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NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
Who was awarded Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award of Hockey India? | Balbir Singh Senior |
Name the navigational satellite successfully launched by ISRO recently? | IRNSS 1-D |
Who won the fbb Femina Miss India 2015 title? | Aditi Arya |
Who was awarded Bharat Ratna by the President of India? | Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) and Atal Behari Vajpayee |
Government of which state launched India's first e-ration card service? | Delhi |
High Court of which state became the first in India to launch commercial courts for speedy disposal of cases? | Delhi |
Who won Gandhi Peace Prize 2014? | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) |
What is the name of platform launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for addressing grievances of people and also monitoring Union Government Programmes and Projects? | PRAGATI |
Who became the youngest Archer to enter India Book of Records? | Dolly Shivani Cherukuri |
Who won the National Award for Best Actress for the film Queen? | Kangana Ranaut |
What is the name of pre-paid debit card which was recently launched by IRCTC in collaboration with the Union Bank of India? | RuPay |
Name the section of Information Technology Act, 2000 which has been declared by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional? | Section 66A |
Name the veteran Bollywood actor who was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014? | Shashi Kapoor |
What is the name of the scheme approved by the Union Cabinet for imparting skill training to youth? | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) |
What percentage of reservation in police forces of all Union Territories had been approved by the Union Cabinet? | 33% |
Name the captain of Indian cricket team who became the first Indian captain to win 100 match in One Day Internationals (ODIs)? | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
What is the name of air-to-air missile which was successfully test fired from ITR Chandipur, Odisha? | Astra |
Government of which state has decided to announce UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) like numbers for cows? | Haryana |
What is the name of mobile application recently launched by HDFC Bank to transfer money instantly to any person in India? | Chillr |
Name the former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission who resigned recently from the post of Chairman of Board of Governors of IIT Bombay? | Anil Kakodkar |
Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of North East region of India by the Union Ministry of DoNER? | Mary Kom |
As per ruling of Supreme Court of India, Development Officers of which insurance company are not workmen under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947? | Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) |
Supreme Court recently quashed the Union Government's decision to include ............ in the Central Other Backward Class (OBC) list? | Jats |
Who was appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CRISIL? | Ashu Suyash |
Assembly of which state passed the Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill, 2015 prohibiting slaughter of cows? | Haryana |
Who won the 69th edition of Santosh Trophy of Football defeating Punjab 5-4? | Services |
Who won the Ranji title defeating Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs? | Defending champion Karnataka |
Indian Railways signed MoU with LIC for implementing different Railway projects. In this respect how much financial assistance LIC will provide to Indian Railways? | Rs 1,50,000 crore |
First Kisan Call Centre in North-East India was opened in? | Agartala (Tripura) |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's first indigenously developed rotavirus vaccine. What is the name of this vaccine? | Rotavac |
Who was selected for Saraswati Samman 2014 for his famous Kannada poem 'Ramayana Mahanveshanam'? | Veerappa Moily |
Name the documentary film based on the Delhi gang rape and murder of Delhi girl Nirbhaya and which was released by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) recently? | India's Daughter |
Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was passed by the Lok Sabha recently. This bill hiked the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in the insurance sector from 26 percent to? | 49 percent |
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced Repo rate by? | 25 basis point |
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was passed from? (This Bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to bring e-rickshaws and e-carts into the ambit of the Act.) | Lok Sabha |
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 was passed from? | Lok Sabha |
World's largest and tallest Indian flag was unfurled in? | Faridabad |
Name the Indian female boxing star who has announced recently to retire from boxing after Rio Olympics in 2016? | Mary Kom |
Who was appointed as the chairman of National Book Trust? | Baldev Sharma |
Who was unanimously elected as the President of BCCI? | Jagmohan Dalmiya |
Who sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir? | Mufti Mohammed Sayeed |
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
Name the New Zealand cricketer who retired from all forms of International Cricket? | Daniel Vettori |
Name the captain of Australian cricket team who retired from ODI cricket after winning the ICC Cricket World Cup? | Michael Clarke |
Who won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 for the fifth time by defeating New Zealand in the final? | Australia |
World Tuberculosis Day 2015 was observed across the world on? | 24th March |
What is the name of founding father and first Prime Minister of Singapore who died recently? | Lee Kuan Yew |
Name the cricketer of New Zealand who scored highest-ever score of 237 runs (against West Indies) in the history of World Cup Cricket? | Martin Guptill |
Name the Pakistani cricketers who announced their retirement from ODI after loosing their world cup quarter final match against Australia? | Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq |
Name the veteran Sri Lankan cricketers who announced their retirement from ODI after loosing their world cup quarter final match against South Africa? | Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara |
Who won the Formula One Australian Grand Prix? | Lewis Hamilton of Britain |
What is the theme of World Consumer Rights Day 2015? | Helping consumers choose healthy diets |
World Kidney Day 2015 was observed across the world. What is its theme? | Kidney Health for All |
Name the Sri Lankan Cricketer who created history by scoring four successive centuries in a Cricket World Cup? | Kumar Sangakkara |
Name the Sri Lankan cricketer who announced retirement from Test cricket recently? | Kumar Sangakkara |
What is the theme for the 2015 International Women's Day? | Make it Happen |
Which country created the world record for highest ever score of 417 in a Cricket World Cup? | Australia |
World Wildlife Day was observed across the world on? | 4th March |