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| 1. | Who has been elected as an External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, has been elected External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union, Geneva, for a three-year term. |
| 2. | Which of the following states has been collaborate with Finland in the field of Artificial Intelligence? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Karnataka-Finland collaborated in Artificial Intelligence. 'Center for Excellence for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence' has decided to enter into a collaboration agreement with 'Business Finland'. |
| 3. | The RBI has proposed merging financially troubled lakshmivilas bank with which bank? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The Reserve Bank has proposed merging Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) with DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL). DBIL will inject Rs 2,500 crore into the merged entity to support its financial position. |
| 4. | Which two countries have won the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Mutual Agreement 2019 Award? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Indo-Japan cooperation has won the OECD Mutual Agreement Procedure 2019 Award for highest agreement ratio for a pair of jurisdictions for transfer pricing cases. |
| 5. | Which country will ban sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The UK will become the first nation within the G7 to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles. Target for the UK is to become carbon neutral by 2050. |
| 6. | The world heritage site of Hampi will soon be a part of new district Vijayanagara of which state? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: A part of Vijayanagara ruins known as Hampi have been designated as a UNESCO world heritage site. Vijayanagara is in the eastern part of central Karnataka. |
| 7. | Which of the following police stations awarded with ISO 9001:2015 certification for quality management system? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The North Police Station in Kohima was awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management System. |
| 8. | Which country declared climate emergency to combat global warming? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Japanese lawmakers declared a climate emergency. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga last month announced Japan would aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. |