1.)The Central government has renamed the 64-year old Planning Commission as ___________in Jan 2015.
A) NITI Biniyog
B) NITI Aayog
C) NITI Assar
D) None of These
2.)Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched a mobile application _________ in order to improve women safety in the national capital region in Jan 2015. The app is an initiative by Delhi Police which caters to working women who own android smart phones and travel alone.
A) Nirbhaya
B) Himmat
C) Sahas
D) None of These
3.)The government has appointed ________ as the new director general of civil aviation (DGCA) in Jan 2015 till 28th January 2018.
A) Prabhat Kumar
B) M Sathiyavathy
C) T.R. Prasad
D) Ajay Kumar
4.)India’s insurance industry regulator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) was renamed to___________ in Jan 2015. The amendment was done to the Insurance Regulation and Development Act, 1999.
A) Insurance Regulatory and Development of India
B) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
C) Insurance Regulatory and Development Company of India
D) None of These
5.)India’s core sector grew by _________ in November (announced in Jan 2015)
A) 5.5%
B) 3.2%
C) 6.7%
D) 2.8%
6.)Who was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the new Planning Commission, NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog, in Jan 2015?
A) T. N. Srinivasan
B) Jagdish Bhagwati
C) Arvind Panagariya
D) Arvind Subramanian
7.)India’s National Voters Day was observed on?
A) 26th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 25th Jan
D) 30th Jan
8.)Who has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of PSU bank Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in Jan 2015?
A) M Narendra
B) K R Kamath
C) S. S. Mundra
D) R Koteeswaran
9.)Who took over as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) in jan 2015 for next 5 years?
A) Sudheer Raheja
B) R.K Srivastava
C) T.R. Prasad
D) Ajay Kumar
10.)Which footballer was voted as Europe’s best football player for the second year in a row by European sports reporters for the year 2014 (Announced in Jan 2015?
A) Manuel Neuer
B) Lionel Messi
C) Cristiano Ronaldo
D) None of These
11.)Which Indian private bank launched its own ‘digital village’ project in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jan 2015?
A) Yes Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
12.)Football coach Diego Simeone won the Europe’s best coach title for 2014 (announced in Jan 2015). He is from which country?
A) Uruguay
B) Brazil
C) Argentina
D) Columbia
13.)Which Batsman became the fastest player to reach 12,000 Test runs and also become the fifth man to cross the 12,000 test run mark in Jan 2015?
A) S Chanderpaul
B) Jack Kallis
C) Mahela Jayawardene
D) Kumar Sangakkara
14.)Who won the ATP World Tennis Men’s single Championship at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi in Jan 2015?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Andy Murray
C) Stanislas Wawarinka
D) Rafael Nadal
15.)Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 102nd Indian Science Congress in _______ in jan 2015. The theme of 2014 Indian science congress is ‘Science and Technology for Human Development.’
A) Bangalore
B) New Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Hyderabad
16.)World anti Leprosy Day is observed on?
A) 10th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 25th Jan
D) 30th Jan
17.)The Reserve Bank of Indian has relaxed Know-Your-Customers (KYC) rules for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in Jan 2015. As per RBI notification, For high-risk individuals and entities, it will be at least once in every _______, for medium risk individuals and entities, it will be at least once in every 8 years and for low risk individuals and entities, it will be at least once in every 10 years.
A) 1 Year
B) 2 years
C) 3 Years
D) 4 Years
18.)Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scheme for distribution of LED bulbs in _______ in Jan 2015 under the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme and a National Programme for LED-based Home and Street Lighting.
A) Gujarat
B) Haryana
C) Delhi
D) Himachal Pradesh
19.)Who in the list was not appointed as full time member of National Institution for Transforming India, NITI Aayog in January 2015?
A) Bibek Debroy
B) V K Saraswat
C) Arvind Panagariya
D) Arvind Subramanian
20.)Famous _______ Virendra Prabhakar passed away in Jan 2015 after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 84. He was awarded with Padmashree in 1982.
A) Author
B) Photo journalist
C) Reporter
D) Actor
21.)Who has been named as the ˜business person of the year’ for 2014, as per the popular business magazine Fortune in Jan 2015? He was ranked at No 1 position among 20 global corporate leaders’ list compiled on the basis of different factors including company’s performance, leadership style and total shareholder returns.
A) Mark Zuckerberg
B) Jack Ma
C) Larry Page
D) Tim Cook
22.)The sports ministry has decided to recommend famous badminton player _________ for the Padma Bhushan award in Jan 2015 even if it did not receive her nomination from the Badminton Association of India (BAI) within the given deadline.
A) P. V. Sindhu
B) Jwala Gutta
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Parupalli Kashyap
23.)’World Braille Day’ is observed on _____________.
A) 12-Jan
B) 4-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 8-Jan
24.)BCCI has announced the 15-member cricket team for the ICC world cup in Jan 2015 to be held next month in Australia and New Zealand. Who is the Vice Captain of the team?
A) Rohit Sharma
B) Sikhar Dhawan
C) Suresh Raina
D) Virat Kohli
25.)Which Indian business person has been awarded with the Order of the Dannebrog as Knight First Class by Queen Margrethe of Denmark in recognition of his role to enhance Indo-Danish ties in the fields of business, commerce and culture in Jan 2015?
A) Azim Premji
B) Anand Mahindra
C) AM Naik
D) NR Narayana Murthy
26.)Euro zone inflation stood at ________ in December 2014 (published in Jan 2015).
A) 2%
B) -0.5%
C) -0.2%
D) 0.4%
27.)The 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas has held in __________, Gujarat in Jan 2015.
A) Baroda
B) Ahmedabad
C) Gandhinagar
D) Surat
28.)Bollywood star ___________ has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Andhra Pradesh health sector in Jan 2015.
A) Amir Khan
B) Shahrukh Khan
C) Amitabh Bachchan
D) Salman Khan
29.)Central Government has announced to launch ___________ to create interest among the students in Science and Mathematics fields in Jan 2015.
A) Rashtriya Bigyan Abhiyan
B) Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan
C) Rashtriya Shiksha Abhiyan
D) None of These
30.)Senior Indian diplomat __________ has been named as the United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General, Department of Field Support (DFS) by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Jan 2015.
A) Atul Khare
B) M Sathiyavathy
C) T.R. Prasad
D) Ajay Kumar
31.)Who has taken charge as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Overseas Bank in Jan 2015?
A) M Narendra
B) K R Kamath
C) S. S. Mundra
D) R Koteeswaran
32.)India’s Unemployment rate increased marginally to _______ in the financial year 2013-14, due to increased unemployment in rural areas as per the latest survey report by Labour Bureau in Jan 2015.
A) 5.7%
B) 4.1%
C) 4.9%
D) 6.3%
33.)India’s Martyrs’ Day is observed on?
A) 10th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 25th Jan
D) 30th Jan
34.)Chat application company, ________ Messenger has acquired a US-based free voice-calling firm Zip Phone in Jan 2015.
A) WeChat
B) Hike
C) Whatsapp
D) None of These
35.)Who won the Presidential election held in Sri Lanka in Jan 2015?
A) Mahinda Rajapaksa
B) Sarath Fonseka
C) Chandrika Kumaratunga
D) Maithripala Sirisena
36.)AirlineRatings.com, safety and product rating website, has published the list of top ten safest airlines and top ten safest low cost airlines for 2015 in Jan 2015. Which airlines secured No1 rank in the list?
A) Cathay Pacific Airways
B) Qantas airways
C) Etihad Airways
D) Air New Zealand
37.)Ritesh Batra’s movie ____________ has bagged a nomination in the non-English best film category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards in Jan 2015.
A) The Good Road
B) Liar’s Dice
C) The Lunchbox
D) None of These
38.)Tata’s newly launched airlines Vistara flew its first flight on 9th January from Delhi to Mumbai. Vistara is a joint venture between Tata and ____________ where Tata holds 51% stake.
A) Cathay Pacific Airways
B) Qantas airways
C) Etihad Airways
D) Singapore Airlines
39.)The US unemployment rate stood at ________ in Dec 2014 (announced in Jan 2015).
A) 5.8%
B) 5.6%
C) 6.3%
D) 5.1%
40.)China’s inflation, measured by consumer price index, stood at __________ in December 2014 (announced in Jan 2015).
A) 2%
B) 1.2%
C) 3.1%
D) 1.5%
41.)Senior IAS officer __________ was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, newer version of planning commission, in Jan 2015.
A) Atul Khare
B) M Sathiyavathy
C) Sindhushree Khullar
D) Ajay Kumar
42.)World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has projected Indian economic growth at _________ for the next year 2015 (announced in Jan 2015).
A) 5.1%
B) 5.7%
C) 6.4%
D) 6.9%
43.)Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh in Jan 2015?
A) Justice S Verma
B) Justice Md. Muzammel Hossain
C) Justice S K Sinha
D) Justice Md. Tafazzul Islam
44.)India’s Army Day is observed on?
A) 10th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 25th Jan
D) 30th Jan
45.)Which movie won the Best Movie award in the drama category at the 72nd Golden Globe Award held in Jan 2015?
A) Foxcatcher
B) Boyhood
C) The Imitation Game
D) The Theory of Everything
46.)Which famous politician was awarded with Padma Vibhushan award, India’s second highest civilian, in Jan 2015?
A) Atal Bihari Bajpayee
B) Murli Manohar Joshi
C) L. K. Advani
D) None of These
47.)Tennis legend Roger Federer won his record number 1000th win the men’s professional tennis area while he defeated Milos Raonic by 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in the final match in jan 2015.. With this he became the only _______ player in the world to achieve this feat.
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
48.)Who has been selected for the Vikram Sarabhai memorial award for the year 2015 for his outstanding contribution to R&D in the field of space science at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) (announced in Jan 2015)?
A) K. Kasturi Rangan
B) Satish Dhawan
C) M.Y.S. Prasad
D) G. Madhavan Nair
49.)Which Indian IT Services Company acquired SOFGEN Holdings (SOFGEN), a niche consulting and services company specialising in private wealth, commercial and retail banking solutions, in Jan 2015?
A) Infosys
B) Tech Mahindra
C) Wipro
D) TCS
50.)India’s Index of Industrial Production, the most important parameter to judge performance of industrial sector, grew by _______ in November (announced in Jan 2015).
A) 5.1%
B) 1.1%
C) 3.8%
D) 2.9%
51.)Which footballer was awarded with the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 for the third time (announced in Jan 2015)?
A) Manuel Neuer
B) Lionel Messi
C) Cristiano Ronaldo
D) None of These
52.)Who has been appointed as the new head of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Jan 2015?
A) Shailesh Nayak
B) K. Radhakrishnan
C) A.S. Kiran Kumar
D) Mylswamy Annadurai
53.)”National Youth Day” is observed on?
A) 10th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 12th Jan
D) 22th Jan
54.)India’s ___________ won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering category from the US based National Space Society (NSS), as per announcement made by the society in Jan 2015.
A) Agni-V programme team
B) PSLV Satelite Programme
C) Mars Orbiter programme team
D) None of These
55.)Which movie won the Best Movie award in the best comedy or musical category at the 72nd Golden Globe Award held in Jan 2015?
A) Foxcatcher
B) Boyhood
C) The Grand Budapest Hotel
D) The Theory of Everything
56.)Which famous actor/actress was awarded with Padma Vibhushan award, India’s second highest civilian, in Jan 2015?
A) Dilip Kumar
B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar
D) Pran
57.)India’s Online Restaurant portal __________ has acquired UrbanSpoon, which is a dominant player in the US, Canada and Australia for specialized restaurant content, in Jan 2015.
A) Burp
B) Zomato
C) Foodpanda
D) None of These
58.)Which Indian bank won the ˜MSME Banking Excellence Awards 2014′ given by the Chamber of Indian Micro Small & Medium Enterprises in Jan 2015? The bank has bagged two awards under the categories ˜Best MSME Bank Award for Other Bank (Winner)’ and ˜Best Bank Award (Runner Up)’.
A) Karur Vaishya Bank
B) Corporation Bank
C) Andhra Bank
D) Bank of Maharashtra
59.)Who assumed charge as the new and 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India in Jan2015?
A) VS Sampath
B) Ahmed Zaidi
C) H.S. Brahma
D) S. Y. Quraishi
60.)The Central government removed DRDO chief _______, also known as Agni Man, 15 months before his contract period ends, in Jan 2015.
A) V. K. Saraswat
B) Avinash Chander
C) Tessy Thomas
D) None of These
61.)India’s overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at _________ December (announced in Jan 2015).
A) 1.1%
B) 0.6%
C) 0.11%
D) -0.5%
62.)”Global Family Day” is observed on?
A) 1-Jan
B) 11-Jan
C) 6-Jan
D) 22-Jan
63.)Bollywood star __________ has been awarded with the Social Media Person of the Year award by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)in Jan 2015.
A) Shahrukh Khan
B) Dilip Kumar
C) Amitabh Bachchan
D) Amir Khan
64.)Former Australia fast bowler _________ announced retirement from all forms of cricket in Jan 2015.
A) Glenn McGrath
B) Brett Lee
C) Mitchell Johnson
D) Jason Gillespie
65.)Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi joined which political party in Jan 2015 before the assembly election in Delhi?
A) Congress
B) BJP
C) AAP
D) None of These
66.)Microsoft founder Bill Gates was awarded with Padma Bhushan award, India’s third highest civilian, in which category in Jan 2015?
A) Social Work
B) Science and Engineering
C) Literature and Education
D) None of These
67.)Union Minister of State for Parliamentary and Minority Affairs ____________ was sentenced to a one-year jail term by a local court in Jan 2015 after being convicted for breaching prohibitory orders in the run-up to the 2009 Lok Sabha election.
A) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
B) Sabir Ali
C) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
D) None of These
68.)Largest shareholder of cash trapped SpiceJet, Maran Family, has agreed to transfer its entire 53% stake to original promoter________ in Jan 2015.
A) Ajay Singh
B) Arjun Singh
C) Subir Singh
D) Amit Singh
69.)India’s open water swimmer _________ has set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean in Jan 2015.
A) Bhakti Sharma
B) Subodh Sarkar
C) Sunita Sharma
D) Anita Pal
70.)Who won the Best Actor award in drama category at the 72nd Golden Globe Award held in Jan 2015?
A) Steve Carell
B) Michael Keaton
C) Joaquin Phoenix
D) Eddie Redmayne
71.)The Reserve Bank of India has cut marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by 25 bps along with Repo rate to ________ during its announcement of xisth bi-monthly monetary policy review in Jan 2015.
A) 8.75%
B) 9%
C) 8%
D) 8.5%
72.)”NRI Day” is observed on?
A) 9-Jan
B) 11-Jan
C) 14-Jan
D) 10-Jan
73.)Haryana government has appointed whom as its brand ambassador as it plans to promote yoga and ayurveda aggressively in Jan 2015?
A) Rajneesh
B) Ravi Shankar
C) Ramdev
D) None of These
74.)Censor Board Chief _________ has quit as the chief of India’s Censor board in Jan 2015 citing interference and corruption of panel members appointed in the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) by the Union Information & Broadcasting Ministry.
A) Madhavi Mudgal
B) Rukmini Devi Arundale
C) Leela Samson
D) None of These
75.)India’s leading IT Services Company Wipro has appointed Senior VP (Finance) __________ as the new Chief Financial Officer effective from 1st April 2015 (announced in June 2015).
A) Suresh Senapaty
B) Rajiv Bansal
C) Jatin Dalal
D) Gautam Thakkar
76.)UK’s ___________ has been appointed as the head coach of Indian men’s football team in Jan 2015.
A) Ricki Herbert
B) Wim Koevermans
C) Stephen Constantine
D) None of These
77.)Prakash Singh Badal was awarded with Padma Vibhushan award, India’s second highest civilian, in which category in Jan 2015?
A) Social Work
B) Science and Engineering
C) Literature and Education
D) Public Affairs
78.)The first India’s indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft, LCA ___________ is finally was handed over to the Indian Air Force on in Jan 2015.
A) Akash
B) Tejas
C) Pinaka
D) None of These
79.)Who won the Best Actor award in Musical or Comedy category at the 72nd Golden Globe Award held in Jan 2015?
A) Steve Carell
B) Michael Keaton
C) Bill Murray
D) Eddie Redmayne
80.)Chief Controller of Aeronautics Cluster in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), __________ is likely to be appointed as the interim head of the government organization in Jan 2015.
A) Avinash Chander
B) K. Tamilmani
C) AS Kiran Kumar
D) None of These
81.)Which PSU CEO was awarded with the ‘JGBS-Top Rankers’ Excellence Award for CEO of the year’ in Jan 2015?
A) Avinash Chander
B) R K Tyagi
C) AS Kiran Kumar
D) None of These
82.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged at ________ during its announcement of sixth bi-monthly monetary policy review in Jan 2015
A) 5%
B) 4.5%
C) 4.25%
D) 4%
83.)”National Tourism Day” is observed on?
A) 25-Jan
B) 21-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 10-Jan
84.)Famous Indian RTI activist ____________ was awarded with the Giraffe Hero award 2015 by a US-based NGO ‘The Giraffe Heroes Project’ in Jan 2015 for his bravery in utilizing the Right to Information (RTI) Act for public good despite numerous challenges.
A) Madabhushi Sridhar
B) Satyananda Mishra
C) Subhash Chandra Agrawal
D) K. G. Balakrishnan
85.)Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her American partner _____________ won women’s doubles title at the Sydney International Tennis Tournament in Jan 2015. This is her first title of the season and 23rd of her career.
A) Abigail Spears
B) Bethanie Mattek-Sands
C) Raquel Kops-Jones
D) None of These
86.)Who has been appointed as the new chief of Central Board of Film Certification, CBFC by the Central Government in Jan 2015?
A) Ashok Pandit
B) Prakash Jha
C) Pahlaj Nihalani
D) None of These
87.)Which sportsperson was awarded with Padma Bhushan award, India’s third highest civilian, in Sports category in Jan 2015?
A) Satpal Singh
B) Guru Hanuman
C) Sushil Kumar
D) Vijender Singh
88.)Famous Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist, ___________, has been awarded with the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr Award in Jan 2015 in recognition of his contribution in international service and civil engagement.
A) Mushirul Hasan
B) Rajni Kothari
C) Frank Islam
D) None of These
89.)Microblogging site Twitter has appointed _________ as business head for its India operation in Jan 2015.
A) Kirthiga Reddy
B) Taranjeet Singh
C) Rajan Anandan
D) None of These
90.)Who won the Best Actress award in drama category at the 72nd Golden Globe Award held in Jan 2015?
A) Amy Adams
B) Jennifer Aniston
C) Reese Witherspoon
D) Julianne Moore
91.)Which Indian bank has announced the launch of banking services on Twitter in Jan 2015, first by a bank in India.
A) Yes Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
92.)”International Customs Day” is observed on?
A) 25-Jan
B) 21-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 26-Jan
93.)The Reserve Bank of India has cut Reverse Repo rate by 25 bps to ________ during its announcement of sixth bi-monthly monetary policy review in Jan 2015.
A) 6.75%
B) 7.75%
C) 7.25%
D) 7%
94.)The Company Secretaries’ Institute has appointed whom as the new President for 2015 in Jan 2015?
A) Mamta Binani
B) Santosh Kumar Agrawala
C) Atul Hasmukh Rai Mehta
D) Rajiv Bajaj
95.)The Company Secretaries’ Institute has appointed whom as the new Vice-President for 2015 in Jan 2015?
A) Mamta Binani
B) Santosh Kumar Agrawala
C) Atul Hasmukh Rai Mehta
D) Rajiv Bajaj
96.)”India’s Republic Day” is observed on?
A) 25-Jan
B) 21-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 26-Jan
97.)China’s economic growth stood at __________ in 2014 compared to 7.7% in previous year of 2013 (announced in Jan 2015).
A) 6.8%
B) 7.1%
C) 7.4%
D) 7.8%
98.)Saba Anjum was awarded with PadmaShri award, India’s fourth highest civilian, in Sports category in Jan 2015. She plays which sports?
A) Hockey
B) Badminton
C) Cricket
D) Tennis
99.)Which company ________ announced its first acquisition of Indian mobile phone marketing start-up ZipDial for nearly USD 30 million in Jan 2015.
A) Google
B) Facebook
C) Twitter
D) Microsoft
100.)Axis Bank board reappointed whom as the bank’s managing director and chief executive officer (MD and CEO) for a three-year period in Jan 2015?
A) Shikha Sharma
B) Chanda Kochhar
C) Naina Lal Kidwai
D) Chitra Ramkrishna
101.)Indian Tier-II IT Services Company, __________ has announced the acquisition of US-based Discoverture Solutions for USD 15 million in Jan 2015.
A) Wipro
B) KPIT Cummins
C) Mindtree
D) Tech Mahindra
102.)Who has inaugurated the eighth Jaipur literature festival in Jaipur in Jan 2015 in which many poets, authors and historians participated?
A) Rajendra Shukla
B) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
C) Vasundhara Raje
D) Rajnath Singh
103.)National Girl Child Day is celebrated on _________ across India.
A) 29-Jan
B) 26-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 17-Jan
104.)The Reserve Bank of India has cut repo rate by 25 bps to ________ during its announcement of sixth bi-monthly monetary policy review in Jan 2015.
A) 8%
B) 7.75%
C) 7.25%
D) 7%
105.)Famous economist ________ assumed charge as full time member of the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) in Jan 2015.
A) Bibek Debroy
B) V K Saraswat
C) Arvind Panagariya
D) Arvind Subramanian
106.)Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has announced that it would invest nearly USD 165.5 million in India’s _____________ in jan 2015, which has recently got approval to open new bank from RBI last year.
A) IDFC Bank
B) Bandhan Financial Services
C) IFCI
D) None of These
107.)Which Indian company has now become the largest profitable private company of India after replacing Reliance Industries as per latest quarterly results published by these two companies in Jan 2015?
A) ONGC
B) TCS
C) Infosys
D) ITC
108.)Saudi Arabia’s King ___________, the current ruler of United Kingdom of Saudi Arabia passed away in Jan 2015.
A) Ibn Saud
B) Salman
C) Abdullah
D) Mutlaib
109.)South Korean President Park Geun-hye has nominated ruling party lawmaker __________ as the new Prime Minister of South Korea in Jan 2015.
A) Chung Hong-won
B) Lee Wan Koo
C) Yun Jong Yong
D) Kim Moo‘sung
110.)Mithali Raj was awarded with PadmaShri award, India’s fourth highest civilian, in Sports category in Jan 2015. She plays which sports?
A) Hockey
B) Badminton
C) Cricket
D) Tennis
111. The Supreme Court announced its much-awaited verdict on IPL Spot fixing and former BCCI chief N Srinivasan’s conflict of interest case in Jan 2015. The apex Court gave verdict that _________ can’t contest BCCI polls till he gives up commercial interest in CSK.
A) Lalit Modi
B) N Srinivasan
C) Jagmohan Dalmiya
D) Sharad Pawar
112.)Indian American author___________ has been awarded with the prestigious DSC Prize for Literature for her book “The Lowland” in Jan 2015
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Vijay Shesadri
C) Jhumpa Lahiri
D) Amitav Ghosh
113.)Which Indian bank has signed a loan agreement for 100 million euro with European Investment Bank for lending to private businesses in India in Jan 2015?
A) ICICI Bank
B) Punjab National Bank
C) State Bank of India
D) HDFC Bank
114.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept the SLR rate unchanged at ________ during its announcement of sixth bi-monthly monetary policy review in Jan 2015.
A) 23.5%
B) 22.5%
C) 23%
D) 22%
115.)Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone India in Jan 2015?
A) Gopal Vittal
B) Alok Kumar
C) Himanshu Kapania
D) Sunil Sood
116.)Ms ___________ Paulina Vega won the Miss Universe title at function held in Florida in Jan 2015.
A) USA
B) Colombia
C) Brazil
D) Argentina
117.)The 66th Republic Day was observed on 26th Jan 2015 across the nation with different parade functions organized at different locations. Who was the chief guest for this year’s republic day parade?
A) Hilary Clinton
B) Vladimir Putin
C) Barack Obama
D) John Kerry
118.)Famous ____________ and creator of common man, RK Laxman passed away in a Pune hospital in Jan 2015.
A) Cartoonist
B) Actor
C) Author
D) Journalist
119.)Famous cartoonist and creator of common man, RK Laxman passed away in a Pune hospital in Jan 2015. He was awarded with which highest Indian civilian award?
A) Padmashri
B) Padma Bhushan
C) Padma Vibhushan
D) Bharat Ratna
120.)Anti-austerity Syriza party led by ________ has won general election held in Greece in Jan 2015 and he will be the next Prime Minister of Greece.
A) Yanis Varoufakis
B) Antonis Samaras
C) Alexis Tsipras
D) Panos Kammenos
121. Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were awarded with the ___________, the highest peacetime military honour, posthumously by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on 26th Jan 2015.
A) Ashok Chakra
B) Paramvir Chakra
C) Vir Chakra
D) None of These
122.)_____________ footballer Juan Roman Riquelme retired from international football in Jan 2015.
A) Brazil
B) Argentina
C) Uruguay
D) Columbia
123.)Which Australian player has been named Australia’s young cricketer of the year, also known as the Bradman award in Jan 2015?
A) Mois©s Henriques
B) Steve Smith
C) Sean Abbott
D) David Warner
124.)IPS Officer __________ has been appointed as the Special Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jan 2015.members.
A) Subhash Joshi
B) K Durga Prasad
C) Ajay Chadha
D) None of These
125.)Which Poet won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry for his/her work ‘When God is a Traveller’, announced at a prize ceremony at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jan 2015?
A) Jerry Pinto
B) Arundhathi Subramaniam
C) Ranjit Hoskote
D) Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
126.)Two-time gold medal winning hockey Olympian __________ passed away today following a prolonged illness in Jan 2015. He was part of Gold Medal winning hockey teams in 1948 London and 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
A) Jaswant Singh Rajput
B) Balbir Singh, Sr.
C) Ajit Pal Singh
D) Mohammed Shahid
127.)The USA economy, largest in the world, grew by ________ in the fourth quarter of the previous year 2014 (announced in Jan 2015).
A) 3.5%
B) 1.1%
C) 2.6%
D) 4.1%
128.)Euro zone deflation stood at _________ in January across 19 member nations of the zone compared to same period last year (announced in Jan 2015).
A) -0.1%
B) -0.6%
C) 0.2%
D) 0.5%
129.)The ICC has allowed Pakistan fast bowler _________ to return to domestic cricket early from his five-year ban for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing in Jan 2015.
A) Mazhar Majeed
B) Mohammad Amir
C) Mohammad Asif
D) Salman Butt
130.)India has successfully test-fired indigenously developed, inter-continental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-5 from with strike range of over ___________ in Jan 2015.
A) 4000 Kms
B) 5000 Kms
C) 2500 Kms
D) 3000 Kms
131.)Who has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary in Jan 2015?
A) Sujatha Singh
B) S Jaishankar
C) Nirupama Rao
D) Ranjan Mathai
132.)Senior IPS officer __________ has been appointed the new chief of ITBP in Jan 2015.
A) Subhash Joshi
B) K Durga Prasad
C) Subhas Goswami
D) Krishna Chaudhary
133.)Defence Secretary _________ has been given additional charge of Department of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D) in Jan 2015.
A) Avinash Chander
B) RK Mathur
C) Arvind Mayaram
D) Rajiv Mehrishi
134.)Famous composer and actor ___________ has been appointed as the Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi in Jan 2015.
A) Manhar Udhas
B) Nitin Mukesh
C) Shekhar Sen
D) Leela Samson
135.)Founder of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), __________ passed away in Jan 2015 at a Delhi hospital. He had lead the Gorkhaland movement in the 1980s for a separate state for Gorkha people living in Darjeeling, West Bengal.
A) Subhash Ghisingh
B) Bimal Gurung
C) Madan Tamang
D) Prashant Tamang
136.)Reserve Bank of India has constituted a High Powered Committee headed by Deputy Governor __________ to re-examine and recommend appropriate set of businesses, size, conversion and licensing terms for the Urban Cooperative Banking Sector in Jan 2015.
A) Urjit Patel
B) R Gandhi
C) Anand Sinha
D) Harun Rashid Khan
137.)India’s economic growth for financial year 2013-14 was revised upwards to _________ due to change in base year for computing national accounts in Jan 2015. Earlier economic growth for same financial year projected at 4.7% before revision of base year.
A) 7.1%
B) 6.9%
C) 6.5%
D) 7.8%
138.)Which Indian-American has been awarded with the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr Award in Jan 2015?
A) Mushirul Hasan
B) Rajni Kothari
C) Frank Islam
D) None of These
139.)Which Indian company has now become the largest profitable private company of India as per latest quarterly results published in Jan 2015?
A) ICICI Bank
B) TCS
C) Reliance Industries
D) ITC
140.)Eighteen villages have been identified in which state under union government sponsored ‘Green India Mission’ for undertaking eco-friendly development programmesin Jan 2015?
A) Chattishgarh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Jharkhand
D) Bihar
141.)Nilesh Shah resigned as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD and CEO) of ______________ in Jan 2015.
A) ICICI Prudential Asset Management
B) Axis Capital Limited
C) SBI Mutual Fund
D) Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
142.)Former Minister of State for Public Works Department (PWD) Ram Prasad Kamal passed away in Jan 2015 after a brief illness in Allahabad. He belonged to which political party?
A) Shiv Sena
B) INC
C) BJP
D) CPI (M)
143.)Who has been appointed as the head coach of Indian men’s football team in Jan 2015.
A) Ricki Herbert
B) Wim Koevermans
C) Stephen Constantine
D) None of These
144.)Which tech company has become a new ally for ‘Digital India’ project in Jan 2015 to support the government’s vision for a Digital India?
A) Facebook
B) Twitter
C) Google
D) None of These
145.)Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin to mark the 175th birth anniversary of ____________ in Jan 2015.
A) JRD Tata
B) Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
C) Aditya Birla
D) None of These
146.)Handset maker _________ partnered with Idea Cellular to help subscribers of the telecom services firm pay for apps as part of monthly bills in Jan 2015.
A) Aircel
B) Microsoft
C) Samsung
D) Micromax
147.)Who was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of BAE Systems India (Services) Private Limited with effect from 1st January 2015?
A) Aditya Puri
B) Deepak Parekh
C) Chanda Kochhar
D) K. V. Kamath
148.)The Ajay Bijli led PVR group acquired which cinemas in Jan 2015?
A) PVR Cinemas
B) SPI Cinemas
C) Inox
D) None of These
149.)Which Indian PSU bank inked an agreement with HUL arm Lakme Salons to bring easy financing options to fuel women entrepreneurship in Jan 2015?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) State Bank of India
C) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
D) Central Bank of India
150.)Which bank won the Best Tech Savvy Bank “ Runner Up award in MSME Banking Excellence Awards 2014 (announced in Jan 2015)?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) Bank of Maharashtra
C) Karur Vysya Bank
D) Corporation Bank
151.)Who developed developed Braille printer at the age of only 13 to become the Silicon Valley’s youngest entrepreneur? Tech giant Intel Corp. recently invested in his start-up, Braigo Labs.
A) Shubham Banerjee
B) Shamik Banerjee
C) Sudip Mukherjee
D) None of These
152.)Which Pakistan Minister wrote the book named ‘Neither a Hawk nor a Dove’? The book is based upon the relations between India and Pakistan.
A) Fauzia Kasuri
B) Ahmad Raza Khan Kasuri
C) Ahmed Rashid
D) Khurshid M Kasuri
153.)Who has been appointed as the new head of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Jan 2015?
A) Shailesh Nayak
B) K. Radhakrishnan
C) A.S. Kiran Kumar
D) Mylswamy Annadurai
154.)Nobel laureate Charles Townes passed away in Jan 2015. He won 1964 Nobel prize in which field along with Russian Aleksandr M. Prokhorov and Nicolai G. Basov?
A) Physics
B) Medicine
C) Chemistry
D) None of These
155.)Who was sworn in as the sixth Governor of Uttarakhand in Jan 2015?
A) Aziz Qureshi
B) Krishan Kant Paul
C) Keshari Nath Tripathi
D) Vinod Kumar Duggal
156.)Who took charge as Coal India Limited’s full-time Chairman and Managing Director in Jan 2015?
A) Sutirtha Bhattacharya
B) B. Prasada Rao
C) Dinesh K Sarraf
D) S Subrahmanyan
157.)Prime Minister of ________ Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay visited India from 10 January to 18 January 2015.
A) Nepal
B) Bhutan
C) Thailand
D) Malaysia
158.)Noted ______ poet Nand Chaturvedi passed away in Jan 2015.
A) Gujarati
B) Hindi
C) Sanskrit
D) None of These
159.)Who was appointed as the Chairman of Railway Board in Jan 2015?
A) A.K. Mittal
B) B. Prasada Rao
C) Dinesh K Sarraf
D) Arunendra Kumar
160.)Online marketplace _________ has partnered India Post to jointly work on bringing thousands of weavers and artisans from Varanasi through its website in Jan 2015.
A) Flipkart
B) Amazon
C) Snapdeal
D) Yepme
161.)Which Indian private bank launched the country’s first contactless debit and credit cards that use the near-field communication technology in Jan 2015?
A) Yes Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
162.)Central Government has formed a committee headed by _________ to interact with trade and industry on tax – related issues on a regular basis in Jan 2015.
A) Hari Gautam
B) Ashok Lahiri
C) Shanta Kumar
D) Sivaramakrishnan
163.)Who has been selected for the Vikram Sarabhai memorial award for the year 2015 (announced in Jan 2015)?
A) K. Kasturi Rangan
B) Satish Dhawan
C) M.Y.S. Prasad
D) G. Madhavan Nair
164.)Central Government has appointed whom as the new Home Secretary in Jan 2015?
A) Anil Goswami
B) Shankar Agarwal
C) Madhusudhan Prasad
D) LC Goyal
165.)Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of ICRA (India rating agency) in Jan 2015?
A) T Suvarna Raju
C) Dinesh K Sarraf
D) S Subrahmanyan
D) Naresh Takkar
166.)Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of HAL in Jan 2015?
A) T Suvarna Raju
C) Dinesh K Sarraf
D) S Subrahmanyan
D) Naresh Takkar
167.)Donald Ramotar was main guest of 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held in Jan 2015. He is President of which country?
A) Ecuador
B) Guyana
C) Columbia
D) Venezuela
168.)Who won The Hindu Prize 2014 for his debut novel ˜Book of Common Signs’ in Jan 2015?
A) Ashok Srinivasan
B) Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
C) Deepti Kapur
D) Anita Nair
169.)European Union lifted ban on on the import of ______ from India in Jan 2015.
A) Prawns
B) Mango
C) Potato
D) Grapes
170.)Indian observed 118th birthday of __________ on 23rd Jan 2015.
A) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Bhagat Singh
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
171.)Who won the Best Director award at the 72nd Golden Globe Award held in Jan 2015?
A) Ava DuVernay
B) Richard Linklater
C) David Fincher
D) Alejandro Gonz¡lez I±¡rritu
172.)RBI Governor __________ has been named as the ‘governor of the year’ in the Central Banking Awards for 2015 by a British magazine in Jan 2015 for ‘his deep understanding of the root causes of economic problems of the country combined with an impressive leadership style.’
A) Duvvuri Subbarao
B) Arvind Subramanian
C) Raghuram Rajan
D) Arvind Panagariya
173.)Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of state run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in Jan 2015?
A) A N Rai
B) Anupam Shrivastava
D) S Subrahmanyan
D) Naresh Takkar
174.)Which Cricketer ___________ hit the fastest century in one-day internationals after scoring 100 in just 31 balls in Jan 2015?
A) Corey Anderson
B) Chris Gayle
C) AB de Villiers
D) Shane Watson
175.)Famous Mathematician and Fields medalist __________ has been chosen as the face and to lead Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet education project in Jan 2015 to rope in eminent scholars and scientists staying abroad to teach students at IITs and central universities.
A) Manjul Bhargava
B) Artur Avila
C) Subhash Khot
D) None of These
176.)The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered global economic growth forecast for the current and next year. It has reduced global economic growth projection to _______ for 2015 from earlier projection of 3.8% in Jan 2015.
A) 2.8%
B) 3.5%
C) 3.1%
D) 3.7%
177.)Which Australian player was awarded with the Allan Border Medal and also named both Test and one day player of the year in Jan 2015?
A) Mois©s Henriques
B) Steve Smith
C) Sean Abbott
D) David Warner
178.)The government has appointed ________ as the new director general of civil aviation (DGCA) in Jan 2015 till 28th January 2018.
A) Prabhat Kumar
B) M Sathiyavathy
C) T.R. Prasad
D) Ajay Kumar
179.)Who was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the new Planning Commission, NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog, in Jan 2015?
A) T. N. Srinivasan
B) Jagdish Bhagwati
C) Arvind Panagariya
D) Arvind Subramanian
180.)Senior IAS officer __________ was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, newer version of planning commission, in Jan 2015.
A) Atul Khare
B) M Sathiyavathy
C) Sindhushree Khullar
D) Ajay Kumar
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