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Q631.

The government has set up an inter-ministerial  eight-members panel for the development of underground coal gasification in coal and lignite bearing areas. The chairman of the panel is ------ .

1)	Amarendra Kumar Dubey	2)	Shri Arvind Panagariya
3)	Dharmendra Pradhan	4)	Saurabh Chandra
5)	None of these

Q632.

Recently, which state government has launched a webpage and an SMS number to accept suggestions from the general public to increase their participation in budget preparation ?

1)	Gujarat	2)	Odisha
3)	Kerala	4)	Rajasthan
5)	None of these

Q633.

International renown journalist Ursula Gauthier is force to leave China by Chinese govt. after being denied press credentials and facing heavy criticism from the foreign ministry and state media over her reporting. She is citizen of which country ?

1)	Germany	2)	UK
3)	France	4)	Canada
5)	None of these

Q634.

Recently, which renown Pakistani singer has been officially granted Indian citizenship with effect from January 1 ,2016 ?

1)	Abida Parveen	2)	Shafqat Amanat Ali
3)	Adnan Sami	4)	Ali Zafar
5)	None of these

Q635.

Who is the Special Representative for Sino-India boundary talks who will hold informal talks with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the vexed border dispute and other strategic issues ,will visit China soon ?

1)	Sushma Swaraj	2)	Ajit Doval
3)	Subrahmanyam Jaishankar	4)	Rajnath Singh
5)	None of these

Q636.

The Central Government has declared 2016 as the ‘Year of LPG Consumers’. The govt. also unveiled plans to make the clean cooking fuel available to all households.What is target year of roll out online bill payment facility and transparent gas cylinders ?

1)	End of 2016	2)	End of 2017
3)	End of 2018	4)	End of 2019
5)	None of these

Q637.

The information and broadcasting ministry has constituted a panel to give recommendations for restructuring of censor board, which has been mired in controversies in the recent past.Who among the following is the constituted director  of panel ?

1)	Shyam Benegal	2)	Amitabh Bachchan
3)	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	4)	Bhawana Somaaya
5)	None of these

Q638.

The Central Govt. has appointment a panel to vigil the students no-fail-till-Class 8 which has recommended revocation of the 'no-detention policy' under which students could not be failed in exams till class VIII as part of the Right to Education. Who is the head of the panel ?

1)	Smriti Irani	2)	Rajnath Siongh
3)	Shri Arvind Panagariya,	4)	Vasudev Devnani
5)	Shri Bibek Debroy

Q639.

Recently, the Union Govt. has taken the decision that those with annual taxable income above ---------  to be excluded from getting subsidised LPG cylinders where as many as 57.5 lakh “well-to-do households” to voluntarily give up the cooking gas subsidy.

1)	above Rs 5 lakh	2)	above Rs 6 lakh
3)	above Rs 10 lakh	4)	above Rs 12 lakh
5)	None of these

Q640.

The Union Government has unveiled the India's National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020 to establish India as a world class bio-manufacturing hub which would work to turn this sector into a $100 billion industry by 2025 with focus in areas of healthcare, food and nutrition, clean energy and education.The National Biotechnology Development Strategy  is under the ministry of ------- .

1)	Ministry of science and technology	2)	Ministry of HRD
3)	Ministry of Health and Education	4)	Ministry of Home
5)	None of these