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- Who was appointed as the Sherpa for G-20 talks? (He replaces Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu)
1) Arvind Panagariya
2) Arun Jaitley
3) Rajiv Mehrishi
4) Raghuram Rajan
5) Jayant Sinha - Who was appointed the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on September 24, 2015?
1) Avishek Dalmiya
2) Sourav Ganguly
3) Subir Ganguly
4) Biswarup Dey
5) Arup Biswas - Which of the following films was selected as India’s official entry to the Best Foreign Language category of the 2016 Academy Awards?
1) Masaan
2) PK
3) Court
4) Haider
5) Mary Kom - Who became the new Prime Minister of Australia on September 15, 2015?
(He succeeded Tony Abbott) 1) Warren Truss
2) Kevin Rudd
3) Julie Bishop
4) Malcolm Turnbull
5) Brendan Nelson - Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited India in April 2015. He is the President of?
1) Pakistan
2) Iran
3) Iraq
4) Bangladesh
5) Afghanistan - Who is the author of the book “Looking Away: Inequality, Prejudice and Indifference in New India”?
1) Gurucharan Das
2) Harsh Mander
3) Tarun Vijay
4) Shekhar Gupta
5) Shiv Khera - David Granger was sworn in as the President of which of the following countries in May 2015?
1) Suriname
2) Chile
3) Guyana
4) Paraguay
5) Bolivia - Tathagata Roy was sworn in as the Governor of?
1) West Bengal
2) Nagaland
3) Kerala
4) Tripura
5) None of these - Which of the following books has won the UK’s Encore Award for the best second novel in May 2015?
1) The Lives of Others
2) Getting Colder
3) Reasons She Goes to the Woods
4) Everland
5) The Way Inn - Brad Haddin has announced his retirement from one day international Cricket. He played for?
1) Zimbabwe
2) Australia
3) New Zealand
4) England
5) South Africa - IAEA is an organization that functions in the area of?
1) World trade
2) Prevention of money laundering
3) FDI
4) Nuclear energy
5) None of these - Genzebe Dibaba was named Laureus Sportswoman of the Year in April 2015. She is a middle and long distance runner from?
1) Kenya
2) Jamaica
3) Ethiopia
4) Somalia
5) Ghana - The 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was held in April 2015 in?
1) New Delhi
2) Tehran
3) Santiago
4) Doha
5) Dhaka - Who is the author of the book ‘At Home in India: The Muslim Saga’?
1) Ghulam Nabi Azad
2) Salman Khurshid
3) Ahmed Patel
4) Omar Abdullah
5) Farooq Abdullah - Which country hosted the 5th meeting of SAARC Health Ministers in April 2015?
1) India
2) Afghanistan
3) Bangladesh
4) Bhutan
5) Nepal - Vladimir Makei visited India recently. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) Russia
2) Georgia
3) Belarus
4) Azerbaijan
5) Kazakhstan - The government has decided to restrict Governors’ official travel outside their respective States to how many days in a calendar year?
1) 73 days
2) 81 days
3) 82 days
4) 79 days
5) 80 days - IAG will raise its stake in SBI General Insurance. IAG is a multinational insurance company headquartered in?
1) USA
2) Australia
3) Netherlands
4) Ireland
5) Finland - India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT city became operational in April 2015. It is in?
1) Maharashtra
2) Goa
3) Haryana
4) Gujarat
5) Tamil Nadu - Which city was declared the Global Earth Hour Capital 2015?
1) Seoul
2) Rio de Janeiro
3) New York
4) Tokyo
5) Beijing - Which city in India was declared the National Earth Hour Capital in April 2015?
1) Rajkot
2) Thane
3) Pune
4) Hyderabad
5) Lucknow - Which New Zealand cricketer was named the Twenty20 International Player of the Year, the ODI Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year in April 2015?
1) Ross Taylor
2) Trent Boult
3) Kane Williamson
4) Brendon McCullum
5) Martin Guptill - How many countries are currently the members of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
1) 160
2) 159
3) 161
4) 157
5) 158 - What is the maximum amount that can be invested in the Kisan Vikas Patra, a saving certificate scheme?
1) Rs 10,000
2) Rs 50,000
3) Rs 75,000
4) Rs 1,00,000
5) No upper limit - Who is the Chairman of the Governing Council of CAFRAL?
1) Finance Minister
2) Finance Secretary
3) RBI Governor
4) Chief Economic Advisor
5) Economic Affairs Secretary - Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed as brand ambassador of health sector by which of the following State governments?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Punjab
4) Haryana
5) Andhra Pradesh - National Girl Child Day is observed on?
1) January 21
2) January 22
3) January 23
4) January 24
5) January 25 - The stock market index of London Stock Exchange is known as?
1) DOWJONES
2) NIKKEI
3) SENSEX
4) FTSE
5) None of these - The amount invested in Kisan Vikas Patra will be doubled in?
1) 5 years and 6 months
2) 6 years and 6 months
3) 7 years and 4 months
4) 8 years and 4 months
5) 6 years and 3 months - Which of the following is the regulator of the credit rating agencies in India?
1) RBI
2) FMC
3) IRDA
4) SIDBI
5) SEBI - With reference to credit cards, what is the full form of MITC?
1) Most Indicated Terms and Conditions
2) Most Important Terms and Conditions
3) Most important Terms and Clauses
4) Most Indicated Terms and Clauses
5) None of these - Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has turned down the status of a cabinet minister offer to him by which of the following state governments?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) Rajasthan - Which country has been awarded the hosting rights for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019?
1) South Korea
2) Japan
3) France
4) Germany
5) Sweden - Fort Aguada is situated in which of the following States?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Gujarat
4) Goa
5) West Bengal - What is the full form of CAFRAL?
1) Centre for Advanced Financial Research in Logistics
2) Council for Advanced Financial Research and Learning
3) Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning
4) Council for Advanced Financial Reporting and Learning
5) None of these - Jim Corbett National Park is located in the State of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Uttarakhand
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Himachal Pradesh - Which country will host the 2015 G20 Summit?
1) Australia
2) Canada
3) France
4) Russia
5) Turkey - The boundary line between the USA and Canada is?
1) 37th Parallel
2) 23rd Parallel
3) 49th Parallel
4) 45th Parallel
5) None of these - Which of the following is the currency of Philippines?
1) Kuna
2) Rand
3) Peso
4) Pound
5) Dollar - Which of the following organizations is headquartered in Rome, Italy?
1) IMF
2) UNO
3) UNESCO
4) FAO
5) WTO
Answers:
| 1) 1 | 2) 2 | 3) 3 | 4) 4 | 5) 5 | 6) 2 | 7) 3 | 8) 4 | 9) 1 | 10) 2 |
| 11) 4 | 12) 3 | 13) 4 | 14) 2 | 15) 1 | 16) 3 | 17) 1 | 18) 2 | 19) 4 | 20) 1 |
| 21) 2 | 22) 3 | 23) 3 | 24) 5 | 25) 3 | 26) 5 | 27) 4 | 28) 4 | 29) 4 | 30) 5 |
| 31) 2 | 32) 2 | 33) 3 | 34) 4 | 35) 3 | 36) 2 | 37) 5 | 38) 3 | 39) 3 | 40) 4 |
Published date : 09 Dec 2015 12:32PM
