Current Affairs Q&A PDF Current Affairs Q&A September 2015 Doha Bank has tied up with which of the following to generate business opportunities in the Gulf Cooperation Council nations and India? a Bharati Airtel b Reliance group c Wipro d None of these Who has been appointed as the Sherpa for G-20 talks in place of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu by the union government? a Arun Jaitley b Amit Shah c Montek Singh Ahluwalia d Arvind Panagariya A foundation called Naam Foundation has been established by which of the following with an aim to donate money to farmers, who are all affected by drought conditions? A Anupam Kher B Nana Patekar C Milkha Singh D None of these Name the Australian Minister of Defence who visited India for a Bilateral Co-operation between the two countries? A George Brandis B Eric Abetz C Julie Bishop D Kevin Andrews Which of the following has been selected as the venue for 2022 Commonwealth Games? A Durban B Gold Coast C Incheon D New Delhi Name the committee which gave recommendations for MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax) A M.B Shah B A.P Shah C P.J Nayak D None of these Who is the chairman of FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)? A Bhanu Pratap Sharma B Ashish bahuguna C Sunita Narain D None of these The Indian Air Force (IAF) commissioned book, “The Duels of the Himalayan Eagle: The first Indo-Pak Air War” is released by Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari Name the author A Satish Gujral B Air Marshal Bharat Kumar C Ashok Mitran D V.S Naipal Under the currency swap agreement, which country’s central bank has received USD 1.1 billion from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? A Nepal B Sri Lanka 1|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF C South Africa D Bangladesh 10.The Non-Competitive bidding facility was only available for bonds or dated securities But now RBI has proposed to allow Non-Competitive bidding for T-bills also What is meant by T-bills? A Tax bills B Treasury bills C Task bills D None of these 11.PM Modi launched Rs 45,000 crore scheme with a goal to provide 24-hour power supply to each and every house of the nation namely A National Immigrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) B National Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) C National Integrated Power Distribution Scheme (IPDS) D None of these 12.In which of the following states, a special cell of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) cell has been set up to facilitate effective implementation of the scheme A Rajasthan B Gujarat C Punjab D Haryana 13.ESagu is a web-based personalised agro-advisory system with a view to replace the unscientific agricultural practiced with modern scientific ones What you mean by ESagu? A electronic farming B electronic deforestation C electronic cultivation D None of these 14.The tenth annual meeting of the G-20 heads of government will be held on 15-16 November 2015 at which of the following place? A Brisbane, Australia B Antalya, Turkey C Berlin, Germany D Seoul, South Korea 15.The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards is been shifted from NITI Aayog to which ministry? A Ministry of Information and Broadcasting B Ministry of communication and information technology C Ministry of Corporate Affairs D None of these 16.When is National Literacy Day celebrated? A September B September C October D 15 September 17.Which state government has decided to reduce the syllabus by 25 percent up to class 8th? A Kerala B Haryana C Delhi D Nagaland 18.Which former Union Environment and Forest Minister has written the book titled “To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story”? A Baleshwar Ram 2|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF B Jairam Ramesh C Venod Sharma D None of these 19.To maintain a permanent seat in UN Security Council, India hosted the G-4 summit in New York while PM Narendra Modi’s visit in September Which of the following country was not a part of this G-4 summit? A Germany B Russia C Brazil D Japan 20.Lewis Hamilton of Britain has won 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One He drives A Williams B Ferrari C Mercedes D None of these 21.Name the chairman of the panel set up by NITI Aayog for the recommendations on land leasing including hilly states and schedule areas A Bibek Bebroy B HS Meena C JP Mishra D T Haque 22.Where is the Central Industrial Security Force’s (CISF) headquarters situated? A Kolkata B Nasik C New Delhi D Mumbai 23.A joint air drill, named ‘Shaheen (Eagle)-4’ has been launched by Pakistan and which country as part of a series of military exchange programmes between the two countries? A South Africa B India C USA D China 24.Telangana government has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with which state government for supply of 1000MW Power for 12 years? A Jharkhand B Chhattisgarh C Andhra Pradesh D Rajasthan 25.SEBI has slapped its highest ever fine on PACL and its directors How much is this fine? A Rs 7,259 crore B Rs 7,269 crore C Rs 7,200 crore D Rs 7,234 crore 26.FMC (Forward markets Commission) has been merged by the government with which of the following? A BHEL B NABARD C NTPC D SEBI 27.In case of state-run banks, government has its stake 52% and above, but recently it has decided to bring down its stake to 49% in which of the following bank? A IDBI B Canara Bank C Bank of Maharashtra 3|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF D Vijaya Bank 28.Which mathematician has been chosen for SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2015 ? A Manjul Bhargava B Anand Kumar C Dr Jacob Tsimerman D Suresh Vebapally 29.Recently the Department of Archaeology and Museums has come across massive naturally formed ancient twin caves in A Nalgonda district of Telangana B Idukki district of Kerala C Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh D None of these 30.Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha visited Thailand to strengthen the bilateral defense ties between India & Thailand for a policy named: A East India Policy B Act East Policy C Act with Policy D None of these 31.Prof Chandrashekhar Patil, a Kannada writer has announced to return his Pampa award given to him by Karnataka government in 2009 What is the reason behind this? A he wants a more prestigious prize B to protest against the murder of M.M Kalburgi C Karnataka govt has said him to so D None of these 32.In which district of Andhra Pradesh India’s first National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) is going to be set up? A Kurnool B Guntur C Prakasham D Kadapa 33.Which of the following state is not coming under delhi-katra expressway? A Haryana B Punjab C Himachal Pradesh D Jammu and Kashmir 34.Who has/have been presented with the 2015 Global Leadership Award of the US India Business Council (USIBC), for her/their commitment to driving a more inclusive global economy and their roles as women leaders? A Indra Nooyi, chairman PepsiCo B Shobhana Bhartia, chairperson Hindustan Times Group C Shikha Sharma, MD Axis bank D Both A and B 35.When is International Day of Peace observed? A September 19 B September 21 C August 21 D August 25 36.Which drug firm has acquired Novartis’ Healthcare vaccines business? A Sun Pharmaceuticals B GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals C Cipla D Lupin Limited 37.Where is the India-US Startup Konnect going to take place on September 27 2015? A Fremont, California B Delhi 4|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF C San Jose, California D Varanasi, Gujarat 38.Who launched Smart National Common Mobility Card model for seamless travel across India? A Nitin Gadkari B Rajnath singh C M.Venkeiah Naidu D Suresh Prabhu 39.To make the “Clean India” campaign a mass movement, government has decided to release a Swachh Bharat anthem on 2nd October 2015 which is written by? A Prasoon Joshi B Javed Akhtar C Gulzar D Farhan Akhtar 40.In association with which of the following IT firms, Andhra Pradesh government has launched an e-governance tool called e-Pragati to bring all the government services under one roof? A IBM B Wipro C Cognizant D TCS 41.According to World Bank Report 2015, which of the following states has topped in ease of doing business? A Rajasthan B Gujarat C Jharkhand D Madhya Pradesh 42.Whom of the following has become the first Indian to qualify for the prestigious President’s Cup? A Sachin Tendulkar B Saina Nehwal C Anirban Lahiri D None of these 43.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Ireland met Irish Prime Minister A Michael D Higgins B Clark Davinson C Enda Kenny D None of these 44.As announced in Union Budget 2015-16, Government has finally announced to give nod to Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS) and Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme Under Gold Monetization Scheme, what minimum amount of gold can be deposited by an individual with the banks? A 50 gm B 10 gm C 30 gm D 100 gm 45.Name the veteran actor who has been presented with the “Honoured Guest” award by the U.S state of Texas for his contribution to cinema and art A Shahrukh Khan B Anupam Kher C Amitabh Bachan D None of these 46.Name the only girl among four people who have been selected as brand ambassadors for Digital India programme by the government of India A Neena Sachdeva 5|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF B Seema Jagwani C Krati Tiwari D Sheena Tiwari 47.The book titled “Hungry Bengal: War, Famine, Riots and the End of Empire” is authored by whom? A Neel Mukherjee B VN Sahai C Janam Mukherjee D Vinod Bajaj 48.Recently which of the following sport recognized as a sports discipline by sports ministry? A Dahi Handi B Yoga C Kabadi D None of these 49.Who has been signed as the brand ambassador of Oxigen Services, a digital payment solution firm? A Sachin Tendulkar B Virat Kohli C MS Dhoni D None of these 50.Who has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Egypt? A Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi B Sherif Ismail C Ibrahim Mahlab D None of these 51.Which Indian batsman has been conferred with honorary life membership by Cricket Club of India (CCI)? A Ajinkya Rahane B Shikhar Dhawan C MS Dhoni D None of these 52.A national web portal is launched at New Delhi for promotion of a national apprenticeship scheme for Graduates, Diploma holders and 10+2 pass-outs vocational certificate holders It is launched by A Arun Jaitley B Amit Shah C Smriti Irani D None of these 53.Which Indian writer has been conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014 for his work ‘Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar Adhyayan’? A Vijay Kumar Roy B Kedarnath Agarwal C Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka D Shyam Narayan Pandey 54.Governor Syed Ahmed passed away recently He was the present governor of? A Jharkhand B Manipur C Nagaland D West Bengal 55.Along with Karnal and Faridabad selected for development as smart city, which city is been selected by Haryana government to develop as smart city with its own resources? A Kurukshetra B Gurgaon C Rohtak 6|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF D Panipat 56.Which state launched “Amma mobile phone scheme” to help women Self-Help Group (SHG) trainers supervise work after the launch of Amma brand by the state which offers food items and medicos at low price? A Maharashtra B Tamil Nadu C Goa D Andhra Pradesh 57.Which of the following has signed a pact with UAE’s Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC) to work together in the defence sector in maintenance, repair and overhaul category? A Reliance Defence Ltd B Bharat Dynamics C Hindustan Aeronautics D Bharat Earth Movers 58.Who has received the prestigious ‘Skoch Order-of-Merit Award’ for introducing the unique GPRS-enabled Integrated Spot Billing Project at the 41st Skoch Summit held at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi? A Vijay Parakh B Konte Venkata Narayana C Anindya Dutta D None of these 59.‘Santhara’ a jainism ritual , is declared illegal by which of the following HC? A Gujarat B Uttar pradesh C Rajasthan D Punjab 60.Which state’s governor has been given additional charge of Tripura after the approval of one month leave of Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy? A West Bengal B Nagaland C Assam D Meghalaya 61.Which state has become the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)? A Gujarat B Tamil Nadu C Rajasthan D Haryana 62.Which of the following e-commerce site has launched its instant refund facility to help its customers get refunds within one hour of receiving the returned products? A Flipkart B Snapdeal C Jabong D None of these 63.Indian government is set to launch a new operating system (OS), BOSS in the country which will replace all other operating systems, including Microsoft Windows Which of the following has developed the new OS? A Infosys B ISRO C C-DAC D None of these 64.When is World Heart day observed every year across the globe? A September 28 B September 29 7|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF C September 20 D August 28 65.On World Tourism Day observed on 27th September 2015, government of India announced free entry for tourists to 200 ticketed monuments and museums across India except? A Himachal Pradesh B Chhattisgarh C Bihar D Haryana 66.Central government has decided to increase the reservation to women in all paramilitary forces to 33% Earlier the participation of Women in all forces remained at A 10% B 5.04% C 5% D None of these 67.Which of the following wrestler has been honoured with Arjuna Award 2015 for outstanding excellence? A Babita Kumari B Geeta Phogat C Sunil Kumar D Yogeshwar Dutt 68.During PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Silicon Valley on 26th-27th September 2015, Google has announced to introduce how many new languages to its Android Operating System? A B C 11 D 13 69.Which British-Indian delivery van driver has been honoured with Pride of Britain Award? A Dee Patel B Lee Houis C Meet Pricks D Andrews Seth 70.Indian Navy has sent which of its missile to take part in Exercise ‘KONKAN 2015’ in order to strengthen ties between the United Kingdom and India? A INS Vikrant B INS Kolkata C INS Vishakhapatnam D INS Trikand 71.To boost India’s manufacturing sector, version 2.0 is going to be launched of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative This version is aimed at tuning into people’s movement on the lines of _ A Cooperation movement B Quit India movement C Swadeshi movement D None of these 72.Who has won gold in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the 8th Asian Air Gun Championships held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi? A Gagan Narang B Abhinav Bindra C Jitu Rai D Vivek Singh 73.To maintain peace, prosperity and security, the foreign ministers of countries including India held their first trilateral meeting in New York which highlighted the 8|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF growing convergence of their respective countries Along with India, which of the following country/s was/were also a part of this meeting? A Japan B USA C China D Both A and B 74.The Reserve Bank of India signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information with A Federal Bank, USA B Nepal Rastra Bank, Nepal C The People’s Bank of China, China D None of these 75.Which portal is been launched by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for detailed information on Indian Railways as a part of digital India? A www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in B www.digital.indianrailways.gov.in C www.info.indianrailways.gov.in D www.kportal.indianrail.gov.in 76.Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced which of the following campaign to promote bank financing for start-ups and offer incentives to boost entrepreneurship and job creation? A Start in India, Stand in India B Stand up India, Start up India C Start up India, Stand up India D None of these 77.Which Hollywood star has been selected for the Screen Actors Guild’s Actors Inspiration Award.? A Mike Myers B Liam Neesom C Leonardo DiCaprio D Brad Pitt 78.In which of the following states ‘Tadoba festival’ is being celebrated recently? A Goa B Kerala C Maharashtra D None of these 79.National Cadet Corps (NCC) was entered in the Limca Book of Records by performing? A largest dancing performance concurrently B largest racing performance concurrently C largest cycling performance concurrently D largest Yoga performance concurrently 80.A 10 megawatt solar photo voltaic power plant is set up by Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) at Neyveli in the state of? A Kerala B Tamil Nadu C Rajasthan D Maharashtra 81.Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi has stepped in Fortune’s list of 50 most powerful women in business She is the CEO of A ADB Bank B Varun Beverages C PepsiCo D None of these 82.Recently, for which of the following Indian politician, government has decided to release a commemorative postal stamp and also a coin in his honor? 9|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF A Jyotirao Phule B Vallabhbhai Patel C BR Ambedkar D Lal Bahadur Shastri 83.Who has won Mixed Doubles in the US Open Tennis Championship? A Roberta Vinci and Simona Halep B Nicolas Mahut and Sam Querrey C Leander Paes and Martina Hingis D None of these 84.In order to promote financial inclusion in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to allow how much percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in White Label ATM operations A 50% B 30% C 100% D 70% 85.Name the Egyptian Prime Minister who has resigned amid corruption probe recently A Ibrahim Mahlab B Ibrahim Ismail C Abdel Fattah el-Sisi D None of these 86.What is the current repo rate as released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 29th September 2015? A 6.25 B 6.50 C 6.75 D None of these 87.Indian railways has tied up with which of the following to provide free Wi-Fi services across 400 railway stations in the country? A ISRO B Microsoft C Google D None of these 88.SBI Card has launched an online specific credit card that focuses on online shopping across different categories Its name is A SimplyCLICK B SimpleCLICK C CLICKSimply D None of these 89.The government has decided to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in private banks from the existing 74% to A 90% B 100% C 95% D 80% 90.India inked two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) for bilateral cooperation in Tourism and Mekong-Ganga Project with which of the following country? A Venezuela B Kazakhstan C Cambodia D None of these 91.Indian government is set to launch a new operating system in the country which will replace all other operating systems, including Microsoft Windows It is A Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) B Bharat Operating Systems Solutions (BOSS) 10 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF C Bharat Operating Software Solutions (BOSS) D None of these 92.President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Tourism Awards for 2013-14 at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi Which of the following states won the award under category “Most Innovative use of Information technology”? A Kerala B Gujarat C Himachal Pradesh D Odisha 93.Which state government has launched “M-Shiksha-Mitra” mobile app for teachers which is developed by National Informatics Centre? A Chattisgarh B Madhya Pradesh C Himachal Pradesh D Haryana 94.Which of the following yojana is launched by the central government which aims to provide basic amenities and for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations? A Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana B Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana C Pradhan Mantri Atal Kalyan Yojana D None of these 95.The central government has decided to decrease its shares of funding in the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme which aimed at the universalization of elementary education from 65% to what percent? A 60% B 55% C 30% D 50% 96.Which public sector bank has launched MUDRA Card for Micro and Small entrepreneurs to meet their credit requirement? A Punjab and Sind Bank B Bank of Baroda C Bank of Maharashtra D Union Bank of India 97.Which bank is launching services on October 1st, 2015 with motto “hatke bank” which will be a move of not having its own ATMs and making transactions at rivals ATMs free for customers? A Bandhan Bank B IDFC Bank C IDBI Bank D None of these 98.To bring in more flexibility for the banks in case of bad loans, the Reserve Bank of India has allowed the banks to convert the status of their “stressed” loans to a company into “standard” ones if A if the loan amount is not paid within and a half years B that company is actually not in a condition to provide the loan for next years C that company is sold to a new major stakeholder D None of these 99.Royal Bank of Scotland has signed an agreement to transfer its India’s private banking business to A TAFCON B Sanctum Wealth Management C Pegasus Events 11 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF D Percept Limited 100 Who is going to become the BCCI president after former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away? A Sharad Pawar B Shashank Manohar C Anurag Thakur D None of these AffairsCloud Specials – Check Out Our Pages Current Affairs Sections  Current Affairs Today  Current Affairs Monthly PDF  Current Affairs Daily Quiz  Current Affairs Monthly Quiz Competition & Mock Test  Study Materials PDF Subject-Wise Quiz Sections  Reasoning Quiz  Quantitative Aptitude Quiz  English Quiz  Computer Quiz Study Guide Sections  General Aptitude  Reasoning  Letter Writing  Math Tricks  Computer Awareness :All the Best: 12 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com [...]... FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud. Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF D Percept Limited 100 Who is going to become the BCCI president after former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away? 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A Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana B Pradhan.. .Current Affairs Q&A PDF C Bharat Operating Software Solutions (BOSS) D None of these 92.President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Tourism Awards for 2013-14 at a function held at Vigyan... Micro and Small entrepreneurs to meet their credit requirement? A Punjab and Sind Bank B Bank of Baroda C Bank of Maharashtra D Union Bank of India 97.Which bank is launching services on October 1st, 2015 with motto “hatke bank” which will be a move of not having its own ATMs and making transactions at rivals ATMs free for customers? A Bandhan Bank B IDFC Bank C IDBI Bank D None of these 98.To bring