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271. The India Innovation Fund (IIF) - set up in January 2008 - promoted by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and __________ Knowledge Park, has achieved its first closing corpus of Rs 40 crore recently.
A. SBI
B. ICICI
C. HDFC
D. IDBI
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272. The Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has sent a proposal to the labour ministry to lower the minimum number of employees for companies to fall under the purview of the Employee Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act (EPF & MP Act), 1952. What is the present norm?
A. Minimum of 75 employees
B. Minimum of 50 employees
C. Minimum of 35 employees
D. Minimum of 20 employees
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273. Which former Secretary General of the United Nations passed away in 2008?
A. U Thant
B. Dag Hammarskjold
C. Kurt Waldheim
D. Boutros Boutros Ghali
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274. Which Indian Booker Prize winner will publish the book Last Man in the Tower in early 2011?
A. Kiran Desai
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Aravind Adiga
D. Arundhati Roy
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275. What Indian name is given to the Russian built Admiral Gorshkov, a 238-meter long aircraft carrier that will join the Indian Navy?
A. INS Samudra
B. INS Varun
C. INS Harsha
D. INS Vikramaditya
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