december

1.Who had received the lifetime achievement award at Asian Business Leadership
Forum 2015?
Answer. Hinduja Brothers

2. Name the Polish professional footballer whose nine-minute, five-goal haul for
German Football Club Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg was officially recognised by
Guinness World Record.
Answer. Robert Lewandowski

3. Name the one of the most popular Russian film directors of the Soviet era who
passes away?
Answer. Eldar Ryazanov

4. What is the full form of GIAN?

ANswer. Global Initiative of Academic Networks

5. When is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Observed globally?
Answer. 2 December

6. Who won the gold medal in the 7th WBPF World Bodybuilding and Physique
Championship which was held in Bangkok, Thailand?
Answer. Indias Thakur Anoop Singh
7. Who was conferred with the Indian National Bar Association's (INBA) General
Counsel of the year 2015 - Retail Award in New Delhi?
Answer. Pulin Kumar

8. The Union Cabinet approved the signing of the agreement between India and
which coutry on visa facilitation for Diplomatic, Official/Service and Ordinary
passport holders?
Answer. Iran

9. Which company becomes the Tata Groups strategic banking partner recently?
Answer. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC)

10. Where the US-India business: Opportunities and Challenges meet held
recently?
Answer. Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC)

1.GAIL (India) Limited in collaboration with National Remote Sensing Centre, a unit
of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), has launched a surveillance geo-
portal that utilises space technology for its pipeline safety application. Name the
portal?
Answer. Bhuvan-GAIL Portal

2.Which state government has launched International festival on Birds in a bid to

promote state as an international bird-watching destination?
Answer. Uttar Pradesh Government
3.Recently in December 2015, the Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the
certificate of registration of howm many non-banking finance companies (NBFCs),
including ABNL, Future Ventures India and Bajaj Finserve?
Answer. 56 NBFCs

4.When is the International Volunteer Day (IVD) observed across the world with the
theme The world is changing. Are you? Volunteer!?
Answer. 5 December

5.According to the recently released India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2015, Indias
forest and tree cover has been increased by how many Square kilometre?
Answer. 5081 Square kilometre

6.Which state becomes the first state in the country to start Rotavirus vaccination
project under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP)?
Answer. Himachal Pradesh

7.Which country replaced Mauritius as top source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
into India during April-September of 2015-16 financial year?
Answer. Singapore

8.Which country won the 2015 Hockey World League by defeating Belgium by 2-1?
Answer. Australia

9.Name the Indian-American entrepreneur who was conferred with Uttar Pradesh
Ratna Award?
Answer. Frank Islam

10.Name the newly formed interim franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) till
2017?
Answer. Pune and Rajkot
1. Name the two Indian cities which have made it to the Creative City Network of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for
the first time.
Answer. Varanasi and Jaipur

2. The biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival named Losar began on 12 December 2015.
Where it is held?
Answer. Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir

3. Who has been appointed as the Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia recently?
Answer. Ahmad Javed

4. What is the ranking of India in the United Nations Human Development Report
2015 which was released on 14 December 2015?
Answer. 130 out of 188 countries

5. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT)?
Answer. Arun Kumar Jain

6. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched 6 satellites of

which country using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C29 from the first
launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikotta in Andhra
Pradesh?
Answer. Singapore

7. Who is the author of The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence An Insiders
Account?
Answer. Madhuri Bose

8. When is the International Migrants Day was observed across the world?
Answer. 18 December

9. Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas appointed a single-member

committee to look into the dispute between Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
(ONGC) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Krishna Godavari (KG) gas fields.
Who is the head of the committee?
Answer. Ajit Prakash Shah

10. Who is appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)?

Answer. R.K. Mathur

1. Pension fund regulatory body PFRDA has started using which card instead of
Aadhaar for validation of new customers who can now be registered online under
the National Pension System (NPS) scheme?
Answer. PAN
2. 2nd World Internet Conference concluded in which country on 18 December
2015?
Answer. Wuzen, China

3. Name the British Novelist who passed away on 16 December 2015 following a
brief illness in Winchester, Hampshire?
Answer. Peter Dickinson
4. Who received Garwood Award for Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation
from UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business?
Answer. President Pranab Mukherjee

5. Name the Arunachal Pradesh who was removed by the MLAs by passing a
resolution?
Answer. Nabam Rebia.

6. Who will launch cricket comic series 'Hyper Tygers along with Graphic India, UK-
based ISM Komix and Cornerstone Spor?
Answer. Rohit Sharma

7. The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval to a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) signed between India and which orgnization for strengthening
energy efficiency cooperation?
Answer. BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa)

8. Name the Indian-origin politician who becomes the South Africas Finance
Minister recently?
Answer. Pravin Gordhan

9. Name the Renowned agro-economist who passed away recently?

Answer. Sharad Joshi

10.Which country inaugurated a new stock exchange, named Yangon Stock

Exchange (YSX), with plans for six companies to start trading in March 2016?
Answer. Myanmar

1. Name the Senior revenue service officer who was appointed as the Chairman of
Central Board of Direct Taxes?
Answer. Arun Kumar Jain

2. Who was appointed as the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations

recently?
Answer. Patricia Scotland

3. Which state government will ban liquor sale and consumption in phases from
April 1, 2016?
Answer. Bihar government

4. What is the full form of CMS?

Answer. Central Monitoring System (CMS)

5. What is the rank of India out of of 144 nations on Forbes annual list of the best
countries for doing business in 2015?
Answer. 97th

6. What is the revised PSL Target for RRB which will be effective from 1st Jnuary
2016?
Answer. 75 percent
7. Where is the 2nd World Internet Conference was concluded?
Answer. Wuzen,China.

8. Who is going to be the Chief Guest at 67th Indias Republic Day celebrations?
Answer. President of France Francois Hollande

9. Who was crowned the Miss World 2015 at the Beauty of Crown Theater in Sanya,
China?
Answer. Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo

10. Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power, is the
autobiography of whom?
Answer. Sharad Pawar

1. Which bank will raise up to Rs.12,000 crore by issuing bonds that are Basel-III
complaint?
Answer. State Bank of India

2. Supreme Court imposed a ban on the registration of diesel-run private cars of the
capacity of how much CC and above and SUVs?
Answer. 2000 CC

3. Tamil star Dhanush which song has surpassed 100 million views on Youtube since
its release?
Answer. Kolaveri di
4. Name the country which has begun building two modern military compounds on
the far eastern Kuril islands.
Answer. Russia

5. U.S. magazine Time named which famous personality as its Person of the Year
2015,?
Answer. German Chancellor Angela Merkel

6. Name the Senior revenue service officer who was appointed as the Chairman of
Central Board of Direct Taxes.
Answer. Arun Kumar Jain

7. Who was crowned the Miss World 2015 at the Beauty of Crown Theater in Sanya,
China?
Answer. Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo

8. Name the British Novelist who passed away following a brief illness in Winchester,
Hampshire.
Answer. Peter Dickinson

9. Union Government requested the states and Union Territories to start which
operation from 1 January 2016, which is a campaign to rescue/rehabilitate the
missing children?
Answer. Operation Smile-II

10. The Union Government appointed whom to head the Judicial Committee which
will look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the
ex-servicemen?
Answer. Justice L Narasimha Reddy

1. Who is sworn as the President of Argentina recently?

Answer. Mauricio Macri Blanco
2. Who was appointed as the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations?
Answer. Patricia Scotland

3. In the Global Gender Gap Report 2015 by World Economic Forum, what is the
rank of India in the list?
Answer. 108th

4. Where is the 2nd World Internet Conference was concluded recently?

Answer. Wuzen in China.

5. What is the Indias Gross Domestic Product according to CSO in the second
quarter (July-September) of 2015-16?

Answer. 7.4 percent

6. The Reserve Bank of India decided to grant in principle approval to which

organiztion to function as the Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) in Bharat Bill
Payment System (BBPS)?

Answer. National Payments Corporation of India

7. Who become the 164th member of WTO recently?

Answer. Afghanistan

8. Which state becames the first state to give its approval for turning around its
ailing discoms by joining the Centres ambitious UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance
Yojana) scheme?
Answer. Uttar Pradesh

9. The telecom wing of the Indian Railways, RailTel, has signed an agreement with
the subsidiary of which company to provide Wi-Fi facilities at 400 stations across the
country?
Answer. Google India

10. The Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has raised Delhi
MLAs salaries by a how much percent?
Answer. 400%.

11. The Asian Development Bank kept its economic growth forecast for India at how
much percent for the current financial year?
Answer. 7.4 per cent

12. Name the missile which was successfully test-fired by Pakistan which is a
medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can carry nuclear warheads
up to 2,750 km.
Answer. Shaheen-III

13. India with which country have identified 17 new areas for potential cooperation
under the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI)?
Answer. USA

14. Name the Indian-origin writer who has been declared the winner of 2015
prestigious South East Asia Write Award.

Answer. Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali

15. Which state has emerged as the fastest growing state in terms of gross state
domestic product, clocking a growth rate of 17.06 per cent in FY 2014-15?
Answer. Bihar
1. Who was appointed as the Indias Ambassador to Saudi Arabia?
Answer. Ahmad Javed

2. Who was awarded with Lifetime Achievement Awards by the West Bengal
Government?
Answer. Bappi Lahiri and singer Kumar Sanu

3. Name the Indian-origin Tamil writer who was declared as the winner of the
prestigious South East Asian Write Award for Singapore?
Answer. Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali

4. Who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th edition of
Dubai International Film Festival in Dubai?
Answer. Naseerudin Shah

5. Name the two Indians, who have won the 2016 Queen's Young Leaders award in
the United Kingdom?
Answer. Kartik Sawhney and Neha Swain

6. Name the Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who will be conferred

with Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award?
Answer. Frank Islam
7. Who was awarded with the E-India Award for adopting technology to serve the
public better and using resources efficiently through mobile applications?
Answer. The Delhi Development Authority

8. Who will be the Chief Guest at 67th Indias Republic Day celebrations?
Answer. Francois Hollande

9. Name the renowned economist, agriculturist, prolific journalist and stalwart

farmer leader who passed away in December?
Answer. Sharad Joshi

10. Name the renowned sarangi player who died in New Delhi?
Answer. Ustad Sabri Khan

11. Name the Noted litterateur and Professor who passed away due to cardiac
arrest?
Answer. Surendra Upadhyay

12. What is the full form of KNOMAD?

Answer. Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Developmen

13. Which organization released a report entitled Asian Economic Integration Report
2015: How Can Special Economic Zones Catalyze Economic Development?
Answer. Asian Development Bank
14. Where is the 14th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Governments of Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (CSO) Member States was concluded?
Answer. Zhengzhou, China

15. Where is the 5th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process

concluded?
Answer. Islamabad, Pakistan

16. Where is the 10th East Asia Summit held?

Answer. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

17. Losar, the biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival began in which state?
Answer. Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir

18. Name the two Indian cities which have made it to the Creative City Network of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for
the first time ever?
Answer. Varanasi and Jaipur

19. Who is the author of The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence An Insiders
Account?
Answer. Madhuri Bose

20. Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power, is an

autobiography of ?
Answer. Sharad Pawar

november

1. Union Government decided to impose how much percent Swachh Bharat Cess on
all services?
Answer. 0.5%

2. What is the name of the cultural event which was held in Shanghai?
Answer. 'India in Shanghai Cultural Week

3. RBI issued Uniform Guidelines on Internet Banking for which banks?

Answer. Cooperative Banks

4. Who was appointed as the Managing Director of Oxford University Press India?
Answer. V Sivaramakrishnan

5. Maldives Parliament voted to Impeach its Vice President. Name the VP?
Answer. Ahmed Adeeb

6. Name the author of Rebooting India.

Answer. Nandan Nilekani & Viral Shah

7. Who is sworn as the Tanzanias first female Vice President?

Answer. Samia Suluhu
8. Name the veteran actor who was awarded with Vishnudas Bhave Award?
Answer. Vikram Gokhale

9. 21st INCOFYRA to be organised in which city in 2016?

Answer. Bengaluru

10. Accroding to the recent FIFA ranking, which country ranked no. 1?
Answer. Belgium

1. Indian Army on 7 November 2015 successfully test-fired which supersonic cruise

missile at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan?
Answer. BrahMos

2. The 21st International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its

Applications (INCOFYRA) will be held from 3 to 7 January 2016 in which city?
Answer. Bengaluru

3. NAme the country which has been declared Ebola-free by the World Health
Organisation?
Answer. Sierra Leone

4. President Xi Jinping of China met which country's President in the first ever
encounter between the leaders of the neighbors and longtime rivals, an act both
sides described as a breakthrough gesture meant to promote peace and mutual
prosperity?
Answer. Ma Ying-jeou, the president of Taiwan

5. Who won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol womens event at the 13th Asian
Shooting Championship?
Answer. Indias Heena Sindhu

6. Who won the 2015 Swiss Indoors mens singles title by defeating Rafael Nadal?
Answer. Roger Federer

7. Name the Former West Bengal assembly speaker who died recently.
Answer. Hashim Abdul Halim

8. Who is appointed Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India?

Answer. Deepak Singhal

9. With which country, India signed MoUs on Energy & Culture Exchange?
Answer. Indonesia

10. 2015 Paragliding World Cup which recently concluded in which city of India.
Answer. Bir village of Himachal Pradesh

1. Name the pair who won the women's doubles title of Singapore Open.
Answer. Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis

2. When is the World Pneumonia Day observed ?

Answer. 12th November

3. India announced commercial deals worth 9 billion pounds which cover retail,
financial and professional services, health and education among others with which
country?
Answer. UK

4. 12th ASEM Foreign Ministers' meet held in which country?

Answer. Luxemburg

5. Who has been honoured with Kala Shikhar award?

Answer. Santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma

6. Indian Railways signed MoU which aimed at forming a Joint Venture Company to
develop railway infrastructure with which state?
Answer. Odisha

7. The Committee on Bankruptacy Law Reforms which recently submitted its report
si headed by?
Answer. Dr T K Viswanathan

8. Who has been sworn-in as Defence Minister of Canada?

Answer. Indian-born Harjit Sajjan

9. Which country declared State of Emergency for 30 days giving sweeping powers
to security forces to arrest suspects ahead of a major anti-government protest rally?
Answer. Maldives

10. Name the India's former Ambassador to Nepal who passed away recently.
Answer. Bimal Prasad

1. Name the country who won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which held in Chile?
Answer. Nigeria

2. Who is the Indian-origin barrister who become the Circuit Judge in UK?
Answer. Kalyani Kaul

3. Name the Former Israeli President who died recently in November 2015?
Answer. Yitzhak Navon
4. According to the Financial Secrecy Index 2015, which country have the most
secretive jurisdiction in the world?
Answer. Switzerland

5. Which among all Indian languages, is the largest spoken Indian language in US?
Answer. Hindi

6. Who is the Indian boxer who was ranked World No. 2 recently in NOvember 2015?
Answer. Shiva Thapa

7. Which countries Joint Military training exercise is named as Balance Nail?

Answer. Nepal & US Army

8. Who is the author of "Interlinking of Indian Rivers"?

Answer. Radha Kant Bharati

9. According to the recently announced FIFA World Rankings 2015, which country
ranked No. 1?
Answer. Belgium

10. Which state's bill named Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill was
approved by President of India?
Answer. Haryana

1.Name the Indian-American politician who was nominated as executive director to

the Asian Development Bank with ambassadorial rank by US President Barack
Obama. ?

Answer. Swati Dandekar

2. Who has been elected as the Vice-Chairman on the Board of Directors of Bank for
International Settlements?
Answer. Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor

3. Who has been appointed as Indian High Commissioner to United Kingdom?

Answer. Navtej Singh Sarna

4. Who won the prestigious International Childrens Peace Prize 2015?

Answer. Liberian teenager Abraham M Keita

5. Name the movie which was awarded with BNL Peoples Choice Award at the 10th
Rome Film Festival held in Rome, Italy?
Answer. Angry Indian Goddesses

6. Name the patron of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad who passed away recently?
Answer. Ashok Singhal

7. 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Summit was

held at?
Answer. Manila, Philippines

8. Indian Army successfully test-fired which supersonic cruise missile at the Pokhran
Test Range in Rajasthan?
Answer. BrahMos

9. Who is planning to meet Chief Executives of State-run banks every 45 days to

take stock of various performance parameters and discuss evolving issues?
Answer. Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance
10. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved how much percent of
disinvestment in Coal India?
Answer. 10 per cent

1. Who has been elected as the President of industry body Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the year 2016?
Answer. Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman of Ambuja Neotia group

2. Who was appointed as the 43rd Chief Justice of India?

Answer. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur

3. Power Ministers of all states and Union Territories unanimously decided to ensure
electrification of all the un-electrified villages by March 31, 2017 in mission mode
under which yojana of the government?
Answer. Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana

4. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its
approval to a new scheme for the financial turnaround and revival of Power
Distribution companies (DISCOMs), and importantly also ensures a sustainable
permanent solution to the problem. What is the name of the scheme?
Answer. Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna or UDAY

5. What is the name of the Advanced Torpedo Defence System developed by

DRDO which was handed to the Navy Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan in
Vishakhapatnam?
Answer. The Maareech

6. Who is the author of the Book titled What Happened to Netaji?

Answer. Anuj Dhar

7. Swachh Bharat cess at the rate of what percent on all services now liable to
service tax?
Answer. 0.5%
8. Government raised the threshold limit of approval by Foreign Investment
Promotion Board from the earlier Rs.3,000 crore to how much amounnt?
Answer. Rs.5,000 crore

9. Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group will develop a 6,000 megawatt Solar Power Park
in which state?
Answer. Rajasthan

10. India with which country signed deals worth 9-billion pound as they inked a civil
nuclear pact and also decided to collaborate in defence and cyber security?
Answer. The UK

1.With which country, India have decided to establish a ministerial mechanism that
would link the two home ministries, filling a vital gap in the overall institutional
architecture of the bilateral ties?
Answer. China

2.Pakistan has invited External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for a crucial regional
conference in Islamabad on Afghanistan. What is the name given to the conference?
Answer. The Heart of Asia conference

3.Which country's Parliament approved a state of Emergency imposed by President

Abdulla Yameen?
Answer. Maldives

4.Name the country which has dropped its controversial one-child policy, allowing
all couples to have two children for the first time in more than three decades amid
pressure from an ageing society and a growing shortfall in the workforce?
Answer. China
5.Name the French Ambassador to India who said that his country is committed to
provide over two billion euros for the Smart city projects in India with a focus on
Chandigarh, Nagpur and Puducherry?
Answer. Francois Richier

6.Who is going to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade of January 26?
Answer. French President Francois Hollande

7.Which state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for

setting up a bio-ethanol refinery in its state?
Answer. Punjab

8.Narendra Modi announced a package of Rs 80,000 crore for which state and
pledged to transform it into a new, modern, progressive and prosperous state for
which there will no dearth of money?

Answer. Jammu and Kashmir

9.Barring which state, all States are on board for implementing the National Food
Security Act by April next, according to the Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan?
Answer. Tamil Nadu

10.Indian economy is expected to expand by how much percent this fiscal,

according to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)?
Answer. 7.2 per cent

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1. Who has been appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the

International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Answer. Former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India Subir Vithal Gokarn
2. Name the Indo-Canadian Sikh who was sworn-in as Defence Minister of Canada?
Answer. Harjit Sajjan

3. Which company has received permission from the Indian government to provide
Internet using large balloons that float 20 km above the earths surface?
Answer. Google

4. The British Government has selected cities from which states of India for
developing them as Smart City?
Answer. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

5. Idea Cellular, will buy spectrum in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (West) from which
company for Rs 3,310 crore ($499 million) to boost its high-speed data services?
Answer. Videocon Telecommunications

6. Name the body which has imposed penalties of Rs. 258 crore on Jet Airways,
IndiGo and SpiceJet for their alleged action in fixing and revising fuel surcharge for
transportation of cargo?
Answer. The Competition Commission of India

7. Indian students visiting London for higher studies will have the option of staying
in Babasaheb Ambedkars house which is purchased by which state government
recently?
Answer. Maharashtra government

8. Who has been appointed chairperson of a committee set up by the Human

Resource Development Ministry to draft the new education policy?
Answer. T.S.R. Subramanian

9. Name the Fugitive don who was arrested at Bali in Indonesia?

Answer. Chhota Rajan
10. 7th Pay Commission report recommended how much percent hike in salary,
allowances and pension involving an additional burden of Rs 102,000 crore has
been recommended to central government employees and pensioners?
Answer. 23.55 per cent

1. Name the IRS officer who has been appointed as the sixth member of the Central
Board of Excise and Customs?
Answer. Bhushan Kumar Bansal

2. Who is the Economic Affairs Secretary who was nominated as a Director to the
Central Board of Directors of the RBI?
Answer. Shaktikanta Das

3. Name the U.S. lawmakers who is elected as speaker of the House of

Representatives?
Answer. Paul Ryan

4. Who has been awarded with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for 2015?
Answer. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

5. Name the sitting Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland who passed away in November
2015?
Answer. Khekiho Zhimomi

6. According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2015, India stood up at which position
in the report which is topped by Iceland?
Answer. 108th position
7. Who headed the NITI Aayog panel on Innovation which recommends that the
private sector should help fund research and development, including in research
labs at universities and startups?
Answer. Prof Tarun Khanna

8. G-20 Summit 2015 was held for two days in which country recently?
Answer. Antalya, Turkey

9. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar commissioned the India Coast Guard Offshore
Patrol Vessel (OPV), at Vasco in Goa. Name the vessel?
Answer. Samarth

10. Who is the author of Interlinking of Indian Rivers?

Answer. Radha Kant Bharati

1. Who was appointed as the MD & CEO of Andhra Bank recently in November
2015?
Answer. Suresh N Patel

2. Name the Senior IRS officer who recently appointed as Chairman of Central Board
of Excise and Customs.
Answer. Najib Shah

3. Who was appointed as the President of The Associated Chamber of Commerce

and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)?
Answer. Sunil Kanoria
4. Who was honoured with Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award 2015?
Answer. Kuldip Nayar

5. Name the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs who was designated as the
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the Asia Region by the United Nations
Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
Answer. Kiren Rijiju

6. Who was the well-known author of children's books who passed away in Pune
recently?
Answer. Kamala Laxman

7. Union Ministry of Human Resource Development constituted a drafting committee

to frame the New Education Policy. Name the head of the committee.
Answer. TSR Subramanian

8. Where is the World Robot Olympiad 2015 was held?

Answer. Doha, Qatar

9. Indian Armys Strategic Forces Command successfully test-fired surface-to-

surface which missile which has a range of 4000-km?
Answer. Agni-IV missile

10. Public service broadcaster claimed which channel as the most-watched Hindi
channel in terms of time spent per viewer ahead of top General Entertainment
Channels?
Answer. Doordarshan

1.Who took over the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary,
Department of Atomic Energy?
Answer. Shekhar Basu

2.Who was elected as the President of Guatemala?

Answer. Jimmy Morales
3.Who has been selected for the Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award?
Answer. Prashant Damle

4.Who was awarded the European Parliaments prestigious Sakharov human rights
prize?
Answer. Raif Badawi

5.Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot
announced the launching of how many new/revised schemes for the disabled
persons in New Delhi?
Answer. 10 Schemes

6.What is the full form of AMRIT?

Answer. Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment

7.What is the name of the navy exercise between Indian Navy and Sri Lankan Navy
which held recently?
Answer. SLINEX

8.Where will be the first international film festival for the persons with disabilities
(IFFPD) will be held ?
Answer. New Delhi
9.The Union Government declared which militant outfit as a terrorist organisation
recenlty?
Answer. National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K)

10.RBI recently allowed NRIs to subscribe to which system?

Answer. National Pension System

1.Who has been nominated to the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank
recently?
Answer. Shaktikanta Das

2.Who was appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International

Monetary Fund?
Answer. Subir Gokarn

3.Who was appointed as the new BCCI representative at the International Cricket
Council?

Answer. Shashank Manohar

4.Name the famous Santoor maestro who was honoured with the Aditya Vikram
Birla Kala Shikhar Award for lifetime achievement?
Answer. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

5.Where is the home secretary-level meeting between India and Bangladesh held?

Answer. Dhaka

6.Giving a boost to the firepower and arsenal of the Indian Armed Forces, Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar dedicated which Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft to
the nation, at INS Rajali, Arakkonam?

Answer. Boeing P-8I (Poseidon Eight India)

7.Government relaxed foreign direct investment norms in the defence sector by

allowing FDI up to how much percent under automatic route and beyond that
through the FIPBs approval?

Answer. 49 per cent

8.Conference of Power, New Renewable Energy and Mines Ministers of States &
Union Territories concluded in which place?

Answer. Kochi, Kerala.

9.Ministry of Railways issued a Letter of Award to which company for setting up of
Diesel Locomotive Factory (DLF) at Marhowra, Saran district, Bihar?

Answer. USA-based GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Limited

10.The Union Government constituted which committee with a view to simplify the
provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961?

Answer. RV Easwar Committee

1. How many Indian personalities have made it to BBCs list of 100 most aspirational
women?
Answer. 7 Indian Personalities

2. Which department in India has launched its official handle on micro-blogging

website Twitter?
Answer. Income Tax department

3. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

(OECD), by how much the Indian economy is expected to expand in this fiscal year?
Answer. by 7.2 per cent

4. Name the Defence Minister of India, who launched Army Cloud, Software Defined
Data Centre and Digi-Locker facilities for the Indian Army at the Army Headquarters
in New Delhi.
Answer. Manohar Parrikar

5. What is the full form of DAC, which recently cleared new military modernisation
proposals worth over 12000 crore rupees?
Answer. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)
6. Union Cabinet approved the signing of the Tripartite Agreement among which
countries for the Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger?
Answer. India, Brazil and South Africa

7. Internet and Mobile Association of India released a report entitled Internet in India
2015 report which stated that Indias internet user base will touch 402 million by
December 2015 making it the second-largest in the world. Which country has the
largest internet user base in the world?
Answer. China

8. Tax Justice Network released the Financial Secrecy Index 2015. What is the rank
of India in the index?
Answer. 45

9. Who was recenlty conferred with Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai?

Answer. Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman

10. Name the Hero Group founder who passed away in November 2015.
Answer. Brijmohan Lall Munjal

1. Who won the 2015 Davis Cup tennis title by defeating Belgium?
Answer. Great Britain

2. Nam the bowler who has been suspended by ICC suspended for illegal bowling
action in November 2015.
Answer. West Indies spinner Sunil Narine

3. Three-day Mayyazhi Mahotsavam 2015 was held in?

Answer. Mahe, Puducherry
4. Who took over the president of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(PHDCCI)?
Answer. Mahesh Gupta

5. Who won the womens singles title at the $ 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold
after defeating Japans Minatsu Mitani in the finals?
Answer. P. V. Sindhu

6. What is the full form of LRSAM?

Answer. Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM)

7. Union Government has decided to advance the date for implementation of Bharat
Stage (BS) V for four-wheelers in order to reduce vehicular air pollution from road
transport sector from which year?
Answer. 1st of April, 2019

8. Which country launched $1-b equity fund for renewable energy?

Answer. India

9. The South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise (SAADMEx) 2015

concluded by the Union Government in which city?
Answer. Delhi

10. GRSE handed over ASW Corvette to Indian Navy. What is the name of the Anti-
Submarine?
Answer. 'Kadmatt'
ocTOBER

1.US President Barack Obama designated which veteran Iraq expert as Special
Presidential Envoy to the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State for Iraq and
Syria (ISIS)?
Answer. Brett McGurk

2. Who was elected as the Prime Minister of Canada?

Answer. Canada's Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau

3. Who was appointed as the CMD of state-run oil marketer Hindustan Petroleum
Corp Ltd?
Answer. MK Surana

4. Who was unanimously elected as the first female House speaker of Nepal?
Answer. Onsari Gharti Magar

5. Who was appointed as the chairman of Atomic Energy Commission?

Answer. Sekhar Basu

6.Who was named as the Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles for his contribution in
enhancing the countrys Art and Culture Development?
Answer. AR Rahman

7. Who was elected as the Head of the Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change
(IPCC) at its 42nd session in Dubrovnik, Croatia?
Answer. Hoesung Lee

8. Who assumed additional charge as the CMD of Steel Authority of India Limited
(SAIL)?
Answer. Dr Anup K Pujari
9. Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Group?
Answer. Matthias Muller

10. Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel A Brief History of
Seven Killings?
Answer. Jamaican writer Marlon James

Question 1. Name the mountaineers who created history by climbing 6180 meter
high unnamed peak in Himachal's Spiti Valley.
Answer. Arjun Vajpai and Bhupesh Kumar

Question 2. What is the name of the unnamed peak 6180 m in Himachal spiti valley
given by duo mountaineers?
Answer. Mount Kalam, in honour of former President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam.

Question 3. Who won the Man Booker Prize 2015 for fiction?
Answer. Jamaican writer, Marlon James

Question 4. Name of the Man Booker Prize 2015 winning novel.

Answer. A Brief History of Seven Killings

Question 5. Who is chosen as the 'Finance Minister of the Year, Asia' by London-
based publication Emerging Markets in October 2015?
Answer. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Question 6. Who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics?

Answer. Angus Deaton

Question 7. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2015?

Answer. Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
Question 8. Who was chosen for the 2015 Hridaynath Mangeskar Award?
Answer. A R Rehman

Question 9. Who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature and which country does
person belong to?
Answer. Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich

Question 10. Who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award during the
closing ceremony of the 6th Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai?
Answer. Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoo

Ques.1 Name the Bollywood singer and songwriter who recently died in October
2015?
Answer. LabhJanjua

Ques.2 Name the Legendary Tamil actress who popularly known by her stage name
Manorama died?
Answer. Gopishantha

Ques.3 The Union Cabinet gave its approval for signing of a Mutual Legal Assistance
Treaty in Criminal Matters between India and which country?
Answer. Maldives

Ques.4 Who started Operation Sophia?

Answer. European Union

Note: It is against human smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean Sea

Ques.5 Name the natural gas pipeline project of which the Gas Authority of India
Limited (GAIL) is expected to take 10 percent stake?
Answer. Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India or TAPI
Ques.6 Which company launched Project Loon?
Answer. Google

Ques.7 Name the Renowned music director and lyricist who died recently?
Answer. Ravindra Jain

Ques.8 The countrys prestigious DRDO Missile Complex in Hyderabad was renamed
as?
Answer. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex

Ques.9 The Defence Research and Development Organisation inaugurated an

Extreme Altitude Research Centre in which state?
Answer. Chang La, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir

Ques.10 26th edition of the Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) between India and which
country began in the Andaman Sea?
Answer. Indonesia

Ques.11 Who is the author of Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India?

Answer. David Chanoff

1. Who was appointed to serve the United Nations High Level Advisory Group on
Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST)?
Answer. Metro Man Elattuvalapil Sreedharan

2. Who was awarded with the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China?
Answer. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe

3. Who has been awarded with the 2015 Humanitarian of the Year Award?
Answer. Kailash Satyarthi
4. What is the current Bank Rate?
Answer. 7.75%

5. What is the full form of MSF?

Answer. Marginal Standing Facility

6. The United States, with how many countries signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership
agreement to lower trade barriers, bolster worker protections and set standards for
a raft of other industries?
Answer. 11 Countries

7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new integrated terminal building at

Tirupati Airport in which state?
Answer. Andhra Pradesh

8.Russia launched air strikes, its first military engagement outside the former Soviet
Union since the intervention in Afghanistan in 1979 in which country?
Answer. Syria

9. Which movie has won the best short film award at the 2015 London Film Festival
(LFF)?
Answer. An Old Dogs Diary

10. Which website remains the most popular social networking site in India with 51
per cent of users logging on daily?
Answer. Facebook

1. Name the Indian Origin person who is sworn in as the mayor of Bonn in Germany?
Answer. Ashok-Alexander Sridharan
2. Who has been appointed as the first male member of the National Commission
for Women (NCW)?
Answer. Alok Rawat

3. Who has been named as the President of the All India Council of Sports?
Answer. Vijay Kumar Malhotra

4. Who won the Noble Prize in Chemistry this year?

Answer. Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar

5. Who won the Noble Prize in Physics this year?

Answer. Japan's Takaaki Kajita and American Arthur B. McDonald
Answer. Jacob Tsimerman

6. Who has been awarded witht the prestigious 2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize?
Answer. Jacob Tsimerman

7. Where was the Leaders Summit on Peacekeeping held?

Answer. New York, the USA

8. The Union Government approved a MoU between the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy, India and which country?
Answer. Mozambique

9. Mitra Shakti-2015 is the military training exercise between which countries?

Answer. India and Sri Lanka

10. Fifth joint military exercise between India and China, named Hand-in-Hand 2015,
conducted at which place?
Answer. Kunming Military Academy, Yunnan Province, China.
1) Which country's central bank cut interest rates for the sixth time since
November to 4.35 percent, which will be effective from Oct. 24?

Answer. China's The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC)

2) Name the deaf and mute girl in Pakistan, who is believed to have crossed the
border by mistake after being separated from her family in 2003, came back to
India.

Answer. Geeta

3) Which missile developed by the Defense Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO), failed again when it lost control after about 12 minutes of
flight and fell into the Bay of Bengal?

Answer. Nirbhay

4) Who is going to head the committee to oversee the revival of three urea plants?

Answer. Arvind Panagariya

5) Facebook has renamed what it had termed its Internet access enabling platform,
internet.org, as ?

Answer. Free Basics

6) India has pledged to cut its carbon emission intensity by how much per cent and
increase the share of renewable energy by a massive 40 per cent in its total energy
mix by 2030?

Answer. 33-35 percent

7) The first-ever US-India-Japan Trilateral Ministerial dialogue was held in?

Answer. New York

8) Which country has offered to finance Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor
estimated to cost about Rs 90,000 crore at an interest rate of less than one per
cent?

Answer. Japan

9) Who is elected as the new President of Fiji?

Answer. Jioji Konrote

10) Who is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Nepal?

Answer. KP Sharma Oli

1. Who has been given an additional charge of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
FSSAI?

Answer. Ashish Bahuguna

2. Who has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine?

Answer. William C Campbell (Ireland) and Satoshi Omura (Japan) jointly & Youyou Tu
(China)

3. The Expert committee to revisit the civil services examination pattern was
headed by?
Answer. B S Baswan

4. With which country, India signed an agreement on Maritime Transport?

Answer. Egypt

5. Name the former President Dr. Abdul Kalams birth place which has been included
in Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for providing
basic urban infrastructure.
Answer. Rameswaram

6. India with which country signed protocol for avoidance of double taxation and for
prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital?
Answer. Israel

7. What is the full form FIF which has been formed by RBI with a corpus of 2000
crore rupees?
Answer. Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)

8. What is the expected GDP rate of India in 2015 whcih was projected by United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development?
Answer. 7.5%

9. Which bank has registered the highest increase in gross Non-Performing Assets
(NPAs) in percentage terms against total loans in the 2014-15 fiscal year?
Answer. UCO Bank

10. Name the countries which has been electeda as the non-permanent members
on the UN Security Council?
Answer. Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay

1.Who was appointed as the CEO and MD of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
Development Corporation.?
Answer. Alkesh Sharma
2. The Reserve Bank of India opened a sub-office in which city, that will have
separate departments for financial inclusion and development, consumer education
and market intelligence?
Answer. Imphal

3. Foreign investors would now be able to invest up to how much percent equity in
white label ATM operations with the government notifying the regulations for the
same?
Answer. 100 per cent

4. Indias largest missile systems manufacturing and integration facility with an

investment of Rs. 500 crore is being set up on a sprawling 900-acre site at which
place in India?
Answer. Palasamudram, Gorantla in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh

5.India signed a nearly $3 billion deal for purchase of 22 Apache attack helicopters
and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers with which country?
Answer. American aviation giant Boeing and the US government.

6.Who laid the foundation stone of an ambitious project which will more than double
the capacity of the countrys largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in
next two years?
Answer. Prime Minister Narendra Modi

7. To how many companies, The National Housing Bank has granted permission to
become housing finance companies?
Answer. 6

8. The number of subscribers to which schemes together have crossed the

landmark 1-crore mark
Answer. National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
9. Name the body which was declared unconstitutional by SC in October 2015?
Answer. National Judicial Appointments Commission

10. With which company, Indian Railways have agreed for purchasing 50 MW power
under its new policy of competitive bidding based procurement?
Answer. Adani Power Ltd

1. What is the ranking of India on a global index of worlds most competitive

economies for the year 2015-16?
Answer. 55

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and which company's CEo unveiled a proposal to
provide superfast Wi-Fi broadband connectivity in 500 key railway stations across
India that see a daily traffic of 10 million people.
Answer. Google CEO Sundar Pichai

3. Name the Indian Space Research Organisation first dedicated multi-wavelength

space observatory which was recently launched.
Answer. Astrosat

4. Name the city which will charge Light duty vehicles Rs 700 and three-axle
vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering in its boundary in a bid to check high pollution levels
in the city?
Answer. New Delhi

5. Name the company which plans to sell subsidized 5 kg LPG cylinders in rural India
in an effort to increase usage of clean fuel for cooking.
Answer. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the first ever India gold coin bearing
which sign on it?
Answer. Ashok Chakra
7. The foundation stone laying ceremony for which city was laid by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi that will be the capital of Andhra Pradesh?
Answer. Amaravati city

8. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has announced that the Railways would soon
start countrys first-ever double decker Shatabdi Express that would run between
which cities?
Answer. Mumbai and Goa

9. With which country India signed 18 MoUs in various sector including renewable
energy, skill development and culture?
Answer. Germany

10. Which country's flag was raised for the first time at United Nations headquarters
in New York?
Answer. Palestinian

1. Who has been awarded with the with the Pride of Britain award?
Answer. Indo-British van driver Dee Patel

2.Name the 16th Governor of Manipur and member of Congress, who passed away
in Mumbai due to cancer.
Answer. Syed Ahmed

3. What is the name of the joint exercise of the Navies of India, United States and
Japan?
Answer. Malabar exercise

4. Name the policy which was modifies by the Union Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare which permitted the transfer of blood from one blood bank to another in
case of shortage.
Answer. National Blood Policy, 2002

5. What is the name of the scheme which was launched by the Union Ministry of
Home Affairs with an initial amount of 200 crore rupees which aimed at enabling
support to victims of various attacks, such as rape, acid attacks, human trafficking
and women killed or injured in the cross border firing?
Answer. Central Victim Compensation Fund

6. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the
setting up of how many new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AllMS) under
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY)?
Answer. Three
Note: These three new AIIMS will come up at Nagpur in Maharashtra, at Manglagiri
in Andhra Pradesh and at Kalyani in West Bengal.

7.What is the basic custom duty on Wheat?

Answer. 25 percent

8. Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari launched
which policy which will make it compulsory for road developers to set aside 1
percent of the Total Project Cost (TPC) for Highway Plantation and Maintenance?
Answer. Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification and
Maintenance) Policy, 2015.

9. India signed a 123.51 million US dollar loan agreement with which international
organization to upgrade tourism infrastructure and services in Punjab, Uttarakhand
and Himachal Pradesh?
Answer. Asian Development Bank

10. India granted a cheque of 5 million US dollars to the which country's

government as a budgetary support?
Answer. Palestinian

1. Who was elected as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India after the
death of Jagmohan Dalmiya?
Answer. Shashank Manohar

2. Which High Court ruled that the provisions under Article 370 are beyond
amendment, repeal or abrogation?
Answer. Jammu and Kashmir HC

3. Name the body which had made it mandatory for mobile service providers to
compensate consumers call drops with effect from 1 January 2016.
Answer. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

4. Which country announced on 22 October 2015 that it will permanently station a

military unit in the Arctic by 2018?
Answer. Russia

5. Pakistan with which country signed an agreement to build a 1100-km gas pipeline
stretching from Karachi on Arabian Sea to the eastern city of Lahore?
Answer. and Russia

6. Who became the first European country to sign MoU on the establishment of
Nalanda University?
Answer. Portugal

7. Name the hydropower station which China has operationalised on the

Brahmaputra River in Tibet Autonomous Region, which is also considered to be the
highest-altitude hydropower station in the world.
Answer. The Zam hydropower station

8. India signed a deal, worth 105.5 crore rupees, with which Slovenian firm, for 194
micro-light aircraft to be used by Indian Air Force, the Navy and the National Cadet
Corps (NCC)?
Answer. Pipistrel
9. The first BRICS Ministerial meeting on Migration was held in?
Answer. Sochi, Russia

10. Government of India with which country signed two loan agreements worth 125
million Euros for financing two projects under the Green Energy Corridor
programme. These two projects are in Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
Answer. Federal Republic of Germany

SEPTEMBER

1) Who is appointed as the Sherpa for the 2015 G-20 Summit,which will take place
in Antalya, Turkey in November 2015?
Answer. Arvind Panagariya

2) Who is appointed as the head of National Commission for Protection of Child

Rights?
Answer. Stuti Narain Kacker

3) Who is the new PM of Greece who belongs to the Syriza party?

Answer. Alexis Tsipras

4) Who is elected as the President of the Indian Newspaper Society for the year
2015-16?
Answer. PV Chandran

5) Who is sworn is as the Prime Minister of Egypt?

Answer. Sherif Ismail

6) Who is appointed as the Union Home secretary?

Answer. Rajiv Mehrishi
7) Who is appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Childrens
Fund?
Answer. Novak Djokovic

8) Who is appointed as the Director General of the Council of Scientific and

Industrial Research?
Answer. Girish Sahni

9) Who won the Skoch Award for Smart Governance?

Answer. Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

10) Name the personalities who won the 2015 Global Leadership Award of the US-
India Business Council (USIBC).
Answer. PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Hindustan Times Group chairperson
Shobhana Bharatia

11) Who was conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014 for his work
'Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar Adhyayan'?
Answer. Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka

12) Name the best-selling British-born author who passed away in September 2015?
Answer. Jackie Collins

13) Name the former president of BCCI who passed away in September 2015.
Answer. Jagmohan Dalmiya

14) Name the famous Bollywood singer and music composer who passed away?
Answer. Aadesh Shrivastava

15) The first India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue was held in?
Answer. Washington, the USA
16) Name the Indian FIlm who voted as the first runner-up at the 40th Toronto
International Film Festival (TIFF).
Answer. Angry Indian Goddesses

17) Who is the head of 15-member Oscar Selection Jury who selected Marathi-film
Court as Indias official entry to 88th Oscar Awards?
Answer. Amol Palekar

18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi released digital recordings of which epic, as a set
of digital CDs which is produced by All India Radio (AIR)?
Answer. Ramcharitmanas

19) Cabinet Committee on Security approved the deal to buy 37 military helicopters
from which country?
Answer. United States (US)

20) What is the name of the India-Maldives joint military training Exercise 2015
which was held in Trivandrum, Kerala?
Answer. EKUVERIN 2015

21) What is the name given to Indian and Australian Navy Bilateral Maritime
Exercise?
Answer. AUSINDEX-15

22)Jaisalmer War Museum established in the Military Station of Jaisalmer was

inaugurated in September 2015. It comes in which state of India?
Answer. Rajasthan

23) Agriculture Division of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog in
the fourth week of September 2015 constituted an Expert Group on Land
Leasing.This group will be headed by?
Answer. T Haque
24) The Union Ministry of Water Resources constituted a seven-member committee
to advise it on restructuring the Central Water Commission. Who is heading this
committee?
Answer. Mihir Shah

25) Who is the author of:

a) Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights
b) To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story
c) 30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories
Answer.
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Jairam Ramesh
c) Naina Lal Kidwai

1) RBI signed with which country central Bank on Supervisory Cooperation and
Exchange of Supervisory Information?
Answer. Nepal Rastra Bank

2) Where in India was the Global Investors Meet held to woo investors to invest in
their state?
Answer. Tamil Nadu

3) Union Cabinet approved how much percent hike in Dearness Allowance of Central
Government employees?
Answer. 6 percent

4) The Union Cabinet approved how much percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
in White Label Automated Teller Machines (WLAs)?
Answer. 100 percent

5) Who has been named as the Indias richest person for ninth year in a row?
Answer. Mukesh Ambani

6) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Urjit Patel said the central bank
expects the Current Account Deficit (CAD) to be about how much percent of GDP in
the current fiscal year?
Answer. 1.5 per cent

7) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-principle approval for to how
many companies to set up small finance banks?
Answer. 10 companies
Note: The approval will be valid for 18 months to enable the applicants to comply
with the requirements.

8) Who has been elected as the new chairman of the Press Trust of India?
Answer. Hormusji N Cama

9) Who recently has been appointed as a full-time member of NITI (National

Institution for Transforming India) Aayog?
Answer. Professor Ramesh Chand

10) Who is appointed as the Chairman of Indian Trade Promotion Organization

(ITPO)?
Answer. L C Goyal

11) Who took charge as the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India?
Answer. Raghav Chandra

12) Who took charge as the Union Finance Secretary?

Answer. Ratan P Watal

13) Who was conferred with the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize?
Answer. The Waterman of India Rajendra Singh
14) Which port was adjudged as the Major Port of the Year amongst 12 major ports
in the country for the year 2014-15?
Answer. Kolkata Port

15) Name the country which was visited by PM in September and he is the first
Prime Minister of India to visit that country in 59 years?
Answer. Ireland

16) The 10th World Hindi Conference was held in which place in 2015?
Answer. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

17) What is the name of the organization which was started by Nana Patekar to
provide aid to farmers to overcome drought conditions?
Answer. Naam Foundation

18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi released two commemorative coins in which
denominations in the memory of former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan?
Answer. 125 rupees and 10 rupees

19) What is the full form of NISAR?

Answer. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)
Note: NISAR is a dedicated US and Indian InSAR mission, in partnership with ISRO,
optimized for studying hazards and global environmental change.

20) The Union Cabinet approved introduction of Gold Monetization Schemes. The
objective of this scheme is to mobilize the gold held by households and institutions
in the country and to reduce reliance on import of gold to meet the domestic
demand. What is the minimum quantity of gold that a customer can bring is
proposed in the scheme?
Answer. 30 grams.

21) Which state was awarded for the Best State/UT for Comprehensive Tourism
Development?
Answer. The state of Gujarat

22) Who has been awarded with the prestigious Champions of Change Award of US
at the White House?
Answer. Swetha Prabhakaran, an Indian American teen

23) Who has been awarded wih the United Nations Champions of the Earth Award
for Policy Leadership to address the issue of climate change?
Answer. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

24) Short story writer and novelist Jhumpa Lahiri was awarded with which award by
the White House, United States?
Answer. National Humanities Medal 2014

25) Who was conferred with the Honoured Guest of Texas award for his contribution
to the cinema and the world of art?
Answer. Bollywood actor Anupam Kher

1. Which bank has launched the online specific credit card SimplyCLICK in
partnership with seven e-commerce players. The partners included Amazon India,
BookMyShow, Cleartrip, FabFurnish, Food Panda, LensKart and Ola Cabs?
Answer. SBI

2. Where is the headquarter of Facebook located?

Answer. California

3. What is the name of the indigenously-developed second generation, Anti-Tank

Guided Missile which is having a range of 2.8 km & was successfully test-fired at
Babina Army Range, Madhya Pradesh recently?
Answer. Amogha-1
4. Name the state where the elections was to be held in five phases from October
12 to November 5?
Answer. Bihar

5. The U.S. Ambassador to India, Richard Varma, launched which movement, along
with Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan Tata, Chairman, Sir Ratan Tata
Trusts?
Answer. Mumbai Dialogue: Towards a TB-free India

6. Name the scheme which the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar announced for
the ex-servicemen.
Answer. One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme

7. Name the organization which was planning to launch a nationwide e-payment

literacy workshop on the occasion of World Literacy Day on September 8?
Answer. National Payments Corporation of India

8. What is the name of the mission of Railways envisaging renewal of tracks, more
railway bridges, better signalling and rolling out of accident-proof coaches and
engines?
Answer. Zero-accident mission

9. Who will guide Maharashtra on microfinance and how to revive dying Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the State?
Answer. Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh

10. What is the full form of CUS ?

Answer. Cryogenic Upper stage (CUS)

11. In which city, India sealed the deal to acquire the ownership of a three-storey
bungalow, where Dalit icon and architect of Constitution Dr. B.R. Ambedkar lived as
a student in the 1920s?
Answer. London
12. According to the statement of Government, how much money have been
deposited in in over 17.5 crore bank accounts within a year of the launch of the
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, the largest financial inclusion scheme in the world?
Answer. 22,000 crores

13. What is the target set by the government for the solar power generation
capacity by 2022 under the National Solar Mission?
Answer. 40,000 MW

14. In which city's airport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new terminal
which will handle both domestic as well as international flights?
Answer. Chandigarh airport

15. In September 2015, Moodys Investors Service said Indian economy would grow
at how much percent in the current fiscal year?
Answer. 7 per cent

16. Which country has revised its annual economic growth rate in 2014 to 7.3
percent from the previously released figure of 7.4 percent?
Answer. China

17. In which scheme of the government, the government has decided to provide an
additional 50 days of manual work?
Answer. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

18. Which ministry has been given the administrative control of the Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards?
Answer. Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

19. Finance minister Arun Jaitley embarked on a four-day visit to which Asian
financial hubs to convince investors of that place to invest in Indias infrastructure
and manufacturing sectors?
Answer. Singapore and Hong Kong
20. Who bagged the Best Airport Award for 2013-14?
Answer. Delhis Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA)

21. With which aerospace company, the Indian Institute of Technology of Bombay
will convene a summit on aerospace innovation in New Delhi?
Answer. Boeing

22. Name the scheme which is launched by government with a goal to provide 24-
hour power supply to each and every house of the nation?
Answer. National Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)

23. The G-20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was held for
two days on 4 September and 5 September 2015 in which city?
Answer. Ankara,Turkey

24. The 11th session of the India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting for Technical and
Economical Cooperation was held in?
Answer. New Delhi

25. The fourth India-Bhutan Development Cooperation Talks for the 11th Five Year
Plan of Bhutan was held in?
Answer. New Delhi

1. Name the Famous American fantasy drama television series which have won 12
awards at the 67th Prime time Emmy Awards?
Answer. Game of Thrones

2. Which organization has been conferred Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014?
Answer. Indian Space Research Organization
3. Which state has bagged the Skoch Order-of-Merit national award for
implementation of six e-Governance and IT initiatives in the state?
Answer. Haryana

4. The Meeting of Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) on Climate Change

was held in which city?
Answer. New Delhi

5. Who has been appointed as the new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom?
Answer. Navtej Sarna

6. To transform the lives of people living in the areas which are affected directly or
indirectly by mining, the Union Government launched the PMKKKY. What is the full
form of PMKKKY?
Answer. Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana

7. Name the rebel group of Nagaland which was banned by the Union Government
for five years?
Answer. National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang (NSCN-K)

8. What is the name of the scheme which was approved by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi to transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable
spaces. The mission aims to create 300 Rurban growth clusters over the next 3
years, across the country.
Answer. Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)

9. The Union Government approved the purchase of 10 Heron TP drones from which
country?
Answer. Israel.

10. Who is heading the 20th Law Commission of India?

Answer. Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
11. Which regional railways became the first railway zone in the country to
eliminate all Unmanned Level Crossings?
Answer. West Central Railway

12. The Union Ministry of Urban Development gave approval for which model for
seamless travel across India & will enable commuters to travel by different metros
and other transport systems across the country besides retail shopping and
purchases?
Answer. Smart National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)
Note: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will be involved in
indigenous development and management of Clearing and Settlement of payments.

13. What is the name of the scheme for online release of new LPG connections for
the consumers?
Answer. SAHAJ

14. With which organization, the SEBI was merged in September 2015?
Answer. Forward Markets Commission (FMC)

15. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed a new methodology to calculate which
rate, which will be based on marginal cost of funds methodology?
Answer. Base Rate

16. The first conference on the contemporary relevance of the Bhagvad Gita was
held in which city?
Answer. London, United Kingdom

17. Who is appointed as the President of Burkina Faso?

Answer. Michel Kafando

18.The 9th Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (RPBD) will be held in which city?
Answer. Los Angeles, California, USA
19. The 4th meeting of the India-Kuwait Joint Working Group on Hydrocarbons was
held in?
Answer. New Delhi

20. India signed two MoUs on Tourism and Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Initiative
with which country?
Answer. Cambodia

21. With which country, India exchanged four agreements in various fields including
medicare facilities?
Answer. Sri Lanka

22. United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolutions that proclaims 9
December to be observed as ?
Answer. International Day of Commemoration & Dignity of the Victims of the Crime
of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.

23. Director-Generals (DGs) of Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers
held the Bi-annual talks in which city of India?
Answer. New Delhi

24. India and _________________ signed a pact for repatriation of wanted prisoners
and cooperation in all criminal matters including gathering evidence.
Answer. Indonesia

25. What is the official language of Pakistan?

Answer. Urdu

1. Name the landline broadband which will give its users to surf the Internet at a
minimum speed of 2 megabits per second (2Mbps), at no extra cost?
Answer. BSNL
2. The Congress Working Committee extended its party president tenure for up to
another year. Name the president of INC?
Answer. Sonia Gandhi

3. Name the social networking website which set a new milestone in social media
connectivity, as one billion people from around the world logged on to it in a single
day.
Answer. Facebook

4. Indias external debt increased by how much percentage in 2014-15, compared to

$446.3 billion at the end of the previous year?
Answer. 6.6 per cent

5. The Centre has released Rs 2,000 crore for which scheme as its contribution for
the year 2015-16?
Answer. Employees Pension Scheme

6. Indias current account deficit (CAD) narrowed to how much percent of gross
domestic product (GDP) in April-June of 2015-16, from $7.8 billion or 1.6% of GDP a
year ago?
Answer. $6.2 billion or 1.2% of GDP

7. The Asian Development Bank lowered Indias economic growth forecast to how
much percent for the current fiscal year?
Answer. 7.4%

8. What is the full form of MLAT?

Answer. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT)

9. What is L in ISLRTC?
Answer. Language
Note: Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre
10. Who is the Chairman of NHAI?
Answer. Raghav Chandra

11. 30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories is written by?

Answer. Naina Lal Kidwai

12. Name the Master of horror cinema who died in September 2015.
Answer. Wes Craven

13. Which city to host the XXII Commonwealth Games in 2022?

Answer. Durban

14. London-based business daily Financial Times (FT) released Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) data for the period January June (H1) of 2015. As per the data,
which country emerged as the most-favoured destination for FDI?
Answer. India

15. Name the Indian-American environmental engineer who named as MacArthur

Fellow?
Answer. Kartik Chandran

16. 17th All-India Govt Whips Conference held in which city?

Answer. Visakhapatnam

17. Name the campaign that focuses on building accessible government buildings
for persons with disabilities (PwDs).
Answer. Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)

18. Where is the First-ever US-India-Japan Trilateral Ministerial dialogue held?

Answer. New York
19. Who is the author of Hungry Bengal: War, Famine, Riots and the End of Empire?
Answer. Janam Mukherjee

20. When is the International Translation Day observed across the world?
Answer. 30 September
21. Which is the largest warship built so far in India, which was inducted by Indian
Navy?
Answer. INS Kochi

22. Where is the Leaders Summit on Peacekeeping held?

Answer. UN headquarters in New York

23. Maharashtra Government declared 2017 as ?

Answer. Visit Maharashtra Year

24. When is the World Heart Day observed?

Answer. 29 September

25. Who is the new Governor of Manipur?

Answer. V. Shanmuganathan

26. What is the name of Indias first dedicated satellite for astronomy research
which was launched by ISRO?
Answer. ASTROSAT

27. World Tourism Day observed with theme One Billion Tourists, One Billion
Opportunities on?
Answer. 27 September

28. Who won the 2015 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix title?
Answer. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton
29. Name the winners of Ghangzhou Open Womens Doubles title?
Answer. Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis

30. Name the Indian film which was voted first runner-up at the 40th Toronto Film
Festival?
Answer. Angry Indian Goddesses

31. Name the agenda which UNGA adopted for Sustainable Development.
Answer. Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

32. Who is sworn in as PM of Greece for second time in 8 months?

Answer. Alexis Tsipras

33. Which animal was declared as National Animal of Nepal?

Answer. Cow

34. Who has been appointed to Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees?
Answer. Richie Richardson

35. Which state government launched M-Shiksha-Mitra mobile app for teachers?
Answer. Madhya Pradesh Government

AUGUST

1) According to the monetary policy announced by RBI, all the policy rates were
___________________. What is the current repo rate after the monetary policy of
August?
Answer. Unchanged & 7.25 %
2) Who became the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Also, name the president of Sri
Lanka & its capital?
Answer. Ranil Wickremesinghe & Maithripala Sirisena,Columbo.

3) Who became the new CMD of Air India and name the person to whom he
replaced?
Answer. Ashwani Lohani and Rohit Nandan

4) Who became the Chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board?

Answer. Ajit Kumar Seth

5) Who became the new Election Commissioner of India & also name the Chief
Election Commissioner of India?
Answer. Om Prakash Rawat & Syed Nazim Zaidi

6) Who has been appointed as the United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka and
Maldives? What is the capital of Maldives?
Answer. Atul Keshap and Male

7) Who became the new chairperson of Delhi Commission for women?

Answer. Swati Maliwal

8) Who became the Chairman of food safety regulator Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India (FSSAI)?
Answer. Ashish Bahuguna

9) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of telecom regulator Telecom

Regulatory Authority of India?
Answer. Ram Sevak Sharma

10) Who won the James Tait Black award 2015 and for which book he/she was given
the award?
Answer. Bangladesh novelist Zia Haider Rahman for his novel In the Light of What
We Know.

11) Who won the prestigious Gujar Mal Modi Award for Innovative Science and
Technology for the year 2015?
Answer. Prof. Mustansir Barma

12) Who has been awarded the Saraswati Samman for the year of 2014? Also tell
this was the ___th Sarawati Samman awarded.
Answer. Dr. M Veerappa Moily. He received the award for his epic Sri Ramayana
Mahanveshanam written in Kannada.

13) Who won the Ramanujan Prize for year 2015 and for which field this award is
given?
Answer. Amalendu Krishna and mathematics

14) Who has been awarded with the first-ever Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize by
the United Nations?
Answer. Helena Ndume of Namibia and Jorge Sampaio of Portugal

15) Who became the new governor of Himachal Pradesha and also name the CM of
Himachal Pradesh?
Answer. Acharya Dev Vrat & Virbhadra Singh

16) Who has been announced as the tiger ambassador of Maharashtra recently and
also name the CM of Maharahstra?
Answer. Sachin Tendulkar & Devendra Fadnavis

17) Name the Arab country which was visited by PM Narendra Modi and also name
the capital of the country?
Answer. United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi
18) The Union Government announced that it will sell ______ per cent stake in Indian
Oil Corporation on the stock market through an offer for sale. Also, name the CMD of
IOC.
Answer. 10%

19) How many telecom companies are to be benefitted after the RBI's approval to
Payment Banks in India?
Answer. Four telecom companies Vodafone India, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and
Reliance Jio

20) Which bank recently launched the first of its kind fully automated digital locker
Named Smart Vault? Also, name the CMD & Headquarter of the given bank.
Answer. ICICI & Chanda Kochhar, Mumb

1) NASA signed a contract worth 490 million US dollars with which Russian space
agency for carrying the US astronauts to the International Space Station?
Answer. Roscosmos

2) Where is the 2015 US - India Cyber Dialogue was held?

Answer. Washington, DC

3) Which Union Government scheme was acknowledged as the worlds largest cash
transfer program (households) by the Guinness Book of World Records?
Answer. Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (PAHAL)

4) Which became the first Indian city to be a member of Beijing headquartered

World Tourism Cities Federation Council?
Answer. Kochi

5) Name the bollywood movie which recently banned in Pakistan?

Answer. Phantom

6) Who is the author of Mrs Funnybones: Shes Just Like You and a Lot Like Me?
Answer. Twinkle Khanna

7) Who is the author of Making India Awesome?

Answer. Chetan Bhagat

8) Who is the author of The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity?
Answer. Tarun Khanna

9) Who is the author of R.D. Burman: The Prince of Music?

Answer. Khagesh Dev Burman

10) The Union Government constituted a three member team to assess the situation
over the student protest in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune is
headed by?
Answer. SM Khan

11) When is the 70th Hiroshima Day observed?

Answer. 6 August 2015

12) Name the campaign which is launched by Narendra Modi to promote bank
financing for start-ups and offer incentives to boost entrepreneurship and job
creation.
Answer. Start-up India, Stand up India

13) The Union Cabinet in August 2015 gave its approval for the signing of a MoU
between the India and Nepal for the construction of a petroleum products pipeline
from ?
Answer. Raxaul (India) to Amlekhgunj (Nepal)

14) Namre the scheme which is launched by the government to engage class VI to
IX studnets in raising of saplings in nurseries created in schools.
Answer. School Nursery Yojana
15) Union Government launched Suraksha Bandhan drive in a Mission Mode through
participating banks and insurance companies to facilitate enrolment under social
security schemes. Name the schemes?
Answer. The schemes are Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan
Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY)

16) Which bill is passed by Lok Sabha in August 2015 which provides for filing of
cheque bounce cases at the place where a cheque is presented for clearance and
not the place of issue.
Answer. Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015

17) India signed agreement to set up Centre of Excellence in Software Development

and Training with which country?
Answer. Myanmar

18) According to the Forbes list of 2015 of World's Highest-Paid Actors, who is the
highest paid actor in the world?
Answer. Robert Downey

19) India signed MoU to deepen cooperation in New and Renewable Energy Sector
with which country?
Answer. Mozambique

20) Which state government announced a scheme named City Taxi under
which permits will be issued to 600cc vehicles which will charge Rs 10 per km?
Answer. Delhi government

1) Which city is officially declared as the rape capital of India?

2) Which district in Himachal Pradesh has imposed a ban on playing of diesel and
petrol-driven vehicles in Rohtang Pass in compliance with the orders of the National
Green Tribunal?
3) Who has been presented the first APJ Abdul Kalam award?
4) The government announced a seven-point action plan named
as_____________________ to infuse professionalism and fresh capital in to public sector
banks. What is the full form of BBB?

5) Which is the first his first historical monuments in the world to have a Twitter
account of its own?

6) Which technology giant has agreed to work with the Andhra Pradesh government
on White Spaces, technology that uses unused television spectrum to deliver low-
cost Internet connectivity?

7) Name the famous event of Mumbai which is now officially declared as an

adventure sport.

8) A commission to probe the CNG Fitness Scam of 2002 has been constituted by
the Delhi Government. The commission will be headed by?

9) Who is heading the committee related to examining on the Lokpal and

Lokayuktas and Other Related Law (Amendment) Bill, 2014?

10) Which country announced to move its clock back 30 minutes, to create a new
Pyongyang Time?

11) Who has been appointed as the Governors of Bihar and Himachal Pradesh?

12) Which Indian telecom services commercially launched its fourth generation (4G)
communication services?

13) The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), for the first time since its
inception in 1951, will invest in equities with a corpus of Rs.5,000 crore initially
through which mutual fund company?
14) How many enclaves of India and Bangladesh were integrated with the main land
with the execution of Land Border Agreement, 1974 between the two countries?

15) India signed a loan agreement of 300 million US dollars with which international
organization for its flagship programme National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)?

16) Which country becomes the 162nd member of WTO?

17) Which Bank launced Dhanchayat, an educational film to create awareness on

the dangers of borrowing money from the unorganised sector?

18) In August 2015, India signed an agreement for exchange of information to curb
tax evasion and avoidance with which country?

19) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in August 2015 that it will freeze its
benchmark currency basket, until October 2016, giving markets more time to adjust
to the possible addition of Chinas yuan as part of a review of global reserve
currencies. Name the currency basket of IMF.

20) Moodys Investors Service trimmed Indias growth forecast for the current fiscal
from 7.5% earlier to ?

21) Which International Airport has become the first airport in India to be
completely powered by solar power with the commissioning of a 12-MW solar
project?

Answers -

Answer 1. New Delhi

Answer 2. The Kullu district

Answer 3. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist N. Valarmathi

Answer 4. Indradhanush & Bank Board Bureau (BBB)

Answer 5. The Taj Mahal

Answer 6. Microsoft

Answer 7. Dahihandi

Answer 8. Justice (Retired) SN Agarwal

Answer 9. E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan

Answer 10. North Korea

Answer 11. Ram Nath Kovind (Bihar) & Acharya Dev Vrat (HP)

Answer 12. Bharti Airtel

Answer 13. SBI Mutual Fund

Answer 14. 162 enclaves ( 51 Bangladeshi Enclaves & 111 Indian Enclaves)

Answer 15. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Answer 16. Kazakhstan

Answer 17. HDFC

Answer 18. Seychelles

Answer 19. Special Drawing Rights

Answer 20. 7%

Answer 21.Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL)

1) What is SAMANVAY, which was launched by Rural Development Minister

Chaudhary Birender Singh?
Answer. It is a compilation of all schemes of both Union and State governments for
Gram Panchayats.

2) The government of India signed a landmark peace accord with the National
Socialist Council of which state of India?
Answer. Nagaland

3) The Union Government of India sanctioned 1000 crore rupees for the laying of
15.06 km long tracks to connect Indian Railways with which country through the
North East?
Answer. Bangladesh

4) The Reserve Bank of Indias (RBIs) High Powered Committee on Urban

Cooperative Banks (UCBs) in its report has recommended conversion of UCBs with
business size of 20000 crore rupees or more into regular banks. Who headed this
committee?
Answer. RBI Deputy Governor R Gandhi

5) The Union Minister for Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla launched a new Central
Sector Scheme which aimed to give a new direction and a new goal for the all out of
school or dropped out students and those studying in Madrasas. Name the scheme.
Answer. Nai Manzil
6) RBI notified which section of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 which is related to
Relaxations in Branch Authorisation Policy which allowed banks to shift, merge or
close branches, in urban areas, at their own discretion.
Answer. Section 23

7) RBI decided to put into circulation which denomination coins to commemorate

the International Day of Yoga?
Answer. 10 Rupee Coins

8) Union Government approved setting up of NIIF with an initial corpus of how many
crore rupees which can be leveraged by infrastructure companies? What is the full
form of NIIF?
Anwer. Rs. 20,000 Crores, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

9) Which became the first country to receive funds from the United Nations for its
fast growing solar home systems?
Answer. Bangladesh

10) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Lt Governor of

____________________ Boyd K. Rutherford, have agreed to explore the possibilities of
cooperation in the fields of bio-technology, life sciences and agriculture, cyber
security and engineering.
Answer. Maryland

11) India in August 2015 signed a MoU on technical cooperation in railway sector
with which country?
Answer. Slovak Republic

12) China signed 20 agreements worth 1.6 billion US dollars with which country to
implement their ambitious Economic Corridor project.
Answer. Pakistan

13) Which canal was unveiled in Egypt after its major expansion?
Answer. Suez Canal
14) The 48th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Foreign Ministers
meet was held in?
Answer. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

15) Which state declared as the complete digital state?

Answer. Kerala

16) The Supreme Court ruled that which card is not mandatory for availing
government welfare schemes but said it could be used for disbursal of subsidies on
public distribution, cooking fuel/LPG or for criminal investigation on a courts
direction. Name the card.
Answer. Aadhaar card

17) Name the city which has topped the Swachh Bharat rankings among 476 cities
in the country?
Answer. Mysore

18) Mobile subscribers can now activate or deactivate their internet service on their
mobile phone by calling or sending an SMS to a new toll free number. What is the
number?
Answer. 1925

19) Which state assembly has passed a resolution requesting the Centre to amend
Section 302 of the IPC to abolish capital punishment?
Answer. Tripura

20) The ninth edition of the biennial defence trade exhibition, Defexpo India 2016,
will take place in which state?
Answer. Goa
1) Which Bank has raised Rs.315 crore through the issue of Green Infrastructure
Bonds to International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington, on a private
placement basis?
Answer. Yes Bank

2) Who will will host the heads of 14 island nations at the Forum for India-Pacific
Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)?
Answer. India

3) Name the personalities from India who won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015?
Answer. Whistleblower officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi and human rights activist Anshu
Gupta

4) Name the former President of India who passed away recently?

Answer. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

5) Name the scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in rural areas with a
view to ensuring round the clock electricity supply to farmers and rural households.
Answer. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

6) Who won the prestigious Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) award?
Answer. Gargi Parsai

7) US defence major Boeing has terminated a contract with which firm for the
component supplies and commercial planes?
Answer. Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL)

8) India is expected to surpass China to become the worlds most populous nation
by which year, according to the United Nations?
Answer. 2022

9) Greece received how much amount in its first bail-out package in August 2015?
Answer. 13 billion-euro ($14.5 billion)

10) Which country agreed to enhance its investments in India to USD 75 billion
(about Rs 5 lakh crore) including through a dedicated infrastructure fund?
Answer. UAE

11) What is the new name given to Seven decade-old Agriculture Ministry?
Answer. Ministry for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

12) Enthused by the success of direct benefit transfer (DBT) for LPG, the Narendra
Modi government has set an ambitious target to roll out DBT for disbursing which
items subsidies across the country latest by April 1, 2016?
Answer. Food and Kerosene subsidies

13) Name the city in UP for which the Uttar Pradesh government got the clearance
from the Union ministry of finances Public Investment Board (PIB) for its Metro
Project in that city?
Answer. Lucknow

14) In August 2015, the government has estimated capital requirement of PSU
banks over four years till 2018-19 is?
Answer. Rs 1.80 lakh crore

15) Which scheme was discontinued by the the Narendra Modi government?
Answer. Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitaran (RGGLV)

16) How much amount was received by India as FDI from 12 countries visited by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in financial year 2014-15, according to the estimates
given by Indian Parliament in August 2015?
Answer. $19.78 billion

17) PM Narendra Modi led Cabinet approved a new bill that seeks to replace a 29-
year-old law and proposes to set up a regulatory authority which will have powers
to recall products and initiate class suit against defaulting companies, including e-
tailers. Name the bill.
Answer. Consumer Protection Bill 2015

18) In August 2015, Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad TCA Raghavan and his
wife Ranjana , the hearing and speech impaired girl of Indian origin who has been
living in Karachi for over 15 years after she strayed into Pakistani territory. Name
the Girl.
Answer. Geeta

19) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced that the film Manjhi: The
Mountain Man starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui would be exempted from entertainment
tax.Name the director of the movie?
Answer. Ketan Mehta

20) Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) lifted the 5-year ban from which Bollywood
superstar on entering Wankhede Stadium?
Answer. Shah Rukh Khan

21) Union Government decided to declare which day as National Handloom Day
every year beginning from year 2015?
Answer. 7th August

22) Which state government recently launched scheme named Thari Pension Thare
Pass?
Answer. Haryana

23) The Union Cabinet approved release of wages directly to the accounts of the
workers engaged under which scheme?
Answer. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA).

24) Who has been elected as the president of the Gymnastics Federation of India
(GFI)?
Answer. Sudhakar Shetty

25) Who was appointed as the chairperson of Accenture India?

Answer. Rekha M Menon

1) India with which country agreed to work in close coordination to curb the
smuggling of counterfeit currency notes, posing a threat to national security?
Answer. Bangladesh

2) Pakistan concluded a deal for four Mi-35 Hind-EAttack Helicopters with whcih
country?
Answer. Russia

3) Which country backed Pakistan to start the contruction work of nuclear power
project near Karachi to add 1,100 MW to the energy-starved countrys electric grid?
Answer. China
4) Global satellite called GlobalSat for DRR, was in news as it was proposed to be
named after which famouns personality?
Answer. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

5) Name the Indo-UK bilateral Air Exercise which was concluded recently?
Answer. Indradhanush

6) Who won the womens squash title Victorian Open WSA Event in Melbourne,
Australia?
Answer. Joshna Chinappa

7) Who was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of Mercedes-Benz India?
Answer. Roland S Folger
8) Which state government instituted a youth award in the name of former
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam?
Answer.Tamil Nadu

9)Name the Prime Minister of Libya who announced his resignation during a live
telecast?
Answer. Abdullah al-Thani.

10) International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was observed on?
Answer. 9 August 2015

11) Name the Australian cricket captain who announced his decision to retire from
International Cricket after the 2015 Ashes series?
Answer. Micheal Clarke

12) Which Global electronic manufacturing giant signed a MoU with the Maharashtra
Government to invest 5 billion US dollar in the state over the next five years?
Answer. Foxconn

13) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notification that allows banks to shift, merge or
close branches, in urban areas, at their own discretion. In which section of the
Banking Regulation Act it is given?
Answer. Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 Relaxations in Branch
Authorisation Policy.

14) Which state government decided to rename its university name as APJ Abdul
Kalam Technical University?
Answer. Uttar Pradesh

15) India signed mou with which country to boost ties in Renewable Energy Sector
in August 2015?
Answer. Mozambique
16) Name the World War-II hero Colonel who passed away in August 2015?
Answer. Harwant Singh

17) Which insurance company launched Smart Humsafar Plan?

Answer. SBI Life Insurance

18) Name the initiative launched to honour families of martyrs?

Answer. Param Tyag Chakra Initiative

19) Aadi Perukku festival celebrated with traditional gaiety in which state of India?
Answer. Tamil Nadu

20) Who has been awarded with Bharat Bharti literary award 2014?
Answer. Kashinath Singh

21) Which state/UT police launched Operation Shishtachar to teach lesson to eve-
teasers?
Answer. Delhi Police

july

Ques.1 Who has been appointed as the Director-General of The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI)?
Answer. Ajay Mathur

Ques.2 Who was appointed as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund?
Answer. Maurice Obstfeld

Ques.3 Which bank was planning to start its operation from 1st October?
Answer. IDFC Bank
Ques.4 Name the NBFC in India which is planning to enter the mortgage business &
have accorded permission from NABARD?
Answer. Fullerton India

Ques.5 Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju launched the GAGAN system,
which will offer seamless navigation to the aviation industry. The Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) developed the
system. What is the full form of GAGAN?
Answer. GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation(GAGAN)

Ques.6 From which series of PSLV, the Indian Space Research Organisation
launched five satellites, weighing 1,440 kg for a United Kingdom-based company?
Answer. PSLV C-28 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)

Ques.7 Name the countries Which agreed to open embassies in each others
capitals after more than a half-century of hostilities.
Answer. USA and Cuba

Ques.8 The World Bank approved an additional loan of how much amount for the
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor?
Answer. $650 million

Ques.9 According to the data released by World Bank, Indias GDP crossed how
much amount in 2014?
Answer. $2-trillion mark

Ques.10 Which bank becomes the first bank in India to launch Watch Banking for
Apple Watch?
Answer. HDFC

Ques.11 Name the bank which launched the MUDRA (Micro Units Development and
Refinance Agency) card under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme?
Answer. Corporation Bank
Ques.12 With which country India, will sign a double taxation treaty and MoU for
setting up an Ayurveda Chair?
Answer. Thailand

Ques.13 Who led the committee on railways which recommended private sector
participation in the railways?
Answer. Bibek Debroy

Ques.14 From which state or UT, the Prime Minister Narendra Modis Smart City
initiative got its first nomination?
Answer. Puducherry

Ques.15 Who has been formally designated as the 16th Major Non-NATO Ally
(MNNA)?
Answer. Tunisia

1) Name the ASIAN countires which were accepted as the full members of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?
Answer 1. India & Pakistan

2) Name the fund, which was declared in Ufa during the summit that will help the
BRICS countries for equity investments in infrastructure projects in their countires?
Answer 2. Russian Direct Investment Fund

3) The central banks of which organization signed Mutual Assistance Agreement

(MAA) which aimed at operationalising the Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA)
of 100 billion US dollars?
Answer 3. BRICS

4) How many agreements were signed between India and Kazakhstan?

Answer 4. Five agreements during the two-day visit of Prime Minister
5) Which is the first country to eliminate mother-to-child (vertical) transmission of
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis in the World?
Answer 5. Cuba

6) Name the film which is based on the Super 30 initiative of mathematician Anand
Kumar?
Answer 6. The Big Day made by famous French director Pascal Plisson

7) Name the technology which Microsoft is planning to introduce in India to provide

last mile connectivity and give a boost to the Digital India initiative?
Answer 7. White-Fi technology or TV White Space Technology

8) Name the Renowned Urdu novelist from Pakistan who passed away in July 2015?
Answer 8. Abdullah Hussain

9) Name the former CJI of India who passed away?

Answer 9. Y K Sabharwal

10) Name the father of SMS technology who died in July 2015?
Answer 10. Matti Makkonen

11) Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India?
Answer 11. Bhanu Pratap Sharma

12) Who has been appointed as the CMD of Hero Motors Group?
Answer 12. Pankaj Munjal

13) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Narmada Valley Development
Authority?
Answer 13. Rakesh Sahni
14) Who has been appointed as the the Vice-Chief of the Indian Army?
Answer 14. Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai

15) Who has been awarded the 2015 World Food Prize?
Answer 15. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh

16) Who has been conferred with 28th Moorti Devi Award for the year 2014?
Answer 16. Vishwanath Tripathi

17) Name the cosmonaut who entered Guinness World Records for spending most
number of days in the space. He achieved the feat by spending 804 days on the
International Space Station (ISS).
Answer 17. Gennady Padalka

18) Who has been nominated by China to be the first president of the Beijing-
backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
Answer 18. Jin Liqun

19) Who was conferred with the highest French civilian honour, the Commandeur de
la Legion d Honneur (the Legion of Honour)?
Answer 19. Modern Indian artist Sayed Haider Raza

20) Who has been named for the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize 2015?
Answer 20. Indian American Professor Emeritus R. Paul Singh

Note: GCHERA stands for Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for
Agriculture and Life Science

1. Who has been awarded with the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in
Mathematics and Science Teaching by President Barack Obama in July 2015?
Answer. Darshan Jain, an Indian-American teacher
2. Name the Indian-origin scientist Professor who was electedto the Royal Society of
London?
Answer. Professor Kamal Bawa

3. In July 2015,Mexican Joan Sebastian passed away. He was a famous?

Answer. Musician

4. The Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi launched DDUGJY in Patna. What is the
full form of DDUGJY?
Answer. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana

5. Name the portal which is launched by Union Government to modernize all

government-run employment exchanges.
Answer. National Career Counselling Portal

6. Union Ministry of Urban Development launched the HRIDAY for 12 cities in the
country from Amritsar in Punjab in July 2015. What is the full form of HRIDAY?
Answer. Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana

7. NITI Aayog has constituted an expert panel to suggest ways to promote

innovation and entrepreneur friendly ecosystem for pushing job growth. The Expert
Committee is headed by -
Answer. Prof Tarun Khanna and Jorge Paulo Lemann.

8. Indian Railways assured that its ambitious Rs 81,459 cr worth Dedicated Freight
Corridor (DFC) project, meant for faster goods movement, will be completed by
which year?
Answer. 2019
Note: Railways is constructing Eastern Corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni (1840
kms) and the Western Corridor from Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port (1502 kms).

9. In July 2015,the Government has finalised a proposal to cap premature

withdrawals from the Employees Provident Fund at how much percent of the total
accumulation in case of loss of employment?
Answer. At 75 per cent.

10. The government extended the interest subvention scheme to banks to ensure
availability of crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers at how much interest rate per
annum?
Answer. 7 per cent per annum

11. Government has retained the sub-limits for foreign portfolio investments in
defence and private-sector banking at how much percent?
Answer. Defence: 24%
Private Sector Banks: 49%

12. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the first Aam Aadmi Clinic in which
location in Delhi and also said that his government would set up 1,000 such
facilities within a year?
Answer. At Peeragarhi Relief Camp in West Delhi.

13. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for the signing and ratification of an inter-
governmental agreement between India and which country, on cooperation in the
field of agriculture?
Answer. Armenia

14. Cabinet approved setting up of an expert group to classify the data released by
Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011. Who is heading the committee?
Answer. Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya

15. Centre announced the redevelopment of 400 stations across the country
through a new PPP route called as ______________________,which is a bidding model
under which the first bidder is given a chance to match the best bid.
Answer. Swiss Challenge

16. Which country received the largest amount of economic aid from the United
States between 1946 and 2012,according to data compiled by USAID?
Answer. India
17. U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma and Indian Revenue Secretary
Shaktikanta Das signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) to implement
FATCA to promote transparency between the two nations on tax matters. What is
the full form of FATCA?
Answer. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

18. Name the India's scheme which has been ranked as the worlds largest public
works programme, providing social security net to almost 15 per cent of the
countrys population, according to World Bank?
Answer. MNREGA

19. In July 2015, which country has overtaken the US to become the worlds third
largest steel producer only after China and Japan?
Answer. India

20. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the date for the public to
exchange their pre-2005 banknotes till what date?
Answer. December 31, 2015.

1. Name the UNESCO World Heritage site in China which was in news as a survey
report stating that around 30 percent of it was disappeared overtime and around
1185 km of the fortification are in poor condition.
Answer. The Great Wall of China

2. Iran and which countries group reached an agreement on the Iran nuclear
programme. The agreement called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPA) or
Vienna agreement was reached after 17 days of almost uninterrupted negotiations
in Vienna.
Answer. P5+1 comprising United States, the United Kingdom (UK), Russia, China,
France and Germany

3. Who headed the committee on applicability of minimum alternate tax (MAT) on

FIIs?
Answer. AP Shah
4. If a person holding illegal foreign assets abroad and not disclosing it by
September 30 will have to liable for tax and penalty of how much per cent of the
value of undisclosed asset, rigorous imprisonment up to 10 years and action under
Prevention of Money Laundering Act?
Answer. 120 Percent

5. Name the schemes which are determined to create a Skilled India?

Answer. National Skill Development Mission, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
and the Skill Loan Scheme.

6. Name the north-eastern state which has prohibited permanently the

manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of all forms of processed sweet
flavored/scented/chewable tobacco.
Answer. Nagaland

7.Government hiked the minimum wage for workers from the existing Rs 137 to how
much per day?
Answer. Rs 160

8. How much amomunt in total is planning to be raised from the Tax free bonds by
National Highways Authority of India, Indian Railway Finance Corporation, the
Housing and Urban Development Corporation and the Indian Renewable Energy
Development Agency, NTPC, Rural Electrification Corporation and Power Finance
Corporation?
Answer. Rs 40,000 crore

9. Which city has been ranked 12th in the list of top 20 technology-rich cities in the
world, according to a survey conducted by global property consultant Jones Lang
LaSalle (JLL)?
Answer. Bangalore

10. The Reserve Bank of India had decided to allow banks to borrow from which
institutions for general banking business without seeking the central banks
approval?
Answer. Global multilateral financial institutions

11. The New Development Bank which is headed by K.V. Kamath is expected
commence operations and start financing projects by which year?
Answer. April 2016

12. Who is the second largest shareholder in the Asian Infrastructure Investment
Banks with a stake of 8.52 per cent?
Answer. India
Note: China has the largest.

13. Who headed the the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of
Parliament which has sought doubling of the salary of MPs from the existing Rs.
50,000 per month?
Answer. BJP MP Yogi Adityanath

14. According to the The Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC) data, how
much percent of the 884 million people in rural India are illiterate?
Answer. 36 per cent

15. Which telecom operator has launched a pre-paid card linked mobile wallet
service speed pay which would allow its customers to transfer money, pay for
services as well as withdraw cash of up to Rs. 1 lakh?
Answer. BSNL

16. Which the first state in India where a system to detect earthquakes and
disseminate warnings has been installed, which will issue warnings 1-40 seconds
before earthquakes of magnitude 5 occur?
Answer. Uttarakhand

17. What is the full form of PPI-MTS?

Answer. Pre-paid Payment Instruments for Mass Transit System
18. What is the population of India on the World Population Day?
Answer. 127,42,39,769 which is growing at a rate of 1.6 per cent a year.

19. Who headed/chaired the panel on on Net neutrality which has recommended
that apps offering domestic calling be brought under the regulatory framework
prescribed for telecom operators?
Answer. A.K. Bhargava

20. The Reserve Bank of India has directed banks to ensure that their overall direct
lending to farmers should not fall below the average of last how many years?
Answer. Three Years

21. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signed a currency swap agreement with the
Central Bank of which country,under which the foreign country can draw a
maximum of $1.1 billion for a period of up to six months from India?
Answer. Sri Lanka

22. Which country has confirmed its first time participation in the Indian
International Fleet Review (IFR) in Visakhapatnam in February 2016?
Answer. China.

23. Name the British cosmologist who launched the biggest-ever search for
intelligent life in the universe in a 10-year, $100-million (143-million-euro) project to
scan the heavens?
Answer. Steven Hawking

24. Who can now invest in National Pension System (NPS) to get a social security
cover?
Answer. Non-resident Indians (NRIs)
25. The Union government proposed to strip the Reserve Bank Governors veto vote
on which policy & to grant itself the power to appoint four of the six members of the
mentioned policy Committee?
Answer. Indias monetary policy
1. What is the ranking of India on a global index of worlds most competitive
economies for the year 2015-16?
Answer. 55

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and which company's CEo unveiled a proposal to
provide superfast Wi-Fi broadband connectivity in 500 key railway stations across
India that see a daily traffic of 10 million people.
Answer. Google CEO Sundar Pichai

3. Name the Indian Space Research Organisation first dedicated multi-wavelength

space observatory which was recently launched.
Answer. Astrosat

4. Name the city which will charge Light duty vehicles Rs 700 and three-axle
vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering in its boundary in a bid to check high pollution levels
in the city?
Answer. New Delhi

5. Name the company which plans to sell subsidized 5 kg LPG cylinders in rural India
in an effort to increase usage of clean fuel for cooking.
Answer. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the first ever India gold coin bearing
which sign on it?
Answer. Ashok Chakra

7. The foundation stone laying ceremony for which city was laid by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi that will be the capital of Andhra Pradesh?
Answer. Amaravati city

8. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has announced that the Railways would soon
start countrys first-ever double decker Shatabdi Express that would run between
which cities?
Answer. Mumbai and Goa
9. With which country India signed 18 MoUs in various sector including renewable
energy, skill development and culture?
Answer. Germany

10. Which country's flag was raised for the first time at United Nations headquarters
in New York?
Answer. Palestinian