Awareness

ISBT Awareness for all banking PO,Clerk,IBPS PO,Railway,SSC,IAS,OAS Exams

Q1351.

What is the name of the new global service launched by the World Bank on 9 October 2014 which aims at mobilising the private sector to help tackle the massive infrastructure deficit facing developing countries ?

1)	International Infrastructure Facility (IIF)	2)	Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF)
3)	Global Service Facility (GSF)	4)	International Service Facility (ISF)
5)	None of these

Q1352.

Recently, the government has set up a committee to frame bankruptcy law to enable entrepreneurs to close down unviable businesses. Who is the Chairman of the Committee ?

1)	Mr.SB Nayar	2)	Vijay Kelkar
3)	T K Vishwanathan	4)	Shiv Prasad Mishra
5)	None of these

Q1353.

What was the theme of the International Day of the Girl Child which was celebrated  on October 11, 2014 ?

1)	Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence	2)	Issues of Women Safety
3)	Fighting against women's rights	4)	Maternal and Child Mortality
5)	Fight against sex determination

Q1354.

With reference to the Maithreyi International Visiting Professorship scheme launched recently by the Union Ministry for Science and Technology, which among the following is / are correct statements ?  1. India will invite 12 leading international scholars from across the world to come to India as Visiting Professors. 2. The visiting professors will deliver three talks, one each in a school, a college and a research institution. 3. The video version of the talks will be recorded in Hindi ; English and possibly in several other Indian languages.

1)	Only 1 & 2	2)	Only 2 & 3
3)	Only 1 & 3	4)	1, 2 & 3
5)	None of these

Q1355.

India become the first cruelty-free cosmetics zone in South Asia by following a national ban on animal testing for cosmetics by banning the import of animal-tested cosmetics as well a notification ordered by the central government. The notification will come into effect on -

1)	1 November ,2014	2)	13 November, 2014
3)	13 January ,2015	4)	1 April, 2015
5)	None of these

Q1356.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently approved 4754.42 crore rupees Comprehensive Scheme for Strengthening of Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Systems (CSST&DS) in  which two north-eastern states of India ?

1)	Assam and Nagaland	2)	Meghalaya and Manipur
3)	Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim	4)	Mizoram and Tripura
5)	Nagaland and Tripura

Q1357.

International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer is observed on ?

1)	14 September	2)	16 September
3)	12 October	4)	16 October
5)	None of these

Q1358.

Evry year, India observed National Hindi Divas on ?

1)	10 September	2)	12 September
3)	14 September	4)	16 September
5)	None of these

Q1359.

Recently, Union government launched a unique programme known as "FASTag". What is FASTag ?

1)	SBI women run for breast cancer	2)	A programme to enhance athleticism in youth
3)	A programme for Child labour	4)	ETC programme to be launched by Government
5)	None of these

Q1360.

Which State government recently launched a Unicode based mobile app for android phones to promote the language spoken in the State ?

1)	Karnataka	2)	Tamil Nadu
3)	Maharashtra	4)	Gujurat
5)	Andhara Pradesh