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Q791. | Which two Maharatna companies are exploring opportunities in Africa to get coal blocks under bilateral pacts between India and mineral-rich countries in the continent as it looks to secure fuel for its expanding local capacities ? |
| 1) | NTPC and BHEL | 2) | NTPC and SAIL |
| 3) | SAIL and CIL | 4) | BHEL and CIL |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : NTPC and BHEL
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Q792. |
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| 1) | Satyajit Ray | 2) | Mrinal Sen and Guru Dutt |
| 3) | Kamal Swaroop | 4) | Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel
Explanation :
Explanation :
The 11-minute film has been directed by Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel.
It story of film reveals the cultural conditions of Indian avant-garde painter Francis Newton Souza’s work and its institutionalisation by assembling the puzzle-piece evocations of his portrait.
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Q793. |
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| 1) | Turkey | 2) | Egypt |
| 3) | Indonesia | 4) | Malaysia |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : Egypt
Explanation :
Explanation :
- Gamal al-Ghitani Ghitani was born on 9 May 1945 in Gihena, Egypt.
- He had started his writing career at a very young age and his first short story was published when he was only 14.
- Though he was trained as a carpet designer, he switched to journalism in his 20s and went on to write historical fiction.
- Much of his work has been widely translated in different languages, including his famous novel Zayni Barakat published in 1974 is considered a seminal portrayal of authoritarian rule.
- He was awarded Egyptian National Prize for Literature (1980), French Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1987), Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Ren (2009) etc.
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Q794. |
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| 1) | Australia | 2) | Netherlands |
| 3) | India | 4) | Malaysia |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : Malaysia
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Q795. |
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| 1) | Mr. Justice Anil R. Dave | 2) | Chief Justice H L Dattu |
| 3) | Justice T.S. Thakur | 4) | Mr. Justice Dipak Misra |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : Chief Justice H L Dattu
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Q796. | Recently,the Union Cabinet has approved an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and which country in field of renewable energy which was signed between both nations in August, 2015, during the official visit of its president ? |
| 1) | Mozambique | 2) | Tanzania |
| 3) | Saudi Arab | 4) | Japan |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : Mozambique
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Q797. |
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| 1) | (Bachpan Bachao Andolan) Child reforms | 2) | Gandhian philosophy |
| 3) | Inspirational work against child abuse. | 4) | Both child reforms and inspirational work against child abuse. |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : Both child reforms and inspirational work against child abuse.
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Q798. |
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| 1) | Japan | 2) | China |
| 3) | Russia | 4) | Pakistan |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : China
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Q799. |
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| 1) | It is the second Booker Prize to be won by a Jamaican and the first for its independent publisher Oneworld Publications. | 2) | Mr. James’s book was chosen from a shortlist of six writers . |
| 3) | James was given £60,000 prize and trophy in London. | 4) | Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s. |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.
Explanation :
Explanation :
- It is the first Booker Prize to be won by a Jamaican and the first for its independent publisher Oneworld Publications
- James was given £50,000 prize and trophy in London.
- Mr. James’s book was chosen from a shortlist of seven writers who included the bookies favourite Hanya Yanagihara for A Little Life, and the British writer of Indian origin Sunjeev Sahota for The Year of the Runaways.
Man Booker 2015 shortlist:
- This year's Man Booker shortlist featured two authors from the UK, two from the US and one each from Jamaica and Nigeria.
- The six novels on this year's Man Booker short list
- Marlon James (Jamaica), A Brief History of Seven Killings
- Tom McCarthy (UK), Satin Island
- Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), The Fishermen
- Sunjeev Sahota (UK), The Year of the Runaways
- Anne Tyler (US), A Spool of Blue Thread
- Hanya Yanagihara (US), A Little Life
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Q800. | Recently,Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) has started the bus service via Dhaka being begin from 16th October,2015.The bus service will join which two cities of India through Bangladesh ? |
| 1) | Agartala-Howrah | 2) | Kamalpur-Kolkata |
| 3) | Agartala-Kolkata | 4) | Kumarghat-Asansol |
| 5) | None of these | ||
Answer : Agartala-Kolkata
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