1. Name the companies have bagged $5.6 billion ( Rs 37,000 crore) worth of contract from the Indian Railways to build locomotives in Bihar, marking the first major foreign direct investment (FDI) in rail projects after the limit was raised by the government in select railways sectors.
Answer. US major General Electric and French giant Alstom
2. Who has been appointed as the vice-chairman of the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) for 3 years?
Answer. Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor
3. The government’s indirect tax revenue grew by how much percent in October 2015 compared to the same month in the previous year?
Answer. 36.8%
4. Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch InBev says it has finalized the terms of a $107 billion takeover of which company that will combine the planet’s two biggest brewers and create a company that makes almost a third of the beer consumed worldwide?
Answer. SABMiller
5. Who has called a meeting of the Chief Executives of public sector banks on November 23 to review their performance for the quarter ended September?
Answer. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
6. Who has been appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Answer. Subir Gokarn
7. What is the retail inflation for October 2015?
Answer. 5 per cent
8. In which state, heavy rainfall brought daily life to a grinding halt as its seven districts announced holidays for schools and colleges?
Answer. Tamil Nadu
9. Name the new communication spacecraft which was put in space by ISRO from the French Guiana space port in South America.
Answer. GSAT-15
10. Who is the Chairman & CEO of GE?
Answer. Jeff Immelt
11) Who directed the documentary on Malala Yousafzai?
Answer. Davis Guggenheim
12) Which department of Government of India recently launched its official account on Twitter?
Answer. The Income Tax department
13) The World Health Organization (WHO) declared which country free from Ebola transmissions?
Answer. Sierra Leone
14) Who was the chairman of the committee on the IIT Examination?
Answer. Prof. Ashok Misra
15) Hockey India confirmed the appointment of which person as the strategic coach for the men’s national team till the 2016 Rio Olympics?
Answer. Roger van Gent
16) Which Bollywood actor led a march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to counter the protests by writers, artistes and others against “rising intolerance”, voicing concern over the “wrong projection” of India by those returning their awards?
Answer. Anupam Kher
17) China’s President recently meet with which country’s President after 66 years?
Answer. Taiwan
Note: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou
18) Name the supersonic land attack cruise missile which recently test fired in Pokhran.
Answer. BrahMos
19) The government imposed how much percent Swachh Bharat Cess on all services, now liable to service tax?
Answer. 0.5 per cent
20) Who won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol women’s event at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship in Kuwait City?
Answer. India’s Heena Sidhu
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