Current Affairs Question Bank June 2015

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1 1. Abhinav Bindra became 4 th Indian shooter to qualify for Rio Olympics 2016, who are the other three : Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela 2. International Day of United Nations peacekeepers observed on which date : 29 th May 3. The scheme namely Online Customer Acquisition Solution launched by which bank : State Bank of India 4. Who is the Author of the book namely Ahmedabad:A City in the World : Amrita Shah 5. Who is the Author of the book namely Super Economies: America, India, China and The Future of the World : Raghav Bahl 6. Who appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Indian Bank recently : V.A. Prasanth 7. Who appointed as Director General of Doordarshan News : Veena Jain 8. Nazi Party is also known as : Hitler Party 9. Prof. Malcolm Adiseshaih had earned worldwide distinction in which field : Economics 10.Which is the Island State of Australia : Tasmania 11.Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given by which organisation : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 12.Which is Capital city of Hungary : Budapest 13.South-West monsoon contributes how much percentage of the total rain in India : About 86% 14.Where is the Sun Temple situated : Konark 15.Kalchakra Ceremony is related with which religion : Buddhism 16.Who became highest Test scorer in England Cricket history : Alastair Cook By Ramandeep Singh Page 1

2 17.Who became President of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) : Sepp Blatter 18.Who became oldest woman to complete a marathon recently : Harriette Thompson 19.Who appointed as Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre : P. Kunhikrishnan 20.Who appointed as Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre : S. Somanath 21.Who appointed as Director of Vikram Sarabha Space Centre : K. Sivan 22.Who appointed as CMD of Hero Moto Corp. Limited : Pawan Munjal 23.Durand Cup is related with which game : Football 24.Who is Shovana Narayan : Famous Classical Dancer of India 25.Sima or Silca + magnesium are most abundant at which place : Ocean Floors 26.Who instituted the Kalinga Award : UNESCO 27.Who wrote the book Eight Lives : Raj Mohan Gandhi 28.Which was the 1 st country to withdraw from CENTO : Iraq 29.Who is the President of Indonesia : Joko Widodo 30.How much age required to become a member of Rajya Sabha : 30 years 31.World s 1 st facial recognition ATM Machine launched by which country : China 32.Who awarded with World No Tobacco Day Award : S.S. Negi 33.World No Tobacco Day observed on which date : 31 st May 34.Which three Indian Cricketers inducted into BCCI s Cricket Advisory Committee : Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman 35.Who is the President of BCCI : Jagmohan Dalmiya 36.Who is the Prime Minister of Mauritius : Ameenah GuribFakim By Ramandeep Singh Page 2

3 37.Who became Governor of Arunachal Pradesh : Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa 38.Who appointed as Executive Director of RBI recently : Meena Hemchandra 39.Who appointed as Assistant Chief of Naval Air Staff : Philipose G. Pynumootil 40.Coral reefs in India can be found in : Rameshwaram 41.Bismillah Khan was related with which field : Shehnai 42.The Island of Sri Lanka formerly known as : Ceylon 43.Who invented Airship (rigid) : G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin 44.Who is the only Indian who won Nobel Prize in Physics : Dr.C.V. Raman 45.The book Geeta Govinda is written by : Jaya Dev 46.Who is the CEO of Harley Davidson Motor Company : Keith E. Wandell 47.Who is the CEO of Myntra : Mukesh Bansal 48.What is the full name of Ravi Shastri, former Captain of Indian Cricket team : Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri 49.Name the web portal launched by Government of India recently for exchange information on missing and found children : Khoya Paya 50.Which Indian city has received Metro train recently : Jaipur 51.Who is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan : Vasundhara Raje 52.Deepika Kumari won Bronze Medal in Archery World Cup after defeating : Chang Hye Jin of South Korea st Asian Athletics Championship held at which city : Wuhan, China 54.Fathometer is used to measure : Ocean depth 55.Where is the Headquarter of UNO : New York, USA By Ramandeep Singh Page 3

4 56.The famous Ustad Zakir Hussain Khan is related with which field : Tabla 57.Amartya Sen was awarded with Bharat Ratna in which year : Who is the Author of the book Yama : Mahadevi Verma 59.Which are the working languages of UNESCO : English and French 60.Humayun ruled over which territory during and : Present Pakistan, Afghanistan and Northern Part of India 61.Who inducted in International Cricket Council Elite Panel of Umpires recently : Sundaram Ravi of India 62.Who appointed as PM s Special Envoy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism : Syed Asif Ibrahim 63.According to the report of Rule of Law Index 2015, what is India s rank : 59 th 64.According to the report of Rule of Law Index 2015, which Country placed at 1 st position : Denmark 65.Who is the Prime Minister of Denmark : Helle Thorning-Schmidt 66.Who awarded with Asian Athletics Association President s Award : Suresh Kalmadi 67.Who is the President of Athletics Federation of India: Adille Sumariwala 68.At present what is the repo rate announced by RBI : 7.25% 69.Which is the Capital city of Belarus : Minsk 70.Who is the Defence Minister of India : Manohar Parrikar 71.Who has scored the most Test Hundreds in Cricket till now : Sachin Tendulkar of India 72.What will a UPS be used for in a building : To provide power to essential equipment By Ramandeep Singh Page 4

5 73.Outer covering of virus made up of protein is : Capsid 74.The main active constituent of tea and coffee is : Caffeine 75.On a stationary sail boat, air is blown from a fan attached to the boat. The boat : does not move 76.Which city received its 1 st driver less metro train : Delhi Metro 77.World Environment Day is observed on which date : 05 th June 78.What was the theme of World Environment Day 2015 : Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet, Consume with Care 79.Who awarded with South Africa Cricketer of the Year Award : AB De Villiers 80.What is the full form of AIFF : All India Football Federation 81.Who is the President of AIFF : Praful Patel 82.India signed an agreement with which organization for Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project : World Bank 83.Irwin Rose died recently, he won Nobel Prize in which field : Chemistry 84.What is the full form of ESCAP : Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific 85.Who was 1 st lady judge of Supreme Court of India : Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi 86.Lake Victoria situated in which Continent : Africa 87.Who is 1 st Lady IPS of India : Kiran Bedi 88.The book namely Naked Triangle written by which Author : Balwant Gargi 89.Where is the Headquarter of United Nations : New York, USA 90.Pulakesin II was famous ruler of which dynasty : Chalukyas 91.Which former Prime Minister of India awarded with Bangladesh Liberation War Honour recently : Atal Bihari Vajpayee By Ramandeep Singh Page 5

6 92.Who is the President of Bangladesh : Abdul Hamid 93.Who is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh : Sheikh Hasina 94.Who won Women s Singles French Open 2015 : Serena Williams of USA 95.Who won Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix : Lewis Hamilton of Britain 96.Who won Men s Singles title French Open 2015 : Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 97.G7 Summit 2015 held in which country : Schlos Elmau, Germany 98.Which are G7 countries, name them : Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and USA 99. Prem Nath, the famous Wrestler died recently, he was won Gold Medal in Commonwealth Games in which year : Jal Kranti Abhiyan launched by Government of India recently, what is its aim : To consolidate water conservation in the country 101. Who is the CEO of Infosys : Vishal Sikka 102. Who won Baileys Women s Prize for Fiction : Ali Smith of UK 103. Who known as Lady with the Lamp : Florence Nightingale 104. Which is the highest mountain peak of Oceania : Punack Jaya, Indonesia 105. Who wrote the book namely Rakta Karabi : Rabindranath Tagore 106. India placed at which position in 21 st Asian Athletics Championship : 3 rd st Asian Athletics Championship held in which country: Wuhan, China 108. What is the full form of NSG : National Security Guard 109. Who appointed as Director General of NSG : R.C. Tayal 110. When was NSG established : 1984 By Ramandeep Singh Page 6

7 111. Who appointed as Chief Information Commissioner : Vijai Sharma 112. Who appointed as Central Vigilance Commissioner : K.V. Chowdary 113. Who is the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes : Anita Kapur 114. Who became Coach of India A U-19 Cricket team : Rahul Dravid 115. India signed a Land Boundary Agreement with which country recently : Bangladesh 116. Who wrote the Novel Flood of Fire : Amitav Ghosh 117. Which country signed Yuvraj Singh to play in the year 2003 : Yorkshire 118. Who created UNIX operating system in the year 1969 : Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson of USA 119. Nymph is the name of young one of : Cockroach 120. The mass number of an atom is equal to : The number of nucleons 121. Which three Indian Districts included in National Capital Region (NCR) : Jind, Karnal and Muzaffarnagar 122. National Capital Region Planning Board established in which year : In the year According to International Indian Film Academy Awards 2015, which film won Best Film Award : Queen 124. Which organization became most valuable brand of Football in all over the World : Manchester United Football Club 125. Indonesian Open Badminton Championship played in which Indonesian City : Jakarta,Indonesia 126. World Ocean Day is observed on which date : 08 th June 127. What was the theme of World Ocean Day 2015 : Healthy Oceans Healthy Planet 128. Who became the President of Turkey : Recep Tayyip Erdogan By Ramandeep Singh Page 7

8 129. Who is the Prime Minister of Turkey : Ahmet Davutoglu 130. What is the full form of GNLF : Gorkha National Liberation Front 131. Which famous personality is also known as Sparrow : Major General Rajinder Singh 132. What is the Currency of Ukraine : Ukrainian Hryvnia 133. Who wrote the book India Wins Freedom : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 134. When was founded the Food and Agriculture Organization, the agency of United Nations : 16 th October World Water Day is observed on which date : 22 nd March 136. Who formed Jan Adhikar Party in Bihar : Pappu Yadav, expelled MP of RJD 137. Which Port of Kerala awarded to Adani Ports and SEZ by the Government of Kerala : Vizhinjam Port Project 138. India became free of which infection recently as announced by World Health Organization : Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus 139. Who appointed as Non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank Ltd. : M.K. Sharma 140. Who is the CEO of ICICI Bank Ltd. : Chanda Kochhar 141. Which Bollywood actor acquired T20 team Trinidad & Tobago, the team of Carribean Premier League : Shah Rukh Khan 142. What is the full form of CSIR : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 143. Who appointed as Director of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research : Dr.Srivari Chandrasekhar 144. Who awarded with Sant Namdev National Award 2015 : Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab By Ramandeep Singh Page 8

9 145. Who conducted 1 st human heart transplant operation : Dr.Christian Bernard 146. Prof. Amartya Sen is related with which field : Economics 147. Which grassland is a tropical grassland : Savannah 148. When was 1 st television programme was broadcasted in India : In the year What is the full form of UNCTAD : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 150. The system of competitive examination for civil services was accepted in which year : Who formed the new political party namely Hindustan Awam Party : Jitan Ram Manjhi 152. What is the full form of NDA in political observation : National Democratic Alliance 153. COPA America Football Tournament 2015 started recently in which Country : Chile 154. Who is the President of Chile : Michelle Bachelet 155. What is the Currency of Myanmar (Burma) : Burmese Kyat 156. Who is the CEO of HDFC Bank Ltd. : AdityaPuri 157. Which bank launched the scheme namely PayZapp recently :HDFC Bank Ltd Which team won UEFA Champions League title 2015 : FC Barcelona 159. Sir Christopher Lee, the actor of Britain died recently, he became famous for which character : Dracula 160. Which former Cricketer of India died recently : Hemant Kantikar By Ramandeep Singh Page 9

10 161. Who was the Creator of Rock Garden, Chandigarh, died recently : Nek Chand Saini 162. Nek Chand Saini awarded with Padma Shri Award in which year : In the year Which is the Capital city of Pakistan : Islamabad 164. Which famous personality is also known as Pigeon : Glenn McGrath, Cricketer of Australia 165. What is the purpose of choke in a tube light : To increase the voltage momentarily 166. Name the former Cricketer of West Indies, who inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame : Wesley Hall 167. Border Haat, the common border between India and Bangladesh opened recently, it lies in which Indian State : Tripura 168. Who is the Chief Minister of Tripura : Manik Sarkar 169. Which organization awarded with Space Pioneer Award for the year 2015 : Indian Space Research Organization 170. Which organization presented Space Pioneer Award : National Space Society of USA th Migrant Resource Centre of India launched by Government of India in which city : Chennai, Tamil Nadu 172. India s 1 st Migrant Resource Centre was established in which city : Kochi, Kerala 173. What is the regional language of the State of Kerala : Malayalam 174. Who became 1 st wicket keeper of England to score a century in his debut match : Matt Prior, retired recently 175. Who topped the Forbes list of highest paid Athletes : Floyd Mayweather of USA By Ramandeep Singh Page 10

11 176. Name the only Indian placed in Forbes list of highest paid Athletes : Mahendra Singh Dhoni at 23 rd position 177. World Day Against Child Labour is observed on which date : 12 th June 178. What was the theme of World Day Against Child Labour 2015 : NO to Child Labour Yes to Quality Education 179. Who is the Governor of Tamil Nadu : Konijeti Rosaiah 180. Who appointed as Director of Indian Statistical Institute : Prof. Sanghmitra Bandyopadhyay 181. Cairn India, the private oil producer company merged with which famous company :Vedanta Ltd Who is the CEO of Cairn India : Mayank Ashar 183. Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards and fellowships announced recently, which four personalities awarded with fellowship : R. Janakiraman, S. Sathyu, Vijay Kichly and Tulsidas Borkar 184. Who won ATP Mercedes Cup of Tennis : Rafael Nadal of Spain after defeating Viktor Troicki of Serbia 185. Sheila Kaul, died recently, she was the former Governor of which Indian State: Himachal Pradesh 186. Who is the External Affairs Minister of India came into controversy for issuance of travel documents : Sushma Swaraj 187. Who is Lalit Modi came into news recently : 1 st Commissioner of Indian Premier League (IPL) 188. What is Ajeya Warrior 2015 : joint military exercise between India and UK 189. World Blood Donor Day is observed on which date : 14 th June By Ramandeep Singh Page 11

12 190. What was the theme of World Blood Donor Day 2015 : Thank you for saving my life 191. When was firstly introduced World Blood Donor Day : In the year Who is the Prime Minister of Barbados : Freundel Stuart 193. Which is the Capital city of Fiji : Suva 194. Jamini Roy was a famous Painter of India, he was awarded with Padma Bhushan in which year : Pulitzer Prize is given in which field : Literature and Journalism 196. Which historic charter agreement completed its 800 years on 15 th June 2015 : Magna Carta 197. Who is the Railway Minister of India : Suresh Prabhu 198. Which country s government approved the bill Law to Prevent Harm Caused by Hunger Strikes : Government of Israel 199. Who is the President of Israel : Reuven Rivlin 200. Which Indian department launched India Nuclear Insurance Pool : India Nuclear Insurance Pool 201. BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement signed between which four countries : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal 202. BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement signed in which country : Thimphu, Bhutan 203. What frequency is the high frequency band : 3 to 30 MHz 204. Friction can be reduced by changing from : sliding to rolling 205. The least explosive type of volcano is called : Basalt Plateau 206. Cannes Award is given in which field : Films 207. Who written the book The Gathering Storm : Winston Churchill By Ramandeep Singh Page 12

13 208. What is the full form of SAARC : South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 209. Who is the 1 st Mughal Emperor : Babur 210. What is the full name of Babur : Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur 211. Who became 1 st 100% visually challenged person get job in Indian Foreign Services : N.L. Beno Zephine of Chennai 212. Which Indian State became 1 st to impose street light tax : Andhra Pradesh 213. Who is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh : N. Chandra Babu Naidu 214. Which route train renamed as Yoga Express : Ahmedabad-Haridwar Mail Express years old statue of Buddha with 1000 hands opened in which country : China years old statue of Buddha with 1000 hands enlisted in World Heritage List in which year and by which organization : UNESCO in the year What is the basic aim of Sakaar launched recently by Government of India : to highlight the achievements of Space Department 218. Harbhajan Singh of India became 9 th highest wicket taker in Test Cricket, he claimed how many wickets : 416 wickets in 102 matches 219. Who is the highest wicket taker in the history of Test Cricket : Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, 800 wickets in 133 matches 220. Who appointed as Chairman of Delhi Jal Board : Kapil Mishra 221. Who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi : Manish Sisodia By Ramandeep Singh Page 13

14 222. India s 1 st Micro Air Vehicle Aerodynamics Research Tunnel launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka by which organization : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 223. Who wrote the book titled as Education of Muslims : J.S. Rajput 224. Who wrote the book titled as Modi Incredible emergence of a star : Tarun Vijay 225. Who is the Vice President of India : Mohammad Hamid Ansari 226. Rs.50 per quintal raised on Paddy by Government of India, now what is the minimum support price of Paddy : Rs.1410 per quintal 227. Election Commission of India suspended the recognition of which regional political party of Meghalaya : National People s Party (NPP) 228. Charles Correa, the greatest architect of India, died, he was awarded with Padma Vibhushan in which year : In the year Who is the founder of Urban Design Research Institute, Mumbai : Charles Correa 230. Who appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of MTNL : Narendra Kumar Yadav 231. What is the full form of MTNL : Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 232. When was established MTNL : In the year Who wrote the book titled as Recasting India : Hindol Sengupta 234. Nathu La pass is located on which Border : Sikkim-Tibet Border 235. Which is the Capital city of Tibet : Lhasa 236. Nathu La pass opened after about how many years : after about 53 years 237. Who is the President of Georgia : Giorgi Margvelashvili 238. What is the Currency of Uzbekistan : Uzbekistani Som By Ramandeep Singh Page 14

15 239. Pandit Jasraj has related with which field : Music 240. What is the length of Dead Sea : 50 km 241. Who appointed as Director of National Crime Records Bureau : Archana Ramasundaram 242. Who won Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith : Babusha Kohli and Upasana 243. What is the basic aim of the scheme Housing for All by 2022 : provide houses at affordable prices in the urban areas by the year When was the scheme MGNREGA launched : In the year Which Asian country lowered the age of voters from 20 to 18 years recently : Japan 246. Cluster Development Programme for Pharma Sector launched by Government of India for which purpose : To promote SMEs in the industry 247. Who is the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India : Ananth Kumar 248. Who became President of Mumbai Cricket Association : Sharad Pawar 249. Who wrote the book titled as Bikhare Khayalat : Prof. Abdul Haq 250. Who was the 1 st woman in Space : Valentina Tereshkova of Russia 251. Which is the highest civilian award of India : Bharat Ratna 252. In India, which State has separate flag and constitution : Jammu and Kashmir 253. Who wrote the book titled as We Indians : Khushwant Singh 254. Where is the Headquarter of World Trade Organization : Geneva, Switzerland By Ramandeep Singh Page 15

16 255. Which is the Capital city of Switzerland : Bern 256. Who elected as Chairman of UK Parliament Committee : Keith Vaz, an Indian origin 257. World s slimmest and lightest 4G phone launched by which company and what is its name : Micromax, Micromax Canvas Silver Which team won National Basketball Championship 2015 : Golden State Warriors 259. Which bank launched the scheme eforex : State Bank of India 260. Which historic city of Punjab completed 350 years of its establishment : Anandpur Sahib 261. Name the 9 th Guru of Sikhs : Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib 262. Which city is also known as Hole City of Bliss : Anandpur Sahib, Punjab 263. Who appointed as Executive Director of Amnesty International recently : Aakar Patel 264. Who is the Indian Ambassador to China : Ashok K. Kantha 265. Which State of India banned the sale of thermocol plates : Jharkhand 266. Who is the Chief Minister of Jharkhand : Raghubar Das 267. What is the full form of DRDL : Defence Research and Development Labortory 268. Milkha Singh is also known as : Flying Sikh of India 269. The length of the day is determined in which unit: Astronomical units 270. Which State of India given Tansen Samman : Madhya Pradesh 271. Bangladesh Cricket team won the series against India, earlier the team record two winning series over which two teams : Pakistan and Zimbabwe By Ramandeep Singh Page 16

17 272. Who is the Captain of Bangladesh Cricket team : Mashrafe Mortaza 273. Who won Austrian F1 Grand Prix : Nico Rosberg of Germany 274. Name the Airport having fastest WiFi service in all over the World : Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok 275. International Yoga Day is observed on which date : 21 st June 276. Who is the President of Tanzania : Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete 277. Suleyman Damirel died recently, he was the former President of which country : Turkey 278. Who is the Captain of Men s Hockey team : Sardara Singh 279. Indian Football team made its 1 st appearance in Olympics in which year : The transformer that develops the high voltage in a home television is commonly called : Flyback 281. Plants bends towards the source of light on account of the movement of curvature known as : Phototropism 282. Which gas is used for artificial ripening of green fruit : Ethylene gas 283. Which gas was to be discovered 1 st in the chromospheres of the sun : Helium 284. World Food Day is observed on which date : 16 th October 285. Onam Festival celebrated in which Indian State : Kerala 286. Who won Gerry Weber Open Tennis title : Roger Federer of Switzerland 287. Which team won FIFA U-20 World Cup : Serbia after defeating Brazil 288. Who appointed as President of Squash Rackets Federation of India : Debendranath Sarangi By Ramandeep Singh Page 17

18 289. Who won men s singles title of Aegon Tennis Championship : Andy Murray of Scotland 290. Which team won Nongfu Spring Snooke s World Cup 2015 : China 291. Who awarded with Sangitha Kalanidhi Award 2015 : Sanjay Subrahmanyam 292. Who won US Open Golf : Jordan Spieth of USA 293. Typhoon namely Kujira hit which Province of China recently : Hainan Province of China 294. Name the India s largest Gurudwara of Sikhs : Golden Temple situated in Amritsar, Punjab 295. Sanjay Dutt convicted by Court under which offence or Act : Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) 296. Which is the largest hot desert in the World : Sahara Desert 297. In which year was the Internet first time implemented : In the year Name the President of India who awarded with Bharat Ratna before becoming President : Dr.Zakir Hussain 299. Who is the Author of Ashtadhyayi : Panini 300. Who is the President of Iceland : Olafur Ragnar Grimsson 301. Who is the Deputy Chief Minister of the State of Maharashtra : Ajit Pawar 302. According to the report of Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report, which country has maximum number of dope tests : Russia 303. According to the report of Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report, India placed at which number in dope tests : 3 rd place 304. According to the Global Peace Index 2015, which country topped the list : Iceland By Ramandeep Singh Page 18

19 305. According to the Global Peace Index 2015, India ranked at which position : 143 rd position out of 162 countries 306. Which organization conducted the survey of Global Peace Index 2015 : Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) 307. Which country won European Team Athletics Championship 2015 : Russia 308. Sister Nirmala Joshi died recently, she was the former Head of which famous organization : Missionaries of Charity 309. What is the real name of Mother Teresa : Anieze Gonxhe Boiaxhiu 310. Australia won ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 after defeating which country : New Zealand 311. Which country won 1 st ICC Cricket World Cup played in the year 1975 : West Indies 312..JPG extension refers to what kind of file : Image file 313. Photosynthesis is a process of : Reductive, Endergonic and Anabolic 314. What is the major constituent of air : Nitrogen 315. What is the full form of LED : Light Emitting Diodes 316. Who is Union Water Resources Minister of India : Uma Bharti 317. Which is the Capital city of Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram 318. Lucknow Prani Udyan renamed by Government of Uttar Pradesh, what is its new name : NawabWajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan 319. Lucknow Prani Udyan established in which year : Who is the Author of the book Red Tape to Red Carpet : Gina Rinehart 321. What is the full form of USIC : Union Sportive Internationale des Cheminots By Ramandeep Singh Page 19

20 322. Who appointed as Ayurveda Brand Ambassador for the State of Kerala : Steffi Graf of Germany 323. Name the three Indians who awarded with Queen s Young Leaders Award : Ashwini Angadi, Devika Malik and Akshay Jadhao 324. Asian Athletics Grand Prix held in which country : Bangkok, Thailand 325. Who awarded with V.K. Krishna Menon Award : Benni Joseph Mavelil 326. V.K. Krishna Menon Award was firstly instituted in which year : Where is the Headquarter of United Nations Organization : New York, USA 328. Which famous personality also known as Father of the White Revolution : Verghese Kurien 329. Which is the largest part of Hydrosphere : Pacific Ocean 330. Which famous personality was awarded with 1 st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award : Mother Teresa 331. Which city Airport of India became 1 st Airport of India to have Ground Based Augmentation System : Ahmedabad Airport 332. Which State of India became 1 st is solar energy producer : Rajasthan by generating 1167 mw solar energy 333. Which State of India became 1 st State of India to have Butterfly namely Blue Mormon (Papilio Polymnestor) : Maharashtra 334. Who is the CEO of ICICI Bank Ltd. : ChandaKochhar 335. Who became 1 st player of India to be drafted in National Basketball Association : Satnam Singh Bhamara By Ramandeep Singh Page 20

21 336. What is the full form of AMRUT, the scheme launched recently : Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation st Modern Anganwadi Centre of India launched recently in which city : Sonepat, Haryana 338. Who wrote the book South Asia on a Short Fuse: Nuclear Politics and the Future of Global Disarmament : Praful Bidwai, died recently 339. Indian Government announced to open six new IIM institutes in India, name that six cities in which IIM institutes will be open : Amritsar, Bodh Gaya, Nagpur, Sambalpur, Sirmaur and Vishakhapatnam 340. Who became the President of International Cricket Council : Zaheer Abbas 341. Who is the Chairman of International Cricket Council : N. Srinivasan 342. What is the full form of UNCTAD : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 343. Bhasha Samman given by Sahitya Akademi was instituted in which year : Who became greatest Test Player in all over the World : Sachin Tendulkar 345. Which famous personality of India awarded with highest civilian award of Columbia recently : Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 346. Which country declared legal the same sex marriage recently : United States of America 347. Who won Norway Chess Championship 2015 : Topalov after defeating Vishwanathan Anand 348. Who appointed as Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of State Bank of India : Anshula Kant By Ramandeep Singh Page 21

22 349. Which Tennis player became 47 th player to join 100 partners club on ATP Circuit : Leander Paes of India 350. Leander Paes with his partner Mahesh Bhupathi won how many Grand Slam titles : International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed on which date : 26 th June 352. What was the theme of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2015 : Let s Develop our Lives, Our Communities, our identities without Drugs 353. Ambubachi festival of which Indian State : Assam 354. The famous Kamakhya Temple is situated in which Indian State : Assam 355. Hemis festival related with which region of India : Ladakh 356. Hemis festival is celebrated on the birth anniversary of which Guru : Guru Padmasambhava 357. For galvanizing iron which metal is used : Zinc 358. The term Slip is used in which Sports : Cricket 359. Who is the Prime Minister of Malaysia : NajibRazak 360. What is the original name of Mahabharata : Jai Samhita 361. Who developed 1 st flexible and skin like display of the World : Debashis Chanda, an Indian American 362. RBI extended the date to exchange pre 2005 currency notes, now the new date is : 31 st December India signed a Double Taxation Treaty with which country recently : Thailand 364. Who appointed as CEO of Lafarge India : Ujjwal Batria By Ramandeep Singh Page 22

23 365. Who appointed as Chairman of Sakal Media Group : Prataprao Pawar 366. Who appointed as highest wicket taker in Test Cricket : Muttiah Muralitharan 367. What is the full form of CD : Compact Disk 368. Which tissues are the most abundant in a human body : Connective tissues 369. The hottest part of the gas flame is also known as : non-luminous zone 370. When the Solar Eclipse occurred : When the moon is between the sun and the earth 371. Balloons are filled with which gas : Helium gas 372. Ajanta Caves are situated in which Indian State : Maharashtra 373. How much population of India depend on Agriculture: 70% 374. Banks of India were nationalized in which year : Muslim League was founded in which year : st day-night test cricket match will play between which two countries as announced by ICC : Australia and New Zealand 377. Which District of India awarded with United Nations Public Service Award 2015 : Nadia 378. Who is the President of Sri Lanka : Maithripala Sirisena 379. The President of Sri Lanka dissolved the Parliament of Sri Lanka, now the new elections will be held in Sri Lanka on which date : 17 th August Who won Men s singles title of Canada Open Badminton Tournament 2015: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia By Ramandeep Singh Page 23

24 381. Who won women s singles title of Canada Open Badminton Tournament 2015 : Michelle Li of Canada 382. Which country became 1 st to join Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank : Australia 383. Who is the Author of the book Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji : A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari 384. Recently, which Indian city received the Metro Rail Service : Chennai 385. Who awarded with Moorti Devi Award : Vishwanath Tripathi 386. Who wrote the book Vyomkesh Darvesh : Vishwanath Tripathi 387. National Statistics Day is observed on which date : 29 th June 388. National Statistics Day 2015 organized under which theme : Social Development 389. Where is Himalayan Mountaineering Institute situated : Darjeeling 390. Which is the Capital city of Australia : Canberra By Ramandeep Singh Page 24