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HOSTEL GRAND TEST SPECIAL EXPRESS

 Famous Personalities 

1. Who is the only woman who refused the Office of the President of India due to love and to  promote Bharatanayam?

Rukmini Devi Arundel 


2. Name the person who worked as the first Director of  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)?

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

He is the first Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), and later its first Director-General.

Known for: Establishing twelve national laboratories in India.

Also known as: Father of Research Laboratories in India.


3. Who is the first recipient of World Food Prize?


M.S Swaminathan 


4. Name the present Election Commissioner of India?

Gyanesh Kumar


5. Who is the first woman recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award?

Mother Teresa

 

National and International Organisations

6. Expand UNICEF?

UNICEF stands for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.


 However, since 1953, it's officially known as the United Nations Children's Fund, though it retains the original acronym. 


7. Which bank regulates imports and exports in India?

EXIM Bank

Exports and Imports Bank of India


8. Which is the first bank in India to establish Net banking?

ICICI Bank was the first bank in India to introduce internet banking (net banking) to its customers, in 1996. 


9. Expand IBRD

IBRD stands for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a key institution within the World Bank Group focused on providing loans, guarantees, and advisory services to middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries to promote sustainable development and reduce poverty. 


10. Who established the International Solar Alliance?

ISA was established by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of France Francois Hollande on November 30, 2015, ISA's objective is to scale up solar energy, reduce the cost of solar power generation through technologies, innovation, research and development, and capacity building.

Headquarters - Gurugram, Haryana


Welfare Schemes and Infrastructure 

11. The headquarters of Indian Military Academy is?


Dehradun, Uttarkhand 


12. Which institution replaced the Planning Commission in 2015?

NITI Aayog



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