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Q581.

According  to the 'horticultural statistics at a glance 2015',India became the second largest global fruit producer. Which country is No.1 fruits producing nation in the world ?

1)	China	2)	USA
3)	Russia	4)	Brazil
5)	None of these

Q582.

The West Indies batsman Chris Gayle smashed fifty from 12 balls for the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League. Now, he was equal with which player's record for the fastest half-century in Twenty20 cricket ?

1)	Verendra Shewag	2)	Yuvraj Singh
3)	AB De Villers	4)	MJ Guptill
5)	None of these

Q583.

For the first time Indian Railway, diesel locomotives will soon haul trains by drawing power through overhead wires on an electrified route, with the public transporter embarking upon manufacturing dual-mode engines. The manufacturing of dual-mode locomotives to be manufacture at ----------.

1)	Varanasi	2)	Patiala
3)	Chittaranjan Nagar	4)	Bengalluru
5)	None of these

Q584.

Recently, the Union Government has signed a loan agreement with World Bank for the Neeranchal National Watershed Project to improve watershed management in rural rain fed areas. The loan credit will support the watershed activities of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) in selected sites in 9 states. Which of the following state is not among the list ?

1)	Andhra Pradesh	2)	Odisha
3)	Maharashtra	4)	Gujarat
5)	Tamil Nadu

Q585.

Which former World No.1 tennis player of Russia has been inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, recently announced by Russian Tennis Federation and will be formally inducted in the official ceremony scheduled on July 16, 2016 ?

1)	Maria Sharapova	2)	Andrei Cherkasov
3)	Marat Safin	4)	Andrei Cherkasov
5)	None of these

Q586.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the new "Start-Up India" scheme to promote and nurse entrepreneurship in the country which has ensured minimum interference from the government with attractive tax incentives. What is the PM announced corpus,fund to boost start-ups ?

1)	Rs 5,000-crore	2)	Rs 8,000-crore
3)	Rs 10,000-crore	4)	Rs 12,000-crore
5)	None of these

Q587.

Veteran actor Alan Rickman passed away at the age of 69 after suffering from cancer who was one of best-loved acting stars especially for his complex antagonist acting in films like Harry Potter, Die Hard and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He was the citizen of ---------.

1)	USA	2)	Britain
3)	Canada	4)	Australia
5)	None of these

Q588.

Which two actor-director are new members included in the recently constituted Shyam Benegal Committee which is to look holistically into the functioning of the controversy-ridden Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) ?

1)	Kamal Haasan and Rajanikant	2)	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Gautam Ghosh
3)	Amitav Bachan and Gautam Ghosh	4)	Kamal Haasan and Gautam Ghosh
5)	None of these

Q589.

Which Indian private sector bank have become the first private sector bank in India to cross Rs. 1 lakh crore mark in mortgage disbursal at a growth rate at 25% ?

1)	ICICI Bank	2)	HDFC Bank
3)	Federal Bank	4)	South Indian Bank
5)	None of these

Q590.

India's largest Insurance company Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) launched “Jeevan  Shikhar" , a closed-ended plan which has been offered for sale by LIC from 11 January,2016  till 31 March 2016. The plan is available from ages --------.

1)	5 - 40 years	2)	6 - 45 years
3)	12 - 50 years	4)	12 - 60 years
5)	None of these