GK 28

1. Which Indian player won silver medal in Men's 10 meter air pistol event at Asian Air Gun Championship 2015?
Ans. Gurpreet Singh

                                                        
2. Who were conferred with Arjuna Award recently?
Ans. M.R. Poovamma and Babita Kumari
Remarks: M. R. Poovama is related to Athletics and Babita Kumari is related to Wrestling

3. Which book written by Ben S. Bernanke released recently in October 2015?
Ans. The Courage to Act- A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath

4. Which policy was released by Union Govt. to promote greening of National Highway corridors across the country?
Ans. Green Highway Policy-2015
Remarks: The policy was released with a mission to reduce the air pollution by planting more tress and shrubs along the national highways.

5. Who won Nobel Price 2015 in Literature?
Ans. Svetlana Alexievich
Remarks: Svetlana Alexievich, born on 31 May, 1948 in the Ukrainian Town of Ivano Frankivsk became the first writer from Bilarus to receive this award. She is selected by Swedish Academy for her polyphonic writings, courage and monument to suffering.

                                                            

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