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EVENTS OF THE MONTH

DEMONETISATION day after the demonetisation announcement, BSE SENSEX
crashed nearly 1,689 points and NIFTY 50 plunged by over
541 points.
The demonetisation of Rs . 500 and Rs. 1000 banknotes was
Transportation: Major highway toll junctions on the Gujarat
a policy enacted by the Government of India on 8 November
and Delhi-Mumbai highways also saw long queues as toll
2016. All Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 banknotes of the Mahatma
plaza operators refused the old banknotes. Nitin Gadkari,
Gandhi Series ceased to be legal tender in India from 9
the Minister of Transport, subsequently announced a
November 2016. In the announcement, Modi declared that
suspension of toll collections on all national highways across
use of all Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 banknotes of the Mahatma
India until midnight of 11 November, later extended until 14
Gandhi Series would be invalid from midnight of the same
November and again until midnight of 18 November, and yet
day and announced the issuance of new Rs. 500 and Rs.
again till 2 December.
2000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in
Agriculture: Transactions in the Indian agriculture sector are
exchange for the old banknotes. However, the banknote
heavily dependent on cash and were adversely affected by
denominations of Rs. 100, Rs. 50, Rs. 20, Rs. 10 and Rs. 5 of
the demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 banknotes. Due
the Mahatma Gandhi Series remained legal tender and were
to scarcity of the new banknotes, many farmers have
unaffected by the policy.
unsufficient cash to purchase seeds, fertilisers and pesticides
The government claimed that the demonetisation was an
needed for the plantation of rabi cropsusually sown around
effort to stop counterfeiting of the current banknotes
mid-November.
allegedly used for funding terrorism, as well as a crack down
Banking: In the wake of demonetisation, bank deposits with
on black money in the country. The move was described as
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have reached a record high
an effort to reduce corruption, the use of drugs,
of Rs. 4.3 trillion, beating the earlier record of Rs. 1.7 trillion
and smuggling. However, in the days following the
in May 2009. The RBI accepts money from various banks by
demonetisation, banks and ATMs across the country faced
offering government securities as collateral The Indian
severe cash shortages. The cash shortages had detrimental
banking system had collected deposits worth Rs. 5.12 trillion
effects on a number of small businesses, agriculture, and
as of 18 November.
transportation, while people seeking to exchange their notes
A spike in the usage of debit card and credit card post
had lengthy waits. Also the BSE SENSEX and NIFTY
demonetisation was also reported.
50 stock indices crashed in successive manner.
In Malda, a district believed to be a transit-point for fake
The demonetisation received support from several bankers
Indian currencies, a large sum of cash deposits in dormant
as well as from some international commentators, although it
accounts were also reported. According to The Economic
was criticised by members of the opposition parties, which
Times, more than 80 percent of fake currency in India
led to debates in both houses of parliament and triggered
originates from Malda district in West Bengal.
organised protests against the current government in front
Business: By the second week after demonetisation of Rs.
of the parliament and elsewhere across India.
500 and Rs. 1000 banknotes, cigarette sales across India
History
witnessed a fall of 3040%,while E-commerce companies saw
Similar banknote denominations have been taken in the past.
up to a 30% decline in cash on delivery (COD) orders. Several
In January 1946, banknotes of 1000 and 10000 rupee were
e-commerce companies hailed the demonetisation decision
withdrawn and new notes of 1000, 5000 and 10000 rupee
as an impetus to an increase in digital payments. They believe
were introduced in 1954. The Janata Party coalition
that it would lead to a decline in COD returns which is
government had again demonetised banknotes of 1000, 5000
expected to cut down their costs.
and 10000 rupee on 16 January 1978 as a means to
The demand for point of sales (POS) or card swipe machines
curb counterfeit money and black money.
has increased. E-payment options like PayTM and
Demonetization and its aftermath on Economy
PayUMoney has also seen a rise. According to data of Pine
Stock market: The share market indices dropped to an around
Labs, the demand for its POS machines doubled after the
six-month low in the week following the announcement. The
decision. Further it states that the debit card transactions

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rose by 108% and credit card transactions by 60% on 9
November 2016.
Effect on illegal activities
The move also reportedly crippled Communist guerrilla
groups (Naxalites) financing through money laundering. On
10 November the police arrested a petrol pump owner at
Ranchi when he reportedly tried to deposit Rs. 2.5 billion,
belonging to a person affiliated with the banned Communist
Party of India. According to Chhattisgarh
Police demonetisation has affected the Naxalite activities. It
is reported that insurgents have stashed more than Rs.
70 billion in the Bastar region. Mumbai Police reported a
setback to Hawala operations. Hawala dealers in Kerala were
also affected. The Jammu and Kashmir Police reported the
effect of demonetisation on hawala transactions of
separatists. More than 300 Naxals have surrendered to the
police voluntarily due to shortage of funds.
Evasion
Gold purchases: In Gujarat, Delhi and many other major cities,
sales of gold increased on 9 November, with an increased 20
to 30% premium surging the price as much as Rs. 45,000 from
the ruling price of Rs. 31,900 per 10 grams
Donations: Authorities of Sri Jalakanteswarar temple
at Vellore discovered cash worth Rs. 4.4 million from the
temple Hundi.
Multiple bank transactions: There have also been reports
of people circumventing the restrictions imposed on
exchange transactions and also attempting to convert black
money into white by making multiple transactions at different
bank branches. People were also getting rid of large amounts
of banned currency by sending people in groups to exchange
their money at banks. In response, the government
announced that it would start marking customers with
indelible ink. This was in addition to other measures proposed
to ensure that the exchange transactions are carried out only
once by each person. On 17 November, the government
reduced the exchange amount to Rs. 2000 to discourage
attempts to convert black money into legitimate money.
Railway bookings: As soon as the demonetisation was
announced, it was observed by the Indian
Railways authorities that large number of people started
booking tickets particularly in classes 1A and 2A for the
longest distance possible, to get rid of unaccounted cash. A
senior official said, On November 13, 42.7million passengers
were nationally booked across all classes. Of these, only
1,209 were 1A and 16,999 for 2A. It is a sharp dip from the
number of passengers booked on November 9, when 27,237
passengers had booked tickets in 1A and 69,950 in 2A.
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The Railways Ministry and the Railway Board responded
swiftly and decided that: cancellation and refund of tickets
of value Rs. 10,000 and above will not be allowed by any
means involving cash. The payment can only be through
cheque/electronic payment. Tickets above Rs. 10,000 can be
refunded by filing ticket deposit receipt only on surrendering
the original ticket. A copy of the PAN card must be submitted
for any cash transaction above Rs. 50,000. The official claimed
that since the Railway Board on 10 November imposed a
number of restrictions to book and cancel tickets, the number
of people booking 1A and 2A tickets came down.
New set of measures to ease demonetisation policy
Relief for farmers, traders: Farmers will be permitted to draw
up to 25000 rupees per week in cash from their KYC compliant
accounts only. These cash withdrawals will be subjected to
the normal loan limits and conditions. This facility will also
apply to the Kisan Credit Cards (KCC).
Traders registered with APMC markets/mandis will be
permitted to draw up to 50000 rupees per week in cash from
their KYC compliant accounts. This will enable them to pay
wages and facilitate easy loading, unloading and other
activities at the mandis. Moreover, the government also
extended the last date for payment of Crop Insurance Premium
by 15 days.
Relaxation for weddings: The government has now decided
to permit families celebrating weddings to draw maximum of
250000 rupees in cash from their own bank accounts that are
KYC compliant. The amounts can be drawn only by either of
the parents or the person getting married. Only one of them
will be permitted to draw this amount. This limit of 250000
rupees will apply separately to the girls and boys family.
The person withdrawing such amount has to show the PAN
details. Moreover, a self-declaration is also required by the
person to the effect that only one person from the family is
drawing the amount. Any misuse of this facility will invite
appropriate action.
Limit for exchange reduced: After thorough observations,
the government has decided to reduce the limit of exchange
of old 500 and 1000 rupees notes from 4500 rupees to 2000
rupees. The decision came in after officials observed that
the same persons are going back to the counter again and
again. This facility will now be available only once per person.
Withdrawal of money from petrol pumps: The public sector
oil marketing companies, in association with State Bank of
India, will now dispense cash up to 2000 rupees per day per
person. This facility will be initially available at 2500 petrol
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pumps across the country. Only petrol pumps of Indian Oil
Corporation, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum will
offer such facility.
Advance salary to Central Government Employees: Central
Government employees of Group C including equivalent
levels in the defence and para military Forces, railways and
central public sector enterprises will be allowed to draw salary
advance of 10000 rupees in cash. This amount will be adjusted
in their salary for November 2016.
Lastest major changes in the demonetisation plan
The Union Government announced major changes in the
demonetisation plan after due consideration of all relevant
aspects. The decisions were taken keeping in mind the
operational aspects of the Scheme relating to cancellation of
legal tender of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes.
Highlights of the announcement
With effect from 25 November 2016, the old currency notes
of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes will no longer be exchanged at
the bank counters. This will encourage people who are still
unbanked, to open new bank accounts. However, there are
some exemptions for certain transactions that will be valid
till 15 December 2016. Have a look at these exemptions:
a) Payments for the transactions under all the
exempted categories will now be accepted only
through old Rs 500 notes.
b) Payment of school fees up to Rs 2000 per student in
Central Government, State Government,
Municipality and local body schools.
c) Payment of fees in Central or State Government
colleges.
d) Pre-paid mobile top-up to a limit of Rs 500 per top-
up.
e) Purchases from Consumer Cooperative Stores of
up to Rs 5000 at a time.
f) Payment of current and arrear dues to utilities will
be limited to only water and electricity.
g) Toll payment at the toll plazas can also be made
through old Rs 500 notes from 3 December 2016 to
15 December 2016.
h) Foreign citizens can exchange foreign currency up
to Rs 5000 per week.
Conclusion
Since long time, the problem of black money is haunting the
prospects of India in many ways. The black money has
created parallel economy and posed severe threat to Indian
economic system. The governments recent decision of
demonetisation of high value currencies is one of the
important step to curb the black money, but it wont suffice.
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Hence there is an need to bring comprehensive reforms in
the governance as well economic system of the nation.
B HARATI AIRTEL STARTS FIRST
PAYMENTS BANK SERVICE IN
RAJASTHAN
Airtel Payments Bank Ltd (Airtel Bank), a subsidiary of the
countrys largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel, started its
first pilot banking services in Rajasthan from November 23,
2016. The banking service is aimed at testing systems and
processes before a full scale pan Indian service is launched.
According to the pilot service Airtel Payments Bank will
provide basic banking services along with the facility to open
bank accounts at Airtel retail outlets.
Customers in towns and villages of Rajasthan will now be
able to open bank accounts at Airtel retail outlets, which will
also act as Airtel banking centers and offer a wide range of
basic, convenient banking services.
Features of the Pilot Payment Banking Service
Any user can open an account with Aadhaar based
paperless e-KYC without the requirement of any
extra documents simply at any airtel retail outlet .
Customers Airtelmobile numberwould be his/
her bank account number.
The company will give an interest rate of 7.25% per
annum on deposits in savings accounts.
The customers will get a personal accidental
insurance of Rs. 1 lakh with every savings account.
The users have the convenience to transfer money
to any bank accounts in India.
Airtel Bank does not offer ATM/Debit Card facility,
at present. Customers can deposit withdraw cash
at any of the designated Airtel retail outlets.
Customers can check their account balance, access
other services using Airtel Money app,
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)
or Interactive voice response over their mobile
phones.
Customers can access money transfer services
using the Airtel Money app or through USSD by
dialing *400#.Money transfers from one Airtel
number to another Airtel number within the bank
will be free
Initially the Airtel Bank will test the pilot services at
10,000 Airtel retail outlets. However it plans to
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expand its merchant network in Rajasthan to 100,000 7. Reliance Industries

by the end of the year, giving a big boost to digital
payments ecosystem.
Vasundhara Raje, Chief Minister of Rajasthan appreciated
the initiative which inclines with the Prime Ministers vision
for financial inclusion and Digital India, and will be a boon to
residents in far flung areas who are yet to have access to
formal banking.
Airtel Bank got payments bank license from RBI on April 11,
2016. It became the first entity in India to receive a payments
bank license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).Shashi
Arora, MD & CEO, Airtel Payments Bank.
Payments Bank
Payments banks are a new model of banks conceptualised
by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). These banks can accept
a restricted deposit which is currently limited to INR 1 lakh
per customer account. These banks cannot issue loans and
credit cards. Both current account and savings accounts
can be operated by such banks. Payments banks can issue
services like ATM cards, debit cards online banking and
mobile banking.
History
On 23 September 2013, Committee on Comprehensive
Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income
Households, headed by Nachiket Mor, was formed by the
RBI. On 7 January 2014, the Nachiket Mor committee
submitted its final report. Among its various
recommendations, it recommended the formation of a new
category of bank called payments bank.
In February 2015, RBI released the list of entities which had
applied for a payments bank licence. There were 41
applicants. It was also announced that an external advisory
committee (EAC) headed by Nachiket Mor would evaluate
the licence applications. On 28 February 2015, during the
presentation of the Budget it was announced that India
Post will use its large network to run payments bank. The
external advisory committee headed by Nachiket Mor
submitted its findings on 6 July 2015. The applicant entities
were examined for their financial track record and governance
issues. On 19 August 2015, the Reserve Bank of India gave
in-principle licences to eleven entities to launch payments
banks:
1. Aditya Birla Nuvo
2. Airtel M Commerce Services
3. Cholamandalam Distribution Services
4. Department of Posts
5. FINO PayTech
6. National Securities Depository
8. Dilip Shanghvi, Sun Pharmaceuticals
9. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm
10. Tech Mahindra
11. Vodafone M-Pesa
Out of these, three have surrendered their licenses. First one
being Chalomandalam Distribution Services, then Dilip
Shanghvi, Sun Pharmaceuticals and the latest, Tech
Mahindra.The in-principle license is valid for 18 months
within which the entities must fulfill the requirements. They
are not allowed to engage in banking activities within the
period. The RBI will consider granting full licenses under
Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, after it is
satisfied that the conditions have been fulfilled.
Some of functions of Payments Bank:
The minimum capital requirement is Rs. 100 crore.
For the first five years, the stake of
the promoter should be 40% minimum.
It can hold a maximum balance of 1 lakh rupees per
customer.
It can an issue ATM/debit cards but not credit cards
Offer payments and remittance services
Deal in simple financial products like insurance
products and mutual fund units.
It cannot undertake lending service.
Foreign share holding will be allowed in these banks
as per the rules for FDI in private banks in India.
The voting rights will be regulated by the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949. The voting right of any
shareholder is capped at 10%, which can be raised
to 26% by Reserve Bank of India.
Any acquisition of more than 5% will require
approval of the RBI.
Initially, the deposits will be capped at Rs. 100,000
per customer, but it may be raised by the RBI based
on the performance of the bank.
25% of its branches must be in the unbanked rural
area.
The banks will be licensed as Payments Banks under
Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and
will be registered as public limited company under
the Companies Act, 2013.
What is Small finance bank?
Small finance banks are a type of niche banks in India. Banks
with a small finance bank license can provide basic banking
service of acceptance of deposits and lending. The aim behind
this is to provide financial inclusion to sections of the
economy not being served by other banks, such as small

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business units, small and marginal farmers, micro and small
industries and unorganised sector entities.
The firms must have a capital of Rs. 100 crore. Existing non-
banking financial companies (NBFC), micro-finance
institutions (MFI) and local area banks (LAB) are allowed to
set up small finance banks. The promoters should have 10
years experience in banking and finance. The promoters stake
in the paid-up equity capital will be 40% initially which must
be brought down to 26% in 12 years. Joint ventures are not
permitted. Foreign share holding will be allowed in these
banks as per the rules for FDI in private banks in India. The
banks will not be restricted to any region. 75% of its net
credits should be in priority sector lending and 50% of the
loans in its portfolio must in 25 lakh range. Usha Thorat,
former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
chaired the External Advisory Committee (EAC) to evaluate
applications received for small finance banks.
FIDEL CASTRO, 1926-2016 : DEATH
OF THE LAST REVOLUTIONARY
Fidel Castro, the fiery apostle of revolution who brought the
Cold War to the Western Hemisphere in 1959 and then defied
the United States for nearly half a century as Cubas maximum
leader, bedeviling 11 American presidents and briefly pushing
the world to the brink of nuclear war, passed away due to old
age. He was 90.
He was commander in chief of the 1959 Cuban revolution and
had successfully built a communist state on the doorstep of
the United States during Cold War. He had ruled Cuba as a
one-party state for almost half a century (from 1976 to 2008)
before handing over the powers to his brother Raul Castro in
2008 due to ill health. Ral Castro, who had fought alongside
Fidel Castro from the earliest days of the insurrection and
remained minister of defense and his brothers closest
confidant, has ruled Cuba since then, although he has told
the Cuban people he intends to resign in 2018.
Fidel Castro had held on to power longer than any other
living national leader except Queen Elizabeth II. He became a
towering international figure whose importance in the 20th
century far exceeded what might have been expected from
the head of state of a Caribbean island nation of 11 million
people.
He dominated his country with strength and symbolism from
the day he triumphantly entered Havana on Jan. 8, 1959, and
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completed his overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by delivering
his first major speech in the capital before tens of thousands
of admirers at the vanquished dictator s military
headquarters.
He was born as Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz on August 13,
1926 in Birn, Holguin Province, Cuba. In 1953, he was
imprisoned after leading an unsuccessful rising against
Batistas regime. However was released in 1955 from prison
under an amnesty deal. In 1956, Castro along with Che
Guevara started a guerrilla war against the Cuban government
led by US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.
In 1959, he overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista Government
in through Communist revolution. He was sworn in as prime
minister and was in office from 1959 to 1976. In 1960, he
successfully fought off CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion
by Cuban exiles. He also defied many attempts even
assassination attempts of US to topple him from power. 1962,
under his leadership Cuba allowed USSR can deploy nuclear
missiles on its territory which had resulted into Cuban missile
crisis. Under his leadership, Cuba became a one-party
communist state, industry and business were nationalized
and state socialist reforms implemented throughout society.
His greatest legacy is free healthcare and education, which
have given Cuba some of the regions best human
development statistics. In 2008, he stepped down as
President of Cuba due to health issues. He was in office from
1976 to 2008. He worlds third longest-serving head of state,
after Britains Queen Elizabeth and the King of Thailand.
Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressedhis
condolences on the death of Castro, referring to Castro as
one of the most iconic personalities of the 20th century
and a great friend.
D YNAMISM IN INDO-JAPAN
RELATION WITH PM MODIS VISIT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a three-day visit to
Japan from November 10 to 12, 2016 to attend the Annual
India-Japan Bilateral Summit with Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe in Tokyo to strengthen the bilateral ties between
the two nations.
During the visit Prime Minister Modi and Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inked a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) in the field of civil nuclear
deal and nine other agreements in various fields.
Modi also attended an India-Japan Business
Leaders Forumand addressed a formal meeting
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organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) and the Japanese Business Federation.
On November 13, 2016, Mr. Modi, along with Abe,
travelled by the Shinkansen high-speed bullet
train from Tokyo to Kobe and was received at Hyogo
Prefecture guest house by the Governor of Hyogo
Toshizo Ido and Mayor of Kobe Kyuzo Hisamaoto.
He also visited the Kawasaki Heavy Industries plant
there to get a brief knowledge of the technology.
The Prime Minister interacted with the Indian
community both in Tokyo and Kobe.
This was Modis second visit to Japan in two years.
Highlights of the Agreements/MoUs signed:
MoU in the field of civil nuclear deal: The MoU was signed
for bilateral cooperation in the field of Nuclear Energy. It will
help to strengthen of energy security of India, through the
development of nuclear power projects in India based
on Japanese Nuclear Technology. This civil nuclear
programme will also help in future collaboration between
Indian and Japanese industries.
Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on the Manufacturing
Skill Transfer Promotion Program: The MoC was inked
between the Union Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship and Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry of Japan. It plans to train 30,000 Indian youth in the
Japanese styled manufacturing in the next 10 years. The
facility will be provided by the Japan-India Institute for
Manufacturing (JIM) and the Japanese Endowed Courses
(JEC) in select Engineering colleges. It will contribute to
Make in India and Skill India. MoC on Cooperation in Sports: It aims to provide a framework
MoU in the Field of Outer Space: The MoU signed
between ISRO and JAXA aims to provide cooperation in
planetary exploration, satellite navigation and space industry
promotion, joint use of ground systems, joint missions and
studies for mutual support and personnel exchange.
MoU in Marine and Earth Science and Technology: It was
signed between Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
(JAMSTEC).The main objective was the advancement of
academic research in the field of Earth Sciences for the benefit
of the peace and human welfare. This MoU aims at promoting
cooperation in the areas of joint survey and research, promote
an exchange of scientific visits by researchers and experts,
joint scientific seminars and workshops and exchange of
information, data and studied results.
MoC in the Field of Agriculture and Food Related Industry:
The pact was signed between the Union Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Ministry of Agriculture,
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Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. It aims to deepen the bilateral
cooperation in the fields of agriculture and food industries
between industries related to food value chain networking
and protecting Geographical Indication (GI) of agriculture
products.
MoU for Transport and Urban Development: It was signed
between National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
Limited and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment
Corporation (JICA).It focuses on promoting investment in
infrastructure projects in transportation and railways, port
terminals, toll roads, logistics, airport terminals, urban
development and any supporting industries for these sectors.
The MoU also enables the two countries to explore
opportunities to set up an NIIF-JOIN joint fund.
MoU in the Field of Textiles: It signed between Textiles
Committee of Union Ministry of Textiles and Japan Textiles
Products Quality and Technology Centre (QTEC).It aims to
improve quality of Indian Textiles for compliance with
Japanese market. It involves capacity building measures for
the Textiles Committee and aligns the Indian Quality Control
measures in line with Japanese market and technical
standards.
Agreement in the Field of Cultural Exchange: It seeks to
promote bilateral cooperation in the field of art & culture
between both countries. It includes exchange of exhibitions
& personnel in performing and visual arts, exchange of
exhibitions and experts from museums, cooperation in
preserving the cultural heritage and to promote people-to-
people exchanges
for bilateral cooperation in the field of Sports ahead of
the forthcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
MOU between Gujarat and Hyogo Prefectural Government:
The agreement was signed signed between the Department
of Industries & Mines of Government Gujarat and
International Affairs Bureau of Hyogo Prefectural
Government. It aims to promote mutual cooperation
between Hyogo and Gujarat in the fields of business,
academics, cultural cooperation, disaster management and
environmental protection. As per the agreement, a steering
committee will be constituted to oversee the implementation
of the MOU. It will also identify the agencies to carry out
designated activities.
Agreement for Double taxation Avoidance
Convention
A Protocol to amend the Double Taxation Avoidance
Convention (DTAC) between India and Japan for the
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal
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evasion with respect to taxes on income was signed on 11th
December, 2015.
The protocol has been entered into force on 29th
October, 2016 on completion of procedural
requirements by both the countries.
The Protocol aims to promote
transparency and cooperation between the two
countries.
Key Points of Protocol
It emphasizes on adapting internationally accepted
standards for effective exchange of information on
tax matters including bank information and
information without domestic tax interest.
It states that the information received from Japan in
respect of a resident of India can be shared with
other law enforcement agencies with authorization
of the Competent Authority of Japan and vice versa.
It provides for exemption of interest income from
taxation in the source country with respect to debt-
claims insured by the Government or Government
owned financial institutions.
As per a new article inserted in the protocol, both
India and Japan shall assist each other in the
collection of revenue claims.
Analysis of nuclear deal
The nuclear deal with Japan is critical to Indias renewable
energy plans as Japanese companies that produce cutting-
edge reactor technology are important for Indias growing
energy needs.
Similarly Japanese companies have significant holdings in
their American and French partners negotiating for nuclear
reactors now, hence this deal helps India in accessing various
cutting edge nuclear technologies.
The nuclear agreement with India is Japans first nuclear
deal with a non-signatory to the Non Proliferation Treaty,
and it recognises Indias exemplary record in nuclear
prudence.
It will boost the morale for India and it strives much-needed
moral boost Indias membership in the Nuclear Suppliers
Group (NSG).
Issue
The recently signed deal also includes the clause that Japan
can give a years notice before terminating it in case India
breaks the nuclear testing moratorium that it had extended to
Nuclear Suppliers Group in 2008.
Conclusion
The nuclear agreement deal with Japan is significant as it will
help guarantee Japans continued support to Indias civil
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nuclear programme. As Indias economy is one of the fastest
growing in the world, it is in need of newer energy sources.
Japan having cutting edge technology, it will definitely
provide huge boost for Indian economy. In this background
the recent agreement is right step in prosperous path that
India has adopted.
MARRAKESH CLIMATE CHANGE
CONFERENCE
The 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference is a
conference on climate change held in Marrakesh, Morocco
from 7 to 18 November 2016. It is the 22nd conference of the
parties (COP22) to be held under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change and was attended
by delegates from 196 countries.
The conference was presided over by Salaheddine Mezouar,
the Moroccan Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
Approximately 20,000 participants attended it. On 2 May 2016,
events firm GL Events signed the service contract. The Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations also lent
its support to the preparation for COP 22".
Background
The Marrakesh Conference is a continuation of regular global
summits organised by United Nations following the adoption
of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, whose application was limited
to the period covering 2008-2012.
2009: Copenhagen (COP15)
The Copenhagen Conference was intended to follow on from
Kyoto, and culminated in the Copenhagen Accord, a 3-page
text laying out common international intentions regarding
climate change (reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, limiting
global warming to 2 C and providing 30 billion dollars for
2010-2012). Despite these goals, the conference was generally
considered a failure.
2011: Durban (COP17)
The aim of the Durban Conference was to start negotiations
from scratch in order to prepare the path for future
negotiations. The Ah Hoc Working Group on the Durban
Platform for Enhanced Action was created to close the
ambition gap that existed between greenhouse-gas emission
commitments made by nations and the aim to keep climate
change below an increase of 2 C.
2014: Lima (COP20)
The priority of the Lima Conference was to redouble efforts
to keep to the aim of keeping climate change under an increase
of 2 C between the present day and 2100. The conference
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opened with a preparatory document on a future COP21
agreement in Paris and by adopting a 37-page text.
2015: Paris (COP21)
The 195 countries participating in the conference adopted
the first worldwide climate agreement, a binding treaty that
aims to limit climate change to a temperate increase of under
2 C.
Objectives of COP22
Morocco intended to use COP22 as a means to showcase its
commitment to fighting climate change. According to Hakima
El Haite, the Moroccan Environment Minister, the conference
was intended to be one of innovation with regard to
adapting to and alleviating the effects of climate change, as
well as an opportunity to develop functional tools as part
of the Paris-Lima and Paris-Marrakesh Action Plans. The
financial responsibility for loss and damages, which was
recognised under the Paris Agreement, was also debated
during COP22, as well as transparency rules regarding the
information provided by countries pertaining to the steps
they take to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions.
Important aspects of Marrakech conference
It emphasised that, the world needs all countries to
work together to close the gap between their
intended reduction of carbon emissions and what
needs to be done to keep the rise of the global
average temperature well below 2C in this century.
The conference agreed that man-made climate
change does have a scientific basis, that the
developed countries are responsible for
accumulated emissions, and that future action
should focus on shifting all nations to a clean energy
path.
Similarly effort was made to progress on raising the
$100 billion a year that is intended to help the poorer
nations.
Analysis
Marrakech treaty has made some headway in the
United Nations effort to reduce the emissions of
green house gasses and also it will carry forward
the process of realisation of Paris agreement.
In the effort, developed countries needs to do a lot
of efforts as they are main responsible for the
present condition. Similarly developing countries
are facing twin challenges of growing its economy
to meet the development aspirations of a large
population, and cutting emissions.
At present, the pledges made so far on climate are
well short of this target, and even if they are all
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implemented, a minimum rise of 2.9C is forecast by
the UN Environment Programme.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
will hear from the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change in 2018 on what impact an additional
warming of 1.5C could have on the planet and what
can be done to ensure it is pegged at this level.
The vulnerable countries such as island states and
Bangladesh are demanding action to cut emissions.
Hence there is a immediate need of a strategy that
involves all State governments and need to
strengthen the case for international funding, and
spur domestic action.
On the margins of COP22, a summit involving around 30
African heads of state took place on 16 November 2016 in
Marrakesh. This summit focused primarily on climate
negotiations, in the backdrop of Africa being the part of the
world that is the most threatened by global warming. On a
more local note, the city of Marrakesh also took the
opportunity to create for itself a greener; for example, it
has provided 300 bicycles for public use as part of a
municipal bicycle-sharing scheme.
Conclusion
Since long time United Nation is undertaking efforts by
coordination all the countries to combat the menace of climate
change. The efforts have not yielded the desired result.
Recently through Paris agreement as well as in Marrakech
conference countries have agreed on various aspects of the
efforts to combat climate change. Marrakech conferences
have made some headway in this direction.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Donald Trump elected 45th President of United
States
Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the
United States. The Republican party candidate secured the
support of 276 of the 538 members of the electoral college,
beating Democratic party rival Hillary Clinton. President-elect
Trump will formally take charge of the Oval Office on January
20, 2017, dubbed as the Inauguration Day.
Turkey will chair 2017 Energy Club of Shanghai
Cooperation Organization
a) Turkey will chair the Energy Club of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2017.
b) It became the first non full member country to be
the chairman of a club in the organisation.
c) Turkey President: RecepTayyipErdogan, Capital-
Ankara, Currency- Lira
24th APEC Summit concludes in Peru
a) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation the 24th edition
of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
summit concluded on 20 November 2016 in Lima,
Peru.
b) The theme of the 24th APEC Summit was Quality
Growth and Human Development.
c) The summit was led by Peru President Ollanta
Humala.
d) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a
forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that
promotes free trade throughout the Asia-
Pacific region. India is not a member of APEC.
e) 2017 APEC will be held in Vietnam.
f) Peru: Capital-Lima, currency-Sol
Colombo declaration has adopted at Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
Colombo declaration has adopted at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The High Level Meeting of Interior Ministers of Indian Ocean
Region (IOR) to Counter Drug Trafficking was held in
Colombo, Sri Lanka. The delegates from 18 littoral states of
the IOR have resolved to work towards making the region a
Drug Free Zone.
Worlds first zero-emissions hydrogen train
unveiled in Germany
a) World first hydrogen-powered and zero-emission
passenger train named as Coradia iLint was unveiled
in Germany.
b) The first of its kind eco-friendly train has been
developed by French rail company Alstom.
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Global Climate conference held in Marrakech
The 12 day Global Climate conference began in the Moroccan
city of Marrakech. In the conference, delegates will deliberate
on the details of implementing the Paris deal, such as drafting
rules for how to measure and report emissions as well as the
financial contributions meant to help poor countries deal
with climate change.
The 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
concluded in Peru
The 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forums
Leaders Summit will be held in Lima, Peru from November 19
to 20, 2016. The theme of the summit is Quality Growth and
Human Development and the official logo is the architecture
of the ancient city of Caral. APEC is regional economic forum
of 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade
throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Headquarters: Singapore.
Over 20 countries signed the framework
agreement of the International Solar Alliance
(ISA)
Over 20 countries, including Brazil and France, signed the
framework agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)
an initiative that is the brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. The framework agreement of ISA was opened for
signatures on the sidelines of CoP22 to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change at Marrakech, in Morocco.
ISA is an alliance of 121 solar resource-rich tropical countries
lying fully or partially between two tropics and who are also
UN members. It was jointly launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande at
the CoP21 in Paris last year where representatives from
around 70 countries participated.
Russia removed from International Criminal Court
President Vladimir Putin has signed an executive order
removing Russias signature from the International Criminal
Courts founding treaty on 16th November. Russia in 2000
signed the Rome treaty that established the Hague-based
court but never ratified it. ICC based in The Hague,
Netherlands is an intergovernmental organization and
international tribunal. Currently, there are 124 states which
are party to Rome Statute and therefore members of the ICC
(India and China are not its members).
EU, Canada signed Comprehensive Economic and
Trade Agreement
a) The European Union (EU) and Canada have signed
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
(CETA), a landmark trade deal.
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b) The deal was signed by Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau and top European Union officials in
Brussels, Belgium.
c) All 28 European Union states approved the deal.
300 million children live with polluted outdoor air:
UNICEF
United Nations Childrens Fund, UNICEF has said, about
300 million children live with polluted outdoor air and it can
cause serious physical damage, including harming their
developing brains.
UNICEF
Headquarters: New York, United States
CEO: Anthony Lake
China, Belgium to enhance investment ties
a) China and Belgium have agreed to expand
cooperation in areas such as investment, new
energy, and in the Belt and Road Initiative.
b) This came following the meeting of Chinese
President Xi Jinping and Belgian Prime Minister
Charles Michel in Beijing.
Belgium
Capital: Brussels, Currency: Euro
Paris Agreement on Climate Change came into
forced
a) The Paris Agreement to combat climate change
officially entered into force after 55 parties to the
convention accounting for at least 55% of total GHG
(greenhouse gas) emissions ratified it.
b) In this agreement all countries must pursue to keep
global temperature rising below 2C above pre-
industrial levels with an ideal target of keeping
temperature rise below 1.5C.
c) The threshold for entry into force of the Paris
Agreement was achieved on 5th October 2016. At
present, 94 parties have ratified the convention.
India was 62nd country to ratify it on 2 October
2016
Key Point on Paris Agreement on Climate Change
It is an international climate deal to combat climate
change. It facilitates enforcement of global GHGs
reduction measures in the post-2020 i.e. in post
Kyoto Protocol scenario.
It is an international climate deal to combat climate
change. It facilitates enforcement of global GHGs
reduction measures in the post-2020 i.e. in post
Kyoto Protocol scenario.
The first session of the Conference of the Parties
(COP) serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the
Paris Agreement (CMA1) was held in Marrakech
(Morocco) in November 2016.
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James Webb Space Telescope construction
completed
a) The telescope, which took nearly 20 years to build,
will replace the 26-year-old Hubble Space Telescope
b) JWST is the largest-ever space telescope is expected
to launch in 2018 following the in-depth testing.
c) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space
telescope optimized for observations in the infrared.
It is a planned to be launched in 2018 on an Ariane
5 rocket from French Guiana.
d) JWST has been named after James E. Webb, former
administrator of NASA. It was formerly known as
the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST).
Latvia inked MoU with China for OBOR
a) Latvia has become the first country in the Baltic
Sea area to sign a Memorandum of Understanding
to link up with Chinas One Belt and One Road
(OBOR) Initiative.
b) The MoU was signed after Chinese Premier Li
Keqiangs meeting with his Latvian counterpart
Maris Kucinskis in Riga (capital of Latvia). It was
Chinese Premiers first visit to the European Union
country.
What is Chinas One Belt and One Road (OBOR)
Initiative?
OBOR initiative is Chinas ambitious development
strategy and framework that aims to boost its
connectivity and trade across Asia, Africa and
Europe.
It comprises two components viz. the Silk Road
Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk
Road.
It was proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping
in 2013.
OBOR initiative is part of Chinas revived 21st
century Silk Road diplomacy that seeks to push it
to take a bigger role in global affairs as a major global
power.
India became Associate Member of CERN
a) India became an associate member of the European
Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the
worlds largest nuclear and particle physics
laboratory.
b) An agreement was signed by Dr. Sekhar Basu,
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
CERN Director General Dr. Fabiola Gianotti in
Mumbai, Maharashtra.
c) CERN as an organisation is worlds largest nuclear
and particle physics laboratory. It is situated in
North West suburbs of Geneva on France-Swiss
Border.
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World Internet Conference 2016 concluded in
Wuzhen, China
a) The 2016 World Internet Conference concluded on
18 November 2016 in Wuzhen, China.
b) The theme of the 3rd World Internet Conference,
which commenced on 16 November 2016, was
Innovation-driven Internet Development for the
Benefit of All Building a Community of Common
Future in Cyberspace.
NASA launches Next Generation Weather Satellite
GOES-R
a) The NASA has successfully launched highly
advanced geostationary weather satellite
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-
R (GOES-R).
b) It was launched on board of Atlas 5 rocket which
had lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,
Florida.
Chinas Sunway Taihulight wins fastest
supercomputer title
a) Chinas Sunway Taihulight has won the fastest
supercomputer title. It can perform 93 quadrillions
calculations per second (petaflop/s).
b) Second place : An Intel-based Chinese Tianhe-2
supercomputer which can perform calculations with
processing speed of 33.86 Pflops.
c) Third place : Supercomputer Titan of the US
Department of Energy (DOE). It has a performance
of 17.59 Pflops.
Colombia Government, FARC rebels sign revised
Peace Agreement
a) Colombian Government has signed revised peace
agreement with the countrys largest rebel
movement, Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC).
b) The revised document was signed between
President Juan Manual Santos and FARC leader
Rodrigo Londono in Bogota, capital city of
Colombia.
c) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2016 for
his efforts to end the war.
China successfully launched fourth data satellite
Tianlian I-04
a) China has successfully launched its fourth data
satellite named Tianlian I-04.
b) The satellite was launched on board of Long March-
3C carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch
Centre in southwest Sichuan province.
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Nawaz Sharif inaugurated Gwadar port in
Balochistan Province
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the
operational activities of the revamped strategic Gwadar port
in the south-western Balochistan Province. With the
operationalisation of the deep sea port, the multi-billion dollar
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), linking western
China to the Arabian Sea became a reality.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Austrian airline Peoples Viennaline has started
operating what it claims is the shortest international
flight in the world, an eight-minute flight between
St Gallen in Switzerland and Friedrichshafen in
Germany.
In Sri Lanka, Minister for official language has
advocated for providing Sinhala and Tamil language
equal status along with making English as the third
official language for the country.
China adopted a controversial cyber security law
to counter growing threats such as hacking and
terrorism.
Finland has decided to eliminate all the traditional
subjects from its schools including literature,
physics, history, and math by 2020, to become the
worlds first country to do so.
South African President Jacob Juma is facing
impeachment motion in the Parliament.
The Chinese built Gwadar Port in Pakistans
Balochistan become operational.
Africas first fully functioning cycle-share scheme
has been launched in Marrakech, Morocco to curb
urban congestion and boost sustainable transport.
Air New Zealand has been named the best airline in
the world for the fourth consecutive year by
AirlineRatings.com in its Airline Excellence Awards.
It was followed by Qantas and Singapore Airlines
at the second and third place respectively.
Japan and South Korea signed a preliminary pact to
share and safeguard information exactly North
Koreas missiles and nuclear activities.
Al Ain Oasis in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, has
become the countrys first UNESCO World Heritage
site to open to public. The city of Al Ain became the
first site in UAE to be included in UNESCOs list in
2011.
Thailand recently celebrated the festival of lights
called LoiKrathong, which is celebrated to pay
homage to Lord Buddha.
Iran for the first time ever has surpassed Saudi
Arabia to become Indias top crude oil supplier.
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Maharashtra most farmer friendly state: NITI
Aayog
Maharashtra has been adjudged as the countrys most farmer
friendly state followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan, according
to NITI Aayogs Agriculture Marketing and Farmer Friendly
Reforms Index.
NITI AYOG
NITI Aayog or the National Institution for Transforming
India is a Government of India policy think-tank established
by the Narendra Modi government to replace the Planning
CommissionThe Union Government of India announced the
formation of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015, and the first
meeting was held on 8 February 2015. The Prime Minister
serves as the Ex-officio chairman.
NITI Aayog Executives
Chairman-Narendra Modi
CEO-Amitabh Kant
Vice Chairman-Arvind Panagariya,
Member-Bibek Debroy, V. K. Saraswat, Ramesh
Chand
Ease of Doing Business: A.P., Telangana top in
2016 all-India ranking
a) Commerce and Industry Minister NirmalaSitharaman
has released the report on State-wise Ease of Doing
Business rankings.
b) Andhra Pradesh and Telengana topped the all-India
ranking with 98.78 per cent each, followed by Gujarat
with 98.21 per cent. Odisha is at 11 rank.
c) Top 10:1- Andhra Pradesh,2- Telengana,3- Gujarat,4-
Chhattisgarh , 5- Madhya Pradesh , 6- Haryana ,7-
Jharkhand,8- Rajasthan , 9- Uttarakhand & 10-
Maharashtra .
Andhra Pradesh tops World Banks energy-saving
rankings
a) The sunrise state Andhra Pradesh has been ranked
number one in the World Banks Energy Efficiency
Implementation Readiness.
b) Andhra Pradesh topped with overall score of 42.01
followed by Rajasthan (41.89), Karnataka (39.34) and
Maharashtra (39.29).
c) Andhra Pradesh topped the list by achieving an
energy saving of 1,500 million units (MU) i.e. around
650 MW in two years through use of LED lighting.
2016 Global Youth Development Index
a) Top 5 countries in 2016 YDI: Germany (1), Denmark
(2), Australia (3), Switzerland (4), UK (5),
b) India has been ranked 133rd out of 183 countries in
the 2016 Global Youth Development Index (YDI)
compiled by the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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Global Business Optimism Index
a) As per recently released report, India has was ranked
second in the global business optimism index during
the third quarter (July-September 2016).
b) It was revealed by the Grant Thornton International
Business Report.
c) In the report Indonesia took the top spot and
Philippines was placed third after India.
2017 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI)
a) First three spots in the list of 2017 CCPI rankings
were left vacant. France was placed at 4th place,
thus leads list for the first time. It was followed by
Sweden (5th) and UK (6th).
b) India was placed at the 20th rank among the 58
countries on the 2017 Climate Change Performance
Index (CCPI).
c) The index was released by Germanwatch, an
independent German NGO and Climate Action
Network Europe.
ICT Development Index 2016
a) South Korea topped the 2016 ICT Development
Index.
b) India has been ranked 138th in the 2016 ICT
Development Index out of a total of 175 countries.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Indias Ambani family of the Reliance Group has
ranked third on the Forbes list of Asias 50 Richest
Families of 2016, with a wealth of $25.8 billion.
Further, the Ambani clan topped among the 17 Indian
families that featured on the list. Notably, the list
was topped by South Koreas Lee family of the
Samsung Group.
As per the report Spain is the worlds largest organ
donor.
HDFC Banks Aditya Puri has been ranked 36th in
the US magazine Fortunes top 50 business persons
list for 2016, and is the only Indian among three
persons of Indian origin in the global rankings. While
Facebooks Mark Zuckerburg leads the list,
Microsofts chief executive Satya Nadella has been
ranked fifth.
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PM Narendra Modi inaugurate Asian Ministerial
Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2016
Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction (AMCDRR) in New Delhi
b) The conference has been organised by Union
Government in collaboration with the United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNISDR).
c) 2016 AMCDRR will pave the way for implementation
of the Sendai framework in the Asian region and
will also devise a mechanism for monitoring its
progress.
What is Sendai Framework for DRR?
The SFDRR was adopted by at the Third World Conference
on DRR at Sendai in Japan in March, 2015. It identifies targets
and priority action areas towards reducing disaster risk by
reducing the damage caused by natural hazards like floods,
droughts, earthquakes and cyclones through an ethic of
prevention.
CII launches unique platform Startup Mentorship
Circle
a) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has launched
a unique platform called Startup Mentorship Circle
to help in connecting start-ups with the global
marketplace.
b) Startup Mentorship Circle is truly a strong eco-
system for nurturing innovation and startups to
drive sustainable economic growth
DoPT launched Employees Online Application
a) The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT)
under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions has launched Employees Online (EO)
App.
b) The mobile application aims to update on
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
appointments and postings on real time basis and
to bring transparency.
c) The Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises
Sunil Bharti Mittal was appointed as Chairman of
GSM(Groupe Spcial Mobile) Association (GSMA).
Centre decides to fix minimum wage for unskilled
agricultural labour in C-class towns in central
sphere
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a) The Centre has decided to fix the minimum wage for
unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns in
central sphere at 350 rupees per day.
b) At present, agriculture workers in the central sphere
are paid as per the rates prescribed under the
national floor level minimum wage, which is 160
rupees per day.
Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment
Act, 2016 to curb black money comes into effect
a) The new law to prohibit benami transactions will
come into effect from 1st of next month.
b) Parliament had passed the Benami Transactions
(Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 to curb black
money.
c) After coming into effect, the existing Benami
Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 will be renamed
as the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions,
PBPT, Act, 1988.
d) The new legislation provides for seven years
imprisonment and fine for those indulging in illegal
transactions.
Centre to set up $2 bn clean energy equity fund
for additional renewable energy
The Centre, along with state-run power entities National
Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), Rural
Electrification Corporation (REC) and Power Finance
Corporation Limited (PFC), will soon launch a 2 billion dollar
clean energy equity fund to support the governments
ambitious target of adding 175 GW renewable energy
generation capacity by 2022.
COP7 of WHO FCTC begins in Noida
a) The 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties
(COP7) to the WHO Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (FCTC) was held in Greater Noida,
Uttar Pradesh.
b) It was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Health
and Family Welfare J.P Nadda and was attended by
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.
c) It is for the first time India is hosting COP meeting
of FCTC.
d) It is the worlds biggest convention on tobacco
control policy in which 180 countries are
participating.
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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
approves new 62 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
a) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
accorded its approval for opening of one Jawahar
Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) each in 62 uncovered
districts.
b) The outlay for the programme is Rs 2,871 crore.
Union Government introduces Taxation Laws
(Second Amendment) Bill, 2016
a) The Union Government has introduced the Taxation
Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the
Parliament.
b) The bill amends existing tax laws to impose a higher
rate of tax and penalty in respect of undisclosed
incomes.
c) It proposes, Taxation and Investment Regime for
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016
(PMGKY), an anti-poverty scheme.
Government launched e-Pashuhaat portal
a) The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Ministry
has launched e-pashuhaat portal to connect farmers
and breeders of bovine (cow-Like) animals.
b) e-pashuhaat portal will connect farmers with
breeders- State, Central, Co-operative, Milk
Federations, and private agencies.
c) It will enable the farmers to buy bovine animals,
frozen semen and embryo.
ADB approved a $500 million loan to build 9.8
kilometer bridge on Ganges River
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $500 million
loan to build a bridge across Indias Ganges River. The 9.8
kilometer (km) road bridge in the north-eastern state of Bihar
will be Indias longest river bridge and will provide vital
transport links between the northern and southern parts of
the state and with neighboring Nepal.
India hosts golden jubilee celebrations of
UNCITRAL in New Delhi
a) India hosted the golden jubilee (50th anniversary)
celebrations of United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in New Delhi
b) The opening address at international conference of
the golden jubilee celebrations of UNCITRAL was
given by President Pranab Mukherjee.
India hosts World Robot Olympiad for the first
time
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a) India hosted the 13th edition of theWorld Robot
Olympiad on the sidelines of trade fair in New Delhi.
b) This is for first time India hosted World Robot
Olympiad.
c) The theme of the event is Rap the Scrap selected
in line with Union Governments Swachh Bharat
Mission.
PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate PETROTECH
2016
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
12th edition of International Oil and Gas Conference
and Exhibition Petrotech-2016 in New Delhi on 5
December 2016.
b) The 2016 theme is Hydrocarbons to fuel the future
Choices and Challenges.
c) PETROTECH is Indias flagship biennial
international oil and gas conference and exhibition.
It is Asias largest oil and gas event.
d) India will also host the International Energy Forum
International Gas Union (IEF-IGU) Ministerial Forum
on December 6, 2016. It is supported by GAIL (India)
Limited and the Natural Gas Society of India.
Union Government put hold ban on NDTV India
a) The Union Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting has put hold its order imposing a one
day ban on Hindi channel NDTV India.
b) Earlier, the ministry had imposed one day ban (on
November 9) on NDTV India over its live coverage
of the Pathankot terror attack, violating Programme/
Advertising Code.
First Hunar Haat (Skill Haat) at India International
Trade Fair
The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs for the first time had
inaugurated Hunar Haat (Skill Haat) at India International
Trade Fair (2016) at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. It is aimed
at promoting and supporting artisans from Minority
communities and providing them domestic as well as
international market for display and sell their products. The
Hunar Haat exhibition has been organised by the National
Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC)
under USTTAD scheme. USTTAD stands for Upgrading
the Skills & Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for
Development. It was launched by the Union Ministry of
Minority Affairs. The scheme aims at preserving and
promoting the rich heritage of the traditional arts & crafts of
the Minority communities.
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Union Government launches Pehchan identity
cards for artisans
a) Union textile Minister Smriti Irani launched a scheme
of Pehchan identity cards to artisans in
Ahmedabad.
b) The upgraded pehchan cards were distributed to
artisans from five clusters of Gujarat.
c) She also inaugurated thematic handicrafts
exhibition.
Income Tax Department to launch Project Insight
in May 2017
a) The Income Tax department is planning to
implementthe first phase ofProject Insight from
May 2017
b) Project Insight is an integrated platform that will
utilize vast amount of information easily available
on social media to conduct raids online rather than
traditional way of conducting random searches,
known as tax raids.
International Conference on Brucellosis 2016
inaugurated in New Delhi
a) The International Conference on Brucellosis 2016
and the 69th meeting of the International Society
on Brucellosis was inaugurated in New Delhi.
b) The three day conference has been organised by
the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in
collaboration with Indian Council for Agriculture
Research (ICAR).
NEWS IN BRIEF
The Union Government is developing a National
Data Registry (NDR) to compile and serve metadata
of different agencies and re-engineer the feature
data sets for improving their use. NDR will require
BILATERAL
India and Russia
India and Russia have agreed to double the range of the
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from 290 km to over 600
km.
BrahMos Missile
BrahMos is one of its kind supersonic cruise missile. Named
from the names of two rivers, Indias Brahmaputra River and
Russias Moskva River. It operates on fire and forget principal
and is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and
air against sea and land targets. It is capable of carrying a
warhead of 300 kilogram and has top supersonic speed of
Mach 3 (that is, three times the speed of sound).
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all agencies state, private and academic, collecting
and storing geospatial data to provide details of
data they store.
The Indian Steel Association (ISA) has asked the
Central Government not to impose any anti-
dumping duty on Metallurgical Coke (met coke)
fearing cost escalation of their products.
During the Economic Editors Conference-2016
Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar
Prasad has unveiled a slew of measures in an attempt
to strengthen cyber security in India. The
conference was organised by the Press Information
Bureau (PIB) in collaboration with the Union
Ministry of Finance in New Delhi.
NEWS RELATED TO RAILWAY
Railways set target of 100% de-carbonisation,
90% electrification in next 5 yrs
a) The Indian Railways has set a target to achieve 100
per cent de-carbonisation, with 90 per cent
electrification in next five years.
b) Addressing an International Conference on De-
carbonization of Indian Railway-Mission
Electrification, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said,
with the investment of Rs 25,000 crore, electrification
of nearly 25,000 kilo meters will generate more
employment for youth.
The Railway said tickets worth five thousand rupees
and above will not be refunded over the counter in
cash. Railway said, people who booked such tickets
will have to file a TDR (ticket deposit receipt) and
get the refund through cheques or ECS.
Indo- Russia Recently agreement on Defence
India has signed $2 billion agreement with Russia
to lease second Akula-II class(INS Chakra) nuclear
attack submarine (SSN).
India has signed a defence deal worth nearly Rs
39,000 crore with Russia to purchase five state of
art S-400 Triumf air defence systems.
Besides, India also announced to collaborate in
making four stealth frigates and setting up a joint
production facility for making Kamov helicopters
under Make in India.
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India-Russia: Russia has invited India to join in
developing next-generation nuclear reactors and to
participate in its fast-reactor research project. The
multipurpose fast research reactor project known by
Russian acronym MBIR is coming up as the
International Research Centre (IRC) in Dimitrovgrad
located in the Ulyanovsk region.
1. India, China hold discussions on NSG issue in Beijing
a) India and China hold discussions on Nuclear
Suppliers Group, NSG issue in Beijing
b) The first such meeting was held in New Delhi on 13
October.
c) Earlier in June 2016, Indias membership bid to NSG
had failed to make headway in Seoul (South Korea)
after it was opposed by China and other countries.
2. China has warned India against Tibetan leader in exile
Dalai Lamas visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
3. The Union Government has imposed anti-dumping duty
on imports of steel wire rods from China to protect
domestic manufacturers from cheap in-bound shipments.
4. China has decided to once again block Indias bid for
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership ahead of
plenary meet of NSG in Vienna, Austria. Earlier, China
along with few other member countries of NSG had
blocked Indias membership proposal in the plenary meet
of NSG in Seoul, South Korea in June 2016. Currently,
NSG has 48 members (including China) and works by
consensus.
5. China was the theme country at Kolkata film festival
a) China was the Focus Country in the 22nd edition
of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF),
held at Kolkata on November 11.
b) Actor Amitabh Bachchan inaugurated the festival.
India-UK: Theresa Mays 3 day Visite to India
a) India and the United Kingdom have signed two
memorandum of understanding (MoUs) during the
official three days state visit of UK Prime Minister
Theresa May to India. Signed MoU are 1- MoU on
Ease of Doing Business & 2- MoU for cooperation
in the field of intellectual property.
b) Ten UK-based companies have pledged to invest
29.29 million pound to train about 20 lakh people in
India by 2020.
c) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has invited
UK to forge partnership in the creation of smart
cities. During an interaction with UK Prime Minister
Theresa May in Bengaluru.
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India and Sri Lanka
a) India and Sri Lanka have agreed to set up a Joint
Working Group (JWG) on Fisheries and hotline
between their Coast Guards to address long-
standing issue of fishermen from Tamil Nadu.
b) The decision in this regard was taken during talks
between Union External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala
Samaraweera in New Delhi.
c) The JWG on Fisheries will meet every three months
beginning January 2017 while the Ministers of
Fisheries on both sides would meet every six months
along with Naval representatives and Coast Guard
to discuss the protracted issue.
India-Palestine: India and Palestine signed MOU for setting
up a Palestine-India techno park in Ramallaha. India has
announced to grant of $12 million for setting of the park.
Palestine
Capital: East Jerusalem
Currency: Shekel
President: Mahmoud Abbas
Prime minister: Rami Hamdallah
India Nepal: India and Nepal Joint Military Exercise Surya
Kiran commenced at Army Battle School, Saljhandi in Nepal.
Nepal
President : Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister : Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Chief Justice : Sushila Karki
India -United Nations: India and United Nations Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction signed a Statement of Cooperation
(SoC) of the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction
(SFDRR). The cooperation aims to ensure effective
implementation and monitoring of the SFDRR through
Training and capacity building for Asian countries.
India sign deals with Venezuela to increase oil
production
a) India and Venezuela have signed an oil production
deals worth about 1.45 billion US dollar to increase
oil production.
b) The agreement was signed between Oil and Natural
Gas Corporation (ONGC), Venezeulas Petroleos de
Venezuela SA (PDVSA), and Venezuelas consortium
Delta Finance BVin Caracas.
India-UK: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed
three Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with the
Competent Authority of United Kingdom (UK) to reduce tax
litigation.
India and Cyprus -India and Cyprus have inked a revised
Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention
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of Fiscal evasion (DTAA) with respect to taxes on income,
along with its Protocol.
India-Maritius: Mauritius will waive 40 per cent shooting
tax for Indian film-makers for shooting on the island nation.
The decision was taken by Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood
Jugnauth, who is on a visit to Mumbai. He met with
Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.
Goa-Hawaii :The state of Hawaii would soon have a formal
Sister-State relationship with Goa, Hawaii Congresswoman
TulsiGabbard said while addressing the World Hindu
Economic Forum.
India-US: India and the US have resolved more than 100 tax
dispute cases involving Rs 5,000 crore under the bilateral
Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP).
India and Israel India and Israel have inked two agreements
in the field of water resources management and agriculture.
These agreements were signed following the delegation level
talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in New Delhi.
India and Canada: India and Canada signed agreement to
work together on different research & development fields.
India and Switzerland:India and Switzerland has signed a
Joint Declaration in New Delhi for implementation of
Automatic Exchange of Information between two countries
in respect of accounts of Indians held abroad.
Asian Regional Plan adopted at AMCDRR 2016,
New Delhi Declaration
a) The 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) adopted New Delhi
Declaration and Asian Regional Plan for
Implementation of the Sendai Framework.
b) Conference also commemorated the first World
Tsunami Awareness Day (observed on 5 November)
to spread awareness on tsunami.
c) It was the first AMCDRR to be held after the advent
of the Sendai Framework for DRR (SFDRR) 2015-
2030. The next AMCDRR will be held in Mongolia
in 2018.
d) AMCDRR was established in 2005. It is a biennial
conference jointly organized by different Asian
countries and the United Nations Office for Disaster
Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
Mauritius PM inaugurates AYUR Herbarium
project in Goa
(a) Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius
AniroodJugnauth inaugurated AYUR Herbarium
project in North Goa.
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(b) AYUR Herbarium project is an initiative by the
pharmaceutical major in association with Union
AYUSH Ministry.
Singapore launches 4-day visa-free facility for
Indians
Singapore has launched a 96-hour visa-free transit facility
for Indians, wherein passport holders with valid onward air
tickets can spend four days in the country under the Visa
Free Transit Facility (VFTF) scheme.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has been named
the Indian ambassador for Switzerland Tourism.
India and Sweden have agreed to enhance
collaboration in energy sector with special focus
on areas such as waste-to-energy, hydropower,
smart metering and solar energy.
China has selected historical adventure film
Xuanzang, which co-stars Bollywood actor
SonuSood, as its official entry for the 89th Academy
Awards.
The US has announced two financial projects worth
95 million US dollars in India to bring more energy-
efficient appliances to rural sector, as part of its
efforts to continue the global transition to zero-and-
low carbon energy sources.
Suzuki Motor Corporation has announced to set
up an industrial training institute in Mehsana
district of Gujarat next year. This industrial training
institute will be known as Japan-India Institute for
Manufacturing-JIM.
Swiss major Molinari Rail will set up a manufacturing
and assembly centre for auxiliary power units for
diesel locomotives in India by next year.
MOU
Assam govt. inks MoU with Civil Aviation Ministry
for regional connectivity
In Assam, giving a fillip to regional connectivity in the aviation
sector, the state government has inked a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Civil Aviation
under Regional Connectivity Scheme also known as UDAN.
LinkedIn inks MoU with govt to create jobs for
students
Leading global professional network LinkedIn has signed
an agreement with the Human Resource Development
Ministry to create more job opportunities for Indian students.
As part of the MoU, LinkedIns Placements product will be
adopted by all Indian colleges affiliated with All India Council
for Technical Education (AICTE).
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DRDO inks MoU with IIT Delhi to establish JATC
a) The Defence Research & Development
Organisation (DRDO) has signed a MoU with Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi to establish a
Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC).
b) The JATC will be located in the campus of IIT Delhi
at the upcoming Science and Technology Park
c) DRDO Secretary-Dr.S.Christopher
NEWS IN BRIEF
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation has inked MoU with Common Services
Centre (CSC), a SPV of Ministry of Information
ECONOMY & BANKING
RBI IN NEWS
RBI issues new series of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000
currency notes
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued new series of
notes for 500 rupees and 2,000 rupees denomination with
improved features and newer sizes.
2,000 rupees note:
It will be for the first time 2,000 rupees note
denomination has been issued. It will be called as
the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series.
The base colour of the note is magenta. Size of the
new note is 66mm*166mm. It has a motif of the
Mangalayan, the low-cost mission of ISRO to Mars
on the reverse side and Mahatma Gandhi on front
side.
The 2000 Rupees note will completely made by
indigenous technique.
500 rupee note
It has different colour, size, theme, design and
location of security features compared to the old
notes.
It has portrait and electrotype watermarks.
It will be in a stone grey in colour.
The motif Delhis Red Fort is on reverse side and
Mahatma Gandhi on front side.
Size of the new note is 63mm*150mm.
HCC becomes first firm to get debt recast under
RBIs S4A Scheme
a) Construction major Hindustan Construction
Company (HCC) became Indias first firm to get debt
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Technology for enabling online submission of
applications under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
(Urban). This MoU will enable online submission
of applications by the urban poor for affordable
houses under PMAY (Urban).
Telangana government signed an MoU with
Microsoft Corporation India for helping the
government explore cloud, machine learning and
mobile-based solutions to improve citizen services,
education, healthcare and agriculture.
recast under RBIs new Scheme for Sustainable
Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A).
b) The RBI-mandated Overseeing Committee (OC)
under the S4A has approved HCCs Rs. 5,000-crore
debt recast passed by an ICICI Bank-led joint lender
forum in September 2016.
c) 52% of the debt (nearly Rs. 2,600 crore) was found
to be sustainable and can be serviced as per original
terms and conditions, including about interest rate
and tenure.
d) Out of the remaining 48% (Rs.2,400 crore) debt, 1,000
crore debt will be converted into equity for banks,
which could eventually give them 25% stake in the
companys post-scheme equity capital.
Earthport gets RBI nod to operate cross border
payments service to India
a) Earthport Plc, the leading payment network for
cross-border transactions, has received the Reserve
Bank of Indias permission to provide outbound
cross border payment services to banks in India.
b) The approval is part of both RBI and Indian
governments move to facilitate the cross border
payments to and from India which is the largest
remittance-receiving country in 2015, with an
estimated $69 billion.
RBI proposed the opening of Islamic window in
conventional banks
a) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed the
opening of Islamic window in conventional banks.
b) Islamic or Sharia banking is a finance system based
on the principles of not charging interest. The
charging of interest is prohibited under Islam.
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Bank deposits with RBI hit record high after OTHER BANKS IN NEWS
demonetisation
a) In the wake of demonetisation, bank deposits with
Indias first banking robot named Lakshmi was
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have reached a
launched by City Union Bank
Indias first banking robot named Lakshmi was launched by
record high of Rs. 4.3 trillion, beating the earlier
the Kumbakonam-based City Union Bank (CUB) in Chennai,
record of Rs. 1.7 trillion in May 2009.
Tamil Nadu. Lakshmi will be first on-site huamanoid (robot)
b) The RBI accepts money from various banks by
in India. The robot can interact with customers on more than
offering government securities as collateral
125 subjects including account balance and interest rates on
c) The Indian banking system had collected deposits
loans.
worth Rs. 5.12 trillion as of 18 November.
NEWS IN BRIEF Yes Bank launches new mobile banking app
Indias Private sector lender Yes Bank has launched Yes
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed Special
Mobile 2.0. The app will allow customers to undertake most
Task Force to speed up the process of recalibration
transactions on the app including Net Banking registration,
of automated teller machines (ATM) to dispense
thereby eliminating the need to visit the website or a banking
the new denomination notes. The Special Task Force
branch.
will be headed by S.S Mundra, Deputy Governor.
Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd subsidiary Ujjivan ICICI Bank launches overdraft facility for salaried
Small Finance Bank Ltd has got RBI licence to set home loan borrowers
up Small Finance Bank business. Federal Bank said ICICI Bank has launched a credit facility against home loans
it has received Reserve Bank of India (RBI)s for salaried customers. The Home Overdraft facility will
permission to open its first international branch at enable a salaried customer to seek loans up to Rs. 1 crore for
the Dubai International Financial Centre. personal needs against his/her property.
RBIs deputy governor N S Vishwanathan has said
that March 2017 still stands as the deadline for banks PNB plans to raise 6,000 crore via bonds issue
to clean up their balance sheets. a) State-owned Punjab National Bank planed to raise
6,000 crore in tranches from bonds to fund its
SBI IN NEWS business expansion.
b) The board will be considering issuance of Basel III-
SBI to allot shares to govt for 5.6k cr capital
compliant Perpetual Additional Tier I capital bonds
infusion
worth 3,000 crore and Tier-II bonds of up to 3,000
a) The countrys largest state lender State Bank of
crore.
India will issue equity shares on preferential basis
to the Centre for capital infusion of 5,681 crore. Five more banks join the Unified Payments
b) The transaction is subject to the approvals by the Interface (UPI)
Government of India and the Reserve bank of India. 5 new banks have joined the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
bandwagon, thereby taking the total number of banks using
SBI Plans To Raise Rs 5,000 Crore Via Long-
UPI to 26. The five latest entrants include public sector
Term Bonds
lenders, State Bank of India, Allahabad Bank and Bank of
State Bank of India (SBI) plans to raise Rs 5,000 crore through
Baroda and two private banks HDFC Bank and IDFC Bank.
long-term bonds in domestic and overseas markets to finance
UPI was launched by National Payments Corporation of India
infrastructure and affordable housing in the current fiscal
with Reserve Bank of India.
year.
SBI launched SBI Pay 16 of 22 PSBs skip paying dividends to
a) Indias largest public sector bank State Bank of India
Government due to mounting NPAs
a) As many as 16 of 22 public sector banks skipped
has launched its Unified Payments Interface
paying dividends to Government in fiscal 2015-16
enabled app called SBI Pay.
due to issue of mounting bad loans.
b) The app allows users to pay or collect money from
b) It has led to a 67% decline in government receipts
any phone number or bank account linked to any
to Rs. 1,444.6 crore.
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Airtel launched Indias first Payments Bank
service in Rajasthan
a) Airtel Payments Bank Limited or Airtel Bank became
the first payments bank in the country to launch
live banking services in Rajasthan.
b) Airtel Payments Bank is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel
Limited.
Govt allowed NABARD to disburse Rs 21,000
crore to farmer
The Government has allowed NABARD to disburse Rs
21,000 crore to cash-starved farmers, helping them sow winter
crops like wheat ahead of the sowing season.
IDBI Bank launches CASH@POS service at
Mumbai Airport
a) IDBI Bank, as part of its continuous initiatives to
provide service and convenience to the customers,
has launched IDBI Bank CASH @POS at the
Mumbai Airport.
b) Under this first of its kind facility, air travelers would
be able to swipe their Visa/ Rupay Debit Cards linked
to their Savings Bank Account and the bank officials
would hand over the cash to them by completing
the CASH @POS transaction.
South Indian Bank launches contactless debit card
a) Kerala based South Indian Bank has launched
contactless debit card which is based on Near Field
Communication (NFC) technology.
b) Customers can also use this card as contact chip
card.
c) If customers use this card at the contactless PoS
terminal, the customer simply has to just wave the
card on the terminal and the payment is processed
wirelessly in a fast and secure manner.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Leading mobile wallet MobiKwik received an
approval from the National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) to enable commuters across all toll
plazas in the country pay cashless through its
mobile wallet.
Maharashtra based YES Bank, announced a
partnership with Gujarat State Road Transport
Corporation (GSRTC) on November 24, 2016 to
digitise payment of bus tickets for Gujarat People.
Bruneis largest bankBankIslam Brunei Darussalam
Berhadhas signed a deal with IndiasRamco
Systems to integrate its business processes across
HR and enterprise resource planning functions with
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Ramco Systems Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP).
The government has realised over 23,497 crore
rupees from disinvestment as on the 15th of this
month. In the current financial year, the budget
estimate for disinvestment is 56,500 crore rupees.
Government has removed excise duty on goods for
manufacturing of Point of Sale machines till 31st of
March next year.
Digital wallet MobiKwik has launched a new
MobiKwik Lite app addressing to the users with
slow internet connection.
Delhi overtake Mumbai to became economy capital
of India. Mumbai is at number 31 among 50 top
metropolitan economic entities globally in 2015,
while Delhi is at 30.
The CRR requirement for banks was temporarily
increased by Rs 3.2 lakh cr. by the RBI recently.
The Punjab National Bank has installed a mobile
ATM van outside the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi
to ensure that people do not face inconvenience
due to cash unavailability.
The Jan Dhan accounts with deposits above 50,000
will be closely scrutinised by the government
following reports that many were using the accounts
to park illegal incomes, Economic affairs secretary
Shaktikanta Das announced.
OTHER FINANCIAL NEWS
SEBI eases rules for angel funds
a) The Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) decided to amend the SEBI (Alternative
Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012.
b) SEBI has liberalised norms for angel investors to
invest in early-stage entities.
c) This decision was taken based on the
recommendations received from the NR Narayana
Murthy Alternative Investment Policy Advisory
Committee.
What is an Angel Investor?
Angel investors invest in small startups or entrepreneurs.
These investors are often among an entrepreneurs family
and friends. The capital provided by angel investors to these
startups may be a one-time investment to help them to propel
their business or it also facilitate injection of money to
support and carry starup through its difficult early stages.
Decisions taken by SEBI
Increased the upper limit for number of angel
investors in a scheme from 49 to 200.
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Angel Funds will also be allowed to invest in start- per cent is with private financial institutions.GSTN chairman
ups incorporated within 5 years instead of the earlier is Navin Kumar.
norm of 3 years.
The requirement of minimum investment amount by
Centre imposes Rs 10,000 cr. penalty on RIL and
an angel fund in any venture capital undertaking
its partners
Government has slapped a nearly 10,000 crore rupee fine on
has been reduced to Rs. 25 lakh from earlier Rs. 50
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and its partners BP and
lakh.
Niko for pumping out gas that flowed to the Krishna
CVC ordered bank to report frauds of RS 1 crore Godavari-D6 Block from an adjoining field owned by ONGC.
and above
a)Central Vigilance Commission has now made it
Clean energy: USAID, RBL Bank announce
mandatory for the public sector bank to report all
Rs500cr loan guarantee
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and
fraud matters involving funds over Rs one corer.
Mumbai-based RBL Bank has announced a loan portfolio
b) The commission will also call regular monthly
guarantee to facilitate up to $75 million (500 crore) for lending
meetings of senior official of RBI, CBI and banks to
to small and medium enterprises operating in clean energy
monitor probe in suspected bank frauds of Rs 50
sectors. This deal, a first between USAID and an Indian
crore and above.
private sector bank, will support innovative solutions to
CVC
improve access to clean energy.
Chairmen-K V Chowdary
President approves 2% hike in Dearness 600 million pounds of masala bonds to be listed in
Allowance London: UK
a) UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced
a) President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the 2%
that, rupee-denominated bonds worth of 600 million
hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) to central
pounds are expected to be listed in London in the
government employees, a move that could benefit
next three months.
50.68 lakh employees and 54.24 lakh pensioners.
b) Bonds will provide financing to expand Indias
b) DA is provided to employees and pensioners to
highway and rail networks.
minimise the impact of price rise on their earnings.
Earlier this year, DA was hiked 6% to 125% of the Mastercard Launched Masterpass QR Payment
basic pay. Solutions
a) Mastercard has announced the launch of
GST Council approves 4-tier rate at 5%,12%,
Masterpass QR, a quick response (QR) mobile
18% and 28%
payments solution to help mobile banking users
a) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the GST
safely pay for face-to-face purchases using their
panel has fixed a four-tier GST rate structure at 5%,
smartphones or feature phones in India.
12%, 18%, and 28% slabs.
b) Mastercard has tied up with Ratnakar Bank (RBL
b) Further, there will be zero tax rate on food grains
Bank), which has become the first lender to integrate
used by common people.
the Masterpass QR service with its mobile platform
GST Network To Borrow Rs. 800 Crore To Fund - the OnGo digital wallet.
Infra Costs c) The OnGo wallet would host a virtual prepaid
Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), the company that Mastercard that customers can use for cashless
is building the worlds biggest and most complex tax system, transactions, including payment of taxi and auto
will borrow Rs. 800 crore from banks to fund infrastructure rickshaw fares.
costs to support the rollout of Goods and Services Tax from
April 1 next year.
30 banks join mobile-based national funds transfer
GSTN
system
a) According to National Payments Corporation of
GSTN, a not-for-profit, non-government, private limited
India (NPCI), 30 private and foreign banks were
company promoted by the central and state governments.
joined the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
The government of India has a 24.5 per cent stake in GSTN
to allows money transfer between any two bank
and the state government an equal share. The remaining 51
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b) This 30 banks can download the app from Google MERGER AND AQUISITION
Play Store on their Android phones
c) This app will enables customers to make online as
Telangana Govt. joins hand with IDFC bank
well as offline payment to merchants from their bank
introduces Coupon for Cashless Purchase
Telangana government has joined hands with Mumbai based
accounts, without any details.
IDFC Bank to enable cashless transactions and to solve the
NPA of PSB have touched around 66 lakh 40 change problem. IDFC Bank Ltd. is an Indian banking
thousand in the three months company with headquarters in Mumbai and bank started
a) The Union Government has announced that the operations on 1 October 2015.
gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of the Public Axis Bank, Indias third largest private bank
sector banks (PSBs) have touched around 66 lakh announced partnership with a Singapore-based
40 thousand in the three months period from July to fintech platform to launch intelligent banking chat
September 2016. bots that will bring mobile banking services for its
b) As on September 30, 2016 gross NPAs of the PSBs customers in the form of a conversational interface.
in the country rose to Rs. 6,30,323 crore as against The partnership with Active Intelligence Pte
Rs. 5,50,346 crore by end of June 2016. (Active.ai) will enable users to chat through the
c) It shows increase of Rs. 79,977 crore NPAs on quarter bankss mobile banking app and messaging
on quarter basis during this period. platforms like Facebook Messenger, Axis Bank said
in a statement.
What are Non-Performing Assets (NPAs)?
NPAs are loans made by a bank or finance company on which NEWS IN BRIEF
repayments or interest payments are not being made on time. Private sector lender RBL Bank, has tied up with
The loan is considered to be a NPA once the borrower fails non banking finance company Bajaj Finance, to
to make interest or principal payments for 90 days. In case of launch a series of co-branded credit cards for Indian
Agriculture/Farm Loans, the NPA varies for of Short duration customers.
crop loan (interest not paid for 2 crop seasons), Long Canara Bank and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Duration Crops (interest not paid for 1 Crop season). signed a corporate agency agreement for
distribution of Bajaj Allianzs general insurance
NEWS IN BRIEF products through Canara Banks network of 5,920
The government has realised over 23,497 crore branches across the country.
rupees from disinvestment as on the 15th of this
The Central government and Asian Development
month. In the current financial year, the budget
Bank, ADB signed a 48 million US dollar loan to
estimate for disinvestment is 56,500 crore rupees.
help Assam state continue its drive to improve
Government has removed excise duty on goods for
access to efficient and reliable power project in the
manufacturing of Point of Sale machines till 31st of
national capital.
March next year.
Two of worlds largest industrial conglomerates RIL
Digital wallet MobiKwik has launched a new
& GE (USA) announced a global partnership for a $
MobiKwik Lite app addressing to the users with
25 billion business to develop digital solutions in
slow internet connection.
the field of Industrial Internet of things.
Delhi overtake Mumbai to became economy capital
of India. Mumbai is at number 31 among 50 top
metropolitan economic entities globally in 2015,

while Delhi is at 30.
The CRR requirement for banks was temporarily
increased by Rs 3.2 lakh cr. by the RBI recently.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has
approved a three-year $12 billion loan program for
Egypt, the largest such package to a Middle East
nation.

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AWARD & HONOUR
1st World Sanskrit Award
a) Thailands Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn was
presented with the first World Sanskrit Award for
her exemplary contribution for the promotion of the
language for the year 2015.
b) American linguist and Indologist Prof. George
Cardona was also presented with this award for the
year 2016.
c) They were bestowed with the award by Vice
President Hamid Ansari at a function held in New
Delhi.
2016 Sumitra Charat Ram Award
Noted flautist Pandit Hari Prasad Chourasia (78) was
conferred 2016 Sumitra Charat Ram Award for lifetime
achievement in the field of Indian classical music.
American Music Awards
Singer Ariana Grande was named Artist of the Year at the
2016 American Music Awards (AMAs). While Selena Gomez
won the AMA for Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock, Justin
Bieber won the award in the male category.
ACES awards
a) Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability
Awards
b) TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) was named
Industry Champions in the Leadership category.
c) Indias Vedanta Limited was named Top Companies
to Work For in Asia.
Mother Teresa International Award
Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has been
conferred the prestigious Mother Teresa International Award
by the Mumbai-based NGO Harmony Foundation.
Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2016
Ladakh-based engineer, SonamWangchuk, on whom Aamir
Khans character PhunsukhWangdu was based in the film
3 Idiots, was awarded the Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2016
for his Ice Stupas project.
Dr Nagendra Singh International Peace Award: Spiritual
leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was honoured with an International
peace prize for his efforts in ensuring world peace.The Dr
Nagendra Singh International Peace Award was given to
him by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
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Indian Documentary Film Daughters of Mother
IndiaWins Award
a) Indian Documentary film Daughters of Mother
India has won at the 6th CAM International Film
Festival in Cairo.
b) The film won the first prize in the documentary
section of the festival.
c) The festival was organized by theArabic Egyptian
Society for Culture, Media and Arts (CMA).
International Press Freedom Award : Indian Journalist Malini
Subramaniam has been conferred with the International Press
Freedom Award for her reporting from Chhattisgarhs Naxal-
infested Bastar area.
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2016: Senior journalist at the
Times of India Akshaya Mukul has been awarded the Shakti
Bhatt First Book Prize 2016. He has been awarded for his
book Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India.
Infosys Prize 2016
1. Engineering and Computer Science : Prof. V.
Kumaran
2. Humanities Prof. Sunil Amrith
3. Life Sciences: Dr. Gagandeep Kang
4. Mathematical Sciences: Prof. Akshay Venkatesh
5. Physical Sciences: Dr. Anil Bhardwaj
6. Social Sciences: Prof. Kaivan Munshi
10th Asia Pacific Screen Award: Bollywood actor Manoj
Bajpayee won the Best Actor Award at the 10th Asia Pacific
Screen Award ceremony in Brisbane. While, Nawazuddin
received a Special Mention in the Best Performance category
for his role in Anurag Kashyaps Raman Raghav 2.0.
Iranian film Daughter wins Golden Peacock award
at 47 IFFI
Iranian film Daughter has won the coveted Golden Peacock
award at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). It
has been directed by Reza Mirkarimi. IFFI held in Goa.
47 IFFI
a) It was inaugurated by Veteran filmmaker Ramesh
Sippy in the presence of Union Information and
Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu.
b) South Korea is the focus country of IFFI 2016.
c) The South Korean film Age of Shadows of Kim
Jee Woon was the festivals closing film.
d) The Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of
the Year was bestowed upon Veteran singer SP
Balasubrahmanyam.
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e) Besides, prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
at IFFI 2016 was bestowed upon legendary South
Korean film director and writer Im Kwon Taek.
Other Category Awards
Special Jury award: The Throne (South Korea)
directed by Lee Joon-Ik.
Best Actor Female award: Elina Vaska (Latvia) for
Mellow Mud.
Best Actor Male award: Farhad Aslani (Iran) for
Daughter.
UNESCO Salon Competition: Magical Piano, a short film
by the Toonz Media Group has won an award at the
prestigious UNESCO Salon Youth Video Competition 2016.
Legends Award: Celebrated Indian boxer M C Mary Kom
will receive the Legends Award from the International Boxing
Association (AIBA) on its 70th anniversary on December
20. At present, the Olympian and a five-time world champion
is a RajyaSabha MP.
Golden Peacock Award: The Steel Authority of India Limited
(SAIL) has won the prestigious 2016 Golden Peacock Award
for Corporate Governance.
Kalidas Samman: Madhya Pradesh Government has selected
renowned theatre personality Prof Raj Bisaria for the
prestigious Kalidas Samman national award for 2015-16.
Australian of the Year: A former child soldier Deng Adut has
received one of Australias highest civic awards, the 2017
New South Wales Australian of the Year.
Goldsmiths Prize: Solar Bones author Mike McCormack had
won the Goldsmiths Prize. The Goldsmiths Prize was launched
in 2013, in association with the New Statesman, to reward
fiction that breaks the mould or opens up new possibilities
for the novel form.
Doodle 4 Google: 11 year old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang
has been named national winner of the Doodle 4 Google
contest.
Lifetime Achievement Award by Lalithakala Academy:
Poland-born art critic Marta Jakimowicz was on 10 November
2016 selected for the Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 by
the Karnataka Lalithakala Academy.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Veteran actress Rekha is set to be honoured with
the Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming
Dubai International Film Festival.
Twenty-six-year-old Uppma Virdi, an Indian hailing
from Punjab and settled in Australia received the
Businesswoman of the Year Award at the India
Australia Business Community Awards.
The Haryana government has been conferred with
prestigious award for outstanding work in the field
of e-governance at the State of the States Conclave
26
2016 organized by private media channel, India
Today.
Taylor Swift has been named the highest-paid
woman in music for 2016 in Forbes annual list.
Acclaimed Indian American fiction author Amitav
Ghosh, 60, has been named for 2016 Tata Literature
Live! Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition
of his outstanding contribution to the Indian literary
space.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards to the children
winning IGNITE competition at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
This year, total 31 students were awarded for their
ideas and innovations in the IGNITE competition
organized by the National Innovation Foundation
(NIF).
Singer Justin Bieber won three awards including
Best Song for his track Sorry at the 2016 MTV
Europe Music Awards (EMAs). While Lady Gaga
won the Best Female award
Madhya Pradesh governments prestigious
Rashtriya Kalidas Samman will be given to eminent
theatre artists Raj Bisaria and Banshi Kaul.
The 39th Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Awards for the
year 2016 were conferred on 7 November 2016 in
Mumbai, Maharashtra. Well-known Gandhian and
President of Tunisias Ennahdha Party, Sheikh
Rached Ghannouchi was among the four prominent
personalities conferred with the prestigious award.
Other two are Bon Behari Vishnu Nimbkar, founder
of Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute and Dr.
Nannapaneni Manga Devi, founder secretary of Sri
Venkateswara Bala Kuteer and Chetana Charitable
Trust
Indian-origin cab driver Tejinder Pal Singh will be
presented with an award in the 2017 Local-Hero
category as part of Australian of the Year Award
on January 25, 2017, for contributing to the
community through his initiative Food Van.
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BOOK & AUTHOR

Vice President Shri. M Hamid Ansari has released the book An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India authored by
Dr. Shashi Tharoor.
Actor-turned-author Twinkle Khanna launched her second book titled The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad. Twinkles first
book was Mrs Funnybones: Shes Just Like You and a Lot Like Me.

PERSON IN NEWS
WORLD Divas PBD is celebrated to mark the contribution of overseas
Guy Ryder: Guy Ryder from United Kingdom has been re- Indian community in the development of India.
elected Director-General of the International Labour
Organisation (ILO) for a second five-year term.
INDIA
Yudhvir Singh Malik: The government has appointed
Mariano Rajoy: Mariano Rajoy became the prime Minister
Yudhvir Singh Malik as the Chairman of National Highways
of Spain.
Authority of India (NHAI). He succeed Raghav Chandra.
Meng Hongwei : Meng Hongwei of China has been elected
Sushil Chandra: Senior Indian Revenue Service officer,
as President of Interpol.
Sushil Chandra will take over as chairman of the Central Board
Kristalina Georgieva: Kristalina Georgieva, a former head of
of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
EU humanitarian affairs and vice-president of the European
Avinash Rai Khanna: BJP Vice President Avinash Rai
commission, has been appointed chief executive of the World
Khanna is all set to be appointed as a member of National
Bank.
Human Rights Commission by a high-level selection panel
Sarabjit Singh Marwah: India born Sarabjit Singh Marwah
headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi clearing his name.
has become the first Sikh to be appointed to the Canadian
He will be the first active politician to be appointed as a
Senate (upper house). He is third Sikh person in the Canadian
member of NHRC.
parliament after Defence Minister Harjeet Sajjan and Science
Jagdish Singh Khehar: The Union government has
Minister Navdeep Bains.
appointed Jagdish Singh Khehar, a retired judge of the
Aniruddha Rajput: Indian lawyer, Aniruddha Rajput has been
Supreme Court, as the new Executive Chairman of the National
elected as a member International Law Commission (ILC), a
Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
top body of legal experts of United Nations General Assembly
N V Srinivasan: NVS and Associates Managing Partner, N
(UNGA).
V Srinivasan is elected as its National President of Trade
Nikki Haley: US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen
body Indo-American Chamber of Commerce for the period
South Carolinas Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley as
2016-17 by the committee of the Chamber during the meeting
US ambassador to the United Nations (UN).
held in Mumbai.
Kamala Harris: Californias Attorney General Kamala Harris
Upma Chowdhary: Upma Chowdhary was appointed as new
(51) created history by becoming the first India-American to
Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
win the US Senate (upper chamber) seat from the state.
Administration (LBSNAA) at Mussoorie. She will be the 23rd
Pramila Jayapal: India-born Pramila Jayapal has won the
director and first woman director of LBSNAA. She will replace
Washington State Senate seat to become the first Indian-
Rajeev Kapoor.
American woman to be elected to the US House of
Narinder Batra: Narinder Batra has become the first Indian
Representatives.
to be elected the President of the International Hockey
BILATERAL Federation.
Sanjiv Arora: An Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Sanjiv Arora
has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the
CORPORATION
M Rajeshwar Rao: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
Republic of Lebanon.
appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as Executive Director (ED)
Antonio Costa:Antonio Costa, the Indian-origin prime
following voluntary retirement of G Mahalingam.
minister of the Republic of Portugal will be the chief guest at
Governor- Urijit Patel
the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention to be
4 Deputy Governor-R Gandhi, S S Mundra, Micheal
held in January. Every year on January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya
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A B Khare: A B Khare, Chairman and Managing Director,
Madras Fertilizers Ltd, has taken over additional charge of
Chairman and Managing Director of FACT.
Praveen Kumar Sharma: Praveen Kumar Sharma was
appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
of Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction
and Security Interest of India (Cersai).
Ratnesh Kumar: Bank of Baroda has appointed Ratnesh
Kumar as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
its wholly-owned investment banking subsidiary,
BoB Capital Markets Ltd.
CVR Rajendran: Catholic Syrian Bank to appoint CVR
Rajendran as MD & CEO
Siby Sebastian: The State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) Group
has appointed Siby Sebastian as Chief Executive for its India
operations.
Parminder Singh: Twitters Managing Director for India,
South-East Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Parminder Singh announced his decision to quit the company
after three years of service.
Pawan Goenka: Pawan Goenka elevated to Managing
Director of Mahindra Indias largest utility vehicle
manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra.
RECENT VISITE
Sunil Lanba:Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba has left on a
four-day visit to Myanmar
Theresa May British Prime Minister Theresa May is arriving
in New Delhi on a three-day visit to India.
DEFENCE
A K Bhatt: The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC)
has appointed Lt-General A K Bhatt as the new Director-
General of Military Operations (DGMO).
Qamar Javed Bajwa: Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa was
appointed Pakistans new army chief (or Chief of Army Staff,
COAS). He will succeed Gen. Raheel Sharif who has formally
retired from service.
OTHERS
Vikas Thakur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised
Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan Vikas Thakur for
contributing his salary to make his village in Himachal
Pradesh open defecation free.
Peggy Whitson: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, at an age
of 56 years, will become the oldest woman in space history
after she takes off for the International Space Station (ISS).
OBITUARY
Fidel Castro: Cubas former president and leader of the
Communist revolution Fidel Castro passed away due to old
age. He had ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a
century (from 1976 to 2008) before handing over the powers
to his brother Raul Castro in 2008 due to ill health. He worlds
third longest-serving head of state, after Britains Queen
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Elizabeth and the King of Thailand. He was born as Fidel
Alejandro Castro Ruz on August 13, 1926 in Birn, Holguin
Province, Cuba.
Shashikala Kakodkar:Goas second Chief Minister and the
only woman to hold that post so far, ShashikalaKakodkar
has passed away.
Silvio Gazzaniga: Silvio Gazzaniga, who created the FIFA
World Cup Trophy, passed away.
Pandit Amaradeva: Legendary Sri Lankan singer and
composer Pandit Amaradeva passed away.
KanuRamdas Gandhi: Kanu Ramdas Gandhi, grandson of
Mahatma Gandhi and a former NASA scientist, passed away
in Surat, Gujarat.
Janet Reno: Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S.
Attorney General, passed away.
Denton Cooley: Renowned heart surgeon Denton Cooley,
who performed the worlds first artificial heart transplant in
the United States, has passed away.
Sharon Jones: American singer Sharon Jones passed away.
Gen S K Sinha: Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Lt Gen
S K Sinha passed away
K Subaash: Tamil writer-director K Subaash, best known for
penning the Shah Rukh Khan starrer film Chennai Express,
passed away.
MGK Menon: Professor MGK Menon, former ISRO chief
passed away.
Dr Viveki Rai: Dr Viveki Rai, the renowned Hindi and
Bhojpuri litterateur, died
Hassan Sadpara : Renowned mountaineer Hassan
Sadpara passed away in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Dileep Padgaonkar : Veteran journalist Dileep Padgaonkar,
a well-known author and former editor of Times Of India,
died.
Anand Yadav: Noted Marathi author Anand Yadav passed
away in Pune, Maharashtra. His autobiography novel Zombi
had won him prestigious Sahitya Akadmi award in 1991.
Ivan Mikoyan: Russian aircraft designer and co-creator of
the MiG-29 fighter jet Ivan Mikoyan passed away.
G Negi: Noted geophysicist Janardhan G Negi passed away.
Robert Vaughn: Hollywood Actor Robert Vaughn, best known
as the secret agent Napoleon Solo in The Man from UNCLE,
has passed away.
Leonard Cohen : Legendary Canadian singer, songwriter,
poet and novelist Leonard Cohen has passed away.
Mukesh Rawal Actor Mukesh Rawal, who played the role of
Vibhishan in Ramanand Sagar s television series
Ramayana, passed away.
Mota Singh: Mota Singh, an Indian-origin Sikh, who became
UKs first-ever ethnic minority judge to sit on the English
Bench wearing a turban instead of a horse-hair wig, died.
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PLACE IN NEWS
Palampur assembly constituency becomes first e-
assembly of nation
a) In Himachal Pradesh, the Palampur Assembly
Constituency in Kangra district has becomes the
first e-assembly constituency of the country.
b) Himachal Pradesh state assembly is the first
assembly in the country which has adopted e-
vidhan system, making it paperless.
c) State Assembly Speaker Brij Behari Lal Butail
Indias first titanium project starts test production
in Odisha
a) The first titanium project of India has started its
test production in Ganjam district of Odisha. The
project has been established by Saraf Group.
b) This is first of its kind titanium plant and the only
one in the country. During the test run, one of its
four furnaces became functional.
Union Environment Ministry constitutes a team
for Conservation of Loktak Lake
a) The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change (MoEFCC) has constituted a four-
member team for conservation and management of
Loktak Lake in Manipur.
b) Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in
Northeast India and is famous for the phumdis
floating over it.
Indias longest expressway inaugurated in Uttar
Pradesh
a) Indias longest expressway connecting Agra and
Lucknow was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav at Bangarmau in Unnao
district of UP.
b) The Agra-Lucknow Expressway is six-lane
greenfield expressway having total length of 302-
km. It has a design speed of up to 120 kms per hour.
c) It has been built by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways
Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) in a
record time of 23 months.
47th International Film Festival of India begins in
Goa
a) The 47th edition of the International Film Festival
of India (IFFI) began in Goa.
b) It was inaugurated by Veteran filmmaker Ramesh
Sippy in the presence of Union Information and
Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu.
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c) South Korea is the focus country of IFFI 2016.
d) Polish film After-Image of filmmaker Andrzej
Wajdas is the opening film of the festival.
e) The Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of
the Year was bestowed upon Veteran singer SP
Balasubrahmanyam.
f) Besides, prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
at IFFI 2016 was bestowed upon legendary South
Korean film director and writer Im Kwon Taek.
Worlds first salt-tolerant plant garden inaugurated
at Tamil Nadu
a) The worlds first Genetic Garden of Halophytes
(naturally occurring salt-tolerant plants) was
inaugurated at the coastal town of Vedaranyam in
Tamil Nadu.
b) It was inaugurated by Mauritius President Ameenah
Gurib Fakim through video-conferencing.
Asias first cycle highway inaugurated in Uttar
Pradesh
a) Asias first and longest cycle highway was
inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh.
b) It is also Indias first cycle highway.
c) It was inaugurated by state Chief Minister Akhilesh
Yadav.
d) The 207-km-long cycle highway runs between
Etawah and Agra.
NEWS IN BRIEF
The Consul General of India in Dubai Anurag
Bhushan today unveiled the statue of Mahatma
Gandhi at the Consulate office in Dubai.
A joint team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and
Indian Mountaineering Foundation has become the
first to scale the base of the 7,090-metre-high Mount
Kangto, the highest peak of Arunachal Pradesh.
Indias largest hydropower generation company
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)
has commissioned its 50 MW wind power project
(WPP) in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
Indias first rural skate park exists in Janwaar village
in Bundelkhand
Prime Minister NarendraModi laid the foundation
stone for Mopagreen field international airport and
Tuem electronic manufacturing cluster in Goa,
during a function at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
stadium in Bambolim near Panaji, the Prime Minister
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also inaugurated the Phase 3 A of Goa Shipyard
Limited.
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling laid the
foundation stone of a ropeway for what would be
the worlds highest skywalk once completed.
1st Indian National Open Accuracy Paragliding takes
off in HP.
ISKCON will build worlds tallest religious
skyscraper in Vrindavan, 70 ft, 70 storey structures
spread over 5.5 acres of land.
Cricket legend and Rajya Sabha member Sachin
Tendulkar has announced that his adopted village
SPORTS
CRICKET
NEWS IN BRIEF
Indian cricketer Jhulan Goswami has become the
top-ranked female bowler in the ICC ODI rankings.
India clinched the five-match ODI series against
New Zealand 3-2 after winning the final ODI by 190
runs.
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was
unveiled as the brand ambassador of Equitas Small
Finance Bank, the first private sector bank from
Tamil Nadu post independence.
Rajeev Nayyar, a 31-year-old middle-order batsman
playing for Himachal Pradesh, played out a 1,015
minute-long knock in the Ranji Trophy to record
the longest innings in first-class cricket.
Ravichandran Ashwin, with his 5-wicket haul
against England in the Visakhapatnam Test, became
the first bowler ever to complete 50 wickets in two
consecutive calendar years.
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene
has been announced as the head coach of IPL side
Mumbai Indians, replacing former Australian
captain Ricky Ponting.
Virat Kohli is the first player to score 500+ runs in
each of the three formats in a calendar year.
Hyderabad Cricket Board became second board to
accept Lodha Committee.
Australias former womens captain Karen Rolton
has been inducted into the ICCs Hall of Fame.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid has been made
brand ambassador for the second T20 World Cup
for the Blind.
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Puttam Rajuvari Kandriga in Nellore district of
Andhra Pradesh is open defecation free.
The three-day Great Indian Film and Literature
Festival will begin at DLF CyberHub, Gurugram.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu
Naidu commissioned a 5 MW solar power plant in
Gollagudem village of the West Godavari district.
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has bagged Rs. 3,675
crore EPC order from NLC India Ltd for setting up
two lignite-based thermal power projects of 250 MW
each in Rajasthan.
Indias ThirushKamini became the first woman
cricketer across formats to be given out for
obstructing the field, during an ODI against West
Indies.
TENNIS
Kvitova defeats Svitolina to win WTA Elite Trophy
a) Former world number one and two-time Wimbledon
champion Petra Kvitova defeated
b) Ukraines Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-2 to clinch the WTA
Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, China.
c) It was Petra Kvitovas nineteenth career title.
Andy Murray attains world number one ranking
in Tennis
a) In Tennis, Briton Andy Murray has attained the
world number one ranking for the first time.
b) Murray is now the first Briton to hold the top
ranking.
c) Novak Djokovic ranked at 2nd.
Britains Andy Murray clinched the 2016 ATP World
Tour Finals title, after defeating Serbias Novak
Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the final in London on 20th
November. With the win, Murray ended the 2016
season as the world number 1. It was for the first
time in the history of the 46-year-old tournament
that the title match decided the year-end World
number one.
Andy Murray has beaten Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win
the Erste Bank Open.
Indian Shuttler Pratul Joshi has won the Bahrain
International Challenge badminton tournament in
the mens singles category. It was his maiden
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It is an open international badminton tournament in
Bahrain.
Henri Kontinen and John Peers have won the ATP
World Tour Masters Doubles title at the BNP Paribas
Masters in Paris.
Argentina defeated Croatia to win their first ever
maiden Davis Cup tennis title in Zagreb, Croatia.
Del Potro and Federico Delbonis are played a
remarkable play to win the title.
Former world number one Roger Federer won the
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award at the ATP
awards.
FOOTBALL
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won
Marcas Alfredo di Stefano award for the best player
in the La Liga for the 2015-2016 season.
Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo
has signed a lifetime deal with sportswear giant
Nike which will reportedly fetch him over $1 billion.
HOCKEY
India beat Pakistan 3-2, lifts Asian Champions
Trophy
a) In Hockey, India has lifted the Mens Asian
Champions Trophy by defeating Pakistan.
b) The final match was played at Kuantan, Malaysia
2016 Asian Champions Trophy now belongs with
Indian Womens hockey team
a) Indian Womens hockey team has won the 2016
Asian Champions Trophy held in Singapore. It was
the maiden win of Indian Womens hockey team in
Asian Champions Trophy.
b) In summit clash held in Singapore, India defeated
China by 2-1 goals.
c) South Korea has won most titles for two times.
Indian junior mens hockey team clinched the 4
Nations Invitational Tournament in Spain by
defeating Germany 5-2 in the final.
Mumbais Western Railways womens team
clinched the title in the 33rd Indian Oil Servo Surjit
Hockey Tournament by defeating Haryana XI 4-2
in the title clash played at the Olympian Surjit
Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar.
BADMINTON
China Open Super Series title
(a) Indias ace shuttler and Olympic silver medalist PV
Sindhu has won the $700,000 2016 China Open Super
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Series title in womens category. Sindhu (World No
11) defeated Chinas Sun Yu
(b) Jan. Jrgensen (Denmark) won the title in mens
single category by defeating I Z Zainuddin
(Malaysia)
PV Sindhu has surpassed Saina Nehwal for the first
time in the Badminton World Federation rankings
to become the highest-ranked Indian shuttler.
Uttar Pradesh-based IAS officer Suhas LY won the
Asian Para-Badminton Championships in Beijing.
OTHER SPORTS
Commodore V Sriramulu a 92-year-old Indian Navy
veteran has won a gold medal in a 5,000-metres race
walk at the World Masters Athletics Championships
being held in Perth.
Kenyas Olympic marathon champion Eliud
Kipchoge has won the mens race in Delhi Half
Marathon.Ethiopias Worknesh Degefa won the
womens title.
In Boxing, Manny Pacquiao reclaims the World
Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight title for
the third time.
Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is set
to race in Australia for the first time in his career.
Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won the $300,000
(Rs.2 crore) BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open for the
second time in his career.
Former world champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu
clinched the gold medal in mens trap event at the
60th National Shooting Championship for Shotgun
in Jaipur .
Indian boxer Sachin Singh won the gold medal at
the AIBA (International Boxing Association) Youth
World Championships in the 49 kg weight class.
Pankaj Advani was defeated 2-7 playing against
Andrew Pagett of Wales to settle for a bronze medal
at the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Doha.
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok has won the inaugural
Qatar Ladies Open in Doha.
Sachin Singh won a gold medal at the Youth World
Championships after registering a win over Cubas
Jorge Grinan in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Manny Pacquiao reclaims the World Boxing
Organisation (WBO) welterweight title for the third
time.
Golfer Aditi Ashok has become the first Indian to
win a Ladies European Tour event, clinching the
Hero Womens Indian Open in Gurgaon.
Australia will host the 2018 Invictus Games for
wounded military personnel.
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Indian womens carrom team defeated Sri Lanka to
win the gold at the seventh World carrom
championship in Birmingham (UK).
Alcohol would be banned from streets and public
places during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
International Master Padmini Rout has won the 2016
National Women Premier Chess Championship in
New Delhi.
Indian golfer SSP Chawrasia clinched the $1 million
(6.8 crore) Resorts World Manila Masters in the
Philippines.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
NASAs MMS mission sets Guinness world record
a) NASAs Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
mission has set the Guinness world record for
highest altitude fix of a Global Positioning System
(GPS) signal.
b) The four MMS satellites operating in a highly
elliptical orbit around Earth has set the record at
70,006.4 kilometres above the surface of the Earth.
Indias first LNG-powered bus rolls out in
Kerala
Indias first liquefied natural gas-drivenbus has been
launched in Kerala. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Kerala Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan jointly flagged off the first pilot run eco-
friendly bus.
Telegram launches anonymous blogging platform
Telegraph
a) Messaging app Telegram has launched
Telegraph, a platform for publishing content
anonymously.
b) The website does not require users to create an
account or sign in through social media.
c) Users can also insert videos or tweets by dropping
in the link, and also embed images from their device.
Akodara became Indias first Digital Village
a) Akodara village in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat
becoming Indias first digital village in India.
b) All transactions in the village are carried out
through digital modes like SMS, net-banking or
debit cards.
c) The village was adopted by ICICI Bank under its
Digital Village Project in 2015 and made cashless by
adopting digital technology.
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Mritul, a 13-year-old boy from Kerala, set the world
record for the longest distance covered in freestyle
swimming after covering over nine kilometres in
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The 13-year-old was given
a target of 7 kilometres but he went on to cover 9.2
kilometres in three hours through 368 laps, which
consisted more than 22,000 strokes.
Dharam Pal Singh, an Indian cow herder who claims
to be 119 years old, is set to compete at the World
Masters Athletics Championships in Perth,
Australia.
d) Recently Nagpur of Maharastra became Indias first
digital village and gumthala garuhu became the first
wifi hotspot village in Haryana.
China has successfully launched pulsar navigation
satellite
China has successfully launched experimental X-ray pulsar
navigation satellite XPNAV-1. It is the worlds first pulsar
navigation satellite or spacecraft. It was launched on board
of Long March 11 solid-fuelled rocket from the Jiuquan
Satellite Launch Center in Chinas northwest.
China launches worlds longest super-secure
quantum communication line
a) China has launched worlds longest super-secure
quantum communication line connecting Hefei,
capital of Anhui province to Shanghai, the countrys
financial hub.
b) The super-secure quantum communication line is
712-km in length.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Google has tied up with Archaelogical Survey of
India (ASI) for 360 degree virtual tour of 280-odd
monuments across the country, an official of the
tech giant said.
Google Capital, the search giants venture arm that
invests in growth-stage companies, has changed
its name to CapitalG.
The Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development (HRD) has launched Smart India
Hackathon 2017. It is the worlds largest digital
national building initiative. Through this initiative,
HRD Ministry is keen to reach out to all technology
institutions in the country and challenge students
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to offer innovative solutions to some of the daunting
problems faced by our nation.
Facebooks Connectivity Lab has set a world record
transmitting at nearly 20 Gbps for 13.2 kilometers
using Milli Meter Wave (MMW) technology.
The Supreme Court ordered search engines Google,
Yahoo and Microsofts Bing to immediately stop
HEALTH
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
a) The Union Government launched Pradhan Mantri
Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) to provide
free health check-ups to pregnant women at
government health centres and hospitals.
b) The Scheme was launched by Union Minister of
Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda in New Delhi.
It was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
during his monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat in
June 2016
c) The national programme aims to provide pregnant
ladies free ante-natal services (ANC) and required
treatment for free on 9th of every month.
d) Objectives of the scheme are (i) Provide healthy life
to the pregnant women. (ii) Lowering the maternity
mortality rate. (iii) Making pregnant women aware
of their health issues and diseases. (iv) Making sure
safe delivery and healthy life of the baby.
e) The scheme is applicable only for the pregnant
women in their pregnancy period of 3 to 6 months.
It will provide all kinds of medical checkups
completely free to pregnant women.
Centre soon to open 300 pharmacy AMRIT
outlets in different parts of the country to provide
affordable medicines
a) The Centre would soon open 300 pharmacy AMRIT
outlets in different parts of the country to provide
affordable medicines to the people at a discount
rate of 60-70 per cent.
b) This was stated by the Union Health and Family
Welfare Minister Anupriya Patel while inaugurating
Uttar Pradeshs first AMRIT pharmacy outlet at
Hospital of BHU in Varanasi
9th International Regulatory Cooperation for
Herbal Medicines Meeting begins in New Delhi
The 9th Annual Meeting of International Regulatory
Cooperation for Herbal Medicines (IRCH) was inaugurated
in New Delhi.
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displaying advertisements relating to pre-natal sex
determination tests.
Technology giant Google has launched an online
exhibition exploring narratives of Indias iconic
women and unsung heroines through history.
It has been organised by the Union Ministry of AYUSH and
was inaugurated by Minister of State (MoS) for AYUSH
Sripad Naik.
ESIC launched KahinBhi-KabhiBhi medical
facilities for its beneficiaries of Delhi
Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) launched
KahinBhi-KabhiBhi medical facilities for its beneficiaries of
Delhi. KahinBhi means any dispensary/Hospital and
KabhiBhi means anytime. The initiative KahinBhi-KabhiBhi
was launched by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Labour and Employment, Bandaru Dattatreya. Besides,
Bandaru Dattatreya also inaugurated the 06 bedded Day
Care Unit of ESI Dispensary in Sector-7, Dwarka in Delhi.
With this, the ESIC Dispensary Dwarka turned up to be a
complete unit in itself with several medical facilities.
NEWS IN BRIEF
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
has launched Healthy India Initiative magazine and
No More Tension mobile App. It was launched by
Union Health Minister J P Nadda for promotion of
health and to strengthen the health communications
programmes.Healthy India Magazine will be a
quarterly magazine.
Gujarat government will start Deendayal generic
medicine stores to sell generic medicines which will
remain open 24 hours and sell around 1,000 generic
drugs to the poor patients at 40 to 80 per cent lower
rates.
Researchers from Hyderabad have isolated
Helicobacter pullorum bacterium in chicken that may
be source of transmission of the multidrug
resistance pathogen to humans. Helicobacter
pullorum is a pathogen commonly found in the liver
and gut of poultry birds including chickens. It is
untreatable and may be cancer-causing.
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Thiruvananthapuram has been termed as the
countrys breast cancer capital, with cases at a
record high of 40 per lakh of population.
Doctors from Netherlands have performed the first-
ever brain implant on a 58-year-old woman paralysed
by Lou Gehrigs disease (also known as
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-ALS). With this, she
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY
NITI Ayog has began laying the road map to cap
the carbon emission commitment without
compromising Indias high growth objectives.
Researchers from Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research (IISER)
Thiruvananthapuram have developed a compound
named gelator to scoop out marine oil spills.
Indian archaeologists are planning to use Light
Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology to
survey the archaeological evidence, flora and fauna
in the ancient Rajgir hills in Bihar.
Uttarakhand High Court has ordered all hill stations
and glaciers in the state to be declared as eco-
sensitive within three months and put a ban on all
construction within 25 km radius of the glaciers
DEFENCE
India-Bangladesh joint military exercise
SAMPRITI-2016 concluded
a) The seventh edition of India-Bangladesh joint
military exercise SAMPRITI-2016 has commenced
to practise counter-terrorism and disaster-
management operations.
b) The 14-day (from 05 to 18 November 2016) joint
military exercise is being held at Shaheed Salauddin
Cantonment in Tangail, Dhaka (Bangladeshs
Capital).
Demchok mission of Indian Army successfully
completed
a) The Indian army has successfully completed its task
of laying an irrigation pipeline in the Demchok
region of Eastern Ladakh.
a) The project was being conducted under the
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme to link the villages in the region
with a hot spring.
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became the first patient to use a brain-computer
interface.
Scientists have developed Zika replicon system, a
novel tool to replicate the Zika virus by stripping it
of the genes that make the virus infectious.
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Kharagpur have claimed to discover evidence
of lost river Chandrabhaga in Odisha.
Scientists have detected the presence of water on
Psyche, the largest metallic asteroid in our solar
system. It was detected based on the new
observations from the NASAs Infrared Telescope
Facility (IRTF) in Hawaii.
As per WHO report 2016 will be the hottest year.
A massive earthquake measuring 7.8 in Richter scale
strike New Zealand.
Scientists have recorded worst mass coral bleaching
event on Australias Great Barrier Reef. It has killed
more corals than ever before.
Twin trial of Prithvi-II missile successfully
conducted
a) The twin trial of surface-to-surface nuclear capable
Prithvi-II missile was successfully conducted by
the India Army.
b) The test was conducted at Chandipur in Odisha.
c) It is surface-to-surface medium range ballistic missile
with strike range of 350 km.
d) Variants: Prithvi-I for the Indian Army, Prithvi-II for
the Indian Air Force, and Dhanush Missile for Indian
Navy.
Upgraded Jaguar DARIN III aircraft receives IOC
a) In a significant milestone for the countrys military
aviation sector, the upgraded Jaguar DARIN III
twin-seat aircraft has received Initial Operation
Clearance, IOC.
b) Three DARIN I Standard Jaguars have been
upgraded to DARIN III Standard by Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited,HAL.
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Rustom-II, Indias indigenously developed drone,
successfully completed its maiden-flight
Rustom-II, Indias indigenously developed drone,
successfully completed its maiden-flight, which enhanced
Indias development programme for Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAV). The DRDO successfully carried out the
maiden-flight of TAPAS 201 (RUSTOM-II), a Medium
Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV. The test flight took
place from Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga,
Karnataka, which is a newly developed flight test range for
the testing of UAVs and manned aircraft.
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The Indian Army has launched operation School
Chalo to encourage students to get involved in
curricular activities in Jammu & Kashmir. Previously
Army has launched operation Calm Down in
Jammu & Kashmir.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has
extended the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
(AFSPA) in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
These districts are Tirap, Changlang and Longding.
They have been disturbed area under Section 3
of the AFSPA.
RECENT SUMMIT IN NEWS
India to host Seventh Session of the Conference
of Parties
a) The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
Government of India, will be hosting the Seventh
Session of the Conference of Parties (COP7).
b) The Conference will be inaugurated by J P Nadda,
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
c) The Conference will be held from 7 November to 12
November 2016, at India Exposition Mart, Greater
Noida.
First International Agro-biodiversity Congress
held in New Delhi
a) The first ever International Agro-biodiversity
Congress was held in New Delhi.
b) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the four
day conference which was attended by 900
delegates from 60 countries.
First meeting of NCTF held in New Delhi
a) The first meeting of National Committee on Trade
Facilitation (NCTF) was held in New Delhi headed
by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha.
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The India-China Joint Training Exercise Hand in
Hand 2016 is scheduled to be held in Pune from
November 15-27.
Indian Navy Sailing Vessel (INSV) Mhadei with an
all-women crew was flagged off from Goa to Cape
Town, South Africa.
A team of women commandos has been inducted
for the first time in Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) to counter Naxal insurgency in Jharkhand.
The Indian Navy will get four P-8I advanced
maritime reconnaissance aircraft with upgrades
starting from 2020.
The tenth edition of India-Nepal Joint Military
Training exercise was conducted at Army Battle
School (NABS), Saljhandi in Nepal.
INS Chennai, a Kolkata-class stealth Guided missile
destroyer ship was commissioned into Indian
Navys combat fleet by Defence minister Manohar
Parrikar in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Hyderabad-based Tata-Boeing Aerospace Limited
will deliver the first consignment of Apache
helicopter fuselages to the US by 2018.
b) The meeting discusses ways for developing
roadmap for implementation of WTOs trade
facilitation agreement.
c) The NCTF is a mandatory requirement under the
WTOs Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
WTO
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Leader: Roberto Azevdo
India elected as new vice chair and chair of
Kimberly Process for 2018 & 2019 respectively
a) India has been elected as the vice chair for 2018 of
the Kimberly Process Certificate Scheme (KPCS).
b) India has also elected as the chair for 2019 of the
Kimberly Process Certificate Scheme (KPCS).
c) The decision in the regard was taken at the recently
held KP Plenary meeting in Dubai.
d) KPCS is a joint initiative of the governments,
industry and civil societies to prevent the entry of
conflict diamonds from the mainstream rough
diamond market.
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World Robot Olympiad to be held for the first time
in India
a) The 13th World Robot Olympiad will be held in India
for the first time ever.
b) It will be held from 25 November to 27 November
2016 at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida.
c) The theme for the 13th World Robot Olympiad is
Rap the Scrap.
d) The theme is in line with Swachh Bharat Mission
of the Indian government.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
International Conference and Exhibition on
Sugarcane Value Chain - Vision 2025 Sugar
organised by Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) at
Manjari near Pune.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) was
selected as the host the 2018 International
Competition Network (ICN) in New Delhi in March
April 2018. The 2017 ICN Annual Conference will
COMMITTEE & ITS FUNCTION
Union Government reconstitutes Inter-State
Council
a) The Union Government has reconstituted the Inter
State Council (ISC) and the Standing Committee of
the ISC under Clause 2 of the Inter State Council
order,1990.
b) The Inter-State Council is a constitutional body to
facilitate coordination between states and the
centre. It will be headed by the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
c) Inter State Council (ISC) set up on the basis of
provisions in Article 263 of the Constitution of India
by a Presidential Order, 1990 based on the
recommendation of Sarkaria Commission.
Composition of reconstituted Inter State Council
(ISC)
Members: Chief Ministers of all states and Union Territories
(having legislative Assembly), Six Union Ministers. Besides,
administrators of Union Territories which do not have
legislative Assembly are also members of the Council.
Six Union Ministers: Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar,
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Minister for
Information and Broadcasting M Venkiah Naidu and Road
Transport Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari.
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be held in Portugal and will be hosted by Portuguese
Competition Authority.
The first International Agrobiodiversity Congress
(IAC) held in New Delhi has adopted New Delhi
Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management.
India will preside the eighth edition of the
Conference of Parties (COP) to WHO Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which will
be held in Switzerlands Geneva in 2018.Health
Secretary CK Mishra has been chosen as the
President of the COP Bureau, for the next two years.
The second edition of National childrens film
festival (NCFF) was held in Jaipur.
The 36th edition of India International Trade Fair
(IITF) has started at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
The fair was inaugurated by the President Pranab
Mukherjee. The theme of 2016 IITF is Digital India.
150 companies from 27 countries are taking part in
the fair.
The Standing Committee of the Inter State Council will be
headed by Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh
N Chandrababu Naidu to head CMs Committee
on Demonetisation
a) The Union Government has decided to constitute a
sub-committee of Chief Ministers of five states in
the wake of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000
denomination notes.
b) The committee will be headed by Andhra Pradesh
CM N Chandrababu Naidu.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board sets up two
advisory committees
a) The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
(IBBI) has set up two high-level advisory
committees.
b) The advisory committee on services: It will be
headed by educationist Mohandas Pai.
c) The advisory committee on corporate insolvency
and liquidation: It will be headed by noted banker
Uday Kotak.
d) BBI has been set up under the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code, 2016. It has a Chairman and 10
members. Present chairman is M S Sahoo
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Union Government constitutes Amitabh Kant b) It has been tasked with identifying various
Committee to push cashless transactions bottlenecks affecting access of digital payments.
a) The Union Government has constituted a new
committee headed by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh
Kant to form a strategy to expedite the process of
transforming India into a cashless economy.

DATE & OBSERVATION

world to share their philosophical heritage and open their
26 November: Constitution day
minds to new ideas.
a) The Samvidhan Diwas or the Constitution Day of
16 November -International Day for Tolerance: The
India is being observed on 26th November to spread
International Day for Tolerance was observed globally on 16
awareness of Indian Constitution.
November 2016. In order to mark the day and the 125th
b) In October 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had
anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, UNESCO
declared 26 November as Constitution Day as part
instituted a prize in 1995 for the promotion of tolerance and
of year-long nationwide celebrations of 125th birth
non-violence.
Anniversary of Dr. B R Ambedkar, Chairman of the
16th November-National Press Day: National Press Day
Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly.
observed on 16th November, is symbolic of a free and
c) This year it is second edition of the Constitution
responsible press. On the occasion, Prime Minister
Day.
NarendraModi will confer excellence in journalism awards,
d) The Union Ministry of Social Justice and
including Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award to veteran journalist
Empowerment (MSJE) is the nodal Ministry for the
S Nihal Singh.
celebration of Constitution Day.
14 November-World Diabetes Day: The World Diabetes Day
e) On this occasion Prime Minister Narendra has
is observed across the world on 14 November. The theme for
released two books on Constitution Making of
this year is Eyes on Diabetes.
Constitution and New Version of Constitution of
12 November: World Pneumonia Day
India.
World Pneumonia Day is observed across the world on 12
26 November: National Milk Day: The National Milk Day
November. This year theme is, Keep the Promise, Stop
(NMD) was observed on 26 November is to mark birth
Pneumonia Now.
anniversary Dr.Verghese Kurien, father of the White
12 November: Public Service Broadcasting Day
Revolution in India.
Public Service Broadcasting Day which is celebrated every
25 November: The 2016 International Day for the Elimination
year on November 12 when Father of the Nation Mahatma
of Violence agains+t Women was observed across the world
Gandhi visited the studio of All India Radio, Delhi for the
on 25 November 2016. The theme for the day is Orange the
first and the last time in 1947.
World - raise funds to end violence against women.
10 November: The World Science Day for Peace and
19th to 25th November: The Qaumi Ekta Week (National
Development
Integration Week)
The World Science Day for Peace and Development is
November 21-World Television Day
observed on 10 November 2016 across the world to raise
November 20- Universal Childrens Day
awareness of benefits of science in our daily life. 2016 Theme:
Third Sunday of November: World Day of Remembrance for
Celebrating Science Centres and Science Museums.
Road Traffic Victims. The World Day of Remembrance for
Road Traffic Victims was observed globally on 20 November November 7:128th birth anniversary of CV Raman
2016 with the theme Vital post-crash actions: Medical Care, observed
Investigation, Justice!. a) The 128th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Bharat
November 19: World Toilet Day Ratna Sir CV Raman was observed on November 7,
2016 Theme: Toilets and jobs. 2016.
17 November-World Philosophy Day: The World Philosophy b) His discovery of Raman Effect had earned him the
Day was introduced in 2002 by UNESCO to encourage the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics.

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c) National Science Day (28 February) is observed
every year in India on February to mark the
discovery of Raman Effect.
November 5: World Tsunami Awareness Day
a) The First World Tsunami Awareness Day was
observed across the world on 5 November 2016 to
spread awareness among people across the world
about Tsunami.
STATE NEWS
Nagaland Session passes 33% Reservation of
Women in Urban Local Bodies
a) Nagaland has passed the 33 per cent Reservation
of Women in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
b) The Chief Minister and the Leader of the House
T.R. Zeliang moved the consideration and passing
of the Nagaland Municipal (Third Amendment) Bill,
2016
Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu launches water
distribution monitoring portal
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu
formally launched the Smart Water Distribution Monitoring
web interface through which people can check the status of
drinking water in the water tanks nearby.
Rajasthan govtlaunched Annapurna
RasoiProgramme for the poor
a) Rajasthan government has decided to
launchAnnapurna RasoiProgramme a project to
provide quality meals at cheap prices to people
belonging to the weaker sections of the society
b) Under the Project , labourers, rickshaw pullers, auto
drivers, students and working women among others
will be provided breakfast at Rs.5 per plate and lunch
and dinner at Rs.8 per plate.
Maharashtra launch cyber police stations in all
districts
a) Maharashtra has become the first state in the
country to have a cyber-police station in each district
to take on cyber criminals. In this regard, state
government is converting 42 state-of-the-art
cybercrime labs into cyber police stations
simultaneously.
b) The cyber-crime wing of Maharashtra government
had proposed to set up 51 cyber-crime labs across
the state take on cyber criminals. These included 34
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b) 2016 Theme: Effective Education and Evacuation
Drills.
c) The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had
constituted the day by adopting a resolution in
December 2015. The proposal was first mooted by
Japan after the 3rd UN Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction held in Sendai (Japan) in March 2015.
labs at the district level, 7 labs at Inspector Generals
offices, 9 labs at Commissioner of Police offices and
1 lab at the state police headquarters.
Himachal Pradesh & Kerala declared Indias
second & third Open Defecation Free State
a) The State of Himachal Pradesh was officially
declared Open Defecation Free (ODF).
b) This status will further entitle Himachal Pradesh to
receive World Bank funding under Rs 9,000 crore
project to sustain sanitation campaign.
c) Previously Sikkim became the first state to achieve
the status of Open Defecation Free (ODF).
H.P.
Governor-Acharya Dev Vrat
Chief Minister-Virbhadra Singh
Odisha Government launches Madhubabu Aain
Sahayata Sibir Schem
a) Odisha government has launched Madhubabu Aain
Sahayata Sibir (MASS) scheme to provide legal
assistance to deprived sections of the society at
the grassroots level.
b) State government will provide free legal
consultations to deprived sections of the society
by setting up legal assistance cells in all 6,812 gram
panchayats across the state.
NHRC organises workshop on Good
Governance in Meghalaya
a) The National Human Rights Commission has
organised a two-day workshop on Good
Governance, Development and Human Rights in
collaboration with Meghalaya Government, in
Shillong.
b) The workshop started with Manipur, Mizoram,
Nagaland and Assam as participating states.
c) Its objective is to raise awareness about the
importance of good governance in relation to human
rights and development.
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J&K govt launches cycle scheme for poor students
Jammu and Kashmir government has launched the All Terrain
Bike programme for meritorious students of the lower
economic strata. Provided at 90% subsidy, the cycles would
be given to any Class X student belonging to lower economic
background, who has to cover over 2 km to reach his school.
The student should also score above 65% in his 10th exams.
Free WiFi in all colleges in Bihar from Feb 17
a) Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has announced that all
colleges and universities in the state will have free
WiFi facility from February next year.
b) The Bihar government has also launched a scheme
to provide interest-free loans to students for higher
studies after class 12.
Uttar Pradesh CM launched integrated emergency
services UP-100
a) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister AkhileshYaday
launched state wide integrated emergency services
UP-100 in Lucknow.
b) The UP-100 is the official name of Uttar Pradesh
Police Emergency Management System previously
called dial 100 project.
c) The new high tech centralized emergency system
will ensure that police reach a caller in a maximum of
twenty minutes in rural areas and within 15 minutes
in urban areas.
Arunachal govt renames sports trophy after
martyred jawan
a) Arunachal Pradeshs sports department has
renamed the state-level Chief Ministers Trophy for
mens and womens football and volleyball after
martyred jawan Hangpan Dada.
b) Dada died in Kupwara on May 27 this year after
killing three terrorists.
Nitish Kumar launched a programme to provide
free electricity to exactly 50 lakh households
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has launched a programme
to provide free electricity connection to exactly 50 lakh
households above the poverty line. The Har Ghar Bijli
Lagataar programme, which aims to supply power to every
household in the state in the next two years, is a part of the
CMs seven resolves during the Assembly polls.
SC dismissed a plea filed by Tamil Nadu lift ban
on Jallikattu festival
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Tamil Nadu
lift ban on Jallikattu festival. Jallikattu is a bull taming sport
played in Tamil Nadu on Mattu Pongal day as a part of Pongal
celebrations i.e. harvest festival. The Supreme Court had
banned Jallikattu in May 2014 and held that bulls could not
be used as performing animals.
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Heavy smog led Delhi govt. to close school for 5
days.
The Odisha government has offered special
monetary assistance of Rs 100 per quintal of paddy
to the drought-affected farmers of three districts of
the state.
Odisha Government has signed an MoU with the
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) for
setting up of four more centres in the State.
The Supreme Court has scrapped Punjab
Termination of Water Agreements Act, 2004 which
unilaterally allows Punjab to stop sharing Ravi, Beas
waters with other States.
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has approved
MukhyaMantriShikshakSammanYojana, which
provides a one-year extension in service and cash
incentive to teachers who would give 100% results
consistently for five years.
The Maharashtra governments Vision 2030
document has proposed to implement e-eye
surveillance project to track the movement of wild
animals 24x7.
The Maharashtra government has drawn up a
scheme to ensure power supply to the agriculture
sector for 12 hours a day through feeder-based solar
energy
Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav inaugurated the
Rs 1500-crore Gomti riverfront development project
& Gaus Mohammad Stadium in Lucknow. Under
this project, a diaphragm wall has been made on
both banks of the Gomti river to channel its
waterflow. The stadium is named after ace lawn
tennis player Gaus Mohammad.
Meghalaya became the first state to start Indias
first Cherry Blossom Festival, which is widely
celebrated in Japan. Chief Minister MukulSangma
inaugurated Indias first Cherry Blossom Festival.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti formally launched
the World Bank-funded mega development Rs
1,600-crore Jhelum-Tawi flood recovery projection
J & K.
Maharashtra has become the first state to adopt
the Fly Ash Utilization Policy. The state cabinet
approved a policy for 100 percent use of fly ash
generated from thermal power plants and biogas
plants for construction activities.
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RECENT GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT & SCHEME
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana (PMAY-G)
launched in Agra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Pradhan
Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana (PMAY-G), flagship housing for
all scheme in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. In addition, the prime
minister distributed allotment letters to 50 beneficiaries of
the scheme, which aims to provide about 3 crore new housing
units countrywide.
Features of Scheme
a) Under PMAY-G Government aims to provide
affordable, environmentally safe and secure pucca
house to every rural household living below the
poverty line by 2022.
b) The beneficiaries for this scheme will be selected
through a completely transparent process using the
Socio Economic Census 2011 data and validating it
through the Gram Sabha.
c) Under it, financial assistance will be provided for
construction of dwelling units and upgradations of
existing unserviceable kutcha houses.
d) The entire payments will be done through
transparent IT/DBT mode with Aadhaar linked Bank
accounts with consent, to ensure complete
transparency and accountability.
e) The unit cost for houses has been increased with
convergence of a minimum support of nearly Rs.
1.5 lakh to Rs. 1.6 lakh to a household is available. If
the beneficiary desires, then there is also a
provision of Bank loan upto Rs. 70,000.
f) The scheme allows over 200 different housing
designs across country based on a detailed study
of housing typologies, households requirements
and environmental hazards.
g) It will provide skilling for 5 lakh Rural Masons by
2019 and envisages large scale use of local materials.
Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana
The Union Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship has launched of Pradhan Mantri Yuva
Yojana (PMYY) to scale up an ecosystem of entrepreneurship
for youngsters. The scheme was launched by Union Minister
of State(I/C) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Rajiv Pratap Rudy to mark 2nd Foundation Day of Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
PMYY
PMYY is MSDEs flagship scheme on
entrepreneurship education and training. The
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scheme spans over five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)
with a project cost of 499.94 crore rupees.
It will provide entrepreneurship education and
training to over 7 lakh students in 5 years through
3,050 institutes.
PM launches Saur Sujala Yojana
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Saur
Sujala Yojana that would provide solar powered
irrigation pumps to farmers at a subsidized price.
b) It was launched in Chhattisgarh as part of the states
16th foundation day celebrations. With this
Chhattisgarh becomes the first state to implement
the scheme.
c) Under the scheme, solar powered irrigation pumps
of 3HP and 5HP capacity will be distributed to the
farmers. The beneficiaries would get the pumps at
the subsidised price.
Food Security Act implemented throughout
country
a) Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has
announced that the National Food Security Act
(NFSA), 2013 which envisages supply of subsidised
foodgrains has been implemented across the
country.
b) Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Last two remaining states
which implement this Act recently.
c) Now 81.34 crore persons will get subsidised wheat
at Rs. 2 per kg and rice at Rs. 3 per kg.
d) At the current coverage, the monthly allocation of
foodgrains to States and UTs under the Act is about
45.5 lakh tonnes. The subsidy implication of about
Rs. 11,726 crore per month and it is overall about
Rs. 1,40,700 crore per year.
About National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013
The NFSA aims to provide subsidized food grains
to approximately two thirds of the population (75%
in rural areas and 50% in urban areas).
It converts into legal entitlements for existing food
security programmes of the Central Government.
It includes the Midday Meal Scheme, Integrated
Child Development Services scheme and the Public
Distribution System.
Grains like wheat, rice and coarse grain will be
distributed at the subsidized price of Rs. 3, Rs. 2
and Rs. 1 respectively.
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Pregnant women and lactating mothers and children
are entitled to get meals under the prescribed
nutrition by MDM and ICDS.
NFSA 2013 will provide high nutrition food to the
children from age group of 6 months to 14 years.
Pregnant women and lactating mothers will be
entitled to get maternity benefit of not less than Rs.
6,000
Govt to open Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
Kendra in every Parliamentary Constituency
a) The Centre has decided to open Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Kendra in every Parliamentary
Constituency to impart skill training to the people
and make them employable.
b) It was announced by Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
PM Narendra Modi launched Indian Police at Your
Call mobile app
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Indian
Police at Your Call mobile app at a National Police
Conference held in Hyderabad.
b) The app was developed by Nation Information
Centre (NIC).
c) It was organised by the Intelligence Bureau (IB).
d) The app is a GIS Map based interface for the citizens
to locate police stations near to their current
MISCELLANEOUS
Bindheswar Pathak is appointed as brand
ambassador of Swachh Rail Mission
a) The Union Ministry of Railways has appointed Dr.
Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh
International as a Brand Ambassador for Swachh
Rail Mission of Indian Railway.
b) As a pilot project, Sulabh International had started
cleaning and maintenance of five important railway
stations Gorakhpur, Old Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad
and Gwalior from September 2016.
c) About Sulabh International: It is a social service
organization which works to promote environmental
sanitation, human rights, non-conventional sources
of energy, waste management and social reforms
through education.
Nat Geo magazine cover features Mangalyaans
Mars photo
An image of the planet Mars taken by ISROs Mars-orbiting
spacecraft Mangalyaan has found a place on the cover of
the November edition of the National Geographic magazine.
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location so that they can easily reach the police
station in case of emergency.
President Pranab Mukherjee launched the
National Student Startup Policy (NSSP)
President Pranab Mukherjee launched the National Student
Startup Policy (NSSP) to promote technology-driven student
start-ups. It was launched during the second Visitors
Conference held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. It aims
to create 1 lakh technology based student start-ups and a
million employment opportunities within the next 10 years.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Chhattisgarh Government has launched Lakshya
Bhagirathi campaign to complete the irrigation
projects that could not be completed.
Over Rs 3,900 crore was collected as Swachh Bharat
Cess (SBC) in the last financial year. The government
had imposed 0.5 per cent SBC on all taxable services
from November 15 last year.
Government launched revamped Aadhaar toll-free
helpline number - 1947 to help citizens to get quick
access to information exactly Aadhaar, which will
be available 24x7 throughout the year on Interactive
voice response system mode (IVRS), while Call-
Centre agents will be available from 7 am to 11 pm.
The spacecrafts launch had completed three years on
November 5. The mission, which had cost Rs. 450 crore, was
made to last six months but has now survived for three years.
NEWS IN BRIEF
In Arunachal Pradesh, the three-day Buddha
Mahotsava started in West Kameng District.
Seventh century Chinese Buddhist pilgrim and
scholar Xuan Zang (also spelled Hsuan Tsang)
stayed a couple of years in Bezawada (the old name
of Vijayawada) to copy and study Buddhist
scriptures.
The LDF govt. in Kerala favours entry of women at
the Sabarimala Temple.
According new data from Civil Registration System
( CRS) released by the Office of the Registrar General
of India, Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) has declined to
887 in 2014 from 898 in 2013.
Oxford Dictionaries has declared post-truth to be
its international word of the year.
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The 51st Annual Conference of Directors-General
of Police of States was held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in
Hyderabad, Telangana. The three day (from
November 25-27, 2016) conference was inaugurated
by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Union Ministry of Civil Aviation launched AirSewa
website and app to track flights, register complaints
to offer people a convenient and hassle-free air
travel experience.
Two years after adopting Paldev village in Madhya
Pradeshs Satna district, Union Minister Prakash
Javadekar has decided to adopt Khutiya village in
Chhindwara district under the Sansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana.
AROGYA fair organized in Himachal Pradesh.
Naval Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba will be on a five
day Sri Lanka visit.
New Zealand was the most searched country by
Indian travellers in 2016, according to a new Sky
scanner survey. Australia, the second most searched
destination.
The Supreme Court has banned the sale of
firecrackers in Delhi-NCR in an attempt to keep the
rising pollution level of the capital and its
surrounding areas under check.
The Union Government has imposed safeguard
duty on import of certain steel products to protect
domestic manufacturers from cheap in-bound
shipments.
According to data released by Oxford Economics,
Delhi has overtaken Mumbai to become Indias
economic capital.
The website Dictionary.com named the word
Xenophobia as the Word of the Year for 2016.
Pink, the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Bollywood film
to Be Screened at UN Headquarters on Special
Invitation. The film directed by Aniruddha Roy
Chowdhury.
In Rajasthan, Pratap Gourav Kendra showcasing
life of Maharana Pratap was inaugurated in Udaipur
by RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat.
Ruskin Bond has returned after a long sabbatical
with a brand new collection of stories titled Death
under the Deodars: The Adventures of Miss Ripley-
Bean.
In Madhya Pradesh, the three day annual Tablighi
Ijtima concluded in Bhopal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the
Humsafar train to ply between Gorakhpur and
Anand Vihar terminus, Delhi in Kushinagar.
Andhra Pradesh government has launched a state-
wide awareness campaign to promote use of
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cashless methods of transaction, such as online
banking, mobile wallets, and e-POS machines.
Maharashtra government issued a notification for
renaming the newly built Oshiwara station as Ram
Mandir.
The first ever International Gita Mahotsav will be
celebrated at Kurukshetra in Haryana from 6th to
10th December.
Scientists have discovered a new super Earth type
exoplanet named as GJ 536b orbiting a very bright
star near to our Sun.
Government is setting up Higher Education
Financing Agency, HEFA, to provide funds for
creating infrastructure and promoting research
facilities in the Centrally-aided institutions of higher
learning.
Advait Bhartiya, a six-year-old boy from Pune, who
recently trekked to the Everest Base Camp, is
reportedly the youngest Indian to have reached the
spot in winter.
As per report people have deposited Rs. 23631 cr.
in the post offices since the note ban and over Rs.
25000 cr. has been deposited in 25 cr. Jan Dhan
Accounts.
The Union Cabinet has approved introduction
of the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2016 in the
Parliament.
Maharashtra Public Works Department, PWD, has
decided to use Jet Patcher, a machine to repair the
road pits speedily, across the state.
Hundreds of Garo tribals gathered in Guwahati to
celebrate the harvest festival of Wangala, which
marks the end of a period of toil for farmers.
In Egypt, archaeologists have unearthed what they
describe as a city that dates back more than 5,000
years, containing houses, tools, pottery and huge
graves.
IIT Kharagpur has been named the top university
in India in terms of jobs and placements, by QS
Employability Ranking of top 200 universities across
the world. Stanford University of USA topped in
globally.
Indian Railways will soon introduce an advanced
monitoring system named Tri-Netra that will keep
a record of track maintenance and provide better
visibility during foggy days.
Maharashtra government has amended the 2008
liquor prohibition orders and empowered the Gram
Sabhas to pass a resolution calling for the liquor
shops within the villages limits be relocated 100
meters away or outside the village limit.
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200 MCQ ON CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Which of the following country has issued 17. Government today launched revamped
e) Velizar Enchev
the statement about its withdrawal Aadhaar toll-free helpline number, what
9. Which country will host the 2018
from the International Criminal court? is that number?
Invictus Games for wounded military
a) Russia b) France a) 1967 b) 1969
personnel?
c) Japan d) China c) 1956 d) 1947
a) Tokyo,Japan
e) India e) 1957
b) New Delhi,India
2. Which country Re-launches Asias top 18. Over Rs __________ crore collected as
c) Bejing, China
financial center? Swachh Bharat Cess in last fiscal?
d) Sydney.Australia
a) China b) North Korea a) 3700 b) 3900
e) London, England
c) South Korea d) India c) 2900 d) 2700
10. Which country will quit the Trans-
e) Japan e) 1900
Pacific Partnership trade deal?
3. Which of the following country has 19. Which ministry launch Pradhanmantri
a) Australia b) Fiji
launched worlds longest super-secure Grameen Awas Yojna to provide 3 crore
c) New Zealand d) Tuvalu
quantum communication line? affordable housing units across
e) USA
a) Japan b) China country?
11. Recently, Which country became an
c) Germany d) Canada a) Urban Development, Housing and
associate member of European
e) USA Urban Poverty Alleviation
Organization for Nuclear Research
4. Which country elected as Vice Chair of b) Rural Development, Panchayati
(CERN)?
Kimberly Process Certificate Scheme Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation
a) China b) India
2018? c) Human Resources Development
c) Japan d) Pakistan
a) India b) China d) Public Grievances and Pensions
e) USA
c) South Africa d) Japan e) Civil Aviation
12. Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is the Princess
e) Australia 20. Union textile minister Smriti Irani
of which country?
5. Africa launches its first cycle-share inaugurated thematic handicrafts
a) Belarus b) Liechtenstein
scheme in Morocco, what is the name exhibition and launched a scheme of
c) Thailand d) Tonga
of the cycle? textile ministry pehchan identity
e) Vietnam
a) Medina bikes cards in which of the following state?
13. Who has been appointed as Vice
b) Making Bikes a) Gujarat
President of USA?
c) Riding Bikes b) Tamil Nadu
a) Ben Carson
d) Smoove Bikes c) Maharashtra
b) Bernie Sanders
e)Marrakechs biking d) Uttar Pradesh
c) Mike Pence
6. Which country Airline has been named e) New Delhi
d) Rick Santorum
the best airline in the world for the 21. Maharashtra has become the first state
e) Scott Walker
fourth consecutive year by to adopt the FAUP policy what is the
14. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
AirlineRatings.com in its Airline full from of FAUP?
has approved a three-year $12 billion
Excellence Awards a) Fly Air Use Policy
loan to which country?
a) Air Asia b) Fly Ash Uninstall Policy
a) Brazil b) Egypt
b) Air Australia c) Fly Ash Utilization Policy
c) India d) Nigeria
c) Air India d) Fly Ash Utilization Program
e) South Africa
d) Air New Zealand e) Fresh Air Utilization Policy
15. Who inaugurated the Rail Vikas Shivir at
e) Air USA 22. Molinari Rail to set up manufacturing
Surajkund?
7. The US has signed an agreement with unit in India, Molinari Rail belongs to
a) Pranab Mukherjee
which country regarding asylum which country?
b) Narendra Modi
seekers held in offshore detention a) China b) Germany
c) Suresh Prabhu
centres in Papua New Guinea and c) Russia d) Switzerland
d) Nitin Gadkari
Nauru? e) USA
e) Harsh varthan
a) Australia b) Canada 23. PM Modi dedicated to the nation several
16. Name the person, who has inaugurate
c) Fiji d) New Zealand rail projects at ______, Uttar Pradesh.
multimedia exhibition on theme of
e) Spain a) Agra b) Allahabad
Aazadi 70 Saal, Yaad Karo Kurbani?
8. Who won the 2016 Bulgarian presidential c) Ballia d) Ghazipur
a) Pranab Mukherjee
elections? e) Varanasi
b) Raj Nath Singh
a) Ivailo Kalfin 24. PM Modi inaugurated the International
c) Venkaiah Naidu
b) Krasimir Karakachanov Conference and Exhibition on Sugarcane
d) Arun Jaitley
c) Rumen Radev Value Chain Vision 2025 Sugar at
e) Narendra modi
d) Tsetska Tsacheva _______.

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a) Baramatib) Kolhapur e) Indonesia e) 1,900
c) Nagpur d) Pune 35. India and US jointly launch the clean 44. Name the state, which state has become
e) Sangli energy projects, how much is the the first state to adopt a resolution
25. Which Indian language will be a part of overall coast of the project? welcoming the demonetization of high-
foreign languages for Australian Pre- a) USD 75 mn value currency notes?
Schoolers? b) USD 85 mn a) Bihar b) Sikkim
a) Bengali b) Hindi c) USD 95 mn c) Nagaland d) Maharashtra
c) Kannadad) Sanskri d) USD 65 mn e) Chhattisgarh
e) Tamil e) USD 105 mn 45. Which state government announces the
26. Indias Longest Expressway has opened 36. Name the country, which has signed two Fitment of auto-dippers mandatory in
in which district of Uttar Pradesh? agreements with India on water resource vehicles?
a) Manipurib) Hathras management & Agriculture? a) Haryana b) Bihar
c) Unnao d) Bareilly a) Bhutan b) Iraq c) Sikkim d) Himachal Pradesh
e) Sultanpur c) Israel d) Japan e) Assam
27. What is India ranks ______ out of 58 e) Sri Lanka 46. Name the state, which has sign MoU
countries on 2017 Climate Change 37. Which countrys President arrived on a with Microsoft for digital services?
Performance Index? six-day visit to India to further a) Telangana
a) 20 b) 21 strengthen bilateral ties? b) Maharashtra
c) 31 d) 30 a) Argentina
b) Israel c) Andhra Pradesh
e) 10 c) Nigeria d) Poland d) Himachal Pradesh
28. The Government has allowed farmers e) USA e) Haryana
to repay all their loans in _____ days. 38. India signed a bilateral trade agreement 47. Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav
a) 50 b) 60 with a validity period of __________ inaugurated the Rs ______-crore Gomti
c) 70 d) 75 year with Bhutan? riverfront development project & Gaus
e) 90 a) 1 b) 2 Mohammad Stadium in Lucknow?
29. The government will impose a levy of c) 3 d) 4 a) 1600 b) 1700
Rs._____ per flight on major routes to e) 5 c) 1500 d) 1300
fund the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam 39. India signed a nuclear energy deal with e) 1200
Naagrik) scheme. which country? 48. Name the state, which has joins hand
a) 8000 b) 7000 a) China b) Germany with IDFC bank introduces Coupon
c) 7500 d) 9900 c) Japan d) Russia for Cashless Purchase?
e) 8500 e) USA a) Maharashtra
30. Mauritius to waive _________ shooting 40. India and Japan have signed how many b) Andhra Pradesh
tax for Indian film-makers? agreements to boost the bilateral c) Telangana
a) 30% b) 40% cooperation? d) Goa
c) 50% d) 35% a) 8 b) 9 e) Kerala
e) 45% c) 11 d) 10 49. Which state has govt. has launched Har
31. ________, Hawaii to soon have Sister- e) 5 Ghar Bijli Lagataar programme to
State relationship? 41. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and provide free electricity connection to
a) Cochin b) Vizag Shinzo Abe signed MoUs between about 50 lakh households above the
c) Kollam d) Mumbai Gujarat Government and _____ poverty line?
e) Goa Prefecture. a) Bihar b) Assam
32. India signed a new double tax avoidance a) Wakayama b) Hyogo c) Tripura d) Telanagana
pact with which country? c) Fukushima d) Mie e) Andhra Pradesh
a) China b) Cyprus e) Ehime 50. Which state has started Indias first
c) Oman d) Saudi Arabia 42. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Cherry Blossom Festival ?
e) UK Yaday launched state wide integrated a) Sikkim
33. India and UK have signed how many emergency services _____ in Lucknow? b) Arunachal Pradesh
Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements a) UP-108b) UP-109 c) Himachal Pradesh
(APAs)? c) UP-110d) UP-100 d) Meghalaya
a) 3 b) 4 e) UP-110 e) Nagaland
c) 5 d) 6 43. Mehbooba Mufti formally launched the 51. Meghalaya became the first state to start
e) 7 World Bank-funded mega development Indias first Cherry Blossom Festival,
34. Which country has ink new tax pact to Rs ______-crore Jhelum-Tawi flood which is widely celebrated in ____?
replace 2 decade-old treaty with India recovery project? a) Japan b) China
a) Cyprusb) Peru a) 1,500 b) 1,600 c) India d) Germany
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52. Name the state which has host 47th Convention on Tobacco Control c) Islamic window
International Film Festival? (FCTC)? d) Arabic Window
a) Ahmadabad a) France b) Greece e) Islamic method
b) Goa c) India d) Italy 68. India and Asian Development Bank has
c) Kolkata e) UK signed a 500 million US dollar loan to
d) Maharashtra 61. The 14-day India International Trade build a 9.8 km long road bridge across
e) New Delhi Fair (IITF) is being held in which city? the Ganges River to connect which
53. In which place, 200 countries including a) Ahmedabad country?
India adopt work plan for b) Hyderabad a) Nepal b) Bangladesh
implementation of Paris Climate c) Mumbai c) Bhutan d) Myanmar
Agreement by 2018? d) New Delhi e) All the above
a) Marrakesh b) Paris e) Pune 69. Which bank Launch Chat Bots for
c) Landon d) Lao 62. Who is the head of a task force formed Intelligent Banking?
e) New Delhi by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to a) ICICI b) HDFC
54. The ________th annual Latin Grammys re-calibrate all ATMs and cash c) IDBI d) AXIS
has been announced at the T-Mobile dispensing machines with the new e) SBI
Arena in Paradise, Nevada, US? design of (Rs 500 and Rs 2000) notes? 70. The Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd has
a) 13 b) 14 a) H R Khanb) N S Vishwanathan commenced operations in which city?
c) 15 d) 16 c) S S Mundra a) Bhopal b) Jalandhar
e) 17 d) Shaktikanta Das c) Vadodara d) Kolkata
55. The International Conference on e) Urjit patel e) Mumbai
Brucellosis 2016 was inaugurated in 63. RBIs deputy governor N S 71. Name the financial services company
which city? Vishwanathan has reiterated that which has got license from the RBI to
a) Mumbai b) Hyderabad ______ still stands as the deadline for set up a Small Finance Bank business.
c) New Delhi d) Jaipur banks to clean up their balance sheets? a) SBI Capital Markets Ltd
e) Bengaluru a) April 2016 b) Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd
56. Which city host the Great Indian Film b) January 2017 c) DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd
and Literature Festival? c) March 2017 d) Birla Global Finance Ltd
a) Mumbai b) Ahmadabad d) March 2018 e) ICICI Group Ltd
c) Gurugram d) Bangalore e) April 2018 72. Which company has launched Kahin
e) Cochin 64. Which bank has introduced mobile Bhi-Kabhi Bhi medical facilities for its
57. The three-day event of 2016 World ATMs to ease the burden on the people beneficiaries of Delhi?
Internet Conference (3rd) has begun in after demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs a) AICI
which city? 1000 notes? b) NIA
a) Moscow, Russia a) Axis bank c) SGICL
b) Mumbai, India b) Canara bank d) M B
c) Rio , Brazil c) ICICI bank e) ESIC(Employees State Insurance
d) Tokyo, Japan d) SBI bank Corporation)
e) Wuzhen China e) Syndicate bank 73. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
58. Which Indian city is hosting the 2016 65. RBI Allows Rs______/Week allowed Rs ________ crore of irregular
National Childrens Film Festival Withdrawal From Overdraft Accounts? benefits to infrastructure companies?
(NCFF)? a) 5000 b) 50000 a) 4000 b) 3500
a) Ahmadabad c) 500000 d) Both a) & b) c) 3000 d) 5000
b) Jaipur e) Only b) & c) e) 4500
c) Mumbai 66. Name the person, who has appointed as 74. IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering &
d) New Delhi CEO of SBM Bank (Mauritius), India? Tourism Corporation) has signed an
e) Udaipur a) Siby Sebastian agreement with which mobile payment
59. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation b) Flavia Agnes company to help people in making
(APEC) Forums Week started in Peru c) Gaganjeet Bhullar faster and easier reservation of tickets?
at which of the following city of Peru? d) Jeev Milkha Singh a) Freecharge
a) Arequipab) Lima e) Shiv Kapur b) Google wallet
c) Callao d) Trujillo 67. The Reserve Bank of India has proposed c) MobiKwik
e) Limo opening _______ in conventional d) PayTM
60. Which country will preside the 8th banks for gradual introduction of e) State Bank Buddy
edition of the Conference of Parties Sharia-compliant banking in India? 75. Which bank has launched Indias first
(COP) to WHO Framework a) Islamic technology banking robot called Lakshmi?
b) Islamic Bank

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a) Allahabad Bank 83. Name the businessman who has been e) Trumpet
b) Bandhan Bank named by Fortune magazine as the 91. Tata Consultancy Services and Vedanta
c) City Union Bank Business Person of the Year for 2016. win ACES awards, what is ACES?
d) Vijaya Bank a) David Ellison a) Asia Co-operation Excellence and
e) Yes Bank b) Elon Musk Sustainability Awards
76. Who has been appointed as the National c) Mark Zuckerberg b) Automation Of Central Excise and
Security Advisor of the United States d) Michael Bloomberg Service Tax
by President Donald Trump? e) Steve Ballmer c) Autodesk Comprehensive
a) Michael Flynn 84. Who has been appointed as Managing Education Solution
b) Susan Rice Director(MD) of Mahindra and d) Asia Corporate Excellence and
c) Tom Donilon Mahindra? Sustainability Awards
d) James Jones a) Charles Terrot e) Automated Command and Control
e) Stephen Hadley b) David Lalrinmuana Evaluation System
77. Which bank has appointed C.V.R. c) Ketan Dahyabhai Patel 92. Who has been awarded the Mother
Rajendran as its MD and CEO? d) Mahesh Mahadevan Teresa Memorial International Award
a) UCO Bank e) Pawan Goenka for Social Justice for 2016?
b)Punjab & Sindh Bank 85. Leon Russell who passed away on a) Cedric Prakash
c) IDFC Bank November 13 was a ______. b) Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain
d) DCB Bank a) Writer c) Flavia Agnes
e) Catholic Syrian Bank b) Politician d) Shylaja Menon
78. Singer Sharon Jones passes away, she c) Sportsperson e) Sima Samar
belongs to which country? d) Musician 93. Which is the focus country in the 47th
a) USA b) UK e) Journalist International Film Festival of India
c) South Africa d) Australia 86. Name the former Governor of Madhya (IFFI) 2016 at Bambolim,Panaji (Goa)?
e) Brazil Pradesh who passed away recently? a) South Korea b) Belarus
79. Who has been ranked 36th in the US a) B. D. Sharma c) Japan d) Thailand
magazine Fortunes top 50 business b) Narayan Dutta Ojha e) Mauritius
persons list for 2016? c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya 94. Who has been honoured with Dr
a) Ajay Banga d) Ram Naresh Yadav Nagendra Singh International Peace
b) Satya Nadella e) Sarla Grewal Award for his efforts in ensuring world
c) Ajita Rajendra 87. Who is the President of All India Football peace?
d) Aditya Puri Federation? a) Anna hazare
e)AO Simiths a) Samar Pal b) baba ramdev
80. Name the person who opens Indian b) Rowan Arumughan c) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Panorama at IFFI 2016 in Goa? c) Pranjal Banerjee d) Kisan Baburao Hazare
a) Pranab Mukherjee d) Praful Patel e) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
b) Raj Nath Singh e) Kennedy Sapam 95. Who has been conferred the prestigious
c) Venkaiah Naidu 88. Who has been appointed as Executive Mother Teresa International Award by
d) Arun Jaitley Director of McLaren Technology the Mumbai-based NGO Harmony
e) Narendra modi Group? Foundation?
81. Who was appointed as the new a) Zak Brown a) G Gopinath
Executive Chairman of the National b) Frank Islam b) Pt H P Chaurasia
Legal Services Authority (NALSA)? c) George Chamillard c) Mahesh Rao
a) Anil R. Dave d) Jeffrey A. Citron d) Kapil Bhakti
b) Ravi Shankar e) Melih Abdulhayolu e) Zayed Al Nahyan
c) Chandi Prasad Bhatt 89. Pankaj Patel elected as 96. Who has been honored with the 2016
d) Jagdish Singh Khehar ____________President for 2017? Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award for his
e) Kisan Baburao Hazare a) CBDT b) FICCI outstanding contribution to journalism?
82. Name the Indian who has been re- c) IOC d) SEDBI a) Harish Rhawat
appointed to the Joint Inspection Unit e) CCI b) Eesha Karavade
of the United Nations by the General 90. Pt Hari Prasad Chourasia has been c) Eesha Kumar
Assembly. conferred this years Sumitra Charat d) T P Dhanesh
a) A. Gopinathan Ram Award for lifetime achievement in e) Keigo Higashino
b) Prabhash Joshi the field of Indian classical music, he 97. Name the businessman who has
c) Premendra Mitra plays? been awarded with the Interfaith
d) S.K. kaul a) Clarinet b) Flautist Leadership Award.
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c) Jeffrey A. Citron 105. Name the unmanned combat aerial 113. What is the theme of Universal
d) Melih Abdulhayolu vehicle that was successfully tested by Childrens Day?
e) Frank Islam Defence Research and Development a) Stop Violence against the Children.
98. Name the person, who has won the Organisation (DRDO)? b) No child labour
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2016? a) AFZ-4 b) Mil Mi-9 c) Stop Violence against the child
a) Akshaya kumara c) Rustom - 2 d) Rustom-3 labors
b) Akshaya Mukul e) Tufaan d) Avoid Violence against the child
c) Samanth Subramanian, 106. Name the weather satellite launched e) Avoid child labour
d) Mahesh Rao by NASA on November 20. 114. What is the theme of World Day of
e) Janice Paria a) ADEOS b) GOES-R Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
99. Who has been selected by the Madhya c) Landsat 8 d) Sentinel-1 2016?
Pradesh Government for the Kalidas e) Terra a) Vital post-crash actions: Medical
Samman national award for 2015-16? 107. Government is setting up HEFA, to Care, Insurance, Justice
a) J.S.Verma provide funds for creating b) Vital post-crash actions: medical
b) Khurram Murad infrastructure and promoting research kit , Investigation, Insurance,
c) Raj Bisaria facilities in the Centrally-aided c) Vital post-crash actions: Medical
d) Roop Singh institutions of higher learning, what is Care, Investigation, Justice
e) Varsha Varman the full form of HEFA? d) Vital post-crash actions:
100. Name the author who won the 2016 a) Higher Education Financing Insurance, Investigation, Justice
Goldsmiths Prize for Solar Bones? Agreement e) Vital post-crash actions: Medical
a) Ali Smith b) Higher Examination Financing Care
b) Jim Crace Agency 115. National Press Day being observed on?
c) Lars Iyer c) Higher Education Found Agency a) November 16
d) Magnus Mills d) Higher Education Financing b) November 17
e) Mike McCormack Agency c) November 15
101. Indias Rustom-II UAV successfully e) Higher Education Financing d) November 14
completes maiden test flight at? Arrangement e) November 19
a) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre 108. Which company has launched a virtual 116. World Diabetes Day observed on
(VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. artwork and exhibition showcasing the November 14, what is the theme of
b) Satish Dhawan Space Centre achievements of the Indian women in World Diabetes Day 2016?
(SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota. the country? a) Eyes on diabetes and focuses
c) ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), a) Facebook b) Google around screening
Bangalore. c) Microsoft d) Oracle b) Focuses around screening on
d) ISRO Propulsion Complex e) Yahoo diabetes
(IPRC), Mahendragiri. 109. Which company will partner with India c) Eyes on diabetes
e) Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Spend to launch #Breathe? d) Eyes on screening the diabetes
Chitradurga,. a) Facebook b) Microsoft e) None of these
102. A team of women commandos has been c) Twitter d) Oracle 117. When is Public Service Broadcasting
inducted for the first time in Central e) Dell Day observed in India?
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to 110. What is the theme of World Toilet Day? a) November 12
counter Naxal insurgency in _____? a) Toilets and jobs b) November 11
a) Jharkhandb) Bihar b) Toilets and sanitation c) November 13
c) Assam d) Tripura c) Toilets and clean d) November 9
e) Nagaland d) Toilets and motivate e) November 10
103. Name the Destroyer ship which was e) Toilets and services 118. The government has approved the
commissioned by the Indian Navy on 111. The World Philosophy Day 2016 was cancellation of Gitanjali Gems special
November 21. celebrated on which day? economic zone (SEZ) project in which
a) INS Kolkata a) First Wednesday of November state?
b) INS Kochi b) Second Monday of November a) Andhra Pradesh
c) INS Paradip c) Third Thursday of November b) Bihar
d) INS Chennai d) Fourth Saturday of November c) Gujarat
e) INS Ranvijay e) Second Thursday of November d) Maharashtra
104. Name the surface-to-surface missiles 112. World Television Day Observed on e) Telangana
launched by India recently _____ November? 119. Name the village, which has been
a) Trishul b) Aakash-I a) 21 b) 22 adopted by sachin Tendulkar recently?
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b) RR Kandriga c) Vadodara d) Rajkot a) USA b) Nigeria
c) KR Kandriga e) Mehsana c) Kenya d) Jamaica
d) MR Kandriga 128. Name the Indian state, which has been e) Brazil
e) PJ Kandriga termed as the countrys breast cancer 136. Name the person, who has won the
120. Who is the author of the book, The capital? National Women Premier Chess
Legend of Lakshmi Prasad? a) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Championship held in New Delhi?
a) Twinkle Khanna b) Sikkim a) Padmini Rout
b) Tushar Raheja c) Mumbai, Maharashtra b) Eesha Karavade
c) Tuhin Sinha d) Ahmadabad, Gujarat c) S Vijayalakshmi
d) Khagendra Thakur e) Bhatinda, Punjab d) Eesha Kumar
e) Gajendra Thakur 129. In which state is the Mopa Greenfield e) Grandmasters Koneru Humpy
121. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N international airport located? 137. Who won first Asian Tour title outside
Chandrababu Naidu Monday a) Goa India in golfer?
commissioned a ____ MW solar power b) Karnataka a) Eesha Karavade
plant in West Godavari district. c) Maharashtra b) S Vijayalakshmi
a) 7 b) 5 d) Telangana c) Eesha Kumar
c) 8 d) 9 e) West Bengal d) Grandmasters Koneru Humpy
e) 4 130. The _________ SGFI National School e) SSP Chawrasia
122. The National Institute of Sowa Football Championship 2016 got 138. Who has been appointed as President
Rigpa(Tibetan Medicine system) will underway with a colourful opening of the the International Hockey
be established in which state? ceremony by the school students at Federation(FIH)?
a) Himachal Pradesh Netaji Stadium, Port Blair? a) Chand Singhal
b) Jammu & Kashmir a) 63 b) 61 b) Manmohan Mahapatra
c) Nagaland c) 65 d) 64 c) Narinder Batra
d) Sikkim e) 62 d) Upendra Kumar
e) Uttarakhand 131. Name the Indian golfer who won the e) Vishnu Tirtha
123. Indias longest expressway from BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open 2016 139. Name the Tennis player who won the
inaugurated Agra to ________? for the second time in his career? Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award.
a) Lucknow b) Jaipur a) Arjun Atwal a) Andy Roddick
c) Delhi d) Patna b) Flavia Agnes b) Gustavo Kuerten
e) Ahmadabad c) Gaganjeet Bhullar c) Juan Martin del Potro
124. Worlds first Bollywood-themed park d) Jeev Milkha Singh d) Novak Djokovic
opens in which city? e) Shiv Kapur e) Roger Federer
a) Mumbaib) Dubai 132. Who won the 2016 ATP World Tour 140. Who won the 2016 Brazilian Grand
c) Paris d) New York Final? Prix?
e) Shanghai a) Andy Murray a) Kimi Raikkonen
125. Worlds first Genetic Garden of b) David Goffin b) Sebastian Vettel
Halophytes (naturally occurring salt- c) Milos Raonic c) Max Verstappen
tolerant plants) was inaugurated at the d) Novak Djokovic d) Valtteri Bottas
coastal town of Vedaranyam in which e) Raven Klaasen e) Lewis Hamilton
state? 133. Who won the gold medal in mens trap 141. Which team won the 33rd Surjit Hockey
a) Kerala event at the 60th National Shooting Tournament?
b) Tamil Nadu Championship for Shotgun? a) Army XI
c) Odisha a) Birendra Lakra b) CAG
d) Maharashtra b) Kailash Sankhala c) CRPF
e) Andhra Pradesh c) Manavjit Singh Sandhu d) India Railways
126. Heyday: Britain and the Birth of the d) Sriram Singh e) Punjab National Bank
Modern World has been authored by? e) Tribhuvan Narain Singh 142. Who won the 2016 Hero Womens
a) Ben Wilson 134. Name the badminton player who has Indian Open?
b) Charles Baudelaire won China open Series title 2016? a) Aditi Ashok
c) G M Young a) Saina Nehwal b) Aruna Budda Reddy
d) Haris Bhat b) Jwala Gutta c) Nicole Sharmila
e) Keigo Higashino c) PV Sindhu d) Shamini Kumaresan
127. Suzuki Motor Corporation to set up d) Sun Yu e) Swati Dudhwal
Industrial Training Institute in Gujarat e) Juma hu zaa 143. Name the cricket player who has been
at which of the following city? 135. Eliud Kipchoge wins mens Delhi Half made brand ambassador for the second
a) Ahmedabad b) Surat Marathon, he belongs to? T20 World Cup for the Blind.

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a) Ajay Jadeja b) Ng Ka Long Angus e) 80 per cent
b) Irfan pathan c) Sameer Verma 158. Qamar Javed Bajwa was appointed as
c) Rahul Dravid d) Hu Yun the new army chief of which of the
d) Sachin Tendulkar e) Wong Wing Ki following countries recently?
e) Virat kohli 151. PM Narendra Modi flagged off the a) Bangladesh b) Pakistan
144. The CRR requirement for banks was Humsafar train between Gorakhpur c) Afghanistan d) Maldives
temporarily increased by Rs 3.2 lakh and Anand Vihar terminus recently. The e) Malaysia
cr by the RBI recently. What is the full features of the new train include 159. As per the new GST law, E-commerce
form of the term CRR? a) ports for charging electronic giants like Flipkart and Snapdeal will
a) Current Reserve Ratio devices have to deduct 2 per cent TCS while
b) Cash Requirement Ratio b) refrigerated pantry making payments to their suppliers.
c) Cash Reserve Ratio c) vending machines for tea, coffee The term TCS stands for
d) Current Requirement Ratio and milk a) Tax Covered at Source
e) None of these d) LED screen display b) Tax Conceived at Sale
145. Which of the following states now has e) All the above c) Tax Collected at Sale
Asias first cycle highway, a first-of- 152. Which of the following Indian films d) Tax Collected at Source
its-kind 207- km-long highway? won an award at the prestigious e) None of these
a) Uttar Pradesh UNESCO Salon Youth Video 160. The Indian Railways will soon
b) Maharashtra Competition 2016? introduce a system on its trains to
c) Gujarat a) Pink b) Magical Piano reduce train accidents. The system is
d) Rajasthan c) Piku d) Teen named
e) Madhya Pradesh e) PK a) Tri-Netra b) E-Eye
146. The Defence Minister Manohar 153. Who among the following is the present c) Sense d) Meghadoot
Parrikar visited which of the following chairman of the Credit Information e) None of these
countries recently? He is the first Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL)? 161. Indian Navys seventh landing craft
Indian Defence Minister to visit the a) Omkar Goswami utility (LCU) L-57 was launched by
country. b) MV Nair Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
a) Sri Lanka b) Bhutan c) Ashishkumar Chauhan Engineers Ltd (GRSE) recently in
c) Bangladesh d) Afghanistan d) Ravi Narain a) Mumbai
e) Maldives e) Ashok Chawla b) Kandla
147. _________ hosted the golden jubilee 154. The upper house of which of the c) Vishakhapatnam
(50th anniversary) celebrations of following countries rejected the d) Kolkata
United Nations Commission on ambitious BBIN Motor Vehicles e) Kochi
International Trade Law Agreement (MVA) recently? 162. The state assembly of which state
(UNCITRAL) recently. a) Nepal b) Bangladesh passed Nizi Niyozan Abhikaran and
a) China b) Japan c) Bhutan d) Myanmar Gharelu Kamgar (Viniyam) Vidheyak
c) Indonesia d) India e) None of these 2016 recently against placement
e) South Korea 155. Who among the following won the 2016 agencies to rein in those involved in
148. Which of the following countries has Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F1 exploiting people?
won the Davis Cup tennis title championship? a) Jharkhand
recently? a) Daniel Ricciardo b) Gujarat
a) Argentina b) Croatia b) Fernando Alonso c) Madhya Pradesh
c) Spain d) Turkey c) Sebastian Vettel d) Rajasthan
e) Malaysia d) Nico Rosberg e) Uttar Pradesh
149. Who among the following has been e) Lewis Hamilton 163. The hill station Haflong will host the
appointed as the new Director-General 156. Fatah is the name of a party which is three-day Judima Festival in Dec 2016
of Military Operations (DGMO)? based in in the state of
a) Ranbir Singh a) Palestine b) Israel a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) DS Hooda c) Saudi Arab d) Iran b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Surinder Singh e) Syria c) Uttarakhand
d) AK Bhatt 157. As per the RBI guidelines, the foreign d) Sikkim
e) Praveen Bakshi shareholding in payments banks would e) Assam
150. Who among the following won the be as per the prevailing FDI policies 164. The RBI released fresh guidelines
mens singles title of the Hong Kong for private sector banks, which related to increase in NDTL for banks.
Open Super Series tournament currently stands at What is the full form of the term
recently? a) 26 per cent b) 49 per cent NDTL?
a) Jan Jorgensen c) 51 per cent d) 74 per cent a) New Demand and Time Liabilities

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b) New Dividend and Time Liabilities Soviet-style communism, was the digital platform. The panel will work
c) Net Demand and Time Liabilities former President of under the leadership of
d) Net Demand and Tenure Liabilities a) Chile b) Mexico a) Nripendra Misra
e) None of these c) Cuba d) Cambodia b) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
165. Ivan Mikoyan, who died recently, was e) Colombia c) Bibek Debroy
a Russian aircraft designer and one of 173. PR Sreejesh is associated with which d) Arvind Panagariya
the minds behind the fighter jet of the following games? e) Amitabh Kant
a) MiG-29 a) Cricket b) Tennis 181. What is the currency of Colombia?
b) Sukhoi 30 MKI c) Badminton d) Hockey a) Peso b) Dollar
c) Beriev Be-12 e) Football c) Pound d) Euro
d) Tupolev Tu-95 174. OP Bhatt replaced Cyrus Mistry as e) Krona
e) Kamov Ka-27 the chairman of which of the following 182. Who among the following will receive
166. The South Indian Bank has launched Tata group companies recently? the Legends Award from the
contactless debit card which is based a) Tata Steel b) Tata Power International Boxing Association
on Near Field Communication (NFC) c) Tata Capital d) TCS (AIBA) on its 70th anniversary on Dec
technology. The bank is headquartered e) Tata Motors 20?
in Thrissur City in the state of 175. The banks lend to the RBI under which a) Vikas Krishan Yadav
a) Karnataka b) Kerala of the following rates? b) Shiva Thapa
c) Tamil Nadu d) Andhra Pradesh a) Repo rate b) Bank rate c) Mary Kom
e) Telangana c) Base rate d) Reverse repo rate d) Laishram Sarita Devi
167. An armed group broke into Nabha jail e) None of these e) Vijender Singh
and took along six inmates in which of 176. The banks can borrow money from the 183. Harjeet Singh is associated with which
the following states recently? RBI for short term under the LAF. of the following games? He will lead
a) Punjab What is the full form of the term LAF? the Indian team in the Junior World
b) Madhya Pradesh a) Liquidity Advance Facility Cup to be held in Lucknow in Dec
c) Uttar Pradesh b) Liquidity Acquisition Facility 2016.
d) Uttarakhand c) Liquidity Administration Facility a) Cricket b) Hockey
e) Himachal Pradesh d) Liquidity Adjustment Facility c) Football d) Volleyball
168. The World Fisheries Day is observed e) None of these e) Basketball
every year on 177. The International Film Festival of India 184. The International Day for the
a) 19 Nov b) 20 Nov (IFFI) concluded in Goa recently. Elimination of Violence against Women
c) 21 Nov d) 25 Nov Which of the following films won the is observed across the world on
e) 29 Nov best film award at IFFI? a) 11 Nov b) 16 Nov
169. Sachin Singh, who won a gold medal at a) Enclave c) 21 Nov d) 25 Nov
the Youth World Championships in St b) Rams e) 26 Nov
Peterburg, Russia recently, is an Indian c) Labyrinth of Lies 185. Name the Indian actor who has won
a) wrestler d) Mustang the best performance award by an actor
b) archer e) Embrace of the Serpent at the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
c) boxer 178. Anand Yadav, who passed away held in Brisbane recently.
d) triple jumper recently, was a Sahitya Akademi a) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
e) javelin thrower awardee and a noted author of b) Manoj Bajpayee
170. Dileep Padgaonkar, who died recently, a) Assamese b) Marathi c) Ranveer Singh
was the former editor of c) Kannada d) Bengali d) Aamir Khan
a) Times of India e) Telugu e) Irrfan Khan
b) Hindustan Times 179. Who among the following won the 186. The upgraded Jaguar DARIN III twin-
c) The Hindu womens singles title of the Hong Kong seat aircraft recently received the Initial
d) The Indian Express Open Super Series tournament Operation Clearance (IOC). India had
e) None of these recently? bought these aircrafts from
171. Bandhan Bank, the one of the two a) Tai Tzu Ying a) France b) Germany
recently launched private sector banks, b) PV Sindhu c) UK d) Russia
is headquartered at c) Ashwini Ponnappa e) Sweden
a) Mumbaiu b) New Delhi d) Nozomi Okuhara 187. The Garo tribal people of which state
c) Chennai d) Hyderabad e) Saina Nehwal celebrated the harvest festival of
e) Kolkata 180. The govt has constituted a committee Wangala recently?
172. Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to to enable cent-per-cent conversion of a) Jharkhand
improbable victory and embraced Govt-Citizen Transactions to the b) Chhattisgarh
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d) Meghalaya c) Assam d) Mizoram ANSWER KEYS
e) Himachal Pradesh e) Tripura 1.a 2.e 3.b 4.a
188. Karen Rolton has been inducted into 195. The World Science Day for Peace and 5.a 6.d 7.a 8.c
the ICCs Hall of Fame. She is the Development is observed globally on 9.d 10.e 11.b 12.c
former womens cricket team captain a) 2 Nov b) 5 Nov 13.c 14.b 15.b 16.c
of c) 6 Nov d) 10 Nov
17.d 18.b 19.d 20.a
a) Australia b) New Zealand e) 14 Nov
21.c 22.d 23.d 24.d
c) West Indies d) England 196. Who among the following scripted
e) South Africa history as he/she won the US Senate 25.b 26.c 27.a 28.c
189. Every year 26 Nov is observed as seat from California, becoming the first 29.e 30.b 31.e 32.b
a) National Statistics Day Indian-American to reach the feat? 33.a 34.a 35.c 36.c
b) National Integration Day a) Preet Bharara 37.b 38.a 39.c 40.d
c) National Sparrow Day b) Rajat Gupta 41.b 42.d 43.c 44.e
d) National Girl Child Day c) Kamala Harris 45.a 46.a 47.c 48.c
e) National Milk Day d) Ami Bera 49.a 50.d 51.a 52.b
190. Donald Trump won elected as the 45th e) None of these 53.a 54.e 55.c 56.c
president in the recent US presidential 197. The Centre has decided to open 57.e 58.b 59.b 60.c
elections. He belongs to which of the PMKVK in every Parliamentary
61.d 62.c 63.c 64.d
following parties? Constituency in the country. The
65.b 66.a 67.c 68.a
a) Democratic Party scheme PMKVK is associated with
b) Republican Party a) cleanliness 69.d 70.b 71.b 72.e
c) Libertarian Party b) skill training 73.e 74.a 75.c 76.a
d) Green Party c) village development 77.e 78.a 79.d 80.c
e) None of these d) agriculture 81.d 82.a 83.c 84.e
191. The Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of e) Khadi Gramodyog 85.a 86.d 87.d 88.a
ECGC was held on 8 Nov in New 198. The Reporters without Borders (RSF) 89.b 90.b 91.d 92.b
Delhi. What is the full form of ECGC? has awarded Hadi Abdullah the RSF- 93.a 94.e 95.e 96.d
a) Export Credit Guarantee TV5 Monde prize, one of the worlds 97.e 98.b 99.c 100.e
Corporation of India top press awards. He is a freelance 101.e 102.a 103.d 104.c
b) Export Commodity Guarantee journalist from
105.c 106.b 107.d 108.b
Corporation of India a) Lebanon b) Syria
109.c 110.a 111.c 112.a
c) Export Commerce Guarantee c) Libya d) Yemen
Corporation of India e) Nigeria 113.a 114.c 115.a 116.c
d) Export Collaterals Guarantee 199. Masala bonds, which help Indian firms 117.a 118.d 119.a 120.a
Corporation of India to raise money, while giving 121.b 122.b 123.a 124.b
e) None of these international investors access to higher 125.b 126.a 127.e 128.a
192. Who among the following has been yields in a zero-yield world, were 129.a 130.e 131.c 132.a
chosen for 2016 Tata Literature Live! launched in 133.c 134.c 135.c 136.a
Lifetime Achievement Award? a) 2010 b) 2011 137.e 138.c 139.e 140.e
a) Salman Rushdie c) 2013 d) 2014 141.e 142.a 143.c 144.c
b) Anita Desai e) 2015 145.a 146.a 147.d 148.a
c) Aravind Adiga 200. Which of the following NASA missions
149.d 150.b 151.e 152.b
d) Vikram Seth now holds the Guinness World Record
153.b 154.c 155.e 156.a
e) Amitav Ghosh for highest altitude (70,006.4 km) fix
193. The public sector UCO Bank has of a GPS signal? 157.d 158.b 159.d 160.a
announced that it would raise Rs 271 a) CassiniHuygens 161.d 162.a 163.e 164.c
cr from Life Insurance Corporation of b) Galileo 165.a 166.b 167.a 168.c
India. The bank is headquartered at c) Juno 169.c 170.a 171.e 172.c
a) Chennai b) Hyderabad d) Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 173.d 174.a 175.d 176.d
c) Mumbai d) New Delhi e) Magnetospheric Multiscale 177.e 178. 179.a 180.e
e) Kolkata mission (MMS) 181.a 182.c 183.b 184.d
194. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) 185.b 186.a 187.d 188.a
issued the second tranche of USD 300 189.e 190.b 191.a 192.e
mn for the Power Sector Investment
Programme of which of the following
193.e 194.c 195.d 196.c
197.b 198.b 199.e 200.e
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100 G.K. QUESTION FOR SSC/RAILWAY
1. Consider the following proposals
mentioned in the August Offer, 1940
i) The expansion of the Governor-
Generals Executive Council to
include more Indians was
promised.
ii) Establishment of an Advisory War
Council was proposed.
iii) The weight to minority opinion
was ignored but the untouchables
were weighted within the
proposals.
iv) Indians right to frame their own
Constitution after the World War
II was recognized.
Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are incorrect?
a) I and ii
b) iii and iv
c) Only iii
d) Only iv
2. The effect of Indian Revolt of 1857 on
East India Company was
a) dissolved
b) strengthened by increase of
administrative powers
c) crown of England recognized it
d) British crown took over it
3. The political reorganization of Russia
after the Communist Revolution of
1917 resulted in
a) the establishment of a two party
political system
b) increased political power for
ethnic minorities
c) a limited monarchy with the czar
as a figurehead
d) a federation of socialist republics
4. A main idea of Karl Marx and Friedrich
Engles communist manifesto is that the
proletariat
a) would need foreign help to achieve
its revolutionary ends
b) had to cooperate with the
capitalists to gain economic
rewards
c) should allow the capitalists to
control the means of production
d) must unite to overthrow the
capitalist class
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5. Who is the author of the book The Last
Mughal-The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi
1987?
a) John Kirkland
b) William Dalrymple
c) Thomas Wilson
d) Simon Digby
6. To which order or Silsilah of the Sufis
was Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya
associated?
a) Chisti
b) Qadiri
c) Naqshbandi
d) Suharawardi
7. In the event of a vacancy in the offices
of both the President and Vice-
President of India, the person who
performs the duty of a President is
a) Speaker of Lok Sabha
b) Chief Justice of India
c) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
d) Attorney General
8. Which one of the following is the correct
sequence of persons who occupied the
office of the President of India right
from beginning?
a) C Rajagopalachari, Rajendra
Prasad, Zakir Hussain, VV Giri
b) C Rajagopalachari, Rajendra
Prasad, V V Giri, Zakir Hussain
c) Rajendra Prasad, S d) Neither I nor ii
Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain, V
V Giri
d) Rajendra Prasad, S correctly accounted in the Gross
Radhakrishnan, V V Giri, Zakir
Hussain
9. A National Emergency remains in
operation, with the approval of the
Parliament for
a) a maximum period of 3 years
b) a maximum period of 1 year
c) a maximum period of 6 months
d) an indefinite period
10. Which of the following is not one of the
Fundamental Rights?
a) Right to Freedom of religion
b) Right to Freedom of Thought and
Expression
c) Right to Equality
d) Right to equal pay for equal work
for men as well as woman
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11. Which one among the following was not
a feature of the provincial executive
according to the Government of India
Act, 1935?
a) The executive authority of the
province was vested in the
Governor
b) There was a Council of Ministers
to advise the Governor
c) Dyarchy established by the
Government of India Act, 1919
was abolished at the provincial
level
d) The Governor could be removed
by a vote of no-confidence of the
provincial legislature
12. Consider the following statements with
reference to Indian commercial banks
i) The Base Rate System for the
interest of the commercial banks
was introduced in 2010.
ii) The Base Rate System has enabled
a more informed assessment of the
transmission of Monetary Policy
impulses to banks lending rates.
Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are correct?
a) Only I
b) Only ii
c) Both I and ii
13. Consider the following statements
i) Depreciation of the economy is
Domestic Product.
ii) Green GDP accounted the
environmental degradation due to
economic progression of a
country.
Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are correct?
a) Only I
b) Only ii
c) Both I and ii
d) Neither I nor ii
14. What is the main aim of the Agriculture
and Allied sector in the approach paper
to the Twelfth Five Year Plan?
a) To achieve the target of
compounded GDP growth rate of
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b) To achieve the growth rate of more c) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) 28. Indian Development Forum (IDF) was
than 5% d) Ahmedabad (Gujarat) earlier known as
c) Redouble the efforts to ensure 4% 21. Sabin Award is given for the conservation a) Aid India Consortium
average growth of b) Aid India Bank
d) Redouble the efforts to ensure 6% a) amphibians c) World Bank
average growth b) reptiles d) None of these
15. Which one among the following covers c) birds 29. Eucla Basin in Australia is well known
the highest percentage of forest area in d) corals as
the world? 22. Who amongst the following is the author a) Salina Rand
a) Temperate Coniferous forests of the book Dreams from My Father : b) Nullabor Plain
b) Temperate Deciduous forests A Story of Race and Inheritance? c) Barkley Tableland
c) Tropical Monsoon forests a) Barack Obama d) Murray-Darling Basi
d) Tropical Rain forests b) John Evans Aatta Mills 30. Which one of the ocean touches the
16. On which of the following item groups, c) Nelson Mandela shores of Asia on one side and that of
is the share of food expenditures d) Danny Boyle America on the other?
increasing at the fastest rate in India? 23. A player wins Grand-Slam in Tennis, a) Pacific Ocean
a) Milk and products when he wins b) Indian Ocean
b) Pulses i) Australian Open c) Atlantic Ocean
c) Cereals ii) Wimbledon d) Antarctic Ocean
d) Vegetables iii) French Open 31. Commercial sources of energy purely
17. Microcomputer hardware consists of iv) US Open consist of
three basic categories of physical v) Davis Cup a) power, coal, oil, gas, hydro-
equipments, they are Select the correct answer using the electricity and uranium
a) keyboard, monitor and hard drive codes given below b) coal, oil, firewood, vegetable waste
b) system unit, input/output and a) I, ii and iii and agricultural waste
memory b) I, ii, iii and iv c) power, coal, animal dung and
c) system unit, input/output and c) ii, iii and v firewood
secondary memory d) All of these d) coal, gas, oil and firewood
d) system unit, primary and 24. WTO came into existence in the year 32. The highest coal producing country in
secondary memories a) 1977 the world is
18. Consider the following statements b) 1985 a) India
i) Embedded computer is used in the c) 1995 b) USA
MP3 players and traffic lights. d) 1950 c) China
ii) The nuclear power plant is 25. In which year was the Indian Space d) Russia
controlled by using embedded Research Organisation (ISRO) 33. Soil erosion in India occurs in almost all
computer. founded? the littoral states, but it is most serious
Which of the statement(s) given above a) 1967 along the coast of
is/are correct? b) 1969 a) Kerala
a) Only I c) 1970 b) Tamil Nadu
b) Only ii d) 1974 c) Odisha
c) Both I and ii 26. In the first expansion of SAARC, which d) Karnataka
d) Neither I nor ii among the following countries joined 34. Which one of the following factors is
19. Bt seed is associated with as 8 member of SAARC? responsible for excessive soil erosion
a) rice a) Myanmar in Chotanagpur plateau?
b) wheat b) Iran a) Heavy rain throughout the year
c) cotton c) Afghanisthan b) Loose sandy soil
d) oil seed d) Thailand c) Deep ploughing by tractors
20. The Liquid Propulsion System Centre 27. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) d) Large scale felling of trees
(LPSC) of the Indian Space Research is in 35. Terrace farming is done
Organisation (ISRO) is at a) Thiruvananthapuram a) on the slope of hills
a) Mahendragiri (Tamil Nadu) b) Mumbai b) in dry regions
b) Bengaluru (Karnataka) c) Hyderabad c) on roof tops
d) Bengaluru d) on mountain tops
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36. A noise level of 100 decibel would grow in a manner such that the plant 50. Washoku, which is being considered for
correspond to appears to be bent towards light? designation as part of the worlds
a) just audible sound a) Cytokinin priceless cultural heritage by the United
b) ordinary conversation b) Auxin Nations, is the traditional cuisine of
c) sound from a noisy street c) Gibberellin which country?
d) noise from a machine shop d) Abscissic acid a) Thailand
37. Parse is the unit of 45. Energy major Oil India Limited has b) China
a) distance signed an agreement with Institute c) Myanmar
b) time Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) to d) Japan
c) intensity of light carry out a feasibility study as a part 51. Which one of the following was the
d) magnetic line of Corporate Social Responsibility primary cause of majority of civil
38. Which of the following is the best (CSR) initiative. rebellion against the British rule, before
conductor of the heat? The agreement relates to which of the 1857?
a) Mercury following sectors? a) Exploitation of the village artisans
b) Silver a) Dairy sector and farmers by money lenders
c) Leather b) Agriculture sector alongwith Britishers
d) Benzene c) Skill development b) The rapid changes that the British
39. The image formed on the retina of a d) Banking sector in rural areas introduced in the economy,
human eye is 46. The first phase of providing free compact administration and land revenue
a) virtual and inverted fluorescent light bulbs to over 14 lakh system
b) virtual and erect hut-dwellers was launched by a State c) The Colonial Policy of
c) real and erect Government with an aim of saving 40 intensifying demands for land
d) real and inverted MW of power. revenue and extracting as large an
40. At constant temperature, the product of Which of the following states has amount as possible
pressure and volume of a given amount launched this scheme? d) Not even a part of the enhanced
of a gas is constant. This is a) Andhra Pradesh revenue was spent on the
a) Gay Lussac law b) Tamil Nadu development of agriculture or the
b) Charles law c) Karnataka welfare of the cultivator
c) Boyles law d) Kerala 52. Arrange the following events
d) Pressure law 47. Which of the following supercomputers chronologically.
41. The bond which is present between has retained its place at the top of a list 1. Cripps Mission
water molecules is of the worlds most powerful system? 2) Cabinet Mission
a) electrovalent bond a) Sequola 3) Quit India Movement
b) covalent bond b) Piz Daint 4) Individual Satyagraha
c) hydrogen bond c) Tital 5) RIN Mutiny
d) van der waals bond d) Tianhe-2 Codes
42. Under which branch, we would study 48. Which of the following neighbouring a) 1, 4, 2, 3, 5
both Amoeba and Plasmodium? countries of India has decided to cut b) 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
a) Parasitology the size of its army by reducing the c) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5
b) Parazoology number of non-combatant personnels? d) 4, 1, 2, 3, 5
c) Protozoology a) Sri Lanka 53. Congress of Vienna Restores
d) Epidemiology b) Pakistan Monarchy to France, Czar Nicholas
43. Which of the following cell organelles c) Bangladesh I Limits Freedom of the Russian press,
play the most significant role in protein d) China Reform Movements Crushed in
synthesis? 49. Which of the following banks has Hungary, Italy and the German States.
a) Lysosome and centrosome launched its new insurance-linked, These headlines could be described as
b) Endoplasmic reticulum and ribosome savings account scheme AB Jeevan a) reactions to the French
c) Golgi apparatus and mitochondria Abhaya Plus? Revolution
d) Lysosome and mitochondria a) States Bank of India b) movements to unity all of Western
44. Which one among the following b) Punjab National Bank Europe
hormones stimulates the plant cells to c) Axis Bank c) efforts to improve the conditions
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d) attempts to promote trade
between European Nations
54. It made its proposals in may. It still
wanted a united India. There was to be
a Federal Union composed of British
provinces.
The above quotation is related to
a) Simon Commission
b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
c) Cripps Mission
d) Cabinet Mission
55. The Quit Indian Movement is launched
in 1942. It is because of
a) failure of Cripps offer
b) public discontent against wartime
hardship
c) feeling of imminent British
collapse
d) All of the above
56. The prominent features of Vijayanagara
architecture are
a) Gopurams, Kalyanamandapa,
Garbhagriha and Amman shrine
are indispensable
b) pillars are very important in the
architectural shrine of the temples
c) the Gopurams are lavishly
ornamented with the theme of
purans
d) All of the above
57. The President of India is elected by
Proportional Representative System
by a single transferable vote. This
implies that
a) elected MPs and MLAs of states
have different number of votes
b) all MPs and MLAs of states have
one vote each
c) all MPs and MLAs of states have
equal number of votes
d) MPs of the Lok Sabha have equal
number of votes
58. Which of the following provisions were
made in the Charter Act of 1833?
1. The commercial functions of the
East India Company came to an
end and now it had only political
functions.
2. Government services in India were
thrown, open to all Indians.
3. The designation of the Governor-
General of Bengal was changed as
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the Governor-General of British
India.
4. An Indian was to be appointed as
a Law Member in the Governor-
Generals Council.
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 3 and 4
59. Which one among the following
statements regarding the Government
of India Act, 1935 is not correct?
a) Provincial autonomy came into
existence
b) Bicameral legislatures were
provided in six provinces
c) The principles of communal
electorates and weightages were
further extended
d) The states were compelled to
enter the federation
60. Which one of the following is not a
Fundamental Duty?
a) To respect the National Anthem
b) To safeguard public property
c) To protect monuments and places
of public importance
d) To protect and improve the natural
environment
61. The right against exploitation prohibits
1. Traffic in human beings
2. beggar
3. employment of children below 14
years of age
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below
a) 1 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) All of these
62. In which one among the following Five
Year Plans did the Service Area
Approach (SAA) Programme launch in
India?
a) First Five Year Plan (1951-1956)
b) Third Five Year Plan (1961-166)
c) Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-1979)
d) Seventh Five Year Plan (1985-1990)
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63. Consider the following Statements
1. Headline inflation is a measure of
the total inflation within an
economy.
2. Headline inflation is affected by
areas of the market which may
experience sudden inflationary
spikes such as food, vegetables or
energy.
Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are correct?
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
64. India is regarded as a country of
Demographic Dividend. This is due
to
a) its high population in the age
group below 15 years
b) its high population in the age
group of 15-64 years
c) its high population in the age
group above 65 years
d) its high total population
65. Kisan Credit Card was launched by
Indian Government to facilitate the
short-term loan and cash delivery to
farmers. Which one of the following
agencies is not included in the operation
of the Kisan Credit Cards?
a) Scheduled commercial banks
b) Cooperative banks
c) Regional rural banks
d) NABARD
66. Which one among the following is the
globally traded currency that can serve
as a reliable and stable store of value?
a) Soft currency
b) Broad currency
c) Local currency
d) Hard currency
67. Which one of the following computing
is used in the GARUDA Grid of India
Government?
a) Sequential computing
b) Linear computing
c) Cross-section computing
d) Parallel computing
68. Inmarsat is related to
a) nuclear security association of
countries
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b) cyber security association of a) North-Eastern Railway : Gorakhpur 80. Which racial group has the largest
countries b) Eastern Railway : Kolkata number of members?
c) voice and data satellite c) Central Railway : Mumbai a) Negroid
communications systems for d) Southern Railway : Sikanderabad b) Mongoloid
ships and aircrafts 75. Tarun Bharat Sangh, an organization c) Aurstraloid
d) None of the above based in a village near Alwar d) Caucasoid
69. The American multinational company, (Rajasthan) has become famous 81. Which among the following has the
Monsanto has produced an insect because of worlds largest reserves of uranium?
resistant cotton variety that is a) cultivation of genetically modified a) Australia
undergoing field trials in India. A toxin cotton b) Canada
gene from which one of the following b) rehavilitation of women victims c) Russian Federation
bacterias has been transferred to this of AIDS d) USA
transgenic cotton? c) livelihood projects for destitute 82. When you travel in certain parts of India,
a) Bacillus subtilis rural women you will notice red soil. What is the
b) Bacillus thuringiensis d) rain-water harvesting main reason for this colour?
c) Bacillus amyloliquifaciens 76. Which one of the following countries is a) Abundance of magnesium
d) Bacillus globuli not a member of the Nordic Council? b) Accumulated humus
70. Consider the following statements a) Norway c) Presence of ferric oxides
1. Cryogenic engines use liquid b) Denmark d) Abundance of phosphates
oxygen and liquid hydrogen at c) Iceland 83. If the soil pH9.2, then the soil is
very low temperatures. d) United kingdom a) acidic
2. This technology is needed to put 77. Indias Look East Policy b) neutral
heavier, communication satellites 1. was articulated during the reign of c) alkaline
in a geosynchronous transfer. HD Deve Gowda as Indias Prime d) saline
Which of the statement(s) given above Minister. 84. Match the following
is/are incorrect? 2. is directed towards South-East
a) Only 1 Asian countries. List I (Dam) List II (River)
b) Only 2 3. is about controlling terrorism. A. Ukai 1. Beas
c) Both 1 and 2 4. seeks to develop a bond among B. Bhakra 2. Krishna
d) Neither 1 nor 2 various countries on the basis of C. Nagarjuna Sagar 3. Sutlej
71. The Nobel Prize was instituted by which economic cooperation. D. Pandoh 4. Tapi (Tapti)
country? Select the correct answer using the
a) USA codes given below Codes
b) UK a) 1 and 2 A B C D
c) Russia b) 2 and 3 a) 1 3 2 4
d) Sweden c) 2 and 4 b) 1 2 3 4
72. Long Walk to Freedom is a book d) 3 and 4 c) 4 3 2 1
written by which personality? 78. Which one among the following d) 4 2 3 1
a) Sonia Gandhi regarding G-20 is not correct? 85. Madhya Pradesh is the largest producer
b) LK Advani a) A group of developed countries of
c) Nelson Mandela b) An integral part of the United a) cotton
d) Benazir Bhutto Nations b) oilseeds
73. Which is sometimes called The Sport c) Outside the World Bank and IMF c) pulses
of Kings? d) An offshoot of G-7 d) maize
a) Horse race 79. The Palk Strait lies between 86. Which one of the following is a vector
b) Chess a) Bay of Bengal and Palk Bay quantity?
c) Polo b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands a) Momentum
d) Squash c) Rann of Kutchchh and Gulf of b) Pressure
74. With reference to Indian Railway Zones Khambhat c) Energy
and their headquarters, which one of d) Lakshadweep and Maldives d) Work
the following pairs is not correctly
matched?

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87. Transfer of heat energy from a heater 95. Union Cabinet has given its approval ANSWER KEYS
coil to the cooking vessel takes place for declaring which of the following 1. c 2. a 3. d 4. d
through the process of airports as international airports? 5. b 6. d 7. b 8. c
a) convection a) Ranchi and Srinagar 9. c 10. d 11. d 12. c
b) conduction and convention b) Bhubaneswar and Imphal 13. b 14. c 15. a 16. a
c) radiation and convection c) Gaya and Imphal 17. c 18. c 19. c 20. a
d) convection, conduction and radiation c) Chandigarh and Ahmedabad 21. a 22. a 23. b 24. c
88. A substance which radiates light when 96. Which of the following countries has 25. b 26. c 27. a 28. a
heated to a light temperature is said to signed an agreement with the Palestine 29. b 30. a 31. a 32. c
be and Jordan to build a pipeline 33. a 34. d 35. a 36. d
a) luminescent channeling water from the Red Sea to 37. a 38. b 39. d 40. c
b) incandescent the Dead Sea? 41. c 42. c 43. b 44. c
c) fluorescent a) Iran 45. a 46. b 47. d 48. d
d) phosphorescent b) Turkey 49. d 50. d 51. b 52. b
89. The mass-energy relation is the outcome c) Italy 53. a 54. d 55. d 56. d
of d) Israel 57. c 58. a 59. d 60. c
a) Quantum Theory 97. The Government of Maharashtra has 61. a 62. d 63. c 64. b
b) General Theory of Relativity rolled out Jeevan Amrit Yojana across 65. d 66. d 67. d 68. b
c) Field Theory of Relativity the state. It is the ambitious plan, first 69. b 70. d 71. d 72. c
d) Special Theory of Relativity of its kind in the country. It aims at 73. c 74. d 75. d 76. d
90. Dry ice is used for making cold baths in a) facilitating blood supply to patients 77. c 78. b 79. a 80. b
laboratories by mixing with volatile b) providing subsistence food to BPL 81. a 82. c 83. c 84. c
organic solvents. Identify the form of c) providing drinking water 85. c 86. a 87. c 88. d
dry ice from the following. d) All of the above 89. d 90. c 91. d 92. c
a) Gaseous carbon dioxide 98. Which of the following countries has 93. d 94. c 95. b 96. d
b) Liquid carbon dioxide become Europes first country to allow 97. a 98. c 99. d 100. b
c) Solid carbon dioxide babies with characteristics of both
d) Solid hydrogen oxide sexes to be registered as neither male
91. The absolute value of charge on electron nor female? VANIKS KNOWLEDGE GARDEN
was determined by a) France
Important Nuclear Power Plant in India
a) JJ Thomson b) Georgia
Plant Location State Capacity
b) Rutherford c) Germany
c) Priestly d) Sweden Narora Atomic Power
Narora Uttar Pradesh 440 MW
d) RA Millikan 99. The City Next, an initiative to leverage Station
92. Who is the Father of Binomial technology for sustainable growth of Rajasthan Atomic
Rawatbhata Rajasthan 1180 MW
Nomenclature of Organisms? cities in India, has been launched by Power Station
a) Julian Huxley a) Facebook Tarapur Atomic Power
Tarapur Maharashtra 1400 MW
b) JB Lamarck b) IBM Station
c) Carolus Linnaeus c) Yahoo Kakrapar Atomic
Kakrapar Gujarat 440 MW
d) RH Whittaker d) Microsoft Power Station
93. Which organelles in the cell, other than 100. Who became the youngest person to Kudankulam Nuclear
Kudankulam Tamilnadu - MW
nucleus contains DNA? reach the summit of Aconcagua, the Power Plant
a) Centriole highest mountain of America? Madras Atomic Power
Kalpakkam Tamilnadu - MW
b) Golgi apparatus a)Arunima Singh Station
c) Lysosomes b) Tyler Armstrong Kaiga Nuclear Power
Kaiga Karnataka 660 MW
d) Mitochondria c) Rudolph Jackson Plant
94. From the evolutionary point of view, d) Saunim Day Madras Atomic Power
Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu 440 MW
which one among the following is the Station
most primitive animal?
a) Dolphin b) Otter
c) Turtle d) Walrus

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40 MCQ ON COMPUTER
1. Which among the following is NOT a 7. Which among the following is a device, d) An error message indicating server
Search engine? that is used in computers to add external found
a) Googly components? e) None of these
b) Baidu a) Storage device such as USB 14. BSNL, reliance, shaw cable, AOL, Tata
c) Wolframe Alfa b) Keyboard Indicom all can be kept in which one of
d) Yahoo c) Ports/ System boards the following groups?
d) None of these d) RAM a) ISDN
2. What do we call an input/output device e) None of these b) IRC
on a computer, reserved for 8. Which of the following device is a volatile c) ISP
communication between the computer storage? d) I cons
operator or maintenance engineer and a) RAM e) None of these
the computer? b) Hard disc 15. Which among the following are not
a) EDP Device c) Magnetic tape objects in access database?
b) Console d) Floppy disc a) Table
c) Jokey e) None of these b) Form
d) Link device 9. While browsing the internet, which of c) Query
e) None of these the following key is used for full screen d) Pivot table
3. Which among the following has been view? e) None of these
standardized in the IEEE 802.3 a)F3 16. DDL is used to define the structure of a
Specification? b) F5 database, including the tables, columns
a) Blue tooth c) F11 and data types that it contains, its full
b) Ethernet d) F9 form is?
c) Wimax e) None of these a) Data definition language
d) All of them 10. ADSL data Communication technology b) Data definition link
e) None of these uses which of the following for faster c) Determination language
4. What do we call a storage device where data transmission? d) Data define link
the access time is effectively a) Voice band modem e) None of these
independent of the location of the data? b) Wireless modem 17. The word bandwidth is also used to
a) Direct access storage device c) Copper telephone mean__________?
b) Secondary storage device d) Sockets a) width of data cable
c) Primary storage device e) None of these b) amount of data transferred
d) Gateway device 11. In the MICR code line structure what c) number of the computers on a
e) None of these do represent the first three digits of particular network.
5. What is the use of digitizer as an input sort field number consisting of nine d) All of these
device? digits? e) None of these
a) To convert graphic and Pictorial a) City 18. Which of the following is the first
data into binary inputs. b) Bank computer to use stored program
b) To convert graphic and pictorial c) Branch concept?
data into analog inputs. d) Customer a) UNIVAC
c) Debugging e) None of these b) ENIAC
d) All of these 12. Now a days vishing has become a c) EDSAC
e) None of these criminal practice of using social d) All of these
6. As a person working in internet banking engineering over which of the e) None of these
environment, why you should be aware following? 19. Reading data is performed in magnetic
of the Dictionary attack? a) Social networking sites disk by
a) It is used to inject worms or. b) Mobile phones a) Read/write heads
Viruses in the system. c) E- mail b) track
b) It is used to determine a d) Cyber cafes c) Sector
password. e) None of these d) Cylinder
c) It is used to access Customers 13. What is HTTP 404? e) None of these
account by determining other a) An error message indicating server 20. ECC RAM Stands for _________
details. not found. a) Error Correction code Random
d) It is used for stealing info from b) An error message indicating access memory
the credit card moved permanently b) Event Common code Random
e) None of these c) An error message indicating for access memory
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c) Error Common Code Random d) Keyboards 37. The boxes that are displayed to indicate
access memory e) none of these that the text, pictures or objects are
d) Event Correction Code Random 29. To move to the previous worksheet, placed in it is called
access memory press a) Placeholder
e) None of these a) Alt + Pg Up b) Auto text
21. ___is a technique that is used to send b) Ctrl + Pg Up c) Text box
more than one call over a single line c) Ctrl + Pg Down d) Word art
a) Digital transmission d) Shift + Tab e) None of these
b) Infrared transmission e) none of these 38. Which of the following is not a feature
c) Digitizing 30. Hyperlinks can be of power point?
d) Streaming a) Text a) Printing transparencies
e) Multi-plexing b) Drawing objects b) Printing the speakers notes along
22. In a client/server network, the users c) Pictures with slide images
computer is considered the d) All of above c) Linking a slide transition with a
(a) Client e) None of these laser pointer
(b) Website 31. To activate the previous cell in a pre d) Drawing with a pen
(c) Library selected range, press e) None of these
(d) Server a) The Alt key 39. Which option can be used to create a
(e) Hoster b) The tab key new slide show with the current slides
23. Which of the following is/are wireless c) The enter key but presented in a different order
technologies? d) None of the above a) Rehearsal
a) Microwave e) None of these b) Custom slider show
(b) Radio wave 32. Which button do you click to add up a c) Slide show setup
(c) Bluetooth series of number? d) Slide show view
d) All of these a) The auto sum button e) None of these
e) None of these b) The formula button 40. .. is the ability of a device to
24. Encryption and decryption are c) The quick total button Jump directly to the requested data
functions of d) The total button a) Sequential access
a) Transport layer e) None of these b) Random access
b) Session layer 33. When the formula bar is active, you can c) Quick access
c) Presentation layer see d) All of the above
d) All of the above a) The edit formula button e) None of these
e) None of these b) The cancel button
25. Which type of switching uses the entire c) The enter button
capacity of a directed link? d) All of the above
a) Circuit switching e) None of these
ANSWER KEYS
b) Virtual circuit packet switching 34. Which view in Power Point can be used
1. c 2. b 3. b 4. a
c) Datagram packet switching to enter speaker comments?
5. a 6. b 7. c 8. a
d) Message switching a) Normal
9. c 10. c 11. a 12. b
e) None of these b) Slide show
13. a 14. c 15. d 16. a
26. A permanent virtual circuit involves c) Slide sorter
17. b 18. c 19. a 20. a
a) Connection establishment d) Notes page view
21. e 22. a 23. b 24. c
b) Data transfer e) None of these
25. a 26. d 27. a 28. b
c) Connection release 35. The best way to insert a new slide in a
29. d 30. d 31. a 32. d
d) All of the above presentation is to use the
33. d 34. d 35. a 36. a
e) None of these a) Normal view
37. c 38. b 39. b 40. a
27. X.21 protocol consists of b) Special view
a) Physical and frame levels c) Slide show view
b) Frame and packet levels d) Slide sorter view
c) Physical frame and packet levels e) None of these
d) Only physical level 36. Which is the best view for getting your
e) None of these thoughts for a presentation out on the
28. Which type of resource does have greater computer?
probability to become shared resource a) Outline view
in a computer network? b) Notes page view
a) Printers c) Slide sorter view
b) Speakers d) Slide view
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20 SPECIAL MCQ ON BANKINGAWARENESS
1. Which of the following instruments retain
the debt character and cannot be
converted in to equity shares?
a) Non Convertible Debentures
(NCD)
b) Partly Convertible Debentures
(PCD)
c) Fully convertible Debentures
(FCD)
d) Optionally Convertible
Debentures (OCD)
e) None of the Above
2. Who among the following regulates the
Indian Corporate Debt Market?
a) RBI
b) NABARD
c) SIDBI
d) SEBI
e) None of the Above
3. Which of the following endorsement
specifies the name of the transferee for
the payment of the bill?
a) Restrictive Endorsement
b) Partial Endorsement
c) Conditional Endorsement
d) Facultative Endorsement
e) Special Endorsement
4. Many banks have adopted/launched
Core Banking Solution (CBS). Core
Banking Solution is?
a) A marketing strategy adopted by
the banks
b) A new type of ATM useful for
rural population
c) A delivery channel for quick and
fast delivery
d) A new product launched to help
senior citizens only as they are
not able to visit branches/ATMs
frequently
e) None of these
5. What is the name of Indias jet engine
project provided by the France worth
of EUR 1 billion?
a) SRISHTI
b) KAVERI
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c) KRISHNA 10. Investment under senior citizen savings
d) MOHINI scheme qualifies for the benefit of
e) None of these __________ of the Income Tax Act,
6. Where banker pays a cheque in which 1961.
amount or other particulars were a) Section 60C
chemically altered and such alteration b) Section 70C
is not visible to the naked eye, is any c) Section 80C
statutory protection available to the d) Section 90C
paying banker : e) None of the Above
a) yes, provided the payment was a 11. A Committee on Banking Supervision
payment in due course and which provides a forum for regular
satisfies the condition as per cooperation on banking supervisory
Section 10 of the Negotiable matters and to enhance understanding
Instruments Act, 1881 of key supervisory issues and improve
b) yes, provided the alteration is not the quality of banking supervision
visible and the banker has paid it worldwide.
in good faith a) BIS
c) yes, provided the payment was b) BASEL
made without any negligence on c) European Banking Supervisors
his part d) None of these
d) all of the above e) All of these
e) None of these 12. It is a mortgage loan with the interest
7. Which category of accounts are opened rate on the note periodically adjusted
under Financial Inclusion: based on an index which reflects the
a) Senior Citizens Deposit cost to the lender of borrowing on the
b) Super Sever Accounts credit markets.
c) No-Frill Accounts a) Adjustable-Rate, Mortgages
d) SBI Vishesh b) Fixed-Rate, Mortgages
e) none of these c) Variable-Rate, Mortgages
8. Which is the first bank in India to launch d) None of these
its interactive banking service through e) All of these
Dish TV: 13. SIBDI has launched an INR 60 crore
a) SBI fund to promote innovation, rural
b) ICICI Bank entrepreneurship and agricultural
c) HDFC Bank industry. What is it called?
d) Axis Bank a) INSPIRE
e) none of these b) ASPIRE
9. Which is the first bank in India to c) IGNITE
produce Green Power for captive use d) None of the above
through wind mills: e) All of the above
a) HDFC 14. Indian Financial Network [INFINET]
b) ICICI is the :-
c) SBI a) communication backbone for the
d) Axis Bank Indian Banking and Financial
e) None of these sector
b) association of the employers of
the banking and financial sector
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c) closed user group network of SBI a) Mumbai
and its subsidiaries b) Chennai Vaniks Knowledge Garden
d) all of the above c) Hyderabad Name of the Bank /Head Office
e) None of the above d) New Delhi
1. Allahabad Bank Kolkata
15. Statutory Liquidity Ratio means :- e) Kolkata 2. Bank of Baroda Baroda
a) the maximum percentage of 19. Many times we read about Future 3. Bank of Maharashtra Pune
demand and time liabilities upto Trading in newspapers. What is Future 4. Bank of India Mumbai
5. Central Bank of India Mumbai
which bank can extend the Trading? 6. Canara Bank Bangalore
advances I. It is nothing but a trade between 7. Dena Bank Mumbai
b) maintenance of liquid assets by any two stock exchanges where 8. Indian Bank Chennai
9. Indian Overseas Bank Chennai
banks in the form of cash, gold in it is decided to purchase the
10. Punjab National Bank New
and unencumbered approved stocks of each other on a fixed Delhi
securities equal to not less than price throughout the year 11. Syndicate Bank Manipal
12. Union Bank of India Mumbai
25 of their total demand and time II. It is an agreement between two
13. United Commercial Bank (UCO Bank)
deposit liabilities under the parties to buy and sell an Kolkata
provisions of section 24 of underlying asset in the future at a 14. United Bank of India Kolkata
Banking Regulation Act predetermined price 15. Andhra Bank Hyderabad
16. Corporation Bank Mangalore
c) to keep liquid cash III. It is agreement between Stock 17. Oriental Bank of Commerce New Delhi
d) none of the above Exchanges that they will not trade 18. Punjab and Sindh Bank New Delhi
e) all of the above. the stocks of each other under any 19. Vijaya Bank Bangalore
20. IDBI Bank Ltd Mumbai
16. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural circumstances in future or for a 21. ECGC (The Export Credit
Employment Guarantee Act given period of time Guarantee Corporation of
(MGNREGA) aims at enhancing a) Only I India Ltd) Mumbai
livelihood security in rural areas of India b) Only II
by providing at least one hundred c) Only III
a) Employees for rural d) All of the above
developmental schemes in a e) None of the above
financial year 20. The practice of reducing NPAs through
b) Meals to children of rural cross-lending to square off loans from VANIKS KNOWLEDGE GARDEN
households in one financial year bank is known as?
Important Nuclear Power Plant in India
c) Days of guarantee wage a) Ever-Greening of advances
Plant Location State Capacity
employment in a financial year to b) Take Over of advances
Narora Atomic Power
adult members of a rural c) Compromise Settlement Narora Uttar Pradesh 440 MW
Station
household d) All of the above
Rajasthan Atomic
d) Days of guarantee employment in e) None of the above Rawatbhata Rajasthan 1180 MW
Power Station
a financial year to able adults in Tarapur Atomic Power
Tarapur Maharashtra 1400 MW
an Information Technology sector Station
e) None of these Kakrapar Atomic
Kakrapar Gujarat 440 MW
17. Which bank has declared Silchar as its Power Station
5th zone in North East? Kudankulam Nuclear
Kudankulam Tamilnadu - MW
a) BoM Power Plant
ANSWER KEYS
b) PNB Madras Atomic Power
1.a 2.d 3.e 4.c Kalpakkam Tamilnadu - MW
c) OBC Station
5.b 6.d 7.c 8.b
Kaiga Nuclear Power
d) CBI 9.c 10.c 11.b 12.a Kaiga Karnataka 660 MW
13.b 14.b 15.d 16.c Plant
e) SBI
17.e 18.c 19.b 20.a Madras Atomic Power
18. DBS Bank is going to open its largest Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu 440 MW
Station
tech hub in which city of India?

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (Q.1-8) Read the following
passage carefully and answer the
questions given below It. Certain words/
phrases have been printed in bold to help
you locate them while answering some
of the questions.
Over the last three centuries, the world
economy has evolved from a predominantly
agriculture based system to a digital economic
system. The earlier economies were mainly
agrarian. In this era, capital did play a role,
as did technological innovations such as the
plough, the steamboat or the train. But land
and labour were more critical. With the
industrial revolution, the global economy
was primarily driven by the ability to
produce goods for the mass market. This
led to the industrial economy where capital
and labour were the most important drivers.
In the service economy, the wealth created
by services exceeded the wealth created
through manufacturing. Here, the ability of
the service provider to establish a sound
business gave him access to additional
capital. This evolved into a global economy
where goods and services were traded across
international borders, with little restriction.
In this period, capital started flowing across
borders on all large scale for the first time.
The last five years have seen the advent of
the digital economy where technology is
becoming the driving force. With information
being the driver of value and wealth creation,
information technology is becoming the key
to success in a growing number of industries.
In the digital economy, the power of
innovation and ideas gained the upper hand
over direct access to capital. The Indian
economy is in a unique in terms of its
economic evaluation. While manufacturing
and service industries in India cannot freely
access capital, the new breed of IT based
industries have access to venture capital and
private equity. The countrys potential in
this emerging sector has opened the doors
to capital inflows that are still not available
to traditional industries. There are two key
trends which will boost the democratisation
of capital, either directly as funding sources
or indirectly.
More effective capital market routes-
especially for information based and
software companies. This is already
happening readily. A market that was
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supposed to be stagnating with no public a) The wealth gained through
offering from the manufacturing sector in services exceeded the gain through
the first quarter of the fiscal year, may see manufacture
as many see as many as 20-25 new software b) The services started flowing
issues this year. Numerous internet and e- across borders
commerce companies are tapping funds c) The labour started producing
through the capital market. For the financial goods for mass market
intermediaries as well as for the investing d) The trade for services and goods
public, dot com or info initial offerings are crossed the International borders
fast becoming attractive investment e) None of these
alternatives to traditional manufacturing or 3. Which of the following best describes
financial sector offers. With more effective the phrase critical mass as used in
capital markets, for high potential IT stocks the passage?
critical mass, which in the industrial a) Paradigm shift fund base to
economy was primary in ensuring a knowledge base
companys ability to raise capital, will cease b) The net worth of small knowledge
to matter. This underlines the manner in entrepreneur.
which a burgeoning digital economy has c) The ability of an organisation to
led to a redeployment of capital from a raise funds.
concentrated segment to the smaller d) The sum total capital of industrial
knowledge entrepreneurs. A greater number economy.
of venture capitalists actively seeking to fund e) None of these
budding knowledge entrepreneurs. Along 4. The public of which type of companies
with the rise in Net entrepreneurs one has are preferred by the investors at
seen the emergence of a new breed of venture present?
capitalists who recognise the potential that a) Service sector companies.
resides in these ideas. The emergence and b) Agro based companies
strengthening of the virtual economy c) Information based companies.
necessitates sources of funds at the d) Companies dealing with financial
ideation stage where business plans may sector.
still be at the infancy stage and potential e) None of these
not clearly identified. This need is being 5. What impact on economy has been
fulfilled by the incubator funds or the angel envisaged owing to rise in net
investors who hand-hold internet start-ups enterprise?
and other infotech ventures till the stage at a) The venture capitalists have
which they can attract bigger investors. started financing the projects even
Instead of looking at high risk but big at the planning stage.
ventures, this genre of venture capitalists b) The economic planning will no
are looking at investments in companies more be realistic now.
which have the potential of excellent c) The funding of unplanned projects
valuations in the future on the strength of have increased.
their ideas. d) Virtual economy has necessitated
1. Which of the following has been rated the source of funds from aborad.
as most crucial in agro based economy? e) None of these
A) Capital, steamboat and trains. 6. Which trend boost capital growth in the
B) Technological innovations like modern era?
plough, etc. a) Conversion of land and labour to
C) Labour and land. private equity.
a) Only A and B b) Converting manufacturing
b)Only C industries into service sector.
c)Only B c) Generating resources through
d)Only A international trade.
e)None of these d) Promoting information based and
2. How did service economy evolve into software companies.
a global economy? e) None of these
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7. Which of the following statements is a)A-B b)B-C C. It takes time for people to change
NOT TRUE in the context of the c)C-D d)A-C their way of thinking.
passage? e)B-D D. This is a problem common to
a) The real estate and labour force 12. A)Assertion B)Beatitude many countries.
was the strength of agrarian C)Repulsive D)Insistence E. It is only when we realise that
economy. a)A-B b)B-C social equality means not only that
b) Service economy surpassed the c)C-D d)A-C men are equal before the law , but
industrial economy. e)A-D also equal in the eyes of God that
c) The information technology is the 13. A)Abysmal B)Diligence we can begin to have a completely
key to success in the present C)Zenith D)Nadir casteless society.
context. a)A-B b)B-D F. The secular state as found in India
d) The venture capitalists are only c)C-D d)B-C recognises the importance of
financing those sectors which lay e)A-C religion to the individual by giving
emphasis on production of goods him freedom to practice it and tell
on mass scale. Directions (Q. 14-18): Read each others about it, within the limits
e) Information based and software sentence to find out if there is any error of the Constitution.
companies are effective in in it. The error, if any, will be in one part
boosting capital market. of the sentence. The number of that part 19. Which of the following should be the
8. What is meant by angel investors? is the answer. If there is no error the SECOND sentence after
a) The investors who fund the answer is e). (Ignore errors in rearrangement?
project till such time it starts punctuation, if any) a)A b)C
attracting large investment. c)B d)D
14. The need to set up (a)/a good library in e)E
b) Those people who are committed the locality (b)/has been in the minds
to develop virtual economy. 20. Which of the following should be the
of people (c)/for some time now (d)/ SIXTH (LAST) sentence after
c) The investors who invest on No error (e)
behalf of someone else. rearrangement?
15. As I was to reach (a)/early I left in a)A b)B
d) Those who invest in only aeroplane (b)/instead of (c)/going by
companies who have an excellent c)D d)C
train. (d)/No error (e) e)F
evaluation. 16. Gangotri has special significance (a)/for
e) None of these 21. Which of the following should be the
the devout (b)/as it is considered as (c)/ FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Directions (Q. 9-13): In each of the the abode of King Bhagirath who a)B b)C
following questions four words are given brought the Ganga down to the earth. c)A d)D
of which two are most nearly the same (d)/No error (e) e)E
or opposite in meaning. Find the two 17. The recent study has (a)/indicated that 22. Which of the following should be the
words which are most nearly the same there (b)/is perceptible change in (c)/ FOURH sentence after rearrangement?
or opposite in meaning and find the the attitudes of the people. (d)/No a)D b)E
number of the correct letter error (e) c)A d)B
combination. 18. The disclosure of (a)/the synopsis of e)C
Thakkar Commission report (b)/on the 23. Which of the following should be the
9. A)Diminishing assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
B)Infernal (c)/has raised several vital questions. a)D b)E
C)Pleasing (d)/No error (e) c)B d)C
D)Vehement e)A
a)A-B b)B-C Directions (Q.19-23): Rearrange the
c)C-D d)A-C following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) Directions (Q.24-33): In the following
e)A-D and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph passage there are blanks, each of which
10. A)Bracing and then answer the questions which has been numbered. These numbers are
B)Invigorating follow : printed below the passage and against
C)Dwindling A. It is true that we cannot bring each, five words are suggested, Find out
D)Depicting about social equality by law and the appropriate word in each case.
a)A-B b)C-D that therefore there are still Quit India came not from the lips but the
c)B-D d)A-C inequalities in Indian society. aching heart of millions. In this open
e)B-C B. In the United State of America, rebellion, the Indian, (24) reached its climax.
11. A)Charming for instance, Negroes have equal The British were not only (25) by it but
B)Placid rights under the Constitution but also were obliged to quit unilaterally. The
C)Adventurous unfortunately these rights are not importance of Quit India can be (26) from
D)Calm always given to them freely by Lord Linlithgows statements, I am engaged
the White majority. here, in meeting by far the most (27) rebellion

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since that of 1857, the gravity and extent of preferable with respect to grammar, b) Since the dacoits stopped to
w h i c h w (28) from the world
e h a v e s o f a r meaning and usage suitable for a formal divide the booty, the police had
for reasons of military security. Still more writing in English. overtaken them.
significant was Churchills gloomy 34. a) The boy regretted that he had spend a c) The dacoits having stopped to
disclosure to the King Emperor that, the greater part of his vacation in the chair divide the booty, the police
idea of (29) of power had become an with a plastered leg. overtook them.
admitted (30) in the minds of British party b) With a plastered leg, the boy d) The dacoits having been stopped
leaders, although his public statements regretted that he had spent a for dividing the booty, the police
were diametrically opposite. The (31) greater part of his vacation in the overtook them.
created by Quit India made the British (32) chair e) None of the above is correct
that they could no longer keep India in (33). c) The boy regretted that with a 39. a) He came in too quickly to avoid
plastered leg he had spent a waking his father.
24. a)patriotism greater part of his vacation in the b) He entered in quickly, so as not to
b)freedom chair. wake his father.
c)liberation d) The boy with a plastered leg c) Having not to wake his father, he
d)revolution regretted that he had spent a came in quickly
e)leadership greater part of his vacation in the d) He came in very quickly so that
25. a)attacked chair. he might avoid waking his father
b)inspired e) None of the above e) None of the above is correct
c)enfeebled 35. a)It is a pleasure to see an alligator 40. a) The teacher asked the student with a
d)threatened basking in the sunshine on a river bank frown on his face, to leave the room.
e)impressed as long as 90 feet b) The teacher asked with a frown
26. a)established b) It is a pleasure to see an alligator on his face the student to leave
b)diffused as long as 90 feet basking in the the room
c)gauged sunshine on a river bank c) With a frown on his face, the
d)determined c) It is a pleasure to see an alligator teacher asked the student to leave
e)invigorated basking in the sunshine as long as the room
27. a)trivial 90 feet on a river bank d) The teacher asked the student to
b)serious d) It is a pleasure to see an alligator leave the room with a frown on
c)auspicious basking as long as 90 feet in the his face.
d)praiseworthy sunshine on a river bank e) None of the above is correct
e)magnificent e) None of the above is correct
28. a)elicited b)excluded 36. a) Without your help I must try to carry REASONING ABILITY
c)abstained d)concealed out my task alone.
e)prevented Direction (Q. 41-45): Study the following
b) Barring your help I should try to
29. a)transfer b)seizure information carefully and answer the
carry out my task alone.
c)grabbing d)retainment given questions.
c) Besides help from you, I must try
e)enhancement A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight students
to carry out my task alone
30. a)fantasy sitting around a circular table. Four of them
d) Failing your help I must try to
b)tactics are facing towards the Centre and four of
carry out my task alone
c)occurrence them are facing away from the Centre. All
e) None of the above is correct
d)inevitability of them like a different magazine, viz, India
37. a) There will be a meeting in the long
e)disillusionment Today, Darpan, BSC, Kiran, Chrocicle,
room at 4 oclock of all the boys who
31. a)anarchy Rozgar, Times and current Affairs, but not
play cricket and football.
b)violence necessarily in the same order.
b) There will be a meeting of all the
c)taboos E faces towards the centre and likes India
boys who play cricket and football
d)exigencies Today. Both the immediate neighbours of E
in the long room at 4 oclock.
e)vengeance face away from the centre and like BSC or
c) There will be in the long room at 4
32. a)anxious b)realise kiran. D faces away from the Centre. Both
oclock a meeting of all the boys
c)imagine d)pretend the immediate neighbours of D do not face
who play cricket and football.
e)apprehend away from the centre. E sits third to the
d) In the long room at 4 oclock there
33. a)exile b)power right of F, who likes chronicle and faces away
will be a meeting of all the boys
c)bondage d)suspense from the centre. C sits third to the left of F.
who play cricket and football.
e)abeyance The one who likes BSC sits opposites F.
e) None of the above is correct
The one who likes Darpan is not the
Directions (Q. 34-40): In each of the 38. a) The dacoits being stopped to divide
immediate neighbour of F and faces away
following questions, some sentences are the booty, the police overtook them.
from the Centre. A sits second to the left of
given which are on the same theme. C and does not like times or current Affairs.
Decide w hich sentence is the most The one who likes times sits between H and
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F. B faces away from the centre and does
not like Darpan.
41. Who among the following sits third to
the right of G?
a) A b) B
c) C d) D
e) F
42. Which of the following combinations is
true?
a) A- chronicle
b) B-kiran
c) G-Times
d) F-BSC
e) None of these
43. If all the people are made to sit in
alphabetical order, in clockwise
direction, starting from A, the position
of who amongst the following remains
the same? (excluding A)
a) D b) E
c) G d) H
e) None of these
44. Who among the following reads Rozgar?
a) H b) A
c) C d) D
e) None of these
45. Which of the following statement is true
about H?
a) He sits second to the left of F.
b) He sits third to the left of B.
c) He reads either Darpan or BSC
d) G and F are his immediate
neighbours.
e) His neighbours read India Today
and Times.
Direction (Q. 46-50): In each of the
following questions, a question is
followed by three statements. You have
to decide the information give in which
of the statements is necessary and
sufficient to answer the question.
46. Are P, Q, R, S and T facing outward
from centre? (All are sitting in a circle)
(i) P is sitting second to the left of S.
R is facing outward from the centre
and is not an immediate neighbour
of S.
(ii) Q, who is sitting between R and
S, is second to the left of T, who
is not an immediate neighbour of
R. Q and P are facing outward. Q
is sitting second to the left of P.
(iii) S is sitting on the immediate right
of Q, who is not sitting on the
immediate right of P. T is sitting
on the immediate left of S.
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a) only i and iii e) None of these
b) only i and ii
c) Either i and ii or iii Direction (Q. 51-55): In each question
d) Any two of three below are given three statements
e) None of these followed by two conclusions numbered I
47. Among A, B, C, D and E, who is the and II. You have to take the given
tallest? statements to be true even if they seem
i) C is taller than B but not as tall as E to be at variance with commonly known
ii) A is taller than B but not as tall as D facts. Read all the conclusions are then
iii) E is not the tallest decide which of the given conclusion
a) Only i and ii logically follow s from the given
b) Only ii and iii statements, disregarding commonly
c) Only i and iii known fact. Give answer
d) Cant be determined a) If only conclusion I follows
e) None of these b) If only conclusion II follows
48. How is are coded in a code language? c) If either conclusion I or II follows
i) Companies are state centred is d) If neither conclusion I nor ii follows
coded as 4 1 6 7 and e) If both conclusion I and II follow.
International taxpayer (51-52): Statements: Some Inputs are
companies is coded as 301. outputs
ii) International critical player is All outputs are necessary
coded as 9 0 5 and Companies No necessary is a result
are critical is coded as 7 5 1. 51. Conclusions: I. All inputs being
iii) Last player is not championis necessary is a possibility
coded as 8 9 y and companies II. All results being inputs in a
are winner is coded as 2 7 1 possibility.
a) Only i 52. Conclusions: I. No output is a result
b) Only ii II. Some necessary are not output
c) Only i and ii (53-54): Statements: All symbols are blanks
d) Only ii and iii All blanks are space
e) Only i and either ii or iii Some blanks are marks.
49. Which direction is Riya facing? 53. Conclusions: - I. All symbols are spaces
i) If Riya turn 2250 to her right, she II. All spaces being marks is a
will face the direction which is possibility
exactly opposite Tarun. 54. Conclusion: I. Some spaces are not
ii) Rani is facing south; if she turns blanks.
1800 to her right and 45 0 ACW, II. All marks are blanks.
55. Statements: Some demands are public
She will be exactly in opposite
direction of Riya. No demand is extensive
All public are central.
iii) Riya will be in the same direction
of Tarun if she turns 45 0 to her Conclusion: I. Some demands are
central
left after turning 90 0 to her right.
a) Only i II. Some extensive are public.
b) Only ii Direction (Q. 56-60): Study the following
c) Only iii information carefully to answer the
d) Only i and iii given questions.
e) None of these A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven people live
50. How is M related to N? on seven different floors of a building but
i) L is the only daughter of S, who is not necessarily in the same order. The lower
the only brother of his sister. most floor of the building is number 1, the
ii) T is the only granddaughter of U, one above that is numbered 2 and so on till
who has two children S and N. the topmost floor is number 7. Each of them
iii) T is the cousine of L and only earn different amount per month i.e. 20000,
daughter of M. 15000, 10000, 25000, 30000, 35000 and
a) Only i and ii 40000 (but not necessarily in the same
b) Only ii and iii order).
c) All i, ii and iii The one who earn Rs. 20000 lives
d) Data inadequate immediately above the one who earn Rs.
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40000. Only one person lives between B Step I- demand 4 42 earning 64 6
and E. B lives on one of the floors above E. element 9 them output 81 summer 8
Neither C nor A earns Rs. 25000. E does not power jungle.
earn Rs. 10000. A lives on an odd numbered Step II- demand 4 earning 6 42 64
floor but not on the floor numbered three. element 9 them output 81 summer 8
The one who earns Rs. 30000 lives power jungle
immediately above A. Only two people live Step III- demand 4 earning 6 element
between A and the one who earn Rs. 10000. 9 42 64 them output 81 summer 8
The one who earns Rs. 15000 lives on one power jungle
of the odd numbered floors above D. Only Step IV- demand 4 earning 6 element
three people live between C and the one 9 jungle 8 42 64 them output 81
who earn 15000. The one who earn Rs. summer power.
10000 lives immediately above C. F earns Step V- demand 4 earning 6 element
10000. 9 jungle 8 output 64 42 them 81 summer
power.
56. Which among the following is the salary Step VI- demand 4 earning 6 element
of B? 9 jungle 8 output 64 power 42 them 81
a) Rs. 20000 summer.
b) Rs. 40000 Step VII- demand 4 earning 6 element
c) Rs. 35000 9 jungle 8 output 64 power 42 summer
d) Rs. 30000 81 them.
e) None of these Step VII is the last step of the above
57. Which of the following combination is input, as the desired arrangement is
true as per the given arrangement?
obtained. As per rules followed in the
a) A- 15000
above steps find out in each of the
b) C- 30000 following questions the appropriate
c) B- 35000 step for the given input.
d) F- 20000
e) None of these
Input: - Ink 17 silent 100 burn 15 49
June 25 queen 64 3 firefox 20 time.
58. Four among the following form a group
in a certain way. Which of the following 61. How many steps will be required to
does not belong to Group? complete the rearrangement?
a) G 15000 a) six b) seven
b) A- 40000 c) eight d) five
c) B 20000 e) None of these
d) F- 40000 62. Which of the following will be step IV?
e) None of these a) burn 25 firefox 3 ink 49 June 15
59. Who among the following lives in floor queen 64 17 silent 100 20 time.
no. 3? b) burn 25 firefox 3 ink 49 June 15
a) A b) C 17 silent 100 queen 64 20 time.
c) D d) F c) burn 25 firefox 3 ink 49 17 silent
e) None of these 100 15 June queen 64 20 time.
60. Who among the following earns Rs. d) burn 25 firefox 3 ink 49 June 15
35000? silent 17 100 queen 64 20 time.
a) A b) C e) None of these
c) D d) F 63. Which of the following steps would be
e) None of these the last but one?
a) Step V b) Step -VI
Direction (Q. 61-65)- Study the following c) Step- IV d) Step- VII
information carefully to answer the e) None of these
given questions. 64. If in step- III burn is related to ink
A word and number arrangement machine and 25 is related to 49 in certain
when given an input lie of words and way following the same way fire fox
numbers rearranges them following a is related to which of the following?
particular rule in each step. The following is a) 17 b) ink
an illustration of input and rearrangement. c) silent d) 15
Input: 42 demand earning 64 6 element e) None of these
9 them output 81 summer 8 power 4
jungle
65. What is the position of silent in step
IV?
a) Sixth form left
b) Sixth form right
c) Fifth from left
d) Fifth from right
e) None of these
Direction:- (Q. 66-70): In these
questions, a relationship between
different elements is shown in the
statements. The statements are followed
by two conclusion. Give answer.
a) if only conclusion I is true.
b) if only conclusion II is true.
c) if either conclusion I nor II is true.
d) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
e) if both conclusion I and II are true.
66. Statement: S R=Q>P O
Conclusion: (i) P < S (ii) O R
67. Statement: H > X L; K < X
Conclusion: (i) L < K (ii) H > K
68. Statement: A= B C; A > D
Conclusion: (i) B > D (ii) D < C
69. Statement: Q P > N = J R
Conclusion: (i) Q R (ii) J = P
70. Statement: J E F = G > H
Conclusion: (i) F > H (ii) H E
Direction: (Q.71-75): Study the following
information carefully to answer the
given questions.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are
sitting in a circle facing the centre. All of
them has different height such as 4 feet, 4.5
feet, 5 feet, 5.5 feet, 6 feet, 6.5 feet, 7 feet
and 7.5 feet but not necessarily in the same
order.
A and B sit opposite each other and B is
taller than only C, who is not neighbour of
A, B is an immediate neighbour of F and D.
The one who is the tallest sits opposite to
H. The height of A is 6 feet. F who is just
smaller than A, is fourth to the right of E,
who is third to the right of C, H is smaller
than only D, E is smaller than only 2 persons.
71. Which of the following second to the
left of H?
a) B b) F
c) G d) E
e) A
72. Who among the following is taller than
E?
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e)Both H and D b)Rockies 83. What is the ratio of the total production
73. Who is sitting between the persons c)Atlas of bajra by Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
having height 7 feet and 6.5 feet? d)AIPs and Chhatisgarh together to the total
a)E b)H e)None of these production of jowar by these three
c)B d)A 78. Which group is going to raft in the river states together?
e)None of these Krishna? a)14 : 17 b)13 : 15
74. How many persons sitting between E a)P b)U c)13 : 16 d)13 : 17
and F? c)T d)S e)14 : 19
a)None b)One e)None of these 84. What is the difference between total
c)Two d)Three 79. Which of the following combinations is production of rice and that of jowar (in
e)Four not true with respect to the above thousand tonnes) by Rajasthan,
75. Which of the following is true with information? Chhtisgarh and Tamil Nadu together in
respect to the given arrangement? a)V AIPs Ganga 2007?
a)C-4 feet b)A-5 feet b)U Aravallis Jhelum a)160 b)180
c)G-6 feet d)E-4 feet c)T Appalachian Narmada c)150 d)140
e)H-6.5 feet d)Q Rockies Godavari e)120
e)All are true 85. If the total production of wheat by
Directions: (Q. 76-80): Study the 80. Group P and T are rafting in which of Chhatisgarh, Kerala and West Bengal
following information carefully to the following rivers respectively? together in 2008 was more than that in
answer the given questions. a)Ganga and Yamuna 2007 by 18%, what was the total
Eight groups P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are b)Ravi and Ganga production of these three states
going for rock climbing in different mountain c)Narmada and Ravi together in 2008 (in thousand tonnes)?
ranges. Viz. Aravallies, Himalayas, Satpura, d)Ravi and Narmada a)480 b)557
Andes, AIPs, Rockies, Atlas and Applochian e)None of these c)488 d)590
but not necessarily in the same order. These e)596
groups are also going for rafting in different QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
rivers, viz. Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Directions (Q. Nos. 86-90): What value
Gomti, Krishna, Godavari, Jhelum and Ravi Directions (Q. Nos. 81-85): Study the should come in place of question mark
but not necessarily in the same order. following table to answer the questions. (?) in the following questions?
Group V is going neither to river Jhelum nor Production of different food grains (in
thousand tonnes) by six states in 2007
to river Yamuna. Neither group U nor group
V is going to raft in the river Gomti or the
86. 13689 9 = ?% of 3.25
river Godavari. Group T is going to the a)200 b)400
Appoyachian mountain range. Group R is c)600 d)800
going to the Andes mountain range and the e)500
river Krishna. The one who is going to raft
in the Narmada is also going to the 87. 60% of
2 of 3 of 12 of 34125 = ?
Appalochian mountain range. Group P and 15 7 5
Q are going for rafting either in the Godavari a)4240 b)4480
or Ravi Group S does not want to raft in c)4680 d)4820
the Gomti and U does not want to raft in e)None of these
the Yamuna. The group which is climbing 81. What was the average production of bajra 88. 179968 ? = 74 76
on the Aravallis is rafting in the Jhelum and (in thousand tonnes) by all the given a)32 b)34
the group which is climbing on the Atlas is states in 2007? c)36 d)38
rafting in the Yamuna. P and V do not climb e)None of these
1 4
on the Rockies and the Satpura. The group a)133 b)142 89. (48)26 {(12)-7 (4)-7} = 1 (48)-?
which is climbing on the Himalayas is rafting 3 9 a)19 b)-19
in the Ravi. Group W and V climb either on c)145 d)148 c)33 d)-33
AIPs or on the Satpura mountain range. e)143 e)26
82. Total production of rice by Kerala and 90. 116.8% of 220 + (7.2)2 = ? % of 386
76. Which of the following groups is going
Tamil Nadu together is what percent a)40 b)60
to climb on the Rockies?
of total production of Jowar produced c)80 d)120
a)P b)R
by theses states together? (rounded off e)20
c)Q d)U
to nearest integer) 91. A man covers the distance between City
e)None of these
a)155 b)158 A and City B at a speed of 45 km/hr
77. The group rafting in the Ganga is climbing
c)153 d)159 and returns of City A at a speed of 15
in which of the following mountain
e)151 km/hr. If he takes eight hours for the
ranges?
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whole journey, find the distance 101. 1331 11 1.1 = ?% of 548.99
between City A and City B. a)20 b)110
a)45 km b)180 km c)55 d)53
c)225 km d)90 km e)52
e)None of these 102. (64154 448.08) 5.05 = ?
92. The average temperature of Delhi, a)716 b)748
Mumbai and Chennai is 37 0 C. The c)775 d)812
average temperature of Mumbai, Delhi e)840
and Kolkata is 380 C. If the temperature 103. 13.78% of 402 + 2.41% of 550 = ?
of Kolkata is 390 C. Find the ratio of a)42 b)54
temperatures of Kolkata to that of c)68 d)76
Chennai? e)84
a)12 : 13 104. (8.9)2 145.05 + 398.72 = ?
b)13 : 12 a)12000 b)12400
96. By how much percentage is the value of
c)12 : 11 c)12200 d)12600
history books higher than that of film
d)Cant be determined e)12800
magazines?
e)None of these
a)172% b)27.2%
93. A shopkeeper labelled the price of his Directions (Q. Nos. 105-107): What will
c)272% d)72%
articles so as to earn a profit of 40% on come in place of question mark (?) in
e)None of these
the cost price. He sold the articles by the following number series?
97. Which of the following statements is
offering a discount of 10% on the
false? 105. 45 56.15 78.45 ? 156.5 212.25
labelled price. What is the actual
a) Literature, mathematics, and a)110.9 b)112.9
percent profit earned in the deal?
science group comprise nearly c)90 d)111.9
a)30% b)28%
50% of the book section. e)115.9
c)26% d)24%
b) Sports, business and film account 106. 222 478 606 670 ? 718
e)None of these
for more than half of the a)705 b)702
94. The simple interest on Rs 1280 is Rs
magazines. c)729 d)694
460.8 and the number of years is equal
c) The value of sports magazines is e)None of these
to the rate percent per annum of the
higher than that of geography 107. 56 73 107 124 158 ? 209
investment. What is the rate percent at
books. a)165 b)175
which the money is invested?
d) None of the above c)185 d)171
a)4% b)5%
e) All of the above e)None of these
c)6% d)7%
98. What is the invested amount for literature 108. Vikas scored 1240 marks in an
e)8%
as percentage of the total investment examination, which is 148 marks more
95. Three pipes A, B and C are connected to
of the library in books and magazine than the minimum pass percentage of
a tank. A and B together can fill the
section? 65%. What is the percentage of marks
tank in 10 hours. B and C together can
a)16.8% b)15.5% obtained by Sujata if she obtained 484
fill the tank in 12 hours, and A and C
c)13.6% d)14% marks less than that by Vikas?
together can fill the tank in 15 hours.
e)None of these a)45% b)54%
In what time will A, B and C fill the
99. What is the amount of reading material c)52% d)46%
tank together?
available related to science group in e)None of these
a)4.2 hours b)8 hours
both sections put together as a 109. Find the area of an iron sheet required
c)6 hours d)5 hours
percentage of total value invested in to make a cone of height 88 cm and the
e)6.4 hours
library? base radius 105 cm.
Directions (Q. Nos. 96-99): Study the a)16.5% b)1.55% a)83245 cm2 b)39849 cm2
following pie charts in respect of a c)15.5% d)16.8% c)65480 cm2 d)79860 cm2
library to answer these questions. e)None of these e)None of these
110. The ratio of zinc to copper in a mixture
Directions (Q. Nos. 100-104): What
is 5 : 7. If there is 30% impurity in zinc
approximate value should come in place
and there is 35% impurity in copper
of question mark (?) in the following
then what is the percentage of pure
equations?
metal in the mixture?
100. 83.34 54.098 +6.973 85.047 = ? a)65% b)67.08%
a)4420 b)4430 c)60.04% d)79.83%
c)4442 d)4438 e)None of these
e)None of these 111. A car covers a distance of 1080 km at a
uniform speed. If the speed of the car
is 12 kmh-1 less, it takes three hours
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more to cover the same distance. What 119. The sum of the four consecutive c)Micro computer
is the original speed of the car? numbers is 350. What will be the sum d) Mini Compute
a)60 kmh-1 b)64 kmh-1 of the squares of the largest number e) None of these
c)72 kmh-1 d)78 kmh-1 and the smallest number? 127. Which is an electronic device that can
-1
e)84 kmh a)15312 b)15314 store temporarily a single bit of data?
112. A man can row upstream at 9 kmph c)15315 d)15311 a) Accumulator
and downstream at 12 kmph. Find the e)15317 b) Buffer
mans speed in still water. 120. When 35% of a number is added to c) Memory
a)3 kmph b)10.5 kmph another number the second number is d) Latch
c)6 kmph d)1.5 kmph increased to its 150 percent. What is e) None of these
e)8.5 kmph the ratio of the first number to the 128. A device that both transmits and
113. A garrison of 1800 men has provisions second number? receives data, is
for 6 weeks at 5 kg per man per day. a)10 : 7 b)7 : 10 a) transducer
How many weeks can the same c)14 : 15 d)3 : 5 b) trapdoor
provision last for 1200 men at 3 kg per e)None of these c) translator
man per day? d) transceiver
a)12 b)18 COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE e) None of these
c)15 d)9 129. Which of the following topologies is
121. The main computer in a network is
e)14 not broadcast type?
called
114. The profit earned after selling an article a) Star b) Bus
a) host processor
for Rs 524 is the same as the loss c) Ring d) Tree
b) front- end processor
incurred after selling the article for Rs e) None of these
c) commentator
436. What is the cost price of the 130. In MODEMS
d) KIPS
article? a) several digital signals are
e) None of these
a)Rs 480 b)Rs 510 multiplexed
122. A compiler means
c)Rs 600 d)Rs 750 b) a digital signal changes some
a) a person who compiles source
e)None of these characteristic of carrier wave
programs
115. Mr Sharma invests 13% of his monthly c) digital signal is amplified
b) the same thing as programmer
salary on mutual funds and the amount d) All of these
c) keypunch operator
is Rs 305500. Later he invests 9% of e) None of these
d) a program which translates source
his monthly salary on pension policies. 131. The feature that keeps track of the right
program into object program
Also, he invests another 29% of his margin is
e) None of these
monthly salary on insurance policies. a) find and replace
123. Which of the following languages is
What is the total monthly amount b) word wrap
not well suited for computation?
invested by Mr Sharma? c) right justified
a) PASCAL
a)Rs 22 lakh d) left justified
b) FORTRAN
b)Rs 12.5 lakh e) ragged right
c) Machine
c)Rs 1198500 132. What is the advantage of using basic
d) C
d)Rs 6.50 lakh HTML to create a document?
e) None of these
e)None of these a) HTML is very easy to use
124. Which of the following is used as
116. In how many different ways can the b) The document can displayed by
Input device for the computer?
word GALOTIA be arranged? all word processors
a) Printer
a)1870 b)2080 c) The document can be displayed
b) VDU
c)2110 d)2520 by all programs
c) TV
e)None of these d) The document can be displayed
d) Light pen
by all browsers
Directions (Q. Nos. 117-118): What value e) None of these
e) None of these
should come in place of question mark 125. A subdivision of a track on a magnetic
133. The transformation of a message into
(?) in the following number series? disk or drum is
an encoded form is known as:
a) Surface
117. 2401 2601 2809 3025 3249 ? a) Mnemonics
b) sector
a)3721 b)3969 b) Encoding
c) tape deck
c)3844 d)3364 c) Encryption
d) scratch tape
e)3481 d) Decoding
e) None of these
118. 20 30 42 56 72 ? e) None of these
126. Data processing computer built to
a)90 b)92 134. The unique signal, generated by a
conventional architecture is known as
c)88 d)86 device, that tells the operating system
a) Super Computer
e)94 that it is in need of immediate attention
b) Mainframe computer
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a) action b) John Von Newmann 151. In DOS which of the following
b) event c) Howard Aiken command is used to delete all the files
c) interrupt d) John Pele as well as sub directory of a directory?
d) activity e) Ada Byron a) Delete b) Del
e) None of these 143. Which of the following is also refers to c) Deltree d) Move
135. How many peripheral devices can be Wireless speakers? e) None of these
connected to a single SCSI port? a) Portable Speakers 152. The __________ button on the Quick
a) 1 b) 8 b) Comfortable Speakers Access Toolbar allows you to cancel
c) 16 d) 32 c) Reliable Speakers your recent commands or actions.
e) 64 d) Compatible Speakers a) Search
136. Screen that comes on when you turn e) None of the above b) Cut
on your computer that shows all the 144. _________ Printers used dry ink c) Document
icons..... powder. d) Undo
a) desktop a) Laser Printer e) None of these
b) face to face b) Daisy wheel printer 153. Most Web sites have a main page the
c) viewer c) Line printer __________ which acts as a doorway
d) view space d) Thermal Printer to the rest of the Website pages.
e) None of these e) None of these a) search engine
137. All of the following are steps involved 145. In hexadecimal number system C b) home page
in the boot process EXCEPT: denotes to _________ c) browser
a) load the operating system into a) 11 b) 12 d) URL
RAM. c) 13 d) 14 e) None of these
b) the power-on self test e) 15 154. The term __________ refers to data
c) activate the basic input/ output 146. The digits of a number have two kinds storage systems that make it possible
system (BIOS). of values for a computer or electronic device to
d) USB port a) Position value store and retrieve data.
e) None of these b) Face value a) retrieval technology
138. When you insert a picture and adjust c) binary value b) input technology
the height, Word automatically adjusts. d) kilo calorie value c) output technology
The ............ to maintain the correct e) Both (a) and (b) d) storage technology
proportion. 147. Which application we will use to make e) None of these
a) pixel size program more portable? 155. A Program which helps create written
b) resolution a) Windows APP documents and lets you go back and
c) screen size b) Windows API make corrections as necessary
d) width c) Windows SPZ a) spreadsheet
e) None of these d) Windows XOP b) personal writer
139. Which of the following is not a correct e) Windows ZOP c) word printer
match? 148. The main section(s) of task bar is /are d)word processor
a) Oracle- Larry Ellison _________ e) None of these
b) Microsoft Bill Gates a) Start button 156. Commands at the top of screen such:
c) Wipro- Azim Premji b) Quick Launch FILEEDIT-FONT- TOOLS to operate
d) Infosys- Nandan Nilekani c) Notification area and change things within
e) HCL Shiv Nadar d) All of these programs________
140. Which of the following e-mail address e) None of these a) menu bar
in incorrect? 149. The first computers were programmed b) tool bar
a) abcd _ 123 @ xyz.com using c) user friendly
b) abc (4) 123# xyz.com a) Assembly language d) word processor
c) 123abc @ xyz.com b) Machine language e) None of these
d) 1@ xyz.com c) source code 157. RAM can be thought of as the _____
e) None of these d) Object code for the computers processor.
141. Which of the following device used set e) None of these a) factory
of beads to represent the unit of data? 150. What is used for creating Windows b) Operating room
a) ENIAC b) EDVAC applications? c) waiting room
c) Abacus d) MARK- I a) FOTRAN d) planning room
e) None of these b) COBOL e) None of these
142. Who described the feature Read one c) Adobe Page Maker 158. The term __________ designates
card at a time of tabulating machine? d) Visual Basic equipment that might be added to a
a) Herman Hollerith e) None of these

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computer system to enhance its 164. Liability- side of the balance-sheet b) Veerabhadra Singh
functionality. comprises: c) Manoj Tiwari
a) digital device a) Capital and reserve d) Giriraj Singh
b) system add-on b) Long-term liabilities e) Raju Bhai Gandhi
c) disk pack c) Current liabilities 170. Identify the well known person related
d) peripheral device d) All of the above to Banking field in India from the
e) None of these e) None of the above following?
159. A _________ converts all the 165. Minimum cash reserves fixed by law a) Mrs. Meira Kumar
statements in a program in a single constitute ___ b) Mrs. Kiran Shaw
batch and the resulting collection of a) A percentage of aggregate deposits c) Mr. Arun Jaitley
instructions is placed in a new file of the bank d) Dr. D subbarao
a) converter b) A percentage of aggregate loans e) All of the above
b) compiler and advances of the bank 171. Currency notes deposited in the
c) interpreter c) A percentage of capital & reserves currency chest are the property of
d) instruction of the bank ____?
e) None of these d) All of the above a) Respective bank
160. A__________ is an additional set of e) None of these b) RBI
commands that the computer displays 166. Which of the following organizations/ c) SBI
after you make a selection from the agencies has sought an emergency fund d) Government of India
main menu. of Rs.1000 crore from banks to tackle e) Respective state Government
a) dialog box acute liquidity crisis, which is coming 172. A fixed deposit receipt is kept with the
b) submenu in the way to give loans to micro bank for its safety, is known as ___?
c) menu selection borrowers? a) Safe custody
d) All of the above a) Regional Rural & Cooperative Banks b) Safe deposit
e) None of these b) RBI c) Locker
c) Micro Finance Institutions d) Valid safe deposit
GENERAL AWARENESS d) NABARD e) None of the above
e) None of the above 173. Which of the following is a SONAR
161. Section 9 of the Banking Regulation
167. Which of the following types of system for submarines?
Act prohibits the banking Companies
accounts are known as Demat a) HUMSA
from holding any immovable property
Accounts? b) AIDSS
except for its own use for a period of
a) Zero Balance Accounts c) ABHAY
not more property. The RBI may
b) Accounts which are opened to d) HUMSA UG
extend this period for a further period
facilitate repayment of a loan e) None of these
of ______:
taken from the bank. No other 174. Who has been conferred the World
a) 2 years
business can be conducted from Sanskrit Award?
b) 4 years
there a) Maha Chakri Sirindhom
c) 5 years
c) Accounts in which shares of b) George Cardona
d) 6 years
various companies are traded in c) Both a and b
e) None of the above
electronic form d) Neither of the above
162. Which of the following stock exchange
d) Accounts which are operated e) All of these
is derecognized by SEBI on 19.11.2014
through internet banking facility 175. Which senior journalist won the Shakti
on the allegations of serious
e) None of the above Bhatt First Book Prize 2016?
irregularities in its functioning?
168. Mortgage is a: a) Akshaya Mukul
a) Bombay Stock Exchange
a) Security on movable property for b) Jug Suraiya
b) Delhi Stock Exchange
a loan c) Rasheeda Bhagat
c) Calcutta Stock Exchange
b) Security on immovable property d) None of the above
d) Bangalore Stock Exchange
for a loan e) All of these
e) None of the above
c) Concession on immovable 176. DoT has moved the proposal to allow
163. Which of the following is not a function
property Wi-Fi in ________.
of General Insurance?
d) Facility on immovable property a) Trains
a) Cattle Insurance
e) Security on loan sanctioned b) Buses
b) Crop Insurance
against fixed deposits c) Flights
c) Marine Insurance
169. ___ assumed charge as the Minister of d) None of the above
d) Fire Insurance
State for Micro, Small & Medium e)All of these
e) Medical Insurance
Enterprises (MSME) on 11th 177. Which countrys president signed a law
November 2014. for prison term for coaches encouraging
a) Gopal Singh drug abuse?

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a) Russia b) US 184. Which state is known as the rice bowl commerce and transit between India
c) UK d) Australia of India? and which other country?
e) All of these a) Assam a) Bangladesh
178. CMD of Cadila Healthcare has been b) West Bengal b) Burma
chosen as FICCI chairman. Who is he? c) Andhra Pradesh (former) c) Bhutan
a) Pankaj Neotia d) Tamil Nadu d) All of the above
b) Pankaj Sinha e) None of these e) None of these
c) Pankaj Arora 185. Indias longest river bridge will be built 193. Which state government will observe
d) Pankaj Patel on 2017 as the Garib Kalyan Varsh?
e) None of these a) Ganga b) Branhmaputra a) Uttar Pradesh
179. Who is the first woman captain in India c) Yamuna d) Godavari b) Maharashtra
Merchant Navy? e) None of these c) Rajasthan
a) Radhika Singh 186. The LEEP is related to d) Bihar
b) Radihka Mehta a) Digital India e) Haryana
c) Radhika Arora b) Make in India 194. Where will be the Headquarter of India
d) Radhika Menon c) Easy reservation process Post Payments Bank located?
e) None of these d) Bharatmala Pariyojana a) New Delhi b) Mumbai
180. When did the asteroid that ended the e) None of these c) Kolkata d) Bengaluru
age of dinosaurs hit earth? 187. Where is the Cambay basin in India? e) Ahmedabad
a) 65 million years ago a) Gujarat 195. Which country has frozen the bank
b) 67 million years ago b) Tamil Nadu accounts of about 5000 terrorists?
c) 69 million years ago c) Andhra Pradesh a) India b) Syria
d) ALL of the above d) West Bengal c) Russia d) Pakistan
e) None of these e)None of these e) Sri Lanka
181. Who won the Mother Teresa Memorial 188. Model carbon positive eco-village in 196. Andhere se Ujale ki Aur has been
International Award for Social Justice? Phayeng is an initiative of which state? authored by
a) Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain a) Manipur a) Narendra Modi
b) Dhaka Cafe attack victim who b) Arunachal Pradesh b) Sushma Swaraj
refused to leave his friends c) Sikkim c) Ravishankar Prasad
c) Both a and b are the same d) Nagaland d)Amit Shah
d) Faraaz lyaaz Hossaini Farook e) None of these e) Arun Jaitely
e) None of these 189. Smart Gram Initiative has been started 197. World Cities Day is observed on?
182. Which of the following is correctly by a) October 30th
matched amount of Insurance as per a) NITI Aayog b) October 29th
the Optional Travel Insurance Scheme b) Ministry of Rural Development c) October 21st
for Railway Passengers? c) Ministry of Urban Development d) October 31st
1) In case of Death- Rs. 15 lakh d) Rashtrapati Bhavan e) None of these
2) Permanent Total Disability Rs. e) None of these 198. Kigali is the capital city of which
10 Lakh 190. H5N8 is country________
3) Transportation of mortal remains a) Avian Influenza a) Namibia b) Saint Vincent
Rs. 10 Thousand b) Swine flu c) Saint Lucia d) Rwanda
a) 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) Canine Influenza e) None of these
c) 1, 3 d) All of the above d) Equine Influenza 199. Where is the Headquarter of Union bank
e) None of these e) None of these of India________
183. Which of the following is/are true 191. Which of the following is/are true a) Hyderabad
regarding Merger of Rail Budget with regarding Financial stability and b) Uttar Pradesh
Union Budget? development council? c) Kolkata
1) No separate Statement of Budget 1) It is an organ of NITI Aayog. d) Mumbai
Estimates and Demand for Grant 2) It monitors macro prudential e) None of these
will be created for Railways. supervision of the economy. 200. Who is the present Chief of Army Staff?
2) Merger of Rail Budget with Union a) Only 1 a) Arup Raha
Budget would facilitate b) Only 2 b) Bikram Singh
multimodal transport planning. c) Both 1 and 2 c)Robin K Dhowan
a) Only 1 d) Neither 1 nor 2 d) Dalbir Singh Suhag
b) Only 2 e) Either 1 or 2 e)None of these
c) Both 1 and 2 192. The Union Cabinet chaired by PM
d) Neither 1 nor 2 Narendra Modi on 27th Oct 2016 has
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(All are not facing outward the centre) (56-60)
EXPLANATIONS 48-e;
49-b; From II & III Floor Person Salary
1. b 2. d 3. b 4. c
7 G 25000
5. a 6. d 7. d 8. a
P 6 B 30000
9. b 10. a 11. e 12. e
5 A 15000
13. c T 4 E 20000
(14-18)
14-c; Add the before people S R (All are not facing 3outside) D 40000
2 F 10000
15-b; Add an before aeroplane
1 C 35000
16-a; Add a before special Q 56. d 57. a 58. d 59. d
17-c; Add a before perceptible
60. b
18-b; Add the before Thakkar (All are not facing outside) (61-65):
Commission Report 50-c; From I, II & III The machine rearranges one word
(19-23)
and one
ADBCEF
19. d 20. e 21. c 22. e U
23. c 24. d 25. c 26. a
27. e 28. d 29. a 30. d (+) N (=) m(+)
31. d 32. b 33. c 34. c S
35. b 36. d 37. d 38. c (-)
39. d 40. c (-) T (M is the husband of N)
L
(41-45):
(M is the husband of N)
India Today
(51-55)
(Kiran) E
) H
51-e 52-a
(BSC)
(Times) B

G C (Current Affairs)

F D
(Chronicle) A (Darpan)
(Rozgar)

41. d 42. c 43. b 44. b

45. e 53-e 54-d 61. b 62. b 63. b 64. a
(46-50) 65. b
46-d; From I and II (66-70)
66. a 67. b 68. e 69. d
P T 70. a
(71-75)

S (All are not facing outward) E (6.5)

A (6)
Q G(5)
R 55-a
(All are not facing outward H (7)
D(7.5)
47-e; From I and III

P C(4)
T B (4.5)
(All are not facing outward the centre) F (5.5)
R S
71. b 72. e 73. d 74. d
75. a
Q

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(76-80): Tank filled by B and C in one hr
P Himalayas Ravi 179968
88-a; = 32 1 1 1
Q- Rockies Godavari 74 76 = ........................... ii)
89-c; (48)26 (12
R- Andes Krishna B C 12
4)-7 = (48)26 (48)7 =
S- Atlas Yamuna
(48)33 Tank filled by C and A in one hr =
T Appalachian Narmada
(48)-? = 1 (48)33
U- Aravalis Jhelum 1 1 1
V- Alps Ganga (48)-? = (48)-33 ....................... iii)
W- Satpura Gomti ? = 33 C A 15
76. c 77. d 78. e 79. e ? 386 116.8 220 Adding eqn i), ii) and iii), we get
80. d 90-c; 51.84
100 100 1 1 1 1 1 1
(81-85): 2
81-e; Avg. = = 256.96 +51.84 = 308.8 A B C 10 12 15
80180130170140160 308.8 100
1 1 1 65 4
6
?=
386
= 80
Or, 2
(91-95) A B C 60
860 2 1 91-d;
143 143 1 1 1 1
6 6 3
Distance between city A and B
Or,
1 2 45 15 A B C 8
230 290 8 = 90 km
82-c Reqd. % = 100 = A, B and C together will take 8 hours
100 240 2 60 to fill the tank completely.
92-b; The temperature of (Delhi + Mumbai (96-99)
520 + Chennai) = 37 3 = 111 .....................
100 152.94 153% I) 10
340 The temperature of (Mumbai + Delhi 96-c; Value of history books = 146
100
83-c; Reqd. Ratio = + Kolkata ) = 38 3 = 114
= 14.6 lakh
80 180 130 390 The temperature of (Mumbai + Delhi)
= 114 39 = 75 ......................... II)
Value of film magazines =
120 210 150 480 Delhi + Mumbai + Chennai = 111 14
= 13 : 16 Chennai = 111 (Delhi + Mumbai) = 28 = 3.92 lakh
84-a; Total required difference = (160 120) 111 75 = 360C 100
+ (220 150)+(290 240) = 40 +70 Hence ratio of temperature = 39 : 36
14.6 3.92
+50 = 160 thousands = 13 : 12
% difference = 100
85-b; Total production in 2008 = (280 +120
40 10 3.92
118 500 118 93-c; Net profit = 40 10 272%
+100) = 590 100
97-d; All statements a, b and c are true.
100 100 =30 4 = 26%
98-a; Invested amount for literature
thousand
(86-90) Pr t 20
94-c; I =
100 = 146 = 29.2 lakh
3.25 ? 100
86-b; 13689 9 Let the number of years and rate
Reqd. Parentage =
100 percentage per year be x each.
29.2 29.2
(117 9) 100 Px 2 100 100
?= = 400 I= 146 28 174
3.25 100 16.8%
87-e;
100 I 100 460.8 99-d; Investment amount for science group
60 2 3 12 x2 = = 36 in both sections =
?= 34125 P 1280
100 15 7 5 14 11
x=6 146 28 = 20.44 +
= 2808 95-b; Tank filled by A and B in one hr = 100 100
3.08 = 23.52 lakh
1 1 1
....................... i)
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Reqd. Percentage 117-e; The series is (49) 2 , (51) 2, (55) 2 ,
161x 1
23.52 Reqd. % = 100 =
........................
= 100 = 13.52% 20 12 x 118-a; The series is +10, +12, +14,
146. 28 67.08%
...............................
-1 119-e; Let the four consecutive numbers be
(100-104) 1 1 1 - c ; L e t t h e o r i g i n a l s p e e d b e x k m h

x, x+1, x+2 and x+3

100-b 101-a
1080 1080 Then, x + x + 1 +x +2 + x+3 = 350
64154 3 Or, 4x = 350 6 = 344
102-a; ? = 5 143.2 5 = x x 12 x = 86
448 Hence the greatest no. = 86 + 3 = 89
1080 3 x 1080
716
Or, Smallest no. = 86
103-c; ? = x x 12 Now, (89)2 + (86)2 = 7921 +7396 =
15317
13.8400 2.4550 1080x +3x2 12960 36x = 1080x
5513 3x2 12960 36x = 0 120-a; Let the first no. be x and the second
100 100 x2 12x 4320 = 0 no. be y.
= 68 x(x 72) +60(x -72) = 0 y 150 x 35
(x 72) (x +60) = 0 y
104-a; ? (9) 145 400 2
x = 72, -60 (discarding ve value)
Then,
100 100
= 81 145 + 400 = 11600 + 400 = x= 72 kmh-1
3y 7 x 20 y 7 x
12000 112-b; Mans speed in still water
Or, y
105-d; The series is +11.15, +22.3, +33.45, 2 20 20
1
..................
= (12 9) = 10.5 kmph Or, 60y = 40y + 14x
106-b; The series is +256, +128, +64, +32, 2 Or, 14x = 20y
........................... 113-c; M1W1D1 = M2W2D2
107-b; The series is +17, +34, +17, +34, So, 1800 6 5 = 1200 x 3 x 20 10
.............................. = 10 : 7
108-a;Minimum pass marks=1240- 1800 6 5 y 14 7
148=1092 x= = 15
The given pass percentage is 65% 1200 3 121. a 122. d 123. c 124. d
125. b 126. b 127. d 128. d
Let the maximum mark of the exam be
129. c 130. b 131. d 132. d
x 114-a; Cost price =
133. b 134. c 135. b 136. a
Then, 65% of x = 1092
524 436 960 137. d 138. d 139. d 140. b
1092100 = Rs 480 141. c 142. a 143. a 144. a
x= = 1680 2 2
65 145. b 146. e 147. b 148. d
115-c; Let the monthly income be Rs x.
149. b 150. d 151. b 152. b
Again, Sujatas marks = 1240 484 =
756 x 13 153. b 154. d 155. d 156. a
Then, = 305500 157. b 158. d 159. b 160. b
756 100
Reqd. % = 100 = 45%
161. c 162. b 163. e 164. d
1680 305500 100 165. a 166. d 167. b 168. d
x= =Rs 2350000 169. d 170. d 171. b 172. a
109-d; r = 105 cm, h = 88 cm 13
173. b 174. c 175. a 176. c
Now, total monthly amount invested
L = h 2 r 2 882 105 2 =
by Mr. Sharma = 29 + 9 +13 = 51%
177. a 178. d 179. d 180. a
137 So, 51% of 2350000 = 181. c 182. a 183. b 184. d
Area of the iron sheet = total surface 185. a 186. d 187. a 188. a
a r e a o rl + r2
f t h e c o n e =
51 2350000 189. d 190. a 191. b 192. c
= Rs 1198500
100 193. e 194. a 195. d 196. e
22
= r(r+1) = 105(105+137) = 116-d; Here, in the given word GALOTIA, 197. d 198. d 199. d 200. d
7 there are seven letters, where A appears
79860 cm2 twice.
110-b; Let zinc be 5x and copper be 7x. Hence, the reqd. Number of ways =
Pure metal = 70% of 5x+ 65% of 7x
7!
70 5 x 65 7 x 161x = 3 4 5 6 7= 2520
= 2!
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PRACTICE SET FOR UPCOMING EXAM [IPPB-PO (PRELIM)]
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (Q.1-8) Read the following
passage carefully and answer the
questions given below :
It. Certain words/phrases have been
printed in bold to help you locate them
while answering some of the questions.
It is common knowledge that the root cause
of our backwardness in most fields is
illiteracy. Campaigns for the eradication of
this drawback gathered momentum in the
past four decades after independence. The
results are, as expected, dramatic. However,
while the percentage of literacy in India is
going up, the number of illiterates has also
been increasing, which is really incredible.
Thus according to the 1991 census figures,
these were 503 million illiterates in the
country, 30 million more than in 1981.
During the same period, the percentage of
literacy went up from 34 to 39 percent.
There is no need of any sophisticated
technique to explain the cause of this
paradox, as it is obviously the result of the
rapid growth of population. The rapid
growth of population has outpaced
whatever little progress had been achieved
in literacy. For instance, from 1971 to 1981,
literacy increased at an annual average rate
of 0.7 percent, while the countrys
population grew by 2.15 per cent every year.
In the following decade the average rate of
annual increase in literacy was 0.95 percent,
whereas the population grew by almost 2.85
percent every year during that decade. But
population explosion is not entirely
responsible for the growing number of
illiterates. The apathy of most states in
failing to tackle the problem of adult
illiteracy is also partly to blame. Till now,
they have shown little awareness of the
magnitude of the problem. Moreover,
follow-up measures to prevent neo-literates
from relapsing into illiteracy are just as
important as the initial adult literacy
campaigns. In this case too, the State
Education authorities are negligent. Not
sufficient provision has been made for
continued education. This can be done by
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setting up more rural libraries, adult schools 5. Which of the following is the same in
and correspondence courses. meaning as the word outpaced as used
in the passage?
1. Which of the following appears
a)Surpassed
unbelievable, according to the passage?
b)Nullified
a) Growing illiteracy is owing to non-
c)Ruled out
availability of reading facilities to
d)Spoiled
rural masses.
e)Jettison
b) Sufficient provision for continued
6. Which of the following has been referred
education has not been made.
to as a paradox?
c) The increase in literacy percentage
a) The literacy percentage increases
and also the increase in number of
and the number of illiterates
illiterates.
decreases.
d) Population explosion is the only
b) The literacy percentage increases
reason for increase in the number
in proportion to the rate of
of illiterates.
increase in population.
e) None of these
c) The government is sensitive to the
2. The term Neo-literate as used in the
problem only at the planning stage
passage refers to a person who
but not at the implementation
a) Is not literate
stage.
b) Has newly become literate
d) The literacy percentage and the
c) Is a little literate
number of illiterates are both
d) Is a literate with no school
increasing.
education
e) None of the above
e) Is illiterate but capable of
7. According to the passage, the problem
becoming literate with formal
could have been tackled by which one
training
or more of the following measures?
3. In the passage, the rapid growth of
A. Checking the growth of
population has been attributed to.
population
a) Illiteracy
B. Making the adult literacy
b) Apathy of government officials
campaign more effective
c) Want to continued education
C. Providing continued education to
d) All of the above
neo-literates
e) None of these
a)A & C
4. Which of the following statements is
b)A & B
not true in the context of the passage?
c)B & C
A. An effective check on population
d)All of these
growth is the only solution for
e)None of these
attainment of full literacy
8. Which of the following is as important as
B. The cause of the paradox
the literacy campaign?
mentioned in the passage can be
a) Checking the rapid growth of
explained by using sophisticated
population
techniques.
b) Starting correspondence courses
C. Adequate number of libraries and
and providing reading facilities
adult schools are not available in
c) Awareness of the magnitude of
our country.
the problem of illiteracy
a)Only A b)Only
d) Making sufficient provision for
c)Only C d)A & B
continued education
e)A & C
e) None of the above
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Directions (Q. 9-18): Read each sentence Most experts agree that even people who uranium has brought great
to find out if there is any error in it. The think they are sleeping enough would (19) destruction in its train
error, if any, will be in one part of the be better off with more rest. As evidence of F. No educated man would deny this
sentence. The number of that part is the a general sleep deficit, they (20) the use of but many would point out that it
answer. If there is no error the answer is the bedside alarm clock used by people to has brought evils as well as
e). (Ignore errors in punctuation, if any) (21) their waking hours. The most relentless blessings.
robber of (22) is the complexity of everyday
9. Being the second Saturday of the month, 26. Which of the following should be the
life. Whenever pressures from work, family
(a)/he got up late and (b)/ spent the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after
and community mount, many people (23)
whole day at home, (c)/doing his share rearrangement?
will sleep. Another thief of sleep is the shift
of the household chores. (d)/No error a)A b)B
work. The (24) of round the clock
(e) c)C d)D
entertainment, especially all-night television,
10. The recent symposium on censorship e)E
also takes its (25)
(a)/indicated that to refrain with saying 27. Which of the following should be the
or writing (b)/something others might 19. a)mainly b)probably THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
object, (c)/to, is a form of self- c)suddenly d)attentively a)B b)C
censorship. (d)/No error (e) e)meaningfully c)D d)E
11. I courteously asked him (a)/where was 20. a)prove b)cite e)F
he going (b)/but he did (c)/not reply. c)ignore d)explain 28. Which of the following should be the
(d)/ No error (e) e)overlook FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
12. The eminent speakers (a)/ speech was 21. a)widen b)disturb a)A b)B
broadcasted (b)/ over all the (c)/ major c)prolong d)improve c)C d)D
radio stations. (d)/No error (e) e)minimise e)E
13. Neither India nor Pakistan (a)/have yet 22. a)stress b)sleep 29. Which of the following should be the
acquired (b)/the capability to (c)/ c)leisure d)pleasure FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
produce nuclear weapons (d)/No error e)motivation a)A b)B
(e) 23. a)depend b)desist c)C d)D
14. Many a profound thinker believe (a)/ c)detach d)deprive e)E
that the march of civilisation (b)/has e)dispense 30. Which of the following should be
not coincided with (c)/real human 24. a)telecast b)viewing the SECOND sentence after
progress (d)/No error (e) c)deficiency d)requirement rearrangement?
15. If any of the founding fathers of our e)availability a)A b)B
constitution (a)/was to return to life 25. a)toll b)credit c)D d)E
for a day (b)/ his opinion of our c)risk d)pressure e)F
amendments (c)/would be interesting. e)enjoyment
(d)/No error (e) REASONING ABILITY
Directions (Q.26-30): Rearrange the
16. The driver tried his best (a)/to avert the Directions (Q. Nos. 31 -33) Read the
following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
accident by (b)/bringing the car (c)/to a following information carefully and
and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph
suddenly stop (d)/No error (e) answer the questions which follow.
and then answer the questions which
17. From all accounts (a)/I learn that (b)/he If A B means A is the father of B.
follow :
is the best and honest member (c)/ of If A + B means A is the wife of B.
A. Marie Curies discovery of radium
the new Cabinet. (d)/No error If A B means A is the daughter of
led to much improved treatment
18. I will give (a)/ you a reward (b)/ if you B.
for cancer.
do your (c)/ work satisfactory. (d)/No If A B means A is the son of B.
B. It has helped man to live a more
error (e)
comfortable life. 31. How is L related to Q is the expression
Directions (Q.19-25): In the following C. However, its how we use a thing L M O P Q?
passage there are blanks, each of which that makes it good or bad. a) Granddaughter
has been numbered. These numbers are D. The benefits conferred on the b) Niece
printed below the passage and against world in general by science have c) Daughter in-law
each, five words are suggested, Find out been manifold and varied. d) Daughter
the appropriate word in each case. E. But the eventual discovery of the e) Cannot be determined
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32. What will come in the place of the
question mark? to establish that Q is
the nephew of T in the expression Q?
R S T ?
a) +
b)
c)
d)
e) Either c or a
33. Which of the following relations are true
based upon the relations given in the
equation:
A B C + D E
a) C is mother of A
b) E is wife of B
c) D is brother of A
d) E is mother-in-law of C
e) None of these
34. Nikhil walked 30 m towards East, took
a left turn and walked 20 m. He again
took a left turn and walked 30 m. How
far and in which direction is he from
his starting point?
a) 20m, North
b) 80m, North
c) 20m, South
d) 80m, South
e) Data inadequate
35. Debu walks towards East, then towards
North and turning 45p right walks for
a while and lastly turns towards left.
In which direction is he walking now ?
a) North
b) East
c) South East
d) North West
e)None of these
Directions (Q.36 - 39) Answer the
questions based on the following
information.
Twelve Cricket players are sitting in two
parallel rows containing six people each such
that they are equidistant from each other. In
row 1: Virat Kohli, M.S.Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh,
Ashwin, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma are
seated and all of them are facing South. In
row 2: Gautam Gambhir, Shikar Dhawan,
Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane,
Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav are
seated and all of them are facing North.
Therefore, in the given seating arrangement,
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each member seated in a row faces another
member of the other row.
Ashwin sits third to the right of
M.S.Dhoni. Suresh Raina does not
face theimmediate neighbour of
Ajinkya Rahane. Neither Shikar
Dhawan nor Umesh Yadav sits at
an extreme end of the line.
Two people sit between Shikar
Dhawan and Umesh Yadav. The
immediate neighbour of Shikar
Dhawan faces the person who sits
third to the left of Virat Kohli. The
one who faces M.S.Dhoni sits
second to the right of Mohammed
Shami.
Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina are
immediate neighbours. Ravindra
Jadeja sits second to the left of
Gautam Gambhir. Either Ashwin
or M.S.Dhoni sits at an extreme
end of the line.
36. Who amongst the following sit at the
extreme ends of the rows?
a.Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina
b. M.S.Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir
c. M.S.Dhoni, Suresh Raina
d. Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja
e. Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane
37. Who amongst the following faces
Ashwin?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Gautam Gambhir
C. Ajinkya Rahane
D. Ravindra Jadeja
E. None of the Above
38. How many persons are seated between
Rohit Sharma and M.S.Dhoni?
A. One B. Two
C. Three D. Four
E. None of these
39. Virat Kohli is related to Gautam
Gambhir in the same way as Ashwin is
related to Shikar Dhawan based on the
given arrangement. Which of the
following is Suresh Raina related to,
following the same pattern?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Ajinkya Rahane
C. Ravindra Jadeja
D. M.S.Dhoni
E. Cannot be determined
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40. Four of the following five are alike in a
certain way based on the given
arrangement and so form a group.
Which is the one that does not belong
to that group?
A. Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma
B. M.S.Dhoni, Shikar Dhawan
C. Shikar Dhawan, Suresh Raina
D. Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja
E. Virat Kohli, Umesh Yadav
Directions (Q. Nos.41-45): Study the
following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
Germany, France, UK, Italy, Japan, US,
Canada and Russia are the members of G
8 committee sitting around a circular table
facing the centre, but not necessarily in the
same order . All the member countries have
different cars at the venue. These cars are
Porsche, McLaren, Hennessey Venom,
Zenvo, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Maruti
and Bugalti, but not necessarily in the same
order.
The President of Germany is sitting third to
the right of the President of France. The
President whose car is Porsche is sitting
second to the right of Japans President. The
President who used Ferrari is sitting fourth
to the right of the person coming in
Hennessey Venom, which is owned by the
Canadian President. The President of Italy
is sitting opposite the president who is
coming in Bugalti. The UK and Canadian
President are neighbour of The Italian
president.The president of Russia is sitting
fifth to the left and third to the right of the
Italian President.
There are two persons sitting between the
US President and the Canadian President.
The President coming in Lamborghini is
sitting second to the left of the US President
and the President coming in Mc Laren is
sitting second to the right of the US
president. The President of UK is coming
in Zenvo. President of japan is not an
immediate neighbour of President of U.K .
41. The President of which country is coming
in Porsche?
a) Russia b) US
c) France d) Italy

e) Canada
42. The President of which country is sitting
to the right of the Italian President and
the President of which country is
sitting to the left of the President who
is coming in Ferrari, respectively?
a) Japan and Canada
b) USA and Canada
c) UK and Canada
d) Japan and UK
e) UK and France
43. Which president has come in Zenvo?
a) UK
b) Canada
c) France
d) Germany
e) Cant be determined
44. Which of the following pairs is correct?
a) Russia Zenvo
b) France Ferrari
c) Italy - Mc Laren
d) Japan Porsche
e) USA - Bugalti
45. How many presidents are sitting
between the President of Canada and
the President of US if we count in
anticlockwise direction, starting from
the Canadian President?
a) Four
b) Two
c) Three
d) Five
e) Cant be determined
Directions (Q. 46-51): In these questions,
a relationship betw een different
elements is shown in the statements. The
statements are followed by two
conclusion. Give answer
a) If only conclusion I is true.
b) If only conclusion II is true.
c) If either conclusion I or II is true.
d) If neither conclusion I nor II is
true.
e) If both conclusions I and II are
true.
(46 -47):
Statements :
M P Q L, R T M,L S
46. Conclusions: I. S > P II. Q S
47. Conclusions: I. R > Q II. T P
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(48 - 49) Directions (Q.56 - 60): in each of the
Statements : questions given below statements are
D P L K, E H I K given followed by two conclusions
48. Conclusions: I. D > K II. L H numbered I and II. You have to take the
49. Conclusions: I. P > H II. E < L given statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance with commonly
(50 - 51) known facts. Read all the conclusions and
Statements: then decide which of the given
CDFHM N J conclusions logically from follows the
given statements disregarding
50. Conclusions: I. F > N II. N = F commonly known facts.
51. Conclusions: I. H > J II. H N Give answer
a) If only conclusion I follows
Directions (Q.52- 55): Study the
b) If only conclusion II follows
following information carefully and
c) If either conclusion I or II follows
answer the given questions:
d) If neither conclusion I nor II
P, Q, R, S and T are five friends going to
follows
watch a movie. Each of them reaches the
e) If both conclusions I and II follow
cinema hall at different times. S does not
reach either with P or with T but reaches 56. Statements All bags are boxes.
before R. Q does not reach before, R along All boxes are utensils.
with P. T does not reach last but reaches Some utensils are bowls.
after only S. Conclusions
I. Some boxes are bowls.
52. Who among the following reaches the
II. All bags are utensils.
cinema hall the last?
57. Statements Some papers are needles.
a) Q
All needles are sharp.
b) P
Conclusions
c) R
I. All papers are sharp.
d) Both P and Q
II. All needles are papers.
e) None of these
58. Statements 10% shoes are chappals.
53. Which of the following combinations is
5% chappals are papers.
true?
99% papers are pens.
a) Q reaches after S
Conclusions
b) S reaches after only T
I. Some shoes are papers.
c) R reaches after only S
II. Some shoes are pens.
d) Both (a) and (c)
59. Statements Some caps are shirts.
e) None of these
All shirts are papers.
54. M is sister of F and E is brother of F. A
Conclusions
is mother of F and C is daughter of B,
I. All shirts which are caps are papers.
who is father of M. How many
II. Some shirts are caps.
daughters does B have?
60. Statements Some water is cold.
a) One
No cold is milk.
b) Two
c) Three Some milk is water.
d) Cant be determined Conclusions
e) None of these I. Some water that is cold is milk.
55. Ina certain code ENTER is written as 8 II. Some milk that is water is cold.
# 283 and GROUP is written as
Directions (Q.61-63) Study the following
435%. How is RUNT written in that
code?
information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
a) #2%3 b) %3#2
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around
c) 3%#2 d) 5%8@
a circle facing the centre. F is second to the
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right of A and third to the left of C. B is (b)if x y c)23 d)33
second to the left of C and fourth to the (c) if x < y e)35
right of H. D is second to the right of G. (d) if x y
Directions (Q. Nos. 76-80): Refer to the
(e) if x = y or the relationship cannot
61. Who is to the immediate left of D? graph and answer the given questions.
be established
a) H Data related to the number of books
b) C 66. I. x2 8x + 15 = 0 purchased for two libraries (A and B)
c) G II. y2 4y + 3 = 0 during 6 years
d) Data inadequate 67. I. x2 +12x + 35 = 0
e) None of these II. y2 +7y +10= 0
62. Who is second to the right of E? 59 97
a) B 68. I. 19 x
b) G x x
c) H
47 y y 1
d) Data inadequate
II.
e) None of these 23 23 y
63. Who is third to the left of B?
a) E 2 3
b) H 69. I. 13
c) F x y
d) Data inadequate
5 4
e) None of these
II. 2 76. What is the ratio of the total number of
x y books purchased for library A and B
Directions (Q. 64- 65): Study the together in 2003 to the total number of
following statement carefully and x 3 3x 7 books purchased for the same libraries
answer the given questions. 70. I. together in 2007?
In a certain code India beats Pakistan is x 2 2x 3 a)22 : 31 b)24 : 31
written as ra ja sa, Pakistan beats 4 5 c)11 : 17 d)11 : 19
Australia is written as sa ja ga, Australia II. 3 e)22 : 35
beats no any team is written as ga na pa ta y 2y 3 77. What is the average number of books
ja, and team performance is written as pa purchased for library A during 2004,
ma. Directions (Q. Nos. 71-75): What will
2005, 2007 and 2008?
come in place of question mark (?) in
a)465 b)455
64. Which of the following is the code for the given number series?
c)460 d)445
no any performance India ?
71. 17 19 25 37 ? 87 e)450
a) na ta ma ra
a)63 b)52 78. Out of the total number of books
b) na ta ga pa
c)55 d)67 purchased by library A and B together
c) na ta ja sa
e)57 in 2008, only 20% are graphic novels.
d) na ma sag a
72. 61 82 124 187 ? 376 What is the total number of graphic
e)None of these
a)271 b)263 novels purchased for library A and B
65. What does ra stand for?
c)257 d)287 together in 2008?
a) Pakistan
e)249 a)324 b)312
b) India
73. 23 30 46 80 141 ? c)272 d)336
c) Beats
a)244 b)212 e)288
d) Australia
c)226 d)220 79. The number of books purchased for
e) Performance
e)238 library B increased by what percent
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 74. 179 180 172 199 135 ? from 2003 to 2006?
a)236 b)272 1 1
Directions (Q. Nos. 66-70): In the
c)240 d)256 a)175 % b)172 %
following questions tw o equations
e)260 3 3
numbered I and II are given. You have to
75. 14 6 5 6.5 12 ?
solve both the equations and give answer 2 1
a)29 b)27 c)196 % d)183 %
(a) if x > y 3 3
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89. In how many different ways can the
2 letters of the word WOMEN be
e)194 %
3 arranged in such a way that all vowels
80. The number of books purchased for always come together?
library B in 2004 is what percent of a)68 b)48
the number of books purchased for c)56 d)120
library A in 2006? e)140
a)30 b)35 90. Two vessels contain spirit of 0.5 and
c)55 d)40 0.75 concentrations. If 2 L from the
e)45 first vessel and 3 L from the second
81. The cost of 13 kg of sugar is Rs 195. vessel are mixed, then what will be the
The cost of 17 kg of rice is Rs 544 and ratio of the spirit and the water in the
the cost of 21 kg of wheat is Rs 336. resultant solution?
What is the total cost of 21 kg of sugar, a)15 : 17 b)7 : 17
26 kg of rice and 19 kg of wheat? c)13 : 7 d)17 : 15
a)Rs 1451 b)Rs 1306 e)None of these
c)Rs 1500 d)Rs 1636 91. Three friends Anita, Bindu and Champa
e)None of these divided Rs 1105 amongst them in such
82. A manufacturer sold a machine to a a way that if Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 15
wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. are removed from the sums that Anita,
The wholesale dealer sold it to a retailer Bindu and Champa received
at a profit of 20%. While transporting respectively, then the share of the sums
84. How many females are working in the
some defect occurred in the machine that they got will be in the ratio of 11 :
Hindi department?
and hence the retailer sold it at a loss of 18 : 24. How much did Champa receive?
a)132 b)148
5%. The customer paid Rs 672. Find a)Rs 495 b)Rs 510
c)169 d)162
the cost of the machine for the c)Rs 480 d)Rs 375
e)172
manufacturer. e)None of these
85. What is the ratio of male to female
a)Rs 672 b)Rs 500 92. Two taps A and B can fill a cistern in 12
employees working in the Computer
c)Rs 572 d)Rs 600 min and 15 min respectively. They are
department?
e)None of these opened together but after a few min, A
a)1 : 3 b)2 : 3
83. A solution of sugar syrup has 15% sugar. is turned off and the rest of the cistern
c)7 : 9 d)3 : 5
Another solution has 5% sugar. How is filled by B in 5 min. After how many
e)9 : 13
many litres of the second solution must minutes was A turned off?
86. What is the total number of female
be added to 20 L of the first solution to a)4 min b)7 min
employees working in the Chemistry
make a solution of 10% sugar? c)6 min d)9 min
and English departments together?
a)10 L b)5 L e)None of these
a)189 b)244
c)15 L d)20 L 93. If 15 men or 24 women or 36 boys can
c)278 d)365
e)None of these do a piece of work in 12 days, working
e)396
8 h a day, how many men must be
Directions (Q. Nos. 84-88): Study the 87. The number of male employees working
associated with 12 women and 6 boys
information in the following pie-charts in the Maths department is what
to do another piece of work 2.25 times
to answer these questions. percent of the total number of
in 30 days working 6 h in a day?
Details of 1800 employees working in employees in that department?
a)9 b)7
an organisation in various departments. a)69.35% b)67.23%
c)5 d)8
c)72.64% d)70.86%
e)None of these
e)78.33%
88. What is the ratio of the female employees Directions (Q. Nos. 94-98): What
in the Physics department to the female approximate value should come in place
employees in the English department? of question mark (?) in the following
a)1 : 1 b)2 : 3 questions?
c)1 : 2 d)3 : 4
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EXPLANATIONS 35. d)
2
94. of 3693.83 2.061 = (?)2
7 1. c 2. b 3. d 4. d
a)23 b)19 5. a 6. d 7. c 8. d
c)24 d)25 9-a; Replace it before being
e)29 10-b; Replace with by from
95. 79.03 13.899 10.1 = ? 11-b; Correct form is where he was going
12-b; Replace broadcasted by broadcast
a)111 b)112
13-b; Replace have by has
c)132 d)121
14-a; Replace believe by believes
e)212 15-b; Replace was by were From the figure , A is clear that he is
96. 3
103823.068 (47.02) 2
=? 16-c; Replace suddenly by sudden
17-c; Replace most before honest
walking now in North West direction.

a)226 b)2794 18-d; Replace satisfactory by

c)2256 d)2166 satisfactorily
e)2846 19. b 20. b 21. d 22. b
97. 121.38 121.63 = (? 12-1) 12 23. e 24. e 25. a
a)2197 b)1728 (26-30):
c)1828 d)12321 DBFAEC
e)1928 26. c 27. e 28. d 29. e
30. b
98. (13.08% of 7439) (4.23% of 323) = ?
35 31. a) L M O P Q means L is the
a)362 b)392 daughter of M, M is the father of O, O
is the son of P, P is the daughter of Q.
c)400 d)340
So, M is the husband of P, M and O
e)320 are their children. So, L is the
99. The average sale of a car dealership was granddaughter of Q.
15 cars per week. After a promotional 32. c) R S T means R is the daughter of 36. e 37. b 38. c 39. b
scheme, the average sale increased to S, S is the father of T. So, R and T are 40. d
21 cars per week. The percentage children of S. So, son of R is the nephew (41 - 45)
increase in the sale of cars was of T. So, ? should be replaced by .
a)40% b)140% 33. e) A B C + D E means A is the son
of B, B is the father of C, C is the wife
6
c) 42 % d)39.33% of E, D is the son of E. So, C is the
7 sister of A, B is a male person, D is the
e)None of these brother in- law of A, sex of E is not
100. The length of a rectangular field is know. So, none of the given option is
correct.
double its width. Inside the field, there
34. a) d
is a square shapped pond 8 m long. If
the area of the pond is 1/8 of the area
of the field, what is the length of the
field? 41. d) 42. e) 43. a) 44. e)
a)32 m b)16 m 45. a) Italy, Russia, France and UK
c)64 m d)20 m 46. b) M P=Q L ....... (i)
e)None of these
R > T M
............(ii)
L=S
..............(iii)
From the figure, it is clear that Nikhil Combining all these statements, we get
is 20 m North from the starting point. R > T M P = Q L = S
Thus, Q S is true. Hence conclusion
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47. e) R > T M P = Q L = S 56. b) 59. e)
Thus, R > Q and T P are true.
Hence, both conclusions I and II are
true.
(48 - 49)
D < P = L > K .............. (i)
E > H = I K ............... (ii)
Combining all these statements, we get
48. d) D < P = L > K I = H < E
Thus, we cant compare D and K
Again , L > H. Hence (L H) is not
true
49. a) D < P = L > K I = H < E.
Thus, P > H is true. Hence conclusion
I is true. Again, we cant compare E
and L. Hence conclusion II is not true.
So, Only II follows. So, both I and II follow.
50. c) C D < F = H M N < J
57. d)
Thus, F N means either F > N or F 60. d)
=N
Hence, either conclusion I or II is true.
51. b) C D < F = H M N < J
Thus, we cant compare H and J.
Hence conclusion I is not true. Again,
H N is true. Hence conclusion II is
true.
(52-55)
S>T>R>Q=P So, neither I nor II follows.
52. d) (61- 63)
According to the given information, the
53. a)
final arrangement is as following .
54. d)

So, neither I nor II follows

58. d)

We dont know the gender of F.

55. c) As,

So, 61. b) C is to the immediate left of D.

So, Neither I nor II follows.
62. a) B is second to the right of E.
63. e) A is third to the left of B.
(64 - 65)
India beats Pakistan ra ja sa
.............(i)
Pakistan beats Australia sa ja ga
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Australia beats no any team ga Hence, x < y 78- c; Total no. of books purchased by A
na pa ta ja ...............(iii) 69-a; Let 1/x = u and 1/y = v and B together in 2008 = 840 +520 =
Team performance pa ma Now, 2u +3v= 13 ..................i) 1360
................(iv) and 5u - 4v = -2 ..................ii) Now, 20% are graphic novels.
From (i), (ii) and(iii), beats ja Solving equation i) 4 and adding Then, the total no. of graphic novels
................... (v) equation ii) 3, we get
1360 20
From (i), (v) and (ii), Pakistan sa 8u +12v = 52 = = 272
.................. (vi) 15u -12v =-6 100
From (v) ,(i) and (vi), India ra 23u = 46 79-d; Number of books purchased for
..................(vii) u = 2 and v = 3 library B in 2003 = 240
From (ii), (v) and (iii), Australia so, 1/x = 2 Number of books purchased for library
....................(viii) x = 1/2 B in 2006 = 680
From (iii) and (iv), team pa again, 1/y = 3 Reqd. Percentage increase
y = 1/3
.................. (ix)
680 240 440
From (iv) and (ix), performance hence, x > y
= 100 100
ma ......................(x) 70-e; I. (x+3)(2x-3) = x +2(3x-7) 240 240
From (iii), (viii), (ix) and (v) no/any Or, x2 4x 5 = 0
na or ta Or, (x 5) + 1 (x 5) = 0

22
100
550 1
183 %
x = 5, -1
64. a) 12 3 3
65. b) 4 3y 5 80-e; Reqd. % =
(66-70): II.
66-b; I. x2 8x + 15 = 0
y 2y 3 B 2004
100
360
100 = 45%
Or, x(x 5) 3(x 5) = 0
2
Or, 6y + 6y - 12 = 0 A 2006 800
x= 5, 3 Or, y2 + y - 2 = 0 (81-83):
II. y2 4y +3 = 0 or,y (y +2) 1(y+2) = 0 81-a; Cost of 13 kg of sugar = Rs 195
or, y (y 3) 1(y - 3) = 0 y = -2, 1 Cost of 21 kg of sugar = Rs 315
y = 1, 3 hence, relationship cannot be Cost of 17 kg of rice = Rs 544
Hence, x y established. Cost of 26 kg of rice = Rs 832
67-d; I. x2 +12x + 35 = 0 (71-75): Cost of 21 kg of wheat = Rs 336
or, x (x+7) +5(X+7) = 0 71-e; The series is +(1 2), +(2 3), Cost of 19 kg of wheat = Rs 304
x = -7, -5 +(3 4), ........................ Required cost = 315 + 832 + 304 = Rs
II. y2 + 7y +10 = 0 72-a; The series is +21, +42, +63, 1451
or, y (y+5) +2 (y +5) = 0 .......................... 82-e; Let cost for the manufacturer machine
y= -5, -2 73-e; The series is double difference be x.
Hence, x y 74-e; The series is +1 3 , -2 3 , +3 3 ,
110 120 95
38
.....................
x
75-a; The series is 0.5- 1, 1 1, 1.5
Then,
68-c; I. 19 x 100 100 100
x 1,...................
= 672
(76-80):
x= 535.88
38 76-a;
Or, x Reqd. Ratio =
83-d; Let x L of second solution must be
19 added.
x = -2 640 240 880 88 22 15 20 5 x

46 y 1 760 480 1240 124 31 Then,
20 x
= 10

II. = 22 : 31
23 y 300+5x = 200+ 10x
77-b; Reqd. Average no. of books for library
100
1 160 380 760 520 1820 x= = 20 L
2 y A= 5
Or, 4 4
y
= 455
Or, 2y = 1
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(84-88):
180 120 60 15 12 8 2.25
84-d; Reqd. No. of females = Then, (x +10) =
24 27 270 210 60 30 6
1800 1000 = 432 =1:1 = 18
100 100 (89-93): x +10 = 18
270 = 162 89-b; There are 5 letters in the word in which x = 8 men
85-a; Reqd. Ratio = there are 2 vowels O and E. (94-98):
So, required no. of ways = 4! 2! =
9 2 1
1000 48 94-a; ?2 = 3694 = 528
100 90-c; 7 2
20 9 Spirit Water
1800 1000 Vessel 1 0.5 : 0.5 ?= 528 = 23 (approx)
100 100 1 : 1
Vessel 2 0.75 : 0.25 14
3 : 1 95-b; ? = 80 = 112 (approx)
90 90 10

360 90 270 Spirit
1
2
3
3
13
96-c; ? = 47+2209 = 2256 (approx)
2 4 13 : 7 97-b; 123.01 = 123 = ?
Water 1 1 7
=1:3 2 3 ? = 1728 (approx)
86-b; Number of female employees in the 2 4 98-a;
Chemistry department = 91-a; 1105 = 11x +10 +18x +20 +24x +15 (99-100):
= 1105 = 53x +45 99-a; Reqd. % =
18 14
1800 1000 = 324 Amount with Champa = 24x +15 =
21 15 600
100 100 24 20 + 15 = Rs 495 100 = 40%
140 = 184 92-e; Let A was turned off after x min. 15 15
No. of female employees in the English x x5 100-a; Area of the square pond = (8)2 = 64
department = Then, =1 m2
12 15 Let the width of the park be x m, then
15 21
1800 1000 =270- 5 x 4 x 20
length
100 100 =1 Then, area of rectangular part = x 2x
210= 60 60 = 2x2
Hence, total number of female 9x +20 = 60
1
employees in Chemistry and English 4 Area of pond = of area of the field
departments = 184 +60 = 244 x=4 min 8
87-c; Reqd. % = 9
1
93-d; Men : Women : Boys = 15 : 24 : 36 = 64 = 2x2
17 5 : 8 : 12 8
1000
100 170 Convert women and boys in terms of
100 100 men 64 8
13 234 x2 = = 256
1800 8 women = 5 men 2
100 x = 16 m
5
=72.64% 12 women = 12 = men Length of the rectangular field = 2
88-a; Reqd. Ratio = 8 16 = 32 m
12 boys = 5 men
10 12
1800 1000 5
6
5
100 100 6 boys =
12 2
= men
15 21
1800 1000 Total women and boys in terms of men
100 100
15 5 20
= = 10 men
2 2 2
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PRACTICE SET FOR UPCOMING EXAM [IPPB-PO (MAIN)]
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (Q.1-10) Read the following
passage carefully and answer the
questions given below
It. Certain words/phrases have been
printed in bold to help you locate them
while answering some of the questions.
There is nothing undesirable in science or
technology. But the question of science and
ethics is complex. A few dominant groups
may take decisions affecting whole
populations. Therefore, we have to learn as
quickly as possible how to manage emerging
technology in a true public interest
perspective. The best way to do this is to
encourage participatory decision making so
that science and technology policies are a
natural consequence of wider democratic
processes. As most countries today are
moving towards democratic forms of
society, decisions are now increasingly being
taken not by experts alone, but by the public
at large. We have seen this with nuclear
power stations. hydroelectric dams, toxic-
waste disposal etc. Technology assessment
and forecasting can be usefully based on the
views of several organisations including non-
scientific people. Such a forecasting system
should come out with scenarios on the basis
of which decisions can be taken at the
national and the global levels.
The science-communication capability of a
society, at the grass-roots level, is of critical
importance. However, we have very little
expertise in this direction. The scientific
community may not be well equipped to
understand the social implications of its
research. So, it should work closely with
social scientists, public interest groups, the
bureaucracy and the political system.
Scientists have to inform the end users about
the developments in science and technology
and their consequences in a language which
they can understand. Earlier, we used to talk
about superstitions and inculcating scientific
temper among people. Now, a new cadre of
science communicators with an entirely new
orientation is needed. Also, each new science
and technology project must earmark
allocations for educating the public. Even in
the case of social development problems,
such as health, malnutrition, and sanitation,
the problem, such as health, malnutrition,
and satiation, the problem is essentially of
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delivery. It is largely a question of involving c)
Science and ethics are to
people in the delivery system. participate equally importantly
Globalisation has created both concerns and d) The scientific commodity has to
opportunities for scientific research. The be well equipped.
cost of research is going up because it is e) Science and technology system
increasingly instrument-oriented and must be strengthened
instruments are expensive. Moreover, 2. Which of the following comprises the
research is seen as a business investment risk involved in S & T?
and business looks for heavy and quick a) Delivery system
returns. There is a tendency to closely guard b) Inability to reach out to public
intellectual knowledge to become c)Lack of globalisation
competitive in the market. As a consequence, d)Research and development system
many people with good ideas are kept away e)Brain drain
from practising. This is a major concern for 3. Why has our Research and development
developing countries. These countries system come up with few
possess the maximum number of talented commercially successful innovations?
and original minds, yet the number of a)Weak science and technology system
scientific people for research from these b)Exodus of scientists to the west
countries is dwindling. Our science and c)The laboratory remains the abode of
technology delivery system is weak. When the results
a technology is developed, its efficacy d)Lack of mobility personnel
depends upon the delivery mechanism e)None of these
adopted, how we take results of the 4. What changes are required in Research
laboratory to the end users. Our scientists and development management in the
and technologists in the West contribute present globalised environment?
greatly to the worlds economy but the same a) Research and development must
people cannot do it here because of the weak be cost-friendly.
delivery system. The issues of technology b) Open-door and liberal policies
transfer, commercialisation and adoption c) Science has to become less
need to be addressed seriously. We have to indiscreet
adjust our research and development d) Our scientists in the West be
priorities and technology development encouraged.
paths in view of the competitive market e) None of these
conditions. Globalisation has increased the 5. What are the new opportunities created
mobility of trained people. by globalisation?
But it has also resulted in huge financial a)Discrepancies in jobs are decreasing.
compensations and human resource costs. b)One-million trained human resource
Now, a person trained in infotech for a mere c)High human resource cost
three months may be paid far more than the d)Availability of trained personnel
highest paid scientist in the country. This is e)None of these
not because of the value of the expertise, 6. Who are the end-users?
but is an insurance in lieu of increased a)Retailers
mobility. For us, the rapidly expanding b)Scientists
global market for trained human resources c) Research and development wing
is a big opportunity. Out of 20 million d)Market and society
students in the country, even if we manage e)World
to train one million in emerging technologies, NOT TRUE
7 . W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i s
we can soon emerge as a world leader in this in the context of the passage?
field. A) Even non-scientific people play a
role enhancing society
1. How can the risk involved in technology
B) The scientist may not be able to
be controlled and managed?
comprehend fully the implications
a) Dominant groups, reaching out to
of his achievement on society.
masses must be curbed
C) Science communication is yet to
b) Public and experts are to
be recognised by us.
participate equally importantly.
a)Only A
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b)Only B
c)Only C
d)Only B and C
e)Only A and C
8. What is the role of delivery in science
and technology?
a) To make the world a better place
b) To make our society have a
scientific temper
c) To take scientific achievement to
the people
d) To reap the benefits of science
labs
e) None of these
Directions: (Q.9) Choose the word which
is most nearly the SAME is meaning as
the word printed in bold as used in the
passage.
9. EQUIPPED
a)Talented b)Furnished
c)Founded d)Sounded
e)Educated
Directions: (Q.10) Choose the word
which is most nearly the OPPOSITE is
meaning as the word printed in bold as
used in the passage.
10. CONCERN
a)Anxiety b)Apathy
c)Effect d)Ability
e)Testimonial
Directions (Q.11-15) Read the following
passage carefully and answer the
questions given below It. Certain words/
phrases have been printed in bold to help
you locate them while answering some
of the questions.
Mountaineering is now liked looked upon
as the king of sports. But men have lived
amongst the mountains since prehistoric
times and in some parts of the world, as in
the Andes and Himalayas, difficult mountain
journeys have inevitably been part of their
everyday life. However, some of the peaks
there were easily accessible from most of
the cities of Europe. It is quite interesting
that while modern mountaineers prefer
difficult routes for the greater enjoyment of
sport, the early climbers looked for the
easiest ones, for the summit was the prize
they all set their eyes on. Popular interest
in mountaineering increased considerably
after the and fatal accident which occurred
during the descent.
In the risky sport of mountaineering the
element of competition between either
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individuals or teams is totally absent. Rather 15. to press in the last sentence of the
one can say that the competition is between passage means:
the team, and the peaks themselves. The a)to struggle in a forceful manner
individuals making up a party must climb b)to force upon others
together as a team. For they depend upon c)to work fearlessly
one another for their safety. Mountaineering d)to continue in a determined manner
can be dangerous unless reasonable e)None of these
precautions are taken. However, the
majority of fatal accidents happen to parties Directions (Q. 16-20): In each of the
which are inexperienced or not properly following sentences there is one or two
equipped. Since many accidents are caused blank space. Below each sentence there
due to bad weather, the safe climber is the are five pairs of words denoted by letter
man who knows when it is time to turn back, a), b), c), d) and e). Find out which pair of
however, tempting it may be to press on words can be filled up in the blanks in
and try to try to reach the summit. the sentence in the same sequence to
make the sentence grammatically correct
11. Mountaineering is different from other and meaningfully complete.
sports because:
a) it is risky and dangerous 16. Among the younger people there are
b) it can be fatal complaints that the sight of ex-Nazis
c) it is most thrilling and exciting, flourishing recommends ___________
there is no competition between to youth, that it installs, instead of
individuals needed moral values, the dubious
d) All of the above precept that ___________ is the best
e) None of these policy.
a)emulation, honesty
12. People living in the Andes and the
Himalayas made mountain journeys b)desperation, dishonesty
c)selfishness, intolerance
because:
a) it was a kind of sport d)cynicism, expediency
b) they had to undertake them in e)Screamed, doing
their day-to-day life 17. He is so _________ that everyone is
c) they lived in pre-historic time always _______ to help him in his
d) of the challenge offered by the work.
difficult journey a)helpful, reluctant
e) None of these b)aloof, cooperative
13. Mountaineers climb as a team because: c)adamant, enthusiastic
a) the height is too much for one d)miserly, ignorant
individual e)magnanimous, eager
b) the competition is between the 18. Kautilya was a great political thinker
team and the peak and his strong _________ personality
c) they have to rely on each other is ________ throughout the thoughts
for safety and expressions in the Arthashastra.
d) there is no competition among a)virile, observed
them b)vigorous, noticed
e) All of these c)vivacious, reflected
14. ........... the summit was the prize they d)dynamic, detected
all set their eyes on. In the context of e)defiant, discerned
the passage, this means: 19. It is _________ that those who
a) reaching the top was their expect________ from others are seldom
exclusive concern merciful themselves.
b) they kept their eyes steadily on a)stupid, sympathy
reaching the summit b)repulsive, compassion
c) they cared for nothing but the prize c)strange, sincerity
of reaching the summit d)unpardonable, kindness
d) they chose a route from which e)paradoxical, clemency
they could see the summit clearly 20. Though he is reputed for his technical
e) None of these __________, his books were
sadly__________ of the work of others
as he lacked originality.
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a)advice, unconscious E. The government is created not by 33. a)bright b)improving
b)skill, independent any contract but by a decree of c)deteriorating d)encouraging
c)knowledge, ignorant the sovereign, and its function is e)discouraging
d)expertise, derivative in no sense to make but only to 34. a)abundance b)shortage
e)dependence, indicative administer law. c)inefficiency d)weaknesses
F. Collectively, they may be called e)over-supply
Directions (Q. 21-25): Read each prence or magistracy. 35. a)was b)is
sentence to find out if there is any error c)were d)must
in it. The error, if any, will be in one part 26. Which of the following should be the e)have been
of the sentence. The number of that part SECOND sentence after 36. a)test b)prove
is the answer. If there is no error the rearrangement? c)give d)inject
answer is e). (Ignore errors in a)A b)C e)produce
punctuation, if any) c)B d)D 37. a)in b)by
e)E c)with d)over
21. The beauty of her autobiography (a)/ 27. Which of the following should be the
lies incoming (b)/to terms with life. (c)/ e)into
SIXTH (LAST) sentence after 38. a)term b)quality
facing its many challenges through a rearrangement?
rare courage (d)/No error (e) c)utensil d)technique
a)A b)B e)experiment
22. The Third World countries must adopt c)D d)C
(a)/a radically different approach for 39. a)While b)As
e)F c)Soon d) Early
(b)/the dissemination of scientific 28. Which of the following should be the
information (c)/in view of the nature e)Before
FIRST sentence after rearrangement? 40. a)safe b)risky
and magnitude of their problems. (d)/ a)B b)C
No error (e) c)famous d)recognised
c)A d)D e)widespread
23. Yet the writers (a)/have no qualms in e)E
(b)/depicting the gory (c)/details of the 29. Which of the following should be the REASONING ABILITY
violence. (d)/No error (e) FOURH sentence after rearrangement?
24. You should not discuss (a)/about a a)D b)E Directions (Q. 41-45): Study the given
matter (b)/with friends who are likely c)A d)B information and answer the following
(c)/to find it offensive (d)/No error (e) e)C questions:
25. There are several ways (a)/of investing 30.Which of the following should be the When a word and number arrangement
money prudently (b)/and making THIRD sentence after rearrangement? machine is given an input line of words and
substantial profit (c)/from the a)D b)E numbers, it arranges them following a
investments. (d)/No error (e) c)B d)C particular rule. The following is an
e)A illustration of input and its rearrangement.
Directions (Q.26-30): Rearrange the
(All the numbers are two digit numbers.)
following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) Directions (Q.31-40): In the following Input: hearing 18 integrity 50 xenon 89 glow
and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph passage there are blanks, each of which 33 century 81 23 goal.
and then answer the questions which has been numbered. These numbers are Step I: glow hearing 18 integrity 50 xenon
follow : printed below the passage and against 33 century 81 23 goal 89
A. The distinction between state or each, five words are suggested, Find out Step II: glow goal hearing 18 integrity 50
sovereign and government is the appropriate word in each case. xenon 33 century 23 81 89
developed by Rousseau with During the World War I, penicillin was (31) Step III: glow goal xenon hearing 18
utmost exactness and accuracy. on six patients. The (32) were very much integrity 33 century 23 50 81 89
B. While state denotes the (33), but unfortunately due to the (34) of Step IV: glow goal xenon century hearing
community as a whole, created by penicillin two patients dies. This tragic 18 integrity 23 33 50 81 89
social pact and manifesting itself incident proved that it (35) essential to (36) Step V : glow goal xenon century hearing
in supreme general will, the medicine (37) large quantities. After integrity 18 23 33 50 81 89
government denotes merely the many months of tireless efforts, a flawless Step V is the last step of the above
individual or group of individuals (38) of extracting penicillin in large quantities arrangement as the intended arrangement is
that is designated by the was evolved (39) the manufacture and use obtained. As per the rules followed in the
community to carry into effect the of it became (40). above steps, find out the appropriate steps
sovereign will.
for the given input.
C. Government, to Rousseau, means 31. a)invented b)given
Input : 19 numerology 48 global 88 xylem
executive power. c)tested d)suggested
25 telling 79 59 fabricate torcher
D. The individuals, to whom this e)recommended
power is assigned, are the officers 32. a)impact b)results 41. Which step number would be the
or the agents of the sovereign. c)actions d)dangers following output? Xylem global telling
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torcher 19 numerology 25 fabricate 48 A speaks Telugu and is not an J, the Green house, is exactly
59 79 88 immediate neighbour of the Hindi opposite F.
a) Step III speaker. K, the White house, is taller than
b) Step IV Only F sits between the Punjabi I, but shorter than H and J.
c) Step V and the Marathi speaker.
d) There will be no such step G sits third to the left of the 51. Which of the following houses is the
e) None of these person who speaks English. shortest?
42. Which of the following would be the a) J
last step of the rearrangement? 46. Which of the following pairs represents b) F
a) IV b) V the immediate neighbours of the c) I
c) VI d) VII Marathi Speaker? d) Cant be determined
e) None of these a) Punjabi and Bengali e)None of these
43. If in the last step all the words get b) English and Punjabi 52. How many houses are shorter than H?
rearranged in alphabetical order, which c) Telugu and Bengali a) Two
of the following words would retain d) Kannada and Tamil b) Three
its original position? e) None of these c) Four
a) fabricate b) xylem 47. Who among the following speaks d) Cant be determined
c) telling d) global English? e) None of these
e) None of these a) G b) H 53. Which of the following house is between
44. Which of the following would be at the c) F d) E G and I?
7th position from the left in Step III? e) None of these a) Green b) Orange
a) 25 b) fabricate 48. How many persons sit between the c) White d) Blue
c) 48 d) telling Hindi speaker and D when counted in e) None of these
e) None of these clockwise direction from the Hindi 54. What is the colour of the tallest house?
45. In Step IV, if xylem is related to 88 speaker? a) White b) Green
and global is related to 79 then 19 a) None b) One c) Blue d) Yellow
is related to which of the following, if c) Two d) Three e) None of these
the same pattern is followed? e) Four 55. What is the colour of the house located
a) 48 b) 59 49. E speaks which of the following diagonally opposite the Yellow house?
c) fabricate d) 25 languages? a) Red b) White
e) None of these a) Tamil b) Bengali c) Orange d) Blue
c) Punjabi d) Marathi e) None of these
Directions (Q.46 - 50): Study the e) None of these
following information and answer the 50. Who among the following sits exactly Directions (Q. 56 - 60): In each question
questions given below: between B and H? below are given three statements
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are a) Telugu speaker followed by two conclusions numbered I
playing a game of musical chairs. The chairs b) Tamil speaker and II. You have to take the given
placed around a circular table face away c) Punjabi speaker statements to be true even if they seem
from the table. Each person knows a different d) Marathi speaker to be at variance with commonly known
language Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, e) Hindi speaker facts and then decide which of the given
Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Hindi and English conclusions logically follows from the
but not necessarily in the same order. Directions (Q. 51- 55): Study the given statements, disregarding
When all of them are sitting in the chairs following information carefully and commonly known facts. Give answer
during the game, the following conditions answer the questions given below: a) If only conclusion I follows.
were fulfilled. There are six houses F, G, H, I, J and K. b) If only conclusion II follows.
C is a Hindi speaker and sits third Three houses are located on each side of the c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
to the left of E. road. All the houses are painted in different d) If neither conclusion I nor II
The Tamil and the Punjabi speaker colours viz, Red, Blue, Green, Orange, follows.
are immediate neighbours of each Yellow and White. the houses are of different e) If both conclusions I and II follow.
other. Neither the Punjabi nor the heights.
G, the tallest house, is exactly (56 - 57):
Tamil speaker is an immediate Statements: Some doors are handles.
neighbour of either E or C. opposite the Red house.
The shortest house is exactly All handles are threads.
The Telugu and the English Some threads are windows.
speaker are immediate neighbours opposite the Green house.
F, the Orange house, is located 56. Conclusions: I. Some doors are
of each other. threads.
Neither E nor D speaks English. between K and H.
I, the Yellow house, is exactly II. Some handles are windows.
The one who speaks Punjabi sits 57. Conclusions: I. All handles being
to the left of B, who speaks opposite K.
windows is a possibility.
Kannada.
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II. All windows being doors is a
possibility.
(58 - 59)
Statements: Some states are villages.
No village is a forest..
All forests are towns.
58. Conclusions : I. Some villages are
definitely not towns.
II. Some forests are not states.
59. Conclusions : I. Some forests being
villages is a possibility.
II. Some towns are forests.
(60)
Statements: All milk is butter
All butter is curd.
No curd is milkshake.
60. Conclusions: I. At least some butter
is milkshake.
II. Some milkshakes are definitely not
curd.
Directions (Q. 61-64): Study the
following information carefully and
answer the questions.
Indias financial woes are rapidly
approaching a critical stage. The rupee has
depreciated by 44% in the past two years
and hit a record low against the US dollar in
August 2013. The stock market is plunging,
bond yields are very low and capital is
flooding out of the country. There are ways
of looking at Indias present economic woes
marked by a rapid fall in the value of the
rupee caused by persistent inflation of the
past few years and the high current account
deficit (CAD) of about $ 85 billion (4.5 per
cent of GDP).
61. Which of the following is/are the main
cause of the economic crisis in India?
I. Heavy subsidies
II. Heavy taxation in corporate
sectors
III. Corruption
IV. Heavy expenditures of the
government
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Only II and III
d) Only I, II and IV
e) Only I and IV
62. What course(s) of action should
government take to get out of the
economic crisis?
I. The government should promote
foreign investment.
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II. The government should cut down
imports.
III. The government should work to
promote exports.
IV. The government should borrow
money from the World Bank.
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Only III
d) Only I, II and III
e) All of these
63. Which of the following conclusions can
be drawn from the above passage?
a) The excess supply of money in
the Indian market is degrading the
value of Indian rupee.
b) The share of foreign shareholders
is allowing the money to flow
out of the country.
c) Continuous devaluation of dollar
led to the economic crisis in India.
d) None of these
e) All of these
64. Which of the following assumptions is
/ are implicit in the above statement?
I. Foreign investors are losing faith
in the market.
II. There is excess supply of
commodities in the Indian market
III. Current account deficit of the
country has increased.
IV. There is lack of effective
communication between the
government and the central bank
of the country.
a) Only I b) Only I and II
c) Only II d) Only III
e) All of these
Directions (Q. 65- 69): Each of the
questions below consists of a question
and two statements numbered I and II
given below it. You have to decide
whether the data provided in the
statements are sufficient to answer the
question. Read both the statements and
give answer.
a) If the data in statement I alone are
sufficient to answer the questions,
while the data in statement II alone
are not sufficient to answer the
question.
b) If the data in statement II alone
are sufficient to answer the
question, while the data in
statement I alone are not sufficient
to answer the question.
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c) If the data in statement I alone or
in statement II alone are sufficient
to answer the question.
d) If the data given in both
statements I and II together are
not sufficient to answer the
question.
e) If the data in both statements I
and II together are necessary to
answer the question.
65. In a school, five different subjects, viz
Sanskrit, Maths, English, Hindi and
GA, are taught in five different periods
on a day, starting from 10 am and ending
at 3 pm. Each class has a duration of 1
hour each. Does the class of Sanskrit
start at 12 noon?
I. Three subjects are taught between
Maths and English. Hindi is
taught just before GA.
II. Two subjects are taught between
English and Hindi. Hindi is taught
before English.
66. In which year was R born?
I. Rs brother, who was born in
1964, is 35 years younger than
his mother.
II. R is 25 years younger than his
mother.
67. What is the code for sky in code
language?
I. In the code language sky is clear
is written as de ra fa.
II. In the same code language make
it clear is written as de ga lo.
68. P,Q, R and S are sitting in a straight line
facing north. Who is next to P?
I. None of them sits on the left of P
and on the right of Q, while only
one person sits between R and
Q.
II. P does not sit next to S, who does
not sit on the extreme right.
69. Do X, Y and Z stand in the same line?
I. P is 3 km towards north of Q. R
is 7 km towards west of P. X is 3
Km towards North of P. Y is 3
km towards east of Z, who is
towards east of X.
II. X is 5 km towards north of P. Y is
2 km towards east of X. Q is 4 km
towards east of Y.
Directions(Q.70- 74): Study the
following information carefully and
answer the questions given below:
Eight friends Heena, Chandan, Nita, Gaurav,
Bhavesh, Pranav, Dinesh and Isha are sitting

in a row facing north. All of them like
different colours, viz Red, Pink, Orange,
Green, Yellow, Black, Violet and Blue.
There is only one person between
Nita and the one who likes Violet.
Dinesh is neither an immediate
neighbour of Nita nor he likes
Green.
Heena sits fourth to the left of the
one who likes Violet but she does
not like Pink.
The person who likes Black is
third to the right of the one who
likes Green and sits on the
immediate right of Heena.
The one who likes Green sits at
one of the extreme ends of the
row. Chandan does not like
Green.
Pranav is an immediate neighbour
of both Dinesh and Nita.
Isha sits at one of the extreme
ends of the row but she does not
like Green.
The one who likes Blue sits
second to the right of the one who
likes Orange.
The ones who like Black and Pink
are immediate neighbours.
Bhavesh sits third to the left of
Nita and likes Yellow.
There is only one person between
the persons who like Yellow and
Black.
70. How many persons are there between
Gaurav and Chandan?
a) Two b) Three
c) Four d) Five
e) None of these
71. Who among the following is an immediate
neighbour of the persons who like
Black and Yellow?
a) Dinesh b) Gaurav
c) Heena d) Chandan
e) None of these
72. Who among the following likes Orange?
a) Nita b) Pranav
c) Dinesh d) Bhavesh
e) None of these
73. Who among the following sits on the
immediate left of the one who likes
Blue?
a) The one who likes Orange
b) Either Pranav or Nita
c) The one who like Violet
d) The one who likes Black
e) None of these
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74. Who among the following sits third to
the right of the person who likes Red?
a) Nita b) Gaurav
c) Dinesh d) Pranav
e) None of these
Directions (Q.75 - 80): Below in each
question are given two statements (A)
and (B) . These statements may be either
independent causes or may be effects of
independent causes or of a common
cause. One of these statements may be
the effect of the other statement. Read
both the statements and device which
of the following answer choices correctly
depicts the relationship between these
two statements. Mark answer
a) If statement (A) is the cause and
Statement (B) is its effect.
b) If statement (B) is the cause and
statement (A) is its effect.
c) If both the statements (A) and (B)
are independent causes.
d) If both the statements (A) and (B)
are effects of independent causes.
e) If both the statements (A) and (B)
are effects of some common cause.
75. (A) The CBI has asked the New Delhi
Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to
submit records on Hotel Lalit, Hotel
Le Meridien and Hotel Taj Mahal.
(B) According to the NDMC, hotels
mentioned in the CBIs letter
have allegedly defaulted in
payment of licence fees, resulting
in due of over Rs. 700 cr.
76. (A) The Government of India has
ordered a nationwide review of the
Rs.35000/-cr programme of
MGNREGA to see if it meets the
objective of generating jobs and
creating durable assets.
(B) There are a large number of
incomplete works and lack of
awareness among many
households regarding their
entitlements.
77. Statement: The civil aviation ministry
has asked Air India to hire more pilots
and cabin crew.
Which of the following may be an
impact of the shortage of staff on Air
India?
a) It will result in delay of flights.
b) Profits of the airlines will decline.
c) People will prefer to travel by
other airlines.
d) Services of Air India will degrade.
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78. Statement: Indias 50 large and
frequently traded companies are
expected to report subdued
performance in the month of
December 2015.
Which of the following can be most
likely inferred from the above
statement?
a) Job hiring of the companies will
freeze.
b) Operating cost of the companies
will increase.
c) Profit of the companies will be
low in the second quarter.
d) Economy will not pick up pace
very soon.
e) None of these
79. Statement: The cash- rich Indian
Premier League will have a new title
sponsor in its next edition after Pepsi
Co expressed its interest to terminate
the association with the BCCI.
Which of the following may be a
probable reason for the termination
of Pepsi Co contract with the BCCI?
a) PepsiCo has been running in
profit in the Indian subcontinent.
b) PepsiCo is intressing dipping
foreign interests.
c) PepsiCo wants to withdraw from
the sponsorship because of the
2013 spot- fixing scandal.
d) The BCCI has not cleared the old
dues of PepsiCo.
e) Only (a) and (b)
80. Statement: Indian private
conglomerate, Baba Ramdevs
Patanjali, has tied up with Future
Group.
Which of the following will not be an
effect of the above statement?
a) The sale of Patanjali products will
increase.
b) More people will be aware of the
products of Patanjali.
c) Patanjali might become the top
FMCG company of India in the
coming years.
d) There will be a fall in the revenue
of Patanjali
e) None of these
Directions (Q.81-86): Read the following
information carefully and answer the
questions which follow:
P,Q,S, T, U, V and W live on a different
floors of a building having seven floors
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numbered one to seven (the ground floor is 85. Which of the following combinations is QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
numbered I, and the floor above it is true?
numbered 2 and so on. The topmost floor a) U Floor no.6 Green Directions: (Q. 91-95): Study the
is numbered 7.) All of them like cars of b) T Pink Floor no. 6 following graph and the table and
different colour, viz Yellow, Black, Green, c) Q Floor no.4 Red answer the questions given below.
Orange, Red, White and Pink but not d) P Red Floor no .2 Data of different states regarding
necessarily in the same order. e) V Floor no.1 orange population of states in the year 1998
There are two floors between the floor on 86. Which of the following is true regarding
which Q and U live. Q lives two floors W?
below Ws floor and likes Green car. There a) W lives on the topmost floor.
are three floors between W and P. P likes b) W likes Green car.
Yellow car and lives on an odd- numbered c) W lives between T and Q.
floor. The one who like Pink car lives on d) None is true
floor no.6 The one who likes Yellow car e) Other than the given options
lives on floor no.3. The one who likes Orange 87. Which of the following symbols should
car does not lives on an even- numbered replace the question mark (?) in the
floor. Neither S nor U lives immediately given expression to make the
above or immediately below Ts floor. S likes expression M < P and Q > M definitely
White car and there is one floor between the true?
floors on which T and S live. T lives on an P C>F?M<G?Q
even- numbered floor but he does not live
on floor no. 4. P lives immediately above
a) >, > b) <,
Us floor. V likes Black car but he does not c) >, d) =, >
live on the topmost floor. U likes Red car e) None of these
and lives immediately below Ps floor. 88. Which of the following expressions will
There is only one person between the person be true if the given expression
who likes Pink and the one who likes White A B C D = E F will be
car but that person is neither P nor U. The definitely true?
one who likes Orange car lives immediately a) F > D b) C > E
above Ts floor. T does not live on floor
c) F A d) E< B 91. What was the number of males in UP in
no.2. Those who live on floor no.4 and floor
no . 2 like White and Red car respectively. e) None of these the year 1998?
a)254650
81. On which of the following floors does V Directions (Q. 89 - 90): Study the
b)294840
live? following information carefully and
c)321470
a) Third b) Second answer the questions that follow.
d)341200
c) Fifth d) Fourth A $ B means A is father of B.
e)None of these
e) First (Ground) A # B means A is mother of B.
92. What was the total number of illiterate
82. Who among the following lives on the A @ B means A is wife of B.
people in AP and MP in 1998?
topmost floor? A % B means A is son of B.
a)876040
a) W b) Q 89. Which of the following expressions b)932170
c) T d) U indicates N is brother of V? c)981550
e) S a) N$ C @ R $ V d)1161160
83. How many floors are there between the b) N % C @ R $ V e)None of these
floors on which T and V live? c) V% C @ R $ N 93. What is the ratio of the number of females
a) Two b) Three d) V $ C @ R $ N in TN to the number of females in
c) Four d) One e) None of these Delhi?
e) None 90. If the expression is P @ Q % R # S, then a)7 : 5 b)9 : 7
84. Which of the following is true regarding how is P related to S? c)13 : 11 d)15 : 14
Q? a) Brother- in- law e)None of these
a) Q lives on an even- numbered b) Sister in-law 94. What will be the percentage of total
floor. c) Brother number of males in UP, MP and Goa
b) Q likes Yellow car. d) Cant Say together to the total population of all
c) Q likes Green car and lives on e) None of these the given states?
floor no.5. a)25% b)27.5%
d) Q lives on floor no.7. c)28.5% d)31.5%
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95. If in the year 1998, there was an increase 100. On which day was the difference 105. Lowest number of students have
of 10% in the population of UP and between the number of foreign tourists majored in which subject?
12% in the population of MP compared who visited Taj Mahal and Golden a)History
to the previous year, then what was Temple, second highest? b)Philosophy
the ratio of population of UP and MP a)Monday c)Politics
in 1997? b)Tuesday d)English literature
a)42 : 55 b)48 : 55 c)Wednesday e)Psychology
c)7 : 11 d)4 : 6 d)Thursday
e)None of these e)Friday Directions: (Q. 106-110): What should
come in place of the question mark (?)
Directions: (Q. 96-100): Study the Directions: (Q. 101-105): Study the in the following number series?
following graph carefully to answer the following data carefully and answer the
questions that follow. questions given below. 106. 948, 474, ?, 118.5, 59.25, 29.625
Number of foreign tourists who visited Out of 6500 students from the Art-wing of a)221 b)190
three different places in five different a college 21% of the total number of c)237 d)189.06
days students have majored only in Psychology. e)None of these
12% of the total number of students have 107. 374, 355, 317, ?, 184, 89
majored only in English literature, 15% of a)260 b)298
the total number of students have majored c)279 d)241
only in Politics. 7% of the total number of e)None of these
students have majored only in Philosophy 108. 96, 94, 373, 3353, ?, 1341069
and 10% of the total number of students a)83819 b)53483
have majored only in History. 8% of the c)63813 d)53643
total number of students have majored in e)None of these
both Psychology as well as Philosophy. 4% 109. 1, 16, 81, 256, ?, 1296
of the total number of students have majored a)400 b)625
in History as well as Politics and 11% of c)875 d)1125
the total number of students have majored e)None of these
96.What is the average number of foreign in English literature as well as Politics. 9% 110. 281, 141, 71, 36, 18.5, ?
tourists who visited Wagha Border on of the total number of students have majored a)9.5 b)9.25
all the days together? in Psychology and English literature and 3% c)10.75 d)10
a)184 b)172 of the total number of students have majored e)None of these
c)186 d)174 in History and Philosophy. Directions: (Q. 111-115): Study the
e)None of these
101. What is the respective ratio of the following graph carefully and answer
97. Total number of foreign tourists who
number of students majored in the questions given below.
visited all the three places on Tuesday
Philosophy to number of students Profit earned by three companies over
together is what percent of the total
majored only in Psychology? the years (Rs in crores)
number foreign tourists who visited
Wagha Boarder on Monday and a)4 : 5 b)5 : 6
Wednesday together? c)6 : 7 d)7 : 8
a)168% b)124% e)None of these
c)112% d)224% 102. Students majored in History are
e)212% approximately, what percent of the
98. On which day was the total number of total number of students majored in
foreign tourists who visited all the Politics?
three places together second lowest? a)48 b)61
a)Monday c)52 d)57
b)Tuesday e)45
c)Wednesday 103. How many students have majored only
d)Thursday in Politics?
e)Friday a)650 b)975
99. What is the respective ratio between the c)780 d)455 111. What was the average profit earned by
number of foreign tourists who visited e)None of these all the three companies in the year
Taj Mahal on Thursday and the 104. What is the total number of students 2008?
number of foreign tourists who visited majored in English literature? a)Rs 300 crore
Golden Temple on Friday? a)780 b)1495 b)Rs 400 crore
a)14 : 9 b)8 : 13 c)1300 d)2050 c)Rs 350 crore
c)13 : 8 d)13 : 7 e)None of these d)Rs 520 crore
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112. In which of the following years was 116. What is the minimum passing a)35 days b)25 days
the difference between the profits percentage in a test? c)15 days d)45 days
earned by company B and company A I. Raman scored 25% marks in the e)None of these
the minimum? test and Sunil scored 288 marks 123. Two stations P and Q are at a distance
a)2003 which is 128 more than Raman. of 160 km. Two trains start moving
b)2004 II. Raman scored 64 marks less than from P and Q to Q and P respectively
c)2005 the minimum passing marks. and meet each other after 4 h. If speed
2
d)2008 1 1 7 . W h a t +y +z?
i s t h e v a l u e o f x of the train starting from P is more than
e)None of these I. 4x+3y+5z =60, 2x = y, 2y = z that of other train by 6 km/h, then find
113. In which of the following years was II.3x +3y +2z = 34, 2x+5y +6z =72 the speeds of both the trains,
the total profit earned by all three 118. Whose body weight is second highest respectively?
companies together the highest? among the five boys Arun, Vinay, Suraj, a)19 km/h, 13 km/h
a)2004 b)2007 Raju and Pratap? b)13 km/h, 9 km/h
c)2008 d)2009 I. Average weight of Arun, Suraj and c)17 km/h, 23 km/h
e)None of these Vinay is 68 kg and average weight d)16 km/h, 10 km/h
114. What was the approximate percentage of Raju and Pratap is 72 kg. Also, e)None of the above
increase in the profit earned by Suraj is 78 kg, Raju is 68 kg and 124. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36
company A from 2006 to 2007? Vinay is 46 kg. km downstream in 6 h, while it covers
a)36 b)24 II. Average weight of Arun, Suraj, 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream
c)40 d)20 Vinay and Raju is 68 kg and also
e)54 Suraj is 78 kg, Raju is 68 kg and 1
in 6 h. The speed of the current is
115. What was the difference between the Vinay is 46 kg. All of them have 2
profit earned by company A in 2004 different weight.
a)1 km/h
and the profit earned by company C in 119. What is the respective ratio between
b)2 km/h
2009? the length of a rectangle and side of a
c)1.5 km/h
a)Rs 50 crore square?
d)2.5 km/h
b)Rs 1 crore I. Area of the square is 576 sq cm
e)None of these
c)Rs 100 crore and the area of the rectangle is 600
125. The probability that a man will be alive
d)Rs 200 crore sq cm.
e)None of these II. Breadth of the rectangle is half the 1
side of the square. for 10 more years is and the
Directions (Q. 116-120): Each of the 120. What is the smaller angle of a 4
questions below consists of a question parallelogram? probability that his wife will alive for
and two statements numbered I and II I. Ratio between the angles of a
given below it. You have to decide triangle is 3 : 5 : 4 and the larger
1
whether the data provided in the 10 more years is . The probability
statements are sufficient to answer the
angle, of the parallelogram is 34 0 3
more than the largest angle of the that none of them will be alive for 10
question. Read both the statements and triangle.
give answer more years, is
II. Larger angle of the parallelogram
a) if the data in statement I alone are is 380 more than its smaller angle. 5 1
sufficient to answer the question, 121. Taps A, B and C are attached with a a) b)
while the data in statement II alone tank and velocity of water coming
12 2
are not sufficient. through them are 42 L/h, 56 L/h and 48
b) if the data in statement II alone L/h, respectively. A and B are inlets
7 11
are sufficient to answer the c) d)
and C is outlet. If all the taps are 12 12
question, while the data in opened simultaneously, tank is filled e)None of these
statement I alone are not in 16 h. What is the capacity of the 126. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its
sufficient. tank? length 120 cm. It takes 500 complete
c) if the data either in statement I a)2346 L b)1600 L revolutions to move once over to level
alone or in statement II alone are c)800 L d)960 L a playground. Find the area of the
sufficient to answer the e)None of these playground (in sq m).
question. 122. When A alone does a piece of work, he a)1632 b)1817
d) if the data in both the statements takes 25 days more than the time taken c)1532 d)1584
I and II together are not sufficient by (A+B) to complete that particular e)None of these
to answer the question. work, while B alone takes 49 days more 127. In a certain examination, the average
e) if the data in both the statements than the time taken by (A+B) to finish marks of an examinee is 64 per paper.
I and II together are necessary to the same work. A and B together will If he had obtained 18 more marks for
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marks for his English paper, his average resultant mixture cost Rs 564 per 136. I. 3x2 + 8x + 4= 0
per paper would have been 66. How quintal?
many papers were there in the a)22 : 11 : 9 II. 4y2 19y + 12 =0
examination? b)28 : 14 : 7 137. I. x2 + x 20 =0
a)11 c)14 : 7 : 21 II. y2 y 30 = 0
b)13 d)11 : 77 : 7 138. I. x2 365 =364
c)9
d)15
e)None of these
133. A, B and C started a business with
II. y - 324 81
e)None of these their investments in the ratio 1 : 2 : 4, 4 7
128. A person bought 8 quintal of rice for after 6 months, A invested the half 139. I. x
certain rupees. After a week, he sold 3 amount more as before and B invested x x
quintal of rice at 10% profit, 3 quintal twice the amount more as before, while
of rice with neither profit nor loss and 5
2 quintal at 5% loss. In this transaction, 1 (11) 2
C withdraws th of their II. y2 - =0
what is the profit? 4
a)10% y
investments. Find the ratio of their
b)20% 140. I. 225x2 4 = 0
profits at the end of the year.
c)25%
a)5 : 10 : 15
d)2.5%
b)15 : 20 : 25
II. 225 y+2 = 0
e)None of these
c)5 : 16 : 20
129. 2/3 part of my sum is lent out at 3%, 1/ COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
d)5 : 16 : 14
6 part is lent out at 6% and remaining
e)None of these
part is lent out at 12%. All the three 141. Which sites allow group of users to
134. 5 yr ago, age of Sachin was 4 times the
parts are lent out at simple interest. If exchange their views/ ideas/
age of Vineet and after 10 yr. Sachin
the annual income is Rs 25, what is the information? (non-commercial sites)
will be twice as old as Vineet. Find the
sum? (a) Usenet News
present ages of Sachin and Vineet.
a)Rs 500 (b) Network
b)Rs 650 1 1 (c) Telnet
c)Rs 600 a)12 yr b)16 yr (d) DHCP
d)Rs 450 2 3 (e) None of these
e)None of these 142. Which file System are used for file
130. SBI lent Rs 1331 lakh to the TATA
1 permission ?
c)18 yr d)21 yr
group at compound interest and got Rs 2 (a) FAT -16
1728 lakh after 3 yr. What is the rate of (b) FAT -32
e)None of these
interest charged, if compounded (c) VFAT
135. Four milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed
annually? (d) NTFS
15 cows for 4 months, B grazed 12
a)11% (e) None of these
cows for 2 months, C grazed 18 cows
b)9.09% 143. What is the Size of a Single sided single
for 6 months, and D grazed 16 cows
c)12% layer DVD?
for 5 months. If As share of rent is Rs
d)8.33% a) 4. 7 GB
1, 020, what is Cs share of rent?
e)None of these b) 8.5 GB
a)Rs 1, 836
131. Mr. Shrimant inherits 2505 gold coins c) 9.4 GB
b)Rs 1, 360
and divides them among his three sons; d) 17 GB
c)Rs 816
Bharat, Parat and Marat; in a certain e) None of these
d)Cannot be determined
ratio. Out of the total coins received 144. Which of the following memory used
e)Rs 2, 532
by each of them, Bharat sells 30 coins, to store frequent data used by
Parat donates his 30 coins and Marat Directions: (Q. 136-140): In the processor?
losses 25 coins. Now, the ratio of gold following questions, two equations a) Cache memory
coins with them is 46 : 41 : 34, numbered I and II are given. You have to b) Register
respectively. How many coins did Parat solve both the equations and c) SRAM
receive from his father? Give answer If d) DRAM
a)705 b)950 (a) x > y e) None of these
c)800 d)850 (b) x y 145. The elements of computer processing
e)None of these system are
(c) x < y
132. If the price of three types of rice are Rs (a) Hardware, software, information
(d) x y and people
480, Rs 576 and Rs 696 per quintal,
then find the ratio in which these types (e) x = y or the relationship cannot (b) Hardware, programs and people
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(c) Hardware, data, users and 153. Flip flop is the basic structure of the BANKING AWARENESS
procedures device.
(d) All of the above a) Hard disk 161. What do you mean by Branchless
(e) None of these b) Memory Banking?
146. During boot-up, the memory test c) Cells A) Banks will not have many
(a) Checks and verifies that d) speakers branches as used to be in the good
contiguous memory is installed e) None of these old days. Instead, the number of
(b) Displays what memory is 154. Which of the following contains branches will be restricted and will
installed, but nothing else information about a single entity in conduct only a specified core
(c) Is an operational error the database like a person, place, event business.
(d) Is a superfluous step that should or thing? B) Banks will launch/operate many
be ignored a) query delivery channels like ATMs
(e) None of these b) form Mobile Banking/Internet
147. Digital means that computer c) record Banking etc,so that people are not
information is discrete and countable, d) table required to visit a branch for their
subdivided into e) None of these usual banking needs.
(a) Digits 155. What Does DMA stands for? C) This means banks will issue only
(b) Analog units a) Distinct memory access debit or credit cards for all types
(c) Input b) Direct memory access of day-to-day financial
(d) Bytes c)direct module access transactions. Cheques/cash
(e) None of these d) Direct memory allocation payments will not be allowed.
148. A .contains, specific rules and 156. Which topology are used for Ethernet? a) Only A
words that express the logical steps and a) 802.3 b) only B
algorithm b) 802.4 c) A and B
(a) Syntax c) 802.5 d) B and C
(b) Programming structure d) 802.6 e) All of these
(c) Programming language e) None of these 162. RBI has sold its entire stake except 1%
(d) Logic chart 157. In a relational database row and column in which of the following
(e) None of these is called as ________ and respectively. organizations?
149. The Boolean expression for a 3-input a) Tuple, Attribute a) DICGC
AND gate is ____ b)Attribute, tuple b) National Housing Bank
(a) X = AB c) Tupple, domain c) SIDBI
(b) X = ABC d) Attribute, domain d) NABARD
(c) X = A + B + C e) None of these e) None of these
(d) X = AB + C 158. Decryption is Encryption of data are 163. Which of the following is/are technical
(e) None of these the responsibility of the _______ layer. partners of CIBIL?
150. How many inputs of a four-input AND a) Physical a) Trans Union International
gate must be HIGH in order for the b) Data link b) Dun and Bradstreet
output of the logic gate to go HIGH? c) presentation c) SIDBI & PSBs
(a) Any one of the inputs d) Session d) Both (a) and (b)
(b) Any two of the inputs e) Application e) Both (a) and (c)
(c) Any three of the inputs 159. Which of the following commands is 164. The practice of reducing NPAs through
(d) All four inputs given to reboot the computer? cross-lending to square off loans from
(e) None of these a) Ctrl + Alt + del bank is known as?
151. Documentation while developing a b) Ctrl + shift + ? a) Compromise Settlement
software for a bank is required for c) Ctrl + shift + del. b) Take Over of advances
(a) Auditing d) Ctrl + Alt + shift c) Ever-Greening of advances
(b) Correction e)Ctrl + Alt + Tab d) All of the above
(c)Editing 160. Shimner, sparkle text, Blinking back e) None of the above
(d) All of the above ground etc. are known as__________ 165. What is the full form of PPP in the
(e) none of these a) Line effect context of Finance?
152. Which of the following is not a b) font effect a) Preferential Payment Plan
component of an e-wallet? c) Text effect b) Popular Private Project
(a) digital cash d) All of these c) Partial Payment Project
(b) communication manager e) None of these d) Public-Private Partnership
(c) user profile manager e) None of the above
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166. The single largest component of 172. Recently RBI has made necessary to 178. In which of the following mode,
external debt is? have certification for bank employees BBPOU will confirm the bill payment
a) Commercial borrowings involved in specialised jobs. The basis the bill information dump
b) Multilateral debt deadline to get this certification is provided by the respective biller?
c) Short term debt a) April 1, 2017 a) Online Mode
d) NRI deposits b) April 1, 2018 b) Offline Mode (A)
e) None of the above c) January 1, 2018 c) Offline Mode (B)
167. In the Forbes list released recently, d) January 1, 2017 d) All of the Above
which bank has topped the list of e) July 1, 2017 e) None of the Above
worlds biggest and most powerful 173. Times Internet has partnered with 179. The Indian Space Research Organisation
companies? which Bank to launch co-branded Debit (ISRO) headquarters located in the city
a) European Investment Bank Card? of
b) Commercial Bank of China a) Punjab National Bank a) Mumbai
c) HDFC b) HDFC Bank b) Pune
d) American Express c) ICICI Bank c) Bengaluru
e) None of these d) SBI d) Kanpur
168. For which one of following reasons e) None of these e) Hyderabad
Basel II norms are to be followed by 174. Which bank partnered with a fintech 180. Current laws have provision for the
Commercial Banks? start-up Fisdom for personal wealth number of members in the Rajya Sabha
a) Risk management management services? is?
b) Adoption of international a) Bank of India a) 250
accounting standards b) Allahabad Bank b) 245
c) Restriction on bonus payments to c) Union Bank of India c) 545
bank executives d) Bank of Baroda d) 340
d) Transparency in disclosures e) None of these e) 350
e) None of these 175. HFCs can accept public deposits for a 181. Indira Priyadarshini Award, which is
169. Non convertible debentures are period of __________ awarded for contribution in the field
a) Debt instruments which acquire a) 2 to 5 years of?
equity status at issuers option b) 1 to 5 years a) Forests contribute to the
b) Debt instruments which acquire c) 2 to 7 years development of detection and
equity status at investors option d) 1 to 7 years fallow land
c) Debt instruments which acquire e) All of the Above b) Outstanding contribution in the
equity status with permission of 176. SMERA is the ______ rating agency in field of environment
Register of Companies the country? c) For specific achievement of
d) Debt instruments which acquire a) First women in journalism
equity status on maturity2 b) Sixth d) Daring to speak out against the
e) Debt instruments which retain c) Seventh atrocities and suffering that
their debt character and cannot d) Eighth women
acquire equity status e) None of these e) All of these
170. To reduce the cash transactions in the 177. As we all know, banks publish their 182. Census 2011, was the 15th Census of
country, Finance Ministry and RBI quarterly performance to bring India and ______Census after
have formed a committee which will be transparency in the system and also to Independence.
chaired by give a clear picture of their performance a) 9th
a) Ravi Mehra to the public. How were results of b) 3th
b) Neeraj Kumar Gupta Quarter 2 different from the results of c) 5th
c) Pawan Kumar Aggarwal Quarter 1 of the listed banks including d) 8th
d) Veer Sharma giants like SBI & ICICI banks? e) 7th
e) Neeraj Kumar Bhanot (1) Performance was subdued in 183. Currency of Malaysia is
171. The Japanese financial company Quarter 2. a) Peso
Nomura has departure from its mutual (2) Yields on advances of almost all b) Euro
fund joint venture with which of the listed banks have come down. c) Malsiyan rupee
following? (3) Advances grew at a slower pace d) Ringgit
a) Oriental Insurance Company when compared to deposits. e) Kyaat
b) ICICI a) Only (1) is true 184. Who was/is the first Indian Prime
c) Life Insurance Corporation of India b) Only (2) is true Minister to address the British
d) IDFC bank c) Only (3) is true Parliament?
e) None of these d) All (1), (2) & (3) are true a) Sri Narendra modi
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c) Sri Manmohan singh a) Services team that invited films from Brazil, Russia,
d)Sri jawaharlal Nehru b) Indian Overseas Bank team India, China and South Africa?
e) None of these c) Indian Railways team a) Mumbai b) Hyderabad
185. Wimbledon Cup is related d) Indian Bank team c) Dehradun d) Delhi
to___________game. e) None of these e) None of these
a) foot ball 192. Where is loctated Jog Falls? 199. Which state has decided to amend the
b) cricket a) Karnataka b) Bihar Hydropower Policy 2006 in respect
c) lawn tennis c) Odisha d) Tamil Nadu to transfer of shares by State to other
d) Table Tennis e) None of these areas?
e) None of these 193. What is the full form of OECD? a) Jharkhand
186. Legendary ice hockey player Gordie a) Organisation for Economics Co- b) Arunachal Pradesh
Howe, who was nicknamed Mr operation and Development c) Himachal Pradesh
Hockey has died at the age of 88 b) Organisation for Economical Co- d) Uttarakhand
recently. He belongs to which country? operation and Development e) none of these
a) USA c) Organisation for Economic Co- 200. Who has been banned for four year by
b) Germany operative and Development Court of Arbitration for Sports
c) Canada d) Organisation for Economic Co- following an Appeal by World Anti
d) Russia operation and Development Doping Agency?
e) France e) None of these a) Narsingh Yadav
187. Name the Union Territory has became 194. What is the name of cyclone made a b) Manjeet Gupta
the first in the country to launch landfall in south Chinas Guangdong c) Manish Singh
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Province triggering sudden downpours d)Vinoth Kumar
vaccination as a public health in several cities? e) None of these
programme? a) Typhoon Haima
a) Lakshadweep b) Typhoon Nida
b) Chandigarh c) Typhoon Damrey
c) New Delhi d) Typhoon Haiyan
d) Puducherry e) None of these
e) None of these 195. Which is the Indias think tank had
188. Who has been named as the Business devised a short-term and medium-to-
Person of the Year, 2016 by fortune long term action plan to help India
EXPLANATIONS
magazine? achieve 50 medals in 2024 summer 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. e
a)Mark Zuckerberg Olympics? 5. d 6. d 7. a 8. c
b) Mary Dillon a) Paralympic Committee of India 9. b 10. b 11. c 12. b
c) Satya Nadella b) NITI Aayog 13. c 14. a 15. d 16. d
d) Jeff Bezos c) Indian Olympic Association 17. e 18. a 19. e 20. d
e) None of these d) Ministry of Youth Affairs and (21-25)
189. Who has been appointed as the new Sports 21-d; Replace through by with
Prime Minister of South Korea by e) None of these 22-b; Replace for by to
President Park Geun-Hye? 196. Which company has bought 23-b; Replace in by about
a) Tsai Ing-wen Hyderabad-based machine learning and 24-b; Remove about
b) Shinz Abe big data start-up Tuplejump? 25-e; No error
c) Kim Byong-Joon a) Apple (26-30)
d) Hwang Kyo-Ahn b) Samsung ACEBDF
e) None of these c) Redmi 26. b 27. e 28. c 29. d
190. What is the name of mobile Banking d) Huawei 30. b 31. c 32. b 33. d
app of YES BANK for banking e) None of these 34. b 35. a 36. e 37. a
transactions on Apple and Android 197. Scientist Narayana Murthy has been 38. d 39. c 40. e
based Smart Watches? appointed as the director of which (41-45):
a) YES IBANK 2.0 organization? The words are rearranged in increasing order
b) YES UPI a) ISRO of their length and in case of a tie, they are
c) YES GET b) ONGC arranged according to the dictionary, from
d) YES MOBILE 2.0 c) DRDO left to right. Numbers are rearranged in
e) None of these d) IOCL descending order from right to left. Each step
191. Which team has won the 15th USIC- e) None of these arranges a word and a number.
International Shooting World 198. Which city hosted the first BRICS film Input: 19 numerology 48 global 88 xylem
Championship with 10 medals held at festival A five day filmy conference 25 telling 79 59 fabricate torcher
Saint Mandrier, France?

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Step I. xylem 19 numerology 48 global 88 xylem 25 telling 79 59 (56 - 60)
fabricate torcher
Step II. xylem global 19 numerology 48 25 telling 59 fabricate
torcher 79 88
Step III. xylem global telling 19 numerology 48 25 fabricate torcher
59 79 88
Step IV. Xylem global telling torcher 19 numerology 25 fabricate
48 59 79 88
Step V. xylem global telling torcher fabricate 19 numerology 25 48
59 79 88
StepVI. xylem global telling torcher fabricate numerology 19 25 48
59 79 88 56. a) 57. e)
41. b) 42. c) 43.d) 44. a)
45. c)
(46 - 50):

58. a) 59. b)

46.e) 47. b) 48.d) 49. b)

50. e)
(51-55)
60. b)
(61-64)
61. e)

62. d)

There are two possibilities of arrangement according to the

height of the buildings.
G > H > J > K > I > F ............(i)
63. d)
G > J > H > K > I > F ............(ii)
51. b) 52. d) 53. a) 54. c)
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75. b) It is the alleged default that has led the CBI to ask NDMC
to submit the records of these Hotels.
76. b) The government spends lots of money on MGNREGA
every year but the benefits of the scheme do not reach the last
in the rural areas. Lots of projects domain not get completed
on time and people are less aware of their entitlement. So, the
government has decided to review the projects so that the
objectives of MGNREGA can be fulfilled.
77. e) All will be an effect of shortage of staff in Air India.
78. c) The performance of the companies is sluggish in the month
of Dec due to which profit of the company will possible
64. d) Assumption III is implicit as the CAD has become high decline at the end of the second quarter.
(65-69) 79. d) Monetary reasons are paramount when it comes to
65. a) From I. The possibilities are: sponsorship.
MHGSE ............ (a) 80. d) Only (d) will not be an effect of the above statement.
MSHGE .............(b) (81 - 86)
EHGSM .............(c)
ESHGM .............(d)
12 noon class implies the subject taught in the third period.
In no case is S at the third position. Thus, Sanskrit class
does not start at 12 noon. Hence, I alone is sufficient.
From II. H __ __ E ........(a)
__ H __ __ E .........(b)
In either case S may or may not be at the third position.
Hence, II alone is not sufficient.
66. e); From both Rs brother is 35 years younger than his mother.
And R is 25 years younger than his mother. So R is 35 25 =
10 years older than his brother. So, 1964 10 = 1954 is the 81. e) 82. a) 83.c) 84. c) 85.b) 86. a)
year in which R was born. 87. c) 88. c)
67. d); From I. sky is clear de ra fa 89. b)
From II. make it clear de ga lo
From both, we cant find the code for sky
68. a); From I. PRSQ
69. a); From I.

X Z Y W E
3 km

S
Hence, X, Y and Z stand in the same straight line. I alone is
sufficient.
From II. There is no information about Z. Hence, II alone is
not sufficient
(70-74)

70. a) 71.c) 72. b) 73. c) 74. d)

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90. b) 100-a; The difference is second highest on Monday = 200 90 =
110
(101-105)
101-c; Total number of students majored in philosophy = 455
+520 +195 =1170
Reqd. ratio = 1170 : 1365 =6 : 7
102-d; Total number of students majored in History = 650
P is sister in - law of S. +260+195 =1105
(91-95) Total number of students majored in Politics = 975 +260+715
=1950
15
91-b; Total population in UP = 3276000 1105100 1105 100 2
100 Reqd. % = 56 % 57%
1950 1950 3
3 15
Number of males in UP = 3276000 = 294840 103-b; Total number of students in majored in Politics = 975
104-e;
5 100
Total number of students in majored in English = 780+715+585
7 25 =2080
92-d; Number of illiterate people in AP = 3276000 105-a; Lowest numbers of students has majored in History =
9 100 (106-110)
= 637000
1 1 1
4 20 106-c; The series is , , , ..
Number of illiterate people in MP = 3276000 2 2 2
5 100 107-a; The series is 19 , -38, -57, ..
= 524160 108-d; The series is 12-2, 22-3, 32-4, ..
Total number = 637000 + 524160 = 1161160 109-b; The series is 1 4, 24, 34, ..
93-d; Reqd. Ratio 110-e; The series is
Number of females in TN : number of females in Delhi
1 1 1
4 9 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, ..
3276000 2 2 2
7 100 49 5
: (111-115)
= 3 8
3276000 7 3 8 = 15 : 14 400 450 350
5 100 111-b; Avg. profit in 2008 = =Rs 400 crore
3
94-c 95-a 112-e; By visual inspection of line of graph, it is clear that difference
(96-100) is minimum in 2007 = Rs 25 crore
96-b; Total number of foreign tourists who visited wagha boarder 113-d; It is obvious from the line graph that total profit of three
on all the days together =130 +190 +120 +200 +220 = 860 companies is highest in 2009 = 400+425+475 = Rs 1300
860 crore
Reqd. avg. = =172 114-a; Percent increase in the profit earned by company A =
5
375 275
97-e; Total number of tourists who visited all the three places on 100% = 36.36% 36%
Tuesday = 70+190+270 = 530 275
Total number of foreign tourists who visited Wagha Boarder 115-c; Reqd. diff. = 400 300 = Rs 100 crore
on Monday and Wednesday together =130 +120 =250 (116-120):
530 116-e; From I, marks scored by Sunil =288 - 128 = 160
Reqd. % = 100 = 212%
250 160100
Maximum marks = = 640
98-c; The number of tourists was second lowest on Wednesday = 25
120 +150 +180 = 450 From II, minimum passing marks =160+64 = 224
99-d; Number of tourists who visited Taj Mahal on Thursday
=260 224
Number of tourists who visited Golden Temple on Friday Minimum passing percentage = 100 = 35%
=140
640
Reqd. ratio = = 13 : 7 Hence, the data in both statements are necessary.
117-a; From I, 4x+3y+5z = 60.i)
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y 24 36
X= 6.............i )
2 x y x y
2y =z
36 24 13
y .............ii )
From eqn. i) 4 +3y+5 2y =60 x y x y 2
2
On solving eqn. i) and ii) we get
15y = 60
x = 10, y = 2
Y=4
X = 2, z = 8 1 1 1
X2 + y +z = 22 +4+8 =16 125-b; Reqd. probability = 1 1
118-c; From I, total weight of Arun, Suraj and Binay = 3 68 kg 4 3 2
Aruns weight = 3 68 -( 78 +46) =8 kg 126-d; In one revolution, area covered = curved surface are
Now, total weight of Raju and Pratap = 2 72 = 144 kg
22
= 2rh 2 42 120
Prataps weight =144 68 = 76 kg
= 31680 sq cm
Second highest weight = 78 kg 7
From II, total weight of Arun, Suraj, Binay and Raju =4 68 In five hundred revolution area covered = 31680 500
= 272 kg
Aruns weight = 272 (78 +68 +46)= 8 kg 1584 10 4
Second highest weight = 78 kg (Surajs weight) = = 1584 sq m
119-e 10 4
127-a; Let the number of papers =x
5
120-c; From I, Larger angle of triangle = 180 = 750 According to the question, 64x+18+4 = 66x
35 4 2x = 22
x = 11
Larger angle of parallelogram =750 +340 =1090
128-d
Smaller angle of parallelogram =1800 1090 = 710
129-a; Let entire sum = P
From II,
According to the question
Let the smaller angle of parallelogram be x = x
And the larger angle of parallelogram = x +380 2P 3 P 6 4 1 12 P
Sum of two opposite angle of a parallelogram = 180 0 1 = 25
X+x +380 =1800 3 100 6 100 6 100
180 0 380 2P P 2P
X= = 710 Or, 25
2 100 100 100
(121-135) Or, 5P = 2500
121-c; Quantity of water admitted by tap 1 in 1 hr =42L P = 500
Quantity of water admitted by tap 2 in 1 hr = 56 L 130-b; According to the question,
Quantity of water removed by tap 3 in 1 hr = 48 L
3
So, quantity of water filled in the tank in 1 h =42+56 -48 = 50 R
L 1728 = 1331 1
Quantity of water filled in 16 h = 16 50=800 L 100
3
122- a; According to the formula reqd. time = ab 1728 R
Where a =25 and b = 49 Or, 1
1331 100
Reqd. time = 25 49 = 35 days
R 12 R 12 1
123-c; Let the speed of both trains be x km/h and (x+6) km/h,
respectively. Or 1+ 1
100 11 100 11 11
According to the question, 160 = x 4 +(x+6) 4
2x +6 = 40 100
2x =34 R= = 9.09%
x = 17 11
124-b; Let speed of boat and current be x and y km/h. 131-d; According to the question, 46x +30+41x+30+34x+25 = 2505
Speed of boat upstream = (x y) km/h 121x =2505 85 = 2420
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2420 139-e; I.4+7 = x x

x= = 20
121 x= 11
Number of coins received by Parat =41x +30 = 41 20+30 = 5
2
850 11
132-d II.y2 - =0
y
133-d; Let us assume their initial investments be x, 2x and 4x
respectively. y = 11
According to the question, investment of A for 1 yr = x for 6 Clearly, x = y
140-b; I.225x2 =4
x
months + x for 6 months 2
2 X2 =
= 6x+ 6 = 6x +9x =15x
15
Investment of B for 1 yr = 2x for 6 months + (2x +4x) for 6
months = 12x +36x = 48x
II. 225 y+2 = 0
15y = -2
4x
Investment of C for 1 yr =4x for 6 months + 4 x for
2
4 Y=
15
6 months
Clearly, x y
Or, 24x + 18x =42x
A : B : C = 15x : 48x : 42x = 15 : 48 : 42 141. a 142. d 143. a 144. a 145. c 146. a
=5 : 16 : 14 147. a 148. a 149. b 150. d 151. a 152. b
134-a 153. c 154. b 155. a 156. a 157. c 158. a
135-a; 15 4 =Rs 1020 159. c 160. b 161. e 162. d 163. d 164. a
165. d 166. a 167. d 168. a 169. c 170. b
1020
18 6 = (18 6) =Rs 1836 171. c 172. b 173. b 174. d 175. d 176. b
15 4 177. a 178. b 179. c 180. b 181. a 182. e
(136-140): 183. d 184. a 185. c 186. c 187. c 188. a
136-c; I.3x2 +8x +4= 0 189. c 190. d 191. c 192. a 193. d 194. a
3x(x+2)+2(x+2) =0 195. b 196. a 197. c 198. a 199. c 200. a
2
x= -2, or-
3
II.4y2 19y +12 = 0
4y (y-4) -3(y-4) = 0

3
Y = 4, or
4
Clearly x < y
137-e; I.x2+x 20 =0
X(x+5) 4(x+5) =0
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II.y2 - y 30 =0
Y (y 6)+5 (y -6) =0
Y =6 or -5
Cannot be determined.
138-d; I.x2 = 365+364 = 729
x = 27

II.y 324 81
y = 27
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PRACTICE SET QUESTION PAPER FOR (SSC-CHSL-TIER-1)
SSC CHSL 2016 (Tier I)
Mock Test
This Mock Test consists of 100 questions
which are spread across 4 sections General
Intelligence, Mathematics, General
Awareness and English Language. The mock
test carries 200 marks and of 1 hour 15 min
duration. There is negative marking of 1/4
marks for each wrong answer.
PART-A
REASONINGABILITY
Directions (Q.1- 3) In each of the
following questions, select the related
word from the given alternatives.
1. Mirage : Desert : : ?
a) Sky : Illusion
b) Rainbow : Sky
c) Rain : Rainbow
d) Image : Mirror
2. Timid : Ass : : Cunning : ?
a) Ant b) Fox
c) Rabbit d) Horse
3. Ecstasy: Gloom : : ?
a) Congratulations: Occasion
b) Diligent : Successful
c) Measure : Scale
d) Humiliation : Exaltation
Directions (Q. No. 4-5 ): In questions,
find the odd letters/ words/ numbers pair
from the given alternatives.
4. a) Day : Night
b) UP : Down
c) Across: Along
d) Small : Large
5. a) 272 b) 210
c) 240 d) 304
6. Roy walks 2 km to East, then turns
North West and walks 3 km. Then,
he turns South and walks 5 km. Then,
again he turns West and walks 2 km.
Finally, he turns North and walks 6
km. In which direction, is he from the
starting point ?
a) South west
b) South East
c) North- West
d) North East
7. Raju starts from a place A towards
South and reaches second place D. From
there he takes turn towards N- W and
reaches point E. From there he takes
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turn towards N E and reaches place 11.
F. From there he takes turn towards
SE and reaches place G. from there
he takes turn towards South and
reaches place H. Which of the
following figures indicates his path of
Journey correctly?
a) 23 b) 30
c) 33 d) 29
12. Shailendra is shorter than Keshav but
8. If SYNDICATE is written as taller than Rakesh. Madhav is the
SYTENDCAI, then how can tallest. Ashish is a little shorter than
PSYCHOTIC be written? Keshav and little taller than Shailendra.
a) PSYICTCOH If they stand in the order of increasing
b) PSYCOHTCI heights, who will be the second.
c) PSICYOCTH a) Ashish b) Shailendra
d) PSICYCOTH c) Rakesh d) Madhav
9. If GLOSSARY is coded as 97533562 13. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting
and GEOGRAPHY =915968402, then in a row facing you such that D is on
GEOLOGY can be coded as the left of C and B is on the right of E.
a) 915692 b) 9157592 A is on the right of C and B is on the
c) 9057592 d) 9157591 left of D. If E occupies a corner
position, then who is sitting in the
Directions (Q. 10): In each of the
following questions, select the missing centre
a) A b) B
number from the given responses.
c) C d) D
10. 14. Which one set of letters when
sequentially placed at the gaps in the
given letter series shall complete it?
ac _ bd _ ce _ df _ egh
a) d, f, g, e b) b, d, c, a
c) d, g, f, e d) d, e, f, g
15. Among her children, Gangas favourites
are Ram and Rekha. Rekha is the
mother of Sharat, who is loved most
by his uncle Mithun. The head of the
family is Ram Lal, who is succeeded
by his sons Gopal and Mohan . Gopal
and Ganga have been married for 35 yr
and have children. What is the blood
relation between Mithun and Mohan?
1 2
a) b) a) Uncle b) Son
2 3 c) Brother d) No relation
16. Sureshs sister is the wife of Ram. Ram
3 4 is Ranis brother. Rams father is
c) d) Madhur. Sheetal is Rams grandmother.
4 5
Reema is Sheetals daughter-in-law.
Directions (Q. Nos.11) In each of the Rohit is Ranis brothers son. Who is
following questions, select the missing Rohit to Suresh?
number from the given responses. a) Brother in-law
b) Son
c) Brother
d) Nepew
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17. Ram and John start from a place A Conclusions a) 12 O clock
I. Pictures can tell a story better than b) 12:30
1 words can. c) 6 O clock
walking at 4 km and 5 km/h,
2 II. The stories in story books are d) 03 :45
very simple.
respectively. How many km will they PART-B
III. Some story books have both
1 words and Pictures. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
be apart at the end of 3 h, if they a) Only Conclusion I follows
2 Directions (Q. Nos.26-27) Choose the
b) Only Conclusion II follows one which can be substituted for the
walk in opposite directions? c) Only Conclusion III follows given words/sentence.
a) 33 km b) 33.5 km d) Only Conclusions I and II follow
22. Statement 26. Not allowing the passage of light.
1 It is desirable to put the child in school a)Oblique b)Opaque
c) 33 km d) 33.01km
4 at the age of 5 or so. c)Optique d)Opulant
18. The average weight of 8 persons of a Assumptions 27. A political leader appealing to popular
family is increased by 1 kg when one I. At that age the child reaches desires and prejudices.
of the members whose weight is 60 kg appropriate level of development a)Dictator b)Tyrant
is replaced by a new person. The and is ready to learn. c)Popularist d)Demagogue
weight of the new person (in kg) is II. The schools do not admit
children after 6yr of age. Directions (Q. 28-29) : In the following
a) 61 b) 68 questions out of four alternatives,
c) 62 d) None of these a) Only assumption I is implicit
b) Only Assumption II is implicit choose the one which best expresses the
19. Mohini went to movies 9 days ago. She meaning of the given word.
goes to the movies only on Thursday, c) Neither assumption I nor II is
What day of the week is today? implicit 28. Veil
a) Saturday b) Thursday d) Only assumption I and II are a)Seclude b)Moan
c) Sunday d) Tuesday implicit c)Conceal d)Repent
20. Given below are four views of a cube. 23. 29. Peculiar
Each face is marked with a certain a)Same b)Strange
symbol. In figure B which symbol will c)Surprising d)Tiring
appear on the face opposite to the face
having symbol*? Directions (Q. Nos. 30-31) Choose the
word opposite in meaning to the given
word as your answer.

30. Disputable
a)Undisputable
b)Indisputable
Directions (Q. No. 24) Select the related c)Nondisputable
figure from the answer figures. d)Adisputable
31. Perilous
24. a)Pitiable b)Difficult
c)Safe d)Comfortable

Directions (Q. Nos. 32-33): In the

Directions (Q.21- 22): Some statements
are given follow ed by three/ two
conclusions/ assumptions, respectively.
You have to consider the statements to
be true even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts. You have
to decide which of the given conclusions/
assumptions if any, follow from the given
statements.
21. Statement
Pictures can tell a story.
All story books have pictures.
Some story books have words.
25. A clock with only dot markings 3, 6, 9
and 12 positions has been kept upside
down in front of a mirror. A person
reads the time in the reflection of the
clock as 12.30 the actual that will be
following questions, four alternatives
are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose
the alternative which best expresses the
meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
32. His investments helped him make a
killing in the stock market.
a) lose money quickly
b) plan a murder quickly
c) murder someone quickly
d) make money quickly
33. Ram is very calculative and always has
an axe to grind.
a) has no result
b) works for both sides

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c) has a private agenda
d) falls to arouse interest
Directions (Q. 34-35): Read each
sentence to find out if there is any error
in it. The error, if any, will be in one
part of the sentence. The number of that
part is the answer. If there is no error
the answer is e). (Ignore errors in
punctuation, if any)
34. Instead of being (a)/helpful he was (b)/
being hindrance (c)/No error (d)
35. Where (a)/have I (b)/to deposit fees?
(c)/No error (d)
Directions (Q. 36-37): In the following
questions a part of the sentence is
underlined. Below are given alternatives
to the bold part at a), b) and c) which
may improve the sentence. Choose the
correct alternative. In case improvement
is needed your answer is d)
36. The prolific writers work is published
every year.
a)exquisite b)didactic
c)great d)No improvement
37. Those plucking flowers are liable for
punishable.
a)are liable for punishable
b)are liable for punishing
c)are liable to be punished
d) No improvement
Directions (Q. Nos. 38-39) Find the
correctly spelt word as your answer.
38. a)plaintive b)Sustein
c)Villain d)Alleince
39. a)Symetry b)Symmitry
c)Symatry d)Symmetry
Directions (Q.40-44): In the following
passage there are blanks, each of which
has been numbered. These numbers are
printed below the passage and against
each, four words are suggested, Find out
the appropriate word in each case.
A (40) becomes a flowing stream only when
there is continuity of (41) life in a society.
In other words, a (42) Culture comes into
existence when people (43) a continuous
way of life. Such continuity expresses itself
(44) various ways in common traditions and
norms of conduct.
40. a)civilisation b)culture
c)idea d)philosophy
41. a)individual b)natures
c)societys d)collective
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42. a)distinctive b)unique 46. Water contamination has become serious
c)clear d)foggy a) since businessmen authorised the
43. a)develop b)create use of chemicals
c)follow d)end b) since water pollution was difficult
44. a)in b)of to assess
c)with d)at c) since nature has taken a hand in
pollution
Directions (Q. Nos. 45-59) Read the d) since chemists began to use new
passage carefully and choose the best substances
answer to each question out of the four 47. All the following words mean chemicals
alternatives. except
The problem of water pollution by
a)deposits b)sands
pesticides can be understood only in context, c)substances d)pesticides
as part of the whole to which it belongs-
48. The main argument of paragraph I is
the pollution of the total environment of a) that pesticides are dangerous
mankind. The pollution entering our b) that there are sinister interaction
waterways comes from many sources, in the use of chemicals
radioactive wastes from reactors, c) that there are numerous reasons
laboratories and hospitals; fallout from for contamination of water
nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from supplies.
cities and towns; chemical wastes from d) that there are many dangers from
factories. To these is added a new kind of nuclear fallout
fallout-the chemical sprays applied to crop 49. The word gunk in the last line refers
lands and gardens, forests and fields. Many a) to the domestic water supplies
of the chemical agents in this alarming b) to the waste products deposited
melange initiate and augment the harmful by sanitary engineers
effects of radiation and within the groups c) to the debris found in rivers
of chemicals themselves there are sinister d) to unidentifiable chemicals found
and little-understood interaction, in water
transformations and summations of effect.
Ever since the chemists began to Directions (Q. 50): In each of the
manufacture substances that nature never following sentences there are two blank
invented, the problem of water purification spaces. Below each sentence there are
have become complex and the danger to five pairs of words denoted by letter a),
users of water has increased. As we have b), c), d) and e). Find out which pair of
seen, the production of these synthetic words can be filled up in the blanks in
chemicals in large volume began in the the sentence in the same sequence to
1940s. it has now reached such proportion make the sentence grammatically correct
that an appalling deluge of chemical pollution and meaningfully complete.
is daily poured into the nations waterways.
When inextricably mixed with domestic and 50. It took him a long time ___________
other wastes discharged into the same water, the candidates application.
these chemicals sometimes defy detection a)to consider and to weigh
by the methods in ordinary use by b)to considering
purification plants. Most of them are so c)to consider and weigh
complex that they cannot be identified. In d)considering weighing
rivers, a really incredible variety of PART-C
pollutants combine to produce deposits that
QUANTITATIVEAPTITUDE
sanitary engineers can only despairingly
51. The simplified value of
refer to as gunk.
45. Water pollution can only be understood
(0.05390.002)0.4 0.560.07
a) in relation to the number of 0.040.25
pesticides that exist
b) in relation to world contamination
=?
c) by the whole human race
d) in context a)59.96 b)0.5996
c)5.996 d)599.6
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52. The diagonal of a quadrilateral shaped 60. In ABC, B = 350, C = 650 and a)48.8% b)51.2%
field is 24 m and the perpendiculars c)54% d)60%
bisector of BAC meet BC at P, then
dropped on it from the remaining 70. What will be the value of
opposite vertices are 8 m and 13 m. which of the following will be true?
The area of the field is a)AP > CP > BP sec 4 ( x y ) sec 2 ( x y )
b)CP > AP > BP if x,
a)252 m2 b)156 m2
c)CP > BP > AP tan 4 z tan 2 z
c)96 m2 d)1152 m2
53. A certain amount of money earns Rs. d)BP > AP > CP y and z are the angles of an isosceles
540 as simple interest in 3 years. If its 61. The product of two numbers is 216. If triangle?
earns a compound interest of Rs 376.20 the HCF is 6, then their LCM is a)sec (x +y) tan z
at the same rate of interest in 2 years, a)72 b)60 b)sec z tan (x +y)
find the amount (in Rupees). c)48 d)36 c)0
a)1600 b)1800 d)1
c)2000 d)2100
2
62. If > 1 and x 4, then which of 71. If x 3 = x-1 +2 2 , then the value of
54. A man is born in the year 1896 A.D. If in x4
the year x2 A.D. his age is x 4, the 1
the following will not be a possible
value of x is x3 will be
a)40 b)44
value for x? x3
a)1.5 b)3.5
c)36 d)42
c)2.5 d)3 a)108+76 2
55. If 32x y = 3x+y = 27 , then the value of 63. If sin2 + sin = 1, then value of cos4
b)76 + 108 2
3x y will be
+ cos2 will be
1 a)0 b)1 c)106+78 2
a)3 b) c)2 d)-2
3 64. If ABCD is a parallelogram in which d)78+106 2
1 A = 600, AB = 5 cm, BC = 4 cm and 2
the bisectors of A and B meet 72. If of A =75% of B = 0.6 of C, then A
c) 3 d)
27 3
at point P lying on side CD, then what
56. Which one of the following is a factor of will be the value of PD? : B: C is equal to
the sum of first twenty-five natural a)4 cm b)5 cm a)9 : 8 : 10 b)8 : 9 : 10
numbers? c)3 cm d)6 cm c)3 : 4 : 5 d)4 : 3 : 5
a)26 b)24
c)13 d)12 2 Directions: Q. 73-75): The pie charts,
2 54 6 96 is equal to given here show some automobile parts
65. manufactured by an automobile
2
3
1
2
company at its Pune and Nagpur plants
57. simplifies to
2 a)0 b)1 in the year 2009.
Study the pie charts and answer to
c)2 d) 6 following question.
1 1 66. (5 +6 +7 +... +102) is equal to
2 2 2
a)2 b)3
2 2 a)330 b)345
c)355 d)360
1 1 67. The difference between the selling price
c)4 d)5 of an article at a profit of 15% and at a
2 2 profit of 10% is Rs. 10. The cost price
58. The sum of all even numbers between of the article is
21 and 51 is a)Rs 100 b)Rs 120
a)518 b)540 c)Rs 150 d)Rs 200
c)560 d)596 68. A man bought 20 dozen eggs for Rs. 73. If the Nagpur plant produced 8, 00, 000
59. The difference of 720. What should be the selling price tyres, then the number of horns
5.76 and 2.3 is of each egg if he wants to make a profit produced by it was
a) b) of 20%? a)12, 000 b)18, 500
2.54 3.73 a)Rs. 3.25 b)Rs 3.30 c)75, 000 d)60, 000
c) 3.46 d) 3.43 c)Rs. 3.50 d)Rs. 3.60 74. How many percent more tubes were
69. The value of an equipment depreciates produced at the Pune plant than those
by 20% each year. How much less will produced at the Nagpur plant?
the value of the equipment be after 3 a)14 b)12
years?
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c)8 d)3 84. Who amongst the following, was the b) Literacy Rate
75. The ratio of number of horns produced chairperson of the Drafting Committee c) Life Expectancy at Birth
at Nagpur plant to that produced at set up by the constituent Assembly? d) Infant Mortality Rate
Pune plant is a) Jawahar Lal Nehru 94. Who of the following became the fourth
a)3 : 7 b)10 : 3 b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad wicket keeper in the world to reach 350
c)7 : 3 d)7 : 10 c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar dismissals in One-day Internationals
d) None of these recently?
PART-D 85. Cobalt (60) isotope is used in the a) MS Dhoni, India
GENERALAWARENESS treatment of which disease? b) Jos Buttler, England
a) heart diseases c) Luke Ronchi, New Zealand
76. In 1946, the Interim Government was b) cancer d) Quinton de Kock, South Africa
formed under c) diabetes 95. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL)
a) Patel b) Gandhiji d) skin diseases has extended free roaming service for
c) Rajaji d) Jawaharlal Nehru 86. A sample of chloroform before using as its mobile subscribers by another one
77. The ruler of Mysore who secured the an anesthetic, is tested by which year recently. Who is the present CEO
rendition of Mysore was solution? of BSNL?
a) Tippu a) Fehlings solution a) Hasmukh Adhia
b) Hyder b) Ammonical silver nitrate solution b) Vinod Rai
c) Krishnaraja III c) Ammonical cuprous chloride c) Ratan P Watal
d) Rajendra Wodiar d) Silver nitrate solution after boiling d) Anupam Shrivastava
78. By the Act of 1858, India was to be with alcoholic KOH 96. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
governed 87. The metal constituent of chlorophyll president ____________ passed away
a) By the Company is at AIIMS, New Delhi following cardiac
b) In the name of the Crown a) Iron b) Potassium failure recently.
c) By a Board of Directors c) Manganese d) Magnesium a) Ashok Choudhary
d) In the name of Governor-General 88. Which are phagocytes in liver ? b) Anjan Dutta
of India a) Kupffer cells c) Hare Ram Pradhan
79. Who was known as Lok Nayak? b) Aciner cells d) Nar Bahadur Bhandari
a)Mahatma Gandhi c) Diter cells 97. Hybrid computer used the combined
b)Subhash Chadra Bose d) Hensens cells feature of _________ and _________
c)Jai Prakash Narayan 89. Termites digest wood with the help of machine.
d)Bal Gangadhar Tilak an enzyme secreted by the a) analogue, digital
80. The Poona Pact aimed___ a) Salivary glands b) super, sub
a)at Hindu-Muslim Unity b) Cells in the midgut c) client, server
b)representation to lower cast c) Symbiotic protozoa d) warehouse, mining
c)at privileges to princes d) Bacteria and fungi outside the body 98. What is Linux?
d)to review the Dyarchy 90. In honeybee colony the drones are a) Input Device
81. Teacher Day is celebrated on the Birth produced by b) Operating system
day of___ a) Fertilized eggs c) Storage Device
a)Jawahar Lal Nehru b) Unfertilized eggs d) Output Device
b)S. Radha Krishnan c) Larvae fed upon leaves 99. Which of the following is the default
c)Rajendra Prasad d) Fasting larvae page setup orientation for notes pages,
d)Indira Gandhia 91. Main objective of IRDP is : outlines and handouts?
82. Deferment of adult franchise for fifteen a) Export Promotion a) Hyphenation
years was advocated in Constituent b) Banking Reforms b) Landscape
Assembly by ? c) Rural Development and Poverty c) Portrait
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Alleviation d) Footer
b) Jawahar Lal Nehru d) Sound Fiscal Management 100. Bank Marketing is treated as -
c) Maulana Azad 92. Relative Poverty refers to : a) Transaction marketing
d) Dr. BhimRao Amdedkar a) bankruptcy b) Service marketing
83. Members of Constituent Assembly b) trade cycle c) Indoor marketing
were? c) minimum needs of life d) all of these
a) Elected by provincial assemblies d) economic inequalities
b) Elected directly by the people 93. Which one is NOT a component to
c) Nominated by government construct Human Development Index
d) Represented only by the princely in India under UNDP (United Nation
state Development Programme) ?
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11. c) Proceed clockwise
EXPLANATIONS 2+1=3
3+2=5
1. b) Mirage always appears in Desert.
5+4=9
In the same way, Rainbow always
9 + 8 = 17
appear/ formed in Sky, Hence, option
17 + 16 = 33
(b) is correct.
Alternate Method
2. b) Ass is characterised by its timidness.
In the same way, fox is characterised
by its cunningness. Hence, option (b)
is correct.
3. d) The opposite meaning of gloom is
Ecstasy in the same way, the opposite
meaning of Exaltation is humiliation.
Hence, option (d) is correct.
PSYCHOTIC can be written as
PSICYCOTH Hence, option (d) is
4. c) Day- Night, Up- Down and Small-
correct.
Large word pairs denote the opposite
9. b) According to the question, we have
relationship among them, But Across
the following
and Along are synonyms. Hence,
option (c) is odd.
5. c) 272 = 2 + 7 + 2 = 11
210 = 2 + 1 + 0= 3
240 = 2 + 4 + 0 = 6.
304 = 3 + 0 + 4 = 7
The sum of digits of all number except
240 is a prime number, whereas sum
of number 240 digit is a non- prime. Blank space will be filled by 33
Hence, it is different from all other Hence, option (c) is correct.
options. 12. b) Making equations from the given
6. c) Route followed by Roy. information
Keshhav > Shailendra > Rakesh
............. (i)
Keshav > Ashish > Shailendra
...............(ii)
After arranging above equations.
Rakesh < Shailendra < Ashish <
Keshav < Madhav.
Shailendra is second tallest. Hence,
option (b) is correct.
13. d) According to the given data we have

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Hence, option (b) is correct.
Right Left
Roy is in North- West direction from 10. d) A C D B E
the starting point.
7. c) Figure (c) indicates the path of From above row, D is in the middle
journey of Raju. Hence, option (d) is correct.
8. d) We have the following pattern 14. d) The complete letter series will be
acd/ bde/cef/dfg/egh
Hence, option (d) is correct.
15. d) Following family diagram can be
drawn from the given information.

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Then, according to the question, 25. c) The actual time will be 6 O clock. We
8 x 60 + y = 8( x + 1) can understand this problem by better
=8x+8 looking at the figure below.
y = 8 + 60 = 68
y = 68
19. a) There was Thursday on 9 days ago.
So, 2 days after Thursday will be
Saturday
7 days ago, it was Saturday . So, it
is Saturday today.
Alternate Method

Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
Here, Mithun is the brother of Rekhas 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
husband. So, it is clear that there is no Friday We see that actual time will be 6 O
blood relation between Mithun and Clock Hence, option (c) is correct.
Mohan. Note in solutions of such questions,
16. d) Following family diagram can be Mohini went movie 9 days ago numbers 3, 6, 9 and 12 are shown at
drawn from the given information, From above figure, we get that it is their respective positions only for the
Saturday today. sake of understanding . As per the
20. b) From figure (b) and (d), since, triangle questions. There are only dots marked.
and square are common to both 26. b 27. d 28. c 29. b
Concentric circles will be opposite 30. b 31. c 32. d 33. c
to symbol* (34-35)
21. c) 34-c; Put a in place of being
35-b; It would be I have in place of have
I
36. d 37. c 38. c 39. d
40. b 41. b 42. a 43. c
44. a 45. d 46. d 47. b
48. b 49. d 50. c
51-
Now, it is clear that Rohit is Sureshs
nephew.
17. c) Since, they are walking in opposite
directions, thus their relative speed
will be As is clear from the Venn diagram
above, only Conclusion III follows
1 11 19 that some story books have both
4 5 4 km / h words and pictures.
2 2 2 22. a) Assumption II is not implicit because
schools do admit children after 6 yr of
19 age. It is desirable to put the child in
Here, speed = km/h
2 school at the age of 5 or so because at
that age, the child reaches appropriate
7 level of development and is ready to
Time = h learn. Hence, assumption I is implicit.
2 23. d) The correct laterally inverted mirror
Distance = image of the question figure is as
follows
19 7 133 1
33 km
2 2 4 4
18. b) Let the average weight of 8 persons
be x kg 24. c) Clearly, figure I to figure II, the main
and weight of new person = y kg design rotates through 45p clockwise
and each line segment is doubled.

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Name of the Bank /Head Office

1. Allahabad Bank Kolkata

2. Bank of Baroda Baroda
3. Bank of Maharashtra Pune
4. Bank of India Mumbai
5. Central Bank of India Mumbai
6. Canara Bank Bangalore
7. Dena Bank Mumbai
8. Indian Bank Chennai
9. Indian Overseas Bank Chennai
10. Punjab National Bank New
73- Delhi
11. Syndicate Bank Manipal
12. Union Bank of India Mumbai
13. United Commercial Bank (UCO Bank)
Kolkata
14. United Bank of India Kolkata
15. Andhra Bank Hyderabad
74- 16. Corporation Bank Mangalore
17. Oriental Bank of Commerce New Delhi
18. Punjab and Sindh Bank New Delhi
19. Vijaya Bank Bangalore
20. IDBI Bank Ltd Mumbai
21. ECGC (The Export Credit
Guarantee Corporation of
India Ltd) Mumbai
71- 75-
Required ratio = 3 : 7
76. d 77. c 78. b 79. c
80. b 81. b 82. c 83. a
84. b 85. c 86. b 87. d
88. a 89. c 90. b 91. c
92. d 93. d 94. a 95. d
96. b 97. a 98. b 99. b
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WHOS WHO
LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space; and
All important policy issues, and
All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

Minister of Home Affairs. Raj Nath Singh

Minister of External Affairs. Sushma Swaraj
Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Arun Jaitley
Minister of Urban Development; Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; M. Venkaiah Naidu
and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Shipping. Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar
Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation. D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Uma Bharati
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra
Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Ananthkumar
Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda
Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Anant Geete
Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Drinking Narendra Singh Tomar
Water and Sanitation
Minister of Steel Chaudhary Birender Singh
Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Minister of Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani
Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar

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MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; Minister of State in the Rao Inderjit Singh
Ministry of Urban Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Entrepreneurship.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Vijay Goel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Shripad Yesso Naik
Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministryof Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State Piyush Goyal
(Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Coal; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Mines.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministryof Development of North Eastern Jitendra Singh
Region; Minister of State in the Prime Ministers Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic
Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State Mahesh Sharma
(Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of Manoj Sinha
State in the Ministry of Railways
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Anil Madhav Dave
Change
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of Mukhtar Abbas
State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Naqvi

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MINISTERS OF STATE

Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. Ram Kripal Yadav
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and S.S. Ahluwalia
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs General (Retd.) V.K. Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Faggan Singh Kulaste
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Giriraj Singh
Medium Enterprises
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Ramesh Chandappa
Sanitation Jigajinagi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways Rajen Gohain
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Parshottam Rupala
Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. M. J. Akbar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development Upendra Kushwaha
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Radhakrishnan
Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Pal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Balyan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. Vishnu Deo Sai
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Sudarshan Bhagat
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Y.S. Chowdary
Technology; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Vijay Sampla
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Arjun Ram Meghwal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles Ajay Tamta
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development Krishna Raj
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Mansukh L.
Highways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Mandaviya
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution C. R. Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the P.P. Chaudhary
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

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GOVERNOR & CHIEF MINISTER OF STATE

S. NO STATE AND U.T. CHIEF MINISTER GOVERNOR

1 Andaman & Nicobar U.T. Jagdish Mukhi
2 Andhra Pradesh N.Chandrababu Naidu Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan
3 Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu V. Shanmuganathan
4 Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Banwarilal Purohit
5 Bihar Nitish Kumar Ram Nath Kovind
6 Chandigarh U.T. V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)
7 Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Shri Balramji Dass Tandon
8 Goa Laxmikant Parsekar Mridula Sinha
9 Gujarat Vijay Rupani Shri Om Prakash Kohli
10 Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar Kaptan Singh Solanki
11 Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh Acharya Dev Vrat
12 Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed Narinder Nath Vohra
13 Jharkhand Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu
14 Karnataka Shri K. Siddaramaiah Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
15 Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam
16 Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan O.P. Kohli (Add. Charge)
17 Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
18 Manipur Shri Okram Ibobi Singh Najma Heptullah
19 Meghalaya Mukul Sangma V Shanmuganathan
20 Mizoram Pu Lalthanhawla Nirbhay Sharma
21 Nagaland T R Zeliang Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
22 New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Najeeb Jung (Lieutenant-Governor)
23 Odisha Sh. Naveen Patnaik Shri S. C. Jamir
24 Puducherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi
25 Punjab Shri Parkash Singh Badal V P Singh Badnore
26 Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh
27 Sikkim Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
28 Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa C. Vidyasagar Rao (Add. Charge)
29 Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao ESL Narasimhan
30 Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar Tathagata Roy
31 Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Shri Ram Naik
32 Uttarakhand Harish Rawat Krishan Kant Paul
33 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli U.T. Vikram Dev Dutt (Administrator)
35 Daman and Diu U.T. Vikram Dev Dutt (Administrator)
36 Lakshadweep U.T. Vijay Kumar

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BUREAUCRATS

Designation Name Designation Name

National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval Chairperson, Atomic Energy Shekhar Basu
commission
Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi Chairperson, 14th Finance Dr. YV Ready
Commission
Defence Secretary G. Mohan Kumar Chairman, TRAI Ram Sevak Sharma
Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha Chairman, NABARD Harsha Kumar Bhanwala
Foreign Secretary S. Jaishakar Chairman, CBEC Najib Shah
Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa Chairman, FSSAI Ashish Bahuguna
Secretary General, Lok Sabha Anoop Mishra Chairman, National Highways Raghav Chandra
Authority of India
Chief Justice, Supreme Court Tirath Singha Thakur Director, Enforcement Kamal Singh
Directorate
Speaker, Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan Chairman, Central Board of Pahlaj NIhalani
Film
Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha M. Thambidurai Chairman, Childrens Film Mukesh Khana
Society of India
Comptroller and Auditor General of Shashikant Sharma Chairman, CBSE Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi
India
Chief Election Commissioner Nassem Zaidi Chairman, Press Council of CK Prasad
India
Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti & Chairman, IRDAI TS Vijayan
Om Prakash
Vice President, NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya Director General, NSG Sudhir Pratap Singh
CEO of NIIT Aayog Amitab Kant Director General, CISF OP Singh
Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien Director General,BSF KK Sharma
Chairman, ISRO AS Kiran Kumar Director General,SSB Archana Ramasundaram
Governor, RBI Urjit Patel Director General, CRPF K. Durga Prasad
Chairman, SEBI UK Sinha Director General,ITBP Krishna Chaudhary
Principal Scientific Adviser R. Chidambaram Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar
Chairman, Railway Board AK Mittal Attroney General Mukul Rohtagi
Director, Central Bureau of Anil Kumar Sinha Chairperson, National Green Justice Swatantra Kumar
investigation (CBI) Tribunal
Chief, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Dineshwar Sharma Director, NCERT Hrushikesh Senapaty
Chief, Research and Analysis Wing Rajendra Khana President, ASSOCHAM Sunil Kanoria
(RAW)
Director General, NIA Sharad Kumar President, FICCI Harshavardhan Neotia
Director,NTRO Alok joshi Chairman, Press Trust of India Hormusji N. Cama
Chairman, U P S C Alk Sirohi a Chairperson, Staff Selection Ashim Khurana
Commission
Chairperson, NHRC HL Dattu Director General, Delhi Metro Mangoo Singh
Rail Corporation
Chairperson, NCM Nassem Ahmad Chancellor, IGNOU Pranav Mukhrjee,President
Chairperson, CBDT Sushil Chandra Vice Chancellor, IGNOU M. Aslam
Chairperson, National Commission Rameshwar Oraon President, National Lalitha Kumarmangalam
for Scheduled Tribes Commission for Women
Chairperson, UGC Ved Prakash President, Institute of Manoj Fadnis
Chartered Accountants (ICAI)
Chairperson, National Commission Vangal Eswariah Director General, CSIR Girish Sahani
for Backward classes
Chairperson, National Commission PL Punia CEO, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Anupam Shrivastava
for Scheduled Castes Limited

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IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS HEAD OF NATIONALISED BANKS

Designation - Name Bank CMD
Allahabad Bank Rakesh Sethi
Andhra Bank Suresh N. Patel
Secretary General, United Nations Organisation Ban Ki-
Bank of Baroda Ps Jayakumar
moon
Bank of India MO Rego
Managing Director, International Monetary fund Christine
Bank of Maharashtra Sushil Muhnot
Lagarde Bharatiya Mahila Bank SM Swathi
President, World Bank Jim Yong Kim Canara Bank T.N. Manohar
Vice President, World Bank Hiroshi Naka Central Bank of India Rajeev Rishi
Director-General , World Trade Organisation Roberto Corporation Bank J K Garg
Azevedo Dena Bank Ashwini Kumar
President, UN General Assembly - Peter Thomson IDBI Bank Kishor Karat
Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific Indian Bank Mahesh Kumar Jain
and Cultural Organisation Irina Bokova Indian Overseas Bank R. Koteeswaran
Director-General, International Labour Organisation Guy Oriental Bank of Commerce Animesh Chauhan
Punjab and Sind Bank Jatinderbir Singh
Ryder
Punjab National Bank Usha Ananta Subrahmaniam
Executive Director, United Nations International childrens
State Bank of India Arundhati Bhattacharya
Emergency Fund Antony Lake State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Jyoti Ghosh
Director-General World Health Organisation Margaret Chan State Bank of Hyderabad Santanu Mukherjee
President, Asian Development Bank Takehiko Nakao State Bank of Mysore N.K. Chari
President, International Court of Justice Peter Tomka State Bank of Patiala MS Ramesh Rangan
President, International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach State Bank of Travancore C.R. Sashi Kumar
Administrator, NASA Charles F. Boldon Syndicate Bank Arun Shrivastava
President, UN Human Rights Council Remigiusz Henczel UCO Bank RK Takkar
Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency United Bank of India P.Srinivas
Yukiya amino Union Bank of India Arun Tiwari
Vijaya Bank Kishore Kumar Sansi
Secretary-General, NATO Jens Stoltenberg
Secretary General, ASEAN Lee Luang Minh MAHARATNA/ NAVARATNA COMPANIES
Secretary General, SAARC Arjun Bahadur Thapa Maharatna Chairman/MD
Secretary-General, Commonwealth Patricia Scotland Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Atul Sobti
President, FIFA Gianni Infantino Coal India Limited S. Bhattacharya
President, International Cricket Council Zaheer Abbas Gas Authority of India Limited BC Tripathi
Chairman, International Cricket Council - Shashank Manohar Indian Oil Corporation Limited B. Ashok
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation DK Sarraf
President, Internatioanl Paralymic committee Phillip
Steel Authority of India Limited P.K.Singh
Craven
National Thermal Power Corporation Gurdeep Singh
President, IAAF Sebastian Coe
Secretary-General, OIC Ekmeleddin Ihasnoglu Navaratna Chairman/ MD
Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council Adbul Container Corporation of India Limited Anil Kumar Gupta
Rahman ibn Hamad al Attiyan Engineers India Limited Sanjoy Gupta
Director General, FAO Jose Graziano da silva National Buildings Construction Corporation AK Mittal
Director-General, UNIDO Kandeh Yumkella Bharat Electricals Limited SK Sharma
Head, World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited D.Rajkumar
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited T. Suvarna Raju
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited MK Surana
National Mineral Development Corporation Narendra Kothari
HEADS OF ARMED FORCES Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited NK Yadav
Power Finance Corporation Rajeev Sharma
Designation Person Power Grid Corporation IS Jha
Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited P. Madhusudan
Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba Shipping Corporation of India AK Gupta
Neyvelli Lignite Corporation Limited SK Acharya
Army Chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag
Oil India Limited Utpal Bora
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited Rajiv Sharma
National aluminium Company Limited Tapan Kumar Chand

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ABBREVIATION
AFS-Annual Financial Statement
AFS-Available For Sale
BoP-Balance of Payments
CR-Capital Receipts
CRAR-Capital to Risk Weighted Asset
Ratio
DCCB-District Central Cooperative Bank
ECGC-Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation
GFD-Gross Fiscal Deficit
GIC-General Insurance Corporation
HUDCO-Housing & Urban Development Corporation
IBRD-International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
IBS-International Banking Statistics
OECD-Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
OLTAS-OnLine Tax Accounting System
RWA-Risk Weighted Asset
SEBI-Securities and Exchange Board of India
UBB-Uniform Balance Book
WPI -Wholesale Price Index
FDI-Foreign Direct Investment.
FERA-Foreign Exchange Regulation Act.
FICCI-Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry.
FII-Foreign Institutional Investor.
FIPB-Foreign Investment Promotion Board.
FPI-Foreign Portfolio Investment.
FTA-Free Trade Agreement.
GDP-Gross Domestic Product.
GDR-Global Depository Receipt.
GAAR-General Anti Avoidance Rule.
HDFC-Housing Development Finance Corporation.
IBRD-International Bank For Reconstruction And
Development.
ICICI-Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of
India.
IDB-Islamic Development Bank.
IDBI-Industrial Development Bank of India.
IDR-Indian Depository Receipts.
IIB-International Investment Bank.
IIBF- Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.
IRR- Internal Rate Of Return.
IMD-India Millennium Deposits.
IMF-International Monetary Fund.
IMPS-Immediate Mobile Payment System.
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IOB-Indian Overseas Bank.
IPO-Initial Public Offering.
IRBI-Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India.
KCC-Kisan Credit Card.
KMB-Kotak Mahindra Bank.
KVB-Karur Vysya Bank.
KYC-Know Your Customer.
LAB-Local Area Bank.
LAF-Liquidity Adjustment Facility.
LDB-Land Development Bank.
LIBOR-London Inter Bank Offered Rate.
MIBOR-Mumbai Inter Bank Offer Rate.
NABARD-National Bank for Agricultural and Rural
Development.
NAS-National Account Statistics.
NAV-Net Asset Value.
NBC-Non Banking Companies.
NBFC-Non Banking and Finance companies.
NEFT-National Electronic Funds Transfer System.
NFA-No Frills Account.
NFC-Non Banking Finance Companies.
NHB-National Housing Bank.
NIB-Nordic Investment Bank.
NPA-Non Performing Assets.
NPS-National Pensions Scheme.
NSE-National Stock Exchange.
OMO-Open Market Operations.
OTP-One Time Password.
PGS-Payment Gateway System.
RBI-Reserve Bank Of India.
RBS-Royal Bank of Scotland.
RRB-Regional Rural Bank.
RTGS-Real Time Gross Settlement System.
SCB-Scheduled Commercial Bank.
SCC-Selective Credit Control.
SEPA-Single Euro Payment Area.
SEBI-Security Exchange Board Of India.
SHGs-Self Help Groups.
SIDBI-Small Industries and Development Bank of India.
SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio.
SPNS-Shared Payment Network System.
SWIFT-Society For World Wide Inter Bank Financial
Telecommunication.
ULIP-Unit Linked Insurance Plan.
UCB-Urban Cooperative Bank.
UEBA-Universal Electronic Bank Account.
UIDAI-Unique Identification Authority of India.
ULIP-Unit Linked Insurance Policies.
UPIN-Unique Property Identification Numbers.
USB-Ultra Small Branch.
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USD-United States Dollar. OPEC - Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries
VDBS-Vertically Differentiated Banking System. MCA - Ministry of Corporate Affairs
WBCIS-Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme. SMEs - Small and Medium Enterprises
WL ATM-White Label ATM.
SMO - Special Market Operations
WPFI-World Press Freedom Index.
WPI-Wholesale Price Index. MFDEF - Micro Finance Development and Equity fund
E C R - E x p o r t C r e d i t R e f i n a n c e
SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India
E C S - E l e c t r o n i c C l e a r i n g S e r v i c e s
ORFS - Online Returns Filing System
S D R - S p e c i a l D r a w i n g R i g h t s
OSMOS - Off-Site Monitoring and Surveillance
B R B N M P L - B h a r a t i y a R e s e r v e B a n k N o t e M u d r a n P r i v a t e
OTC - Over-the-Counter
L i m i t e d
OTS - One-Time Settlement
C D R - C o r p o r a t e D e b t R e s t r u c t u r i n g
BSA - Bilateral Swap Arrangements
E E A - E x c h a n g e E q u a l i s a t i o n A c c o u n t
IMF - International Monetary Fund
N F A - N e t F o r e i g n A s s e t s
MBS - Mortgage Backed Securities
P D O - P u b l i c D e b t O f f i c e
BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai
R E E R - R e a l E f f e c t i v e E x c h a n g e R a t e
CBDT - Central Board of Direct Taxes
O P E C - O r g a n i s a t i o n f o r P e t r o l e u m E x p o r t i n g C o u n t r i e s
CBLO - Collateralised Borrowing and Lending

S P M C I L - S e c u r i t y P r i n t i n g a n d M i n t i n g

WORD OF THE MONTH

1) Dilatory Definition: very weak or slight
Meaning: Slow, unhurried, tardy, lax, sluggish, idle, indolent Usage: The tenuous link between interest rates and
Definition: slow to act. investment
Usage: He had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor
7) Turbid
2) Cardinal Meaning: murky, muddy, thick,
Meaning: Fundamental, basic, main, chief, primary, prime, Definition: (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with
first suspended matter.
Definition: of the greatest importance; fundamental.. Usage: The turbid estuary
Usage: Twocardinal points must be borne in mind
8) Verbose
3) Braggart Meaning: wordy, garrulous, talkative, voluble, effusive
Meaning: Brag, show-off, trumpeter, poser, egotist Definition: (using or expressed in more words than are
Definition: a person who boasts about their achievements needed.
or possessions Usage: Much academic language is obscure and verbose
Usage: braggart men
9) Venerate
4) Assuage Meaning: revere, respect, worship, hallow, deify
Meaning: Relieve, ease, alleviate, smother, lessen, lower Definition: regard with great respect; revere
Definition: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense Usage: Philip of Beverley wasvenerated as a saint
Usage: The letter assuaged the fears of most members
10) Viscous
5) Penury Meaning: Sticky, gummy, tacky, syrupy
Meaning: extreme/dire poverty, pennilessness, Definition: having a thick, sticky consistency between solid
impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence and liquid; having a high viscosity
Definition: the state of being very poor; extreme poverty. Usage: Viscous lava
Usage: He couldnt face another year ofpenury

6) Tenuous

Meaning: Slight, flimsy, weak, fragile, shaky

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OCTOBER POCKET CAPSULE

1. Chinese Renminbi was added in theInternational Monetary Fund(IMF)sSpecial Drawing Rights (SDR)basketfrom 1 st October
2016
2. India and Singapore have decided to set up aFinance Dialogue to further strengthen bilateral trade and economic ties
3. Infosys has launched Skava Commerce, an e-commerce platform for retailers
4. Dassault Aviation of France has entered into a partnership with Anil Ambani-led Reliance group to execute offsets for the recently
concluded deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets. This is the largest offset contract to be executed by any defence company in India till date
5. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has extended a USD $200 million loan to India for installation of energy-efficient home and street
lights, and water pumps, which can help the country to save energy to the tune of 3,800 gigawatt-hours per year
6. Facebook is partnering with the Election Commission of India in five states going to polls next year to run a voter registration drive
aimed at encouraging youth to participate in the democratic exercise
7. TheFinance Ministry has set up a Public Debt Management Cell(PDMC) with a view to streamline government borrowings and
better cash management with the overall objective of deepening bond markets
8. ICICI Bank has become the first Indian Bank to complete abanking transaction using Blockchain technology
9. State Bank of India hasdeclared Silchar as its 5th zone in North East after Guwahati, Shillong, Dibrugarh and Jorhat
10. Ashok Leyland has recently launched Circuit series bus, which is the first India-Made Electric Bus
11. Bank of Baroda has signed a principal sponsorship contract with badminton Olympians P V Sindhu and K Srikanth
12. As per International Monetary Funds (IMFs) latestGlobal Financial Stability Report, India is third from bottom in terms of Tier
1 capital ratio for major emerging market economies
13. As per data released by theRBI, India banking system reported total deposits of Rs 100 lakh crore for the first time ever in
September 2016
14. SIDBI has launched a Rs 60 crore ASPIRE (A Scheme for Promotion of Innovation and Rural Entrepreneurship and agro industry)
fund to promote innovation, rural entrepreneurship and agricultural industry
15. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted Start-ups to raise external commercial borrowings (ECBs) of up to USD 3 million in a
financial year
16.
17. In order to boost rural economy by utilising bio-resources, a National Mission on Bioeconomy has been launched from Shillong by
the Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) under the Ministry of Science and Technology
18. The Ministry of Finance after a series of meetings and discussions with different agencies including RBI have decided that sports
infrastructure will be included under the Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure Subsectors.
19. Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari has formally launched the Indian Bridge Management
System (IBMS). IBMS is being developed to create an inventory of all bridges in the country and rate their structural condition so
that timely repair and rehabilitation work can be carried out based on the criticality of the structure
20. Union Cabinet has approved the establishment and operation of anIndian Institute of Management (IIM) in Jammu at a cost of
nearly Rs 62 crore
21. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the National Seismic Programme (NSP) in Odisha to
trace hydrocarbon resources like oil and natural gas in Mahanadi basin
22. UDAN Regional Connectivity Scheme has been launched by The Ministry ofCivil Aviation aimed at linking small towns in the
country with flights and develop the regional aviation market
23. The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), a Supreme Court-appointed pollution watchdog, has launched a mobile
app Hawa Badlo, aimed at improving air quality with public participation
24. #Sandesh2Soldierscampaign was launched by the Prime Ministers Office (PMO), asking people to reach out to armed forces by
writing letters/messages/greetings for Diwali
25. As part of the initiative of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to provide easy access to the public with regard to Indias export,
import and balance of trade data in an analytical format, over time and space, Commerce & Industry Ministryhas launched a new
enhancedDashboard on Foreign Trade Data
26. The Centre has decided to allocate a unique identification number to every judge in the country, including those in theSupreme
Court and the 24 high courts, to help the apex court track the performance of individual judges and make all judgments delivered
through his or her career available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)
27. The Central Government has announced opening of at least one Krishi Vigyan Kendra in all districts of the country. This will provide
advanced Agriculture technical assistance to the farmers near their farms itself
28. Union Government has launched Mining Surveillance System (MSS), a pan-India surveillance network to check illegal mining using
latest satellite technology
29. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has launched National SC/ST hub, and the Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) scheme for
MSMEs
30. The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of a National Academic Depository (NAD) for safe deposit, retrieval and verification
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31. AYUSH Ministry will launch Mission Madhumeha through Ayurveda, which will be a protocol for treating diabetes through
Ayurveda and will be implemented throughout the country
32. To apply science to boost rural economy, the Union Govt. has announced the launch of two new programmes Biotech-KISAN
and Cattle Genomics
33. Andhra Pradesh State Govt. has signed an agreement with the Monetary Authority ofSingapore (MAS) to promote innovation in
financial services in their respective markets
34. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have jointly topped the 2016 all-India State/Union Territory-wise Ease of Doing Business rankings
announced by Commerce and Industry Ministry
35. Delhi Police has launched a mobile application for senior citizens to enable them to reach out to the police quickly in emergency
situations
36. GoaState tourism has launched Indias first ever amphibious bus which offers tourists, a ride down a prominent river in the state
37. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Indias second eco-friendly international airport terminal at Harniin Vadodara, Gujarat
38. Haryana StateGovernmenthas startedfarm tourismto attract people to villages
39. Haryana will be the first state to give the benefit of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) to its employees with effect from 1 st January
2016
40. Haryana State Govt. will observe year 2017 as Garib Kalyan Varsh
41. Chief Minister of Haryana has mentioned that sex ratio in the state has reached 922 as of September 2016 (earlier it was 837)
42. Himachal Pradesh has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), making it the second State in the country (after Sikkim) to achieve
the feat
43. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi inaugurated three hydroelectric projects in Himachal Pradesh with a cumulative generation capacity
of 1,752 megawatt
44. KarnatakaState Government has decided to celebrate Tipu Sultan Jayanti every year on 10th November
45. Kerala State Govt. has roped in eminent Carnatic vocalist and playback singer K J Yesudas as the brand ambassador of its ambitious
HarithaKeralam(Green Kerala) project, a massive initiativeenvisaged for a garbage-free and clean state
46. Madhya Pradesh State Govt. has decided to launch Lalima Abhiyan on 1 stNovember 2016 to make the state anaemia-free
47. Maharashtra State Govt. has launched Kaushalya Setu, a skill development programme for students; under which, no student will
sit at home after matriculation and will receive skill-oriented training
48. Maharashtra has topped Agri Marketing, Farmer Friendly Reforms Index, compiled by NITI Aayog
49. MizoramState Government has launched a New Economic Development Policy (NEDP) to boost the states agriculture-based
economy, develop rural infrastructure and to raise livelihood of the people
50. To stamp out the menace of cervical cancer, Punjab has decided to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UNICEF
to procure 40,000 doses of vaccine against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in a phased manner
51. Rajasthan is all set to launch its own brand of olive oil, which it claims, will be the countrys first indigenously-produced brand
52. Sikkim has planned to promote the Khangchendzonga National Park and Mount Kanchenjunga as eco-tourism destinations for
adventure sports like trekking
53. Union Cabinet has given its approval to set up Indias first medical devices manufacturing park inTamil Nadu
54. Telangana states festival Bathukamma has entered the Guinness Book of World Records wherein 9,292 women danced around
bathukamma (flower stack, arranged with different unique seasonal flowers most of them with medicinal values) as a part of
ceremony
55. BHEL commissioned 660 MWcoal-based supercritical thermal power unit in Uttar Pradesh
56. Uttar Pradesh observed Safe Motherhood Week from 14 th 21st October 2016 to provide all necessary medical aid and assistance
to the pregnant women and to ensure safe delivery in the entire state
57. Uttar Pradesh State Govt. has done away with upper age limit for widows and divorced women applying for government jobs
58. Union Govt. has approved grant of Rs 515 crore for the development of Sagar Port in West Bengal
59. Indo-Tibetan Border Police has instituted anAnimal Transportand a K9 (canine) medalfor animals accompanying troops in
combat zones for sanitisation exercises and logistical tasks
60. INS Arihant, Indian Navys first indigenously-constructed nuclear submarine, has been commissioned
61. United States Navy has recently commissioned themost Technologically Advanced Stealth Warship named Zumwalt
62. In a deal reportedly worth close to $2 billion, India is set to acquire a second Akula 2 nuclear-powered attack submarine from Russia
63. Russian Defence forces havelaunched an independent electronic communication system called Closed Data Transfer Segment that
is independent and protected from unlicensed connections
64. Mitra Shakti 2016 Joint Military Exercise between India and Sri Lanka was conducted in Pune, Maharashtra
65. A Russian missile design company has unveiled the first image of a new weapon in Russias arsenal: the Sarmat intercontinental
ballistic missile, nicknamed Satan 2
66. India and Russia have approved an extension to the range of the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, doubling it to 600 kilometres
67. TheIndian Navyhas commissioned a highly manoeuvrable fastattack craftINS Tihayu, which will now be deployed along the
eastern coast for patrolling
68. The Indian mens hockey team lifted the 4th U-18 Asia Cup after defeating hostsBangladesh in the final match

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69. Para climberManikandan Kumar won the Gold medal in the IFSC Para Climbing Cup, organised in the United Kingdom
70. Indian Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar has won Korea Open title
71. Daniel Ricciardo has won Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix
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73. Andy Murray has won China Open Tennis Tournament
74. Nico Rosberg has won Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix
75. Indian shuttler Ruthvika Shivani has won Russian Open title
76. Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia won the gold medal at the Mayors Trophy International Invitational Wrestling competition in Pune
77. Brazil has won 1st BRICS U-17 football tournament by defeating South Africa in final match
78. Andy Murray has won Shanghai Masters Tennis Tournament
79. Zabivaka the Wolf has been chosen as the Mascot of 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia
80. India won Kabaddi World Cup 2016, by defeating Iran in final match
81. North Korea has wonthe 2016FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup
82. Lewis Hamilton has won Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
83. Indian hockey team defeated Pakistan in final match to win Asian Champions Trophy 2016
84. Badminton palyer Sourabh Varma defeated Malaysias Daren Liew to clinch the Chinese Taipei Open
85. TheIndian Boxing Council, a licensing body for the countrys professionalboxers, has beeninducted intotheWorld Boxing Organisation
(WBO)with voting rights in the WBOs annual convention at Puerto Rico
86. Indian Railwayshave won the World Railway Shooting Championship Cup held at Saint Mandrier, France
87. The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has recognized Boxing Federation of India (BFI) as the National Sports Federation
(NSF) for Boxing
88. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness-Arundhati Roy
89. Ashoka in Ancient India-Nayanjot Lahiri
90. Modis Midas Touch in Foreign Policy-Surendra Kumar
91. RTI Act- Authentic Interpretation of The Statute-Shailesh Gandhi
92. Shahid Afridi: An Autobiography Pakistani Cricketer Shahid Afridis upcoming Autobiography
93. Andhere Se Ujale Ki-Aur Arun Jaitley
94. The Sellout-Paul Beatty
95. Driven: The Virat Kohli Story-Vijay Lokapally
96. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)s Internal Working Group (IWG) on Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation Policy-Lily Vadera
97. Committee appointed by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, has submitted its report, wherein it has suggested an
overhaul in transmission planning to facilitate transfer of power on economic principles-Mata Prasad
98. Government-constituted expert panel has found that, the Saraswati River, so far considered mythical, did exist-Prof. K S Valdiya
99. High-level committee set up by Central Govt. to monitor the situation and help State governments take steps to contain the Bird Flu-
Munialappa
100. The one-man judicial committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) set up by the Central Government-L Narasimha Reddy
101. Three-member committee formed by Delhi Govt. to look into waste management in the city-Satyendra Jain
102. 5th International Buddhist Conclave-Varanasi-Sarnath
103. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2016-New Mexico, USA
104. BRICS U-17 Football Tournament-Goa
105. Kabaddi World Cup-Ahmedabad, Gujarat
106. First edition of World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS)-New Delhi
107. Second Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM)-2016-New Delhi
108. 4th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial Meeting-Jaipur
109. 5th India International Silk Fair -New Delhi
110. The Women of India Festival 2016 which offered the biggest selection of organic products prepared by women-New Delhi
111. BRICS Summit 2016-Goa
112. First-ever BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit-Goa
113. First National Tribal Carnival 2016-New Delhi
114. National Summit on Fortification of Food-New Delhi
115. Global Conference on National Initiative towards strengthening Arbitration and Enforcement in India-New Delhi
116. 23rd Rehabilitation International World Congress-Edinburg, Scotland
117. Indias first Design Yatra, launched by the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID)-Kozhikode, Kerala
118. The first ever Global Conference on Voter Education titled Voter Education for Inclusive, Informed and Ethical Participation
organized by the Election Commission of India in association with UNDP-New Delhi

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