Ques. : 1 The health ministers of the South-East Asian countries adopted the ‘New Delhi Declaration on High Blood Pressure’ at the 31st meeting of WHO-SEAR in New Delhi recently. WHO-SEAR comprises ______member countries. 1) 09 2) 10 3) 11 4) 13 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 2 In the biggest vehicle recall since the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) introduced a voluntary recall policy, which of the following automakers has announced to recall 166,021 units of its hatchback and sedan? 1) General Motors 2) Tata Motors 3) Ford India 4) Renault 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 3 The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) allowed foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to invest directly in the debt market in India recently. What is the investment limit for FIIs to invest in govt debt? 1) USD 10 bn 2) USD 20 bn 3) USD 30 bn 4) USD 50 bn 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 4 The Central govt called a meeting of the National Integration Council (NIC) to discuss how to combat communalism and casteism in the country in the present scenario. Who among the following are the members of the Council? 1) Chief Ministers of all States and Union Territories 2) Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha 3) Union Ministers 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 3) Ans.) 4 Ques. : 5 The Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurated the train service to Northern Province of the country which was destroyed 23 years ago. This project was executed with full grant assistance from which of the following countries? 1) US 2) Japan 3) China 4) India 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 6 Examine the following with respect to insurance repositories launched by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) recently and identify the correct statement(s): 1) The insurance repository system is the first of its kind in the world. 2) The insurers will be allowed to enter into agreements with one or more repositories. 3) The objective of creating an insurance repository is to provide policyholders a facility to keep insurance policies in electronic form. 4) All the above 5) None of the above Ans.) 4 Ques. : 7 The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh handed over keys of more than 8 thousand houses built for slum dwellers at Dhanas village of Union Territory of Chandigarh recently. Fitted with all modern amenities, these housed have been built under 1) JNNURM 2) Bharat Nirman 3) Rajiv Awas Yojana 4) Indira Awaas Yojana 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 8 After being found guilty of spot-fixing during IPL 6, the tainted cricketers have been punished by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Which of the following is correctly matched in this regard? 1) S Sreesanth – Life ban 2) Ankeet Chavan – Life ban 3) Harmeet Singh – Let off for lack of strong evidence against him 4) Siddharth Trivedi – One-year suspension 5) All the above Ans.) 5 Ques. : 9 As announced by the Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the seventh AIIMS-like institute will come up at which of the following places? 1) Rae Bareilly 2) Indore 3) Cuttack 4) Raipur 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 10 Who among the following has authored the recently published book titled ‘Fractured Times’ ? 1) Robert Galbraith 2) Eric Hobsbawm 3) Mark Leibovich 4) Reza Aslan 5) None of these Ans.) 2
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