BSC:QuestionofDay:BSC

02Jan15Ques.:1WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedManagingDirectorandCEOoftheIndianOverseasBank(IOB)?1)PSrinivas 2)KishoreKumarSansi3)AnimeshChauhan 4)RKoteeswaran5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

02Jan15Ques.:2ThegovtsetupwhichofthefollowinginstitutionstoreplacePlanningCommissiononNewYearsDay?1)NITIAayog 2)NITIVibhag3)NITISamiti 4)NITIParisad5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

02Jan15Ques.:3WhoamongthefollowingwillchairtheinstitutionwhichisallsettoreplacethePlanningCommission?1)PrimeMinister 2)FinanceMinister3)PersonAppointedbythePM 4)RBIGovernor5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

02Jan15Ques.:4Thegovthasusheredinreformsrelatedtopublicsectorbanks.Whichofthefollowingis/arecorrectinthisregard?

1)ThepostsofChairmanandManagingDirectorhavebeensplit.

2)ThePSUbankswillhaveanonExecutiveChairman,givingoperationalresponsibilitytoMDandCEO.

3)Thecurrentstructureatcountry'slargestlenderStateBankofIndiawhichisheadedbyaChairmanandassistedbyseveralManagingDirectors,willcontinue.

4)Alltheabove

5)Only1)and2) Ans.)4

02Jan15Ques.:5TheUnionfinanceministryisconfidentofmeetingthetargetofreininginthecentralgovtsfiscaldeficit.Thefiscaldeficittargethasbeensetatwhatpercentofthecountrysgrossdomesticproduct(GDP)forthecurrentfiscal?1)5.5percent 2)5.1Percent3)4.6percent 4)4.1percent5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

02Jan15Ques.:6TheRamonMagsaysayawardwinnerBGVerghesepassedawayrecently.Hewasanoted1)novelist 2)environmentalist3)journalist 4)filmcritic5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

02Jan15Ques.:7TheUnionHomeMinisterRajnathSinghinauguratedamobileapplicationofDelhiPolicethatwillallowwomentosendadistresscalltoPoliceControlRoom(PCR)andtheirrelativesincaseofanyemergency.Whatisthenameoftheapp?1)Samarth 2)Himmat3)Sahas 4)Shakti5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

02Jan15Ques.:8WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedManagingDirectorandCEOoftheOrientalBankofCommerce(OBC)?

1)PSrinivas 2)KishoreKumarSansi

3)AnimeshChauhan 4)RKoteeswaran5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

02Jan15Ques.:9WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedManagingDirectorandCEOoftheVijayaBank?1)PSrinivas 2)KishoreKumarSansi3)AnimeshChauhan 4)RKoteeswaran5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

02Jan15Ques.:10WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedManagingDirectorandCEOoftheUnitedBankofIndia?1)PSrinivas 2)KishoreKumarSansi3)AnimeshChauhan 4)RKoteeswaran5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

03Jan15Ques.:11Withanaimtofundanambitiousinfrastructuredevelopmentprogramme,thegovton1Janraisedtheexcisedutiesonpetrolanddieselby________alitre.1)Rs1 2)Rs1.53)Rs2 4)Rs2.55)Noneofthese Ans.)3

03Jan15Ques.:12WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointednonexecutivechairpersonofHDFCBankLtdwithimmediateeffectforathreeyeartermstarting2Jan?1)KamaleshChandraChakrabarty 2)ShyamalaGopinath3)AnandSinha 4)SubirGokarn5)UshaThorat Ans.)2

03Jan15Ques.:13Thegovthasraisedthesolarinvestmenttargetto__________oversevenyears(by2022)toboostIndia'ssolarenergycapacityby33timesto100,000megawatts(MW).1)USD100bn 2)USD160bn3)USD180bn 4)USD200bn5)USD220bn Ans.)1

03Jan15Ques.:14WhichofthefollowingcompanieshasbaggedaRs3,810crcontractfromTelanganaforsettingupthenewlyformedstate'sfirstthermalpowerproject?1)ReliancePower 2)TataPower3)AdaniPower 4)BHEL5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

03Jan15Ques.:15ThegovthassetupNITIAayogtoreplacethePlanningCommission.WhatistheexpandedformofthetermNITI?1)NewInitiativeforTransformingIndia 2)NationalInitiativeforTransformingIndia3)NationalInstitutionforTransformingIndia 4)NationalInstitutionforTakingInitiative5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

03Jan15Ques.:16WhichofthefollowingisNOTcorrectwithrespecttoNITIAayogwhichhasreplacedPlanningCommission?

1)ItwillbeheadedbythePMandwillhaveallCMs/Lt.Governorsasmembers.

2)ItwillhaveaViceChairpersonandaCEOinadditiontofivefulltimemembersandtwoparttimemembers.

3)Fourunionministerswouldserveasexofficiomembers.

4)FourRegionalCouncilswillbeformedheadedbythefourunionministerstoaddressissuesimpactingmorethanonestateoraregion.

5)ThenewbodyhasbeensetupbyaresolutionofUnionCabinetasdoneincaseofPlanning Ans.)4

Commissionwhichwasestablishedon15thMar1950.

03Jan15Ques.:17The60thNationalSchoolGameskickstartedon2Janinwhichofthefollowingcities?1)Mumbai 2)Ahmedabad3)Chennai 4)NewDelhi5)Bhopal Ans.)4

03Jan15Ques.:18ThePMNarendraModiinauguratedthefiveday102ndsessionofIndianScienceCongress(ISC)inwhichofthefollowingcitieson3Jan?1)Mumbai 2)Bengaluru3)Hyderabad 4)Kanpur5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

03Jan15Ques.:19ThegovthasdecidedtoaccepttherecommendationsoftheBezbaruahCommitteethatwassetuptolookintothesafetyandsecurityofpeoplefromNorthEastIndia.WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofitsrecommendations?1)Delhipolicewillrecruit20policepersonnel,(10male10female)eachfromNorthEastStates.

2)ThecasesofNEpeoplewillbereferredtotheexistingfasttrackcourtsforearlydecision.

3)AspecialhelplineNo.1093forNEpeopleisbeingsynchronizedwithhelplineNo.100.

4)AspecialscholarshipschemeforstudentsofNorthEastRegion'IshanUday'hasbeenlaunched.

5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

03Jan15Ques.:20WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenselectedforSardarVallabhbhaiPatelVishwaPratibhaAwardforhiscontributiontosocietyasaGujarati?1)KiranDesai 2)ShashiDeshpande3)KishwarDesai 4)LordMeghnadDesai5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

04Jan15Ques.:21Whichofthefollowingisnotincludedintheeightcoresectorindustries?1)Cement 2)Automobiles3)Electricityproduction 4)Steel5)Crudeoil Ans.)2

04Jan15Ques.:22WhatistheexpandedformofthetermBTM?1)BusinessTransactionManagement 2)BusinessTechnologyManagement3)BusinessandTradeManagement 4)BusinessTourismManagement5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

04Jan15Ques.:23Underwhichofthefollowingmarkets,thefundsaretransactedbybanksonanovernightbasis?1)Moneymarket 2)Callmoneymarket3)Termmoneymarket 4)Capitalmarket5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

04Jan15Ques.:24Whatismisselling?1)Sellingaproductwhichisnotsuitableforbuyersneeds 2)Sellingabadproduct

3)Sellinganewproducttoanexistingcustomer 4)Preventingbuyersfrombuyingproductsoftheirchoice5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

04Jan15Ques.:25TheRuralInfrastructureDevelopmentFund(RIDF)ismaintainedbywhichofthefollowingbanks?1)ReserveBankofIndia 2)StateBankofIndia

3)NABARD 4)CentralBankofIndia5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

04Jan15Ques.:26Whichofthefollowingwillnotbeconsideredavalidproofofidentitywhileopeninganaccountwithabank?1)PANCard 2)DrivingLicence3)ElectricityBill 4)VoterID5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

04Jan15Ques.:27TheBankingOmbudsmanisaseniorofficialtaskedwithredressingcustomercomplaintsagainstdeficiencyincertainbankingservicesandisappointedbythe1)ReserveBankofIndia 2)MinistryofFinance3)IndianBanksAssociation 4)HighCourtofeachstate5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

04Jan15Ques.:28Whatisthetermusedforabankingsystemunderwhichthebanksaretoraiselowcostfundsandinvestsuchfundsinlowriskassetssuchasgovtsecurities?1)Ruralbanking 2)Prioritybanking3)Narrowbanking 4)Universalbanking5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

04Jan15Ques.:29Whatisthetermusedforthepracticeofreplacingrelativelyhighcostdebtwiththatoflowercostborrowingtotakeadvantageoffallinginterestrates?1)Derivatives 2)Creditriskmanagement3)Debtswap 4)Creditenhancement5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

04Jan15Ques.:30TheRBIisplanningtointroducecurrencynotesinpolymerorplasticonatrialbasisinthedenominationof1)Rs5 2)Rs103)Rs20 4)Rs505)Rs100 Ans.)2

05Jan15Ques.:31TheOdishagovtstartedtheprocessforconstitutionofaStateLegislativeCouncilrecently.Whichofthefollowingstateshas/haveStateLegislativeCouncilasofnow?1)Bihar 2)UttarPradesh3)Karnataka 4)Maharashtra5)Alltheabove Ans.)5

05Jan15Ques.:32TheArkavathilanddenotificationscam,whichwasinnewsrecently,isassociatedwithwhichofthefollowingstates?1)TamilNadu 2)Karnataka3)Maharashtra 4)MadhyaPradesh5)Kerala Ans.)2

05Jan15Ques.:33WhichofthefollowingcountriesadoptedEuropessinglecurrencyEuroon1Jan2015?Itisthe19thmemberoftheeurozone.1)Ukraine 2)Estonia3)Lithuania 4)Belarus5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

05Jan15Ques.:34WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedtheViceChairmanoftherecentlysetupNITIAayogwhichhasreplacedthePlanningCommission?

1)ArvindSubramanian 2)ArvindPanagariya3)TNSrinivasan 4)PravinKrishna5)JagdishBhagwati Ans.)2

05Jan15Ques.:35WhoamongthefollowinghaswontheATPWorldTennisChampionshipinAbuDhabi?1)StanislasWawarinka 2)RafaelNadal3)NovakDjokovic 4)AndyMurray5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

05Jan15Ques.:36OmarKarami,whodiedrecently,wastheformerPrimeMinisterofwhichofthefollowingcountries?1)Indonesia 2)Thailand3)Malaysia 4)Cambodia5)Lebanon Ans.)5

05Jan15Ques.:37VeteranIndianoriginJYPillaywasreappointedasthetopadvisortoPresidentofwhichofthefollowingcountriesrecently?HewillexercisethefunctionsofthePresidentsofficeintheabsenceofPresident.1)Fiji 2)TrinidadandTobago3)Singapore 4)Suriname5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

05Jan15Ques.:38TheFrencheconomistThomasPikettyturneddowncountrystopaward,theLegionDHonneurrecently.Heistheotherofwhichofthefollowingbestsellingbooks?

1)Capitalinthe21stCentury 2)TheBigSwitchRewiringtheWorld,fromEdisontoGoogle3)WhenCorporationsRuletheWorld 4)TheHistoryoftheWorld5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

05Jan15Ques.:39TheUNwillholdnomeetinginitsheadquartersonDiwaliandGurPurab.TheUNheadquartersissituatedin1)NewYork 2)WashingtonDC3)Prague 4)Hague5)Geneva Ans.)1

05Jan15Ques.:40ThePadmashreeawardeeVasantGowarikarpassedawayrecently.Hewasarenowned1)author 2)scientist3)politician 4)actor5)dancer Ans.)2

06Jan15Ques.:41AsannouncedbytheUnionUrbanDevelopmentMinisterMVenkaiahNaiduthecountry'sfirst'smartcity'willbesetupin1)Mumbai 2)Pune

3)Chennai 4)Bengaluru5)Delhi Ans.)5

06Jan15Ques.:42WhichofthefollowingneighboursofIndiacelebrateditsIndependenceDayonJan4?1)SriLanka 2)China3)Bangladesh 4)Myanmar5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

06Jan15Ques.:43WhichofthefollowingmovieshasbecomethehighestgrossingBollywoodfilmsofarbycollectingoverRs278cr?1)ChennaiExpress 2)Kick

3)Dhoom3 4)PK5)HappyNewYear Ans.)4

06Jan15Ques.:44WhichofthefollowingstateshasconstitutedaStateDevelopmentCouncil(SDC)forcomprehensivedevelopmentoftheStaterecently?1)Odisha 2)Telangana3)AndhraPradesh 4)Jharkhand5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

06Jan15Ques.:45TheNationalInstituteofBankManagement(NIBM)issituatedin1)Bengaluru 2)Pune3)Lucknow 4)Nasik5)Jaipur Ans.)2

06Jan15Ques.:46WhoamongthefollowinghaswontheChennaiOpenFIDERatingTournament(CategoryB)recently?1)AHarshini 2)VToshali3)MDusthageerIbrahim 4)OTAnilkumar5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

06Jan15Ques.:47Whichofthefollowinggovtinitiativeshasbecomethelargestandfastestgrowinggovtinitiativeeverondigitalplatform?1)MakeInIndia(MII) 2)CleanIndia3)MyGov 4)SarvaShikshaAbhiyan(SSA)5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

06Jan15Ques.:48WhoamongthefollowingisthegovernorofKeralaatpresent?1)PSadasivam 2)KeshariNathTripathi3)RamNaik 4)ESLNarasimhan5)KalyanSingh Ans.)1

06Jan15Ques.:49Singaporewasseparatedfromwhichofthefollowingcountriesin1965tobecomeanindependentandsovereignstate?1)Indonesia 2)Malaysia3)Philippines 4)Brunei5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

06Jan15Ques.:50TheInternationalHindiConferencewiththethemeof"ExpandingWorldofHindi:PossibilitiesandChallenges,"wouldbeheldin_________inApr.1)NewYork 2)Frankfort3)Denver 4)NewJersey5)Phoenix Ans.)4

07Jan15Ques.:51ThemovieTheInterviewwasatthecentreofacontroversyrecently.Themovieisassociatedwith1)disappearanceofMalaysianjets 2)ChinasaggressionintheSouthChinaSea3)NorthKoreanleaderKimJongun 4)UnificationofNorthandSouthKorea5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

07Jan15Ques.:52Inabidtoencourageinvestmentindomesticmanufacturing,thegovthasallowed_____FDIunderautomaticrouteinthemedicaldevicessector.1)26percent 2)49percent3)51percent 4)74percent5)100percent Ans.)5

07Jan15Ques.:53TheMissionIndradhanushhasbeenlaunchedbytheHealthandFamilyWelfareMinistrytovaccinatechildrenagainstsevendiseases.WhichofthefollowingisNOTamongthem?1)Diphtheria 2)WhoopingCough3)Tetanus 4)Polio5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

07Jan15Ques.:54WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointednewtemporarychairmanofISRO?1)ShaileshNayak 2)SubbiahArunan3)GMadhavanNair 4)KRadhakrishnan5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

07Jan15Ques.:55WhoamongthefollowingisthepresentchairmanoftheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC)?1)ElizabethKolbert 2)RKPachauri3)JamesLovelock 4)BillMcKibben5)AlGore Ans.)2

07Jan15Ques.:56NamethewinnerofseventheditionofIndiasnationalspellbee,theClassmateSpellBeecompetition2014.1)MukundChoudhary 2)VaswatiDas3)MalvikaDeepak 4)EstherDavid5)SaumyaMalhotra Ans.)3

07Jan15Ques.:57WhoamongthefollowingisthepresentChairmanoftheindustrybodyFICCI?1)MallikaSrinivasan 2)ChitraRamkrishna3)NainaLalKidwai 4)JyotsnaSuri5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

07Jan15Ques.:58ChineseeconomyhasovertakenthatofUSinPPPterms.WhatdoesPPPmeaninthisregard?1)PublicPrivatePartnership 2)PrivatePurchasingPower3)PublicPurchasingPower 4)PurchasingPowerParity5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

07Jan15Ques.:59Thegovton31DecappointedwhoamongthefollowingasthenextchairmanoftheRailwaysBoard?1)ShaileshNayak 2)ArunendraKumar3)AKMittal 4)VKGupta5)PradeepKumar Ans.)3

07Jan15Ques.:60Whoamongthefollowinghasemergedasthe'businesspersonoftheyear'for2014accordingtoFortunemagazine?1)LarryPage 2)MarkZuckerberg3)VishalSikka 4)JackMa5)TimCook Ans.)1

08Jan15Ques.:61WhichofthefollowingbanksinIndiahaslaunchedthecountry'sfirstcontactlessdebitandcreditcardsthatusethenearfieldcommunication(NFC)technologyanddonotneedtobeswiped?1)FederalBank 2)HDFCBank3)ICICIBank 4)SBI5)AxisBank Ans.)3

08Jan15Ques.:62TheIndianspaceagencyISROisallsettolaunchIRNSS1DinMarthisyear.Theagencyhasplannedto

launchhowmanysatellitesinIRNSSseriestostartIndiasownnavigationsystem?1)Four 2)Five3)Six 4)Seven5)Nine Ans.)4

08Jan15Ques.:63Thegovthasannouncedtocontinuesubsidyonferlizers.Thegovtprovidesureatofarmersatafixedsubsidisedmaximumretailprice(MRP)of________pertonne.1)Rs4,120 2)Rs4,7303)Rs5,360 4)Rs6,1005)Noneofthese Ans.)3

08Jan15Ques.:64DonaldRamotarwasthechiefguestatthePravasiBharatiyaDivas2015heldinGandhinagar,GujaratfromJan79.Heisthepresidentof1)SouthAfrica 2)Guyana3)Suriname 4)Seychelles5)Fiji Ans.)2

08Jan15Ques.:65TerroristsattackedintheofficesofasatiricalweeklyCharlieHebdokillingatleast12peopleon7Janinwhichofthefollowingcities?1)Paris 2)Dublin3)Toronto 4)Sydney5)NewYork Ans.)1

08Jan15Ques.:66Jan1317wasobservedas___________acrossthedistrictsinthecountry.1)GirlChildWeek 2)WaterWeek3)EnvironmentWeek 4)ActagainstCorruptionWeek5)CleanIndiaWeek Ans.)2

08Jan15Ques.:67AsperareportbytheAsianCentreforHumanRights,thereareover3,00,000internallydisplacedpersonsinwhichofthefollowingIndianstates,whichisthehighestintheworldduring2014?1)Assam 2)Jammu&Kashmir3)UttarPradesh 4)AndhraPradesh5)Jharkhand Ans.)1

08Jan15Ques.:68NamethewinterstormimpactingtheWestAsiaregionwithwindspeedmorethan110kmphbringingabittercold.1)Huda 2)Dolly3)Laura 4)Arthur5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

08Jan15Ques.:69TheRBIhassignedaninformationsharingagreementwithbankingandfinancialregulatorsFRB,OCCandtheFDIC.Theseregulatorsbelongto1)China 2)Japan3)Mauritius 4)US5)Switzerland Ans.)4

08Jan15Ques.:70WhoamongthefollowingisthenewTestcaptainoftheIndiancricketteamafterMSDhoniannouncedhisretirementfromTestcricketrecently?1)RavichandranAshwin 2)RavindraJadeja3)ShikharDhawan 4)ViratKohli5)SureshRaina Ans.)4

09Jan15

Ques.:71TheIndianspaceagencyISROhadanumberofsuccessfullaunchesin2014.WhichofthefollowingisNOToneamongthem?1)PSLVC23 2)GSLVMkIII3)GSAT16 4)IRNSS1C5)IRNSS1D Ans.)5

09Jan15Ques.:72WhoamongthefollowinghavebeenappointedasthetwopermanentmembersofthenewlyformedNITIAayog?1)ArvindPanagariyaandSindhushreeKhullar 2)BibekDebroyandVKSaraswat3)ArvindPanagariyaandVKSaraswat 4)BibekDebroyandArvindPanagariya5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

09Jan15Ques.:73WhoamongthefollowingisthenewDirectorGeneralofCivilAviation(DGCA)?1)MSathiyavathy 2)PrabhatKumar3)ArunMishra 4)AshokLavasa5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

09Jan15Ques.:74ThePresidentPranabMukherjeegavehisassenttotheNationalJudicialAppointmentCommission(NJAC)billon31Dec2014.Tillnow,whatwasthesystemtoappointjudgestotheapexcourtandthehighcourts?1)Thegovtappointingthejudges 2)TheSCCollegiumsystem3)ThegroupofChiefJusticesofalltheHighCourts

4)ThepanelofLawMinisterofIndiaandChiefJusticeofIndia

5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

09Jan15Ques.:75TulsiGabbardvisitedIndia,recently,ontheinvitationofPMNarendraModi.Whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrectabouther?1)SheisthefirstHindutoserveasamemberoftheUSCongress.

2)SheistheonlyPIOtoserveasamemberoftheUSCongress.

3)SheisthefirstAsiantoserveasamemberoftheUSCongress.

4)SheistheonlyPIOtoserveasamemberofanyparliamentintheworld.

5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

09Jan15Ques.:76WhoamongthefollowingCabinetMinistershavebeenappointedasExOfficiomembersoftheNITIAayog?1)RadhaMohanSingh,NitinGadkari,ArunJaitley,RajnathSingh

2)ThawarChandGehlot,SureshPrabhu,ArunJaitley,RajnathSingh

3)RadhaMohanSingh,SureshPrabhu,ArunJaitley,RajnathSingh

4)SmritiZubinIrani,SureshPrabhu,ArunJaitley,RajnathSingh

5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

09Jan15Ques.:77WhoamongthefollowingCabinetMinisterswillbespecialInviteestotheNITIAayog?1)SureshPrabhu,SmritiZubinIrani,ThawarChandGehlot

2)NitinGadkari,SmritiZubinIrani,ThawarChandGehlot

3)NitinGadkari,ArunJaitley,ThawarChandGehlot 4)NitinGadkari,SmritiZubinIrani,RajnathSingh

5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

09Jan15Ques.:78WhichofthefollowingisthefirstdevelopmentbankinIndia?Itwasstartedin1948.1)IndustrialFinanceCorporationofIndia(IFCI) 2)IndustrialDevelopmentBankofIndia(IDBI)

3)ExportImportBank(EximBank) 4)SmallIndustriesDevelopmentBankofIndia(SIDBI)5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

09Jan15

Ques.:79IntheUnitedStates,whoamongthefollowinghasbeenreelectedandsworninastheSpeakeroftheUSHouseofRepresentatives?1)ThomasMassie 2)SteveKing3)TimHuelskamp 4)NancyPelosi5)JohnBoehner Ans.)5

09Jan15Ques.:80HowmanybanksareassociatedwiththeStateBankofIndia(SBI)asofnow?1)Four 2)Five3)Six 4)Seven5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

10Jan15Ques.:81WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedtheCEOofthenewlyformedNITIAayog?1)ArvindPanagariya 2)SindhushreeKhullar3)VKSaraswat 4)BibekDebroy5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

10Jan15Ques.:82ThegovtofIndiainitiativePrakashPathisassociatedwithwhichofthefollowing?

1)SettinguplighthousesintheArabianSea 2)Settingupsolarlightsacrossthenationalhighways3)LEDbulbdistribution 4)CFLbulbdistribution5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

10Jan15Ques.:83Whichofthefollowingstatesisallsettobethefirststatetobefullycoveredbybroadbandconnectivityunderthenationalopticalfibrenetwork(NOFN)project?1)Kerala 2)Karnataka3)TamilNadu 4)Goa5)Gujarat Ans.)1

10Jan15Ques.:84WhoamongthefollowinghasbeensworninasthenewPresidentofSriLanka?1)RanilWickremasinghe 2)ChandrikaKumaratunga3)MahindaRajapaksa 4)MaithripalaSirisena5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

10Jan15Ques.:85Twosuspectedmilitantsslaughtered12peopleattheofficeofwhichofthefollwongFrenchmagazineson7Jan?1)LeNainJaune 2)HaraKiri3)LeCharivari 4)CharlieHebdo5)LeRire Ans.)4

10Jan15Ques.:86Asmuchas15NRIswereawardedwiththePravasiBhartiyaSammanontheconcludingdayofthe13thPBDinGandhinagar.WhoamongthefollowingwasNOToneamongthem?1)RajaramSanjaya 2)MalaMehta3)DonaldRabindernauthRamaotar 4)SatyanarayanNadella5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

10Jan15Ques.:87ThegovtislookingtostartafreshprocessofinvitingbidsforUMPPsinthecountry.ThetermUMPPstandsfor1)UltraMiniPowerProject 2)UltraMegaPowerProject3)UltraModernPowerProject 4)UltraModifiedPowerProject5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

10Jan15Ques.:88IndiasnewestairlineVistarastarteditsflighton9Jan.Whichofthefollowingleadingbusinesshousesof

IndiahaslaunchedtheairlinewiththeSingaporeAirlines?1)Reliance 2)Tata3)AdityaBirlaGroup 4)Essar5)Essel Ans.)2

10Jan15Ques.:89WhichoffollowingteamshasretainedtheiconicRelianceICCTestChampionshipmacerecently?1)Pakistan 2)England3)SouthAfrica 4)SriLanka5)NewZealand Ans.)3

10Jan15Ques.:90WhichofthefollowingisimposedinthestateofJammu&Kashmirwhenconstitutionalmachineryfailsthere?1)Caretakinggovt 2)Governorsrule3)PresidentsRule 4)ExecutiveRule5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

12Jan15Ques.:91PheeTeikYeohisthepresentCEOofwhichofthefollowingairlinesoperatinginIndiaasofnow?1)Vistara 2)AirAsiaIndia3)Spicejet 4)JetAirways5)IndiGo Ans.)1

12Jan15Ques.:92WhoamongthefollowingisthecurrentDirectorGeneraloftheWTO?1)JacquesDelors 2)PascalLamy3)RobertoAzevedo 4)JanetYellen5)ChristineLagarde Ans.)3

12Jan15Ques.:93AzizQureshihasbeensworninasthenewGovernorofwhichofthefollowingstates?1)Uttarakhand 2)Odisha3)Mizoram 4)Manipur5)Tripura Ans.)3

12Jan15Ques.:94AspertheWorldBankpresidentJimYongKim,theWorldBankhasseta__________targettoachievethegoaloferadicatingextremepoverty.1)2020 2)20243)2026 4)20305)Noneofthese Ans.)4

12Jan15Ques.:95AfterthesuccessofLCATejasfighterplane,Indiaplanstodevelopitsownfifthgenerationfighterplane.Tilldatewhichofthefollowingistheonlyfullyoperationalfifthgenerationfighterplaneintheworld?1)F/A22Raptor 2)Gripen3)Sukhoi30MKI 4)EurofighterTyphon5)F/ASuperHornet Ans.)1

12Jan15Ques.:96Whoamongthefollowinghasjoinedanelitegroupofcricketersbecomingonlythefifthtomake12,000runsinhiscareer?1)RohitSharma 2)MahendraSinghDhoni3)ViratKohli 4)AngeloMathews5)KumarSangakkara Ans.)5

12Jan15Ques.:97WhoamongthefollowinghaswontheBrisbaneInternational2015tennistournament?1)MilosRaonic 2)RogerFederer

3)AndyMurray 4)NovakDjokovic5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

12Jan15Ques.:98WhoamongthefollowingisthenewPrimeMinisterofSriLanka?1)RanilWickremasinghe 2)ChandrikaKumaratunga3)MahindaRajapaksa 4)MaithripalaSirisena5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

12Jan15Ques.:99PMNarendraModion8JaninauguratedthestateoftheartDandiKutir,amuseumonthelifeandworksofMahatmaGandhiin1)Gandhinagar 2)Kolkata3)Mumbai 4)Guwahati5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

12Jan15Ques.:100NamethepersonwhowonthemenssinglestitleoftheChennaiOpenon11Jan.1)LeanderPaes 2)MaheshBhupathi3)AljazBedene 4)StanislasWawrinka5)KeiNishikori Ans.)4

13Jan15Ques.:101VasantGowarikarpassedawayrecently.Hewasaneminent1)musician 2)author3)zoologist 4)spacescientist5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

13Jan15Ques.:1024,000yearoldhousewithrarecluetoHarappanhabitationwasfoundbytheArchaeologicalSurveyofIndia(ASI)atChandyanvillageinwhichofthefollowinglocationsrecently?1)Baghpat,UP 2)Rajkot,Gujarat3)Ajmer,Rajasthan 4)EastChamparan,Bihar5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

13Jan15Ques.:103Namethecommittee,formedtosuggestwaysandmeanstoraisetherevenueofIndianRailways,whichsubmitteditsreporton30Dec.1)BibekDebroyCommittee 2)DKMittalCommittee3)ESreedharanCommittee 4)ArvindPanagariyaCommittee5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

13Jan15Ques.:104Themeteorologicalsatellite,FengyunII08,wassuccessfullylaunchedbywhichofthefollowingcountrieson31Dec?1)Japan 2)SouthKorea3)NorthKorea 4)China5)Malaysia Ans.)4

13Jan15Ques.:105TheworldsfirstmangrovezooiscomingupinwhichofthefollowingstatesofIndia?1)Assam 2)Odisha3)WestBengal 4)Tripura5)Jharkhand Ans.)3

13Jan15Ques.:106The24yearoldKeiPerenna,whohasbecometheworldsyoungestbillionaire,replacingFacebookcofounderDustinMoskovitz,belongsto1)Japan 2)SouthKorea3)Singapore 4)China5)Malaysia Ans.)4

13Jan15Ques.:107TheCentreon12DecappointedwhoamongthefollowingasthechairmanofIndianSpaceResearchOrganisation(ISRO)?1)MYSPrasad 2)ShaileshNayak3)SubbiahArunan 4)ASKiranKumar5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

13Jan15Ques.:108IndiaisnegotiatingtheUSD6bnsurfacetoairmissilesystemsproject,Maitri,withwhichofthefollowingcountries?1)US 2)Russia3)Germany 4)Japan5)France Ans.)5

13Jan15Ques.:109WhichofthefollowingstategovtshasdecidedtoimplementaPotatoMissionfromfiscal201516tomakethestateselfsufficientinpotatoproductionandstorageoveraperiodofthreeyears?1)UttarPradesh 2)Odisha3)Bihar 4)Haryana5)WestBengal Ans.)2

13Jan15Ques.:110Whichofthefollowingistheonlycountrytoproducethehealthrichpurpleteaasofnow?1)Kenya 2)SriLanka

3)China 4)India5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

14Jan15Ques.:111Thegovton13JanremovedAvinashChanderasthechiefofwhichofthefollowingorganisations15monthsbeforehiscontractwastoend?1)ISRO 2)DRDO3)OFB 4)HAL5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

14Jan15Ques.:112WhichofthefollowingcentralbankshasreceivedthecentralbankoftheyearawardinstitutedbyLondonbasedwebsite,centralbanking.comrecently?1)ReserveBankofIndia(RBI) 2)ReserveBankofNewZealand(RBNZ)3)FederalReserve 4)BankofJapan(BOJ)5)EuropeanCentralBank(ECB) Ans.)2

14Jan15Ques.:113AtthebiennialVibrantGujaratSummitinGandhinagar,corporatesfromIndiaandabroadpledgedtoinvestanastonishing___________andsigned21,000MoUs.1)Rs10lakhcr 2)Rs12lakhcr3)Rs17lakhcr 4)Rs25lakhcr5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

14Jan15Ques.:114WhoamongthefollowinggovernorsofcentralbankhasreceivedthegovernoroftheyearawardinstitutedbyLondonbasedwebsite,centralbanking.comrecently?1)HaruhikoKuroda 2)JanetYellen3)GraemeWheeler 4)RaghuramRajan5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

14Jan15Ques.:115TheglobaldefenceandaerospacecompanyBAESystemshasappointedwhoamongthefollowingasanonexecutiveDirectorandChairmanofitsIndiansubsidiary?1)NainaLalKidwai 2)KVKamath3)UdayKotak 4)AdityaPuri

5)DeepakParekh Ans.)5

14Jan15Ques.:116TheNationalYouthDayiscelebratedinIndiaeveryyearonthebirthanniversaryofSwamiVivekanandawhichfallson1)1Jan 2)3Jan3)6Jan 4)9Jan5)12Jan Ans.)5

14Jan15Ques.:117TheRailwayMinisterSureshPrabhuon13Janflaggedoffcountrysfirstcompressednaturalgas(CNG)poweredtrainfrom1)Rewari,Haryana 2)Thane,Maharashtra3)Agra,UttarPradesh 4)Porbandar,Gujarat5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

14Jan15Ques.:118Whichofthefollowingteamshasrecordedthehighestsuccessfulrunchase(231)inT20history?1)Pakistan 2)WestIndies3)SouthAfrica 4)Australia5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

14Jan15Ques.:119WhichofthefollowingteamshaswontheFederationCupfootballtitlerecently?1)DempoSportsClub 2)MohammedanSC3)BengaluruFC 4)KeralaBlastersFC5)FCGoa Ans.)3

14Jan15Ques.:120Whoamongthefollowingtennisplayersrecorded1000thwininthemen'sprofessionalcircuitwinningthemenssinglestitleoftheBrisbaneInternationalrecently?1)RogerFederer 2)StanWawrinka3)DavidFerrer 4)RafaelNadal5)NovakDjokovic Ans.)1

15Jan15Ques.:121BokoHarammilitantskilledover2thousandciviliansandburneddownhomesintheBagatownofwhichofthefollowingcountriesrecently?1)Cameroon 2)CentralAfricanRepublic3)Nigeria 4)Ghana5)BurkinaFaso Ans.)3

15Jan15Ques.:122WhoamongthefollowingisthefirstIndiancricketerevertomakethreeTestcenturiesinhisfirstthreeinningsascaptain?1)MahendraSinghDhoni 2)ViratKohli3)SouravGanguly 4)RahulDravid5)VirenderSehwag Ans.)2

15Jan15Ques.:123Whichofthefollowingisthefirstnewantibiotictobediscoveredinnearly30years?Ithasbeenhailedasaparadigmshiftinthefightagainstthegrowingresistancetodrugs.1)Dalbavancin 2)Tedizolid3)Bedaquiline 4)Teixobactin5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

15Jan15Ques.:124WhoamongthefollowinghaswonthemenssinglestitleoftheQatarOpentennistournamentinDoharecently?1)RafaelNadal 2)NovakDjokovic

3)IvoKarlovic 4)TomasBerdych5)DavidFerrer Ans.)5

15Jan15Ques.:125Whatisthenameofthemascotforthe35thNationalGamestobehostedbyKeralainFeb2015?1)Ammu 2)Karak3)Shera 4)Appu5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

15Jan15Ques.:126AccordingtothelatestsurveyreportbyLabourBureau,theunemploymentrateinIndiahasbeenwhatpercentin201314?1)4.1percent 2)4.7percent3)4.9percent 4)5.5percent5)5.7percent Ans.)3

15Jan15Ques.:127TheUNGeneralAssemblyadoptedaresolutionurgingwhichofthefollowingcountriestograntcitizenshiptoitsRohingyaMuslimminorityandgrantthemequalaccesstoservicesrecently?1)SriLanka 2)Myanmar3)Thailand 4)Philippines

5)Singapore Ans.)2

15Jan15Ques.:128IndiahasannouncedtoprovideUSD60mnLineofCreditLoCtowhichofthefollowingcountriesforitsroadinfrastructureprojects?1)Suriname 2)Venezuela3)Nicaragua 4)Guyana5)Ecuador Ans.)4

15Jan15Ques.:129ModiboKeitaisthenewPrimeMinisterofwhichofthefollowingAfricancountries?1)Mali 2)Mauritania3)Ghana 4)Algeria5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

15Jan15Ques.:130Thenationalopticalfibrenetwork(NOFN)projectaimstoconnect2.5lakhgrampanchayatsacrossthenationby1)Dec2015 2)Dec20163)Jan2017 4)Jan20185)Noneofthese Ans.)2

16Jan15Ques.:131PresidentGiorgioNapolitanoannouncedtostepdowninwhichofthefollowingcountriesrecently?1)France 2)Spain3)Italy 4)Sweden5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

16Jan15Ques.:132WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenselectedfortheprestigiousVyasSammanfortheyear2014?Hewillbeawardedforhisresearchwork'PremchandKeeKahaniyoKaaKaalkramanusarAdhyayan'.1)AshokVajpeyi 2)KamalKishoreGoyanka3)KunwarNarayan 4)KedarnathSingh5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

16Jan15Ques.:133TheUrukacelebrations,apostharvestfestival,wereheldinwhichofthefollowingstatesrecently?1)Assam 2)WestBengal3)Kerala 4)Karnataka5)TamilNadu Ans.)1

16Jan15Ques.:134TheNationalGreenTribunalhasannouncedthatdumpingconstructiondebrisintotheYamunariverwillattractafineofRs50,000whilethrowingwasteintheYamunariverwillattractaspotfineof1)Rs500 2)Rs1,0003)Rs2,000 4)Rs5,0005)Rs10,000 Ans.)4

16Jan15Ques.:135Whichofthefollowingmovieshasbaggedawardsinthreecategories,includingbestdrama,andbestdirector,atthe72ndGoldenGlobesawardsinLosAngeles?1)BigEyes 2)StillAlice3)TheTheoryofEverything 4)Boyhood5)TheGrandBudapestHotel Ans.)4

16Jan15Ques.:136WhoamongthefollowinghasclinchedtheFIFAworldfootballeroftheyearaward,popularlycalledBallond'Orawardinfootball?1)JamesRodriguez 2)ManuelNeuer3)CristianoRonaldo 4)LionelMessi5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

16Jan15Ques.:137TheReserveBankoftheIndia(RBI)revisedtheReporateon15Jan.WhatisthenewReporate?1)8percent 2)7.75percent3)7.5percent 4)7percent5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

16Jan15Ques.:138Hundredsofthousandsofpeoplemarchedagainstterrorisminoneofthelargestprotestsledbyworldleadersinwhichofthefollowingcitiesrecently?1)Berlin 2)NewYork3)Toronto 4)Paris5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

16Jan15Ques.:139India'sfirstHispeedRuralBroadbandNetwork(NationalOpticalFibreNetwork)connectingtheremotestIdukkidistrictof_________,wascommissionedrecently.1)Kerala 2)Maharashtra3)Gujarat 4)Goa5)TamilNadu Ans.)1

16Jan15Ques.:140WhatisthenewReverseReporateaftertheRBIrevisedtherateon15Jan?1)7percent 2)6.75percent3)6.5percent 4)6.25percent5)6percent Ans.)2

17Jan15Ques.:141WhichofthefollowingspaceprogrammesofIndiahaswonthe2015SpacePioneerAwardinthescienceandengineeringcategoryfromtheUSbasedNationalSpaceSociety(NSS)?1)MarsOrbiterMission 2)IRNSS3)GSLVMKIII 4)PSLVC235)GSAT16 Ans.)1

17Jan15Ques.:142WhoamongthefollowinghaswonthewomenssinglestitleoftheBrisbaneInternationaltennistournament?1)SerenaWilliams 2)CarolineWozniacki3)MariaSharapova 4)VenusWilliams

5)AnaIvanovic Ans.)3

17Jan15Ques.:143TheCabinetCommitteeonEconomicAffairs(CCEA)on16Janapprovedthefairandremunerativeprice(FRP)forsugarcaneat_______perquintalforthe201516season(OctSep).1)Rs210 2)Rs2303)Rs250 4)Rs2805)Noneofthese Ans.)2

17Jan15Ques.:144WhichofthefollowingisNOTamembercountryoftheBRICSgrouping?1)Bangladesh 2)Russia3)China 4)SouthAfrica5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

17Jan15Ques.:145Thecashreserveratio(CRR)hasbeenkeptat4percentofNDTLatpresent.Here,whatdoesthetermNDTLstandsfor?1)NewDemandandTimeLiabilities 2)NetDemandandTimeLiabilities3)NetDifferedandTimeLiabilities 4)NewDemandandTransactionLiabilities5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

17Jan15Ques.:146WhatisthecurrencyofSwitzerland?1)Swissfranc 2)Swissringgit3)Swisskrone 4)Swisskrona5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

17Jan15Ques.:147WhoamongthefollowingisthenewChiefElectionCommissionerofIndia?1)VSSampath 2)HariShankarBrahma3)ShashiKantSharma 4)SYQuraishi5)SyedNasimAhmadZaidi Ans.)2

17Jan15Ques.:148TheMicrosoftCorporationhasannouncedtosuspendsupportforwhichofthefollowingoperatingsystemsrecently?Thecompanywillcontinuetopatchsecurityvulnerabilitiesuntil2020.1)WindowsVista 2)Windows73)Windows8 4)WindowsXP5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

17Jan15Ques.:149NametheIndianswimmerwhoon14Jansetaworldrecordbyswimming1.4milesin52minutesinonedegreetemperatureintheAntarcticOcean.The24yearoldisnowthefirstAsiangirlandyoungestintheworldtohaveachievedthisfeat.1)PoojaRaghavaAlva 2)MalavikaVishwanath3)AditiDhumatkar 4)BhaktiSharma5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

17Jan15Ques.:150LeelaSamsonresignedaschairpersonofwhichofthefollowinginstitutionsrecently?1)FilmCertificationAppellateTribunal(FCAT) 2)CentralBoardofFilmCertification(CBFC)

3)TelecomRegulatoryAuthorityofIndia(TRAI) 4)InsuranceRegulatoryandDevelopmentAuthority(IRDA)5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

18Jan15Ques.:151WhichofthefollowingisNOTaprioritysectorasstipulatedbytheRBIwithrespecttolendingbythebanks?1)Agriculture 2)Automobiles3)Education 4)Housing

5)ExportCredit Ans.)2

18Jan15Ques.:152AnindividualhavingaBasicSavingsBankDepositAccountwithabankcannothavewhichofthefollowingaccountsinthatbank?1)RecurringDeposit 2)Term/FixedDeposit3)Savings 4)Loan5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

18Jan15Ques.:153Abanknotewhichhasbecomedirtyduetousageandincludesatwopiecenotepastedtogetherwhereinboththepiecespresentedbelongtothesamenote,andformtheentirenote,istermedas

1)soiledbanknote 2)mutilatedbanknote3)imperfectbanknote 4)counterfeitbanknote5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

18Jan15Ques.:154Theschemeofreversemortgageisintroducedforthebenefitofpeopleowningahousebuthavinginadequateincometomeettheirneeds.Ahomeownerabovewhatageiseligibleforareversemortgageloan?1)25years 2)40years3)50years 4)60years5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

18Jan15Ques.:155TheKYCnormsstipulatedbytheRBIareNOTapplicableincaseofissuanceofwhichofthefollowing?1)CreditCards 2)DebitCards3)Addon/supplementarycards 4)Alltheabove5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

18Jan15Ques.:156WhichofthefollowingisNOTaconditiontobefulfilledbyacorporatetobeeligibletoissueCP?1)Thetangiblenetworthofthecompany,asperthelatestauditedbalancesheet,isnotlessthanRs4cr.

2)Companyhasbeensanctionedworkingcapitallimitbybank.

3)TheborrowalaccountofthecompanyisclassifiedasaStandardAssetbythefinancingbank.

4)Noneoftheabove

5)Only2)and3) Ans.)4

18Jan15Ques.:157Aspartofthefinancialsectorliberalisation,allcreditrelatedmattersofbanksincludingchargingofinteresthavebeenderegulatedbytheRBIandarenowgovernedby1)thegovtpolicies 2)internationalpractices3)thepoliciesoftheWorldBank 4)thebanksownlendingpolicies5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

18Jan15Ques.:158Loanstoindividualsforeducationalpurposesincludingvocationalcoursesupto______forstudiesinIndiaand______forstudiesabroadareincludedunderprioritysectorlendingbybanks.1)Rs5lakh,Rs10lakh 2)Rs7lakh,Rs15lakh3)Rs10lakh,Rs20lakh 4)Rs12lakh,Rs22lakh5)Rs15lakh,Rs25lakh Ans.)3

18Jan15Ques.:159IfanindividualhasaBasicSavingsBankDepositAccountopenedonthebasisofsimplifiedKYCnorms,theaccountwouldadditionallybetreatedaswhichofthefollowing?1)BSBDANofrillsAccount 2)BSBDASmallAccount3)BSBDALimitedAccount 4)BSBDARegularAccount5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

18Jan15

Ques.:160WeoftenreadaboutARCsinfinancialnewspapers.WhatdoesthetermARCstandsfor?1)AssetReconstructionCompany 2)AssetRecapitalisationCompany

3)AssetReinsuranceCompany 4)AssetRecoveryCompany5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

19Jan15Ques.:161TheArmyDayiscelebratedinIndiaeveryyearon

1)7Jan 2)9Jan3)15Jan 4)27Jan5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

19Jan15Ques.:162OtaramDevasiistheministerinchargeofcowaffairs,afirstinthecountry,in1)Gujarat 2)Haryana3)Rajasthan 4)MadhyaPradesh5)Jharkhand Ans.)3

19Jan15Ques.:163WhatisthenameoftheUNmissionintroducedtocombatEboladisease?1)UNMEER 2)UNMETE3)UNMCED 4)UNMDEO5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

19Jan15Ques.:164TheUnionMinisterforAgricultureRadhaMohanSinghdedicatedBiosafetylaboratory(BSL)tostrengthenlivestockdiseasemonitoringinwhichofthefollowingsouthIndiancitiesrecently?1)Bengaluru 2)Chennai3)Hyderabad 4)Thiruvananthapuram5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

19Jan15Ques.:165Whichofthefollowingcountriesintheworldleadsintermsofpercentageofskilledpeopleamongthetotalworkforce?1)SouthKorea 2)Japan3)Germany 4)UK5)France Ans.)1

19Jan15Ques.:166AsrevealedbytheMoSforSkillDevelopmentandEntrepreneurshipRajivPratapRudy,recently,whatpercentofthetotalworkforceinIndiaareskilledworkersasofnow?1)twopercent 2)fourpercent3)fivepercent 4)eightpercent5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

19Jan15Ques.:167Thewomenssinglestitledofthe2015SydneyInternationalwasbaggedby1)KarolinaPliskova 2)PetraKvitova3)AnaIvanovic 4)MariaSharapova5)SaniaMirza Ans.)2

19Jan15Ques.:168ThenationalfestivalMaatiKeRangwasheldforthefirsttimeintheNorthEastregionfrom1317Jan.Thevenueofthefestivalwas1)Dimapur,Nagaland 2)Agartala,Tripura3)Mizoram,Aizawl 4)Dispur,Assam5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

19Jan15Ques.:169ThewinneroftheSahityaAkademiAwardforSanskrit,2014forhisworkKanakalochanahais

1)RadhakantThakur 2)RamjiThakur3)PrabhuNathDwivedi 4)HarekrishnaSatapathy

5)MithilaPrasadTripathi Ans.)3

19Jan15Ques.:170TheSocialMediaPersonoftheYearawardbytheInternetandMobileAssociationofIndia(IAMAI)hasbeengivento

1)Rajinikanth 2)SalmanKhan3)AamirKhan 4)ShahRukhKhan5)AmitabhBachchan Ans.)5

20Jan15Ques.:171WhoamongthefollowingIndianAmericanshasbeenconferredwithMartinLutherKingAwardintheUS,recently?1)ShantanuNarayen 2)FrankIslam3)SundarPichai 4)IndraNooyi5)NikeshArora Ans.)2

20Jan15Ques.:172ThePMNarendraModihasselectedwhoamongthefollowingasthefaceandfacilitatorofhispeteducationprojectTeachinIndia?1)KannanSoundararajan 2)AkshayVenkatesh3)SubhashKhot 4)ManjulBhargava5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

20Jan15Ques.:173TheAsianGamesmedalistOPJaishabrokethe19yearoldnationalrecordinMumbairecently.Heisa1)runner 2)triplejumper3)discusthrowplayer 4)swimmer5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

20Jan15Ques.:174NamethebatsmanwhohitthefastestcenturyinonedayinternationalsplayingagainsttheWestIndiesrecently.1)HashimAmla 2)RohitSharma3)CoreyAnderson 4)ABdeVilliers5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

20Jan15Ques.:175UnderwhichofthefollowingArticlesoftheIndianConstitution,thePresidentofIndianotifiesajointsittingoftheParliament?1)Article108 2)Article803)Article81 4)Article3955)Article356 Ans.)1

20Jan15Ques.:176SriLankasnewforeignministerMangalaSamaraweeravisitedwhichofthefollowingcountries,recently,onhisfirstvisitabroad?1)China 2)Pakistan3)US 4)India5)Bangladesh Ans.)4

20Jan15Ques.:177WhichofthefollowingdairyproductsgiantsinIndiaisplanningtoinvestRs5,000crinthenextfiscalinordertoachievetherevenuetargetofRs50,000crby2020?1)Nestle 2)Amul3)OMFED 4)AAVIN5)MotherDairy Ans.)2

20Jan15

Ques.:178NametheauthorofthenovelMadhorubhagan,whocameunderattackdifferentsectionsofthesocietyforthenovelandnowhasannouncedtogiveupwritingaltogether.1)MelanmaiPonnusamy 2)PerumalMurugan3)DSelvaraj 4)JoeDCruz

5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

20Jan15Ques.:179ThepresentregimeofwhichofthefollowingcountrieshasinitiatedtheimpeachmentoftheoustedprimeministerYingluckShinawatra?1)Philippines 2)Thailand3)Singapore 4)Myanmar5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

20Jan15Ques.:180WhatisfullformofASBA,atermusedinconnectionofstockmarket?1)ApplicationSupportedByBaseAmount 2)ApplicationSupportedByBasketAmount3)ApplicationSupportedByBlockedAmount 4)ApplicationSupportedByBorrowedAmount5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

21Jan15Ques.:181Aspartofthetourismpromotioninitiatives,theFlamingofestivalwasheldfromJan911atthePulicatlakeinwhichofthefollowingstates?1)AndhraPradesh 2)Karnataka3)Odisha 4)Kerala5)Nagaland Ans.)1

21Jan15Ques.:182ThecentralgovthasclearedDamangangaPinjalinterstateriverlinkproject.Thisprojectinvolveswhichtwostates?1)Maharashtra,Gujarat 2)Maharashtra,MadhyaPradesh3)Gujarat,MadhyaPradesh 4)Gujarat,Rajasthan5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

21Jan15Ques.:183ThePopularResistancemilitia,whichisaprogovtmilitia,isactivein1)Pakistan 2)Syria3)Egypt 4)Malaysia5)Nigeria Ans.)2

21Jan15Ques.:184WhichofthefollowingpairswonthemensdoublestitleoftheApiaSydneyInternationalrecently?1)LeanderPaesandRohanBopanna 2)LeanderPaesandRavenKlaasen3)RohanBopannaandDanielNestor 4)RavenKlaasenandDanielNestor5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

21Jan15Ques.:185TheDefenceMinisterManoharParrikarhandedoverfirstindigenouslybuiltTejasfighteraircrafttotheAirForceon17Jan.TheentireLCAprojectincludingthefinalinductionintheAirForceandNavy,isestimatedtocostover1)Rs8,000cr 2)Rs15,000cr3)Rs30,000cr 4)Rs60,000cr5)Rs80,000cr Ans.)3

21Jan15Ques.:186HaraPatnaik,whodiedrecently,wasapopularactordirectorofthe________cinema.1)Bengali 2)Assamese3)Odia 4)Tamil5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

21Jan15

Ques.:187NareshGoyalpledgeshisentire51percentstaketoPunjabNationalBank(PNB)wasthenewspublishedinfinancialnewspapersrecently.Heisthepromoterof1)Spicejet 2)JetAirways3)Vistara 4)Indigo5)GoAir Ans.)2

21Jan15Ques.:188NepalhasnamedwhoamongthefollowingasitsnewenvoytoIndia?1)DeepKumarUpadhyay 2)BhekBahadurThapa3)DurgeshManSingh 4)RukmaShumsherRana5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

21Jan15Ques.:189The45thannualsummitoftheWorldEconomicForum(WEF)startedon20Janin1)Manila 2)BuenosAires3)Davos 4)Santiago5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

21Jan15Ques.:190WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedthenewchiefoftheCentralBoardofFilmCertification(CBFC)?1)AshokPandit 2)ChandraPrakashDwivedi3)DavidDhawan 4)PahlajNihalani5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

22Jan15Ques.:191WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedasthenewchairmanofAirportsAuthorityofIndia(AAI)?1)KiranKumarAlurSeelin 2)DeepakParekh3)MSathiyavathy 4)RKSrivastava5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

22Jan15Ques.:192SutirthaBhattacharyahastakenoverasthefulltimeChairmanandManagingDirectorofwhichofthefollowingPSUs?1)CoalIndia 2)IndianOil3)BHEL 4)ONGC5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

22Jan15Ques.:193GurmeetSingh,whowasarrestedbytheThailandpolice,istheallegedkillerinvolvedintheassassinationof1)IndiraGandhi 2)LalitNarayanMishra3)BeantSingh 4)RajivGandhi5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

22Jan15Ques.:194SergeiShoygu,whovisitedNewDelhion20Janonathreedayvisit,isthepresentdefenceministerof1)Kyrgyzstan 2)Russia3)Kazakhstan 4)Belarus5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

22Jan15Ques.:195SouthAfricanbatsmanABdeVilliershitthefastestcenturyinonedayinternationalstilldaterecently.Hescoredhiscenturyinjust1)28balls 2)31balls3)37balls 4)44balls5)45balls Ans.)2

22Jan15Ques.:196LeanderPaeswithhisnewpartnerRavenKlaasenwonmensdoublestitleofwhichofthefollowingtennistournamentsrecently?

1)ApiaSydneyInternational 2)HeinekenOpen3)ChennaiOpen 4)AustraliaOpen5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

22Jan15Ques.:197TheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)on19Janaskedbankstonotifythebaserateatleastonceineverythreemonths.Baserateisalsoknownas1)theminimumlendingrate 2)themaximumlendingrate3)theRBIlendingrate 4)theteaserlendingrate5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

22Jan15Ques.:198WhatisthecurrencyofEgypt?1)Euro 2)Egyptianfranc3)Egyptiandollar 4)Egyptianpound5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

22Jan15Ques.:199IndianwindturbinemakerSuzlonEnergy,ledbyTulsiTanti,hasagreedtosellitsSenvionSEunittoCenterbridgePartnersforUSD1.16bn.Thisunitisbasedin1)France 2)Germany3)UK 4)US5)Japan Ans.)2

22Jan15Ques.:200TheReserveBankofIndiahasissuedfinalguidelinesregardingallowingbankstosellinsuranceproducts.WhichofthefollowingisNOTcorrectinthisregard?1)Bankscanactasbrokersforinsurersorsetuptheirownsubsidiaries.

2)BankscanactascorporateagentswithoutseekingpriorapprovalfromtheRBI.

3)BankswillhavetocomplywithIRDAguidelines. 4)Banksareallowedtosellinsurancepoliciesofdifferentinsurancecompanies.5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

23Jan15Ques.:201NametheauthorwithIndianrootswhohaswonDSCPrizeforLiterature,oneofSouthAsia'stopliteraryawardsforherbookTheLowland.1)AnitaDesai 2)ArundhatiRoy3)JhumpaLahiri 4)KiranDesai5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

23Jan15Ques.:202Chinaisplanningtobuilda7000kmlonghighspeedrailwayline,costingUSD250bn,toconnectBeijingwithwhichofthefollowingcapitalcities?1)Dhaka 2)Naypyidaw3)Kathmandu 4)Moscow5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

23Jan15Ques.:203ThePMNarendraModion22JanlaunchedadepositschemeforgirlchildnamedSukanyaSamridhiYojna,aspartoftheBetiBachaoBetiPadhaocampaignfrom_______,whichisamongstthelowestchildsexratiosinthecountry.1)Panipat,Haryana 2)Amritsar,Punjab3)Kanpur,UttarPradesh 4)Nasik,Maharashtra5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

23Jan15Ques.:204ThegovthaslaunchedHRIDAYprojectwhichisaimedat1)RejuvenatingrichculturalheritageofIndia 2)Establishingoldagehomes3)Welfareofhandicapped 4)Savinggirlchild5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

23Jan15

Ques.:205Forthefirsttime,AWACSarelikelytobedeployedinNewDelhontheRepublicDayforvigil.Itisa/an1)UnmannedAerialVehicle 2)AirborneWarningSystem3)USfighterjet 4)Antiaircraftgun5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

23Jan15Ques.:206SunilSoodhastakenoverasthenewMD&CEOofwhichofthefollowingtelecomfirmsoperatinginIndia?1)BhartiAirtel 2)Idea3)RelianceCommunications 4)Vodafone5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

23Jan15Ques.:207TheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)on20JansaidIndiaisexpectedtogrowat_______in2016,crossingChina'sprojectedgrowthratebythen.1)5.3percent 2)5.8percent3)6.5percent 4)7.8percent5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

23Jan15Ques.:208TheEuropeanCentralBank(ECB)on22Janlaunchedagovtbondbuyingprogramme.WhoamongthefollowingisthepresentPresidentofECB?1)MarioDraghi 2)BenBernanke3)JeanClaudeTrichet 4)MarioMonti5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

23Jan15Ques.:209ThePakistangovtforthefirsttimeofficiallyannouncedon22JantohavefrozenallassetsandaccountsofJamaatudDawa(JuD).Thisterroristorganisationbelongsto1)MasoodAzhar 2)DawoodIbrahim3)HafizMuhammadSaeed 4)YasinMalik5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

23Jan15Ques.:210TheUnionGovthasextendedtheArmedForces(SpecialPowers)Act,1958foranotheroneyearin1)Assam 2)Chhattisgarh3)Jharkhand 4)Punjab5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

24Jan15Ques.:211NamethecommitteeonFCIwhichhasrecommendedreductionincoverageofpopulationform67percentto40percentundertheNationalFoodSecurityAct.1)RamNaikCommittee 2)VajubhaiValaCommittee3)ManoharJoshiCommittee 4)ShantaKumarCommittee5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

24Jan15Ques.:212Whatiscurrentestimatedtigerpopulationinthecountryaccordingtothelatestcensusreport?Ithasincreasedby30percentfromthelastcountin2010.1)1,411 2)1,5203)1,606 4)1,9095)2,226 Ans.)5

24Jan15Ques.:213AccordingtofindingsofarecentUNESCOreport,Indiastillhas__________childrennotattendingprimaryschool.1)1million 2)1.4million3)1.8million 4)2million5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

24Jan15

Ques.:214AbdullahbinAbdulaziz,whodiedon23Jan,wasthekingof1)Iraq 2)SaudiArabia3)Oman 4)Turkey5)UnitedArabEmirates Ans.)2

24Jan15Ques.:215Cortanaisavoicecontrolledassistancesystemwhichisdevelopedby1)Google 2)Microsoft3)SunMicrosystems 4)Yahoo5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

24Jan15Ques.:216JamaicanCabinethasapprovedabillthatlegalisesthepossessionofsmallamountsofmarijuana.ThecapitalcityofJamaicais1)Kingston 2)Portmore3)RioBueno 4)Managua5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

24Jan15Ques.:217TheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)on23JanrelaxednormsfortheECBbyallowingbanksandcompaniestorestructureandrescheduletheexistingborrowings.ECBstandsfor1)EconomicCommercialBorrowing 2)ExternalCommodityBorrowing3)EconomicCommodityBorrowing 4)ExternalCommercialBorrowing5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

24Jan15Ques.:218TheReserveBankofIndiahasaskedbankstodisplaywhichofthefollowingontheirwebsitesfrom1Apr?1)Loanprocessingfees 2)Loaninterestrates3)CIBILscoresofindividuals 4)Alltheabove5)Only1)and2) Ans.)5

24Jan15Ques.:219Thetermstalemateisassociatedwithwhichofthefollowinggames?1)Hockey 2)Football3)Chess 4)Billiards5)Golf Ans.)3

24Jan15Ques.:220FlythenewFeelingisthetaglineofwhichofthefollowingairlinesoperatinginIndia?1)JetAirways 2)IndiGo3)Spicejet 4)Vistara5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

25Jan15Ques.:221WhichofthefollowingisNOTacomponentofForeignReservesofIndia?1)ReservePositioninIMFTrench 2)SpecialDrawingRights(SDRs)3)Gold 4)ForeignCurrencyAssets5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

25Jan15Ques.:222PeopleinIndiaareNOTallowedtocarryoutbankingtransactionsthroughwhichofthefollowingmeans?1)Mobile 2)Internetbanking3)Personalvisit 4)Businesscorrespondent5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

25Jan15Ques.:223Accordingtocurrentregulationsforbanks,anassetisclassifiedasnonperformingasset(NPA)whenitremainsoverduefor______days.

1)30 2)60

3)90 4)1205)180 Ans.)3

25Jan15Ques.:224Whichofthefollowingistherateatwhichlocalcurrencycanbeconvertedintoaforeigncurrencyandviceversa?

1)MIBOR 2)LIBOR3)Interbankexchangerate 4)Exchangerate5)Baserate Ans.)4

25Jan15Ques.:225WhichofthefollowingisNOTajobundertakenbycommercialbanksinIndia?1)Issuingcreditcard 2)SettingupATMs3)DeterminingCRR,SLR 4)Sellinginsurancepolicies5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

25Jan15Ques.:226Thesmallcreditsgiventopeoplebelongingtolowincomegroups,iscalled1)Cashcredit 2)Overdraft3)Nofrillsloan 4)Microcredit5)Agriculturalcredit Ans.)4

25Jan15Ques.:227Ringgitisthecurrencyofwhichofthefollowingcountries?1)Malaysia 2)SaudiArabia3)Philippines 4)Thailand5)Indonesia Ans.)1

25Jan15Ques.:228Whichofthefollowingagenciesprovidesinsurancecovertothedepositsmadewiththebanks?1)LIC 2)GIC3)DICGC 4)TataAIG5)HDFCErgo Ans.)3

25Jan15Ques.:229WhichofthefollowingwordsisNOTusedinbanking?1)Epicenter 2)CBS3)EFTPOS 4)SWIFT5)Prioritysector Ans.)1

25Jan15Ques.:230WhichofthefollowingistheregulatorofcreditratingagenciesinIndia?1)RBI 2)IBA3)SEBI 4)FMC5)NABARD Ans.)3

27Jan15Ques.:231___________RepublicDaywascelebratedon26JanwithBarackObamabeingthefirstUSPresidenttobethechiefguestattheoccasion.1)65th 2)66th3)67th 4)64th5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

27Jan15Ques.:232WhoisthefirstUSPresidenttovisitIndiatwiceduringhistenure?1)BillClinton 2)GeorgeWBush3)GeorgeHWBush 4)BarackObama

5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

27Jan15

Ques.:233RKLaxman,whodiedon26Jan,wasarenowned1)novelist 2)journalist3)cartoonist 4)filmmaker5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

27Jan15Ques.:234TheNationalBraveryAwards,institutedin1957,arepresentedbythePMontheeveoftheRepublicDay.ThefirstofficialNationalBraveryAwardwaspresentedto1)ChinmaySharma 2)HarishChandra3)SunilSingh 4)SubhashKumar5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

27Jan15Ques.:235Whoamongthefollowinghasbecamethefirstwomanofficertocommandthetriserviceguardofhonourforavisitingheadofstate?1)GunjanSaxena 2)ShaktiDevi3)DivyaAjith 4)PoojaThakur5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

27Jan15Ques.:236TheveteranpoliticianLKAdvaniwashonouredwith_________ontheeveofRepublicDayofIndia.1)PadmaVibhushan 2)PadmaBhushan3)PadmaShree 4)BharatRatna5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

27Jan15Ques.:237WhoamongthefollowingartistsofHindicinemawerepresentedwiththePadmaVibhushanawardon26Jan?1)AmitabhBachchan 2)Dharmendra3)DilipKumar 4)Alltheabove5)Only1)and3) Ans.)5

27Jan15Ques.:238WhoamongthefollowingforeignersisNOTanawardeeofPadmaBhushanawardpresentedon26Jan?1)DavidFrawley 2)BillGates3)MelindaGates 4)SaichiroMisumi5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

27Jan15Ques.:239AlexisTsiprashasbeensworninasthenewPrimeMinisterof1)Italy 2)Spain3)Norway 4)Greece5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

27Jan15Ques.:240WhoamongthefollowinghasbeencrownedasMissUniverse2015?1)PaulinaVega 2)KoyalRana3)GabrielaIsler 4)DianaHarkusha5)NiaSanchez Ans.)1

28Jan15Ques.:241IndiahasappealedtotheDisputeSettlementBoard(DSB)oftheWTOforapaneldecisiononitsissueswiththeUSoveragriculturalimports.TheDSBhasitsseatin1)Geneva 2)NewYork3)Toronto 4)London5)Berlin Ans.)1

28Jan15Ques.:242SalmanBinAbdulAzizwassworninon23Janasthenewkingof1)SaudiArabia 2)UnitedArabEmirates

3)Bahrain 4)Kuwait5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

28Jan15Ques.:243WhoamongthefollowingsportspersonsisNOTanawardeeofthecovetedPadmaShreethisyear?1)PVSindhu 2)ArunimaSinha3)SardaraSingh 4)MithaliRaj5)SainaNehwal Ans.)5

28Jan15Ques.:244AsannouncedbythestateCM,whichofthefollowingstatecapitalsisallsettobecomethefirstfullyWiFienabledmetrocityofthecountry?RelianceJiowillprovidetheservices.1)Kolkata 2)NewDelhi3)Chennai 4)Mumbai5)Bengaluru Ans.)1

28Jan15Ques.:245DuringtherecentvisitoftheUSPresidentBarackObamatoIndia,theUSpledgedwhatamountininvestmentandloanstoIndia?1)$1billion 2)$2billion3)$4billion 4)$8billion5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

28Jan15Ques.:246TheGlobalExhibitiononServices(GES)willbeorganisedinwhichcityfrom2325Apr,2015bytheMinistryofCommerceandIndustry?1)NewDelhi 2)Gurgaon3)Bengaluru 4)Hyderabad5)Noida Ans.)1

28Jan15Ques.:247WhoamongthefollowingAustraliancricketershaswontheannualAllanBorderMedalforAustralianplayeroftheyearandalsotheonedayandTestplayerawards,becomingonlythethirdplayertowinthetrifectainthe10years?1)SteveSmith 2)ShaneWatson3)MichaelClarke 4)DavidWarner5)BradHaddin Ans.)1

28Jan15Ques.:248Amongthe24winnersofNationalBraveryAwards2014,thecovetedBharatAwardhasbeengivento1)ZealJitendraMarathe 2)RumohMeto3)DeveshKumar 4)GunjanSharma5)ReshamFatma Ans.)5

28Jan15Ques.:249Theservicesectorcontributesaround28percentinoverallemploymentinthecountryandconstitutes_________ofIndia'sGDP.1)17percent 2)29percent3)57percent 4)74percent5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

28Jan15Ques.:250WhoamongthefollowingisthepresentUnionMinisterofCommunicationsandInformationTechnology?1)ArunJaitley 2)NitinGadkari3)SadanandaGowda 4)RaviShankarPrasad5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

29Jan15Ques.:251WhichofthefollowingwasNOTahighlightoftherecentvisitoftheUSPresidentBarackObamatoIndia?1)TheUSpledged$4billioninloansandinvestment.

2)Forthefirsttimeawomanofficer(PoojaThakur)ledthetriserviceGuardofHonour.

3)IndiaandtheUSachievedabreakthroughonoperationalisationofthecivilnucleardeal.

4)HeisthefirstUSPresidenttovisitIndiatwiceduringoffice.

5)HeisonlythesecondUSPresidenttobethechiefguestattheRepublicDayofIndia. Ans.)5

29Jan15Ques.:252NametheColoneloftheIndianArmy,whoadayafterbeingawardedwithYudhSevaMedal,waskilledinagunbattlewithmilitantsinTralinJammu&Kashmirrecently.1)MajorMukundVaradarajan 2)MunindraNathRai3)JaiveerSinghNegi 4)AmarjeetSinghBedi5)VivekPratapSingh Ans.)2

29Jan15Ques.:253NamethewinterstormwhichhittheUSrecently.1)Juno 2)Katrina3)Elena 4)Camille5)Baker Ans.)1

29Jan15Ques.:254TheNationalBraveryAwardSchemewasinitiatedtogiveduerecognitiontothechildrenwhodistinguishthemselvesbyperformingoutstandingdeedsofbravery.Itwasinitiatedby1)BachpanBachaoAndolan 2)ChildRightsandYou3)UNICEF 4)IndianCouncilforChildWelfare5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

29Jan15Ques.:255ThecapitalcityofMozambiqueis1)Lilongwe 2)Lusaka3)Harare 4)Maputo5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

29Jan15Ques.:256TheRBIhasallowedtravelersfromIndiaandNepalorBhutantocarrycurrencynotesofRs500andRs1000.However,themaximumlimitthatanindividualcancarryis1)Rs10,000 2)Rs15,0003)Rs20,000 4)Rs25,0005)Rs50,000 Ans.)4

29Jan15Ques.:257PMNarendraModisharedthethirdeditionoftheradioprogrammeMannKiBaaton27Janwithwhoamongthefollowing?1)KiranBedi 2)LKAdvani3)BarackObama 4)NawazSharif5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

29Jan15Ques.:258Whoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedthenewforeignsecretary?1)SJaishankar 2)ShivshankarMenon3)RanjanMathai 4)AshokKKantha5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

29Jan15Ques.:259Thegovton28JandecidedtogoforthebiggestdisinvestmenteverandfetchuptoRs24,000cratcurrentmarketprices.Thegovtplanstooffload_________shareinCoalIndia.1)5percent 2)8percent3)10percent 4)12percent5)15percent Ans.)3

29Jan15Ques.:260TheCCEAhasapprovedthemandatorypackagingof90percentof_________producedinIndiaaswellas20percentof________injutebagsforthe201415cropseason?

1)fruits,sugar 2)foodgrains,fruits3)foodgrains,sugar 4)onion,sugar5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

30Jan15Ques.:261IndiacelebratedRepublicDayforthefirsttimein1950withwhoamongthefollowingasthechiefguest?1)Sukarno,Indonesian 2)MarshallYeJianying,China3)KingJigmeDorjiWangchuck,Bhutan 4)KingTribhuvan,Nepal5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

30Jan15Ques.:262The150thbirthanniversaryofLalaLajpatRaiwascelebratedon28Jan.Hewasassociatedwiththefoundationofwhichofthefollowingbanksin1895?1)CentralBankofIndia 2)ImperialBankofIndia3)AllahabadBank 4)PunjabNationalBank5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

30Jan15Ques.:263WhichofthefollowingarticlesoftheIndianConstitutionsaysthatthereshallbeaGovernorforeachstate?1)Article51 2)Article1533)Article65 4)Article1115)Noneofthese Ans.)2

30Jan15Ques.:264NametheAustraliancricketerwhohaswonBradmanyoungcricketeroftheyearaward2015.HeisalsoassociatedwiththetragicdeathofcricketerPhillipHughes.1)SteveSmith 2)SeanAbbott3)NicMaddinson 4)MichaelClarke5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

30Jan15Ques.:265WhichofthefollowingcountrieswillhosttheWorldTwenty20championshipin2016?1)Australia 2)SriLanka3)NewZealand 4)India5)England Ans.)4

30Jan15Ques.:266TheMaharashtragovthasannouncedtoobservewhichofthefollowingdaysasIndustriesDay?1)14Sep 2)17Sep3)1Apr 4)1May5)31Mar Ans.)2

30Jan15Ques.:267MalaAravindanpassedawayrecently.Hewasaveteran_______actor.1)Tamil 2)Telugu3)Odia 4)Malayalam

5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

30Jan15Ques.:268ShiraniBandaranayakehasbeenreinstatedastheChiefJusticeofwhichofthefollowingcountriestwoyearsafterbeingremoved?1)Myanmar 2)Maldives3)SriLanka 4)Thailand5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

30Jan15Ques.:269Whichofthefollowingcompanieshasreportedthebiggestquarterlyprofit($18bn)evermadebyapubliccompanyrecently?1)Xiaomi 2)Apple

3)TCS 4)Microsoft5)ChinaMobile Ans.)2

30Jan15Ques.:270TheSupremeCourt,recently,directedsearchengineslikeGoogleIndiatostrictlycomplywiththelawsandblockadvertisementson1)lesbianrelations 2)eroticproducts3)sexdetermination 4)junkfood5)Noneofthese Ans.)3

31Jan15Ques.:271GovernorKalyanSinghwasgivenanadditionalchargeofHimachalPradeshrecently.HeisthepresentGovernorof1)Rajasthan 2)Gujarat3)Maharashtra 4)MadhyaPradesh5)Haryana Ans.)1

31Jan15Ques.:272TheReserveBankofIndiahassigned23informationsharingagreementswiththeforeignbankingregulatorssofar.Suchagreementhasnotbeensignedwithwhichofthefollowingbanks?1)BancoCentraldoBrasil(BCB) 2)EuropeanCentralBank(ECB)3)FederalReserve 4)ReserveBankofNewZealand5)Noneofthese Ans.)5

31Jan15Ques.:273WhatistheexpandedformofOFS?1)OfferForSale 2)OfferForShare3)OfferForSubscription 4)OfferForSubmission5)Noneofthese Ans.)1

31Jan15Ques.:274TheWorldBank,initsrecentreport,laudedwhichofthefollowingIndianstatesforreducingpovertyandattainingbesthumandevelopmentoutcomes?1)Sikkim 2)HimachalPradesh3)WestBengal 4)TamilNadu5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

31Jan15Ques.:275WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedthenewChairmanofSangeetNatakAkademi(SNA)?1)AnuradhaPaudwal 2)RonuMajumdar3)ManharUdhas 4)ShekharSen5)NitinMukesh Ans.)4

31Jan15Ques.:276The2017WomensWorldCupwillbeheldbetweenAug427in1)NewZealand 2)Australia3)England 4)India5)SriLanka Ans.)3

31Jan15Ques.:277Thegovton30Jansuccessfullyoffloaded10percentstakeinCoalIndiatoraisearound________inIndia'sbiggesteverequityoffering.1)Rs20,400cr 2)Rs22,400cr3)Rs25,400cr 4)Rs28,400cr5)Noneofthese Ans.)2

31Jan15Ques.:278TheGovt,on30Jan,sharplyrevisedIndias201314GDPgrowthestimateto1)4.5percent 2)4.7percent3)5.1percent 4)6.9percent5)Noneofthese Ans.)4

31Jan15Ques.:279WhatisthecurrentStatutoryLiquidityRatio(SLR)?1)20percent 2)21percent3)22percent 4)23percent5)24percent Ans.)3

31Jan15Ques.:280TheAntiLeprosyDayisheldonwhichdayeveryyear?1)27Jan 2)30Jan3)2Feb 4)8Jan5)Noneofthese Ans.)2