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1) Richie Benaud who passed away on 10 April 2015 in Sydney was a famous?
(A) Cricket commentator
(B) Nuclear Scienthist
(C) Author
(D) Historian
(E) None of these

2) Which city was recently awarded the title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015?
(A) Thane
(B) Sydney
(C) Ottawa
(D) Seoul
(E) None of these

3) Which city was named India’s Earth Hour Capital 2015?
(A) Rajkot
(B) Pune
(C) Thane
(D) Coimbatore
(E) None of these

4) National Safe Motherhood day was observed across India on?
(A) 11 April
(B) 12 April
(C) 13 April
(D) 14 April
(E) None of these

5) An Asteroid numbered 316201 was recently named after?
(A) Viswanathan Anand
(B) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(C) Malala Yousafzai
(D) Bernard Shaw
(E) None of these

6) India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) recently became operational at GIFT City in Gandhinagar district of which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) Gujarat
(E) None of these

7) In a landmark development, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President ____ held a meeting on 11 April 2015, which marked the first summit between the two countries since the height of the Cold War?
(A) Raul Castro
(B) Michelle Bachelet
(C) Simpson Miller
(D) Enrique Peña Nieto
(E) None of these

8) Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, Gunter Grass who passed away on 12 April 2015 was from which country?
(A) Mexico
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Canada
(E) None of these

9) IFCI Ltd has recently become a state-owned firm (PSU) with the government increasing its stake in the infrastructure financing firm to ___ per cent?
(A) 51 %
(B) 75 %
(C) 100 %
(D) None of these
(E) 80%

10) Which state government recently passed a law that bans the slaughter, trading and unauthorised transportation of camels?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
(E) None of these 

11) Name the Social activist who recently resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party?
(A) Anna Hazare
(B) Medha Patkar
(C) MS Swaminathan
(D) Madav Gadgil
(E) None of these

12) Which Australian cricketer recently announced his retirement from ODIs?
(A) David Warner
(B) Mitchell Starc
(C) Shane Watson
(D) Michael Clarke
(E) None of these

13) Isro launched India's 4th navigation satellite IRNSS 1D recently using?
(A) PSLV-C27
(B) PSLV-C29
(C) PSLV-D24
(D) PSLV-E21
(E) None of these

14) Who was crowned fbb Femina Miss India World 2015 recently?
(A) Koyal Rana
(B) Navneet Kaur Dhillon
(C) Vanya Mishra
(D) Aditi Arya
(E) None of these

15) Who was recently honoured with Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award 2015?
(A) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
(B) Shashi Kapoor
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Yash Chopra
(E) None of these

Answer: 

1.   A
2.   D
3.   C
4.   A
5.   C
6.   D
7.   A
8.   C
9.   A
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. D
15. A

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