Q 237. Name the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who has tendered his resignation on 22nd May’15, as AIADMK supremo Ms J Jayalaithaa will be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the fifth time on 23rd May’15?
A. O. Paneerselvam
B. Sasikala Natrajan
C. M.K. Stalin
D. None of these
ANSWER: A. O. Paneerselvam.
Mr. Paneerselvam tendered his resignation as Chief Minister. After that, the Governor invited Ms. Jayalalitha to form the new government. Later in the day, Ms. Jayalalithaa met the Governor and handed over the list of ministers with portfolios.
Q 238. Name the flood hit district of Assam that has achieved success in constructing household and school toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission?
A. Dibrugarh
B. Morigaon
C. Tinsukia
D. Nalbari
ANSWER: B. Morigaon
Morigaon Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar said that over 14 thousand individual household toilets have been constructed so far. Before the onset of monsoon session, this would be a boon for those families who earlier had to go for open defecation due to lack of toilet.
Q 239. On 22nd May’15, the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) finalized Articles of Agreement (AoA). How many members are in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
A. 15
B. 24
C. 57
D. 60
ANSWER: C. 57
The 57-member bank announced that it would be operational by the end of this year. The announcement came after the conclusion of '5th Chief Negotiators' Meeting on Establishing the AIIB', in Singapore. China, with a share of 100 billion dollar is likely take a 25-30 percent stake in the AIIB while India, with a likely share between 10 to 15 percent could be the second-largest shareholder. In all, Asian countries will own between 72-75 percent of the assets of the bank, while European and other nations will own the rest.
Q 240. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Amendment Bill 2015?
A. J P Nadda
B. Suresh Prabhu
C. Nitin Gadkari
D. S S Ahluwalia
ANSWER: D. S S Ahluwalia
The Committee comprises of 20 members from Lok Sabha and 10 members from Rajya Sabha.
Q 241.Which state High Court has ruled that being a Maoist is not a crime and police cannot detain a person merely because he or she is a Maoist?
A. Kerala High Court
B. Jharkhand High Court
C. West Bengal High Court
D. Chhattisgarh High Court
ANSWER: A. Kerala High Court
The court's judgement came on 22nd May’15 in a case relating to the arrest of a man by Kerala Police's special squad suspecting him of being a Maoist. The court said, though the political ideology of Maoists would not synchronise with our constitutional polity, being a Maoist is of no crime.
Q 242. Name the noted Hindi poet and author whose Golden Jubilee Celebration was inaugurated by the PM Narendra Modi on 22nd May’15?
A. Harivansh Rai Bachchan
B. Hajari Prasad Dwivedi
C. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
D. Mahadevi Verma
ANSWER: C. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
The golden jubilee celebration of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s two works – “Sanskriti ke Chaar Adhyaye” and “Parshuram ki Pratiksha” were inaugurated by Narendra Modi at a function held at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on 22nd May 2015.
Q 243. Which institute has developed new energy efficient synthesis strategies for preparation of various nano structured material (nano-catalysts) useful for several challenging catalysis reactions?
A. CSIR-IIP
B. DRDO
C. ISRO
D. IIT-Guwahati
ANSWER: A. CSIR-IIP
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) using an environmentally benign green process with economic efficiency, has developed a nano catalyst which directly converts benzene to phenol in presence of air in a continuous process with very high selectivity.
Q 244. Who has been reelected as the President of Israel?
A. Yigal Allon
B. Benjamin Netanyahu
C. Ehud Olmert
D. Shimon Peres
ANSWER: B. Benjamin Netanyahu.
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