1. Who has been appointed as the Director General of TERI?
a) Rajeev Shukla
b) Kiran Desai
c) Muhammad Salim Khan
d) Ajay Mathur
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Answer d) Ajay Mathur. Ajay Mathur has been appointed as Director-General (DG) of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). He will succeed Nobel laureate RK Pachauri who was removed from the top most position over sexual harassment charges. Currently, Mathur is working as the Director General of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) of the Union Government.
2. Name the recently nominated Anglo-Indian people to the Lok Sabha?
a) John Sebastian and Sam Hay
b) Samuel Jackson and Benosam Joseph
c) Benito Wilson and Melvin Prosper
d) Richard Hay and George Baker
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Answer d) Richard Hay and George Baker. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed 2 members of Anglo-Indian Community to Lok Sabha as per the provisions of Article 331 of Indian Constitution.
3. How many Indian Companies have found their place in 2015 Fortune 500 Global Companies list compiled by Fortune Magazine?
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
d) Nine
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Answer b) Seven Indian Companies.
4. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Jan Van Vikas Scheme has been approved by the cabinet of
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) West Bengal
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer b) Maharashtra. The scheme will be launched on project basis from 2015-16 to 2019-2020 and has been proposed by State Forest Minister. The main objective is comprehensive development of villages in and around the buffer zones of tiger reserves.
5. Who has been declared as Mr India 2015?
a) Vikrant Menon
b) Prajith Kumar
c) Rohit Khandewal
d) Avinnash Prashanth
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Answer c) Rohit Khandewal. Provogue Personal Care Mr India 2015 has finally came to its end. Rohit Khandewal from Hyderabad was announced the winner of Mr. India 2015 pageant and Rahul Rajasekharan from Bangalore was named the first runner up, while Prateek Gujaral from Mumbai was crowned as the second runner up.
6. Name the planet which has been described by NASA as Earth’s bigger, older cousin?
a) Kepler-452b
b) Kepler-452c
c) Kepler-452d
d) Kepler-452e
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Answer a) Kepler-452b. The planet, Kepler-452b, is about 1,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. It’s about 60% bigger than Earth. Researchers Kepler-452b’s atmosphere would probably be thicker than Earth’s, and it would have active volcanoes. It takes 385 days for the planet to orbit its star.
7. Shubham Jaglan is associated with which of the following game?
a) Badminton
b) Archery
c) Shooting
d) Golf
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Answer d) Golf. Shubham Jaglan, 10 years old, has created history by winning the IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf event in Las Vegas. Shubham Jaglan wins Second Junior World Golf Title in two weeks.
8. Who has been conferred with the World’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s Copley Medal?
a) John Snow
b) Tywin Lannister
c) Ser Jorah
d) Peter Higgs
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Answer d) Peter Higgs. Nobel prize winner Peter Higgs has won the world’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s Copley Medal, for his pioneering work on the theory of the Higgs boson, which was discovered in 2012.
9. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd?
a) Ajay Mathur
b) Anand Krishnamurthy
c) Subramaniyam Chandrasekhar
d) Karunakaran Muthu
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Answer b) Anand Krishnamurthy. Kerala-based private sector lender Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd has announced that it has appointed Anand Krishnamurthy as managing director and chief executive officer of the bank after getting approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
10. What is India’s rank in Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings?
a) Second
b) Third
c) Fourth
d) Fifth
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Answer b) Third. According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC), India ranks third in the annual ranking of the top 10 countries for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings. Canada and China are on the top two positions in this list respectively.
11. Which country begins assembling world’s largest radio telescope?
a) Russia
b) United States
c) Germany
d) China
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Answer d) China. China has started assembling the World’s largest radio telescope, whose dish has the size of 30 football grounds. The telescope is being assembled in the mountains of southwest Guizhou Province to enhance its ability to observe outer space.
12. Mosquirix, a vaccine, is associated with which of the following disease?
a) Measles
b) Rubella
c) Malaria
d) Dengue
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Answer c) Malaria. The world’s first malaria vaccine called RTS,S or Mosquirix on 24 July 2015 got approval from European Medicines Agency. The vaccine developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in partnership with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, would be the first licensed human vaccine against a parasitic disease and could help prevent millions of cases of malaria.
13. Which Indian pharmaceutical company has acquired US based Gavis Pharmaceuticals in cash-free and debt-free transaction for 5,606 crore rupees?
a) Biocon
b) Sun Pharma
c) Hindustan Pharma
d) Lupin
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Answer d) Lupin. Lupin has entered into definite agreement with Gavis Pharmaceuticals LLC and its subsidiary Novel Laboratories Inc. This acquisition will help the Indian company to expand and deepen its presence in US and enter into niche generics.
