1. Which term is used for the banking service that is provided to unemployed or low-income individuals?
2. Where is the Bank of International Settlement headquartered?
3. The service sector contributes ________ per cent in gross domestic product (GDP) at factor cost (at current prices) in 2013 - 14?
4. The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari released the English translation of the book “Suleiman Charitra” recently. Who among the following wrote this book originally in Sanskrit?
5. The Government has launched HRIDAY project which is aimed at _________.
6. India ranks ______ among 30 countries in the annual Intellectual Property Index 2015 released by the US Chambers of Commerce on 4 Feb?
7. Hrushikesh Moolgaonkar, who passed away recently, was the former ________.
8. China is planning to build a USD 250-bn 7000km-long high-speed railway line to connect Beijing with ___________.
9. The RBI has doubled the eligibility limit for foreign exchange remittances under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). Now, what is the eligibility limit for foreign exchange under the LRS per person per year?
10. Which state has won the 10th National Award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGBREGA)?
11. Which countries is not a member of 21 member of the Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), as India will soon be a member of the powerful international grouping?
12. The US space agency NASA has launched its SMAP satellite, which is mainly aimed to________.
13. The book “A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold” is the autobiography of who among the following Indian players?
14. Which of the following US states on 9 Apr passed a bill that would allow nitrogen gas as an execution method?
15. As predicted in the semi-annual report of the World Bank, what could be the GDP growth rate of India in FY 2015-16?
- a) SME loan
- b) Promissory note
- c) microfinance
- d) letter of credit
- e) None of these
2. Where is the Bank of International Settlement headquartered?
- a) Belgium
- b) France
- c) Germany
- d) Switzerland
- e) Italy
3. The service sector contributes ________ per cent in gross domestic product (GDP) at factor cost (at current prices) in 2013 - 14?
- a) 74 per cent
- b) 34 per cent
- c) 17 per cent
- d) 57 per cent
- e) 28 per cent
4. The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari released the English translation of the book “Suleiman Charitra” recently. Who among the following wrote this book originally in Sanskrit?
- a) AND Haksar
- b) Kalyana Malla
- c) Sri Lal Sukla
- d) Ravuri Bharadhwaja
- e) Bhalchandra Nemade
5. The Government has launched HRIDAY project which is aimed at _________.
- a) Rejuvenating rich cultural heritage of India
- b) Establishing old – age homes
- c) Welfare of handicapped
- d) Saving girl child
- e) None of these
6. India ranks ______ among 30 countries in the annual Intellectual Property Index 2015 released by the US Chambers of Commerce on 4 Feb?
- a) 25th
- b) 22nd
- c) 21st
- d) 29th
- e) 30th
7. Hrushikesh Moolgaonkar, who passed away recently, was the former ________.
- a) Air Chief Marshal
- b) Chief of Army Staff
- c) Chief of Naval Staff
- d) first Director General of BSF
- e) None of these
8. China is planning to build a USD 250-bn 7000km-long high-speed railway line to connect Beijing with ___________.
- a) Paris
- b) Kathmandu
- c) Dhaka
- d) Moscow
- e) Naypyidaw
9. The RBI has doubled the eligibility limit for foreign exchange remittances under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). Now, what is the eligibility limit for foreign exchange under the LRS per person per year?
- a) USD 160,000
- b) USD 500,000
- c) USD 250,000
- d) USD 500,000
- e) Other than those given as options
10. Which state has won the 10th National Award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGBREGA)?
- a) Himachal Pradesh
- b) Kerala
- c) Tamil Nadu
- d) Karnataka
- e) Madhya Pradesh
11. Which countries is not a member of 21 member of the Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), as India will soon be a member of the powerful international grouping?
- a) Russia
- b) Australia
- c) Japan
- d) Vietnam
- e) Other than those given as options
12. The US space agency NASA has launched its SMAP satellite, which is mainly aimed to________.
- a) Collecting soil from Mars
- b) Observing soil moisture of the earth
- c) Monitoring satellites
- d) Mobile surveillance
- e) Other than those given as options
13. The book “A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold” is the autobiography of who among the following Indian players?
- a) Deepika Kumari
- b) Mary Kom
- c) Laishram Sarita Devi
- d) Abhinav Bindra
- e) Saina Nehwal
14. Which of the following US states on 9 Apr passed a bill that would allow nitrogen gas as an execution method?
- a) Oklahoma
- b) Kentucky
- c) Georgia
- d) California
- e) Arizona
15. As predicted in the semi-annual report of the World Bank, what could be the GDP growth rate of India in FY 2015-16?
- a) 7 per cent
- b) 7.5 per cent
- c) 8 per cent
- d) 8.5 per cent
- e) 9 per cent