GENERAL AWARENESS OBJECTIVE –FROM 1ST DECEMBER TO 17 DECEMBER

1 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 As per the statistics on climate change released by the govt recently, India emits
1,146 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually which is __________ of global emissions.
1) 0.96 per cent
2) 1.96 per cent
3) 2.96 per cent
4) 3.96 per cent
5) 4.96 per cent
Answer:- 4) 3.96 per cent
Ques. : 2 India has announced to provide what amount for the vulnerable nations in the
Commonwealth to help them introduce clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
1) $1.5 mn
2) $2 mn
3) $2.5 mn
4) $3 mn
5) $3.5 mn
Answer:- 3) $2.5 mn
Ques. : 3 Which of the following teams won the first ever day-night Test match played in
Adelaide recently?
1) England
2) Australia
3) New Zealand
4) South Africa
5) West Indies
Answer:- 2) Australia
Ques. : 4 Which of the following teams won the 2015 Davis Cup tennis tournament recently?
1) Belgium
2) Great Britain
3) Australia
4) Argentina
5) Japan
Answer:- 2) Great Britain
Ques. : 5 The govt has advanced the roll out year for BS stage V and VI emission norms for
four-wheelers. The new rollout year for BS stage V and VI respectively are
1) 2017 and 2019
2) 2018 and 2020
3) 2019 and 2021
4) 2020 and 2022
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 3) 2019 and 2021
Ques. : 6 Russia imposed economic sanctions against which of the following countries, the
country which had downed a Russian Sukhoi 24 warplane on the Syrian border recently?
1) Libya
2) Israel
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Turkey
5) Jordan
Answer:- 4) Turkey
Ques. : 7 The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended the off-spinner Sunil Narine
from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect recently. He plays for
1) India
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) England
5) New Zealand
Answer:- 3) West Indies
Ques. : 8 A three-day cultural extravaganza, Mayyazhi Mahotsavam, was held at Mahe in
________ recently.
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Goa
3) Puducherry
4) Karnataka
5) Andaman and Nicobar
Answer:- 3) Puducherry
Ques. : 9 Which of the following countries for the first time allowed women to vote and
contest in municipal elections recently?
1) Saudi Arabia
2) Iraq
3) Iran
4) UAE
5) Syria
Answer:- 1) Saudi Arabia
Ques. : 10 Rafael Grossi, who visited India recently, is the present chairman of the following
international organisations?
1) IAEA
2) Nuclear Supplier’s Group
3) UNCTAD
4) International Civil Aviation Organization
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Nuclear Supplier’s Group

2 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 The World Aids Day is observed on
1) 30 Nov
2) 1 Dec
3) 2 Dec
4) 31 Dec
5) 31 Jan
Answer:- 2) 1 Dec
Ques. : 2 Which of the following paramilitary forces celebrated its golden jubilee of
establishment on 1 Dec 2015?
1) CISF
2) CRPF
3) BSF
4) ITBP
5) Assam Rifles
Answer:- 3) BSF
Ques. : 3 The RBI released its fifth Monetary Policy Statement of the current fiscal on 1 Dec.
Which of the following rates/ratios is NOT correct in light of the latest policy statement?
1) Repo rate – 6.75 per cent
2) CRR – 4 per cent
3) SLR – 21.5 per cent
4) Bank rate – 7.75 per cent
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 4 The RBI kept the growth projection for 2015-16 unchanged in its fifth monetary
policy statement at
1) 6.5 per cent
2) 6.9 per cent
3) 7.1 per cent
4) 7.4 per cent
5) 7.6 per cent
Answer:- 4) 7.4 per cent
Ques. : 5 The Executive Board of the IMF decided to include renminbi (yuan) into its basket
of currencies that make up the IMF’s SDR recently. The term SDR stands for
1) Specific Drawing Right
2) Special Drawing Right
3) Structured Drawing Right
4) Systematic Drawing Right
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Special Drawing Right
Ques. : 6 Eldar Ryazanov, who died recently, was one of the most popular film directors of
1) Russia
2) Italy
3) Spain
4) Brazil
5) Turkey
Answer:- 1) Russia
Ques. : 7 What is India’s ranking out of 167 nations on 2015 ICT Development Index (IDI)
that measures the level of information and communication technology access?
1) 30
2) 62
3) 74
4) 102
5) 131
Answer:- 5) 131
Ques. : 8 India launched the International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the Conference of Parties
(CoP21) Climate Conference in Paris with which of the following countries?
1) France
2) Germany
3) US
4) China
5) Japan
Answer:- 1) France
Ques. : 9 President Pranab Mukharjee presented APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE awards 2015 to
students recently. These awards were given away to
1) poor students
2) teachers in rural schools
3) young scientists of DRDO and ISRO
4) students for grass root innovations
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) students for grass root innovations
Ques. : 10 Name the striker of Bayern Munich who was awarded recently with an incredible
four Guinness World Records for his stunning five-goal haul in just nine minutes against
Wolfsburg.
1) Thomas Muller
2) Marco Reus
3) Robert Lewandowski
4) Julian Draxler
5) Mario Gotze
Answer:- 3) Robert Lewando

3 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is annually held on
1) 30 Nov
2) 1 Dec
3) 2 Dec
4) 3 Dec
5) 31 Dec
Answer:- 4) 3 Dec
Ques. : 2 The Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Sabri Khan passed away recently. He was a
maestro of
1) Sarangi
2) Violin
3) Guitar
4) Tabla
5) Flute
Answer:- 1) Sarangi
Ques. : 3 India launched the GIAN scheme to boost the quality of the country's higher
education through international collaboration. What is the full form of the term GIAN?
1) Grass root Initiative of Academic Networks
2) General Initiative of Academic Networks
3) Greater Initiative of Academic Networks
4) Global Initiative of Academic Networks
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Global Initiative of Academic Networks
Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries hosted the first media summit of the Brazil-
Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping recently?
1) Brazil
2) South Africa
3) Russia
4) China
5) India
Answer:- 4) China
Ques. : 5 Roch Marc Christian Kabore was elected as the new president of which of the
following countries recently?
1) Burkina Faso
2) Cameroon
3) Barbados
4) Angola
5) Algeria
Answer:- 1) Burkina Faso
Ques. : 6 Name the bodybuilder who earned the title of “Mr World” by winning a gold medal
in a world bodybuilding meet in Bangkok, Thailand recently.
1) Varinder Singh Ghuman
2) Ankur Sharma
3) Thakur Anoop Singh
4) Neeraj Kumar
5) Ashish Sakharkar
Answer:- 3) Thakur Anoop Singh
Ques. : 7 ___________ on 1 Dec 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London
and will serve for up to five years.
1) Elizabeth Blackburn
2) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
3) Harry F Noller
4) Thomas A Steitz
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Ques. : 8 The four European countries — Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland —
have announced a ________ initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions in developing
countries.
1) $250-mn
2) $400-mn
3) $500-mn
4) $750-mn
5) $900-mn
Answer:- 3) $500-mn
Ques. : 9 Name the Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee acclaimed violinist
who was honoured with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015 recently.
1) Kala Ramnath
2) Johar Ali Khan
3) P Sunder Rajan
4) Balabhaskar
5) L Subramaniam
Answer:- 5) L Subramaniam
Ques. : 10 The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed globally on
1) 1 Dec
2) 2 Dec
3) 3 Dec
4) 4 Dec
5) 5 Dec
Answer:- 2) 2 Dec

5 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 MAM Ramaswamy, who died recently, was a former parliamentarian and a veteran
1) actor
2) novelist
3) industrialist
4) musician
5) communist
Answer:- 3) industrialist
Ques. : 2 The Transparency International (TI), which is a global coalition against corruption,
is headquartered at
1) Geneva, Switzerland
2) Berlin, Germany
3) Paris, France
4) Rome, Italy
5) Madrid, Spain
Answer:- 2) Berlin, Germany
Ques. : 3 The Union Cabinet gave its approval for introduction of a Bill recently for
establishment of a Regional Centre for Biotechnology in
1) Noida
2) Hyderabad
3) Gurgaon
4) Ghaziabad
5) Faridabad
Answer:- 5) Faridabad
Ques. : 4 The Union Cabinet on 2 Dec 2015 approved signing of MoU between India and
which country on visa facilitation for diplomatic, official/service and ordinary passport
holders?
1) Spain
2) Iran
3) Sweden
4) Afghanistan
5) Myanmar
Answer:- 2) Iran
Ques. : 5 The Union Cabinet recently gave its approval for signing of a MoU between India
and which country in the field of water resources management and development cooperation?
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3) Japan
4) US
5) Israel
Answer:- 5) Israel
Ques. : 6 The govt on 2 Dec approved a post facto agreement with which country to expand
bilateral cooperation in the field of solar energy?
1) China
2) Switzerland
3) Germany
4) France
5) Singapore
Answer:- 3) Germany
Ques. : 7 The indigenously developed torpedo defence system was recently inducted into the
Indian Navy. The system has been named
1) Jatayu
2) Bhima
3) Maareech
4) Bharat
5) Tarkash
Answer:- 3) Maareech
Ques. : 8 With about 45,000 soldiers in action, the Indian Army conducted a major war
exercise ‘Drad Sankalp’ in _________ recently.
1) Gujarat
2) Punjab
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Rajasthan
Answer:- 5) Rajasthan
Ques. : 9 The first India International Science Festival (IISF) was held recently at
1) IIT-Bombay
2) IIT-Kanpur
3) IIT-Madras
4) IIT-Delhi
5) IIT-Kharagpur
Answer:- 4) IIT-Delhi
Ques. : 10 ___________ on 3 Dec 2015 became the first state of India to launch Rotavirus
vaccination project which will help in controlling the child mortality rate due to diarrhoea.
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Sikkim
4) Assam
5) Gujarat
Answer:- 1) Himachal Pradesh

7 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 The United Nations (UN) annually observes the International Volunteer Day for
Economic and Social Development on
1) 1 Dec
2) 2 Dec
3) 3 Dec
4) 4 Dec
5) 5 Dec
Answer:- 5) 5 Dec
Ques. : 2 The 44th Navy Day was observed recently on which day? It commemorates the start
of Operation Trident during the India-Pakistan War of 1971.
1) 2 Dec
2) 4 Dec
3) 5 Dec
4) 6 Dec
5) 7 Dec
Answer:- 2) 4 Dec
Ques. : 3 The committee on the goods and services tax (GST) has recommended a revenue
neutral rate range of 17-18 per cent for the proposed GST. The committee was headed by
Chief Economic Advisor
1) Arvind Subramanian
2) Arvind Mayaram
3) Rajiv Mehrishi
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Arvind Subramanian
Ques. : 4 Who among the following is the current Union Minister of Environment, Forests
and Climate Change?
1) Venkaiah Naidu
2) Nirmala Sitharaman
3) Ravi Shankar Prasad
4) Piyush Goyal
5) Prakash Javadekar
Answer:- 5) Prakash Javadekar
Ques. : 5 The RBI revised priority sector lending (PSL) for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)
recently. Now, what per cent of RRBs’ outstanding advances should be for PSL?
1) 25 per cent
2) 40 per cent
3) 50 per cent
4) 70 per cent
5) 75 per cent
Answer:- 5) 75 per cent
Ques. : 6 Which of the following is NOT an associated bank of the State Bank of India (SBI)
at present?
1) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
2) State Bank of Hyderabad
3) State Bank of Mysore
4) State Bank of Patiala
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 7 Ashwani Kumar is the present CMD of which of the following public sector banks?
The bank is likely to issue 65 cr shares to bring down govt’s stake to 52 per cent.
1) Canara Bank
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Corporation Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Dena Bank
Answer:- 5) Dena Bank
Ques. : 8 Chinese President Xi Jinping announced what amount of assistance and loans for
Africa at a summit in Johannesburg recently?
1) $20-bn
2) $40-bn
3) $50-bn
4) $60-bn
5) $80-bn
Answer:- 4) $60-bn
Ques. : 9 A general decline in prices, often caused by a reduction in the supply of money or
credit is termed as
1) inflation
2) deflation
3) recession
4) stagflation
5) retardation
Answer:- 2) deflation
Ques. : 10 In a landmark change, the central govt is set to begin direct transfer of cash into
farmers’ accounts, instead of physical procurement of ________ from wholesale markets.
1) pulse
2) wheat
3) cotton
4) maize
5) paddy
Answer:- 3) cotton

8 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 The RBI revised rules regarding priority sector lending for RRBs recently. As of
Mar 2015, there are ______ RRBs operating in the country.
1) 51
2) 52
3) 56
4) 62
5) 81
Answer:- 3) 56
Ques. : 2 The manned electric aircraft RX1E was given a licence for production in which of
the following countries recently? The aircraft can operate for around 45-60 minutes on one
full charge.
1) Switzerland
2) Sweden
3) Singapore
4) Japan
5) China
Answer:- 5) China
Ques. : 3 The name of Kidambi Srikanth is associated with which of the following games?
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Squash
4) Table tennis
5) Snooker
Answer:- 2) Badminton
Ques. : 4 Which of the following teams won the title of Hockey World League Final at Sardar
Vallabh Bhai Patel Stadium, Raipur recently?
1) Netherlands
2) India
3) Belgium
4) Australia
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 4) Australia
Ques. : 5 The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led Indian delegation for ‘Heart of
Asia’ 5th Ministerial Meeting on Afghanistan held on Dec 9 in
1) Kabul
2) Tehran
3) Shanghai
4) Tokyo
5) Islamabad
Answer:- 5) Islamabad
Ques. : 6 ___________ has replaced Mauritius as the top source of foreign direct investment
into India during the first half of the current fiscal. India got FDI of $6.69-bn from Singapore
during Apr to Sep.
1) US
2) Netherlands
3) Singapore
4) Japan
5) China
Answer:- 3) Singapore
Ques. : 7 A high-intensity earthquake (7.2 magnitude) hit which of the following Central
Asian countries on 6 Dec?
1) Tajikistan
2) Kazakhstan
3) Turkmenistan
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) Turkmenistan
Answer:- 1) Tajikistan
Ques. : 8 Storm Desmond hit which of the following countries recently bringing heavy rain
and strong wind?
1) US
2) UK
3) Mexico
4) Japan
5) Philippines
Answer:- 2) UK
Ques. : 9 The Armed forces Flag Day is celebrated every year on
1) 1 Dec
2) 3 Dec
3) 5 Dec
4) 7 Dec
5) 9 Dec
Answer:- 4) 7 Dec
Ques. : 10 Name the 14 day long joint Army exercise between India and Russia which
concluded in Rajasthan recently.
1) Yudh Abhyas
2) Surya Kiran
3) Nomadic Elephant
4) Indra
5) Mithra Shakti
Answer:- 4) Indra8

9 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 _________ became the first state of India to join the Union Govt’s Ujwal Discom
Assurance Yojana (UDAY) recently.
1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Bihar
Answer:- 1) Andhra Pradesh
Ques. : 2 Alexis Tsipras is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
The country approved the 2016 budget amid economic recession recently.
1) Greece
2) Portugal
3) Egypt
4) Denmark
5) Spain
Answer:- 1) Greece
Ques. : 3 ________ sent the first uranium consignment of 250 tonnes to India for its nuclear
power reactors recently. A civil nuclear deal is signed between the two countries.
1) Australia
2) Canada
3) Japan
4) UK
5) Australia
Answer:- 2) Canada
Ques. : 4 The AIA Group Ltd (AIA) announced to increase its shareholding in life insurance
joint venture with which of the following companies from the current level of 26 per cent to
49 per cent?
1) Reliance Group
2) Bharti Insurance
3) Tata Group
4) Birla Group
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Tata Group
Ques. : 5 One of the sections of a financial market where securities and financial instruments
with short-term maturities are traded is called the
1) super market
2) closed market
3) open market
4) capital market
5) money market
Answer:- 5) money market
Ques. : 6 The newly launched IDFC Bank has inked a pact with which IT services major to
use its BaNCS system for bank’s core banking solutions?
1) Infosys
2) Wipro
3) HCL
4) Tata Consultancy Services
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 4) Tata Consultancy Services
Ques. : 7 Who won 2015 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament
recently?
1) Tommy Sugiarto
2) Kidambi Srikanth
3) Chen Long
4) Simon Santoso
5) Tontowi Ahmad
Answer:- 1) Tommy Sugiarto
Ques. : 8 The govt introduced a bill in Lok Sabha recently that seeks to enhance pay
eligibility limit of an employee for bonus from Rs 10,000 per month to _________ per
month.
1) Rs 12,000
2) Rs 15,000
3) Rs 18,000
4) Rs 21,000
5) Rs 25,000
Answer:- 4) Rs 21,000
Ques. : 9 The legislature of which state became the first in the country to launch an online
mechanism for its members to send questions and move different motions in the House
recently?
1) Kerala
2) Sikkim
3) Assam
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 5) Maharashtra
Ques. : 10 India currently has 21 power reactors in operation and its nuclear generating
capacity, currently, is
1) 5,800 MWe
2) 6,400 MWe
3) 7,850 MWe
4) 21,5000 MWe
5) 27,500 MWe
Answer:- 1) 5,800 MWe

10 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) promise to reduce
the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent by _______, from the 2005 level.
1) 2020
2) 2025
3) 2030
4) 2035
5) 2040
Answer:- 3) 2030
Ques. : 2 Which of the following private banks of India has announced to mobilize $5 bn
towards climate finance by 2020 to help India meet its target of INDCs?
1) Federal Bank
2) IDFC Bank
3) Yes Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) ICICI Bank
Answer:- 3) Yes Bank
Ques. : 3 Who among the following represented India at the ‘Heart of Asia’ Summit on
Afghanistan held recently in Islamabad?
1) Shushma Swaraj
2) VK Singh
3) Arun Jaitley
4) Rajnath Singh
5) Vainkaiya Naidu
Answer:- 1) Shushma Swaraj
Ques. : 4 Which two new teams have joined the IPL bandwagon for its ninth session
scheduled from Apr 9 to May 29 in 2016?
1) Pune and Patna
2) Ranchi and Rajkot
3) Pune and Rajkot
4) Patna and Ranchi
5) Lucknow and Jaipur
Answer:- 3) Pune and Rajkot
Ques. : 5 New Zealand formally became a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank (AIIB) recently. The capital city of New Zealand is
1) Canberra
2) Vienna
3) Munich
4) Geneva
5) Wellington
Answer:- 5) Wellington
Ques. : 6 Name the Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who is conferred with
Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award to recognise his achievements in a foreign country.
1) Sonu Panda
2) Ajay Vikas Goyal
3) Anurag Jain
4) Frank Islam
5) Sonny Ganguly
Answer:- 4) Frank Islam
Ques. : 7 The airport developer Changi has been nominated for taking up the operations and
management of Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports. Changi is an airport developer of
1) South Korea
2) France
3) Japan
4) China
5) Singapore
Answer:- 5) Singapore
Ques. : 8 Who among the following bagged 2015 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Male
Player of the Year Award recently?
1) Zheng Si Wei
2) Chen Long
3) Zhang Nan
4) Lee Chong Wei
5) Lin Dan
Answer:- 2) Chen Long
Ques. : 9 Who among the following bagged 2015 Badminton World Federation (BWF)
Female Player of the Year Award recently?
1) Carolina Marin
2) Bao Yixin
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Zhao Yunlei
5) PV Sindhu
Answer:- 1) Carolina Marin
Ques. : 10 A mechanism known as ‘SETU’ has been set up by the govt to support all aspects
of
1) bridge making
2) Internet Service Providers
3) Small and medium-sized enterprises
4) start-up businesses
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) start-up businesses

11 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 As per 2015 report by the Washington-based Global Financial Integrity (GFI), India
ranks 4th in black money outflows per annum. Which country is ranked on top in the report?
1) US
2) Mexico
3) Russia
4) China
5) Japan
Answer:- 4) China
Ques. : 2 The member nations of the BASIC grouping took a joint stand at the COP 21 meet
in Paris recently. Which of the following is NOT a member of the grouping?
1) South Africa
2) Brazil
3) India
4) China
5) Australia
Answer:- 5) Australia
Ques. : 3 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit will be
held in which of the following countries in 2016?
1) Nepal
2) Sri Lanka
3) Afghanistan
4) Pakistan
5) Maldives
Answer:- 4) Pakistan
Ques. : 4 ________ was declared Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2015 recently.
1) Sundar Pichai
2) Angela Merkel
3) Narendra Modi
4) Donald Trump
5) Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Answer:- 2) Angela Merkel
Ques. : 5 __________ has recorded the highest per capita income among all states in the
country at Rs 2,40,849 during financial year 2014-15.
1) Maharashtra
2) Delhi
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 2) Delhi
Ques. : 6 The Heart of Asia Conference (or Istanbul Process) brings together the foreign
ministers of 14 countries to discuss Afghanistan’s political, security and economic problems.
It was conceived in 2011 by
1) Pakistan
2) Turkey
3) China
4) Kazakhstan
5) India
Answer:- 2) Turkey
Ques. : 7 ___________ are basically rupee denominated bonds issued in offshore capital
markets which are offered and settled in US dollars and are used to raise rupees from
international investors.
1) Masala bonds
2) Magic bonds
3) Spike bonds
4) Indian Depository Receipt
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Masala bonds
Ques. : 8 The govt will take a final view on the issue of net neutrality after the telecom
regulator submits its recommendations on the matter. The telecom sector is regulated by
1) TERI
2) SAT
3) TRAI
4) NBSA
5) FSSAI
Answer:- 3) TRAI
Ques. : 9 The Union Cabinet recently cleared Rs 98,000-cr project to build India’s first bullet
train to be run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The project is bagged by
1) China
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) France
5) Germany
Answer:- 3) Japan
Ques. : 10 As per a report by a US-based think-tank, India ranks fourth in black money
outflows per annum and a whopping ________ were siphoned out of the country per annum
between 2004-2013.
1) USD 51 bn
2) USD 52.8 bn
3) USD 104 bn
4) USD 139 bn
5) USD 149 bn
Answer:- 1) USD 51 bn

12 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 Caracas is the capital city of which of the following countries?
1) Venezuela
2) Colombia
3) Ecuador
4) Bolivia
5) Guatemala
Answer:- 1) Venezuela
Ques. : 2 The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval recently for signing of an MoU
between India and __________ on cooperation in the energy sector.
1) Germany
2) UK
3) Japan
4) Sweden
5) Norway
Answer:- 2) UK
Ques. : 3 The RBI has said that the bank’s investment in govt securities (SLR) would be
lowered to 20.5% by Jan 2017. As of now, banks are mandated to invest what per cent of
their deposits in govt securities?
1) 22.5%
2) 22%
3) 21.5%
4) 21%
5) 20.5.5%
Answer:- 3) 21.5%
Ques. : 4 The naval exercise named Indra Navy was held recently in Bay of Bengal between
the navies of India and
1) US
2) Israel
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Russia
5) France
Answer:- 4) Russia
Ques. : 5 India and which country is set to sign a landmark deal for Kamov 226 choppers
during PM Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to that country?
1) France
2) Japan
3) Germany
4) Russia
5) Israel
Answer:- 4) Russia
Ques. : 6 Who is the Union Minister of State in the Department of Atomic of Energy (DAE)
in the present cabinet?
1) GM Siddeshwara
2) Giriraj Singh
3) Piyush Goyal
4) Mahesh Sharma
5) Jitendra Singh
Answer:- 5) Jitendra Singh
Ques. : 7 The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 is passed in Parliament. The
Bill intends to make cheque-bounce filing of cases more convenient for check payees, the
person who
1) issues the cheque
2) receives the cheque
3) transports the cheque
4) endorses the cheque
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) receives the cheque
Ques. : 8 Which country carried out a new medium range ballistic missile test of Ghadr-110
missile recently?
1) Pakistan
2) Turkey
3) Iran
4) Jordan
5) Saudi Arabia
Answer:- 3) Iran
Ques. : 9 The Supreme Court on 10 Dec upheld the validity of a state law which fixes
minimum educational qualification for candidates contesting panchayat polls. The law
belongs to
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Kerala
Answer:- 1) Haryana
Ques. : 10 PK Singh took charge as the new Chairman which of the following PSUs recently?
1) GAIL
2) SAIL
3) BHEL
4) IOC
5) NTPC
Answer:- 2) SAIL
14 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) ministerial meeting was held recently in
1) Nairobi, Kenya
2) Ankara, Turkey
3) Athens, Greece
4) Lisbon, Portugal
5) Cairo, Egypt
Answer:- 1) Nairobi, Kenya
Ques. : 2 Who among the following is the present Union Minister for Skill Development?
1) Ram Kripal Yadav
2) Ravi Shankar Prasad
3) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
4) Rajiv Pratap Rudy
5) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Answer:- 4) Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Ques. : 3 Intex Technologies has bought the IPL franchise of which of the following teams
for IPL’s ninth session?
1) Rajkot
2) Pune
3) Patna
4) Lucknow
5) Chennai
Answer:- 1) Rajkot
Ques. : 4 Who among the following is the present Commerce Secretary?
1) Anil Goswami
2) Hasmukh Adhia
3) Rajiv Mehrishi
4) Rita Teaotia
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Rita Teaotia
Ques. : 5 The committee, set up to calculate a RNR for GST, submitted its report to the govt
recently. Here, the term RNR stands for
1) Retrospect-Neutral Rate
2) Revenue-Neutral Rate
3) Rate-Neutral Rate
4) Reverse-Neutral Rate
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Revenue-Neutral Rate
Ques. : 6 Every year the Human Rights Day is observed on _______ across the world.
1) 4 Dec
2) 6 Dec
3) 8 Dec
4) 10 Dec
5) 12 Dec
Answer:- 4) 10 Dec
Ques. : 7 Sharad Anantrao Joshi, who passed away recently, was a renowned
1) physicist
2) biotechnologist
3) agro-economist
4) author
5) environmentalist
Answer:- 3) agro-economist
Ques. : 8 ___________was presented the Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh at his residence recently.
1) Asha Parekh
2) Dharmendra
3) Manoj Kumar
4) Rakhee Gulzar
5) Dilip Kumar
Answer:- 5) Dilip Kumar
Ques. : 9 The Union Govt inked MoUs with different private agencies for establishing three
Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) in the country. These IIITs will be set up in
1) Ranchi, Patna and Pune
2) Rajkot, Ranchi and Pune
3) Ranchi, Rajkot and Patna
4) Jaipur, Nagpur and Patiala
5) Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune
Answer:- 5) Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune
Ques. : 10 The two Indian cities have made it to the Unesco’s Creative City Network. These
two cities are Jaipur and
1) Madurai
2) Hyderabad
3) Kolkata
4) Varanasi
5) Udaipur
Answer:- 4) Varanasi

16 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 Which telecom company recently announced Project Leap, a Rs 60,000-cr
investment programme to improve network quality over three years?
1) Idea
2) Vodafone
3) Reliance Communication
4) Aircel
5) Bharti Airtel
Answer:- 5) Bharti Airtel
Ques. : 2 The 46th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Jan
2016 in
1) Davos, Switzerland
2) Paris, France
3) Athens, Greece
4) Frankfurt, Germany
5) Sydney, Australia
Answer:- 1) Davos, Switzerland
Ques. : 3 What is India’s ranking on the Human Development Index (HDI) 2015?
1) 73rd
2) 90th
3) 130th
4) 142nd
5) 147th
Answer:- 3) 130th
Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries topped the Human Development Index (HDI)
2015?
1) Denmark
2) Switzerland
3) Australia
4) Norway
5) China
Answer:- 4) Norway
Ques. : 5 The Human Development Index (HDI) is released annually by
1) IMF
2) UNDP
3) ADB
4) US
5) Unicef
Answer:- 2) UNDP
Ques. : 6 The Human Development Index (HDI) is measured on which of the following
parameters?
1) Life expectancy
2) Education
3) Income
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Answer:- 4) All the above
Ques. : 7 To obtain which of the following a bank account is NOT mandatory?
1) Debit Card
2) Credit Card
3) Loan
4) Cheque Book
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Credit Card
Ques. : 8 The Person of Indian Origin (PIO) Pravin Gordhan has been appointed finance
minister in which of the following countries?
1) UK
2) Canada
3) South Africa
4) Singapore
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 3) South Africa
Ques. : 9 Who among the following is the first female athlete honoured as Sports Person of
the Year in three decades by the magazine ‘Sports Illustrated’?
1) Serena Williams
2) Maria Sarapova
3) Sania Mirza
4) Li Na
5) Martina Hingis
Answer:- 1) Serena Williams
Ques. : 10 The International Mountain Day is observed on
1) 9 Dec
2) 11 Dec
3) 13 Dec
4) 15 Dec
5) 17 Dec
Answer:- 2) 11 Dec

17 DECEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 India celebrates ‘Vijay Diwas’ to commemorate its victory in the 1971 war with
Pakistan on
1) 11 Dec
2) 12 Dec
3) 14 Dec
4) 15 Dec
5) 16 Dec
Answer:- 5) 16 Dec
Ques. : 2 The Supreme Court appointed the Lokayukta of which of the following states
recently exercising Article 142 of the Indian Constitution recently?
1) Delhi
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 2) Uttar Pradesh
Ques. : 3 Who among the following is the present Director-General of the WTO?
1) Uhuru Kenyatta
2) Roberto Azevedo
3) Takehiko Nakao
4) Guy Ryder
5) Christine Lagarde
Answer:- 2) Roberto Azevedo
Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries announced the formation of an Islamic military
alliance comprising 34 countries to fight against terrorism recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Bahrain
3) Pakistan
4) Jordan
5) Saudi Arabia
Answer:- 5) Saudi Arabia
Ques. : 5 _______ bagged the 2015 European Tour Golfer of the Year award for third time
recently.
1) Danny Willett
2) Dustin Johnson
3) Rory McIlroy
4) Jordan Spieth
5) Jason Day
Answer:- 3) Rory McIlroy
Ques. : 6 PM Narendra Modi chaired the annual Combined Commanders Conference for the
first time outside New Delhi
1) in Mumbai
2) in Vishakhapatnam
3) in Itanagar
4) on board INS Vikramaditya
5) on board INS Arihant
Answer:- 4) on board INS Vikramaditya
Ques. : 7 The nuclear-capable Shaheen-1A missile was test-fired by which of the following
countries recently?
1) Iran
2) Jordan
3) Pakistan
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Turkey
Answer:- 3) Pakistan
Ques. : 8 The govt has made it mandatory (effective from Jan 1) to quote PAN for all
transactions in excess of Rs 2 lakh, regardless of the mode of payment. The term PAN stands
for
1) Premium Account Number
2) Particular Account Number
3) Permanent Account Number
4) Provisional Account Number
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 3) Permanent Account Number
Ques. : 9 The World Bank has approved a _______loan for the ambitious clean India
campaign to support the govt in its efforts.
1) $1-bn
2) $1.5-bn
3) $2-bn
4) $2.5-bn
5) $3-bn
Answer:- 2) $1.5-bn
Ques. : 10 The Life Insurance Corporation of India has launched Jeevan Akshay IV plan
which is meant for
1) post-retirement planning
2) educational planning
3) health planning
4) girl’s marriage planning
5) Other than the given options
Answer:- 1) post-retirement planning