NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
| Who was re-elected as the President of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) | Brijbhushan Sharan Singh |
Who won the bronze medal in 10 m Air Rifle Women event at ISSF Rifle/Piston World Cup? | Apurvi Chandela |
Who won the bronze medal in 10 m Air Rifle Men event at ISSF Rifle/Piston World Cup? | Jitu Rai |
Who became the first female tennis player from India to achieve the World Number One ranking in doubles? | Sania Mirza |
The Supreme Court directed private hospitals to provide free treatment, including specialized surgeries, to _________? | Acid attack victims |
Who was recently appointed as the CEO of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)? | Arun Kumar Jha |
| What is the name of nuclear capable surface to surface missile which was successfully test fired from a naval ship off the Odisha Coast? | Dhanush |
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected India to four important United Nations (UN) agencies. These four UN agencies are? | United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) |
| Which city was named as National Earth Hour Capital 2015 by World Wildlife Fund (WWF)? Coimbatore was the National Earth Hour Capital for the year 2014. | Thane |
Retirement fund body EPFO has suspended the minimum monthly pension scheme. The amount of this monthly pension scheme was? | Rs 1000 per month |
Name the former Air Chief Marshal of Indian Air Force who died recenlty? | Hrushikesh Moolgavkar |
Mobile recharge platform Freecharge was recently acquired by? | Snapdeal |
For how many days Union Ministry of Home Affairs suspended the registration of Greenpeace India Society? | 180 days |
What is the name of legendary Tamil writer and winner of Jnanpith Award who died recently? | Jayakanthan |
Who was elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2015-16? | Sumit Mazumder, Chairman and Managing Director, TIL Limited |
Who was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner of India by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee? | Dr Nasim Zaidi |
What is the name of bank recently launched by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi under PM Jan Dhan Yojana to provide credit to small entrepreneurs? | Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (MUDRA Bank) |
What is the name of Indian chess grandmaster who won bronze medal in World Women's Chess Championship? | Dronavalli Harika |
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Tuesday, banned all diesel vehicles over _______ years old from plying on Delhi roads? | 10 years |
Who was appointed as the Chairman of Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council? | Rajeev Shukla |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched National Air Quality Index to monitor pollution level in 10 Indian cities. Name of these cities are? | Delhi, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Agra, Varanasi, Lucknow and Faridabad |
Who was appointed as the 16th Governor of Mizoram? | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
What is the name of Indian mountaineer who died recently? (He was the fastest mountaineer to climb 7 summits of the world in record 172 days in 2006. He hails from Nellore in Andhra region.) | Malli Mastan Babu |
Which city was approved as Capital by the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet? | Amaravathi |
What is the name of operation launched by India to evacuate 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen? | Operation Rahat |
Amalgamation of Kotak Mahindra Bank with which bank was recently approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? | ING Vysa Bank |
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
| Name the Pakistani girl and winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2014 after whom the NASA has named the Asteroid 316201? | Malala Yousafzai |
| Which country won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup men's hockey tournament defeating Australia? | New Zealand |
| Who won the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix? | Lewis Hamilton of Britain |
| Which city won the WWF's Earth Hour City Challenge to become the Global Earth Hour Capital 2015? | Seoul |
| Name the former captain of Australian cricket team and commentator who died at the age of 84? | Richie Benaud |
| World Health Day 2015 was observed across the world on 7th April. What is the theme of World Health Day 2015? | Food Safety |
| Name the New Zealand cricketer who was awarded the country's highest cricketing honour 'Sir Richard Hadlee Medal' for the year 2014-15? | Brendon McCullum |
| What is the name of President of International Cricket Council (ICC) who resigned from his post recently? | Mustafa Kamal |
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