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Who is the present Secretary General of the ASEN group ?

Answer

Le Luong Minh

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The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on which of the following banks for non-compliance of its directives?

A) Karur Vysya Bank B) HDFC Bank
C) Kotak Mahindra Bank D) Yes Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Karur Vysya Bank

Explanation:

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on Karur Vysya Bank for non-compliance of its directives on Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC).

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India’s most polluted and least polluted states are

A) Uttarakhand & Rajasthan B) Uttar Pradesh & Kerala
C) New Delhi & Rajasthan D) Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh & Kerala

Explanation:

Uttar Pradesh is the most polluted state in India, with 15 of its cities among 30 cities with highest levels of toxic air in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi turned out to be the worst polluted city of UP. Countrywide, it came sixth.

Other towns and cities in UP on the list are Hapur, Bareilly, Firozabad, Kanpur, Agra, NOIDA, Allahabad, and Mathura where PM10 levels were way above permissible limits.

Kerala is the least polluted state in the country, India. In all the 14 districts of the state, NAAQ(National Ambient Air Quality Standards) standards are complied with and had lower concentrations of PM10. However, all the cities surpassed the PM10 standards prescribed by WHO.


The report - Airpocalypse II - is based on air pollution related data collected from Central and State Pollution Control Boards and Committees.

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What is one example of a closed economy?

A) Brazil B) China
C) Pakistan D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Brazil

Explanation:

Brazil is one example of a closed economy in the given options. 

A closed economy is one that has no trade activity with outside economies. A closed economy is self-sufficient, which means no imports come into the country and no exports leave the country. A closed economy's intent is to provide domestic consumers with everything they need from within the country's borders.

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First country to appoint Lokpal or equivalent to a Lokpal is ________.

A) Brazil B) Burma
C) Sweden D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sweden

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Which subatomic particle has no charge?

A) electron B) neutron
C) proton D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) neutron

Explanation:

An atom is composed of three subatomic particles. They are ::

 

1) Electron (-vely charged particle)

2) Proton (+vely charged particle)

3) Neutron (No charge particle)

 

Hence, Neutron is the subatomic particle which has no charge.

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Trishna gas project, which is in news recently, is located in which state?

A) Tripura B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tripura

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The ratio of gross cropped area to the net sown area is called

A) cropping intensity B) intensity of crop rotation
C) crop productivity D) cropping diversity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cropping intensity

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