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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, the President of?

1) Yemen
2) Syria
3) Libya
4) Sudan
5) Kenya
Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)? (He will replace R.K. Sinha)
1) Tanmay Saha
2) Shekhar Basu
3) Nitin Gandhi
4) R. Chidambaram
5) Avinash Chander
Who was elected as the Head of Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) in October 2015?
1) Jean-Pascale Van Ypersele
2) Christiana Figueres
3) Hoesung Lee
4) Christina Fernandez
5) None of these
Which of the following organizations was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize?
1) European Union, Brussels
2) International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
3) Medecins Sans Frontieres, Geneva
4) National Dialogue Quartet, Tunisia
5) None of these
Which Indian-American student won the National Geographic Bee competition in the United States on May 13, 2015?
1) Karan Menon
2) Sathvik Karnik
3) Amrit Singh
4) Shriya Yarlagadda
5) Asha Jain
Which country topped the global Human Capital Index 2015?
(It was released on May 13, 201
5) 1) Finland
2) Norway
3) Switzerland
4) Canada
5) Japan
What is India's rank in the Human Capital Index 2015?
1) 66
2) 80
3) 100
4) 114
5) 106
Who attended the 70th anniversary of the Victory Day in Russia in May 2015?
1) Narendra Modi
2) Sushma Swaraj
3) Hamid Ansari
4) Pranab Mukherjee
5) Sumitra Mahajan
Nelong Valley, which was closed for civilians after the 1962 India-China war, opened for tourists in May 2015. It is in?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Punjab
5) Haryana
Which private bank launched its first international representative office in Abu Dhabi, UAE in April 2015?
1) IndusInd Bank
2) Yes Bank
3) South Indian Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) None of these
Indian-origin candidates Keith Vaz, Priti Patel and Rishi Sunak have been elected to the Parliament of which of the following countries?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Australia
4) New Zealand
5) South Africa
Which team emerged the champions in the 19th Federation Cup national senior athletics championship in May 2015?
1) Indian Army
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) Haryana
Which country topped ''State of the World's Mothers" report for 2015?
1) Norway
2) Finland
3) Iceland
4) Denmark
5) Sweden
What is India's rank in the ''State of the World's Mothers'' report for 2015?
1) 136
2) 135
3) 145
4) 169
5) 140
Russia celebrates which of the following days as "Victory Day" to commemorate its victory over Germany in World War II?
1) May 13
2) May 9
3) May 25
4) May 11
5) May 20
Yoichi Miyazawa visited India recently. He is the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of?
1) Vietnam
2) Mongolia
3) Japan
4) China
5) Cambodia
Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the State of?
1) Odisha
2) Jharkhand
3) Rajasthan
4) Bihar
5) Madhya Pradesh
Siddhivinayak Temple earned ISO 9001:2008 certificate for devotee management recently. It is in?
1) Kolkata
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Chennai
5) Bangalore
The Reserve Bank of India introduced the Banking Ombudsman Scheme in which of the following years?
1) 1992
2) 1995
3) 1997
4) 1999
5) 1993
Who is the Chairman of the committee that looks into the controversial issue of payment of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) by foreign companies?
1) A.P. Shah
2) Urjit Patel
3) H.R. Khan
4) K.C. Chakravarthy
5) None of these
Which of the following countries has a woman President?
1) China
2) Myanmar
3) Vietnam
4) North Korea
5) South Korea
Who is the author of the book ''Unbelievable - Delhi to Islamabad''?
1) Bhim Singh
2) Khushwant Singh
3) Prannoy Roy
4) Kuldip Nayar
5) Harsh Mander
Which party got majority in the British general election in May 2015?
1) Labor Party
2) Scottish National Party
3) Conservative Party
4) Liberal Democratic Party
5) None of these
Human Capital Index is compiled by which of the following organizations/ institutions?
1) World Bank
2) World Trade Organization
3) International Monetary Fund
4) World Economic Forum
5) United Nations Development Program
Who topped the Wealth-X Report of Richest Under-40 Entrepreneurs from Asia in May 2015?
1) Arun Pudur
2) Arun Jha
3) Neeraj Kumar
4) Vikram Patel
5) None of these
Who is the author of the book ''We, the People''?
1) Nani Palkivala
2) Khushwanth Singh
3) JRD Tata
4) S. Radhakrishnan
5) C. Rajagopalachari
The State Great Hural is the Parliament of which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Mongolia
3) North Korea
4) South Korea
5) Kazakhstan
Which of the following prizes/ awards are also called "Green Oscars"?
1) Right Livelihood Award
2) Encore Prize
3) Whitley Award
4) Pulitzer Prize
5) None of these
Which of the following banks has launched a payment service "Tap n Pay" in collaboration with Tech Mahindra?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) SBI
4) Axis Bank
5) Andhra Bank
Which of the following prepares the annual State of the World's Mothers report?
1) UN Women
2) Save the Children
3) CRY
4) UNDP
5) BRAC
Which city hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896?
1) Paris
2) Los Angeles
3) London
4) Athens
5) Rome
The United Nations University is headquartered in?
1) New York
2) Tokyo
3) Geneva
4) The Hague
5) Manila
The Union Minister of Steel and Mines Narendra Singh Tomar belongs to?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Uttarakhand
What is the full form of CSR?
1) Corporate Shared Responsibility
2) Corporate Social Responsibility
3) Collective Social Responsibility
4) Collective Shared Responsibility
5) None of these
Which of the following is the capital city of Myanmar?
1) Putrajaya
2) Langkawi
3) Hanoi
4) Nay Pyi Taw
5) Phnom Penh
CNSA is the National space agency of which of the following countries?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Singapore
4) France
5) China
Which country won the President's Cup Boxing tournament in April 2015?
1) India
2) Indonesia
3) Mongolia
4) Pakistan
5) China
"Armed Forces Flag Day" is observed every year on?
1) October 8
2) January 15
3) December 7
4) October 26
5) July 31
Shwedagon Pagoda or Golden Pagoda is situated in which of the following countries?
1) Bhutan
2) Vietnam
3) Cambodia
4) Myanmar
5) Japan
The Kali River flows through Karwar in which of the following States?
1) Goa
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Rajasthan
5) Karnataka

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