1. The central govt signed a peace accord on 3 Aug with which of the following insurgent outfits to end the longest insurgency in the country?
1) NSCN (IM)
2) NSCN (K)
3) All Bodo Students’ Union
4) People’s War Group (PWG)
5) None of these
2. The Tourism Ministry’s Incredible India advertising campaign has been bagged by advertising agency McCann India for a period of three years. It has been responsible for the commercials on ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ featuring superstar
1) Salman Khan
2) Shah Rukh Khan
3) Hrithik Roshan
4) Aamir Khan
5) Amitabh Bachchan
3. Which of the following banks headed by Naina Lal Kidwai is planning to launch "green bonds" this year to enable fund raising for investments in projects with environmental benefits?
1) HSBC India
2) ICICI Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Standard Chartered
4. The Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Majahan invoked which of the following rules to name (identifying for action) 25 Congress members who were in protesting in the well of the House recently?
1) 349
2) 374(A)
3) 331(D)
4) 331A
5) 118(2)
5. The RBI announced its monetary policy rate review on 4 Aug. Which of the following rates and ratios is NOT correct after the recent review?
1) Repo rate – 7.25%
2) Reverse repo rate – 6.25%
3) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) – 4%
4) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) – 21.5%
5) None of these
6. The US President Barack Obama honoured three Indian Americans among others for their innovative and path breaking startups during the first-ever White House Demo Day recently. The Indian Americans include
1) Suma Reddy
2) Ann Marie Sastry
3) Privahini Bradoo
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
7. As announced by the ISRO, recently, it will be launching nine nano/micro satellites during 2015-16 time frame for the first time for
1) UK
2) France
3) US
4) China
5) Bangladesh
8. The panel tasked with examining and suggesting reforms for the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in infrastructure projects is headed by
1) Shankar Acharya
2) Bimal Jalan
3) C Rangarajan
4) Vijay Kelkar
5) Y Venugopal Reddy
9. Which of the following countries plans to send Jilin-1, the country’s first selfdeveloped remote sensing satellite for commercial use, into space in Oct?
1) Israel
2) Spain
3) Norway
4) Singapore
5) China
10. Which of the following is the first Bill passed by the Lok Sabha in the monsoon session of Parliament on 3 Aug?
1) The Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015
2) The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015
3) The SCs and the STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014
4) The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) Bill, 2014
5) None of these
Answers:
1. 1)
2. 4)
3. 1)
4. 2)
5. 5)
6. 4)
7. 3)
8. 4)
9. 5)
10. 3)