1) Which team lifted the 69th edition of Santosh Trophy on 15 March 2015?
(A) Mizoram
(B) Kerala
(C) Punjab
(D) Services
2) Which social networking site recently acquired shopping search engine TheFind.com?
(A) Facebook
(B) Twitter
(C) Whatsapp
(D) Instagram
3) Young Indian shuttler K. Srikanth on 15 March 2015 won which among the following major badminton championship?
(A) China Grand Prix Gold
(B) Australian Grand Prix Gold
(C) Swiss Grand Prix Gold
(D) Indonesian Grand Prix Gold
4) Indian women recently won the FIH Hockey World League Round 2 at Major Dhyan Chan stadium in New Delhi defeating which country?
(A) Netherlands
(B) Poland
(C) Malaysia
(D) Australia
5) World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2015 was recently observed on?
(A) March 15
(B) March 14
(C) March 13
(D) March 12
6) Narayan Desai who passed away on 15 March 2015 was a veteran _____?
(A) Historian
(B) Gandhian
(C) Scientist
(D) Sculptor
7) Powerful cyclone Pam on 14 March 2015 hit the south Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. Name the capital of the Oceanian island nation Vanuatu?
(A) Victoria
(B) Accra
(C) Conakry
(D) Port Vila
8) Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2015, the first Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix of the season on 15 March 2015?
(A) Nico Rosberg
(B) Sebastian Vettel
(C) Lewis Hamilton
(D) Felipe Massa
9) Which Snooker player recently won the first ranking title at Indian Open?
(A) Michael White
(B) Ricky Walden
(C) Mark Williams
(D) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
10) Recently in which country did Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first of the eight Coastal Surveillance Radar Systems (CSRS) being set up by India?
(A) Mauritius
(B) Maldives
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Seychelles
11) Name the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers who launched the Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme on March 12, 2015, to address the grievances of consumers (related to the prices of drugs and the availability of medicines)?
(A) Ananth Kumar
(B) Harsha Vardhan
(C) Rajnath Singh
(D) Nirmala Sitharaman
12) A historic bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled on 14 March 2015 at the Parliament Square in which country?
(A) USA
(B) France
(C) Canada
(D) Britain
13) Who recently became the fastest cricketer to reach 20 centuries in one day International matches?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Hashim Amla
(C) Kumar Sangakkara
(D) Misbah ul Haq
14) Statue of Mahatma Gandhi was recently unveiled in Parliament Square of Britain jointly by the British Prime Minister David Cameron and?
(A) Gopalkrishna Gandhi
(B) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) Arun Jaitley
(D) Narendra Modi
15) Lia van Leer who passed away on 13 March 2015 was a pioneer of _____cinema?
(A) Israeli
(B) Italian
(C) British
(D) French
16) Astronomer's have recently found the most conclusive evidence yet that a large watery ocean lies beneath the surface of Ganymede. Ganymede is the moon of?
(A) Mars
(B) Venus
(C) Jupiter
(D) Saturn
17) Who is proposed to be appointed as the brand ambassador of the Northeast as per recent news reports?
(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) MC Mary Kom
(C) Sania Mirza
(D) MS Dhoni
18) Pi Day is observed every year on?
(A) March 14
(B) March 15
(C) March 16
(D) None of these
19) Bhaiyyaji Joshi was recently elected general secretary of which organization?
(A) BJP
(B) Shiva Sena
(C) ABVP(D) RSS
20) Arjun Kapoor and _____ were recently awarded Golden Kela awards (for the worst performance of 2014)?
(A) Sonam Kapoor
(B) Katrina Kaif
(C) Sonakshi Sinha
(D) Rani Mukherjee
21) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 13 March 2015 became the first Indian PM to visit Sri Lanka in 28 years. Who was the last Indian Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka?
(A) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(C) P. V. Narasimha Rao
(D) H. D. Deve Gowda
22) The national tourism agency of Britain has recently roped in which Bollywood actor for promoting an India-centric tourist campaign?
(A) Aamir Khan
(B) Saif Ali Khan
(C) Sharukh Khan
(D) Salman Khan
23) On 13 March 2015, which country has withdrawn its application to join the European Union, with the government saying that its interests are best served outside the 28-nation EU?
(A) Ireland
(B) Hungary
(C) Greece
(D) Iceland
24) INS Alleppey, one of the six Ponchicherry class coastal minesweepers purchased from which country was on 13 March 2015 decommissioned?
(A) USA
(B) France
(C) Russia, erstwhile USSR
(D) Italy
25) Reserve Bank of India has recently agreed for a $1.5-billion currency swap agreement with which country's central bank to help the island nation keep its currency stable?
(A) Sri Lankan
(B) Maldives
(C) Mauritius
(D) Phillipines
26) World Sleep Day 2015 was recently observed on?
(A) 11 March
(B) 10 March
(C) 12 March
(D) 13 March
27) Which country recently won a unanimous vote to host the Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup in 2019?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) India
(C) UAE
(D) Nepal
28) Which country on 13 March 2015 successfully tested its first indigenously built all-weather armed drone named Burraq and a laser guided missile named Barq?
(A) China
(B) Pakistan
(C) South Korea
(D) Indonesia
29) Mohamed Nasheed who was on 13 March 2015 sentenced to 13-year imprisonment by a criminal court under the anti-terrorism laws, was the former president of which country?
(A) Jordan
(B) Kenya
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Maldives
30) Name the Scientific Director of National Dope Testing Laboratory who has been nominated to the Executive Board of WAADS (World Association of Anti Doping Scientists) recently?
(A) Dr. Ali Neemuchwala
(B) Dr. Ashu Suyash
(C) Dr. Alka Beotra
(D) None of these
Answers
1) Ans. (D) Services
2) Ans. (A) Facebook
3) Ans. (C) Swiss Grand Prix Gold
4) Ans. (B) Poland
5) Ans. (A) March 15
6) Ans. (B) Gandhian
7) Ans. (D) Port Vila
8) Ans. (C) Lewis Hamilton
9) Ans. (A) Michael White
10) Ans. (D) Seychelles
1) Ans. (A) Ananth Kumar
12) Ans. (D) Britain
13) Ans. (B) Hashim Amla
14) Ans. (C) Arun Jaitley
15) Ans. (A) Israeli
16) Ans. (C) Jupiter
17) Ans. (B) MC Mary Kom
18) Ans. (A) March 14
19) Ans. (D) RSS
20) Ans. (C) Sonakshi Sinha
21) Ans. (A) Rajiv Gandhi
22) Ans. (B) Saif Ali Khan
23) Ans. (D) Iceland
24) Ans. (C) Russia, erstwhile USSR
25) Ans. (A) Sri Lankan
26) Ans. (D) 13 March
27) Ans. (C) UAE
28) Ans. (B) Pakistan
29) Ans. (D) Maldives
30) Ans. (C) Dr. Alka Beotra
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