Current Affairs Daily Quiz: 15 April 2015

1) PepsiCo India on 3 April 2015 commissioned first phase of its largest beverage plant in India in which state?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Karnataka

(C) West Bengal

(D) Kerala

2) Pedro Cateriano Bellido was recently appointed as Prime Minister of which country?

(A) Bolivia

(B) Peru

(C) Chile

(D) Nigeria

3) Which player recently defeated Saina Nehwal in the semi-finals of Malaysia Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament?

(A) Li Xuerui

(B) Saina Nehwal

(C) Carolina Marin

(D) Wang Shixian

4) West Bengal and Bihar Governor K.N. Tripathi recently sworn in as the 16th governor of which northeastern state (additional charge)?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Assam

(C) Tripura

(D) Mizoram

5) Union government recently extended ____ months’ time to the states for rolling out the National Food Security Act (NFSA)?

(A) 5

(B) 4

(C) 6

(D) 7

6) Malli Mastan Babu who recently died was a famous?

(A) Volleyball Player

(B) Mountaineer

(C) Sky Diver

(D) Wildlife Photographer

7) Michael Rudenko, a committee member of the Minor Planet Center on 1 April 2015 officially named a minor planet in the name of which Indian sports person?

(A) Sachin Tendulkar

(B) Sania Mirza

(C) Dhyan Chand

(D) Vishwanathan Anand

8) Who has recently become the National Basketball Association's (pre-eminent men's professional basketball league) first player of Indian origin?

(A) Sim Bhullar

(B) Kavi Singh

(C) Prajith Bopara

(D) None of these 

9) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 2 April 2015 celebrated its  ____th anniversary?

(A) 70th

(B) 60th

(C) 80th

(D) 85th

10) Amaravathi was recently selected by which state government as its new capital city?

(A) Telengana

(B) Karnataka

(C) Odisha

(D) Andhra Pradesh

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Andhra Pradesh

2) Ans. (B) Peru 

3) Ans. (A) Li Xuerui

4) Ans. (D) Mizoram

5) Ans. (C) 6

6) Ans. (B) Mountaineer

7) Ans. (D) Vishwanathan Anand

8) Ans. (A) Sim Bhullar

9) Ans. (C) 80th

10) Ans. (D) Andhra Pradesh

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Daily Current Affairs Updates - 14 April 2015

1) Govt changed name of visa-on-arrival scheme to e-tourist visa:

--> Union home ministry has decided to rename the tourist visa-on-arrival scheme as 'e-tourist visa' scheme with effect from 15 April 2015.

--> The step is aimed at avoiding inconvenience to foreign tourists who, misled by scheme's nomenclature, would fly into India presuming that they would be granted visa on arrival upon landing.

--> Under the 'tourist visa on arrival-electronic travel authorization scheme', a foreign tourist was required to apply for a visa online by uploading his photograph and passport and also paying his visa fee online.

--> The visa authorities would then process his application and send him an electronic travel authorization, or simply e-visa, via e-mail within 72 hours. 

2) Government constituted task force on interlinking of rivers:

--> Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation has constituted a 'Task Force' on Interlinking of Rivers comprising experts and senior officials to look into the issues relating to Interlinking of Rivers ( ILR) in the country.

--> The Task Force would be chaired by BN Navalawala, former Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources.

3) Zomato acquired cloud-based data firm MaplePOS:

--> Restaurant search application Zomato has acquired cloud-based point of sale (POS) product for restaurants MaplePOS, a company statement said on 14 April 2015.

--> Zomato has already renamed the MaplePOS product "Zomato Base", and information on the product is now available.

--> Zomato offers restaurants features such as menu and inventory management, and has a built-in payment solution to accept debit and credit card payments.

4) Turkey begins construction of first nuclear power plant:

--> Turkey on 14 April 2015 began the construction of its first nuclear power plant located at Akkuyu in Mersin province on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

--> It will be built by Akkuyu Project Company, a subsidiary of Russia’s nuclear agency Rosatom.

5) US President Barack Obama nominated Indian-American businesswoman Shamina Singh to key post:

--> US President Barack Obama has nominated prominent Indian-American businesswoman Shamina Singh to a key administration post.

--> Singh has been nominated as the member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring in October 2019.

6) FM transmission of Vividh Bharati launched:

--> The popular ‘Vividh Bharati’ services of All India Radio (AIR) will now be available to listeners in and around Delhi on mobile handsets with the launch of FM transmission of the channel.

--> Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley, who launched the FM transmission, also delivered a message to the listeners of the channel, saying Vividh Bharati services would reach people within a range of 60-65 km with much clarity at all times in all weather conditions.

--> Vividh Bharati offers a mix of film music, skits, short plays and interactive programmes.

--> The I&B minister also said the Doordarshan’s ‘Kisan’ channel could be launched in May. 

7) HDFC announced mobile banking app for Apple Watch:

--> Indian banking giant HDFC has just announced an HDFC mobile banking app, designed specifically for the Apple Watch.

--> Simply titled WatchBanking, the move makes HDFC the first bank, and also the first Indian company to launch an app for the Apple Watch, due to launch in India later this month.

8) HDFC Bank tops mobile banking transactions:

--> HDFC Bank placed at the top spot among all banking entities in mobile banking transactions during January 2015 according to the pertaining data released by RBI on 14 April 2015.

--> It is followed by ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Axis Bank with respect to mobile banking transactions.

9) Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s 124th birth anniversary celebrated:

--> Nation observed 124th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar on 14 April 2015.

--> Dr. BR Ambedkar is popularly know as the architect of India's Constitution.

--> Rich tributes were paid to the architect of Indian Constitution Dr. Ambedkar in Parliament complex.

--> Throughout his life he worked for the upliftment of dalits and tribals and campaigned against social discrimination.

10) AAP rebels launched Swaraj Abhiyan:

--> Aam Aadmi Party rebels Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan on 14 April 2015 rallied their supporters and announced a separate group called the "Swaraj Abhiyan," pledging to work for alternative politics.

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Daily Current Affairs: 13 April 2015

1) National Judicial Appointments Commission Act notified:

--> Government on 13 April 2015 notified the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 and the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 for bringing in a change in the existing system for appointment of Judges in Supreme Court and High Courts.

--> The Acts provide for a transparent and broad-based process of selection of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts by the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC).

--> NJAC will be a six-member body, comprising the Chief Justice of India and two of his senior most judges, the law minister and two eminent people.

--> Any two of them can veto any candidature.

--> The eminent people will be nominated after consultations with the CJI, the PM and the Leader of Opposition or the leader of the single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha. 

2) Sania Mirza officially crowned World No. 1:

--> Sania Mirza on 13 April 2015 officially became the first Indian woman tennis player to be ranked World No. 1 in doubles after WTA unveiled its latest list.

--> The Indian ace has gone up three rungs in the charts with 7660 points to dethrone Italy’s Sara Errani (7640 points).

--> Sania took 470 points from the win with Martina Hingis in the WTA Family Circle Cup in the official list.

3) Union Home Ministry notified Governors (Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Rules, 2015:

--> Union Home Ministry on 10 April 2015 notified amendments to the Governors (Allowances and Privileges) Rules, 1987 and named these rules as Governors (Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Rules, 2015.

--> The amendment notifies 18-set of rules to regulate any foreign visit or domestic visit outside the State by the Governors.

--> As per the new norms laid by the said law, the duration of a governor’s official visits outside the state shall not exceed 20% of the days in a calendar year, i.e., 73 days.

--> As per the new norms, governors must seek the approval of the President and forward their communication in this regard, two weeks in advance for private visits outside the state and seven days in advance for official visits.

4) Is “Airtel Zero” against Net Neutrality?

--> During April 2015, Airtel announced Airtel Zero, a platform that allows consumers free access to select apps and services with the cost of this data traffic being borne by the companies that have signed up.

--> For example, if Flipkart signs up as an Airtel Zero partner, consumers will not be charged for data that they will use while accessing Flipkart, and Airtel will bill Flipkart for that session.

-->  ‘Net Neutrality’ is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all traffic on their networks equally.

--> That means users should be able to access all websites at the same speed and cost. No website should be given preferential treatment over another.

5) In a first, DPRK Foreign Minister visited India:

--> In a significant diplomatic engagement between India and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong met his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj on 13 April 2015.

--> This is the first ever visit at the Foreign Minister level from North Korea to India.

--> Mr. Yong is on a three day visit on the invitation of Ms. Swaraj.

6) Hillary Clinton announced 2016 presidential bid:

--> Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 12 April 2015 announced that she would be contesting the election for the office of U.S. president in 2016.

--> Hillary Clinton ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 but lost to Barack Obama.

7) Haryana govt announced cabinet rank for Ramdev:

--> Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on 13 April announced Cabinet-rank status for yoga guru Ramdev, who is the state's brand ambassador.

--> Khattar said Ramdev, who is authorized to promote yoga and ayurveda in the state, would be given the status of Cabinet minister, and a function would be held at Panchkula on April 21 to honour him.

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12th April 2015 Important Daily Current Affairs

1) German Nobel laureate Gunter Grass passed away:

--> Renowned German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature Gunter Grass passed away on 12 April 2015 in the city of Lubeck.

--> The list of his works is very long, and includes "Cat and Mouse" and "Dog Years", which, together with "The Tin Drum", were part of his famous "Gdansk Trilogy"; "Local Anesthetic", "The Flounder", "The Rat", "The Call of the Toad" and "Crabwalk".

--> Gunter Grass was a multi-talented artist, not only a novelist and poet, but also a sculptor and designer who occasionally also designed the covers of his books.

2) Sania Mirza is first Indian to be World No.1 in women's doubles:

--> Sania Mirza on 12 April 2015 created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles, following her stupendous title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis, Charleston.

--> Sania took 470 points from the win to take her tally to 7965 as she jumped past Italy’s Sara Errani (7640) and Roberta Vinci (7640) to sit atop the ranking table.

--> Before Sania, only Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhuapthi had achieved the top rank when they dominated men’s doubles circuit in the late 90s.

--> Sania is also first female player from India to win Grand Slam tournaments.

3) Lewis Hamilton won Chinese Grand Prix:

--> World champion Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix for the second year on 12 April 2015. 

--> Nico Rosberg finished second while Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen finished third and fourth for Ferrari.

--> Williams drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas finished fifth and sixth respectively. 

4) New Zealand won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2015:

--> New Zealand beat Australia in the 24th Sultan Azlan-Shah-Tournament 3-1 in the Shoot-out stages held at Malaysia.

--> New Zealand was put ahead by Penalty-Corner-goal from Andy-Hayward, until 29 minutes before close when Australia equaled the scores.

--> New Zealand won the cup for the second time; first was in 2012 when they beat Argentina.

--> India defeated South Korea 4-1 (6-3) on penalties to win the bronze medal.

--> Azlan Shah Cup is named after ninth King of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah, who is known as the "Father of Malaysian Hockey"

5) Air Pegasus began commercial operations in India:

--> Air Pegasus on 12 April 2015 commenced its commercial operations with flight services to Hubballi and Thiruvananthapuram from its base in Bengaluru, becoming the second regional air operator after Air Costa.

--> Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju launched the operations of the airline promoted by ground handling services provider Decor Aviation.

--> Bangalore-based Air Pegasus recently acquired flying permit from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and is the third new airline to receive the permit from the aviation regulator in last one year, after AirAsia India and Vistara.

6) BHEL commissioned 600-MW thermal unit in Chhattisgarh:

--> Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) announced that it has commissioned another 600 MW unit of a thermal power project in Chhattisgarh.

--> The unit was commissioned at Dainik Bhaskar Power Ltd's (DBPL) upcoming 2x600 MW thermal power project located at Dhabra in Janjgir Champa district of Chhattisgarh.

7) Shooter Jitu Rai won bronze at ISSF World Cup:

--> Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai has won a bronze medal in the 10 meter Air Pistol (Men) event in the ongoing ISSF World Cup Rifle/ Pistol Shooting competition being held at Changwon in South Korea on 12 April 2015.

--> Jin Jongoh of South Korea has won the gold medal in the same event by scoring 206 points while Naung Ye Tun of Malaysia has won the silver by scoring 201 points.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 11 April 2015

1) National Safe Motherhood Day observed:

--> National Safe Motherhood day was observed across India on 11 April 2015 to create awareness on proper healthcare and maternity facilities to pregnant and lactating women. 

2) Asteroid 316201 named after Malala Yousafzai:

--> Asteroid 316201 was named as ‘316201 Malala’ after the youngest Nobel laureate and girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzai.

--> The asteroid was named after her by Amy Mainzer, astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, United States under the International Astronomical Union rules.

--> In 2010, Mr. Mainzer had discovered the asteroid which was known as 316201. As a discoverer of the asteroid he had owned the rights to name it.

--> Asteroid 316201 Malala is located in the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter.

--> It orbits around the Sun every 5.5 years and is more-than 2 mile wide.

3) Yuki won Karshi ITF Futures trophy:

--> Yuki Bhambri clinched the ITF Futures tournament on 11 April 2015 with a straight-set win over Dzmitry Zhyrmont and ensured his berth in the French Open qualifying event.

--> The 22-year-old player, seeded second, overcame his Belarusian third seed rival 6-2 6-4 in the final and pocketed 27 ranking points which will take him to a rank between 215 and 220.

--> French Open, the Clay Court Grand Slam will begin May 19.

4) Apurvi Chandela won Bronze in ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup:

--> Commonwealth Games gold medallist Apurvi Chandela secured her place in Rio Olympics 2016 by shooting her way to a bronze medal in the 10 metres air rifle event at the World Cup in Changwon (South Korea) on 11 April 2015.

--> Chandela became the second Indian to qualify for Olympics 2016 after pistol shooter Jitu Rai.

5) India's first IFSC becomes operational at GIFT City:

--> India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat became operational on 11 April 2015 and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled rules and regulations for this global financial hub.

--> IFSC rules allow companies incorporated outside India to raise money in foreign currencies by issuance and listing of their equity shares on stock exchanges within the IFSC, where individual and institutional investors from India and abroad, including NRIs, would be allowed to trade.

6) U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shook hands:

--> In a landmark development, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro held a meeting on 11 April 2015, which market the first summit between the two countries since the height of the Cold War.

--> The Obama-Castro summit meeting took place at Panama City on 11 April during the ongoing Summit of the Americas.

--> The relations between the two countries have been in the range from bad to worse since the embassies in Washington and Havana were closed in 1961.

7) Naxals killed 7 of elite force in Sukma:

--> Seven personnel of Chhattisgarh’s elite Special Task Force were killed and 10 injured in a Maoist attack on 11 April 2015 in Sukma in south Bastar, in the biggest attack on security forces this year in the state.

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Social Welfare Schemes(Yojana) for Secretariat Assistant Exam 2015 - Part 1

1) Antyodaya Anna Yojana

When launched? - December 25, 2000 by NDA government

Aim? - It contemplated providing 25 kg. of foodgrains per month at highly subsidized rates of Rs. 2 per kg. for wheat and Rs. 3 per kg. for rice to each Antodaya family. The total number of families to be covered under this scheme was placed at one crore. It contemplated providing 25 kg. of foodgrains per month at highly subsidized rates of Rs. 2 per kg. for wheat and Rs. 3 per kg. for rice to each Antodaya family. The total number of families to be covered under this scheme was placed at one crore.

2) Balika Samriddhi Yojana

When launched? - August 15, 1997

Aim? - To change negative family and community attitudes towards the girl child at birth and towards her mother, To improve enrolment and retention of girl children in schools, To raise the age at marriage of girls, To assist the girl to undertake income generating activities.

Note: During 1999-2000, Govt. of India recast the scheme and the benefits and means of delivery have been redesigned to ensure that financial benefits accrue to the girl child. Balika Samridhi Yojna is being implemented in both rural and urban areas.

3) Bharat Nirman

When launched? - May 16, 2005 by the then Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh as part of successful completion of one year of the UPA government.

Aim? - Ambitious scheme of Rs 175 crore for rural infrastructure development. There were namely six areas under Bharat Nirman viz. - irrigation, road development, water supply, housing, rural electrification and rural telecom connectivity.Villages with a population of 1,000 (500 in tribal areas) would be connected with a road.. Construction of 60 lakh additional houses for the homeless rural poor.. An additional 1 crore hectare area in the rural areas would be brought under irrigation,. An additional 74,000 habitations would be provided with drinking water.

5) Indira Awaas Yojana

When launched? - 1985

Aim? - Provides financial assistance to rural poor for constructing their houses themselves. Under the scheme, financial assistance worth Rs.70,000/- in plain areas and Rs.75,000/- in difficult areas (high land area) is provided for construction of houses. The houses are allotted in the name of the woman or jointly between husband and wife.

Note: Started in 1985 as part of the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP), Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was subsumed in Jawahar rojgar Yojana (JRY) in 1989 and has been operating as an independent scheme since 1996.

6) Integrated Child Development Scheme

When launched? - 1975

Aim? -  Provides food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers. These services are provided from Anganwadi centres established mainly in rural areas and staffed with frontline workers. 

7) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

When launched? - April, 1, 1989

Note: By merging the two erstwhile wage employment programme – National Rural Employment programme (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP). 80:20 cost sharing basis between the centre and the States.

Aim? - The main objective of the yojana was additional gainful employment for the unemployed and under-employed persons in rural areas.

Important: Since April 1, 1999 this Yojna was replaced by Jawahar Gram samridhi Yojna. Later from September 25, 2001, Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna was merged with Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna.

8) Kudumbasree

When launched? - May 17, 1998 by the then Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee in Malappuram.

Note: Kudumbashree, a female-oriented, community-based, poverty reduction project of Government of Kerala.

Aim? - Empowerment of women, through forming self-help groups and encouraging their entrepreneurial or other wide range of activities. The purpose of the mission is to ensure that the women should no longer remain as passive recipients of public assistance, but active leaders in women-involved development initiatives.

9) Mahila Samriddhi Yojana

When launched? - 2nd October, 1993

Aim? - Empowering rural women through development of thrift habit and building confidence and self-reliance. Under the scheme any adult rural woman could open the MSY account in the post office with a minimum deposit of Rs 4/- or in multiples of Rs.4/- subject to a maximum of Rs.300/-.

10) National Food for Work Programme

When launched? - 14 November 2004

Aim? - Launched in 150 of the most backward districts of India with the objective of generating supplementary wage employment. The programme is open to all rural poor who are prepared to do manual, unskilled labour. It is implemented as a centrally-sponsored scheme.

Important: This program was merged with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in February 2006.

Please note: This article has been prepared based on the online materials about schemes available in various websites. In case you find any error please bring it to our notice. We will correct it.

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Apply Online for SBI PO 2015

Friends..as you know State Bank of India has published the Advertisement No.CRPD/PO/2015-16/02 for recruitment of probationary officers in SBI 2015 a few days back. The link to apply online has been activated on 13.04.2015. Now you can apply online from the below link from 13.04.2015 to 02.05.2015. Candidates are advised in their own interest to apply online much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection / inability / failure to log on to the website on account of heavy load on internet or website jam.

Important Dates:

Starting Date for Online Application: 13.04.2015

Last Date for Submission of Online Application: 02.05.2015

Payment of Fees (Online Only): 13.04.2015 to 02.05.2015

Date of Preliminary Examination: Tentatively in June 2015

Specifications for Photograph and Signature to apply online are as follows:

PHOTOGRAPH IMAGE:

* Photograph must be a recent passport size colour picture.

* The picture should be in colour, against a light-coloured, preferably white, background.

* Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face.

* If the picture is taken on a sunny day, have the sun behind you, or place yourself in the shade, so that you are not squinting and there are no harsh shadows.

* If you have to use flash, ensure there's no “red-eye”.

* If you wear glasses make sure that there are no reflections and your eyes can be clearly seen.

* Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious headwear is allowed but it must not cover your face.

* Dimensions 200 x 230 pixels (preferred).

* Size of file should be between 20kb–50kb.

* Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50KB. If the size of the file is more than 50KB, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as the DPI resolution, no. of colours etc.,during the process of scanning.

(ii) SIGNATURE IMAGE:

* The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.

* The signature must be signed only by the applicant and not by any other person.

* If the Applicant's signature on the answer script, at the time of the examination, does not match the signature on the Attendance Sheet, the applicant will be disqualified.

* Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred).

* Size of file should be between 10kb – 20kb.

* Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 20KB.

Procedure for Uploading the Photograph and Signature

(i) There will be two separate links for uploading Photograph and Signature.

(ii) Click on the respective link “Upload Photograph / Signature”.

(iii) Browse & Select the location where the Scanned Photo / Signature file has been saved.

(iv) Select the file by clicking on it.

(v) Click the 'Upload' button.

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Question Papers of SSC CGL 2014 Tier-2 Exam - 12 April 2015

Friends.. Here are the Question Paper of the SSC CGL 2014 Tier-2 Exam held on 12.04.2015 of Quantitative Ability. The code of these Question Papers are 789 TH 7, 987 QK 4. The question papers of the remaining sets and the answer key of all sets will be updated soon.

Download Question Paper 789TH7: Click Here or Link 2
Download Question Paper 987 QK 4: Click Here

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Today's (12 April 2015) NICL Assistant Exam GK Questions

Friends..Here are a few GK Questions asked in today's (12 April 2015) NICL Assistant Exam, Evening Shift. These questions were shared by Ganeswar Naik and Siddharth Nath. These questions will be useful for those having exam in coming days. 

1) Currency of Czech Republic? - Czech koruna

2) Berlin is the capital of which country? - Germany

3) Who was recently selected as brand ambassador to lead India's fight against hepatitis B? - Amitabh Bachchan

4) Capital of Assam? - Dispur

5) Name the NITI Aayog CEO? - Sindhushree Khullar

6) Chris Gayle is the cricketer from which country? - West Indies

7) 'Wings of Fire' is the autobiography of? - APJ Abdul Kalam

8) Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary is in which state? - Telangana

9) Headquarters of LIC? - Mumbai

10) Which state has highest urban population according to census 2011? - Maharashtra

11) Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways? - Nitin Gadkari

12) Karnataka defeated which team to win Ranji Trophy 2015? - Tamil Nadu

13) Headquarters of International Court of Justice? - The Hague, Netherlands

14) Greg Chappell is associated with which game? - Cricket

15) SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture life insurance company between State Bank of India and? - BNP Paribas Assurance

16) Regulatory body of insurance in India? - IRDA

17) Name India's Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft recently? - Astra

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