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3301. Who has been appointed as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Counter Terrorism and Extremism?
Answer: Syed Asif Ibrahim
3303. The Life Insurance Corporation of India has recently got permission from which neighboring country to do business there?
Answer: Bangladesh
3305. What is the World Environment Day theme of 2015?
Answer: “Seven Million Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care”
3306. R Seshasayee has been appointed non-executive chairman of which Indian software firm?
Answer: Infosys
3309. India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with which country, under the Make in India initiative, to develop measles-Rubella Vaccines?
Answer: Netherlands
3311. Petteri Taalas has been appointed Secretary General of which international organization?
Answer: World Meteorological Organization
3313. Name the districts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, recently added to the National Capital Region (NCR)?
Answer: Jind and Karnal (Haryana) Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)
3314. Who is the first women to be appointed as the Director of Indian Statistical Institute?
Answer: Sanghamitra Bandopadhyay
3315. Which West Indies cricketer has recently been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame?
Answer: Wesley Winfield Hall
3316. Which professional boxer tops the Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s highest paid athletes 2015?
Answer: Floyd Mayweather
3317. Where was the fourth Migrant Resource Centre set up by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs?
Answer: Chennai
3318. How many African countries have signed the historic pact of Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)?
Answer: 26
3319. Who headed the committee which submitted its recommendations to the Union Government on reconstructing of Indian Railways?
Answer: Bibek Debroy
3320. Which artist and sculptor, who created Chandigarh’s Rock Garden, passed away recently?
Answer: Nek Chand Saini
3321. The recently signed BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement involves which SAARC nations?
Answer: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal
3322. The ordinance recently promulgated by the central government, which proved modifications in the jurisdiction of cheque bouncing cases, seeks to amend which central act?
Answer: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
3326. The Indian Railways renamed the Ahmadabad-Haridwar Mail Express as ……………….?
Answer: Yoga Express
3327. Who was appointed president of the 70th session of UN General Assembly?
Answer: Mogens Lykketoft
3328. Florin Mergea of Romania, along with which Indian, won the ATP Stuttgart Open Men’s Doubles title?
Answer: Rohan Boppanna
3329. The mobility solutions company, letsgomo, has been acquired by which Indian e-commerce company?
Answer: Snapdeal
3330. On 15 June 2015, Britain celebrated the 800th anniversary of which historic incident?
Answer: Signing of Magna Carta
3331. Name the legendary Indian architect and the first chairman of the National Commission of Urbanisation who passed away on 16 June?
Answer: Charles Correa
3332. Which English actor, famous for his role as Count Dracula, passed away recently?
Answer: Christopher Lee
3333. The Government of India has lowered the age of juveniles from 18 to …………. years for heinous crimes?
Answer: 16
3338. Which was the private member’s bill recently passed by the Rajya Sabha?
Answer: The Rights of Transgender persons Bill, 2014. This is the first private member’s Bill passed in Rajya Sabha in over three decades.
3339. Name the Bollywood actor who has been conferred Master Deenanaath Mangeshkar Award 2015?
Answer: Anil Kapoor
3340. Which iconic tower in Nepal, built in 1832, was collapsed in the earthquake recently?
Answer: Dharahara Tower
3342. Which former Union Foreign Minister was honoured with ‘Officer de la legion’ (Officer of the Legion of Honour) by the French Government?
Answer: Yashwant Sinha
3343. The Government of India has recently cancelled the licenses of about 9000 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) for violation of which act?
Answer: Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA)
3344. Name the major exercise conducted in Rajasthan by the Indian Army, involving more than 300 combat vehicles and 10, 000 troops?
Answer: Akraman II
3345. Which central public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Power has launched mobile science labs for promoting scientific learning among the students in rural India?
Answer: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
3346. Which National Park in Uttarakhand has been declared as India’s 48th Tiger Reserve?
Answer: Rajaji National Park
3347. What was the theme of 2015th International Mother Earth Day?
Answer: ‘It’s Our Turn to Lead’. World Day for Safety and Health at Work was observed on 28 April. World Malaria Day was observed on April 25.
3348. What is the interest rate fixed by the Finance Ministry for General Provident Fund (GPF) and other related schemes for 2015-2016?
Answer: 0.087
3349. Which renowned Cambridge University historian, who specialized in colonial and post-colonial Indian history, passed away recently?
Answer: Christopher Alan Bayly
3350. Which central government department was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration?
Answer: Income Tax Department
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