IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR SBI ASSISTANT 2015 EXAM 1. Who grabbed Indias first athletics medal in the 20th edition of Common wealth Games ? Ans- Vikas Gowda 2. Book “One Life is Not Enough: An Autobiography” written by.. Ans- Kunwar Natwar Singh 3. Which player has been suspended from Indian men hockey team in the Commonwealth Games 2014 ? Ans- Sardar Singh 4. Which country will sign a pact with India for new BrahMos missile version Su-30MKI. Ans- Russia 5. Double-Decker train will run between the..............and …….. Ans- Lucknow & New Delhi 6. Which Indian women wrestler bagged gold medal in 55kg freestyle in Commonwealth Games 2014 Ans- Babita Kumari 7. RBI has recently cancelled the licence of................in Hyderabad (Telangana). Ans- Vasai Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd 8. Name the US Defence Secretary who visited New Delhi to encourage defence ties between the duos. Ans- Alfredo Di Stefano 9. National Security Advisor in defence ? Ans- Ajit K Doval 10. The first Indian woman mountaineer...................... has been awarded with …………… Ans- Bachendri Pal , Bharat Gaurav 11. Who is the first Indian woman gymnast who won bronze medal in Commonwealth Games 2014 ? Ans- Dipa Karmakar 12. India and Nepal has recently signed pacts which include 5,600 MW. Name of the project is …… Ans- Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project 13. Who received Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2014 ? Ans- Hu Shuli and Wang Canfa 14. Which edition of Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014 was held recently ? Ans- 20 15. Which country topped with the most medals in Commonwealth Games 2014 ? Ans- Scotland 16. Which Indian men wrestler bagged gold in 65kg freestyle in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Yogeshwar Dutt 17. Which Indian women wrestler bagged gold in 48 kg freestyle in Commonwealth Games 2014 Ans- Vinesh Phogat 18. Which India men wrestler bagged gold in weightlifting 77 kg in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Satish Sivalingam 19. India’s......................bagged gold in men’s shooting 50 m Pistol in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Jitu Rai 20. India’s......................bagged gold in women’s shooting 25 m Pistol in Commonwealth Games 2014 Ans- Rahi Sarnobat 21. India’s......................bagged gold in women’s shooting 10 m Air Rifle in Commonwealth Games 2014 Ans- Apurvi Chandela 22. India’s......................bagged gold in men’s shooting 10 m Air Rifle in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Abhinav Bindra 23. India’s ......................bagged gold in womens weightlifting 48 kg group in Commonwealth Games 2014 Ans- K Sanjita Chanu 24. India’s ......................bagged gold in mens weightlifting 56 kg group in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Sukhen Dey 25. India’s Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa bagged gold in women’s..............in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Squash 26. The closing ceremony of 20th Commonwealth Games held in Ans- Scotland 27. The next (21 edition ) Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be held in which country ? Ans- Australia 28. S. Khatun has snatched bronze in light weight category of women.............. Ans- Power Lifting 29. PM Narendra Modi visited Nepal which is the first bilateral visit by an Indian PM to Nepal in 17 years .Which PM of india had visited nepal in 1997. Ans- I K Gujral 30. India’s wrestler Babita Kumari bagged......in women’s 55kg freestyle in Commonwealth Games2014 Ans- Gold 31. Pinki Rani won first medal............in Boxing in the 48 to 51 kg category. Ans- Bronze 32. PM Narendra Modi offers $ 1 billion donation to.........for road and hydro-power projects. Ans- Nepal 33. How many bronze medals have been secured by India in Commonwealth Games 2014 ? Ans-19 34. Which country secured second position in Commonwealth Games 2014 ? Ans- Australia 35. Which Indian wrestler bagged gold in men’s wrestling 75kg freestyle in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Sushil Kumar 36. Which Indian wrestler bagged gold in men’s wrestling 57kg freestyle in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Amit Kumar 37. Which Indian bagged gold in men’s badminton and became the first Indian male to win a gold medal at in Commonwealth Games 2014 after 32 years. Ans- Parupalli Kashyap 38. India’s Jawala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa bagged.....................in women’s doubles pair of badminton in Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Silver 39. India secured......................medal in men’s hockey in the 20th Commonwealth Games 2014. Ans- Silver 40. Wrestling Federation of India suspended referee......................in CWG 2014. Ans- Virendra Malik 41. Reserve Bank of India recently declared that GDP growth is expected to upgrade up to............per cent from 4.7 per cent in the last financial year. Ans- 5.5 42. Who has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor ? Ans- Dr. Arvind Gupta 43. Who took over as Army Vice Chief ? Ans- Lt Gen Philip Campose 44. The World Bank will give financial assistance of USD 200 million to help the West African countries to fight against …….. Ans- Ebola infections 45. ………a risk index that helps banks and financial institutions to grant loans and advances to corporate ? Ans- CIBIL 46. Which state has topped the list of growth in employment ? Ans- Manipur 47. ………..is the first Indian woman gymnast to win Bronze medal in Commonwealth Games 2014 Ans- Dipa Karmakar 48. Pinki Rani snatched first medal bronze in............in the 48 to 51 kg category. Ans- Boxing 49. India had to satisfy with silver medal after being smashed by..................in mens hockey in CWG 2014. Ans- Australia 50. ....................was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court ? Ans- Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur 51. Name the Foreign Office minister of Britain who has recently resigned from British government over Gaza conflict in protest of Britain’s policy on Gaza. Ans- Sayeeda Warsi 52. which Indian cartoonist had created famous iconic cartoons character like Chacha Chowdhury. Ans- Pran Kumar Sharma 53. Doordarshan has recently signed an agreement with a..................channel called Deutsche Welle. Ans- German 54. Fifth India-US Energy Summit will be held in Washington to focus on ……. Ans- energy security and renewable energy. 55. Which bank has launched travel card for students going abroad for studies ? Ans- ICICI 56. The only Hungarian champion woman has died recently who secured an Olympic title and that too gold in throwing event. Ans- Angela Nemeth 57. The 18th BASIC ministerial meeting was recently held in which city ? Ans- New Delhi 58. According to RBI recent norms, now the asset reconstruction companies will have to give .......% of the bid value of non-performing loans. Ans- 15 % 59. Newly appointed Vice-President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce Mr. Aditya Vardhan Agarwal is Director of …….. Ans- Emami Group 60. Union Cabinet has given its approval to the Juvenile Justice Bill, 2014 that will amend the Juvenile Justice Act................ Ans- 2000 61. Who has been appointed as new Managing Director and CEO of SBI Life Insurance ? Ans- Arijit Basu 62. Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah has launched a scheme named…………………for minority community Ans- Padho Pradesh 63. Who grabbed ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award from All India Management Association ? Ans- Chandra Shekhar Ghosh 64. The World Health Organisation has recently declared which disease as epidemic ? Ans- Ebola 65. Recently Reserve Bank of India has proposed implementation of anytime anywhere bill payment system called................... Ans- Bharat Bill Payment System 66. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting was held in……. Ans- Myanmar 67. The infrastructure finance company IDFC has appointed ……..as the head of Bharat Banking ? Ans- Ravi Shankar 68. Who has been nominated to head Arjuna Award selection committee to choose outstanding sportspersons of this year ? Ans- kapil Deo 69. Recently union government launched a National rural scheme on PPP model called the ………National Rural Mission of 100 crore rupees. Ans- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 70. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of 13 crore rupees to which company ? Ans- Reliance Industries Limited 71. India will give financial assistance of $...........million for construction of cricket stadium in Afghanistan Ans- One 72. Who will head Dronacharya award selection committee ? Ans- Ajitpal Singh 73. Who is author of the book “Munger through the Ages” ? Ans- Late Devendra Prasad Yadav 74. Which edition of BASIC ministerial meeting was recently held in New Delhi ? Ans- 18 75. Age of a Juvenile in the Juvenile Justice Bill, 2014 will treat any person below the age of..............which was earlier 18. Ans- 16 76. Who represented the 48th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship ? Ans- Miihier Singh 77. The 48th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship will be held in ………. Ans- China 78. India clinched hockey ,three-match test series by defeating ................ by 3-1 in the final hockey match Ans- Afghanistan 79. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of..............won his country’s first direct presidential election. Ans- Turkey 80. Which state has become the favorite destination of foreign tourists in North-East states ? Ans- Sikkim 81. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga grabbed Rogers Cup by smashing................ Ans- Roger Federer 82. India bagge………… medals in Archery World Cup held in Poland ? Ans- 5 83. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced............hydro power projects in Leh and Kargil . Ans- 2 84. Senior IRS officer........................ appointed as Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes. Ans- K V Chowdary 85. Tata-Singapore Airlines (SIA) has named its new joint venture airline as Ans- Vistara 86. Which Oscar-winning actor and comedian has died recently ? Ans- Robin Williams 87. According to new ICC Test Ranking, which cricketer has topped as all-rounder in Test matches. Ans- R Ashwin 88. According to new ICC Test Ranking, what is ranking of India in Test team ranking ? Ans- 4th 89. Which football player of Germany has announced his retirement from International Football ? Ans- Miroslav Klose 90. Indian origin mathematicians............................has recently secured the esteemed award of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) . Ans- Manjul Bhargava and Subhash Khot 91. RBI has limited free cross-bank ATM transactions to......... per month in six Indian metro cities. Ans-3 92. Pakistan has recently celebrated its...............independence day. Ans – 68th 93. Which state has been selected to host first Para-gliding World Cup in India in 2015 ? Ans- Himanchal Pradesh 94. A Delhi court has given life sentence to the convict Sher Singh Rana for murdering.................bandit-turned-politician in 2001. Ans- Phoolan Devi 95. Who became the first sportsperson to triumph 300 matches at the ATP Masters 1000 level by smashing Vasek Pospisil ? Ans- Novak Djokovic 96. Which football club grabbed UEFA Super Cup recently ? Ans- Real Madrid football club 97. Who will head the Expenditure Management Commission to give suggestion on managing public finances. Ans- Bimal Jalan 98. Which country has recently revealed its next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Dongfeng – 41 ? Ans- China 99. Delhi University professor...................received Global South Award presented by International Political Science Association for his exceptional work on the developing world’s politics. Ans- Dr. Sunil Kumar 100. Union Minister for Roads, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has recently announced Rs...........crore for road construction in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Ans- 15000 101. Union government has re-launched...................for the benefit of 60 years above citizens. Ans- Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 102. Union Government has launched.............to promote financial inclusion that will come with the facility of an insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh and debit card. Ans- Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana 103. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced.........................that will be started on the birth anniversary of Jaiprakash Narain, October 11. Ans- Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojna 104. Karnataka and Kerla governments have signed pact for rural livelihood mission to help rural Self Help Groups in Karnataka 105. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inducted..............India’s largest indigenously built warship to boost our military skill. Ans- INS Kolkata 106. According to recently released Global Peace Index 2014................are the two most peaceful countries in the South Asian region. Ans- Bhutan & Nepal 107. According to recently released Global Peace Index 2014, India has been rated at............place. Ans- 143 108. Who topped the Global Peace Index 2014 ? Ans- Ice land 109. Which legendary Hollywood actress has died recently ? Ans- Lauren Bacall 110. Which state government has increased age of retirement up to 60 years ? Ans- Haryana 111. President of Athletics Federation of India has appointed............ as the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for Asian Games 2014. Ans- Adille Sumariwala 112. Deepika Kumari won.................medal in the Recurve individual event and the Recurve mixed team pair event held in Archery World Cup. Ans- Bronze 113. Deepika Kumari-led recurve womens team won.................medal in the recently held archery world cup. Ans- Gold 114. Which edition of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting was held in Myanmar ? Ans- 47 115. Which country topped in newly released ICC Test team ranking ? Ans- South Africa 116. Famous soccer player Miroslav Klose of..................has announced his retirement from International Football ? Ans- Germany 117. As per Renewable Global Status 2014, India stood on ...........place amongst top ten wind power producers worldwide Ans- 5th 118. As per Renewable Global Status 2014, which country was the leading wind power producer ? Ans- China 119. Who became the new chief of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) ? Ans- Prof. D P Agrawal 120. Which bank has recently started EMI facility on debit cards ? Ans- ICICI 121. Who is the newly appointed Director of Indian cricket team ? Ans- Ravi Shastri 122. Famous club cricketer and founder of Delhi Gymkhana Club ...........has died recently Ans- Dilbagh Singh 123. Which tennis player grabbed Cincinnati Tennis Open ? Ans- Roger Federer 124. Google has recently bought travel guide................mobile application . Ans- Jetpac 125. Which state is going to set up a marine Fossil Park ? Ans- Chhattisgarh 126. ................and Japan will support India in civilian nuclear deal Ans- Australia 127. Senior Congress leader................has recently been appointed as the new Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee. Ans- K V Thomas 128. World-famous yoga guru and founder of the Iyengar School of Yoga...................... has recently passed away. Ans- BKS Iyengar 129. Dutch..................... is going to become youngest Formula One driver in the F1 history. Ans- Max Verstappen 130. Which state hosted The All India Football Federation (AIFF) 2015 ? Ans- J & K 131. Which bank has donated Rs9 crore to build 300 gender-segregated toilets in schools in rural and semi-urban areas ? Ans- IDBI Bank 132. Tata Consultancy Services and.................. has announced to spend 200 crore rupees for Clean India Campaign. Ans- Bharti Foundation 133. The worlds first “eco-temple”, a Hindu temple called Shree Swaminarayan Mandir has recently been opened in which country ? Ans- Londan 134. As per Brand top 50 most valuable Indian brands ranking, which among the following has been accorded most valued brand ? Ans- HDFC bank 135. Which year has been declared as Water Conservation Year by Union Water Resources Ministry ? Ans- 2015-2016 136. A US based Indian neuroscientist.............. has been awarded Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to map the human brain. Ans- Partha Mitra 137. India secured...........position in the latest ICC ODI team rankings. Ans- Second 138. Weightlifter.................has recently bagged first gold for India at Youth Olympics Games in China Ans- Ragala Venkat Rahul 139. Who is appointed as the new Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) ? Ans- Arvind Subramanian 140. Hockey India has recently added...................as its 23rd new associate member. Ans- Madhya Pradesh 141. Union government has recently raised import duty of sugar from 15 to.......... per cent. Ans- 25 142. Which country has recently decided to set up an exclusive economic zone for Japan to attract entrepreneurs and investors ? Ans- Bangladesh 143. Who has been elected as the new Chairman of Indian Banks Association ? Ans- T M Bhasin 144. Which country recently celebrated its 95th Independence Day on 19 August 2014 ? Ans- Afghanistan 145. Delhi-based wrestling academy.....................has been selected for Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2014. Ans- Guru Hanuman Akhara 146. Veteran CPI-M leader......................has died recently Ans- Amitava Nandy 147. Which edition of annual Delhi Book Fair was organised in New Delhi ? Ans- 20 148. What was the theme of nine day annual Delhi Book Fair event organised in New Delhi ? Ans- Literature in Cinema 149. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently declared............................to cater the irrigation needs of all farmers nationwide. Ans- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana 150. Renowned Kannada writer and Padma Bhushan and Jnanpith awardee..........................has died recently. Ans- UR Anantha Murthy 151. An indigenously built anti-submarine............. has been inducted into the Navy. Ans- INS Kamorta 152. Deposit money under Public Provident Fund increased from 1 lakh rupees to.................rupees Ans- 1.5 lakh 153. Union Textiles Ministry has recently signed a MoU with which online shopping website to give a marketing platform to handloom weavers nationwide. Ans- Flipkart 154. Which Oscar-winning British filmmaker who made milestone films like “Gandhi” filmmaker has died recently ? Ans- Richard Attenborough 155. IPS officer from Kerala.................... has been appointed as new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee. Ans- RN Ravi 156. Recently Maharashtra Governor has resigned from his post. Name him. Ans- K Sankaranarayanan 157. Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute Director.................has been conferred with “Energy and Environment Foundation Global Excellence Award-2014 Ans- Prof T Harinarayana 158. Carnatic vocalist..........................has been selected for the 5th Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal and Concert. Ans- T. M. Krishna 159. Who grabbed the ICSI life time achievement award 2013 for corporate governance ? Ans- Shiv Nadar 160. Who has been appointed as Shadow Minister in U.K ? Ans- Seema Malhotra 161. Employees Provident Fund Organization has decided to maintain interest rate on PF at.................percent for current financial year Ans- 8.75 162. Who following became the first woman to grab coveted mathematician awards “Fields Medal” ? Ans- Maryam Mirzakhani 163. Who became the first Indian player to settle in semifinal of World Junior Squash Championship held in Namibia ? Ans- Kush Kumar 164. World number three Roger Federer grabbed Cincinnati Tennis Open by defeating................ Ans- David Ferrer 165. India and........................has recently signed pact on technical cooperation in Railway sector. Ans- Czech Republic 166. Which among the following country has topped in newly released ICC ODI ranking ? Ans- Australia 167. Which among the following cricketer has topped in newly released ICC ODI ranking ? Ans- Hashim Amla 168. Indian batsman Virat Kohli secured..............position in the latest ICC ODI team rankings. Ans- 3rd 169. Weightlifter Ragala Venkat Rahul has recently bagged first...............for India at recently held Youth Olympics Games. Ans- Silver 170. Bangladesh has decided to set up an exclusive economic zone for ....... to attract entrepreneurs and investors ? Ans- Japan 171. T M Bhasin has been elected as the new Chairman of Indian Banks Association. He replaced ….. Ans- KR Kamath 172. Following 3 personhas been elected as the deputy chairperson of Indian Banks Association ? Chanda Kochhar Arun Kaul . S L BAnsal 173. Afghanistan has recently celebrated its............Independence Day on 19 August 2014 ? Ans- 95th 174. T. M. Krishna, a..................has been selected for the 5th Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal and Concert. Ans- Carnatic vocalist 175. Indian origin Seema Malhotra has been appointed as Shadow Minister in U.K. She replace …….. Ans- Helen Jones 176. India’s first private wildlife corridor will soon come up in which state ? Ans- Madhya Pradesh 177. Who has retained her number one position as Batswoman in latest ICC ranking ? Ans- Mithali Raj 178. Reliance Jio Infocomm has recently signed a deal with......................for sharing mobile towers. Ans- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) 179. Reliance Jio Infocomm has recently signed an infrastructure sharing deal with following companies ? Ascend Telecom Infrastructure Bharti Airtel Reliance Communications 180. Recently Indian Air Force and Russian Federation Air Force has started the first aerial exercise Indo-Russian Air Force Exercise................in Russia. Ans- Avia Indra-2014 181. Who has been elected as first President of Indian Steel Association ? Ans- C.S.Verma 182. Under “Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana”, how many accounts had to be opened on Ist day of launch of scheme ? Ans- 1.5 crore 183. Under “Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana”, the scheme aims to cover.................people under this scheme till 25 January 2015. Ans- 7.5 crore 184. As per newly launched “Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana”, every account holder will receive a............debit card with life insurance worth Rs 30,000. Ans- RuPay 185. Under “Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana”, each and every account holder will receive an accidental insurance up to Rs................. Ans- 1 Lakh 186. Who among the following has been appointed as new Prime Minister of Turkey ? Ans- Ahmet Davutoglu 187. Who has been appointed Interpol’s ambassador of ‘Turn Back Crime’ campaign ? Ans- Shahrukh Khan 188. Supreme Court directed real estate major DLF to pay Rs............fine imposed by the Competition Commission of India. Ans- 630 crore 189. Which company has removed four independent directors appointed by UPA regime on PSU boards ? Ans- IOC 190. Who has bagged the prestigious UEFA Best Player award ? Ans- Cristiano Ronaldo 191. According to UNICEF, which southern part of the country has seen rise in child marriage ? Ans- Kerla 192. A Delhi based teenager................... has written a novel called God of Antarctica. Ans- Yashwardhan Shukla 193. Which committee has submitted to Union Home Ministry to suggest the capital city of Andhra Pradesh ? Ans- Sivaramakrishnan committee 194. National Sports Day to mark the birth anniversary of hockey player Dhyan Chand was celebrated nationwide on which date ? Ans- 31 Aug 195. Which country’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott visited India recently ? Ans- Australia 196. Which actor and singer will receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar Award ? Ans- Harry Belafonte 197. Eminent historian...................has died recently after prolonged illness. Ans- Bipin Chandra 198. India and................. will soon review their Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) that was signed way back in 2011. Ans- Malaysia 199. Which Public sector will revise the interest rate on foreign currency non-resident (banking) term deposits ? Ans- Indian Bank 200. India and ………. has signed a MoU to develop Varanasi into ‘smart city’ ? Ans- Japan 201. Which award has not been given to any sportsperson this year ? Ans- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 202. How much cash prize is given to Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand awardees ? Ans- 5 lakh Rupee 203. Indian Cricketer R Ashwin has received whihc of the following award ? Ans- Arjuna award 204. Shooter Heena Sidhu has received which of the following award ? Ans- Arjuna award 205. Weightlifter Renubala Chanu has received which of the following award ? Ans- Arjuna award 206. Boxer Jai Bhagwan Weightlifter Renubala Chanu has received which of the following award ? Ans- Arjuna award 207. How many sportspersons have received Arjuna award in 2014 for their exceptional performance in the field of sports ? Ans- 14 208. Following won Dhyan Chand award 2014 ? K.P. Thakkar (Swimming-diving) Gurmail Singh (Hockey) Zeeshan Ali (Tennis) 209. Fwon Dronacharya award 2014 ? Mahabir Prasad (Wrestling) Gurcharan Singh Gogi (Judo) N. Lingappa (Athletics) 219. Which team won the inaugural title of Pro Kabaddi League ? Ans- Jaipur Pink Panthers 220. Polish.....................has set world record in the women’s hammer throw at Internationals Stadionfest Berlin Athletics meet held in Germany. Ans- Anita Wlodarczyk 221. Indian Telugu Actor................. has become the first Indian actor to be honoured with a postage stamp by the US Post Service (USPS). Ans- Nageswara Rao 222. Thailand Army Chief ..................has been recently elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand. Ans- Prayuth Chanocha 223. Famous agriculture Scientist.................has recently been conferred with the Doctor of Science by the University of Agriculture of Pakistan Ans- MS Swaminathan 224. Which bank has recently grabbed the Core Banking System Initiative Award for the year 2014 ? Ans- Bharatiya Mahila Bank 225. Which country has recently approved residence permit to the former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden . Ans- Russia 226. Following has been recently conferred with the Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards by President Pranab Mukherjee ? Karan Singh , Arun Jaitley , Sharad Yadav 227. Recently Nuri al-Maliki was in news. He resigned as the Prime Minister of which country ? Ans- Iraq 228. Recently Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) has resigned from his post.her nameis…. Ans- Mamta Sharma 229. Former Comptroller and Auditor General.................. has written a book titled “Not Just an Accountant”. Ans- Vinod Rai 230. A book titled “Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job” was released recently. The book is authored by … Ans- Faraz Ahmad 231. A book titled “Gujarat’s success story in Water Management” was released recently. The book is authored by… Ans- Sriram Vedire 232. A book titled “Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gurcharan” was released recently. The book is authored by Ans- Daman Singh 233. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently set up ..................... to identify outdated laws. Ans- Ramanujam committee 234. Which author has received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award recently ? Ans- Salman Rushdie 235. According to Moody, what will be India’s GDP growth in 2015 ? Ans- 5 per cent 236. As per latest global liveability study, Delhi has secured ............ poor position out of 140 world cities. Ans- 111 237. Which is the leading state that attracts significant investment in India’s hotels and tourism industry ? Ans- Gujarat 238. The union government is going to spend....................to provide mobile connectivity in 55,000 villages in the next five years. Ans- Rs 20,000 crore 239. Asian Development Bank will provide up to.....................loan to India over the next three years. Ans- 7-9 billion 240. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced to replace which institution ? Ans- Planning Commission 241. India and.............. has decided to sign pact for investment and trade which has a huge surge from USD 4.2 billion to 19.4 billion. Ans- Singapore 242. China inaugurated its second railway line in..................to enhance mobility of its military in the remote Himalayan region. Ans- Tibet 243. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to wave off Rs.............. liability of Jammu and Kashmir towards the Food Corporation of India Ans- 60 crore 244. The union government is going to spend Rs 20,000 crore to provide mobile connectivity in.................villages in the next five years. Ans-55,000 245. Union government will set up..............new ultra mega power projects in Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand. Ans- Four 246. Which state has grabbed big portion of the countrys total exports that was made from Special Economic Zones during 2013-14 ? Ans- Gujarat 247. The Union Home Ministry has recently suggested whose name for Bharat Ratna award ? Ans- Major Dhyan Chand 248. Union government is planning to increase its stake in IFCI Ltd to........%from 45 per cent. Ans- 51 249. Mother Dairy and.................has recently announced launch of the “Smart Change Card” for Mother Dairy booths in the National Capital Region. Ans- SBI 250. China inaugurated its second railway line in Tibet with a cost of USD................ to enhance mobility of its military in the remote Himalayan region. Ans- 2.16 billion 251. India and Singapore has decided to sign pact for investment and trade which has a huge surge from USD 4.2 billion to..........billion. Ans-19.4 252. Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Mamta Sharma has resigned from his post. Now................will replace her. Ans- Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar 253. Jaipur Pink Panther (JPP) which won the inaugural title of Pro Kabaddi League has been owned by whom ? Ans- Abhisek Bachchan 254. Eminent historian. Bipin Chandra has died recently. He received which of these highest civilian awards ? Ans- Padma Bhushan 255. Actor and singer Harry Belafonte will receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar Award. He belongs to….. Ans- US 256. Recently India has signed a pact with World Bank for Mizoram State Roads Project with the financial assistance of ...............million US dollar. Ans- 107 257. Who has resigned from the post of the Governor of Manipur ? Ans- Vinod Kumar Duggal 258. Gujarat has grabbed how much per cent of the countrys total exports during 2013-14 ? Ans- 45 percent
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