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Q691.

Kane Williamson Peter, famous for his popular children's books and detective novels, passed away following a brief illness, in Hampshire, England at the age of 88 years. Mr.Dickinson was born on 16 December 1927 in Livingstone. The place Livingstone is located in which state ?

1)	England	2)	Zambia
3)	Ireland	4)	South Africa
5)	None of these

Q692.

Which state government has launched 'Mazi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme for girl child on lines of 'Beti Bachao Beti Padao' of the Central govt. project where Rs 153 crore had been sanctioned by the government in the first year for various initiatives under the scheme ?

1)	Gujarat	2)	Delhi
3)	Maharashtra	4)	Karnataka
5)	Tamil Nadu

Q693.

Former defense secretary R K Mathur has appointed as chief information commissioner (CIC). Which of the following statement is /are correct ? A) The post had fallen vacant after Vijai Sharma completed his tenure on December 1. B) The sixty-two-year-old Mathur is a retired IAS officer of Tripura cadre. C) The decision was taken by a selection committee headed by PM Narendra Modi including finance minister Arun Jaitley, leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge as its members.

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

Q694.

The 10th Ministerial Conference of WTO recently being held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya where 53 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have agreed in Nairobi to a seven-year time frame to scrap all tariffs on 201 IT products. Presently, WTO consists of how many members ?

1)	160	2)	162
3)	163	4)	164
5)	None of these

Q695.

The Supreme Court has appointed  Justice Virendra Singh as lokayukta. virtually usurping the power exclusively conferred on the executive. Justice Virendra Singh has appointed the Lokayukta of which state ?

1)	Karnataka	2)	Uttar radesh
3)	Delhi	4)	Maharashtra
5)	None of these

Q696.

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Legarde to face trial over her role in a payout of some 400 million euros ($434 million) to businessman Bernard Tapie which  has roots dating back more than 20 years. Recently, which country's court has ordered to carry on the case?

1)	France	2)	Germany
3)	USA	4)	UK
5)	Switzerland

Q697.

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

Q698.

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

Q699.

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

Q700.

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)