1. Jwala Gutta and ______ have won the Canada Open Women’s Double Title?
a) Sindhuja Bhatia
b) Sonali Gupta
c) Ashwini Ponnappa
d) Pavithra Krishnan
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Answer c) Ashwini Ponnappa. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the Canada Open women’s doubles title after defeating the Dutch pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek 21-19, 21-16 in the finals. The contest lasted for 35 minutes.
2. The Statistics Day was observed on
a) June 28
b) June 29
c) June 30
d) None of the above
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Answer b) June 29. The Ninth Statistics day was observed on June 29’ 2015. The Statistics Day commemorates the birth anniversary of Late Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis.
3. Who is the World’s Fastest Man in 200 m?
a) Walter Dix
b) Justin Gatlin
c) Usain Bolt
d) Yohan Blake
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Answer c) Usain Bolt (19.19 seconds). Justin Gatlin became the fifth-fastest 200m runner in history after he won final at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships on 28th June 2015. The 33-year-old American recorded a time of 19.57 seconds in Oregon.
4. First species of Yeti _____ has been named Kiwa Tyleri which was found in Antarctica.
a) Frog
b) Fish
c) Crab
d) Shrimp
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Answer c) Crab. British scientists have discovered the first species of Yeti crab from hydrothermal systems in Antarctica. Researchers have named this species as Kiwa Tyleri after Paul Tyler, world-renowned British deep-sea and polar biologist professor.
5. Which Indian Bank tops list with highest bad loans among PSU lenders?
a) Canara Bank
b) United Bank of India
c) Indian Overseas Bank
d) Indian Bank
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Answer b) United Bank of India. United Bank of India is on the top of the list of public sector lenders with maximum bad loans including restructured assets as a percentage of total advances. According to the data provided by the RBI, United Bank of India’s 21.5 per cent assets are either bad or non-performing assets (NPAs).
6. Which country has emerged as the second biggest stakeholder in the 57-nation Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
a) Australia
b) Russia
c) China
d) India
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Answer d) India. India has emerged as the second biggest stakeholder in the 57-nation Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank after a meeting of its chief negotiators in Singapore. China, which sponsored the bank, will have 30.85 per cent share followed by India with 10.85 percent.
7. India is the ______ fastest growing source of FDI into the United States.
a) Second
b) Third
c) Fourth
d) Fifth
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Answer c) Fourth. According to the US Embassy, India is one of the fastest growing FDI sources for the United States with investors from the country more interested in US’ aerospace and textile sectors. Officially India is the fourth fastest growing source of FDI into the United States. The total stock of FDI from India to the United States is USD 11 billion.
8. Which software company launched Finacle SME Enable for banks’ SME customers?
a) TCS
b) CTS
c) Infosys
d) HCL
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Answer c) Infosys. Software major Infosys has launched a mobile-based financial and business management solution called Finacle SME Enable to help banks enhance support and service for their Small and Medium business Enterprise (SME) customers.
9. Chris Thompson, who died recently, was associated with
a) Journalism
b) Science
c) Economics
d) Cinema
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Answer d) Cinema. Veteran TV writer and producer Chris Thompson passed away after long illness at the age of 63. Thompson was discovered unconscious by a caregiver. An autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death.
10. Who has been chosen for 28th Moorthi Devi Award?
a) Viswanath Tripathi
b) Sanjay Bharghava
c) Kalyani Ramakrishnan
d) Sunitha Agarwal
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Answer a) Viswanath Tripathi. Eminent Writer Vishwanath Tripathi has been chosen for the 28th Moortidevi Award for the year 2014 for his book Vyomkesh Darvesh, which is a lifetime story of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi.
11. Name the rocket which carried supplies to ISS and broke apart in flames minutes after lifting off from Cape Canaveral?
a) Space X Falcon 8
b) Space X Falcon 9
c) Space X Falcon 10
d) Space X Falcon 11
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Answer b) Space X Falcon 9. An unmanned American SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket has broken apart in flames minutes after lifting off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Debris from the SpaceX vehicle tumbled out of the sky into the Atlantic Ocean. The rocket, which had 18 straight successes prior to this flight, was in the process of sending a cargo ship to the International Space Station.
12. According to the World Economic Forum, the World’s Biggest Employer is
a) Indian Railways
b) US Department of Defence
c) People’s Liberation Army
d) Walmart
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Answer b) US Department of Defence. According to the World Economic Forum’s report with respect to World’s Biggest Employers, two Indian organisations – Army and Railways – are among the world’s biggest employers, together employing a whopping 2.7 million people. The Indian Railways is ranked at the eighth place in the list of world’s biggest employers. Indian Armed Forces ranked at ninth position with 1.3 million people.
13. Who won the men’s and women’s singles title of the Canada Open Badminton?
a) Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Michelle Li of Canada
b) Li Junhui of China and Maria Li of Canada
c) Lee Chong of Malaysia and Jwala Gutta of India
d) Park Chan Woo of South Korea and Ashwini Popanna of India
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Answer a) Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Michelle Li of Canada.
14. India’s growth rate is expected to accelerate to ____ in the current financial year.
a) 5%
b) 6%
c) 8%
d) 9%
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Answer c) 8%. NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said India’s growth rate is expected to accelerate to 8 per cent in the current financial year and the economy will surpass USD 3 trillion mark in less than five years.
15. What was the previous name of NITI Ayog?
a) Planning Commission
b) Finance Commission
c) Public Account Committee
d) None of the above
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Answer a) Planning Commission.
16. India is Facebook’s __________ biggest market globally?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
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Answer b) Second. Social networking giant Facebook’s userbase has touched 125 million in India, its second-biggest market globally. The giant has added 13 million users in last six months. As of March 2015, it has 1.44 billion monthly active users globally, with the US as its biggest market.
17. Who has been appointed as the Independent Director of Infrastructure financing firm IDFC?
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Vinod Rai
c) Amartya Sen
d) Vivek Mishra
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Answer b) Vinod Rai. Infrastructure financing firm IDFC has appointed former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) as independent director with immediate effect. Rai also worked as Financial Services Secretary.
18. Who co-chaired the 7th meeting of the India-Thailand Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation?
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Arun Jaitely
c) S Jaishankar
d) Sushma Swaraj
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Answer d) Sushma Swaraj. India and Thailand have signed highly potential agreements, including the double taxation avoidance treaty, and exchanged instruments of ratification. The agreements were signed by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Gen Tanasak Patimapragorn.
19. Chennai is the __________ Indian city to have a metro rail system.
a) Sixth
b) Seventh
c) Fifth
d) Fourth
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Answer b) Seventh
20. Which India state has been provisionally selected as a venue for the FIFA under 17 World Cup 2017?
a) Mizoram
b) Manipur
c) Mumbai
d) Goa
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Answer d) Goa.
21. Who has been appointed as the Captain of the Indian Cricket team for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Suresh Raina
c) Ajinkya Rahane
d) Umesh Yadav
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Answer c) Ajinkya Rahane
