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Q751.

The 54-year-old Kalyani Kaul, a prominent barrister of Indian-origin has been sworn in as a Circuit Judge in which country who has handled high-profile cases in that country ?

1)	USA	2)	Canada
3)	Germany	4)	UK
5)	None of these

Q752.

The former RBI Deputy Governor has appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and he will represent India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan on the Washington-based IMF's Executive Board, which is responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the multilateral institution. What is the name of that person ?

1)	Dr.K.C.Chakrabarty	2)	Dr. Subir Gokarn
3)	Rakesh Mohan	4)	R.V. Gupta
5)	None of these

Q753.

The Central Government has signed a $273 million loan agreement with which financial institution to improve rural roads of the states like Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal ?

1)	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)	2)	Asian Development Bank (ADB)
3)	International Monetary Fund (IMF)	4)	International Finance Corporation (IFC)
5)	None of these

Q754.

Opener Wasim Jaffer became the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up 10000 runs against Bengal at the Jadavpur University second campus ground in Salt lake, the first time a batsman scaled the peak since the tournament's inception in 1934-35.Presently, Wasim Jaffer is playing for which of the following team/state ?

1)	Maharashtra	2)	Mumbai
3)	Vidarbha	4)	Baroda
5)	None of these

Q755.

Recently,the government has announced an increase in FDI in the broadcast sector.The ceiling on broadcast carriage services like teleport, cable services and head-end-in-the-sky (HITS) has been enhanced to  --------- % by the govt. of India.

1)	26%	2)	49%
3)	74%	4)	100%
5)	None of these

Q756.

Recently,RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has become the first Indian central banker to be appointed as vice-chairman of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) -the bank for central banks. Where is the headquarter of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) located ?

1)	Geneva,Switzerland	2)	Basel,Switzerland
3)	Vienna,Switzerland	4)	Washington, USA
5)	None of these

Q757.

Which of the following state become the first state in India will be conducting e-auction of major minerals to make transparency in the allocation process in the wake of the recent cancellation of allocated mines after irregularities were found in the auctioning process ?

1)	Odisha	2)	Jharkhanda
3)	Rajasthan	4)	Chhatisgargh
5)	None of these

Q758.

As per the Global Property Consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) latest Asia-Pacific City Investment Intensity Index, Bengaluru was among the top-20 destinations globally. Which of the following city is ranked number one ?

1)	Sydney	2)	Auckland
3)	Melbourne	4)	Hong Kong
5)	None o these

Q759.

According to the World Giving Index, Myanmar ranks highest in the world for 'generosity', with the US second, New Zealand third, Canada fourth and Australia fifth. What is India's  ranks out of total 145 countries in the World ?

1)	86th	2)	92nd
3)	106th	4)	134th
5)	None of these

Q760.

The engineering company Alstom has won a contract worth around 200 billion rupees ($3 billion)  to supply Indian Railways with 800 electric locomotives and set up a local manufacturing plant which is one of the largest awarded to a foreign firm since India last year opened up limited parts of its state-owned railways to 100 % foreign direct investment, and comes as the government tries to modernize its vast but outdated rail network.The engineering company Alstom is belongs to which country ?

1)	Germany	2)	France
3)	USA	4)	UK
5)	None of these