1. Who has been announced as the CM candidate of JD(U) – RJD alliance in the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar?
a) Lalu Prasad Yadav
b) Rabri Devi
c) Nitish Kumar
d) Murari Manohar
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Answer c) Nitish Kumar. Nitish Kumar will lead an anti-BJP coalition for this year’s Bihar Assembly elections. The announcement was made by Mulayam Singh Yadav.
2. The Space Pioneer Award is given by
a) ISRO
b) European Space Agency
c) Russian Space Agency
d) United States
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Answer d) United States. The United States’ National Space Society has conferred Space Pioneer Award for ISRO’s low-cost Mars mission, which is in rendezvous with the Red Planet. The award was presented in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada.
3. India has signed an MoU with which country for the development of Measles- Rubella Vaccines?
a) Denmark
b) Italy
c) Netherlands
d) Germany
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Answer c) Netherlands. India and Netherlands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of Measles- Rubella Vaccines. The MoU is an initiative under India Make in India movement. The MOU was signed by Union government in the presence of the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte during his visit to India.
4. The Foreign Exchange Earnings from tourism in India have grown by _____% year-on-year in May 2015?
a) 10
b) 16
c) 20
d) 24
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Answer d) 24%. The Foreign Exchange Earnings(FEEs) from tourism in the country have grown by 23.6% year-on-year during the month of May 2015. Government’s e-visa facility, which was launched in November 2014, has led to a huge growth in tourist arrivals to the country.
5. The G7 Countries have agreed to phase out the use of fossil fuels by
a) 2050
b) 2075
c) 2025
d) 2100
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Answer d) 2100. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that the Group of Seven wealthy democracies also known as the G7 Countries have agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century. The G7 Countries are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
6. Who has been appointed as the head of UNITAR?
a) Akhil Krishna
b) Nikhil Seth
c) Kumar Viswas
d) Dhananjay Singh
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Answer b) Nikhil Seth. UN Secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Indian Diplomat Nikhil Seth as the head of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Nikhil Seth will be succeeding Sally Fegan-Wyles of Ireland.
7. The V Youth Delphic Games will be hosted by ______ in _______.
a) New Zealand in 2018
b) India in 2016
c) Germany in 2016
d) Russia in 2018
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Answer b) India in 2016. The fifth Youth Delphic Games will be held in Goa from February 1 to 14, 2016. Delphic games are related to art and culture and India is going to organize it for the first time. The Delphic Games will attract 7000 participants from more than 125 countries.
8. According to the EDU-RAND 2015 rankings, the best Engineering College in India is
a) IIT Kanpur
b) IIT Delhi
c) IIT Madras
d) IIT Mumbai
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Answer b) IIT Delhi. In the recently released EDU-RAND 2015 rankings, IIT Delhi has been ranked as the best engineering college in India. It is followed by the IITs in Kharagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Guwahati, and Kanpur. Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU) is ranked the best government engineering college in India and BITS Pilani occupies the first place amongst private colleges.
9. Anantjeet is associated with which of the following sports?
a) Archery
b) Badminton
c) Swimming
d) Shooting
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Answer d) Shooting. Anantjeet Singh Naruka defeated Lari Pesonen of Finland 12-11 in the skeet match for gold in the Seventh International junior shotgun cup that concluded in Orimattila, Finland.
10. Cyclonic Storm Ashobaa has been formed over
a) Pacific Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Bay of Bengal
d) Arabian Sea
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Answer d) Arabian Sea. Cyclonic storm Ashobaa in Arabian Sea is the first tropical storm of the pre-monsoon season in the Indian seas. The cyclone is centered at 17.9°N and 67.2°E and is lying about 590 km west-southwest of Mumbai and 470 km southwest of Veraval, Gujarat. The name Ashobaa to this tropical storm was given by Sri Lanka.
