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Q1. Who has been appointed the chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)?
(a) Kamal Srivastava
(b) Jalaj Srivastava
(c) TS Kanak
(d) Ananth Narayanan
(e) Jitendra Singh
Q2. The Western Peripheral Expressway recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also known as__________.
(a) National Waterways I
(b) UP-MP Peripheral expressway
(c) APJ expressway
(d) LNP expressway
(e) KMP expressway
Q3. Name the Online Open Learning training platform recently rolled out by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE).
(a) TASC
(b) Kerala AMC
(c) KOOL
(d) EduKOOL
(e) EduCOOL
Q4. Sunil Mehta has announced that an asset management company (AMC) for resolving large bad loans has been formed. Name the AMC.
(a) Religare India AMC
(b) Bharat Shakti AMC
(c) Shaktishali India AMC
(d) Sashakt India AMC
(e) BNP Paribas AMC
Q5. Recently TS Kanaka passed away after a brief illness. She was a famous _________.
(a) Neurosurgeon
(b) Gynaecologist
(c) Dermatology
(d) Social Activist
(e) Environmentalist
Q6. Name the campaign Karnataka Bank has launched for opening current account and savings accounts (CASA) which will remain in force for a period of three-and-a-half months from November 15 to February 28.
(a) KBL BHIM CASA
(b) KBL ApnaApp
(c) KBL Suraksha
(d) KBL SB – TASC
(e) KBL SB KOOL
Q7. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, was presented the ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement’. He is one of India’s greatest _______ masters.
(a) Shehnai
(b) Sitar
(c) Violin
(d) Banjo
(e) Sarod
Q8. Online fashion retailer Myntra will integrate its sister firm Jabong with itself. Who will be the CEO of the integrated firm?
(a) Ananth Narayanan
(b) Kalyan Krishnamurthy
(c) Ananth Krishnamurthy
(d) Binny Bansal
(e) Sachin Bansal
Q9. Which country has recently unveiled Africa’s first ever high-speed train line?
(a) Namibia
(b) South Africa
(c) Morocco
(d) Egypt
(e) Mauritius
Q10. Qaumi Ekta Week is observed across the country from __________.
(a) October 19th-25th
(b) November 19th-25th
(c) November 17th-23th
(d) December 1st-7th
(e) November 23rd-30th
Solutions
Ans.1.(b)
Exp. Jalaj Srivastava, a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been appointed the chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). The IWAI comes under the Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, currently headed by Nitin Gadkari.
Ans.2.(e)
Exp.The Western Peripheral Expressway also known as KMP expressway is expected to divert more than 50 thousand heavy vehicles away from Delhi. The 136-kilometer long six-lane expressway has been built at a cost of over 6400 crore rupees.
Ans.3.(c)
Exp. The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has rolled out– KOOL, its Online Open Learning training platform. The platform can be used to train teachers, students and the general public. It stands for KITE’s Onine Open Learning.
Ans.4.(d)
Exp. Sunil Mehta, the chairman of a bankers’ panel working on the faster resolution of stressed assets in public sector banks, had announced that an asset management company (AMC) for resolving large bad loans has been formed and will be called as Sashakt India Asset Management Company.
Ans.5.(a)
Sol. Dr. TS Kanaka, the continent’s first woman neurosurgeon, passed away after a brief illness at the age of 86. She was the third woman neurosurgeon in the whole world.
Ans.6.(d)
Exp. It has been introduced as a new SB scheme ‘KBL SB – TASC’ a specialized product for Trusts/Associates/Societies/Clubs. The campaign will remain in force for a period of three-and-a-half months from November 15 to February 28.
Ans.7.(e)
Exp. One of India’s greatest sarod masters, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, was presented the ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement’ at the Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi, for his “immense contribution to the enrichment and promotion of the Indian classical music”.
Ans.8.(a)
Exp. Online fashion retailer Myntra will integrate its sister firm Jabong with itself and the integrated firm will continue to be led by Myntra CEO Ananth Narayanan. The two will, however, continue to operate as separate brands.
Ans.9.(c)
Exp. French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI have inaugurated Morocco’s first high-speed rail line, the first ever such line in Africa. The $2 billion project was launched in September 2011 by the king and Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of France.
Ans.10.(b)
Exp. Qaumi Ekta Week observed across the country from November 19th-25th to foster and reinforce the spirit of communal harmony and national integration.
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