General Knowledge

��  Which of the following cities in India most recently saw its metro rail facility beginning operations:

   Jaipur ✔
   Bangalore
   Mumbai
   Ahmedabad

��  The LIC of India has been permitted to do business in which country:

   BMaldives
   Fiji
   Bangladesh ✔
   Nepal



��  Who amongst the following are the partners with Indian Academy of Pediatrics for its IAP Healthphone Programme:

   Ministry of Women & Child Development
   United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
   Vodafone India
   All of the above ✔

��  Irwin Rose passed away recently. He was a famous:

   Physician
   Biochemist ✔
   Poet
   Author

��  Khoya Paya web portal, a forum for reporting & tracking missing people, is an initiative of:

   Ministry of Human Resource Development
   Ministry of Women and Child Development ✔
   Ministry of Minority Affairs
   Delhi Police

��  Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is caused by:

   Bacteria
   Corona Virus ✔
   Fungi
   Algae

��  Who amongst the following was awarded the "Freedom of Expression" award in Norway?

   Julian Assange
   Edward Snowden ✔
   Jessica Snowden
   None of the above

��  Who amongst the following has been appointed as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)?

   S Somnath
   K Sivan ✔
   M Chandradathan
   P Kunhikrishnan

��  Who amongst the following recently took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff:

   Fali Homi Major
   RK Dhowan
   Ravi Kant Sharma
   Birender Singh Dhanoa ✔

��  Which amongst the following institutes was involved with the genome sequencing of Holy Basil (Tulsi):

   CSIR CIMAP ✔
   CSMR
   CEERI
   CSE

��  Who amongst the following Indian leaders has been nominated for Bangladesh Liberation War award in the year 2015:

   Lal Krishna Advani
   Atal Behari Vajpayee ✔
   Pranab Mukherji
   None of the above

��  NavNirmanDeeksha is a programme associated with which of the following Indian state:

   Telangana
   Andhra Pradesh ✔
   Karnataka
   Kerala


��  How many gold medals did India win at the International Wrestling tournament 2015 in Italy?

   4
   6
   8 ✔
   10


��  Ameena Gurib-Fakim has been elected first woman president of:

   Mauritius ✔
   Maives
   Malaysia
   Jordan

��  Which of the following English football clubs is the most successful in FA Cup History:

   Sunderland
   Liverpool
   Manchester United
   Arsenal ✔

��  MERS stands for:

   Mild Exercise related Respiratory Syndrome
   Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ✔
   Major Exhaustive Respiratory Syndrome
   None of the above


��  Alok Kumar and Jitendra Kumar, two senior bureaucrats of the country have been aappointed advisors to:

   NITI Aayog ✔
   Department of Economic Affairs
   DEITY
   None of the above

��  The 2015 FA Cup win is Arsenal's _____ win in terms of the number of FA Cup tournaments it has won this far

   6th
   12th ✔
   16th
   17th

��  Indian archer Deepika Kumari finished at which place in the recently concluded Antalya Archery World Cup 2015?

   First
   Second
   Third ✔
   Fourth

��  Which state in India has decided to observe 2015-16 as the "Year of Development"?

   Gujarat
   Maharashtra
   Punjab ✔
   Haryana

��  George Yeo, the new Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University has previously served as:

   Foreign Secretary to the United States
   Defence Secretary of India
   Foreign Minister of Singapore ✔
   Singapore's ambassador to India

��  Who amongst the following became India's fifth shooter to qualify for Rio 2016 Olympics?

   Gagan Narang
   Abhinav Bindra
   Jitu Rai
   Gurpreet Singh ✔


��  Who amongst the following Indian cricketers has NOT been included in the newly appointed advisory panel to BCCI?

   Rahul Dravid ✔
   VVS Laxman
   Sachin Tendulkar
   Sourav Ganguly

��  The Pinaka Mark II multi barrel rocket recently test fired by the Indian Army can strike targets upto a range of::

   30 Km
   40 Km
   55 Km
   65 Km ✔

��  "World No Tobacco Day" is celebrated across the world on:

   29 May
   30 May
   31 May ✔
   1 June

��  A New Bank Note Paper Line Unit was recently set up in which Indian city?

   Hoshangabad ✔
   Mangalore
   Murshidabad
   Moradabad

��  Which of the following supercomputers will help meteorologists in conducting research and development related to prediction of weather?

   Param 10000
   Bhaskara ✔
   Aryavrata
   None of the above

��  Which city will host the 30th India Carpet Expo 2015?

   Hoshangabad
   Varanasi ✔
   Bhilai
   Jaipur

��  Swachhta Saptapadi Scheme has been launched by which Indian state:

   Maharashtra ✔
   Bihar
   Jharkhand
   Chhattisgarh

��  Who has been appointed the FIFA president:

   Ali bin al Hussein
   Sepp Blatter ✔
   Joao Havelange
   None of the above

��  Who amongst the following has been appointed the new Director General (News) for Doordarshan:

   Selvin Joseph
   Veena Jain ✔
   Kalpesh Dutta
   Sagnik Mutthuselvan

��  With the current re-election of Sepp Blatter as the FIFA President, he is entering which term:

   Second
   Third
   Fourth
   Fifth ✔

��  Online Customer Acquisition Solution; an online facility to apply for loans, has recently been launched by which of the following banks:

   Bank of Baroda
   State Bank of India ✔
   Punjab National Bank
   Oriental Bank of Commerce

��  Which of the following countries was recently reoved from the list of State Sponsors of terrorism by the United States:

   Venezuela
   Mexico
   Cuba ✔
   Colombia