1. Name the three gold related schemes launched
by the Government of India?
Ans: Gold Monetization Scheme, Sovereign Gold
Bond Scheme and Indian Gold Coins.
2. Which Indian has been appointed as the Vice
Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)?
Ans: Reghuram Rajan. He is presently the
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
3. Which country won the FIFA Under-17 World
Cup?
Ans: Nigeria
4. Name the recently held joint military
exercise by India and Russia?
Ans: Indra 2015
5. Which Indian is the new executive director of
the International Monetary Fund?
Ans: Subir Gokarn
6. Which Indian has been elected the new
chairman of the International Cricket Council?
Ans: Shashank Manohar
7. International Day for Prevention of
Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict was observed on:
Ans: 6th November
8. Who is the new Ethics Officer (Ombudsman) at
the BCCI?
Ans: Justice A P Shah
9. Who wrote the book, What Happened to Netaji?
Ans: Anuj Khar
10. Who became the first cricketer to score 10000
runs in Ranji Trophy?
Ans: Wasim Jaffer
11. Victor Ponta, who resigned recently from his
post, was the prime minister of which European country?
Ans: Romania
12. World Science Day for Peace and Development
was observed on:
Ans: 10th November
13. What is the percentage of Swachh Bharat Cess
imposed by the Government of India?
Ans: 0.5 percent
14. Who became the fastest Indian to get 150
test wickets?
Ans: Ravichandran Aswhwin
15. As per the magazine Fortune India, who is
the most powerful woman
in the Indian business sector?
Ans: Arundhati Bhattacharya. She is the
chairperson of the SBI
16. Which Indian telecommunication satellite was
launched by the European launch vehicle, Aflame VA-227?
Ans: GSAT 15
17. Name the recently released book, co-authored
by Nandan Nilekani and Viral Shah?
Ans: Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion
Aspirations
18. Which state launched APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut
Yojna scheme to provide hot cooked nutritious food to pregnant and lactating
women in the tribal areas?
Ans: Maharashtra
19. Who is the World's Most Powerful Person, as
per the Forbes annual ranking?
Ans: Vladimir Putin
20. Which is the latest African country to be
declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation?
Ans: Sierra Leone
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