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Q671. | The World Bank has approved about how many crore rupees loan for the ambitious Swachh Bharat scheme in rural areas which aims at access to improved sanitation including eradication of open defecation by 2019 ? |
| 1) | Rs 10,000 crore ($1.5-billion) |
2) | Rs 20,000 crore ($3-billion) |
| 3) | Rs 50,000 crore ($7.5-billion) |
4) | Rs 60,000 crore ($9-billion) |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Rs 10,000 crore ($1.5-billion)
View AnswerQ672. | India is set to build a sea-bridge and tunnel connecting Sri-Lanka to promote connectivity in the South Asian region.The India-Sri Lanka connectivity project cost is pegged at about Rs 24,000 crore would be fiance by which financial institution ? |
| 1) | World Bank(IBRD) |
2) | Asian Development Bank(ADB) |
| 3) | International Monetary Fund(IMF) |
4) | Asia Infrastructure Development Bank (AIDB) |
| 5) | New Development Bank (NDB) |
Answer : Asian Development Bank(ADB)
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Q673. | The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has set up its first ever Centre of Excellence in Dharamsala. The aim is to help the development of budding players and coaches from the subcontinent with a few Associate nations. Dharamsala is located in which state ? |
| 1) | Jammu & Kashmir |
2) | Himachal Pradesh |
| 3) | Uttaranchal |
4) | Assam |
| 5) | Rajasthan |
Answer : Himachal Pradesh
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Q674. | Which country's highest court has sentenced a Canadian Christian pastor, the 60 years Hyeon Soo Lim to a life term of hard labour for "crimes against the state" ? |
| 1) | South Korea |
2) | China |
| 3) | North Korea |
4) | Saudi Arab |
| 5) | Syria |
Answer : North Korea
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Q675. | Recently, SoftBank won its first solar power project in India with an investment of $20 billion of the 350 megawatt (Mw) project, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (NSM), through its joint venture (JV) company SBG Cleantech ? The firm SoftBank belongs to which country ? |
| 1) | India |
2) | Japan |
| 3) | China |
4) | UK |
| 5) | Singapore |
Answer : Japan
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Q676. | What was the estimated fund that has flooded the National Pension System (NPS) this financial year which was driven largely by the additional tax benefit announced in Budget 2015-16 ? |
| 1) | Rs 500 crore |
2) | Rs 1000 crore |
| 3) | Rs 5000 crore |
4) | Rs 50000 crore |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Rs 500 crore
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Q677. | The ambitious US$ 7.6 billion 1800-kilometre-long TAPI pipeline project will provide energy-hungry India gas to run its power plants which would get operationalized by December 2019. What does TAPI stands for ? |
| 1) | Tajikistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline |
2) | Tajikistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–Iran Pipeline |
| 3) | Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline |
4) | Turkey–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline
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Q678. | According to the UNDP, the Gender Inequality Index (GII) reflects gender-based inequalities in three dimensions - reproductive health, empowerment, and economic activity , India ranks ------- out of 155 countries with a value of 0.563. |
| 1) | 124th |
2) | 128th |
| 3) | 130th |
4) | 142nd |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : 130th
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Q679. | Pravin Gordhan, a widely respected Indian-origin politician, has been appointed new finance minister by President Jacob Zuma. Jacob Zuma is presently president of which of the following country ? |
| 1) | Zimbabwe |
2) | South Africa |
| 3) | Kenya |
4) | Mauritius |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : South Africa
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Q680. | The government has appointed former Chief Justice of Patna High Court to head the one-man judicial committee which will look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. Who has been appointed chairman of the one-man committee ? |
| 1) | Justice Dipak Mishra |
2) | Justice R.M. Lodha |
| 3) | Justice L.Narasimha Reddy |
4) | Justice Rajesh Balia |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Justice L.Narasimha Reddy
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