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

Q1241.

What is name of the solar-powered plane which started its historic 35,000-km round-the-world journey from Abu Dhabi on 9 March 2015 ?

1)	Lunar Impulse-1	2)	Solar Impulse - 2
3)	Flying Saucer	4)	Wallops Flight
5)	None of these

Q1242.

Which state government recently launched 'Bhagyashree' scheme in place of the Sukanya scheme which caters to girls from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families?

1)	Odisha	2)	UP
3)	Maharashtra	4)	Rajasthan
5)	None of these

Q1243.

Who was recently selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2014 ?

1)	Veerappa Moily	2)	Kamal Nath
3)	Jayaram Ramesh	4)	Sashi Tharoor
5)	None of these

Q1244.

Which team lifted the 69th edition of Santosh Trophy on 15 March 2015 ?

1)	Mizoram	2)	Kerala
3)	Punjab	4)	Services
5)	None of these

Q1245.

Which among the following terms is NOT associated with banking sector ?

1)	Syndication	2)	Sub-prime
3)	Prime Meridian	4)	Corporate finance
5)	Sub-standard assets

Q1246.

Which institutions are associated with the regulation of finance-related activities in India ?

1)	IFFCO	2)	FMC
3)	ICERT	4)	IDBI
5)	None of these

Q1247.

Which Acts enables banks to reduce their non-performing assets (NPAs) by adopting measures for recovery or reconstruction ?

1)	SARFAESI Act	2)	State Bank of India Act
3)	RBI Act	4)	Banking Regulation Act
5)	None of these

Q1248.

At present, how many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are there in India ?

1)	56	2)	75
3)	84	4)	124
5)	None of these

Q1249.

Who have been conferred the India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, recently ?

1)	Madan Mohan Malaviya	2)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
3)	Dhyan Chand	4)	Both 1 & 2
5)	All of the above

Q1250.

Which institutions are formally known as the World Bank?

1)	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)	2)	Asian Development Fund (ADB)
3)	International Monetary Fund (IMF)	4)	World Trade Organisation (WTO)
5)	None of these