1) The Nobel Prize 2015 in Chemistry jointly went to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar. They won the prize for thier work in?
Answer. The Nobel was awarded “for mechanistic studies of DNA repair”.
2) The President of India will tour how many countries from 10th Ovtober? Also, name the countries.
Answer.3 countries. Jordan, Palestine & Israel
3) The Centre cleared amount of 500 crores for the National War Memorial and National War Museum? Where these are to be constructed?
Answer.India Gate circle in Delhi.
4) Who becomes the Chairman of Board of Directors of Volkswagen?
Answer. Hans Dieter Poetsch
5) Who has been elected as the Chairperson of the Inter¬governmental Panel for Climate Change at its 42nd session in Dubrovnik, Croatia?
Answer. Hoesung Lee
6) To which political party,Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi belongs?
Answer. National League for Democracy party
7) A three¬member Committee chaired by former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha PDT Achary, in its report submitted to Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel favoured how much hike in the basic salary of the Capital’s MLAs?
Answer. a 400 per cent hike, i.e. from Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 50,000 per month
8) Who returned her Sahitya Akademi award because of unsatisfaction from the current government in the Dadri Case?
Answer. Nayantara Sahgal
9) Name the Indian Navy's Torpedo Launch and Recovery Vessel which was commissioned at Naval Jetty in Visakhapatnam recently.
Answer. INS Astradharani
10) According to the recent data, among all Asian countries,which country continues to be the top country of birth for scientists and engineers who have made the US their destination for key research and development?
Answer. India
11) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to shift its Treasury office from Chennai to which city?
Answer. Mumbai
12) Who won the the chess World Cup which held recently?
Answer. Russia’s Sergey Karjakin
13) Name the Olympian and Arjun award¬winning Indian boxer who has been suspended from his job for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs. 1 lakh from a businessman?
Answer. Jai Bhagwan
14) Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (SED), a part of the Tata Group, have announced a comprehensive partnership with which comapany to evaluate the design, development and marketing of a highly secure mobile communications system for government customers in India?
Answer. Secusmart, a subsidiary of BlackBerry
15) Which bank has entered into a tie¬up with online financial product aggregator bankbazaar.com for capturing retail loan business through the firm’s online platform?
Answer. Dena Bank
16) According to the latest World Economic Outlook Update,IMF has projected how much growth rate for India in 2016?
Answer. 7.5 per cent
17) Which bank will raise a capital infusion of Rs. 394 crore by issuing of its Equity Shares to the GOvernment of India?
Answer. Bank of Maharashtra
18) According to the recent reports, the E-commerce sector in India is projected to how much amount by 2020?
Answer.$80 billion
19) Who quits as the CEO of iGATE ?
Answer. Ashok Vemuri
20) E-commerce major Snapdeal invested USD 20 million (around Rs.130 crore) in which firm to expand operations in the country?
Answer. GoJavas