1 __________ has resigned as the President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) today after he was denied to hand over the World Cup trophy to Winning team Australia as per standard practice in Apr 2015.
A) Alan Isaac
B) Aleem Dar
C) N. Srinivasan
D) Mustafa Kamal
2.)Who won the Nigeria presidential election announced in Apr 2015 to become the next President of the African country?
A) Muhammadu Buhari
B) Goodluck Jonathan
C) Yemi Osibajo
D) Bola Tinubu
3.)Which New Zealand player has announced his retirement from ODI format in Apr 2015 after completing 18 years long career?
A) Grant Elliott
B) Ross Taylor
C) Daniel Vettori
D) Jesse Ryder
4.)Indian Government launched Operation ___________ to evacuate 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen amid rising violence in the country in Apr 2015.
A) Maitri
B) Raahat
C) Seva
D) None of These
5.)India’s E-commerce marketplace _________ has acquired a majority stake in digital financial distribution platform RupeePower in Apr 2015.
A) FlipKart
B) Jabong
C) Amazon
D) Snapdeal
6.)Who was awarded with the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award by Hockey Indian in Apr 2015? He was a member of three Olympic gold medal winning Indian team which are London Olympics (1948), Helsinki Olympics (1952) and Melbourne Olympics (1956).
A) Ajit Pal Singh
B) Balbir Singh Senior
C) Leslie Claudius
D) None of These
7.)”World Autism Awareness Day” is observed on?
A) 5-Apr
B) 21-Apr
C) 2-Apr
D) 4-Apr
8.)____________, an Indian-origin nurse in Singapore, was chosen for the 2015 International Achievement Award by the Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF) of the International Council of Nurses for her work in the healthcare sector of women and refugees.
A) Amrita Rai
B) Anita Patel
C) Subadhra Devi Rai
D) None of These
9.)The United States added 126,000 jobs in March. US unemployment rate stood at ________ in Mar 2015 (announced in Apr 2015).
A) 5.8%
B) 5.5%
C) 6.3%
D) 5.1%
10.)Which New Zealand player was awarded Sir Richard Hadlee medal, highest cricketing honour of New Zealand in Apr 2015?
A) Grant Elliott
B) Ross Taylor
C) Daniel Vettori
D) Brendon McCullum
11.)
India has been ranked at _________ position in the list of 130 countries in the FM Global Resilience Index 2015 published in April 2015.
A) 112th
B) 119th
C) 105th
D) 82nd
12.)Which country secured No 1 position in the list of 130 countries in the FM Global Resilience Index 2015 published in April 2015?
A) France
B) Sweden
C) Norway
D) Germany
13.)Which state government has launched a new subsidised ‘Aahar’ scheme on the occasion of the State’s Foundation Day in Apr 2015?
As a part of the scheme, four Aahar outlets each were opened in five towns to provide meal consisting of rice and Dalma at a subsidised rate with financial assistance from three State run corporations and Tata Steel.
A) Jharkhand
B) Odisha
C) Bihar
D) Telengana
14.)__________, the Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In), has been appointed as India’s first Cyber Security chief in Apr 2015.
A) Gulshan Rai
B) Arun Maira
C) Sindhushree Khullar
D) Ajay Shankar
15.)Which bollywood star was ‘honoured’ with an honorary doctorate from the Egyptian Academy of Arts for his contribution to cinema in Apr 2015?
A) Aamir Khan
B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Shahrukh Khan
D) Anupam Kher
16.)President of Peru Ollanta Humala appointed __________ as the new Prime Minister of Peru in Apr 2015.
A) Ana Jar
B) Pedro Cateriano
C) Ana Jara Vel¡squez
D) Alan Garca
17.)”International Day for Mine Awareness” is observed on?
A) 5-Apr
B) 21-Apr
C) 15-Apr
D) 4-Apr
18.)An Indian-American assistant professor, _________ was awarded with the Peltier Award for her innovative teaching methods in Apr 2015. One of her innovative practices is a game called “Baffa Baffa,” where the goal is to have students understand culture’s role in business and how it can affect transactions and relationships.
A) Jaishree Odin
B) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
C) Rajani Ganesh-Pillai
D) Medha Yodh
19.)Who took additional charge of Mizoram and he was sworn in as 16th Governor of Mizoram in Apr 2015?
A) Kalyan Singh
B) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
C) C. Vidyasagar Rao
D) Keshri Nath Tripathi
20.)__________, an IIMC alumnus and one of the top mountaineers of the country has been found dead in the Andes Mountains between Argentina and Chile in Apr 2015.
A) Harish Kapadia
B) Malli Mastan Babu
C) H. P. S. Ahluwalia
D) Sonam Wangyal
21.)A minor planet, which was discovered back in 1988 as planet 4538 was named after Indian sportsperson _____________ in Apr 2015.
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Viswanathan Anand
C) Saina Nehawal
D) Sunil Gavaskar
22.)Who won the Miami Open Men’s Singles trophy held in Apr 2015?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Roger Federer
C) Andy Murray
D) Rafael Nadal
23.)Who won the Miami Open Women’s Singles trophy held in Apr 2015?
A) Maria Sharapova
B) Caroline Wozniacki
C) Carla Suarez
D) Serena Williams
24.)Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Swiss team-mate __________ won the Miami Open Tennis women’s doubles title held in Apr 2015.
A) Martina Hingis
B) Monica Seles
C) Martina Navratilova
D) None of These
25.)Indian Navy’s first Scorpene submarine under Project 75 was undocked at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Apr 2015. Which country helped India to build the same?
A) France
B) Russia
C) Israel
D) Germany
26.)”World Intellectual Property Day” is observed on?
A) 23-Apr
B) 22-Apr
C) 26-Apr
D) 25-Apr
27.)Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year 2015 conferred on _____________ in Apr 2015.
A) BHEL
B) Mumbai International Airport Limited
C) Delhi International Airport Limited
D) HAL
28.)According to the data published by the RBI, which PSU has topped the list of public sector banks with maximum bad loans at 21.5% including restructured assets as a percentage of total advances in Mar 2015?
A) Punjab & Sind Bank
B) United Bank of India
C) Central Bank of India
D) Punjab National Bank
29.)Who has been appointed as the new director of ISRO Satellite Centre in Apr 2015?
A) A. S. Kiran Kumar
B) M Annadurai
C) SK Shivakumar
D) G. Madhavan Nair
30.)Who has been re-appointed chairman of the IPL Governing Council for IPL season 7 in Apr 2015?
A) Jagmohan Dalmiya
B) Rajeev Shukla
C) Ranjib Biswal
D) Anurag Thakur
31.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept marginal standing facility (MSF) rate unchanged at ________ during iits first monetary policy review meeting for fiscal year 2015-16 held in Apr 2015.
A) 8.75%
B) 9%
C) 8%
D) 8.5%
32.)Which logistics company acquired Dutch package delivery firm TNT Express for approximately 4.4 billion euros (USD 4.8 billion) in Apr 2015?
A) DHL
B) FedEx
C) Blue Dart
D) None of These
33.)Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ____________ MUDRA (Micro Units Development Refinance Agency) Bank in Apr 2015 for small entrepreneurs and business houses in the country.
A) Rs 30,000 cr
B) Rs 10,000 cr
C) Rs 20,000 cr
D) Rs 5,000 cr
34.)”World Health Day” is observed on?
A) 5-Apr
B) 7-Apr
C) 11-Apr
D) 4-Apr
35.)Supreme Court has appointed ___________ in Apr 2015 to head an investigating team to further probe the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 6 spot-fixing and betting scandals.
A) Rupak Kumar Dutta
B) Vivek Priyadarshi
C) Archana Ramasundaram
D) Arun Kumar Sharma
36.)__________, a 15 years old Indian-origin student, won the Institute of Physics Prize (IOP) in the UK for his project on special relativity in Apr 2015. During his year-long project, He used two Geiger-M¼ller tubes to detect cosmic ray muons.
A) Pratap Saxena
B) Amit Singh
C) Pratap Singh
D) None of These
37.)Which Indian e-commerce marketplace acquired India’s fastest growing mobile transaction platform FreeCharge for an undisclosed amount in Apr 2015?
A) FlipKart
B) Jabong
C) Snapdeal
D) Amazon
38.)Indian Grandmaster ___________ won the bronze medal along with Swedish Grandmaster Pia Cramling as she made it to the semi-finals of World Women’s chess championship in Apr 2015.
A) Dronavalli Harik
B) Humpy Koneru
C) Tania Sachdev
D) Padmini Rout
39.)India’s trade deficit stood at __________ in March 2015 (announced in Apr 2015).
A) USD 9.45 billion
B) USD 10.20 billion
C) USD 11.8 billion
D) USD 13.8 billion
40.)Chairman & Managing Director of TIL Limited, __________has been elected as the President of CII for the year 2015-16 (announced in Apr 2015).
A) Ajay Shriram
B) Sumit Mazumder
C) Harsh Goenka
D) None of These
41.)President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed whom as the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in Apr 2015?
A) Harishankar Brahma
B) V. S. Sampath
C) Dr Nasim Zaidi
D) S. Y. Quraishi
42.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged at ________ during iits first monetary policy review meeting for fiscal year 2015-16 held in Apr 2015.
A) 5%
B) 4.5%
C) 4.25%
D) 4%
43.)”World Haemophilia Day” is observed on?
A) 15-Apr
B) 17-Apr
C) 11-Apr
D) 14-Apr
44.)Hindi poet ___________ and famous Hindi litterateur Uday Pratap Singh have been awarded with the Sahitya Shiromani Samman by the Uttar Pradesh government in Apr 2015. The award carries an award and cash prize of 21 lakh rupees.
A) Pratibha Ray
B) Ravuri Bharadwaja
C) Dr Kedarnath Singh
D) Gopaldas Neeraj
45.)Famous _________ writer and novelist Jayakanthan passed away in Apr 2015. He authored over 35 novels, many short stories and two autobiographies. He was presented with Padma Bhushan award in 2009, Jnanpith award in 2002 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972.
A) Telugu
B) Kannada
C) Tamil
D) Malaylam
46.)Global rating agency Moody’s has raised India’s rating outlook from stable to positive with rating affirmed as ˜__________’ which is the lowest investment rating in Apr 2015.
A) Baa1
B) Baa3
C) Ba2
D) Baa2
47.)Which City was awarded the title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015 after it won the Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC) of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Apr 2015. Total 163 cities from 16 countries participated in the challenge.
A) New York
B) Seoul
C) London
D) Hong Kong
48.)Former __________ captain and famous cricket commentator Richie Benaud passed away on 9th April 2015. He was 84. He retired from International cricket in 1964 in order to focus in journalism and broadcasting.
A) England
B) South Africa
C) New Zealand
D) Australia
49.)Which Indian state has been awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state in Apr 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
A) Jharkhand
B) Assam
C) Haryana
D) Gujarat
50.)Former ___________ Hrushikesh Moolgaonkar passed away after a prolonged illness in Apr 2015.
A) Navy Chief
B) Air Chief Marshal
C) Air Force Chief
D) None of These
51.)World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has named _________ as the National Earth Hour Capital for year 2015 after it emerged as winner among the three finalists from India in Apr 2015.
A) Thane
B) Rajkot
C) Pune
D) Coimbatore
52.)Asteroid 316201 was named after the Nobel laureate ____________ in Apr 2015. The asteroid was named after her by Amy Mainzer, astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California under the International Astronomical Union rules.
A) Kailash Satyarthi
B) Malala Yousafzai
C) Nelson Mandela
D) None of These
53.)Who won the Chinese Grand Prix held at the Shanghai International Circuit in China in Apr 2015?
A) Lewis Hamilton
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Nico Rosberg
D) Kimi Raikkonen
54.)Which country will chair the ninth meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council which will be held in Abu Dhabi in June this year.
A) Malaysia
B) China
C) India
D) Japan
55.)”World Heritage Day” is observed on?
A) 15-Apr
B) 17-Apr
C) 18-Apr
D) 19-Apr
56.)The Indian government has temporarily suspended the registration of Indian arm of Which NGO under the foreign contributions law for under-reporting foreign funding and conducting transaction of such funds without informing the authorities as required by the law in Apr 2015?
A) Gates Foundation
B) Ford Foundation
C) Greenpeace
D) None of These
57.)Who has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in Apr 2015?
A) Kshatrapati Shivaji
B) Arun Kumar Jha
C) Ranjan Dhawan
D) Prakash Bakshi
58.)Indian tennis player ________ created history by becoming the first Indian female tennis player to achieve the world number one rank in women’s doubles ranking in Apr 2015.
A) P. V. Sindhu
B) Jwala Gutta
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Sania Mirza
59.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept Reverse Repo rate unchanged at ________ during iits first monetary policy review meeting for fiscal year 2015-16 held in Apr 2015.
A) 6.75%
B) 7.75%
C) 6.5%
D) 7%
60.)Famous Indian shooter ________ won a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Changwon, South Korea in Apr 2015.
A) Jitu Rai
B) Gagan Narang
C) Abhinav Bindra
D) Shweta Chaudhary
61.)Commonwealth Games gold medal medalist Indian shooter __________ qualified for next year’s Olympic Games after winning the 10m air rifle bronze in the ongoing ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) in Changwon, Korea in Apr 2015.
A) Jitu Rai
B) Gagan Narang
C) Abhinav Bindra
D) Apurvi Chandela
62.)India’s tennis player __________ won the 15,000 US Dollar ITF Futures tournament title after defeating Dzmitry Zhyrmont by 6-2 6-4 in the final match held at at Karshi, Uzbekistan in Apr 2015.
A) Saketh Myneni
B) Somdev Devvarman
C) Yuki Bhambri
D) Sanam Singh
63.)Indian hockey team defeated Korea by 4-1 to finish at ________ position in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament held at Ipoh, Malaysia in Apr 2015.
A) Second
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) Fifth
64.)India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP), the most important parameter to judge performance of industrial sector, growth stood at ________ in February 2015 (published in Apr 2015).
A) -0.5%
B) 2.6%
C) 5%
D) 3.7%
65.)________ Nobel laureate Guenter Grass passed away in Berlin in Apr 2015. He was 87. Grass authored the book “The Tin Drum,” which was published in 1959 for which he was honored with the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999.
A) French
B) German
C) Spanish
D) English
66.)”National Civil Services Day” is observed on?
A) 20-Apr
B) 22-Apr
C) 21-Apr
D) 19-Apr
67.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept repo rate unchanged at ________ during iits first monetary policy review meeting for fiscal year 2015-16 held in Apr 2015.
A) 8%
B) 7.75%
C) 7.5%
D) 7%
68.)Which country won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup men’s hockey tournament 2015 held at the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia in Apr 2015?
A) South Korea
B) Australia
C) New Zealand
D) China
69.)India’s Retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), stood at _______ in March 2015 (announced in Apr 2015).
A) 4.2%
B) 5.17%
C) 5.37%
D) 6.11%
70.)A young ________ movie choreographer K Vijay died in accident in Nepal when the SUV in which he was travelling with other crew members overturned due to rain and aftershock of earthquake in Apr 2015
A) Malayalam
B) Telugu
C) Tamil
D) Kannada
71.)Who has been ranked at No1 in the list of this years’ Time 100 readers’ list of most influential people in the world (published in Apr 2015)?
A) Lady Gaga
B) Vladimir Putin
C) Rihanna
D) Taylor Swift
72.)CRISIL has forecasted India’s GDP growth rate at _________ cent in current fiscal year FY 2015-16 (announced in Apr 2015).
A) 7.2%
B) 8.1%
C) 7.9%
D) 8.5%
73.)India’s overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at _______ in March 2015 (announced in Apr 2015).
A) -2.06%
B) -0.39%
C) 0.85%
D) -2.33%
74.)Former __________ Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa passed away at a private hospital in Gurgaon in Apr 2015.
A) Thailand
B) Bhutan
C) Nepal
D) None of These
75.)Famous Tennis player __________ has been named the Laureus Sportsman of the Year at the Laureus Sports Awards on 15th April 2015.
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Roger Federer
C) Andy Murray
D) Rafael Nadal
76.)”World Earth Day” is observed on?
A) 24-Apr
B) 22-Apr
C) 21-Apr
D) 25-Apr
77.)Who won the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year at the Laureus Sports Awards on 15th April 2015.
A) Meseret Defar
B) Genzebe Dibaba
C) Kenenisa Bekele
D) Elvan Abeylegesse
78.)Who was named as the winner of the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year award on 15th April 2015.
A) Daniel Ricciardo
B) Daniel Ricciardo
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Valtteri Bottas
79.)India has signed a series of agreements with which country to get Uranium delivery in Apr 2015? As per the agreement, Cameco Corporation will supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium over five years to India for USD 254 million. These supplies will be under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.
A) Australia
B) USA
C) Canada
D) France
80.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) unchanged at ________ during iits first monetary policy review meeting for fiscal year 2015-16 held in Apr 2015.
A) 21.5%
B) 22.5%
C) 21%
D) 22%
81.)Union Government has constituted a task force on interlinking of rivers in the country in Apr 2015 which will be headed by former Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources ______________.
A) KM Mani
B) Abdul Rahi
C) B N Navalawala
D) P. C. George
82.)Six Janata Parivar parties have been merged into a single party under the leadership of ___________ in Apr 2015. The new party will have a strength of 15 members in the Lok Sabha and 30 in the Rajya Sabha.
A) Sharad Yadav
B) Lalu Prasad Yadav
C) Mulayam Singh
D) Nitish Kumar
83.)Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has renamed Tourist Visa on Arrival-Electronic Travel Authorization scheme (TVoA-ETA) to _________ Visa from 15th April 2015.
A) a-Tourist
B) q-Tourist
C) e-Tourist
D) None of These
84.)Online restaurant guide portal __________ acquired MaplePOS, a cloud-based point of sale product for restaurants developed by a group of techies from Delhi, in Apr 2015.
A) Foodpanda
B) Burp
C) Zomato
D) None of These
85.)Indian cricketer ______________ was inducted into the prestigious Laureus Sports Academy as one of the five new members in Shanghai in Apr 2015.
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Saurav Ganguly
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) MS Dhoni
86.)Famous _________ filmmaker and actor Bidyut Chakraborty passed away in Apr 2015. He won the National Award for his first film “Rag Birag” in 1996 in the category of Best First Film of a Director.
A) Bengali
B) Assamese
C) Bihari
D) Odiya
87.)”World Book and Copyright Day” is observed on?
A) 23-Apr
B) 22-Apr
C) 21-Apr
D) 25-Apr
88.)United Nation (UN) peace envoy to Yemen, ____________ has resigned after he lost support from Gulf countries for his mission in Apr 2015. He has been serving as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy for Yemen since 2012.
A) Khaled Bahah
B) Ali Abdullah Saleh
C) Jamal Benomar
D) Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
89.)Which Indian origin CEO was awarded with the White House Champions of Change for bringing about change within his company to support working families by US President Barack Obama in Apr 2015?
A) Sundar Pichai
B) Satya Nadella
C) Rajeev Suri
D) Indra Nooyi
90.)India is ranked at __________ in the world which is below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of broadband penetration, as per Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report in Apr 2015.
A) 106th
B) 112nd
C) 125th
D) 135th
91.)China’s economic growth stood at __________ in the first quarter of 2015 compared to same quarter last year (announced in Apr 2015).
A) 7.5%
B) 6.2%
C) 7%
D) 7.7%
92.)Which Indian company has become the most profitable Indian company after posting net profit Rs 6,381 crore in the fourth quarter ending March this year in Apr 2015?
A) Indian Oil Corp
B) ONGC
C) TCS
D) Reliance Industries
93.)Who has been appointed as Advisory Professor by the East China Normal University (ECNU), one of the prestigious universities in China, in Apr 2015?
A) Azim Premji
B) NR Narayana Murthy
C) Vishal Sikka
D) Shiv Nadar
94.)Who won women’s title of Badminton Asia Championships 2015 held in the central city of Wuhan, China in Apr 2015?
A) Nootsara Tomkom
B) Ratchanok Intanon
C) Li Xuerui
D) Carolina Marin
95.)CPM leader __________was elected as the next general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Apr 2015? With this, he became the fifth general secretary of CPI (M).
A) Sitaram Yechury
B) Prakash Karat
C) V.S. Achuthanandan
D) Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
96.)Vankadarath Saritha, a 30-year-old driver, became the first woman bus driver to be inducted in _________ in Apr 2015.
A) Bangalore Transport Corporation
B) Bombay Municipal Transport Corporation
C) Delhi Transport Corporation
D) Haryana Transport Corporation
97.)Who won men’s title of Badminton Asia Championships 2015 held in the central city of Wuhan, China in Apr 2015?
A) Wang Zhengming
B) Tian Houwei
C) Lin Dan
D) Chen Long
98.)”World Intellectual Property Day” is observed on?
A) 23-Apr
B) 22-Apr
C) 26-Apr
D) 25-Apr
99.)_________ set a national youth record in boys’ hammer throw event and won gold medal in the 12th National Youth Athletics Championships held in Bambolim, Goa in Apr 2015.
A) Ashish Jakhar
B) Manju Bala
C) Sukhdev Singh
D) None of These
100.)Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix held in Bahrain in Apr 2015?
A) Lewis Hamilton
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Nico Rosberg
D) Nico Hulkenberg
101.)Who has taken over as the Chief Election Commissioner of India in Apr 2015? He will have tenure till July 2017.
A) Harishankar Brahma
B) V. S. Sampath
C) Nasim Zaidi
D) S. Y. Quraishi
102.)In a tragic on-field incident, former Under-19 captain of ________ and a promising batsman Ankit Keshri passed away due to an injury sustained during a one-day knock-out match in Apr 2015.
A) Delhi
B) Bihar
C) West Bengal
D) Haryana
103.)________ and Pakistan have signed a MoU for energy and infrastructure related projects to be built in Pakistan with USD 46 billion investment in Apr 2015.
A) Russia
B) China
C) USA
D) None of These
104.)A Japanese magnetic levitation train, also known as ˜Maglev’ has broken its own world speed record after touching maximum speed of ________ in Apr 2015.
A) 503 Km/hr
B) 603 Km/hr
C) 653 Km/hr
D) 703 Km/hr
105.)An Egyptian criminal court sentenced ousted President _________ to 20 years in prison over his alleged order to fire on the protesters in 2012 and killing some of them in Apr 2015.
A) Mohammed Morsi
B) Abdel Fattah el‘Sisi
C) Hosni Mubarak
D) Ahmed Shafik
106.)The Central government of India retained the rate of interest for General Provident Fund (GPF) at _______ for the fiscal year 2015-16, as per the latest notification issued by the Finance Ministry in Apr 2015. The rate of interest will be effective from 1st April 2015.
A) 8%
B) 8.5%
C) 8.7%
D) 9.5%
107.)Which State Government launched a project named as ˜Subodham’ to help people in the state to stop addiction to liquor in Apr 2015?
A) Haryana
B) Kerala
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Gujarat
108.)Former __________ Chief Minister and former Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik passed away in Apr 2015.
A) Bihar
B) Odisha
C) Jharkhand
D) None of These
109.)”World Hemophilia Day” is observed on?
A) 18-Apr
B) 12-Apr
C) 21-Apr
D) 17-Apr
110.)Global credit rating agency Moody’s has projected India’s GDP growth at _______ for the current year 2015 in Apr 2015. It said that increased government’s infrastructure and disinvestment programmes along with lower interest rates will drive growth for the country.
A) 6.8%
B) 7.2%
C) 7.5%
D) 8.1%
111.)Pakistan conferred its top civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, on Chinese President _________ in Apr 2015 for his contribution to improve ties between these two nations.
A) Li Keqiang
B) Hu Jintao
C) Xi Jinping
D) Jiang Zemin
112.)Which Indian PSU bank has become the first bank to start opening Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme accounts in Apr 2015? The scheme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January this year.
A) Bank of Baroda
B) State Bank of India
C) Punjab National Bank
D) Central Bank of India
113.)_________ has launched an online monitoring mechanism named as ‘E – Samiksha” which aims to monitor implementation of various ongoing projects on real-time basis?
A) National Highway Authority of India
B) Indian Railways
C) Ministry of Finance
D) Ministry of Rural Devlopment
114.)Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved to reduce of age of juveniles from 18 to ________ for heinous crimes including murder and rape in Apr 2015.
A) 14 years
B) 15 years
C) 16 years
D) None of These
115.)The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved Uttarakhand’s _________ as India’s 48th Tiger Reserve in Apr 2015. This is now Uttarakhand’s second tiger reserve after the Corbett Tiger Reserve.
A) Amangarh National Park
B) Rajaji National Park
C) Nameri National Park
D) Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
116.)National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) will be headed by Chief Justice of India __________. The Commission, will be constituted by the center, is a body responsible for the appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary in India.
A) Justice Altamas Kabir
B) Justice R M Lodha
C) Justice H L Dattu
D) Justice P Sathasivam
117.)The Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the India Today Group, ________ was named as the ‘Editor of the Year’ by the Jury for the International Advertising Association (IAA) India in Apr 2015.
A) Prabhu Chawla
B) Aroon Purie
C) Shekhar Gupta
D) None of These
118.)”World Amateur Radio Day” is observed on?
A) 18-Apr
B) 12-Apr
C) 21-Apr
D) 17-Apr
119.)Which bollywood actress was aawrded with Kalashree Award by the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation for her contribution to the field of arts and entertainment in Apr 2015?
A) Hema Malini
B) Jayasudha
C) Jaya Prada
D) Sridevi
120.)India’s Cricket governing body, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed _________ as chief adviser of Anti-Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) of BCCI in Apr 2015.
A) Neeraj Kumar
B) Ravi Sawant
C) Satyapal Singh
D) None of These
121.)A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale struck ________ and some Indian states in North and North-east Indian in Apr 2015 killing more than 10000 people.
A) Bhutan
B) Nepal
C) China
D) Afghanisthan
122.)India has been ranked at ___________ position in the list of 158 countries in terms of happiness index as per the World Happiness index released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network in April 2015.
A) 103rd
B) 110th
C) 117th
D) 129th
123.)Which country was ranked at No 1 position in the list of 158 countries in terms of happiness index as per the World Happiness index released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network in Apr 2015.
A) Iceland
B) Denmark
C) Norway
D) Switzerland
124.)National Panchayati Raj Day was observed on _________ across India.
A) 11-Apr
B) 18-Apr
C) 24-Apr
D) 29-Apr
125.)Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the prestigious Jnanpith award on eminent Marathi litterateur _________ in Apr 2015.
A) Hari Narke
B) Bhalchandra Nemade
C) Vinda Karandikar
D) Kusumagraj
126.)Which Indian Private Bank has launched an application for iWatch on expectations that those wearable payment solutions in Apr 2015?
A) Yes Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) Kotak Mahindar Bank
D) None of These
127.)Famous Pakistani human rights activist, ________, has been shot dead in Karachi after hosting a talk on allegations of torture in the province of Baluchistan in Apr 2015.
A) Sabeen Mahmud
B) Zarina Baloch
C) Hina Jilani
D) Fouzia Saeed
128.)”International Dance Day” is observed on?
A) 28-Apr
B) 22-Apr
C) 21-Apr
D) 29-Apr
129.)World record holder ______ has been chosen for the inaugural John Disley London Marathon Lifetime Achievement Award in Apr 2015.
A) Kara Goucher
B) Paula Radcliffe
C) Jo Pavey
D) None of These
130.)Indian-American Surgeon ________ was sworn-in as the US Surgeon General by Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremony in Apr 2015. With this, he has become the youngest-ever in-charge of the country’s public health at the age of 37 only.
A) Debo Adegbile
B) Richard Verma
C) Vivek Murthy
D) None of These
131.)Bollywood actor ___________ was awarded with the prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015. Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award was instituted in 1999 in memory of Dinanath Mangeshkar, father of Lata Mangeshkar.
A) Shahrukh Khan
B) Anil Kapoor
C) Amitabh Bachchan
D) Anupam Kher
132.)India has launched a relief and rescue Operation named ________ in earthquake hit Nepal for relief and rescue operation in Apr 2015.
A) Maitri
B) Raahat
C) Seva
D) None of These
133.)”World Malaria Day” is observed on?
A) 28-Apr
B) 22-Apr
C) 25-Apr
D) 29-Apr
134.)The French Government honoured former Union Finance Minister __________ the Officier de la L©gion d’Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour) in recognition of his valuable contribution to thought on international issues in Apr 2015.
A) Jaswant Singh
B) L. K. Advani
C) Yashwant Sinha
D) Arun Jaitley
135.)Which Indian PSU Bank was awarded with the Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 for Technology Implementation in the category of Best Outsourcing Project (New Bank) in Apr 2015?
A) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
B) Bandhan Financial Services
C) IDFC Bank
D) None of These
136.)_______, an Indian-origin diplomat was awarded with the Outstanding Service Award for his services in Singapore by the National University of Singapore (NUS) in Apr 2015.
A) Sat Pal Khattar
B) Gopinath Pillai
C) Bhalchandra Nemade
D) K. Shanmugam
137.)____________, an Indian origin scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was awarded with the prestigious 2015 Heinz Award in the Technology, the Economy, and Employment category in Apr 2015.
A) Bhargav Gajjar
B) Sangeeta Bhatia
C) Jagadeesh Moodera
D) Ramesh Jain
138.)India-born ________ was sworn-in as a criminal court judge in New York by Mayor Bill de Blasio in Apr 2015.
A) Sabita Singh
B) Cathy Bissoon
C) Raja Rajeswari
D) Srikanth Srinivasan
139.)Which Country won the 22nd President’s Cup Boxing Tournament being held at Palembang, Indonesia for the first time in Apr 2015?
A) China
B) Mongolia
C) Thailand
D) India
140.)Who won Presidential re-election by securing 94% of the total vote and was re – elected as a Sudan President for another term of five years in Apr 2015?
A) Omar al-Bashir
B) Salva Kiir Mayardit
C) Hassan al‘Turabi
D) Sadiq Al‘Mahdi
141.)India’s core sector growth stood at __________ in March 2014 (announced in Apr 2015).
A) 0.9%
B) 2.4%
C) -0.1%
D) -1.3%
142.)Which IT services company has acquired mid-tier IT Services company iGATE for nearly USD 4 billion in Apr 2015?
A) Atos
B) Accenture
C) Capgemini
D) CSC
143.)West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared Which district in West Bengal as the first Open Defecation Free (ODF) district in the country in Apr 2015?
A) Howrah
B) Nadia
C) North 24 Pargana
D) Hugli
144.)All India Football Federation President _________ was elected unopposed as Asian Football Confederation’s vice president of the SAFF region at the AFC Congress held in Bahrain in Apr 2015.
A) Prithviraj Chavan
B) Kamal Nath
C) Praful Patel
D) Nanabhau Patole
145.)The World Bank has projected India’s GDP growth rate at _______ for the current fiscal year 2015-16 in Apr 2015.
A) 7.1%
B) 7.5%
C) 7.9%
D) 8.2%
146.)Indian e-commerce Company and Online marketplace __________ has acquired Delhi-based mobile engagement and marketing automation company Appiterate in Apr 2015.
A) FlipKart
B) Jabong
C) Snapdeal
D) Amazon
147.)Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has nominated Indian batsman ________ for this year Arjuna Award in Apr 2015. The Arjuna Awards was instituted in 1961, which is given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports.
A) Ajinkya Rahane
B) Shikhar Dewan
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Suresh Raina
148.)Which hockey team won the Senior Men’s National Hockey championship held in Apr 2015?
A) Railways
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Air India Sports Promotion Board
D) Odisha
149.)Famous ________ film and stage actress, Shanta alias Bimba Modak, passed away in Pune in Apr 2015.
A) Kannada
B) Marathi
C) Gujarathi
D) Hindi
150.)__________, the Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In), has been appointed as India’s first Cyber Security chief in Apr 2015.
A) Gulshan Rai
B) Arun Maira
C) Sindhushree Khullar
D) Ajay Shankar
151.)Who was appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court (HC) in Apr 2015 by the President Pranab Mukherjee in accordance with the Article 217 (1) of the Constitution of India?
A) Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha
B) Justice N.P. Singh
C) Justice S L Bhojegowda
D) Justice Ashok Bhushan
152.)Who was awarded with the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award by Hockey Indian in Apr 2015? He was a member of three Olympic gold medal winning Indian team which are London Olympics (1948), Helsinki Olympics (1952) and Melbourne Olympics (1956).
A) Ajit Pal Singh
B) Balbir Singh Senior
C) Leslie Claudius
D) None of These
153.)Which state government launched the Mission Indradhanush to immunise all the children of the state in Apr 2015?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Bihar
154.)Cricketer _________ started his new innings as businessman with YouWeCan Ventures in Apr 2015, aiming to support young entrepreneurs by investing in startups across sectors.
A) Kapil Dev
B) Gautam Gambhir
C) Yuvraj Singh
D) Virendar Sehwag
155.)Which online e-commerce retailer closed his online site in Apr 2015 to move to an app-only strategy?
A) FlipKart
B) Jabong
C) Myntra
D) Snapdeal
156.)Which Indian bank entered into an agreement to acquire Royal Bank of Scotland’s Diamond & Jewellery Financing business in India and related deposit portfolio in Apr 2015?
A) ICICI Bank
B) Bank of Baroda
C) IndusInd Bank
D) HDFC Bank
157.)Which state government has given the status of cabinet minister to yoga guru Ramdev in Apr 2015, who was earlier made the state’s brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Punjab
C) Haryana
D) Uttarakhand
158.)________foreign minister Ri Su Yong visited India in Apr 2015 for the first time from that country in last 25 years.
A) Mongolia
B) South Korea
C) North Korea
D) Hong Kong
159.)Senior diplomat ___________, currently India’s top envoy to Bahrain, has been appointed the next Ambassador to France in Apr 2015.
A) Vijay Gokhale
B) Arun Kumar
C) Mohan Kumar
D) Ranjan Mathai
160.)Which NRI industrialist(s) has/have won the Business Leader of the Year 2015 award at the prestigious 5th Asian Awards for their outstanding achievement in the field of business in Apr 2015?
A) Lord Swaraj Paul
B) Lakshmi Mittal
C) Hinduj Brothers
D) None of These.)
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