Q 330. Name the former Georgian President who has been appointed as the Governor of Ukraine's southern Odessa region?
A. Lyndon B Johnson
B. Mikheil Saakashvili
C. Vartan Gregorian
D. Giorgi Margvelashvili
ANSWER: B. Mikheil Saakashvili.
Mr. Saakashvili is widely credited with carrying out radical reforms in Georgia during his terms in office in 2004-13. However, current Georgian authorities accuse him of abuse of power and have demanded his extradition. Mr Saakashvili left Georgia after his term as President ended in 2013.
Mr. Saakashvili is widely credited with carrying out radical reforms in Georgia during his terms in office in 2004-13. However, current Georgian authorities accuse him of abuse of power and have demanded his extradition. Mr Saakashvili left Georgia after his term as President ended in 2013.
Q 331. Which state’s Chief Minister announced to observe 2015-16 as ‘Year of Development’?
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Assam
D. Punjab
ANSWER: D. Punjab
Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal said that over all development of the rural and urban areas was the foremost priority of the Punjab government for which a major scheme has already been embarked , which would be implemented in the current fiscal.
Q 332. Who has won the ‘Pedal for Kashmir’ cycling race held along the banks of picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar on 31st May’15?
A. Dilawar Singh
B. Mohammad Akbar Khan
C. Mohammad Adil Teli
D. Mohit Kumar
ANSWER: A. Dilawar Singh
Dilawar Singh of Haryana pipped local hero Mohammad Akbar Khan to win 'Pedal for Kashmir' cycling competition, held along the banks of picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar on 31st May’15. Singh took the title while Khan came runner up, followed by another local cyclist Mohammad Adil Teli.
Q 333. Name the officer who took charge as new Chief Secretary of Assam?
A. Jitesh Khosla
B. Javed Usmani
C. Alok Ranjan
D. V K Pipersenia
ANSWER: D. V K Pipersenia
A 1980 batch IAS officer, Mr. Pipersenia has earlier rendered his services in various capacities. He is the 45th Chief Secretary of Assam.
Q 334. India’s foreign exchange reserves have dipped steeply by 2.319 billion US dollar to 351.557 billion in the week ended on _______.
A. 22nd May’15
B. 30th May’15
C. 29th May’15
D. 19th May’15
ANSWER: A. 22nd May’15
A RBI press release has informed that foreign currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves, declined by 2.285 billion US Dollar to 326.839 billion. In the previous week, the reserves had surged by a whopping 1.745 billion US Dollar to touch a record high of 353.876 billion.
Q 335. Name the two Indian-origin women to find place in Forbes' inaugural list of America's 50 richest self made women?
A. Indira Nooyi
B. Neerja Sethi
C. Jayshree Ullal
D. Chanda Kochhar
ANSWER: B. Neerja Sethi and C. Jayshree Ullal.
India-born Neerja Sethi, with a net worth of 1.1billion US Dollar, ranked 14th while London born Jayshree Ullal with 470 million US Dollar net worth comes at the 30th Spot on the list. Neerja Sethi, co-founded IT consulting and outsourcing company Syntel with her husband, billionaire Bharat Desai, in 1980. Jayshree Ullal is the president and CEO of Arista Networks.
Q 336. Which country is boosting its influence in global gold markets by establishing its largest gold investment fund led by Gold Exchange?
A. China
B. United States
C. South Africa
D. Australia
ANSWER: A. China
China is boosting its influence in global gold markets by establishing its largest gold investment fund led by Shanghai Gold Exchange, which is expected to raise about 100 billion yuan, 16.1 billion dollars. China has established its largest gold-investment fund in northwest China's Xi'an City aiming to bolster Beijing's role in global gold trade. The fund may also boost China's power over the world gold market. Indeed, Asia's gold demand is growing rapidly, accounting for more than 70 percent of the global total. Today China is the world's largest gold producer.
Q 337. On 30th May’15 who has been named as the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University?
A. Amartya Sen
B. APJ Abdul Kalam
C. Geogre Yeo
D. Bill Gates
ANSWER: C. Geogre Yeo.
George Yeo is a former foreign minister from Singapore. This decision comes after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has resigned as Chancellor on 19th February this year, alleging that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) did not want him to continue, a claim denied by the government.
Q 338. At which place Facility for Domestic Currency Paper has been inaugurated by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on 30th May’15?
A. Bareilly
B. Raibareily
C. Nagpur
D. Hoshangabad
ANSWER: D. Hoshangabad
The Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Shri Arun Jaitley inaugurated the New Bank Note Paper Line of 6000 MT capacity at Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh on 30th May’15.
Q 339. Name the private-sector bank to announce that it will discontinue issuing slips after cash withdrawals at ATMs and will alert the customer through SMSs?
A. ICICI bank
B. Axis Bank
C. HDFC Bank
D. ING Vysya Bank
ANSWER: C. HDFC Bank
It is a part of the digital initiative by the HDFC Bank, under which it had last year launched the ‘green PIN’ scheme wherein card-users were given the PIN numbers electronically rather than in a printed kit.
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