Ques. : 1 The book titled “To The Brink And Back: India‟s 1991 Story” has been authored by who among the following?
1) Jairam Ramesh
2) Yashwant Sinha
3) Manmohan Singh
4) P Chidambaram
5) Jayanthi Natarajan
Ques. : 2 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
Ques. : 3 Name the noted Indian agriculture scientist who has been awarded the first Sunhak Peace Prize, billed as an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize. He shares the award with the President of Kiribati Islands, Anote Tong.
1) Modadugu Vijay Gupta
2) R Paul Singh
3) Surinder K Vasal
4) Sanjaya Rajaram
5) BR Barwale
Ques. : 4 OP Jaisha set a new marathon national record at World Athletics Championships and ensured the 2016 Rio Olympics spot. The biennial World Athletics Championships 2015 was held in
1) Tokyo
2) Seoul
3) Beijing
4) Jakarta
5) Manila
Ques. : 5 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
Ques. : 6 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
Ques. : 7 India gifted the Indian Coast Guard Ship “Varaha” to which of the following countries recently?
1) Seychelles
2) Mauritius
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bangladesh
Ques. : 8 The central govt has identified ________ cities and towns across nine states under the ambitious "Housing For All" project aimed at providing 2 cr houses in urban areas by 2022.
1) 98
2) 108
3) 245
4) 275
5) 305
Ques. : 9 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
Ques. : 10 The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on _________ every year in honour of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand on his birthday.
1) 27 Aug
2) 29 Aug
3) 30 Aug
4) 31 Aug
5) 1 Sep
ANSWERS:
1. 1) Jairam Ramesh
2. 1) Kannada
3. 1) Modadugu Vijay Gupta
4. 3) Beijing
5. 2) Air India
6. 4) New Delhi
7. 4) Sri Lanka
8. 5) 305
9. 3) 70
10. 2) 29 Aug