QUESTION DISCUSSION – 20.05.2015 TO 26.05.2015 QUESTION DISCUSSION 20.05.2015 TO 26.05.2015 7. Odisha Transmission System Improvement Project will receive Rs. 1. Consider the following 1165 cr. ODA from 1. Union Finance Minister has (a) USA (b) France declared the Gold Monetisation (c) Israel (d) Russia Scheme in the Budget 2015-16. (e) Japan 2. It allow individuals to deposit gold 8. Laszlo Krasznahozkai who won the as low as 30 grams in Banks. Britain’s Man Booker International 3. India is the 2nd largest gold Prize recently is from importer in the world & import (a) Czech Republic (b) Hungary 97% of its gold. (c) Italy (d) France 4. It will help growth in GDP. (e) England Which is/are true? 9. Which country has recently declared to (a) 1 & 2 (b) 1, 2 & 3 have mastered Nuclear weapon (c) 2, 3 & 4 (d) 1, 3 & 4 technology (e) 1, 2, 3 & 4 (a) Libya (b) Syria 2. Indian Navy has launched an anti- (c) North Korea (d) Iran submarine warfare ship recently named (e) None of these (a) Kanchan (b) Kavaratti 10. Peter M. Christian was elected as the (c) Sankuch (d) Magar new president of the Federated states (e) Sishumar of 3. UP and MP are on war path over (a) Palace (b) Micronesia sharing the water from the Bansagar (c) Hungary (d) Handuras dam across which never (e) Bolivia (a) Sone (b) Yamuna 11. The new Service Tax rate of 14% will (c) Luni (d) Ganga come into force from (e) Narmada (a) 1st June (b) 1st July 4. Name the indigenously developed (c) 1st August (d) 1st September beyond visual range air-to-air missile (e) 1st December test fired successfully recently 12. According to UNO report Indian (a) Lakshya (b) Nirbhaya economy growth will surpass that of (c) Astra (d) Nag China by (e) None of these (a) 2015 (b) 2016 5. Which of the following state has (c) 2017 (d) 2018 achieved 100% success in (e) 2020 implementing PMJDY 13. SBI has recently signed MOU with (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura which e-commerce company for (c) Manipur (d) Nagaland collaboration (e) Assam (a) Google (b) Amazon 6. Which Temple has received ISO 9001- (c) FlipKart (d) e-bay 2008 certification for best quality (e) None of these practices recently 14. Sudha Shivpuri who died recently is a (a) Siridi Sai Temple famous (b) Mumbai Siddhivinayak Temple (a) Painter (b) Player (c) Birla Temple in Kolkata (c) Writer (d) Actress (d) Bahai Temple in Delhi (e) Social activists (e) Padmanava Temple in Kerla Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC B – 61 A & B, Saheed Nagar & 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar 1 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] QUESTION DISCUSSION – 20.05.2015 TO 26.05.2015 15. Which state govt. has decided to 23. The Nelong Valley located in which launch the pay and play scheme in the state was opened for tourism recently stadiums after remaining closed since the Indo- (a) Bihar (b) Punjab China war of 1962 (c) Delhi (d) Maharashtra (a) Sikkim (e) Telengana (b) Arunachal Pradesh 16. The Gujjars are demanding 5% (c) Himanchal Pradesh reservation in which state (d) Uttarakhand (a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan (e) Uttar Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Maharashtra 24. Japan has unveiled a plan to provide (e) Goa what amount in aid for Asian 17. The Union Finance Ministry has Infrastructure projects to counter the declared to create which Authority for Chinese promoted AIIB debt management in the Budget (a) $ 100 billion (b) $ 110 billion (a) PDMA (b) RIFD (c) $ 120 billion (d) $ 150 billion (c) PFMA (d) PFRA (e) $ 200 billion (e) None of these 25. What is Indian position in the 18. G. Mohan Kumar has been appointed Environmental Democracy Index by by the Union govt. as the new World Resources Institute of USA (a) Home Secretary (a) 12th (b) 22nd (b) Finance Secretary (c) 24th (d) 34th (c) Defence Secretary (e) 44th (d) Commerce Secretary 26. SEBI has set up a 18 member panel to (e) Health Secretary advise on policy matters with regard to 19. The Union Cabinet has approved the start ups and alternative investment continuation of the PSLV programme headed by for another how many operational (a) A. Panagariya flights (b) N.R. Narayan Murty (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) Sam Pitroda (c) 20 (d) 25 (d) Arvind Mayaram (e) 40 (e) H.R. Khan 20. The Union Cabinet has approved the 27. SAIL has signed an agreement with revival of the closed Urea Fertilizer Arceller for Auto-steel facility in Joint plant of FCI at Sindhi in Venture at an investment of (a) Assam (b) Bihar (a) $ 850 million (c) Jharkhand (d) Rajasthan (b) $ 750 million (e) MP (c) $ 650 million 21. Yamuna Expressway in which state (d) $ 550 million become the 1st road runway where IAF (e) $ 450 million Mirage 2000 fighter jet was 28. The World Bank has approved a 250 successfully landed million USD credit for enhancing (a) UP (b) Bihar teacher effectiveness in which state (c) Delhi (d) Rajasthan (a) Odisha (e) Haryana (b) Bihar 22. Which state govt. has amended its law (c) Madhya Pradesh to allow women employee to work in (d) Jharkhand the night shift (e) Delhi (a) UP (b) Rajasthan 29. Who is at the top of the rank by (c) Maharashtra (d) Bihar Badminton World Federation (e) Punjab (a) Saina Nehwal Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC B – 61 A & B, Saheed Nagar & 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar 2 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] QUESTION DISCUSSION – 20.05.2015 TO 26.05.2015 (b) Li Xuerui (c) Germany (d) France (c) P.V. Sindhu (e) Israel (d) P. Kashyap 38. PM Modi will receives the Friends of (e) H.S. Parnnay Bangladesh Liberation War award on 30. SBI has posted growth in net profit in behalf of last financial year at (a) A.B. Vajpayee (a) 15% (b) 20% (b) L.K. Advani (c) 10% (d) 25% (c) M.M. Malavya (e) 22% (d) H.D. Savarkar 31. J. Jayalalitha who become the new CM (e) None of these of Tamil Nadu belong to which 39. Which country become the 1st to political party legalise same sex marriage (a) DMK (b) AIADMK (a) Netherland (b) Iceland (c) MDMK (d) TDK (c) Ireland (d) France (e) None of these (e) Italy 32. The Supreme Court’s Road Safety 40. China has set up a gold sector fund Committee has given a deadline to involving how many countries along state to implement its 13 direction by the ancient silk route (a) May 31 (b) June 30 (a) 60 (b) 65 (c) July 31 (d) August 31 (c) 35 (d) 45 (e) December 31 (e) 55 33. Mumbai Indian won the IPL by 41. IT department is planning to bring how defeating many tax payers into its list per month (a) CSK in Tire-II cities (b) Royal Challenger Bangalore (a) 10 lakh (b) 5 lakh (c) Rajasthan Royals (c) 15 lakh (d) 20 lakh (d) Kolkata Night Riders (e) 25 lakh (e) Kings XI Punjab 42. RBI has named Navesh Takkar as MD 34. Recently the Swiss Bank authority has & CEO of disclosed the name of how many (a) CRISIL (b) UNICRA Indians having account there (c) IRDA (d) ICRA (a) 25 (b) 20 (e) SEBI (c) 15 (d) 10 43. Which bank has launched the voice (e) 5 password facility for its users recently 35. Which Indian Film won the critie prize (a) HDFC (b) ICICI at the 68th Cannes Film Festival (c) AXIS (d) Citi Bank (a) Fire (b) Earth (e) Kotak Mahindra (c) Masaan (d) Monsoon 44. How many Indian soldiers have been (e) Clay selected for the UNO’s Dag 36. Delhi govt. has tied up which agency Hammarskjold Medal for revamping govt. schools by (a) 2 (b) 3 upgrading sanitation (c) 5 (d) 6 (a) Lions Club (e) 7 (b) Rotary Club 45. Dheepan which won the Palme d’or (c) Sulabha International Award at Cannes Film Festival 2015 is (d) Bachapan Bachao Andolan from which country (e) None of these (a) France (b) Italy 37. Bilateral Naval exercise SIMBEX – 15 (c) USA (d) India was held recently between India & (e) Turkey (a) Singapore (b) Thailand Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC B – 61 A & B, Saheed Nagar & 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar 3 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] QUESTION DISCUSSION – 20.05.2015 TO 26.05.2015 46. Manoj Mishra has been appointed as CMD of (a) IFFCO (b) NFL (c) NTPC (d) SAIL (e) BHEL 47. Cristian Gamez who dies recently was a famous footballer from (a) Germany (b) Italy (c) Spain (d) Argentina (e) None of these 48. Indian Boxers won how many gold medal at the Doha International Tournament (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 11 49. Who was declared the Man of the Match at the 8th IPL (a) Andre Russel (b) David Warner (c) Rohit Sharma (d) Dwayne Bravo (e) None of these 50. Orange Cap has been awarded to whom at the 8th IPL (a) David Warner (b) Dwayne Bravo (c) Shreyas Iyer (d) Andre Russell (e) M.S. Dhoni Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC B – 61 A & B, Saheed Nagar & 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar 4 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] QUESTION DISCUSSION – 20.05.2015 TO 26.05.2015 ANSWER KEYS 1.