QUESTION DISCUSSION – 05.08.2015 TO 10.08.2015
QUESTION DISCUSSION 05.08.2015 TO 10.08.2015 1. As per 2011 census report what percentage of Indian population are graduates? (a) 8.15% (b) 12.15% (c) 18.15% (d) 22.15% (e) 25.15% 2. Indian Air Force has established its 2nd base for the C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft at Burdwan in (a) Bihar (b) West Bengal (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh (e) Haryana 3. The 18th IIT of India started function recently at Palakkad in (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra (c) Gujarat (d) Kerala (e) Karnataka 4. The Union Rural Development Ministry has launched which web portal to monitor progress and implementation of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (a) SAMANVAY (b) SAMANATA (c) SADVABANA (d) SAMAJDHARI (e) None of these 5. Recently govt. of India has signed MOU to deepen cooperation in new and renewable energy maritime security and ocean economy with which country Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC
(a) Nigeria (b) Mozambique (c) Tanzania (d) Somalia (e) South Africa 6. The USA Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug made with 3-D printer pills for treating which disease (a) Cancer (b) Epilipsy (c) Ebola (d) AIDS (e) Plague 7. “Transforming our World : The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” is the agreed document signed at (a) WTO (b) UNO (c) IMF (d) World Bank (e) ASEAN 8. The Union govt. is examining a proposal to raise what amount through long term bonds from LIC in order to meet funds requirements for food subsidy bill (a) Rs. 30,000 cr. (b) Rs. 20,000 cr. (c) Rs. 40,000 cr. (d) Rs. 50,000 cr. (e) Rs. 60000 cr. 9. As per the recently published RBI bimonthly credit policy, GDP growth has been projected at what percentage for 2015-16 (a) Rs. 5.6% (b) Rs. 6.6% (c) Rs. 7.6% (d) Rs. 8.6% (e) Rs. 9.6% 10.Which committee has recommended for creation of Small Finance Bank in India (a) Deepak Mohanty Committee
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(b) Nachiket More Committee (c) Y.K. Alag Committee (d) Bimal Jalan Committee (e) None of these 11.Ramanujan Prize for 2015 in Mathematical Science has been conferred to (a) Prof. Amartya Sen (b) Prof. Amalendu Mishra (c) Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati (d) Dr. S. Prahalad (e) None of these 12.The union govt. has handed the Udhampur terror attack in Punjab to (a) CBI (b) CID (c) NIA (d) ED (e) None of these 13.Which state assembly has passed a resolution to abolish death penalty (a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Tripura (e) Mizoram 14.The 1st dedicated freight corridor of India will be operational in which state by 2016 (a) Bihar (b) Assam (c) West Bengal (d) Gujarat (e) Maharashtra 15.Airtel has rolled out high speed 4G services in how many towns in India (a) 236 (b) 196 (c) 246 (d) 286 (e) 296
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16.The 48th ASEAN Foreign Minister’s meeting was held recently in (a) Indonesia (b) Malaysia (c) Japan (d) Laos (e) Singapore 17.Which country has launched the Suez canal expansion work (a) Egypt (b) Iraq (c) Syria (d) Iran (e) None of these 18.India has imposed anti-dumping duty on some products from which country (a) Pakistan (b) Iran (c) China (d) Nepal (e) Bangladesh 19.Recently Union govt. has imposed 10% import duty on which of the following (a) Sugar (b) Wheat (c) Rice (d) Pulses (e) None of these 20.Which mobile service provider has launched Pan-Indian 4-G services recently (a) BSNL (b) Reliance (c) Aircel (d) Airtel (e) None of these 21.The 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference will be held in September 2015 in (a) India (b) Iran (c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka (e) Myanmar 22.RBI has recently notified which section of Banking Regulation Act 1949 – relating to relaxation in Branch Authorisation Policy
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(a) Section 21 (b) Section 22 (c) Section 23 (d) Section 24 (e) Section 27 23.Indian-American Atul Kishap has been appointed as USA ambassador to (a) Maldives (b) Sri Lanka (c) Bangladesh (d) Both (a) & (b) (e) Both (a) & (c) 24.As per Forbes 2015 World’s highest paid actors who top the list (a) Robert Downey (b) Jackie Chan (c) Vin Diesel (d) Bradley Cooper (e) Adam Snadler 25.Name the Indian actors in the Forbes list of highest paid actors 2015 (a) Amitabh Bachchan (b) Salman Khan (c) Akshay Kumar (d) All of these (e) None of these 26.Which city top the list of 100 city in Swatch Bharat ranking (a) Bangaluru (b) Mysore (c) Allahabad (d) Jaipur (e) None of these 27.The central and Delhi govt. has formed a SPV to clean and rejuvenate which river (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Some (d) Both (b) & (c) (e) None of these Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC
28.Which country has turned its clock back 30 minutes to create a new time zone (a) Iran (b) South Korea (c) North Korea (d) Myanmar (e) Japan 29.Abdulla Yameen is the President of (a) Afghanistan (b) Bangladesh (c) Pakistan (d) Iran (e) Maldives 30.Which of the following has banned the cultivation of GM crops (a) Ireland (b) Netherland (c) Scotland (d) Germany (e) Italy 31.Govt will set up which institution to recommend appointment of directors in Public Sector Banks (a) Banking Service Board (b) Banking Appointment Board (c) Banking Board Bureau (d) Banking Section Bureau (e) None of these 32.In the 3rd phase of auction how many coal blocks will be accutions (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8 (e) 9 33.Coal India will invest what amount in the next 5 years to increase annual production (a) Rs. 60,500 cr. (b) Rs. 61,500 cr. (c) Rs. 62,500 cr. (d) Rs. 68,500 cr. (e) Rs. 69,500 cr.
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34.NALCO will set up a $ 2.6 billion aluminium complex in which country (a) Iraq (b) Iran (c) Bangladesh (d) Afghanistan (e) Myanmar 35.Major political parties in Nepal agreed to divide the country into how many provinces (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7 (e) 9 36.South Korean steel company POSCO signed MOU to form a joint venture for 3 million tonnes plant in (a) Jharkhand (b) Karnataka (c) Maharashtra (d) Chhatisgarh (e) Odisha 37.Which Indian city become the 1st Indian city to be member of Beijing based World Tourism Cities Federation (a) Mysore (b) Kochi (c) Jaipur (d) Patna (e) Bangaluru
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38.ISRO has commissioned first indigenous titanium space plant at Chavara in (a) Bihar (b) Odisha (c) Jharkhand (d) Kerala (e) West Bengal 39.World Bio-fuel day is observed on (a) 10th July (b) 10th June (c) 10th August (d) 10th September (e) 10th May 40.Michael Clarke who announced his decision to retire from International Cricket belong to which country (a) England (b) New Zealand (c) Australia (d) South Africa (e) Zimbabwe
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ANSWER KEYS 1. (a)
12. (c)
23. (d)
34. (b)
2. (b)
13. (d)
24. (a)
35. (c)
3. (d)
14. (a)
25. (d)
36. (c)
4. (a)
15. (e)
26. (b)
37. (b)
5. (b)
16. (b)
27. (b)
38. (d)
6. (b)
17. (a)
28. (c)
39. (c)
7. (b)
18. (c)
29. (d)
40. (c)
8. (c)
19. (b)
30. (c)
9. (c)
20. (d)
31. (c)
10. (b)
21. (c)
32. (a)
11. (b)
22. (c)
33. (c)
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