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QUESTION OF THE DAY 07/05/2017
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Ques. : 1 Entire area of which of the following states was recently declared as “disturbed area” for six more months under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)?
1) Nagaland
2) Manipur
3) Assam 
4) Tripura
5) Sikkim 
Answer:- 1) Nagaland

Ques. : 2 The RBI has increased the limit for foreign portfolio investors (FPI) in govt bonds and now foreign investors can invest ________ in case of state development loans.
1) Rs 271 cr
2) Rs 251 cr
3) Rs 331 cr
4) Rs 311 cr
5) Rs 421 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 331 cr

Ques. : 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited which of the following countries recently becoming the first Indian PM to visit the country in 70 years?
1) Netherlands
2) Colombia
3) Chile
4) Mexico
5) Israel
Answer:- 5) Israel

Ques. : 4 The host of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup is
1) New Zealand
2) England
3) Australia
4) South Africa
5) Bangladesh
Answer:- 2) England

Ques. : 5 The Finance Act 2017 banned cash transaction of Rs 2 lakh or above with effect 1 Apr 2017. Which of the following are exempt from this limit?
1) Issuers of prepaid instruments
2) Business correspondents appointed by banks
3) Credit card bill payments
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 6 Under the GST regime, what per cent tax is being levied on watches?
1) 05 per cent
2) 12 per cent
3) 15 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
Answer:- 5) 28 per cent

Ques. : 7 The RBI announced OMO for sale of govt bonds up to Rs 10,000 cr recently. Here, the term OMO stands for
1) Overseas Market Operation
2) Optional Market Operation
3) Open Market Operation
4) Open Market Organisation
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Open Market Operation

Ques. : 8 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has found India ‘compliant or largely compliant’ with regard to Basel III reforms. Which of the following countries has/have been found to be ‘materially non-compliant’ on at least one parameter?
1) France
2) Spain
3) Netherlands
4) Italy
5) All the above
Answer:- 5) All the above

Ques. : 9 The President Pranab Mukherjee recently gave his assent to the bill passed by the Assembly of which state to legalise traditional buffalo race 'Kambala'?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka
5) Odisha
Answer:- 4) Karnataka

Ques. : 10 Who among the following has been appointed as the next chief election commissioner (CEC)?
1) Om Prakash Rawat
2) Achal Kumar Joti
3) Vinod Rai
4) David R Syiemlieh
5) KV Chowdary
Answer:- 2) Achal Kumar Joti

QUESTION OF THE DAY 07/06/2017
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Ques. : 1 The task force constituted by PM Narendra Modi to improve India’s data on jobs is headed by
1) Arvind Subramanian
2) Bibek Debroy
3) Amitabh Kant 
4) Jagdish Bhagwati
5) Arvind Panagariya 
Answer:- 5) Arvind Panagariya

Ques. : 2 __________ is the first company to face bankruptcy proceedings under the new bankruptcy law.
1) DLF
2) Unitech
3) Jyoti Structures
4) Raheja Developers
5) Century
Answer:- 3) Jyoti Structures

Ques. : 3 The 22nd Asian Athletics Championships was inaugurated recently in
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Chandigarh
3) Amritsar
4) Bhopal
5) Lucknow
Answer:- 1) Bhubaneswar

Ques. : 4 Pankaj Advani-led Indian team beat which of the following teams to clinch the Asian Team Snooker Championship in Bishskek, Kyrgyszstan recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Japan
3) China
4) Pakistan
5) Sri Lanka
Answer:- 4) Pakistan

Ques. : 5 The European Parliament recently approved the first-ever cooperation deal between the EU and which country, despite lingering concerns about human rights violations in that country?
1) Chile
2) Cuba
3) Greece
4) Mexico
5) Venezuela
Answer:- 2) Cuba

Ques. : 6 India and ASEAN are actively engaged in negotiations for a RCEP agreement which is likely to be concluded by the year end. The term RCEP means
1) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
2) Regional Comprehensive External Partnership
3) Regional Comprehensive Empowered Partnership
4) Regional Comprehensive Extended Partnership
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Ques. : 7 The Union Home Ministry has given security clearance to the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). The first CEO of the GSTN is
1) Rajesh Gopinathan
2) C Vijayakumar
3) Prakash Kumar
4) CP Gurnani
5) Abidali Neemuchwala
Answer:- 3) Prakash Kumar

Ques. : 8 Reuven Rivlin is the present President of which of the following countries? PM Narendra Modi visited the country recently.
1) Netherlands
2) Spain
3) Portugal
4) Germany
5) Israel
Answer:- 5) Israel

Ques. : 9 Which state govt has launched the ‘Elevate 100’ scheme to identify and nurture innovative start-ups in the state?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Maharashtra
5) Odisha
Answer:- 2) Karnataka

Ques. : 10 The joint military training exercise, 'Exercise Maitree 2017,' between India and which country was held in Himachal Pradesh recently?
1) Philippines
2) Vietnam
3) Cambodia
4) Thailand
5) South Korea
Answer:- 4) Thailand

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY 07/07/2017
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Ques. : 1 Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). He was the Director General of Police of
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Delhi
3) Himachal Pradesh 
4) Uttarakhand
5) Haryana 
Answer:- 3) Himachal Pradesh

Ques. : 2 India recently signed seven MoUs in the fields of water conservation, space, innovation and agriculture with which of the following countries recently?
1) Israel
2) Portugal
3) Germany
4) France
5) Spain
Answer:- 1) Israel

Ques. : 3 PM Narendra Modi recently visited the Haifa Indian Cemetery in which country and paid homage to Indian soldiers who laid down their lives during the World War I in 1918?
1) Chile
2) Mexico
3) Portugal
4) Israel
5) Netherlands
Answer:- 4) Israel

Ques. : 4 The Centre, in consultation with the RBI, has decided to issue Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18 - Series II. The Bonds will be restricted for sale to resident Indian entities including
1) Charitable Institutions
2) Universities
3) Trusts
4) HUFs
5) All of these
Answer:- 5) All of these

Ques. : 5 As it has been notified to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), India has become free from Avian Influenza
1) H5N8
2) H5N1
3) H1N1
4) All of these
5) Only 1) and 2)
Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 2)

Ques. : 6 As clarified by the govt, the traders supplying goods within a state with turnover of _________ will be exempt from the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
1) Rs 20 lakh
2) Rs 25 lakh
3) Rs 35 lakh
4) Rs 50 lakh
5) Rs 75 lakh
Answer:- 1) Rs 20 lakh

Ques. : 7 Taking a cue from the petroleum ministry, _________ is set to launch a ‘Give-It-Up’ campaign.
1) Air India
2) Indian Railways
3) HRD Ministry
4) Agriculture Ministry
5) Health Ministry
Answer:- 2) Indian Railways

Ques. : 8 The Chennai-based Shriram Capital and which of the following banks are set to begin negotiations for an all-stock merger that could create a Rs 60,000-cr financial powerhouse?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) IDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Federal Bank
Answer:- 3) IDFC Bank

Ques. : 9 PM Narendra Modi recently visited Hamburg (German) to attend the G20 Summit. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of G20 grouping?
1) South Africa
2) Mexico
3) Indonesia
4) Argentina
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 10 The net direct tax collection grew by 14.8 per cent to what amount at the end of first quarter (Apr-Jun) on account of surge in advance tax payments?
1) Rs 1.22 lakh cr
2) Rs 1.42 lakh cr
3) Rs 1.32 lakh cr
4) Rs 1.52 lakh cr
5) Rs 1.12 lakh cr
Answer:- 2) Rs 1.42 lakh cr

QUESTION OF THE DAY 07/08/2017
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Ques. : 1 Vietnam recently renewed oil deal with India in the tense South China Sea. The currency of Vietnam is
1) Dong
2) Manat
3) Dram 
4) Kwanza
5) Lek 
Answer:- 1) Dong

Ques. : 2 India recently won the five-match ODI series against West Indies by a 3-1 margin. Who among the following was declared Player of the Series?
1) Umesh Yadav
2) Mohammed Shami
3) Virat Kohli
4) Dinesh Karthik
5) Ajinkya Rahane
Answer:- 5) Ajinkya Rahane

Ques. : 3 The RBI has said that customers will not suffer any loss if unauthorised electronic banking transactions are reported to the bank within
1) 24 hours
2) two days
3) three days
4) four days
5) five days
Answer:- 3) three days

Ques. : 4 The RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has said that a transparent and comprehensive PCR is the need of the hour in India. Here, the term PCR means
1) Public Credit Report
2) Public Credit Registry
3) Public Credit Reference
4) Public Credit Rationing
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Public Credit Registry

Ques. : 5 The UN-backed talks to end the conflict in Cyprus collapsed recently without a deal. The capital city of Cyprus is
1) Bangui
2) Sarajevo
3) Belmopan
4) Nicosia
5) Minsk
Answer:- 4) Nicosia

Ques. : 6 What is India’s ranking out of 165 nations on the second Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) released by the UN agency International Telecommunication Union (ITU)?
1) 21st
2) 23rd
3) 39th
4) 52nd
5) 76th
Answer:- 2) 23rd

Ques. : 7 The EPFO has signed pacts with four private and one public sector bank for collection of PF dues and making payments. Which of the following is NOT among the five banks?
1) Kotak Mahindra Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) State Bank of India
5) HDFC Bank
Answer:- 4) State Bank of India

Ques. : 8 The Malabar 2017, a joint military exercise, was conducted between which of the following countries recently?
1) India, Japan and the US
2) India, Japan and Australia
3) India, Australia and the US
4) India, South Korea and Japan
5) India, South Korea and the US
Answer:- 1) India, Japan and the US

Ques. : 9 India will invite the heads of state of all 10 Asean nations for the Republic Day parade and celebrations in 2018. Which of the following is NOT a member of Asean?
1) Singapore
2) Philippines
3) Japan
4) Cambodia
5) Brunei
Answer:- 3) Japan

Ques. : 10 Tokio Marine recently raised its stake in its Indian general insurance joint venture with which firm to 49 per cent, the maximum foreign stake allowed under Indian law?
1) Bajaj Allianz
2) Reliance
3) Tata AIG
4) Apollo
5) IFFCO
Answer:- 5) IFFCO

QUESTION OF THE DAY 07/10/2017
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Ques. : 1 From _________, the price of a packaged good would no longer depend on where you bought it (local kirana store, a mall, etc.) as the Consumer Affairs Ministry has amended the related rules.
1) Sep 01, 2017
2) Dec 01, 2017
3) Jan 01, 2018 
4) Mar 31, 2018
5) None of these 
Answer:- 3) Jan 01, 2018

Ques. : 2 The Indian govt is setting ambitious targets that include ______ of wind and solar power by 2022, the World Bank said in a news report published recently.
1) 100 gigawatts
2) 120 gigawatts
3) 140 gigawatts
4) 150 gigawatts
5) 160 gigawatts
Answer:- 5) 160 gigawatts

Ques. : 3 ______ topped the medal tally (with 29 medals) for first time in Asian Athletics Championships history which concluded recently in Bhubaneshwar.
1) India
2) Kazakhstan
3) China
4) Japan
5) Bangladesh
Answer:- 1) India

Ques. : 4 Which city was recently declared as a World Heritage City at the 41st session of UNESCO's world heritage committee held at Krakow in Poland?
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Bhopal
3) Jaipur
4) Ahmedabad
5) Agra
Answer:- 4) Ahmedabad

Ques. : 5 Nagaland plunged into a political crisis recently with former CM TR Zeliang staking claim to form a new govt. The present governor of Nagaland is
1) Najma Heptulla
2) Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya
3) Nirbhay Sharma
4) V Shanmuganathan
5) Banwarilal Purohit
Answer:- 2) Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya

Ques. : 6 The Housing finance regulator NHB is examining the issue of extending the NPA classification period from the current 90-day window. The NHB is headquartered at
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Bengaluru
5) Hyderabad
Answer:- 2) New Delhi

Ques. : 7 The World Population Day is observed every year on
1) 01 Jul
2) 05 Jul
3) 09 Jul
4) 11 Jul
5) 21 Jul
Answer:- 4) 11 Jul

Ques. : 8 Which state govt has announced that around 36 lakh farmers in the state, covered under the recently announced farm loan waiver scheme, will have their entire debt waived?
1) Maharashtra
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Punjab
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 1) Maharashtra

Ques. : 9 The market regulator SEBI has virtually shut the doors on P-Note investments in India. In the term P-Notes, the letter P stands for
1) Promissory
2) Priority
3) Participatory
4) Principal
5) Prescribed
Answer:- 3) Participatory

Ques. : 10 The govt is planning to dilute its 51.11 per cent stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) in favour of
1) RIL
2) BP
3) Rosneft
4) Indian Oil
5) ONGC 

QUESTION OF THE DAY 07/11/2017
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Ques. : 1 Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who is suffering from terminal cancer, is a prominent dissident from
1) North Korea
2) China
3) Malaysia 
4) Thailand
5) Russia 
Answer:- 2) China

Ques. : 2 Which of the following automakers rolled out “Model 3,” an all-electric car recently?
1) General Motors
2) Renault
3) SAIC
4) Tesla
5) Ford
Answer:- 4) Tesla

Ques. : 3 The SBI’s executive committee has given the final approval to divest 80 mn shares in SBI Life through an initial public offering. SBI Life is a joint venture between SBI and
1) BNP Paribas
2) MetLife
3) Japan Holdings
4) AXA Group
5) Allianz Group
Answer:- 1) BNP Paribas

Ques. : 4 Kewal Handa was appointed as the new Chairman and part-time non-official Director of which of the following banks recently?
1) Bank of India
2) Indian Bank
3) Union Bank of India
4) Syndicate Bank
5) Canara Bank
Answer:- 3) Union Bank of India

Ques. : 5 Which telecom firm recently launched Rs 2,000-cr ‘Project Next’ programme aimed at transforming customer experience across all its services and touch points?
1) Idea Cellular
2) Reliance Jio
3) Vodafone
4) BSNL
5) Bharti Airtel
Answer:- 5) Bharti Airtel

Ques. : 6 India (world's third-largest oil importer) will import crude oil from which country for the first time as Indian Oil has bought a cargo from this country which will be delivered in Oct?
1) US
2) China
3) Japan
4) Malaysia
5) Canada
Answer:- 1) US

Ques. : 7 Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has said a bill will be pushed for passage in the monsoon session of Parliament which seeks to double the tax-free gratuity ceiling to
1) Rs 08 lakh
2) Rs 10 lakh
3) Rs 16 lakh
4) Rs 20 lakh
5) Rs 24 lakh
Answer:- 4) Rs 20 lakh

Ques. : 8 The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has relaxed the norms on bonds under GST to help exports. The present Chairman of CBEC is
1) Yogesh Aggarwal
2) Yaduvendra Mathur
3) Vanaja N Sarna
4) Sushil Chandra
5) Najib Shah
Answer:- 3) Vanaja N Sarna

Ques. : 9 The Malabar Naval exercise is a regular exercise between India and the US. This year, which nation is participating in the exercise with its biggest warship Izumo?
1) South Korea
2) Australia
3) New Zealand
4) Canada
5) Japan
Answer:- 5) Japan

Ques. : 10 Who won the 2017 Austrian Grand Prix F1 championship recently?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Valtteri Bottas
3) Daniel Ricciardo
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) Nico Rosberg
Answer:- 2) Valtteri Bottas

QUESTION OF THE DAY 07/12/2017

Ques. : 1 The govt has increased import duty on sugar to _______ to restrict cheap inward shipments and maintain domestic prices.
1) 10 per cent
2) 20 per cent
3) 30 per cent 
4) 40 per cent
5) 50 per cent 
Answer:- 5) 50 per cent

Ques. : 2 Who among the following is NOT a Deputy Governor of the RBI as of now?
1) SS Mundra
2) BP Kanungo
3) Viral Acharya
4) NS Vishwanathan
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 3 The SEBI recently amended guidelines for foreign investors looking to operate at IFSC. Here, the term IFSC stands for
1) International Financial Services Code
2) Indian Financial Services Code
3) International Financial Services Centre 4) Indian Financial Services Centre
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) International Financial Services Centre

Ques. : 4 The third phase of Haritha Haram, a massive plantation programme, was launched in which of the following states recently?
1) Telangana
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala
Answer:- 1) Telangana

Ques. : 5 NN Vohra is the present governor of which of the following states?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Jammu and Kashmir
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Sikkim
5) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:- 2) Jammu and Kashmir

Ques. : 6 The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently held talks with Abdulmalik Abduljalil Al-Mekhlafi who is the present Deputy Prime Minister of
1) Syria
2) Lebanon
3) Libya
4) Yemen
5) Qatar
Answer:- 4) Yemen

Ques. : 7 Which of the following state govts presented its budget for 2017-18 recently which provides for Rs 36,000 cr as farm loan waiver?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Uttarakhand
3) Punjab
4) Gujarat
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 1) Uttar Pradesh

Ques. : 8 Who among the following was named as the head coach of the Indian cricket team by the BCCI recently?
1) Rahul Dravid
2) Zaheer Khan
3) Ravi Shastri
4) Virender Sehwag
5) Sourav Ganguly
Answer:- 3) Ravi Shastri

Ques. : 9 According to a new report, there will be a ______ waiting period for Indians applying for permanent residency also known as Green Card in the US as skilled employees.
1) 5-year
2) 8-year
3) 10-year
4) 12-year
5) 14-year
Answer:- 4) 12-year

Ques. : 10 The GMR Goa International Airports has executed a debt (Rs 1,330 cr) facility agreement for the development of Greenfield airport at Mopa from which of the following banks?
1) Axis Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
Answer:- 1) Axis Bank Po

QUESTION OF THE DAY 07/13/2017
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Ques. : 1 According to a report by the UN and OECD, which of the following countries is projected to be the world’s largest milk producer by 2026?
1) Indonesia
2) Denmark
3) China 
4) India
5) US 
Answer:- 4) India

Ques. : 2 Who among the following has been named the batting coach for the Indian cricket team by the BCCI?
1) Ravi Shastri
2) Rahul Dravid
3) Virender Sehwag
4) Sunil Gavaskar
5) VVS Laxman
Answer:- 2) Rahul Dravid

Ques. : 3 Which of the following NASA spacecrafts recently successfully peered into the giant storm raging on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot?
1) Juno
2) Challenger
3) Enterprise
4) Pathfinder
5) Atlantis
Answer:- 1) Juno

Ques. : 4 The country’s largest bank SBI
has waived charges for fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000 through its IMPS to promote small transactions. The term IMPS means
1) Indian Payment Service
2) International Payment Service
3) Immediate Payment Service
4) Intermediate Payment Service
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Immediate Payment Service

Ques. : 5 A decommissioned TU-142 fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy is being converted into a museum in which of the following cites?
1) Vishakhapatnam
2) Chennai
3) Mumbai
4) Kandla
5) Kolkata
Answer:- 1) Vishakhapatnam

Ques. : 6 The consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation was down to a record low of what per cent in Jun 2017?
1) 2.2 per cent
2) 1.9 per cent
3) 1.5 per cent
4) 3.1 per cent
5) 2.5 per cent
Answer:- 3) 1.5 per cent

Ques. : 7 A Model United Nations (MUN) Regional Conference, attended by youths from 12 South and Central Asian countries, was held recently in
1) Colombo
2) Dhaka
3) Manila
4) New Delhi
5) Kathmandu
Answer:- 5) Kathmandu

Ques. : 8 China dispatched troops to its first overseas military base in which of the following countries recently?
1) Eritrea
2) Djibouti
3) Ethiopia
4) Somalia
5) Oman
Answer:- 2) Djibouti

Ques. : 9 India recently advanced its target of eliminating malaria by three years to
1) 2018
2) 2021
3) 2024
4) 2027
5) 2030
Answer:- 4) 2027

Ques. : 10 The Supreme Court recently relaxed the 500-metre cap on liquor vends across the national and state highways in which of the following states/UTs?
1) Kerala
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Andaman and Nicobar
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)
Answer:- 5) Only 2) and 3)

QUESTION OF THE DAY 07/14/2017
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Ques. : 1 The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) expanded 1.7 per cent in May 2017. The IIP is an index which details out the growth of various sectors in the economy including
1) manufacturing
2) electricity
3) mineral mining 
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3) 
Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 2 The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) committee, which recommended keeping budgetary deficit at 3 per cent of the GDP in three years to Mar 2020, is headed by
1) Arvind Mayaram
2) NK Singh
3) Arvind Subramanian
4) Rajiv Mehrishi
5) Hasmukh Adhia
Answer:- 2) NK Singh

Ques. : 3 India’s Pentala Harikrishna is associated with which of the following games?
1) Chess
2) Shooting
3) Snooker
4) Table tennis
5) Squash
Answer:- 1) Chess

Ques. : 4 Who among the following is the present secretary of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)?
1) Ajay Mittal
2) Durga Shanker Mishra
3) Aruna Sundararajan
4) Rajiv Gauba
5) Ramesh Abhishek
Answer:- 5) Ramesh Abhishek

Ques. : 5 The SBI has cut NEFT and RTGS charges by up to 75%. All the new charges (as a service provided by a bank) will attract the GST rate of
1) zero per cent
2) 05 per cent
3) 12 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
Answer:- 4) 18 per cent

Ques. : 6 The Union Finance Ministry recently reiterated that services provided by an educational institution to students, faculty and staff will attract GST at the rate of
1) zero per cent
2) 05 per cent
3) 12 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
Answer:- 1) zero per cent

Ques. : 7 The ride-hailing firm Uber recently handed over its business in which of the following countries to Yandex with $3.7-bn merger deal?
1) China
2) Canada
3) Russia
4) Indonesia
5) Brazil
Answer:- 3) Russia

Ques. : 8 What is India’s ranking out of 157 nations on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) index that assesses the performance of countries towards achieving the ambitious goals?
1) 122nd
2) 42nd
3) 62nd
4) 71st
5) 116th
Answer:- 5) 116th

Ques. : 9 Which of the following countries has topped the sustainable development goals (SDGs) index released recently?
1) France
2) Sweden
3) Germany
4) Finland
5) Denmark
Answer:- 2) Sweden

Ques. : 10 China’s Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo passed away in custody recently. He was awarded in 2010 with the
1) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
2) Nobel Prize in Chemistry
3) Nobel Prize in Physics
4) Nobel Peace Prize
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Nobel Peace Prize