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Q841. | According to the accounting firm EY (Ernst & Young) , India has been named the most attractive country for investment in a survey of more than 500 global investors. India was 32 % favoured market for investment.Which of the following country became second on 15 % of the vote, followed by Southeast Asia, Brazil and North America ? |
| 1) | Japan |
2) | China |
| 3) | Russia |
4) | Pakistan |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : China
View AnswerQ842. | Jamaican writer Marlon James has been named the winner of the Man Booker Prize for 2015 for his novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings”. Which of the following statement is correct ? |
| 1) | It is the second Booker Prize to be won by a Jamaican and the first for its independent publisher Oneworld Publications. |
2) | Mr. James’s book was chosen from a shortlist of six writers . |
| 3) | James was given £60,000 prize and trophy in London. |
4) | Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s. |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.
Explanation : - It is the first Booker Prize to be won by a Jamaican and the first for its independent publisher Oneworld Publications
- James was given £50,000 prize and trophy in London.
- Mr. James’s book was chosen from a shortlist of seven writers who included the bookies favourite Hanya Yanagihara for A Little Life, and the British writer of Indian origin Sunjeev Sahota for The Year of the Runaways.
Man Booker 2015 shortlist:
- This year's Man Booker shortlist featured two authors from the UK, two from the US and one each from Jamaica and Nigeria.
- The six novels on this year's Man Booker short list
- Marlon James (Jamaica), A Brief History of Seven Killings
- Tom McCarthy (UK), Satin Island
- Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), The Fishermen
- Sunjeev Sahota (UK), The Year of the Runaways
- Anne Tyler (US), A Spool of Blue Thread
- Hanya Yanagihara (US), A Little Life
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Q843. | Recently,Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) has started the bus service via Dhaka being begin from 16th October,2015.The bus service will join which two cities of India through Bangladesh ? |
| 1) | Agartala-Howrah |
2) | Kamalpur-Kolkata |
| 3) | Agartala-Kolkata |
4) | Kumarghat-Asansol |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Agartala-Kolkata
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Q844. | The prestigious missile complex in Hyderabad will rename as "Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex". The Missile Complex is carried-on by DRDO.Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ? A) The landmark event will take place at Research Centre Imarat (RCI) on the occasion of the 84th birth anniversary of Dr Kalam. B) Dr Kalam had joined Missile Complex, DRDO in 1982 and was a part of it for nearly two decades. C)The Missile Complex comprises Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI) which is considered to be the brain child of Dr Kalam. D) As founder Director, Dr Kalam conceived and steered RCI as a generator of critical missile technologies. |
| 1) | Only A,B are correct |
2) | Only A,B and C are correct |
| 3) | Only B,C and D are correct |
4) | Only A,C and D are correct |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : None of these
Explanation : All A,B,C and D are correct.
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Q845. | Which stock exchange become the world's fastest stock exchange clocking a median trade speed of six micro seconds which is the oldest in Asia ? |
| 1) | Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) |
2) | National Stock exchange (NSE) |
| 3) | NASDAQ |
4) | London Stock Exchange |
| 5) | Tokyo Stock Exchange |
Answer : Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE)
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Q846. | The Supreme Court has imposed the ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ in a bid to check high pollution levels in the city for four months on a trial basis where light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering in addition to the toll tax from November 1,2015. What is the name of the city ? |
| 1) | Mumbai |
2) | Delhi |
| 3) | Bengalluru |
4) | Chandigarh |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Delhi
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Q847. | India has signed a contract with Pipistrel for ‘Virus FW80’ for 194 micro-light aircraft to be used by Indian Air Force, the Navy and the National Cadet Corps (NCC) .The Indian version of the aircraft will be known as ‘Garur’ with a deal valued at Rs 105.5 crore.The Pipistrel Virus is a light aircraft manufactured in ---------- . |
| 1) | Slovenia |
2) | Russia |
| 3) | Israel |
4) | USA |
| 5) | France |
Answer : Slovenia
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Q848. | Which state-owned oil marketing company is in the process of setting up infrastructure and working out the logistics to sell subsidized 5 kg LPG cylinders in rural India in an effort to increase usage of clean fuel for cooking ? |
| 1) | Hindustan Petroleum Company Ltd.(HPCL) |
2) | Bharat Petroleum Company Ltd.(BPCL) |
| 3) | Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) |
4) | Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC) |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
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Q849. | The controvercial Mahmud Kasuri's book "Neither a hawk, nor a dove - An insider's account of Pakistan's foreign policy" has been launched at Worli's Nehru Centre where Shiv Sena workers allegedly smeared black ink on Sudheendra Kulkarni’s face ahead of Kasuri book launchWriters step up protest.The Worli's Nehru Centre is located at---------- . |
| 1) | Mumbai |
2) | New Delhi |
| 3) | Nagpur |
4) | Ahmadabad |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : Mumbai
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Q850. | Eminent economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for his work on consumption, poverty and welfare which helped governments to improve policy through tools such as household surveys and tax changes. He belongs to which of following country ? |
| 1) | USA |
2) | British |
| 3) | Germany |
4) | France |
| 5) | None of these |
Answer : British
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