1) Supreme Court (SC) on 13 May 2015 issued
guidelines on regulating government advertisements. According to the new
guidelines, only photographs whom can feature in the newspaper advertisement? -
President, Prime Minister (PM)
and Chief Justice of India (CJI)
2) Who was
on 11 May 2015 authorized to act as the interim chairperson of the National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC)? -
Justice (retd) Cyriac Joseph
3) Who was
on 11 May 2015 appointed as the first President of the New Development Bank
(NDB) of BRICS nations? - KV
Kamath
Note: Currently, Kamath is the Chairman of the India’s largest
private sector bank, Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
(ICICI).
4) Name
the three new schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 in
Kolkata, West Bengal?
(a)
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
(b)
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
(c)
Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
5) Who was
on 15 May 2015 appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the
Union Ministry of Finance? - MJ
Joseph
6) State
Bank of India (SBI) on 14 May 2015 launched contact-less credit and debit cards
called? - sbiINTOUCH
Note: These cards are based upon the latest near-field
technology (NFC). With these cards, a customer can transact by just tapping or
waving it against the reader of the point-of-sale machine.
7) Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on 14 May 2015 allowed Tap And Pay without PIN for
transactions up to ____ rupees? - Rs.2000
8) Who was
named as the Head Coach of Under-19 football team of India on 12 May 2015? - Lee Alan Johnson of England
9) President
of India Pranab Mukherjii on 12 May 2015 appointed four Governors. Name them
with state?
(a)
V Shanmuganathan - Meghalaya
(b)
Draupadi Murmu - Jharkhand
(c)
Tathagata Roy - Tripura
(d)
JP Rakkhowa - Arunachal Pradesh
10) Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on 11 May 2015 advised all public sector banks (PSBs) to
appoint ___? - Chief Customer Service Officer (CCSO) or Internal
Ombudsman
11) Who
was recently appointed as the Chairman of the National Safety Council (NSC)? - K Satish Reddy
12) National
Technology Day was observed in India on? - 11
May 2015
13) Veteran
Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor was on 10 May 2015 honoured with the prestigious
Dada Saheb Phalke award by whom? - Arun
Jaitley, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister
14) Who
recently won the Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 Racing? - Nico Rosberg
15) Name
the world’s first fully warm-blooded fish species recently discovered by
researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)? – Opah
16) Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 13 May 2015 gave its approval for ___% disinvestment in NTPC and ___% in Indian
Oil Corporation respectively? - 5%
and 10%
17) Union
Cabinet on 13 May 2015 gave its nod for implementation of Namami Gange
programme (NGP). The programme will be operational under? - National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)
18) Who
was on 12 May 2015 appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of Bharti AXA General Insurance? - Deepak
Iyer
19) Name
the Indian author who on 12 May 2015 won the 2014 Encore Award for his novel
The Lives of Others? - Neel
Mukherjee
20) Who
was on 7 May 2015 appointed as a Member of Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC)? - Arvind Saxena
21) Name
the Indian-origin who was on 11 May 2015 appointed as Minister of State for
Employment in British Government? - Priti
Patel
22) Naval
establishment of Indian Navy at Porbandar, Gujarat was on 9 May 2015
commissioned as? - INS
Sardar Patel
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23) India
on 9 May 2015 successfully conducted the 48th test firing of the BrahMos
Supersonic Cruise Missile from? - Car
Nicobar Islands in Andaman and Nicobar.
24) Who
won the men’s singles and women's singles title of Madrid Tennis Open? - Andy Murray and Petra Kvitova
25) Suchitra
Bhattacharya passed away on 12 May 2015 was a eminent writer in which language?
– Bengali
26) Name
the Indian-American who recently won UNC Board of Governors 2015 Award? - Sivanadane Mandjiny
27) Union
Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on 14 May 2015
launched which scheme for Traditional Artisans? - USTAAD
(Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development).
28) Who
was on 15 May 2015 conferred with the Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award for Journalism,
Writing and Social Services? - Anurradha
Prasad
Note: She is the Editor-in-Chief of News 24 Channel.
29) Name
the Indian-Origin who on 12 May 2015 became the first Asian woman to be elected
as mayor in the United Kingdom (UK)? - Harbhajan
Kaur Dheer
30) 6th
National Conference on Nuclear Energy was recently held at? - New Delhi
31) India
Posts on 11 May 2015 launched a dedicated E-Commerce Centre at? - New Delhi
32) Name
the Indian discus thrower who on 10 May 2015 won Gold at Jamaican International
Invitation meet? - Vikas
Gowda
33) Indian
Army on 8 May 2015 signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which bank? - Bank of India (BOI)
34) Which
Union Ministry on 15 May 2015 launched kayakalp Award Scheme to improve
cleanliness in Public Health Facilities? - Union
Health and Family Welfare Ministry
35) Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently announced its plans to
commission which radar in June 2015? - Multi-Object
Tracking Radar (MOTR)
36) Union
Government has recently decided to implement NERS for women in distress. Expand
NERS? - Nationwide Emergency
Response System
37) Union
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on 14 May 2015 gave an
in-principle approval for setting up first IIIT (Indian Institute of
Information Technology) of Maharashtra at? – Nagpur
38) Japanese
Scientists on 14 May 2015 discovered a new state of matter called? - Jahn-Teller-metal
39) Union
government on 13 May 2015 passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014. Bill
seeks to amend which act? - Companies
Act, 2013
