1. Serena Williams has recently won the Wimbledon 2015 Women’s Championship. It is her _____ Wimbledon Title?
a) Fourth
b) Fifth
c) Sixth
d) Seventh
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Answer c) Sixth. Serena Williams claimed her sixth Wimbledon Championship title by beating Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-4 in the women’s singles final. She now has 21 Grand Slam titles.
2. Sania Mirza – Hingis win Wimbledon women’s Doubles title against Makarova-Vesnina of
a) Spain
b) Switzerland
c) Russia
d) USA
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Answer c) Russia. In the women’s doubles final, Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won the final 5-7 7-6 7-5 against the Russina pair Makarova-Vesnina for their first Wimbledon title.
3. A new species of Butterfly has been recently discovered in Arunachal Pradesh. What is the name of the Species?
a) Twisted Wit
b) Banded Tit
c) Brushed Wit
d) Crumped Tit
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Answer b) Banded Tit. A tiny butterfly species has been discovered in the verdant forests of the Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh. The butterfly has been named as the Banded Tit (Hypolycaena Narada).
4. Indirect tax revenues grew by _____ in the first quarter of current fiscal.
a) 30%
b) 37.5%
c) 43.5%
d) 47.5%
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Answer b) 37.5%. Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has announced that Indirect tax revenues grew 37.5% in the first quarter of current fiscal. He said that the indirect tax collections – which include excise, Customs and service taxes – grew 14.5 per cent in the first quarter from a year ago.
5. NASA has selected how many Astronauts for first US Commercial spaceflight?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six
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Answer b) Four. NASA has named the first four astronauts who will fly on the first U.S. commercial spaceflights in private crew transportation vehicles being built by Boeing and SpaceX. They are Robert Behnken, Eric Boe, Douglas Hurley, and Sunita Williams.
6. What is Codex?
a) US based MNC
b) New Department launched by C-Dot of India
c) Safety standards for food established by the UN’s FAO and WHO
d) None of the above
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Answer c) Safety standards for food established by the UN’s FAO and WHO. Food safety regulator FSSAI has finalised 12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients in line with global safety standards Codex, established by UN’s FAO and WHO.
7. NABARD has set a target of providing _____ crore as credit to farmers for irrigation over the next three years.
a) Rs 20000
b) Rs 25000
c) Rs 30000
d) Rs 35000
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Answer c) Rs 30000 Crore. NABARD has set a target of providing Rs 30,000 crore as credit to farmers for irrigation over the next three years. The Bank has already sanctioned Rs 1,000 crore so far in 2015.
8. With which country an MoU was signed for cooperation between the Election Commissions?
a) Uzbekistan
b) Kyrgyzstan
c) Tajikistan
d) Kazakhstan
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Answer b) Kyrgyzstan
9. Novak Djokovic won the Wimbledon 2015 Men’s Singles title by defeating Roger Federer. It is Djokovic’s ______ Wimbledon title.
a) Second
b) Third
c) Fourth
d) Fifth
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Answer b) Third. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic won a third Wimbledon title (Second in row) and a ninth Grand Slam crown by beating Roger Federer 7-6 (7/1), 6-7 (10/12), 6-4, 6-3 in the finals.
10. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) how many east coast districts in India are “very highly prone” to cyclones?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 14
d) 16
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Answer b) 12. According to a research paper by India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist, 12 east coast districts in India are “very highly prone” and 41 are “highly prone” to cyclones in the country. Four states – West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu-and one UT Puducherry on the east coast, and Gujarat on the west coast are more vulnerable to the Tropical Cyclones.
11. Reilly Opelka won Wimbledon 2015 Boys’ title. He represents
a) Russia
b) Serbia
c) Switzerland
d) United States
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Answer d) United States. Reilly Opelka, a 6ft 10in teenager of United States, wins 7-6, 6-4 in boys’ singles final. He defeated Swede Mikael Ymer.
12. Sofya Zhuk won the girls title at Wimbledon 2015. She represents which country?
a) United States
b) Russia
c) England
d) Switzerland
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Answer b) Russia
13. Sumit Nagal from India and Nam Hoang Ly won the Boys’ Doubles Wimbledon championship Title. Ly represents
a) China
b) Japan
c) Vietnam
d) Zimbabwe
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Answer c) Vietnam. The Indo-Vietnamese pair overcame the fourth seeds Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan 7-6(4), 6-4 in the title clash that lasted 63 minutes.
14. NGT asks 5 mineral-rich states to survey all asbestos mines. Which of the following is not among that 5 state?
a) Odisha
b) Rajsthan
c) Jharkhand
d) Chhattisgarh
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Answer d) Chhattisgarh. The green panel had directed the governments of Odisha, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Jharkhand governments to file a report on scientific closure of the asbestos mines and the instances of asbestosis (a lung disease resulting from the inhalation of asbestos particles) in their states.
15. India imposes anti-dumping duty on phenol imports from ______.
a) China
b) South Africa
c) Brazil
d) Sweden
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Answer b) South Africa. India has imposed anti-dumping duty amounting 342.76 dollars per tonne on all phenol imports from South Africa. This duty will be valid for a period of five years. The duty was imposed by Union Finance Ministry on the recommendations of the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping Duty (DGAD)
16. US approves major Non-NATO Ally status to which country recently?
a) Iran
b) Tunisia
c) South Sudan
d) Egypt
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Answer b) Tunisia. Tunisia has become the 16th country to become a part of NATO ally of United States.
17. Buddha In A Traffic Jam wins best original screenplay award at the Madrid Film Festival. Who is the Director of this movie?
a) Nana Padekar
b) Anurag Kashyap
c) Mani Ratnam
d) Vivek Agnihotri
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Answer d) Vivek Agnihotri. Vivek Agnihotri’s political satire Buddha In A Traffic Jam film has won the best original screenplay in a Foreign Language award at the Madrid International Film Festival.
18. Who has been crowned as Miss USA 2015?
a) Ylianna Guerra
b) Olivia Jordan
c) Anea Gracia
d) Britanny McGown
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Answer b) Olivia Jordan.
19. With which country India has signed an agreement for setting up of Computer Labs in 37 Schools?
a) Uzbekistan
b) Kyrgyzstan
c) Tajikistan
d) Kazakhstan
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Answer c) Tajikistan. India and Tajikistan have signed key agreements in the field of culture and human resource development after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.
20. Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won mixed doubles title in Wimbledon 2015. Hingis represents
a) Serbia
b) Russia
c) Australia
d) Switzerland
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Answer d) Switzerland. India’s Leander Paes and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis have comfortably defeated Alexander Peya of Austria and Timea Babos of Hungary 6-1, 6-1 to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title
21. Who has been named in the world’s top 100 “effective and talented” people by US-based ‘Scientific American’ magazine?
a) Ratan Tata
b) Azim Premji
c) Kiran Mazumdhar Shaw
d) Anitha Rani
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Answer c) Kiran Mazumdhar Shaw
22. BCCI suspends Ranji player Hiken Shah for corruption. He represents which state in India?
a) Chennai
b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai
d) Karnataka
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Answer c) Mumbai.
23. Who has been appointed as the next Vice-Chief of the Indian Army?
a) Lt Gen Madan Mohan Singh
b) Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh
c) Lt Gen Dhananjay Singh
d) Lt Gen Sukwinder Singh
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Answer b) Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh.
24. Kagiso Rabada became second bowler to claim hat-trick on ODI debut. He represents
a) West Indies
b) Sri Lanka
c) South Africa
d) New Zealand
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Answer c) South Africa.
