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256. Which of the following is not a department of the Ministry of Finance, Govt of India?
A. Department of Economic Affairs
B. Department of Expenditure
C. Department of Revenue
D. Department of Foreign Investments
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257. One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist - ASHA who are trained to work as an interface between the community and the public health system. What does ASHA stand for?
A. Accountable Social Health Activist
B. Apprentice Secondary Health Activist
C. Accredited Social Health Activist
D. Accountable Special Health Activist
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258. Who among the following is not one of the four Chief Justices of High Courts appointed as judges of the Supreme Court recently?
A. Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik
B. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur
C. Justice Kurian Joseph
D. Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar
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259. The government is considering further reduction in mobile termination charge to bring down the cost of mobile phone calls. (Mobile termination charge is paid by a mobile operator to another on whose network the call ends). How much is the mobile termination charge currently?
A. 5 paise per minute
B. 10 paise per minute
C. 15 paise per minute
D. 20 paise per minute
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260. What is Indias rank among 133 countries in 2009-10 in the global competitiveness index (GCI) prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF) recently?
A. 34th
B. 49th
C. 67th
D. 83rd
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