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22 SEPTEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 Who among the following has won the Singapore Grand Prix F1 Championship?
1) Daniel Ricciardo
2) Kimi Raikkonen
3) Lewis Hamilton
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Sebastian Vettel
Ques. : 2 Which of the following is NOT a condition to be followed by small financial banks?
1) Take small deposits and disburse loans
2) Distribute mutual funds, insurance products
3) Lend 75 per cent of their total adjusted net bank credit to priority sector 4) Minimum 50 per cent of loans should be up to 25 lakhs
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 3 Which of the following is the unofficial term used to describe housing loans that carry ultra-low fixed rates in the initial years, but charge market-linked rates thereafter?
1) Floating rates
2) Market rates
3) Prevailing rates
4) Teaser rates
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Teaser rates
Ques. : 4 The economy of which of the following countries shrank again in the second quarter and a modest recession was confirmed there? The plunge in oil prices spurring companies to chop business investment in the country.
1) Mexico
2) Chile
3) Canada
4) Venezuela
5) Belarus
Answer:- 3) Canada
Ques. : 5 The 69th session of the UN General Assembly concluded on 14 Sep and the 70th session began on 15 Sep. Who among the following is the president of the 70th session of the UNGA?
1) Courtenay Rattray
2) Sam Kutesa
3) Jan Eliasson
4) Mogens Lykketoft
5) John William Ashe
Answer:- 4) Mogens Lykketoft
Ques. : 6 Which of the following countries resumed normal operations at the Yongbyon complex, the country's main nuclear facility recently? The nuclear reactor is seen as a source of weapons-grade plutonium.
1) France
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) South Korea
5) North Korea
Answer:- 5) North Korea
Ques. : 7 Nepal on 20 Sep adopted its new fully secular and democratic Constitution. Which of the following is NOT correct about the provision of the new constitution?
1) There will be seven provinces to be finalised within a year.
2) The Constitution has 37 divisions, 304 articles and 7 annexes.
3) There will be a bicameral legislation.
4) The Lower House (the House of Representatives) will have 375 members.
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 8 The International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is observed annually on
1) 18 Sep
2) 20 Sep
3) 21 Sep
4) 22 Sep
5) 23 Sep
Answer:- 3) 21 Sep
Ques. : 9 President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Tourism Awards 2013-14 recently. Which of the following was awarded as the Best State/UT for Comprehensive Tourism Development?
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Delhi
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 1) Gujarat
Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries successfully launched a newly-developed smaller version of carrier rocket Long March-6 as part of the country’s space program recently?
1) Indonesia
2) China
3) Malaysia
4) Vietnam
5) Thailand
Answer:- 2) China
16 SEPTEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 _______ has launched a credit card specially focused on online shopping. The bank has announced a strategic partnership with 7 of India's biggest e-commerce players.
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) SBI
4) Federal Bank
5) Axis Bank
Answer:- 3) SBI
Ques. : 2 PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi is the sole Indian-origin executive in Fortune's list of 50 most powerful women in business. The list has been topped by
1) Heather Bresch
2) Marissa Mayer
3) Sheryl Sandberg
4) Ginni Rometty
5) Mary Barra
Answer:- 5) Mary Barra
Ques. : 3 The Padma Shri awardee Ramaswamy R Iyer passed away recently. He was a _______ policy expert.
1) foreign
2) agriculture
3) population
4) water
5) defence
Answer:- 4) water
Ques. : 4 Narsingh Pancham Yadav booked an Olympic quota place at World Championship after winning a bronze medal recently. He is an Indian
1) weightlifter
2) wrestler
3) boxer
4) archer
5) sprinter
Answer:- 2) wrestler
Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia?
1) Bill Shorten
2) Julie Bishop
3) Joe Hockey
4) Malcolm Turnbull
5) Tony Abbott
Answer:- 4) Malcolm Turnbull
Ques. : 6 The QS World University Rankings 2015-16 was released on 15 Sep. Which of the following universities has been adjudged as the top university in the world in the rankings?
1) Harvard University
2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
3) Peking University
4) University of Oxford
5) National University of Singapore
Answer:- 2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ques. : 7 The govt has decided to provide an additional _________ of manual work under the MGNREGA project in the current financial year in those regions where drought has been declared.
1) 40 days
2) 50 days
3) 70 days
4) 90 days
5) 100 days
Answer:- 2) 50 days
Ques. : 8 India’s national broadcaster Doordarshan celebrates its anniversary every year on _______ as it started experimental telecast on this day in 1959.
1) 5 Sep
2) 10 Sep
3) 15 Sep
4) 20 Sep
5) 25 Sep
Answer:- 3) 15 Sep
Ques. : 9 The Engineers’ Day is observed in India every year on the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya which falls on
1) 15 Sep
2) 17 Sep
3) 11 Aug
4) 25 Jan
5) 1 Dec
Answer:- 1) 15 Sep
Ques. : 10 The Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among six writers shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2015. He has been shortlisted for his book
1) The Year of the Runaways
2) A Brief History of Seven Killings
3) Satin Island
4) The Fishermen
5) A Little Life
Answer:- 1) The Year of the Runaways
12 SEPTEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit rating of which of the following developing economies to junk grade on 9 Sep?
1) Indonesia
2) India
3) Malaysia
4) Brazil
5) China
Answer:- 4) Brazil
Ques. : 2 The Export-Import Bank of India is planning a special purpose vehicle model for ship financing. Who among the following is the present chairman of the Mumbai-headquartered bank?
1) Amitabh Kant
2) Sujata Mehta
3) Rita Teaotia
4) Alok Tandon
5) Yaduvendra Mathur
Answer:- 5) Yaduvendra Mathur
Ques. : 3 Which of the following automakers in India launched its new compact SUV named TUV 3OO recently?
1) Mahindra & Mahindra
2) Tata Motors
3) Hyundai Motors
4) Honda Motors
5) General Motors
Answer:- 1) Mahindra & Mahindra
Ques. : 4 As announced by the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, the state has received investment intentions worth about __________ from the investors at Mumbai Conclave recently.
1) Rs 10,000 cr
2) Rs 18,000 cr
3) Rs 23,000 cr
4) Rs 33,000 cr
5) Rs 37,000 cr
Answer:- 4) Rs 33,000 cr
Ques. : 5 The govt has nominated who among the following on the board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with effect from 3 Sep?
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) Hasmukh Adhia
3) Anjuly Chib Duggal
4) KM Chandrasekhar
5) Ajit Seth
Answer:- 3) Anjuly Chib Duggal
Ques. : 6 Tamil Nadu govt organised a Global Investors Meet in the state recently during which it attracted investments of about
1) Rs 1 lakh cr
2) Rs 1.5 lakh cr
3) Rs 2 lakh cr
4) Rs 2.5 lakh cr
5) Rs 3 lakh cr
Answer:- 4) Rs 2.5 lakh cr
Ques. : 7 The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar commissioned INS Vajrakosh, the latest Indian Navy establishment which will handle missiles and ammunition at Karwar in the state of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Goa
Answer:- 3) Karnataka
Ques. : 8 ___________ was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) for 2015-16 at the bureau’s 67th Annual General Meeting recently.
1) CVL Srinivas
2) Srinivasan K Swamy
3) Madhukar Kamath
4) I Venkat
5) Shashidhar Sinha
Answer:- 5) Shashidhar Sinha
Ques. : 9 Which of the following pairs won the mixed doubles title of the 2015 US Open tennis tournament?
1) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes
2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey
3) Andrea Hlavackova and Lukasz Kubot
4) Rohan Bopanna and Yung-Jan Chan
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes
Ques. : 10 Rakesh Sharma has taken over as Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank which is headquartered at
1) Bengaluru
2) Kolkata
3) Mysuru
4) Chennai
5) Hyderabad
Answer:- 1) Bengaluru
11 SEPTEMBER 2015
Ques. : 1 Who among the following is the UK’s longest-reigning monarch?
1) Edward VIII
2) George VI
3) Victoria
4) Elizabeth II
5) George IV
Answer:- 4) Elizabeth II
Ques. : 2 India has signed a pact for repatriation of each other’s wanted prisoners and cooperate in all criminal matters, including gathering evidence with which country recently?
1) Maldives
2) Sri Lanka
3) Afghanistan
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 4) Indonesia
Ques. : 3 The union cabinet has approved constitution of the new Law Commission of India for three years, effective from 1 Sep 2015. It will be the _____ Law Commission of India.
1) 19th
2) 20th
3) 21st
4) 22nd
5) 23rd
Answer:- 3) 21st
Ques. : 4 The Union Cabinet has permitted what per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route for white label ATM operations?
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 51 per cent
4) 74 per cent
5) 100 per cent
Answer:- 5) 100 per cent
Ques. : 5 Name the golfer who has become the first Indian to qualify for the prestigious President’s Cup team.
1) Anirban Lahiri
2) Jyoti Randhawa
3) Shiv Chawrasia
4) Gaganjeet Bhullar
5) Shiv Kapur
Answer:- 1) Anirban Lahiri
Ques. : 6 Who won the NSCI Open squash title in the men’s category in Mumbai recently?
1) Mazen Gamal
2) Ben Coleman
3) Karim El Hammamy
4) Mahesh Mangaonkar
5) Adrian Waller
Answer:- 5) Adrian Waller
Ques. : 7 The “Himalaya Diwas” is observed by which of the following states on 9 Sep?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer:- 4) Uttarakhand
Ques. : 8 The Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 was awarded to ISRO recently. Who among the following is the present chairman of the Indian space agency?
1) Tapan Misra
2) Mylswamy Annadurai
3) Shailesh Nayak
4) K Radhakrishnan
5) AS Kiran Kumar
Answer:- 5) AS Kiran Kumar
Ques. : 9 The World Su***de Prevention Day is observed every year on
1) 8 Sep
2) 9 Sep
3) 10 Sep
4) 11 Sep
5) 12 Sep
Answer:- 3) 10 Sep
Ques. : 10 Name the Indian-origin professional who has been named the new CEO of the prestigious US Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit organisation.
1) Dipak Jain
2) Mahesh Ramanujam
3) Rakesh Khurana
4) Nitin Nohria
5) Mohanbir Sawhney
Answer:- 2) Mahesh Ramanujam
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Ques. : 200 Name the Indian-American who has been nominated by the US President for the prestigious National
Medal of Technology and Innovation?
1) Sabeer Bhatia
2) Vinod Dham
3) Avtar Saini
4) Krishna Bharat
5) Rangaswamy Srinivasan
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 201 Which of the following films was the official entry from India to the Oscars? The film failed to qualify for
the next round in the best foreign film category.
1) Life of Pi
2) Oh My God
3) Barfi
4) Jab Tak Hai Jaan
5) Talaash
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 202 Which of the following groups has acquired a majority stake in the apparel store chain Pantaloon
recently?
1) Aditya Birla Group
2) Future Group
3) Landmark Group
4) Rajan Raheja Group
5) K Raheja Group
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 203 Increasing the heat on Chinese drug firms exporting medicines to India, the DCGI is all set to open its
first foreign drug inspection office in Beijing by March 1. DGCI stands for
1) Drug Controller General of India
2) Drug Control Group of India
3) Drug Control and Generic Inspector
4) Drug Commissioner General of India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 204 “The ethically questionable practice of a salesperson misrepresenting or misleading an investor about
the characteristics of a product or service” is technically termed as which of the following?
1) Cross-selling
2) Miss-selling
3) Top-selling
4) Hard-selling
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 205 Amidst nationwide uproar over brutal gang-rape of a paramedic student, the Telecom Ministry has
announced a three-digit helpline number for the distressed women. That number is
1) 167
2) 103
3) 109
4) 181
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 206 The State Bank of India has signed a MoU to set up a $ 2-billion consortium to promote direct investment
with which of the following Russian sovereign wealth funds?
1) Revenue Regulation Fund
2) Sovereign Investment Authority
3) Investment Corporation
4) Russian Direct Investment Fund
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 207 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank
recently?
1) M Bhagavantha Rao
2) Vijayalakshmi Iyer
3) Ashwani Kumar
4) SK Goel
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 208 Legendary composer Ilayaraja has been conferred which of the following awards recently?
1) Sangeet Akademi Awards 2012
2) Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2012
3) Grammy Award 2012
4) Padmz Shree Award 2012
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 209 Which of the following is NOT a part of India’s Money Market?
1) Bill Markets
2) Call Money Market
3) Banks
4) Mutual Funds
5) Indian Gold Council
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 210 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is associated with the ban on which of the following?
1) Ban on certain organizations under UN Laws
2) Ban on money laundering activities.
3) Ban on nuclear tests for developing arsenals
4) Ban on terrorism
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 211 Tejendra Khanna holds which of the following posts at present?
1) DGP of Delhi Police
2) Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
3) Home secretary of India
4) Foreign Secretary of India
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 212 A referendum was held in Egypt to approve the new constitution framed by ruling Islamist group recently.
What was the people’s response to the referendum?
1) Voters approved the constitution 2) Voters rejected the constitution.
3) Voting has been postponed.
4) Voters boycotted the voting.
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 213 Which of the following statements is/are correct with the respect of a non-profit organisation?
1) Such organization exists mainly for educational
or charitable purposes
2) Shareholders or trustees of a non-profit
organisation do not get benefitted financially.
3) Habitat for Humanity and the Red Cross are
some well-known non-profit organizations. 4) Only 2) and 3)
5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5
Ques. : 214 Which among the following teams won the International Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup hockey tournament
recently?
1) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
2) Air India (AI)
3) Bangladesh XI
4) Punjab National Bank (PNB)
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 215 Which of the following US magazine has transited itself to an all-digital format recently putting an end to
its 80 years old printed edition?
1) Time
2) Newsweek
3) The Economist
4 The People
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
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Ques. : 30 IKEA is all set to enter Indian retail market as a single brand retail company. This Swedish company deals in
1) Groceries 2) Furniture and home accessories
3) Fresh fruit and vegetables 4) Apparels
5) None of these Ans.) 2
Ques. : 31 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Rs 65 per quintal hike in the minimum support price for wheat. Now what will be the effective MSP of wheat for the 2013-14 marketing year?
1) Rs 1,220 per quintal 2) Rs 1,285 per quintal
3) Rs 1,350 per quintal 4) Rs 1,415 per quintal
5) None of these Ans.) 3
Ques. : 32 Which of the following plans offered by LIC is a special money back plan for women?
1) Jeevan Aadhar 2) Jeevan Bharati
3) Jeevan Viswas 4) Jeevan Shree
5) None of these Ans.) 2
Ques. : 33 ICICI is leading private sector bank in India. ICICI stands for
1) Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India 2) Indian Credit and Investment Corporation International
3) Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation International 4) International Credit and Investment Corporation of India
5) None of these Ans.) 1
Ques. : 34 Indian lost the final match of Asian Champions Trophy to
1) Malaysia 2) Bangladesh
3) Pakistan 4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these Ans.) 3
Ques. : 35 12th five year plan has been approved recently by which of following apex policy making body of the country?
1) The National Development Council 2) The Union Cabinet
3) The Planning Commission 4) The Parliament
5) None of these Ans.) 1
Ques. : 36 The Government has announced to prepare a database of which of the following and make it public recently?
1) Lost children 2) Missing women
3) Migrant workers 4) R**e convicts
5) R**e victims Ans.) 4
Ques. : 37 Who among the following took over as chairman of Tata Group recently?
1) Cyrus Mistry 2) Shapoorji Mistry
3) Naval Tata 4) Pallonji Mistry
5) None of these Ans.) 1
Ques. : 38 The two per cent interest subsidy scheme was initiated for which of the following sectors? It has been extended till March 2014 to reverse the decline in the sector recently.
1) Manufacturing 2) Import
3) Export 4) Agriculture
5) None of these Ans.) 3
Ques. : 39 Leading Oriya novelist and academician Pratibha Ray has been named for which of the following awards?
1) Padma Shree-2011 2) Padma Vibhushan-2011
3) Jnanpith Award-2011 4) Sahitya Akademi Award-2011
5) None of these Ans.) 3
Ques. : 40 Which of the following state governments has announced recently that 30 per cent state government jobs will be reserved for candidates belonging to rural areas from next year end?
1) Gujarat 2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Assam 4) AssamHaryana
5) Madhya Pradesh Ans.) 3
Ques. : 41 Insurance regulator IRDA is
1) a statutory body 2) a constitutional body
3) a non-government organisation 4) acompany
5) None of these Ans.) 1
Ques. : 42 Tony Greig, who passed away recently, was a leading international all-rounder, former captain and celebrated commentator. He played for which of the following countries?
1) South Africa 2) England
3) Ireland 4) Australia
5) None of these Ans.) 2
Ques. : 43 Which of the following states has became the first state in the country to legislate a food security law?
1) Delhi 2) Uttarakhand
3) Bihar 4) Chhattisgarh
5) None of these Ans.) 5
Ques. : 44 Who among the following is India’s permanent representative to the UN?
1) Vishnu Datt Sharma 2) Manjit Singh Puri
3) Hardeep Singh Puri 4) Vijay K. Nambiar
5) None of these Ans.) 3
Ques. : 45 Who among the following will be the chief guest on Republic Day? Earlier the king of Oman had to be invited but he has expressed his inability to honour the invitation.
1) Ram Baran Yadav 2) Mohammed Waheed Hassan
3) Jigme Singye Wangchuk 4) Mahinda Rajapaksa
5) None of these Ans.) 3
Ques. : 46 The longest rail tunnel in India has been constructed in which of the following states? Passage of train through the tunnel started recently.
1) Maharashtra 2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Kerala 4) Jammu and Kashmir
5) None of these Ans.) 4
Ques. : 47 The GDP growth, projected in 12th five year plan approved by NDC recently, is
1) 8 per cent 2) 8.2 per cent
3) 9 per cent 4) 9.2 per cent
5) None of these Ans.) 1
Ques. : 48 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a controversial parliamentary legislation recently banning the adoption of Russian children by
1) UK families 2) German families
3) American families 4) Chinese families
5) None of these Ans.) 3
Ques. : 49 Which of the following countries has announced to allow private daily newspapers in the country for the first time since 1964?
1) Sri Lanka 2) Myanmar
3) Bhutan 4) Singapore
5) None of these Ans.) 2
Ques. : 50 Which of the following statements is/are correct about NBFCs?
1) An NBFC cannot accept demand deposits. 2) An NBFC can issue cheques drawn on itself.
3) Deposit insurance facility of DICGC is not available for NBFC deposits. 4) Only 1) and 3)
5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 4
Ques. : 51 An NBFC registered with RBI may be a/an
1) Asset Finance Company 2) Investment Company
3) Loan Company 4) Any of the above
5) None of the above Ans.) 4
Ques. : 52 India has revised its earlier interpretation of the bilateral visa agreement with which of the following countries recently? Now, citizens of that country will need valid medical visas for treatment in Indian hospitals.
1) Sri Lanka 2) Bhutan
3) Maldives 4) Bangladesh
5) None of these Ans.) 3
Ques. : 53 Who among the following has won the AICF-AAI Chess Cup recently?
1) Viswanathan Anand 2) Anton Korobov
3) Vladimir Kramnik 4) Levon Aronian
5) Magnus Carlsen Ans.) 2
Ques. : 54 Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar is associated with which of the following games? He has clinched a gold medal in a national level championship of the game recently.
1) Wrestling 2) Shooting
3) Badminton 4) Archery
5) None of these Ans.) 2
Ques. : 55 Which of the following statements is/are correct with the respect of Arjuna award?
1) The Arjuna award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. 2) Yuvraj Singh (cricket), Sardar Singh (hockey) and Deepika Pallikal (squash) are among the sportspersons awarded with Arjuna Award 2012.
3) Arjuna award is the country’s highest sporting honour. 4) Only 1) and 2)
5) Only 1) and 3) Ans.) 4
Ques. : 56 Which of the following statements is/are correct about South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)?
1) The SAFTA Agreement was signed on 6th January 2004 during Twelfth SAARC Summit held in Islamabad, Pakistan. 2) SAFTA requires all the participating countries to reduce customs duties of all traded goods to zero by the year 2012.
3) Afghanistan, as the 8th member state of the SAARC, has also ratified the SAFTA protocol. 4) Only 1) and 3)
5) Only 2) and 3) Ans.) 4
Ques. : 57 “A contract sold by an insurance company designed to provide payments to the policy holder at specified intervals, usually after retirement” is technically called a/an
1) Periodic Pay Plan 2) Annuity Plan
3) Jeevan Nidhi Plan 4) Jeevan Akshay Plan
5) None of these Ans.) 2
Ques. : 58 The tax levied on manufacture or production of goods is called
1) Value Added Tax 2) Customs Duty
3) Sales Tax 4) Excise Duty
5) None of these Ans.) 4
Ques. : 59 Which of the following countries is NOT a member of Golf Co-operation Council (GCC)?
1) United Arab Emirates 2) Bahrain
3) Saudi Arabia 4) Kuwait
5) All are members Ans.) 5
Ques. : 60 The sources of revenue of the state governments are
1) entertainment tax 2) land revenue
3) excise duty on intoxicants 4) Only 1) and 2)
5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5
Ques. : International player Monty Panesar is associated with which of the following games?
1) Hockey
2) Cricket
3) Football
4) Basketball
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : Who has been appointed as the new President and Managing Director of automaker Ford India?
1) Michael Boneham
2) Joginder Singh
3) Paul Thomas
4) Karl Slym
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : Who among the following has been appointed as new CEO and Managing Director of the National Stock
Exchange recently?
1) Chitra Ramakrishnan
2) Ravi Narain
3) Ambarish Datta
4) Madhu Kannan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 2 Name the Red Bull driver who has become formula one champion for the third time in a row.
1) Michael Schumacher
2) Lewis Hamilton
3) Fernando Alonso
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1 The Prime Minister-headed Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has cleared the name of who
among of the following as head of the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW)?
1) Alok Joshi
2) Syed Asif Ibrahim
3) Yashovardhan Azad
4) R.N. Gupta
5) Nehchal Sandhu
Ans.) 1