Where is the headquarters of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)?
- New Delhi
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Allahabad
- Raipur
Explanation:
Recently, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singhhas chaired the 42nd annual general body meeting of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) on August 22, 2017. The meeting approved the annual report and audited accounts of the NMML society for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16. During the meeting various issues including up gradation and renovation of museum, digitization of documents, acquisition of books in regional languages and setting up of a museum for former Prime Ministers, were discussed. The NMML is a museum and library in New Delhi that aims to preserve and reconstruct the history of the Indian independence movement.
- Sher Shah
- Shivaji
- Jahangir
- Aurangzeb
What is the amount of Iron in Earth (percentage in total mass)?
- 24.5%
- 34.6%
- 39.3%
- 42.4%
- 6.50%
- 6.75%
- 6.55%
- 6.25%
Explanation:
As per second bi-monthly monetary and credit policy review for 2017-18 of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) remain unchanged at 6.25%. Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF remains at 6.0%, Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) remains at 4% and the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.50%.Though, the Central bank has cut the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by 0.5%. It has projected inflation in the range of 2% to 3.5% for first half of 2017-18 and 3.5% to 4.5% for the second half. It has also cut the growth projection for current fiscal to 7.3% from 7.4%.
- Uttar Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh
India and which country has recently signed MoU for cooperation in agriculture and phytosanitary issues?
- Japan
- Australia
- Malaysia
- Italy
Explanation:
India and Italy has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in Agriculture and Phytosanitary issues on December 6, 2017 that will replace the one signed in 2008. Notably, the MoU was signed between Indian Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Italian Minister for Agriculture H.E Maurizio Martina that will provide a good framework for cooperation in this field.
- 2nd century AD
- 3rd century AD
- 4th century
- 5th century AD
- China
- India
- Russia
- South Africa
Explanation:
The 9th edition of BRICS Summit will be held in Xiamen city, China from September 3 to 5, 2017. The theme of this year’s event is ‘BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future’.
- Kazakhstan
- Saudi Arabia
- Afghanistan
- China
Explanation:
Dasht-e Margo is a desert region in the southern provinces of Helmand and Nimruz in Afghanistan. It is the world’s 20th largest desert, and consists mainly of sand masses and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rarely oases.
In which year, Sabarmati Ashram was established?
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1917