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Q861.

India has signed a contract with  Pipistrel for ‘Virus FW80’ for 194 micro-light aircraft to be used by Indian Air Force, the Navy and the National Cadet Corps (NCC) .The Indian version of the aircraft will be known as ‘Garur’ with a deal valued at Rs 105.5 crore.The Pipistrel Virus is a light aircraft manufactured in ---------- .

1)	Slovenia	2)	Russia
3)	Israel	4)	USA
5)	France

Q862.

Which state-owned oil marketing company is in the process of setting up infrastructure and working out the logistics to sell subsidized 5 kg LPG cylinders in rural India in an effort to increase usage of clean fuel for cooking ?

1)	Hindustan Petroleum Company Ltd.(HPCL)	2)	Bharat Petroleum Company Ltd.(BPCL)
3)	Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)	4)	Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC)
5)	None of these

Q863.

The controvercial Mahmud Kasuri's book "Neither a hawk, nor a dove - An insider's account of Pakistan's foreign policy" has been launched at Worli's Nehru Centre where Shiv Sena workers allegedly smeared black ink on Sudheendra Kulkarni’s face ahead of Kasuri book launchWriters step up protest.The Worli's Nehru Centre is located at---------- .

1)	Mumbai	2)	New Delhi
3)	Nagpur	4)	Ahmadabad
5)	None of these

Q864.

Eminent economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for his work on consumption, poverty and welfare which helped governments to improve policy through tools such as household surveys and tax changes. He belongs to which of following country ?

1)	USA	2)	British
3)	Germany	4)	France
5)	None of these

Q865.

Veteran actress, comedian, stage artiste and singer Manorama passed away on 11 October 2015 at the age 78. In her career spanning almost six decades she had acted in over 1,500 films, 1,000 stage performances and several television series in five languages. She had performed her skill in which languase ?

1)	Tamil	2)	Telugu
3)	Malayalam	4)	Kannada
5)	None of these

Q866.

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)-CPN-UML was elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal.Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?

1)	He became first Prime Minister of Nepal under the newly adopted secular, republic and federal Constitution of Himalayan country.	2)	Earlier had served as Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Girija Prasad Koirala-led interim government formed in 2006.
3)	He also had served as Minister for Home Affairs (MHA) in 1994 in the government led by the then UML Chairman Manmohan Adhikari.	4)	Only 1 and 2 are correct
5)	All 1,2 and 3 are correct

Q867.

Every year, 11th October is being observed as International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC). In which year it was observed for first time ?

1)	2009	2)	2010
3)	2011	4)	2012
5)	None of these

Q868.

Punjub National Bank (PNB) has won the 2015 Beighton Cup hockey tournament ,defeated 4 time winners Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) by 5-3 goals in penalty shoot outs. The final match played in which city ?

1)	Mumbai	2)	Kolkata
3)	Panaji	4)	Kochi
5)	None of these

Q869.

Recently,former Telecom secretary M F Farooqui has been appointed chairman of Broadband India Forum (BIF). Which of the following statement/s is/are correct about it ? A) The objective will be to promote content developers and bring all broadband technology players on board to support Digital India initiative. B) He has replaced ex-telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh who has been appointed Chairman Emeritus of BIF. C) He was Former resident director-Regulatory Affairs at Vodafone India, elected as President at the eighth Annual General Meeting of BIF. D)The forum has more than 40 members which include technology providers, telecom operators, Internet service providers, cable TV operators, value added service providers and professionals.

1)	Only A and B are correct	2)	Only A ,B and C are correct
3)	Only A ,B and D are correct	4)	All A,B,C and D are correct
5)	None of these

Q870.

Which among the following is the oldest Public Sector Bank of India?

1)	Punjab National Bank	2)	Central Bank of India
3)	Imperial Bank of India [	4)	Allahabad Bank
5)	None of these