IBPS PO MAIN OCTOBER 2015/MAIN CLERKS 2015/16 -- 120 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS -- AT LEAST THREE OUT OF THIS MAY APPEAR
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1. George Baker was
nominated as member of the Anglo-Indian Community to the Lok Sabha in July
2015. He is an:
a) Actor b) Doctor c) Painter d) Banker e)
Musician
2. Ashish Bahuguna
was appointed as the new Chairman of
which of the following regulatory authorities in July 2015?
a) CERC b) TRAI c) IRDAI d)
FSSAI e) PFRDA
3. A.P. J Abdul
Kalam passed away in Shillong on July 27, 2015. He served as the ……. President
of India from 2002 to 2007.
a) 9th b) 10th c) 11th d) 12th e) 13th
4. Who among the
following Indian-American academicians is the head of NITI Aayog-appointed
Expert Committee on Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Self-Employment &
Talent Utilisation (SETU)?
a)
Rakesh Khurana b) Tarun Khanna c)
Dipak Jain d) Mohanbir Sawhney
e)
Nirmalya Kumar
5. Who among the
following was appointed as the new Director General of TERI following the
removal of R.K. Pachauri in July 2015?
a)
Sarthak Behuria b) Kirit
Parikh c) Ajay Mathur d)
Sunita Narain
e)
Madhav Gadgil
6. Ram Sewak Sharma
was appointed as the new Chairman of which of the following regulatory
authorities in July 2015?
a) CERC b) TRAI c)
IRDAI d) FSSAI e) PFRDA
7. India’s Anshu
Gupta was selected for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award in July 2015. He is the founder
of which of the following NGOs?
a)
Prayas b) Goonj c) Parivartan d)
Nirantar e) Udyogini
8. Who among the
following Chief Ministers has announced a cash prize of
5 crore for Olympic gold medal winners from
the state?
a)
Raman Singh b) Vasundhara Raje c) Parkash Singh Badal d) Anandiben Patel
e) J.
Jayalalithaa
9. Who among the
following Chief Ministers has announced to observe birthday of late kalam as
“Youth Renaissance Day”?
a)
Raman Singh b) Vasundhara Raje c) Parkash Singh Badal d) Anandiben Patel
e) J. Jayalalithaa
10. Filipe Nyusi came
on an official visit to India in August 2015. He is the President of which
African nation?
a)
Morocco b) Liberia c) Madagascar d) Chad e) Mozambique
11. The government
has decided to observe August 7 as which of the following?
a)
National Handicrafts b) National Handloom Day c) National Khadi Day
d)
National Artisans Day e) National
Design Day
12. The government
signed a peace accord with Naga rebel outfit NSCN(IM) in New Delhi in August
2015. Who among the following is the Chief Minister of Nagaland?
a) S.C.
Jamir b) Neiphiu Rio c)
T. R. Zeliang d) Kiyanilie
Peseyie e) Kihoto Hollon
13. A ‘Yodha Park’ to
commemorate 50 years of the 1965 Indo-Pak war was inaugurated at which of the
following places in August 2015?
a)
Kanpur b) Ambala c)
Mathura d) Amristar e) Ferozepur
14. Om Prakash Rawat
was in news in August 2015 for his appointment as which of the following?
a)
Railway Board Member b) Information Commissioner c) Election Commissioner
d)
Vigilance Commissioner e)
NITI Aayog Member
15. Who among the
following was appointed as the new Governor of Bihar in August 2015?
a)
Tathagata Roy b) Ram Nath Kovind c)
Nirbhay Sharma d) Purushottam Rupala
e) V.
Shanmuganthan
16. ………, 2015 was
observed as the Hiroshima Day in commemoration of 70th anniversary
of atomic bombing on Hiroshima.
a)
August 2 b) August 4 c)
August 6 d) August 8 e) August 10
17. Alka Panda was
appointed as the new Director General of which of the following in July 2015?
a)
Indian Standards Institute (ISI) b) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
c)
Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR & D)
d)
National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF & CD)
e)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)
18. Dr. Suniti
Solomon died at the age of 76 in Chennai on July 28, 2015. She was known for
research in which of the following?
a) TB b) Swine flu c)
Malaria d) HIV/AIDS e) Parkinson’s
Disease
19. Who among the
following economists is the author of the book ‘Hubris: Why Economists Failed
To Predict The Crisis And How To Avoid The Next One’ released in July 2015?
a)
Amartya Sen b) Pankaj Chandra c) Jagdish Bhagwati d)
Lord Meghnad Desai
e)
Arvind Panagariya
20. Kargil Vijay
Diwas was observed on …….. , 2015.
a) July
22 b) July 24 c)
July 26 d) July 28 e) July 30
21. Who among the
following was appointed as the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh in August 2015?
a) Acharya Dev Virat b) Bijoya Chakravarty c) Bharat Singh Parmar
d)
Hukumdev Narayan Yadav
22. Which is the only
paramilitary force to have won a ‘Shaurya Chakra,’ a military medal, at the
Independence Day Gallantry Awards announced in August 2015?
a) CRPF b) CISF c) SSB d) BSF e) ITBP
23. The Gujar Mal
Modi Award, conferred on Prof. Mustansir Barma in August 2015, is given for
achievements in which of the following?
a)
Sports b) Literature c) Photography d) Science &
Technology e) Entrepreneurship
24. The Kuvempu
National Award, conferred on Shyam Manohar in August 2015, is given for
achievements in which of the following?
a)
Sports b) Literature c) Photography d)
Science & Technology
e)
Entrepreneurship
25. National Remote
Sensing Day was celebrated on August 12, 2015 to mark the birth anniversary of
who among the following?
a) C.V.
Raman b) Vikram Sarabhai c) M.
Visvesvaraya d) AP J Abdul Kalam
e)
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
26. Which of the
following India- born persons was appointed as the new CEO of Google in August
2015?
a)
Shantanu Narayen b) Romesh Wadhwani c)
Sundar Pichai d) Bharat Desai
e)
Satya Nadella
27. Who among the
following was sworn in as Poland’s new President in August 2015?
a)
Aleksander Kwasniewski b) Bronislaw Komorowski c) Jaroslaw Kaczynski
d)
Andrzej Duda e) Ewa Kopacz
28. Which well-known
Hindi author’s birth centenary was launched by Union Culture Minister Mahesh
Sharma in New Delhi on August 8, 2015?
a)
Shrilal Shukla b) Bhisham Sahni c) Raghuvir Sahay d) Vishnu Prabhakar
e)
Harishankar Parsai
29. Who among the
following former Ministers in UPA-II was in news in July 2015 for release of
his book titled ‘To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Reforms Story?
a)
Kapil Sibal b) Shashi Tharoor c) Jairam Ramesh d)
Salman Khurshid
e) P.
Chidambaram
30. Former Union
Minister P. K. Thungon was on July 27, 2015 sentenced to four and half years’
jail term in a graft case by a Delhi court. He is a former Chief Minister of
……….
a)
Nagaland b) Sikkim c) Manipur d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Mizoram
NATIONAL
31. The Prime
Minister launched the ……. Portal at the Indian Labour Conference (ILC) was
organized in New Delhi in July 2015. The portal integrates the network of
employment exchanges across the country.
a)
Skill India b) Labour
Welfare c) National Career Service
d)
Employment Generation e)
Labour Resources Management
32. The Government
launched TEEB-India Initiative (TII) on promoting conservation of environment
in July 2015. TEEB is The …… of Ecosystems and Biodiversity.
a)
Ecology b) Economics c) Engineering d) Environment e) Entrepreneurship
33. The Government
had launched the Gold Deposit Scheme (GDS) to bring privately held stock of
gold in circulation, to reduce the country’s reliance on import of gold and to
provide its owners with some income. Which of the following statements
regarding GDS is not correct?
a)
Premature payment is allowed after the initial lock-in period
b) RBI decides the interest rate c) The minimum maturity period is six
months
d) The
maximum maturity period is seven years
e) The
interest earned is exempt from Income Tax, Wealth Tax and Capital Gains Tax
34. What was India’s
rank in terms of power generation from nuclear source as per data published in
May 2015 by Power Reactor Information System (PRIS0 of IAEA?
a)
fourth b) sixth c) eighth d) tenth e) twelfth
35. What is the
indigenously developed visibility measuring system installed at Delhi airport
in July 2015 called?
a)
Panchi b) Netra c) Drishti d) Rustam e) Parinda
36. Which state
announced to set up a dedicated fund for prevention, rescue and rehabilitation
of trafficked children in league with Kailash Satyarthi Childhood Foundation in
July 2015?
a)
Himachal Pradesh b) Assam c) Sikkim d) Kerala e) Goa
37. Prime Minister
Narendra-Modi on July 25, 2015 launched the ‘ …… Gram Jyoti Yojana’ for power
sector reforms in rural areas with a view to ensuring round the clock
electricity supply to farmers and rural households.
a) Atal
Bihari Vajpayee b) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya c)
Shyama Prasad Mukherji
d)
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel e)
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
38. The Integrated
Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS) was installed at
the Kochi harbor in July 2015. This is the first of its kind system in the
country. It has been designed by which of the following?
a)
France b) Russia c) Japan d) Israel e) Spain
39. SWAT commandos
eliminated the terrorists who attacked Dinanagar town of Punjab’s Gurdaspur
district on July 27, 2015. SWAT is Special Weapons and ……. Team.
a)
Targets b) Tactics c) Tasks d) Tracking e) Technology
40. The …… government
on August 6, 2015 said fine of
100/- will be slapped on registered electors
who fail to cast their vote in the local body polls in the state without
providing a valid reason for missing out.
a) Gujarat b) Uttar Pradesh c) Maharashtra d)
Odisha e) Goa
41. Which is the
highest ranked city in the Swachh Bharat Rankings of 476 cities in the country
by the Ministry of Urban Development in August 2015?
a)
Kochi b) Mysore c) Hassan d) Mandya e) Tiruchirappalli
42. India has decided
to set up a Centre for World …… Heritage Management and Training for the Asia
and Pacific region in Dehradun in association with UNESCO.
a)
Mixed b) Natural c) Cultural d)
Tangible e) Intangible
43. Central
Government has decided to boycott the 61st Conference of the ……..
Parliamentary Union to be held in Islamabad from September 30 to October 8,
2015
a) UN b) SEC c)
NAM d) SAARC e)
Commonwealth
44. The number of
countries covered under e-Tourist Visa scheme will rise to …… from August 15,
2015.
a) 83 b) 93 c)
103 d)
113 e) 123
45. Where was a
Science and Innovation Gallery named ‘Navachara Kaksh’ (room of new ideas)
opened in New Delhi in August 2015?
a)
South Block b) Nirman Bhawan c) Hyderabad House d) Rashtrapati Bhawan
e)
Sardar Patel Bhawan
46. Which of the
following hosted the 32nd edition of the India International
Jewellery Show (IIJS) in August 2015?
a)
Surat b) New Delhi c) Mumbai d) Hyderabad e) Chennai
47. Foundation stone
of Mega Food Park in which of the following districts of Bihar was laid by
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal on August
6, 2015?
a) East
Champaran b) Darbhanga c) Khagaria d)
Bhojpur e) Saran
48. Which of the
following has decided to transfer social security pensions directly into bank
accounts of beneficiaries under its ‘Thari Pension Thare Pass’ scheme launched
in August 2015?
a)
Chhattisgarh b) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) Haryana e) Madhya Pradesh
49. When will India
become world’s most populous country according to the revised World Population
Projections released by the UN in July?
a) 2020 b) 2030 c) 2040 d) 2050 e)
2060
50. The National
Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and ………. have signed a MoU for
establishing a Centre for Excellence in Disaster Research and Resilience
Building.
a) IIT,
Roorkee b) TIFR, Mumbai c) IISc, Bangalore d) JNU, New Delhi
e) BHU,
Varanasi
51. Which of the
following is the Central Scheme launched in August 2015 to address educational
and livelihood needs of minority communities in general and Muslims in
particular?
a)
Subah b) Nai Manzil c) Hunar se Unnati d) Padho
aur Badho
e)
Seekho aur Kamao
52. To modernize the
signaling system and rolling stock, railways has joined hands with the Ministry
of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of ….. in August 2015.
a) Solvak Republic b) Serbia c)
Czech Republic d) Hungary e) Kazakhstan
53. Which
paramilitary force had the highest number of awardees in Police Medal for
Gallantry (PMG) at the Independence Day Police Medals announced in August 2015?
a) CRPF b) CISF c) SSB d) BSF e) ITBP
54. The direct
benefit transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme PAHAL or ……. Hastaantarit Labh was
acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records for being the largest cash
transfer program (households) in August 2015.
a)
Param b) Prabal c) Pratham d) Pratyaksh e) Pradhanmantri
55. Findings a survey
on MGNREGS in August 2015 revealed that the job scheme reduced poverty by up to
a third, gave a large number of women their first opportunity to earn income in
cash and reduced reliance on moneylenders. The survey was conducted by:
a) NCAER b) CMIE c)
McKinsey d) Hansa e) Sigma
INTERNATIONAL
56. Which of the
following was named by in UNESCO in July 2015 as the World Book Capital for
2017?
a) Conakry b) Luanda c)
Freetown d) Windhoek e) Ouagadougou
57. USA formally
opened its embassy in which capital after more than five decades in July 2015?
a)
Teheran b) Havana c) Tripoli d) Pyongyang e) Port u-Prince
58. USA won the
International ……. Olympiad held in Thailand in July 2015. India finished 37th.
a) Physics b) Chemistry c) Mathematical d) Informatics e) Biology
59. Which Central
Asian nation will become the latest Member of World Trade Organization after
its membership bid was accepted during negotiations in Geneva in July 2015?
a)
Tajikistan b) Uzbekistan c) Kyrgyzstan d) Kazakhstan e)
Turkmenistan
60. Which SAARC
nation celebrated 50th anniversary of its independence on July 27,
2015?
a)
Nepal b) Sri Lanka c)
Maldives d) Bhutan e) Bangladesh
61. Turkmenistan
proposed in August 2015 that its state-owned company TurkmenGaz would lead the
consortium for building the 1800 km gas pipeline for transporting gas to
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Which of the following statements regarding
the share of countries in the gas transported is correct?
a) Pakistan and India will get an equal
share b) India will get a higher share than
Pakistan
c)
Afghanistan will get a higher share than Pakistan
d)
Afghanistan and Pakistan will get an equal share
e)
Aghanistan, Pakistan and India will get an equal share
62. Which of the
following Asian countries has decided to move its standard time backwards by 30
minutes from August 15, 2015?
a)
Cambodia b) Laos c) Myanmar d) North Korea e) Vietnam
63. 193 member
countries of the UN reached an agreement on the document called “Transforming
Our World : The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” in August 2015.
a)
Bettering b) Developing c) Conserving d)
Securing e) Transforming
64. Which of the
following became the fifth country to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in
August 2015?
a)
Tajikistan b) Kyrgyzstan c) Uzbekistan d)
Azerbaijan e) Turkmenistan
65. According to the
Constitution deal signed by Nepal’s major political parties in August 2015, the
country will be divided into how many provinces?
a) four b) six c) eight d)
ten e) twelve
66. Which of the
following is the port city in China that was in news in August 2015 for
explosions at its chemical warehouses that killed close to 100 people?
a)
Chengdu b) Tianjin c) Hangzhou d) Wuhan e)
Shenyang
67. Parliament in
which of the following Commonwealth countries was in news in August 2015 for
passing a law on changing the national flag?
a)
Canada b) Australia c) South Africa d) New Zealand e) United Kingdom
68. Which of the
following became the first SARC nation to get Associate Member status of the
European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in August 2015?
a)
Nepal b) Sri Lanka c) India d) Pakistan e) Bangladesh
69. Pierre Nkurunziza
was re-elected as President of which African nation for a third term in July
2015?
a) Chad b) Burundi c) Burkina Faso d) Tanzania e) Zambia
70. The London-based
European Medicines Agency (EMA) was in news for giving the green light for further
trials of which of the following vaccines for the first time in July 2015?
a)
Dengue b) Malaria c) Swine flu d) Bird flu e)
Ebola
BUSINESS
71. Which of the
following became the first airline in the country to launch an Equated Monthly
Installment (EMI) scheme for buying tickets in July 2015?
a)
GoAir b) IndiGo c) Jet Airways d) SpiceJet e) Air India
72. Walmart is the
highest-ranked Indian company in Fortune Global 500 list launched in July 2015.
Which is the highest ranked Indian company in this list?
a) RIL b) IOC c) SBI d) NTPC e)
ONGC
73. Which of the
following private sector banks has launched a mobile banking for customers that
does not require internet connectivity in July 2015?
a) Axis
Bank b) ICICI Bank c) HDFC Bank d)
Federal Bank e) Kotak Mahindra Bank
74. The Reserve Bank
will soon issue …….. denomination coins to commemorate International Yoga Day.
a)
1 b)
2 c)
5 d)
10 e)
20
75. Which of the
following acquired Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan in an estimated
2,000 crore deal in July 2015?
a)
Barclays b) Citibank c) Deutsche Bank d) BNP Paribas e) Standard Chartered Bank
76. Which public
sector bank’s Hong Kong branch was fined USD 1 million for alleged violation of
local anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing laws by the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority (HKMA) in July 2015?
a) Bank
of India b) Bank of Baroda c) Syndicate Bank d) State Bank of India
e)
Punjab National Bank
77. Which automobile
company was imposed a penalty of
420.26 crore by the Competition Commission of
India (CCI) in July 2015 for its anti-competitive behavior?
a)
Suzuki b) Hyundai c) Toyota d) Honda e)
Ford
78. After the passage
of the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill 2015 in the Lok Sabha in August
2015, cheque bounce cases can be filed at:
a) the
place where the cheque was issued b)
the place where a higher court is located
c) to
be decided by the person issuing the cheque
d) to
be decided by the bank on who the cheque is drawn
e) the place where the cheque is presented
for clearance
79. The Employees
Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) made its first investment in capital markets
through which of the following in August 2015?
a)
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund b)
HDFC Mutual Fund c)
LIC Mutual Fund
d) UTI
Mutual Fund e) SBI Mutual Fund
80. Which of the
following was changed in RBI’s bi-monthly review of monetary policy on August
4, 2015?
a) Repo
rate b) Cash Reserve Ratio c) Statutory Liquidity Ratio d) Bank rate
e) None of the above
81. Which of the
following became the first to launch fourth generation mobile telephony across
the country on August 6, 2015?
a) BSNL b) Bharti Airtel c)
Idea Cellular d) Vodafone e) Reliance
82. Which of the
following launched ‘Smart Humsafar’, a unique plan which offers multiple
benefits of savings and insurance cover for husband and wife under a single
policy, in August 2015?
a) LIC b) SBI
Life c) Kotak Life d) Bajaj Allianz Life e) ICICI Prudential Life
83. Which of the
following has launched ‘Dhanchayat’, an educational film to raise awareness on
the dangers of borrowing money from unorganized sources?
a) Axis
Bank b) ICICI Bank c) HDFC
Bank d) Federal Bank e) Kotak Mahindra Bank
84. What is the
action plan launched by the Finance Ministry in August 2015 to infuse
professionalism and fresh capital in to public sector banks named?
a)
Udaan b) Mudra c) Swayam d) Arthashastra e) Indradhanush
85. Capital Markets
regulator SEBI made ASBA (Application Supported by ……. Amount) facility
mandatory for all categories of investors applying for a public issue from
August 2015.
a)
Basic b) Bond c) Bearer’s d) Blocked e) Bankable
SPORTS
86. Which BCCI tournament
will not be played in 2015 according to a decision announced by the board in
July 2015?
a)
Irani Trophy b) Ranji Trophy c)
Duleep Trophy d)
Deodhar Trophy
e)
Vijay Hazare Trophy
87. Who among the
following bowlers took 400 test wickets in the least number of deliveries?
a)
Mitchell Johnson b) James Anderson c) Doug Bracewell d) Harbhajan Singh
e) Dale Steyn
88. Which sports’
national governing body appointed Roelant Oltmans as Chief Coach of the Indian
team in July 2015?
a)
Volleyball b) Football c)
Hockey d) Cricket e) Basketball
89. Which of the
following was selected as the host of 2022 Winter Olympic Games in July 2015?
a)
Pyeongchang b) Sarajevo c) Sapporo d)
Moscow e) Beijing
90. Who among the
following won the Tour de France cycle race in July 2015?
a) Chris Froome b) Roman Kreuziger c) Alberto Contador d) Joaquin Rodriguez
e)
Alejandro Valverdess
91. South Africa’s
Clive Rice, who died on July 28, 2015 aged 66, was known for achievements in
which sport?
a)
Tennis b) Fotball c) Athletics d) Rugby e) Cricket
92. Who among the
following won the Hungarian Grand Prix in July 2015?
a) Kimi
Raikkonen b) Lewis Hamilton c) Daniel Ricciardo d)
Sebastian Vettel
e)
Fernando Alonso
93. India’s Dipa
Karmakar won bronze medal at the Asian ……. Championships organized in Hiroshima
in August 2015.
a)
Taekwondo b) Fencing c) Weightlifting d) Rowing e) Gymnastics
94. Which of the
following became the 206th member of the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) during its 128th Session in Kuala Lumpur in August 2015?
a)
Kosovo b) Moldova c) East Timor d) South Sudan e) Montenegro
95. Who among the
following Indians won the Victorian Open Squash tournament in Australia in
August 2015?
a) Aparajitha
Balamurukan b) Anaka Alankamony c)
Joshna Chinappa d) Sarah Jane Perry
e)
Dipika Palikal
96. Tennis player
Sania Mirza was chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in August 2015.
She has won Mixed Doubles title at all of the following except
a) US
Open b) Wimbledon c)
French Open d) Australian Open e) None of these
97. Which of the
following pairs of 2015 Arjuna awardees and their sport is matched correctly?
a) Naib
Subedar Sandeep Kumar – Archery b)
Mandeep Jangra – Boxing
c) Dipa
Karmakar – Gymnastics d)
Manjeet Chhillar – Kabaddi e) All the above
98. Ajinkya Rahane
became the first fielder to take eight catches in a Test match in August 2015.
Who among the following Indians held the previous record of seven catches?
a)
Karsan Ghavri b) Eknath Solkar c) Gundappa Viswanath d)
Yajurvindra Singh
e)
Mohinder Amarnath
99. Who among the
following won the World 6-Red Snooker Championship in Karachi in August 2015?
a)
Dhruv Sitwala b) Pankaj Advani c)
Rupesh Kumar d) Ashok
Shandilya
e)
Muhammad Sajjad
100. Who among the
following won the CONACACF (Confederation of North, Central American and
Carbbean Association Football) Gold Cup football tournament in USA in July
2015?
a) USA b) Jamaica c) Nicaragua d) Panama e)
Mexico
101. The Sultan of Johor Cup is an annual
international tournament associated with the game of
a) football b) hockey c) cricket d) badminton e) golf
a) football b) hockey c) cricket d) badminton e) golf
102. Who among the following has been selected for the 2015
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize? The annual prize is awarded for outstanding
contributions by young mathematicians.
a) Jacob Tsimerman b) Amalendu Krishna c) Miguel Walsh d) Tian Ye
a) Jacob Tsimerman b) Amalendu Krishna c) Miguel Walsh d) Tian Ye
e) Fernando
Coda Marques
103. The World Rabies Day is observed every year on
a) 21 Sep b) 26 Sep c) 27 Sep d) 28 Sep e) 29 Sep
a) 21 Sep b) 26 Sep c) 27 Sep d) 28 Sep e) 29 Sep
104. The govt announced 11 recipients of prestigious Shanti
Swarup Bhatnagar award recently. The coveted award is given in the field of
a) science b) literature c) mathematics d) sports e) bravery
a) science b) literature c) mathematics d) sports e) bravery
105. The central govt, recently, formed an expert committee
headed by BS Baswan to examine various issues related to
a) IIT-JEE examination b) CBSE’s Xth and XIIth examinations c) AIPMT examination
d) UPSC examination e) SSC examination
a) IIT-JEE examination b) CBSE’s Xth and XIIth examinations c) AIPMT examination
d) UPSC examination e) SSC examination
106. Who won the Japanese Grand Prix F1 2015 championship
recently?
a) Nico Rosberg b) Lewis Hamilton c) Daniel Ricciardo d) Kimi Raikkonen
a) Nico Rosberg b) Lewis Hamilton c) Daniel Ricciardo d) Kimi Raikkonen
e) Fernando
Alonso
107. ________ clinched gold medal at the Asian AirGun
Championship in New Delhi recently.
a) Gajendra Raj b) Satyajeet Kandhol c) Chain Singh d) Gagan Narang e) Abhinav Bindra
a) Gajendra Raj b) Satyajeet Kandhol c) Chain Singh d) Gagan Narang e) Abhinav Bindra
108. Syed Ahmed, who passed away, recently, was the governor of
a) Assam b) Sikkim c) Mizoram d) Tripura e) Manipur
a) Assam b) Sikkim c) Mizoram d) Tripura e) Manipur
109. The ISRO’s reliable work horse PSLV-C30 along with India’s
own space observatory Astrosat also carried six satellites from international
customers including
a) LAPAN-A2 (Indonesia) b) NLS-14 (Canada) c) Lemur (US) d) All the above
a) LAPAN-A2 (Indonesia) b) NLS-14 (Canada) c) Lemur (US) d) All the above
e) Only a) and
c)
110. In the first ever merger of two regulators, the commodity
market regulator FMC was merged with capital markets watchdog Sebi recently.
The term FMC stands for
a) Future Markets Commission b) Freehold Markets Commission
a) Future Markets Commission b) Freehold Markets Commission
c) Forward Markets Commission d) Featured
Markets Commission e) None of these
111. The World Heart Day takes place every
year on
a) 21 Sep b) 26 Sep c) 27 Sep d) 28 Sep e) 29 Sep
a) 21 Sep b) 26 Sep c) 27 Sep d) 28 Sep e) 29 Sep
112. The govt announced 11 recipients of prestigious Shanti
Swarup Bhatnagar award recently. Who among the following is NOT among the
awardees this year?
a) Balasubramanian Gopal b) Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray c) Ritabrata Munshi
a) Balasubramanian Gopal b) Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray c) Ritabrata Munshi
d) Vidita
Vaidya e) None of these
113. The RBI announced its fourth policy review of the current
financial year on 29 Sep. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
a) Repo rate – 6.75 per cent b) Reverse repo rate – 5.75 per cent c) CRR – 4 per cent
d) SLR – 21.5 per cent e) None of these
a) Repo rate – 6.75 per cent b) Reverse repo rate – 5.75 per cent c) CRR – 4 per cent
d) SLR – 21.5 per cent e) None of these
114. What is the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate after the
fourth policy review by the RBI on 29 Sep?
a) 5.75 per cent b) 6.75 per cent c) 7.75 per cent d) 6.25 per cent e) 7.25 per cent
a) 5.75 per cent b) 6.75 per cent c) 7.75 per cent d) 6.25 per cent e) 7.25 per cent
115. V Shanmuganathan was given the additional charge of Manipur
governor after the demise of incumbent Syed Ahmed Khan. Shanmuganathan is the
present governor of
a) Meghalaya b) Assam c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Mizoram e) Nagaland
a) Meghalaya b) Assam c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Mizoram e) Nagaland
116. The joint military exercise MITRA SHAKTI 2015 begun at Aundh
Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra recently which is the third edition of
the joint training exercise between
a) India and Nepal b) India and Maldives c) India and Bangladesh d) India and Sri Lanka
e) India and Myanmar
a) India and Nepal b) India and Maldives c) India and Bangladesh d) India and Sri Lanka
e) India and Myanmar
117. Indian Navy commissioned INS Kochi in its contingent
recently. This ship is India’s indigenous
a) anti-submarine ship b) fast attack craft c) helicopter carrier d) tanker ship
a) anti-submarine ship b) fast attack craft c) helicopter carrier d) tanker ship
e) guided missile destroyer
118. India signed a USD 123.51-mn loan agreement with which
international agency to upgrade tourism infrastructure and services in Punjab,
Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh recently?
a) ADB b) World Bank c) New Development Bank d) IMF e) AIIB
a) ADB b) World Bank c) New Development Bank d) IMF e) AIIB
119. Which country received the highest FDI inflow ($31 bn) for
new projects among all nations in the first half of calendar year 2015, as per
the British newspaper Financial Times?
a) China b) US c) Indonesia d) India e) Brazil
a) China b) US c) Indonesia d) India e) Brazil
120. ________ was the last day for foreign asset holders to
declare their unaccounted foreign assets under the black money law.
a) 20 Sep b) 25 Sep c) 28 Sep d) 29 Sep e) 30 Sep
a) 20 Sep b) 25 Sep c) 28 Sep d) 29 Sep e) 30 Sep
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