List of Most Expected GK Questions in RBI and SBI PO Exams 2015

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1. Name the Government launched Augmented Reality
Application.
Answer- Sakaar
2. Government recently launched Augmented Reality Application
named Sakaar. For which purpose it was launched?
Answer- to highlight the achievements of the Department of
Space.
3. Which express train was recently rechristened as Yoga
Express?
Answer - Haridwar Mail
4. Which Indian mobile handset maker recently announced to set
up its first mobile phone manufacturing facility in Hyderabad?
Answer - Karbonn
5. ISRO recently announced that their GAGAN system will provide
navigational support to Indian Railways. Expand GAGAN.
Answer - GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation
6. Union Government recently revised the target under National
Solar Mission to _______.
Answer - 1 Lakh MW
7. Name the first 100% blind officer in Indian Foreign Services.
Answer - Beno Zephine
8. Government recently revised the National Solar Mission target
to 1 Lakh MW. It is expected to be achieve by ____.
Answer - 2022
9. Beno Zephine became first 100% blind officer in ________.
Answer - Indian Foreign Services
10. Who was recently appointed as the Director of National Crime
Records Bureau (NCRB)?
Answer - Archana Ramasundaram
11. Name the Indian architect passed away recently who was
Dubbed “India’s Greatest Architect” by the Royal Institute of
British Architects.
Answer - Charles Correa
12. As per Housing For All by 2022 Scheme, Government will
provide interest subsidy of ____ on housing loans provided to
EWS/LIG categories.
Answer - 6.5%
13. What amount will be granted per house by the Government
under the slum rehabilitation programme of Housing for All by
2022?
Answer - One Lakh Rupees
14. Who was recently given additional charge as Director General
of Bureau of Indian Standards?
Answer - G Gurucharan
15. Name the newly appointed executive director of Amnesty
International India.
Answer - Aakar Patel
16. How many phases does Housing for All by 2022 have?
Answer - 3 Phases
Phase-I (April 2015 – March 2017) to cover 100 Cities to be
selected from States/UTs as per their willingness;
Phase – II (April 2017 – March 2019) to cover additional 200
Cities and
Phase-III (April 2019 – March 2022) to cover all other remaining
Cities.
17. Who was conferred with 10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya
Jnanpith?
Answer - Babusha Kohli, Upasana
18. Name the Government launched weather alert service.
Answer - NOWCAST
19. With which country did India recently sign a MoU on
establishing a collaborative program in official statistics?
Answer - Tanzania
20. As per IAMAI's Social Media in India 2014 report, How many
social media users as on April, 2015 are there in India?
Answer - 143 Million
21. As per IAMAI's recent data, Usage of social media in rural
India has grown by ______.
Answer - 100 %
22. As per IAMAI's Social Media in India 2014 report which social
media site is the 2nd most popular in India?
Answer - Google +
23. As per IAMAI's Social Media in India 2014 report, which Social
Media website is the most popular in India?
Answer - Facebook
24. Who recently was selected for Fukuoka Prize in the Academic
category?
Answer - Ramachandra Guha
25. Ramachandra Guha was selected for the prestigious Fukuoka
Prize in the Academic category. The Fukuoka Prize is given by
which country?
Answer - Japan
26. The Union Government launched the country's first
modernised anganwadi centre in which state?
Answer - Haryana
27. The Union Government launched the country's first
modernised anganwadi centre at _________.
Answer - Hasanpur village, Sonepat, Haryana
28. The newly renamed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan was
previously known as __________.
Answer - Lucknow Zoo
29. Who was appointed as Kerala’s Ayurveda brand
ambassador?
Answer - Steffi Graf
30. Which state government recently banned sale of thermocol
plates?
Answer - Jharkhand
31. China recently opened Nathu La as 2nd route for Kailash
pilgrims. Nathu La pass connects China's Tibet Autonomous
Region and which India state?
Answer - Sikkim
32. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited recently delivered
________________ of Chandrayan-2 to ISRO.
Answer - Orbiter Craft Module Structure
33. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited delivered ‘Orbiter Craft Module
Structure’ of which spacecraft of ISRO?
Answer - Chandrayan-2
34. What is the outlay of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT)?
Answer - 50000 crore rupees
35. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT) was launched to develop infrastructure of how many
Cities and Towns of India?
Answer - 500
36. What is the population criteria for Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)?
Answer - Population of One Lakh and Above
37. What is the outlay of Smart Cities Mission?
Answer - 48000 Crore Rupees
38. In the Smart Cities Mission, How many smart cities will be
developed?
Answer - 100
39. How many IIMs was approved by the Union Cabinet recently?
Answer - 6
The new IIMs will be located at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh),
Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Nagpur
(Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha) and Amritsar (Punjab).
40. Who was recently conferred with Orden de la Democracia
Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero?
Answer - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
41. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was conferred with Orden de la
Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero. It is the
highest civilian award of which country?
Answer - Columbia
42. Praful Bidwai recently passed away. He was noted for his
works in the field of __________.
Answer - Journalism
43. 1st One-Stop Crisis Centre under Nirbhaya Fund will be
launched in which state?
Answer - Chhattisgarh
44. India's first air-conditioned DEMU train was launched in
_______.
Answer - Kochi
45. Kerala Government's highest honour for music, Swathi
Puraskar was recently conferred to _________.
Answer - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
46. Who was selected for Sangita Kalanidhi Award of the Music
Academy?
Answer - S Subrahmanyan
47. Sanjay Deshmukh appointed Vice-Chancellor of which
university?
Answer - Mumbai University
48. Bongaigaon Power Plant is located in which state?
Answer - Assam
49. Which state topped the list of States commissioning grid
connected Solar Power projects?
Answer - Rajasthan
50. Which state declared June 22 as Snake Bird Day?
Answer -Kerala
51. Kerala declared ______ as Snake Bird Day.
Answer - June 22
52. Which state declared Blue Mormon as state butterfly?
Answer - Maharashtra
53. What was India's rank in Global Peace Index (GPI) 2015?
Answer - 143
54. Name the former head of Missionaries of Charity who recently
passed away.
Answer - Sister Nirmala Joshi
55. Hemis festival is celebrated in which Indian state?
Answer - Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh)
56. Who was conferred with The 28th Moortidevi Award for 2014?
Answer - Vishwanath Tripathi
57. Vishwanath Tripathi was conferred with The 28th Moortidevi
Award for 2014 for _________.
Answer - Vyomkesh Darvesh
58. The Government approved a proposal for setting up a second
international airport in NCR at ________.
Answer - Jewar
59. With which country did India sign MoU on cancer research,
control, prevention and management?
Answer - United States of America
60. With the launch of the first phase of Chennai Metro Rail
Service, Chennai became the ____ city to have Metro Railways.