GK FOR you

1.        To make the rail sector passenger friendly, Ministry of Railways launched a scheme for waitlisted passengers named _____.
A. Nirnay
B. Sujhav
C. Vikas
D. Vikalp

D. Vikalp

2.        Where is the 16th national women boxing championship held in November?
A. Tripura
B. Odisha
C. West Bengal
D. Assam

D. Assam

3.        Which team has won Rugby World Cup 2015 finals held at Twickenham, England?
A. South Africa
B. New Zealand
C. Zimbabwe
D. Columbia

B. New Zealand

4.        Name the bilateral naval exercise between India and Sri Lanka held in Sri Lanka?
A. INSLEX
B. SLINEX
C. SRINEX
D. INSREX

B. SLINEX

5.        Which state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of Beta Renewables, Novozymes and CVC India Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. for setting up a bio-ethanol refinery in the state?
A. Jharkhand
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Punjab
D. Uttar Pradesh

C. Punjab

6.        With which of the following has India agreed to strengthen collaboration in the area of Information and Communication Technology?
A. China
B. Russia
C. South Africa
D. Brazil

B. Russia

7.        With which of the following has India agreed to strengthen collaboration in science including in the Field of “HIV Vaccine Research”.
A. China
B. Russia
C. South Africa
D. Brazil

C. South Africa

8.        Who has been appointed as the Chief Marketing Officer of Housing.com?
A. Nikhil Rungta
B. Bhushan Kumar Bansal
C. Suresh Kumar
D. Surendra Prabhu

      Nikhil Rungta

9.        Who has been appointed as the member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)
A. Nikhil Rungta
B. Bhushan Kumar Bansal
C. Suresh Kumar
D. Surendra Prabhu

B. Bhushan Kumar Bansal

10.     Who is the new maintenance head of the Indian Air Force (IAF)?
A. Vinod Kumar
B. Ranajoy Punja
C. Sandeep Sejwal
D. Virender Mohan Khanna

D. Virender Mohan Khanna

11.     Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos with a strike-range of over 290 kms has been test-fired from which ship?
A. INS Kolkata
B. INS Vikrant
C. INS Astravahini
D. INS Kochi

D. INS Kochi

12.     Which pair has been ranked No. 1 in the Year-End WTA doubles rankings?
A. Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova
B. Roberta Vinci and Simona Halep
C. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
D. Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan

C. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

13.     How many titles have been won by the No. 1 pair Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis in 2015?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10

C. 9 

14.     As per a report by Brand Finance, India has emerged at which position in terms of “Nation Brand”?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 10

B. 7

15.     India has emerged as the 7th most valued “Nation Brand” as per a report by Brand Finance. Who has topped this list?
A. Germany
B. China
C. USA
D. Uk

C. USA

16.     Which is the first metro service in the country to be certified with the prestigious International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) rating for efficient energy management?
A. Mumbai metro
B. Jaipur metro
C. Kolkata metro
D. Delhi metro

D. Delhi metro

17.     Name the committee constituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to frame the New Education Policy (NEP).
A. TSR Subramanian
B. Shailaja Chandra
C. Sewaram Sharma
D. JS Rajput

A.      TSR Subramanian

18.     To protect which of the following species Odisha Government has imposed a 7- month ban on fishing?
A. fish eagles
B. milk fish
C. sea turtles
D. mud crab

C. sea turtles

19.     Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India?
A. K K Vohra
B. Deepak Singhal
C. R N Sardana
D. Satish Malik

B.       Deepak Singhal

20.     With which of the following has India signed two agreements on new and renewable sources of energy and cultural exchange?
A. Denmark
B. Indonesia
C. Spain
D. Kazakhstan

C.      Indonesia

21.     Who has been ranked 1 in the series of World’s healthiest countries?
A. Russia
B. Indonesia
C. Singapore
D. Switzerland

D.      Singapore

22.     Who has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer(COO) of Federal Bank headquartered at Kochi?
A. Shyam Srinivasan
B. Shalini Warrier
C. Sangeeta Bajwa
D. Pradeep Tandon

B. Shalini Warrier

23.     Who has been appointed as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd., subsidiary of Coal India Ltd.?
A. Subhash Sandhu
B. Ravi Kumar
C. Anil Kumar Jha
D. Bhushan Kumar Bansal

C. Anil Kumar Jha

24.     With which of the following has MTS India merged?
A. Reliance Communications
B. Airtel
C. Vodafone India
D. Idea

A. Reliance Communications

25.     With which of the following has Nepal launched a month-long joint military training in Nepal’s mountainous regions to help strengthen bilateral defence ties?
A. China
B. USA
C. India
D. France

B. USA

26.     What rank has been given to India as per a report in the list of world’s healthiest countries?
A. 100
B. 102
C. 103
D. 105

C. 103

27.     Which website has been launched by Environment Ministry on National Clean Development Mechanism Authority?
A. www.ncdmaindia.gov.org
B. www.ncdmaindia.com
C. www.indiancdma.gov.in
D. www.ncdmaindia.gov.in

E.       www.ncdmaindia.gov.in

28.     Who has won the 2015 Mexican Gand Prix of Formula 1 held in Mexico City?
A. Sergio Perez
B. Nico Rosberg
C. Felipe Massa
D. Lewis Hamilton

B. Nico Rosberg

29.     Who has won the 2015 Swiss Indoors Basel Title of Tennis?
A. Andy Murray
B. Rafael Nadal
C. Roger Federer
D. Stan Wawrinka

C. Roger Federer

30.     Actor Al Molinaro passed away recently. He belonged to
A. Brazil
B. USA
C. Britain
D. Russia

B. USA

31.     Name the founder and the chairman of Hero Motocorp who passed away recently.
A. Brijmohan Lall Munjal
B. Om Prakash Munjal
C. Suresh Kumar Makhvani
D. Rohit Kumar Mishra

A. Brijmohan Lall Munjal

32.     Name the founding chancellor of the university whose professors prepared the book and presented the first copy of book titled “The President of India and the Governance of Higher Education Institutions” to President Pranab Mukherjee.
A. Siddharth Joshi
B. Sudesh Ghai
C. Naveen Jindal
D. Suman Pathak

C. Naveen Jindal

33.      Where is the National Tribal Crafts Mela Aadishilp-2015 held in New Delhi?
A. South Ex.
B. Lajpat Nagar
C. Dilli Haat
D. Canought Place

C. Dilli Haat

34.     Which station has become the country’s first visually challenged friendly station?
A. Mysore
B. Bangalore
C. Pune
D. Mumbai

A.      Mysore

35.     Punjabi has become Canada’s third most common language in the Parliament of Canada. First two languages are respectively
A. French, English
B. English, Spanish
C. English, French
D. English, Hindi

C. English, French

36.     Where is the first International Film Festival for the persons with disabilities is going to be held on December 1?
A. Assam
B. Delhi
C. Gujarat
D. Himachal Pradesh

B. Delhi

37.     At which of the following places is Amazon.com going to open its first-ever physical book store?
A. New Jersey
B. Seattle
C. Bangalore
D. Vancouver

B. Seattle

38.     Name the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Indian Premier League who has resigned recently.
A. ML Sardana
B. VK Nanda
C. Sundar Raman
D. Kumar Girish

C. Sundar Raman

39.     Who has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to Afganistan?
A. Shyam Srinivasan
B. Manpreet Vohra
C. Amar Sinha
D. Pradeep Tandon

B. Manpreet Vohra

40.     Who has been named as the global ambassador of Tata Motors?
A. Cristiano Ronaldo
B. Bhaichung Bhutia
C. Lionel Messi
D. Sergio Ramos

C. Lionel Messi

41.     British oscar-winning writer Colin Welland passed away recently. He was also a/an
A. actor
B. painter
C. lyricist
D. psycologist

A. actor

42.     Which of the following has bagged the first prize under the Community Service Announcement category at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prizes 2015?
A. All India Radio
B. Radio Television Hong Kong
C. Bangladesh Betar
D. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A. All India Radio

43.     In which of the following countries is heavy floods caused by tropical cyclone Chapala in November?
A. Georgia
B. Syria
C. Yemen
D. Northern Philippines

C. Yemen

44.     Which state government approved a scheme named APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for pregnant and lactating women in the tribal areas of the state?
A. Maharashtra
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Tamil Nadu

A. Maharashtra

45.     Former Cricketer Tom Graveney passed away recently. He belonged to
A. New Zealand
B. Australia
C. England
D. Zimbabwe

C. England

46.     Name the author of book titled “Interlinking of Indian Rivers”.
A. Pavan Choudhary
B. Radha Kant Bharati
C. A B Pandya
D. R D Pradhan

B. Radha Kant Bharati

47.     Name the Pakistani Cricketer who announced his retirement from Test Cricket in November.
A. Younus Khan
B. Shoaib Malik
C. Shahid Afridi
D. Mohammad Hafeez

B. Shoaib Malik

48.     Name the Indian Boxer who has attained No. 2 spot in World Rankings.
A. Vikas Krishan
B. Satish Kumar
C. Shiva Thapa
D. Vijender Singh

C. Shiva Thapa

49.     Who has been appointed as the senior Vice President of Flipkart?
A. Shyam Srinivasan
B. Manpreet Vohra
C. Amar Sinha
D. Surojit Chatterjee

D. Surojit Chatterjee

50.     Who is going to be the 43rd Chief Justice of India?
A. Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
B. Justice P. Sathasivam
C. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur
D. Justice Rajendra mal Lodha

C. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur

51.     As per the report by Legatum Prosperity Index 2015, what is India’s rank on Global Prosperity Index?
A. 95
B. 99
C. 102
D. 105

B. 99

52.     With which of the following is China going to hold its historic meet for the first time?
A. Taiwan
B. Yemen
C. Argentina
D. Botswana

A. Taiwan

53.     Who has been reappointed as the Managing Director of Repco Home Finance?
A. Chaitanya Joshi
B. Sharad Nanda
C. R Varadarajan
D. Sumer Singh

C) R Varadarajan

54.     Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Indian Bank?
A. Suresh N Patel
B. Mahesh Kumar Jain
C. R K Takkar
D. J K Garg

B. Mahesh Kumar Jain

55.     Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Andhra Bank?
A. Suresh N Patel
B. Mahesh Kumar Jain
C. R K Takkar
D. J K Garg

A. Suresh N Patel

56.     Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of UCO Bank?
A. Suresh N Patel
B. Mahesh Kumar Jain
C. R K Takkar
D. J K Garg

C. R K Takkar

57.     Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Corporation Bank?
A. Suresh N Patel
B. Mahesh Kumar Jain
C. R K Takkar
D. J K Garg

D. J K Garg

58.      Which book has been released by ISRO on Indian Space Programme in November?
A. The Way of the Explorer
B. Mars Up Close
C. From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet
D. Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronaut’s own words

C. From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet

59.     Jayaprakash Narayan Bimal Prasad passed way recently. He was the former Indian Ambassador to
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. USA
D. Kazakhstan

A. Nepal

60.     Where is the India’s first Paragliding World Cup held?
A. Punjab
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. New Delhi
D. Rajasthan

B. Himachal Pradesh

61.     Name the Indian shooter who won silver medal at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship held in Kuwait.
A. Gagan Narang
B. Abhinav Bindra
C. Jitu Rai
D. Vivek Singh

C. Jitu Rai

62.     Ace shooter Jitu Rai won silver at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship finishing second behind Park Daehun. Park Daehun belongs to
A. New Zealand
B. Korea
C. Kuwait
D. Austria

B. Korea

63.     Who has been elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada?
A. Joe Clark
B. Pierre Trudeau
C. Justin Trudeau
D. Stephen Harper

C. Justin Trudeau

64.     Which country’s Vice President Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor got arrested by police over his involvement in a blast on a speedboat carrying the country’s president?
A. Eritrea
B. Guyana
C. Kenya
D. Maldives

D. Maldives

65.     Which rank has been given to PM Narendra Modi in 2015 Forbes’ World’s Most Powerful Person list?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 11

C. 9

66.     Who has been ranked Number 1 in 2015 Forbes’ World’s Most Powerful Person list?
A. Angela Merkel
B. Vladimir Putin
C. Pope Francis
D. Barack Obama

B. Vladimir Putin

67.     Along with PM Narendra Modi, which two Indians got listed in 2015 Forbes’ World’s Most Powerful Person list?
A. Mukesh Ambani and Cyrus Mistry
B. Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal
C. Dilip Shanghvi and Lakshmi Mittal
D. Mukesh Ambani and Dilip Shanghvi

B. Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal

68.     According to the Census Bureau of US, which of the following is the most spoken Indian language in US?
A. Gujarati
B. Urdu
C. Hindi
D. Punjabi

C) Hindi

69.     The Supreme Court has announced that daughters cannot inherit ancestral property if their father died before
A. September 19, 2007
B. September 9, 2006
C. September 9, 2005
D. September 29, 2005

B. September 9, 2005

70.     Which of the following cities has been selected for Microsoft’s experimental Internet pilot project for Digital India programme?
A. Varanasi
B. Ahmedabad
C. Gurgaon
D. Mumbai

A. Varanasi

71.     PM Narendra Modi has unveiled first ever Indian gold coin & bullion bearing Mahatma Gandhi’s image and
A. national flower Lotus
B. national Flag
C. national emblem Ashok Chakra
D. national bird Peacock

C. national emblem Ashok Chakra

72.     To enhance cooperation in Tourism sector, with which of the following has Ministry of Tourism of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)?
A. Kyrgyzstan
B. Indonesia
C. Cambodia
D. Colombia

D. Colombia

73.     To give a permanent solution to the power problem, the central government has given nod to UDAY scheme for financial restructuring package for power distribution companies. UDAY is
A. Ujwal Distribution Assurity Yojna
B. Ujwal Distribution Assurance Yojna
C. Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna
D. Ujwal Discom Assurity Yojna

C. Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna

74.     The UDAY scheme launched by the Modi government aims at reducing the electricity lost during transmission and distribution from around 22 percent to 15 percent by
A. 2019-20
B. 2018-19
C. 2020-21
D. 2021-22

B. 2018-19

75.     Vikram Gokhale has been awarded with the prestigious Vishnudas Bhave Award. He is a/an?
A. dramatist
B. actor
C. doctor
D. writer

B. actor

76.      Name the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who is going to be India’s next high commissioner to UK.
A. Rakesh Sardana
B. Govind Mishra
C. Navtej Singh Sarna
D. Ranjan Mathai

C. Navtej Singh Sarna

77.     Name the world’s 3rd Sanskrit film which has been selected for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa.
A. Priyamanasam
B. Adi Shankaracharya
C. Kudiattam
D. Punyakoti

A. Priyamanasam

78.     Intellectual Rene Girard who passed away recently belonged to
A. Cambodia
B. France
C. Russia
D. Paraguay

B. France

79.     Which Indian team has won bronze at Asian Archery Championship held in Bangkok, Thailand
A. Bombayala Devi and Jayanta Talukdar
B. Deepika Kumari and Rahul Banerjee
C. Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar
D. Abhishek Verma and Deepika Kumari

C. Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar

80.     Reserve Bank of India has announced to list Bandhan Bank under which type of bank category?
A. Co-Operative Bank
B. Scheduled Bank
C. Development Bank
D. Exchange Bank

B. Scheduled Bank

81.     K Prithika Yashini is set to become India’s first transgender police officer in which state?
A. Odisha
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Karnataka
D. Mahrashtra

B. Tamil Nadu

82.     IMPRINT India, a joint initiative of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been launched by President Pranab Mukherjee. IMPRINT is
A. Impacting Reassure Innovation and Technology
B. Impacting Research Importance and Technology
C. Inspiring Research Innovation and Technology
D. Impacting Research Innovation and Technology

D. Impacting Research Innovation and Technology

83.     Name the fastest Indian bowler to reach 150 Test wickets.
A. Ishant Sharma
B. Amit Mishra
C. Ravichandran Ashwin
D. Zaheer Khanfsan

C. Ravichandran Ashwin

84.     To promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable energy, with which of the following has India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)?
A. Belgium
B. Indonesia
C. Cambodia
D. Colombia

A. Belgium

85.     In November, with which of the following has India signed double taxation treaty to avoid the double taxation on imports and exports between the countries?
A. Singapore
B. Myanmar
C. Turkmenistan
D. Kazakhstan

C. Turkmenistan

86.     Which of the following is going to deploy its aircraft carrier to support operations against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq?
A. USA
B. France
C. Russia
D. India

B. France

87.     On which of the following banks has RBI imposed Rs 1 crore penalty for non-adherence to KYC and anti-money laundering guidelines?
A. Laxmi Vilas Bank
B. Dhanlaxmi Bank
C. Union Bank
D. Indian Bank

B. Dhanlaxmi Bank

88.      With the mission “One step towards cleanliness”, the central government has imposed 0.5% Swachh Bharat Cess on all services which are presently liable to service tax. This cess will be in effect from
A. March 01, 2016
B. January 01, 2016
C. November 15, 2015
D. November 30, 2015

C. November 15, 2015

89.     Name the committee set up to look into various bankruptcy related issues which recently submitted its report.
A. T K Viswanathan Committee
B. RK Srivastava Committee
C. Pahlaj Sood Committee
D. Durga Prasad Committee

A. T K Viswanathan Committee

90.     Name the authors of the book titled “Rebooting India: Realising a billion aspirations”.
A. Maithili Rao & Viral Shah
B. Jairam Ramesh & Santosh Singh
C. Nandan Nilekani & Viral Shah
D. JB Kriplani

C. Nandan Nilekani & Viral Shah

91.     Which company is set to launch pilot internet project in India with Project Loon by using large balloons?
A. Infosys
B. Microsoft
C. Google
D. Facebook

C. Google

92.     What is the range of Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile test fired from Pokhran test range.
A. 350 km
B. 300 km
C. 400 km
D. 500 km

B. 300 km

93.     Who has/have been awarded with the 21st CII-EXIM Bank award for Business Excellence for the year 2015?
A. Bhilai Steel Plant
B. Rallis India
C. QubeGB Ltd.
D. Both A and B

D. Both A and B

94.     Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Oxford University Press India?
A. Mahesh Kumar Verma
B. Vinod Ganguly
C. Zubin Karkaria
D. V Sivaramakrishnan

D. V Sivaramakrishnan

95.     Name the Romania’s Prime Minister who resigned after being charged for forgery, tax evasion, and money laundering.
A. Dacia Balkan
B. Dacian Ciolos
C. Victor Ponta
D. Klaus lohannis

C. Victor Ponta

96.     Which High Court announced that the child born out of rape will have rights over the assaulter’s property if the child is not given away for adoption?
A. Allahabad
B. Madras
C. Bombay
D. Delhi

A. Allahabad

97.     Where is the International Conference on ‘Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications’(INCOFYRA) going to be organized in 2016?
A. Allahabad
B. Mumbai
C. Bengaluru
D. Pune

C. Bengaluru

98.     To which of the following states, PM Narendra Modi has announced Rs. 80,000 cr package for the all-round development of the state?
A. Bihar
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Haryana
D. Uttar Pradesh

B. Jammu and Kashmir

99.     According to the World Economic Forum’s latest competitiveness index, what is the rank of India?
A. 50
B. 55
C. 54
D. 58

B. 55

100.  Name the website launched by Railways Minister, Suresh Prabhu for green initiatives of Indian Railways.
A. www.ingreenra.gov.in
B. www.greeninra.gov.in
C. www.greenin.gov.in
D. www.irgreenri.gov.in

B. www.irgreenri.gov.in

BANKERS ACADEMY,  PALAKKAD            

GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Union government on 23 June 2015 promised to inject about ........ into state owned banks in 2015-16?
1) $ 3 billion    2) $ 3.5 billion    3) $ 1.5 billion    4) $ 1 billion    5) $ 4 billion

2. RBI has extended the date to exchange pre- 2005 bank notes till...
1) August 1st 2015    2) July 31st 2015    3) December 31st 2015    4) January 31st 2016    5) June 30th 2016

3. The Lok Sabha on 13 May cleared the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015. It provides that cases of bouncing of cheques can be filed only in a court in whose jurisdiction the .....
1) drawer bank head office lies.    2) bank branch of the Drawer (person who issues the cheque) lies.
3) all cases transferred to Mumbai, as RBI has headquarters there.    4) payee bank's headquarters lies.
5) bank branch of the payee (person who receives the cheque) lies.

4. Since 2010, which financial regulator has been conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) on a quarterly basis to gauge economic conditions and employment prospects?
1) SEBI    2) NABARD    3) CRISIL    4) RBI    5) IBPS

5. White label operator, Tata Communications Payment Solutions partnered with ......, a payment technology provider, to set up more ATM services in rural unbanked regions.
1) Oxygen    2) Vodafone    3) FINO PayTech    4) FARGO    5) None

6. RBI on 9 June 2015 said Indian corporate eligible to raise ECB are permitted to issue Rupee linked bonds overseas. ECB stands for ........
1) End Commercial Borrowings    2) External Core Borrowings    3) External Commercial Borrowings
4) External Commercial Benefits    5) None

7. Which bank issued first 'contactless' debit and credit cards, enabling its customers to make electronic payments by just waving the cards near the merchant terminal in lieu of dipping or swiping them in India?
1) SBI    2) Andhra Bank    3) ICICI    4) Allahabad Bank    5) Union Bank of India

8. The RBI has relaxed 2-factors authentication norms for contactless cards upto Rs.2,000 using NFC enabled credit and debit cards. Which of the following statements correct?
1) Customers can now make payments up to Rs.2,000 using NFC enabled credit and debit cards without punching the password at any retail outlet.    2) Beyond this transaction limit, the card has to be processed as a contact payment and authentication and PIN will be mandatory.     3) These rules will not be applicable to ATM transactions irrespective of transaction value and Card Not Present transactions (CNP).    4) NFC stands for Near Field Communication    5) All of above

9. Which of the following statement is wrong?
1) 'Tap and pay' refers to the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, enabling users to
make payments by waving or tapping the card near the contactless reader.    2) Customers may look for the 'contactless' logo on the card.    3) Contactless POS are different from Ordinary POS.    4) POS stands for Point of Sales Terminal.    5) None

10. First contactless card in the world issued by ...........
1) Barclays Bank in 2008    2) Standard Chartered Bank in 2009    3) ICICI Bank in 2015    4) UBI in 2014
5) None

11. Which is the first commercial bank in India initiated to have Television Banking (TVB), avail the banking information on TV screens. This enable TV viewers to access information of Bank's services and products, from the convince of their homes?
1) SBI    2) Corporation Bank    3) ICICI    4) Canara Bank    5) Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank Limited

12. New Development Bank (NDB) details given. Locate the wrong option.
1) The decision to set up this bank was taken at the 5th BRICS summit held in Durban, South Africa in 2013.    2) The bank headquarters is in Shanghai, China.    3) It is being seen as an alternative to the existing US-dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund.    4) Its total out lay $ 1000 billion.
5) India is active partner in the NDB.

13. First head of the New Development Bank is......
1) K.V. Kamath    2) Jim Yong Kim    3) Christine Lagarde     4) Kaushik Basu    5) Sunil Sabharwal

14. India's first multi social payment app 'Ping Pay' launched by .....
1) HSBC    2) Corporation Bank    3) SBI    4) Axis Bank    5) ICICI

15. From 1 April 2015, the Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG) increase its stake in SBI General Insurance (SBIGI) from 26 percent to .......
1) 49%     2) 35%     3) 85%     4) 74%    5) 100%

16. The IAP (Indian Academy of Pediatrics) Health Phone programme details given. The correct option is .......
1) It is a public private partnership initiative that is supported by Vodafone India.    2) The programme use mobile phones in the country to educate over six million girls and women between 13 and 35 years of age.    3) Vodafone will send out approximately 300 million text messages to its subscribers every year to promote the scheme.    4) Three-year campaign is expected to benefit the health of 60 million children in India born by 2025.     5) All of above

17. Union Minister of Women and Child Development is .......
1) Maneka Sanjay Gandhi     2) Najma A. Heptulla     3) Jagat Prakash Nadda     4) Chaudhary Birender Singh     5) Thaawar Chand Gehlot

18. Who was selected for the 28th Moorti Devi Award for the year 2014 for his book Vyomkesh Darvesh?
1) Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade     2) Veerappa Moiley     3) Vishwanath Tripathi     4) Kedarnath Biswas
5) None of above

19. Moorti Devi Award declares by ......
1) K.K. Birla Foundation     2) TATA Foundation     3) Jnanpith Foundation     4) Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation     5) Melinda Gates Foundation

20. Which district was conferred with UN Public Service Award for 'Open Defecation Free' district in country on 26 June 2015?
1) Ernakulam in Kerala     2) Nellore in Andhra Pradesh     3) Nadia in West Bengal     4) Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir    5) Hissar in Haryana

21. UNESCO - Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015 conferred on ...... a Syrian journalist and advocate. The award set up in 1997.
1) Mazen Darwish    2) Edward Snowden    3) Taslima Nasreen     4) Salman Rushdie     5) None

22. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) was established in ............
1) 1945     2) 1946     3) 1947     4) 1948    5) 1957

23. UNESCO headquarters is in ......
1) Paris     2) New York     3) Montreal     4) Geneva     5) Vienna

24. UNESCO chief .......
1) Irina Bokova     2) Anthony Lake    3) Raymond Benjiman    4) Margert Chan    5) Yukiya Amano

25. The 2015 National Geographic Bee Championship won by ......
1) Tine Valencic    2) Rahul Nagvekar    3) Sathwik Karnik     4) Akhil Rekulapelli    5) Karan Menon

26. UK Author Ali Smith won the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for her novel......
1) How to be Both    2) A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing    3) May We Be Forgiven    4) The Song of Achilles
5) None

27. 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' conferred on ........
1) Ajith Doval    2) Arvind Subramaniam    3) G.Satish Reddy    4) S.Ramadorai    5) C.N.R.Rao

28. Who was conferred with the Columbia's highest civilian award Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero (Order of the Democracy Simon Bolivar) by Columbia?
1) Jaggi Vasudev    2) Baba Ramdev    3) Ravi Shankar    4) Jayendra Saraswathi    5) Swami Rambhadracharya

29. Ravi Shankar is the founder of .....
1) Isha Foundation    2) Patanjali Foundation    3) Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham    4) Art of Living Foundation
5) Chitrakoot Ashram

30. Man Booker International Prize get cash prize ........... awarded to a living author.
1) $ 90,000    2) £ 30,000    3) £ 60,000     4) £ 70,000    5) £ 20,000

31. For which book Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker International Prize 2008?
1) White Tiger    2) Half Girlfriend    3) The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari    4) Malgudi Days    5) Wings of Fire

32. For which book Kiran Desai won the Man Booker International Prize 2006?
1) The Inheritance of Loss    2) India Wins Freedom    3) The Insider    4) Wings of Fire    5) Without Fear: The Life and Trial of Bhagat Singh

33. Arundhati Roy got Man Booker International Prize 1997 for her book of .....
1) The God of Small Things    2) Coolie     3) The Golden Threshold    4) The Discovery of India    5) My Experiments With Truth

34. Which Indian Author nominated for Man Booker International Prize 2015?
1) Rohinton Mistry    2) U R Ananthamurthy     3) Amitav Ghosh    4) Mahasweta Devi    5) Salman Rushdie

35. Which Hungarian writer on 19 May 2015 won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for 2015?
1) Sandor Weores    2) Peter Esterhazy    3) Laszlo Krasznahorkai    4) Mih·ly Vorosmarty    5)None

36.  The highest award in cinema Dadasaheb Phalke Award instituted in..
1) 1991    2) 1947    3) 1983    4) 1992    5) 1969

37.  'Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy' written by ......
1) Ranjan Sodhi    2) V.K. Naryan    3) Jeffrey Boycott    4) Saptarshi Sarkar    5) Dungarpur

38. A.R. Antulay died in December 2014. He was the former Chief Minister of?
1) Karnataka    2) Goa    3) Odisha    4) Bihar    5) Maharashtra

39. The United Nations General Assembly declared which of the following days as the World Soil Day?
1) June 5    2) July 5    3) November 5    4) October 5    ) December 5

40. Jarbom Gamlin died on 2014 November 30. He was the former Chief Minister of?
1) Sikkim    2) Nagaland    3) Arunachal Pradesh    4) Tripura    5) Manipur

ANSWERS:
1-1, 2-3, 3-5, 4-4, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3, 8-5, 9-3, 10-1, 11-3, 12-4, 13-1, 14-4, 15-1, 16-5, 17-1, 18-3, 19-3, 20-3, 21-1, 22-1, 23-1, 24-1, 25-5, 26-1, 27-5, 28-3, 29-4, 30-3, 31-1, 32-1,33-1, 34-3, 35-3,36-5, 37-4, 38- 5,  39- 5, 40- 3

MATHEMATICS

1. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 2 and 6 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?

A. 3 min                B. 2.5 min         C. 2 min         D. 1.5 min

Answer : Option D

Explanation :

Part filled by the first pipe in 1 minute = ½

Part filled by the second pipe in 1 minute = 1/6

Net part filled by pipe A and pipe B in 1 minute = 1/2+1/6=2/3

i.e, pipe A and B together can fill the tank in 3/2 minutes = 1.5 minutes

2. One pipe can fill a tank 6 times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 22 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in:

A. 164 min           B. 154 min         C. 134 min              D. 144 min

Answer : Option B

Explanation :

Let the slower pipe alone can fill the tank in x minutes

Then the faster pipe can fill the tank in x/6 minutes

Part filled by the slower pipe in 1 minute = 1x

Part filled by the faster pipe in 1 minute = 6x

Part filled by both the pipes in 1 minute = 1x+6x

It is given that both the pipes together can fill the tank in 22 minutes⇒ Part filled by both the pipes in 1 minute = 1/22

1x+6x=1/22

7x=1/22

x=22×7=154

i.e.,the slower pipe alone fill the tank in 154 minutes

3. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 8 and 24 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in:

A. 18 hr       B. 6 hr    C. 24 hr          D. 12 hr

Answer : Option D

Explanation :

Part filled by pipe A in 1 minute = 1/8

Part filled by pipe B in 1 minute = 1/24

Part emptied by pipe C in 1 minute = 1/12

Net part filled by pipe A, pipe B and pipe C in 1 minute

= 1/8+1/24−1/12

=2/24

=1/12

i.e, the tank will be filled in 12minutes

4. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank is 8 minutes and 14 minutes respectively. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, and the tap A is closed after 3 minutes, then how much more time will it take to fill the tank by tap B?

A. 6 min 15 sec     B. 5 min 45 sec       C. 5 min 15 sec           D. 6 min 30 sec

Answer : Option B

Explanation :

Part filled by pipe A in 1 minute = 1/8Part filled by pipe B in 1 minute = 1/14Part filled by pipe A and pipe B in 1 minute = 1/8+1/14=11/56

Pipe A and pipe B were open for 3 minutes

Part filled by pipe A and pipe B in 3 minutes = 3×11/56=33/56Remaining part = 1−33/56=23/56

Time taken by pipe B to fill this remaining part

 = (23/56)x14

=23×14/56

=23/4 minutes

=5.75mts

= 5 minutes 45 seconds

5. A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 12 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 6 minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?

A. 2.8 min            B. 4.2 min     C. 4.8 min    D. 5.6 min

Answer : Option C

Explanation :

Since pipe B is faster than pipe A, the tank will be emptied.

Part filled by pipe A in 1 minute = 1/12

Part emptied by pipe B in 1 minute = 1/6

Net part emptied by pipe A and pipe B in 1 minute = 1/6−1/12=1/12

Time taken to empty the tank = 12 min

Time taken to empty 2/5 of the tank = (2/5)×12=4.8 min

6. 13 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 51 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 17 litres?

A. 33      B. 29      C. 39       D. 42

Answer : Option C

Explanation :

Capacity of the tank = (13 × 51) litre

Number of buckets required of capacity of each bucket is 17 litre

 = 13×51/17

=13×3=39

7. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 9 hours and 3 hours respectively. If they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first, how many hours, the tank shall be full?

A. 4 hr   B. 5 hr    C. 2 hr     D. 6 hr

Answer : Option B

Explanation :

Part filled by pipe A in 1 hour = 1/9

Part filled by pipe B in 1 hour = 1/3

Pipe A and B are opened alternatively.

Part filled in every 2 hour = 1/9+1/3=(1+3)/9=4/9

Part filled in 4 hour = 2×4/9=8/9

remaining part =1−8/9=1/9

Now it is pipe A's turn.

Time taken by pipe A to fill the remaining 1/9 part

=(1/9)x9

=1 hour

Total time taken = 4 hour + 1 hour = 5 hour

8. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. What is the cost price of a ball?

A. Rs. 43                     B. Rs. 60         C. Rs. 55                D. Rs. 34

Answer : Option B

Explanation :

Loss = (CP of 17 balls) - (SP of 17 balls)

 = (CP of 17 balls) - 720

Given that Loss = (CP of 5 balls)

=> (CP of 17 balls) - 720 = (CP of 5 balls)

=> (CP of 17 balls) - (CP of 5 balls) = 720

=> CP of 12 balls = 720

=> CP of 1 ball=720/12

=60

9. A man sells two houses at the rate of Rs.1.995 lakhs each. On one he gains 5% and on the other, he loses 5%. What is his gain or loss percent in the whole transaction?

A. 0.25%.             B. .3%         C. .4        D. .5%

Answer : Option A

Explanation :

If a person sells two items at the same price; one at a gain of x % and another at a

loss of x %, then the seller always incurs a loss expressed as

Loss%=(Common Loss and Gain%/10)/2=(x/10)/2

Loss%=(5/10)/2=(1/2)/2=(1/4)=.25

10. A shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 800 gm instead of kilogram weight. What is his profit percentage?

A. 18%      B. 40%        C. 25%          D. 20%

Answer : Option C

Explanation :

If a trader professes to sell his goods at cost price, but uses false weights, then

Gain%=[Error/(True Value−Error)×100]%

So here profit percentage=[200/(1000−200)×100]%

=[200/800×100]%

=25%