Q. : 1 The inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry was won by who among the following at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival?
1) Arundhathi Subramaniam (When God is a Traveller)
2) Ranjit Hoskote (Central Time)
3) Sridala Swami (Escape Artist)
4) Keki N Daruwalla (Fire Altar)
5) None of these
Q. : 2 The National Voters’ Day is observed on
1) 21 Jan
2) 23 Jan
3) 25 Jan
4) 31 Jan
5) None of these
Q. : 3 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued draft regulations to facilitate full MNP, which is set to start from May 3. Expand the term MNP.
1) Multiple Numbers Portability
2) Multiple Number Provisioning
3) Mobile Number Provisioning
4) Mobile Number Portability
5) None of these
Q. : 4 Sergio Mattarella is the newly elected president of
1) Italy
2) Spain
3) Turkey
4) Sweden
5) Finland
Q. : 5 Renowned literary critic, writer and translator MD Hatkananglekar died on 24 Jan. He was a ___________writer.
1) Gujarati
2) Marathi
3) Tamil
4) Malayalam
5) None of these
Q. : 6 The World Cancer Day is observed on
1) 1 Dec
2) 28 Sep
3) 24 Mar
4) 4 Feb
5) 30 Jan
Q. : 7 During the budget session commencing on Feb 23, the govt will push for passage of bills on six ordinances promulgated recently. These six ordinances do not include ordinance on
1) FDI in insurance sector
2) Land Acquisition
3) e-rickshaws
4) Coal, mines and minerals
5) None of these
Q. : 8 The Periyar Tiger Reserve has bagged the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award for encouraging local public participation in managing the reserve. It is situated in
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Assam
3) Kerala
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Andhra Pradesh
Q. : 9 Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi submitted his resignation as the President of which of the following countries recently? The country is facing insurgency from Houthis rebels.
1) Libya
2) Yemen
3) Nigeria
4) Tunisia
5) None of these
Q. : 10 Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki took over the additional charge of Governor of Punjab on 22 Jan. At present he is the governor of
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Haryana
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Uttarakhand
Q. : 11 At least 26 people were killed in Sinai in a deadly attack on military and police establishments in which of the following countries recently?
1) Egypt
2) Kenya
3) Spain
4) France
5) Malaysia
Q. : 12 The govt’s share in the Coal India was divested through FPO route recently. What is the full form of FPO?
1) Follow-On Preference Offer
2) Follow-On Public Offer
3) Follow-On Purchase Offer
4) Follow-On Private Offering
5) None of these
Q. : 13 Among the presentations on the eve of the Republic Day Parade, in the tableaux category, the first position went to
1) Karnataka
2) Jharkhand
3) CPWD
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Q. : 14 The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited has been set up by the govt which is mandated to develop 10,000 km of roads in the country with a special focus on
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) North-East
5) Islands
Q. : 15 Who among the following has won the women’s singles title of the Australian Open 2015?
1) Maria Sharapova
2) Eugenie Bouchard
3) Serena Williams
4) Sarah Brandner
5) Ana Ivanovic
Q. : 16 The Martyrs' Day is observed in India on 30 Jan every year on the death anniversary of
1) Vallabhbhai Patel
2) Chandra Shekhar Azad
3) Mahatma Gandhi
4) Bhagat Singh
5) Subhas Chandra Bose
Q. : 17 The non-performing assets (NPAs) of the nationalised banks in 2013-14 stood at
1) Rs 9,116 cr
2) Rs 16,145 cr
3) Rs 92,861 cr
4) Rs 1.65 lakh cr
5) Rs 2.16 lakh cr
Q. : 18 The winner of the men’s singles title of the Australian Open is
1) Andy Murray
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Kei Nishikori
4) Rafael Nadal
5) Roger Federer
Q. : 19 The RBI has constituted a high level eight-member Committee on urban cooperative banks under the Chairmanship of
1) R Gandhi
2) Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty
3) Harun Rashid Khan
4) Urjit Patel
5) Anand Sinha
Q. : 20 The GDP growth rate for 2012-14 has been revised upward to 6.9 per cent with change in base year. Now, for calculating national accounts, the base year is
1) 2004-05
2) 2006-07
3) 2008-09
4) 2009-10
5) 2011-12
Q. : 21 Name the author with Indian roots who has won DSC Prize for Literature, one of South Asia's top literary awards for her book ‘The Lowland’.
1) Anita Desai
2) Arundhati Roy
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Kiran Desai
5) None of these
Q. : 22 China is planning to build a 7000 km-long high-speed railway line, costing USD 250 bn, to connect Beijing with which of the following capital cities?
1) Dhaka
2) Naypyidaw
3) Kathmandu
4) Moscow
5) None of these
Q. : 23 The PM Narendra Modi on 22 Jan launched a deposit scheme for girl child named Sukanya Samridhi Yojna, as part of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign from _______, which is amongst the lowest child sex ratios in the country.
1) Panipat, Haryana
2) Amritsar, Punjab
3) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
4) Nasik, Maharashtra
5) None of these
Q. : 24 The govt has launched HRIDAY project which is aimed at
1) Rejuvenating rich cultural heritage of India
2) Establishing old age homes
3) Welfare of handicapped
4) Saving girl child
5) None of these
Q. : 25 For the first time, AWACS are likely to be deployed in New Delh on the Republic Day for vigil. It is a/an
1) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
2) Airborne Warning System
3) US fighter jet
4) Anti-aircraft gun
5) None of these
Q. : 26 Sunil Sood has taken over as the new MD & CEO of which of the following telecom firms operating in India?
1) Bharti Airtel
2) Idea
3) Reliance Communications
4) Vodafone
5) None of these
Q. : 27 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 20 Jan said India is expected to grow at _______ in 2016, crossing China's projected growth rate by then.
1) 5.3 per cent
2) 5.8 per cent
3) 6.5 per cent
4) 7.8 per cent
5) None of these
Q. : 28 The European Central Bank (ECB) on 22 Jan launched a govt bond-buying programme. Who among the following is the present President of ECB?
1) Mario Draghi
2) Ben Bernanke
3) Jean-Claude Trichet
4) Mario Monti
5) None of these
Q. : 29 The Pakistan govt for the first time officially announced on 22 Jan to have frozen all assets and accounts of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). This terrorist organisation belongs to
1) Masood Azhar
2) Dawood Ibrahim
3) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
4) Yasin Malik
5) None of these
Q. : 30 The Union Govt has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for another one year in
1) Assam
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Jharkhand
4) Punjab
5) None of these
Answer Key :-
- (1) Arundhathi Subramaniam (When God is a Traveller)
- (3) 25 Jan
- (4) Mobile Number Portability
- (1) Italy
- (2) Marathi
- (4) 4 Feb
- (5) None of these
- (3) Kerala
- (2) Yemen
- (3) Haryana
- (1) Egypt
- (2) Follow-On Public Offer
- (4) Maharashtra
- (4) North-East
- (3) Serena Williams
- (3) Mahatma Gandhi
- (5) Rs 2.16 lakh cr
- (2) Novak Djokovic
- (1) R Gandhi
- (5) 2011-12
- (3) Jhumpa Lahiri
- (4) Moscow
- (1) Panipat, Haryana
- (1) Rejuvenating rich cultural heritage of India
- (2) Airborne Warning System
- (4) Vodafone
- (3) 6.5 per cent
- (1) Mario Draghi
- (3) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
- (1) Assam
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