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Monthly Current Affairs Capsule- October 2015

CONTENTS

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1. Important Banking Current Affairs 02

2. Important Business & Economy NEWS 03

3. Important Appointments 06

4. Important Awards and Honors 07

5. Important Sports NEWS 07

6. Important Defence NEWS 09

7. Important Obituaries 10

8. Science and Technology NEWS 11

9. Important Days 13

10. Important Current Affairs Questions from October 2015 (310 Questions) 14
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Important Banking Current Affairs

ICICI launched card-less m-Visa

ICICI bank became the 1stbank in the world to launch m-Visa, a card-less and device-less solution

to make payments. It has been incorporated in its Pockets app, which allows payments to be made by

scanning a static QR code and entering the amount

ADB to finance the electricity link between India and Bangladesh

Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide a loan of 120 million dollars to Bangladesh to increased

transmission capacity of a cross-border electricity link between India and Bangladesh which will allow

Bangladesh to better meet sharply rising power demand and support increased power exchanges

across South Asia

RBI relaxed norms of FPI investments

RBI relaxed the norms of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) of government debt and also announced

higher investment limits in rupee terms in government securities to bring in an additional Rs. 1.2 lakh

crore by March 2018. It raised the limits in phases to reach 5% of the outstanding stock by March 2018

RBI formed FIF with Rs. 2000 crore corpus

The Reserve Bank of India established the Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) with Rs. 2000 crore

corpus to develop and promote activities covered under the financial inclusion initiatives. FIF has been

formed as a single entity by merging the existing FIF and Financial Inclusion Technology Fund (FITF)

RBI approved Yes Bank to set up AMC

RBI has approved Yes Bank to set up a mutual fund, Asset Management Company (AMC) and a

trustee company. AMC and trustee companies will be wholly owned subsidiaries of YES Bank. AMC

will channelize savings of retail and institutional investors in equity and debt capital markets.

RBI established FIF with Rs. 2000 crores

The Reserve Bank of India formed the Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) with Rs. 2000 crores corpus to

support the developmental and promotional activities covered under the financial inclusion initiatives. It

was formed by merging the existing FIF and Financial Inclusion Technology Fund (FITF)

RBI signed MoU with UAE Central Bank

The RBI signed a MoU with the Central Bank of United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Supervisory

Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information to promote greater cooperation and share


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supervisory information among the authorities of the 2 banks. It was signed by Saeed Abdulla Al

Hamiz, the Assistant Governor of Central Bank of UAE and Meena Hemachandra, the executive

director of RBI

RBI approved banks to fix interest rates on gold deposit scheme

RBI allowed banks to fix their own interest rates on gold deposit under the Gols Monetisation

scheme. The designated banks will accept gold deposits under the Short Term Bank Deposit (1-3

years), Medium (5-7 years) and Long Term (12-15 years) Government Deposit Schemes

New Chief Economist of Citibank India- Samiran Chakraborty:

Samiran Chakraborty has been appointed as Chief Economist of global banking major Citibank for

India. Before this, he was Managing Director (MD) and head at Standard Chartered Bank for macro

research in South Asia.And also he worked with Indias largest private sector bank, ICICI as the Chief

Economist.

RBI has grated Indian corporate to issue offshore rupee denominated bonds outside India :

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted permission to the Indian corporate to issue offshore

rupee-denominated bonds outside India. In this regard, Union Government has considered the matter

of taxation of income from such bonds under Income Tax (IT) Act, 1961.

Important Business Economy NEWS

APSEZ signed a MoU with L T

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) signed a MoU with Larsen & Tourbo (L&T) to

oversee the operations of the Kattupalli Port in Tamil Nadu. L&T Shipbuilding will manage and operate

the port and APSEZ will be responsible for EBIDTA gains and losses arising from the port operation

India ranks 55

th

on 2015 Global Competitiveness Index

India is placed at 55th position on the 2015 Global Competitiveness Index of the worlds most

competitive economies published in Global Competitiveness Report of World Economic Forum (WEF)

which has assessed 140 countries. Switzerland has retained its 1stposition for the 7thyear in a row

Vodafone won the transfer pricing tax dispute case

The Income Tax authorities had imposed Rs. 3700 crore transfer pricing tax on Vodafone India over

the capital gains made by the company after selling its call centre business to its Mauritius subsidiary in


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2008. Vodafone had argued that there is no case as the transaction was between it and its subsidiary.

Vodafone won this transfer pricing dispute case against Indian Income Tax authorities after it had

challenged the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The Bombay High Court had ruled in

its favour.

Dell Inc. acquired EMC Corporation for 67 billion dollars

Dell Inc and EMC Corporation signed a definitive agreement under which Dell and its owners will

acquire EMC Corporation while maintaining VMware as a publicly-traded company. VMware Inc is a US

company that provides cloud and virtualization software and services. It is a subsidiary of EMC

Corporation. This is the biggest tech deal in history with 67 billion US dollars worth acquisition.

Google officially converted as Alphabet Inc.

The Internet Search Engine giant Google has officially been converted into new parent company

Alphabet Inc. without any changes in their day to day operations after the US markets were closed on

2nd October 2015. Googles YouTube Android will be wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet and Nest

and Google X will set up their own companies under Alphabet Inc.

MoU between TECC and ITA approved by Union Government

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the MoU between Taipei

Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) in India and India-Taipei Association (ITA) in Taipei to promote

the cooperation between the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) between the 2 countries

Australian Government approved Carmichael coal mine project of Adani Group

The Australian Government approved the Adani Groups Carmichael coal mine and rail project

subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian history in accordance with the environmental laws

of the country. Earlier, the Australian court had temporarily blocked the project stating environmental

concerns

IMF released WEO October 2015 Update

On 6 October 2015, International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the World Economic Outlook

(WEO) October 2015 Update named Adjusting to Lower Commodity Prices which projects the global

growth for 2015 at 3.1%, which is 0.3% lower than in 2014. It is 0.2% point below the forecasts in the

July 2015 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update. Indias growth is expected to increase from 7.3%

2015 and last year to 7.5% in 2016.


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Tata Housing tied up with Facebook to sell online

Tata Housing launched the new campaign titled Social sell on Facebook to sell its affordable homes

online. Through this new campaign the company plans to sell around 250 units of its new 5-acre

residential project in Goa called Goa Paradise.

Aditya Birla launched Abof.com

The Aditya Birla Group launched a new online fashion store Abof.com, which stands for Aditya Birla

Online Fashion to offer shoppers range of merchandise brands from its subsidiaries and other

companies. Prashant Gupta is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Abof.com and it will remain

a private and unlisted company

APSEZ signed MoU with IPGA

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) signed a MoU with Indian Pulses and Grains

Association (IPGA) to handle import and export of pulses across its ports thus developing an efficient

and dedicated supply chain for pulses to all key consumption centres in India

Infosys to buy Noah Consulting

Infosys announced acquisition of US based oil and gas consulting firm Noah Consulting for 70

million dollars in an all cash deal to bring next generation data analytics solutions to the oil and gas

industry.

Anti dumping duty on Chinese auto parts

The Union Finance Ministry imposed anti dumping duties on imported Chinese auto parts used in

commercial vehicles for a period of 5 years following the recommendations of the Directorate General

of Anti Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) in this regard.

RC M takeovers Goldman Sachs mutual fund business

The Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) announced to takeover Goldman Sachs mutual

fund business in India by acquiring all 12 onshore mutual fund schemes of Goldman Sachs Asset

Management (GSAM) in India. It is 1stacquisition of RCAM which is worth Rs. 243 crores.

RBI has allowed the NRIs to Subscribe for the National Pension System:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the National

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consultation with Union Government under the Prime Minister Narendra Modis efforts to appease

NRIs.

Important Appointments

National Appointments in October 2015

1. New Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Infosys Ranganath D Mavinakere

2. New Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Shekhar Basu

3. New and Permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter Jack Dorsey

4. 17thGovernor of Manipur V Shanmuganathan

5. First Male Member of National Commission for Women Senior IAS OfficerAlok Rawat

6. Delhis new Lokayukta Reva Khetrapal

7.New Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customers

(CBEC)Najib Shah

8.Nominated as the Director for Central Board of Reserve Bank

of IndiaShaktikanta Das

9.New Chief Economist of global banking major Citibank for

India.Samiran Chakraborty

International Appointments in October 2015

1.

New Assistant Director of United Nations Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO) and Regional Representative for Asia and

Pacific

Kundhavi Kadiresanwas

2. New Prime Minister of Nepal Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli

3. Cultural Ambassador for Seychelles A R Rahman

4.New Chairman of Inter-Governmental Panel for Climate

Change (IPCC)Hoesung Lee

5.New National Security Advisor (NSA) of Pakistan Retired Lieutenant General

Nasser Khan Janjua

6. New Prime Minister of CanadaJustin Trudeau

7. First Female President of NepalBidhya Devi Bhandari

8.Next Chair of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) of UN

Security Council ReformsSylvie Lucas


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Important Awards and Honors

Important Awards and Honors in October 2015

1. Winner of 2015 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award Kailash Satyarthi

2. Winner of 2015 Man Booker Prize Marlon James (JamaicanAuthor)

3. Winner of 2015 Right Livelihood Award Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Canada)

4. Honored with 2015 MacArthur FellowshipKartik Chandran (Indian

American Associate Professor)

5. Winner of Prestigious 2015 Paul H Appleby AwardK Chockalingam

6.Indian Short film to win Best Short Film award at the 2015

London Film Festival (LFF)

n Old Dogs Daily

Directed by

Shai Heredia and Shumona

Goel7. Winner of Prestigious Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award 2015 A R Rahman

8. Winner of European Unions Prestigious Sakharov Prize 2015 Raif Badawi

List of 2015 Nobel Prize Winner

9. The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 National Dialogue Quartet

10. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B.

McDonald

11. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich

and Aziz Sancar

12. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015Youyou Tu,

William C. Campbell

and Satoshi Omura

13. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015Svetlana Alexievich

14.The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Science in Memory

of Alfred Nobel 2015Angus Deaton

Important Sports NEWS

Important Sports NEWS in October 2015

1.Famous Indian Cricketer Zaheer Khanhas announced his retirement from International Cricket as

immediate effect

2.List of Winners of 2015 China Open Tennis Championship:

Mens Single Title: Novak Djokovic(Serbia) has won the 2015 Mens Single Title of China Open


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by defeating Rafael Nadal (Spain) in the finals.

Womens Singles Title: Garbine Muguruza(Spain) has won the 2015 Womens Singles Title in

China Open by defeating Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland)

Mens Doubles Title: Vasek Pospisil(Canada) and Jack Sock(US) pair has won the 2015 Mens

Doubles Title in China Open by defeating the Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Edouard Roger-

Vasselin (France) in the finals.

Womens Doubles Title

:Sania Mirza

(India) andMartina Hingis

(Switzerland) pair has won the

Womens Doubles Title in China Open by defeating Chinese pair, Hao-Ching and Chan Yung-jan

in the finals.

3.Well Known Indian Shuttler,

Ajay Jayaram

has won the 2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix Badminton

Tournament with prize amount of $50,000, which was held at Almere in Netherlands.

4.

Britains Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamiltonhas won the 2015 Russian Grand Prix titleof Formula

One, were Germanys Ferrari Driver Sebastian Vettel has placed in the 2ndPosition. This was

Lewis Hamiltons ninth victory of the season.

5.

Punjab National Bank

(PNB) Team has won the2015 Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament

which

was held at Kolkata by defeating the four time champion, Indian Oil Corporation Team in the

finals.

6.Sergey Karjakin

(Russia) has won the2015 World Cup Chess Championship

by defeating Peter

Svidler (Russia) in the finals which was held at Baku, Azerbaijan.

7.

Luis Leao Pinto(Portugal) has won the 2015 MTB Himalaya Title, Asias Premier mountain biking

race, under the category of Mens Solo and Catherine Williamson (UK) has won the Open

Womens Solo Category.

8.

Indian Shooter Heena Sidhuhas won Gold Medalin 10 metre air pistol event of Asian Air Gun

Championshipwhich was held at New Delhi. Shweta Singh (India) and Seon A Kim (South Korea)

has won the Silver and Bronze Medals respectively.

9.India Tennis player

Saketh Myneni

won his 1stsingles ATP Challenger title namely the2015

Vietnam Open Trophyby defeating Australias Jordan Thompson in the final match

10. Indian cricketer Virender Sehwagannounced his retirement from international cricket

11.Chinas Xuerui Liwon the 2015 Denmark Open Badminton Titlein the womens singles category

by defeating Indias P. V. Sindhu

12.Chinas Chen Longwon the 2015 Denmark Open BadmintonTitlein the mens single category for

the 3rdtime

13.Great Britain

won the2015 Sultan of Johor Cup

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India in the final match played at Johor Bahru, Malaysia

14.The Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju flagged off Indias 1stParagliding World

Cupat Bir Biling near Bajinath town in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh

15.

The 1stof its kind international multi-sport event, the World Indigenous Gamesthat will involve

2000 indigenous athletes from different indigenous ethnic groups from 30 countries kicked off in

the Brazilian city of Palmas

16.

Indian archer Abhishek Vermawon silver medal in the 2015 Archery World cupFinal in the mens

individual compound section.

Gold MedalDemir Elmaagcli(Turkey)

17.Britains Lewis Hamiltonwon the 2015 United States Grand Prixtitle of Formula One for the 4th

time. With this victory he also won 2015 World Drivers Championship(WDC)

18.

Indian woman archer Deepika Kumariwon silver medal in recurve event at the 2015 Archey

World cup

final held in Mexico City.

Gold MedalChoi Misun(China)

Important Defence NEWS

SNo Important Defence News

1.

Indias 1sttotally indigenously designed and built Torpedo launch and Recovery Vessel(TRV),

INS Astradharaniwas commissioned into Indian Navy at Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh as

an advanced replacement of INS Astravahiniwhich was decommissioned in July, 2015

2.

On8

th

October 2015

,Indian Air Force

(IAF) celebrated its83

rd

Foundation day

at theHindon Air

Force Stationin Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to increase the awareness about the importance of

IAF as an important part of the national security. Cricket LegendSachin Tendulkar

who is the 1st

sportsperson to be designated the post of Honorary Group Captainof IAF in 2010 was also

present at the ceremony

3.

3

rdedition ofIndia-Sri Lanka

Joint Training ExerciseMitra Shakti 2015

concluded on12

th

October

2015 atAundh Military Camp

in Pune, Maharashtra. This14 days

of joint training

started on 29thSeptemberto uphold the values of Peace, Prosperity and Stability in the South

Asia region

4.

On 13thOctober 2015,India

,US

andJapan

navies started the2015 Malabar Naval Exercise

of

the eastern coast in Bay of Bengaland Indian Oceanas a part of the annual series of exercises

conducted to advance multi-national maritime relationships and mutual security issues between

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5.

Union Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar

renamed the DRDOs Missile Complexin Hyderabad

as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Missile Complexon 15thOctober 2015to mark the 84thbirth

anniversary of the missile man Dr. Kalam

6.

The5

thedition of joint military exercise ofIndia China HAND-IN-HAND 2015

started on12

th

October 2015at Kunming Military Academyof Yunnanprovince in China to broaden and

strengthen interoperability and cooperation between armies of both the countries. It will

conclude on 23rdOctober 2015.

7.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) has launched the biggest Trident Juncture Military

Exercise inItaly

. This exercise was conducted to test the alliance ability to response to new

security threats.

8.

Union Defence Ministry has divided the Naval Area of Maharashtra and Gujarat (MnG)into two

separate headquartersin order to enhance the operational and administrative organizational

structure.

9.

The5

thedition ofIndia China

joint military exerciseHAND-IN-HAND 2015

conclude on 23rd

October 2015 at Kunming Military Academyof Yunnanprovince in China which was aimed to

broaden and strengthen interoperability and cooperation between armies of both the countries.

10.Union Government has recently

approved the induction of the women

into theFighter Branch of

Indian Air Force (IAF)

11.

The4thedition of India-Sri Lankabilateral naval exercise SLINEX 15has begun at the

Trincomalee coast of Sri Lanka. This is a 6 days exercise which was conducted to reinforce the

strong neighborly ties underscored by extensive maritime interaction and improved

understanding between neighbouring both countries.

Important Obituaries

Important Obituaries in October 2015

1. Veteran Tamil Actress, comedian, singer and stage artiste Manoramahas passed away at her

age of 78 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She had acted more than 1,500 films and 100 state

performances in her career of six decades.

2. FamousMusic director and lyricist, Ravindra Jain

has passed away at his age of 71 at Mumbai.

Awards: Padmashri Award (2015), Lata Mangeshkar Lifetime Achievement Award of Maharashtra

Government, Filmfare Award for Best Music for Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

3. VeteranSwedish Crime Writer

,Henning Mankell

has passed away at his age of 67, at

Gothenburg, Sweden. Awards: Best Swedish Crime Novel Award, Crime Writers Association Gold


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Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the year 2001 and 2008.

4. Famous TeluguCinema Producer Edida Nageswara Rao

has passed away at his age of 81 at

Hyderabad, Telangana.

5. Veteran Egyptian Novelist, Gamal al-Ghitanihas passed away at his age of 70 at Cairo, Egypt.

Awards: Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Ren (2009), Egyptian National Prize for Literature (1980)

6. FamousKannada director K S L Swamy

has passed away at his age of 77 at Bangalore,

Karnataka. He was popularly known as Ravee. Gandhinagara (1968), Bhagya Jyothi (1975) and

Malaya Marutha (1986) were the successful hit films directed by him. Awards: Padma Bhusan

(2013), B Saroja Devi National Award (2013).

7. Well knownIrish-American Actress

and SingerMaureen OHara

has passed away at her age of

95 at Boise, US. Award: Honorary Academy (an honorary Oscar). Tis Herself is the

autobiography of O Hara which was published in 2004.

8.Pijush Ganguly

, famousBengali film, television and stage actor

has passed away at this age of 50

at Kolkata, West Bengal. Award: Government of West Bengal (Information and Cultural Affairs)

Tele Academy Award (2014), Bengal Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor (2005).

9.Lord Gulam Noon,

most famous Indian-Origin Britians peers and curry King has passed away in

London.

Science and Technology NEWS

DRDO sets up worlds highest terrestrial research center

The Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Dr. S.

Christopher inaugurated the worlds highest terrestrial research center named Extreme Altitude

Research Centre located at 17,600 feet above mean sea level near the Pengong Lake at Changla,

Ladakh

A sweet banana species with orange pulp discovered in Andamans

A team of scientist from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) discovered a sweet banana species with

orange pulp named Musa indandamanensis in the remote Krishna Nalah tropical rain forest on the

Andaman Islands

Union Government flagged off the Climate Special Science Express

Union Science and Technology Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan flagged off the Science Express Climate

Action Special (SECAS) with the theme of Climate Change from Safardung railway station in New Delhi


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to create awareness among various sections of the society especially students about challenges and

issues associated with Climate Change

In Kerala four new Crab Species was discovered

:

Researchers have discovered four new crab species namely, Paguristes luculentus, Diogenes

canaliculatus, Pagurus spinossior and Afropinnotheres ratnakara in Kerala. They were discovered by

collaborative research project of A. Biju Kumar, R. Reshmi and Tomoyuki Komai (Japan). These

findings have been published in the international journal of taxonomy named Zootaxa.

A Team of Scientist has detected Ethyl Alcohol and Simple Sugar from gas emitted by Comet Lovejoy :

For the first time, a team of scientists have discovered two complex organic molecules viz. Ethyl alcohol

and a simple sugar known as glycolaldehyde on a comet. These molecules were discovered on Comet

Lovejoy from gas emitted by a comet by scientists from NASA, the Paris Observatory and other

organizations.

China has recently launched the Tianhui-1C mapping satellite of Tianhui-1 Series:

China has successfully launched Tianhui-1C, a third mapping satellite of the Tianhui-1 series into its

designated orbit. The mapping satellite was launched by Long March 2D carrier rocket from the

Jiuquan launching base located in the countrys northwestern Gansu province. It was overall Long

March rockets series 215th successful launch. The satellite was developed and produced under the

auspices of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASTC) which is Chinas primary launch

vehicle and satellite contractor.

Yutu, the first lunar rover of China has set record for longest stay on Moon

:

Chinas first lunar rover, Yutu, has set the new record for the longest stay by a rover on the lunar

surface. With working on the Moon for almost two years it has surpassed previous record of Soviet

Unions (USSRs) 1970 launched rover Lunokhod 1, which had spent 11 months on the Moon. The

lunar rover Yutu was deployed and landed on the moon in 2013 via Chinas Change-3 lunar probe. In

2014, it had experienced a mechanical control abnormality but was revived.


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Important Days

1stOctober- International Day of Older Persons

2ndOctober- International Day of Non-Violence

3rdOctober- World Nature Day, World Habitat Day

4thOctober- World Animal Day

5thOctober- World Teachers Day

8thOctober- Indian Airforce Day

9thOctober- World Post Day

11thOctober- International Girl Child Day

12thOctober- World Arthritis Day

14thOctober- World Standards Day

15thOctober- World Students Day

16thOctober- World Food Day (Theme 2015: Social Protection and Agriculture)

17thOctober- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

20thOctober- World Statistics Day

21stOctober- Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day

24th

October-United Nations Day

26thOctober- World Polio Day

31stOctober- National Unity Day


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Important GK Questions from the month October-2015

1).Name the Indian American Professor who has been awarded with the 2015 MacArthur

Fellow Genius Grant?

a)

Sanjay Sivasamyb)

Jayachandran Subbaraj

c)

Karthik Chandran

d)

Ramesh Ramasamy

2).Which city will host South Asian Games in January 2016?

a) Bhopal and Jaipur

b) Mumbai and Kolkata

c)

New Delhi and Pune

d)

Guwahati and Shillong

3).Which of the following has agreed to provide $120 million loan to upgrade the India-

Bangladesh electricity network?

a)

BRIC Bank

b)AIIB

c) ADB

d)

World Bank

4).Name the person who has been recently honored by the UK City of Conventry?

a)

Narendra Modi

b)

Ratan Tata

c)

Adithya Birla

d) Mukesh Ambhani

5).In which year India will hold the G20 Chair _______.

a) 2018

b)

2016c)

2019

d)

2017

6).World Vegetarian Day is observed on _________.

a)

2ndOctober

b) 3rdOctober


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c) 30thSeptember

d) 1stOctober

7).Which of the following country is hosting the Sea Power Conference 2015?

a)

Australiab)

US

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

8).MPID Act is related to which State?

a) Meghalaya

b) Maharashtra

c)

Madhya Pradesh

d)

Manipur

9).Name the Indian Pistol Shooter who won the Gold Medal in Womans 10m air Pistol event

which was held at New Delhi?

a)

Priyanka Yadav

b) Heena Sindhu

c) Abhinav Bindra

d)

Apurvi Chandela

10).What is the name of the analysis used to detect Ebola?

a)

Hexagenomic

b)

Octogenomic

c)

Pentagenomic

d) Metagenomic

Answers:

1). c) 2). d) 3). c) 4). b) 5). a) 6). d) 7). a) 8). b) 9). b) 10). d)

11).Which of the following state government has planned to implement National Food Security

Act, 2013?

a)

Gujarat

b)

Uttar Pradesh

c) Maharashtra


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d) Madhya Pradesh

12).Which country has proposed the new four point Peace Initiative at UN?

a)

China

b)

Indiac)

Pakistan

d)

Sri Lanka

13).What is the Indias Rank in GlobalCompetitiveness Report 2015-16 which was released by

World Economic Forum?

a) 65th

b) 50th

c)

60th

d)

55th

14).Which is the first bank to launch m-Visa a Card-less and Device-less solution to make

payments?

a)

ICICI Bank

b)Axis Bank

c) SBI

d)

HDFC

15).Which country is placed first position in the Global Competitiveness Report 2015-16?

a)

China

b)

Switzerland

c)

Norway

d) Sweden

16).Who has been appointed as the CMD of SAIL?

a) Pahlaj Nihalani

b)

Y Venugopal Reddyc)

Dr. Anup K Pujari

d)

Ratan Kumar Sinha

17).Who among the following has been conferred with the Merlin Award by the International

Magicians Association?

a) Zenia Bhumgara


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b) Bina Judai

c) Kamnath Sinha

d)

Zeenat Mahal

18).Who is the winner of Wuhan Open Title?a)

Garbine Muguruza

b)

Roberta Vinci

c)

Serena Williams

d) Venus Williams

19).Who flag has been raised for the first time at United Nations Headquarters in New York?

a) Kazakhstan

b)

Palestinian

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Turkmenistan

20).How May People has been Selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award?

a)

11

b) 13

c) 7

d)

9

Answers:

11). b) 12). c) 13). d) 14). a) 15). b) 16). c) 17). a) 18). d) 19). b) 20). a)

21).Who is the winner of the Right Livelihood Award 2015?

a) Sheila Watt Cloutier

b) John Mathews

c)

Elizabeth Hurleyd)

Jessica Bartich

22).Name the state which has signed a deal with International Rice Research Institute to

promote Climate resilient paddy?

a)

Uttar Pradesh

b) Bihar


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c) Odisha

d) Madhya Pradesh

23).Who is the winner of the Wuhan Open Womens Double Title?

a)

Maria Sharapova-Serena Williamsb)

Ana Ivanovic and Martina Navratilova

c)

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

d)

Caroline Wozniaci and Ana Ivanovic

24).Who is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the year in the Forbes India

Leadership Awards 2015?

a) Siddhartha Lal

b)

R C Bhargava

c)

Uday Shankar

d)

C P Gurnani

25).Who has been appointed as the CMD of Neyveli Lignite?

a)

Sarat Kumar Acharya

b) Premkumar Rajagopal

c) Venugopal Reddy

d)

V K Swaminathan

26).PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Indias first solar powered district court in

__________.

a)

Sikkim

b)

Madhya Pradesh

c) Kerala

d) Jharkhand

27).International Non-Violence Day was observed on _______.

a)

5th

Octoberb)

4thOctober

c)

2ndOctober

d)

3rdOctober

28).Which country has become the worlds largest cotton producer?

a) India


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b) China

c) Poland

d)

Germany

29).Who has been named as the PGA Tours Player of 2015? a)

Jordan Spieth

b)

Josh Scobee

c)

Tiger Woods

d) Ian Poulter

30).Which of the following state has launched the E-FIR System?

a) Gujarat

b)

Odisha

c)

Himachal Pradesh

d)

Bihar

Answers:

21). a) 22). c) 23). c) 24). b)25). a) 26). d) 27). c) 28). a) 29). a) 30). b)

31). Recently Gujarat Government has launched Special Khadi Utsav at ________.

a)

Gandhi Nagar

b)

Ahmadabad

c)

Rajkot

d)

Porbandar

32). Adani port and L&T has signed a MoU to supervise which of the following port operations?

a) Katupalli shipyard

b) Ennore Port

c)

Colachel seaportd)

Nagapatnam port

33). What is EBITDA?

a)

Earnings before income , total, depreciation and Amortization

b)

Extended before Interest, taxes, Depreciation, and annually

c) Earned before interest, taxes, Depreciation, and annually


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d) Earnings before interest, taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization

34). Germanys national day observed on _______

a)

3rdOct 1980

b)

3rd

Oct 1990c)

3rdOct 1999

d)

3rdOct 1995

35). What is the name of the Googles new parent company?

a) Zagat

b)Alphabet

c) Google grants

d)

AdMob

36). Which of the following state government has launched its citizen portal for the submission

of complaints through online?

a)

Odisha

b)

Maharashtra

c) Gujarat

d) TamilNadu

37). Project Loon is related to ________.

a)

Google

b)

Microsoft

c)

Apple

d)

Yahoo

38). As per the report released by union agriculture ministry, at what percentage of pesticides

are found in food items

a) 12.5 %

b)

22.5 %c)

11.5 %

d)

10.5 %

39). As Per latest ICC Cricket Ranking which is the No.1 Womens Cricket Team?

a)

India

b) England


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c) Australia

d) West Indies

40). Who is the winner of the UK Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award 2015?

a)

Hercules Carbenb)

Michael Robotham

c)

Robert Crew

d)

John Droppler

Answers:

31). b) 32). a) 33). a) 34). b) 35). b) 36). a) 37). a) 38). a) 39). c) 40). b)

41). Who has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Flipkart for its commerce

platform?

a)

Pramod Jain

b)

Sriram Venkatraman

c) Aakash Moondhra

d) Rajesh Subramaniam

42). Name the patrol vessel which has been participated in 26 thedition of CORPAT?

a)

INS car Nicobar

b)

INS Sukanya

c)

INS Saryu

d)

INS Bangaram

43). Who has the won 11 thedition of 2015 MTB Himalayan title Mens solo?

a) Luis Leoa Pinto of Portuguese

b)Andi Seewald of Germany

c)

Pau Zamora of Spaind)

Ajay Pal Chhetri

44). Who has been appointed as the President of BCCI by Special General Meeting?

a)

Srinivasan

b)

Jagmohan Dalmia

c) Shashank Manohar


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d) Sunil Gavaskar

45). Which of the following city is hosting Indo-German Summit Digitising?

a)

Kolkata

b)

Mumbaic)

Delhi

d)

Bangalore

46). Ashish Bahuguna, the Chariman of the FSSAI, has been given an additional charge as

CEO, after shifting _________ to the NITI Aayog.

a) Yudhvir Singh Malik

b) L.Sharma

c)

Utpal Kumar Singh

d)

Asit Tripathy

47). Three Scientist has been selected for the Nobel Prize for Medicine of the year 2015, Who

among the following is NOT one them?

a)

William Campbell

b) David Anderson

c) Youyou Tu

d)

Satoshi Omura

48). Name the technology that used in KISAN project which was launched by Dr. Sanjeev

Kumar Balyan, the Minister of State for agriculture and Farmers welfare?

a)

Space technology and Geoinformatics

b)

Vertical farming

c) Agricultural Robot

d) Precision agriculture

49). Sumit Issar has been appointed as the Managing Director of which of the following

Company?a)

Reliance

b)

Ford

c)

Mahindra

d)

Eicher

50). Who is the winner of the Malaysia Open title which was held at Kuala Lumpur?


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a) Roger Federer

b) Feliciano Lopez

c)

Andy Murray

d)

David FerrerAnswers:

41). b) 42). c) 43). a) 44). c) 45). d) 46). a) 47). b) 48). a) 49). c) 50). d)

51). According to the report released by International cotton Advisory committee which country

become worlds largest cotton Producer Company?

a) China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

52). Which state government has imposed drought taxwhich happened first time since 1973?

a) Maharashtra

b)

Gujarat

c)

Odisha

d)

Andhra Pradesh

53). Who has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of twitter?

a) Jack Dorsey

b)Adam Bain

c)

Dick Costolod)

David Anderson

54). Who is the chairman of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India?

a)

Ashish Bahuguna

b)Anup Das


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c) Yudhvir Singh Malik

d) Sudha Rana

55). Who has won the ShantiSwarupBhatnagar Prize in the field of chemical science?

a)

GovindswamyMugesh

b)

Dr. Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad

c) Dr. Yamuna Krishnan

d) Dr. PradyutGhosh

56). Who Among the following author, wrote his cancer experience in his book Quicksand:

What it means to Be a Human Being

a)

Denise Mina

b)

Ruth Rendell

c) Henning Mankell

d) James Ellory

57). Who has won Womans singles Wuhan open title 2015, held at the optics Valley

International Tennis Center in Wuhan, china?

a)

Maria Sharapova

b) Venus Williams

c) Sania Mirza

d) Petra Kvitova

58). Which of the following country launched its first typhoon detecting rocket?

a)

Germany

b)

India

c) China


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d) Russia

59). Which Indian Film opened the 20th

edition of Busan Film Festival in South Koreaa)

Quissa

b)

Drishyam

c)

Zubaan

d) None of these

60). Name the Indian-origin diplomat who will be the new British Ambassador to Qatar?

a)

Ajay Jadeja

b)

Rohit Sharma

c)

Sunil Sharma

d)

Ajay Sharma

Answers:

51). b) 52). a) 53). b) 54). a) 55). d) 56). c) 57). b) 58). c) 59). c) 60). d)

61). Which of the following bank has become the first to launch m-Visa, a card-less and device

less solution to make the payments?

a) HDFC Bank

b) ICICI Bank

c) SBI

d)

Axis Bank62). Which country has been ranked number one in the ICC womens team ranking?

a)

India

b)

England

c)

New Zealand

d)Australia


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63). Who has been honored by UK city of Coventry for his contributions to the west midlands

region of central England?

a)

Ratan Tata

b)

Anil Ambanic)

Lakshmi Mittal

d)

Narayana Moorty

64). Who has been appointed as Director General of the Institute for Defence Studies and

Analyses (IDSA)?

a) Narendra sisodia

b)Arvind Gupta

c)

Uday Bhaskar

d)

Jayant Prasad

65). Theme Creating Heart healthy environments belongs to which of the following day

observed on 29-SEP-2015?

a)

World Vegetarian day

b) World Heart day

c) World Habitat day

d)

World Food day

66). Which of the following countries has signed loan agreement with India for Green Energy

Project of Euro 125 Million?

a)

Russia

b)

US

c) China

d) Germany

67). Who has won world cup chess championship 2015 held at Baku, Azerbaijan by defeating

Peter Svilder?a)

Vishvanathan Anand

b)

Veselin Topalov

c)

Sergey Karjakin

d)

Wesley So

68). Who was the author of the Book The God of small Thing?


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a) Daman Singh

b) JhumpaLahiri

c)

Kiran Desai

d)

Arundhati Roy69). Which former Prime minister of India has been awarded Bangladesh Liberation War

Honor?

a)

Manmohan singh

b) P. V Narasimha Rao

c) I.K.Gujral

d)Atal Bihari Vajpayee

70). In which year first Indo-UK Air Exercise Indradhanush was conducted?

a)

2008

b)

2007

c)

2005

d)

2006

Answers:

61). b) 62). d) 63). a) 64). d) 65). b) 66). d) 67). c) 68). d) 69). d) 70). b)

71). Name the first sportsperson to make an honorary group captain in the Indian Air Force

83rdanniversary celebration?

a)

Virat Kholi

b)

Sachin Tendulkar

c) Sunil gavaskar

d) Mahindra Singh Dhoni

72). Nualgi, an Indian Company has won popular Choice Award at Climate coLab of

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge. This company belongs to whichfield.

a)

Biotechnology

b)

Chemical Science

c)

Nano technology

d) Medical Science


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73). Who has been appointed as the head of Intergovernmental panel for Climate change?

a) Hoesung Lee

b)

Thelma Krug

c)

P R Shuklad)

Ko Barrett

74). Which of the following schemes is related to Neeranchal for watershed project?

a)

Pradhan mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana

b) Pradhan mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

c) Pradhan mantri Awas Yojana

d) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

75). With whom Indias Aditya Birla group have agreed to invest jointly to build new solar

power plants in India?

a)

HBG Holdings

b)

Abiraaj Group

c)

UAE Exchange

d) Mawarid Finance

76). Who becomes the 14th woman to win Nobel Prize in the field of literature since it was

awarded in 1901?

a)

Alice Munro

b)

Doris Lessing

c)

Herta Muller

d)

Svetlana Alaxievich

77). Recently, Ahmed Mansoor has won the Martin Ennals award 2015 for Human rights

Defenders. He belongs to which of the following country?

a) India

b)

UAEc)

China

d)

US

78). Which of the following state was not approved by union cabinet for constructing All India

Institutes of Medical Science?

a) Maharashtra


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b)Andhra Pradesh

c) West Bengal

d)

Jammu and Kashmir

79). In which state NGT charge environmental tax in addition to toll tax?a)

Gujarat

b)

Delhi

c)

Kerala

d)Andhra Pradesh

80). According to the report released by the Economic Intelligence unit, how much percentage

India spends on palliative care

a)

Less than 10 %

b)

Less than 1 %

c)

Less than 11 %

d)

Less than 21 %

Answers:

71). b) 72). c) 73). a) 74). a) 75). b) 76). d) 77). b) 78). d) 79). b) 80). a)

81).Who ranks at the top of Forbes list on Asias Richest Family?

a)

Henderson Land Development

b)

Ambani

c)

Lee family

d)

Birla

82) Philately day of National Postal week celebrated in India on _______

a) 10-Oct-15

b) 13-Oct-15

c)

14-Oct-15d)

15-Oct-15

83) Which country has appointed AR Rahman as cultural ambassador to enhance its countrys

art and culture?

a)

Seychelles

b) Uruguay


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c) Spain

d) Switzerland

84) Who among the following has won Best opposite spiker award in womens Volleyball

championship 2015?a)

Tatiana Kosheleva

b)

Maja Ognjenovic

c)

Anna Malova

d) Lonneke Sloetjes

85) Which Telecom company has introduced Nirvoy life insurance scheme in Bangladesh?

a)

Bharti Airtel

b)

BSNL

c)

Telenor

d)

MTNL

86) How many organization of National Dialogue Quartet, the Tunisian civil society has won

2015 Nobel Peace Prize?

a) 3

b)

5

c)

4

d)

6

87) What does the letter T denotes in the term UNCTAD?

a)

Trade

b) Telecom

c) Transfer

d) Tax

88) China has recently launched a __________ satellite called The Jilin-1.a)

Communication satellite

b)

Navigation satellite

c)

Reconnaissance satellite

d)

Remote sensing satellite

89) Which of the following mobile service provider launched its Wi-Fi app recently?


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a) Vodaphone

b)Airtel

c)

BSNL

d)

Docomo90) President Pranab Mukherjee is on six days visit to three nations, which of these is NOT

one of them?

a)

Egypt

b) Jordan

c) Palestine

d) Israel

Answers:

81). c) 82). b) 83). a) 84). d) 85). c) 86). c) 87). a) 88). d) 89). b) 90). a)

91). Which country will host 8thBRICS Summit on 2016?

a)

Brazil

b) Russia

c) India

d)

South Africa

92). Who is the winner of 1stHridaynath Mangeshkar award?

a)

Asha Bhosle

b)

Lata Mangeshkar

c)

Amitabh Bachchan

d)AR Rahman

93). Who is Ravindra jain?

a) Famous Dancer

b)

Hindi Poetc)

Bollywood Actor

d)

Music Director

94). Who has been appointed as Secretary and Chairman of Atomic Energy commission?

a)

RK Singh

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c) Arun Srivastava

d) Pranay Verma

95). Among the following which country will not be a part of V20 group?

a)

Ghanab)

Tuvalu

c)

India

d)

Kenya

96). Which state in India to set up first Dolphin Community Reserve to protect Gangetic river

Dolphins?

a) West Bengal

b)

Assam

c)

Odisha

d)

Jharkhand

97). Operation Valsalya, which was launched by government of Kerala, is related to which of

the following sector?

a) Training program for ICDS workers

b) To rescue and reunite the missed children with their family

c)

Accidental Insurance with a premium of Rs.12 per year

d)

Tackle malnutrition and health problems in children

98). In the term JETCO, E stands for_________.

a)

Economic

b)

Ecology

c) Environment

d) Emission

99). Name the Indian Boxer who won his first professional boxing fight?

a)

Arjun Thapab)

Mary Kom

c)

Vijender Singh

d)

Sushil Kumar

100). Which of the following has recently launched operation Five Minute?

a) HDFC


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b) SBI

c) Indian Postal Department

d)

Indian Railways

Answers:

91). c) 92). b) 93). d) 94). b) 95). c) 96). a) 97). b) 98). a) 99). c) 100). d)

101).As per Savills World Research, which is the Worlds Cheapest Metropolitan City?

a) Tokyo

b) Shangai

c)

Mumbai

d)

New York

102).Name the Indian Lightweight Boxer who won Silver Medal in the World Military Games

which was held in Mungyeong, South Korea?

a)

Shiva Thapa

b) Pinki Jangra

c) L Devendro Singh

d)

Dheeraj Rangi

103).Who has been appointed as the New Zealand Tourism Ambassador?

a)

Siddharth Malhotra

b)

Arun Kumar Singh

c)

Naresh Chandra

d)Abid Hussian

104).Which of the following country is providing 2 billion Euros for the Smart City Projects, to

develop the Indian Cities such as Pondicherry, Nagpur and Chandigarh?

a)

USb)

France

c)

Japan

d)

China

105).Celebration of SAARC festival was recently started at ________.

a) Kolkata


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b) Surat

c) Jaipur

d)

Bhopal

106).Who is the New Prime Minister of Nepal?a)

K P Sharma Oli

b)

Dal Singh Thapa

c)

Ek Nath Dhakal

d) Khil Raj Regmi

107).What is the 2015 Theme of World Mental Health Day which was observed on 10 th

October 2015?

a)

Strong Mind bears you Strong Health

b)

Mental Fitness is More Essential

c)

Sharpen your Mind to Sharpen your Health

d)

Dignity in Mental Health

108).Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Department of Official Language?

a) Girish Shankar

b) Rakesh Verma

c)

Prakash Sharma

d)

Arintham Chowdary

109).Which pair has won the 2015 China Open Womens Double Title?

a)

Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki

b)

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

c) Hao Ching and Yung Jan

d) Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic

110).International Day of the Girl Child was observed on _______.

a)

9th

Octoberb)

10thOctober

c)

11thOctober

d)

12thOctober

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101). c) 102). d) 103). a) 104). b) 105). c) 106). a) 107). d) 108). a) 109). b) 110). c)

111).Which of the following bank has got approval from the RBI to sponsor a mutual fund and

to setup an asset management company and a trustee company?a)

Kodak Mahindra Bank

b)

Yes Bank

c)

ICICI Bank

d)Axis Bank

112).Recently India has signed 6 MoUs with which of the following country in various fields

and to enhance their cooperation in counter-terrorism and defence?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Jordan

d)

Myanmar

113).Which of the following state government has launched Mission Abbas to provide

affordable houses to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).?

a) Orissa

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Bihar

d)

Assam

114).What is the theme of International Day of Girl Child (IDGC) 2015, which was observed on

11thOctober?

a) Save Girl Child, Save Nation

b) Preserve the Girl Child, Preserve Nation

c) Ending Child Marriage

d)

The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030115).Who is the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics?

a)

Tomas Lindahl

b)

Angus Deaton

c)

Aziz Sancar

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116).Who is the winner of the 2015 China Open Mens Single Title which was held at Beijing?

a) Novak Djokovic

b)

Rafael Nadal

c)

Roland Garrosd)

Stan Wawrinka

117).Name the Indian Shuttler who won the 2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton

tournament which was held at Almere, Netherlands?

a)Adiya Joshi

b) Parupalli Kashyap

c) Chetan Anand

d)

Ajay Jayaram

118).PM Modi has announced that India will observe _________ as the Constitution Day

(Samvidhan Divas).

a)

24thOctober

b)

26thOctober

c) 26thNovember

d) 26thSeptember

119).Who is the Prime Minister of Jordan?

a)

Artur Rasizade

b)

Gaston Browne

c)

Abdullah Ensour

d)

Hovik Abrahamyan

120). Which of the following team has won the 2015 Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament which

was held at Kolkata?

a) Indian Oil Corporation

b)

Punjab National Bankc)

Indian Navy

d)

State Bank of India

Answers:

111). b) 112). c) 113). a) 114). d) 115). b) 116). a) 117). d) 118). c) 119). c) 120). b)


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121).Who has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda?

a)

Kishore Piraji Kharat

b)

P S Jayakumarc)

Usha Ananthasubramanian

d)

Rakesh Sharma

122).Who is the winner of J C Daniel Award for the year 2015?

a) P K Joseph

b) P J Antony

c) P Anil

d)

I V Sasi

123).In which of the following country a bus named as Modi Express has been launched

recently?

a)

Russia

b)

US

c) UK

d) Germany

124).Which of the following city is hosting 2015 Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior

Weightlifting Championships?

a)

Pune

b)

Jaipur

c)

Kolkata

d) Goa

125).Who is the winner of 2015 China Open Womens Singles Title which was recently held at

Beijing?

a)

Ekaterina Makarovab)

Roberta Vinci

c)

Timea Bacsinszky

d)

Garbine Muguruza

126).14 days Indo-Sri Lanka joint Training Exercise Mitra-Shakti 2015 was held at _______.

a) Pune


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b) Rajkot

c) Bhopal

d)

Kolkata

127).Who has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Infosys?a)

Ranganath D Mavinakere

b)

Anurag G Thapliyal

c)

Shanti Sundharam

d)Asoke Kumar Mukerji

128).Four Indian States were got approved to implement the Green Indian Mission Plans,

which among the following state is NOT one of them?

a)

Jharkhand

b)

Manipur

c)

Assam

d)

Mizoram

129).Indian Army and _______ have conducting 10 days joint Anti-Terrorism exercise.

a) Japan

b) Russia

c)

China

d)

US

130).Who is the winner of 2015 China Open Mens Doubles Title?

a)

Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock

b)

Tomas Berdych and Richard Gasquet

c) Juan Monaco and Milos Raonic

d) Daniel Nestor and Edouard Roger

Answers:

121). b) 122). d) 123). c) 124). a) 125). d) 126). a) 127). a) 128). c) 129). c) 130). a)

131).Who is the winner of the Harvard Humanitarian Award for the year 2015?

a)

Sumathi Natarajan

b) Kailash Satyarthi


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c) Shiv Kumar Nadar

d) Prakash Verma

132).Name the Jamaican Writer who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize?

a)

Chigozie Obiomab)

Anne Tyler

c)

Marlon James

d)

Tom McCarthy

133).What is the name of the rural development program which was launched by Central

Government recently?

a) Durban Mission

b)

Rurban Mission

c)

Shakshi Mission

d)

Chanakya Mission

134).Name the football player who created record by winning the 4 thGolden Boot Award?

a)

Lionel Messi

b) George Best

c) Ronaldinho

d)

Cristiano Ronaldo

135).N Venugopala Rao has been appointed as the CEO of __________.

a)

Reliance Power

b)

TATA Steel

c)

Reliance Industries

d) TATA Motors

136).What is the Indias rank in World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index

2015-16?

a)

45th

b)

45th

c)

65th

d)

55th

137).Who has been chosen as the Finance Minister of the year, Asia 2015?

a)Arun Jaitley


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b) Najib Razak

c) Dr. Wahindin Raya

d)

Indranee Rajah

138).Zam Hydropower Station was planned to be built on which of the following River?a)

Sutlej River

b)

Brahmaputra River

c)

Krishna River

d) Ganga River

139).Which of the following state government has recently launched the Bill Banvao, Inaam

Pao Scheme?

a)

Maharashtra

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Delhi

d)

Gujarat

140).Who is the author of A Brief History of Seven Killings?

a) Marlon James

b) Sunjeev Sahota

c)

Laila Lalami

d)

Anuradha Roy

Answers:

131). b) 132). c) 133). b) 134). d) 135). a) 136). d) 137). a) 138). b) 139). c) 140). a)

141).Which of the following three countries has started their Naval Exercise, 2015 Malabar

Naval Exercise at the eastern coast of Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean?

a)

India, Sri Lanka, Chinab)

India, US, Japan

c)

India, Indonesia, Japan

d)

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142).Indias Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar has renamed the Defence Research and

Development Organization (DRDO) Missile Complex which was located at _________, as Dr.

APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex.

a)

Delhib)

Kolkata

c)

Mumbai

d)

Hyderabad

143).Which of the following state government has launched a mobile app mSehat for health

workers?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b)

Madhya Pradesh

c)

Bihar

d)

Maharashtra

144).Indian Government has recently approved the MoU between the Union Ministry of New

and Renewable Energy and ________ in the field of renewable energy.

a) China

b) Japan

c)

Mozambique

d)

Austria

145).Which is the first European Country to sign a MoU on the establishment of Nalanda

University?

a)

Portugal

b) Netherlands

c) Spain

d) Germany

146).Which of the following groups has signed a joint venture with Facebook to sell itsaffordable homes through online?

a)

Mahindra

b)

TATA

c)

Reliance

d) Birla


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147).Who is the 1stIndian female to win Silver Medal in 49thAsian Body Building and Physique

Championship which was held at Uzbekistan?

a)

Deepika Chowdhury

b)

Sibalika Sahac)

Shweta Rathore

d)

Ashwini Waskar

148).Who is the Founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan- Save the Childhood Movement?

a) Sahajanand Saraswati

b) Kiran Bedi

c) Shashi Tharoor

d)

Kailash Satyarthi

149).Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project is related to which country?

a)

Bangladesh

b)

Myanmar

c)

Maldives

d) Nepal

150).Alexander Lukashenko has became the President of ______ for the 5thtime?

a)

Austria

b)

Mozambique

c)

Belarus

d)

Mongolia

Answers:

141). b) 142). d) 143). a) 144). c) 145). a) 146). b) 147). c) 148). d) 149). b) 150). c)

151).Which of the following countries has approved the Adani Groups Carmichael Coal Mineand Rail Project in accordance with the environment laws of the country?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

China

d)Australia


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152).The Reserve Bank of India has established the Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) and allotted

Rs.________ to develop and encourage the activities covered under the financial inclusion

activities?

a)

Rs. 1000 croreb)

Rs. 4000 crore

c)

Rs. 2000 crore

d)

Rs. 3000 crore

153).Who has been appointed as the Assistant Director of the United Nations Food and

Agriculture Organization (FAO)?

a) Kundhavi Kadiresan

b)

Reshma Shetty

c)

Chitra Ramakrishna

d)

Shikha Sharma

154).Which of the following has recently published International Religious Freedom Report

2015?

a) SAARC

b) US State Department

c)

WHO

d)

UN

155).Rameswaram, the birth place of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has been included as the ______

town under AMRUT.

a)

378th

b) 398th

c) 498th

d) 485th

156).What is the theme of 2015 World Food Day, which was observed on 16th

October?a)

Social Protection and Agriculture

b)

Save Crops Save Nation

c)

Dont Waste Food

d)

Agriculture is the Heart Beat of the Nation

157).In MoEFCC, E stands for ______.


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a) Empower

b) Environment

c)

Education

d)

Entrepreneur158).Which of the following countries has planned to invest $30 billion for the Urban

Development in India?

a)

Japan

b) Indonesia

c) Malaysia

d) Germany

159).Well known Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan has announced this retirement from the

International Cricket. He is the _____ highest wicket taker in India with 311 wickets in Test

Matches?

a)

2nd

b)

4th

c) 3rd

d) 5th

160).TRAI has made it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate consumers by one

rupee for call drops with effect from _________.

a)

January 31st2016

b)

December 31st2015

c)

January 1st2016

d) December 1st2015

Answers:

151). d) 152). c) 153). a) 154). b) 155). c) 156). a) 157). b) 158). c) 159). b) 160). c)

161).Pakistan has signed a MoU with which of the following country to build a 1,100km North

South gas pipeline from Lahore to Karachi?

a)

Russia

b) China


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c) Sri Lanka

d) Germany

162).Which country has recently launched a new communication satellite APSTAR-9 by the

Long March-3B carrier rocket?a)

US

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)Australia

163).Mumbai Metro has signed a MoU with which of the following e-Commerce company for

online ticket booking services?

a)

Yatra

b)

Cleartrip

c)

freecharge

d)

Paytm

164).Who has been appointed as the Director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and

Diagnostics, Hyderabad under the Department of Biotechnology?

a) G R Chandak

b)

Venugopal Verma

c)

S K Sharma

d)

Chandrasekara Rao

165).Who has recently won the Maharaja Sayajirao Bhasha Samman Award?

a)

Sunil Gangopadhyay

b) Syed Kawsar Jamal

c) Prasoon Joshi

d) Vattacharja Chandan

166).Union Minister of Civil Aviation P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju has inaugurated the InternationalCivil Helicopters Conclave 2015 at __________.

a)

Mumbai

b)

New Delhi

c)

Kolkata

d) Hyderabad


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167).Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan

Petroleum Corporation Ltd?

a)

R R Chowdary

b)

Ram Prasad Sharmac)

G K Verma

d)

M K Surana

168).Who has become the first female House speaker of Nepal?

a)Aravind Sivasami

b) Onsari Gharti Magar

c) Shashisha Sharma

d)

Menaka Verma

169).Who has been appointed as the Advocate General of Maharashtra?

a)

Ranjit Kumar

b)

H Kantharaj

c)

Shreehari Aney

d)A G Sunil Manohar

170).International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on ________?.

a)

October 17

b)

October 16

c)

October 18

d)

October 19

Answers:

161). a) 162). b) 163). d) 164). a) 165). c) 166). b) 167). d) 168). b) 169). c) 170). a)

171) Who is the winner of Sultan of Johor Cup Junior Mens Hockey Tournament 2015? a)

UK

b)

South Korea

c)

Australia

d)

India

172) As per the constitution of India which article represents advocate general for the state?


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a) 166

b) 165

c)

163

d)

167173) Who is the president of abof.com, an online fashion store launched by Aditya Birla

Group?

a)

Mukesh Bansal

b) Kunal Bahl

c) Prashant Gupta

d) Sachin Bansal

174) Which state government has declared drought like condition in 14,708 villages due to lack

of rainfall in monsoon?

a)

Gujarat

b)

Maharashtra

c)

Odisha

d) Punjab

175) What is the percent quota allotted to Gujjars and Special Backward Classes, Under

Rajasthan Special Backward Classes Reservation Act, 2015,?

a)

3%

b)

4%

c)

5%

d)

6%

176) Who is RadhaKrishna Hariram Tahilian?

a) Politician

b) Scientist

c)

Professord)

Chief of Naval staff

177) The drug Keytruda approved by US Food and Drug Administration is used to treat which

of the following disease?

a)

Tuberculosis

b) Benign Tumors


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c) Lung cancer

d) Brain cancer

178) Mani Rangarajan has been recently appointed as CFO of _________.

a)

Housing.comb)

Flipkart

c)

Snap deal

d)

Ola cabs

179) Name the Indian Badmiton Champion who lost the finals of Denmark Open against Li

Xuerui of china ?

a) Jwala Gutta

b)

PV Sindhu

c)

Anna Kynnadi

d)

Shravanthi Reddy

180) Which of the following states is related to Mukya Mantri Gram sadak yojana?

a)

Punjab

b)Assam

c) Maharashtra

d)

Madhya Pradesh

Answers:

171). a) 172). c) 173). c) 174). b) 175). c) 176). d) 177). c) 178). a) 179). b) 180). c)

181). Typhoon Koppu has smashed in which country recently?

a) China

b) Philippines

c) Pakistan

d)

India182). Who is author of the book Smita Patil which was launched on 60 thbirth anniversary of

Smita patil?

a)

Maithili Rao

b)

Salman Rushdie

c) Javier Maro


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d) Poonam Surie

183). Infosys acquired US based Noah for USD 70 million to provide data analytics solutions

for which of the following industry?

a)

Information and technologyb)

Coal Mine

c)

Iron and steel

d)

Gas and Oil

184). What is the name of the Scheme launched by Haryana Government for women victims of

difficult circumstances?

a) Mhara Gaon-Jagmag Gaon

b)

Ladli

c)

Swadher Greh

d)

Sakhi

185). Who is the winner of the First feature award known as Sutherland award, in 2015 London

Film fare festival?

a) Robert Egger

b)Athina Rachael

c)

Shai Heredia

d)

Shumona Goel

186). How many countries had participated in Johor Hockey cup tournament which was

recently held at Malaysia?

a)

8

b) 7

c) 5

d) 6

187). Gamal al-Ghitani is the famous Novelist and Journalist of _________.a)

Africa

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

Egypt

188). Name the Indian Tennis Player who won the 2015 Vietnam Open Trophy?


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a) Somdev Devvarman

b) Rohan Bopanna

c)

Saketh Myneni

d)

Leander Paes189). Who is the winner of the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters Tennis Title which was recently

held at Shanghai, China?

a)

Roger Federer

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

d)Andy Murray

190). New expressway known as Green field expressway connects which of the following

cities?

a)

Noida-Jaipur

b)

Delhi-Udaipur

c)

Delhi-Jaipur

d) Jaipur-Gurgagon

Answers:

181). b) 182). a) 183). d) 184). c) 185). a) 186). d) 187). d) 188). c) 189). b) 190). c)

191).Which one of the following banks launched the Chillr mobile app in partnership with

Chillr?

a)Andhra Bank

b) Corporation Bank

c) Allahabad bank

d)

Bank of Baroda192). M/S VIVO mobiles replaced PepsiCo as the new sponsor of which one of the following

tournaments?

a)

Indian Hockey League

b)

Indian Football League

c) Indian Premier League


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d) Indian Tennis League

193).What is the estimation of the acquisitions done by India in the US market in 2015 as per

the report released by Baker & McKenzie Majority?

a)

1.6 US billion dollarb)

1.7 US billion dollar

c)


d)


194).Who among the following is the present chairman of UIDAI?

a) Vijay S Madan

b) Nandhan M. Nilekani

c)

Gururaj

d)

Ashish Kumar

195). The Basic customs duty on wheat has been increased to what percentage by the Indian

Government due to the continuous fall in international prices?

a)

25%

b) 26%

c) 24%

d)

27%

196).Which one of the following universities will be receiving 234 million dollars as

compensation for patent infringement from Apple Inc.?

a)

University of Maryland

b)

University of Wisconsin

c) University of Illinois

d) University of Pennsylvania

197).Which one of the following countries has been rated as the country with best retirement

system in the world by the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index?a)

Denmark

b)

India

c)

Australia

d)

Netherland


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198).Who among the following Indian batsmen known for his triple century in Test cricket

announced his retirement from international cricket and IPL recently?

a)

Sachin Tendulkar

b)

Virat Kholic)

Virendra Sehwag

d)

Shikar Dhawan

199). Konkan railway became the first to establish a tunnel technology institute, named George

Fernandes Institute of Tunnel technology in which of the following locations?

a) Kolkata

b) Delhi

c)

Goa

d)

Srinagar

200). North Atlantic Treaty organization has launched a 3 week Trident Juncture military

exercise in which one of the following countries?

a)

Spain

b) Italy

c) Portugal

d)

Germany

Answers:

191). d) 192). c) 193). b) 194). a) 195). a) 196). b) 197). a) 198). c) 199). c) 200). b)

201).Which of the following countries has signed a MoU to establish air safety measures and

avoid mid-air incidents over Syrian Skies?

a) US and Australia

b)

Russia and USc)

US and Germany

d)

Russia and China

202).Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the tyre manufacturing giants MRF

Limited?

a) MS Dhoni


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b) Virat Kohli

c) AB De Villiers

d)

Michael Clarke

203).People Bank of China has launched the Yuan denomination in _______ for the first time tointernationalize its currency offering yield of 3.15%.

a)

US

b)

Germany

c) Japan

d) London

204).What is the monthly pension amount announced for the Yash Bharti Awardees by the

Uttar Pradesh government?

a)

Rs. 35,000

b)

Rs. 25,000

c)

Rs. 30,000

d)

Rs. 50,000

205).Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Snapdeal?

a) Phillip P Depual

b)

Anup Vikal

c)

Adam Bain

d)

Sanjay Baweja

206).Name the Indian Cricketer who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of

Champion Tennis League Team Raipur Rangers?

a)Anil Kumble

b) Harbhajan Singh

c) Rohit Sharma

d)

Rahul Dravid207).Who has been elected as the New Prime Minister of Canada?

a)

Moses Nagamootoo

b)

Alexis Tsipras

c)

Justin Trudeau

d) Michelle Bachelet


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208).World Statistics Day is observed on ________?

a) 19thOctober

b)

22ndOctober

c)

21st

Octoberd)

20thOctober

209).Yuki Bhambri is related to which of the following sports?

a)

Tennis

b) Badminton

c) Table Tennis

d) Hockey

210). Who is Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarayana Swamy?

a)

Singer

b)

Director

c)

Poet

d)

Dancer

Answers:

201). b) 202). c) 203). d) 204). d) 205). b) 206). a) 207). c) 208). d) 209). a) 210). b)

211).To encourage the people to use the public transport instead of their car, first Car-Free

Day was observed on 22ndOctober at ________.

a)

Kolkata

b) New Delhi

c) Mumbai

d) Bangalore

212).Dream Big: My Journey to Connect India is the auto-biography of _______.a)

Hamid Ansari

b)

Naina Lal Kidwai

c)

Sam Pitroda

d)

Shiv Brat Lal


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213).UK has signed a deal a nuclear deal with which of the following countries to build 1 st

Nuclear Power Plant?

a)

Australia

b)

Germanyc)

Russia

d)

China

214).Who among the following has recently inaugurated the Indian Police Foundation and

Indian Police Institute in New Delhi?

a) Rajnath Singh

b) Manohar Parrikar

c)

Kiren Rijiju

d)

Rajiv Mehrishi

215).Naval Area of ________ and __________ has been divided into two separate headqu

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