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Q1151.

Recently, India's apex financial regulator, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed banks to enable transactions in contact less cards for values up to how much rupees without requiring a separate PIN authentication ?

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

Q1152.

Who among the following was appointed as the new Election Commissioner on 7th May 2015 of the three-member body ?

1)	Achal Kumar Jyoti	2)	Justice A P Shah
3)	H S Brahma	4)	V S Sampath
5)	None of these

Q1153.

Mhairi Black became the youngest British MP since 1667 after her historic win in the British Parliamentary elections of 2015.She belongs to which party ?

1)	Scottish National Party (SNP)	2)	Labour's Pary
3)	Conservative Party	4)	Democratic Unionist Party
5)	None of these

Q1154.

According to the business magazine Forbes, Indian financial lender HDFC is ranked 7th on the list in world's 10 biggest consumer financial services firms. Which of the following is ranked number one in the World's biggest consumer financial service ?

1)	American Express	2)	Discover Financial Services
3)	HSBC	4)	Mastercard
5)	None of these

Q1155.

Recently, Veteran Banker KV Kamath appointed newly constituted BRICS bank president. Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ? A) He appointed as head of the Bank with a corpus of USD 50 billion . B) Mr. Kamath will have a five-year term of the bank, which is likely to be operationalised within one year. C) The New Development Bank's headquarters located at Shanghai.

1)	Only A is correct	2)	Only B & C are correct
3)	Only A & C are correct	4)	All A, B & C are correct
5)	None of these

Q1156.

According to the Forbes's annual list, there are 56 companies of India are listed in World 2000 powerful companies. Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ? A) USA occupies topped with its share of 579 companies B) Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads the pack of 56 Indian companies in the 2015 Forbes 'Global 2000' list. C) China ranked second position overtaking Japan with 232 of the world's largest companies.

1)	Only A is correct	2)	Only B & C are correct
3)	Only A & C are correct	4)	All A, B & C are correct
5)	None of these

Q1157.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched MUDRA Bank under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.  Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ? A) The term MUDRA stands for Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency . B) Mudra, which has a corpus of R20,000 crore, has been incorporated as a SIDBI subsidiary, but would later be converted to a bank. C) MUDRA has a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore, and credit guarantee corpus of Rs 3,000 crore. D) The three scheme Shishu would cover loans up to Rs 50,000 while Kishor above Rs 50,000 and up to Rs 5 lakh. Tarun category will cover loans of above Rs 5 lakh and up to Rs 10 lakh.

1)	Only A & B are correct	2)	Only A & C are correct
3)	Only A,B & C are correct	4)	All A,B,C & D are correct
5)	None of these

Q1158.

Veteran film personality Shashi Kapoor, has received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award ,Nation's Highest Film Award.Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ? A) Shashi Kapoor is the 46th winner of the award. B) He has previously been awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2011. C) He is the third from his family after father Prithvi Raj Kapoor and elder brother Raj Kapoor to get the award.

1)	Only A is correct	2)	Only B is correct
3)	Only A & B are correct	4)	All A,B & C are correct
5)	None of these

Q1159.

According to the McKinsey Global Institute,at present, China is the world's second-largest economy after USA.What is the rank of India in World economy?

1)	Third	2)	Fourth
3)	Fifth	4)	Sixth
5)	None of these

Q1160.

Recently,which of the following international organisation/ institution has approved 20 million euros ($22 million) in financial support and emergency aid to help Nepal deal with the April 25earthquake ?

1)	Asian Development Bank (ADB)	2)	European Union (EU)
3)	World Bank (IBRD)	4)	International Monetary Fund (IMF)
5)	None of these