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MODEL QUESTIONS 1. Who was appointed as the oneman judicial commission to look into the implementation of the one rank one pension (OROP) scheme on December 14, 2015? 1) Justice P. Venkatram Reddy 2) Justice P. Jaganmohan Reddy 3) Justice L. Narasimha Reddy 4) Justice B. Sudershan Reddy 5) None of these 2. The 14th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) heads of government conference was held on December 15, 2015 in which of the following Chinese cities? 1) Beijing 2) Zhengzhou 3) Shanghai 4) Hong Kong 5) Hangzhou 3. Who is the author of the book ‘Life on My Terms-From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power’? 1) P. Chidambaram 2) Sushil Kumar Shinde 3) Sharad Pawar 4) L.K. Advani 5) S. Jaipal Reddy 4. Who has been named by TIME magazine as the Person of the Year in December 2015? 1) Vladimir Putin 2) Pope Francis 3) Francois Hollande 4) Angela Merkel 5) Narendra Modi 5. Vijay Diwas is observed on which of the following days to commemorate India’s victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan? 1) December 18 2) December 17 3) December 19 4) December 15 5) December 16 6. India won 156 medals in the World Police and Fire Games held in July 2015 in? 1) Canada 2) Australia 3) USA 4) Sweden 5) Spain 7. Who was the captain of the Indian cricket team that toured Zimbabwe in July 2015? 1) Murali Vijay 2) Virat Kohli 3) Harbhajan Singh 4) Ajinkya Rahane 5) Manish Pandey 8. Fergusson College has been accorded the special heritage status by the University Grants Commission (UGC). It is in? 1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi 3) Pune 4) Bangalore 5) Kolkata 9. Which bank has topped the list of public sector lenders with

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maximum bad loans as a percentage of total advances? 1) United Bank of India 2) Central Bank of India 3) Indian Overseas Bank 4) Punjab & Sind Bank 5) Punjab National Bank Who was honored as Champion of Change by the White House of the US in July 2015? 1) Preet Bharara 2) Sunita Viswanath 3) Madhulika Sikka 4) Rakesh Khurana 5) None of these International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime is observed on? 1) December 6 2) December 5 3) December 4 4) December 8 5) December 9 Which state government has launched ‘Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon’, aimed at providing 24hour uninterrupted power supply to rural domestic consumers? 1) Punjab 2) Haryana 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Jharkhand 5) Bihar Pakyong Airport is under construction in the State of? 1) Tripura 2) Nagaland 3) Sikkim 4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) Manipur Which is the first State in northeast to have a smart classroom as part of the observation of Digital India Week? 1) Nagaland 2) Tripura 3) Manipur 4) Meghalaya 5) Mizoram The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a committee with the objective of working out a medium-term (five -year) measurable action plan for financial inclusion. Who is the Chairman of this committee? 1) Bimal Jalan 2) Deepak Mohanty 3) Rakesh Mohan 4) Urjit Patel 5) None of these The incumbent Prime Minister is the Chancellor of which of the following Indian universities? 1) University of Hyderabad 2) Kurukshetra University 3) Viswa Bharati University 4) Banaras Hindu University 5) Jawaharlal Nehru University The majority stake in the share capital of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank is held by? 1) Reserve Bank of India 2) Indian Banks Association 3) Life Insurance Corporation of India

4) Government of India 5) NABARD 18. In which of the following cities is Brabourne Stadium located? 1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai

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3) Kolkata 4) Kanpur 5) Chennai The government set up a task force to define poverty and prepare a road map to alleviate it. Who headed this committee? 1) Arvind Panagariya 2) Raghuram Rajan 3) Bibek Debroy 4) Kaushik Basu 5) Bimal Jalan Dublin is the capital city of which of the following countries? 1) Czech Republic 2) Ireland 3) Slovakia 4) Iceland 5) Israel The Suru River is a tributary of which of the following rivers? 1) Indus 2) Ganges 3) Godavari 4) Krishna 5) Narmada The Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) was launched from which of the following cities in July 2015? 1) Varanasi 2) Amritsar 3) Warangal 4) Gaya 5) Mathura The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has launched the ‘#100 Women Initiative’ in collaboration with? 1) Google 2) Microsoft 3) Facebook 4) Oracle 5) Tesla Which of the following loan schemes is/are offered to entrepreneurs under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)? 1) Shishu 2) Kishore 3) Tarun 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3 What is the cost of printing a one-rupee note? 1) Rs. 1.50 2) Rs. 1.54 3) Rs. 1.44 4) Rs. 1.14 5) Rs. 1.34 The Chutak Hydroelectric Plant is located in which of the following districts of Jammu and Kashmir?

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1) Poonch 2) Kathua 3) Samba 4) Doda 5) Kargil Who is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship? 1) V.K. Singh 2) Inderjit Singh Rao 3) Dharmendra Pradhan 4) Jitendra Singh 5) Rajiv Pratap Rudy World Bank has ranked which of the following as the world’s largest public works scheme? 1) Mid-day Meal Scheme 2) Janani Suraksha Yojana 3) MGNREGS 4) IGNOAPS 5) PMJDY Which is the first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV and Syphilis from mother to baby? 1) USA 2) Cuba 3) UK 4) Finland 5) Mexico Akash has been inducted into the Indian Air Force. It is a? 1) Surface to surface missile 2) Surface to air missile 3) Air to air missile 4) Subsonic missile 5) None of these The Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper published in? 1) The USA 2) Russia 3) The UK 4) Canada 5) Japan Aviva India is an Indian life insurance company, a joint venture between Aviva and which of the following Indian conglomerates? 1) Reliance Group 2) Dabur Group 3) Tata Group 4) Aditya Birla Group 5) Bajaj Group Who is currently the captain of the Australia national cricket team in Test matches? 1) Aaron Finch 2) David Warner 3) Steve smith 4) Shane Watson 5) Matthew Wade

34. Jules Bianchi died on July 17, 2015. He was a Formula One driver from? 1) Italy 2) Brazil 3) Portugal 4) France 5) Spain 35. In which State are the Kedarnath Main and Kedarnath Dome mountains situated? 1) Jammu and Kashmir 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) Uttarakhand 36. The PMJDY is related to? 1) Social security 2) Tribal welfare 3) Financial literacy 4) Cleanliness 5) Financial inclusion 37. Aviva is a multinational insurance company headquartered in? 1) New York 2) London 3) Singapore 4) Tokyo 5) Beijing 38. Which of the following is the currency of Philippines? 1) Yen 2) Won 3) Ringgit 4) Peso 5) Shekel 39. Which of the following does not come under the Digital India Mission? 1) Bharat Net 2) E-education 3) Wi-Fi hotspots 4) Digital locker 5) Skill loan scheme 40. The World University Games were held in July 2015 in Gwangju, in? 1) Taiwan 2) Japan 3) South Korea 4) China 5) Philippines

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