1. Vasant Gowrikar, who passed away recently, was a famous personality in which field? 
[A]Literature                                      [B]Space Science 
[C]Classical Music                             [D]Politics

2.Which among the following is the official mascot of the 35th National Games? 
[A]Appu                                               [B]PanPan 
[C]Ammu                                            [D]Winta

3.Who among the following is the author of “The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years”? 
[A]Manmohan Singh                      [B]Pranab Mukherjee 
[C]Sanjay Basu                                  [D]Rahul Gandhi

4. Who among the following has won the ATP World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi?
[A]Rafael Nadal                                                [B]Andy Murray
[C]Novak Djokovic                           [D]Roger Federer 

5. Who among the following has become the first to make three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain?
[A]Virat Kohli                                            [B]M S Dhoni
[C]Steve Smith                                  [D]Hashim Amla 

6. Which city is the host of International Hindi Conference (April 2015)?
[A]New York                                      [B]Chicago
[C]New Jersey                                    [D]California

7. Stan Wawrinka, who won the Chennai Open title-2015, belongs to which country? 
[A]Russia                                             [B]Switzerland 
[C]USA                                                                 [D]France

8. Who among the following has been chosen for the prestigious Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award-2015? 
[A]Balakrishnan                                [B]M Y S Prasad 
[C]Ravi Srivatsa                                                 [D]Arun Kumar

9. Which among the following has won the best film drama at the Golden Globe Awards? 
[A]Birdman                                        

[B]The Grand Budapest Hotel 
[C] Boyhood                                       [D]The Affair

10. Which among the following has broke record for highest run-chase in T20 International cricket, recently? 
[A]South Africa                                                 [B]West Indies 
[C]England                                          [D]Australia

11. Which among the following has won the Federation Cup Football Tournament 2014-15? 
[A]Bengaluru FC                               [B]Dempo SC 
[C]Pune FC                                         [D]Shillong Lajong FC

12. Who among the following has been voted as 2014 “Asian Tour Players’ Player of the year”? 
[A]Anirban Lahiri                              [B]Shiv Kapur 
[C]Gaganjeet Bhuller                     [D]Jyoti Randhava

13.Maati Ke Rang’, a national culture festival, has been organised in which one of the following northeast states, recently? 
[A]Assam                                            [B]Nagaland 
[C]Tripura                                            [D]Sikkim

14. The winner’s of FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 in men and women category, respectively _____? 
[A]Manuel Neuer and Nadine Kessler 
[B]Cristiano Ronaldo and Nadine Kessler 
[C]Lionel Messi and Abby Wambach 
[D]Cristiano Ronaldo and Abby Wambach

15. Who among the following has been selected for the “ Social Media Person of the Year” award? 
[A]Amir Khan                                     [B]Sachin Tendulkar 
[C]Amitabh Bachchan                    [D]Salman Khan

16. Which one of the following is the venue for the 30th Africa Cup of Nations? 
[A]Ivory Coast                                   [B]Algeria 
[C]Equatorial Guinea                      [D]Morocco 

17. The winner of women’s Brisbane International Title 2015 in professional tennis tournaments is __? 
[A]Ana Ivanovic                                [B] Maria Sharapova 
[C]Elina Svitolina                               [D]Yaroslava Shvedova 

18. The names of mascots for 2016 Rio Olympic Games and Paralympics Games are respectively__? 
[A]Polo & Amik                                

[B]Wenlock and Mandeville 
[C]Vinicius & Tom                            [D]Roni & Amik 

19.The movie “The Theory of Everything” is based on the life story of which one of the following celebrated physicist? 
[A]Sir Isaac Newton                        [B]Stephen Hawking 
[C]Albert Einstein                            [D]C V Raman 

20.The 24th African Union heads of state summit was recently kicked off in _____? 
[A]Addis Ababa, Ethiopia              [B]Porto-Novo, Benin 
[C]Cairo, Egypt                                  [D]Gabon, Libreville