1. An oldest surviving former parliamentarian, has recently died. What is her name?
a) Sheila Dixit
b) Sheila Kaul
c) Ehsan Jafri
d) None of the above
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Answer 2) Sheila Kaul. Sheila Kaul, a sister-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru and oldest surviving former parliamentarian, has died. She was 101 years old. She died on 13th June 2015 at her daughters residence. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has expressed deep sorrow at the passing away of Kaul.
2. Vedanta recently merged with an Indian Company. Name the Company.
a) Coal India Ltd.
b) Adani Group
c) Cairn India
d) Reliance Petroleum Limited
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Answer 3) Cairn India. Vedanta Plc, is merging his cash-rich oil and gas company Cairn India. The board of Cairn India and Vedanta Ltd approved the merger on 14th June 2015.
3. What is the name of the person who will act as the free adviser to the Deutsche Bank?
a) Anshu Mittal
b) Juergen Fitschen
c) Cryan
d) Anshu Jain
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Answer 4) Anshu Jain.Anshu jain, Deutsche Bank CEO, will receive no pay and no compensation for working as an adviser to the bank for 6 months after his departure. Jain did not want to financially burden the bank as to Quit was his own personal decision.
4. Who have inaugurated first India-China Yoga College at Yunnan Minzu University in Kunming, China?
a) V K Singh
b) Mr. Narendra Modi
c) Baba Ramdeva
d) Mr. Arun Jaitley
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Answer 1) V K Singh. Ahead of the first UN Yoga Day to be observed on June 21, the MoS for External Affairs, Retd General VK Singh has inaugurated first India-China Yoga College at Yunnan Minzu University in Kunming, China. This is the first such government institution in China were the Indian spiritual art form has become very popular in recent years.
5. Which Company has become the sixth-largest mining company in the world in terms of market capital, as per a recent PwC report?
a) Coal India Ltd.
b) GAIL
c) IOCL
d) Reliance
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Answer 1) Coal India Limited. Coal India ( CIL) has become the sixth-largest mining company in the world in terms of market capital, says a recent PwC report. Another state-run company, NMDC, the country’s top iron ore miner which also figures in the list, has improved its position by coming to the 21st slot from 24th earlier.
6. Who has signed an agreement with the government of Rajasthan to set up a joint venture solar power park of 10,000 MW?
a) Adani group
b) Vedanta
c) Coal India
d) None of the above
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Answer 1)Adani Group has signed an agreement with the government of Rajasthan to set up a joint venture solar power park of 10,000 MW. On completion, this will emerge as the largest such integrated facility in India. The solar power park is expected to attract an investment of Rs 60,000 crore.
7. Which Country has declared its three districts as the crisis-hit zone?
a) Bangladesh
b) Nepal
c) Bhutan
d) Iraq
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Answer b) Nepal. Nepal declared its three districts in the Kathmandu Valley as the crisis-hit zone, in order to curtail civil rights in order to demolish and clear the infrastructure damaged by the quakes and reconstruct them.
8. Indian Railways has decided to make its tracks on two routes free from discharge of waste from toilets. Name the track.
a) Zero Toilet Discharge
b) Stop the waste
c) Clean India. Green India
d) None of the above
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Answer 2) Zeo Toilet Discharge. Indian Railways has decided to make its tracks on two routes viz Kanalus-Dwarka-Okha and Porbunder-Wansjalya routes in Gujarat, free from discharge of waste from toilets. The railways is going to install environment-friendly zero discharge toilet system in the coaches of the trains running on these sections by October 2.
9. Vistara have added which city to its network?
a)Maharashtra
b) Chennai
c) Gujrat
d) Bengluru
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Answer 4) Bengluru.Vistara, a JV between Tata and Singapore Airlines, has added Bengaluru to its network. The Domestic carrier is all set to introduce two daily flights connecting the city to New Delhi and Mumbai, starting from June 16′ 2015. Bengaluru will be the 10th destination for Vistara
10. Recently, which exam has been cancelled by The Supreme Court?
a) IIT
b) AIPMT
c) UPSC
d) UPTU
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Answer 3) AIPMT. The Supreme Court has scrapped the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) 2015 and ordered re-conduct of the examination within four weeks. Now more than 6.3 lakh students will have to take fresh test.
11. Which approved a bill which will allow to force feed prisoners who are on hunger strike if their lives are in danger?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Israel
c) Iraq
d) India
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Answer 2) Israel. The government of Israel has approved a bill which will allow to force feed prisoners who are on hunger strike if their lives are in danger. The controversial move has not been supported by the Israel Medical Association (IMA). The cabinet’s endorsement of the controversial bill was led by Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan.
