1.Name the Indian socio-biologist who has been awarded Germany’s highest civilian honour, the ‘Cross of Order of the Merit’, recently.

(1) K Vijay Raghavan                 (2) Raman Sukumar

(3) Padmanabhan Balarm           (4) Raghavendra Gadagkar

(5) Madhav Gadgil

2.Which of the following teams lifted South Asian Football Federation (SAFE) U-16 title on 18 Aug?

(1) Maldives                              (2) Afghanistan

(3) Sri Lanka                             (4) India

(5) Bangladesh

3. Who among the following has been given the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize 2015 of Poland for championing democracy and human rights?

(1) Mustafa Dzhemilev               (2) Julian Assange

(3) Zhanna Nemtsova                (4) Edward Snowden

(5) Aung San Suu Kyi

4. Which of the following NOT an electronic banking delivery channel?

(1) Mobile banking                     (2) Internet Banking

(3) Telephone banking               (4) ATM

(5) None of these

5. _____ provides insurance cover to the deposits with the banks in our country.

(1) NABARD                              (2) National Insurance Co

(3) DICGC                                 (4) ECGC

(5) SWIFT

6. What is the full form of CDR as used in the field of banking/ finance?

(1) Corporate Deposit Restructuring 

(2) Corporate Debit Restructuring

(3) Company Deposit Restructuring

(4) Company Debt Restructuring

(5) None of these

7. The Unesco has announced that Conakry will be the World Book Capital for 2017. Conakry is the capital city of

(1) Ghana                      (2) Sierra Leone             (3) Burkina Faso

(4) Guinea                     (5) Benin

8. Name the archer who a silver medal in the final of the World Archery Championship in Copenhagen recently. It is India’s first-ever individual medal in world championship.

(1) Jayanta Talukdar                  (2) Tarundeep Rai

(3) Abhishek Verma                   (4) Rajat Chauhan

(5) Mangal Singh Champia

9.Educationist Acharya Dev Vrat has been appointed the new Governor of which of the following states recently?

(1) Uttar Pradesh            (2) Kerala

(3) Karnataka                 (4) Tamil Nadu   (5) Himachal Pradesh

10. Who is the author of the book titled sleeping on Jupiter, which has been shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2015?

(1) Rahul Bhattacharya              (2) Vikas Swarup

(3) Anuradha Roy                      (4) Tahmima Anam

(5) Jahnavi Barua

Answer:

1              4

2              5

3              3

4              5

5              3

6              2

7              4

8              4

9              5

10            3