1.)Indian-origin lawyer ___________ has been appointed as Judicial Commissioner to Singapore’s Supreme Court bench for 2 years in Mar 2015.
A) V K Rajah
B) C.R. (Chelva Ratnam) Rajah
C) Kannan Ramesh
D) Judith Prakash
2.)Who has been ranked as the richest man in the world for the second consecutive year by business magazine Forbes in its annual ranking of global billionaires published in Mar 2015?
A) Carlos Slim
B) Bill Gates
C) Warren Buffet
D) Larry Elison
3.)Which movie won the “Best Feature Film” award at the 62nd National Film Awards announced in Mar 2015?
A) The Lunchbox
B) Court
C) The Good Road
D) Mary Kom
4.)Which Global Tech company has acquired wi-fi network systems maker Aruba for USD 3 billion in Mar 2015?
A) Google
B) Microsoft
C) Hewlett-Packard
D) Oracle
5.)”International Women’s Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 19-Mar
B) 18-Mar
C) 8-Mar
D) 22-Mar
6.)English football club _________ won the English League Cup trophy in Mar 2015.
A) Chelsea
B) Liver Pool
C) Manchester United
D) Manchester City
7.)Former New Zealand cricket captain _________ was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in Mar 2015.
A) Richard Hadlee
B) Martin David Crowe
C) Debbie Hockley
D) Ashley Mallett
8.)Who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in Mar 2015?
A) Mehbooba Mufti
B) Omar Abdullah
C) Mufti Mohammed Sayeed
D) Farooq Abdullah
9.)Who has been elected as the new President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in Mar 2015?
A) Jagmohan Dalmiya
B) N. Srinivasan
C) G Ganga Raju
D) Rajeev Shukla
10.)Central Government has appointed ________ as its next ambassador to the US in Mar 2015.
A) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
B) Arun Singh
C) Arun Nehru
D) Krishnaswamy Sundarji
11 FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) has appointed famous economist __________ as the new Economic mentor for Ficci’s public policy and economic work in Mar 2015.
A) Arvind Virmani
B) Ila Patnaik
C) Ajit Ranade
D) Alwyn Didar Singh
12.)”World Forestry Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 19-Mar
B) 18-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 22-Mar
13.)Which movie won the “Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment” award at the 62nd National Film Awards announced in Mar 2015?
A) The Lunchbox
B) Court
C) The Good Road
D) Mary Kom
14.)The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has given Executive Director of Bank of Baroda ___________ additional charge of the Managing Director & CEO of Bank of Baroda for a period of three months in Mar 2015.
A) Gauri Shankar
B) Kshatrapati Shivaji
C) Ranjan Dhawan
D) Prakash Bakshi
15.)Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector has been increased to __________ in Mar 2015.
A) 74%
B) 49%
C) 66%
D) 51%
16.)India’s core sector growth, consisting of eight core sectors, coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity, grew by __________ in January (announced in Mar 2015).
A) -1.1%
B) 0.5%
C) 1.8%
D) 2.1%
17.)Online cab booking company ________ has acquired its competitor TaxiForSure for USD 200 million in a cash and equity deal in Mar 2015.
A) Ola
B) Uber
C) Merucab
D) None of These
18.)”World Consumer Rights Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 19-Mar
B) 18-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 15-Mar
19.)Which state government has banned the beef in the state in Mar 2015?
A) Bihar
B) Goa
C) Maharashtra
D) Haryana
20.)The Central government and the Reserve Bank of India have signed an agreement on Monetary Policy Framework in Mar 2015 in which the government has set a target for RBI to bring down inflation below _______ level by January 2016.
A) 6.5%
B) 5.5%
C) 6%
D) 7%
21 The government has appointed former _________ as the new chairman of the National Book Trust in Mar 2015.
A) Mridula Mukherjee
B) Baldev Sharma
C) Shereen F. Ratnagar
D) None of These
22.)The Reserve Bank of India has cut marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by 25 bps along with Repo rate to ________ during its announcement of bi-monthly monetary policy review in March 2015.
A) 8.75%
B) 9%
C) 8%
D) 8.5%
23.)Three South Asian women were selected for the prestigious International Women of Courage Award for the year 2015 in Mar 2014. The award will be given by the US Secretary of State on the eve of Women’s day. Who in the below list is not among them?
A) Niloofar Rahmani
B) Nadia Sharmeen
C) Tabassum Adnan
D) Sayaka Osakabe
24.)”World Earth Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 19-Mar
B) 23-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 25-Mar
25.)US President Barack Obama has re-nominated ________ as Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Mar 2015.
A) Meg Lundsager
B) Gordon O. Tanner
C) Sunil Sabhrawal
D) Jacques Ferran
26.)Chinese government has projected China’s economic growth at ________ for the current year 2015 in Mar 2015, which is the lowest GDP growth in last 25 years for the world’s second largest economy.
A) 6.8%
B) 7%
C) 7.25%
D) 7.5%
27.)The European Central Bank has increased eurozone GDP growth projection to ________ for the current year 2015 compared to earlier projection of 1% in Mar 2015.
A) 1.5%
B) 2.2%
C) 2.5%
D) 1.1%
28.)Who won the “Best Direction” award at the 62nd National Film Awards announced in Mar 2015?
A) Srijit Mukherji
B) Joshy Mangalath
C) Sudeep Chatterjee
D) Vishal Bhardwaj
29.)Who won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Men’s singles title held in Mar 2015?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Roger Federer
C) Andy Murray
D) Rafael Nadal
30.)Which city has been ranked as the top Indian city in the quality of living ranking, as per the Mercer’s Quality of Living Report 2015 published in Mar 2015?
A) Hyderabad
B) Pune
C) Nagpur
D) Bangalore
31 World’s largest and tallest Indian national flag was unfurled in __________ in the presence of BJP president Amit Shah and Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor in Mar 2015.
A) Faridabad
B) Gurgaon
C) Chandigarh
D) None of These
32.)”World Water Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 22-Mar
B) 23-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 25-Mar
33.)Who has been appointed as Chief Secretary of Delhi in Mar 2015?
A) Anil Goswami
B) Rajiv Mehrishi
C) Arvind Mayaram
D) Kewal K Sharma
34.)Which Bollywood actress was awarded with the National Award for the Best Representation of the Cause of Safety, Security and Protection of Women and Girl Child by National Institute of Gender Justice (NIGJ) in Mar 2015?
A) Vidya Balan
B) Priyanka Chopra
C) Rani Mukerji
D) Sonam Kapur
35.)Indian-American physician __________ was selected for the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair in Mar 2015.
A) Sachin H. Jain
B) Sudip Bose
C) Rahul Jindal
D) Vamsi Mootha
36.)India’s Retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), stood at _______ in February 2015 (announced in Mar 2015).
A) 4.2%
B) 5.1%
C) 5.37%
D) 6.11%
37.)The unemployment rate in the US stood at __________ in February (published in Mar 2015).
A) 5.5%
B) 5.7%
C) 5.8%
D) 5.9%
38.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged at ________ during its announcement of bi-monthly monetary policy review in March 2015.
A) 5%
B) 4.5%
C) 4.25%
D) 4%
39.)India has been ranked at the ________ position among 16 Asia Pacific countries in terms of the socio-economic standing of women, as per Mastercard’s latest Index of Women’s Advancement publsihed in Mar 2015.
A) 12th
B) 14th
C) 15th
D) 16th
40.)The RBI eased the norms for home loans for up to _________ by allowing banks to include stamp duty and registration charges to the cost of a unit in Mar 2015.
A) Rs 12 lakh
B) Rs 20 lakh
C) Rs 10 lakh
D) Rs 15 lakh
41 Which country has been ranked at the No 1 position among 16 Asia Pacific countries in terms of the socio-economic standing of women, as per Mastercard’s latest Index of Women’s Advancement publsihed in Mar 2015.
A) Australia
B) Philippines
C) Singapore
D) New Zealand
42.)”World TB Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 22-Mar
B) 23-Mar
C) 24-Mar
D) 25-Mar
43.)Walmart India has appointed _________ as the new Chief Financial Officer in Mar 2015.
A) Jill Anderson
B) Ashwin Mittal
C) Javier Rojo
D) None of These
44.)Indian badminton player __________ reached the final of the prestigious All England Badminton Championship after defeating Sun Yu of China by 21-13, 21-13 in the semifinal match in Mar 2015. With this, she scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to achieve the feat.
A) P. V. Sindhu
B) Jwala Gutta
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Sania Mirza
45.)Sri Lankan cricketer ________ has announced his retirement from Test cricket in Mar 2015.
A) Kumar Sangakara
B) Tillakaratne Dilshan
C) Angelo Mathews
D) Sanath Jayasuriya
46.)Which state government has launched a new scheme for girl child named as “Aapki Beti Humari Beti” with the key aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the state in Mar 2015?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Punjab
47.)Who won the “Best Actor” award at the 62nd National Film Awards announced in Mar 2015?
A) Bobby Simha
B) Sudesh Adhana
C) Musthafa
D) Sanchari Vijay
48.)Famous Vinod Mehta passed away after prolonged illness in Delhi in Mar 2015.
A) Historian
B) Artist
C) Journalist
D) None of These
49.)Who won the women’s singles title at the prestigious All England badminton championships in Birmingham in Mar 2015?
A) Saina Nehwal
B) Li Xuerui
C) Carolina Marin
D) P. V. Sindhu
50.)Which former union minister was awarded with the prestigious Saraswati Samman 2014 for his Kannada poem Ramayana Mahanveshanam in Mar 2015?
A) Jayanthi Natarajan
B) Veerappa Moily
C) Mallikarjun Kharge
D) H. D. Deve Gowda
51.)Which Indian real estate company has tied-up with e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal in Mar 2015 to sell its apartments across NCR areas?
A) Kolte Patil
B) Unitec
C) DLF
D) Sobha Developers
52.)U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated diplomat ________ as the next ambassador to Pakistan in Mar 2015.
A) Richard Rahul Verma
B) Cameron Munter
C) David Hale
D) Richard Olson
53.)The Reserve Bank of India has cut repo rate by 25 bps to ________ during its announcement of bi-monthly monetary policy review in March 2015.
A) 8%
B) 7.75%
C) 7.5%
D) 7%
54.)Which batsman created a history after becoming the first batsman to score four consecutive centuries in ICC World Cup in Mar 2015?
A) Mahela Jayawardene
B) AB de Villiers
C) Brendon McCullum
D) Kumar Sangakkara
55.)”World Forestry Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 22-Mar
B) 23-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 25-Mar
56.)Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched a web portal www.inampro.nic.in on 10th March to monitor the supply of ______ and ease the order process in Mar 2015.
A) Sand
B) Cement
C) Steel
D) None of These
57.)Who won the “Best Actress” award at the 62nd National Film Awards announced in Mar 2015?
A) Baljinder Kaur
B) Priyanka Chopra
C) Kangana Ranaut
D) Vidya Balan
58.)India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP), the most important parameter to judge performance of industrial sector, growth stood at ________ in January 2015 (published in Mar 2015).
A) -0.5%
B) 2.6%
C) 2.1%
D) 3.7%
59.)International Monetary Fund had increased India’s GDP growth forecast to __________ for the current financial year (announced in Mar 2015).
A) 6.3%
B) 5.1%
C) 7.2%
D) 7.8%
60.)Which team won the Ranji Trophy after winning the final match held in Mar 2015?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Mumbai
C) Karnataka
D) Sourashtra
Former Maldivian President ____________ was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in Jail after a quick and disputed trial in Mar 2015.
A) Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
B) Mohammed Waheed Hassan
C) Mohamed Nasheed
D) Abdulla Yameen
62.)Which University retained No 1 rank in the World Reputation Rankings 2015 published by Times Higher Education in Mar 2015?
A) University of Cambridge
B) Stanford University
C) University of Oxford
D) Harvard University
63.)The government of India has appointed Olympic medal winner ________ as a Brand Ambassador for the North East states in Mar 2014.
A) Laishram Sarita Devi
B) L Devendro Singh
C) Mary Kom
D) None of These
64.)The Reserve Bank of India has kept the SLR rate unchanged at ________ during its announcement of bi-monthly monetary policy review in March 2015.
A) 23.5%
B) 22.5%
C) 23%
D) 21.5%
65.)Famous Gandhian and ___________ Narayan Desai was passed away in Tapi district in Gujarat in Mar 2015.
A) Lawyer
B) Author
C) Artist
D) Historian
66.)Who won the “Best Male Playback Singer” award at the 62nd National Film Awards announced in Mar 2015?
A) Sukhwinder Singh
B) Arijit Singh
C) Ankit Tiwary
D) None of These
67.)”World Drama Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 28-Mar
B) 24-Mar
C) 22-Mar
D) 27-Mar
68.)Which team won the Santosh Trophy football title after defeating Punjab in the final match held at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana in Mar 2015?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) West Bengal
C) Services
D) Karnataka
69.)Which women hockey team won the Women’s Hockey World League Round Two competition title after defeating Poland by 3-1 in New Delhi in Mar 2015?
A) India
B) Nepal
C) Pakistan
D) China
70.)”The World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD)” was observed on ________ across the world to promote the basic rights of all consumers. The theme of year 2015 was ‘Helping consumers choose healthy diets’. The theme was taken up by the Consumers International (CI) because of importance of healthy diets in day-to-day life.
A) 11th March
B) 12th March
C) 14th March
D) 15th March.)
71.)_______ has become the world’s third largest arms exporter after the US and Russia, as per a new report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Mar 2015.
A) UK
B) Germany
C) France
D) China
72.)Social networking giant ______________ acquired shopping search engine ˜TheFind’ in order to enter into e-commerce market in Mar 2015.
A) LinkedIn
B) Twitter
C) Google
D) Facebook
73.)Who won the Australian Grand Prix to start this year season with a win in Mar 2015?
A) Lewis Hamilton
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Nico Rosberg
D) Nico Hulkenberg
74.)Online marketplace major _______ announced that it plans to acquire logistics firm GoJavas for nearly Rs. 150-200 crore in order to strengthen its delivery operations in India in Mar 2015.
A) FlipKart
B) Jabong
C) Snapdeal
D) Amazon
75.)The Reserve Bank of India has cut Reverse Repo rate by 25 bps to ________ during its announcement of bi-monthly monetary policy review in March 2015.
A) 6.75%
B) 6.5%
C) 7.25%
D) 7%
76.)”World Water Day ” is observed on ____________.
A) 21-Mar
B) 25-Mar
C) 28-Mar
D) 22-Mar
77.)CRISIL announced that ___________, current CEO of L&T Investment Management, as its next Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer in Mar 2015.
A) Ashu Suyash
B) Roopa Kudva
C) Ashishkumar Chauhan
D) Chitra Ramkrishna
78.)Indian IT Services Company _________ has appointed Abid Ali Neemuchwala as its Group President and Chief Operating Officer effective from next financial year in Mar 2015.
A) Wipro
B) Infosys
C) TCS
D) HCL Technologies
79.)Indian badminton player __________ won the Swiss Grand Prix Gold championship title after defeating Viktor Axelson by 21-15, 12-21, 21-14 in a hard-fought men’s singles final in Mar 2015.
A) Parupalli Kashyap
B) Pullela Gopichand
C) K. Srikanth
D) None of These
80.)Who won the “Best Music Direction” award at the 62nd National Film Awards announced in Mar 2015?
A) Shankar Ehsaan Loy
B) Vishal Bhardwaj
C) Pritam
D) None of These
81.)India’s overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at _______ in February 2015 (announced in Mar 2015).
A) -2.06%
B) -0.39%
C) 0.85%
D) 1.8%
82.)Israel’s Prime Minister __________ won closely-fought general election to be re-elected as the Prime Minister in Mar 2015.
A) Mahmoud Abbas
B) Ariel Sharon
C) Benjamin Netanyahu
D) None of These
83.)”World Sparrow Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 19-Mar
B) 20-Mar
C) 28-Mar
D) 22-Mar
84.)Which state government has launched First E-ration card service in India in Mar 2015?
A) Delhi
B) Haryana
C) Punjab
D) Himachal Pradesh
85.)The Supreme Court has set aside the notification issued by the erstwhile UPA government to include ________ in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) for according benefits of reservation to them in a ruling in Mar 2015.
A) Badwa
B) Gujjar
C) Jats
D) Darzi
86.)Union Minister _________ was named Young Global Leader from India by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Mar 2015.
A) Sushma Swaraj
B) Arun Jaitley
C) Smriti Irani
D) Manohar Parrikar
87.)Foreign direct investment(FDI) in India jumped more than 100% to __________ in January as per data published in Mar 2015.
A) USD1.34 billion
B) USD 2.85 billion
C) USD 4.48 billion
D) USD 11.07 billion
88.)Amongst the top 10 sectors, __________ received the maximum FDI of USD 2.83 billion in the April-Jan perod of financial year 2014-15.
A) Services
B) Telecom
C) FMCG
D) Pharma
89.)”International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery” was observed on __________ across the world. The theme for the year 2015 is Women and Slavery. The theme is a tribute to the many women who suffered and died during the slave trade.
A) 21-Mar
B) 22-Mar
C) 25-Mar
D) 28-Mar
90.)India’s indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile _________ was successfully tested from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft at the Integrated Test Range located at Chandipur in Odisha in Mar 2015.
A) Pinaka
B) Aakash
C) Astra
D) Brahmos
91.)Which famous Indian businessperson has been appointed as the head of Indian Railways Innovative Council called ‘Kaya Kalp’ in Mar 2015?
A) KV Kamath
B) Adi Godraj
C) Ratan Tata
D) NR Narayana Murthy
92.)Five Indian women have made it to the Forbes list of the world’s billionaires that saw a record number of women this year. Who was ranked at No 1 among Indian women and globally at 283rd in the list?
A) Indu Jain
B) Anu Aga
C) Savitri Jindal
D) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
93.)”World Day of the Fight against Sexual Exploitation” is observed on ____________.
A) 4-Mar
B) 15-Mar
C) 18-Mar
D) 16-Mar
94.)Nobel Laureate ____________ has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society in Mar 2015. He will succeed eminent geneticist Sir Paul Nurse who had taken on the role in 2010 and will step down after the customary 5-year term.
A) Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
B) Har Gobind Khorana
C) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
D) None of These
95.)Singapore’s first prime minister, _________ passed away in Mar 2015. He was the key architect for Singapore’s development from a small state to a global trade and financial centre.
A) Lee Hsien Loong
B) Goh Chok Tong
C) Lee Kuan Yew
D) Lee Hsien Yang
96.)Pakistani cricketers, _________ and Shaid Afridi have announced their retirement from the One Day International (ODI) format of cricket after Pakistan’s loss to Australia in the quarter final match in Mar 2015.
A) Mohammad Hafeez
B) Ahmed Shehzad
C) Saeed Ajmal
D) Misbah-ul-Haq
97.)”International Day of Forests” was observed on ____________ across the world. The theme for this year was “Forests and Climate Change.”The theme highlights forest-based solutions to address climate change mitigation and adaptation, and more broadly forests and sustainable development.
A) 19-Mar
B) 20-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 22-Mar
98.)Martyr’s Day was observed on _________ across the country today to honour the sacrifice of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev who were hanged to death on this very day in 1931.
A) 26-Mar
B) 23-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 22-Mar
99.)The “World Wildlife Day” was observed on ______ across the world. The 2015 theme of the day is Wildlife crime is serious, let’s get serious about wildlife crime.
A) 1-Mar
B) 3-Mar
C) 5-Mar
D) 8-Mar
100.)The Andhra Pradesh Government announced the new capital city planned near Vijayawada-Guntur region as __________, based on the historical Buddhist site along Krishna river in Mar 2015.
A) Eluru
B) Krosur
C) Amaravathi
D) Velpur
101.)India has become the ________-largest steel producer in the world based on steel produced in Jan-Feb 2015.
A) Second
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) Fifth
102.)The Government of Nepal and India has launched a direct bus service from Kathmandu and __________ in Mar 2015. The bus service was launched under the ambit of Motor Vehicle agreement between Nepal and India signed during 18th SAARC summit.
A) Gorakhpur
B) New Delhi
C) Varanasi
D) Patna
103.)The government of India has appointed Bollywood star ____________ as the brand ambassador for its drive against hepatitis B in Mar 2015
A) Aamir Khan
B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Shahrukh Khan
D) Anupam Kher
104.)”National Vaccination Day” is observed on ____________.
A) 4-Mar
B) 15-Mar
C) 18-Mar
D) 16-Mar
105.)Environmental activist ________ has been awarded with the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize 2015 for his innovative water restoration efforts and courage to empower communities in Indian villages (announced in Mar 2015).
A) Anupam Mishra
B) G. D. Agrawal
C) Rajendra Singh
D) Nigamananda Saraswati
106.)Which bollywood actor has been awarded with this year’s Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest honour in cinema in Mar 2015.
A) Dilip Kumar
B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Shashi Kapoor
D) Rajendra Kumar
107.)Who has been appointed Chairman of TV Sundram Iyengar & Sons Ltd, the holding company of the TVS group?
A) Venu Srinivasan
B) Suresh Krishna
C) V. C. Kulandaiswamy
D) None of These
108.)Sania Mirza and her partner __________ won the the BNP Paribas Open Tennis trophy after defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina by 6-3, 6-4 in the final match of the Women’s doubles title in Indian Wells, USA in Mar 2015.
A) Martina Hingis
B) Monica Seles
C) Martina Navratilova
D) None of These
109.)Sania Mirza has been ranked at Number ______ position in the doubles Tennis ranking with 6885 points as per latest WTA ranking published in Mar 2015.
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
110.)Indian author _____________ has been shortlisted among 10 finalists for this year’s Man Booker International Prize for his contribution to the English language writing (announced in Mar 2015).
A) Vikram Seth
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Amitav Ghosh
D) Arundhati Roy
111 Renowned ecologist ____________ has been selected for the 2015 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in Mar 2015. He will share the USD 200,000 worth cash prize with famous American marine ecologist Dr. Jane Lubchenco.
A) Akhil Sharma
B) M. S. Swaminathan
C) Raghavendra Gadagkar
D) Madhav Gadgil
112.)__________ has bagged MoneyGram’s ‘Best Sub-Agent in South Asian Region’ for the third consecutive year in Mar 2015.
A) Reliance Capital
B) Muthoot Finance
C) Bajaj Finance
D) None of These
113.)Home Ministry has announced “Telangana Foundation Day” to be held on ___________ (announced in May 2014).
A) 2-July
B) 2-May
C) 2-June
D) 12-May
114.)Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected India’s economy to grow at ____________ in financial year 2015-16 due to improved performance in industry and services, as per its latest report published in Mar 2015.
A) 8.1%
B) 7.1%
C) 7.8%
D) 6.8%
115.)________ will merge with ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co, owned by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway Inc, as per the latest announcement made in Mar 2015. This combined entity will be the world’s fifth-largest food and Beverage Company with the combined revenue of around USD 28 billion.
A) P&G
B) Unilever
C) Kraft Foods
D) None of These
116.)UK annual inflation rate stood at ________ in February (announced in Mar 2015).
A) -0.3%
B) 0%
C) 0.1%
D) 0.5%
117.)The Union government launched a new platform along with social networking giant ___________ for direct communication among leaders, government agencies and citizens through tweets and text messages, helping boost e-governance plans in Mar 2015.
A) Google
B) Facebook
C) Twitter
D) LinkedIn
118.)Famous Hindi poet __________ has been awarded with first National Kavi Pradeep Samman in Mar 2015.
A) Pratibha Ray
B) Ravuri Bharadwaja
C) Dr Kedarnath Singh
D) Gopaldas Neeraj
119.)Which Indian archer became the youngest archer to be added in the India Book of Records at 3 years age in Mar 2015?
A) Dolly Shivani Cherukuri
B) Mangal Singh Champia
C) Jayanta Talukdar
D) Jayalakshmi Sarikonda
120.)Which state tourism won the national Web Ratna Award for 2014 for ˜exemplary e-governance initiative through the Internet’ (announced in Mar 2015)?
A) Madhya Pradesh Tourism
B) Maharashtra Tourism
C) Kerala Tourism
D) Gujarat Tourism
121 Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and famous novelist ___________, author of novel ˜Q&A’ on which Slumdog Millionaire movie was made, has been appointed as new spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.
A) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
B) Syed Akbaruddin
C) Vikas Swarup
D) Sujata Mehta
122.)Who was sworn in as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in Mar 2015? He was administered the oath of office by Kerala Governor P Sathasivam.
A) Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur
B) Justice N.P. Singh
C) Justice S L Bhojegowda
D) Justice Ashok Bhushan
123.)Indian American Author ________ has been presented with the Folio Prize 2015 for his novel ˜Family Life’ by Jean-Marc Rathe of the Folio Society at the awards ceremony held in London in Mar 2015.
A) Vikram Seth
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Akhil Sharma
D) Arundhati Roy
124.)”Ordinance Factories Day (India)” is observed on ____________ in India.
A) 4-Mar
B) 15-Mar
C) 18-Mar
D) 16-Mar
125.)Famous writer and columnist __________ has been selected for CV Kunhuraman Literary Prize 2015 in Mar 2015. The prize comprises a cash component of Rs 10,001 and a statuette designed by artist BD Dathan.
A) G. V. Kakkanadan
B) Zachariah
C) Sara Joseph
D) U. A. Khader
126.)Defending Champion India’s World Cup dreams crashed as they were defeated by _________ by 95 runs in the semifinal match in Mar 2015.
A) South Africa
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) None of These
127.)Who has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of world’s largest search engine giant Google in Mar 2015?
A) Ruth Porat
B) Patrick Pichette
C) Mary Meeker
D) Safra A. Catz
128.)Nobel Laureate ___________ has been awarded with the Abel Prize 2015 for his work on partial differential equations in Mar 2015.
A) Ron Howard
B) Louis Nirenberg
C) John F Nash Jr.
D) Louis Nirenberg
129.)Brazil, the world’s seventh largest economy, grew by _______ in the previous year 2014 (announced in Mar 2015).
A) 0.4%
B) 0.1%
C) 0.8%
D) 1.1%
130.)President Pranab Mukherjee has removed Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi from his post. Governor of West Bengal _________ has been given additional charge of Manipur until further appointment of a new Governor in Mar 2015.
A) Kalyan Singh
B) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
C) C. Vidyasagar Rao
D) Keshri Nath Tripathi
131.)Which organization won Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 (announced in Mar 2015).
A) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
B) Bhava Atomic Research Center (BARC)
C) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
D) None of These
132.)Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST) by the Union Finance Ministry in Mar 2015?
A) KM Mani
B) Abdul Rahi
C) Oommen Chandy
D) P. C. George
133.)Railways Ministry has formed a new Committee under former IAS officer __________ in Mar 2015 to review the existing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Cell in the Railway Board.
A) Arun Maira
B) Sam Pitroda
C) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
D) Ajay Shankar
134.)An Indian – American professor ___________ has been chosen among the list of 15 scientists who all have been selected for a prestigious US presidential award for excellence in the field of science, mathematics and engineering mentoring in Mar 2015.
A) Murty S Kambhampati
B) Bhargav Gajjar
C) Anil K. Jain
D) Jagadeesh Moodera
135.)Delhi girl ___________ was crowned FBB Femina Miss India World 2015 at a ceremony held at Yashraj Studios in Mumbai in Mar 2015.
A) Afreen Racheal Vaz
B) Vartika Singh
C) Aditi Arya
D) None of These
136.)”World Poetry Day” is observed on ____________ in India.
A) 21-Mar
B) 25-Mar
B) 25-Mar
D) 16-Mar
137.)Indian famous shuttler _________ wrote history on 28th March after becoming the first Indian woman to reach World number one ranking in Badminton World Federation Rankings published in Mar 2015.
A) Jwala Gutta
B) PV Sindhu
C) Saina Nehwal
D) None of These
138.)Which country won the ICC Cricket World cup held in Feb-March 2015?
A) South Africa
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) None of These
139.)Who was adjudged man of the match in the final match of the ICC world cup held in Feb-March 2015?
A) Mitchell Starc
B) James Faulkner
C) Glenn Maxwell
D) Mitchell Johnson
140.)Who was adjudged man of the Series award in the ICC world cup held in Feb-March 2015?
A) Mitchell Starc
B) James Faulkner
C) Glenn Maxwell
D) Mitchell Johnson
141.)Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix held in Malaysia in Mar 2015?
A) Lewis Hamilton
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Nico Rosberg
D) Nico Hulkenberg
142.)BJP Leader ____________ was unanimously elected as the President of Basketball Federation in Mar 2015.
A) Priya Dutt
B) Pankaja Munde
C) Varun Gandhi
D) Poonam Mahajan
143.)The Reserve Bank of India has relaxed provisioning rules against bad loans by allowing banks to set aside up to __________ of floating provisions, compared to earlier limit of 33% in Mar 2015.
A) 40%
B) 45%
C) 50%
D) 56%
144.)Japanese auto major Honda has been appointed ___________ slated as its new President & CEO of its Indian operation Honda Cars India Ltd from April this year (announced in Mar 2015).
A) Katsushi Inoue
B) Hironori Kanayama
C) Shigeru Yamazaki
D) None of These
145.)”World Dentist Day” is observed on ____________ in India.
A) 2-Mar
B) 5-Mar
C) 8-Mar
D) 6-Mar
146.)Which Indian badminton player won her maiden India Open Super Series Women’s singles title after defeating former world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand by 21-16 21-14 in the final match held in New Delhi in Mar 2015?
A) Jwala Gutta
B) PV Sindhu
C) Saina Nehwal
D) None of These
147.)Which Indian badminton player defeated Viktor Axelsen of Denmark by 18-21, 21-13, 21-12 to win the India Open Super Series Badminton Men’s Singles title in Mar 2015?
A) K. Srikanth
B) Parupalli Kashyap
C) Prannoy Kumar
D) Ajay Jayaram
148.)The 2022 edition of Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be hosted by which country (announced in Mar 2015)?
A) Australia
B) Scotland
C) South Africa
D) Russia
149.)Surya Kiran VIII joint Military Exercise between India and ___________ concluded in Mar 2015.
A) Bangladesh
B) Sri Lanka
C) Nepal
D) None of These
150.)Indian telecom company __________ has partnered with China Mobile, to work towards the growth of the long term evolution (LTE) ecosystem and evolving mobile technology standards in Mar 2015.
A) Reliance Communication
B) Idea Cellular
C) Airtel
D) Aircel
151.)Which country won the bid to host the 17th edition of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in 2019 (announced in Mar 2015)?
A) Iraq
B) China
C) Qatar
D) United Arab Emirates
152.)Who has been appointed as the Chief Vigilance Officer in the Department of Telecommunications in Mar 2015?
A) M Akhaya
B) Mahboob Alam
C) Ajay Chadha
D) K Vijay Kumar
153.)Which Indian retail company acquired Total Hypermarket owned by Jubilant Retai in Mar 2015?
A) Reliance Retail
B) Future Retail
C) Aditya Birla Retail
D) None of These
154.)First Kisan Call Centre (KCC) of North-East was opened in _________ in Mar 2015. KCC will be run by a private enterprise with experts of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and animal husbandry.
A) Agartala
B) Guwahati
C) Aizal
D) Imphal
155.)The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) was concluded in _____________ in Mar 2015.
A) Japan
B) China
C) France
D) Thailand
156.)Malcolm Fraser, the former Prime Minister of __________ passed away in Mar 2015. His life after politics was dominated by human rights issues.
A) Israel
B) Australia
C) New Zealand
D) France
157.)Shahir Krishnarao Sable, the _________ folk legend passed away in in Mar 2015. He was a proficient singer, writer, playwright, performer, Loknatya (Folk Theater) producer-director.
A) Hindi
B) Gujarati
C) Marathi
D) None of These
158.)Former Lok Sabha speaker ____________’s book entitled ‘Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy “ Speaker’s Perspective’ was released in Mar 2015.
A) Sumitra Mahajan
B) Meira Kumar
C) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
D) Sushma Swaraj
159.)How many team Participated in the ICC world cup 2015 held in Feb-Mar 2015?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 14
D) 16
160.)Indian Artist __________ was conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) in Mar 2015. This is the highest cultural award of France.
A) Bharti Kher
B) Subodh Gupta
C) Jitish Kallat
D) Atul Dodiya
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