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Q851.
Great Britain won the 2015 Sultan of Johor Cup under-21 field hockey tournament by defeating defending champions India in the final in penalty shoot by 3-4 goals score.Which country host the Sultan of Johor Cup ?
1) Australia 2) Netherlands
3) India 4) Malaysia
5)None of these
Answer : Malaysia
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Q852.
India's apex decision making institution Supreme Court (SC) has permitted Union Government to voluntary use Aadhaar card scheme in Welfare Schemes and extended for schemes like MGNREGA, PM’s Jan Dhan Yojana, all types of pension schemes and EPF. The modified order was ruled by five-judge Constitution Bench headed by  ---------.
1) Mr. Justice Anil R. Dave 2) Chief Justice H L Dattu
3) Justice T.S. Thakur 4) Mr. Justice Dipak Misra
5)None of these
Answer : Chief Justice H L Dattu
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Q853.
Recently,the Union Cabinet has approved an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and which country in field of renewable energy which was signed between both nations in August, 2015, during the official visit of its president ?
1) Mozambique 2) Tanzania
3) Saudi Arab 4) Japan
5)None of these
Answer : Mozambique
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Q854.
Indian Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has been selected for the prestigious Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award -2015. He has been choosen for his contributions towards -------.
1) (Bachpan Bachao Andolan) Child reforms 2) Gandhian philosophy
3) Inspirational work against child abuse. 4) Both child reforms and inspirational work against child abuse.
5)None of these
Answer : Both child reforms and inspirational work against child abuse.
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Q855.
According to the accounting firm EY (Ernst & Young) , India has been named the most attractive country for investment in a survey of more than 500 global investors. India was 32 % favoured market for investment.Which of the following country became second on 15 % of the vote, followed by Southeast Asia, Brazil and North America ? 
1) Japan 2) China
3) Russia 4) Pakistan
5)None of these
Answer : China
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Q856.
Jamaican writer Marlon James has been named the winner of the Man Booker Prize for 2015 for his novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings”. Which of the following statement is correct ?
1) It is the second Booker Prize to be won by a Jamaican and the first for its independent publisher Oneworld Publications. 2) Mr. James’s book was chosen from a shortlist of six writers .
3) James was given £60,000 prize and trophy in London. 4) Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.
5)None of these
Answer : Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.
Explanation :
  • It is the first Booker Prize to be won by a Jamaican and the first for its independent publisher Oneworld Publications
  • James was given £50,000 prize and trophy in London.
  • Mr. James’s book was chosen from a shortlist of seven writers who included the bookies favourite Hanya Yanagihara for A Little Life, and the British writer of Indian origin Sunjeev Sahota for The Year of the Runaways.

Man Booker 2015 shortlist:

  • This year's Man Booker shortlist featured two authors from the UK, two from the US and one each from Jamaica and Nigeria.
  • The six novels on this year's Man Booker short list
  • Marlon James (Jamaica), A Brief History of Seven Killings
  • Tom McCarthy (UK), Satin Island
  • Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), The Fishermen
  • Sunjeev Sahota (UK), The Year of the Runaways
  • Anne Tyler (US), A Spool of Blue Thread
  • Hanya Yanagihara (US), A Little Life

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Q857.
Recently,Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC)  has started the  bus service via Dhaka being begin from 16th October,2015.The bus service will join which two cities of India through Bangladesh ?
1) Agartala-Howrah 2) Kamalpur-Kolkata
3) Agartala-Kolkata 4) Kumarghat-Asansol
5)None of these
Answer : Agartala-Kolkata
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Q858.
The prestigious missile complex in Hyderabad will rename as "Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex".
The Missile Complex is carried-on by DRDO.Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?
A) The landmark event will take place at Research Centre Imarat (RCI) on the occasion of the 84th birth anniversary of Dr Kalam.
B) Dr Kalam had joined Missile Complex, DRDO in 1982 and was a part of it for nearly two decades.
C)The Missile Complex comprises Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI) which is considered to be the brain child of Dr Kalam.
D) As founder Director, Dr Kalam conceived and steered RCI as a generator of critical missile technologies.
1) Only A,B are correct 2) Only A,B and C are correct
3) Only B,C and D are correct 4) Only A,C and D are correct
5)None of these
Answer : None of these
Explanation : All A,B,C and D are correct.
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Q859.
Which stock exchange become the world's fastest stock exchange clocking a median trade speed of six micro seconds which is the oldest in Asia ?
1) Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) 2) National Stock exchange (NSE)
3) NASDAQ 4) London Stock Exchange
5)Tokyo Stock Exchange
Answer : Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE)
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Q860.
The Supreme Court has imposed the ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ in a bid to check high pollution levels in the city for four months on a trial basis where light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering in addition to the toll tax from November 1,2015. What is the name of the city ?
1) Mumbai 2) Delhi
3) Bengalluru 4) Chandigarh
5)None of these
Answer : Delhi
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