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09 Jan 2017 13:16

07 JANUARY 2017

Ques. : 1 PM Narendra Modi held talks with his counterpart Antonio Costa recently in New Delhi. Antonio is the present Prime Minister of
1) Portugal
2) Suriname
3) Trinidad and Tobago
4) Guinea
5) South Africa
Answer:- 1) Portugal

Ques. : 2 The Supreme Court has restrained transfer of 2G spectrum licences from Maxis, originally allotted to Aircel in 2006, to any other telecom company. Maxis is based in
1) Russia
2) Norway
3) Sweden
4) Malaysia
5) Mongolia
Answer:- 4) Malaysia

Ques. : 3 The 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) convention was held recently in
1) Chennai
2) Bengaluru
3) Hyderabad
4) Ahmedabad
5) Mumbai
Answer:- 2) Bengaluru

Ques. : 4 The SIDBI has tied up with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for augmenting capital support to enterprises in the country. SIDBI is headquartered at
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Chennai
4) Hyderabad
5) Lucknow
Answer:- 5) Lucknow

Ques. : 5 Japan temporarily withdrew its Ambassador to which of the following countries recently, amid an escalating row over a statue representing wartime sex slaves?
1) China
2) Cambodia
3) South Korea
4) Venezuela
5) Thailand
Answer:- 3) South Korea

Ques. : 6 The govt imposed anti-dumping duty on jute products from which of the following countries for five years?
1) Nepal
2) Bangladesh
3) China
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 2)

Ques. : 7 The Island Tourism Festival 2017 was held recently at Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar islands. Who among the following is the present Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar?
1) Farooq Khan
2) Praful Patel
3) Madhup Vyas
4) Kiran Bedi
5) Jagdish Mukhi
Answer:- 5) Jagdish Mukhi

Ques. : 8 The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is estimated at ________ in 2016-17 as per the data released recently by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
1) 6.9 per cent
2) 7.1 per cent
3) 7.3 per cent
4) 7.4 per cent
5) 7.6 per cent
Answer:- 2) 7.1 per cent

Ques. : 9 Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, who passed away recently, was a renowned _______ maestro.
1) sitar
2) flute
3) tabla
4) shehnai
5) guitar
Answer:- 1) sitar

Ques. : 10 India and Kazakhstan have signed five protocols to amend Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC). The capital city of Kazakhstan is
1) Astana
2) Manama
3) Dushanbe
4) Bishkek
5) Ashgabat
Answer:- 1) Astana
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