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GK Test for SSC Exam Preparation

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1. A new study found that the Artemesia annua plant can beat malaria parasites' drug resistance according to a research by Stephen Rich. 2. Ivan Popov of Russia won the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess title after eight players ended with 7.5 points each. 3. The Prime Minister released a commemorative coin marking the 175th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Tata, which features his image in Devnagri script.

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GK TEST 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. B. S. : SCO – 108-109, Top Floor, Sector- 8/C, Madhya Marg, Beside State Bank Of Patiala, Chandigarh. Phone: 092161-78310, 4668810. - 1 - 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

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  • 1. GK TEST 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. B. S. : SCO – 108-109, Top Floor, Sector- 8/C, Madhya Marg, Beside State Bank Of Patiala, Chandigarh. Phone: 092161-78310, 4668810. - 1 - 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