÷ Govt
sets up 5-member panel to frame new education policy. Former Cabinet Secretary
T.S.R. Subramanian will act as the Chairman of the committee.
÷ Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss
partner Martina Hingis lifted their ninth title together this year, beating the
Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro to clinch the WTA
Finals women’s doubles trophy.
÷ Boosting the government’s ambitious ‘Digital
India’ drive, social media giant Facebook has come forward to facilitate
state-run BSNL in setting up 100 WiFi sites in rural areas of western and
southern India. Facebook will spend Rs. 5 crore per annum for sponsoring these
100 WiFi hotspots in the country.
÷ New Zealand has won the 2015 Rugby World Cup
for record third time by defeating Australia. In the final match played at
Twickenham,
÷ One of the eminent archaeologists of
post-Independent India, Virendra Nath Misra passed away in Pune, Maharashtra.
He was 81.
÷ Punjab Government has announced to set up
bio-ethanol refinery in the state to tackle the menace of wheat and paddy straw
burning.
÷ The European Parliament gave status of
whistle-blower and human rights defender to former contractor of NSA Edward
Snowden.
÷ India was placed at 7th position in world’s
most valuable nation brands report among the 100 assessed nations. Top 7
countries: United States, China, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, France and
India.
÷ Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications
(RCom) declared that it will take over Russian conglomerate Sistema Shyam
Teleservices’ (SSTL) venture that operates under the brand name of MTS for a
cashless deal valued at around 4500-5000 crore rupees.
÷ Footballer Lionel Messi is the new global
brand ambassador for Tata Motors’ passenger vehicles.
÷ India successfully test-fired BrahMos
Supersonic Cruise Missile from INS Kochi off the west coast.
÷ Hero Group founder Brijmohan Lall Munjal died
in New Delhi. He was 92 and survived by three sons and one daughter.
÷ Roger Federer of Switzerland won the Swiss
Indoors men’s singles tennis title. He defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-3 5-7
6-3 at the final match held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.
÷ Indian Railways has launched Vikalp scheme to
facilitate waitlisted passengers to get an alternative train accommodation.
÷ Rosberg won the first Mexican Grand Prix
since 1992 for his fourth victory this season, denying Mercedes teammate Lewis
Hamilton in his bid to tie the Formula One record of 13 victories in a season.
÷ The Reserve Bank of India has fixed the
public issue price at Rs. 2,684 per gram for the sovereign gold bonds, for
which applications will be accepted from November 5 to 20.
÷ Punjabi in the first week of November 2015
became the third most common language, after English and French, in the House
of Commons of Canada after 20 Punjabi-speaking candidates were elected to the
parliament in October 2015.
÷ The special forces of the US and Nepalese
armies on launched a month-long joint military training codenamed Balance Nail
16-01 in Nepal’s mountainous regions.
÷ Odisha Government imposed a seven-month ban
on fishing along the coast. The ban will be in force from 1 November 2015 to 31
May 2016.
÷ The Meghalaya High Court asked the Union
government to enforce the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, (AFSPA) 1958 in
Garo Hills region in western part of the state.
÷ Veteran CPI(M) leader and former Speaker of
the West Bengal Assembly Hasim Abdul Halin passed away in Kolkata
÷ The fast patrol vessel (FPV) of Aadesh-Class
of Indian Coast Guard, ICGS Arinjay was commissioned in Kochi, Kerala..
÷ Maharashtra approved APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut
Yojna for pregnant and lactating women. The scheme aims at providing at least
one full hot cooked nutritious food to every pregnant lady and lactating mother.
÷ Michelle Payne became the first female jockey
to win 6.2 million Australian dollars Melbourne Cup.
÷ Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a
state of emergency giving sweeping powers to security forces to arrest suspects
ahead of a major anti-government protest rally.
÷ Former
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from Test cricket and
now will play only in the One-Day International (ODI).
÷ All
India Radio’s (AIR’s) Programme on child labour titled Nilkkam Ivarkkoppam has
won the first prize at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prize
ceremony.
÷ Noted
Kannada actor V Ravichandran, will promote the government’s social security
schemes that are offered by the Dharward-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameen
Bank (KVGB).
÷ PM
Narendra Modi launched three gold related schemes. The primary purpose of the
schemes is to reduce dependence on imported gold, recycle the unutilized gold
in the country and most importantly, streamline the gold business in the
country. At present, India is the largest consumer of gold in the world.
Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS)
÷ Its objective is to mobilize unutilized gold
from individuals, households and institutions and make them available to
gold-base industries including jewellers.
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme
÷ The purpose of the scheme is to reduce the
demand for physical gold and to shift part of the estimated 300 tons of
physical bars and coins purchased every year for investment into Demat
(Dematerialised) gold bonds.
÷ Indian
Gold Coins
ö Its
purpose is to revive investment and reduce dependence on imports of gold coins.
At present, India has been importing about 60 tonnes of gold coins annually
that are sold at a premium of 8-10 per cent.
ö Under
the scheme, gold coins bearing the Ashok Chakra will be minted by the Security
Printing and Minting Corporation of India.
ö Initially, the coins will be available in
denominations of 5 gm and 10 gm.
ö They will be sold through banks, post offices
and state-run MMTC Ltd. (Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India)
which will sell them through the World Gold Council (WGC).
÷ The Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee (BLRC)
headed by Dr T K Viswanathan submitted its report to the Union Ministry of
Finance.
÷ Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta
resigned from his position following a deadly nightclub blaze which left 32
dead and nearly 200 injured.
÷ Justin Trudeau of Liberal Party has sworn in
as 23rd Prime Minister of Canada ending 10 years of Conservative rule.
÷ India’s former Ambassador to Nepal and modern
Indian historian Bimal Prasad passed away in New Delhi at the age of 92.
÷ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
emerged as World’s ninth Most Powerful Person in the Forbes annual ranking of
73 persons list of 2015. For the consecutive 3rd year, Russian President
Vladimir Putin has been named the world’s most powerful person in the list.
÷ Ace Indian boxer Shiva Thapa has attained
second rank in the latest international rankings of boxing in the 56 kilogram
category
÷ Bosnian and Serbian governments held their
joint session in Saravejo. The joint session was the first since the end of the
Bosnian War in 1995. The aim of the session was to improve their relations and
contribute to the stabilization of the Western Balkans.
÷ V Sivaramakrishnan (Siva) was appointed as
the Managing Director of the Oxford University Press India (OUPI) with regional
responsibilities including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. He will also join
the Asia Education Divisional Board of OUP.
÷ Maldives Parliament overwhelmingly voted to
impeach the country’s Vice President Ahmed Adeeb. He is accused of plotting to
kill the President Yameen Abdul Gayoom.
÷ Belgium moved to the top of the FIFA world
ranking list in football for the first time. The team rose from third to first
after overtaking Argentina and world champions Germany. This follows their
victories in October’s European qualifiers.
÷ China launched a civil communication
satellite ChinaSat - 2C from the Xichang space center in Sichuan province.
÷ Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has given its nod Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna (UDAY) for
financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies. The Scheme
aims for financial
÷ Invoking Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s mantra for
development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a package of Rs.
80,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir and pledged to transform it into a new,
modern, progressive and prosperous state for which there will no dearth of
money.
÷ Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became the
fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets mark in the Indian test cricket history. He
achieved this feat when he took Imran Tahir’s wicket in the first innings of
the first test against South Africa in Mohali, Punjab.
÷ Union Ministry of Finance decided to impose
0.5 percent Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) on all taxable services. It will be levied
in addition to the 14 percent service tax that is in force now.
÷ Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on 5
November 2015 launched the Rajasthan Agro-Processing and Agri-Marketing
Promotion Policy 2015. The policy seeks to promote agro-processing and to
reduce post harvest losses at the farm gate
÷ The 21st International Conference on
Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications (INCOFYRA) will be held from 3
to 7 January 2016 at Prashanti Kutiram, Bengaluru.
÷ India’s Heena Sindhu won the gold medal in
the 10m air pistol women’s event at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship.
÷ The long-pending ‘One-Rank- One-Pension
Scheme’ for ex-servicemen was brought into force with government issuing a
notification which will benefit over 25 lakh veterans and war widows.
÷ World Health Organization (WHO), a U.N.
health agency has officially declared Sierra Leone Ebola-free.
÷ The seventh edition India-Russia Joint
Military Exercise ‘Indra-2015’ has begun in Bikaner district of Rajasthan.
÷ Indian Army has successfully test fired the
Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile at Pokhran in Jaisalmer district
of Rajasthan.
÷ Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson of
country’s largest bank SBI, remains the most powerful woman in the Indian
business sector, according to Fortune India.
÷ The BCCI announced a slew of monetary
benefits for former cricketers, both domestic and international, including monthly
and one-time payments, just a day before the Annual General Body Meeting of the
Board in Mumbai. All Test cricketers who retired before December 31, 1993 and
have played more than 25 matches will get Rs. 50,000 per month, the BCCI said
on its website.
All
Test cricketers who retired before December 31, 1993 and have played less than
25 matches will get Rs. 37,500 per month while those who retired on or after
January 1, 1994 will get Rs. 22,500 per month, it said under the heading
‘payment of monthly gratis’.
÷ Vidarbha opener Wasim Jaffer became the first
cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up 10000 runs on day two of their
Group A match against Bengal at the Jadavpur University second campus ground in
Saltlake.
÷ Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was
honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Award for lifetime
achievement.
÷ Book titled What Happened to Netaji? authored
by former journalist Anuj Dhar was released.
÷ Grand Alliance won the 2015 Assembly
Elections of Bihar with two-thirds majority.
÷ Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems today
announced a joint venture to manufacture aerostructures for aircraft and
collaborate on integrated systems development opportunities in India.
÷ India test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic
ballistic missile Agni-IV, capable of hitting a target at a distance of 4,000
km, from a test range off the Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the armed
forces.
÷ N. Srinivasan was dethroned as the ICC
Chairman after the BCCI decided to recall him and nominate its recently-elected
president Shashank Manohar as the chief of the world body.
÷ Prof Ashok Misra headed Committee of Eminent
Persons CEP on JEE submitted its report.
÷ The Union Human Resource Development Minister
Smriti Irani launched the e-Pathshala, Saaransh and National Programme on
School Standards and Evaluation Framework (Shala Siddhi) web portals/ mobile
apps.
These
portals were launched during the edNEXT, the National Conference on ICT in
School Education that was held at New Delhi.
÷ Government has signed a $273 million loan
agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve rural roads in
Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
÷ Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has been
appointed as Vice Chairman of the board of the Bank for International
Settlements.
÷ Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court,
Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, was appointed as the ethics officer (ombudsman) at
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
÷ India was re-elected by the General Assembly
to a six year term on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
(UNCITRAL).
÷ The World Science Day for Peace and
Development, dubbed World Science Day, was observed on 10 November 2015 across
the world. The theme for 2015 is Science for a Sustainable Future
÷ Richard Proud-chaired Independent Commission
(IC) on Doping in Sports submitted its report to the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA). The report was submitted in Vienna, Switzerland.
÷ The government has initiated the process of 5
per cent stake sale in Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), which could
fetch over Rs. 1,300 crore to the exchequer.
÷ Indian Railways awarded contracts to General
Electric Co. (GE) and Alstom to set up diesel and electric locomotive factories
in Bihar at a cost of about Rs.40,000 crore.
÷ GSAT-15, the country’s latest communications
satellite, was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-227 launch
Vehicle.
÷ Government has announced easing and
simplification of foreign direct investment (FDI) rules in fifteen sectors and
raising the threshold limit for approval by Foreign Investment Promotion Board
(FIPB) to Rs. 5,000 crore from Rs. 3,000 crore.
÷ Pakistan’s Younis Khan retires from ODI
cricket
÷ The Coast Guard’s latest and largest offshore
patrol vessel, Samarth, was commissioned here by Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar who asked the force not to sit on past laurels and focus on securing
India’s maritime interests.
÷ A leading UAE-based bank has announced a
partnership deal with State Bank of India to help NRI customers in the gulf to
carry out their remittances instantly and more conveniently.
÷ Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn was
appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF).
÷ Indiabulls Housing Finance today said it will
acquire a 39.76 per cent stake in the UK’s OakNorth Bank for USD 100 million
(about Rs 661 crore).
÷ NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected a
monstrous new cloud of frozen compounds on the Saturn moon Titan’s south polar
region.
÷ Liberian teenager Abraham M Keita was awarded
with the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2015.
÷ Indian-origin barrister in UK, Kalyani Kaul
was sworn-in as a Circuit Judge in the UK . Now, she will be sitting at
Snaresbrook Crown Court with immediate effect.
÷ A team of Indian scientist led by Sameer
Panda from Odisha won the NASA award for an innovative technology named Burst
Prevention & Puncture Curative (BPPC) technology. Udit Bondia, KN Panda and
Smitiparna Satpathy are the other members of the team.
÷ Yitzhak Navon, who served as the fifth
president of Israel, died in Jerusalem. He was 94.
÷ India and the United Kingdom announced deals
worth £9 billion as they signed a civil nuclear pact and decided to collaborate
in the field of defence and cyber security besides launching a railway rupee
bond.
÷ Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition
party secured a historic majority in Myanmar’s parliament, making it possible
for them to form the Southeast Asian country’s first truly civilian government
in more than half-a-century.
÷ Legislators of the Grand Alliance unanimously
elected Nitish Kumar as their leader in the assembly, paving the way for him to
once again become the chief minister.
÷ The 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration was
concluded. It was held for two days at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in
Valletta, Malta.
÷ India’s first Low Income State Infrastructure
Equity Partnership (the Neev Fund) was launched on by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in UK in the presence of David Cameron, Prime Minister, United Kingdom.
÷ G20 Summit held in Antalya, Turkey.G-20
Leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir
Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese President Xi Jinping, British
Prime Minister David Cameron and Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull ,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
÷ Prime Minister Narendra Modi Attended BRICS
Summit in Antalya, Turkey.
÷ Swachh Bharat Cess-With the imposition of the
cess, service tax rate will go up from 14 per cent to 14.5 per cent on all
taxable services.
÷ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
recently acquired Ambedkar memorial by Maharashtra Government at King Henry’s
Road in London, United Kingdom.
÷ Bhawana Somaaya, Satish Shah and Brijendra
Pal Singh have been nominated as members of the Film and Television Institute
of India (FTII) Society.
÷ Northeast India’s first exclusive hospital
for elephants has been established at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
÷ INS Vishwakarma, the erstwhile Shipwright
School (SWS) and a premier training establishment of the Indian Navy has been
commissioned. It was commissioned by Admiral RK Dhowan, Chief of the Naval
Staff at a formal ceremony held at Visakhapatnam.
÷ Pakistan and China kicked off their ambitious
46 billion US Dollar China- Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) project.
÷ Annual Hundred Drums Wangala Festival has
begun on a cultural fervor at Asanang near Tura town in Meghalaya.
÷ World Pneumonia Day was observed on 12
November 2015 across the world with the theme Every Breath Counts: Stop
Pneumonia Now.
÷ Tata Steel has received green clearance for
mining of mineral sand, used in coal production, from the riverbed of Gowai in
Purulia District, West Bengal with a proposed production capacity of 0.2
million tonnes (MT) per annum.
÷ Syed Akbaruddin was appointed as the next
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York. He will
replace Asoke Kumar Mukerji who assumed the position in April 2013.
÷ PRASAD and SWADSH DARSHAN schemes of the
Union Ministry of Tourism were in news in the second week of November 2015.
The
two initiatives, along with Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs), were launched to
achieve 1 per cent share of international tourist arrivals by 2016-17 from the
present 0.68 per cent.
Both
the schemes are under implementation in mission mode and aimed at developing
world-class tourism related infrastructure.
÷ Philippines is going to host 2015
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from 18–19 November 2015 in its
capital city Manila for the first time in nearly two decades.
÷ Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has
declared Naga militant outfit National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang)
formally known as NSCN (K) as a terrorist organization.
÷
Union Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare has opened country’s first Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants
for Treatment (AMRIT) outlet at AIIMS in New Delhi to sell drugs at highly
discounted rates.
÷ Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has won
silver medal at 2015 China Open Superseries Premier Badminton tournament after
finishing at second position in the Women’s Singles category.
÷ A noted writer of children’s books Kamala
Laxman passed away in Pune.
÷ Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has
won the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix title of Formula One (F1) held at Autódromo
José Carlos Pace in Socorro district of Sao Paulo.
÷ Online auto classifieds firm CarTrade.com
acquired car-selling portal CarWale.com from Automotive Exchange Pvt. Ltd. in a
full-cash deal.
÷ Veteran Bollywood actor Saeed Jaffrey passed
away due to age-related ailments. He was 86.
÷ The Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das
introduced Mobile Governance in the state to realise the dreams of Digital
India during the occasion of 16th Foundation Day of the state.
÷ Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar handed over
the Maareech - Advanced Torpedo Defence System – developed by DRDO to the Navy
Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan in Vishakhapatnam.
÷ An inter-ministerial Apex Committee approved
State Annual Action Plans (SAAP) of 81 mission cities in 5 states-Tamil Nadu,
Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Mizoram under AMRUT for 2015-16.
÷ Union Ministry of Finance constituted the
Governing Council (GC) of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
(NIIF). The GC will be chaired by the Union Finance Minister.
÷
The Czech Republic successfully defended
its Fed Cup crown after beating Russia in final day’s play in Prague.
÷ FIFA, the governing body of football, banned
Nepal’s football chief Ganesh Thapa for 10 years for corruption.
÷ National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 was
implemented in 14 of the 30 districts of Odisha on 16 November 2015. In first
phase, the Act will cover about 26.33 lakh families (i.e. 93.35 lakh people) of
the state.
÷ Ace Young Indian shuttler Siril Verma has won
silver medal at the prestigious 2015 BWF World Junior badminton Championships.
÷ Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson (age
34) has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.
÷ The increase in cap on foreign direct
investment in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent, earlier
this year, has set the ball rolling for Indian promoters to offload some of
their stake to their foreign partners.
÷ VHP patron Ashok Singhal dies.
÷ Axis Mutual Fund today announced its new fund
offer, the Axis Children’s Gift Fund.
This
is Axis’ first goal-based investment option, the MF house said. Investments can
only be made for a minor, represented by a parent or guardian.
÷ The Union Cabinet gave its approval for
the Government to sell 10 per cent of its stake in Coal India. The stake sale
will bring down the Government’s holding to 69.65 per cent from 79.65 per cent
currently.
÷
The Union Cabinet has approved the
long-awaited interest subvention scheme that would allow exporters, mostly in
the labour-intensive and small and medium sectors, to avail of loans from banks
at a 3 per cent lower rate.
÷ The Government has approved six
proposals for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to Rs. 1,810.25
crore—the largest from IIFL Holdings Ltd.
÷
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, was designated as the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Champion for the Asia Region by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNISDR).
÷
Prithvi Raj Singh of Jal Bhagirathi
Foundation was elected to Board of Governors of World Water Council (WWC) for
2016-18.
÷
Zarin Daruwala was appointed as Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard Chartered Bank, India. She succeeds Sunil
Kaushal, who was appointed as Regional CEO for Africa and West Asia.
÷
Russia successfully launched the first
satellite for its newest early warning system, named EKS or Integrated Space
System. The satellite was officially named Kosmos 2510 (Tundra 11L).
÷
Delhi will host the first International
Qawwali Festival 2015 titled Taali Ho that is scheduled to be held from 12
February 2015 to 14 February 2015.
÷
China’s Tianhe-2 supercomputer has
emerged as the world’s most powerful supercomputer system for the sixth
consecutive time.
÷
India and China have decided to deepen
bilateral defence ties and maintain peace and tranquillity at the Line of
Actual Control (LAC). Both neighbouring countries also have decided to
strengthen cooperation to fight the menace of terrorism, including at the
international level.
÷
Well-known neurosurgeon and Secretary
General of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal passed away
in New Delhi.
÷
Former Director of country’s external
intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), K. Shankaran Nair passed
away in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He was 94.
÷
Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale has
been appointed as India’s Ambassador to China. He will replace Ashok Kantha.
÷
President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed
Justice T.S. Thakur as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) as per provisions of
Article 124 of Constitution.
÷
Intel India launched Ek Kadam Unnati Ki
Aur initiative from Nadimpalle village in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana by
opening an Unnati Centre.
÷ Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) on 17
November 2015 released Global Terrorism Index 2015. The top 5 countries that
were worst effected by terrorism in 2014-Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan
and Syria.Out of the 162 countries, India was the sixth most affected by
terrorism in 2014.
÷
World Toilet Day (WTD) was observed on
19 November 2015 across the world with the theme Sanitation and Nutrition.
÷
The Union Cabinet gave its approval for
signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Vietnam for
cooperation in the field of Animal Health.
÷
The Delhi Cabinet headed by Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015. The Bill
envisages the establishment of an independent authority to investigate offences
under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It also covers the Chief
Minister’s Office.
÷
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up of a National Resource Facility
for Bio-medical Research (NARF) at Genome Valley in Hyderabad, Telangana.
÷
Financial services group Religare
Enterprises has decided to exit mutual fund business with sale of its
controlling 51 per cent stake in Religare Invesco AMC to the foreign partner
Invesco.
÷
The United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) has been chosen for the prestigious 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize
for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
÷
Senior JDU leader Nitish Kumar was
sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the fifth time on 20 November 2015. The
swearing-in ceremony was held at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
÷
The 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC)
headed by Justice AK Mathur submitted its report to the Union Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley. The commission recommended 23.55 percent hike in pay and
allowances of government employees.
÷
Egypt and Russia signed an agreement to
build a nuclear power plant in Egypt. As per the agreement, Russia will extend
a loan to Egypt to cover the cost of construction.The plant is expected to be
completed by 2022.The plant will be the first in Egypt and will be built at
Dabaa in the North of the country.
÷
Tennis champion-turned Hollywood
filmmaker Ashok Amritraj 5 was awarded with an honorary doctorate of Arts by
the University of East London.
÷
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s
largest software exporter, launched a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) for
Internet of Things (IoT) in collaboration with Intel.
÷
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
suspended the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) with immediate effect. WADA
termed RUSADA as non-compliant with international sport’s anti-doping code.
÷
World Economic Forum (WEF)released the
Global Gender Gap Report 2015. It ranked 145 economies according to how well
they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational,
health-based and political indicators.India stood at the 108th position.Top 5
countries with high gender equality are Iceland (1), Norway (2), Finland (3),
Sweden (4) and Ireland (5).
÷
Former Gujarat Governor and Chief
Election Commissioner (CEC) Ram Krishna Trivedi passed away in Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh after prolonged illness.
÷
Tata Steel has commissioned the first
phase of its integrated steel plant at Kalinganagar steel plant in Jajpur
district of Odisha.
÷ 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Economic Leaders Summit was held at Manila, Philippines from 18 November to 19
November 2015. The summit was chaired by
Philippines
President Benigno S. Aquino III.Peru will chair APEC throughout 2016 and host
the 24th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting.
÷
Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman of Ambuja
Neotia group, was elected as the President of industry body Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the year 2016.
÷
Rajasthan and South Australia signed the
historic Sister-State Agreement to boost export and investment opportunities
between the two states.
÷ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged
to provide 120 million dollar loan in order to finance cross-border electricity
link between Bangladesh and India under SASEC Programme.
÷ Syrian woman journalist Zaina Erhaim has won
the prestigious 2015 Reporters without Borders Prize for her defence of press
freedom.
÷
Union Railways Ministry has inaugurated
the landmark Silchar-Lumding broad gauge rail line in Assam. It was inaugurated
by Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu by flagging off a passenger train from
New Delhi via video-conference.
÷
Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won the
2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship. In the final match played at Hurghada
(Egypt), he defeated his Chinese opponent Zhua Xintong by 8-6 score in the
best-of-15 final.
÷
India test-fired its indigenously
developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming
ballistic missile, from a test range off Odisha coast.
The
interceptor, known as Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile, was engaged against
an electronically prepared target which simulated the trajectory of a hostile
ballistic missile.
÷
Axis Bank opened a representative office
in Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. Indo-Bangladesh trade is growing and
opening office in Dhaka would help in leveraging the opportunity.
÷
India is the fourth most
vacation-deprived nation globally, with 65 per cent saying they feel very or
somewhat vacation-deprived, according to a survey.UAE topped the list of most
vacation-deprived countries in 2015 (76 per cent), followed by Malaysia (73 per
cent) and Singapore (71 per cent).
÷
French President Francois Hollande will
be the Chief Guest at the 67th Republic Day parade of January 26, 2016.
÷ Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won the IBSF
World Snooker Championship held at Sunrise Crystal Bay resort in Hurghada,
Egypt.
÷ The Scheme Blue Revolution: Integrated
Development and Management of Fisheries was in news as Union Minister for
Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Radha Mohan Singh on the eve of World Fisheries
Day 2015 on 21 November 2015 mentioned about it.
The
scheme was conceptualized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 and entails a
total outlay of 3000 crore rupees.
÷ Djokovic became 1st player to win ATP World
Tour Finals for 4th consecutive time
÷ National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in
third week of November 2015 was named as the official partner for the Hockey
World League (HWL) final.
÷ Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu
inaugurated ‘e-lala’, an e-commerce portal of Confederation of All India
Traders (CAIT) in New Delhi.
÷ The President of Sri Lanka Maithripala
Sirisena on 22 November 2015 inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi International
Centre (MGIC) inaugurated in Matale.
÷ Indian-American politician Swati Dandekar was
nominated as executive director to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with
ambassadorial rank by US President Barack Obama.
÷ Uttar Pradesh government’s ambitious Clean
UP, Green UP initiative has earned itself a place in the Guinness Book of World
Records. Under state government’s green drive initiative 10 lakh saplings were
planted in one day within a span of eight hours on November 7, 2015 at 10
locations in the state.
÷ The Union Human Resource Development (HRD)
Ministry has constituted a 13 member expert committee exclusively on Sanskrit
in its attempt to revive interest in the ancient Indian classical language
Sanskrit.
÷ Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio
Macri of Republican Proposal Party has won Argentina’s 2015 Presidential
election.
÷ The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced
the appointment of Michael Keating of United Kingdom as Special Representative
for Somalia and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
÷ India and Singapore signed 10 agreements on
mutual co-operation. These include Defence, Civil Aviation, National Planning
and cyber Security.
÷ US drugs giant Pfizer Inc. has struck upon a
deal to buy Ireland based Allergan for 160 billion dollars making it the
biggest pharmaceuticals merger deal in history of healthcare sector.
÷ Noted labour economist Dr. T.S. Papola passed
away in New Delhi. He was 74.
÷
Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata
has invested an undisclosed amount in Singapore-based big data company Crayon
Data.
÷
SREI Infrastructure Finance
vice-chairman Sunil Kanoria assumed charge as president of industry body
Assocham.
÷ Japan conducted its first dedicated
commercial satellite launch by launching Canadian communications spacecraft,
Telstar 12V, into the orbit. It is a communications and broadcasting satellite
of Canadian satellite operator Telesat, which is owned by Loral Space and
Communications and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP).
÷ The Ministry of Railways and TERI University
signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up Railway Chair on Sustainable
Mobility at the premises of TERI University.
÷ The 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . The year’s summit held under the theme Our People, Our
Community, Our Vision. The 11th East Asia Summit will be held Lao PDR in 2016.
÷ The Thirteenth ASEAN-India Summit was held
successfully in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Theme of the summit was Our People, Our
Community, Our Vision.The 14th ASEAN-India Summit to be held Lao PDR in 2016.
÷ Veteran Labour Economist Dr TS Papola passed
away in New Delhi following brief illness. He was 74.
÷ TR Govindarajan, one of the long-standing and
distinguished football administrators of Tamil Nadu, died after a brief
illness. He was 90.
÷ Mahip Singh, the famous Hindi writer,
columnist and journalist, passed away at a private hospital in Gurgaon,
Haryana. He was 85 and is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.
÷
Anju Bobby George, the former long jump
world champion, was appointed as the chairperson of the Target Olympic Podium
Scheme (TOPS). She will be assuming the charge in the first week of December
2015.
÷ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
and Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) have signed a MoU on
bilateral cooperation and technical assistance.
÷
The nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic
missile was successfully test fired from warship Subhadra, off the Puri coast
of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal. The test was conducted by Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) and it was a perfect mission as the missile hit
the target point with high degree of accuracy.
÷
Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM)
was successfully flight-tested for the first time from an Israeli Naval
Platform. The missile is co-developed by India and Israel. LRSAM is also called
Barak 8 missile in Israel which in Hebrew language means Lightning.
÷ Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia
Scotland was appointed as the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
With this, Patricia become the first British citizen and first woman as well to
hold the role in the 66-year history of 53-member Commonwealth.
÷ Distinguished Japanese historian of South
India and South Asia Noboru Karashima passed away in Tokyo. He was 82. He is
survived by his wife Takako Karashima, three sons and three grandchildren.
÷ National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI)
has approved a pilot project for undertaking scientific studies on designing
greenbelts along national highways. Proposal in this regard was submitted by
Nagpur based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI).
÷ India proposes to launch a $1-billion equity
fund, with seed capital from public sector units, to support renewable energy
companies.
÷ India successfully test-fired its
indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike
range of 350 km, as part of a user trial by the army.
÷ Sitting Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland Khekiho
Zhimomi passed away following a cardiac arrest at the All India Institute of
Medical Sciences in New Delhi. He was 69.
÷ The National Milk Day (NMD) was on 26
November 2015 observed across India to mark 94th birth anniversary of the
Father of the White Revolution Dr Verghese Kurien.
÷ International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women was observed across the world on 25 November 2015. The
day is observed to raise awareness about violence against women and discuss
solutions that would work for women community.
÷ The ‘Constitution Day’ of India is being
observed on 26th November to spread awareness of Indian Constitution and its
architect Dr. B R Ambedkar.
÷ CM Nitish announces liquor ban in Bihar from
April 1 2016.
÷ Reserve Bank of India on 24 November 2015
decided to grant in principle approval to the National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI) to function as the Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) in
Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).
The
BBPS is an integrated bill payment system which will function as a tiered
structure for operating the bill payment system in the country with a single
brand image providing convenience of anytime anywhere bill payment to customers
÷ Atonio Costa, the leader of Portugal’s
Socialist Party was named Prime Minister of Portugal.
÷ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted
in-principle approval to three applicants to set up and operate Trade
Receivables Discounting System (TReDS).
The
three organisations have been asked to set and operate TReDS in accordance to
the Guidelines issued on 3 December 2014 under the Payment and Settlement
System (PSS) Act 2007.
Organisations
to which in-principle approval was granted are
ö NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited
(NSICL) and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Mumbai
ö Axis Bank Limited, Mumbai
ö Mynd Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana
÷
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
permitted the Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) to buy fully or partly
defaulted bonds in the repayment of principal on maturity or principal
installment in the case of amortising bond.
÷
The second Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
Corvette INS Kadmatt has been formally handed over to Indian Navy at Kolkata,
West Bengal. It has been built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Limited (GRSE) and would be inducted into the Eastern Fleet shortly.
÷
Australia and New Zealand have created
history by playing first day-night Test match at the Adelaide Oval Cricket
Stadium with a pink Kookaburra ball. Australia won the match by 3 wickets.
÷ Noted litterateur and Professor Surendra
Upadhyay passed away due to cardiac arrest. He was 74.
÷
Anil Khanna was re-elected as the
president of Asian Tennis Federation (ATF). He was elected for four years in
the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
÷ Great Britain won the 2015 Davis Cup tennis
title by defeating Belgium 3-1 at Ghent in Belgium.
÷
Russia has imposed economic sanctions
against Turkey, a NATO member over the issue of downing of a Russian Sukhoi 24
warplane on the Syrian border.
÷
Indian Coast Guard has commissioned
interceptor boat ‘ICGS C-422’ into its fleet to further enhance its vigil along
Pondicherry and South Tamil Nadu coast in the Bay of Bengal
÷
For the first time, Saudi Arabia allowed
women to vote and contest in municipal elections. As per a royal decree issued
in 2011, the authorities on 29 November 2015 allowed 979 women to register and
campaign for 284 municipal councils.
÷
Ethiopian Birhanu Legese and Kenyan
Cynthia Limo won the Delhi Half Marathon in the men and women categories
respectively.
÷
The Mayyazhi Mahotsavam (Fete de Mahe),
a three-day cultural extravaganza, started on 29 November 2015 at Mahe,
Puducherry.
÷
The International Cricket Council (ICC)
has suspended West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine from bowling in
international cricket with an immediate effect.
÷
Union Government has decided to advance
the date for implementation of Bharat Stage (BS) V and BS VI emission norms for
four-wheelers in order to reduce vehicular air pollution from road transport
sector. As per advance dates, BS V norms will be rolled out from 1st of April,
2019 and BS VI norms from 1st April, 2021.
÷
Two-time defending champion PV Sindhu
completed a hat-trick of women’s singles title at the USD 120,000 Macau Open
Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in the finals.
÷
India will provide $2.5 million for the
vulnerable nations in the Commonwealth to help them introduce clean energy and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
1.
Who is the chairman of the committee,
which is formed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to frame the new
Education Policy?
1) Shailaja Chandra 2) T S R Subramanian 3) Sewaram Sharma
4) Sudhir Mankad 5) None of these.
2.
Which among the following state has
decided to setup bio-ethanol refinery to stop menace of straw burning?
1) Punjab 2) Gujarat 3)
Kerala 4) Maharashtra 5) None of these.
3. Headquarters of World Meteorological Organization
(WMO) is located at ________.
1) Vienna, Austria 2) New York, USA 3) Rome, Italy
4) Geneva, Switzerland 5) None of these.
4.
Which of the following Social Media has
come forward to help BSNL to setup 100 WiFi hotspots in Rural India?
1) Facebook 2) Twitter 3)
Google+ 4) Thumblr 5) None of these.
5. Who is the winner of the women’s doubles
title of the prestigious $7 million WTA Finals which was held at Singapore
Indoor Stadium?
1) Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava
Shvedova 2) Sania Mirza and Martina Hings
3) Hao- Ching Chan and Yung-Jan
Chan 4) Muguruza and Suarez Navarro 5) None of these.
6.
Swami Vivekanandh Airport is located at
_________.
1) Bhavnagar, Gujarat 2) Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh 3) Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh
4) Raipur, Chhattisgarh 5) None of these.
7. Which of the following countries has won the
2015 Rugby World Cup?
1) Russia 2) New Zealand 3)
Germany 4) US 5) None of these.
8. Who is Goodwill Ambassador of the SAARC
HIV/AIDS Campaign?
1) Arjun Kapoor 2) Aamir Khan 3) Anupam
Kher 4) Ajay Dengan 5) None of these.
9.
Saketh Myneni is related to which of the
following sports?
1) Tennis 2) Badminton 3)
Hockey 4) Squash 5) None of these.
10. Who is known as the “Doyen of Indian
prehistoric Archaeology”?
1) Daya Ram Sahni 2) Virendra Nath Misra 3) Dlip Kumar Chakrabharti
4) V D Krishnaswami 5) None of these.
11. What is the position of India in World’s Most
Valuable Nation Brands Report announced by Brand Finance?
1) 7th 2)
5th 3)
4th 4)
8th 5) None of these.
12. Which of the following state government has
banned for fishing along its coast for 7 months up to till May 2016 to protect
the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles.
1) Maharashtra 2) West Bengal 3)
Gujarat 4) Odisha 5) None of these.
13. BrahMos Supersonic cruise missile was
successfully test fired from ________.
1) INS Joshi 2) INS Kochi 3)
INS Virat 4) INS Arjun 5) None of these.
14. Reserve Bank of India has recently allowed
subscribing for the National Pension System (NPS) for ________.
1)
Freedom Fighters Living Aboard 2)
Rural Elderly People 3) NRIs
4) Descendents of freedom fighters 5) None of these.
15. The European Parliament gave the status of
whistle-blowers and human rights defenders to ________.
1) Gilbert Waltz 2)
Edward Snowden 3) Alexander
Swarosky
4) Edward Paul 5) None of these.
16. Corbett National Park is located at
_________.
1) Uttar Pradesh 2)
Assam 3) Uttarkhand 4) Jharkhand 5)
None of these.
17. Who is the winner of the Mexican Grand Prix
2015?
1) Nico Rosberg 2) Valtteri Bottas 3)
Lewis Hamilton
4) Sebastian Vettel 5) None of these.
18. What is the currency of Netherland?
1) Franc 2) Pound 3)
Dollar 4) Euro 5) None of these.
19. Headquarters of National Housing Bank is located
at______.
1) Hyderabad 2) Kolkata 3)
Mumbai 4) New Delhi 5) None of these.
20. Who is Brijmohan Lall Munjal?
1) Founder and Chairman of Hero
Motocorp 2) Founder and CEO of Bajaj
Auto
3) Founder and Chairman of Maruti 4) Founder and CEO of Ashok
Leyland
5) None of these.
21. Recently India has signed two MoUs on New and
Renewable Energy Sector and Cultural Exchange Programme with which of the
following countries?
1) Japan 2) Indonesia 3)
Malaysia 4) Myanmar 5) None of these.
22. Who among the following has been appointed as
the new Global Brand Ambassador of Tata Motors?
1) Alessandro Del Piero 2) Novak Djokovic 3) Thomas Bach
4) Lionel Messi 5) None of these.
23. Name the programme which has won the first
prize at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prizes 2015?
1) Nilkkam Ivarkkoppam 2) Green Revolution 3) Antyodaya Yojna
4) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana 5) None of these.
24. 11th National Tribal Crafts Mela Aadishilp was
inaugurated by Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram at __________.
1) Pune 2) Mumbai 3)
New Delhi 4) Kolkata 5) None of these.
25. Who has been appointed as the 2nd Commanding
Officer (CO) of Indian Navy’s new and formidable aircraft carrier INS
Vikramaditya?
1) Captain M N Mulla 2) Captain D K
Joshi 3) Captain Ramaksrihana
4) Captain Krishna Swaminathan 5) None of these.
26. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of
Andhra Bank?
1) Suresh N Patel 2) Praveen Kumar Gupta 3) P S Jayakumar
4) Rakesh Sharma 5) None of these.
27. Who has won the 2015 Swiss Indoors Basel
Title of Tennis in Men’s Single category?
1) Rafael Nadal 2) Roger Federer 3)
Andy Murray
4) Novak Djokovic 5) None of these.
28. Which of the following language became the
3rd most common language in the House of Commons of Canada?
1) Marathi 2) Hindi 3)
Punjabi 4) Gujarati 5) None of these.
29. Who is Colin Welland?
1) British Actor 2) Pop Singer 3)
US Politician 4) Russian Dancer 5) None of these.
30. Hasim Abdul Halin, former Speaker of the ________
State Assembly has passed way recently.
1) Maharashtra 2) Madhya Pradesh 3)
Gujarat 4) West Bengal 5) None of these.
31. Recently, International Indigenous Terra
Madre- 2015 is started at which place?
1) Shillong, Meghalaya 2) Mumbai, Maharashtra 3) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
4) Surat, Gujarat 5) None of these.
32. Which of the following country has recently
hit by tropical Cyclone Chapala?
1) Turkey 2) Yemen 3)
Saudi Arabia 4) Oman 5) None of these.
33. Which of the following state cabinet has
approved the A P J Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna Scheme to provide one full hot
cooked nutritious food to pregnant, lactating women in the tribal areas?
1) Rajasthan 2) Meghalaya 3) Maharashtra 4) Punjab 5)
None of these.
34. Identify the Indian island
which was named after former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam in September
2015?
1) Wheeler 2) Bhavani 3) Quibble 4) Netrani 5) None of these.
35. Who has become the first female jockey to win
Australian dollars Melbourne Cup?
1) Cecily Eaton 2)
Nikita Berriman 3)
Michelle Payne
4) Kayla Stra 5) None of these.
36. Which scheme has won the Recognition of
Excellence award at ITU World Telecom 2015 held at Budapest, Hungary?
1) Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana 2) Indira Awaas Yojana 3) Bharat Nirman
4) GyanSetu 5) None of these.
37. Name the Pakistani Cricketer who has recently
announced his retirement from the Test Cricket?
1) Shoaib Malik 2) Younus Khan 3) Imran Khan 4) Umar Gul 5) None
of these.
38. Garo hill region is located at which of the
following state?
1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Meghalaya 3) Assam
4) Himachal Pradesh 5)
None of these.
39. Which is the largest spoken Indian Language
in United States, according to the United States (US) Census Bureau?
1) Marathi 2) Punjabi 3)
Hindi 4) Gujarati 5) None of these.
40. Modi Gold Cup is related to which of the
following sports?
1) Boxing 2) Hockey 3)
Kabbadi 4) Table Tennis 5) None of these.
41. Which among the following country’s parliament
has ratified the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) agreement ?
1) China 2) Japan 3)
India 4) Nepal 5) None of these.
42. Which of the following has been banned by the
National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi and 4 other north western states?
1) Using imported pesticides 2) Digging deep well 3) Using chemical fertilizers
4) Straw burning 5) None of these.
43. What is the position of Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in the 2015 Forbes’s Powerful Person of the year?
1) 9th 2)
7th 3)
8th 4)
10th 5)
None of these.
44. Who is the next Chief Justice of India?
1) Justice Gorla Rohini 2) Justice T S Thakur 3) Justice S J Wazifdar
4) Justice K Sridhar Rao 5) None of these.
45. Who has been appointed as the new Indian High
Commissioner to United Kingdom?
1) Navtej Singh Sarna 2) Ashok Lahiri 3) Pratyush Sinha
4) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar 5) None of these.
46. Name the Indian Shooter to win Silver in the
13th Asian Shooting
Championship in Kuwait City?
1) Malaika Goel 2) Jitu Rai 3) Anjali Bhagwat 4) Apurvi Chandela 5) None of these.
47. What is the rank of Indian famous boxer Shiva
Thapa in the latest international ranking of boxing in the 56kg category?
1) 2nd 2)
3rd 3)
4th 4)
5th 5)
None of these.
48. Who is the head of the National Green
Tribunal (NGT) bench?
1) Justice Mohit S Shah 2) Justice Ashok Bhusan 3) Justice L K Mahapatra
4) Justice Swatanter Kumar 5) None of these.
49. Who has been appointed as the new senior Vice
President and Head of Consumer Experience and Growth of Flipkart?
1) Surojit Chatterjee 2) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 3)
Kocheril Raman Narayanan
4) Brian Moynihan 5) None of these.
50. Who is the present Chief Minister of
Jharkhand?
1) Prithviraj Chavan 2) Virbhadra Singh 3) Hemat Soren
4) Raghubar Das 5) None of these.
51. Union cabinet has approved to sign MoU between
India and ________ to strengthen their Cooperation in the field of Tourism.
1) Thailand 2) Colombia 3)
Singapore 4) Switzerland 5) None of these.
52. Recently PM Narendra Modi has launched 3 Gold
Related Schemes to reduce the physical damage of the gold, which of the
following is NOT one among them?
1) Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2) Indian Gold Coins
3) Gold Monetization Scheme 4) Indian Golden Papers Scheme
5) None of these.
53. Ujawal DISCOM Assurance Yojna (UDAY) is
related to with which of the following sectors?
1) Food for All 2) Insurance for All 3) Houses for All
4) Power for All 5) None of these.
54. Who has been conferred with prestigious
Vishnudas Bhave Award for his outstanding contribution to Marathi Theatre?
1) Vikram Gokhale 2) Shaktikanta Das 3) K Chockalingam
4) Raif Badawi 5) None of these.
55. IMPRINT stands for __________.
1) Impacting Revolutionary Innovation
and Technology
2) Implementing Revolutionary
Innovation and Technology
3) Impacting Research Innovation and
Technology
4) Implementing Research Innovation
and Technology 5) None of
these.
56. Which country has sent its largest warship to
boost up its further operations against Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq ?
1) Germany 2) France 3)
US 4) Russia 5) None of these.
57. How many of the Indian States were
implementing the Food Security Act, 2013?
1) 30 2)
15 3) 20 4) 25 5) None of these.
58. Who has been appointed as the Cultural
Ambassador for Seychelles?
1) A R Rahman 2) Kareena Kapoor 3) Hrithik Roshan
4) Farhan Aktar 5) None of these.
59. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport is located
at _______.
1) Mumbai 2) Ahmadabad 3)
Bangalore 4) Bhopal 5) None of these.
60. Central Government has hiked the Minimum
Support Price (MSP) including for season 2015-16 of which of the following
crops?
1) Sugar Cane 2) Wheat 3) Rabi 4) Pulses 5) None of these.
61. Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan has commissioned
the former Shipwright School (SW3) as which of the following INS at Eastern
Naval Command (EN3) in Visakhapatnam ?
1) INS Vikrant 2) INS Vikramaditya 3) INS Vishal
4) INS Vishwakarma 5) None of these.
62. How much surcharge levied on getting the
Permanent Account Number (PAN), whose cost is increased due the imposition of
the Swachh Bharat cess ?
1) 0.7% 2) 0.5% 3)
0.3% 4) 0.6% 5) None of these.
63. Between which two countries Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP) has been inked to operationalize Coastal Shipping Accord ?
1) India and Bhutan 2) Pakistan and China 3) India and Sri Lanka
4) India and Bangladesh 5) None of these.
64. Which environmental NGO has launched “Clean
Air Nation” App that will provide real-time air pollution levels and
precautionary measures ?
1) Care Earth Trust 2) Kalpavriksh 3) Greenpeace India
4) Navdanya 5) None of these.
65. Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme, by
releasing 10 captive bred vultures in the pre-release aviaries is launched in
which state ?
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Karnataka 3)
Rajasthan 4) Haryana 5) None of these.
66. Which of the following Indian city has not
been listed in the Trivago’s Best Value Index for high quality services in
hotels ?
1) Amritsar 2) Rishikesh 3)
Jodhpur 4) Wayanad 5) None of these.
67.
India has partnered with which country for taking up collaborative projects in
the field of productivity improvement of cattle and buffaloes ?
1) Canada 2) Bangladesh 3) Srilankand 4) Brazil 5)
None of these.
68. J&K
Govt will implement which Act in state which is announced by Minister for
Consumer Affairs and Public distribution Choudhary Zulfkar Ali ?
1) Food Safety and Standards Act 2) Food Safety Modernization Act
3) National Food Safety Act 4) Food Safety and Standards Rules 5) None of these.
69. Dudhwa National Park (DNP) is situated at
which border ?
1) India–Nepal 2) India–Pakistan border 3) India–Sri Lanka border
4) India–Myanmar border 5) None of these.
70. Warren Mitchell, who passed away recently was
related to which field ?
1) Politician 2) Actor 3)
Lawyer 4) Writer 5) None of these.
71. In which Chinese city the first Yoga institute
established by India outside the country to promote cultural exchange and
bilateral ties ?
1) Kaiping 2) Kunming 3)
Kaili 4) Kaifeng 5) None of these.
72. Which Advanced Torpedo Defence System (ATDS)
has been handed over to Indian Navy by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
?
1) Barak 2) Maareech 3)
SMB 4) Shyena 5) None of these.
73. On which date World Day of Remembrance for
Road Traffic Victims observed ?
1) Third Saturday in November (21) 2) Second Sunday in November
(8)
3) Third Sunday in November (15) 4) Second Saturday in
November (14)
5) None of these.
74. Who has won women’s singles title of China
Open Badminton series 2015 ?
1) Wang Yihan 2) Saina Nehwal 3)
Li Xuerui
4) Nozomi Okuhara 5)
None of these.
75. As per Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), India
has identified how many new species of fauna in the last five years ?
1) 773 2)
878 3) 787 4) 778 5) None of these.
76. “Mukhya Mantri Jan Van Yozana” (plantation)
under which farmers would be given 50 per cent grant for plantations is
launched in which state of India ?
1) Chhattisgarh 2) Karnataka 3) Manipur 4) Jharkhand 5) None of these.
77. On which date International Day for Tolerance
observed ?
1) Nov 15 2) Nov 14 3)
Nov 16 4) Nov 12 5) None of these.
78. Which of the following was ICICI Bank’s
corporate banking division head who recently quit the bank to join Standard
Chartered bank as its India CEO ?
1) Rajiv Sabharwal 2) Nilanjan Bhattacharya 3) Zarine Daruwala
4) Dr. Tushaar N. Shah 5) None of these.
79. “Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI)”
released by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)-India named which PSU as its topper
?
1) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL) 2) Gas Authority of India
Limited (GAIL)
3) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) 4) Airports Authority of India (AAI)
5) None of these.
80. India has signed revised Air Services
Agreement as an important landmark with which of the country ?
1) Ireland 2) New Zealand 3)
Germany 4) Canada 5) None of these.
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41. (1) 42. (4) 43. (1) 44. (2) 45. (1) 46. (2) 47. (1) 48. (4)
49. (1) 50. (4) 51. (2) 52. (4) 53. (4) 54. (1) 55. (3) 56. (2)
57. (3) 58. (1) 59. (2) 60. (3) 61. (4) 62. (2) 63. (4) 64. (3)
65. (4) 66. (3) 67. (4) 68. (3) 69. (1) 70. (2) 71. (2) 72. (2)
73. (3) 74. (3) 75. (4) 76. (4) 77. (3) 78. (3) 79. (2) 80. (2)
Thank you sir..
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