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1. On May 18, 2015, Tripura State government decided to lift Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA). It was implemented in which year?
(a) 1997
(b) 1998
(c) 1993
(d) 1999
(e) 1996




2. Microsoft recently announced to open India’s first Digital Experience Centre at which city?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Varanasi
(e) None of these




3. Hike in Service Tax to 14 percent became operational on 1st of June, 2015. Previously the Service Tax was _______ per cent.
(a) 12.25
(b) 12.24
(c) 12.32
(d) 12.36
(e) 12.26





4. Name the newly appointed Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
(a) Philipose G Pynumootil
(b) P. Kunhikrishnan
(c) K Sivan
(d) M.Y.S. Prasad
(e) None of them




5. Which of the following is a kind of non-banking financial Institutions?
(a) Equipment leasing company
(b) Hire purchase company
(c) Loan company
(d) Investment company
(e) All of the above




6. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was recently in news for being the First Woman President of her country. Which country does she belong?
(a) Malaysia
(b) Seychelles
(c) Singapore
(d) Maldives
(e) None of them




7. Former Indian Cricketers were recently inducted into the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee. Who among the following was NOT inducted?
(a) Sourav Ganguly
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Rahul Dravid
(d) VVS Laxman
(e) None of them





8. Which of the following training establishment is not run by Reserve Bank of India?
(a) Banker’s Training College, Bombay  
(b) College of Agricultural Banking , Pune
(c) NIBM
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above




9. China – Confucius in the Shadows is authored by –
(a) Prof Bhim Singh
(b) Neel Mukherjee
(c) Amrita Shah
(d) Raghav Bahl
(e) Poonam Surie




10. What do you know about the approved assets?
(a) Bill of exchange and promissory notes payable in India which are eligible for Purchase by RBI
(b) Foreign securities and Govt. of India rupees securities of any maturity
(c) Gold coin and bullion and rupees coin
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above




11. What do you know about commercial papers is?
(a) Fully secured instruments
(b) Unreserved money market instruments
(c) Partly secured papers
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above




12. Recently, RBI released Draft Guidelines on NSFR. What does “R” define in NSFR?
(a) Rate
(b) Ratio
(c) Reserve
(d) Requirement
(e) None of these





13. Which state received the Krishi Karman Award 2013-14 for Rice Production?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Bihar
(e) Uttar Pradesh





14. There are various sources which are issued the capital in the market. The primary issuers of capital market securities include which one of the following?
(a) The central government
(b) The local government
(c) Corporations
(d) All (a), (b) and (c)
(e) Only (b) and (c)





15. Name the Indian origin teacher who recently won 'University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher Award'.
(a) Gautam Banerjee
(b) Gurnimrat Sidhu
(c) Anurradha Prasad
(d) Priti Patel
(e) Ranjit Singh Baxi





16. Who received the Indian Cricketer of the Year award in CEAT Cricket Awards 2015?
(a) Bhubaneswar Kumar
(b) Shikhar Dhawan
(c) Ravichandran Ashwin
(d) Ajinkya Rahane
(e) Rohit Sharma




17. Commercial Papers issued for a period
(a) 7 days
(b) 46 days
(c) 7 days to one year
(d) One year to 180 days
(e) 180 days to 364 days





18. Ljubljana is the capital of which country?
(a) Andorra
(b) Slovenia
(c) Macedonia
(d) Rwanda
(e) Chad





19. V. Shanmuganathan is the Governor of Which state/UT?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Puducherry
(e) Arunachal Pradesh





20. What is the currency of Luxembourg?
(a) Hryvnia
(b) Franc
(c) Krone
(d) Rubel
(e) Euro

 


Solutions:

2 - Vadodara
6 - Mauritius




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