Q1. India-Malaysia has recently signed seven agreements including air services agreement and MoUs in education and sports. What is the capital of Malaysia?
(a) Penang
(b) Selangor
(c) Kuala Lumpur
(d) Malaysian City
(e) Mallacca
Q2. Name the state that has become the 27th State to join the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY).
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Mizoram
(c) Tripura
(d) Kerala
(e) Arunachal Pradesh
Q3. Name the person who has been recently appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.
(a) KumariBhatnagar
(b) Jaya Biswas
(c) NeelamSulema
(d) Indira Banerjee
(e) SulekhaSubrato
Q4. The Government has recently launched a comprehensive scheme for power loom sector development at over 45 locations in the country. What is the name of that scheme?
(a) PowerTex India
(b) Loompower India
(c) TextilePower India
(d) Powerloom India
(e) None of the given options are true
Q5. Name the person who has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Offices in Geneva, Switzerland.
(a) SandeepJajodia
(b) B P Kanugo
(c) Sumit Kumar Rao
(d) Amit Gupta
(e) Rajiv Kumar Chander
Q6. The Madhya Pradesh government has launched an app named ____________ to provide various municipal services online.
(a) MP i-Seva
(b) MP e-Safai
(c) MP i-Safai
(d) MP e-nagarpalika
(e) MP e-Cleaning
Q7. Which of the following Indian Universities has topped the list of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry?
(a) Banaras Hindu University
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru University
(c) IISc-Bengaluru
(d) Delhi University
(e) Aligarh University
Q8. Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist ___________ passes away, recently.
(a) LakshmikantBai
(b) Sarana Begum
(c) KishoriAmonkar
(d) Girija Lakshmi Pandit
(e) SuvarnalekhaKumari
Q9. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) has recently banned Guatemala's former football chief Brayan Jimenez for lifetime. Name the President of FIFA.
(a) IssaHayatou
(b) SeppBlatter
(c) Stanley Rous
(d) Gianni Infantino
(e) JoãoHavelange
Q10. After the merger of subsidiary bank in the State Bank of India, the base rate or the minimum lending rate of the bank has been reduced from 9.25% to ___________.
(a) 9.10%
(b) 9.15%
(c) 9.20%
(d) 9.00%
(e) 8.95%
Q11. Name the Cab aggregator that has integrated with Unified Payment Interface (UPI) to simplify digital payment options for its customers.
(a) Uber
(b) Ola
(c) Meru
(d) Mycab
(e) Tesla
Q12. Phoenix India Research and Development Group launched the first bio-gas fuelled bus in which of the following Indian cities keeping a flat fare of just Rs 1.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Chennai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mumbai
(e) Chandigarh
Q13. Name the country that has topped in a doping violation report published by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for 2015.
(a) Norway
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) Russia
(e) Italy
Q14. A Malaysian company MTN has recently agreed to help set up a technology park in which of the following Indian State that’s expected to attract private sector investment of $100 million in the first phase.
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Tripura
Q15. Kerala, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh have also recently joined the Centre’s power distribution company debt relief scheme, UjjwalDiscom Assurance Yojna (UDAY). UDAY scheme was launched in ___________.
(a) 2010
(b) 2012
(c) 2013
(d) 2014
(e) 2015
Solutions
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. India-Malaysia have recently signed seven agreements including air services agreement and MoUs in education and sports. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Mizoram has become the 27th State to join the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY).
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Justice Indira Banerjee, a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court, has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Government has launched PowerTex India, a comprehensive scheme for power loom sector development, simultaneously at over 45 locations in the country.
S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. Rajiv Kumar Chander has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Offices in Geneva.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Madhya Pradesh government has launched an app named ‘MP e-nagarpalika’ to provide various municipal services online.
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. IISc- Bengaluru has topped the list of best universities of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist KishoriAmonkar passes away. She was 84.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) has recently banned Guatemala's former football chief Brayan Jimenez for lifetime. Gianni Infantino is the President of FIFA.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. After the merger of subsidiary bank in the State Bank of India, the base rate or the minimum lending rate of the bank has been reduced from 9.25% to 9.1%. SBI cuts lending rates by 0.15%.
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. Cab aggregator Ola has integrated with Unified Payment Interface (UPI) to simplify digital payment options for its customers.
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. Phoenix India Research and Development Group launched the first bio-gas fuelled bus in Kolkata keeping a flat fare of just Rs 1.
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. India has been ranked third for the third year in a row in a doping violation report published by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for 2015. The list was topped by Russia.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. A Malaysian company MTN has agreed to help set up a technology park in Andhra Pradesh that’s expected to attract private sector investment of $100 million in the first phase.
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. Kerala, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh have also recently joined the Centre’s power distribution company debt relief scheme, UjjwalDiscom Assurance Yojna (UDAY). UDAY Scheme was launched in November 2015.
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