52. Who is the current Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India?
(A) Nripendra Misra(B) LC Goyal
(C) Pulok Chatterjee
(D) None of these
53. Which Indian actor is starring in American Television series “Quantico”?
(A) Deepika Padukone(B) Sunny Leone
(C) Priyanka Chopra
(D) Sherlyn Chopra
54. Which Indian company announced the creation of $250 million ‘Innovate in India Fund’ to give a boost to start-ups?
(A) Reliance Industries(B) Infosys
(C) TCS
(D) Wipro
55. In Feb 2015, Indian American Composer Ricky Kej won the Grammy Award in which category?
(A) Best New Artist(B) Best Children’s Album
(C) Best New Age Album
(D) Best Pop Vocal Album
56. In India, the Tropic of Cancer passes through which of the following states?
(A) Madhya Pradesh(B) Haryana
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
57. Which city was recently selected to host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games?
(A) Pyeongchang(B) Toronto
(C) Helsinki
(D) Beijing
58. The UNESCO World Heritage site Palmyra is in which country?
(A) Iran(B) Syria
(C) Turkey
(D) Ukraine
59. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s mass media campaign called ‘Sunita’ is to create awareness about:
(A) family planning(B) harmful effects of using tobacco
(C) promote girl child
(D) malnutrition
60. India’s under construction naval base Project Varsha, is near which of the following cities?
(A) Kochi(B) Karwar
(C) Visakhapatnam
(D) Chennai
61. Who amongst the following was awarded the Man of the Tournament award for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?
(A) Brendom McCullum(B) Mitchell Starc
(C) Tim Southee
(D) Steve Smith
62. United Nations unveiled “Arc of Return” for victims of:
(A) Iraq war(B) Transatlantic slave trade
(C) Syria war
(D) Holocaust
63. Which one of the planets is known as “evening star” as well as “morning star” because it is the first to appear in the evening and the last to disappear in the morning?
(A) Jupiter(B) Mars
(C) Mercury
(D) Venus
64. Indian Railway has signed an MoU in 2015 for R&D work with which one of the following institutions?
(A) IIT, Kanpur(B) IIT, Delhi
(C) IIT, BHU
(D) IIT, Roorkee
65. The first bank to launch The MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) card under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme is:
(A) Corporation Bank(B) Andhra Bank
(C) State Bank of India
(D) Karur Vysa Bank
66. Newly elected Mogens Lykketoft as President of United Nations General Assembly belongs to:
(A) USA(B) Denmark
(C) Ukraine
(D) Germany
67. Which of the following state of India has bus connectivity with Bangladesh?
(A) Tripura(B) West Bengal
(C) Assam
(D) All of these
68. Who has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog?
(A) Arvind Panagariya(B) Bibek Debroy
(C) VS Saraswat
(D) Sindhushree Khullar
69. In 2015, twenty six countries from ………….. agreed to create The Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).
(A) Asia(B) Europe
(C) Africa
(D) North America
70. China has launched a freight train service from its northeastern city of Harbin connecting to:
(A) Hamberg(B) London
(C) Karachi
(D) Tokyo
75. There are five books A, B, C, D and E. Book C lies above D Book E is below A; D is above A; B is below E. Which is at the bottom?
(A) A(B) B
(C) E
(D) C