1) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Biological Diversity Act, 2002 , was enacted to meet the obligations under Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to which India is a party.
2. The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is established as a statutory autonomous body, under the Ministry of Environment and Forests established to implement the provisions under the Act.
3. The headquarter of NBA is in Kolkata.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: 1,2
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The headquarter of NBA is in Chennai. State Biodiversity Boards (SBB) has been created in 28 States along with 31,574 Biological management committees (for each local body) across India under this act.
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2) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. The Government has launched the School Nursery Yojana, an initiative to bring students closer to nature.
2. Under the Yojana, students will sow the seeds, grow saplings in the school nursery, as part of practical exercise for Biology classes and extra-curricular activities for students of other streams.
3. The Scheme aims to involve students from Class VI to IX in nursery activities.
4. The schools will be encouraged to take up composting, rain water harvesting and water recycling to inculcate best practices in young minds.
a. 1,2,3
b. 2,3,4
c. 1,3,4
d. All of the above.
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ANSWER: All of the above.
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3) Lake Mead is on -
a. Colorado river
b. Rio grenade river
c. Missouri river
d. Mississippi river
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ANSWER: Colorado river
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Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States in maximum water capacity. It is on the Colorado River.
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4) Which of the following statements is / are correct?
1. Wembanad is India's longest lake.
2. The Vembanad Wetland system was included in the list of wetlands of international importance, as defined by the Ramsar Convention.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above
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5) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Ramsar sites are declared as per the recommendation of the Environment Ministry of the respective countries.
2. The country with the highest number of Sites is the United Kingdom at 170 and the country with the greatest area of listed wetlands is Bolivia.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above
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6) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA) is a new scheme after merging of National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) and National Wetlands Conservation Program (NWCP)
2. It is 70:30 cost sharing between the Central Government and respective State Governments except for North-East States where share is 90:10.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Both 1 and 2
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7) National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project got loan from which international agency?
a. Asian Development bank
b. AIIB
c. World bank
d. NDB
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ANSWER: World bank
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The government inked loan agreements worth $412.4 million with the World Bank for the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project. NCRMP-I is to reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities to cyclone and other hydro meteorological hazards in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha while NCRMP-II is for Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
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8) Who issued the first Rupiya?
a. Akbar
b. Sher Shah Suri
c. Muhammad of Ghor
d. Humayun
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ANSWER: Sher Shah Suri
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Historically, the first currency called "rupiya" was introduced in the 16th century by Sher Shah Suri, founder of the Sur Empire of Northern India.
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9) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. The Grand Trunk Road connects Chittagong, Bangladesh to Kabul in Afghanistan.
2. The route spanning the Grand Trunk (GT) road existed during the Maurya Empire.
3. The predecessor of the modern road was rebuilt by Sher Shah Suri, who renovated and extended the ancient Mauryan route.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: All of the above
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The Grand Trunk Road connects Chittagong, Bangladesh west to Howrah, West Bengal in India, running across Northern India into Lahore in Pakistan, further up to Kabul in Afghanistan.
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10) Which of the following committee is associated with balance of Payments in 1993?
a. Manmohan Singh
b. I. G. Patel
c. Bimal Jalan
d. Dr. C. Rangarajan
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ANSWER: Dr. C. Rangarajan
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The High Level Committee on Balance of Payments, 1993 is chaired by Dr. C. Rangarajan.
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11) Which of the following agreement ended Bretton Woods Agreement?
a. Louvre Accord
b. Smithsonian Agreement
c. GATT
d. Plaza Accord
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ANSWER: Smithsonian Agreement
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According to Bretton Woods Agreement ,all countries peg their currencies to a certain amount of gold. In practice, most currencies were pegged to the U.S. dollar, which was itself pegged to gold. This helped the IMF accomplish its stated goals to stabilize currencies that had experienced a large amount of wartime inflation. The Agreement worked relatively well until the United States unilaterally depegged from gold in 1971.The Smithsonian Agreement formalized this act as the participating nations agreed to allow their currencies to appreciate relative to the dollar. While this Agreement kept the Bretton Woods System in place but ended Bretton Woods Agreement.
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12) Who is the current Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
a. Kariya Munda
b. Pralhad Joshi
c. Mansukhbhai Vasava
d. M. Thambidurai
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13) Which of the following is another name of sea of Cortez?
a. Gulf of California
b. Gulf of Mexico
c. Gulf of Panama
d. Gulf of Tunis
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ANSWER: Gulf of California
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Gulf of California is a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
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14) Which of the following river flows into Gulf of California.
a. Colorado river
b. Rio grenade river
c. Missouri river
d. Mississippi river
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ANSWER: Colorado river
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After entering Mexico, the Colorado approaches the large Colorado River Delta at the tip of the Gulf of California between Baja California and Sonora.
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15) India uses -
a. Floating exchange rate
b. Fixed exchange rate
c. Managed float regime
d. None of the above.
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ANSWER: Managed float regime
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Managed float regime is the current international financial environment in which exchange rates fluctuate from day to day, but central banks attempt to influence their countries' exchange rates by buying and selling currencies.
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16) National Mission for a Green India is merged with -
a. Swacha Bharat Abhiyan
b. National River Conservation scheme
c. National Afforestation Program
d. MGNREGA
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ANSWER: MGNREGA
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The government has merged National Mission for a Green India, which aims afforestation at 10 million hectares of land over the next decade, with MGNREGA to increase and improve the country's forest cover.
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17) Malegam Committee is related to -
a. To review National Small Savings funds operated by post-office
b. To review Poverty census in India
c. Modernization of Indian railway
d. To study issues and concerns in the micro-finance Sector
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ANSWER: To study issues and concerns in the micro-finance Sector
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Malegam was appointed Chairman of the famous Malegam Committee (Sub-Committee of the RBI Central Board of Directors) set up to study issues and concerns in the MFI Sector. The committee submitted its report to the RBI in January 2011. Malegam contended that the micro-finance institutions have neglected the poor.
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18) The government is constructing oil pipeline from Raxaul in Bihar to Amlekhgunj. Where is Amlekhgunj?
a. Bhutan
b. Iran
c. Pakistan
d. Nepal
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ANSWER: Nepal
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal for the construction of a petroleum products pipeline from Raxaul (India) to Amlekhgunj (Nepal).
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19) China–Pakistan Economic Corridor runs from
a. Bejing to Karachi
b. Kunming to Peshawar
c. Kunming to Gwadar
d. Kashgar to Gwadar
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ANSWER: Kashgar to Gwadar
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The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a development mega project which aims to connect Gwadar Port in southwestern Pakistan to China’s northwestern autonomous region of Xinjiang, via a network of highways, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas.
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20) Which of the following statements are correct about One Belt, One Road initiative?
1. Under this project china will improve local ports and construct a modern standard-gauge rail link between Nairobi and Mombasa.
2. China will create a 40 billion USD development fund.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above.
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ANSWER: Both 1 and 2
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank founded by China in 2014 with the participation of 56 other countries is a development bank dedicated to lending for projects that are part of the initiative. Besides the loans provided by AIIB , China will create a 40 billion USD development fund. The Karot Hydropower Station in Pakistan as the first investment project of the Silk Road Fund.
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21) Which of the following are members of Asian Development Bank?
1. Yemen
2. Turkey
3. Iran
4. Portugal
5. Germany
6. Russia
a. 1,2,6
b. 1,3,6
c. 1,4,6
d. All of the above
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22) Match the pairs
1. Ajay Banga ---------------------i. SoftBank Corp
2. Nikesh Arora-------------------ii. Nokia
3. Rajeev Suri--------------------iii. Cognizant
4. Shantanu Narayen------------iv. MasterCard
5. Francisco D’Souza-------------v. Adobe Systems
a. 1- iv, 2- i, 3-ii, 4- v, 5-iii
b. 1- v, 2- iv, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-i
c. 1- i, 2- v, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-iv
d. 1- iv, 2- ii, 3-v, 4- i, 5-iii
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ANSWER: 1- iv, 2- i, 3-ii, 4- v, 5-iii
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23) Which of the following statements is / are correct?
1. The biometric data collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India cannot be used for any other purpose except in criminal investigations with the permission of the court.
2. Aadhaar is 16-digit unique identity number.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above.
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ANSWER: Only 1
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Aadhaar is 12-digit unique identity number.
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24) Which of the following statements is / are correct?
1. Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat is a nationwide sub-program of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
2. It aims to educate 80 million adults in the age group of 15 - 35 over an eighty-year period.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above.
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ANSWER: Only 1
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The program is designed to improve comprehensive early reading, writing and early mathematics program for children in Classes I and II.
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25) Sallekhana is a religious practice in
a. Hinduism
b. Shikhism
c. Islam
d. Jainism
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ANSWER: Jainism
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Sallekhana also known as Santhara, Samadhi-marana, Sanyasana-marana is the Jain practice of undertaking voluntary death at the end of one's life.In August 2015, Rajasthan High Court cited that the practice is not essential tenet of Jainism and banned the practice making it punishable under section 306 and 309 IPC.
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26) Shola forests are commonly found in
a. Vindyas
b. Nilgiri
c. Lower Himalaya
d. Aravali
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ANSWER: Nilgiri
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Sholas are a local name for patches of stuntedtropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India.
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27) Match the pairs
1. Vince Lombardy trophy--------------------------------i. Polo
2. Irani cup---------------------------------------------------ii. Hockey
3. Naidu Trophy---------------------------------------------iii. Chess
4. Ezra Cup---------------------------------------------------iv. Cricket
5. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup----------------------v. Football
a. 1- iv, 2- i, 3-ii, 4- v, 5-iii
b. 1- v, 2- iv, 3-iii, 4- i, 5-ii
c. 1- i, 2- v, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-iv
d. 1- iv, 2- ii, 3-v, 4- i, 5-iii
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28) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs.
2. Muhammad bin Tughluq moved his capital to Daulatabad from Delhi.
3. The capital was moved from Kolkata to Delhi in 1912 during Lord Curzon's reign.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: 1,2
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The capital was moved from Kolkata to Delhi in 1912 during Lord Hardinge's reign.
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29) Typhoon Soudelor is ongoing event in
a. North Korea
b. Japan
c. Taiwan
d. Philippines
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ANSWER: Taiwan
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Soudelor had severe impacts in the Northern Mariana Islands, Taiwan, and eastern China. Lesser effects were felt in Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.
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30) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Carbon sequestration is the process of capture and long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide(CO2)
2. The aim is to either mitigate or defer global warming and avoid dangerous climate change.
3. Blue carbon is the carbon captured by the world's oceans and coastal ecosystems.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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31) Foxconn signed MOU with Government Of Maharashtra to set up electronic manufacturing plant in Maharashtra with the investment of $5 billion within the 5-year period. Foxconn is a -
a. Chinese company
b. Taiwanese company
c. South Korean company
d. Japanese company
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ANSWER: Taiwanese company
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Foxconn Technology — the world's largest contract manufacturer of smart phones will invest in India in manufacturing, energy and e-commerce sectors under Make in India program.
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32) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Union government has ratified the International Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention, 2003, which will provide for a globally recognized seafarers’ identity document.
2. The biometric data of Indian seafarers will be collected and the identity document will be issued in the form of a globally recognized smart card within the next six months.
3. The Convention is under the International Maritime Organization.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: 1,2
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The Convention is under the International Labour Organization. The Convention has been ratified by 30 other countries.
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33) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. The Public Enterprises Selection Board is constituted by Government of India through a resolution in 1987.
2. The function of PESB is selection and placement of professional managers to Level-I and Level-II posts and posts at any other level, as may be decided by the Government from time to time.
3. The PESB Chairperson can hold the office for a term of three years or until the age of 65 years whichever is earlier and eligible for consideration of reappointment.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: All of the above
Explanation:
Ex-Cabinet secretary Ajit Kumar Seth is appointed as PESB chirman.
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34) Which of the following statements is / are correct?
1. Election Commissioner has a tenure of five years in office or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
2. The President of India based on a recommendation from chief election commissioner appoints the Election Commissioners.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: None of the above
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Election Commissioner has a tenure of six years in office or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The President of India based on a recommendation from the Government of India appoints the Election Commissioners.
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35) Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has headquarters at
a. Kochi
b. Chennai
c. Hyderabad
d. Bangalore
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36) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Government has come up with seven-point action plan, Indradhanush to infuse professionalism and fresh capital in to public sector banks.
2. Under this plan, the government announced the setting up of Bank Board Bureau (BBB) that will give way to holding company to which the Center will transfer it ownership of all these banks.
3. The BBB will be headed by a Chairman and will comprise six other members — three government officials and three experts, two of which will be from the private sector.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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37) Which of the following statements are correct?
1. The government announced a new 100-point framework of Key Performance Indicators for banks to measure the performance of PSU banks.
2. Twenty five points each will be allocated to ‘Efficiency of capital use’ and ‘Growth processes’, while 15 points each will be allocated to ‘NPA management’ and ‘Financial Inclusion’.
3. The remaining 20 points will be for qualitative parameters such as improvement of external credit rating.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: All of the above
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38) Which of the following committee has recommended establishment of Bank Board Bureau (BBB)?
a. Urjit Patel committee
b. P J Nayak committee
c. Gopalkrishnan comitee
d. Bimal Jalan commitee
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ANSWER: P J Nayak committee
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According to the recommendation of P J Nayak committee , Bank Investment Company which will be the parent Holding company is established. Until BIC is born, Government should setup a Bank Boards Bureau (BBB).
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39) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India is organizing the first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo. What is the name of event?
a. RE-Invest 2015
b. RE-Invent 2015
c. RE-Innovation 2015
d. Re-Imagination 2015
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ANSWER: RE-Invest 2015
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This is in line with the government's initiative to create a category of investors ready to put in at least $1 billion in five years into renewables.
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40) R. Gandhi committee is related to -
a. Payment banking
b. Shadow banking
c. Rural Cooperative Banking
d. Urban Cooperative Banking
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ANSWER: Urban Cooperative Banking
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 30 January 2015 constituted a High Powered Committee to re-examine and recommend appropriate set of businesses, size, conversion and licensing terms for the Urban Cooperative Banking (UCB) Sector under the chairmanship of R Gandhi,
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