Expected Questions - June, 2015

EQ June 2015 PDF

- Emami

Finance
1. Kotak Mahindra Bank recently signed a MoU
for cross border business with which bank?

8. Which Financial Institute announced to set

up global commodity exchange at GIFT IFSC?
- Reliance Capital

- ING Bank

2. Recently, Union Government Set Up Panel to

Suggest Changes to Companies Act. Who is
chairing the panel?
- Corporate Affairs Secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal

3. Corporate Affairs Secretary Anjuly Chib

Duggal was recently appointed as the chairman
of a committee constituted by Union
Government to ________.

9. LIC recently announced to enter the

Bangladesh Insurance Market with the JV called
LIC Bangladesh Ltd with a paid up capital of
________.
- 1 Billion Taka

10. What is the present Repo Rate after RBI's

2nd Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy?
- 7.25 per cent

- Suggest Changes to Companies Act

4. The newly hiked Service Tax which became

operational from 1st June, subsumes which
tax?
- Educational Cess(2 percent on the service tax
amount)

5. As per SBI's Her Ghar Her Car scheme, what is

the Interest Rate per annum?
- 10%

6. UBER Cab Service recenently appointed

whom as the President of its India Operations?

11. RBI recently estimated Current Account

Deficit at ____ for FY2016.
- 1.5%

12. In the second bi-monthly monetary policy

what was the GDP Growth Forecast by RBI for
FY2016?
- 7.6%

13. As per the data compiled by Prime

Database, which state Topped Mutual Fund
Chart With Highest Equity Assets?
- Maharashtra

- Amit Jain

7. Kesh King was recently acquired by which

company?

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14. Name the famous motocycle manufacturer

recently partnered with Myntra to sell its
merchendise in India?

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- Harley Davidson

21. During the visit of PM Narendra Modi, India

extended a New Line of Credit (LoC) of ______
to Bangladesh.

15. India recently signed MoU on cooperation in

the field of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises with which country?
- Sweeden

- $2 billion

22. Which country emerged as the top slot as

source of FDI in India during FY2014-15?

16. World Bank recently exteneded _____ loan

for Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development
Project.
- $400 Million

17. Securities and Exchange Board of India

(SEBI) recently signed a MoU on Bilateral
Cooperation with the Finance Ministry of which
country?
- Belarus

- Mauritius

23. As per the MoU signed between India and

Bangladesh, Bangladesh will offer two SEZs to
Indian Companies. One Mongla, Name the
Other.
- Bheramara

24. Rana Kapoor was reappointed as MD and

CEO of which Bank?
- Yes Bank

18. Name the newly appointed executive

director of RBI.
- Meena Hemchandra

19. Name the newly appointed Non-Executive

Chairman of the Board in Infosys who replaced
KV Kamath.
- R. Seshasayee

25. Apart from Reliance Power, which is the

other company announced to invest in Power
Plant in Bangladesh?
- Adani

26. SBI Life launches tablet service "Connect

Life" to __________.
- digitise documentation process.

20. Which Financial Organisation recently tied

up with FINO PayTech for Rural ATM Solutions?
- Tata Communications Payment Solutions

27. Which Bank recently appointed MK Sharma

as non-executive Chairman?
- ICICI Bank

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28. Executive Direct B.P. Sharma was given

additional charge of MD & CEO of which bank?

35. The government recently launched Nuclear

Insurance Pool of __________.

- Bank of India

- Rs 1500 Cr

29. The RBI launched Strategic

Restructuring
(SDR)
Scheme
___________________.

Debt
will

36. RBI recently issued the final guidelines of

Interest Rate Futures. Define Interest Rate
Future.

- allow banks and non-banking lending

institutions to convert their loans into equity
stake.

- An interest rate future is a contract between

the buyer and seller agreeing to the future
delivery of any interest-bearing asset. The
interest rate future allows the buyer and seller to
lock in the price of the interest-bearing asset for
a future date.

30. Which Multiplex chain announced to

acquire DLF's DT Cinemas for 500 crore rupees?
- PVR Ltd

31. Who was recently appointed as New

Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises?

37. What was India's Rank in Global Wealth

2015: Winning the Growth Game report's ultrahigh-net worth (UHNW) households?
- 4th

- Ameising Luikham

32. The app PayZapp was recently launched by

which bank?
- HDFC Bank

38. Based on the recommendations of Foreign

Investment
Promotion
Board
(FIPB).
Government has approved 16 proposals of
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to
_______.
- Rs 6,751 Cr

33. RBI recently allowed ______ to invest in Chit

Funds.
39. India recently emerged as the third largest
FDI Source in 2014 of __________.

- NRIs

34. RBI recently extended the External

Commercial Borrowings window for affordable
housing projects and airlines up to _______.
- March, 2016

- United Kingdom

40. Which bank recently launched 10-second

personal loan disbursement scheme?
- HDFC Bank

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41. Which Indian telecom company signed a

Four-Year Deal With Nokia for 3G Services?

- promote Brand India in Sweden and Brand

Sweden in India

- Airtel

42. Which Indian E-Commerce company Ranked

Second In Top 40 Global Bookstore Mind Share'
(BMS Index)?
- Flipkart

49. As per the Draft Guidelines of Sovereign

Gold Bond Scheme, The sell would be restricted
to resident Indian entities and each entity
cannot buy more than _______ per person per
year.
- 500 Grams

43. What was the rank of India's in e Global

Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard 2015?
- 29th

44. Which financial organisation appointed

former CAG Vinod Rai as independent director?
- Infrastructure Development Finance Company
Ltd (IDFC)

45. Infrastructure Development Finance

Company Ltd (IDFC) recently appointed
___________ as independent director.
- Vinod Rai

46. Which Public Sector Bank recently launched

an Online Forex platform?

50. As per the Draft Guidelines of Sovereign

Gold Bond Scheme, the bonds will be issued in
denominations. The minimum denomination
will be ____.
- 2 Grams

51. Sovereign Gold Bonds will be issued on

behalf of the Government of India by which
financial authority?
- Reserve Bank of India

52. Ministry of Finance constituted a Task Force

on Financial Redress Agency (FRA). Who will be
heading this task force?
- Dhirendra Swarup

53. As per the recent data, what is India's rank

in terms of foreigners money in Swiss banks?

- State Bank of India

47. With which country did India launch India

Unlimited entrepreneurship platform?

- 61

- Sweden

54. As per recent announcement, US company

BrightSKY to invest Rs 500 crore in which Indian
state?

48. India and Sweden recently launched India

Unlimited platform to ________.

- Chhattisgarh

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55. With which country did EXIM Bank recently

signed a Loan Agreement on LoC for extension
of Lake Victoria pipeline project?
- Tanzania

56. In the Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs

survey what was the rank of Connaught Place
(CP) Central Business District (CBD) in New
Delhi?

61. The newly launched overnight Mumbai

Inter-Bank Offer Rate (MIBOR) will be
administered by ______.
- The Board of Financial Benchmarks India
Private Limited (FBIL)

62. FBIL overnight Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer

Rate (MIBOR) to become effective from
__________.
- 22 July

- 5th Costliest

57. Overnight Liquid Transaction facility on

NSEs MFSS Web based platform began
functioning recently. What does MFSS stands
for?

63. Which e-commerce company tied up with

Akshay Kumar's Best Deal TV to expand
foothold in fashion and apparels segment in
India?
- Amazon

- Mutual Fund Service System

58. With which international company did

Bharti Enterprises Limited and Foxconn form a
JV named SBG Cleantech Ltd?
- SoftBank Corp.

64. Anshula Kant was recently appointed by

State Bank of India as ________.
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

65. Who was appointed as the MD and CEO of

SBI Capital Markets?

59. India recently named as partner country of

Industrial Trade Fair INNOPROM 2016 of which
Country?

- Praveen Gupta

66. Union Government recently approved

renaming Solar Energy Corporation of India
(SECI). What will be the new name of SECI?

- Russia

60. GMR Airport Developers Limited (GADL)

recently signed a MoU with which company on
Aviation Consultancy Services?
- Oman Airport Management Company (OAMC)

- Renewable Energy Corporation of India

67. The Union Cabinet recently approved

signing of MoC between India and which
country on Industrial Property?
- Japan

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68. In the UNCTAD released World Investment

Report 2015, what was India's Rank?

75. Which Bank topped the list with highest bad

loans among PSU lenders?
- United Bank of India

- 9th

69. RBI allowed AD Category-I Banks to borrow

from International Financial Institutions. What
does AD stands for?

76. What was the rank of Indian Army in the

recent study by World Economic Forum on
World's biggest employers?
- 9th

- Authorised Dealer

70. Export-Import (Exim) Bank has extended a

line of credit of USD 268.35 million to
__________.

77. What was the rank of Indian Railways in the

recent study by World Economic Forum on
World's biggest employers?
- 8th

- Tanzania

71. Which company appointed Paolo Colella as

India chief?

78. Union Government hiked national floorlevel minimum wage to ________.

- 160 Rupees per day

- Ericsson

72. What was rank of India in Baseline

Profitability Index (BSI) 2015?

79. State Bank of India recently partnered with

which travel company for Online Business
Opportunities?
- MakeMyTrip

- 1st

73. Who was appointed as non-executive

director to the board the Brics New
Development Bank (NDB)?

80. Which Indian telecom company emerged as

the world's third largest mobile operator?
- Bharti Airtel

- Tito Mboweni

74. With which Bank did MUDRA Bank recently

sign an agreement to finance new
entrepreneurs and small businesses?
- Bank of Maharashtra

7/6/2015

81. HDFC recently launched a fast disbursing

personal loan scheme. Under the scheme the
customer will be able to get the loan within
______.
- 10 Seconds

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8. Whom did Bangladesh recently confer

"Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award?

India

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1. Name the newly Appointed Indian Air Force
Vice Chief.
Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa

9. Who was conferred with World No Tobacco

Day Award 2015?
Uttarakhands Health Minister SS Negi

2. Who was recently appointed as Chancellor of

Nalanda University?
George Yeo

3. George Yeo, was recently appointed as the

Chancellor of Nalanda University is a former
minister of which country?
Singapore

Cambridge University

12. India recently signed an Agreement with

__________ on developing coastal roads and
metro lines in India.

Sweeden

5. Who was recently appointed as Director of

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre?
K Sivan

Netherlands

13. The Jal Kranti campaign was recently

launched in which state?

6. Who was recently appointed as Assistant

Chief of Naval Staff?
Rear Admiral Philipose G Pynumootil

7. Who was recently appointed as the Director

of Satish Dhawan Space Centre?

7/6/2015

PM Narendra Modi

11. With which University did India recently

sign a Biotechnology Fellowship Pact?

4. With which country did India recently Sign a

Letter of Intent on Collaboration in Polar and
Ocean Research?

P. Kunhikrishnan

10. Recently, Union Government formed a

Committee to oversee 125th Bhim Jayanti
celebrations. Who is the chairman of this
committee?

Rajasthan

14. Delhi Metro received its First DriverLess

Train from which country?
South Korea

15. Who was recently appointed as PM's special

envoy on counterterror?

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Asif Ibrahim, Former IB Chief

16. During the visit of PM Narendra Modi to

Bangladesh, India and Bangladesh launched
two bus services. One of the bus services is
KolkataDhakaAgartala and other is
_________.
DhakaShillongGuwahati

23. Who was recently appointed as the

Secretary to Dept. of Administrative reforms?
Devendra Chaudhary

24. Under who's chairmanship did the high level

committee on railway restructuring submitted
report to Union Ministry of Railways?
Bibek Debroy

17. Who was recently appointed as National

Security Guard DG?
25. As per the report of Bibek Debroy
Committee on Railway Restructuring what
is/are the immediate recommendation?

R C Tayal

18. Dasaradhi Rangacharyulu who recently

passed away was an eminent ____.
Poet

19. Recently Muzaffarnagar of UP, Haryana's

two districts were included in National Capital
Region. One is Karnal, the other is _____.
Jind

20. Indian Army carried out crossborder

operation against militants in which country?

a) 1. Private entry in both passenger and

freight operations.
b) 2. Setting up an independent regulator
c) 3. Separate policy making by the board
from
implementation
and
rationalization of railway zones.

26. The veteran politician Sheila Kaul, who

recently passed away was Governor of Which
Indian State?
Himachal Pradesh

27. India with Australia and which other

country held the first ever trilateral dialogue?

Myanmar

21. Who was recently appointed as Director of

CSIRIICT?

Japan

28. Who was recently conferred with 2015 Sant

Namdev National Award?

Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar

22. India recently announced to hold First Joint

Naval Exercise with which country?

Parkash Singh Badal

Australia

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29. Who was appointed as Keralas Ayurveda

brand ambassador?
- Steffi Graf

30. Which state government recently banned

sale of thermocol plates?
- Jharkhand

36. What is the population criteria for Atal

Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT)?
- Population of One Lakh and Above

37. What is the outlay of Smart Cities Mission?

- 48000 Crore Rupees

31. China recently opened Nathu La as 2nd

route for Kailash pilgrims. Nathu La pass
connects China's Tibet Autonomous Region and
which India state?

38. In the Smart Cities Mission, How many

smart cities will be developed?
- 100

- Sikkim

32. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited recently

delivered ________________ of Chandrayan-2
to ISRO.
- Orbiter Craft Module Structure

33. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited delivered

Orbiter Craft Module Structure of which
spacecraft of ISRO?

39. How many IIMs was approved by the Union

Cabinet recently?
-6
The new IIMs will be located at Visakhapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Sirmaur
(Himachal Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra),
Sambalpur (Odisha) and Amritsar (Punjab).

40. Who was recently conferred with Orden de

la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz
Caballero?

- Chandrayan-2

34. What is the outlay of Atal Mission for

Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT)?
- 50000 crore rupees

35. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban

Transformation (AMRUT) was launched to
develop infrastructure of how many Cities and
Towns of India?

- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

41. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was conferred with

Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el
grado de cruz Caballero. It is the highest civilian
award of which country?
- Columbia

- 500

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42. Praful Bidwai recently passed away. He was

noted for his works in the field of __________.
- Journalism

- Rajasthan

50. Which state declared June 22 as Snake Bird

Day?

43. 1st One-Stop Crisis Centre under Nirbhaya

Fund will be launched in which state?
- Chhattisgarh

44. India's first air-conditioned DEMU train was

launched in _______.

-Kerala

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51. Kerala declared ______ as Snake Bird Day.
45. Kerala Government's highest honour for
music, Swathi Puraskar was recently conferred
to _________.

- June 22

52. Which state declared Blue Mormon as state

butterfly?

- Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

- Maharashtra
46. Who was selected for Sangita Kalanidhi
Award of the Music Academy?
53. What was India's rank in Global Peace Index
(GPI) 2015?

- S Subrahmanyan

- 143
47. Sanjay Deshmukh appointed
Chancellor of which university?

Vice54. Name the former head of Missionaries of

Charity who recently passed away.

- Mumbai University

- Sister Nirmala Joshi

48. Bongaigaon Power Plant is located in which
state?
55. Hemis festival is celebrated in which Indian
state?

- Assam

- Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh)

49. Which state topped the list of States
commissioning grid connected Solar Power
projects?

7/6/2015

56. Who was conferred with The 28th

Moortidevi Award for 2014?

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- Vishwanath Tripathi

57. Vishwanath Tripathi was conferred with The

28th Moortidevi Award for 2014 for _________.

64. What was the theme of National Statistics

Day 2015?
- Social Development

- Vyomkesh Darvesh

58. The Government approved a proposal for

setting up a second international airport in NCR
at ________.

65. ISRO recently announced that their GAGAN

system will provide navigational support to
Indian Railways. Expand GAGAN.
- GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation

- Jewar

59. With which country did India sign MoU on

cancer research, control, prevention and
management?
- United States of America

66. Union Government recently revised the

target under National Solar Mission to _______.
- 1 Lakh MW

67. Name the first 100% blind officer in Indian

Foreign Services.

60. With the launch of the first phase of Chennai

Metro Rail Service, Chennai became the ____
city to have Metro Railways.

- Beno Zephine

68. Government recently revised the National

Solar Mission target to 1 Lakh MW. It is
expected to be achieve by ____.

- 6th

61. Along with Chennai Metro Railway, which

city recently launched Metro Railway?
- Jaipur

- 2022

69. Beno Zephine became first 100% blind

officer in ________.

62. Union Railway Ministry recently

inaugurated Integrated Security System in
which city?

- Indian Foreign Services

70. Who was recently appointed as the Director

of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)?

- Mumbai

- Archana Ramasundaram
63. National Statistics Day is observed on which
date?
- 29 June

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71. Name the Indian architect passed away

recently who was Dubbed Indias Greatest
Architect by the Royal Institute of British
Architects.

77. Who was conferred with 10th Navlekhan

Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith?
- Babusha Kohli, Upasana

- Charles Correa

72. As per Housing For All by 2022 Scheme,

Government will provide interest subsidy of
____ on housing loans provided to EWS/LIG
categories.
- 6.5%

73. What amount will be granted per house by

the Government under the slum rehabilitation
programme of Housing for All by 2022?
- One Lakh Rupees

74. Who was recently given additional charge as

Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards?

78. Name the Government launched weather

alert service.
- NOWCAST

79. With which country did India recently sign a

MoU on establishing a collaborative program in
official statistics?
- Tanzania

80. As per IAMAI's Social Media in India 2014

report, How many social media users as on
April, 2015 are there in India?
- 143 Million

- G Gurucharan

75. Name the newly appointed executive

director of Amnesty International India.

81. As per IAMAI's recent data, Usage of social

media in rural India has grown by ______.
- 100 %

- Aakar Patel

76. How many phases does Housing For All by

2022 have?

- Google +

- 3 Phases
a) Phase-I (April 2015 March 2017) to
cover 100 Cities to be selected from
States/UTs as per their willingness;
b) Phase II (April 2017 March 2019) to
cover additional 200 Cities and
c) Phase-III (April 2019 March 2022) to
cover all other remaining Cities.

7/6/2015

82. As per IAMAI's Social Media in India 2014

report which social media site is the 2nd most
popular in India?

83. As per IAMAI's Social Media in India 2014

report, which Social Media website is the most
popular in India?
- Facebook

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84. Who recently was selected for Fukuoka

Prize in the Academic category?

91. Which express train

rechristened as Yoga Express?

was

recently

- Ramachandra Guha

- Haridwar Mail

85. Ramachandra Guha was selected for the

prestigious Fukuoka Prize in the Academic
category. The Fukuoka Prize is given by which
country?

92. Which Indian mobile handset maker

recently announced to set up its first mobile
phone manufacturing facility in Hyderabad?
- Karbonn

- Japan

86. The Union Government launched the

country's first modernised anganwadi centre in
which state?
- Haryana

World, Sports, Days and other

International Affairs
1. Which country appointed Ameenah GuribFakim As Its First Woman President?

87. The Union Government launched the

country's first modernised anganwadi centre at
_________.

Mauritius

2. Name the three former Indian Cricket who

was recently inducted in BCCIs Cricket Advisory
Committee.

- Hasanpur village, Sonepat, Haryana

88. The newly renamed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

Prani Udyan was previously known as
__________.

Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman

3. Who was recently appointed as the Asian

Athletics Association Vice-President?

- Lucknow Zoo
89. Name the Government
Augmented Reality Application.

launched

Lalit Bhanot

- Sakaar
4. Who was recently conferred with Asian
Athletics Association's President Award?
90. Government recently launched Augmented
Reality Application named Sakaar. For which
purpose it was launched?
- to highlight the achievements of the
Department of Space.

Suresh Kalmadi

5. Suresh Kalmadi was recently conferred with

President Award by which organisation?
Asian Athletics Association

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6. Irwin Rose who recently passed away won

Nobel Prize in which field?

13. Rahul Dravid was recently appointed as the

Coach of India U19 and ______.
India A

Chemistry

7. Name the Indian entrepreneur who was

conferred the prestigious USD 1 million 'Isa
Award for Service to Humanity' by Bahrain's
King.

14. Who won 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for

Fiction?
Ali Smith

15. "How to be Both" is written by which

author?

Prof Achyuta Samanta

Ali Smith
8. Machettira Raju Poovamma is associated
with which sports?
16. Which football club won the 2014-15 UEFA
Champions League?

Athletics/Track and field

Barcelona
9. World Environment Day is observed on which
date?
17. Who won Men's single title of French Open
2015?

5th June

Stanislas Wawrinka
10. What was the theme of World Environment
Day 2015?
Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume
with Care.

18. Who won Women's single title of French

Open 2015?
Serena Williams

11. All India Football Federation (AIFF) recently

signed an agreement with which Football
Organisation?

19. Space Pioneer Award was presented to ISRO

for Mars mission by which organisation?

French Football Federation

U.S. National Space Society

12. Rahul Dravid was recently appointed as the

Coach of India A and ______.

20. Who won the Men's Single Title of

Indonesia Open Badminton Tournament 2015?

India U19

Kento Momota

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21. Who won the Women's Single Title of

Indonesia Open Badminton Tournament?
Ratchanok Intanon

Matt Prior

29. Who topped the Forbes 2015 World's 100

Highest-Paid Athletes list?

22. World Ocean Day observed on which date?

Flyod Mayweather

8th June

23. Anantjeet Singh Naruka is associated with

which sports?

MS Dhoni

Shooting

24. Who won skeet gold at 7th International

junior shotgun cup?

31. What was the rank of MS Dhoni's in Forbes

2015 World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes list?
23rd

Anantjeet Singh Naruka

25. Flood of fire is written by ________.

Amitav Ghosh

32. World Day Against Child Labour observed

on which date?
12 June

26. Due to hyper-inflation in Zimababwe, the

currency exchange rate stood at 1 USD is equals
to _______.
35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars

27. Wicketkeeper Matt Prior retired from all

forms of cricket. Which country did he belong?
England

28. Name the recently retired English

Wicketkeeper who was the first English
wicketkeeper to score a century on debut
match.

7/6/2015

30. Name the Indian athelete who solely

featured in the Forbes 2015 World's 100
Highest-Paid Athletes list from India.

33. Name the Indian-origin who was recently

conferred with Pride of Community Award by
Hindu American Foundation.
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

34. Indian Origin Scientist Manu Prakash was

recently in new because _________.
He developed World's first Water-Based
Computer

35. Name the actor passed away recently

famous for his role as Dracula.
Christopher Lee

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- Henry M. Paulson
36. Name the cricketer who was recently
inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of fame.
Sir Wesley Winfield

37. 41st G7 summit was held in which place?

44. As per World Economic Forum study, which

organisation emerged as the World's biggest
employer?
- The US Department of Defense

Krn, Bavaria, Germany

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38. World Blood Donors Day observed on which
date?

- Exam Pundit

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45. Which country did recently legalize SameSex Marriage Nationwide?
39. Name the Caribbean Premier League T20
Team which Shah Rukh Khan recently acquired.

- The USA

Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel

46. Name the cricket association recently
suspended by ICC.
40. Which Indian personality recently acquired
Caribbean Premier League team Trinidad and
Tobago Red Steel?
Shah Rukh Khan

- USA Cricket Association

47. Who was recently named as greatest Test

player of 21st century in an online poll
conducted by Cricket Australia?

41. Who won the Women's Singles title in

Canada Open Badminton tournament 2015?

- Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

- Michelle Li

42. Who won the Women's Doubles Title

Canada Open Badminton tournament 2015?

48. Sachin Tendulkar was ranked 1 in a poll by

Cricket Australia for greatest Test player of 21st
century. Who was ranked 2nd?
- Kumar Sangakkara

- Jwala Gutta and Ashwni Ponappa

43. Book titled Dealing with China: An Insider

Unmasks the New Economic Superpower is
authored by _________.

7/6/2015

49. Who was recently named as President of

ICC?
- Zaheer Abbas

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50. Name the the first Indian to be picked for

NBA.

57. Which country topped the list as the most

peaceful country in Global Peace Index 2015?
- Iceland

- Satnam Singh

51. Satnam Singh became the first Indian to be

picked for NBA. What does NBA stands for?

58. Name the least peaceful country as per

Global Peace Index 2015.
- Syria

- National Basketball Association

52. Santnam Singh became the first Indian to be

selected in NBA. Who was the first player of
Indian origin to play in the NBA?
- Gursimran Sim Bhullar

53. Name the tennis player who became 47th

player to join 100 partners club on ATP Circuit.

59. Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait

is authored by ________.
- Dr Anna Suvorova

60. The book titled Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on

Gandhi's Assassination is written by
__________.
- Teesta Setalvad

- Leander Paes
61. Who won the Gerry Weber Open tennis title
for eighth time?
54. Name the Indian-American scientist who led
a team World's first flexible and skin-like
display to develop recently.
- Debashis Chanda

62. Who won the Men's Single title of Aegon

Tennis Championships at the Queens Club?

55. International Day Against Drug Abuse and

Illicit Trafficking is observed on ________.
- 26 June

- Andy Murray

63. Which Indian athelete won Gold in Shot Put

at Asian Athletics Grand Prix?

56. Yevgeny Primakov who recently passed

away was a former Prime Minister of
__________.
- Russia

- Roger Federer

- Inderjit Singh

64. Who won the gold in 800 meter event at

Asian Athletics Grand Prix?
- Jinson Johnson (India)

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65. Indian Railway Team won World Railway

Championship 2015 in Tennis and _______.

72. World Refugee

___________.

Day

observed

on

- 20th June

- Volleyball

66. "Red Tape to Red Carpet... and then some"

is authored by ________.

73. Which country recently launched worlds

first electric passenger aircraft BX1E?
- China

- Gina Rinehart

67. Name the two-time Oscar-winning

composer of Titanic who recently passed away.

74. Who was recently appointed as SoftBank

president?
- Nikesh Arora

- James Horner
75. Who won the 2015 Under-20 World Cup?
68. Book titled
Recasting India: How
Entrepreneurship is changing the world's
Largest Democracy is written by _______.

- Serbia

76. Serbia won the 2015 Under-20 World Cup by

defeating which country?

- Hindol Sengupta

- Brazil
69. Who was recently elected as The United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President?
77. 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was hosted by
which country?

- Mogens Lykketoft

- New Zealand
70. Who on the team championship title in
Junior Boys of South Asian Junior and Cadet
Table Tennis Championships?
- India

78. Suleyman Demirel, who passed away

recently was a former president of _______.
- Turkey

71. Who on the team championship title in Cade

Girls of South Asian Junior and Cadet Table
Tennis Championships?

79. Name the former Turkey president who

recently passed away.

- India

- Suleyman Demirel

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80. World Hydrography Day is celebrated on

_______.

88. With which country did China Sign Pact to

Build Under-River Tunnel?

- 21 June

- Bangladesh

81. International Yoga Day is celebrated on

_________.

89. Name the newly nominated first female

judge to Supreme Court of Afghanisthan.

- 21 June

- Anisa Rasouli

82. Third Sunday of June is celebrated as

_______.

90. Anisa Rasouli nominated as the first female

judge to the Supreme Court of ________.

- Father's Day

- Afghanisthan

83. World Music Day or Make Music Day is

observed on _______.

91. The first ever Day-Night Test will be played

between __________.

- 21 June

- Australia and New Zealand

84. Shashi Bala recently passed away, She was

captain of ________.

92. The first ever Day-Night Test will be played

between Australia and New Zealand at
_________.

- Indian Women's Hockey Team

- Adelaide Oval
85. Aditya Mehta is associated with which
sport?
- Snooker

93. Which color of Kookaburra ball will be used

for the first ever Day-Night Test Match?
- Pink

86. Who won the Bronze in Snooker World Cup?

94. Australia and New Zealand will play the first
ever day-night Test in November this year. The
match will be a part of _______.

- India

87. Who won the Snooker World Cup 2015?

- Chappell Hadlee Trophy

- China B
95. Which Date recently had a Leap Second
added?
- June 30

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96. How many countries did sign the Articles of

Agreement
for
China-initiated
Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank?

103. Recently Harbhajan singh entered the list

of top 10 all time highest wicket takers in Test
Cricket. Where does he rank?
- 9th

- 50

97. Which rocket recently broke apart in flames

minutes after lifting off from Cape Canaveral?

104. Education of Muslims is written by

_________.
- Professor JS Rajput

- SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket

98. Who was recently named as captain of

India's Cricket Team for the Zimbabwe Tour?

105. Modi Incredible emergence of a star is

written by _________.
- Tarun Vijay

- Ajinkya Rahane

99. Name the Indian boxer who recently turned

professional from amateur.
- Vijender Singh

106. Recently a book titled Modi Incredible

emergence of a star was gifted to Vice President
Md. Hamid Ansari. The book is written in which
language?
- Chinese

100. Who won the Men's Singles title in Canada

Open Badminton tournament 2015?
- Lee Chong Wei

107. AIBA constituted an Ad-hoc committee for

Boxing in India under the chairmanship of
_________.
- Kishan Narsi

101. Name the first Indian footballer to score 50

International Goals.
- Sunil Chhetri

102. Sunil Chhetri recently became the first

Indian Footballer to score _____ international
goals.

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