Ques. : 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for a six-nation tour on 6 Jul to attend the BRICS and SCO summits in Russia. The Central Asian nations which he will also visit do not include
1) Tajikistan
2) Kazakhstan
3) Uzbekistan
4) Ukraine
5) Kyrgyzstan
Ques. : 2 The government has decided to give Cabinet minister’s rank to Arvind Panagariya. Presently, he holds which of the following positions?
1) Chief Economic Adviser to Finance Ministry
2) Media Advisor to the PM
3) CEO of NITI Aayog
4) Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 Number of vehicles recalled by the auto majors in India has crossed __________ mark in the last three years after the automobile body SIAM’s voluntary code on vehicle recall came into effect in Jul 2012.
1) 60,000
2) 1,14,000
3) 2,50,000
4) five lakh
5) ten lakh
Ques. : 4 Greece has reached on the brink of exiting from Euro zone. Before joining the Euro zone in 2002, the currency of Greece was
1) Greek ngultrum
2) Greek ringgit
3) Greek peso
4) Greek drachma
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 The UNESCO has classified Sana'a as endangered heritage site. Sana’a is situated in which of the following countries?
1) Syria
2) Libya
3) Yemen
4) Afghanistan
5) Iraq
Ques. : 6 The Adani group on 4 Jul signed an MoU with which of the following state govts for setting up solar power plants at a cost of Rs 4,536 cr in Ramanathapuram district?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Telangana
Ques. : 7 The ‘iON’ cloud platform, which has become the preeminent platform for conducting examinations in the country, is a product of
1) IBM
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) TCS
5) Tech Mahindra
Ques. : 8 The Guinness Book of World Records has recognised a record created in ________ on 'World Hand washing Day' on Oct 15, 2014 in which 12,76,425 students washed their hands simultaneously at 13,196 different locations.
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Tripura
4) Rajasthan
5) Madhya Pradesh
Ques. : 9 Commodore CD Balaji (retd.), on 3 Jul took charge as the Director of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Programme Director of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). The ADA is headquartered at
1) Bengaluru
2) Lucknow
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Baleswar
Ques. : 10 Who among the following won the 2015 British Grand Prix F1 championship recently?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Fernando Alonso
3) Sebastian Vettel
4) Nico Rosberg
5) None of these
ANSWERS :
1. Ukraine
2. Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
3. ten lakh
4. Greek drachma
5. Yemen
6. Tamil Nadu
7. TCS
8. Madhya Pradesh
9. Bengaluru
10. Lewis Hamilton