solutions?
1) Infosys
4) Tata Consultancy Services

2) Wipro
5) Tech Mahindra

3) HCL

57. Who won 2015 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament recently?
1) Tommy Sugiarto 2) Kidambi Srikanth
3) Chen Long
4) Simon Santoso

58.

5) money market

5) Tontowi Ahmad

The govt introduced a bill in Lok Sabha recently that seeks to enhance pay eligibility limit of an employee for bonus from

Rs 10,000 per month to

1) Rs 12,000

per month.
2) Rs 15,000

3) Rs 18,000

4) Rs 21,000

5) Rs 25,000

59. The legislature of which state became the first in the country to launch an online mechanism for its
members to send questions and move different motions in the House recently?
1) Kerala
2) Sikkim
3) Assam
4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Maharashtra

60. India currently has 21 power reactors in operation and its nuclear generating capacity, currently, is
1) 5,800 MWe

61.

2) 6,400 MWe

3) 7,850 MWe

4) 21,5000 MWe

5) 27,500 MWe

Indias Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) promise to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by

33 to 35 per cent by
1) 2020

2) 2025

, from the 2005 level.

3) 2030

4) 2035

5) 2040

62. Which of the following private banks of India has announced to mobilize $5 bn towards climate finance by
2020 to help India meet its target of INDCs?
1) Federal Bank
2) IDFC Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) ICICI Bank

3) Yes Bank

63. New Zealand formally became a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) recently. The

capital city of New Zealand is

1) Canberra 2) Vienna

3) Munich

4) Geneva

5) Wellington

64.

Who among the following represented India at the Heart of Asia Summit on Afghanistan held recently in Islamabad?

1) Shushma Swaraj 2) VK Singh

65.

3) Arun Jaitley

4) Rajnath Singh

5) Vainkaiya Naidu

Which two new teams have joined the IPL bandwagon for its ninth session scheduled from Apr 9 to May 29 in 2016?

1) Pune and Patna

2) Ranchi and Rajkot 3) Pune and Rajkot

4) Patna and Ranchi 5) Lucknow and

Jaipur

66. Name the Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who is conferred with Uttar Pradesh Ratna
Award to recognise his achievements in a foreign country.
1) Sonu Panda
2) Ajay Vikas Goyal 3) Anurag Jain

4) Frank Islam

5) Sonny Ganguly

67. The airport developer Changi has been nominated for taking up the operations and management of Jaipur
and Ahmedabad airports. Changi is an airport developer of
1) South Korea
2) France
3) Japan

68.

4) China

5) Singapore

Who among the following bagged 2015 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Male Player of the Year Award recently?

1) Zheng Si Wei

2) Chen Long

3) Zhang Nan

4) Lee Chong Wei

5) Lin Dan

69. ________ are basically rupee denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets which are offered
and settled in US dollars and are used to raise rupees from international investors.
1) Masala bonds
2) Magic bonds
3) Spike bonds
4) Indian Depository Receipt
5) None of these

70. A mechanism known as SETU has been set up by the govt to support all aspects of
1) bridge making
4) start-up businesses

2) Internet Service Providers

5) None of these

3) Small and medium-sized enterprises

71. As per 2015 report by the Washington-based Global Financial Integrity (GFI), India ranks 4th in black
money outflows per annum. Which country is ranked on top in the report?
1) US
2) Mexico
3) Russia
4) China

5) Japan

72. The member nations of the BASIC grouping took a joint stand at the COP 21 meet in Paris recently.
Which of the following is NOT a member of the grouping?
1) South Africa
2) Brazil
3) India

4) China

5) Australia

73. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit will be held in which of the
following countries in 2016?
1) Nepal
2) Sri Lanka 3) Afghanistan

4) Pakistan

5) Maldives

74. ________ was declared Time magazines Person of the Year 2015 recently.
1) Sundar Pichai
2) Angela Merkel
3) Narendra Modi
4) Donald Trump
5) Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

75.

________ has recorded the highest per capita income among all states in the country at Rs 2,40,849 during financial year

2014-15.
1) Maharashtra

2) Delhi

3) Kerala

4) Karnataka

5) Tamil Nadu

76. The Heart of Asia Conference (or Istanbul Process) brings together the foreign ministers of 14 countries to
discuss Afghanistans political, security and economic problems. It was conceived in 2011 by
1) Pakistan
2) Turkey
3) China
4) Kazakhstan
5) India

77. The govt will take a final view on the issue of net neutrality after the telecom regulator submits its
recommendations on the matter. The telecom sector is regulated by
1) TERI
2) SAT
3) TRAI
4) NBSA

5) FSSAI

78. The Union Cabinet recently cleared Rs 98,000-cr project to build Indias first bullet train to be run between
Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The project is bagged by
1) China
2) South Korea
3) Japan

79.

4) France

5) Germany

As per a report by a US-based think-tank, India ranks fourth in black money outflows per annum and a whopping

________ were siphoned out of the country per annum between 2004-2013.
1) USD 51 bn
2) USD 52.8 bn
3) USD 104 bn
4) USD 139 bn

5) USD 149 bn

80.

Who among the following bagged 2015 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Female Player of the Year Award recently?

1) Carolina Marin

2) Bao Yixin

3) Saina Nehwal

4) Zhao Yunlei

5) PV Sindhu

4) Bolivia

5) Guatemala

81. Caracas is the capital city of which of the following countries?

1) Venezuela

2) Colombia

3) Ecuador

82. The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval recently for signing of an MoU between India and
________ on cooperation in the energy sector.
1) Germany
2) UK
3) Japan

4) Sweden

5) Norway

83. The RBI has said that the banks investment in govt securities (SLR) would be lowered to 20.5% by Jan
2017. As of now, banks are mandated to invest what per cent of their deposits in govt securities?
1) 22.5%
2) 22%
3) 21.5%
4) 21%
5) 20.5.5%

84. The naval exercise named Indra Navy was held recently in Bay of Bengal between the navies of India and
1) US

2) Israel

3) Saudi Arabia

4) Russia

5) France

85. India and which country is set to sign a landmark deal for Kamov 226 choppers during PM Narendra
Modis upcoming visit to that country?
1) France
2) Japan

3) Germany

4) Russia

5) Israel

86. Who is the Union Minister of State in the Department of Atomic of Energy (DAE) in the present cabinet?
1) GM Siddeshwara 2) Giriraj Singh

3) Piyush Goyal

4) Mahesh Sharma

5) Jitendra Singh

87. The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 is passed in Parliament. The Bill intends to make
cheque-bounce filing of cases more convenient for check payees, the person who
1) issues the cheque
2) receives the cheque
3) transports the cheque
4) endorses the cheque
5) None of these

88. Which country carried out a new medium range ballistic missile test of Ghadr-110 missile recently?
1) Pakistan

2) Turkey

3) Iran

4) Jordan

5) Saudi Arabia

89. The Supreme Court on 10 Dec upheld the validity of a state law which fixes minimum educational
qualification for candidates contesting panchayat polls. The law belongs to
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Bihar

5) Kerala

90. PK Singh took charge as the new Chairman which of the following PSUs recently?
1) GAIL
2) SAIL
3) BHEL
4) IOC

5) NTPC

91. The World Trade Organisations (WTO) ministerial meeting was held recently in
1) Nairobi, Kenya 2) Ankara, Turkey
3) Athens, Greece
4) Lisbon, Portugal

5) Cairo, Egypt

Academy

92. The Union Govt inked MoUs with different private agencies for establishing three Indian Institute of
Information Technology (IIITs) in the country. These IIITs will be set up in
1) Ranchi, Patna and Pune
2) Rajkot, Ranchi and Pune
4) Jaipur, Nagpur and Patiala
5) Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune

3) Ranchi, Rajkot and Patna

93. Intex Technologies has bought the IPL franchise of which of the following teams for IPLs ninth session?
1) Rajkot

2) Pune

3) Patna

4) Lucknow

5) Chennai

4) Rita Teaotia

5) None of these

94. Who among the following is the present Commerce Secretary?

1) Anil Goswami

2) Hasmukh Adhia

3) Rajiv Mehrishi

95. The committee, set up to calculate a RNR for GST, submitted its report to the govt recently. Here, the
term RNR stands for

1) Retrospect-Neutral Rate
4) Reverse-Neutral Rate

2) Revenue-Neutral Rate
5) None of these

3) Rate-Neutral Rate

96. Every year the Human Rights Day is observed on ________ across the world.
1) 4 Dec
2) 6 Dec
3) 8 Dec
4) 10 Dec

5) 12 Dec

97. Sharad Anantrao Joshi, who passed away recently, was a renowned
1) physicist
2) biotechnologist
3) agro-economist

5) environmentalist

4) author

98.

________ was presented the Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at his residence recently.

1) Asha Parekh

2) Dharmendra

3) Manoj Kumar

4) Rakhee Gulzar

5) Dilip Kumar

99. Who among the following is the present Union Minister for Skill Development?
1) Ram Kripal Yadav
4) Rajiv Pratap Rudy

2) Ravi Shankar Prasad

5) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

3) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

100. The two Indian cities have made it to the Unescos Creative City Network. These two cities are
Jaipur and 1) Madurai 2) Hyderabad 3) Kolkata 4) Varanasi 5) Udaipur

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