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Q1481. | Terry Walsh, the coach of which national hockey team, resigned on 19 October 2014 ?
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| 1) | Pakistan |
2) | Germany |
| 3) | India |
4) | Australia |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : India
View AnswerQ1482. | Arvind Subramanian was appointed as the next Chief Economic Adviser to Govt. of India on 16 October 2014 . He has succeded by whom ?
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| 1) | C.Rangarajan |
2) | Bimal Jalan |
| 3) | D.Suba Rao |
4) | Raghuram Rajan |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Raghuram Rajan
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Q1483. | 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 ?
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| 1) | China |
2) | USA |
| 3) | South Africa |
4) | Israel |
| 5) | Japan |
Answer : South Africa
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Q1484. | Arvind Subramanian was appointed as the next Chief Economic Adviser to Govt. of India on 16 October 2014 . He has succeded by whom ?
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| 1) | C.Rangarajan |
2) | Bimal Jalan |
| 3) | D.Suba Rao |
4) | Raghuram Rajan |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Raghuram Rajan
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Q1485. | 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 |
Answer : Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF)
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Q1486. | 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 ?
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| 1) | Mr.SB Nayar |
2) | Vijay Kelkar |
| 3) | T K Vishwanathan |
4) | Shiv Prasad Mishra |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : T K Vishwanathan
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Q1487. | 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 |
Answer : Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence
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Q1488. | 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 |
Answer : 1, 2 & 3
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Q1489. | India become the first cruelty-free cosmetics zone in South Asia by following a national ban on animal testing for cosmetics by banning the import of animal-tested cosmetics as well a notification ordered by the central government. The notification will come into effect on - |
| 1) | 1 November ,2014 |
2) | 13 November, 2014 |
| 3) | 13 January ,2015 |
4) | 1 April, 2015 |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : 13 November, 2014
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Q1490. | Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently approved 4754.42 crore rupees Comprehensive Scheme for Strengthening of Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Systems (CSST&DS) in which two north-eastern states of India ? |
| 1) | Assam and Nagaland |
2) | Meghalaya and Manipur |
| 3) | Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim |
4) | Mizoram and Tripura |
| 5) | Nagaland and Tripura |
Answer : Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
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