01. Murli Deora, who died recently, was a veteran Congress leader from Maharashtra and former Union
1) Commerce and Industry Minister 2) Petroleum Minister 3) Railway Minister
4) Home Minister 5) None of these
02. Sitara Devi passed away recently. She was one of the country’s finest ________dancers.
1) Kathak 2) Odissi 3) Kuchipudi 4) Kathakali 5) Bharatanatyam
03. Who among the following is set to be appointed as the next Chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI)?
1) Markenday Katju 2) Altamas Kabir 3) Aseem Trivedi 4) Gyan Sudha Misra 5) CK Prasad
04. Chuck Hagel has quit as US ________recently.
1) Secretary of State 2) Secretary of the Treasury 3) Defense Secretary
4) Commerce Secretary 5) None of these
05. Which of the following women players from India has been named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia
region?
1) Jwala Gutta 2) Mary Kom 3) Sania Mirza 4) Saina Nehwal 5) None of these
06. The SAARC Summit held in Nepal on 26-27 Nov was ________summit of the group.
1) 15th 2) 18th 3) 19th 4) 20th 5) 21th
07. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Commonwealth Science Congress held after a gap of 50 years in
________on 25 Nov.
1) Chennai 2) Hyderabad 3) Mumbai 4) Bengaluru 5) None of these
08. Swavalamban scheme is associated with which of the following?
1) Low-cost pension scheme 2) Group health insurance 3) Women empowerment
4) Saving girl child 5) None of these
09. Which of the following countries is planning to build the world’s largest sea wall to try and prevent its capital city from
disappearing under rising sea levels? It is expected that half the city will be below sea level by 2030.
1) Malaysia 2) Indonesia 3) Iran 4) Singapore 5) None of these
10. Which of the following countries won a historic first Davis Cup title winning 2014 Davis Cup?
1) France 2) Switzerland 3) South Korea 4) UK 5) None of these
11. What is the deadline set by the govt to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
1) Apr 2016 2) Mar 2016 3) Jan 2016 4) Sep 2015 5) None of these
12. The pension fund regulator, PFRDA expects the funds under management to reach Rs 1 lakh cr by the end of this fiscal
for the Swavalamban Yojana. Who among the following is the chairman of PFRDA?
1) Shashi Kant Sharma 2) Hemant G Contractor 3) M Damodaran
4) CB Bhave 5) Chitra Ramkrishna
13. It is expected that oil prices could plunge to $60 a barrel if OPEC does not agree on a significant output cut. Which of the
following countries is NOT a member of OPEC?
1) Libya 2) Syria 3) Indonesia 4) Kuwait 5) Venezuela
14. Which of the following private power firms has bought Avantha Group’s 600 MW power plant at Korba for Rs 4,200 cr
to become the largest private sector power utility in the country?
1) Reliance Power 2) Tata Power 3) JSW Power 4) Adani Power 5) None of these
15. India’s S Sarjubala and Saweety, who won silver medals at the 8th World Women’s Championships recently, are associated
with
1) Archery 2) Boxing 3) Wrestling 4) Weightlifting 5) None of these
16. Jack Ma visited India recently as part of a business delegation. He is the founder of
1) Amazon 2) ebay 3) Alibaba 4) Xiaomi 5) None of these
17. Iran and world powers missed a deadline to clinch a landmark nuclear deal. What is the new deadline set for Iran nuclear
deal?
1) 1 Jan, 2015 2) 1 Mar, 2015 3) 1 Apr, 2015 4) 1 Jun, 2015 5) 1 Jul, 2015
18. The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2014, passed recently in the Lok Sabha amend law on
1) CBI chief’s appointment 2) Status of Delhi police 3) Security of the Parliament
4) Security of MPs and their families 5) None of these
19. India is likely to sign an agreement soon for conducting a feasibility study for setting up a 1,700-km-long high-speed rail
line between New Delhi and Chennai with
1) France 2) Japan 3) Germany 4) China 5) None of these
20. Which of the following aviation manufacturers delivered the sixth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India recently? The
aircraft is part of a contract of eight planes awarded in 2009.
1) United Aircraft Corporation, Russia 2) Dassault Aviation, France
3) Boeing, US 4) Airbus, EU
5) None of these
21. The pension scheme floated by the govt called Swavalamban Yojana, is mainly for the
1) organised sector 2) unorganised sector 3) students
4) widows and handicapped 5) None of these
22. Phillip Hughes, the international cricketer who sustained head injury during a domestic match and succumbed to the
injury recently, belonged to
1) England 2) Australia 3) New Zealand 4) South Africa 5) None of these
Answers: 01. 2 02. 1 03. 5 04. 3 05. 3
06. 2 07. 4 08. 1 09. 2 10. 2
11. 1 12. 2 13. 2 14. 4 15. 2
16. 3 17. 5 18. 1 19. 4 20. 3
21. 2 22. 2 23. 4
1) Commerce and Industry Minister 2) Petroleum Minister 3) Railway Minister
4) Home Minister 5) None of these
02. Sitara Devi passed away recently. She was one of the country’s finest ________dancers.
1) Kathak 2) Odissi 3) Kuchipudi 4) Kathakali 5) Bharatanatyam
03. Who among the following is set to be appointed as the next Chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI)?
1) Markenday Katju 2) Altamas Kabir 3) Aseem Trivedi 4) Gyan Sudha Misra 5) CK Prasad
04. Chuck Hagel has quit as US ________recently.
1) Secretary of State 2) Secretary of the Treasury 3) Defense Secretary
4) Commerce Secretary 5) None of these
05. Which of the following women players from India has been named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia
region?
1) Jwala Gutta 2) Mary Kom 3) Sania Mirza 4) Saina Nehwal 5) None of these
06. The SAARC Summit held in Nepal on 26-27 Nov was ________summit of the group.
1) 15th 2) 18th 3) 19th 4) 20th 5) 21th
07. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Commonwealth Science Congress held after a gap of 50 years in
________on 25 Nov.
1) Chennai 2) Hyderabad 3) Mumbai 4) Bengaluru 5) None of these
08. Swavalamban scheme is associated with which of the following?
1) Low-cost pension scheme 2) Group health insurance 3) Women empowerment
4) Saving girl child 5) None of these
09. Which of the following countries is planning to build the world’s largest sea wall to try and prevent its capital city from
disappearing under rising sea levels? It is expected that half the city will be below sea level by 2030.
1) Malaysia 2) Indonesia 3) Iran 4) Singapore 5) None of these
10. Which of the following countries won a historic first Davis Cup title winning 2014 Davis Cup?
1) France 2) Switzerland 3) South Korea 4) UK 5) None of these
11. What is the deadline set by the govt to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
1) Apr 2016 2) Mar 2016 3) Jan 2016 4) Sep 2015 5) None of these
12. The pension fund regulator, PFRDA expects the funds under management to reach Rs 1 lakh cr by the end of this fiscal
for the Swavalamban Yojana. Who among the following is the chairman of PFRDA?
1) Shashi Kant Sharma 2) Hemant G Contractor 3) M Damodaran
4) CB Bhave 5) Chitra Ramkrishna
13. It is expected that oil prices could plunge to $60 a barrel if OPEC does not agree on a significant output cut. Which of the
following countries is NOT a member of OPEC?
1) Libya 2) Syria 3) Indonesia 4) Kuwait 5) Venezuela
14. Which of the following private power firms has bought Avantha Group’s 600 MW power plant at Korba for Rs 4,200 cr
to become the largest private sector power utility in the country?
1) Reliance Power 2) Tata Power 3) JSW Power 4) Adani Power 5) None of these
15. India’s S Sarjubala and Saweety, who won silver medals at the 8th World Women’s Championships recently, are associated
with
1) Archery 2) Boxing 3) Wrestling 4) Weightlifting 5) None of these
16. Jack Ma visited India recently as part of a business delegation. He is the founder of
1) Amazon 2) ebay 3) Alibaba 4) Xiaomi 5) None of these
17. Iran and world powers missed a deadline to clinch a landmark nuclear deal. What is the new deadline set for Iran nuclear
deal?
1) 1 Jan, 2015 2) 1 Mar, 2015 3) 1 Apr, 2015 4) 1 Jun, 2015 5) 1 Jul, 2015
18. The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2014, passed recently in the Lok Sabha amend law on
1) CBI chief’s appointment 2) Status of Delhi police 3) Security of the Parliament
4) Security of MPs and their families 5) None of these
19. India is likely to sign an agreement soon for conducting a feasibility study for setting up a 1,700-km-long high-speed rail
line between New Delhi and Chennai with
1) France 2) Japan 3) Germany 4) China 5) None of these
20. Which of the following aviation manufacturers delivered the sixth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India recently? The
aircraft is part of a contract of eight planes awarded in 2009.
1) United Aircraft Corporation, Russia 2) Dassault Aviation, France
3) Boeing, US 4) Airbus, EU
5) None of these
21. The pension scheme floated by the govt called Swavalamban Yojana, is mainly for the
1) organised sector 2) unorganised sector 3) students
4) widows and handicapped 5) None of these
22. Phillip Hughes, the international cricketer who sustained head injury during a domestic match and succumbed to the
injury recently, belonged to
1) England 2) Australia 3) New Zealand 4) South Africa 5) None of these
Answers: 01. 2 02. 1 03. 5 04. 3 05. 3
06. 2 07. 4 08. 1 09. 2 10. 2
11. 1 12. 2 13. 2 14. 4 15. 2
16. 3 17. 5 18. 1 19. 4 20. 3
21. 2 22. 2 23. 4
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