1. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Engineers India Ltd?
a) Manoj Mishra
b) Sanjay Gupta
c) Keerthi Reddy
d) Vishal Shankar
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Answer b) Sanjay Gupta. The Government of India has appointed Sanjay Gupta as the Chairman and Managing Director of Engineers India Ltd (EIL). Previously he was the Director (Commercial) in EIL. Gupta replaced A K Purwaha who got retired on May 31′ 2015.
2. Who takes charge as the new Chief of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre?
a) G Iyappan
b) H Murugan
c) C Ganeshan
d) K Sivan
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Answer d) K Sivan. K Sivan, Distinguished Scientist, ISRO, assumed office as the 12th Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). He replaces M.S. Dathan who has retired from service.
3. The players who were inducted into high-powered advisory panel of BCCI are
a) Sachin, Sourav, Dravid
b) Sachin, Dravid, Laxman
c) Sachin, Robin Singh, Laxman
d) Sachin, Sourav, Laxman
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Answer d) Sachin, Dourav, Laxman. Legends of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman have been inducted to the newly-constituted advisory panel of BCCI. The main objective of the panel is to guide the board in all matters related to the game.
4. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has been designated as the first Woman President of which country?
a) Belarus
b) Israel
c) Mauritius
d) Madagascar
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Answer c) Mauritius. The government of Mauritius has designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as the new president of the island nation. She is the first woman to hold the Presidential post of the country.
5. What is the new Repo rate (as of June 2015)?
a) 7%
b) 7.25%
c) 7.50%
d) None of the above.
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Answer b) 7.25%. The Reserve Bank of India has slashed the repo rate by 25 basis points. The new repo rate will be 7.25%. Consequently the new reverse repo rate will 6.25%. A rate cut by RBI would need to be accompanied by steps to boost liquidity.
6. Who has taken charge as new Executive Director at the Reserve Bank of India?
a) Meena Hemachandra
b) Pavithra Ramanarayana
c) Swetha Ravichandra
d) Kalyani Ratnasekar
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Answer a) Meena Hemachandra. Meena Hemchandra has taken charge as new Executive Director at the Reserve Bank of India. As the Executive Director, Meena will look after the Department of Banking Supervision, Department of Co-operative Banking Supervision and Department of Non-Banking Supervision.
7. Who has been appointed as the Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force?
a) Birender Singh Dhanoa
b) Sukhwinder Singh
c) Ravi Kant Sharma
d) Balweer Singh
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Answer a) Birender Singh Dhanoa. Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa has took over as the Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force. He succeeds Air Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma who demitted the office, after 40 years of service in the IAF.
8. Which Mutual Fund (MF) has remained the most profitable fund house in the fiscal 2014-15?
a) Reliance MF
b) HDFC MF
c) ICICI Prudential MF
d) Birla SUnLife MF
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Answer b) HDFC MF. HDFC Mutual Fund has retained its position as the most profitable fund house in 2014-15, with a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 416 crore. HDFC’s rival Reliance MF remains at the second place.
9. Which state has topped the mutual fund landscape or MF Chart in India?
a) Gujarat
b) New Delhi
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
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Answer d) Maharashtra. Maharashtra leads the MF Chart in India with an assets base of Rs 1.21 lakh crore at the end of April in equity-oriented schemes. The Marathi state is followed by Delhi, Karnataka, Gujarat, and West Bengal.
10. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Hero MotoCorp?
a) Pankaj Gupta
b) Pawan Munjal
c) Niranjan Das
d) Yashwant Kapoor
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Answer b) Pawan Munjal. Pawan Munjal, 60, has been appointed as the new CEO of Hero MotoCorp. The company’s board unanimously appointed him as Chairman, CEO & Managing Director of Hero Moto-Corp in place of his father, Brijmohan Lall.
11. Who has been appointed as the Civil Aviation Secretary?
a) Rajiv Nayan Choubey
b) Balvendeer Kumar
c) Anup K Pujari
d) CR Viswanath
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Answer a) Rajiv Nayan Choubey.
12. The Formation day of Telangana State is observed on
a) June 1
b) June 2
c) June 3
d) June 4
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Answer b) June 2. Telangana, the 29th State of India was formed on June 2, 2014, after the reorganization of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. The state government has planned to hold events covering all fields from literature to music across the state on this historical day.
