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1. Who has been awarded 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category by National Space Society (NSS)?
Ans- The team of ISRO’s Mars Mission

2. Railway Ministry has flagged off India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) powered train between............?
Ans-Rewari and Rohtak in Haryana.

3. Who has won the Federation Cup Football Tournament 2014-15?
Ans- Bengaluru FC beating Goa's Dempo Sports Club 2-1.

4. Who has appointment CMD (Chairman and Managing Director) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)?
Ans- Anupam Shrivastava

5. Army Day is being observed every year on .........?
Ans- 15 January

6. Which bank launched a completely online account opening facility for Non-Resident Indians residing in the US?
Ans- ICICI Bank

7. Who was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner ?
Ans-Hari Shankar Bramha 

8. Haryana government has announced ......... as its brand ambassador?
Ans- yoga guru Ramdev

9. Which State has been selected for National e-Governance award 2014-15 for its best district level initiative in the country?
Ans- Jammu and Kashmir

10. What is the slogan of the Vistara airline which commissioned its operation, recently?
Ans-Fly the New Feelings

11. Which banks has bagged the “MSME Banking Excellence Awards-2014”?
Ans-Corporation Bank

12. Bhakti Sharma, who is in news recently, is associated with which field?
Ans-Swimming ( she set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean)

13. Who hits fastest century in ODIs?
Ans-South Africa’s AB de Villiers against West Indies
Note- Earlier record by Corey Anderson of New Zealand in 36 balls

14. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)'s 5thGeneral assembly held at.........?
Ans-Abu Dhabi

15. Which company developed indigenously- built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas?
Ans-Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

16. National Immunization Day is observed on ..........?
Ans- 18 January

17. Who was conferred with the JGBS-Top Rankers' Excellence Award for CEO of the year 2014?
Ans-Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman R.K. Tyagi

18. Who was named as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year 2014 in men category?
Ans-Australian captain Mark Knowles

19. Who was named as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year 2014 in women category?
Ans-midfielder of the Netherland Ellen Hoog

20. Who was appointed as Nepal's ambassador to India?
Ans-Deep Kumar Upadhyay

21. Who was appointed as the head coach of Indian men’s football team?
Ans-Stephen Constantine

22. Book on Sonia Gandhi titled The Red Sari written by......?
Ans-Spanish author Javier Moro

23. Who was appointed chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) ?
Ans-Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani

24. Who was appointed as new Prime Minister of Haiti ?
Ans-Evans Paul

25. Which Bankhas won The Best Tech Savvy Bank – Runner Up award in MSME Banking Excellence Awards 2014 ?
Ans-Karur Vysya Bank

26. United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has declared which country as Ebola Free Country?
Ans-Mali

27. Who has won the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr Award ?
Ans-Indian-American Frank Islam

28. World Future Energy Summit 2015 was held at which place?
Ans-Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

29. Which bank allows transfer money through the micro-blogging Web site Twitter ?
Ans-ICICI Bank

30. Who was reappoint as managing director and chief executive officer (MD and CEO) of Axis Bank?
Ans-Shikha Sharma

31. Which Indian was named among 50 most valuable banks in 2014 by market capitalisation released by Relbanks?
Ans- HDFC

32. Which social networking site buys Indian mobile phone marketing start-up ZipDial ?
Ans-Twitter

33.Which country has occupied first place in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)?
Ans-Switzerland. India has been ranked 78th in the list.

34. To celebrate the power of voters the Election Commission of India has been organising “Matdata Mahotsava” in which city?
Ans-New Delhi

35. Which state government has launched e- stamping project?
Ans- Punjab

36. Which Committee submitted its report on restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI)?
Ans-Shanta Kumar

37. Who has won the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award ?
Ans-Periyar Tiger Reserve , Kerala

38. The Houthis are members of a rebel group operating in which country?
Ans- Yemen

39. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign to save and empower girl child in which state?
Ans-Panipat in Haryana

40. Ashok Srinivasan has been named winner of “The Hindu Prize-2014” for which book?
Ans-Book of Common Signs

41. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon has inaugurated the India’s first-ever canal top solar power plant in which State?
Ans-Gujarat

42. Water resource Ministry has decided to celebrate the year 2015-16 as
Ans-Jal Kranti Varsh

43. Which bank has topped the list of top 50 most-valued global banks in terms of market capitalisation?
Ans-Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Note-HDFC(45th) and SBI(46th) are the only banks from India to figure in a list of the top 50 global banks in terms of market capitalisation

44. Which country has commissioned the “Huanggang”, a new missile destroyer?
Ans-China

45. Which State became the first state in the country to launch a web-based educational programme for all schools in collaboration with Google?
Ans-Arunachal Pradesh

46. Who has been selected by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) to be its communications partner for the US-India Business Summit?
Ans-Gutenberg Communications

47.Which scheme enable parents to open bank accounts of girls who are under 10 years of age?
Ans-Sukanya Samridhi Yojana

48. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has passed away, he is the king of which country?
Ans-Saudi Arabia (Abdullah’s brother Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is his successor and new King of Saudi Arabia)

49. Who has won prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015?
Ans-Jhumpa Lahiri

50. State Bank of India (SBI), has signed a loan agreement for 100 million euro with which Bank?
Ans-European Investment Bank (EIB)

51. Who is the chairperson of the committee appointed by the Supreme Court to clean up the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
Ans-R.M. Lodha

52. India's First International Institute of Music has been started in which state?
Ans- Kerala

53. Who has been selected as member in advisory panel to Review UN Peace-Building Architecture?
Ans-Saraswathi Menon

54. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted ban on carrying Indian bank notes of Rs 1,000 and 500 denominations to which countries?
Ans-Nepal, Bhutan

55. Who has won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry?
Ans-Poetess Arundhathi Subramaniam

56. Who has become the first woman officer to lead the ceremonial Guard of Honour at Rashtrapathi Bhavan?
Ans-Wing Commander Pooja Thakur

57. National Voters’ Day (NVD) is observed
on which Day every year?
Ans-25th January

58. Who is the world’s oldest living monarch?
Ans-Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (Earlier,Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz)

59. National Girl Child Day is observed across the nation on which Day?
Ans-24 January

60. Who has sworn in as Zambia’s sixth President?
Ans-Edgar Lungu

61. Who was crowned Miss Universe 2015 ?
Ans-Colombia’s Paulina Vega

62. What is the name of car of US President--Barack Obama?
Ans-The Beast

63. Who is the First US President that is the Chief Guest of Republic Day of India?
Ans-President--Barack Obama

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