1. Who among the following cricketers has been elected president of cricket statisticians body ACSSI?

(1) Ajit Wadekar                         (2) Ravi Shastri

(3) Sunil Gavaskar                     (4) Kapil Dev

(5) Dilip Vengsarkar

Ans: 5

2. The Centre has allowed road developers to completely exit BOT projects two years after completion and invest the funds for certain purposes. The term BOT stands for

(1) Build-Organise-Transfer

(2) Build-Operate-Terminate

(3) Build-Operate-Transfer

(4) Bear-Operate-Transfer

(5) None of these

Ans: 3

3. __________ has launched the country’s first Mortgage Guarantee-backed home loans for first-time borrowers in the affordable housing segment.

(1) ICICI Bank                            (2) HDFC Bank

(3) SBI                                      (4) Federal Bank

(5) Bandhan Bank

Ans: 1

4. Who among the following has become a new goodwill ambassador for the UN Fund for Children?

(1) Roger Federer                      (2) Novak Djokovic

(3) Andy Murray                         (4) Saina Nehwal

(5) Martina Hingis

Ans: 2

5. The government on 27 Aug released a list of 98 cities which are to be developed as smart cities. Which state leads in number of smart cities?

(1) Tamil Nadu                           (2) Uttar Pradesh

(3) Madhya Pradesh                  (4) Gujarat

(5) Karnataka

Ans: 2

6. Which of the following is/are missing from the list of 24 state capitals included in 98 cities to be developed as smart cities?

(1) Bengaluru                             (2) Kolkata

(3) Patna                                   (4) All the above

(5) Only (1) and (2)

Ans: 4

7. The govt has given a 4 months extension (up to 31 Dec 201(5) to the 7th Central Pay Commission. The chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission is

(1) Meena Agarwal                     (2) Ratin Roy

(3) Vivek Rae                            (4) Ashok Kumar Mathur

(5) BN Srikrishna

Ans: 4

8. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed an agreement on 27 Aug to locate the first internationally-controlled bank of low-enriched uranium?

(1) Kazakhstan                          (2) Ukraine       

(3) Belarus                                (4) Mongolia

(5) Tajikistan

Ans: 1

9. Vikas Gowda is associated with which of the following games?

(1) Archery                                (2) Shooting

(3) Discus throw                        (4) Pole vault

(5) Boxing

Ans: 3

10. India on 26 Aug signed an information exchange agreement with Seychelles on tax matters. Such agreements have already been signed with which of the following by India so far?

(1) Bahamas                              (2) Bermuda

(3) Gibraltar                               (4) Cayman Islands

(5) All the above

Ans: 5