Sakshi Education
- Who was appointed as the non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank on June 9, 2015?(He will succeed K.V. Kamath)
1) Dileep Choksi
2) M.S. Ramachandran
3) Alok Tandon
4) K. Ramkumar
5) M.K. Sharma - Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested by the police on the charge of possessing fake degrees and was forced to resign as the Law Minister of?
1) Goa
2) Bihar
3) Jharkhand
4) Delhi
5) Odisha - The 44th edition of the Copa America football tournament began on June 11, 2015 in?
1) Mexico
2) Brazil
3) Chile
4) Ecuador
5) Argentina - The 41st G7 Summit was held on June7-8, 2015 in which of the following countries?
1) UK
2) France
3) Italy
4) Germany
5) USA - Who was sworn in as the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on June 10, 2015?
1) Rajiv
2) T.M. Bhasin
3) K.V. Chowdary
4) J.M. Garg
5) None of the above - Who won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry on January 24, 2015?
1) Jhumpa Lahiri
2) Anita Desai
3) Rashmi Bansal
4) Arundhathi Subramaniam
5) None of the above - Which of the following won the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award in January 2015?
1) Periyar Tiger Reserve
2) Sunderbans Tiger Reserve
3) Corbett Tiger Reserve
4) Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
5) Kanha Tiger Reserve - Which film bagged highest number of awards at the 60th Filmfare Awards on February 1, 2015?
1) Haider
2) 2 States
3) Queen
4) Mary Kom
5) PK - Madhuri Dixit is the brand ambassador for which of the following programmes?
1) Swachh Bharat
2) Jan Dhan Yojana
3) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
4) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
5) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao - Mouma Das is the women’s National Champion in?
1) Tennis
2) Billiards
3) Table Tennis
4) Squash
5) Long Jump - Who is the author of the book ‘Flood of Fire’?
1) Amish Tripathi
2) Chetan Bhagat
3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Neel Mukherjee
5) None of the above - Who among the following is not a Padma Bhushan award winner this year?
1) Bill Gates
2) Melinda Gates
3) Manjul Bhargava
4) Swapan Dasgupta
5) T.V. Mohandas Pai - Ellen Hoog is a leading female hockey player from?
1) Australia
2) Netherlands
3) Spain
4) Germany
5) New Zealand - Which of the following regulators recently changed its name?
1) IRDA
2) SEBI
3) FMC
4) TRAI
5) PFRDA - A High Level Committee on restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) submitted its report to the Prime Minister on January 21, 2015. Who is its Chairman?
1) C. Viswanath
2) Ashok Gulati
3) Shanta Kumar
4) Ram Sewak Sharma
5) G. Raghuram - Which team won the Federation Cup football tournament in January 2015?
1) Bengaluru FC
2) Dempo
3) East Bengal
4) Churchill Brothers
5) Mohun Bagan - The 13th Parsvanath International Grandmasters Chess Tournament was won by?
1) Deepan Chakkravarthy
2) Andrey Baryshpolets
3) Ivan Popov
4) Alberto David
5) Parimarjan Negi - Which Golf player was voted the 2014 Players' Player of the Year?
1) Jeev Milkha Singh
2) Arjun Atwal
3) Anirban Lahiri
4) Jyoti Randhawa
5) Gaurav Ghei - Which country will host the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy?
1) India
2) South Africa
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) England - With reference to banking, what is the full form of CD?
1) Cash Deposit
2) Commercial Deposit
3) Certificate of Deposit
4) Commercial Demand
5) None of the above - Which of the following is not covered under general insurance?
1) Motor Insurance
2) Health Insurance
3) Home Insurance
4) Travel Insurance
5) Life Insurance - Who is the author of the book "Nehru Gazing at Tomorrow"?
1) H.R. Bhardwaj
2) Natwar Singh
3) Hamid Ansari
4) Karan Singh
5) Shashi Tharoor - Which country won the Asia Cup football tournament on January 31, 2015?
1) South Korea
2) Japan
3) India
4) Australia
5) Vietnam - Novak Djokovic of Serbia clinched the 2015 Australian Open tennis men’s singles title by defeating which of the following players in the final?
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Roger Federer
3) Tomas Berdych
4) Andy Murray
5) Marin Cilic - Who won the 2015 Australian Open tennis women’s singles title?
1) Maria Sharapova
2) Ana Ivanovic
3) Serena Williams
4) Venus Williams
5) None of the above - Shares are sold and bought in?
1) Commodities market
2) Money market
3) Forex market
4) Stock market
5) Spot market - Individuals invest in insurance policy for?
1) Risk protection
2) Tax benefit
3) Easy liquidation
4) Both 1and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3 - Who is called the "Grand Old Man of India"?
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
3) Rajendra Prasad
4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
5) Dada Bhai Naoroji - Tehri Dam is located in which of the following States?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Haryana
4) Uttarakhand
5) Jammu & Kashmir - Krishna Chaudhary has been appointed as the Director General of?
1) BSF
2) ITBP
3) CISF
4) CRPF
5) RPF - On January 26, 2015 Ashok Chakra was conferred on?
1) Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh
2) Major Mukund Varadarajan
3) Captain Jaidev
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3 - "Hello Sarkar" is a hotline established by which of the following countries with an aim to record the grievances of the general public?
1) India
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Pakistan
5) Bhutan - Which committee recommended the setting up of the Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI)?
1) Rangarajan Committee
2) Bimal Jalan Committee
3) S.S. Tarapore Committee
4) Rakesh Mohan Committee
5) Sivaraman Committee - National Consumer Rights Day is observed every year on?
1) April 24
2) May 24
3) June 24
4) December 24
5) November 24 - Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Shyamala Gopinath has been appointed non-executive Chairperson of?
1) IndusInd Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) Yes bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank - Identify the mismatched pair.
1) Dhyanchand Trophy –Hockey
2) Davis Cup –Tennis
3) Merdeka Cup –Golf
4) Santosh Trophy –Football
5) Irani Cup –Cricket - Nalanda University was revived in September 2014 after nearly?
1) 500 years
2) 300 years
3) 800 years
4) 1200 years
5) 2000 years - Who is the present Foreign Secretary?
1) Nirupama Rao
2) Sujatha Singh
3) Shivshankar Menon
4) S. Jaishankar
5) Arun Kumar - Romesh Sobti is the Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2013-14. He is the MD and CEO of?
1) HDFC Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
3) Yes Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) None of the above - Who is the author of the book "Forge Your Future"?
1) Jean Dreze
2) Amartya Sen
3) V.K. Saraswat
4) Vikas Swarup
5) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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| 1) 5 | 2) 4 | 3) 3 | 4) 4 | 5) 3 | 6) 4 | 7) 1 | 8) 3 | 9) 5 | 10) 3 |
| 11) 3 | 12) 5 | 13) 2 | 14) 1 | 15) 3 | 16) 1 | 17) 2 | 18) 3 | 19) 5 | 20) 3 |
| 21) 5 | 22) 1 | 23) 4 | 24) 4 | 25) 3 | 26) 4 | 27) 4 | 28) 5 | 29) 4 | 30) 2 |
| 31) 4 | 32) 2 | 33) 3 | 34) 4 | 35) 3 | 36) 3 | 37) 3 | 38) 4 | 39) 2 | 40) 5 |
Published date : 09 Dec 2015 11:37AM
