India defeated Pakistan by 76 runs in its ICC World Cup 2015 opener at Adelaide on 15 February 2015 to record its sixth consecutive win over the arch-rivals in the history of cricket World Cup. Virat Kohli proved his batting credentials once again with a blistering knock of 107 runs. With this century Kohli made numerous records. What is the prominent among these?
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He became the first Indian to score a century against Pakistan in a World Cup match
He also broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar for scoring highest runs against Pakistan in a World Cup innings. Tendulkar, who scored 98 off 75 balls against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup at Centurion on 1 March 2003, held this record. Apart from this Kohli also became the first Indian to score a World Cup century in Australia. Mohammed Azharuddin’s 93 versus Australia in Brisbane on 1 March 1992 was the previous best. India scored 300 for 7 batting first and bowled out Pakistan for 224 to win this opening tie on 15 February. Kohli was adjudged Player of the Match.
He also broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar for scoring highest runs against Pakistan in a World Cup innings. Tendulkar, who scored 98 off 75 balls against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup at Centurion on 1 March 2003, held this record. Apart from this Kohli also became the first Indian to score a World Cup century in Australia. Mohammed Azharuddin’s 93 versus Australia in Brisbane on 1 March 1992 was the previous best. India scored 300 for 7 batting first and bowled out Pakistan for 224 to win this opening tie on 15 February. Kohli was adjudged Player of the Match.
India’s first Renewable Energy Global Investors’ Meet and Expo was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 February 2015. What is the name of this summit?
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Re-Invest India 2015
Re-Invest India is Government of India’s initiative primarily to showcase the renewable energy potential of the country to the world and for attracting investments. With this event the govt. sought to establish India as the manufacturing hub for renewable energy and for research and innovation. This has been associated with the “Make in India” campaign that has become the core of the new government’s initiative to create jobs in India. Re-Invest India 2015 is also a platform to engage bankers to come up with innovative financing models for renewable energy. At present, renewable energy contributes over 6% of the total power generated in India and the govt. wants to increase it up to 12% by 2019-20.
Re-Invest India is Government of India’s initiative primarily to showcase the renewable energy potential of the country to the world and for attracting investments. With this event the govt. sought to establish India as the manufacturing hub for renewable energy and for research and innovation. This has been associated with the “Make in India” campaign that has become the core of the new government’s initiative to create jobs in India. Re-Invest India 2015 is also a platform to engage bankers to come up with innovative financing models for renewable energy. At present, renewable energy contributes over 6% of the total power generated in India and the govt. wants to increase it up to 12% by 2019-20.
The State Bank of India (SBI) made how much commitment for clean energy generation (renewable energy) as announced by it at Re-Invest India 2015 on 15 February 2015?
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Rs. 75,000 crore
SBI committed Rs. 75,000 crore for generation of 15,000 MW of renewable energy in the next 5 years. SBI has a loan exposure of Rs. 1.78 lakh crore in the power sector including conventional energy and discoms. Of this the bank’s outstanding loan towards clean energy is to the tune of Rs. 7,500 crore.
SBI committed Rs. 75,000 crore for generation of 15,000 MW of renewable energy in the next 5 years. SBI has a loan exposure of Rs. 1.78 lakh crore in the power sector including conventional energy and discoms. Of this the bank’s outstanding loan towards clean energy is to the tune of Rs. 7,500 crore.
The 35th National Games of India concluded on 14 February 2015 at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala). Which three teams occupied the top three spots in the final medals tally?
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Services, Kerala and Haryana
Services once again dominated the Nationals Games with gold medal tally of 91 and overall tally of 159 medals. It was followed by hosts Kerala with 54 golds and Haryana with 40 golds. The top three were respectively followed by Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Assam in the top 10. The 35th National Games were held in cities and sporting facilities spread across Kerala. Now the 36th edition of National Games would be held at Goa in 2017.
Services once again dominated the Nationals Games with gold medal tally of 91 and overall tally of 159 medals. It was followed by hosts Kerala with 54 golds and Haryana with 40 golds. The top three were respectively followed by Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Assam in the top 10. The 35th National Games were held in cities and sporting facilities spread across Kerala. Now the 36th edition of National Games would be held at Goa in 2017.
National Lok Adalat was held on 14 February 2015 with over 56,000 cases disposed of across the country. This was which edition of National Lok Adalat, which is held under the patronage of the Chief Justice of India?
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3rd
National Lok Adalat is the national-level initiative to settle legal disputes through compromise and settlements. It’s main aim to lessen the burden of Indian judiciary which is piled up with huge number of pending cases. The first edition of National Lok Adalat was held in 2013 and it saw disposal of around 71.50 lakh cases on a single day. In its second edition in 2014 a record of sorts was made with the disposal of around 1.25 crore cases on a single day. Under third National Lok Adalat cases were taken up in the Supreme Court, High Courts, district-level courts and taluka-level courts across the country (except Assam and Uttar Pradesh). Disbursal of around Rs. 265 crore as claims towards final settlement in bank recovery and cheques bounce cases was made apart from resolving of around 56,000 cases.
National Lok Adalat is the national-level initiative to settle legal disputes through compromise and settlements. It’s main aim to lessen the burden of Indian judiciary which is piled up with huge number of pending cases. The first edition of National Lok Adalat was held in 2013 and it saw disposal of around 71.50 lakh cases on a single day. In its second edition in 2014 a record of sorts was made with the disposal of around 1.25 crore cases on a single day. Under third National Lok Adalat cases were taken up in the Supreme Court, High Courts, district-level courts and taluka-level courts across the country (except Assam and Uttar Pradesh). Disbursal of around Rs. 265 crore as claims towards final settlement in bank recovery and cheques bounce cases was made apart from resolving of around 56,000 cases.
Which Scandinavian country came under attacks on 14 and 15 February 2015, which are said to be inspired by an attack on French satirical weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’ last month?
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Denmark
The twin attacks were carried out in Danish capital Copenhagen on 14 and 15 February 2015. The first attack was made at a cultural centre in Copenhagen on 14 February organized to honor victims of the attack in January 2015 against the French satirical weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’. The lone gunman killed one civilian and wounded three police officers in this attack. The second attack was carried out next day near the Copenhagen’s Great Synagogue in Krystalgade, in which a gunman killed a Jewish community member and wounded two officers. Later the gunman was killed by security forces. Denmark became a target of violent Islamists 10 years ago after the publication of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad.
The twin attacks were carried out in Danish capital Copenhagen on 14 and 15 February 2015. The first attack was made at a cultural centre in Copenhagen on 14 February organized to honor victims of the attack in January 2015 against the French satirical weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’. The lone gunman killed one civilian and wounded three police officers in this attack. The second attack was carried out next day near the Copenhagen’s Great Synagogue in Krystalgade, in which a gunman killed a Jewish community member and wounded two officers. Later the gunman was killed by security forces. Denmark became a target of violent Islamists 10 years ago after the publication of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad.
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS
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1. Think - tank of Government of India that replaces Planning Commission of India is...
1) NITI Vakya
2) NITI Vajpayee
3) NITI Prasasthi
4) NITI Dharma
5) NITI Aayog
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2. NITI Aayog stands for......
1) National Institution for Transition India
2) National Information for Transforming India
3) National Institution for Take India
4) National Institution for Transforming India
5) None
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3. NITI Aayog come into effect from....
1) 1 April 2015
2) 1 April 2016
3) 1 March 2015
4) 1 January 2015
5) 25 Dec 2014
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4. The NITI Aayog headed by....
1) President of India
2) Finance Minister
3) Minister for Planning
4) RBI Governor
5) Prime Minister
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5. To reflect changes required in India's governance structures and provide a more active role for the state governments in achieving national objectives, NITI Aayog initiated. Its Vice Chairman appointed by .....
1) President of India
2) Vice President of India
3) Finance Minister
4) Home Minister
5) Prime Minister
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6. Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog is...
1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
2) Arvind Panagariya
3) Abhijith Sen
4) Amartya Sen
5) None
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7. NITI Aayog has been tasked with a role of formulating policies and direction for the government and serving as a think-tank, which will have Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Present CEO is....
1) Arvind Mayaram
2) Rajiv Meharshi
3) Sudha Pillai
4) Sindhushree Khullar
5) None
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8. NITI Aayog will have full time members. It will have how many part time members selected from leading universities research organizations and other relevant institutions in an exofficio capacity?
1) 4
2) 6
3) 8
4) 2
5) None
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9. An Economist Bibek Debroy and V.K.Saraswat were appointed as full-time members of NITI Aayog. Who is V.K.Saraswat ?
1) former DRDO Chief
2) former ISRO Chairman
3) former Finance Secretary
4) former Defence Minister
5) None of above
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10. Maximum of how many Ex-officio members selected from the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister in NITI Ayog?
1) 12
2) 7
3) 4
4) 10
5) None
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11. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu and ........... were made ex-officio members of NITI ayog.
1) Tribal Affaris Minister Jula Oram
2) Rural Development Minister Chaudary Birender Singh
3) Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
4) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
5) None
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12. Roads and National Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and ...... were made Special invitees to the NITI Aayog?
1) Law and Justice Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda
2) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
3) Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot
4) Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu
5) None
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13. Planning Commission was the centre-tostate one-way flow of policy, where as NITI Ayog is a genuine and continuing partnership of states. NITI Ayog depends on how many pillars of Effective governance?
1) 7
2) 5
3) 10
4) 8
5) 12
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14. NITI Ayog will have .......... comprising the Chief Ministers of all the States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories.
1) Presidium
2) Co-ordination committee
3) General Committee
4) Governing Council
5) Administrative Council
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15. Regional Councils will be formed to address specific issues and contingencies impacting more than one state or a region. They are headed by......
1) Governor of the state or Finance Minister of India
2) Chief Minister
3) Chairperson of the NITI Aayog or his nominee
4) President of India and Governor of state
5) None of above
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16. Digital Village project launched by ....... in Akodara Village in Gujarat recently.
1)Yes Bank
2) RBI
3) Corporation Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) SBI
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17. On 19 January 2015, based on the cost of funds, RBI asked banks to review minimum lending rate for every .........
1) two months
2) four months
3) two months
4) six months
5) three months
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18. On 19 January 2015, ICICI Bank introduced 'icicibankpay'. It is it's.........
1) face book handle
2) credit card
3) new financial intermediary
4) new CBS module
5) twitter service
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19. In the list of the Top 50 Most Valued Global Banks (in terms of market capitalization) released by Bloomberg on 17 January 2015, which bank got first rank?
1) SBI
2) ICICI
3) BOB
4) HDFC
5) SBH
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20. Union Government on 19 January 2015 prohibited imports of all kind of mobile handsets with fake or duplicate IMEI. IMEI stands for ..........
1) International Mobile Equipment Identity
2) Indian Mobile Equipment Identity
3) Internal Mobile Equipment Identity
4) Interest Mobile Equipment Identity
5) None
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21. Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching launched by PM on
25 December 2014 at ......
1) New Delhi
2) Allahabad
3) Varanasi
4) Gwalior
5) Jammu
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22. International borders dividing the nations given. Pick the wrong combination.
1) India and China - McMahon Line
2) India and Pakistan - Radcliffe Line
3) India and Sri Lanka - Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar
4) India and Bangladesh - Durand Line
5) None
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23. Baba Ramdev was appointed as the ambassador of ........
1) Uttarakhand
2) Haryana
3) Tamilnadu
4) AP
5) Telangana
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24. Due to decrease in oil prices and fall of demand for gold, the Trade deficit in December 2014 narrowed to .......
1) 7.25 billion dollars
2) 11.20 billion US dollars
3) 7.50 billion US dollars
4) 9.43 billion US dollars
5) None
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25. In 'AEBAS', 'B' stands for......
1) Benefit
2) Branded
3) Bombay
4) Biometric
5) Bi-monthly
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26. DeitY stands for .....
1) Department of electrical & information technology
2) Department of electronics & information trade
3) Division of electronics & information technology
4) Department of electronics & information technology
5) None
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27. GIAN is a short term teaching programme under which scholars abroad will be invited to teach in India. GIAN stands for....
1) Global Invite of Academic Network
2) Global Initiative of Academic Network
3) Grand Initiative of Academic Network
4) Global Initiative of Academic Nation
5) None
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28. Jal Kranti Varsh is.....
1) 2014-15
2) 2020-21
3) 2013-14
4) 2017-18
5) 2015-16
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29. Which software service provider declared to spend over Rs.1,500 crore to fund innovations in software and services in India?
1) TCS
2) Tech Mahindra
3) Infosys
4) Wipro
5) HCL
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30. e-voting allowed recently for.....
1) Illeterates
2) Old age people
3) Physically handicapped persons
4) Soft ware professionals
5) NRIs
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31. First woman IPS officer is ......
1) Kiran Bedi
2) Bachendri Pal
3) Sarojini Naidu
4) Sucheta Kripalani
5) Isha Basant Joshi
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32. First Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) - powered train would run between Rewari - Rohtak. Rewari - Rohtak are in.....
1) Haryana
2) Jammu Kashmir
3) Kerala
4) UP
5) Tamilnadu
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33. Republic day 2015 guest is.......
1) Putin
2) Shianzo Abe
3) Obama
4) Xi Jinping
5) Nawaz Sharif
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34. Armed forces for the first time will have allwomen marching contingent in the Republic Day parade. Modi named it as ......
1) Naari Shakti
2) Stree Bheri
3) Narri Nichay
4) Nirbhaya Patham
5) None
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35. First USA President to visit India twice in office is ....
1) Barack Obama
2) Bill Clinton
3) Geroge Bush
4) Dwight Eisenhower
5) John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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36. The Red Sari, the book on Sonia Gandhi written by .......
1) Avinash Kumar
2) Pranab Mukarjee
3) Javier Moro
4) Maneka Gandhi
5) None
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37. The new President of Tunisia is?
1) Abdelaziz Bouteflika
2) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
3) Mulatu Teshome
4) Uhuru Kenyatta
5) Beji Caid Essebsi
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38. Tunisia Capital?
1) Algiers
2) Cairo
3) Addis Ababa
4) Nairobi
5) Tunis
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39. The currency of Tunisia is?
1) Dollar
2) Pound
3) Birr
4) Shilling
5) Dinar
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ANSWERS:
1-5, 2-4, 3-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-2, 7-4, 8-2, 9-1, 10-3
11-3, 12-3, 13-1, 14-4, 15-3, 16-4, 17-5, 18-5, 19-4, 20-1
21-3, 22-4, 23-2, 24-4, 25-4, 26-4, 27-2, 28-5, 29-3, 30-5
31-1, 32-1, 33-3, 34-1, 35-1, 36-3, 37-5, 38-5, 39-5
1) NITI Vakya
2) NITI Vajpayee
3) NITI Prasasthi
4) NITI Dharma
5) NITI Aayog
1) National Institution for Transition India
2) National Information for Transforming India
3) National Institution for Take India
4) National Institution for Transforming India
5) None
1) 1 April 2015
2) 1 April 2016
3) 1 March 2015
4) 1 January 2015
5) 25 Dec 2014
1) President of India
2) Finance Minister
3) Minister for Planning
4) RBI Governor
5) Prime Minister
1) President of India
2) Vice President of India
3) Finance Minister
4) Home Minister
5) Prime Minister
1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
2) Arvind Panagariya
3) Abhijith Sen
4) Amartya Sen
5) None
1) Arvind Mayaram
2) Rajiv Meharshi
3) Sudha Pillai
4) Sindhushree Khullar
5) None
1) 4
2) 6
3) 8
4) 2
5) None
1) former DRDO Chief
2) former ISRO Chairman
3) former Finance Secretary
4) former Defence Minister
5) None of above
1) 12
2) 7
3) 4
4) 10
5) None
1) Tribal Affaris Minister Jula Oram
2) Rural Development Minister Chaudary Birender Singh
3) Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
4) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
5) None
1) Law and Justice Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda
2) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
3) Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot
4) Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu
5) None
1) 7
2) 5
3) 10
4) 8
5) 12
1) Presidium
2) Co-ordination committee
3) General Committee
4) Governing Council
5) Administrative Council
1) Governor of the state or Finance Minister of India
2) Chief Minister
3) Chairperson of the NITI Aayog or his nominee
4) President of India and Governor of state
5) None of above
1)Yes Bank
2) RBI
3) Corporation Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) SBI
1) two months
2) four months
3) two months
4) six months
5) three months
1) face book handle
2) credit card
3) new financial intermediary
4) new CBS module
5) twitter service
1) SBI
2) ICICI
3) BOB
4) HDFC
5) SBH
1) International Mobile Equipment Identity
2) Indian Mobile Equipment Identity
3) Internal Mobile Equipment Identity
4) Interest Mobile Equipment Identity
5) None
25 December 2014 at ......
1) New Delhi
2) Allahabad
3) Varanasi
4) Gwalior
5) Jammu
1) India and China - McMahon Line
2) India and Pakistan - Radcliffe Line
3) India and Sri Lanka - Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar
4) India and Bangladesh - Durand Line
5) None
1) Uttarakhand
2) Haryana
3) Tamilnadu
4) AP
5) Telangana
1) 7.25 billion dollars
2) 11.20 billion US dollars
3) 7.50 billion US dollars
4) 9.43 billion US dollars
5) None
1) Benefit
2) Branded
3) Bombay
4) Biometric
5) Bi-monthly
1) Department of electrical & information technology
2) Department of electronics & information trade
3) Division of electronics & information technology
4) Department of electronics & information technology
5) None
1) Global Invite of Academic Network
2) Global Initiative of Academic Network
3) Grand Initiative of Academic Network
4) Global Initiative of Academic Nation
5) None
1) 2014-15
2) 2020-21
3) 2013-14
4) 2017-18
5) 2015-16
1) TCS
2) Tech Mahindra
3) Infosys
4) Wipro
5) HCL
1) Illeterates
2) Old age people
3) Physically handicapped persons
4) Soft ware professionals
5) NRIs
1) Kiran Bedi
2) Bachendri Pal
3) Sarojini Naidu
4) Sucheta Kripalani
5) Isha Basant Joshi
1) Haryana
2) Jammu Kashmir
3) Kerala
4) UP
5) Tamilnadu
1) Putin
2) Shianzo Abe
3) Obama
4) Xi Jinping
5) Nawaz Sharif
1) Naari Shakti
2) Stree Bheri
3) Narri Nichay
4) Nirbhaya Patham
5) None
1) Barack Obama
2) Bill Clinton
3) Geroge Bush
4) Dwight Eisenhower
5) John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1) Avinash Kumar
2) Pranab Mukarjee
3) Javier Moro
4) Maneka Gandhi
5) None
1) Abdelaziz Bouteflika
2) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
3) Mulatu Teshome
4) Uhuru Kenyatta
5) Beji Caid Essebsi
1) Algiers
2) Cairo
3) Addis Ababa
4) Nairobi
5) Tunis
1) Dollar
2) Pound
3) Birr
4) Shilling
5) Dinar
1-5, 2-4, 3-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-2, 7-4, 8-2, 9-1, 10-3
11-3, 12-3, 13-1, 14-4, 15-3, 16-4, 17-5, 18-5, 19-4, 20-1
21-3, 22-4, 23-2, 24-4, 25-4, 26-4, 27-2, 28-5, 29-3, 30-5
31-1, 32-1, 33-3, 34-1, 35-1, 36-3, 37-5, 38-5, 39-5
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