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Q1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India signed a $60 Million Loan Agreement in New Delhi to continue financing riverbank protection works, renovation of flood embankments in critically flood-prone areas in _______________.
(a) Bihar
(b) Assam
(c) Kerala
(d) Puducherry
(e) Tamil Nadu
Q2. National energy conservation day is celebrated every year across India on _______________.
(a) 16th December
(b) 12th December
(c) 14th December
(d) 10th December
(e) 24th December
Q3. Name the International body that has announced that global debt has reached an all-time high of 184 trillion US dollars with the United States, China and Japan accounting for more than half of it.
(a) IMF
(b) World Bank
(c) Asian Development Bank
(d) WHO
(e) EXIM Bank
Q4. The government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by _____________ to vet the recommendations of a high-level panel on stressed power projects.
(a) Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
(b) Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari
(c) Power Minister R K Singh
(d) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
(e) Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu
Q5. Yes Bank Ltd has named one of its Independent Directors ____________ as the bank’s part-time non-executive independent chairman.
(a) Mukesh Sabharwal
(b) Brahm Dutt
(c) Rana Kapoor
(d) Subhash Kalia
(e) Ajai Kumar
Q6. In which of the following country, the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP) for installation in remote areas, has been started?
(a) Russia
(b) India
(c) The USA
(d) North Korea
(e) China
Q7. As per the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) report, FDI inflows to South and South-West Asia decreased by __________ in 2017.
(a) 16%
(b) 9%
(c) 6%
(d) 8%
(e) 6%
Q8. Eight parliamentarians were honoured recently by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu for their contribution in strengthening parliamentary democracy. The Best debut woman parliamentarian (Lok Sabha) award was given to ___________.
(a) Rama Devi
(b) Hema Malini
(c) Kanimozhi
(d) Chhaya Verma
(e) Sushma Swaraj
Q9. The 39th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit was held recently in which of the following Gulf cities?
(a) Doha
(b) Abu Dhabi
(c) Dubai
(d) Riyadh
(e) Suva
Q10. Name the Producer-director who has been appointed as the new president of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
(a) Bipul Shah
(b) Gajendra Singh
(c) Brijendra Pal Singh
(d) Anupam Kher
(e) Pramod Sahu
Solutions
Ans.1.(b)
Exp. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $60 Million Loan Agreement in New Delhi to continue financing riverbank protection works, renovation of flood embankments, and community-based flood risk management activities in critically flood-prone areas along the Brahmaputra River in Assam.
Ans.2.(c)
Exp. National energy conservation day is celebrated every year by the people all over India on 14th of December. The Energy Conservation Act in India was executed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in the year 2001.
Ans.3.(a)
Exp. The International Monetary Fund has announced that that global debt has reached an all-time high of 184 trillion US dollars with the United States, China and Japan accounting for more than half of it. According to the IMF report, the amount in nominal terms, is the equivalent of 225% of the world GDP in 2017.
Ans.4.(d)
Exp. The government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to vet the recommendations of a high-level panel on stressed power projects. The other members of the GOM are Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal and Power Minister R K Singh.
Ans.5.(b)
Exp. Yes Bank Ltd has named one of its independent directors Brahm Dutt as the bank’s part-time non-executive independent chairman after former Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla resigned from the position.
Ans.6.(a)
Exp. Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP) for installation in remote areas, has been started and brought to 10% of its capacity, Russian state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom announced.
Ans.7.(c)
Exp. As per the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) report, FDI inflows to South and South-West Asia decreased by 6% in 2017 due to a drop in foreign funding flow to countries like India and Turkey.
Ans.8.(b)
Exp.Eight parliamentarians were honoured by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu for their contribution in strengthening parliamentary democracy. The Best debut woman parliamentarian (Lok Sabha) award was given to Hema Malini.
Ans.9.(d)
Exp. The 39th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit was inaugurated by the King Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. It was announced at the conclusion of the summit that the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit will be held in the United Arab Emirates.
Ans.10.(c)
Exp. Producer-director Brijendra Pal Singh was appointed as the new president of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and chairman of the institute’s governing council by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
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