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Astra, developed by DRDO, belongs to which class of missiles?
Astra is a beyond visual range air-to-air missile, which means it is fired from a fighter aircraft at an enemy aircraft the pilot cannot see with the eye, using radar to find and follow the target.
Read the full explanation →Nirbhay, developed by DRDO, is best described as a
Nirbhay flies below the speed of sound but for a much greater distance than BrahMos, staying low to avoid radar, and it can change course in flight and loiter over an area before striking.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Defence Research and Development Organisation formed?
DRDO was formed in that year by bringing together the Technical Development Establishment of the Indian Army, the Directorate of Technical Development and Production and the Defence Science Organisation, so that defence research would be done under one roof.
Read the full explanation →The name of the BrahMos missile is derived from the names of which two rivers?
BrahMos is built by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture formed in 1998 between DRDO and the Russian firm NPO Mashinostroyeniya, and the name joins a great river of each country.
Read the full explanation →Which missile developed under the IGMDP is an anti-tank guided missile?
Nag is a third generation anti-tank guided missile of the fire and forget kind, which means that once the seeker has locked on to the target the operator need not keep guiding it, and the crew can move away at once.
Read the full explanation →The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, approved in 1983, was led by
The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme was approved in 1983 and Kalam, then at the Defence Research and Development Laboratory, was made its head.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following missiles is a canister launched hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile developed by DRDO?
Shaurya is the land based version of the submarine launched K-15 Sagarika, and it is stored and fired from a sealed canister, which lets it be moved by road and launched at short notice.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a non-fund based credit facility of a bank?
In a non-fund based facility the bank does not part with money at the time the facility is granted; it only undertakes to pay if the customer fails to, and it charges a commission for that undertaking.
Read the full explanation →Under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, a loan in the Kishore category falls in which range?
The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana was launched in April 2015 to refinance small business loans given by banks, non-banking finance companies and micro finance institutions to non-farm income generating activities.
Read the full explanation →The overall priority sector lending target for a domestic scheduled commercial bank is what proportion of its adjusted net bank credit?
A domestic scheduled commercial bank must lend forty per cent of its adjusted net bank credit, or of the credit equivalent of its off balance sheet exposure if that is higher, to the priority sector.
Read the full explanation →If the nominal rate of interest on a deposit is 7 per cent and inflation is 6 per cent, the real rate of interest is about
The real rate of interest is the nominal rate less the rate of inflation, so seven per cent minus six per cent leaves roughly one per cent.
Read the full explanation →Under the marginal standing facility, a bank borrows overnight from the Reserve Bank of India against which of the following?
The marginal standing facility lets a bank borrow overnight from the Reserve Bank by dipping into the government securities it holds for the statutory liquidity ratio, up to a prescribed share of its net demand and time liabilities.
Read the full explanation →A loan account of a bank is classified as a non-performing asset when interest or principal remains overdue for more than
Under the Reserve Bank's income recognition and asset classification norms, a term loan becomes a non-performing asset when interest or an instalment of principal stays overdue beyond ninety days, and a cash credit or overdraft account becomes one when it remains out of order for the same period.
Read the full explanation →Mortgage of immovable property in India is governed by which of the following Acts?
Section 58 of that Act defines a mortgage as the transfer of an interest in specific immovable property to secure a loan, and it names six kinds: simple mortgage, mortgage by conditional sale, usufructuary mortgage, English mortgage, mortgage by deposit of title deeds, which is also called an equitable mortgage…
Read the full explanation →In which of the following charges on movable property does the possession of the goods remain with the borrower?
In hypothecation a charge is created on movable property, such as a financed vehicle or the stock in a trader's shop, while the borrower keeps and uses the goods.
Read the full explanation →The base rate system introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in July 2010 replaced which of the following?
Under the BPLR system a bank announced a prime rate for its best customers and then lent to many borrowers below it, so the announced rate told a customer very little and the lending book was not transparent.
Read the full explanation →From which date did banks in India begin pricing new floating rate loans on the marginal cost of funds based lending rate, MCLR?
The Reserve Bank introduced the MCLR from that date so that the price of a loan would follow the marginal, that is the latest, cost of raising funds rather than the average cost of old deposits.
Read the full explanation →Which model of self help group is also known as the international model?
The South Asia Poverty Alleviation Programme model is called the international model of self help group formation because it was taken up with the support of the United Nations Development Programme and followed the same design across South Asian countries, beginning in India in the districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →In the context of rural credit and micro finance, KCC stands for:
The Kisan Credit Card scheme was introduced in 1998 on the recommendation of the R V Gupta Committee and is worked by commercial banks, regional rural banks and cooperative banks.
Read the full explanation →Wangala, also called the Hundred Drums festival, is celebrated by which tribe?
Wangala is the post-harvest thanksgiving festival of the Garo tribe of Meghalaya, held in the autumn in honour of the sun deity Misi Saljong.
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