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################ PERSON IN
NEWS ################
1. Who was appointed as
the Controller General of Accounts?
Answer: - M.J.Joseph
2. Which Bengali writer,
known for the novels Dahana (Charred), KachherDewal (Wall of Glass) etc..
passed away recently?
Answer: - Suchitra
Bhattacharya
3. The Supreme Court of
India issued guidelines on regulating government advertisements, based on the
recommendations by the committee headed by?
Answer: - N.R.madhav
Menon
4. Who was recently been
appointed as Election Commissioner?
Answer: - Achal Kumar
Jyoti
5. Who was appointed Chairman
of the Joint Committee of Parliament to look into provisions of the Land
Acquisition Amendment Bill,2015?
Answer: - S.S.Ahluwalia
6.
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Sangeetha Nadaka Academy?
Answer
:- Shekhar Sen
7. Who sworn as the new Chief
Minister of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer :- Mufti Mohammed Sayeed
8. Who has been appointed as the
new Chairman of African Union?
Answer :- Robert Mugabe
################ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
################
Answer: - Opah
2. Name the first state
to issue soil health cards to farmers?
Answer: -Punjab
3. Which state
government has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Google, to build
the company’s biggest campus outside the United States of America?
Answer: - Telangana
4. Name advanced variant
of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which was successfully test fired from
the Car Nicobar Island recently?
Answer: - BrahMos Block
3
5. India successfully
test fired BrahMos Cruise Missile, what is its range?
Answer :-290 Km
6. The
first total broadband district in India?
Answer
:- Idukki
################ SPORTS ################
1. Men’s Singles title
winners of the Rome Masters Tennis?
Answer: - Novak Djokovic
2. Women’s Singles title
winners of the Rome Masters Tennis?
Answer: - Maria
Sharapova
3. Which Indian won gold
in the under-15 category of World School Chess Championship?
Answer: - Tejaswini
Sagar
4. Which Indian shooter
won the bronze medel in the 50m Rifle Prone Event in the ISSF World Cup?
Answer: - Gagan Narang
5. Which Indian discus
thrower won bronze in IAAF Diamond League series held in Shanghai?
Answer: - Vikas Gowda
6. The name of Mascots
for 2016 Rio Olympic Games and Paralympics Games are?
Answer :- Vinicius and
Tom
7. Who became the first
Indian Cricketer to score a centuary against Pakisthan in the ICC World Cup?
Answer :- Virat Kohli
8. To which sports
Sebastian Vettel is related?
Answer :- Car Racing
9. Who was elected as General
Secretary of Indian Olympics Association in 2014?
Answer :- Rajiv Mehta
10. The Hero Indian Open
tornament is related to which sports?
Answer :- Golf
11. Who has been appointed as the Director
General of the Sports Authority of India?
Answer :- Injeti
Srinivas
12. The winner of first
Hockey World League?
Answer :- Netherlands
13. In which sports
event Sajan Prakash is related?
Answer :- Swimming
14. Who was the Caption
of Kerala team in the 35th National Games?
Answer :- Preeja
Sreesdharan
15. Mayuresh Pawar of
Maharashtra team died on the 2nd day of 35th National
Games. He is associated with which sport?
Answer :- Netball
16. Which state has won the renji Trophy Cricket Cup in 2005?
Answer :-karnataka
17. How many medals were won by Services Sports Control Board in
35th National Games?
Answer :- 159
18. How
many districts in Kerala the Venue of National games 2015 arranged?
Answer
:- 7
19.
The winner of women’s Brisbene International Title 2015 in professional tennis
tournaments is?
Answer
:- Maria Sharapova
################ WORLD ################
1. Name the former
president of Egypt who was sentenced to death?
Answer: - Mohammed Morsi
2. Plaestine was
recently recogbised as a state by which country?
Answer: - Vatican
3. Which International
Day, observed by United Nations on May 15 , has this year’s theme, ‘Men in
Charge? Gender Equality and Children’s Right in Contemporary Families’?
Answer: - International
Day of Families
4. 17 May 2015 marked
the 150th anniversary of which United Nations specialised
agency?
Answer: - International
Telecommunication Union
5. India and Iran signed
a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of which port in Iran?
Answer:
- Chabahar
6. Which party won the
general election held in the United Kingdom?
Answer: - Conservative
Party
7. Which country where
more than 4700 people died were killed by the Ebola virus, has recently been
declared Ebola free by the WHO?
Answer: - Liberia
8. Which University has
topped in ‘Times World’s Reputation Rankings 2015’?
Answer
:- Stanford University
9.
The Asian city where the first municipal election were held in 60 years in 2014
December?
Answer
:- yangon , Mayanmar
10.
The first Asain Country to Introduced NOTA?
Answer
:- Bangladesh
11.
Which Indian City hosted the first Ocean Science Congress?
Answer
:- Kochi
12.
In which Afican Nation Anirudh Jagannath was elected as Prime Minister?
Answer
:- Mauritius
13.
The Houthis are members of a rebel group operating in which country?
Answer
:- Yemen
14.
Where is the seat of Pan African Parliament?
Answer
:- Midrand, South Africa
15.
Which is the richest country in ASEAN?
Answer
:- Singapore
################ INDIA ################
1.What does USTAS, the new central scheme launched by the
government stands for?
Answer: -
Upgrading Skills and Training in Trraditional Art/Crafts for Development
2. Where
was the dedicated E-commerce Center of India Posts, launched recently?
Answer: -
New Delhi
3. The
Union Government of India has given its approvel for disinvest of how much
percent in the National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC)?
Answer: -
5%
4. Which
state government banned digging of bore wells deeper than 200 feet?
Answer: -
Maharashtra
5. Where
was the 6th edition of the National Conference on Nuclear Energey held?
Answer: -
New Delhi
6. Name
the first state to issue soil health cards to farmers?
Answer:
-Punjab
7. The
Government of India has approved Rs20,000 Crore from which programme, aiming to
integrate the effort to clean and protect the river Ganga in a comprehensive
manner?
Answer: -
Namami Ganga
8. The
Union Minister of health and Family Affairs launched which award for public
health facilities?
Answer: -
Kayakalp
9. The
Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, recently introduced in the
Parliament seeks to aamend which Act?
Answer: -
Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988
10. The
Government of India has allocated how much amount for the development of AYUSH,
that copmprises Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy?
Answer: -
Rs. 5000 Crore
11. India
assumed the presidency of the 68th session of which International Body?
Answer: -
World Health Assembly
12 .
where is recently commissioned naval base, INS Sardar patel located?
Answer:
-Porbandar
13. Which
state has set up a fenced forested elephant sanctuary?
Answer :-
Karnataka
14. Which
is the assistance of which body the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project
was launched on India?
Answer :-
World Bank
15. From
which Constituency Sumitra Mahajan was elected to the 16th Lok
Sabha?
Answer :-
Indor , Madhya Pradesh
16. The
first State in India to launch a healthAdalat?
Answer :-
Karnataka
17. In
which city the first duble cecker fly over of India was inaugurated?
Answer :- Mumbai
18. The union Misnitry of water
resources has decided to celebrate the year 2015-16 as?
Answer :- Jalkranti Varsh
19. Which committee recommended new
criteria for determination of Poverty Line?
Answer :- C. rangarajan Committee
20. Union Ministry of Communication
and Information Technology released the commemorative postage stamps on the
theme of ?
Answer :- Swach Bharath Mission
21. How many sub groups of Chief
Ministers had been constituted within NITI Aayog?
Answer :- 5
22. The political party of Pawan
Kumar Chamling who became the Chief Minister of Sikkim for the 5th
term?
Answer :- Sikkim Democratic Front
23. The theme of National Science
Day 2015 is?
Answer :- Science for National
Building
24. World’s largest and tallest
Indian Flag has been unfurled at which place in India?
Answer :- Faridabad
25. Surys Kiran is a combined
military training excise between India and?
Answer :- Nepal
26. The Indira Paryavaran Bhavan
India’s first Net Zero Energy building is located in which city?
Answer :- New Delhi
27. The number of seats won by
United Progressive Alliance in 2014 General Election?
Answer :- 58
28. Sukanys Samridhi Yojana had
been started by Union Government in Janpur District of Uttarpradesh under?
Answer :- Beti Bachavo Beti Padao
29. Which State won the 10th
National Award for outstanding work in Mahathma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act?
Answer :- Madhya Pradesh
30. According to the latest Tiger
Census Report of 2015, which state has recored highest number of tigers?
Answer :- Karnataka
31. The first State in India to
‘Observe Child Protection Day’?
Answer :- Assam
32. Which Indian city declared as
the first kerosene free city on 19th June 2014?
Answer :-New Delhi
33. Which Tiger Reserve bagged the
National Tiger Conservation Authority biennial award?
Answer :-Periyar
34. Who was appointed as brand
Ambassador for the North East by Central Government?
Answer :- M.C.Marykom
35. Where is the nenovated Nalanda
University?
Answer :- Rajgir, Bihar
36. Indian railway has flagged off
the first comprehensive Natural Gas (CNG) based train in which state?
Answer :- Haryana
37. Which state has organized the
‘International Conference on Buddhist Heritage’?
Answer :- Odisha
38. The bill that given assent by
the President of India on 12th May 2014?
Answer :- Whistleblowers Bill
39. The person who got the highest
majority in the Lok Sabha elections?
Answer :- Pritam Munde (696321
Votes)
40. First
Kisan Call Center of North East has been opened at which place?
Answer
:- Agartala
################ KERALA
################
1.
Which department of Kerala launched ‘Laharivimuktha Keralam’ Project?
Answer
:- Excise
2.
The first e-governance Municipality in Kerala?
Answer
:- Thiroor
3.
Which committee appointed to probe the solar panel scam in Kerala?
Answer
:- Sivarajan Commission
Answer
:- Prof.Kattoor Narayana Pillai
5.
The scheme aims to provide training in soft skills to college students?
Answer
:- Yes Kerala
6.
The schemd of Government of Kerala for children below 18 years of age who are
affected by fatal disease?
Answer
:- Thalolam
7.
The first Municipality in India to get an ISO Certification?
Answer
:- Malappuram
8.
The Goodwill ambassador of Sukhayatra 2015 Project?
Answer
:- Mohanlal
9.
Who directed the movie ‘Perariyathavar’?
Answer
:- Dr.Biju
################ BUSINESS
################
1. World’s busiest airport for International
Traffic?
Answer
:- Dubai International Airport
################ DAYS
TO REMEMBER ################
1.
International Yoga Day is celebrated all over the world on?
Answer :- June 21
2.
Which was the theme of International Women Day 2015?
Answer
:- Make it happen
3.
Zero Discrimination Day is observed on?
Answer
:- March 1
4.
10th February will henceforth will be recognized in India as?
Answer
:- National Deworming Day
5.
What was the tag line for World Cancer day 2015?
Answer
:- Not beyond Us
################ BOOKS ################
1.
‘Greater then Bradman’ a famous book related to the life story of Sachin
Thendulkar written by?
Answer
:- Rudolph Lambest
2.
Who authorized ‘Courage and Conviction’ an Autobiography?
Answer :- V.K.Singh
3. Who is the author of the book ‘India Shastra: Reflections on the
Nation In Our Time’?
Answer
:- Shashi Tharoor
4.
Which Bollywood actor’s autobiography is ‘And then One Day’?
Answer
:- Nasuriddin Shah
################ AWARDS
################
1.
The nonprofit organization of Pakisthan that got Magsasy Award in 2014?
Answer :- The Citizen’s Foundation
2. The former Deputy Prime Minister of India who was conferred Padmavibhushan in 2015?
