1. Which state launched the Operation Valsalya project to track missing children on 9 October 2015?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Kerala
Ans-d) Kerala
2. The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) on 2 October 2015 reconfigured the Indian Ocean piracy High Risk Area (HRA). As per the reconfiguration, the eastern limit of the HRA has been reverted back from the 78 degrees to
a) 75 degrees
b) 65 degrees
d) 55 degrees
c) 80 degrees
Ans-b) 65 degrees
3. Who was resigned as the CEO of National Skill Development Corporation on 9 October 2015?
a) Dilip Chenoy
b) Atul Bhatnagar
c) Chandrajit Banerjee
d) Subramaniam Ramadorai
Ans-a) Dilip Chenoy
4. Who among the following was on 8 October 2015 chosen for the 2015 Hridaynath Mangeskar Award?
a) Sulochana Tai
b) AR Rehman
c) Lata Mangeshkar
d) Amitabh Bachchan
Ans- b) AR Rehman
5. Identify the literary personality who resigned from the general council of Sahitya Academy on 9 October 2015
a) Nayantara Sahgal
b) Ashok Vajpeyi
c) Sarah Joseph
d) Shashi deshpande
Ans d) Shashi deshpande
6. Which State/Union Territory Government on 8 October 2015 made swine flu vaccination mandatory for high-risk groups?
a) Punjab
b) West Bengal
c) Maharashtrad) Delhi
Ans-d) Delhi
7. Which of the following states on 9 October 2015 decided to establish India’s first Dolphin Community Reserve?
a) West Bengal
b) Assam
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Bihar
Ans - a) West Bengal
8. Name the India’s largest integrated power company that on 8 October 2015 launched LED tube light scheme in Mumbai for its residential consumer.
a) Adani Power
b) Reliance Power
c) Tata Powerd) Power Grid Corp
Ans-c) Tata Power
9. Name the Carnatic flautist who died on 9 October 2015 in Chennai?
a) MS Gopalakrishnan
b) Natesan Ramani
c) U Srinivas
d) N Rajam
Ans-Natesan Ramani
10. Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved on 9 October 2015 tied-up with which group to sell its products on their retail stores?
a) Future Group
b) MORE Group
c) 24/7 Stores
d) Reliance Group
Ans-a) Future Group
11. Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) on 8 October 2015 gave a green signal to import coal with higher ash content of up to
a) 10 percent
b) 30 percent
c) 12 percent
d) 25 percent
Ans-b) 30 percent
12. Identify the eminent scientist who was appointed as the chairman of Atomic Energy Commission on 10 October 2015
a) Anil Kakodkar
b) R K Sinha
c) Sekhar Basu
d) Srikumar Banerjee
Ans- c) Sekhar Basu
13. Who among the following Indians families did not figure in the list of 50 Richest Families of Asia that was released by Forbes on 7 October 2015?
a) Mistry family of Shapoorji Pallonji Group
b) Burman family of Dabur India Ltd
c) Patel family of Cadila Healthcare
d) Tata GroupAns- d) Tata Group
14. Which of the following states on 9 October 2015 launched e-Pragati project to facilitate e-governance?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Kerala
d) Telangana
Ans-a) Andhra Pradesh
15. Who topped the list of 50 Richest Families of Asia that was released by Forbes on 7 October 2015?
a) Lees of Samsung Group of South Korea
b) Ambani family of India
c) Tsai family of Taiwan
d) Chearavanont family of Thailand
Ans-a) Lees of Samsung Group of South Korea
16. Name the famous painter of India whose untitled self-portrait was sold for around 17 crore rupees in London at an auction on 8 October 2015.
a) Nasreen Mohamedi
b) Gagendranath Tagore
c) Prodosh Das Gupta
d) Amrita Sher-Gil
Ans-d) Amrita Sher-Gil
17. With which of the following South American nations, India signed a protocol to Protocol to set up a Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) on 9 October 2015
a) Brazil
b) Argentina
c) Ecuador
d) Peru
Ans-c) Ecuador
18. Who among the following Indian musicians was named as the Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles on 8 October 2015?
a) AR Rehman
b) Yuvan Shankar Raja
c) Ravindra Jain
d) Ilaiyaraja
Ans-a) AR Rehman
19. Name the winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize that was announced on 9 October 2015.
a) Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
b) Angela Merkel
c) International Campaign to Ban Landmines
d) Pope Francis
Ans- a)Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
20. Who resigned as the Prime Minister of Nepal on 10 October 2015?
a) Prachanda
b) Sushil Koirala
c) Madhav Kumar Nepal
d) Baburam Bhattarai
Ans- b) Sushil koirala
21. Who was appointed as the interim FIFA president after the suspension of Sepp Blatter on 8 October 2015?
a) Issa Hayatou
b) Chung Mong-joon
c) Jerome Valcked) Michel Platini
Ans- a) Issa Hayatou
22. Who was appointed to the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India on 9 October 2015?
a) Anjuly Chib Duggal
b) Prakash Gadia
c) Tapan Ray
d) Prabhjot Singh
Ans- c) Tapan Ray
23. Which leading Indian company on 8 October 2015 entered into an agreement with First Book, a non-profit social enterprise to distribute 35000 books in five cities across North America?
a) NASSCOM
b) Infosys
c) Wipro
d) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)Ans-c) Wipro
24. Name the music composer who died on 9 October 2015 and was known for famous songs like Geet Gaata Chal, Ram Teri Ganga Maili and Chor Machaye Shor?
a) Ravindra Jain
b) Aadesh Shrivastava
c) U Shrinivas
d) MS Viswanathan
Ans-a) Ravindra Jain
25. Identify the Indian-origin poet who was appointed as BBC Radio 4’s first resident poet on 9 October 2015
a) Daljit Nagra
b) Geeta Anand
c) Siddhartha Mukherjee
d) Vijay Seshadri
Ans- a) Daljit Nagra
26. The first BRICS Ministerial meeting on Migration was held on 9 October 2015 in
a) Lima
b) Beijing
c) Sochi
d) Durban
Ans- d) Sochi
27. Identify the multilateral agency that launched Operation Sophia (Phase-II) to combat Mediterranean Migration Crisis on 7 October 2015
a) African Union
b) EU Naval Force
c) UN Peacekeeping
d) NATO
Ans- b) EU Naval Force
28. Name the winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize that was announced on 9 October 2015.
a) Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
b) Angela Merkel
c) International Campaign to Ban Landmines
d) Pope Francis
Ans- a) Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
29. ICICI Bank on 8 October 2015 launched which service to enable customers to make electronic payments from their smartphones at traditional stores and e-commerce sites?
a) Star mPay Service
b) mVisa based Mobile Payment Service
c) PayZippy Payment Service
d) PayZapp mPayment Service
Ans-b) mVisa based Mobile Payment Service
30. V20 Group was launched in Lima, Peru on 8 October 2015. Consider the following statements in this context:
I. V20 Group Finance Ministers inaugural meeting was chaired by the Philippines
II. India is one of the members of V20 Group
III. The Group aims to pool resources for their fight against the impact of global warmingWhich is/are correct?
a) I and III
b) II and III
c) I and II
d) All of the above
Ans- a) I and III
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