Ace the Clat

March 2016 | Volume 2 | Issue 4

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Lets look at past three CLAT papers If one goes back to papers before 2013, similar analysis looked quite different. Thus,
CLAT showed a noticeable difference in structure post 2012. CLAT 2013 and 2014 were similar in many ways and 2015
threw a lot of surprises.
CLAT 2013 CLAT 2014 CLAT 2015
Ace The CLAT................................................. 02 Legal
Reasoning
80% questions from 4 areas
• Contracts & Criminal Law
80% questions from 3 areas
• Torts, criminal law
• Surprise!! Just 18 questions
from reasoning across Torts,
Current Affairs ............................................. 06
• Torts and IPR • Contracts criminal law and contracts
• Rest Legal GK
MCQ’s........................................................... 45 Legal GK • This section has reduced, • Similar to 2013 •Surprise! 70% GK section was
reasoning has increased LGK (Similar to 2012)
post 2012 • Well spread over Constitution,
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Ace the Clat Ace the Clat
CLAT 2013 CLAT 2014 CLAT 2015 Mock Test Score The way ahead
Logical • Critical reasoning missing! 120-140 If Attempts < 80%, Bridge Knowledge gap
Reasoning • Matrix arrangement • Direction based • Case based DI introduced • Analyze mock tests and identify weaker areas
introduced (2 caselets) questions introduced (3 caselets, 13 Q) • Classify them into high/low importance ones as per historical CLAT pattern
• Equal representation of • Analogies and matrix • Heavy Coding & • Spend proportionately more time on your weaker areas of higher importance
family tree, analogies, arrangement dominated arrangement type (12 Q) • Revisit concepts to bridge knowledge gap
• Solve past CLAT papers and workshop questions based on those topics
inference, syllogisms etc • Others were almost • FIJ questions introduced
If Accuracy < 80%, Bridge Efficiency gap
same as 2013 • Critical reasoning Q posed as • Judge every question on its individual merit and not by your comfort level of topic
Data sufficiency Qs • Select right questions to attempt. Spending disproportionate time on ‘questions to be left’ eats
• Analogies, arrangements, up into quality time to solve simpler questions
series completion missing • Use smart elimination of options as the key to reduce time per question, especially in English or
Quant/LR sections
Maths • Questions were spread • Same as 2013 • Table based DI introduced • Sections should be attempted in strictly time bound manner. Typical split is
across standard topics like • New Q types on number ü Legal & Logical Reasoning – 30-35 Min each
numbers, P&L, averages, applications (Cyclicity, series) ü English – 20-25 min
ratio/proportion, geometry/ & algebraic expressions ü GK and Maths – 10-15 min each
mensuration etc introduced ü Unattempted questions - Last 5 minutes
Don’t be over defensive or over aggressive in last 5 minutes.
•Advanced questions in TSD ,
CLAT encourages intelligent guessing and not wild, random guessing
clocks etc
<120 Bridge Knowledge gap
While cut-off scores for different NLUs vary on the basis of difficulty level for a particular year, indicative cut-offs in recent • You need to work smart in remaining time. Identify your stronger areas from more popular ones
past (Open category) have been in the following range for Top 10 NLUs (In terms of cut-offs) in CLAT. Solve section tests and past year questions from these areas. These are your best bets to
score
• You can’t spend disproportionate time to revise all other weak concepts. Build basic expertise of
NLU Category NLU Score Range All India Ranks these areas by referring to solved class sheet questions & study material. Anyways, you may face
fewer questions from these areas in actual test
Top 3 Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata 140+ Top 200
• Start actual test with your strongest section. That will increase your attempts and accuracy in the
Next 4 Bhopal, Jodhpur, Raipur, Gandhinagar 130-140 200-600 initial half an hour. This will boost your confidence
Next 3 Lucknow, Patiala, Patna 125-130 600-800 • Smartly eliminate questions from your weaker area. In doubtful cases, build habit of intelligent
guessing with reason based elimination of two out of four options. But do not overdo this since
As one can notice, low accuracy will directly impact your raw score
• Entry into the middle tier of NLUs is a hit and miss by few marks, hence every mark counts
Mock tests better. Your mocks would have prepared you for shocks
• You need to maximize your raw score, so maximize overall attempts and accuracy (IMS does, for sure)
You should have practiced MORE VARIETY of MOCKS, and
Where do CLAT toppers get their act right in last 30 days? Here are the quick tips not necessarily MORE MOCKS Time management
• Have you solved past CLAT papers? You can’t get closer to CLAT than that 1. Analyze every mock test that you take. A mock test 1. Devote reasonable hours per day with complete focus. 4
• Pick up key areas from historical CLAT pattern as per above table. Have you mastered these? reviewed is as good as new mock test taken. Two hours hrs of focused efforts are better than 7-8 hours of half
• You must have started taking full length mock tests. Which score range do you belong to? of test taking should be followed by 3-4 hours of hearted effort
analysis, may be on the same day or next. Spend 2. Take small breaks during the day, take a walk, read a
remaining time to practice weaker areas newspaper or reliable GK resource like Pratiyogita
Mock Test Score The way ahead 2. You should aim for incremental addition of 5 marks per Darpan or Pearson GK guide, relax & get back to studies
>140 • Well done, you are on the right track. Keep up the good work and don’t be complacent test here onwards. Don’t expect exponential increase in 3. Create a schedule of taking and analyzing balance mock
• Check your section wise scores. Optimize Legal Aptitude score, since its tie breaker if total scores performance. Remember, slow and steady wins the race tests
are equal for two students 3. Develop a habit of using ‘review’ option to filter un- a. Next few weeks - Do not plan more than 2-3 tests per
• Take calculated risks while attempting questions. Eliminate two out of four options with a sound attempted questions. This will help you in last 5 minutes week
reasoning. Your chance of getting the question right are 50% now of screening to take calculated risks
b. Last week before exam - Do not plan more than 2 tests
• Brush up GK (Both Static GK and CA). Don’t restrict your CA preparation to 2015. A quick recap of 4. In case scores suddenly drop in between, please do not
panic. May be you are trying too hard. Relax and chill out c. 2 days to go for CLAT – Don’t take a single mock test. It
2014 events will do. Revise your notes and paper cuttings, if any won’t have any impact on your final performance
for a day, its ok. Gather yourself and get back to your
preparation d. 1 day to go for CLAT – Do anything other than CLAT
5. Be prepared for surprises. If you were surprised by them, prep!! CLAT is just a part of life and not THE life
others will also be. Its a matter of who handles them All the best!!! May the force be with you!!

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NATIONAL
EVENTS AND NEWS
Ø Newly formed state Telangana will
have Amravati as its capital on the
southern banks of the River Krishna
in Guntur and Krishna districts.
Ø Tourist visa-on-arrival scheme is
renamed as ‘e-tourist visa’ to avoid
the ambiguities or inconvenience
faced by foreign tourists presuming
that they would be granted visa on
arrival upon landing.
Ø India’s first International Financial
Services Centre (IFSC) became
operational at Gujarat
International Finance Tec (GIFT)
City in Gandhinagar district of
Gujarat on the lines of Singapore
and Dubai.
Ø Government of India launched
Operation Raahat, a massive air
and sea operation to evacuate
4000 Indian nationals from war
stricken Yemen.
Ø 5th meeting of the South Asian
Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) Health
Ministers was held at New Delhi on
Mar. 2016
06
08 April 2015.
Ø Rajaji National Park in Uttarkhand
is declared as India’s 48th Tiger
Reserve by The National Tiger
Conservation Authority (NTCA)
Ø The Tripura government lifted
Armed Forces Special Power Act
(AFSPA) ,1958 from the state,
where the controversial law was in
effect for the last 18 years to curb
insurgency.
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
26 May 2015 launched India’s first
television channel DD Kisan
dedicated to farmers in New Delhi.
Ø Ms. Jayalalithaa, AIADMK leader
was sworn in as the Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu for the
5th time on 23 May 2015.at
C e nte n a r y A u d i to r i u m i n
Chennai and became 29th chief
minister of Tamil Nadu for record
fifth time. Ms Jayalalithaa and
all the 28 other ministers of the
state took oath of office and
secrecy as a chorus, for the first
time in the history
Ø The Indian Air Force successfully
test landed a Mirage -2000 on
the Yamuna expressway in Uttar
Pradesh, making it India’s first
road runway.
Ø Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
and Arcelor Mittal signed a MoU
to set up an automotive steel
manufacturing facility in India.
Under this project a state-of-the-
art cold rolling mill and other
downstream finishing facilities
will be constructed in India,
which will offer technologically
advanced steel products to
I n d i a ’s r a p i d l y g r o w i n g
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automotive sector.
Ø State Bank of India (SBI) signed
memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with e-commerce giant
Amazon to develop payment and
commerce solutions for customers.
Ø Tathagata Roy sworn in as the 16th
G o ve r n o r o f Tr i p u ra i n
Agartala..He replaced Padmanabh
Balkrishna Acharya, Governor of
Nagaland, who had held the
additional charge of Tripura.
Ø Meghalaya has achieved 100
percent financial inclusion under
Union Government’s flagship
scheme -Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojna (PMJDY).In the state, more
than 5.53 lakh households have
been covered with 1.55 lakh new
bank accounts.
Ø INS Kavaratti, Indian Navy’s latest
anti-submarine warfare class
stealth corvette was launched on
19 May 2015 in Kolkata. Kavaratti is
the last of the four anti-submarine
warfare class stealth corvettes
being built for India under Project
28.
Ø Ms. Draupadi Murmu was sworn
in as the first woman and overall
ninth Governor of Jharkhand She
succeeds Syed Ahmed who was
recently transferred as Governor
of Manipur.
Ø The Bangalore International
Airport Limited entered into a
contract with the global aviation IT
firm SITA to implement the new
Common Use Self Service kiosk
(CUSS) platform that allows
passengers to print their own
boarding passes as well as
baggage tags from June 2015.
Ø Nadia district in West Bengal has
won the 2015 United Nations
Public Service Award for making
toilets available for all under state
governments flagship programme
Sabar Shouchagar.
Ø Former PM Mr Atal Bihari
Vajpayee honored with the
“Friends of Bangladesh
Liberation war award” by
Bangladesh government, for his
support given during
independence from Pakistan in
1971.
Ø The 4th North East Youth
Festival, a three day long festival
was organized by the Nehru Yuva
Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) on
behalf of the Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports was held at
Majuli , district Jorhat, Assam.
Ø Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa was
sworn-in as the 19th Governor
of Arunachal Pradesh after Lt.
General (retired) Nirbhay
Sharma, former Governor of AP,
was transferred to Mizoram.
Ø Ram Vilas Paswan Union Food
and Consumer Affairs Minister,
launched a BIS App to register
complaints against sub-
standard quality of ISI marked
products and Hallmark
jewellery.
Ø India’s first semi-high speed train
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Gatiman Express between Delhi
and Agra completed a trial run by
covering a distance of 195
kilometers in 115 minutes, at a
speed of 160 kph.
Ø Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
(JNPT) and Maharashtra
Maritime Board (MMB) signed an
MoU for constructing green field
port at Vadhawan in Thane
district, having over 60 million
tonne capacity per annum.
Ø Ministry of State for Chemicals
and Fertilizers inaugurated Indian
Medical Association’s first Jan
Aushadhi Generic Drug Store at
IMA’s headquarter in New Delhi.
Ø India’s first Green Police Station
was inaugurated at Maurice
Nagar in north Delhi on the
occasion of World Environment
Day.
Ø Indian Army and Punjab National
Bank (PNB) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) on the Defence Salary
Package which will also provide
additional benefit on personal
accidental insurance.
Ø India first indigenously built
aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was
undocked at Cochin Shipyard
Limited (CSL) in Kochi and its
induction will be done after
several static and dynamic trials.
Mar. 2016
08
Ø Union Home Ministry made yoga
compulsory for 10 lakh-strong
paramilitary forces to include it in
their daily physical drill.
Ø Government to set up national
Ø NITI Aayog to push policies for
manufacturing in-house
Ø Kerala government has declared
Ø Adani Group has proposed to set
hardware and electronic
technologies to strengthen India’s
cyber defence system and
enhancing national security.
Ø JSW Jaigarh Port Ltd. signed a
concession agreement with
Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.
(KRCL) for developing the 33.7-km
of new railway line, connecting
Jaigarh Port to the Digni station of
Konkan Railway.
Ø Bank of Maharashtra and MUDRA
Ø As a part of nationwide ‘Digital
Bank have signed an agreement
to finance new entrepreneurs and
to provide credit facilities to small
businesses.
Ø India ranked among the top
countries for attractiveness to
Ø Digital Guddi-Gudda Board is
foreign investors securing 6th
rank, while Hong Kong was
number one. Rest includes China
at 65th position and U.S. at the
50th among 110 countries.
Ø The Chief Ministers’ Sub-group of
Niti Aayog reached a broad
consensus on reducing the
number of Centrally-sponsored
schemes(CSS) from 72 to 30.
Ø U tta r P ra d e s h S ta te Ro a d
Ø Solar Energy Corporation of India
(SECI) renamed as Renewable
Ø The oldest active aircraft carrier in
Energy Corporation of India
(RECI) after Union Cabinet gave its
approval.
memorial of Bharat Ratna Lok
Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan at Lala
Ka Tola, Sitab, Diara, District
Chhapra (Saran) in Bihar -his birth
place.
June 22 as the “Snake Bird Day”
as part of a campaign to protect
the endangered species.
up a solar park in Tamil Nadu
which is expected to be among
world’s largest at an investment of
Rs 4,536 crore.
India’ week, the Punjab Chief
Minister Mr.Parkash Singh Badal
launched the state Portal
ePMS(Electronic Projects
Management System)
innovation of Jalgaon district
Maharashtra was adopted as a
best practice under Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao(BBBP) scheme by the
Union Ministry of Women and
Child Development. It is a scheme
fo r s p re a d i n g i n fo r m at i o n
education and communication
material related to BBBP.
Transport Corporation (UPSRTC)
has become the first State
transport corporation to have a
vehicle tracking system for inter-
city buses.
the world INS VIRAAT will be
converted into a docked museum
when the ship, now in the Indian
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Navy, decommissions next year.
Ø The National Dairy Development
Board (NDDB) on 7 July 2015
launched a mobile application
named Pashu Poshan that will
boost dairy farmers’ income by
raising milk yield and cutting feed
cost. The app will recommend a
balanced diet for cows and
buffaloes.
Ø Akash made by Bharat Electronics
Limited (BEL) inducted into Indian
Air Force.
Ø BHEL has commissioned the
second 500 MW unit at Tuticorin
Thermal Power Station (TPS) in
Tamil Nadu.
Ø Ira Singhal, who topped this year’s
UPSC examination, could be the
brand ambassador for the
programmes of department of
empowerment of persons with
disabilities
Ø India’s first Community Skill Park
opened at Chavara with Kerala
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy
all praise for the ‘new-generation
approach’ to developing skills and
increasing the employability of
the youth of the state.
Ø Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister
of Science and Technology and the
minister for the Ministry of Earth
Science (MOES), inaugurated the
12th International Symposium on
Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES)
on 13th July 2015 at Goa
Ø India has secured second position
amongst 40 countries in a survey
of trust in national governments
for 2014 conducted by the
Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development
(OECD).
Ø Godavari Maha Pushkaram began
on the banks of River Godavari in
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Ø Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu
inaugurated the broad-gauge
railway-line between
Gandhidham and Tuna-Tekra Port
in Gujarat.
Ø The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA) has
approved a power transmission
project worth Rs 8,548.68
covering seven states. The states
covered in the project are Andhra
Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal
Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra and
Rajasthan.
Ø Varanasi has joined the list of
UNESCO “Cities of Music” under
the Creative Cities Network.
Ø Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
choose Amritsar to launch the
“National Heritage City
Development and Augmentation
Yojana ” (HRIDAY) for 12 cities in
the country.
Ø India’s first air freight station in
the private sector has come up at
Irungattukottai near Chennai.
Ø Prasanna Kumar Suryadevara,
has been selected as the new
secretary of Delhi Legislative
Assembly by Delhi Assembly
Speaker Ram Niwas Goel.
Ø Union Government, to connect
Indian Railway with Bangladesh
through the North-East for laying
of 15.06 km track and sanctioned
1000 crore rupees.
Ø The government has announced
that the Rashtriya Avishkar
Abhiyan will be renamed as APJ
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Abdul Kalam Rashtriya Avishkar
Abhiyan in memory of the former
president, who passed away on 27
July 2015
Ø Gujarat became the first state to
have a provision for compulsory
voting with the state government
putting out a notification in this
regard.
Ø ISRO and NASA are jointly working
on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic
Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission
to co-develop and launch a dual
frequency synthetic aperture
radar satellite.
Ø Tamil Nadu Government said that
an award would be constituted in
the name of former President A P
J Abdul Kalam and his birthday
would be observed as “Youth
Renaissance Day.”
Ø New Delhi has become the first
state in the country to announce a
scheme for witness protection
notified by the Delhi Witness
Protection Scheme,2015.
Ø Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM,
AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding-
in-Chief Southern Naval
Command, inaugurated the first
India’s harbor defence system
named Integrated Underwater
Harbor Defense And Surveillance
System (IUHDSS) in Kochi,Kerala
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on JULY 31,2015.
Ø Maharashtra Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis announced
that the government will build an
800-km-long expressway
connecting Mumbai with Nagpur
by September 2019.
Ø Tata Motors Ltd has bagged an
order of Rs 914 crore from the
Indian Army to supply 1,239 high
mobility vehicles.
Ø India to host 2nd Forum for India-
Pacific Islands Cooperation
(FIPIC), were heads of 14 island
nations from Indo-Pacific oceanic
region will be attending in Jaipur,
Rajasthan on August 21 2015.
Ø Indo-UK bilateral Air Exercise
between Indian Air Force (IAF)
and British Royal Air Forces(RAF)
named INDRADHANUSH started
in Britain.
Ø Multi-Application Solar Telescope
(MAST), Asia’s biggest telescope
has been inaugurated at the
Udaipur Solar Observatory in
Rajasthan by the chairman of
counselling management of
Physical Research Laboratory
Professor U.R Rao.
Ø Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Government has decided to
rename Uttar Pradesh Technical
University(UPTU) to Dr.APJ Abdul
Kalam Technical University as a
tribute to former president kalam.
Ø Rural Development Minister,
Chaudhary Birender Singh has
launched ‘SAMANVAY’ web portal
for Gram Panchayats.
Ø Haryana chief minister Manohar
Lal Khattar launched ‘thari
pension, thare paas’ facility. The
facility has been launched for
transferring pensions of July 2015
month amounting to about 119
crore directly into the bank
accounts or post offices.
Ø The Union Cabinet approved a
proposal to sign an agreement
with UNESCO for the
establishment of a Centre for
Wo r l d N at u ra l H e r i ta ge
Management and Training Centre
for Asia-Pacific region at the
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in
Dehradun.
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
inaugurated the first National
Handloom Day at the Centenary
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Hall of Madras University in
Chennai on August 7, 2015.
Ø At an investor event named
“Delivering dreams, sharing
prosperity”, Rajasthan Chief
Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia
inked 12 Memoranda of
Understanding (MOUs) worth
Rs.2530 crores with private
companies to set up industrial
units in Rajasthan.
Ø Government has decided that
Aadhaar enrolment of Non-
Resident Indians,from now all
re s i d e nt s i n c l u d i n g I n d i a n
national and foreigners with valid
visas can be enrolled and provided
Aadhaar number by the UIDAI.
Ø S a n t o s h K u m a r, E xe c u t i v e
Director, National Institute of
Disaster Management (NIDM)
signed the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Prof.
S.K. Sopory, Vice Chancellor of the
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
for establishing a Centre for
Excellence in Disaster Research
and Resilience Building at the
JNU.
Ø Center Government and Delhi
Government, agreed to setup a
Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to
clean and rejuvenate river
Yamuna.
Ø Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL)
commi
ssione
d one
more
coal-
based
power plant of 500 MW Unit-l3 of
Vindhyachal Super Thermal
Power Station (STPS), Stage-V of
NTPC.
Ø Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) has fully
commissioned and started
commercial production at the first
indigenous Titanium Sponge
Plant at Chavara in Kerala.
Ø Kochi became first Indian city to
be a member of Beijing-
headquartered World Tourism
Cities Federation (WTCF) Council.
Ø Cochin International Airport will
become the first Indian airport or
may be the first in the world to
operate on solar power and turn
itself to a “Green Airport”
Ø Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben
Patel announced a ban on the use
of plastic in the state.
Ø The government has a launched a
website, vidyalakshmi.co.in on
the occasion of Independence Day
i.e. 15th August, 2015.
Ø India and Nepal signed an MoU for
the construction of 41-km Raxaul-
Amlekhgunj oil pipeline.
Ø For the Indian heroes of the 1965
and 1971 war with Pakistan,
‘Jaisalmer War Museum’ has
been established in the Military
Station of Jaisalmer to
commemorate the sacrifice of war
heroes.
Ø West Bengal Gov has decided to
produce bottled drinking water-
Pran Dhara. The government has
chosen seven bottling plants
across the state to filter water
from Hoogly river.
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi
released a special digital version
of epic Ramcharitmanas
produced by All India Radio.
Ø Ex-Ekuverin 2015’, the sixth joint
military training exercise involving
t h e I n d i a n A r my a n d t h e
Maldivian National Defence
Forces(MNDF), will be conducted
at the Pangode Military Station in
Thiruvananthapuram.
Ø India celebrated 50thanniversary
of 1965 war with Pakistan on 28th
Aug India won the war under the
leadership of PM Lal Bahadur
Shastri.
Ø As a tribute to the architect of the
Constitution Bhim Rao Ambedkar
on his 125th birth anniversary
government came out with a “coin
of Rs 125”.
Ø NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind
Panagariya in New Delhi has
launched the second version of
the India Energy Security
Scenarios 2047 calculator (IESS
2047).
Ø The three-storey bungalow on
King Henry road in London where
Dalit icon and architect of Indian
Constitution, BR Ambedkar lived
as a student in the 1920s is
acquired by Maharashtra
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government.
Ø Three new IT initiatives were
developed by Centre for Railway
Information Center (CRIS)
1.Paperless Unreserved Ticketing
through Mobile Phone between
New Delhi – Palwal Section (NR)
2. Currency Coin cum Card operated
A u t o m a t i c T i c ke t Ve n d i n g
Machines at New Delhi Railway
Station
3. Mobile Application for Freight
Operations (PARICHAALAN)
Ø During International Buddhist
Conclave PM Narendra Modi
declared that government will
d eve l o p B o d h gaya a s t h e
Spiritual Capital. He described
Bodhgaya as the ‘land of
enlightenment’ and Buddha as
the “crown jewel” of India.
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi
released two commemorative
coins of Rs. 125 and Rs. 5 coin in
the honour of former President
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on the eve of
Teachers Day.
Ø I n d i a ’s l o n g e s t 6 0 0 k m s
expressway to connect Delhi and
Katra. Expressway through
Punjab, Haryana and J&K and will
facilitate pilgrims to reach Vaishno
Devi shrine from Delhi to Katra in 6
hours.
Ø The Haryana government
launched Sakhi, one stop crisis
center for women in distress in
Karnal district to provide help and
assistance to women victims.
Ø The tenth World Hindi
Conference was held at Bhopal
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with the theme to expand the
scope of the language. It was
inaugurated by PM Narendra
Modi and also addressed by
Amitabh Bachhan.
Ø Andra Pradesh became first state
in India to execute and conceive
state-wide enterprise e-
governance architecture. e-
Pragati project is aimed to
provide Integrated ‘One
governance’ under AP State
Enterprise Architecture that seeks
to bring all state government
services under one roof.
Ø In honour of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
and paying him rich tributes on
the occasion of his 84th birth
anniversary, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi announced to
build a memorial at his birthplace
Rameshwaram which will be
developed as an AMRUT city.
Ø Missile Complex in Hyderabad was
renamed “Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
Missile Complex” by the union
defence minister, Manohar
Parrikar
Ø IIM Shillong has announced a
centre for policy research as a
tribute to the Peoples’ President
where he breathed his last on July
27, 2015 while delivering a lecture
to students.
Ø An untouched peak 6000 meters
high at Spiti Valley, Himachal near
Bara Shigri is named after the
former President APJ Abdul Kalam
as “Mount. Kalam” by
mountaineers Arun Vaipai and
Bhupesh Kumar
Ø The five-judge Constitutional
Bench of Supreme Court presided
over by Justice J.S. Khehar, in a
collective order ruled that 99th
Constitutional Amendment Act
a n d t h e National J udicial
Appointments Commission
(NJAC) is unconstitutional and
void; which sought to give
politicians and civil society a final
say in the appointment of judges
to the highest courts. Meanwhile
it upheld the Collegium system as
operative.
Ø National Mission for a Green
India (GIM) has approved annual
plans for Kerala, Mizoram,
Manipur and Jharkhand. GIM
which is one of the eight Missions
outlined under National Action
Plan on Climate Change aims to
protect and restore forests
regions in India while taking
necessary measure for climate
change.
Ø Additional SP, Adilabad district of
Telangana, GR Radhika became
the first Indian woman to conquer
the 7,077 meter Kun Mountain in
the Zanskar range of Himalayas in
J&K.
Ø The first-ever-three-day
international conference in India
on Women in Law Enforcement
was organized in Hyderabad
jointly by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
National Police Academy and
Charles Sturt University of
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Australia. The primary objective of
the conference was to deepen
competencies of future women
leaders.
Ø Union Government will soon
launch the National Minimum
Wage Act wherein minimum
wages will be fixed by all State
Governments. The minimum
wage base has been increased to
Rs. 160 from previous Rs. 137.
Ø Kerala government launched
Operation Valsalya to track
missing children; to trace rescues
and reunite the missing children
with their families, in Oct 2015.
Ø In the Bihar Assembly elections,
the Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad
Yadav led Grand Alliance won the
elections with acquiring 41.9%
vote share. Nitish Kumar took over
as the Chief Minister of Bihar for
the third time.
Ø The 7th Central Pay Commission
headed by Justice AK Mathur has
submitted its recommendation to
the Finance Minster suggesting
23.55% increase in the pay and
allowances of government
e m p l o y e e s . T h e
recommendations will be
applicable from January 1, 2016.
Ø The second most popular metro
system globally after New York,
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation run
Delhi Metro becomes the first
metro service in the country to be
certified with ISO rating for
energy efficient management
Ø Mysuru in Karnataka became the
first blind-friendly railway station
in India. With the installation of
years will be given the vaccination
tactile maps in the railway station
drops.
and train schedules in Braille
which will facilitate visually Ø Postage
impaired people to seek sta m ps
information on their own. celebrating
biodiversity
Ø Kerala Govt. hosted the country’s
o f I n d i a ’s
first Global Conference on
Gender Equality with the theme
‘ G e n d e r, G o v e r n a n c e a n d
Inclusion’ being organized at
Kovalam. The state govt. is also
planning nation’s first Gender
University for the research
oriented studies related to gender
based in the Kozikode district. flora and fauna launched by
ministry of Communication & IT .It
Ø On the International Day of also marks the centenar y
Persons with Disability, Accessible anniversary year of Zoological
India or Sugam Bharat campaign Survey of India
was launched which aimed to
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi
make public places disabled
flagged off India’s first retrofitted
friendly. On the occasion of 125th
electric bus with the message “Go
birth anniversary year of Dr. BR
Green” written over it, the bus is
Ambedkar, two commemorative
developed by ISRO and is a
coins of Rs.125 and Rs.10 were
contribution towards the efforts
released.
of making the Capital city
Ø A double-decker train between pollution free.
Ø France based Gaztransport and
Te c h n i g a z h a s s i g n e d a n
agreement with Cochin Shipyard
to offer its liquefied natural gas
shipbuilding technology. It would
fa c i l i tate C o c h i n S h i p ya rd
becoming the first shipyard in the
country to build LNG carrier
vessels under the Make in India
initiative.
Mumbai and Madgaon in Goa was
Ø In a major Make in India deal
flagged off. It covered the distance
worth USD 1 billion, Russia’s
in 12 hours.
Rostech State Corp. has inked a
Ø Himachal Pradesh became the deal with Karnataka based
first state to launch Rotavirus Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. to
vaccination project under which manufacture helicopters.
all children under the age of five
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
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unveiled the ‘Start-up India,
Stand-up India’ action plan in
New Delhi to boost startup
ventures in the country.The main
aim of action plan is to give
impetus to innovation and
encourage the talent among
young people and remove
onerous government regulations
and red tape.
Ø Sikkim has been declared as
India’s first fully organic state in
the Sikkim Organic Festival 2016 in
Gangtok, after it successfully
implemented organic farming
practices on around 75,000
hectares of agricultural land.
Ø Arunima Sinha the first female
amputee to create a world record
to climb five mountain peaks has
recently scaled Mount Aconcagua
in Argentina as part of her Mission
7 Summits. Last year Arunima
authored an autobiography
named Born again on the
Mountain.
Ø Telangana became the first state
in the country to launch and
legally accept motor vehicle
insurance policy in digital form.
Ø Union government’s Department
of Industrial Policy and Promotion
(DIPP) has agreed to set up India’s
first defense industrial park at
Ottappalam.
Ø PM Narendra Modi has
inaugurated the 15 million tonne
per annum Indian Oil Corporation
refinery at Paradip, Odisha.
Ø Katni in Madhya Pradesh to have
India’s longest railway bridge of
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14 km in length.
Ø India to host the 3rd Asian
Ministerial conference which is
set to begin on April 12 as a move
to conserve the tiger population.
Ø M i zo ra m G o v e r n m e n t h a s
officially Launched National Food
Security Act, 2013 and will come
in effect from March 1, 2016.
Ø Ke m p e gowd a I nte r n at i o n a l
Airport in Bengaluru became the
first in the nation to receive
Green-Co platinum certificate.
Ø Google announced to provide free
Wi-Fi to one crore passengers at
100 busiest railway stations in
India, making it one of the largest
public Wi-Fi projects in the world.
Meanwhile, Indian Railways have
tied-up with Google and RailTel to
provide free WiFi services under
Project Nilgiri to 400 railway
stations across the country now.
Ø President Pranab Mukherjee
i n a u g u ra t e d t h e C o u n t e r -
Terrorism Conference 2016 at
Jaipur. It was organised by India
Foundation in collaboration with
Sardar Patel University of Police,
Security and Criminal Justice,
Jodhpur
Ø Vizag port in Hyderabad will be
the first major port to run on solar
e n e r g y. I t h a s r e c e n t l y
commissioned 2MW solar power
plants adding another 8 MW
capacity in month of march.
Ø B a n a ra s H i n d u U n i v e rs i t y
completed its 100 years of
foundation on 13th February
2016. It was Established in 1916
(BHU) by Freedom fighter Pt
Madan Mohan Malviya
Ø The 42nd Khajuraho Dance
Festival was celebrated in
Khajuraho, Chhatrapur District of
Madhya Pradesh in February
2 0 1 6 . I t s h o wca s e d m a ny
programmes on art and culture.
PROGRAMMES,
SCHEMES
AND POLICIES
Ø The Government of India has
launched the Digital India
programme with the vision to
transform India into a digitally
empowered society and
knowledge economy. This will be
done by transforming the entire
ecosystem of public services
through the use of information
technology.
Ø Union Cabinet approved Pradhan
Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
(PMKSY) aiming at providing
irrigation facilities to every village.
Ø Prime Minister, Narendra Modi
launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
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Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) In
Patna On July 25, 2015.
Ø The Union Government
announced One Rank, One
Pension scheme for Ex-
Servicemen under this scheme
government will pay uniform
pension to all the servicemen
retiring in the same rank with the
same length of services
Ø The Union Government has
launched the Ganga Gram Yojana
to develop 1600 villages in Uttar
Pradesh situated along the banks
of the river Ganga. Under the first
phase of the scheme 200 villages
will be selected wherein it will be
mandatory for every household to
have a functional toilet
Ø The state government of
Maharashtra government has
launched Swachhata Saptapadi
scheme under the Swach Bharat
Mission, aiming at creating
awareness, expediting the
process of cleanliness drive and
completing toilet for every
household. The scheme was
launched by Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis and Actor
Aamir Khan.
COMMITTEES
COMMISSIONS
PANELS
Ø An expert committee headed by
former Chhattisgarh cadre IAS
officer BS Baswan formed to
submit its report on review of civil
services exam pattern, mix of
exam takers, three stages,
eligibility criteria, syllabus and
conduct of the exam.
Ø A seven member committee led
by former Planning Commission
member Mihir Shah to
restructure the Central Water
Commission and the Central
Water Board to encourage
optimal development of water
resources in the country.
Ø The three-member committee
chaired by former Secretary
General of Lok Sabha, PDT Achary
has recommended 400% hike in
the basic salary of Delhi MLAs.
The total salary and allowances
of MLAs at present is Rs. 88,000
per month and the recommended
increased amount is Rs. 2.10 lakhs
per month.
Ø The committee headed by former
Union Home Secretary, Anil Baijal
submitted its report on how to
improve monitoring of Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR)
spending to government. It
suggested uniform tax treatment
for all CRS activities under
Companies Act 2013 and leniency
towards non-complaint
companies in the first 2 to 3 years
of the law.
Ø Justice (retd.) AP Shah Committee
was constituted to look into acts
of omission and commission and
recommend compensation to Oil
and Natural Gas Corp Ltd. (ONGC)
whose natural gas from Bay of
Bengal block had flown to
adjoining fields of Reliance
Industries Ltd. (RIL).
Ø Justice RM Lodha committee has
submitted its report to the
Supreme Court of India suggesting
reforms in the Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI). The
committee was appointed in 2014
to recommend administrative
reforms in order to prevent frauds
and conflict of interest in Cricket.
The major recommendations
included legalizing betting and
match-fixing to be made criminal
offence. It also recommended
separate governing bodies for
BCCI & IPL while no Minister of
government officer should
become an office-bearer.
Ø Committee headed by noted film-
maker Shyam Benegal was
constituted by the Union Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting
to suggest recommendations to
revamp the Central Board of Film
Certification. The other members
of the committee include Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra, Bhawana
Somaaya, Piyush Pandey and Nina
Gupta.
Ø Union Government constituted a
committee headed by the Vice-
Chairman of NITI Aayog Arvind
Panagriya, to fast track the
Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-
S p e e d R a i l C o r r i d o r. T h e
committee is tasked to interact
with the Japanese counterpart for
taking further steps in
implementation of Mumbai-
Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail
Corridor.
BILLS AND
AMENDMENTS
Ø The Rajasthan Assembly has
passed two separate Quota Bills
providing 5% reservation to
Gujjars and other communities
under Special Backward Classes
(SBC) and 14% to Economically
Backward Classes (EBC) of
unreserved categories. The state
exceeds 50% limit of reservations
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laid down by the Supreme Court.
Ø The constitution (119th)
amendment bill on Land
Boundary Bill 2013, which will
allow the operationalisation of
the 1974 India -Bangladesh Land
agreement was cleared by Union
Cabinet. The envisaged exchange
of certain enclaves of land
between two countries .
Ø Lok Sabha passes Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of Children)
Bill, 2014 allowing trying of
juveniles between the ages of 16
and 18 years as adults for heinous
offences.However, the bill
empowers Juvenile Justice Boards
(JJB) to examine the nature of
crime and decide whether it was
committed as a child mind or as an
adult mind.
Ø Lok Sabha passed the Goods and
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Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2014,
which is also referred as
Constitution (122nd Amendment)
Bill seeks to introduce GST regime
in India. The bill will transform
India into a single market,
harmonising various state and
central levies into a national goods
and services tax which is expected
to boost manufacturing and
reduce corruption.
Ø Union Cabinet approved the New
Consumer Protection Bill, 2015
replacing the 29 years old
Consumer Protection Bill, 1986 to
stop unfair trade practices and
provide safety to consumer goods
and services in the country.
Ø Assam Witch Hunting
(Prohibition, Prevention and
Protection) Bill, 2015 passed by
the Assam state assembly to
eliminate the superstition from
society by making offences like
witch hunting as non-bailable,
non-compoundable and
cognizable.
Ø The Manipur Legislative Assembly
unanimously passed the
Protection of Manipur People
Bill, 2015, the Manipur Land
Revenue and Land Reforms (7th
amendment) Bill, 2015 and the
Manipur Shops and
Establishments (Second
Amendment) Bill, 2015.
Ø Lok Sabha passed High Court and
Supreme Court Judges (Salaries
and Conditions of Service)
Amendment Bill 2015 amending
the law under the Article 175 of
the constitution that ensures no
d i s c r i m i n at i o n i n s a l a r i e s ,
pensions and other service
conditions of judges in the two
courts.
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EVENTS AND NEWS BITS
Ø Loretta Lynch was sworn-in as the
United States' 83rd Attorney
General, the first African-
American woman to serve as the
nation’s top law enforcement
official. She succeeded former
attorney general Eric Holder.
Ø The World Happiness Report
2015 was released in April 2015
by the Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN) an
initiative under the United
Nations. The report was topped
by Switzerland followed by
Iceland, Denmark, Norway and
Canada.
Ø The New York Times won two
prestigious Pulitzer prizes for
coverage of the Ebola outbreak in
West Africa. The coverage is
described by the Pulitzer board as
courageous and vivid journalism
that engaged the public and held
authorities accountable.
Ø PM Narendra Modi inaugurated
ICICI’s first branch in China in
Shanghai. The new branch will
play important role in the growing
trade and investment
opportunity between India and
China.
Ø David Cameron became the
Prime Minister of United
Kingdom for the second term by
winning the Parliamentary
elections receiving 36.9% vote
share of the total national vote.
Ø World’s largest flag was unfurled
in Tunisia at an event in Ong Jmel
in the southern desert area. The
flag of 104,544 square metre was
made using 80 kilometres of
fabric and weighed around 12.6
tonnes.
Ø Ameenah Gurib-Fakim became
the first women President of
Mauritius. She is an
i nte r n at i o n a l l y - re n o w n e d
scientist and biologist.
Ø The United States removed Cuba
from its list of State Sponsor of
Terrorism to normalize ties
b e t w e e n Wa s h i n gt o n a n d
Havana.
Ø T h e r e d
chested bird,
R o b i n ,
selected as
Britain’s
National Bird
.
Ø The Champagne Hillsides, Houses
and Cellars of France were
granted with the World Heritage
S tat u s by U n i te d N at i o n s
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Ø Solar impulse, an aeroplane
powered only by sun has landed
in Hawaii after making an epic
7,200km flight across the Pacific
from Japan.
Ø Russian Cosmonaut Gennady
Padalka has created world record
in history by becoming the first
man to spend longest time on
International Space Station(ISS).
Ø United States has approved Major
Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status of
Tunisia.
Ø China is expected to become the
world’s third largest nuclear
generating country by 2017
surpassing South Korea and
Japan, said US energy information
administration (EIA)
Ø Wo r l d ’s l a r g e s t f l o w e r
‘A m o r p h o p h a l l u s T i ta n u m ’
bloomed for the first time in 5
years in the fourth week of July
2015 at the Jindai botanical
gardens in Tokyo, Japan.
Ø Pakistan is now an associate
member of CERN,the world’s
largest and most prestigious
center for science research.
Ø The 48th ASEAN (Association of
Southeast Asian Nations) foreign
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ministers meet was held between
August 4 and August 6, 2015 were
foreign ministers and
representatives from 10
Southeast Asian countries were
represented in Kuala Lumpur
Ø United National Party (UNP) led
United National Front for Good
Governance (UNFGG) has
emerged as the single largest
party with 106 seats in the 225-
member legislature
Ø Pakistan and Russia signed a
landmark defence deal on the
sale of four Mi-35 ‘Hind E’ in
Rawalpindi.
Ø Ranil Wickremesinghe has sworn-
in as the Prime Minister of Sri
Lanka for fourth time.
Ø NUML student Shahin Zafar is the
first student from a Pakistani
university to receive an MPhil
degree in Hindi.
Ø Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, 89,
became the longest serving
reigning monarch in UK
surpassing her great-great-
grandmother Queen Victoria.
Ø First-of-its-kind conference on
the contemporary relevance of
the “Bhagvad Gita” was held at
the University of London, UK;
wherein Indian and British
experts came together with the
aim to seek answers from the
ancient text relevant to current
world.
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Ø Nepal adopted its first
democratic Constitution. The
President Ram Baran Yadav
signed the charter. The new
constitution is conceptualized,
Ø During the ongoing 6 day visit to
developed and adopted by a
representative Constituent
Assembly
Ø Malcolm Turnbull became the
Ø India will be holding the 2018
29th Prime Minister of Australia
Ø Manila, Philippines
after ousting Tony Abbott from
being in power for 2 years.
Ø Sherif Ismail was sworn-in as the
Prime Minister of Egypt by the
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
He succeeded Ibrahim Mahlab
who resigned amid corruption
charges.
Ø An 18 year old Indian boy,
Ø Canada’s economy had fallen
into recession for the first time
after global financial crisis of
2009. The country’s GDP has been
negative since last two quarters
which leads to technical
recession.
Ø Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan
and AR Rahman joined a United
Nation’s global campaign that
Ø Indian fraternity has launched
aims at spreading awareness
about the Sustainable
Development Goals.
Ø In 65 years Pranab Mukherjee
was the first Indian President to
visit Jordan. Six MoU’s were
signed between the countries to
enhance mutual cooperation. He
also inaugurated a Mahatma
Gandhi street in Amman, the
capital city of Jordan.
West Asia, Pranab Mukherjee
became the first Indian President
to visit Palestine and Israel.
G20 Summit and Delhi could be
the host most likely. The Summit
will be presided over by China in
2016 and Germany in 2017
respectively.
headquartered Asian
Development Bank (ADB) will
finance the cross-border
electricity link between India
and Bangladesh, to increase the
transmission capacity and to
facilitate the rising power
demand, increased power
exchange across South Asia.
Ramkumar Raman residing in the
UA E h a s b e c o m e w o r l d ’s
youngest CA affiliate with the
global body, Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants
(ACCA). Originally from Chennai,
Ramkumar is a graduate from
Indian High School, Dubai.
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“Modi Express Bus” that will take
the travelers on a tour around
iconic landmarks of London city
from Little India to Trafalgar
Square.
Ø The National Gallery of Australia,
Canberra has given consent to
return the 2000 years old seated
stone Buddha’s statue to
Archaeological Survey of India.
The sculpture which said to be
from Mathura, UP dating to the
first century.
Ø China launched the first phase of
China International Payment
System (CIPS), to promote Yuan’s
global usage and furthering cross
border clearing of its currency
from the Chinese mainland
instead of offshore centers
abroad.
Ø Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank based in Beijing is set to
start its operation. It will invest in
sectors
l i k e
e n e rg y,
transpor
tation,
urban
construc
tion and
logistics.
Ø The annual World Economic
Forum (WEF) meeting has
started in Swiss resort of Davos,
Switzerland with participation of
political
leaders
a n d
busines
s from
around
t h e
world.
Ø China has passed a new law on
population and family planning
to abolish the infamous ‘One-
child Policy’ which has been in
force since 1971.
Ø India has ranked 89th globally in
Global Talent Competitiveness
Index (GTCI) 2015-16 list of 106
assessed countries in terms of
talent competitiveness of its
human capital. This GTCI list was
compiled by INSEAD business
school in partnership with
Adecco and Human Capital
Leadership Institute of Singapore
(HCLI).
Ø Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo
crowned Miss World 2015 title at
the event organized in Sanya,
China. Miss Russia and Miss
Indonesia won the runner-up
and second runner-up titles
respectively.
INDIA AND
OTHER NATIONS
Ø During President Pranab
Mukherjee’s first ever visit to
Sweden, six agreements were
signed between India and
Sweden:
— M O U o n C o - o p e ra t i o n i n
sustainable urban development
— MOU on Co-operatipon in the
field of Micro Small and Medium
enterprises
— Agreement on Visa extension for
diplomatic passports
— Memorandum of Intent between
the Indian Council of Medical
Research and the Swedish
research council for health
working life and welfare
— Memorandum of intent between
India’s Central Drugs standard
Control Organisation (CDSCO)
and the Swedish medical
products agency(MPA)
— Letter of Intent between India’s
earth system organization (ESSO)
and the Swedish polar research
secretariat(SPRS) on
collaboration in polar and ocean
research.
Ø India and USA signed 10 year
defense Framework agreement
stressing on the growth of
defense cooperation between
the two countries. The
agreement is signed by Manohar
Parrikar of India and Ashton
Carter ,US Secretary of Defence.
Ø Bangladesh signed two MOUs
with the two major Indian
companies, Adani and Reliance
to set up 4,600 MW power plants
in the country
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Ø India, Nepal, Bhutan and
Bangladesh signed a landmark
Motor Vehicles Agreement
(MVA) for the Regulation of
Passenger, Personnel and Cargo
Vehicular Traffic among the four
South Asian neighbours in
Thimpu, Bhutan.
Ø India and Singapore signed an
agreement on July 21, 2015on
sharing white-shipping
information to enhance maritime
cooperation between the two
natives India and Singapore.
Ø Bloomberg released list of
World’s Healthiest Country.
Singapore ranked no. 1 and India
secured 103rd rank.
Ø Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has been ranked the 9th
most powerful person in the
world on the 2015 Forbes List.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
is positioned on No. 1 followed by
German Chancellor Angela
Merkel and US President Barack
Obama.
Ø China in a joint venture with
Korea is set to build world’s
largest animal cloning factory in
Tianjing, China to save animals
from extinction.
Ø International Monetary Fund
has decided to add Chinese
currency Yuan to its reserve
basket alongside other four
globally strong currencies.
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Therefore the foreign exchange
reserve will comprise of US Dollar
( 4 1 . 7 3 % ) , E u ro p e a n E u ro
( 3 0 . 9 3 % ) , C h i n e s e Yu a n
(10.92%), Japanese Yen (8.33%)
and British Pound (8.09%).
Ø The ground breaking ceremony of
TAPI gas pipeline was held at
Mary, Turkmenistan. TAPI gas
pipeline project will provide 90
million standard cubic meters a
day gas for a period of 30 years to
run the nuclear power plants in
I n d i a w h i l e Pa k i sta n a n d
Afghanistan will also have their
share.
Ø National Security Advisors of
India and Pakistan held talks on
terrorism and J&K related issues
at Bangkok. Mr. AjitDoval and
Nasir Janjua held talks further to
the brief meeting between PM
Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif
in Paris.
BUSINESS
& ECONOMY
Ø Snapdeal acquired India’s fastest
growing mobile transaction
platform FreeCharge founded by
Kunal Shah. With this acquisition,
Snapdeal has become India’s
largest mobile commerce firm
with 40 million users and the
largest mobile transactions base
for any company i.e. 1 million
transactions per day.
Ø Reserve Bank of India sanctioned
the amalgamation of ING Vysya
and Kotak Mahindra, therefore
w.e.f. April 01, 2015 all branches
of ING Vyaya Bank will be known
as Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Ø Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power
signed an agreement with the
Bangladesh Power
Development Board (BPDB) for
investing US $ 3 billion in
constructing a mega power plant
along with a floating LNG import
terminal in Bangladesh.
Ø India and Eurasian Economic
Union (EAEU) signed a free trade
agreement to boost trade and
economic ties with the region.
Ø S tate B a n k o f I n d i a a n d
MakeMyTrip.com signed a
Memorandum of Understanding
and became partners to take
advantage on the business
opportunities of the booming e-
commerce and m-commerce
ecosystem.
Ø The Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI) to come up
with a detailed guidelines on
electronic Initial Public Offers (e-
IPOs), where investors can bid for
shares through internet.
Ø “GAGAN”(GPS Aided Geo
Augmented Navigation) system
developed by ISRO will provide
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navigational support to Railways.
Ø A Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) has been
signed between Government of
Sri Lanka and search engine giant
Google to launch the Google
Loon project in the country.
Ø Big Bazaar has tied up with
MobiKwik to allow its customers
to pay for purchases using mobile
wallet facility.
Ø The 8th Edition of Global
Innovation Index 2015 has
placed Switzerland on top while
India has slipped from 76 in 2014
to 81 in the current list out of 144
countries. India has topped in the
central and southern Asia region.
The GII is jointly released by
Cornell University, INSEAD and
the World Intellectual Property
Organization.
Ø The union government
announced to join United
Nation’s “Better Than Cash
Alliance” which promotes
transition from cash to digital
payments to drive inclusive
growth and in turn reduce
poverty.
Ø Government approved revamp
of Gold Monetization Schemes
as announced in 2015-16 budget
i.e. Gold Deposit Scheme and
Gold Metal Loan. It will reduce
mobilize the gold stocked at
household and institutions,
demand for physical gold bars
a n d c o i n s p u r c h a s e d fo r
investment in gold bonds.
Ø The Reserve Bank of India to put
Rs. 5 coins into circulation to
commemorate the golden
jubilee of 1956 Indo-Pak War, a
legal tender under The Coinage
Act 2011.
Ø A c c o rd i n g t o t h e Wo r l d
Federation of Exchanges (WEF),
the Bombay Stock Exchange
(BSE) has the highes number of
companies listed in the world.
B S E h a s 5 6 8 9 co m p a n i e s
registered while NSE has 1750
companies listed.
Ø Fortune’s List of 50 most
powerful women in business has
featured, Pepsi Co. Chairperson
and CEO Indra Nooyi on second
position after General Motors
CEO Mary Barra.
Ø Indra Nooyi was also awarded
2015 Global Leadership Award
of the US-India Buisness Council
along with Shobhana Bharatia,
Chairperson of Hindustan Times
Group.
Ø Industrialist Mukesh Ambani,
CMD Reliance Group has been
named as India’s richest person
for the ninth consecutive year in
a row with a net worth of 18.9
billion dollars in the 2015 Forbes
Magazine’s India Rich List,
followed by Dilip Shanghvi of Sun
Pharmaceuticals and Azim Premji
of Wipro
Ø India’ third largest tyre maker JK
Tyre Industries acquired BK Birla
flagship firm Kesoram Industries’
tyre manufacturing plant at
Haridwar for upto Rs. 2200
crores. It will strengthen its
existing base of truck and bus
radials and enter into the two
wheeler tyre segment.
Ø Japanese company Nippon Life
has acquired 14% additional
stake in Anil Ambani led Reliance
Capital Asset Management
Company, increasing its stake to
49%. This marks the biggest ever
FDI of R. 1,196 crore in Indian
mutual fund industry by one of
the largest life insurers in the
world.
Ø Aditya Birla Group joined the e-
commerce league with the
launch of abof.com, all about
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fashion, an online fashion portal
for apparel, footwear and
accessories
Ø IBM to acquire the Weather Co
including weather.com, data
collection points, applications
except the cable television
channel.
Ø Hard disk drive maker Western
Digital Corp agreed to buy
SanDisk Corp for a $19 billion
deal which will enable to make
flash memory storage chips used
in smart phones and tablets.
Ø Tata Sons, the holding company
of salt-to-software conglomerate
has tied-up with Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China Ltd.
(ICBC) to provide it with a host of
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
Ø A minor planet was named after
I n d i a ’s c h e s s l e ge n d a n d
grandmaster Vishwanathan
Anand. The planet was previously
identified as Planet 4538 now the
planet will be called as 4538
Vishyanand and is located
between the Mars and Jupiter.
Ø Telecom regulator TRAI has
proposed single number ‘112’ for
all emergency phone calls across
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banking services.
Ø Wipro acquired Germany based
IT consultancy and software
services company Cellent AG.
Ø I n d i a ’s f i rst I nte r n at i o n a l
Financial Services Center, GIFT
city has launched its second
phase which is in lines of London,
Dubai, Hong Kong and New York.
Ø Infosys has invested USD 3 billion
in the US based wearable startup
firm WHOOP Inc. which develops
wearable devices and
performance improvement tools
for professional athletes and
sports teams.
Ø Chinese e-commerce major
Alibaba, has agreed to buy out
the 112 year old newspaper and
its associated media initiatives of
Hong Kong based South China
Morning Post.
Ø India Post payment bank will
start operations by March 2017.
the country. It has recommended
to integrate all existing
emergency numbers 100, 101,
102, 108 into the proposed ‘112’
helpline number, similar to ‘911’
in US.
Ø NASA successfully tested a 10-
Engine Electric Plane named
Greased Lightning-10 (GL-10)
that can take off and land like a
helicopter and fly efficiently like
an aircraft.
Ø Cuba became the first country in
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The Reserve Bank of India has
granted in-principal approval to
11 applicants including the postal
Ø Facebook founder Mark
department.
Ø According to the European
Commission, Tata Motors has
made it to the Top 50 League of
the world’s biggest companies in
terms of investments in the
Research & Development.
Ø Wipro has acquired the New
Jersey, USA headquartered
Viteos Group for USD 130
Ø NASA has performed a nearly 9-
million. Viteos is a Business-
Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS)
Ø Android’s new version(6.0)
provider for the alternative
investment management
Ø Indian Space Research
Industry.
Ø Mukesh Ambani led Reliance
Group has launched its 4G
telecom services for its
Ø ISRO launched India’s first
employees under the brand
name Reliance Jio. Shahrukh
Khan has been roped in as the
brand Ambassador of Jio.
Ø Director of Avadi, Tamil Nadu
the world to receive validation
from WHO for eliminating
mother-to-child transmission of
HIV and syphilis.
Ø ISRO (Indian space research
organization) with its commercial
Ø World’s first miniature satellite
arm named Antrix is going to
launch five British Satellites that
will be carried by Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
Zuckerberg announced the
completion of Aquila, facebook
Ø A special train named ‘Science
first unmanned plane that beams
down internet connectivity from
sky which is a part of his project
with Internet.org.
minute-long test of the engine at
the heart of the US space
a g e n c y ’s n e x t - g e n e ra t i o n
megarocket.
Marshmallow rolled out.
Ø Gyan Setu has been named as the
Organization (ISRO) successfully
launched India’s communication
satellite GSAT-6 first.
satellite dedicated to astronomy
re s e a rc h , A ST RO SAT f ro m
Sriharikota. India has become the
first country in the developing
world to have its own telescope
in space to study distant celestial
objects.
Ø Ministry of Science and
based Combat Vehicles Research
and Development Establishment
P. Shivakumar was elevated as a
Distinguished Scientist by the
Defense Ministry in recognition
to his services. It is the highest
honour conferred on a scientist in
India.
optical communications and
sensor demonstration CubeSat
spacecraft was launched by NASA
from California. It’s a group of six
mini satellites which helps in the
areas of research, technology
demonstration and educational
programmes.
Express Climate Action Special’ a
mobile exhibition on wheels on a
16 coach AC train, was flagged off
to create awareness on Climate
Change at Safdargunj Railway
station, Delhi. It’s joint initiative
of Department of Science &
Te c h n o l o g y, M i n i s t r y o f
Environment, Forests and
Climate Change and Ministry of
Railway, Government of India.
best product at the International
Telecommunication Union’s (ITU)
Telecom World 2015 held at
Budapest, Hungary. Gyan Setu is
a product developed by Center
for Development of Telematics
(C-DOT), Ministry of
Communication and IT. It
facilitates rural India to connect
them to internet in the local
language.
Technology organized the first
India International Science Fair at
Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi (IIT-Delhi). Around 3000
young scientist participated in
the events including conference,
ex h i b i t i o n s , f i l m fe st i va l ,
workshops and sessions. The IISF
2015 will support innovations to
support the flagship programs
such as Make in India and Digital
India.
Ø IISF 2015 also marked IIT-Delhi
setting a Guinness World Record
for conducting largest practical
science lesson by assembling
2000 school students.
Ø Researchers at the Columbia
University created world’s first
biologically-powered chip. They
have harnessed a molecular
machinery of living systems to
power an integrated circuit.
Ø Bhopal based Rajiv Gandhi
Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
(RGPV) has claimed to have
discovered anti-cancer
molecules CTR-17 and CTR-20 to
fight cancer in an effective
manner; which is inspired by the
all-time tested properties of
turmeric. It has also filed for the
US patent.
Ø French space agency Centre
National D'études Spatiales
(CNES) signed a letter of intent
with the Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) to be the
partner in the next Mars mission.
Ø India and the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) joined
hands to explore the
environment of Ladakh under
N A SA’s S p a c e wa rd B o u n d
programme.
Ø Reliance Defence had announced
to set up Dhirubhai Ambani
centre for research,
development and innovation in
aerospace technology.
Ø The first artificial graphene-like
structure had been created by
the University of Arkansas.
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DEFENCE
Ø Nuclear-capable surface-to-
surface Agni-III ballistic missile
was successfully tested on 16
April 2015. The test was
conducted from Wheelar Island
off the Odisha coast in the Bay of
Bengal by the Strategic Force
Command (SFC) with support of
Defence Research and
Development Organisation
(DRDO).
Ø Defence Minister undocked the
first of the six Scorpene
Submarine at Mazagon Dock
Limited, Mumbai. After
undergoing and successfully
completing rigorous trials and
tests for a year the submarine will
be commissioned into the Indian
Navy in September 2016 and will
be named as INS Kalvari.
Ø Indian Army inducted the first
regiment of the indigenously-
developed surface-to-air Akash
missile system.
o Each regiment of Akash missile
consists of six launchers with
each launcher having three
missiles.
Ø The Defence Minister Shri
Manohar Parrikar, commissioned
INS ‘ Vajrakosh’, the latest
establishment of the Indian Navy
at Karwar, Karnataka. Karwar is
poised to emerge as the Indian
Navy’s premier base on the
Western seaboard. Together with
INS Kadamba 20 km away, spread
over 1000 acres it is world’s
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largest naval base east of the
Suez Canal.
Ø Indian Coast Guard has
commissioned two new
indigenously developed ships
named Fast Patrol Vessel ICGS
Apoorva and Interceptor Boat C-
421 at naval dockyard in
Mumbai. The induction of the
vessels is expected to boost
maritime security along the
Arabian Sea Coast.
Ø Naval warship INS Kochi, was
commissioned into Indian Navy
at Mumbai Dockyard to
showcase India’s indigenous
efforts in the field of underwater
warfare. It is a second ship of the
three ships of Kolkata-class
Guided Missile Destroyer to be
inducted. Earlier PM Narendra
Modi commissioned INS Kolkata
last year.
Ø India and the US have created a
“ j o i nt c h a l l e n ge co i n ” to
symbolize their unique
partnership in creating a next
generation aircraft carrier for the
Indian Navy. The coin has
inscribed “Forward Together We
Go” and “Chale Saath Saath” to
mark the vision statement
released by the two countries
during the first meeting of PM
Modi and President Obama.
Ø Nato has launched Trident
Juncture Military Exercise in Italy
to test the alliance’s ability to
respond to new security threats.
It is said to be the biggest military
conduct by alliance in last 13
years with more than 36,000
soldiers, sailors and airmen
involved in it. Headquartered in
Brussels, NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization is an alliance
of 28 North American and
European states.
Ø India and Indonesia conducted an
inaugural maritime exercise in
the Andaman Sea along with the
26th edition of the CORPAT
(Coordinated Patrolling) to
expand strategic and defence
ties. From India, INS Saryu and
Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft
are participating in the exercise.
Ø Defence Research and
Development Organization
(DRDO) has established the
world’s highest terrestrial center
at Changla near Pengong Lake in
Ladakh. The centre is set to serve
as a natural cold storage for
preserving rare and endangered
medical plants.
Ø Indian Navy ’s first totally
indigenously designed and build
torpedo launch and recovery
vessel INS Astradharani was
c o m m i s s i o n e d a t
Visakhapatnam. The design of
the ship is a collaborative effort
of Naval Science and
Technological Laboratory, IIT
Kharagpur and Shoft Shipyard.
Ø India, Japan and US participated
in a naval exercise named
Malabar 2015 with the aim to
advance multi-national maritime
relationships and mutual security
issues.
Ø Srilanka and India conducted a
bilateral exercise SLINEX 15, to
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boost their maritime capabilities
of the two navies and to increase
the maritime security of the
adjoining regions.
Ø Defense Minister Manohar
Parrikar inaugurated centre data
centre and Digi-Locker, data
storage space for Indian Army.
And CISF launched a mobile app
‘m-Power’ for the jawans.
Ø The Coast Guard’s largest
offshore patrol vessel, Samarth
was commissioned at the Vasco
De Gama, Goa. It has been built
at the Goa Shipyard.
Ø Indian and Russian armed forces
concluded the 7th edition of joint
military exercise ‘INDRA-2015’,
the main aim of this exercise is to
combat terrorism in the dessert
terrains.
Ø V Balagur of Combat Vehicle
Research and Development
Establishment have received
DRDO’s Scientist of the Year
Award 2013. The award was
presented by the Defense
Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi
chaired the Combined
Commanders Conference on
board INS Vikramaditya at Sea,
off the coast of Kochi. This is the
first time that such combined
conference of all three forces has
been held on board an aircraft
carrier in the presence of the
Chiefs of the Air Force, Army and
Navy along with the Prime
Minister and Defense Minister of
the country.
Ø The 8th edition of a bilateral naval firing was jointly carried out by
exercise between Indian Navy
the Indian Navy, DRDO and Israel
and Russian Federation Navy Aerospace Industries.
named INDRA NAVY started at
Ø Indian Space Research
Visakhapatnam; the aim is to
Organisation (ISRO) has
increase interoperability
successfully launched India’s fifth
between the two navies and
navigation Indian Regional
develop a common
Navigational Satellite System
understanding of procedures for
maritime security operations.
Ø Bangalore based former Tata
Institute, now Indian Institute of
Science has bagged a US military
contract for research and
development on solar powered
micro-grid with battery and
super capacitor energy storage
system. The contract is worth US
$ 52,900.Its the first time that an
Indian scientific institute has won
such a federal contract from US (IRNSS) 1E satellite. It was
Military. launched on board of PSLV-C31
Ø Union Minister for Defence rocket from Satish Dhawan Space
Manohar Paniker launched a new Centre (SHAR), Sriharikota in
w e b s i t e Andhra Pradesh.
www.makeinindiadefence.com
Ø India and France have started
to make the defence acquisition
their eight-day counter-terrorism
and counter-insurgency bilateral
military exercise Shakti-2016 in
Rajasthan. In this bilateral
exercise, French contingent
comprising 56 personnel of 35th
process and procedures simpler
and transparent. It is to be noted
that the 49% FDI is allowed in the
Defence manufacturing industry.
Ø The Indian Navy has successfully
tested the maiden firing of long
range Barak 8 surface-to-air
missile from INS Kolkata. The test
Infantr y Regiment of 7th
Armoured Brigade are
participating. Indian side is being
represented by the 2nd Battalion
of Garhwal Rifles which is part of
the Sapta Shakti Command.
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Ø The 15th edition of bilateral
exercise by the Indian Coast
Guard and its Japanese
counterpart titled ‘Sahayog-
Kaijin 2016’ has begun off the
coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu in
the Bay of Bengal.
Ø The second indigenously
developed Anti-submarine
warfare (ASW) corvette INS
Kadmatt
under the
Make in
I n d i a
initiative;
has been
commissi
on in the
Indian Navy by Chief of the Naval
Staff Admiral R K Dhowan at naval
dockyard in Visakhapatnam. INS
Kadmatt would be an integral
part of the Eastern Fleet and help
to augment the mobility, reach
and flexibility of Indian Navy.
Ø India participated in the 35th
edition of “Cobra Gold”
multilateral exercise as an
observer plus country, it was
hosted by Thailand.
Ø The 9th Indo-Nepal Combined
Battalion level Military Training
Exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ held at
Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
Ø Indian Army and Seychelles
People’s Defence Forces (SPDF)
had joint the 7th joint military
exercise in Victoria.
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Ø The state government had
decided to set up the country’s
first Aviation Park in Gujarat.
Ø INS Viraat an Airrcraft carrier will
be developed as a tourism centre
in the Navy, Andhra Pradesh.
Ø Ishapore Rifle factory in west
Bengal had designed India’s
lightest revolver’ Nidar’ weighing
250gm.
ENVIRONMENT
Ø Thane in Mumbai, Maharashtra
was named as the capital for the
energy conservation initiative
National Earth Hour by WWF. The
initiative is aimed at awareness
regarding saving electricity.
Ø First species of Yeti crab
discovered by a team of British
scientists in Antarctica.
Ø Researchers have developed an
eco-friendly biodegradable
“green herding agent” that can
be used to clean up light crude oil
spills on water.
Ø Scientists from the Royal Ontario
Museum have discovered a
striking new species of horned
dinosaur in southern Alberta,
Canada.
Ø A new tiny butterfly species
christened Banded Tit
(Hypolycaena Narada) has been
discovered in Arunachal Pradesh.
Ø Environment Minister Prakash
Javadekar announced 347
species of flora and 424 of fauna,
including two reptiles have been
discovered in the country in
2013-2014.
Ø Kanpur Zoological Park is only zoo
in UttarPradesh to get a rare
status of ISO certification
14001:2004.
Ø A new species of frog named
Indirana Salelkari is discovered in
the Tanshikar Spice Farm at
Netravali (Neturlim) in the town
of Sanguem Taluk by Wildlife
researchers in Netravali forest
sanctuary in Southern Goa.
Ø India first community reserve to
protect the endangered Gangetic
river dolphins will be established
in West Bengal on Hooghly River.
Ø Tamil Nadu government has
banned the drug ‘Ketoprofen’
used for veterinary purposes to
save critically endangered
vulture population in the state.
Meat of dead animals that had
been treated with Ketoprofen
could be deadly for the vultures
Ø 2015 Climate Summit was held in
Paris, France. Head of 147 states
and governments attended the
summit making it the biggest
gathering of world leaders
outside UN General Assembly.
This Summit has marked first
major universal pact to curb
global warming.
Ø Minister of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change, Prakash
Javadekar has launched a new
website dedicated for climate
change actions. The website will
provide information with regards
to the steps taken by the ministry
related to climate change further
to the 2015 Paris Climate
Summit. The website is
www.justclimateaction.org
Ø UP government has created a
Guinness Book World Record by
planting 10 lakh saplings in one
day under the Clean UP, Green UP
initiative.
Ø Ministry of State (Independent
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Charge) for Environment, Forests
and Climate Change has released
the Indian State of Forest Report
(ISFR 2015). The report contains
information on forest cover,
mangroves cover and growing
stock inside and outside the
forest areas. At present 24.01
percent of the geographical area
is covered by forest with an
increase of 5871 sq km as per the
2015 report.
Ø The National Green Tribunal has
directed a complete ban on the
use of plastic from Gomukh to
Haridwar along the river Ganga
as part of the rejuvenation to
keep it pollution free. It has also
imposed a fine of Rs. 5000 per
day on any ashram or hotel that
cause any act of pollution into the
river.
Ø Beijing government issued the
first ever ‘red alert for pollution’
in the city due to heavy smog. In
2013, China introduced an
emergency air pollution
response system that includes
blue, yellow, orange and red
warning alerts.
Ø Archeologists have unearthed a
record number of 378 gold coins
and plates from the 2000 year old
Han-dynasty tomb in east China.
The tomb is situated in the
Nanchang city, capital of the
Jaingxi province and it is thought
to belong to Lui He, grandson of
Emperor Wu.
Ø A new species of Hydroid Polyps
emitting green fluorescence in
the Red Sea had been discovered
by international team
Ø G ro u p o f s c i e n t i s t s f ro m
Massachusetts Institute of
technology have discovered that
sea sponges were the first animal
to have appeared on earth based
on a fossil record.
(CSK) in the finals.
Ø Nico Rosberg from Germany won
the Monaco Grand Prix Formula
One (F1) World Championship
title. Earlier he had won Spanish
Formula 1 World Championship
title same year.
Ø Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal ranked
Sports
no. 1 in the single’s ranking
released by the Badminton
World Federation (BWF) in May
2015
Ø Miami Open 2015
o Women’s singles Title has
been won by World No. 1 and
American ace tennis player
Serena Williams. In the final
match she defeated Spain’s Carla
Suárez Navarro.
o Men’s Singles Title has been
won by Serbian ace tennis player
Novak Djokovic.In the final match
he defeated Britain’s Andy
Murray.This was Djokovic’s 5th
Miami Open trophy. Ø Sepp Blatter, FIFA president since
1998 resigned amid claims of
o Women’s doubles Title has
corruption in world football's
been won by India’s Sania Mirza
governing body. He announced
and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis
his retirement just four days after
pair. In the final match they
he was re-elected to a fifth term
d efe ate d R u s s i a n p a i r o f
as president.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena
Ø Ravi Shastri, continued as
Vesnina.
Director of the Indian cricket
Ø Men’s doubles Title has been won
team during the Bangladesh tour.
by American Bob Bryan and Mike
Bryan pair. In the final match they Ø Serena Williams won her 3rd
defeated Vasek Pospisil (Canada) French Open and 20th Grand
and Jack Sock (US) pair. Slam title at Roland Garros on
Ø Indian chess Grandmaster
Dronavalli Harika won the bronze
medal in the World Women’s
chess championships held at
Sochi, Russia. Harika lost to the
eventual winner Mariya
Muzychuk of Ukraine in the
semifinals.
Ø The eight edition of Indian Saturday. She defeated Czech
Premier League (IPL) 2015 was Lucie Safarova by 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-
won by Mumbai Indians (MI) by 2.
defeating Chennai Super Kings
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Ø Rahul Dravid, former Indian head,
was appointed as the coach of
the India A and Under-19 cricket
teams at the first meeting of the
newly formed BCCI's advisory
committee
Ø Chile won the Copa America for
the first time in the country’s
history by defeating Argentina by
4-1 on penalties.
Ø Formula One world champion
Lewis Hamilton won the British
Grand Prix for the second year in
a row.
Ø USA has won the FIFA Women’s
World Cup 2015 by beating Japan
by 5-2 in the finals at Canada.
Ø India has won a record 156
medals, including 89 gold and 50
silvers, in the World Police and
Fire games held in the suburb of
the American Capital.
Ø Indian women’s cricket team
defeated New Zealand by 9
wickets and clinched the ODI
series by 3-2.
Ø Chennai Super Kings and
Rajasthan Royals were
suspended from the Indian
Premier
o League for 2 years for the
betting activities of their key
officials Gurunath Meiyappan
and Raj Kundra during the 2013
season.
Ø Bangladesh registered historic
ODI series win by beating South
Africa by nine wickets in the third
and final ODI to take the three-
match series 2-1.
Ø Sangram Singh became the first
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Indian in history to win the World
Wrestling Professionals (WWP)
C o m m o n w e a l t h Wre s t l i n g
Heavyweight Championship
Ø Ranveer Singh Saini created
history by becoming the first
Indian golfer to win a gold medal
at the Special Olympics World
Games.
Ø 14-year-old Prabhroop Sekhon
won two gold medals, in 300m
and 500m Roller Skating in the
Special Olympics World Games.
Ø International Olympic
Committee approved South
Sudan to become 206th member
of the Olympic family.
Ø Indian female squash player
Joshna Chinappa won the
Women’s Squash Title in the US
15,000 dollars Victorian Open
Women’s Squash Association
(WSA) event in Melbourne.
Ø Rajat Chauhan of Rajasthan won
s i l v e r i n Wo r l d A r c h e r y
Championship by defeating
Stephan Hansen of Denmark.
Ø Australia captain Michael Clarke
retired from International cricket
after completion of Ashes series.
Ø India’s Pankaj Advani won his
ninth world title by winning the
IBSF 6 Reds World Championship
snooker crown in Sharm-el-
Sheikh.
Ø Indian Men hockey team won
European series by winning 2
matches in three matches series.
Ø 15th IAAF World Championships
in Athletics was held between 22
August and 30 August 2015 at the
Bird’s Nest Stadium at Beijing in
China.
Ø Indian wrestler Babita Kumari
and sprinter MR Poovamma have
b e e n h o n o u re d w i t h t h e
prestigious Arjuna Award for
their achievement in sports.
Ø India’s most successful billiard
player Pankaj Advani won the
IBSF World Billiards
Championship in Adelaide,
Australia. It is his 14th World
Title. He is the only billiards
player in the world to win world
titles in all formats of Billiards and
Snooker.
Ø Indian Boxer Vikas Krishan won
the silver medal in the Asian
Championship held in Bangkok,
Thailand. The 23 year old was
d efe ate d b y U z b e k i sta n ’s
Bektemir Melikuziev by 0-2 score
in the 75 weight category.
Ø Lewis Hamilton of Britain won
2015 Italian Grand Prix of
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Formula One. The Mercedes
driver defeated Sebastian Vettel
(Germany) of Ferari to win, the
seventh of this season.
Ø While Ferrari driver Sebastian
Vettel from Germany has won
2015 Singapore Grand Prix of
Formula One at Marina Bay
Street Circuit. This was his third
victory of the season.
Ø Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) will launch a specially
minted 20 grams gold coin
co m m e m o rat i n g M a h at m a
Gandhi’s 146th birth anniversary.
Specially designed for Freedom
Series the toss coin will bear
impressions of Mahatma Gandhi
and Nelson Mandela.
Ø Deborah, 20, became the first
ever Indian cyclist by winning five
medals including gold, three
silver and a bronze at the Taiwan
Cup Track International Classic
event. Deborah Herold hails from
Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Ø Novak Djokovic has won the
Men’s singles while Sania Mirza
and Martina Hingis has won
Women’s Doubles in China Open
(Tennis) Tournament. China
Open is a combined tournament
of ATP– WTA played annually in
Beijing, China.
Ø Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton
of Britain has won 2015 Russian
Grand Prix of F1, while Ferrari’s
Sebastian Vettel was the runner-
up.
Ø World No1, Indian cueist Pankaj
Advani won IBSF World Snooker
Championship held in Egypt. It is
the 15th time that Advani has
sportsperson, facilitate them and
to hear their grievances if any.
Ø Polish footballer and caption of
the team, Robert Lowandowski
has been awarded with four
G u i n n e s s ’s Wo r l d Re c o r d
certificates for scoring fastest five
goals in nine minutes in a league
won the championship.
match.
Ø Roger Federer won the Swiss
Ø The Indian Cricket Council has
Indoors tournament beating
announced a new global
Rafael Nadal played at his
p a r t n e rs h i p w i t h C h i n e s e
homeland in Basel, Switzerland.
electronics manufacturer OPPO.
Ø Automobile major Tata Motors
The deal is for four years from
has roped in Argentina football
2016 to 2020. The company was
team captain Lionel Messi as a
launched in 2004 and has
global ambassador for its
presence in more than 40
passenger vehicles segment. The
countries.
first campaign under this
association will be ‘made of Ø The two new teams Pune and
great; featuring the soccer star. Rajkot have been inducted in the
forth coming edition of domestic
Ø BCCI President Shashank
T20 cricket tournament, Indian
Manohar to become the new ICC
Premier League. They will replace
Chairman to replace the former
the suspended teams Chennai
N. Srinivasan.
Super Kings and Rajasthan
Royals. Rajkot IPL team is bagged
by Intex Group while RP-Sanjiv
Goenka group has bought the
Pune team.
Ø Women’s tennis superstar and
World No.1, Serena Williams was
named Sports Illustrator ’s
Sportsperson of the Year. In spite
of the injury last year, she won 3
grand slams last year.
Ø World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of
Serbia has won the ATP World Ø Indian Football team led by
Tennis finals consecutively for captain Sunil Chhetri has won the
the fourth time. He defeated 2015 South Asian Football
World No.3 Roger Federer of
Switzerland.
Ø Former world long jump
champion Anju Bobby George is
appointed Chairperson of Target
Olympics Podium Scheme by
Ministry of Sports and Youth
Affairs. Earlier the post was held
by BJP politician Anurag Thakur.
The focus will be to identify
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Federation (SAFF) championship Andhra Pradesh. The 36th Ø Aditya Mehta won the National Ø Bollywood megastar Amitabh had served as the Director Thakur, who was recently
for the record seventh time. India edition will be organized this year Snooker Championship 2016 by Bachchan became the ‘Tiger General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). appointed as OSD (Accounting
defeated defending Champions in Goa and 2015 was in Kerala. defeating Manan Chandra. Ambassador’ of Maharastra. Reforms) in the office of CGA.
Afghanistan by 2-1 goal score in Ø New Zealand captain Brendon Prior to this appointment he was
the final match held at Barrie McCullum retired from all Director General (DG) of the
Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. forms of international cricket in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
Ø Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis February. Ø Kundapur Vaman Kamath was
won the 2016 WTA Brisbane appointed as first President New
International Tennis trophy in the Development Bank (NDB) of
women’s doubles category. In the BRICS nations. Presently he is the
final match played at Brisbane Chairman of the India’s largest
Ø Dr Mayilsamy Annadurai took private sector bank, Industrial
charge as the Director of ISRO Credit and Investment
Ø Ishaan Patel an Indian-origin 13 Satellite Centre (ISAC), Corporation of India (ICICI) and
year old boy has been honoured Bengaluru. He replaced Dr. S.K.
Ø Indian Test cricket team captain Ø Quinton De Kock the was ICICI Bank’s managing
in the US for his charity work. Shivakumar, who retired on 31
Virat Kohli has been named as the wicketkeeper and batsman of director and CEO
BCCI Cricketer of the Year while South Africa became the fastest Ø S a c h i n Te n d u l ka r ’s March 2015.
Ø Retired IAS officer Achal Kumar
Mithali Raj became the first to make10 One Day International autobiography ‘Playing it my Ø Rajeev Shukla has been re- Jyoti is appointed as the Election
Indian woman and second overall (ODI). way’ had been entered in Limca appointed as the chairman of the Commissioner. He will serve the
to complete 5000 runs in ODI Book of Records. Indian Premier League (IPL)
Ø Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis post for a period of three years,
format this year. Appointments and Resignations Governing Council by Board of
won the St. Petersburg Ladies
Ø Sayaka Sato from Japan won the Trophy in St. Petersburg, Russia. Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Ø Gulshan Rai has been appointed
Women’s single Title 2016 Syed He had resigned from the post
(Australia), the top seeded duo as India’s first cyber security chief
Modi International Grand prix after the IPL match-fixing and
d efe ate d G e r m a n p a i r o f under the Prime Minister’s Office
Gold Championship Title in betting scandal in 2013.He
Angelique Kerber and Andrea (PMO) as Special Secretary for
women’s singles category by replaced Ranjib Biswal.
Petkovic. With this win, they have cyber security. Prior to this
defeating Sung Ji Hyun from appointment, he was Director- Ø Dr. Selvin Christopher appointed
recorded 26-match winning
South Korea. General Computer Emergency as the Director General (DG) of
streak together.
Ø Japanese city of Fukuoka will host Response Team (CERT) at the Defence Research and
Ø New Zealand cricket team captain Department of Electronics and Development Organisation
the 2021 World Aquatics
Brendon McCullum has Information Technology (DeitY). (DRDO). He is a recipient of
Championships
announced his intention to retire
Ø Pietro Fittipaldi Brazil racing
PEOPLE AND Padma Bhushan. i.e. till he attains the age of 65
from all forms of international years old (the age at which
driver won the 2015-16 MRF PERSONALITIES Ø M J Joseph is appointed as the
Election Commissioners demit
Controller General of Accounts
Challenge Formula 2000. IN NEWS (CGA) succeeding Jawahar
office under the Constitution).
Ø Virat Kohli was rewarded for his Ø Air Marshal Birender Singh
stupendous performance in Ø Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, a 12 year Dhanoa, a Kargil war veteran, is
India’s clean sweep against old girl from Mumbai won the the new Vice Chief of the Indian
Australia in the T20 first prize in Shrimad Bhagwad Air Force. He will succeed Air
internationals. Gita Champion League. It was Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma.
organized by International
Ø The government has appointed
Society for Krishna
cricket. The 34 year old ace Sriram Kalyanaraman as
Consciousness (ISKON).
cricketer is the first and only Managing Director and CEO of
player to score two Twenty20 Ø Manu Prakash, an Indian-origin National Housing Bank.
international centuries so far and scientist, developed the World’s
Ø President Pranab Mukherjee Ø S h r i R a j i v Ku m a r N a g p a l ,
will be playing for the Gujarat First water-based computer
appointed the senior most presently Director at
Lions in the upcoming IPL season. along with his team. He is also
Election Commissioner (EC), Dr. Headquarters, is appointed as
known for the discovery of the
Ø The 37th edition of National Nasim Zaidi as the Chief Election the next Ambassador of lndia to
paper microscope.
Games in 2019 will be held at Commissioner (CEC). Earlier he lceland.

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Ø India-born Sundar Pichai is
appointed as the new CEO of the
technology giant Google.
Ø Raghav Chandra has taken over as
the chairman of National
Highways Authority of India
(NHAI). Earlier he was MD, mp
Road Development Corporation.
Ø Agriculture expert Prof. Ramesh
Chand has been appointed full-
time member of NITI Aayog by
the government. He has been the
member of the task force on
agricultural development under
the NITI aayog.The other two
permanent members include
Bibek Debroy and VK Saraswat
while Arvind Panagriya being the
vice-chairman.
Ø The Defence Research and
Development Organisation
(DRDO appointed J Manjula as
the Director General, Electronics
and Communication Systems
cluster. She has the honour of
being the first women DG of
DRDO cluster and recipient of
DRDO Award for Performance
Excellence and Scientist of the
Year 2011.
Ø Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal. He is the first
PM under the newly adopted
constitution of Nepal.
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Ø Canda’s Liberal Party Leader
Justin Trudeau elected as the
23rd Prime Minister of Canada.
He is 43 and a former school
teacher.
Ø Shashank Manohar was elected
as the President of BCCI. He was
elected for the second time
further to the untimely demise of
former BCCI President Late
Jagmohan Dalmiya.
Ø Justice TS Thakur has been
appointed as the 43rd Chief
Justice of India. He took over the
highest position in the Judiciary
from Justice HL Dattu.
Ø Justice AP Shah appointed as the
Ethics Officer of BCCI who will be
sole decision makes on all conflict
of interest arising in the Indian
cricket. He was the chairman of
20th Law Commission of India.
Ø Syed Akbaruddin, senior
diplomat and former
spokesperson of External Affairs
Ministry has been appointed as
India’s Permanent
Representative to UN. The
important task ahead of him is to
advocate and push for India’s
permanent membership in the
UN Security Council.
Ø The chairman of Ambuja Neotia
group, Harshvardhan Neotia has
been appointed as the President
of FICCI - Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and
Industries.
Ø Indian origin Antonio Costa is
elected as the Prime Minister of
Portugal. A law graduate, he is
the son of eminent novelist
Orlando da Costa.
Ø Kapil Chopra, President of The
Oberoi Group has been
appointed as the Chairman of
World Travel and Tourism
Council, India Initiative for the
year 2016. He served as the Vice-
Chairman of WTTC last year.
Ø Mumbai Commissioner Ahmad
Javed has been appointed as the
next Ambassador to the Saudi
Arabia. A 1980 batch IPS officer
Mr. Javed will assume the new
task after his retirement from the
present profile in January 2016.
Ø Amitabh Kant has been
appointed as the CEO of NITI
Aayog. He is presently the
Secretary of the Department of
Industrial Policy and Promotion,
Ministry of Commerce and
Industry. He is the author of the
book “Branding India, the
Incredible Story’ and been the
chief catalyst behind the
campaigns Incredible India and
God’s own country while being
the joint secretary under the
Union Ministry of Tourism in
2002.
Ø Former Defence Secretary Radha
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Krishna Mathur has been sworn
in as the 8th Chief Information
Commissioner of the Central
Information Commission by the
President of India. He has
succeeded Vijai Sharma for the
tenure of three years.
Ø Senior United Nations officer
Filippo Grandi from Italy has
taken charge as the new UN High
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR). He will serve for the
tenure of five years and work
towards the well-being of
displaced refugees and to seek
lasting solutions to the plight of
refugees.
Ø Satyawati Bareraof Price
Wa t e r h o u s e C o o p e rs h a s
become the first women COO of
the Big 4 accounting firm in India.
She will be replacing Neil Wilson
who is moving to London as
global operations partner. Barera
has been a partner with the firm
since 1995 and was currently the
managing partner (north).
Ø India’s third largest IT exporter
Wipro Limited has appointed the
Ø Former India opener Virender
previous COO, Abid Ali Z.
Sehwag was appointed mentor of
Neemuchwala as the new Chief
the Kings XI Punjabteam for the
Executive Officer (CEO) and
upcoming Indian Premier League
Member of the Board of the (IPL).
company. He will succeed
Ø Satender Kumar has been
concurrently accredited as the
next High Commissioner of India.
Ø Singapore Airlines has designated
David Lim as the General
Manager India
Obituaries
Ø The World’s oldest person Misao
Okawa died on 1 April 2015 in
Japan at the age of 117 and 27
days. She was awarded the
incumbent CEO T.K. Kurien who Guinness World Records title of
has been elevated as the oldest living person as well as the
Executive Vice Chairman of the oldest living woman on 27
company. February 2013.She was born on 5
March 1898 in Osaka city of
Ø IRS officer Atulesh Jindal is
Japan.
appointed as the Chief of Central
Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Ø Renowned Hindi poet Kailash
Vajpeyi passed away on April 1,
Ø Senior IPS officer Datta
2015 in New Delhi at the age of
Padsalgikar IPS (1982) named as
79 years. He is a Sahitya Akademi
the new Police Commissioner of
Award (2009) recipient for his
Mumbai.
work Hawa Mein Hastakshar.
Ø J K Garg has taken over as
Ø One of India's top mountaineers,
Managing Director and CEO of
Malli Mastan Babu passed away.
Corporation Bank.
Ø A rc h a n a R a m a s u n d ra m i s
appointed as the Director
General (DG) of Sashastra Seema
Bal (SSB) and now she became
the first woman DG of Sashastra
Seema Bal.
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He went on an excursion in the
Andes mountains in South
America, between Argentina and
Chile, has been found dead. Babu
was regarded as the fastest “7
summiteer ” that is fastest
mountaineer to climb summits in
all seven continents from India.
Ø Renowned American
mathematician and Nobel
laureate John Nash passed away
on 24 May 2015. He was 86 and
died in a car accident along with
his wife Alicia Nash.
Ø Matti Makkonen, known as the
father of SMS has died. He is
known for after developing the
idea of sending messages via
mobile networks
Ø Former Governor of Kerala and
Bihar, R S Gavai, passed away
after a prolonged illness at a
private hospital. He was 86
Ø Manipur Governor Syed Ahmed
passed away at 70. He was
undergoing treatment for cancer.
He was a former Congress leader
and Maharashtra minister and
has also served as the Governor
of Jharkhand. Followed his
demise the Governor of
Meghlaya, V. Shanmuganathan
has got the additional charge of
Manipur.
Ø Former Goa Chief Minister
Wilfred De Souza passed away in
Panji, Gao after a brief illness. He
was 88. He was a skilled surgeon
and served as chief minister of
the state on three occasions.
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Ø Renowned water policy expert
Ramaswamy R. Iyer passed away
in Delhi. He was 86 and was
suffering from viral fever. He was
instrumental in drafting India’s
first National Water Policy in
1987.
Ø Nicknamed as ‘Typhoon’ and
regarded as one of the fastest
bowlers of all time, former
England cricketer Frank Tyson
died at the age of 85 in Gold
Coast, Australia. His best
performance was at the1954-55
Ashes in Australia when he
helped England win the 5 match
test series by 3-1, took 24 wickets
including 10 in the second match.
He retired at 30.
Ø Music director – singer – lyricist
Ravindra Jain died in Mumbai
due to multiple organ failure. He
was 71 and was regarded for the
music of popular Ramayan
television series and many other
Hindi movie songs.
Ø Hero Moto Corp Chairman
Emeritus Brijmohan Lall Munjal
passed away in Delhi, he was 92.
He led the group to become the
world’s largest two wheeler
company in the world and was
honoured with Padma Bhushan
for his contribution towards
trade and commerce industry.
Ø The writer of celebrated ‘tales of
Tenali Raman’, Kamala Laxman
passed away at the age of 88. She
is wife of legendary cartoonist RK
Laxman who created ‘common
man’ published in The Times of
India newspaper.
Ø Former Chief Election
Commissioner and Gujarat
Governor, RK Trivedi (94) passed
away. Year 1943 batch IAS officer,
Mr. Trivedi was awarded with
Padma Vibhusan for his services
towards the nation.
Ø Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader
Ashok Singhal (89) passed away
who was suffering from
respiratory problems. He is
considered to be the architect of
t h e o rga n i za t i o n m a s s i ve
recruitment drives in many
countries and Babri Masjid
demolition movement
Ø Industrialist and Parliamentarian,
MAM Ramaswamy passed away
at the age of 84.He was a
politician from Janata Dal and a
Member of Parliament who
represented Karnataka in the
Rajya Sabha. He was the Co-
Founder and Chairman of the
Chennai based Chettinad Group.
Ø Lt. Gen. JFR Jacob, the Indian
a r m y
officer
died at
the age of
92 at the
D e l h i
A r m y
Hospital.
H e i s
known for
negotiatin
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g the Pakistan army to surrender
in the 1971 war and leading to
the liberation of Bangladesh
Ø Former Chief Justice of India SH
Kapadia passed away in Mumbai.
He was 68. He was the 38th Chief
Justice of India who authored
over 250 judgments and is most
remembered for his verdict on
the Vodafone tax case.
Ø Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
passed away due to multiple
organ failure at the AIIMS
hospital in New Delhi. He was
79.Mr. Sayeed, a two-time Chief
Minister of J&K had started his
second tenure in 2015 heading
Peoples Democratic Party-
BhartiyaJanta Party (PDP-BJP)
coalition government.
Ø The British actor Frank Finlay who
was nominated as Oscar winner
in 1966 has died. He was 89 year
old.
Ø S.S. Tarapore, an economist and
former Central Bank Deputy
Governor passed away in
Mumbai at the age of 80.
Ø Former Lok Sabha speaker and
Congress veteran Balram Jakhar
passed away due to brain stroke
at the age of 92.
AWARDS AND
RECOGNITIONS
Ø Delhi International Airport
Limited (DIAL) has been awarded
with the prestigious ‘Golden
Peacock National Quality Award’
for 2015 for its concerted efforts
in building a culture of Total
Quality across IGI Airport. Golden
Peacock Awards were founded
by the Institute of Directors, India
in 1991 and are globally regarded
as a benchmark of corporate
excellence.
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
26 April 2015 conferred the 50th
Jnanpith Award on eminent
litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade
in Parliament House Complex,
New Delhi. Nemade received the
country’s highest literary award
for his outstanding contribution
towards Indian literature.
Ø Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor was
conferred with the prestigious
Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar
Award 2015. He was presented
the award by noted historian and
writer Babasaheb Purandare.
Apart from Anil Kapoor, Marathi
actor Dilip Prabhavalkar was also
bestowed with the prestigious
Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar
Award 2015.
Ø The New York Times won two
prestigious Pulitzer prizes for
coverage of the Ebola outbreak in
West Africa. The coverage is
described by the Pulitzer board
a s c o u ra g e o u s a n d v i v i d
journalism that engaged the
public and held authorities
accountable. The Pulitzer Prize
honours the extraordinary work
in US journalism, literature,
drama and other areas and brings
welcome attention and
recognition to newspapers and
websites
Ø Editor-in-chief of News-24
Channel Anuradha Prasad
conferred with the Pt. Haridutt
Sharma Award for her
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contribution in the field of
Journalism, Writing and Social
Services.
Ø Eminent scientist and Bharat
Ratna awardee Chintamani
Nagesa Ramachandra Rao was
conferred with Japan’s highest
civilian award the Order of the
Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star,
for his outstanding contributions
to science and Indo-Japanese
science cooperation.
Ø Indian Space and Research
Organisation ISRO was given
Space Pioneer Award in the
Science and Technology field
during the 34th Annual
International Space
Development Conference held at
Toronto, Canada.
Ø The Chief Minister of Punjab
Pa r ka s h S i n g h B a d a l wa s
conferred the prestigious 14th
Sant Namdev National Award-
2015 for promoting peace,
communal harmony and
universal brotherhood.
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Ø Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has been
awarded this year’s Swathi
Puraskar, to for his outstanding
contribution to Indian music. This
is Kerala Governmentt’s highest
honour for music.
Ø Darshan Jain, an Indian-American
teacher from Illinois, US in July
2015 was named for prestigious
Presidential Award for Excellence
in Mathematics and Science
Teaching by President Barack
Obama.
Ø Tata Steel’s West Bokaro Division
has been awarded with the
Golden Peacock Environment
Management Award (GPEMA)
for the year 2015. Tata Steel has
done a recommendable job for
responsible environment
practices and resource
management and also training
t h e e m p l o ye e s w i t h n e w
technologies.
Ø Defence PSU Bharat Electronics
Ltd (BEL) has bagged the Dun &
Bradstreet’s ‘India’s Top PSUs
Awards 2015 in the electrical and
electronic equipment sector.
Ø Kashinath Singh who is noted
Hindi literature has been chosen
for Uttar Pradesh state’s highest
literary award, Bharat Bharti.
Ø Dilip Parulekar who is Goa
Tourism minister has been
awarded with PATWA-safari India
south Asia travel award for the
year 2015.
Ø Martha Bhaskar Rao, an
Ayurvedic surgeon of Tirumala
Tirupati Devasthanams-run Sri
Venkateswara Ayurvedic College,
Tirupati, has received ‘Vaidya
Ratna’ award.
Ø Sania Mirza ranked World No.1 in
women’s doubles, created
history as the sports ministry
confirmed that she will be
awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna, the country’s highest
sporting honour.
Ø On 69th Independence Day,
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa awarded the first APJ
Abdul Kalam award to Indian
Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) scientist N. Valarmathi.
Ø Novelist Zia Haider Rahman ,
Bangladeshi writer has won
Britain’s oldest literary award -
James Tait Black Literary Prizes
awarded by the University of
Edinburgh.
Ø Indian off-spinner Ravichandran
Ashwin was presented with the
Arjuna Award by the Sports
Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
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Ø President Pranab Mukherjee
awarded the Tenzing Norgay
National Adventure Award 2015
to Indo-Tibetan Border Police
official and mountaineer Jot
Singh.
Ø President Pranab Mukherjee
conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize
2014 to Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) in
recognition of its services in
transforming India through the
use of space technology. ISRO
Chairman AS Kiran Kumar
received the honour.
Ø India won the UNESCO prize
‘Award for Excellence’ 2015 for
remarkable conservation efforts
of Shree Vadakkunnathan
Temple in Kerala. The said
ancient temple dedicated to Lord
Shiva is situated in the Thrisur
district of Kerala was declared a
National Monument earlier.
Ø The 15 year old Indian American
girl Swetha Prabakaran has been
honoured by the White House
with the prestigious “Champions
of Change” award for
empowering the community by
imparting Internet coding
through her non-profit
organization. She is the founder
& CEO “Everybody Code Now!
which works to empower next
generation of youth to become
scientists, engineers and
entrepreneurs.
Ø Lakshmi Moorthy has become
the first Indian to win the 2015
Seacology Prize in Berkeley,
C a l i fo r n i a . T h e U S b a s e d
environment NGO Secology, has
selected her for contribution in
conversing the marine resources
and cultural traditions of her
village Chinnapalam in Tamil
Nadu, a small coastal hamlet in
the island.
Ø Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has
been named as ‘Finance Minister
of the Year, Asia’ by the London-
based publication Emerging
Markets for India’s relative
economic success over the last
18 months.
Ø Jamaica born Marlon James has
won The Man Booker Prize 2015
for the novel ‘A Brief History of
Seven Killings’ which is about the
real life attempted assassination
of Bob Marley in the 1970s.
Ø The Portuguese footballer,
Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded
the European Golden Boot 2015
in Madrid for the fourth time. The
Golden Boot is presented
annually to the highest goal
scorer in the league matches.
Ronaldo scored 48 goals in 35
matches in the 2014-15 season.
Ø The Tata Group Chairman
Emeritus Ratan Tata has been
felicitated with its highest award
by the city of Coventry, UK.
Ø Indian Nobel Laureate Kailash
Satyarthi has been conferred
with Har vard University ’s
distinguished Humanitarian of
the Year Award, in recognition of
his efforts to the cause of child
reform and violence against
them.
Ø 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine was declared, it was
jointly shared by Youyou Tu
(China), Satoshi Omura (Japan)
and William Campbell (Ireland) in
recognition of their pioneering
discoveries which have led to the
development of potent new
drugs against parasitic diseases
such as malaria.
Ø The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
has been awarded to Takaaki
Kajita (Japan) and Arthur
McDonalds (Canada) for
discovering that elusive
subatomic particles called
neutrinos weigh something more
than nothing.
Ø 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
was shared between Tomas
Lindahl of Sweden, Paul Modrich
and Aziz Sancar of the US for
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mechanistic studies of DNA
repair. While the 2015 Nobel
Prize for Literature was awarded
to Svetlana Alexievich, the
Belarusian writer for “polyphonic
writings”
Ø Music Composer A R Rehman
received Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Award. The award is given in
honour of Pandit Hridaynath
M a n ge s h ka r, t h e yo u n ge r
brother of Lata Mangeshkar and
Asha Bhosle. The recipient has
won four national awards and
Oscar awards.
Ø Actor Shah Rukh Khan has been
bestowed with an honorary
degree from the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland for his
contribution to films and his
philanthropic work.
Ø Actor Sidharth Malhotra is
Tourism New Zealand’s Indian
Ambassador from India. This is
the first time that an Indian
celebrity has been roped in to
promote the land of the Kiwis.
Ø Ushir Pandit-Durant, an Indian
American woman judge has
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become the first recipient of US
p u b l i c s e r v i c e s a w a rd i n
appreciation of her contribution
in the field of law. She is also the
first Asian American to be elected
for judgeship in Queens County.
Ø US President has named Indian
American politician Swati
Dandekar as Executive Director
of Philippines based Asian
Development Bank. Swati is the
f irst I n d ia - b o rn Am erica n
p o l i t i c i a n to w i n a state
legislature seat in the US.
Ø Oxford Dictionaries announced
emoji, commonly known as ‘Face
with Tears of Joy’ as its ‘Word of
the Year 2015’. The word emoji is
originated from Japan which is
defined as a small digital image or
icon used to express an idea or
emotion in electronic
communication.
Ø Kassim Majaliwa is sworn in as
the new President of Tanzania.
He was a former teacher and
deputy minister supervising
school education under the local
government ministry.
Ø The 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for
Peace is conferred upon United
Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees for their contribution is
assisting millions of refugees
Ø President Pranab Mukherjee
presented the APJ Abdul Kalam
Ignite Awards 2015 at IIM
Ahmedabad to young children
who had come up with
innovative products or ideas for
ease of daily lives. The Ignite
Awards are given every year on
the birth anniversary of former
President by National Innovation
Foundation for school students
or children under the age of 17
years to promote creativity and
originality among children. This
year total 31 ideas by 42 students
of 27 districts from 18 states were
awarded.
Ø German Chancellor Angela
Merkel has been named Time’s
Person of the Year 2015 for her
leadership in scenario of
economic turmoil and refugee
crisis. The Prime Minister of
India,Narendra Modi was listed
on the eighth position in the
TIME Person of the Year reader’s
choice poll.
Ø Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was
conferred with the second
highest civilian honour ‘Padma
Vibhushan’ in the country for his
contribution to cinema. The 93
year old actor who started
working in films in 1944 was
conferred with the honour by the
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Home Minister Rajnath Singh at Gujarati literary artist to receive Banker of the Year Award (Global
his Mumbai residence. the prestigious award. and Asia Pacific) for year
2016.The award has been
Ø Indian Film Legend Naseeruddin
bestowed upon him by the The
Shah was honoured with the
Banker, a monthly publication of
lifetime achievement award at
Financial Times Group. This
the 12th edition of Dubai
International Film Festival for his award celebrates the officials and
bankers who have best managed
contribution to cinema for a
to stimulate growth and stabilize
career spanning over forty years
their country’s economy.
and featuring in more than 200
films. Ø Barcelona FC forward Lionel
Messi from Argentina has won
Ø Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman
the 2016 FIFA Ballon d’Or Award.
Ramakrishnan has been elected
as the 61stPresident of the
Britain’s prestigious Royal
Society, first Indian-origin
scientist to hold the post. He was
honoured with the Nobel Prize in Ø The 2015 SangitaKalanidhi Award
Chemistry in 2009 and Padma has been conferred upon the
Vibhushan by the Government of south Indian vocalist Sanjay
India in 2010. Subrahmanyam at the 89th
Annual Conference of the
Ø The Employees’ Provident Fund
Madras Music Academy at
Organisation (EPFO) has won the
Chennai.
National Award on e-Governance
2015-16 for launching the
He has earned this title of world’s
best football player for record
fifth time.
Ø India born cancer research expert
Harpal Singh Kumar has been
honoured by Knighthood from
Queen Elizabeth II for his
influential work on prevention
and treatment of the disease. He
is the CEO of Cancer Research UK.
Ø Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Governor RaghuramRajan has
Universal Account Number been conferred with the Central
(UAN).EPFO has won the gold
award in this edition of awards in
the ‘innovative use of technology
in e-governance’ category.
Ø Eminent Gujarati novelist, poet,
and critic Raghuveer Choudhary
has been chosen for the literary
honour Jnanpith Award for 2015
for his contribution to the Indian Ø The 73rd Annual Golden Globe
Awards ceremony was organized
literature. He is the 56th and 4th
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at Beverly Hills, California, United
States (US).Golden Globe Awards
are the annual awards that
Current Affairs
Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio for prestigious Bharat Ratna Pandit The day is observed to mark the forms of tobacco and advocating
The Revenant. Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music
Award 2015-2016.
IMPORTANT passing of the Constitution (73rd for effective policies to reduce

honour the best in Motion

• Best Actress in Motion
Picture-Drama: Brie Larson for
Ø The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
DAYS Amendment) Act, 1992 that came
into force with effect from 24
tobacco consumption.

Pictures and Television for the
previous year.
In this edition of awards, The
Revenant won the maximum 3
awards followed by The Martian
and Steve Jobs winning 2 awards
each.
The winners of various awards are as
follows:
• Best Motion Picture Drama:
The Revenant.
• Best Motion Picture
Musical/Comedy: The Martian.
• Best Director in Motion
P i c t u re - D ra m a : A l e j a n d ro
Inarritu for The Revenant.
• Best Actor in Motion Picture-
Notes:
Room.
Ø Avinash Chander Former Director
General of the DRDO honored
with Aryabhata Award of
Astronautical Society of India.
Ø Alphabet Inc. becomes the
world’s most valuable company
after overtaking the Apple.
Ø Legendary Amitabh Bachchan
(73) was presented with the
lifetime achievement award at
NDTV Indian of the Year Awards.
Ø Kerala University has been
c o n fe r re d w i t h f i rs t - e v e r
chancellor’s award with a prize
money of Rs 5 crore.
Ø Sarangi maestro Pandit Ram
Narayan had selected for the
had been awarded with the
Ø World Health Day: 7 April 2015
extensible Business Reporting
Language (XBRL) International
Award for Excellence and its
efforts to improve regulatory
reporting.
Ø Pharmaceutical company Lupin‘s
CEO and MD bestowed with EY
Entrepreneur of the Year 2015
award.
Ø Lionel Messi has been named La
Liga player of the month for
January.
Ø The 38-year-old Bollywood
Ø Earth day: 22 April 2015
actress Vidya Balan has been
awarded with the ‘Pride of
Kerala’ award.
Ø National Panchayati Raj Day: 24
April 2015
Ø World Milk Day: 1 June 2015
April 1993.
Ø World Malaria Day: 25 April 2015
It is celebrated to increase the
common public awareness about
all aspects of the natural milk
such as its natural origin, milk
The theme for the 2013-2015 nutritional value and various milk
campaign is ‘Invest in the Future. products including its economic
Defeat Malaria’. The day is importance throughout the
observed to recognise the global globe.
The World Health Day is a global efforts to control malaria. It is an
health awareness day celebrated Ø World Environment Day: 05 June
occasion to highlight the need for
every year under World Health 2015
continued investment and
Organization. Theme for year sustained political commitment
2015 was “food safety” with the for malaria control and
slogan ‘From Farm To Plate, Make elimination.
Food Safe.’
Ø National Technology Day: 11 May
2015 It is celebrated as global day for
positive environmental action. It
It is celebrated to glorify the
aims to stimulate worldwide
importance of science and
technology used in everyday life. awareness of the environment
It is being commemorated to and encourages political
celebrate the anniversary of first attention and action. The 2015
of the five tests of Operation theme for World Environment
Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test Day was "Seven Billion Dreams,
which was held on 11 May 1998 in One Planet, Consume with Care"
Pokhran, Rajasthan. Ø Anti-Child Labour Day: 12 June
Ø World No-Tobacco Day: 31 May 2015
2015
World celebrated 45th
anniversary of Earth Day with the
theme ‘It’s Our Turn to Lead’. The
day is observed to seek support
for protection of environment
from around the world.
To provides an opportunity to gain
This day highlights the health risks further support of individual,
associated with consumption all government and social partners

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to campaign against child labour.
Ø World Blood Donor Day: 14 June
2015
To raise awareness of the need for
safe blood and blood products,
and to thank blood donors for
their voluntary, life-saving gifts of
blood.
Ø International Yoga Day: 21 June
2015
It was celebrated for the first time
across the world with the aim to
raise awareness of the many
benefits of practicing yoga and
including it in everyday life.
Ø World Hepatitis Day: 28 July 2015
It is observed to spread
awareness about viral hepatitis
and its causes and to encourage
diagnosis, prevention and
treatment of Hepatitis. Theme-
Prevent Hepatitis: It’s up to You.
Ø International Youth Day: 12 Aug
2015
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September 1949. It propagates
Hindi language and its cultural
heritage
It is celebrated to engage the
Ø W o r l d To u r i s m D a y : 2 7
participation of youth is essential
September 2015
to achieve sustainable human
development.
Ø India’s Independence Day : 15
Aug 2015
I n d i a c e l e b ra t e d i t s 6 9 t h
I n d e p e n d e n c e d ay. P r i m e
It is observed to raise awareness
Minister Narendra Modi hosted
about the importance of tourism.
the flag at Red Fort with many
Theme for 2015: “One Billion
other dignitaries present on the
To u r i s t s , O n e B i l l i o n
occasion.
Opportunities“. This year’s theme
Ø National Sports Day: 29 Aug 2015
emphasizes the impact of the
tourism sector on economic
g ro w t h , j o b c re at i o n a n d
development.
Ø Gandhi Jayanti: 2 October 2015
The birth anniversary of “Father
of the Nation” is also celebrated
as International Day of Non-
Violence.
Ø Indian Air Force Anniversary: 8
It marks the birthday of Dhyan
October 2015
Chand. On this day players are
recognized and awarded for their
contribution in sports.
Ø National Teachers Day: 5
September 2015
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s IAF celebrated its 83rd
birth anniversary is celebrated as anniversary at Hindon Air Force
National Teachers Day. This year Station, Ghaziabad. IAF was
Prime Minister Narendra Modi established in 1932.
released commemorative coins
Ø World Post Day: 9 October 2015
of 125 rupees and 10 rupees
denomination. It celebrates the anniversary of
the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
Ø N a t i o n a l H i n d i D i va s : 1 4
On this
September 2015
d a y
It is observed to mark adaptation events
of Hindi written in Devanagari a r e
script as the official language of organiz
India by the Constituent
ed to
Assembly of India on 14
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ce or promote new postal
products and services.
2015 Theme: Tell us about the world
you want to grow up in.
Ø World Food Day : 16 October
2015
It’s celebrated annually as a
concern for food security and to
eradicate hunger globally. This
year’s theme is Social Protection
and Agriculture: Breaking the
cycle of Rural Poverty.
Ø United Nations Day: 24 October
2015
It marked the 70th Anniversary of
UN and the theme this year was
Strong UN Better World .The day
is also observed as World Polio
Day.
Ø National Legal Services Day: 9
November 2015
It aims to provide free legal
services to the weaker sections of
the society by the Supreme Court
of India by organizing Lok Adalats.
Ø World Science Day: 10 November
2015
It is observed for Peace and
Development organized by
UNESCO, Theme: Science for a
Sustainable Future.
Ø World Diabetes Day & Children’s
Day (India): 14 November 2015
It is Celebrated by WHO to
increase awareness about the
disease and its side effects and
the later to mark the birth
anniversary of the first Indian PM
Jawaharlal Nehru.
Ø National Press Day: 16 November
2015
It symbolizes free and responsible
press and aims at transparent in
media while dealing with public
affair which is considered as
fourth pillar of democracy.
Ø International Day for Elimination
of Violence against Women: 25
November 2015
It is observed by UN General
Assembly to spread awareness
and end violence against women.
Worldwide campaign ‘Orange the
World’ launched.
Ø First National Constitution Day:
26 November 2015
The day was Formerly observed as
National Law Day, has been
rechristened as National
Constitution day from this year
onward to mark the day Indian
Constitution was adopted and
125th birth anniversary year of
Dr. BR Ambedkar.
Ø National Milk Day: 26 November
2015
The day is also observed as in
honour of birth anniversary of Mr.
Varghese Kurian, the founder of
Amul.
Ø World AIDS Day: 1 December
2015
It is organized by WHO to raise
awareness about the issues
surrounding HIV and AIDS. The
theme this year was ‘Getting to
zero: Zero new HIV infections.
Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS
related deaths.’
Ø International Day of Persons with
Disabilities: 3 December 2015
The day is observed with the aim
of promoting and empowering
disabled persons and creating
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opportunities for them. Theme
for 2015: Inclusion matter, access
and empowerment for people of
Ø National Youth Day: 12 January
2015
all abilities.
Ø Human Rights Day: 10 December
2015
Ø Indian Army Day: 15 January
2015
It commemorates the day on
which, in 1948, the United
Nations General Assembly
adopted the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
Theme of 2015: ‘Our Rights, Our
Freedom, Always’
Ø National Good Governance Day:
25 December 2015
India celebrated 91st birth
anniversary of former Prime
Minister and Bharat Ratna
recipient Atal Bihari Vajpayee as
Good Governance Day. This day is
also being observed as Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(PMGSY) Divas.
Ø National Girl child Day: 24
Ø World Braille Day: 4 January 2015
January 2015
The birth anniversary of Louis
Braille, inventor of the Braille
script is observed as World Braille
Day globally to raise awareness
about apathy towards blind
people and to treat them equal
among rest of the people
Ø World Hindi Day: 10 January 2015
The World Hindi Day is being
observed annually on 10 January.
Union Ministry of External Affairs
(MEA) conducted special events
to spread the greatness of the
language through its missions
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abroad.
In India, January 12 is being
observed as National Youth Day.
This day marks birth anniversary
of social reformer, philosopher
and thinker Swami Vivekananda.
The theme for 2016 is Youth for
Skill Development and Harmony.
67th Indian Army Day is being
observed every year on 15
January in India when Lt. General
(later Field Marshal) Kodandera
Madappa Cariappa became the
first Indian Commander-in-Chief
of the Indian Army (of the
independent India) by succeeding
British Army General Roy Butcher
(last British Commander-in-Chief
of India.) in 1949.
It is observed to increase
awareness in the society about all
inequalities faced by girls and to
offer more support and
opportunities to them.
MCQ’S
Ø Republic Day: 26 January 2015
India celebrated its 67th Republic
Day which is observed to
MCQ’s Practice Questions | SET-I
commemorate the day when the
Constitution of India came into 1. Which Indian State won the Syed Mushtaq Ali T-20 a) India today b) Star plus
force. The chief guest of Republic cricket trophy 2016? c) Doordarshan d) Colors
Day parade was the French a) Gujarat b) Uttar Pradesh 10. Who was elected as the General Secretary of the
President Francois Hollande. c) Chattisgarh d) Karnataka Communist Party of India-Marxist Party (CPM)?
Ø World Cancer Day: 4 February 2. Name the veteran actor who has been presented with a) S Ramachandran Pillai
2015 the “Honoured Guest” award by the U.S. state of Texas b) Prakash Karat
for his contribution to cinema and art.
c) Sitaram Yechury
It is was started with WHO with a) Shahrukh Khan b) Anupam Kher
the aim to aware people about d) Brinda Karat
c) Amitabh Bachan d) None of these
cancer & its causes and to combat 11. As per RBI, which public sector bank is named as the
3. Which Bank has Launched Co- Branded Credit card in worst performer in public sector banks with highest
against it. On this day campaign partnership with SBI Cards ? number of non-performing assets (NPAs) recorded
a) Yes Bank b) Federal Bank against it in October 2015?
c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank a) Union Bank of India b) UCO Bank
4. Name the capital and Currency of Mangolia ? c) Indian Bank d) United Bank
a) Ulaan bator and Togrok 12. Which country’s flag has been hoisted at the United
Nations without being that country as the member of
b) Launda and Kwanza
UN which is never done before for a non – member
c) Asmara and Telro state?
d) Tripoli and Dinar a) Vatican City b) Taiwan
5. Who has has been appointed as the chairman of a Joint c) Palestine d) Kosovo
Panel on the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, 2015 ?
13. The Election Commission suspended recognition of P A
a) Manjinder Singh Maan Sangma-led National People’s Party (NPP) for failing in
b) Anunesh Arora filing election expenditure statement for last year’s Lok
with the tagline ‘We Can. I Can’
c) Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia Sabha elections. It is a recognized party of which state?
was launched.
d) Ravi Rathore a) Tripura b) Meghalaya
Ø National Science Day: 28
6. Who is the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium c) Orissa d) Jharkhand
February 2015
Enterprises (MSME), who launched Digital 14. Delhi government to launch a Scheme at designated
It is celebrated all over India in Employment Exchange for Industries. stadiums or sport complexes with objective to
promote sports for all age groups is_______
order to commemorate the a) Harsimrat Kaur b) AnanthKumar
invention of the Raman Effect in c) Anant Geete d) Shri Kalraj Mishra a) Pay and Play b) Play And Win
India by the Indian physicist, Sir 7. Which state became the first state in the country to c) Come and Play d) Play for Health
submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for 15. Which Indian navy ship participated in the annual Tall
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)? Ship Races organized by Sail Training International in
in the year 1928.
a) Gujarat b) Tamil Nadu Europe?
The theme for year 2016 is a) INS Mhadei b) INS Sudarshini
c) Rajasthan d) Haryana
“Scientific Issues for c) INS Tarangini d) INS Varuna
8. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and
Development of the Nation” that Airports Authority of India (AAI) have implemented 16. 14th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation
aims at raising public Satellite Based Navigation System (SBAS) to offer Organization Member States on Regional Economic
appreciation. space-based satellite navigation services to the Cooperation was held in which city of China ?
aviation sector is named- a) Dongguan b) Guangzhou
a) VARUNA b) AKASH c) Zhengzhou d) Hangzhou
c) EAGLE d) GAGAN 17. Indian origin Lord Gulam Noon who passed away
9. Indian Channel with which China Central Television recently was known as Britain’s ____.
(CCTV) has signed an agreement for exchange of a) non-veg king b) chicken king
television programmes related to art, culture and
development ____ c) curry king d) masala king
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18. Who is the first Indian boy to win the junior Australian ‘Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar 39. Which village panchayat in Haryana started a contest a) Cricket Team b) Football team
Open title and played final of a clay court Challenger ? Adhyayan’? for clicking “selfie with daughter” a unique initiative to c) Golf team d) Basketball team
a) Rohan Kapoor b) Amit Bhajpayee a) Vijay Kumar Roy b) Kedarnath Agarwal save girl child
45. Which company has announced to acquire the iGATE
c) Yuki Bhambri d) Zirpa Ali c) Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka a) Hisar b) Karnal company for nearly USD 4 billion?
19. Deepika Kumari won the Silver medal in five years at d) Shyam Narayan Pandey c) Rewari d) Jind a) TCS b) Infosys
the 2015 Archery World Cup Final. She belongs to ___? 30. According to Recent UN report India has reduced its 40. Chief Minister of which state was conferred with the c) Capgemini d) Reliance
a) Hissar b) Ranchi c) Lucknow d) Raipur HIV infection rate by what percent? prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award- 2015
for promoting peace, communal harmony and 46. RBI Celebrated its 81th Anniversary which was
20. Which of the following cities in India were ranked as a) 20 b) 25 c) 17 d) 35 universal brotherhood. established on
the most polluted in the month of January 2016 as per 31. In which district of Andhra Pradesh India’s first a) April 1931 b) April 1935
the data released by CPCB? a) Punjab b) Himachal Pradesh
National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) c) April 1942 d) April 1942
a) New Delhi b) Varanasi is going to be set up? c) Delhi d) Rajasthan
41. Which bank of india became the first ever to launch a 47. Mohan Kumar was appointed as the new Indian
c) Chandigarh d) Jaipur a) Kurnool b) Guntur ambassador to which country?
voice recognition service, which authenticates
21. Where is the South Asian games going to held from c) Prakasham d) Kadapa customers based on their speech pattern and allows a) Australia b) USA
February 6 to 16 in 2016? 32. India’s first diesel electric multiple unit (DEMU) train bank transactions through banks call centre. c) France d) Russia
a) Gangtok and Dispur b) Guwahati and Shillong service with an air-conditioned coach is launched in a) ICICI bank b) SBI Bank
____? 48. Which is the first city to have hosted both the Summer
c) Guwahati and Tripura d) Itanagar and Dispur c) Federal Bank d) HDFC bank and Winter Olympics?
22. Malabar exercise is a trio naval exercise among a) Bhopal b) Kharagpur
42. Who has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of a) Singapore b) Delhi
a) India, Japan, USA b) India, China, USA c) Chennai d) Kochi Israel? c) Bejing d) Dubai
c) India, Japan, China d) India, USA, Russia 33. Which of the following has signed a pact with UAE’s a) Moshey katsaw b) Benjamin Netanyahu
Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC) to work 49. Which is the first state to have a provision for
23. Which Indian state became the first Indian state to together in the defence sector in maintenance, repair c) Shimon Rivlin d) Reuven Peres compulsory voting within state government?
introduce compulsory gender education at the and overhaul category? 43. MUDRA bank has partnered with how many states and a) Rajasthan b) Gujarat
graduate level? regional level coordinates to reach the last mile
a) Reliance Defence Ltd c) Punjab d) Tamilnadu
a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra financiers for micro business ?
b) Bharat Dynamics 50. Varishtha Nagarika Seva Yojana’ for senior citizens is
c) Telangana d) Andhra Pradesh a) 15 b) 18 c) 22 d) 19 launched by?
c) Hindustan Aeronautics
24. Which country hosted 41st G7 summit in June 2015? 44. Which sports team has been launched by Kapil dev for a) Bihar b) Gujarat
d) Bharat Earth Movers Louis Philippe cup ?
a) Japan b) Italy c) Sikkim d) Uttar Pradesh
34. On January 3, 2016 who won South Asian Football
c) Germany d) Canada Federation (SAFF) football Championships 2015 that
25. Which India movie directed by Neeraj Gaywan has won took place in Thiruvanantapuram, Kerala?
two awards, FIPRESCI, International Jury of Film Critics
prize and Promising Future prize in the Un Certain
a) India b) Afghanistan MCQ’s Practice Questions | SET-II
Regard section at Cannes Film Festival 2015? c) Maldives d) Bhutan
a) The Lunchbox b) Pk 35. Who became the first Indian female amputee to climb 1. Virendra Nath Misra who passed away in November a) South Africa b) New Zealand
Mount Aconcagua in Argentina in? 2015 was a renowned___? c) Zimbabwe d) Columbia
c) Masaan d) Bol
a) Bachendri Pal b) Premlata Agarwal a) archaeologist b) criminologist 6. Which Bank launched the First Multi-Currency Contact
26. The United Nations Security Council met in a
emergency meeting over a controversial rocket launch c) Arunima Sinha d) Malli Mastan c) civil engineer d) ontologist less Card service in India?
by which of the following countries? 36. India hosted the G-4 summit in New York while PM 2. Where was 16th National Women Boxing a) ICICI b) KMB
a) Iran b) Ukraine Narendra Modi’s visit in September. Which of the championship held ? c) HDFC d) Axis
following country was not a part of this G-4 summit? a) Tripura b) Odisha
c) North Korea d) Syria 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a book titled
a) Germany b) Russia c) West Bengal d) Assam Education of Muslims: An Islamic Perspective of
27. “Interlinking of Indian Rivers”is written by ______ ?
c) Brazil d) Japan 3. Who has became the youngest lawmaker of Britain at Knowledge and Education – Indian Context is edited by
a) Pavan Choudhary b) Radha Kant Bharati
37. Name the chairman of the panel set up by NITI Aayog the age of 20? a) Professor Jl Agarwal. b) Professor VL Sharma.
c) A B Pandya d) R D Pradhan for the recommendations on land leasing including a) Mhairi Black b) Julie Root c) Professor KS Sinha. d) Professor JS Rajput.
28.To make the rail sector passenger friendly, Ministry of hilly states and schedule areas.
Railways launched a scheme for waitlisted passengers c) Linda Murray d) Renji Watson 8. Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of
a) Bibek Bebroy b) HS Meena Reserve Bank of India?
named _____. 4. The book titled “Hungry Bengal: War, Famine, Riots
c) JP Mishra d) T Haque and the End of Empire” is authored by whom? a) K K Vohra b) Deepak Singhal
a) Nirnay b) Sujhav
38. Central Industrial Security Force’s (CISF) headquarters a) Neel Mukherjee b) VN Sahai c) R N Sardana d) Satish Malik
c) Vikas d) Vikalp situated in ________?
c) Janam Mukherjee d) Vinod Bajaj 9. Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix 2015?
29. Which Indian writer has been conferred with 24th a) Kolkata b) Nasik
Vyaas Samman for the year 2014 for his work 5. Rugby World Cup 2015 finals held at Twickenham, a) Nico Rosberg b) Sebastian Vettel
c) New Delhi d) Mumbai England is won by ? c) Lewis Hamilton d) Kimi Raikkonen

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41. According to the above National Judicial Appointment
10. Which of the following country is not a member of the a) Kyrgyzstan b) Indonesia 31. Which drug firm has acquired Novartis’ Healthcare Commission Act 2014 , who will appoint the Judges in
Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) signed recently? c) Cambodia d) Colombia vaccines business? the Supreme Court and 24 High courts in consultation
a) United States of America (USA) 21. Who is appointed as Chief Advisor of Security and Anti- a) Sun Pharmaceuticals with the NJAC?
b) Japan c) South Korea Corruption Unit (ACSU) for next year’s T20 World Cup? b) GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals a) The Chief Justice of India
d) New Zealand a) Neeraj Kumar b) Nasim zaidi c) Cipla b) The President
11. The First International Film Festival for persons with c) M V Sridhar d) Amrit Mathur d) Lupin Limited c) The Prime Minister
disabilities was held at___? 22. Intellectual Rene Girard who passed away last year 32. Zika virus, which is recently in news was discovered for d) The Chief Election Commissioner
a) Assam b) Delhi belonged to which country? the first time in ______? 42. Which of the following personality recently made a
c) Gujarat d) Himachal Pradesh a) Cambodia b) France a) Brazil 2015 b) Gautemala 2006 world record by scoring 1009 runs in a single innings in
12. India’s Ambassador to Afganistan is _________? c) Russia d) Paraguay c) Uganda 1947 a cricket match?
a) Shyam Srinivasan b) Manpreet Vohra 23. In November, with which of the following has India d) United States of America 1959 a) Chris Gayles b) PranavDhanawade
c) Amar Sinha d) Pradeep Tandon signed double taxation treaty to avoid the double 33. South Asian Games 2016 will be hosted by which of the c) KedarJadhaw d) SairajBahutule
taxation on imports and exports between the following countries? 43. MoU has been signed among Ministry of Textiles &
13. World Elite UCI (International Cycling Union) has countries?
ranked Indian cyclist Deborah Herold at which positing a) Bhutan b) Bangladesh Ministry of MSME for establishing a Technology Centre
in world ranking ? a) Singapore b) Myanmar at which place ?
c) Singapore d) India
a) 8th b) 4th c) Turkmenistan d) Kazakhstan a) Jaipur b) Pune
34. Scientists at Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes
c) 10th d) 13th 24. What is Bharat Mala programme of Indian (CIRB) confirmed that they have produced a cloned c) Kanpur d) Lucknow
government? buffalo offspring. What was the name given to this 44. Who is the Brand Ambassador free Haryana of
14. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has block its
financial aid program to which country ? a) Setting of health cares in all district cloned buffalo calf? tuberculosis (TB) campaign ?
a) Zimbabwe b) Russia b) Setting up roads in border districts a) Hisar Gourav b) Dolly a) Aamir Khan b) Parineeti Chopra
c) Ukraine d) Indonesia c) Setting of agricultural awarness programme across c) Rajat d) Nirala c) Amitabh Bachchan d) Shahrukh Khan
village 35. Which of the following states observe ‘Missionary Day’ 45. Who has won the Argentina’s presidential election
15. Which of the following has bagged the first prize under
the Community Service Announcement category at d) Setting of train lines over interior places on January 11, in remembrance of welsh missionaries which led to ending of 12 years of leftist rule ?
the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prizes 2015? 25. Who has won World school chess championship(U -15) who arrived in the state in 1894? a) Jorge Altamira b) HermesBinner
a) All India Radio ? a) Nagaland b) Mizoram c) RicardoAlfonsín d) MauricioMacri
b) Radio Television Hong Kong a) Harika Dhronavalli b) Tejaswini Sagar c) Goa d) Meghalaya 46. Which of the following is set to launch Department of
c) Bangladesh Betar c) Deepika Rani d) Hema Sood 36. Who among the following won the Men’s singles event Veterans Affairs (DOVA)?
26. In which state National Heritage City Development and at the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament? a) Indian Army b) Sahitya Awards Academy
d) Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Augmentation Yojana ” (HRIDAY) was launched by a) Milos Raonic b) Rafael Nadal c) Indian Airforce
16. Which country has inaugurated its new stock exchange Finance Minister Arun Jaitley?
“Yangon Stock Exchange” with plans for six companies c) Roger Federer d) Andy Murray d) Ministry of Economic Affairs
as an initial start ? a) Puri b) Amaravati 37. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), 47. Which state government has launched an e-FIR Web
a) Maldives b) Myanmar c) Amritsar d) Ajmer which issues Aadhaar cards is been shifted from NITI Portal www.citizenportal-op.gov.in to enable general
27. Which country has won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Aayog to which ministry? public to register their complaints with police online?
c) Malawi d) Malaysia
by defeating Brazil 2-1 ? a) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting a) Kerala b) Odisha
17. Who has been signed as the brand ambassador of
Oxigen Services, a digital payment solution firm? a) Germany b) Serbia b) Ministry of communication and information c) Maharashtra d) Chhattisgarh
c) Netherlands d) Argentina technology
a) Sachin Tendulkar b) Virat Kohli 48. ‘Santhara’ a jainism ritual , is declared illegal by which
28. Delhi was ranked at which position in the list of most c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs of the following HC?
c) MS Dhoni d) None of these
polluted cities in January 2016 by CPCB? d) None of these a) Gujarat b) Uttar pradesh
18. According to World Bank Report 2015, which of the
following states has topped in ease of doing business? a) 6Th b) 2nd 38. Asian Business Leadership Forum 2015 conferred c) Rajasthan d) Punjab
c) 10th d) 1st which of the following with lifetime achievement
a) Rajasthan b) Gujarat award ? 49. Which Indian batsman has been awarded with
c) Jharkhand d) Madhya Pradesh 29. Rotavirus vaccination project was first launched in ? honorary life membership by Cricket Club of India
a) Dr R. Seetharaman b) Hinduja Brothers (CCI)?
19. Who launched Smart National Common Mobility Card a) Madhya pradesh b) Himachal Pradesh
c) H.E. Shaukat Aziz d) Dr Naresh Trehan a) Ajinkya Rahane b) Shikhar Dhawan
model for seamless travel across India? c) Uttar Pradesh d) Andhra Pradesh
39. According to brickwork which Indian state has been c) MS Dhoni d) None of these
a) Nitin Gadkari b) Rajnath singh 30. Name the “Zubaan” movie director who has been emerged as the biggest economy within India ?
c) M.Venkeiah Naidu d) Suresh Prabhu honoured with Rising Director Asia Star award at the 50. In association with which of the following IT firms,
20th Busan International Film Festival for his debut film a) Tamil Nadu b) New Delhi Andhra Pradesh government has launched an e-
20. To enhance cooperation in Tourism sector, Ministry of as director. c) Karnataka d) Maharashtra governance tool called e-Pragati to bring all the
Tourism of India signed a Memorandum of government services under one roof?
Understanding (MoU) with which of the following a) Suresh Gupta b) Pawan Kumar 40. RBI issued ___ rupee coin on International Yoga Day?
country? c) Sooraj Singh d) Mozez Singh a) 20 b) 5 c) 2 d) 10 a) IBM b) Wipro
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displaying the major industrial structures in the state. 28. On which of the following banks has RBI imposed Rs 1
MCQ’s Practice Questions | SET-III a) Karnataka b) Maharashtra crore penalty for non-adherence to KYC and anti-
money laundering guidelines?
c) Gujarat d) Madhya Pradesh
a) Laxmi Vilas Bank b) Dhanlaxmi Bank
19. Name the cricketer named as the CEAT International
1. Which of the following launched the 1st anti-diabetes having highest no. of heritage sites? Cricketer of the Year 2015. c) Union Bank d) Indian Bank
Ayurvedic medicine in India recently? a) Italy b) Spain a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni b) Kumar Sangakkara 29. How many Boeing 737 Max 8 Planes has been acquired
a) Indian Council of Medical Research by Jet Airways ?
c) Germany d) India c) Rohit Sharma d) Virat Kohli
b) Council for Science and Industrial Research a) 75 b) 86 c) 77 d) 85
10. 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meet was held in which 20. IRCTC has partnered with which website to offer deals
c) AIIMS of the following country? to its customers? 30. What is the name of offshore patrol vessel which has
been commissioned by Defence Minister Manohar
d) Union Ministry of Health and Family welfare a) Malaysia b) Mauritious a) mydala.com b) FoodPanda.com Parrikar at Vasco Da Gama ?
2. Major General ______of India was appointed as the c) Thailand d) Honkong c) Amazon.com d) Fasoos.com a) Vaibhav b) Sankalp
Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United 11. Which of the following banck launched Smart 21. RBI signed a MoU with which bank on exchange of
Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). c) Samar d) Samarth
Humsafar Plan? information and mutual assistance in banking sector
a) Jai Shanker Menon supervision? 31. Which IT service major will train British university
a) LIC b) SBI
graduates at its Innovation Labs and software
b) Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq c) BOB d) HDFC a) Central Bank of Seychelles development centres across India ?
c) S.A.P.P Samarasinghe 12. During recent visit of PM Modi to Turkmenistan, 22nd b) People’s Bank of China a) TCS b) Wipro
d) Batoo Tshering TAPI steering committee meeting was held. What is c) Swiss Bank c) Infosys d) Accenture
3. Former IAS officer D J Pandian was appointed as the TAPI? d) World Bank 32. Which F1 driver stood as runner-up in 2015 Formula
Vice President of which of the following bodies on a) Trans-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India 22. 6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy was held in One world championship and won the Brazilian Grand
February 3, 2016? b) Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India which city? Prix?
a) NITI Ayog c) Tazbekistan-Azerbaijan-Pakistan- India a) New Delhi b) Mumbai a) Lewis Hamilton b) Sebastian Vettel
b) Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB) d) Tanzania- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India c) Jaipur d) Bangluru c) Valtteri Bottas d) Nico Rosberg
c) SAARC 13. South Korean steelmaker Posco made an agreement 23. Indian short film “An Old Dog’s Diary” which has won 33. Which Indian Minister became the first Indian to be
d) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with Shree Uttam Steel and Power Ltd, of Uttam Galva award at London Film Festival has been directed honoured with Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
4. Which of the following is appointed as the Ambassador group to set up steel plant in which of the following by___? Champion for the Asia Region ?
of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ? state? a) Santosh Sivan and Gitanjli Rao a) Krishan Pal b) Jayant Sinha
a) Mohammad Yunus b) Syed Akbaruddin a) Andra Pradesh b) Odisha b) Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel c) Piyush Goyal d) Kiren Rijiju
c) Nagendra Nath Jha d) Ahmad Javed c) Uttar Pradesh d) Maharastra c) Shumona Goel and Santosh Sivan 34. India and UK launched joint initiative “2016: UK-INDIA
5. Which e-commerce company agreed to buy 112-year 14. Bombay Gold Cup is associated with which sports? d) Shai Heredia and Gitanjli Rao Year of Education, Research and Innovation” which
old newspaper South China Morning Post of Hong a) Cricket b) Hockey includes GIAN programme. What does GIAN stands for
24. The book “Dreaming Big – My Journey to Connect ?
Kong ? c) Football d) Volleyball India” is autobiography of___?
a) Snapdeal b) Flipkart a) Global Innovation of Academic Networks
15. Name the country that become 161th member of a) Narayan Tiwari b) Sam Pitroda
c) Alibaba d) Amazon World Trade Oraganisation. b) Global Impact of Academic Networks
c) C.Gangaram Mehta d) D.Suhas Malik
6. Which of the following is emerged as the winner of a) Nambia b) Seychelles c) Global Initiative of Academic Networks
25. India has signed a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
2015 BWF Super Series Finals in women’s singles c) Iraq d) Iran (MLAT) in Criminal Matters with which of the d) Global Interaction of Academic Networks
category ? following?
16. Which International Cricket Council President resigned 35. As per “India Health Report: Nutrition 2015” which
a) Luo Ying b) Nozomi Okuhara after Cricket world cup 2015? a) Czech Republic b) Bolivia state has maximum malnourished children in the
c) Gabrielle Adcock d) Luo Yu country ?
a) Mustafa Kamal b) Alan Isaac c) Hungary d) Maldives
7. Who is named as the Sports Illustrated‘s 2015 a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Sharad Pawar d) N.Srinivasan 26. Robert Mugabe, recipient of 2015 Confucius Peace
Sportsperson of the Year ? Prize by China, is___? c) Andhra Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh
17. The New Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 Introduced two
a) Sania Mirza b) Lyndrea Price new schemes one on which is -MEIS (Merchandise a) President of Zimbabwe 36. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare consituted
c) Serena Williams d) Venus Williams export from India scheme). Name the Second one. seven-member committee “Drugs Consultative
b) President of Kazakhstan Committee (DCC)” to examine online drug sale issue.
8. UN Women Multi Country Office for India, Bhutan, a) CEIS (Capital Export from India Scheme) c) President of Myanmar Who heads MOHFW ?
Maldives and Sri Lanka have signed a Memorandum of b) DEIS (Direct Export from India Scheme)
Understanding (MoU) with which of the following ? d) President of Portugal a) Ravi Shankar Prasad b) Bandaru Dattatreya
c) SEIS (Service Export from India Scheme) 27. When is World Polio Day observed?
a) NPCI b) FICCI c) Jagat Prakash Nadda d) Thawar Chand Gehlot .
d) JEIS (Joint Export from India Scheme) a) October 24 b) September 24
c) CII d) ASSOCHAM 37. Which of the following has become first Indian state to
18. Which state government has launched industrial c) August 14 d) September 28 allow the members of state legislature to raise
9.According to UNESCO, which of the following country is tourism package to promote development by questions online?

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a) Rajasthan b) Gujarat 44. Online Application Management System (OAMS) a) Spain b) Turkey that will regulate the refund of excess fees at private
c) New Delhi d) Maharashtra launched for “Nai Roshni” scheme, is under which of c) Japan d) China institutions ?
the following ministry – a) 1 b) 3
38. Which city Police has been conferred with “Express IT 5. As part of the 125th birth anniversary year of which
excellence award” in recognition of h IT initiatives a) Ministry of External Affairs Indian freedom fighter, PM Modi has released c) 5 d) 2
launched by them ? b) Ministry of Minority Affairs commemorative coins of Rs 125 and Rs 10 15. To magnify bilateral cooperation in the field of Solar
a) Chattisgarh Police b) Karnataka Police c) Ministry of Labour and Employment denomination ? Energy, India has signed MoU with which of the
c) Hyderabad Police d) Lucknow Police d) Ministry of Tribal Affairs a) Vallabhai Patel b) Mangal Pandey following country ?
39. The title of Hero World Challenge has been conferred 45. Himachal Pradesh Government launched RISHTA c) B.R.Ambedkar d) Rajendra Prasad a) Maldives b) Iran
upon which of the following professional golfer ? project for saving energy upto 45 to 55 percent. What 6. W h o b e ca m e t h e n e w C h i ef I n fo r m at i o n c) Bahrain d) Germany
a) Anirban Lahiri b) Ricky Fowler does ‘I’ stand for in RISHTA? Commissioner of India in January? 16. Who has been elected as the Bihar assembly Speaker ?
c) Patrick Reed d) Bubba Watson a) Indicating b) Isolating a) Rajiv Mehrishi b) AjitDoval a) Dinesh Oraon b) Sitasharan Sharma
40. Railway minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off double c) Illuminating d) Isotopic c) R K Mathur d) Ashok Khemka c) Mata Prasad Pandey d) Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
decker express train between which of the following 46. Which of the following state to set up special entity 7. The Union Government announced 33% reservation 17. India has been ranked at which position in World
rail routes ? ‘State Level Facilitation Cell’ to fast track Investment for women in which of the following uniformed Economic Forum (WEF) Global gender index ?
a) Jaipur-Goa b) Goa-Mumbai approvals? services ?
a) 108 b) 126
c) Gujarat-Goa d) Goa-Delhi a) Gujarat b) Telangana a) State Police Forces
c) 118 d) 109
41. Which country’s central bank has received USD 1.1 c) Odisha d) Rajasthan b) Central Armed Police Forces
18. INDRA is a joint Military exercise between India and
billion from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Under the 47. Indian Railways has inked four MoUs with Union Power c) Indian Air Force which of the following countries?
currency swap agreement ? and New & Renewable Energy Ministry for___ ? d) State Home Guards a) Japan b) China
a) Nepal b) Sri Lanka a) Energy conservation 8. Which of the female mountaineer wrote the book c) Russia d) Bangladesh
c) South Africa d) Bangladesh b) Energy Transmission “Born again” ?
19. Country’s first ‘display variant’ debit card was launched
42. PM Modi launched Rs 45,000 crore scheme with a goal c) Solarisation a) Malavath Purna b) Bachendri Pal by ?
to provide 24-hour power supply to each and every d) All of the above c) Premlata Agarwal d) Arunima Sinha
house of the nation namely a) ICICI Bank b) Yes Bank
48. Which Country hosted BRICS Business forum 2015 for 9. Who has been honoured with Sangeet Samman at the c) Axis Bank d) HDFC BanK
a) National Immigrated Power Development Scheme the first time? ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015?
(IPDS) 20. The rare fully warm-blooded fish discovered b
a) Dubai b) Brazil a) Akkarai Subbalakshmi Scientists at United States National Oceanic and
b) National Integrated Power Development Scheme
(IPDS) c) India d) USA b) Ambi Subramaniam Atmospheric Administration or NOAA ___?
c) National Integrated Power Distribution Scheme 49. Which Inian naval Ship(INS) was decommissioned after c) L Subramaniam a) Alewife b) Opah
(IPDS) 31 years of service which was built under Naval Science d) L. Vaidyanathan c) Anchovy d) Oarfish
and Technological Laboratory (NSTL)?
d) None of these 10. International Day of Persons with Disabilities is 21. Sumit Mazumder was elected as the president of
a) INS Chakra b) INS Shankul observed every year on ? which organisation?
43. The Non-Competitive bidding facility was only
available for bonds or dated securities. But now RBI has c) INS Keshari d) INS Astravahini a) 5 December b) 1 December a) BHEL b) NASSCOM
proposed to allow Non-Competitive bidding for T-bills 50. Which railway zone launched India’s first Rail Coach lit c) 8 December d) 3 December c) CII d) NCL
also. What is meant by T-bills? by solar panel?
11. Recently which state has launched ‘She Autos’ scheme 22. 6th Meeting of the Group on Automatic Exchange of
a) Tax bills b) Treasury bills a) Northern Railway b) Southern Railway and distributed 49 CNG-fuelled autos to women Information (AEOI) on Transparency and Exchange of
c) Task bills d) None of these c) Western Railway d) Eastern Railway drivers ? Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum) was held
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh at which place ?
c) Uttar Pradesh d) Arunachal Pradesh a) Kerala b) Mumbai

MCQ’s Practice Questions | SET-IV 12. Which of the following countries are not a participant
in the 12th South Asian Games being held in Assam and
c) New Delhi d) Jaipur
23. With Which country did India sign an agreement on
Meghalaya? sharing white-shipping information to enhance
1. Who was appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) c) Exercise Shakti d) Indra Dhanush a) Pakistan b) Afghanistan maritime cooperation?
of National Institution for Transforming India Aayog 3. Which of the following Naval ships was commissioned a) China b) Maldives
(NITI Aayog)? c) Maldives d) Myanmar
in the Indian Navy as part of the Project 28? c) England d) Singapore
a) Amitabh Kant b) Rajnath Singh 13. The International Fleet Review held by the Indian Navy
a) INS Kochi b) INS Komartu from February 4 to February 8, 2016 was held at which 24. Which Indian bank became the first bank to launch
c) ArunJaitely d) Rajiv Mehrishi c) INS Kadmatt d) INS Delhi of the following cities? mobile wallet service “Batua”, for feature mobile
2. What is the name of Indo-French joint military training 4. India has inked a protocol for amending the existing a) Port Blair b) Visakhapatnam phones?
exercise which was held at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges convention for double taxation avoidance that a) HDFC b) SBI
in Bikaner, Rajasthan? c) Mumbai d) Chennai
provides for effective exchange of information in tax c) Axis d) IDBI
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25. Newly launched Indian Long Term Ecological 35. C.Navin Sinha was appointed as the Chief Justice of Special’ to create awareness among various sections of c) Axis Bank d) ICICI
Observatories (I-LTEO) programme will monitor how which Indian State High court? the society has been flagged off from__? 48. Non-steroid drug “Ketoprofen” has been banned in
many biomes (natural landscapes) across the country ? a) Chhattisgarh b) Rajasthan a) Rameshwaram Railway Station which state ?
a) 6 b) 8 c) 2 d) 10 c) Uttar Pradesh d) Bihar b) Jaisalmer Railway Station a) Andhra Pradesh b) Tamil Nadu
26. Which of the following two teams will replace Chennai 36. United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) unveiled c) Ahmedabad Railway Station c) Maharashtra d) Odisha
and Rajasthan in forthcoming edition of the Indian a set of six commemorative stamps to promote United
Premier League (IPL)? d) Delhi’s Safderjung Railway Station 49. 63rd Nehru Trophy Boat Race was held at ____?
Nations Free and Equal campaign. This campaign
a) Pune and Lucknow b) Japiur and Rajkot supports_____?. 46. Name the novel for which Jamaican author, Marlon a) Veeranpuzha Lake b) Pookode Lake
James has won Man Booker Prize 2015? c) Paravur Lake d) Punnamada Lake
c) Rajkot and Pune d) Panaji and Rajkot a) LGBT Rights b) Human rights
a) A Little Life b) The Fisherman 50. The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize went to which country’s
27. With which of the following has India signed c) Feminism d) Education for Women
agreements on water resources and culture in c) A Spool of Blue Thread National Dialogue Quartet for its contribution to
37. Which of the following organizations gave PQP (Pre- democracy in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution
November this year? qualification of Medicines Programme) certification to d) A Brief History of Seven Killings
2011?
a) Sri Lanka b) Bhutan India’s BCG vaccine-making firm Green Signal Bio 47. Which of the following banks has been selected in Dow
Pharma Private Limited? Jones Sustainability Indices becoming the only a) Saudi Arabia b) Yemen
c) China d) Bangladesh
a) Red Cross b) AIIMS domestic bank to get into the index? c) Tunisia d) Norway
28. Name the authors of the book titled “Rebooting India:
Realising a billion aspirations”. c) World Health Organization d) ICMR a) Kotak Mahindra Bank b) Yes Bank
a) Maithili Rao& Viral Shah 38. Who was appointed as the Chief Commissioner for
Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) by the Union Ministry
b) Jairam Ramesh & Santosh Singh
c) Nandan Nilekani & Viral Shah
of Social Justice and Empowerment? MCQ’s Practice Questions | SET-V
a) Arun Jaitely b) Kamlesh Kumar Pandey
d) J B Kriplani
c) Najma Heptulla d) Rajiv Mehrishi
29. Which capital has been named as World Book Capital 1. The 1st solar and stellar observatory of Gujarat by the the report of the committee formed to suggest
for 2017 by United Nations Educational, Scientific and 39. Which of the following pairs won the men’s singles Indian Planetary will be established at ______? restructuring of the body, who was the chairman of the
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ? event at Australian Open 2016? committee?
a) Surat b) Gandhinagar
a) Wroclaw b) Conakry a) Jamie Murray b) Andy Murray a) Rahul Dravid b) Justice Swatanter Kumar
c) Ahmedabad d) Kutch
c) Incheon d) Bangkok c) Novak Djokovic d) Bruno Soares c) Justice (Retd) R M Lodha d) Saurav Ganguly
2. Who was appointed as the Technology advisor of
30. The Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 40. In Which country largest Blue Star Sapphire was found Odisha? 8. Which neighboring country of India celebrated its
the much-awaited India’s first automated vehicle with the weight of 1404.49 carats? Independence Day on February 4?
a) Amitabh Bachchan b) RohitBansal
testing centre at which of the following places? a) India b) Sri Lanka a) Bhutan b) Nepal
c) NavinPatnaik d) Sam Pitroda
a) Hyderabad b) Bengaluru c) Russia d) USA c) Sri Lanka d) Bangladesh
3. Credit Guarantee Fund approved by the Union Cabinet
c) Nashik d) Chennai 41. Which of the following countries became the 164th is to be established for financing which of the following 9. What is the name of the first Indian Ayurvedic
31. According to recent PwC report , Coal India Limited WTO member in December 2015? Union Government scheme? medicine for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus which was
become world’s _______ mining company in terms of a) Afghanistan b) Bhutan a) UDAY scheme b) MNREGA recently launched?
market capital c) Iran d) Serbia a) Ayurslim b) TPP-99
c) National Rural Health Mission
a) 8th largest b) 10th largest 42.World Bank Group and FIRST Initiative announced the c) BGR-34 d) Ayush
d) MUDRA scheme
c) 7th largest d) 6th largest launch of a new tool to help governments to 10. Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of Gujarat High
implement public CGS. What does CGS stands for ? 4. River Information System which was inaugurated on
32. India will host the fifth Youth Delphic Games 2016 for January 6, 2016 has been installed on which of the Court?
the first time with the motto “Celebrating Arts and a) Credibility Guarantee Schedule following waterways? a) Justice Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy
Cultures”. In which city it will be held? b) Credit Guarantee Schemes a) National Waterway 1 b) National Waterway 2 b) Justice Navin Sinha
a) Tamil Nadu b) Goa c) Common Guarantee Schedule c) National Waterway 3 d) National Waterway 4 c) Justice Virender Singh
c) Gujarat d) Punjab d) Credibility Guarantee Schemes 5. Who among the following Indian shooters recently d) Justice Ashok Bhushan
33.Government of which of the following state launched 43. Who has been appointed as the senior Vice President won the Gold medal at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix? 11. Balram Jakhar, member of Indian National Congress
“Mhara Gaon-Jagmag Gaon” scheme? of Flipkart? a) Anjali Bhagwat b) Apurvi Chandela who passed away this year served as the Governor of
a) Haryana b) Rajasthan a) Shyam Srinivasan b) Manpreet Vohra which state?
c) HeenaSiddhu d) Susan Koshy
c) Maharashtra d) Jharkhand c) Amar Sinha d) Surojit Chatterjee a) Uttar Pradesh b) Rajasthan
6. Which state lifted the ban on visit of foreign tourists to
34. Who has inked a pact with Technion University from 44. A communication satellite “APSTAR-9” has been certain tribal areas after three years, which was c) Madhya Pradesh d) Punjab
Israel for developing anti-cancer drugs? launched by ___? imposed in 2012? 12. The European Union and United States signed a new
a) Teva Pharmaceuticals a) Russia b) France a) Odisha b) Madhya Pradesh deal on data transfers named EU-US Privacy Shield in
b) Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories c) China d) Japan c) Chattisgarh d) Jharkhand Brussels, Belgium on February 2, 2016. It will replace
c) Sun Pharmaceuticals which of the following data transferring deal between
45. A special train named ‘Science Express Climate Action 7. The Supreme Court of India asked the BCCI to accept EU and US?
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a) Consumer’s Privacy Agreement d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited a) M.B. Shah Committee b) A.P. Shah Committee to__ ?
b) Safe Harbour Pact 22. Who got appointed as chairperson of Food Safety and c) P.J. Nayak Committee a) Anupam Kher b) Javed Akhtar
c) EU-US Data Exchange Pact Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)? d) B.S. Baswan Committee c) A R Rahman d) Amitabh Bachchan
d) Internet Consumer’s Safety Agreement a) Ashish Bahuguna b) Arnab Kumar Hazra 34. Which of the following state is not coming under delhi- 44. India-Bangladesh electricity network is financed by
13. UNESCO Creative Cities Network has added which c) Pradeep Chordia d) Yudhvir Singh Malik katra expressway? which lending body under SASEC Program with $120
Indian city as its new member in Music category ? 23. Who won Hungarian Grand Prix 2015? a) Haryana b) Punjab million of loan ?
a) Patiala b) Varanasi a) Lewis Hamilton b) Sebastian Vettel c) Himachal Pradesh d) Jammu and Kashmir a) International Monetary Fund
c) Lucknow d) Japiur c) Nico Rosberg d) Valtteri Bottas 35. Which of the following has become the first Indian to b) World Bank
14. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of World 24. Russia’s Rosneft to acquire 49% stake in which of the qualify for the prestigious President’s Cup? c) Asian Development Bank
Travel & Tourism Council ? following company ? a) Sachin Tendulkar b) Saina Nehwal d) New Development Bank
a) Geoffrey Lipman b) Kapil Chopra a) Essar Oil b) GAIL Ltd c) Anirban Lahiri d) Abhinav Bindra 45. Dudhwa National Park (DNP) is situated at which
c) Michael Frenzel d) David Scowsill c) ONGC d) IOCL 36. The only girl who have been selected as brand border ?
15. Development Credit Bank (DCB) has announced a cut 25. Who was appointed as Ambassador to Sri Lanka, ambassadors for Digital India programme by the a) India–Nepal border b) India–Pakistan border
in its base rate by 15 basis points from 10.85% to Maldives? government of India? c) India–Sri Lanka border d) India–Myanmar border
10.7%. DCB headquarter is situated at which place ? a) Richard Rahul Verma b) Atul Keshap a) Neena Sachdeva b) Seema Jagwani 46. Which High Court has made married daughters of
a) Karnataka b) New Delhi c) Arun Singh d) Deep Ku Upadhyay c) Krati Tiwari d) Sheena Tiwari deceased government employees eligible for the
c) Maharashtra d) Rajasthan 37. Governor Syed Ahmed who passed away last year was appointment on compassionate grounds?
26. In which of the following states ISRO commissioned
16. Which veteran Bollywood actor has been honoured Titanium Sponge Plant? the governor of___? a) Uttarkhand HC b) Kerala HC
with lifetime achievement award at the Dubai a) Karnataka b) Kerela a) Jharkhand b) Manipur c) Bombay HC d) Allahabad HC
International Film Festival (DIFF) ? c) Nagaland d) West Bengal 47. Which country has passed Anti-Terrorism law to strip
c) Andra Pradesh d) Maharastra
a) Om Puri b) Dilip Kumar 38. Which state has received the prestigious ‘Skoch Order- dual nationals of their citizenship if they are convicted
27. Foreign Office Consultations (2nd round) held between of terrorism offences ?
c) Anupam kher d) Naseeruddin Shah India and which of the following country? of-Merit Award’ for implementation of six e-
17. FMC (Forward markets Commission) has been merged Governance and IT initiatives in the state at the 41st a) Japan b) Australia
a) Bolivia b) Paraguay Skoch Summit held at India Habitat Centre in New
with which of the following? c) Russia d) Austria
c) Spain d) Brazil Delhi?
a) BHEL b) NABARD 48. ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated vaccine launched by
28. Which is the first city of the country to have a metro a) Punjab b) Haryana Sanofi Pasteur will cure which of the following disease?
c) NTPC d) SEBI station run only by women? c) Gujarat d) Tamilnadu a) Polio b) Diarrhea
18. The Department of Archaeology and Museums a) Bangaluru b) Jaipur
discovered massive naturally formed ancient twin 39. Who is the present Chief Justice of India? c) Malaria d) Dengue
caves in__? c) Delhi d) Kolkata a) H.L Dattu b) R.M. Lodha 49. On the sidelines of Atomic Energy Amendment Bill
a) Nalgonda district of Telangana 29. Which of the following countries approved by union c) T.S. Thakur d) H. J. Kania 2015, Government has proposed joint ventures
government for exchange of information with respect between Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) with which
b) Idukki district of Kerala to taxes & to check Black Money Generation? 40. 2,720 acres of land to DRDO for DRDO’s missile testing
project has been awarded by which state government? of the following corporation of India?
c) Rivana South Goa district a) Ethiopia b) Uganda
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Tamil Nadu a) National Mineral Development Corporation
d) Mawsynram East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya c) Mozambique d) Seychelles
c) Maharashtra d) Karnataka b) Projects & Development India
19. Which mathematician has been chosen for SASTRA 30. For Empays Payment, Emirates NDB tied up with which
Ramanujan Prize 2015 ? 41. The United States Department of Treasury (DoT) has c) Electronics Corporation of India
of the following banks?
a) Manjul Bhargava b) Anand Kumar included India in its list of 34 countries with which it d) Nuclear Power Corporation of India
a) ICICI b) Axis would share information under FATCA regulations to
c) Dr. Jacob Tsimerman d) Suresh Vebapally 50. Which of the following pairs won the women’s doubles
c) HDFC d) SBI curb black money and tax evasion issues. What is event at Australian Open 2016?
20. In which of the following states, a special cell of 31. In which of the following country for the first time, FATCA
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment a) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
Women are allowed to participate as voters in a) Foreign Account Total Compliance Act
Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) cell has been set up to Election? b) Serena Williams and Venus Williams
facilitate effective implementation of the scheme. b) Foreign Account Tax Compliant Act
a) UAE b) Saudi Arabia c) Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka
a) Rajasthan b) Gujarat c) Fixed Account Tax Compliance Act
c) Afghanistan d) Iran d) J. Goerges and K. Pliskova
c) Punjab d) Haryana d) Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
32. Which of the following has been selected as the venue 42. Arthur McDonald is one of the winners of Nobel Prize
21. The winner of Golden Peacock National Quality Award for 2022 Commonwealth Games?
for the year 2015 was __? in physics for his work on neutrinos. He belongs to?
a) Durban b) Gold Coast a) Japan b) Russia
a) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
c) Edmonton d) New Delhi c) Canada d) Italy
b) Delhi International Airport Limited
33. Name the committee which gave recommendations 43. 5th Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award has been awarded
c) Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited for MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax).

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17. Where was the India’s first Paragliding World Cup held? Golden Globe award for the best Drama Movie of
MCQ’s Practice Questions | SET-VI a) Jammu and Kashmir b) Himachal Pradesh 2015?
a) Concussion b) The Martian
c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Goa
18. To which of the following companies a contract of 2 c) Black Mass d) The Revenant
1. The Companies Law Committee submitted its 9. Successor of which campaign began in January 2016 to years has been given for the sponsorship of Indian 28. Which armed force launched the nation-wide Tele-
recommendations to amend the Companies Act 2013 rescue/rehabilitate the missing children ? Premier League(IPL)? medicine programme for the troops?
to which of the following ministry? a) Operation Smile b) Operation Muskaan a) DLF b) Samsung a) CRPF b) BSF
a) Union Ministry of Home Affairs c) Operation Laadli d) Operation Sahaj c) PepsiCo d) Vivo c) NSG d) Army
b) Union Ministry of Finance 10. Who among the following administered the oath of 19.The author of “A Brief History of Seven Killings” is the 29. 5th meetings of SAARC Health ministers was hosted in
c) Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs office to the newly sworn in Chief Information winner of Man Booker Prize 2015. Name of the author which city?
Commissioner? is___?
d) Union Ministry of Economic Affairs a) Colombo b) Bangkok
a) Chief Justice of India a) Marlon James b) John McFarlane
2. Union Minister of Science, Technology and Earth c) Kathmandu d) New Delhi
Sciences will set up Borehole Geophysics Research b) Central Vigilance Commissioner c) Jes Staley d) Antony Jenkins 30. Which team won the 5th National Hockey
Laboratory (BGRL) at Hazarmachi, Karad, Maharashtra c) Speaker of the LokSabha 20. A bus service has been started in east India which goes Championship title?
to investigate the earthquake mechanism in which of d) President of India via Dhaka, Bangladesh. The extreme cities of this bus
the following region? a) Hockey Jharkhand
11. The Committee which submitted its report to the service are
a) Koyna Region b) Mumbai region b) Madhya Pradesh hockey Academy
Supreme Court of India in relation to the reforms a) Agartala-Guwahati b) Agartala-Kolkata
c) Juhu Region d) Pune Region required in Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is ? c) Punjab team
c) Guwahati-Kolkata d) Dispur-Kolkatta
3. Who became the first woman IPS officer to head a a) Vijay Kelkar Committee d) Railways
21. International Day of the Girl Child was observed on?
paramilitary force as the Director General of Sashastra b) R.M. Lodha Committee 31. India and Iran signed a MOU for developing which port
Seema Bal (SSB)? a) November 24 b) August 12 in iran?
c) Cricket Reform Committee c) October 11 d) September 13
a) K Durga Prasad a) Port of Sohar b) Port of Chabahar
d) BCCI Reform Committee 22. Which state has launched Mission Abaas to provide
b) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya c) Port of Hajira d) Gwadar Port
12. Which of the following application developed by affordable houses to urban poor?
c) Archana Ramasundram Department of Commerce won the eASIA Award 2015 32. What is the objective of pradhan manrti Deen Dayal
a) Odisha b) Maharashtra Upadhay Gram jyoti yojna?
d) Kanwaljeet Deol under Trade Facilitation category?
c) Kerala d) Telangana a) To provide 24*7 Electricity supply to rural areas
4. Saroj Kumar Jha of Indian Origin was appointed as the a) DDMA Project
Senior Director of which of the following Group of 23. Who has won the best CEO award (private sector) at b) To provide 24*7 Water supply to rural households
b) Drug Facilitation Application the fifth edition of Forbes India Leadership Awards
World Bank? c) To provide mid day meal to BPL group
c) Commercial Drug Application (FILA), 2015 held in Mumbai?
a) Children’s development Group d) To provide Houses for all Rural farmers
d) DAVA Project a) Samit Ghosh b) CP Gurnani
b) Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group 33. Ram Chandra Guha is well known for which of his
13. Which of the following countries will leave South Asian c) Shikha Sharma d) Chanda Kochar
c) Conservation of Wetland Group Football Federation (SAFF) Championship in the year following book?
24. Which of the following Indian Badminton players was
d) Regulation of water facilities Group 2016 and will join the Central Asian Football ranked at 1st position internationally in Junior a) India After Gandhi
5. With which of the following India has signed an Association in 2016? Badminton rankings released? b) Kashmir :The Vajpayee Years
agreement on Maritime Transport? a) Afghanistan b) India a) ChetanAnand b) Manu Attri c) India Central Asia Relations: The Economic
a) Oman b) Kazakhstan c) Maladives d) Bangladesh c) Aditya Joshi d) SirilVerma Dimension
c) Egypt d) Indonesia 14. Which Indian shooter set the world record by scoring 25. The e-Tappal system recently launched by the Andhra d) The 3U turns of my Life
6. With which of the following has India signed double 211.2 points in a women’s 10-metre Air Rifle at Swedish Pradesh Government is meant for ________? 34. United Nations Public Service Award 2015 in the
taxation treaty to avoid the double taxation on imports Cup Grand Prix 2016 on January 5, 2016? category of improving delivery of public services for or
a) Providing internet access to rural areas
and exports between the countries? a) Shweta Singh b) RajyashreeKumari eliminating open defecation in the district has won
b) Tracking of files and applications in Government by___?
a) Singapore b) Myanmar c) Apurvi Chandela d) ShagunChowdhary offices
c) Turkmenistan d) Kazakhstan 15. Which of the following is going to acquire Larsen & a) Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh
c) Providing agriculture related information to farmers
7. Which company is set to launch pilot internet project in Turbo’s (L&T) Kattupalli Port in Tamil Nadu? b) Nadia District of West Bengal
d) Providing Weather information to fishermen in
India with Project Loon by using large balloons? a) Mundra Ports b) Adani Ports coastal areas c) Jamnagar district of Gujarat
a) Infosys b) Microsoft c) Shikhar Group d) Tianjin Ports 26. Which of the following online real estate portal has d) Bhilwara district of Rajasthan
c) Google d) Facebook 16. Which country has passed a new law stating that the been acquired by Quikr acquired?. 35. Which of the following companies has signed a MoU
8. 5th Heart of Asia conference with theme “Heart of students trying to copy in examinations will face a jail a) Sahara b) CommonFloor.com. with Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide mid-day
Asia-Istanbul Process” hosted by which country ? term of up to seven years? meal in Odisha?
c) Prestige Group d) 99 Acres
a) Israel b) Afganistan a) Denmark b) Nepal a) Airtel b) Idea Cellular
27. Which of the following Hollywood movie won the
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5. Which Indian-origin student won the Institute of a) Septarshi Srkar b) Amitav Gosh
36. Which of the following Hollywood movies won the c) Unreserved category Physics Prize (IOP)?
Oscar award for Best movie in Oscar ceremony 2016? c) APJ Abdul Kalam d) Mohammaed Iqbal
d) Persons with disability a) Pratap Singh b) Duraiswamy
a) The Revenant b) Mad Max: Fury Road 15. Which of the following international bodies publish
44. Which of the following Cricket teams was ranked at c) Sahil Doshi d) Pooja Chandrasekhar Global Risks Report 2016?
c) Spotlight d) The Danish Girl No.1 in the latest test rankings released by the ICC?
6. Which of the following organisation was declared the a) World Health Organisation
37. Who among the following took over charge as the A. India B. Australia winner of National Award on e-Governance 2015-16
Chairman of National Human Rights Commission b) United Nations
C. South Africa D. New Zealand under ‘innovative use of technology in e-governance’
(NHRC)? category? c) World Trade Organisation
45. What is the name of India’s first solar mission to be
a) H L Dattu b) Vikramjit Sen launched by ISRO as announced in the Lok Sabha? a) Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation d) World Economic Forum
c) Kurien Joseph d) K G Balakrishnan a) Surya Kiran b) Nabh b) Ministry of Labour and Employment 16. British actor Alan Rickman passed away. He was known
38. Who among the following was sworn in as the Chief for which of the following roles played by him in the
c) Aaditya L-1 d) Sooraj P-1 c) Ministry of Culture series of Harry Potter movies?
Justice of the Odisha High Court?
46. Who is the author of “The First Muslim: The Story of d) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare a) Severus Snape b) Dumbledore
a) Justice Vikramjit Sen b) Justice Vineet Saran Muhammad” ? 7. Which of the following digital services launched by c) Vicomte de Valmont d) Hans Gruber
c) Justice Sanjay Mishra d) Justice Swantantar Kumar a) Jitendra Gianchandani b) Lasley Hazleton Government of India was acclaimed and appreciated in
39. Who ranked first in the Fortune India list of 50 most- the recently published World Bank report on Digital 17. India celebrated its 68th Army Day on January 15 and is
c) Karen Armstrong d) Reza Aslan celebrated in the remembrance of first Chief of Army
powerful businesswomen for 2015? expansion globally?
47. Asian Indoors Athletic Championship 2016 is being Staff of Indian Army (of Independent India). What is his
a) Chanda Kochhar b) Shikha Sharma held in which of the following countries? a) E-Courts b) Online FIR name?
c) Arundhati Bhattacharya d) Nishi Vasudeva a) Maldives b) Qatar c) Aadhar card a) Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
40. The G-20 summit of Finance ministers is being held in c) Kuwait d) Malaysia d) Internet enabled payment of taxes b) Robin Dhowan
which of the following cities from February 26, 2016? 8. ‘Book Transcendence: My spiritual Experiences with
48. Which team won gold medal in World Archery c) Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
a) Shanghai, China b) Moscow, Russia Championship ? Pramukh Swamiji’ is written By-
d) Francis Robert Roy Bucher
c) Athens, Greece d) Rome, Italy a) India b) Russia a) Septarshi Srkar b) Amitav Gosh
18. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and Maharashtra
41. India and which country Hold their First Ever Meet at c) Colombia d) Denmark c) APJ Abdul Kalam d) Mohammaed Iqbal Maritime Board (MMB) have signed an MoU for the
Daulat Beg Oldie in Ladakh? 9. Which country is going to host 2017 Women’s Cricket construction of green field port at Vadhawan. In which
49. The first ‘Gender Park’ which will be inaugurated on
a) Pakistan b) Nepal February 27, 2016 is a initiative of which of the World cup? district, Vadhawan is located ?
c) China d) Bangladesh following Bodies? a) England b) China a) Nagpur b) Thane
42. Which sector of the economy registered highest a) National Commission for Women c) Australia d) India c) Aurangabad d) Nasik
growth as per the economic survey 2015-16? b) Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 10. Who has won 36th American Book Award 2015 for the 19. Who is the first Raw officer who has been appointed as
a) Agriculture b) Manufacturing c) Government of Kerala book titled ‘Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New member of UPSC?
c) Finance d) Services Muslim Youth Culture’? a) Arvind Saxena b) Rahul Mishra
d) Union Ministry of Social Justice
43. As per the Railway budget 2016-17 Deen Dayalu a) Randall Dale Chipkar b) Gordon Hutner c) Anoor Mittal d) Rajat Kapoor
50. What is the name of the recently concluded military
Coaches will be added to trains to cater for exercise between India and Nepal? c) Hisham Aidi d) Naomi Klein 20. What is the name of the recently opened permanent
___________? 11. Who was terminated from the office of FIFA’s Secretary exhibition showcasing Nuclear energy in North India?
a) Exercise Live wire b) Indradhanush
A. Senior Citizens B. Women General by International Federation of Association a) Hall of Fame b) Nuclear Power of India
c) Indra 2016 d) Surya Kiran Football (FIFA) Emergency Committee?
c) Hall of Nuclear Power d) Parmanu Sanghraylya
a) Sepp Blatter b) Lionel Messi
21. Which of the following countries are not a part of the
c) Jerome Valcke d) Michel Platini
MCQ’s Practice Questions | SET-VII 12. India ranked 143 out of 162 countries on 2015 Global
Asian Infrastructure Bank that was recently opened?
a) Australia b) Japan
Peace Index which attempts to measure the relative
position of nations and regions peacefulness. Which c) Sri Lanka d) New Zealand
1. Which of the following states hiked the luxury tax upto a) Kerela b) Madhya Pradesh country topped the list ? 22. Where is the headquarters of the recently opened
13.5% from January 2016? c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) located?
a) Denmark b) Iceland
a) Delhi b) Himachal Pradesh 4. Retired Lieutenant General JFR Jacob who passed away a) Tokyo b) Seoul
c) Austria d) Switzerland
c) Uttar Pradesh d) Bihar this year played a pivotal role in which of the following c) Beijing d) Singapore city
13. Which country is going to host 2017 Women’s Cricket
2. Raja Rajeshwari became the first Indian American war as the Chief of Staff of Indian Army’s Eastern
World cup? 23. Which of the following zoo was selected for the fund of
criminal court judge in which city? Command ?
a) England b) China 250 Million US $ by World Bank for its restoration?
a) Washington DC b) New York a) 1965 Indo – Pakistani war
c) Australia d) India a) Delhi Zoo
c) Chicago d) San Diego b) 1971 Indo – Pakistani war
14. ‘Book Transcendence: My spiritual Experiences with b) Indra Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam
3. Which state gets its first skin bank at Victoria Hospital c) 1967 Indo – China War
Pramukh Swamiji’ is written By- c) Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata
after Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai? d) Kargil War
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a) US b) Canada phone ‘Freedom251’ on February 18, 2016?
24. Which of the following Badminton franchise won the cleanest city under ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ ?
title of Premier Badminton League 2016 in New Delhi? c) Japan d) China a) Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
a) Bhubneswar b) Gangtok
a) Chennai Smashers b) Mumbai Rockets 44. Which country topped the medals tally with 308 b) Reliance India
c) Nainital d) Kochi
medals in the 12th South Asian Games concluded c) Ringing Bells
c) Hyderabad Hunters d) Delhi Acers 34. Name the latest Naval establishment of Indian Navy recently?
25. The politician V. Rama Rao who passed away in January that was commissioned at Porbandar, Gujarat by d) Department of Science and Technology,
a) Sri Lanka b) Maldives Government of India
this year was appointed as the Governor of which of Anandiben Patel
the following Indian states in 2002? c) India d) Pakistan 48. Who has written Swachh Bharat Anthem released on
a) INS Vivekananda b) INS Mouraya
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Meghalaya 45. The theme of International Day of Peace observed on 2nd October 2015, to make the “Clean India” campaign
c) INS Sardar Patel d) INS Rajguru
21 September 2015 was__ ? a public movement,?
c) Sikkim d) Jammu and Kashmir 35. Name the famous bengali writer, recipient of Jnanpith
a) Partnerships for Peace — Dignity for All a) Prasoon Joshi b) Javed Akhtar
26. Indian author Anuradha Roy won the DSC Prize for Award (2000) and National Award (1996 ) who passed
South Asian Literature 2016 for which of the following away in May 2015? b) Peace world Peaceful life c) Gulzar d) Farhan Akhtar
novels? a) Bani Basu b) Suchitra Bhattacharya c) Reduction of violence- make peace for all 49. What is the name of the Prime Minister of Nepal who is
a) She Will Build Him A City d) Overcome Indifference and Win Peace on a six day official visit to India?
c) Tilottama Majumder d) Pritama Thakur
b) Sleeping on Jupiter 46. The India-US Startup Konnect to highlight the a) Baburam Bhattarai b) Ram Baran Yadav
36. ASEAN-USA summit 2016 is being held in which of the
c) An Atlas of Impossible Longing following countries? strengths of the Indian startup ecosystem took place c) Kamal Thapa d) K P Sharma Oli
on September 2015 at ___ ? 50. Popular book ‘God’s bankers: A History of Money and
d) The Folded Earth a) Philippines b) Vietnam
a) Fremont, California b) Delhi Power at the Vatican’ is written by____ ?
27. Sushil Koirala who passed away in February served c) USA d) Malaysia
which of the following positions? c) San Jose, California d) Varanasi, Gujarat a) Arunima Sinha b) Harish Khare
37. The National Woman Sports is being held in which of
a) Prime Minister of Nepal the following states from February 14-17, 2016? 47. Which of the following launched the world’s cheapest c) Gerald Posner d) Daniel A Bell
b) President of Nepal a) Karnataka b) Haryana
c) Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal c) Bihar d) Uttarakhand
d) Speaker of Nepal’s Parliament Assembly 38. On which of the following banks RBI imposed ban for
violating KYC Norms?
Notes:
28. Who took charge as the Executive Vice-Chairman of
the Energy and Resources Institute TERI? a) SIDBI, YES bank, Punjab National bank
a) Hoesung Lee b) Arun Jaitely b) SBI,YES Bank, Union Bank
c) Rajendra Kumar Pachauri d) Prakash Javdekar c) Bank of Maharastra, DENA bank, Oriental Bank of
29. Which of the following state Government has offered Commerce
to make INS Viraat into a museum recently? d) HDFC,ICICI bank, DENA Bank
a) Maharashtra b) Goa 39. Which city was ranked No.1 as per the ‘Swachh
c) Odisha d) Andhra Pradesh Survekshan 2016’ ranking of 73 cities?
30. Three day mega event ‘Destination North-east 2016’ is a) Varanasi b) New Delhi
being organised by which of the ministries under c) Mysuru d) Gangtok
Government of India? 40. Which of the following city was ranked at the bottom at
a) Ministry of Tourism rank 73 as per the ‘sawcch Survekshan 2016?
b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs a) Patna b) Asansol
c) Ministry of Development of North East region c) Varanasi d) Dhanbad
d) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 41. Which of the following e-commerce site has launched
31. As per the National Framework for elimination of its instant refund facility to help its customers get
Malaria recently released by Union Government, refunds within one hour of receiving the returned
Malaria is expected to be eliminated completely from products?
India by_____? a) Flipkart b) Snapdeal
a) 2020 b) 2022 c) Jabong d) Myntra
c) 2035 d) 2030 42. Which Hollywood movie the award for the best movie
32. Who is the first RAW officer appointed as member of in BAFTA awards 2016?
UPSC? a) Mad Max: Fury Road b) The Revenant
a) Arvind Saxena b) Rahul Mishra c) Sicario d) Carol
c) C. Anoor Mittal d) D. Rajat Kapoor 43. . India has inked MOU in the field of Civil Aviation with
33. Which of the following cities were found as the which of the following country?

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ANSWERS SET -I
1. B 6. D 11. B 16. C 21. B 26. C 31. C 36. B 41. A 46. B
2. B 7. C 12. C 17. C 22. A 27. B 32. D 37. D 42. B 47. C
3. B 8. D 13. B 18. C 23. C 28. D 33. A 38. C 43. D 48. C
4. A 9. C 14. A 19. B 24. C 29. C 34. A 39. D 44. C 49. B
5. C 10. C 15. C 20. B 25. C 30. A 35. C 40. A 45. C 50. C
ANSWERS SET - II
1. A 6. D 11. B 16. B 21. A 26. C 31. B 36. A 41. B 46. A
2. D 7. D 12. B 17. A 22. B 27. B 32. C 37. B 42. B 47. B
3. A 8. B 13. B 18. B 23. C 28. A 33. D 38. B 43. C 48. C
4. C 9. B 14. C 19. C 24. B 29. B 34. A 39. D 44. C 49. A
5. B 10. C 15. A 20. D 25. B 30. D 35. B 40. D 45. D 50. B
ANSWERS SET - III
1. B 6. B 11. B 16. A 26. A 31. A 36. C 41. B 46. C
2. A 7. C 12. B 17. C 27. A 32. D 37. D 42. B 47. D
3. B 8. B 13. D 28. B 33. D 38. C 43. B 48. A
4. D 9. A 14. B 29. A 34. C 39. D 44. B 49. D
5. C 10. A 15. B 30. D 35. D 40. B 45. C 50. A
ANSWERS SET - IV
1. A 6. C 11. B 16. D 21. C 26. C 31. D 36. A 41. A 46. D
2. C 7. B 12. D 17. A 22. C 27. C 32. B 37. C 42. B 47. B
3. C 8. D 13. B 18. C 23. D 28. C 33. A 38. B 43. D 48. B
4. C 9. C 14. B 19. C 24. B 29. B 34. C 39. C 44. C 49. D
5. C 10. D 15. D 20. B 25. B 30. C 35. A 40. B 45. D 50. C

ANSWERS SET - V
1. D 6. A 11. C 16. D 21. B 26. B 31. B 36. C 41. D 46. D
2. D 7. C 12. B 17. D 22. A 27. B 32. A 37. B 42. C 47. B
3. B 8. C 13. B 18. A 23. B 28. B 33. B 38. B 43. C 48. A
4. A 9. C 14. B 19. C 24. A 29. D 34. C 39. C 44. C 49. D
5. B 10. A 15. C 20. C 25. B 30. B 35. C 40. A 45. A 50. A
ANSWERS SET - VI
1. C 6. C 11. B 16. C 21. C 26. B 31. B 36. C 41. C 46. B
2. A 7. C 12. D 17. B 22. A 27. D 32. A 37. A 42. D 47. B
3. C 8. D 13. A 18. D 23. B 28. B 33. A 38. B 43. C 48. B
4. C 9. A 14. C 19. A 24. D 29. D 34. A 39. C 44. B 49. D
5. C 10. D 15. B 20. B 25. B 30. D 35. B 40. A 45. C 50. D

ANSWERS SET - VII

1. D 6. A 11. C 16. A 26. B 31. D 36. C 41. B 46. C
2. B 7. C 12. B 17. B 27. A 32. A 37. C 42. B 47. C
3. C 8. C 13. A 28. C 33. A 38. C 43. B 48. A
4. B 9. A 14. C 29. D 34. C 39. C 44. C 49. D
5. A 10. C 15. D 30. C 35. B 40. D 45. A 50. C

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