Questions

Who is the present (2017) Secretary General of SAARC?

97% of the total debt of all state power distribution companies has been covered till June 2017 under the ‘UDAY’ scheme. What does ‘D’ standfor in ‘UDAY’?

The outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere is _______.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.
To put a spoke in one's wheel

Dried fruit like raisins when soaked in water, bulge and get filled with water. What is the scientific reason that explains this daily life event?

In which Indian state is the Nanda Devi peak located?

Manas Tiger Reserve is in which state?

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: Banks, which garner the lion’s share of retail debt allocations, pegged down their term deposit interest rates with alacrity by 200-250 basis points between 2014 and 2016 as market rates fell.
Q: Indian savers have made a decisive shift from real to financial assets in recent years prompted by policy nudges and sluggish gold and property markets.
R: But they have been tardy in passing on the rate increases of the past year.
S: But while umpteen new equity-linked options have sprung up on their menu – MFs, NPS, market-linked insurance plans – there’s a notable dearth of debt options.