1. Odisha recently renamed which of its islands as Abdul Kalam Island?
(1) Nalabana Island
(2) Parikud Island
(3) Kaijai Island
(4) Wheeler Island
(5) Hukitola Island
2. Which of the following Hindi writers recently decided to return the Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the murder of scholar M. M. Kalburgi?
(1) Kashinath Singh
(2) Mridula Garg
(3) Ramesh Chandra Shah
(4) Uday Prakash
(5) Kailash Vajpeyi
3. The international conclave Samvad - the Global Hindu Buddhist Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness was held in ____.
(1) Colombo
(2) Katmandu
(3) Manila
(4) New Delhi
(5) Phnom Penh
4. Which of the following photographers brought to light the tragedy of war and internal conflict with the photograph of a dead Syrian boy washed ashore off the coast of Turkey?
(1) Evgenity Maloltka
(2) Sergei Grits
(3) Nilufer Demir
(4) Santi Palacios
(5) Jerome Delay
5. Which of the following Indian shooters clinched silver at the 2015 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Finals?
(1) Sushama Rana
(2) Shweta Chaudhary
(3) Saroja Jhuthu
(4) Anjali Bhagwat
(5) Apurvi chandela
6. Wilfred de Souza, who recently passed away, was the former Chief Minister of which of the following states?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Assam
(3) Goa
(4) Rajasthan
(5) West Bengal
7. Which of the following days is marked as International Literacy Day?
(1) 11th September
(2) 10th September
(3) 9th September
(4) 8th September
(5) 7th September
8. India has sought help from which of the following countries to pin down Pakistan's role in terror activities?
(1) Afghanistan
(2) China
(3) Russia
(4) Srilanka
(5) Bangladesh
9. Which of the following states recently launched a comprehensive frame-work called e-Pragati to implement e-governance?
(1) Himachal pradesh
(2) Andhra pradesh
(3) Gujarat
(4) Bihar
(5) Odisha
10. The Union Cabinet recently hiked the dearness allowance for government employees and pensioners by _______ percent.
(1) 7%
(2) 6%
(3) 5%
(4) 5%
(5) 3%
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