Q 957. Which city has won the bid to host 2022 Winter Olympic Games?
A. London
B. New Delhi
C. Beijing
D. Durban
ANSWER: C. Beijing
The Chinese capital beat Almaty, Kazakhstan in a secret ballot of 85 IOC members. Now Beijing will be the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games. Beijing successfully hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008.
Q 958. Name the mobile banking app of Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) launched primarily for “un-banked” regions?
A. Kotak Bharat
B. Bharat
C. Kotak India
D. IndianKotak
ANSWER: A. Kotak Bharat
It is the ‘inclusive digital banking’ app launched by KMB that is primarily targetted to benefit customers in the under-banked and un-banked regions, who can access its services in their preferred language. One major benefit of this app is that it requires no internet connectivity.
Q 959. How many Indian companies have been listed in the Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 companies?
A. 7
B. 10
C. 19
D. 23
ANSWER: B. 10
These 10 companies are HDFC Bank, TCS, HCL Tech, Aurobindo Pharma, Lupin, Sun Pharma, Motherson Sumi Systems, Tech Mahindra, Tata Motors and Titan.
Q 960. What amount of capital would be infused in Public Sector banks by Indian Government over a period of four years to improve capital ratio and fight with rising bad loans?
A. 70,000 Crore
B. 1 Lakh Crore
C. 2 lakh Crore
D. 500 Crore
ANSWER: A. 70,000 Crore
Q 961. Name the chairman of the 30-member Joint Committee of Parliament that is discussing the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill?
A. S S Ahluwalia
B. A S Nayar
C. B K Gaitonde
D. Sharad Pawar
ANSWER: A. S S Ahluwalia
According to the listed business of the Lok Sabha, the committee’s chairman S S Ahluwalia will move a motion on 3rd Aug’15 in the House for seeking further extension upto 7th of this month to submit its report. The Joint Committee of Parliament, which was constituted in last May for examining the controversial land acquisition bill, had been given a fresh extension till the first working day of first week of this month. This is the third extension sought by the Committee. It was originally mandated to table its report on the first day of the Monsoon session, which began on 21st July.
Q 962. On 2nd Aug’15, which country released 163 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture?
A. Sri Lanka
B. China
C. Pakistan
D. Iran
ANSWER: C. Pakistan
A Sindh government official said the detained fishermen were set free as a goodwill gesture following the last month's meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Russia.
Q 963. Which country has detained 127 officials from its banking industry for their alleged involvement in corruption?
A. India
B. China
C. United States
D. Japan
ANSWER: B. China
They were accused of bribery, embezzlement, illegal lending and other illicit acts. China's massive anti-corruption campaign has led to thousands of arrests and convictions on graft charges so far.
Q 964. Name the cricketer appointed as the brand ambassadors of the newly created National Kidney Fund by the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena?
A. Muthaiya Muralitharan
B. T Dilshan
C. Dilhara Fernando
D. Kumar Sangakkara
ANSWER: A. Muthaiya Muralitharan & B. T Dilshan
Murlidharan and Dilshan’s appointment was announced by the President just before the start of a T20 match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo.
Q 965. In which of the following citiy, Post offices remained open on 2nd Aug’15 (Sunday) as mark of respect for Late Former Prsident Dr Kalam?
A. New Delhi
B. Chandigarh
C. Jaipur
D. Pune
This decision was taken by the inspiring appeal by Dr Kalam not to declare holiday on his death rather work for one more day. All the subordinate office remained open and the Chief Post Master General and Director Post also attended the office. On 1st Aug’15 the Rajasthan Assembly Secretariat also functioned as a tribute to the former President.
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