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Q1561.

The professor , Dr. Kamal Bawa was in news in the second week of September 2014 for which of the following reason ?

1)	He became first Indian actor to be honoured by US post service	2)	He resigned as the Deputy National Security Adviser
3)	He won the MIDORI Prize in Biodiversity 2014	4)	He was denied a Visa from South Africa from attending Nobel Summit
5)	None of these

Q1562.

Parliament of Iraq on 8 September 2014 approved a new government headed by a person as Prime Minister. Name the person, who will head the government as Prime Minister ?

1)	Hoshyar Jebari	2)	Haider al-Abadi
3)	Osama al-Nujeifi	4)	Ayad Allawi
5)	None of these

Q1563.

In first week of September 2014, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)  has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up India's first of its kind Coral Garden in which other company ?

1)	Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL)	2)	TCS
3)	NTPC	4)	NALCO
5)	Jindal Group

Q1564.

India's first 'Coral Garden' will be set up at Mithapur coastal district in an attempt to conserve several coral species at one place and to boost tourism in the state. Mithapur is located in which state ?

1)	Kerala	2)	Goa
3)	Gujurat	4)	Tamil Nadu
5)	West Bengal

Q1565.

Recently,the Supreme had quashed allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks allotted to various companies since 1993 terming it as "fatally flawed" . How many blocks are allowed the Centre to take over operation which are functional ?

1)	12	2)	24
3)	34	4)	42
5)	None of these

Q1566.

China agreed to allow the conduct of the annual Kailash Manasarovar Yatra through Nathula Pass in Sikkim. This is in addition to the existing route which is perceived hazardous and difficult to undertake. The existing route is through which pass ?

1)	Nathu-la Pass, Sikkim	2)	Lipulekh Pass, Uttarakhand
3)	Bara-lacha-la, Himachal Pradesh	4)	Shipki La, Himachal Pradesh
5)	Karakoram Pass, Jammu and Kashmir (Ladakh)

Q1567.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on 17th September 2014 commenced his three-day state visit to India from Gujarat - the home state of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Before him, who was the last Chinese President to visit India ?

1)	Rong Yiren	2)	Hu Jintao
3)	Jiang Zemin	4)	Zeng Qinghong
5)	None of these

Q1568.

Despite numerous signs of recovery being seen in Indian economy, banking credit growth plunged to its lowest level in last 5 years. What was the banking credit growth rate as on 31 August 2014, which was the lowest in last 5 years ?

1)	8.75%	2)	9.5%
3)	10.9%	4)	11.2%
5)	None of these

Q1569.

Which Indian Institute of Management (IIM) of the country on 17 September 2014 launched www.iboughtproperty.com, a crowdsourcing portal, with the objective of promoting transparency in the real estate sector ?

1)	IIM Bangalore	2)	IIM Ahemadabad
3)	IIM Kozhikode	4)	IIM Lucknow
5)	None of these

Q1570.

Shankar Barua, who allegedly committed on 17th September 2014, was the former Director General of Police (DGP) of which state ?

1)	Manipur	2)	Assam
3)	West Bengal	4)	Tripura
5)	Jarkhand