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Who has been elected as the first woman chairman of Indian Bank's Association (IBA)?

A) Usha Ananthasubramanian B) Shikha Sharma
C) Kaku Nakhate D) Chanda Kochhar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Usha Ananthasubramanian

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Shamma lends Rs.40,000 to two of her friends. She gives Rs.24,000 to the first at 8% p.a. simple interest. Shamma wants to make a profit of 10% on the whole. The simple interest rate at which she should lend the remaining sum of money to the second friend is:

A) 13% B) 8.5%
C) 9.5% D) 11.25%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 13%

Explanation:

The ratio of money she lended is

24000 : 16000 = 3 : 2

Let the rate of interest be R%

 

8%                   R%
     

           10

 

3          :           2

 

R = 13%.

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Which city has become the first Indian city to have its own logo?

A) Bengaluru B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi D) Gujarat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bengaluru

Explanation:

Bengaluru becomes the first Indian city to get its very own logo

    • Much like New York and Singapore, Bengaluru is set to get its own logo, becoming the first Indian city to do so.

 

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Q:

First Bank to introduce Credit Card in India

A) HSBC Bank B) ICICI Bank
C) State Bank of India D) Central Bank of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Central Bank of India

Explanation:

 

        • First Bank to introduce Credit Card in India - Central Bank of India
        • First Bank to introduce ATM  -  HSBC, 1987
        • First Bank to introduce Internet Banking - ICICI Bank

 

 

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Who has become the first batsman to score three double tons in One Day Internationals?

A) Virat Kohli B) AB de Villiers
C) Chris Gayle D) Rohith Sharma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rohith Sharma

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Q:

who was the first non-human to win an Oscar?

A) Pussycat B) Mickey Mouse
C) Ninja D) Bender
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mickey Mouse

Explanation:

Mickey Mouse was the first non-human to win an Oscar in 1932.

Walt Disney won the first of his many Oscars for the creation of Mickey Mouse.

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Q:

Indian captain Virat Kohli became the first captain to hit six double centuries in Test cricket. He has surpassed -

A) Steve Smith B) Brian Lara
C) Michael Clarke D) Don Bradman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brian Lara

Explanation:

Virat Kohli surpasses Brian Lara with sixth Test double hundred as captain.

After reaching the milestone, Virat Kohli became the first captain to score six double tons in Test cricket. He has also become the first player to score six double centuries in just a span of 17 months. He also became the second Indian to score back-to-back double centuries, only after Vinod Kambli.

Apart from him, the only other cricketers who have scored back-to-back double Test tons are Wally Hammond, Don Bradman, Kambli, Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke.

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Q:

First Afghan War took place in the year

A) 1849 B) 1839
C) 1858 D) 1869
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1839

Explanation:
      • The First Anglo-Afghan War also known as Disaster in Afghanistan was fought between British imperial India and The Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842.
      • A British-Indian force attacks Ghazni fort during the First Afghan War, 1839.
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