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Q. Recently RBI has announced the Indian version of 'America's Operation Twist' -
1) to bring down long-term interest rates
2) to reduce NPA
3) to improve the managerial structure of banks
4) None of the above

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Q. Where did Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVTC) inaugurate first Silk Processing Plant?
1) Surendranagar, Gujarat
2) Surat, Gujarat
3) Rajkot, Gujarat
4) Bhavnagar, Gujarat

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Q. Researchers of which of the following IITs have recently developed materials to produce energy from water on a small scale?
1) IIT Hyderabad
2) IIT Mumbai
3) IIT Madras
4) IIT Guwahati

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Q. With reference to 'The Kartarpur corridor', which of the following statements is/ are correct?
1. The Kartarpur corridor involves a road link for Sikh pilgrims to visit the famous Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan.
2. The gurudwara was established by the first Sikh Guru in 1522.
3. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had first suggested the corridor when he took the bus trip to Lahore in 1999.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :

1) 1 and 2 only
2) 3 only
3) 2 and 3 only
4) 1, 2 and 3

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Q. The '2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine' has been awarded to 'William Kaelin', Gregg Semenza' and Peter Ratcliffe' for their discoveries of -
1) Molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
2) Mechanisms for Autophagy
3) A novel therapy against malaria
4) How cell sense and adapt to oxygen availability

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Q. For joint lending using end-to-end automated processing, real time approval and disbursement the 'Home Credit India (HCIN)', a local arm of the international consumer finance provider, has tied-up with ........... in October, 2019.
1) Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB)
2) Karnataka Gramin Bank (KGB)
3) Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB)
4) Karur Vysya Bank (KVB)

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Q. In order to foray into the credit cards segment private sector 'Bandhan Bank' has entered into partnership with .......... in August, 2019.
1) JP Morgan Chase
2) Royal bank of Scotland Pic
3) BNP Paribas
4) Standard Chartered Bank

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Q. The Indian Railways conducted (in October 2019) its first Buddhist Circuit Train between India and -
1) Bhutan
2) Japan
3) Myanmar
4) Nepal

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Q. A new Fixed Deposit(FD) Scheme - 'FD Health' which offers Fixed Deposit with a health benefit through critical illness coverage wherein the customers will be offered a complimentary insurance cover of Rs. 1 lakh has been launched in October 2019 by -
1) HDFC Bank Limited
2) IDFC First Bank Limited
3) Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
4) ICICI

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Q. The 'DigiSmart' credit card focused primarily on the ever growing segment of Millennial's has been launched in September 2019 by -
1) Citibank
2) Bank of Scotland
3) Standard Chartered Bank
4) Deutsche Bank

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