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Q1551. | Recently,the Supreme had quashed allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks allotted to various companies since 1993 terming it as "fatally flawed" . How many blocks are allowed the Centre to take over operation which are functional ? |
| 1) | 12 |
2) | 24 |
| 3) | 34 |
4) | 42 |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : 42
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| 1) | Nathu-la Pass, Sikkim |
2) | Lipulekh Pass, Uttarakhand |
| 3) | Bara-lacha-la, Himachal Pradesh |
4) | Shipki La, Himachal Pradesh |
| 5) | Karakoram Pass, Jammu and Kashmir (Ladakh) |
Answer : Lipulekh Pass, Uttarakhand
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Q1553. | Chinese President Xi Jinping on 17th September 2014 commenced his three-day state visit to India from Gujarat - the home state of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Before him, who was the last Chinese President to visit India ? |
| 1) | Rong Yiren |
2) | Hu Jintao |
| 3) | Jiang Zemin |
4) |
Zeng Qinghong |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Hu Jintao
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Q1554. | Despite numerous signs of recovery being seen in Indian economy, banking credit growth plunged to its lowest level in last 5 years. What was the banking credit growth rate as on 31 August 2014, which was the lowest in last 5 years ? |
| 1) | 8.75% |
2) | 9.5% |
| 3) | 10.9% |
4) | 11.2% |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : 10.9%
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Q1555. | Which Indian Institute of Management (IIM) of the country on 17 September 2014 launched www.iboughtproperty.com, a crowdsourcing portal, with the objective of promoting transparency in the real estate sector ? |
| 1) | IIM Bangalore |
2) | IIM Ahemadabad |
| 3) | IIM Kozhikode |
4) | IIM Lucknow |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : IIM Bangalore
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Q1556. | Shankar Barua, who allegedly committed on 17th September 2014, was the former Director General of Police (DGP) of which state ? |
| 1) | Manipur |
2) | Assam |
| 3) | West Bengal |
4) | Tripura |
| 5) | Jarkhand |
Answer : Assam
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Q1557. | What was the percentage drop in mortality rates for children under-five years worldwide as stated in the pertaining report released by the United Nations Organisation on 16 September 2014 ? |
| 1) | 24% |
2) | 49% |
| 3) | 51% |
4) | 64% |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : 49%
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Q1558. | Which of the following country recorded the highest number of neonatal deaths in the world during 2012 as revealed in the report released by the United Nations, recently ? |
| 1) | Nigeria |
2) | Bangaladesh |
| 3) | China |
4) | India |
| 5) | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Answer : India
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Q1559. | According to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking's Top 200 list that was released on 16 th September 2014 not a single Indian university found a place in the list. Which international university topped this list, which is considered as the most rigorous of its type ? |
| 1) | Harvard University |
2) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 3) | Yale University |
4) | Oxford University |
| 5) | Cambridge University |
Answer : Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Q1560. | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a major setback in the assembly by-polls held in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat on 11 September 2014 and able to win ---- seats out of total 24 assembly seats in these three states ? |
| 1) | 10 |
2) | 12 |
| 3) | 14 |
4) | 15 |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : 10
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