Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
INTERNATIONAL
1) What is the political party of Ranil Singhe, who is the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
Ans:- United Nations Party
2) Name the Islamic State militant group deputy chief who killed by the US air strike on August 22 in
Northen Iraq?
Ans:- Fadil Ahmad al-Hayali
3) Name the Hakkani Hetwork Chief, whose name is included in the list of terrorism by America?
Ans:- Abdul Haziz Hakkani (Pakistan)
4) Which country and Pakistan signed deal worth 1.6 billion US dollars to implement China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC) project?
Ans:- China
5) Which country recently imposes anti-terror law that punishes false reporting of attacks?
Ans:- Egypt
6) Which country and China begin joint military ecercise in sea of Japan?
Ans:- Russia
NATIONAL
1) What is the new policy introduced by central government in view of Raksha Bandhan?
Ans:- Suraksha Bandhan
2) What is the tele medicine program launched by the central government along with Appollo Hospitals on
25 August 2015?
Ans:- SEHAT Social Endeavour for Health And Telemedicine
3) Which commission of India recommended for amending the constitution for right to basic care of
children under six years?
Ans:- The Law Commission of India
4) Which scheme was launched by the Union Government on 10 August 2015 an initiative to bring
students closer to nature?
Ans:- School Nursery Yojana
5) Which banana variety from Thrissur district of Kerala has been accorded Geographical Indication (GI)
status by the Chennai based Central GI registry?
Ans:- Chengalikodan
STATES
1) What is the only company from India which is in the 7th place in Fortunes Change the World List ?
Ans:- Jain Irrigation Systems of Maharashtra
2) Which district in India has highest number of e-toilets in its schools?
Ans:- Nellore
3) Which of the following states is going to become the first state in the country to launch agrosolar
policy?
Ans:- Gujarat
4) Which state HC stays implementation of compulsory voting Act in local polls?
Ans:- Gujarat
CONFERENCES
1) In the second summit of forun for India pacific Islands co-operation (FIPIC), which topic is discussed ?
Ans:- Environmental changes
2) What is the theme of Golobal call to Action Summit 2015 held on New Delhi ?
Ans:- Ending preventable child and material deaths
ECONOMY
1) With the devaluation of Yuan in the market the Indian rupee lost howmuch value against us dollar?
Ans:- 64.78 per cent (nearly 2 year low)
2) Who was the new chief of IDBI Bank?
Ans:- Kishore Karat Piraji
3) According which act RBI relaxed Branch Authorisation Policy to allow banks to merge or close
branches in urban areas?
Ans:- Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
4) RBI grants approval to how many applicatants to set up payment banks?
Ans:- 11
PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Name the new CEO of Google, who is from India?
Ans:- Sunder Pichai
2) Who was appointed as the new Election Commissioner on 13th August 2015 by the government?
Ans:- OM Prakash Rawat
3) Name the newly appointed CEO of Association of Mutual funds of India (AMFI) on 17 August, 2015?
Ans:- CVR Rajendran
4) Who was elected as President of Gymnastics Federation of India?
Ans:- Sudhakar Shetty
B) RESIGNS
1) Name the Greek Prime Minister who resigned and called for early election on 20 August, 2015?
Ans:- Alexis Tsipras
C) DEATHS
1) Name the retired colnel who participated in World War II, passed away on 4 August 2015?
Ans:- Colnel Harwant Singh
D) VISITORS
1) Who is the Mozambique president visited India on 5 August 2015 ?
Ans:- Filipe Nyusi
2) Narendra Modi visited which great mosque in Abudhabi during his visit to UAE ?
Ans:- Sheikh Sayed Grand Mosque
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Name the CEO of Snapchat who is the Worlds Wealthiest Youngster under 25?
Ans:- Evan Spiegel
2) Name the worlds oldest person who is in Guiness records recently ?
Ans:- Yasutaro Koide (Japan)
3) Which Senior actor and director has been selected as new chairman of Bharat Oscar Jury on 24
August, 2015?
Ans:- Amol Plakar
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Who is the first person to upload a picture of Taj Moments in Twitter?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
2) The Arabica Coffee of Vishaka agency won which award on 25 August 2015?
Ans:- International Fine cup of coffee
3) Which of the following airports became the worlds first airport to operate on solar power?
Ans:- Cochin International Airport
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of FIPIC ?
Ans:- Forum for India Pacific Islands Co operation
2) What is the full form of AMFI ?
Ans:- Association of Mutual Funds of India
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) What is the Classic Gujarati Novel, that is translated into English after 128 years?
Ans:- Saraswathichandra
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Union Government constitutes 3-member panel to assess situation in FTII. Who is head of this panel?
Ans:- SM Khan
JULY
2015
INTERNATIONAL
1) Recently, which country has decided to replace its official language with Urdu?
Ans:- Pakistan
2) Which country navy agreed to attend an International Fleet Review for the first time in 2016?
Ans:- Chinese Navy
3) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement between
the member countries of _____?
Ans:- ASEAN
4) Which countrys prime minister launched a five year plan to defeat Islamic extremism?
Ans:- United Kingdom
5) In which country the political parties have agreed to remove the word Secularism from their new
constitution?
Ans:- Nepal
6) Which country became the first-ever developed economy to default on a loan with the International
Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Ans:- Greece
7) Which country has received 336 million dollars fund from the United States for its on going role in
combating a Taliban insurgency?
Ans:- Pakistan
8) Which country has become the 162nd member of WTO?
Ans:- Kazakhstan
9) Gadhimai Festival is related to which Asian country?
Ans:- Nepal
5) What is Indias rank in Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings?
Ans:- Third
6) As per the World Population Prospects : The 2015 Revision launched at the UN Headquarters in New
York on 29 July 2015, within how many years the population of India is expected to surpass that of
China?
Ans:- 7 years
NATIONAL
1) According to the Socio Economic & Caste Census released by the govt., how many households in
percentage terms are living in the rural areas?
Ans:- 73%
2) What is the new National Floor Level Minimum Wage w.e.f 1 July 2015?
Ans:- 160
3) As on July 2015, what is Indias Total Fertility Rate (TFR)?
Ans:- 2.6
4) Government has decided to constitute an expert committee to comprehensively examine various
issues like age relaxation, eligibility, syllabus and pattern of ____ exam?
Ans:- Civil Services
5) Name the city become the first city to start online police verification for passport?
Ans:- Bengaluru
STATES
1) India and World Bank on 16 July 2015 signed Financing Agreement for which project?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project
2) The recently celebrated Godavari Maha Pushkaram occurs in the cycle of __?
Ans:- 144 years
3) As per the latest report, which state has largest number of manual scavengers?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh
4) Which state of India recorded highest domestic tourist footfalls in 2014?
Ans:- Tamilnadu
5) How many Indian states have achieved the literacy rate of 80%?
Ans:- 14 States
6) As per Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, which state has highest number of households with a
mobile phone?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
7) ____ becomes first Indian state to make voting compulsory in local body polls?
Ans:- Gujarat
8) Worlds largest religious congregation Simhastha Kumbh Mela has recently begun at Trimbakeshwar,
Nashik district of which state?
Ans:- Maharashtra
CONFERENCES
1) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) 2015 was held on 9-10 July 2015 in?
Ans:- Ufa, Russia
2) Which country will chair the 2016-BRICS summit?
Ans:- India
4) The 14th Special Olympics Games (Summer) were inaugurated on 25 July 2015 in which city?
Ans:- Los Angeles (United States)
5) American Floyd Mayweather Jr. was stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating
Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. Why?
Ans:- For failing to comply with a WBO rule
6) Which country won the CONCACAF Gold cup for the seventh time by defeating Jamaica 3-1?
Ans:- Mexico
7) Name the Cricket player, who become the fourth Sri Lankan Player to score 10000 ODI runs?
Ans:- Tilakaratne Dilshan
ECONOMY
1) Global rating agency Fitch recently made a forecast of the expected growth for India in 2015. By how
many percentage points will India grow in 2015, according to Fitch?
Ans:- 7.8%
2) Airbus and which Indian company have signed a MoU to form a joint venture to produce helicopters in
India?
Ans:- Mahindra
3) Which insurance company has launched the countrys first digitised policy in India?
Ans:- India First Life Insurance
4) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 July 2015 permitted ____with Core Banking Solution (CBS) to issue
ATM cards/ATM-cum-debit cards in tie with a sponsor banks?
Ans:- Cooperative Banks
5) According to a list by Fortune Magazine, how many Indian companies are among the worlds 500
largest companies?
Ans:- 7
6) Which country has become Worlds Largest Potato producer?
Ans:- China
PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who was appointed as Vice-Chief of Indian Army on 13 July 2015?
Ans:- Lt General Man Mohan Singh Rai
2) Who has been appointed as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Ans:- Maurice Obstfeld
3) Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)?
Ans:- Ajay Mathur
B) RESIGNS
1) Who recently resigned from the post of CEO and CFO of Leading rose exporter Karuturi Global
Group?
Ans:- Shireesh Jain
2) Who resigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of Toshiba on 21 July 2015?
Ans:- Hisao Tanaka
C) DEATHS
1) MS Viswanathan has passed away on 14 July 2015 in Chennai.He was a ?
Ans:- Music composer
2) Former Union Minister and 6 time Lok Sabha member Bijoy Krishna Handique has passed away
recently. He was from ?
Ans:- Assam
3) Clive Rice, a cricketer, who passed away recently, was from ?
Ans:- South Africa
4) Name the Cartoonist who gave life to the cartoon character Archie, who died on 20 July 2015?
Ans:- Tom Moore
D) VISITORS
1) In which country did PM Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on 12 July 2015?
Ans:- Kyrgyzstan
2) Who inaugurated a Traditional Medicine and Yoga Centre in Ashgabat on 12 July 2015?
Ans:- PM Narendra Modi
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Name the worlds first female twins to successfully clim\b Mount Everest?
Ans:- Tashi & Nungshi Malik
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Name of Indias longest road tunnel which will open in 2016?
Ans:- Patnitop Tunnel
2) Which town of Punjabs Gurdaspur district came to news on 27 July 2015 with the incident of a huge
terrorist attack taking place here resulting in the death of 7 persons?
Ans:- Dinanagar
3) Who is the author of the book Sleeping on Jupiter shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015?
Ans:- Anuradha Roy
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of MUDRA?
Ans:- Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency
2) What is the full form of FATCA?
Ans:- Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) President Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of the book Uniki on 3 July 2015. Uniki is the
book written by?
Ans:- Vidyasagar Rao
2) The book Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity penned by ?
Ans:- Raisur Rahman
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Which committee was constituted to examine drug approval procedure?
Ans:- V M Katoch committee
2) Who has been appointed as the chairman of the expert committee constituted by NITI Aayog to
address issues related to job creation?
Ans:- Tarun Khanna
JUNE2015
INTERNATIONAL
1) As per OPCW, how much of the global chemical weapons stockpile has been achieved so far ?
Ans:- 90%
2) A court of which country recently ordered three tobacco companies to pay fines worth around $12
billion for damages, which is the largest award in countrys history?
Ans:- Canada
3) Which prominent European countrys Parliament on 9 June 2015 voted overwhelmingly in favour of a
bill that seeks to hold a referendum to gauge the mood of its citizens on the issue of remaining part of the
European Union (EU)?
Ans:- Britain
4) Which bird was nominated as United Kingdoms first-ever national bird in a poll conducted in the
country that concluded during June 2015?
Ans:- Robin
5) China has launched a freight train service between its northeastern city of Harbin which another
country?
Ans:- Europe
NATIONAL
1) A New Bank Note Paper Line Unit was recently set up in which Indian city?
Ans:- Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh
2) Khoya Paya web portal, a forum for reporting & tracking missing people, is an initiative of ?
Ans:- Ministry of Women and Child Development
3) Union Govt. on 5 June 2015 announced plans to establish countrys 13th major port in Maharashtra
with an investment of Rs. 6,000 crore. This port would be established at which place near Mumbai?
Ans:- Dahanu
4) As per the Central food safety regulator FSSAI, how many variants of Maggi Noodles were found
Unsafe and Hazardous for human consumption?
Ans:- Nine
5) Government of India has launched Modified Special Incentive Proposal Scheme (M-SIPS) for which
sector?
Ans:- Electronic sector
STATES
1) To which state of India, World Bank has approved $250 Million loan for Flood Recovery Project &
reconstruction of flood-affected public infrastructure?
Ans:- Jammu & Kashmir
2) Which city has recently become the sixth city in the country with a metro?
Ans:- Jaipur
3) Indias first Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre is inaugurated in which state?
Ans:- Maharashtra
4) Which Union Territory has received permission for the first ever Medical College on 8 June 2015?
Ans:- Andaman & Nicobar
5) In which state, Indias first eco-friendly police station was commissioned recently?
Ans:- New Delhi
CONFERENCES
1) 41stG7 summit was held in ?
Ans:- Germany
2) The 104th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) was held from 1-13 June 2015 in ?
Ans:- Geneva, Switzerland
3) Who has been conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award at a function in Pune,
Maharashtra on 10 June 2015?
Ans:- Parkash Singh Badal
4) Which movie has won the top honors at 16th International India Film Academy(IIFA)awards?
Ans:- Queen
5) Who has won the Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction 2015?
Ans:- Ali Smith
ECONOMY
1) Name the private-sector bank to announce that it will discontinue issuing slips after cash withdrawals at
ATMs and will alert the customer through SMSs?
Ans:- HDFC Bank
2) The Reserve Bank of India on 2 June 2015 cut its key short-term lending rate or repo rate by 0.25 per
cent to 7.25 percent. It is the _____ repo rate cut in this year?
Ans:- Third
3) Which country has granted permission to the Life Insurance of India (LIC) to run its business?
Ans:- Bangladesh
4) The Reserve Bank India (RBI) on 11 June 2015 gave permission to which investor segment to invest in
regulated chit funds in India?
Ans:- Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
5) Which Indian mining conglomerate on 13 June 2015 announced buying the stake of minority
shareholders in Cairn India, the countrys top private oil producer?
Ans:- Vedanta Ltd
PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been appointed as new Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys?
Ans:- R. Seshasayee
2) Who was on 3 June 2015 appointed as Special Envoy on Counter Terrorism and Extremism in the
Prime Minister Office?
Ans:- Syed Asif Ibrahim
B) RESIGNS
1) Who has resigned as FIFA president on 2 June 2015?
Ans:- Sepp Blatter
C) DEATHS
1) Former bureaucrat M.N. Buch, who passed away on 6 June 2015, was known for role in developing
which Indian city with his modern urban planning concepts?
Ans:- Bhopal
2) Veteran actor, Sir Christopher Lee, who passed away on 7 June 2015 at the age of 93, was associated
with which legendary character in films?
Ans:- Dracula
D) VISITORS
1) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between India and Netherlands during the Visit of
the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Shri Mark Rutte to New Delhi. The MoU was signed for the
development of ?
Ans:- Vaccines
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Which country has set a new world record by planting 49,672 trees in one hour?
Ans:- Bhutan
PLACES IN NEWS
1) In the first cross border operation in which country Indian Army on 9 June 2015 struck terrorist camps
and killed nearly 20 North-Eastern insurgents?
Ans:- Myanmar
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of IFFI ?
Ans:- International Film Festival of India
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Noted Indian author Amitav Ghoshs third and final book under the Ibis trilogy was published recently.
What is the name of this book?
Ans:- Flood of Fire
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Who is the chairman of the Panel on Net neutrality that submitted its report recently?
Ans:- K.Bhargava