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emyClass TestGeneral Awareness-60Name: ________________________________________ Roll No.: ________________

1. 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

2. The union home ministry is considering a proposal to remove Chinese nationals from mandatory security clearances forconference 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

3. 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

4. Japan approved record defence budget for the year starting Apr 2016 which has been set at1) 2.05 tn yen 2) 3.50 tn yen 3) 5.05 tn yen 4) 7.50 tn yen 5) 8.05 tn yen

5. According to a finance ministry circular, users of mobile wallets would need to give their permanent account number(PAN) if annual transaction exceeds1) 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 63,000megawatts (MW) by 2032. At present, the biggest nuclear energy market in the world is1) 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 helpsfirms in1) maximising profit 2) managing workforce 3) recovery of dues4) new product launch 5) receiving foreign investment

8. 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

9. What is the currency of Peru?1) Forint 2) Nuevo Sol 3) Kuna 4) Lev 5) Real

10. The birthday of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee is celebrated as Good Governance Day which falls on1) 21 Dec 2) 22 Dec 3) 24 Dec 4) 25 Dec 5) 26 Dec

11. A plot of land for India to build its first naval base in the Indian Ocean region has been allocated by which of thefollowing 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 solutionfor the Indian masses recently.1) Wipro 2) Tech Mahindra 3) Infosys 4) TCS 5) HCL

13. Which of the following firms maintained its numero uno position in terms of revenue for the sixth consecutive year in thelist of Fortune 500 Indian companies 2015?1) ONGC 2) SBI 3) BPCL 4) RIL 5) IOC

14. The National energy conservation day is celebrated every year on1) 10 Dec 2) 12 Dec 3) 14 Dec 4) 18 Dec 5) 28 Dec

15. Who among the following was declared the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards2015?1) Josh Hazlewood 2) Faf du Plessis 3) Meg Lanning 4) Steven Smith 5) AB de Villiers

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emy16. In a move aimed at making drugs more affordable, the govt has revised the NLEM adding drugs for cancer, HIV/AIDSand hepatitis C to it. The term NLEM stands for1) National List of Economical Medicines 2) National List of Established Medicines3) National List of Early Medicines 4) National List of Essential Medicines5) None of these17. Which of the following private sector lenders recently entered into a tie-up with IRCTC to launch online rail ticketbooking service on its website?

1) ICICI Bank 2) HDFC 3) Axis Bank4) Federal Bank 5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

18. A fund dedicated to health, agriculture and renewable energy sector, christened Bharat Fund, was launched by the PMNarendra Modi with a corpus of1) $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 dopingin 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 thefollowing 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 insteadof giving subsidies. The Committee was headed by1) 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 andconsumption 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 Farzad-B 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 independentregulators for PPP projects in various sectors. The Committee was headed by1) Arvind Panagariya 2) Amiya Kumar Bagchi 3) Amit Mitra4) Abhijit Banerjee 5) Vijay Kelkar

26. The central govt is renaming yet another welfare programme, the Indira Awaas Yojana. Its to be renamed as the1) Advani Awaas Yojana 2) Hedgewar Awaas Yojana 3) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana4) 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

28. Justice VS Malimath, who died on 22 Dec, was the former Chief Justice of1) Karnataka and Kerala High Courts 2) Delhi High Court3) Bombay and Madras High Court 4) Gauhati High Court5) Bombay High Court

29. The Central Govt has announced to organise the Make in India Week in Mumbai during1) Jan 13-18, 2016 2) Feb 13-18, 2016 3) Mar 13-18, 2016 4) Apr 13-18, 2016 5) May 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 missile4) air-to-air missile 5) None of these

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emy31. The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) set up by the govt is worth1) Rs 20,000 cr 2) Rs 25,000 cr 3) Rs 40,000 cr 4) Rs 50,000 cr 5) Rs 75,000 cr32. The govt will invest what amount from the Budget into the NIIF, the fund meant to fund development of infrastructureprojects, 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 cr33. As announced by the Union Minister for Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad, the India Post Payment Bank will

start operations in1) 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 anIndian 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 tomanufacture military trucks in India. Tatra is based in1) 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 DistrictCricket Association (DDCA)?1) Mukul Rohatgi 2) Mohan Parasaran 3) Ranjit Kumar4) 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

40. The headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is located at1) Bangkok, Thailand 2) Manila, Philippines 3) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia4) Tokyo, Japan 5) Jakarta, Indonesia

41. In a fillip to the govts Make In India drive, Russias Rostec will form a joint venture with Indian ________ formanufacturing 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 for1) State Discounted Loans 2) State Diversified Loans 3) State Dedicated Loans4) 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 Mumbaiwhich 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

44. The richest people on Earth became a bit poorer in 2015 while Jeff Bezos more than doubled his fortune to $59 bn duringthe same period. He is the founder of1) ebay 2) Amazon 3) Berkshire Hathaway Inc4) America Movil SAB 5) Fisher Investments

45. Asias largest underground railway station, covering a total area of 147,000 square metres, opened recently in1) Tokyo, Japan 2) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3) Shenzhen, China4) 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 for1) Utilisation 2) Unification 3) Upgradation 4) Upliftment 5) Urbanisation

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emy47. Indias mobile phone subscriber base peaked to more than 1 billion users for the first time recently. Now, India hasbecome the only country after ________ to achieve that milestone.1) Canada 2) US 3) Indonesia 4) Japan 5) China48. ________ 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 Pradesh4) Uttarakhand 5) Jammu and Kashmir

49. As per a recent study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), which stateremained 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 countryshigh-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 Sharma4) 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 Naralikar4) 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 apopulation of more than1) 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 periodof five years from Rs 600 cr to1) 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 Bookof 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

60. Subir Sen, who passed away recently, was a veteran1) author 2) music director 3) singer 4) actor 5) director

61. Who among the following will head the panel on Censor Board to work out a revamp plan and submit its report withintwo months?1) Pahlaj Nihalani 2) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra 3) Bhawana Somaaya4) 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 forkerosene will be implemented from1) 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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emy64. Shekhar Saran recently took over as CMD of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd (CMPDI). The instituteis based in1) Ranchi 2) Varanasi 3) Jamshedpur 4) Bokaro 5) Dhanbad65. The govt recently constituted a one-man committee headed by Kamlesh Chandra to examine the wage structure andservice conditions of1) 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 isthe 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 with1) digital identification 2) vaccination 3) telemedicine4) 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 abilateral pact, both the countries share the above list every year on1) 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

70. What is the full form of CBDT as used in banking/finance?1) Central Board of Deductible Taxes 2) Central Board of Derived Taxes 3) Central Board of Domestic Taxes4) Central Board of Direct Taxes 5) None of these

71. Which of the following countries slashed the price of gas it supplies to India by almost half by removing a floor and capin 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 reportsrecently. The Committee was headed by1) 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 at1) 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 Capital4) Temasek 5) SoftBank

75. As per the Finance Ministry notification, the registrar will have to report purchase and sale of all immovable propertyexceeding ________ 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 at1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Amritsar 4) Pune 5) Chandigarh

77. Which two PSBs jointly won the award for Cheque Truncation System under the mid-sized category at the NationalPayments Excellence Awards 2015 recently?1) Canara Bank and Indian Bank 2) Bank of India and Indian Bank3) PNB Bank and Canara Bank 4) Corporation Bank and Indian Bank5) PNB and Indian Bank

78. The Army Day is celebrated every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General KM Cariappas taking over as thefirst Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army on1) 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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emy80. Who among the following was sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by President PranabMukherjee recently?1) KV Chowdary 2) Vijai Sharma 3) RK Mathur 4) RK Singh 5) TM Bhasin81. The banks will have to report cash deposits aggregating ________ or more in a financial year in one or more accountsof 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 newelements to the periodic table in the seventh row which have atomic numbers1) 110, 114, 116 and 118 2) 110, 113, 117 and 118 3) 113, 115, 117 and 1184) 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 Kirmani4) 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 5) Kate Atkinson

87. Sarosh Homi Kapadia, who died recently, was the former1) Central Vigilance Commissioner 2) Chief Information Commissioner 3) Attorney General of India4) Chief Justice of India 5) None of these

88. 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

89. 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 ambassadorfor its awareness campaign Changing Diabetes in India?1) Virender Sehwag 2) Sourav Ganguly 3) Sachin Tendulkar4) 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 whichstate govt aimed at exposing youth from the state to the rest of the country?1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Punjab 3) Manipur4) Assam 5) Uttar Pradesh

92. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has approved what per cent reservation for women in central armed policeforces at constable-level positions?1) 10 per cent 2) 15 per cent 3) 25 per cent 4) 33 per cent 5) 50 per cent

93. The 11th international conference of media experts and communication specialists from around the world will be organisedby the Global Communication Association (GCA) in1) 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 aCauvery river gallery in1) 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 announcedin the 2015-16 state budget?1) Tamil Nadu 2) Karnataka 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Odisha 5) None of these

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emy96. The central govt has decided to skip BS-V emission norms and implement stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage (BS)VI directly from1) Apr 1, 2024 2) Apr 1, 2022 3) Apr 1, 2020 4) Apr 1, 2019 5) Apr 1, 201797. 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 Limited4) BEML Limited 5) Madras Fertilizers

98. Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda (Sam Pitroda) was appointed Technology Advisor to which of the following state govtsrecently?1) Maharashtra 2) Gujarat 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Odisha 5) Chhattisgarh

99. Pavan Kapoor has been appointed Indias ambassador to which of the following countries?1) Germany 2) Israel 3) France 4) Russia 5) China

100. The National Youth Day is celebrated in India on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda which falls on1) 8 Jan 2) 10 Jan 3) 12 Jan 4) 16 Jan 5) 22 Jan

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