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Q1011.

Recently,the Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off India's first diesel electric multiple unit (DEMU) train service with an air-conditioned coach  at ------- .

1)	Chennai	2)	Darjeeling
3)	Kochi	4)	Palakkad
5)	None of these

Q1012.

India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigner's money in Swiss Banks and it now accounts for a meagre 0.123 % of the total global wealth worth USD 1.6 trillion in Switzerland's banking system.Which country is top positions with the largest shares of the foreign clients' money with Swiss banks ?

1)	USA	2)	UK
3)	China	4)	Japan
5)	None of these

Q1013.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address elected heads of 500 civic bodies from across the country on June 25 , 2015 and will launch the three flagship schemes for urban revamp, including smart cities and housing for all - Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).These three projects are worth --------- .

1)	Rs 1 lakh crore	2)	Rs 2 lakh crore
3)	Rs 3 lakh crore	4)	Rs 4 lakh crore
5)	None of these

Q1014.

According to the internet speed-test watchdog RottenWifii, which Airport has the world's fastest WiFi service among over 130 airports all over the world with WiFi speed topped all airports at 41.45 mbps ?

1)	Helsinki Airports,Finland	2)	Chattanooga Airports,Tennessee
3)	Suvarnabhumi Airport,Bangkok	4)	Dublin Airport, Ireland
5)	None of these

Q1015.

Recently,India has offered its expertise to which country in development of its potentially rich natural gas sector and also decided to extend e-tourist visa to people of the African nation even as the two countries signed eight MoUs to expand engagements in diverse areas ?

1)	South Africa	2)	Nigeria
3)	Tanzania	4)	Ghana
5)	None of these

Q1016.

Which state of USA is the first state in the nation to raise the minimum age of 21 for Smoking tobacco, including e-cigarettes ?

1)	Arizona	2)	California
3)	Hawaii	4)	Texas
5)	None of these

Q1017.

Which Asian country recently officially lowered its voting age from 20 to 18 years ?

1)	Sri Lanka	2)	South Korea
3)	Japan	4)	Saudi Arab
5)	None of these

Q1018.

India's own card payment system "RuPay", floated by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) would roll out RuPay Credit cards from next year. So far, over 160 million people have been issued RuPay in India. NPCI targets to reach this system for every Indian by which year ?

1)	2017	2)	2018
3)	2019	4)	2020
5)	None of these

Q1019.

The State-run BSNL will set up 40,000 wi-fi hotspots across the country and the tender for the project is likely to be floated by July and it will be completed by 2018. What is the cost of this mega project ?

1)	Rs 4,000 crore	2)	Rs 5,000 crore
3)	Rs 6,000 crore	4)	Rs 6,500 crore
5)	None of these

Q1020.

Who among the following  has joined Amnesty International India as its new executive director, recently who will head AI India's operations and its efforts to end human rights abuses in India and worldwide ?

1)	Salil Shetty	2)	Aakar Patel
3)	Irene Khan	4)	Rajendra K. Pachuri
5)	None of these