The WGC’s 2019 First Quarter Global Trends Report said that worldwide gold demand increased to 1,053 tonnes in the Q1. This is an increase of ________% compared to the first quarter of 2018.

The Supreme Court on September 9 has refused to stay which High Court's declaring Delhi a Union Territory and the Lieutenant Governor (LG) its administrative captain?

• [A] Patna
• [B] Mumbai
• [C] Delhi
• [D] Allahabad
• [E] None of the above

The Cabinet has approved the extension of the scheme of recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks, RRBs upto ________.

• [A] 2017-18
• [B] 2018-19
• [C] 2019-20
• [D] 2020-21
• [E] 2021-22

Recently which Indian state fixed the minimum educational qualification for contesting the Panchayat elections?

• [A] Punja
• [B] None of the above
• [C] Gujarat
• [D] Himachal Pradesh
• [E] Haryana

Read the following statements carefully:

1.The rupee has been ranked as one of the 10 best-performing currencies, beating rivals like Real and Rand ever since the NDA government came into power in May 2014.

2.Although all emerging market currencies have lost value to the dollar, rupee’s slide is relatively controlled compared with peers.

3.In the 4 year period, the dollar index gained 17% compared with 14.2% loss in the rupee’s value.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

• [A] Only 1
• [B] Only 1 and 2
• [C] Only 2
• [D] Only 2 and 3
• [E] All are correct

On 8 January 2019, India allowed Iran's Pasargad Bank to open a branch in ________.

• [A] New Delhi
• [B] Hyderabad
• [C] Bengaluru
• [D] Mumbai
• [E] Chennai