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India gifted four Mi 25 attack helicopters to which of the following countries recently?
1) Maldives
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) Afghanistan
5) Mauritius
The union home ministry is considering a proposal to remove Chinese nationals from mandatory security clearances for
conference visa. At present, participants from which of the following countries, is/are also kept in the above category?
1) Sudan
2) Iraq
3) Pakistan
4) Afghanistan
5) All the above
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Who among the following has been appointed the brand ambassador of telecom company Reliance Jio?
1) Aamir Khan
2) Salman Khan
3) Ranbir Kapoor
4) Hrithik Roshan
5) Shah Rukh Khan
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Japan approved record defence budget for the year starting Apr 2016 which has been set at
1) 2.05 tn yen
2) 3.50 tn yen
3) 5.05 tn yen
4) 7.50 tn yen
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5) 8.05 tn yen
According to a finance ministry circular, users of mobile wallets would need to give their permanent account number
(PAN) if annual transaction exceeds
1) Rs 10,000
2) Rs 20,000
3) Rs 25,000
4) Rs 50,000
5) Rs 1 lakh
6.
India plans to become the worlds second-biggest nuclear energy market increasing its nuclear capacity to 63,000
megawatts (MW) by 2032. At present, the biggest nuclear energy market in the world is
1) Japan
2) China
3) Germany
4) France
5) US
7.
The Finance Ministry has allowed 41 more housing finance companies (HFCs) to use the SARFAESI law. The law helps
firms in
1) maximising profit
2) managing workforce
3) recovery of dues
4) new product launch
5) receiving foreign investment
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India has constructed the Parliament house of which of the following countries which was inaugurated on 25 Dec?
1) Afghanistan
2) Bhutan
3) Myanmar
4) Vietnam
5) Philippines
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The birthday of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee is celebrated as Good Governance Day which falls on
1) 21 Dec
2) 22 Dec
3) 24 Dec
4) 25 Dec
5) 26 Dec
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A plot of land for India to build its first naval base in the Indian Ocean region has been allocated by which of the
following countries recently in the Assumption Island?
1) Seychelles
2) Mauritius
3) Sri Lanka
4) Maldives
5) Suriname
12.
________ announced the launch of MoboMoney, a first of its kind Tap N Pay contactless digital payment solution
for the Indian masses recently.
1) Wipro
2) Tech Mahindra
3) Infosys
4) TCS
5) HCL
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Which of the following firms maintained its numero uno position in terms of revenue for the sixth consecutive year in the
list of Fortune 500 Indian companies 2015?
1) ONGC
2) SBI
3) BPCL
4) RIL
5) IOC
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4) 18 Dec
5) 28 Dec
Who among the following was declared the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards
2015?
1) Josh Hazlewood 2) Faf du Plessis
3) Meg Lanning
4) Steven Smith
5) AB de Villiers
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In a move aimed at making drugs more affordable, the govt has revised the NLEM adding drugs for cancer, HIV/AIDS
and hepatitis C to it. The term NLEM stands for
1) National List of Economical Medicines
2) National List of Established Medicines
3) National List of Early Medicines
4) National List of Essential Medicines
5) None of these
17.
Which of the following private sector lenders recently entered into a tie-up with IRCTC to launch online rail ticket
booking service on its website?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC
3) Axis Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
18.
A fund dedicated to health, agriculture and renewable energy sector, christened Bharat Fund, was launched by the PM
Narendra Modi with a corpus of
1) $100 mn
2) $150 mn
3) $200 mn
4) $250 mn
5) $500 mn
19.
Which of the following agencies promotes, coordinates, and monitors at the international level the fight against doping
in sports in all its forms?
1) FIFA
2) IOC
3) NBA
4) USOC
5) WADA
20.
Indias Shiva Keshavan won silver medal recently at Asian Championships in Japan. He is associated with which of the
following games?
1) Boxing
2) Pole vault
3) Triple jump
4) Luge
5) Discuss throw
21.
The RBI committee on financial inclusion has suggested that the govt should transfer cash directly to persons instead
of giving subsidies. The Committee was headed by
1) Deepak Mohanty 2) Kaushik Basu
3) Rajiv Takru
4) Rajiv Mehrishi
5) Usha Thorat
22.
Taxpayers with annual income more than ________ will not get subsidised cooking gas (LPG) from Jan 2016.
1) Rs 5 lakh
2) Rs 8 lakh
3) Rs 10 lakh
4) Rs 12 lakh
5) Rs 15 lakh
23.
The Supreme Court recently upheld the liquor policy of which of the following state govts restricting service and
consumption of liquor at bars in five star hotels only?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Gujarat
4) Delhi
5) Bihar
24.
India recently requested which of the following countries to complete the procedures for its participation in the FarzadB gas field, discovered by OVL, in the Persian Gulf?
1) Egypt
2) Iran
3) Iraq
4) Turkmenistan
5) Saudi Arabia
25.
The Committee reviewing public-private partnership (PPP) in infrastructure has recommended setting up independent
regulators for PPP projects in various sectors. The Committee was headed by
1) Arvind Panagariya
2) Amiya Kumar Bagchi
3) Amit Mitra
4) Abhijit Banerjee
5) Vijay Kelkar
26.
The central govt is renaming yet another welfare programme, the Indira Awaas Yojana. Its to be renamed as the
1) Advani Awaas Yojana
2) Hedgewar Awaas Yojana
3) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana
4) Sansad Awaas Yojana
5) None of these
27.
Which of the following teams won 2015-16 Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy in Bengaluru recently?
1) Delhi
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Punjab
4) Mumbai
5) Gujarat
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Justice VS Malimath, who died on 22 Dec, was the former Chief Justice of
1) Karnataka and Kerala High Courts
2) Delhi High Court
3) Bombay and Madras High Court
4) Gauhati High Court
5) Bombay High Court
29.
The Central Govt has announced to organise the Make in India Week in Mumbai during
1) Jan 13-18, 2016
2) Feb 13-18, 2016
3) Mar 13-18, 2016
4) Apr 13-18, 2016
30.
The indigenously developed Astra missile was on 25 Dec successfully test-fired. This is a(n)
1) surface-to-surface missile
2) surface-to-air missile
3) air-to-surface missile
4) air-to-air missile
5) None of these
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31.
The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) set up by the govt is worth
1) Rs 20,000 cr
2) Rs 25,000 cr
3) Rs 40,000 cr
4) Rs 50,000 cr
5) Rs 75,000 cr
The govt will invest what amount from the Budget into the NIIF, the fund meant to fund development of infrastructure
projects, including reviving stalled ones?
1) Rs 10,000 cr
2) Rs 20,000 cr
3) Rs 25,000 cr
4) Rs 30,000 cr
5) Rs 40,000 cr
33.
As announced by the Union Minister for Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad, the India Post Payment Bank will
start operations in
1) Jan 2016
2) Mar 2016
3) Sep 2016
4) Jan 2017
5) Mar 2017
34.
The Indian Navy recently test-fired the Barak 8 long range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) for the first time from an
Indian warship. The missile is co-developed with which country?
1) Russia
2) US
3) France
4) Israel
5) Sweden
35.
In the first major defence joint venture after changes in the FDI policy, Tatra is set to partner with Reliance Defence to
manufacture military trucks in India. Tatra is based in
1) Czech Republic
2) Slovakia
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) Ukraine
36.
________ was declared free of Ebola on 29 Dec 2015. More than 2,500 people died from the virus in the country.
1) Liberia
2) Guinea
3) Senegal
4) Burkina Faso
5) Ghana
37.
Who among the following has been appointed the new CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI)
Aayog?
1) Sanjay Mitra
2) Aradhana Johri
3) Sindhushree Khullar 4) Amitabh Kant
5) Bibek Debroy
38.
Who among the following is heading the Commission of Inquiry to probe the alleged scam in the Delhi and District
Cricket Association (DDCA)?
1) Mukul Rohatgi
2) Mohan Parasaran
3) Ranjit Kumar
4) Soli Sorabjee
5) Gopal Subramanium
39.
Who won the Best Player of the Year award at the sixth edition of Globe Soccer Awards 2015?
1) Ronaldinho
2) Luis Suarez
3) Cristiano Ronaldo 4) Neymar
5) Lionel Messi
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In a fillip to the govts Make In India drive, Russias Rostec will form a joint venture with Indian ________ for
manufacturing Kamov 226T military helicopters in India.
1) HAL
2) L&T
3) Reliance Infra
4) Godrej
5) Mahindra Aviation
42.
The state govts borrow money from markets through SDLs to raise resources to meet demand. The term SDL stands for
1) State Discounted Loans
2) State Diversified Loans
3) State Dedicated Loans
4) State Development Loans
5) None of these
43.
The Centre has cleared the final notification for building the Coastal road from Nariman Point to Kandivali in Mumbai
which is a ________ project.
1) Rs 6,000-cr
2) Rs 8,000-cr
3) Rs 10,000-cr
4) Rs 12,000-cr
5) Rs 14,000-cr
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The richest people on Earth became a bit poorer in 2015 while Jeff Bezos more than doubled his fortune to $59 bn during
the same period. He is the founder of
1) ebay
2) Amazon
3) Berkshire Hathaway Inc
4) America Movil SAB
5) Fisher Investments
45.
Asias largest underground railway station, covering a total area of 147,000 square metres, opened recently in
1) Tokyo, Japan
2) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3) Shenzhen, China
4) Manila, Philippines
5) Seoul, South Korea
46.
The CCEA approved ATUFS which aims to help textile industry improve operational technology. In the term ATUFS,
letter U stands for
1) Utilisation
2) Unification
3) Upgradation
4) Upliftment
5) Urbanisation
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Indias mobile phone subscriber base peaked to more than 1 billion users for the first time recently. Now, India has
become the only country after ________ to achieve that milestone.
1) Canada
2) US
3) Indonesia
4) Japan
5) China
48.
________ is the host of the 12th National Ice-Skating Championship scheduled from Dec 30 to Jan 3, 2016.
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Sikkim
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) Jammu and Kashmir
49.
As per a recent study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), which state
remained the top investment destination as of Dec 2014?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Odisha
4) Rajasthan
5) Tamil Nadu
50.
Which country successfully launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the countrys
high-definition earth observation project recently?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Malaysia
4) China
5) Singapore
51.
The Union Home Ministry cleared the proposal to grant the citizenship of India to who among the following recently?
1) Asma Jahangir
2) Sabeen Mahmud
3) Adnan Sami
4) Wasim Akram
5) Ghulam Ali
52.
Who among the following was named Cricketer of the Year at the BCCI annual honours?
1) Ravichandran Ashwin
2) Ajinkya Rahane
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
5) Virat Kohli
53.
DK Hota has been appointed the new CMD of which of the following public sector undertakings?
1) IOC
2) BEML
3) HAL
4) SAIL
5) GAIL
54.
Giorgi Kvirikashvili has been elected as the new Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Georgia
2) Ukraine
3) Bulgaria
4) Romania
5) Armenia
55.
Who among the following has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015?
1) Raghuveer Chaudhary
2) Subhash Chandra
3) Jayant Vishnu Naralikar
4) Adil Jussawalla
5) Ramesh Chandra Shah
56.
The RBI has asked the banks to open more brick and mortar branches in villages with no banking facilities and with a
population of more than
1) 2,000
2) 2,500
3) 3,500
4) 5,000
5) 10,000
57.
The govt has approved the scaling up of budget for implementation of Grid Connected Rooftops systems over a period
of five years from Rs 600 cr to
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 2,000 cr
3) Rs 3,000 cr
4) Rs 4,000 cr
5) Rs 5,000 cr
58.
The name of the Sudarsan Pattnaik is associated with which of the following arts? His work got a place in the Limca Book
of Records recently.
1) Sand art
2) Painting
3) Sculpturing
4) Clay art
5) Mosaic art
59.
Rakhi Haldar and Kavita Devi won gold medals at National Championship in which of the following sports recently?
1) Wrestling
2) Boxing
3) Weightlifting
4) Archery
5) Long jump
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5) director
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Who among the following will head the panel on Censor Board to work out a revamp plan and submit its report within
two months?
1) Pahlaj Nihalani
2) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
3) Bhawana Somaaya
4) Piyush Pandey
5) Shyam Benegal
62.
Eight states in the country have agreed to implement direct benefit transfer scheme for kerosene oil. The DBT scheme for
kerosene will be implemented from
1) Mar 1, 2016
2) Apr 1, 2016
3) Jun 1, 2016
4) Sep 1, 2016
5) Oct 1, 2016
63.
The Indian-origin Harpal Singh Kumar was knighted by the Queen Elizabeth II recently. He is a(n)
1) cancer expert
2) tuberculosis expert 3) automobile expert
4) environmentalist
5) astronomer
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Shekhar Saran recently took over as CMD of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd (CMPDI). The institute
is based in
1) Ranchi
2) Varanasi
3) Jamshedpur
4) Bokaro
5) Dhanbad
65.
The govt recently constituted a one-man committee headed by Kamlesh Chandra to examine the wage structure and
service conditions of
1) MGNREGA workers2) women work force 3) gramin dak sevaks 4) farm labourers
5) cleaning staff
66.
The vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyam was conferred with 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award recently. The Sangita Kalanidhi is
the highest honour given to _________ musicians.
1) Hindustani
2) Rajasthani
3) Lavani
4) Carnatic
5) None of these
67.
The DAVA project won the 2015 eASIA Award under trade facilitation category recently. The project is associated with
1) digital identification
2) vaccination
3) telemedicine
4) distribution of free medicines
5) drug verification
68.
India and Pakistan exchanged the list of their nuclear installations for the 25th consecutive year recently. Under a
bilateral pact, both the countries share the above list every year on
1) 1 Dec
2) 25 Dec
3) 31 Dec
4) 1 Jan
5) 3 Jan
69.
Which of the following teams won the SAFF Cup 2015 football title in Thiruvananthapuram recently?
1) Afghanistan
2) India
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka
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Which of the following countries slashed the price of gas it supplies to India by almost half by removing a floor and cap
in the pricing formula recently?
1) Qatar
2) Iran
3) Iraq
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Tajikistan
72.
The Supreme Court-appointed Committee on reforms in Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) submitted its reports
recently. The Committee was headed by
1) TS Thakur
2) HL Dattu
3) RM Lodha
4) P Sathasivam
5) Mukul Mudgal
73.
The IT major Sify Technologies recently announced the setting up of its largest global delivery centre in India at
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Kochi
4) Gurgaon
5) Hyderabad
74.
________ emerged as the biggest investor ($2.58 bn) in Indian businesses in 2015.
1) Sequoia Capital
2) Tiger Global Management
3) Steadview Capital
4) Temasek
5) SoftBank
75.
As per the Finance Ministry notification, the registrar will have to report purchase and sale of all immovable property
exceeding ________ to I-T authorities starting 1 Apr.
1) Rs 10 lakh
2) Rs 20 lakh
3) Rs 30 lakh
4) Rs 25 lakh
5) Rs 30 lakh
76.
Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched slew of digital banking solutions aimed at improving customer experience.
The bank is headquartered at
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Amritsar
4) Pune
5) Chandigarh
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Which two PSBs jointly won the award for Cheque Truncation System under the mid-sized category at the National
Payments Excellence Awards 2015 recently?
1) Canara Bank and Indian Bank
2) Bank of India and Indian Bank
3) PNB Bank and Canara Bank
4) Corporation Bank and Indian Bank
5) PNB and Indian Bank
78.
The Army Day is celebrated every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General KM Cariappas taking over as the
first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army on
1) 2 Jan
2) 4 Jan
3) 5 Jan
4) 10 Jan
5) 15 Jan
79.
Abidali Neemuchwala took over as the new CEO of which of the following IT firms in India recently?
1) Infosys
2) TCS
3) HCL
4) Wipro
5) Tech Mahindra
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Who among the following was sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by President Pranab
Mukherjee recently?
1) KV Chowdary
2) Vijai Sharma
3) RK Mathur
4) RK Singh
5) TM Bhasin
81.
The banks will have to report cash deposits aggregating ________ or more in a financial year in one or more accounts
of a person starting 1 Apr according to a govt notification.
1) Rs 2 lakh
2) Rs 5 lakh
3) Rs 8 lakh
4) Rs 10 lakh
5) Rs 15 lakh
82.
Usha Ananthasubramanian is the present Managing Director and CEO of which of the following public sector banks?
1) PNB
2) Canara Bank
3) Bank of India
4) Bank of Baroda
5) Dena Bank
83.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) on 30 Dec 2015 announced addition of four new
elements to the periodic table in the seventh row which have atomic numbers
1) 110, 114, 116 and 118
2) 110, 113, 117 and 118
3) 113, 115, 117 and 118
4) 114, 116, 117 and 118
5) None of these
84.
Who among the following was honored with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award recently by the BCCI?
1) Ravi Shastri
2) Sandeep Patil
3) Syed Kirmani
4) Roger Binny
5) Gundappa Viswanath
85.
After a gap of 27 years, a bus service between India and which of the following countries resumed on 4 Jan?
1) Bhutan
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) Nepal
5) Pakistan
86.
Name the author who won 2015 Costa Novel Prize for her novel A God in Ruins.
1) Jhumpa Lahiri
2) Hilary Mantel
3) Janice Galloway
4) Annie Bell
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Which of the following teams won the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament final?
1) Air India
2) Indian Oil
3) Indian Railway
4) ONGC
5) NTPC
Who among the following took charge as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on 1 Jan?
1) Antonio Guterres 2) Syed Akbaruddin
3) Liu Jieyi
4) Samantha Power
5) Filippo Grandi
90.
The Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk recently announced who among the following as brand ambassador
for its awareness campaign Changing Diabetes in India?
1) Virender Sehwag
2) Sourav Ganguly
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Virat Kohli
5) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
91.
The Wattan Ko Jano initiative is being carried out by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in coordination with which
state govt aimed at exposing youth from the state to the rest of the country?
1) Jammu & Kashmir
2) Punjab
3) Manipur
4) Assam
5) Uttar Pradesh
92.
The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has approved what per cent reservation for women in central armed police
forces at constable-level positions?
1) 10 per cent
2) 15 per cent
3) 25 per cent
4) 33 per cent
5) 50 per cent
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The 11th international conference of media experts and communication specialists from around the world will be organised
by the Global Communication Association (GCA) in
1) Bengaluru
2) Hyderabad
3) Mysuru
4) Jaipur
5) Chennai
94.
The Karnatakas Tourism and the National Academy of Sciences of India (NASI) have signed an MoU to set up a
Cauvery river gallery in
1) Mysuru
2) Dharwad
3) Chikkamagaluru
4) Bidar
5) Bellary
95.
Which state govt has decided to implement the umbrella health scheme Sampoorna Arogya Keralam project announced
in the 2015-16 state budget?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) None of these
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The central govt has decided to skip BS-V emission norms and implement stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage (BS)
VI directly from
1) Apr 1, 2024
2) Apr 1, 2022
3) Apr 1, 2020
4) Apr 1, 2019
5) Apr 1, 2017
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The Centre has appointed AB Khare as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following PSUs?
1) Northern Coalfields Limited
2) National Fertilizers Limited
3) Hindustan Copper Limited
4) BEML Limited
5) Madras Fertilizers
98.
Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda (Sam Pitroda) was appointed Technology Advisor to which of the following state govts
recently?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) Chhattisgarh
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Pavan Kapoor has been appointed Indias ambassador to which of the following countries?
1) Germany
2) Israel
3) France
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100. The National Youth Day is celebrated in India on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda which falls on
1) 8 Jan
2) 10 Jan
3) 12 Jan
4) 16 Jan
5) 22 Jan
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