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Current Affairs Quiz: April 1st 2015

1. Keshari Nath Tripathi has been sworn in as Governor of ?

a) Manipur

b) Mizoram

c) Nagaland

d) Sikkim

2. Who among the following has got the privilege to have a planet on their

names?

a) Vishwanathan Anand

b) Alexander Alekhine

c) Anatoly Karpov

d) All of the Above

3. Which among the following country has hosted fifth meeting of SAARC

health ministers?

a) Srilanka

b) India

c) China

d) Nepal

4. Pedro Cateriano Bellido was appointed as Prime Minister of which country?

a) Uganda

b) Peru

c) Sigapore


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d) Italy

5. Which among the following e-commerce website will shut itself from 1 May

and will be available as a mobile app only?

a) Snapdeal

b) Amazon

c) Flipkart

d) Myntra

6. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar launched the country's first indigenously-

built..........................in Mumbai.

a) Scorpene submarine

b) Viscose submarine

c) Seychell submarine

d) Scinchin submarine

7. Who among the following has won Men’s Singles title in Miami Open 2015?

a) Andy Murray

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Jack Sock

d) Vasek Pospisil

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched India's first...........Quality Index

recently.

a) Air

b) Water

c) Land


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d) Noise

9. Recently a three party MoU was inked between Union Ministry of Textiles

................... and National Textile Corporation for transfer of land for

construction of BR Ambedkar memorial.

a) Maharashtra government

b) Delhi government

c) Tamilnadu government

d) Karnataka government

10. As per Global Resilience Index 2015 Report released by FM Global, India

has secured which position in terms of business resilience?

a) 117

b) 118

c) 119

d) 120

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Current Affairs Quiz: April 2nd 2015

1. Keshari Nath Tripathi has been sworn in as Governor of which state?

a) Mizoram

b) West Bengal


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c) Bihar

d) All of the above

2. Who among the following has won Men’s Doubles title in Miami Open

2015?

a) Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic

b) Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer

c) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

d) Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock

3. Who among the following has won Women’s Singles title in Miami Open

2015?

a) Venus Williams

b) Sania Mirza

c) Serena Williams

d) Maria Sharapova

4. Novak Djokovic has won Men’s Singles title in Miami Open 2015 by

defeating whom among the folllwoing?

a) Andy Murray

b) Rafael Nadal

c) Roger Federer

d) David Ferer

5. Who among the following has won Women’s Doubles title in Miami Open

2015?

a) Sania Mirza and Ekaterina Makarova


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b) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis pair

c) Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina

d) Sania Mirza and Maria Sharapova

6. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the repo rate unchanged at.......in its

monetary policy review.

a) 7%

b) 7.2%

c) 7.5%

d) 7.8%

7. Which among the following has inked MoU with Life Insurance

Corporation?

a) Dena Bank

b) Axis Bank

c) Punjab National Bank

d) UCO Bank

8. Cricketer Yuvraj Singh will soon start his new innings as businessman with

........................ Venture to support young entrepreneurs.

a) YouWeCan

b) YouWeVan

c) YouWeWill

d) YouWeHave

9. An Indian origin UK school boy has been chosen for the Institute of Physics

Prize 2015 on Einstein Model. What's his name?


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a) Pravesh Singh

b) Pratap Singh

c) Pankaj Singh

d) Pawan Singh

10. The Reserve Bank of India has kept Cash Reserve Ratio at.......in its

monetary policy review.

a) 3%

b) 3.5%

c) 4%

d) 4.5%

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Current Affairs Quiz: April 3rd 2015

1. Keshari Nath Tripathi has been sworn in as............Governor of Mizoram.

a) 15

b) 16

c)17

d) 18

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched worth Rs 20,000 crore bank

recently to fund the small entrepreneurs. Name the bank.

a) MUDRAN

b) MUDRA


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c) PAISA

d) RUPAYA

3. Which among the following website has acquired mobile transaction

platform FreeCharge?

a) FLIPKART

b) SNAPDEAL

c) AMAZON

d) JABONG

4. Which bank was the first to cut the base rate off to heed Raghuram Rajan's

call?

a) ICICI Bank

b) HDFC Bank

c) State Bank of India

d) Punjab National Bank

5. Who among the following has won bronze in World Women’s chess

championship?

a) Natalija Pogonina

b) Mariya Muzychuk

c) Dronavalli Harika

d) Koneru Humpy

6. Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has partnered with which website to sell its

products in the country?

a) FLIPKART


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b) SNAPDEAL

c) AMAZON

d) All of the above

7. Indian Steel Companies have inked a MoU with Union Ministry of Steel to

set up Steel Research and Technology Mission of India in which city?

a) Chennai

b) Mumbai

c) New Delhi

d) Kolkata

8. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis pair has won Women’s Doubles title in

Miami Open 2015 by defeating whom among the folllwoing?

a) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina

b) Carla Suárez Navarro and Elena Vesnina

c) Maria Sharapova and Carla Suárez Navarro

d) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina

9. Serena Williams has won Women’s Singles title in Miami Open 2015 by

defeating whom among the folllwoing?

a) Venus Williams

b) Sania Mirza

c) Carla Suárez Navarro

d) Maria Sharapova


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10. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan has won Men’s Doubles title in Miami Open

2015 by defeating whom among the folllwoing?

a) Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic

b) Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer

c) David Ferer and Andy Murray

d) Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock

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Current Affairs Quiz: April 4th 2015

1. Union Government has raised stake in state-owned IFCI Ltd to how much per

cent?

a) 49%

b) 50%

c) 51%

d) 55%

2. Who among the following has been appointed as chief election

commissioner?

a) Sumit Mazumder

b) Mayilsamy Annadurai

c) Dr Nasim Zaidi

d) Harishankar Brahma


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3. Who among the following China's Olympic hurdles GOLD medallist retired

his announcement?

a) Liu Xiang

b) Zhe Xiang

c) Xhe Xiang

d) Che Xiang

4. The Reserve Bank has notified government's decision to raise foreign direct

investment limit in the insurance sector to..........per cent.

a) 49

b) 50

c) 51

d) 60

5. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited which country?

a) France

b) Germany

c) Canada

d) All of the above

6. Who among the following has become the most expensive player in the IPL

tournament?

a) Suresh Raina

b) Virat Kohli

c) MS Dhoni

d) Yuvraj Singh


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7. Who among the following has been appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite

Centre?

a) Dr SK Ramkumar

b) Dr SK Shyamkumar

c) Mayilsamy Annadurai

d) Dr SK Shivakumar

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched worth Rs.................crore bank

recently to fund the small entrepreneurs. Name the bank.

a) 10,000

b) 20,000

c) 30,000

d) 40,000

9. Who among the following has won bronze in World Women’s chess

championship?

a) Natalija Pogonina

b) Mariya Muzychuk

c) Dronavalli Harika

d) Koneru Humpy

10. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis pair has won Women’s Doubles title in

Miami Open 2015. Martina Hingis belongs to which country?

a) UK

b) US

c) Russia


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d) Switzerland

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1. Dronavalli Harika has won ................. in World Women’s chess

championship.

a) Gold

b) Silver

c) Bronze

d) None of These

2. Who among the following has been elected as the President of CII for the

year 2015-16?

a) Sumit Mazumder

b) Ajay Shriram

c) Dr Nasim Zaidi


3. Who among the following has been conferred with Sahitya Shiromani

Samman of Uttar Pradesh?

a) Harishankar Brahma


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b) Uday Pratap Singh

c) Gopaldas Neeraj

d) B & C

e) A & B

4. Who among the following has made history in National Basketball

Association?

a) Manpreet 'Sim' Bhullar

b) Gurpreet 'Sim' Bhullar

c) Gursimran 'Sim' Bhullar

d) Harpreet 'Sim' Bhullar

5. Retirement fund body EPFO has suspended Rs................minimum monthly

pension scheme from this month.

a) 1,000

b) 1,500

c) 2,000

d) 2,500

6. Which city was awarded with the title of Global Earth Hour Capital 2015?

a) Newyork

b) Balikpapan

c) Seoul

d) Thane

7. Who among the following former Air Chief Marshal has recently passed

away?


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a) Hrushikesh Moolgaonkar

b) Mayilsamy Annadurai

c) Dr Nasim Zaidi


8. Which bank has made an agreement to acquire Royal Bank of Scotland's

Diamond & Jewellery FINANCING business in India?

a) Axis Bank

b) IndusInd Bank

c) Yes Bank

d) ICICI Bank

9. The Reserve Bank has notified government's decision to raise FDI in the

insurance sector to 49% from the present........%

a) 5

b) 15

c) 20

d) 26

10. Yuvraj Singh has become the most expensive player in the IPL tournament.

He was bought for Rs..........

a) 13 crores

b) 14 crores

c) 15 crores

d) 16 crores

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1. Uday Pratap Singh and Gopaldas Neeraj has been conferred with Sahitya

Shiromani Samman of which state?

a) Bihar

b) Madhya Pradesh

c)Uttar Pradesh

d) Chhattisgarh

2. Which among the following city was awarded with the title of National Earth

Hour Capital 2015?

a) Gangtok

b) Thane

c) Imphal

d) Siliguri

3. Who among the following was appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered

Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax?

a) Abdul Rahim

b) KM Mani

c) Bharat Hari Singhania

d) Deepak Kaul

4. Who among the following was appointed as the new President of JK

Organisation?

a) Abdul Rahim


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b) Gaur Hari Singhania

c) Bharat Hari Singhania

d) Deepak Kaul

5. India's first International Financial Services Centre has become operational at

GIFT City in......................district.

a) Gangtok

b) Gandhinagar

c) Gaya

d) Ghaziabad

6. Who among the following has grabbed bronze in ISSF Rifle and Pistol World

Cup?

a) Vijay Kumar

b) Anjali Bhagwat

c) Apurvi Chandela

d) Gagan Narang

7. Which country will chair the ninth meeting of the International Renewable

Energy Agency Council in Abu Dhabi?

a) UAE

b) India

c) China

d) Russia

8. India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable............ballistic missile with a

strike range of 350 km from Odisha coast recently


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a) Agni II

b) Agni III

c) Agni IV

d) Dhanush

9. Nasa's MAVEN - the first mission ever devoted to understanding the Martian

upper atmosphere has completed..............orbits around Mars.

a) 1,00

b) 1,000

c) 10,000

d) 1,00,000

10. Who among the following was appointed as the new Chief Executive

Officer of Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Mumbai?

a) Varun Kumar Jha

b) Tarun Kumar Jha

c) Narendra Kumar Jha

d) Arun Kumar Jha

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1. World Health Day was observed worldwide on......April with the theme for

the year is "From farm to plate, make food safe."

a) 4

b) 5

c) 6

d) 7

2. Who among the following was announced the Indian of the Year Award 2014

by CNN-IBN?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Kailash Satyarthi

c) Atal Bihari Bajpayee

d) Kangana Ranaut

3. Who among the following was conferred with the Knight of the Order of

Arts and Letter of France?

a) Anupam Kher

b) Kirron Kher

c) Bharti Kher

d) Divya Kher

4. Air Marshal Sohail Aman was appointed as the Chief of.............Air Force.

a) Pakistan

b) India

c) Afghanistan

d) Iran


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5. Who among the following was awarded with KwaZulu-Natal 2015 National

Teachers Awards in Johannesburg?

a) Prithvi Raj Chauhan

b) MV Bajpayee

c) Ganasen Reddy

d) Sandeep Reddy

6. Recently which famous singer was presented with the Laadli Voice of the

Century award?

a) Lata Mangeshkar

b) Girija Devi

c) Shreya Ghoshal

d) Sunidhi Chauhan

7. Who among the following was appointed as the Chairman and Managing

Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India?

a) Muthoot Allaiyya

b) Murthi Narayan

c) Kshatrapati Shivaji

d) Raghav Patil

8. Who among the following has won a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol

event at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup?

a) Vijay Kumar

b) Jitu Rai


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c) Apurv Chandela

d) Gagan Narang

9.Apurvi Chandela has grabbed.................in ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup.

a) Gold

b) Silver

c) Bronze

d) None of These

10. Recently..................India's license has been suspended temporarily for

misusing the funds.

a) PETA

b) UNICEF

c) WHO

d) Greenpeace

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1. The UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in which

country?

a) Russia


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b) China

c) Japan

d) India

2. World’s largest and tallest Indian national flag was unfurled in which city of

India?

a) Ghaziabad

b) Noida

c) Gurgaon

d) Faridabad

3. Which among the following country will host the seventh Asian Ministerial

Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2016?

a) India

b) Malaysia

c) Pakistan

d) Myanmar

4. Who among the following has stepped down as Chairperson of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

a) MV Kamath

b) Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri

c) Kailash Satyarthi

d) PN Rao

5. Who among the following nuclear scientist has resigned from the post of

Chairman of Board of Governors of IIT-Bombay?


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a) Anil Kakodkar

b) Sunil Kakodkar

c) Mahesh Kakodkar

d) Ajay Kakodkar

6. Narayanbhai Desai died recently at a private hospital in Surat. Who was he?

a) Author

b) Poet

c) Gandhian and social worker

d) Singer

7. Who among the following was honoured with an honorary Doctorate

of Automotive Engineering by the Clemson University?

a) Aziz Premji

b) K Narayanmurthi

c) Mukesh Ambani

d) Ratan Tata

8. Hifikepunye Pohamba outgoing President of ................. won the Mo Ibrahim

prize for achievement in African leadership for year 2014.

a) Nigeria

b) Namibia

c) Norway

d) Kenya


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9.Who among the following was selected for the prestigious International

Women of Courage Award 2015 by the US Secretary of State?

a) Tabassum Adnan

b) Nadia Sharmeen

c) Niloofar Rahmani

d) All of the above

10. Jitu Rai has grabbed.................in the 10m air pistol event at the International

Shooting Sport Federation World Cup.

a) Gold

b) Silver

c) Bronze

d) None of These

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1. Recently International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup was organized

in which country?

a) North Korea

b) South Korea

c) China

d) Japan


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2. Which among the following bank has agreed for a USD 1.5 billion currency

swap agreement with the Sri Lankan central bank to help its currency stable?

a) State Bank of India

b) Reserve Bank of India


d) Bank of Baroda

3. How many accounts have been opened under ‘Sukanya Samridhi Scheme’ in

for girl child?

a) 80 lakh

b) 1.80 lakh

c) 2.80 lakh

d) 3.80 lakh

4. Which among the following state has registered the lowest growth rate of

population in the last one decade?

a) Kerala

b) Tamilnadu

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Karnataka

5. Government has increased the service tax to……….% from the current 12.36

%.

a) 13

b) 14

c) 15


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d) 16

6. Which among the following state will get its first super-critical ultramega

power project (UMPP)?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Punjab

d) Chhatisgarh

7. Almost 17 agreements has been signed between India and…………… during

PM Narendra Modi’s visit.

a) China

b) Russia

c) France

d) Germany

8. Astronomer Amy Mainzer of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in

California has named Asteroid 316201 after whom among the following?

a) Kailash Satyarthi

b) Malala Yousafzai

c) Narendra Modi

d) Hillary Clinton

9. Which among the following state has been ranked as the best performing

state on development parameters, as per an Assocham study?

a) Kerala

b) Tamilnadu


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c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Karnataka

10. Eighth India-Nepal combined exercise has been

named………………..which was concluded at Nepal.

a) Surya Kiran V

b) Surya Kiran VI

c) Surya Kiran VII

d) Surya Kiran VIII

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1. Recently a bill banning cow slaughter which was pending for the past several

years has received the President’s assent. The bill is banned in which state?

a) Haryana

b) Chhatisgarh

c)Maharashtra

d) Delhi

2. Who among the following has been given additional charge of Managing

Director and CEO of Bank of Baroda?


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a) Ranjan Dhawan

b) Ranjit Dhawan

c) Ranjay Dhawan

d) Vijay Dhawan

3. Which among the following has lost the number one spot to Apple in the

global smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2014?

a) Microsoft

b) Samsung

c) Motorola

d) Micromax

4. Which among the following has surpassed Mukesh Ambani as the

world’s richest Indian?

a) Anil Ambani

b) Ratan Tata

c) Dilip Shanghvi

d) Aziz Premji

5. Which state government has officially scrapped the 5% reservation for

Muslims in educational institutions?

a) Haryana

b) Chhatisgarh

c) Maharashtra


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d) Uttar Pradesh

6. Export-Import Bank of India is planning to raise about Rs................. crore

during 2015-16.

a) 10,000

b) 11,000

c) 12,000

d) 13,000

7. Who among the following novelist has won the Folio Prize 2015?

a) Akhil Sharma

b) Vikram Seth

c) Arundhati Roy

d) Jhumpa Lahiri

8. Which Internet company is shutting down its presence in China?

a) Google

b) Rediff

c) Yahoo

d) None of These

9. Which famous author has joined the Swachh Bharat campaign recently?

a) Ruskin Bond

b) Vikram Seth

c) Arundhati Roy

d) Jhumpa Lahiri


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10. National Payments Corporation of India successfully linked.......crore bank

accounts with Aadhaar number.

a) 10

b) 15

c) 20

d) 25

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1. India has signed an agreement on transfer of sentenced persons with

.................. which allows Indian convicts in...............to complete their

remaining sentence in India and vice versa.

a) Qatar

b) Iran

c)Afghansitan

d) Malaysia

2. Who among the following has grabbed ITF Futures tournament title?

a) Saina Nehwal

b) Sania Mirza

c) Yuki Bhambri


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d) Anjali Sharma

3. President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated ‘Songs and Dances of the North

East’ cultural festival in which city?

a) Chandigarh

b) Chennai

c) New Delhi

d) Mumbai

4. Which company has signed a MoU with AREVA of France for co-operation

to maximise localisation of the EPR nuclear power plant?

a) NTPC

b) CIL

c) Infosys

d) Larsen & Toubro

5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s largest industrial fair

industrial fair in which country?

a) Russia

b) Germany

c) China

d) Japan

6. Who among the following has grabbed Chinese Grand Prix of Formula One?

a) Sebastien Vettel

b) Michael Shoomarkar

c) Nico Rosberg


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d) Lewis Hamilton

7. Who among the following has been appointed as CEO of Khadi and Village

Industries Commission?

a) Arun Kumar Jha

b) Abhay Kumar Jha

c) Avinash Kumar Jha

d) Arnab Kumar Jha

8. Who among the following has become the president of JK Organization?

a) Bharat Hari Singhania

b) Gaur Hari Singhania

c) Bhushan Hari Singhania

d) Naresh Hari Singhania

9. National Safe Motherhood day was observed nationwide on which day?

a) 8 April

b) 9 April

c) 10 April

d) 11 April

10. Which edition of UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was

held in Japan?

a) Second

b) Third

c) Fourth

d) Fifth


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1. Reserve Bank of India has agreed for a USD...............currency swap

agreement with the Sri Lankan central bank to help its currency stable?

a) 1.5 billion

b) 2.5 billion

c) 3.5 billion

d) 4.5 billion

2. The retail inflation drops to three month low of...........% in March.

a) 5.17

b) 5.27

c) 5.37

d) 5.47

3. FDI has entered into services sector rose by about........% to $2.64 billion in

April-January last fiscal yeae.

a) 44

b) 45

c) 46


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d) 47

4. As per World Bank, India’s GDP growth rate to reach........by 2017.

a) 6%

b) 7%

c) 8%

d) 9%

5. The popular ‘Vividh Bharati’ services of All India Radio will now be

available in and around................on mobile handsets.

a) Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Hyderabad

d) Uttar Pradesh

6. Which online e-commerce retail website pullerd out of Airtel Zero

preferential access platform?

a) Flipkart

b) Snapdeal

c) Amazon

d) Yepme

7.Who among the following has created history by becoming the first Indian

female tennis player to achieve the world number one rank in doubles?

a) Ankita Bhambri

b) Sania Mirza

c) Yuki Bhambri


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d) Prerna Bhambri

8. Recently a German Nobel laureate has died. Name him.

a) Guenter Grass

b) Guenter Brass

c) Guenter Frass

d) Guenter Krass

9. Which state government has launched industrial tourism to showcase

development?

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Punjab

d) Chhatisgarh

10. Which bank has cut home loan rate by another 10 bps for new new home

loans buyers?

a) Bank of Baroda

b) State Bank of India


d) Union Bank of India

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1. Maharashtra government has officially scrapped........reservation for Muslims

in educational institutions.

a) 2 %

b) 3 %

c) 4 %

d) 5 %

2. Who among the following has acquired cloud-based data firm MaplePOS?

a) Just Dial

b) eBay

c) Zomato

d) Quikr

3. Union Ministry of Home Affairs has renamed Tourist Visa on Arrival-

Electronic Travel Authorization scheme to...................

a) Public Tourist Visa

b) Online Tourist Visa

c) E-Tourist Visa

d) Easy Tourist Visa

4. Celebrated Assamese Filmmaker passed away recently. Name him.

a) Bijoy Chakraborty

b) Bimal Chakraborty


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c) Binay Chakraborty

d) Bidyut Chakrabort by

5. India's wholesale price index based inflation (WPI) stood at ........ % for

March.

a) -2.33

b) 2.33

c) -3.33

d) 3.33

6. Which state government had decided to give cabinet minister status to Baba

Ramdev?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Haryana

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

7. Recently Ri Su Yong visited India. He is Foreign Minkster of which country?

a) South Korea

b) North Korea

c) Japan

d) Malaysia

8. Reserve Bank of India has agreed for a USD 1.5 billion currency swap

agreement with which country's central bank to help its currency stable?

a) Nepal


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b) Sri Lanka

c) Japan

d) Russia

9. US Internet company Yahoo is shutting down its presence in which of the

following country?

a) China

b) Sri Lanka

c) Japan

d) Russia

10. Novelist Akhil Sharma has won the Folio Prize 2015 for which novel?

a) Lifeless

b) Incredible Beliefs

c) Meet My Bro

d) Family Life

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1. Recently..........................Nobel laureate Guenter Grass died.

a) Spanish

b) German


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c) Dutch

d) American

2. Sania Mirza created history and becaome the first Indian female tennis player

to achieve the world number one rank in doubles by defeating which pair?

a) Casey Dellacqua and Martina Hingis

b) Darija Jurak and Martina Hingis

c) Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak

d) Casey Dellacqua and Serena Williams

3. Who among the following has been sworn in as first lady judge of Sikkim

High Court?

a) Meenakshi Madan Rai

b) Sonakshi Madan Rai

c) Enaakshi Madan Rai

d) Saakshi Madan Rai

4. Union Government forms task force under the chairmanship of ......................

to expedite work on inter-linking of rivers.

a) A N Navalawala

b) B N Navalawala

c) H N Navalawala

d) M N Navalawala

5. India and...................have signed a series of agreements and promises to send

uranium to the South Asian nation.

a) UAE


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b) Iran

c) Canada

d) Germany

6. Who among the following is the winner of this year’s reader poll for TIME

Person of the Year?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Xi Jinping

c) Barack Obama

d) Malala Yusufzai

7. MoU has been inked between..................and Russian firm INTMA to set up

power plant in Kazakhstan.

a) NTPC

b) SAIL

c) BEL

d) BHEL

8. Leaders of....................Janata Parivar parties announced their decision to

merge into one larger party. Mulayam Singh Yadav will the head new party

a) Three

b) Four

c) Five

d) Six

9. Agni..............missile has been test-fired successfully.


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a) I

b) II

c) III

d) IV

10. Celebrated ..................... Filmmaker Bidyut Chakraborty passed away

recently.

a) Bengali

b) Assamese

c) UP

d) Bihari

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B C A B C A D D C B


1. Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first Indian female tennis player

to achieve the world number one rank in doubles with whom?

a) Ankita Bhambri

b) Martina Hingis

c) Casey Dellacqua

d) Darija Jurak

2. Who among the following has been elected as member of Laureus Sports

Academy?


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a) Rahul Dravid

b) Sachin Tendulkar

c) Virendra Sehwag

d) VVS Laxman

3. Who among the following has been honoured with the 'Champions of

Change' award by Barack Obama?

a) Hillary Clinton

b) Anjali Sharma

c) Priya Desai

d) Satya Nadella

4. Which company has regained its status as the most profitable Indian company

after posting an 8.5 per cent rise for the March quarter?

a) Reliance Industries

b) TCS

c) Cognizant

d) Infosys

5. UN peace envoy to Yemen........................has resigned after losing support

from Gulf countries.

a) Jamal Benomar

b) Kamal Benomar

c) Malal Benomar

d) Akbar Benomar


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6. As per Moody's analysis, India will grow at.................in 2015.

a) 5.5 %

b) 6.5 %

c) 7.5 %

d) 8.5 %

7. Who among the following will head new party Janta Parivar which will

merge into one larger party?

a) Lalu Yadav

b) Mulayam Singh Yadav

c) Sharad Yadav

d) Neetish Kumar

8. Meenakshi Madan Rai has been sworn in as first lady judge of..................

High Court.

a) Nagaland

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Sikkim

d) Manipur

9. Asia Cup 2016 will be played in which among the following format?

a) T-10 format

b) T-20 format

c) 50-over game

d) Test Cricket format


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10. Celebrated Assamese..................... Bidyut Chakraborty passed away

recently.

a) Actor

b) Singer

c) Filmmaker

d) Author

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B B D A A C B C B C


1. Somali Militants have killed almost 150 students in which university?

a) Yemen

b) Kenya

c) Nigeria

d) Iran

2. World Health Day was observed worldiwde on which day?

a) 7 April

b) 8 April

c) 9 April

d) 10 April


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3. Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of Indian

Premier League governing council by the BCCI?

a) Lalit Modi

b) Rajeev Shukla

c) N Srinivasan

d) Anurag Thakur

4. Who among the following has been appointed as new Indian Ambassador to

France?

a) Amit Kumar

b) Sanjay Kumar

c) Mohan Kumar

d) Arun Kumar

5. Which state government has set up task forces on agriculture development

and poverty alleviation?

a) West Bengal

b) Tamilnadu

c) Delhi

d) Maharashtra

6. Who among the following has become first woman bus driver to be inducted

in Delhi Transport Corporation?

a) Vankadarath Saritha

b) Vankadarath Hema

c) Vankadarath Jaya


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d) Vankadarath Sushma

7. Which company has signed MoU with Private Sector Dighi Port Limited for

Rail Connectivity?

a) RVNL

b) BSNL

c) SAIL

d) NTPC

8. Which state government has inked MoU with IISL Company to replace

streetlights in 13 municipalities with LED lights?

a) Kerala

b) Tamilnadu

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Karnataka

9. The International Paralympic Committee has suspended the Paralympic

Committee of.................for indefinite period.

a) Pakistan

b) India

c) Afghanistan

d) Malaysia

10. Pakistan and.....................will soon hold first-ever joint military exercises as

part of their enhanced defence cooperation.

a) Russia

b) US


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c) UK

d) China

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B A B C D A A C B A


1. Who among the following from Haryana has set National Youth record in

hammer throw?

a) Ashish Jakhar

b) Sukhdev Singh

c) Vishesh Jakhar

d) Balvinder Singh

2. Supreme Court has appointed whom among the following to head an

investigating team to further probe the IPL season 6 spot-fixing and betting

scandals?

a) T S Thakur

b) F M I Kalifulla

c) Vivek Priyadarshi

d) RM Lodha

3. Which state government has approved release of Gharials in Sutlej and Beas

rivers to promote eco-tourism?

a) West Bengal


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b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Haryana

d) Punjab

4. Who among the following was appointed as leader of opposition in Delhi

Assembly?

a) Vijender Gupta

b) C.L. Gupta

c) Dr Harshvardhan

d) Anurag Thakur

5. Who among the following was elected the fifth general secretary of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist)?

a) V.S. Achuthanandan

b) Budhhadeb Bhattacharya

c) Nirupam Sen

d) Sitaram Yechury

6. Which bank in collaboration with Tech Mahindra has launched a payment

service ‘Tap-n-Pay’ based on the near-field communications technology?

a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

b) Axis Bank

c) ICICI Bank

d) Yes Bank

7. The Indian Navy has launched.............................., the first of stealth

destroyers under the P15-B project.


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a) Vikramaditya

b) Visakhapatnam

c) Vayuputra

d) Vinashak

8. BHEL has commissioned a 250-mw coal-based thermal power plant in which

state?

a) West Bengal

b) Gujarat

c) Delhi

d) Maharashtra

9. Which state government has launched a major campaign "Subodham" to help

people in the state overcome alcohol, drug and other substance abuse?

a) Kerala

b) Tamilnadu

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Karnataka

10. Which Formula One world champion has grabbed the Bahrain Grand Prix

for the second year in a row?

a) Sebastian Vettel

b) Michael Shoomarkar

c) Kimi Raikkonen

d) Lewis Hamilton


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A C D A D C B B A D


1. PM Narendra Modi recently visited which country and generated business

worth 1.6 billion dollars?

a) Singapore

b) Canada

c) Nepal

d) Bhutan

2. Who among the following has been appointed as University Advisory

Professor at ECNU?

a) Bobby Jindal

b) Vishwas Patil

c) Vishal Sikka

d) Rohan Bajaj

3. Who among the following has won Asian Business Leader of the year

award?

a) Sakhuja brothers

b) Meet brothers

c) Ambani brothers


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d) Hinduja brothers

4. World Heritage Day was observed worldwide on...........April.

a) 15

b) 16

c) 17

d) 18

5. World Hemophilia Day was observed worldwide on...........April.

a) 15

b) 16

c) 17

d) 18

6. SEBI has barred..............................and 128 other entities from the securities

market.

a) Mishka finance and Trading

b) Mishti finance and Trading

c) Mostri finance and Trading

d) Sharma finance and Trading

7. Who among the following has been named 2015 Yale World Fellows in US?

a) Zeena Johar

b) Rahul Pandita

c) A & B

d) Only B


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8. ICICI Bank in collaboration with......................has launched a payment

service ‘Tap-n-Pay’ based on the near-field communications technology.

a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

b) Axis Bank

c) Tech Mahindra

d) Yes Bank

9. Which company has commissioned a 250-mw coal-based thermal power

plant in which state?

a) BHEL

b) CIL

c) SAIL

d) NTPC

10. Ashish Jakhar from....................has set National Youth record in hammer

throw.

a) Delhi

b) Haryana

c) Gurgaon

d) Ghaziabad

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1. PM Narendra Modi recently visited Canada to generate business

worth.......................dollars.

a) 1.6 billion

b) 2.6 billion

c) 3.6 billion

d) 4.6 billion

2. Who among the following former Odisha Chief Minister has passed away?

a) Heer Patnaik

b) Ajay Patnaik

c) Naveen Patnaik

d) J.B Patnaik

3. Who among the following will head National Judicial Appointments

Commission?

a) Mahesh Patil

b) Ajay Aiyyer

c) Ram Jethmalani

d) H.L.Dattu

4. The BJP-led NDA government has dropped whose names of former Prime

Ministers from two awards for Hindi promotion?

a) Jawahar Lal Nehru and PV Narsimha Rao

b) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi


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c) Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi

d) Indira Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru

5. Which bank has inked MoUs with LIC and New India Assurance to provide

insurance cover to its accountholders?

a) Punjab National Bank

b) UCO Bank

c) Bank of Baroda

d) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

6. Indian government has launched................an online monitoring mechanism

to monitore implementation of various ongoing projects including Rail Budget

proposals.

a) E-Upay

b) E-Vishleshan

c) E-Samiksha

d) E-Aaklan

7. Which country will soon unveil a $46 billion infrastructure spending plan in

Pakistan to open new trade route?

a) China

b) Japan

c) Afghanistan

d) UAE

8. A...................magnetic levitation train has broken world speed record for

hitting 603km/h in a test run near Mount Fuji.

a) American


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b) Chinese

c) Japanes

d) British

9. Chennai-based local listing services provider Sulekha.com has raised

Rs....................... from the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore-GIC.

a) 75 crore

b) 100 crore

c) 125 crore

d) 175 crore

10. An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced 20 years in prison to ousted

President...................for killing protesters in 2012.

a) Mohammed Morsy

b) Mohammed Ansari

c) Essam el-Erian

d) Mohammed el-Beltagy

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A D D C D C A C D A


1. Union Cabinet has finally approved lowering of age of Juveniles from 18

to.............for heinous crimes.

a) 17


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b) 16

c) 15

d) 14

2. Which company has announced to enter into the solar energy sector with

plans to invest Rs 1,600 crore in upcoming years?

a) Jaypee Cement Group

b) JBM Group

c) JLL Group

d) Jindal Steel Group

3. Who among the following was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Film

Foundation Award?

a) Shah Rukh Khan

b) Aamir Khan

c) Salman Khan

d) Akshay Kumar

4. Who among the following was sworn-in as the US Surgeon General?

a) Vivek Murthy

b) Boris D. Lushniak

c) Bobby Jindal

d) Nancy Powel

5. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has given his final approval to

which national park for being declared as tiger reserves?

a) Kudermukh National Park


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b) Rajaji National Park

c) Kajiranga National Park

d) A & B

6. Which state government has cancelled allotment of land for Hindustan Coca-

Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd?

a) West Bengal

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Karnataka

d) Tamil Nadu

7. Pakistan has honoured the Nishan-e-Pakistan, top civilian award, to which

country's President for lauding relationship between the two countries?

a) China

b) Japan

c) Russia

d) UAE

8. Which company has changed its name to Vedanta Ltd to better align with its

international identity?

a) BALCO

b) Cairn India

c) Hindustan Zinc Ltd

d) Sesa Sterlite

9. China will soon unveil a......................infrastructure spending plan in Pakistan

to open new trade route?


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a) $16 billion

b) $26 billion

c) $36 billion

d) $46 billion

10. J.B Patnaik who is former Chief Minister of..................has passed away.

a) UP

b) Bihar

c) West Bengal

d) Odisha

ANSWER SHEET

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B B A A D D A D D D

Current Affairs Quiz: April 21st 2015

1. Which orhanisation has established Pollution Management and

Environmental Health program?

a) World Bank

b) IFCI

c) CARE

d) WHO


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2. Who among the following has grabbed the first big clay-court tournament of

the season in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters?

a) Tomas Berdych

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Roger Federer

d) Andy Murray


Foundation Award?

a) Rajkummar Rao

b) Huma Qureshi

c) Tiger Shroff

d) All of them

4. According to the World Happiness Report 2015, which country topped in the

list?

a) Russia

b) UK

c) USA

d) Switzerland

5. The Delhi govt will launch Labour Development Mission on May.....

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4


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6. India has delivered three military choppers Cheetal helicopters to which

country?

a) Pakistan

b) Afghanistan

c) UAE

d) Iran

7. Which bank has partnered with insurance companies New India Assurance

Co and Star Union tie up for Social Security Scheme

a) Bank of Baroda

b) Punjab National Bank

c) UCO Bank

d) Bank of India

8. Which country will host FIFA Club World Cup in 2015 and 2016?

a) China

b) Japan

c) Russia

d) UAE

9. Who among the following will receive London Marathon Lifetime

Achievement Award?

a) Paula Radcliffe

b) John Radcliffe

c) Patty Radcliffe


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d) Eddie Radcliffe

10. Who among the following novelist bagged 50th Jnanpith Award?

a) Uday Prakash

b) Divya Kumar Pandey

c) Anuraag Muskan

d) Bhalchandra Nemade

ANSWER SHEET

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A B D D A B D B A D

Current Affairs Quiz: April 22nd 2015

1. International Mother Earth Day was observed worldwide on..........April 2015.

a) 19

b) 20

c)21

d) 22

2. Which among the following bank has tied up with UAE Exchange for instant

money transfer?

a) Bank of Baroda

b) Punjab National Bank

c) UCO Bank

d) State Bank of India


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3. Who among the following has beocme the first woman to climb the Everest

summit twice in a week?

a) Tanjan Sherpa

b) Himadri Sherpa

c) Chhurim Sherpa

d) Nanjai Sherpa

4. Which state government has launched Subodham project to end liquor abuse?

a) Kerala

b) Tamilnadu

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

5. World Hemophilia Day 2015 was observed worldiwide on....................

a) 17 April

b) 18 April

c) 19 April

d) 20 April

6. Time Magazine has released list of 100 most influential people in the world

which included......................

a) Narendra Modi

b) Chanda Kochhar

c) Satya Nadella

d) All of them


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7. Former Czech Republic Prime Minister died. Name him

a) Stanislav Gross

b) Tomas Berdych

c) Tegla Loroupe

d) Lucie Gauthier

8. According to the World Happiness Report 2015, what is India's rank in the

list?

a) 101

b) 117

c) 134

d) 150

9. Novak Djokovic has grabbed the first big clay-court tournament of the season

by defeating whom in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters?

a) Tomas Berdych

b) David Ferer

c) Roger Federer

d) Andy Murray


Foundation Award?

a) Shreyas Talpade

b) Jaya Prada

c) Udit Narayan

d) All of Them


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ANSWER SHEET

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D A C A A D A B A D

Current Affairs Quiz: April 23rd 2015

1.Former Bengal Under-19 Cricket captain has died recently. Name him.

a) Ankur Keshri

b) Ajay Keshri

c)Anand Keshri

d) Ankit Keshri

2. Who among the following was honoured with the prestigious Outstanding

Contribution to Cinema at the 5th Asian Awards?

a) Zayn Malik

b) Shah Rukh Khan

c) Aamir Khan

d) A & B

3. Which among the following country has lifted ban on delivery of S-300

Missile System to Iran?

a) Japan

b) China

c) Russia

d) US


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4. Who among the following for his contributions in the field of psychiatrychas

been named among the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World List

2015?

a) Vimal Patel

b) Vishesh Patel

c) Vishwas Patel

d) Vikram Patel

5. Laureus World Sports Awards for the year 2015 was conferred to whom

among the following?

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Li Xiaopeng

c) Yang Yang

d) All of the above

6. India and....................... has agreed to enhance bilateral ties to deal in

fertilizers, dumper trucks and tractors.

a) Spain

b) Belarus

c) Norway

d) China

7. Who among the following Chemical scientists has received Hevesy Medal

Award 2015?

a) Susanta Lahiri and Ramesh V Katti

b) Sukumar Lahiri and Kattesh V Katti

c) Susanta Lahiri and Kattesh V Katti


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d) Pammi Lahiri and Krishna V Katti

8. Fourth Lighthouse Museum of India to be opened at which state of India?

a) Kerala

b) Sikkim

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

9. Who among the following was appointed as Chief Adviser of Anti-

Corruption & Security Unit of BCCI?

a) Neeraj Kumar

b) Manoj Kumar

c) Neelesh Kumar

d) Nandish Kumar

10. Which country has announced to set up chain of gyms with the investment

of 90 crore rupees?

a) Suresh Raina

b) MS Dhoni

c) Yuvraj Singh

d) Virat Kohli

ANSWER SHEET

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D D C D D B C A A D


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1. National Panchayati Raj Day was observed nationwide on..............2015.

a) 21 April

b) 22 April

c) 23 April

d) 24 April

2. Which among the following state has announced the target of 14400 MW

power generation by 2019?

a) Maharashtra

b) Bhopal

c) Chhatisgarh

d) West Bengal

3. Which among the following bank has launched payment service Tap-n-Pay?

a) Bank of Baroda

b) Axis Bank

c) UCO Bank

d) ICICI Bank

4. Which newspaper has won prestigious Pulitzer prizes for West Africa Ebola

coverage?

a) South Africa Times

b) Deccan Chronicle

c) Washington Post

d) New York Times


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5. Eminent...................Christopher Alan Bayly has passed away recently.

a) Historian

b) Physicist

c) Chemistry Scientist

d) Author

6. Cricket......................has launched.................T20 Cup recnetly which will run

from 4 September to 4 October 2015.

a) Australia

b) South Africa

c) New Zealand

d) Pakistan

7. Ninth Civil Services Day was observed nationwide on................

a) 21 April

b) 22 April

c) 23 April

d) 24 April

8. Time Magazine has released list of 100 most influential people in the world

which included how many indians?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4


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d) 5

9. Archana Girish Kamath and.................won the cadet girls’ doubles table

tennis title at the French junior cadet open recently.

a) Anezka Ilcikova

b) Lucie Gauthier

c) Leili Mostafavi

d) Leili Gauthier

10. Stanislav Gross, the former............................Prime Minister died.

a) Spain

b) Yuganda

c) Belarus

d) Czech Republic

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D A D D A B A C A D


1. A massive earthquake with...........magnitude left Nepal devastated on 25

April.

a) 5.9

b) 6.9

c) 7.9

d) 8.9


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2. World Malaria Day was observed across the world on....................with the

theme to defeat malaria.

a) 22 April

b) 23 April

c) 24 April

d) 25 April

3. Union Government has allowed Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation to

invest............% of its corpus in Exchange Traded Funds.

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) 6

4. Who among the following has been nominated for Arjuna award by BCCI?

a) Rohit Sharma

b) Suresh Raina

c) Virat Kohli

d) MS Dhoni

5. The government has raised the limit of foreign direct investment..............in

pension sector to line with the FDI capital in the insurance sector.

a) 49 %

b) 50 %

c) 62 %


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d) 75 %

6. Which bank has won the Asian Banker achievement award 2015?

a) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

b) Bank of Baroda


d) UCO Bank

7. Which among the following company has acquired iGATE for $4 billion?

a) Capgemini

b) Wipro

c) TCS

d) Cognizant

8. Business leader..........................has acquired a stake in Chinese handset

maker Xiaomi.

a) Laxmi Mittal

b) Ratan Tata

c) Mukesh Ambani

d) Aziz Premji

9. Who among the following actor has been conferred with Master Deenanath

Mangeshkar Award 2015?

a) Jackie Shroff

b) Akshay Kumar

c) Anil Kapoor


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d) Govinda

10. Union Government has detected a whopping over Rs................crore of

illegal monies within the country and abroad during 2013-14.

a) 5,800

b) 6,800

c) 7,800

d) 8,800

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C D C A A A A B C C


1. Russia and........................has signed a series of agreements on economic &

energy co-operation.

a) China

b) Norway

c) Spain

d) Argentina

2. Which among the following bank will offer special 9% rate on 900 days

deposit?

a) Lakshmi Vilas Bank

b) Haryana Nivas Bank


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c) Chhatisgarh Sanchay Bank

d) Bihar Kshetriya Bank

3. The Union Cabinet approved Central Government spending of about......lakh

crore on urban development.

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

4. ......................... and New India Assurance Company Ltd has signed a MoU

on Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana.

a) Corporation Bank

b) Bhartiya Mahila Bank

c) SBI

d) BOB

5. Which party has won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation?

a) BJP

b) Trinamool Congress

c) Congress

d) AAP

6. Chennai-born....................... has become New York’s first Indian-American

woman judge.


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a) Raja Rajeswari

b) Roopa Rajeswari

c) Rajvijay Rajeswari

d) Rani Rajeswari

7. Which among the following state has announced Rs 1,092 crore farmer

compensation?

a) Bihar

b) Punjab

c) Maharashtra

d) Haryana

8. Which state has collaborated with Israel to cooperate in building smart cities?

a) Bihar

b) Punjab

c) Maharashtra

d) Haryana

9. Who among the following has been appointed as Finance Head by United

Spirits?

a) Vinod Rao

b) P A Murali

c) Rakibul Hussain

d) V Ramachandran

10. Capgemini has acquired which company for $4 billion?


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a) iGATE

b) HSBC Bank

c) Wipro

d) IBM

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D A A A B A D C A A


1. IOC President....................... has been named ambassador of HeForShe by

UN Women.

a) Tessy Thomas

b) Betsy John

c)Thomas Bach

d) Nancie Powell

2. Who among the following has been elected as first women CEO and

Chairman of KPMG company?

a) Lara Doughtie

b) Lynne Doughtie

c) Richie Doughtie

d) Nancy Doughtie

3. Union Cabinet has approved agreement between India and..................on

maritime transport.


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a) Doha

b) Jordan

c) Iran

d) UAE

4. UN recently observed World Book and Copyright Day across the world

on..................April.

a) 23

b) 24

c) 25

d) 26

5. Indo-French Naval exercise VARUNA has commenced in which city?

a) Goa

b) Odisha

c) Tiruvanathpuram

d) Hyderabad

6. Who among the following has resigned as CFO & ED of United Spirits

Limited?

a) Hathai Ananthasubramanian Murali

b) Pathai Ananthasubramanian Murali

c) Kathai Ananthasubramanian Murali

d) Mathai Ananthasubramanian Murali

7. Who among the following indian-origin scientist at MIT has grabbed the

2015 Heinz Award?


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a) Sita Bhatia

b) Sneha Bhatia

c) Seema Bhatia

d) Sangeeta Bhatia

8. Who among the following has been awarded with the Outstanding Service

Award for his services in Singapore?

a) Aziz Premji

b) Mukesh Ambani

c) Gopinath Pillai

d) Ratan Tata

9. ...................tower of Nepal got collapsed after earthquake of magnitude 7.9

struck in Nepal.

a) Marudhara

b) Dharahara

c) Bharara

d) Tirkhara

10. Capgemini has acquired iGATE for...............billion.

a) $1

b) $2

c) $3

d) $4


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C B B A A B D C B D


1. Haryana has announced Rs....................crore farmer compensation?

a) 1,092

b) 2092

c) 3092

d) 4092

2. Which among the following state has appointed Chadalavada Krishnamurthy

as Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Board?

a) Kerala

b) Karnataka

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Tamilnadu

3. Who among the following was sworn in as first black female Attorney

General of United States?

a) Betsy John

b) Lynne Doughtie

c) Eric Holder

d) Loretta Lynch

4. Which country snatched a Gold and a Bronze at the 2015 Asian Indoor

Rowing Championship?

a) India


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b) Japan

c) China

d) US

5. Which country was crowned champions for the first time at 22nd President's

Cup Boxing Tournament?

a) India

b) Japan

c) China

d) US

6. Which bank has tied up with UAE Exchange for instant money transfer?

a) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

b) Bank of Baroda


d) UCO Bank

7. Who among the following has bagged heavyweight title of Boxing at

Madison Square Garden in New York?

a) Wladimir Klitschko

b) Bryant Jennings

c) Wladimir Jennings

d) Bryant Klitschko

8. Lynne Doughtie has been elected as first women CEO and Chairman of

which company?


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a) HSBC

b) KPMG

c) HUL

d) IBM

9. .......................President Thomas Bach has been named ambassador of

HeForShe by UN Women.

a) HSBC

b) HUL

c) NTPC

d) IOC

10. Maharashtra has collaborated with which country to cooperate in building

smart cities?

a) Israel

b) Norway

c) Spain

d) France

ANSWER SHEET

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A C D A A B A B D A



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1.Union Government has cancelled licenses of about..................NGOs.

a) 7000

b) 8000

c) 9000

d) 10,000

2. Who among the following was honoured with Officier de la Légion

d’Honneur by French Government ?

a) Sushma Swaraj

b) Pranab Mukherjee

c) Yashwant Sinha

d) Dr Manmohan Sinha

3. Who among the following has won the men's title at Badminton Asia

Championships 2015?

a) Lin Dan

b) Tian Houwei

c) Lee Yong-Dae

d) Yoo Yeon-Seong

4. Omar Hassan al-Bashir has won the Presidential election of which country?

a) Iran

b) Jordan

c) Sudan

d) UAE


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5. .......................nationalist leader Talal Akbar Bugti passed away recently.

a) Kenya

b) Sudan

c) Yemen

d) Balochistan

6........................ and the US has revised defence deal after 18 years to deal with

growing global security concern.

a) China

b) Japan

c) Russia

d) UK

7. Who among the following has won the Shamkir chess tournament?

a) Vishwanathan Anand

b) Fabiano Caruana

c) Azerbaijani Rauf Mamedov

d) Magnus Carlsen

8. Which among the following has won 5th Senior Men’s National Hockey

championship?

a) Indian Railway

b) Madhya Pradesh Hockey

c) Uttar Pradesh Hockey

d) Bihar Hockey


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9.Which movie has won Best Feature Film Award at Washington Film festival?

a) Piku

b) Bombay Velvet

c) Margarita, with a Straw

d) Dum Laga Ke Haisha

10. World Dance Day was observed worldwide on..........April.

a) 26

b) 27

c) 28

d) 29

ANSWER SHEET

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C C A C D B D A C D


1. Oscar-winning cinematographer passed away recently. Name him.

a) Andrew Lesnie

b) Andrew Jacob

c)Andrew Hudson

d) Andrew Heathway


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2. The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Rs..............minimum

monthly pension for pensioners under the Employees' Pension Scheme.

a) 1,000

b) 2,000

c) 3,000

d) 4,000

3. Which among the following online marketplace has acquired mobile

engagement and marketing automation company Appiterate?

a) Flipkart

b) Snapdeal

c) Amazon

d) Jabong

4. D Harika and Koneru Humpy has grabbed.........................respectively in the

women’s world team chess championship.

a) Gold and Silver

b) Silver and Bronze

c) Gold and Bronze

d) Gold

5. The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a fine of Rs 1.5 crore on which

among the following banks?

a) Dena Bank

b) Bank of Maharashtra


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c) Oriental Bank of Commerce

d) All of the above

6. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared.................. as the

first Open Defecation Free district in the country.

a) Haldia

b) Sadia

c) Radia

d) Nadia

7. Low quality plastic items have been banned in in which city of India?

a) Delhi

b) Ahmedabad

c) Mumbai

d) Kolkata

8. Famous Marathi actress.........................passed away recently.

a) Lopa Modak

b) Bimba Modak

c) Binni Modak

d) Bunny Modak

9. Who among the following has won the Whitley Awards for wildlife

conservation?

a) Ananda Kumar

b) Pramod Patil


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c) A & B

d) Only B

10. Who among the following has won the women's singles at Badminton Asia

Championships 2015?

a) Ratchanok Intanon

b) Li Xuerui

c) Ma Jin

d) Tang Yuanting

ANSWER SHEET

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A A A B D D A B C A

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