question bank on general awareness

1. Which bank recently

launched 10-

second personal loan di

sbursement

scheme?

HDFC Bank

2. Which Indian telecom

company signed

a Four-Year Deal With N

okia for 3G

Services?

Airtel

3. Which Indian E-Comm

erce company

Ranked Second In Top 40

Global

Bookstore Mind Share' (B

MS Index)?

Flipkart

4. What was the rank

of India's in e

Global Women Entrepre

neur Leaders

Scorecard 2015?

29th

5. Which financial org

anisation appointed

former CAG Vinod Rai a

s independent

director?

Infrastructure Develo

pment

Finance Company Ltd (ID

FC)

6. Infrastructure Develo

pment Finance

Company Ltd (IDFC) rece

ntly appointed

___________ as indepen

dent director.

Vinod Rai

7. Which Public Sector

Bank recently

launched an Online Fore

x platform?

State Bank of India

8. With which country

did India launch

India Unlimited entrepre

neurship

platform?

Sweden

9. India and Sweden re

cently launched

India Unlimited platform

to ________.

promote Brand India

in Sweden

and Brand Sweden in Ind

ia

10. As per the Draft Gu

idelines of

Sovereign Gold Bond Sc

heme, The sell

would be restricted to r

esident Indian

entities and each entity

cannot buy

more than _______ per

person per

year.

500 Grams

11. As per the Draft Gu

idelines of

Sovereign Gold Bond Sc

heme, the

bonds will be issued in d

enominations.

The minimum denomina

tion will be

____.

2 Grams

12. Sovereign Gold Bond

s will be issued on

behalf of the Governme

nt of India by

which financial authorit

y?

Reserve Bank of Indi

a

13. Ministry of Finance c

onstituted a Task

Force on Financial Redre

ss Agency

(FRA). Who will be head

ing this task

force?

Dhirendra Swarup

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14. As per the recent da

ta, what is India's

rank in terms of foreigne

rs money in

Swiss banks?

61

15. As per recent annou

ncement, US

company BrightSKY to in

vest Rs 500

crore in which Indian sta

te?

Chhattisgarh


did EXIM Bank

recently signed a Loan A

greement on

LoC for extension of Lak

e Victoria

pipeline project?

Tanzania

17. In the Global Prime

Office Occupancy

Costs survey what was th

e rank of

Connaught Place (CP) C

entral

Business District (CBD) in

New Delhi?

5th Costliest

18. Overnight Liquid Tra

nsaction facility on

NSEs MFSS Web based

platform began

functioning recently. Wh

at does MFSS

stands for?

Mutual Fund Service

System

19. With which internati

onal company did

Bharti Enterprises Limite

d and Foxconn

form a JV named SBG Cle

antech Ltd?

SoftBank Corp.

20. India recently named

as partner

country of Industrial Trad

e Fair

INNOPROM 2016 of wh

ich Country?

Russia

21. GMR Airport Develo

pers Limited

(GADL) recently signed a

MoU with

which company on Avia

tion

Consultancy Services?

Oman Airport Mana

gement

Company (OAMC)

22. The newly launched

overnight

Mumbai Inter-Bank Offe

r Rate

(MIBOR) will be adminis

tered by

______.

The Board of Financi

al

Benchmarks India Privat

e

Limited (FBIL)

23. FBIL overnight Mum

bai Inter-Bank

Offer Rate (MIBOR) to b

ecome

effective from ________

__.

22 July

24. Which e-commerce

company tied up

with Akshay Kumar's Be

st Deal TV to

expand foothold in fash

ion and

apparels segment in Indi

a?

Amazon

25. Anshula Kant was re

cently appointed

by State Bank of India as

________.

Chief Financial Office

r (CFO)

26. Who was appointed

as the MD and

CEO of SBI Capital Marke

ts?

Praveen Gupta

27. Union Government

recently approved

renaming Solar Energy C

orporation of

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India (SECI). What will b

e the new

name of SECI?

Renewable Energy C

orporation

of India

28. The Union Cabinet r

ecently approved

signing of MoC between

India and

which country on Indust

rial Property?

Japan

29. In the UNCTAD relea

sed World

Investment Report 2015

, what was

India's Rank?

9th

30. RBI allowed AD Categ

ory-I Banks to

borrow from Internation

al Financial

Institutions. What does

AD stands for?

Authorised Dealer

31. Export-Import (Exim

) Bank has

extended a line of credi

t of USD 268.35

million to __________.

Tanzania

32. Which company app

ointed Paolo

Colella as India chief?

Ericsson

33. What was rank of In

dia in Baseline

Profitability Index (BSI)

2015?

1st


as non-executive

director to the board th

e Brics New

Development Bank (NDB

)?

Tito Mboweni

35. With which Bank did

MUDRA Bank

recently sign an agreeme

nt to finance

new entrepreneurs and

small

businesses?

Bank of Maharashtra

36. Which Bank topped

the list with

highest bad loans amon

g PSU lenders?

United Bank of India


of Indian Army in

the recent study by Wor

ld Economic

Forum on World's bigges

t employers?

9th


of Indian Railways

in the recent study by W

orld Economic

Forum on World's bigges

t employers?

8th


hiked national

floor-level minimum wag

e to

________.

160 Rupees per day

40. State Bank of India r

ecently partnered

with which travel comp

any for Online

Business Opportunities?

MakeMyTrip


company

emerged as the world's

third largest

mobile operator?

Bharti Airtel

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42. HDFC recently launc

hed a fast

disbursing personal loan

scheme.

Under the scheme the c

ustomer will be

able to get the loan with

in ______.

10 Seconds

43. Name the largest Po

wer Plant Project

of Sudan which BHEL rec

ently

commissioned.

a. Kosti thermal power

project

44. Viridian Ventures w

ith _______ tied up

to invest $300 million in

a Joint

Venture. a. UKbased

Entrepreneurial Spark

45. Which International

company

announced to set up 20

GW solar

plant in? a. Japans So

ftBank

46. India announced to

contribute

_________ to BRICS' $10

0billion

foreign exchange reserv

es pool.

a. $18 Billion

47. India with which cou

ntry signed a MoU

for Funding of HydroGe

neration

Projects? a. Russia

48. Which Indian Bank re

cently launched

watch banking applicati

on for Apple

Watch? a. HDFC Ban

k

49. Which Bank became

the first bank in

India to offer the service

of Watch

Banking? a. HDFC Ban

k

50. Infosys recently bagg

ed a multimillion

euro deal with which ba

nk?

a. Deutsche Bank

51. MobiKwik recently t

ied up with which

retail firm for mobile wa

llet service?

a. BigBaazar

52. BigBaazar recently t

ied up with which

Mobile Wallet Service C

ompany for

mobile wallet payment

solutions?

a. MobiKwik

53. Which Cab service re

cently announced

to accept credit card pa

yments in

India? a. Uber

54. Telengana State Go

vernment recently

signed a MoU with whic

h Cab Service

to expand its services in

Hyderabad?

a. Uber


MD and CEO of

PTC India Financial Servic

es?

a. Ashok Haldia

56. India with which cou

ntry signed FATCA

to Fight Tax Evasion?

a. USA

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57. India and the US an

agreement to

implement FATCA. What

does FATCA

stands for ______.

a. The Foreign Account

Tax Compliance Act

58. Which Indian financi

al group signed

framework agreements

for equity

investments in infrastru

cture projects

in BRICS countries?

a. Infrastructure

Development Finance

Company

59. Which Indian compa

ny acquired

Denmarkbased design

firm Designit

for 85 million?

a. Wipro

60. Which Indian firm ac

quired tech start

up Genii? a. Practo

61. Essar Oil decided to

sell 49% stake to

_________. a. Russia's Ro

sneft for

$3.2 bn

62. Which Indian compa

ny launched eSign

Service as a part of Digi

tal India?

a. eMudhra


as new MD & CEO

of CIBIL? a. Satish Pilla

i


as MD and CEO of

National Housing Bank?

a. Sriram Kalyanaraman

65. As per RBI Guideline

s, what is the

maximum amount for P

PI for Mass

Transit System (PPIMTS

)?

a. 2000 Rupees

66. As per RBI Guideline

s, What is the

minimum validity period

of PPI for

Mass Transit System (PP

IMTS)?

a. 6 Months

67. Which Indian Bank si

gned a

multilateral agreement

to cooperate

with New Development

Bank (NDB)

along with other membe

r

development banks of B

RICS nations.?

a. Exim Bank

68. ECommerce recentl

y took over

______ to become seco

nd largest

office space occupier af

ter IT.

a. Banking and financial

services (BFSI)

69. India recently receiv

ed full

membership of ________

__.

a. Shanghai Cooperation

Organisation


the chairman of

Bandhan Bank?

a. Ashok Kumar Lahiri

71. Who appointed Rish

abh Gupta As

Interim CEO?

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a. Housing.com

72. What is the outlay o

f Pradhan Mantri

Krishi Sinchayee Yoiana (

PMKSY)?

a. 50000 Crore Rupees

73. Recently Union Gove

rnment allocated

how much money for nat

ional

agriculture market?

a. Rs. 200 crore

74. What is the last date

to disclose the

undisclosed foreign inco

me and assets

under the new Black Mo

ney Act?

a. 30 September, 2015

75. Which state governm

ent signed MoU

with Blackstone and Pan

chshil SPV for

three projects?

a. Maharashtra


as CFO of Tata

Motors' Group?

a. Chandrasekaran

Ramakrishnan


as Interim CMD of

Oil India Limited?

a. U P Singh


as Secretary of

MSME? a. Anup K Pu

jari

79. Which Bank recently

launched the first

MUDRA card?

a. Corporation Bank


ent signed an

agreement with Adani Gr

oup for 648

MW solar power plant?

a. Tamil Nadu


launched Project

Tatkal initiative?

a. State Bank of India

82. SBI recently launche

d Project Tatkal

initiative for which purp

ose?

a. To speed up home loan

applications


received FIPB Nod

to Raise Foreign Investm

ent Limit?

a. Kotak Mahindra Bank

84. Kotak Mahindra Ban

k recently

received FIPB Nod to Ra

ise Foreign

Investment Limit to ___

___.

a. 55%

85. With which Indian co

mpany did Airbus

teamed up to establish a

JV for

manufacturing Helicopt

ers for the

Indian Armed Forces?

a. Mahindra

86. Name the first Indian

Company to Join

RE100 Renewable Energ

y Campaign.

a. Infosys

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87. Recently Infosys ann

ounced to become

carbon neutral by _____

_____.

a. 2018


company signed

a pact with Huawei for

sourcing 4G

devices? a. Reliance Jio

89. SBI recently signed a

MoU with which

ECommerce Company

for Payment

and Commerce Solution

s?

a. Amazon India

90. With which PSU Ban

k did Amazon

India sign a MoU for Pay

ment and

Commerce Solutions?

a. State Bank of India

91. Which Indian Compa

ny signed

memorandum of unders

tanding (MoU)

with Industrial and Com

mercial Bank

of China (ICBC) to facilita

te co

operation in the area of

infrastructure

financing in India?

a. Infrastructure Leasing

&

Financial Services

Limited (IL&FS) Group

92. Islamic clothing com

pany East Essence

recently signed a MoU w

ith which

Indian ECommerce com

pany to sell

their merchandise in Ind

ia?

a. Snapdeal

93. Japan International

Cooperation

Agency recently agreed

to lend ______

rupees for Odisha Transm

ission System

Improvement Project.

a. 1165 Crore Rupees

94. Japan International

Cooperative

Agency and India recen

tly signed

official development ass

istance loan

agreement for which pro

ject?

a. Odisha Transmission

System Improvement

Project

95. Federal Bank recent

ly tied up with

_______ for cobranded

credit cards.

a. SBI Cards

96. With which Bank did

SBI Cards tied up

with for cobranded cre

dit cards?

a. Federal Bank

97. How much money d

id Union

Government allocated f

or

development of AYUSH?

a. 500 Crore Rupees

98. Which Bank launche

d Voice

Recognition Technology

for

Transaction?

a. ICICI Bank

99. With which company

did SAIL signed

MoU to set up Automot

ive Steel Plant

in India? a. ArcelorMi

ttal

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100. Who replace

d Roopa Kudva in

RBI panel for payments

banks licenses?

a. Naresh Takkar

101. Who was re

cently appointed as

the fourth MD of State B

ank of India?

a. Rajnish Kumar

102. Which state

recently became

the First State to Implem

ent Aadhaar

based Payment System

in Country?

a. Himachal Pradesh

103. Where did F

inance Minister

recently inaugurate New

Bank Note

Paper Line unit?

a. Hoshangabad, MP

104. Which comp

any emerged as

the nation's most profit

able company

in the FY 201415?

a. Reliance Industries

Limited

105. Which India

n Bank recently

launched Online Custom

er Acquisition

Solution? a. State Bank

of India

106. As per Centr

al Statistics Office

data, Indian Economy fo

r FY 201415

grew at _______.

a. 7.3%

107. To expand t

he economic

capacity and infrastructu

re in

Mongolia, India announc

ed a Credit

Line ____. a. $ 1 Billion

108. Which India

n bank recently

launched its first branch

in China?

a. ICICI Bank

109. PM Narendr

a Modi inaugrated

the first branch of ICICI

Bank in China.

The branch was launche

d in which city?

a. Shanghai

110. Name the In

dian IT training

company who recently si

gned a MoU

with Guian New Area for

Big Data

training. a. NIIT

111. With which

online financial

product aggregator did

SBI sign an

agreement for Home Loa

n products?

Bankbazaar.com

112. Which IT Co

mpany announced

to acquire "Trygstad"?

HCL Technologies

113. Which comp

any announced

50,000 rupees allowanc

e to its

employees for adoption

?

Flipkart

114. Which comp

any recently

appointed Kim Ki-Wan a

s the new

Managing Director of its

India

operations?

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LG electronics

115. IT departme

nt recently

launched OTP to e-file In

come Tax.

What does OTP stanads f

or?

One Time Password

116. Who appoin

ted Ajay Kumar

Pandey as MD and CEO?

Gujarat Internationa

l Finance

Tec-City Company Ltd (GI

FT)

117. Union Gove

rnment recently

decided to cap kerosene

subsidy at

___________.

Rs 12/- litre

118. With which

company did Tata

Advanced Systems sign

pact for

aerospace, defence man

ufacturing?

Boeing

119. RBI recently

permitted which

Banks to issue ATM card

s in tie-up with

a sponsor bank?

CBS-enabled Cooper

ative Banks

120. To Issue ATM

cards in tie up

with a sponsor bank, CB

S-enabled

Cooperative Banks must

have CRAR

not being less than ____

_____.

9 per cent

121. To Issue ATM

cards in tie up

with a sponsor bank, CB

S-enabled

Cooperative Banks must

have Net NPA

being less than ________

__.

5 per cent

122. As per RBI, O

verall direct

lending to farmers shoul

d not fall

below average of past __

_____.

3years

123. CCI recently

imposed penalty

on 4 state-run insurance

companies of

rupees ________.

671 Crore

124. As per RBI, t

he companies can

treat a credit card as no

n-preforming

asset if the 'minimum am

ount due' has

not been paid within __

_____.

90 days.

125. RBI and Cen

tral Bank of Sri

Lanka signed a special c

urrency swap

agreement that will allo

w the latter to

draw up to ___________

.

USD 1.1 billion

126. India and W

orld Bank signed

Financing Agreement for

________.

Andhra Pradesh Disas

ter

Recovery Project

127. Who appoin

ted Eric Lange as

Vice President of Produc

t

Management?

Flipkart

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128. RBI constitu

ted committee

under the chairmanship

of

____________ on Medi

um-term Path

on Financial Inclusion.

Deepak Mohanty

129. In the Asian

Development

Outlook (ADO), ADB fore

casted the

growth of Indian econom

y for FY 2015-

16 at ________.

7.8 percent

130. Which India

n IT company

recently acquired UK, US

based firms

for Rs. 482 crore?

Mindtree

131. India's first

private air freight

station all set to open in

_______.

Chennai

132. The CCI rece

ntly approved the

proposed deal related to

a Joint

Venture ____________.

Aegon Religare Life I

nsurance

Company

133. 46th Indian

Labour Conference

was inaugurated by PM

Narendra

Modi in _________.

New Delhi

134. Ananth Nara

yanan appointed

as Chief Executive Office

r of

___________.

Myntra

135. Who was ap

pointed as

Chairman-cum-Managing

Director of

National Aluminum Com

pany Ltd.

(NALCO)?

TK Chand

136. Who recent

ly resigned as CEO

and President of Toshib

a?

Hisao Tanaka

137. As per Unio

n Minister of State

for Atomic Energy and S

pace Dr.

Jitendra Singh's stateme

nt, India

ranked ____ in terms of

power

generation from nuclear

source?

12

138. With which

company did

SunEdison sign the large

st private solar

PPA?

Tata Power Delhi Dist

ribution

139. Union I&B M

inistry recently

approved ENIL proposal t

o purchase TV

Today Networks ______

_______.

Oye FM

140. How many I

ndian companies

were featured in the 61

st edition of

Fortune 500 list?

7

141. The Fortune

500 list is released

by __________.

Fortune Magazine(U

S)

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142. Which of th

e following

financial institute was g

ranted banking

license recently by Rese

rve Bank of

India?

IDFC (Infrastructure

Development Finance

Company)

143. WTO memb

ers recently sealed

a deal to cut tariffs on $1

trillion worth

____________.

IT Products

144. WTO memb

ers recently sealed

a deal to cut tariffs on __

____ worth IT

Products.

$1 trillion

145. Which India

n company signed

a MoU to manufacture A

erostats and

Airships with Augur Ove

rseas

Operation?

Reliance Group

146. Name the In

dian company who

acquired US generics co

mpany GAVIS

Pharmaceuticals LLC.

Lupin

147. IT Companie

s HCL Technologies

and ________ recently si

gned an

agreement to form a ban

king software

and services company to

provide

technology services and

solutions to

the banking industry.

CSC (Computer Scienc

es

Corporation)

148. Who was ap

pointed new

Nestle India MD?

Suresh Narayanan

149. Who release

d the Asia's

Fabulous 50 List of the y

ear 2015?

Forbes

150. How many I

ndian companies

were featured in the As

ia's Fabulous 50

List of the year 2015 by

Forbes?

10

151. ONGC recen

tly announced to

invest $8.8 billion in KG o

il and gas

finds. The KG-basin oil a

nd gas

discoveries located in w

hich state?

Andhra Pradesh

152. Who was ap

pointed as

Managing Director & Ch

ief Executive

Officer of Catholic Syrian

Bank?

Anand Krishnamurth

y

153. Who was re

cently appointed as

the World Bank Treasur

er?

Nigerian National Ar

unma Oteh

154. Arunma Ote

h was appointed

as Treasurer of the Worl

d Bank as well

as ______________.

Vice President

155. Which India

n bank recently

signed a $200-million loa

n agreement

with ADB?

Axis Bank

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156. Who acquire

d Valcambi, the

worlds largest integrate

d precious

metals refiner?

Rajesh Exports

157. Indian gold

jewellery major

Rajesh Exports Ltd. (REL

) announced

the acquisition of Valca

mbi, the

worlds largest integrate

d precious

metals refiner in all-cash

of

_____________.

$400 Million

158. Name the o

nline furniture

retailer of India who rec

ently raised

$100 Million from Goldm

an Sachs,

Zodius Technology Fund

, and existing

investors Bertelsmann In

dia

Investments and Norwe

st Venture

Partners.

Pepperfry

159. Renault Indi

a recently

appointed which Bollywo

od actor as

their Brand Ambassado

r?

Ranbir Kapoor

160. Who was ap

pointed as

Chairman of food safety

regulator

FSSAI?

Ashish Bahuguna

161. Indian recen

tly signed a loan

agreement with ADB for

National

Urban Health Mission of

__________.

$300 Million

INDIA

1. Kerala declared ____

__ as Snake Bird

Day.

- June 22

2. Which state declare

d Blue Mormon as

state butterfly?

- Maharashtra

3. What was India's ra

nk in Global Peace

Index (GPI) 2015?

- 143

4. Name the former he

ad of Missionaries

of Charity who recently

passed away.

- Sister Nirmala Joshi

5. Hemis festival is cele

brated in which

Indian state?

- Jammu & Kashmir (La

dakh)

6. Who was conferred

with The 28th

Moortidevi Award for 2

014?

- Vishwanath Tripathi

7. Vishwanath Tripathi

was conferred

with The 28th Moortide

vi Award for

2014 for _________.

- Vyomkesh Darvesh

8. The Government ap

proved a proposal

for setting up a second i

nternational

airport in NCR at ______

__.

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- Jewar


did India sign MoU

on cancer research, cont

rol, prevention

and management?

- United States of Ame

rica

10. With the launch of th

e first phase of

Chennai Metro Rail Serv

ice, Chennai

became the ____ city to

have Metro

Railways.

- 6th

11. Along with Chennai

Metro Railway,

which city recently launc

hed Metro

Railway?

- Jaipur

12. Union Railway Mini

stry recently

inaugurated Integrated

Security

System in which city?

- Mumbai

13. National Statistics D

ay is observed on

which date?

- 29 June

14. What was the them

e of National

Statistics Day 2015?

- Social Development

15. ISRO recently annou

nced that their

GAGAN system will prov

ide

navigational support to

Indian

Railways. Expand GAGA

N.

- GPS-aided geo-augm

ented

navigation


recently revised

the target under Nation

al Solar

Mission to _______.

- 1 Lakh MW

17. Name the first 100%

blind officer in

Indian Foreign Services.

- Beno Zephine

18. Government recently

revised the

National Solar Mission t

arget to 1 Lakh

MW. It is expected to be

achieve by

____.

- 2022

19. Beno Zephine becam

e first 100% blind

officer in ________.

- Indian Foreign Servi

ces

20. Who was recently ap

pointed as the

Director of National Crim

e Records

Bureau (NCRB)?

- Archana Ramasunda

ram

21. Name the Indian arc

hitect passed away

recently who was Dubb

ed Indias

Greatest Architect by th

e Royal

Institute of British Arch

itects.

- Charles Correa

22. As per Housing For A

ll by 2022 Scheme,

Government will provid

e interest

subsidy of ____ on hous

ing loans

provided to EWS/LIG ca

tegories.

- 6.5%

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23. What amount will be

granted per

house by the Governme

nt under the

slum rehabilitation prog

ramme of

Housing for All by 2022?

- One Lakh Rupees

24. Who was recently gi

ven additional

charge as Director Gene

ral of Bureau

of Indian Standards?

- G Gurucharan

25. Name the newly app

ointed executive

director of Amnesty Inte

rnational

India.

- Aakar Patel

26. 76. How many phase

s does Housing

For All by 2022 have?

- 3 Phases

27. Phase-I (April 2015

March 2017) to

cover 100 Cities to be se

lected from

States/UTs as per their w

illingness;

28. Phase II (April 2017

March 2019) to

cover additional 200 Citie

s and

29. Phase-III (April 2019

March 2022) to

cover all other remaining

Cities.

30. Who was conferred

with 10th

Navlekhan Award of Bha

ratiya

Jnanpith?

- Babusha Kohli, Upasa

na

31. Name the Governme

nt launched

weather alert service.

- NOWCAST


did India recently

sign a MoU on establish

ing a

collaborative program in

official

statistics?

- Tanzania

33. As per IAMAI's Social

Media in India

2014 report, How many

social media

users as on April, 2015 a

re there in

India?

- 143 Million

34. As per IAMAI's recen

t data, Usage of

social media in rural Indi

a has grown

by ______.

- 100 %


Media in India

2014 report which socia

l media site is

the 2nd most popular in

India?

- Google +


Media in India

2014 report, which Soci

al Media

website is the most popu

lar in India?

- Facebook

37. Who recently was se

lected for Fukuoka

Prize in the Academic ca

tegory?

- Ramachandra Guha

38. Ramachandra Guha

was selected for

the prestigious Fukuoka

Prize in the

Academic category. The

Fukuoka Prize

is given by which country

?

- Japan

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39. The Union Governm

ent launched the

country's first modernis

ed anganwadi

centre in which state?

- Haryana

40. The Union Governm

ent launched the

country's first modernis

ed anganwadi

centre at _________.

- Hasanpur village, Son

epat,

Haryana

41. The newly renamed

Nawab Wajid Ali

Shah Prani Udyan was pr

eviously

known as __________.

- Lucknow Zoo

42. Name the Governme

nt launched

Augmented Reality App

lication.

- Sakaar

43. Government recently

launched

Augmented Reality App

lication named

Sakaar. For which purpo

se it was

launched?

- to highlight the achi

evements

of the Department of Spa

ce.

44. Which express train

was recently

rechristened as Yoga Exp

ress?

- Haridwar Mail

45. Which Indian mobile

handset maker

recently announced to s

et up its first

mobile phone manufactu

ring facility in

Hyderabad?

- Karbonn

46. Which Indian tourism

held the first

roadshow in China?

Kerala Tourism

47. According to Census

Data which

Registrar General of Indi

a released on

Disabled populations, w

hich state/UT

have the maximum disab

led

populations?

Uttar Pradesh

48. The PDF is Licensed

under Creative

Commons

- Exam Pundit .in

49. According to Census

Data which

Registrar General of Indi

a released on

Disabled populations, w

hich state/UT

have the minimum disa

bled

population? Lakshad

weep


as DGP of Uttar

Pradesh? Jagmoha

n Yadav

51. As per the Socio Eco

nomic and Caste

Census 2011 for Rural In

dia, What is

the total number of Rur

al Households

in India? 17.91 Cr

ore


nomic and Caste


dia, What is

the total households inc

luding Rural

and Urban? 24.39 Cr

ore


nomic and Caste


dia, what is

the highest income sour

ce for rural

households?

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Manual Casual

Labour (9.16 Crore)


as Director of the

Aeronautical Developme

nt Agency?

Commodore C D

Balaji

55. Name the former Ch

ief Justice of India

who recently passed aw

ay.

Y K Sabharwal

56. Nationwide Mobile N

umber Portability

was launched on ______

__.

3rd July, 2015.

57. Which state launche

d the state Portal

ePMS (Electronic Projec

ts

Management System) to

fast track

infrastructural developm

ent?

Punjab


the brand

ambassador of Digital In

dia initiative?

Kruti Tiwari

59. Which state recentl

y emerged as the

first to have vehicle trac

king system?

Uttar Pradesh

60. Which Indian city wa

s ranked 12th in

the List of World's Top 2

0 TechRich

Cities? Bengalu

ru

61. As a part of Digital I

ndia Week, Who

launched solar powered

, long distance

WiFi hotspots?

CDOT(Centre for

Development of

Telematics )

62. Under the Swachh Bh

arat Mission

which state/UT built the

highest

numbers of community

and public

toilets? Delhi

63. ICRISAT launched th

e Green Phablet,

priced at ___________.

$300


as CBI Special

Director? RK Dutta

65. India announced to

supply ________

Additional Power to Ban

gladesh in 12

Months. 500 MW

66. Indias longest road

tunnel which was

announced recently to b

e opened for

general traffic next year

is being built

on __________.

JammuSrinagar

National Highway

67. The 12th Internation

al Symposium on

Antarctic Earth Sciences

was held in

_____.

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Goa, India


recently launched

learning portal for _____

_____.

MGNREGA(Mahatma

Gandhi National Rural

Employment

Gurantee Act)

69. How Many colleges d

id UGC accord

Heritage Status on ____

_____.

19 Colleges

70. ISRO successfully lau

nched five

satellites of which coun

try?

England (Great

Britain)

71. How many British sa

tellites did ISRO

launch? 5

72. Rashtriya Avishkar A

bhiyan (RAA) was

launched by

APJ Abdul Kalam

73. As per World Bank re

leased State of

Safety Nets 2015 report

, which

progamme is the larges

t in the School

feeding category ?

Mid Day Meal

74. Name the largest in t

he Public Works

Programme (PWP) cate

gory with 182

million beneficiaries.

Mahatma Gandhi

National Rural

Employment

Guarantee Scheme

75. What will be the the

me of Science

Express in 2015?

Climate Change


ent signed MoU

with ICRISAT to improve

profitability of

farmers? Telengan

a

77. Name the operation

which led to

tracing of 44 missing chil

dren in

Uttarakhand.

Operation Smile


as Home Secretary

of Delhi? SN Saha

i

79. Which missile was re

cently inducted to

Indian Air Force?

Akash

80. Recently, Akash was

inducted into

Indian Air Force. Who de

veloped

Akash? Defence

PSU Bharat

Electronics

81. Akash was recently i

nducted to Indian

Air Force, The missile sys

tem can

target aircraft up to ____

_.

30 KM

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82. Indias 1st Earthquak

e Warning System

successfully installed in

_______.

Uttarakhand


India signed MoU

on cooperation to estab

lish PACESetter

Fund? USA


did India sign

agreement on Defence C

ooperation

recently? Kyrgyzst

an


did India sign

Memorandum of Mutua

l

Understanding and Coo

peration in the

field of Elections?

Kyrgyzstan


did India sign MoU

on Cooperation on Phys

ical Cultural

and Sports ? Kazakhst

han

87. Long term contract w

as signed

between Department of

Atomic

Energy, India and _____

__ for sale and

purchase of natural ura

nium

concentrates.

KazAtomProm

88. Mhara Gaon Jagma

g Gaon Scheme

was launched in which s

tate?

Haryana

89. Mhara Gaon Jagma

g Gaon Scheme

was launched in Haryana

. The main

aim of the scheme is __

_______.

providing 24 hour

uninterrupted power

supply to rural

domestic consumers

in a phased manner

with their active

participation.

90. Who won the G D Bi

rla Award for

Scientific Research for 2

014?

Sanjeev Galande

91. Microsoft agreed to

set up Digital

Village in ___________.

Maharashtra

92. Operation Shiva was

launched by

Indian Army for which p

urpose?

To secure Amarnath

Yatra

93. Rajasthan recently se

nt a delegation to

replicate Jalyukta Shivar

Abhiyan of

which state?

Maharshtra


as Cabinet

Secretary? PK Sinha


Scientific Advisor

to Defence Minister?

G Satheesh Reddy

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96. Name the recently la

unched anti

submarine warfare ship f

or the Indian

Navy. Kavaratt

i

97. The PDF is Licensed

under Creative

Commons

- Exam Pundit .in

98. India Meteorologica

l Department

recently signed MoU wit

h POSOCO Ltd

to increase efficiency of p

ower sector.

What does POSCO Stand

s for?

Power System

Operation

Corporation Ltd

99. Name the India's firs

t dedicated

astronomy satelite whic

h was

developed by ISRO.

ASTROSAT

100. Name the sc

heme launched by

Union Government to im

prove

cleanliness in Public Hea

lth Facilities.

Kayakalp Award

Scheme

101. With which

country did India

sign an agreement on Co

operation in

AudioVisual CoProduc

tion?

South Korea

102. An agreeme

nt on Cooperation

between the National Se

curity Council

of India and which coun

try?

South Korea

103. With which

State Government

did Indian Railways sign

a MoU for

Dasappla-Bolangir Railw

ay Line?

Odisha

104. With which

country did India

sign an agreement on sh

aring white-

shipping information to

enhance

maritime cooperation?

Singapore

105. Union Gove

rnment launched

National Career Counse

lling portal

under the aegis of ____

_____.

National Career Serv

ice (NCS)

106. Name the In

digenous Visibility

Measuring System recen

tly launched.

DRISHTI

107. The Indigen

ous Visibility

Measuring System, DRIS

HTI, was

recently installed at whi

ch airport?

Indira Gandhi Interna

tional (IGI)

Airport, New Delhi

108. Indigenous

Visibility Measuring

System, DRISHTI, install

ed at IGI

Airport is developed by _

_________.

CSIR-National Aerosp

ace

Laboratories

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109. Which Fastf

ood Chain recently

tied up with IRCTC unde

r e-catering

service initiatives?

KFC ( Kentucky Fried

Chicken)

110. Who was ap

pointed as

Chairperson of Food Saf

ety and

Standards Authority of I

ndia (FSSAI)?

Bhanu Pratap Sharm

a

111. As per state

d by Science and

Technology Minister Jite

ndra Singh,

How many foreign satel

lites did ISRO

launch till date?

45

112. CCEA extend

ed the deadline

for implementation of C

rime and

Criminals Tracking netw

ork and

Systems (CCTNS) project

till _______.

March, 2017

113. Which city e

merged as the first

city to send Smart City n

omination?

Puducherry

114. Who was re

cently appointed as

the Director General of T

he Energy and

Resources Institute?

Ajay Mathur

115. National Bro

adcasting Day is

observed on __________

.

23 July

116. National Bro

adcasting Day is

observed on 23 July. On

this day in

1927, the Indian Broadc

asting

Company started radio

broadcasting

from ______.

Bombay Station

117. Which state

government

recently approved Shyam

aprasad

Mukherjee Jan Van Vika

s Scheme?

Maharashtra

118. The Mahara

shtra Government

approved Shyamaprasad

Mukherjee

Jan Van Vikas Scheme is

aimed to

__________.

Develop villages arou

nd Tiger

reserves

119. Which of th

e following Indian

Business School sign a co

ntract on

student exchange progr

amme with

Sinchuan University of C

hina?

IIM Kolkata

120. What is the

Outlay of

Deendayal Upadhyaya G

ram Jyoti

Yojana?

76000 crore

121. Name the n

ewly nominated

two Anglo-Indians as m

embers of Lok

Sabha.

George Baker and Pro

f Richard

Hay

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122. How much w

as approved by

the Government of Indian

for India-

Bangladesh rail link?

Rs. 1000 Crore

123. Governmen

t recently approved

Rs 1,000 crore for India-

Bangladesh rail

link. The rail link is ____

__ long.

15 Km

124. Kargil Victor

y Day is observed

on _________.

26 July

125. Bijoy Krishn

a Handique, who

recently passed away be

longed to

which field ______.

Politics

126. Name the n

ew chairman of the

Telecom Regulatory Au

thority of India.

R S Sharma

127. P Hariharan

, who recently

passed away was an em

inent _______.

Physicist

128. Name the fi

rst Indian state to

make voting compulsory

in local body

polls.

Gujarat

129. Name the p

ioneering Indian

HIV/AIDS researcher wh

o recently

passed away.

Dr. Suniti Solomon

World Sports and Everyt

hing Else

1. Who was appointed a

s Chief Economist of

IMF?

- Maurice Obstfeld

2. Maurice Obstfeld appo

inted as Chief

Economist of _________

.

- International Monetary

Fund

3. Who won Grand Prix

World Press Cartoon

2014 Award?

- Telugu cartoonist Pama

rthy Shankar

4. Who won the Best Do

cumentary Producer

award at Madrid Interna

tional Film Festival?

- Film-maker Benoy Behl

5. Which country recent

ly started building

worlds largest amphibi

ous aircraft?

- China

6. As per U.S. Energy Info

rmation

Administration (EIA), W

hich country to

become worlds third la

rgest nuclear-

generating country?

- China

7. Which country recent

ly approved Defence

White Paper 2015?

- Japan

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8. Which Indian Stadium

to host 2016 World

T20 final?

- Eden Gardens(Kolkata)

9. Recently, Bollywood

actor Milind Soman

won Ironman Triathlon i

n ________.

- Zurich

10. Which Bollywood ac

tor won Ironman

Triathlon in Zurich?

- Milind Soman

11. Which of the followi

ng domestic

tournament was recentl

y dropped for 2015-16

season?

- Duleep Trophy

12. Who authored the B

ook Titled "Locale,

Everyday Islam and Mod

ernity"?

- Shri M. Raisur Rahman

13. Which city was name

d as World Book

Capital for 2017 by UNES

CO?

- Conakry, the capital of t

he Republic of Guinea.

14. Which of the followi

ng city is named as the

World Book Capital for 2

016 by UNESCO?

- Wroclaw, Poland

15. Book titled Ghosts o

f Calcutta authored by

__________.

- Sebastian Ortiz

16. The book titled R.D.

Burman: The Prince of

Music is written by ____

_____.

- Khagesh Dev Burman

17. Name the Indian-Am

erican who won the

Junior Title at US Power

lifting Championships

2015?

- Amitoj Chhabra

18. Name the famous Ar

chie Comics cartoonist

who recently passed aw

ay.

- Tom Moore

19. Name the Earth like

exoplanet recently

discovered by NASA.

- Kepler 452b

20. Name the world's fir

st malaria vaccine,

approved by European M

edicines Agency.

- Mosquirix

21. Who recently receiv

ed the Royal Societys

Copley Medal?

- Peter Higgs

22. Who won the IJGA W

orld Stars of Junior

Golf event 2015?

- Shubham Jaglan

23. Shubham Jaglan is rel

ated to which sport?

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- Golf

24. As per the list prepar

ed by London School

of Marketing, Which Ind

ian sports personality

was ranked 9th in the lis

t?

- MS Dhoni

25. Who won the first-e

ver Nelson Rolihlahla

Mandela Prize recently?

- Helena Ndume, Jorge Sa

mpaio

26. Name the Sri Lankan

cricketer who recently

completed 10,000 ODI ru

ns.

- Tilekaratne Dilshan

27. Who won the 102nd

Tour de France?

- Chris Froome

28. Which country recen

tly agreed to remove

word Secularism from

the Constitution?

- Nepal

29. Who won the CONCA

CAF Gold Cup Football

tournament 2015?

- Mexico

30. Mexico won the CONC

ACAF Gold Cup

Football tournament 20

15 by defeating

__________.

- Jamaica

31. Clive Rice was relate

d to which sport?

- Cricket (South Africa)

32. Ramon Magsaysay Aw

ard winners -

1. Sanjiv Chaturvedi, Ind

ia

2. Anshu Gupta, India

3. Kommaly Chanthavo

ng, Laos

4. Ligaya Fernando-Am

ilbangsa, the

Philippines

5. Kyaw Thu, Myanmar

33. International Tiger D

ay observed on

__________.

- 29 July

34. World Hepatitis Day

observed __________.

- 28 July

35. Union Ministry of Yo

uth Affairs and Sports

constituted Justice Mah

ajan Committee for

_________.

- Re-drafting National Sp

orts Development Code

of India

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