Ques: 1 In a significant restructuring at Google, who among the following has been named the new CEO of the technology giant?
1) Rajeev Suri
2) Nikesh Arora
3) Amit Singhal
4) Sundar Pichai
5) Satya Nadella
Answer:- 4) Sundar Pichai

Ques: 2 The co-founder of Google Larry Page on 10 Aug announced the formation of a new
umbrella firm of which Google will be a part. Name the umbrella firm.
1) Alpha
2) Alphabet
3) Xeta
4) Nexa
5) Rainbow
Answer:- 2) Alphabet

Ques: 3 Bengaluru leads the list of capitals in the Swachh Bharat rankings among 476 cities in the country. Which state capital came at last in the ranking?
1) Patna
2) Jaipur
3) Bhopal
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai
Answer:- 1) Patna

Ques: 4 The ASEAN plus three is a forum that functions as a coordinator of co-operation between the ASEAN and the three East Asia nations of
1) India, Japan, and South Korea
2) China, India, and South Korea
3) India, Japan, and Australia
4) China, Japan, and South Korea
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) China, Japan, and South Korea

Ques: 5 The World Bio Fuel Day is celebrated on
1) 7 Aug
2) 8 Aug
3) 9 Aug
4) 10 Aug
5) 11 Aug
Answer:- 4) 10 Aug

Ques: 6 Dilip Parulekar was conferred the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) – Safari India South Asia Travel Award 2015 recently. Parulekar is the tourism minister of
1) Maharashtra
2) Goa
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 2) Goa

Ques: 7 Name the Indian socio-biologist who was awarded Germany’s highest civilian honour – the Cross of Order of the Merit, recently.
1) K Vijay Raghavan
2) Raman Sukumar
3) Padmanabhan Balaram
4) Raghavendra Gadagkar
5) Madhav Gadgil
Answer:- 4) Raghavendra Gadagkar

Ques: 8 A global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk reduction — GlobalSat for DRR — proposed under the UN framework is to be dedicated to which of the following Indians?
1) Rakesh Sharma
2) Kalpana Chawla
3) Vikram Sarabhai
4) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
5) APJ Abdul Kalam
Answer:- 5) APJ Abdul Kalam

Ques: 9 Freedom fighter Kayyara Kinhanna Rai passed away recently. He was also a(n) _______ poet.
1) English
2) Hindi
3) Kannada
4) Tamil
5) Telugu
Answer:- 3) Kannada

Ques: 10 Which of the following banks has launched its ‘Saral-Rural Housing Loan’ at base rate of 9.7 per cent for borrowers from the rural areas?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) SBI
5) PNB
Answer:- 1) ICICI Bank