1. The BRICS Bank or the New Development Bank will ramp up lending to $2.5 billion in 2017. The present chairman of NDB is (3)
(1) DJ Pandian
(2) Jin Liqun
(3) KV Kamath
(4) Aditya Puri
(5) Deepak Parekh
2. How much will the central government invest to increase the capacity of Panipat Refinery? (5)
(1) Rs. 21000 crore
(2) Rs. 19000 crore
(3) Rs. 18500 crore
(4) Rs. 17700 crore
(5) Rs. 15000 crore
3. India’s holdings of American government bonds reached $ ……. billion in July. (5)
(1) 125.5
(2) 122.5
(3) 121.4
(4) 120.8
(5) 123.7
4. Which of the following countries recently launched its longest manned space mission sending two astronauts to spend a month aboard Tiangong 2 space laboratory? (4)
(1) Russia
(2) South Korea
(3) Japan
(4) China
(5) Germany
5. Michel Temer is the present President of which of the following countries? (2)
(1) South Africa
(2) Brazil
(3) Spain
(4) Greece
(5) Sweden
