Ques.1 Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Housing Bank?
Answer. Sriram Kalyanaraman
Ques.2 Who were awarded the the first-ever Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize by the United Nations?
Answer. Helena Ndume of Namibia and Jorge Sampaio of Portugal
Ques.3 Who has been awarded as the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015 in the Academic Category?
Answer. Ramachandra Guha
Ques. 4 Who won the Best Documentary Producer award at Madrid International Film Festival?
Answer. Benoy Behl
Ques.5 Which state's tourism project has won the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award in the ‘Heritage & Culture’ category ?
Answer. Kerala Tourism's Muziris Heritage Project
Ques.6 Who was honoured as Champions of Change by the White House of United States?
Answer. Sunita Viswanath
Ques.7 Name the Cartoonist, who gave life to the cartoon character Archie passed away in July?
Answer. Tom Moore
Ques.8 Olaf Pooley passed away in July 2015. What was his profession?
Answer. Famous Hollywood actor
Ques. 9 The Andhra Pradesh Government formed a one-member committee to probe stampede incident that killed 27 people on the first day of Godavari Maha Pushkaram celebrations. Name the person who is heading the committee.
Answer. Rajahmundry
Ques.10 What is the rank of India among the 40 countries in terms of Confidence in National
Government in 2014 as per the Government at a Glance 2015 report released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)?
Answer. Second
Ques.11 Name the Indian organizations which are among the world's biggest employers, together employing around 2.7 million people, as per a research published by the World Economic Forum.
Answer. Indian Army and Indian Railways
Ques.12 Where is the seventh BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit held?
Answer. Russian city of Ufa. The theme was BRICS Partnership – a Powerful Factor of Global Development.
Ques.13 Former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam launched the RAA in New Delhi in July. What is RAA?
Answer. Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan
Ques.14 The first meeting of the India-Myanmar Joint Consultative Commission was held at?
Answer. New Delhi
Ques.15 Central Bureau of Investigation constituted a special team of 40 officers, to probe the multi-crore Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh. Who is heading the team?
Answer. Joint Director RP Agarwal