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Important Personalities, Prominant Personalities, Famous Persons

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Question 1091. Who is the famous Sarod player?
  1.    Hari Prasad
  2.    Zakir Hussain
  3.    Ram Narain
  4.    Amjad Ali Khan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Amjad Ali Khan
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (born 9 October 1945) is an Indian classical sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s.
Question 1092. Who headed the committee on 'computerisation' in Indian Banks(1988)?
  1.    C. Rangarajan
  2.    R. N. Malhotra
  3.    S. Venkitramanan
  4.    M. Narasimhan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> C. Rangarajan
The first blueprint for computerization in the Banking Industry was drawn up in 1983-84. A Committee was set up in 1983 under the chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan, the then Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, to look into the modalities of drawing a phased plan of mechanization in the Banking Industry, covering the period 1985-89. The Committee submitted its report in 1984 and recommended the introduction of computerization at Branch, Regional, and Head Office levels of banks. The banking industry has since come a long way in computerizing their front and back-office operations as per the guidelines of Rangarajan Committee.
Against this background and the experience gained in the eighties, RBI set up in September 1988, another Committee, again the chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan, Deputy Governer, to draw up a perspective plan of computerization for the banking industry for the five year’s period 1990-94 and also to consider other allied issues.
Source : inflibnet.ac.in
Question 1093. Shovana Narayan is a reputed personality in which of the following fields?
  1.    Classical dance
  2.    Literature
  3.    Journalism
  4.    Classical music
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Classical dance
Shovana Narayan is a famous and recognized Indian Kathak dancer. She had dual career, in parallel, as a Kathak artist and a career officer with Indian Audit and Accounts Service. She performs in India and around the world, and has been awarded the Padma Shri. Her guru is Birju Maharaj.
Question 1094. Who is the chairman of NABARD as of July 2018?
  1.    Raghuram Rajan
  2.    Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
  3.    Bibek Debroy
  4.    Subramanian Swamy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
As of July 2018 Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala was the chairman of NABARD.
Question 1095. Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on 17 - 4 - 2014. He was
  1.    President of Columbia
  2.    Nobel Laureate
  3.    Soccer Player
  4.    Space Scientist
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Nobel Laureate
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, (born 6 March, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia - died 17 April, 2014, Mexico City, Mexico), Colombian novelist and one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, mostly for his masterpiece Cien años de soledad (1967; One Hundred Years of Solitude).
Question 1096. Who among the following is the author of the book 'Indira Gandhi - A Life in Nature'?
  1.    Priyanka Vadra
  2.    Natwar Singh
  3.    Jairam Ramesh
  4.    Sonia Gandhi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Jairam Ramesh
'Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature' authored by Jairam Ramesh was released on 10 June 2017 at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in New Delhi.
Question 1097. Who is Richard Halbrooke?
  1.    Producer and Director of Hollywood movies
  2.    US special envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan
  3.    US ambassador to India
  4.    UN observer for overseeing the rehabilitation process of displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> US special envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Richard Holbrooke was US special envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Question 1098. Where was the historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-Un was held in June 2018?
  1.    Pyongyang
  2.    Seoul
  3.    Singapore
  4.    Taipei
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Singapore
The 2018 North Korea – United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as the Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore, on 12 June, 2018.
Question 1099. In which of the following field 'Godavari Gaurav' for excellence is presented?
  1.    Politics
  2.    Sports
  3.    Journalism
  4.    Cinema
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Politics
'Godavari Gaurav' for excellence is presented in the field of Politics.
Question 1100. Paul Allen, who died in October 2018, was the co-founder of
  1.    Oracle
  2.    IBM
  3.    Microsoft
  4.    SAP
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Microsoft
Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft who helped usher in the personal computing revolution and then channeled his enormous fortune into transforming Seattle into a cultural destination, died in Seattle. He was 65. The cause was complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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