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India has signed a MoU with which of the following country to train its women police officers?
A) Bhutan
B) Myanmar
C) Nepal
D) Sri Lanka
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: The Union Cabinet, gave ex-post facto approval to an MoU between India and Myanmar on upgradation of the Women’s Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar.
India has signed an agreement with which of the following country on bilateral consulations?
A) Kenya
B) Dijibouti
C) Morocco
D) Tunisia
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: India and Djibouti have signed an agreement to establish regular Foreign Office-level bilateral consultations between both countries. The agreement was signed during President Ram Nath Kovind’s first leg of his four-day visit to Djibouti and Ethiopia. President Ram Nath Kovind is first Indian leader to visit Djibouti and it was also his maiden trip abroad since taking office.
SECURE Himalaya has been launched for how many years?
A) Five
B) Six
C) Seven
D) Eight
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: The Centre has launched a six-year project called SECURE Himalaya, to ensure conservation of locally and globally significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in the high Himalayan ecosystem spread over four states in India.
‘Paryatan Parv’ is launched at which of the following places?
A) nagoli Jat, Delhi
B) Mehrauli, delhi
C) Red Fort, Delhi
D) Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: The Union Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Other Union Ministries and State Governments has launched nationwide ‘Paryatan Parv’ to showcase cultural diversity of country and reinforce the principle of ‘Tourism for All’.
National Waterway-4 is founded in which of the following state?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Telangana
D) Bihar
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: Vice president Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the first phase of the 2,890-km National Waterway-4 (NW-4) at Amravati in Andhra Pradesh.
‘Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana’ is launched by which of the following state government?
A) Uttrakhand
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: The Uttar Pradesh government approved the ‘Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana’, a mass marriage scheme, wherein Rs 35,000 will be spent on each couple, besides gifting them mobile phones and household items.
MasterCard has signed a MoU with which of the following state government to setup a centre of excellence?
A) Telangana
B) Bihar
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: The Andhra Pradesh Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mastercard to setup a centre of excellence in Visakhapatnam.
A grand temple is going to be built in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which of the following places?
A) Lucknow
B) Chnadigarh
C) Meerut
D) Kochi
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: A grand temple worth Rs. 30 crore is going to be built in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. The temple would be built in the Sardhana area of Meerut where a 100-foot statue of Prime Minister Modi would be installed.
India has signed a MoU worth Rs. ___ with which of the following country for developing its infrastructure, health and education?
A) $4.5-billion, Bangladesh
B) $3.5-billion, Myanmar
C) $4.5-billion, Nepal
D) $5.5-billion, China
E) None of these

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Option A
Explanation: Bangladesh has signed a $4.5-billion loan deal with India for developing its infrastructure, health and education. Under the agreement, Bangladesh will have to purchase 65 to 75 per cent of the services, goods or works from the Indian market with the money to be provided under the new LoC.
8th SAARC speaker Parliamentarians conference has begun in which country?
A) Nepal
B) Sri Lanka
C) Philipines
D) Myanmar
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: The eighth Conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians (ASSP) began in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The main theme of this year’s conference is ‘Association of the SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians’.
The Reserve Bank reduced the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by __ per cent to 19.5 per cent.
A) 0.25
B) 0.5
C) 0.75
D) 1.25
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: On 4th October, the Reserve Bank reduced the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) the portion of deposits held by banks in government securities, by 0.5 per cent to 19.5 per cent, freeing over Rs 57,000 crore to bank funds for lending. The new SLR will be effective from the fortnight commencing October 14, 2017.
Which of the following Life Insurance Company has launched Neo — a servicing bot for Twitter?
A) ICICI
B) Bajaj Alliance
C) HDFC
D) HSBC
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: HDFC Life Insurance Company has launched Neo — a servicing bot for Twitter that uses artificial intelligence for customer service. The insurer hopes to deploy the bot in answering policy —related queries on social media.
India has signed the Finance Contract for lending of € 300 million for Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II Line R6 with which of the following bank?
A) JPMorgan Chase & Co.
B) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
C) European Investment Bank
D) Bank of America
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: Government of India and European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed the Finance Contract for lending of € 300 million for Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II Line R6.
According to Coffee Board, India’s coffee output pegged at record__lakh tons in 2017-18
A) 3.2
B) 3.5
C) 3.4
D) 3.6
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: According to Coffee Board, coffee output in India, is pegged to be a record 3.50 lakh tonnes in the 2017-18 marketing year started this month on higher acreage.
Who among the following is the current Prime Minister of Mangolia?
A) Sanjaagin Bayar
B) Ukhnaa Khurelsukh
C) Norovyn Altankyung
D) Chimed Saikhanbileg
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: The Mongolian Parliament has confirmed Ukhnaa Khurelsukh as the country’s new Prime Minister. His confirmation comes after Jargaltulga Erdenebat was voted out of office last month over allegations of corruption and incompetence.
Who of the following has won Nobel Prize in literature 2017?
A) Harold Pinter
B) Herta Muller
C) Mario Vargas
D) Kazuo Ishiguro
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017 is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro (Japanese-born British) “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”.
Who among the following is the India’s richest man ?
A) Shiv Nadar
B) Dilip sanghvi
C) Mukesh Ambani
D) Acharya Balkrishan
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: According Forbes magazine’s annual ‘India Rich List 2017‘, Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani emerged as India’s wealthiest for the 10th straight year as his net worth swelled to USD 38 billion (nearly Rs 2.5 lakh crore) while the wealth of 100 richest rose by 26 per cent despite economic hiccups.
Purushottam Lal Kaushik has passed away. He is a former __ minister.
A) Information and Broadcasting
B) Coal and Petroleum
C) Food Processing
D) Human Resource and Development
E) None of these

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Option A
Explanation: Former Minister for Information and Broadcasting Purushottam Lal Kaushik has passed away. The departed leader was the Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation in the Morarji Desai Ministry and later, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the Charan Singh government.
Whhat is the theme of World Space Week?
A) Remote Sensing: Enabling the FuTure
B) Exploring New Worlds In Space
C) Space and You
D) Space and New Possibilities

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Option B
Explanation: The World Space Week is organized across the World from 4 to 10 October. In 1999, The United Nations General Assembly declared that World Space Week will take place from 4th October to 10th October every year, in commemoration and celebration of two key dates in the advancement of space technology and exploration.
What is the theme of Teacher’s Day?
A) Invest in the Future, Invest in Teahcers
B) Valuing Teachers: improving their Status
C) Teachers for Today Tomorrow and Forever
D) Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: World Teachers’ Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is held annually on October 5 since 1994, commemorates teacher organizations worldwide. Its aim is to mobilize support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.