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1. Who among the following was appointed as the new ChiefFinancial Officer (CFO) of Infosys?(a) Vivek Sood(b) Ranganath D Mavinakere(c) Ganesh Murthi(d) Ashok Bhandari

2. Which among the following cities hosted the Tenth WorldHindi Conference?(a) Johannesburg (b) Nagpur(c) Kanpur (d) Bhopal

3. Who won the Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award for2015?(a) Kofi Annan (b) Malala Yousafzai(c) Kailash Satyarthi (d) Javier Perez

4. The World Post Day is observed on _________.(a) 12th October (b) 9th October(c) 8th October (d) 10thOctober

5. Consider the following statements1. Union Environment Ministry has approved annual

plans of National Mission for Green India (GIM) for 4states.

2. The four states which come under the plan are TamilNadu, Mizoram, Manipur and Jharkhand.

3. Perspective Plans (PP) of all four states has totalfinancial outlay of 90,202.68 lakh rupees for a planperiod of ten to fifteen years.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?Codes:

(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3(c) 1 and 3 (d) None of them

6. Match the Awards with the Awardees1. Svetlana Alexievich a. 2015 Nobel Prize in

Physics2. Marlon James b. Nobel Prize in Literature3. Arthur B. McDonald c. 2015 Right Livelihood

Award & Takaaki Kajita4. Sheila Watt-Cloutier d. Man Booker Prize 2015

Codes:1 2 3 4

(a) a b d c(b) b d a c(c) c b d a(d) d a b c

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7. Consider the following statements(1) Renowned scientist Shekhar Basu has been appointed

as the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)and Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

(2) He will succeed S K Sinha who retires on 23rdNovember 2015.

(3) AEC is the governing body of the DAE which is underthe direct charge of the President.


(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only(c) 1 and 3 only (d) Noneof them

8. Consider the following statements(1) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis clinched the women's

doubles title of the China Tennis Open on 10th October2015.

(2) This was the duo's sixth title of the season as a teamfor and fifth title in a row.

(3) Rafael Nadal overcame his nemesis Novak Djokovicwith a feisty 7-5, 6-3 victory to reach the ATP ChinaOpen final.


(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only(c) 1 and 3 only (d) None of them

9. Consider the following statements(1) The Air Force Day 2015 wasobserved across India on

8th October 2015.(2) This is the 68th celebration of the Day that began in

1947.(3) The Air Force is commanded by the Air Chief Marshal

(ACM), who is the four-star commander and the Chiefof Air Staff.



10. Consider the following statements(1) German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited India

between 4th October and 6th October 2015.(2) The Indo-German Summit 2015 was held in Mumbai on

6th October 2015.(3) The Indo-German ICG was co-chaired by President

Pranab Mukherjee and his visiting counterpart GermanChancellor Angela Merkel.

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11. Consider the following statements(1) Punjab National Bank (PNB) has won the 2015 Beighton

Cup hockey tournament.(2) Beighton Cup of Hockey Instituted in 1859 and is one

of the oldest field hockey tournaments running till date.(3) It is organised by Punjab Hockey Association (PHA).Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Codes:(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only(c) 1 and 3 only (d) None of them

12. Consider the following statements(1) Popular micro-blogging site Twitter appointed Dick

Costolo as its permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO)on 5th October 2015.

(2) Costolo has served as interim CEO of Twitter sinceformer CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down on 1st July2015.

(3) Hoesung Lee of India has been elected Chairman ofInter-governmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC).



13. Consider the following statements(1) India's first Dolphin Community Reserve is to beset

up in Bihar to protect the endangered mammal, Gangeticriver dolphins.

(2) The verdict on this issue was taken at a conference ofthe State Wildlife Board chaired by state Chief WildlifeWarden Azam Zaidi.

(3) The reserve is planned to be set up in the Ganga Riverbetween Patna and Sundarbans as per the provisionsof Wildlife Protection Act, 1965.


(a) 1 only (b) 2 only(c) 2 and 3 only (d) None of them

14. Consider the following statements(1) Renowned Malayalam filmmaker I.V. Sasi awarded with

the prestigious J.C. Daniel Award for the year 2014.(2) Angus Deaton wins the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics.Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Codes:(a) 1 only (b) 2 only(c) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Both 1 and 2

15. Consider the following statements(1) Ajay Jayaram of India won his maiden title at the 2015

Dutch Open Men's Singles badminton championship.(2) Rafael Nadal won the China Open Men's Singles 2015

title by defeating of Novak Djokovic.Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Codes:(a) 1 only (b) 2 only(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) None of them

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1. (b) Ranganath D Mavinakere was appointed as the newChief Financial Officer (CFO) of India's second largestsoftware services firm Infosys after the resignation ofRajiv Bansal.

2. (d) The Tenth World Hindi conference was held in Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh from 10-12 September 2015 for thefirst time and held after 32 years in India.

3. (c) Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the prestigious HarvardHumanitarian of the Year Award for 2015.He hadpreviously won the Nobel Peace prize in 2014.

4. (b) The World Post day is observed each year on October9, to commemorate the date for the establishment ofUniversal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in Bern,Switzerland.

5. (a) The four states which come under the plan are Kerala,Mizoram, Manipur and Jharkhand.Perspective Plans(PP)of all four states has total financial outlay of90,202.68 lakh rupees for a plan period of five to tenyears.

6. (b) Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prizein Literature; Marlon James is winner of the 2015 ManBooker Prize; Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald wonthe Nobel Prize for Physics, and Sheila Watt-Cloutierwas awarded the 2015 Right Livelihood Award.

7. (a) He will succeed R K Sinha who retires on 23rd October2015. AEC is the governing body of the DAE which isunder the direct charge of the Prime Minister.

8. (a) This was the duo's eighth title of the season as a teamand fourth title in a row.Rafael Nadal overcame hisnemesis Fabio Fogniniwith a feisty 7-5, 6-3 victory toreach the ATP China Open final.

9. (c) This is the 83rd celebration of the day that began in1932.

10. (a) Indo-German Summit 2015 was held in Bengaluru on6th October 2015.The Indo-German ICG was co-chairedby Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visitingcounterpart German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

11. (a) Beighton Cup of Hockey Instituted in 1895 and is oneof the oldest field hockey tournaments running till date.It is organised by Bengal Hockey Association (BHA).

12. (c) Popular micro-blogging siteTwitter appointed JackDorsey as its permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO)on 5th October 2015. Dorsey has served as interimCEO of Twitter since former CEO Dick Costolo steppeddown on 1st July 2015.

13. (b) India's first Dolphin Community Reserve is to besetup in Bihar to protect the endangered mammal, Gangeticriver dolphins. The reserve is planned to be set up inthe Hooghly River between Malda and Sundarbans asper the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

14. (d) Explanation: I.V. Sasi was awarded the prestigious J.C.Daniel Award for the year 2014 for his contributionstowards the Malayalam entertainment industryon 12thOctober 2015. Angus Deatonwas awarded the 2015Nobel Prize in Economics on 12th October 2015for hisanalysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.

15. (d) Ajay Jayaram of India defended the 2015 Dutch OpenMen's Singles badminton title on 11th October 2015.Novak Djokovic won the China Open Men's Singlestitle by defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain on 11th October2015.

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