Dear Readers, we are presenting important current affairs questions of October 2015 for upcoming IBPS Clerk Mains Exam.
Try to memorise these important Current affairs and general awareness questions for upcoming IBPS Clerk Exam.
1. India will host G20 summit in ......... ?
Ans- 2018 (2016 to China and in 2017 Germany)
2. Which country / territory flag was raised at United Nations for the first time in october?
Ans- Palestine
3. The International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) was observed across the world with the theme Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment ?
Ans- 1 October 2015
4. . World Vegetarian Day was observed on........?
Ans- 1 October 2015
5. What is the Full form of FATCA?
Ans- foreign account tax compliance act
6. Who was appointed as BCCI President ?
Ans-Shashank Manohar
7. Who has won the 2015 Right Livelihood Award ?
Ans-Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier of Canada
8. Who has emerged as world’s largest cotton producer ?
Ans- India
9. Which Bank has become the first institution worldwide to launch m-Visa, a card-less and device-less solution to make the payments ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
10. India's first solar powered district court inaguratedby Prime Minister at which place ?
Ans- Khunti, Jharkhand
11. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of neutrino oscillations ?
Ans- Japan's Takaaki Kajita and American Arthur B. McDonald
12. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine-2015 ?
Ans- one half jointly to William C Campbell (Ireland) and Satoshi Omura (Japan) for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu (China) for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
13. DRDO inaugurated world’s highest Research Centre at which Place ?
Ans- Chang La, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir at 17600 feet
14. . India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) ?
Ans-7.5 per cent
15. Who won 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry ?
Ans-Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, the US-based Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar for work on mapping how cells repair damaged DNA.
16. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference 2016 will be held at which place ?
Ans- New Delhi from 8 January to 10 January 2016.
17. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to IMF ?
Ans- 7.3 percent
18. Who won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize ?
Ans- Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
19. Which Government launched Operation Valsalya to track missing children ?
Ans- Kerala
20. Which Bank targets corporate customers with new mobile apps Pay Connect and FX Connect ?
Ans- Axis Bank
21. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 ?
Ans- Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of Jasmine revolution of 2011.
22. Who was named as Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles ?
Ans- AR Rahman
23. World Egg Day was observed on..........?
Ans- 9 October
24. World Post Day was observed globally on.........?
Ans- 9 October
25. Which Bank launches mVisa Electronic Cardless Transactions for Pockets App ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
26.Who won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize ?
Ans- British economist Angus Deaton for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare,"
27. Which Bank has received an approval from the Reserve Bank of India to sponsor a mutual fund and to set up an asset management company (AMC) and a trustee company ?
Ans- YES Bank
28. India will observe as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) to spread awareness of Indian Constitution and its architecture Dr B R Ambedkar ?
Ans- 26 November
29. Who has been appointed as the New Zealand Tourism Ambassador?
Ans- Siddharth Malhotra
30. Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction ?
Ans- Jamaican writer Marlon James for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings
31. Who was named as the Central Bank Governor of the Year, Asia 2015 by London-based publication Emerging Markets ?
Ans- Atiur Rahman, the Governor of Bangladesh Bank
32. Who has been elected as Fiji's President ?
Ans- Jioji Konrote
33. Who are the participating countries in joint training exercise, named Mitra Shakti-2015 ?
Ans- India-Sri Lanka
34. Who was appointed as MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda ?
Ans- PS Jayakumar
35. China operationalises Zam Hydropower Station on which river ?
Ans- Brahmaputra River
36. Who was selected for 2015 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award ?
Ans-Kailash Satyarthi
37. Which countries have started 2015 Malabar Naval Exercise of the eastern coast in Bay of Bengal and India Ocean ?
Ans-India, United States and Japan navies
38. World Food Day (WFD) was observed across the world on .........?
Ans- 16 October 2015
39. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed globally on ........?
Ans- 17 October 2015
40. The World Statistics Day was observed across the world on .......?
Ans- 20 October 2015
41. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched Trident Juncture Military Exercise at which place ?
Ans- Italy
42. Which State launched approved Swadhar Greh scheme, which will assure economic and social security to women in distress ?
Ans- Haryana
43. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day observed on .........?
Ans- 21 October 2015
44. Who has been appointed as the first male member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) ?
Ans-Alok Rawat
45. Amaravati has been declared as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh located on the banks of which river ?
Ans- River Krishna
46. Who was awarded with the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China for supposedly injecting fresh energy into the global quest for harmony ?
Ans- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
47. Who will fix interest rates on gold deposits under the Gold Monetisation Scheme ?
Ans-Banks
48.Who was appointed as National Security Advisor of Pakistan ?
Ans- Retired Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua
49. Who was elected as Prime Minister of Canada ?
Ans- Justin Trudeau
50. Who has been nominated by Finance ministry to the board of Reserve Bank of India?
Ans- Shaktikanta Das
51. Which bank has launched Malayalam and Hindi language versions for its mobile banking application?
Ans- Federal Bank
52. World Polio Day is observed annually across the world on........?
Ans- 24 October
53. India’s first AC double-decker Shatabdi train to run on which route?
Ans- Mumbai to Goa
54. Who was elected as the President of Nepal. She is the first women president of Nepal ?
Ans- Bidhya Devi Bhandari
55. India has been placed at which place among the 189 countries in the recently released World Bank’s 2016 rankings of Ease of Doing Business Report ?
Ans- 130th position (Singapore topped the list)
56. Who is the head of new panel set up to simplify Income-Tax Act ?
Ans- Justice RV Easwar
57. What is the full form of HRIDAY ?
Ans- Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
58.Who was elected as New President in Guatemala ?
Ans- Former comedian, Jimmy Morales
59. Who was awarded 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ?
Ans- Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
60. Who has won the 2015 Tanzanian Presidential election ?
Ans- John Pombe Magufuli
61. What is the name of China’s first lunar rover who sets record for longest stay on Moon ?
Ans- Yutu
62. The National Unity Day was observed across India on.......?
Ans- 31 October 2015 to commemorate the birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel
1. India will host G20 summit in ......... ?
Ans- 2018 (2016 to China and in 2017 Germany)
2. Which country / territory flag was raised at United Nations for the first time in october?
Ans- Palestine
3. The International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) was observed across the world with the theme Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment ?
Ans- 1 October 2015
4. . World Vegetarian Day was observed on........?
Ans- 1 October 2015
5. What is the Full form of FATCA?
Ans- foreign account tax compliance act
6. Who was appointed as BCCI President ?
Ans-Shashank Manohar
7. Who has won the 2015 Right Livelihood Award ?
Ans-Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier of Canada
8. Who has emerged as world’s largest cotton producer ?
Ans- India
9. Which Bank has become the first institution worldwide to launch m-Visa, a card-less and device-less solution to make the payments ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
10. India's first solar powered district court inaguratedby Prime Minister at which place ?
Ans- Khunti, Jharkhand
11. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of neutrino oscillations ?
Ans- Japan's Takaaki Kajita and American Arthur B. McDonald
12. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine-2015 ?
Ans- one half jointly to William C Campbell (Ireland) and Satoshi Omura (Japan) for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu (China) for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
13. DRDO inaugurated world’s highest Research Centre at which Place ?
Ans- Chang La, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir at 17600 feet
14. . India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) ?
Ans-7.5 per cent
15. Who won 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry ?
Ans-Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, the US-based Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar for work on mapping how cells repair damaged DNA.
16. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference 2016 will be held at which place ?
Ans- New Delhi from 8 January to 10 January 2016.
17. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to IMF ?
Ans- 7.3 percent
18. Who won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize ?
Ans- Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
19. Which Government launched Operation Valsalya to track missing children ?
Ans- Kerala
20. Which Bank targets corporate customers with new mobile apps Pay Connect and FX Connect ?
Ans- Axis Bank
21. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 ?
Ans- Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of Jasmine revolution of 2011.
22. Who was named as Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles ?
Ans- AR Rahman
23. World Egg Day was observed on..........?
Ans- 9 October
24. World Post Day was observed globally on.........?
Ans- 9 October
25. Which Bank launches mVisa Electronic Cardless Transactions for Pockets App ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
26.Who won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize ?
Ans- British economist Angus Deaton for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare,"
27. Which Bank has received an approval from the Reserve Bank of India to sponsor a mutual fund and to set up an asset management company (AMC) and a trustee company ?
Ans- YES Bank
28. India will observe as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) to spread awareness of Indian Constitution and its architecture Dr B R Ambedkar ?
Ans- 26 November
29. Who has been appointed as the New Zealand Tourism Ambassador?
Ans- Siddharth Malhotra
30. Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction ?
Ans- Jamaican writer Marlon James for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings
31. Who was named as the Central Bank Governor of the Year, Asia 2015 by London-based publication Emerging Markets ?
Ans- Atiur Rahman, the Governor of Bangladesh Bank
32. Who has been elected as Fiji's President ?
Ans- Jioji Konrote
33. Who are the participating countries in joint training exercise, named Mitra Shakti-2015 ?
Ans- India-Sri Lanka
34. Who was appointed as MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda ?
Ans- PS Jayakumar
35. China operationalises Zam Hydropower Station on which river ?
Ans- Brahmaputra River
36. Who was selected for 2015 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award ?
Ans-Kailash Satyarthi
37. Which countries have started 2015 Malabar Naval Exercise of the eastern coast in Bay of Bengal and India Ocean ?
Ans-India, United States and Japan navies
38. World Food Day (WFD) was observed across the world on .........?
Ans- 16 October 2015
39. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed globally on ........?
Ans- 17 October 2015
40. The World Statistics Day was observed across the world on .......?
Ans- 20 October 2015
41. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched Trident Juncture Military Exercise at which place ?
Ans- Italy
42. Which State launched approved Swadhar Greh scheme, which will assure economic and social security to women in distress ?
Ans- Haryana
43. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day observed on .........?
Ans- 21 October 2015
44. Who has been appointed as the first male member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) ?
Ans-Alok Rawat
45. Amaravati has been declared as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh located on the banks of which river ?
Ans- River Krishna
46. Who was awarded with the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China for supposedly injecting fresh energy into the global quest for harmony ?
Ans- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
47. Who will fix interest rates on gold deposits under the Gold Monetisation Scheme ?
Ans-Banks
48.Who was appointed as National Security Advisor of Pakistan ?
Ans- Retired Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua
49. Who was elected as Prime Minister of Canada ?
Ans- Justin Trudeau
50. Who has been nominated by Finance ministry to the board of Reserve Bank of India?
Ans- Shaktikanta Das
51. Which bank has launched Malayalam and Hindi language versions for its mobile banking application?
Ans- Federal Bank
52. World Polio Day is observed annually across the world on........?
Ans- 24 October
53. India’s first AC double-decker Shatabdi train to run on which route?
Ans- Mumbai to Goa
54. Who was elected as the President of Nepal. She is the first women president of Nepal ?
Ans- Bidhya Devi Bhandari
55. India has been placed at which place among the 189 countries in the recently released World Bank’s 2016 rankings of Ease of Doing Business Report ?
Ans- 130th position (Singapore topped the list)
56. Who is the head of new panel set up to simplify Income-Tax Act ?
Ans- Justice RV Easwar
57. What is the full form of HRIDAY ?
Ans- Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
58.Who was elected as New President in Guatemala ?
Ans- Former comedian, Jimmy Morales
59. Who was awarded 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ?
Ans- Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
60. Who has won the 2015 Tanzanian Presidential election ?
Ans- John Pombe Magufuli
61. What is the name of China’s first lunar rover who sets record for longest stay on Moon ?
Ans- Yutu
62. The National Unity Day was observed across India on.......?
Ans- 31 October 2015 to commemorate the birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Dear Readers, we are presenting important current affairs questions of October 2015 for upcoming IBPS Clerk Mains Exam.
Try to memorise these important Current affairs and general awareness questions for upcoming IBPS Clerk Exam.
1. India will host G20 summit in ......... ?
Ans- 2018 (2016 to China and in 2017 Germany)
2. Which country / territory flag was raised at United Nations for the first time in october?
Ans- Palestine
3. The International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) was observed across the world with the theme Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment ?
Ans- 1 October 2015
4. . World Vegetarian Day was observed on........?
Ans- 1 October 2015
5. What is the Full form of FATCA?
Ans- foreign account tax compliance act
6. Who was appointed as BCCI President ?
Ans-Shashank Manohar
7. Who has won the 2015 Right Livelihood Award ?
Ans-Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier of Canada
8. Who has emerged as world’s largest cotton producer ?
Ans- India
9. Which Bank has become the first institution worldwide to launch m-Visa, a card-less and device-less solution to make the payments ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
10. India's first solar powered district court inaguratedby Prime Minister at which place ?
Ans- Khunti, Jharkhand
11. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of neutrino oscillations ?
Ans- Japan's Takaaki Kajita and American Arthur B. McDonald
12. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine-2015 ?
Ans- one half jointly to William C Campbell (Ireland) and Satoshi Omura (Japan) for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu (China) for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
13. DRDO inaugurated world’s highest Research Centre at which Place ?
Ans- Chang La, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir at 17600 feet
14. . India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) ?
Ans-7.5 per cent
15. Who won 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry ?
Ans-Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, the US-based Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar for work on mapping how cells repair damaged DNA.
16. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference 2016 will be held at which place ?
Ans- New Delhi from 8 January to 10 January 2016.
17. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to IMF ?
Ans- 7.3 percent
18. Who won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize ?
Ans- Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
19. Which Government launched Operation Valsalya to track missing children ?
Ans- Kerala
20. Which Bank targets corporate customers with new mobile apps Pay Connect and FX Connect ?
Ans- Axis Bank
21. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 ?
Ans- Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of Jasmine revolution of 2011.
22. Who was named as Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles ?
Ans- AR Rahman
23. World Egg Day was observed on..........?
Ans- 9 October
24. World Post Day was observed globally on.........?
Ans- 9 October
25. Which Bank launches mVisa Electronic Cardless Transactions for Pockets App ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
26.Who won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize ?
Ans- British economist Angus Deaton for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare,"
27. Which Bank has received an approval from the Reserve Bank of India to sponsor a mutual fund and to set up an asset management company (AMC) and a trustee company ?
Ans- YES Bank
28. India will observe as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) to spread awareness of Indian Constitution and its architecture Dr B R Ambedkar ?
Ans- 26 November
29. Who has been appointed as the New Zealand Tourism Ambassador?
Ans- Siddharth Malhotra
30. Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction ?
Ans- Jamaican writer Marlon James for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings
31. Who was named as the Central Bank Governor of the Year, Asia 2015 by London-based publication Emerging Markets ?
Ans- Atiur Rahman, the Governor of Bangladesh Bank
32. Who has been elected as Fiji's President ?
Ans- Jioji Konrote
33. Who are the participating countries in joint training exercise, named Mitra Shakti-2015 ?
Ans- India-Sri Lanka
34. Who was appointed as MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda ?
Ans- PS Jayakumar
35. China operationalises Zam Hydropower Station on which river ?
Ans- Brahmaputra River
36. Who was selected for 2015 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award ?
Ans-Kailash Satyarthi
37. Which countries have started 2015 Malabar Naval Exercise of the eastern coast in Bay of Bengal and India Ocean ?
Ans-India, United States and Japan navies
38. World Food Day (WFD) was observed across the world on .........?
Ans- 16 October 2015
39. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed globally on ........?
Ans- 17 October 2015
40. The World Statistics Day was observed across the world on .......?
Ans- 20 October 2015
41. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched Trident Juncture Military Exercise at which place ?
Ans- Italy
42. Which State launched approved Swadhar Greh scheme, which will assure economic and social security to women in distress ?
Ans- Haryana
43. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day observed on .........?
Ans- 21 October 2015
44. Who has been appointed as the first male member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) ?
Ans-Alok Rawat
45. Amaravati has been declared as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh located on the banks of which river ?
Ans- River Krishna
46. Who was awarded with the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China for supposedly injecting fresh energy into the global quest for harmony ?
Ans- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
47. Who will fix interest rates on gold deposits under the Gold Monetisation Scheme ?
Ans-Banks
48.Who was appointed as National Security Advisor of Pakistan ?
Ans- Retired Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua
49. Who was elected as Prime Minister of Canada ?
Ans- Justin Trudeau
50. Who has been nominated by Finance ministry to the board of Reserve Bank of India?
Ans- Shaktikanta Das
51. Which bank has launched Malayalam and Hindi language versions for its mobile banking application?
Ans- Federal Bank
52. World Polio Day is observed annually across the world on........?
Ans- 24 October
53. India’s first AC double-decker Shatabdi train to run on which route?
Ans- Mumbai to Goa
54. Who was elected as the President of Nepal. She is the first women president of Nepal ?
Ans- Bidhya Devi Bhandari
55. India has been placed at which place among the 189 countries in the recently released World Bank’s 2016 rankings of Ease of Doing Business Report ?
Ans- 130th position (Singapore topped the list)
56. Who is the head of new panel set up to simplify Income-Tax Act ?
Ans- Justice RV Easwar
57. What is the full form of HRIDAY ?
Ans- Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
58.Who was elected as New President in Guatemala ?
Ans- Former comedian, Jimmy Morales
59. Who was awarded 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ?
Ans- Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
60. Who has won the 2015 Tanzanian Presidential election ?
Ans- John Pombe Magufuli
61. What is the name of China’s first lunar rover who sets record for longest stay on Moon ?
Ans- Yutu
62. The National Unity Day was observed across India on.......?
Ans- 31 October 2015 to commemorate the birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel
1. India will host G20 summit in ......... ?
Ans- 2018 (2016 to China and in 2017 Germany)
2. Which country / territory flag was raised at United Nations for the first time in october?
Ans- Palestine
3. The International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) was observed across the world with the theme Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment ?
Ans- 1 October 2015
4. . World Vegetarian Day was observed on........?
Ans- 1 October 2015
5. What is the Full form of FATCA?
Ans- foreign account tax compliance act
6. Who was appointed as BCCI President ?
Ans-Shashank Manohar
7. Who has won the 2015 Right Livelihood Award ?
Ans-Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier of Canada
8. Who has emerged as world’s largest cotton producer ?
Ans- India
9. Which Bank has become the first institution worldwide to launch m-Visa, a card-less and device-less solution to make the payments ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
10. India's first solar powered district court inaguratedby Prime Minister at which place ?
Ans- Khunti, Jharkhand
11. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of neutrino oscillations ?
Ans- Japan's Takaaki Kajita and American Arthur B. McDonald
12. Who have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine-2015 ?
Ans- one half jointly to William C Campbell (Ireland) and Satoshi Omura (Japan) for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu (China) for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
13. DRDO inaugurated world’s highest Research Centre at which Place ?
Ans- Chang La, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir at 17600 feet
14. . India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) ?
Ans-7.5 per cent
15. Who won 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry ?
Ans-Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, the US-based Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar for work on mapping how cells repair damaged DNA.
16. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference 2016 will be held at which place ?
Ans- New Delhi from 8 January to 10 January 2016.
17. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at which rate according to IMF ?
Ans- 7.3 percent
18. Who won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize ?
Ans- Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
19. Which Government launched Operation Valsalya to track missing children ?
Ans- Kerala
20. Which Bank targets corporate customers with new mobile apps Pay Connect and FX Connect ?
Ans- Axis Bank
21. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 ?
Ans- Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of Jasmine revolution of 2011.
22. Who was named as Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles ?
Ans- AR Rahman
23. World Egg Day was observed on..........?
Ans- 9 October
24. World Post Day was observed globally on.........?
Ans- 9 October
25. Which Bank launches mVisa Electronic Cardless Transactions for Pockets App ?
Ans- ICICI Bank
26.Who won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize ?
Ans- British economist Angus Deaton for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare,"
27. Which Bank has received an approval from the Reserve Bank of India to sponsor a mutual fund and to set up an asset management company (AMC) and a trustee company ?
Ans- YES Bank
28. India will observe as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) to spread awareness of Indian Constitution and its architecture Dr B R Ambedkar ?
Ans- 26 November
29. Who has been appointed as the New Zealand Tourism Ambassador?
Ans- Siddharth Malhotra
30. Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction ?
Ans- Jamaican writer Marlon James for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings
31. Who was named as the Central Bank Governor of the Year, Asia 2015 by London-based publication Emerging Markets ?
Ans- Atiur Rahman, the Governor of Bangladesh Bank
32. Who has been elected as Fiji's President ?
Ans- Jioji Konrote
33. Who are the participating countries in joint training exercise, named Mitra Shakti-2015 ?
Ans- India-Sri Lanka
34. Who was appointed as MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda ?
Ans- PS Jayakumar
35. China operationalises Zam Hydropower Station on which river ?
Ans- Brahmaputra River
36. Who was selected for 2015 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award ?
Ans-Kailash Satyarthi
37. Which countries have started 2015 Malabar Naval Exercise of the eastern coast in Bay of Bengal and India Ocean ?
Ans-India, United States and Japan navies
38. World Food Day (WFD) was observed across the world on .........?
Ans- 16 October 2015
39. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed globally on ........?
Ans- 17 October 2015
40. The World Statistics Day was observed across the world on .......?
Ans- 20 October 2015
41. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched Trident Juncture Military Exercise at which place ?
Ans- Italy
42. Which State launched approved Swadhar Greh scheme, which will assure economic and social security to women in distress ?
Ans- Haryana
43. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day observed on .........?
Ans- 21 October 2015
44. Who has been appointed as the first male member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) ?
Ans-Alok Rawat
45. Amaravati has been declared as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh located on the banks of which river ?
Ans- River Krishna
46. Who was awarded with the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China for supposedly injecting fresh energy into the global quest for harmony ?
Ans- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
47. Who will fix interest rates on gold deposits under the Gold Monetisation Scheme ?
Ans-Banks
48.Who was appointed as National Security Advisor of Pakistan ?
Ans- Retired Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua
49. Who was elected as Prime Minister of Canada ?
Ans- Justin Trudeau
50. Who has been nominated by Finance ministry to the board of Reserve Bank of India?
Ans- Shaktikanta Das
51. Which bank has launched Malayalam and Hindi language versions for its mobile banking application?
Ans- Federal Bank
52. World Polio Day is observed annually across the world on........?
Ans- 24 October
53. India’s first AC double-decker Shatabdi train to run on which route?
Ans- Mumbai to Goa
54. Who was elected as the President of Nepal. She is the first women president of Nepal ?
Ans- Bidhya Devi Bhandari
55. India has been placed at which place among the 189 countries in the recently released World Bank’s 2016 rankings of Ease of Doing Business Report ?
Ans- 130th position (Singapore topped the list)
56. Who is the head of new panel set up to simplify Income-Tax Act ?
Ans- Justice RV Easwar
57. What is the full form of HRIDAY ?
Ans- Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
58.Who was elected as New President in Guatemala ?
Ans- Former comedian, Jimmy Morales
59. Who was awarded 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ?
Ans- Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
60. Who has won the 2015 Tanzanian Presidential election ?
Ans- John Pombe Magufuli
61. What is the name of China’s first lunar rover who sets record for longest stay on Moon ?
Ans- Yutu
62. The National Unity Day was observed across India on.......?
Ans- 31 October 2015 to commemorate the birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel
