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The retirement fund body EPFO is likely to increase the maximum amount assured under its Employees Deposit Linked
Insurance Scheme (EDLI) to
1) Rs 3.5 lakh
2) Rs 4 lakh
3) Rs 4.5 lakh
4) Rs 5 lakh
5) Rs 5.5 lakh

2.

Name the communication satellite of India (launched on 27 Aug) which was on 6 Sep successfully positioned in its
orbital slot.
1) IRNSS1C
2) GAAT 10
3) GSAT 12
4) GSAT 6
5) GSLV-D6

3.

The G20 has launched W20 grouping having 20 women leaders from member nations. Who among the following is the
newly appointed president of the W20 grouping?
1) Gulden Turktan
2) Lakshmi Puri
3) Arancha Gonzalez 4) Angel Gurria
5) Zhanna Nemtsova

4.

The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for global economic and financial cooperation. Which of the following
is NOT a member of the G20 grouping?
1) Argentina
2) Malaysia
3) Russia
4) Saudi Arabia
5) European Union

5.

The central govt on 5 Sep announced the implementation of the long delayed One Rank One Pension (OROP) for exservicemen. The scheme will be effective from
1) Jan 1, 2014
2) Apr 1, 2014
3) Jul 1, 2014
4) Dec 1, 2014
5) Apr 1, 2015

6.

The fourth World Conference of speakers of Parliament was held from 31 Aug to 2 Sep, 2015 at United Nations Headquarters
in
1) Washington DC
2) Paris
3) New York
4) London
5) Geneva

7.

Vikas Krishan, who bagged a silver medal in Asian Championships on 5 Sep, is an Indian
1) boxer
2) archer
3) shooter
4) weightlifter

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5) wrestler

Which of the following state govts has rechristened its e-governance architecture as e-Pragati?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Telangana
5) Tamil Nadu

9.

Pakistan conducted Shaheen (Eagle)-4 joint air drill with which of the following countries starting 6 Sep?
1) Turkey
2) UAE
3) Russia
4) China
5) Saudi Arabia

10.

The DRDO has appointed who among the following as the Director General - Electronics & Communications Systems
(ECS), first woman in the role?
1) J Manjula
2) Tessy Thomas
3) Mangala Narlikar
4) Charusita Chakravarty
5) None of these

11.

The World Economic Forum has released the first ever Inclusive Growth and Development Report 2015 (for 112
nations) based on seven pillars. Which of the following is NOT one of these seven pillars?
1) Fiscal transfers
2) Basic services
3) Corruption
4) Crime against women
5) Asset building

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12.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a non-profit organization based in

1) Geneva, Switzerland
2) New York, US
4) Seoul, South Korea
5) Manila, Philippines

3) Paris, France

13.

Seven Indians feature in the Forbes Asias 9th list of philanthropists in the Asia-Pacific region. Who among the
following is NOT one of them?
1) Sunny Varkey
2) Rohan Murthy
3) SD Shibulal
4) Nandan Nilekani
5) Anand Mahindra

14.

Who among the following has been appointed as the full-time member of NITI Aayog by the govt recently?
1) MS Swaminathan 2) Ramesh Chand
3) Chandi Prasad Bhatt 4) Sanjaya Rajaram
5) None of these

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The sixth edition of the joint military training exercise, EKUVRIN 2015 was held in Kerala starting 31 Aug between the
Indian Army and the armed forces of
1) Sri Lanka
2) Maldives
3) Nepal
4) Singapore
5) Thailand

16.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced the launch of nationwide e-payment literacy workshop.
Who among the following is the present chairman of the NPCI?
1) Jyotsna Suri
2) Sidharth Birla
3) Sumit Mazumder
4) M Balachandran
5) None of these

17.

Apurvi Chandela, who bagged a silver medal at the World Cup Final on 5 Sep, is a
1) squash player
2) shooter
3) archer
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5) discus thrower

The central govt on 8 Sep set a target of achieving 100 per cent literacy in villages adopted under the Sansad Adarsh
Gram Yojana by
1) Dec 2015
2) Mar 2016
3) Apr 2016
4) Sep 2016
5) Dec 2016

19.

Which of the following telecom service providers has announced to provide minimum 2 Mbps speed to its landline
broadband users starting 1 Oct 2015?
1) Airtel
2) Reliance Communications
3) BSNL
4) Hathway broadband
5) None of these

20.

The International Literacy Day is observed on which of the following days?

1) 5 Sep
2) 8 Sep
3) 9 Sep
4) 10 Sep

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5) 14 Sep

As announced by the World Federation of Exchanges (WEF), recently, which of the following stock exchanges in the
world has the highest number of listed companies as of now?
1) Shanghai stock exchange
2) National Stock Exchange
3) Bombay Stock Exchange
4) NASDAQ Stock Market
5) New York Stock Exchange

22.

India and Belarus have set trade target of $1 bn by 2018. The capital city of Belarus is
1) Warsaw
2) Riga
3) Vilnius
4) Minsk

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5) Copenhagen

The European lender ABN Amro has applied to the RBI to set up a wholly owned subsidiary (WoS) in India. The bank
is headquartered at
1) Amsterdam, Netherlands
2) London, UK
3) Rome, Italy
4) Paris, France
5) Frankfurt, Germany

24.

The US Department of Labor in its investigation found no violation into alleged visa abuse by which of the following two
Indian IT firms recently?
1) Infosys, Wipro
2) Wipro, TCS
3) Infosys, HCL
4) HCL, TCS
5) Infosys, TCS

25.

Which of the following states passed a Bill on 7 Sep, fixing the minimum educational qualification for elections to the
Panchayati Raj institutions?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Tripura
5) Haryana

26.

Deepak Lather, who won gold medal in the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa, is an Indian
1) weightlifter
2) wrestler
3) shooter
4) boxer
5) sprinter

27.

What is the total number of member countries of the United Nations (UN), each of whom is a member of the United
Nations General Assembly also?
1) 97
2) 116
3) 173
4) 193
5) 203

28.

Joe Kaeser has announced that his company will further invest 1 billion euros in India. He is the present CEO of
1) Daimler Chrysler 2) Siemens AG
3) Bosch Group
4) Henkel
5) Bayer

29.

The Spices Board plans to open signature outlets in foreign markets under brand names Spices India and Flavourit.
Who is the present chairman of the Spices Board?
1) Siraj Hussain
2) Sanjeev Balyan
3) A Jayathilak
4) MGVK Bhanu
5) None of these

30.

India has signed a pact for repatriation of each others wanted prisoners and cooperate in all criminal matters, including
gathering evidence with which country recently?
1) Maldives
2) Sri Lanka
3) Afghanistan
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia

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Who won the NSCI Open squash title in the womens category in Mumbai recently?
1) Habiba Mohamed 2) Joshana Chinappa 3) Laura Massaro
4) Anaka Alankamony 5) Dipika Pallikal

32.

Who among the following is the UKs longest-reigning monarch?

1) Edward VIII
2) George VI
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4) Elizabeth II

5) George IV

The union cabinet has approved constitution of the new Law Commission of India for three years, effective from 1 Sep
2015. It will be the ________ Law Commission of India.
1) 19th
2) 20th
3) 21st
4) 22nd
5) 23rd

34.

The Union Cabinet has permitted what per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route for white label
ATM operations?
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 51 per cent
4) 74 per cent
5) 100 per cent

35.

Name the golfer who has become the first Indian to qualify for the prestigious Presidents Cup team.
1) Anirban Lahiri
2) Jyoti Randhawa
3) Shiv Chawrasia
4) Gaganjeet Bhullar
5) Shiv Kapur

36.

Who won the NSCI Open squash title in the mens category in Mumbai recently?
1) Mazen Gamal
2) Ben Coleman
3) Karim El Hammamy
4) Mahesh Mangaonkar
5) Adrian Waller

37.

The Himalaya Diwas is observed by which of the following states on 9 Sep?

1) Himachal Pradesh 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand

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5) Jammu and Kashmir

The Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 was awarded to ISRO recently. Who among the following is the present chairman of the
Indian space agency?
1) Tapan Misra
2) Mylswamy Annadurai
3) Shailesh Nayak
4) K Radhakrishnan
5) AS Kiran Kumar

39.

The World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on

1) 8 Sep
2) 9 Sep
3) 10 Sep

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4) 11 Sep

5) 12 Sep

Name the Indian-origin professional who has been named the new CEO of the prestigious US Green Building Council
(USGBC), a non-profit organisation.
1) Dipak Jain
2) Mahesh Ramanujam
3) Rakesh Khurana
4) Nitin Nohria
5) Mohanbir Sawhney

41.

The credit rating agency Standard & Poors downgraded the credit rating of which of the following developing economies
to junk grade on 9 Sep?
1) Indonesia
2) India
3) Malaysia
4) Brazil
5) China

42.

The Export-Import Bank of India is planning a special purpose vehicle model for ship financing. Who among the
following is the present chairman of the Mumbai-headquartered bank?
1) Amitabh Kant
2) Sujata Mehta
3) Rita Teaotia
4) Alok Tandon
5) Yaduvendra Mathur

43.

Which of the following automakers in India launched its new compact SUV named TUV 3OO recently?
1) Mahindra & Mahindra
2) Tata Motors
3) Hyundai Motors
4) Honda Motors
5) General Motors

44.

As announced by the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, the state has received investment intentions worth
about ________ from the investors at Mumbai Conclave recently.
1) Rs 10,000 cr
2) Rs 18,000 cr
3) Rs 23,000 cr
4) Rs 33,000 cr
5) Rs 37,000 cr

45.

The govt has nominated who among the following on the board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with effect from 3 Sep?
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) Hasmukh Adhia
3) Anjuly Chib Duggal 4) KM Chandrasekhar 5) Ajit Seth

46.

Tamil Nadu govt organised a Global Investors Meet in the state recently during which it attracted investments of about
1) Rs 1 lakh cr
2) Rs 1.5 lakh cr
3) Rs 2 lakh cr
4) Rs 2.5 lakh cr
5) Rs 3 lakh cr

47.

The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar commissioned INS Vajrakosh, the latest Indian Navy establishment which will
handle missiles and ammunition, at Karwar coast in the state of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Goa

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________ was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) for 2015-16 at the bureaus
67th Annual General Meeting recently.
1) CVL Srinivas
2) Srinivasan K Swamy 3) Madhukar Kamath 4) I Venkat
5) Shashidhar Sinha

49.

Which of the following pairs won the mixed doubles title of the 2015 US Open tennis tournament?
1) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes
2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey
3) Andrea Hlavackova and Lukasz Kubot
4) Rohan Bopanna and Yung-Jan Chan
5) None of these

50.

Rakesh Sharma has taken over as Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank which is headquartered at
1) Bengaluru
2) Kolkata
3) Mysuru
4) Chennai
5) Hyderabad

51.

The mobile banking app LIME was launched by which of the following banks recently? It will work for both account
and non-account holders to shop, pay and transfer money.
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) State Bank of India 4) Axis Bank
5) Federal Bank

52.

The US based Hindi Sangam Foundation has announced to organise the Third International Hindi Conference in
1) New Jersey
2) New York
3) Washington
4) Las Vegas
5) Los Angeles

53.

Floyd Mayweather announced retirement after equaling the record of 49 straight wins recently. He is an American
professional
1) boxer
2) golfer
3) squash player
4) wrestler
5) table tennis player

54.

Which of the following pairs won the womens doubles title at the 2015 US Open tennis tournament?
1) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
2) Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova
3) Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Coco Vandeweghe
4) Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta
5) Yung-Jan Chan and Hao-Ching Chan

55.

The winner of the womens singles title of the 2015 US Open tennis tournament is
1) Serena Williams
2) Venus Williams
3) Flavia Pennetta
4) Roberta Vinci

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5) Maria Sharapova

The central govt has notified 56,827 km of Western Ghats across six states as ecologically sensitive area. These six states
do not include
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Goa

57.

The Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) offers everything that retired investors need. What is the upper limit for
investment is the SCSS scheme?
1) Rs 5 lakh
2) Rs 10 lakh
3) Rs 15 lakh
4) Rs 20 lakh
5) Rs 25 lakh

58.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loongs party was voted back to power in which of the following countries recently?
1) Thailand
2) Singapore
3) Philippines
4) Vietnam
5) Myanmar

59.

________ won 2015 US Open mens singles final defeating Roger Federer recently.
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Andy Murray
3) Stan Wawrinka
4) Novak Djokovic

56.

5) John Isner

The Inaugural bilateral maritime exercise between India and Australia named AUSINDEX15 commenced off the coast
of ________ recently.
1) Mumbai
2) Port Blair
3) Kochi
4) Kandla
5) Visakhapatnam

61.

The Hindi Diwas is observed on which of the following days annually? The Constituent Assembly of India had adopted
Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India on this day in 1949.
1) 6 Sep
2) 8 Sep
3) 12 Sep
4) 14 Sep
5) 16 Sep

62.

Which of the following states has bagged the top slot in World Banks ease of doing business index released recently?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Chhattisgarh
3) Jharkhand
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Gujarat

63.

Tony Abbott has been ousted as the Prime Minister in internal party voting in which of the following countries recently?
1) New Zealand
2) Australia
3) England
4) Canada
5) Spain

64.

Name the Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister of India who has been conferred with the 2015 Silver Medal from the
Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), London.
1) Avinash Chander 2) Selvin Christopher 3) AS Kiran Kumar
4) G Satheesh Reddy 5) Tessy Thomas

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Who among the following has been ranked on top in the list of most powerful women in Asia Pacific prepared by the
global magazine Fortune?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Naina Lal Kidwai
3) Shikha Sharma
4) Chanda Kochhar
5) Kiran Mazumdar?Shaw

66.

Which of the following pairs won the mens doubles title of the 2015 US Open?
1) Jamie Murray and John Peers
2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut
3) Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey
4) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
5) None of these

67.

________ has become the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
1) Bihar
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Rajasthan
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Gujarat

68.

The Padmashree-awardee Kalamandalam Satyabhama passed away recently. She was a well-known exponent of
1) Kathakali
2) Mohiniyattam
3) Manipuri
4) Kuchipudi
5) Bharatanatyam

69.

Who among the following has been elected as the new Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI)?
1) Vineet Jain
2) KN Shanth Kumar
3) Mahendra Mohan Gupta
4) Riyad Mathew
5) Hormusji N Cama

70.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, in Sep 1960. Which of the
following countries is NOT a member of the group as of now?
1) Angola
2) Algeria
3) Indonesia
4) Libya
5) Venezuela

71.

________ has launched a credit card specially focused on online shopping. The bank has announced a strategic
partnership with 7 of Indias biggest e-commerce players.
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) SBI
4) Federal Bank
5) Axis Bank

72.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi is the sole Indian-origin executive in Fortunes list of 50 most powerful women in business.
The list has been topped by
1) Heather Bresch
2) Marissa Mayer
3) Sheryl Sandberg
4) Ginni Rometty
5) Mary Barra

73.

The Padma Shri awardee Ramaswamy R Iyer passed away recently. He was a ________ policy expert.
1) foreign
2) agriculture
3) population
4) water
5) defence

74.

Narsingh Pancham Yadav booked an Olympic quota place at World Championship after winning a bronze medal recently.
He is an Indian
1) weightlifter
2) wrestler
3) boxer
4) archer
5) sprinter

75.

Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia?
1) Bill Shorten
2) Julie Bishop
3) Joe Hockey
4) Malcolm Turnbull

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The QS World University Rankings 2015-16 was released on 15 Sep. Which of the following universities has been
adjudged as the top university in the world in the rankings?
1) Harvard University
2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
3) Peking University
4) University of Oxford
5) National University of Singapore

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The govt has decided to provide an additional ________ of manual work under the MGNREGA project in the current
financial year in those regions where drought has been declared.
1) 40 days
2) 50 days
3) 70 days
4) 90 days
5) 100 days

78.

Indias national broadcaster Doordarshan celebrates its anniversary every year on ________ as it started experimental
telecast on this day in 1959.
1) 5 Sep
2) 10 Sep
3) 15 Sep
4) 20 Sep
5) 25 Sep

79.

The Engineers Day is observed in India every year on the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya which falls on
1) 15 Sep
2) 17 Sep
3) 11 Aug
4) 25 Jan
5) 1 Dec

80.

Which of the following cities has been confirmed as host of the 2022 (19th) Asian Games by the Olympic Council of Asia?
1) Tokyo
2) Kochi
3) Jakarta
4) Guangzhou
5) Hangzhou

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The Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among six writers shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for
Fiction for 2015. He has been shortlisted for his book
1) The Year of the Runaways
2) A Brief History of Seven Killings 3) Satin Island
4) The Fishermen
5) A Little Life

82.

As per the IRDAIs new norms, the corporate agents can tie up with up to ________ insurers each in life, non-life and
health insurance segments.
1) two
2) three
3) four
4) five
5) Any number of

83.

What is Indias ranking among 60 leading economies in terms of business growth environment in the Grant Thornton
Global Dynamism Index (GDI)?
1) 4th
2) 5th
3) 15th
4) 34th
5) 53rd

84.

Ashok-Alexander Sridharan became first person of Indian origin (PIO) to be elected as mayor of ________ recently.
1) Frankfurt
2) Bonn
3) Paris
4) Rome
5) London

85.

In the first-ever river interlinking in the country, Godavari and Krishna rivers were formally linked, recently, with the
commissioning of Pattiseema lift irrigation project in Krishna district in
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Karnataka
4) Kerala
5) Tamil Nadu

86.

The India Gadget Expo 2015 (IGE) was held in which of the following cities recently?
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Pune
4) Gurgaon

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5) Indore

The RBI has granted in-principle approval for small finance banks licence to 10 entities. These entities does NOT include
1) Utkarsh Micro Finance
2) Ujjivan Financial Services
3) Suryoday Micro Finance
4) Au Financiers
5) None of these

88.

________ has won a top UN environment award - Champions of the Earth (Policy Leadership category) - for 2015.
1) Park Geun-hye
2) Thein Sein
3) Tshering Tobgay
4) Sheikh Hasina
5) Chandrika Kumaratunga

89.

The International Day of Democracy is observed on

1) 10 Sep
2) 12 Sep
3) 15 Sep

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5) 21 Sep

The Montreal Protocol, which was agreed on 16 Sep 1987, is associated with
1) protection of the Ozone Layer
2) elimination of chemical weapons
3) diplomatic intercourse, privileges and immunities
4) protection of child rights
5) None of these

91.

Aqeela Asifi was awarded with the 2015 Nansen Refugee Award by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) recently. She is an Afghan
1) refugee teacher
2) police officer
3) political leader
4) judge
5) business woman

92.

The 21st International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer was observed recently on
1) 14 Sep
2) 15 Sep
3) 16 Sep
4) 18 Sep

5) 11 Sep

Name the West Indies cricketer who was honoured with the Icon Award by the Indo-Caribbean Alliance recently.
1) Chris Gayle
2) Brian Lara
3) Denesh Ramdin
4) Shivnarine Chanderpaul
5) Ramnaresh Sarwan

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Manpreet Kaur, who set a new national record at the 55th National Open Athletics Championships in Kolkata, is
associated with the game of
1) shot put
2) pole vault
3) discuss throw
4) long jump
5) sprint

95.

India and which of the following countries inked two MoUs under the Quick Impact Projects Initiative recently?
1) Vietnam
2) Thailand
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) Cambodia

96.

The Union Cabinet approved a mission aimed at developing rural growth clusters in all States and UTs recently. Name
the mission.
1) Jayaprakash Narayan Rurban Mission
2) KB Hedgewar Rurban Mission
3) Deendayal Upadhyaya Rurban Mission
4) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
5) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Rurban Mission

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As per the reports published in newspapers, the military in Burkina Faso has confirmed coup and has dissolved the govt.
The capital city of Burkina Faso is
1) Lome
2) Accra
3) Porto-Novo
4) Ouagadougou
5) Sanaa

98.

The Constituent Assembly of which of the following countries approved a new constitution recently. The country has
had an interim Constitution since 2007.
1) Sri Lanka
2) Maldives
3) Bhutan
4) Nepal
5) Thailand

99.

The book titled The Girl in the Spiders Web has been authored by who among the following?
1) Stieg Larsson
2) David Lagercrantz 3) Andy Weir
4) Henning Mankell
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100. A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck in which of the following nations recently forcing more than a million people out their
homes?
1) New Zealand
2) Chile
3) Argentina
4) East Timor
5) Samoa

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101. Indias two institutions, ________ and ________ has been ranked 147th and 179th respectively in the QS World
University Rankings for 2015-16.
1) IISc, IIT-Delhi
2) IIT-Mumbai, IIT-Delhi
3) IIM-Ahmedabad, IIT-Delhi
4) IISc, IIM-Lucknow
5) IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Lucknow
102. A NASA probe has spotted a global ocean beneath the icy crust of Enceladus, the geologically active moon of
1) Saturn
2) Venus
3) Mercury
4) Mars
5) Jupiter
103. Which of the following committees submitted its report on mis-selling and streamlining of incentives for market-linked
products recently?
1) Subir Gokarn Committee
2) Shyamala Gopinath Committee
3) Bimal Jalan Committee
4) Sumit Bose Committee
5) Nachiket Mor Committee

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104. The RBI has granted in-principle approval to 10 entities for small banks. What is the minimum capital requirement for
small banks?
1) Rs 100 cr
2) Rs 200 cr
3) Rs 300 cr
4) Rs 500 cr
5) Rs 800 cr
105. A total of Rs 21,586 cr has been disbursed under the MUDRA scheme so far. As per the RBI circular, no collateral security
should be insisted for loans up to ________ under the scheme.
1) Rs 2 lakh
2) Rs 5 lakh
3) Rs 8 lakh
4) Rs 10 lakh
5) Rs 15 lakh
106. The Vice President Hamid Ansari visited Cambodia recently. The capital city of Cambodia is
1) Vienna
2) Buenos Aires
3) Santiago
4) Hanoi

5) Phnom Penh

107. Name the Indian American who got the Champions of Change award from the US President Barack Obama recently. She
is the founder of Everybody Code Now! which is a non-profit organisation.
1) Abraham Verghese
2) Swetha Prabhakaran
3) Madhulika Sikka
4) Rakesh Khurana
5) Preet Bharara
108. Aimed at bridging the rural-urban divide, govt will set up ________ rural clusters by 2019-20 across the country under
Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission.
1) 100
2) 200
3) 300
4) 500
5) 1000

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109. Which of the following banks has launched Indias first mobile app for bank account opening named FedBook Selfie?
1) IndusInd Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Bandhan Bank
5) Yes Bank
110. The type of sales practice whereby the sales person misrepresents or misleads an investor with regard to the features of
a particular product or service is called
1) up-selling
2) mis-selling
3) relationship marketing
4) unethical selling
5) impersonation
111. Michelle Bachelet is the present president of which of the following countries?
1) Chile
2) Cuba
3) Spain
4) Norway

5) Sweden

112. The Vice-President Hamid Ansari visited which of the following countries recently and signed two MoUs with his
counterpart Bounyang Vorachith?
1) Belarus
2) Laos
3) Vietnam
4) Thailand
5) Cambodia

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113. What is Indias ranking in the Global Innovation Index 2015 released recently?
1) 5th
2) 17th
3) 37th
4) 75th

5) 81st

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114. Jagmohan Dalmiya, who died recently, was the president of which of the following sports bodies in India?
1) Hockey India
2) AIFF
3) BCCI
4) BAI
5) SAI

115. Ajay Jayaram is associated with which of the following games? He lost the final of the Korea Open Super Series event
in Seoul recently.
1) Table tennis
2) Squash
3) Golf
4) Badminton
5) Tennis
116. Jackie Collins died of breast cancer at the age of 77 recently. She was a renowned
1) singer
2) novelist
3) actress
4) psychologist

5) journalist

117. Indias first space observatory Astrosat is set to be launched on Sep 28. Which of the following is a similar satellite
launched by a country?
1) Suzaku
2) Spektr R
3) Hubble
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
118. Which of the following spacecrafts launched by NASA sent some stunning photos of Pluto recently?
1) Cassini
2) Messenger
3) Surveyor 7
4) Ranger 9
5) New Horizons

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119. The Retirement fund manager EPFO has decided to increase the benefits under the Employees Deposit Linked Insurance
(EDLI) scheme from the current Rs 3.6 lakh to
1) Rs 4 lakh
2) Rs 5 lakh
3) Rs 5.5 lakh
4) Rs 6 lakh
5) Rs 6.5 lakh
120. The Global Innovation Index 2015 is topped by which of the following countries?
1) US
2) Netherlands
3) Sweden
4) UK

5) Switzerland

121. Who among the following has won the Singapore Grand Prix F1 Championship?
1) Daniel Ricciardo 2) Kimi Raikkonen
3) Lewis Hamilton
4) Sebastian Vettel

5) None of these

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122. Which of the following is NOT a condition to be followed by small financial banks?
1) Take small deposits and disburse loans
2) Distribute mutual funds, insurance products
3) Lend 75 per cent of their total adjusted net bank credit to priority sector
4) Minimum 50 per cent of loans should be up to 25 lakhs
5) None of these

123. Which of the following is the unofficial term used to describe housing loans that carry ultra-low fixed rates in the initial
years, but charge market-linked rates thereafter?
1) Floating rates
2) Market rates
3) Prevailing rates
4) Teaser rates
5) None of these

124. The economy of which of the following countries shrank again in the second quarter and a modest recession was
confirmed there recently? The plunge in oil prices spurring companies to chop business investment in the country.
1) Mexico
2) Chile
3) Canada
4) Venezuela
5) Belarus

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125. The 69th session of the UN General Assembly concluded on 14 Sep and the 70th session began on 15 Sep. Who among
the following is the president of the 70th session of the UNGA?
1) Courtenay Rattray
2) Sam Kutesa
3) Jan Eliasson
4) Mogens Lykketoft
5) John William Ashe
126. Which of the following countries resumed normal operations at the Yongbyon complex, the countrys main nuclear
facility recently? The nuclear reactor is seen as a source of weapons-grade plutonium.
1) France
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) South Korea
5) North Korea
127. Nepal on 20 Sep adopted its new fully secular and democratic Constitution. Which of the following is NOT correct about
the provisions of the new constitution?
1) There will be seven provinces to be finalised within a year.
2) The Constitution has 37 divisions, 304 articles and 7 annexes.
3) There will be a bicameral legislation.
4) The Lower House (the House of Representatives) will have 375 members.
5) None of these

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128. The International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is observed annually on
1) 18 Sep
2) 20 Sep
3) 21 Sep
4) 22 Sep
5) 23 Sep

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129. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Tourism Awards 2013-14 recently. Which of the following was
awarded as the Best State/UT for Comprehensive Tourism Development?
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Delhi
5) Karnataka
130. Which of the following countries successfully launched a newly-developed smaller version of carrier rocket Long
March-6 as part of the countrys space program recently?
1) Indonesia
2) China
3) Malaysia
4) Vietnam
5) Thailand
131. PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Shobhana Bhartia have been presented with the 2015 Global Leadership Award of
the US India Business Council. Bhartia is the chairman of
1) Hindustan Times Group
2) Times Group
3) India Today Group
4) PTI
5) ANI
132. The World Car Free Day is celebrated every year on
1) 19 Sep
2) 20 Sep
3) 21 Sep

4) 22 Sep

5) 23 Sep

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133. The new govt was sworn in Egypt recently. Who among the following is the new Prime Minister of the country?
1) Hisham Zaazou
2) Zaki Badr
3) Ibrahim Mehleb
4) Sherif Ismail
5) Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
134. Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Turkey
2) Greece
3) Spain
4) South Korea
5) Bulgaria
135. Nepal adopted its new constitution recently. Which of the following animals has been declared the national animal of the
country?
1) One-horned rhino 2) Bullock
3) Cow
4) Horse
5) Elephant

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136. Mariko Kipchumba won the 2015 Beijing Marathon recently. He belongs to
1) Kenya
2) Ethiopia
3) Eritrea
4) Jamaica

5) Jordan

137. Name the Indian cricketer who was conferred with the honorary life membership by the Cricket Club of India (CCI)
recently.
1) Suresh Raina
2) Shikhar Dhawan
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Virat Kohli
5) Ajinkya Rahane
138. Name the erstwhile CEO of food regulator FSSAI who has been appointed as the additional secretary of NITI Aayog
recently.
1) Ashish Bahuguna
2) Keshni Anand
3) Yudhvir Singh Malik
4) Sindhushree Khullar
5) Rajesh Sharma

139. The Union Cabinet cleared $2.5 bn deal to buy Apache and Chinook helicopters from which of the following companies
recently?
1) Airbus
2) Boeing
3) Kazan Helicopters 4) Lockheed Martin
5) AgustaWestland
140. ________ is in crisis after the revelation that about 11 mn of its cars with the EA 189 diesel engines globally have
discrepancies between their emissions during tests and the actual road use.
1) Volkswagen
2) General Motors
3) Ford Motors
4) Toyota
5) BMW

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141. ________ was conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014 on 22 Sep 2015.
He was awarded for his
work Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar Adhyayan.
1) Ramdarash Misra
2) Narendra Kohli
3) Vishwanath Tripathi
4) Kamal Kishore Goenka
5) None of these
142. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ireland on the way to the US to attend UN General Assembly meeting. The capital
city of Ireland is
1) Dublin
2) Sucre
3) Minsk
4) Vienna
5) Buenos Aires
143. Lalita Prasida Sripada Srisai, who won the Community Impact Award at the prestigious Google Science Fair in California
recently is a class IX student from Koraput district in
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Odisha

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144. India is in talks to set up a gas-based urea manufacturing plant at the Chabahar port in which of the following countries?
1) Egypt
2) Iran
3) Iraq
4) Afghanistan
5) Russia

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145. The union cabinet approved the setting up of an Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) which
will be initially located at the Institute for Physically Handicapped situated in
1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) New Delhi
4) Bengaluru
5) Jaipur
146. Enda Kenny is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Denmark
2) Croatia
3) Bolivia
4) Ireland

5) Austria

147. The RBI has said that the companies will now be able to borrow up to $50 mn in ECBs with 3-year maturities and more
than $50 million for 5-year maturities. The term ECB stands for
1) Excessive Commercial Borrowing 2) Extra Commercial Borrowing
3) External Commodity Borrowing
4) External Commercial Borrowing
5) None of these

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148. The GE Capital announced to exit from the credit card issuing joint venture with which of the following banks recently?
The JV was set up in 1998.
1) State Bank of India
2) HDFC Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Punjab National Bank
149. ________ passed two Bills providing reservation to Gujjars, some other communities and to economically backward
classes (EBC) of unreserved categories recently.
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Andhra Pradesh
150. Martin Winterkorn resigned as the CEO of which of the following leading global automakers recently?
1) Toyota
2) BMW
3) Volkswagen
4) General Motors
5) Renault

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151. Who among the following has been made Indias new permanent representative at the UN?
1) Anil Wadhwa
2) Navtej Sarna
3) TCA Raghavan
4) Gautam Bambawale 5) Syed Akbaruddin
152. Who among the following has been named Indias richest with a net worth of USD 18.9 billion as per Forbes magazines
latest India rich list released recently?
1) Sachin Bansal
2) Azim Premji
3) Dilip Shanghvi
4) Mukesh Ambani
5) None of these
153. Who among the following will be Indias new high commissioner to Pakistan when the present high commissioner retires
in Dec this year?
1) Amar Sinha
2) Anil Wadhwa
3) Navtej Sarna
4) TCA Raghavan
5) Gautam Bambawale

154. The RBI proposed to allow domestic companies to borrow money from pension funds, SWFs and insurance funds as
part of the ECBs. Here, the term SWF stands for
1) Sovereign Wealth Fund
2) Stock Wealth Fund
3) Serial Wealth Fund
4) Surrendered Wealth Fund
5) Selected Wealth Fund
155. The telecom service provider Uninor announced it has rebranded itself as Telenor in India recently. The telecom
company which entered India in 2009 is based in
1) Norway
2) Sweden
3) Denmark
4) UK
5) Russia

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156. The govt has decided to appoint who among the following as the Sherpa for G-20 talks, replacing Railway Minister
Suresh Prabhu.
1) VK Saraswat
2) Arvind Panagariya
3) Arvind Subramanian
4) Bibek Debroy
5) Jagdish Bhagwati
157. The social networking site Facebook announced a new name for the internet.org mobile website and app recently. What
is the new name?
1) Free Internet
2) Internet4All
3) Free Fire
4) Free Basic
5) Internet Now
158. Which of the following film has been selected as Indias official entry for the Oscars in the best foreign film category?
1) Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2) PK
3) Bahubali
4) Court
5) Tanu Weds Manu Returns
159. The govt think-tank NITI Aayog has constituted an expert group on land leasing which will be headed by
1) JP Mishra
2) HS Meena
3) T Haque
4) Ashok Gulati
5) None of these

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160. The next G20 Leaders Summit is scheduled on Nov 15-16 at Antalya in
1) Turkey
2) Argentina
3) Germany
4) South Korea

5) Mexico

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161. Who among the following will be Indias next high commissioner to London in the recent reshuffle in the Ministry of
Economic Affairs?
1) Navtej Sarna
2) Anil Wadhwa
3) Gautam Bambawale 4) Syed Akbaruddin
5) None of these
162. ________ has received the SKOCH Award for smart governance for its initiatives on UAN programme and transformation
of social security agenda in India.
1) IRDA
2) EPFO
3) RBI
4) SEBI
5) SIDBI
163. KN Tripathi got additional charge of Governor of Tripura recently. He is the present governor of
1) Assam
2) Odisha
3) West Bengal
4) Jharkhand
5) Arunachal Pradesh

164. Matthias Mueller has been appointed as the new CEO which of the following automakers recently?
1) General Motors
2) Volkswagen
3) Ford
4) Renault
5) Toyota

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165. Which of the following statements is correct about IDBI Bank?

1) It is a public sector bank.
2) It is a private sector bank.
3) It is a foreign bank.
4) It is a non-banking financial company.
5) None of these

166. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has set a target of Rs 1.22 lakh cr for loans to be given by state-run banks under the PMMY.
The term PMMY stands for Pradhan Mantri ________ Yojana.
1) Mudra
2) Mandal
3) Mahila
4) Milk
5) Model

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167. Which of the following automakers in India launched countrys first quadricycle named Qute recently?
1) Tata Motors
2) Force Motors
3) Renault
4) Bajaj Auto
5) Mahindra & Mahindra
168. India will host the first G4 summit since 2004 which is aimed at giving strong push to negotiation for UNSC reform. The
members of G4 group include India, Japan, Germany and
1) South Africa
2) Italy
3) Indonesia
4) South Korea
5) Brazil
169. David Granger is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? About 40 per cent of the population of
this country is of Indian descent.
1) Guyana
2) St Vincentand the Grenadines
3) Suriname
4) Venezuela
5) Trinidad and Tobago
4) Thailand

5) Philippines

171. The World Tourism Day is observed every year on

1) 21 Sep
2) 26 Sep
3) 27 Sep

4) 28 Sep

5) 29 Sep

170. Ngultrum is the currency of which of the following countries?

1) Bhutan
2) Malaysia
3) Sri Lanka

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172. The Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a fund to support South-South cooperation recently. The initial contribution
of China to the fund will be
1) USD 500 mn
2) USD 1 bn
3) USD 1.5 bn
4) USD 2 bn
5) USD 2.5 bn
173. The Indian Army will hold its largest ever multi-nation military exercise named the Field Training Exercise (FTX-2016)
with 18 ASEAN plus nations in Mar 2016 in
1) Goa
2) Vishakhapatnam
3) Amritsar
4) Ladakh
5) Pune
174. Who among the following won the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Adelaide recently?
1) Peter Gilchrist
2) Pankaj Advani
3) Mike Russell
4) Hamza Akbar
5) Geet Sethi
175. Which of the following pairs won the womens doubles title of the Guangzhou Open 2015 recently?
1) Julia Glushko and Rebecca Peterson
2) Anna-Lena Friedsam and Monica Niculescu
3) Xu Shilin and You Xiaodi
4) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
5) None of these

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176. The UN General Assembly adopted New Sustainable Development Agenda for the next 15 years recently. The agenda
consists of ________ goals designed to end poverty and hunger by 2030.
1) 8
2) 17
3) 21
4) 57
5) 70
177. What is the full form of the term FPI as used in banking/finance?
1) Foreign Partial Investor
2) Foreign Preferential Investor
4) Foreign Particular Investor
5) Foreign Private Investor

3) Foreign Portfolio Investor

178. According to the report prepared by the World Bank on 381 cities from developing countries worldwide, which city tops
the list as the most polluted urban settlement?
1) Kabul
2) Dhaka
3) Karachi
4) Beijing
5) New Delhi
4) polo

5) golf

180. Yuki Bhambri is associated with which of the following games?

1) Boxing
2) Snooker
3) Golf

4) Tennis

5) Squash

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179. Yogi Berra, who died recently, was the ________ legend of the US.
1) baseball
2) rugby
3) tennis

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