Famous Personalities

11.Which Indian American is the CEO of Adobe Systems?
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b.
c.
d.

Option “D” is correct.
Shantanu Narayen (born 27 May, 1963) is an American business executive. He has been the chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Adobe Inc.
12.Who is the newly appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu as of February 2018?
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b.
c.
d.

Option “C” is correct.
Banwarilal Purohit (born 16 April 1940) is an Indian politician who is the current and 14th Governor of Tamil Nadu.
13.National Commission on Farmers was chaired by –
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “D” is correct.
The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) was constituted on 18 November, 2004 under the chairmanship of Professor M. S. Swaminathan.
14.Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus belongs to which one of the following countries.
a.
b.Pakistan
c.Maldives
d.Bangladesh

Option “D” is correct.
Muhammed Yunus is a professor of economics who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2006 for his role in developing a microcredit bank in Bangladesh.
15.
In which of the following countries did Prime Minister Modi start ‘ Ramayana Circuit’ on 11 May, 2018?
a.Sri Lanka
b.Myanmar
c.Nepal
d.Indonesia

Option “C” is correct.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K. P. Sharma Oli inaugurated a direct bus service between Janakpur and Ayodhya, the two sacred cities for Hindus, as a part of a “Ramayan Circuit” to promote religious tourism in Nepal and India.
16.Who was the Chairman of 14th Finance Commission?
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b.
c.
d.

Option “D” is correct.
The Fourteenth Finance Commission was constituted by the President under Article 280 of the Constitution on 2 January 2013 to make recommendations for the period 2015 – 20. Dr. Y. V. Reddy was appointed the Chairman of the Commission.
17.Who among the following was the Chairman of the Committee on Financial Sector Assessment (CFSA) set up by the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India in 2006 to undertake a complete health checkup of the country’s financial sector?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “C” is correct.
Dr. Rakesh Mohan was the Chairman of the Committee on Financial Sector Assessment (CFSA) set up by the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India in 2006 to undertake a complete health checkup of the country’s financial sector.
18.Why was Sucheta Kadethankar in the news recently?
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b.
c.
d.

Option “C” is correct.
Sucheta Kadethankar from Pune India, on 15 July 2011 became the first Indian woman to walk across the Gobi Desert, a distance of 1,000 miles (1,600 km) in Mongolia, Asia’s largest desert. Kadethankar was part of a 13-member team from nine countries led by Ripley Davenport, the desert explorer, in the Gobi Desert 2011 expedition.
19.Which film was not directed by Satyajit Ray?
a.
b.Charulata
c.Jalsaghar
d.Gumnam

Option “D” is correct.
Raja Nawathe was the director of Gumnaam.
20.As of July 2018, who was the External Affairs Minister of India?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “B” is correct.
As of July 2018, Sushma Swaraj was the External Affairs Minister of India.
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