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Q1331.

Which state became the first in India to make voting compulsory in local bodies after the Governor of the state sanctioned the bill associated with the issue?

1)	Gujurat	2)	Maharashtra
3)	Odisha	4)	Rajasthan
5)	None of these

Q1332.

Recently,the Union Government unveiled the draft Civil Aviation Policy and proposed to corporatised and listed the PSUs on stock exchanges as listed in this draft . Which two PSU stakeholders in aviation sector are proposed to be corporatised and listed ?

1)	Airline Allied Services and Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL)	2)	Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL)
3)	Air India and Indian Airlines	4)	Hindustan Aeronautics and Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL)
5)	None of these

Q1333.

Terry Walsh, the coach of which national hockey team, resigned on 19 October 2014 ?

1)	Pakistan	2)	Germany
3)	India	4)	Australia
5)	None of these

Q1334.

Arvind Subramanian was appointed as the next Chief Economic Adviser to Govt. of India on 16 October 2014 . He has succeded by whom ?

1)	C.Rangarajan	2)	Bimal Jalan
3)	D.Suba Rao	4)	Raghuram Rajan
5)	None of these

Q1335.

Aditya Birla Financial Services Group recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MMI Holdings Ltd an overseas entity to enter the health insurance market of India . The MMI Holdings Ltd belongs to which country ?

1)	China	2)	USA
3)	South Africa	4)	Israel
5)	Japan

Q1336.

Arvind Subramanian was appointed as the next Chief Economic Adviser to Govt. of India on 16 October 2014 . He has succeded by whom ?

1)	C.Rangarajan	2)	Bimal Jalan
3)	D.Suba Rao	4)	Raghuram Rajan
5)	None of these

Q1337.

What is the name of the new global service launched by the World Bank on 9 October 2014 which aims at mobilising the private sector to help tackle the massive infrastructure deficit facing developing countries ?

1)	International Infrastructure Facility (IIF)	2)	Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF)
3)	Global Service Facility (GSF)	4)	International Service Facility (ISF)
5)	None of these

Q1338.

Recently, the government has set up a committee to frame bankruptcy law to enable entrepreneurs to close down unviable businesses. Who is the Chairman of the Committee ?

1)	Mr.SB Nayar	2)	Vijay Kelkar
3)	T K Vishwanathan	4)	Shiv Prasad Mishra
5)	None of these

Q1339.

What was the theme of the International Day of the Girl Child which was celebrated  on October 11, 2014 ?

1)	Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence	2)	Issues of Women Safety
3)	Fighting against women's rights	4)	Maternal and Child Mortality
5)	Fight against sex determination

Q1340.

With reference to the Maithreyi International Visiting Professorship scheme launched recently by the Union Ministry for Science and Technology, which among the following is / are correct statements ?  1. India will invite 12 leading international scholars from across the world to come to India as Visiting Professors. 2. The visiting professors will deliver three talks, one each in a school, a college and a research institution. 3. The video version of the talks will be recorded in Hindi ; English and possibly in several other Indian languages.

1)	Only 1 & 2	2)	Only 2 & 3
3)	Only 1 & 3	4)	1, 2 & 3
5)	None of these