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ISBT Awareness for all banking PO,Clerk,IBPS PO,Railway,SSC,IAS,OAS Exams

Q731.

According to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), which country replaced Mauritius to become the largest source of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into India during the first half of the current Fiscal Year (FY) ?

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

Q732.

The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Canada has sent the first uranium consignment of 250 tonnes to India for its nuclear power reactors after civil nuclear deal signed between the two countries came into force after two year.According to the Canadian government, the contract to supply 7.1 million pounds of uranium concentrate (about 2,730 tonnes uranium) to India's Department of Atomic Energy was worth around Canadian Dollars 350 million ($262 million). At present, the total numbers of NSG members are ---------.

1)	42	2)	45
3)	48	4)	52
5)	None of these

Q733.

The Financial lender Asian Development Bank (ADB) has kept its economic growth forecast for India unchanged the current financial year (2015-16) which was published ADB's ‘Outlook 2015 Supplement: Growth Holds Its Own in Developing Asia'. It predicts India's GDP growth at ------- .

1)	7.2 %	2)	7.4 %
3)	7.8 %	4)	8.2 %
5)	None of these

Q734.

Which Government has  announced a series of measures to curb the alarming rise in pollution in the region and it has a proposal to close down the Badarpur Power plant which runs on coal ?

1)	Uttar Pradesh	2)	Delhi
3)	Haryana	4)	Rajasthan
5)	None of these

Q735.

Which country's Parliament has passed the country's Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill, 2015 to strip citizenship of convicted persons on terrorism charges, new legislation allows government to strip dual nationals of their citizenship if they are convicted of terrorism offences ?

1)	France	2)	Australia
3)	Canada	4)	Greece
5)	India

Q736.

The Union Govt. set up a committee for GST which has submitted its report to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi ,recommended standard rate for Goods and Services Tax (GST) at 17 to 18 %. Who is the head of the committee ?

1)	Dr Arvind Subramanian	2)	Dr.Y.V. Reddy
3)	Dr.C.Rangarajan	4)	Yashwant Jain
5)	None of these

Q737.

The Union Cabinet has approved proposal of setting up of 6 new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country.The 6 new IITs would be set up in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Karnataka. So, the total numbers of IITs in India will be ---- .

1)	15	2)	16
3)	17	4)	18
5)	None of these

Q738.

According to the latest report by credit rating agency Brickwork Ratings, which state is the biggest economy within India at Rs 16.87 lakh crore in terms of gross state domestic product (GSDP) ?

1)	Uttar Pradesh	2)	Maharashtra
3)	Tamil Nadu	4)	Gujarat
5)	None of these

Q739.

The military alliance NATO welcomed tiny Montenegro into its fold in the alliance's first expansion since 2009 which  the membership is likely to be cemented at the summit of alliance leaders next July in Warsaw. Presently, NATO has how many members ?

1)	26 members	2)	27 members
3)	28 members	4)	29 members
5)	None of these

Q740.

India and France have launched International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the Conference of Parties (CoP21) Climate Conference in Paris to harness solar power as a major step to mitigate carbon gas emissions. It will function from the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE). The NISE is located at ------ .

1)	Moscow	2)	Gurgaon
3)	Pune	4)	New Delhi
5)	None of these