BSC:QuestionofDay:BSCJul2015Ques.:1Theoutputofeightinfrastructuresectorsexpandedby4.4percentinMay,thehighestgrowthrateinpastsixmonths.WhichofthefollowingindustriesisNOToneoftheeightcoresectorindustries?1)Fertilizer 2)Textile3)Cement 4)Steel5)Petroleumrefinery Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:2IndiaandwhichofthefollowingcountrieshavesignedanMoUtoestablishtheRs50cr($7.9mn)PACEsetterFundwhichaimstoacceleratecommercialisationofinnovationinoffgridcleanenergysolutions?1)Germany 2)France3)Canada 4)Norway5)US Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:3Thepresidentofwhichofthefollowingcountrieson26Jundissolvedthe225memberparliament,pavingthewayforfreshparliamentaryelectionsinmidAug,eightmonthsaheadoftheschedule?1)Pakistan 2)Bangladesh3)SriLanka 4)Bhutan5)Myanmar Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:4TheministryofCivilAviationon25JunapprovedaproposalforsettingupasecondairportintheNationalCapitalRegionat1)Jewar 2)Mewat3)Jhajjar 4)Rewari5)Mahendragarh Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:5YevgenyPrimakovdiedat85recently.Thejournalist,diplomatandaseasonedspywastheformerPrimeMinisterof1)Russia 2)Kazakhstan3)Ukraine 4)Belarus5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:6Bangladeshsignedanagreementwithwhichcountrytoconstructa3.5kmtunnelundertheKarnaphuliRiverinChittagongatacostlikelytobeover$1bnrecently?1)Japan 2)SouthKorea3)China 4)Malaysia5)Singapore Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:7Atotalof50nations,includingIndia,signedagreementonChinaledAIIBon29JuninBeijing.China,IndiaandRussiaarethethreelargestshareholderswhosestakes,respectively,are1)32percent,10percentand8percent 2)30.34percent,8.52percentand6.66percent3)30percent,9percentand7percent 4)29.41percent,7.25percentand5.33percent5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:8ArunShrivastavaisthepresentmanagingdirector&chiefexecutiveofficerofwhichofthefollowingpublicsectorbanks?TheManipalbasedbankisscalingdownthepaceofbusinessexpansionfor201516.1)IndianBank 2)UnionBankofIndia3)BankofIndia 4)CanaraBank5)SyndicateBank Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:9TheStateBankofIndiaon28JunsaidthatitsjointventurepartnerinSBILifeiskeentoincreaseitsstakefrom26percentto36percent.TheSBI'sJVpartnerinSBILifeis1)AmericanInternationalGroup 2)TokioLife3)MetropolitanLifeInsuranceCompany 4)BNPParibas5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:10TheICCmadechangesintherulesforODIsrecentlyontherecommendationsmadebytheICC'scricketcommitteeheadedbytheformerIndiacaptain1)KapilDev 2)SaurabhGanguly3)SachinTendulkar 4)AnilKumble5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:11GreecemadehistoryinbecomingfirsteverdevelopedeconomynottopaybacktheIMFon30Jun.Thenation(s)whichhas/havefailedtomaketheircommitmentstotheIMFinclude(s)1)Peru 2)Zambia3)Sudan 4)Zimbabwe5)Alltheabove Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:12Indiaandwhichofthefollowingcountriessignedagreementsincludingthedoubletaxationavoidancetreatyandratificationontheextraditiontreaty,recently,duringthevisitoftheExternalAffairsMinisterSushmaSwaraj?1)Thailand 2)Nepal3)Mauritius 4)Vietnam5)Bangladesh Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:13PrimeMinisterNarendraModion1JullaunchedtheDigitalIndiaprogram.Itcomprisesofvariousinitiativeswhichinclude1)WiFihotspots 2)NextGenerationNetwork(NGN)3)SwachhBharatMission(SBM)app 4)eSign5)Alltheabove Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:14InabidtorevivedwindlinginterestinTestcricket,whichofthefollowingtwoteamswillplaythefirstdaynightTestmatchinAdelaidelaterthisyear?1)AustraliaandNewZealand 2)EnglandandAustralia3)SouthAfricaandAustralia 4)IndiaandAustralia5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:15Whichofthefollowingbankshaslaunched'30minauto'and'15min2wheeler'loanschemes,forwhichcustomershavetoprovideonlytheirbiometricdetails?1)ICICIBank 2)SBI3)HDFCBank 4)AxisBank5)BankofBaroda Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:16WhichofthefollowingIndiancitieshaswontheUnitedNationsPublicServiceAward2015inthecategoryofimprovingdeliveryofpublicservicesrecently?Thecitywasdeclaredasthefirstopendefecationfreedistrictincountryearlier.1)Thrissur 2)Kollam3)Belgaum 4)Nadia5)Dhalai Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:17AnisaRasouliwasnominatedasthefirstfemalejudgetotheSupremeCourtinwhichofthefollowingcountrieson28Jun?1)Bangladesh 2)Iran3)Pakistan 4)Afghanistan5)Indonesia Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:18_________iscelebratedastheNationalDoctor'sDayasatributetothelegendaryDrBidhanChandraRoy,aphysician,formerWestBengalCMandtheBharatRatnaawardee.1)29Jun 2)30Jun3)1Jul 4)2Jul5)3Jul Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:19SunilMittalledBhartiAirtelhasbecometheworld'sthirdlargestmobileoperatorwith303mnsubscribers.Whichofthefollowingistheworldslargestmobileoperatorasofnow?1)ChinaUnicom 2)ChinaMobile3)VodafoneGroup 4)AT&T5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:20IndianRailwaysandIndianArmyareamongworld'sbiggestemployers.Whataretheirranks,respectively,amongtheworld'sbiggestemployers?1)1stand2nd 2)1stand5th3)3rdand6th 4)6thand7th5)8thand9th Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:21WhowonNorwayChess2015tournamentrecently?1)JonLudvigHammer 2)VeselinTopalov3)MagnusCarlsen 4)VishwanathanAnand5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:22TheOnenation,onenumberbecamearealityon3Julasmobilephoneuserscannowretaintheirnumberswhentheyrelocatetoanypartofthecountry.Themobilenumberportability(MNP)wasfirstallowedwithincirclesin1)2009 2)20103)2011 4)20125)2013 Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:23ThebooktitledTranscendence:MySpiritualExperienceswithPramukhSwamijihasbeenwrittenbywhichofthefollowingfamouspersonalitiesandArunTiwari?1)JJayalalithaa 2)APJAbdulKalam3)PranabMukherjee 4)LKAdvani5)NarendraModi Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:24ThegovthasapprovedPradhanMantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana(PMKSY)whichwillhaveanoutlayof_________overaperiodoffiveyears(201516to201920).1)Rs5000cr 2)Rs10,000cr3)Rs20,000cr 4)Rs25,000cr5)Rs50,000cr Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:25Chinahasstartedconstructionofthe3,968kmlonggaspipelinetopump38billioncubicmetersofnaturalgasfrom_________toShanghai.1)Kazakhstan 2)Tajikistan3)Belarus 4)Russia5)Uzbekistan Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:26Thegovtnotifiedthecompliancewindow,todeclareforeignassetswithoutprosecution,undertheUndisclosedForeignIncomeandAssetsandImpositionofTaxActon1Jul.Thewindowwillremainopentill1)Sep1,2015 2)Sep30,20153)Oct1,2015 4)Dec31,20155)Mar31,2016 Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:27_______thisyearisofficiallybeabitlongerthanusualbecauseanextrasecond,or'leap'second,wasaddedtotheday,accordingtoNASA.1)Jun29 2)Jun303)Jul01 4)Jul025)Jul03 Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:28WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenchosenfortheGDBirlaAwardforScientificResearchfor2014?TheawardseekstorecogniseresearchbyIndianscientistsagedbelow50andlivingandworkinginIndia.1)CNRRao 2)ThanuPadmanabhan3)JayantNarlikar 4)SanjeevGalande5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:29MattiMakkonen,whopassedaway,recently,wasknownasthefatherof1)ShortMessageService(SMS) 2)Email3)WorldWideWeb 4)Cloudstorage5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:30ThefirstdaynightcricketTestmatchwillbeplayedinAdelaide,Australialaterthisyear.Inordertofacilitatethegameunderfloodlights,thespeciallydesigned_______Kookaburraballswillbeused.1)red 2)white3)pink 4)yellow5)Noneofthese Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:31PresidentPranabMukherjeereleasedthebooktitledUniki(BeingorExistence)inHyderabad,recently,whichisauthoredbytheMaharashtraGovernor1)CVidyasagarRao 2)RamNaik3)RamNareshYadav 4)KalyanSingh5)OPKohli Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:32ThefirststateinthecountrytolaunchaninnovativevoluntaryschemeMharaGaonJagmagGaonaimedatproviding24houruninterruptedpowersupplytoruraldomesticconsumersis1)Rajasthan 2)MadhyaPradesh3)Haryana 4)Maharashtra5)Noneofthese Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:33_______hasbecomethefirstcountryintheworldtoeliminatemothertochildtransmissionofHIVandsyphilisasannouncedbytheWorldHealthOrganisation(WHO).1)UK 2)Spain3)Norway 4)Finland5)Cuba Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:34WhoamongthefollowinghaswontheCommonwealthChessChampionshipon29Jun?1)DeepSengupta 2)AbhijeetGupta3)SRaviTeja 4)MRLalithBabu5)ArghyadipDas Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:35ThepowerequipmentmakerBHELon1Julsaidithascommissionedthe500MWKostiThermalPowerStation,thelargestpowerplantof1)Bhutan 2)Turkey3)Comoros 4)DRCongo5)Sudan Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:36TheForeignInvestmentPromotionBoard(FIPB)on3Julapprovedtheproposalofwhichofthefollowingprivatebankstoraiseitsforeigninstitutionalinvestment(FII)capinthebankfrom49percentto55percent?1)YesBank 2)HDFCBank3)KotakMahindraBank 4)ICICIBank5)FederalBank Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:37TheSocioEconomicandCasteCensus(SECC)2011wasreleasedbythegovton3Jul.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutthepreliminaryfindingsofthecensus?1)Thecountryhasatotalof24.39crhouseholds.2)Oftheruralhouseholds,18.46percentbelongtoaSCand10.97percenttoaST.3)Aboutafourthoftheruralhouseholdsdon'thavealiterateadultabovetheageof25.4)Thesurveyhasbeencompletedinallthe640districts.5)Noneofthese Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:38TheprovisionaldataoftheSocioEconomicandCasteCensus(SECC)wasreleasedon3Julbythegovt.ItisthefirstsuchCensusinindependentIndiaasthelastonewasconductedin1)1909 2)19113)1928 4)19325)1942 Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:39__________isthefirstcompanyintheIT/ITeSsectortosignanadvancepricingagreement(APA)withtheCentralBoardofDirectTaxes.Itisapartofeffortstoreducedisputeswithforeigncompaniesovertaxrelatedissues.1)BNPParibasSolutions 2)StandardCharteredPLC3)ANZMerchantBusinessSolutions 4)HSBCWealthStrategicSolutions5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:40NametheIndianAmericanwhohasbeennamedasthe2015GlobalConfederationforHigherEducationAssociationsforAgricultureandLifeSciencesWorldAgriculturePrizelaureate.1)VijayKDhir 2)RPaulSingh3)JamshedBharucha 4)RakeshKhurana5)GeetaMenon Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:41IndiasGDPcrossed$2trillionmarkin2014.However,intermsofPPP,India'sGDPstoodat________in2014,maintainingitsthirdslotintheworld,afterChinaandtheUS.1)$6.78trillion 2)$6.12trillion3)$5.78trillion 4)$4.82trillion5)$2.01trillion Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:42AccordingtotheWorldBankslatestestimatesonpercapitaincomeandGDP,whichofthefollowingisNOTcorrect?1)Indiaspercapitaincomerose9.7percentto$1,631in2014.2)Indiawas169thintermsofpercapitaincomeintheworld.3)Intermsofpurchasingpowerparity(PPP),thecountry'spercapitaincomegrewto$5,833in2014.4)Intermsofofficialdollarrupeerate,theeconomywasthirdintermsofGDPsize.5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:43Airbusand_________haveteameduptomanufactureandsupplyhelicoptersfortheIndianarmedforces.Thejointventurewillbidfor100navalutilityhelicoptersandotherprocurementprojects.1)TataGroup 2)L&T3)MahindraGroup 4)GodrejIndustries5)Noneofthese Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:44TheRe1noteisbackincirculationasannouncedbythegovtinDec2014.Thenewnotes,dated2015,carrythesignatureofthepresent1)FinanceMinister 2)Adeputygovernor,RBI3)Governor,RBI 4)PrimeMinister5)Secretary,MinistryofFinance Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:45TataTrusthastiedupwithwhichofthefollowingtechnologygiantstolaunchthejointinitiativecalled,InternetSaathi,totrainruralwomenlearnanduseInternet?1)Microsoft 2)Google3)Facebook 4)TCS5)Infosys Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:46Whichofthefollowingtelecommunicationfirmson3Jullaunchedaprepaidcardlinkedmobilewalletservice,SpeedPay,whichallowscustomerstotransfercash,payforservicesaswellaswithdrawcashofuptoRs1lakh?1)Vodafone 2)Idea3)Airtel 4)BSNL5)Aircel Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:47WhoamongthefollowingIndianAmericanshas/havebeenhonouredwiththisyearsprestigiousGreatImmigrants:ThePrideofAmericaaward?1)AbrahamVerghese 2)MadhulikaSikka3)RakeshKhurana 4)PreetBharara5)Alltheabove Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:48YKSabharwal,whopassedaway,recently,wastheformer1)ChiefJusticeofIndia 2)ChiefElectionCommissioner3)CentralVigilanceCommissioner 4)ChiefInformationCommissioner5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:49Whichofthefollowingbankson3JullaunchedaninitiativeknownasProjectTatkaltoprovidedoorstepservicesandexpeditehomeloanapplicationprocess?1)HDFCBank 2)StateBankofIndia3)BankofBaroda 4)ICICIBank5)AxisBank Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:50Whichofthefollowingteamswonthe2015CopaAmericafootballtournament?1)Argentina 2)Chile3)Colombia 4)Peru5)Brazil Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:51CommodoreCDBalaji(retd.),on3JultookchargeastheDirectoroftheAeronauticalDevelopmentAgency(ADA)andProgrammeDirectoroftheLightCombatAircraft(LCA).TheADAisheadquarteredat1)Bengaluru 2)Lucknow3)Hyderabad 4)Chennai5)Baleswar Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:52ThegovernmenthasdecidedtogiveCabinetministersranktoArvindPanagariya.Presently,heholdswhichofthefollowingpositions?1)ChiefEconomicAdvisertoFinanceMinistry 2)MediaAdvisortothePM3)CEOofNITIAayog 4)ViceChairmanofNITIAayog5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:53NumberofvehiclesrecalledbytheautomajorsinIndiahascrossed__________markinthelastthreeyearsaftertheautomobilebodySIAMsvoluntarycodeonvehiclerecallcameintoeffectinJul2012.1)60,000 2)1,14,0003)2,50,000 4)fivelakh5)tenlakh Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:54GreecehasreachedonthebrinkofexitingfromEurozone.BeforejoiningtheEurozonein2002,thecurrencyofGreecewas1)Greekngultrum 2)Greekringgit3)Greekpeso 4)Greekdrachma5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:55TheUNESCOhasclassifiedSana'aasendangeredheritagesite.Sanaaissituatedinwhichofthefollowingcountries?1)Syria 2)Libya3)Yemen 4)Afghanistan5)Iraq Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:56TheAdanigroupon4JulsignedanMoUwithwhichofthefollowingstategovtsforsettingupsolarpowerplantsatacostofRs4,536crinRamanathapuramdistrict?1)Karnataka 2)TamilNadu3)Kerala 4)AndhraPradesh5)Telangana Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:57TheiONcloudplatform,whichhasbecomethepreeminentplatformforconductingexaminationsinthecountry,isaproductof1)IBM 2)Infosys3)Wipro 4)TCS5)TechMahindra Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:58TheGuinnessBookofWorldRecordshasrecognisedarecordcreatedin________on'WorldHandwashingDay'onOct15,2014inwhich12,76,425studentswashedtheirhandssimultaneouslyat13,196differentlocations.1)Gujarat 2)Kerala3)Tripura 4)Rajasthan5)MadhyaPradesh Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:59Whoamongthefollowingwonthe2015BritishGrandPrixF1championshiprecently?1)LewisHamilton 2)FernandoAlonso3)SebastianVettel 4)NicoRosberg5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:60PrimeMinisterNarendraModileftforasixnationtouron6JultoattendtheBRICSandSCOsummitsinRussia.TheCentralAsiannationswhichhewillalsovisitdonotinclude1)Tajikistan 2)Kazakhstan3)Uzbekistan 4)Ukraine5)Kyrgyzstan Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:61UnderthegovtsplantotransformIndia's90,000kmofnationalhighwaysintogreencorridors,__________oftheroadconstructioncostwillgotowardsplantingtrees.1)onepercent 2)twopercent3)threepercent 4)fivepercent5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:62AsperthelatestSocioEconomicandCasteCensus(SECC)2011,whichofthefollowingstatestopsthelistofstateswithmanualscavengingstillinpractice?1)Punjab 2)Karnataka3)Tripura 4)UttarPradesh5)MadhyaPradesh Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:63IndiasGDPcrossedUSD2tnmarkin2014.WhatareIndiaspositionsin2014intheworldintermsofnominalGDPandPPPrespectively?1)tenth,fourth 2)ninth,third3)seventh,fifth 4)fifth,third5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:64TheIndianroadnetworkof33lakhkmisthesecondlargestintheworldandconsistsof92,851kmofNationalHighways.Thecountrywiththelargestroadnetworkintheworldis1)Russia 2)China3)US 4)Japan5)Canada Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:65Whichofthefollowingcountrieshaswonthe2015FIFAWomensWorldCupfootballtournament?1)Japan 2)England3)Germany 4)US5)Sweden Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:66TheeminentUrdunovelistAbdullahHussainwhoauthoredthebestsellerandcriticallyacclaimed'UdasNaslain'passedawayon3Jul.Hewasacitizenof1)India 2)Pakistan3)Bangladesh 4)Iran5)Indonesia Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:67Whichofthefollowingteamshaswonthe4thSouthAsianBasketballChampionship(SABA)on6Jul?1)SriLanka 2)India3)Nepal 4)Pakistan5)Bangladesh Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:68IndiaandUzbekistansignedthreeagreementstoenhancecorporationbetweenforeignministries,cultureandtourismon6Jul.ThecapitalcityofUzbekistanis1)Ashgabat 2)Dushanbe3)Tashkent 4)Astana5)Noneofthese Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:69NametheskipperofIndiawomenscricketteamwhoscriptedanewchapterinthehistorybecomingthefirstfromthecountryandoverallsecondtoreachthe5000runmilestoneinonedayinternationalsrecently.1)PoonamRaut 2)MithaliRaj3)AnjumChopra 4)HarmanpreetKaur5)JhulanGoswami Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:70ChinahasnominatedwhoamongthefollowingtobethefirstpresidentoftheBeijingbackedAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(AIIB)?1)JinLiqun 2)LouJiwei3)ZhuYunlai 4)TakehikoNakao5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:71RajasthanplanstoemulateMaharashtra's'JalYuktShivarAbhiyan.'Thismissionisabout1)waterconservationandmanagement 2)watercamps3)layingwaterpipelines 4)reuseofwater5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:72RosnefthassignedapreliminarydealwithEssarGroupaboutacquiringupto49percentoftheVadinaroilrefineryinIndia.Rosneftisthebiggestoilproducerof1)Kazakhstan 2)Tajikistan3)Uzbekistan 4)Russia5)Ukraine Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:73FergussonCollege,foundedin1885,hasbeenaccordedthespecialheritagestatusbytheUniversityGrantsCommission(UGC).Thecollegeissituatedin1)Mumbai 2)Nasik3)Pune 4)Aurangabad5)Nagpur Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:74TheUnescohasdecidedtograntworldheritagestatusto23Meijiperiod(18681912)siteswhichincludecoalminesandshipyards.Thesesitesaresituatedin1)SouthKorea 2)NorthKorea3)Japan 4)Vietnam5)Indonesia Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:75PrimeMinisterNarendraModiandhiscounterpartKarimMassimovjointlylaunchedthefirstexploratorydrillingoftheSatpayevoilblock,recently,in1)Tajikistan 2)Kyrgyzstan3)Turkmenistan 4)Uzbekistan5)Kazakhstan Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:76WhichofthefollowingschemesofIndiahasbeenrankedastheworld'slargestpublicworksprogrammebytheWorldBank?1)PAHAL 2)MGNREGA3)BharatNirman 4)PradhanMantriGramSadakYojana5)Otherthanthosegivenasoptions Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:77TheUnionhomeministryhasdeclaredwholeof__________asa"disturbedarea"forafurtherperiodofoneyearfromJun30,2015.1)Nagaland 2)Manipur3)Tripura 4)Meghalaya5)Mizoram Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:78YanisVaroufakisresignedastheFinanceMinisterofwhichofthefollowingcountriesamidfinancialcrisisinthecountry?1)Italy 2)Spain3)Turkey 4)Greece5)Sweden Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:79TheprocessofIndia'saccessionintotheShanghaiCooperationOrganisation(SCO)hasbegun.Presently,whichofthefollowingisNOTamemberofSCOgroupfoundedinShanghai,China,onJun15,2001?1)Uzbekistan 2)Tajikistan3)Kyrgyzstan 4)Kazakhstan5)Belarus Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:80TheWorldBank,initsTheStateofSocialSafetyNets2015report,hasrankedwhichIndianschemeasthetopmostsocialsecurityprogrammewithconditionalcashtransfers?1)BetiBachao,BetiPadhao 2)JananiSurakshaYojna3)AtalPensionYojana 4)IndiraAwaasYojana5)IndiraGandhiNationalOldAgePensionSchemeAns.)2Jul2015Ques.:81TheWorldBank,initsTheStateofSocialSafetyNets2015report,hasrankedwhichIndianschemeasthesecondlargestunconditionalcashtransfersocialsecurityprogrammeintheworld?1)BetiBachao,BetiPadhao 2)JananiSurakshaYojna3)AtalPensionYojana 4)IndiraGandhiNationalWidowPensionScheme5)IndiraGandhiNationalOldAgePensionSchemeAns.)5Jul2015Ques.:82ThecommitteesetupbythegovtonbankruptcylawreforminIndiaischairedbywhoamongthefollowing?Itreleaseditsinterimreportearlierthisyear.1)TKViswanathan 2)NRMadhavaMenon3)KariyaMunda 4)PLPunia5)ShashiKantSharma Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:83Indiawillcontribute_________tothe$100billionforeignexchangereservespoolthatisbeingsetupbyfivenationsoftheBRICSgroupingtotackledollarliquidityproblems.1)$8billion 2)$12billion3)$18billion 4)$22billion5)$41billion Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:84ThecentralbanksoftheBRICScountrieson7Julsignedanoperatingagreementona$100billionforeignexchangereservepool.AsperRussianCentralBankchiefElviraNabiullina,itwillcomeintoforceon1)Jul30 2)Aug13)Sep30 4)Oct15)Dec31 Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:85TheReserveBankofIndiahasgivenitsfinalnodforintroductionofanewcategoryofsemiclosedPrepaidPaymentInstruments(PPI)for1)Multiplexes 2)SuperMarkets3)Internetmarketplaces 4)MassTransitSystems5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:86WhichofthefollowingistheoldeststockexchangeofAsia?Itcompleted140yearsofoperationsonJul9,2015.1)BSE 2)NSE3)Nikkei 4)ShanghaiStockExchange5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:87IndiaandwhichofthefollowingcountrieshavesignedFATCApactwhichwillenableandfacilitatesmootherexchangeoftaxrelatedinformationbetweenthetwocountries?1)Russia 2)China3)US 4)Switzerland5)Mauritius Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:88PMNarendraModiproposeda10pointinitiativefortheBRICSgroupinitsannualsummitinUfa,Russia.WhichofthefollowingisNOToneamongthem?1)Atradefair 2)ARailwayResearchCentre3)AmilitaryallianceonthelinesofNATO 4)Afilmfestival5)BRICSSportsCouncilandAnnualSportsMeet Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:89PMNarendraModiisslatedtovisittheUSattheendofSeptoaddressaspecialsessionoftheUNtomarkthe_______yearofitsfoundation.1)65th 2)68th3)70th 4)72nd5)75th Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:90WhichofthefollowingpairsofinternationalinstitutionsandtheirheadsisNOTmatchedcorrectly?1)WorldBankJimYongKim 2)InternationalLabourOrganisationGuyRyder3)InternationalMonetaryFundChristineLagarde4)AsianDevelopmentFundTakehikoNakao5)Noneofthese Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:91ThefiveBRICScountrieswillcontributedifferentsumstotheNewDevelopmentBankpromotedbythegroup.WhichofthefollowingisNOTcorrectinthisregard?1)China$41billion 2)India$21billion3)Russia$18billion 4)Brazil$18billion5)SouthAfrica$5billion Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:92TheforeignETFshaveinvested$3.7billionintoequitymarketsinIndiatillJun2015.HerethetermETFstandsfor1)ExtraTradedFund 2)ExternallyTradedFund3)ExchangeTradedFund 4)ExchangeTrashedFund5)EligibleTradedFund Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:93TheWorldPopulationDayisanannualeventwhichseekstoraiseawarenessofglobalpopulationissuesandisobservedeveryyearon1)Jul1 2)Jul53)Jul10 4)Jul115)Jul13 Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:94ThePrimeMinistersofIndiaandPakistanmetatUfa,Russiaandagreedonafewissues.WhichofthefollowingisNOTamongtheagreedissues?1)PakistanwillsharekeyaccusedZakiurRehmanLakhvisvoicesample.2)AnearlymeetingbetweentheheadsofBSFandPakistanRangers.3)Thenationalsecurityadvisorsofthetwonationswillmeetsoon.4)Indias$500mnlineofcredittoeradicatepoliofromPakistan.5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:95Theundergroundmetrorailserviceiscalledtubeinwhichofthefollowingcities?Astriketothisservicebroughtthecitytoavirtualstandstillrecently.1)NewYork 2)Paris3)Frankfurt 4)London5)Tokyo Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:96WhoistheauthorofthebookFarthestField:AnIndianStoryoftheSecondWorldWar?1)SwapanDasgupta 2)TavleenSingh3)MJAkbar 4)RaghuKarnad5)RajaMohan Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:97ThevisitingIndiacricketteamwonthefirstofthethreematchODIseriesinZimbabwerecently.Wholeadstheteaminthistour?1)AjinkyaRahane 2)RavindraJadeja3)RohitSharma 4)ViratKohli5)SureshRaina Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:98IndianspaceagencyISROsPSLVrocketPSLVC28carriedfivesatellitessuccessfullytothespaceon10Julinitsheaviestcommercialmission(around1,440kg)tilldate.Thesefivesatellitesbelongedto1)Germany 2)Switzerland3)UK 4)Singapore5)Iran Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:99ThegovtcampaignGiveItUpisassociatedwith1)makingIndiaopendefecationfree 2)givingupblackmoneystashedabroad3)givingupaccesslandtolandlesspeople 4)givingupLPGsubsidy5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:100Over8.65lakhpeoplewereevacuated,recently,inwhichofthefollowingcountriesastyphoonChanHomapproachedit?1)Japan 2)Indonesia3)Malaysia 4)China5)Pakistan Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:101IndiaandwhichofthefollowingcountrieshavesignedfouragreementsincludingonetoboostdefencecooperationandholdannualjointmilitaryexercisesduringPMNarendraModisvisittothecountryrecently?1)Kyrgyzstan 2)Ukraine3)Mongolia 4)Tajikistan5)Turkmenistan Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:102TheproposedUSD10bnTAPIgaspipelineprojectwilloriginateinwhichofthefollowingcountries?1)Tajikistan 2)Tanzania3)Turkmenistan 4)TrinidadandTobago5)Turkey Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:103WhichofthefollowingpairsofCentralAsiancountriesandtheircurrenciesisNOTmatchedcorrectly?1)TurkmenistanTurkmenistanmanat 2)UzbekistanUzbekistanisom3)KazakhstanKazakhstanitenge 4)KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstaniruble5)TajikistanTajikistanisomoni Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:104Thegovthassetatargetofskilling_________peopleby2022,underthenewNationalPolicyforSkillDevelopment.1)20.15cr 2)30.20cr3)40.20cr 4)50cr5)50.20cr Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:105TheShanghaiheadquarteredNewDevelopmentBankorBRICSbankhasbeensetupwithaninitialauthorisedcapitalofUSD100bn,whileitsinitialsubscribedcapitalofUSD50bnhasbeensharedamongthefoundingmembers1)equally 2)aspertheirGDPsize3)aspertheirforeignexchangereserves 4)aspertheirpopulation5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:106Afterthesuccessofcountry'sfirst24x7allwomencabnetwork'SheTaxi',thestateownedautonomousinstitutionGenderParkplanstolaunch'SheBus'servicein1)Maharashtra 2)Gujarat3)Goa 4)Kerala5)TamilNadu Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:107Indiaon11Julyrecordedapopulationof127,42,39,769at5PM.AspertheNationalPopulationStabilisationFund(NPSF),Indiamaybecomethemostpopulouscountryby1)2020 2)20253)2030 4)20405)2050 Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:108ThepairofSaniaMirzaandMartinaHingiswonthewomensdoublestitleof2015Wimbledontennistournamentdefeating1)PranjalaYadlapalliandChihiroMuramatsu 2)RaquelKopsJonesandAbigailSpear3)CaseyDellacquaandYaroslavaShvedova 4)EkaterinaMakarovaandElenaVesnina5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:109Whowonthewomenssinglestitleofthe2015Wimbledontennistournament?1)GarbineMuguruza 2)VictoriaAzarenka3)CocoVandeweghe 4)MariaSharapova5)SerenaWilliams Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:110ThestaterunNationalBankforAgricultureandRuralDevelopment(Nabard)hassetatargetofproviding_________ascredittofarmersforirrigationoverthenextthreeyears.1)Rs10,000cr 2)Rs20,000cr3)Rs25,000cr 4)Rs30,000cr5)Rs50,000cr Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:111AftertalksbetweenPMNarendraModiandPresidentGurbangulyBerdymukhammedov,thetwosidessignedatotalofsevenpacts.MrGurbangulyisthepresentpresidentof1)Turkmenistan 2)Tajikistan3)Kyrgyzstan 4)Kazakhstan5)Uzbekistan Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:112OnlyafewIndianPrimeMinistershavevisitedPakistansofar.WhoamongthefollowingisoneamongthosePMswhovisitedPakistan?1)AtalBihariVajpayee 2)RajivGandhi3)JawaharlalNehru 4)Alltheabove5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:113LeanderPaesclinchedthemixeddoublestitleat2015WimbledonafterdefeatingAlexanderPeyaandTimeaBaboson12Jul.Hispartnerinthegamewas1)MartinaNavratilova 2)MonicaSeles3)AnnaKournikova 4)SaniaMirza5)MartinaHingis Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:114TheindigenouslybuiltAakashmissilehasbeeninductedintoIndianAirForce.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutthemissile?1)Thesupersonicmissilehasaspeedthreetimesfasterthanthatofsound.2)Thesurfacetoairmissilecanhiteighttargetsatatime.3)IthasbeendevelopedjointlybytheDRDOandBharatElectronicsLtd.4)Themissile'sradar,developedbyBEL,hasbeennamedRajendraRadar.5)Noneofthese Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:115WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenselectedtobethechairmanoftheupcomingKolkatabasedBandhanBank?1)SisirKumarChakrabarti 2)BSambamurthy3)ChandraShekharGhosh 4)AshokKumarLahiri5)BibekDebroy Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:116NovakDjokovicdefeatedwhoamongthefollowingtowinthemenssinglestitleoftheWimbledon2015?1)RogerFederer 2)DavidFerrer3)StanWawrinka 4)AndyMurray5)RafaelNadal Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:117SNSahaihasbeenappointedasthenewHomeSecretaryof1)Delhi 2)Gujarat3)MadhyaPradesh 4)Assam5)Bihar Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:118ForthefirsttimeinIndia,asystemtodetectearthquakesanddisseminatewarningshasbeeninstalledin1)ArunachalPradesh 2)HimachalPradesh3)JammuandKashmir 4)Sikkim5)Uttarakhand Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:119GennadyPadalkahasbrokentherecordforthelongesttimespentinspacewithatotalof803daysasonJul2015.Heisacosmonautof1)Germany 2)Russia3)US 4)France5)UK Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:120IndiagotfullmembershipofShanghaiCooperationOrganisation(SCO)on10Jul.AlongwithIndia,theprocesstoinclude________asamemberwasalsoinitiated.1)Afghanistan 2)Belarus3)Pakistan 4)Mongolia5)Iran Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:121Indiahaswonarecord156medals,including89goldand50silvers,intheWorldPoliceandFiregamesheldrecentlyin1)Washington 2)Paris3)London 4)Tokyo5)Athens Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:122ThecommitteeformedbythesportsministrytorecommendmeasuresforthesmoothrunningoftheSportsAuthorityofIndia(SAI)trainingcentresaroundthecountryisheadedby1)BhogeshwarBarua 2)MalavShroff3)JaspalSandhu 4)GopiChand5)AshwiniNachappa Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:123Toraiseawarenessabouttheimportanceofinvestinginyouthskillsdevelopment,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyhasdecidedtocelebratethefirstWorldYouthSkillsDay(WYSD)on1)15Jul 2)18Jul3)21Jul 4)25Jul5)31Jul Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:124WhoamongthefollowingisthenewManagingDirectorandChiefExecutiveOfficerofCreditInformationBureauIndiaLtd(CIBIL)?1)ArunThukral 2)SatishPillai3)ArunDuggal 4)PranabKumarChoudhury5)AshuSuyash Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:125___________hasbecomethefirstBritishAsiantojointheEnglandandWalesCricketBoard(ECB).1)VikramSolanki 2)LordKamleshPatel3)MarkRamprakash 4)RonnieIrani5)NasserHussain Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:126SriramKalyanaramanisthenewManagingDirector&ChiefExecutiveOfficer(CEO)ofwhichofthefollowingregulators?1)NHB 2)FMC3)SEBI 4)NABARD5)IRDAI Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:127Inwhichstateatleast27pilgrimslosttheirliveson14JulinastampedewhileparticipatinginGodavariPushkaram,observedonceintwelveyears?1)Maharashtra 2)Odisha3)TamilNadu 4)AndhraPradesh5)Karnataka Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:128Iranandsixmajorworldpowersreachedanucleardealon14Jul.ThesesixworldpowersincludefivepermanentmembersoftheUNSecurityCounciland1)Japan 2)Brazil3)Germany 4)India5)Italy Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:129ASupremeCourtappointedpanelon14JulbannedtwoIndianPremierLeaguefranchisesfortwoyearsonchargesofbettingbytheirowners.Thesetwofranchisesare1)RajasthanRoyalsandMumbaiIndians 2)SunrisersHyderabadandChennaiSuperKings3)RajasthanRoyalsandKolkataKnightRiders4)RoyalChallengersBangaloreandChennaiSuperKings5)RajasthanRoyalsandChennaiSuperKings Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:130WhoarethewinnersofthemensdoublesfinalofWimbledon2015?1)JamieMurrayandJohnPeers 2)JeanJulienRojerandHoriaTecau3)MaheshBhupathiandJankoTipsarevic 4)LeanderPaesandDanielNestor5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:131WhichofthefollowingNASAspacecraftspassedbydwarfplanetPluto(withinjust12,500kmofitssurface)recently?1)Discovery 2)Colombia3)PathFinder 4)NewHorizons5)Rosetta Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:132Theactofacountryvoluntarilyreducingthevalueofitscurrencyvisavisabasketofotherinternationalcurrenciesistermedas1)appreciation 2)devaluation3)evaluation 4)liquidation5)moratorium Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:133ThevisitingIndiancricketteamdefeatedwhichofthefollowingteams30inthethreematchonedayInternationalseriesrecently?1)Bangladesh 2)SriLanka3)Zimbabwe 4)NewZealand5)SouthAfrica Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:134ThethreemembercommitteeoftheSupremeCourtheadedbyformerCJIRMLodhahasslappedalifebanfromallcricketmatcheson1)RajKundra 2)GurunathMeiyappan3)NSrinivasan 4)Alltheabove5)Only1)and2) Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:135ManayangathSubramanianViswanathan(MSV)diedon14JulinChennai.Hewasalegendary1)musicdirector 2)singer3)actor 4)scriptwriter5)filmcritic Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:136WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedastheViceChiefoftheIndianArmyrecently?1)PhilipCampose 2)ManMohanSinghRai3)KaranSinghShekhawat 4)MukulKumarSingh5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:137Indiaon13JulsignedanMoUforcooperationinthefieldofelectionmanagementandadministrationwithwhichofthefollowingcountries?1)Georgia 2)Cuba3)Colombia 4)Kazakhstan5)Belarus Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:138The17yearoldSumitNagalwonthejuniorboysdoublesoftheWimbledon2015withhispartnerNamHoangLy,whoisfrom1)Vietnam 2)Netherlands3)Spain 4)Switzerland5)Japan Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:139TherecentlyreleasednoveltitledGoSetaWatchmanisauthoredby1)SuzanneCollins 2)StephenieMeyer3)JKRowling 4)HarperLee5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:140VijenderSingh,whowasinnewsforturningprofessional,recently,isassociatedwiththegameof1)hockey 2)tennis3)archery 4)shooting5)boxing Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:141TheUnionCivilAviationMinisteron13JulylaunchedtheGAGANsystem,whichwouldmakeairlineoperationsmoreefficientandreducecosts.ThepresentCivilAviationMinisteris1)AnantGeete 2)AshokGajapathiRaju3)Ananthkumar 4)SureshPrabhu5)NitinGadkari Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:142TheGAGANisasatellitebasednavigationsystemwhichprovidesautonomous,highprecisiongeospatiallocationinformationoftheuser.ThetermGAGANstandsfor1)GPSAidedGeoAdvancedNavigation 2)GPSAidedGeoAviationNavigation3)GPSAidedGeoAccurateNavigation 4)GPSAidedGeoAugmentedNavigation5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:143PrimeMinisterNarendraModion15JullaunchedskillIndiainitiativesthataimtotrainover40crorepeopleinIndiaindifferentskillsby2022.WhichofthefollowingisNOTapartoftheinitiatives?1)NationalSkillDevelopmentMission2)NationalPolicyforSkillDevelopmentandEntrepreneurship20153)PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana 4)SkillLoanscheme5)Noneofthese Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:144TheRBIhasconstitutedacommitteetoworkoutamediumterm(fiveyear)measurableactionplanforfinancialinclusion.Thecommitteeisheadedby1)DeepakMohanty 2)SubirGokarn3)KamaleshChandraChakrabarty 4)AnandSinha5)HarunRashidKhan Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:145NamethenotedartistwhohasbeenconferredwithhighestFrenchCivilianAwardCommandeurdelaLgiondHonneur(theLegionofHonour).1)SubodhGupta 2)JogenChowdhury3)AkbarPadamsee 4)RamKumar5)SayedHaiderRaza Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:146SimhasthaKumbhMela,whichoccursoncein12yearsasperHinducalendar,beganon16JulwiththetraditionalceremonyofhoistingofflagsandthousandsofpeopletakingaholydipinGodavaririverin1)Ujjain 2)Nashik3)Allahabad(Prayag) 4)Haridwar5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:147IndiahastestfireditsindigenouslydevelopedhelicopterlaunchedNag(HeliNa)missileatafiringrangeinJaisalmerinRajasthanrecently.Itisan_______missile.1)antitank 2)antiUAV3)antiballisticmissile 4)antiaircraft5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:148TheMinistryofWomenandChildDevelopment(WCD)haslaunched#100WomenInitiativetoselect100womenachieversofIndiathroughpublicnominationsincollaborationwith1)WhatsApp 2)Facebook3)Twitter 4)Google+5)LinkedIn Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:149TheUnionMinistryofUrbanDevelopmenton15JullaunchednationwideHRIDAYschemefrom1)Amritsar 2)Lucknow3)Varanasi 4)Hyderabad5)Jaipur Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:150TheCCIhasimposedatotalpenaltyofRs671.05cronfourpublicsectorinsurancecompaniesformanipulatingabiddingprocessinitiatedbytheKeralagovt.Here,thetermCCIstandsfor1)CensorCommissionofIndia 2)CompetitionControllerofIndia3)CompetitionCommissionofIndia 4)CompetitionCommitteeofIndia5)CompetitionCuratorofIndia Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:151TheWorldDayforInternationalJustice,alsoreferredtoasDayofInternationalCriminalJusticeorInternationalJusticeDayiscelebratedthroughouttheworldon1)11Jul 2)17Jul3)18Jul 4)28Jul5)30Jul Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:152TheRBIhassaidthatbankswillnowreportpastduesandlevyanylatepaymentchargesoncreditcardholdersonlyifthepaymenthasbeendueformorethan1)twodays 2)threedays3)fivedays 4)tendays5)15days Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:153Thecountdowntothefirstevernichebankinglicenceawardprocesshasbeganastheexternaladvisorycommitteeheadedby___________hasgivenitsreporttotheRBI.1)NachiketMor 2)RGandhi3)UrjitPatel 4)BimalJalan5)UshaThorat Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:154TheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)on16JulreaffirmeditsgrowthforecastforIndia,peggingGrossDomesticProduct(GDP)togrowat______inFY16and________inFY17.1)7.2percent,7.8percent 2)7.4percent,7.8percent3)7.5percent,8percent 4)7.8percent,8.2percent5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:155InathirdbailoutfordebtstrickenGreece,theEuropeanUnionhasagreedtolend_________tothecountry.1)3billioneuro 2)5billioneuro3)7billioneuro 4)9billioneuro5)11billioneuro Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:156JulesBianchi,whodiedrecentlyfromheadinjuriessustainedinacompetitioninJapanin2014,wasa1)boxer 2)sprinter3)polevaultplayer 4)F1driver5)cyclist Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:157Withinthebankingsector,foreigninvestmentupto________inprivatesectorbanksand_________inthecaseofpublicsectorbanksisallowed.1)49percent,26percent 2)51percent,24percent3)74percent,20percent 4)76percent,20percent5)Noneofthese Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:158TheCentrehasdoneawaywithsublimitsforforeigninvestmentsinIndiancompanies.WhichofthefollowingwillNOTbeconsideredaforeigninvestmentinanIndianfirm?1)ForeignPortfolioInvestors(FPIs) 2)NonResidentIndians(NRIs)3)QualifiedForeignInvestors(QFIs) 4)DepositoryReceipts(DRs)5)Noneofthese Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:159TheHeritageCityDevelopmentandAugmentationYojana(HRIDAY),whichseekstopreserveandrejuvenatetherichculturalheritageofthecountryintheselected12cities,doesnotcover1)Amaravati 2)Vellankini3)Kanchipuram 4)Madurai5)Ajmer Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:160UWunnaMaungLwinisthepresentForeignMinisterofwhichofthefollowingcountries?HewasinNewDelhitoholdthefirstmeetingoftheJointConsultativeCommissionofthetwonations.1)Singapore 2)Thailand3)Malaysia 4)Myanmar5)Cambodia Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:161TheSouthKoreansteelgiantPosco,recently,putonholdits$12bnsteelprojectinwhichofthefollowingstatesduetodelaysinvariousregulatoryapprovals?1)Karnataka 2)Maharashtra3)MadhyaPradesh 4)Odisha5)TamilNadu Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:162NametheIndianAmericanwomanwhohasbeenhonouredasoneoftheChampionsofChangebytheWhiteHouseoftheUS.1)SunitaViswanath 2)IndraNooyi3)SunitaWilliams 4)RenuKhator5)GeetaMenon Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:163TheHaryanagovthasappointedwhoamongthefollowingasitsbrandambassadorfortheBetiBachao,BetiPadhaocampaigntopromotethecauseofthegirlchild?1)KareenaKapoor 2)ParineetiChopra3)DeepikaPadukone 4)PriyankaChopra5)MadhuriDixit Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:164TheUniongovtsDepartmentofIndustrialPolicyandPromotion(DIPP)hasapprovedaproposaltosetupthecountrysfirstdefenceindustrialparkatOttappalamin1)TamilNadu 2)Kerala3)Karnataka 4)WestBengal5)Gujarat Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:165AlcidesEdgardoGhiggia,whopassedawayrecently,wasthesoccerlegendof1)Brazil 2)Argentina3)Chile 4)France5)Uruguay Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:166WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedasthenewDirectorofNationalBookTrust?1)MASikandar 2)UddipanaGoswami3)RitaChowdhury 4)ArupaKalitaPatangia5)AnuradhaSharmaPujari Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:167TheRBIsignedaspecialcurrencyswapagreement,recently,withthecentralbankofwhichofthefollowingcountriesthatwillallowthelattertodrawupto$1.1bnforamaximumperiodofsixmonths?1)Afghanistan 2)Bangladesh3)Myanmar 4)SriLanka5)Maldives Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:168IndiahassignedapactwiththeWorldBank,recently,for$250mnfinancialassistancefortheDisasterRecoveryProjectof1)Odisha 2)TamilNadu3)AndamanandNicobar 4)AndhraPradesh5)Lakshadweep Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:169IndigenouslybuiltINSAstravahiniwasdecommissionedatVishakhapatnamrecently.Itwasa1)torpedolaunchandrecoveryvessel 2)guidedmissiledestroyer3)fastattackvessel 4)helicoptercarrier5)antisubmarinewarfarecarrier Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:170TheproposalofwhichofthefollowingChinesetelecomsolutionsproviderstosetupamanufacturingunitinTamilNadureceivedconditionalsecurityclearancefromtheUnionHomeMinistryrecently?1)ChinaUnicom 2)PioneerGlobal3)ZTE 4)Huawei5)Lenovo Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:171WhichofthefollowingautomajorsinIndiahascomeupwithnewpremiumdealershipsnamedNexatosellonlypremiumcarsfromthesedealerships?1)MarutiSuziki 2)Hyundai3)TataMotors 4)MahindraandMahindra5)Fiat Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:172Thegovthaskeptwhichofthefollowingsectorsoutofthepurviewofcompositeforeigninvestmentcapsannouncedrecentlyforforeigninvestments?1)Defence 2)Banking3)Pharmaceuticals 4)Alltheabove5)Only1)and2) Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:173Theethicallyquestionablepracticeofasalespersonmisrepresentingormisleadinganinvestoraboutthecharacteristicsofaproductorserviceistermedas1)overthecountersale 2)misselling3)crossselling 4)misbehaviour5)persuasion Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:174WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedasInterimDirectorofthePunebasedFilmandTelevisionInstituteofIndia(FTII)?1)MukeshKhanna 2)PraveenKumar3)PallaviJoshi 4)PrashantPathrabe5)GajendraChauhan Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:175Thetourismdepartmentofwhichstatehaswon2015PacificAsiaTravelAssociation(PATA)awardintheHeritage&CulturecategoryforitsMuzirisHeritageProject?1)Maharashtra 2)Odisha3)Kerala 4)Gujarat5)Karnataka Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:176Indiaandwhichcountryhavesignedanagreementintheareaofcustomstoliberalisebusinessvisasrecently?ThetwocountrieshavefixedatargetofUSD30bntobeachievedby2025.1)Sweden 2)Japan3)Singapore 4)Russia5)Malaysia Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:177TheNelsonMandelaInternationalDayisobservedacrosstheworldon1)11July 2)18July3)28July 4)29July5)30July Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:178AmelieMauresmo,thetwotimeGrandSlamwinner,wason18JulinductedintotheInternationalTennisHallofFame.Sheistheformernumberonetennisplayerof1)France 2)Spain3)Switzerland 4)Russia5)Japan Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:179TheUSactorAlexRoccodiedofcanceraged79recently.Hewasbestknownforhisroleincrimedrama1)TheFastandtheFurious 2)SherlockHolmes3)TheBourneIdentity 4)TheDeparted5)TheGodfather Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:180TheIndevAirFreightStation,India'sfirstprivateairfreightstation(AFS,)hasannouncedcommencementofitsoperationson1Augin1)Bengaluru 2)Hyderabad3)NewDelhi 4)Chennai5)Pune Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:181WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedasthechairpersonoftheFoodSafetyandStandardsAuthorityofIndia(FSSAI)recently?1)LovVerma 2)YudhvirSinghMalik3)KChandramouli 4)BhanuPratapSharma5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:182WhoisthenewChairpersonofDelhiCommissionforWomen(DCW)?1)BarkhaShukla 2)SwatiMaliwal3)MridulaSinha 4)LalithaKumaramangalam5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:183TheVicePresidentofIndiaMHamidAnsarireleasedabookentitledLocale,EverydayIslamandModernityrecently.Thebookhasbeenauthoredby1)MuftiMohammadSayeed 2)SyedAhmed3)MJAkbar 4)MRaisurRahman5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:184AccordingtotheAccidentalDeathsandSuicidesinIndia2014reportreleasedbytheNationalCrimeRecordsBureau(NCRB),totalof5,650farmerscommittedsuicidein2014.Themaximumsuicideswerereportedin1)Chhattisgarh 2)Telangana3)Maharashtra 4)MadhyaPradesh5)UttarPradesh Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:185WhichofthefollowingIndiancitieshasjoinedtheglobalbandwagonofUNESCOCitiesofMusicundertheCreativeCitiesNetworkrecently?1)Hyderabad 2)Lucknow3)Jaipur 4)Chennai5)Varanasi Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:186TheUnionCabineton21Julapprovedaproposaltoextendaninterestsubventionschemetobankstobenefitfarmers.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueinthisregard?1)TheschemewillberestrictedtoshorttermcroploansuptoRs3lakh.2)Thefarmerswhorepaytheiramountswithinoneyearofdisbursalwillgetbenefittedofit.3)Theschemewouldbeapplicableforpostharvestloanstakenbysmallandmarginalfarmersagainsttheirnegotiablewarehousereceipts.4)TheCabinetapprovedanexpenditureofRs18,110crforFY16toenablebankstoprovidethreepercentinterestsubvention.5)Noneofthese Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:187NametheIndianactorwhohaswontheIronmantitleatatriathlonheldinZurichinSwitzerlandonJul19.Thecontestincludesa3.8kmswim,180.2kmcyclerideand42.2kmruntobecompletedin16hours.1)RanbirKapoor 2)MilindSoman3)JohnAbraham 4)ArjunRampal5)ShahidKapoor Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:188Namethe1993Mumbaiblastaccusedwhoissettobehangedon30Jul.TheSupremeCourtrejectedafinalpleaforjudicialinterventiontostophisexecutionrecently.1)ChhotaRajan 2)AbuSalem3)TigerMemon 4)YakubMemon5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:189TheICCWorldTwenty202016willbeplayedinwhichofthefollowingcountries?1)India 2)SriLanka3)Bangladesh 4)Australia5)SouthAfrica Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:190WhichofthefollowingautomakerslauncheditsfirstcompactSUVnamedCretainIndiaon21Jul?1)GeneralMotors 2)Toyota3)Volkswagen 4)MarutiSuzuki5)Hyundai Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:191TheUnionCabinethasgivenitsnodforthecreationofacentralagricultureuniversityat_________inBiharwithanoutlayofRs295cr.1)Vaishali 2)Samastipur3)Patna 4)Darbhanga5)Gaya Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:192ThecentralgovthasgivenaninprinciplenodforlocomotivemakerTalgotoundertaketrialrunsofitslighterandfastertrainsthatcouldcuttraveltimeconsiderably.Talgoisbasedin1)Spain 2)Italy3)Germany 4)France5)Japan Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:193WhoamongthefollowingisthenewDirectorGeneralofTheEnergyandResourcesInstitute(TERI)?1)KRadhakrishnan 2)ASivathanuPillai3)AvinashChander 4)RajendraPachauri5)AjayMathur Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:194NamethemediafirmwhichhasannouncedtobuytheFinancialTimesfromBritainsPearsonina$1.3billiondeal?1)TimeWarner 2)TheKoreaTimes3)Nikkei 4)BennettColeman5)HTMedia Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:195ThecentralgovtalongwiththethreestategovtswillsoonundertakeanartificialbreedingprogrammeforthecriticallyendangeredflyingbirdtheGreatIndianBustard(GIB).Thesethreestatesare1)TamilNadu,GujaratandMaharashtra 2)WestBengal,KarnatakaandMaharashtra3)Rajasthan,GujaratandMaharashtra 4)TamilNadu,KarnatakaandOdisha5)Noneofthese Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:196TheSEBIhassuggestedthenewlyintroducedplatformITPbeusedbythecentralgovtforitsdisinvestmentprogrammeinunlistedPSUs.ThetermITPstandsfor1)InitialTradingPlatform 2)InstitutionalTradingPlatform3)InternationalTradingPlatform 4)IntegratedTradingPlatform5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:197NametheNobelprizewinnerwhohaswontheworldsoldestscientificprize,theRoyalSocietysCopleyMedalrecently.1)RobertBrout 2)FrancoisEnglert3)PeterHiggs 4)FabiolaGianotti5)TomKibble Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:198TheUnescohasannouncedthatConakrywillbetheWorldBookCapitalfor2017.Conakryisthecapitalcityof1)Ghana 2)SierraLeone3)BurkinaFaso 4)Guinea5)Benin Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:199TheNationalBroadcastingDayisobservedacrossthecountryon1)18Jul 2)23Jul3)28Jul 4)29Jul5)30Jul Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:200NamethelegendarysportspersonofIndiawhowillbeconferredwiththe'BharatGaurav'LifetimeAchivementAwardbySanskritiYuvaSangsthaattheBritishParliamentonJul25.1)SachinTendulkar 2)DhyanChand3)ViswanathanAnand 4)PrakashPadukone5)Noneofthese Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:201HisaoTanaka,whoresignedrecentlyafterfoundresponsibleforanaccountingscandalworthnearlyRs8,000cr,wasthePresidentandCEOoftheJapaneseelectronicsgiant1)Sony 2)Panasonic3)Toshiba 4)Hitachi5)SharpCorporation Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:202Whoamongthefollowingis/arethewinner(s)ofthe36thAmericanBookAwards,theannualawardwhichcelebratesdiversityinpublishing?1)NaomiKlein 2)MarlonJames3)CarlosSantana 4)Alltheabove5)Only1)and3) Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:203ThepensionsectorinIndiaisregulatedbywhichofthefollowingasofnow?1)RBI 2)SEBI3)IRDAI 4)PFRDA5)LICofIndia Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:204TomMoore,whodiedrecently,wasa(n)1)cartoonist(ArchieComics) 2)journalist(FinancialTimes,UK)3)author 4)gayrightsactivist5)guitarist Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:205The2015MalabarRiverFestival,whichistoutedasAsiasbiggestwhitewatercompetition,startedonJul23in1)Goa 2)Maharashtra3)Gujarat 4)TamilNadu5)Kerala Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:206Indiaandwhichcountryon21JulsignedanagreementonsharingwhiteshippinginformationtoenhancemaritimecooperationduringNavychiefAdmiralRKDhowansvisittothecountry?1)Indonesia 2)Brazil3)Malaysia 4)Singapore5)Thailand Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:207Thegovtisconsideringpermitting100%foreigninvestmentinwhitelabelledATMoperations.ThewhitelebelledATMsaresetupby1)RBIdirectly 2)stategovts3)privatesectorbanks 4)privatenonbankcompanies5)cooperativebanks Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:208WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedasChiefEconomistoftheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)witheffectfrom8Sep2015?1)PaulKrugman 2)MauriceObstfeld3)OlivierBlanchard 4)JordiGal5)StanleyFischer Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:209TheMSIPSscheme,designedtoattractinvestmentinelectronicsmanufacturingwithcapitalsubsidyof20percentinSEZor25percentinnonSEZunits,hasbeenextendedbythegovtfor1)twoyears 2)threeyears3)fouryears 4)fiveyears5)sixyears Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:210Forthefirsttimeinitshistory,thefoundationdayoftheIndianCouncilofAgriculturalResearch(ICAR)isbeingorganisedoutsideNewDelhi,in1)Jaipur 2)Patna3)Bhopal 4)Raipur5)Lucknow Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:211Thelistofworlds500largestcompaniesinthe2015FortuneGlobal500listcompiledbyFortunemagazineisledbywhichcompany?1)Chevron 2)ExxonMobil3)Walmart 4)Google5)IBM Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:212AninemembercommitteesetbywhichofthefollowingsportsbodieshasrecommendedthatDutchmanPaulvanAssneednotreturntoresumehischargeasthemen'steam'schiefcoach?1)HockeyIndia 2)BCCI3)AllIndiaTennisAssociation(AITA) 4)BadmintonAssociationofIndia(BAI)5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:213Thegovthasannouncedtosell5%stakeinwhichofthefollowingfirmstoraiseRs1700cron27Jul?1)PFC 2)SAIL3)NTPC 4)ONGC5)NHPC Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:214AnshuJainhasgotacleanchitfromthefinancialwatchdogBaFinonchargesofallegedlylyingabouttheinterbankrateriggingscandal.HeistheformercoCEOof1)StandardChartered 2)DeutscheBank3)CityBank 4)MorganStanley5)HSBC Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:215PMNarendraModilaunchedthe'DeenDayalUpadhyayaGramJyotiYojana'duringhisrecentBiharvisit.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutthescheme?1)Itwillensureroundtheclockelectricitysupplytofarmersandruralhouseholds.2)TheRajivGandhiGrameenVidyutikaranYojana(RGGVY)hasbeensubsumedinthenewscheme.3)TheschemehasanoutlayofRs76,000crforimplementationoftheprojects.4)AtotalofRs14,680crworthprojectshavealreadybeenapprovedunderthescheme.5)Noneofthese Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:216TheIDFCBanktostartoperationsfromOct1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTcorrectaboutthebank?1)TheIDFCisacreditratingagency.2)RajivLallwillbeitsvicechairmanandmanagingdirector.3)AnilBaijalwillbethechairmanofIDFCbank.4)VinodRai(formerCAG)willbeitsnonexecutivechairman.5)VikramLimayewillcontinuetobeitsCEOandMD.Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:217NametheIndianhistorianwhohasbeenawardedwiththeFukuokaAsianCulturePrizeintheacademiccategory.Heisbestknownforhisbook,'IndiaAfterGandhi.'1)RomilaThapar 2)RamachandraGuha3)BipanChandra 4)SujataKeshavan5)MadhavGadgil Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:218WhichofthefollowingstatesapprovedShyamaprasadMukherjeeJanVanVikasSchemeaimedatcomprehensivedevelopmentofvillagesinthebufferzonesoftigerreservesandaroundthemrecently?1)WestBengal 2)Assam3)Gujarat 4)Maharashtra5)MadhyaPradesh Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:21910yearoldShubhamJaglanwasinnewsforwinningsecondsuccessiveworldjuniortitlein______atLasVegasrecently.1)Tennis 2)Badminton3)Chess 4)Golf5)Snooker Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:220MosquirixistheworldsfirstvaccineforwhichofthefollowingdiseasestogetagreenlightfromEuropeandrugsregulatorsrecently?1)Malaria 2)Tuberculosis3)AIDS 4)Ebola5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:221WhichautomakerhassurpassedToyotaMotorCorptobecomethebiggestautomakerbydeliveriesinthefirsthalfof2015?1)Volkswagen 2)GeneralMotors3)Ford 4)Hyundai5)Suzuki Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:222Alongrangesurfacetoairmissile(LRSAM),Barak8,willundergotestinginOctthisyear.ThemissileisbeingdevelopedbyIndiaand1)US 2)Russia3)Japan 4)Israel5)France Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:223PHariharanpassedawayrecently.Hewasaneminent1)astronaut 2)biologist3)author 4)poet5)physicist Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:224WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedchairmanoftheTelecomRegulatoryAuthorityofIndia(Trai)?1)RajeevKher 2)BimalJulka3)PKSinha 4)RahulKhullar5)RSSharma Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:225________becamethefirststatetohaveaprovisionforcompulsoryvotingwiththestategovton27Julputtingoutanotificationinthisregard.Thevotinginthelocalbodypollshasbeenmademandatorythere.1)Gujarat 2)Maharashtra3)WestBengal 4)TamilNadu5)Kerala Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:226WhichofthefollowingteamswontheCONCACAFGoldCupfootballtitleon26Jul?1)CostaRica 2)Russia3)Mexico 4)Jamaica5)US Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:227TheIndiangovthassanctionedaroundRs1,000crfora15kmrailwayprojecttoconnectwithwhichofthefollowingcountriesrecently?1)Pakistan 2)Bangladesh3)Myanmar 4)Bhutan5)Nepal Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:228FrenchautomajorRenaulton27JulsignedwhoamongthefollowingasbrandambassadortopromoteitsrangeofvehiclesinIndia?1)AkshayKumar 2)VarunDhawan3)RanbirKapoor 4)ArjunKapoor5)HrithikRoshan Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:229_________hasbaggedtheDun&BradstreetsIndiasTopPSUsAwards2015intheelectricalandelectronicequipmentsector.1)BHEL 2)AntrixCorporation3)BharatSancharNigamLimited(BSNL) 4)BharatElectronicsLtd(BEL)5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:230TheWorldHepatitisDayisobservedon1)11Jul 2)18Jul3)28Jul 4)29Jul5)30Jul Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:231WhoisthenewchairmanofthefoodregulatorFSSAI?1)AshishBahuguna 2)BimalKumarDubey3)YudhvirSinghMalik 4)BhanuPratapSharma5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:232WhoamongthefollowingIndianshas/havewontheRamonMagsaysayAwards2015?1)SanjivChaturvedi 2)AnshuGupta3)VinodRai 4)Alltheabove5)Only1)and2) Ans.)5Jul2015Ques.:233WhoamongthefollowingisNOTawinneroftheRamonMagsaysayAwards2015?1)KommalyChanthavong,Laos 2)LigayaFernandoAmilbangsa,thePhilippines3)KyawThu,Myanmar 4)DilmaRousseff,Brazil5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:234TheCompetitionCommissionofIndia(CCI)hasimposedapenaltyofRs420cronwhichofthefollowingautomakersforunfairtradepracticesasitdidnotmakegenuinesparepartsfreelyavailableintheopenmarket?1)MarutiSuzuki 2)HyundaiMotors3)GeneralMotors 4)FordMotors5)Renault Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:235Indiahassignedloanagreementworth$300mnwithwhichofthefollowingagenciestosupportthegovt'sflagshipprogram,theNationalUrbanHealthMission(NUHM)?1)WorldBank 2)IMF3)NewDevelopmentBank 4)AsianDevelopmentBank5)Noneofthese Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:236TheGeneralCounciloftheWorldTradeOrganisation(WTO)on27Jul2015approvedthemembershiptermsof__________whichwilljointheworldtradebodyas162ndmember.1)Zimbabwe 2)Zambia3)Yemen 4)Kazakhstan5)Vietnam Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:237TheInternationalTigerDay,alsoknownasGlobalTigerDay,isheldannuallyon1)11Jul 2)18Jul3)28Jul 4)29Jul5)30Jul Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:238CliveRice,whowasoneofthebestallroundersofhiseraalongsideKapilDev,ImranKhan,IanBotham,wastheformercricketerof1)Australia 2)SouthAfrica3)NewZealand 4)Zimbabwe5)England Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:239TheUnionCabineton29JulapprovedchangessuggestedbyaRajyaSabhaSelectCommitteetotheGSTConstitutionAmendmentBillwhichincludecompensatingtheStatesfor_____yearsforlossofrevenue.1)five 2)four3)three 4)two5)one Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:240Nametheleadingcarmakerwhichon29JulannouncedtoinvestRs6,400cr($1bn)inIndiaandtolaunch10MadeinIndiavehiclesover5years.1)Toyota 2)Volkswagen3)GeneralMotors 4)Nissan5)Mitsubishi Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:241AsthedeclaredbytheUNOin2010,whosebirthdayon15OctisobservedastheWorldStudentsDayglobally?1)AtalBihariVajpayee 2)MadanMohanMalaviya3)SyamaPrasadMukherjee 4)APJAbdulKalam5)DeendayalUpadhyaya Ans.)4Jul2015Ques.:242TheSangeetNatakAcademyandthePadmashriawardeeVasundharaKomkalidiedrecently.Shewasaneminent1)vocalist 2)actor3)author 4)scientist5)environmentalist Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:243WhoistheauthorofthebooktitledSleepingonJupiterwhichisshortlistedforManBookerPrize2015?1)RahulBhattacharya 2)VikasSwarup3)AnuradhaRoy 4)TahmimaAnam5)JahnaviBarua Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:244WhichofthefollowingbankshasannouncedtobuydomesticonlineretailbrokingmajorSharekhanforanundisclosedsumofmoneyrecently?1)BNPParibas 2)HDFCBank3)ICICIBank 4)FederalBank5)StandardChartered Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:245_____________hastoppedthelistoftheworldswealthiestprivatefoundationsestablishedwithtotalassetsofUSD43.4bn,accordingtoaWealthXreport.1)CarlosSlimFoundation 2)Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation3)BloombergPhilanthropies 4)LiKaShingFoundation5)GordonandBettyMooreFoundation Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:246KalyanigrouphastiedupwithIsraelsRafaeltoproduceamanportable,antitankmissileinIndia.Namethemissile.1)Javelin 2)Spike3)Python5 4)Sparrow5)MatraR530 Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:247WhichofthefollowinginternationalfirmshasannouncedtoappointDavidTaylorasitsnextCEOtosucceedAGLafleyeffectiveNov1?1)Procter&Gamble 2)Nestle3)ReckittBenckiser 4)Unilever5)Noneofthese Ans.)1Jul2015Ques.:248WhichofthefollowingfirmshasacquiredthetitlesponsorshiprightsforBCCIsdomesticandinternationalcricketmatchesathomeforaperiodoffouryearswithabidpriceofRs203.28cr?1)Snapdeal 2)Flipkart3)Paytm 4)Shopclues5)Amazon Ans.)3Jul2015Ques.:249Asperthechangesnotifiedbythegovtrelatedtocompositecaponoverseasinvestment,inprivatesectorbanking,therewillasublimitof49percentonportfolioinvestmentwithintheoverallforeigninvestmentlimitof1)69percent 2)74percent3)75percent 4)76percent5)100percent Ans.)2Jul2015Ques.:250ThecentralgovthasnominatedwhoamongthefollowingtobedirectoronthecentralboardofdirectorsofReserveBankofIndiawithimmediateeffect?1)UKSinha 2)ArvindSubramanian3)ArvindMayaram 4)RajivMehrishi5)AjayTyagi Ans.)5