CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. World’s largest religious congregation Sinhastha Kumbh Mela has begun at Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of.........?

Maharashtra

2. The veteran music composer Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan passed away he hails from which state?

Tamilnadu

3. Ajay Kumar Pandey was appointed as new Managing Director and Group CEO of .......... based Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)?

Gandhinagar

4. Union Government has launched GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system, for aviation navigation. Which among the following is/are correct information about GAGAN?

1. It will provide augmentation service for GPS over the India, Bay of Bengal, South-east Asia and Middle East along with expansion up to Africa.

2. India is the fourth country to offer space-based satellite navigation services to the aviation sector.

3. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) developed the system, at a cost of Rs. 774 crore, over 15 years.

4. All of thesE

5. India and Tajikistan on Monday pledged to intensify cooperation against terrorism, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi noting that the two countries are located in the “proximity of the main source” of the menace, who among the following is the Prime Minister of Tajikistan?

 Kokhir Rasulzoda

6. India and Georgia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of......?

 Election management and administration.

7. State-run National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has set a target of providing 30,000 crore rupees as credit to farmers for irrigational purpose. It was announced by Bank’s Chairman and Managing Director....?

 Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

8. New butterfly species ‘Banded Tit’ found in forests of....?

Arunachal Pradesh

9. Indian-origin Sunita Williams is among four veteran astronauts chosen by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to fly the first commercial space vehicles. Who among the following has not been chosen forthis excursion ?

Christopher Cassidy

10. India has been accorded full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) along with Pakistan at its Ufa summit held in?

Russia

11. For the first time in India, a system to detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings has been installed in

Uttarakhand

12. Only a few Indian Prime Ministers have visited Pakistan so far. Who among the following is one among those PMs who visited Pakistan?

1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 

2) Rajiv Gandhi

3) Jawaharlal Nehru 

4) All the above

13. Leander Paes clinched the mixed doubles title at 2015 Wimbledon after defeating Alexander Peya and Timea Babos on 12 Jul. His partner in the game was

 Martina Hingis

14. Who among the following has been selected to be the chairman of the upcoming Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank?

Ashok Kumar Lahiri

15. Novak Djokovic beats who among the following to win the men’s singles title of the Wimbledon 2015?

 Roger Federer 

16. SN Sahai has been appointed as the new Home Secretary of

 Delhi 

17. India got full membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on 10 Jul. Along with India, the process to include ________ as a member was also initiated.

 Pakistan 

18. Gennady Padalka has broken the record for the longest time spent in space with a total of 803 days as on Jul 2015. He is a cosmonaut of

 Russia

19. After talks between PM Narendra Modi and President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the 
two sides signed a total of seven pacts. Mr Gurbanguly is the present president of

 Turkmenistan 

20. Who has won the 2015 G D Birla award for scientific research?

 Sanjeev Galande

21. Who has won the prestigious World Food Prize-2015?

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

22  In the memory of which of the following doctors, the National Doctor’s Day in India is celebrated on 
every 1st of July?

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy

23. In which country world’s first electronic diamond exchange is to begin in September-2015?

 Singapore

24. The union government has launched a mobile application “m-asset” to know assets of ____?

 Gram Panchayat

25. Who has been voted as best test player of 21st century?
Sachin Tendulkar

26. India’s first Metrino project is to be launched in which city?

 New Delhi

27 Tata trust and which internet giant has launched “Internet Saathi” to bring women online?

[ Google

28. Which bank has become the first to launch Watch Banking in India?

 HDFC

29. Airbus and which Indian company have signed a MoU to form a joint venture to produce

 helicopters in India?

Mahindra

30. Which of the following countries won the Copa America football tournament on July 4, 2015?

 Chile

31. Nationwide Mobile Number Portability has been operational from?

July 3, 2015

32. As per the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC), what percent of the rural Indians are illiterates?

 36%

33. Who has been named the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize?

Fazle Hasan Abed

34. Tony Tan Keng Yam visited India in February 2015. He is the President of?

 Singapore

35 National Rail Museum is located in?

 New Delhi

36 The International Mountain Day is observed every year on?

 December 11

37. Nickolay Mladenov was appointed as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle 
East peace process on February 5, 2015. He belongs to?

 Bulgaria

38. Identify the mismatched pair? State Chief Minister

1) Jammu & Kashmir - Mufti Mohammed Sayeed

2) Bihar - Nitish Kumar

3) Odisha - Naveen Patnaik

4) Tripura - T.R. Zeliang

5) Sikkim - Pawan Chamling

39. Who is the deputy Chief Minister of Delhi?

Manish Sisodia

40. The World Health Organization is headquartered in?

 Switzerland

41. Which of the following statements is not correct?

 Bharatiya Mahila Bank is a non-scheduled commercial bank

42. Who was given the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2015?

 Kamini Kaushal

43. The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialized wing of the?

 CRPF

44. Which is the second largest river in India after the river Ganga?

45. Narcondam, Deccan Traps, Baratang, Dhosi Hill, and Barren Island volcanoes are in .......

 India

46. A national memorial will be set up in the memory of Jayaprakash Narayan in at Lala Ka Tola,
 Sitab Diara, district Chhapra (Saran) in .....

 Bihar

47 Loknayak is ....

Jayaprakash Narayan

48. Sampoorna Swarajya (Total Revolution) proposed by .......

 Jayaprakash Narayan

49 Which Airport named after Jayaprakash Narayan?

 Patna

50 Construction of a memorial for former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was completed in the 
premises of ........

 Ektha Sthal

51 On 24 June 2015, central government approved a plan to set up six more IIMs (Indian Institute 
of Management) at Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), 
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha) and also at

 Amritsar (Punjab)

52. Dunya Maumoon visited India in February 2015. She is the Foreign Minister of?

 Maldives

53 Who founded Prarthana Samaj in 1867?

 Aatmaram Pandurang

54. Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy is in?

 Dehradun

55. Which of the following countries won the Copa America football tournament on July 4, 2015?

 Chile

56. Nationwide Mobile Number Portability has been operational from?

 July 3, 2015

57. As per the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC), what percent of the rural Indians are illiterates?

36%

58 Who has been named the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize?

Fazle Hasan Abed

59. Tony Tan Keng Yam visited India in February 2015. He is the President of?

 Singapore

60. National Rail Museum is located in?

New Delhi

61. The International Mountain Day is observed every year on?

 December 11

62. Nickolay Mladenov was appointed as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace
 process on February 5, 2015. He belongs to?

Bulgaria

63. Identify the mismatched pair? State Chief Minister

 Tripura - T.R. Zeliang

64. Who is the deputy Chief Minister of Delhi?

 Manish Sisodia

65. The World Health Organization is headquartered in?

 Switzerland

66. Which of the following statements is not correct?

Bharatiya Mahila Bank is a non-scheduled commercial bank

67. Who was given the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2015?

Kamini Kaushal

68. The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialized wing of the?

CRPF

69. Which is the second largest river in India after the river Ganga?

Godavari

70. The government has appointed whom as Chief Executive Officer of LIC Nomura Mutual Fund Asset.
. Management Company?

 Nilesh Sathe

71  The United Nations General Assembly has elected whom to head General Assembly?

Mogens Lykketoft

72. PM Narendra Modi has launched book titled Education of Muslims by whom among the following?

Professor JS Rajput

73. FDI inflows into the services sector and grew by over................% in 2014-15.

 46

74. Who among the following has taken over as New Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises?

 Ameising Luikham

75. .................... has launched free roaming to allow all its mobile customers across the country to 
receive incoming calls at no cost.

 BSNL

76. Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh inaugurated first India-............... Yoga College in
..................

 China

77. As per recently released report by British Petroleum Energy Company, which country has become
 the world’s largest oil producer in 2014?

 US

78. Which state village has come out with the new idea of contesting selfies with daughter to save girl 
child?

 Haryana

79. Which among the following country has launched a freight train service between its northeastern 
city and Europe for opening a new trade route to Europe?

 China

80. Matti Makkonen telecom engineer and father of messaging service (SMS) technology who passed
 away recently was from which country?

Finland

81. Steffanie Maria Graf is former number 1 ATP women tennis player who has been appointed
 as Ayurveda brand ambassador by Kerala Government is belongs to which country?

Germany

82. Which state Government has imposed a ban on the sale of thermocol plates?

Jharkhand

83  Which banking entity has launched Online Customer Acquisition Solution (OCAS), an online platform
 to apply for loans?

SBI

84. Which country has produced the world's first electric passenger aircraft "The "BX1E"

 China

85 .International Labour Day was celebrated on_______.

May 1st

86 .What is venue of Asian Banker Summit 2015?

 Hong Kong

87 .MAT stands for_______.

Minimum Alternate Tax

88 .What is the India’s growth percentage projected by Fitch for 2015-16?

 8%

89.Which of the following organizations has formed a partnership to offer Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana 
insurance?

Canara Bank and Life Insurance Corporation

90.Headquarters of World Trade Organization is _______.

 Geneva

91.Which of the following country is 161st member of World Trade Organization?

Seychelles

92.NASA has stopped the operations of MESSENGER Mission, which was launched to study the atmosphere of_______.

 Mercury

93.Which of the two states have introduced 5 lakhs rupees Accident Insurance Scheme for Transport Drivers?

 Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

94.Who is the New Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)?

Surender Singh

95. At present, the formula for subscription to RRBs capital has been fixed at

Central Government 50%, State Government 15% and Sponsor Bank 35% 

96. Capital market is a market which deals in 

Long-term funds 

97.The Regulatory Authority for Regional Rural banks is

NABARD 

98.“Banking Ombudsman” means a person:

 to whom customer can approach for redressal of his grievances against the bank.

99.The term “dormant account” means:

 account which remains inoperative for an extended period of time, 

100. Which district represented India in the Global Earth Hour Capital Competition of 16 countries in Seoul?
a. Thane 

101. India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) operated at which place of Gujarat?
 Gift City

102. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) passed a slew of directions for which place on April 10, 2015 to check air pollution caused by dust 
emanating from construction sites?
 National Capital Region

103. President of India has inaugurated the event titled ‘Songs and Dances of North-East’, the first ever event in the
 North-East India. This event was organised by North-Eastern Council, Ministry of Development of North-Eastern 
Region and which State government?
 Meghalaya

104. What is the minimum number of days the Governors have to stay in their respective States as per the new 
Govemor’s Allowances and Priviledges Rules 2015?
. 292 days 

105. Oil India Limited (OIL), second largest State-owned oil explorer, has commissioned a 54 MW wind energy project
 in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The project is split between Patan in Gujarat and Chandgarh in Madhya Pradesh.
 What is the proportion respectively? 
16 MW and 38 MW

106. Which major project was launched by the Kerala government that will help their people to overcome 
 substance addiction i.e., liquor, drug and other substance abuse?
Subodham

107. President of India Pranab Mukherjee, inaugurated the centenary celebration of which High Court on April 18, 2015
 and also released a postal stamp on that occasion?
Patna High Court

108 Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched an online monitoring mechanism recently in order to keep 
monitoring implementation of various ongoing projects including Rail Budget proposals, the infrastructure target 
and board meeting follow-up in New Delhi. What was that?
a. e-Samiksha

109. Which State government has decided to exploit non-conventional resources to generate 14400 MW
 electricity by 2019 to cut down cost and reduce carbon footprint?
a. Gujarat