Abdullah Abdullah
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1. The Bharat
Electronics Limited will set up aRs.250-crore plant in state in India to make
IRseekers, night vision devices and thermal imaging cameras
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Answer.
Nimmakuru in Krishna District of AndhraPradesh
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2. As per the
new revision, the voting rights ofIndia in IMF is increased from 2.3% to how
much
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Answer. 2.6 per cent
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3. India with
which country have reached anagreement to resolve more than 100
pendingtransfer pricing cases, one of the biggestdeterrents for foreign
investors planning an India foray, according to a government statement
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Answer. U.S.
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4. Name the
group of hospitals which hassecured $45 million from Hong Kong-basedprivate
equity firm Adv Partners recently
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Answer. Dr.
Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals
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5. Which
company has invested $4 million(Rs.27 crore) in California-based Waterline
DataScience, a startup, which provides software tohelp users mine hidden
insights from largechunks of data
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Answer. Infosys
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6. Name the
Afghanistan’s Chief ExecutiveOfficer and Head of the Council of Ministers
whowas on a visit to India recenlty
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Answer.
Abdullah Abdullah
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7. With which
country, India inked pact for visa-free travel by diplomats
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Answer.
Afghanistan
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8. Name the
Former Army chief General who was cremated with full military honours in
Delhi recently
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Answer. K.V.
Krishna Rao
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9. Which
university has established aprofessorship in Sanskrit studies from
$3.5-million donated by an Indian-American couple tohelp the varsity advance
its study of the Indiansubcontinent
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Answer. The
University of Chicago
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10. Name the
which said it would buy a 25 percent stake in a joint venture with Google,
todeliver a high—speed Internet service powered byballoons which will make
the country first in theworld to have universal internet access
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Answer. Sri
Lanka
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11. Book The Z
Factor is written by whom
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Ans-Subhash
Chandra
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12. Who won
Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy
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Ans- Uttar
Pradesh
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13. Which team
has won the 2016 Premier Badminton League (PBL)
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Ans-Delhi Acers
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14. The 2016
World Economic Forum (WEF) annual conference has been held in which city
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Ans-Davos
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15. Mrinalini
Sarabhai, who passed away recently, was related to which fields
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Ans-Classical
dancer
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16. Who replaced
Aamir Khan as 'Incredible India' brand ambassadors
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Ans- Amitabh
bachhan and Priyank chopra
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17. What is
India's rank in inaugural list of the world's best countries released by
World Economic Forum
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Ans- 22nd
(Germany 1st)
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18. Who was
appointed as Chairman of CBDT
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Ans- Atulesh
Jindal
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19. Under the
Start-up Action Plan, how many years of tax holiday is provided to start-up
companies on their profits
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Ans- 3 years
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20. Which
satellite vehicles has successfully put the Satellite IRNSS-1E in orbit
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Ans-Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-31.
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