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20- 20 Quiz GA Capsule Quiz

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20- 20 Quiz GA Capsule (Based on Schemes)

1. Under One Rank One Pension (OROP), the pension would be re-fixed after how many years? Answer. Every 5 years

2. Name the fund hat will facilitate acquisition of clean, green and energy efficient technologies. Answer. Technology Acquisition and Development Fund (TADF)

3. What is the name of the mission which aimed to achieve full immunisation of children below two years & will be implemented in 352 districts of the country in its second phase? Answer. Mission Indradhanush

4. Imprint India which encourages the Indian technical institutions to develop a blueprint for research to crack major engineering and technology challenges relevant to the nation is a joint initiative of? Answer. Pan-IIT and IISc

5. What is the full form of CVCF? Answer. Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF)

6. Name the initiative that aimed at promoting the interests of 5.77 crore small businesses in the context of rapid expansion of e-commerce in the country. Answer. E-lala initiative

7. Under which scheme,two states would undertake a unique partnership for a period of one year? Answer. Ek Bharat, Shresth Bharat scheme 8. Which is the scheme for financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies & aimed for financial turnaround and revival of Power Distribution companies (DISCOMs)? Answer. Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna (UDAY)

9. Name the scheme which is meant to provide for the welfare of people and areas affected by mining related operations by using the funds collected by District Mineral Foundations (DMFs).


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Answer. Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)

10. Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) which aimed to ensure 247 power supply to every house was launched in? Answer. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

11. Union Government has launched which polict to promote greening of National Highway corridors across the country? Answer. Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance) Policy-2015

12. Which state government has launched, Mission Abaas to provide affordable houses to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Low Income Groups (LIG) and slum dwellers in the state? Answer. The Odisha Government

13. The Delhi Government lauched which scheme to encourage people to receive or demand proper bills for purchases. Citizens will be eligible for the scheme only on a bill or cash memo/retail invoice of not less than 100 rupees for purchases made from a registered dealer in Delhi? Answer. Bill Banvao, Inaam Pao scheme

14. The Maharashtra state Government launched which scheme for pregnant and lactating women in the tribal areas of the state? Answer. APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna

15. Which state government launched Swadhar Greh scheme which will assure economic and social security to women in distress, under which Swadhar Greh will be set up in every district with capacity to accommodate 30 women? Answer. Haryana Government

16. Name the state which has set up Kissan Kendra, agri super markets across the whole state. Answer. Kerala

17. Name the application which was launched by Madhya Pradesh Government for the teachers. Answer. M-Shiksha-Mitra

18. Which state government has launched Mobile app named m-Sehat for health workers? Answer. Uttar Pradesh government

19. Name the platform which will provide viewers access to over 500 television channels of their choice be it international, national, regional and local; besides a host of other services like e-applications and TV everywhere. Answer. Headend In The Sky (HITS) digital platform initiative

20. The Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) pharmacy outlet was launched at which place by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare?

20- 20 Quiz GA Capsule (MISCELLANEOUS)

1. Name the Chinas Supercomputer which has emerged as the worlds most powerful supercomputer system for the sixth consecutive time. Answer. Tianhe-2


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2. Name the country's second largest passenger car manufacturer which launched its CSR initiative -- Safe Move-Traffic Safety Campaign -- in association with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Answer. Hyundai Motor India (HMIL)

3. The government flagged off the which train from Delhi, as part of its initiative to sensitize the masses, especially children and the youth, about the issue of climate change, in the run-up to the global climate summit in Paris?

Answer. Science Express Climate Action Special 4. Union Government has reduced the deadline for completion of flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for rural connectivity through all- weather roads from 2022 to ? Answer. 2019

5. Union Cabinet approved Framework for Cooperation in Blue Economy between India and which country?

Answer. Seychelles

6. Which monument becomes first monument in world to have Twitter account? Answer. Taj Mahal

7. ICICI Lombard General Insurance has tied up with which bank for sale of its products through 431 branches of the bank?

Answer. Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB)

8. Who is all set to become Indias first transgender Sub Inspector of Police? Answer. Chennais K Prithika Yashini 9. Which public broadcaster channel claimed that it has emerged as the most watched Hindi channel in terms of time spent per viewer ahead of top General Entertainment Channels? Answer. Doordarshan

10. Railway launched a new scheme under which waitlisted passengers can get confirmed accommodation in next alternative train if they opt for the option while booking their tickets online named as? Answer. Viklap

11. Which region is the most disaster prone part of the world as it had suffered around 1,625 disasters in the decade through 2014?

Answer. The Asia Pacific

12. Name the two mountaineers who created history by becoming first people to climb 6180 meter high unnamed peak in Himachals Spiti Valley. which they named as Mount Kalam. Answer. ArjunVajpai and Bhupesh Kumar

13. Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which firm to spread its wings overseas?

Answer. IL&FS Global Financial Services {Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS)}

14. Tata Trusts and with which institute announced collaboration on knowledge creation and capacity building for social and economic empowerment in India?

Answer. Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI)


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15. The country's first-ever double decker Shatabdi Express would run between? Answer. Mumbai and Goa.

16. Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare enhanced delegated financial powers of designated Central Government Hospitals and institutes under which scheme? Answer. Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme

17. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into how many more unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies operating in various segments of the economy? Answer. 11

18. Name the company which has launched its maiden unit linked insurance plan (ULIP) product across the country. The ULIP which is also called as New Endowment Plus. Answer. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

19. Who is going to be head jury at IFFI 2015? Answer. Shekhar Kapur

20. Name the manufacturer of electronic toilets, which has unveiled a new eToilet mobile app?

Answer. Eram Scientific Solutions

20- 20 Quiz GA Capsule (Based on Awards)

1. International Childrens Peace Prize 2015 has recently been given to which person? Ans. Abraham M Keita

2. Honorary doctorate of Arts by the University of East London has recently been given to which person? Ans. Ashok Amritraj

3. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2015 given to _____? Ans. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

4. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the Asia Region by the UNISDR award given to ____? Ans. Kiren Rijiju

5. Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award has been given to _________? Ans. Prashant Damle

6. Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award has been given to _____? Ans. Kuldip Nayar

7. J.C. Daniel Award-2014 has been given to? Ans. I.V. Sasi

8. 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been given to ______? Ans. Marlon James

9. Finance Minister of the Year, Asia 2015 has been given to ____? Ans. Arun Jaitley

10. Central Bank Governor of the Year, Asia 2015 award has been given to ____? Ans. Atiur Rahman (Bangladesh)


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11. 2015 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award has been given to ____? Ans. Kailash Satyarthi

12. Al-Quds University conferred Honorary Doctorate to ________? Ans. President Pranab Mukherjee

13. Hridaynath Mangeskar Award has been given to ___________? Ans. A R Rehman

14. PEN Pinter Prize 2015 given to ________? Ans. Raif Badawi & James Fenton

15. Skoch Award for Effective Solid Waste Management has been given to ____? Ans. Trichy Corporation

16. UK city of Coventry Award has been given to ___________? Ans. Ratan Tata

17. The Merlin Award to magic has been given to ___________? Ans. Zenia Bhumgara of India

18. Khel Ratna (posthumous) Award has been given to ___________? Ans. Ram Bahadur Chetri

19. Sakharov Prize for Human Rights for year 2015 has been given to ____? Ans. Raif Badawi

20. New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award has been given to ____? Ans. Bindeshwar Pathak

20- 20 Quiz GA Capsule (Based on International News)

1.Which country recently declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation?

Ans. Sierra Leone 2.A court of which country asked Facebook to stop tracking the country's Internet users who are not members of the US-based social networking website? Ans. Belgium 3.Punjabi became the third most common language, after English and French, in the House of Commons of which country ? Ans. Canada 4.As per the American Community Survey data, which language has emerged as the largest Indian language spoken in the US?


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Ans. Hindi

5.Britain has announced 2017 as the UK-India Year of Culture to mark the Anniversary of Indian Independence? Ans. 70th 6.Which country has allowed women to vote and become candidates in local elections for the first time in the history of male dominated country? Ans. Saudi Arabia

7.Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi International Centre (MGIC) at which place? Ans. Matale

8.The Indian community in which country launched a 'Modi Express' bus survives? Ans. United Kingdom

9.The Zam Hydropower Station considered to be the worlds highest-altitude hydropower station and largest of its kind built on which river? Ans. Brahmaputra River

10.Which became the first European country to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of Nalanda University? Ans. Portugal

11.President Pranab Mukherjee visited Jordan & inaugurated a street named after in Amman and planted an Olive tree in Peace Park? Ans. Mahatma Gandhi 12.which country Signed Right to Die Bill for terminally ill people into a Law? Ans.California 13.Which country proposed to invest 30 billion US dollars for urban development in India? Ans. Malaysia

14.World most populous country has announced to abandon its three decades-long one-child policy and changed it two-child policy? Ans. China 15.As per a recent report issued by China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC), China has overtaken which country and become the worlds largest online retail market? Ans.USA

16.Islamic State (IS) militant group has destroyed part of historical Temple of Bel in the ancient site of Palmyra in Syria? Ans. Syria 17.An Indian-origin driver in Australia, was named as Australian of the Day by Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Name of the driver is? Ans. Tejinder Pal Singh 18.Which countrys parliament has overwhelmingly approved a new constitution? Ans. Nepal

19.Which country reopened its Consulate General in Mumbai after over four decades and pushed


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for closer cooperation with fast-growing India in economic and other fields? Ans.Norway

20.China launched the first phase of CIPS, a milestone in bolstering Yuans global usage and furthering cross-border clearing of its currency. CIPS stands for? Ans.China International Payment System

20-20 GA CAPSULE QUIZ: New Appointments ( World)

Dear BA'ians,

We hope all of you must be prepared by now for the most awaiting "Quiz" based on GA Capsule. As notified, topic of Quiz is based on "Appointments Around The World" section from the Capsule. So, lets come and start the 20-20 Quiz.

New Appointments (worlds) 1.Who has recently been appointed as Circuit Judge in the UK? Ans. Kalyani Kaul 2.Who has recently been appointed as Vice-chairman of the Bank of International Settlement (BIS)? Ans. Raghuram Rajan 3.Tanzania's first female Vice President ________? Ans. Samia Hassan Suluhu 4.Which Indian-Origin has recently been appointed as Defence Minister of Canada? Ans. Harjit Sajjan 5.Who has recently been appointed as Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations? Ans. Lawyer Patricia 6.Who has recently been appointed as Permanent CEO, Twitter? Ans. Jack Dorsey


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7.Who has recently been appointed as Chairman of Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC)? Ans. Hoesung Lee 8.Who has recently been appointed as Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles? Ans. AR Rahman 9.Who has recently been appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal? Ans. Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli 10.Who has recently been appointed as the first women president of Nepal Ans. Bidhya Devi Bhandari 11.Who has recently been appointed as FAO's Assistant Director-General? Ans. Kundhavi Kadiresan 12.Which Indian origin has recently been appointed as Mayor of Bonn in Germany? Ans. Ashok-Alexander Sridharan 13.Which Indian origin has recently been appointed as 23rd Prime Minister of Canada? Ans. Justin Trudeau 14.Who has recently been appointed as Tanzania new President? Ans. John Pombe Magufuli 15.Who has recently been appointed as the 54th speaker of the US House of Representatives? Ans. Paul Ryan 16.Who has recently been appointed as Guatemala new President? Ans. Jimmy Morales 17.Newly appointed UNs refugee chief________? Ans. Filippo Grandi 18.Who has recently been Chosen as postmaster for Sacramento? Ans. Jagdeep Grewal 19.Who has recently been appointed as Australias New Prime Minister? Ans. Malcolm Turnbull 20.Who has recently been appointed as Executive Director, Asian Development Bank (ADB)?

Ans. Swati Dandekar

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz (PM VISITS & AGREEMENTS)


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1. Name the important agreements signed between India and Kazakhstan. Answer. International North South Transport Corridor And to improve Surface Connectivity.

2. India and Australia signed an agreement related to? Answer. Bilateral Defence Partnership 3. India and Indonesia signed a important pact for cooperation on which matters? Answer. criminal matters

4. India inked the $3.1 billion contracts for 22 Apache and 15 Chinook helicopters, taking the total

worth of defence deals inked with which country well past $13 billion? Answer. USA 5. India with which country signed a pact to cooperate on criminal matters? Answer. Indonesia 6. Bilateral cooperation in Tourism & Mekong Ganga Project was signed between India and which

country? Answer. Cambodia 7. India and Laos signed a key memorandum of understanding on Quick Impact Projects under

which programme? Answer. Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MCC) programme

8. India signed a loan agreement with ADB for up-gradation in which sectors of the state? Answer. tourism infrastructure and services in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. 9. The International Labour Organization (ILO) signed mou with which body to impart training to

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to make them competitive and boost productivity? Answer. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) 10. Where will be the Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia-

Pacific region is going to be established? Answer. Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand 11. ILO and FICCI inked MoU to boost ________ productivity? Answer. MSME


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12. India signed agreement with which International organization for financing NCRMP Projects

(National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project). Answer. World Bank

13. The Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the

PACEsetter Fund. With which country India signed mou for this fund? Answer. USA Note:PACE is Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) 14. MoD and MSDE signed MoU to increase employability of ________? Answer. ex-servicemen

15. India signed agreements on Defence Cooperation, Cooperation in Culture, Cooperation in the

field of Elections and Cooperation in the sphere of Standards with which country? Answer. Kyrgyzstan 16. With which country, India signed an agreement to set up PACE Setter Fund? Answer. USA 17. PM Went To attend 7th BRICS Summit And Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Summit in which country? Answer. Russia

18. India and Singapore signed an agreement to enhance _______? Answer. maritime cooperation

19. With which Bank, India signed an agreement for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project? Answer. World Bank

20. Social Security Pact comes into force between which two countries? Answer. India and Canad

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz(R.B.I In News)

1.The Reserve Bank of India decided to grant in principle approval to which organisation to function as the Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) in Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)? Ans 1. NPCI


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2.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued revised and uniform guidelines on Internet Banking for all licensed cooperative banks including Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs), Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and Districts Co-operative Banks (DCBs). The cooperative banks have to report commencement of the service to the concerned Regional Office of RBI in how many months? ANS 2.One months

3.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted in-principle approval to three applicants to set up and operate Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS)/? ANS 3 NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited (NSICL) and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Mumbai b) Axis Bank Limited, Mumbai c) Mynd Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana

4.The Reserve Bank has imposed Rs 1 crore penalty on Dhanlaxmi Bank for violation of? ANS 4. Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) norms.

5.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 October 2015 formed a single Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) with a corpus of Rs? ANS 5.2000 crore rupees.

6.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which bank on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information? ANS.6 the Central Bank of United Arab Emirates (UAE)

7.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the National Pension System (NPS) enabling them access old age income security what are those acts? ANS 7.(1) NPS will act as an investment option for NRIs under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999. (2)NRIs may subscribe to the NPS through normal banking channels and the person is eligible to invest as per the provisions of the PFRDA Act, 2013.

8.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted permission to the Indian corporate to issue offshore rupee-denominated bonds outside India. Such bonds will attract a withholding tax of? ANS 8. 5%

9.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified that the Foreign Institutional Investors(FIIs)/Registered Foreign PortfoliosInvestors (RFPIs) can now invest up to which percentage of the paid up capital of DEN Networks Limited under the Portfolio Investment schemes ? ANS 9. 74%

10.The Reserve Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which bank for exchange of supervisory information? ANS 10.Bangladesh Bank


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11.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a Direction to all Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) on implementation of the Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015 notified by the Union Government.The RBI issued the direction to banks in exercise of powers conferred on it underwhich section? ANS11.Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949

12.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) declared which banks as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) in line with the D-SIB Framework? ANS12 State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank

13.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to issue coins of 5 rupees denomination to commemorate golden jubilee year of Indo-Pak War 1965. These coins will be issued under in which act? ANS13 The Coinage Act, 2011 and will be considered as legal a tend.

14.In a fresh setback to the beleaguered Sahara India Pariwar, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the license of its holding company? ANS 14. Sahara India Financial Corporation Limited (SIFCL)

15.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information. The MoU was signed by RBIs Executive Director and Nepal Rastra Banks Executive Director? ANS 15. Meena Hemchandra and Narayan Prasad Paudel

16.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in principle approval to how many entities to set up small finance banks to provide basic banking services to small farmers and micro industries? ANS 16.10

17.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) relaxed the norms of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) of government debt and also announced higher investment limits in rupee terms in government securities with a view to bring in an additional amount of? ANS 17. 1.2 lakh crore rupees by March 2018

18.(RFPIs) Stand for? Ans 18 .Registered Foreign Portfolios Investors

19.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced relaxation in norms that allow banks to upgrade credit facilities extended to borrowing entities upon a change in ownership, only if the ownership has been changed outside (SDR) stands for? ANS 19. Strategic DebtRestructuring Scheme

20.RBI approval to smal Finance banks will enable these entities comply with the guidelines on Small Finance Banks and will be valid for how many months? ANS 20.18 months.


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20-20 GA Capsule Quiz: Schemes by State Government

1) Which state governement has decided to provide training to over 50,000 employees as part of its Key Result Area (KRA) programme to enhance their performance and bring them on par in competence with the corporate sector? Answer. The Maharashtra Government

2) Name the program that aims to provide safe, affordable, and quality solar lights to people with limited or no access to electricity in rural parts of Rajasthan? Answer. Suryoday

3) Name the company which has planned to set up Kissan Kendras and agri super markets across Kerala. Answer. The Kochi based South Indian Fertilisers

4) Which state government launched M-Shiksha-Mitra mobile app for teachers? Answer. Madhya Pradesh Government

5) Which state government launched Mhara Gaon- Jagmag Gaon Scheme ? Answer. Haryana

6) What is the name of the clinic which was launched by Delhi CM ? Answer. 'Aam Aadmi Clinic'

7) Which state government launched the RISHTA project, an efficient smart LED based street lighting project & became the first state in North India to do so? Answer. Himachal Pradesh

8) What is the full form of RISHTA? Answer. Rajiv Gandhi Illuminating Scheme for Hill Town Advancement

9) Which state government launched the initiative Annapurna Bhandar Yojna which is a public private partnership (PPP) scheme? Answer. Rajasthan Government

10) Name the portal which was launched by Punjab Chief Minister that will fast track infrastructure investment stalled projects, both in the public and private sectors. Answer. ePMS portal


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11) Name the scheme which was launched by Rajasthan government that will help in collection and compilation of health data of the rural population in the state. Answer. Arogya Rajasthan campaign

12) Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the second phase of which scheme to achieve full immunisation of children below two years? Answer. Mission Indradhanush

13) Amo doli programme launched by which state government in naxal-affected district to help patients and pregnant women from inaccessible areas to reach nearest hospital? Answer. Odisha government

14) Government of Andhra Pradesh launched Andhra Pradesh State Enterprise Architecture (APSEA). It is alternatively called as? Answer. e-Pragati project

15) Which state government launched Citizen Portal to launch police complaints? Answer. Odisha Government

16) What is the name of the scheme which was launched by Union Government to benefit farmers.The project will favour use of satellites, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) and other geospatial technology to collect crop yield data and to assess damage from natural calamities. Answer. KISAN (Crop Insurance using Space Technology and Geoinformatics) Project

17) Which state government launched Operation Valsalya to track missing children? Answer. Kerala Government

18) Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh laid the foundation stone for constructing the National Reasarch Centre on Integrated Farming (NRCIF) in which state of India? Answer. East Champaran district, Bihar

19) Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Virbhadra Singh announced that which language will be introduced as a mandatory subject in all government schools in the state? Answer. Sanskrit

20) Which state government will be the first to have disaster management plans for all its districts? Answer. Haryana

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz Set 2 (PM VISITS & AGREEMENTS)


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1. MoU was signed between Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms and which institute to develop Indo-US Life Science Sister Innovation Hub? Answer. The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences

2. The Indus Entrepreneurs signed a MoU with which organization to collaborate in a mutually satisfactory form and manner in order to support the creation of a vibrant ecosystem to foster technology entrepreneurship in India and Silicon Valley? Answer. National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)

3. IIM Ahmedabad's Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) signed a MoU with which organization for founding partner for the Bharat Fund, which will provide seed funding to Indian entrepreneurs? Answer. Tata Trust

4. India inked the $3.1 billion contracts for 22 Apache and 15 Chinook helicopters, taking the total worth of defence deals inked with which country well past $13 billion? Answer. USA

5. India with which country signed a pact to cooperate on criminal matters? Answer. Indonesia

6. Bilateral cooperation in Tourism & Mekong Ganga Project was signed between India and which country? Answer. Cambodia

7. India signed the Loan agreement with which international organization to upgrade tourism infrastructure and services in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Answer. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

8. What is the full form of JBVNL? Answer. Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited

9. The International Labour Organization (ILO) signed mou with which body to impart training to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to make them competitive and boost productivity? Answer. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

10. Where will be the Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia-Pacific region is going to be established? Answer. Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand


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11.The Social Security Pact comes into force Between India and which country? Answer. Canada

12. India signed agreement with which International organization for financing NCRMP Projects (National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project). Answer. World Bank

13. The Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the PACEsetter Fund. With which country India signed mou for this fund? Answer. USA Note:PACE is Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE)

14. With which country, India signed Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for full cooperation to tackle the menace of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) smuggling? Answer. Bangladesh

15. India signed agreements on Defence Cooperation, Cooperation in Culture, Cooperation in the field of Elections and Cooperation in the sphere of Standards with which country? Answer. Kyrgyzstan

16. India signed 3 Agreements with which country mainly To Boost Cooperation Between Their Foreign Offices And In The Field Of Culture And Tourism? Answer. Uzbekistan

17. PM Went To attend 7th BRICS Summit And Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in which country? Answer. Russia

18. Which international organization will help to finance the increased transmission capacity of electricity link between India and Bangladesh? Answer. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

19. India signed 125 million Euros Loan Agreement to fund two projects under Green Energy Corridor with which country? Answer. Germany

20. The Union Cabinet approved the Protocol between India and _____________ and between Indian and ______________ for avoidance of double taxation and for prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital. Answer. Israel & Vietnam.

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz Set 1 (Schemes of Government)


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1. What is the full form of OROP? Answer. One Rank One Pension (OROP)

2. The benefit under OROP will be given with effect from? Answer. 1st of July 2014 3. After every how many years Pension will be re-fixed under OROP? Answer. Every five years 4. Reserve Bank issued guidelines for the Gold Monetisation Scheme that allows whom to fix their own

interest rates on gold deposits? Answer. Banks 5. What is the tenure of gold deposits under the Short Term Bank Deposit (STBD), Medium Term Deposit &

Long term Deposit under the Gold Deposit Scheme? Answer. Short Term (1-3 years), Medium (5-7 years) & Long (12-15 years) Term. 6. Which scheme is aimed to generate electricity from offshore windmills located in areas within Exclusive

Economic Zone (EEZ) of the country? Answer. National Offshore Wind Energy Policy 7. National web portal for apprenticeship training scheme provides opportunities for practical training, is for

graduates, diploma holders and 10+2 pass vocational certificate holders. What is the slogan of this scheme? Answer. Sashakt Yuva, Samarth Bharat 8. How many days have been increased in the MGNREGA Scheme? Answer. 50 days 9. Name the platform which will provide viewers access to over 500 television channels of their choice be it

international, national, regional and local; besides a host of other services like e-applications and TV

everywhere. Answer. NXT DIGITAL Note: Headed In The Sky (HITS) digital platform initiative 10. Name the scheme which was Launched in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to ensure 247 power supply to every

house. Answer. Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)


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11. Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched Indian Railway Knowledge Portal. It is an

initiative of which academy? Answer. National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) 12. Name the web portal which consists of a compilation of all Government schemes of both Central and State

governments for Gram Panchayats. Answer. SAMANVAY 13. Union Government launched School Nursery Yojana to bring students closer to nature. The Yojana seeks

to engage the students from which class in raising of saplings in nurseries created in schools? Answer. class VI to IX 14. Name the drive which will be supported through the Jeevan Suraksha Gift Cheques, which will be

available for purchase for 351 rupees in Bank branches by persons wishing to gift them to facilitate one year

payment of premium for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima

Yojana by the recipient. Answer. Suraksha Bandhan drive 15. Under" Start-up India; Stand up India", PM urged 1.25 lakh bank branches to provide finance to at least

one which community person and at least one woman entrepreneur? Answer. Dalit or Adivasi 16. What is the name of the Seven pronged plan to revamp functioning of public sector banks (PSBs)? Answer. Indradhanush Mission 17. What is the full form of BBB? Answer. Bank Board Bureau 18. For the students seeking educational loans, the government launched which education loan? Answer. www.vidyalakshmi.co.in 19. What is the full form of SEHAT? Answer. Social Endeavour for Health And Telemedicine

20. Under which scheme, people can apply online for new LPG connection and they need not visit to the LPG

distributors for it? Answer. SAHAJ Scheme.

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz (Defence/NASA/Religious Census/Designation & Other)


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1. What is the name of the joint air exercise between China and its strategic partner? Answer. Shaheen (Eagle) 2. AUSINDEX15 is the first maritime exercise between India and which country which recently conducted in

Visakhapatnam? Answer. Australia 3. Expand IACCS? Answer. Integrated Air Command & Control System (IACCS) Note: IACCS system is an automated command and control system for Air Defence (AD) which integrates different air sensors and radars to protect Indian airspace. 4. What is the joint military exercise between India-Sri Lanka named? Answer. MITRA SHAKTI 5. Name the naval ship which was decommissioned after 31 years of service? Answer. INS Astravahini 6. Name the astronaut which is having the record of the most time spent in space. Answer. Russian astronaut Gennady Padalka 7. Name the global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk reduction which is to be dedicated to A.P.J.

Abdul Kalam. Answer. GlobalSat for DRR 8. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has fully commissioned and started commercial production at the

first indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant in which place? Answer. Chavara in Kerala 9. What is the full form of GSLV? Answer. Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle 10. Who is the Attorney General of India? Answer. Mukul Rohtagi 11. Who is the Direcor of Intelligence Bureau (IB)? Answer. Dineshwar Sharma 12. Who is the Speaker of Lok Sabha? Answer. Sumitra Mahajan 13. In the recently revealed 2011 religion-based census data, which religion population growth rate was

maximum and which religion population was minimum? Answer.Muslims: 24.6% Jains: 5.4% 14. What is the FDI limit in Defence? Answer. 49 15. Where will be the 2018 Mens Hockey World Cup held? Answer. India 16. Which country topped the medal tally in 5th Common Wealth Youth Games which held in Apia? Answer. Australia


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17. Who won the women's singles title of US Open 2015? Answer. Flavia Pennetta(Italy) 18. Who is the chairperson of SIDBI? Answer. S Muhnot

19. Who is the Chairperson of National Housing Bank? Answer. Sriram Kalyanaraman 20. Where is Jagannath Rath Yatra held in 2015? Answer. Puri, Odisha

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz (Obituaries/State In News/Operation/Committees)

1. Name the World's shortest man who died? Answer. Chandra Bahadur Dangi

2. Aadesh Shrivastava who recently passed away, was a? Answer. Bollywood Music Composer-Director 3. Who becomes the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for

Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)? Answer. Rajasthan 4. Name the former BCCI President who passed away in September 2015? Answer. Jagmohan Dalmiya 5. Which state government inaugurated Sakhi, which is a one stop center for women in distress? Answer. Haryana Government


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6. Punjab Government has established a special cell to coordinate effective implementation of which scheme

in their state? Answer. National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGA) 7. Dr. Syed Ahmad who died was the? Answer. Former Manipur Governor 8. Name the World War-II hero, who passed away? Answer. Colonel Harwant Singh 9. Om Prakash Munjal who passed away was the founder of which company? Answer. The founder of Hero Cycle 10. Name the Former Chief Justice of India who recently passed away. Answer. Y K Sabharwal 11. The Bharatiya Janata Party-affiliated ABVP has for the second consecutive year trounced National

Students Union of India (NSUI) to win all four seats in the student union elections of Delhi University.

Expand ABVP. Answer. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad 12. Which state has been placed to top position in World Banks first ever ranking of States on the ease of doing business in India? Answer. Gujarat 13. The Indian Army started Operation Shiva to? Answer. To secure Amarnath Yatra 14.Who is heading the committee to revisit civil services examination pattern? Answer. B S Baswan 15. In which city of India, the Korea Caravan 2015 was organized? Answer. Vishakhapatnam 16. Which committee is constituted for Re-drafting National Sports Development Code of India? Answer. Justice Mahajan Committee 17. Which company announced that it will invest $5 billion over the next five years in Maharashtra? Answer. Foxconn 18. Which city becomes the first Indian city to be a member of Beijing head-quartered, World Tourism Cities

Federation (WTCF) Council? Answer. Kochi 19. China-based Smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc has tied up with which company to set first Assembly line in

Andhra Pradesh under Make in India initiative? Answer. Taiwan-based Foxconn 20. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched a new mobile app to aid digital literacy in Bihar. It

aims to help people learn about computers and Internet through self-learning modules. Name the App? Answer. Disha


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20-20 GA Capsule Quiz (RBI /Indian Economy /GDP /Rank of India)

1. The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) increased the life insurance cover of its subscribers

from 3.6 lakh to _____ rupees? Answer. 6 lakh rupees 2. RBI to issue which denomination coins to mark which International Yoga Day? Answer. 10 rupees coins 3. Who has permitted banks including Co-operative banks without ATM network to issue debit cards in tie-

up with a bank that has its own network as it pushes for cashless transactions? Answer. RBI

4. RBI signed Special Currency Swap Agreement with which foreign bank. Under the arrangement, the

Central Bank of Sri Lanka can draw up to 1.1 billion US dollar for a maximum period of six months? Answer. Central Bank of Sri Lanka

5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has chosen how many out of 41 applicants to set up payments banks in

the country? Answer. 11 6. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) declared State Bank of India (SBI) along with which bank as Domestic

Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) in line with the D-SIB Framework? Answer. ICICI bank

7. Central Statistical Office (CSO) released the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the April-

June quarter of 2015. As per the estimates, India grew by how many percent during the first quarter of the

2015-16 financial year? Answer. 7 percent

8. Current account deficit narrows to ____ percent of GDP in April-June? Answer. 1.2% 9. Union Railway Ministry has signed how many Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Union Power

and New & Renewable Energy Ministry for energy conservation, transmission and solarisation? Answer. Four


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10. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) has allowed banks to tie up with a

maximum of ____ insurers from three segments life, nonlife and standalone health insurers as part of the new bancassurance guidelines.

Answer. Nine 11. Which scheme has been acknowledged as the worlds largest cash transfer program (households) by the Guinness Book of World Records? Answer. Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (PAHAL) 12. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched two funds the India Aspiration Fund (IAF) and SIDBI Make in

India Loan for Enterprises (SMILE) under Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in line to

carter funding for start-ups and to aid small enterprises in India. The funds are Rs 2,000-crore India

Aspiration Fund (IAF) and SIDBI Make In India Loan For Enterprises (SMILE) scheme with an investment

size of Rs ______ ? Answer. Rs 10,000 crore. 13. Union government has announced to sell how much stake in state owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)? Answer. 10 percent

14. What is Indias ranks on global peace index?Answer. 143rd Note: Iceland tops list 15. Who expects India to accelerate to 7.5% in FY 2016, 7.9% in FY2017 and 8% in FY 2018?

Answer. World Bank 16. Asian Development Bank cuts India's GDP growth forecast for fiscal to ____% from 7.8 %? Answer. 7.4 % 17. India Ranks ____ in Ease of Doing Business Among 189 Economies? Answer. 142 Note: Singapore is at the top position, followed by New Zealand. 18. What is Indias rank World Press Freedom Index? Answer. 136 Note: Finland on the 1st position followed by Norway and Denmark 19. India ranks _____ on global business resilience index?

Answer. 119 Note: Topped by Norway 20. India ranked _____ in Intellectual Property Index out of total 30 countries? Answer. 29 Note: US on top

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz 4 (Banks in News)


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Dear BA'ians,

We hope all of you must be prepared by now for the most awaiting "Quiz" based on GA Capsule. As notified,

topic of Quiz is based on "Banks & Banking in News" section from the Capsule. So, lets come and start the

20-20 Quiz.

Question 1. Which bank's card announced a strategic partnership with 7 of India's biggest e-commerce players

for its newest offering, the Simply CLICK? Answer. SBI Card

Question 2. Which bank launched Dhanchayat, an educational film to raise awareness on the dangers of borrowing money from unorganised sources? Answer. HDFC Bank Question 3. Which bank launched 'Saral-Rural Housing Loan Scheme for weaker sections of society? Answer. ICICI Bank Question 4. HDFC bank is planning to sell its how much percent stake of HDFC life to its JV partner Standard

Life for Rs. 1700 Crore? Answer. 9 Percent Question 5. SBI launched a mobile wallet app, SBI Buddy, in collaboration with which companies? Answer. Accenture and Mastercard Question 6. HDFC ties up with which e commerce company for co-branded credit card? Answer. Snapdeal Question 7. What is the name of the first-of-its-kind locker facility by ICICI Bank in India with latest robotic

technology? Answer. Smart Vault Question 8. Which bank started operations as a Scheduled Commercial Bank (SCB) recently in 2015? Answer. Bandhan Bank Question 9. Which bank launched IndPay mobile app service to enables its customers to operate bank accounts

anytime from anywhere? Answer. Indian Bank Question 10. Which bank launched the first Contactless Debit, Credit and Multi-Currency Forex Card in

association with VISA payWave in the country? Answer. Axis Bank


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Question 11. Which bank got accredited by the Green Climate Fund as a National Implementing Entity for

undertaking climate change related projects in India? Answer. NABARD Question 12. Which bank announced to launch green bonds in India for raising funds for investments in environmental projects? Answer. HSBC Bank Question 13. What is the name of the app launched by Kotak Mahindra Bank? Answer. Kotak Bharat Question 14. Name the companies who formed Joint Venture to provide technology services solutions to banks? Answer. CSC and HCL Question 15. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Bandhan Bank? Answer. Ashok Kumar Lahiri Question 16. Name the bank which launched Project Tatkal which will help home loan applicants to get the loan

within 10 days after receipt of application form and relevant supporting documents. Answer. SBI Question 17. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which

Central Bank on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information? Answer. Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Question 18. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has chosen how many applications out of 41 applicants to set up

payments banks in the country? Answer. 11 Question 19. RBI decided to issue coins in which denominations to commemorate International Day of Yoga? Answer. 10 rupees Question 20. Who is heading the committee on Medium-term Path on Financial Inclusion which is formed by

RBI? Answer. Deepak Mohanty

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz (India/International News/Appointments/Summits)


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1. Who is the new PM of Australia? Answer. Malcolm Turnbull 2. Who has been appointed as the Mayor of German city of Bonn? Answer. Ashok-Alexander Sridharan 3. Name the person who has been invited to the United Nations High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST). Answer. Metro Man Elattuvalapil Sreedharan 4. Who is appointed as the new PM of Egypt? Answer. Sherif Ismail 5. Who is the new PM of Trinidad and Tobago? Answer. Keith Rowley 6. Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has decided to recognize which sport as a sports discipline and

place it in the Priority category? Answer. Yoga 7. With which country, India have set the bilateral trade target of one billion dollar by 2018? Answer. Belarus 8.Who has become the first political leader to have a mobile app, developed for him to digitally connect with

the citizens of the country? Answer. Narendra Modi launched the 'Narendra Modi Mobile App' 9.The road transport and highways ministry will add nearly how much kilometres of roads to the National

Highways (NH) network in the country in the next six months? Answer. 50,000 km 10. Where will be the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) located? Answer. New Delhi 11. Against which country, India has lost solar case at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)? Answer. United States


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12. Name the system which is launched by India for Foreign Employers, under which foreign employers (FEs)

who wants to recruit Indian workers, including nurses, will have to register in the system. Answer. E-Migrate system 13. What is the new name given to the Highest mountain of North America Mt McKinley? Answer. Denali 14. Name the Indian-origin driver in Australia, who was named as Australian of the Day by Commonwealth

Bank of Australia. Answer. Tejinder Pal Singh 15. Who has been appointed as the Australia's ambassador to India - for education? Answer. Adam Gilchrist 16. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with which country have signed an agreement to create

the world's first internationally-controlled bank of low-enriched uranium to ensure fuel supplies for power

stations and prevent nuclear proliferation? Answer. Kazakhstan 17. Which is the first country in the World to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis? Answer. Cuba 18. Where is the Disaster Mitigation conference of member counties of South Asian Association on Regional

Cooperation (SAARC) held? Answer. New Delhi 19. Where is the India-US Ministerial Energy Dialogue held? Answer. US Department of Energy, Washington 20. Call To Action Summit 2015 on ending preventable child and maternal deaths was held in? Answer. New Delhi 21. Second Australia-India Defence Ministers dialogue concluded in which city of India? Answer. New Delhi

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz 1 (Sports)

Dear BA'ians, We hope all of you must be prepared by now for the most awaiting first ever "Quiz" based on GA Capsule. As notified yesterday night, topic of Quiz is based on "Sports" section from the Capsule. So, lets come and start the 20-20 Quiz.

Question 1. Who became the first Indian Golfer to qualify for Presidents Cup of Golf? Answer. Anirban Lahiri


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Question 2. Indian womens hockey team booked a seat in 2016 Olympics. Where is the 2016 Olympics to be held? Answer. Rio,Brazil Question 3. Who is appointed as the new coach of India's Mens national team of Hockey? Answer. Roelant Oltmans Question 4. Who won the gold medal in the mens 10 metre Air Rifle event of the Asian Air Gun Championships held in New Delhi? Answer. Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra Question 5. Who won the Under-16 team South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) tournament? Answer. Bangladesh Question 6. Who won the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix ? Answer. Lewis Hamilton Question 7. Name the IPL franchises which have been suspended from the IPL after the reports of Justice

Lodha panel? Answer. Chennai Super Kings & Rajasthan Royals Question 8. Name the famous all rounder of Australia who recently announced his retirement from

International Test cricket? Answer. Shane Watson Question 9. Who won the Rogers Cup Masters Tournament 2015? Answer. Andy Murray

Question 10. Name the legendary Tennis player who have been recently inducted into the International

Tennis Hall of Fame? Answer. Amelie Mauresmo Question 11. Who won the mens singles title of Wimbledon 2015? Answer. Novak Djokovic Question 12. Who won the prestigious Ladies British amateur stroke-play Championship 2015 at Leeds,

United Kingdom? Answer. Aditi Ashok Question 13. Name the Indian Wrestler who has secured quota for India in the 2016 Olympic Games? Answer. Narsingh Pancham Yadav Question 14. Who won the Women's FIFA World Cup 2015 for the third time by defeating Japan? Answer. USA Question 15. Name the Indian Wrestler who clinched the gold medal in Cadet Wrestling World

Championships in the 50 kg freestyle competitions in 2015? Answer. Anil Question 16. Who became the second bowler to claim hat-trick on ODI debut and also name the country to

which he belongs? Answer. Kagiso Rabada of South Africa Question 17. Who won the US Open Mixed Doubles Title 2015? Answer. Leander Paes and Martina Hingis


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Question 18. Name the sport which is recognised as an Olympic Sport by IOC recently? Answer. Frisbee Question 19. Who won the Pro Kabaddi League 2015? Answer. U Mumba won it after defeating Bengaluru Bulls. Question 20. Where is the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held? Answer. Durban in South Africa

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz 3 (Appointments)

Dear BA'ians,


topic of Quiz is based on "Appointments" section from the Capsule. So, lets come and start the 20-20 Quiz.

Question 1. Who has been appointed as the new member of the Niti Aayog? Answer. Ramesh Chand Question 2. Who has beeen appointed as the MD and CEO of Canara Bank? Answer. Rakesh Sharma Question 3. Who has been appointed as the CMD of India Trade Promotion Organisation?

Answer. L C Goyal Question 4. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Press Trust of India? Answer. Hormusji N Cama Question 5. KN Tripathi was given the additional charge of Governor of which state? Answer. Tripura

Question 6. Who has been appointed as the President of Cricket Association of Bengal?


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Answer. Sourav Ganguly

Question 7. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Accenture India? Answer. Rekha Menon

Question 8. Who has been appointed as the Governor of Bihar? Answer. Ram Nath Kovind

Question 9. Who has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India? Answer. Om Prakash Rawat

Question 10. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board? Answer. Ajit Seth

Question 11. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of IDBI? Answer. Kishor Piraji Kharat

Question 12. Who has been appointed as the CMD of Air India? Answer. Ashwani Lohani

Question 13. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Indias Oscar jury? Answer. Amol Palekar

Question 14. Who is the Chairman of food safety regulator FSSAI? Answer. Ashish Bahuguna

Question 15. Who is appointed as the Vice-Chief of Indian Army? Answer. Man Mohan Singh Rai

Question 16. Who is the new Home Secretary? Answer. Rajiv Mehrishi

Question 17. Who is the new Finance Sectretary? Answer. Ratan P Watal

Question 18. Who is appointed as the Director-General of CSIR? Answer. Girish Sahni

Question 19. Who is appointed as the CEO of AMFI? Answer. C V R Rajendran

Question 20. Who is the Director of the Aeronautical Development Agency? Answer. C D Balaji

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz 4 (Business News)


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1. Which acquired the Silicon Valley-based startup Reduce Data, a programmatic display advertising platform? Answer. Snapdeal 2. Which company has signed deal with Kesoram Industries Ltd (KIL) to acquire 100 per cent equity in Cavendish Industries Ltd (CIL)? Answer. JK Tyre & Industries (JK Tyre) and JK Asia Pacific Singapore Ltd 3. FreeCharge has partnered with which bank to launch its wallets space? Answer. Yes Bank 4. What is the changed brand name of Uninor? Answer. Telenor India Communications Pvt. Ltd. 5. Facebook announced its partnerships with Internet Service Providers in India to launch wi-fi enabled broadband services in rural areas.What is the name given to this service? Answer. Wi-Fi Express 6. Reliance Defence signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with which company to boost partnership between both countries for manufacturing, knowledge transfer, services and technology development? Answer. Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC) 7. Name the Sri Lankan firm which is acquired by Thomas Cook (India) Ltd? Answer. Luxe Asia Pvt. Ltd 8. Name the company which is acquired by Airtel for mobile payment solutions? Answer. YTS 9. Which company buys Deutsche Banks mutual fund business in India? Answer. Pramerica Asset Managers Pvt Ltd 10. Name the company who has signed Sourav Ganguly for 3-years as social ambassador? Answer. Coca Cola 11. Which Indian firm acquired majority stake in UK-based Avocet Sports? Answer. Worlds largest bicycle manufacturer Hero Cycles 12. Uber Cabs has tied-up with which company to set up WiFi hotspots in each of its cabs? Answer. Bharti Airtel


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13. Bharti Realty tied-up with which group of company to develop housing project? Answer. Eros Group 14. What is the name of the parent company of Google Inc which will encompass its search engine unit and all other subsidiaries? Answer. Alphabet Inc 15. Which online firm introduced cashless payments in educational institutions, which will enable users to pay school fees and dues, cafeteria bill, buy uniforms, books and merchandise? Answer. Paytm 16. YouTube announced its partnership with which institute to set up YouTube Space in Mumbai? Answer. Whistling Woods 17. Which Indian firm bought a 15 per cent stake in Russias second-largest oil field Vankor from Rosneft located in East Siberia? Answer. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) 18. Rajesh Exports acquired which Switzerland-based worlds largest gold refinery? Answer. European Gold Refineries, the 100 per cent holding company of Valcambi 19. Reliance Group has signed an MOU with which company to manufacture Aerostats and Airships? Answer. Augur Overseas Operation 20. Infosys signed Multi-Million Euro Deal with which bank to provide services like application maintenance, package implementation and testing services? Answer. Deutsche Bank

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz 2 (Awards)

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topic of Quiz is based on "Awards" section from the Capsule. So, lets come and start the 20-20 Quiz.

Question 1. Which country has been awarded the UNESCO prize Award of Excellence 2015 for the conservation efforts of the Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple? Answer. India


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Question 2. Who won the Gandhi Peace Prize 2014? Answer. ISRO

Question 3. Who won the United Nations Champions of the Earth award recently in 2015? Answer. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Question 4. Who has been awarded with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2014-15? Answer. Mountaineer Jot Singh of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Question 5. Name the Indians who won the Ramon Magsaysay Awards which were announced in 2015? Answer. Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta Question 6. Who has been awarded with the Saraswati Sammaan for the year 2014? Answer. Dr. M Veerappa Moily Question 7. Who has been recognised with the Ramanujan Prize 2015? Answer. Mathematician Dr. Amalendu Krishna Question 8. Name the person who have won the 2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize? Answer. Dr. Jacob Tsimerman Question 9. Name the veteran writer who has won the 24th Vyaas Samman? Answer. Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka

Question 10. Who won the 2015 Global Leadership Award? Answer. Hindustan Times Group chairperson Shobhana Bharatia and PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi Question 11. Who has been awarded with the 2015 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nansen Refugee Award? Answer. Aqeela Asifi Question 12. Who has been given the Honorary life membership by the Cricket Club of India (BCCI)? Answer. Ajinkya Rahane

Question 13. Name the personality who has been awarded with the 2015 Radhakrishnan award? Answer. Bhajan Sopori

Question 14. Who won the Kalpana Chawla Award 2015? Answer. Jothimani Gowthama Question 15. N Valarmathi recently awarded with which prize in 2015? Answer. 1st Abdul Kalam Award Question 16. Who won the Icon Award 2015 by the Indo-Caribbean Alliance? Answer. Shiv Chanderpaul Question 17. Who won the Arjuna Awards 2015 for his/her excellence in Athletics? Answer. M.R. Poovamma Question 18. Who won the Royal Societys Copley Medal which is the world's oldest scientific prize 2015? Answer. Peter Higgs


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Question 19. Who has been awarded Champions of Change by US White House? Answer. Indian American Sunita Viswanath honoured

Question 20. Who has been recognised with highest French civilian honour Legion of Honour Answer. Sayed Haider Raza

20-20 GA Capsule Quiz Set 2 (PM VISITS & AGREEMENTS)

1. MoU was signed between Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms and which institute to develop Indo-US Life Science Sister Innovation Hub? Answer. The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences

2. The Indus Entrepreneurs signed a MoU with which organization to collaborate in a mutually satisfactory form and manner in order to support the creation of a vibrant ecosystem to foster technology entrepreneurship in India and Silicon Valley? Answer. National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)

3. IIM Ahmedabad's Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) signed a MoU with which organization for founding partner for the Bharat Fund, which will provide seed funding to Indian entrepreneurs? Answer. Tata Trust

4. India inked the $3.1 billion contracts for 22 Apache and 15 Chinook helicopters, taking the total worth of defence deals inked with which country well past $13 billion? Answer. USA

5. India with which country signed a pact to cooperate on criminal matters? Answer. Indonesia

6. Bilateral cooperation in Tourism & Mekong Ganga Project was signed between India and which country? Answer. Cambodia

7. India signed the Loan agreement with which international organization to upgrade tourism infrastructure and services in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Answer. Asian Development Bank (ADB)


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8. What is the full form of JBVNL? Answer. Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited

9. The International Labour Organization (ILO) signed mou with which body to impart training to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to make them competitive and boost productivity? Answer. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

10. Where will be the Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia-Pacific region is going to be established? Answer. Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand

11.The Social Security Pact comes into force Between India and which country? Answer. Canada

12. India signed agreement with which International organization for financing NCRMP Projects (National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project). Answer. World Bank

13. The Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the PACEsetter Fund. With which country India signed mou for this fund? Answer. USA Note:PACE is Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE)

14. With which country, India signed Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for full cooperation to tackle the menace of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) smuggling? Answer. Bangladesh

15. India signed agreements on Defence Cooperation, Cooperation in Culture, Cooperation in the field of Elections and Cooperation in the sphere of Standards with which country? Answer. Kyrgyzstan

16. India signed 3 Agreements with which country mainly To Boost Cooperation Between Their Foreign Offices And In The Field Of Culture And Tourism? Answer. Uzbekistan

17. PM Went To attend 7th BRICS Summit And Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in which country? Answer. Russia

18. Which international organization will help to finance the increased transmission capacity of electricity link between India and Bangladesh? Answer. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

19. India signed 125 million Euros Loan Agreement to fund two projects under Green Energy Corridor with which country? Answer. Germany

20. The Union Cabinet approved the Protocol between India and _____________ and between Indian and ______________ for avoidance of double taxation and for prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital. Answer. Israel & Vietnam.


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