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1
Which company has become India's most valued company in terms of market capitalisation
on 16th August 2018?
Tata Consultancy Services on 16th August 2018 pipped Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) to regain the crown of India's most valued company in terms of market
capitalisation. RIL had on 14th August 2018 dethroned TCS to clinch the title of the most valued Indian company by market valuation. The m-cap figure of companies changes daily
with stock price movement.
2
For how many times former Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee served
as the Prime minister of India ?.
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died on 16th August, 2018.Three-time
Prime Minister, Vajpayee was the first and the only non-Congress Prime Minister to serve a
full five-year term from 1999 to 2004; and for short periods of 13 days in 1996 and 13
months in 1998.He was first elected to Parliament in 1962 as a member of Rajya Sabha. In
1971, he won his first Lok Sabha seat.
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5
Which country will procure the multipurpose Barak 8 missile defence system for protecting
its economic zones and strategic facilities from diversified threats?
The multipurpose Barak 8 missile defence system will be procured by the Israeli
Navy to protect its economic zones and strategic facilities from diversified threats. The
Barak 8 missile defence system is jointly developed by India and Israel. Barak-8 is an
operational air and missile defense system used by the Israeli Navy as well as by the
Indian Navy and air forces.
6
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare has requested the UN FAO to declare an
“upcoming” year as International Year of ________.
Qatar has promised to make a USD 15 billion direct investment in Turkey. The
announcement came after Qatar's emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani held talks with
Turkish President Erdogan. Turkey has been badly hit by a currency crisis amid a widening
diplomatic standoff with the United States.
9
Which satellite will be launched by ISRO to study the Sun which will be inserted in a halo
orbit?
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to study the Sun through its
Aditya-L1 satellite which will be inserted in a halo orbit, which is 1.5 million km from the
Earth during 2019-2020. Aditya-L1 will be launched by PSLV-XL from Sriharikota in Andhra
Pradesh. ISRO had planned to use Aditya-1 to observe only the solar corona, which is the
outer layer of the Sun.
10
RUCO initiative is launched by which of the following organizations to collect and convert used cooking oil into biofuel ?
A
Indian Social Institute (ISI)
B
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
