Vijender Singh Beniwal
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1. What is the
name of the project which aimed to make all national highways free from
railway level crossing by 2019 to ensure road safety
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‘SetuBharatam’ project
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2. Name the
Former LokSabha Speaker who died of heart attack at the age of 68.
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-Purno Agitok Sangma
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3. Name the
country that will hike its defence budget by seven to eight per cent this
year from about USD 145 billion in 2015 amidst its worst GDP growth in 26
years.
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- China
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4. Rafael of
Israel with which company signed a JV with which company to build weapon
systems in India
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Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems
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5. The Reserve
Bank of India has issued draft norms for the creation of a new entity in the
non-banking financial sector which is named as
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NBFC – Account Aggregator (AA)
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6. Name the,
founder director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune who died
at the age of 86.
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- P.K. Nair
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7. Who is the
Veteran actor who will be conferred the DadasahebPhalke award for his
contribution to the film industry
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-Manoj Kumar
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8. Name the Indian
boxer who notched up his 7th successive knockout professional win by
pummelling Kerry Hope.
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- Vijender Singh
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9. Who is the
astronaut of NASA who announced his retirement after spending nearly a year
in space
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Scott Kelly
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10. What is the
name of the India’s sixth dedicated navigation satellite which ISRO
successfully put into orbit recently
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The IRNSS-1F
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11. Name the
Deputy Leader of the Congress in the RajyaSabha who has been elected
unopposed to the Upper House from Himachal Pradesh, his home State recently.
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- Anand Sharma
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12. Country’s
largest private sector lender ICICI Bank tied up with which marquee sports
car maker to launch co-branded credit card
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Ferrari
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13. Which
airlines flew with the “world’s longest” all-women-operated flight from Delhi
to San Francisco recently
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Air India
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14. Which
App-based cab aggregator has partnered with the Mumbai traffic police to curb
drunk driving by installing ‘Its breathalysers’ at bars and pubs in the city
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Uber
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15. The Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) will now share FDI-related information with which
organizations to check black money from entering the country
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Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
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16. Which
building became the first heritage building in India to be awarded a platinum
rating by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)
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Bombay House, the Tata group’s headquarters
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17. Maharashtra
with which state signed an agreement to constitute an inter-state board for
joint irrigation projects which will likely to speed up work on three key
irrigation projects, which were under dispute between two States
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Telangana
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18. Name the
Foreign Secretary of India who met with U.S. National Security Adviser Susan
Rice and discussed bilateral ties and cooperation against terror groups such
as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.
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- S. Jaishankar
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19. Indian
Railways has appointed which global consultancy firm to help the utility mop
up advertising revenues worth over Rs.5,000 crore in the next few years
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-Ernst &Young (EY)
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20. Which Private
lender launched an all-women operated bank branch under the name ‘Grace’ on
Cunningham Road which aimed at offering customised banking solutions to women
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Yes Bank
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