General Awareness Objective Questions 2............................

1. On which day, an extra second or a leap second was added to clocks world-wide?

(1) 20 June (2) 24 June (3) 30 June (4) 5 July (5) 2 July

30 June2015 clocked one second longer as an extra second or a leap second was added to clocks world- wide after 23:59:59. With the addition of 61st second to the 59th minute of the 23rd hour, clocks across the world registered 23:59:60 before turning onto 00:00:00 on 1 July 2015. In India, the leap second was added by scientists at the Time and Frequency Standards Laboratory (TFSL).

2. Which state in July 2015 successfully installed India’s first earthquake warning system?

(1) Rajasthan (2) Uttarakhand (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Assam

(5) Meghalaya

India’s first Earthquake Warning System (EWS) was successfully installed in Uttarakhand, Dehradun in July 2015. With this, Uttarakhand became first Indian state to install a system that can detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings. The system was designed and manufactured by Italian firm Space Dynamics which already installed this system in Japan, Italy and US.

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3. Cabinet in July 2016 cleared which model to redevelop about 400 railways stations in metros and

cities?

(1) PPP (2) As Is where Is (3) Where It Is (4) Both (1) and (2)

(5) Both (1) and (3)

The government, on 16 July 2015, cleared the ‘As Is Where Is’ Model to redevelop about 400 railways stations in metros and major cities besides pilgrim centres and tourist spots.

‘As Is Where Is’ Model

• The ‘as is where is’ model will entail a much simpler process for faster redevelopment, with more

focus on vertical expansion.

• The ‘A-1’ and ‘A’ category stations (about 400) shall be offered for redevelopment by inviting open

bids from interested parties.

4. To promote very small businesses, Centre in June 2015 announced to disburse — — under

MUDRA scheme in current fiscal.

(1) 1 lakh crore (2) 1.5 lakh crore (3) 2 lakh crore (4) 2.5 lakh crore (5) 3 lakh crore

To promote very small businesses, the Centre, on 23 June 2015, announced plans to facilitate credit up to Rs. 1 lakh crore under the MUDRA scheme in the current fiscal. It was proposed that for the current fiscal, the target under ‘Shishu’ category would be Rs. 40,000 crore, for ‘Kishor’ Rs. 35,000 crore, and ‘Tarun’ Rs. 25,000 crore. The whole concept is promoting entrepreneurship at micro level through funding the un-funded.

Highlights of MUDRA Schemes for Micro-Entrepreneurs

• Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd (MUDRA), which was proposed in the

Budget, was launched by the Prime Minister on April 8,2015.

• Under the new scheme, there are three categories of loans - ‘Shishu’ (loan up to Rs. 50,000) Kishor’

(loan above Rs. 50,000 up to Rs. 5 lakh) and ‘Tarun’ (above Rs. 5 lakh up to Rs. 10 lath) - that will

be disbursed by the banks.

• The amount will be refinanced through the new scheme which is being implemented by a subsidiary

of SIDBI.

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NSSO study

The MUDRA concept is based on National Sample Survey Organisations (NSSO) 2013 study which talked about 5.77 crore informal enterprises.

They are unincorporated, single person or two person enterprises. They get just 4 % of their credit requirements from the institutional mechanism, while 96 per cent comes from informal sources even while they give employment to about 12 crore people.

• To help these entrepreneurs, the Government has offered 27 public sector banks, 17 private sector

banks, 27 regional rural banks, 25 micro financial institutions (MFJs), and 21 non-banking

financial institutions (NBFCs) to be enrolled as partner institution.

• Apart from credit facilities by these institutions, an overdraft facility of up to Rs. 5,000 under Pradhan

Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana will also be covered under the scheme.

Credit guarantee

Under the scheme, refinance/credit guarantee will be provided. Keeping this in mind, the process to get Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) nod for Rs. 3,000- crore credit guarantee fund has been initiated.

• The corpus can guarantee up to Rs. 40-45,000 crore loans. This wifi enable various small-small banks,

NBFCs and MFIs to give loans to people at cheaper rates. Because once the guarantee is given, the

risk margin will come down.

• MUDRA cards, similar to debit cards, are also being proposed. It will work on RuPay platform and

can be used in ATMs and merchant establishments.

• The plan is to provide 20-30 per cent of the loan requirement through this card.

• In the next stage, the Centre aims to set up MU1JRA Bank with a corpus of Rs. 20,000 crore. A Bill

will be introduced soon in Parliament to set up a refinance mechanism on the lines on SIDBI.

5. In which state, Government has launched the first modernized Anganwadi Centre?

(1) Punjab (2) Haryana (3) West Bengal (4) Gujarat (5) Mizoram

The Union Government on 24 June 2015 launched the first modernized Anganwadi centre of India at Hasanpur village of Sonepat in Haryana. It was set up as part of Nand-Ghar Yojana of Union Government which aims at transforming the Anganwadi centres.

6. The Union Cabinet in June 2015 approved the setting up of how many new Indian Institutes of

Management (IIM) in the country?

(1) 12 (2) 10 (3) 8 (4) 6 (5) 4

The Union Cabinet on 24 June 2015 approved the setting up of six new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country at Amritsar (Punjab), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh) and Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).

7. Government in June 2015 approved the setting up of a National Memorial at — — which is the birth

place of Lok Nayak JP Narayan.

(1) Chhapra (Bihar) (2) Nagur (Madhya Pradesh) (3) Chandigarh (Punjab)

(4) Sonepat (Haryana) (5) None of these

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The Union Cabinet on 24 June 2015 approved the setting up of a National Memorial at the birth place of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan. Lok Nayak was born at Lala Ka Tola, Sitab, Diara in Chhapra (Saran) district of Bihar on 11 October 1902.

8. Union Government in June 2015 requested which state to introduce milk in mid day meal scheme?

(1) Bihar (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Rajasthan (4) All of these (4) None of these

Union Government on 25 June 2015 requested the Chief Ministers of Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan to encourage supply of free milk in the Mid Day Meal to school children. At present, two states-- Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh-provide free milk products to school children under the scheme.

9. The Union Government in June 2015 increased the National Floor-level Minimum wage to — —

per day.

(1) 137 (2) 145 (3) 150 (4) 160 (5) 168

The Union Government in June 2015 increased the National Floor-Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) to 160 rupees per day from 137 rupees per day. The new rate will be effective from 1 July 2015.

• About NFLMW: National floor-level minimum wage was implemented for the first time in 1996

on the basis of the recommendations of the National Commission on Rural Labour (NCRL) under

the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

10. Solar Energy Corporation of India in June 2015 is renamed as — —

(1) Renewable Energy Corporation of India (2) Solar and Renewable Energy Limited

(3) Multi national Limited (4) Ultra Power Corporation of India

(5) Ultra Solar Energy Limited

The Union Cabinet on 24 June 2015 approved renaming of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SEC1) as Renewable Energy Corporation of India (RECI). Besides, the Cabinet also gave its

nod to the SECI to apply to the Registrar of Companies (ROC) for converting it into a Section 3 company from a Section 8 company under the Companies Act, 2013.

SECI: SECI was established as a registered company under the Section 25 of the Companies Act,

1956 (now under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013) in September2011 for the promotion and commercialization of solar energy technologies.

Difference between Section 3 and Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013

• Section 3 is mainly for those companies having commercial activities for the sake of profits.

• In contrast, a company under Section 8 can only engage in charitable activities like promotion of

commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity, etc. and should

not have commercial aspect.

11. Reserve Bank in July 2015 prohibited the FDI in manufacturing of — — —

(1) Cement (2) Sugar (3) Tobacco (4) All of these (5) None of these

Reserve Bank, on 3 July 2015, prohibited the FDI in manufacturing of tobacoo. FDI was prohibited in the manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.

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12. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Integrated Security System at

four railway stations in

(1) Nagpur (2) Itanagar (3) Mumbai (4) Delhi (5) Ahemdabad

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 29 June 2015 inaugurated the Integrated Security System (ISS) at four railway stations in Mumbai comprising Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Dadar, Kurla and Lokmanya TIlak Terminus (LTT).

13. India announced a ban on trade with ISIS linked entities in June 2015. What is the full form

of ISIS?

(1) Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (2) Indian State for Indonesia

(3) Islam State for Indonesia (4) All of these (5) None of these

India on 30 June 2015 announced a ban on trade with the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-linked entities, the al-Nusra Front and other groups and individuals associated with the Al-Qaeda.

14. By which name India has launched online registration system for foreign Employers?

(1) e Mirage (2) e Migrate (3) e System (4) e employee (5) e Commerce

India in June 2015 launched online registration system named e Migrate system (www.emigrate.gov.in) for foreign employers (FEs) who wants to recruit Indian workers, including nurses. Under the system, FEs will have to register in the eMigrate system.

15. The National Dairy Development Board in July 2015, launched which mobile application that will

boost dairy farmer’s income?

(1) Milk yield (2) Go-yield (3) Pashu Poshan (4) Pashu Dhan (5) Child Dhirga

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) on 7 July 2015 launched a mobile application named Pashu Poshan that will boost dairy farmers’ income by raising milk yield and cutting feed cost. The app will recommend a balanced diet for cows and buffaloes.

16. The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development in July 2015 launched the # 100 Women

Initiative in whose collaboration to select 100 women achievers of India _____?

(1) Facebook (2) Snapdeal (3) Flipkart (4) CKart (5) All of these

The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development on 14 July 2015 launched the ‪#‎l00‬ Women Initiative in collaboration with Facebook to select 100 women achievers of India. The initiative is aimed at recognizing and acknowledging women who are making a difference in their communities across the country.

17. Which of the following Yojana was inaugurated by Prime Minister to impart skill training to youth?

(1) Kaushal Vikas Yojana (2) Samridhi Yojana (3) Laghu Vikas Yojana

(4) Shaishav Vikas Yojana (5) Skill Vikas Yojana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 July 2015 launched the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana in New Delhi. The programme aims to impart skill training to 24 lakh youth during 2015-16 with focus on first time entrants to the labour market and class 10 and class 12 drop outs. It will cover 24 lakh persons and skill training would be based on the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and industry led standards.

18. Name the Web Portal which is launched in July2015 by Union Agriculture Minister Radhe Mohan

Singh?

(1) Soil Health Card (2) Fertiliser Quality Control (3) Participatory Guarantee System

(4) All of these (5) Both (1) and (2)

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on 15 July 2015 launched 3 web portals viz. Soil Health Card portal, Fertiliser Quality Control System (FQCS)portal and Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) India portal.

19. With which nation India in July 2015 inked a pact on sharing account information?

(1) U.S.A. (2) Canada (3) Brazil (4) Mexico (5) Italy

In a step towards curbing overseas tax evasion and black money, India and the U.S., in July 2015, signed an intergovernmental agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).Under FATCA, foreign financial institutions in the U.S. will have to provide information about Indian account holders to the U.S. government’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which will forward the information to the Indian government.

20. India in July 2015 signed a customs and liberalize business visas agreement with which of the

following country?

(1) Bangladesh (2) Britain (3) Russia (4) China (5) All of these

India and Russia, in July 2015, signed a customs and liberalized business visas agreement to boost trade between both countries to remove the hindrances and boost commerce. Both countries also have fixed a target of US 30 billion dollars to be achieved by 2025. This agreement will play important role proposed International North-South Freight Corridor (INSTC) for trade from India to Russia to

central Asia through Iran.

21. With which nation India in July 2015 signed a pacts to enhance cooperation in health sector

(1) United States (2) China (3) Russia (4) Denmark (5) South Africa

India and United States, on 26 June 2015, signed a series of agreements on health in order to enhance cooperation in health sector. The signed Agreements are:

• MoU on cancer research, control, prevention and management: To develop collaborative research

projects on population-based cancer control and implementation science.

• Apart from it will seek development of projects in the areas of pre-clinical model development, basic

and epidemiological research, clinical research and oncology care delivery etc.

• Letter of Intent (LoI) on Anti-microbial Resistance Research: Set up mechanism of antimicrobial

resistance which also include the applications of systems biology.

• It will also seek to comparative testing and assisting the validation of new diagnostics and

development of novel interventions

• MoU on collaboration in Environmental, occupational Health and Injury Prevention and Control:

Further enhance cooperation in the fields of environmental and occupational health along with injury

prevention and control research.

• It will also seek to control research, infrastructure development, education and training and capacity-

building for their reciprocal and mutual benefit.

22. India in June 2015 signed which of the following agreement with Thailand?

(1) Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty (2) Establishment of Nalanda University

(3) Establishment of an Ayurveda Chair in one of the Thai University

(4) All of these (5) Both (2) and (3)

India and Thailand, on 29 June 2015, signed a number of important agreements, including the double taxation avoidance treaty, and exchanged instruments of ratification on the extradition treaty inked in 2013, which provides for the legal framework for seeking extradition of fugitive offenders.

• The two sides also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Establishment of

Nalanda University. By signing this agreement, Thailand joins other East Asian Summit countries in

the establishment of Nalanda University in Bihar.

• They also signed an MoU on the establishment of an Ayurveda Chair in one of the Thai Universities.

• The MoU is between the Ministry of Ayush and Rangsit University of Thailand under which the

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences will set up a Chair at the Thai University to

undertake academic and research activities in Ayurveda.

23. India in June 2015 decided to be a partner country in the major Industrial Fair named It will be

held in Russia in July 2015

(1) RUPROM (2) INNOPROM (3) MOCODO (4) ROPODO (5) SOPRA

India on 22 June 2015 decided to be a partner country in the major Industrial Fair named INNOPROM 2016 to be held at Yekaterinburg, Russia in July 2016.

24. Government in June 2015 gave its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation on

Industrial Property with which nation?

(1) China (2) Pakistan (3) Nepal (4) Japan (5) Bhutan

The Union Cabinet on 24 June 2015 gave its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. N.

25. India in July 2015 signed 5 contracts for supply of Uranium with which country?

(1) Iran (2) Syria (3) Kazakhstan (4) Pakistan (5) Taliban

India and Kazakhstan on 8 July 2015 signed five agreements during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kazakhstan. This included Long term contract between Department of Atomic Energy, India and KazAtomProm for sale and purchase of natural uranium concentrates. India and Kazakhstan also issue a joint statement titled ‘Tej Kadam.’

• PM Modi paid an eight-day visit to five Central Asian states, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,

Tajikistan and Turkmenistan from 6 July to 13 July 2015.

• During the journey, he also visited Russia to attend BRICS summit and SCO summit at Ufa on 9 July

and 10 July 2015.

26. With which country India signed a MOU to establish PACE Setter Fund to support clean energy?

(1) America (2) Japan (3) Australia (4) Jordan (5) Sweden

India and the USA on 30 June 2015 signed a MoU on cooperation to establish the PACE Setter Fund in New Delhi. The Fund is meant to support the Promoting Energy Access Through Clean Energy (PEACE) track of the USA-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE).

27. Which country in July 2015 is accepted as the full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

(SCO)?

(1) Pakistan (2) India (3) China (4) Both (1) and (2) (5) Both (1) and (3)

India-and Pakistan on 10 July 2015 were accepted as the full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a six-member regional grouping, including China and Russia. India that has had on the observer status of the group for past 10 years will become a full member of SCO by 2016.

28. India and Turkmenistan in July 2015 signed an MOU in which field?

(1) On supply of Chemical products (2) On cooperation in yoga

(3) On cooperation in Traditional Medicine (4) All of these (5) None of these

India, Turkmenistan ink 8 agreements: India and Turkmenistan on 11 July 2015 signed eight MoUs to deepen bilateral cooperation between the two nations.

• MoU on supply of chemical products between the Indian Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) ‘Rashtriya

Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited’ and the Turkmen State concern ‘Turkmenhimiya’

• MoU between India and Turkmenistan on cooperation in Yoga and Traditional Medicine

29. India in July 2015 signed various mutual agreements with different nations. Match the agreements

in column A with corresponding nations in column B.

(1) Defence Cooperation (2) Election Management (3) Bilateral relations

(a) Georgia (b) Tajikistan (c) Krygyzstan

(1) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c (2) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a (3) 1-c,2-a,3-b

(4) 1-b,2-a,3-c (5) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a

India and Kyrgyzstan on 12 July 2015 signed four agreements/MoUs to strengthen bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest, in warm and friendly atmosphere.

• Agreement on Defence Cooperation

• MoU of Mutual Understanding and Cooperation in the field of Elections

• MoU between on cooperation in the sphere of Standards

• Agreement on Cooperation in Culture

India and Georgia on 13 July 2015 signed a MoU for cooperation. in the field of election management and administration. The MoU was signed by Chief Election Commissioner of India Nasim Zaidi and Tamar Zhvariia, Chairperson, Central Election Commission, Georgia. India and Tajikistan on 13 July 2015 signed two agreements MoUs to further strengthen their defence cooperation which is a strong pillar of strategic partnership between both the friendly nations. Agreements signed include

• Programme of Cooperation (POC) in the field of Culture for the years 2016-18

• Exchange of Note Verbale (NV) on setting up of Computer Labs in 37 Schools in Tajikistan

30. Which country dominated the QS University Ranking : BRICS 2015 released in July 2015— —?

(1) India (2) China (3) Russia (4) USA (5) Canada

China dominated the QS University Rankings: BRICS 2015, released by the QS Intelligence Unit on 8 July 2015. Three Chinese universities--Tsinghua University, Peking University and Fudan University--occupied the first three slots. Chinese universities take seven of the top 10 spots and almost half of the top 50. With 53 institutions in the top 200, Russia is second only to China, which has 67 universities featured.

• India’s top representative the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore got the fifth place.

31. Supreme Court in July 2015 ruled that a mother can be the sole legal guardian of a child without the

consent of the father in which circumstances?

(1) dowry (2) divorce (3) unwed (4) All of these (5) Both (1) and (3)

The Supreme Court of India on 6 July 2015 ruled that an unwed mother can be the sole legal guardian of a child without the consent of the father. The existing law, that is, Guardians and Wards Act and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, requires that a notice should be sent to the child’s father for his consent when there is a petition for guardianship.

32. Which country became first developed nation to default the debt to International Monetary Fund?

(1) Greece (2) Italy (3) U.S.A. (4) Sweden (5) Austria

Cash-strapped Greece missed a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on30June 2015 as last- ditch efforts to find a compromise with official EU lenders came to naught. The missed payment made Greece the only developed country ever to fall into default with the global crisis lender.

• Greece had made a last-minute request for the IMF to extend the payment deadline, something the

crisis lender has only done twice before, in 1982 for Nicaragua and Guyana.

• As the IMF froze its loan program to the government, the European Commission-European Central

Bank assistance also expired on3O June 2015.

• In a last-ditch roll of the dice, Greece proposed a fresh two-year support deal with the European

Union on 30 June 2015.

• Athens asked for a nearly 30-billion-euro line of funds from the European Stability Mechanism “to

fully cover its financing needs and the simultaneous restructuring of debt.”

33. The European Union, (EU) in July 2015, approved a short term loan of — to Greece.

(1) 7.16 billion euros (2) 8 billion euros (3) 8.34 billion euros

(4) 9 billion euros (5) 9.16 billion euros

The European Union (EU), in July 2015, approved a short-term loan of 7.16 billion euros to Greece after it was backed by the 28 member states. This loan will allow Greece to pay its debt to European Central Bank (ECB) and e IMF till new bailout plan is ratified.

30. Pitcairn Island, the world’s smallest country by population legalized same sex marriage in June

2015. Which other country legalized the same in 2014?

(1) England (2) Wales (3) Scotland (4) Both (1) and (2) (5) All of these

Pitcairn Island, the world’s smallest country by population, legalized same-sex marriage in June 2015. The law was passed after England, Wales and Scotland legalized the same-sex marriage in 2014.

31. By which name European Union in June 2015 launched a three-phase naval operation to stop

human trafficking?

(1) EUNAVFOR Med (2) HUMANS (3) Be HUMAN (4) SAVEU (5) NOT

To stop human traffickers from bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe, the European Union (EU) on 22 June 2015 launched a three-phase naval operation named EU NAVFOR Med (European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Sea).

32. Which country becomes the first to eliminate mother- to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis?

(1) Jordan (2) Cuba (3) Kenya (4) Japan (5) India

Cuba became the first country to eliminate mother-to-child (vertical) transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis in the World. Cuba could achieve this remarkable feet with the strong integration of its Public Health’s HIV program with the maternal and child health program in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) of the WHO.

33. Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in July 2015 signed a framework agreements for equity

investments in infrastructure projects in BRICS countries. Match the partners in BRICS member

states with their corresponding countries?

Countries Projects

(A) India (a) Silk Road Fund

(B) China (b) Development Bank

(C) Brazil (c) BTG Pactual

(D) South Africa (d) IDFC

(1) A-d, B-a, C-c, D-b (2) A-a, B-b, C-d, D-c (3) A-b, B-a, C-c, D-d

(4) A-b, B-c, C-a, D-d (5) None of these

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on 8 July 2015 signed framework agreements for equity investments in infrastructure projects in BRICS countries. The partners in the BRICS member-states include

• India’s IDFC (Infrastructure Development Finance Company) group

• Brazil’s BTG Pactual

• Chinas Silk Road Fund

• The Development Bank of Southern Africa

34. In which country 7th BRICS Summit was held in July 2015?

(1) Russia (2) China (3) India (4) Brazil (5) South Africa

7th BRICS Summit was held in the Russian city of Ufa in Bashkortostan from 8 to 9 July 2015 under the theme ‘BRICS Partnership a Powerful Factor of Global Development’. Head of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations released the Ufa Declaration at the end of the summit, supporting India’s bid to host the Eighth BRICS Summit in 2016.

35. Who among the following is designated as the 16th Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) by USA?

(1) Russia (2) Tanzania (3) Krygyzstan (4) Kazakhastan (5) Norway

The United States of America (USA) on 10 July 2015 formally designated Tunisia as the 16th Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA). The MNNA status offers tangible privileges including eligibility for training, loans of equipment for cooperative research and development, and Foreign Military Financing for commercial leasing of certain defense articles by the USA to Tunisia.

36. The European Union (EU) in July 2015 give in- principle approval for — — bailout package to

Greece?

(1) 70 billion (2) 74 billion (3) 80 billion (4) 86 billion (5) 90 billion

The European Union (EU) Summit on 12 July 2015 gave in principle approval to a bailout package worth between 82-86 billion euro to Greece. The Summit was held in Brussels, Belgium. If finalized, the financial assistance will be the third bailout package from the EU under the ESM, the eurozone bailout fund, since Greece plunged into severe economic crisis during 2009-10.

37. Who among the following is selected by US NASA for its first commercial spaceflights?

(1) Robert Behnken (2) Eric Boe (3) Douylas Harley

(4) Sunita Williams (5) All of these

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on 9 July 2015 selected four astronauts—Robert Behnken, Eric Boe, Douglas Hurley and Sunita Williams—to provide crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station.

38. On which day, Indian space Research Organisation successfully tested its first indigenously

designed and developed High Trust Cryogenic rocket engine?

(1) July, 5 (2) July 10 (3) July 16 (4) July 18 (5) July 20

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 16 July 2015 successfully tested India’s first indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri. The engine will be used for powering the Cryogenic stage (C25), the upper stage of the next generation GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle of ISRO, capable of launching four tonne class satellites.

39. Union Minister of Civil Aviation launched the GAGAN system in New Delhi on July 3, 2015.

What is the full form of GAGAN?

(1) GPS AIDED GEO AUGMENTED NAVIGATION

(2) CPSAUGMENTEDGUESTANSWER NEUTRAL

(3) GEOAIDEDGPGANSWERNAVJGATION

(4) GEO ALL GET AREA NEUTRAL (5) None of these

Union Minister of Civil Aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju on 13 July 2015 formally launched the GAGAN system (GPS AIDED CEO AUGMENTED NAVIGATION) in New Delhi. With this, India has become the fourth nation after the US, Europe and Japan to have inter-operable Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS). Also, GAGAN is the first SBAS system in the world to serve the equatorial region.

40. Trinity College of Engineering in Kerala in June 2015 launched which satellite project?

(1) TASSAT (2) TAQAT (3) HIMMAT (4) HEENA (5) TYKWON

Trinity College of Engineering in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in June 2015, launched the Trinity Adrak Student Satellite (TASSAT) building project. The student satellite project is scheduled for completion by 2018.

41. Which Programme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015?

(1) Digital India (2) Save Girl Child (3) Sulabh (4) Green India (5) All of these

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015 launched the Digital India Week in New Delhi. The Department of Electronics & Information’ Technology (DeitY) is the nodal agency for implementing the Digital India Programme in close cooperation with other departments and ministries.

42. Which Prime Ministers memorial was completed recently at the Ekta Sthal Samadhi Complex in

New Delhi?

(1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2) Narasimha Rao (3) Rajiv Gandhi

(4) Lal Bahadur Shastri (5) Indira Gandhi

Construction of a memorial for former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao was completed in the fourth week of June 2015 at the Ekta Sthal Samadhi Complex in New Delhi. The completion of the work coincided with his birth anniversary that falls on 28 June.

43. Name the Nag anti-guided missile which was successfully launched in Rajasthan in July2015?

(1) HeliNa (2) SeliNa (3) KeliNa (4) Both (1) and (2) (5) All of these

Indigenously developed helicopter-launched Nag (HeliNa) missile was on 12 July 2015 test fired at the Chandhan firing range in jaisalmer, Rajasthan. HeliNa is a variant of Nag anti- tank guided missile (ATGM).

• Besides HeliNa, it has land, air-launched and man portable (weighing 14kg) versions.

• To carry the land version, DRDO developed the NAMICA (Nag Missile Carrier) for the army.

44. The International Telecommunication Union in 10 June 2015 define the speed of 5 G standard for

mobile networking as — — —

(1) 5 Gigabits per second (2) 10 Gigabits per second (3) 15 Gigabits per second

(4) 20 Gigabits per second (5) 25 Gigabits per second

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in June 2015, defined the speed of 5G (Fifth Generation) standard for mobile networking as 20 Gigabits per second (Gbps). In terms of data speeds, data will be transferred at the rate of 20 Gbps that is 20 times faster than the 1Gbps 4G.

45. Union Government in July 2015 launches National career counselling portal to — — —.

(1) Modernize government run employment exchanges (2) Connect all social websites

(3) Digitally connect all vacancies (4) All of these (5) None of these

Union Government on 20 July 2015 launched National Career Counselling Portal to modernize all government-run employment exchanges. The portal was launched under the aegis of National Career Service (NCS) project of Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. NCS project aims at transforming all the government-run employment exchanges.

46. In which city Indian Telecom major Bharti Airtel launched 4th Generation services?

(1) Mysore (2) Ranchi (3) Dehradun (4) Mussorie (5) Pune

Indian Telecom major Bharti Airtel, on 24 June 2015, launched 4th Generation (4G) services in Mysuru (or Mysore), Karnataka. With this launch, Airtel customers in Mysore can now access high speed access to the Internet using 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. Bharti Airtel is first Telecom major in India to launch 4G LTE services in the country. It had launched the India’s first 4G services in Kolkata in April 2012. Later, the service was expanded to Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Mangalore, Pune, Chandigarh and Amritsar.

47. Union Minister for Communication launched four world-class broadband products under Digital  India. Which organisation developed these products?

(1) C-DOT (2) D-NOT (3) C-Not (4) N-Dot (5) M-Dot

Union Minister for Communication and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad on 6 July 2015 launched four world-class broadband products developed by the C-DOT in New Delhi. They are- Long Distance Wi-Fi, Solar powered Wi-Fi, Suteerva and Next Generation Network (NGN). C-DOT stands for Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT).

48. Which pilot project is launched by IIT Bombay Nehru Science Centre, in its Mobile Science  Exhibition Bus?

(1) IT (2) Internet for All (3) Digital Cam (4) My phone

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay and Nehru Science Centre, in July 2015, launched a pilot project “Internet for All” in its Mobile Science Exhibition Bus in Mumbai. It was launched under the aegis of the Union Government’s flagship ‘Digital India’ campaign.

49. Which of the following Visibility Measuring System was installed at

the Indira Gandhi International Airport in July2015?

(1) VRISHTI (2) VISIBIITY (3) DRISHTI

(4) SRISHTI (5) All of these

An indigenously designed and developed Visibility Measuring System DRISHTI was installed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi on 20 July 2015. The CAT III B IGI Airport, New Delhi, is now the first Airport in the country to have 10 indigenous systems operating in all its three runways. The system has been developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR

NAL), Bengaluru.

50. A team of Scientists at CERN in July 2015 announced discovery of which exotic subatomic particles?

(1) quarks (2) quasi-atoms (3) Penta quarks

(4) Centa quarks (5) Hexa quarks

A team of scientists at CERN on 14 July 2015 announced discovery of the exotic subatomic particles Pentaquarks which so far had existed in theory only. The discovery amounting to new state of matter was made during Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb)