Thursday, 27 August 2015

Q.1. Recently India signed an agreement with Nepal to lay an oil pipeline from Raxaul in _________________to Amlekhgunj in Nepal. 

Ans: (1) Bihar 

Q.2. With which country India recently signed a MoU on cooperation in the fields of education, training and research? 

Ans: (4) Australia 


Q.3. Which of the following will host the 2015 FIH Hockey World League (HWL) Finals? 

Ans: (3) Raipur 

Q.4. Who won Women’s 100 meters gold at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics? 

Ans: (5) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 

Q.5. Who has been appointed as chief executive officer of the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange in the UAE? 

Ans: (2) Gaurang Desai 

Q.6. Which Indian-American appointed as the full-time federal judge of California court by President Barack Obama? 

Ans: (2) Vince Chhabria 

Q.7. Who won Cincinnati Women Tennis Tournament title 2015? 

Ans: (1) Serena Williams 

Q.8. Who won the Belgian Grand Prix? 

Ans: (3) Lewis Hamilton 

Q.9. Which country's writer won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel? 

Ans: (4) China 

Q.10. Recently ________________ has tied up with Baba Ramdev for manufacturing and marketing some of the herbal supplements and food products developed by it. 

Ans: (2) DRDO

11. Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) consists of how many countries?
 33

12. Which of the following is a Maharatna company?
1) BHEL
2) GAIL
3) NTPC
4) ONGC


13. Euro 2016 football championship will be played in?
France

14. The 10th Aero India show was held in February 2015 in?
 Bangalore
15. Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been named the President of Britain's prestigious Royal Society. He won the Nobel Prize in 2009 in?
Chemistry

16. David Hale has been appointed as US ambassador to?
 Pakistan

17. Who took over as the new Director General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in March 2015?
Injeti Srinivas

18. The central bank of Canada is called the?
 Bank of Canada

19. The principal financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of the MSME sector in India is?
 SIDBI

20. Which of the following is not a regulatory authority?
 IBA

21) Who was elected as the fifth general secretary of the Marxist Communist Party of India in April 2015?
 Sitaram Yechury

22) In April 2015 Supreme Court appointed _________ as the head of the new investigating team to probe into the IPL-6 spot fixing and betting?
Vivek Priyadarshi 

23) Six political parties namely Samajwadi Janata Party, Janata Dal United, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal Secular and Indian National Lok Dal together announced the formation of a new party by merging themselves. Who was announced as the head of the newly formed party?
 Mulayam Singh Yadav

24) Who resigned from the post of President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2015?
 Mustafa Kamal 

25) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India in April 2015?
Nasim Zaidi 

26) Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation has constituted a ‘task force’ on interlinking the rivers which will be headed by ________.
B. N. Navalwala

27) Who took charge as India’s 1st cyber security chief under the Prime Minister’s Office in April 2015?
Gulshan Rai 

28) Who among the following cricketers has been reappointed as the chairman of the IPL Governing Council?
Rajeev Shukla

29) Who was appointed as the Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly in April 2015?
Vijender Gupta

30) Who among the following was elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2015-16?
Sumit Mazumder 

31) Who took charge as the new spokesperson of External Affairs Ministry in 2015?
 Vikas Swarup 

32) Name the Indian-American who was recently sworn in as the US Surgeon-General?
Vivek Murthy

33) Who was appointed as the Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF)?
Rajiva Ranjan Verma 

34) Who among the following is the Satyam founder who was sentenced to 7 years in jail after he was proved guilty of criminal cheating and conspiracy?
 Ramalinga Raju 

35) Who was appointed as the Chief advisor of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Anti Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) in April 2015?
 Neeraj Kumar









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