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OCTOBER
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1. India will host G20 summit in ......... ?Ans- 2018 (2016 to China and in 2017 Germany)
2. Which country / territory flag was raised at United Nations for the first time in october?
Ans- Palestine
3. The International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) was observed across the world with the theme Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment ?
Ans- 1 October 2015
4. . World Vegetarian Day was observed on........?
Ans- 1 October 2015
5. What is the Full form of FATCA?
Ans- foreign account tax compliance act
6. Who was appointed as BCCI President ?
Ans-Shashank Manohar
7. Who has won the 2015 Right Livelihood Award ?
Ans-Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier of Canada
8. Who has emerged as world’s largest cotton producer ?
Ans- India
9. Which Bank has become the first institution worldwide to launch m-Visa, a card-less and device-less solution to make the payments ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
10. India's first solar powered district court inaguratedby Prime Minister at which place ?
Ans- Khunti, Jharkhand
11. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of neutrino oscillations ?
Ans- Japan's Takaaki Kajita and American Arthur B. McDonald
12. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine-2015 ?
Ans- one half jointly to William C Campbell (Ireland) and Satoshi Omura (Japan) for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu (China) for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
13. DRDO inaugurated world’s highest Research Centre at which Place ?
Ans- Chang La, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir at 17600 feet
14. . India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) ?
Ans-7.5 per cent
15. Who won 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry ?
Ans-Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, the US-based Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar for work on mapping how cells repair damaged DNA.
16. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference 2016 will be held at which place ?
Ans- New Delhi from 8 January to 10 January 2016.
17. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate
according to IMF ?
Ans- 7.3 percent
18. Who won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize ?
Ans- Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
19. Which Government launched Operation Valsalya to track missing children ?
Ans- Kerala
20. Which Bank targets corporate customers with new mobile apps Pay Connect and FX Connect ?
Ans- Axis Bank
21. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 ?
Ans- Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of Jasmine revolution of 2011.
22. Who was named as Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles ?
Ans- AR Rahman
23. World Egg Day was observed on..........?
Ans- 9 October
24. World Post Day was observed globally on.........?
Ans- 9 October
25. Which Bank launches mVisa Electronic Cardless Transactions for Pockets App ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
26.Who won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize ?
Ans- British economist Angus Deaton for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare,"
27. Which Bank has received an approval from the Reserve Bank of India to sponsor a mutual fund and to set up an asset management company (AMC) and a trustee company ?
Ans- YES Bank
28. India will observe as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) to spread awareness of Indian Constitution and its architecture Dr B R Ambedkar ?
Ans- 26 November
29. Who has been appointed as the New Zealand Tourism Ambassador?
Ans- Siddharth Malhotra
30. Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction ?
Ans- Jamaican writer Marlon James for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings
31. Who was named as the Central Bank Governor of the Year, Asia 2015 by London-based publication Emerging Markets ?
Ans- Atiur Rahman, the Governor of Bangladesh Bank
32. Who has been elected as Fiji's President ?
Ans- Jioji Konrote
33. Who are the participating countries in joint training exercise, named Mitra Shakti-2015 ?
Ans- India-Sri Lanka
34. Who was appointed as MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda ?
Ans- PS Jayakumar
35. China operationalises Zam Hydropower Station on which river ?
Ans- Brahmaputra River
36. Who was selected for 2015 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award ?
Ans-Kailash Satyarthi
37. Which countries have started 2015 Malabar Naval Exercise of the eastern coast in Bay of Bengal and India Ocean ?
Ans-India, United States and Japan navies
38. World Food Day (WFD) was observed across the world on .........?
Ans- 16 October 2015
39. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed globally on ........?
Ans- 17 October 2015
40. The World Statistics Day was observed across the world on .......?
Ans- 20 October 2015
41. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched Trident Juncture Military Exercise at which place ?
Ans- Italy
42. Which State launched approved Swadhar Greh scheme, which will assure economic and social security to women in distress ?
Ans- Haryana
43. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day observed on .........?
Ans- 21 October 2015
44. Who has been appointed as the first male member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) ?
Ans-Alok Rawat
45. Amaravati has been declared as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh located on the banks of which river ?
Ans- River Krishna
46. Who was awarded with the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China for supposedly injecting fresh energy into the global quest for harmony ?
Ans- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
47. Who will fix interest rates on gold deposits under the Gold Monetisation Scheme ?
Ans-Banks
48.Who was appointed as National Security Advisor of Pakistan ?
Ans- Retired Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua
49. Who was elected as Prime Minister of Canada ?
Ans- Justin Trudeau
50. Who has been nominated by Finance ministry to the board of Reserve Bank of India?
Ans- Shaktikanta Das
51. Which bank has launched Malayalam and Hindi language versions for its mobile banking application?
Ans- Federal Bank
52. World Polio Day is observed annually across the world on........?
Ans- 24 October
53. India’s first AC double-decker Shatabdi train to run on which route?
Ans- Mumbai to Goa
54. Who was elected as the President of Nepal. She is the first women president of Nepal ?
Ans- Bidhya Devi Bhandari
55. India has been placed at which place among the 189 countries in the recently released World Bank’s 2016 rankings of Ease of Doing Business Report ?
Ans- 130th position (Singapore topped the list)
56. Who is the head of new panel set up to simplify Income-Tax Act ?
Ans- Justice RV Easwar
57. What is the full form of HRIDAY ?
Ans- Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
58.Who was elected as New President in Guatemala ?
Ans- Former comedian, Jimmy Morales
59. Who was awarded 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ?
Ans- Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
60. Who has won the 2015 Tanzanian Presidential election ?
Ans- John Pombe Magufuli
61. What is the name of China’s first lunar rover who sets record for longest stay on Moon ?
Ans- Yutu
62. The National Unity Day was observed across India on.......?
Ans- 31 October 2015 to commemorate the birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel
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NOVEMBER
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1. Who became world‟s 7th most valued nation brand ?Ans- United States (India at 7th position)
2. Indian Railways launches ..... scheme for waitlisted passengers ?
Ans- Vikalp
3. Who will act as the Chairman 5-member panel to frame new education policy ?
Ans- T.S.R. Subramanian
4. Who won the 2015 Rugby World Cup for record third time by defeating Australia ?
Ans- New Zealand
5. Who was appointed as next Chief Justice of India ?
Ans- Justice T.S Thakur
6. Reserve Bank of India has fixed the public issue price at ....... per gram for the sovereign gold bonds ?
Ans- Rs. 2,684
7. Who was the author of the book „Advantage India-From Challenge to Opportunity‟?
Ans- APJ Abdul Kalam book was co-authored by Srijan Pal Singh
8. The Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee (BLRC) headed by.......?
Ans- Dr T K Viswanathan
9. Who was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada ?
Ans- Justin Trudeau
10. Who has been named as World‟s healthiest country?
Ans-Singapore (India ranked 103rd position)
11. Under Indian Gold Coin 2015, what denominations of gold coins are issued?
Ans- 5, 10 and 20 grams
12. Who became the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up 10000 runs ?
Ans- Vidarbha opener Wasim Jaffer
13. Who became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets mark in the Indian test cricket history ?
Ans- Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin
14. Which country topped the 2015 Global Prosperity Index?
Ans- Norway (India ranked 99 position)
15. Who is the most powerful woman in the Indian business sector, according to Fortune India ?
Ans- Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson of SBI
16. Who is the author of the book titled – „Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations‟?
Ans-Nandan Nilekani
17. Who has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the board of the Bank for International Settlements ?
Ans- Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan
18. Book titled What Happened to Netaji? authored by whom ?
Ans- Anuj Dhar
19. Baglihar Hydro Electric Power Project is located in which Indian state?
Ans-Jammu and Kashmir
20. What is the range of India‟s strategic missile – Agni-IV?
Ans- 4000 KM
21. Which country will host the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016?
Ans- Istanbul of Turkey
22. Which global companies bagged the contracts for setting up of locomotive factories in Bihar worth Rs Rs 37,000 crore ?
Ans- US based General Electric and French engineering company Alstom (first major foreign direct investment (FDI) in rail projects)
23. Who was appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ?
Ans- Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn
24. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of UN has declared the year 2016 as the __?
Ans-International Year of Pulses
25. Who have won the 2015 International Children's Peace Prize ?
Ans- Abraham M Keita from Liberia
26. G-20 Leaders Summit 2015 held at...........?
Ans- Antalya, Turkey
27. Indian Government has imposed ______% of Swachh Bharat Cess on taxable services ?
Ans- 0.5%
28. On which date World Diabetes Day observed ?
Ans- Nov 14
29. Which two Indian banks are going to list their bonds on the London Stock Exchange ?
Ans- HDFC & YES Bank
30. Which is the first state to start e-auction of mines in India?
Ans-Rajasthan
31. Who has emerged as the world‟s most powerful supercomputer system for the sixth consecutive time ?
Ans- China‟s Tianhe-2
32. What is full form of NIIF ?
Ans- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
33. The United Nations‟ (UN) International Day for Tolerance is observed on ......?
Ans- November 16
34. What is the India‟s rank in Global Gender Gap Index for 2015?
Ans-108 (Iceland topped the Gender Gap Index)
35. Who was appointed as India‟s ambassador to China ?
Ans- Vijay Keshav Gokhale
36. Who elected as the President of industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the year 2016 ?
Ans- Harshavardhan Neotia
37. On which date, World Fisheries Day is observed?
Ans- November 21
38. Which country hosted the 2015 ASEAN summit?
Ans- Malaysia
39. What is the name committee has been set up for promotion of Sanskrit language?
Ans- N Gopalaswami committee
40. Who will be the Chief Guest at the 67th Republic Day parade of January 26, 2016?
Ans- Francois Hollande
41. Who was appointed Executive Director to Asian Development Bank ?
Ans- Swati Dandekar
42. What amount of insurance is provided for Rupay classic card holders?
Ans-Rs. 1,00,000/-
43. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM?
Ans-Sunil Kanoria
44. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women observed on which date ?
Ans- 25 November
45. Who was appointed as Prime Minister of Portugal ?
Ans- Atonio Costa
46. Which banking major is shutting down its private banking operations in India?
Ans- HSBC
47. Which two countries played the first day-night Test cricket match?
Ans- Australia and New Zealand (Australia wins)
48. The Bharat Stage (BS)-V norms will be implemented from which year?
Ans- 2019
49. . Who is the author of the book titled-„Vanessa and Her Sister‟?
Ans-Indian-origin author Priya Parmar‟s novel – ‟Vanessa and Her Sister‟ has been named by New York Times in its annual prestigious list of 100 most notable books of 2015.
50. UN climate summit 2015 held at which place ?
Ans- Paris
51. Who is the chairman of the committee on Revisiting & Revitalizing the PPP model of Infrastructure Development ?
Ans- Vijay Kelkar
52. . World Toilet Day observed on ........?
Ans- 19 November
53. Who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York ?
Ans- Syed Akbaruddin
54. Which country declared Ebola Free by World Health Organization (WHO) recently ?
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DECEMBER
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1. Good Governance Day is being observed every year on which Date ?Ans-25th December
2. Which state will host the 2019 National Games of India?
Ans-Andhra Pradesh
3. World Tsunami Awareness Day will observed every year on which date ?
Ans- 5th November
4. Who is the author of The Country of First Boys?
Ans-Amartya Sen
5. What is the new deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes of various denominations ?
Ans- 30 June 2016
6. Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ?
Ans- Pawan Kumar Agarwal
7. Who was named ICC Cricketer of the Year for 2015 ?
Ans- Australia captain Steve Smith
8. Which country announced to adopt Chinese Yuan as its legal currency?
Ans-Zimbabwe
9. Who was crowned Miss Universe 2015 ?
Ans- Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach
10. Who won Miss World 2015 ?
Ans- Mireia Lalaguna Royo From Spain
11. As per World Bank Report which country has become the largest remittance receiving country in 2015?
Ans- India
12. Who become 164th member of World Trade Organisation (WTO) ?
Ans-Afghanistan
13. Who has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) ?
Ans- Former Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur
14. What is India's rank in Forbes’ best countries for business list ?
Ans- 97th (Denmark topped the list )
15. Who is the author of the book ‘Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer’?
Ans- Cyrus Mistry has won the 2015 Sahitya Akademi awards for his English novel ‘Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer’
16. Who will partnered with Google in its project Loon?
Ans- BSNL
17. Who was appointed Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) ?
Ans-Arun Kumar Jain
18. Who will head the Judicial Committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme?
Ans-L Narasimha Reddy
19. Which country has formed the 34 nations Islamic Anti-terror Coalition?
Ans-Saudi Arabia
20. Who has become the first state in the country to submit smart city plans?
Ans-Rajasthan
21. Which country topped Human Development Index rank ?
Ans-Norway (India ranked 130)
22. Who has appointed as India’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia ?
Ans-Ahmad Javed
23. Who has been named as the 2015 European Tour Golfer of the Year?
Ans-Rory McIlroy
24. Who has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement ?
Ans-Salman Rushdie
25. Who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)?
Ans-Naseerudin Shah
26. Who was sworn in as the President of Argentina ?
Ans- Mauricio Macri Blanco
27. ‘On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power,’ is the autobiography of whom ?
Ans-Sharad Pawar
28. Inle Lake, is the first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is in which country ?
Ans-Myanmar
29. Who was named as 2015 Time’s Person of the Year ?
Ans-German Chancellor Angela Merkel
30. International Anti-Corruption Day was observed on which date ?
Ans-9 December
31. What is the name of the first official stock exchange launched by Myanmar?
Ans-Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX)
32. Who will be conferred with the inaugural Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award?
Ans-Frank Islam
33. Human Rights Day observed on which date ?
Ans-10 December
34. What are ‘Masala bonds’ ?
Ans-‘Masala bonds’ are basically rupee-denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets. These bonds are offered and settled in US dollars to raise rupees from international investors for infrastructure development in India.
35. Who is the Latvia’s first female Prime Minister announced her resignation recently ?
Ans-Laimdota Straujuma
36. Who has launched SME Council in India to help small businesses?
Ans-Facebook
37. Who has emerged as the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India during the first half of the current fiscal year 2015-16 ?
Ans- Singapore has replaced Mauritius
38. Who has won the 2014-15 Men’s Hockey World League?
Ans-Australia by defeating Belgium
39. Which state is the first to allow the MLAs to raise online questions?
Ans-Maharashtra
40. As per the latest report of NITI Aayog, which states has emerged as the “fastest growing economy” in India in 2014-15?
Ans- Bihar
41. Who will host the next Commonwealth summit – CHOGM in 2018?
Ans- United Kingdom
42. The headquarters of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) are located in which city?
Ans- Kolkatta
43. Which committee has submitted its report on ‘Possible Tax rates under GST’?
Ans- Arvind Subramanian committee
44. When is the International Volunteer Day observed?
Ans- 5 Decenber
45. In which state the union government will introduce e-transfer of wages under MGNREGA from January 2016?
Ans- Kerala
46. When is the World Soil Day (WSD) observed?
Ans- 5 December
47. Which country has the world’s largest pension fund?
Ans-Japan with $1.2 trillion
48. On which date, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed?
Ans-December 3
49. Which is the first Indian bank to introduce Display Debit cards?
Ans- Axis Bank
50. Who became first state to launch Rotavirus vaccination project ?
Ans- Himachal Pradesh
51. . RBI revised Priority Sector Lending norms for Regional Rural Banks from 60 percent to ...........?
Ans- 75 percent effective from 1 January 2016
52 India has launched an International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the conference of Parties (CoP21) Climate Conference with which country ?
Ans-France
53. Name the footballer who won four Guinness World Record certificates for scoring 5 goals in 9 minutes?
Ans-Robert Lewandowski
54. India has been re-elected as the member of which of the following International Organisation?
Ans- International Maritime Organization
55. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Observed on which date ?
Ans- 2 December
56. World AIDS Day observed across the world on which date ?
Ans- 1 December
57. Who was elected as the President of Burkina Faso ?
Ans- Roch Marc Christian Kabore
58.Which movie was awarded with the Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa ?
Ans- Embrace of the Serpent
59. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) liberalised the external commercial borrowing framework by increasing the limit for Indian companies for raising funds — with minimum average maturity of 3 years — from $20 million to........?
Ans- $50 million
60. The headquarters of the Mashreq bank are located in which country?
Ans- United Arab Emirates
61. Green bonds are what type of financial instruments?
Ans- A bond is a debt instrument with which a company/organisation raises money from investors
62. Who will hosts first BRICS media summit ?
Ans- China
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