1.

Who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United
Nations at New York?
Answer. Syed Akbaruddin

2. Name the Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court who was appointed as the
ethics offic (ombudsman) at Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
Answer. Justice Ajit Prakash Shah

5.Name the youngest son of NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul who died in November
2015? CIPARO STEEL
Answer. Angad Paul

6. Who ranked first the World Bank Ease of Doing Business 2016 report?
Answer. Singapore

7. The 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in ?

Answer. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Note: The theme was Our People, Our Community, Our Vision.

8. What is the minimum gold deposit limit under the gold monetisation scheme?
Answer. 30 grams

9. Who was recently elected as the countrys first woman President after the
adoption of Constitution?
Answer. Bidhya Bhandari
10. With which country, Nepal signed its first fuel agreement to supply petroleum to
ease a crippling shortage after protests blocked imports from sole supplier India?

Answer. China

Q1.Union Ministry of Finance recently decided to impose how much percentage

Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) on all taxable services?
1) 0.5%
2) 0.75%
3) 1%
4) 0.25%
5) None of these.

Q2.The 21st International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its

Applications (INCOFYRA) will be held at which place?
1) Kolkata
2) Raipur
3) New Delhi
4) Bengaluru
5) None of these

Q3.Which states / UTs recently impose Environment Compensation Charge or

environment cess on trucks entering into its territory?
1) UP
2) MP
3) Delhi
4) Kerla
5) None of these.
Q4.WHO recently declares which of the following country Ebola-free?
1) Sierra Leone
2) Liberia
3) Guinea
4) Senegal
5) None of these

Q5.Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its nod Ujwal
DISCOM Assurance Yojna (UDAY) for financial restructuring of debt of____?
1) Public Sector Banks
2) Power Distribution Companies
3) Co-operative Societies
4) Private Sector Banks
5) None of these

Q8.The book titled Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations authored by ____?
1) Nandan Nilekani
2) Viral Shah
3) Krishna Kant
4) 1 & 2 only
5) None of these.

Q9.The Indian government approved an agreement with which country for

cooperation in development of new and renewable energy technologies?
1) Belgium
2) Afghanistan
3) Japan
4) Malta
5) None of these.

Q10.Who among the following topped the Forbes list of World's Most Powerful
People 2015?
1) Angela Merkel
2) Vladimir Putin
3) Narendra Modi
4) Indra Nooyi
5) None of these

Q11.The Forbes list recently released the World's Most Powerful People 2015. What
is Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rank?
1) 10th
2) 9th
3) 4th
4) 15th
5) None of these

Q12."Imprint India", a Pan-IIT and IISc joint initiative to encourage the Indian
technical institutions to develop a blueprint for research to crack major engineering
and technology challenges relevant to the nation. The amount allocated for this
project is______?
1) Rs. 5,000 Crore
2) Rs. 2,000 Crore
3) Rs. 3500 Crore
4) Rs. 1,000 Crore
5) None of these

Q13.Who has recently been appointed as Indian High Commissioner to United

Kingdom (UK)?
1) Navtej Singh Sarna
2) Kapil Singh Sarna
3) Rajesh Singh Sarna
4) Kapil Sarna
5) None of these

Q14.The Reserve Bank has imposed how much penalty on Dhanlaxmi Bank for
violation of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) norms?
1) Rs. 5 Crore
2) Rs. 10 Crore
3) Rs. 1 Crore
4) Rs. 8 Crore
5) None of these

Q15.Which Indo-Canadian Sikh recently sworn-in as Defence Minister of Canada?

1) Guneet Sajjan
2) Hema Sajjan
3) Harjit Sajjan
4) Kapil SAjjan
5) None of these

Q1.Tata Motors has roped which star Football as the global brand ambassador for its
passenger vehicles?
1) Lionel Messi
2) Cristiano Ronaldo
3) David Beckham
4) Xavi
5) None of these

Q2.Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, with a strike-range of over __________, test-

fired from the navy's newest stealth destroyer INS Kochi successfully hitting a
decommissioned target ship in the Arabian Sea?
1) 280 kms
2) 290 kms
3) 180 kms
4) 190 kms
5) None of these

Q3.Who has recently been appointed as chairperson of a committee set up by the

Human Resource Development Ministry to draft the new education policy?
1) P. K. Subramanian
2) K. M. Mani
3) T. S. R. Subramanian
4) R. K. Pachauri
5) None of these

Q4.Who has recently taken over the charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a leading subsidiary of Coal India?
1) Pradeep Jha
2) Anil Kumar Jha
3) Rajesh Jha
4) Kapil Kumar Jha
5) None of these.

Q5.Patriarch and doyen of Indian two-wheeler industry, Brijmohan Lall Munjal,

passed away recently. He is the founder of___?
1) Bajaj Auto
2) TVS Motors
3) Hero MotoCorp
4) Kinetic
5) None of these.
Q6.Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications Ltd (R-Com) is merging with which
telecom business, that operates MTS brand with itself in an all-stock deal worth
Rs.4,500 crore, marking the start of the much-anticipated consolidation in Indias
telecom sector.
1) Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL)
2) Airtel
3) Vodafone
4) MTS
5) None of these.

Q7.The names of former (late) footballer and Asian games gold medallist who was
to be conferred posthumously Khel Ratna award officially approved by the state
sports ministry?
1) Liaqat Ali
2) Sanjay Dhyani
3) Ram Bahadur Chetri
4) Gigy George
5) None of these.

Q8.Nico Rosberg claimed victory at the Mexican Grand Prix by defeating ________?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Sebastian Vettel
3) Fernando Alonso
4) Kimi Raikkonen
5) None of these

Q9.Which country cemented their status as the greatest team in rugby history when
they overwhelmed Australia 34-17 at Twickenham recently to become world
champions for a record third time, and the first nation to retain the Webb Ellis Cup?
1) South Africa
2) Sri Lanka
3) Pakistan
4) New Zealand
5) None of these.

Q10.World diabetes day recently celebrated on which date?

1) 28 November
2) 28 December
3) 14 November
4) 14 December
5) None of these.

Q11.WTO conference held at which place?

1) Lima (Peru)
2) Naorobi (Kenya)
3) Tokeyo (Japan)
4) Paris (France)
5) None of these.

Q12.International Migrants Day has recently been observed across the world on
which date?
1) 18 December
2) 20 December
3) 25 December
4) 18 November
5) None of these.

Q13.The Open Government Partnership (OGP) recently selected which Indian-origin

World Bank official to lead the organization?
1) Ramaendra Pradhan
2) Sanjay Pradhan
3) Raju Pradhan
4) Munim Pradhan
5) None of these.

Q14.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently released the final guidelines on
computing interest rates on advances based on the Marginal Cost of Funds
Methodology. The guidelines will come into effect from which date ?
1) 1 April 2016
2) 10 April 2016
3) 31 March 2016
4) 1 September 2016
5) None of these.

Q15.World Trade Organisation (WTO) unanimously approved Afghanistans WTO

membership at the WTOs Tenth Ministerial Conference (MC10) in Nairobi, the
capital of Kenya. With this Afganistan becomes which members of WTO?
1) 165th
2) 163rd
3) 167th
4) 169th
5) None of these.

Q16.MLAs of which states Assembly recently passed resolution to remove Speaker

Nabam Rebia?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) U.P.
3) M.P.
4) Kerla
5) None of these.

Q17.Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas recently appointed a single-

member committee to look into the dispute between Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation Limited (ONGC) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Krishna
Godavari (KG) gas fields. The committee will be headed by __________?
1) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
2) Justice H. L. Dattu
3) Justice R. M. Lodha
4) Raju Singh
5) None of these.

Q18.CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2015 for Excellence in Sustainable Business

conferred in various categories. Who was the chief guest of the award presentation
ceremony?
1) Suresh Prabhu
2) Arun Jaitley
3) Rajesh Singh
4) Raju Singh
5) None of these.

Q19.Who has recently been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)?

1) P. K. Mathur
2) R. K. Mathur
3) Ramendra Singh
4) Ramendra Pratap Singh
5) None of these.

Q20.Who received Garwood Award for Outstanding Global Leader in Open

Innovation from UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business today?
1) Pranab Mukherjee
2) Narendra Modi
3) Arun Jaitley
4) Suresh Prabhu
5) None of these
 1) Who has stepped down as the Secretary-General of the Olympic Council of Asia
(OCA) in September 2015 and for how many years he occupied the post?
Answer. Randhir Singh, 24 years

2) Federal bank head-quartered at___________, recently launched a mobile

application for bank account opening. The name of the application
is___________________.
Answer. Kochi,Fedbook Selfie

3) Nandan Nilekani, in September 2015 has invested in Mubble, a mobile technology

startup.Mubble helps smartphone users track and control their telecom spends and
their mobile data usage. He is the co-founder of which company?
Answer. Infosys

4) SBI Card, a joint venture between State Bank of India and ________________, on
15th Sept. 2015 rolled out an online specific credit card SimplyCLICK,which has
been designed to serve the online shopping community. With how many how many
e-commerce players they have made partnership in SimplyClick?
Answer. G.E.Capital & 7 firms which includes Amazon India, BookMyShow, Cleartrip,
FabFurnish, Food Panda, LensKart and Ola Cabs.

7) To make classical music easily accessible to smartphone users, which enterprise,

has launched an app that opens up a treasure trove of over 8000 recordings. Name
the app also?
Answer. Saregama India Ltd & app name is Saregama Classical

8) The Vice President of India, Mr. Ansari will be in delegation-level talks and sign
Memorandums of Understanding in tourism and infrastructure building with which
country. Also Name the PM of that country?
Answer. Cambodia,Hun Sen
9) Name the British author of Indian descent who is among one of six novelists
shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, 2015 and also name the novel for
which he has been shortlisted?
Answer. Sunjeev Sahota And Novel is: The Year of the Runaways

10) Malcolm Turnbull, has been appointed as the new PM of __________ and he is the
______ of his country?
Answer. Australia, 29th

11) Name the country which is going to unveil its long-awaited new Constitution on
September 20. Name its capital also?
Answer. Nepal & Kathmandu

1. According to the report published by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights Investigation, to which country it has called to
establish a special court to try the horrific abuses committed by the authorities
and the rebels in the last phase of their countrys civil war and name the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights as well.

Answer:Sri Lanka & Zeid Raad al-Hussein

2. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson directed that immersion in Yamuna
River would be allowed only of those idols which are made from
________________________". Name the chairperson of NGT.

Answer:Biodegradable material & Justice Swatanter Kumar

3. Who are the authors of the below mentioned books:

a) 5 Year Old Billionaire-
b) How To Catch A Russian Spy-
c) Farewell Kabul-
d) When The Boss Is Wrong-

3)Answers

a) Onkar Kishan Khullar

b) Naveed Jamali and Ellis Henican
c) Christina Lamb Obe
d) Sibichen K. Mathew

4. A scheme named___________________ has three of its major components including

procurement of 110 (100 equipped with basic life support and 10 with advanced life
support) ambulances, setting up of a modern control room, and outsourcing of
operation and maintenance of CATS ambulance services is going to be implemented
by which city?

Answers:"Home to hospital care" scheme And New Delhi

Note: CATS is Centralised Accident & Trauma Service

5. The nine-day annual Brahmotsavam of Lord Venkateswara started from 16th

September. Name the state where it is happening?

Answers:Tirumala at Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh

6. The Union Cabinet gave ex post facto approval on 16th September to provide an
additional of how many days of work to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme beneficiaries during the current financial year
wherever drought or natural calamities have been notified?
Answers: An additional 50 days of work

7. The NSCNK, which abrogated the ceasefire agreement with the government and
perpetrated a string of attacks, including killing of 18 soldiers in an ambush in
Manipur in June 2015, has been banned for five years on 16th September. What is
the full form of NSCNK?

Answers: National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang

10. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted inprinciple approval to how many
companies to set up small finance banks. The approval given by RBI will be valid for
18 months to enable the applicants to comply with the requirements. How many
applications for small finance banks was received by RBI?

Answers:10 Companies and 72 applications for small finance banks received by RBI.

11. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has signed an agreement to acquire which U.S.-
based eye care firm? Name the Chairman of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries.

Answers: InSite Vision and the Chairman is Israel Makov

12. Who won the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup Trophy which was recently concluded in
September 2015? Name the sport with which this trophy is associated?

12)India Cements & It is associated with Cricket.

13. Who will host the 2022 Asian Games and in which country it is located?

Answers:Hangzhou & China

.
14. Name the player who recently book a berth for the Rio Olympics after she
rewrote the National record in shot put?

14)Manpreet Kaur of Railways

15.Mobile commerce firm Paytm, plans to invest how much amount in the next two
years for rolling out its payment bank services in India? Name the founder of
PAYTM ?
Answers:It plan to invest upto Rs. 1500 Crores and the founder is Vijay Shekhar
Sharma.

3) A 2,000-year-old lost stupa, one of 19 built with Lord Buddhas relics sent by
Emperor Ashoka to China, has been restored with religious rites by an Indian monk
in which city of China? Who is the current PM of China?
Answer. NANGCHEN, Li Keqiang.

4) Hero Cycles on 17th Septemberwhcih company to cement its position in the fast-
growing premium cycling segment in India? Who is the Chairman of Hero Cylces?
Answer. Firefox Bikes & Pankaj Munjal.

7) European telecoms group Altice agreed to buy which company to become a

major force in the lucrative U.S. cable market?
Answer. Cablevision

8) Name the Indian Hockey Player and the Foreign Hockey Player who got the
highest bid for the upcoming HIL?
Answer.Akashdeep Singh- Indian Player

10) Who is the author of The Big Indian Wedding and Who released the given
book?
Answer. Sakshi Salve & Amitabh Bachanan
Ques. 2 The first prototype of a 'hybrid vacuum toilet' has installed in a train on a
trial run . The prototype, consists of a custom designed vacuum toilet adapted from
a commercially available vacuum toilet that is used in aircraft. Name the train in
which it is installed?
Answer.Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Train

Ques. 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18th September said that his government
would ensure availability of electricity at every home in the country by which year?
Answer. 2022

Ques. 10 Taxi hailing platform Uber is expanding its partnership with which
company to reach up to 50 cities globally, including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Gurgaon
and Noida.
Answer. SafetiPin, a map-based mobile safety app.

Ques.1 Name the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president who passed
away on 20th September. He died at the age of__________.
Answer. Jagmohan Dalmiya & 75 years.

Ques.3 Who won the Korea Open Super Series which was organised at Seoul? Name
the player to whom he defeated to win the cup?
Answer. Chen Long of China won it by defeating Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram.
Ques.5 Who won the Singapore Grand Prix and name the team from which the
winner is belong?
Answer. Sebastian Vettel. This was his 42 win. He races for Scuderia Ferrari.

Ques.7 Warner Bros is planning to form a Flagship Entertainment Group Ltd. with
which company to develop Chinese language movies for the international market?
Answer. China Media Capital

Ques.8 State-run oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is all set to start
work on the petrochemicals complex in which city with all green clearance. The
project is a part of Rs. 20,000-crore expansion of the refinery,which will help our
country to end its dependence on imports of speciality propylene derivatives-based
products ? Also, Name the CMD of BPCL.
Answer. Kochi & S. VARADARAJAN, Chairman and Managing Director

Ques.10 Which country on 20th September adopted its first democratic

Constitution? NAme the PM & The President of the country also.
Answer. Nepal
PM- Sushil Koirala
President: Ram Baran Yadav

Ques.13 Which date is going to be observed as a Car Free Day in Gurgaon?

Answer. 22nd September
Ques.1 The CEO of General Electric said "Unless an agreement is reached with the
U.S. on common language on the civil nuclear liability law,their company will not
invest in Indias nuclear energy industry". Name the CEO of General Electric.
Answer. Jeff Immelt

Ques.3 The much-touted Heli tourism is the initiative of the which Tourism
Development Corporation which got off to a token start on 21st September.
Answer. Andhra Pradesh

Ques.4 Name the leader who moved to the Madras High Court challenging the
Justice R.M. Lodha Committees order suspending the IPL Teams ,the Chennai Super
Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royal.
Answer. Subramanian Swamy

Ques.6 California-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. has announced a settlement

agreement with which company resolving patent litigation in the U.S. related to its
Kuvan (sapropterin dihydrochloride) 100 mg oral tablet.
Answer. Dr. Reddys Laboratories

Ques.9 Who has gained the World number 1 ranking in Golf & name the country
from where the golfer belongs?
Answer. Jason Day & he is an Australian professional golfer.

Ques. 10 Which Indian film was runner-up for the Grolsch Peoples Choice Award at
the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)? Who is the director of the film?
Answer. The film Angry Indian Goddesses by Pan Nalin
 1. Name the movie which has been sent from India for the the Best Foreign
Language category of the 2016 Academy Awards? Also, name the director of the
movie?
Answer. Court. It is directed by Chaitanya Tamhane.

2. The National Sample Survey Office released data from its 2011-12 round on
education and vocational training. The numbers show that among persons in the 15-
59 age group, about __________ per cent reported to having received formal
vocational training.
Answer. 2.2 Percent

Ques. 3 Who is the author of Deja Karma?

Answer. Vish Dhamija's

Ques.4 Name the New York legendary baseball player who died recently.
Answer. Yogi Berra

Ques.5 Who is the author of The Success Sutra?

Answer. Devdutt Pattaanaik

Ques.6 Who won the IBSF World billiards championship in Adelaide in September
2015? Name the player by defeating whom, he/she won the championship?
Answer. Singapores Peter Gilchrist by defeating Pankaj Advani of India.

Ques.7 Who has been named as Golden Bolt?

Answer. Hidekichi Miyazaki

Ques.8 Which U.S.-based health insurance exchange solutions company has

announced that it would invest about Rs.750 crore in India?
Answer. hCentive Inc.

Ques.9 Which bank on its 81st Foundation Day Celebrations launched Mudra card
for micro and small entrepreneurs to meet their credit requirement? Name the CMD
of the bank.
Answer. Bank of Maharashtra & its CMD is S. Muhnot.

Ques.10 Sterlite Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement for the
acquisition of which telecom software product company controlled by private equity
major Carlyle Group, for an enterprise value of Rs.180 crore in an all cash deal?
Answer. Elitecore Technologies Pvt.

Ques.11 Who resigned as the CEO of Volkswagen ?

Answer. Martin Winterkorn

Ques.12 Who is the author of Acharya Mahapragya: A Journey To Wisdom?

Answer. S.L.Gandhi

Ques.13 Uninor has changed its brand name to _________.

Answer. Telenor

Ques.14 The Reserve Bank of India will very shortly come out with a draft paper
on liberalising certain norms for ____________________.
Answer. External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)

Ques.15 : Who has been named as Indias richest person for ninth year in a row with
a net worth of $ 8.9 billion?
Answer. Mukesh Ambani
 1) In his 18-minute speech, he outlined the various development targets that his
government has set, and how special measures were being taken to ensure that
they were environmentally sustainable. The SDG mirrors Indias developmental
goals, the PM said. Identify the personality and the country where he has spoken
these lines?
Answer. PM Narendra Modi, New York, USA.

2) Which Indian Drama Series has become the first drama series to cross the 2,000
episode milestone?
Answer. Balika Vadhu
3) Name the Television actor died recently after a long battle with brain tumour.
Answer. Mohan Bhandari

4) Who is the singer who will perform for the Pope at the Festival of Families concert
in Philadelphia?
Answer. Aretha Franklin

5) Name the former footballer who was present at the launch of Voices of Youth, an
organisation set up by UNICEF to empower children, at the United Nations
headquarters?
Answer. David Beckham

6) Which country is going to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup? Name the capiltal also.
Answer. Qatar, Capital is Doha.

7) The 42nd World Bridge Teams championships started with an opening ceremony
and the matches featuring 66 teams participating across the three categories
starting from Sunday. This is the first time India is hosting the event that will be
played on a round-robin-cumknockout format and will conclude on October 10.
Name the plac where it is organised?
Answer. Chennai

8) Facebook has renamed its Internet access enabling platform, internet.org to?
Answer. Free Basics by Facebook
9) Who will head the urea revival panel committee of the Government?
Answer. NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya

10) Aditya Birla Private Equity has picked up a minority stake in which company
which is the flagship company of the Mumbaibased Creative Garments group?
Answer. Creative Lifestyles

11) Alexis Tsipras in his first Cabinet meeting stated that his aim is to have steered
the country out of its crisis by the end of which year?
Answer. 2019

12) After a delay of around nine months and many moments of embarrassment, the
BJP government in Maharashtra has finally acquired bungalow where B.R. Ambedkar
lived as a student. Where is the bungalow situated?
Answer. London

1) Which country announced to establish an assistance fund with an initial pledge of

$2 billion to help developing countries implement a global sustainable development
agenda over the next 15 years?
Answer. Chinas capital, Beijing

2) Who is the President of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Silicon Valley network
group? Name the place where the Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the
Digital India dinner event.
Answer. Venktesh Shukla & San Jose.
3) Which country launched air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria in an
effort to stem its growing presence there? Name the President of the country?
Answer. France, Francois Hollande

4) India is planning to its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in

the lead up to the Paris climate summit in December on which date?
Answer. 2nd October.
5) Where is the G4 summit recently hosted by the PM Narendra Modi
Answer. New York. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
were present.

6) Recently, World Health Organization (WHO) said polio is no longer endemic in

which country?
Answer. Nigeria

7) Pope Francis and UK pop group The Vamps are releasing albums of the same
name on the same day. Name the album name and the date on which they are
planning to launch.
Answer. Wake Up! & 27th November

8) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, said his company will take low cost broadband
technology to appox. how many villages across India.
Answer. 5 lakh villages

9) Which online marketplace major launched its Advisor Programme, under which its
two lakh sellers will get a personal advisor to assist them in business management
on the platform?
Answer. Snapdeal

10) Which bank recently unveils its new logo in Mumbai & is preparing to launch its
banking services with motto to become unbank or hatke bank?
Answer. IDFC Bank

11) Name the Apple CEO who meets meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in US?
Answer. Tim Cook

12) Which airlines will launch nonstop flight to San Francisco from Dec 2? Name the
CMD of the given airlines.
Answer. Air India & Ashwani Lohani
1) Name the governor of Manipur who recently passed away due to cancer?
Answer. Dr. Syed Ahmed

2) Who won the ATP Saint Petersburg Open 2015 by defeating Joao Sousa?
Answer. Milos Raonic of Canada

3) The former England cricketer who was also known as "Typhoon" died at eh age of
85. Name the player?
Answer. Frank Tyson
4) Who won the Japanese Grand Prix 2015?
Answer. Lewis Hamilton

5) Name the women duo who won the Guangzhou Open 2015 by defeating Xu Shilin
and You Xiaodi in the final?
Answer. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

6) Who won the IBSF World Billiards Championship 2015 by defeating Singapores
Peter Gilchrist?
Answer. Pankaj Advani

7) Name the Indian shooter who won the gold medal at the 8th Asian Air Gun
championship in New Delhi?
Answer. Abhinav Bindra

8) After the merger of FMC with SEBI, how many director level officers of Forward
Markets Commission (FMC) will be absorbed by SEBI and how many employees will
become part of the central government employees pool?a
Answer. 7 officers will be observed and 41 employees will be included.

9) Who became the new CEO of the Volkswagen Group?

Answer. Matthias Mueller
10) Which tech giant will invest $150 million for Indian start-ups?
Answer. Silicon Valley based Qualcomm

11) Which Mumbai based marketplace for courier and logistics service providers,
has announced to get documents and parcels picked up free of cost and dispatch
them through one of the couriers empanelled with it?
Answer. Mypacco

12) On his visit to US, the PM Naredra Modi held bilateral talks with Presidents of
Palestine & Mexico. Name the Presidents of the given countries?
Answer. President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, and Mexican President Enrique Pena
Nieto

13) Name the village which is adopted by South superstar Mahesh Babu?
Answer. Siddhapuram village

1) Name the new naval warship which is commissioned by Defence Minister

Manohar Parrikar at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai?
Answer. INS Kochi

2) Name the person who recently started a Twitter account , he was a former
National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the U.S. governments
massive surveillance programs?
Answer. Edward Snowden

3) The HRD ministry recently shelved the first international summit on

_____________________ which was scheduled to take place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat?
Answer. Education

4) The government recently launched a policy, which is to help the environment,

help local communities, and generate employment by planting trees along all the
highways in the country. Name the policy?
Answer. Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification &
Maintenance) Policy 2015

5) What is the name of the political party which Hardik Patel is planning to launch?
Answer. Patel Nav Nirman Sena (PNNS)

6) Who has been appointed the next Director General of the Institute for Defence
Studies and Analyses (IDSA)?
Answer. Jayant Prasad

7) China successfully launched its new generation satellite which has among others
a hydrogen atomic clock, moving a step closer to build its own Global Positioning
System to compete with the USoperated GPS. It is the _____ laucnched by China?
Answer. 20th.

8) In which country, Typhoon Dujuan struck?

Answer. China

9) Which country has offered assistance to Maldives to investigate the explosion on

a speedboat which was carrying President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and his
wife, the acting Maldivian Foreign Minister?
Answer. India

10) With USD 31 billion of foreign capital inflows, which country has surpassed
China and the US to take the pole position in attracting largest FDI in the first half
of 2015,according to a report?
Answer. India

Ques.1 Who stepped down as the Network18 Business Editor?

Ques.2 Which PSU bank cuts its base rate by 0.4% after the RBI cut the the repo
rate by 50 basis points?
Ques.3 Which e-commerce company is planning to launch its sale event under the
name Big Billion Sale?

Ques.4 Who has been named as the Hero Indian Super League football
tournaments brand ambassador for Tamil Nadu?

Ques.5 RailTel Corporation of India, a PSU under the Ministry of Railways, has
partnered with which company to set up a high-speed Wi-Fi network at 400 stations
across the country?

Ques.6 Indo-U.S. bilateral trade can touch upto how much amount by 2025,
according to a recent survey?

Ques.7 Name the famous footballer who is planning to open 30 soccer schools in
China?

Ques.8 In the recently FIFA rankings, who is on the no.1 spot in the ranking?

Ques.9 The Modi governments declaration window under the new Black Money Act,
saw all of 638 declarations worth how much amount, according to an official
release?

Ques.10 Recently, Special Correspondent Officers of the Indian and Chinese armies
held meetings along the Line of Actual Control on the 67th anniversary of Chinas
National Day. Name the place where the meeting took place.

Ques.11 Who is the interim CEO of Twitter?

Answers -

Answer 1. Senthil Chengalvarayan

Answer 2. State Bank of India (SBI)
Anwser 3. FLIPKART
Answer 4. Tamil actor Dhanush
Answer 5. Google
Answer 6. $500 bn
Answer 7. Ronaldo
Answer 8. Argentina
Answer 9. Rs.4,147 crore
Answer 10. Chinese Border Personnel Meeting huts at Chushul and at Daulat Beg
Oldie in eastern Ladakh.
Answer 11. Jack Dorsey

) The Nobel Prize 2015 in Chemistry jointly went to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and
Aziz Sancar. They won the prize for thier work in?
Answer. The Nobel was awarded for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

2) The President of India will tour how many countries from 10th Ovtober? Also,
name the countries.
Answer.3 countries. Jordan, Palestine & Israel

3) The Centre cleared amount of 500 crores for the National War Memorial and
National War Museum? Where these are to be constructed?
Answer.India Gate circle in Delhi.

4) Who becomes the Chairman of Board of Directors of Volkswagen?

Answer. Hans Dieter Poetsch

5) Who has been elected as the Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel for
Climate Change at its 42nd session in Dubrovnik, Croatia?
Answer. Hoesung Lee

6) To which political party,Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi belongs?
Answer. National League for Democracy party
7) A threemember Committee chaired by former Secretary General of the Lok
Sabha PDT Achary, in its report submitted to Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas
Goel favoured how much hike in the basic salary of the Capitals MLAs?
Answer. a 400 per cent hike, i.e. from Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 50,000 per month

8) Who returned her Sahitya Akademi award because of unsatisfaction from the
current government in the Dadri Case?
Answer. Nayantara Sahgal

9) Name the Indian Navy's Torpedo Launch and Recovery Vessel which was
commissioned at Naval Jetty in Visakhapatnam recently.
Answer. INS Astradharani

10) According to the recent data, among all Asian countries,which country continues
to be the top country of birth for scientists and engineers who have made the US
their destination for key research and development?
Answer. India

11) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to shift its Treasury
office from Chennai to which city?
Answer. Mumbai

12) Who won the the chess World Cup which held recently?
Answer. Russias Sergey Karjakin

13) Name the Olympian and Arjun awardwinning Indian boxer who has been
suspended from his job for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs. 1 lakh from a
businessman?
Answer. Jai Bhagwan

14) Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (SED), a part of the Tata Group, have
announced a comprehensive partnership with which comapany to evaluate the
design, development and marketing of a highly secure mobile communications
system for government customers in India?
Answer. Secusmart, a subsidiary of BlackBerry

15) Which bank has entered into a tieup with online financial product aggregator
bankbazaar.com for capturing retail loan business through the firms online
platform?
Answer. Dena Bank

16) According to the latest World Economic Outlook Update,IMF has projected how
much growth rate for India in 2016?
Answer. 7.5 per cent

17) Which bank will raise a capital infusion of Rs. 394 crore by issuing of its Equity
Shares to the GOvernment of India?
Answer. Bank of Maharashtra

18) According to the recent reports, the E-commerce sector in India is projected to
how much amount by 2020?
Answer.$80 billion

19) Who quits as the CEO of iGATE ?

Answer. Ashok Vemuri

20) E-commerce major Snapdeal invested USD 20 million (around Rs.130 crore) in
which firm to expand operations in the country?
Answer. GoJavas

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel as

she arrived in India. For how many days she has come for her trip which aimed to
strengthening the bilateral ties?

Answer. Three- day visit

2) Which state government is planning for setting up separate police stations to
deal with crime against SC/ST community members?

Answer. UP

3) To fasten payment of crop insurance claims to farmers, the Centre launched a

pilot programme, which will use satellite and drone-based imaging and other
geospatial technology to get timely and accurate data on crop yields. Name the
programme?

Answer. Kisan

4) Name the Minister of State for External Affairs who rushed to Saudi Arabia to
coordinate with the authorities there to trace missing Indians in the Haj stampede
last month.

Answer. V.K.Singh

5) Who won the Noble Prize 2015 in Medicine?

Answer. It jointly went to William C. Campbell and Satoshi mura, and Youyou Tu.
Note:
a) Mr. Campbell and Mr. Omura won it for "their discoveries concerning a novel
therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites"

b) Ms. Tu won it for "her discoveries concerning a novel therapy for malaria."

6) According to a report in October 2015, a 50 basis points repo rate cut and slew of
policy measures announced by the Reserve Bank in the recent monetary policy
review could attract an average annual flow of how much crore in government
bonds from overseas investors for the next few years?

Answer. Rs. 48000 crores

7) Name the politician who rejoined INC in October 2015?

Answer. Septuagenarian politician Buta Singh

8) G. Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to the Union Defence Minister, adopted his
native village. Name his village which he adopted?

Answer. Mahimaluru, located in the Atmakur mandal.

9) Gold recently got a boost in markets & touched its biggest one-day surge this
year. By how much Indian rupees it got increased?

Answer. Rs. 660

10) Who is the third most valued Indian firm in terms of market valuation after TCS
and RIL?

Answer. Infosys

1. The Ministry of Defence has approved the induction of women into the fighter
(combat) stream of which defence force of India?
Answer. IAF

2. The Police in the Maldives arrested the countrys Vice President in connection
with an explosion aboard the presidents boat last month. Name the Vice President.
Answer. Ahmed Adeeb

3. Hurricane Patricia roared ashore in which country that brought lashing rains,
surging seas and cyclonic winds hours?
Answer. Mexico
4. Which country launched a nearly 10,000 km-long freight-train service, connecting
its central Hubei Province with the Russian capital Moscow?
Answer. China

5. A Special Investigation Team has been formed to probe the death of a 15-year-old
Dalit youth in Gohana. Who is heading the SIT?
Answer. Amit Bhatia

6. India and with which country said that the two partners are aligned on the
outstanding issues at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and are in favour of
multilateral trading systems?
Answer. Africa

7. What is the name of the new holding company for Google?

Answer. The Alphabet Inc.

8. Paytm, leading mobile payment and e-commerce platform, has tied up with which
bank to offer mobile wallet top up facility through bank ATMs?
Answer. Bank of Maharashtra

9. Where is the 11th Institute for Development and Research in Banking

Technology's Banking Technology Excellence awards presented?
Answer. Hyderabad

10. According to the report by Bank of America Merill Lynch, India is set to grow at
how much percent in the current financial year?
Answer. 7.4 per cent
11. How much is the Countrys foreign exchange reserves as on 16th October 2015?
Answer. $353.527 billion
Note: It is increased by $458 million on account of rise in foreign currency assets.
12. The CVC has asked RBI and Indian Banks Association (IBA) to red flag multiple
transactions of smaller amounts from a single account and ensure compliance of
KYC norms to check fraudulent forex transactions even if the amount is less than
how many dollars?
Answer. One lakh dollars
Note: At present, an alert is generated only when foreign exchange (forex)
remittance is over one lakh dollars.

13. Online entertainment platform Eros Now said it has tied up with which multi-
system operator (MSO) cable and broadband service provider for a subscription-
based movie streaming service?
Answer. Ortel Communications
Note: This service will be called Ortel Broadband Movies.

1) HCL Technologies will buy which Swedish commercial vehicles major external IT
business for USD 138 million (around Rs 895 crore)?
Answer. Volvo Groups

2) Infosys signed a definitive agreement to acquire which U.S.based consulting

services provider for the oil and gas industry for a consideration of $70 million
(about Rs.450 crore)?
Answer. Noah Consulting

3) The Finance Ministry said that GDP will expand by over how much percent in the
current fiscal year(2015-16)?
Answer. 7.5 per cent

4) Which country is the world's second largest economy who grew by 6.9 percent
in the three months ended in September, the slowest since early 2009 in the
aftermath of the global crisis?
Answer. China

5) The basic custom duty on wheat has been increased from 10% to how much
percent by the government?
Answer. 25 Percent

6) Which company has started the new initiative named Expert Track, in a bid to
attract top talents from the premier institutes of the country?
Answer. Infosys

7) Which region is set to become the world leader in devices and consumer
products connected to the Internet and expected to generate revenue of $270
billion this year?
Answer. The Middle East

8) Name the one of Indias greatest opening batsmen who announced his retirement
from all forms of international cricket and Indian Premier League (IPL)?
Answer. Virender Sehwag

9) Name the Indian cricket team player who was in news as Bengaluru police has
sent a notice to the cricketer for allegedly assaulting a woman?
Answer. Amit Mishra

10) Where is the BCCI and PCB hold talks after the Shiv Sena protested against their
meet in Mumbai?
Answer. Kolkata

11) Who has been named as the brand ambassador of tyre manufacturing giants
MRF Limited?
Answer. South African batsman AB de Villiers

12) Name the Indian player who bagged a bronze medal at the Flemish Open
fencing championship held at Ghent, Belgium recently.
Answer. S.A. Bhavani Devi

13) Name the Indian Tennis player who recently broke into the ATP top-100 by being
ranked No. 99 in the world?
Answer. Yuki Bhambri

14) ASTROSAT, the first Indian space observatory, spotted the Crab Nebula using
the Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI) instrument. What is Crab Nebula?
Answer. The Crab Nebula is the brightest hard X-ray (highest energy X-ray) source in
the sky.

15) Name the Noted film maker popularly known Ravee who recently died in
October 2015?
Answer. Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarayana Swamy (KSL Swamy)

16) Name the famous comedy actor of the Telugu film industry who died in October
2015?
Answer. Kallu Chidambaram

1) The CCS cleared a massive infrastructure project which also includes around 200
km of fencing along the India and its neighbor country border. Name the country for
which this project was cleared.
Answer. Bangladesh

2) The Supreme Courtasked the Centre to respond on a plea by an NGO challenging

the publishing of which constitutional post persons photograph in government
advertisements?
Answer. Prime Minister

3) Name the Eminent poet of Bengalwho received SahityaAkademi in 2004 but she
returned her award recently as a protest against growing communalism and the
attacks on rationalists.
Answer. Mandakranta Sen
4) Name the famous cricketers who recently teamed up to launch a campaign,
highlighting the importance of hygiene and sanitation in Sri Lanka, at an event
organised by the UNICEF.
Answer. Sachin Tendulkar&MuttiahMuralidharan

5) Who won the Man Booker Prize for 2015 and the book for which he received the
honour?
Answer. Jamaican writer Marlon Jamesfor his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings

6) Name the trade unionist-cum-politician of Sri Lanka and former State Minister for
Plantation Industries who passed away.
Answer. K. Velayudam

7) The Taliban declared that they are withdrawing from a strategic northern city that
briefly fell to the insurgents in September. Name the city.
Answer. Kunduz,Afghanistan

8) Who is the composer of the movie "Pele", which is a biopic of theBrazilian football
legend Pele?
Answer. Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman

9) State Bank of India (SBI) will divest how much percent stake in SBI Life Insurance
Company to joint venture partner, BNP Paribas Cardif of France?
Answer. 10 Percent

10) Who became thefirst Indian music curator for Apple Music?
Answer. MTV India

11) Name the company which is acquired by Holiday and education travel company
Cox & Kings Group recently in October 2015?
Answer. LateRooms Ltd
12) Which airlines will launch the flight services between the U.S. and Singapore,
making it the worlds longest non-stop commercial flight service?
Answer. Singapore Airlines (SIA)

13) Nippon Life Insurance of Japan has signed definitive agreements to increase its
stake in which company in tranches from 35 per cent to 49 per cent for
Rs.1,196crore ($184 million)?
Answer. Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM)

Ques. 1 Who won the Noble Prize in Physics for 2015 for experiments showing that
neutrinos change identities?
Answer. TakaakiKajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada

Ques. 2 Name the two famous cricketers who will play T 20 matches in US to
popularise cricket in the US?
Answer. Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne

Ques. 3 Who is the MD and CEO of ICICI Lombard General Insurance?

Answer. BhargavDasgupta

Ques. 4 Name the IT company which was in news after its employee sued the
company claiming a compensation of around 1 million. Name the person who file
the case.
Answer. Wipro, ShreyaUkil

Ques. 5 Name the country where Modi Express bus was launched?
Answer. UK

Ques. 6 Name the national award winning 10minute short film deals with child
sexual abuse which the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked
schools to screen to its students?
Answer. Komal
Ques. 7 Where is the joint Hand-in-Hand counterterrorism exercises between
India and China is conducting?
Answer. Kunming, China

Ques. 8 Who became the new PM of Nepal?

Answer. KhadgaPrashad Sharma Oli

Ques. 9 India and Palestine both countries have announced five projects of how
much amount which aimed at capacity building in the Palestinian territories?
Answer. $17.79 million

Ques. 10 Dell will acquire which data storage company which will unite two mature
companies and create an enterprise tech powerhouse?
Answer. EMC Corp

1. Fugitive underworld don Chhota Rajan, one of Indias most wanted criminals and
a leading figure in the Mumbai underworld, was arrested in which country?
Answer. Bali in Indonesia

2. Which country will help India for Indian citizens who have been kidnapped in
Libya?
Answer. Tunisia

3. Where is the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit started?

Answer. New Delhi

4. Days after the Indian Air Force announced that it will induct women as fighter
pilots, which defence force has decided to allow women pilots in various streams?
Answer. The Indian Navy

5. Name the Comedian and political neophyte who was elected President of
Guatemala?
Answer. Jimmy Morales

6. Name the political party in Poland who won parliamentary election defeating the
pro-EU ruling party?
Answer. Polands Law and Justice party (PiS)

7. Which country has announced that special presidential task force would be
constituted to ensure protection of children in that country?
Answer. Sri Lanka, announced by President Maithripala Sirisena

8.Name the mission which is a part of the proposed overhaul of the innovation
ecosystem in the country, which will encourage and promote self-employment as
a career option for young people?
Answer. Atal Innovation Mission

9. A NITI Aayog panel on innovation has recommended that the private sector
should help fund research and development, including in research labs at
universities and startups. Who headed the panel?
Answer. Prof. Tarun Khanna

10. What is the full form of SETU?

Answer. Self Employed and Talent Utilization (SETU) scheme

11. Who has been appointed as the Australia's new Davis Cup captain?
Answer. Lleyton Hewitt

12. Name the company which will be acquired by the Grofers, an express delivery
service?
Answer. Townrush

13. Which country has said it is ready to provide any kind of assistance to
Afghanistan and Pakistan where the earthquake occurred on 26th October?
Answer. USA
14. What is the epicenter of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake, centered in the Hindu
Kush mountains, which hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Answer. Afghanistan's Jurm

15. Name the former British Prime Minister who stated that he was sorry that the
intelligence behind the decision to attack Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003 was
wrong, and admitted there had been mistakes in the planning of the operation?
Answer. Tony Blair

16. Which state has proposed to spend Rs 405.17 crore on enhancing water supply
in 11 AMRUT cities in the state during the current fiscal year?
Answer. Telangana

1. Which team won the PayTm ODI series 2015 and who was declared the man of
the series of the series?
Answer. South Africa & AB de Villiers

2. Name the foundation of Pakistan who returned Geeta to India & declined the
donation of Rs. 1 crore which India had extended in appreciation of its role in
looking after Geeta in Karachi.
Answer. Edhi Foundation

3. Which country said that the civil nuclear agreement which allowing it to supply
uranium to India and the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)
would be in place by the target deadline of December?
Answer. Australia

4. Which bureau has directed the online classifieds player OLX to withdraw any
such offer for sale of animals or wildlife articles?
Answer. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)
5.The Income Tax Department that it has set up a committee to simplify the
provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Who will chaired the committee?
Answer. Justice R.V. Easwar

6.Production of Maggi instant noodles at three of its units has been presumed.
Name the company who is the founder of Maggi?
Answer. Nestle India

7. What is the ranking of India in the World Bank Doing Business 2016 ranking,
which was released recently?
Answer. 130

8. Which company has become the first company to comply with the Securities and
Exchange Board of Indias (SEBI) new requirement after it signed new listing
agreements with the BSE and the National Stock Exchange (NSE)?
Answer. Reliance Industries

9. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of BlackBerry for its India
operations?
Answer. Narendra Nayak

10. Name the financial institution which said it will set up in Africa, a development
firm KPDC, in partnership with others, to facilitate Indian participation in
infrastructure projects across the continent?
Answer. Exim Bank

11. Name the veteran Hollywood actress who died recently?

Answer. Maureen OHara

12. Name the veteran film maker and the film critic-author will be honoured at the
2nd edition of the International Film Festival of Colombo?
Answer. Indias veteran film maker, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and film critic-author,
Aruna Vasudev
 1) International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said which category of
athletes to represent would be allowed to compete at the 2016 Rio Games?
Answer. Top refugee athletes with no home country

2) Which state CM met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi to ask for a
relaxation of the loan caps set by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
Act?
Answer. Telangana

3) Name the Telanganas flagship programmes for the development of irrigation and
drinking water supply?
Answer. Mission Kakatiya and Jalaharam

4) Name the Top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander who was mastermind behind
several high-profile attacks in the State of J&K, killed in a surgical operation in south
Kashmir's Kulgam district.
Answer. Abu Qasim

5) Who is appointed as the Secretary in Ministry of Steel as part of a top-level

bureaucratic re-shuffle?
Answer. Aruna Sundarajan

6) The former is ranked fourth while the latter is ranked 10th

Who is the 10th most admired personality globally, as per a new survey by the
World Economic Forum (WEF) that has ranked late South African President Nelson
Mandela on the top?
Answer. Narendra Modi

7) Who is ranked fourth most admired leader, according to a survey as per a new
survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF)?
Answer. M.K.Gandhi

8) Who become the Nepals first female President?

Answer. Bidhya Devi Bhandari
9) Who is the World Banks Chief Economist, who said that it is possible for India to
break into the top 100 rankings in the World Banks Ease of Doing Business listing
within one year?
Answer. Kaushik Basu

10) Which company acquired four per cent equity stake in Indian Energy Exchange
(IEX) from Bessemer Venture Partners for Rs.81 crore?
Answer. TVS Capital

11) Which central bank has raised $1,500 million international sovereign bonds,
marking the countrys largest offering in the international bond market since 2007?
Answer. The Central bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)

12) What is the rank of RIL & ONGC in the 2015 edition of the benchmark Platts Top
250 Global Energy Company Rankings?
Answer. RIL: 14
ONGC: 17
Note: It is topped by Exxon Mobil

) Name the former Janata Dal MLA who died after a month-long hunger strike to
demand a stronger and independent Lokayukta in Rajasthan and a State-wide ban
on liquor?
Answer. Gurusharan Chabbra

2) Name the country where the Vice-President Hamid Ansaris was going for a trip
but his trip was delayed after a volcanic eruption?
Answer. Indonesia

3) Name the Uber cab driver who was sentenced to imprisonment for his whole life,
for sexually assaulting a woman executive last year.
Answer. Shiv Kumar
4) Nestle said government approved labs have found the newly manufactured
samples of instant noodles Maggi safe and the company will start retail sales of the
popular snack this month. Nestle is a company of which country?
Answer. Switzerland

5) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government, in the coming days, will list out
the exemptions to be phased out as part of its plans to gradually bring down
corporate tax rate to how much percent?
Answer. 25%

6) Name the Romanian Prime Minister who announced the resignation of his
government following huge protests in the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more
than 30 people.
Answer. Victor Ponta

7) Who is sworn as the new Prime Minister of Canada?

Answer. Justin Trudeau

8) Which language has emerged as the largest spoken Indian language in the United
States, with nearly 6.5 lakh people speaking it, according to the latest Census data?
Answer. Hindi

9) Name the smooth-talking Iraqi politician who pushed Washington to invade Iraq
in 2003 with discredited information on Saddam Husseins military capabilities, died
of an apparent heart attack?
Answer. Ahmed Chalabi

10) Which country declared state of emergency for a period of 30 days recently,
after arms and explosives were found at the countrys capital as well as at an island
resort?
Answer. Maldives

) Name the Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party MP who compared Bollywood

superstar Shah Rukh Khan to Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of
Mumbai carnage.
Answer. Yogi Adityanath

2) Name the Congress former MP and candidate for the ongoing Lok Sabha by-
election who has been taken into custody in connection with suspicious death of his
daughter-in-law Sarika and her three kids.
Answer. Sircilla Rajaiah

3) Name the climate scientist who resigned from The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI), alleging that the organisation treated her in the worst possible manner and
harmed her mentally, professionally and economically.
Answer. R.K. Pachauri

4) Name the Popular Telugu comedian who passed away recently.

Answer. Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao

5) Who is the Bollywood star who made it to the final nomination in the Favourite
Actress in a New TV Series category of Peoples Choice Awards 2016?
Answer. Priyanka Chopra

6) Social media giant Facebook will help which company in setting up 100 WiFi sites
in rural areas of western and southern India?
Answer. BSNL

7) According to a new study, which Ocean will experience an additional two months
of open water each year by the 2050s?
Answer. Arctic Ocean

8) To curb crimes against women travellers, Railways said an all-India mobile

application service will be launched through which immediate help from which force
could be availed?
Answer. Railway Protection Force
9) Which space station has completed 15 years of continuous human presence and
to mark the event NASA has released an official country song that describes the
epic journey recently on 2nd November?
Answer. The International Space Station (ISS)

10) Who has resigned from the post of Indian Premier League Chief Operating
Officer (COO)?
Answer. Sundar Raman

11) Name the Pakistani all-rounder who will retire from test cricket after the third
test against England.
Answer. Shoaib Malik

) Name the Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party MP who compared Bollywood

superstar Shah Rukh Khan to Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of
Mumbai carnage.
Answer. Yogi Adityanath

2) Name the Congress former MP and candidate for the ongoing Lok Sabha by-
election who has been taken into custody in connection with suspicious death of his
daughter-in-law Sarika and her three kids.
Answer. Sircilla Rajaiah

3) Name the climate scientist who resigned from The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI), alleging that the organisation treated her in the worst possible manner and
harmed her mentally, professionally and economically.
Answer. R.K. Pachauri

4) Name the Popular Telugu comedian who passed away recently.

Answer. Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao
5) Who is the Bollywood star who made it to the final nomination in the Favourite
Actress in a New TV Series category of Peoples Choice Awards 2016?
Answer. Priyanka Chopra

6) Social media giant Facebook will help which company in setting up 100 WiFi sites
in rural areas of western and southern India?
Answer. BSNL

7) According to a new study, which Ocean will experience an additional two months
of open water each year by the 2050s?
Answer. Arctic Ocean

8) To curb crimes against women travellers, Railways said an all-India mobile

application service will be launched through which immediate help from which force
could be availed?
Answer. Railway Protection Force

9) Which space station has completed 15 years of continuous human presence and
to mark the event NASA has released an official country song that describes the
epic journey recently on 2nd November?
Answer. The International Space Station (ISS)

10) Who has resigned from the post of Indian Premier League Chief Operating
Officer (COO)?
Answer. Sundar Raman

11) Name the Pakistani all-rounder who will retire from test cricket after the third
test against England.
Answer. Shoaib Malik
) What is the epicenter of the 6.3 quake which struck off eastern Indonesia?
Answer. Alor island chain in East Nusatenggara province
Answer. Alor island chain in East Nusatenggara province

2) Which airline announced to launch a direct flight to Bangkok from Chennai next
month with a limited period promotional all-inclusive two-way fares of Rs 9,999?
Answer. SpiceJet

3) Who has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Flipkart?

Answer. Surojit Chatterjee

4) Who has taken over as Chairman of the EEPC India?

Answer. Tarvinder Singh Bhasin

5) Name the company which Reliance Communications (RCom) has agreed to buy?
Answer. Russian conglomerate Sistemas Indian mobile phone business

6) Which enterprise has raised Rs.1,150 crore through IPO and made the Indias
biggest IPO in three years?
Answer. Coffee Day Enterprises

7) Name the former Pakistan captain who has agreed to carry on working with the
Afghanistan cricket team as coach for a two-year period?
Answer. Inzamam ul-Haq

8) Who becomes the highest-paid marquee player at Rs. 39.7 lakh in the Pro
Wrestling League?
Answer. Yogeshwar Dutt

9) Which company is discontinuing its annual Great Online Shopping Festival

(GOSF)?
Answer. Google

10) Name the Google founder Larry Page newly created company which he thinks is
becoming synonymous with innovation.
Answer. Alphabet

1. Name the companies have bagged $5.6 billion ( Rs 37,000 crore) worth of
contract from the Indian Railways to build locomotives in Bihar, marking the first
major foreign direct investment (FDI) in rail projects after the limit was raised by the
government in select railways sectors.
Answer. US major General Electric and French giant Alstom

2. Who has been appointed as the vice-chairman of the Bank of International

Settlement (BIS) for 3 years?
Answer. Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor

3. The governments indirect tax revenue grew by how much percent in October
2015 compared to the same month in the previous year?
Answer. 36.8%

4. Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch InBev says it has finalized the terms of a $107
billion takeover of which company that will combine the planets two biggest
brewers and create a company that makes almost a third of the beer consumed
worldwide?
Answer. SABMiller

5. Who has called a meeting of the Chief Executives of public sector banks on
November 23 to review their performance for the quarter ended September?
Answer. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

6. Who has been appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the

International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Answer. Subir Gokarn
7. What is the retail inflation for October 2015?
Answer. 5 per cent

8. In which state, heavy rainfall brought daily life to a grinding halt as its seven
districts announced holidays for schools and colleges?
Answer. Tamil Nadu

9. Name the new communication spacecraft which was put in space by ISRO from
the French Guiana space port in South America.
Answer. GSAT-15

10. Who is the Chairman & CEO of GE?

Answer. Jeff Immelt

11) Who directed the documentary on Malala Yousafzai?

Answer. Davis Guggenheim

12) Which department of Government of India recently launched its official account
on Twitter?
Answer. The Income Tax department

13) The World Health Organization (WHO) declared which country free from Ebola
transmissions?
Answer. Sierra Leone

14) Who was the chairman of the committee on the IIT Examination?
Answer. Prof. Ashok Misra

15) Hockey India confirmed the appointment of which person as the strategic coach
for the mens national team till the 2016 Rio Olympics?
Answer. Roger van Gent
16) Which Bollywood actor led a march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to counter the
protests by writers, artistes and others against rising intolerance, voicing concern
over the wrong projection of India by those returning their awards?
Answer. Anupam Kher

17) Chinas President recently meet with which countrys President after 66 years?
Answer. Taiwan

Note: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou

18) Name the supersonic land attack cruise missile which recently test fired in
Pokhran.
Answer. BrahMos

19) The government imposed how much percent Swachh Bharat Cess on all
services, now liable to service tax?
Answer. 0.5 per cent

20) Who won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol womens event at the 13th Asian
Shooting Championship in Kuwait City?
Answer. Indias Heena Sidhu

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for a three-day visit to which country which
can result in signing a number of pacts on mutual investments and defence
cooperation?
signing a number of pacts on mutual investments and defence cooperation?

Answer. United Kingdom

2) Name the British Indian columnist who was arrested in London by the British
Transport Police on charges relating to paedophilia.
Answer. Hasan Suroor

3) Which online marketplace has made its debut in the 2015 Thomson Reuters Top
100 global innovators list, leaving International Business Machines Corp, the world's
largest technology services company, out of the list?
Answer. Amazon.com Inc

4) Name the Minister of State for Finance, who is planning to meet Chief Executives
of State-run banks every 45 days to take stock of various performance parameters
and discuss evolving issues.
Answer. Jayant Sinha

5) Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (IHFL) has acquired a 40 per cent stake in which
bank of the U.K. for $100 million, making it the largest shareholder of a full service
universal bank?
Answer. OakNorth Bank

6) Name the company that announced that it would invest $200 million to provide
1,000 diesel locomotives to the Indian Railways.
Answer. GE

7) Name the British actor who honoured with a Commander of the Order of the
British Empire award during a ceremony at the Buckingham Palace.
Answer. Benedict Cumberbatch

8) Name the The legendary New Orleans R&B songwriter and producer who passed
away recently?
Answer. Allen Toussaint

9) The Governments decision to allow 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
in which sector is likely to benefit the segments?
Answer. General aviation and Ground handling services
10) Name the UAE-based bank which has announced a partnership deal with State
Bank of India to help NRI customers in the gulf to carry out their remittances
instantly and more conveniently.
Answer. Emirates NBD

1. Name the veteran actor who starred in as many as 100 Hindi films died at the
age of 86.
Answer. Saeed Jaffrey

2. Which company launched Atta noodles & aimed to take on Nestles Maggi, which
will returned to the market after a five-month ban?
Answer. Patanajali Ayurved

3. Name the senior diplomat and former high-profile spokesperson of the External
Affairs Ministry who has been appointed as Indias Permanent Representative to the
United Nations.
Answer. Syed Akbaruddin

4. What is the full form of IAEA?

Answer. International Atomic Energy Agency

5. Where is the G-20 summit 2015 held?

Answer. Antalya,Turkey
UN Reform, civil nuclear cooperation, and cooperation in space and agricultural
research also came up for discussion.

6. On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilaterals
met with the King of Saudi Arabia. Name the king.
Answer. Salman Al Saud
7. India announced the procedures for a civil nuclear agreement with which country
for supply of uranium?
Answer. Australia

8. Who is the PM of Australia who meet Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-20
Summit?
Answer. Malcolm Turnbull

9. Name the organization who launched a website devoted to Nathuram Godse, the
Hindutva activist who killed Mahatma Gandhi, in order to commemorate November
15, the day Godse was hanged- as 'Balidan Diwas'.
Answer. Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha

10. Name the tech giant which will open its first retail store in Singapore, which will
also be Southeast Asias first to be powered solely by solar energy.
Answer. Apple

1. What is the Wholesale Price Index-based inflation rate in October 2015?

Answer. ()3.81 per cent

2. Name the cellphone manufacturing company which will now sell Yuphoria, Yureka
Plus and Yunique handsets across 30,000 retail outlets in India.

Answer. Micromax

3. Who is the Chairman of Bharti Enterprises Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) who urged world leaders to commit and
invest in developing digital infrastructure to deliver a brighter and more prosperous
future to their citizens?
Answer. Sunil Bharti Mittal
4. Name the State-run telecom firm which offers services in Delhi and Mumbai, will
soon launch free roaming scheme, allowing customers to receive calls at no extra
cost while travelling across the country.
Answer. MTNL

5. Name the bank which has recently introduced its co-branded credit card in
association with SBI Card, marking old private sector lenders entry into credit card
business.
Answer. Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB)

6. What is the expected GDP forecast of India in 2015-16 by NCAER in October

2015?
Answer. 7.4 per cent

7. What is the full form of NCAER?

Answer. National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

8. Name the one of the largest telecommunication service provider which will invest
Rs.13,000 crore or $2 billion on capacity expansion and new business initiatives in
India.
Answer. Vodafone

9. Name the countrys largest mortgage lender and the new generation private
sector lender which are planning to list their bond issuances in London.
Answer. Housing Development and Finance Corporation & YES Bank

10. The Union Government has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with which country in an effort to enhance the two countries
existing air service cooperation?
Answer. Republic of Korea
 1. Name the bank which has sold its 6% stake in its joint venture with Prudential
PLC of UK, to two entities Premji Invest of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, and
Temasek.
Answer. ICICI

2. Apollo Tyres has acquired which German tyre distribution major for 45.6 million
Euros (around Rs 301 crore)?
Answer. Reifencom GmbH

3. Who is the author of the book, Written by Salim-Javed - The Story of Hindi
Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters?
Answer. Diptakirti Chaudhuri

4. How many Indian Personalities have made it to BBCs list of 100 most aspirational
women announced in November 2015?
Answer. Seven

Note: They are singer Asha Bhosle, tennis star Sania Mirza, veteran actor Kamini
Kaushal, Rimppi Kumari, farmer, Smriti Nagpal, entrepreneur, Mumtaz Shaikh,
campaigner, and Kanika Tekriwal, entrepreneur.

5. Who is appointed as the Senior Vice-President-Growth Business of the Leading

online travel and hotel services provider MakeMyTrip?
Answer. Deepak Tuli

6. Where, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is is taking place?

Answer. Manila

7. Who won the National Book Award for non-fiction for his book Between the World
and Me?
Answer. Ta-Nehisi Coates
8. Name the minister who kicked off his six-day visit to China with a visit to the
control room of the Public Security University and discussed issues concerning
training in security related matters.
Answer. Home Minister Rajnath Singh

9. What is the name of the suspected mastermind of the attacks that killed 129 in
Paris who was among those killed in a police raid in a suburb of the French capital,
the Paris?
Answer. Abdelhamid Abaaoud

10. According to the Global Terrorism Index, which is the worlds most deadly
extremist group?
Answer. Boko Haram

1. Which taxi booking app launched its mobile wallet?

Answer. Ola launched Ola Money App.

2. Name the Chennai based company which is a subsidiary of MiraMed global, said
that it would enter India after forging tie-ups with healthcare majors to offer
electronic medical record service.
Answer. Ajuba Solutions

3. Who is the former Indian Premier League Chief Operating Officer who will now join
the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) as its Chief Executive Officer Sports?
Answer. Sundar Raman

4. Who won the Brazilian Grand Prix 2015?

Answer. Nico Rosberg

5. Who won the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier 2015?
Answer. Li Xuerui defeated Nehwal
6. Name the BCCI president & the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC)
who is scheduled to spend four days in Dubai.
Answer. Shashank Manohar

7. Which team won the Cricket All-Stars Twenty20 Series 0-3 at the Dodgers
Stadium,USA?
Answer. Warnes Warriors

8. Name the country which has offered to supply LPG to Nepal after gifting fuel to
ease the crisis in the country.
Answer. China

9. From which country the US have the maximum number of international students?
Answer. India

10. Which country tightened security at all entry points in the country including
airports ahead of the upcoming ASEAN summit after the horrific terror attacks in
Paris that killed over 120 people?
Answer. Malaysia

1. Which taxi booking app launched its mobile wallet?

Answer. Ola launched Ola Money App.

2. Name the Chennai based company which is a subsidiary of MiraMed global, said
that it would enter India after forging tie-ups with healthcare majors to offer
electronic medical record service.
Answer. Ajuba Solutions

3. Who is the former Indian Premier League Chief Operating Officer who will now join
the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) as its Chief Executive Officer Sports?
Answer. Sundar Raman
4. Who won the Brazilian Grand Prix 2015?
Answer. Nico Rosberg

5. Who won the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier 2015?
Answer. Li Xuerui defeated Nehwal

6. Name the BCCI president & the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC)
who is scheduled to spend four days in Dubai.
Answer. Shashank Manohar

7. Which team won the Cricket All-Stars Twenty20 Series 0-3 at the Dodgers
Stadium,USA?
Answer. Warnes Warriors

8. Name the country which has offered to supply LPG to Nepal after gifting fuel to
ease the crisis in the country.
Answer. China

9. From which country the US have the maximum number of international students?
Answer. India

10. Which country tightened security at all entry points in the country including
airports ahead of the upcoming ASEAN summit after the horrific terror attacks in
Paris that killed over 120 people?
Answer. Malaysia

1. Who won the inaugural Pirelli Malaysia Superbike championship (MSC) at the
Sepang International circuit, Kuala Lumpur?
Answer. Rajini Krishnan
2. Who has been named as the Newcomer of the Year at South Africas annual
Sports Awards?
Answer. Kagiso Rabada

3. Who has been awarded the SA Sports Star of the Year?

Answer. Wayde Van Niekerk

4. Who won the ATP World Tour 2015 Finals?

Answer. Novak Djokovic

5. Which country may be emerged as the likely venue for the much-awaited Indo-
Pak bilateral cricket series?
Answer. Sri Lanka

6. Who won the Argentinas presidential election, marking an end to the left-leaning
and often combative era of President Cristina Fernandez?
Answer. Mauricio Macri

7. Name the Russian Prime Minister who privately toured Cambodias famed Angkor
Wat complex, beginning a state visit protected with heavy security.
Answer. Dmitry Medvedev

8. A memorial plaque honouring a 41-year-old Indian woman who was stabbed to

death in Australia was unveiled recently during a memorial service. Name the Indian
woman to whom the memorial is dedicated.
Answer. Prabha Arun Kumar

9. Name the U.S. Secretary of State who was set to hold talks with senior Emirati
and Saudi officials in Abu Dhabi to find ways to bring Syrian opposition groups
together at a conference that will be hosted by Saudi Arabia next month.
Answer. John Kerry
10. Name the French President who will meet President Barack Obama in
Washington and then travel to Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin in an effort
to draw Russia closer to the 65-nation coalition against the Islamic State.
Answer. Francoise Hollande

1. In which country the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a
Shia Muslim mosque in that country?
Answer. Bangladesh

2. Which countrys air forces had flown bombers and other jets through a strait
between Japanese islands on their way to drills in the Western Pacific recently?
Answer. China's air force

3. Queen Elizabeth II is set to open the Commonwealth heads of government

meeting in which place?
Answer. On the Mediterranean island of Malta

4. The Israeli military has conducted successful test of the Barak-8 missile, jointly
developed with which country?
Answer. India

5. China has successfully launched a remote sensing satellite which will focus on
experiments on survey of land, crop yields and disaster relief. What is the name of
the satellite?
Answer. Yaogan - 29

6. Chinese naval forces held their first joint drill with which organizations ships,
which will help to improve communications between ships on anti-piracy duties so
that they can together maintain maritime security and stability in the Gulf of Aden?
Answer. NATO

7. Which airline company of India has announced first-ever non-stop flight from New
Delhi to San Francisco from December 2?
Answer. Air India

8. Which country has proposed to convert its existing 225-member-strong

Parliament into Constitutional Assembly, whose primary responsibility will be to
produce a fresh Constitution of the country?
Answer. Sri Lanka

9. Indias ODI cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has bagged his first
endorsement deal outside the country, signing up to be the brand ambassador of
Dubai-based hospitality and event management company. What is the name of the
company?
Answer. Grand Midwest Group

10. Jayanthibai C. Patel, passed away recently at the age of 85 years. He was a?
Answer. Cricketer

1. In which country the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a
Shia Muslim mosque in that country?
Answer. Bangladesh

2. Which countrys air forces had flown bombers and other jets through a strait
between Japanese islands on their way to drills in the Western Pacific recently?
Answer. China's air force

3. Queen Elizabeth II is set to open the Commonwealth heads of government

meeting in which place?
Answer. On the Mediterranean island of Malta

4. The Israeli military has conducted successful test of the Barak-8 missile, jointly
developed with which country?
Answer. India
5. China has successfully launched a remote sensing satellite which will focus on
experiments on survey of land, crop yields and disaster relief. What is the name of
the satellite?
Answer. Yaogan - 29

6. Chinese naval forces held their first joint drill with which organizations ships,
which will help to improve communications between ships on anti-piracy duties so
that they can together maintain maritime security and stability in the Gulf of Aden?
Answer. NATO

7. Which airline company of India has announced first-ever non-stop flight from New
Delhi to San Francisco from December 2?
Answer. Air India

8. Which country has proposed to convert its existing 225-member-strong

Parliament into Constitutional Assembly, whose primary responsibility will be to
produce a fresh Constitution of the country?
Answer. Sri Lanka

9. Indias ODI cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has bagged his first
endorsement deal outside the country, signing up to be the brand ambassador of
Dubai-based hospitality and event management company. What is the name of the
company?
Answer. Grand Midwest Group

10. Jayanthibai C. Patel, passed away recently at the age of 85 years. He was a?
Answer. Cricketer

1. Name the indigenously built nuclear-capable missile, which is capable of hitting a

target at a distance of 700 kms, from a test range off the Odisha coast.
Answer. Agni-I

2. Who is the chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), who has
resigned from the post citing personal reasons?
Answer. Yellapragada Sudershan Rao

3. Name the e-commerce company which saw maximum visitors on its web and
mobile sites in October at over 20 crore visitors, as per the recent data from
Internet analytics firm comScore.
Answer. Amazon India

4. CreditMantri has announced that it had partnered with which company to simplify
the process for consumers to access their credit score and history for free?
Answer. Equifax

5. What is the full form of LCV?

Answer. Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV)

6. India said it will provide how much amount for the vulnerable nations in the
Commonwealth to help them introduce clean energy and reduce green-house gas
emissions?
Answer. $ 2.5 million

7. Name the PM of Malta?

Answer. Joseph Muscat

8. The National Green Tribunal has directed the local commissioner, probing illegal
felling of 4,000 trees in the Eco-Sensitive Zone near the Taj Mahal, to submit the
final inspection report by December 16. Who is the NGT Chairperson?
Answer. Justice Swatanter Kumar

9. Who are the authors of The Making of Miracles in Indian States?

Answer. Arvind Panagariya & M. Govinda Rao

10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for which city to participate in the global
climate change conference 2015?
Answer. Paris

11. What is the full form of OECD?

Answer. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

1.After eight years of intense negotiations, bureaucratic hurdles and a shifting

nuclear policy, the Australian government has finally given the green signal to the
export of uranium to which country?
Answer. India
2.Name the Indian banker who has been appointed head of Dubai-based Mashreq's
retail banking group, third-biggest bank by assets.?
Answer. Som Subroto

3.The BCCI president Shashank Manohar has junked which committees recently?
Answer. The museum committee as well as the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit
(ACSU)

4.Which team won the first ever day-night Test by 3 wickets against New Zealand?
Answer. Australia

5.Who won the womens singles title at the $ 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold
after defeating Japans Minatsu Mitani in the finals?
Answer. P. V. Sindhu
6.Pharmaceutical major Cipla Ltd., its wholly-owned subsidiary Cipla Health, with
which firm signed an investment agreement concerning the Ciplas consumer
healthcare business?
Answer. FIL Capital Investments (Mauritius) II Ltd.

7.India needs to grow at how much percent for decades so as to create the required
amount of employment for the countrys working-age population, according to the
Minister of State for Finance, Jayant Sinha?
Answer. 8 per cent

8.Which company runs the Indicash brand of white-label ATMs?

Answer. Tata Communications Payment Solutions

9.Which Multiplex chain operator expects to add at least 23 screens in the current
financial year to take the total to 500 in the same fiscal ?
Answer. PVR

10.Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag left on a four-day visit to which country
during which he will review the bilateral defence ties and discuss new avenues of
cooperation?
Answer. Sri Lanka

1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) liberalised the external commercial borrowing
framework by increasing the limit for Indian companies for raising funds with
minimum average maturity of 3 years to how much amount from $20 million?
Answer. $50 million

2. What is the growth rate of the manufacturing sector in the second quarter of
financial year 2015-16, which was released recenty?
Answer. 9.3 per cent
3. Which telecom gear-maker announced the setting up of a new unit Industry
and Society which will focus on smart cities, the Digital India campaign and other
technology projects from the government?
Answer. Ericsson

4. Which telecom services provider announced that it will invest Rs 60,000 crore
over the next three-years to upgrade its networks with an aim to provide better
quality services to its subscribers?
Answer. Bharti Airtel
5. Core sector growth in the April-October period was lower at howm much percent
in this fiscal year, according to the data released by the Commerce and Industry
Ministry?
Answer. 2.5 per cent
6. Which country has topped the list of 10 countries that has seen the highest rise in
people searching for destinations in the sub-continent?
Answer. Singapore
7. Which country's Prime Minister thanked Narendra Modi for his superb
cooperation and for saving lives of many tourists during the rescue operation in
earthquake-hit Nepal?
Answer. Israeli PM,Benjamin Netanyahu
8. Name the President of UAE who recently stated that, his country supports
humanitarian cooperation with countries facing terrorism and extremism?
Answer. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
9. Name the World Bank Group President who recently said, "Carbon pricing is
critical for reducing emissions, preserving our environment and protecting the most
vulnerable?
Answer. Jim Yong Kim
10. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the meeting of which
countries on the sidelines of the Paris climate summit?
Answer. Between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz
Sharif
1. Which country hosted the first media summit of countries belonging to the Brazil-
Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping?
Answer. China

2. India offered to provide technical assistance to which country's army for

upgrading its military requirements?
Answer. Sri Lanka Army (SLA)

3. Which bollywood actor became a co-owner of the International Premier Tennis

League (IPTL) team OUE Singapore Slammers?
Answer. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan

4. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India by President
Pranab Mukherjee at function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. He replaced ?
Answer. Justice H L Dattu

5. Amid scaled-up rescue and relief operations to bring a rain-devastated Chennai,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an aerial survey of the affected regions &
announced an additional relief package to Chennai of how much amount?
Answer. Rs. 1,000-crore

6. Name the CM of Tamil Nadu?

Answer. Jayalalithaa

7. Already struggling with weak popularity over Brazils economic ills and a political
corruption scandal, the country's President now may have to fight an impeachment
effort which is launched by a political foe who heads Congress lower house. Name
the President of Brazil.
Answer. Dilma Rousseff

8. Which country's warplanes carried out airstrikes in Syria after its Parliament
voted to authorize air attacks against Islamic State group?
Answer. UK
9. The Reserve Bank of India Bank is set to intensify its scrutiny of banks financial
accounts during the annual financial inspection process as the banking regulator
races to achieve the goal of cleaning up bank balance sheets by which year?
Answer. March 2017

10. Name the multi-faceted personality, who was often referred to as the Bard of
racing who died recently?
Answer. M.A.M. Ramaswamy

1. Tata Sons have entered into a long-term partnership with which bank that will
become a strategic banking partner to the Tata group for its businesses in several
countries across continents?
Answer. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC)

2. Which airlines becomes the first Indian airline to provide a direct air connection to
the West Coast in the United States?
Answer. Air India

3. Which company plans to invest over $350 million (Rs.2,333 crore) in for-profit
ventures and non-profit organisations in India by 2020?
Answer. Omidyar Network

4.Which company has manufatured ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated polio vaccine

(IPV)?
Answer. Shantha Biotechnics

5. Name the country whose lower house of Parliament approved its government
plans to join the military campaign against Islamic State in Syria.
Answer. Germany
6. Name the British astronaut who will attempt to become the first man to run a
marathon in space, as part of his 173-day mission to the International Space
Station.
Answer. Tim Peake

7. Which country's President told African presidents at a summit that his country
would provide $60 billion over three years to fund development on the continent?
Answer. China's Xi Jinping

8. The Meghalaya Cabinet approved an amendment to the Chief Ministers Scheme

for Social Assistance to include whom as one of the beneficiaries?
Answer. single-mothers

9. Who won the 100 m butterfly in the U.S. Winter National Championships?
Answer. Michael Phelps

10. Greenpeace, the NGO urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to play a heroic role
at the ongoing CoP21 Paris Climate Change conference, and pledge a total shift to
renewable energy in India by which year?
Answer. 2050

1.Name the one of the worlds biggest Android application development companies
which has floated a fund in India with an initial corpus of Rs 300 crore that would
invest in startups that are working on mobile internet innovation projects in the
country?
Answer. Chinas Apus Group

2.Which company agreed to sell its telecom tower assets and related infrastructure
to Tillman Global Holdings, LLC and TPG Asia Inc. (TPG)?
Answer. Reliance Communications (RCom)

3. Who headed the committee which submits its report to finance minister on GST
recently?
Answer. Arvind Subramanian
4. Name the Governor of Yemens Aden province who was killed along with six
bodyguards after a bomb struck his vehicle in the countrys temporary capital?
Answer. Major General Jafar Mohammed Saad, the newly appointed governor of
Aden, was killed while passing through Tawahi district towards his workplace,
Xinhua quoted a military official as saying.

5.Which country has expressed interest in acquiring Pakistans multi-role JF17

Thunder fighter jets, which the country has manufactured in collaboration with
China?
Answer. Egypt

1. What is the death anniversary of Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar observed as?
Answer. Mahaparinirvan Diwas

2. Name the 11-year-old Indian-origin girl in the U.K. has achieved the possible top
score of 162 on an IQ test of Mensa, becoming one of the brainiest students in the
country?
Answer. Anushka Binoy

3. Indian and Pakistani National Security Advisers led delegations for talks in which
place recently?
Answer. Bangkok

4. Which company will acquire an additional 0.22 per cent stake in Titan Company
at an estimated price of over Rs.66 crore, taking its total holding to 19.80 per cent?
Answer. Tata Sons

5. Name the chairperson of SBI who recentl stated that, State Bank of India (SBI) will
become more aggressive in taking on competition arising from new payments
banks, small finance banks and other entities?
Answer. Arundhati Bhattacharya
6. Name the one of the worlds largest open-access online educators, which
announced a five-year, not-for-profit partnership with the Ratan Tata-led Tata Trusts
to enable free online education for the Indian market?
Answer. Khan Academy

7. Name the group which is looking at an increase of nearly $250 billion by 2025,
including through acquisitions?
Answer. The Tata Group
8. Which country recently won the the Freedom Series, which is conceptualised as a
tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela?
Answer. India by defeating South Africa
9. Who was named as the man of the series of the Freedom Series?
Answer. Ravichandran Ashwin
10. According to the officials, negotiations are being held to build a $4.5 billion
undersea gas pipeline from which country to Indian west coast following Indias
rejection of the proposal for an onland pipeline that would pass through Pakistan?

Answer. Iran

6.Name the country Which broke a 33-year-old medal jinx after winning bronze
medal in the Hockey World League 2015(HWL)?
Answer. India

7. Who is the former president of Perus soccer federation who recently arrested
amid an ongoing US-led investigation into corruption at the sports world governing
body FIFA?
Answer. Manuel Burga

8. Which country is likely to ratify the World Trade Organisations (WTO) Trade
Facilitation Agreement (TFA), aimed at easing customs rules to expedite trade flows,
during the Nairobi meeting of the global trade body from December 15 to 18?
Answer. India
9.Name the comapny which the Japans securities watchdog will recommend, should
be fined 7.37 billion yen ($59.84 million) for accounting violations?
Answer. Toshiba Corp

10.Name the company which recently launched its movie premiere service
Miniplex on cable and online after partnering with two DTH players?
Answer. Shemaroo Entertainment

1. Name the two new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL), replacing the
suspended teams of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for a period of two
years?
Answer. Pune and Rajkot

2. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj reached which city to participate in the
ministerial session of the Heart of Asia conference on Afghanistan?
Answer. Islamabad,Pakistan

3. India is set to sign a deal with which country on the countrys first bullet train
project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad through a $8 billion loan?
Answer. Japan

4. Letters exchanged between the Indian and Russian governments between 1991
and 1995 re-affirm that Subhash Chandra Bose, founder of the Indian National
Army, did not visit the Soviet Union from which year?
Answer. 1945 or after

5. Refugees of minority communities from which countries, who have entered India
on or before December 31, 2014, can stay in the country on humanitarian grounds,
even without valid travel documents according to Lok Sabha recently?
Answer. Pakistan and Bangladesh

6. Name the Union Environment Minister who said at a CoP21 media interaction that
India had no problem with freezing the worlds carbon emissions at the current
level, to avoid any further man-made rise in global temperatures over 0.8 degrees
C?
Answer. Prakash Javadekar
7. What is the full form of I-LTEO?
Answer. Indian Long Term Ecological Observatories

8. Who recently became Indias highest-ranked Test batsman recently by storming

up 14 places to claim a career-high 12th spot?
Answer. Ajinkya Rahane

9. Who became the new number-one ranked Test all-rounder?

Answer. Ravichandran Ashwin
10. Who were the costliest buys, fetching the maximum prize of $100,000 at the
rechristened Premier badminton League (PBL) players auction in New Delhi
recently?
Answer. Top stars Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei

1. The Supreme Court allowed its panel which was headed by whom, to access the
visitors diary of the premier investigating agencys former chief Ranjit Sinha?
Answer. Former CBI official M.L. Sharma

2. The Bharatiya Janata Party declared that it had received how much amount in the
form of donations between 2014-15?
Answer. Rs. 437 crore

3. India which country exploring the possibility of setting up a joint venture in India
to improve supply of spares for the Sukhoi-30 frontline fighter aircraft?
Answer. Russia

4. Name the Yemen's President who told the United Nations that he has asked the
Saudi-led coalition to begin a 7-day ceasefire on Dec. 15 to coincide with U.N.-
sponsored peace talks aimed at ending months of fighting that has killed nearly
6,000 people?
Answer. Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi

5. Which country has launched a new counterterrorism unit in an air of secrecy

recently?
Answer. Japan

6. Name the country which has gifted France a new puppy to replace Diesel, the
seven-year-old police dog who was killed during a raid linked to the Paris terror
attacks?
Answer. Russia

7. Name the Titan Managing Director who recently appointed, on the board of its
new joint venture (JV) with Maison Montblanc which will carry out single brand retail
trading of Montblancs products in India?
Answer. Bhaskar Bhat

8. IDFC Bank has inked a pact with which IT services major for its core banking
solutions?
Answer. Tata Consultancy Services

9. Name the noted industrialist and Chairman of the Mahindra Group, who has
joined the newly created Sustainability Committee of Formula E Championship, an
initiative of FIA (Federation Internationale de IAutomobile) and the worlds first
fully-electric racing series?
Answer. Anand Mahindra

10. General Motors India has appointed whom as President and Managing Director
of the company with effect from January 1, 2016?
Answer. Kaher Kazem
1. With which country, India agreed to take the civil nuclear deal forward but
conceded that a lot of technical discussions remain incomplete?
Answer. Japan

2. Name the PM of Japan who was recently on visit to India.

Answer. Shinzo Abe

3. Setting the stage for global climate action, the outcome text of the ambitious
Paris Climate Agreement set a binding how much degree Celsius target for rise in
global temperature?
Answer. 2 degree

4. Who is the President of CoP21?

Answer. Laurent Fabius

5. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has proposed up to how much amount as
equity in Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) under Chennai-Bangalore Industrial
Corridor (CBIC) project?
Answer. Rs. 3,000 crores

6. Where is the Southern Zonal Council meet held recently?

Answer. Vijayawada

7. What is the full form of JICA?

Answer. Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA)

8. Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., has agreed to buy which
Hong Kongs flagship English-language newspaper recently?
Answer. The South China Morning Post

9. India with which country signed an agreement to amend the convention for
double taxation avoidance and prevention of evasion of income tax?
Answer. Japan

10. The sixth edition of the World Twenty-20 Championships will be held from March
8 to April 3, 2016 in which country this year?
Answer. India

1.Name the group of company which is one of the countrys largest exporters of
footwear, will start manufacturing shoes at a new factory in West Bengal?
Answer. Farida group
2.Name the U.S. Assistant Secretary who is on a private visit to Odisha,India?
Answer. Nisha Biswal

3.Name the Chairman of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) who stated that
Giving the government 15 days to begin discussions with them to resolve the
impasse on the issue of One Rank One Pension (OROP) & announced that they
would boycott the Republic Day celebrations on January 26 unless OROP is
implemented in its rightful form?
Answer. Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh (retd)

4.Name the person who is facing an inquiry for publicly contradicting the
government over the sinking of a Pakistani ship off Gujarat coast on New Years Eve
& has been dismissed from service?
Answer. DIG B.K. Loshali

5.Who has been appointed to head the one-man judicial committee, which will look
into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme?
Answer. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy
6.Name the Legendary actor who was presented with the Padma Vibhushan by
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the thespians residence in suburban Bandra?
Answer. Dilip Kumar

7.Which country is the top emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, accounting for
about 25 per cent of emissions?
Answer. China

8.Which organization has upheld complaints against 54 campaigns for misleading

advertisements during September, including those of Bharti Airtel, HDFC and
Flipkart?
Answer. ASCI i.e. Advertising Standard Council of India

9.Which IT major company has invested USD 3 million in U.S.-based wearable

device startup firm WHOOP to pick up a minority shareholding in the company?
Answer. Infosys

10.Name the company which has received a letter of acceptance (LoA) from Metro
Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad for construction of a viaduct corridor?
Answer. The IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd

1. Who won the presidential election of Argentina?

Answer. Mauricio Macri
2. Name the Sociologist and founder of Sulabh International who was selected for
the prestigious New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award for his
contribution to sanitation.
Answer. Bindeshwar Pathak
3. Name the Veteran Bollywood actor who passed away in November 2015?
Answer. Saeed Jaffrey

4. Prime Minister Narenda Modi returned to India concluding his two-nation tour to
which countries?
Answer. Malaysia and Singapore.

5. What is the annual interest rate that will be given on the sovereign gold bond
seeking to provide an alternative to the purchase of physical gold in the country?
Answer. 2.75% annual interest

6. India successfully test-fired which Supersonic Cruise Missile from INS Kochi off the
west coast which destroyed target ship Alleppey which was stationed 290 km away,
the missiles full range?
Answer. BrahMos

7. Name the Reliance Industries Chairman who said that he is looking forward to
Punjab becoming the first state in the country where every village will be covered
with broadband mobile connectivity as he committed to invest towards digital
infrastructure in the state.
Answer. Mukesh Ambani

8. RBI decided to grant in principle approval to which organization to function as the

Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit in Bharat Bill Payment System?
Answer. The National Payments Corporation of India

9. RBI issued revised and uniform guidelines on Internet Banking for which licensed
banks recently?
Answer. cooperative banks

10. What is the full form of TADF?

Answer. Technology Acquisition and Development Fund
1. Name the firm which will invest Rs.1.75 lakh crore over the next seven years on
expanding refinery capacity, building petrochemical plants and laying pipelines.
Answer. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Indias largest oil firm

2. Which bank will issue EMV chip and pin based debit cards to its new customers to
ensure enhanced secure transactions?
Answer. State Bank of India

3. Infosys, Amazon Web Services and Silicon Valley leaders like Teslas Elon Musk
and Peter Thiel (PayPal co-founder) among others to commit $1 billion investment to
which non-profit artificial intelligence research company?
Answer. OpenAI

4. Who won the London Classic Chess Tournament 2015?

Answer. Magnus Carlsen of Norway

5. Who has been signed on as the batting consultant and mentor of the Peshawar
franchise in the upcoming Pakistan Super League?
Answer. Former England coach Andy Flower

6. Name the Tamil writer who has been selected for 2015 Sahitya Akademi award
for his collected prose writings Ilakkiya Chuvadukal.
Answer. A. Madhavan

7. Who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways, Indias second largest
airline by market share who announced his resignation with effect from February 29,
2016?
Answer. Cramer Ball

8. The Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Entertainment with which acclaimed Hollywood

director company announced formation of Amblin Partners a new film, television
and digital content creation company?
Answer. Steven Spielbergs DreamWorks
9. What is the rank of India out of 144 nations on Forbes annual list of the best
countries for business in 2015?
Answer. 97th

10. Which country successfully launched the countrys first space telescope in
search for signals of dark matter, an invisible material that makes up most of the
universes mass?
Answer. China

1) The US Federal Reserve has raised the interest rates by how much percentage,
the first in seven years when America tumbled into a deep financial crisis with the
collapse of the Wall Street?
Answer. One Quarter

2) Who is the US Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman currently?

Answer. Janet Yellen

3) The government increased excise duty on petrol by how much and by Rs 1.17 a
litre on diesel to make use of slump in oil prices to garner an additional Rs 2,500
crore?
Answer. Rs. 0.30 per litre

4) Name the country that is willing to join the fight against the Islamic State terror
group under the flag of the United Nations if such a resolution is adopted by the
world body.

Answer. India

5) Which countries satellites were launched by ISROs workhorse Polar Satellite

Launch Vehicle(PSLV-C29)?
Answer. The Singaporean satellites
6) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has tied up with which
company to offer an additional payment gateway for food ordered through its e-
catering facility?
Answer. Paytm

7) Who is the IRCTC chairman and MD?

Answer. A.K. Manocha

8) To help India ensure that all its citizens in rural areas have access to improved
sanitation to end open defecation by 2019, the World Bank has approved hoe much
amount loan for a support operation project of Swachh Bharat, a sanitation
campaign launched by the Union government.
Answer. $1.5-billion

9) The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of
reports about a study highlighting the leakage of radioactive and toxic waste from
the countrys oldest and most important uranium mine. The mine is located in?
ANswer. Jaduguda in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand

10) Name the Googles Project that uses helium-filled balloons to provide data
connectivity in remote areas.
Answer. Project Loon

1. Which team won the Indian Super League 2015 after defeating FC Goa 3-2 in a
drama-filled summit clash?
Answer. Chhenaiyin FC

2. Who was awarded with the Golden boot in the Indian Super League 2015?
Answer. John Stiven Mendoza of Chennaiyin FC.

3. Name the Lebanese who was convicted of executing one of the most notorious
attacks in Israeli history and spent nearly three decades in an Israeli prison who
killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Answer. Samir Kantar

4. In a move to scale up cooperation in the nuclear energy sector, India with which
country is likely to sign an agreement on Kudankulam units 5 and 6 during Prime
Minister Narendra Modis visit to the country?
Answer. Russia

5. Name the Swedish defence major who has been offered to manufacture its fifth
generation Gripen fighter aircraft with technology transfer to India, in a renewed bid
for a pie in the multi-billion dollar worth IAF modernisation plan.
Answer. Saab

6. Which company plans to ramp up its 1.25 lakh km of optic fibre cable network
across the country?
Answer. Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTL)

7. Pension fund regulatory body PFRDA has started using which card instead of
Aadhaar for validation of new customers who can now be registered online under
the National Pension System (NPS) scheme?
Answer. PAN

8. Who is the Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of

India (PFRDA)?
Answer. Hemant G. Contractor

9. Which country become the the 164th WTO member and the 36th least developed
country (LDC) to join the global trade body after 11 years of negotiations?
Answer. Afghanistan

10. The government lowered the economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to
how much from previously projected 8.1-8.5 per cent mainly because of lower
agricultural output due to deficit rains?
Answer. 7-7.5 per cent

1. After how many years, an Indian PM visited Pakistan as Modi visited Lahore to
meet the PM of Pakistan?
Answer. 11 years

2. Who emerged as the winner of the Indian Crossword League (IXL) 2015 and lifted
the National Crossword Champion Trophy?
Answer. Ramki Krishnan of Chennai

3. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has agreed to invest $1.25 billion in which Chinese
online food delivery service?
Answer. Ele.me

4. Tata Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with whom to

explore and develop investment opportunities in the energy sector?
Answer. Ministry of Development of Russian Far East
5. Direct-selling FMCG firm Amway India made whom as its brand ambassador to
promote Nutrilite range of the products?
Answer. Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar

6. Reliance Defence Limited with which Russian company which is a leading

developer and manufacturer of air defence missile systems, have decided to work
jointly on the entire range of air defence missile and radar systems required for the
Indian defence forces?
Answer. AlmazAntey

7. Who inaugurated the parliament building in Kabul, which was built by India?
Answer. Prime Minister Narendra Modi

8. Name the Pakistan army chief who will travel to Kabul amid efforts to revive
peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban?
Answer. Gen. Raheel Sharif

9. Name the former World No.4 Swedish tennis player who has announced his
retirement at the age of 31 recently?
Answer. Robin Soderling

10. Who was chosen for the prestigious Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
award for 2015?
Answer. Former India stumper Syed Kirmani
1. Which country is planning to play a leadership role at the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) negotiations to boost the trade prospects of the developing and
poor nations?
Answer. India

2. In which state, the Ganga Sagar Mela, one of the biggest religious events of the
country that witnesses the gathering of lakhs of pilgrims, is set for a revamp this
year?
Answer. West Bengal

3. Name the Veteran Communist Party of India leader who passed away at the age
of 92 after a long illness.
Answer. A.B. Bardhan

4. Which State-run lender is planning to raise Rs.3,771 crore by way of qualified

institutional placement (QIP) which could see government stake reduce by 25 per
cent?
Answer. IDBI Bank

5. How much amount came through Overseas investors i.e. Foreign Portfolio
Investors in Indian debt market in 2015?
Answer. $7.4 billion
6. Name the French transportation equipment maker which rolled out the first set of
railway coaches for the Kochi Metro project from its facility at Sri City in Andhra
Pradesh.
Answer. Alstom

7. According to Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), Indias

e-commerce market is likely to touch how much mark in 2016?
Answer. $38-billion

8. Which State-owned bank has launched host of digital banking solutions including
green PIN and enhancement of its mobile app?
Answer. Punjab National Bank

9. Which company inaugurated a bio-CNG facility to create carbon neutral

ecosystem in its World City?
Answer. Mahindra & Mahindra

10. What is the full form of SPMCIL?

Answer. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India

1. Which country is planning to play a leadership role at the World Trade

Organisation (WTO) negotiations to boost the trade prospects of the developing and
poor nations?
Answer. India
2. In which state, the Ganga Sagar Mela, one of the biggest religious events of the
country that witnesses the gathering of lakhs of pilgrims, is set for a revamp this
year?
Answer. West Bengal

3. Name the Veteran Communist Party of India leader who passed away at the age
of 92 after a long illness.
Answer. A.B. Bardhan

4. Which State-run lender is planning to raise Rs.3,771 crore by way of qualified

institutional placement (QIP) which could see government stake reduce by 25 per
cent?
Answer. IDBI Bank

5. How much amount came through Overseas investors i.e. Foreign Portfolio
Investors in Indian debt market in 2015?
Answer. $7.4 billion

6. Name the French transportation equipment maker which rolled out the first set of
railway coaches for the Kochi Metro project from its facility at Sri City in Andhra
Pradesh.
Answer. Alstom

7. According to Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), Indias

e-commerce market is likely to touch how much mark in 2016?
Answer. $38-billion
8. Which State-owned bank has launched host of digital banking solutions including
green PIN and enhancement of its mobile app?
Answer. Punjab National Bank

9. Which company inaugurated a bio-CNG facility to create carbon neutral

ecosystem in its World City?
Answer. Mahindra & Mahindra

10. What is the full form of SPMCIL?

Answer. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India

1. Which institute of India inked a deal with Japans Nikken Sekkei Research Institute
(NSRI) to plan, design and implement smart technologies to develop sustainable
habitats for Indias smart city growth?
Answer. The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur

2. Name the singer who was the daughter of Nat King Cole, who passed away at the
65 recently.
Answer. Singer Natalie Cole

3. India and China are deepening their engagement to facilitate which countrys
political transition, in tune with the evolution of a full-spectrum dialogue between
the two countries, which includes counter-terrorism and emergence of new regional
trade blocs?
Answer. Afghanistan
4. Who is the DG of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force?
Answer. Krishna Chowdhury

5. Name the mayor of a city Temixco of Mexico who was shot to death, less than a
day after taking office?
Answer. Gisela Mota

6. Who is the Pakistans powerful army chief who has vowed to rid the country from
the scourge of terrorism, asserting that all negative forces would be scuttled?
Answer. General Raheel Sharif

7. Which country won the final of the SAFF Suzuki Cup football tournament against
Afghanistan?
Answer. India

8. Who is the current BCCI ombudsman?

Answer. Justice A.P. Shah

9. Name the countries which are set to conduct a joint study to evaluate the impact
of regional trade blocs such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-centred Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP)?
Answer. India and China

10. Name the English cricketer who was regarded as one of the most talented up
and coming players in the country, died at the age of 22?
Answer. Matthew Hobden
1. Where is the 103rd Indian Science Congress recently took place?

2. Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) asked which Indian Film Industry actor to
withdraw the name Khan market from his shopping portal to protect the brand
name of the national capitals upscale market?

3. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the Mumbai-Trans

Harbour Link(MTHL) will be completed by which year?

4. Name the Star India off-spinner who has ended 2015 as the No. 1 Test bowler in
the ICC rankings?

5. Who is the Former India player and Bengal captain announced his retirement
from cricket recently?

6. Who won named as the BCCI Cricketer of the Year 2015?

7. Who won the M.A. Chidambaram Trophy for the best womens cricketer?
8. Who will be presented with the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
2015?

9. Name the Pakistani player who was included in the national cricket team squad
after serving a five-year ban and jail time for indulging in spot-fixing during the
2010 tour of England?

10. What is the full form DDA?