What is 'Trade Deficit'?

Trade deficit is an economic measure of a negative balance of trade in which a country's imports exceeds its exports. A trade deficit represents an outflow of domestic currency to foreign markets.

Explanation: Economic theory dictates that a trade deficit is not necessarily a bad situation because it often corrects itself over time. However, a deficit has been reported and growing in the United States for the past few decades, which has some economists worried. This means that large amounts of the U.S. dollar are being held by foreign nations, which may decide to sell at any time. A large increase in dollar sales can drive the value of the currency down, making it more costly to purchase imports.

Some Important Synonyms and Antonyms:

S.No. Words – Synonyms (Antonyms)

1. Enormous – colossal, mammoth (diminutive, negligible)
2. Endeavour – undertake, aspire (cease, quit)
3. Encumbrance – hindrance, obstacle (incentive, stimulant)
4. Eloquence – expression, fluency (halting, stammering)
5. Eliminate – expel, oust (restore, accept)
6. Elevate – dignify, heighten (deprecate, denounce)
7. Efface – destroy, obliterate (retain, maintain)
8. Ecstasy – delight, exultation (despair, calamity, depression)
9. Eccentric – strange, abnormal (natural, conventional)
10. Fabricate – construct, produce (destroy, dismantle)
11. Frugality – economy, providence (lavishness, extravagance)
12. Frivolous – petty, worthless (solemn, significant)
13. Frantic – violent, agitated (subdued, gentle)
14. Fragile – weak, infirm (enduring, tough)
15. Forsake – desert, renounce (hold maintain)

What is a 'Liability'?

A liability is a company's legal debt or obligation that arises during the course of business operations. Liabilities are settled over time through the transfer of economic benefits including money, goods or services.

Explanation: Recorded on the balance sheet (right side), liabilities include loans, accounts payable, mortgages, deferred revenues and accrued expenses. Liabilities are a vital aspect of a company's operations because they are used to finance operations and pay for large expansions. They can also make transactions between businesses more efficient. For example, the outstanding money that a company owes to its suppliers would be considered a liability.

Outside of accounting and finance this term simply refers to any money or service that is currently owed to another party. One form of liability, for example, would be the property taxes that a homeowner owes to the municipal government.

Current liabilities are debts payable within one year, while long-term liabilities are debts payable over a longer period.

Current Affairs (Daily Dose):

1.Riyad Mahrez has become the first African football player ever to receive the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award.

2.Global data analytics company Experian, launched its ‘Hunter Fraud Score’, a new scoring mechanism that measures the probability of fraud in a credit application across banking and insurance industries.

3.The Tibetan government-in-exile re-elected Lobsang Sangey as the Prime Minister for a second consecutive term.

4.Income Tax department will now add interest amount to a delayed refund made on excess Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) deductions and will also not litigate with the deductor on this issue in the future.

5.India’s Deepika Kumari has equalled the world record in Women’s Recurve event at the qualifying stage of Archery World Cup being held in Shanghai.

6.The Union Railway Ministry has decided to create a 1 lakh crore rupees safety fund named Rashtriya Rail SanrakshaKosh to strengthen safety measures on the rail network to prevent accidents.

7.Badminton ace Nandu Natekar has been inducted into the Legends Club, founded by the late Cricket Club of India president Raj Singh Dungarpur.

8.The former prime minister of Thailand, Banharn Silpa-archa was passed away in Bangkok. He was 83.

Some Important English Rules:

1.For and Since

“For” shows a period of time up to now eg. for 4 days, for a long time, 

They have been playing for two hours 

“Since” shows some point of time in the past. Eg. Since morning, since Monday,

It has been raining since 6 A.M.

2.Little and Much 

Little is used to emphasize there is a small amount of something. Eg. We have made little progress. I have spent a little time in Delhi. 

Much emphasizes a larger amount. Eg. Do you watch much television? 

3.Each and every

When we think about members as individuals we use “each”. Eg. Each seat was covered with a white sheet. 

They rushed out to meet each visitor. 

When we make a general statement for all the individuals we use “every”. Eg. Every child would have milk daily.

4.Verbs- Singular or plural

Nouns like news, physics, mathematics, measles are plural in form but they are treated as singular. eg. 

Measles is a disease. 

Mathematics is the queen of sciences. 

Nouns like government, audience, company, staff, media, crew are used with both plural and singular verbs

5.Universal truths are always in simple present tense 

For example :- The sun rises in the east. 

Man is immortal 

6.The present perfect tense is used to express a recently completed action.  For example :-

I have just finished my work. 

He has gone to school.

7.Tenses in time clause :

Future tense is not used in time clause.  For example -

You will be back soon.I will stay till then. This can be written as 

I will stay till you get back. 

News Headlines:

1.China’s Tianhe-2 supercomputer has emerged as the world’s most powerful supercomputer system for the sixth consecutive time.

2.Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shanshank Manohar will be the new Chairman of International Cricket Council.

3.Nigeria on won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In the finals Nigeria defeated Mali with 2-0 score. India will host the bi-annual championship in 2017.

4.Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

5.Wasim Haffer who is opener of Vidarbha has became first ever cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to score 10000 runs.

6.Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 9 November 2015 launched Army Cloud, Software Defined Data Centre and Digi-Locker facilities for the Indian Army at the Army Headquarters in New Delhi.

7.The former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah has been designated as the ethics officer (ombudsman) at Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for 1 year tenure.

8.Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma on 7 November 2015 was honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Award for lifetime achievement. He is also the recipient of the Padma Shri and the Padma Vibhushan.

9.Pakistan veteran Younus Khan retired from one-day internationals after match with England held on November 11th 2015.

10.The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore ranks in the world’s top 100 universities for engineering and technology.

11.Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn was appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

12.India’s coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) ‘Samarth’ was commissioned by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 10 November, 2015 at Vasco in Goa.

13.An international team of scientists who discovered the first oceanic microplate in the Indian Ocean has found that Himalayas were born about 47 million years ago when India and Eurasia initially smashed into each other.

14.India and the UK on 12 November 2015 announced commercial deals worth 9 billion pounds in London.

15.A head of the Paris climate summit, India and UK have agreed on a comprehensive package of collaboration on energy and climate change which includes commercial deals worth 3.2 billion pounds.

16.India’s first Low Income State Infrastructure Equity Partnership (the Neev Fund) was launched on 13 November, 2015 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in UK.

17.12th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (ASEM FMM12) took place in Luxemburg on 5-6 November 2015. The ASEM FMM 12 was held under the theme Working Together for a Sustainable and Secure Future.

18.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the recently acquired Ambedkar memorial by Maharashtra Government at King Henry’s Road in London, United Kingdom.

19.INS Vishwakarma, the erstwhile Shipwright School (SWS) and a premier training establishment of the Indian Navy has been commissioned by Admiral RK Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff at Visakhapatnam.

20.President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 35th edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

21.Mercedes driver Nico Roseberg from Germany has won the 2015 Brazilian Grand prix title of Formula One race. He defeated Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes to grab the trophy.

22.Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) pharmacy outlet at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.

23.The G-20 Summit held in Antalya, Turkey, on 15-16 November 2015. The 2015 G-20 Antalya summit was the tenth meeting of the G-20 heads of government.

24.Syed Akbaruddin was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.

25.Veteran Bollywood actor Saeed Jaffrey (86) passed away on 15th November 2015 in London.

26.Odisha Government has started implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 in 14 of the 30 districts of the state in first phase covering 26.33 lakh families.

27.Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket after conclusion to the second Test match against New Zealand at WACA.

28.Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to China.

29.The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was on 19 November chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2015.

30.27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders summit held in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia on 22 November, 2015. This summit was chaired by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

31.The second World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) has started in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

32.Senior JDU leader Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the fifth time.

33.The 13th ASEAN-India summit was held on 21 November, 2015 in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.

34.A 13 member expert committee headed by former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N. Gopalaswami has been constituted by the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry exclusively on Sanskrit promotion.

35.Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has won silver medal at 2015 China Open Super series Premier Badminton Tournament in women’s singles category. Chinese shuttler Xuerui Li on 15 November 2015 won the 700000 US dollar Women’s Singles final of China Open.

36.Ace Indian Cueist Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Snooker Championship. In the final held on 21 November, 2015 he defeated China’s Xingtong by 8-6 score.

37.23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Summit was held at Manila, Philippines from 18 November to 19 November 2015. The summit was chaired by Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III. The theme of the Summit was Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World.

38.India has successfully test fired it’s indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile which is capable of destroying any incoming ballistic missile, from a test range off Odisha Coast. The interceptor named as Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile, is a 7.5 metre long single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator.

39.Reserve Bank of India has allowed strong regional rural banks (RRBs) to launch online transaction through internet banking. Profitable RRBs with minimum Rs.100 crore net worth and better asset quality will be allowed to offer this service. Banks with capital adequacy ratio over 10% will be allowed to introduce the online transaction services. Weak banks will be allowed to offer internet services without online transaction facilities.

40.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been named among the top 50 global business leaders by Fortune Magazine. Three Indians are placed in the list of Fortune. Mater Card’s CEO Ajay Banga is ranked at fifth position, Cognizant’s CEO Fernandez D’Souza at 16th place and Microsoft’s Nadella is ranked at the 47th place. Nike’s Mike Parker topped the list followed by Facebook’s Mark Zukerberg at second place.

41.National League for Democracy (NLD) party lead by Aung San Suu Kyi has won Myanmar’s landmark election and claimed a staggering majority in parliament, ending half a century of dominance by the military and providing the symbol of a decades-old democracy movement with a mandate to rule.

42.Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson of India’s largest bank SBI, remains the most powerful woman in the Indian business sector in the list of Fortune India. ICICI Bank’s Chanda Kochhar and Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank follow Bhattacharya at the second and third place.

Some Important Noun Keynotes:

Keynote 1 :

The words such as "News / Maths/ Ethics / Politics/ Phonetics /Economics /Statistics /Measles / Mumps/ Rickets /Billiards/Innings" look like plural nouns but give singular meaning. So, they take singular form of verbs.

For Example:

Mathematics is a difficult subject. (Correct)

But say "His Mathematics are very weak". (Correct)

Rule : When Preceded by a possessive adjective, the noun takes a plural verb.

Billiards are an interesting game. (Incorrect)

Billiards is an interesting game.(Correct)

The news are not reliable. (Incorrect)

The news is not reliable. (Correct)

Keynote 2 : 

The following words are uncountable and are normally used in the singular form only. The indefinite article"A or An" Should not be used with them. They have no plural forms. 'A/An' not used before them.

Ex : Luggage / Baggage / Breakage/ Advice / Furniture/ Information /Scenery / Poetry /Work / Soap / Food/ Bread / Fish/Paper / Machineryetc.

For Example:

The Sceneries of Kashmir is very beautiful. (Incorrect)

The Scenery of Kashmir is very beautiful. (Correct)

I know that he has many informations. (Incorrect)

I know that he has muchinformation / a lot of information. (Correct)

They gave me a good advice. (Incorrect)

The gave me a piece of good advice. (Correct)

I want a Soap/Bread. (Incorrect)

I want a piece of Soap/Bread. (Correct)

Keynote 3 :

The following nouns are always used in the plural form only Cattle / People /Police / Electorate /Poultry / Trousers/Scissors /Spectacles /

Binoculars /Crackers / Swine /Gentry / Clergy. 

All these are used with plural form of verbs.

For Example:

The police is coming towards us now. (Incorrect)

The police are coming towards us now. (Correct)

The scissor is very sharp. (Incorrect)

The scissors are very sharp. (Correct)

Keynote 4 :

Some Nouns have the same form whether singular or plural.

Ex : Sheep / Deer /Service / Series /Series / Species/Fish / Apparatus.

He saw two sheeps in the zoo. (Incorrect)

He saw two sheep in the zoo (Correct)

A series of lectures are to be delivered tomorrow. (Incorrect)

A series of lectures is to be delivered tomorrow. (Correct)

Keynote 5: 

The possessive case of a compound noun is formedby adding 'S' to the last word.

Father­in­Law, Father­in­Law's property.

Sister­in­Law, Sister­in­Law's property.

Keynote 6 :

Add 'S' to the main word in compound noun to make it plural.

Sister­in­Law, the plural form is Sisters­in­Law, not Sister­in-Laws.

Brother­in­ Law, the plural form is Brothers­in­law, not Brother-in­Laws.

Keynote 7 :

Nouns indicating numerals should be used in singular form "A Dozen eggs / Two Dozen Oranges".

But say Hundreds of eggs/ Houses / A hundred rupees /Two hundred rupees.

Keynote 8 :

After the phrasesOne of / Someof/ Each of /Either of/Neither of / Anyof / None of, a plural form of a noun is used.

One of my best friends (not One of my best friend)

One of the biggest cities (not One of the biggest city)

Each of the boys is (not Each of the boys are)

Either of the teachers is (not Either of the teachers are).

Keynote 9 :

An "Apostrophe" and 'S' should be used with living beings only to show possesion.

The table's legs were broken. (Incorrect) (This is wrong, because the table is a non living thing)

We can say "The legs of the table were broken" (Correct)

Keynote 10 :

After collective nouns either a singular or plural form of verb is used.

The team is strong (here, we are treating the TEAM as an UNIT) (Correct)

The team are fighting among themselves (Here, we are saying about the players of the team) (Correct)

Keynote 11 :

When two nouns are connected by "and", and are closely related, add an apostrophe and S to the last noun.

Kareena's and Saif's house (Incorrect) (if you think they are wife and husband then this sentence is wrong)

Kareena and Saif's house (as they live in a SINGLE house) (Correct)

But you can say "India's and Pakistan's population" (Correct)

Keynote 12 :

Say, "A five rupee note"," A two mile walk"

Keynote 13 :

Don't say "family members /cousin brother or cousin sister" but say "The members of the family / he or she is my cousin".

October Headlines


1.Economic Affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das nominated to RBI Central Board by Union Government.

2.BRICS countries signed Moscow Declaration for supporting Multilateral Science Projects.

3.Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak selected for New York Global Leader Dialogue Humanitarian Award.

4.Saudi blogger ‘Raif Badawi’ wins Europe’s human rights award.

5.China ends One-Child Policy. China introduced the One-Child Policy in 1978 to reduce the population growth.

6.Nepal, China inks MoU to ease fuel crisis. This is the first time that China is commercially supplying petroleum to Nepal.

7.The first Scorpene Submarine “Kalvari” set afloat in Mumbai. The first of the Scorpene class submarines “Kalvari” was set afloat successfully in Mumbai on 29th October.

8.Senior IRS officer Najib Shah has been appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), apex body on Indirect Taxes.

9.Madhya Pradesh government to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in government jobs. With this the reservation has been increased from present 30 per cent to 33 per cent.

10.Nepal elects first woman President ‘Bidhya Bhandari’.

11.Mahatma Gandhi and Modi among most admired personalities globally. Mahatma Gandhi is ranked fourth and Narendra Modi is the 10th most admired personality globally.

12.Nelson Mandela at the top position and Pope Francis as second most liked leader.

13.Others in the list are Tesla Motor’s CEO Elon Musk (3), Microsoft founder Bill Gates (5), US President Barack Obama (6), Virgin Group founder Richard Branson (7), Apple company founder Steve Jobs (8) and Nobel laurate Mohammad Younis at 9th place.

14.The 8th National Seed Congress held in Hyderabad. The theme of the congress is ‘Quality seed for farmer’s prosperity’.

15.The fourth edition of India-Sri Lanka bilateral Naval Excercise ‘SLINEX15' begins in Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee coast.

16.Indian para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia win silver at IPC Athletics World Championship held in Doha.

17.Justice Eswar Committee formed to simplify Income Tax Laws.

18.India ranks 130 in World Bank’s 2016 report of Ease of Doing Business.

19.The third India-Africa forum summit (IAFS) held in New Delhi on 26 October 2015.

20.On 25 October 2015 Indian archer Deepika Kumari won the silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final held in Mexico City.

21.Comedian and political neophyte Jimmy Morales was elected as the President of Guatemala in a landside.

22.Indian archer Abhishek Verma 24 October 2015 created history by winning a silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final medal in the compound section held in Mexico City. With this, he became the first ever Indian to bag Archery World Cup Final medal.

23.Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain has won 2015 United States Grand Prix title of Formula One for the fourth time.

24.Union Government has approved induction of women into the Fighter branch of Indian Air Force (IAF). The first women fighter pilots would be selected from the batch which is presently undergoing flying training at Air Force Academy in Hyderabad.

25.The Indian doubles pair of Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh claimed the title in the AirAsia Open tennis event with 5-7, 6-4, 10-2 victory over wild card entrants John Paul Fruttero of the United States and Indian Vijay Sundar Prashanth on 24 October held in Bengaluru.

26.Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was on 22 October 2015 awarded with the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China.

27.Union Government cleared first batch of Urban Projects under AMRUT worth 2786 crore rupees.

28.Prime minister Narendra Modi on 22 October 2015 laid the foundation stone of Andhra Pradesh’s new capital Amaravati at Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district.

29.The fifth round of India-China joint military exercises wound up on 22 October 2015 in the Chinese city of Kunming with the two countries holding a unique mock exercise depicting counter-terror operations at the Sino-Indian border.

30.Typhoon Koppu hit the Philippines on 22 October 2015 and kills 43 people. 60,000 people have been displaced in Philippines by typhoon Koppu.

31.The British and Chinese governments agreed on 21 October 2015 to give Chinese contractors a substantial role in the British nuclear industry.

32.Home Minister Rajnath Singh 21 October 2015 released a commemorative stamp (Rs.5) to mark 50 years of raising of country’s largest border guarding force BSF.

33.Former Cabinet Secretary Alok Rawat has been appointed as the first male member of the National Commission for Women, filling the fourth seat in the five-member body.

34.Ministry of Information & Broadcasting reconstituted Central Press Accreditation Committee. PIB director general Frank Noronha will be the ex-officio chairman of the committee.

35.Justin Trudeau elected as Canada’s new PM. Liberal Party has emerged victorious by winning 185 seats (54% votes) in 338 member House of Commons.

36.With this Justin Trudeau (age 43 years) became the second youngest Prime Minister of Canada and the first to follow a parent into office.

37.Union Government has appointed veteran sports administrator Vijay Kumar Malhotra as President of newly established All India Council of Sports (AICS). With this he became first President of AICS.

38.RBI, UAE Central Bank ink MoU for supervisory information exchange.

39.Virender Sehwag announces retirement from International Cricket.

40.North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched Trident Juncture Military Exercise in Italy to test the alliance’s ability to respond to new security threats.

41.Novak Djokovic won the Shanghai Masters Tennis Championship.

42.Li Xuerui of China won the Denmark Open Super Series Badminton final held on 18 October. She defeated the Indian badminton player PV Sindhu.

43.Saketh Myneni has been won the Vietnam Open trophy, his first singles Challenger title of the season. He defeated Australia’s Jordan Thompson.

44.The Haryana Government on 18 October 2015 approved Swadhar Greh scheme, which will assure economic and social security to women in distress.

45.Union Government has appointed senior IRS officer Najib Shah as the chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customers (CBEC).

46.Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) was observed across India on 31 October 2015 to commemorate the 140th birthday of Independent India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

47.India recorded the highest number of TB cases in 2014 (WHO Report).

48.Earthquake of M7.5 magnitude strikes Afghanistan. The quake was centered in the hilly Hindu Kush region  of Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China.

49.China is the worst country in terms of internet freedom (by Freedom on the Net Report USA).

50.Assam's Singlijan Tea Estate in Dibrugarh achieved open defection free status under Swacch Bharat Mission.

51.The 12th South Asian Games will be held from December 10 - 20, 2015, in north-eastern cities of Guwahati and Shillong.

52.IBM to provide technology platforms and services in cloud computing to Telangana colleges.

The Indian Youth in making India (Make in India)

The best way to inspire and involve the Indian youth in making India an upcoming economic power is for all political parties to engage themselves in politics of development. In your well-considered opinion what measures should be adopted to achieve the goal.

Needless to reiterate and reaffirm that India needs politics of development rather than the politics of polemics and populism. More than ever before, both people and political parties should see to it that they work for harmony and not for acrimony among people professing different faiths and practicing varied ways of conduct and character in their day to day lives. No other concern and consideration should weigh on the perceptions and priorities of politicians, programmers and planners, except those that enhance developmental activities in all walks of life and ultimately help improve quality of life of those subsisting at the lowest levels of our socio-economic ladder. It is time now that political parties of every hue and hype focused their manifestos, programmers and policies on developmental vision and pragmatic approach and action to achieve the goals of social justice. There is no denying that the most effective measure in this direction is the involvement of youth in developmental activities and a harmonious harnessing of their youthful energies and enthusiasm. For this to happen on the ground, we, as an upcoming nation, need to orient ourselves towards development, whether on farms or in factories, on technologies or service sectors, et al.

In order to make the best use of resources, both human and natural, all political parties must converge on developmental politics, because without development we cannot hope to engage our youth in constructive and creative activities, nor can we envisage a situation in future when poverty would be a thing of the past. It is true that barring a few examples, we do not have many icons among our political parties. The youth needs role models that only politicians can provide, because they wield power and affect people and their proclivities in large measure. Political parties should visualize a situation in future where our burgeoning youth should see an imprint of great leaders in every action.

It goes without saying that people’s ethos, values and character are crucial factors that determine whether the country will move forward on a progressive path or stagnate. The education system, along with many other channels and sources of knowledge, must concentrate on cultivating in every citizen a sense of eternal values, as well as instilling discipline among them. The media, too, as partner in national development, should celebrate the success of the people and become an invigorating instrument of inspiring the youth by highlighting the best and the most unique among those who shine like stars in the firmament of our political spectrum. 

General Awareness and Computer Questions Asked in Various Exams

G7 2015 summit venue - Germany
Min wage decided by Goi- Rs 9048 per month and 348 per day for unskilled labour
House for all scheme by -2022
Snapdeal acquires stake in- Freecharge
Ipl 2015 final venue- Eden Garden Kolkota
ECGC provides- export credit
Pmjdy premium- 330 pa
Tarun Gogoi chief minister of which state- Assam
Where is the fiest industrial defence park -Kerela
Limit of shishu in shishu kishor and tarun according to plan-sishu 50000, train 1000000
Where is Keibul Lamjao national park- Manipur
2011 rural population- 69.84%
Minimum amount under sukanya yojana- 1000
Where is Kazi Nazrul Islam airport - Kolkata
Currency of Portugese republic- Euro


Terracotta warriors museum in which country - London
Israel currency - Israeli new shekel
Tajikistan capital - Dushanbe
Monetary policy regulation is done by - RBI
largest chain of atms - SBI
Rs. 2 lakh accident cover is present in which scheme - Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
Commerce minister - Nirmala Sitaraman
Wimbledon single mens champion - Novak Djokovic
4th South Asian Basketball Championship winner - India
Maximum age limit of the girl child for opening Sukanya Samriddhi Account is - 10 years
Which is not true about kisan credit card -
Who is omar sharif - Egyptian Actor
lakswadeep capital - Kavaratti
CEO of niti aayog - Sindhushree Khullar
Tuticorin power plant - Tamil Nadu
Kanha national park - Madhya Pradesh
Tehri dam - Uttarakhand
GIFT is related to which state - Gujarat
Regulatory body of rrb - NABARD
Max NEFT amount that can be transferred to Nepal - 50000
Maximum denomination note that can be printed by RBI is - 10000
Minimum paid-up equity capital for small finance banks - 100 Crore

1. Tashkent is the capital of – Uzbekistan

2. Which book of Jhumpa lahiri won DSC prize? – The Lowland

3. Who is CM of telangana – K. Chandrashekar Rao

4. Nelson Mandela International Day – 18 July

5. Where Potla palace is located – Lhasa, Tibet

6. Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India is? – Arvind Subramanian

7. Who is Bandhan bank chairman- Ashok Lahiri

8. Contribution of India in BRICS bank- 18 billion

9. Command C+Y is Used for – Redo the last action or repeat an action

10. Minimum age for ‘Atal Pension Yojana’ – 18 years

11. What is full form of ‘PMKVY’ – Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

12. Dusbambe capital of? – Tajikistan

1.2016 BRICS Summit will be hosted by – India

2. Who among the followins is the former Governer of RBI? – Manmohan Singh

3. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2015 held in – Ufa, Russia

4. Ajay Ratra & Hrishikesh Kaniktar are related to which sport? Cricket

5. In Sukanya Samridhi Yojana account shall remain operative up to the marriage of the girl child (up to 18 yrs age) or period of ___ – 21 years from the date of opening of the account

6. In Kissan Vikas Patra (KVP) an individual investor can invest up to : There is no maximum limit.

7. The Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain, which is declare World Heritage Site by UNESCO is located in: Mongolia

8. To operate Sugar Mills government approve soft loans up to the amount of: Rs. 6,000 crore

9. Which scheme is related to Rural Infrastructure – PMGSY

10. Capital of Republic of kazakhstan: Astana

11. ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C-28 , carrying 5 satellites for a company based in – UK

12. CRTL + U = Underline

13. ASCII Full Form – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

14. IP Full Form = Internet Protocol

15 UNICEF Head office – Newyork, US

16. PNB Head office – New Delhi

17. Matti Makkonen recently passed away. He is the father of – ‘SMS”

18 Mutual Fund is registered with- SEBI

19. What is the male literacy rate as per latest NSO Survey?

20. Barabati Stadium located at – Cuttack, Odisha

21. Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary in Unnao recently renamed after – freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad

22. Financial Intelligence unit related to – Suspect financial transactions

23. Retail Banking is also know as – Consumer Banking

24. Rank of India in World Happiness Report 2015 – 117

25. Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyaan launched by – Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

26. Author of “37 Bridges & other Stories” – Aamer Hussein

27. According to World Economic Forum report world’s biggest employer is – US Department of Defence

28. Which is Indian Govt Owned Bank – IDBI Bank

29. Winner of 2015 Wimbledon Women’s single title – Serena Williams

30. Who is Union Home Affairs Minister – Rajnath Singh

31. Pravda, a daily newspaper published from – Russia

32. National Doctors day observed on – 1st July

33. In NHB, ” H” Stands for – Housing

34. Sanjay Gandhi National Park is located at – Borivali National Park, Mumbai

35. Currency of South Korea – Won

36. IAEA Promotes What – promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy

37. Project Tatkal Launched by SBI for which Purpose – Home Loan

38. MSDN Fullform – Microsoft Developer Network

39. VSAT Fullform – Very Small Aperture Terminal

40. 1 MB = one million bytes

41. DSL is the Example of – Broadband

42. Scrambling of Data is Know As – encoded data

43. Term used for Unsolicidate Mail – Spam

44. Clock rate of Processor is Measured in – gigahertz

45. C++ is a – high level language

46. BIOS Full Form – Basic Input/ Output System

47. WORM Full Form – Write-Once, Read-Many

48. Which among the following the operating system – LINUX

49. Which is not a storage device – Monitor

50. In first generation Computer what was used – Vacuum Tube

51. Hibernate in Window XP refers to – means of avoiding the burden of saving unsaved data before shutting down

52. Which protect System from hacker – Firewall

53. Smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a computer screen – PIXEL

54. Check Computer Program for Error is called – Debugging

55. Biggest Memory Size – PetaByte

o Cheruthoni Dam: Cheruthoni Dam, the largest concrete gravity dam in Kerala.

o Indira Sagar Dam: Indira sagar dam built on the Narmada river
with a height of 92m in Madhya Pradesh.

o Krishnarajasagar Dam: Krishnarajasagar dam built across Kaveri
River near Mysore in Karnataka.

o Mettur Dam: Mettur Dam built across Kaveri River at Salem
district in Tamil Nadu with a height of 120 ft.

o Bisalpur Dam: The greatest dam of Rajasthan-Bisalpur, located
in Tonk District of Rajasthan.

o Koyna Dam: Koyna Dam is built across river koyana in Koyna
Naga Maharashtra with a height of 103m.

o Maithon Dam: Maithon Dam is built on the river of Barakar
located at Maithon and is a big dam in tribal state Jharkhand.

o Rihand Dam: The Rihand dam has been built across Rihand River
a tributary of Sone river, near Pipri in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar
Pradesh.

o TungaBhadra Dam: TungaBhadra dam is constructed across river
Tungabhadra, a tributary of River Krishna, located in Karnataka.

o Bhavanisagar Dam: The Bhavani Sagar Dam constructed across
Bhavani river, is located 80 Km away from Coimbatore city,

Tamil Nadu.

o Tehri Dam- built on Bhagirathi river in Uttarkhand.

o Bhakra Nangal Dam- built on Sutlej river in Punjab and
Himachal Pradesh.

o Hirakud Dam- built on Mahanadi river in Orissa.

o NagarjunaSagar Dam- built on Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh

o Sardar Sarovar Dam- built on Narmada river in Gujarat.

* Srisailam Dam ~~Andhra Pradesh

Krishna

* Singur dam ~~ Andhra Pradesh

* Ukai Dam -- Gujarat

* Dharoi Dam -- Gujarat

* Dantewada Dam - Gujarat

* Nathpa Dam -- Himachal Pradesh

Sutlej River

* Chamera Dam -- Himachal Pradesh

* Baglihar Dam -- Jammu & Kashmir

* Uri Dam - J & K

* Alamatti Dam --Karnataka

Krishna River

* Idukki Dam -- Kerala

Periyar River

* Kundala Dam -- Kerala

* Parambikulam Dam -- Kerala

Parambikulam River

* Walayar Dam -- Kerala

Walayar River

* Mullaperiyar Dam -- Kerala

Pennar River

* Neyyar Dam -- Kerala

* Mettur Dam -- Tamil Nadu

* Rihand dam -- UP

* Tehri Dam -- Uttarakhand

GK questions asked in IRDAI Assistant Exam 20-08-2015 (Morning Shift)

Mizoram Capital - Aizwal
Canada Capital - Ottawa
Seychells Currency - Rupee
Tripura CM - Manik Sarkar
NABARD Head Quarters - Mumbai
FAO Head Quarters - Rome,Italy
BRICS Countries - Brazil,Russia,India,China,South Africa
18th SAARC Summit - Khatmandu,Nepal
Housing For All Scheme name - PMAY
PMSBY Accidental Death Insurance Coverage - 2 Lakhs
USTAAD Scheme -The Scheme aims at upgrading Skills and Training of minority communities by preservation of traditional ancestral Arts and Crafts.
Participatory Guarantee System Launched by GOI Purpose - Certify Organic Products, Agriculture
Deadline To Exchange Pre-2005 Currency Notes - DEC 31,2015
Lowest Sex-Ratio UT - Daman & Diu
Recently Which Bank Launched Subsidary of SIDBI - MUDRA Bank
First Individual Olympic Medal For India After Independence - Dadasaheb Jhadav K
UNICEF Exexcutive Director - Anthony Lake
Vishu is Dance Form originated from - Kerala
Tirora Thermal Power Plant District & State - Gondia, Maharashtra
Dronacharya Award 2014 - N.Lingappa
Ministry of Youtth Affairs & Sports - Sarbanand Sonowal
Micro Insurance Limit - 50,000 or Less
India Mou With which Country on Medicinal & Homeopathy - Mongolia
Rahul Sharma Musician Plays Instrument - Santoor
One question on insurance Growth Rate
One question on Books and Author
Summer Olympics 2020 - Tokyo,Japan
Bhimbtek Rock Shelter Located in - Madhya Pradesh
Sahara Shares Banned By - SEBI
FTII Chairmen - Gajendra Chouhan
First State to Implement Aadhar Based Payment System - Himachal Pradesh
Reverse Mortgage Loan benifit For Whom - Senior Citizens
Forex reserves Regulated by - RBI
Banking Supervision on Banking regulations by - Basel Accords
Indian Army day - January 15
Shiva triology Authored By - Amish tripathi
FMC Proposes to merge With - SEBI
Additional Surcharge on Earning Morethan 1 crore rupees proposed in Budget Increased - 12% from 10 %
Highest Indian paid Athelete - MS Dhoni

Which country is the largest edible oil consumer-  China
30000 crore Super Express Way mega project in Maharashtra will connect which two city- Mumbai and Nagpur
MUDRA bank for what purpose- For benefitting small entrepreneurs and will also act as a regulator for 'Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs).
Sukanya Samridhi Yojna account opening maximum age-  10
Varansi situated on the banks of which river- River Ganga
What is 'A' in PAN- Account
What is 'L' in ELSS for tax exemption- Equity Linked Savings Scheme
2022 Winter Olympics venue- Beijing
In Atal Pension Yojana attaining what year the pension will start- 1st June 2015
Capital of daman and diu- Daman
CM of Haryana- Manohar lal Khattar
Currency of Switzerland- Swiss Franc
Atal pension Yojana, pension start from age- Minimum 18, Maximum 40
One question about Stadium
Kakrapar Nuclear power Plant- Gujrat
Wheelar island (Odisha) would be renamed as- Kalam island
FAO Head Quarters-  Rome
Capital of Andaman Nikobar - Port Blair
Kerla CM - Oommen Chandy
Kargil Vijay divas is celebrated every year on which day?- 26th July
Route of yoga express - Haridwar to Ahmedabad
Total target for housing 2022 - Housing for every family i.e. 2 crore
Total target Solar Power by 2022 - 100 GW or 100000MW
One question from budget -
Which country becomes defaulter - Greece
Nifty 50 is sensex of which country ? India
Dutch republic currency - Guilder
FDI in Insurance - 49%
Ranthambore national park - Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan
Brabourne stadium - Mumbai
French Republic currency - Franc
Shubham jaglan related to - Golf
Kaiga wildlife sanctuary - Karnataka
Who was oolef pooley - English Actor
10second loan by - HDFC
India's contribution in aiib - 8 Billion Dollar
2015 G-20 summit Will be held in  Antalya where is it located?- Istambul
IRDA act – 1999
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located in state - Kerala
Which person in 1990's got bharat ratna ? Nelson Mandela
Total land exchange between India and Bangladesh as per agreement ? 160
LIC of India covered which government Beema scheme ? PMJJBY

IBPS RRB PO

Capital of Seychelles : Victoria
Minister of steel : Narendra Singh Tomar
Ringgit is currency of : Malaysia
International Day of the Girl Child : 11 Oct
In currency of IMF i.e. SDR what does D mean : Drawing
India recently lost a case at the WTO against which country : US
OECD Headquarter : Paris, France
President of Mauritius :  Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Nanda Devi mountain range is located in : Uttarakhand
Michael Clarke is related to which sports : Cricket
Dipa Karmakar is related to which sport : Gymnastics
Ramayana Mahanveshanam composed by Veerappa Moily is in which language : Kannad
What is the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana partial disability cover : 1 Lakhs
The first driver less train recieved by Delhi Metro from : South Korea
City topped in Swachh Bharat Rankings : Mysuru
The Ukai Dam is located on which river : Tapti
The famous musician, singer Bhupen Hazarika belonged to which state : Assam
Sajjangarh Biological Park is located in : Udaipur, Rajasthan
First female speaker of Lok Sabha : Meira kumar
Film City near Sanjay Gandhi National Park is located in which city : Mumbai
The Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary : Uttar Pradesh
Life insurance scheme for both Husband and Wife by SBI is : Smart Hamsafar
Who is appointed as the CEO of Alphabet Inc. : Larry Page

In MUDRA 'R' stands for : Refinance
Shishu,kishore,tarun comes under which scheme : PMMY
President launched nakshatra vatika in which city : Secunderabad
Mithali raj related to which sport : Cricket
Peru capital : Lima
Czech republic currency : Czech Koruna
Orange festival celebrates in which country : Poland
What is p in orop : Pension
On behalf of which former pm modi awarded in bangladesh : Vajpayeee
Maharashtra CM : Devendra Fadnavees
In Madhya Pradesh which river flows : Narmada
IRDA HQ - Hyderabad
UC Browser brand ambassidor - Yuvraj Singh
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is for - Infrastructure
The International Energy Agency Headquarter is in : France
Who the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals - Sunil Chhetri
Scientist who was conferred with Japan's highest civilian award for promoting academic interchange and mutual understanding in science and technology between the two countries. - CNR Rao
Who is the author of Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji : Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
National Handloom Day is observed on : 7th August
The most expensive City in India : Mumbai
SBI life insurance partner : BNP Paribas Cardif
Re-elected as president of the Mumbai Cricket Association : Sharad Pawar
Gandhi stadium is located in : Jalandhar, Punjab
Line of credit to mangolia by Govt of India through : Exim Bank
PPP for infra development committee headed by : Vijay Kelkar
Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary is located in : Tripura
According to UN, India will surpass China's population by : 2022
Capital of Bihar : Patna
1) Gaddafi stadium is located in: Lahore
2) International Non violence day is observed on: 2 Oct
3) Bhutan currency is: Ngultrum
4) Ricky ponting is related to: Cricket
5) ILO headquarter is situated at: Geneva
6) India's rating in world football's Fifa ranking - 155th
7) Suiz Canal is connecting- Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea.
8) Philippines President- Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III
9) Manas National Park is located in: Assam
10) Gugamal National Park is located: Maharashtra
11)Longest river in Asia: Yangtze River
12)Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant is located in: Andhra Pradesh
13) Most expensive city in India- Mumbai
14) Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Sanitation & Drinking Water: Chaudhary Birender Singh
15) 7th BRICS Summit was hekd in: Ufa,Russia
16) What is the maximum amount of pension in Atal Pension Yojana?- Rs. 5000
1) Egypt capital-  Cairo
2) Thailand currency- Baht
3) Pnb headquarter- New Delhi
4) NDB is headed by-  K.V. Kamath
5) Ramanujan award given to- Amalendu Krishna
6) Renault Brand Ambassador- Ranbir Kapoor
7) Who is the chief minister of Jharkhand ? Raghubar Das
8) The International Atomic Energy Agency's headquarters in- Vienna, Austria
9) World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on - October 1
10) What is S in RTGS?- Settlement
11) Kisan Vikas Patra amount? - It is Available in denominations of Rs 1,000, 5000, 10,000 and Rs 50,000.
12)  New Member of European Union - Croatia
13) New Governor of Sikkim - Sriniwas Patil
14) PV sindhu related to - Badminton
15)  Committee for NABARD - Shivaraman
16)  Which company installed white label ATM first in country? - Tata
17) Kathakali is folk dance of -? Kerala
18) Largest producer of Rice in world? - China
19) Commercial paper is issued by - Corporate
20) Saarc head office- Nepal
21) Turning point author – APJ Abdul Kalam
22) Blue revolution is related which – fish
23) Brad Haddin related to?- Cricket
24) State with largest area? Rajasthan
25) Tomato Festival location? Spain
26) DICGC related to ? Banking
27)  Dhanchayt video launch by? HDFC bank
28) CERN member first Asian country ? Pakistan
29) World information technology summit 2018- Hyderabad
30) RRB sponser bank contribution - 35%
31) China contribution in NDB - 41%
32) Smart humsafar - SBI
33) RBI regulate - Money Market
34) Author of Book "Ghost of Calcutta" - Sebastian Ortiz

General Awareness Asked in Various Exams

Based On Memory

1). Which among the following state has launched “Mukhymantri Teerth Darshan Yojana”?
Answer- Madhya Pradesh

2). Who is the present Railway Minister of India?
Answer- Mr. Suresh Prabhu

3). Who is the Music Composer of Titanic, that had passed away recently?
Answer- James Horner

4).Which of the following city has hosed Kumbh Mela in 2015?
Answer- Nasik

5). According to Negotiable Instrument Act, what is the Jail term on cheque bounce?
Answer- 2 years

6). Who is the president of IMF?
Answer- Cristina Legard

7). Dispur is the Capital of which Indian State?
Answer- Assam

8). Name the company which has recently took bank its products from Indian Market?
Answer- Nestle

9). What is the Headquarters of AIIB?
Answer- Beijing, China

10.) What is the age limit of minors to operate account?
Answer- 10 years

11). What is the Headquarters of Amnesty International?
Answer- London

12). Who is the Youngest player to take test century?
Answer- Mohammad Ashraful

13). Which is the Holy Book of Parsian?
Answer- Avesta

14). JSC Biocom, a_______ based Pharma company has acquired 100% stake.
Answer- Russian

15). National Youth Day was observed on _______.
Answer- 12th January

16). What is the name of the Joint Military exercise between China and Sri Lanka?
Answer- Silk Route- 2015

17). “Reuters” is the famous news agency of _______.
Answer- UK

18). Dandiya Ras is the famous dance related to which Indian state?
Answer- Gujarat

19). Vikku Vinayakram is related to _______.
Answer- Ghatam

20). Which is the highest award that was given during war time?
Answer- Param Veer Chakr

21). What is the Premium amount for Jeevan Jyoty Yojana?
Answer- Rs. 330/-

22). Who is the Current Head of SAARC?
Answer- Arjun Bahadur Thapa

23). Famous Meenachi Amman Temple was located at_______.
Answer- Tamil Nadu

24). Who is the Chairperson of NITI AYOG?
Answer- Mr. Narendra Modi

25). Who is the present ICC Chairperson?
Answer- Shrinivasan

26). Who has been recently appointed as the Brand Ambassador of ‘Visit Britain’?
Answer: Saif Ali Khan

27). Which of the following is the India’s biggest employer?
Answer: Indian Railways (1.4 million employees)

28). Pandit Vishwa Mohan is the famous ______ player.
Answer: Veena (Slide Guitar)

29). Which of the following Movie has won the Oscar Award 2015?
Answer: Picture Birdman

30). Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas is observed on______
Answer: 9th January

31). NREGA stands for_____
Answer: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

32). Which of the following has won the UNPSA Award 2015?
Answer: Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health

33). Madras atomic station was located at____.
Answer: Tamil Nadu

34). International Refugee Day is observed on _______.
Answer: June 20

35). What is the headquarter of IMF?
Answer: Washington

36) What is the currency of Bhutan?
Answer: Ngultrum

37). Who is President of BRICS?
Answer: K V Kamath

38). Who is the winner of World Junior Chess Championship 2015?
Answer: Lu Shanglai

39). Pu Lal Thanhawla is the Chief Minister of ________.
Answer: Mizoram

40). Whatapp has been acquired by_______
Answer: Facebook

41). Who is the President of IOC?
Answer: Thomas Bach

42). In which year, the last census of India has been calculated?
Answer: 2011

43). Who is the author of “The Da Vinci Code”?
Answer: Dan Brown.

Q.1. What is the premium of PM Suraksha Bima Yojana?

(1) Rs. 110

(2) Rs. 20

(3) Rs. 56

(4) Rs. 28

(5) Rs. 12

Ans: (5) Rs. 12

Q.2. Recently Irwin Allan Rose passed away. He was a ___________.

(1) French biologist

(2) Italian biologist

(3) Russian biologist

(4) American biologist

(5) None of these

Ans: (4) American biologist

Q.3. Agartala is the capital of which state?

(1) Assam

(2) Odisha

(2) Tripura

(3) Nagaland

(5) None of these

Ans: (3) Agartala is the capital of Tripura.

Q.4. Which of the following is not a part of Money Market?

(1) Treasury Bills

(2) Commercial Papers

(3) Mutual Funds

(4) Certificate of Deposits

(5) None of these

Ans: (3) Mutual Funds

Q.5. Who is the CEAT cricketer of the year 2015?

(1) Kumar Sanagkkara

(2) Suresh Raina

(3) Virat Kohli

(4) Chris Gayle

(5) None of these

Ans: (1) Kumar Sangkkara

Q.6. What is the age limit in PM Atal Pension Yojana?

(1) 18-50

(2) 18-40

(3) 20-50

(4) 25- 80

(5) None of these

Ans: (2) 18-40

Q.7. Omkareshwar dam is situated in which state?

(1) Assam

(2) Kerala

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) Andhra Pradesh

(5) None of these

Ans: (3) Madhya Pradesh

Q.8. Narendra Modi launches which bank in China?

(1) ICICI Bank

(2) SBI Bank

(3) PNB Bank

(4) IDBI Bank

(5) AXIS Bank

Ans: (1) ICICI Bank

Q.9. _______ has unveiled the world's first facial recognition ATM.

(1) Russia

(2) UK

(3) India

(4) Japan

(5) China

Ans: (5) China

Q.10. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 was awarded ______.

(1) Eric Betzig

(2) Stefan W. Hell

(3) William E. Moerner

(4) All

(5) None of these

Ans: (4) All of above

Q.11. When is International Peace Day celebrated?

(1) 11th June

(2) 30th June

(3) 21st September

(4) 4th November

(5) None of these

Ans: (3) 21st September

Q.12. Land Border Agreement between India and Bangladesh was the ___________.

(1) 112th amendment

(2) 100th amendment

(3) 117th amendment

(4) 120th amendment

(5) None of these

Ans: (2)100th amendment

Q.13. Which company ranks 57th in the US Brand survey?

(1) IBM

(2) TCS

(3) Apple

(4) Ford

(5) None of these

Ans: (2) TCS

Q.14. Volkswagen Group and its subsidiaries, is a ------- multinational automotive manufacturing company.

(1) German

(2) Indian

(3) Russian

(4) Italian

(5) None of these

Ans: (1) German

Q.15. The merger process between FMC and ------- will be completed by September.

(1) IRDA

(2) RBI

(3) NABARD

(4) SEBI

(5) None of these

Ans:(4) SEBI

Q.16. Jim Corbett National Park is located in which state?

(1) Uttarakhand

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Uttar Pradesh

(4) Gujarat

(5) None of these

Ans:(1) Uttarakhand

17. The Sixty-eighth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place in ------18–26 May 2015.

(1) Geneva

(2) Rome

(3) Paris

(4) Washington DC

(5) None of these
Ans:(1) Geneva

18. Which country allowed LIC to operate in domestic market?

(1) Pakistan

(2) Nepal

(3) Sri Lanka

(4) Bangladesh

(5) None of these
Ans: (4) Bangladesh

19. The maturity period of the Kisan Vikas Patra which have been reintroduced in 2014 is ------

(1) 100 Months

(2) 105 Months

(3) 110 Months

(4) 115 Months

(5) 120 Months

Ans: (1) 100 Months

20. Katasraj is situated in -------

(1) Pakistan

(2) Nepal

(3) Sri Lanka

(4) Bangladesh

(5) None of these

Ans: (1) Pakistan

21. Which country will provide an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of yen 21.787 billion (Rs. 1165 crore approximately) for the Odisha Transmission System Improvement Project?

(1) France

(2) Russia

(3) Japan

(4) USA

(5) None of these

Ans: (3) Japan

22. Who review and revitalise public private partnership (PPP) mode of infrastructure development?

(1) Shekhar Shah

(2) Vijay Kelkar

(3) Sharmila Chavaly

(4) Pradeep Kumar

(5) None of these

Ans: (2) Vijay Kelkar

23. Who was appointed as coach of the India A and Under-19 cricket teams ?

(1) Sourav Ganguly

(2) Sachin Tendulkar

(3) Rahul Dravid

(4) M. S. Dhoni

(5) None of these

Ans: (3) Rahul Dravid

24. Which state government approved mandatory Global Positioning System (GPS) in all public transport vehicles from June 2015.

(1) Delhi

(2) Uttar Pradesh

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) Maharashtra

(5) Punjab

Ans: (1) Delhi

Q.25. China signed a currency swap deal with which country?

(1) Sri Lanka

(2) Russia

(3) India

(4) Chile

(5) None of these

Ans: (4) Chile

Q.26. Government has allocated how much amount to Department of AYUSH?

(1) Rs. 1000 crore

(2) Rs. 7000 crore

(3) Rs. 5000 crore

(4) Rs. 2000 crore

(5) None of these

Ans: (3) Rs. 5000 crore

Q.27. Pakistan and China have signed how many agreements and MoUs for cooperation in diverse fields?

(1) 31

(2) 41

(3) 51

(4) 61

(5) 71

Ans: (3) 51

1. The Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for the year 2014 was given to?
1) Tessy Thomas
2) Geeta Varadan
3) A. Sivathanu Pillai
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3


2. Which of the following teams topped the medals tally with 91 gold medals at the 35th National Games in Kerala?
1) Services
2) Kerala
3) Haryana
4) Maharashtra
5) Punjab

3. Who won the Indian Open golf title in February 2015?
1) S.S.P. Chowrasia
2) Siddikur Rahman
3) Anirban Lahiri
4) Jyothi Randhawa
5) None of the above

4. Yash Bharti Samman is given for excellence in literature, fine arts, folk and classical music and sports. It is the highest civilian award of?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Haryana
5) Rajasthan

5. Who has been conferred the Yash Bharti Samman?
1) Shekar Gupta
2) Saina Nehwal
3) Vinod Mehta
4) Susheel Kumar
5) Arunima Sinha

6. The first World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC) was held in February 2015 in?
1) Kochi
2) Panaji
3) Kolkata
4) Kandla
5) Tuticorin

7. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was established in 1974. It is located in?
1) Pune
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Guwahati
5) Chennai

8. The Economic Survey 2014-15 was prepared by the Chief Economic Adviser?
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) Arvind Mayaram
3) Arvind Subramanian
4) Kaushik Basu
5) None of the above

9. The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare has declared which of the following days as
the National Deworming Day?
1) February 8
2) February 10
3) February 9
4) February 7
5) February 6

10. Ruthvika Shivani is the women's national champion in?
1) Chess
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Table Tennis
5) Archery

11. Sajan Prakash was the Best Performer in the men's section at the 35th National Games. He won 6 golds and 2 silver in?
1) Athletics
2) Swimming
3) Gymnastics
4) Shooting
5) Boxing

12. Which team won the 3rd edition of the Hockey India League in February 2015?
1) Ranchi Rays
2) Jaypee Punjab Warriors
3) Delhi Waveriders
4) Uttar Pradesh Wizards
5) None of the above

13. Identify the mismatched pair? Tennis Player Country
1) Rafael Nadal Spain
2) Roger Federer Switzerland
3) Novak Djokovic Serbia
4) Stanislas Wawrinka Russia
5) Andy Murray Great Britain

14. Who won the ATP Challenger Delhi Open tennis title in New Delhi in February 2015?
1) Yuki Bhambri
2) Somdev Devvarman
3) Leander Paes
4) Rohan Bopanna
5) None of the above

15. The 36th National Games will be played in 2016 in?
1) Manipur
2) Karnataka
3) Goa
4) Telangana
5) Haryana

16. The 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) was organized in February 2015 by?
1) IISER
2) CCMB
3) IICT
4) TISS
5) TERI

17. India's first fenced elephant sanctuary will come up in?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra

18. The 14th Finance Commission recommended what percent devolution of divisible funds to
States?
1) 32%
2) 35%
3) 40%
4) 42%
5) 37%

19. Facebook has tied up with which company in India to provide basic internet services on mobile for free?
1) Idea
2) Airtel
3) Reliance Communications
4) Vodafone
5) None of these

20. Lydia Ko is a professional golfer from?
1) Singapore
2) Australia
3) China
4) Japan
5) New Zealand

21. "Ammu", the mascot of the 35th National Games is?
1) Lion
2) Elephant
3) Peacock
4) The Great Hornbill
5) Rabbit

22. King Faisal International Prize is given by which of the following countries?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) UAE
4) Indonesia
5) Saudi Arabia

23. Lala Lajpat Rai was associated with the foundation of?
1) State Bank of India
2) Allahabad Bank
3) Central Bank of India
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Indian Bank

24. Kampala is the capital of which of the following African countries?
1) Rwanda
2) Kenya
3) Lesotho
4) Ethiopia
5) Uganda

25. CIBIL as a credit bureau caters to:
1) Consumer segments
2) Commercial segments
3) Both commercial and consumer segments
4) Nationalized Banks only
5) Private Banks only



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Answers:
1) 4
2) 1
3) 3
4) 2
5) 3;
6) 1;
7) 2;
8) 3;
9) 2;
10) 3;
11) 2;
12) 1;
13) 4;
14) 2;
15) 3;
16) 5;
17) 2;
18) 4;
19) 3;
20) 5;
21) 4;
22) 5;
23) 4;
24) 5;
25) 3

Different type of ATMs

1.On site ATM -within the premises of bank

2.Off site ATM - Outside the bank premises

3.White Label ATM - Provided by NBFC

4.Green Label ATM - Provided for Agricultural
Transaction

5.Orange Label ATM - Provided for Share
Transactions

6.Yellow Label ATM - provided for E-commerce

7.PINK label ATM---women banking

8.BROWN label ATM-- ATM are those Automated Teller Machines where hardware and the lease of the ATM machine is owned by a service provider--but cash management and connectivity to banking networks is provided by a sponsor bank .

An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine] (ATM, American, Australian, Singaporean, Indian, Maldivian, Hibernoand Sri Lankan English), also known as an automated banking machine (ABM, Canadian English), cash machine, cashpoint,cashline, or colloquially hole in the wall (British and South African English), is an electronic telecommunications device that enables the customers of a financial institution to perform financial transactions, particularly cash withdrawal, without the need for a human cashier, clerk or bank teller.

110 Questions of General Awareness for SBI PO Mains and RBI Assistant 2015

1. ________ assumed charge as the new Chief Election Commission on 19 Apr and will serve until Jul 2017.
1) Nasim Zaidi 2) Shashi Kant Sharma 3) TK Viswanathan 4) SY Quraishi 5) VS Sampath
2. The Govt barred foreign funds for which of the following NGOs and froze its bank accounts for alleged norms violation
and anti-national activities recently?
1) Justice and Care 2) The Hope Foundation 3) Digital Green
4) Greenpeace 5) None of these
3. In a recent operation named ‘Operation Rahat,’ India evacuated around 5,600 people including foreign nationals from
which of the following countries?
1) Libya 2) Syria 3) Nigeria 4) Yemen 5) Kenya
4. The World Meteorological Day is annually held on
1) 21 Mar 2) 23 Mar 3) 27 Mar 4) 28 Mar 5) 31 Mar
5. Murty S Kambhampati, who has been chosen for the prestigious US presidential award for excellence in the field of
science, mathematics and engineering mentoring, is a professor of
1) physics 2) chemistry 3) biology 4) mathematics 5) None of these
6. The Greek govt, recently, claimed nearly USD 303 bn from which of the following countries in war reparation for atrocities
and looting during the World War II?
1) France 2) UK 3) Germany 4) Japan 5) None of these
7. The concept of a Bank Investment Company (BIC) that would dislodge the govt’s ownership in public sector, was
suggested by
1) PJ Nayak Committee 2) Deepak Mohanty Committee 3) Rakesh Mohan Committee
4) A Vaidyanathan Committee 5) Usha Thorat Committee
8. PM Narendra Modi launched MUDRA bank on 8 Apr. The govt plans to set up the bank as a ________ body.
1) statutory 2) advisory 3) voluntary 4) private 5) None of these
9. The Women in Parliaments (WIP) Global Forum presented international award for women’s empowerment in the South
and Southeast Asia category to ________ in its summit in Addis Ababa.
1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh 3) Nepal 4) India 5) Maldives
10. Name the women shuttler from India who created history, becomes first Indian woman player to become World No. 1
recently.
1) Jwala Gutta 2) PV Sindhu 3) Saina Nehwal 4) Ashwini Ponnappa 5) None of these
11. India has decided to fast-track purchase of Rafale jets from France to meet IAF’s critical operational necessity. Now, the
number of jets to be purchased in flyaway condition will be
1) 18 2) 36 3) 54 4) 72 5) None of these
12. Richie Benaud, the celebrated ‘voice of cricket’, died at the age of 84 recently. He was the former captain of
1) New Zealand 2) West Indies 3) Australia 4) South Africa 5) England
13. Paris, the capital and most populous city of France, is situated on the bank of
1) Seine River 2) Danube River 3) Swan River 4) Rhine River 5) Elbe River
14. The UN body UNESCO is headquartered in
1) Paris 2) Milan 3) Toronto 4) New York 5) Geneva
15. As announced by the French President Francois Hollande during PM Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the country,
France will invest ________ in India.
1) 1 billion euros 2) 2 billion euros 3) 4 billion euros 4) 8 billion euros 5) 12 billion euros
16. ________ agreements were signed between India and France and three announcements were made during PM Narendra
Modi’s first visit to the country on 10 Apr.
1) 11 2) 15 3) 13 4) 16 5) 17
17. Megha-Tropiques is a satellite mission to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate
change jointly launched by India’s ISRO and CNES of
1) Germany 2) Australia 3) France 4) Canada 5) US
18. France will help in the development of three smart cities in India. These three smart cities will include
1) Pune and Jaipur 2) Pondicherry and Nagpur 3) Lucknow and Nasik
4) Allahabad and Ajmer 5) Visakhapatnam and Kochi
19. The International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on
1) 7 Apr 2) 12 Apr 3) 22 Apr 4) 23 Apr 5) 25 Apr
20. The United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in which of the following cities in the end of 2015?
1) Tokyo 2) Kyoto 3) Manila 4) Doha 5) Paris
21. Which of the following teams won the Azlan Shah Cup hockey title on 12 Apr?
1) Canada 2) Australia 3) Malaysia 4) New Zealand 5) South Korea
22. The govt has notified a new 18-point set of rules for state governors. Now, the governors will have to stay in their
respective states for at least ________ days in a year.
1) 292 2) 300 3) 250 4) 320 5) None of these
23. As per the news recently published in newspapers, Islamic State group is destroying ancient ruins of Nimrud city which
is located in
1) Syria 2) Iraq 3) Libya 4) Kenya 5) Jordan
24. India finished at which of the following positions in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh
(Malaysia) on Apr 12?
1) Second 2) Third 3) Fourth 4) Fifth 5) None of these
25. Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank
in doubles recently. She achieved the feat after winning WTA Family Circle Cup with her partner
1) Martina Hingis 2) Cara Black 3) Roberta Vinci 4) Sara Errani 5) None of these
26. Jitu Rai is associated with which of the following games. He won a bronze in the World Cup of the game in Changwon
(Korea) recently?
1) Archery 2) Shooting 3) Boxing 4) Wrestling 5) Weightlifting
27. Hrushikesh Moolgaonkar, who passed away recently, was the former
1) Air Chief Marshal 2) Chief of Army Staff 3) Chief of Naval Staff
4) first Director General of BSF 5) None of these
28. Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, is situated on the bank of
1) Tigris River 2) Spree River 3) Nile River 4) Rhine River 5) Denube River
29. The govt has received a total upfront payment of over ________ from telecom players against the spectrum sold during
the recent auction?
1) Rs 29,200 cr 2) Rs 11,300 cr 3) Rs 28,800 cr 4) Rs 32,300 cr 5) None of these
30. The book “A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold” is the autobiography of who among the
following Indian players?
1) Deepika Kumari 2) Mary Kom 3) Laishram Sarita Devi 4) Abhinav Bindra 5) Saina Nehwal
31. The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari released the English translation of the book “Suleiman Charitra” recently. This
book was originally written in Sanskrit by who among the following?
1) AND Haksar 2) Kalyana Malla 3) Sri Lal Sukla
4) Ravuri Bharadhwaja 5) Bhalchandra Nemade
32. India signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with which of the following countries recently which would enable India to
make use of world’s latest technology for projects like development of waterways and multi-modal hub?
1) Germany 2) France 3) US 4) Japan 5) China
33. Which of the following US states on 9 Apr passed a bill that would allow nitrogen gas as an execution method?
1) Oklahoma 2) Kentucky 3) Georgia 4) California 5) Arizona
34. Which of the following banks is set to become the first Indian bank whose mobile banking application (app) will be
available in Apple Watch to be launched soon in India?
1) HDFC Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) AXIS Bank 4) SBI 5) Bank of India
35. Hannover Fair in Germany, where India was a partner country this year, is said to be one of the world’s largest ________
fairs.
1) educational 2) cultural 3) industrial 4) defence 5) None of these
36. Which of the following countries has put off the third phase of its Nitaqat scheme meant to increase the percentage of
local employees in the industries and businesses?
1) Iran 2) Saudi Arabia 3) UAE 4) Jordan 5) Kuwait
37. Who among the following has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC)?
1) Rajalakshmi Devaraj 2) Arun Kumar Jha 3) Amardeep Singh Cheema
4) N Ramachandran 5) None of these
38. India has been designated to chair the ninth meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council.
The meeting is scheduled to be held in Jun in
1) New Delhi 2) Doha 3) Abu Dhabi 4) London 5) None of these
39. South Korea’s capital city Seoul was declared the Global Earth Hour Capital 2015 in this year’s competition. Which of the
following cities was named India’s Earth Hour Capital?
1) Coimbatore 2) Pune 3) Rajkot 4) Thane 5) New Delhi
40. The National Safe Motherhood Day is observed on which of the following dates?
1) 31 Mar 2) 2 Apr 3) 7 Apr 4) 11 Apr 5) 12 Apr
41. What is the current fiscal’s disinvestment target (through PSU stake sale) set by the govt? The govt has shortlisted
about 12 PSUs for the purpose.
1) Rs 28,500 cr 2) Rs 41,000 cr 3) Rs 38,000 cr 4) Rs 34,000 cr 5) None of these
42. According to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which of the following banks leads in mobile banking transactions
as of Jan 2015?
1) Canara Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) Axis Bank 4) State Bank of India 5) ICICI Bank
43. Which of the following banks in India acquired the diamond/jewellery financing business of Royal Bank of Scotland
(RBS) recently?
1) Yes Bank 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank 3) ICICI Bank
4) IndusInd Bank 5) None of these
44. The Nobel laureate Gunter Grass, who died recently, was known as the voice of memory of
1) France 2) Canada 3) Germany 4) Italy 5) Spain
45. According to the World Bank, which of the following countries has topped the global remittances in 2014 receiving USD
70 bn?
1) Nigeria 2) Mexico 3) China 4) Philippines 5) India
46. As predicted in the semi-annual report of the World Bank, what could be the GDP growth rate of in India in FY 2017-18?
1) 7 per cent 2) 7.5 per cent 3) 8 per cent 4) 8.5 per cent 5) 9 per cent
47. Ri Su Yong, who visited New Delhi recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) North Korea 2) South Korea 3) Vietnam 4) Cambodia 5) Cuba
48. India to be world’s third largest economy by 2030 is projected by the US Department of Agriculture. As per the current
macroeconomic projections for 2015, India stands at ________ spot in the world.
1) fourth 2) fifth 3) sixth 4) seventh 5) eighth
49. Uttar Pradesh govt on 8 Apr 2015 conferred Sahitya Shiromani Samman on
1) Uday Pratap Singh 2) Vibhuti Narain Rai 3) Gopaldas Neeraj 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 3)
50. The Chinese Grand Prix formula one was won by who among the following on 12 Apr?
1) Torro Rosso 2) Kimi Raikkonen 3) Sebastian Vettel 4) Nico Rosberg 5) Lewis Hamilton
51. The senior IAS officer Ramesh Abhishek was on 14 Apr given a three-month extension as the chairman of the
1) TRAI 2) SEBI 3) FMC 4) IRDAI 5) PFRDA
52. Who among the following is the present chairman of the telecom regulator TRAI? The race for the next TRAI chief is on
as the incumbent chairman retires in May.
1) UK Sinha 2) Rahul Khullar 3) Nripendra Misra 4) Shashi Kant Sharma 5) Pulok Chatterji
53. India and Canada have inked 13 agreements during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada recently. Who is the present
PM of Canada?
1) Peter MacKay 2) Stephen Harper 3) Elizabeth May 4) Thomas Mulcair 5) None of these
54. Julie Bishop, who visited New Delhi recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) England 2) Canada 3) Australia 4) Spain 5) Italy
55. The central govt is moving towards sealing a land boundary agreement (LBA) with which of the following neighbouring
countries at present?
1) Myanmar 2) Nepal 3) Bhutan 4) China 5) Bangladesh
56. As per news published in financial newspapers, the Finnish network gear maker Nokia is in process to acquire Alcatel-
Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent is based in
1) France 2) US 3) Germany 4) Sweden 5) None of these
57. The 30 first responder bike ambulances were launched in which of the following cities on 14 Apr as a part of muchawaited
two-wheeler ambulances?
1) Chennai 2) Bengaluru 3) Mumbai 4) Bhopal 5) Ahmedabad
58. India has inked a deal with which of the following countries recently through which Cameco Corporation will supply
3,000 metric tonnes of uranium over five years to India for $254 mn?
1) France 2) Germany 3) Canada 4) Japan 5) None of these
59. Saina Nehwal on 28 Mar became the first woman badminton player from the country to be ranked number one in the
world. She is the second Indian player to achieve this feat, after legendary
1) Prakash Padukone 2) Vijay Amritraj 3) Syed Modi 4) U Vimal Kumar 5) Pullela Gopichand
60. Name the batsman who hit the first century of the eighth edition of IPL recently.
1) Dwayne Smith 2) Dwayne Bravo 3) Michael Hussey 4) Brendon McCullum 5) Chris Gayle
61. India on 16 Apr successfully test fired its indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile Agni-III from Wheeler
Island off Odisha coast which has a strike range of more than
1) 500 km 2) 700 km 3) 1500 km 4) 3000 km 5) None of these
62. Russia has signed a deal with which of the following countries to sell sophisticated S-300 air defense systems recently?
1) Iran 2) Saudi Arabia 3) Pakistan 4) China 5) Cuba
63. Yuki Bhambri is associated with which of the following games?
1) Squash 2) Tennis 3) Badminton 4) Hockey 5) None of these
64. Which of the following world leaders has written a profile of PM Narendra Modi, titled ‘India’s reformer-in-chief’, for
TIME Magazine recently?
1) Xi Jinping 2) Barack Obama 3) Stephen Harper 4) David Cameron 5) Tony Abbott
65. The TIME magazine on 16 Apr released a list of the world’s 100 most influential people compiled by TIME’s editors which
has only four people from India. Who among the following is NOT one of them?
1) Chanda Kochhar 2) Satya Nadella 3) Vikram Patel 4) Arvind Kejriwal 5) Narendra Modi
66. The govt has changed the name of the tourist visa on arrival scheme following requests from various quarters. What is
the new name of the scheme effective from 15 Apr?
1) free tourist visa 2) ready tourist visa 3) Saral tourist visa 4) e-tourist visa 5) None of these
67. The UN Security Council has imposed an arms embargo on the Houthi rebels which are active in
1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan 3) Yemen 4) Ukraine 5) None of these
68. PM Narendra Modi visited Canada recently. This was the first stand-alone bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister to
Canada in ________ years.
1) 12 2) 22 3) 34 4) 42 5) 51
69. Vladimir Makei, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) Belarus 2) Ukraine 3) Kazakhstan 4) Tajikistan 5) None of these
70. The 16th Lok Sabha has the highest number of women MPs since the first election in 1952. What is the number of woman
MPs in the present (16th) Lok Sabh?
1) 31 2) 42 3) 54 4) 61 5) 73
71. Who among the following Indian crickets was inducted as one of the five new members into the prestigious Laureus
Sports Academy in Shanghai recently?
1) Rahul Dravid 2) MS Dhoni 3) Kapil Dev 4) Sachin Tendulkar 5) None of these
72. The state-owned power equipment maker BHEL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Russian
company INTMA, to set up a gas-based power project in
1) Kazakhstan 2) Kyrgyzstan 3) Tajikistan 4) Uzbekistan 5) None of these
73. Who among the following has been appointed as new Indian Ambassador to France?
1) Arun Kumar 2) Vijay Gokhale 3) Ashok K Kantha 4) Mohan Kumar 5) None of these
74. Stanislav Gross, who died recently, was the former Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Slovenia 2) Croatia 3) Czech Republic 4) Venezuela 5) None of these
75. Name the Indian scientist and co-creator of element 117 who wasawarded Hevesy Medal Award 2015 on 12 Apr.
1) SS Katiyar 2) Susanta Lahiri 3) Lakshmi Kantam 4) VN Krishnamurthy 5) None of these
76. Surya Bahadur Thapa died on 16 Apr. He was the former ________ of Nepal.
1) Prime Minister 2) President
3) Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Nepal 4) Founder of the Communist Party of Nepal
5) None of these
77. India has officially reversed its long-standing position regarding Montreal Protocol. This protocol is associated with
1) Phasing out of nuclear arms 2) Destruction of chemical weapons 3) Convention on Diplomatic Relations
4) Protection of the Ozone Layer 5) None of these
78. As revealed by the telecom regulator TRAI recently, India ranks below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in broadband penetration.
What is India’s ranking in terms of information and communications technology (ICT) access, its use and its skills in the
world presently?
1) 166th 2) 129th 3) 92nd 4) 78th 5) 67th
79. Seeking to overcome the hurdles in interlinking of rivers, the Centre has constituted a ‘Task Force’ which will be chaired
by
1) BN Navalawala 2) Rajendra Singh 3) Murli Manohar Joshi
4) Uma Bharti 5) None of these
80. D Jayakanthan, who died recently, was a Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi Awards winner and a renowned writer of
1) Kannada 2) Tamil 3) Hindi 4) Assamese 5) Malayalam
81. Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the ambitious 3,000 km-long Economic Corridor with which of the following
countries during his maiden visit to the country recently?
1) Sri Lanka 2) Myanmar 3) Pakistan 4) Bangladesh 5) Nepal
82. A Parliamentary panel has recommended that all medicines should be available in the market at affordable cost. Currently,
drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed prices of ________ formulation packs.
1) 460 2) 481 3) 497 4) 509 5) None of these
83. Bidyut Chakraborty, who passed away recently, was a renowned ________ filmmaker.
1) Assamese 2) Bengali 3) Odia 4) Hindi 5) None of these
84. ________ has bought the telecom equipment business of Alcatel-Lucent in an all-share deal recently.
1) ZTE 2) Huawei 3) Ericsson 4) Nokia 5) None of these
85. Japanese pharma giant, Daiichi Sankyo, is selling its 8.9% stake worth Rs 22,610 crore in which of the following pharma
companies to exit India?
1) Sun Pharmaceuticals 2) Paras Pharmaceuticals 3) Virani Pharma
4) Cadila Pharmaceuticals 5) None of these
86. The Indian embassy in Yemen has been shifted to which of the following countries in view of the worsening situation in
Yemen’s capital Sana’a?
1) Ethiopia 2) Egypt 3) Djibouti 4) Eritrea 5) Somalia
87. ________ launched the construction of its first nuclear power plant in Mersin province recently.
1) Spain 2) Turkey 3) Egypt 4) Cuba 5) None of these
88. Name the Indian Navy’s new and biggest destroyer put to the sea recently. It has enhanced its capacity to operate in
nuclear, biological and chemical atmosphere.
1) INS Visakhapatnam 2) INS Kanyakumari 3) INS Cochin
4) INS Kolkata 5) None of these
89. Which of the following state govts has accorded the Cabinet Minister status to Baba Ramdev recently? He is also the
state’s brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda.
1) Punjab 2) Haryana 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Uttarakhand 5) Delhi
90. The Union govt on 13 Apr notified the National Judicial Appointments Commission law. The notification brings into
immediate effect the NJAC Act, 2014, and the ________ Constitution Amendment Act.
1) 91st 2) 93rd 3) 95th 4) 99th 5) 100th
91. The govt has clarified that foreign funds investing through countries with which India has a tax treaty will be exempt
from payment of MAT. The term MAT stands for
1) Minimum Advance Tax 2) Minimum Alternate Tax 3) Minimum Aggregate Tax
4) Minimum Avoidable Tax 5) None of these
92. ________ is an instrument issued by registered foreign FIIs to overseas investors, who wish to invest in the Indian
stock markets without registering themselves with the market regulator Sebi.
1) Participatory Note 2) Commercial Paper 3) Treasury Bill 4) All the above 5) Only 2) and 3)
93. Pakistan and China signed a total of ________ agreements after Xi Jinping held talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
during his maiden visit to Pakistan recently.
1) 11 2) 51 3) 21 4) 31 5) None of these
94. Who among the following scored most runs (547) in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?
1) Martin Guptill 2) Brendan Taylor 3) AB de Villiers 4) Kumar Sangakkara 5) None of these
95. Who among the following took most wickets (22) in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?
1) Mohammed Shami 2) Morne Morkel 3) Umesh Yadav 4) Mitchell Starc 5) None of these
96. Every year, which of the following days is celebrated as the national Panchayat Raj Day in India?
1) 20 Apr 2) 21 Apr 3) 24 Apr 4) 26 Apr 5) 30 Apr
97. The Nasdaq Composite index on 23 Apr closed at an all-time high since 2000 at 5,056.06. It is the market index most
closely associated with technology stocks and is based in
1) US 2) China 3) Japan 4) France 5) Germany
98. Hindi writer Bhisham Sahni, along with 11 cultural icons, will be commemorated by the central govt in 2015 and 2016 as
per news published in newspapers. Which of the following is his landmark work on partition?
1) Tamas 2) Ajatshatru 3) Kankal 4) Rashmirathi 5) Agnirekha
99. The Indian-American Vivek Murthy was sworn in as the Surgeon-General in which of the following countries on 22 Apr?
He is the youngest (37) ever in-charge of the countries public health.
1) UK 2) Spain 3) Canada 4) South Korea 5) US
100. The Bandung Conference, the large-scale Asian–African conference, was held in which of the following countries
recently?
1) Malaysia 2) Indonesia 3) China 4) South Africa 5) Brazil
101. The RBI has overhauled the priority sector lending targets and now banks have to lend what per cent of their credit to
small and marginal farmers, defined as farmers having less than two hectares of land?
1) 8 per cent 2) 7.5 per cent 3) 10 per cent 4) 12 per cent 5) 9 per cent
102. Which of the following countries has been ranked on top in the 2015 World Happiness Report? It is the third annual
report that seeks to quantify and explain happiness in 158 countries.
1) Canada 2) Norway 3) Denmark 4) India 5) Switzerland
103. Armenia marked the centenary of the Ottoman massacre of up to 1.5 million people on 24 Apr. The capital city of Armenia
is
1) Yerevan 2) Zagreb 3) Tbilisi 4) Baku 5) None of these
104. 25 Apr is commemorated every year as
1) World Malaria Day 2) World AIDS Day 3) World Tuberculosis Day
4) World Typhoid Day 5) World Diarrhea Day
105. In an overhaul of the priority sector lending targets, the RBI has said that foreign banks with less than 20 branches will
have to lend ________ of their net credit to the priority sector. They have to do so by the end of fiscal year 2020.
1) 20 per cent 2) 31 per cent 3) 40 per cent 4) 42 per cent 5) 45 per cent
106. Calbuco volcano erupts in which of the following countries recently for the first time in more than 42 years?
1) Australia 2) Cameroon 3) Chile 4) Argentina 5) Spain
107. India on 9 Apr delivered three Cheetal helicopters to which of the following countries? These are unarmed choppers and
have a utility role.
1) Sri Lanka 2) Nepal 3) Bangladesh 4) Afghanistan 5) Myanmar
108. After a long gap (36 years), a private member’s Bill was on 24 Apr passed by the Rajya Sabha. This private bill moved by
Tiruchi Siva (DMK) seeks to protect the rights of
1) tribals on the land 2) transgenders 3) juvenile offenders
4) mentally retard people 5) None of these
109. Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on
1) 12 Apr 2) 22 Apr 3) 23 Apr 4) 25 Apr 5) 26 Apr
110. The govt has allowed retirement fund body EPFO to invest what per cent of its corpus in exchange traded funds
recently?
1) 2 per cent 2) 3 per cent 3) 5 per cent 4) 8 per cent 5) 10 per cent


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