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1. GK TEST 1
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1 A new study has found that _____ plant (Artemesia annua)
therapy can beat malaria parasites' drug resistance a research by
Stephen Rich
2 _____ of Russia won 7th Chennai International Open
Grandmaster Chess title. He clinched the title via super tie-
breaker after eight players ended with 7.5 points each.
3 Prime Minister released commemorative coin to mark 175th
birth anniversary of ________.
4 The reverse face of the coin bears the image of Jamsetji
Nusserwanji Tata in the centre, with the inscription 175th in ____
script.
5 ______ is appointedas the Brand Ambassadorof Andhra Pradesh
(AP) health sector. His appointment was announced by the AP
Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas in Hyderabad.
6 _______, was appointed(BJP) President of Maharashtra . He is the
Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution in Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
7 _____ (CCI) cleared the proposal of beverages and snacks firm
PepsiCo India to sell its bottling plants in North India to Varun
Beverages.
8 Dr. _____ of Bharatiya Janata Party was elected as the Speaker of
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly on .
9 Protem Speaker _____ announced Oraon's election as
unanimous.He is the 10th Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative
Assembly
10 Indian weightlifters ended their campaignby bagging a total of
__ medals including 6 Gold Medals in the 17th Asian Youth (boys
& girls), 22nd Junior Women and 29th Junior Men Asian
Weightlifting Championships 2015.
11 Event was held in ______.India won maximum number of gold
in Youth Boys division in all the three categories.
12 Railways has earned Rs 1,14,656.13 crore during April-
December 2014, registering an increase of ____ per cent.
13 ____, Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, met Ravi Shankar
Prasad to discuss theroletechnology giantcan play in supporting
the government’s vision for a Digital India.
14 IBA had improved its offer of wage revision by raising the
monthly salaries of banks employees and officers to ___ per cent.
The unions have refused to accept
15 President Pranab Mukherjee signed the Ordinance that
amends’ Citizenship Act, 1955 to provides life-long Indian visa
facility to ___
16 It merges ____ and _____, thus making PIO eligible for life-long
visa and bringing them on equal footing with OCI.
17 _____ resigned as Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer (MD &CEO) of Axis Capital Limited.
18 BCCI released its 15-member squad for the World Cup
2015.going to held in______
19 ISRO is gearing up for some satellite launches this year, with
the ____ being the first, which would put in place India's own
navigation system on par with the Global Positioning System of
the US.
20 IRNSS 1D is the _____ in the series of seven satellites, the
national space agency is planning to launch to put in place the
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)
21 ____ appointed as Private Secretary of Union Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar
22 Union Cabinet headed by PM approved to set up the _____
(INO) in Tamil Nadu Which will host experiments such as the
neutrino-less double beta decay and the search for dark matter.
23 TheINO project will beset up near ____ district in Tamil Nadu.
The project is at an estimated cost of 1500 crore rupees.
24 Narendra Modi launched a scheme for LED bulb distribution
under ____ (DELP) in Delhi.
25 100 cities is targeted for completion by _____.In Delhi, LED
bulbs will be provided to all domestic consumers at an initial
payment of Rs 10 each and recovery of Rs 10 each for 12 months
from their electricity bill.
26 cricketer_____, chess player_____, playback singer ___ as brand
ambassadors of Swachh Bharat campaign.
27 Thesports ministry today decided to recommend ace shuttler
_____ for the Padma Bhushan award.
28 18 villages have been identified under '_____' for undertaking
eco-friendly development programmes in the areas in Seraikela-
Kharswan district of Jharkhand.
29 Eminent free-market economist _____ has been appointed to
run Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's new policy
commission, or NITI Aayog.
30 Thecorporate affairs ministry has charted its road mapfor full
implementation of the new Companies Act that envisages setting
up _______ (IEPFA) and National Financial Reporting Authority
(NFRA) within six months.
31 ICICI Bank has launched its own '_____' project while adopting
an entire village in Gujarat to provide services ranging from
cashless banking to digitised school teaching.
32 Digital village has three themes -- cashless, comprehensive
and connected. and Village, named ____, in Sabarkantha district
33 ____ Government on its way to overhaul public sector banks
with main objective is to search for "out-of-the-box" ideas
34 Projecting itself as an ideal investment destination, the
Governmentof WestBengal is organising _______ — Bengal Leads.
35 ____, theSri Lankan WicketKeeper batsman became the fastest
player to reach 12,000 Test runs.
36 RBI relaxed KYC rules for Non-Banking Financial Companies
For high-risk individuals and entities – in at least every ___ years
For medium risk individuals and entities - in at least every ___
years
For low risk individuals and entities – in at least every ___ years
37 ____ will be sworn in as the sixth Governor of Uttarakhand on
January 8.
38 West Bengal governor____ meanwhile has been asked to take
additional charge of Meghalaya.
39 India's LIC International and Abu Dhabi -based ____ are
planning to introduce a unique co-branded credit card in the
United Arab Emirates
40 ____ has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of
public sector Indian Overseas Bank.
Answers
1 whole
2 Popov Ivan
3 Jamsetji Tata
4 Devnagri
5 Amitabh
Bachchan
6 Raosaheb Patil
Danve
7 Competition
Commission of
India
8 Dinesh Oraon
9 Stephen
Marandi
10 14
11 Doha, Qatar
12 12.57
13 Vinton Cerf
14 12.5
15 PIO and OCI
16 Overseas
Citizen of India
(OCI) and Persons
of Indian Origin
(PIO)
17 Nilesh Shah
18 Australia and
NZ
19 IRNSS 1D
20 fourth
21 P
Krishnamurthy
22 India-based
Neutrino
Observatory
23 Pottipuram
village in the Bodi
West Hills of
Theni
24 domestic
efficient lighting
programme
25 March 2016
26 V.V.S.
Laxman,Koneru
Humpy, S.P.
Balasubrahmanya
m
27 Saina Nehwal
28 Green India
Mission
29 Arvind
Panagariya
30 Investor
Education and
Protection Fund
Authority
31 digital village
32 Akodara
33 Gyan Sangam
34 BengalGlobal
Business Summit
35 Kumar
Sangakkara
36 2,8,10
37 Krishan Kant
Paul
38 K N Tripathi
39 First Gulf Bank
40 R Koteeswaran