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Q1481.

The rate of interest on Savings Bank Account is stipulated by-

1)	The concerned bank	2)	RBI
3)	Indian Banks Association	4)	Government of India
5)	Banking Codes and Standards Board of India

Q1482.

What is a Green Index ?

1)	It measures nation's wealth according to GNP per capita	2)	It measures nation's wealth according to GDP per captia
3)	It measures nation's wealth according to provisions of control on Green house gases	4)	It measures nation's wealth in terms of coverage of forest area
5)	None of these

Q1483.

Terry Walsh, the coach of which national hockey team, resigned on 19 October 2014 ?

1)	Pakistan	2)	Germany
3)	India	4)	Australia
5)	None of these

Q1484.

Arvind Subramanian was appointed as the next Chief Economic Adviser to Govt. of India on 16 October 2014 . He has succeded by whom ?

1)	C.Rangarajan	2)	Bimal Jalan
3)	D.Suba Rao	4)	Raghuram Rajan
5)	None of these

Q1485.

Aditya Birla Financial Services Group recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MMI Holdings Ltd an overseas entity to enter the health insurance market of India . The MMI Holdings Ltd belongs to which country ?

1)	China	2)	USA
3)	South Africa	4)	Israel
5)	Japan

Q1486.

Arvind Subramanian was appointed as the next Chief Economic Adviser to Govt. of India on 16 October 2014 . He has succeded by whom ?

1)	C.Rangarajan	2)	Bimal Jalan
3)	D.Suba Rao	4)	Raghuram Rajan
5)	None of these

Q1487.

What is the name of the new global service launched by the World Bank on 9 October 2014 which aims at mobilising the private sector to help tackle the massive infrastructure deficit facing developing countries ?

1)	International Infrastructure Facility (IIF)	2)	Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF)
3)	Global Service Facility (GSF)	4)	International Service Facility (ISF)
5)	None of these

Q1488.

Recently, the government has set up a committee to frame bankruptcy law to enable entrepreneurs to close down unviable businesses. Who is the Chairman of the Committee ?

1)	Mr.SB Nayar	2)	Vijay Kelkar
3)	T K Vishwanathan	4)	Shiv Prasad Mishra
5)	None of these

Q1489.

What was the theme of the International Day of the Girl Child which was celebrated  on October 11, 2014 ?

1)	Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence	2)	Issues of Women Safety
3)	Fighting against women's rights	4)	Maternal and Child Mortality
5)	Fight against sex determination

Q1490.

With reference to the Maithreyi International Visiting Professorship scheme launched recently by the Union Ministry for Science and Technology, which among the following is / are correct statements ?  1. India will invite 12 leading international scholars from across the world to come to India as Visiting Professors. 2. The visiting professors will deliver three talks, one each in a school, a college and a research institution. 3. The video version of the talks will be recorded in Hindi ; English and possibly in several other Indian languages.

1)	Only 1 & 2	2)	Only 2 & 3
3)	Only 1 & 3	4)	1, 2 & 3
5)	None of these