1. MM Kalburgi, who was killed on 30 Aug at his residence, was a rationalist and an eminent scholar of
1) Kannada
2) Tamil
3) Telugu
4) Malayalam
5) Sanskrit
2. Which of the following teams won 2015 Guru Tegh Bahadur Hockey title after 7 years recently?
1) Army XI
2) Air India
3) Indian Oil
4) BPCL
5) Western Railway
3. The “Call To Action Summit 2015” on ending preventable child and maternal deaths was held on 27-28 Aug in
1) Kathmandu
2) Colombo
3) Dhaka
4) New Delhi
5) Thimphu
4. The govt has fixed health goals to be achieved over the next 15 years. Under the new goals, the maternal mortality rate is to be reduced to ______ per 1000
live births.
1) 150
2) 100
3) 70
4) 50
5) 25
5. India will implement the Sendai framework 2015-2030 in letter and spirit said the Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju recently. The Sendai framework is associated with
1) elimination of child labour
2) reducing malnutrition among children
3) disaster risk reduction
4) green house gas emission cut
5) making world nuclear weapon free
6. __________ has launched the country’s first Mortgage Guarantee-backed home loans for first-time borrowers in the affordable housing segment.
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) SBI
4) Federal Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
7. The govt has given a 4 months extension (up to 31 Dec 2015) to the 7th Central Pay Commission. The chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission is
1) Meena Agarwal
2) Ratin Roy
3) Vivek Rae
4) Ashok Kumar Mathur
5) BN Srikrishna
8. Vikas Gowda is associated with which of the following games?
1) Archery
2) Shooting
3) Discus throw
4) Pole vault
5) Boxing
9. As announced by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 1 Sep, foreign institutional investors and foreign portfolio investors will be exempted from MAT on transactions prior to
1) Apr 1, 2014
2) Sep 1, 2014
3) Dec 1, 2014
4) Jan 1, 2015
5) Apr 1, 2015
10. Bajrang Kumar, who has been chosen for the prestigious Arjuna award this year, is a
1) shooter
2) boxer
3) weightlifter
4) wrestler
5) archer
Answer:
1. 1) Kannada
2. 2) Air India
3. 4) New Delhi
4. 3) 70
5. 3) Disaster risk reduction
6. 1) ICICI Bank
7. 4) Ashok Kumar Mathur
8. 3) Discus throw
9. 5) Apr 1, 2015
10. 4) Wrestler