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153. Recently, the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan celebrated 25 years of its existence. In which among the following city, the head office of the Nehru

Yuva Kendra Sangathan is located?

[A]New Delhi
[B]Mumbai
[C]Nagpur
[D]Bhopal



New Delhi


154. Recently, which among the following group’s flagship initiative has bagged the Qatar Foundation’s 2012 ‘World Innovation Summit for Education’


(WISE) Award?

[A]Bharti Foundation
[B]Infosys Foundation
[C]Wipro foundation
[D]Tata Group



Bharti Foundation
Bharti Foundation’s flagship initiative, the Satya Bharti School Programme, has won the Qatar Foundation’s 2012 ‘World


Innovation Summit for Education’ (WISE) Award for its transformative impact and innovative approach to improve the quality and delivery of education to

underprivileged children in rural India.The Satya Bharti School Programme provides free quality education to over 38,000 children across rural India

through its network of 254 primary and secondary schools.The 2012 WISE Awards finalists have been selected under the theme ‘Transforming Education’. The

WISE awards for education are given each year. It was launched in 2009 by the Qatar Foundation and has received over 1,600 applications from 128

countries, with only 24 outstanding educational projects being declared winners.



155. Hamas has been in conflict with ____?


[A]Iran
[B]Egypt
[C]Saudi Arabia
[D]Israel



Israel


156. Shongtong Karcham Hydro Electric Project is located in ____?


[A]Arunachal Pradesh
[B]Sikkim
[C]Himachal Pradesh
[D]Uttarakhand



Himachal Pradesh
Asian Development Bank has signed a loan agreement of US $ 315 million with Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation for executing the


450-MW Shongtong Karcham Hydro Electric Project



157. Recently, India has announced that it will shortly induct K-15 missiles armed with nuclear warheads into INS Arihant. What is INS Arihant?


[A]Submarine
[B]Aircraft Carrier
[C]Warship
[D]Frigate



Submarine
INS Arihant is India’s indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine.


158. The ‘Turn Down the Heat’ report has been released by ____?


[A]World Bank
[B]UNDP
[C]UNEP
[D]World Economic Forum



World Bank
The World Bank warned that the Earth will be warmer by four degrees Celsius this century, causing “calamitous effects”, unless


immediate action is not taken to mitigate the imminent climate change crisis that may have serious consequences for countries like India.In a major

report prepared for the World Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Climate Analytics, the rise in temperature will

trigger a cascade of cataclysmic changes that include extreme heat-waves, declining global food stocks and a sea-level rise affecting hundreds of

millions of people. According to the report “Turn Down the Heat”, all regions of the world would suffer — some more than others — but the report finds

that the poor will suffer the most.



159. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development is located in ____?


[A]Andhra Pradesh
[B]Tamil Nadu
[C]Kerala
[D]Maharashtra



Tamil Nadu


160. . Recently, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared the furniture major IKEA’s Rs.10,500-crore project, the largest foreign


direct investment (FDI) in single-brand retail so far. The IKEA is based in which among the following country?

[A]Germany
[B]Sweden
[C]France
[D]Spain



Sweden


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