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Q671.

According to the Forbes’ annual list of the best countries for business in 2015, India has ranked a low 97th out of 144 nations. Which country  topped the list out of the 144 nations ?

1)	Singapore	2)	Germany
3)	Denmark	4)	USA
5)	Norway

Q672.

According to the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry,  which state  has highest number cases of suicides being reported out of 8,000 students committed suicides during 2014 in India ?

1)	Uttar Pradesh	2)	Andhra Pradesh
3)	Rajasthan	4)	Maharashtra
5)	Bihar

Q673.

The World Bank has approved about how many crore rupees loan for the ambitious Swachh Bharat scheme in rural areas which aims at access to improved sanitation including eradication of open defecation by 2019 ?

1)	Rs 10,000 crore ($1.5-billion)	2)	Rs 20,000 crore ($3-billion)
3)	Rs 50,000 crore ($7.5-billion)	4)	Rs 60,000 crore ($9-billion)
5)	None of these

Q674.

India is set to build a sea-bridge and tunnel connecting Sri-Lanka to promote connectivity in the South Asian region.The India-Sri Lanka connectivity project cost is pegged at about Rs 24,000 crore would be fiance by which financial institution ?

1)	World Bank(IBRD)	2)	Asian Development Bank(ADB)
3)	International Monetary Fund(IMF)	4)	Asia Infrastructure Development Bank (AIDB)
5)	New Development Bank (NDB)

Q675.

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has set up its first ever Centre of Excellence in Dharamsala. The aim is to help the development of budding players and coaches from the subcontinent with a few Associate nations. Dharamsala is located in which state ?

1)	Jammu & Kashmir	2)	Himachal Pradesh
3)	Uttaranchal	4)	Assam
5)	Rajasthan

Q676.

Which country's highest court has sentenced a Canadian Christian pastor, the 60 years Hyeon Soo Lim to a life term of hard labour for "crimes against the state" ?

1)	South Korea	2)	China
3)	North Korea	4)	Saudi Arab
5)	Syria

Q677.

Recently, SoftBank won its first solar power project in India with an investment of $20 billion of the 350 megawatt (Mw) project, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (NSM), through its joint venture (JV) company SBG Cleantech ? The firm SoftBank belongs to which country ?

1)	India	2)	Japan
3)	China	4)	UK
5)	Singapore

Q678.

What was the estimated fund that has flooded the National Pension System (NPS) this financial year which was driven largely by the additional tax benefit announced in Budget 2015-16 ?

1)	Rs 500 crore	2)	Rs 1000 crore
3)	Rs 5000 crore	4)	Rs 50000 crore
5)	None of these

Q679.

The ambitious US$ 7.6 billion 1800-kilometre-long TAPI pipeline project will provide energy-hungry India gas to run its power plants which would get operationalized by December 2019. What does TAPI stands for ?

1)	Tajikistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline	2)	Tajikistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–Iran Pipeline
3)	Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline	4)	Turkey–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline
5)	None of these

Q680.

According to the UNDP, the Gender Inequality Index (GII) reflects gender-based inequalities in three dimensions - reproductive health, empowerment, and economic activity , India ranks  -------  out of 155 countries with a value of 0.563.

1)	124th	2)	128th
3)	130th	4)	142nd
5)	None of these