1. The GOI has retained the rate of interest for General Provident Fund and other related schemes at
a) 7.5%
b) 7.7%
c) 8.5%
d) 8.7%
2. The interest rate for Sukanya Samriddhi Account, the special deposit scheme for girl child, has been hiked to
a) 9.1%
b) 9.2%
c) 9.3%
d) 9.4%
3. The proposed legislation wrt the heinous offences of Juveniles would replace the
a) Juvenile Justice Act 2000
b) Juvenile Justice Act 2005
c) Juvenile Justice Act 2010
d) Juvenile Justice Act 2013
4. What is the name of Rana Dasgupta’s book that has been shortlisted for Orwell Prize?
a) Solo
b) Hack Attack
c) Capital
d) In Plain Sight
5. Who has been awarded with Nishan-e-Pakistan Award recently?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Xi Xinping
c) King Mohammad
d) Al Skeik Nazria Khan
6. What is India’s rank among the nations that were targeted with cyber attacks through social media?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
7. The Paralympic Committee of India has been suspended by Sports Ministry for gross negligence and poor management of the 15th National Para Athletics Championships, which was held in
a) Kanpur
b) Gandhi Nagar
c) Tiruvananthapuram
d) Ghaziabad
8. Mohammad Morsi, who was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment, was the former Prime Minister of
a) Mauritius
b) Yemen
c) Egypt
d) Libya
9. GOI has approved three highway projects worth Rs 5150 crore in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Bihar
c) Maharashtra
d) Punjab
10. The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in
a) United Kingdom
b) United States
c) Germany
d) European Countries
11. In which of the two states, the nuclear reactors, which are under construction, will be completed by 2019?
a) Bihar and Punjab
b) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
c) Chhattisgarh and Tamilnadu
d) Gujarat and Rajasthan
12. Who has been named as the Ambassador of HeForShe campaign by UN Women?
a) Sharukh Khan
b) Thomas Bach
c) Stannis Baratheon
d) Tywin Lannister
13. Who has been elected as the fist women CEO and Chairman of KPMG?
a) Lynne Doughtie
b) Arya Stark
c) Lil Payne
d) Tyrell Sebastian
14. The United Nations observed World Book and Copyright Day across the World on
a) April 20
b) April 21
c) April 22
d) April 23
15. Who has been appointed as the Chief Adviser of Anti-Corruption and Security Unit of BCCI?
a) Kalyan Kumar
b) Shantha Murugan
c) Neeraj Kumar
d) Krishna Choudary
16. The Rajaji National Park has been declared as the 48th Tiger Reserve of India. It is in
a) Tamilnadu
b) Haryana
c) Uttarakhand
d) Karnataka
17. Bangladesh has won the ODI series 3-0 against
a) New Zealand
b) Kenya
c) Namibia
d) Pakistan
18. India and South Korea held high level defence talks in
a) New Delhi
b) Seoul
c) New York
d) London
19. The Pollution Management and Environmental Health Program has been established by
a) International Monetary Fund
b) World Economic Forum
c) United Nations
d) World Bank
20. The NRL and BPC have signed an MoU to export Petroleum Products to
a) Bhutan
b) Nepal
c) Bangladesh
d) Myanmar
