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Interview 5
Current Affairs - One Liner 6-9
Spotlight 10
The People 11-18
News Bites 19-52
World of English - Etymology 53
Higher Education Commission of India Bill 2018:
An Analysis 54-55
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 - 16 August 2018) 56
Designation : Who's Who 57
10th BRICS Summit 2018 61-62
Blood Moon 2018: The longest lunar eclipse of the
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Que Tm - General Awareness 65-75
RRB Clerk Mains : Model Paper 2018 76-99
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Editorial
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comprehensible they are to be read thoroughly.
Dear Aspirants,
We feel great pleasure in bringing the 'October 2018' edition of our very own 'Masters in Current Affairs', a platform where
you get all the exam related information at a single place. It is designed especially for the forthcoming examinations. Its
regular sections such as News Maker, News Diary, One liners etc. cover each and every news in details which is important
for examinations. Rest of the news are covered in 'Chalte - Chalte' i.e. one liner news, which you can find at the bottom of
each page.
Some important issues of this month were discussed in featured articles.
One among them is 'higher-education-commission-of-india-bill-2018'. Recently, the Higher Education Commission of
India (Repeal of University Grant Commission Act) Bill, 2018 (HECI) was drafted by the Centre. The Bill will provide
major reforms in higher education. This Act provides for establishing the Higher Education Commission of India repealing
the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, and much more interesting facts and facets to know about this act.
Then an article about ‘BRICS. The 2018 BRICS summit is the tenth annual BRICS summit, an international
relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa. The summit was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the second time
after it was first held in the 2013. This years theme 'BRICS in Africa' All other details in the regards are
mentioned inside.
Blood Moon 2018: Longest Total Lunar Eclipse of Century Occurs on July 27. The longest total lunar
eclipse of the 21st century takes place on July 27. The total phase of the "blood moon" eclipse of July
27 will last 1 hour and 43 minutes, during which Earth's natural satellite will turn a spectacular red or
ruddy-brown color. From start to finish, the entire celestial event will last nearly 4 hours. Other details
are mentioned inside.
And an article about the sad demise of the Bharat Ratna and former Prime Minister of India Mr.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 16th of August 2018, the great loss of India and a black day of Indian
Politics.
In this edition we are providing the complete solution of RRB (MAINS) 2018 and
PAPERS OF SSC STENOGRAPHER group C and D for your self assessment.
There is a separate section named Que-TM for your self-evaluation, which includes
all the possible MCQ's from this month's current affairs. This will be highly
beneficial for all the upcoming examinations.
Your advice or suggestions will be much appreciated and welcomed.

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“Your Success is Our Success”

PERSONAL DETAILS
Ritika Verma
Father’s Name : Ashok Kumar Verma
Mother’s Name : Seema Verma
Hobbies : Listening To Music
Prior Selection : Probationary Officer & Office the Interview?
Assistant
Name of the Exam : IBPS RRB
Roll No. of Qualified Exam : 3691112419 & 3070538308
Roll No. of Mahendra Institute : PDH 0270841332
MICA : Mahendra's family expresses
its heartiest congratulations
on your success.
Ritika : Thank You so much.
MICA : To whom do you want
to give the credit of your
selection?
Ritika : My family, Friends and
faculty of Mahendra's.
MICA : After how many attempts
did you succeed in this
examination?
Ritika : 1st attempt.
MICA : What is the role of
Mahendra's institute in your
selection?
Ritika : I would like to say that the
Speed Test of Mahendra's is
Vivek Srivastava of Healthcare at HOME (HCAH) has won the "Entrepreneur of the year Award".
RITIKA VERMA
very helpful and it played a
big role in my selection.
MICA : How did you prepare for
the examination?
Ritika :
English Language
By watching Mahendra's Guru
YouTube channel, reading newspaper (III) Difference between RRB's and
and learn vocabulary on daily basis.
Reasoning Ability & Computers
Started solving quizzes, puzzles and
ST of Mahendra's.
Data Interpretation
By revising table till 20, squares till 50
& cubes till 30 from Mahendra's book
and by given speed test of Mahendra's. Ritika : Through website, and
General Awareness
By Mahendra's materials such as
Newspaper, MICA, Books and
Mahendra's Notes.
MICA : What you say about “Master
in Current Affairs” Magazine
and Mahendra Guru Website?
Ritika : Both are very helpful.
MICA : What is the best thing about
our coaching institute,
according to you?
Ritika : The faculty of Mahendra's
is very helpful which
is the best thing about Ritika : Thank You !
Mahendra's.
INTERVIEW
MICA : What is the role of “Time
Management” in one’s
success?
Ritika : I think time management
plays a very important role
in the Bank Examination.
MICA : How did you prepare for
Ritika : I take the Mahendra's
interview classes and
Mocks.
MICA : Tell us about the Interview
Board and the questions
asked?
Ritika : Interview Board members
were very good and
cooperative.
The questions asked were:
(I) Tell us about yourself?
(II) About Lucknow?
PSB's ?
(IV) What is monetary policy and
base role?.
MICA : By whom did you get
information of your
selection and what was
your reaction?
obviously I was very happy.
MICA : What message do you
want to convey to other
aspirants?
Ritika : I must tell you this when
you are best confident in
yourself, when you believe
in yourself. You have
already won half of the
battle.
MICA : Congratulations once again
on your success. Your
success is our success.
OCTOBER 2018 MICA 5
CURRENT AFFAIRS One Liner

ONE Liner
PERSONS IN NEWS
## Government has decided to set up a committee to ## Who has become Pakistan's first blind judge?
suggest measures to strengthen National Cadet Corps w Yousaf Saleem
(NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS). Who is ## Who has become the country's first transgender
the Chairman of this committee? lawyer? w Sathyasri Sharmila
w Anil Swarup
## Who has become the first Indian woman to win
## B Sujatha Devi has passed away recently. She was a gold medal at IAAF World Under-20 Athletics
a_________. w Poet Championships? w Hima Das
## Claude Lanzmann has passed away recently. He was ## Who has been appointed as a whole time member of
a_______. w French Filmmaker the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
## Gopal Das Neeraj has passed away recently. He was w Anant Barua
________. w Poet ## Who has been appointed as the chairman and additional
## J N Sadhu has passed away recently. He was a director of Bhushan Steel Ltd? w T.V. Narendran
________. w Journalist ## Who has been appointed as the chairman of ICICI
## Kabutari Devi has passed away recently. She was Bank? w Girish Chandra
a________. w Singer Chaturvedi
## Kalpesh Yagnik passed away recently. He was ## Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Central
a_______. w Journalist Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
w S Ramesh
## Kim Jong-pil has passed away recently. He was
Former Prime Minister of which country? ## Who has been appointed as the CMD of Steel Authority
w South Korea of India (SAIL)? w Saraswati Prasad
## Krishna Kumari has passed away recently. She was ## Who has been appointed as the Director General of
the ______. w Politician ICWA? w T.C.A. Raghavan
## M M Jacob has passed away recently. He was the ## Who has been appointed as the interim coach of the
former governor of which state? Indian women's team? w Ramesh Powar
w Meghalaya ## Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of
## Mahendra Kaul has passed away recently. He was State Bank of India? w Arijit Basu
a________. w Journalist ## Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Tata
## Rita Bhaduri has passed away recently. She Capital Housing Finance? w Anil Kaul
was_____. w Actress ## Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Central Vigilance
## Surinder Singla has passed away recently. He was Commission (CVC)? w Alka Tiwari
the______. w Politician ## Who has been appointed by President Halimah
## What is the Name of Former chief of Naval Staff Yacob as the country's Supreme Court judicial
Admiral who has passed away? commissioner? w Dedar Singh Gill
w J G Nadkarni ## Who has been appointed the chairperson of the National
## What is the Name of Spiritual leader and head of Green Tribunal (NGT)? w Adarsh Kumar Goel
Sadhu Vaswani mission who has passed away? ## Who is the Chairman of Securities and Exchange
w Dada JP Vaswani Board of India (SEBI)? w Ajay Tyagi

6 MICA OCTOBER 2018 Arvind Kumar, writer of Hindi Samantar Kosh has been awarded with the 'Hindi Ratna' award.

AWARDS
## Who has been conferred with the 'Chief Minister
of the Year' award for her remarkable work in
e-governance? w Vasundhara Raje
## Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the
Hyderabad High Court? w T. B. N. Radhakrishnan
## Who received Knowledge Excellence Award for
Outstanding Contribution in Aluminium Knowledge
domain? w Tapan Kumar Chand
## Who will be honored with the Kanhaiyalal Sethia
Award for his outstanding contribution in the field of
literature, culture and art? w Mahendra Bhanawat
SCHEMES AND LAUNCHES
## Which Bank has launched 'Cash@PoS' facility to
withdraw cash from PoS terminals? ## In which state is Kamakhya Temple located?
w Karnataka Bank
## Which Application has been developed by Central Board
of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to protect interest
of consumers? w 'GST Verify'
## Which application has been launched by Election
Commission for citizens to share proof of malpractices
by political parties? w 'lVigil'
## Which State Government has announced a 'Kanya Van
Samruddhi Yojana'? w Maharashtra
## Which State Government has announced to increase the
pension of persons detained under the Maintenance of
Internal Security Act (MISA) and the Defence of India
(DIR) rules during the 1975-77 national emergency?
w Rajasthan
## Which State Government has announced to set up
country's first Khadi mall? w Jharkhand
## Which State Government has launched "Annapurna
Milk Scheme" for supplying milk to children studying
in the Staterun schools? w Rajasthan
NATIONAL & STATE
## ______edition of the Delhi Dialogue has been started
in New Delhi. w 10th
## In which city, 4th National Review and Consultation
on Swachh Iconic Places has been started? Chartered Accountants of India and "National Board
w Hyderabad
## In which city, 58th National Inter-state Senior Athletics
Championships has begun? w Guwahati, Assam
## In which city, 7th Defence Technology and Trade
Initiative (DTTI) meeting between India and the US
delegation was held? w New Delhi
India and Ghana have signed two agreements on Cultural Exchange and Quality Standards.
One Liner
## In which city, First India-US '2+2 dialogue' will be
held? w New Delhi
## In Which city, Fourth round of Maritime Affairs
Dialogue between India and Japan was held?
w New Delhi
## In which city, International Round Table Conference
on "Data for New India'' has been started?
w New Delhi
## In which city, Tourism Ministry will organize the first
ever "India Tourism Mart (ITM)"?
w New Delhi
## In which state is Damdama Lake located?
w Haryana
## In which state is First Bhutan Film Festival was held?
w Sikkim
w Assam
## In which state is Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
located? w Tamil Nadu
## In which state is Murlen National Park located?
w Mizoram
## In which state is Narora Atomic Power Station
located? w Uttar Pradesh
## In which state is Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary located?
w Assam
## In which state is Sindhu Darshan Festival begun?
w Jammu-Kashmir
## In which state is Somnath Temple located?
w Gujarat
## In which state is Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple
located? w Kerala
## In which state is Sukreswar Temple located?
w Assam
INTERNATIONAL
## Cabinet approves MOU between India and _____on
cooperation in the field of pharmaceutical products,
pharmaceutical substances, biological product and
cosmetics regulatory functions. w Indonesia
## Cabinet approves MoU between the Institute of
of Accountants and Auditors, __________.
w Tanzania
## Dasho Tshering Tobgay is a Prime Minister of which
country? w Bhutan
## In which city, 15th India Australia Joint Ministerial
Commission (JMC) was held? w Canberra, Australia
OCTOBER 2018 MICA 7
CURRENT AFFAIRS
## In which City, 2nd meeting of the joint working group
on tourism cooperation between India and Nepal was
concluded? w Kathmandu
## In which city, 4th Australia India Education Council
(AIEC) meeting was held? w Adelaide
## In which city, '8th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting
was held? w Durban, South Africa
## In which city, 8th India-Oman Joint Commission
Meeting was held? w Muscat
## In which City, Fourth BIMSTEC Summit will be
held? w Kathmandu, Nepal
## In which city, India and Pakistan will be part of
antiterror drill "Peace Mission"? Global Mobility Sumit'? w New Delhi
w Chelyabinsk, Russia
## In which city, UNCTAD meeting of third inter-
governmental group of experts on consumer protection
will be held? w Geneva, Switzerland
## In which city, US President Donald Trump and his
Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held the first
summit? w Helsinki, Finland
## In which Country, 4th meeting of Australia-India
Education Council (AIEC) has been started? parked by its citizens and companies with Swiss
w Australia
## India and _________have signed two MOUs in
the field of biotechnology, traditional medicine and
homoeopathy. w Cuba
## India and _________signed an agreement on exchange
of experience by legal professionals and government
functionaries for resolution of disputes before various
courts. w United Kingdom
## India and ________have signed five MoUs in the field
of Science and Technology. w South Korea
## India and _______signed six agreements in several
fields including education, cyber security, and cultural
exchange. w Seychelles
FINANCIAL AWARENESS
## According to Asian Development Bank (ADB), India's
Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate is expected to
______ in the Financial Year 2018-19. In which City,
Fourth BIMSTEC Summit will be held? w Wrestling
w 7.30%
## According to International Monetary Fund (IMF),
India's Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate is
expected to _______ in the Financial Year 2018-19. w Archery
w 7.3%
## Finance Ministry has approved infusion of ________
crore in 5 PSBs. w Rs 11,336
8 MICA OCTOBER 2018 Thaawarchand Gehlot attended the Global Disability Summit held in London.
One Liner
## Fourth AIIB Annual Meeting will be held in _______
in July 2019. w Luxembourg
## Government has constituted a committee for
standardisation and indigenisation of metro rail
system across the country. Who is the chairman of this
committee? w E Sreedharan
## Government has set up a highlevel task force to suggest
ways of reducing import dependence. Who will head
this task force? w P K Sinha
## In which city, First meeting of the task force on
e-commerce was held? w New Delhi
## In which city, NITI Aayog is organizing 'MOVE:
## Income Tax Department has launched an 'instant'
Aadhaarbased PAN allotment service for individuals
seeking the unique identity for the first time. Which is
eligible for ePAN facility? w Resident Individuals
## India has become the ______member of the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
w 69th
## India has moved up to ______ place in terms of money
Banks. w 73rd
## Indian Army and _________have signed Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) on the Defence Salary
Package. w SBI
## RBI has imposed a penalty of ________Crore on
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for contravention of Master
Directions on Issue and Pricing of Shares.
w 6 Crore
## RBI to Issue New Design Rs. 100 Denomination
Banknote. What will be the Dimension of the
banknote? w 66 mm × 142 mm
## To which Bank, RBI has issued license to launch
operations in India? w Bank of China
SPORTS
## Aaron Finch is related to which sports?
w Cricket
## Bajrang Punia is related to which sports?
## Deepak Punia is related to which sports?
w Wrestling
## Deepika Kumari is related to which sports?
## Dipa Karmakar is from which state?
w Tripura
 One Liner
## Dipa Karmakar is related to which sports? ## Who has won the Gold Medal in the Men's club throw
w Gymnastic F51 event at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in
## Hima Das to be _______sports brand ambassador. Tunisia? w Amit Kumar Saroha
w Assam's ## Yogesh Kathuniya is related to which sports?
## How Many Medals India has won in the 7th World w Discus throw
Junior Wushu championships held in Brasilia, Brazil?
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
w 9 Medals
## ICC Women's World T20 will be held in ## In which city, National Association of Software and
the________. w West Indies Services Companies (Nasscom) has opened a Center
## In which city An antidoping sports conference titled of Excellence (CoE) for Data Science and Artificial
'Clean Sport=Fair Outcome?' was held? Intelligence? w Bengaluru
w Oslo, Norway ## Where is the Headquarters of Indian Space Research
## India has won the Kabaddi Masters Dubai 2018 title Organisation (ISRO)? w Bangalore
after beating______. w Iran ## Which country's researchers have developed the
## Irena Szewinska, who won Olympic gold medals in world's smallest computer Michigan Micro Mote?
three different events, has passed away recently. She w USA
was from which country? w Poland
## Jhili Dalabehera is related to which sports?
MISCELLANEOUS
w Weightlifting ## According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Who has
## Jinson Johnson breaks Sriram Singh's 42-yearold become Asia's richest person? w Mukesh Ambani
800m national record. He is from which state? ## According to Forbes Magazine, which Indian-origin
w Kerala women has made it to the list of America's 60 richest
## Neeraj Chopra is related to which sports? women? w Jayshree Ullal &
w Javelin Thrower Neerja Sethi
## Sandeep Sejwal is related to which sports? ## Gautam Kanjilal has passed recently. He was______.
w Swimming w Mountaineer
## Saurabh Chaudhary is related to which sports? ## How Many Countries are the member of United
w Shooting Nation? w 193
## Sports Authority of India is set to be renamed as ## How Many countries are the members of World
"Sports India". Where is the Headquarters of Sports Bank? w 189
Authority of India (SAI)? w New Delhi ## International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
## Viresh Kundu is related to which sports? Trafficking has been observed on___________.
w Wrestling w 26th June
## Which Country has won the 37th edition of ## What is the formation year of United Nations
the Champions Trophy Hockey 2018 in Breda, Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)?
Netherlands? w Australia w 1964
## Which Indian Player has been inducted into the ICC ## Which Country is the world's most dangerous country
Cricket Hall of Fame? w Rahul Dravid for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and
being forced into slave labour, according Thomson
## Who has won the Austrian Grand Prix title?
Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on
w Max Verstappen
women's issues? w India
## Who has won the British Grand Prix title?
## Which Day is observed as the International Mother
w Sebastian Vettel
Language Day? w 21-Feb
## Who has won the French Grand Prix title?
## Which Day is observed as the World Environment
w Lewis Hamilton
Day? w 05-Jun
## Who has won the gold medal in 77kg category in Junior
## Which Day is observed as the World Hindi Day?
Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi?
w 10-Jan
w Sajan

Mahesh Kumar Malani became the first Hindu to win the National Assembly seat from Sindh
province. OCTOBER 2018 MICA 9
SPOTLIGHT ALL THAT MATTERS
ABBREVIATIONS IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES
STA : Strategic Trade Authorization October 02 Gandhi Jayanti/International Day of Non-Violence
POCSO : Protection of Children from Sexual Offences October 04 World Animal Day
October 05 World Teachers’ Day
DAC : Defence Acquisition Council October 09 World Post Day
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime October 10 World Mental Health Day
October 16 World Food Day
FPV : Fast Patrol Vessels
October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
MOX : Mobile Open Exchange October 24 United Nations Day

ECONOMIC GLOSSARY BOOKS & AUTHORS

Economic Citizenship
Economic Citizenship or Citizenship by
bROTHERS OF THE
Investment is a scheme by which a person
becomes a naturalised citizen of another 01 GUN
country by investing in that country.
While many countries, including India, offer :- Marwan Hisham &
permanent residency status after a significant Molly Crabapple
contribution to the economy and proof of
residency in that country for a number of
years, some Caribbean nations, such as
Antigua, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, and
CRISTIANO & LEO 02
Grenada only require a certain sum of money.
The concept of gaining citizenships without residing :- Jimmy Burns
in a country began in St. Kitts and Nevis. A year
after the island nation gained its freedom from
the United Kingdom, in 1984, St. Kitts and Nevis
began its Citizenship by Investment programme.
For $150,000 (`1.02 crore approximately), a 03 kittys war
family of four can buy citizenship.
The St. Kitts passport affords its citizens
:- Daman Singh
visa-free travel to over 130 countries. In
Antigua, it costs $100,000 for a passport, and
Dominica and Grenada require $200,000.

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Other countries also offer such schemes, but
there is a minimum residency period involved. polite society
The U.S. has a EB-5 Investor visa programme
which requires $1 million, a legitimate
:- Mahesh Rao
business in the U.S., and a Green Card.
The Caribbean nations mentioned above, and
certain European countries like Malta and
Cyprus, have either very little or no residency
requirements. People who have been charged
with crimes don't get citizenship in another
05 rage in kashmir
country, in most cases, people gain citizenship
before they are charged with crimes. :- David Devdas

China launched optical remote sensing satellite Gaofen-11 for high-resolution Earth observation
10 MICA OCTOBER 2018
project.

Austin Fernando
S ri Lankan President
Maithripala Sirisena's former
secretary, Austin Fernando has
been named Sri Lanka's next High
Commissioner to India. He will
replace Chitrangani Wagiswara,
a career foreign service officer.
Fernando was Sirisena's Secretary
until 1st July 2018 month when
he resigned. His will be a political
appointment outside the foreign
service.
He had previously served as
the governor for the Eastern
Province and an Advisor to the
president of Sri Lanka. He also
served as Sri Lanka’s Defence
Secretary from 2001-2002. He
was a consultant to the United
Nations before being appointed
Defence Secretary in December
2001. Newly elected President
Maithripala Sirisena appointed
Fernando as a presidential adviser
on 15 January 2015.
He was thereafter appointed
Governor of Eastern Province on
27 January 2015. He resigned in
order to become Secretary to the
President of Sri Lanka on 1 July
2017.
Fernando is the author of “My
Belly is White:
Reminiscences
of a Peacetime
Secretary of
Defence.”
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Bharat Anand, has been named Harvard University's new Vice Provost.
APPOINTMENTS
Rajendra Menon
J ustice Rajendra Menon was
sworn-in as the Chief Justice of
the Delhi high court at Raj Niwas.
Lieutenant-governor (LG) Anil
Baijal administered the oath of
office to the newly appointed CJ
who was earlier the Chief Justice
of Patna high court. Justice Menon
replaced Justice Gita Mittal who
has been transferred as the Chief
Justice of the Jammu and Kash-
mir high court. With this, she has
become the first woman judge to
head the high court of the state.
Justice Menon has also served as a
judge in the Gwalior Bench of the
Madhya Pradesh high court. He
was the Chief Justice of Patna high
court for 16 months. Centre noti-
fied the transfer of Justice Menon
from the Patna High Court to Delhi
High Court on August 3, after a
recommendation was made by the
Supreme Court collegium on July
16.
Justice Menon was elevated as
Chief Justice of Patna High Court
in March 2017, after being posted at
the Principal Bench of the Madhya
Pradesh High Court since 2008. He
was elevated to the Gwalior Bench
of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
as an Additional
Judge on April 1,
2002.
THE PEOPLE
Amit Anand Apte
A mit Anand Apte has been elected as the
President of the Institute of Cost Accoun-
tants of India. An academician with more than
25 years of teaching experience he has authored
several books on Valuation Management, Op-
erations Management, Cost Audit, Laws & Au-
dit, Cost & Management etc. He has published
several articles in different reputed journals
and offered his professional acumen in differ-
ent professional institutes including Govern-
ment organizations. Balwinder Singh has been
elected as the institute’s Vice President.
They have been elected for the 2018-2019. The
institute has around 75,000 members and about
50,000 students. The Institute of Cost Accoun-
tants of India (ICAI), the second largest cost &
management accounting body in the world and
the largest in Asia, is planning to form local
working groups to handle the minimum sup-
port price (MSP) system in agriculture across
the country. It will also embark on a mammoth
task of streamlining the spiralling costs of
healthcare business. The Institute of Cost Ac-
countants of India (ICAI), previously known as
the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of
India (ICWAI), is a premier statutory profes-
sional accountancy body in India with the ob-
jects of promoting, regulating and developing
the profession of Cost Accountancy. It is the
only licensing cum regulating body of Cost &
Management Accountancy profession in India.
The headquarters of ICAI is situated in Kol-
kata, and operates through
its four regional councils
located at Kolkata, Chennai,
Delhi and Mumbai, 94 chap-
ters in India and 78 chapters
abroad.
OCTOBER 2018 MICA 11
THE PEOPLE APPOINTMENTS
Surendra Rosha
H ong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd (HSBC) appointed Surendra Rosha as
its India CEO replacing Jayant Rikhye. 50 year old Rosha, a career HSBC banker,
is currently head of HSBC's financial institutional group (FIG) for the Asia-Pacific
region. He began his career in financial services when he joined HSBC’s India opera-
tions in 1991. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Bombay University and
a Master’s Degree in Business from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
HSBC had to appoint a new CEO less than a year after it put Jayant Rikhye on the post
due to his medical condition.
HSBC Bank India, is an Indian subsidiary of UK-based HSBC Holdings
plc, is a bank with its operational head office in Mumbai. It is a foreign bank
under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and thus is regulated by the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI).

Anil Kumar Chawla

V ice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla has been appointed as the next Flag Officer Com-
manding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Southern Naval Command (SNC). He is pres-
ently the Chief of Personnel at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence
(Navy) in New Delhi. He took over the charge from Vice Admiral A.R. Karve.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Vice Admiral Chawla was commis-
sioned in the Navy on January 1, 1982. He is a Navigation and Direction specialist
who has commanded five ships including the now decommissioned aircraft carrier INS
Viraat. His important staff appointments ashore include instructor at National Defence
Academy and Senior Instructor (Navy) at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington,
Ooty. He had worked as Defence Attaché in the Embassy of India at Jakarta, Indonesia,
where he was instrumental in the signing of the India-Indonesia Defence Agreement in Feb
2001.He has also been the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Fleet. As Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
(Policy and Plans), he was responsible for the formulation of the Maritime Capability Perspective Plan
2012-27 and the first Maritime Infrastructure Perspective Plan for the navy besides envisaging the pro-
cess for IN-DRDO Synergy, which has now been institutionalised.
Vice Admiral Chawla, as the Director General of Naval Operations, oversaw Op-Rahat, which involved
the evacuation of Indian as well as foreign nationals from war-torn Yemen in April 2015.He is a graduate of the Royal Na-
val Staff College, U.K., and the College of Naval Warfare, and the National Defence College, New Delhi. He was awarded
the Nausena Medal in 2003 for his performance during Op-Parakram, Vishisht Sena Medal and Ati-Vishisht Seva Medal
in 2013 for his distinguished service.

S Gopakumar
P ublic sector non-life insurance firm United India Insurance Company has appointed S
Gopakumar as its Director and General Manager. Prior to taking up the new role,
Gopakumar was serving GIC Housing Finance Ltd as its Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer. United India Insurance Company (wholly owned by the Government
of India) is the 2nd Largest General Insurance company with premium of Rs.16000+
Crore in India. It was incorporated on 18th February 1938, and was nationalised in 1972.
Previously it was a subsidiary of the General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC).
But when GIC became a re-insurance company as per the IRDA Act 1999, its four
primary insurance subsidiaries New India Assurance, United India Insurance, Oriental
Insurance and National Insurance got autonomy. Twelve Indian insurance companies, four
co-operative insurance societies, five foreign insurers with Indian operations and the general
insurance operations of the southern region of Life Insurance Corporation of India were merged with
United India Insurance Company Limited to form the company. The Company has a variety of insurance
products to provide insurance cover from bullock carts to satellites.
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Indira Banerjee
T he Supreme Court for the first time in its history will
have three sitting women judges after the appointment
of Justice Indira Banerjee, 60, the Chief Justice of the
Madras High Court as a Supreme Court judge. Justice
Banerjee, 60, is the eighth woman to be ever elevated to the
Supreme Court. But for the top court that got its first woman
judge only in 1989, her elevation creates a new record. This
is the first time that the Supreme Court, which already has
Justice R Banumathi and Justice Indu Malhotra, will have
three woman judges.
The government has also cleared the appointment of Odisha
High Court Chief Justice Vineet Saran and Uttarakhand
High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph.
Like Justice Indu Malhotra, Justice Banerjee also had
started out as a lawyer in the mid-eighties.
An alumnus of Kolkata's Presidency College, she was
appointed as a high court judge in 2002 and had been
elevated as a chief justice of the Madras High Court only
last year.
Also joining the Supreme Court is the Odisha High Court's
Chief Justice Vineet Saran who had started out as lawyer in
Allahabad High Court in 1980. A former law officer for the
Uttar Pradesh government, Justice Saran was also elevated
to the bench in 2002. He has been Odisha high court chief
justice since February 2016.
Government sources said Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
decided to process Justice KM Joseph's appointment after
the Supreme Court collegium sent back his name a second
time. As per the rules, if the collegium recommends a name
a second time, the centre has no choice but to accept it. There
had been speculation that the centre
could have delayed his appointment but
government sources had rejected this
possibility, underlining that the centre's
reservations to his appointment were not
personal, but procedural.
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APPOINTMENTS
Justice Manjula Chellur
F ormer Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Justice
Manjula Chellur has been appointed as the Chairperson
of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL). Her
tenure is of 3 years or until further orders, whichever is
earlier.
The Tribunal’s judicial member Justice KN Patil and
technical members SD Dubey, IJ Kapoor and BN Talukdar
were present on the occasion. Tribunal Bar Association
President MG Ramachandran was also present and he
assured the bench full cooperation of the bar members in
day to day business. A large number of advocates and
other eminent guests were also present at the function.
The APTEL had been without a full-time Chairperson for
eight months, since the retirement of Justice Ranjana P
Desai on November 30, 2017.
About Justice Manjula Chellur
## Justice Manjula Chellur was born on December 5,
1955 in Karnataka.
## She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Allum
Sunmangalamma Women's College, Bellary, and
went on to earn her law degree from Renukacharya
Law College, Bangalore.
## In 1977, the Supreme Court of India sponsored her on
a Gender & Law fellowship to England's University
of Warwick.
## In 2013, Justice Chellur received an honorary doctorate
from the Karnataka State Women's University.
## Chellur was the first woman Chief Justice of the
Calcutta High Court. She also served as the Chief
Justice of Kerala High Court and was the first female
judge of the Karnataka High Court.
## She was also the second woman to
be appointed as the Chief Justice
of Bombay High Court in 2016, a
post she held until her retirement
on December 4, 2017.
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THE PEOPLE AWARDS
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018
T wo Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are
among the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Others are are Youk Chhang (Cambodia), Maria de Lourdes
Martins Cruz (East Timor), Howard Dee (Philippines) and Vo
Thi Hoang Yen (Vietnam). They will be conferred with award
during formal presentation ceremony at Cultural Centre in
Philippines on August 31, 2018.
India's Bharat Vatwani was awarded for leading the rescue of
thousands of mentally ill street paupers to treat and reunite
them with their families. Sonam Wangchuk won the award for
his contribution in harnessing nature, culture and education for
community progress.
Dr. Bharat Vatwani and his wife started an informal operation of bringing mentally-ill street persons to
their private clinic for treatment, leading them to establish Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation in 1988,
aimed at rescuing mentally-ill persons living on the streets; providing free shelter, food, and psychiatric
treatment; and reuniting them with their families. Their rescue work has been aided by the police, social workers, and
referrals. Shraddha’s free custodial care and treatment ranges from personal hygiene, medical check-ups, psychiatric
treatment, to appropriate medication.
Sonam Wangchuk, after after earning his engineering degree in 1988, founded Students’ Education and Cultural Movement
of Ladakh (SECMOL) and started coaching Ladakhi student, 95% of whom used to fail the government exams. In 1994,
with Wangchuk in the lead, “Operation New Hope” (ONH) was launched to expand and consolidate the partnership-
driven educational reform program. Taking a life of its own, to date ONH has trained 700 teachers, 1000 VEC leaders, and
dramatically increased the success rate of students in matriculation exams from just 5% in 1996 to 75% by 2015.
The awards, named after a Philippine president who died in a 1957 plane crash. It was established in 1957 by trustees of the
New York City based Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Philippine government in the memory of Philippines’ third President
Ramon Magsaysay who had died in air disaster in March 1957. It is awarded annually to individuals or organizations from
Asia region for their altruistic and philanthropic service. It carries Medallion bearing the likeness of the late President
Ramon Magsaysay, cash prize and a certificate.

Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award 2018

G opalkrishna Gandhi has been declared as the winner of the

Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for the year 2018. He
has been given this award for his outstanding contribution for
promoting communal harmony, peace and goodwill.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi is a retired IAS officer and was 22nd
Governer of West Bengal served from 2004 to 2009. For a few
months he also took additional charge of Governor of Bihar in
2006. This is the 24th edition of Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhavana
Award. Former recipients of the award include Mother Teresa,
Ustad Bismillah Khan, Mohammed Yunus, Lata Mangeshkar,
Sunil Dutt, Dilip Kumar, Kapila Vatsyayan, Teesta Setalvad, Swami Agnivesh, K.R. Narayanan, Ustad
Amjad Ali Khan, Muzaffar Ali and Shubha Mudgal.
Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award is an Indian award instituted by All India Congress Committee of the
Indian National Congress in 1992 to commemorate the contribution made by Rajiv Gandhi for promoting
the communal hormony, peace and national integration. This award is presented on 20th August every year
on the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, which is celebrated as Sadbhavana Diwas (Harmony Day). The award includes cash
prize of Rs. 10 lakh and a citation. In the year 2017, this award was given jointly to Mohammed Azharuddin (Former Indian
Cricketer) and M.Gopala Krishna (A retired IAS Officer). First Recipient of this award was Jagan Nath Kaul in 1995. He is a
social activist founder of SOS Children’s Village of India (SOS CVI) which provides home to almost 15000 children.
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Outstanding Parliamentarian Award 2018
P resident Ram Nath Kovind has conferred Outstanding Parliamentarian
Awards on five Members of Parliament. Senior Congress leader Gh-
ulam Nabi Azad, Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi and BJD lead-
er Bhratruhari Mahtab are among the five MPs chosen for the Outstanding
Parliamentarian Award. While Mahtab has been conferred the Award for
2017, Trivedi has received the honours for 2016 and Azad, the Leader of
the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha has got the award for 2015.
Former Rajya Sabha member Najma Heptullah has been conferred the
award for the year 2013, while BJP Lok Sabha member Hukumdev Nara-
yan Yadav has received the award for 2014. The Indian Parliamentary Group gives away the awards every year. However,
instead of announcing awards every year, the Group usually clubs the award for four or more years.
This year the Awards has been announced for the last five years. The awardees were shortlisted by a Committee chaired
by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and other members including Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP veteran L K
Advani, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha P J Kurien, Congress leader Karan Singh and Ram Bhadur Rai, Chairman
of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts. The awardees are selected on the basis of their experience, debating skills,
awareness of issues and the depth with which issues were raised, an official said. The committee also
considered the member's adherence to the rules of procedure, maintenance of dignity and contribution in
parliamentary committees among others.
The awards were instituted in 1995 and past recipients include former prime ministers Chandra Shekhar
and Manmohan Singh, former president Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, former Lok
Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Advani among others.

Fields medal
R enowned Indian-Australian math-
ematician Akshay Venkatesh has
been conferred with prestigious Fields
Medal for his synthesis of analytic num-
ber theory, homogeneous dynamics, to-
pology and representation theory, which
has resolved long-standing problems in
areas such as the equi-distribution of
arithmetic objects. He was awarded on
1st August at the International Congress
of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro.
Other awardees of Fields Medal include
Alessio Figalli of Italy, Peter Scholze of
Germany and Caucher Birkar (Kurdish
Iranian). Akshay Venkatesh is a New
Delhi born mathematician who is cur-
rently teaching at Stanford University.
About Fields Medal:
Fields Medal, often described as the No-
bel Prize of mathematics is a prestigious
award which is given to the individuals
for their profound contribution in Math- The award constitutes a medal and
ematics who are under the age of 40 as cash prize of 15,000
on 1st January of the awarding year, this Canadian Dollars
award was institutionalized in 1936. that are funded by
a trust established
Fields Medal is awarded every four
by J.C. Fields at the
year on the occasion of the Interna-
University of To-
tional Congress of the International
ronto.
Mathematical Union (IMU).

Shalaka Samman
P rominent scriptwriter, lyricist and
poet Javed Akhtar received “Shalaka
Samman” for the year 2017-18 by Hindi
like Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma
Bhusan in 2007. In March 2010, Javed
Akhtar was nominated to the Rajya
Sahitya Academy, New Delhi. The award Sabha as Member of Parliament.
was bestowed to him by Academy Vice About Shalaka Samman:
Chairman Vishnu Khare on 1st July 2018.
It is the highest honor given by Hindi
Javed Akhtar has won five National Academy every year to the scholars who Ram Vilas Sharma.
Film Awards for best lyricist ,16 Film- have done premier literary contribution The award includes
fare Awards for Best Lyrics, Best Script for the upliftment of Hindi language. a cash reward of Rs.
and Best Dialogue, Sahitya Akademi This award is provided since 1987 and 5 Lakh, citation and
for Urdu in 2013, major civilian awards the first recipient was legendary poet Dr. emblem etc.
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Gopal Das Neeraj
D oyen of Hindi poetry
Gopal Das Neeraj passed
away at the AIIMS trauma
centre in Delhi at the age of 93.
A Padma Bhushan awardee,
Gopal Das Neeraj had suffered
a head injury following a fall
at his house in Agra and was
undergoing treatment at a
hospital there. He had kidney
failure, infection all over his
body and head injury. Gopal Das Neeraj was awarded Padma
Shri in 1991 and Padma Bhushan in 2007. The poet had also
written songs for Bollywood films. He was born in the village
of Puravali near Mahewa of Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, India on
4 January 1925. He wrote under the pen name "Neeraj". Apart
from writing, he was a professor of Hindi Literature in Dharma
Samaj College, Aligarh. In 2012, Neeraj became the chancellor
of Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Shinobu
Hashimoto
J apanese screenwriter-
director Shinobu Hashimoto,
well known for writing Akira
Kurosawa’s iconic Japanese
films including 'The Seven
Samurai' and 'Rashomon', has
died. He was 100. Hashimoto
died from complications caused
by pneumonia.
The screenwriter had also made
his name in production. In 1973, he launched a production
company Hashimoto Production. Hashimoto wrote or co-
wrote more than 70 screenplays, including many of late
Japanese director Kurosawa's classics, also including 'The
Hidden Fortress' (1958). He also directed three films during
his long career, and also scripted for other directors, including
Masaki Kobayashi ('Harakiri' in 1962) and Kihachi Okamoto
('The Sword of Doom' in 1966). His most well-known films
draw from the jidaigeki (period drama) genre involving
samurai. Shichinin no samurai or Seven Samurai is an epic set
in the 16th century. A technical marvel for Japanese cinema
of the time, it became the highest-grossing film in Japan
following its release. The film inspired a Hollywood remake,
John Sturges’s Western The Magnificent Seven (1960). Roger
Corman’s science-fiction space opera Battle Beyond The Stars
(1980) was an amalgamation of Shichinin no samurai and The
Magnificent Seven. Bollywood classic Sholay (1975), written
by Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, was also loosely based on
Shichinin no samurai, as was China Gate (1998). Hashimoto’s
script for Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress (1958) was a major
influence for George Lucas’s first Star Wars film.
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M Karunanidhi
M uthuvel Karunanidhi,
former five-time chief
minister of Tamil Nadu died
on August 7, 2018, at the age
of 94. He has served as Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu for
almost two decades over five
terms between 1969 and 2011.
He was a long-standing leader
of the Dravidian movement
and ten-time president of
the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party. Before
entering politics he worked in the Tamil film industry as
a screenwriter. He has also made contributions to Tamil
literature, having written stories, plays, novels, and a
multiple-volume memoir. He was popularly referred to as
Kalaignar, meaning artist in Tamil.
About M Karunanidhi:
Karunanidhi was born on 3rd June 1924, in the village of
Thirukkuvalai in Nagapattinam district, Madras Presidency.
Karunanidhi started his first magazine, at age 15, called
Manava Nesan (Friends of Students).
Nenjukku Needhi is his biography.
Karunanidhi married three times. His first marriage was
with Padmavathi (died in 1948) in September 1944. His
second marriage was with Dayalu Ammal, with whom he
had three sons and a daughter.
With his third wife, Rajathi Ammal, Karunanidhi had a
daughter, Kanimozhi, who is seen as his literary heir.
Karunanidhi began his career as a screenwriter in the
Tamil film industry. His first movie as screen writer was
Rajakumari produced by Coimbatore based Jupiter Pictures
directed by A. S. A. Sami starring M. G. Ramachandran.
He was active in screenwriting even during his later political
career till 2011 when he last wrote for historic movie Ponnar
Shankar.
At Kanyakumari, Karunanidhi constructed a 133-foot-high
statue of Thiruvalluvar in honour of the scholar.
The books written by Karunanidhi include Sanga Thamizh,
Thirukkural Urai, Ponnar Sankar, Romapuri Pandian,
Thenpandi Singam, Vellikizhamai, Nenjukku Needhi,
Iniyavai Irubathu and Kuraloviam. His books of prose and
poetry number more than 100.
When Annadurai expired in 1969, Karunanidhi became the
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the first leader of DMK,
since the leader post was customarily left vacant for Periyar
during Annadurai time as Annadurai was party general
secretary only.
board.
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Chiyo Miyako
T he world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako has died.
Miyako, born on May 2, 1901, became the world's oldest person in April after Nabi
Tajima from Kikai island in southern Japan died at the age of 117.
Miyako's family called her "the goddess" and remembered her as a chatty person who was
patient and kind to others, according to Guinness World Records, which had certified her title.
Miyako enjoyed calligraphy, which she had practiced until recently, and eating sushi and eel.
The new oldest person in Japan is a 115-year-old woman, Kane Tanaka of Fukuoka on the
southern island of Kyushu. The world's oldest man, Masazo Nonaka on Japan's northern island
of Hokkaido, celebrated his 113rd birthday recently.

Somnath Chatterjee
S omnath Chatterjee, who had one of the longest innings of any MP in the Lok Sabha, passed
away following a heart attack. He was aged 89. The stalwart of Indian politics has delivered
more than 500 speeches in Parliament.
About Somnath Chatterjee:
Born in Tezpur, Assam in 1929 to NC Chatterjee, who was once president of the Akhil Bharatiya
Hindu Mahasabha, and Binapani Debi. He was educated in Kolkata and the United Kingdom.
A Barrister-at-Law from Middle Temple in UK, Chatterjee was a member of the Communist
Party of India (Marxist) for four decades from 1968 to 2008, till he was expelled.
In 1971, he became a member of the Lok Sabha for the first time supported by the CPM; was
subsequently re-elected nine times, except in 1984 when he lost to Mamata Banerjee- a win that
catapulted her into politics.
Honoured with the ‘Outstanding Parliamentarian Award’ in 1996.
Unanimously Elected of the Lok Sabha in 2004 during the UPA-I government, he was also the first communist in the country
to become Speaker.
Severely criticised for his comment “Supreme Court was encroaching on the right of the legislature by issuing orders on the
proceedings of the Jharkhand Assembly during a vote of confidence.”
Besides doing away with the practice of paying for toiletries and tea from the national exchequer under his tenure as Speaker,
he was also instrumental in starting a full-fledged 24–hour Lok Sabha television channel, and telecasting live the proceedings
of the Zero Hour.
In 2008, he was expelled from his party for refusing to resign as the Speaker after his party withdrew support to the UPA-I
government. He believed the Speaker's post is above any party politics. He described it as the “saddest day of his life”.

Kofi Annan
F ormer United Nations General Secretary and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan
passed away in Bern, Switzerland. He was 80. His home country, Ghana, has declared a
week of national mourning. He is survived by his wife Nane and three children. He was first
black African to become Secretary-General of UN and also the first to be elected from UN
staff itself.
About Kofi Annan in UN
## Kofi Annan first joined the UN in 1962 as an administrative and budget officer with the
World Health Organisation in Geneva.
## He later served with the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, the UN
Emergency Force (UNEF II) in Ismailia, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva.

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## He also served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the former Yugoslavia (1995-1996) and facilitated
the repatriation from Iraq of more than 900 international staff and other non-Iraqi nationals in 1990.
## Before becoming the Secretary-General, he served as the head of the United Nations peacekeeping operations from
1993 to 1997.
## In 1997, Annan became the first African to take up the role of Secretary General at the United Nations. He served two
terms as the chief of United Nations, from 1997 to 2006.
## He later served as the UN special envoy for Syria, leading efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
Important Facts:
## Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for helping to revitalise the United Nations, during a period that
coincided with the Iraq War and the HIV/Aids pandemic.
## In 2007, after his term ended in the UN, he set up his own foundation ‘Kofi Annan Foundation’ aimed at promoting
global sustainable development, security and peace.
## In 2012, Annan was made the chair of The Elders, an international peace and human rights advocacy group founded
by South Africa's Nelson Mandela.
## In September 2016, Annan was appointed to lead a UN commission to investigate Myanmar's Rohingya crisis.
Initiatives Taken by Annan:
## In 2000, Annan also issued a report entitled "We the peoples: the role of the United Nations in the 21st century".
## At the Millennium Summit in September 2000, national leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration, which was
subsequently implemented by the United Nations Secretariat as the Millennium Development Goals in 2001.
## Within the "We the Peoples" document, Annan also suggested the establishment of a United Nations Information
Technology Service (UNITeS), a group of high-tech volunteer corps.
## In April 2001, Annan issued a five-point "Call to Action" to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

V. S. Naipaul
B ritish author V.S. Naipaul, a famously outspoken Nobel laureate who wrote on the
traumas of post-colonial change, has died at the age of 85. Naipaul, who was born in
Trinidad and the son of an Indian civil servant, was best known for works including "A House
for Mr Biswas" and his Man Booker Prize-winning "In A Free State".
She described the outspoken author as a "giant in all that he achieved".
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul settled in England and studied English literature at Oxford
University on a scholarship.
Highlights:
He was awarded the 2001 Nobel prize for literature.
Naipaul, was conferred with knighthood in 1990.
Overall he wrote more than 30 books, and was one of the first winners of the Booker Prize, now Britain's leading literary
award, in 1971 for "In A Free State".
Naipaul also fell out with US travel writer Paul Theroux, who later wrote a bitter, no-holds-barred memoir of their long
association. They later resolved their differences.

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vention of Corruption
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21 Jul '18
India-assisted emergency ambulance service launched in Sri Lanka

I
ndia-assisted emergency ambulance service was launched
in Sri Lanka by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
through video conferencing from New Delhi on July 21,
2018.
The inaugural function was held in Jaffna of the Northern
Province, in the presence of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremesinghe and several other dignitaries.
Key Highlights
## The service was earlier introduced in two provinces of
Sri Lanka with grant assistance from India and it will now be expanded to the remaining seven provinces.
## In total, India has given a grant of $22.8 million- $7.6 million for the first phase and $15.2 million for the country-wide
expansion.
## Under the first phase, 88 ambulances were purchased for the two provinces while another 209 ambulances will be
provided to cover all districts in the country.
## This is the largest Indian grant project in Sri Lanka after Indian housing project.
## Besides providing ambulances, the grant covers training of manpower in India and meeting operational costs for one
year.
Background
## India launched the emergency ambulance service in July, 2016 for western and southern provinces of Sri Lanka
through an outright grant of USD 7.6 million to uplift and improve medical facilities in the island.
## An agreement was signed for the same between the Indian entity, GVK EMRI Lanka Pvt Ltd and the Sri Lankan
Ministry of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine.
## The request for assistance for setting up the emergency ambulance service in Sri Lanka was received during Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country in March 2015.
## After the visit, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe wrote to Modi for support for setting up of an
emergency ambulance service and its operations for the first year.
## The decision was fully formalised in September 2015 during the visit of Wickremesinghe to India.
## The project is another milestone in the wide-ranging development partnership between India and
Sri Lanka.
## Overall, India's development portfolio in Sri Lanka is nearly USD 2.6 billion, out of which USD
436 million is pure grants.
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No-confidence motion faced a heavy defeat in the Lok Sabha 21 Jul '18

A
fter a raging 12-hour debate on
20th July 2018, the Narendra
Modi-led NDA government
defeated the no-confidence motion in
the Lok Sabha by 199 votes. While
126 members supported the motion,
325 MPs rejected it. The day-long
session in the Lower House saw the
government and the Opposition trade
charges and a moment of drama when
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, after
a blistering speech, walk over to Prime
Minister and embrace him in a hug.
This no-confidence motion, was the
27th in Parliamentary history, and the
first to be admitted in 15 years. The last
was in 2003 when the Congress party
moved a no-confidence motion against
prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
What is no-confidence motion:
In a parliamentary democracy, a
government can be in power only if it
commands a majority in the directly
elected House. Article 75(3) of our
Constitution embodies this rule by
specifying that the Council of Ministers
are collectively responsible to Lok
Sabha. The rules of Lok Sabha provide
a mechanism for testing this collective
responsibility. They allow any Lok
Sabha MP who can garner the support
of 50 colleagues, to introduce a motion
of no-confidence against the Council of
Ministers. Thereafter, a discussion on the
motion takes place. MPs who support
the motion highlight the government’s
shortcomings, and the Treasury Benches
respond to the issues they raise.
Historical Background:
In 1952, the Rules of Lok Sabha provided
that a no-confidence motion could be
moved with the support of 30 MPs.
Not a single no-confidence motion was
moved during the term of the first two
Lok Sabhas.
It was in 1963 (third Lok Sabha) that
the first one was moved by Acharya
J B Kripalani against the government
headed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru. The debate on the motion
lasted for 21 hours over four days,
with 40 MPs participating.
The next no-confidence motion was
moved roughly a year later in 1964 by N
C Chatterjee, an Independent MP, against
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
From 1964-75, Lok Sabha debated 15
no-confidence motions. Three were
against Shastri and 12 against Indira
Gandhi.
Indira Gandhi faced three more no-
confidence motions between 1981 and
1982, none of them were successful in
dislodging a government.
Defeated motions:
The first no-confidence motion that
led to the falling of a government was
moved by Y B Chavan in 1979 against
the government of Prime Minister
Morarji Desai. After a nine-hour
debate spread over two days, Desai
resigned before the motion could be
put to vote.
Since then, every Prime Minister has
been able to defeat a no-confidence
motion. Rajiv Gandhi faced one
in 1987 which he defeated by a
simple voice vote because of his
overwhelming majority in Lok Sabha.
P V Narasimha Rao had two close no-
confidence motions during his term in
the 10th Lok Sabha. The first motion
against him was moved by Jaswant
Singh, which he defeated with a
margin of 46 votes. Rao did not face
any trouble in defeating the second
one, moved by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The third no-confidence motion that
Rao defeated with a margin of 14
votes was marred by controversy.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs were
taken to court for
having accepted
bribes to cast their
vote to defeat the
motion.

25 Jul '18
Parliament passes Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018.

T
he Parliament on July 24, 2018 passed the Prevention
of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2018 to enhance
transparency and accountability of the government.
The Bill amends various provisions of Prevention of
Corruption Act (PCA), 1988.
Provisions of the Bill
## The Bill introduces the offence of giving a bribe as a direct
offence. However, a person who is compelled to give a
bribe will not be charged with the offence, if he reports the
matter to law enforcement authorities within seven days.
## The Bill makes specific provisions related to giving ## The Bill redefines criminal misconduct to only cover
a bribe to a public servant, and giving a bribe by a misappropriation of property and possession of
commercial organisation. disproportionate assets.
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It does not cover circumstances where the public official: It provides for seven years of imprisonment or a fine or
(i) uses illegal means, both for the bribe givers.

(ii) abuses his position, or Key takeaways from the Bill

(iii) disregards public interest and obtains a valuable
thing or reward for himself or another person.
## The Bill modifies the definitions and penalties for
offences related to taking a bribe, being a habitual
offender and abetting an offence.
## It introduces the powers and procedures for the
attachment and forfeiture of property of public servants
accused of corruption.
## The Bill adds the provision for prior sanction to
prosecute former officials. The Act only provided for
the prior sanction to prosecute serving public officials.
## It deletes the provision that protects a bribe giver from
prosecution, for any statement made by him during a
corruption trial. This may prevent bribe givers from
appearing as witnesses in court.
## Under the Act, a person is proven guilty for the offences
of taking a bribe, being a habitual offender or abetting
an offence. The Bill amends this provision to only
cover the offence of taking a bribe.
## It provides more stringent punishment for the offences
of bribery, both for the bribe giver and the bribe taker.
The Bill makes bribing a punishable offence.
It redefines provisions related to criminal misconduct.
It makes mandatory for taking prior approval of relevant
Government or competent authority to conduct any
investigation into offence.
It modifies definitions and penalties for offences related to
taking bribe, being habitual offender and abetting offence.
Background
The amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
was necessitated from the obligation of India to review the
existing provisions of the Act so as to bring it in line with the
United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).
This led to the introduction of the Prevention of Corruption
(Amendment) Bill, 2013 in the Rajya Sabha in August 2013.
However, it could not be passed as the Bill contemplates
an important paradigm shift in defining offences relating to
bribery.
Later, the views of the Law Commission
of India were sought on the proposed
amendments. The Bill incorporates the
recommendations given by the 20th Law
Commission headed by Justice (retd) AP
Shah in its 254th Report.

Indian Air Force participates in Australia’s ‘Pitch Black Exercise’ for

the first time 25 Jul '18

A
n Indian Air Force contingent comprising
of four Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft on July
24, 2018 landed at Darwin Air Force Base,
Australia for participating in the Exercise Pitch
Black-2018.
The Indian Air Force contingent consists of 145
personnel, including four Sukhoi Su-30 MKIs, an
Ilyushin tanker, an Ilyushin Il-78 tanker, a Lockheed
Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules, and a Boeing
C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft. The contingent
will undertake simulated air combat exercises in a
controlled environment.
The three-week exercise will take place from July 27
to August 17, 2018.
Note:
This is the first time that an Indian Air Force contingent is participating in this multinational air exercise in
Australia.
India, for the first time, will join 4000 other military personnel and 140 aircraft from Australia, Canada, France, Germany,
Indonesia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and the United States.

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Significance:
## As part of military diplomacy and to reassure India’s commitment to regional peace and security, IAF engaged with the
Indonesian and Malaysian Air Forces while en-route to Australia.
## IAF engagement with Indonesian and Malayasian Air Forces and its participation in the Exercise Pitch Black-18 once again
showcases its capability to be an effective net security provider in the region.
## By navigating across the ocean, with precise air to air engagement with tanker aircraft and ability to operate over the
international airspace, the Indian Air Force reaffirms that it would always play progressive role in showcasing India’s
military capability.
IAF’s participation also holds diplomatic significance:
The IAFs participation in the Pitch Black air combat drill is diplomatically significant as it comes following New Delhi's
refusal to allow Australia to take part in 2018 June's Malabar naval exercise near Guam. The move was aimed at protecting
Indo-Sino relations as Australian participation would have antagonised China.
Exercise Pitch Black:
## The Exercise Pitch Black is a multinational exercise hosted by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
## Exercise Pitch Black began in 1981 and has expanded gradually to become the hemisphere’s largest air force training exercise.
## The exercise involves over 100 aircraft from around the globe and provides a unique opportunity to the air-warriors to
operate in a dynamic warlike environment.
## The exercise features a range of realistic, simulated threats which can be found in a modern battle-
space environment and is an opportunity to test and improve force integration.
## The main focus of Pitch Black is to practice Offensive Counter-Air (OCA) and defensive Counter-
Air (DCA) combat.

Include Children in the Scheme to compensate victims of sexual as-

saults: 26 Jul '18

T
he Supreme Court has said that a government scheme
for rape survivors should include child victims
of sexual assault. A Bench of Justices Madan B.
Lokur and Deepak Gupta suggested that the Compensation
Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/
Other Crimes-2018, proposed by the National Legal
Services Authority, include child victims.
Highlights:
Senior advocate Indira Jaising has lent her expertise in
the case for uniform compensation for rape survivors and
voiced concern about the inactive Nirbhaya funds.
Following the suggestion of the Supreme Court, Jaising
agreed to file a composite note to include children in the
scheme. She would also address the aspect related to Section
228-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with
disclosure of the identity of the victims of sexual offences.
Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of
Sexual Assault/Other Crimes-2018
The scheme was prepared by the National Legal Services
Authority (NALSA) in consultation with the Union
Government.
The scheme defines the compensation slabs for victims of
sexual assault, acid attacks and even for the loss of a foetus.
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It empowers the legal
services authority to take
suo motu cognisance of
cases of sexual assault
and acid attacks to
grant interim relief after
preliminary verification.
Under the scheme, a
compensation fund will be set up that will be managed by
State Legal Services Authority (SLSA).
The compensation fund will also set up a portal for victims
to apply online for compensation. Scheme proposes a
uniform payment of `5 lakh to the maximum of `10 lakh to
gang-rape survivors in any part of the country.
In the case of rape and unnatural sexual assault, the victim
will get a minimum of `4 lakh and the maximum of `7 lakh.
For an acid attack victim in case of disfigurement of face,
the scheme proposes a minimum of `7
lakh a maximum of `8 lakh.
In acid attack cases, if the injury is more
than 50%, a minimum compensation of
`5 lakh will be given and the maximum
will be `8 lakh.
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27 Jul '18 Monitoring committee on Yamuna
Quick prosecution law in Rejuvenation 27 Jul '18

T
cheque bounce cases he National
Green Tribunal
has formed a
monitoring committee
on the cleaning of
the Yamuna River.
A bench headed
by National Green
Tribunal (NGT)
Chairperson A K Goel

P
appointed retired
arliament has passed a bill aiming at expert member B S
allowing a court to try offences related Sajwan and former
to cheque bounce expeditiously and Delhi chief secretary
direct the drawee to pay a minimum of 20 Shailaja Chandra as members of the committee while directing them to
per cent of the cheque amount as interim submit an action plan by September and a detailed report in the matter by
compensation. The Negotiable Instruments December.
(Amendment) Bill, 2018, which was passed
in the Lok Sabha on July 23, was passed by Highlights:
the Rajya Sabha by a voice vote. ## The NGT has asked the state governments of Haryana and Uttar
Highlights: Pradesh to assist the committee on Yamuna rejuvenation.

Bill was moved by, Minister of State for
Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla. Presently over
16 lakh cases of cheque bounce are pending
in subordinate courts.
Moreover, 34,000 such cases have gone
to the high courts following appeal. The
amendment inserts Section 143A and
Section 148 in the Act.
A court trying a cheque bounce offence
under Section 138 may order the drawer of
the cheque to pay interim compensation to
the complainant.
The drawer, who pleads not guilty of the
accusation, will have to pay at least 20
per cent of the cheque amount as interim
compensation within 60 days of the trial
court’s order. An additional 20 per cent
compensation will have to be paid if the
drawer goes for an appeal.
## The Tribunal directed the authorities to take strict action against
encroachments on the Yamuna floodplains.
## It also directed the Delhi Development Authority and the Delhi Jal
Board to hold a meeting on July 30 to identify land for setting up of
a sewage treatment plant on a drain that falls under phase-II of the
Yamuna cleaning programme.
## The NGT had earlier pulled up the Delhi Jal Board over cleaning of
the Yamuna River fore no "meaningful progress" on the ground in the
last three years.
## The Tribunal had directed the CEO of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to put
in place a suitable officer who can ensure that work on the 14 STPs
starts within a month.
## The bench had also directed the state government of Haryana to file an
affidavit on the steps taken to ensure that no untreated effluents flow
into the Yamuna.
About Clean Yamuna Project:
Phase I: This phase is aimed at lowering the pollution levels in the Najafgarh
and Delhi Gate drains.

If the drawer is acquitted, the court may Phase II: This phase deals with lowering the pollution levels in Shahdara,
direct the payee to repay the amount paid as Barapullah and other drains.
interim compensation with interest. The green panel had noted that almost 67 per cent of the pollutants that
In France and in the enter the Yamuna would be treated by the two sewage
UAE if a person defaults treatment plants at Delhi Gate and Najafgarh under the
on cheque payments is first phase of the 'Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalisation
barred from issuing a Project'.
cheque for five years.
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The Lok Sabha passed Anti-
trafficking Bill
T
27 Jul '18
he Lok Sabha has passed the Trafficking of Persons
(Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill,
2018. The Bill provides for the prevention, rescue,
and rehabilitation of trafficked persons and seeks to
establish National Anti-Trafficking Bureau to investigate
trafficking cases. It also provides for the setting up of
Anti-Trafficking Units (ATUs) at e district level which
will deal with the investigation, prevention, rescue, and
protection of victims and witnesses.
Highlights:
The Bill proposes establishment of National Anti-
Trafficking Bureau (NATB) to investigate trafficking
cases and implement provisions of Bill.
NATB will comprise of police officers and any other
officers as required.
It will take over investigation of any offence under Bill
referred to it by two or more states.
The Bill mandates state government to appoint State
Nodal Officer. The officer will be responsible for
follow up action as per provisions of Bill and as per
instructions of State Anti-Trafficking Committee and
provide relief and rehabilitation services.
It also mandates state government to appoint Police
Nodal Officer at state and district levels.
The state government will also designate Anti-
Trafficking Police Officers for each district to deal with
all matters related to trafficking in the district.
The Bill provides setting up of Anti-Trafficking Units
(ATUs) at district level.
In districts where ATU is not functional, this
responsibility will be taken up by local police station.
The Bill empowers Anti-Trafficking Police Officer or
ATU to rescue persons, if they are in imminent danger.
Union Government will also create Rehabilitation
Fund which will be used to set up the Protection and
Rehabilitation Homes.
The Bill provides for setting up designated courts in
each district to complete trial within year.
For trafficking it prescribes rigorous imprisonment of
10 years up to life imprisonment, along with minimum
fine of Rs. 1 lakh.
For publishing of any material it
prescribes imprisonment between
5 to 10 years, and fine between Rs
50,000 to Rs.1 lakh.
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28 Jul '18
B N Srikrishna Committee submitted
report on the data protection law
T
he Personal
Data Protection
Bill 2018
has been submitted
by the Justice BN
Srikrishna committee
on Data protection
after nearly a year of
consultations. The Committee has submitted the draft bill and
its report on Data Protection to the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeiTY).
Highlights:
Privacy has become a burning issue and therefore, every effort
has to be made to protect data at any cost.
The report straddles three aspects – citizens, the state and the industry.
The 10-member committee was set up in July 2017 to recommend a
framework for securing personal data in the digital world.
About Personal Data Protection Bill 2018
It considers “The right to privacy a fundamental right and
is necessary to protect personal data as an essential facet of
informational privacy.”
The bill also notes that it is necessary to create trust between the
individual who provide their data and those who process this.
However, on the right to be forgotten, the bill notes that that
‘data principal’ which means the individual or the person
providing their data, has a right to “right to restrict or prevent
continuing disclosure.”
But the bill does not allow for a right of total erasure like the
European Union does.
It also gives a data processor considerable leeway when it
comes to deciding on this ‘right to be forgotten.’ The bill notes
that “the data fiduciary may charge a reasonable fee to be paid
for complying with requests.”
The Data Protection Bill also calls for privacy by design on part
of data processors, and defines terms like consent, data breach,
sensitive data, etc. It, however, shall not apply to processing of
anonymised data.
The bill says that “anonymisation” in relation to personal data,
means the irreversible process of transforming or converting
personal data to a form in which a data
principal cannot be identified, meeting the
standards specified by the Authority.
The government is not bound to accept the
recommendations, but the final bill could be
close to panel’s version.

29 Jul '18
All India Survey of Higher Education 2nd meeting of National Council
A
ccording to All India Survey of Higher Education on India’s Nutrition Challenges
(AISHE) the number of women enrolling themselves
for higher education in India has risen by a jaw-
dropping 1,350 per cent in the last seven years. From 1.2
million women in 2010-11, the number has gone up to 17.4
million women in 2017-18. However, when compared to the
percentage of women in the workforce in India, the number is
abysmally low. As per the World Bank Report on Labour Force
Participation, just about 29 per cent of women in India are part
of the workforce.
Highlights:
Of the total enrolment in higher education in 2017-18, girls
constituted 47.6 per cent, which is up by around one per cent
from last year. But in 2010-11, the figure was 44 per cent.
There has also been an increase of more than seven per cent
in the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of women in higher
education in this period — from 17.9 per cent in 2010-11 to
25.4 per cent this year.
GER is a statistical index to determine the number of students
enrolled at various levels, and is used to show the ratio of
the number of students who live in that country to those who
qualify for the particular grade level.
The overall GER is 25.8 per cent for 2017-18, while the GER
for males is 26.3 per cent.
More women are enrolling themselves for post-graduation and
M.Phil. courses than men.
In M. Phil courses, nearly 70 per cent of students are female,
while in post-graduation, they account for 60 per cent of the
student population.
However, there isn’t much change in the nature of courses that
women are pursuing.
More women are seeking admission in courses that have
traditionally been considered women’s forte, like M.A.,
M.Com., M.Sc. (Nursing), Master of Library Science, Master
of Physiotherapy, architecture, hospital administration and
fashion management.
Courses like business administration, law, financial management
and computer administration still continue to have more men
than women.
At the undergraduate level, the stream
where women have least representation is
engineering and technology — they account
for just 28.6 per cent of students.
Over 45 per cent women are enrolled in both
science and arts courses.
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30 Jul '18
U
nion Ministry of Women and Child Development
(WCD) had organized 2nd meeting of National
Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under
POSHAN Abhiyaan in New Dehli. It was chaired by
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar.
Highlights:
National Council approved inclusion of 32 new districts
under POSHAN Abhiyaan in the current year.
It will also provide full coverage to those states, where
up to 5 districts had been left.
Total number of States/UTs covered under POSHAN
Abhiyaan now has reached to 23.
It also gave in principle approval to guidelines for
construction of anganwadi centres in urban areas and
slums under anganwadi services.
During the meeting, WCD Ministry presented three
modules from online course for nutrition developed
with assistance of National Institute of Nutrition.
It was also announced to celebrate month of September
as National Nutrition Month every year.
POSHAN Abhiyaan
POSHAN Abhiyaan (Prime Minister’s Overarching
Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) was launched in
Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan in March 2018.
It aims to ensure holistic development and adequate
nutrition for pregnant women, mothers and children.
Its large component involves gradual scaling-up of
interventions supported by ongoing World Bank
assisted Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement
Project (ISSNIP) to all districts in the
country by 2022. The Abhiyaan will
monitor and review implementation
of all such schemes and utilize
existing structural arrangements of
line ministries wherever available.
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The Indian Railways launched ‘Mission
Satyanishtha’ 30 Jul '18

T
he Indian Railways launched ‘Mission Satyanishtha’ and a
programme on Ethics in Public Governance, in a first-of-its-
kind event, in New Delhi on July 27, 2018. The Union Minister
of Finance, Piyush Goyal administered the oath to the officers and
supervisors at the programme.
Highlights:
The first-of-its-kind event was inaugurated by Ashwani Lohani, Chairman, Railway Board. Lohani then introduced the
subject to the participants. The event saw participation from senior officers and staff members of the Railways.
The event was webcasted live to all Zonal, Divisional and Production Units from the National Rail Museum.
The Satyanishtha mission aims to sensitise all railway employees about the need to adhere to good ethics and to maintain
high standards of integrity at work.
Key objectives of the Mission:
## To train every employee to understand the need and value of ethics in personal and public life.
## To deal with ethical dilemmas in life and public governance.
## To help understand the policies of Indian Railways on ethics and integrity and the employee’s role in
upholding the same.
## To develop inner governance through tapping inner resources.

P
rime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
foundation stone of country’s first Mobile
Open Exchange (MOX) zone in Noida, Uttar
Pradesh. UP government had signed MoU with
World Trade Centre, Noida at UP Investors Summit
to develop Tech Zone which will act as catalyst for
growth of mobile and allied sectors in the state.

31 Jul '18
India's first Mobile Open Exchange Zone (MOX) at
World Trade Centre, Noida launched

Highlights
MOX will be dedicated ecosystem for mobile industry, providing integrated platform to mobile manufacturers,
research and development (R&D) and allied industries.
It brings service providers, handset manufacturers, mobile content, application and service providers, retailers and
distributors at one place which promotes indigenous R&D in hardware and start-ups in app development and other
domains of the industry.
This unique zone will play pivotal role in attracting investment and area will reap huge benefits from it. The ecosystem
will channelize foreign direct investment (FDI) and generate revenues from consumption-based and destination-based
taxes.
Moreover, its proximity to universities will strengthen industry-academia relations and provide them
opportunity to work together in R&D.
Chinese company already has set up its manufacturing facility in WTC Noida complex and directly and
indirectly employs over 15,000 people.
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04 August '18
The naval version of
Light Combat Aircraft
Tejas successfully
tested
In December last year, the IAF began the process to procure another batch of 83 Tejas aircraft at a cost of over Rs 50,000
crore.
The LCA naval prototype 2 (NP2), piloted by Capt Shivnath Dahiya safely executed the first contact of the "arrestor hook
system" at moderate taxi-in speeds at a shore based test facility in Goa.
NITI Aayog launched Move Hack, a global mobility hackathon
N
ITI Aayog has launched
‘Move Hack’, a global
mobility hackathon to crowd
source solutions aimed at the future
of mobility in India. The hackathon,
which is envisaged to be one of the
largest globally, will be focused on
ten themes. It will be structured over
three legs - online, followed by a leg in
Singapore and the finals in New Delhi.
Highlights:
The hackathon will have two-pronged
campaign approach:
1. Just Code It: The approach will
be aimed at solutions through
innovations in technology,
product, software and data
analysis.
2. Just Solve It: The approach will
involve developing innovative
business ideas or sustainable
solutions to transform mobility
infrastructure through technology.
## Move Hack will be open to
individuals from all the nationalities.
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T
he naval version of the indigenously built Tejas Light
Combat Aircraft underwent a series of successful tests
to check its capability to land on an aircraft carrier.
With this India has joined a select club of countries including
US, Europe, Russia and China to have the
capability to produce aircraft which can
operate from an aircraft carrier.
Highlights:
Tejas is a four-and-half generation light combat aircraft
developed by state-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan
Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
Initially, the Indian Air Force placed an order with the
HAL for 40 Tejas aircraft.
04 August '18
Registrations have been
opened on the hackathon’s
main website- movehack.
gov.in.
## The top 30 teams from
the online submissions
will travel to Singapore
for two days,
September 1-2, 2018.
## Top 10 winners will be recognised
## The teams will be mentored by a with total prize of more than Rs.
curated group of top experts, who 2 crores.
will advise the teams on a host
## The hackathon is being organised
of parameters including design
in partnership with Government
improvement, business viability,
of Singapore and is powered by
technical solution and customer
Hacker Earth.
targeting and marketing.
## PwC is the Knowledge Partner and
## The top 20 teams from Singapore
NASSCOM is the Strategic Partner.
leg will participate in the final
round, which will be held in New ## The evaluations will be done by
Delhi from September 5-6, 2018. a jury comprising subject matter
experts, venture
## The winners will be announced
capitalists,
during the Move Summit 2018,
business leaders
which will be organised by NITI
and successful
Aayog from September 7-8 in
entrepreneurs.
New Delhi.
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India elected as the President of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting
Development (AIBD) 05 August '18

I
ndia has been elected as the President of the Asia-Pacific Institute for
Broadcasting Development (AIBD) for period of two years. India
got elected against Iran during voting which took place at 44th annual
gathering of AIBD held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Moreover, Director General
of All India Radio (AIR) F. Sheheryar was also re-elected as chair of executive
board of AIBD while Sri Lanka was elected as vice-chair. Broadcasters from
26 countries in the region including India are full members of the organization.
Highlights:
AIDB is regional inter-governmental organisation serving countries of United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) in field of electronic media development.
It was established in 1977 under auspices of UNESCO.
It is hosted by Government of Malaysia and its secretariat is located in Kuala Lumpur.
AIBD is mandated to achieve vibrant and cohesive electronic media environment in Asia-Pacific region through policy and
resource development.
Currently it has broadcasters from 26 full member countries, represented by 34 organisations and 67 Affiliate Members
(organisations) and over 50 partners in Asia, Pacific, Europe, Africa, Arab States and North America.

P
arliament has passed Constitution (One Hundred and 08 August '18
Twenty-Third Amendment) Bill, 2017 that seeks to provide National Backward
constitutional status to the National Commission for Classes Commission
Backward Classes (NCBC). Now, the bill will be sent to President
for his assent (as per 368 of Constitution). Parliament also passed to get Constitutional
separate bill to repeal National Commission for Backward Classes status
Act, 1993 as it will become irrelevant once Constitution (123rd
Amendment) Bill comes into force.

Highlights: In July 2017 (during 2017 Monsoon session), Rajya Sabha

The Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill provides for
granting of constitutional status to NCBC on par with
National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) and
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCSTs).
It empowers President to specify socially and educationally
backward classes in various states and union territories in
consultation with Governor of concerned state.
The bill provides duties of NCBC to investigate and
monitor safeguards provided to socially and educationally
backward classes under Constitution and other laws being
implemented and probe specific complaints regarding
violation of rights.
It also provides NCBC with powers of civil court while
probing any complaint against notified socially and
educationally backward classes.
Background:
Lok Sabha in April 2017 (Budget session 2017) had passed
Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017 and sent it to
the Rajya Sabha.
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passed bill after incorporating certain amendments moved
by Congress-led opposition and returned it to Lok Sabha for
ratification of amendments.
The amendments had increased three-member NCBC
to five members so as give representation to woman and
person from minority community.
It also had mandated that all five members should necessarily
be from OBC communities.
It also had added another amendment sought to protect
federal structure by giving states significant role in making
recommendation to the list.
Among suggested amendments, Union government had
agreed to appoint one woman member from backward
classes in NCBC.

28 MICA OCTOBER 2018 “Innovate India Platform”, lauched by Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov.

Joint Military Exercise “Maitree 2018” held in Thailand
J
oint military exercise Maitree
2018 between Indian Army and
Royal Thai Army was conducted
in Thailand from 6 to 19 August
2018. It contributed immensely in
developing mutual understanding and
bonhomie between armies of both
countries in order to counter terrorism.
Highlights:
Maitree 2018 was platoon level
exercise that comprises of infantry
component.
Its opening ceremony was started
with familiarization of organisation
Supreme Court approves colour coding of vehicles as per fuel type
T
he Supreme Court has
approved a proposal to have
hologram-based coloured
stickers on vehicles which would
indicate the nature of fuel being used
in Delhi- National Capital Region
(NCR). The proposal was made by the
Union Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (MoRTH).
Highlights:
## The apex court ruling allows
for blue stickers to be used for
Ministry of Agriculture proposes to UNFAO to declare 2019 as ‘International
Year of Millets’
T
he Union Minister of
Agriculture and Farmers’
Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh
on August 16, 2018 wrote to Jose
Graziano da Silva, the Director General
of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO)
to declare the upcoming year as the
‘International Year of Millets’. Singh
stressed on the need to draw wider
global attention and action to promote
cultivation of millets.
The Union Agriculture Minister
also stated in the letter that India is
celebrating 2018 as the ‘National Year
of Millets’ to promote cultivation by
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08 August '18
and display of weapons and
equipment of both armies.
It mainly emphasized to hone
tactical and technical skills in
joint counter insurgency and
counter terrorist operations
in rural and urban scenario
under United Nations (UN)
mandate.
The exercise laid due
Besides,
emphasis on increasing
experts from both
interoperability between forces from
sides also held detailed
both countries which is considered
discussions to share their experience on
crucial for success of any joint operation.
varied topics for mutual benefit.
13 August '18
vehicles running on petrol and ## However, the bench clarified that
CNG, and orange stickers for this colour-coding would only be
diesel vehicles. applicable in Delhi and NCR.
## The colour coding will help The ruling was made by the bench
authorities identify vehicles while hearing the petition filed by
running on high-polluting fuel noted environmentalist MC Mehta,
from specified routes on particular seeking a direction
days. to take proper
steps to deal with
## The hologram-based stickers will
also contain the registration date pollution in Delhi
of the vehicle. and NCR.
17 August '18
amending cropping pattern
of areas which are especially
susceptible to climate change.
The Union Government had
decided to declare 2018 as
'National Year of Millets’
in March 2018 to boost the
cultivation of millets like ragi
and jowar on a mission mode
to achieve nutritional security.
As a result of this, level of nutrients like
The Move came after the Ministry proteins, Vitamin-A,
noted that the millet cultivation in iron and iodine have
India has declined due to change in fell in women and
dietary habits and unavailability of children.
millets.
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Burning Topics of the Month

Odisha Government For the third time, Kerala Bihar Government has
launched Green Mahanadi tops list of the best launched ‘Mukhyamantri
Mission. governed States. Kanya Utthan Yojana’.

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23 July '18
For third time, Kerala tops list Odisha Government launched Green
of best governed States Mahanadi Mission 26 July '18

K
arnataka retained its fourth spot in
the Public Affairs Index 2018, while
Kerala topped the index, for the third
time, for being the best governed large State in
the country. Tamil Nadu and Telangana stood

O
second and third respectively.
disha Government has launched ‘Green Mahanadi Mission’,
The index on the quality of governance, released
a plantation drive under which 2 crore saplings will be
by Bengaluru-based think tank Public Affairs
planted along Mahanadi river and its tributaries. It was
Centre, was based on 10 themes, 30 focus
launched by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Paitnaik.
subjects and 100 indicators. Karnataka was
ranked third in 2016. Green Mahanadi Mission
On the positive side, Karnataka has made The main objective of the mission is to stop soil erosion on river
continuous improvements in economic freedom, banks and recharge the groundwater reserve. It also aims to protect
according to the index. It climbed from the 10th the Mahanadi River and keep it alive. Under this mission, more than
spot to the fifth position this year. 2 crore saplings will be planted over an area of 41,000 hectares along
the banks of Mahanadi river and its tributaries Ib and Tel rivers.
Karnataka has also been ranked number
It will be implemented jointly by States Departments of Forest,
one in environment and transparency and
Horticulture and Watershed Development. Mainly fruit-bearing trees
accountability. It was ranked second in the two
like mango, jackfruit and jamun will be planted within one km radius
themes last year.
of the river bank.
The Centre added a new chapter in the index this
Mahanadi is major river in East Central India.
year, Children of India, which included themes
It flows through Chhattisgarh and Odisha. It
such as early childhood development, education,
originates from highlands of Chhattisgarh through
adolescence, protection,
collection of array of streams and reaches Bay of
institutional structure and
Bengal. Hirakud Dam across the river is longest
governance. Among the 30
major earthen dam in India
States, Karnataka stood eighth,
even as Kerala stood first.

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Government has approved 122 new research projects at a cost of Rs 112 crore under
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 STATE
Ramakanta Rath conferred with Rajasthan becomes the first State
Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman to implement the national policy
for 2018 on biofuels

R
31 July '18 02 August '18
ajasthan has
become the
first State in the
country to implement
the national policy
on biofuels unveiled
by the Centre in May

N
oted litterateur Ramakanta Rath has received
Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman, Odisha's
highest literary award, for the year 2018. The
award is named after the 15th century Odia poet Atibadi
Jagannath Das. Culture and Tourism Minister Ashok
Chandra Panda conferred the award on Rath at a special
function in Bhubaneswar. The Odisha Sahitya Akademi
also felicitated 15 renowned litterateurs of the state.
Highlights:
Rath's popular books include Kete Dinara, Sachitra
Andhara, Aneka Kothari, Saptama Rutu, Sandigdha
Mrugaya, Pheri Chahinle and Sri Radha.
Born on December 13, 1934, in Cuttack, was the former
Chief Secretary of Odisha.
He is a recipient of the Odisha Sahitya
Akademi Award, Kendra Sahitya
Akademi Award, Saraswati Samman,
Bishuva Samman, and also the Kabir
Samman. He also received the Padma
Bhushan for his immense contribution
to the field of literature.
2018. The desert State
will lay emphasis on
increasing production
of oilseeds and establish a Centre for Excellence in Udaipur to
promote research in the fields of alternative fuels and energy
resources.
Highlights:
The policy on biofuels seeks to help farmers dispose of their
surplus stock in an economic manner and reduce the country’s
oil import dependence.
It has expanded the scope of raw material for ethanol
production by allowing use starch containing materials and
damaged food grains for ethanol production.
A biodiesel plant of the capacity of 8 tonnes a day had already
been installed in the State.
The Minister said the State Rural
Livelihood Development Council would
also encourage women’s self help groups
to explore the scope for additional income
through the supply of biodiesel

Bihar Government has launched ‘Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan

Yojana’ 06 August '18

B
ihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has launched an
ambitious scheme which promises to provide `54,100
from the birth of a girl child till she graduates. The Chief
Minister also made several other announcements like increasing
the amount under the ‘Bicycle Yojna’ from `2500 to `3000.
The scheme, launched by the Nitish Kumar government in
2006, providing bicycles to school going girls, has won laurels.
Mr. Kumar also announced doubling of amount for purchase of
sanitary napkins to `300 from existing `150
under the ‘Kishori Swasthya Yojna.’
The ‘Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana’ will
be run by three departments — education, health
and social welfare.

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International Conference on Sustainable Growth through Material Recycling was inaugurated
in New Delhi.
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06 August '18

Telangana, Tech Mahindra ink MoU

for India’s first Blockchain District

T
elangana State Information Technology, Electronics and
Communication department (ITE&C) signed Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) with Tech Mahindra to launch
India’s first Blockchain district. The MoU was signed at International
Blockchain Congress 2018 held in Hyderabad.
Highlights:
## It is also huge step in reskilling and right skilling workforce of the future.
## It will provide an opportunity for blockchain ecosystem in India to collaborate and work towards building a blockchain
district in Telangana and transforming India as the blockchain capital of the world.
## Blockchain is decentralized incorruptible digital ledger for storing data across peer-to-peer network.
## It decentralizes information without being copied.
## Information is held on blockchain through shared database which can be accessed on real-time basis.
## This database is not stored on physical servers but on cloud, which makes it easy to store unlimited data.
## Blockchain technology is not controlled by any single entity and has no single point of failure.
## The most popular application of technology so far has been cryptocurrency.
But it is not limited to, financial transactions and can be also used in smart contracts, supply chain
management logistics, sharing economy, crowdfunding, governance, file storage and date management
and Internet of Things (IoT)

Shaheed Saman Diwas observed in Madhya Pradesh 14 August '18

T
he Shaheed Saman Diwas will be observed
in all districts of Madhya Pradesh on August
14, 2018. The state government has taken the
decision to observe the day to honour families of
martyrs of Madhya Pradesh origin. The day aims to
honour the families of martyrs belonging to Madhya
Pradesh, who sacrificed their lives while discharging
duty at the time of war, military action, internal
security, Naxalite and terrorism-related activities.
The schools and government buildings located in the
native village of a martyr, where he was born or his
family is residing currently, will be named after him.
Highlights:
## To commemorate the day, the state government has organised various programmes in the memory of the martyrs at
schools.
## The heroic tale of the Martyrs will be recited before the school students during the programmes.
## Overall, programmes to honour 602 martyrs will be held across the state.
## While the families of 13 martyrs will be honored in a programme at Bhopal, the families of 4
Martyrs will be honoured at Sehore and Rajagarh, 3 at Raisen and one in Vidisha.

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32 MICA OCTOBER 2018 3rd India-Nepal Coordination meeting was held in New Delhi.
 STATE
SC directs Tamil Nadu to consider reducing water level at Mullaperiyar
dam by 3 ft 17 August '18

T
he Supreme Court on August 16, 2018 directed the Tamil
Nadu government to consider lowering the water level at
Mullaperiyar dam to 139 feet from the current 142 feet. The
directive comes considering the "grave" flood situation in all the
14 districts of Kerala.
The Ruling: Key Highlights
## Effort has to be made to bring down the water level of
the Mullaperiyar dam to 139 ft so that the people living
downstream should not live in constant fear.
## The Tamil Nadu government had opposed the plea, saying that the inflow of water presently is over 12,000 cusec in
contrast to the outflow of 5,000 cusec.
## The bench also directed that the affected and displaced people be given adequate relief immediately.
Background
The Supreme Court took up the case for hearing after a Kerala resident filed an urgent petition in the matter.
With water level in the Mullaperiyar reservoir breaching the Supreme Court-fixed limit of 142 feet, an
Idukki resident, Russel Joy, had approached the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter.
Kerala had repeatedly requested the Tamil Nadu authorities to release the water gradually as the
catchment areas were receiving copious rain.
The Mullaperiyar Dam is a 116-year-old dam, which was constructed between 1887 and 1895 by John
Pennycuick.

17 August '18
SC directs Assam NRC coordinator to submit data of excluded people

T
he Supreme Court on August 16, 2018 asked the Assam National
Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator to submit the data of district-
wise percentage of the population excluded from the NRC draft in
the state.
The SC bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman sought
the response of all the stakeholders including All Assam Students Union,
All Assam Minority Students Union on the Centre's Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs) on the NRC issue.
Highlights:
## The bench directed the state NRC coordinator Prateek state of Assam was only a draft, and hence it cannot be the
Hajela to make the copies of draft NRC available at basis of any action by any authority against anyone.
all panchayat offices so that public can access it easily. The SC bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F
## The apex court said that the claim and objection forms Nariman observed that what has been published is only the
on the Assam NRC issue will be made available to the complete Draft NRC.
general public from August 20. The apex court directed the concerned Ministry to formulate
## It also said that the receipt of claim and objection forms Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to deal with claims
from the public will commence on August 30. and objections regarding the draft NRC.
## The court posted the matter for further hearing on The court passed the order following the
August 28. increasing concerns about the exclusion
Background: of approximately forty lakh persons
from the final draft list of NRC that was
Earlier on July 31, 2018, the Supreme Court had ruled that published on July 30, 2018.
the National Register of Citizens (NRC) prepared for the
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NEWS BITES INTERNATIONAL

Burning Topics of the Month

India announced two lines of U.K. unveils new organ War-torn Korean families
credit worth $200 million to donation plan to address to reunite briefly after 65
Uganda. Indian-origin shortages. years.

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24 July '18 25 July '18
Asoke Mukerji awarded an Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar
honorary doctorate UK Appointed Chief Justice of the
Balochistan High Court

C
hief Justice
of Pakistan
( C J P )
Mian Saqib Nisar
has nominated
Justice Syeda
Tahira Safdar as
the Chief Justice of
Balochistan High
Court (BHC),
paving way for her to become the first female chief
justice of any court in the country. Justice Tahira Safdar

I
ndia's former Ambassador to the UN Asoke Mukerji
has been awarded an honorary doctorate by one of
the top universities in the UK in recognition of his
decades-long contribution to diplomacy, becoming the
only second Indian to be bestowed with this honour since
2012.
The University of East Anglia honoured Mukerji with the
award of a Doctorate in Civil Laws honoris causa during a
formal ceremony last week at the institution.
One of India's best-known agricultural scientists, M
S Swaminathan, often called the "father of the Green
Revolution" in India, was conferred the
honorary doctorate by the University
in 2012. Mukerji had served as India's
Permanent Representative to the UN
between 2013 and 2015, during when
he had spearheaded India's campaign for
Security Council reform.
is part of the special court, hearing the high treason
case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
Interestingly, Justice Safdar was the first woman to be
appointed as a civil judge in Balochistan, besides having
the distinction of being the first lady to be appointed in
all posts she served. She was also the first female high
court judge.
Highlights:
Justice Safdar is the daughter of Syed Imtiaz Hussain Baqri
Hanafi, a renowned lawyer.
She was born on October 5, 1957, at Quetta.
Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar did her
Masters in Urdu Literature from the
University of Balochistan, and completed
her degree in law from the University
Law College, Quetta, in 1980.

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34 MICA OCTOBER 2018 Veteran film personality John Sankaramangalam died.


26 July '18
India announced two
lines of credit worth
$200 million to Uganda
I
ndia has extended two lines of credit
worth nearly $200 million to Uganda
in energy infrastructure, agriculture
and dairy sectors as Prime Minister
Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks
with President Yoweri Museveni and
discussed ways to strengthen the bilateral
ties. PM Modi, who reached on a two-day
visit to Uganda-the first bilateral tour by
an Indian Prime Minister since 1997.
Highlights:
The two sides signed four MoUs in the areas
of defence cooperation, visa exemption for
official and diplomatic passport holders,
cultural exchange programme and material
testing laboratory.
Prime Minister Modi announced two
Lines of Credit worth nearly $200 million
in energy infrastructure, agriculture and
dairy sectors.
Prime Minister Modi announced to
provide vehicles and ambulances for the
Ugandan force as well as civilian use.
India will assist Uganda in training, capacity
building, infrastructure development, IT
and development initiatives. PM Modi
said India will provide a cancer therapy
machine to the cancer institute in Kampala.
India was always there to assist Uganda
in its development initiatives.
Both the countries signed MoUs in the areas
of defence cooperation,
exemption from visa for
official and diplomatic
passport holders, cultural
exchange programs
and materials training
laboratory.
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Dr Bhishma Narain Singh, a Senior Congress leader passed away.
INTERNATIONAL
Invest India and Business France signed an
MoU to promote investment 27 July '18
I
nvest India and Business France have signed an MoU to
promote investment facilitation and cooperation between
startups of India and France. The goal will be to facilitate
direct foreign investment by providing practical investment
information to enterprises and support the companies pursuing
those opportunities which contribute positively to economic
growth of the two countries.
Highlights:
## The partnership will strengthen the existing business relations between
India and France.
## New businesses and innovations from India and France to grow in the
French and Indian markets.
## Invest India is the official Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency
of the Government of India.
## India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world which has not
only sustained global downturn of 2008-09 but is also slated to grow at
consistently higher rates during next few decades.
## Business France is an executive agency of the French government
under the supervision of the Minister for Economic Affairs and
Finance and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Development. It promotes International
Business Development for French companies and
professionals through a worldwide network of 80
Trade Commissions, which have worked with over
7,500 SMEs & mid-caps during 2017 itself. Business
France mobilizes the expertise of 1,400 persons in
France and in 70 other countries.
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Pakistan Elections 2018: Imran khan’s PTI emerges as single largest
party 30 July '18

A
ccording to the Pakistan Elections results 2018
announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan
on July 29, 2018, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-
i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest party in the
National Assembly after the Pakistan Elections 2018. The PTI
has bagged a total of 116 seats. While, former Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
bagged 64 seats and former President Asif Ali Zardari's
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) got 43 seats. Though PTI has
emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly,
the party is still short of numbers to form the government on
its own. Now, all eyes are on the PTI to reach out to smaller
parties and independents to form the next government.
Highlights:
Pakistan's lower house of Parliament comprises a total of 342 members, of which 272 are directly elected. A party can only
form the government in Pakistan, if it manages to secure 172 seats in total.
In 71-year history of Pakistan, the Pakistan Elections 2018, that were held on July 25, 2018, marked the second time
that one civilian government has handed power to another in the country of 200 million people. There was, however,
widespread concern during the campaign about manipulation by the military.
Former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan had declared his victory, before the declaration of official results, just on the basis
of projections made by television stations, following a vote that was stained by allegations of fraud and militant violence.
With just half the vote counted, Khan’s leading rival, Shahbaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N), rejected the vote and said that Khan took military support during the campaign. The PML-N is a party of the
jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Leaders of all six major parties alleged that their polling agents were evicted from ballot-booths by security officials in
breach of electoral rules.
Even, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) had raised questions over the voting process and said that it
received complaints that in many areas women were not allowed to vote.
About Imran Khan:
## Khan was born and raised in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, Punjab.
## He was schooled at Lahore's Aitchison College and graduated from Oxford University in 1975 with a Bachelor's
degree in philosophy, politics and economics.
## Khan had an illustrious career in international cricket spanning two decades from the 1970s.
## An international cricket star, Khan led Pakistan to a World Cup victory in 1992.
## Immediately after winning the World Cup, he retired from cricket and devoted his time to philanthropy and social
work and launched Pakistan's first specialised cancer centre ‘Shaukat Khanum’.
## Khan first entered politics in 1996 by launching his own political party named Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but
struggled for years on the political sidelines.
## His party garnered a provincial victory at the 2013 general elections and governed the north western
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for five years.
## Apart from holding onto his image as a cricket star and a politician, Khan also authored various
pieces including ‘Pakistan: A Personal History’.
Imran Khan has been sworn in as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan on August 18, 2018.
The oath-taking ceremony was administered by President Mamnoon Hussain at the President House in Islamabad.
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36 MICA OCTOBER 2018 Escorts group Chairman Rajan Nanda passed away.
 INTERNATIONAL
06 August '18
U.K. unveils new organ donation plan to address Indian-origin shortages

T
he U.K. government
has announced new
plans to change the
law for organ and tissue
donation to address the
urgent need for organs
within Indian-origin
communities in the country.
The proposed new system of
consent for organ and tissue
donation is expected to
come into effect in England
in 2020 as part of a drive
to help black, Asian and
minority ethnic (BAME)
people desperately waiting
for a life-saving transplant.
Highlights:
Under the new presumed
consent system, those who
do not want to donate their
organs will be able to record
their decision on the state-
funded National Health
Service (NHS) Organ
Donor Register (ODR).
The announcement comes
as a recent report called
on the NHS to take more
proactive action to address
the high death rate among
Indian-origin people in
Britain due to low levels of
organ donation within the
community.
The ‘Organ Donation:
Breaking Taboos
Amongst British BAME
Communities’ report,
commissioned by the
Winston Churchill
Memorial Trust, was aimed
at studying the low levels
of donation among BAME
communities in the U.K.
These communities are
seen as generally less
inclined to opt for organ
donation, largely due
to deeply-entrenched
cultural and religious
beliefs discouraging organ
donation.
India has seen a 10-fold
increase in its organ
donation consent rates
over the last decade as a
result of sustained public
awareness programmes,
policy initiatives, and multi-
stakeholder collaboration,
the findings reveal.
According to NHS records,
only 7% of donors last
year were from BAME
backgrounds, with Indians
accounting for just 1.9% of
the NHS ODR.
It found that 21% of people
who died on the organ
donation waiting list in the
U.K. last year were from
a BAME background,
compared with 15% a
decade ago. Family refusal
continues to be the biggest
obstacle to organ donation
among the U.K.’s Asian
communities, the NHS
noted.
Both India and the U.K.
follow the opt-in system,
whereby families’ decision
to donate organs of their
loved one after death is
discretionary.
The U.K. government is now
moving towards adopting
legislation favouring the
opt-out system to address
the growing crisis in the
country.

War-torn Korean families to reunite briefly after 65 years 20 August '18

A
round 180 families, who were torn apart by the 20. The group is
1950-53 Korean War, will be temporarily reunited scheduled to return to
in North Korea starting from August 20, 2018. the South on August
The move comes after the two Koreas renewed exchanges 22.
in 2018 following the decades-long standoff over North ## A group of 83 North
Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes. Koreans will also be
Highlights: reunited with relatives who live in the South from
## The reunions, the first in three years, will take place in August 24 to August 26 at the same resort.
the North’s tourist resort on Mount Kumgang. The Korean War, which took place between 1950 and
## This was agreed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 53, was a war between North Korea and South Korea. It
and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during their took place during the Cold War between the United States
first summit in April. of America and the Soviet Union. The
fighting ended on July 27, 1953, when
## The South Korean family members arrived at the an armistice was signed. The agreement
coastal border city of Sokcho on August 19. created the Korean Demilitarized Zone
## About 89 South Koreans crossed the military to separate North and South Korea and
demarcation line to enter into North Korea on August allowed the return of prisoners.
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M. Venkaiah Naidu appointed Prof. Raj Kumar as the next Vice Chancellor of Punjab
University.
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Burning Topics of the Month

IMF forecasts India's GDP

GST Council cuts rate Parliament passes Fugitive
to grow at 7.5 per cent in
on 88 items. Economic Offenders Bill.
2019-20 fiscal year.

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GST Council cuts rate on 88 items 23 July '18

T
he GST Council has reduced tax rates on over 50 items
including refrigerators, washing machines and small
televisions, which would now be taxed at 18 per cent,
down from the current 28 per cent. The Goods and Services Tax
(GST) Council also exempted GST on sanitary napkins, rakhis,
fortified milk and idols of deities made of stone, marble and wood.
The changes has become effective across the country from July 27
onward.
Highlights:
## Earlier, there was a lack of clarity on the issue causing a lot of trouble for consumers booking hotels with
'declared tariffs' of Rs 7,500 and above which incurred 28 per cent GST.
## While hotels with tariff below Rs 1,000 are exempted from GST, those with tariff between Rs 1,000-2,500 are taxed
at 12 per cent, those between Rs 2,500-7,500 at 18 per cent, and above Rs 7,500 at 28 per cent.
## However, it often happened that hotels offered discounts and hence the actual transaction cost would be much lower
than the declared cost, but tax would still be charged at the declared cost.
## Return filing procedure has been eased by approving two new simplified forms called 'Sugam' and 'Sahaj', the minister
said.
## Also, enterprises with annual turnover of upto Rs 5 crore would have to file quarterly returns instead of the current
monthly filing, although they would continue to pay tax on a monthly basis.
## The implementation of reverse charge mechanism will come into force from October next year.
## Among other tax-reduction decisions, Goyal said, tax rate on handicraft items such as handbags, pouches and purses,
jewellery box, wooden frames of paintings and photographs among others have been brought under the 12 per cent
slab, from 18 per cent.
## GST on handmade carpets and handmade textile floor coverings has been reduced from 12 per cent to 5 per cent.
## The tax rate on ethanol, which is used in the blending of petrol and diesel also has been brought down to 5 per cent
from 18 per cent.
## During the meeting, the council also made certain amendments to the GST Act including raising the
upper limit of turnover for opting for composition scheme from Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore.
## It also approved an amendment which will enable taxpayers to opt for multiple registrations within
a state in respect of multiple places of business located within the same state.

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38 MICA OCTOBER 2018 Ramkumar Ramanathan, has jumped 46 places to finish at his career-best rank of 115 in ATP.
 ECONOMY
Rooftop solar installations Top state-run banks sign inter-creditor
in India crossed 1 Giga agreement

N
25 July '18
Watt 25 July '18 early two dozen lenders, led mostly by state-run banks, has signed
the inter-creditor agreement (ICA) framework to speed up the
resolution of stressed assets which are under Rs 500 crore bracket.
The framework is a part of the Project Sashakt (or the report on bad bank
submitted in July), drafter by the Sunil Mehta (non-executive chairman
of PNB) committee. The other two members of the three member panel

R
ooftop solar installations in India have
crossed 1 GW, according to the Ministry
of New and Renewable Energy’s
SPIN portal. SPIN is an online application
for expediting project approval, reporting
submission and monitoring the progress of
implementation of rooftop solar projects.
Highlights:
The total installed capacity, is 1,095.41
MW. Maharashtra tops the list with 145.09
MW followed by Gujarat with 136.21 MW
installed capacity. Tamil Nadu stands at the
third with 123.91 MW.
Tripura, Nagaland, and Lakshadweep made
up the bottom of the list with no reported
rooftop solar installations. The Centre has set
a target of installing 40GW of grid connected
rooftop solar capacity in the country by 2022.
According to official estimates, `842 crore has
been released to various implementing agencies
during in the last two
financial years (2016-17 and
2017-18) as financial support
for installing grid connected
rooftop solar power plants.
Parliament passes Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill
included SBI chief Rajnish Kumar and BoB head PS Jayakumar.
Highlights:
The inter-creditor agreement will serve as a platform for banks and
financial institutions, which are fighting a toxic mount of bad loans that
is sniffing at 12 per cent of the system now, to come together and take
concerted efforts towards resolving bad loans under Rs 500 crore.
It will also enable lenders to move expeditiously and protects the interest
of all the lenders. This agreement has become operational from the end of
the July month.
It aims to resolve stressed assets fast, and will primarily focus on NPAs in the
Rs 50 crore-500 crore bracket as well as in the Rs 500-2,000 crore ticket size.
As of March 2018, there were close to Rs 3.10 trillion worth of bad loans
in the Rs 50 crore-500 crore category and Rs 2.10 trillion under Rs 50
crore ticket size.
The framework will deal separately with stressed assets of over Rs 2,000 crore.
Under the framework, the lead lender shall be authorised to formulate the
resolution plan, which shall be presented to the other lenders for their approval.
The decision making shall be by way of approval of majority lenders, that
is, the lenders with 66 per cent share in the aggregate exposure. Once a
resolution plan is approved by the majority, it shall be
binding on all the lenders that are a party to the inter-
creditor agreement.
The framework also has a provision for dissenting
lenders, which gives them an option to buy the asset or
if they want they can sell it at a 15 per cent discount.
26 July '18

I
ndian President Ram Nath Kovind The bill aims to lay down measures to deter The bill provides for the creation of a
has given his assent to the Fugitive fugitive economic offenders from evading ‘Special Court’ under the Prevention of
Economic Offenders Bill, 2018, the process of Indian law by remaining Money-laundering Act, 2002 to declare a
which seeks to prevent economic outside the jurisdiction of Indian courts. person as a Fugitive Economic Offender.
offenders from fleeing the country The bill’s implementation is expected The process of repatriation of an
and evading the legal process. The bill to restore law and order, as the fugitive economic fugitive under the act begins
was passed by the upper house of the economic offenders would be forced with the submission of an application
Parliament, the Rajya Sabha through a to return to India to face trial for their before the special court declaring that
voice vote on July 25, 2018. The Lok offences. an individual is a fugitive economic
Sabha had cleared the bill on July 19.
The bill would also help the banks and offender.
The ruling government has been under
other financial institutions to achieve The Bill was first
attack from the opposition for failing to
higher recovery from financial defaults announced in
bring back defaulters like Vijay Mallya,
committed by such fugitive economic Finance Minister
Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi.
offenders and thus improving the Arun Jaitley’s 2017
Highlights: financial health of such institutions. Budget speech.
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The Reserve Bank of India hiked repo
rate by 25 basis points

T
02 August '18
he six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) of
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to increase
the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5% due to inflation
concerns. Repurchase rate or the repo rate is the rate at which the
RBI lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall
of funds. Reverse repo — the rate at which the RBI borrows money
from commercial banks within the country — is adjusted to 6.25
per cent.
Highlights:
For the second time in two months, the Reserve Bank of India has raised the interest rate by 0.25 per cent on inflationary
concerns.
The central bank, in its third bi-monthly policy of the current fiscal, raised benchmark repo or the short term rate at which
it lends to other banks, by 0.25 per cent to 6.5 per cent.
The 6-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor Urjit Patel kept its stance at neutral. For July-
September, it pegged CPI-based retail inflation at 4.2 per cent which it saw firming up to 4.8 per cent in the second half of
the current fiscal. The projected inflation rate is above its targeted comfort level of 4 per cent.
The RBI retained the GDP forecast for the current fiscal at 7.4 per cent on robust corporate earnings and buoyant rural
demand, though it flagged global trade tensions for Indian exports.
It also saw the GDP forecast at 7.5-7.6 per cent in the second half of the current fiscal.
The hike in June was the first time the benchmark lending rate was raised in over four years. This is now
the first time since October 2013 that the central bank has raised the repo rate at two consecutive policy
meetings.

India, Germany sign pacts worth Rs 5,250 crore 02 August '18

I
ndia and Germany has signed an agreement
on financial and technical cooperation,
with a special focus on sustainable urban
development and renewable energy. The
agreement mainly prioritises cooperation
between India and Germany in the area of
renewable energy. It also focuses on cooperation
in sustainable urban development in areas
of sanitation, solid waste management and
promotion of urban mobility.
Highlights:
The bilateral agreement will help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and also help India in achieving its goal of
curbing such emissions.
In December 2017, Germany had pledged nearly Rs 8,500 crore for the development cooperation with India during Indo-
German inter-governmental negotiations.
In February 2018, a MoU was signed between Union Ministry for Housing and Urban Affairs and the
German development agency (GIZ) to develop and apply concepts for sustainable urban development
providing urban basic services and housing in select cities as well as smart cities in India.
GIZ had agreed to contribute up to €8 million for the project which would run for a period of three years.
Overall, the year 2018 commemorates 60 years of bilateral development cooperation between India and
Germany.
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05 August '18
Delhi, TN, Gujarat are best States for doing business: NCAER study

D
elhi has emerged the most-
attractive State for investors,
improving its position on
the think-tank National Council for
Applied and Economic Research
(NCAER)’s 2018 State Investment
Potential Index. Gujarat, previously
No 1, slipped two places to the third
position.
Highlights:
The surprise elements in the index,
named N-SIPI, was Tamil Nadu,
which moved up four places to No 2.
West Bengal jumped 11 places from
last year to emerge the 10th most
attractive State for investors.
Andhra Pradesh saw a decline in its
attractiveness, falling from the third
position in 2017 to the seventh in the
2018 index, while Punjab moved up
four places to No 12.
N-SIPI, now in the third edition,
ranked 21 major States, including
Delhi, on various parameters.
In the overall rankings, Delhi, Tamil
Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra
and Kerala emerged the most attractive
States to do business, while Odisha,
Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand and
Bihar were at the bottom.
N-SIPI was constructed with six
pillars that were classified under
four broad categories: Factor-driven
(land and labour), efficiency driven
(infrastructure), growth-driven
(economic climate, political stability
and governance), and perceptions-
driven (responses to the survey).
Researchers at NCAER contacted
1,049 business enterprises of different
sizes in manufacturing and services
sector for the survey.
Law and order situation was a major
issue, almost 55 per cent identifying
that as the primary constraint.
Telangana was the best performer on
the land pillar, followed closely by
Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
On the labour pillar, Tamil Nadu and
Andhra Pradesh retained their first and
second positions, and on the infrastructure
pillar, Delhi retained its top position.
On the economic climate pillar, Delhi
retained the No 1 position, while
Telangana moved up four places to the
second spot.
On the governance and political
stability pillar, Tamil
Nadu moved up
four places to No 1,
displacing Haryana,
which moved down
to the second.

08 August '18
World’s first thermal battery plant inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh

T
he world's first thermal battery plant, operated by Bharat
Storage Technology Private Limited (BEST), was inaugurated
in Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.
Manufactured by the Bharat Energy Storage Technology Private
Limited (BEST), the first-of-its-kind batteries will aim to boost
renewable sources of energy production and reduce the dependence
on non-renewable fossil fuel-based energy generation.
Highlights:
## In the first phase, batteries suited for telecommunications, mini
or microgrids and electric buses would be manufactured.
## The batteries are expected to run for up to 800kms on a single charge.
## Under the project, electric buses, produced in collaboration with Bilva Motors, a global consortium, could deliver an
800-kilometre range with a single charge, with the help of BEST's thermal cells.
## The cell can be customised to be charged in four or eight hours, depending on the source.
## It can also provide output ranging between 5Kwh and 1 Mwh.
## The thermal plant is expected to start commercial operations by May 2019.
## By 2025, BEST aims to expand the capacity of its thermal battery plant to 10GW.

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S Gurumurthy, Satish Marathe IMF forecasts India's GDP to
appointed as part-time Directors grow at 7.5 per cent in 2019-20
on RBI Board fiscal year 09 August '18

I
08 August '18

T
he Central Govt. ndia is projected
on August 7, to clock an
2018 appointed economic growth
journalist Swaminathan of 7.5 per cent in
Gurumurthy and the 2019-2020 fiscal
Sahakar Bharathi year on strengthening
patron Satish Kashinath of investment and
Marathe as part-time robust private
non-official Directors consumption.
on the Central Board Growth is forecast to rise to 7.3 per cent in fiscal year
of Reserve Bank of 2018/19 and 7.5 per cent in 2019/20 on strengthening
India (RBI) following the approval from the Appointments investment and robust private consumption.
Committee of the Cabinet.
Headline inflation is projected to rise to 5.2 per cent in
Both Gurumurthy and Marathe have been appointed for a fiscal year 2018/19, as demand conditions tighten, along
four year term. The appointments were made under Section with the recent depreciation of the rupee and higher oil
8(1)(c) of the RBI Act, 1934. prices, housing rent allowances and agricultural minimum
With these latest appointments, the total number of support prices.
government appointed directors on the RBI board comes to The current account deficit is projected to widen further
10, the maximum permitted. Besides, the government also to 2.6 per cent of the GDP on rising oil prices and strong
has two government officials on the board. demand for imports, offset by a slight
These are Nachiket Mor, Subhash increase in remittances, the report said
Chandra Garg, Prasanna Kumar The report recommended that continued
Mohanty, Rajiv Kumar, Dilip S. fiscal consolidation is needed to lower
Shanghvi, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, elevated public debt levels, supported
Bharat Narotam Doshi, Sudhir Mankad, by simplifying and streamlining the GST
Ashok Gulati, and Manish Sabharwal structure.

Smita Crishna, Roshni Nadar, Indu Jain lead rich women's list 14 August '18

G
odrej Group's Smita Crishna,
HCL's Roshni Nadar and
Bennett Coleman's Indu
Jain are among the top 10 wealthiest
women in India, a report says.
According to the Kotak Wealth and
Hurun report, the threshold of net
worth for the top 10 was Rs 8,000
crore.
Crishna, leads the list with an estimated
wealth of Rs 37,570 crore.
She is followed by HCL chief executive
officer and executive director Nadar,
with the report estimating her wealth
to be Rs 30,200 crore.
Times Group chairperson Indu Jain
is the third woman on the list with She is followed by Leena Gandhi
her wealth estimated to be Rs 26,240 Tewari with Rs 10,730 crore, Sangita
crore. Jindal with Rs 10,450 crore and
She is the chairperson of Bennett Jayshree Ullal with Rs 9,490 crore.
Coleman & Co, one of the largest Anu Aga and Shradha Agarwal were
media groups in the country. ranked ninth and tenth with estimated
Biocon founder and managing director wealth of Rs 8,550 crore and Rs 8,200
Kiran Mazumdar shaw with an crore, respectively.
estimated wealth of Rs 24,790 crore The report that
is fourth on the list. She is also on the lists the 100 richest
board of Infosys. women in India,
Kiran Nadar, wife of Shiv Nadar, is a estimated their
trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation average wealth to be
and an art collector and she is ranked about Rs 4,000 crore
fifth, with an estimated wealth of Rs and the threshold for
20,120 crore. the ranking above Rs 1,000 crore.

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 SPORTS NEWS BITES
Burning Topics of the Month

Tokyo 2020 committee India won 8 medals in the Netherlands defeated Ireland
officially launches Olym- Junior Asian Wrestling to win the eighth Women’s
pic mascots. Championship in New Delhi. Hockey World Cup title.

& Many More...

734 youngsters shortlisted for complete scholarship under the KHELO
INDIA TALENT DEVELOPMENT Scheme 23 July '18

F
ollowing the successful conduct of the Khelo India School Games,
Sports Authority of India took another significant step towards
the development of sports, cleared 734 players for a scholarship
programme under Khelo India Talent Identification Development
scheme. The Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Col. Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore said that “transformational changes have been introduced
into Indian Sports.
Highlights:
A talent identification committee was The plan is to develop more such upgradation. Academies that do not
formed comprising Arjuna Awardees and academies so that young athletes maintain desired standards and fulfil
Dronacharya Awardees to shortlist and can get access to the best training the performance criteria, may be
propose the names of the beneficiaries to the without having to travel long delisted.
High Powered Committee, which cleared distances. Athletes must report
the above numbers after due diligence. It was also decided that the academies injury immediately
An annual stipend of Rs. 1.2 lakhs will be will be divided into three categories. so that timely
given to the players on a quarterly basis. To encourage excellence, there will rehabilitation can be
Support and skill trainings at KHELO be gap analysis which will offer offered.
INDIA accredited Academies. these academies opportunities for

Tokyo 2020 committee officially launches Olympic mascots 23 July '18

T
he Tokyo 2020 Organising were designed by Japanese
Committee on July 22, 2018 illustrator Ryo Taniguchi, who
officially launched its Olympic designs characters for language
mascots Miraitowa and Someity at a teaching books and companies
ceremony attended by Tokyo Governor Highlights:
Yuriko Koike and Committee’s President
Yoshiro Mori. The name of the blue- The 2020 Summer Olympics,
checked Olympic mascot ‘Miraitowa’ officially known as the Games
is derived from a combination of the of the XXXII Olympiad, is a Tokyo had previously hosted the 1964
Japanese words for future and eternity and major international multi-sport event. Summer Olympic Games, and in 2020 will
seeks to "promote a future full of eternal The games are planned to be held become the fifth city to host the Summer
hope in the hearts of people all over the from 24 July 2020 to 9 August 2020 in Olympic Games more
world". The pink-checked Paralympic Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo was announced than once.
mascot Someity owes its name to a type of as the host city at the 125th IOC The city will also
cherry tree blossom and exhibits enormous Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, be hosting the 2020
mental and physical strength. The mascots on 7 September 2013. Summer Paralympics.
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India won 8 medals in the Junior Asian Wrestling
Championship in New Delhi 24 July '18

I
ndia won 8 medals in the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship which
concluded in New Delhi. The medals comprised 2 gold, 3 silver and as
many bronze. Sachin Rathi won the gold after winning the bout in the
74 kilogram category. Deepak Punia then won the gold in the 86 kilogram
category. Suraj Rajkumar Kokate won a bronze in the 61 kilogram category
while Mohit won bronze in the 125 kilogram category. India had won 3
silver medals and a bronze on the opening day of the championship.
Highlights:
Junior Asian Wrestling Championship is conducted by United World Wrestling (UWW) annually. 18 countries participated
in this championship.
Women’s
Category Freestyle Greco-Roman
Wrestling
Number of Teams participated 18 15 12
Top Rank Country Iran (189 points) Iran (225 points) Japan
Second Rank Country India (173 points) Kazakhstan China
Third Rank Country Uzbekistan (128 points) Kyrgyzstan, India (4th) India
The medals won by India are as follows:
Medal Freestyle Greco-Roman Women’s Wrestling
Gold: Sachin Rathi (74 kg), Deepa Punia (86 kg) Sajan (77 kg) None
Vishal Kaliraman (70 kg), Naveen (57 kg Vijay (55 kg), Aryan Mansi (57 kg), Divya Kakran
Silver:
junior), Sachin Giri (79 kg) Panwar (130 kg) (68 kg)
Karan (65 kg), Suraj Kumar Kokate (61 Kumar Sunil (87 kg), Swati Sanjay Shinde (53 kg),
Bronze:
kg), Mohit (125 kg) Viresh Kundu (97 kg) Reena (55 kg), Karuna (76 kg)
About United World Wrestling (UWW):
Headquarters: Chairman: Founded: Membership:
Lausanne, Switzerland. Nenad Lalovic. 1912 176 countries

Indian women's compound archery team created

history by becoming the world rank one 29 July '18

T
he Indian women's compound archery team reached the Five consecutive
pinnacle of world rankings for the first time in history, perfect 10s by Sophie
according to the latest rankings, just ahead of the Asian Dodemont, Amelie
Games. Asian Games are to be held from August 18 to September Sancenot and Sandra
2 in the twin cities of Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia. The Herve helped France level the scores 116-all in the second end.
women's coumpoud archery team of India had won silver medals At the Antalya leg of the World Cup, the Indian team consisting
at the 2018 Antalya World Cup in May and Berlin World Cup in of Jyothi, Muskan and Dhayal had lost to Chinese Taipei by three
July, 2018. They lead the world rankings with 342.6 points and points. For the first time in history, India's women's compound team
are six points ahead of the second-placed Chinese Taipei. Jyothi have topped the world rankings while the women's recurve archer
Surekha Vennam and Muskan Kirar were two regulars in the Deepika Kumari was ranked No.1 in the past.
women's team in both the World Cup stages, while Divya Dhayal Deepika and Abhishek Verma are the only
(Antalya) and Trisha Deb (Berlin) were the third members. Indians in top 10 in the individual categories,
In the Berlin World Cup, India lost by a slender margin of one both enjoying the seventh position in the
point. Vennam, Kirar and Deb had a promising 59-57 lead recurve and compound sections respectively.
but they slipped in the third end as the French trio eventually A total of 16 archers have been included in
clinched the gold with a score of 229-228. the Asian Games contingent.
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07 August '18
Carolina Marin makes
history wins World
Badminton Championship
C
arolina Marin claimed a slice of
history as the Spaniard became
the first woman to win three
badminton World titles with an emphatic
victory over P.V. Sindhu of India. The
aggressive Marin is now the reigning
World and Olympic champion thanks to
an imperious 21-19, 21-10 win in Nanjing.
The all-action 25-year-old adds the 2018
crown to her titles in 2014 and 2015,
and the Olympic gold she won from the
unlucky Sindhu at Rio 2016.
Highlights:
As well as disappointment at Rio 2016,
Sindhu was beaten in last year’s World
Championships final by Japan’s Nozomi
Okuhara and had to settle for silver at this
year’s Commonwealth Games too.
Meanwhile, Kento Momota became the
first Japanese man to win the badminton
World Championships. The explosive
23-year-old convincingly defeated China’s
highly promising Shi Yuqi 21-11, 21-13.
Momota’s nascent career descended
into controversy in 2016 when Japanese
badminton chiefs suspended him for more
than a year for visiting an illegal casino,
denying him a place at the Rio Olympics.
Momota, No. 2 in the
world at the time, has
been working his way
back to the top ever
since and the No. 7 is
currently in the form of
his life.
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SPORTS
Netherlands defeated Ireland to win the eighth
Women’s Hockey World Cup title 08 August '18
I
reland’s first Women’s World Cup field hockey final ended in defeat as
the Netherlands retained the title with an emphatic 6-0 victory. Ireland,
the second-lowest ranked country in the tournament, was unable to
produce a fairy-tale ending at Lee Valley Hockey Center.
Goals from Lidewij Welten, Kelly Jonker, Kitty van Male, Malou Pheninckx,
Marloes Keetels and Caia van Maasakker capped a dominant performance
from the Dutch as they won the competition for a record eighth time.
The Netherlands team hasn’t lost since the Olympic
final two years ago. This was Ireland’s first World Cup
since 2002, and its previous best result was 11th in 1994.
Ranked 16th, Ireland topped a group including Olympic
champion England and was first into the quarterfinals.
Ramesh Powar appointed head coach of
women’s cricket team 15 August '18
F
ormer India spinner Ramesh
Powar has been named head
coach of the Indian women's
national cricket team till the ICC World
T20, which is scheduled to be held in
November 2018. Powar was brought
in as the interim coach of the team in
July by the BCCI until they found a
replacement for Tushar Arothe, who
resigned as the coach of the women's team five months after being appointed.
Highlights
## Power has now been handed over full-time duties as head coach till
November 30, 2018 by the BCCI.
## His term will include a tour to Sri Lanka, a bilateral series in the West
Indies in October followed by the ICC Women's World T20 in West
Indies in November.
## Powar is the third coach of women's team in the past one and a half
year. Under Powar’s leadership, the Indian women's team underwent a
fitness camp from July 25 to August 3 in Bangalore at National Cricket
Academy (NCA).
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## Prior to Arothe, the post was held by Purnima Rau, who was removed Esow Alben: Teen cyclist
just a few months ahead of the women's World Cup in 2017. creates history by winning
## As per the Supreme Court directive, only a functional Cricket Advisory India’s first ever medal at
Committee (CAC) can appoint a full-time coach on a long-term basis.
world level 18 August '18
## He was first selected to play for the Indian national cricket team during
their Pakistan tour in 2004.
## In November 2015, Powar announced that he would retire from all
forms of cricket following the conclusion of the
2015–16 Ranji Trophy.
## Overall, Powar played 31 ODIs and two Tests
from 2004 to 2007 for the national side, picking 34
wickets with a best of 54 in the 50-over format.

Former Indian cricket captain Ajit Wadekar

passes away 16 August '18

F
ormer Indian cricket captain Ajit

I
Wadekar passed away on August
ndian Teen cyclist Esow Alben
15, 2018 after a prolonged illness.
(17) created history by winning the
He was 77. Wadekar is survived by his
country’s maiden medal in track
wife Rekha, two sons and a daughter.
cycling at the world level. He achieved
Wadekar’s Achievements: this feat by winning silver medal in Men’s
## Wadekar took over the captaincy Keirin event of UCI Junior Track Cycling
from M A K Pataudi in 1971. World Championships held in Aigle,
Switzerland. In the final sprint of this
## He led team India to their first overseas Test wins in England and the
event, Esow finished just 0.017 seconds
West Indies in 1971. He batted at number three and was considered to
behind gold medallist Jakub Stastny
be one of the finest slip fielders.
(Czech Republic).
## He was India’s first ODI captain. Though, he appeared in just two matches.
About Esow Alben:
## He is the only cricketer apart from Lala Amarnath and Chandu Borde
Esow hails from Andaman and Nicobar.
to have served as captain, manager and selector in Indian cricket.
He is currently ranked world No. 1 in
Ajit Wadekar: junior sprint category of cycling after
## His full name was Ajit Laxman Wadekar was an Indian cricketer who sensational run in Asian Championships
played for the Indian national cricket team between 1966 and 1974. and victories in 2018 Cottbuser
He made his first-class debut in 1958, before making his debut in Sprint Cup 2, GP Brno Track Cycling
international cricket in 1966. competitions. This makes him first Indian
to reach the top spot in cycling. He is
## The aggressive batsman was a trailblazer in Indian cricket despite just also ranked world no. 3 in keirin event of
37 Test appearances. In ODIs, he captained India in just two matches cycling, where cyclists sprint for victory
and India lost both those ODIs against England, which prompted on track following controlled start. Esow
Wadekar to retire from international cricket in 1974. had won hat-trick of gold medals at 2018
## Overall, Wadekar scored 2,113 runs in his Test career, including one Asian Track Cycling Championships in
hundred and 14 half centuries, four of those being 90-plus scores. Malaysia. In this event, he had won gold
## After retirement from cricket, he served as India's manager in the 90s during medals in individual
Mohammed Azharuddin's captaincy. In his tenure as and team event. He
manager, India finished as semifinalists in the 1996 World trains in Delhi at Sports
Cup. He later went on to become the chairman of selectors. Authority of India’s
(SAI) National Cycling
## He was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 1967 and Academy.
Padmashri in 1972, India's fourth highest civilian
honour.
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Burning Topics of the Month

NASA launches Parker Scientists for first time

India plans first manned space
Solar Probe to study Sun’s decode complex wheat
mission by 2022.
corona. genome.

& Many More...

Toolkit by NASA to promote commercial use of satellite data 21 July '18

T
he National Aeronautics and Space Administration The launch of this toolkit is
(NASA) on July 19, 2018 launched the ‘Remote part of NASA Technology
Sensing Toolkit’ to promote commercial use of Transfer program offering
satellite data. This online toolkit was launched with an aim open remote-sensing data
to make it easier for users to find, analyse and utilise the that has long benefited
relevant satellite data for their research, business projects or the scientific community,
conservation efforts. other government
Highlights: agencies and non-profit
organizations.
The "Remote Sensing Toolkit" provides a simple system
that quickly identifies relevant sources based on user input. NASA’s Technology Transfer program is managed by the
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.
The toolkit is designed to help users search for data, as well
as ready-to-use tools and code to build new tools. The program ensures technologies developed for missions
in exploration and discovery are broadly available to the
This new tool makes finding and using NASA satellite public, maximising the benefit to the nation.
data easier than ever before, and aims to spark innovation
among the entrepreneurial community and lead to further The Technology Transfer program
commercialisation of NASA technology. will host a tutorial of Remote Sensing
Toolkit. To participate, potential users are
It will help grow the number of users who put NASA’s free required to sign up to be notified of future
and open data archive to work for people. webinars.

RISECREEK: IIT-Madras develops first indigenous microprocessors

under Project Shakti 06 August '18

C
omputer scientists from Indian Technology. Their design is open source
Institute of Technology (IIT), and can be adapted by others. They
Madras have developed first optimise power use and compete with
of family of six industry-standard international units such as Cortex A5
microprocessors under Project Shakti. from Advanced RISC Machines (ARM).
The initial batch of 300 chips have been They have better performance in terms
named RISECREEK and have been of DMIPS per megahertz rating than A5
fabricated at Intel’s facility at Oregon, US and score of 1.68 against competition’s of Things (IoT)
for free to run Linux operating system. 1.57. These viable industry-grade electronics.
microprocessors can operate at frequency
Highlights: These processors
of 350 MHz, thus meets demands of
Project Shakti was started in 2014 as defence and strategic equipment of can also be tapped
IIT-M initiative and part of it is funded by country such as NAVIC (Indian Regional for future efforts in
Ministry of Electronics and Information Navigation Satellite) and Internet semiconductors.
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NEWS BITES SCIENCE
NASA launches Parker Solar Probe to study Sun’s corona 13 August '18

U
S space agency NASA has
launched Parker Solar Probe,
a historic mission to touch
the sun. The main aim of the mission
is to send a satellite closer to the Sun
than any before. The rocket carrying
the solar probe lifted off from Space
Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station in Florida, US. The
launch happened after a failed attempt
on the previous day, when a last-
minute alarm caused the agency to
miss its 65-minute weather window.
Highlights:
The mission is named after
astrophysicist Eugene Parker, 91,
the physicist who first theorised the
existence of the solar wind in 1958. It
is the first space craft to be named after
a living person.
A plaque dedicating the mission to
Parker was attached to the spacecraft
in May. It includes a quote from the
renowned physicist – “Let’s see what
lies ahead.”
It also holds a memory card containing
more than 1.1 million names submitted
by the public to travel with the
spacecraft to the Sun.
About the Mission:
Parker Solar Probe, is the world’s first-
ever mission to touch the Sun. It will
perform the closest-ever observations
of a star when it travels through the
Sun's outer atmosphere - called the
corona.
The car-sized spacecraft will travel
directly into the Sun's atmosphere,
about four million miles from its
surface and more than seven times
closer than any spacecraft has come
before.
The mission is expected to unlock
the mysteries of the star's fiery outer
## At this point, the probe will be
atmosphere and its effects on space
moving at roughly 430,000 miles
weather during its seven-year long
per hour, setting the record of
journey.
being the fastest human-made
The overall cost of the mission is object ever.
expected to be around 1.5 billion US
## The probe will dip inside the
dollars.
tenuous atmosphere, sampling
Key Highlights: conditions and getting to just 6.16
NASA launches Parker Solar Probe million km from the Sun's broiling
mission to study Sun’s corona • The surface.
solar probe was launched aboard ## It is expected to transmit its first
United Launch Alliance Delta IV science observations in December
Heavy rocket. 2018.
## Just under an hour after the Following are some of the mysteries
launch, NASA confirmed that that the probe aims to solve:
the spacecraft had successfully
Why the Sun’s outer atmosphere - corona
separated and the probe had been
is 300 times hotter than its surface, which
released into space.
is thousands of miles below?
## The spacecraft is expected to fly
What drives the supersonic solar wind –
past Venus in six weeks and make
the constant stream of solar material that
the first contact with the Sun six
blows through the entire solar system?
weeks after that.
What accelerates solar energetic
## In its seven-year mission, Parker
particles, which can
Solar Probe will make six more
reach a speed of up
Venus flybys and 24 total passes
to more than half
by the Sun, journeying steadily
the speed of light
closer to the Sun until it makes
as they move away
its closest approach at 3.8 million
from the Sun?
miles.

Scientists develop super-insulating transparent Aerogel 15 August '18

S
cientists have developed Aerogel, a transparent heat- Their thin films are
resistant super-insulating gel using beer waste. It may made up of crisscrossing
be used to build greenhouse-like habitats for human patterns of solid material
colonised on extraterrestrial habitats such as Mars or Moon. that trap air inside
It could also be used on buildings on Earth to help make billions of tiny pores,
huge savings on energy costs. similar to bubbles in
Highlights: bubble wrap.

Aerogels defining feature is air, as it comprise at least 90% This trapping capacity
gas by weight. makes them good insulators.

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Recently developed transparent heat-resistant super-
insulating aerogel using beer waste looks like flattened
plastic contact lens film (roughly 100 times lighter than
glass).
It is transparent compared to similar products in market
allowing to see-through it.
It is also resistant to heat. It is also cheaper to produce
because it comes from beer waste.
India plans first manned space
mission by 2022 16 August '18
P
rime Minister Narendra Modi as part of 72nd
Independence Day speech vowed to put Indian in
space by 2022 under manned space mission on
board ‘Gaganyaan’. This announcement gives Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) definitive timeline
for manned space mission it has been working on for the
last 15 years.
Highlights:
The proposed human spaceflight programme (HSP) has
been on table since 2004.
ISRO is still long way away, despite advancements in
some critical technologies in past decade.
It is still building its capabilities and developing critical
technologies required to send astronauts into space.
The mission will be completed at budget of Rs 10,000
crore and some of technology components.
If successful, India will become fourth nation in the world
to send astronaut into space after US, Russia and China.
Former Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Rakesh Sharma was
first Indian to travel to space.
He was part of the Soviet Union’s
Soyuz T-11 expedition, launched on
April 2, 1984, as part of the Intercosmos
programme.
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Veteran sports journalist Swapan Sarkar died.
SCIENCE
Potential Applications: It could also be used on buildings on
Earth to help make huge savings on energy costs. It can be
also used in windows and also in extraterrestrial habitats. It
enables to harvest sunlight through that
thermally-insulating material and store
energy inside, thus protecting from big
oscillations in temperature especially on
Mars or on moon.
Scientists for the first time decode
complex wheat genome 19 August '18
T
eam of scientists including 18 Indian scientists for
first time decoded wheat genome. In this research,
DNA sequence of bread wheat was successfully
ordered and it represents highest quality genome sequence
generated to date for such wheat variety.
Highlights:
The research conducted by more than 200 scientists from 73
research institutions in 20 countries.
The reference genome decoded covers 94% (14.5 Gb) of
entire wheat genome.
Team of 18 Indian scientists contributed in decoding of
Chromosome 2A of wheat genome.
This project was financially supported by Department of
Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
The research shows that bread wheat has complex hexaploid
genome which is 40 times larger than that of rice genome
and 5 times larger than human genome.
Information generated by decoded wheat genome will help
to identify genes controlling complex agronomic traits such
as yield, grain quality, resistance to diseases and pests as
well as tolerance to drought, heat, water logging and salinity.
The availability of high quality reference
genome will accelerate breeding of
climate-resilient wheat varieties to feed
ever-increasing world population and
help address global food security in
decades to come.
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NEWS BITES MISCELLANEOUS

Burning Topics of the Month

Indian Oil tops 7 In- Khangchendzonga bio-

3rd BRICS Film Festival
dian firms on Fortune sphere reserve added to
was held in Durban.
500 list. UNESCO list.

& Many More...

4 Indian-origin persons in Fortune's 40 under 40 list of most influential

people in business 26 July '18

F
our persons of India-origin, including three
women, have been named by Fortune among
40 of the most influential and inspiring young
people in business under the age of 40. Instagram
co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom and Facebook
founder Mark Zuckerberg, both 34, are tied for first
place on the Fortune '40 Under 40' list.
Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of the US' largest
automaker, General Motors Dhivya Suryadevara
comes in at the 4th spot, followed by Vimeo
CEO Anjali Sud (14), co-founder and co-CEO of
Robinhood Baiju Bhatt (24) and Female Founders
Fund founding partner Anu Duggal (32).
For the first time ever, Fortune also assembled a "supplementary honour roll" of the most impressive, young superstars
who are transforming business at the leading edge of finance and technology.
The 'Ledger 40 Under 40' supplementary honour roll list shines a light on the pioneers building some of the world's fastest-
growing businesses. This list includes Senior Vice President of Product at real-time currency exchange and remittance network
Ripple, 39-year old Asheesh Birla, digital currency wallet and platform Coinbase's Chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan,
Director of MIT Digital Currency Initiative Neha Narula and Coinbase's Vice President of operations Tina Bhatnagar.
Fortune said Suryadevara, 39 made history when it was announced she would become GM's first female CFO later this
year, making the auto giant one of only two Fortune 500 companies led by a female CEO and CFO (the other is chocolate
giant Hershey).
Sud, 34 joined video-sharing website Vimeo as head of marketing in 2014 and was last year named CEO, charged with
focusing Vimeo as a cloud-based platform for video creation, distribution, and monetization, targeting individuals and
small- to medium-size businesses.
Bhatt, 33 cofounded financial services company Robinhood with Vlad Tenev in 2013 as an "egalitarian challenge to
oldguard brokerage houses. Five years later, it has shot to a valuation of $5.6 billion." This year the company added
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to the trading mix and now hope to build Robinhood into a full-blown digital bank,
Fortune said.
Duggal, 39, launched Female Founders Fund in 2014 as a seed-stage venture fund to invest in female-led
technology companies. She had initially raised five million dollars and by May of this year, she closed
$27 million for her second early-stage fund, with a roster of limited partners including philanthropist
Melinda Gates, Fortune said.

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50 MICA OCTOBER 2018 Guha.

01 August '18
Indian Oil tops 7 Indian
firms on Fortune 500 list
S
even Indian
companies have made
it to the latest Fortune
500 list of the world's biggest
corporations in terms of
revenue, with state-owned
IOC continuing to be the
highest ranked Indian firm
and Reliance Industries (RIL) jumping 53 places.
"The world's 500 largest companies generated $30
trillion in revenues and $1.9 trillion in profits in
2017. Together, this year's Fortune Global 500
companies employ 67.7 million people worldwide
and are represented by 33 countries," Fortune said.
Highlights:
The list topped by retail giant Walmart.
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) with 23 per cent rise in
revenues at $65.9 billion was ranked 137th, up
from the 168th position in 2017.
RIL was the top private sector company from
the country as it jumped from 203rd rank last
year to 148th. It had a revenue of $62.3 billion
in 2017-18.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) made a
come back into the list with a ranking of 197th.
It did not feature in the 2017 ranking.
State Bank of India (SBI) with $47.5 billion
revenue was given 216th rank, a shade higher
than 217th last year. Tata Motors improved its
ranking from 247th last year to 232nd.
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) that moved
up to 314th position from 360th last year.
Rajesh Exports was the seventh Indian firm on
the list though its ranking slipped to 405th this
year from 295th last year.
RIL was the most profitable Indian firm on the list.
On the globally most profitable list, it secured the
99th position. The list was topped by Apple.
Two Chinese firms - Sinopec Group and China
National Petroleum Corp S. No.
(CNPC) - figure in the top
10, occupying 3rd and 4th
positions, respectively. State
Grid was ranked 2nd while
Royal Dutch Shell got 5th
position.
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Acclaimed Bengali writer Ramapada Chowdhury died.
MISCELLANEOUS
3rd BRICS Film Festival was held in
Durban 03 August '18
T
he third edition of BRICS Film Festival
was held in Durban, South Africa,
along with the International Durban
Film Festival (DIFF). The last day of festival
was celebrated as India Country Day followed
by Awards and Closing Ceremony. The film
gala was aimed at celebrating world-class
film productions from BRICS nations (Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa) with the objective of inspiring
more collaboration from these nations.
Highlights:
Newton directed by Amit Masurkar won Best Film and Village Rockstars
by Rima Das received Best Actress (Bhanita Das) and Special Jury Award.
The format of BRICS film festival consisted of screening two feature
films from each country in competition category and three feature films
in non-competition category. Total of 24 films were screened during
duration of the festival.
Note: Newton featuring Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil
and Raghubir Yadav in lead roles earlier had won
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. It
was also India’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film
at Oscars (90th Academy Awards). Village Rockstars
was premiered at 2017 Toronto International Film
Festival (TIFF) and it had won Best Feature Film
Swarna Kamal award at 65th National Film Awards.
India has been ranked 96th in the United
Nation’s E-Government Index 03 August '18
I
ndia jumped 22 places to 96th rank in the top 100 of the United
Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI) 2018.
Denmark, with an index value of 0.9150, topped the 2018
E-Government Development Survey. The E-Government survey is
released by the United Nations in every two years. The 2018 edition
was titled as 'Gearing E-Government to Support Transformation
towards sustainable and resilient societies'. India, which was ranked
118 in 2014, jumped 11 places to be ranked 96 in 2018.
The EGDI is a composite index based on the weighted
average of three normalized indices:
1. Telecommunications Infrastructure Index (TII),
2. Human Capital Index (HCI),
3. Online Service Index (OSI).
Country Index
1 Denmark 0.9150
2 Australia 0.9053
3 Republic of Korea 0.9010
4 The United Kingdom 0.8999
5 Sweden 0.8882
6 Finland 0.8815
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Avi Goel wins International Khangchendzonga biosphere reserve
Geography Bee World added to UNESCO list 09 August '18

T
Championship 09 August '18 he Khangchendzonga
Biosphere Reserve,
one of the highest
ecosystems in the world, has
been added to UNESCO's

I
ndian-American high school student Avi
Goel has won the world championship at
the International Geography Bee's junior
varsity division held in Berlin, Germany.
Avi, 14, a tenth grade student at Silver Creek High
School in Evergreen, San Jose, CA, won a gold
medal in seven out of the 10 medal events, and
a silver medal in two of the events, topping the
overall medals table. He also bagged the top spot
in all the three events counting towards the world
championship title: the International Geography
Exam, the International Geography Showdown,
and the International Geography Bee.
The competition took place from
July 11-18, 2018, and brought
together over 100 of the world's
top geography students to vie for
the world championship title in
the subject.
list of World Network
of Biosphere Reserve
(WNBR).
The Khangchendzonga reserve will be the 11th internationally
designated WNBR.
The reserve includes a range of ecoclines varying from subtropical to
arctic, as well as vast natural forests in different biomes that support an
immensely rich diversity of forest types and habitats resulting in high
species diversity and endemism.
International coordinating Council (ICC) of Man and Biosphere
(MAB) Programme, UNESCO, in its 30th session (23-27 July, 2018) at
Palembang, Indonesia, designated Khangchendzonga
Biosphere Reserve for inclusion in the World Network
of Biosphere Reserve.
Khangchendzonga joins the list of other biospheres
such as Nandadevi, Simlipal Biosphere reserve,
Nilgiri and others.

03 August '18
Pune tops the list of Ease of Living Index

P
une has been ranked first in the Ease of Living Index launched
by Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. Navi Mumbai has been
ranked second and while Delhi at 65th place in the list.
Greater Mumbai has been ranked three, followed by Triputi, Chandigarh,
Thane, Raipur, Indore, Vijaywada and Bhopal. The survey was conducted
on 111 cities in the country.
Ease of Living Index has been based on four parameters -- governance,
social institutions, economic and physical infrastructure. Chennai has been ranked 14 and New Delhi 65.

Akshay Kumar appointed as the brand ambassador

for Road Safety Campaigns 16 August '18

U
nion Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari launched three short films
for generating public awareness towards road safety. Film actor Akshay Kumar
has featured in these films, which are directed by R. Balki. In a function attended by
MoS Mansukh L Mandavia in New Delhi, Gadkari announced the appointment of Akshay
Kumar as Road Safety Brand Ambassador.
Over 65 per cent of the deaths on roads were of the people in employable age, which seriously impacts
their families. He said, reducing accidents means increasing prosperity in the country.
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 ETYMOLOGY WORLD OF ENGLISH
EDITORIAL WORD DEFINITIONS
Concur (Verb) - UK a : something done or said that may serve as an example or
/ -rr-
formal rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same
or an analogous kind a verdict that had no precedent
1- to agree or have the same opinion.
b : the convention established by such a precedent or by
The new report concurs with previous findings.
long practice
2- The board concurred that the editor should have full
c : a person or thing that serves as a model
control over editorial matters.
ORIGIN
"I think you're absolutely right," concurred Piyush.
Late Middle English (also in the senses ‘collide’ and ‘act in
OTHER DEFINITIONS
combination’): from Latin concurrere ‘run together, assemble
1- If two or more events concur, they happen at the same in crowds’, from con- ‘together with’ + currere ‘to run’.
time.
Related forms
2- to agree or have the same opinion as someone else:
con•cur•ring•ly, adverb
He said the mayor should not be re-elected, and the
pre•con•cur, verb (used without object), pre•con•curred,
voters concurred.
pre•con•cur•ring.
3- to agree with someone or something:
un•con•curred, adjective
concur with sb/sth- The new report concurs with
un•con•cur•ring, adjective
previous findings.
DERIVED FORMS
concur that The board members concurred that the offer
should be accepted. concurringly (con'curringly) adverb
PRONUNCIATION Synonyms : agree, coincide
Let us deal with the pronunciation with this magical word Antonyms : differ, disagree
i.e., concur, so first of all break it into two parts i.e., con+
EXAMPLES OF CONCUR IN A SENTENCE
cur so ‘con’ sounds as ‘done’ or ‘ton’ with more focus on I have sought second opinions, which concur that it is
the syllable ‘c’, while ‘cur’ sounds exactly like the latter outrageous that the cost of these repairs has been set so high.
part of the word ‘occur’ this hence; con like ton and cur like
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
latter part of ‘occur’, hence becomes concur.
Lord Judge delivered a concurring opinion.
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I concurred with the programme.
I entirely concur in that view.
He concurred wholly that the heat and humidity were awful.
Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-
The standing joint committee concurred with him.
ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
More example sentences
The Master of the Rolls delivered a concurring judgment.
• ‘Furthermore, this is a case of general importance and
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
it may well set a precedent.’
FIRST KNOWN USE OF PERCOLATE
• ‘Critics say that the judges should have let the 1963
precedent stand, even if it was bad.’ 15th century
NEW AND TRICKY
SUFFIX- DESCRIPTION PART OF SPEECH MADE FROM EXAMPLES
Congregate, Contravene,
CON with/together - Root
Controvert
Word Root of concur 1- Reminded of that revving motor down in Dixie, I have
The Latin word currere, meaning “to run,” and its form to concur.
cursus give us the roots curr and curs. Words from the Latin (A History of American Fun)
currere have something to do with running. A current is the 2- Such is her burgeoning popularity Toomey is looking to
direction in which a river runs or flows. When two people employ more instructors to lead her highly personalized
concur, their ideas or opinions run together in agreement. exercise classes.
A course is the path over which something moves or runs.
(How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s
Contemporary Examples Latest Fitness Craze)

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 Higher Education
Commission of India Bill 2018:
An Analysis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government has
decided to introduce the Higher Education Commission
of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act)
Bill 2018 that will do away with the University Grants
Commission Act 1956 and pave the way for the setting
up of the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI).
The new Commission will focus on improving academic
standards and the quality of Higher Education.
The decision to set up HECI is the latest among a series
of reform measures undertaken by the government for the
overhaul of higher education regulatory bodies. Previously,
the government had launched reform measures in NAAC,
Regulation for grant of Graded Autonomy to Universities,
granting of Autonomous status to colleges, the Regulation
for Open Distance Learning, Regulation for Online degrees
etc.
Objectives of HECI:
According to the government, attempts at the reform of the
higher education regulatory body are guided by principles
of “less government and more government”; “separation
of grant function”; “End of inspection Raj”; “Focus of
academic quality”; and “Powers to Enforce”.
It would downsize the scope of the UGC to ensure no more
interference in the management issues of the educational
institutions.
The grant functions would be carried out the HRD Ministry,
unlike the UGC till now. This will allow HECI to focus
on academic matters only. There was considerable merit
in combining both powers in the UGC, as it could wield
the carrot as well as the stick over higher educational
institutions. The Higher Education Commission of India
Bill has created confusion and uncertainty by remaining
silent about the alternative arrangement for releasing grants.
By ending the inspection Raj, regulation will be done
through transparent public disclosures, merit-based
decision making on matters regarding standards and quality
in higher education.
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The mandate of HECI will be to improve academic
standards and specific focus will be on learning outcomes,
evaluation of academic performance by institutions,
mentoring of institutions, training of teachers, promoting
use of educational technology etc. HECI will be responsible
for setting standards for opening and closure of institutions,
providing greater flexibility and autonomy to institutions,
lay standards for appointments.
HECI will also have the power to enforce compliance to the
academic quality standards, order closure of sub-standard
and bogus institutions. The non-compliance by institutions
will also lead to fines or jail-term.
Highlights of Higher Education Commission of India
(Repeal of University Grants Commission Act) Bill
2018:
Powers of HECI:
HECI shall have the power to grant authorization for starting
of academic operations on the basis of their compliance
with norms of academic quality.
HECI shall have the powers to revoke authorization
granting to a higher education institution where there is a
case of wilful or continuous default in compliance with the
norms/regulations.
The Commission shall take steps for promoting the quality
of academic instruction and maintenance of academic
standards.
The Commission shall, subject to the provisions of this
Act and regulations made under this Act, take measures to
promote the autonomy of higher educational institutions
for the free pursuit of knowledge, innovation, incubation
and entrepreneurship, and for facilitating access, inclusion
and opportunities to all, and providing for comprehensive
and holistic growth of higher education and research in a
competitive global environment.
No higher educational institution empowered, by or
under law, to award any degree or diploma established
after the coming into force of this Act shall commence
its first academic operations unless it is so authorized, in
accordance with such norms as may be specified by the
Commission.
The Bill also provides for the penal provisions, which
albeit graded in nature, will cover withdrawal of power
to grant degrees/ diplomas or direction to cease academic
operations and in cases of wilful non-compliance, may
result in prosecution sanction as per the Criminal Procedure
Code with a punishment of imprisonment for a term which
may extend up to 3 years.
Every application for grant of authorization shall be made,
by a higher educational institution or a University, to the
Commission using an online e-governance module.
Responsibilities of HECI
The Commission shall:
Put in place a robust accreditation system for evaluation
of academic outcomes by various Higher Educational
Institutions.
Provide for mentoring of institutions found to be failing in
maintaining the required academic standards
Order closure of institutions which fail to adhere to
minimum standards without affecting the student’s interest
or fail to get accreditation within the specified period.
Monitor, through a national database, all matters concerning
the development of emerging fields of knowledge, balanced
growth of higher educational institutions in all spheres and
academic quality in higher education and research.
In the discharge of its functions under this Act, the
Commission shall be guided by such directions on questions
of policy relating to national purposes as may be given to it
by the Central Government.
The provisions of this Act shall have overriding effect
notwithstanding anything inconsistent there with contained
in any other law for the time being in force or in any
instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than
this Act.
The constitution of the Commission is strengthened by the
co-option of Chairpersons of regulatory bodies in higher
education, namely the AICTE and the NCTE. Moreover
the Chairpersons/Vice-Chairpersons and members will be
scholars of eminence and standing in the field of academics
and research, possessing leadership qualities, proven
capacities for institution building and deep understanding
of issues of higher education policy and practice.
The Commission will also specify norms and processes for
fixing of fee chargeable by higher education institutions and
advice the Central Government or the State Governments,
as the case may be, regarding steps to be taken for making
education affordable to all.
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Commission shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice
Chairperson and twelve other Members to be appointed by
the Central Government. The Secretary of the Commission
will act as the Member-Secretary.
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Members shall be
scholars being persons of eminence and standing in the field
of academics and research possessing leadership abilities,
proven capacity for institution building, governance of
institutions of higher learning and research and deep
understanding on issues of higher education policy and
practice.
The Chairperson shall be selected by a Search-Cum-
Selection Committee, consisting of Cabinet Secretary
(Chairperson), Secretary Higher Education, and three other
eminent academicians to be co-opted as members.
Shortcomings:
In a country as large and as diverse as India, with 864
universities, 40,026 colleges and 11,669 stand-alone
institutions (as per the All India Survey on Higher
Education 2016-17), excessive centralisation will not
result in improvement of academic standards and will
instead lead to even more bureaucratisation, delays and
corruption.
The most shocking thing about the Higher Education
Commission of India Bill is that it effectively downgrades
universities to the level of colleges by clubbing both
together under the name “Higher Educational Institutions”
and applying common rules to them.
Section 24 of the Bill proposes the setting up of an Advisory
Council chaired by the Union Minister for Human Resources
Development. The Higher Education Commission of India
is supposed to “take steps to implement the advice rendered
by the Advisory Council”.
India ranks a lowly 121 in the world in terms of the
percentage of the budget earmarked for education
(only 3.8%), of which Higher Education gets a meagre
share, most of which goes to the Institutions of National
Importance. It is naive to think that we can improve the
standard of higher education in India merely through
regulation and without significantly increasing public
funding.
Additionally, whereas UGC used to fund numerous
individual research projects and grant research fellowships,
the proposed Higher Education Commission of India
will only “promote research in HEIs [higher educational
institutions] and coordinate with Government for provision
of adequate funding for research” [section 15(3)(e)]. This
shows the low priority accorded to research in academia by
the Bill, an area in which India already lags behind several
countries.
OCTOBER 2018 MICA 55
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(25 December 1924 - 16 August 2018)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has died aged 93, was the most
important politician in 20th-century India not to be either
a current or former member of the Congress party. His
political life spanned almost the entire period of Indian
independence. He became prime minister first in 1996 for
less than a fortnight. Then, in March 1998, the Bharatiya
Janata party (BJP), long considered a pariah in Indian
politics, welded provincial parties into a workable coalition.
Vajpayee again became prime minister.
In power, he burnished his right-wing credentials. His
popularity soared when the government detonated a nuclear
bomb under the sands of the Rajasthan deserts in the teeth of
international disapproval. A month later Indian forces won
a decisive victory over Pakistani soldiers in the Kargil war.
These two events led to Vajpayee being re-elected in 1999 and
he went on to lead the first government not dominated by the
Congress party to complete a full five-year term. In doing so,
Vajpayee became the first Indian who did not hail from the
Nehru-Gandhi clan to be sworn in three times as prime minister.
He also proved an able diplomat, working discreetly to woo
President Bill Clinton, who had denounced India’s nuclear tests
in 1998 but went to India two years later – the first visit by a US
president to the country in more than two decades.
Vajpayee was born into a high-caste Brahmin family
in Gwalior, in central India’s cowbelt; his father, Shri
Krishna Behari Vajpayee, was a teacher. A Marxist in
his youth, he abandoned that creed for rightwing Hindu
politics as a student. It was a visit to a camp run by the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS – National Volunteer
Service), an organisation inspired by European fascism,
that converted him. The RSS is the moral compass for
Hindu nationalism, a political ideology the young Vajpayee
openly endorsed. Yet outwardly, he appeared an instinctive
moderate who professed admiration for Gandhi and
condemned the Mahatma’s assassination by a member of
the RSS. Vajpayee cited Richard Attenborough’s film about
the independence leader as one of his favourites. He was,
in private, a liberal, likable man who enjoyed a scotch and
had to deny eating beef, a serious charge against a Hindu
politician. Despite his protestations of being a bachelor, it
was widely rumoured he had a long-term lover.
Vajpayee was an aspiring author, and wrote vivid, dreamy
poetry. He had a sharp pen, honed in his early years as
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a trenchant journalist on an RSS magazine. When the
33-year-old Vajpayee was elected to parliament for the
RSS’s political wing, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, in 1957, he
discovered his true gift: public speaking. Jawaharlal Nehru,
one of the world’s greatest orators, noticed the rising star
on the opposition benches and predicted that one day he
would hold high office. As early as 1960, Vajpayee warned
of alienating Muslims and other minorities in a country as
diverse as India. He wrote that restricting his party’s base
to just one creed did not make electoral sense. He practised
what he preached. In his own parliamentary constituency
of Lucknow, Shia Muslim households in the city displayed
pictures of Vajpayee alongside one of the Ayatollah
Khomeini, who led the Iranian revolution in 1979.
It was not until Nehru’s daughter Indira Gandhi misread the
public mood by suspending democracy and throwing the
opposition into jail that Vajpayee emerged on to the national
stage. When the emergency was lifted, Gandhi lost power
and Vajpayee became foreign minister, in 1977. His stint
was distinguished by peace missions to India’s neighbours.
Vajpayee met Pakistan’s military dictator Zia-ul-Haq in
1978 and a year later visited Deng Xiaoping in China. Both
trips were seen as diplomatic breakthroughs but Vajpayee’s
spell in power was over in months when the government
collapsed after bitter infighting.
Vajpayee’s achievement as prime minister was to present
a fresh vision of India in the world. This new self-image
was at odds with the Nehruvian idealism of the past, and
emphasised economic and nuclear strength. The BJP’s
ascent also symbolised the passing of India’s secular
identity. By the late 90s Vajpayee promised the BJP was a
“party with a difference”.
Vajpayee won the Screen Award for Best Non-Film Lyrics
for his album Nayi Disha in 2000. Nayi Disha, which was
released in 1999, had lyrics by the late politician and vocals
by ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh. He received the Padma
Vibhushan in 1992.
He was conferred India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat
Ratna, by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee in 2015.
The administration of Narendra Modi declared in 2014 that
Vajpayee's birthday, 25 December, would be marked as
Good Governance Day.
 DESIGNATION WHO'S WHO
WHO’S WHO
S.No. DESIGNATION NAME
1. Chairman, Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu
2. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
3. Chairman of Niti Ayog Narendra D Modi
4. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Gulam Nabi Azad
5. Leader of House in Lok Sabha Narendra D Modi
6. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge
7. Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat
8. Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, Sunil Arora
9. Director General, ITBP RK Pachnanda
10. Chief Vigilance Commissioner K V chaudhary
11. Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale
12. Comptroller & Auditor General of India Rajeev Mehrishi
13. Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes Jus. Vangala Eswaraiah
14. Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India R. S Sharma
15. CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma
16. Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Nand Kumar Sai
17. Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi
18. Chairman, UPSC Arvind Saxena
19. Director General, National Investigation Agency Y.C. Modi
20. Chairman, UGC D.P. Singh
21. Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO K. Sivan
22. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Sec. Deptt. of Atomic Energy Sekhar Basu
23. Chairman, SSC Ashim Khurana
24. Chairman,National Human Rights Commission Justice H.L. Dattu
25. Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Sailesh
26. Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes Sushil Chandra
27. Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India Subash Chandra Khuntia
28. Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India Ajay Tyagi
29. Chairperson, State Bank of India Rajnish Kumar
30. Chairman, LIC V.K. Sharma
31. India’s permanent representative in UNO Syed Akbaruddin
32. Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba
33. Chairperson of National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma
34. Chairman, 15th Finance Commission N.K. Singh
35. Chairman, Competition Commission of India Devendra Kumar Sikri
36. Chairperson,Central Board of Film Certification Prasoon Joshi
37. President, ASSOCHAM Sandeep Jajodia
38. Chairman, NASSCOM Rishad Premji
39. New Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat
40. Director General, RAW Anil Dhasmana
41. Children Film Society of India, CEO Swati Pandey
42. Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas
43. President, CII Rakesh Bharti Mittal
44. President, FICCI Rashesh Shah
45. Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda
46. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval
47. Chairperson, Prasar Bharati Dr. A. Surya Prakash
48. Chairman, Investment Commission Ratan Tata
49. Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia
50. Chairman, Indian Banks Association Usha Ananthasubramanian
Data as on 20th August, 2018
Man Mohan Bhanot has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the
Equitorial Guinea.
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10th BRICS Summit
2018

The heads of state and government of all five BRICS nations including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
convened for the 10th BRICS Summit from July 25-27, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Theme of the summit was:
‘BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution'. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi attended it to culminate his three-leg Africa tour. Modi used this opportunity to further his 'make
in India' mission and bring together the member nations on a common ground against terrorism and trade wars.
India's relations with South Africa date back several centuries as India was at the forefront of the international community
in its support to the anti-apartheid movement in Africa. The year 2018 also marks 25 years since the resumption of India's
diplomatic relations with South Africa in 1993. The South African Indian-origin community is around 1.5 million strong
and constitutes about 3 percent of South Africa's total population.
BRICS is a grouping of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Originally the first
four were grouped as "BRIC", before the induction of South Africa in 2010.
The summit saw the BRICS leaders come together and discuss various international and regional issues of common
concern and adopted the 'Johannesburg Declaration' by consensus. The declaration reaffirms principles of democracy,
inclusiveness and agrees to fight unilateralism and protectionism.
BRICS Summit 2018: Johannesburg Declaration adopted
## Addressing the 10th BRICS summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the fourth industrial revolution
presents both opportunities and challenges for the BRICS nations.
## He said there is need to be vigilant about the adverse impact of the disruptive technologies on the economies of the
developing nations. He also laid emphasis on the need to focus on skill development and vocational training to reap
the benefits of 4th industrial revolution.
## In his concluding remarks, the Prime Minister said that there is a need to share best practices and policies among
BRICS countries.
## The Prime Minister held bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Summit with the leaders of Russia, China, South
Africa, Argentina and Angola.
## It was Modi's third meeting with Chinese President Xi Zinping in last 3 months.
Other Details
Besides the BRICS Summit 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the BRICS Outreach with leaders
from Africa and Outreach with leaders from Global South summit.
In the BRICS Africa Outreach, the invited countries include Rwanda, Uganda, Togo, Zambia, Namibia, Senegal, Gabon,
Ethiopia, Angola and the African Union Chair.
About BRICS
BRICS is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The group was formed initially with just four nations –Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). The term- BRIC was coined
by global economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 as an acronym of four countries that were all deemed to be at a similar stage of
newly advanced economic development.

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According to a thesis proposed by Jim O'Neill, global economist at Goldman Sachs, the economic potential of Brazil,
Russia, India and China is such that they could be among the four most dominant economies by 2050.
The countries not only encompass over 25 per cent of the world's land coverage and 40 per cent of the world's population
but also hold a combined GDP (PPP) of $20 trillion.
On almost every scale, they would be the largest entity on the global stage, as the four nations are among the biggest and
fastest-growing emerging markets.
Key Aim
The original aim of the grouping was to establish an equitable, democratic and multi-polar world order.
The first BRIC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in 2006 between China, Brazil, Russia and India on the margins of the
general debate of the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly, which drew the prelude for BRIC cooperation.
In 2009, the first BRIC Summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia and in 2010, it became a formal institution. Since then,
the Summit has become an annual event. Till date, 8 Summits have been held.
In December 2010, China, the Chair of the group then, invited South Africa to join BRIC and attend the Summit in Sanya,
China.
Following the summit, BRIC officially expanded to include 5 countries and the acronym changed from BRIC to BRICS.
## With 10 years of development, BRICS has grown into an important platform for cooperation among emerging markets
and developing countries.
## BRICS countries come from Asia, Africa, Europe and America and are all members of the G20.
## Together, the nations account for 26.46 per cent of the world land area, 42.58 per cent of the world’s population, 13.24
per cent of the World Bank voting power and 14.91 per cent of IMF quota shares.
## According to IMF’s estimates, the BRICS countries generated 22.53 per cent of the world GDP in 2015 and they have
contributed more than 50 per cent of world economic growth during the last 10 years.
Turkey's Role
Moreover, a significant additional feature to this year's summit is the participation of Turkey. Before heading to South
Africa, Erdogan made the remarks during a press conference at the Ankara airport, adding that the BRICS member
countries have contributed in the last decade to 50 percent of the global economic growth and, even though Turkey is
not a member of the BRICS, Erdogan will attend a special session of the event in his capacity as the current chair of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Russia and Turkey's cooperation has significantly increased in recent years and the two countries look to work together on
Syrian issues to find a peaceful solution to the crisis at the Turkish border.
However, will the BRICS members emerge as a credible bloc that can stand up to the US, EU, the G7, and the OPEC is
what will remain to be seen after the Johannesburg summit gets over.
A brief history of thr BRICS summit is as follows:
The Chairship of the forum is rotated annually among the members, in accordance with the acronym B-R-I-C-S. Over
and above the summit, BRICS cooperation in the past decade has expanded to include an annual programme of over 100
sectoral meetings. Cooperation among members is predicated on three levels or "tracks" of interaction, namely:
Track I: Formal diplomatic engagement between the national governments
Track II: Engagement through government-affiliated institutions, e.g. state-owned enterprises and business councils
Track III: Civil society and "people-to-people" engagement.
The first BRIC Summit took place in 2009 in the Russian Federation and focused on issues such as reform of the global
financial architecture. South Africa was invited to join BRIC in December 2010, after which the group adopted the acronym
BRICS. Former South African President Jacob Zuma subsequently attended the Third BRICS Summit in Sanya, China, in
March 2011.
South Africa assumed the rotational Chairship of BRICS from 1 January to 31 December 2018. The 2018 Summit will be a
seminal milestone for BRICS cooperation, as it represents a decade of BRICS cooperation at the highest diplomatic level.

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 Blood Moon 2018: The
longest lunar eclipse
of the century

On the night of July 27-28, 2018, stargazers across the If Earth partially blocks the sun, and the darkest part of its
world witnessed a spectacular celestial phenomenon shadow falls across the moon's surface, it is called a partial
'Blood Moon 2018'. Blood Moon or Total Lunar Eclipse, eclipse. You will see a black shadow taking a bite out of
a rare celestial event, is considered to be the longest total the moon. Sometimes, the moon passes through the lighter
lunar eclipse of the 21st century which lasted beyond 100 part of Earth's shadow, causing a penumbral eclipse. Only
minutes. seasoned sky watchers will be able to tell the difference,
The Blood Moon 2018 was first visible in India from because the moon only darkens very slightly.
around 10:44pm, while its capital New Delhi was right During a full eclipse, however, something spectacular
between the actions of the full total eclipse at around 1 happens. The moon is fully in Earth's shadow. At the same
am midnight which ended at 2.43am. It was majorly seen time, a little bit of light from Earth's sunrises and sunsets
in the Eastern Hemisphere including Central Asia and (on the disk of the planet) falls on the surface of the moon.
Eastern Africa. The best view of the entire eclipse was Because the light waves are stretched out, they look red.
visible across the Eastern Europe, Central and East Africa When this red light strikes the moon's surface, it also
and South East Asia. appears red.
What is a blood moon? How red the moon appears can depend on how much
A “blood moon” is a name given to the moon during a pollution, cloud cover or debris there is in the atmosphere.
lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes For example, if an eclipse takes place shortly after a
between the sun and the moon, casting the moon into volcanic eruption, the particles in the atmosphere will make
shadow. Unlike with a solar eclipse, when the moon passes the moon look darker than usual.
between the Earth and sun, blocking the sun’s light, the While there are planets and moons all over the solar system,
moon is not “turned dark” during an eclipse, but instead only Earth is lucky enough to experience lunar eclipses
appears to turn red. Because blue and violet wavelengths because its shadow is just large enough to cover the moon
are scattered more than red and orange ones, more of the completely. The moon is slowly drifting away from our
red wavelengths reach the moon, making the moon appear planet (at roughly 1.6 inches or 4 centimetres a year) and
red. this situation won't persist forever. There are roughly two
Why the moon turns red? to four lunar eclipses every year, according to NASA, and
each one is visible over about half the Earth.
The moon orbits around Earth, while Earth orbits around the
sun. The moon takes about 27 days to orbit Earth and goes Selenelion
through regular phases in a 29.5-day cycle. The difference A selenelion or selenehelion occurs when both the Sun and
in these two cycles has to do with the relative positions of an eclipsed Moon can be observed at the same time. This
the sun, Earth and moon, which change during the moon's can occur only just before sunset or just after sunrise, when
orbit. both bodies will appear just above the horizon at nearly
Lunar eclipses can only happen during a full moon, opposite points in the sky. This arrangement has led to the
when the sun fully illuminates the surface. Usually a full phenomenon being also called a horizontal eclipse.
moon has no eclipse because the moon orbits in a slightly Typically, a number of high ridges undergoing sunrise or
different plane than the Earth and the sun do. However, sunset can view it. Although the Moon is in Earth's umbra,
at times the planes coincide. Earth passes in between the both the Sun and an eclipsed Moon can be simultaneously
moon and the sun and cuts off the sunlight, causing an seen because atmospheric refraction causes each body to
eclipse. appear higher in the sky than their true geometric positions.
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How rare is it?
Lunar eclipses are less common than solar eclipses, with a
maximum of three occurring in any given location per year,
though some years there can be none. However, each lunar
eclipse is visible from more than half the Earth.
If this eclipse is rare, it is because it will last for so long.
The moon will be in the Earth’s shadow for four hours and
totally eclipsed for one hour and 43 minutes, which is just
short of the theoretical limit of a lunar eclipse (one hour and
47 minutes). The eclipse will last for so long on Friday night
because the moon will be passing through the centre of the
Earth’s shadow.
In July 2018, the Full Moon, as well as the Lunar Apogee
Fall, occurred on the exact same date, which is July 27. The
Lunar Apogee is said to be the moon’s farthest orbital point
from the Earth, which makes it appear particularly small
and distant.
About Lunar Eclipse:
Types of lunar eclipse :
The longest Total Lunar Eclipse
## The first part of the lunar eclipse saw the Moon fall
under the Earth’s shadow called Umbra. This part of
the eclipse is known as the Penumbral Eclipse.
## It coincided not only with Mars's close approach, but
with the "procession of planets", a line-up of celestial
neighbours Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.
## The total lunar eclipse lasted 103 minutes, that is 1
Hour 43 minutes, which made it the century’s longest.
Various stages of a Total Lunar Eclipse
Beginning of Penumbral eclipse: The outer part of the
Earth's shadow begins moving across the Moon.
Beginning of Partial eclipse: The inner part of the Earth's
shadow begins covering the Moon.
Beginning of Total eclipse: The Earth's shadow completely
covers the Moon, turning it into a reddish brown colour.
Maximum eclipse: The mid-point of totality
Total eclipse ends: The Earth's shadow starts moving away
from the Moon.
Partial eclipse ends: Earth's shadow completely leaves the
surface of the Moon.
Penumbral eclipse ends: The outer part of the Earth's
shadow completely moves away from the Moon.
Danjon Lunar Eclipse Scale
The French astronomer A. Danjon proposed a useful
five point scale for evaluating the visual appearance and
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brightness of the Moon during total lunar eclipses. 'L' values
for various luminosities are defined in the following table:
DANJON LUNAR ECLIPSE SCALE OF BRIGHTNESS
L-Value Description
0 Color Very Dark - Moon almost invisible at darkness with
no features.
1. Color Gray or Brownish - Dark shadows with a few
features faintly visible.
2. Color Rusty Brown or Dark Red - Umbra very dark in
the center, light at edges.
3. Color Reddish to Brick Red - Edges of umbra are light
in color and may appear yellow
4. Color Orange or Copper - Very bright umbra trim and
may appear bluish in color.
Lunar & Solar Eclipse Facts
Full moons are the only time lunar eclipses occur.
New moons are the only time solar eclipses occur.
A solar eclipse always occurs two weeks after or two weeks
before a total lunar eclipse.
Lunar eclipses can last for a maximum of 3 hours and 40
minutes, with the period of totality lasting for as long as I
hour and 40 minutes.
Solar eclipses can last for a maximum of 7 minutes and 40
seconds if they are total (at the equator), 12 minutes and 24
seconds at most if they are annular.
Lunar eclipses can never happen more than three times a
year. Solar eclipses happen at least twice a year but never
more than five times a year.
Lunar eclipses are visible over an entire hemisphere. Solar
eclipses are visible in a narrow path that is a maximum of
167 miles wide (269 km).
The greatest number of solar and lunar eclipses that can
happen in a year is seven.
At any specific geographic location on the globe, a total solar
eclipse can occur only once every 360 years, on average.
Solar eclipses and lunar eclipses go together in pairs. A solar
eclipse is always followed or preceded by a lunar eclipse,
within an interval of 14 days. Eclipses may also occur in
threes, alternating lunar, solar, lunar.
The characteristics of one eclipse are repeated every 18
years, I 1 days, and 8 hours, with some minor variations.
This long-term rhythm is called the Saros cycle. At any
given time, there may be several dozen different series of
this cycle in effect.
Dravyas.

Q.1 Consider the following statements.
(A) India announced two lines of credit to Uganda.
(B) The lines of credit worth $200 million.
(C) The lines of credit is in energy infrastructure,
agriculture and dairy sectors.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only A is true (2) Only B is true
(3) Only C is true (4) All are true
(5) None are true
Q.2 Consider the following statements.
(A) Mark Zuckerberg and Kevin Systrom have
been placed on the top position in the Fortune's
'40 under 40' list.
(B) Mark Zuckerberg is the Cofounder and CEO of
Instagram and Kevin Systrom is the founder of
Facebook.
(C) Henry Robinson Luce founded Fortune
magazine in 1929.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C
(4) All are true (5) None are true
Q.3 Consider the following statements:
(A) Invest India and Business Italy have signed a
MoU to promote investment facilitation and
cooperation between startups of India and
Italy.
(B) The goal will be to facilitate direct foreign
investment by providing practical investment
information to enterprises.
(C) It will also support the companies pursuing
those opportunities which contribute positively
to economic growth of the two countries.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and C (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.4 Consider the following statements:
(A) Khushwant Singh has written a book named
“Gandhi: The years that changed the world
(1914-1948)”.
(B) This book will be released in September 2018.
This book will be will be published by Penguin
Random House India.
(C) Khushwant Singh is a popular historian and
author and he has written several bestselling
books like “India after Gandhi” and “Gandhi
before India”.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
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(1) Option A and C (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.5 Consider the following statements:
(A) Mahesh Kumar Malani of Pakistan People’s
Party became the first Hindu to win the
National Assembly seat.
(B) He was elected to the National Assembly seat
from Tharparkar in southern Sindh province.
(C) Malani, the 55-year-old majority community
leader, defeated his nearest rival Arab
Zakaullah of the Grand Democratic Alliance in
the NA-222 constituency.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Only C (2) Only B
(3) Only A (4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
Q.6 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Government of India has launched
Samagra Shiksha - An Integrated Scheme for
school education.
(B) It is an overarching programme for the school
education sector extending from pre-school to
class XII.
(C) It aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education at all levels of school education.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only C (2) Only B
(3) Only A (4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
Q.7 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) has released
a weekly statistical supplement recently.
(B) According to the Reserve Bank of India the
overall forex reserves inched-up to $ 405.14
million from $405.08 million.
(C) India's forex reserves comprise of foreign
currency assets (FCAs), gold reserves, special
drawing rights (SDRs) and the RBI's position
with the World Bank (WB).
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C
(4) Both A and B (5) Both B and C
Q.8 Consider the following statements:
(A) Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched the
'National Viral Dengue Control Programme'.
(B) It aimed at the ending viral fever, or
inflammation of intestine, as a public health
threat by 2030.
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(C) The government has made a provision of
600 crores for providing free treatment for
Hepatitis-C and its necessary facilities.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C
(4) Both A and B (5) Both B and C
Q.9 Consider the following statements:
(A) Shivangi Pathak, became the youngest Indian
woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest.
(B) Shivangi Pathak has added another feather to
her cap by scaling Africa's highest peak, Mount
Kilimanjaro in 3 days.
(C) Zambia's Mount Kilimanjaro measures 5,895
meters in height.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true ?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) A and B
(4) Only C (5) B and C
Q.10 Consider the following statements:
(A) Indian women's compound archery team
created history by becoming the world rank
one side in the category.
(B) Indian women's compound archery team is six
points ahead of the Chinese Korean team.
(C) With the contribution from each member, the
women's compound archery team jumped to
the top spot with 342.6 points.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true ?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) A and B
(4) A and C (5) B and C
Q.11 Consider the following statements.
(A) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation has appointed Surendra Rosha as
the Chief Executive Officer for HSBC India.
(B) Rosha is currently HSBC's Head of Financial
Institutions Group (FIG) for Asia-Pacific.
(C) He will succeed Jayant Rikhye, who is taking a
leave of absence for medical reasons.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only A is true (2) Only B is true
(3) Only C is true (4) All are true
(5) None are true
Q.12 Consider the following statements.
(A) India’s largest oil and gas producer, the Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), has
been ranked 190 in the 'Fortune Global 500'
list.
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(B) This ranking has come on the back of robust
fiscal and physical performance in FY’18,
in-spite of volatile global oil prices and
operational challenges faced by the company.
(C) The Fortune Global 500, is an annual ranking of
the top 500 corporations worldwide published
annually by Forbes magazine.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only A is true (2) Only B is true
(3) Only C is true (4) All are true
(5) None are true
Q.13 Consider the following statements:
(A) US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
signed a memorandum of understanding
with IL&FS Energy Development Company
Limited (IEDCL).
(B) The memorandum of understanding is for the
development of a 41-MW hybrid wind, solar,
and energy storage power plant in Arunachal
Pradesh.
(C) The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is
an independent agency of the United States
government, established in 1961 to advance
economic development and U.S. commercial
interests in developing and middle income
countries.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and C (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.14 Consider the following statements:
(A) The first Nepal-India Think Tank Summit
began in Kathmandu.
(B) The summit is being jointly organized by the
Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International
Affairs and Nehru Memorial Museum Library.
(C) Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Co-
chairman of ruling Communist Party of Nepal,
Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda inaugurated
the summit.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and C (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.15 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Indian economy is likely to have witnessed
solid economic growth in the June-Sept
quarter.
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(B) According to Nomura report leading indicators
suggest a slowdown in the coming months.
(C) Nomura expects GDP growth to peak in April-
June quarter and then moderate to 7.2 per cent
in the second half of 2018 from around 7.8 per
cent in first half.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Only C (2) Only B Ambassador to India Martin Ney and Joint
(3) Only A (4) All of the above Secretary, Finance Ministry, Hasmukh Adhia.
(5) None of the above
Q.16 Consider the following statements: is/are true?
(A) President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the
Outstanding Politician award recently.
(B) Heptulla, a former Rajya Sabha member got
the award for the 2011, Lok Sabha member
Hukumdev Narayan Yadav for 2012. Both are
from the BJP.
(C) The award was given to Azad for 2013, TMC
MP Dinesh Trivedi for 2014 and Mahtab for
2015.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only C (2) Only B
(3) Only A (4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
Q.17 Consider the following statements:
(A) Payments solution provider Razorpay has
signed an agreement with Idea.
(B) Under this agreement, Idea customers make
seamless online payments through Razorpay's
UPI (Unified Payment Interface) on the
telecom firm's website and mobile app.
(C) Razorpay is a payments company that provides
payment solutions to online merchants in
India. Razorpay was founded in 2013 and is
headquartered in Bangalore, India.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C
(4) Both A and B (5) Both B and C
Q.18 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Reserve Bank of India has hiked repo rate
by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent in its third
bi-monthly monetary policy review.
(B) With this, Reverse repo rate has become 6.00
percent and bank rate is 6.50 percent.
(C) In its review, the Reserve Bank further said that
retail inflation is estimated to be at 4.8 percent
in the second half of the current financial year.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
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(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C
(4) Both A and B (5) Both B and C
Q.19 Consider the following statements:
(A) India and Germany signed an agreement on
financial and technical cooperation.
(B) The agreement is focus on sustainable urban
development and renewable energy.
(C) The agreement was signed between German
Which among the following statement/statements
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) A and B
(4) Only C (5) B and C
Q.20 Consider the following statements:
(A) Akshay Venkatesh is a renowned Indian-
Australian mathematician.
(B) He is one of four winners of mathematics'
prestigious Fields medal.
(C) Fields medal is also known as the Nobel Prize
for math.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) A and B
(4) All are true (5) None are true
Q.21 Consider the following statements.
(A) England's captain Joe Root became the world's
third youngest batsman to complete 10,000
Test runs.
(B) Root has achieved this feat in the first innings
in the first Test match against India.
(C) He is the 65th man in the world and 15th
England batsman to complete 10000 Test runs.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only A is true (2) Only B is true
(3) Only C is true (4) All are true
(5) None are true
Q.22 Consider the following statements.
(A) India's economic growth momentum is likely
to pick up further in the April-June period and
the country is expected to clock GDP growth
of 7.5 per cent in this financial year, says a
Morgan Stanley report.
(B) Morgan Stanley is an American multinational
investment bank and financial services
company.
(C) According to the global financial services
major, the growth recovery will remain
robust, supported initially by consumption and
exports.
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Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only A is true (2) Only B is true
(3) Only C is true (4) All are true
(5) None are true
Q.23 Consider the following statements: (3) 03. Only C is true (4) 04. All are true
(A) Apple is the world's first publicly traded
company to be valued at USD 2 trillion.
(B) Apple's shares market value a notch above
USD 2 trillion around USD 2,001,679,220,000.
(C) Apple Inc. is the world's largest information
technology company by revenue.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A and C (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.24 Consider the following statements.
(A) Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar will be the Chief
Justice of the Sindh High Court.
(B) With this, she will become the first woman
Chief Justice in any court in Pakistan.
(C) She shall replace Chief Justice Mohammad
Altaf.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) 01. Only A is true (2) 02. Only B is true
(3) 03. Only C is true (4) 04. All are true
(5) 05. None are true
Q.25 Consider the following statements:
(A) India's former Ambassador to the UN Asoke
Mukerji has been awarded an honorary
doctorate.
(B) The University of East Anglia honoured
Mukerji with the award of a Doctorate in Civil
Laws honoris causa.
(C) He is the first Indian to be bestowed with this
honour since 2012.
Which among the following statement/statements
about Aadhaar is/are true?
(1) 01. Only A (2) 02. Only B
(3) 03. A and B (4) 04. Only C
(5) 05. B and C
Q.26 Consider the following statements:
(A) India Heritage Walk Festival, a collaboration
of Wikipedia and YES Arts & Culture, has
been awarded the PATA Gold Award 2018.
(B) Wikipedia is an open online resource on the
arts, cultures and heritage of India.
(C) Wikipedia got the award, announced by the
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) in
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Bangkok, has been presented to it under the
‘Heritage-Culture’ category.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) 01. Only A is true (2) 02. Only B is true
(5) 05. All are false
Q.27 Consider the following statements:
(A) Bank of India signed agreements with 10
companies promote micro and small business
entrepreneurs.
(B) These companies are from e-commerce,
logistics, service providers and traditional
small business which contribute 31% to GDP
and 45% of exports and employ over 100
million.
(C) These MoUs with will help enhance the bank’s
footprint in the MSME eco-system.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
(1) 01. A and B (2) 02. Only A
(3) 03. B and C (4) 04. All A, B and C
(5) 05. A and C
Q.28. Consider the following statements:
(A) ISRO has launched an online toolkit to make it
easier for users to find, analyse and utilise the
most relevant satellite data for their research,
business projects or conservation efforts.
(B) The “Remote Sensing Toolkit” provides a
simple system that quickly identifies relevant
sources based on user input.
(C) The toolkit is designed to help users search for
data as well as code to build new tools.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A (2) Option B
(3) Option C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.29 Consider the following statements:
(A) Facebook is working on an internet satellite
project called ‘Athena’ to beam internet
connectivity down to Earth.
(B) The company aims to launch the satellite in
early 2019.
(C) The new satellite project will provide
broadband internet connections to “unserved
and underserved areas”.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) 01. Option A and C
(2) 02. Option A and B
(3) 03. Option B and C

(4) 04. Option A, B and C
(5) 05. None of these
Q.30 Consider the following statements:
(A) Myanmar joined the India-initiated
International Solar Alliance (ISA), becoming
the 68th member of the group that is aiming at
the optimum utilisation of solar energy.
(B) ISA was launched by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and then French President Francois
Hollande at the Paris climate summit in 2015.
(C) ISA is open to all 121 member countries falling
between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A and C (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.31 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Supreme Court has notified guidelines
for giving ‘senior advocate’ designation to
lawyers.
(B) The SC constituted a 7-member permanent
committee headed by the Chief Justice of India
to shortlist candidates.
(C) The finalized guidelines are titled “Supreme
Court Guidelines to regulate Conferment of
Designation of Senior Advocates, 2018.”
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(1) 01. Only B (2) 02. Only A and B
(3) 03. Only A and C (4) 04. Only B and C
(5) 05. All are correct
Q.32 Consider the following statements:
(A) Mumbai has replaced Melbourne for the first
time at the top of the Economist Intelligence
Unit’s Global Liveability Index.
(B) Damascus retained the last place, followed by
the Dhaka, and Lagos in Nigeria.
(C) The survey does not include several of the
world’s most dangerous capitals, such as
Baghdad and Kabul.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and C (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.33. Consider the following statements: at HCL, ranks second in the list.
(A) Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India (IRDA) constituted a
working group to the norms for insurance
surveyors.
(B) The 10-member working group has been
formed to address areas pertaining to licensing,
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renewal and others in the context of the existing
regulatory framework for Surveyors and Loss
Assessors.
(C) The working group will submit its report
within 2 months.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and C (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.34 Consider the following statements:
(A) The government has dismissed Usha
Ananthasubramanian, former managing
director of scam-hit Punjab National Bank and
Allahabad Bank, from service.
(B) Usha, who completed her one year as the CEO
& MD of Allahabad Bank on May 6 2018.
(C) She also served as the Managing Director &
Chief Executive Officer of Punjab National
Bank from August 2015 to May 2017.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only C (2) Only B
(3) Only A (4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
Q.35 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Uttarakhand high court said it would act
as the legal guardian of cows in the state. The
court did this by invoking the ‘parens patriae’
doctrine.
(B) It is a doctrine that grants the court inherent
power and authority to act as guardian for those
who are unable to take care for themselves.
(C) The court banned slaughter of cows, bulls,
bullocks, heifers or calves in the state.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Only C (2) Only B
(3) Only A (4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
Q.36 Consider the following statements:
(A) Smitha V. Crishna was ranked first in the ‘Kotak
Wealth Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women 2018
list’.
(B) Roshni Nadar, the CEO and executive director
(C) The chairperson of the Times Group, Indu Jain,
ranks third in the list.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C
(4) Both A and B (5) None of these
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Q.37 Consider the following statements: Which among the following statement/statements
(A) India rejected a proposal by the USA to use is/are true?
DNA sampling to establish the nationality of (1) Only A is true (2) Only B is true
illegal migrants living there citing “privacy (3) Only C is true (4) All are true
issues”. (5) None are true
(B) As per the proposal, security agencies in Q.41 Where is the Headquarters of Hongkong and
India were to verify the antecedents of illegal Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)?
migrants without documents in the USA within
(1) Geneva, Switzerland
72 days and those with documents within 15
days. (2) Vienna, Austria
(C) India refused to sign the final pact in April (3) London, UK
2018. (4) Paris, France
Which among the following statement/statements (5) Rome, Italy
is/are not true? Q.42 How many is Lok Sabha Seat in Mizoram?
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 1
(4) Both A and B (5) Both B and C (4) 3 (5) 6
Q.38 Consider the following statements: Q.43 Which of the following National Park is located in
(A) Ashish Kumar Bhutani has been appointed Himachal Pradesh?
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pradhan (1) Hemis National Park
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). (2) Nameri National Park
(B) Bhutani, a 1992 batch IAS officer of Assam- (3) Gangotri National Park
Meghalaya cadre, has been appointed to the (4) Keoladeo National Park
post till May 9, 2020. (5) Khirganga National Park
(C) PMJDY is the new crop insurance scheme Q.44 Who is the Governor of Bihar?
launched by Central Government in 2016
(1) Jagdish Mukhi (2) Satya Pal Malik
Which among the following statement/statements
(3) Vajubhai Vala (4) Anandiben Patel
is/are true?
(5) Ganeshi Lal
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) A and B
Q.45 Which of the following Wildlife Sanctuary is
(4) Only C (5) B and C located in Mizoram?
Q.39 Consider the following statements: (1) Dampa Wildlife Sanctuary
(A) Navi Mumbai has topped the Ease of Living (2) Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary
Index 2018.
(3) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
(B) This was announced at the launch of the Index
(4) Bassi Wildlife Sanctuary
as well as Swachh Survekshan 2019.
(5) Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) The Ease of Living Index will help cities
assess their liveability in relation to global and Q.46 Who is the National Security Advisor of India?
national benchmarks. (1) Rajinder Khanna (2) Ajit Doval
Which among the following statement/statements (3) Pankaj Saran (4) M. K. Narayanan
is/are true? (5) J N Dixit
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C Q.47 Who is the Railways Minister?
(4) A and B (5) B and C (1) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Q.40 Consider the following statements. (3) Piyush Goyal
(A) The Supreme Court approved a proposal (4) Prakash Javadekar
submitted by the Union of India (UOI) to (5) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
colour-code vehicles according to the fuel they Q.48 What is the Capital of Bolivia?
run on, in an effort to help counter air pollution. (1) Baku (2) Bridgetown (3) Sucre
(B) The apex court ruling allows for blue stickers (4) Santiago (5) Nicosia
to be used for vehicles running on petrol and
CNG, and orange stickers for diesel vehicles. Q.49 John Sankaramangalam has passed away recently.
He was_____________.
(C) However, it clarified that this would only be
(1) Filmmaker (2) Economist (3) Scientist
applicable in Delhi and NCR.
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Q.50 In which city, 3rd BRICS Film Festival was held? Q.59 How many is Lok Sabha Seat in Nagaland?
(1) Durban, South Africa (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 1
(2) New Delhi, India (4) 3 (5) 6
(3) Beijing, China Q.60 Who is the Governor of Odisha?
(4) Moscow, Russia (1) Jagdish Mukhi (2) Satya Pal Malik
(5) Brasilia, Brazil (3) Vajubhai Vala (4) Anandiben Patel
Q.51 Who has been appointed as the Flag Officer (5) Ganeshi Lal
Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Southern
Q.61 On which River is Bisalpur Dam built?
Naval Command (SNC)?
(1) Anil Kumar Chawla (1) Gomti (2) Banas (3) Yamuna
(2) Arup Raha (4) Ganga (5) Tapti
(3) Pradeep Vasant Naik Q.62 What is the Capital of Cyprus?
(4) Vijay Narayan (1) Baku (2) Bridgetown (3) Sucre
(5) Surendra Singh (4) Santiago (5) Nicosia
Q.52 Who has laid the foundation stone of the 2nd Phase Q.63 Which Day is observed as the International
of Construction of North East Institute of Ayurveda Women’s Day?
& Homeopathy (NEIAH) at Shillong, Meghalaya? (1) 21 February (2) 8 March (3) 15 March
(1) Arun Jaitley (2) Venkaiah Naidu (4) 22 March (5) 23 March
(3) Ram Nath Kovind (4) Narendra Modi Q.64 Which State has become the first State in the
(5) Shripad Yesso Naik country to implement the national policy on
Q.53 In which city, First Nepal-India Think Tank Summit biofuels unveiled by the Centre?
has been started? (1) Rajasthan (2) Madhya Pradesh
(1) New Delhi (2) Kathmandu (3) Dehradun (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Mumbai (5) Kolkata (5) Manipur
Q.54 ______ has signed MOU for first cow sanctuary in Q.65 Who has been chosen for 24th Rajiv Gandhi
state.
Sadbhavana Award?
(1) Uttarakhand (2) Madhya Pradesh
(1) Akshay Kumar (2) Gopalkrishna Gandhi
(3) Rajasthan (4) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Asha Bhosle (4) Sonu Nigam
(5) Mizoram
(5) Madhuri Dixit
Q.55 Which Company has become the country’s most
valued firm in terms of market capitalization? Q.66 In which city, Cybersecurity firm Symantec
Corporation has opened a Security Operations
(1) TCS (2) Reliance Industries Ltd
Center (SOC)?
(3) HDFC Bank (4) HUL
(1) Hyderabad (2) Bangalore (3) Chennai
(5) Infosys
(4) Bhopal (5) Gurugram
Q.56 Which country has elevated India’s status to ease
Q.67 __________has received Reserve Bank of India
export controls for high-technology product sales?
approval to operate in the country through a wholly
(1) Japan (2) Russia
owned subsidiary.
(3) United States (4) Israel
(1) SBM Group (2) GBM Group
(5) China
(3) BBM Group (4) TBM Group
Q.57 Myanmar has appointed independent commission
panel to probe Rohingya human rights abuses. (5) KBM Group
Who is the Member of this commission? Q.68 In which city, First India-Indonesia Interfaith
(1) Kenzo Oshima (2) Rosario Manalo Dialogue will be held?
(3) Mya Thein (4) Aung Tun Thet (1) Dehradun (2) New Delhi (3) Jakarta
(5) All of the above (4) Yogyakarta (5) Hyderabad
Q.58 Which of the following Lake is located in Q.69 According to Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy
Rajasthan? Statement of Financial Year 2018-19, what is Repo
(1) Damdama Lake (2) Pichola Lake Rate?
(3) Dal Lake (4) Vembanad Lake (1) 6.00 (2) 6.25 (3) 6.50
(5) Loktak Lake (4) 6.75 (5) 5.75

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Q.70 Who has been awarded by President Ram Nath
Kovind with the Outstanding Parliamentarian
Award for 2013?
(1) Najma Heptulla
(2) Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
(3) Ghulam Nabi Azad
(4) Dinesh Trivedi
(5) Bhartruhari Mahatab
Q.71 Which State Government has launched a
smartphone distribution scheme, ‘Mobile Tihar’,
under the Sanchar Kranti Yojna (SKY)?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Rajasthan
(3) Chhattisgarh (4) Karnataka
(5) Kerala
Q.72 India has been ranked ___________ in the United
Nation’s E-Government Index.
(1) 99th (2) 98th (3) 97th
(4) 96th (5) 100th
Q.73 With which telicom Company Razorpay has
partnered through which customer can make online
payments by UPI (Unified Payment Interface) on
the telecom firm’s website and mobile app?
(1) Bharti Airtel (2) JIO (3) Idea on financial and technical cooperation focusing
(4) BSNL (5) Vodafone
Q.74 Which of the following Lake is located in Kerala?
(1) Damdama Lake (2) Pichola Lake
(3) Dal Lake (4) Vembanad Lake
(5) Loktak Lake
Q.75 How many is Lok Sabha Seat in Madhya Pradesh?
(1) 29 (2) 41 (3) 11 the Currency of Kazakhstan?
(4) 31 (5) 16
Q.76 Which of the following National Park is located in
Jammu and Kashmir?
(1) Hemis National Park
(2) Nameri National Park
(3) Gangotri National Park
(4) Keoladeo National Park
(5) Khirganga National Park
Q.77 Who is the Governor of Karnataka?
(1) Jagdish Mukhi (2) Satya Pal Malik
(3) Vajubhai Vala (4) Anandiben Patel
(5) Ganeshi Lal
Q.78 Which of the following Wildlife Sanctuary is
located in Jammu and Kashmir ?
(1) Dampa Wildlife Sanctuary
(2) Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary
(3) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
(4) Bassi Wildlife Sanctuary
(5) Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
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Q.79 According to Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy
Statement of Financial Year 2018-19, what is Bank
Rate?
(1) 6.00 (2) 6.25 (3) 6.50
(4) 6.75 (5) (5)75
Q.80 What is the Capital of Chile?
(1) Baku (2) Bridgetown (3) Sucre
(4) Santiago (5) Nicosia
Q.81 Which Day is observed as the World Water Day?
(1) 21 February (2) 8 March (3) 15 March
(4) 22 March (5) 23 March
Q.82 With which Bank, National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) has Signed agreement for Rs 25,000
Crore a long-term loan?
(1) SBI (2) HDFC (3) ICICI
(4) Dena Bank (5) UCO Bank
Q.83 According to Morgan Stanley Report, India’s
Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate is expected
to _________in the Financial Year 2018-19.
(1) 7.1 % (2) 7.2 % (3) 7.5 %
(4) 7.3 % (5) 7.4 %
Q.84 India and _________have signed an agreement
on sustainable urban development and renewable
energy.
(1) France (2) Germany (3) Ukraine
(4) Uganda (5) Rwanda
Q.85 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is on
four-day visit to three Central Asian countries -
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. What is
(1) Tenge (2) Som (3) Somoni
(4) Dinar (5) Manat
Q.86 Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSME) has launched the Mission Solar Charkha
for implementation of 50 Solar Charkha Clusters
across the country with a budget of Rs.
_________ for the year 2018-19 and 2019-20.
(1) 550 Crore (2) 650 Crore (3) 750 Crore
(4) 850 Crore (5) 450 Crore
Q.87 Jalees Sherwani has passed away recently. He was
_________.
(1) Screenplay Writer (2) Cricketer
(3) Journalist (4) Actor
(5) Scientist
Q.88 Umbayee has passed away recently. He
was________.
(1) Screenplay Writer (2) Cricketer (3) Journalist
(4) Actor (5) Singer
Q.89 Who has taken over as the Air Officer Commanding-
in-Chief of Southern Air Command?
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(1) Balakrishnan Suresh (3) Betterment for Women
(2) Rakesh Pal (4) Good for Women
(3) Rajendra Kumar. (5) Safety for Women
(4) Sudeep Singh Q.100 Which State Government has approved the
(5) Vijay Kumar "Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestam" scheme?
Q.90 Which Indian-origin mathematician has been (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh
awarded with the prestigious Fields Medal? (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Mizoram
(1) Rajan Kumar (2) Ashish Sharma (5) Tamilnadu
(3) Akshay Venkatesh (4) Nirmala Verma
Q.101 Which Bank has entered into a digital partnership
(5) Tanya Gupta with Reliance Jio Infocomm to increase its digital
Q.91 Which of the following Lake is located in Jammu customer base?
and Kashmir?
(1) State Bank of India (2) HDFC
(1) Damdama Lake (2) Pichola Lake
(3) ICICI (4) Dena Bank
(3) Dal Lake (4) Vembanad Lake
(5) Yes Bank
(5) Loktak Lake
Q.102 According to National Council for Applied and
Q.92 How many is Lok Sabha Seat in Tamil Nadu?
Economic Research (NCAER)'s 2018 State
(1) 39 (2) 41 (3) 11 Investment Potential Index, _________has
(4) 31 (5) 16 emerged as the most-attractive State for investors.
Q.93 Who is the Governor of Madhya Pradesh? (1) Delhi (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Gujarat
(1) Jagdish Mukhi (2) Satya Pal Malik (4) Haryana (5) Maharashtra
(3) Vajubhai Vala (4) Anandiben Patel Q.103 Oscar Kerketta has been appointed as the next
(5) Ganeshi Lal High Commissioner of India to the Republic
Q.94 According to Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy of_________.
Statement of Financial Year 2018-19, what is (1) Norway (2) Ghana (3) Rwanda
Reverse Repo Rate? (4) Denmark (5) Bangladesh
(1) 6.00 (2) 6.25 (3) 6.50 Q.104 Man Mohan Bhanot has been appointed as the next
(4) 6.75 (5) (5)75 High Commissioner of India to the_________.
Q.95 Who is the Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister? (1) Gambia (2) Georgia
(1) Ram Vilas Paswan (3) Mali (4) Equitorial Guinea
(2) Ravi Shankar Prasad (5) Zambia
(3) Ananth Kumar Q.105 Which company has become the first company to
(4) Chaudhary Birender Singh reach A Trillion Dollar market capitalization?
(5) Radha Mohan Singh (1) Apple (2) Google (3) RIL
Q.96 What is the Capital of Azerbaijan? (4) TCS (5) Infosys
(1) Baku (2) Bridgetown (3) Sucre Q.106 Where is the Headquarters of Federation of Indian
(4) Santiago (5) Nicosia Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
Q.97 Which Day is observed as the World Meteorological (1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Dehradun
Day? (4) Gurugram (5) Jaipur
(1) 21 February (2) 8 March (3) 15 March
Q.107 How many is Lok Sabha Seat in Meghalaya?
(4) 22 March (5) 23 March
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 1
Q.98 Bhishma Narain Singh has passed away recently.
He was________. (4) 5 (5) 7
(1) Economist (2) Politician (3) Doctor Q.108 Which of the following National Park is located in
(4) Poet (5) Journalist Odisha?
Q.99 Which mobile app has been launched by FICCI (1) Gir Forest National Park
Ladies Organisation (FLO), the women's wing of (2) Simlipal National Park
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and (3) Chandoli National Park
Industry (FICCI)?
(4) Kanha National Park
(1) Wellness for Women
(5) Gorumara National Park
(2) Well for Women

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Q.109 According to Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Q.120 Where is the Headquarters of United Nations
Statement of Financial Year 2018-19, what is MSF Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Rate? (UNESCO)?
(1) 6.00 (2) 6.25 (3) 6.50 (1) Paris, France
(4) 6.75 (5) 5.75 (2) Vienna, Austria
Q.110 What is the capital of Zambia? (3) Geneva, Switzerland
(1) Lusaka (2) Mogadishu (3) Athens (4) Rome, Italy
(4) Windhoek (5) Warsaw (5) Ottawa, Canada
Q.111 Which Day is observed as the World TB Day? Q.121 How many is Lok Sabha Seat in Andra Pradesh?
(1) 24 March (2) 2 April (3) 7 April (1) 12 (2) 25 (3) 11
(4) 10 April (5) 17 April (4) 15 (5) 17
Q.112 Which Country has been elected as the President Q.122 Which of the following National Park is located in
of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting West Bengal?
Development (AIBD) for a period of two years? (1) Gir Forest National Park
(1) India (2) Russia (3) Japan
(2) Simlipal National Park
(4) China (5) Uzbekistan
(3) Chandoli National Park
Q.113 Which State Government has launched
'Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana'? (4) Kanha National Park
(1) Bihar (2) Madhya Pradesh (5) Gorumara National Park
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Andhra Pradesh Q.123 In which state is Somnath Temple located?
(5) Rajasthan (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Odisha (3) Kerala
(4) Gujarat (5) Karnataka
Q.114 Which Country has announced new plans to change
the law for organ and tissue donation to address the Q.124 Which of the following Wildlife Sanctuary is
urgent need for organs within the Indian-origin located in Uttarakhand?
communities in the country? (1) Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary
(1) UK (2) USA (3) Russia (2) Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary
(4) Japan (5) China (3) Malan Wild Life Sanctuary
Q.115 Who has won the women's singles title of World (4) Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary
Badminton Championship in Nanjing, China? (5) Chail Wildlife Sanctuary
(1) P. V. Sindhu (2) Carolina Marin Q.125 According to Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy
(3) Tai Tzu-Ying (4) Saina Nehwal Statement of Financial Year 2018-19, what is
(5) Nozomi Okuhara CRR?
Q.116 Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the (1) 4.00 (2) 4.25 (3) 4.50
Jammu and Kashmir High Court? (4) 4.75 (5) 5.75
(1) Justice Vineet Saran Q.126 Who is the Steel Minister?
(2) Justice Indira Banerjee (1) Ram Vilas Paswan
(3) Justice Rajendra Menon (2) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(4) Justice Geeta Mittal (3) Ananth Kumar
(5) Justice Hrishikesh Roy (4) Chaudhary Birender Singh
Q.117 How many new research projects have been (5) Radha Mohan Singh
approved by Government at a cost of Rs 112 crore Q.127 What is the capital of Poland?
under IMPRINT-2? (1) Lusaka (2) Mogadishu (3) Athens
(1) 130 (2) 125 (3) 122 (4) Windhoek (5) Warsaw
(4) 140 (5) 150 Q.128 Which Day is observed as the World Autism
Q.118 Gaganjeet Bhullar is related to which sports? Awareness Day?
(1) Wrestling (2) Kabaddi (3) Weightlifting (1) 24 March (2) 2 April (3) 7 April
(4) Golf (5) Badminton (4) 10 April (5) 17 April
Q.119 Which junction has been renamed as Deen Dayal Q.129 Which Country has won eighth Women's Hockey
Upadhyaya railway station in Uttar Pradesh? World Cup title?
(1) Mughalsarai (2) Etawah (3) Jaunpur (1) Netherlands (2) Ireland (3) India
(4) Varanasi (5) Ayodhya (4) Australia (5) Pakistan
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Q.130 M Bhakthavatsala has passed away recently. He (1) 32,048 Crore (2) 34,048 Crore
was ________. (3) 30,048 Crore (4) 36,048 Crore
(1) Producer (2) Director (3) Actor (5) 31,048 Crore
(4) Doctor (5) Scientist Q.136 Professional footballer Mario Gomez has
Q.131 In which country, 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers announced his retirement from the national team.
meeting was held? He is from which country?
(1) Malaysia (2) Thailand (3) Indonesia (1) Germany (2) France (3) Croatia
(4) Singapore (5) Vietnam (4) Portugal (5) Brazil
Q.132 PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry Q.137 Swastika Ghosh is related to which sports?
(PHDCCI) and Confederation of Nepalese (1) Badminton (2) Tennis (3) Table Tennis
Industries (CNI) has signed a memorandum of
(4) Hockey (5) Cricket
understanding (MoU) to establish India-Nepal
Centre. Who is President of PHDCCI? Q.138 How Many Countries are the Member of United
(1) H K Bhanwala (2) Ajay Tyagi Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)?
(3) Debjani Ghosh (4) Rajneesh Kumar
(5) Anil Khaitan (1) 163 (3) 189 (4) 194

Q.133 Which Bank has bagged the 'best performing RRB' (5) 195
award for Atal Pension Yojana (APY) enrollment Q.139 Which of the following National Park is located in
from Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Maharashtra?
Authority (PFRDA)? (1) Gir Forest National Park
(1) KVGB (2) GVA (3) Prathama (2) Simlipal National Park
(4) Purvanchal (5) SHGB
(3) Chandoli National Park
Q.134 Rajinder Kumar Dhawan has passed away recently.
He was the _______. (4) Kanha National Park
(1) Politician (2) Scientist (3) Economist (5) Gorumara National Park
(4) Cricketer (5) Doctor Q.140 In which state is Gomateshwara Temple located?
Q.135 According to Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Data, (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Odisha (3) Kerala
Banks have lost ? _________ due to frauds in (4) Gujarat (5) Karnataka
Financial Year 2017-18.

ANSWER KEY
Q.1.(4) Q.2.(2) Q.3.(3) Q.4.(1) Q.5.(1) Q.6.(4) Q.7.(5) Q.8.(4) Q.9.(3) Q.10.(4)
Q.11.(4) Q.12.(2) Q.13.(1) Q.14.(4) Q.15.(3) Q.16.(5) Q.17.(3) Q.18.(4) Q.19.(3) Q.20.(4)
Q.21.(2) Q.22.(4) Q.23.(2) Q.24.(2) Q.25.(3) Q.26.(5) Q.27.(3) Q.28.(1) Q.29.(4) Q.30.(5)
Q.31.(3) Q.32.(3) Q.33.(1) Q.34.(4) Q.35.(4) Q.36.(5) Q.37.(4) Q.38.(2) Q.39.(5) Q.40.(4)
Q.41.(3) Q.42.(3) Q.43.(5) Q.44.(1) Q.45.(1) Q.46.(2) Q.47.(3) Q.48.(3) Q.49.(1) Q.50.(1)
Q.51.(1) Q.52.(5) Q.53.(5) Q.54.(3) Q.55.(2) Q.56.(3) Q.57.(5) Q.58.(2) Q.59.(3) Q.60.(5)
Q.61.(2) Q.62.(5) Q.63.(2) Q.64.(1) Q.65.(2) Q.66.(3) Q.67.(1) Q.68.(4) Q.69.(3) Q.70.(1)
Q.71.(3) Q.72.(4) Q.73.(1) Q.74.(4) Q.75.(1) Q.76.(1) Q.77.(3) Q.78.(2) Q.79.(4) Q.80.(4)
Q.81.(4) Q.82.(1) Q.83.(3) Q.84.(3) Q.85.(1) Q.86.(1) Q.87.(1) Q.88.(5) Q.89.(1) Q.90.(3)
Q.91.(1) Q.92.(1) Q.93.(4) Q.94.(2) Q.95.(3) Q.96.(1) Q.97.(5) Q.98.(2) Q.99.(1) Q.100.(1)
Q.101.(1) Q.102.(1) Q.103.(3) Q.104.(4) Q.105.(1) Q.106.(2) Q.107.(1) Q.108.(2) Q.109.(4) Q.110.(1)
Q.111.(1) Q.112.(1) Q.113.(1) Q.114.(1) Q.115.(2) Q.116.(4) Q.117.(3) Q.118.(1) Q.119.(1) Q.120.(1)
Q.121.(2) Q.122.(5) Q.123.(4) Q.124.(3) Q.125.(4) Q.126.(4) Q.127.(5) Q.128.(2) Q.129.(1) Q.130.(1)
Q.131.(4) Q.132.(5) Q.133.(1) Q.134.(1) Q.135.(1) Q.136.(1) Q.137.(3) Q.138.(5) Q.139.(3) Q.140.(5)

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REASONING ability
Q.1-5. Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
Eight friends Lagina, Mabel, Nabila, Octavia,
Padma, Qamar, Rada and Sabella are sitting in
a straight line but not necessarily in the same
order. Four of them are not facing north. Nabila
is not facing north. Padma faces south and both
the immediate neighbours of Padma faces north.
Sabella sits second to the right of Padma and
Mabel sits third to the left of Padma. Octavia is not
facing south but both the immediate neighbours
of Octavia do not face north. Rada sits second
to the left of Lagina. Mabel sits fifth to the right
of Sabella. Qamar is an immediate neighbour
of Octavia. Mabel, the immediate neighbour of
Nabila, is not facing south. Lagina is not facing
north.
Q.1. Who among the following is on the immediate
right of Sabella?
(1) Padma (2) Lagina (3) Rada
(4) Nabila (5) None of these
Q.2. Who among the following sits third to the left of
Lagina?
(1) Padma (2) Nabila (3) Sabella
(4) Rada (5) None of these
Q.3. How many persons are there between Padma and
Nabila?
(1) Two (2) Three (3) None
(4) One (5) None of these
Q.4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
way and hence form a group. Which is the one that
does not belong to that group?
(1) Lagina, Padma (2) Sabella, Lagina
(3) Rada, Nabila (4) Padma, Octavia
(5) Sabella, Qamar
Q.5. Who among the following sit at the extreme ends
of the line?
(1) Sabella, Lagina (2) Rada, Sabella
(3) Nabila, Mabel (4) Lagina, Nabila
(5) None of these
Q.6-10. A group of digits/symbols is given by four
combinations of letters numbered (1), (2), (3) and
(4). You have to find out which of the combinations
(1), (2), (3) and (4) correctly represents the group
of digit/symbols based on the following coding
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system and the conditions those follow and mark
the number of that combination as your answer. If
none of the four combinations correctly represents
the groups of digits/symbols, mark (5) i.e., 'None
of these' as the answer.
Digit/Symbols-
5 9 @ © 3 8 1 $ % 4 2 6 * 7 δ #
Letter Code -
B E P A K DF H Q I R J U MV Y
Conditions:
(i) If the first unit in the group is an even digit
and the last unit is a symbol, both of these are
to be coded as the code for the symbol.
(ii) If the first unit in the group is an odd digit and
the last unit is an even digit, their codes are to
the interchanged.
(iii) If both the first and the last units in the group
are symbols, both of these are to be coded as
'X'.
Q.6. @91$26
(1) JEFHRP (2) PEFHRP (3) XEFHRX
(4) PEFHRJ (5) None of these
Q.7. 387# ©9
(1) KMDTAE (2) KDMATE (3) EDMTAK
(4) KDMTAK (5) None of these
Q.8. 4@312δ
(1) VPKFRV (2) VPKFRI (3) XPKFRX
(4) IPKFRV (5) None of these
Q.9. %4187*
(1) QIFDMU (2) UIFDMQ (3) XIFDMX
(4) UIFDMU (5) None of these
Q.10. 9124 δ 6
(1) EFRIVJ (2) JFRIVE (3) EFRIVE
(4) XFRIVX (5) None of these
Q.11-15. The question 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.
(1) If statement I alone is sufficient but statement
II alone is not sufficient.
(2) If statement II alone is sufficient but the
statement I alone is not sufficient.
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(3) If each statement alone (either I or II) is
sufficient.
(4) If statement I and II together are not sufficient.
(5) If both statements together are sufficient, but
neither statement alone is sufficient. .
Q.11. How is ‘rain’ written in a code language?
I. ‘rain is always good’ is written as ‘5397’ in
that code language.
II. ‘he is always there’ is written as ‘3685’ in that
code language.
Q.12. P, Q, R, S and T are seated around a circular table
facing the centre, such that there is equal space
between each of the adjacent members. Who sits
to the immediate right of T?
I. Q sits second to the right of T and S sits
second to the left of T.
II. R is not an immediate neighbour of either P or
Q.
Q.13. Who is the heaviest among G, H, I, J, K and L?
I. G is heavier than I and K but not as heavy as
L, who is heavier than H and J.
II. I is third in weight in the ascending order and
not as heavy as L, G and H. H is heavier than
G but not the heaviest.
Q.14. Six friends Gaurav, Hemant, Ishika, Jagan, Kumar
and Love live on six different floors of a building.
The ground floor is numbered one and the top floor
is numbered six. Who among them lives on the
ground floor?
I. Exactly two persons live between the floors on
which Gaurav and Ishika live. Gaurav lives on an
odd-numbered floor but not on the lowest floor.
Kumar lives either on the lowest floor or on the
highest floor but does not live above Ishika.
II. Two persons live between the floors on which
Hemant and Love live. Hemant lives below Love.
Hemant doesn’t live on the ground floor. Jagan
lives on an odd-numbered floor but he lives above
Hemant.
Q.15. Six persons Abhay, Deepak, Neha, Manik, Poorvi
and Hitesh are sitting in a straight line facing north.
Who is sitting at the extreme ends?
I. Poorvi is sitting fourth to the right of Deepak.
Abhay is sitting third to the left of Neha. Either
Abhay or Neha is sitting at an extreme end.
II. Only one person sits between Poorvi and Abhay.
Poorvi is third to the right of Manik. Neha is sitting
to the immediate right of Poorvi. Neither Abhay
nor Poorvi is sitting on the extreme end.
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Q.16-20. Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
There are six people - Juhi, Komal, Lav,
Mohan, Neha and Oman. Each having different
weight. Juhi is heavier than Oman but lighter than
Komal. Neha is heavier than Lav but lighter than
Juhi. Neha is lighter than Mohan. The second
lightest person weighs 62 kilograms while the
third heaviest person is of 74 kilograms.
Q.16. Who is the third lightest?
(1) Juhi (2) Mohan (3) Oman
(4) Neha (5) None of these
Q.17. What should be the possible weight of Komal?
(1) 72 kg (2) 20 kg (3) 50 kg
(4) 95 kg (5) 66 kg
Q.18. Mohan’s weight is lighter than how many persons?
(1) Can't be determined (2) Three
(3) Two (4) One
(5) More than three
Q.19. Who among the following may be of 68 kilograms
in weight?
(1) Juhi (2) Komal (3) Mohan
(4) Lav (5) Oman
Q.20. How many persons are heavier than Lav?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two
(4) Three (5) More than three
Q.21-25.Study the information given below and answer the
questions based on it.
In a certain code, 'who are nice people' is written
as 'sa na ta ca', 'who nice are player' is written as
'ba ca ka na', 'people best nice more' is written as
'ba sa pa ta', 'are nice own aim' is written as 'qa sa
ra na".
Q.21. What is the code for 'more'?
(1) ba (2) sa (3) pa
(4) ta (5) Cannot be determined
Q.22. What is the code for 'people'?
(1) ta (2) sa (3) pa
(4) ba (5) pa or na
Q.23. What is the code for 'best people'?
(1) ta pa (2) sa ta (3) pa ka
(4) ba ta (5) pa na
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Q.24. Which of the following may represent 'own are
nice player'?
(1) ta na ka ra (2) ca na ka sa (3) qa na ka ca
(4) ba na ka sa (5) ba na ka ra
Q.25. What is the code for 'who'?
(1) ca (2) sa (3) na
(4) ta (5) Cannot be determined
Q.26-30.Read the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
n19JPhc7rZw@u&©M3DqS4I$0
K5V%
Q.26. Which of the following is the ninth to the left
of the seventh element from the right end of the
above arrangement?
(1) u (2) w (3) $ (4) © (5) 9
Q.27. If all the numbers are dropped from the above
arrangement then which of the following is
thirteenth from the right end? (2) H takes medicine on Sunday.
(1) @ (2) u (3) n (4) & (5) q
Q.28. How many such letters are there in the above
arrangement each of which is immediately
preceded by a consonant and immediately
followed by a number?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two
(4) Three (5) Four
Q.29. What should come next in the following series
based on the above arrangement?
n19, %V5, rZw, (?)
(1) K05 (2) SqD (3) qD3
(4) qS4 (5) D3M
Q.30. How many such numbers are there in the above
arrangement each of which is immediately
preceded by a symbol and immediately followed
by a consonant?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three
(4) None (5) Five
Q.31-35. Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
Eight friends W, D, H, K, J, M, L, and O are
sitting around a circular table and facing outside
of the centre but not necessarily in the same order.
Except one, all other friends have taken a medicine
on any one day of a week from Monday to Sunday.
H, who takes medicine on Wednesday, sits
second to the left of W.
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K takes medicine on Friday and he is third to
the right of M who is the neighbour of W.
The one who takes medicine on Saturday is in
front of W and he is not the neighbour of K and J.
O takes medicine on Sunday.
The one who takes medicine on Monday is not the
neighbour of K.
D, who takes medicine on Tuesday, is fourth to the
right of J.
The common neighbour of both K and W does not
take any medicine.
Q.31. Who take medicine on Monday?
(1) W (2) M (3) L
(4) O (5) Cannot be determined
Q.32. Which of the following is true regarding H?
(1) H is third to the left of L.
(3) H is immediate to the left of O.
(4) H is infront of K.
(5) H takes medicine on Thursday.
Q.33. Who is fifth to the left of that friend who takes
medicine on Saturday?
(1) D (2) W (3) H (4) M (5) J
Q.34. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and so form a group. Which one of the following
does not belong to that group?
(1) L – Sunday (2) M – Wednesday
(3) H – Tuesday (4) O – Monday
(5) J – Sunday
Q.35. Which of the following friends does not take any
medicine?
(1) D (2) W (3) H (4) M (5) J
Q.36-40. Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
Seven persons Queen, Rishi, Manoj, Yahiya,
Eram, Charu, and Shara are traveling in the seven
compartments of a train, with their only little child
i.e. 23, 17, 15, 16, 11, 44 and 12 but not necessarily
in the same order.
Queen travels with their child 11 in the fourth
compartment. The one who has their child 15, does
not travel in the fifth and second compartments. 17
is the child of Yahiya and they both do not travel in

the second and sixth compartments. 23 and 16 are
not a child of Rishi and Charu and they both travel
with that person who travels in the first and third
compartments respectively. 44 and 12 are the child
of Charu and Eram respectively. Manoj who does
not travel in the third compartment. Eram travels
in the fifth compartment.
Q.36. Who travels in the seventh compartment?
(1) Queen (2) Yahiya (3) Manoj
(4) Charu (5) Other than these options
Q.37. 23 is a child of which one?
(1) Manoj (2) Rishi (3) Queen
(4) Shara (5) Other than these options
Q.38. What is definitely true regarding child 16?
numerical ability
Q.41-45. Find the wrong number.
Q.41. 2, 10, 30, 68, 120, 222
(1) 222 (2) 68 (3) 120
(4) 2 (5) 10
Q.42. 30, 21, 28, 33, 35, 37  
(1) 21 (2) 35 (3) 33
(4) 37 (5) 28
Q.43. 50 51 47 56 42 65 29
(1) 42 (2) 51 (3) 56
(4) 47 (5) 50
Q.44. 2 13 27 113 561 3369 23581
(1) 2 (2) 113 (3) 561
(4) 23581 (5) 13
Q.45. 80 119 166 221 223
(1) 166 (2) 221 (3) 80
(4) 223 (5) 119
Q.46-50. Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below:
In a college there are 1400 students who are
doing graduation in any one of the subjects, out
of the five different subjects viz. zoology, Botany,
Mathematics, Physics and Statistics.
The ratio of the number of boys and girls among
them is 6:8.30% of the total girls are doing
graduation in Zoology and 20% of the total girls
are doing graduation in Statistics. The total number
of students doing graduation in Botany is 220. 250
students are doing graduation in Mathematics.
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(1) 16 is child of Eram.
(2) 16 travels in the fifth compartment.
(3) 16 is child of Shara.
(4) 16 travels in the sixth compartment.
(5) Other than these options.
Q.39. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and so form a group. Which one of the following
does not belong to that group?
(1) Queen-16 (2) Manoj-23 (3) Eram-12
(4) Charu-44 (5) Rishi-15
Q.40. Who travels in the sixth compartment?
(1) 23 (2) 17 (3) Rishi
(4) Charu (5) Shara
The ratio of the number of girls and the number
of boys doing graduation in Statistics is 2:1. 20%
of the total number of boys are doing graduation
in Botany. The ratio of the number of girls and that
of boys doing graduation in Mathematics is 2:3.
There is an equal number of boys and girls doing
graduation in Physics. 290 students are doing
graduation in Zoology.
Q.46. What is the total number of students doing
graduation in Physics and Statistics together?
(1) 590 (2) 500 (3) 640
(4) 600 (5) 625
Q.47. What is the ratio of the number of boys doing
graduation in Mathematics and to the number of
girls doing graduation in Botany?
(1) 2:1 (2) 3:5 (3) 2:3
(4) 3:2 (5) 5:3
Q.48. What is the difference between the number of boys
doing graduations in Zoology and the number of
girls doing graduation in Mathematics?
(1) 50 (2) 65 (3) 60
(4) 45 (5) 70
Q.49. In which of the following graduation courses,
the number of the girls the highest and in which
course is the number of boys is second lowest
respectively?
(1) Statistics and Zoology
(2) Zoology and Botany
(3) Physics and Statistics
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(4) Zoology and Statistics Q.52. Find the difference between the upstream distance
(5) Physics and Zoology travelled by boat on Tuesday and Friday together
and the downstream distance travelled by boat on
Q.50. The number of girls doing graduation in Statistics the same days together?
is what percent of the number of boys doing
(1) 12 km. (2) 18 km. (3) 16 km.
graduation in physics?
(4) 14 km. (5) None of these
(1) 70% (2) 75% (3) 80%
Q.53. Total downstream distance travelled by boat on
(4) 85% (5) None of these
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday together is
Q.51-55. Study the following graph carefully to answer approximately what percentage of total upstream
the given questions distance travelled by boat on the same days
Total downstream distance=200 Kms together?
(1) 65% (2) 38% (3) 49%
(4) 32% (5) 55%
Friday Monday
26 Q.54. A boatman rows downstream at 6 kmph on
24
Wednesday. Find the time taken by the boat to
cover upstream distance on the same day?
Tuesday (1) 36 hours (2) 42 hours (3) 30 hours
Thursday 15 (4) 48 hours (5) None of these
20
Wednesday Q.55. A boatman rows up stream at 16 kmph on Tuesday.
15 Find the approximate time taken by the boat to
cover downstream distance and upstream distance
Total upstream distance=300 Kms on the same day?
Friday (1) 3.5 hours (2) 4.25 hours (3) 4.75 hours
12 (4) 5.25 hours (5) 3.75 hours
Monday
Thursday 30 Q.56-60. Find the value of quantities and state the correct
14 relationship.
(1) Quantity I > Quantity II
Wednesday (2) Quantity I < Quantity II
24 Tuesday
(3) Quantity I > Quantity II
20
(4) Quantity I < Quantity II
(5) Quantity I = Quantity II or no relation can be
Day Speed of boat Speed of established
in still water stream Q.56. Quantity I: Profit Percentage, if some articles
Monday 5 _ were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5
articles for Rs. 6.
Tuesday _ 6
Quantity II: Profit Percentage, if 100 toys are
Wednesday 4 _
bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of
Thursday _ 4 Rs. 60 per dozen.
Friday 3 _ Q.57. Quantity I: A man on tour travels first 160 km at
Q.51. Find the ratio between the down stream distance 64 km/hr. and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. Find
travelled by boat  on Monday, Wednesday, the average speed of the tour.
Thursday and Friday together and the upstream Quantity II: A went from P to Q with the speed of
distance travelled by the boat on the same days 60km/hr. and return back with the speed of 90km/
together? hr. Find the average speed.
(1) 15:27 (2) 14:21 (3) 20:27 Q.58. Quantity I: The age of P is twelve times that of
(4) 17:24 (5) None of these her daughter Q. If the age of Q is 3 years, what is
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Quantity II: The ratio between the present ages of Q.64. The difference between the total population
A and B is 2: 3. 4 years ago the ratio between their of City C and E is 30000. The ratio of total
ages was 5:8. What will be A’s age after 7 years? population of City C and E is 44:41. Total % of
Q.59. Quantity I: The difference between SI and CI Literate graduates of City C and E is 80%. If the %
compounded annually on a certain sum of money Literate graduates of City E is equal to three times
for 2 years at 8% per annum is Rs. 12. 80. Find the of Literate graduates of City C then what is the
principal. difference between the number of graduates from
City C and City E?
Quantity II: A sum fetched a total simple interest
(1) 43800 (2) 42600 (3) 44800
of Rs. 800 at the rate of 8% per annum in 5 years.
What is the sum? (4) 45800 (5) 42400
Q.65. What is the sum of male population in City B and
Q.60. There are 5 Brown balls, 4 Blue balls & 3 Black
female population in City D together?
balls in a bag. Four balls are chosen at random
(1) 3,76,000 (2) 3,10,500 (3) 3,60,000
Quantity I: The probability of their being 2
Brown and 2 Blue ball. (4) 3,60,500 (5) None of the Above
Q.66-70. Which information is/are necessary to answer
Quantity II: The probability of their being 2
the questions asked?
Brown, 1 Blue & 1 black.
Q.66. Is x > 0?
Q.61-65. Refer to the table and answer the given
(I) 3x is an integer
questions.
(II) x2– 3x + 2 = 0
Total Population in Five Cities = 20,00,000
(III) x is a prime number
City Total Rural: Male : Literate: Among
population Urban Female Illiterate literates
(1) I and II
(In lakhs) % of (2) II or III
graduates (3) Any two
A _ 7:3 10:11 2:3 _
(4) All three together are sufficient
B 3.15 _ 7:3 _ 45
(5) Any one is sufficient
C _ 6:5 _ 7:4 _
Q.67. In isosceles triangle ABC, what is the measure of
D 4.20 _ 11:3 _ 65
angle A?
E _ 11:9 _ 2:3 _
(I) Angle B = 30 degrees
Q.61. The total population of City A and C is 7,55,000. (II) Angle C = 120 degrees
The difference between the total population of City
(III) Angle A is one-fourth the measure of angle C
A and C is is 1.25 lakhs. Then the urban population
of City A and C together is approximately what (1) I and II
percent of total population of these two Cities? (2) II and III
(1) 39% (2) 12% (3) 13% (3) Any two
(4) 11% (5) Can not be determined (4) All three together are sufficient
(5) None of these
Q.62. Approximately, by what percent of urban
population of City A less than its Rural population? Q.68. Is integer x divisible by 6?
(I) x is the product of three consecutive positive
(1) 75% (2) 57% (3) 55%
integers
(4) 68% (5) None of the above (II) x2 is divisible by 36
Q.63. 25% of total population of City C is 1,10,000. If (III) x2 is divisible by 4
the total number of Literate graduates of City B (1) I or II
and D are 15,570 and 18,200. Approximately what
percent of the total population of City B, C  and (2) II and III
D together is literate? (3) None of these
(1) 41% (2) 46% (3) 51% (4) All three together are sufficient
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Q.69. If a = 5, what is the value of b + c?
(I) a is the average of the set {a, b, c}
(II) a is the median of the set {a, b, c}
(III) ba + bc = 5
(1) Only II
(2) II and III
(3) Only I
(4) All three together are sufficient
(5) Any one
Q.70. Two persons A and B have work efficiency in the
ratio 3: 2 respectively. In how many days can A
finish a work alone?
(I) A and C can together complete a work in  24
days and B and C together can complete 75%
of the work in 12 days.
(II) If B increases his efficiency by 20% then B can
finish 20% less work as done by A.
(1) I and II
(2) II and III
(3) None of these
(4) All three together are sufficient
(5) Any one is sufficient
Q.71.  lf A has 4/5 of the number of books that shelf B
has. If 25% of the books A are transferred to B and
then 25 % of the books from B are transferred to
A then the percentage of the total number of books
that on shelf A is:
(1) 25% (2) 50% (3) 75%
(4) 100% (5) None of these
Q.72.  If a train runs at 40 km/h, it reaches its destination
late by 11 minutes but if it runs at 50 km/h, it is
late by 5 minutes only. Find the correct time for
the train to complete its journey.
(1) 19 minutes (2) 20 minutes (3) 21 minutes
(4) 18 minutes (5) None of these
Q.73.  A book seller sells a book at a profit of 10%. If he
had bought it at 4% less and sold it for 6 more, he
would have gained 18 3 % . The cost price of the
4
book is-
(1) Rs.130 (2) Rs.140 (3) Rs.150
(4) Rs.160 (5) None of these
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Q.74. All the words of 'ALIVE' are arranged in
dictionary order. Find the position of the word
LIVEA.
(1) 49 (2) 55 (3) 57
(4) 61 (5) 90
Q.75. An amount at 5% compound interest for the first 2
years, followed by simple interest of 10% for the
subsequent 3 years becomes Rs.25798.5. Find the
initial amount.
(1) 12000 (2) 14000 (3) 16000
(4) 18000 (5) 20000
Q.76. In a class there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three
students are selected at random. The difference
between the probability that 2 boys and 1 girl are
selected compared to 1 boy and 2 girls are selected
is:
(1) 23/78 (2) 19/88 (3) 15/92
(4) 4/23 (5) 7/46
Q.77. A dealer sold a radio at a loss of 2.5%. Had he sold
it for Rs. 120 more, he would have gained 7.5%.
In order to gain 12.5% after a 25% discount, the
marked price should be:
(1) 1750 (2) 1800 (3) 1857.75
(4) 1925 (5) None of these
Q.78. 20 women can complete a work in 12 days and 24
children can complete the same work in 15 days.
How many days will 30 women and 18 children
take to complete the work?
(1) 6 1 days (2) 5 2 days (3) 4 5 days
4 3 9
(4) 5 1 days (5) None of these
11
Q.79. If two dice are rolled simultaneously find the
probability of getting their sum a multiple of 3 or
4.
(1) 5/9 (2) 4/9 (3) 5/18
(4) 7/36 (5) None of these
Q.80. The average age of a family consisting 15 person
is 42 years. When two person aged 18 years and
X years is replaced by 2 new persons of average
age of 21 years of another family then average
increases by 1 year. Find the value of X .
(1) 13 (2) 11 (3) 7
(4) 9 (5) None of these

GENERAL AWARENESS
Q.81 Which is an instrument of short-term borrowing by
the Government of India?
(1) Commercial Bill (2) Commercial Paper
(3) Treasury Bills (4) Share
(5) None of these
Q.82 Which institution provides a platform for buying
and selling of existing securities?
(1) Depository (2) Broker
(3) SEBI (4) Stock Exchange
(5) None of these
Q.83 Who is authorized to maintain the accounts of
dematerialized shares?
(1) NSDL (2) CDSL
(3) NSE (4) Both (1) & (2)
(5) None of these
Q.84 BSE Ltd was granted permanent recognition under
_______.
(1) SBI Act 1955 (2) Companies Act 1956
(3) RBI Act 1934 (4) SCRA Act 1956
(5) None of these
Q.85 Negotiable instruments drawn by the seller or
drawer of the goods on the buyer of drawer of
the good for the value of goods delivered is also
known as.......
(1) Commercial papers
(2) Commercial Bills
(3) Treasury Bills
(4) Certificate of deposits
(5) None of these
Q.86 Which among the following statement is not true
about Abel Prize?
(1) The Norwegian Academy of Science and
letters, Oslo instituted the Abel Prize in 2002.
(2) The award was given for the first time in 2002.
(3) The award carries a cash prize of 6 million
Norwegian Krone.
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(4) The Abel Prize is given annually to a great
mathematician to honour his/her great and
outstanding contribution to mathematics.
(5) None of these
Q.87 Cheques that are issued by a bank and function
as cash but are protected against loss or theft are
called.
(1) Traveler’s cheque (2) Negotiable cheque
(3) Crossed cheque (4) Special cheque
(5) Transferable cheque
Q.88 The bank which may accept deposits from other
foreign banks but may not accept deposits from the
residents of the country in which it is located. This
is the definition of which of the following?
(1) Investment Banking
(2) Offshore Banking Unit
(3) Retail Banking Unit
(4) Branch Banking
(5) Unit Banking
Q.89 Which bank grants loans to exporters and
importers and also provides information about the
international market?
(1) Exim bank (2) NABARD (3) SIDBI
(4) RBI (5) None of these
Q.90 When was the Payment and Settlement Systems
Act, 2007 (PSS Act) legislated?
(1) 1-Jan-01 (2) 5-Jun-05 (3) 16-Nov-16
(4) 20-Dec-07 (5) None of these
Q.91 The Reserve Bank of India has authorized
following payment system operators of pre-paid
payment instruments?
(1) Cross-border in-bound money transfers
(2) Automated Teller Machine (ATM) networks
(3) Centralized clearing arrangements
(4) All of these
(5) None of these
Q.92 Bulk and repetitive payment requirements of
corporates and other institutions include.
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(1) Salary (2) Interest
(3) Dividend payments (4) All of these
(5) None of these
Q.93 ___, is the process of banks to verify the identity of
its clients.
(1) ECS (2) NPA Norms (3) KYC Norms
(4) Ombudsman (5) None of these
Q.94 Which of the following is also a bill of exchange?
(1) Commercial Bills (2) Promissory notes
(3) Share (4) Fixed Deposit
(5) None of these
Q.95 The value of which of the following financial
instruments is derived from the value of ?
(1) Share (2) Bond (3) Derivative
(4) Insurance (5) None of these
Q.96 Karta is a manager of___.
(1) Joint family (2) Joint family properties
(3) Only (1) (4) Only (2)
(5) Both (1) & (2)
Q.97 ___ is a professionally managed investment fund
that pools money from many investors to invest in
securities.
(1) Share (2) Bond (3) Mutual Funds
(4) Insurance (5) None of these
Q.98 India successfully test-fired its medium range
nuclear capable Agni-II missile. It has a strike
range of how many kilometers?
(1) 1,000 km (2) 2,000 km (3) 3,000 km
(4) 5,000 km (5) None of these
Q.99 Who has been awarded the Mahaudyog Samman
by Maharashtra Government?
(1) Ratan Tata (2) Nirav Modi
(3) Gautam Adani (4) Bharti Mittal
(5) None of these
Q.100 Who laid the foundation stone for the "world's
first high power conductor testing laboratory" in
Gujarat?
(1) Horst Seehofer (2) Heiko Maas
(3) Kirsty Duncan (4) Olaf Scholz
(5) Peter Altmaier
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Q.101 Which two Indians have been selected for Virginia's
2018 Outstanding STEM award?
(1) Arun J Sanyal (2) Parthik Naidu
(3) Sanjay Pratihar (4) Both 1 & 2
(5) None of these
Q.102 Gundu Hanumantha Rao who passed away recently
was a ___.
(1) Actor (2) Writer (3) Director
(4) Politician (5) None of these
Q.103 Who will head the committee constituted to study
the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in
Assam and neighboring states?
(1) Bibek Debroi (2) Smriti Irani
(3) Rajiv Kumar (4) Sanjay Sharma
(5) None of these
Q.104 Which railway station became the country’s first
all-women railway station in the main line category
of the Indian railways?
(1) Surat Railway Station
(2) Lucknow Railway Station
(3) Gandhi Nagar Railway Station
(4) Gorakhpur Railway Station
(5) None of these
Q.105 India has signed an MoU with which country for
cooperation in the rail sector?
(1) Bulgaria (2) Croatia (3) Kosovo
(4) Morocco (5) Macedonia
Q.106 Who inaugurated the International R&D Conclave
on Emerging Opportunities and Challenges of
R&D in Indian Power Sector?
(1) R.K. Singh (2) Smriti Irani
(3) Yogi Adityanath (4) Narendra Modi
(5) None of these
Q.107 International Mother Language Day is observed on
_____.
(1) 1-Feb (2) 2-Feb (3) 12-Feb
(4) 21-Feb (5) None of these
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Q.108 Where was 12th India-Saudi Arabia Joint (1) Karnataka
Commission Meeting (JCM) held? (2) Uttarakhand
(1) New Delhi (2) Riyadh (3) Tehran
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Dubai (5) None of these
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Q.109 Who has been selected for Daniel E Noble award
(5) Himachal Pradesh
for his work in memory chips and integrated
circuits? Q.115 Garuda Shakti’ is a military drill between Indian
Army and ___ Army?
(1) Akhilesh Pandey (2) Sunaina Singh
(1) Indonesian (2) Burmese
(3) Partho Roy (4) Rajiv Joshi
(3) Thailand (4) Vietnamese
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
Q.110 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has
given its approval to the construction of a 4.531 Q.116 Recently, technology giant Google has launched a
Km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend - new payments app. What is the name of the app?
Barkot Tunnel. Where is Silkyara Bend - Barkot (1) Google Play (2) Google Pay
Tunnel located?
(3) Google Money (4) Google Bank
(1) Karnataka
(5) None of these
(2) Uttarakhand
Q.117 Padma Vibhushan awardee Dr BK Goyal passed
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
away. What was he by profession?
(4) Nagaland
(1) Dentist (2) Psychiatrist
(5) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Anesthesiologist (4) Cardiologist
Q.111 The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval
(5) None of these
to an Agreement on Film Co-production between
India and which country? Q.118 Telangana government has partnered with which
body to set up a Center of Excellence for Data
(1) Iran (2) Iraq (3) Israel
Science and Artificial Intelligence?
(4) Britain (5) None of these
(1) CII (2) SIAM (3) Assocham
Q.112 'Gangotri Swachh Iconic Place project' and 'Swajal'
is launched in which state? (4) NASSCOM (5) AEPC

(1) Karnataka Q.119 Who has constituted an Expert panel which will
investigate the reasons for the growing fraud in
(2) Uttarakhand banks and also suggest ways to prevent it?
(3) Jammu and Kashmir (1) Finance Ministry (2) RBI
(4) Nagaland
(3) Supreme Court (4) IBA
(5) Himachal Pradesh
(5) None of these
Q.113 Who is the chairperson of Empowered Expert
Q.120 India will host the global World Environment Day
Committee constituted by University Grants
celebrations on 5 June 2018. What is the theme for
Commission?
this year?
(1) N Gopalaswami (2) Om Prakash Rawat
(1) Beat Plastic Pollution
(3) Sunil Arora (4) Ashok Lavasa
(2) Beat Plastic and Pollution
(5) None of these
(3) Beat Plastic Beat Pollution
Q.114 Khadi and Village Industries Board which state's
(4) Eat Plastic Beat Pollution
has signed a pact with Amazon India to facilitate
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Q.121-130. Read the following passage carefully and
answer the questions given below it. Certain
words have been printed in bold to help you
locate them while answering some questions.
Tobacco is the only le.g.,ally available consumer
product that has no good use except causing
disease, disability and death. In India, there are
27.5 crore tobacco users, that is, every third Indian
adult uses some form of tobacco.
But that said, a blanket ban on tobacco is unlikely.
It is an important exportable commodity that brings
revenue and foreign exchange. And there are
millions of people who earn their livelihood from
tobacco. In fact, a key argument from the industry
against increasing the size of the pictorial health
warnings on tobacco products is that it would
ultimately rob tobacco farmers off their livelihood.
But there is a constant and willful suppression of
an important fact: tobacco doesn’t spare even those
earning from it, especially the farmers.
A very characteristic illness in tobacco growers is
Green Tobacco Sickness. It occurs when tobacco
workers hand-harvest, cut or load tobacco plants,
usually early in the morning or after a rainfall
when tobacco plants are covered with moisture.
It occurs through exposure of skin to dissolved
nicotine from tobacco leaves. Nicotine is a very
harmful chemical that not only causes dependence
but can directly lead to several systemic illnesses.
Symptoms of GTS include weakness, headache,
nausea, vomiting, dizziness, abdominal cramps,
breathing difficulty, abnormal temperature, pallor,
diarrhoea, chills, fluctuations in blood pressure
or heart rate, and increased perspiration and
salivation. Severe cases may require immediate
admission and intervention. Even the storage of
tobacco in houses was found to lead to higher
incidence of nausea, headache and dizziness.
Most field workers are part of unorganised small-
scale set-ups without access to protective clothing,
health insurance or even made aware about
the risks. Many of these workers also develop
respiratory diseases similar to emphysema and
end up having altered pulmonary (lung-related)
function. They have also been found to have higher
incidence of musculoskeletal problems. Tobacco
crops require application of pesticides and may
result in serious health effects to those handling it.
Another associated problem more relevant, mainly
in children and family members, is that of third
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hand exposure i.e. tobacco dust around them.
Tobacco crop leads to loss of nutrient content of
soil that necessitates higher quantity of fertilizers
and manure. In addition, curing of tobacco
requires large quantities of firewood and results in
deforestation as well as environmental pollution.
In many areas, farmers have given up paddy and
pulses for tobacco. This is impacting the re.g.,ional
food security. Most of the biomass is being diverted
for tobacco curing depriving cattle stock of their
feed.
Due to higher requirements of fertilizers, pesticides
and fuelwood for growing tobacco crops, farmers
require strong financial support. These are
generally provided by loan sharks and also at time
through bigger tobacco companies. This traps them
into a vicious cycle! Anti-tobacco campaigns need
to also address farmers and educate them about the
ill-effects of handling the crop and encourage them
to switch to alternative crops. This is especially
important because the domestic and international
demand for tobacco is shrinking rapidly. A thought
reinforced by a recent report of a Parliamentary
committee on Environment and Forests that
recommended the promotion of an alternative
livelihood in the interest of farmers, environment
and the larger society.
Q.121. How many tobacco users have been reported in
India as given in the passage?
(1) Every third Indian
(2) 27.5 crore approx
(3) Every third Indian adult
(4) Both 1 and 2
(5) Both 2 and 3
Q.122. A blanket ban on tobacco products is unlikely to
happen in India. Why?
(1) It is an important exportable commodity that
brings revenue and foreign exchange
(2) Millions of people earn their livelihood from
tobacco.
(3) It would ultimately rob tobacco farmers off
their livelihood.
(4) 1, 2 and 3
(5) Only 2
Q.123. Which of the following is/ are a characteristic
illness in the tobacco growers?
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(1) Green Tobacco sickness
(2) Lung cancer
(3) Throat cancer
(4) Blue berry syndrome
(5) All of the above
Q.124. Which of the following is not a symptom of the
green tobacco syndrome as been mentioned in
the passage?
(1) Headache, nausea and vomiting.
(2) Heart burn, ulcers and reflux.
(3) Weakness, nausea and dizziness.
(4) Abdominal cramps, breathing difficulty and
altered heart rate.
(5) Abnormal temperature and increased
perspiration and salivation.
Q.125. Which of the following sentences is/ are true in
context to the passage?
(1) Farmers do not require strong financial support
to grow tobacco.
(2) Tobacco growth nourishes the soil
metallurgical and nutrient content.
(3) Tobacco growers are found to be suffering
from musculo-skeletal problems
(4) A blanket ban on tobacco products have been
imposed in India
(5) All of the above.
Q.126. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage
of growing tobacco according to the passage?
(1) Tobacco crop leads to loss of nutrient content
of soil
(2) Growing tobacco necessitates higher quantity
of fertilizers and manure.
(3) Farmers are giving up tobacco for paddy and
pulses
(4) Curing of tobacco requires large quantities of
firewood causing deforestation.
(5) All of the above
Q.127. Which of the following options is the most
similar in meaning to the word ‘necessitates’ as
given in the passage?
(1) Dissuades (2) Counsels (3) Compels
(4) Admonition (5) Advice
Q.128. Which of the following options is the most
similar in meaning to the word ‘vicious’ as given
in the passage?
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(1) Glorious (2) Virtuous (3) Heroics
(4) Maniacal (5) Vile
Q.129. Which of the following options is the most
opposite in meaning to the word ‘systemic’, as
given in the passage?
(1) Requisite (2) Extrinsic (3) Rudimental
(4) Intrinsic (5) Acute
Q.130. Which of the following options is the most
opposite in meaning to the word ‘blanket ban’,
as given in the passage?
(1) Denouncement (2) Forbiddance
(3) Rele.g.,ation (4) Sanction
(5) Embargo
Q.131-138. Read the THREE parts of the sentences
i.e. (A), (B) and (C) given below respectively
and try to find out the sentence(s) which is/
are INCORRECT among them and mark your
answer.
Q.131. Women passengers travelling alone in trains and
wanting a change (A)/ of berth or seat can now
avail the services in a (B)/ senior lady railway
official to help them out.(C)
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) Both A and B
Q.132. A 62-years-old vegetable farmer who was under
huge debt (A)/ and had reportedly consumed
pesticide, (B) died in a hospital.(C)
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) Both A and B
Q.133. One study, published in the journal Behaviour
Research and Therapy, (A)/ found that people
taking anti-anxiety drugs (B)/ may feel more relax
psychologically. (C)
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) Both A and B
Q.134. The International Energy Agency, a forecaster,
reckons that, (A)/ if action to limit global warming
to below 2°C accelerate in coming years, (B)/ $1trn
of oil assets could stranded, ie, rendered obsolete.
(C)
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) Both A and B
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Q.135. Since no one actually get injured despite (A)/ the
repeated thrashing and violence, and it is also
funny,(B)/ they might be tempted to do the same in
real life. (C)
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) Both A and B
Q.136. There are welcome steps underway to have a
liquid secondary market for corporate bonds,
an institutional shield (A)/ against future non-
performing assets arise from banks funding long
term infrastructure projects (B)/ they are ill-suited
to, given the short maturity of their deposits. (C)
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) Both A and B
Q.137. A British engineer tried to move the pillar in an
(A)/ unsuccessful attempt to uncover (B)/ the
secret of his support (C)
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) Both A and B
Q.138. There’s a waterfall nearby and the soothe sound of
the (A)/ water hitting the rocks (B)/ can be heard
all the time.(C)
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) Both A and B
Q.139-143. Rearrange the following sentence which is
divided into four parts i.e. (A), (B), (C) and (D)
in the proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph. In case the sentence is correct
and requires no rearranging mark (5) i.e no
rearrangement required as your answer.
Q.139. Most of the offices witnessed (A)/ thin attendance
as employees preferred (B)/ and coffee at roadside
stalls (C) to keep themselves warm by sipping tea
(D)/
(1) BCDA (2) CDAB (3) ABDC
(4) DABC (5) No rearrangement required
Q.140. since requirements would vary (A) each village
would have to (B)/ prioritize the development and
demand funds (C)/ for the Purpose accordingly (D)
(1) BCDA (2) CDAB (3) ABDC
(4) DABC (5) No rearrangement required
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Q.141. The kite string is coated with a layer (A)/ of crushed
glass making it razor sharp (B)/ as birds often get
entangled in the thin strings (C)/ and suffer fatal
injuries. (D)
(1) BCDA (2) CDAB (3) ABDC
(4) DABC (5) No rearrangement required
Q.142. The drought was so severe that the administration
(A) due to which poor farmers could not even get
(B) labour work in the urban areas (C) had imposed
a ban on construction works (D)
(1) BCDA (2) ADBC (3) ABDC
(4) DABC (5) No rearrangement required
Q.143. They had raised a demand for the installation (A)/
of a tube well replacing the Submersible pump (B)
that was not serving the purpose (C)/ of supplying
water. (D)
(1) BCDA (2) CDAB (3) ABDC
(4) DABC (5) No rearrangement required
Q.144-148. In the following passage there are blanks
each of which has been numbered. These
numbers are printed below the passage and
against each five words have been suggested,
one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find
out the appropriate word in each case.
It is in offering a prescription to deal with this
malady of ______ (144) global demand that the
Survey makes bold. It makes a strong and valid
case for giving a big push to agriculture, health
and education. It repeats the widely ______
(145) industry demand for addressing the “exit
problem” that is hurting the economy. Calling it
a “Chakravyuha challenge’’, the Survey lists the
enormous fiscal, economic and political costs
involved in sustaining incapacitated ventures.
Another meaningful suggestion is that India
move from a pro-industry approach to one that
is “genuinely pro-competition”. The growth
momentum, it is felt, could well be sustained
by “activating domestic sources of demand’’.
Interestingly, the Survey sees in the ______ (146)
of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations
a demand-booster. The Reserve Bank of India,
however, has chosen to view the pay panel-induced
payout from the prism of inflation. The Survey has
rightly called for a quick ______ (147) to the twin
balance sheet challenges — the impaired finances
of public sector banks and corporate houses.
Indeed, this requires a holistic and fair solution.
Suggestions such as plugging leakages in subsidy
payouts, bringing more income-earners into the
heavyweight title.

tax net, phasing out tax exemptions, not raising
exemption threshold limits, introducing differential
power tariff and imposing higher property taxes are
all resource-raising options listed to deal with the
resource crunch. How much of this purposefulness
will in fact inform the new Budget will be ______
(148) soon.
Q.144. Choose the correct option for (144)
(1) becalmed (2) healthy (3) tinker
(4) junked (5) threaten
Q.145. Choose the correct option for (145)
(1) unarticulated (2) articulation (3) articulated
(4) coherent (5) clear
Q.146. Choose the correct option for (146)
(1) tool (2) utensils
(3) device (4) implementation
(5) acceptance
Q.147. Choose the correct option for (147)
(1) resolution (2) settle
(3) solve (4) reconcile
(5) implementation
Q.148. Choose the correct option for (148)
(1) comprehend (2) ascertained
(3) discretion (4) assisted
(5) disapprove
Q.149-153. In each of the following sentences there
are two blank spaces. Below each five pairs of
words have been denoted by numbers (1), (2),
(3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words
can be filled in the blanks in order to make a
meaningful sentence.
Q.149. People of Saurashtra and Kutch region were forced
to _________to other regions because of the -------
of water.
(1) transfuse, frailty (2) migrate, scarcity,
(3) transform, stain, (4) shift, faulty,
(5) move, irregular
Q.150. The agencies must work--------communities around
the lake, treat sewage before letting it into sewage
lines and separate storm water drains-------------
sewage lines.
(1) from, at (2) since, to (3) between, into
(4) with, from (5) among, onto
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Q.151. Reputed developers generally follow standards
and ------------wrong practices, but a mechanism
should bring more awareness and ---------in the
system.
(1) disturb, fluency (2) jolted, clear
(3) avoid, transparency (4) focus, guidelines
(5) maintain, clarity
Q.152. Telephone services within the area have been
largely --------- and repairing the damaged lines
under the concrete roads would be a----------.
(1) effected, ultimate
(2) hit, demands
(3) obstructed, objection
(4) collapsed, entice
(5) affected, challenge
Q.153. The heat had led to ----------of moisture into vapour
which has ----------- untimely showers.
(1) novelty, raised (2) reform, brought
(3) exchange, resulted (4) conversion, caused
(5) growing, trended
Q.154-158. Which of the Phrases (1), (2). (3) and (4)
given below each sentence should replace
the phrases printed in bold in the sentence to
make it grammatically correct. If the sentence
is correct as it is given and no correction is
required, mark (5) as the answer.
Q.154. The intense cold wave and fog proved to been a
major hazardous for schoolchildren. 
(A) Proving for be a major hazard
(B) Prove to being a major hazardous
(C) Proved to be a major hazard
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (C)
(5) No Correction required
Q.155. Instead of providing relief, the shelter homes have
only adding of the woes of hapless, homeless
people.
(A) Added to the woes
(B) Adds as the woes
(C) Woes add to
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (C)
(5) No Correction required
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Q.156. The pesticide dealers have been found to flout rules
and deliver restricted pesticides in high quantities
to make profits.
(A) Delivered restricted pesticides in high
(B) Delivers restrict pesticides in highly
(C) Deliver restriction pesticides as high
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (C)
(5) No Correction required
Q.157. The ailing handloom sector can be only revive
by adopting better marketing techniques and
improving the special skills of weavers.
(A) Can only being revival of
(B) Can only be revived by
(C) Can be only revival on
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (C)
(5) No Correction required
Q.158. The chief minister has planned to conduction
surprise checks personally in government offices
across the state.
(A) Conducts surprising checked
(B) Conduction surprised checking
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Q.161. Process of finding/correcting program errors is
______.
(1) Bugs (2) Debugging
(3) Hacking (4) Cracking
(5) None of these
Q.162. Diagnostic routines is a ______.
(1) Programs used to print error messages
(2) Indicates system problem and improper
program instruction
(3) Both 1 & 2 are true
(4) Programs used to assure to not print error messages
(5) None of these
Q.163. The term DBMS is referred to _______.
(1) Data Base Management System
(2) The software used for the management,
maintenance and retrieval of the data stored in
a Database.
(3) A word processing software
(4) Presentation Software
(5) Both 1 & 2 are true
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(C) Conduct surprise checks
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (C)
(5) No Correction required
Q.159. The US told Pakistan to take action to combat for
delegitimise all terror groups operating on its soil.
(A) combat and delegitimise all terrorist group
(B) combat and delegitimise any terrorist groups
(C) combat and delegitimise all terrorist groups
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (C)
(5) No Correction required
Q.160. The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh officially become
a part of the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA)
government with the induction of senior party
MLA in the council of ministers.
(A) officially became a part of the
(B) official became a part of the
(C) officially become a part of a
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (C)
(5) No Correction required
Q.164. Digitizer is an input device _______.
(1) Used to convert graphic and pictorial data into
binary inputs for a digital computer
(2) Used to convert graphic and pictorial data into
analog inputs for a digital computer
(3) Used for debugging
(4) Used to erase data
(5) None of these
Q.165. Disk operating system is referred for ________.
(1) DOS
(2) Operating system which contains the disk-
oriented commands and uses disk devices for
permanent storage.
(3) Graphical User Interface
(4) Single User Operating System
(5) 1, 2 and 4
Q.166. Document reader is_______.
(1) An optical input device used to read documents
(2) A device that arrange the documents
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(3) A device that is used to edit documents
(4) An optical output device used to read
documents
(5) A device that merge the documents
Q.167. Auxiliary storage is ----------
(1) Secondary storage (2) Primary storage
(3) Processing device (4) All
(5) None of these
Q.168. FORTRAN is ________.
(1) Formula Translation
(2) A high-level mathematically oriented programming
language
(3) Machine Language
(4) Both 1 & 2
(5) Array Language
Q.169. An adder which adds three binary digits and outputs
a results bit and a carry bit is referred as ____.
(1) Half adder (2) Quarter adder
(3) Full adder (4) Both (1) and (3)
(5) None of these
Q.170. Internet banking is an example of ------.
(1) Electronic funds transfer (EFT)
(2) EDP (Electronic Data Processing)
(3) EBCDIC
(4) ASCLL
(5) None of these
Q.171. EBCDIC is _______.
(1) 6-bit coding system (2) 7-bit coding system
(3) 8-bit coding system (4) 9-bit coding system
(5) None of these
Q.172. A data communication facility on which data can
be transmitted in two directions is referred as____.
(1) Duplex (2) Simples
(3) Triplex (4) Multicommunication
(5) None of these
Q.173. Electronic Mail/Message System (EMMS) best
suits to ________.
(1) Postal Service (2) Telephone Service
(3) Telegraph Service (4) Telegram Service
(5) None of these
Q.174. Digital Computer is a computer _______.
(1) that works with discrete quanitites
(2) that works with analog quantities
(3) Both 1 & 2
(4) That works with radio quantities
(5) None of these
Q.175. The subdivision of fields _____
(1) always done to given the programmer greater
flexibility
(2) dependent on programming language used
(3) never accomplished on fields containing numeric
data
(4) all the above
(5) None of these
Q.176. Which of the following is not the operating system?
(1) UNIX (2) DOS (3) WINDOWS
(4) BASIC (5) LINUX
Q.177. Which of the following is true concerning personal
computers?
(1) They have been most successful in the home.
(2) They are user friendly
(3) No specific programming technique is required
(4) All the above
(5) None of these
Q.178. The personal computers are also referred as ____.
(1) desktop micros
(2) advanced computers
(3) palmtop computers
(4) all the above
(5) None of these
Q.179. Maximum character EBCDIC can code _________.
(1) 8 (2) 16 (3) 64
(4) 256 (5) 255
Q.180. The hexadecimal number system has a base of
____.
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 8
(4) 16 (5) 6
Q.181. The use of parity bit is for _____.
(1) Coding (2) Indexing
(3) error-detection (4) All
(5) None of these
Q.182. Which of the following input/output device?
(1) Monitors (2) Punched cards
(3) Optical scanners (4) All the above
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Q.183. Archieve is ----- Q.190. Graphics for word processor is ______.
(1) Backup storage (2) Forward operation (1) Peripheral (2) Clip art (3) Highlight
(3) Primary storage (4) Temp storage (4) Execute (5) Template
(5) None of these Q.191. Connections to the Internet using a phone line and
Q.184. An advantage of the laser printer respect to impact a modem are called __________ connections.
printer is _______. (1) broadband (2) dish (3) digital
(1) It is quieter/faster (4) dial-up (5) All
(2) Output is of a high quality Q.192. DSL speed typically lists the __________ speed.
(3) Support wide range of type fonts (1) transfer (2) download (3) upload
(4) All the above (4) control (5) None of these
(5) None of these Q.193. The name for the Windows version of the Internet
Q.185. Data entry can be performed with all of the API is ______.
following except____. (1) Winsock (2) Sockets (3) WinModem
(1) OCR/OMR (4) DirectX (5) None of these
(2) COM Q.194. Accessing the Internet in a very remote location is
(3) Voice-recognition system the job of a __________ connection.
(4) MICR (1) dial-up (2) satellite (3) cable
(5) None of these (4) DSL (5) Rural
Q.186. Magnetic tape can serve as ______. Q.195. Which of the following describes a wireless
network you might install in your home?
(1) input media
(1) WLAN (2) WWAN (3) cell
(2) Output media
(4) radio IP (5) HomeWAN
(3) secondary-storage media
Q.196. ____ type of software is designed for users who
(4) All the above want to customize the programs they use.
(5) None of these (1) freeware (2) open-source software
Q.187. Elementary data item are ______. (3) shareware (4) macros
(1) data item which is not broken down into (5) Close-source Software
smaller units
Q.197. The __________ of software contains lists of
(2) data item that can be broken down into smaller commands and options.
units
(1) menu bar (2) title bar (3) formula bar
(3) data item which is decomposed into smaller units
(4) tool bar (5) None of these
(4) Data item which is composed from smallest
unit Q.198. Changing an existing document is called
__________ the document.
(5) None of these
(1) creating (2) modifying (3) adjusting
Q.188. In Microsoft Word to cut something the following
shortcut is used _____. (4) editing (5) changing
(1) CTRL+C (2) CTRL+X (3) ALT +V Q.199. A __________ is a named set of characters that
(4) ALT +X (5) None of these have the same characteristics.
Q.189. A program which helps to create written document (1) type face (2) type style (3) font
and lets you go back and made correction as (4) pico (5) Format
necessary ____. Q.200. In a spreadsheet program the __________ contains
(1) Home raw keys (2) Tool Bar related worksheets and documents.
(3) Spreadsheet (4) Word processor (1) workbook (2) column (3) cell
(5) None of these (4) formula (5) Excel

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REASONING EXPLANATION
Q.1-5. 3rd Hemant/Jagan
Lagina Sabella Rada Padma Octavia Qamar Mabel Nabila 2nd Hemant
South North North South North South North South 1st
Q.1.(3) Q.2.(1) Q.3.(2) We can’t know who lives on the ground floor with
Q.4.(1) Q.5.(4) the help of statement II.

Q.6. (4) Q.15.(4) From Statement I-

Q.7. (5) Either Neha or Abhay is sitting at one of the ends.

Q.8.(1) Condition (i) is applicable.
Q.9.(3) Condition (iii) is applicable.
Q.10.(2) Condition (ii) is applicable.
Q.11.(4)
I - rain is always good = 5 3 9 7
II - he is always there = 3 6 8 5
From I and II -
rain = 9, 7
Thus, we cannot find the exact code for "rain".
Therefore, I and II both are not sufficient together.
Q.12.(5) From I + II = P sits to the immediate right of T.
Q.13.(3) From I.
L > G > I, K; L > H, J
Thus, L is the heaviest. Thus only I is sufficient.
From II. In ascending order __, __, I, G, H, L
Thus, L is the heaviest. Therefore only II is
sufficient.
Abhay is third to the left of Neha. Deepak is
fourth to the left of Poorvi.
The possible positions can be -
I. Deepak _ Abhay _ Poorvi Neha
II. Abhay Deepak _ Neha _ Poorvi
So, we can’t find who is sitting at the extreme ends.
From Statement II-
Abhay _ Poorvi or Poorvi _ Abhay and neither of
them is sitting at the ends.
The possible positions can be
I. Manik Abhay _ Poorvi Neha
II. Poorvi Neha _ Abhay Manik
So, we can’t find who is at the extreme ends.
From Statements I and II-
The only possible position is Deepak Manik
Abhay Hitesh Poorvi Neha. Thus, Deepak and
Neha are sitting at the extreme ends.
Q.16-20. According to the informations, we get-

Q.14.(1) From Statement I- Komal > Juhi > Oman > Mohan, Juhi > Neha >
Lav and Mohan > Neha
Floor No. Person
Merging the informations, we get-
6th Ishika
Komal > Juhi > Oman (74) > Mohan > Neha (62) > Lav
5th Gaurav
Q.16.(2) Q.17.(4) Q.18.(2)
4th
Q.19.(3) Q.20.(5)
3rd Gaurav
Q.21-25.
2nd Ishika
who- ca
1st Kumar
are – na
In both the situations, Kumar is at the ground
people-ta
floor.
player – ka
From Statement II-
own – qa/ra
Floor No. Person
aim – ra/qa
6th Love
nice – ba
5th Jagan/Love
best – sa
4th
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Q.21.(3) Q.22.(1) Q.23.(2) Q.31.(5) Q.32.(4) Q.33.(4)
Q.24.(5) Q.25.(1) Q.34.(1) Q.35. (5)
Q.26.(1) The 16th element from the right end = u Q.36-40. Person Child Compartment
Q.27.(1) n J P h c r Z w @ u & © M D q S I $ K V % Queen 11 4
Q.28.(3) n 1 9 J P h c 7 r Z w @ u & © M 3 D q S 4 I $ 0 K
Rishi 15 6
5V%
Q.29.(2) (n 1 9) J P h c 7 (r Z w) @ u & © M 3 (D q S) 4 I Manoj 23 1
$ 0 K (5 V %) Yahiya 17 7
Q.30.(1) n 1 9 J P h c 7 r Z w @ u & © M 3 D q S 4 I $ 0 Eram 12 5
K5V%
Charu 44 2
Q.31-35.
Shara 16 3
Q.36.(2)
Q.37.(1)
Q.38.(3)
Q.39.(1)
Q.40.(3)

MATHS EXPLANATION
Q.41.(3) The sequence is 1³ + 1 = 2, Q.45.(4) The given series is
2³ + 2 = 10, 92-1
3³ + 3 = 30, 112-2
4³ + 4 = 68, 132-3
5³ + 5 = 130, and 152-4
6³ + 6 = 222. 172-5
Therefore in the place of 120 the number should Q.46-50.
have been 130
Subject Boys Girls Total
Q.42.(2) The sequence is the differences of the numbers
9, 7, 5, 3, 1. Substituting 35 with 36 satisfies the Zoology 50 240 290
sequence Botony 120 100 220
Q.43.(1) The given series is Maths 150 100 250
50+12=51 Physics 200 200 400
51-22=47 Statistics 80 160 240
47+32=56 Total 600 800 1400
56-42=40 Q.46.(3) Required answer
40+52=65 = 200 + 200 + 160 + 80 = 640
65-62=29 Q.47.(4) Required ratio = 150 : 100 = 3:2
Q.44.(5) The given series is Q.48.(1) Required difference = 100 - 50 = 50
2×2+7=11 Q.49.(4) Required answer=Zoology and statistics
11×3-6=27 Q.50.(3) Required percentage = (160/200) × 100 = 80%
27×4+5=113
Q.51.(4) Required ratio =170:240=17:24.
113×5-4=561
Q.52.(4) Required Difference = 96 – 82 = 14
561×6+3=3369
Q.53.(3) Total downstream distance travelled by boat on
3369×7-2=23581 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday = 108

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Total up stream distance travelled by boat on P=Rs. 2000.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday = 222 Q-II. SI=Pnr/100
Required percent 800=P×8×5/100
P=800×100/40 =Rs. 2000.
Q.54.(1) Downstream Speed = 6 kmph Q1=Q2
Upstream Speed = 2 kmph
Time taken by the boat to cover upstream distance Q.60.(2) Q-I. P(E)
= 72/2 = 36 hours
Q.55.(3) U = u – v = 16
5
C2 × 4 C1 × 3 C1 8
Q-II. P(E)= 12
=
v=6 C4 33
Q1 < Q2
u = 22
Q.61.(5) Population of C could be more or less than city A.
D = 28 So answer can not be determined.
Required answer Q.62.(2) Required percentage
7-3
hours 7 ×100 . 57%
Q.63.(3) C = 4,40,000
Q.56.(1) Q-I.CP of 30 articles = (5/6) × 30 = Rs. 25
Literate population of City C
SP of 30 articles = (6/5)×30=Rs. 36
Profit 36-25=11

Profit %=44%
Total number of Literate graduates of City B
Q-II. CP of 1 toy =350/100=3.50
= 15570 = 45%
SP of 1 toy = 60/12 =5
x = Literate population of City B
5 - 3.5
Profit % = 3.5 ×100 = 42.86% 45% of x = 15570, So x = 34600
QI > QII Total number of Literate graduates of City D
Q.57.(2) QI- Total time taken = 18200 = 65%
y = Literate population of City D
65% of y = 18200, So y = 280000

Then avg speed km/hr. Required percentage

Q.64.(5)
Q-II. (2×60×90)/150 = 72km/hr.
QI < QII x = 850000
Q.58.(1) Q-I. Ratio/ P:Q 12:1 City C Population= 440000
1…….= 3 Number of graduates from City C
12 == 36 years
=
Q-II. (5x+4)/(8x+4) =2/3
City E Population = 410000
15x+12 = 16x+8
Number of graduates from City E
x=4.
A’s age 4 yrs ago = 5×4=20 =
Then A’s age after 7yrs is 20+4+7=31yrs.
Required Difference = 42400
Q1 > Q2
Q.65.(2) Required Sum
Q.59.(5) Q-I. SI-CI=P(r/100)2.
7 3
P×(8/100)2=12.80 = × 315000 + × 420000
10 14
64P/(100×100)=12.80 = 220500 + 90000 = 310500

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Q.66.(2) Either II or III words starting with I = 4! = 24
As integers are negative also. words starting with LA = 3! = 6
Q.67.(5) Only II is sufficient
words starting with LE = 3! = 6
As we know if one angle is 1200 other two angles
will be equal and their sum will be 600. words starting with LIA = 2! = 2,
Q.68.(1) Either I or II words starting with LIE = 2! = 2
As multiplication of any three consecutive words starting with LIVA = 1
positive integers will be always divisible by 6.
the first word with starting with LIVE will be
Q.69.(3) Only I LIVEA
a+b+c
As we know 3 = 3a so rank = 24 + 24 + 24 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 
Q.70.(3) I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient. = 90
Q.71.(2) Let the number of books in shelf B be 100.
Q.75.(4) Let the initial amount be x
Number of books in shelf A = {(100 × 4)/5} = 80
Amount with CI for 2 years
On transferring 25% i.e. of books of shelf A to
shelf B, the books on = x × 1.05 ×1.05
shelf B = {100 + (80 × 25)/100} Amount with SI for 3 years on this =  x × 1.05
B = 100 + 20 = 120 ×1.05 (1+ 3 × 0.1)
Books left in shelf A = 80-20 = 60 = x × 1.05 × 1.05 × 1.3
Again, on transferring 1/4th books of shelf B to Given: 
shelf A, the books on x × 1.05 × 1.05 × 1.3 = 25798.5
shelf A = {60 +(120/4)} = 90
or x = 25798.5 ÷ (1.05 × 1.05 × 1.3)
Total no of books in A and B = 120 +60 = 180
= Rs.18000
Required percentage of books on shelf A
= (90/180) x 100 = 50% 15×14×10 15×10×9
Q.76.(3) 3× 25×24×23 - 3× 25×24×23
Q.72.(1) , 7 9 3×5 15
3 b 46 - 92 l = 92 = 92
x = 20 Q.77.(2) 120 = 10% of the CP (2.5% loss to 7.5% profit)
From equation (I) Or CP = Rs. 1200
3x
= t + 11 , To gain 12.5%, SP = 1200 × 1.125 = Rs. 1350
2
Rs. 1350 = 25% discounted of Marked Price
t = 30 – 11 = 19 minutes
Or marked Price = 1350 ÷ 0.75 = Rs. 1800
Q.73.(3) Let the C.P. of the book = Rs.x
Q.78.(5) 20 w— 12 Þ 30 w— 8
Initial S.P. = Rs. = 1.1 x 24 c— 15 Þ 18 c— 20
New C.P. = Rs.0.96 20×8 40
Required answer= 28 = 7
New S.P.
5
5 7 days
= Rs. % of Rs.0.96x
Q.79.(1) Sum the probability of getting 3,4,6,8,9 and 12

= = Rs.1.14x 2 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 1 20 5
P(E)= = =
1.14 x – 1.1 x = 6 36 36 9
0.04x = 6
42 × 15 − 18 + x + 42
x= = Rs.150 Q.80.(4) = 43
15
Q.74.(5) words starting with A = 4! = 24 x = 645 − 636 = 9
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GENERAL AWARENESS EXPLANATION
Q.81.(3) A Treasury bill is an instrument of short-term
borrowing by the Government of India maturing
in less than one year.
Q.82.(4) A stock exchange is an institution which provides
a platform for buying and selling of existing
securities.
Q.83.(4) The Depository (NSDL or CDSL) is authorized to
maintain the accounts of dematerialized shares.
Q.84.(4) BSE Ltd was granted permanent recognition under
the Securities Contract (Regulation) Act, 1956.
Q.85.(2) Negotiable instruments drawn by the seller or
drawer of the goods on the buyer of drawer of the
good for the value of goods delivered is also known
as Commercial Bills.
Q.86.(2) The Norwegian Academy of Science and letters, Oslo
instituted the Abel Prize in 2002. The award was
given for the first time in 2003. The award carries a
cash prize of 6 million Norwegian Krone. The Abel
Prize is given annually to a great mathematician to
honour his/her great and outstanding contribution to
mathematics.
Q.87.(1) Cheques that are issued by a bank and function
as cash but are protected against loss or theft are
called Traveler’s cheque.
Q.88.(2) Offshore Banking Unit may accept deposits from
other foreign banks but may not accept deposits
from the residents of the country in which it is
located.
Q.89.(1) Exim bank
Q.90.(4) In India, the payment and settlement systems are
regulated by the Payment and Settlement Systems
Act, 2007 (PSS Act) which was legislated in
December 2007.
Q.91.(4) The Reserve Bank of India has since authorized
payment system operators of pre-paid payment
instruments, card schemes, cross-border in-bound
money transfers, Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
networks and centralized clearing arrangements.
Q.92.(4) The Reserve Bank introduced the ECS (Credit)
scheme during the 1990s to handle bulk and
repetitive payment requirements (like salary,
interest, dividend payments) of corporates and other
institutions.
Q.93.(3) KYC Norms, is the process of banks to verify the
identity of its clients.
Q.94.(1) Commercial Bill is a bill of exchange issued by a
commercial organization to raise money for short-
term needs.
Q.95.(3) Derivative Instrument is a financial instruments
whose value is derived from the value of something
else.
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Q.96.(5) Karta means manager of joint family and joint
family properties.
Q.97.(3) Mutual Funds is a professionally managed
investment fund that pools money from many
investors to invest in securities.
Q.98.(2) India successfully test-fired its medium range
nuclear capable Agni-II missile from Abdul Kalam
Island off Odisha coast. It has a strike range of 2,000
km.
Q.99.(1) Maharashtra Government has awarded Ratan
Tata, Former Chairman of Tata Group, with the
Mahaudyog Samman for his contribution to the
development of the state.
Q.100.(3) Canada's Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan laid the
foundation stone for the "world's first high power
conductor testing laboratory" in Gujarat. It will be
built at the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University
(GFSU).
Q.101.(4) Six people including two Indian-American
researchers, Arun J Sanyal and Parthik Naidu
have been selected for Virginia's 2018 Outstanding
STEM award for their contribution and deep
commitment towards the betterment of human
health globally.
Q.102.(1) Famous Telugu Actor Gundu Hanumantha Rao
has passed away. He was 61.
Q.103.(3) Centre has constituted a committee to study the
Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam
and neighboring states. It will be headed by Niti
Aayog's Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar.
Q.104.(3) Gandhi Nagar Railway Station of Jaipur became
the country’s first all-women railway station in the
main line category of the Indian railways.
Q.105.(4) The Union Cabinet approved a MoU between India
and Morocco for cooperation in the rail sector.
The Cooperation Agreement will enable technical
cooperation in training and staff development, Expert
missions, exchange of experience and personnel and
mutual technical assistance, including exchanging of
experts.
Q.106.(1) Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New
& Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh inaugurated
the ‘International R&D Conclave’ on Emerging
Opportunities and Challenges of R&D in Indian Power
Sector.
Q.107.(4) International Mother Language Day will be
observed 21 February
Q.108.(2) 12th India-Saudi Arabia Joint Commission
Meeting (JCM) was held in Riyadh
Q.109.(4) Rajiv Joshi, an Indian-American scientist from
IBM, has been selected for the prestigious Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Daniel E Noble award for his work in memory
chips and integrated circuits.
Q.110.(2) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has
given its approval to the construction of a 4.531
Km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend -
Barkot Tunnel in Uttarakhand.
Q.111.(3) The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval
to an Agreement on Film Co-production between
India and Israel
Q.112.(2) Union Drinking Water and Sanitation minister Uma
Bharati launched the 'Gangotri Swachh Iconic Place
project' and 'Swajal' - a community owned drinking
water programme -in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi
district.
Q.113.(1) The University Grants Commission has constituted
a four-member Empowered Expert Committee
(EEC) to conduct the appraisal of applications for
shortlisting 20 Institutions of Eminence (IoE). N
Gopalaswami, former chief election commissioner
of India is the chairperson of the committee.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPLANATION
Q.121.(5) As given in the first paragraph.
Q.122.(3) As mentioned in the beginning of the second
paragraph.
Q.123.(1) As mentioned in the beginning of the third
paragraph.
Q.124.(2) As mentioned in the fourth paragraph.
Q.125.(3) As mentioned in the fifth paragraph.
Q.126.(3) As been mentioned in the sixth paragraph.
Q.127.(3) For other options:
Admonition(N)- reproof, rebuke
Dissuade(V)- discourage, deter
Q.128.(5) For other options:
Virtuous(Adj.)- good, moral
Maniacal(Adj.)- insane
Q.129.(2) Extrinsic(Adj.)- external
For other options:
Rudimental(Adj.)- elementary
Requisite(N)- necessity
Q.130.(4) For other options:
Embargo(N)- prohibition
Denouncement(N)- accusation
because look for means to search and look in
means to make a short visit or call.
Q.131.(2) “services of” should replace “services in”
Q.132.(1) “62-year-old” should replace “62-years-old”
Q.133.(3) “relaxed” should replace “relax” , because past
participle is required here to qualify an adverb
“psychologically”.
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Q.114.(4) Uttar Pradesh's Khadi and Village Industries Board
signed a pact with Amazon India to facilitate online
selling of Khadi products.
Q.115.(1) Indian and Indonesian armies conducted the
sixth edition of ‘Garuda Shakti’ military drill in
Bandung, the capital of West Java province of
Indonesia.
Q.116.(2) Technology giant Google has launched a new
payments app called Google Pay.
Q.117.(4) Renowned cardiologist and Padma Vibhushan
awardee Dr BK Goyal passed away. He was 82.
Q.118.(4) Telangana government has partnered with
Nasscom to set up a Center of Excellence for Data
Science and Artificial Intelligence.
Q.119.(2) RBI has constituted an Expert panel which will
investigate the reasons for the growing fraud in
banks and also suggest ways to prevent it.
Q.120.(1) India will host the global World Environment Day
celebrations on 5 June 2018. The theme for this
year is 'Beat Plastic Pollution'.
Q.134.(4) “accelerates” should replace “accelerate”, in
part (B) and “could be stranded” should replace
“should replace “could stranded”, in part (C),
because could be is followed by v3.
Q.135.(1) “gets” should replace “get”, because any, anyone,
anybody etc. followed by a ‘singular verb’.
Q.136.(2) “against future non-performing assets arising from”
should replace “against future non-performing assets
arise from”, because any preposition takes gerund after
it.
Q.137.(3) ‘Its’ should replace ‘his’- possessive pronoun for
the pillar is to be used.
Q.138.(1) ‘Soothing’ should be used-soothing should serve
as an adjective here.
Q.139.(3) ABDC
Q.140.(1) BCDA
Q.141.(5)
Q.142.(2) ADBC
Q.143.(5)
Q.144.(1) Tinker-v- fiddle with
Q.145.(3) Coherent-adj-logical
Q.146.(4)
Q.147.(1) Reconcile-v- restore friendly relations
Q.148.(2) Discretion- n - care, caution
Q.149.(2) Frailty- n - infirmty
Q.150.(4) Q.151.(3) Q.152.(5)
Q.153.(4) novelty- n - freshness
Q.154.(3) Q.155.(1) Q.156.(5) Q.157.(2)
Q.158.(3) Q.159.(3) Q.160.(1)

computer knowledge EXPLANATION
Q.161.(2) Process of finding/correcting program errors is
Debugging.
Q.162.(3) Diagnostic routines is a programs used to print
error messages and indicates system problem
and improper program instruction.
Q.163.(5) The term DBMS is referred to Database Management
System, the software used for the management,
maintenance and retrieval of the data stored in a
Database.
Q.164.(1) Digitizer is an input device that is used to convert
graphic and pictorial data into binary inputs for a
digital computer.
Q.165.(5) 1, 2 and 4
Q.166.(1) Document reader is an optical input device used
to read documents.
Q.167.(1) Auxiliary storage is a secondary storage.
Q.168.(1) FORTRAN is Formula Translation and a high-
level mathematically oriented programming
language.
Q.169.(3) An adder which adds three binary digits and
outputs a results bit and a carry bit is referred as
Full adder . Q.192.(2) DSL speed typically lists the download speed.
Q.170.(1) Internet banking is an example of Electronic funds
transfer (EFT).
Q.171.(3) EBCDIC is 8-bit coding system
Q.172.(1) A data communication facility on which data
can be transmitted in two directions is referred
as duplex.
Q.173.(1) Electronic Mail/Message System (EMMS) best
suits to Postal Service.
Q.174.(1) Digital Computer is a computer that works with
discrete quantities.
Q.175.(2) The subdivision of fields is dependent on programming
language used.
Q.176.(4) BASIC is not the operating system.
Q.177.(4) All are true.
Q.178.(1) The personal computers are also referred as
desktop micros.
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Q.179.(4) EBCDIC can code256 maximum character.
Q.180.(4) The hexadecimal number system has a base of 16.
Q.181.(3) The use of parity bit is for error-detection.
Q.182.(4) All are input/output device.
Q.183.(1) Archive is backup storage.
Q.184.(4) All are advantages of the laser printer respect to
impact printer.
Q.185.(2) Data entry can be performed with all of the
following except.
Q.186.(4) Magnetic tape can serve as input media, Output
media and secondary-storage media.
Q.187.(1) Elementary data item are data item which is not
broken down into smaller units.
Q.188.(2) In Microsoft Word to cut something the CTRL
+X shortcut is used.
Q.189.(4) A program which helps to create written document.
Q.190.(2) Graphics for word processor is clip art.
Q.191.(4) Connections to the Internet using a phone line
and a modem are called dial-up connections.
Q.193.(1) The name for the Windows version of the Internet
API is Winsock.
Q.194.(2) Accessing the Internet in a very remote location
is the job of a satellite connection.
Q.195.(1) WLAN describes a wireless network you might
install in your home.
Q.196.(2) Open Source Type of software is designed for
users who want to customize the programs they
use.
Q.197.(1) Menu bar of software contains lists of commands
and options.
Q.198.(4) Changing an existing document is called editing
the document
Q.199.(3) Font is a named set of characters that have the
same characteristics.
Q.200.(1) In a spreadsheet program the workbook contains
related worksheets and documents
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Q.1-9. Select the related word/letters/number from the Q.14. How far is he from starting point?
given alternatives. (A) 20 km. (B) 30 km. (C) 25 km. (D) 35 km.
81 : 30 : : 64 : ? Q.15. Which one of the following diagrams best depicts
(A) 32 (B) 27 (C) 35 (D) 18 the relationship among green, yellow and color?
Q.2. 6 : 42 : : 10 : ?
(A) 110 (B) 95 (C) 85 (D) 75 (A) (B)
Q.3. 1536 : 1356 : : 4627 : ?
(A) 4672 (B) 4267 (C) 7624 (D) 4276
Q.4. KFDE : HMFE : : LKSH : ? (C) (D)
(A) NMTI (B) TINM (C) MNIT (D) NMIT
Q.5. LQI : UGJ : : TVD : ? Q.16. Select the related figure from given alternatives.
(A) JSE (B) XRD (C) HSB (D) JBS Question figure
Q.6. LHX : OEA : : PFT : ?
(A) SHW (B) SBW (C) SCX (D) SCW

Q.7. Factory : 31 : : School : ?
Answer figures
(A) 19 (B) 30 (C) 39 (D) 31
Q.8. Flower : Bouquet : : Minister : ?
(A) Department (B) Cabinet
(C) Locality (D) Voter
Q.9. Profit : loss : : Sale : ?
(A) Goods (B) Seller (C) Purchase (D) Cash (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
Q.10. S is taller than P but shorter than E, C is greater Q.17. Select the related figure from given alternatives.
than E but shorter T. Who among them is Question figure
shortest?
(A) E (B) P (C) T (D) S
Q.11-12. Read the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below. Answer figures
Ravi started walking and walked 20 km towards
south then he turned left and walked 15 km then he
turned right and walked 15 km. He turned right and
walked 15 km.

Q.11. In which direction is he facing now?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
(A) East (B) West (C) North (D) South
Q.18. What will come at the place of question mark (?) in
Q.12. How far is he from starting point? the question figure?
(A) 35 km (B) 25 km (C) 45 km (D) 20 km Question figure
Q.13-14. Read the following information carefully and the
answer the questions.
Pinku started walking and walked 30 km. towards
south. Then he turned left and walked 20 km then
he turned right and walked 25 km. Then he turned Answer figures
left and walked 10 km. He again turned left and
walked 55 km.
Q.13. In which direction is he facing now?
(A) East (B) West (C) North (D) South
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
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Q.19. What will come at the place of question mark (?) in Q.24. Find the missing number from the given response.
the question figure?
Question figure

(A) 78 (B) 126 (C) 140 (D) 132
Q.25. If 'TEACHER' and 'HIGHLY' are coded as
'XWPBRWN' and 'RSORDZ' respectively then how
would you code the word ‘CHARITY’?
(A) BPRNSBZ (B) BRPMSZB
Answer figures (C) BRPMSDZ (D) BRPNSXZ
Q.26. In a certain code language 'he ri so' means 'good
(A) (B) rainy day','si he po' means 'day is wonderful' and 'ri
jo' means 'good boy'. Which of the following means
'rainy' in the code?
(C) (D) (A) he (B) ri (C) si (D) so
Q.27. In a class Sharmila is 6th from the top and Sunita
is 18th from the bottom. Ritu is 14 ranks below
Q.20. In which answer figure the question figure is
Sharmila and 15 ranks above Sunita. How many
embedded?
students are there in the class?
Question figure
(A) 55 (B) 53
(C) 52 (D) Data inadequate
Q.28. Read the following information carefully and give
the answer.
Answer figures 1. Gopal is shorter than Ashok but taller than Kuhav.
2. Navin is shorter than Kuhav.
3. Joyesh is taller than Navin.
4. Ashok is taller than Joyesh.

Who among them is the tallest?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
(A) Gopal (B) Ashok (C) Jayesh (D) Navin
Q.21. If 233 + 12 = HC and 653 + 452 = NK then 537 +
Q.29. What will be the mirror image of the question figure?
102 is equal to which of the following?
Question figure
(A) OA (B) OS (C) LA (D) OC
Q.22. Find the missing number from the given response.

Answer figures

(A) 24 (B) 19
(C) 22 (D) None of these
Q.23. Find the missing number from the given response.

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
Q.30-31.Which word cannot be formed from the letter of
the given word?
Q.30. RIGOROUS

(A) OUR (B) SIR (C) SOUR (D) RIPE
(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 2 (D) 5

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Q.31. CANTANKEROUS
(A) CARE (B) TAKE
(C) NATION (D) NATURE
Q.32. How many triangles are there in the given figure?
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 9 D. 7
Q.33. In the following question group the given figures
into three classes using each figure only once.
Question Figures
(A) 149, 268, 357 (B) 128, 357, 469
(C) 258, 469, 317 (D) 149, 278, 356
Q.34-36. Find the odd words/ number/letters from the given
responses.
Q.34. (A) BDH (B) CFL (C) EJU (D) DHP
Q.35. (A) MLMN (B) TSTU (C) FEFG (D)MLNO
Q.36. (A) ADIPY (B) FINUD
(C) DGLSB (D) ADGPT
Q.37. Find out the missing number.
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 09
Q.38. If × stands for +, < stands for -, + stands for ÷, >
stands for x, - stands for =, ÷ stands for > and =
stands for <, then which of the following is true?
(A) 3 × 2 < 4 ÷ 16 > 2 + 4
(B) 3 × 4 > 2 – 9 + 3 < 3
(C) 5 × 3 > 3 ÷ 8 + 4 × 1
(D) 15 > 28 + 14 > 20 < 11
Q.39-40. Find the odd words/ number/letters from the
given responses.
Q.39. (A) Group (B) Crowd (C) Partially (D) Troop
Q.40. (A) Taste less (B) Salty (C) Sweet (D) Chilly
Q.41-43.In each of the following question a series is given
with one term missing choose the correct alternatives
from the given ones that will complete the series.
Q.41. 2, ?, 11, 23, 47
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 8
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Q.42. 4, 12, 39, ?, 228, 444
(A) 120 (B) 110 (C) 103 (D) 100
Q.43. 4, 10, 20, ?, 44, 54
(A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 34 (D) 36
Q.44. Find out the set of number amongst the four sets of
numbers given in the alternatives, which is the most
like the set given in the question.
Given Set (2,10,144)
(A) (4, 20, 1516) (B) (7, 42, 2249)
(C) (12,24, 5408) (D) (9,27, 1296)
Q.45-46. In each question below are given two statements
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You
have to take the given two statements to be true even
if they seem to be in variance with the commonly
known facts and decide whether:-
(A) If only conclusion I follows.
(B) If only conclusion II follows.
(C) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(D) If both conclusions I and II follow.
Q.45-46. Statements:- All pencil are pen.
Some pen are eraser.
Q.45. Conclusions:- (I) Some eraser are pencil.
(II) Some pen are pencil.
Q.46. Conclusions:- (I) All eraser are pencil.
(II) Some pen are not pencil.
Q.47. A husband age is thrice that of his wife’s age. Six
years ago, the husband's age was five times that of
the wife’s age. What was the wife’s age 6 years ago?
(A) 16 years (B) 26 years
(C) 12 years (D) 30 years
Q.48. A man pointing to a woman said, “She is the widow
of my father's sister's only brother.” How is the
woman related to the man?
(A) Sister-in-law (B) Aunt
(C) Mother (D) Niece
Q.49. In the following question, ‘=’ stands for ‘÷', '+’
stands for −, ‘x’ stands for ‘=’, ‘-’ stands for ‘>’,
‘>’ stands for ‘+’, ‘<’ stands for ‘x’, ‘÷’ stands for
‘<’ then identify the wrong equation.
(A) 5 > 3 = 4 ÷ 18 + 3 (B) 5 < 3 + 4 x 8 > 3
(C) 5 > 3 + 4 x 8 + 4 (D) 5 + 3 < 4 x 8 + 1
Q.50. Read the given information and answer the question.
I. All boys in the garden are playing.
II. Some boys who are in the garden are dancing.
III. All boys who are dancing, are also playing.
If statement I and II are true, then what is the
statement III?
(A) Vague (B) True
(C) False (D) Uncertain
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Q.51 The Indian subcontinent was originally an organ of-
(A) Jurassic Land (B) Gondwana Land
(C) Aryavrata Land (D) Angar Land
Q.52 The 'Shantivan' Samadhi located in Delhi is of-
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Lal Bahadur Shastri (D) Rajeev Gandhi
Q.53 Where is Ajanta's caves located?
(A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra (D) Kerala
Q.54 Where is the Salarjung Museum located?
(A) Mumbai (B) Hyderabad
(C) Jaipur (D) Lucknow
Q.55 Which of the following dance is for both men and
women?
(A) Garba dance (B) Dhumr dance
(C) Gair dance (D) Gudla dance
Q.56 Patanjali is related with?
(A) Special philosophy (B) Justice philosophy
(C) Sankhya Darshan (D) Yoga philosophy
Q.57 Who is the founder of Brahma Samaj?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Ramkrishna Paramhans
(D) None of these
Q.58 Losang is a festival which is celebrated in-
(A) Sikkim (B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Kerala (D) Nagaland
Q.59 Ellora's cave temples are related to-
(A) Hindu religion (B) Buddhism
(C) Jainism (D) 1 and 2
Q.60 The first month of Sakh calendar is-
(A) Chaitra (B) Bhadrapad
(C) Magh (D) Vaishakh
Q.61 Where is the Charminar located?
(A) Delhi (B) Hyderabad
(C) Aurangabad (D) Agra
Q.62 When is International Labor Day celebrated?
(A) On February 1 (B) On March 1,
(C) On April 1 (D) On May 1
Q.63 What is the nature of appointment of bureaucracy?
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(A) Ad hoc (B) Daily bogie
(C) Permanent (D) Temporary
Q.64 Where is the Girnar hills located?
(A) Gujarat (B) Orissa
(C) Goa (D) Assam
Q.65 When was Michael Angelo virus a major concern
for the world?
(A) 1993 (B) 1996
(C) 1998 (D) 1995
Q.66 Who was 'Known by the nickname of Tota-e-Hind'?
(A) Ibn Battuta (B) Asim
(C) Amir Khusrau (D) Dayaram
Q.67 What was the real name of Amir Khusrau?
(A) Muhammad Khusrau (B) Muhammad Hassan
(C) Muhammad Khan (D) None of these
Q.68 In the world of music who is known as the Wizard
of Sitar?
(A) Rahim Sen (B) Tyagaraja
(C) Tansen (D) Purander Das
Q.69 What was the real name of Guru Nanak?
(A) Guru (B) Guru Nanak
(C) Nanak (D) Narendranath
Q.70 What was real name of Gautam Buddha?
(A) Devdutt (B) Siddharth
(C) Narendra (D) None of these
Q.71 What was the real name of Swami Vivekananda?
(A) Vivekananda (B) Narendranath Dutt
(C) Devdutt (D) Krishna Dutt
Q.72 Who said "Delhi abhi door hai"?
(A) Nizamuddin Auliya (B) Firoz Tughlaq
(C) Amir Khusrau (D) Tyagaraja
Q.73 Dukh mei sumiran sab karein, Sukh mei kare na koi,
who said this lines?
(A) Surdas (B) Tulsidas
(C) Meera Bai (D) Kabir
Q.74 ‘Karmanyevadikarste Ma Fleshu Kadachna’ is
saying of which religious texts?
(A) Ramacharitamanasa (B) Ramayana
(C) Srimadbhagwat Geeta (D) None of these
Q.75 Who said ‘Ram and Rahim are two different names
for the same God’?
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(A) Kabir Das (B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Swami Vivekananda (D) Tulsidas
Q.76 Where was Adi Shankaracharya born?
(A) Kalady (B) Kanchipuram
(C) Mathura (D) Kashi
Q.77 Where was Jesus Christ born?
(A) In Babylon (B) In Ebre
(C) In Bethlehem (D) In Beirut
Q.78 Yamini Krishnamurthy is related to which classical
dance?
(A) Kathak (B) Bharatanatyam
(C) Odishi (D) Kathakali
Q.79 Birju Maharaj was an eminent artist of which area?
(A) Bharatanatyam dance (B) Kathakali dance
(C) Odishi Dance (D) Kathak dance
Q.80 Bharti Shivaji is famous for what style of dance?
(A) Bharatanatyam (B) Kathakali
(C) Mohiniattam (D) Odishi
Q.81 Rangoli is a major folk art style of which region of
India?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan (D) Tamil Nadu
Q.82 'Alpana' is a leading folk art style of which region
of India?
(A) Chandigarh (B) West Bengal
(C) Punjab (D) Kerala
Q.83 When was Guru Nanak Dev born?
(A) 1450 AD. (B) 1453 AD.
(C) 1469 AD. (D) 1488 AD.
Q.84 Who was Tyagaraja?
(A) Scientist (B) Dancers
(C) Musician (D) Politician
Q.85 Who was the originator of the Bhakti movement in
Bengal?
(A) Namdeo (B) Chaitanya
(C) Ramanand (D) Ramanuja
Q.86 ____________ is known as the father of the Indian
Renaissance?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (A) Odishi (B) Manipuri
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Swami Vivekanand
(D) None of these
Q.87 Where was Sant Kabir born?
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(A) Varanasi (B) Hyderabad
(C) Mathura (D) Delhi
Q.88 In which royal family was Mahavira born?
(A) Kshatriya (B) Shakya
(C) Licchavis (D) Satavahanas
Q.89 Buddha was related to which dynasty?
(A) Shakya (B) Shatrika
(C) Kuru (D) Maurya
Q.90 What was the name of Mahavir before enlightment?
(A) Vardhaman (B) Anshuman
(C) Sudhakar (D) Somdutt
Q.91 Which saint was from the state of Maharashtra?
(A) Maitreyi (B) Tukram
(C) Tyagaraja (D) Vyas
Q.92 Who were the Alwar of South India?
(A) Saint (B) Warrior
(C) Trader (D) Craftsman of idols
Q.93 Which Guru of Sikhs was born in Patna Sahib?
(A) Guru Nanak Dev (B) Gurugovind Singh
(C) Guru (D) Arjun Dev
Q.94 Sikh gurus Arjun Dev was in whose reign?
(A) Shah Jahan (B) Jahangir
(C) Humayun (D) Akbar
Q.95 Who founded the Khalsa?
(A) Guru Nanak Dev (B) Guru Ramdas
(C) Guru Gobind Singh (D) None of these
Q.96 Who is considered as the creator of the melody
‘Mian Malhar’?
(A) Amir Khusrau (B) Tansen
(C) Swami Haridas (D) Baiju Bawdha
Q.97 Kathak is the dance of which place?
(A) North India (B) Manipur
(C) Orissa (D) Kerala
Q.98 Mask dance is related to which dances form?
(A) Kuchipudi (B) Manipuri
(C) Kathakali (D) Odishi
Q.99 Which is not a classical dance?
(C) Garba (D) Kathak
Q.100 Which dance evolved in North India?
(A) Kathak (B) Bharatanatyam
(C) Manipuri (D) Kathakali
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Q.101-103. In the following question a group of four words
is given. In each group, one word is correctly
spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your
answer.
Q.101. (A) Diarhea (B) Diarrhoea
(C) Diarrhea (D) Diarrohea
Q.102. (A) Pios (B) Pieous
(C) Piyous (D) Pious
Q.103. (A) Inkulkate (B) Inkulkaete
(C) Inculcate (D) Incullcate
Q.104-108. In the questions below the first and the last
sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6.
The rest of the passage is split into four parts and
named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given
in their proper order. Read the sentence and find
out which of the four combinations is correct and
mark your answer.
Q.104. 1. Continuous reports from doctors
P. how people live and what they eat
Q. who are measuring the incidence of heart attack
R. disclose the pattern linking
S. all over the world
6. with the number of heart attack they have.
(A) QSRP (B) PSRQ
(C) RQPS (D) SPRQ
Q.105. 1. The factor that besets India’s growth is
population explosion.
P. Sometimes religion also has role to play in this.
Q. So many factors contribute to the rise in
population.
R. There has been phenomenal growth in
population over the last century.
S. They are people’s ignorance and early marriages.
6. Therefore, if we do not control birth, India’s
growth in every other facet of life will be offset by
the steep increase in population.
(A) PRQS (B) QRSP
(C) RQSP (D) RPQS
Q.106. 1. Climate change due
P. to rice production
Q. causing changes in rainfall
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R. is the new challenge
S. to global warming
6. and a matter of concern for agrarians societies.
(A) SPQR (B) RQSP
(C) SQRP (D) PSQR
Q.107. 1. We searched everywhere,
P. and amongst the magazines
Q. inside the cupboards and suitcases,
R. and books but Sameer could find no
S . under the bed and tables,
6. trace of his wallet.
(A) QRPS (B) PRSQ
(C) RPQS (D) SQPR
Q.108. 1. Lightning is simply a large electrical
P. Charges jumping from one cloud to
Q. Earth. This occurs because difference positive
R. spark. It is caused by electric
S. another, or from a cloud to the
6. and negative charges are created between clouds.
(A) RPSQ (B) SQPR
(C) SRQP (D) QSPR
Q.109-113. In the following questions given below choose
the word most opposite in meaning to the given
word and mark your answer.
Q.109. Curt
(A) abrupt (B) short
(C) expansive (D) polite
Q.110. Abducted
(A) seized (B) set free
(C) kidnapped (D) ransomed
Q.111. Altercation
(A) quarrel (B) friendly discussion
(C) contest (D) race
Q.112. Harmonious
(A) selfish (B) aggressive
(C) mechanical (D) discordant
Q.113. Fickle
(A) Constant (B) Convenient
(C) Questionable (D) Faith
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Q.114-118. In the following question, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which best expresses
the meaning of the given word and mark your
answer.
Q.114. Enormity
(A) intensity (B) Vastness
(C) Cruelty (D) Fragility
Q.115. Apprehend
(A) dive up (B) discourage
(C) comprehend (D) fear
Q.116. Engrossed
(A) disturbed (B) absorbed
(C) fatigued (D) successful
Q.117. Obliging
(A) helpful (B) nice
(C) thankful (D) compelling
Q.118. Insolvent
(A) rick (B) poor
(C) bankrupt (D) nonchalant
Q.119-123. In question given below, a part of the sentence
is highlighted. Below are given alternatives to
the highlighted part at (A), (B) and (C) which
may improve the sentence. Choose the correct
alternative. In case no improvement is needed your
answer is (D).
Q.119. I have still to meet a person who is perfectly
satisfied with his job.
(A) am still to meet (B) am yet to meet
(C) might still meet (D) No improvement
Q.120. If it will rain, the match will be abandoned.
(A) If it rained (B) If it would rain
(C) If it rains (D) No improvement
Q.121. All but her, had made an attempt.
(A) All, but she (B) All but her
(C) All, but her (D) No improvement
Q.122. Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate wife
about it.
(A) they will speak (B) did they speak
(C) they had spoken (D) No improvement
Q.123. I am used to hard work.
(A) work hard (B) word hardly
(C) hard working (D) No improvement
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Q.124-128. A sentence has been given in Direct/ Indirect
Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested,
select the one which best expresses the same
sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
Q.124. Mother said, “Anuj, you will be eligible for voting
when you are 18.”
(A) Mother told Anuj he would be eligible for
voting when he was 18.
(B) Mother told Anuj that he could vote only
after 18.
(C) Mother told Anuj you will be eligible for
voting when you are 18.
(D) Mother told Anuj that he would be eligible
for voting when he would be 18.
Q.125. He said, “Bravo ! You have done well.”
(A) He applauded him to say that he had done
well.
(B) He applauded him and said that you have
done well.
(C) He applauded him saying that he had did
well.
(D) He applauded him saying that he had done
well.
Q.126. Prabhakar said to me, “You are getting lazy day by
day.”
(A) Prabhakar informed me that I am getting lazy
day by day.
(B) Prabhakar told me that I have been getting
lazy day by day.
(C) Prabhakar told me that I was getting lazy day
by day.
(D) Prabhakar told me that you were getting lazy
day by day.
Q.127. "When will I be able to vote?” I asked my mother.
(A) I asked my mother when would he be able to
vote.
(B) I asked to my mother when I will be able to
vote.
(C) I asked my mother when I would be able to
vote.
(D) I asked my mother when would I be able to
vote.
Q.128. I said, “father, when will you buy me a motor
cycle?”

(A) I asked my father when will he buy me a
motorcycle.
(B) I asked my father when he will buy me a
motor cycle.
(C) I asked my father when should be buy me a
motor cycle.
(D) I asked my father when he would buy me a
motor cycle.
Q.129-133. In the following questions four alternatives
are given for the idiom/phrase highlighted in
the sentence. Choose the alternative which best
expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and
mark your answer.
Q.129. If you fair and square continue your work you will
definitely prosper.
(A) actively (B) honestly
(C) business like (D) authoritatively
Q.130. To have a green thumb means
(A) one's nails are painted green
(B) one is artistic
(C) to have a natural interest in gardening
(D) one has a green tattoo the thumb
Q.131. They made no bones about acknowledging their
defeat.
(A) did not have any hesitation in
(B) did not have faith in
(C) demanded compensation for
(D) had problems in
Q.132. The intruders shooked in their shoes as they
approached the enemy.
(A) stamped the ground with their shoes
(B) showed signs of anger
(C) trembled with fear
(D) stood up to salute
Q.133. All his ventures went with the wind.
(A) dissipated
(B) spread all over got
(C) got speed of the winds
(D) became well known
Q.134-138. In the following questions a sentence is given
with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate
word. Four alternatives are suggested for each
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question. Choose the correct alternative out of the
four and mark your answer.
Q.134. It is strange that Amitanshu should be as ________
as his brother is generous.
(A) liberal (B) spend thrift
(C) reckless (D) stingy
Q.135. The precursor was________for his role in the
scam.
(A) reinstated (B) criticised
(C) indicted (D) eradicated
Q.136. The matter would have become serious if
________ action had not been taken.
(A) deliberate (B) fast
(C) hasty (D) timely
Q.137. People who have ________ reputation are often
avoided by the rest.
(A) unsteady (B) unsavoury
(C) unsafe (D) unsanctified
Q.138. Their differences were amicably settled by a/an
________
(A) agent (B) arbiter
(C) mediator (D) arbitrator
Q.139-145. In the following questions below out of the
four alternatives, choose the one which can be
substituted for the given words/sentence and mark
your answer.
Q.139 A platform used by the speaker to address an
audience.
(A) Conundrum (B) Rostrum
(C) Spectrum (D) Drum
Q.140. Seeing something that is actually not present.
(A) imagination (B) presumption
(C) hallucination (D) supposition
Q.141. With a sense of purpose
(A) lousily (B) jocularly
(C) zealously (D) jauntily
Q.142. Calmness and indifference to suffering.
(A) stoicism (B) despair
(C) agony (D) materialism
Q.143. A small waterfall flowing down a rocky hill side is
called-
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(A) hurricane (B) stream
(C) volcano (D) cascade
Q.144. To walk slowly, wasting time
(A) Stagger (B) Stride
(C) Dawdle (D) Plod
Q.145. One who is appointed to deal with complaints made
by common people against banks, companies, etc.
(A) Jurist (B) Arbiter
(C) Ombudsman (D) Magistrate
Q.146-150. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select
the one which best expresses the same sentence in
Passive/Active Voice.
Q.146. My watch can’t be repaired by anyone.
(A) No one will repair my watch.
(B) No one can repair my watch.
(C) No one can’t repair my watch.
(D) No one will be able to repair my watch.
Q.147. Rosemary was moved to tears at the sight of the
miserable beggar.
(A) The sight of the miserable beggar moved
Rosemary to tears.
(B) The sight of the miserable beggar has moved
Rosemary to tears.
(C) The sight of the miserable beggar moves
Rosemary to tears.
(D) The sight of the miserable beggar had moved
Rosemary to tears.
Q.148. Could you pass the salt?
(A) Could the salt been passed?
(B) Could the salt be passed by anyone?
(C) Could the salt be past?
(D) Could the salt be passed?
Q.149. Don’t subject the animals to cruelty.
(A) The animals are not to be subjected to cruelty.
(B) The animals shall not be subjected to cruelty.
(C) The animals will not be subjected to cruelty.
(D) The animals should not be subjected to cruelty.
Q.150. Who asked you to draft this letter?
(A) By who you are asked to draft this letter?
(B) By whom have you been asked to draft this
letter?
(C) By whom were you asked to draft this letter?
(D) By whom you were asked to draft this letter?
Q.151-160. In the following questions given below, a part
of the sentence is underlined. Below are given
alternatives to the underlined part as (A), (B) and
(C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the
correct alternative. In case no improvement is
needed your answer is (D).
Q.151. The 27,500 crore fund with the government is very
less to clear the debt.
(A) more than
(B) rather too much less to
(C) too less to
(D) No improvement
Q.152. I always prefer staying at home to go out in
summers.
(A) than going out (B) to going out
(C) than to go out (D) No improvement
Q.153. The SSA has no choice than to help in providing
utility services.
(A) but to help (B) only to help
(C) other than to help (D) No improvement
Q.154. There is no place in the waiting hall, it is already
crowded.
(A) vacant (B) berth
(C) room (D) No improvement
Q.155. Had I known about the vacancy, I might have filled
the form.
(A) should have (B) would have
(C) could have (D) No improvement
Q.156. The addition loan will be given to the SEBI at
interest.
(A) the added loan (B) the adding loan
(C) the additional loan (D) No improvement
Q.157. Unless India and the US do not negotiate on APAs,
future tax disputes can not be prevented.
(A) negotiate on APAs
(B) will not negotiate with APA's
(C) does not negotiate
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Q.158. Oil India limited has more shares than all other
public sector undertakings.
(A) rather than all other public sector undertakings.
(B) rather than other public sector undertakings
(C) than any other all public sector undertakings
(D) No improvement
Q.159. One of the Europe's largest firms have complained
about manipulations in the data.
(A) had been complain (B) has complained
(C) was complaint (D) No improvement
Q.160. The company secretary is working towards
finishing all the formalities for setting up the
company.
(A) to (B) with
(C) at (D) No improvement
Q.161-170. In the following passage, some of the words
have been left out. First read the passage over and
try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the
blanks with the help of the alternatives given
The captain waited till sunset but no ship
approached. His own ship was wrecked. He was
wondering how to (161) the mighty ocean. As the
shades of evening were stealing (162) the sky, he
once more (163) towards the horizon, but no sail
was (164) in despair, he addressed a mute (165) to
the skies and (166) himself for death. He thought
of his (167) wife and infant boy with infinite (168)
in his wistful eyes. Just at this moment, as if God
had been (169) the faith of the crew to the utmost,
a distant sail was (170) near the horizon.
Q.161. Choose the correct option for (161)
(A) scale (B) cover
(C) swim (D) crossed
Q.162. Choose the correct option for (162)
(A) across (B) below
(C) on (D) above
Q.163. Choose the correct option for (163)
(A) winked (B) gazed
(C) moved (D) jumped
Q.164. Choose the correct option for (164)
(A) come (B) approaching
(C) seen visible (D) visible
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Q.165. Choose the correct option for (165)
(A) prayer (B) offering
(C) thanks (D) curse
Q.166. Choose the correct option for (166)
(A) geared (B) cleared
(C) thanks (D) prepared
Q.167. Choose the correct option for (167)
(A) missing (B) discarded
(C) absent (D) distant
Q.168. Choose the correct option for (168)
(A) urge (B) attraction
(C) longing (D) love
Q.169. Choose the correct option for (169)
(A) trying (B) instilling
(C) measuring (D) inspiring
Q.170. Choose the correct option for (170)
(A) found (B) shining
(C) approaching (D) sighted
Q.171-175. Read the following passage carefully and
answer the questions given below it.
It is no doubt true that we cannot go through life
without sorrow. There can be no sunshine without
shadow, we must not complain that roses have
thorns but rather be grateful that thorns bear
flowers. Our existence here is so complex that
we must expect much sorrow and suffering. Yet
it is certain that no man was ever discontented
with the world who did his duty in it. The world
is like a looking glass; if you smile, it smiles; if
you frown, it frowns back. Always try, then to
look at the bright side of things. There are some
persons whose very presence seems like a ray of
sunshine and brightens the whole room. Life has
been described as a comedy to those who think and
a tragedy to those who feel.
Q.171. The author says that we cannot go through life
without sorrow because-
(A) It is our fate
(B) We are always discontented
(C) Life is a tragedy
(D) Human life is very complex
Q.172. According to the author no man can be discontented
with the world if he-
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(A) is determined to be happy woman tennis player to being the World No.1 in
(B) is sincere in discharging his duties the women's doubles with Swiss legend Martina
Hingis, controversy has dogged her career.
(C) has a healthy attitude to life
Sania is candid in her admissions and open to
(D) likes sunshine
speak her mind, a virtue that still makes her a
Q.173. The expression "life is a tragedy to those who feel" youth icon in a cricket-crazy country. Ushering
means that it is a tragedy to those who- in a renewed interest in tennis among aficionados
(A) think about the world and fans, Sania was instrumental is bringing in the
crowds to tennis matches.
(B) believe in fate
Q.176. What makes Sania a youth icon in a cricket-crazy
(C) do not understand the world
country?
(D) are sensitive and emotional
(A) Sania is candid in her admissions
Q.174. The author says, "There are some persons whose
very presence seems like a ray of sunshine and (B) Sania is open to speak her mind
brightens the whole room." The reason for this is (C) Sania is weak
that they-
(D) Both (A) and (B)
(A) have the capacity to love
Q.177. Sania was _______ is bringing in the crowds to
(B) talk more of roses and less of thorns
tennis matches
(C) are happy and spread happiness
(A) Instrumental (B) Funny
(D) look good and behave well
(C) Prudent (D) Curtail
Q.175. What is the author's message in this passage?
Q.178. What is the synonym of the word ‘trivialized’?
(A) Look at the bright side of things
(A) Undervalued (B) Understood
(B) Our existence is so complex
(C) The world is a looking glass (C) Averted (D) Eroded

(D) Expect much sorrrow & suffering Q.179. Sania is an example of-
Q.176-180. Read the following passage carefully and (A) How an icon is trivialized
answer the given questions. (B) An object of public scrutiny
Eulogised, feted, doubted and criticised -- Sania
(C) How an icon is trivialized into an object of
Mirza's life is an example of how a girl with a
public scrutiny
dream reached her goal after scaling all odds.
(D) not given
The 29-year-old's battle on court -- and with fringe
elements of it -- is the stuff legends are made of. Q.180. Who is India's No.1 woman tennis player?
Whether an innocuous picture of Sania putting her
(A) Serena (B) Martina
leg up after a match, the length of her skirt or even
her marrying a Pakistani cricketer, she has been at (C) Sania (D) Saina
the receiving end. Taking on allegations over her
Q.181-190. In the following questions, find out which Part
irreverent behavior with the same strength of her
of a sentence has an error and mark your answer
forehand, Sania is an example of how an icon is
corresponding to the appropriate letter (A, B, C). If
trivialized into an object of public scrutiny.
there is no error, mark your answer corresponding
In 'Ace Against Odds', Sania tells the readers of to (D).
her bitter-sweet memories and the struggles she
Q.181. He being the best student (A)/ in the class Joydeep
overcame to achieve her dreams.
was (B)/ chosen to participate in the competition.
Propelled into the big league at a very young (C)/ No error (D)
age, Sania was aware about what she lacked and
(A) A (B) B
quickly learnt what she needed for sustaining
herself on the tour. From becoming India's No.1 (C) C (D) D
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Q.182. If people get recurring opportunities (A)/ for
independent thinking they (B)/ would better
prepare for it. (C)/No error (D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.183. People took notice of the (A)/ big stone on the road
only (B)/ after someone tripped with it. (C)/No
error (D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.184. Vikram has been both an (A)/ intelligent and hard
working (B)/ chap since childhood. (C)/ No error
(D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.185. People who are fortunate enough (A)/ to own a
house in (B)/ the city are very few. (C)/No error
(D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.186. Either of the roads (A)/ lead (B)/ to the park.(C)/
No Error (D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.187. It has been (A)/ raining since (B)/ all day. (C)/ No
error (D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.188. I am able (A) / to cope up with (B) / all these
difficulties. (C)/ No Error (D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.189. The state police chief promised (A)/ all possibly
help to rehabilitate (B)/ the local militants who
shun the gun.(C)/ No error(D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.190. Lakhs of devotees gathered in Pandharpur,(A)/
located in Solapur district (B)/ of western
Maharashtra.(C)/ No error(D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Q.191-200. In the following passage from question
Nos. 191 to 200, some of the words have been
left out. First read the passage over and try to
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understand what it is about. Then fill in the
blanks with the help of the alternatives given
and mark your answer.
For managerial effectiveness, leadership quality is
(191). Leadership is not status or (192) but rather it
is having (193) over others. Managers are required
to (194) the objectives; leadership is exercised to
(195) them. Leadership is an individual (196) and
is proportional to individual's own personal (197)
to get people to do as he (198). Thus leadership can
stimulate and (199) people to get their willingness
a (200) for achieving the proposed objectives of
the organisation.
Q.191. Choose the correct option for (191).
(A) fitting (B) desirable
(C) suitable (D) preferable
Q.192. Choose the correct option for (192).
(A) power (B) superiority
(C) energy (D) command
Q.193. Choose the correct option for (193).
(A) influence (B) authority
(C) control (D) dominance
Q.194. Choose the correct option for (194).
(A) achieve (B) complete
(C) acclaim (D) discharge
Q.195. Choose the correct option for (195).
(A) fetch (B) retain
(C) attain (D) meet
Q.196. Choose the correct option for (196).
(A) tactic (B) technique
(C) power (D) ability
Q.197. Choose the correct option for (197).
(A) resources (B) plans
(C) sources (D) devices
Q.198. Choose the correct option for (198).
(A) demands (B) wishes
(C) incite (D) slots
Q.199. Choose the correct option for (199).
(A) compel (B) motivate
(C) recite (D) instigate
Q.200. Choose the correct option for (200).
(A) repair (B) stroke
(C) manage (D) mend
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Q-1.(B) The relation is x2 : (3x+3)
(9)2 = 81 : 30 (3×9+3) Q-13.(C)
In the same way
(8)2 = 64 : 27 (3×8+3)
Q-2.(A) The relation is x : x2 + x
As- 6 : 42
Q-14. (B)
In the same way
10 : 110
Q-3.(B) As, 1536 - 1356
In the same way
20+10 = 30 km.
4627 - 4267
K F D E L K S H Q-15.(B)
Q-4. (C)
+2 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +1
H M F E M N I T
Q-5. (B) As- Q-16. (D) Q-17. (A) Q-18. (C) Q-19. (D) Q-20. (A)
Q-21. (D) 2+3+3 = 8 = H, 1+2 = 3 = C
L Q I : U G J
6+5+3 =14 = N, 4+5+2 = 11 = K
12 + 17 + 9 : 21 + 7 + 10
5+3+7 = 15 = O, 1+0+2 = 3 = C
= 38 = 38
Q-22. (C) 22 + 62 +22 - 32 = 4 + 36 + 4 - 9 = 44 - 9 = 35
In the same way
Same as
T V D : X R D
22 + 32 +52 - 42 = 4 + 9 + 25 - 16 = 22
20 + 22 + 4 : 24 + 18 + 4 Q-23.(C) P=K=11, S=H=8, V=E=5, Y=B=2
= 46 = 46 Q-24.(B) 15 + 75 = 90, 18 + 90 = 108, 21 + 105 = 126
Q-25.(D) T E A C H E R H I G H LY
Q-6. (D)

Q-7. (D) The sum of the first and the last letters’ place value. X W P B R W N RSORDZ
Q-8. (B) First places in second. CHARITY
Q-9. (C) Both are opposite of each other.
Q-10. (B) T>C>E>S>P
BRPNSXZ
Q-11.(B) Q-26. (D) he, ri,so --- good rainy day
si, he po --- day is wonderful
ri, jo ---- good boy
rainy -- so
Sarmila 6

Q-12.(C)
Ritu 20
Q-27. (C)
Sunita 18

Distance between A and F.= 20+15+10 = 45 km.

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(18 + 15 + 14 + 6) -1 = 53 - 1 = 52 Q.38.(C)
Q-28. (D) Ashok Q-39.(C) Partially is different from others.
Gopal Shorter Q-40. (A) Taste less is different from others.
Kuhav Jayesh Q-41.(C) 2×2+15×2+111×2+123×2+147
Navin Shorter Q-42.(C)
Q-43.(B) 4 + (1×6) 10 + (2×5) 20 + (3×4) 32 + (4×3) 44 + (5×2) 54
Q-29.(D)
Q-44.(D) (2, 10, 144) = 2 +10 =12 = 12 x 12 = 144

Q.45-46.
Q.30.(D) RIPE cannot be formed because P and E letters
are not in the given word.
Q.45.(B) Q.46.(C)
Q.31.(C) NATION cannot be formed because ‘I’ letter is
not in the given word. Q.47. (C) Wife = x, Husband = 3x
Q-32.(A) 8 triangles are found in the given figure. 5(x-6) = (3x-6)
Q-33.(D) 5x-30 = 3x-6
2x = 24
Q-34.(D) x = 12
Wife’s age = 12 years
Husband’s age = 36 years
Wife Sister
Q.48.(C) - + -
Q-35.(D) M L M N T S T U F E F G M L N O
Father
Mother
Q-36.(D) ADGPT is not follow the rule. +
Q.37.(B) 6+5+8 = 19 Q.49.(A)
35- (12+11) = 35 – 23 = 12 Q.50.(B)

general awareness EXPLANATION

Q.51.(B) Q.52.(B) Q.53.(C) Q.54.(B) Q.55.(C)
Q.56.(D) Q.57.(A) Q.58.(A) Q.59.(D) Q.60.(A)
Q.61.(B) Q.62.(D) Q.63.(D) Q.64.(A) Q.65.(A)
Q.66.(C) Q.67.(B) Q.68.(A) Q.69.(C) Q.70.(B)
Q.71.(B) Q.72.(A) Q.73.(D) Q.74.(C) Q.75.(A)
Q.76.(A) Q.77.(C) Q.78.(B) Q.79.(D) Q.80.(C)
Q.81.(A) Q.82.(B) Q.83.(C) Q.84.(C) Q.85.(B)
Q.86.(B) Q.87.(A) Q.88.(A) Q.89.(A) Q.90.(A)
Q.91.(B) Q.92.(A) Q.93.(B) Q.94.(B) Q.95.(C)
Q.96.(B) Q.97.(A) Q.98.(C) Q.99.(C) Q.100.(A)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE/COMPREHENSION EXPLANATION

Q.101.(B) Q.102.(D) Q.103.(C) Q.104.(A) Q.105.(C)
Q.106.(C) Q.107.(D) Q.108.(A)
Q.109.(D) Curt: marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Q.110.(B) Abducted: to kidnap
Q.111.(B) Altercation: noisy quarrel
Q.112.(B) Harmonious : existing together in harmony
Q.113.(A) Fickle: marked by erratic changeableness in
affections or attachments
Q.114.(B) Enormity : vastness of size or extent
12 modern bio-fuel refineries worth Rs 10,000 crore will be established across the country.
Q.115.(C) Apprehend : get the meaning of something
Q.116.(B) Engrossed : giving or marked by complete attention
to
Q.117.(A) Obliging: showing a cheerful willingness to do
favors for others
Q.118.(C) Insolvent : unable to meet or discharge financial
obligations
Q.119.(A) Q.120.(C) Q.121.(A) Q.122.(B) Q.123.(A)
Q.124.(A) Q.125.(D) Q.126.(C) Q.127.(C) Q.128.(D)
Q.129.(B) honestly, fairly.
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Q.130.(C) to have the ability to grow plants well.
Q.131.(A) To be transparent about something.
Q.132.(C) To be very nervous or afraid.
Q.133.(A) A phrase used to describe something that has
disappeared, passed, or vanished, permanently
or completely.
Q.134.(D) both sides.
Q.135.(C) indict- (v) - accuse of
Q.136.(D) because 'timely' is an adj. which qualfies noun
'action'.
Q.137.(B) unsavoury (adj.)- unpleansant.
Q.138.(D)
Q.139.(B) Rostrum
Conundrum : a difficult problem
Spectrum : a broad range of related objects or
values or qualities or ideas or activities
Drum : hollow with flat ends
Q.140.(C) Hallucination
Imagination : the formation of a mental image
of something that is not perceived as real and is
not present to the senses
Presumption : an assumption that is taken for
granted
Supposition : a message expressing an opinion
based on incomplete evidence
Q.141.(A) Jauntily
Lousily : Very painful or unpleasant
Zealously : in a zealous manner
Jocularly : Characterized by joking
Q.142.(A) Stoicism
Despair : a state in which all hope is lost or absent
Materialism : the philosophical theory that matter
is the only reality
Agony : acute mental or physical pain
Q.143.(D) Cascade
Hurricane : a severe tropical cyclone
Volcano : a fissure in the earth’s crust through
which molten lava and gases erupt
Stream : a natural body of running water flowing
on or under the earth.
Q.144.(C) Dawdle
Stagger : walk with great difficulty
Stride : a step in walking or running
Plod : the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
Q.145.(C) Ombudsman
Jurist : a legal scholar versed in civil law or the
law of nations
Arbiter : someone with the power to settle matters at will
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Magistrate : a lay judge or civil authority who
administers the law
Q.146.(B) Q.147.(A) Q.148.(D) Q.149.(D) Q.150.(C)
Q.151.(C) 'Too' shows the negative impact.
Q.152.(B) 1. Prefer takes to.
2. Conjunction takes same form of the verb on its
Q.153.(A)
Q.154.(C)
Q.155.(B) F o r i m a g i n a r y c o n d i t i o n a l s e n t e n c e s ;
Had+…………………… would
have+…………………..
Q.156.(C) Adjective (Additional) is required here.
Q.157.(A) Do does takes v1, so negotiate is correct form of
the verb.
Q.158.(D) No improvement
Q.159.(B) Particularly one firm is complaining.
Q.160.(D) Towards shows the direction.
Q.161.(C) Q.162.(A) Q.163.(B) Q.164.(B) Q.165.(A)
Q.166.(D) Q.167.(D) Q.168.(D) Q.169.(A) Q.170.(C)
Q.171.(D) Q.172.(B) Q.173.(D) Q.174.(C) Q.175.(A)
Q.176.(D) Answer lies in the last paragraph
Q.177.(A) Answer lies in the last paragraph
For other options
Prudent (Adj.)- wise, sagacious
Curtail (V)- decrease, lessen, diminish.
Q.178.(A) Trivialize (V)- underplay, minimize
For other options
Erode (V)- Abrade
Avert (V)- Prevent
Q.179.(C) Answer lies in the last of the second paragraph
Q.180.(C) Answer lies in the last of the third paragraph
Q.181.(A) He will not be used in the sentence
Q.182.(C) 'would prepare better for it' is the correct form of
the sentence.
Q.183.(C) 'tripped with' will be replaced by 'tripped over'.
Q.184.(D) a will be used before hard working
Q.185.(D)
Q.186.(B) Replace 'lead' with 'leads'
Q.187.(B) 'since' should be removed
Q.188.(B) Remove up from option (B)
Q.189.(B) Use ‘all possible help’ instead of ‘all possibly
help’.
Q.190.(A) Use ‘at Pandharpur’ instead of ‘in Pandharpur’.
Q.191.(B) Q.192.(B) Q.193.(A) Q.194.(A) Q.195.(C)
Q.196.(D) Tactic- (n)- strategy, scheme.
Q.197.(A) Q.198.(B) Q.199.(B) Q.200.(D)
by 2030.