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

Q1361.

The Union Petroleum Ministry has changed the name of Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG and renamed as ?

1)	SDBTL	2)	SAMPATH
3)	PAHAL	4)	Both 1 & 2
5)	None of these

Q1362.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 January 2015 has extended the deadline for the submission of applications to open small finance banks and payments banks to 2 February from 16 January. What is the minimum capital must for setting up niche banking entities?

1)	Rs. 50 crore	2)	Rs. 100 crore
3)	Rs. 500 crore	4)	Rs. 600 crore
5)	None of these

Q1363.

Recently, the Health ministry has released a draft of the National Health Policy 2015 according to which government plans to make health a fundamental right. Similarly government enacted Right to Education Act, to make education a fundamental right of every child, in which year ?

1)	2005	2)	2008
3)	2009	4)	2012
5)	None of these

Q1364.

Finance ministry has recently decided not to extend excise duty cuts on automobiles beyond December 31. The interim Budget of former finance minister P Chidambaram had reduced the excise duty on small cars, scooters, motorcycles and commercial vehicles to - % from 12% ?

1)	6%	2)	8%
3)	9%	4)	10%
5)	None of these

Q1365.

President Pranab Mukherjee on 31 December 2014 has given his assent to NJAC Bill, 2014 that seeks to scrap the collegium system of appointing ?

1)	Chief Information Commissioner	2)	Judges to higher judiciary
3)	Central Vigilance Commission	4)	Director of CBI
5)	None of these

Q1366.

The Union Government has decided to separate the post of Chairman and Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in public sector banks on 31 December 2014 . As per the Finance Ministry, the Chairman in public sector banks other than which bank will be a part- time board member henceforth ?

1)	IDBI	2)	NABARD
3)	State Bank of India	4)	Punjab National Bank
5)	None of these

Q1367.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 30 December 2014 announced immediate retirement from which format of the cricket ?

1)	Test Cricket	2)	ODI Cricket
3)	Twenty-20 Cricket	4)	First-Class Cricket
5)	None of these

Q1368.

Commercial power generation in Kudankulam nuclear power plant started on 30 December 2014 after getting approval from the Nuclear Power Corporation. Kudankulam nuclear power plant is situated in which state ?

1)	Rajasthan	2)	Andhara Pradesh
3)	Tamil Nadu	4)	Karnataka
5)	None of these

Q1369.

Amidst row and demonstrations over Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK', which state government has recently decided to exempt the movie from entertainment tax ?

1)	Bihar	2)	Uttar Pradesh
3)	Maharashtra	4)	Tamil Nadu
5)	None of these

Q1370.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Radhakrishnan retired on 31 December 2014. Who will hold additional and interim charge as Chairman of ISRO for a month or until a regular chief is named ?

1)	Shailesh Nayak	2)	K. Radhakrishnan
3)	A.S. Kiran Kumar	4)	M Sathiyavathy
5)	None of these