GENERAL AWARENESS
1)Indian government is considering to allow the alternative
options of voting to overseas electors in the form of (i) ‘e-Postal Ballot
System’ which envisages making available postal ballot electronically to the
NRI voters and thereafter return of the same by normal post and (ii) ‘proxy
voting which would allow such voters to appoint a proxy after following certain
formalities and exercise his franchise through the medium of the proxy so appointed.
For this purpose which is
required to be amended with the approval of both the Houses of
the Parliament?
a)Representation of the People Act
a)Representation of the People Act
b)Negotiable Instruments Act
c) Indian Contract Act
d) Indian Evidence Act
e) Indian Companies Act
Ans : a
2) In which year Rashtrapati
Bhavan heritage structures were built by
Sir Edwin Lutyens?
a) 1919 b)1924
c) 1935 d) 1947 e) 1950
Ans : b
3)India has 21 nuclear power
reactors under operation with an installed generating capacity of 5780 MWe. Which of the following reactors are under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
safeguards and are eligible for imported fuel?
a)TAPS-1&2 located at
Tarapur, Maharashtra;
b) RAPS-2 to 6 located at
Rawatbhata, Rajasthan;
c) KAPS-1&2 located at
Kakrapar, Gujarat; NAPS-1&2 located at Narora, Uttar Pradesh;
d) KKNPP–1 located at Kalpakkam,
Tamil Nadu
e)All the above (These reactors are operating at rated power. These thirteen (13) reactors have a
total installed capacity of 3380 MW viz.,)
Ans : e
4)Which of the following eight (8) nuclear power reactors in India, with a total installed capacity of 2400 MW are fueled by indigenous / natural uranium ?
a)TAPS-3&4 at Tarapur, Maharashtra;
b) MAPS-1&2 near Chennai;
c)KGS-1 to 4 at Kaiga, Karnataka
d) All the above
e) None of these
Ans : d
5) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and ROSCOSMOS have
signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on expansion of cooperation in
the field of the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.
ROSCOSMOS belongs to which country?
a)Russia b) USA c) UK
d) Japan e) China
Ans : a (ROSCOSMOS:Russian Federal Space Agency)
5) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to
provide space based systems for South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation member nations. The proposed satellite enables full range of
applications and services to our neighbors in
which areas of telecommunication and broadcasting applications ?
a)Television , Direct-to-Home (DTH), b)Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs), c)
Tele-education, Telemedicine d) Disaster
Management Support e ) All the above
Ans : e
6) Union Government has issued an order to the
Nominated Authority for auction of 10 Coal Mines (2 of Schedule II and 8 of
Schedule III) with 858.19 million tonnes of geological reserves and 356.26
million tonnes of extractable reserves in the third tranche. These 10 coal mines are
earmarked for the Non Regulated Sector. Which of the following comes under non-regulated sector ?
a)Cement,
b)Iron & Steel,
c)Captive Power Plants
d) All the above
e) None of these
Ans : d
7) The
Union Government has launched The
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB). TEEB-India Initiative (TII) to highlight the
economic consequences of the loss of biological diversity and the associated
decline in ecosystem services. The Initiative focussed on which of the
following ecosystems?
a)forests,
b) inland wetlands
c)coastal ecosystems
d)marine ecosystems
e) All the above
Ans : e
8)Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
Commission (FSLRC) submitted its Report to the Government on March 22,
2013. When FSLRC was set up
for re-writing the financial sector laws to bring them in harmony with the
current requirements?
a) 24th March 2011,
b) 2009
c) 2008
d) 2010
e) 2012
Ans : a
9) Prof. Richard Hay and Mr. George Baker are nominated
by the President of India as members of the Anglo-Indian Community to which house ?
a)Lok Sabha
b) Rajya Sabha
c) Legislative Council of UP
d) Legislative Assembly of UP
e) None of the above
Ans : a
10) The Bar
Council of India, a statutory body under which act ?
a) Advocates Act, 1961 (25
of 1961)
b) Indian Evidence Act
c) Indian Companies Act
d) Indian Contract Act
e) None of the above
Ans : a
11) The Government has
revised the National Solar Mission target of Grid Connected Solar Power
projects from 20,000 MW to _____________ by 2022 .
a) 60,000 MW
b) 100,000 MW
c) 70,000 MW
d) 80,000 MW
e) None of the above
Ans : b
12) The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched Deen
Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) on
25th July 2015 in
Patna. The DDUGJY
is one of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Power and will facilitate which of the following ?
a) Water Supply
b)24x7 supply of power.
c) Gas Supply
d) LPG supply
e) None of the above
Ans : b
13) Keeping in view the present condition of Dhubri Port, a
permanent Inland Water Transport (IWT) terminal at Dhubri with proper berthing
and Roll-on–Roll-off (Ro-Ro) facilities along with shore facilities for
handling of IWT traffic is being constructed at a location downstream of
Panchughat. The location was selected after a detailed study by IIT,
Guwahati. Where is Dhubri Port ?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Nagaland
d) Manipur
e) Mizoram
Ans : b
14)As per the Census 2011, the
Child Sex Ratio (0-6 years) among Scheduled tribes population has shown a
decline from 972 females per 1000 males in 2001 to 957 females per 1000 males
in 2011. To address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR), in age
group of 0-6 years, which programme has
been launched by Ministry of Women and Child Development ?
a) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) programme
b) Swach Bharath
c) Yoga Day
d) Jan Dhan Yojana
e) Suraksha Bhima Yojana
Ans : a
15) The Union Cabinet has approved setting up and
operationalization of six new IIMs in which of the following places. These IIMs will work from their temporary
campuses.
a) Amritsar (Punjab),
Bodhgaya (Bihar),
b)Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha),
c)Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), and Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
d) All the above
e) Hyderabad
Ans : d
16) The Water storage available
in 91 important reservoirs of the country as on July 16 2015 was 58.96 BCM
which is 37% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The total storage
capacity of 91 reservoirs in India is 157.799 BCM which is about 62% of the
total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM which is estimated to have been created
in the country. Expand BCM ?
a) Bullion Cubic Meters
b) Billion Cubic Meters
c) British Cubic Meters
d) Basic Cubic Meters
e) None of the above
Ans: b
17) Which of the following is correct ?
(Books : Authors)
a)“Journey of a Curious Mind” : Dr. Jagannath Patnaik
b) “Lord Jagannath” : Shri Prasnna Kumar Patsani
c) “Delhi 4 Shows : Talkies of
yester years”: Zaya Us Salam
d) “Family Life” : Akhil Sharma
e) All the above
Ans : e
18) On 15th July 2015, the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)
launched the SKILL INDIA Campaign. What is the importance of July
15, 2015?
a) Youth Day
b) World Youth Skills Day
c) Educaiton Day
d) Non-Violence Day
e) Water Day
Ans : b
19) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY),
the Ministry’s flagship, demand-driven, reward-based skill training scheme will
incentivise skill training, by providing financial rewards to candidates who
successfuly complete approved skill training programmes. For the first time,
the skills of young people who lack formal certification, such as workers in
India’s vast unorganised sector, will be recognised through an initiative known
as ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’ (RPL), who will have a chance to be assessed
and certified for the skills that they already possess. 10 lakh youth will be
certified under PMKVY’s RPL category over the next one year. How many will be imported skills , across India, over the next one year
under PMKVY?
a) 24 lakh youth
b) 10 lakh youth
c) 15 lakh youth
d) 20 lakh youth
e) None of the above
Ans : a
20) Shri Sumit Nagal won the Wimbledon
Boys’ Doubles Title (2015) with Nam
Hoang Ly. Nam Hoang Ly belongs to which country?
a) Singapore
b) Vietnam
c) China
d) Sri Lanka
e) Japan
Ans : b
21) As on July 13,
2015, total 280.87 lakh MT wheat has been procured in various wheat growing
states, while during last season, on the day, it was 2 71.66 lakh MT. Wheat
procurement by government agencies during current Rabi marketing season has
crossed the last year mark. From which
state , maximum wheat is procured this
year ?
a)Punjab b) Haryana
c) UP d) MP e ) Rajasthan Ans : a
22) In July, 2015,the National
Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) was launched from
Amritsar in Punjab , for 12 cities in the country. Government of India has sanctioned how much as 100% grant for Amritsar city? (
Rs. In Crores)
a) 69.31
b) 50
c) 40
d) 20
e) 60
Ans : a
23) The Union Ministry of Women
and Child Development (MWCD) in collaboration with Facebook has launched the
‘#100Women Initiative’ that aims to recognize and acknowledge women who are
making a difference in their communities, across the country. The ‘#100Women
Initiative’ involves what ?
a) a contest to select 100
women achievers of India through public nominations via social media
b) only Sportswomen
c) only Cinema Actors
d) only Women MPs
e) only Lady Doctors
Ans : a
24) India’s trade deficit for
April-June, 2015-16 was estimated at US $ 32225.66 million which was lower than
the deficit of US $ 33083.93 million during April-June, 2014-15. Trade deficit
reflects what ?
a) Economic surplus
b) Difference between imports and
exports (which is a minus figure )
c) Business surplus
d) Profits
e) Earnings
Ans : b
25) “Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee
Yojana” (PMKSY) is a new scheme. It will have an outlay of Rs. 50,000
crore over a period of five years (2015-16 to 2019-20). How much is sanction for
the current financial year ?
a) Rs.1000 Crores
b) Rs. 5300 crore
c) Rs. 500 Crores
d) Rs.1500 Crores
e) None of the above
Ans : b
26) “Uniki’ is a
written by Shri Ch Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra. In Telugu ‘Uniki’,
means what ?
a) life
b)Existence, (It evokes a
philosophical view of the issues and events)
c) Shelter
d) House
e) Land
Ans : b
27) Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India has developed a “Know Your College” portal. The
portal was launched by the President of India on 11th November, 2014. It helps whom ?
a) Youth
b) Prospective students make
informed selection of a college.
c) Boys
d) Girls
e) None of the above
Ans : b
28) Prime Minister on 6th July, 2015 began his visit to five Central Asian nations
and Russia. In Ufa, Russia he participated in the BRICS and SCO Summit. His first visit was to which country in Central Asia?
a) Uzbekistan
a) Uzbekistan
b) Kazakhstan
c) Kyrgystan
d)Turkmenistan
e) Iran
Ans : a
29) India launched four world class Broadband
products. One among them is 100 Gbps OFC link system called “Suteevra”
addresses the telco’s requirement of optimizing communication transport
backbone in smart cities, IT parks, Industrial Complexes, Inter City Traffic,
Data Centres etc. These products are from
which organization ?
a) C-DOT
b) ECIL
c) BEL
d) Indian Telephone Industries
e) HAL
Ans : a
30) Since the launch of “Swachh
Bharat Mission” in October last year, a total of 3.83 lakh individual household
toilets and 17,411 community and public toilets have been constructed. Among all, which state is in the forefront of
implementing Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas ?
a) MP
b) Gujarat
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Telangana
Ans : b
31) “Science Express” is a joint initiative of
three Ministries and Departments – Ministry of Railways, the Department of
Science & Technology and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change. The train has had a highly successful run for the last eight years. The
Science Express will focus on which theme this year ?
a) Rivers in India
b) Climate Change
c) Mountains in India
d) Lakes in India
e) Cities in India
Ans : b
32) Ministry of Railways had
earlier announced to run “Suvidha trains” replacing the Premium Trains from
July 2015. Now the first such Suvidha Train is being started from 13th July,
2015 between Gorakhpur and Anand Vihar (Delhi). What is the minimum fare of Suvidha train ? (Fares would
increase after booking of every 20% of seats/berths subject to maximum three
times of Tatkal fare.)
a) Platform ticket
b)Tatkal fare for the class
c) Passenger train fare
d) City Bus fare
e) Aeroplane ticket charges
Ans : b
33) The National Agriculture
Market (NAM) is envisaged as a pan-India electronic trading portal which seeks
to network the existing APMC and other market yards to create a unified
national market for agricultural commodities. NAM is a “virtual” market but it
has a ________________
a) real value
b)physical market (mandi) at
the back end.
c) tax component
d) incentive part
e) None of the above
Ans : b
34) To Inform, Educate & Engage citizens across the country,
“Digital India Week”, from ______ 2015 is
observed all over India from which date of which date? In this week,
multiple and varied events and activities took place at all the levels.
a) July 1st to July
7th
b) June 5
c) June 21
d) March 21
e) None of the above
Ans: a
35) A Rapid Survey on Children
(RSOC) was commissioned by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development
across 29 States during ________ with technical and financial assistance from
UNICEF India. The key objective of the survey was to assess the situation of
children and women in the country with special emphasis on access and utilization
of services under the ICDS Scheme and to provide baseline data for the
restructured ICDS Scheme.
a) 2014
b) November, 2013
c) 2012
d) 2011
e) 2010
Ans : b
36) ISRO's Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle PSLV-C28 successfully launched three identical DMC3 commercial
Earth Observation Satellites(EOS), along with two smaller satellites from ______,
into a Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (PSSO) which was very close to the intended
orbit of 647 km height. The five satellites together weighed about 1440 kg at
lift-off.
a) France
b) UK
c) Germany
d) Russia
e) Japan
Ans : b
37) India’s population (as per 2011 Census) at 1.21
billion continues to pose several challenges, especially regarding delivery of
affordable, accessible and quality services to the numerous people. It is applauded the fact that population has shown
a decline since 2011 and the country is very close to achieving the replacement
level fertility rate of 2.1 by which
year ?
a) 2010
b) 2006
c) 2005
d) 2006
e)2007
Ans : a
38)Prime Minister of India Shri
Narendra Modi, in July, 2015 visited the
Kyrgystan .What is the capital of Kyrgystan?
a) Bishkek
b) Tashkent
c) Astana
d) Ashgabat
e) Dushanbe
Ans : a
39) A tunnel, which is part of
the ambitious 286 km-long four-laning of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway,
will reduce the distance between two cities — Jammu and Srinagar — by around 30
km. The road is likely to be opened to traffic in July next year. Work on the
tunnel was started on May 23, 2011. The tunnel, connecting Chenani in Udhampur
with Nashri in Ramban district, is being completed at a cost of over Rs 2500
crore. What is length of the tunnel?
a) 5 KM
b) 9.2 KM
c) 4 KM
d) 7 KM
e) 12 KM
Ans : b
40) Dushanbe is the capital of which country?
a) Tajikistan
b) Mangolia
c) South Korea
d) North Korea
e) China
Ans : a
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