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1. Recently, which international news channel
was forced to go off air in India for five days from 22 April 2015 as the
government penalised it for repeatedly showing wrong maps of the country?

(1) CNN

(2) Arirang

(3) Al Jazeera

(4) Fox News

(5) Sky News

2. Recently, who among the following United
Nations’ Special Adviser on Yemen has resigned from his post after his apparent
failure to bring peace in this war-ravaged country?

(1) Jamal Benomar

(2) Issaka Souna

(3) Simon Munzu

(4) Nicolas Mechel

(5) Abdul Kamara

3. What is the name of the portal which was
launched by the government of India to redress consular grievances of Indian
citizens living abroad?

(1) Helping Citizen

(2) Sahaj

(3) Madad

(4) Helping Hands

(5) None of these

4. Recently, James Anderson became the highest
wicket – taker for England. He broke the record of 383 wickets of ______.

(1) Sir Ian Botham

(2) John Emburey

(3) Chirs Old

(4) Bob Willis

(5) Andrew Caddick

5. Recently, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
and the Government of India signed a $50 million loan agreement to boost power
generation capacity in which among the following states?

(1) Sikkim

(2) Nagaland

(3) Assam

(4) Arunachal Pradesh

(5) Jharkhand

6. Recently, Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation constituted a Task – Force on Interlinking
of Rivers in the country. The Task – Force will be headed by _____.

(1) BN Srikrishna

(2) HL Khanna

(3) B.N.
Navalawala

(4) B.S. Chauhan

(5) None of these

7. According to the pertaining data released by
RBI on 14 April 2015, which among the following banks was placed at the top
spot among all banking entities in mobile banking transactions during January
2015?

(1) SBI

(2) ICICI

(3) HDFC

(4) PNB

(5) Yes Bank

8. What is the name of the new scheme, which was
introduced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely in Union Budget 2015/16, to
empower and enable minority youths?

(1) Kiran

(2) Nav Yuvak

(3) Nayi Disha

(4) Nayi Manzil

(5) Nav Jyoti

9. According to the Union Budget 2015/16, the
level of fiscal deficit for 2015-16 will be at _____.

(1) 4.5% of GDP

(2) 3.3% of GDP

(3) 4.8% of GDP

(4) 3.9% of GDP

(5) 3.2% of GDP

10. What is the name of the new plan launched by
the Union Urban Development Ministry, that seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the
rich cultural heritage of the country?

(1) PaHaL

(2) PRAGATI

(3) AMRUT

(4) HRIDAY

(5) None of these

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