Which among the following is not directly controlled by RBI?
- Bank rate
- Base rate
- Repo rate
- Cash Reserve Ratio
Explanation:
Base Rate is the minimum lending rate that banks can charge their customers from July 1, 2010. Prior to this all lending rates were pegged to a Bank’s Prime Lending Rate or PLR. The banks were charging the customers an interest rate which was either above PLR or below PLR, thus PLR serving as an anchor rate. From July 1, 2010, the Base Rate has not only replaced the PLR as a benchmark rate but has also become the new floor rate below which no bank can lend.
- Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
- Bombay Presidency Association
- Servants of India Society
- Land Holders Society
What do we call a CPU that is designed specifically to handle the communications processing task with main purpose is to off-load communications processing task from the host computer so that the host computer can be dedicated for applications and data processing jobs?
- Backend processor
- Front-end processor
- Node processor
- File Server
Who has been appointed acting chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT)?
- U D Salvi
- Mohit Seth
- Madan B Lokur
- B M Raikar
Explanation:
Justice Umesh Dattatraya Salvi has been appointed acting chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT) following the superannuation of Justice Swatanter Kumar. He will hold the post till a new Chairperson is appointed or till his superannuation, whichever is earlier. During Justice Kumar tenure as NGT chief, he passed several landmark orders and judgements. These include the ban on 10- year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles, the slew of directions for rejuvenation of the Ganga and Yamuna, the demolition of illegal hotels in Himachal Pradesh and the ban on plastic items in Delhi, Haridwar and Punjab. His recent order capping the number of pilgrims at Vaishno Devi to 50,000 per day and his direction to maintain silence at Amarnath invited ire from various quarters.
- Germany
- Belgium
- Singapore
- South Africa
Explanation:
Belgium has become the first country to open an honorary consulate office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). This is in addition to Belgium’s embassy in Delhi, two consulates general in Mumbai and Chennai and an honorary consulate in Kolkata. Beside this, Hari Sankaran was nominated as Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Belgium to the state of Gujarat. Sankaran is the Vice-Chairman and MD of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL and FS). The GIFT city is India’s first multi-service SEZ with International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) status which is catering to India’s large financial services market by offering global firms world’s class infrastructure and facilities.
- Ajanta
- Badami
- Mahabalipuram
- Ellora
Who among the following is ascribed for the work Mudrarakshaha?
- Kalidasa
- Vishakhadatta
- Kautilya
- Bhatrihari
Explanation:
Kautilya`s Arthashastra, Ashoka`s Inscriptions, Megasthanese Indica and Vishakhadatta`s Mudrarakshash are the main sources of Mauryan History
- Leader
- The Independent
- Hindustan Times
- National Herald
- Devaraya I
- Devaraya II
- Krishnadeva Raya
- Achyuta Raya
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Pingley Venkayya