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1401. In July 2003, the banks were asked to reduce their lending rate to agricultural credit to the extent of-(for loans below Rs. 50,000).
A. 6.5%
B. 7.5%
C. 9%
D. 10%
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1402. The award given by Indian Adult Education Association for contribution to adult education in India is known as
A. Bharatendu Award
B. Bajaj Award
C. Indira Gandhi Award
D. Nehru Award
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1403. As per the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India pertaining to the recovery of NPAs, a ""willful defaulter"" is one who 1. Has consumed the entire loan sanctioned for the project and is now asking to provide some more funds as working capital. 2. Did not use the loan amount for the purpose for which it was given to him. 3. Is consistently requesting the bank or financial institutions either to waive it or restructure it without any penalty for the
A. Only 1 and 2
B. Only 2 and 3
C. Only 2 and 4
D. Only 1, 2 and 3
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1404. About 35 multistate Co-operative Banks are likely to come under the Banking Regulation Act as the Government is going to issue an ordinance to that effect in days to come. It was required to be done as 1. Co-operative Banks are in bad shape and their restructuring is very much needed. 2. RBI recommended that Government should issue an ordinance to this effect. 3. The Supreme Court of India hsa issued an order which says that RBI does not have authority to issue licences to multisate Co-operative Banks.Which of these statements is/are true ?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Only 3
D. None of these
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1405. Why wa ""Dolly"", the worlds first cooned sheep, recently in the news ?
A. The sheep died following a progrerssive lung disease.
B. The sheep gave birth to two kids which is a historical event in the field of the science of cloning
C. The sheep was operated upon to detach a piece of its lever which will be used to edvelop cencer vaccine. It was a part of the experiment for which ""Dolly"" was cloned
D. Dolly completed ten years of its life which is an achievement in itself as it was cloned to complete a life span of seven years only
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