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INTERNATIONAL
1) Which country carried out its first air strikes in Syria, as part of the USled coalition fighting Islamic State militants?Ans: Canada
2) Name the political party of Pakistan that decided to join parliament after almost seven months of absence from the National Assemblyand provincial assemblies of Punjab and Sindh?Ans: TehreekeInsaf
3) Which country’s president condemned psychiatric therapies designed to repair gay, lesbian and transgender youth?Ans: United States
4) China is planning to build a 540kilometre strategic highspeed rail link between Tibet and ____ passing through a tunnel under MountEverest?Ans: Nepal
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5) Saudi Arabia on 21 April 2015 ended its monthlong military operation against the Houthi rebels under which air strikes were conducted.What was the name of this operation?Ans: Operation Decisive Storm
INDIA & WORLD
1) Name the massive air and sea operation recently launched by India to evacuate over 4000 Indians from Yemen?Ans: Operation Raahat
2) Which international organization on 1 April 2015 launched a group against terrorism named ‘Group of Friends against terrorism’ with 30members including India? Ans: United Nations
3) With which country has India signed Memorandum of Cooperation for transportation on 8 April 2015?Ans: United States of America
4) India was placed at 101st place in the Social Progress Index (SPI) ratings that were released globally on 9 April 2015. Which countrytopped this list?Ans: Norway
5) Indian formally ended its massive evacuation efforts in Yemen named “Operation Raahat” on 10 April 2015. This mission successfullyevacuated how many people from wartorn Yemen?Ans: 5,600
NATIONAL
1) Name the scheme that has been suspended by Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) from April 2015?Ans: Minimum Monthly Pension Scheme
2) Union Government on 3 April 2015 extended the deadline for implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) deadline by____ months?Ans: Six months
3) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently recommended which number as the single emergency number across thecountry?Ans: 112
4) The Government has constituted a task force comprising experts and senior officials to be chaired by B N Navalawala, ExSecretary ofMinistry of Water Resources. What is the major responsibility of the task force?Ans: Interlinking of Rivers
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5) Name the project launched by the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on 21 April 2015 for monitoring the implementation ofbudget announcements?Ans: ESamiksha
STATES
1) Which state has launched the subsidised Aahar scheme on the occasion of the State’s Foundation Day on 1 April 2015?Ans: Odisha
2) Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 1 April 2015 approved which city as the new capital of thestate?Ans: Amaravathi
3) PepsiCo India on 3 April 2015 commissioned first phase of its largest beverage plant in India in which state?Ans: Andhra Pradesh
4) President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Centenary Year Celebrations of which High Court on 18 April 2015?Ans: Patna High Court
5) Which state government has launched a major campaign Subodham, in a bid to wean people away from addiction to liquor?Ans: Kerala
CONFERENCES
1) Summit of the Americas, which was held on 1011 April 2015 at Panama City (Panama), was which edition of the multilateral summit?Ans: 7th
AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Who Arab poet recently won the 2015 Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry?Ans: Adonis
2) Which city has been awarded for its performance in renewable energy by WWF ?Ans: Rajkot
3) In which field Hevesy Medal is given?Ans: Nuclear and Radio Chemistry
4) ) Name the Indianorigin CEO who was honoured with the White House Champions of Change on 16th April 2015?
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Ans: Satya Nadella
5) Name the Bollywood actor was on 21 April 2015 honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 for his performancein the movie Happy New Year?Ans: Shah Rukh Khan
SPORTS & GAMES
1) Daniel Vettori who announced his retirement from international cricket plays for which country?Ans: New Zealand
2) Who was recently named as the Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2015 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack?Ans: Kumar Sangakkara
3) Which Australian cricketer recently announced his retirement from ODIs?Ans: Michael Clarke
4) Name the driver who won the Chinese Formula One (F1) Grand Prix for 2015 held on 12 April 2015 at Shanghai?Ans: Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
5) What is the name of the 21year old English batsman who made cricketing history by scoring 350 in a oneday club match on 20 April2015?Ans: Liam Livingstone
ECONOMY
1) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 April 2015 sanctioned the scheme of amalgamation of ING Vysya Bank Ltd. with which bank?Ans: Kotak Mahindra Bank
2) As per the World bank Report 2015, which country has stood at the bottom of eight economies in South Asia?Ans: Pakistan
3) Which entity becomes the first public sector undertaking (PSU) to hit the market in fiscal year 201516 with its disinvestment takingplace on 8 April 2015?Ans: Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)
4) Which entity has become India’s newest public sector undertaking (PSU) during April 2015 after Union Govt. increased its stake to over51% in this entity?Ans: IFCI Limited
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5) Newly formed Mudra Bank will be part of?Ans: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) Which country has recently developed an antiballistic missile system called “David’s Sling”?Ans: Israel
2) SurfacetoSurface nuclearcapable Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully testfired on 9 April 2015 from a naval ship at?Ans: Odisha coast
3) US space agency NASA during April 2015 revealed the firstever colour image of dwarf planet Pluto.This photo was taken by a Plutoprobe that was sent by the agency in 2006. What is the name of this probe?Ans: New Horizons
4) India recently successfully testfired its which nuclearcapable ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off theOdisha coast?Ans: Dhanush
PERSONS IN NEWSA) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been appointed as the new President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 201516?Ans: Sumit Mazumder
2) Who was sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court on 15 April 2015?Ans: Meenakshi Madan Rai
B) RESIGNS
1) Mustafa Kamal stepped down from the post of International Cricket Council (ICC) President on 1 April 2015. He belongs to whichcountry?Ans: Bangladesh
C) DEATHS
1) Renowned poet Kailash Vajpeyi who died on 1 April 2015 is famous in which language?
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Ans: Hindi
2) Name the former Australian cricket captain and legendary commentator who died in Sydney on 10 April 2015?Ans: Richie Benaud
D) VISITORS
1) Which Sculpture has been presented to Narendra Modi by Canadian Prime Minister?Ans: Parrot Lady
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Name the 12yearold Muslim girl who recently won the first position at the Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Champion League?Ans: Mariyam Asif Siddiqui
PLACES IN NEWS
1) What is the name of the Islamist militant group that stormed into a university campus in Kenya on 2 April 2015 and took Christianstudents hostage resulting in death of at least 15 persons?Ans: Al Shabaab
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of ‘ IFCI ‘?Ans: Industrial Finance Corporation of India
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Who is the author of the book titled “Historical Documents Testify the ‘ Sovereignty of Senkaku”?Ans: Tadayoshi Murata
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 8 April 2015 formed an expert committee under the chairmanship of whom to suggestsimplified compliance for establishing new industries?Ans: Ajay Shankar
DAYS & DATES
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1) World Malaria Day was observed on —?Ans: April 25
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