Q.1. Who won Nobel Prize in Literature for 2015?
(1) Svetlana Alexievich
(2) Danius Colman
(3) Alice Munro
(4) Bjorn Wiman
(5) Haruki Murakami
Ans: (1) Svetlana Alexievich
Q.2. Who has been named as the new Chief Executive of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)?
(1) Steve Simon
(2) Stacey Allaster
(3) Alice Sorna
(4) Catherine D'Costa
(5) Rother Klem
Ans: (1) Steve Simon
Q.3. Who has been named the first Indian ambassador for Tourism New Zealand?
(1) Salman Khan
(2) Shahrukh Khan
(3) Anupam Kher
(4) Priyanka Chopra
(5) Sidharth Malhotra
Ans: (5) Sidharth Malhotra
Q.4. Who has been awarded with the 2015 PEN Pinter Prize?
(1) Mohd. Shahid
(2) Raif Badawi
(3) James Fenton
(4) Ann James
(5) 2 and 3
Ans: (5) Raif Badawi and James Fenton
Q.5. Name the first indigenously-designed and built torpedo launch and recovery vessel commissioned into the Indian Navy.
(1) INS Astradharini
(2) INS Astravahini
(3) INS Shakti
(4) INS Dharini
(5) INS Astra
Ans: (1) INS Astradharini
Q.6. Name the Indian cyclist who clinched gold medal in the Taiwan Cup Track International Classic I Tournament 2015.
(1) Bushra Khan
(2) Seema Malhotra
(3) Deborah Herold
(4) Amatya Singh
(5) Shova Agasti
Ans: (3) Deborah Herold
Q.7. Who has been elected as the new head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?
(1) Joan Clos
(2) Achim Steiner
(3) Wu Hongbo
(4) R.K. Pachauri
(5) Hoesung Lee
Ans: (5) Hoesung Lee
Q.8. Recently an expert committee has proposed a huge 316% salary increase for the MLAs of Delhi in its report. Who headed this committee?
(1) R.K. Pandit
(2) P.D.T. Achary
(3) Ram Niwas Goel
(4) Sudhir Verma
(5) Sunita Rao
Ans: (2) P.D.T. Achary
Q.9. Which project has been launched to speed up payment of crop insurance claims to farmers?
(1) Kisan Bima Yojana
(2) KISAN Project
(3) Fasal Bima Yojana
(4) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
(5) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Bima Yojana
Ans: (2) KISAN Project
Q.10. IMF has projected the economic growth rate of 7.5% for India in 2016 as against China's _________.
(1) 6.9%
(2) 6.3%
(3) 6.5%
(4) 7.0%
(5) 7.2%
Ans: (2) 6.3%
Q.11. Which country won the 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship?
(1) Germany
(2) Netherlands
(3) Russia
(4) South Africa
(5) Germany
Ans: (3) Russia
Q.12. Who won the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup?
(1) Viswanathan Anand
(2) Magnus Carlsen
(3) Sergey Karjakin
(4) Peter Svidler
(5) R.C. James
Ans: (3) Sergey Karjakin
Q.13. Who has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Prime Minister's Office?
(1) Vinod Tawde
(2) Vasant Davkhare
(3) Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar
(4) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
(5) Pankaja Munde
Ans: (4) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
Q.14. With which of the following NCDEX has signed an agreement for farmers and traders associated with it?
(1) ICICI Bank
(2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(3) Bandhan Bank
(4) Bhartiya Mahila Bank
(5) HDFC Bank
Ans: (2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
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