1. The CCEA has given their nod for the creation of an Intra-state Transmission System (ISTS) in how many states across the country?
a) Five
b) Six
c) Seven
d) Eight
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Answer c) Seven. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given their nod for the creation of an Intra-state Transmission System (ISTS) in 7 states across the country. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh.
2. Who heads The Department of Telecom (DoT) panel on Net Neutrality, which recently laid down 24 recommendations?
a) Sunil Gupta
b) AK Bharghava
c) Prasanna Venkatesh
d) Muthu Kumar
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Answer b) AK Bharghawa.
3. Aubrey Morris, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Musician
b) Dancer
c) Actor
d) Journalist
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Answer c) Actor. Actor Aubrey Morris, best known for his role as Mr. Deltoid in Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange,” has died. He was 89.
4. Which country has started assembling the world’s largest sea plane?
a) Germany
b) USA
c) China
d) Italy
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Answer c) China. China has started assembling the world’s largest sea plane which it plans to deploy in the disputed South China Sea. China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co is developing the aircraft, which has received 17 domestic orders for what will be the world’s largest sea plane.
5. Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of Delhi Assembly?
a) Prasanna Kumar Suryadevara
b) Anoop Mishra
c) Nandan Kapur
d) Pragna Reddy
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Answer a) Prasanna Kumar Suryadevara. Prasanna Kumar Suryadevara has been appointed as the new secretary of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He served as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Somnath Chatterjee when he was Lok Sabha Speaker.
6. Who has given the additional charge as new director of Film and Television Institute of India?
a) Mukesh Kanitkar
b) Rajesh Yadav
c) Prashant Pathrabe
d) Sujith Khanna
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Answer c) Prashant Pathrabe. The Ministry of Information And Broadcasting has given additional charge to former director of the National Film Archives of India, Prashant Pathrabe as new director of Film and Television Institute of India.
7. Government of India has raised the Daily Minimum Wage to ______ Per Day.
a) Rs 150
b) Rs 155
c) Rs 160
d) Rs 175
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Answer c) Rs 160. The GOI has raised the daily minimum wage from Rs. 137 to Rs. 160. This goes into effect from July 2015 and is the first time in 2 years that the minimum wage has been altered.
8. Who won the World Junior Golf Championship?
a) Pankaj Advani
b) Shubham Jaglan
c) Nirban Lahiri
d) Naresh Khanna
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Answer b) Shubham Jaglan. India’s Shubham Jaglan defeated Australia’s Jeffrey Yu Guan by one stroke to win the World Junior Golf Championship, held in San Diego, California.
9. RBI said the banks can treat a credit card as non preforming asset if the ‘minimum amount due’ has not been paid within ______ days from the due date.
a) 45
b) 60
c) 75
d) 90
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Answer d) 90 days. The Reserve Bank has asked banks to levy any late payment penalty on credit card customers, or report them to credit information companies, only if the payment has been due for more than three days. For banks, RBI said they can treat a credit card as non preforming asset if the ‘minimum amount due’ has not been paid within 90 days from the due date.
10. Amelie Mauresmo is associated with which of the following games?
a) Hand Ball
b) Badminton
c) Squash
d) Tennis
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Answer d) Tennis. France’s Amelie Mauresmo, a two-time Grand Slam winner and former world number one, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
