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Current Affairs Question Bank – June 2015

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1. Abhinav Bindra became 4th Indian shooter to qualify for Rio Olympics

2016, who are the other three : Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and Apurvi

Chandela

2. International Day of United Nations peacekeepers observed on which

date : 29th May

3. The scheme namely ‘Online Customer Acquisition Solution’ launched by

which bank : State Bank of India

4. Who is the Author of the book namely ‘Ahmedabad:A City in the World’

: Amrita Shah

5. Who is the Author of the book namely ‘Super Economies: America,

India, China and The Future of the World’ : Raghav Bahl

6. Who appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Indian Bank recently : V.A.

Prasanth

7. Who appointed as Director General of Doordarshan News : Veena Jain

8. Nazi Party is also known as : Hitler Party

9. Prof. Malcolm Adiseshaih had earned worldwide distinction in which

field : Economics

10.Which is the Island State of Australia : Tasmania

11.Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given by which organisation :

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

12.Which is Capital city of Hungary : Budapest

13.South-West monsoon contributes how much percentage of the total rain

in India : About 86%

14.Where is the Sun Temple situated : Konark

15.Kalchakra Ceremony is related with which religion : Buddhism

16.Who became highest Test scorer in England Cricket history : Alastair

Cook

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17.Who became President of Federation Internationale de Football

Association (FIFA) : Sepp Blatter

18.Who became oldest woman to complete a marathon recently : Harriette

Thompson

19.Who appointed as Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre : P.

Kunhikrishnan

20.Who appointed as Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre : S.

Somanath

21.Who appointed as Director of Vikram Sarabha Space Centre : K. Sivan

22.Who appointed as CMD of Hero Moto Corp. Limited : Pawan Munjal

23.Durand Cup is related with which game : Football

24.Who is Shovana Narayan : Famous Classical Dancer of India

25.Sima or Silca + magnesium are most abundant at which place : Ocean

Floors

26.Who instituted the Kalinga Award : UNESCO

27.Who wrote the book ‘Eight Lives’ : Raj Mohan Gandhi

28.Which was the 1st country to withdraw from CENTO : Iraq

29.Who is the President of Indonesia : Joko Widodo

30.How much age required to become a member of Rajya Sabha : 30 years

31.World’s 1st facial recognition ATM Machine launched by which country

: China

32.Who awarded with World No Tobacco Day Award : S.S. Negi

33.World No Tobacco Day observed on which date : 31st May

34.Which three Indian Cricketers inducted into BCCI’s Cricket Advisory

Committee : Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman

35.Who is the President of BCCI : Jagmohan Dalmiya

36.Who is the Prime Minister of Mauritius : Ameenah GuribFakim





37.Who became Governor of Arunachal Pradesh : Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa

38.Who appointed as Executive Director of RBI recently : Meena

Hemchandra

39.Who appointed as Assistant Chief of Naval Air Staff : Philipose G.

Pynumootil

40.Coral reefs in India can be found in : Rameshwaram

41.Bismillah Khan was related with which field : Shehnai

42.The Island of Sri Lanka formerly known as : Ceylon

43.Who invented Airship (rigid) : G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

44.Who is the only Indian who won Nobel Prize in Physics : Dr.C.V.

Raman

45.The book ‘Geeta Govinda’ is written by : Jaya Dev

46.Who is the CEO of Harley Davidson Motor Company : Keith E.

Wandell

47.Who is the CEO of Myntra : Mukesh Bansal

48.What is the full name of Ravi Shastri, former Captain of Indian Cricket

team : Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri

49.Name the web portal launched by Government of India recently for

exchange information on missing and found children : Khoya Paya

50.Which Indian city has received Metro train recently : Jaipur

51.Who is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan : Vasundhara Raje

52.Deepika Kumari won Bronze Medal in Archery World Cup after

defeating : Chang Hye Jin of South Korea

53.21st Asian Athletics Championship held at which city : Wuhan, China

54.Fathometer is used to measure : Ocean depth

55.Where is the Headquarter of UNO : New York, USA





56.The famous Ustad Zakir Hussain Khan is related with which field :

Tabla

57.Amartya Sen was awarded with Bharat Ratna in which year : 1999

58.Who is the Author of the book ‘Yama’ : Mahadevi Verma

59.Which are the working languages of UNESCO : English and French

60.Humayun ruled over which territory during 1531-1540 and 1555-1556 :

Present Pakistan, Afghanistan and Northern Part of India

61.Who inducted in International Cricket Council Elite Panel of Umpires

recently : Sundaram Ravi of India

62.Who appointed as PM’s Special Envoy on Countering Terrorism and

Extremism : Syed Asif Ibrahim

63.According to the report of Rule of Law Index 2015, what is India’s rank :

59th

64.According to the report of Rule of Law Index 2015, which Country

placed at 1st position : Denmark

65.Who is the Prime Minister of Denmark : Helle Thorning-Schmidt

66.Who awarded with Asian Athletics Association President’s Award :

Suresh Kalmadi

67.Who is the President of Athletics Federation of India: Adille

Sumariwala

68.At present what is the repo rate announced by RBI : 7.25%

69.Which is the Capital city of Belarus : Minsk

70.Who is the Defence Minister of India : Manohar Parrikar

71.Who has scored the most Test Hundreds in Cricket till now : Sachin

Tendulkar of India

72.What will a UPS be used for in a building : To provide power to

essential equipment





73.Outer covering of virus made up of protein is : Capsid

74.The main active constituent of tea and coffee is : Caffeine

75.On a stationary sail boat, air is blown from a fan attached to the boat. The

boat : does not move

76.Which city received its 1st driver less metro train : Delhi Metro

77.World Environment Day is observed on which date : 05th June

78.What was the theme of World Environment Day 2015 : Seven Billion

Dreams, One Planet, Consume with Care

79.Who awarded with South Africa Cricketer of the Year Award : AB De

Villiers

80.What is the full form of AIFF : All India Football Federation

81.Who is the President of AIFF : Praful Patel

82.India signed an agreement with which organization for Tamil Nadu

Urban Development Project : World Bank

83.Irwin Rose died recently, he won Nobel Prize in which field : Chemistry

84.What is the full form of ESCAP : Economic and Social Commission for

Asia and Pacific

85.Who was 1st lady judge of Supreme Court of India : Meera Sahib

Fatima Bibi

86.Lake Victoria situated in which Continent : Africa

87.Who is 1st Lady IPS of India : Kiran Bedi

88.The book namely ‘Naked Triangle’ written by which Author : Balwant

Gargi

89.Where is the Headquarter of United Nations : New York, USA

90.Pulakesin II was famous ruler of which dynasty : Chalukyas

91.Which former Prime Minister of India awarded with Bangladesh

Liberation War Honour recently : Atal Bihari Vajpayee





92.Who is the President of Bangladesh : Abdul Hamid

93.Who is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh : Sheikh Hasina

94.Who won Women’s Singles French Open 2015 : Serena Williams of

USA

95.Who won Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix : Lewis Hamilton of Britain

96.Who won Men’s Singles title French Open 2015 : Stanislas Wawrinka

of Switzerland

97.G7 Summit 2015 held in which country : Schlos Elmau, Germany

98.Which are G7 countries, name them : Canada, France, Germany, Italy,

Japan, UK and USA

99. Prem Nath, the famous Wrestler died recently, he was won Gold Medal

in Commonwealth Games in which year : 1974

100. Jal Kranti Abhiyan launched by Government of India recently, what is

its aim : To consolidate water conservation in the country

101. Who is the CEO of Infosys : Vishal Sikka

102. Who won Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction : Ali Smith of UK

103. Who known as ‘Lady with the Lamp’ : Florence Nightingale

104. Which is the highest mountain peak of Oceania : Punack Jaya,

Indonesia

105. Who wrote the book namely ‘Rakta Karabi’ : Rabindranath Tagore

106. India placed at which position in 21st Asian Athletics Championship :

3rd

107. 21st Asian Athletics Championship held in which country: Wuhan,

China

108. What is the full form of NSG : National Security Guard

109. Who appointed as Director General of NSG : R.C. Tayal

110. When was NSG established : 1984





111. Who appointed as Chief Information Commissioner : Vijai Sharma

112. Who appointed as Central Vigilance Commissioner : K.V. Chowdary

113. Who is the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes : Anita Kapur

114. Who became Coach of India ‘A’ U-19 Cricket team : Rahul Dravid

115. India signed a Land Boundary Agreement with which country

recently : Bangladesh

116. Who wrote the Novel ‘Flood of Fire’ : Amitav Ghosh

117. Which country signed Yuvraj Singh to play in the year 2003 :

Yorkshire

118. Who created UNIX operating system in the year 1969 : Dennis

Ritchie and Ken Thompson of USA

119. Nymph is the name of young one of : Cockroach

120. The mass number of an atom is equal to : The number of nucleons

121. Which three Indian Districts included in National Capital Region

(NCR) : Jind, Karnal and Muzaffarnagar

122. National Capital Region Planning Board established in which year :

In the year 1985

123. According to International Indian Film Academy Awards 2015, which

film won Best Film Award : Queen

124. Which organization became most valuable brand of Football in all

over the World : Manchester United Football Club

125. Indonesian Open Badminton Championship played in which

Indonesian City : Jakarta,Indonesia

126. World Ocean Day is observed on which date : 08th June

127. What was the theme of World Ocean Day 2015 : Healthy Oceans

Healthy Planet

128. Who became the President of Turkey : Recep Tayyip Erdogan





129. Who is the Prime Minister of Turkey : Ahmet Davutoglu

130. What is the full form of GNLF : Gorkha National Liberation Front

131. Which famous personality is also known as ‘Sparrow’ : Major

General Rajinder Singh

132. What is the Currency of Ukraine : Ukrainian Hryvnia

133. Who wrote the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ : Maulana Abul Kalam

Azad

134. When was founded the Food and Agriculture Organization, the

agency of United Nations : 16th October 1945

135. World Water Day is observed on which date : 22nd March

136. Who formed ‘Jan Adhikar Party’ in Bihar : Pappu Yadav, expelled

MP of RJD

137. Which Port of Kerala awarded to Adani Ports and SEZ by the

Government of Kerala : Vizhinjam Port Project

138. India became free of which infection recently as announced by World

Health Organization : Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus

139. Who appointed as Non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank Ltd. :

M.K. Sharma

140. Who is the CEO of ICICI Bank Ltd. : Chanda Kochhar

141. Which Bollywood actor acquired T20 team Trinidad & Tobago, the

team of Carribean Premier League : Shah Rukh Khan

142. What is the full form of CSIR : Council of Scientific and Industrial

Research

143. Who appointed as Director of Council of Scientific and Industrial

Research : Dr.Srivari Chandrasekhar

144. Who awarded with Sant Namdev National Award 2015 : Parkash

Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab





145. Who conducted 1st human heart transplant operation : Dr.Christian

Bernard

146. Prof. Amartya Sen is related with which field : Economics

147. Which grassland is a tropical grassland : Savannah

148. When was 1st television programme was broadcasted in India : In the

year 1959

149. What is the full form of UNCTAD : United Nations Conference on

Trade and Development

150. The system of competitive examination for civil services was

accepted in which year : 1853

151. Who formed the new political party namely ‘Hindustan Awam Party’

: Jitan Ram Manjhi

152. What is the full form of NDA in political observation : National

Democratic Alliance

153. COPA America Football Tournament 2015 started recently in which

Country : Chile

154. Who is the President of Chile : Michelle Bachelet

155. What is the Currency of Myanmar (Burma) : Burmese Kyat

156. Who is the CEO of HDFC Bank Ltd. : AdityaPuri

157. Which bank launched the scheme namely ‘PayZapp’ recently :HDFC

Bank Ltd.

158. Which team won UEFA Champions League title 2015 : FC

Barcelona

159. Sir Christopher Lee, the actor of Britain died recently, he became

famous for which character : Dracula

160. Which former Cricketer of India died recently : Hemant Kantikar





161. Who was the Creator of Rock Garden, Chandigarh, died recently :

Nek Chand Saini

162. Nek Chand Saini awarded with Padma Shri Award in which year : In

the year 1984

163. Which is the Capital city of Pakistan : Islamabad

164. Which famous personality is also known as ‘Pigeon’ : Glenn

McGrath, Cricketer of Australia

165. What is the purpose of choke in a tube light : To increase the voltage

momentarily

166. Name the former Cricketer of West Indies, who inducted into ICC

Cricket Hall of Fame : Wesley Hall

167. Border Haat, the common border between India and Bangladesh

opened recently, it lies in which Indian State : Tripura

168. Who is the Chief Minister of Tripura : Manik Sarkar

169. Which organization awarded with Space Pioneer Award for the year

2015 : Indian Space Research Organization

170. Which organization presented Space Pioneer Award : National Space

Society of USA

171. 4th Migrant Resource Centre of India launched by Government of

India in which city : Chennai, Tamil Nadu

172. India’s 1st Migrant Resource Centre was established in which city :

Kochi, Kerala

173. What is the regional language of the State of Kerala : Malayalam

174. Who became 1st wicket keeper of England to score a century in his

debut match : Matt Prior, retired recently

175. Who topped the Forbes list of highest paid Athletes : Floyd

Mayweather of USA





176. Name the only Indian placed in Forbes list of highest paid Athletes :

Mahendra Singh Dhoni at 23rd position

177. World Day Against Child Labour is observed on which date : 12th

June

178. What was the theme of World Day Against Child Labour 2015 : NO

to Child Labour – Yes to Quality Education

179. Who is the Governor of Tamil Nadu : Konijeti Rosaiah

180. Who appointed as Director of Indian Statistical Institute : Prof.

Sanghmitra Bandyopadhyay

181. Cairn India, the private oil producer company merged with which

famous company :Vedanta Ltd.

182. Who is the CEO of Cairn India : Mayank Ashar

183. Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards and fellowships announced recently,

which four personalities awarded with fellowship : R. Janakiraman, S.

Sathyu, Vijay Kichly and Tulsidas Borkar

184. Who won ATP Mercedes Cup of Tennis : Rafael Nadal of Spain

after defeating Viktor Troicki of Serbia

185. Sheila Kaul, died recently, she was the former Governor of which

Indian State: Himachal Pradesh

186. Who is the External Affairs Minister of India came into controversy

for issuance of travel documents : Sushma Swaraj

187. Who is Lalit Modi came into news recently : 1st Commissioner of

Indian Premier League (IPL)

188. What is Ajeya Warrior 2015 : joint military exercise between India

and UK

189. World Blood Donor Day is observed on which date : 14th June





190. What was the theme of World Blood Donor Day 2015 : ‘Thank you

for saving my life’

191. When was firstly introduced World Blood Donor Day : In the year

2004

192. Who is the Prime Minister of Barbados : Freundel Stuart

193. Which is the Capital city of Fiji : Suva

194. Jamini Roy was a famous Painter of India, he was awarded with

Padma Bhushan in which year : 1955

195. Pulitzer Prize is given in which field : Literature and Journalism

196. Which historic charter agreement completed its 800 years on 15th June

2015 : Magna Carta

197. Who is the Railway Minister of India : Suresh Prabhu

198. Which country’s government approved the bill ‘Law to Prevent Harm

Caused by Hunger Strikes’ : Government of Israel

199. Who is the President of Israel : Reuven Rivlin

200. Which Indian department launched India Nuclear Insurance Pool :

India Nuclear Insurance Pool

201. BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement signed between which four countries

: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal

202. BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement signed in which country : Thimphu,

Bhutan

203. What frequency is the high frequency band : 3 to 30 MHz

204. Friction can be reduced by changing from : sliding to rolling

205. The least explosive type of volcano is called : Basalt Plateau

206. Cannes Award is given in which field : Films

207. Who written the book ‘The Gathering Storm’ : Winston Churchill





208. What is the full form of SAARC : South Asian Association for

Regional Cooperation

209. Who is the 1st Mughal Emperor : Babur

210. What is the full name of Babur : Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur

211. Who became 1st 100% visually challenged person get job in Indian

Foreign Services : N.L. Beno Zephine of Chennai

212. Which Indian State became 1st to impose street light tax : Andhra

Pradesh

213. Who is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh : N. Chandra Babu

Naidu

214. Which route train renamed as Yoga Express : Ahmedabad-Haridwar

Mail Express

215. 800 years old statue of Buddha with 1000 hands opened in which

country : China

216. 800 years old statue of Buddha with 1000 hands enlisted in World

Heritage List in which year and by which organization : UNESCO in the

year 1999

217. What is the basic aim of ‘Sakaar’ launched recently by Government of

India : to highlight the achievements of Space Department

218. Harbhajan Singh of India became 9th highest wicket taker in Test

Cricket, he claimed how many wickets : 416 wickets in 102 matches

219. Who is the highest wicket taker in the history of Test Cricket :

Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, 800 wickets in 133 matches

220. Who appointed as Chairman of Delhi Jal Board : Kapil Mishra

221. Who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi : Manish Sisodia





222. India’s 1st Micro Air Vehicle Aerodynamics Research Tunnel

launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka by which organization : Council of

Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

223. Who wrote the book titled as ‘Education of Muslims’ : J.S. Rajput

224. Who wrote the book titled as ‘Modi – Incredible emergence of a star’

: Tarun Vijay

225. Who is the Vice President of India : Mohammad Hamid Ansari

226. Rs.50 per quintal raised on Paddy by Government of India, now what

is the minimum support price of Paddy : Rs.1410 per quintal

227. Election Commission of India suspended the recognition of which

regional political party of Meghalaya : National People’s Party (NPP)

228. Charles Correa, the greatest architect of India, died, he was awarded

with Padma Vibhushan in which year : In the year 2006

229. Who is the founder of Urban Design Research Institute, Mumbai :

Charles Correa

230. Who appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of MTNL :

Narendra Kumar Yadav

231. What is the full form of MTNL : Mahanagar Telephone Nigam

Limited

232. When was established MTNL : In the year 1986

233. Who wrote the book titled as ‘Recasting India’ : Hindol Sengupta

234. Nathu La pass is located on which Border : Sikkim-Tibet Border

235. Which is the Capital city of Tibet : Lhasa

236. Nathu La pass opened after about how many years : after about 53

years

237. Who is the President of Georgia : Giorgi Margvelashvili

238. What is the Currency of Uzbekistan : Uzbekistani Som





239. Pandit Jasraj has related with which field : Music

240. What is the length of Dead Sea : 50 km

241. Who appointed as Director of National Crime Records Bureau :

Archana Ramasundaram

242. Who won Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith : Babusha Kohli

and Upasana

243. What is the basic aim of the scheme ‘Housing for All by 2022’ :

provide houses at affordable prices in the urban areas by the year

2022

244. When was the scheme ‘MGNREGA’ launched : In the year 2009

245. Which Asian country lowered the age of voters from 20 to 18 years

recently : Japan

246. Cluster Development Programme for Pharma Sector launched by

Government of India for which purpose : To promote SMEs in the

industry

247. Who is the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India : Ananth

Kumar

248. Who became President of Mumbai Cricket Association : Sharad

Pawar

249. Who wrote the book titled as ‘Bikhare Khayalat’ : Prof. Abdul Haq

250. Who was the 1st woman in Space : Valentina Tereshkova of Russia

251. Which is the highest civilian award of India : Bharat Ratna

252. In India, which State has separate flag and constitution : Jammu and

Kashmir

253. Who wrote the book titled as ‘We Indians’ : Khushwant Singh

254. Where is the Headquarter of World Trade Organization : Geneva,

Switzerland





255. Which is the Capital city of Switzerland : Bern

256. Who elected as Chairman of UK Parliament Committee : Keith Vaz,

an Indian origin

257. World’s slimmest and lightest 4G phone launched by which company

and what is its name : Micromax, Micromax Canvas Silver 5

258. Which team won National Basketball Championship 2015 : Golden

State Warriors

259. Which bank launched the scheme ‘eforex’ : State Bank of India

260. Which historic city of Punjab completed 350 years of its

establishment : Anandpur Sahib

261. Name the 9th Guru of Sikhs : Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib

262. Which city is also known as ‘Hole City of Bliss’ : Anandpur Sahib,

Punjab

263. Who appointed as Executive Director of Amnesty International

recently : Aakar Patel

264. Who is the Indian Ambassador to China : Ashok K. Kantha

265. Which State of India banned the sale of thermocol plates : Jharkhand

266. Who is the Chief Minister of Jharkhand : Raghubar Das

267. What is the full form of DRDL : Defence Research and

Development Labortory

268. Milkha Singh is also known as : Flying Sikh of India

269. The length of the day is determined in which unit: Astronomical

units

270. Which State of India given Tansen Samman : Madhya Pradesh

271. Bangladesh Cricket team won the series against India, earlier the team

record two winning series over which two teams : Pakistan and

Zimbabwe





272. Who is the Captain of Bangladesh Cricket team : Mashrafe Mortaza

273. Who won Austrian F1 Grand Prix : Nico Rosberg of Germany

274. Name the Airport having fastest WiFi service in all over the World :

Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok

275. International Yoga Day is observed on which date : 21st June

276. Who is the President of Tanzania : Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

277. Suleyman Damirel died recently, he was the former President of

which country : Turkey

278. Who is the Captain of Men’s Hockey team : Sardara Singh

279. Indian Football team made its 1st appearance in Olympics in which

year : 1948

280. The transformer that develops the high voltage in a home television is

commonly called : Flyback

281. Plants bends towards the source of light on account of the movement

of curvature known as : Phototropism

282. Which gas is used for artificial ripening of green fruit : Ethylene gas

283. Which gas was to be discovered 1st in the chromospheres of the sun :

Helium

284. World Food Day is observed on which date : 16th October

285. Onam Festival celebrated in which Indian State : Kerala

286. Who won Gerry Weber Open Tennis title : Roger Federer of

Switzerland

287. Which team won FIFA U-20 World Cup : Serbia after defeating

Brazil

288. Who appointed as President of Squash Rackets Federation of India :

Debendranath Sarangi





289. Who won men’s singles title of Aegon Tennis Championship : Andy

Murray of Scotland

290. Which team won Nongfu Spring Snooke’s World Cup 2015 : China

291. Who awarded with Sangitha Kalanidhi Award 2015 : Sanjay

Subrahmanyam

292. Who won US Open Golf : Jordan Spieth of USA

293. Typhoon namely ‘Kujira’ hit which Province of China recently :

Hainan Province of China

294. Name the India’s largest Gurudwara of Sikhs : Golden Temple

situated in Amritsar, Punjab

295. Sanjay Dutt convicted by Court under which offence or Act :

Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA)

296. Which is the largest hot desert in the World : Sahara Desert

297. In which year was the Internet first time implemented : In the year

1969

298. Name the President of India who awarded with Bharat Ratna before

becoming President : Dr.Zakir Hussain

299. Who is the Author of ‘Ashtadhyayi’ : Panini

300. Who is the President of Iceland : Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

301. Who is the Deputy Chief Minister of the State of Maharashtra : Ajit

Pawar

302. According to the report of Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report, which

country has maximum number of dope tests : Russia

303. According to the report of Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report, India

placed at which number in dope tests : 3rd place

304. According to the Global Peace Index 2015, which country topped the

list : Iceland





305. According to the Global Peace Index 2015, India ranked at which

position : 143rd position out of 162 countries

306. Which organization conducted the survey of Global Peace Index 2015

: Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)

307. Which country won European Team Athletics Championship 2015 :

Russia

308. Sister Nirmala Joshi died recently, she was the former Head of which

famous organization : Missionaries of Charity

309. What is the real name of Mother Teresa : Anieze Gonxhe Boiaxhiu

310. Australia won ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 after defeating which

country : New Zealand

311. Which country won 1st ICC Cricket World Cup played in the year

1975 : West Indies

312. ‘.JPG’ extension refers to what kind of file : Image file

313. Photosynthesis is a process of : Reductive, Endergonic and

Anabolic

314. What is the major constituent of air : Nitrogen

315. What is the full form of LED : Light Emitting Diodes

316. Who is Union Water Resources Minister of India : Uma Bharti

317. Which is the Capital city of Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram

318. Lucknow Prani Udyan renamed by Government of Uttar Pradesh,

what is its new name : NawabWajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan

319. Lucknow Prani Udyan established in which year : 1921

320. Who is the Author of the book ‘Red Tape to Red Carpet’ : Gina

Rinehart

321. What is the full form of USIC : Union Sportive Internationale des

Cheminots





322. Who appointed as Ayurveda Brand Ambassador for the State of

Kerala : Steffi Graf of Germany

323. Name the three Indians who awarded with Queen’s Young Leaders

Award : Ashwini Angadi, Devika Malik and Akshay Jadhao

324. Asian Athletics Grand Prix held in which country : Bangkok,

Thailand

325. Who awarded with V.K. Krishna Menon Award : Benni Joseph

Mavelil

326. V.K. Krishna Menon Award was firstly instituted in which year :

2006

327. Where is the Headquarter of United Nations Organization : New

York, USA

328. Which famous personality also known as ‘Father of the White

Revolution’ : Verghese Kurien

329. Which is the largest part of Hydrosphere : Pacific Ocean

330. Which famous personality was awarded with 1st Rajiv Gandhi

National Sadbhavana Award : Mother Teresa

331. Which city Airport of India became 1st Airport of India to have

Ground Based Augmentation System : Ahmedabad Airport

332. Which State of India became 1st is solar energy producer : Rajasthan

by generating 1167 mw solar energy

333. Which State of India became 1st State of India to have Butterfly

namely ‘Blue Mormon (Papilio Polymnestor) : Maharashtra

334. Who is the CEO of ICICI Bank Ltd. : ChandaKochhar

335. Who became 1st player of India to be drafted in National Basketball

Association : Satnam Singh Bhamara





336. What is the full form of AMRUT, the scheme launched recently : Atal

Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

337. 1st Modern Anganwadi Centre of India launched recently in which

city : Sonepat, Haryana

338. Who wrote the book ‘South Asia on a Short Fuse: Nuclear Politics

and the Future of Global Disarmament : Praful Bidwai, died recently

339. Indian Government announced to open six new IIM institutes in India,

name that six cities in which IIM institutes will be open : Amritsar,

Bodh Gaya, Nagpur, Sambalpur, Sirmaur and Vishakhapatnam

340. Who became the President of International Cricket Council : Zaheer

Abbas

341. Who is the Chairman of International Cricket Council : N. Srinivasan

342. What is the full form of UNCTAD : United Nations Conference on

Trade and Development

343. Bhasha Samman given by Sahitya Akademi was instituted in which

year : 1996

344. Who became greatest Test Player in all over the World : Sachin

Tendulkar

345. Which famous personality of India awarded with highest civilian

award of Columbia recently : Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

346. Which country declared legal the same sex marriage recently : United

States of America

347. Who won Norway Chess Championship 2015 : Topalov after

defeating Vishwanathan Anand

348. Who appointed as Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial

Officer of State Bank of India : Anshula Kant





349. Which Tennis player became 47th player to join 100 partners club on

ATP Circuit : Leander Paes of India

350. Leander Paes with his partner Mahesh Bhupathi won how many

Grand Slam titles : 8

351. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed

on which date : 26th June

352. What was the theme of International Day Against Drug Abuse and

Illicit Trafficking 2015 : Let’s Develop our Lives, Our Communities,

our identities without Drugs

353. Ambubachi festival of which Indian State : Assam

354. The famous Kamakhya Temple is situated in which Indian State :

Assam

355. Hemis festival related with which region of India : Ladakh

356. Hemis festival is celebrated on the birth anniversary of which Guru :

Guru Padmasambhava

357. For galvanizing iron which metal is used : Zinc

358. The term ‘Slip’ is used in which Sports : Cricket

359. Who is the Prime Minister of Malaysia : NajibRazak

360. What is the original name of Mahabharata : Jai Samhita

361. Who developed 1st flexible and skin like display of the World :

Debashis Chanda, an Indian American

362. RBI extended the date to exchange pre 2005 currency notes, now the

new date is : 31st December 2015

363. India signed a Double Taxation Treaty with which country recently :

Thailand

364. Who appointed as CEO of Lafarge India : Ujjwal Batria





365. Who appointed as Chairman of Sakal Media Group : Prataprao

Pawar

366. Who appointed as highest wicket taker in Test Cricket : Muttiah

Muralitharan

367. What is the full form of CD : Compact Disk

368. Which tissues are the most abundant in a human body : Connective

tissues

369. The hottest part of the gas flame is also known as : non-luminous

zone

370. When the Solar Eclipse occurred : When the moon is between the

sun and the earth

371. Balloons are filled with which gas : Helium gas

372. Ajanta Caves are situated in which Indian State : Maharashtra

373. How much population of India depend on Agriculture: 70%

374. Banks of India were nationalized in which year : 1969

375. Muslim League was founded in which year : 1906

376. 1st day-night test cricket match will play between which two countries

as announced by ICC : Australia and New Zealand

377. Which District of India awarded with United Nations Public Service

Award 2015 : Nadia

378. Who is the President of Sri Lanka : Maithripala Sirisena

379. The President of Sri Lanka dissolved the Parliament of Sri Lanka,

now the new elections will be held in Sri Lanka on which date : 17th

August 2015

380. Who won Men’s singles title of Canada Open Badminton Tournament

2015: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia





381. Who won women’s singles title of Canada Open Badminton

Tournament 2015 : Michelle Li of Canada

382. Which country became 1st to join Asian Infrastructure Investment

Bank : Australia

383. Who is the Author of the book ‘Transcendence: My Spiritual

Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji’ : A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Arun

Tiwari

384. Recently, which Indian city received the Metro Rail Service :

Chennai

385. Who awarded with Moorti Devi Award : Vishwanath Tripathi

386. Who wrote the book ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’ : Vishwanath Tripathi

387. National Statistics Day is observed on which date : 29th June

388. National Statistics Day 2015 organized under which theme : ‘Social

Development’

389. Where is Himalayan Mountaineering Institute situated : Darjeeling

390. Which is the Capital city of Australia : Canberra



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