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Q:

SAARC Development Fund Headquarters are located in which country?

A) Kathmandu, Nepal B) Islamabad, Pakistan
C) Thimpu, Bhutan D) New Delhi, India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thimpu, Bhutan

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SAARC Development Fund Headquarters are located in Thimpu, Bhutan. SAARC Development Fund (SDF), the umbrella financial institution for projects in SAARC member countries. SDF has been established
(i) to promote the welfare of the people of SAARC region,
(ii) to improve their quality of life and

(iii) toaccelerate economic growth, social progress and poverty alleviation in the region. The Fund is to serve as the umbrella financial institution for SAARC projects and programmes and is aimed to contribute to regional cooperation and integration through project collaboration.

 

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Q:

In a water molecule, the ratio of mass of Hydrogen to the mass of Oxygen is always:

A) 8:1 B) 7:1
C) 1:7 D) 1:8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1:8

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Starting late-2014, scientists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) working _______ satellite data tracking the rift found that the defect in the Larsen C was growing _________. By 2016 the crack became 70 miles long and 300 feet ________. By January 2017 it measured 109 miles in length and 1,500metres in breadth. On July 12, it broke. The broken shelf, now __________ official iceberg, was massive, indeed the ____________-ever such iceberg, weighing 1.1trillion tons and measuring 2,200 square miles.

 

and 300 feet ________. By January 2017

 

A) width   B) length  
C) breadth   D) wide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) wide

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Q:

As of 2018, who is the CEO and president of MasterCard?

A) Prabhjot Singh B) Ajaypal Singh Banga
C) Waris Ahluwalia D) Darsh Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ajaypal Singh Banga

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

We often feel, in such an environment, that our social sphere _____________ around us. We can see, in quantitative values — the number of likes, re-posts, shares — the interest garnered by anything created by us. This makes social interaction slightly more ___________, when we start to think of it in number terms. It becomes easier to see it in visual terms, rather ________ emotive cues. And _____________ that happens we are motivated to reveal only those parts of ____________ that we know will trigger a considerable quantitative response.

 

And _____________ that happens we are motivated

 

A) why B) where
C) whom D) when
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) when

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Punctilious

 

A) Careful B) Formal
C) Exact D) Easy-going
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Easy-going

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Q:

Who is the Human Resource development Minister in Prime Minister Modi's cabinet as of February 2018?

A) Suresh Prabhu B) Prakash Javadekar
C) Jual Oram D) Maneka Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Prakash Javadekar

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Q:

Tripitakas are sacred books of _______.

A) Sikhs B) Jews
C) Buddhists D) Muslims
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Buddhists

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