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Q981.

Recently, India's financial regulator Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted 'in-principle' approval to 11 applicants to start payments banks. Which of the following statement is/are correct ?

1)	The applicants were detailed inspected by an External Advisory Committee (EAC) under the Chairmanship of Dr. Nachiket Mor the Director, Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India.	2)	RBI has given 'in principle' approval to these 11 applicants to set payment banks is valid for 18 month period.
3)	Their holding are restricted to a maximum balance of Rs 1 lakh per individual customer.	4)	Only 1 & 3 are correct
5)	All 1,2 & 3 are crrect

Q982.

Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe has been elected as President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), recently. Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ? A) He is one of UK's finest sportsmen and has won 2 gold medals in the 1500m at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. B) He succeeds Senegalese Lamine Diack who had led the IAAF for 16 years since 1999. C) He defeated Sergei Bubka of Ukraine by securing 115 votes.

1)	Only A is correct	2)	Only A & B are correct
3)	Only A & C are correct	4)	Only B & C is correct
5)	All A,B & C are correct

Q983.

Which one of the India's largest public sector insurance company has launched its maiden unit linked insurance plan (ULIP) product across the country which is also called as 'New Endowment Plus' offers investment-cum-insurance provision during the term policy providing dual benefit for the policy holder ?

1)	GIC	2)	NIC
3)	LIC	4)	NAC
5)	None of these

Q984.

Recently,under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme, which bank became the first in the country to launch the MUDRA Card ?

1)	Corporation Bank	2)	Punjab National Bank
3)	ICICI	4)	Indian Bank
5)	None of these

Q985.

The Union Government has imposed  how much percentage import duty on wheat to check import from abroad of despite availability of a bumper domestic crop and surplus stocks with the Food Corporation of India which will remain in force till March next year i.e. 2016 and it will result in the revenue gain of about Rs 90 crore to the exchequer ?

1)	8 %	2)	10 %
3)	12 %	4)	14 %
5)	None of these

Q986.

How much US$ India has received in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the 28-nation bloc EU, largest trading partner over the last three years despite the Free Trade Agreement talks with the European Union ?

1)	USD 16 billion	2)	USD 20 billion
3)	USD 24 billion	4)	USD 28 billion
5)	None of these

Q987.

The Union Government has decided to award three expressway projects with a total investment of the project is  of Rs. 20,500 crore in this fiscal Year which is being built under the engineering procurement and construction (EPC) model. What is the total length of  the project ?

1)	500 km	2)	600 km
3)	700 km	4)	1000 km
5)	None of these

Q988.

The Union Ministry of Culture and Sahitya Akademi are leading the one-year long centenary celebrations of the illustrious multi-faceted personality who was a famous Hindi writer, playwright and actor was initiated on 8 August 2015. What is his name ?

1)	Dada Saheb Phalke	2)	Bhisham Sahni
3)	Khan Abdul Ghafer Khan	4)	Prem Chand
5)	None of these

Q989.

Kerala's beach city Kochi became the first Indian city to be a member of  World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Council. The headquarter of World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Council is located in --- .

1)	Shanghai	2)	Beijing
3)	Hong Kong	4)	Tokyo
5)	None of these

Q990.

Recently, India and Slovak Republic have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on technical cooperation which was signed in New Delhi. For which sector both countries had signed the MoU ?

1)	Power Sector	2)	Telecom ector
3)	Railway Sector	4)	IT Sector
5)	None of these