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Army Day 15 Jan

National Deworming Day 10 Feb
The new Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd M Ravindran
Maharashtra former deputy CM and NCP leader who died recently RR Patil
The Indian Railways position in the world as a network operated under a single management Second
The present governor of the Peoples Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan
The fierce critic of emergency and veteran cartoonist who died recently Rajinder Puri
Matrubhasha Divas 21 Feb
The person conferred Uttar Pradeshs highest civilian award Yash Bharti recently Vinod Mehta
The Indian golfer who won the European Tour title in Malaysia on 15 Feb Anirban Lahiri
The first company to reach a market value of $700 billion recently Apple
The new authorised capital of the NMDFC `3,000 cr
The country with which India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement on 16 Feb Sri Lanka
The country to which India on 16 Feb handed over the historic Dakota aircraft Bangladesh
The chairman of the SIT to probe 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases Pramod Asthana
The India drug makers who has been awarded `1170-cr contract to supply HIV drugs by Global Fund Cipla
The winner of the prestigious Mahindra Samridhi India Agri Award 2015 CCSHAU
The new MD and CEO of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) V Balasubramaniam
The team India defeated by 76 runs in its 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup opener Pakistan
The person felicitated with the prestigious Pt Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award-2014 Prabha Atre
The present PM of Singapore who was diagnosed with prostate cancer recently Lee Hsien Loong
The country where China launched its largest overseas embassy on 13 Feb Pakistan
The winner of the World Tennis Tournament 2015 Stanislas Wawrinka
Indias ranking in the World Press Freedom Index 2015 136
The state where Indias largest solar park of 10,000 MW is set to be built by Adani Group Rajasthan
The present President of Myanmar Thein Sein
The inaugural match of the 2015 ICC World Cup was played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand
The city where the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors summit was held on 9-10 Feb Istanbul, Turkey
The city which will host the 10th World Hindi Conference in Sep 2015 Bhopal
Re 1 note bears the signature of Finance Secretary
The team that has topped the medal tally of the 35th National Games Services Sports Control Board
The place where the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have reached a ceasefire deal Minsk, Belarus
World Radio Day 13 Feb
The head of the External Advisory Committee (EAC) which will evaluate the applications received for setting up of small
banks Usha Thorat
The head of the EAC which will evaluate the applications received for setting up of payments banks Nachiket Mor
The biggest consumer of gold in 2014 as per World Gold Council (WGC) India
The Indian economist who has been awarded the inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize Amartya Sen
The Jnanpith awardee for the year 2014 Bhalachandra Nemade
The bank which has introduced the digital wallet app Pockets ICICI Bank
The amount the Central Govt will soon infuse in nine PSBs `6,990 cr
The city where the Aero India-2015 show was held 18-22 Feb Bengaluru
The committee set up by the RBI associated with microfinance institutions Malegam Committee
The bloc which has lifted the ban on import of mangoes from India recently European Union
The sport which is governed by FINA internationally Swimming
The Japanese freelance journalist beheaded by ISIS militants recently Kenji Goto
The headquarters of the 54-nation African Union Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The pass through which the new route for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra passes Nathu-La Pass
The biggest producer of crude oil in the OPEC Saudi Arabia
The Nagaland CM who won the trust vote recently TR Zeliang

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The committee that has submitted its recommendations on CPSEs Roongta committee
The political scientist who passed away recently Rajni Kothari
Indias ranking in the 2014 edition of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 78th
The automobiles manufacturers which topped the global vehicle sales in 2014 Toyota
National Voters Day 25 Jan
The newly elected president of Italy Sergio Mattarella
World Cancer Day 4 Feb
The President of Yemen who resigned recently Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi
The country which will partner with India in developing Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam as smart cities US
The new President of Zambia Edgar Lungu
The currency of Greece Euro
The highest peacetime gallantry award in India Ashok Chakra
The new Home Secretary of India LC Goyal
The specialised unit of the CRPF created to counter the Naxalite problem CoBRA
The winner of the mens singles title of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton 2015 Parupalli Kashyap
The worlds oldest monarch at present Queen Elizabeth II
The bank with which the SBI has signed a loan pact for 100 million euro (about `700 cr) European Investment Bank (EIB)
The new chairman of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) T Suvarna Raju
The new chairman of the 54-nation African Union Robert Mugabe
The new Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) with effect from Feb 7 21.50 per cent
The new Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Krishna Chaudhary
Indias inter-continental ballistic missile tested recently Agni-V
The winner of the womens singles title of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015 Saina Nehwal
The new special Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Durga Prasad
The river on which the 315-metre-high Pancheshwar multi-purpose project of Nepal will come up Mahakali
The state where the 35th National Games were held recently Kerala
The winner of the mixed doubles titled of the 2015 Australian Open Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
The squash player who set a new record for topping the world rankings for the 106th month recently Nicol David
The Martyrs Day 30 Jan
The team which won the 2015 World Mens Handball Championship on 1 Feb France
The goodwill ambassador of the 35th National Games Sachin Tendulkar
The country which topped the Credit Suisse Emerging Consumer Scorecard 2015 India
The founder of the Gorkha National Liberation Front who died recently Subhash Ghising
The winner of the first position in the tableau category on the eve of the 66th Republic Day Maharashtra
The winner of the womens singles title of the Australian Open 2015 Serena Williams
The non-performing assets (NPAs) of the nationalised banks in 2013-14 `2.16 lakh cr
The winner of the mens singles title of the Australian Open Novak Djokovic
The chairman of the committee set up by the RBI on urban cooperative banks R Gandhi
The new base year for calculating national accounts 2011-12
The new Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) Shekhar Sen

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The PSU in which the govt on 30 Jan successfully offloaded 10 per cent stake and raised `22,400 cr Coal India
The revised GDP growth estimate for 2013-14 6.9 per cent
Anti-Leprosy Day 30 Jan
Lala Lajpat Rai was associated with the foundation of this bank in 1895 Punjab National Bank
The article of the Indian Constitution that says that there shall be a Governor for each state Article 153
The host of the World Twenty20 championships in 2016 India
The day Maharashtra govt has announced to observe as Industries Day 17 Sep
The Sri Lankan CJI who has been reinstated by the new govt Shirani Bandaranayake
The company which has reported the biggest quarterly profit ($18bn) ever made by a public company Apple
The Colonel of the Indian Army, who a day after being awarded with Yudh Seva Medal, was killed in J&K Munindra Nath
Rai
The newly appointed foreign secretary of India S Jaishankar
The winter storm which hit the US recently Juno
The city where the Dispute Settlement Board (DSB) of the WTO has its seat Geneva
The new king of Saudi Arabia Salman Bin Abdul Aziz
The first fully Wi-Fi-enabled metro city of the country Kolkata
The amount of investment and loans pledged by the US President to India $4 billion
The venues of the Global Exhibition on Services (GES) to be held from 23-25 Apr New Delhi
The contribution of the service sector in Indias GDP 57 per cent
The first US President to visit India twice during his tenure Barack Obama
The renowned cartoonist who died on 26 Jan RK Laxman
The first woman officer to command the tri-service guard of honour for a visiting head of state Pooja Thakur
The new Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras
Miss Universe 2015 Paulina Vega
The winner of the DSC Prize for Literature for her book The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
The govts project launched to rejuvenate rich cultural heritage of India HRIDAY
The new MD & CEO of Vodafones India unit Sunil Sood
The new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) RK Srivastava
The new full-time Chairman and MD of Coal India Sutirtha Bhattacharya
The South African batsman who hit the fastest century (31 balls) in ODIs AB de Villiers
Winner of the Zurich Chess Classic Hikaru Nakamura
The newly elected first woman president of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
The Madhya Pradesh governor who resigned after being named in a multi-cr scam recently Ram Naresh Yadav
The new chief of Sri Lankan Army Chrishantha de Silva
The Indian-American who has won 2015 J Calvin Giddings Award in chemistry in the US Purnendu Dasgupta
The combined military training exercise held recently between India and Nepal Surya Kiran VIII
The team which won the third edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) Ranchi Rays
The person to head a new innovative council of Indian Railways called Kaya Kalp Ratan Tata
The person appointed as the brand ambassador for the Northeast Mary Kom
The present tiger population in the country 2,226
The winner of the Womens Hockey World League Round 2 India
The first bank to offer contactless card in India using NFC technology ICICI Bank
The firm on which the Income Tax Department has slapped `20,495 cr tax notice Cairn India
The worlds largest arms importer for the period 2010-14 India
The winner of the Australian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton
The country which is promoting Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) China
The number of health workers in India for every 1000 people 19
The number prescribed by WHO 25
The staunch Gandhian who died recently Narayan Desai
The present Managing Director of IMF who visited India recently Christine Lagarde
World Consumer Rights Day 15 Mar
The article of the Constitution which empowers the President to promulgate ordinances Article 123
The scheme with which the National Mission for a Green India has been converged MGNREGA

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The number of PSBs in India at present 27

The winner of the 2015 Santosh trophy Services
The island India has leased from Mauritius Agalega
The island India has leased from Seychelles Assumption
The PSB which opened its British subsidiary recently Union Bank of India
The present CMD of the UBI Arun Tiwari
Mudra Bank will be first set up as a subsidiary of SIDBI
The winner of the mens singles of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title Srikanth Kidambi
The number of Indian satellites which are currently operational 27
National Science Day 28 Feb
The winner of the 2015 Ranji Trophy Karnataka
The capital infused by the govt in 2013-14 in 14 PSBs `14,000 cr
The capital infusion targeted by the govt in 2014-15 in nine PSBs `6,990 cr
The proposed capital infusion by the govt in 2015-16 in PSBs `7,940 cr
The GDP growth of India in 2015-16 as projected by the IMF 7.5 per cent
The year in which the US had imposed sanctions against Iran 1979
The plan outlay proposed in the Railway Budget for the FY16 `1,00,011 cr
The percentage to which the govt has decided to reduce its shareholding in PSBs 52 per cent
The present Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien
The new Insurance Law raised foreign investment cap in insurance sector to 49 per cent
The current insurance penetration in the country 3 per cent
The amount LIC of India will invest in the Indian Railways over the next five years `1.5 lakh cr
The country in which the PM launched India-supplied offshore patrol vessel Barracuda Mauritius
The reduced number of mandatory documents required for import and export of goods Three
The bank which is to auction repossessed property worth nearly $200 mn State Bank of India
The Financial Services Secretary in the Ministry of Finance at present Hasmukh Adhia
The country to which the Shinkansen bullet train technology belongs Japan
The former chief minister of Bihar who passed away recently Ram Sundar Das
The country with which India, on 5 Mar, signed pact on Mutual Protection of Classified Information Spain
The Indian-American re-nominated as the Alternative Executive Director at IMF by the US Sunil Sabharwal
The consumer inflation target set by the RBI governor and the govt to be met by the end of Mar 2017 4 per cent ( 2 per
cent)
Income tax deduction for contributions made to Swachh Bharat Fund, other than CSR 100 per cent
The top-up pledged in the Budget for 2015-16 to the Nirbhaya Fund `1,000 crore
The range of the 3-digit CIBIL TransUnion Score 300-900
The new Chief Secretary of Delhi KK Sharma
The FDI cap in credit information companies in India at present 74
The Gulf country where India is to set up a 1.3-mn-tonne urea plant for about `5k cr Iran
Indias largest corporate with assets worth `3.68 lakh crore as of now RIL
The Indian software firms named as the top employer in Europe for the third year in a row TCS
The loss to exchequer estimated by the CAG due to faulty allotment of coal blocs earlier `1.86 lakh cr
The former first lady of Ivory Coast jailed for 20 years recently Simone Gbagbo
Tibetan Uprising Day 10 Mar
The institution that manages the Domain Name System (DNS) internationally ICANN
The present chief executive of the ICANN Fadi Chehade
The two drug-makers whose $4-bn merger crossed the final hurdle with the Punjab & Haryana HC approval recently Sun
and Ranbaxy
The industrialist known for Eveready Industries India who died recently Deepak Khaitan
The penalty the RBI imposes per KYC violation `5 lakh
The non-tax revenue estimated in the General Budget for FY16 `2,21,733 cr
The Plan expenditure estimated in the General Budget of FY16 `4,65,277 cr
World Tuberculosis Day 24 Mar
The country which on 9 Mar successfully test-fired its surface-to-surface Shaheen-III ballistic missile Pakistan

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The Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution who resigned recently Raosaheb Dadarao
Danve
The senior journalist and founder-editor of Outlook magazine who died recently Vinod Mehta
The no. of accounts linked with Aadhaar numbers by NPCI under the Jan Dhan scheme so far 15 crore
The controversial documentary on interview of accused of Nirbhaya rape case Indias Daughter
The present PM of Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth
The capital with which MUDRA Bank will be set up $3.2 bn
The firm which bought Pipavav Defence in all-cash deal recently Reliance Infra
International Womens Day 8 Mar
The richest person of India with a wealth of `1.3 lakh cr Dilip Shanghvi
The three Indian Ocean countries PM visited from Mar 10 to 14 Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Seychelles
The date for RBIs first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for the fiscal of 2015-16 Apr 7
The countrys umbrella body for all retail payments system NPCI
The present President of Seychelles James Alexis Michel
The new repo rate 7.5 per cent
The new reverse repo rate 6.5 per cent
The date till the implementation of GAAR has been deferred Apr 1, 2017
Insurance Day 19 Apr
The new chairman of the National Book Trust (NBT) Baldev Sharma
The initial allocation proposed in the Budget for FY16 for the MGNREGA scheme `34,699 cr
The commodity market regulator at present FMC
The Namibian President who has won Mo Ibrahim award for African leadership Hifikepunye Pohamba
The cheapest cities to live in globally Bangalore and Karachi
The costliest city to live in globally Singapore
The country which is home to the largest number of billionaires across the world US
Indias next ambassador to the US Arun K Singh
The Minister of State for Finance in the present Union Cabinet Jayant Sinha
The new Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
The new president of the BCCI Jagmohan Dalmiya
The date on which NASSCOM celebrated its silver jubilee 1 Mar
The present chairman of NASSCOM R Chandrasekaran
The winner of the mens singles title of the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships Roger Federer
The new increased services tax as proposed in the General Budget for 2015-16 14 per cent
The Chief Justice of Orissa HC who joined SC recently Justice Amitava Roy
The sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court, including CJI 31
The person who presented the first budget of independent India on 26 Nov 1947 RK Shanmukham Chetty
The present Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the Finance Minister Arvind Subramanian
The Indian priest who was abducted in Afghanistan and released recently Father Alexis Prem Kumar
The winner of the womens singles title of the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships Simona Halep
The headquarters of the New Development Bank (or BRICS Bank) Shanghai
The country which will hold the Presidency of the NDB for the first six years India
The winner of the Zurich Chess Classic Hikaru Nakamura
The first woman president of Croatia who was sworn in recently Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
The countrys first state to present a paperless budget recently Himachal Pradesh
The batsman who hit the first-ever double century in the ICC Cricket World Cup on 24 Feb Chris Gayle
The chairman of the 14th Finance Commission Y Venugopal Reddy
The country which passed legislation banning commercial surrogacy recently Thailand
The new chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar
The winner of the third edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) Ranchi Rays
The combined military training exercise held between India and Nepal recently Surya Kiran VIII
The Indian player who became the 77th member of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame recently Anil Kumble
The capital and largest city of Mali Bamako
The bank which leads in mobile banking transactions as of Jan 2015 HDFC Bank

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The bank which acquired the diamond/jewellery financing business of RBS recently IndusInd Bank
The German Nobel laureate who died recently Gunter Grass
The country which topped the global remittances in 2014, receiving USD 70 bn India
The North Korean foreign minister who visited New Delhi recently Ri Su Yong
Winner of the Chinese Grand Prix Formula One Lewis Hamilton
Winner of the Azlan Shah Cup hockey title New Zealand
Indias position in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament Third
The first female Indian tennis player to achieve the world No. 1 rank in doubles Sania Mirza
The first female Indian shuttler to achieve the world No. 1 rank in singles Saina Nehwal
The former Air Chief Marshal who died recently Hrushikesh Moolgaonkar
The country with which India has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in transport US
The total upfront payment received by the govt from telecom players in the recent auction `32,300 cr (approx)
The US state which allowed nitrogen gas as an execution method recently Oklahoma
The first Indian bank whose mobile banking application (app) will be available in Apple Watches HDFC Bank
The country which has put off its infamous Nitaqat III scheme recently Saudi Arabia
The new Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Arun Kumar Jha
The chair of the ninth meeting of the IRENA to be held in Abu Dhabi India
The city declared Global Earth Hour Capital 2015 Seoul
The city declared Indias Earth Hour Capital 2015 Thane
National Safe Motherhood Day 11 Apr
The former Australian captain known as voice of cricket, who died recently Richie Benaud
Paris in situated on the river Seine
The headquarters of the UNESCO is situated in Paris
The amount to be invested by France in India 2 bn euros
The Indo-French satellite mission to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere Megha-Tropiques
International Day of Human Space Flight 12 Apr
The host city of the UN Climate Change Conference Paris
The new Chief Election Commissioner of India Nasim Zaidi
The country from which India evacuated around 5,600 people recently Yemen
World Meteorological Day 23 Mar
The biologist chosen recently for the prestigious US presidential award Murty S Kambhampati
The new chairperson of NGT Swatanter Kumar
The bank which is going to offer loan products named Shishu, Kishor and Tarun MUDRA Bank
The corpus of MUDRA Bank launched on 8 Apr `20,000 cr
The chairman of the 11-member committee set up to work out single framework for govt clearances Ajay Shankar
Winner of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T-20 cricket tournament Gujarat
The Pakistan Taliban chief banned by the UN Security Council Mullah Fazlullah
The city where the 5th meeting of the Health Ministers of SAARC countries was held on 8 Mar New Delhi
The single number proposed by TRAI for all emergency phone calls across the country 112
The minimum interest rate at which a bank can lend Base rate
NH-56 connects Lucknow and Varanasi
The capital of Turkmenistan Ashgabat
The number of Executive Directors at the World Bank 25
Winner of the mens singles title of the Miami Masters 2015 Novak Djokovic
Winner of the womens singles title of the Miami Masters 2015 Serena Williams
The place in Maharashtra where the French firm Areva will set up nuclear-power plants Jaitapur
The new Director of the ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) in Bengaluru M Annadurai
The first bank in the country to deploy voice-recognition technology for biometric authentication ICICI Bank
The new Chairman of the IPL Governing Council Rajeev Shukla
The central bank with which the RBI signed a USD 400-mn currency swap agreement Central Bank of Sri Lanka
The first Scorpene-class stealth submarines undocked in Mumbai on 6 Apr Kalvari class
The birth anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram on 5 Apr is observed as Samata Diwas
The worlds oldest living person recognised by Guinness World Records who died recently Misao Okawa

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The Committee set up to review depository receipts scheme MS Sahoo Committee

The bank which has topped the list with highest NPAs among PSUs as of Dec 2014 Central Bank of India
The currency of Malaysia Ringgit
The state where Indias first International Finance Service Centre (IFSC) is coming up Gujarat
The Budget allocation to provide interest subsidy for exports for fiscal year 2015-16 `1,625 cr
The period for which the govt has issued its Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20
Indias present share in global trade 2 per cent
The person who won the presidential elections in Nigeria recently Muhammadu Buhari
For all-round development of this Island the World Bank has sanctioned `100 cr Sagar Island
The Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on GST KM Mani
The Independence Day of Bangladesh 26 Mar
The navigation satellite the ISRO launched on 28 Mar IRNSS-1D
The country where 147 students were massacred by Shebab Islamist group in Garissa recently Kenya
The regulator of health insurance business in India IRDA of India
Japans largest warship that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited recently Izumo
Indias ranking in the 2015 FM Global Resilience Index on business resilience 119th
The richest woman of China at present as per Forbes list Zhou Qunfei
RBI started its operations as a shareholders bank in 1935 on 1 Apr
The first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Osborne Smith
The value of export targeted by the new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) USD 900 bn
Femina Miss India 2015 Aditi Arya
The only team to win the ICC Cricket World Cup five times Australia
The first ICC Cricket World Cup was played in 1975
The man of the match in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup final James Faulkner
The man of the tournament in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Mitchell Starc
The captain of the winning Australian team who retired from ODIs after the World Cup final Michael Clarke
The winner of the first ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies
The new Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Ashok Bhooshan
The estimated cost of the National Supercomputing Mission launched recently `4,500 cr
The host of the ICC Cricket World Cup to be held in 2019 England
Winner of the womens singles title of the India Open Super Series title Saina Nehwal
Indias ranking on UNCTADs new index for assessing the readiness of countries for e-commerce 83rd
Winner of the mens singles title of the India Open Super Series Kidambi Srikanth
The worlds largest B2C market measured in terms of revenue and the number of online buyers China
The project aimed at port-led development of coastal states Sagarmala project
The partner of the SBI in the general insurance joint venture Insurance Australia Group
The Yemeni President forced to flee the country recently Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi
The person who topped the 2015 roster of Worlds Greatest Leaders by Fortune magazine Tim Cook
The next US ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Atul Keshap
The partner country for Hannover Messe, 2015, the biggest industrial fair in the world India
The telecom firm that emerged as the highest bidder in the recent spectrum auction Idea Cellular
The number of digits in the MICR code Nine
The countries that primarily hold Malabar Naval Exercise India and the US
Indias position in the Open Govt Index 2015 37th
The country which topped the Open Govt Index 2015 Sweden
The currency of Indonesia Peso
The present Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal
The amount the govt raised through the recent telecom spectrum auction `109,874 cr
The number of agreements signed between India and Qatar recently Six
The multi-purpose and multi-modal platform launched by the PM on 25 Mar PRAGATI
The capital of Yemen Sanaa
The system launched by the govt to securely store documents online DigiLocker
Winner of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Australia

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The size of the recent rights issue by the Tata Motors `7,500 cr
Indias highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna
The bank with which the Indian Railways has launched pre-paid RuPay debit card Union Bank of India
Winner of the Best Director award at the 62nd National Film Awards Srijit Mukherji (Chotushkone)
The section of the IT Act ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on 24 Mar 66A
Winner of the best actress award at the 62nd National Film Awards Kangana Ranaut
Winner of the best actor award at the 62nd National Film Awards Vijay
The highest run scorer (237) in a match in the ICC World Cup so far Martin Guptill
The CEO of Twitter who visited New Delhi recently Dick Costolo
The actor named for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award recently Shashi Kapoor
Indias economic growth rate for 2015-16 projected by the ADB recently 7.8 per cent
The former Australian PM who died recently Malcolm Fraser
The present chairman of Sebi UK Sinha
The state govt which named its new capital city as Amaravathi Andhra Pradesh
Winner of the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize 2015 Rajendra Singh
The new Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court Uma Nath Singh
Indias current nuclear power capacity 5,780 MW
The present President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff
The winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize Laszlo Krasznahorkai
The 78-year-old stock exchange which was allowed to exit by SEBI recently Madras Stock Exchange
The new rate of service tax effective Jun 1 14 per cent
The Indian city where Google has announced to set up its largest campus outside the US Hyderabad
The amount South Korea has offered to provide for infrastructure projects in India USD 10 bn
The country where 12-day annual multi-nation military exercise Eager Lion was held recently Jordan
The present PM of Mongolia Chimed Saikhanbileg
The bank whose first branch in China was inaugurated by PM Modi in Shanghai recently ICICI Bank
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) 17 May
The new MD and CEO of Syndicate bank Arun Shrivastava
Winner of the 2015 Sudirman Cup badminton tournament China
The veteran singer and guitarist who died recently BB King
Indias position on the 124-nation global Human Capital Index 2015 100th
The new president of Japans SoftBank Corp Nikesh Arora
The new chairman of the National Safety Council (NSC) Satish Reddy
National Technology Day which commemorates Nuclear Tests in Pokhran 11 May
International Nurses Day 12 May
Chief of the BRICS Bank or the New Development Bank KV Kamath
RBI introduced the banking ombudsman scheme in 1995
The founding father of the European single currency euro who died recently Alexandre Lamfalussy
The only Indian firm in the worlds top-10 list of consumer finance firms compiled by Forbes HDFC (ranked 7th)
The firm that has topped the list American Express
The veteran actor who was presented with Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2014 Shashi Kapoor
The Indian tech billionaire ranked as Asias wealthiest entrepreneur under the age of 40 as per Wealth-X Arun Pudur
The Indian-origin woman who got Cabinet rank in the new David Cameron govt in the UK Priti Patel
The hockey team India defeated 3-0 in a 4-match series recently Japan
The winner of the Spanish Grand Prix F1 championship on 10 May Nico Rosberg
The skill training scheme for members under 35 yrs of age of households that have completed 100 days work in 2014-15
under MGNREGA Livelihoods In Full Employment (LIFE)
The typhoon that hit Philippines on 10 May Noul
The bilateral trade between EU and India at present 100 bn euros
The year by which the NOFN (National Optical Filere Network) project aims to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats 2016
The country where a contingent of the Nine Grenadiers regiment of the Indian Army marched in an international military
parade on 9 May Russia
The state where a strategically important new naval base INS Sardar Patel was commissioned on 9 May Gujarat

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The Naxal hotbeds where the PM initiated welfare projects worth about `25,000 cr on 9 May Dantewada
The former Gujarat Chief Secretary appointed as the Election Commissioner of India recently Achal Kumar Jyoti
The 119th Constitution (Amendment) Bill passed by the Parliament LBA Bill
The French Defence Minister who visited India on 5 May Jean-Yves le Drian
The date after which banks have to issue only EMV chip-based and PIN-enabled debit and credit cards 1 Sep 2015
The woman wrestler who won bronze in Asian championship in Doha on 6 May Geeta Phogat
The winner of Sportsperson of the Year award at inaugural TOISA awards presented on 7 May Jitu Rai
The deadline for new model cars to pass minimum frontal and side crash tests Oct 2017
The new Prime Minister of UK whose Conservative Party won 331 out of 650 seats recently David Cameron
The state where the Polavaram multipurpose project will come up Andhra Pradesh
The head of the Committee looking after the issue of MAT on FIIs AP Shah
Indias current position in the global list of countries in terms of their travel and tourism competitiveness 52nd
Mothers Day Second Sunday of May
The country where President Pranab Mukherjee attended the Victory Day parade recently Russia
The country which has topped the biennial Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2015 Spain
The bank which has launched a product that could process personal loans in 10 seconds HDFC Bank
As per the RBI, gross non-performing asset (GNPA) ratio as on Mar 15 4.45 per cent
The port to be developed by India in Iran Chabahar
PM Narendra Modi has become the first Indian PM to visit this country Mongolia
The capital city of Mongolia Ulan Bator
The book written by Vikas Swarup which was made into Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire Q&A
The only category that showed a growth in excise duty collections during FY14 as per CAG Petroleum products
Indias position in global market capitalisation (m-cap) ranking as on May 2015 Tenth
The new threshold for FDI for which approval of CCEA is compulsory `3,000 cr
The four states whose territories come under the ambit of the LBA Bill Assam, West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya
The surface-to-air short-range missile defence system inducted into Armys arsenal recently Akash
The Chinese micro-blogging site equivalent to Twitter Sina Weibo
The insurance firm that raised its stake in the insurance JV with Bharti group to 49 per cent recently AXA Group
The moon of Jupiter whose lava lakes detailed observations was captured recently lo
The state with the least number of married 19-year-old girls as per data from the census 2011 Nagaland
Indias position in terms of number of reactors in operation globally as per IAEA data 7th
The company that has come up with the free Internet access site, Internet.org Facebook
The country which is buying 24 Dassault Rafale jets from France in $7.02 bn Qatar
The two retail majors who have announced their merger in a `750-cr all-stock transaction Future and Bharti Retail
The name of Royal baby of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge of the UK Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
The veteran investor who was killed in a recent accident in the US Parag Parikh
The new cleanliness initiative of West Bengal on the lines of Swachch Bharat Mission Mission Nirmal Bangla
The amount the Centre would invest to revamp road infrastructure in the Northeast `20,000 cr
The new web browser unveiled by Microsoft Edge
The upper limit on withdrawals at micro-ATMs fixed by the banks `10,000
The 161st member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) which joined it on 27 Apr Seychelles
International Day of Yoga 21 Jun
Indias position in generating electricity from nuclear source as per IAEA data 13th
World Dance Day 29 Apr
The new limit for FDI in the pension section 49 per cent
The prominent social and human rights activist of Pakistan who was shot dead in Karachi recently Sabeen Mahmud
The first African-American woman to become the US attorney general (83rd) recently Loretta Lynch
Winner of the womens singles title at the Badminton Asia Championships in China on 26 Apr Ratchanok Intanon
The name of Indias rescue operation in quake-hit Nepal Operation Maitri
The Indian 155mm, 45-calibre artillery gun which successfully cleared Indian Armys tests recently Dhanush
Winner of the Shamkir Chess tournament on 26 Apr Magnus Carlsen
Winner of the Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 for Technology Implementation Bharatiya Mahila Bank
The state where the Indian Army on 26 Apr conducted a major exercise, Akraman-II Rajasthan

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The Indian honoured by France with the Officier de la Lgion dHonneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour) Yashwant
Sinha
The sports body suspended by the govt recently Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)
The Malaysian ace shuttler banned by the Badminton World Federation for doping recently Lee Chong Wei
The bank which has made its global foray by opening its first overseas representative office in Abu Dhabi YES Bank
The city where the 4th International Wind Conference will be held on Jun 22-23 Coimbatore
The re-elected president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Winner of the mens singles title of the Badminton Asia Championships in China on 26 Apr Lin Dan
The Indian-origin scientist at MIT who won the 2015 Heinz Award Sangeeta Bhatia
The first woman officer (Indian Navy) to die in the line of duty recently Kiran Shekhawat
The UNESCO recognised site in Kathmandu which collapsed in 25 Apr earthquake Dharahara Tower (Bhimsen Tower)
The Afghan president who visited India recently Ashraf Ghani
Winner of the 2015 edition of the Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar Award Anil Kapoor
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who visited India recently Thomas Bach
Indias ranking in the recently released World Happiness Report 2015 117th
The Marathi writer who was presented the 50th Jnanpith Award by the PM on 25 Apr Bhalchandra Nemade
The state awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state Assam
National Panchayati Raj Diwas 24 Apr
The 10-day naval exercise conducted between India and France recently Varuna
The country which has topped the 2015 World Happiness Report Switzerland
The country that marked the centenary of the Ottoman massacre of up to 1.5 million people on 24 Apr Armenia
World Malaria Day 25 Apr
The country where the Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in more than 42 years recently Chile
The country to which India on 9 Apr delivered three Cheetal helicopters Afghanistan
Earth Day 22 Apr
The batsman who scored most runs (547) in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Martin Guptill
The bowlers who took most wickets (22 each) in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult
The Indian-American sworn in as the Surgeon-General of US on 22 Apr Vivek Murthy
The country which hosted the Bandung Conference recently Indonesia
The firm which has bought the telecom equipment business of Alcatel-Lucent Nokia
The country to which the Indian embassy in Yemen has been shifted Djibouti
The country which has launched the construction of its first nuclear power plant in Mersin province Turkey
The country where BHEL, with the Russian company INTMA, will set up a gas-based power project Kazakhstan
Indias new Ambassador to France Mohan Kumar
The Indian scientist (co-creator of element 117) who has won Hevesy Medal Award 2015 Susanta Lahiri
The former PM of Nepal who died on 16 Apr Surya Bahadur Thapa
The new name of the tourist visa on arrival scheme e-tourist visa
Indias para-athlete who won the inaugural Young Leaders Award in the UK Devika Malik
The city where the fourth Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) of the country has been launched Chennai
The bank which has launched PayZapp app with a complete payment solution HDFC Bank
The country where the 41st G7 summit was held on Jun 7-8 Germany
The comet lander which woke up after a long hibernation recently Philae
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 15 Jun
The value of Indias exports in 2014-15 $310.5 bn
The current position of Coal India (CIL) among top 40 global mining firms in terms of market capital Sixth
The capacity of the India Nuclear Insurance Pool launched by GIC Re and 11 other non-life insurers `1,500 cr
The country facing the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) at present South Korea
The PM of Moldova who announced his resignation recently Chiril Gaburuci
The country which has announced to open the New Suez Canal on Aug 6 Egypt
The winners of mixed doubles title of the 2015 French Open Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
The 80s cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame Sir Wesley Winfield Hall
The CEO of Twitter who resigned recently Dick Costolo
The legendary British actor who died on 7 Jun Christopher Lee

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The present Defence Minister of Sweden who visited New Delhi recently Peter Hultqvist
The happiest Indian city declared by LG Electronics Chandigarh
The Padma Shri awardee and the creator of world-famous Rock Garden in Ghandigarh, who died on 12 Jun Nek Chand
The only Indian sportsman (ranked 23rd) in Forbes magazines 100 highest-paid athletes in the world list MS Dhoni
The top-ranked sportsman in world list Floyd Mayweather
The free trade pact signed by the African leaders of 26 countries on 10 Jun Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)
The new Director of the Hyderabad-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) Srivari Chandrasekhar
Indias first indigenously-built aircraft carrier which was undocked on 10 Jun in Cochin, Kerala INS Vikrant
The winner of the 14th Sant Namdev National Award- 2015 Parkash Singh Badal
The former Test cricketer who died on 10 Jun Hemant Kanitkar
The winners of the mens doubles title of the 2015 French Open Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo
World Milk Day Jun 1
The new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India Vijai Sharma
The new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India KV Chowdary
The three new districts included in the Delhi NCR recently Karnal, Jind and Muzaffarnagar
The city where Indias first automated vehicle testing centre was inaugurated recently Nashik
World Day Against Child Labour 12 Jun
The first tropical storm of the pre-monsoon season this year in the Indian seas Ashobaa
The three nations of the SAARC group with which India has signed motor vehicles pact Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh
The amount of soft loan provided by the govt to sugar mills to clear dues to farmers `6,000 cr
Indias growth rate in FY16 as per Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report of the World Bank 7.5 per cent
The IT firm which has launched, BaNCS Digital, specifically for American retail banks TCS
The 1500th high horse power (HHP) Diesel Locomotive launched at DLW, Varanasi recently Gaurav
The international bank which has announced to cut up to 50,000 jobs globally HSBC
The well-known Telugu poet and writer who died on 8 Jun Dasaradhi Rangacharya
The new non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank MK Sharma
World Oceans Day 8 Jun
Winner of the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix F1 championship Lewis Hamilton
The new chief of the National Security Guards (NSG) RC Tayal
The new chairman of Infosys R Seshasayee
The state with which Essel Group has formed a joint venture (JV) to set up solar parks Rajasthan
The country with which the Adani and Reliance Power have signed MoU to set up power utilities Bangladesh
The winner of the mens singles title of the 2015 French Open tennis tournament Stanislas Wawrinka
The winner of the womens doubles title of the 2015 French Open tennis tournament Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie
Safarova
The two SEZs offered by Bangladesh to Indian companies Bheramara and Mongla
The stake the RBI has allowed banks to acquire in companies defaulting after restructuring of their loans 51 per cent
The state which leads in solar power with close to 1.128 MW of installed capacity as of 2014-15 Rajasthan
The new India Under-19 cricket team coach Rahul Dravid
The countries against which the fin min imposed anti-dumping duty for stainless steel products China, Malaysia &
South Korea
The winner of the 2015 UEFA Champions League football tournament Barcelona FC
The new president of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
The govts scheme for developing 500 cities AMRUT
The winner of the womens singles title of the French Open Serena Williams
The new CEO of the Germanys biggest lender Deutsche Bank John Cryan
The present PM of Netherlands who visited New Delhi recently Mark Rutte
The PMs Special Envoy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism Asif Ibrahim
The brand ambassador of the IAP HealthPhone programme Aamir Khan
The Indian insurance firm granted permission to start operations in Bangladesh recently LIC of India
The Union Minister who led the events at the UN on the International Yoga Day (Jun 21) in New York Sushma Swaraj
The sixth city in India to have a Metro rail service Jaipur
Indias economic growth forecast for 2015-16 as announced by the RBI on 2 Jun 7.6 per cent

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The new Repo rate as announced by the RBI on 2 Jun 7.25 per cent
The website launched by the govt to help find missing children khoyapaya.gov.in
The steel manufacturer which has become the largest steel maker in the country JSW Steel
The state where BHEL will set up a 4,000-MW power project in the largest order in its history (`17,950 cr) Telangana
The new Reverse Repo rate after the RBIs Jun 2 policy review 6.25 per cent
The new commerce secretary in the Union govt Rita A Teaotia
The person awarded with the Freedom of Expression Prize in Norway on 2 Jun Edward Snowden
The country which honoured AB Vajpayee with its Friends of Liberation War Award recently Bangladesh
The Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 2004) who died recently Irwin Rose
The new secretary-general of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Satyanarayan Mohanty
The telecom firms which is offering free roaming services from Jun 15 BSNL
The newly elected FIFA chief who resigned on 2 Jun Sepp Blatter
The winner of the Hero I-League football trophy on 31 May Mohun Bagan
World Environment Day (WED) 5 Jun
The country where Shangri La dialogue was held recently Singapore
The private sector lenders who will not issue slips after cash withdrawals at ATMs HDFC Bank
The annual remuneration on non-executive director of private banks fixed by the RBI recently `10 lakhs
Indias overall exports of textiles and clothing in 2014-15 $41 bn
The new chancellor of the Nalanda University George Yeo
The new limit on funds individuals can take abroad under liberalised remittance scheme $2.5 lakh
The Indian corporate which earned the highest net profit for 2014-15 Reliance Industries
The two countries President Pranab Mukherjee visited recently Belarus & Sweden
The country with which India has signed a 10-year defence framework agreement US
The new director-general (news) in Doordarshan (DD) Veena Jain
The govts target for installed solar power by 2022 100 GW
The Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha
The Union minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh
Indias gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the full year 2014-15 7.3 per cent
The second-leading cause of death globally after cardiovascular diseases Cancer
The new name of the national optical fibre network (NOFN) BharatNet
Anti-Terrorism Day (India) 21 May
The horse gifted by the Mongolian PM to Narendra Modi during the latters recent visit to Ulan Bator Kanthaka
The state which on 27 May withdraw Armed Forces Special Powers Act (Afspa) Tripura
The new name of the premium trains with new facilities Suvidha
The new Director General of DRDO S Christopher
The new scientific advisor to the defence minister GS Reddy
The amount allocated in the Union budget for the DD Kisan channel launched recently `100 cr
The brand ambassador of the DD Kisan channel Amitabh Bachchan
The film for which Hou Hsiao-Hsien was adjudged Best Director at the 68th Cannes Film Festival The Assassin
The chairman of the committee to revisit and revitalise the PPP model of infrastructure development Vijay Kelkar
The winner of the Ceat Indian Cricketer of the Year Award Ajinkya Rahane
The new head of the Bureau of International Recycling Ranjit Singh Baxi
The new defence secretary G Mohan Kumar
The new chairman and managing director of the National Fertilizers Manoj Mishra
The woman on top of the Forbes 2015 list of the worlds 100 most powerful women Angela Merkel
The bank which has launched a voice recognition service to identify and authenticate customers ICICI Bank
The film which won Palme dOr Award at 68th Cannes Film Festival Dheepan
Winner of the Orange cap for most runs in IPL8 David Warner
Winner of the Purple cap for most wickets in IPL8 Dwayne Bravo
Winner of the IPL8 Mumbai Indians
Winner of the Monaco Grand Prix F1 championship Nico Rosberg
The Nobel laureate who died in a road accident in US recently John Nash
The Indian film which won the critics prize in the Un Certain Regard category at the 68th Cannes Film Festival Masaan

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The country which legalised gay marriage through a referendum recently Ireland
The country with which the Indian Navy conducted bilateral naval exercise SIMBEX-15 recently Singapore
The Archie Comics cartoonist who died recently Tom Moore
The new Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Ajay Mathur
The Japanese firm which has announced to buy the Financial Times from Britains Pearson Nikkei
The Nobel laureate who has won the Royal Societys Copley Medal Peter Higgs
The World Book Capital for 2017 as announced by the UNESCO Conakry (Guinea)
The National Broadcasting Day 23 Jul
The President and CEO of the Japans Toshiba who resigned recently Hisao Tanaka
The state where the 2015 Malabar River Festival was held recently Kerala
The person appointed as the new Chief Economist of the IMF Maurice Obstfeld
The new chairperson of the FSSAI Bhanu Pratap Sharma
Indian city which has been included in the UNESCOs Cities of Music Varanasi
The Indian actor who won the Ironman title at a triathlon held in Zurich, Switzerland Milind Soman
The Interim Director of the Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Prashant Pathrabe
Winner of the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award Kerala Tourism
The South Korean steel giant who has put on hold its $12-bn steel project in Odisha Posco
The Indian American honoured as Champions of Change in the US Sunita Viswanath
The brand ambassador of Haryanas Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign Parineeti Chopra
The place where the countrys first defence industrial park has been approved Ottappalam (Kerala)
The Uruguayan soccer legend who passed away recently Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia
The new Director of National Book Trust Rita Chowdhury
The recently decommissioned torpedo launch and recovery vessel INS Astravahini
World Day for International Justice 17 Jul
Indias GDP growth rates in FY16 and FY17 respectively as per ADB 7.8 %, 8.2 %
The French F1 driver who died recently Jules Bianchi
The city from where the govt launched the HRIDAY scheme on 15 Jul Amritsar
The head of the RBIs committee on financial inclusion Deepak Mohanty
The noted artist conferred with the highest French civilian award Commandeur de la Legion dhonneur (the Legion of
Honour) recently Syed Haider Raza
The indigenously helicopter-launched anti-tank missile Nag (HeliNa)
The NASA spacecraft which flew by the dwarf planet Pluto recently New Horizons
The SC committee which suspended two IPL franchisees for two years recently RM Lodha Committee
The legendary music director who died recently MS Viswanathan
The new Vice-Chief of the Indian Army Man Mohan Singh Rai
The 17-year-old Indian who won junior boys doubles of Wimbledon 2015 Sumit Nagal
The head of the committee formed by the Govt for SAI training centres Ashwini Nachappa
World Youth Skills Day 15 Jul
The new MD and CEO of Credit Information Bureau India Ltd (CIBIL) Satish Pillai
The first British Asian to join the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Lord Kamlesh Patel
The new MD & CEO of the National Housing Bank (NHB) Sriram Kalyanaraman
Winner of the mixed doubles title of Wimbledon 2015 Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
The indigenous supersonic surface-to-air missile inducted into IAF recently Aakash
The chairman of the upcoming Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank Ashok Kumar Lahiri
Winner of the mens singles title of the Wimbledon 2015 Novak Djokovic
The new Home Secretary of Delhi SN Sahai
The state where, for the first time in India, a system to detect earthquakes has been installed Uttarakhand
The Russian cosmonaut who has created a record for the longest time spent in space (803 days as on Jul 2015) Gennady
Padalka
The two countries which got full membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at its Ufa summit recently
India and Pakistan
The country where the proposed USD 10-bn TAPI gas pipeline originates Turkmenistan
The number of people the govt has targeted to skill by 2022 40.20 cr

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The state which has started She-Bus service exclusively for women Kerala
Winner of the womens doubles title of Wimbledon 2015 Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
Winner of the womens singles title of the Wimbledon 2015 Serena Williams
World Population Day Jul 11
Captain of the visiting India cricket team on Zimbabwe tour Ajinkya Rahane
The author of the book Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War Raghu Karnad
ISROs rocket which carried five British satellites to the space on 10 Jul PSLV-C28
The name of the Govt campaign to give up LPG subsidy GiveItUp
The typhoon which hit China recently Chan-Hom
Indias scheme ranked as the 2nd-largest unconditional cash transfer social security programme Indira Gandhi National
Old Age Pension Scheme
The chairman of the committee set up by the govt on bankruptcy law reforms TK Viswanathan
Indias contribution to the $100-bn foreign-exchange reserves pool of BRICS group $18 billion
Asias oldest stock exchange which completed 140 years of operations on Jul 9, 2015 BSE
The country with which India signed Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) pact recently US
The Russian oil major which will take up to 49% of the Essar Groups Vadinar oil refinery Rosneft
The Pune-based college which has been accorded special heritage status by the UGC Fergusson College
The country whose 23 Meiji period (1868-1912) sites have been granted World Heritage status by Unesco Japan
The Indian scheme ranked as the worlds largest public works programme by the World Bank MGNREGA
The state declared disturbed area by the Union home ministry recently Nagaland
The length of national highway (NH) in the country 92,851 km
The state which tops in practice of manual scavenging as per SECC 2011 Madhya Pradesh
The total road network in the country which is 2nd highest in the world after the US 33 lakh km
Winner of the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup US
The eminent Urdu novelist of Pakistan who died recently Abdullah Hussain
Winner of the 4th South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA) India
Indias 1st and worlds 2nd woman cricketer to score 5000 run in ODIs Mithali Raj
The person nominated by China to be the first president of the AIIB Jin Liqun
The new Director of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Programme Director of the Light Combat Aircraft
(LCA) Commodore CD Balaji (retd)
The currency of Greece before joining the Eurozone in 2002 Greek drachma
The capital city of Yemen classified as endangered heritage site by the UNESCO Sanaa
The cloud platform of TCS which has become the preeminent platform for conducting exams iON
The state which entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the number of simultaneous hand washes Madhya
Pradesh
Winner of the 2015 British Grand Prix F1 championship Lewis Hamilton
Indias GDP in 2014 in terms of PPP $6.78 tn
Indias per capita income in 2014 $1,631
Indias rank in terms of per capita income in the world 169th
The denomination of banknotes signed by the Secretary, Ministry of Finance `1
The former Chief Justice of India who passed away recently YK Sabharwal
The bank which has launched Project Tatkal to expedite home loan applications SBI
Winner of the 2015 Copa America football tournament Chile
The state which has launched Mhara Gaon - Jagmag Gaon initiative related to electricity Haryana
The first country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis Cuba
Winner of the Commonwealth Chess Championship Abhijeet Gupta
The country where BHEL has commissioned the 500-MW Kosti Thermal Power Station Sudan
The bank allowed by the FIPB to raise its FII cap to 55 per cent recently Kotak Mahindra Bank
Winner of the Norway Chess 2015 Veselin Topalov
The date on which the national mobile number portability (MNP) became a reality 3 Jul 2015
The outlay of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana for the period 2015-16 to 2019-20 `50,000 cr
The date till which the compliance window for disclosure of black money will be open Sep 30, 2015
The date on which the day was one second longer than the usual days Jun 30

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The person chosen for the GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2014 Sanjeev Galande
The father of SMS who died recently Matti Makkonen
The teams which will play the first day-night test match in Adelaide Australia and New Zealand
The Indian city which won the UN Public Service Award 2015 Nadia
National Doctors Day celebrated as tribute to Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy 1 Jul
The Indian telco which has become the worlds third largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel
The ranking of Indian Railways and Indian Army among worlds biggest employers respectively 8th and 9th
The worlds biggest employer US Department of Defense
The country with which India will establish the `50-cr PACEsetter Fund US
The former PM of Russia who died recently Yevgeny Primakov
The JV partner of the State Bank of India in SBI Life BNP Paribas
The JV partner of the State Bank of India in SBI General Insurance Insurance Australia Group (IAG)
The committee on whose recommendations the ICC has changed ODI rules Anil Kumble committee
The UP govt has renamed the Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary in Unnao after the name of Chandrashekhar Azad
The UP govt has renamed the Lucknow Zoological Garden after the name of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is related to Homosexuality
The city which started metro rail service on 29 Jun Chennai
Winners of the womens doubles title of the 2015 Canada Open badminton Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa
The year in which IRDA was renamed as IRDAI on 30 Dec 2014
Indias ranking on the Global Peace Index for 2015 143rd
The country which has topped the Global Peace Index for 2015 Iceland
The Indian conferred with Colombias highest civilian award recently Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The public sector bank which leads the NPA list as of now United Bank of India
The country which shut its oldest remaining nuclear reactor, Grafenrheinfeld reactor recently Germany
Indias envoy to New Zealand recalled recently after his wife was accused of assaulting help Ravi Thapar
The country whose supreme court has ruled the same-sex marriage a legal right across, the country US
The country which has topped the Baseline Profitability Index (BPI) 2015 India
The first Indian basketball player to be drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the US Satnam Singh
Bhamara
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Jun 26
The amount India announced as help to Nepal in the international donors conference USD 1 bn
The new deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes Dec 31, 2015
The Pakistani cricketer who assumed the role of the ICC President on 25 Jun Zaheer Abbas
The tennis legend who has been appointed as the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala Steffi Graf
Indias insurance penetration in financial year 2014-15 (FY15) 3.3 per cent
The first country in the world to receive funds from UN for Solar Home Systems Bangladesh
The Indologist and eminent scholar of Sanskrit who died recently NR Varhadpande
The cmmittee which recommended not to levy MAT for the period preceding Apr 1, 2015 AP Shah Committee
The first private bank in 11 years which commenced its operation on 23 Aug Bandhan Bank
The winner of the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix F1 championship Lewis Hamilton
The winner of the 100m gold at World Championships 2015 Usain Bolt
The RBIs internal committee which recommended improvements for Urban Coop Banks (UCBs) recently R Gandhi
Committee
The portal launched by the govt for students seeking educational Loans www.vidyalakshmi.co.in
The state which has launched RISHTA project, an efficient smart LED-based street lighting project Himachal Pradesh
The new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe
The novelist who has won the James Tait Black Award 2015 for his novel In the Light of What We Know Zia Haider
Rahman
The cities to be declared by the central govt as twin national heritage cities Haridwar-Rishikesh
The person conferred with Maharashtra Bhushan award recently Babasaheb Purandare
The Indian airport which has become the worlds first airport to operate on solar power Cochin International Airport
World Photography Day 19 Aug
The bank which has launched a mobile wallet app called Buddy SBI

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Indias economic growth rate for 2015-16 as per rating agency Moodys 7 per cent
The capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi
The first ULIP scheme by LIC of India after withdrawing all such products in 2013 Endowment Plus
The first Indian to win Ladies British Amateur Golf Championship recently Aditi Ashok
The person appointed by the J&K govt as Advisor to the CM Amitabh Mattoo
The winner of the 2015 edition of the Pro Kabaddi U Mumba
The Greek PM who announced his resignation and called for an early election Alexis Tsipras
Recently appointed social ambassador of Coca-Cola India Sourav Ganguly
International Youth Day (IYD) 12 Aug
The team defeated by the Indian hockey team 2-1 in the European Tour recently Spain
The founder of Hero Cycles who died recently Om Prakash Munjal
The dividend paid by the RBI to the govt recently, the highest ever in its 80-year history `66,000 cr
The newly appointed Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat
The winner of the World 6-Red Snooker Championship Pankaj Advani
The present PM of Libya Abdullah al-Thani
The bank accredited by the Green Climate Fund as an implementing entity for climate change-related projects in India
NABARD
The ambassador for the Save the Tiger campaign Amitabh Bachchan
The chairman of the Rajya Sabha committee on the Land Acquisition Bill SS Ahluwalia
The city where the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) will come up New Delhi
The country which has topped the Asian Youth Chess Championship with 17 medals India
The second player till date to be recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award recently Sania Mirza
The country with which Indias social security pact came into force on 1 Aug Canada
The first Indian city to become a member of Beijing-headquartered World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Council
Kochi
The compensation sought by the govt from Nestle for damages caused by Maggi noodles `640 cr
The govt scheme aimed at educational and skill training of minorities launched recently Nai Manzil
The recipient of the 24th Saraswati Sammaan for the year 2014 M Veerappa Moily
The state where the indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant was commissioned recently Kerala
International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples 9 Aug
The new CEO of the technology giant Google Sundar Pichai
The umbrella company announced by Larry Page of which Google will be a part Alphabet
The state capital which leads the Swachh Bharat rankings Bengaluru
The state capital which came at last in the Swachh Bharat rankings Patna
The three East Asian nations included in ASEANplusthree group China, Japan & South Korea
World Bio Fuel Day 10 Aug
The winner of the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA)-Safari India South Asia Travel Award 2015 Dilip
Parulekar
The socio-biologist who has recently been awarded Germanys highest civilian honour the Cross of Order of the Merit
Raghavendra Gadagkar
The person to whom the global satellite GlobalSat for DRR is to be dedicated APJ Abdul Kalam
The freedom fighter and the Kannada poet who died recently Kayyara Kinhanna Rai
The bank which recently launched its Saral-Rural Housing Loan at base rate of 9.7 per cent for borrowers from rural areas
ICICI Bank
The new governor of Bihar Ram Nath Kovind
The committee set up by the govt and the RBI which will decide the interest rates in the country Monetary Policy
Committee
The city which tops the chart of cleanest cities in the country among 476 cities surveyed during 2014-15 Mysuru
The state with which Foxconn has signed a USD 5-bn deal to set up manufacturing base Maharashtra
The typhoon which entered China on 8 Aug after pounding Taiwan Soudelor
The country which won the Ashes series, defeating Australia England
The Australian Test captain who retired recently Michael Clarke
The chairman of the 31-member Parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal Bill EM Sudarsana Natchiappan

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The first Indian private firm to license tech of a full-scale system from DRDO for Lakshya system L&T
The new governor of Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat
National Handloom Day 7 Aug
The archer who won the first-ever individual medal in the World Archery Championships for India recently Rajat
Chauhan
The additional interest rate paid by the banks against armed forces insurance deposits which the RBI has directed to
withdraw 1.28 per cent
The city where Bharat Parv, a celebration of culture and cuisine from different states of India, was organised recently
New Delhi
The FDI received from 12 countries visited by PM Narendra Modi in financial year 2014-15 USD 19.78 bn
The country with which India inked a pact to set up Centre of Excellence in Software Development and Training (CESDT)
there Myanmar
The Indian-American appointed recently as the US ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Atul Keshap
The retail inflation in Jun 2015 as per RBIs monetary policy review on 4 Aug 5.4 per cent
The 70th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing (by the nuclear bomb Little Boy) 6 Aug
The date on which the World Wide Web (WWW) was born in 1991 conceived by Tim Berners-Lee 6 Aug
The first telecom operator in India to commercially launch its 4G high-speed data services Airtel
The organisation with which FICCI has signed an MoU for the second phase of SCORE Global Programme ILO
The present MP of Mozambique who visited New Delhi recently Filipe Nyusi
The winner of the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize 2015 of Poland Zhanna Nemtsova
The former PWD minister of Goa who has been arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case Churchill
Alemao
The actor who tops the list of 2015 Worlds Highest-Paid Actors released by the Forbes magazine Robert Downey Jr
The winner of the Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award 2015 NDDB
The country which inaugurated the new Suez Canal on 6 Aug Egypt
The state which has made it mandatory for candidates contesting all level of panchayat raj elections to have toilets at their
individual homes by Jan 31, 2016 Bihar
The length of National Highways in the country 96,000 km
Asias largest telescope, the Multi Application Solar Telescope (MAST), was recently inaugurated in Udaipur, Rajasthan
The winner of the Ramanujan Prize for 2015
Amalendu Krishna
The insurgent group with which the Central Govt signed a peace accord on 3 Aug NSCN (IM)
The agency which has bagged Tourism Ministrys Incredible India advertising campaign McCann India
The country for which ISRO will be launching nine nano/micro satellites during 2015-16 US
The chairman of the panel examining the PPP model in infrastructure projects Vijay Kelkar
The country which is planning to launch Jilin-1, its first self-developed remote sensing satellite China
The bank which has launched Dhanchayat, an educational film HDFC Bank
The 2nd edition meet of Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) was held in Jaipur
The mass emission standards for biofuel vehicles notified recently B100
The winner of the womens squash title in the Victorian Open WSA Event held in Melbourne Joshna Chinappa
The winner of the mens singles title of the Hamburg Open Rafael Nadal
The sports officially recognised as an Olympic sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently Frisbee
The coins the RBI will put into circulation to commemorate the International Day of Yoga `10
The city selected by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games Beijing
The country with which the IAF conducted the Indra Dhanush IV exercise recently UK
The amount the govt will infuse in PSBs over a period of four years `70,000 cr
The city to get Indias first harbour defence system recently Kochi
The first Indian golfer to win a gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles recently Ranveer Singh
Saini
The space agency with which ISRO is co-developing NISAR satellite NASA (US)
The year by which India will become the most populous nation in the world as per the UN report 2022
The cyclonic storm which hit parts of West Bengal and north Odisha recently Komen
The newly-appointed coach of the Indian mens hockey team Roelant Oltmans

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The size of the proposed National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) `20,000 cr
The cricketer who was presented the prestigious Arjuna Award on 31 Jul Ravichandran Ashwin
The person whose birthday on 15 Oct is observed as the World Students Day globally APJ Abdul Kalam
The Sangeet Natak Akademi and the Padmashri awardee vocalist who died recently Vasundhara Komkali
The author of the book titled Sleeping on Jupiter which is shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2015 Anuradha Roy
The bank which has announced to buy domestic online retail broking major Sharekhan BNP Paribas
The anti-tank missile which Kalyani group with Israels Rafael will produce in India Spike
The title sponsor for BCCIs domestic and international cricket matches at home for four years Paytm
The person nominated by the govt to be director on the central board of directors of RBI Ajay Tyagi
The new chairman of the food regulator FSSAI Ashish Bahuguna
The two Indians who have won the Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2015 Sanjiv Chaturvedi & Anshu Gupta
The 162nd member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Kazakhstan
International Tiger Day 29 Jul
The long-range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) being developed by India and Israel Barak-8
The eminent physicist who passed away recently P Hariharan
The new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) RS Sharma
The first state to have a provision for compulsory voting in the local body polls Gujarat
The winner of the CONCACAF Gold Cup football title Mexico
The new brand ambassador of Renault in India Ranbir Kapoor
The winner of the Dun & Bradstreets Indias Top PSUs Awards 2015 Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)
World Hepatitis Day 28 Jul
The firm which topped the 2015 Fortune Global 500 list compiled by Fortune magazine Walmart
The new private sector bank which will start operations from 1 Oct IDFC Bank
The Indian historian awarded with the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in the academic category Ramachandra Guha
The worlds first vaccine for malaria to get a green light from European drugs regulators recently Mosquirix
The city from which the Smart City initiative of the govt got its first nomination Puducherry
The new MD of Nestle India Suresh Narayanan
The new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NALCO TK Chand
The committee on MAT which submitted its report recently Justice AP Shah Committee

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