1.

According to Global Peace Index 2015,

which country is most peaceful? Iceland.
2. Which train was renamed Yoga
Express recently? Haridwar Express.
3. Mogens Lykketoft recently elected as
President of United Nations General
Assembly belongs to which of the
following nations? Denmark.
4. As per the latest RBI press release,
Indias Foreign exchange reserves has
risen
to? USD 354.29 billion.
5. Which of the following Indian PSU has
made Universal Account Number
mandatory for its employees? EPFO.
6. Which of the following Stock exchange
has started the overnight investment
facility? NSE.
7. Which state has become the first in
India to launch e-registration of
properties?
Madhya Pradesh.
8. Which of the following Indian districts
won the UN Public Service Award 2015?
Nadia , West Bengal.
9. Who has been selected for the
prestigious G D Birla award for Scientific
Research
2014? Prof. Sanjeev Galande.
10. Which company has Mr. Ratan Tata
recently joined as a Special
Advisor?Jungle Ventures.
11. Who won the Chinese Grand Prix of
Formula One?Lewis Hamilton.
12. Who has been named as India Envoy
to Nepal?Deep Kumar Upadhyay.
13. Nobel laureate Gunter Grass dies at
age 87 he belongs to which
country?Germany.
14. Which state has decided to give the
status of cabinet minister to yoga guru
Ramdev?Haryana.
15. Who regulates the insurance
companies?IRDA.
16. Indias para-athlete who won the
inaugural Young Leaders Award in the
UK?
Devika Mallik.

17. The New Central Vigilence

Commissioner of India? KV Chowdary.
18. The winner of the 14th sant Namdev
National Award 2015? Parkash Singh
Badal.
19. The person Awarded with Freedom of
Expression prize in Norway? Edward
Snowden.
20. Manoj Mishra has been appointed as
the CMD of? National Fertilisers Ltd.
21. Who won the Formula One Monaco
Grand Prix,2015? Nico Rosberg.
22. World No Tobacco Day is celebrated
across the world on? 31th May.
23. A New Bank Note Paper Line Unit was
recently set up in which Indian
city?Hoshangabad.
24. Swachhta saptapadi Scheme has
been launched by which Indian state?
Maharashtra.
25. Which Indian film won the Critics
Award in the Uncertain Regard Category
at
Cannes,2015?Masaan.
26. Who has been appointed as the FIFA
president? Sepp Blatter.
27. Who has been appointed the new
Director General of DRDO? Selvin
Christopher.
28. Martmobi was recently acquired by?
Snapdeal.
29. Khoya Paya web portal,a forum for
reporting & tracking missing people,is an
initiative of?Ministry of Women and Child
Development.
30. Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome(MERS) is caused by? Corona
Virus.
31. The Women Wrestler who won bronze
in Asian championship in Doha on 6th
May? Geeta Phogat.
32. The new limit of FDI in the Pension
sector? 49 percent.
33. Winner of the Shamkir Chess
tournament on 26 Apr? Magnus Carlsen.
34. Winner of the Asian Banker
Achievement Award 2015 for Technology
Implementation? Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
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in quake hit Nepal? Operation Maitri.
36. The Indian honoured by France with
the Officer of the Legion of Honour?
Yashwant Sinha.
37. The upper limit on withdrawals at
micro-ATMs fixed by the banks?
Rs.10,000.
38. World Dance Day? 29th April
39. The Indian origin scientist at MIT who
won the 2015 Heinz Award? Sangeeta
Bhatia.
40. The Chinese micro-blogging site
equivalent to Twitter? Sina Weibo.
41. The Capital city of Mangolia? Ulan
Bator.
42. The Port to be Developed by India in
Iran? Chabahar.
43. The new president of Japans
Softbank Corp? Nikesh Arora.
44. As per RBI,gross non-performing
asset(GNPA) ratio as on march 2015?
4.45
percent.
45. National Technology Day which
commemorates Nuclear Tests in Pokhran?
11th May.
46. Who has become the first women
president of Mauritius recently? Ameena
Gurib-Fakim.
47. Delhi Metro has got its first drive-less
train from which country? Korea.
48. Who has been appointed as mission
director of Food Security Mission?
Narendra Bushan.
49. Recently Maggi Noodles are banned in
India due to food safety norms. Which
element was found in it above safety
norms? Lead.
50. Which region of Uttar Pradesh has
been added into National Capital
Region(NCR)? Mujjaffarnagar
51. Who has been appointed as nonexecutive chairmain of ICICI Bank?
M.K.Sharma.
52. Which award has presented to ISRO
for accomplisihing Mars Mission? Space
Pioneer Award.
53. In IIFA 2015, the award for best film
is awarded to? Queen.

54. Who won the Canadian Grand Prix

2015? Lewis Hamilton.
55. Who has been appointed as a new
Director General (DG) of National
Security
Guard (NSG)? R. C. Tayal.
56. Who won 2015 French Open Mens
single title of Tennis? Stanislas Wawrinka.
57. 39th session of FAO (Food and
Agriculture Organisation) was held in?
Rome.
58. Who won UEFA Champions League
trophy 2015? Barcelona.
59. Who inaugurated first India-China
Yoga College at Yunnan Minzu University
in Kunming, China? V.K.Singh.
60. Who has been appointed as the
Director of Indian Statistical Institute
(ISI)
recently? Sanghmitra Bandyopadhayay.
61. Malli Mastan Babu,passes away he
was a famous?mountaineer.
62. Indias rank in Global Resilience Index
2015 Report?119th.
63. How much fund alloted for MUDRA
bank?20000Cr.
64. Which Company acquired Indias
fastest growing mobile transaction
platform
FreeCharge?Snapdeal.
65. Who was appointed as Director of
ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)? Mayilsamy
Annadurai.
66. The minimum interest rate at which a
bank can lend is called?Base rate.
67. Ashgabat is the capital city of which
country?Turkmenistan.
68. Credit guarantee corpus for MUDRA
Bank?3,000Cr.
69. Name the Asteroid that was named
after Malala Yousafzai?Asteroid 316201.
70. Who was appointed as Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Khadi and
Village
Industries Commission (KVIC)?Arun
Kumar Jha
71. State Bank of India, countrys largest
bank, partnered with which online
travel company? MakeMyTrip.
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he was known as?Father of SMS
technology.
73. The upper limit on withdrawals at
micro automated teller
machines?Rs.10,000.
74. The govt plans to roll out GST from?
Apr1,2016.
75. Capital of Iran? Tehran.
76. Who has won the World Food Prize
2015? Fazle Hasan Abed.
77. Who has been selected for the
prestigious G D Birla award for Scientific
Research 2014? Prof. Sanjeev Galande.
78. Vikas Gowda is related to which of
the following sports? Discus Throw.
79. The Sixth edition of National
Conference on Nuclear Energy was held
in
80. which city? New Delhi.
81. Who became the first Asian to be
elected the Mayor of United Kingdom?
Harbhajan Kaur Dheer.
82. Whitley Award 2015 has been given
to? Ananda Kumar and Pramod Patil.
83. Whitley Award is given in the field of?
Wildlife Conservation.
84. Which country has become 161st
member of WTO? Seychelles.
85. International Day of Yoga will be
observed on? 21 June.
86. Who became the United States first
African-American woman Attorney
General? Loretta Lynch.
87. Which country did Maharashtra
collaborate with for its smart cities
project?
Israel.
88. Who has been awarded 50th Jnanpith
Award? Bhalchandra Nemade.
89. Nikkei is the stock index of which
country?Japan.
90. Capital of Seychelles? Victoria.
91. Currency of Seychelles? Seychellois
rupee.
92. Which country tops World Hunger List
with 194 Million People? India.
93. New cabinet secretary appointed by
Narendra Modi? PK Sinha.

94. Who has been appointed as the

Director General (DG) of Defence
Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO)?
Selvin Christopher.
95. Who has been crowned Maharaja of
Mysuru?Yaduveer.
96. New chairman of Engineers India Ltd?
Sanjay Gupta.
97. Who assumed office as the 12th
Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space.
98. Centre (VSSC)?K.Sivan.
99. Who has been elected as Asian
Athletics Association vice-President?Lalit
Bhanot.
100. Current repo rate?7.25 percent.
101. Bangladesh Liberation War award
presented to?Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
102. Who was sworn-in as the 19th
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh?Jyoti
Prasad
Rajkhowa.
103. Director of Indian Cricket team?
Ravi Shastri.
104. Indias latest rankings released by
world footballs governing body FIFA?141.
105. Which player crowned South African
cricketer of the year? AB de Villiers.
106. Who won the Spanish Grand Prix?
Nico Rosberg.
107. Currency of Bangladesh? Taka.
108. Upper limit prescribed for RTGS
transaction is?No Upper Limit.
109. World Peace Day is observed on?
21st Sep.
110. The Future of India is written by
which Indian Banker? Bimal Jalan.
111. Full form of ALM? Asset Liability
Management.
112. Currency of South Korea? Won.
113. Loans of very small amounts given
to low income groups is called?
Microcredit.
114. Which state becomes NO.1 in
country in Solar Power?Rajasthan.
115. Which state recently withdraws
controversial AFSPA after 18 Years?
Tripura.
116. Sunil Chhetri is associated with
which game? Football.
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Vidisha.
118. Who won the Canadian Grand Prix
2015? Lewis Hamilton.
119. Which state celebrated its formation
day on June 2,2015? Telangana.
120. Which G7 country lowered voting
age from 20 to 18 in June 2015? Japan.
121. Capital of Tripura? Agartala.
122. Who is the captain of Indian
womens hockey team? Ritu Rani.
123. David Granger was sworn in as the
eighth President of which country?
Guyana.
124. Which Bank has won the Asian
Banker Achievement Award 2015?
Bharatiya
Mahila Bank.
125. What is the Name of latest Web
Browser of Microsoft? Edge.
126. Present Governor of Jharkhand?
Draupadi Murmu
127. Who was Appointed as the 20th
chief Election Commissioner? Nasim
Zaidi.
128. Which Organization issues the
Rupay card? NPCI.
129. Line between Pakistan and
Afghanistan is known as? Durand Line.
130. Vienna is the capital of? Austria.
131. Who won the Folio prize 2015? Akhil
Sharma.
132. Pricing based on area is called?
Geographical Pricing.
133. Who has been crowned the Femina
Miss India 2015? Aditi Arya.
134. Full form of SDR? Special Drawing
Rights.
135. Which team won the 2015 Copa
America football tournament? Chile.
136. The Re 1 note is back in circulation
as announced by the govt in Dec
2014.The new notes, dated 2015, carry
the signature of? Secretary, Ministry of
Finance.
137. Which bank on 3 Jul launched an
initiative known as Project Tatkal to
provide doorstep services and expedite
home loan application process? State
Bank of India.

138. The country which has been named

the most peaceful country in the world?
Iceland,
139. Luanda, which is voted as worlds
costliest city live in, is capital city of
which
country? Angola.
140. Recently, a brightest early galaxy
has been named after which football
player? Cristiano Ronaldo.
141. Direct Marketing means? Face-toface selling.
142. On which date International Day for
Biodiversity is observed? May 22.
143. The 7th BRICS summit will be held
in? Russian city of Ufa in Bashkortostan.
144. Name the women shuttler from
India who created history, becomes first
Indian woman player to become World
No. 1 recently? Saina Nehwal.
145. Who has emerged as most run
scorer (orange cap) in Indian Premier
League2015? David Warner.
146. Credit risk to the bank is high from
which type of card? Credit cards.
147. Mark Rutte, who visited India,
recently, is the present Prime Minster of
which
country? Netherlands.
148. Market segmentation means?
Segmentation of target group according
to
their needs.
149. Who among the following has been
appointed as the new Chairman of the
National Commission for Women (NCW)?
Lalitha Kumaramangalam
150. Bangladesh has granted permission
to which of the following Indian
insurance firms, recently, to do business
in the country which will start its
operations as a joint venture (JV) entity?
LIC of India.
151. Currency of Greece? Euro.
152. USP in marketing means? Unique
Selling Proposition.
153. Which states became the first Indian
state to install a system to detect
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Uttarakhand.
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173. RBI can issue bank notes of

maximum denomination up to? Rs.
10000.
174. Unbreakable is an autobiography
of which sports persons? M. C. Marrykom.
175. Who has been selected for Japans
prestigious Fukuoka Prize in the
Academic
Category? Ramachandra Guha.
176. Serena Williams wins 2015
Wimbledon womens singles title by
defeating?
Garbine Muguruza.
177. Which protocol is used to transfer
file from one system to another system?
FTP.
178. Who won Pedal for Kashmir cycling
race? Dilawar Singh.
179. In 16th IIFA edition who was
awarded with Outstanding achievement
in
International Cinema? Subhash Ghai.
180. Capital of Tajikistan? Dushanbe.
181. Galaxy Named After Cristiano
Ronaldo? COSMOS Redshift 7 or CR7.
182. Which state recently banned
Thermocol Plate? Jharkhand.
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154. Who has been appointed as the new

Home Secretary of Delhi? S N Sahai.
155. Recently, UNESCO gave World
Heritage Site status to Champagne
vineyards. Where is it located? France.
156. Who won the 2015 British Grand
Prix of Formula One? Lewis Hamilton.
157. Recently, how many Indian colleges
have received the heritage status given
by UGC? 19.
158. Full form of FATCA? Foreign Account
Tax Compliance Act.
159. Indias rank in world happiness
Index 2015? 117.
160. Capital of Cuba? Hawana.
161. BB King died recently is well known
as? Guitarist & Singer.
162. Which country is all set to become
worlds first cashless country? Denmark.
163. Who were awarded Whitley Award
2015? Dr.Ananda kumar & Dr. Pramod
Patil.
164. Whitley Award is also known as?
Green Oscar.
165. Winner of 50th Jnanpith Award
2014? Bhalchandra Nemade.
166. Capital of Turkmenistan? Ashgabat.
167. Currency of Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan manat.
168. International Yoga day celebrated
on? 21st June.
169. Currency of Kyrgyzstan? Kyrgyzstani
som.
170. Name of Indias first green police
station? Maurice Nagar in North Delhi.
171. Sania Mirza creates history with
Martina Hingis, becomes Indias first
womens doubles Grand Slam winner by
defeating? Ekaterina Makarova & Elena
Vesnina.
172. Full form of FSSAI? Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India.

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183. The two SEZs offered by Bangladesh

to Indian Companies? Bheramara and
Mongla.
184. The new CEO of the Germanys
biggest lender Deutsche Bank? John
Cryan.
185. Validity period of Demand draft is?
3 months.
186. Capital of Bhutan? Thimphu.
187. General Muhammadu Buhari won
the Presidential Election of which
country?
Nigeria.
188. Who won The Wimbledon 2015
mens singles final? Novak Djokovic beats
Roger Federer.
189. The Holidays for the Banks are
declared as per which Act? Negotiable
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instrument Act 1881.

190. Name the Apex bank for all Central
Banks? Bank For International
Settlements(BIS).
191. Which bank launches Voice
Password Facility? ICICI.
192. Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
Wins Wimbledon mixed doubles final
2015
by defeating? Peya and Babos.
193. Who has won the 2015
Commonwealth Short Story Prize for
Asia?Siddharatha Gigoo.
194. Name the Indian who has been
named the recipient of 2015 Heinz Award
for
Technology, the Economy and
Employment? Sangeeta Bhatia.
195. India and Iran have signed pact to
develop which of the following ports in
Iran recently? Chabahar Port.
196. Banking ombudsman is appointed
by? RBI.
197. Recently which Countries were
accepted as full members of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO)? India &
Pakistan.
198. Which US state recently bans death
penalty? Nebraska.
199. Scion of Ikshvaku is written by?
Amish Tripathi.
200. Who won the womens singles of
French Open? Serena Williams.
201. Name the Most expensive Global
City? Luanda.
202. World Dance day? 29th Apr
203. Upper limit on withdrawals at Micro
ATMs ?Rs.10000.
204. According to Census 2011 what %
of girls aged 19 are married in India?
41%.
205. Which country becomes Biggest Oil
producer in 2014? US.
206. Who has been appointed as the new
Chief Information Commissioner of
India? Vijai Sharma.
207. Entertainer of the Year in 16th
edition of IIFA awards? Deepika
Padukone.
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208. Who has been selected to be the

chairman of the upcoming Kolkata-based
Bandhan Bank? Ashok Kumar Lahiri.
209. President of Turkmenistan?
Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov.
210. Recently MS Viswanathan passes
away he was known as? Legendary music
director.
211. Who has been appointed as ViceChief of Indian Army? Lt General Man
Mohan Singh Rai.
212. Capital of Myanmar? Naypyidaw.
213. Who has won the 2015 G D Birla
award for scientific research? Prof.
Sanjeev
Galande.
214. Name the IIT-JEE topper nominated
as the brand ambassador of Digital India
project? Kruti Tiwari.
215. Which bank has become the first to
launch Watch Banking in India? HDFC.
216. Capital of Singapore? Singapore.
217. Who was given the Filmfare Lifetime
Achievement Award in January 2015?
Kamini Kaushal.
218. The World Health Organization is
headquartered in? Switzerland.
219. Who has won the prestigious World
Food Prize-2015? Fazle Hasan Abed.
220. Who was appointed as the Governor
of Jharkhand? Draupadi Murmu.
221. World Asthma Day 2015 was
observed globally on? 5th May.
222. Book titled Unbelievable Delhi to
Islamabad authored by? Bhim Singh.
223. In which state, Digital India With
Laado campaign is launched by the
panchayat on 5th july 2015? Haryana.
224. National Rail Museum is located in?
New Delhi.
225. The Indian-American professor has
been selected for 2015 World Agriculture
Prize laureate? R Paul Singh.
226. As per the Socio Economic and
Caste Census 2011 (SECC), what percent
of
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227. Currency of Bhutan? Ngultrum.
228. Richie Benaud who passed away on
10 April 2015 in Sydney was a famous?
Cricket commentator.
229. Which city was recently awarded the
title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015?
Seoul.
230. Who was crowned fbb Femina Miss
India World 2015 recently? Aditi Arya.
Indias first International Financial
Services Centre (IFSC) recently became
operational at GIFT City in Gandhinagar
district of which state?Gujarat.
231. An Asteroid numbered 316201 was
recently named after? Malala Yousafzai.
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assets of? Gram Panchayat.

241. First MUDRA card under the Pradhan
Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme
was launched by which bank on 4 July
2015? Corporation Bank.
242. Worlds 1st facial recognition ATM
will be set up by which Country? China.
243. Which bank is recently going to stop
paper slips after cash withdrawals at
ATMs. HDFC.
244. The government has earmarked how
much for capital infusion in PSBs in
2015-16? 7940 Cr.
245. Current Statutory Liquidity
Ratio(SLR)? 21.5%.
246. Recently which type of bills are also
used as valid proof of address as said by
RBI? Utility bills which is not more than 2
months.
247. Present President of Asian
Development Bank? Takehiko Nakao.
248. Founder & Chairperson of Bandhan
Bank? Chandra Shekhar Ghosh.
249. The Apex Bank for all Central
Banks? Bank for International
Settlements.
250. The Fiscal deficit estimated for
2015-16? 3.9%.
251. Base year for calculating GDP
changes from 2004-05 to? 2011-12
252. World Ranking of Coal India mining
Company in terms of Market Capital?
6th.
253. MD & CEO of National Payment
Corporation of India(NPCI)? AP Hota.
254. Tata Power was replaced by which
Company in BSE Sensex? Lupin.
255. The bank which has launched
PayZapp app with a complete payment
solution? HDFC Bank.
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232. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has

extended the date to exchange pre2005 bank notes till which date?
December 31, 2015.
233. The space body which has won the
2015 space pioneer award for science
and
engineering? ISRO.
234. The country Which successfully
tested the Wu-14, a hypersonic nuclear
delivery vehicle? China.
235. World Day Against Child Labor is
observed on? 12th June.
236. The Indian city Which is the venue
for the International Conference on String
Theory-2015? Bengaluru.
237. India on 5 July 2015 retained the
South Asian Basketball Championship
(SABA) title defeating which country? Sri
Lanka.
238. National Doctors Day is celebrated
in India on 1 July 2015, in memory of
which of the following doctor? Dr. Bidhan
Chandra Roy.
239. Y K Sabharwal who passed away on
6 July 2015 was the former? Former
Chief Justice of India.
240. Union government recently launched
a mobile application m-asset to know

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256. The new Chairman of Infosys? R

Seshasayee.
257. The person awarded with the
Freedom of Expression Prize in Norway
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258. Brand Ambassador for DDKISAN TV?
Amitabh Bachchan.
259. The Govt Scheme for developing
500cities? AMRUT.
260. The stake the RBI has allowed banks
to acquire in companies defaulting after
restructuring of their loans? 51 Percent.
261. The new Chief Information
Commissioner(CIC) of India? Vijai
Sharma.
262. The new chief of the National
Security Guard(NSG)? RC Tayal.
263. The brand Ambassador of the IAP
HealthPhone Programme? Aamir Khan.
264. The new Commerce Secretary in the
Union Govt? Rita A Teaotia.
265. The new India Under-19 Cricket
team coach? Rahul Dravid.
266. The new President of Mauritius?
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim.
267. The new Chancellor of the Nalanda
University? George Yeo.
268. Who won the Baileys Womens Prize
for Fiction 2015? Ali Smith.
269. Name the Novel for which Ali smith
won the Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction
2015? How to be Both.
270. Name the Oldest Stock Exchange in
Asia? Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE).
271. Currency Of Switzerland? Swiss
Franc.
272. The new Governor of Arunachal
Pradesh? JP Raikhowa.
273. Who was named as the first
president of Brics bank? KV Kamath.
274. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation recently Partners With
which Company to Serve Meals on Trains?
KFC.
275. Who has been appointed as new
Managing Director and Group CEO of
Gandhinagar based Gujarat International
Finance Tech City (GIFT)? Ajay Kumar
Pandey.
276. Which airport became the first in
India to install an indigenously developed
runway visibility measuring instrument
Drishti? IG International Airport, New
Delhi.

277. Who has been appointed as the new

Director of FTII? Prashant Pathrabe.
278. Which institutions has approved a
short-term loan of 7.16 billion euros to
Greece? European Union.
279. MS Viswanathan has passed away
recently.He was a famous? Music
composer .
280. Which state will become the first
state to have Indias first defence
industrial
park? Kerala.
281. Who has been appointed as the new
CMD of Hero Motors? Pankaj Munjal.
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282. Who has won Champion of Change

award by the White House of United
States? Sunita Viswanath.
283. Full Form of FTII? Film and
Television Institute of India.
284. Recently who has been inducted into
the International Tennis Hall of Fame by
the Association of Tennis Professionals
(ATP)? Amlie Mauresmo(# France).
285. Who has been appointed as
Chairperson Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India (FSSAI)? Bhanu Pratap
Sharma.
286. Who is the author of Scion of
Ikshvaku? Amish Tripathi.
287. Who was sworn in as the first
women judge of the sikkim high court?
Minakshi Madan Rai.
288. Who won the Abel Prize 2015? John
F.Nash & Louis Nirenberg.
289. Kudermukh National Park is situated
in? Karnataka.
290. Which country has prepared master
plan to develop Andhras Capital City
Amravati? Singapore.
291. Who won the Chinese grand Prix?
Lewis Hamilton.
292. Indias Rank on business resilience
index 2015? 119th.

293. Who was named as the head of

China based Asian Infrastructure
Investment
Bank (AIIB)? Jin Liquan.
294. World Youth skill day? 15th July.
295. First bank in the country to launch
MUDRA card? Corporaton Bank.
296. How many countries have joined the
China-promoted AIIB bank as founder
members? 57.
297. Director of National Book Trust? Rita
Chowdhary.
298. Who won the American Book Award
2015? Canadian author Naomi Klein.
299. Who was appointed as Chief
Executive Officer of Myntra? Ananth
Narayanan.
300. Capital of Uzbekistan? Tashkent.
301. Currency of Uzbekis
302. Currency of Uzbekistan? Uzbekistan
Som.
303. Who won the 19th Commonwealth
Chess Championship? Abhijeet Gupta.
304. Which country will host the Next
BRICS Summit 2016? India.
305. Who was selected for the 28th
Moorti Devi Award for the year 2014?
Vishwanath Tripathi(For Vyomkesh
Darvesh).
306. National Statistics Day? 29th June.
307. Who has been named as the winner
of the 2015 World Food Prize? Fazle
Hasan Abed of Bangladesh.
308. Who has been selected for 2015
World Agriculture Prize laureate?
R Paul Singh.
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311. Jules Bianchi died recently he was a

famous? F1 driver.
312. Book entitled Locale, Everyday
Islam and Modernity authored by Shri M.
Raisur Rahman.
313. Full form of FSSAI? Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India.
314. Who was appointed as chief security
advisor for ICC World T20 2016? Neeraj
Kumar.
315. Brand Ambassador for Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao in Haryana? Parineeti
Chopra.
316. Which Indian city is chosen as city
of music by UNESCO? Varanasi.
317. Headquarter of Nestle whose
product maggi recently banned in
India?Switzerland.
318. National award-film providing
wholesome entertainment Mary Kom
319. Kisan vikas patra money doubles in
100 Months
320. Nobel Prize in literature Patrick
Modiano
321. Bank selling Insurance policies
Bancassurance
322. Denmark currency Krone
323. Capital of Cuba Havana
324. Full form of IRDA Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority of
India.
325. Which of the following regulates
insurance companies IRDA of India
326. MSME minister Kalraj Mishra
327. Maximum limit in Sukanya Samridhi
Yojna in one financial year Rs. 1.5
Lakh.
328. World Health Day 7th April
329. ICC World Cup 2023 venue India
330. Auto biography of Milkha Singh
The Race of My Life
331. Headquarter of WHO Geneva
332. Imphal is capital city of Manipur
333. Dada Saheb Phalke Award Shashi
Kapoor
334. Mission Indradhanush is relatd to
vaccination against seven vaccine
335. preventable diseases which include
diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus,

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309. Nelson Mandela International Day

was observed across the world on? 18th
July.
310. Which Indian State tourism has won
2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association
(PATA) award in the Heritage & Culture
category for its Muziris Heritage Project?
Kerala Tourism.
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B.
336. Michael Pheleps related to which
game Swimming
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356. Bank sale insurance

Bancassurance.
357. Which among the following is the
Partner of SBI Life Insurance BNP
Paribas
358. Which is the sole reinsurance
company in the Indian insurance market

General Insurance Corporation of India.

359. The Accidental Insurance cover
provided under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana is how much? Rs. 1 lakh.
360. UIICs largest shareholder Central
government.
361. Minimum capital for Health
insurance 100 crore.
362. IRDA is a statutary body.
363. Chairman of LIC?-SK Roy.
364. Tagline of Oriental Insurance
Company Limited?Prithvi Agni Jal Akash
Sabke
Surakhsa Hamare Paas
365. Headoffice of Oriental Insurance
Company Limited?-New Delhi.
366. How many public Sector Insurance
Company?-6.
367. Tagline of SBI Life Insurance
Company Limited?-With Us,youre sure.
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337. Vice chairman of NITI Ayog Arvind

panagariya
338. Computer program that transforms
source code written in a programming
language into another computer language
Compiler
339. Which is the greatest of all? TB
340. Which of the following is the
Hardware? Printer
341. FTP full form File Transfer Protocol
342. ASDL full form Asymmetric Digital
Subscriber Line
343. Virus full form Vital Information
Resources Under Seize
344. Short cut to create new file Ctrl +
N
345. NITI Ayog present Chairman?
Narendra Modi
346. In IRDAI, D refers to?
Development
347. Sheqel is the currency of which
country? Israel
348. Shillong is capital of which state?
Meghalaya
349. Monetary authority in India is?
Reserve Bank of India
350. Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana,
minimum deposit in a financial year is?
Rs.1000
351. Cristiano Ronaldo is related to which
sport? Football
352. Dilma Rousseff is the president of
which country? Brazil
353. Second highest mountain in India
Nanda Devi is situated in which state?
Uttarakhand
354. Headquarters of United Nations
Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO)? Vienna, Austria
355. Ing vysa insurance new name?
Exide Life insurance.

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368. Who ia an Actuary?-expertise in the

field of Economics,Statistics and
Mathematics.
369. Headoffice of General Insurance
Company?Mumbai.
370. In an important event in Nigerian
history, who became the first opposition
candidate to win a presidential election in
country, as announced on 31 March
2015? Muhammadu Buhari.
371. What is the name of the first direct
container vessel from India to Qatar
which arrived at Doha on 31 March 2015
as part of a non-stop service launched
to facilitate swift trade between the two
countries? M.S. Convent.
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stood as on 31 December 2014 according
to
the data released by the Finance Ministry
on 31 March 2015? $462 billion.
373. What is the name of the
controversial bill passed by the Gujarat
Assembly on
31 March 2015 which empowers law
enforcing authorities to intercept and
record
phone calls as evidence and gives them
other contentious powers? Gujarat
Control of Organized Crime Bill
(GUJCOC).
374. Which district of Japan on 31 March
2015 became the first-ever district in the
country to recognise same-sex
partnerships as the equivalent of a
marriage by
passing a landmark vote? Shibuya.
375. What will be the name of the new
capital of Andhra Pradesh as approved by
the Cabinet of the state on 1 April 2015?
Amaravathi.
376. Which state government on 1 April
2015 launched the ambitious Aahar
cheap meal scheme for providing
subsidised food to urban poor? Odisha.
377. Who took over as Indias first-ever
Cyber Security Chief (CSC) on 1 April
2015? Gulshan Rai.
378. The amalgamation scheme of which
two private sector banks came into
effect on 1 April 2015 after the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) gave its approval for
their merger? Kotak Mahindra Bank and
ING Vysya Bank.
379. Who was the President of the
International Cricket Council (ICC) who
resigned from the post on 1 April 2015
alleging widespread constitutional
violations by the governing body?
Mustafa Kamal (Bangladesh).
380. The State Bank of India (SBI) on 31
March 2015 announced plans to divest
10% stake in its life insurance arm SBI
Life. Which foreign financial entity is the
minority partner in SBI Life? BNP
Paribas Cardif (France).

381. What is the name of the Islamist

militant group that stormed into a
university campus in Kenya on 2 April
2015 and took Christian students hostage
resulting in death of at least 15 persons?
Al Shabaab.
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382. What was the total foreign fund

inflow into India by foreign institutional
investors (FIIs) during 2014-15 that was
the highest annual FII investment in
Indian capital markets? Around Rs. 2.7
lakh crore.
383. Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal
was officially crowned as No. 1 woman
Badminton player in the world on 2 April
2015. She replaced which Chinese
player from top spot? Li Xuerui.
384. PepsiCo India on 3 April 2015
commissioned first phase of its largest
beverage plant at which place? Sri City
(Andhra Pradesh).
385. In one of the biggest doping
scandals in recent years in India, as
many as 21
athletes were suspended on 4 April 2015
on charges on doping. These
sportspersons are associated with which
sporting discipline? Weightlifting.
386. Who was sworn in as the new Prime
Minister of Peru on 2 April 2015 to
replace Ana Jara, who was thrown out of
office by Congress on corruption
charges? Pedro Cateriano.
387. What is the name of the Alabama
(US) inmate who was set free on 3 April
2015 after serving almost 30 years on
death row for a crime he did not commit
after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling?
Anthony Ray Hinton.
388. Malli Mastan Babu whose death
came to prominence recently, was
associated
with which discipline? Mountaineering.
389. Who is poised to become the first
player of Indian origin to feature in a
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team of US as reported during April
2015?
Sim Bhullar.
390. What is the code name given to the
operation to rescue Indians stranded in
Yemen being undertaken which involves
Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and Air
India as major partners? Operation
Rahat.
391. What is the name of the ship of the
Indian Navy which rescued 441 people
from Yemen, including foreign nationals,
to Djibouti on 5 April 2015? INS
Mumbai.
392. Super Typhoon Maysak struck which
sparsely populated country in the east
of the Philippines on 4 April 2015
resulting in death of 9 people?
Federated
States of Micronesia.
393. Which entity becomes the first
public sector undertaking (PSU) to hit the
market in fiscal year 2015-16 with its
disinvestment taking place on 8 April
2015? Rural Electrification Corporation
(REC).
394. The National Green Tribunal (NGT)
on 7 April 2015 gave which far-reaching
order pertaining to plying of vehicles in
Delhi? It banned all diesel vehicles
over ten years old from playing on Delhi
roads.
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397. Which PSU sector bank on 7 April

2015 signed an agreement with Life
Insurance Corporation (LIC) to provide
insurance cover to its savings account
holders under the Prime Ministers
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
(PMJBY) scheme? Dena Bank.
398. MUDRA Bank, an ambitious initiative
to provide boost to Indias micro and
small business entities, was inaugurated
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a
programme held in New Delhi on 8 April
2015. What is the full expansion of the
term MUDRA? Micro Units Development
and Refinance Agency.
399. Small Industries Development Bank
of India (SIDBI) completed how many
years of its operations during April 2015?
25 years.
400. Which leading online retail company
acquired mobile transactions platform
FreeCharge as announced by the
company on 8 April 2015? Snapdeal.
401. Which US state on 7 April 2015
became the first one in the country to
impose
a ban on a common second-trimester
abortion procedure? Kansas.
402. Among other agreements signed
between India and France on 10 April
2015,
an important agreement was struck on
both the countries proceeding forward on
the stalled nuclear project in Jaitapur in
Maharashtra. This nuclear project
involves which Indian and French firms?
Larsen & Toubro (India) and Areva
(France)
403. Indian formally ended its massive
evacuation efforts in Yemen named
Operation Raahat on 10 April 2015. This
mission successfully evacuated how
many people from war-torn Yemen?
5,600.
404. Former Australia cricket captain and
legendary commentator Richie Benaud,
who passed away on 9 April 2015, was
one of the core members of which
Australian cricket channel? Channel
Nine.

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395. RBI presented its first bi-monthly

Monetary Policy Review on 7 April 2015
and kept all primary rates, including the
Repo Rate, unchanged. What is the
estimated GDP growth rate proposed to
be achieved by RBI during fiscal year
2015-16? 7.8%.
396. Union Govt. has planned which step
to promote the Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP),
which was re-launched during November
2014? It has roped in Public Sector
Banks (PSBs) to sell KVP certificates.
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of Florida (US) came to news for which
reason recently? He announced his
candidature for US Presidential Elections
2016.
406. Which entity has become Indias
newest public sector undertaking (PSU)
during April 2015 after Union Govt.
increased its stake to over 51% in this
entity? IFCI Limited.
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him?-Ramesh Kosambia.
414. Who among the following has
snatched National Sub-Junior Billiards
title
during the BRC Gloster National Billiards
& Snooker Championship 2015?Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
415. Central government has approved
broadcast of ordinance to revise the
Mines
and Minerals Development and
Regulation Act of?-1957.
416. Who among the following Russian
has grabbed 7th Chennai International
Open Grandmaster Chess title?-Popov
Ivan.
417. Who among the following was
named as the Business person of the Year
for
2014 by Fortune magazine?-Larry Page.
418. Which countrys Internet giant
Tencent Holdings Limited has launched its
first
online bank named WeBank to enhance
small businesses.-Chinese.
419. Competition Commission of India
cleared PepsiCo Indias proposal to sell its
bottling plants in North India to which
company?-Varun Beverages.
420. Who among the following has been
appointed as the Chairman-cumManaging Director of Heavy Engineering
Corporation?-Avijit Ghosh.
421. WEF meeting held in Davos,
Switzerland
422. E-kyc give to those who have
Aadhar Card
423. Tyler prize 2015 Dr Madhav Gadgil
424. Folio Prize 2015 is given for which
book Family Life
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407. US-based rating agency Moodys on

9 April 2015 upgraded Indias economic
outlook from stable to positive. It
announced that the Indian govt. is taking
steps to improve its economic strength.
What is Moodys upgraded rating for
India now? Baa3.
408. India was placed at 101st place in
the Social Progress Index (SPI) ratings
that were released globally on 9 April
2015. Which country topped this list?
Norway.
409. Which company became the first
Indian private company since the year
2000
to list overseas as it recently made its
debut on US stock exchange NASDAQ?
Videocon D2h.
410. Jnanapith Award winning writer
D.Jayakanthan, who passed away on 8
April
2015, was associated with which
language? Tamil.
411. Which port recently upstaged
Chennai Port Trust (CPT) in car handling
volumes to become the largest carexporting port of India? Kamarajar Port
Ltd
(KPL), Ennore (Tamil Nadu).
412. Central government has approved
the largest ever auction of Second
Generation telecom spectrum to obtain
rupees from the sale?-64840 crore.
413. Recently former office bearer of the
Mumbai Cricket Association died. Name

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425. Deposits of banks are insured by

DICGC
426. Which bank is started for msme
sector Mudra Bank
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427. BSBDA Account can be opened by ?

No frill Account holder
428. ICC cricket world cup finals were
played by which teams New Zealand
and
Australia
429. Pension fund rate 8.75%
430. Capital of Germany Berlin
431. Currency of Singapore Dollar
432. National award actress Kangana
Ranaut
433. World Consumers day 15th March
434. Ratings of two banks have been
reduced by Moodys Central Bank of
India
India & Indian Overseas Bank
435. IMF Headquater Washington DC
436. UN Headquarter New York
437. Bankimoon inaugrated 10MW solar
plant at Vadodara
438. PNB Headquaeter New Delhi
439. Which bipartite statement resulted
into hike of banking wages 10th
440. Basel norms last date 31st March
2019
441. Capital of soudi Arabia-Riyadh
442. Minimum age of opening accounts
under sukanya samridhi account-By Birth.
443. Hindu prize 2014 winner Ashok
srinivasan book name -Common Signs
444. Politician awarded bharat ratna -Atal
bihari
445. Bank notes issued by -RBI
446. Maximum amount to be carried to
Nepal and Bhutan -25000
447. National ayurveda meeting held at
-New Delhi.
448. Present bank rate -8.25%
449. kisan vikas patra amount doubled
in-100months
450. CAMELS full form, M stands for
-Management
451. Irctc tied up with rupay debit card
and which bank is associated-Union Bank
of India
452. Maximum NPA among which bank
Central Bank of India
453. Financial stability report is published
-Half Yearly

454. Govt open which platform for

redressal of public grievances- Pragati
455. Best feature film in National Film
Award-Court
456. Full form of Mudra Micro Units
Development Refinance Agency
457. Service Tax is increased to 14%
458. Increase in Health Insurance
Premium Rs 1,00,000
459. Founder of Singapore who died
Lee Kuan Yew
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460. Currency of Italy Euro

461. In KVP, amount gets doubled in how
much time? 100 months
462. Venue of Summer Olympics 2016
Rio de Janeiro
463. Saving Rate is fixed by Individual
Banks
464. Pan card required after what
amount Rs 1,00,000
465. Whose amount cant be deposited in
payments bank? Nobody can deposit
466. PMSBY inurance cover 2lac
467. Bhimbetka is situated mp
468. tiroda thermal power plant- Gujurat
469. housing for all under scheme- PMAY
470. Summer olympics 2020- Tokyo
471. 18th SAARC summit- kathamandu
472. Brics countriesbrazil,russia,india,china,south Africa
473. FTII chairman- Gajndra chouhan
474. Highest paid sportman of India
according to frobes- ms dhoni
475. National army day-15th jan
476. who is the first indian olympics
winner(individual)-khashaba jadhav
477. SIDBI subsidiary- MUDRA
478. Reverse mortage loan available for
senior citizen
479. Youth Affairs and Sports ministerSarbananda Sonowal
480. Oommen Chandy-Chief minister of
Kerela
481. Sahara shares banned by- SEBI
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483. Pre 2005- currecy note usage
extended upto- 31 dec 2015
484. IRDA act 199
485. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
located in state Kerala
486. Which person in 1990s got bharat
ratna ? Nelson Mandela
487. Total land exchange between India
and Bangladesh as per agreement ? 160
488. LIC of India covered which
government Beema scheme ? PMJJBY
489. Total target Solar Power by 2022
100 GW or 100000 MW
490. In Union budget National
Investment Infrastructure
Fund,Investment vehicle
Tasmashek from which country
Singapore
491. Which country becomes defaulter
Greece
492. Nifty 50 is sensex of which country ?
India
493. Dutch republic currency Guilder
494. FDI in Insurance 49%
495. Ranthambore national park Sawai
Madhopur district of Rajasthan
496. Brabourne stadium Mumbai
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507. Route of yoga express Haridwar to

Ahmedabad
508. Total target for housing 2022
Housing for every family i.e. 2 crore
509. What is A in PAN Account
510. What is L in ELSS for tax
exemption- Equity Linked Savings
Scheme
511. 2022 Winter Olympics venueBeijing
512. In Atal Pension Yojana attaining
what age the pension will start- 60 years
513. Capital of daman and diu- Daman
514. CM of Haryana- Manohar lal Khattar
515. Currency of Switzerland- Swiss
Franc
516. Atal pension Yojana, pension start
from age- Minimum 18, Maximum 40
517. Salt Lake Stadium- Kolkata, West
Bengal
518. Kakrapar Nuclear power PlantGujrat
519. Wheeler Island is in which stateOrissa
520. FAO Head Quarters- Rome
521. Which country is the largest edible
oil consumer- China
522. 30000 crore Super Express Way
mega project in Maharashtra will connect
which two city- Mumbai and Nagpur
523. MUDRA bank for what purpose- For
benefitting small entrepreneurs and will
also act as a regulator for Micro-Finance
Institutions (MFIs).
524. Sukanya Samridhi Yojna account
opening maximum age- 10
525. Varansi situated on the banks of
which river- River Ganga
526. World Cancer Day 4th February
527. The population of India is expected
to surpass China by 2022
528. Ranveer Saini is associated with
Golf
529. Ramachandra Guha conferred with
Japans prestigious Fukuoka Prize,who is
a Historian
530. Headquarter of AIIB Beijing,
China.

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497. French Republic currency Franc

498. Shubham jaglan related to Golf
499. Kaiga wildlife sanctuary Karnataka
500. Who was oolef pooley English
Actor
501. 10 second loan by HDFC
502. Indias contribution in aiib 8 Billion
Dollar
503. 2015 G-20 summit Will be held in
Antalya where is it located? Turkey
504. Capital of Andaman Nikobar Port
Blair
505. Kerala CM Oommen Chandy
506. Kargil Vijay divas is celebrated every
year on which day?- 26th July
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