Ans: Nasim Zaidi
2. Which former Australian cricket captain and commentator, who became the first player to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets, passed away recently?
Ans: Richie Benaud
3. NASA has recently named an asteroid situated between Mars and Jupiter, after which Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ans: Malala Yousafzai
4. Name the chairman of the expert committee, formed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to suggest simplified compliance for establishing new industries?
Ans: Ajay Shankar
5. Who became the first woman to climb the Everest summit twice in a week?
Ans: Chhurim Sherpa
6. Surya Bahadur Thapa who passed away recently, was the former prime minister of which country?
Ans: Nepal
7. Where in Kerala is the country's fourth lighthouse museum set up?
Ans: Kannur
The other lighthouse museums are in Alappuzha, Chennai and Mahabalipuram.
8. Which Indian bank won the 2015 Asian Banker Achievement Award Technology Implementation in the category of Best Outsourcing Project?
Ans: Bharatiya Mahila Bank
Ans: Bharatiya Mahila Bank
9. Which new commission has been brought into force along with the 99th Constitutional Amendment Act?
Ans: National Judicial Appointments Commission
10. The Government of India has renamed the Tourist Visa on Arrival Electronic Travel Authorisation Scheme (TVoA-ETA) to:
Ans: E-Tourist Visa
11. Who is the head of the task force to expedite work on the interlinking of rivers?
Ans: BN Navalawala
12. Which company has announced the acquisition of the French telecom network, Alcatel-Lucent?
Ans: Nokia
13. Who has been appointed India's ambassador to France?
Ans: Dr. Mohan Kumar
14. Which Indian cricketer has been inducted into Laureus Sports Academy?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar
15. Which country has recently signed a deal with India to supply 3,000 metric tonnes of Uranium to India for five years?
Ans: Canada
16. Which Indian American was honoured with the 'Champion of Change' award by the United States?
Ans: Satya Nadella
17. Which Indian won the Asian Junior Tennis girls' singles title?
Ans: Y Pranjala
18. Who has been appointed Chief Advisor to BCCI's Anti-Corruption & Security Unit?
Ans: Neeraj Kumar
19. Name the project launched by the Government of Kerala to end liquor and drug abuse.
Ans: Subodham
20. Name the newly launched stealth destroyer of Indian Navy.
Ans: INS Visakhapatnam
21. Which newspaper won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Public Service?
Ans: The Post and Courier
22. The Government of India has lowered the age of juveniles from 18 to _____ years for heinous crimes.
Ans: 16
23. The Government of India has allowed the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to invest how much percentage of its corpus in stock markets?
Ans: Five
24. Name the naval joint exercise recently held between India and France.
Ans: Varuna 2015
Ans: Varuna 2015
25. The Calbuco volcano, which erupted after more than 42 years, is located in which Latin American country?
Ans: Chile
26. Which was the first private member's Bill passed in Raiya Sabha in over three decades?
Ans: The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014
27. Name the Bollvwood actor who has been conferred Master Deenanaath Mangeshkar Award 2015.
Ans: Anil Kapoor
28. Name the recently commissioned fourth and last Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette of Project-28.
Ans: INS Kavaratti
The other three ships built under Project-28 are INS Kamorta, INS Kadmat, INS Kiltan.
29. The Indian Air Force has successfully conducted the trial run of landing of fighter jet on which expressway?
Ans: Yamuna Expressway
30. Which state government has recently amended Factories Act, 1948, to allow women to work in night shifts?
Ans: Maharashtra
