January 2015 Current Affairs Bit Bank

January 2015 Current
Affairs Bit Bank

INTERNATIONAL
1) Which Asian country celebrated its 67th
Independence Day on 4 January 2015?
Ans:- Myanmar
2) Recently in news, Charlie Hebdo
magazine belongs to which country?
Ans:- France
3) Maithripala Sirisena, has been elected as
new President of which country?
Ans:- Sri Lanka
4) Who was elected as the first female
President of Croatia on 11 January 2015?
Ans:- Grabar Kitarovic
5) Historic Paris unity rally was organized
in support of ?
Ans:- Anti-terrorism
INDIA & WORLD

1) Name the train that has now started
running from Kolkata to Dhaka with its own
rake from 4 January 2015?
Ans:- Maitree Express
2) The 8th India-Japan Foreign Ministers
Strategic Dialogue was held on 17 January
2015 ________?
Ans:- New Delhi
3) Which country recently allowed e-voting
by non-resident citizens?
Ans:- India
4) Which country on 20 January 2015

signed an agreement on transfer of
sentenced persons with Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region?
Ans:- India
5) European Union (EU) on 20 January
2015 decided to lift a seven-month-long ban
on the import of mangoes from ?
Ans:- India
NATIONAL
1) Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority (IRDA) has been recently
renamed as?
Ans:- Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
2) Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG
has recently been renamed as?
Ans:- PAHAL
3) Name the Union Minister for Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation who inaugurated the India
Water Week 2015 recently with the theme
Water Management for Sustainable
Development?
Ans:- Uma Bharti
4) Union Cabinet on 5 January 2015
approved the largest ever telecom spectrum
auction which will cover?
Ans:- 2G
5) Which year will be celebrated as Jal
Kranti Varsh across the country to highlight
the need of conservation and saving of
water?
Ans:- 2015-16
STATES
1
1) Which state government on 1 January

2015 launched an online facility for making
application under the Right to Information
Act?
Ans:- Maharashtra
2) Who has launched the special programme
titled CORRECTION, a unique initiative
for prisoners providing an opportunity to
prisoners to showcase their talents?
Ans:- All India Radio Thiruvananthapuram
Governor of the Year award on 13

January 2015?
Ans:- Raghuram Rajan, RBI Governor
2) What is the name of the Indian-American
entrepreneur and philanthropist who was
presented with the prestigious Martin Luther
King Jr Award on 18 January 2015 in
Washington?
Ans:- Frank Islam
3) Which state in India became the first to

ban the sale of loose cigarettes in India?
Ans:- Punjab
3) National Award for e-Governance for the

best district-level initiative in CitizenCentric Service Delivery through ICT was
presented to which State?
Ans:- Jammu & Kashmir
4) Union cabinet meeting has recently

approved setting up of India-based Neutrino
Observatory (INO) project in Bodi West
Hills of which state?
Ans:- Tamil Nadu
4) How many childrens are given National

Bravery award 2014?
Ans:- 24
5) In which zone did the Railway Minister

on 13 January 2015 inaugurate Indias first
compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered
train?
Ans:- Rewari Rohtak link of Northern
Zone
CONFERENCES
1) 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held on
7 9 January 2015 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Who was the chief guest at the event?
Ans:- Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana
2) Which Indian city will hold the World
Congress on Infomation Technology 2018?
Ans:- Hyderabad
AWARDS & HONOURS

1) London-based financial journal Central
Banking named who as the winner of the
5) Who won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award

in Science and Engineering category?
Ans:- Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Team
of ISRO
SPORTS & GAMES

1) Name the Indian cricket player who has
broken the record of Rahul Dravid of
Highest Scorer in Australia?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
2) Recently, Who made the fastest ODI
century in 31 balls?
Ans:- AB de villiers
3) Who bagged the FIFA Ballon dOr award
for 2014 in women category?
Ans:- Nadine Kessler
4) Name the tennis players who won the
Apia International Title in Womens Double
Category on 17 January 2015?
Ans:- Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza
2
5) Who created a national record in

weightlifting by lifting 238 kilograms under
the 56 kilograms category at 10th Youth
National Weightlifting Championship 2015?
Ans:- Jimjang Deru
ECONOMY
1) Post office savings bank accounts can
now be operated through ATMs following a
recent gazette notification amending which
Post Office rules?
Ans:- Post Office Savings Bank General
Rules, 1981
2) For which type of companies, RBI has
relaxed KYC rules due to practical
difficulties and constraints in getting KYC
documents at frequent intervals?
Ans:- Non-Banking Financial Companies
(NBFC) )
3) As per the announcement made by the
government, in which type of banks the post
of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD)
and CEO would be separate?
Ans:- Public Sector Banks
personal finance products and credit cards?

Ans:- Gulf International Bank (GIB)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) In which month of the year 2015, there
will be no communication of ISRO with the
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)?
Ans:- June 2015
2) The Project-75 of the Indian Navys is
related to construction and design of __?
Ans:- Submarines
3) The first antibiotic discoevered in last 30
years, capable of fighting superbig
resistance, has been named?
Ans:- Teixobactin
4) First indigenously-built Light Combat
Aircraft Tejas was handed over to Indian Air
Force by Defence Minister Manohar
Parikkar on 18 January 2015. Tejas was
developed by?
Ans:- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(HAL)
4) As per the RBI guidelines, what is the

minimum paid-up equity capital for small
finance banks?
Ans:- Rs.100 Crore
5) Which year was marked as the Earths

hottest year since 1880 as per the two
separate analyses done by NASA scientists
and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) scientists?
Ans:- 2014
5) Which bank launched Indias first

contactless debit and credit card on 7
January 2015 that enables one to make
payments by just waving the card near
merchant terminals instead of swiping the
same?
Ans:- ICICI Bank
PERSONS IN
NEWS
6) Which Middle-east based bank during

January 2015 launched regions first onlineonly consumer banking business will offer
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) M.Sathiyavathy has recently become first
woman to be appointed as Director General
(DG) of?
3
Ans:- Directorate General of Civil Aviation

(DGCA)
2) Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir was on 5
January 2015 appointed as the Chief Justice
of which high court?
B) RESIGNS
1) What is the name of the former director
of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
who resigned from the post of member of
the Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC) during January 2015?
Ans:- Amar Pratap Singh
C) DEATHS
1) The Chandyan village, where the

remnants of late Harappan period house
have been discovered recently is located in
__?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of SAIL?
Ans:- Steel Authority of India Limited
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Name the author of the book The Indian
Parliament A Critical Appraisal released
by the Vice President of India on 8 January
2015?
Ans:- Prof. Sudha Pai and Shri Avinash
Kumar
1) Virendra Prabhakar was died on 4

January 2015.He was a famous?
Ans:- Photo Journalist
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
2) Upendra Trivedi who passed away on 4

January 2015 was a renowned actor of stage
and cinema in?
Ans:- Gujarati
1) Which committee was constituted to look

into various concerns of the citizens hailing
from the North Eastern States living in
different parts of the country and to suggest
suitable remedial measures?
Ans:- Bezbaruah Committee
D) VISITORS
1) Name the Bhutan Prime Minister visited
India from 10-18 January 2015?
Ans:- Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Who recently (Jan 2015) became the first
cricketer to cross 5 million followers on
Twitter?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
PLACES IN NEWS
DAYS & DATES

1) National Youth Day was observed across
India on -?
Ans:- 12 January 2015
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INTERNATIONAL
4
1)Name the first country to Introduce Law

for the Creation of Baby from Two Women
and One Man?
Ans:- United Kingdom
2)The 5th General Assembly of the
International Renewable Energy Agency
(IRENA) was held in which city?
Ans:- Abu Dhabi
2014?
Ans:- Mumbai-Dubai
5) The Barak 8 air and missile defence
system is being jointly developed by India
and which country?
Ans:- Israel
NATIONAL
3)How many SAARC countries met on 2 3

February 2015 to finalize Motor Vehicles
Agreement this year?
Ans:- Four
1)According to latest data, which state has

attracted maximum foreign direct
investment (FDI) in the country?
Ans:- Maharashtra
4)Rui Araujo, has been chosen as the new

prime minister of ____?
Ans:- East Timor
2)10th of February will henceforth be

recognised in India as?
Ans:- National Deworming Day
5)According to latest survey, which country

has largest area planted under GM
(Genetically Modified) crops?
Ans:- USA
3)As per the latest report by TRAI,

teledensity in India is approximately
about____?
Ans:- 77.58
INDIA & WORLD
4)The Government has decided to remove

the minimum export price of 450 dollars per
tonne on the export of a specific vegetable in
view of the prevailing lower prices and
higher domestic availability. Name the
vegetable?
Ans:- Potato
1) What is Indias ranking in the recently

released international intellectual property
(IP) index?
Ans:- 29
2) In which region, has Gujarat government
decided to set up Plast India International
University in partnership with University of
Massachusetts Lowell?
Ans:- Vapi
3) The tenth India Mongolia Joint Training
Exercise culminated on 6 February 2015
with a grand closing ceremony held at ___?
Ans:- Gwalior Military Cantonment
4) Which was the busiest international city
pair for travel to and from India during
5)For how many central government

services, the government has launched a
single window e-Biz portal to bring
transparency and ease of doing business in
the country on 19 February 2015?
Ans:- 11
STATES
1)In whiich city, India stone mart 2015
was recently organized?
Ans:- Jaipur
5
2)Surajkund International Crafts Mela

recently held in which state?
Ans:- Haryana
4) India based Ricky Kej has won the

Grammy Award for his album ___?
Ans:- Winds of Samsar
3)Which IIT, among the following has

launched Mass Open Online Courses
(MOOCS) for students?
Ans:- IIT Bombay
5) What is the name of the Indian-American

assistant professor who was awarded the
$500,000 National Science Foundation
Career award for his breakthrough research
on 11 February 2015?
Ans:- Gurpreet Singh
4)Which state is set to roll out Information

Technology Mass Literacy Scheme or
Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan, to make the
people of the state digitally literate?
Ans:- Haryana
5)Which state Handloom corporation has
signed MoU with global e-commerce
company e-bay?
Ans:- Gujarat
CONFERENCES
1) Which Indian city hosted the first World
Ocean Science Congress?
Ans:- Kochi
AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which feature film bagged the award for
being the best film at the 68th edition of
BAFTA in 2015?
Ans:- Boyhood
2) Who has been selected for the 50th
Jnanpith Award for 2014?
Ans:- Bhalchandra Nemade
3) Who has won the King Faisal
International Prize(KFIP) 2015?
Ans:- Dr. Zakir A.Naik
SPORTS & GAMES

1) The Mascot of the 35th National Games
is?
Ans:- Great Indian Hornbill (Ammu)
2) Saloni Dalal, who became the youngest
medallist at the 35th National Games in
Kerala, is associated with which
sports/events?
Ans:- Swimming
3) Which state won the gold medal at the
National Games mens football, final of
which was played on 9 February 2015?
Ans:- Mizoram
4) The opening ceremony of the ICC
Cricket World Cup 2015 was held on 12
February 2015 in which cities of New
Zealand and Australia?
Ans:- Christchurch and Melbourne
5) Recently, UNICEF and which football
legend has launched protection fund named
7 to protect the worlds most vulnerable
youngsters?
Ans:- David Beckham
ECONOMY
1) After deciding to split into three, which
company recently became the first Indian
6
listed company to solely focus on life

insurance?
Ans:- Max India
5) Worlds first humanoid robot-staffed

hotel is set to open in which city?
Ans:- Nagasaki, Japan
2) Reserve Bank of India has estimated the

Current Account Deficit (CAD) for 2014-15
at ___ percent of the GDP on 3 February
2015?
Ans:- 1.3%
PERSONS IN
NEWS
3) What is the new Eligibility limit for

Foreign Exchange Remittances under
Liberalized Remittance Scheme announced
by the RBI on 3 February 2015?
Ans:- $2,50,000
4) What rank has been given to Indians in
the latest leaked HSBC list of Swiss Bank
account holders from over 200 countries?
Ans:- 16th
5) According to recent UNCTAD report
which country has become most favoured
foreign investment(FDI) destination?
Ans:- China

1)Swine Flu cases are reported from many
parts of India. Which animal is associated
with Swine Flu?
Ans:- Pig
2)Agni-v Missile has been successfully
testfired, the range of Agni-v is?
Ans:- 5500-5800 KM
3)DRDO is building its new Missile Launch
testing facility at which place?
Ans:- Krishna Delta complex
4)Which NASA spacecraft sent new pictures
of dwarf planet Pluto that were released by
the agency on 4 February 2015?
Ans:- New Horizons
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Naveen Chopra was on 9 February 2015
appointed as Chief Operating Officer of
which telecom company?
Ans:- Vodafone
2) Who has assumed charge as the new
Chairman and Managing Director of
National Research Development
Corporation (NRDC) recently?
Ans:- Hanumanthu Purushotham
B) RESIGNS
1) Name the Vice-President of Global
Technology Centres, Asia Pacific at Cisco
Systems resigned from his post recently?
Ans:- Sanjay Mathur
C) DEATHS
1) Mrinalini Mukherjee passed away
recently. She was a famous?
Ans:- Sculptor
D) VISITORS
1) Name the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) President visited India on 5 February
2015?
Ans:- Takehiko Nakao
E) MISCELLANEOUS
7
1) The Limca Book of records has registered

which person to be the only woman in India
to represent the same constituency on the
same party ticket eight times in a row?
Ans:- Sumitra Mahajan
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Worlds first robot-staffed hotel is set to
open in ______?
Ans:- Japan
1) What is the full form of TRAI ?
Ans:- Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) The book Fragile Frontiers: The Secret
History of Mumbai Terror Attacks was
written by ?
Ans:- SK Rath
INTERNATIONAL
1) Which countrys government has
proposed a prisoner swap with Indonesia in
a last ditch effort to save the lives of two
drug traffickers of its country, who are
expected to face a firing squad within days?
Ans:- Australia
2) Which countrys Professor was in news
as on 9 March 2015 as she rejected an
Indian students internship request citing
rape problem in India?
Ans:- Germany
3) Which country has imposed sanctions on
another group of individuals and entities in
Ukraine and Russia accused of undermining
Ukraines sovereignty and misappropriating
Ukrainian state assets?
Ans:- United States of America
4) The North-South Rail link in Srilanka
connects which two locations in the island
nation?
Ans:- Talaimannar to Madhu Road
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Who heads the Supreme Court panel to
ensure major reforms in the practice and
procedure of Board Of Control For Cricket
In India (BCCI)?
Ans:- Justice R M Lodha
DAYS & DATES

1) The International Mother Language Day
2015 was observed on ?
Ans:- 21 February
March 2015 Current

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5) Which countrys government has

announced plans to build a new capital to
the east of the present one?
Ans:- Egypt
INDIA & WORLD

1) With which country has India
collaborated to study the global Climate
Change?
Ans:- Norway
2) Name the warship that has been exported
by India to Mauritius and commissioned on
12 March 2015?
Ans:- Barracuda
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3) With which country has India inked five

Memoranda of Understanding to give new
impetus to bilateral co-operation on 11
March 2015?
Ans:- Mauritius
4) India and which country recently
completed its first ever Friendship Motor
Rally successfully at India gate?
Ans:- Nepal
5) With which country, Textiles
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has
been signed by India on 17 March 2015?
Ans:- Kyrgyzstan
NATIONAL
1) Which organisation has launched
National Electoral Roll Purification and
Authentication Programme (NERPAP)
throughout the country from 3rd Mar15
with the prime objective of bringing a totally
error free and authenticated electoral roll?
Ans:- Election Commission of India
2) National Association of Software and
Services Companies (NASSCOM) on 1
March 2015 celebrated its ___th foundation
day?
Ans:- 25th
3) How many Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
accounts does the NPCI aim to link to the
corresponding Aadhar Numbers by June
2015?
Ans:- 17 crore
4) Name the scheme that has been launched
by the government for redressal of
grievances of consumers relating to pricing
and availability of medicines?
Ans:- PRASAD and Swadesh Darshan
5) The Supreme Court of India (SC) on 17

March 2015 cancelled the Union
Governments decision to include which
category/community in the Central Other
Backward Classes (OBC) list?
Ans:- Jaat
STATES
1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5
March 2015 inaugurated two units each of
600 MW of Shree Singaji Thermal Power
Plant in which state?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh
2) Which state government is contemplating
on framing a law under which registration of
pregnancy would be made compulsory
within first three months of pregnancy?
Ans:- Haryana
3) Which States Archives body is
publishing three volumes of rare documents
on Shaheed Bhagat Singh?
Ans:- Bihar
4) Government of India has recently decided
to establish a National Marine Police
Training Institute in which state?
Ans:- Gujarat
5) In which state First Kisan Call Centre
(KCC) of North-East was opened on 9
March 2015?
Ans:- Tripura
CONFERENCES
1) The International Conference on Global
Environment Issues was held from March 14
-15 March 2015 in -?
Ans:- New Delhi
AWARDS & HONOURS

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1) Hifikepunye Pohamba has recently won

the worlds most valuable individual award,
the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership.
Hifikepunye Pohamba is the President of
which African country?
Ans:- Namibia
2) Which University recently honored Ratan
Tata with Doctorate of Automotive
Engineering?
Ans:- Clemson University
3) Name the former union minister who has
been awarded with the prestigious Saraswati
Samman 2014 for his Kannada poem
Ramayana Mahanveshanam?
Ans:- M.Veerapa Moily
4) Who has won KwazuluNatal 2015
National Teachers Award in South Africa?
Ans:- Ganasen Reddy
5) Name the Indian researcher has been
named as New South Wales (NSW)
Woman of the year 2015 award recently?
Ans:- Minoti Apate
SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who is the batsman who has scored the
fastest 150 runs in ODIs?
Ans:- AB de Villiers
2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 10 March
2015 registered most wins by an Indian
captain in the history of the cricket World
Cup. He surpassed whose record?
Ans:- Sourav Ganguly
3) Which football club recently won League
Cup?
Ans:- Chelsea
4) New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe was
recently inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall
of Fame as the ___th member?

Ans:- 79
5) Which New Zealand bowler joined
crickets exclusive 300 ODI wickets club by
claiming his 300th victim on 8 March 2015?
Ans:- Daniel Vettori
ECONOMY
1) As per the latest Forbes ranking of the
richest people in the world, who is the
richest person in India?
Ans:- Dilip Sanghvi
2) Which bank became the first major bank
to announce rate cut after RBIs second
Repo rate cut of the year was announced on
March 2015?
Ans:- State Bank of Travancore (SBT)
3) Which Indian mobile company has
recently entered into a partnership with
China Mobile, for jointly sourcing devices
and equipment as well as developing 4G
technology and standards?
Ans:- Airtel
4) Upto what limit Reserve Bank of India
eased the norms for home loans by allowing
banks to include stamp duty and registration
charges to the cost of a unit?
Ans:- 10 Lakh
5) Which is Indias largest company with Rs
3.68 lakh cr worth assets as per data
compiled by the Corporate Affairs Ministry,
which was released recently?
Ans:- Reliance Industries Ltd

1) Name the aircraft that becomes the first to
fly day and night without a drop of fuel,
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propelled solely by the suns energy?

Ans:- Solar Impulse-2
C) DEATHS
2) Rotavirus vaccine Rotavac will be used

for prevention of which disease?
Ans:- Diarrhea
1) Name the person known as Noted

Gandhian and son of Mahatma Gandhis
personal secretary who passed away on 15
March 2015?
Ans:- Narayan Desai
3) Indian Naval Ship (INS) Alleppey, which

was decommissioned from the Indian Navy
on 13 March 2015, was which category of
naval vessel?
Ans:- Minesweeper
4) Name the surface to surface missile
successfully tested by Pakistan during
March 2015?
Ans:- Shaheen-III
D) VISITORS
1) In which region of Sri Lanka, PM
Narendra Modi handed over 27,000 new
homes on 14 March 2015 to Tamils who
became homeless during the civil war?
Ans:- Jaffna
E) MISCELLANEOUS
5) Burraq and Barq are an all weather armed
drone and a laser guided missile
respectively. These were recently test fired
by which country?
Ans:- Pakistan
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who was appointed as the new Chairman
of the National Book Trust (NBT) on 2
March 2015?
Ans:- Baldev Sharma
1) Which Indian IT company was recently

named as the top employer in Europe for the
third consecutive year by a top employers
certification agency?
Ans:- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
PLACES IN NEWS
1) As per the Mercers Quality of Living
Report 2015, which city has the worlds best
quality of living?
Ans:- Vienna
1) What is the full form of BCCI ?
Ans:- Board of Control for Cricket in India
B) RESIGNS
1) Which noted scientist resigned as the
Chairman of Board of Governors of IIT
Bombay recently as reported on 18 March
2015?
Ans:- Anil Kakodkar
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) The Modi Effect : Inside Narendra
Modis Campaign to Transform India was
authored by -?
Ans:- Lance Price
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COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Who has been appointed as the Chairman
of the Empowered Committee of State
Finance Ministers on the Goods and
Services Tax (GST) as announced on 25
March 2015?
Ans:- K M Mani
DAYS & DATES

1) When is World Water Day?
Ans:- March 22
April 2015 Current Affairs

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INTERNATIONAL
1) Which country carried out its first air
strikes in Syria, as part of the US-led
coalition fighting Islamic State militants?
Ans:- Canada
2) Name the political party of Pakistan that
decided to join parliament after almost seven
months of absence from the National
Assembly and provincial assemblies of
Punjab and Sindh?
Ans:- Tehreek-e-Insaf
3) Which countrys president condemned
psychiatric therapies designed to repair gay,
lesbian and transgender youth?
Ans:- United States
4) China is planning to build a 540kilometre strategic high-speed rail link
between Tibet and ____ passing through a
tunnel under Mount Everest?
Ans:- Nepal
5) Saudi Arabia on 21 April 2015 ended its

month-long military operation against the
Houthi rebels under which air strikes were
conducted. What was the name of this
operation?
Ans:- Operation Decisive Storm
INDIA & WORLD

1) Name the massive air and sea operation
recently launched by India to evacuate over
4000 Indians from Yemen?
Ans:- Operation Raahat
2) Which international organization on 1
April 2015 launched a group against
terrorism named Group of Friends against
terrorism with 30 members including India?
Ans:- United Nations
3) With which country has India signed
Memorandum of Cooperation for
transportation on 8 April 2015?
Ans:- United States of America
4) 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?
Ans:- Norway
5) 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?
Ans:- 5,600
NATIONAL
1) Name the scheme that has been
suspended by Employees Provident Fund
Organisation (EPFO) from April 2015?
Ans:- Minimum Monthly Pension Scheme
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2) Union Government on 3 April 2015

extended the deadline for implementation of
the National Food Security Act (NFSA)
deadline by ____ months?
Ans:- Six months
3) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI) has recently recommended which
number as the single emergency number
across the country?
Ans:- 112
4) The Government has constituted a task
force comprising experts and senior officials
to be chaired by B N Navalawala, ExSecretary of Ministry of Water Resources.
What is the major responsibility of the task
force?
Ans:- Interlinking of Rivers
5) Name the project launched by the
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
on 21 April 2015 for monitoring the
implementation of budget announcements?
Ans:- E-Samiksha
STATES
1) Which state has launched the subsidised
Aahar scheme on the occasion of the States
Foundation Day on 1 April 2015?
Ans:- Odisha
2) Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief
Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 1 April
2015 approved which city as the new capital
of the state?
Ans:- Amaravathi
3) PepsiCo India on 3 April 2015
commissioned first phase of its largest
beverage plant in India in which state?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh
4) President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated

the Centenary Year Celebrations of which
High Court on 18 April 2015?
Ans:- Patna High Court
5) Which state government has launched a
major campaign Subodham, in a bid to wean
people away from addiction to liquor?
Ans:- Kerala
CONFERENCES
1) Summit of the Americas, which was held
on 10-11 April 2015 at Panama City
(Panama), was which edition of the
multilateral summit?
Ans:- 7th
AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Who Arab poet recently won the 2015
Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry?
Ans:- Adonis
2) Which city has been awarded for its
performance in renewable energy by WWF
?
Ans:- Rajkot
3) In which field Hevesy Medal is given?
Ans:- Nuclear and Radio Chemistry
4) ) Name the Indian-origin CEO who was
honoured with the White House Champions
of Change on 16th April 2015?
Ans:- Satya Nadella
5) Name the Bollywood actor was on 21
April 2015 honoured with the Dadasaheb
Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 for his
performance in the movie Happy New Year?
Ans:- Shah Rukh Khan
SPORTS & GAMES

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1) Daniel Vettori who announced his

retirement from international cricket plays
for which country?
Ans:- New Zealand
2) Who was recently named as the Leading
Cricketer in the World in the 2015 Wisden
Cricketers Almanack?
Ans:- Kumar Sangakkara
3) Which Australian cricketer recently
announced his retirement from ODIs?
Ans:- Michael Clarke
4) Name the driver who won the Chinese
Formula One (F1) Grand Prix for 2015 held
on 12 April 2015 at Shanghai?
Ans:- Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
5) What is the name of the 21-year old
English batsman who made cricketing
history by scoring 350 in a one-day club
match on 20 April 2015?
Ans:- Liam Livingstone
ECONOMY
1) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 April
2015 sanctioned the scheme of
amalgamation of ING Vysya Bank Ltd. with
which bank?
Ans:- Kotak Mahindra Bank
2) As per the World bank Report 2015,
which country has stood at the bottom of
eight economies in South Asia?
Ans:- Pakistan
3) 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?
Ans:- Rural Electrification Corporation
(REC)
4) 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?
Ans:- IFCI Limited
5) Newly formed Mudra Bank will be part
of?
Ans:- Small Industries Development Bank
of India (SIDBI)

1) Which country has recently developed an
anti-ballistic missile system called Davids
Sling?
Ans:- Israel
2) Surface-to-Surface nuclear-capable
Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully
test-fired on 9 April 2015 from a naval ship
at?
Ans:- Odisha coast
3) US space agency NASA during April
2015 revealed the first-ever colour image of
dwarf planet Pluto.This photo was taken by
a Pluto probe that was sent by the agency in
2006. What is the name of this probe?
Ans:- New Horizons
4) India recently successfully test-fired its
which nuclear-capable ballistic missile with
a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship
off the Odisha coast?
Ans:- Dhanush
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
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1) Who has been appointed as the new

President of Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) for 2015-16?
Ans:- Sumit Mazumder
PLACES IN NEWS
2) Who was sworn in as the first lady judge

of the Sikkim High Court on 15 April 2015?
Ans:- Meenakshi Madan Rai
1) 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?
Ans:- Al Shabaab
B) RESIGNS
1) Mustafa Kamal stepped down from the

post of International Cricket Council (ICC)
President on 1 April 2015. He belongs to
which country?
Ans:- Bangladesh
1) What is the full form of IFCI ?

Ans:- Industrial Finance Corporation of
India
C) DEATHS
1) Renowned poet Kailash Vajpeyi who died
on 1 April 2015 is famous in which
language?
Ans:- Hindi
2) Name the former Australian cricket
captain and legendary commentator who
died in Sydney on 10 April 2015?
Ans:- Richie Benaud
D) VISITORS
1) Which Sculpture has been presented to
Narendra Modi by Canadian Prime
Minister?
Ans:- Parrot Lady
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Who is the author of the book titled
Historical Documents Testify the
Sovereignty of Senkaku?
Ans:- Tadayoshi Murata
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Union Ministry of Commerce and
Industry on 8 April 2015 formed an expert
committee under the chairmanship of whom
to suggest simplified compliance for
establishing new industries?
Ans:- Ajay Shankar
DAYS & DATES

1) World Malaria Day was observed on ?
Ans:- April 25
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Name the 12-year-old Muslim girl who
recently won the first position at the
Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Champion League?
Ans:- Mariyam Asif Siddiqui
May 2015 Current Affairs

Bit Bank
INTERNATIONAL
15
1) How many Indian origin MPs were

eleted to UK Parliament during the British
elections of 2015?
Ans:- 10
2) Which country has criticised European
Union proposals to authorise the use of force
against smugglers taking migrants across the
Mediterranean to Europe?
Ans:- Libya
3) After losing more than 4,000 people to
Ebola, which country has now been declared
free of the disease by the World Health
Organization (WHO)?
Ans:- Liberia
4) What is the name of the former Army
General who took over as the 8th President
of Guyana on 16 May 2015?
Ans:- David Arthur Granger
5) The Worlds first referendum on same
sex marriage is being held in ?
Ans:- Ireland
INDIA & WORLD

1) 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill is
related to ?
Ans:- Land Boundary Agreement between
India and Bangladesh
source?
Ans:- 13th
5) How many agreements have been signed
between India and China for bilateral
cooperation in several areas including
economy, trade, science and technology and
culture?
Ans:- 24
NATIONAL
1) Educate Encourage Enlighten will be
the new tagline of ____ as announced
recently?
Ans:- New Education Policy
2) Name the programme launched by
Government with Urban Local Bodies
(ULBs) located on the banks of the river
Ganga for achieving the objective of Clean
Ganga?
Ans:- Nirmal Ganga Sahbhagita
3) Broadcast Audience Research Council
(BARC) India has recently launched a new
TV rating system in India. This will replace
existing which rating system?
Ans:- TAM (Television Audience
Measurement)
2) Name the festival of Indian Culture

inaugurated in Russia on 10 May 2015 by
the President of India?
Ans:- Namaste India
4) The Supreme Court on 13 May 2015

barred publication of photos of leaders in
government advertisements except those of
the -?
Ans:- President, Prime Minister and the
Chief Justice of India
3) India has recently extended e-tourist visa

scheme to more countries?
Ans:- 31
5) For the next 5 years, Namami Gange

programme will have a budget outlay of ?
Ans:- Rs 20,000 crore
4) What is Indias current global ranking in

terms of electricity generation from nuclear
STATES
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1) In which state a cow-urine refinery

inaugurated for research on the cow
products on 3 May 2015?
Ans:- Rajasthan
2) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on 1 May
2015 introduced ___ rupees Accident
Insurance Scheme for transport drivers?
Ans:- 5 lakh
3) Which state is site to the Indias first
hydro-engineering college?
Ans:- Himachal Pradesh
4) Which court on 11 May 2015 acquitted
AIADMK Chief J Jayalalithaa in the 19 year
old disproportionate assets case?
Ans:- Karnataka High Court
5) Which thermal power plant will be built
by NTPC in Jharkhand ?
Ans:- Patratu Plant
CONFERENCES
1) What is the theme of the 6th National
Conference on Nuclear Energy was
organized by ASSOCHAM in New Delhi on
15 May 2015?
Ans:- Nuclear Energy: A Clean Energy
option
Desert?
Ans:- Pramod Patil
2) Dr Prannoy Roy who was recently
conferred the RedInk Award for lifetime
achievement is the executive co-chairman
of?
Ans:- NDTV
3) Which district in India has received 2015
UN Public Service Award?
Ans:- Nadia, West Bengal
4) Who has been conferred with the Knight
of the Order of Arts and Letters for his
contribution to the fashion industry?
Ans:- Wendell Rodricks
5) The PEN literary award for freedom of
speech has been awarded to __?
Ans:- Charlie Hebdo
SPORTS & GAMES

1) Name the team that won the English
Premier League 2014-15 football title on 3
May 2015 held at London?
Ans:- Chelsea
2) In which country BRICS Under-17
Football Cup set to be held?
Ans:- India
2) In 2015, where will the conference to

establish a new international framework
replacing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol be held
?
Ans:- Paris
3) Who won the 2015 Mutua Madrid Open

Mens Singles Title?
Ans:- Andy Murray
AWARDS & HONOURS
4) Who won the inaugural BNP Paribas

Istanbul Open Tennis mens single title?
Ans:- Roger Federer
1) Name the Indian who won the Whitley

Award 2015 for his work to protect the
iconic Great Indian Bustard in the Thar
5) Jonathan Trott who has recently retired

from International Cricket is from which
country?
Ans:- England
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ECONOMY
1) Which French IT firm recently announced
to buy US rival IGATE for 4 billion US
dollar?
Ans:- CapGemini
2) Which company has announced that it
would merge its retail operations with Bharti
Retail Ltd. to create one of Indias biggest
retail chains with more than 570 stores
across the country?
Ans:- Future Retail
3) Which entity during May 2015 completed
Indias single largest office space leasing
deal so far by signing up for a 2-million sq.
ft. custom-built office campus in Bengaluru?
Ans:- Flipkart
4) By what percent, Consumer Price Index
(CPI) fell in the month of April 2015 as
against 8.48 percent in April last year due to
decline in the prices of food articles?
Ans:- 4.87%
5) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) on 13 May 2015 gave its approval
for ___% disinvestment in NTPC and ___%
in Indian Oil Corporation respectively?
Ans:- 5% and 10%
6) National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) on 8 May 2015 announced a ___
percent reduction in charges for transactions
on its inter-bank ATM network?
Ans:- 10 %

1) A new strategic naval base of the Indian
Navy named INS Sardar Patel was
commissioned on 9 May 2015. This base has
been established in which coastal city of
Gujarat?
Ans:- Porbandar
2) Canada has most recently pledged to
reduce Greenhouse gas emmisions by how
many percentage points by 2030?
Ans:- 30%
3) Japanese Scientists on 14 May 2015
discovered a new state of matter called?
Ans:- Jahn-Teller-metal
4) How many smokers (approx.) are there
globally as disclosed in the newly disclosed
status report of Global Statistics on
Addictive Behaviours (GSAB)?
Ans:- 1 billion
5) An advanced version of the BrahMos
land-attack cruise missile was successfully
test-fired on 9 May 2015 from the Car
Nicobar Islands at?
Ans:- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
6) The Kavaratti ship has been launched
on 19th May15 at a glittering ceremony
held at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata. It is the
_______ Ship of Project-28?
Ans:- Fourth
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Name the Indian-origin Member of
Parliament in Britain appointed as the new
Employment Minister in British Prime
Minister David Camerons Cabinet?
Ans:- Priti Patel
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2) Who has been appointed as the President

of Japans multinational telecommunications
and internet company SoftBank Corp on 11
May 2015?
Ans:- Nikesh Arora
1) What is full form of DARPA ?

Ans:- Defense Advance Research Project
Agency
B) RESIGNS
1) Name the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
resigned on 21 May 2015?
Ans:- O Panneerselvam
1) Book titled Unbelievable Delhi to

Islamabad was released on 8 May 2015 by
Vice President M Hamid Ansari in New
Delhi. Who is the author of this book?
Ans:- Bhim Singh
C) DEATHS
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Ruth Rendell, who passed away on 2 May

2015, was associated with which field?
Ans:- Crime fiction writing
1) Which committee was set up to review of

deep-sea fishing Policy and Guidelines?
Ans:- Meenakumari committee
D) VISITORS
DAYS & DATES
1) In which city of China, Prime Minister

Narendra Modi held Summit level talks with
Chinese President Xi Jinping on 14 May
2015?
Ans:- Xian
The World Press Freedom day was observed

globally on ?
Ans:- 3 May 2015
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Mumbai sessions court on 6 May 2015
sentenced Bollywood film star Salman Khan
to five years in prison, for killing a man in a
hit-and-run accident happened in which
year?
Ans:- 2002
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Name the city that would become the first
in India to get Google Street View as
announced on 12 May 2015?
Ans:- Hyderabad
BOOKS IN NEWS
June 2015 Current Affairs

Bit Bank
INTERNATIONAL
1) As per OPCW, how much of the global
chemical weapons stockpile has been
achieved so far ?
Ans:- 90%
2) A court of which country recently ordered
three tobacco companies to pay fines worth
around $12 billion for damages, which is the
largest award in countrys history?
Ans:- Canada
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3) Which prominent European countrys

Parliament on 9 June 2015 voted
overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that seeks
to hold a referendum to gauge the mood of
its citizens on the issue of remaining part of
the European Union (EU)?
Ans:- Britain
5) The second common border market

Border Haat was opened on 11th June
2015. Between which countries Border Haat
Market is opened?
Ans:- India and Bangladesh
4) Which bird was nominated as United

Kingdoms first-ever national bird in a poll
conducted in the country that concluded
during June 2015?
Ans:- Robin
1) A New Bank Note Paper Line Unit was

recently set up in which Indian city?
Ans:- Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh
5) China has launched a freight train service

between its northeastern city of Harbin
which another country?
Ans:- Europe
INDIA & WORLD

1) India has decided to buy only 36 Rafale
fighter jets scrapping the earlier plan to
acquire 126 aircraft on grounds of huge cost.
From which country India is buying Rafale
fighter jets?
Ans:- France
2) Which country nationals on 2 June 2015
to India decided to grant e-Tourist visa
facility?
Ans:- Sweden
3) As per the Rule of Law Index 2015 by
US-based World Justice Project (WJP)
released on 2 June 2015 what is the Indias
position among BRICS countries?
Ans:- Third
4) What is the theme of the joint declaration
highlighting bilateral cooperation issued by
India and Bangladesh?
Ans:- Notun Projonmo- Nayi Disha
NATIONAL
2) Khoya Paya web portal, a forum for

reporting & tracking missing people, is an
initiative of ?
Ans:- Ministry of Women and Child
Development
3) Union Govt. on 5 June 2015 announced
plans to establish countrys 13th major port
in Maharashtra with an investment of Rs.
6,000 crore. This port would be established
at which place near Mumbai?
Ans:- Dahanu
4) As per the Central food safety regulator
FSSAI, how many variants of Maggi
Noodles were found Unsafe and
Hazardous for human consumption?
Ans:- Nine
5) Government of India has launched
Modified Special Incentive Proposal
Scheme (M-SIPS) for which sector?
Ans:- Electronic sector
STATES
1) To which state of India, World Bank has
approved $250 Million loan for Flood
Recovery Project & reconstruction of floodaffected public infrastructure?
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2) Which city has recently become the sixth

city in the country with a metro?
Ans:- Jaipur
3) Indias first Tier-I Oil Spill Response
Centre is inaugurated in which state?
Ans:- Maharashtra
4) Which Union Territory has received
permission for the first ever Medical College
on 8 June 2015?
Ans:- Andaman & Nicobar
5) In which state, Indias first eco-friendly
police station was commissioned recently?
Ans:- New Delhi
CONFERENCES
1) 41stG7 summit was held in ?
Ans:- Germany
2) The 104th Session of the International
Labour Conference (ILC) was held from 113 June 2015 in ?
Ans:- Geneva, Switzerland
AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which factory has been awarded
continuously for the third time for
controlling population and environment
protection in kerala ?
Ans:- Kumbazha
2) Name the Indian-origin US Surgeon
General has been presented with the Pride of
the Community Award by a prominent
Hindu advocacy group?
Ans:- Vivek Murthy
3) Who has been conferred with the
prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National
Award at a function in Pune, Maharashtra on
10 June 2015?
Ans:- Parkash Singh Badal
4) Which movie has won the top honors at
16th International India Film
Academy(IIFA)awards?
Ans:- Queen
5) Who has won the Baileys Womens Prize
for Fiction 2015?
Ans:- Ali Smith
SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who was recently named sixth most
marketable athlete in the world as per report
released by British Sports business
magazine SportsPro?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
2) Indian archer Deepika Kumari finished at
which place in the recently concluded
Antalya Archery World Cup 2015?
Ans:- Third
3) Who became the first Indian umpire after
S. Venkataraghavan to be inducted in the
International Cricket Councils (ICC) Elite
Panel of Umpires?
Ans:- Sundaram Ravi
4) Who has been conferred with the South
Africa (SA) Cricketer of the Year Award for
2015?
Ans:- A B DeVillers
5) Which state gives the Bishnuram Medhi
award for the State cricketer-of-the-year?
Ans:- Tamil Nadu
ECONOMY
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1) Name the private-sector bank to announce

that it will discontinue issuing slips after
cash withdrawals at ATMs and will alert the
customer through SMSs?
Ans:- HDFC Bank
2) The Reserve Bank of India on 2 June
2015 cut its key short-term lending rate or
repo rate by 0.25 per cent to 7.25 percent. It
is the _____ repo rate cut in this year?
on Mars?
Ans:- NASA
4) Which organizations scientists developed
a tool to predict destructive solar storms?
Ans:- NASA
5) Name the scientist who along with his
team developed Worlds first water-based
computer?
Ans:- Manu Prakash
Ans:- Third
3) Which country has granted permission to
the Life Insurance of India (LIC) to run its
business?
Ans:- Bangladesh
4) The Reserve Bank India (RBI) on 11 June
2015 gave permission to which investor
segment to invest in regulated chit funds in
India?
Ans:- Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
5) Which Indian mining conglomerate on 13
June 2015 announced buying the stake of
minority shareholders in Cairn India, the
countrys top private oil producer?
Ans:- Vedanta Ltd

1) The Pinaka Mark II multi barrel rocket
recently test fired by the Indian Army can
strike targets upto a range of ?
Ans:- 65 Km
2) Which university has revealed the worlds
first artificial leg capable of simulating the
feelings of a real leg, even feeling pain?
Ans:- Austrian University
3) Name the organization that has launched
a giant balloon carrying a kind of flying
saucer that will test technologies for landing
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been appointed as new NonExecutive Chairman of Infosys?
Ans:- R. Seshasayee
2) Who was on 3 June 2015 appointed as
Special Envoy on Counter Terrorism and
Extremism in the Prime Minister Office?
Ans:- Syed Asif Ibrahim
B) RESIGNS
1) Who has resigned as FIFA president on 2
June 2015?
Ans:- Sepp Blatter
C) DEATHS
1) Former bureaucrat M.N. Buch, who
passed away on 6 June 2015, was known for
role in developing which Indian city with his
modern urban planning concepts?
Ans:- Bhopal
2) Veteran actor, Sir Christopher Lee, who
passed away on 7 June 2015 at the age of
22
93, was associated with which legendary

character in films?
Ans:- Dracula
1) Who is the chairman of the Panel on Net

neutrality that submitted its report recently?
Ans:- K.Bhargava
D) VISITORS
DAYS & DATES
1) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

was signed between India and Netherlands
during the Visit of the Prime Minister of the
Netherlands Shri Mark Rutte to New Delhi.
The MoU was signed for the development of
?
Ans:- Vaccines
1) World Environment Day was observed

globally on ?
Ans:- 5 June
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Which country has set a new world record
by planting 49,672 trees in one hour?
Ans:- Bhutan
PLACES IN NEWS
1) In the first cross border operation in
which country Indian Army on 9 June 2015
struck terrorist camps and killed nearly 20
North-Eastern insurgents?
Ans:- Myanmar
1) What is the full form of IFFI ?
Ans:- International Film Festival of India
BOOKS IN NEWS
July 2015 Current Affairs

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INTERNATIONAL
1) Recently, which country has decided to
replace its official language with Urdu?
Ans:- Pakistan
2) Which country navy agreed to attend an
International Fleet Review for the first time
in 2016?
Ans:- Chinese Navy
3) Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade
agreement between the member countries of
_____?
Ans:- ASEAN
4) Which countrys prime minister launched
a five year plan to defeat Islamic
extremism?
Ans:- United Kingdom
1) Noted Indian author Amitav Ghoshs

third and final book under the Ibis trilogy
was published recently. What is the name of
this book?
Ans:- Flood of Fire
5) In which country the political parties have

agreed to remove the word Secularism
from their new constitution?
Ans:- Nepal
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
6) Which country became the first-ever

developed economy to default on a loan
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with the International Monetary Fund

(IMF)?
Ans:- Greece
7) Which country has received 336 million
dollars fund from the United States for its on
going role in combating a Taliban
insurgency?
Ans:- Pakistan
8) Which country has become the 162nd
member of WTO?
Ans:- Kazakhstan
9) Gadhimai Festival is related to which
Asian country?
Ans:- Nepal
INDIA & WORLD

1) India signed a historic uranium deal with
Kazakhstan on 6 July 2015. Under the deal,
India will receive how much uranium from
Kazakhstan?
Ans:- 5,000 metric tonnes
2) Which project is considered as a gateway
for India to expand trade and investment
links with Central Asia and Eurasia?
Ans:- International North-South Transport
Corridor
3) Which country has signed a customs and
liberalize business visas agreement with
India to boost trade between them?
Ans:- Russia
4) Khanjar 2015, is a joint special exercise
held between India and which country?
Ans:- Kyrgyzstan
5) What is Indias rank in Leadership in
Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)
certified buildings?
Ans:- Third
6) As per the World Population Prospects :

The 2015 Revision launched at the UN
Headquarters in New York on 29 July 2015,
within how many years the population of
India is expected to surpass that of China?
Ans:- 7 years
NATIONAL
1) According to the Socio Economic &
Caste Census released by the govt., how
many households in percentage terms are
living in the rural areas?
Ans:- 73%
2) What is the new National Floor Level
Minimum Wage w.e.f 1 July 2015?
Ans:- 160
3) As on July 2015, what is Indias Total
Fertility Rate (TFR)?
Ans:- 2.6
4) Government has decided to constitute an
expert committee to comprehensively
examine various issues like age relaxation,
eligibility, syllabus and pattern of ____
exam?
Ans:- Civil Services
5) Name the city become the first city to
start online police verification for passport?
Ans:- Bengaluru
STATES
1) India and World Bank on 16 July 2015
signed Financing Agreement for which
project?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery
Project
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2) The recently celebrated Godavari Maha

Pushkaram occurs in the cycle of __?
Ans:- 144 years
1) Name of Indian biologist who was elected

to Royal Society?
Ans:- Kamal Bawa
3) As per the latest report, which state has

largest number of manual scavengers?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh
2) Which film won the best original

screenplay in a Foreign Language award at
the Madrid International Film Festival,
2015?
Ans:- Buddha In A Traffic Jam
4) Which state of India recorded highest

domestic tourist footfalls in 2014?
Ans:- Tamilnadu
5) How many Indian states have achieved
the literacy rate of 80%?
Ans:- 14 States
3) Which state tourism board has bagged

this year Pacific Asia Travel Association
award for its Muziris Heritage Project in the
Heritage & Culture category?
Ans:- Kerala Tourism
6) As per Socio Economic and Caste Census

2011, which state has highest number of
households with a mobile phone?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
4) Name of the Telugu cartoonist who won

Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014
Award?
Ans:- Pamarthy Shankar
7) ____ becomes first Indian state to make

voting compulsory in local body polls?
Ans:- Gujarat
5) Winner of Best Documentary Producer

award at Madrid International Film Festival?
Ans:- Benoy Behl
8) Worlds largest religious congregation

Simhastha Kumbh Mela has recently begun
at Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of which
state?
Ans:- Maharashtra
6) Name the NGO, which has been

conferred with the Future Leadership Award
recently?
Ans:- Rural Litigation and Entitlement
Kendra
CONFERENCES
7) Name the winners of Nelson Rolihlahla

Mandela Prize?
Ans:- Helena Ndume and Jorge Sampaio
1) The Shanghai Cooperation

Organization(SCO) 2015 was held on 9-10
July 2015 in?
Ans:- Ufa, Russia
2) Which country will chair the 2016BRICS summit?
Ans:- India
AWARDS & HONOURS
SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who became the first Indian to win a
Gold Medal at World University Games in
Gwangju, South Korea on 8 July 2015?
Ans:- Inderjit Singh
2) Which Indian woman cricketer made
history on 6 July 2015 by becoming the first
Indian and second in womens ODI history
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to complete 5000 runs?

Ans:- Mithali Raj
3) Who became the sixth Indian to win a
Grand Slam junior title after winning the
boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon
championships on 12 July 2015?
Ans:- Sunil Nagal
4) The 14th Special Olympics Games
(Summer) were inaugurated on 25 July 2015
in which city?
Ans:- Los Angeles (United States)
5) American Floyd Mayweather Jr. was
stripped of the welterweight world title he
won after beating Filipino boxer Manny
Pacquiao in May 2015. Why?
Ans:- For failing to comply with a WBO
rule
6) Which country won the CONCACAF
Gold cup for the seventh time by defeating
Jamaica 3-1?
Ans:- Mexico
7) Name the Cricket player, who become the
fourth Sri Lankan Player to score 10000
ODI runs?
Ans:- Tilakaratne Dilshan
ECONOMY
1) Global rating agency Fitch recently made
a forecast of the expected growth for India
in 2015. By how many percentage points
will India grow in 2015, according to Fitch?
Ans:- 7.8%
2) Airbus and which Indian company have
signed a MoU to form a joint venture to
produce helicopters in India?
Ans:- Mahindra
3) Which insurance company has launched

the countrys first digitised policy in India?
Ans:- India First Life Insurance
4) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 July
2015 permitted ____with Core Banking
Solution (CBS) to issue ATM cards/ATMcum-debit cards in tie with a sponsor banks?
Ans:- Cooperative Banks
5) According to a list by Fortune Magazine,
how many Indian companies are among the
worlds 500 largest companies?
Ans:- 7
6) Which country has become Worlds
Largest Potato producer?
Ans:- China

1) NASAs New Horizons on 14 July 2015
made closest approach to which planet?
Ans:- Pluto
2) By what percentage has Japan pledged to
cut down the emission of the Greenhouse
Gases by 2030?
Ans:- 26%
3) Name of the rocket which was launched
on 22 July 2015 towards ISS with three
astronauts?
Ans:- Soyuz rocket
4) Tianhe-2 is the Super Computer of ?
Ans:- China
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
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1) Who was appointed as Vice-Chief of

Indian Army on 13 July 2015?
Ans:- Lt General Man Mohan Singh Rai
2) Who has been appointed as Chief
Economist of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF)?
Ans:- Maurice Obstfeld
Director-General of The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI)?
Ans:- Ajay Mathur
B) RESIGNS
1) Who recently resigned from the post of
CEO and CFO of Leading rose exporter
Karuturi Global Group?
Ans:- Shireesh Jain
July 2015?
Ans:- Tom Moore
D) VISITORS
1) In which country did PM Narendra Modi
unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on
12 July 2015?
Ans:- Kyrgyzstan
2) Who inaugurated a Traditional Medicine
and Yoga Centre in Ashgabat on 12 July
2015?
Ans:- PM Narendra Modi
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Name the worlds first female twins to
successfully clim\b Mount Everest?
Ans:- Tashi & Nungshi Malik
2) Who resigned as Chief Executive Officer

(CEO) and President of Toshiba on 21 July
2015?
Ans:- Hisao Tanaka
2) Which movie poster breaks Guinness

World Record recently?
Ans:- Baahubali
C) DEATHS
3) Name the new operating system launched

by the Microsoft on 29 July 2015?
Ans:- Windows 10
1) MS Viswanathan has passed away on 14

July 2015 in Chennai.He was a ?
Ans:- Music composer
PLACES IN NEWS
2) Former Union Minister and 6 time Lok

Sabha member Bijoy Krishna Handique has
passed away recently. He was from ?
Ans:- Assam
3) Clive Rice, a cricketer, who passed away
recently, was from ?
Ans:- South Africa
4) Name the Cartoonist who gave life to the
cartoon character Archie, who died on 20
1) Name of Indias longest road tunnel

which will open in 2016?
Ans:- Patnitop Tunnel
2) Which town of Punjabs Gurdaspur
district came to news on 27 July 2015 with
the incident of a huge terrorist attack taking
place here resulting in the death of 7
persons?
Ans:- Dinanagar
3) Who is the author of the book Sleeping
on Jupiter shortlisted for the Man Booker
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Prize 2015?
Ans:- Anuradha Roy
1) What is the full form of MUDRA?
Ans:- Micro Units Development and
Refinance Agency
2) What is the full form of FATCA?
Ans:- Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) President Pranab Mukherjee received the
first copy of the book Uniki on 3 July
2015. Uniki is the book written by?
Ans:- Vidyasagar Rao
2) The book Locale, Everyday Islam and
Modernity penned by ?
Ans:- Raisur Rahman
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Which committee was constituted to
examine drug approval procedure?
Ans:- V M Katoch committee
2) Who has been appointed as the chairman
of the expert committee constituted by NITI
Aayog to address issues related to job
creation?
Ans:- Tarun Khanna
August 2015 Current

Affairs Bit Bank
INTERNATIONAL
1) What is the political party of Ranil
Singhe, who is the Prime Minister of Sri
Lanka?
Ans:- United Nations Party
2) Name the Islamic State militant group
deputy chief who killed by the US air strike
on August 22 in Northen Iraq?
Ans:- Fadil Ahmad al-Hayali
3) Name the Hakkani Hetwork Chief, whose
name is included in the list of terrorism by
America?
Ans:- Abdul Haziz Hakkani (Pakistan)
4) Which country and Pakistan signed deal
worth 1.6 billion US dollars to implement
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
project?
Ans:- China
5) Which country recently imposes antiterror law that punishes false reporting of
attacks?
Ans:- Egypt
6) Which country and China begin joint
military ecercise in sea of Japan?
Ans:- Russia
DAYS & DATES
INDIA & WORLD
1) On which date World Population Day is

celebrated?
Ans:- July 11
1) Who are the two persons from India are

in the top 20 places in forbes list of
Technology field?
Ans:- Ajim Premji, wipro Chairman & Shiv
Nadar of HCL Technologies
2) When is World UFO Day?

Ans:- July 2
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2) Government of India approves MoU

between India and which country to
establish PACEsetter Fund?
Ans:- America
3) Which is the first institute to get natural
heritage recognition by UNESCO as
currently there are 9 C2C institutes related
to cultural heritage?
Ans:- Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in
Dehradun
4) Indian government aprroves pact with
which country to curb black money ?
Ans:- Seychelles
NATIONAL
1) What is the new policy introduced by
central government in view of Raksha
Bandhan?
Ans:- Suraksha Bandhan
2) What is the tele medicine program
launched by the central government along
with Appollo Hospitals on 25 August 2015?
Ans:- SEHAT Social Endeavour for
Health And Telemedicine
3) Which commission of India
recommended for amending the constitution
for right to basic care of children under six
years?
Ans:- The Law Commission of India
4) Which scheme was launched by the
Union Government on 10 August 2015 an
initiative to bring students closer to nature?
Ans:- School Nursery Yojana
5) Which banana variety from Thrissur
district of Kerala has been accorded
Geographical Indication (GI) status by the
Chennai based Central GI registry?
Ans:- Chengalikodan
STATES
1) What is the only company from India
which is in the 7th place in Fortunes
Change the World List ?
Ans:- Jain Irrigation Systems of
Maharashtra
2) Which district in India has highest
number of e-toilets in its schools?
Ans:- Nellore
3) Which of the following states is going to
become the first state in the country to
launch agrosolar policy?
Ans:- Gujarat
4) Which state HC stays implementation of
compulsory voting Act in local polls?
Ans:- Gujarat
CONFERENCES
1) In the second summit of forun for India
pacific Islands co-operation (FIPIC), which
topic is discussed ?
Ans:- Environmental changes
2) What is the theme of Golobal call to
Action Summit 2015 held on New Delhi ?
Ans:- Ending preventable child and material
deaths
AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which famous Urdu Author has been
chosen for the first Jnangarima Manad
Alankaran Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith?
Ans:- Shamim Hanfi
2) Who are the two persons selected for
keerthi chakra, the gallentay award?
Ans:- Lt. Colnel Sanjenbam and Subedar
Rajesh Kumar
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3) Who was the Jharkhand additional SP and

CRPF officer won the police Medal for
Gallentry (PMG) for the seventh time?
Ans:- Prakash Ranjan Mishra
4) Name the person selected for Arjuna
award in the field of weight lifting?
Ans:- Satish Kumar
SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who is the Chess Player from Andhra
Pradesh won the Gold Medal in under 18
Asia Youth Chess Championship?
Ans:- N. Krishna Teja
2) Who is first in the worlds highest paid
Athlets list of forbes Magazine?
Ans:- Flyod Mayweather (Boxer)
3) Who ranks second in the forbes womens
list of worlds highest paid Athlets?
Ans:- Serena Williams
4) Who won the title of world Badminton
Championship held on 16th August, 2015 in
Jakarta?
Ans:- Carolina Marin (Spain)
5) Who has been elected as the new
president of world Athletics Federation on
19 August, 2015?
Ans:- Sebastian Coe
ECONOMY
1) With the devaluation of Yuan in the
market the Indian rupee lost howmuch value
against us dollar?
Ans:- 64.78 per cent (nearly 2 year low)
2) Who was the new chief of IDBI Bank?
Ans:- Kishore Karat Piraji
3) According which act RBI relaxed Branch

Authorisation Policy to allow banks to
merge or close branches in urban areas?
Ans:- Section 23 of the Banking Regulation
Act, 1949
4) RBI grants approval to how many
applicatants to set up payment banks?
Ans:- 11

1) What is the newly discovered planet by
NASAs kepler mission?
Ans:- Kepler 453 b
2) At which of the following places has
Indias first Integrated Underwater Harbour
Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS)
been commissioned?
Ans:- Kochi
3) Asias biggest telescope MultiApplication Solar Telescope (MAST) was
inaugurated at which of the following places
recently?
Ans:- Udaipur , India
4) Recently, which of the following
Companies has commercially launched the
high-speed 4G services across 296 towns
across India?
Ans:- Bharti Airtel
5) Recently NASA spacecraft finds neon gas
on which planet?
Ans:- Moon
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
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1) Name the new CEO of Google, who is

from India?
Ans:- Sunder Pichai
2) Who was appointed as the new Election
Commissioner on 13th August 2015 by the
government?
Ans:- OM Prakash Rawat
3) Name the newly appointed CEO of
Association of Mutual funds of India
(AMFI) on 17 August, 2015?
Ans:- CVR Rajendran
4) Who was elected as President of
Gymnastics Federation of India?
Ans:- Sudhakar Shetty
B) RESIGNS
1) Name the Greek Prime Minister who
resigned and called for early election on 20
August, 2015?
Ans:- Alexis Tsipras
C) DEATHS
1) Name the retired colnel who participated
in World War II, passed away on 4 August
2015?
Ans:- Colnel Harwant Singh
D) VISITORS
1) Who is the Mozambique president visited
India on 5 August 2015 ?
Ans:- Filipe Nyusi
2) Narendra Modi visited which great
mosque in Abudhabi during his visit to UAE
?
Ans:- Sheikh Sayed Grand Mosque
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Name the CEO of Snapchat who is the
Worlds Wealthiest Youngster under 25?
Ans:- Evan Spiegel
2) Name the worlds oldest person who is in
Guiness records recently ?
Ans:- Yasutaro Koide (Japan)
3) Which Senior actor and director has been
selected as new chairman of Bharat Oscar
Jury on 24 August, 2015?
Ans:- Amol Plakar
4) Which global satellite was proposed to be
named after Abdul Kalam?
Ans:- GlobalSat for DRR
5) Who was appointed as a Maharashtra
ambassador for the Save the Tiger
campaign and promote tiger tourism?
Ans:- Amitabh Bachchan
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Who is the first person to upload a picture
of Taj Moments in Twitter?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh
Yadav
2) The Arabica Coffee of Vishaka agency
won which award on 25 August 2015?
Ans:- International Fine cup of coffee
3) Which of the following airports became
the worlds first airport to operate on solar
power?
Ans:- Cochin International Airport
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1) What is the full form of FIPIC ?

Ans:- Forum for India Pacific Islands Co
operation
2) What is the full form of AMFI ?
Ans:- Association of Mutual Funds of India
BOOKS IN NEWS
party voting ?
Ans:- Tony Abbott
2) Who is the Indian Origin person elected
as the mayor of Bonn town of Germany
recently?
Ans:- Ashok Sreedharan
1) What is the Classic Gujarati Novel, that is

translated into English after 128 years?
Ans:- Saraswathichandra
3) Which countrys parliament recently

passed a new constitution that divides the
nation into seven federal provinces.?
Ans:- Nepal
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
4) Who is the new Prime Minister of Egypt?

Ans:- Sherif Ismail
1) Union Government constitutes 3-member

panel to assess situation in FTII. Who is
head of this panel?
Ans:- SM Khan
5) Which party won the exit polls in Greek

held on September 20, 2015?
Ans:- Syriza Party
DAYS & DATES
6) Who is the China President visited USA

recently?
Ans:- Xi Jinping
1) Which day is celebrated on August 15 ?

Ans:- Indian Independence Day
2) International Lefthanders Day is observed
on which date ?
Ans:- August 13
7) Who is the ex Nepal Prime Minister quits

from the Maoist Party recently?
Ans:- Baburam Bhattarai
INDIA & WORLD
3) Womens Equality Day is observed on

which date ?
Ans:- August 26
1) Who is the Director General of Pakistan

Rangers participated in the Border talks held
in New Delhi ?
Ans:- Umar Farooq Burki
September 2015 Current

Affairs Bit Bank
2) What is the name given to the IndiaAustralia joint Naval excercises held in
Vishakapatnam on 11-19 September?
Ans:- AUSINDEX-2015
INTERNATIONAL
1) Who is the Prime Minister of Australia
lost his post as Prime Minister in the secret
3) The 6th Indo-Maldives Joint Military

Exercise begins in _____?
Ans:- Thiruvananthapuram
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4) The Cabinet Committee on Security

(CCS) on 22 September cleared a multi
billion dollar deal with aviation giant Boeing
for _____?
Ans:- 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15
Chinook heavy lift choppers
5) India and America on 23 September
signed an agreement on which matter?
Ans:- Energy security and Climate change
6) Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the
United Nations addressed a special summit
on _____?
Ans:- Sustainable Development Goals
7) Who is the France President met with
Narendra Modi on his visit to US from 2428 September?
Ans:- Francois Hollande
NATIONAL
September, 2015 released two
commemorative coins of Rs. 125 and Rs.10
coins in the memory of which person ?
Ans:- Dr. S.Radhakrishnan
2) Who is the Kerala born entrepreneur who
runs 70 private schools in 14 countries,
present in the philanthropists list of Forbes
magazine?
Ans:- Sunny Verkey
3) On 12 September, the Indian Army
commemorated the victory in the 1965
India-Pakistan war in the name of _ ?
Ans:- The Victory Car Rally
4) On 16 September, 2015 the Union
Cabinet approved which scheme that aims at
economic, social and infrastructure
development of rural areas?
Ans:- Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban

Mission
5) What is the portal inaguarated in Supreme
Court on 19 September to monitor the
pending cases across the country?
Ans:- National Judicial Data Grid
6) The centre launched which policy on 29
September?
Ans:- Green Highways Policy
STATES
1) Recently West Bengal Government
declassified secret files of which freedom
fighter ?
Ans:- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
2) Perumanna Grama Panchayat becomes
first Panchayat in which state to declare a
water policy ?
Ans:- Kerala
CONFERENCES
1) When was The third G20 Finance
Ministers and Central Bank Governors
Meeting held in Ankara, Turkey?
Ans:- 4-5 September, 2015
2) India Summit-2015 by The Economist
publishers has been held in New Delhi on ?
Ans:- 9 September
3) Where is the 10th World Hindi
Conference (WHC) is being organized from
10-12 September, 2015 ?
Ans:- Bhopal
AWARDS & HONOURS
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1) Name the two Indians conferred with

Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015 ?
Ans:- Sanjeev Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta
4) Who is the winner of US Open Tennis

Mens Singles held on 14 September, 2015?
Ans:- Novak Djokovic
2) Who is the winner of The Kopparapu

kavula National Eminence award 2015
which is given in the field of music?
Ans:- Classical flutist Pandit Hariprasad
Chaurasia
5) Who is the Indian Badminton player

stood as the runner up in the Korea Open
Badminton series?
Ans:- Ajay Jayaraman
3) Name the advisor to Defence Minister

and scientist of DRDO who has been
selected for the Royal Aeronautic Society
Silver Medal given by London ?
Ans:- Dr. G. Satish Reddy
4) Who is the Bangladesh Prime Minister
won the United Nations Award for
Leadership on Climate Change recently ?
Ans:- Shiekh Hasina
5) Who is the Chairperson and editorial
director of HT media received the USIBC
(U.S-India Business Council) Global
Leadership Awards on 22 September in
Washington ?
Ans:- Shobhana Bhartia
6) Who is the winner of Singapore Grand

Prix held on 20 September?
Ans:- Sebastian Vettel
7) Which former indian cricket team captain
elected as president of Cricket Association
of Bengal (CAB) ?
Ans:- Sourav Ganguly
8) Who is the winner of the IBSF World
Billiards Championship held on 27
September.?
Ans:- Pankaj Advani
ECONOMY
SPORTS & GAMES
1) Reserve Bank of India has cancelled

which companys certificate of registration
as NBFC recently?
Ans:- Sahara India Financial Corporation
1) Name the athlete of Jamaica who won the

three gold medals in the World Athletic
Championship held at Beijing?
Ans:- Usain Bolt
2) World Bank ranks which state as most

investor friendly state in the list of states on
the ease of doing business in India?
Ans:- Gujarat
2) For which games Indian Womens

Hockey team has been selected after 36
years?
Ans:- 2016 Rio Olympics
3) Which country topped the list of World

Wealth Report-2015 which was released
recently?
Ans:- America
3) Who win the womens open tournament

of NSCI Squash held in New Delhi on 6
September?
Ans:- Joshna Chinnappa
4) Who is at top position as the Indias

richest woman as per the Forbes list of
Indias 100 rich ?
Ans:- OP Jindal Group Chairperson Savitri
Jindal
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5) SBI reduced its key lending rate to 9.3

percent by reducing ___?
Ans:- 40 bps
6) What is the present Repo rate of RBI ?
Ans:- 6.75%

1) NASA plans to land on Europa, one of
the most interesting places in our solar
system. Europa is called the Moon of which
Planet?
Ans:- Jupiter
2) What is the name given to the longest
chain of volcanoes recently found in
Australia?
Ans:- Cosgrove Hotspot Track
3) Name the indigenously developed second
generation 2.8 km range anti tank guided
missile which was successfully test fired by
Bharat Dynamics Limited recently?
Ans:- AMOGHA-1
4) On which date of the month of September
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) marks one
year of its life around the Mars ?
Ans:- On 24 September, 2015
5) What is the Indias first first space
observatory which ISRO successfully
launched on 28 September?
Ans:- ASTROSAT
6) US Space agency NASA recently
observed Liquid water on which planet of
the solar system ?
Ans:- Mars
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who will be the next high Commissioner
to London replacing Ranjan Mathai ?
Ans:- Navtej Sarna
2) Indias ambassador to Germany Vijay
Gokhale will takeover from whom in
Beijing?
Ans:- Ashok Kantha
B) RESIGNS
1) Who is the Egypts Prime Minister
resigned on 12 September after a
government minister was accused of
corruption ?
Ans:- Ibrahim Mehlab
C) DEATHS
1) Who is the BCCI President passed away
on 20 September ?
Ans:- Jagmohan Dalmia
2) Who was the famous British born author
died recently?
Ans:- Jackie Collins
D) VISITORS
1) India and Sri Lanka signed four
agreements to deepen cooperation in _____?
Ans:- Helath care and Space science
2) Pope Francis visited United States as part
of a historic six day trip on which day of the
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September?
Ans:- On 22 September
3) Who is the chief executive of Face Book
to whom modi visited at head quarters of
Face Book?
Ans:- Mark Zuckerberg
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Which day of September was declared as
Anupam Khers Day by US States most
populous city Los Vegas?
Ans:- September 10
2) Who is named as Australian of the
Day?
Ans:- Tejinder Pal Singh
3) Who is the Indian-American girl to get
the White House Award Champions of
Change on 16 September, 2015?
Ans:- Swetha Prabhakaran
4) Name the person from India who has
been invited to the United Nations High
Level Advisory Group on Sustainable
Transport (HLAG- ST) by the UN secretary
Ban Ki Moon ?
Ans:- Metro Sreedharan
5) Which countrys centenerian sets a
Guinness World Record in racing by
completing 100 metres race in 42.22
seconds world record in the over-105 age
category ?
Ans:- Japan
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Which city of China will host the 2022
Asian Games?
Ans:- Hangzhow
2) What is SJSRY stands for ?

Ans:- Swarna Jayanthi Sahakari Rozgar
Yojana
3) The term ASSOCHAM means ?
Ans:- Associated Chambers of Commerce
and Industry of India
4) The term IBRD stands for ?
Ans:- International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
5) What is meant by NITI?
Ans:- National Institution for Transforming
India
6) What is AMRUT stands for ?
Ans:- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation
7) The term ECS stands for ?
Ans:- Electronic clearing system
1) What is the full form of OROP ?
Ans:- One Rank One Pension
2) The term SFB stands for ___?
Ans:- Small Finance Banks
3) What is the full form of SPMRM?
Ans:- Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban
Mission
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Which University Press published the
book of former foreing minister of Pakistan
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuris Neither a
Hawk Nor a Dove on 8 September, 2015 in
Lahore?
Ans:- Oxford University Press
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2) Akash Chapras The Insider book was

released by which former Indian Cricketer
on 4 September, 2015?
Ans:- Rahul Dravid
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) What is the committee formed by the
Union Government on restructuring water
agencies?
Ans:- Mihir Shah Committee
2) An expert committee formed by the
government to review Civil Services exam
pattern would be headed by ___?
Ans:- B.S. Baswan
DAYS & DATES

1) On which date World Tourism Day is
celebrated?
Ans:- September 27
2) When is Teachers Day (Birthday of
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)?
Ans:- September 5
October 2015 Current

Affairs Bit Bank
INTERNATIONAL
1) China will sell eight submarines to
Pakistan, are of which type?
Ans:- Yuan-class Type 041 diesel-electric
submarines
2) Who has been reelected as the President
of Belarus for the fifth time?
Ans:- Alexander Lukashenko
3) The European Union (EU) recently

launched a new surveillance and rescue
operation in the Mediterranean region
termed as _____?
Ans:- Operation Sophia
4) Which country on 15 October signed a
deal to end the decades of civil war?
Ans:- Myanmar
5) Typhoon Koppu smashes in which
country recently?
Ans:- Philippines
6) To test the alliances ability to respond to
new security threats, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) in Italy has launched
____?
Ans:- Trident Juncture Military Exercise
INDIA & WORLD

1) Germany announced how much fund for
the development of Solar power system in
India?
Ans:- 1 BillionEuros
2) For German companies in the Department
of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP),
which system is going to be started by
India?
Ans:- Fast-Track system
3) Where the joint Hand-in-Hand counterterrorism excercises between India and
China started on 12 October ?
Ans:- Kunming city in China
4) What is the Chinese company pledged to
invest 3 billion dollars investment in
renewables in India?
Ans:- Sany Group
NATIONAL
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1) The government would now hold how

many PBDs annually in countries with a
presence of Indians abroad?
Ans:- Two mini Regional PBDs
2) India is the top country among Asian
countries for immigrant scientists and
engineers in US with how many members?
Ans:- 9,50,000
3) What is the National Watershed
Management Project that was approved by
the Union Cabinet recently?
Ans:- Neeranchal
4) National Watershed Management
Project or Neeranchal belongs to which
central government scheme?
Ans:- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
5) The Central Government on 7 October,
2015 approved to construct which buildings
in New Delhi in memory of the war
soldiers?
Ans:- National War Memorial and National
War Museum
6) By which name the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC) along with embassy of
Sweden inagurated an exhibition on Indian
Nobel Laureates in Delhi ?
Ans:- Nobel Memorial Wall
October announced a memorial of whom at
Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu ?
Ans:- Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
8) The Supreme Court on 16 October, 2015
rejected which Act?
Ans:- National Judicial Appointments
Commission (NJAC) Act
1) Which state High Court ruled in a

judgement that the Article 370, granting
special status to the state is permanent in the
Constitution?
2) In order to cooperate with the Central
governments plan of providing housing to
all by 2022, the Rajasthan government
launches which scheme?
Ans:- Jan Awas Yojana
3) With view to chek the increasing
incidents of missing children inthe state,
Kerala govt, launched which operation?
Ans:- Operation Valsalya
4) Uttar Pradesh government launched
mobile App mSehat for whose purpose?
Ans:- Health Workers
CONFERENCES
1) How many Business to Business
agreements have been signed by India and
Germany in the Indo-German Summit 2015?
Ans:- Five
2) The 2015 annual meeting of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the
World Bank has been held on ____?
Ans:- 9-11 October
3) The First BRICS Ministerial migration
meeting was held in Sochi on ____?
Ans:- 8 October, 2015
4) When was the 5th meeting of IndiaMaldives joint commission held?
Ans:- 11 October, 2015
AWARDS & HONOURS
STATES
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1) Who are the two scientists discovered the

new drug Avermectin for eradicating
filariasis and won the prestigious Nobel
Prize in Medicine?
Ans:- William Campbell and Satoshi Omura
2) Who are the two scientists won the
Physics Nobel Prize for 2015?
Ans:- Taka aki Kajita and Arthur McDonald
3) The 2015 Physics Nobel Prize winners
Kajita and Arthur discovered which
particles?
Ans:- Neutrinos
4) Who is the canadian selected for the 2015
Right Livelihood Award for her lifelong
work to protect the Inuit of the Arctic ?
Ans:- Sheila Watt-Cloutier
5) Name the American scientist who won
the 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize?
Ans:- Paul Modrich
6) 2015 Nobel Peace Prize has been won by
____?
Ans:- Tunisias National Dialogue Quartet
7) Who is the welfare economist selected for
the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics?
Ans:- Angus Deaton
8) Who is the Nobel Peace Prize winner
selected for the Harvard Humanitarian of the
Year Award 2015?
Ans:- Kailash Satyarthi
9) What is the book written by Marlon
James won the prestigious Booker Prize2015?
Ans:- A Brief History of Seven Killings
SPORTS & GAMES
1) Who are the winners of Wuhan Open

Tennis Tournament Womens doubles?
Ans:- Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
2) Who is the Indian Cyclist who made a
history by winning five medals at Taiwan
Cup Track International Classic event?
Ans:- Deborah Herold
3) Who won the T20 International Series
which was held from 2 October to 8 October
?
Ans:- South Africa
4) Who is the Indian Shuttler won the Dutch
Open mens singles title held on 11
October?
Ans:- Ajay Jayaram
5) Who is the winner of FIDE Womens
Grand Prix Chess Tournment 2015 held on
16 October at Kozhikode?
Ans:- Hou Yifan (China)
6) Who is the winner of Shanghai Rolex
Masters tennis championship held in China
on 18 October ?
Ans:- Tunisias National Dialogue Quartet
7) Which team won the Johar Cup Junior
Mens Hockey?
Ans:- Great Britain
ECONOMY
1) What is the growth rate of India in 2016?
Ans:- 7.5 per cent
2) Which family topped the list of Forbes
50 richest families in Asia?
Ans:- Lee family (Samsung group)
3) London-based publication Emerging
Markets has chosen Finance Minister Arun
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Jaitley as ____?
Ans:- Finance Minister of the Year, Asia
4) In the 2015 Global Competitiveness
Index of world Economic forum (WEF)
India ranks__?
Ans:- 55th Position
5) On Supervisory Cooperation and
Exchange of Supervisory Information, the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
which bank ?
Ans:- Central Bank of United Arab Emirates

1) What is the first weapon fitted warship
that was commissioned recently in
Vishakapatnam?
Ans:- INS Asthradharini
2) What is the name of the satellite
developed by the students launched by
China recently?
Ans:- Naliligong-1
3) What is the Indias subsonic cruise
missile developed by DRDO failed on 16
October?
Ans:- Nirbhay
4) China on 17 October launches a new
communication satellite called ___?
Ans:- APSTAR-9
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been appointed as the CMD

(additional charge) of SAIL on 1 October,
2015?
Ans:- Anup K. Pujari
2) On 9 October who has been appointed as
the chairman of Atomic Energy
Commission?
Ans:- Sekhar Basu
3) Who has been elected as the new Prime
Minster of Nepal on 11 October, 2015?
Ans:- K.P. Sharma Oli
B) RESIGNS
1) Who is the CEO of Igate, an American
technology services organisation resigned
recently?
Ans:- Ashok Vemuri
2) Who is the Prime Minister of Nepal
resigned on 10 October because of protests
over the countrys new Constitution ?
Ans:- Sushil Koirala
C) DEATHS
1) Who is the veteran Tamil actress and
comedian passed away recently?
Ans:- Manorama
D) VISITORS
1) On October 6th Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and German Chancellor Angela
Merkel visited which company in
Bengaluru?
Ans:- Vocational training centre at Bosch
2) Amman City Council on the occassion of
visit presented ____to the President Pranab
Mukherjee ?
Ans:- Golden Key of Amman
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3) President Pranab Mukherjee visited

which country on 12 October during the six
day historic visit?
Ans:- Palastine
4) India and Isreal signed on which
agreement during the Presidents visit?
Ans:- Double taxation avoidance agreement
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Who is the eminent author returned the
Sahitya Akademi Award recently?
Ans:- Nayantara Sehgal
2) Who is the first woman Parliament
speaker elected on 16 October, 2015?
Ans:- Onsari Gharti Mangar
PLACES IN NEWS
1) The DRDO on 2 October, 2015
inaguarated an Extreme Altitude Research
Centre at Chang La in Jammu and Kashmir
at which hight ?
Ans:- 17,600 Ft
2) The New Capital of Andhra Pradesh
State?
Ans:- Amaravathi
1) What is the fullform of DRDA?
Ans:- District Rural Development
Association
2) What is the full form of ASEAN?
Ans:- Association of South East Asian
Nations
3) BIMSTEC stands for what?
Ans:- Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri
Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation
4) What is the term CSIR stands for?

Ans:- Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research
5) NRHM stands for ____?
Ans:- National Rural Health Mission
6) BARC stands for ____?
Ans:- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
7) NATO stands for ____?
Ans:- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
8) TPP stands for ____?
Ans:- Trans Pacific Partnership
9) DIPP stands for ____?
Ans:- Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion
10) ADB stands for ____?
Ans:- Asian Development Bank
11) ICAC stands for ____?
Ans:- International Cotton Advisory
Committee
12) PMSKY stands for ____?
Ans:- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
13) NJAC stands for ____?
Ans:- National Judicial Appointments
Commission
14) ISRO stands for ____?
Ans:- Indian Space Research Organisation
15) AMRUT stands for ____?
Ans:- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation
16) IMF stands for ____?
Ans:- International Monetary Fund
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17) WEF stands for ____?

Ans:- World Economic Forum
18) CIPS stands for ____?
Ans:- China International Payment System
2) Who is the former chairman of the US

Federal Reserve released his book titled
Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and
its Aftermath?
Ans:- Ben S Bernanke
19) NRB stands for ____?

Ans:- Nuclear Recycle Board
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
20) IPCC stands for ____?

Ans:- Inter Governmental Panel on Climate
Change
1) Who is the former Chief Election

Commissioner in the committee formed on
Kalam Memorial at Rameshwaram ?
Ans:- N. Gopalaswamy
21) AICS stands for ____?

Ans:- All India Council of Sports
22) CPAC stands for ____?
Ans:- Central Press Accreditation
Committee
2) Achary committee has recommended to

increase the existing salary of MLAs from
Rs. 12,000 per month to ___?
Ans:- Rs. 50,000
DAYS & DATES
23) IRCTC stands for ____?

Ans:- Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation
1) Which day is celebrated on October 17?

Ans:- International Poverty Eradication Day
24) BWF stands for ____?

Ans:- Badminton World Fedaration
2) International Peace Day is observed on

which date?
Ans:- October 2
25) DRDL stands for ____?

Ans:- Defence Research and Development
Laboratory
3) United Nations Day is observed on which

date?
Ans:- October 24
26) DIHAR stands for ____?

Ans:- Defence Institute of High Altitude
Research
27) JNPT stands for ____?
Ans:- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) What is the book about the Indian
President Pranab Mukherjee released
recently at Rashtrapati Bhavan?
Ans:- The Nationalist President Pranab
Mukherjee
November 2015 Current

Affairs Bit Bank
INTERNATIONAL
1) Who is appointed as the new National
Security Advisor of Pakistan?
Ans:- Nasser Khan Janjua
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2) Which party won the 2015 Parliamentary

elections of Poland?
Ans:- Law and Justice Party
4) When was the India in Shanghai cultural

week held in Shanghai?
Ans:- 5-11 November, 2015
3) Who is the first woman president of

Nepal?
Ans:- Bidhya Bhandari
5) India has signed two keys Memorandum

of Understanding (MoUs) on New and
Renewable Energy sector and Cultural
exchange with which country ?
Ans:- Indonesia
4) For supporting Multilateral Science

Projects BRICS countries signed a joint
Declaration called as ____?
Ans:- Moscow Declaration
5) Justice and Development Party (AKP)
won the 2015 parliament elections of which
country?
Ans:- Turkey
6) Which country on 4 November, 2015
declared emergency for 30 days on grounds
of threat to national security?
Ans:- Maldives
7) Samia Hassan Suluhu on 5 November
2015 was sworn in as first female Vice
President of which country?
Ans:- Tanzania
INDIA & WORLD

1) Union cabinet approved agreement
between India and Egypt on which matter?
Ans:- Maritime Transport
2) India decided to boost economic ties to
achieve the target of 30 billion dollars in
bilateral trade in the next 10 years with
which country?
Ans:- Russia
3) What is the name given to the fourth
edition of India- Sri Lanka bilateral Naval
Excercise heldrecently in Sri Lankas
Trincomalee coast?
Ans:- SLINEX15
6) To strengthening cooperation in the field

of Tourism Union Cabinet has given its
approval for signing a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between India and
____?
Ans:- Colombia
7) India and UK on 12 November, 2015
signed which agreement during the visit of
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
Britain?
Ans:- Civil Nuclear Pact
NATIONAL
1) Who is the convener for the NITI Aayog
Sub-Group formed on rationalization of
Centrally Sponsored Schemes?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh CM, Shiv Raj Singh
Chuohan
2) Who is the Union Tribal Affairs
Minister?
Ans:- Shri Jual Oram
3) Which social network help BSNL to set
up 100 WiFi hotspots in rural India?
Ans:- Facebook
4) Indian Railway launched which scheme
to facilitate waitlisted passengers to get
alternative train accomodation?
Ans:- Vikalp
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5) To encourage paper gold instead of

buying gold what is the scheme launched by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5
November 2015?
Ans:- Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme
6) For research to solve major engineering
and technology challenges President Pranab
Mukherjee on 5 November 2015 launched
which programme?
Ans:- Imprint India
7) Who is the central minister launched the
Army Cloud, Software Defined Data Centre
and Digi-Locker facilities for the Indian
Army on 9 November, 2015?
Ans:- Manohar Parrikar
STATES
1) Which state government signed a MoU to
set up bio-ethanol refinery in the state in two
years?
Ans:- Punjab
2) Which state government imposes 7month ban on fishing to protect Olive Ridley
sea turtles?
Ans:- Odisha
3) Which state government approved the
APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for
pregnant and lactating women?
Ans:- Maharashtra
4) Which state High Court asked the Centre
to consider enforcing Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in militancy-hit
Garo Hills?
Ans:- Meghalaya
5) For implementation of railway projects
Indian Railways signed MoU with which
state of the country?
Ans:- Odisha
6) Northeast Indias first exclusive hospital

for elephants has been established at which
National Park in Assam?
Ans:- Kaziranga National Park
CONFERENCES
1) The 8th National Seed Congress has
began on 27th October in____?
Ans:- Hyderabad
2) Where was the 11th International Food
Data Conference started on 3rd November,
2015?
Ans:- Hyderabad
3) Where was the 12th Asia-Europe Foreign
Ministers Meeting (ASEM FMM12) took
place on 5-6 November 2015?
Ans:- Luxemburg
4) IN the G-20 Summit held in Turkey ,
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made
an intervention on the issue of _____?
Ans:- Global Challenges Terrorism and
Refugee Crisis
AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which Indian movie was awarded with
Peoples Choice Award at Rome Film
Festival held in Rome, Italy?
Ans:- Angry Indian Goddesses
2) Who is the socialist and founder of
Sulabh International selected for the New
York Global Leader Dialogue Humanitarian
Award recently?
Ans:- Bindeshwar Pathak
3) Who is the Saudi bolgger that won the
Europes highest human rights award
Sakharov Prize recently?
Ans:- Raif Badawi
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4) Abraham M Keita was on 10 November

2015 awarded with the prestigious
International Childrens Peace Prize 2015
belongs to which country?
Ans:- Liberia
1) Reserve Bank of India has signed a

Memorandum of Understanding for
exchange of supervisory information with
which bank?
Ans:- Bangladesh Bank
5) Who has been honoured recently with the

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion
for the Asia Region by the United Nations?
Ans:- Kiran Rijiju
2) Recently Reserve Bank of India allowed

NRIs for which system?
Ans:- National Pension System
SPORTS & GAMES

1) Which Indian Golfer won the Hilton
Asian Tour Golfer of the Month Award?
Ans:- Anirban Lahiri
2) Who won the Air Asia Open Tennis
championship doubles title held on 24
October in Bengaluru?
Ans:- Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh pair
3) Who won the 2015 Formula One United
States Grand Prix held on 25 October?
Ans:- Lewis Hamilton
4) Who is the Hyderabad tennis player won
the WTA Future Stars under-16 tennis title
held on 26 Ocotber in Singapore?
Ans:- Y. Pranjala
5) The top body governing Hockey in the
country, Hockey India (HI) with which
recently signed a three year MoU to regain
its position as the top sport of the country ?
Ans:- Sports Authority of India
6) Who is the Indian para-athlete won the
silver in mens club throw F51 event in the
IPC Athletics World Championships?
Ans:- Amit Kumar
ECONOMY
3) Which bank is going to start IT subsidary

for better service of customers?
Ans:- Reserve Bank of India
4) According to the Financial Secrecy Index
2015 which country is the most secretive
jurisdiction in the world ?
Ans:- Switzerland
5) India signed an agreement of 273 million
dollars loan from which bank?
Ans:- Asian Development Bank
6) Who is the Microsoft CEO placed in the
list of Fortunes 50 global business leaders
representing India?
Ans:- Satya Nadella
7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches
which fund in UK during his visit?
Ans:- Neev Fund

1) What is the latest mapping satellite that
has been launched by China on 27 October?
Ans:- Tianhui-1C
2) What is the first Scorpene class
submarine which was successfully afloat
recently in Mumbai?
Ans:- Kalvari
3) What is the Chinas first lunar rover that
has set a record for the longest stay on moon
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recently?
Ans:- Yutu
4) How much per cent of TB cases
registered in India according to the Global
Tuberculosis Report 2015?
Ans:- 23 Per cent
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been appointed as the Director
General of Naval Systems and Materials,
DRDO recently?
Ans:- Dr. Subhash Chandra Sati
2) Who was appointed as Chairman of
Central Board of Excise and Customs, apex
body of Indirect Taxes?
Ans:- Najib Shah
3) Who has been selected as the next
Managing Director of State Bank of India in
place of P Pradeep Kumar?
Ans:- P K Gupta
4) Who is appointed as the first male
member of National Council for Women
(NCW)?
Ans:- Alok Rawat
5) Who will be the next Chief Justice of India?
Ans:- Justice T S Thakur
B) RESIGNS
1) Victor Ponta on 4 November 2015
resigned from his position as Prime Minister
of which country?
Ans:- Romania
C) DEATHS
1) Who is the honorary member of the
International Olympic Committee recently
died?
Ans:- Ashwini Kumar
2) Who is the Oscar winner actor and writer
died recently on 2 November, 2015?
Ans:- Colin Welland
3) Yitzhak Navon who died on 6 November,
2015 was served as the ___ President of
Isreal?
Ans:- 5th
4) Who is the famous childrens book writer
died on 14 November, 2015 in Pune?
Ans:- Kamala Laxman
D) VISITORS
1) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
visited which country on 12-14 November ,
2015?
Ans:- Britain
2) Who is the Chinese Vice President visited
India on 3-7 November, 2015?
Ans:- Li Yuanchao
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Who is the Indian-origin structural
engineer invited to the Buckinghalm Palace
by the Queen Elizabeth-II?
Ans:- Roma Agarwal
2) Who ranks first in the list of most
admired personalities globally by the survey
of World Economic Forum?
Ans:- Nelson Mandela
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3) Who topped the list of Worlds Most

Powerful People released by Forbes on 4
November, 2015?
Ans:- Russian President Vladimir Putin
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 has begun
in Shillong on 3 November, 2015. Shillong
is the capital of which Indian State?
Ans:- Meghalaya
2) Where was the first World Indigenous
Games started on 25 October, 2015?
Ans:- Palmas, Brazil
3) Name the Hurricane which recently
struck the Mexicos pacific coast?
Ans:- Patricia
4) What is the name of the cyclone that
struck the eastern shores of the Yemini
island of Socotra on 8th November 2015?
Ans:- Cyclone Megh
1) What is the full form of UNESCO?
Ans:- United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization
2) What is the full form of ICRISAT?
Ans:- International Crops Research Institute
for Semi Arid Crops
3) What does the abbreviation OAPEC stand
for?
Ans:- Organization of Arab Petroleum
Exporting Countries
4) What does GDP stand for?
Ans:- Gross Domestic Product
5) What does MPLAD stand for?

Ans:- Member of Parliament Local Area
Development
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) What is the last book written by former
President APJ Abdul Kalam released
recently on 3 November, 2015?
Ans:- Advantage India-From Challenge to
Opportunity
2) What is the autobiography of father of
Indian Telecommunication Revolution, Sam
Pitroda that has been released on 22
October, 2015?
Ans:- Dreaming Big : My Journey to
connect India
3) What is the book on Indian Space
Programme released by ISRO on 5
November, 2015 on the ocassion of second
anniversary of Mars Orbiter
Spacecraftlaunch?
Ans:- From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Which committee is formed to draft
revision to New Education Policy 1986?
Ans:- TSR Subramanian Committee
2) The government has appointed a five
member panel to review the research grants
offered by which institution?
Ans:- University of Grants Commission
3) The committee formed to simplify the
Income Tax laws is headed by ____?
Ans:- Justice R.V. Eswar
4) What is the committee set up to suggest
steps to sort out taxation problem being
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faced by the trade and industry?

Ans:- Lahiri Panel
DAYS & DATES

1) World Television Day is observed on
___?
Ans:- November 21
2) November 19 is celebrated as__?
Ans:- International Mens Day
3) November 7 is celebrated as ___?
Ans:- World Cancer Awarness Day
4) National Flag Day is observed on?
Ans:- November 30
5) November 17 is celebrated as ___?
Ans:- World Students Day
6) Infant Protection Day is observed on
___?
Ans:- November 7
7) National Law Day is observed on ___?
Ans:- November 26
8) November 10 is celebrated as?
Ans:- Transport Day
9) World Legal Service Day is observed
on?
Ans:- November 9
December 2015 Current

Affairs Bit Bank
INTERNATIONAL
1) South Korea has ratified a free trade

agreement (FTA) with which country that
would remove most tariffs between the two
nations?
Ans:- China
2) Who was elected as the President of the
West African country Burkina Faso in the
month of December?
Ans:- Roch Marc Christian Kabore
3) Which parliament has recently passed
Anti-Terrorism Law?
Ans:- Australia
4) Which African Country has been declared
as the Islamic republic by its president?
Ans:- Gambia
5) Mauricio Macri was recently elected as
president of which country?
Ans:- Argentina
6) Saudi Arabia reopens its embassy in
which country after 25 years?
Ans:- Iraq
INDIA & WORLD

1) Which was launched by India and France
at the Conference of Parties (CoP21)
Climate Conference in Paris?
Ans:- International Solar Alliance (ISA)
2) The Union Cabinet on 2 November 2015
approved a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Germany on bilateral
development cooperation in the field of
____?
Ans:- Solar Energy
3) The Union Cabinet recently approved
protocol between India and which country
for amending the Double Taxation
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Avoidance Convention (DTAC)?

Ans:- Japan
4) The Union Cabinet on 2 December 2015
approved the signing of the agreement
between India and on visa facilitation?
Ans:- Iran
NATIONAL
8) On 11 December, 2015 Indian

Government imposed anti-dumping duty on
which products?
Ans:- Stainless Steel
9) India ranks which place in forbes list of
best countries for business?
Ans:- 97th Place
1) The Union Minister of Health and Family

Welfare J P Nadda on 30 November
launched which vaccine?
Ans:- Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV)
10) According to National Air Quality Index

Report 2015 released by Green Peace India,
which Indian city is most polluted city in the
world?
Ans:- Delhi
2) The Delhi Assembly has unanimously

passed which Bill for establishment of
statutory anti-corruption ombudsman?
Ans:- Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015
11) On 14 December,2015 the Lok Sabha

passed which bill?
Ans:- Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill,
2015
3) When was The first India International

Science Festival
(IISF) held at IIT-Delhi?
Ans:- 4-8 December, 2015
STATES
4) On 3rd December 2015 which

programme was launched by Union
government for disabled persons?
Ans:- Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
5) Which scheme related to LPG gas
subsidy won the Guiness World Records
Certificate recently?
Ans:- PAHAL
6) When was the Rajya Sabha passed the
Neogotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill,
2015?
Ans:- December 7, 2015
7) The National Green Tribunal recently put
a complete ban on plastic along the stretch
of which river?
Ans:- Ganga
1) Which state on 3 December 2015 became

the first state of India to launch Rotavirus
vaccination project?
Ans:- Himachal Pradesh
2) From 4 to 6 December 2015, the first
International festival on Birds was held in
which state?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
3) Which is the first state to submit smart
city plan to the Urban Development
Ministry?
Ans:- Rajasthan
4) National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered
ban on registration of new diesel-run
vehicles in__?
Ans:- Delhi
CONFERENCES
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1) The Commonwealth Heads of

Government Meeting (Chogm)-2015 was
held in Malta on ____?
Ans:- 27-29 November
2) The international conference on climate
change CoP 21 has began on 30
November, 2015 in ___?
Ans:- Paris
3) Where was the Heart of Asia meet held
on 8, 9 December, 2015?
Ans:- Islamabad
4) Combined Commanders Conference was
held on which naval ship?
Ans:- INS Vikramaditya
5) 26th Conference of Southern Zonal
Council was held in which city of Andhra
Pradesh?
Ans:- Vijayawada
AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement
Award for 2013-14 has been awarded to _?
Ans:- Kuldip Nayyar
2) What is the submarine that won the Best
Innovation Trophy at the Navy Day
celebrations held recently?
Ans:- INS Sindhudhwaj
3) Who is the Indian-origin writer from
Singapore has been awarded prestigious
2015 South East Asia Write Award?
Ans:- Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali
4) The West Bengal government on 14
December, honoured which famous music
composer with Lifetime Achievement
Award?
Ans:- Bappi Lahiri
5) President Pranab Mukherjee was on 17th

December received which award?
Ans:- Garwood Award
6) Who is the famous Telugu writer awarded
with Sahitya Academi Award 2015?
Ans:- Olga
SPORTS & GAMES

1) Which Indian Grand Master won the title
of FIDE World Online Women Blitz
Championship held on 26 November in
Rome, Italy?
Ans:- Harika Dronavalli
2) Who was crowned the new world heavy
weight champion after a win over Vladimir
Klitschko of Ukrain?
Ans:- Tyson Fury
3) Who is the Indian Shuttler on November
29, 2015 won the Macau Open Grand Prix
Gold womens singles title for the third
consecutive time?
Ans:- PV Sindhu
4) Which team won the prestigious 2015
Davis Cup title for first time since 1936?
Ans:- Great Britain
5) What is the Mascot of 2016 South Asian
Games Unveiled recently?
Ans:- Tikhor
6) Which Tennis Player is named as Sports
person of the year 2015 ?
Ans:- Serena Williams
ECONOMY
1) The Reserve Bank of India on 24
November 2015 decided to grant in principle
approval to the National Payments
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Corporation of India (NPCI) to function as

the Central Unit in ____?
Ans:- Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)
2) International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 30
November, 2015 has given fifth place to
which currency in its elite reserve
currency?
Ans:- Chinas Yuan
3) Indias National Stock Exchange (NSE)
has recently done an agreement with Stock
Exchange Group of which country?
Ans:- London
4) Myanmar on 9 December, 2015
inaugurated a new Stock Exchange named
____?
Ans:- Yangon Stock Exchange

1) What is the nuclear-capable ballistic
missile that was successfully test fired from
warship Subhadra, off the Puri coast of
Odisha in the Bay of Bengal?
Ans:- Dhanush
PERSONS IN
NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been elected as the new
Secretary General of the commonwealth?
Ans:- Patricia Scotland
2) Who has taken charge as the new WHO
representative to India?
Ans:- Dr. Henk Bekedam
3) Who is the Indian-American on 1
December 2015 assumed Presidency of the
Royal Society in London?
Ans:- Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Chairman of the Steel Authority of India
(SAIL) recently?
Ans:- Prakash Kumar Singh
B) RESIGNS
2) What is the first dedicated commercial

satellite launched by Japan on 23 November
2015?
Ans:- Telstar 12V
1) Who is the chairman of Indian Council of

Historical Research (ICHR), on 27
November resigned from the post?
Ans:- Yellapragada Sudershan Rao
3) What is the joint Israeli-Indian Long

Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM)
,which was successfully test fired in Israel
on 26 November, 2015?
Ans:- BARAK-8
C) DEATHS
4) Scientists have created the worlds first

litter of puppies concived in a test tube in
which country?
Ans:- United States
1) Who was the founder of Kothari Group

that makes the famous mouth-freshner Pan
Parag, passed away on 27 November?
Ans:- Mansukhlal Mahadevbhai Kothari
2) Who is the distinguished Japanese
historian of South India and South Asia died
recently?
Ans:- Noboru Karashima
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3) Who is the famous Australian association

football player passed away on 29
November, 2015?
Ans:- Joe Marston
5) Who was awarded with the CEO of the

year 2015 at the 17th annual Platts Global
Energy Awards?
Ans:- Nishi Vasudeva
D) VISITORS
PLACES IN NEWS
1) On his visit to Malaysia Modi along with

Malaysian Prime Minister inaugurated
_____ built by India with 11 lakh dollars?
Ans:- Thorana Gate
1) A new species of tree frog named as

Ghatixalus magnus has been discovered by
the scientists in the Western Ghats of which
state?
Ans:- Kerala
2) How many agreements have been signed

between the nations during the Modis visit
to Singapore?
Ans:- Five
2) The biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival,

Losar, has began on 12 December 2015 in
Ladakh region of which state?
Ans:- Jammu and Kashmir
3) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj

visited Pakistan to attend which meeting
held in Islamabad?
Ans:- Heart of Asia 5th Ministerial
Meeting
3) What is the Myanmars first UNESCO

Biosphere Reserve that was launched
recently?
Ans:- Inle Lake in Shan State
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Who is the Indian-origin appointed as the

United States Director of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB)?
Ans:- Swati Dandekar
1) AAI means ___?

Ans:- Airport Authority of India
2) Who is adjudged as the top philanthropist

in the world with 27 billion dollars?
Ans:- Bill Gates
3) With 18.1 million followers, who is the
bollywood star remains as the most followed
one in Twitter?
Ans:- Amitabh Bachchan
4) Who has named as Person of the Year
2015 by the Time Magazine recently?
Ans:- German Chancellor Angela Merkel
2) APEDA stands for ___ ?

Ans:- Agricultural and processed food
products Export Development Authority
3) NDDB means ___?
Ans:- National Diary Development Board
4) What is EEU?
Ans:- Eurasian Economic Union
5) JAM stands for?
Ans:- JanDhan, Aadhar and Mobile
6) What is CPIN?
Ans:- Consumer Price Index Number
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BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Which Indian-origin authors historical
novel Vanessa and Her Sister, has been
included in the NewYork Times 100
Notable Books of 2015?
Ans:- Priya Parmor
2) Who is the author of the book China:
Behind the Miracle?
Ans:- Sumita Dawra
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Chief Economic Advisor Dr Arvind
Subramanian led Committee has
recommended standard rate for Goods and
Services Tax (GST) at what per cent?
Ans:- 17 to 18 per cent
2) What is the committee appointed by
union government on OROP?
Ans:- L. Narsimha Reddy Judicial
Committee
DAYS & DATES

1) National Energy Conservation Day is
observed on __?
Ans:- December 14
2) December 7 is celebrated as ____?
Ans:- Indian Army Flag Day
3) National Girl Child Day is observed on
which day of December?
Ans:- December 9
4) December 19 is celebrated as ____?
Ans:- Goas Liberation Day
5) World AIDS Day is observed on __?
Ans:- December 1
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4) Which country on 20 January 2015

1) Which state government on 1 January

Governor of the Year award on 13

3) Which state in India became the first to

3) National Award for e-Governance for the

4) Union cabinet meeting has recently

4) How many childrens are given National

5) In which zone did the Railway Minister

AWARDS & HONOURS

5) Who won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award

SPORTS & GAMES

5) Who created a national record in

personal finance products and credit cards?

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

4) As per the RBI guidelines, what is the

5) Which year was marked as the Earths

5) Which bank launched Indias first

6) Which Middle-east based bank during

Ans:- Directorate General of Civil Aviation

1) The Chandyan village, where the

1) Virendra Prabhakar was died on 4

2) Upendra Trivedi who passed away on 4

1) Which committee was constituted to look

DAYS & DATES

February 2015 Current

1)Name the first country to Introduce Law

3)How many SAARC countries met on 2 3

1)According to latest data, which state has

4)Rui Araujo, has been chosen as the new

2)10th of February will henceforth be

5)According to latest survey, which country

3)As per the latest report by TRAI,

INDIA & WORLD

4)The Government has decided to remove

1) What is Indias ranking in the recently

5)For how many central government

2)Surajkund International Crafts Mela

4) India based Ricky Kej has won the

3)Which IIT, among the following has

5) What is the name of the Indian-American

4)Which state is set to roll out Information

AWARDS & HONOURS

SPORTS & GAMES

listed company to solely focus on life

5) Worlds first humanoid robot-staffed

2) Reserve Bank of India has estimated the

3) What is the new Eligibility limit for

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) The Limca Book of records has registered

DAYS & DATES

March 2015 Current

5) Which countrys government has

INDIA & WORLD

3) With which country has India inked five

5) The Supreme Court of India (SC) on 17