1. Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been announced as the Leader of
a) Haiti Rebels
b) Bokohoram
c) ISIS
d) Taliban
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Answer d) Taliban. The Taliban appointed Mullah Akhtar Mansour as the new leader of the militant movement, a day after the insurgents confirmed the death of Mullah Omar. He was previously Minister of Civil Aviation in Taliban-led Afghanistan.
2. Name the famous cab service provider that has made entry into on-demand grocery delivery service?
a) Fasttrack
b) SpeedTrack
c) Ola
d) Taxi Taxi
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Answer c) Ola. App based Cab service provider Ola has made entry into on-demand grocery delivery service by launching a new app named ‘Ola Store’. App promises to deliver all groceries from the local vendors within 60 minutes at the door step of the customers.
3. Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited (BHEL) has signed three strategic agreements with companies of
a) Tajikistan
b) Kyrgystan
c) Uzbekistan
d) Kazakhstan
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Answer d) Kazakhstan. BHEL has signed three strategic agreements with Kazakhstan companies in order to deepen its roots in Central Asia. The Companies are KUS, JSC Samruk Energy, and Kaznex Invest.
4. Which Bank has been named as Asia Fab 50’s “brightest star” in Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 List?
a) Standard Chattered
b) SBI
c) HDFC
d) ICICI
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Answer c) HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank was named as Asia Fab 50’s “brightest star” as it has made to the list nine times that is more than any other company in the list.
5. Nikkei Japanese media group is going to buy the _________ from Britain’s Pearson in a $1.3 billion.
a) Reuters
b) The Street
c) Financial Times
d) The WLJ
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Answer c) Financial Times. Financial Times acquisition is a triumph for Nikkei as this is the biggest acquisition ever by any Japanese media organisation.
6. DIIP stands for Department of Industrial Policy and
a) Presentation
b) Provocation
c) Promotion
d) Promulgation
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Answer c) Promotion. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has given nod to Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for their conceptual development plan (CDP) report on Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) and Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) respectively
7. Cyclone Komen has made a landfall in which of the following Asian Country?
a) Bhutan
b) Nepal
c) Myanmar
d) Bangladesh
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Answer d) Bangladesh. Cyclone Komen made landfall in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The cyclone has caused heavy rains that inundated vast areas of the coastal towns of Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
8. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon issue 10 rupee denomination coins to commemorate
a) National Technology Day
b) International Tourist Day
c) World Cancer Day
d) International Yoga Day
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Answer d) International Yoga Day. The Coin will bear ‘YOGA FOR HARMONY AND PEACE’ around the logo and design and the date ‘21 JUNE’ will be at the bottom of the logo.
9. Which State/UT has recently notified Witness Protection Scheme 2015?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Delhi
d) Chandigarh
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Answer c) Delhi. It is a policy regarding protection of witnesses with provisions for a protection fund.
10. The International Day of Friendship is observed on
a) July 30
b) July 31
c) August 1
d) August 2
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Answer a) July 30. The International Friendship Day is celebrated every year on July 30. It is a day for celebrating friendship and takes place annually. On 27 April 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 30 July as official International Friendship Day. However, some countries celebrate the day on the first Sunday of August (including India).
