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Rahul Arya MICA : What is the best thing about
our coaching institute,
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Prior Selection : IBPS PO, IBPS CLERK, RRB MICA : What is the role of “Time
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to give the credit of your
selection?
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Mahendra's as well as God's
grace.
MICA : After how many attempts
did you succeed in this
examination?
Rahul : 1
Management” in one’s
success?
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it should be done in a self-
disciplined way.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
ONE Liner
PERSONS IN NEWS
## Pandurang Phundkar has passed away recently. He
was_________. w Politician
## Alicia Pucheta has been appointed as the interim
President of ______. w Paraguay
## Who has assumed charge as Secretary in the Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting? w Amit Khare
## Who has been appointed as the next Northern Army
Commander? w Ranbir Singh
## Urmila Singh has passed away recently. She was
a_____. w Politician
## Giuseppe Conte has been sworn in as Prime Minister
of_______. w Italy
## Pedro Sanchez has been appointed as the Prime
Minister of ______. w Spain
## Who has taken charge as the Chief Justice of the Punjab
and Haryana High Court? w Krishna Murari
## Who is Air Chief Marshal of India? She was a_________. w Novelist
w Birender Singh
Dhanoa
## Leela Menon has passed away recently. She was
a_________. w Journalist
## Christian Ntsay has been appointed as the new Prime
Minister of________. w Madagascar
## Raj Kishore passed away recently. He was ______a. w Philip Roth
w Journalist
## Who has been appointed as Malaysia’s new Attorney-
General? w Tommy Thomas
## Omar al-Razzaz has been appointed as the Prime
Minister of _______. w Jordan
## Who has been elected as the president of the 73rd
United Nations General Assembly? a________. w Lieutenant General
w Maria Fernanda
Espinosa
6 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 RBL Bank has bought the 100% stake in Swadhaar FinServe.
One Liner
## Who has been given the additional charge of Governor
of Tripura? w Keshari Nath Tripathi
## Panmana Ramachandran Nair has passed away
recently. He was a _______. w Writer
## Shantaram Naik has passed away recently. He was
a_______. w Politician
## What is the Name of Freedom fighter and member of
the first Lok Sabha who has passed away recently?
w Kandala
Subrahmanyam Tilak
## Who has been appointed as an Independent Director of
Tata Sons? w Harish Manwani
## Who has been appointed as director of the Institute
of South Asian Studies, think tank of the National
University of Singapore? w C Raja Mohan
## Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah has passed away recently.
He was a ______. w Writer
## Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani has passed away recently.
## Hemu Adhikari has passed away recently. He was
an________. w Actor
## Dr. Bansidhar Panda has passed away recently. He was
an________. w Industrialist
## What is the Name of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
who has passed away recently?
## Who has been appointed as part-time official director
of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)?
w Pravin L Agrawal
## Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to
Mauritania? w Pradeep Kumar Gupta
## Zorawar Chand Bakshi has passed away. He was
## Vinod Bhatt has passed away recently. He was
a_________. w Writer

## Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of
India to the Republic of Suriname? the Oxo-biodegradable Sanitary Napkin, under the
w Mahender Singh Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
Kanyal
## Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of
India to the South Sudan? w S. D. Moorthy
AWARDS
## Which Indian American Boy has won Scripps National
Spelling Bee Competition? w Karthik Nemmani
## Who would be honoured with the ‘Hero to Animals
Award’ from People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) India? w Zubeen Garg
## Who has been awarded the “most inspiring icon of
the year for Social Welfare" award by the Dadasaheb
Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) for his
exemplary contribution in the field of social welfare?
w Yuvraj Singh
## Who has won the international Women’s Prize for his/
her Novel “Home Fire”? w Kamila Shamsie
## Who has received a lifetime achievement award for
his contributions towards promoting brand India in the
UK? w Swraj Paul
## Which actor has been honoured by European Union
for strengthening Europe-India cultural ties? Delhi? w Ravi Shankar Prasad
w Amitabh Bachchan
## Which author has won the Man Booker International
Prize for his/her novel 'Flights'? the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development
w Olga Tokarczuk
## _________has baged the Clarivate Analytics India
Innovation Award 2018 in the Government Research
Organizations Category. w CSIR
SCHEMES AND LAUNCHES
## Ministry of Culture, Government of India has
introduced a new scheme namely ‘SevaBhojYojna’
with a total outlay of Rs. ________for Financial Years
2018-19 and 2019-20. w 325 Crores
## Who has laid the foundation of Sakhi Suraksha
Advanced DNA Forensic Laboratory in the campus of
Central Forensic Science Lab, Chandigarh?
w Maneka Gandhi
## Which State Government has launched health
insurance scheme "Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya
Bima Yojana"? w Odisha
Suresh Prabhu has launched Mobile App 'ReUnite‘.
One Liner
## Who has launched the ‘JANAUSHADHI SUVIDHA’,
(PMBJP)? w Mansukh L.
Mandaviya
## Who has laid the foundation stone of Zojila tunnel project
in Jammu and Kashmir? w Narendra Modi
## Who has launched the ‘Samagra Shiksha’ scheme for
holistic development of school education?
w Prakash Javadekar
NATIONAL & STATE
## With which Bank, Government of India has signed a $500
million loan agreement to provide additional financing
for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
Rural Roads Project? w World Bank
## Former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia has launched his
political Party. What is the Name of Party?
w Hamro Sikkim
## Who has flagged off a new Antyodaya train viz.
22841/22842 Santragachi-Chennai Central Antyodaya
Express from Kolkata? w Rajen Gohain
## Who has released Bhagat Singh jail diary book in New
## World Bank has approved Atal Bhujal Yojana
(ABHY), an Rs._______. Central Sector Scheme of
and Ganga Rejuvenation. w 6000 Crore
## Government of India has constituted a group of
eminent persons to study the Special Economic Zones
(SEZ) Policy of India. Who is the chairman of this
group? w Baba Kalyani
## Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced
committee for recommendations on setting up an
Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC) or an Asset
Management Company (AMC) for faster resolution of
Bad Loans. Who will be head this committee?
w Sunil Mehta
## Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of
India to the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of
Albania? w Thanglura Darlong
## With which state Government, Tata Motors signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote
e-mobility in the State? w Maharashtra
SEPTEMBER 2018 MICA 7
CURRENT AFFAIRS
## Which State has celebrated its fourth formation day on
2 June 2018? w Telangana
## A Helicopter taxi service between Shimla and
________has been started. w Chandigarh
## With which Insurance Company, Telangana government
has signed a memorandum of understanding for Rythu
Bandhu Life Insurance Scheme? w LIC
## Which State Government has decided to set up one
police station in each district to check power theft and
minimise power loss in the state?
w Uttar Pradesh
## Which Fruit has been declared by President Ram Nath
Kovind as Tripura’s state fruit?
w Queen Pineapple
## Which State Government has launched ‘Nidaan’
software for disease monitoring? Growth Rate is expected to _________in the Financial
w Rajasthan
## In which state is Dudhwa National Park Located? ## Which Company has become the third most valuable
w Uttar Pradesh
INTERNATIONAL
## 'Suryakiran' is a Military Exercise between India and
________. w Nepal
## In which city, Third Home Affairs’ Dialogue between
India and U.K. was held? w New Delhi
## Where is the Headquarters of Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)?
w Paris, France
## In which Country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
launched BHIM, RuPay Card and SBI apps? ## Which of the following Financial organisation is
w Singapore
## In which country, BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting
was held? w South Africa
## In which city, Suresh Prabhu has attended an informal
Gathering of World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Ministers? w Paris
## Union Cabinet has given its approval to the MOU on
Cooperation in the field of Medicinal Plants between
India and_______. w Equatorial Guinea
## In which country, Third Mission Innovation Ministerial
Meeting was held? w Malmo, Sweden
## Saad Hariri has been appointed as the Prime Minister
of _______for Third Term. w Lebanon
Integrity app has been launched by International Cricket Council (ICC)
8 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018
One Liner
## In which City 5th India CLMV Business Conclave
was held? w Phnom Penh
## Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII between
India and ________will be conducted at Pithoragarh.
w Nepal
## Union Cabinet has given its approval to the MOU
between India & ______regarding cooperation in the
areas of food safety. w Denmark
FINANCIAL AWARENESS
## On which Bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
imposed a penalty of `5 crore for non-compliance
with its directions on Income Recognition and Asset
Classification (IRAC) norms, Know Your Customer
(KYC) norms? w South Indian Bank
## According to Moody's, India's Gross Domestic Product
Year 2018-19. w 7.3 %
company in the world after surpassing Google's parent
company Alphabet? w Microsoft
## According to CSO, India's Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth rate in the fourth quarter (January-
March) of Financial Year 2017-2018 is at ______per
cent. w 7.7 %
## According to OECD, India's Gross Domestic Product
Growth Rate is expected to _________in the Financial
Year 2018-19. w 7.4 %
## Who has been appointed as Fourth Deputy Governor
of RBI? w Mukesh Kumar Jain
organizing Financial Literacy Week from 4th June to
8th June, across the nation? w RBI
## Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman of
Bandhan Bank? w H R Khan
## Which Bank has launched 'Green Future: Deposit'
Scheme? w Yes Bank
## According to World Bank, India's Gross Domestic
Product Growth Rate is expected to _________in the
Financial Year 2018-19. w 7.3%
## Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased the eligibility
limit for a loan under priority sector lending in a bid
to boost affordable housing. What is the loan limit in
Metropolitan Centres? w 35 lakh

## What is Minimum Capital Requirement to open Small
Finance Banks? w 100 Crore
## Which Bank has launched its first ‘Integrated SME Loan
Factory’ in Gurugram? w Bank of Baroda
## According to ICRA, India's GDP growth rate is
expected to _______in 4th Quarters (January-March)
of the financial year 2017-18. w 7.4 %
## Which initiative has been launched by Paytm Payments
Bank to empower women? w Paytm AshaKiran
## Who has been appointed as the President of New York
Stock Exchange? w Stacey Cunningham
## Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Airtel
Payments Bank? w Anubrata Biswas
## Fifteenth Finance Commission constitutes a High Level
Group to examine the strengths and weaknesses for
enabling balanced expansion of Health Sector. It will be
headed by _______. w Randeep Guleria
## What is Current Repo Rate? w 6.25%
SPORTS
## From which sports is Vikas Gowda related? 2018 Global Peace Index. w 137th
w Discus Throw
## Virat Kohli has been ranked ______ in Forbes' world's
highest-paid athletes list. w 83rd
## Maria Bueno has passed away recently. She was
related to which sports? w Tennis
## ___________women's cricket team posted the highest
ever total in One-day cricket by scoring 490 against
Ireland. w New Zealand
## Which Country has won the Intercontinental Cup by
defeating Kenya? w India
## Which Country has won the Women’s Asia Cup title
by defeating India? w Bangladesh
## Which Country has won the 5th Women’s Asian
Champions Trophy? w South Korea
## AB de Villiers has announced retirement from all forms
of international cricket. He is from which country?
w South Africa
## Tejaswini Sawant is related to which sports? Institute for Management Development (IMD).
w Shooting
IRDAI has approved Life Insurance Corporation’s (LIC) proposal to increase its stake in IDBI
Bank.
One Liner
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
## India has successfully test-fired its indigenously
developed nuclear-capable long-range ballistic
missile Agni-V. It has a strike range of _________
Kilometers. w 5,000
## Which Day is observed as the International Bio-
diversity Day? w 22 May
## According to World Health Organisation (WHO),
_________has become the first country in south-east Asia
to eliminate trachoma. w Nepal
MISCELLANEOUS
## Which Day has been observed as the World Bicycle
Day? w 3rd June
## Who is Executive Director of United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)? w Erik Solheim
## Who has been appointed as the new chairman of British
Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)?
w Pippa Harris
## India has been ranked ____ among 163 countries in the
## According to Sample Registration System (SRS) data,
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has dropped from 167
to ______for the country. w 130
## What is the Name of first Tulu novel, written by S. U.
Paniyady, has now been translated into English?
w Sati Kamale
## With which Institute, Airports Authority of India (AAI)
has signed agreement hands to take up collaborative
research on air navigation systems?
w IIT Madras
## According to a Lancet study, India has been ranked
______ among 195 countries in terms of quality and
accessibility of healthcare. w 145th
## Prakash Javadekar is the Minister of Human Resource
Development. He is Rajya Sabha MP from which
state? w Maharashtra
## India has been ranked _______ in terms of
competitiveness, in the annual rankings of International
w 44th
SEPTEMBER 2018 MICA 9
SPOTLIGHT ALL THAT MATTERS
ABBREVIATIONS BOOKS & AUTHORS
NIMF : National Irrigation
Management Fund
PIM : Participatory Irrigation
Management
PMKSY : Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana 01 Anita Gets Bail
RKVY : Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana :- Arun Shourie
SCADA : Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition
WUA : Water User Association Illiberal
MMI : Major and Medium Irrigation India 02
:- Chidanand Rajghatta
IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES
September 08: World Literacy Day
September 10: World Anti-Suicide Day

03 India Moving
September 16: World Ozone Day
September 22: World Cancer Free Day
September 27: World Tourism Day
September 28: World Rabies Day :- Chinmay Tumbe
September 29: World Heart Day

ECONOMIC GLOSSARY
Marshallian trinity
Working With-
Muslims 04
This refers to the three reasons why firms :- Farah Naqvi
belonging to the same industry tend to locate
themselves close to each other.
One is that they try to operate in a region
where they can have sufficient access to a rich
pool of labour. The second is that a cluster
of companies in a particular location offers 05 Rise And Kill-
First
suppliers the chance to specialise and achieve
economies of scale. :- Ronen Bergman
The third reason is that new ideas or knowledge
spread across firms that are located in the same
region. The concept is named after British
The Most
economist Alfred Marshall who elaborated it
in his book Principles of Economics. Dangerous 06
Place
:- Sri Nath Raghvan

10 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Asia's first arbitration centre specialised in intellectual property is slated to open in Tokyo.
 APPOINTMENTS THE PEOPLE

Arjit Basu T Latha Sandeep Sancheti

T T
he government has appointed
Arjit Basu as managing
director of the country's largest
lender State Bank of India.
He will fill the position that fell vacant
following the elevation of Rajnish
Kumar as the chairman. Now, after
this the SBI will have four managing
directors. As per the SBI Act, the bank
can have four managing directors.
Prior to becoming
deputy managing
director, he served
as managing
director of SBI Life
Insurance.
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
Latha has taken charge as
Managing Director and CEO
of Dhanlaxmi Bank.
Her appointment is for three years
with effect from July 2, 2018. Latha
has taken the helm of the Thrissur
(Kerala)-headquartered bank from G.
Sreeram, who retired on July 1, 2018
on completion of his tenure.
Dhanlaxmi Bank
• Founded: 1927
• Headquarters:
Thrissur, Kerala
• Tagline: Tann.
Mann. Dhan
D
r. Sandeep Sancheti, Vice
Chancellor of SRM Institute
of Science and Technology
(SRMIST) has assumed charge as
the 97th President of the Association
of Indian Universities (AIU), New
Delhi. Founded in 1925 and initially
known as the Inter-University Board
of India, the AIU has currently
more than 720 members represented
by Vice Chancellors. Seen as the
representative of all Universities of
India, the AIU facilitates coordination
and mutual consultation among
Universities as
well as acting
as a liaison with
Central and State
governments.

J
ustice Adarsh Kumar Goel has assumed charge as chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
Justice Goel, who retired as a Supreme Court judge, has been appointed for five years.
He is the third chairperson in the NGT since its inception in 2010.
The first chairperson was Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta, who relinquished his post
after being appointed lokayukta of Himachal Pradesh in 2011, and the second was
Justice Swatanter Kumar, who retired in December last year after completing a five-
year tenure.
At present, there is only one functional court at the principal bench in the national
capital. It comprises Justice Rahim and Justices R S Rathore and S S Garbyal.

The NGT was established on October 18, 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act for
effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation
of forests and other natural resources.

The tribunal's principal bench is in New Delhi while its zonal benches are in Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata
and Chennai and its circuit benches are in Shimla, Shillong, Jodhpur and Kochi.

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Australia has won the 37th edition of the Champions Trophy Hockey 2018 SEPTEMBER 2018 MICA 11
THE PEOPLE APPOINTMENTS

Justice T. B. N. Rad- S Ramesh Anant Barua

hakrishnan
S A
Ramesh has been appointed as nant Barua has been

J
ustice Thottathil Bhaskaran
Nair Radhakrishnan was sworn
in as new Chief Justice of the
Hyderabad High Court for the states
of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in
Hyderabad. Governor of Telangana
and Andhra Pradesh ESL Narasimhan
administered the oath at a function
in the Raj Bhavan. Telangana Chief
Minister K Chandrashekar Rao
and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief
Minister K E Krishna Murthy were
present on the occasion.
Justice Radhakrishnan was Chief
Justice of the Chhattisgarh High
Court before
being shifted to
Hyderabad. He
was the Acting
Chief Justice of the
Kerala High Court
for a brief period.
Alka Tiwari
chairman of the Central Board
of Indirect Taxes and Customs
(CBIC), the apex policy-making body
for indirect taxes.
He has succeed Vanaja N Sarna.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs (CBIC)
• CBIC is the nodal national agency
responsible for administering Cus-
toms, GST, Central Excise, Service
Tax & Narcotics in India.
• It is part of the Department of Rev-
enue under Union Ministry of Fi-
nance.
• It is headquartered in New Delhi.
• It was renamed
to present name
from Central
Board of Ex-
cise & Cus-
toms (CBEC) in
March 2017.
appointed as a whole-time
member of the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
He has been appointed to the post for
three years.
He took charge as the executive
director of SEBI in May 2010.
Earlier he was legal adviser at Legal
Affairs Department (LAD), SEBI.
Barua is a commerce graduate with
LLB from the University of Delhi.
He was on deputation to the Central
Bank of Bahrain as legal adviser and
has also worked with the Industrial
Finance Corporation of India (IFCI),
National Fertilizers
Ltd. (NFL)
and DCM Ltd,
according to the
market regulator.

A
lka Tiwari has been appointed as the Secretary of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION OF INDIA
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian Governmental Body
created to address governmental corruption.
It was set up by the Government of India in February, 1964 on the recommendations
of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by K. Santhanam Committee.
Nittoor Srinivasa Rau was selected as the first Chief Vigilance Commissioner of
India.
Headquarters: New Delhi
The Commission shall consist of:
A Central Vigilance Commissioner – Chairperson (K V Chowdary)
Not more than Two Vigilance Commissioners – Members (Sharad Kumar + Tejendra Mohan Bhasin)

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12 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Polish track star Irena Szewinska has passed away recently. He was 72.
 APPOINTMENTS

Anil Kaul Kaptan Singh Solanki Navin Agarwal

T O
ata Capital has appointed Anil
Kaul as the Managing Director
of Tata Capital Housing
Finance, with effect from 18th July
2018.
Anil Kaul succeeds R Vaithianathan.
He has more than 20 years of
experience in the financial services
sector and retail lending business.
He has held senior management
positions at ICICI Bank, ICICI
Lombard, Citibank, Standard
Chartered Plc.
n 13th July 2018, Haryana
Governor Kaptan Singh
Solanki was handed the
additional charge of Himachal Pradesh
by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Kaptan Singh Solanki will perform
the functions of the Governor of
Himachal Pradesh, in addition to his
own duties during the absence of
Himachal Governor Acharya Devvrat.
Acharya Devvrat is on leave. This
was mentioned in an official order.
O
n July 13,2018, Metals and
Mining company Vedanta
Ltd. has re-appointed Navin
Agarwal as a Whole time Director.
This appointment is for another five-
year period starting from August 1,
2018 and is subjected to stakeholders’
approval.
The company also announced that he
has been re-elected as chairman of
the company as well with effect from
August 1, 2018.

J
D C Raina
ammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra appointed D C Raina as the advocate general
of Jammu and Kashmir. D C Raina was advocate general of Jammu and Kashmir in
2016 also when Governor’s rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir following
the death of then chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and clash between the PDP
and BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) on formation of government.
Also, the governor accepted the resignation of Jehangir Iqbal Ganaie, who was the
advocate general during the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir.

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THE PEOPLE APPOINTMENTS

Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan Nina Tshering La

M
Dipika Pallikal

V I
ice President of India and
the President of ICWA,
M. Venkaiah Naidu has
appointed Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan
as the Director General, ex officio
Member-Secretary of the Council,
ICWA (Indian Council of World
Affairs).
This decision was taken in the
meeting of the Governing Body and
Governing Council of the Indian
Council of World Affairs (ICWA) on
13th July 2018.
Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan is an Indian
Foreign Service Officer (IFS) of
1982 batch. He has served as India’s
High Commissioner to Islamabad
and Singapore
and has served in
India’s missions at
London, Thimphu
and Kuwait.
s. Nina Tshering La has ndian squash player
been appointed as the next Dipika Pallikal was
Ambassador of India to the appointed Asia’s
representative in the Athletes
Democratoc Republic of Congo.
Advisory Commission of
Ms. Nina Tshering La, presently Deputy the Commonwealth Games
Chief of Mission, Hanoi has been appointed Federation (CGF).
as the next Ambassador of India to the This appointment has been
Democratic Republic of Congo. made by the CGF. The
CGF Athletes Advisory
She is expected to take up the assignment
Commission was proposed in
shortly. August 2017.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, It had asked all 71 member
also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo- Commonwealth Games
Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country Associations (CGAs) to
nominate an athlete with the
located in Central Africa.
potential to serve the Athletes
It is sometimes referred
Commission.
to by its former name
of Zaire, which was its
official name between
1971 and 1997.

Seema Nanda

T
he Democratic National Committee (DNC) of United States has appointed Indian
American Seema Nanda as its new CEO.
Indian American Seema Nanda appointed CEO of Democratic National
Committee (DNC) of United States.
Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the decision-making
body of the Democratic Party in the United States.
Seema Nanda has become the first Indian American to be appointed
as operational head of a major American political party.

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14 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Ram Pravesh Thakur has been appointed the Director-General of Police of Andhra Pradesh.
 AWARDS THE PEOPLE
Vasundhara Raje conferred with ‘Chief Minister of the
Year’ award
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was conferred the
‘Chief Minister of the Year’ award for her remarkable work in
e-governance.
The award was given at the 52nd Skoch Summit held in New
Delhi.
Efforts of the chief minister and state government were
appreciated in implementing the prime minister’s Digital India
campaign for benefitting the common man.

Anjolie Ela Menon has received Na-

tional Kalidas Samman
• Noted artist Anjolie Ela Menon has received the National
Kalidas Samman for visual arts from the Madhya Pradesh
government.
• Artist A. Ramachandran was also conferred with the
Kalidas Award.
Kalidas Samman

• Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya
Pradesh.
• The Award is named after Kalidas, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of ancient India.
• It was first awarded in 1980.
• It was initially conferred in alternate years in fields of Classical Music, Classical Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts.

Milan Shankar Tare has been selected for National Maritime Search
and Rescue Award.
• Milan Shankar Tare, a resident of Satapati village, will
receive the National Maritime Search and Rescue Award,
instituted by the National Maritime Search and Rescue
Board.
• Tare saved the lives of 12 people from a sinking fishing
boat Shivneri.
• The board recognises search and rescue efforts by merchant
mariners, government vessels and fishermen every year.
• The award is being given to Tare in recognition of his act
of bravery at sea and selfless duty in sync with the highest
traditions of maritime fraternity.
• The award consists of a commendation certificate and cash
prize

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THE PEOPLE AWARDS
'Sangita Kalanidhi' Award

W ell-known carnatic vocalist Aruna

Sairam has been selected for this
year's 'Sangita Kalanidhi' award of the Mu-
sic Academy. At its meeting held on July 15,
2018, the Academy's executive committee
unanimously selected Sairam for the award
and also announced the winners of various
other awards. Sairam, one of the most popular carnatic vocal-
ists, has been chosen for the coveted Sangita Kalanidhi award.

Over an illustrious career spanning decades, she can be credited with taking the art to a very wide audience both in India
and abroad. Sairam would preside over the 92nd annual conference of the academy to be held from December 15, 2018
to January 1, 2019.

NABARD 2018 award

R epco Micro Finance Ltd was awarded the NABARD 2018

award for its service to self-help group (SHG) linkage in
Tamil Nadu for the fiscal year 2017-18. Repco Micro Finance
Ltd is a non-banking finance company promoted by Repco
Bank.
Repco Micro Finance Ltd has offered loans
amounting to Rs 2,500 crore to more than 10
lakh beneficiaries through 50,000 SHGs, so
far.

USISPF Leadership Award

A jay Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, SpiceJet,

received the USISPF Leadership Award at the first Annual
Leadership Summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership
Forum (USISPF) in Washington DC, United States.
The Annual Leadership Summit stressed on USISPF’s
commitment to enhance the strategic
partnership between the US and India.
The theme for this year’s summit was:
“Strengthening the Strategic Partnership”.

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16 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Former Punjab Finance Minister Surinder Singla has passed away recently. He was 7

B Sujatha Devi
P oetess and winner of the
Kerala Sahitiya Akademi
award, B Sujatha Devi, passed
away. She was 72.
Sujatha Devi is the younger
sister of Poetess Sugatha
Kumari and late Hridya
Kumari.
Sujatha Devi, also a well
known travel writer, had
served as English professor
in various government colleges in the state, including the
Maharaja's college in Kochi.
Kim Jong-pil
OBITUARY THE PEOPLE
Irena Szewinska
P olish track star Irena
Szewinska, who won
Olympic gold medals in three
different events, has passed
away recently. She was 72.
Szewinska competed at four
Olympics, winning gold with
the Polish 100-metre relay
team in Tokyo in 1964, in the 200m in Mexico City in 1968
and in the 400m in Montreal in 1976.
She also won silver in the 200m and long jump in Tokyo
and bronze in the 100m in Mexico City and the 200m in
Munich 1972.
She is the only athlete, male or female, to have held the

S outh Korea's former prime

minister and founder of
the country's spy agency Kim
World record in the 100m, 200m and 400m.

Jong-pil has died. He was 92. J G Nadkarni

Kim was a key member of
a 1961 coup that put army F ormer Navy chief Admiral
J G Nadkarni has passed
away. He was 86.
Major General Park Chung-
hee in power until his 1979
assassination. Kim created
Nadkarni, The 14th Navy chief
and headed the Korean Central
was the Chief of the Naval
Intelligence Agency before
Staff from December 1, 1987
serving as Park's prime minister.
to November 30, 1990.
A government panel said in 2007 that KCIA agents
kidnapped then-opposition leader Kim Dae-jung from
Tokyo in 1973. After Kim Dae-jung became president in He participated in the
1998, Kim Jong-pil worked as his prime minister under a Liberation of Goa and played a stellar role in the India-
power-sharing plan. Pakistan War 1965 and in 1971.

M M Jacob

M M Jacob, Senior Congress leader and former Governor of Meghalaya has passed away.
He was 90.
During six decades long public service he held various positions in national and state level
politics. Jacob, who became Central Minister three times, held the position of the Governor
of Meghalaya for 12 consecutive years, from 1995 to 2007. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in
1982 and 1988 and became the first Malayali to hold the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman
in 1986.

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THE PEOPLE OBITUARY
Kabutri Devi JN Sadhu

F amous Kumauni folk

singer Kabutri Devi passed
V eteran journalist JN Sadhu
passed away recently. He
was 94.
away. She was 70.
Sadhu had worked for 35 years
She became popular only after
in The Indian Express. He was
his first appearance in All
working as an independent
India Radio in the 1980s. In
journalist after retirement.
her songs the struggles of hill
women get accustomed to life.
Folk singer received many
honors for her remarkable contributions. Public historians
recall them as the original voice representing the mountain
culture.
Rajmata Satvashila
Devi Bhosle
Spiritual leader
Dada JP Vaswani
A ctivist Rajmata Satvashila
Devi Bhosle died due
to a long term illness at
S piritual leader Dada JP
Vaswani, head of the
Sadhu Vaswani Mission has
Sawantwadi,
Rajmata
Maharashtra.
Satvashila Devi
Bhosle was 83 years old. She
passed away. He was 99. belonged to the Konkan region
He was born on 2 August 1918 in Maharashtra. She was the
in Hyderabad, Sindh province wife of the last King of the
of Pakistan. He was known for Sawantwadi Kingdom late
promoting vegetarianism and Shivramraje Bhosle. Shivramraje Bhosle was coronated
animal rights. He composed before the merger of the princely state into Union of India.
more than 150 books. Sadhu
Thanvardas Lilaram Vaswani, who founded the Sadhu
Vaswani Mission, was his Guru. He was the recipient of the
United Nations' 1998 U Thant Peace Prize. Dada Vaswani's M.N. Vyasa Rao
birthday is celebrated as a global forgiveness day.

K annada poet and film

lyricist M.N. Vyasa Rao
died following a cardiac arrest
Rita Bhaduri at his home in Bengaluru.
M.N. Vyasa Rao was 73 years

V eteran actor Rita Bhaduri old.

has passed. She was 62. In 1975, he entered Kannada
She was best known for her film industry as a lyricist in
roles in films like "Hero No 1" the film Shubhamangala. His
and "Beta". other poems are also known as
‘bhaavageetes’ (light music). He was also a novelist. He
Bhaduri, who was last seen
had written various detective and literary novels and short
in television show "Nimki
stories in Kannada.
Mukhiya".

Alka Tiwari has been appointed as the Secretary of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
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Burning Topics of the Month

NITI Aayog releases First Samsung inaugurates Fugitive Economic
Delta Ranking of Aspira- world’s largest mobile fac- Offenders Bill passed in Lok
tional Districts tory in India Sabha

& Many More...

Sindhu Darshan Festival 26 June '18

T
he three-day annual Sindhu Darshan Festival
celebrates on the bank of Indus River was held
in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Festival organised by Sindhu Darshan Yatra
Samiti and Ladakh Phandey Tsogspa, Leh, was
inaugurated by RSS General Secretary Bhaiya Ji.
The programme was focused at
national integration, communal
harmony and national pride.
It was marked by holy dip in the
Indus River, hosting of national flag and cultural programme of different areas of the country. This year mark
the 22nd Sindhu Darshan festival and it was started by the former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani in 1997.

T
27 June '18
he Government has set up
a Committee under For-
mer Delhi Metro Chief E
Sreedharan to lay down standar-
disation norms for components
with an aim to cut costs in the
construction and operation of
metro rail systems in the country
and bring them under the Make
PM Modi allows setting up in India umbrella.
PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA panel to lay down standards
NARENDRA MODI
for metro rail systems
## “Besides recommending standardisation norms for various components, the Sreedharan committee will also suggest
ways to indigenise metro components that are currently imported.
## Currently, metro projects with a total length of 370km are operational in eight cities, including
Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi and Mumbai.
## Work on another 537km is in progress in 13 cities. Besides, metro projects with a total length of
595km across 10 new cities are at various stages of planning and appraisal.
## The metro policy approved by the government in 2017 emphasised the need to standardise and
indigenise components.
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NEWS BITES
Government approves draft Act to replace UGC with Higher Education
Commission of India
T
he Union Ministry of Human
Resource Development
proposed a draft bill to repeal
the University Grants Commission
(UGC) and set up the Higher Education
Commission of India (HECI), a move
that aims to reform higher education in
India.
Provisions of the Draft Act and
the role of Higher Education
Commission of India (HECI)
## The focus of the Commission
will be on improving academic
standards and quality of higher
education.
## It will specify norms for learning
outcomes and will lay down
standards of teaching/research
etc.
## It will provide a roadmap for
mentoring of institutions found
failing in maintaining the required
academic standards.
## It will enforce its decisions
through legal provisions in the
Act.
## It will have the power to grant
authorisation for starting of
academic operations on the basis
of their compliance with norms of
academic quality.
## It will also have the powers
to annul a higher education
institution where there is a case
of wilful or continuous default in
compliance with the norms.
## It will have the power to
recommend closure of institutions
which fail to adhere to minimum
standards without affecting
students’ interest.
## The Commission will encourage
higher education institutions
to formulate a Code of Good
Practices, covering promotion of
research, teaching and learning.
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28 June '18
## The Bill also
provides for the
penal provisions
which will cover
withdrawal of
power to grant
degrees/ diplomas
or direction to
cease academic
operations.
## The cases of wilful
non-compliance
may result in ## Less Government and More
prosecution as per the Criminal Governance: To Downsising
Procedure Code with a punishment the scope of the Regulation and
of imprisonment for a term which ensure minimum interference in
may extend up to 3 years. the management issues of the
## It will also specify norms and educational institutions.
processes for fixing of fee chargeable ## Separation of grant functions:
by higher education institutions. The grant functions will now be
## It will monitor all matters covering done by the Ministry of Human
the development of emerging Resource Development, and
fields of knowledge and balanced the HECI would focus only on
growth of higher education academic matters.
institutions in all spheres. ## End of inspection raj: Regulation
Constitution of the HECI will now be done through
transparent public disclosures,
The Commission will be constituted
merit-based decision making on
by the Chairpersons of regulatory
matters regarding standards and
bodies in higher education, namely the
quality in higher education.
AICTE and the NCTE.
## Focus on academic quality:
The Chairpersons/Vice-Chairpersons
HECI has been mandated to
and members will be scholars of
improve academic standards
eminence, standing in the field of
with specific focus on learning
academics and research and possess
outcomes, evaluation of academic
leadership qualities.
performance by institutions,
There will be an Advisory Council mentoring of institutions, training
within the HECI to render advice to of teachers and promote use of
the Commission on matters concerning educational technology.
coordination and determination of
## Powers to enforce: HECI will have
standards in the country. This will be
powers to enforce compliance to
represented by the Chairpersons / Vice-
the academic quality standards
Chairpersons of State Councils for
and will have
Higher Education and will be chaired
the power to
by the Union Minister for HRD.
order closure
Transformation of the higher of bogus
education set up is guided by the institutions.
following principles:
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29 June '18
Cabinet approves establishment of Strategic Petroleum Reserves at
Chandikhol in Odisha

T
he Union Cabinet has approved
establishment of additional 6.5
Million Metric Tonne (MMT)
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
facilities at two locations, i.e. Chandikhol
in Odisha and Padur in Karnataka,
including construction of dedicated SPMs
(Single Point Mooring) for the two SPRs.
The SPR facilities at Chandikhol and
Padur will be underground rock caverns and will have capacities of 4 MMT and 2.5 MMT respectively.
Government had announced setting up of two additional SPRs during the budgetannouncement for 2017-18. The in
principle approval is to take up the project under PPP model to reduce budgetary support of Government of India.
ISPRL has already constructed underground rock caverns for storage of 5.33MMT of crude oil at three
locations, viz. Vishakhapatnam (1.33 MMT), Mangalore (1.5 MMT) and Padur (2.5 MMT). The total
5.33 MMT capacity under Phase-I of the SPR programme is currently estimated to supply approximately
10 days of India’s crude requirement according to the consumption data for FY2016-17. Cabinet’s
approval for establishing additional 6.5 MMT Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities will provide an
additional supply of about 12 days and is expected to augment India’s energy security. The construction
phase of the SPRs at Chandikhol and Padur is likely to generate significant direct & indirect employment opportunities in
the states of Odisha and Karnataka.
30 June '18
NITI Aayog releases First Delta Ranking of Aspirational Districts

T
he NITI Aayog has launched the first Delta ranking
(incremental progress) for the Aspirational Districts,
based on self-reported data of districts, across five
developmental areas of Health and Nutrition, Education,
Agriculture and Water Resources, Financial Inclusion and Skill
Development, and Basic Infrastructure.
The purpose of this ranking is to spur a sense of competition
among the dynamic teams in the districts. Since these districts
face many challenges including legacy, unexploited or weak
resource base, deficit of manpower at different levels due to difficult living conditions etc, the ranking is also a tool to
identify sectors and indicator specific challenges so that Team India, which is driving this programme, can take immediate
corrective measures.
Key Points
## Dahod district of Gujarat improved 19.8 points to rank first in the Delta ranking (was Ranked 17 in Baseline ranking).
## West Sikkim district in Sikkim stood second with 18.9 points, a huge improvement from being in the 30th position in
Baseline ranking.
## Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh also made significant strides by improving 14.7 points and ranked 6th position in Delta
ranking from 45th position in Baseline ranking
## Asifabad district of Telangana, which was ranked 100 in Baseline ranking released in March this
year, has made significant improvements in past two months and stood at 15 in Delta ranking.

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Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL)
introduces ‘Legatrix’ 04 July '18

N
umaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in Assam has
become the first oil public sector undertaking
(PSU) to adopt an online legal compliance system
by introducing ‘Legatrix’.
The cloud-based compliance management system
‘Legatrix’ is a one-stop solution for effectively managing
the organisation’s legal and regulatory compliances
through monitoring control at different levels.
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL):
## Founded: 1993
## Numaligarh Refinery is located at Morangi, Golaghat district, Assam.
## It is a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum (61.65%), Oil India (26%) and Govt of Assam
(12.35%).
10 July '18
World Sanskrit Conference Six Institutions of Eminence (IoEs)

T
08 July '18 he Govt. has
shortlisted Six
Institutions of
Eminence (IoEs) including
3 from Public Sector and
3 from Private Sector.
An Empowered Expert
Committee (EEC) in its
report recommended
selection of 6 institutions
(3 from public sector and 3

H
uman Resource Development Minister
Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the
17th World Sanskrit Conference at
Vancouver, Canada from 9th July to 13th July,
2018.
More than 500 scholars and delegates from
over 40 countries will be participating in this
conference and exchange their knowledge by
presenting papers on various subjects followed
by discussions from amongst the members.
The purpose of this conference is to promote,
preserve and practice the Sanskrit language all
over the world by the people. The World Sanskrit
Conference is being held in various countries
across the globe once in every
three years and so far it has
been held thrice in India.
Besides the Minister, 10
scholars and two officers are
part of the Indian delegation
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from private sector) as Institutions of Eminence. The details of these
Institutions are as under:
Public Sector: (i) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka;
(ii) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Maharashtra; and (iii)
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Private Sector: (i) Jio Institute (Reliance Foundation), Pune under
Green Field Category; (ii) Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences,
Pilani, Rajasthan; and (iii) Manipal Academy of Higher Education,
Manipal, Karnataka.
Benefits for Institutions of Eminence (IoEs)
## It will ensure complete autonomy to the selected institutions and
facilitate them to grow more rapidly.
## They will get more opportunity to scale up their operations
with more skills and quality improvement so that they become
World Class Institutions in the field of
education, the Minister added.
## Each public Institution selected as ‘Institution
of Eminence’ will get financial assistance up
to Rs. 1000 Crore over the period of five years
under this scheme.

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International Round Table Conference on “Data for New India’’

T
10 July '18
he Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
has organised a two-day International Round Table Conference
at New Delhi. The objective of the Round Table Conference is
to identify innovative ideas for improving the statistical system in India,
taking cue from the best practices followed in advanced countries like
Canada, UK and Australia. Such a Conference is being organized in
India for the first time.
In the Conference, the experts from National
and International agencies deliberated on key
statistical issues, such as data governance structure
and capabilities, organizational issues, managing
data systems in a federal structure and resource
mobilization for ensuring quality statistical products to be produced.

Samsung inaugurates world’s largest mobile factory in India 10 July '18

S
amsung India inaugurated its new mobile
phone manufacturing facility in Noida which
is the world’s largest mobile factory.
With this, the company will double its current
capacity for mobile phones in Noida from 68 million
units a year to 120 million units a year, in a phase-
wise expansion that will be completed by 2020.
The facility which was jointly inaugurated by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and Moon Jae-in, President
of the Republic of Korea , was announced last year
in June where the company unveiled its expansion
plans at an investment of Rs 4915 cr to add new
capacity to the Noida plant.
The company has taken the ‘Make in India’ initiative to another level by launching ‘Make for the World’
initiative as part of which it aims to export mobile handsets produced in India, to overseas markets.
The Noida factory, which was set up in 1996 , is one of the first global electronics manufacturing facilities
set up in India. A bigger manufacturing plant, spread over 129000 sq. metres, will help Samsung meet
the growing demand.

11 July '18
India Tourism Mart (ITM)

T
ourism Ministry in partnership with the Federation
of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality
(FAITH) and with the support of State /UT
Governments will organize the ‘first ever’ India Tourism
Mart (ITM) on September, 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan, New
Delhi.
The objective of the event is to create an annual Global
Tourism Mart for India in line with major international
travel marts being held in countries across the world.
The Mart will provide a platform for all stakeholders
in the tourism and hospitality industries to interact and
transact business opportunities.

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Key points :
## Through ITM 2018, India can showcase its hidden destinations to the world, especially to emerging tourism markets
like China, Latin America, and Japan etc.
## Approximately, 300+ international buyers, influencers, bloggers etc. are expected to attend the event.
## The international delegates from overseas markets will interact with Indian seller delegates and the buyers will
include current buyers who are already selling India as well as potential buyers who are not selling India at
present but have shown interest in the country.
## The event will also provide an opportunity to the buyers to see the world class tourism facilities available in
our country such as Airports, Hotels, Tourist destinations, upcoming facilities, MICE facilities, possibility in
the field of adventure tourism and other niche products.
12 July '18 MoU between IIPE and University
Internet Telephony of Houston
service of BSNL 15 July '18
"Wings"

C
ommunications Minister
Manoj Sinha has launched
Internet Telephony service

of BSNL "Wings" at a function in
New Delhi.
## The service will enable mobile
users to use landline network
of BSNL for all their internet-
based mobile operations,
including video conferencing,
video calling and all other
activities.
## To use this service, mobile
users need to download BSNL's
Application, WINGS.
## After connecting landline
network, no Sim Card is
required for mobile operations.
T
he University of Houston has signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) to build
scientific and technical knowledge through joint research.
It covers key areas of possible collaboration in faculty exchanges, offshore and
onshore petroleum engineering, process control systems and process safety in all
chemical engineering fields and non-conventional energy areas.
The MoU also covers possible student exchanges for short-term visits and learning.
IIPE was established in 2016 in Andhra Pradesh initiated by the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas.
It offers undergraduate degrees in petroleum and chemical
engineering and is planning to offer various graduate programmes
in energy-related fields.

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Jharkhand government has announced to set up country's first Khadi mall.
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China builds unmanned weather station near Arunachal- Tibet
border 18 July '18

C
hina has set up an unmanned automatic weather affected by the
observation station in Tibet near Arunachal Pradesh monsoon climate
border to provide meteorological support to its of the Indian
military and assist operations of aircraft and missiles in Ocean. The only
case of "regional live-fire conflicts". The station in Yumai road linking Yumai
township under Lhunze county of Shannan Prefecture in and the outside
Tibet will eliminate a blind area of meteorological services. world has been
It will also provide strong meteorological support for under construction
national defence and further promote border development since 2017. China
as well as military-civilian integration. Regional weather has planned to set-
is an important factor that could influence the take-off up more weather
and landing of aircraft and the launch of missiles during a stations when the
battle, the small weather observation station could provide road is completed.
such information. The Line of Actual Control (LAC) The construction of the station began in
between India and China covered 3488 kms which includes early 2018. However, due to bad weather
Arunachal Pradesh, claimed by China as part of southern in the area, the construction could be
Tibet. With nine households and 32 residents, Yumai is completed in June. The first weather data
China's smallest township in terms of population. Yumai was transmitted from the station on June 22, the report said.
is located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas and

Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill passed in Lok Sabha 19 July '18

special court for action against recover the losses to the exchequer or
Vijay Mallya and is preparing to do public sector banks in cases of frauds.
the same against Nirav Modi and Among other things, the Bill makes a
Mehul Chowksi, who are alleged provision for a Special Court under the
perpetrators of the Punjab National Prevention of Money Laundering Act,
Bank scam. The Bill defines the 2002 to declare a person a Fugitive
fugitive economic offender “as Economic Offender.
an individual who has committed Treaty with other nations
a scheduled offence or offences Courts in other countries would honour
involving an amount of Rs.100 the orders passed by Indian courts, as
crore or more and has absconded India has treaties with many countries,

T
he government has refused from India or refused to come back which would help in honouring the
to lower the threshold for to India to avoid facing criminal orders given here. He said the Fugitive
applicability of the Fugitive prosecution in India.” Economic Offenders Bill gave power
Economic Offenders Law and said No relief for offenders to the agencies to seize properties
the law will apply to all those who Fugitive Economic Offenders Law will that are not only in the name of the
have been declared fugitives in big be applicable to “any individual who offender, but ‘benami’assets.
economic crimes by Indian courts. is, or becomes, a fugitive economic Union Minister Arun Jaitley had,
The Lok Sabha gave its consent to the offender on or after the date of coming in his Budget for 2018-19, said the
Bill, which will now be discussed in into force of this Act.” It means the government was considering bringing
the Rajya Sabha before its passage. Bill will not be effective from a a new law to confiscate the assets
Once approved by both the houses retrospective date. However, this does of such absconders. The Bill was
and assented by the President, the Bill not provide any relief for offenders introduced in the Lok Sabha (Lower
will become an Act and replace the such as Mallya, Modi, Chowksi and House) on March 12, but could not
Ordinance promulgated on April 21. others who have already been declared be taken up due
All actions taken under the Ordinance fugitive by Indian courts. to a logjam in
will have the same legal validity There is a provision in the Bill that Parliament over
once the law is enacted. Empowered economic offenders who flee from different issues and
by the Ordinance, the Enforcement the country will be brought back, hence the President
Directorate has already moved a prosecuted and their properties will promulgated the
be confiscated. It seeks to quickly Ordinance.
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Milan Shankar Tare has been selected for this year’s National Maritime Search and Rescue
Award.
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Burning Topics of the Month

World’s first Inter National MoU between Plastic ban in
Centre for Humanitar- Rajasthan Government and Odisha
ian Forensics launched in Microsoft
Gujarat

& Many More...

World’s first International Centre for
Humanitarian Forensics launched in Yoga world record created in
Gujarat 21 June '18 Kota 21 June '18

R
ajasthan has witnessed a world record by
conducing the largest yoga session to mark
the International Yoga Day at Kota where
over one lakh people together performed yogic

T
he world's first International Centre for Humanitarian exercises. Yoga guru Ramdev conducted the yoga
Forensics was launched at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. It is a session. A total of 1.05 lakh people conducted yoga
joint venture of the Regional delegation of the International together at RAC ground in Kota. The record was
Committee of the Red Cross in India, Bhutan, Nepal and the created at 1.05 lakh and the counting of participants
Maldives and also Gujarat Forensic Science University. was still going on as it was estimated that nearly 2
lakh people were present for the mass yoga camp.
The launch of the Centre was followed by an
The numbers were counted through set standard and
International Symposium on Humanitarian
drone cameras. The previous record was that of 55, 524
Forensics. Over the next two days, international
people performing yoga in Mysore
experts will participate in the symposium and
in 2017. The yog camp started
discuss issues in the area of humanitarian
at 5 am and 15 yoga exercises of
forensics. Speakers from India, Ireland,
protocol for world record were
Germany and Sri Lanka will speak at the
performed from 6.30 am to 7 am.
symposium.

World Bank has approved loan for the Tamil Nadu Health Systems
Reforms Project 23 June '18

W
orld Bank had agreed to
sanction `2,685 crore for
the Tamil Nadu Health
Systems Reforms Project (TNHSRP)
that will focus on improving the overall
quality of healthcare in the State.
The project would focus on identifying
and fixing the gaps in the existing
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healthcare delivery, apart from would be flexibility
infrastructure development, non- in utilisation of
communicable diseases, trauma care funds in TNHSRP
and mental health. There will be focus on to identify areas that
accreditation of government hospitals, need intervention
benchmarking of services, and training even at the level of
for healthcare professionals. The individual hospitals.
approach will be result-oriented. There

26 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Sundari Nanda has taken charge as the 1st woman DGP of Puducherry.
 STATE

G
ujarat Government has launched a
solar power scheme for farmers-
Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY)
enabling them to generate electricity for
their captive (lhfer) consumption.
As per the scheme, farmers having existing
electricity connection will be given solar
panels as per their load requirements.
26 June '18
The State and Central governments will
Suryashakti Kisan
give 60 per cent subsidy on the cost of
Yojana (SKY) project.

The farmer is required to take 5 per cent cost, while 35 per cent will be provided to him as an affordable
loan with interest rates of 4.5-6 per cent.
The scheme duration is 25 years, which is split between 7-year period and 18-year period.
"For the first 7 years, farmers will get per unit rate of Rs 7 and For the subsequent 18 years they will get
the rate of Rs 3.5 for each unit.
Godikan panchayat passes a resolution to marry off girls only to families
that have a toilet in their house. 27 June '18

G
odikan panchayat in Haryana has become the first
panchayat in the country to pass a resolution to marry
off girls only to families that have a toilet in their
house.
## Inspired by Bollywood movie Toilet- Ek Prem Katha, the
move, say panchayat members, is aimed to ensure safety
and well-being of the women folk.
## Posters and banners that say “Beti wahin
byahenge, jis ghar me shauchalaya
payenge" (will marry off our daughters
to households where we find a toilet),
are expected to be put up soon.
## Godikan panchayat has already been declared an Outdoor Defecation Free panchayat.
Rajasthan increase the pension of MISA detainees 03 July '18

R
ajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje 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. The pension will be increased from Rs 12,000 to Rs 20,000 per month. It is also
announced to increase their medical assistance of Rs 1,200 to Rs 4,000 monthly.
About MISA Law
## MISA i.e. Internal Security Mechanism Act Act, was implemented in year 1971.
## Under the MISA law political opponents were imprisoned indefinitely.
## Under the MISA law, the police had given the right to search protesters without warrant and to
assassinate property, to listen and record their telephone conversations.
## But the MISA law was used during the Emergency to put Congress opponents, journalists, Social
workers forcibly in jail.
## Indira Gandhi changed MISA 's law during the Emergency and used it to suppress her political opponents.
## Under MISA law, more than one lakh people were forcibly arrested and sent to jail.
## Under the MISA Law, MISAians were tortured and their property was also siphoned off.
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Senior journalist Rajat Sharma has become the New President of Delhi and Districts Cricket
Association (DDCA).
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“Annapurna Milk Scheme” in Rajasthan
04 July '18

C
hief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje has launched
Annapurna Milk Scheme to provide milk thrice a week
to 62 lakh children studying in state-run schools and
madrasas.
## Under the scheme, more than 62 lakh students at 66,506
government schools will be provided warm milk as part
of the mid-day meal. Students till
Class 5 will get 150 ml of warm milk
thrice a week while those in class 6 to
8 will get 200 ml.
## The scheme is being implemented
with a budget of `218 crore.

M
adhya Pradesh state government
Madhya Pradesh Government launched an outstanding power bill
has launched power scheme called waiver scheme and subsidised power
‘Sambal’ 04 July '18 scheme called ‘Sambal’ for labourers and poor
families.
Under Sambal Yojana, the Below Poverty Line
(BPL) families would be provided electricity at a
cost of Rs 200 per month.
Objective:
The main objective of the scheme is to make sure
that all the households have power facility in the
state.
About Sambhal Yojana:
## Under the subsidised power segment of this scheme, registered labourers of the unorganised sector
and Below Poverty Line (BPL) families would be provided electricity at a cost of 200 rupees per
month.
## Power connection would be provided free of cost to the beneficiaries.

ADB has approved lining project of the Son canal in Bihar

T
11 July '18
he Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved It has total 67
Lining Project of Son canal in Shahabad-Bhojpur members, of
region of Bihar. The estimated cost of this project which 48 are
is US $503 million (Rs 3272.49 crore) out of which US from within
$352 million is being provided by ADB. This project on Asia and
completion will bring immense benefits to agriculture sector the Pacific
of Shahabad – Bhojpur region of Bihar. Ministry of Power and 19
has requested ADB and Ministry of Finance to expedite outside. The
and tender for first phase of lining of the main canal and ADB’s main
branches by October 2018. objective is
Asian Development Bank (ADB) to assist its members and partners, by
providing loans, technical assistance,
ADB is a regional development bank which aims to promote grants, and equity investments to promote
social and economic development in Asia. It was established social and economic development.
in December 1966. It is headquartered in Manila, Philippines.
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28 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Saraswati Prasad has been appointed as the CMD of Steel Authority of India (SAIL).
 STATE
Plastic ban in Odisha

O
11 July '18
disha government has ordered a ban on the use of plastic bags,
polythene and single-use plastic in the State from Gandhi Jayanti in
October.
## Odisha will ban plastic in phases starting from Gandhi Jayanti.
## The ban will come into force in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur,
Sambalpur, Rourkela and Puri from October 2 and in the entire State in
phases over the next two years.
## Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made the announcement to ban plastic in the
State while talking about environmental awareness in the newly started “Ama Mukhyamantri, Ama
Katha” (Our Chief Minister, our issues) programme.
11 July '18
MoU between Rajasthan prone areas. It will ensure assured
source of water to farmers in
Government and Microsoft
command area of these projects.
This will increase yield of their
crops and thereby increase the
income of the farmers.
The projects included under
special package will be funded

R
under Pradhan Mantri Krishi
ajasthan Government Sinchayee YojanaAccelerated
and Microsoft has Irrigation Benefit Programme
signed a Memorandum (PMKSY-AIBP) and are planned
of Understanding to provide to be completed by December 2019. Progress of projects will be
digital training to 9,500 college monitored by State as well as Central Water Commission (CWC).
students of state. The overall balance cost of projects is estimated to be Rs. 13,651.61
“The objective is to develop technical education crore. Central Assistance for implementation of these projects will
at government colleges, capacity building, be Rs. 3,831.41 crore and rest will be provided by State Government
increasing digital literacy and improving digital which may be arranged through NABARD (National Bank for
education in Rajasthan”. Agriculture and Rural Development).
Microsoft Benefits
On completion of these projects, utilization of irrigation potential of
## Founded: 4 April 1975
about 3.77 lakh ha will transform agriculture scenario of these drought
## Headquarters: Washington, United States prone region resulting in generation of substantially more employment
## CEO: Satya Nadella opportunities through increase in cropping intensity, change in
cropping pattern, agro processing and other ancillary activities. It will
CCEA approves Special result employment generation of approximately 341 lakh man-days
Package for Vidarbha, for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers.

C
Marathwada 19 July '18 Background
abinet Committee on Economic Affairs Maharashtra has experienced hydrological and agricultural drought
(CCEA) has approved implementation during three years period from 2012 to 2016. The situation was worst
of Centrally Sponsored-Scheme for in Vidharbha and Marathawada region with high incidence rate of
completion of 83 minor irrigation projects suicides by farmers.
and 8 major or medium irrigation projects in Besides, these regions, drought prone areas (DPA)
Maharashtra’s drought prone areas of Vidharbha, in rest of the state also had experienced distress in
Marathawada regions. recent years.
Key Facts These irrigation projects are ongoing projects, but
The special package aims to create additional they were languishing due to fund constraints.
potential of 3.77 lakh hectares in these drought
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Marathi film "Chumbak" has been officially selected for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
(IFFM).
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Burning Topics of the Month
15th India-Australia Joint
Ministerial Commission held
in Australia
Conference on Inter-
national Decade for
Action 21 June '18
C
onference on “International
Decade for Action: Water
for Sustainable Development
2018-2028” was held in Tajikistan.
## Union Minister for Water
Resources, River Development
& Ganga Rejuvenation and
Road Transport & Highways
and Shipping Nitin Gadkari
has represented India in the
high-level Conference on
“International Decade for
Action: Water for Sustainable
Development, 2018-2028” in
Tajikistan.
## United Nations and Government
of Republic of Tajikistan were
jointly organized the Conference
to discuss key
water related issues
of sustainable
development goals
adopted by UN
member countries.
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30 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Former Jodhpur MP Krishna Kumari, of the Congress, has passed away. She was 92.
INTERNATIONAL
USA has announced to Pakistan has been placed
leave the United Nations on FATF’s ‘grey list’
Human Rights Council
(UNHRC)
& Many More...
USA has announced to leave the United Nations
Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 21 June '18
U
nited States announced that
it was leaving the United
Nations Human Rights
Council, with Ambassador Nikki
Haley calling it “an organization that
is not worthy of its name.”
The announcement
came just a day after
U.N. human rights
chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein denounced the Trump administration
for separating migrant children from their parents who are seeking
asylum after crossing into the country from Mexico.
MOU between India and Cuba 23 June '18
I
ndia and Cuba signed two
Memorandum of Understandings
(MoUs) in the field of
biotechnology, traditional medicine
and homoeopathy. President Ram
Nath Kovind is on a three-nation
visit to Greece, Suriname and Cuba.
Key Highlights
## Both the countries agreed to enhance cooperation in biotechnology,
renewable energy and traditional medicine.
## The health ministries of Cuba and India signed an MOU to increase
cooperation in traditional medicine and homeopathy.
## Meanwhile, envoys from the Ministry of Science and Technology of both
the sides agreed on an MOU to deepen collaboration on biotechnology.
In this context, a Letter of Intent was signed between
BioCubaFarma, Cuba's state company for pharmaceutical
and biotechnology products, and India's Kalam Institute
of Health Technology.
## Cuba reaffirmed its support to India's candidature for a
permanent seat in the UN Security Council.
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27 June '18
15th India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission held in Australia

T
he 15th India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC)
was held in Canberra, Australia. The meeting was jointly chaired
by Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh
Prabhu and Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
Steven Ciobo.
The Ministers discussed at length on ways to increase two-way
investment flows between the two countries. In this regard, both sides
agreed to have greater collaboration between Austrade, the Australian
Trade and Investment Commission and Invest-India, which is the
National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of India. The talks culminated in the signing of
an MoU between Austrade and Invest-India in order to facilitate bilateral investment flows.
The Minister delivered the “Leaders on Asia” address at the Asia Society, Australia, on the topic “India’s
growth story: Opportunities for Australia”, to a hallpacked withmembers of academia, government and
business.

India and Seychelles Key Developments 27 June '18

I
ndia gives USD 100 million military loan to Seychelles to allow it to
buy defense equipment from India. A second Dornier aircraft, aimed
at enhancing the maritime security of the Indian Ocean nation off
the southeast coast of Africa, would be formally handed over.
Six agreements signed between India and the Seychelles
Grants for small development projects, Twinning Agreement
between the Corporation of the City of Panaji and the City
of Victoria, An agreement on cooperation in cybersecurity,
A cultural exchange programme, Agreement on Sharing
White Shipping Information between the Indian Navy
and the Seychelles National Information Sharing and
Coordination Center, MOU between the Foreign Service
Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India and the Department of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles.
## India and Seychelles has agreed to work together on a project to develop a naval base at the
Assumption Island.
The project will give India a strategic advantage in the Indian Ocean Region. An agreement to develop
the island was inked in 2015 between India and Seychelles.

RIMPAC multilateral naval exercise

T
28 June '18
he world's largest multilateral naval exercise Rim of the
Pacific (RIMPAC) has begun in Hawaii in the Western
Pacific Ocean.
The two-month long biennial exercise is to be attended by navies of
26 countries including India.
This is the 26th edition of RIMPAC exercise.
Indian Naval Ship INS Sahyadri is participating
in this exercise.
India's participation in the exercise provides
a platform for increased interoperability and
development of common understanding of procedures for maritime security operations.
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MoU between India and India-US 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi 29 June '18
Bahrain 28 June '18

The Union Cabinet has approved the signing

of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between India and Bahrain on cooperation in
the field of Healthcare.
The MoU covers the following areas of
cooperation:-
The first India-US '2+2 dialouge' - postponed by the US earlier this
month due to ''unavoidable reasons'' - will now be held in New Delhi on
September 6."Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and Raksha
Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman will host the US Secretary of State Michael
R. Pompeo and US Secretary of Defence James Mattis, in New Delhi.

i. Exchange of information including India-US 2+2 Dialogue

publications and research outcomes; India-US 2+2 Dialogue format was agreed to between two countries
ii. Exchanging visits by governmental during visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to US in June, 2017.
officials, academic staff, scholars, It was aimed at replacing earlier India-US Strategic and Commercial
teachers, experts and students; Dialogue. It is aimed enhancing strategic coordination between both
iii. Participating in workshops and training countries and maintaining peace and stability in Indo-Pacific region.
courses; It puts strategic, defence and security relationship between the two
countries at the forefront and centre stage. It insulates India-US strategic
iv. Encouraging health
relationship from feuds over trade issues and deep
and medical research
divide on economic integration policies as trade
activities at both the
private-sector and the and commercial issues that collided with strategic
academic level; and relationship between both countries’ discussed in
Strategic and Commercial Dialogue earlier. It is
v. Any other forms of similar to India-Japan 2+2 dialogue format between
cooperation as may be mutually decided foreign and defence secretaries of the two countries.
upon.

Pakistan has been placed on FATF’s ‘grey list’ 29 June '18

P
akistan has been placed on the grey list by the
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for failing to
curb anti-terror financing. The decision was taken
at the global financial watchdog Financial Action Task
Force’s (FATF) planery session in Paris where Finance
Minister Shamshad Akhtar represented Pakistan.
The announcement comes a day after Pakistan submitted
a comprehensive 26-point action plan
to the FATF to choke the funding of
militants groups, including Mumbai
attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-
led JuD (Jamaat-ud Dawa) and its
affiliates, to avoid being blacklisted by it.
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meeting was held in Tokyo, Japan.
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MoU between India and Singapore

T
30 June '18
he Union Cabinet has given its ex post-facto approval to the MoU
between India and Singapore on cooperation in the field of urban
planning and development.
Under this MOU, capacity building programme in the field of
planning, focusing on areas of urban planning, water and waste
water management, solid waste management, Intelligent Transport
System and public financing (Public Private Partnerships) would
be undertaken.
The objective of the MOU is to facilitate
government agencies in the Centre and States,
including Municipal Bodies, to readily tap
into the expertise of Singapore agencies in the areas of urban development and management and other
areas, and thus help in urban rejuvenation, mission.

T
04 July '18
he Asian Ministerial Conference
on Disaster Risk Reduction 2018
(AMCDRR 2018) was held in
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The AMCDRR 2018
has hosted over 3,000
delegates and participants
from Asian and Pacific
countries, governmental
and inter-governmental organisations, United
Nations and international organisations, and
stakeholder groups.
The theme of the AMCDRR 2018: ‘Preventing Disaster Risk: Protecting Sustainable Development’ reflects the essence
of the Sendai Framework. Development that does not take risk into account cannot be sustainable. Thus, disaster risk
reduction is a key instrument to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, as highlighted in the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development.

Nepal, India to jointly promote tourism 07 July '18

T
he 2nd meeting of the joint working group
on tourism cooperation between India and
Nepal is concluded in Kathmandu. Both sides
agreed to jointly promote Buddhist and Ramayana
circuits and Adventure tourism.
An industry-led India Nepal Tourism Forum will
also be established.
The Indian delegation was led by the Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Tourism Suman Billa, while Nepalese
side was led by Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Culture, Tourism
and Civil Aviation Ghanshyam
Upadhyaya.
The group was formed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Nepal in 2014 to enhance cooperation
in tourism between the two countries.

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MoUs between India and 11 July '18
South Korea

I
ndia and South Korea have signed five MoUs in the field
of Science & Technology.
MoUs
(i) Programme of Cooperation 2018-21; KEY POINTS
(ii) Establishment of Future Strategy Group. ## The MoUs were signed at the conclusion of
the 4th India-Korea Science & Technology
The MoU on Establishment of Future Strategy
Ministers Steering Committee Meeting.
Group was signed by Indian Science & Technology
and Commerce Ministers, while on the Korean ## Both sides will be co-funding collaborative
side, it was signed by Science and ICT and Trade enterprise-led joint R&D projects
Ministers. covering (i) Digital Transformation
(ii) Future Manufacturing (iii) Future
(iii) Cooperation in Biotechnology & Bio economy.
Utilities and (iv) Health Care.
(iv) Two other MoUs were signed between Council of
## It was also agreed to jointly establish two
Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), and South
additional India-Korea Joint Network
Korean National Research Council
Centres in areas among ‘Cyber Physical
for Science & Technology and IIT
System- Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Mumbai and Korea Institute of
of Things focused on agriculture,
Science &Technology,to further
energy, water and transportation and
accelerate future-oriented cooperation
‘Semiconductor Electronics’.
in their respective sectors.

India became the 69th shareholder of the European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 13 July '18

I
ndia has formally became the 69th shareholder of the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD), paving the way for more joint investment with
Indian companies across the bank's regions of operation.
India was selected as a member after all the existing EBRD
shareholders, who also form its board of governors, voted
unanimously in favour of the country's application in March
2018. The membership process was fully completed this week.
Key Highlights ## The European Bank for Reconstruction and
## The Indian government had applied for EBRD Development (EBRD) is an international financial
membership in December 2017. Though now, India institution, which was founded in 1991.
has become a shareholder of the EBRD, it will not be a ## As a multilateral developmental investment bank,
recipient of the bank’s financing. the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market
## In the lead up to the membership, the EBRD held its economies. Headquartered in London, the EBRD
inaugural business forum in Mumbai in June 2018. is owned by 65 countries and two EU institutions.
Despite its public sector shareholders, it invests in
## The conference, which was co-hosted with the private enterprises, together with commercial partners.
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI) and with the support of the Export- ## EBRD has members from all over
Import (EXIM) Bank of India, was held under the the world including North America,
banner of ‘Mobilising private sector finance in the Africa, Asia and Australia, with the
EBRD region and how Indian companies can benefit’. biggest shareholder being the United
States, but only lends regionally in
About EBRD its countries of operations.
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Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has laid the foundation stone of a Rs 1382 crore
34 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018
multi-purpose sports complex in Dibrugarh.
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India became Vice-Chair of Asia Pacific Region of the World Customs
Organisation (WCO) 15 July '18

I
ndia became Vice-Chair or regional head of Asia Pacific
Region of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) for
two years from July 2018 to June 2020. By becoming
Vice Chair, India will be able to take up leadership role at
the WCO.
World Customs Organisation (WCO)
WCO is an independent intergovernmental body whose
mission is to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of
Customs administrations. It was established in 1952 as
Customs Co-operation Council (CCC). It is the only
international organization with competence in Customs
matters and is considered as voice of international Customs
international officials, technical experts and support staff of
community.
some nationalities. WCO has divided its membership into
WCO represents 182 Customs administrations across the
six regions whereby each region is represented by elected
globe that collectively process approximately 98% of world
vice-chairperson to WCO Council.
trade. It is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It plays
Functions: It offers range of Conventions and other
leading role in discussion, development, promotion and
international instruments, as well as technical assistance and
implementation of modern customs systems and procedures.
training services to its members. It also actively supports
Objectives: It aims to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
its members in their endeavours to modernize and build
of member customs administrations and assist them to
capacity within their national Customs administrations.
contribute successfully to national development goals,
It also plays vital role in stimulating growth of legitimate
particularly revenue collection, national security, trade
international trade and combats
facilitation, community protection, and collection of trade
fraudulent activities. It also promotes
statistics.
emergence of honest, transparent and
Organistaional Structure: WCO’s governing body – the
predictable Customs environment, thus
Council relies on competence and skills of WCO Secretariat
directly contributing to economic and
and a range of technical and advisory committees to
social well-being of its members.
accomplish its mission. The Secretariat comprises over 100

Helsinki Summit: Trump, Putin hold first one-on-one talks 17 July '18

U
S President Donald Trump held first-ever one-
to-one talks with Russian President Vladimir
Putin on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. The
historic summit opened with Donald Trump promising
an ‘extraordinary relationship’ and Vladimir Putin saying
it was high time to thrash out disputes around the world.
Trump congratulated Putin on Russia's hosting of the 2018
FIFA World Cup tournament, which concluded on July 15
in Moscow with Putin in attendance.
Important Highlights
On nuclear proliferation, Trump said that he updated Putin
on his meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on
the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.Trump stated
responsibility for maintaining international security.
that nuclear proliferation, in terms of stopping was the most
important thing for them to work on together. On Russian Annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, Putin said
Putin also acknowledged that as two of the world's that Trump continued to maintain that it was illegal on the
leading nuclear powers Russia and the US bear a special part of Russia to annex the region, however, he added that
Russia’s viewpoint was different.
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About Natural Gas Pipeline, Trump said that the two nations
would be competing with regards to a natural gas pipeline.
He said he was not sure necessarily it's in the best interest of
Germany to pursue a deal with Russia.
The US President’s summit with Putin and their subsequent
joint press conference came to a close without any real
resolution to the ongoing tensions with Russia.
• Despite the city’s history of hosting key Cold War summits,
several protestors came out in Helsinki on July 15 to
attack both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin before
the controversial summit between the two leaders in
the Finnish capital.
Turkey Ends 2-Year State Of Emergency
T
urkey's state of emergency which was imposed after
the failed 2016 coup came to an end on Thursday,
but the opposition fears it will be replaced by even
more repressive legislative measures.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the state of
emergency on July 20, 2016, five days after warplanes
bombed Ankara and bloody clashes broke out in Istanbul in
a doomed putsch bid that claimed 249 lives.
The measure, which normally lasts three months but was
extended seven times. The state of emergency saw the
detention of some 80,000 people and about double that
number sacked from jobs in public institutions.
The biggest purge of Turkey's modern history has targeted
not just alleged supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based
preacher blamed for the coup, but also Kurdish activists and
leftists.
The former leaders of the opposition pro-Kurdish Peoples'
Democratic Party (HDP) -- Figen Yuksekdag and Selahattin
Demirtas -- are still languishing in jail following their arrest
in November 2016 on charges of links to Kurdish insurgents.
Same measures, different name
During last month's presidential election campaign, which
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• The country’s largest newspaper had put up adverts
in English and Russian language, which read “Mr
President, welcome to the land of free press.”
• Helsinki often served as a crucial neutral ground for the
US and the Soviet Union during the cold war.
• In the post-Cold War era, after the fall of the Soviet
Union, Finland established itself
as a part of the west with the EU
membership and an enhanced
partnership with NATO.
• Russia, however, still maintains
some strong ties with the nation.
20 July '18
he won, Erdogan pledged that the state of emergency would
end.
But the opposition has been angered by the government's
submission of new legislation to parliament that apparently
seeks to formalise some of the harshest aspects of the
emergency.
The bill, dubbed "anti-terror" legislation by pro-government
media, will be discussed at commission level on Thursday
and then in plenary session on Monday.
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) said
the new measures would amount to a state of emergency on
their own.
Key elements unchanged
Under the proposed legislation, the authorities will retain
for three more years the power to sack civil servants deemed
linked to "terror" groups, retaining a key power of the state
of emergency.
Protests and gatherings will be banned in open public areas
after sunset, although they can be authorised until midnight
if they do not disturb the public order.
Local authorities will be able to prohibit individuals from
entering or leaving a defined area for 15 days on security
grounds.
And a suspect can be held without charge for 48 hours or up
to four days in the case of multiple offences.
This period can be extended up to twice if there is difficulty
in collecting evidence or if the case is deemed to be
particularly voluminous.
Fotis Filippou, Amnesty International's deputy Europe
director, said many of the powers of the
state of emergency will remain in force.
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Burning Topics of the Month

AIIB to invest $200 mn India has moved up to 73rd IMF cuts India growth
in infra fund place in terms of money forecast for 2018 to 7.3%
parked in Swiss banks

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AIIB to invest $200 mn in infra fund 25 June '18

T
he board of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
has approved $100 million investment in the National
Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF) which could
be followed by a similar tranche later.
This is the first time that India is hosting the annual meeting of
AIIB. India is the second largest shareholder in AIIB after China and is also the largest recipient of funds from the
multilateral agency.
Nearly 25% of the total funds committed by AIIB have been committed for projects in India, both in the government sector
and the private sector.
The Beijing-headquartered agency, which started operations in January 2016, has approved $4.4 billion investments so far,
including $1.2 billion in India, making the country the largest beneficiary so far.
AIIB has 86 countries as its members.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxembourg in July 2019.
## Luxembourg is a founding member of AIIB as well as a leading international financial centre and facilitator of
investments between Europe and Asia.
## Luxembourg will be the first non-regional member of AIIB to host the bank's Annual Meeting.
The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting was held in Beijing in 2016, followed by Jeju, South Korea
in 2017 and the latest two-day meeting in Mumbai which concluded
here on Tuesday.
Headquartered in Beijing, the AIIB is a multilateral development
bank with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in
Asia and beyond.
It commenced operations in January 2016 and
has now grown to 87 member from around the
world, and invests in sustainable infrastructure
and other productive sectors, with India ranking
as its biggest borrower.

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30 June '18 India has moved up ‘Instant’ Aadhaar-
IRDA Approves LIC- to 73rd place in terms based PAN allotment
IDBI Bank deal of money parked in service 03 July '18
Swiss banks 02 July '18

I
ndia has moved up to 73rd place

in terms of money parked by
its citizens and companies with
Swiss banks, while the UK remains
on the top.
## India had slipped to 88th place
I
ncome Tax Department has
launched an ‘instant’ Aadhaar-
based PAN allotment service
for individuals seeking the unique
identity for the first time.

T
with a 44 per cent plunge in such ## “This facility is free of cost and
he Insurance Regulatory
funds during 2016, but the latest instant allotment of e-PAN is
and Development Authority
data from the Swiss National available for a limited period on
of India has approved Life
Bank (SNB) shows an increase a first-come, first-served basis for
Insurance Corporation’s (LIC)
of over 50 % during 2017 to valid Aadhaar holders”.
proposal to increase its stake in state-
CHF 1.01 billion (about Rs 7,000
run lender IDBI Bank. ## A fresh PAN will be allotted on
crore).
IRDA has approved acquisition of the basis of a one-time password
## Pakistan is now placed one sent on the mobile number linked
up to 51% stake by LIC in IDBI
place higher than India at 72nd to the Aadhaar number of a
Bank.
position, down one slot, after 21 person.
If LIC acquires significant stake in % dips in funds from that country
IDBI Bank, the latter will operate as in Swiss banks during 2017. ## The new PAN will have the
a subsidiary of the same name, date of birth, gender,
## China is at 20th mobile number
insurer.
place (CHF 160 and address as
IDBI Bank has billion with an in the Aadhaar.
been under the increase of 67
prompt corrective per cent during ## “The e-PAN
action framework 2017) facility is only
of the RBI due to for resident
• Russia at 23rd place. individuals and not for Hindu
deteriorating financial health. Its loss
widened to `8,238 crore in FY18 • Brazil 61st place. Undivided Family, firms, trusts
from `5,158 crore in FY17. • South Africa 67th place. and companies,”

RBI issued license to Bank of China to

launch operations in India 04 July '18

R
eserve Bank of India has issued licence to Bank
of China to launch operations in India. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi had made a commitment
to Chinese President Xi Jinping to allow Bank of China
to set up branches in India when they met on the sidelines
of the SCO summit in Chinese city of Qingdao.

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The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the scheme of recapitalization of Regional
38 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018
Rural Banks (RRBs) for the next three years i.e. upto 2019-20.
 ECONOMY

A
ndhra Pradesh has topped the ease of doing annual business Andhra Pradesh topped
ranking of states and Union Territories by the World Bank and
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
the ease of doing annual
The World Bank and Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
business ranking 12 July '18
released ease of doing business ANNUAL business ranking of states and
Top Achievers (Above 95%)
UTs. Andhra Pradesh has topped the ranking with 98.42 points. Telangana
is in second place with 98.33 points and Haryana in third with 98.02 points. Rank State Score (%)
Others in the top ten are Jharkhand (4) 97.99, Gujarat (5)97.96, Chhattisgarh 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 98.42
(6), Madhya Pradesh (7), Karnataka (8), Rajasthan (9) 95.68 and West 2 TELANGANA 98.33
Bengal (10). Meghalaya was ranked last at 36th position.
3 HARYANA 98.07
DIPP in collaboration with the World Bank conducts an annual reform 4 JHARKHAND 97.99
exercise for all States/UTs under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP).
5 GUJARAT 97.96
The rankings take into account ease of construction permits, conformity to
labour laws, availibility of land and single window clearance system The 6 CHHATTISGARH 97.36
assessment under the BRAP 2017 is based on a combined 7 MADHYA PRADESH 97.31
score consisting of reform evidence score that is based on 8 KARNATAKA 96.40
evidence uploaded by States/UTs and feedback score that
9 RAJASTHAN 95.68
is based on response garnered from the actual users of the
services provided to the businesses. 10 WEST BENGAL 94.70

A
ccording to World Bank India has become the
world's sixth-biggest economy, pushing France India has become the world’s sixth-
into seventh place for 2017. India's gross biggest economy 12 July '18
domestic product (GDP) amounted to $2.597 trillion at
the end of last year, against $2.582 trillion for France.
## The country's economy rebounded strongly from
July 2017, after several quarters of slowdown.
## India, with a population of around 1.34 billion, is poised
to become the world's most populous nation, whereas
the French population stands at 67 million. This means
that India's per capita GDP continues to amount to just
a fraction of that of France which is still roughly 20
times higher, according to World Bank figures.
## At the end of 2017, Britain was still
the world's fifth-biggest economy
with a GDP of $2.622 trillion. The
US is the world's top economy,
followed by China, Japan and
Germany.

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MoU between the Indian Army
and SBI 13 July '18

A
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was
signed between the Indian Army and SBI on
the Defence Salary Package. The signing-
in ceremony was chaired by the Director General
(MP&PS), Lt Gen SK Saini and was attended by top
officials of SBI headed by Shri Ranjan Kumar Mishra,
CGM (PB), Corporate Centre, State Bank Bhawan,
Mumbai.
The first MoU between SBI and the Indian Army was
signed in 2011 and was renewed on 23 Feb 2015. The
revised MoU is tailor made to suit the requirements of
serving soldiers, pensioners and families. A number of
additional facilities have been incorporated in the revised MoU which include free personal accident
death cover, free permanent total disablement cover and other accidental benefits to the deceased soldier
and family. This MoU will benefit a large number of serving and retired Army personnel who are having
their accounts with SBI.

Parliament passes State Banks (Repeal and Amendment) 19 July '18

Bill, 2017

P
arliament has passed State Banks (Repeal
and Amendment) Bill, 2017 to merge six
subsidiary banks with State Bank of India after
it was approved by Rajya Sabha. The bill already has
been passed in Lok Sabha in 2017 Monsoon session
of Parliament.
Key Features of Bill
The bill repeals two Acts namely State Bank of India
(Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959, and
State Bank of Hyderabad Act, 1956. These two acts
had established State Bank of Bikaner, State Bank
of Patiala, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of
Hyderabad and State Bank of Travancore. These
banks were subsidiaries of SBI. By repealing these
two acts, five subsidiary banks will be merged with SBI. The bill also seeks to amend State Bank of India (SBI) Act, 1955
to remove references to subsidiary banks and powers of SBI to act as an agent of the RBI for subsidiary banks.
Background
The Union Cabinet in February 2017 had approved merger of five associate banks along with Bharatiya
Mahila Bank with SBI. The purposes of merger were rationalisation of public bank resources, reduction
of costs, better profitability, lower cost of funds leading to better rate of interest for public at large and
improve productivity and customer service of the public service banks. After the acquisition by SBI, the
subsidiaries banks ceased to exist and, therefore, it was necessary to repeal two Acts. The merger had
made SBI one of 50 biggest banks of world.

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40 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018
Bengaluru.
 ECONOMY
IMF cuts India growth forecast for 2018 to 7.3% 17 July '18

T
he International
Monetary Fund (IMF)
in its latest World
Economic Outlook (WEO)
update has projected growth
rate of 7.3% in 2018 and 7.5%
in 2019 for India as against
6.7% in 2017. This makes
India, fastest growing country
among major economies in
2018-19 and 2019-20.
Key Facts
India will grow by 7.3%
in 2018-19 against earlier
estimate of 7.4%, slightly less
— 0.1
percentage point in 2018. In
2019-20, it will grow by 7.5%
against earlier estimate of
7.8%. This reflects negative
effects of higher oil prices on
domestic demand and faster
than-anticipated monetary
policy tightening due to
higher expected inflation.
Despite India’s slight
downgrade in the projections,
it continues to outperform
China. Growth in China is
projected to moderate from
6.9% in 2017 to 6.6% in 2018 and 6.4% in 2019. This is World Economic Outlook (WEO)
mainly because of regulatory tightening of financial sector WEO is survey conducted and published by IMF. It is
takes hold and external demand softens. published biannually and partly updated two times a year.
The global growth is projected to reach 3.9% in 2018 and It portrays the world economy in the near and medium
2019, in line with forecast of April 2018 WEO. Growth context, with growth projections for up to four years
prospects in emerging market and developing economies is into the future. WEO forecasts include
becoming more uneven, amid rising oil prices, higher yields key macroeconomic indicators, such as
in United States Treasury bonds, escalating trade tensions GDP, inflation, fiscal balance and current
and market pressures on currencies of some economies with account of more than 180 countries
weaker fundamentals. around the globe. It also deals with major
economic policy issues.

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Economic Partnership Agreement: EU, Japan sign massive free trade
deal 18 July '18
Procurement markets: It guarantees EU companies access
to large procurement markets of 48 large Japanese cities
and removes obstacles to procurement in economically
important railway sector at national level.
Automotive sector: It addresses specific sensitivities of EU
in this sector and elimination of customs duties in transition
periods of up to 7 years.
Trade and sustainable development: EPA includes
comprehensive chapter on it. It sets very high standards of
labour, safety, environmental and consumer protection. It
strengthens EU and Japan’s commitments on sustainable
development and climate change and fully safeguards

E
uropean Union (EU) and Japan have signed
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). It was
signed at EU-Japan summit in Tokyo by EU
Presidents Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk and
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It is biggest ever
trade deal negotiated by the EU and creates free trade zone
covering nearly third of the world’s GDP.
Key Parts of EPA
Agricultural exports: It scraps Japanese duties on many
cheeses such as Gouda and Cheddar as well as on wine
exports. It allows EU to increase its beef exports to Japan
and duty-free trade in pork, processed meat and almost duty-
free trade for fresh meat. It ensures protection in Japan of
more than 200 highquality European agricultural products,
so called Geographical Indications (GIs), and protection of
selection of Japanese GIs in EU.
Services markets: EPA opens up services markets,
in particular financial services, e-commerce,
telecommunications and transport.
BSE’s iconic Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers secures trademark
public services.
Data protection: The negotiations completed by both sides
on this matter will complement EPA. Both sides recognise
each other’s data protection systems as equivalent, allowing
data to flow safely between EU and Japan and creating
world’s largest area of safe data flows.
Significance
EPA removes vast majority of €1 billion of duties paid
annually by EU companies exporting to Japan and number
of long-standing regulatory barriers, for example on cars.
It opens up Japanese market of 127 million consumers to
key EU agricultural exports and will increase EU export
opportunities in range of other sectors. In addition, it will
strengthen cooperation between Europe
and Japan in range of areas, reaffirm
their shared commitment to sustainable
development. It also includes for the first
time a specific commitment to the Paris
climate agreement.
18 July '18

S
tock exchange major Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured
image trademark for its iconic building, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy
Towers located on Dalal Street in Mumbai, Maharashtra under
Trade Marks Act, 1999. With this, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers joins
elite club of distinguished structures around the world that have secured
trademark rights.
Significance: Henceforth no one can use images of the Phiroze Jeejeebhoy
Towers for commercial purposes without consent from BSE or paying it
licensing fee. Violators are liable to be prosecuted under Trade Marks
Act, 1999.
Key Facts
BSE’s Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers serves as barometer of Indian economy.
It is 28-floor building and was bulit almost 10 years, completed in 1980. At the time of its completion, it
was the tallest building in India. Initially it was known as BSE Towers and was later renamed after late
chairman of BSE, Sir Phiroze Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy. BSE was founded in 1875. It began as small group
of brokers who functioned under a banyan tree on Dalal Street.
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42 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 French filmmaker and writer Claude Lanzmann has passed away recently. He was 92.
 SPORTS NEWS BITES
Burning Topics of the Month
Louis Hamilton won Hima Das first Indian
Sandeep Sejwal won
French Grand Prix title woman to win a gold
the gold medal at Singa-
pore National Swimming medal Under-20 Athletics
Championships Championships

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Lewis Hamilton won French Grand
Prix title 26 June '18

25 June '18

M
Amit wins gold at World ercedes driver Louis Hamilton won the French Grand Prix
Para Athletics Grand Prix title. Max Verstappen of Red Bull was in second place

I
in the competition, while on third place is Ferrari's Kimi
ndia's Amit Kumar Saroha has clinched the Räikkönen. Lewis Hamilton finished the race in one hour 30 minutes
gold medal in the men's club throw F51 event at and 11.385 seconds. Max Verstappen was 7.090 seconds behind, while
the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Tunisia. Kimi Räikkönen finished third with 25.888 seconds behind. Daniel
The wheelchair-bound Indian athlete, a world remained at the fourth place. sebastian vettel got fifth place.
silver medallist, produced the season's best About Lewis Hamilton:
performance of 29.42m to bag the gold, while
## Lewis Hamilton was born on January 7, 1985.
in the men's shot put F57 Kuniya Puyil Sujith
threw 11.47m with teammate Bhagat Singh ## Lewis Hamilton is UK's Formula One driver.
(11.19m) in second place - the only para athletes ## He made several records playing his first season of Formula 1 in
to go beyond the 11-metre mark. the year 2007.
In 2010, Amit had won a silver in discus throw ## He has won a race every season, he is the only player to do so.
at the Asian Para Games in China. Two years
## He became the youngest player to win the Formula One championship.
later, he won a gold in the Olympic qualifier
event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, breaking ## He got the BBC Sports Personality of the Year title in 2014.
the Asian record along the ## The first interest in Hamilton's race competition
way. At the 2014 Asian was awakened by the control of the radio-
Para Games, Amit won two controlled car.
medals a gold in club throw
and a silver in discus throw. ## Hamilton started its car racing career with the
British Formula Renault Winter Series in 2001.
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The Music Academy has announced a Special Lifetime Achievement Award to be conferred on
ghatam maestro T.H. Vinayakram.
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26 June '18
Sandeep Sejwal won the gold
medal at Singapore National 27 June '18
Swimming Championships
ANTI-DOPING
Sports
Conference

A
n ANTI-DOPING Sports Conference titled Clean
Sport=Fair Outcome?' was held at Oslo to address
the issue of doping menace.

S
andeep Sejwal has won the gold medal in men's 50
meter breaststroke event at the Singapore National
Swimming Championships.
Indian swimmer Sandeep Sejwal put up an impressive
performance to clinch the gold medal in men's 50 meter
breaststroke event at the Singapore National Swimming
Championships in Singapore. Besides, Virdhawal
Khade grabbed a creditable silver medal in the 50 meter
freestyle event with a timing of 22.68 seconds.
Singapore
Capital: Singapore City
Currency: Dollar
President: Halimah Yacob
Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong
## The conference is a joint initiative of the World Forum
for Ethics in Business (WFEB), Anti-Doping Norway
and FairSport to propose a substantial agenda for action,
enabling it to have an impact on the ongoing anti-doping
reforms and policy framework.
## The conference will not only address various governance
issues in sports but also celebrate role models by
announcing the winner of the 2018 Ethics in Sports
Award.
## Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Founder of
The Art of Living and WFEB, Sri Sri
Ravi Shankar, World Anti-Doping
Agency (WADA) Vice-President
Linda Hofstad Helleland, US Anti-
Doping Agency's CEO Travis Tygart
are among the 22 eminent speakers.

Para athlete Kathuniya sets discus world

record 03 July '18

I
ndia’s para athlete Yogesh Kathuniya smashed
the world record in the men’s discus F36 while
winning gold in the para-athletics Grand Prix in
Berlin. He threw 45.18m, which is two metres more
than than the earlier record of 42.96m set by China’s
Cuiqing Li.
Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid has been inducted into the ICC
Cricket Hall of Fame. 03 July '18

F
ormer captains Rahul Dravid (India), Ricky Ponting Ponting is the 25th
(Australia) and former England women's team wicket- from Australia to do
keeper Claire Taylor have been inducted into the ICC so.
Cricket Hall of Fame. Taylor is the seventh
Dravid became only the fifth player from woman overall and
India to be named in the ICC Cricket the third female
Hall of Fame. The other four Indians are player from England
former skippers Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil to be named in the
Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble. list.
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July 15.
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Dipa wins gold in Gymnastics World Challenge Cup 08 July '18

I
ndia's premier gymnast Dipa Karmakar
clinched the gold medal in the vault
event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics
World Challenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey.
The 24-year-old from Tripura, who
had finished fourth in vault event in the
2016 Rio Olympics, scored 14.150 to
win the top prize. She had topped the
qualification with a score of 13.400.
This is Dipa's first medal in a World
Challenge Cup.
Dipa had suffered an Anetrior Cruciate
Ligament (ACL) injury after the Rio
Olympics and had undergone
a surgery. She was initially
confident of making a comeback
at the Commonwealth Games but
rehabilitation took more time than
expected and she missed the Gold
Coast event.
World Challenge Cup series Both Dipa and Rakesh
is an important competition in the have been included in
calendar of International Gymnastics the 10-member Indian
Federation. There are six events in the gymnastics team for
World Challenge Cup series this year the upcoming Asian
and this is the fourth leg of the season. Games.

Jhili won bronze in the IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships 10 July '18

J
hili Dalabehera has won
the bronze medal in the
2018 IWF Junior World
Weightlifting Championships
at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
## She lifted 167 kg in the
48 kg category to finish
third on the podium.
## According to Indian
Weightlifting Federation
Secretary General
Sahdev Yadav, Jhilli is
the second woman lifter
after Saikhom Mirabai
Chanu in 2013
to win a medal in
the Junior World
Championships.
Uzbekistan
## Capital: Tashkent
## Currency: Som

Bajrang Punia has won the Gold Medal at Tbilisi Grand Prix 10 July '18

B
ajrang Punia has won the Tbilisi Grand Prix in the 65kg category after
defeating Iranian wrestler Mehran Nasiri in the final in Georgia. In the
86kg category, Deepak Punia has won a bronze with a 5-3 win over
Osman Gosen of Turkey.
Georgia
## Capitals: Tbilisi
## Currency: Lari

Hima Das first Indian woman to win a gold medal Under-20 13 July '18
Athletics Championships

H
ima Das has become the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at IAAF
World Under-20 Athletics Championships.
Indian sprinter Hima Das won India’s first-ever gold as she posted
time of 51.46 seconds in 400 metres in women’s final at IAAF World
Under-20 Athletics Championships.
The previous medal winners at the World Junior
Championships were Seema Punia (bronze in discus
in 2002) and Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (bronze in discus
in 2014).

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India at the top of Vojvodina youth tournament 15 July '18

I
ndian boxers has won seven Gold medals to claim the overall top spot
at the Golden Glove of Vojvodina youth tournament at Subotica in
Serbia.
India claimed the numero uno position with 17 medals – 7 Gold, 6Silver and
4 Bronze. The Gold medal winners were Aman, Akash Kumar, S.Barun
Singh, Vijaydeep, Nitu, Divya Pawar, and Lalita.
Russia fetched 11 medals – 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 6
Bronze, but ended up third behind Kazakhstan, who had
a better gold medal count with 5 in their overall haul of
seven medals.

Wimbledon open 2018 15 July '18

A
ngelique Kerber defeated 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena
Williams to lift her first Wimbledon title.
In a thrilling Women's Singles summit clash, the 11th seeded
German defeated Serena, a seven-time winner, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 to
add to her 2016 Australian Open and US Open trophies.
With the win, Kerber has become the first German
woman to win the title since Steffi Graf in 1996.
Serena was bidding a record-equaling 24th major
trophy. Novak Djokovic has won the Men's singles title
of Wimbledon open 2018.

France won 2018 FIFA World Cup Football 16 July '18

F
rance has won 2018 FIFA World Cup Football by
defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match held
at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia .
It was France’s second World Cup crown after it had own
it in 1998 (by defeating Brazil) on home soil. With this,
victory France joins Uruguay and Argentina in winning
World Cup for a second time.
It was Croatia’s first World Cup final
appearance and smallest country ever to
reach final in the modern era.

2018 FIFA World Cup Awards

Golden Ball award Lucka Modroc (Corotia
Golden Boot award Harry Kane (England) for scoring six goals across six
games
Golden Glove award Thibaut Courtois (Belgium).
FIFA Young Player award Kylian Mbappe (France)
FIFA Fair Play award Spain
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 SCIENCE

Burning Topics of the Month

IIT-Madras unveils word’s ISRO signs contracts with
Successful flight testing of
first remotely operable LEAP 3 vendors to assemble 27
Crew Escape System -
microscope Satellites
Technology Demonstrator

& Many More...

The world's smallest computer 'Michigan Micro Mote' 26 June '18

R
esearchers at the University of Michigan of America of this, device data
have developed the world's smallest computer also receives.
'Michigan Micro Mote'. Researchers have created ## It can be used as a
this computer with the aim of fostering the medical field. temperature sensor.
In March 2018, IBM released a small computer, which Uses
was just 1 mm in size, smaller than a salt grain. But now
scientists from the University of Michigan have made the ## The world's
world's smallest computer. Its size is only 0.3 mm. smallest computer
can provide
Features of Michigan Micro Mote accurate information to detect the
## It is a computer that is only 0.3 millimeter size and it pressure inside the patient's eyes
can help to detect complex diseases like cancer and can suffering from glaucoma.
open new doors for its treatment. ## Michigan Micro-Mot can be used
## In the new device, RAM and photovoltaics have been in cutting-edge cancer research. By
replaced by processors, wireless transmitters and entering it into cells, their temperature can be detected
receivers. and the correct approximation of the condition can be
## This device receives and transmits data with the help of applied.
light in place of radio antenna. ## This smallest computer can also be used for monitoring
## A base station has been built to make the device functions, such as monitoring of oil reservoirs,
available for power and programming. With the help monitoring of biochemical, audio and visual input, etc.

06 July '18 Successful flight testing of Crew

I
SRO carried out a major technology demonstration, Escape System - Technology
the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape Demonstrator
System, which is a critical technology relevant for human
spaceflight. The Crew Escape System is an emergency escape
measure designed to quickly pull the crew module along with
the astronauts to a safe distance from the launch vehicle in
the event of a launch abort. The first test (Pad Abort Test)
demonstrated the safe recovery of the crew module in case of
any exigency at the launch pad.

The crew module reached an altitude of nearly 2.7 km under the power of its seven specifically designed
quick acting solid motors to take away the crew module to a safe distance without exceeding the safe
g-levels. Nearly 300 sensors recorded various mission performance parameters during the test flight.
Three recovery boats are being exercised to retrieve the module as part of the recovery protocol.

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Justice T. B. N. Radhakrishnan has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Hyderabad
High Court.
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NEWS BITES SCIENCE
IIT-Madras unveils word’s first remotely operable LEAP microscope
17 July '18

T
he Indian Institute
of Technology
(IIT)-Madras has
commissioned remotely
operable Local Electrode
Atom Probe (LEAP)
microscope. It is claimed
to be world’s first remotely
operable LEAP microscope,
as it can be remotely
operated through special
terminal by researchers
divided geographically.
Key Facts
LEAP is high-performance
microscope that can
provide a precise atom-by-
atom view of materials.
It provides atomic-scale
insights into metallic,
which will influence wide
spectrum of industries ranging from steel to automobiles and energy to transportation sector. It will also give major thrust
to research in nanotechnology, among other fields
The remotely operable LEAP microscope has been developed in a collaborative exercise involving eight
top research institutions in country, spearheaded by IIT-M. Other partner institutions are IITs of Bombay,
Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Ropar, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy
and New Materials (ARCI) and Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS).

ISRO signs contracts with 3 vendors to assemble 27 Satellites 20 July '18

U
.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), ISRO’s nodal U R Rao Satellite
satellites division has signed separate contracts with Centre (URSC)
three vendors to outsource Spacecraft Assembly URSC (formerly known
Integration and Testing (AIT) activities. The contracts were as ISRO Satellite
signed with Alpha Design Technologies P Ltd and its six Centre) is nodal
consortium members; also with defence public enterprise centre of ISRO for
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and Tata Advanced Systems design, development,
Ltd, Hyderabad. fabrication and testing
Key Facts of all Indian made
The outsourcing is part of capacity-building initiatives satellites. It was
undertaken by U R Rao Satellite Centre to promote established in the year
participation of Indian industry from spacecraft subsystems of 1972 and is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It was
to spacecraft assembly, integration and testing. Each of the renamed after former ISRO Chairman and ISAC founding
contract partners will work with URSC to produce three Director Dr. Udupi Ramachandra Rao in
small to medium satellites each year or total of 27 spacecraft April 2018. Since inception, URSC has
by July 2021. About 50 members from each contract partner distinction of building more than 100
will separately work with URSC engineers to complete the satellites for various applications like
project. scientific, communication, navigation
and remote sensing.
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48 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated New Bhubaneswar Railway Station.

UNEP partners with Google for monitoring impact of human activity
on global ecosystem 18 July '18
Google will periodically produce
geospatial maps and data on
water-related ecosystems by
employing massive parallel
Cloud computing technology. It
will generate satellite imagery
and statistics to assess extent of
change occurring to waterbodies
and make it freely accessible to
ensure nations have opportunity
SCIENCE
for action, and needs for making world
sustainable. It will enable all countries
with equal access to latest technology
and information in support of global
climate action and sustainable
development.
United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
UNEP is the voice for the environment

U
N Environment Programme
(UNEP) has entered into
partnership with search engine
giant Google to monitor impacts of
human activity on global ecosystems
by using sophisticated online tools. The
partnership was launched during High-
Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development at United Nations (UN)
headquarters in New York.
Key Facts
The aim of the partnership is to develop
platform to enable governments,
NGO’s and public
to track specific environment-related
development targets with user-friendly
Google front-end. Its initial focus will
be on freshwater ecosystems including
mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers,
aquifers and lakes.
to track changes, prevent and
reverse ecosystem loss.
Other areas of collaboration under
this partnership include advocacy and
capacity building activities as well
as the development of partnerships
with organisations like European
Space Agency (ESA), European
Commission’s Joint Research Centre
(JRC) and National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
Significance
This partnership builds on a
common shared vision between
these organisations. In long term, it
will strive to establish platform for
open-source data and analysis of UN
Sustainable Development Goals. It
will enable UNEP to get access to
most sophisticated online tools to
track progress, identify priority areas
within the United Nations system. It
was founded as result of United Nations
Conference on Human Environment
in June 1972. It is headquartered in
Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP also has six
regional offices and various country
offices.
UNEP acts as catalyst, advocate,
educator and facilitator to promote
wise use and sustainable development
of global environment. It works with
wide range of partners, including UN
entities, international organizations,
national governments, non-
governmental organizations, private
sector and civil society.

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2nd meeting of the joint working group on tourism cooperation between India and Nepal
concluded in Kathmandu.
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NEWS BITES MISCELLANEOUS

Burning Topics of the Month

Indian Navy officer to sail
India ranked 57th in Sathyasri Sharmila has
around globe solo and non-
Global Innovation become the country's first
stop
Index (GII) transgender lawyer

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Sikkim govt announces
27 June '18

F
A R Rahman as its Brand
1st Bhutan Film Festival irst Bhutan Film
Ambassador 21 June '18 Festival was held in
Gangtok, Sikkim.
Six Bhutanese movies were
screened at the first Bhutan
Film Festival held in Sikkim
as part of the commemoration
of 50 years of diplomatic
relations between India and
the Himalayan kingdom.

R
enowned music composer A R
Rahman has been appointed as the The two-day event, jointly organised by Bhutan's Department of Information
Brand Ambassador of the Sikkim govt. and Media (DoIM) and the Film Association of Bhutan, concluded on at the
Manan Kendra Auditorium.
Rahman will promote and project the state's
achievements nationally and globally. Bhutan

The state government ## Capital: Thimphu

had earlier this year ## Currency: Ngultrum
made Rahman its Brand ## Prime Minister: Tshering Tobgay
Ambassador of tourism
and business.

Indian Navy officer to sail around globe solo and non-stop 02 July '18

I
ndian Naval officer Commander Abhilash Tomy will sail around the
world, solo and non-stop, as part of the prestigious Golden
Globe Race that commenced from Les Sables d’Olonne
harbour in France. The Navy said in an official statement that
the uniqueness of the race is that boat designs and technology
newer than 1968 are not permitted. Hence, the use of Global
Positioning System, satellite communication, navigational
aids, etc are forbidden.
Tomy, one of India’s prominent sailors and a recipient of the
Kirti Chakra, is the only participant from Asia.
The Golden Globe Race is being conducted by Sir Robin Knox
Johnston of the UK to commemorate 50 years of the world’s
first solo non-stop circumnavigation undertaken by him in 1968 on board the Indian built boat, Suhaili.

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50 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 SBI Card has announced the launch of 'ELA' (Electronic Live Assistant), a virtual assistant for
customer support and services.
 MISCELLANEOUS
03 July '18
Sathyasri Sharmila has become the country's first transgender lawyer

I
n a step towards the inclusion of the transgender community into mainstream society,
Sathyasri Sharmila became India's first transgender lawyer. Sathyasri Sharmila
from Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram district has become the first transgender
lawyer to enroll herself with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
(BCTNP).
## Last year, Joyita Mandal became the first transgender
judge of the country.
## Last year, Vidya Yashini assumed the post of Police
sub-inspector as transgender.

06 July '18
Agartala Airport in Tripura re-
named as ‘Maharaja Bir Bikram
Manikya Kishore Airport

C
abinet has given its approval to
rename the Agartala Airport in Tripura
as ‘Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya
Kishore Airport, Agartala.
Background
Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore, who ascended the throne of the erstwhile Tripura Princely State in 1923, was an
enlightened and benevolent ruler. Agartala Airport was constructed in 1942 on the land donated by Maharaja Bir Bikram
Manikya Kishore. As a visionary ruler, who had travelled extensively across the globe, he took several steps for the all-
round development of Tripura. Due to his initiative, an aerodrome at Agartalawas constructed that has evolved as the
second busiest airport in the North East and provides crucial air connectivity to Tripura. Hence, it is apt to rename the
Agartala Airport after his name, which will be a befitting tribute to Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore.

12 July '18
India ranked 57th in Global Inno-
vation Index (GII)

I
n Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018, India was ranked
57th among 130 countries. It was 11th edition of GII and
was jointly released by Cornell University, INSEAD and
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). This year,
India has moved up 3 places as compared to 60th rank in GII
2017 and emerged as top-ranked economy in
Central and South Asia.

## The country has improved its ranking from 60th position last year.
## India has been improving steadily since it was ranked 81st in 2015.
## Meanwhile, China improved its ranking from 22 in 2017 to 17 this year.
## GII is being developed jointly by Cornell University, the Paris-based business school Insead and the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva.
## Since 2011, Switzerland has been ranked at the top every year. This year, Netherlands follows at second place and
Sweden at third.
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Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has developed a mobile app 'GST Verify'
to protect interest of consumers.
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 ETYMOLOGY WORLD OF ENGLISH
EDITORIAL WORD More example sentences
Percolate (v) UK • ‘Furthermore, this is a case of general importance and
If a liquid percolates, it moves slowly through a substance it may well set a precedent.’
with very small holes in it. • ‘Critics say that the judges should have let the 1963
precedent stand, even if it was bad.’
e.g. Sea water percolates down through the rocks.
DEFINITIONS
to make coffee using a machine in which hot water passes
through crushed coffee beans into a container below. a : something done or said that may serve as an example or
rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same
to spread slowly:
or an analogous kind a verdict that had no precedent
e.g. The news has begun to percolate through the staff. b : the convention established by such a precedent or by
percolate (third-person singular simple present percolates, long practice
present participle percolating, simple past and past participle c : a person or thing that serves as a model
percolated)
ORIGIN
(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
1620–30; < Latin percōlātus, past participle of percōlāre to
(intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance. filter. See per-, colander, -ate.
Water percolates through sand. RELATED FORMS
(transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator. per•co•la•ble, adjective
PRONUNCIATION per•co•la•tive, adjective
From Latin percōlō (“I filter”), itself, from per (“through”) un•per•co•lat•ed, adjective
+ cōlō (“I strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown DERIVED FORMS
origin). The pronunciation of percolate as [pur-kyuh-leyt]
percolable, adjective
with an intrusive y -glide, results from
analogy with words like circulate and matriculate, where percolation, noun
the unstressed vowel following the k -sound is symbolized percolative, adjective
by a u spelling, making the y -glide mandatory. In similar SYNONYMS
words where [k] /k/ is followed by some other vowel, the
bleed, exude, ooze, seep, strain
[y] /y/ represents a hypercorrection. The pronunciation of
escalate as [es-kyuh-leyt] is another such ANTONYMS
example. flood, gush, pour, stream, surge
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES Contemporary EXAMPLES
• However, there were many layers through which his Russian militants continue to percolate through the
messages percolated and were understood. Ukrainian border, hoping their Kremlin-stoked fantasies
• No organizational benefits appear to have percolated will come true.
down to the members. Novel gun control ideas continue to percolate through the
commentariat.
• Lakes may take in water from many miles away that
has percolated through the soil or through aquifers In the U.S., it took more than a decade for the lessons to
over decades. percolate from the teach-ins to the start-ups.
• Occasional evidence of this percolates through into the FIRST KNOWN USE OF PERCOLATE
newspapers and, now and again, the law reports. 1626

NEW AND TRICKY

SUFFIX- DESCRIPTION PART OF SPEECH MADE FROM EXAMPLES
Interrogate, prevaricate, mutate,
ATE doing something Verb Root
ignite, expedite

Examples of Percolate in a sentence • There is nothing like percolating coffee over an open
• Sunlight percolated down through the trees. campfire.

• Rumors percolated throughout the town. • Coffee was percolating on the stove.

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WHO'S WHO DESIGNATION
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. Chairperson, Children Film Society of India Mukesh Khanna
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 July, 2018

54 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Famous Kumaoni folk singer Kabutari Devi has passed away recently. She was 70.
 Net neutrality
India’s Internet will be governed by the rules of net neutrality as the Telecom Commission has accepted the recommendations
made by regulatory body TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Association of India). The net neutrality rules means that Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) cannot discriminate against Internet content and services by blocking, throttling or granting them
higher speed access.
India’s acceptance of Net Neutrality is a big victory for the open Internet movement. This is significant also because in the
United States the Net Neutrality rules expired last month after the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted
against them in November 2017. In the US, with no Net Neutrality, it is no longer illegal for ISPs to slow, block or offer
“paid prioritisation” to some websites as long as they disclose these practices. This reversed the initial pro-Net Neutrality
rules from 2015.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had recommended restrictions on service providers from entering into
agreements which lead to discriminatory treatment of content on the Internet. Trai had favoured tweaking of licensing
norms of players to ensure “explicit restrictions” on discrimination in Internet access, based on content. The Department
of Telecom will set-up a multi-stakeholder body for monitoring and enforcement of net neutrality comprising government
representatives, IoT providers, telecom operators, civil society members and consumer organisations.
TC also approved the new telecom policy — National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018. The NDCP aims to
attract USD 100 billion or about Rs 6.5 lakh crore investments, 40 lakh new jobs, 50 megabit per second broadband access
to every citizen in the digital communications sector by 2022 with the help of reforms. TC has approved installation of
around 12.5 lakh WiFi hotspots in all gram panchayats with viability gap funding of around Rs 6,000 crore by December
2018. Under the WiFi project all police stations, post offices, primary health centres, schools will be connected with WiFi
services by December 2018 and there will be 1-2 additional WiFi hotspots that will be available for round the public access
throughout the day. The TC has also approved avoidance of double tax on virtual network operators (VNOs) who provide
retail services of telecom operators.
What is Net Neutrality?
Net neutrality means Internet that allows everyone to communicate freely. It means a service provider should allow access
to all content and applications regardless of the source and no websites or pages should be blocked, as long as they
aren't illegal. It's like a fixed-telephone line, which is equal to all, and no one gets to decide who you call or what you
speak. Another aspect of net neutrality is level playing field on the internet. This means, all websites can co-exist without
hampering others. All websites are accessible at the same speed and no particular website of application is favoured. For
instance - like electricity, common for all. Net neutrality also means all web sites and content creators are treated equal,
and you don't have to pay extra for faster Internet speed to a particular site/service.
Background
The debate actually sparked off about a couple of years back when social media giant Facebook launched Free Basics
(earlier known as internet.org) in December 2015. Just a few months before this telecom major Bharti Airtel had launched
‘Airtel Zero’.

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place of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Free Basics and Airtel Zero controversy
Both Free Basics and Airtel Zero let users access certain apps and websites for free (without being charged for the data
used). Airtel's model was to charge companies that wanted to be part of the 'Zero' universe. As far as Free Basics was
concerned, data was subsidised by Facebook through a partnership with a telco. So any app or service provider could apply
to be part of Free Basics, provided they adhered to a set of rules set by the social networking giant. Facebook’s argument
was that they were trying to make the Internet more accessible to people, especially the ones that could not afford 4G
connections and were still on the 2G network. Although the service was free, it didn’t stick with free internet activists and
the Trai, as it went against the very principles of net neutrality, since Facebook would inevitably be favouring some content
over others.
Advantages of Net Neutrality:
@ It protects big companies to be treated exceptionally with higher speeds and more bandwidths on internet. This
provides benefits to small companies to grow equally and par with bigger companies.
@ There are no restrictions of any kind on access to content on the web. It helps treat all the websites equally and hence
will provide chance for all website owners to grow equally irrespective of their website contents viz. videos, images,
text etc.
@ There are no restrictions on downloads/uploads and no restrictions on communication methods to be used for internet
access.
@ Access will not be blocked or slowed down or speed up depending on where that access is located or who owns the
APs (Access Points).
@ It decreases government control over the internet dramatically.
@ The other benefits are no censorship, capitalism, privacy not invaded, consistent speed for all the content types, no
throttling etc.
Disadvantages of Net Neutrality:
@ ISPs have to work harder now in order to sustain network infrastructure.
@ Some data is more important than other data and hence need to be prioritized. This concept is not possible in net
neutrality based internet.
@ It does not allow ISPs to micro-manage the business.
@ ISPs will not be able to charge big companies to have paid service access. All are treated equally on internet highway
as shown.
@ ISPs will not be able to charge individual consumers as per choice of the content such as their favourite TV shows.

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Dipa Karmakar has won Gold Medal at FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in
Mersin, Turkey.
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 DelHi Government
vs Lieutenant
As the tussle between the AAP government and the
Lieutenant Governor (LG) escalates, the vexatious issue
as to who enjoys supremacy over Delhi has always been a
bone of contention.
The Delhi High Court ruled that the national capital remains
a union territory with the LG as its "administrative" head.
The contentious issues in the Delhi case were: One, the
powers and jurisdiction of the elected government vis-à-vis
the LG, and two, the extent of the power of the LG to differ
with the elected government on issues and refer them to the
President.
The SC has clearly and categorically said that the executive
powers in respect of all matters in the state list as well as
the concurrent list — except police, land and public order
— vest absolutely in the elected government, which does
not have to seek the concurrence of the LG. At the same
time, the LG has absolute powers in dealing with the three
reserved subjects and nothing else.
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Governor is the head of the state, appointed by the President.
After the 7th Constitutional Amendment, 1956 a Governor
can be appointed for more than one state.
Lieutenant-Governor is the head of a Union Territory.
However, in India, the post is present only in the Union
Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi and
Puducherry. In other Union Territories, administrators are
appointed.
The functions and powers of a Governor and a Lieutenant
Governor are, more or less, the same. The LG, like the
Governor, acts a titular head of the Union Territory. But, the
powers of an LG are wider than that of a Governor. This is
because, a Governor of a state has to act solely on the aid
and advice of the Council of Ministers, whereas, the LG
does not need the approval of the Council of Ministers on
every matter. In case of Delhi, the government exercises no
power in the domain of land, law, and police. The LG has
complete discretion to decide upon any of these matters.
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Governor
Role of Lieutenant Governor in Delhi
The First Schedule of the Constitution of India grants Delhi
the status of a Union Territory. It is administered by the
President, acting to such extent as he thinks fit, through an
Administrator to be appointed by him (under Article 239).
The 69th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1991, added
article 239AA to the constitution. the Union Territory of
Delhi is called the National Capital Territory of Delhi and
the Administrator thereof appointed under Article 239 is
designated as the Lieutenant Governor. (Article 239AA)
The Sec. 41 of the GNCT (Government of National Capital
Territory) of Delhi Act, 1991 delineates the realm of the
powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Delhi. The Lieutenant
Governor shall act in his discretion during a matter that falls
outside the range of the powers conferred on the Legislative
Assembly. The section reads as follows:
41. Matters in which Lieutenant Governor to act in his
discretion.
(1) The Lieutenant Governor shall act in his discretion in a
matter–
(i) which falls outside the purview of the powers conferred
on the Legislative Assembly but in respect of which
powers or functions are entrusted or delegated to him
by the President; or
(ii) in which he is required by or under any law to act in his
discretion or to exercise any judicial or quasi- judicial
functions.
(2) If any question arises as to whether any matter is or is
not a matter as respects which the Lieutenant Governor
is by or under any law required to act in his discretion,
the decision of the Lieutenant Governor thereon shall
be final.
(3) If any question arises as to whether any matter is
or is not a matter as respects which the Lieutenant
Governor is required by any law to exercise any
judicial or quasi- judicial functions, the decision of the
Lieutenant Governor thereon shall be final.
 @ According to this section, if the Lt. Governor is The article reads as follows:
under any law required to act in his discretion, his ‘There shall be a Council of Ministers consisting of not
decision on that case will be final. more than ten percent, of the total number of members
@ The LG exercises his authority with the help in the Legislative Assembly, with the Chief Minister at
of Police Commissioner of Delhi and Vice the head to aid and advise the Lieutenant Governor in the
Chairperson, Delhi Development Authority exercise to his functions in relation to matters with respect
(DDA) who have their independent administrative to which the Legislative Assembly has power to make laws,
setups. except in so far as he is, by or under any law, required to act
@ Lt. Governor is Ex-officio Chairman of DDA, in his discretion.’
however he exercises his executive functions However, the interpretation powers of the LG in Delhi
through Appellate Authority under various Acts/ and the extent of the control exercised in the decisions and
Rules/Regulations as applicable in Delhi. functioning of the government have been murky since last
@ In the case of difference of opinion between the few months. It has been a subject of debate for the country
Lieutenant Governor and his Ministers on any as the differences between the state government and the
matter, the Lt. Governor can refer it to the President LG reached unprecedented heights. The Supreme Court,
for decision and act according to decision given on in a recent judgement, laid down broad parameters for the
that by the President. governance of Delhi while enunciating the powers resting
with the LG.
@ Under President’s Rule, the Lt. Governor becomes
full-fledged executive head of the government. Points of difference between the Lieutenant Governor of
He has the power to appoint a group of advisors Delhi and Puducherry
which will act as Council of ministers. Both Delhi and Puducherry has an elected legislature and
@ The time duration of President’s rule in the UT is government. But, the functions and powers of the Lieutenant
also subject to the discretion of the Lt. Governor. Governors of Delhi and Puducherry are marked by certain
differences.
The post of Lt. Governor was first established in September
1966 after the Delhi Administration Act, 1966 came into @ The LG of Delhi enjoys greater powers than the LG of
effect. At the commencement of the primary session after Puducherry.
each election to the Assembly and at the commencement of @ The LG of Delhi is vested with “Executive Functions”
the first session of every year, the Lt. Governor addresses that enable him to exercise powers in matters connected
the House. to public order, police and land “in consultation with the
Powers of Lieutenant Governor Chief Minister, if it is so provided under any order issued
The powers and functions of the Lt. Governor of NCT by the President under Article 239 of the Constitution”.
of Delhi are derived from the constitutions and several @ While the L-G of Delhi is guided by the Government
statutory provisions. Some of them are:- of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991, and
(i) Provisions of the Constitution. (Art 239) the Transaction of Business of the Government of
(ii) Provisions of the Government of National Capital National Capital Territory of Delhi Rules, 1993, the L-G
Territory (GNCT) of Delhi Act, 1991 of Puducherry is guided by the Government of Union
(iii) Provisions under various Acts of the Parliament. Territories Act, 1963.
(iv) Delhi Police Act 1978, Delhi Development (DDA) @ Articles 239 and 239AA of the Constitution, as well as
Act 1957, (Delhi Municipal Corporation) DMC Act the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi
1957, Environmental Protection Act, etc. Act, 1991, clearly underline that the role of Centre is
more prominent in the UT of Delhi, where the L-G is
(v) Delegation through executive orders issued under
the eyes and ears of the Centre. Under the constitution,
Article 239(1) by the President under various law.
the Delhi Assembly has the power to legislate on all
Article 239AA subjects except law and order and land.
Art 239AA of the Constitution of India has some special
@ Whereas, the Puducherry Assembly can legislate on any
provisions with respect to Delhi. The article was inserted in
issue under the Concurrent and State Lists. However, if
the constitution through the 61st Constitutional Amendment
the law is in conflict with a law passed by Parliament,
Act. The article lays down the basis of the powers conferred
the law passed by Parliament prevails.
upon the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory by the
Constitution.
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 After 1
Year

The GST was always positioned as a tax reform, one which would ease the tax burden, make compliance simpler, reduce the
multitude of taxes levied by the Centre and the States by unifying them, and streamline and modernise tax administration.
Moreover, the GST system provides for business entities to take “credit” for taxes paid along the supply chain to prevent the
“cascading effect” of paying taxes on top of taxes already paid. And, all this was to be achieved without either the Centre or
the States taking a hit on their resources. Moreover, this latter objective was to be achieved without impinging on the States’
powers of taxation that are enshrined in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution and which constitutes what is regarded to be
a part of the “basic structure” of the Constitution. This tough balancing act explains the long and arduous road to GST, which
began in 2000.

It was always clear that a major reform such as this required a fair amount of sagacity on the part of the Centre, which, after
all, enjoyed lopsided powers of taxation in the Indian constitutional framework; indeed, this explains why the introduction of
the Value Added Tax (VAT) was preceded by a long struggle in which the States bargained hard before they ceded the ground
that was rightfully theirs under the Constitution.

Here's the performance of GST in past one year:

Inflation rate didn’t rise: GST, it was widely feared, would cause inflation to rise, as with many countries that launched a
single tax regime. That hasn’t happened in India. The recent spike in consumer inflation has been due to high food and fuel
prices, unrelated to GST.

Single national market: Long queues of trucks at state borders disappeared as checkposts were dismantled, creating a seamless
national market.

One tax nationally: A consumer in Kanyakumari now pays the same tax on an item as one in Jammu & Kashmir. GST has
also allowed businesses to streamline distribution systems— production, supply chain, storage—to make them more efficient,
having previously been forced to design them keeping state taxes in mind.

Everyone wins: As many as 17 taxes and multiple cesses were subsumed into GST, aligning India with global regimes.
Central taxes such as excise duty, services tax, countervailing duty and state taxes — including value added tax, Oct roi and
purchase tax — were all rolled into one. The new regime provided for free flow of tax credits and did away with cascading
due to tax on tax, boosting company financials and resulting in reduced prices for consumers. It also ensured a single law for
the whole country with uniform procedures and rules, which reduces compliance burden and business complexity.

Drawbacks :

@ The biggest dampener was the compliance process, as information technology glitches took more than the anticipated
time to be resolved. The filing system that was put in place in the beginning was quickly abandoned as businesses
struggled with compliance.

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climb Mt Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world.
@ Multiple registration requirements have complicated things for industry, which was
expecting simplicity. In many cases, registration is required in all states. Companies
fear that multiple audits and assessments due to multiple registrations could make life
more difficult for them going forward.
@ While GST scrapped a multiplicity of taxes and cesses, a new levy in the form of
compensation cess was introduced for luxury and sin goods. This was later expanded
to include automobiles.
@ The refund mechanism for exporters, including data matching law, besides procedures
governing them, have irked the sector, particularly smaller entities that saw their
working capital requirements rise. Though several efforts have been made to address
the issue, it may require more intervention.
The teething troubles and procedural bottlenecks have been addressed by the GST Council.
A slew of legal and procedural changes have been notified on a war-footing to address the
grievances of trade and business. The fact that decisions have been reached unanimously
in each one of the 27 Council meetings is a testimony to the new era of cooperative fiscal
federalism. The GST has fostered a non-intrusive and non-adversarial tax administration with all transactions, processes and
payments of taxes carried out through the GST Network (GSTN). The GSTN has since stabilised and glitches have been
reduced to minimum. The portal has registered more than 4.8 million entities and processed 3.5 billion invoices and 100
million returns. A significant outcome of the introduction of the GST has been the abolition of check posts across the country
which has cut long queues translating in significant time and cost savings for the logistics sector.
That the rolling out of GST is still work in progress is not denied. Many such measures including easing the refunds process,
rationalising the number of tax slabs and more importantly bringing petroleum products under GST are definitely on the cards.
However, a developing economy can ill-afford to have a single taxation slab where sin goods and essential commodities are in
the same tax bracket. Suffice it to say, the GST has provided a major fillip to the Make in India initiative by creating a unified
common national market, improving the overall investment climate in the country and giving a boost to foreign investments.
Harmonization of laws, procedures and rates of tax has been trade facilitative and ease the process of doing business. Goods
and Services Tax actually has been a Good and Simple Tax for promoting economic equality and social harmony.

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 Boost To
Farmer's
Income
Giving a major boost for the farmers’ income, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the increase in
the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all kharif crops for 2018-19 Season.
The decision of the CCEA is a historic one as it redeems the promise of the pre-determined principle of fixing the MSPs
at a level of at least 150 percent of the cost of production announced by the Union Budget for 2018-19. The Commission
for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommended MSPs for all kharif crops broadly in line with the announced
principle.
Details:
The Budget for 2018-19 had indicated that a paradigm shift in the agricultural policies is needed to achieve the objective
of doubling farmers' income by 2022 through greater emphasis on generating higher incomes of farmers. The increase in
the MSPs of Nigerseed at Rs.1827 per quintal, moong by Rs.1400 per quintal, sunflower seed by Rs.1288 per quintal and
cotton by Rs.l 130 per quintal is unprecedented.
Amongst cereals and nutri cereals, in terms of absolute increase, MSP of paddy (common) has been raised by Rs 200 per
quintal, jowar (hybrid) by Rs 730 per quintal and ragi by Rs 997 per quintal. The highest percentage increase in MSP over
the previous year is for ragi (52.47 %) followed by jowar hybrid (42.94%). For pulses, apart from Moong, MSP of arhar
(tur) has been raised by Rs 225 per quintal yielding a return over cost by 65.36 per cent and urad by Rs 200 per quintal with
a return over cost by 62.89 per cent in order to maintain inter-crop-price parity. Similarly, the MSP of Bajra has been raised
by Rs.525 per quintal yielding a return of 96.97 per cent over cost.
Promoting cultivation of pulses can help India overcome nutrition insecurity, improve soil fertility by nitrogen fixation and
provide income support to farmers. Thus, increased MSPs for pulses will give a price signal to farmers to increase acreage.
Further enhanced MSPs would boost production of oilseeds and encourage investment in its productivity and help reduce
India's import bill. Increase in MSPs of nutri-cereals will improve nutritional security and allow farmers to get higher
prices.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other designated State Agencies would continue to provide price support to the
farmers in the case of cereals including nutri-cereals. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India
Limited (NAFED), FCI, Small Farmers Agri -Business Consortium (SFAC) and other designated Central Agencies would
continue to undertake procurement of pulses and oilseeds. Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) will be the central nodal
agency for undertaking price support operations for Cotton.
Farmer friendly initiatives by the Government:
Besides increase in Minimum Support Prices (MSP) of kharif crops, Government has also taken several farmer friendly
initiatives. These are as follows:
* The premium rates to be paid by farmers are very low - 2 % of sum insured for all kharif crops, 1.5% for all rabi
crops and 5 % for commercial and horticulture crops under smart technology through phones & remote sensing for quick
estimation and early settlement of claims. The Government has also launched a Mobile App "Crop Insurance" which
will help farmers to find out complete details about insurance cover available in their area and to calculate the insurance
premium for notified crops.
@ The Government has also launched a scheme to develop a pan India electronic trading platform under 'National
Agriculture Market' (NAM) aiming to integrate 585 regulated markets with the common e-market platform in order
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 to facilitate better price discovery and ensure remunerative prices to farmers. Each State is being encouraged to
undertake three major reforms - allow electronic trading, have a single license valid throughout the State and a single
entry point market fee. It will also enable farmers to discover better prices for their produce. As on 23rd March, 2018,
585 markets in 16 States and 2 Union Territories have already been brought on the e-NAM platform.
@ Government has also formulated a new model Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion &
Facilitation) Act, 2017 to provide farmers market options beyond the existing APMC regulated market yards.
@ Soil Health Cards are being issued to farmers across the country. These will be renewed every two years. The card
provides information on fertility status of soil and a soil test based advisory on use of fertilizers. As on 25th June,
2018, 15.14 crore Soil Health Cards have been distributed.
@ Under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), the Government is promoting organic farming and development
of potential market for organic products.
@ The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana is being implemented with the vision of extending the coverage of
irrigation 'Har Khet ko Pani' and improving water use efficiency 'Per Drop More Crop ' in a focused manner with end
to end solution on source creation, distribution, management, field application and extension activities.
@ Government is focusing on improving production and productivity of crops such as rice, wheat, coarse grains and
pulses under the National Food Security Mission.
@ A dedicated online interface e-Krishi Samvad provides direct and effective solutions to problems faced by farmers.
@ Government is encouraging formation of Farmer Producer Organisations. The Budget for 2018-19 has extended a
favorable taxation treatment to Farmer Producers Organisations (FPQs) for helping farmers aggregate their needs of
inputs, farm services, processing and sale operations.
@ Government has set up a buffer stock of pulses and domestic procurement of pulses is also being done under Price
Stabilization Fund (PSF) mainly with a view to protect consumers. The Budget for 2018-19 indicated that increasing
MSP. is not adequate and it is more important that farmers should get full benefit of the announced MSP. For this,
it is essential that if price of the agriculture produce market is less than MSP, then Government should purchase
either at MSP or work in a manner to provide MSP for the farmers through some other mechanism. NITI Aayog, in
consultation with Central and State Governments, will put in place a fool-proof mechanism so that farmers will get
adequate price for their produce.
@ A handbook for women farmers 'Farm Women Friendly Hand Book' containing special provisions and package of
assistance which women farmers can claim under various on¬ going Missions/ Submissions/ Schemes of Department
of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare has been brought out.
@ With the above measures taken, the Government has set a target to double the farmers' Income by 2022.

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in Aluminium Knowledge domain. 65
Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS
Q.1 Consider the following statements:
(A) JSW Steel has started iron ore mining at Tunga
and Nandi mines in Kerala.
(B) It is planning to invest in Rs 7,500 cr to expand
Vijayanagar facility.
(C) It is increasing the capacity of Blast Furnace-3
at Vijayanagar to improve hot metal supply.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true about JSW Steel?
(1) Option A (2) Option A and B
(3) Option B and C (4) Option A and C
(5) Option A, B and C
Q.2 Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of
IDBI Bank?
(1) B.P. Kanungo (2) Mahesh Kumar Jain
(3) B Sriram (4) Viral V. Acharya
(5) N. S. Vishwanathan
Q.3 Which Bank has partnered with IBM and Accenture
to create an IT Centre of Excellence (ITCoE) and
Analytics Centre of Excellence (ACoE) as part
of the bank’s strategy to use technology to drive
growth?
(1) ICICI (2) HDFC
(3) Bank of Baroda (4) Dena Bank
(5) UCO Bank
Q.4 Which Company has signed an agreement with
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC),
under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
(PMKVY.2), to train more than 10,000 youth in
next three years?
(1) New Globe Financiers Ltd
(2) Indo Asia Finance Ltd
(3) Achal Finance Ltd
(4) Mansar Finance Ltd.
(5) Muthoot Fincorp Ltd.
Q.5 Peter Thomson has passed away recently. He was
the ______.
(1) Cricketer (2) Golfer (3) Economist
(4) Scientist (5) Mathematician
Q.6 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks
to even report a one-day delay in payment of
dues.
(B) As a result, a high number of ‘default accounts’
66 MICA SEPTEMBER 2018 Karnataka Bank has launched 'Cash@PoS' facility to withdraw cash from PoS terminals.
is being reported to the 'Central Repository for
Information on Large Credit' (CRILC).
(C) More than 4,000 corporate borrowers, with
nearly Rs 1.2 lakh crore worth loans, had been
classified under the one-day default norm.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and B (2) Option B and C
(3) Option A and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.7 In which city, 4th International Yoga Day has been
celebrated on 21st June?
(1) Lucknow (2) Dehradun (3) New Delhi
(4) Bhopal (5) Jaipur
Q.8 In which city, 5th International MSME Startup
Expo will be held?
(1) Kolkata (2) Dehradun (3) Agra
(4) Noida (5) New Delhi
Q.9 Which state has decided to scrap the plantation tax?
(1) Goa (2) Tamilnadu (3) Kerala
(4) Karnataka (5) Gujarat
Q.10 Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of
India to the Republic of Iceland?
(1) Jaideep Sarkar (2) T. Armstrong Changsan
(3) Pankaj Saran (4) Ajay Bisaria
(5) Ahmad Javed
Q.11 In which city, 10th Meeting of India-Australia
Working Group on Counter Terrorism was held?
(1) Sri Nagar (2) Jammu (3) Hyderabad
(4) New Delhi (5) Gwalior
Q.12 Consider the following statements:
(A) The first green ALH Dhruv Mk-III helicopter
for Indian Coast Guard (ICG) had a successful
test-run on HAL.
(B) It will deliver 16 fixed-wheel ALHs, worth Rs
5126 crore, to Indian Coast Guard (ICG) from
2020.
(C) Manoj Prabhakar is the Chairman and
Managing Director of HAL.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A (2) Option B
(3) Option C (4) All of these
(5) None of these

Q.13 In which city, 7th India Minerals and Metals forum
has been started?
(1) Kolkata (2) New Delhi (3) Jaipur
(4) Dehradun (5) Kanpur
Q.14 Who has inaugurated 13th edition of Industrial
trade fair in Chennai?
(1) Narendra Modi (2) Sushma Swaraj
(3) Suresh Prabhu (4) Venkaiah Naidu
(5) Ram Nath Kovind
Q.15 Prabhakar Choubey has passed away recently. He
was_________.
(1) Scientist (2) Journalist (3) Producer
(4) Director (5) Economist
Q.16 Who has been elected as the Chairman of
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)?
(1) Paul Polman (2) Ajay Banga
(3) Yassin Al Suroor (4) Frederico Curado
(5) John W.H. Denton
Q.17 Who has laid the foundation stone of new Vanijya
Bhawan in New Delhi?
(1) Ram Nath Kovind (2) Narendra Modi
(3) Venkaiah Naidu (4) Suresh Prabhu
(5) Sushma Swaraj
Q.18 What is Name of Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard-
trained psychiatrist and best-selling author who has
passed away recently?
(1) Charles Krauthammer
(2) Ryan Kelly
(3) Andrew Marshall
(4) Manuel Mogato
(5) Jake Halpern
Q.19 In which city, 2nd UN Chiefs of Police Summit
(UNCOPS) was held?
(1) Rome, Italy (2) Geneva, Switzerland
(3) Vienna, Austria (4) New York, USA
(5) London, UK
Q.20 Consider the following statements:
(A) Pakistan has been put on the 'grey list' of
countries for financially aiding terrorism by
global anti-terror financing watchdog Financial
Action Task Force (FATF).
(B) The decision was taken during a plenary
meeting in Paris, with the global watchdog
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Championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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arguing that Pakistan has failed to act against
terror financing on its soil.
(C) FATF is a global body that combats terrorist
financing and money laundering.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A (2) Option B (3) Option C
(4) All of these (5) None of these
Q.21 India and ___________ have agreed to enhance
mutual cooperation for sustainable water
development.
(1) Tajikistan (2) Bhutan (3) Nepal
(4) Bangladesh (5) Sri Lanka
Q.22 According to the UN’s Sustainable Development
Goals 2018 report, The number of hungry people
in the world rising from 777 million in 2015 to
_______ million in 2016.
(1) 835 Million (2) 825 Million (3) 815 Million
(4) 855 Million (5) 865 Million
Q.23 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
3rd Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) in_________.
(1) Lucknow (2) New Delhi (3) Mumbai
(4) Kanpur (5) Hyderabad
Q.24 Where is the Headquarters of Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB)?
(1) Beijing, China (2) Shanghai, China
(3) New Delhi, India (4) Tokyo, Japan
(5) Seoul, South Korea
Q.25 Which Actress will be conferred with the French
honour of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
(Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) for
her contribution in enhancing Indo-French ties in
cinema?
(1) Kalki Koechlin (2) Aishwarya Rai
(3) Deepika Padukone (4) Amisha Sharma
(5) Anushka Sharma
Q.26 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Varanasi river terminal under the World
Bank-aided Ganga Jal Marg Vikash Project will
be completed this year, ahead of schedule.
(B) In a recent assessment, the Bank expressed
satisfaction at the progress of the Rs
10,000-crore project.
(C) Jal Marg Vikash is an ambitious infrastructure
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Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS
project of the government.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A but not B and C
(2) Option B but not A and C
(3) Option C but not A and B
(4) Option A, B and C
(5) Neither option A and B, nor C
Q.27 India and _________have signed two MOUs in
the field of biotechnology, traditional medicine and
homoeopathy.
(1) Greece (2) Suriname (3) Cuba
(4) Angola (5) Macedonia
Q.28 Kim Jong-pil has passed away recently. He was
Former Prime Minister of which country?
(1) Cambodia (2) Namibia (3) Japan
(4) South Korea (5) Colombia
Q.29 With which state Government, UNESCO has
signed an agreement to set up a 'Design University'
for gaming?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Telangana
(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Haryana
(5) Kerala
Q.30 Who has been apppointed as the Managing Director
of State Bank of India?
(1) N.S.Vishwanathan (2) Viral V. Acharya
(3) B. P. Kanungo (4) Arijit Basu
(5) M. K. Jain
Q.31 B Sujatha Devi has passed away recently. She
was_________.
(1) Doctor (2) Producer (3) Poet
(4) Economist (5) Artist
Q.32 Consider the following statements:
(A) The RBI deadline for banks to stop doing
business with cryptocurrency exchanges in
India will expire on July 15.
(B) One of the biggest digital currency exchanges
in India Zebpay has asked its users to withdraw
their money before the deadline ends.
(C) A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency
that uses cryptography for security.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and C but not B
Human Resource Development Ministry granted Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT
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Bombay and IISc Bangalore.
(2) Option A and B but not C
(3) Option B and C but not A
(4) Option A, B and C
(5) Neither option A and B, nor C
Q.33 World Bank has agreed to sanction `_______ for
the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Reforms Project
(TNHSRP).
(1) 2,785 Crore (2) 2,685 Crore (3) 2,885 Crore
(4) 2,985 Crore (5) 2,185 Crore
Q.34 Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) of Bharti Infratel?
(1) S Balasubramanian (2) Pankaj Miglani
(3) Rakesh Kumar (4) Sooraj Pal
(5) Rajeev Singh
Q.35 Who has laid the Foundation Stone For Mongolian
Refinery?
(1) Ram Nath Kovind (2) Narendra Modi
(3) Rajnath Singh (4) Sushma Swaraj
(5) Venkaiah Naidu
Q.36 Which Country’s aviation sector has been removed
from the Significant Safety Concern (SSC) list by
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)?
(1) Nepal (2) India (3) Bhutan
(4) Sri Lanka (5) Maldives
Q.37 Gautam Kanjilal has passed recently. He was
_________.
(1) Scientist (2) Cricketer
(3) Mountaineer (4) Director
(5) Doctor
Q.38 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Yash Bharti awards were instituted in 1994
to honour eminent personalities from UP.
(B) The awardees get Rs 50,000 pension per month
besides a cash prize of Rs 11 lakh by the state
government.
(C) The Yash Bharti awards are given for
outstanding contributions in the fields of
literature, poetry, industry, theatre etc.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A and C but not B
(2) Option A and B but not C
(3) Option B and C but not A

(4) Option A, B and C
(5) Neither option A and B, nor C
Q.39 Who has won the Gold Medal in the Men's club
throw F51 event at the World Para Athletics Grand
Prix in Tunisia?
(1) Rakesh Singh (2) Amit Kumar Saroha
(3) Ram Pal Kumar (4) Rajendra Nath
(5) Sunil Singh
Q.40 Sandeep Sejwal is related to which sports?
(1) Table Tennis (2) Badminton
(3) Weightlifting (4) Tennis
(5) Swimming
Q.41 In which city, 4th National Review and Consultation
on Swachh Iconic Places has been started?
(1) New Delhi (2) Lucknow (3) Hyderabad
(4) Agra (5) Mathura
Q.42 Who has been conferred with the ‘Chief Minister
of the Year’ award for her remarkable work in
e-governance?
(1) Raman Singh (1) Badminton (2) Archery
(2) N. Chandrababu Naidu
(3) Vasundhara Raje
(4) Nitish Kumar
(5) Manohar Parrikar
Q.43 Consider the following statements:
(A) The study, South Asia’s Hotspots projects a 2
per cent fall in the country’s GDP in terms of
per capita consumption expenditures.
(B) A 2.8 per cent drop in GDP will cost India $1.1
trillion by 2025 as projected.
(C) The loss in the severe hotspot districts, with an
average 9.8 per cent drop in consumption, will
amount to over $400 billion.
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.44 Which State Government has launched "Suryashakti
Kisan Yojana (SKY)" a solar power scheme for
farmers?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Nagaland
(3) Telangana (4) Maharashtra
(5) Gujarat
B Sriram has been appointed as the MD and CEO of IDBI Bank.
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Q.45 India and _______signed six agreements in several
fields including education, cyber security, and
cultural exchange.
(1) Seychelles (2) Chile (3) Finland
(4) Canada (5) Sweden
Q.46 In which state is Sindhu Darshan Festival begun?
(1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Jammu-Kashmir
(3) Uttarakhand (4) Punjab
(5) Haryana
Q.47 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will
invest $__________Million in India’s National
Investment and Infrastructure Fund.
(1) 400 Million (2) 300 Million (3) 200 Million
(4) 250 Million (5) 350 Million
Q.48 Who has won the French Grand Prix title?
(1) Max Verstappen (2) Valtteri Bottas
(3) Lewis Hamilton (4) Sebastian Vettel
(5) Daniel Ricciardo
Q.49 Deepika Kumari is related to which sports?
(3) Table Tennis (4) Tennis
(5) Weightlifting
Q.50 Consider the following statements:
(A) ICICI Bank has appointed former petroleum
secretary Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as the
company's non-executive chairman.
(B) The term of office of incumbent M K Sharma
will expire on June 30, 2018.
(C) The appointment is effective from July 1,
2018, for a period of three years, subject to the
approval of shareholders.
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.51 ICC Women’s World T20 will be held in the
________.
(1) India (2) England (3) West Indies
(4) Australia (5) South Africa
Q.52 In which city, 58th National Inter-state Senior
Athletics Championships has begun?
(1) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
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(2) Jaipur, Rajasthan
(3) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
(4) Guwahati, Assam
(5) Gurugram, Haryana
Q.53 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking has been observed on___________.
(1) 26th June (2) 25th June (3) 24th June
(4) 23rd June (5) 22nd August
Q.54 Consider the following statements:
(A) Deedar Singh Gill has been appointed as the
Judicial Commissioner of Malasiyan Supreme
Court.
(B) Gill has been serving as the MD of the
Intellectual Property Department in Drew and
Napier LLC.
(C) Deedar Singh Gill is a lawyer for intellectual
property matters.
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.55 Which Country is the world's most dangerous
country for women due to the high risk of sexual
violence and being forced into slave labour,
according Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of
about 550 experts on women's issues?
(1) India (2) Afghanistan
(3) Syria (4) Somalia
(5) Saudi Arabia
Q.56 Consider the following statements:
(A) The official annual data has been released
by Swiss National Bank (SNB), the central
banking authority of the Alpine nation.
(B) Money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose
over 50 per cent to CHF 1.01 billion (Rs 7,000
crore) in 2017.
(C) The amount owed by Indian clients to Swiss
banks fell by 84 per cent in 2017 to CHF 210
million.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Both A and B (2) Both A and C
(3) Both B and C (4) All of these
(5) None of these
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Q.57 Who has been appointed as the chairman of the
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
(CBIC)?
(1) S Ramesh (2) Vanaja N Sarna
(3) Sushil Chandra (4) Dilip Chenoy
(5) Sanjaya baru
Q.58 In which state is First Bhutan Film Festival was
held?
(1) Mizoram (2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Sikkim (4) Meghalaya
(5) Nagaland
Q.59 Which Country has agreed to form a joint venture
with Sri Lanka to operate the Mattala Rajapaksa
International Airport in Hambantota?
(1) Pakistan (2) China (3) Japan
(4) India (5) Russia
Q.60 Who has taken charge as whole-time member of
SEBI?
(1) Santosh Kumar Mohanty
(2) Viral V Acharya
(3) B P Kanungo
(4) N S Vishwanathan
(5) Mahesh Kumar Jain
Q.61 Government has constituted a committee for
standardisation and indigenisation of metro rail
system across the country. Who is the chairman of
this committee?
(1) H S Anand (2) E Sreedharan
(3) D K Sinha (4) Sameer Lohani
(5) Jitendra Tyagi
Q.62 Which state government has launched a new
scheme ‘Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao’ to check
depletion of underground water?
(1) Punjab (2) Uttarakhand
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Maharashtra
(5) Meghalaya
Q.63 In which city An anti-doping sports conference
titled ‘Clean Sport=Fair Outcome?' was held?
(1) Stockholm, Sweden
(2) Montreal, Canada
(3) Oslo, Norway
(4) Copenhagen, Denmark
(5) Paris, France

Q.64 Which village panchayat of Haryana has passed a
resolution “No Toilet, No Bride”?
(1) Barola (2) Danipur (3) Jandheri
(4) Godikan (5) Majri
Q.65 Which country’s researchers have developed
the world’s smallest computer “Michigan Micro
Mote”?
(1) Russia (2) USA (3) India
(4) China (5) Japan
Q.66 Consider the following statements:
(A) Iran has threatened to close the Strait of
Gibraltar through which one third of the world's
oil supply passes.
(B) After the US pulled out of the nuclear deal with
Iran, it has been pushing allies to cut oil imports
from Iran.
(C) Iran is OPEC's second largest crude oil exporter,
with more than 2 million barrels a day.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true about the recent Iran-US crisis?
(1) Option A and B (2) Option B and C
(3) Option A and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.67 Who has launched “Passport Seva app” Mobile
Passport Application?
(1) Narendra Modi (2) Sushma Swaraj
(3) Venkaiah Naidu (4) Sumitra Mahajan
(5) Suresh Prabhu
Q.68 ________ edition of World's largest multilateral
naval exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) has
been started in Hawaii in the Western Pacific Ocean.
(1) 28th (2) 27th (3) 26th
(4) 29th (5) 30th
Q.69 RBI has imposed a penalty of `________Crore on
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for contravention of
Master Directions on Issue and Pricing of Shares.
(1) 8 Crore (2) 1 Crore (3) 6 Crore
(4) 2 Crore (5) 3 Crore
Q.70 Who has become Pakistan’s first blind judge?
(1) Yousaf Saleem (2) Salim Khan
(3) Shakeel Siddiqui (4) Shakeel Khan
(5) Yousaf Pathan
Q.71 What the name of US ambassador to United Nation?
(1) Michele J. Sison (2) Nikki Haley
4th International Yoga Day has been celebrated on 21st June at Forest Research Institute in
Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
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(3) Samantha Power (4) Rosemary DiCarlo
(5) Susan Li
Q.72 Consider the following statements:
(A) The UNHR body has express concern over
demolition of Bedouin hamlet by Israel.
(B) As per Israel, the structures of the Khan al-
Ahmar encampment were illegal and posed
threat to residents
(C) Israel has pledged to resettle the residents,
which the UN says number about 1 Lac people.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and B (2) Option B and C
(3) Option A and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.73 Fourth AIIB Annual Meeting will be held in
_______in July 2019.
(1) Uganda (2) Lebanon
(3) Luxembourg (4) Croatia
(5) Chile
Q.74 Who has been appointed as a whole time member
of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI)?
(1) Subhash Chandra Garg
(2) N.S.Vishwanathan
(3) Anant Barua
(4) Arun P. Sathe
(5) Ajay Tyagi
Q.75 In which city, 15th India-Australia Joint Ministerial
Commission (JMC) was held?
(1) Sydney, Australia (2) Hyderabad, India
(3) New Delhi, India (4) Canberra, Australia
(5) Dehradun, India
Q.76 What is the currency of Luxembourg?
(1) Dollar (2) Euro (3) Franc
(4) Dinar (5) Lira
Q.77 Consider the following statements:
(A) India has agreed to provide tariff concessions
on 3,142 products to Asia Pacific Trade
Agreement members.
(B) However, these duty concessions will be less
for least developed countries (LDCs) and more
for developing nations.
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(C) APTA is an initiative under the UN ESCAP
for trade expansion through exchange of tariff
concession.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A (2) Option B (3) Option C
(4) All of these (5) None of these
Q.78 Saurabh Chaudhary is related to which sports?
(1) Table Tennis (2) Badminton (3) Shooting
(4) Tennis (5) Weightlifting
Q.79 Union Cabinet has approved the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding between India and
_______on cooperation in the field of Healthcare.
(1) Iran (2) Iraq (3) Bahrain
(4) Libya (5) Macedonia
Q.80 Which State Government has announced a 'Kanya
Van Samruddhi Yojana'?
(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Telangana
(3) Maharashtra (4) Karnataka
(5) Kerala
Q.81 Which Country has been placed on FATF’s ‘grey
list’?
(1) Bahrain (2) Pakistan (3) Oman
(4) Qatar (5) Saudi Arabia
Q.82 Who will be the next chief secretary of Uttar
Pradesh?
(1) Sooraj Verma (2) Rakesh Singh
(3) Ashish Sharma (4) Anup Chandra Pandey
(5) Piyush Sharma
Q.83 Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has
given $10 million worth of line of credit (LOC)
to _________for healthcare and procurement of
goods and projects.
(1) Greece (2) Suriname (3) Seychelles
(4) Poland (5) Macedonia
Q.84 What is Name of US Secretary of State?
(1) Nikki Haley (2) Michael R Pompeo
(3) Kamala Harris (4) Bobby Jindal
(5) Ajit Pai
Q.85 Consider the following statements:
(A) The International Criminal Police Organization
(Interpol) issued a red corner notice (RCN)
against Nirav Modi.
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(B) The red corner notice (RCN) is issued in
connection with the multi-crore Punjab
National Bank (PNB) scam.
(C) It will make difficult for Nirav Modi to travel
freely in 192 member-countries.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A (2) Option B (3) Option C
(4) All of these (5) None of these
Q.86 Consider the following statements:
(A) The first batch of intercontinental ballistic
missile Agni- 5 will soon be inducted into the
Strategic Forces Command.
(B) Very few countries including the US, China,
Russia, France and North Korea have
intercontinental ballistic missiles.
(C) According to Chinese experts, the missile has
the potential to reach targets 3,000 kilometers.
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.87 Jinson Johnson breaks Sriram Singh’s 42-year-old
800m national record. He is from which state?
(1) Karnataka (2) Kerala (3) Telangana
(4) Tamilnadu (5) Andhra Pradesh
Q.88 Who has been appointed by President Halimah
Yacob as the country's Supreme Court judicial
commissioner?
(1) Gurbir S Grewal (2) Deep Rai
(3) Amandeep Singh (4) Manjinder Singh
(5) Dedar Singh Gill
Q.89 Union Cabinet has approved the signing of the
Memorandum of Understanding between India
and _______on Cooperation in the field of Civil
Aviation.
(1) Germany (2) France (3) Canada
(4) Australia (5) Austria
Q.90 In which Country, 4th meeting of Australia-India
Education Council (AIEC) has been started?
(1) Australia (2) India (3) Germany
(4) Mongolia (5) Israel
Q.91 Prakash Javadekar is Union Minister of Human
Resource Development. He is Rajya Sabha MP
Iceland.

from which state?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Maharashtra
(3) Odisha (4) Rajasthan
(5) Kerala
Q.92 Consider the following statements:
(A) The UAE-Iceberg project, aims to use icebergs
as new sources of water.
(B) The National Advisor Bureau Limited said the
project it to be completed by 2020.
(C) It was first announced in May 2017. An iceberg
contains around 20 billion gallons of fresh
water.
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.93 Which Bank has bought the 100% stake in
Swadhaar FinServe?
(1) UCO Bank (2) ICICI (3) HDFC
(4) RBL Bank (5) Dena Bank
Q.94 Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
has celebrated 12th Statistics Day on ________
June 2018.
(1) 28th July (2) 29th June
(3) 27th August (4) 26th May
(5) 25th April
Q.95 Who has launched mobile application ReUnite to
track and trace missing children?
(1) Narendra Modi (2) Venkaiah Naidu
(3) Ram Nath Kovind (4) Suresh Prabhu
(5) Maneka Gandhi
Q.96 Suresh Prabhu is the Union Minister of Commerce
& Industry and Civil Aviation. He is Rajya Sabha
MP from which state?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Rajasthan (4) Kerala
(5) Goa
Q.97 Which State Government has signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with the Regional Integrated
Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for
effective management of disasters?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Uttar Pradesh
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(3) Odisha (4) Uttarakhand
(5) Gujarat
Q.98 Who has been appointed as the chairman of ICICI
Bank?
(1) N S Vishwanathan
(2) Rajneesh Kumar
(3) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
(4) Viral Acharya
(5) Mahesh Kumar Jain
Q.99 Consider the following statements:
(A) A new research study indicates that work ban
on spouses of high-skill visa holders may lead
to 100,000 jobless.
(B) The regulations for H-1B visas is discouraging
foreign workers from seeking long term
employment opportunities in the US.
(C) The Donald Trump administration seeks to
rescind the working capacity of spouses of
high-skill.
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.100 Who has been elected the president of the
International Kabaddi Federation (IKF)?
(1) Janardan Singh Gehlot
(2) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
(3) Rakesh Singh
(4) Sooraj Kumar
(5) Rajeev Kumar
Q.101 Union Cabinet has given its approval to the MOU
between India and _________on cooperation in the
field of urban planning and development.
(1) Jordan (2) Malaysia (3) Singapore
(4) Serbia (5) Iraq
Q.102 Consider the following statements:
(A) The government will change the base year of
GDP and retail inflation to 2018-19 and 2019,
respectively.
(B) This is likely to come to effect by 2018-19.
(C) The last base year for GDP, IIP and consumer
price index was revised to 2011-12 and 2012
for inflation.
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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.103 Who has laid the foundation stone of Dharmashastra
National Law University in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh?
(1) Arun Jaitley (2) Ram Nath Kovind
(3) Dipak Misra (4) Narendra Modi
(5) Sumitra Mahajan
Q.104 Which District has been ranked first among 108
“aspirational districts” by the NITI Aayog on the
basis of incremental development?
(1) Begusarai (2) Dahod (3) Kupwara
(4) West Sikkim (5) Firozabad
Q.105 Surinder Singla has passed away recently. He was
the______.
(1) Politian (2) Writer (3) Economist
(4) Producer (5) Director
Q.106 In which city, 4th Australia India Education Council
(AIEC) meeting was held?
(1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Adelaide
(4) Sydney (5) Hyderabad
Q.107 Who has received National Kalidas Samman for
visual arts from the Madhya Pradesh government?
(1) Seema Khan (2) Rakhi Kumari
(3) Anjolie Ela Menon (4) Rajat Pandey
(5) Tanya Sharma
Q.108 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Central Government issued a circular on
April 6 banning all financial institutions under
its control, from servicing cryptocurrency
companies.
(B) The Supreme Court of India has uphold ban
imposed by the Central Government.
(C) This petition was filed by the Internet and
Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) including
Unocoin, Zebpay, and Wazirx as its members.
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.109 Who has been appointed the Director-General of
Police of Andhra Pradesh?
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(1) Ram Pravesh Thakur
(2) Rajesh Kumar
(3) Sunil Singh
(4) Virendra Kumar
(5) Vijay Kumar
Q.110 India has won the Kabaddi Masters Dubai 2018
title after beating______.
(1) Iraq (2) Iran (3) Pakistan
(4) Kenya (5) China
Q.111 Irena Szewinska, who won Olympic gold medals
in three different events, has passed away recently.
She was from which country?
(1) Gambia (2) Zambia (3) Poland
(4) Namibia (5) Guinea
Q.112 Who has inaugurated the platinum jubilee
celebrations of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India in New Delhi?
(1) Arun Jaitley (2) Venkaiah N aidu
(3) Narendra Modi (4) Ram Nath Kovind
(5) Ravi Shankar Prasad
Q.113 Consider the following statements:
(A) The Narshimhan-committee comprised of
representatives of all major banks, including
State Bank of India (SBI).
(B) The report titled 'Shakt' highlighted nine
guiding principles aimed at the operational
turnaround of the banking sector.
(C) The recommendations included creating
platforms where banks can trade in bunched
loan assets.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Both A and B (2) Both A and C
(3) Both B and C (4) All of these
(5) None of these
Q.114 Which Country has won the 37th edition of
the Champions Trophy Hockey 2018 in Breda,
Netherlands?
(1) Australia (2) India (3) Belgium
(4) Pakistan (5) Argentina
Q.115 India has moved up to ______ place in terms of
money parked by its citizens and companies with
Swiss Banks.
(1) 79th (2) 71st (3) 73rd

(4) 78th (5) 75th
Q.116 Which Indian Player has been inducted into the
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame?
(1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Rahul Dravid
(3) Sourav Ganguly (4) V. V. S. Laxman
(5) Virender Sehwag
Q.117 Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Central
Vigilance Commission (CVC)?
(1) Ritika Singh (2) Neetu Singh
(3) Alka Tiwari (4) Tanya Gupta
(5) Nisha Verma
Q.118 Income Tax Department has launched an ‘instant’
Aadhaar-based PAN allotment service for
individuals seeking the unique identity for the first
time. Which of the following is eligible for e-PAN
facility?
(1) Resident Individuals
(2) Hindu Undivided Family
(3) Firms
(4) Trusts
(5) Companies
Q.119 Who is the only Commander invitee from Asia to
the Golden Globe Race?
(1) Vivek Sharma (2) Rakesh Nagpal
(3) Abhilash Tomy (4) Piyush Sharma
(5) Mohan Singh
Q.120 Who has become the New President of Delhi and
Districts Cricket Association (DDCA)?
(1) Rajat Sharma (2) Madan Lal
(3) Vikas Singh (4) Ravi Gupta
(5) Ravish Kuamr
Q.121 Consider the following statements:
(A) K. Vijay Kumar has been appointed as the
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
(B) Vijay Kumar is currently working as Senior
Security Advisor of the Central Ministry of
Defense.
(C) Vijay Kumar has been the Director General
of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are true?
(1) Option A and B (2) Option B and C
Kerala has decided to scrap the plantation tax.
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(3) Option A and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.122 Who has become the country's first transgender
lawyer?
(1) Jaya Singh (2) Ganga Kumari
(3) Rekha Singh (4) Joyita Mondal
(5) Sathyasri Sharmila
Q.123 Who has taken charge as Managing Director and
CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank?
(1) Rakesh Sethi (2) T Latha
(3) Rakesh Sharma (4) J K Garg
(5) P.S. Jayakumar
Q.124 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?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Rajasthan
(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Andhra Pradesh
(5) Kerala
Q.125 Who has been appointed as the CMD of Steel
Authority of India (SAIL)?
(1) P K Singh (2) Jyoti Kumari
(3) Ravindra Singh (4) Saraswati Prasad
(5) Rajendra Prasad
Q.126 Yogesh Kathuniya is related to which sports?
(1) Badminton (2) Discus throw
(3) Weightlifting (4) Table Tennis
(5) Wrestling
Q.127 Which Company has become the first oil public
sector undertaking (PSU) to adopt an online legal
compliance system by introducing ‘Legatrix’?
(1) Numaligarh Refinery Ltd
(2) HPCL
(3) IOCL
(4) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(5) Reliance Petroleum
Q.128 Who has been selected for this year’s National
Maritime Search and Rescue Award?
(1) Suman Singh (2) Rakesh Kumar
(3) Milan Shankar Tare (4) Vivek Kumar
(5) Rahul Sharma
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Q.129 What is the Name of Former chief of Naval Staff
Admiral who has passed away?
(1) J G Nadkarni Q.136 Which State Government has launched “Annapurna
(2) R K Dhowan
(3) Devendra Kumar Joshi
(4) Nirmal Kumar Verma
(5) Sureesh Mehta
Q.130 Consider the following statements:
(A) Election Commission has launched 'cVIGIL'
app to complain of breaking the code of
conduct.
(B) With the help of this app, any person can
complain of violation of the Code of Conduct.
(C) Any person can upload videos and photos of
Hate Speech in unauthorized money or election
speech.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A and B (2) Option B and C
(3) Option A and C (4) Option A, B and C
(5) None of these
Q.131 Who has taken charge as the 1st woman DGP of
Puducherry?
(1) Nirali Jain (2) Jyoti Verma
(3) Alka Kumari (4) Nivedita Singh
(5) S. Sundari Nanda
Q.132 Which State Government has announced to set up
country's first Khadi mall?
(1) Meghalaya (2) Maharashtra
(3) Jharkhand (4) Mizoram
(5) Manipur
Q.133 Aaron Finch is related to which sports?
(1) Football (2) Cricket (3) Hockey
(4) Badminton (5) Tennis
Q.134 In which city, Asian Ministerial Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction 2018 (AMCDRR 2018)
has been started?
(1) Thimphu, Bhutan (2) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
(3) New Delhi, India (4) Kathmandu, Nepal
(5) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Q.135 Which application has been launched by Election
Commission for citizens to share proof of
malpractices by political parties?
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(1) ‘cVigil’ (2) ‘dVigil’ (3) ‘lVigil’
(4) ‘gVigil’ (5) ‘kVigil’
Milk Scheme” for supplying milk to children
studying in the State-run schools?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Rajasthan (4) Haryana
(5) Jharkhand
Q.137 Who has won the Austrian Grand Prix title?
(1) Sebastian Vettel (2) Max Verstappen
(3) Daniel Ricciardo (4) Lewis Hamilton
(5) Kimi Raikkonen
Q.138 Consider the following statements:
(A) Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib
Razzaq has been arrested.
(B) Najib is accused of misuse of about 30 thousand
crores in Malaysian development, Berhad.
(C) Najib had been governing the country since
independence from Britain in 2010.
Which among the following statement/statements
is/are not true?
(1) Option A (2) Option B (3) Option C
(4) All of these (5) None of these
Q.139 Union Cabinet has approved signing of a
MOU between India and _________regarding
cooperation between both countries in the sphere
of Law & Justice and to set up a Joint Consultative
Committee.
(1) Eritrea (2) United Kingdom
(3) Bahrain (4) Jordan
(5) Serbia
Q.140 Krishna Kumari has passed away recently. She was
the ______.
(1) Economist (2) Scientist (3) Politician
(4) Actress (5) Director
Q.141 To which Bank, RBI has issued license to launch
operations in India?
(1) Bank of Malaysia (2) Bank of Japan
(3) Bank of China (4) Bank of Russia
(5) Bank of Bhutan
Q.142 Sports Authority of India is set to be renamed as
Sports India. Where is the Headquarters of Sports
Authority of India (SAI)?
Shillong has been selected as 100th Smart City.

(1) New Delhi (2) Mumbai (3) Dehradun
(4) Kolkata (5) Bhopal
Q.143 In which city, NITI Aayog is organising ‘MOVE:
Global Mobility Summit’?
(1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Kolkata
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Q.147 Consider the following statements:
(A) Uttam Dhillon has been appointed as head of
the US Law Enforcement Agency.
(B) This institution works in America against drug
trafficking and its use.

(4) Gurugram (5) Hyderabad
Q.144 India Innovation Summit by the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) will be held in_________.
(1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Kolkata
(4) Gurugram (5) Bengaluru
Q.145 Who has launched the Coal Mine Surveillance
& Management System (CMSMS) and Mobile
Application ‘Khan Prahari’?
(1) Venkaiah Naidu (2) Ram Nath Kovind
(C) Uttam Dhillon has served as Vice-Assistant to
President Donald Trump at the White House.
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.148 Claude Lanzmann has passed away recently. He
was _______.

(3) Narendra Modi (4) Piyush Goyal (1) German Filmmaker (2) French Filmmaker

(5) Sumitra Mahajan (3) Russian Filmmaker (4) Chinese Filmmaker

Q.146 Consider the following statements: (5) Indian Filmmaker

(A) Major General Jose Aldaio of Ghana has been
appointed as President of United Nations
Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan.
(B) The United Nations Military Observer Group was
established in India and Pakistan in January 1949.
Q.149 In which city, National Association of Software
and Services Companies (Nasscom) has opened a
Center of Excellence (CoE) for Data Science and
Artificial Intelligence?
(1) Bhopal (2) Gurugram (3) Lucknow

(C) The purpose of this establishment was to help (4) Bengaluru (5) Gwalior
the cease-fire between India and Pakistan and Q.150 ISRO successfully carries out flight tests for Crew
the Indo-Pak UN Commission (UNCIP) Escape System. Where is the Headquarters of
Which among the following statement/statements ISRO?
is/are not true? (1) Bangalore (2) New Delhi (3) Mumbai
(1) Option A (2) Option B (3) Option C (4) Gurugram (5) Bhopal
(4) All of these (5) None of these
ANSWER KEY
Q.1.(3) Q.2.(3) Q.3.(3) Q.4.(5) Q.5.(2) Q.6.(4) Q.7.(2) Q.8.(5) Q.9.(3) Q.10.(2)
Q.11.(4) Q.12.(3) Q.13.(2) Q.14.(3) Q.15.(2) Q.16.(1) Q.17.(2) Q.18.(1) Q.19.(4) Q.20.(5)
Q.21.(1) Q.22.(3) Q.23.(3) Q.24.(1) Q.25.(1) Q.26.(2) Q.27.(3) Q.28.(4) Q.29.(3) Q.30.(4)
Q.31.(3) Q.32.(3) Q.33.(2) Q.34.(1) Q.35.(3) Q.36.(1) Q.37.(3) Q.38.(5) Q.39.(2) Q.40.(5)
Q.41.(3) Q.42.(3) Q.43.(2) Q.44.(5) Q.45.(1) Q.46.(2) Q.47.(3) Q.48.(3) Q.49.(2) Q.50.(4)
Q.51.(3) Q.52.(4) Q.53.(1) Q.54.(3) Q.55.(1) Q.56.(1) Q.57.(1) Q.58.(3) Q.59.(4) Q.60.(1)
Q.61.(2) Q.62.(1) Q.63.(3) Q.64.(4) Q.65.(2) Q.66.(2) Q.67.(2) Q.68.(3) Q.69.(3) Q.70.(1)
Q.71.(2) Q.72.(1) Q.73.(3) Q.74.(3) Q.75.(4) Q.76.(2) Q.77.(2) Q.78.(3) Q.79.(3) Q.80.(3)
Q.81.(2) Q.82.(4) Q.83.(3) Q.84.(2) Q.85.(5) Q.86.(2) Q.87.(2) Q.88.(5) Q.89.(1) Q.90.(1)
Q.91.(2) Q.92.(4) Q.93.(4) Q.94.(2) Q.95.(4) Q.96.(2) Q.97.(3) Q.98.(3) Q.99.(5) Q.100.(1)
Q.101.(3) Q.102.(4) Q.103.(3) Q.104.(2) Q.105.(1) Q.106.(3) Q.107.(3) Q.108.(1) Q.109.(1) Q.110.(2)
Q.111.(3) Q.112.(3) Q.113.(1) Q.114.(2) Q.115.(3) Q.116.(2) Q.117.(3) Q.118.(1) Q.119.(3) Q.120.(1)
Q.121.(4) Q.122.(5) Q.123.(2) Q.124.(2) Q.125.(4) Q.126.(2) Q.127.(1) Q.128.(3) Q.129.(1) Q.130.(5)
Q.131.(5) Q.132.(3) Q.133.(2) Q.134.(2) Q.135.(3) Q.136.(3) Q.137.(2) Q.138.(3) Q.139.(2) Q.140.(3)
Q.141.(3) Q.142.(1) Q.143.(2) Q.144.(5) Q.145.(4) Q.146.(1) Q.147.(3) Q.148.(2) Q.149.(4) Q.150.(1)

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Reasoning Ability
Q.1-5. A word rearrangement mechine when given an
input line of words, rearranges then following a
particular rule in each step. The following is an
illustration of input and the steps or rearrangement.
Input : 47 Rust 30 Stroom Nick 21 42 huge.
Step I : 21 47 Rust 30 Stroom Nick 42 huge.
Step II : 21 Stroom 47 Rust 30 Nick 42 huge.
Step III : 21 Stroom 30 47 Rust Nick 42 huge.
Step IV : 21 Stroom 30 Rust 47 Nick 42 huge.
Step V : 21 Stroom 30 Rust 42 47 Nick huge.
Step VI : 21 Stroom 30 Rust 42 Nick 47 huge.
Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement.
As per rules followed in above steps, give answer
to the following questions.
Q.1. Step II of an input is : 18 task bear cold dish 81
63 31. How many more steps will be required to
complete the rearrangement ?
(1) Four (2) Three (3) Five Friday as a off day. Vyas works with only Tom in
(4) Six (5) None of these
Q.2. Input : 72 59 36 got for picnic 24 journey.
How many steps will be required to complete the
rearrangement ?
(1) Four (2) Three (3) Six
(4) Five (5) None of these
Q.3. Input : nice flower 34 12 costly height 41 56.
Which of the following will be Step III of above
input ?
(1) 12 nice 34 height flower costly 41 56
(2) 12 nice 34 height 41 flower costly 56
(3) 12 nice 34 flower costly height 41 56
(4) 12 nice flower 34 costly height 41 56
(5) None of these
Q.4. Step III of an Input is 16 victory 19 36 53 store
lake town.
Which of the following will be step V ?
(1) 16 victory 19 town store 36 53 lake
(2) 16 victory 19 town 36 store 53 lake
(3) 16 victory 19 town 36 53 store lake
(4) There will be no such step
(5) None of these
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Department of Commerce in New Delhi.
Q.5. Step III of an Input is 15 yes 29 ask for soap 42 37
Which of the following is definitely the input ?
(1) ask yes 29 15 for soap 42 37
(2) yes ask 15 29 for soap 42 37
(3) 29 15 yes ask for soap 42 37
(4) Can not be determined
(5) None of these
Q.6-10. Study the following information carefully and
answer the quesitons given below.
Seven friends Pari, Queen, Raj, Sainik, Tom, Vyas
and White are working in a centre. Each of them
has different off days in a week from Monday to
Sunday (Not necessarily in the same order). They
work in three different shifts I, II and III with at
least two of them in each shift.
Raj works in shift II and his off day is not Sunday.
Pari’s off day is Tuesday and she does not work in
the same shift with either Queen or White. Those
who work in shift I has not either Wednesday or
shift III. Sainik’s off day is Sunday. Vyas’s off day
is immediate next day of Raj’s off day. Tom’s off
day is not on Wednesday. White’s off day is not on
the previous day of Pari’s off day . Sainik works
in shift I. Queen does not work is same shift with
Raj and his off day is not on Thursday.
Q.6. Which of the following is White’s off day ?
(1) Tuesday (2) Monday (3) Saturday
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
Q.7. Which of the following is Raj’s off day ?
(1) Friday (2) Thursday (3) Tuesday
(4) Wednesday (5) None of these
Q.8. Which of the following groups of friends work in
shift II ?
(1) Raj, Pari (2) Raj, Vyas
(3) Queen, White, Sainik (4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
Q.9. Which of the following is Queen’s off day ?
(1) Friday (2) Wednesday (3) Thursday
(4) Monday (5) None of these
Q.10. Which of the following groups of friends work in
shift I ?
(1) Raj, Vyas (2) Raj, Pari
(3) Queen, White, Sainik (4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
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Q.11-16. In each question given below four statements are Monu is the brother of that person which blood
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. group is ‘A’ type and Monu’s blood group is same
You have to take the four given statements to be as his brother.
true (even if they seem to be at variance from the Q.17. Who is the father of Anu ?
commonly known facts). Read the conclusions
(1) Sonu (2) Ram
and decide which logically follows from the given
statements disregarding commonly known facts : (3) Monu (4) Ram or Monu
(1) If only conclusion I follows. (5) None of these
(2) If only conclusion II follows. Q.18. How is Sonu related to Monu ?
(3) If either conclusion I or II follows. (1) Son (2) Brother (3) Father
(4) Grand father (5) None of these
(4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Q.19. Which of the following statements is true ?
(5) If both conclusions I and II follow.
(1) Sonu is the grandfather of Anu and his blood
Q.11-12. Statements : group is ‘A’ type.
No water is air. Some dust are water. (2) Monu is the father of Anu.
No flame is dust. All flame are land. (3) Sonu is the father of Anu.
Q.11. Conclusions : (4) Monu’s blood group is ‘A+’ type
(I) Some land are not dust. (5) None of these
(II) Some air are flame. Q.20-24. Read the following information carefully and
Q.12. Conclusions : answer the questions given below.
(I) Some land being water is a possibility. In a family, seven members are John, Kiti, Lily,
(II) Some air being dust is a possibility. Mercy, Neo, Robert and Pascal. In which four are
males and three are females.
Q.13-14. Statements :
Mercy is a diamond seller and father of Pascal.
Some leaf are tree. All tree are stem. John is a dentist and grandfather of Pascal. Neo
No stem is flower. All flower are fruit. who is a housewife, is grand daughter-in-law of
Q.13. Conclusions : (I) Some leaf are fruit. Robert. Kiti is an accountant and uncle of Pascal.
(II) Some leaf are stem. There is an architect, a peon and a artist. Neo is
not the mother of Pascal. Robert is not married to
Q.14. Conclusions : (I) Some flower are tree. Mercy.
(II) Some fruit are stem. Q.20. If Pascal is mother of the architect then which of
Q.15-16. Statements : the following group represents three couples?
All play are player. All seller are player. (1) Mercy-Lily, Kiti-Neo, John-Robert
Some customer are both player and seller. (2) Kiti-Robert, Mercy-Lily, John-Neo
No movie is customer. (3) John-Robert, Kiti-Neo, Pascal-Lily
Q.15. Conclusions : (4) Can’t be determined
(I) Some player are both seller and customer. (5) None of these
(II) Some seller are not movie. Q.21. If the peon doesn’t have any child then who is the
Q.16. Conclusions : peon ?
(I) Some movie are play. (1) Lily (2) Robert (3) Pascal
(4) Either 1 or 3 (5) Either 2 or 3
(II) Some player being movie is a possibility.
Q.22. Which of the following is a group of male
Q.17-19. Read the following information carefully and
members ?
answer the questions given below.
(1) Robert, Kiti, Pascal and Mercy
There are four persons in a family Monu, Sonu,
Ram and Anu in which three are males and one (2) John, Mercy, Kiti and Pascal
is female. Anu’s blood group is ‘O’ type and her (3) Lily, John, Mercy and Kiti
grandfather’s blood group is ‘AB’ type. Ram is (4) Either 2 or 3
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Q.23. What is the occupation of the grand daughter-in-
law of John, if John is the grandfather of the peon?
(1) Artist (2) Dentist (2) If only II is implicit.
(3) Accountant (4) Diamond Seller (3) If either I or II is implicit.
(5) None of these
Q.24. If Robert is a peon and the artist is not a woman
then what is the occupation of Pascal ?
(1) Architect (2) Artist for Indo-Italian relation, if the marines were not
(3) Dentist (4) Can’t be determined
(5) None of these
Q.25-26. Given below is one passage followed by several
possible inference which can be drawn from the
facts stated in the passage. You have to examine
each inference seperatly in the context of the
passage and decide upon its degree of true or
falsilty.
Mark answer
(1) If the inference is Definitely True, i.e. it
properly follows from the statement of facts
given;
(2) If the inference is Probably True though not
definitely true in the light of the facts given;
(3) If the data are inadequate, i.e. from the facts
given you cannot say whether the inference
is likely to be true or false
(4) If the inference is Probably False though not
Definitely false in the light of facts given;
(5) If the inference is Definitely false i.e. it cannot
possibly be drawn from the fact given or it
contradict the given facts.
The serious accident in which a person was run
down by a car yesterday has again focussed
attention on the most unsatisfactory state of street
lighting. No one accepts side roads to be provided
with the same standard of lighting as a main road
but unless the council is prepared to make good
its promise as regards road lighting, it will only
be a question of time before there are further, and
perhaps fatal, accidents.
Q.25. The accident that occurred was fatal.
Q.26. There will not be a single accident on roads if they
are satisfactorily illuminated.
Q.27-29. In each question below is given a statement
followed by two assumptions numbers I and II.
An Assumption is something supposed or taken
for granted. You have to consider statement and
the following assumption and decide which of the
assumptions is implicit in the statement.
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(market-cap) ranking.
Given Answer -
(1) If only I is implicit.
(4) If neither I nor II is implicit.
(5) If both I and II are implicit.
Q.27. Statement:- There would be serious consequences
sent back – Italian ambassador to India warned.
Assumptions :-
I. Italy had not kept its commitment given to
India’s highest court for appearance of the
two Italian marines.
II. A mutually acceptable solution can be found
through dialogue.
Q.28. Statement:- The supreme court directed all states
and union territories to depute plain cloth women
officers at public places.
Assumptions:-
I. More and more girls and women go to
educational institution, workplaces etc. and
their protection is of extreme importance to
civilized and cultured society.
II. The experiences of women and girls in
overcrowded buses, metros, trains etc are
horrendous and painful ordeal.
Q.29. Statement:- Some bank’s appointed account
and audit firm ‘Deloitte Touch Tahmatsu India’
to carry out an independent forensic enquiry in
to allegation of money laundering activities by
some of its branches.
Assumptions:-
I. Some bank’s were accused of money
laundering by an online news portal.
II. The bank is committed to the highest standard
of compliance, corporate governance and
ethics.
Q.30-31. In each of the following questions a statement
is given followed by two courses of Action. A
courses of Action is taken for improvement,
follow up etc. Read the statement carefully and
give answer -
(1) If only course of Action I follows.
(2) If only course of Action II follows.
(3) If either course of Action I or II folllows.
(4) If neither course of Action I nor II follows.
(5) If both courses of Action I and II follows.

Q.30. Statements:- The banking sector is not well
regulated and gross NPA is high.
Course of action:- a group. Which is the one that does not belong to
I. The Enforcement of Security Interest and
Recovery of Debts, Laws (Amendment)
bill should be framed to convert any part of
debt into shares of defaulting company by
the Asset Reconstruction Company.
II. The situation would improve with economic
recovery.
Q.31. Statements:- The experiences of women and girl
children in overcrowded buses, metros trains etc.
are horrendous and a painful ordeal.
Course of action:-
I. The state governments and unions territories
should install CCTV in strategic positions
which itself would be a deterrent and if
detected, the offender could be caught.
II. Responsibility should be on passer by who
should report the occurence of incidents in
such situations to the nearest police or to the
women’s helpline.
Q.32-36. Read the following information carefully and give
the answer of following questions.
Family members L,M,N,O,P,Q,R and S are sitting
a circular table facing opposite to the centre but
not in same order. Female members of family
are not seated next to each other. There are three
married couples in the family. S is not opposite to
R. O who is not neighbour of P, is grandson of M
who is fifth to the right of R. M is mother – in –
law of Q. L have only female child. S, who is the
sister of L, is not second to the right of R who is
the father of L. M who is fourth to the right of P,
is the wife of R. S is not the neighbour of N who
is husband of L and second to the left of R.
Q.32. What is the position of P with respect to his/her
mother’s sister?
(1) Second to the right (2) Third to the right Q.39. Among P,Q,R,S and T each having a different
(3) Second to the left (4) Third to the left height, who is the shortest?
(5) None of these
Q.33. Who among the following is the father of O?
(1) N (2) R (3) P
(4) Q (5) None of these
Q.34. What is the position of Q with respect to her/his
mother – in- law?
(1) Fourth to the left (2) Third to the right
(3) Fifth to the right (4) Fourth to the right II. ‘Always do this’ is written as ‘ma pa ja’ in
(5) None of these
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Q.35. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
way based on the given information and so form
that group?
(1) Q (2) N
(3) R (4) P
(5) O
Q.36. How many people sit between grandson and
grandfather?
(1) Three (2) Two (3) One
(4) Four (5) None of these
Q.37-40. The questions given below contain two statements
giving certain data. You have to decide whether
the data given in the statements are sufficient for
answering the question ? Mark answer-
(1) If statement I alone is sufficient but statement
II alone is not sufficient.
(2) If statement II alone is sufficient but statement
I alone is not sufficient.
(3) If each statement alone (either I or II) is
sufficient.
(4) If statement I and II together are not sufficient.
(5) If both statement together are sufficient, but
neither statement alone is sufficient.
Q.37. How many sons does P have?
I. B and A are the only sister of R.
II. P is the mother of R.
Q.38. What is the P’s position from the left end of a row
of thirty children?
I. Q is tenth from the right end of the row and
there are five children between Q and P.
II. There are nine children between P and M.
I. Q and R are taller than P and T.
II. S is shorter than P but taller than T.
Q.40. How is ‘Ever’ written in a code language?
I. ‘Ever do this’ is written as ‘Pa da na’ in that
code language and ‘do this again’ is written
as ‘na ka da’ in that code language.
that code language.
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NumeriCal Ability
Q.41-45.In each of the following questions, two equations
are given. You have to solve them and
Give answer (1) If x>y
Give answer (2) If x>y
Give answer (3) If x<y
Give answer (4) If x<y
Give answer (5) If x=y or relationship can not be
established
Q.41. I. 17x + 48x = 9
2
II. 13y = 32y - 12
2
Q.42. I. 18x + 18x + 4 = 0 II. 12y + 29y + 14 = 0
2 2
Q.43. I. 4x + 7y = 209 II. 12x-14y = -38
Q.44. I. x - 227 = 398
4
II. y2 + 321 = 346
Q.45. I. 2x2 + 11x + 14 = 0 II. 4y2 + 12y + 9 = 0
Q.46-50.What value will come in place of question mark
(?) in the number-series given below?
Q.46. 1229 500 ? 32 5 4
(1) 157 (2) 159 (3) 160
(4) 162 (5) None of these
Q.47. 11 20 76 309 1380 ?
(1) 7062 (2) 7125 (3) 7280
(4) 7324 (5) None of these
Q.48. 10 18 ? 196 909 sum?
(1) 62 (2) 48 (3) 46
(4) 63 (5) None of these
Q.49. 64 77 66 73 68
(1) 73 (2) 71 (3) 80
(4) 65 (5) None of these
Q.50. 5 13 30 63 130 ?
(1) 263 (2) 264 (3) 262
(4) 261 (5) None of these
Q.51. The length and breadth of a rectangular plot is 10
cm. and 8 cm. respectively. If the length decreases
by 20% and breadth decreases by 25%, by how
much percent the original area would be decrease?
(1) 30% (2) 45%
(3) 60% (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
Q.52. 10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days.
They started work and after five days 10 women
joined them and the work has finished in next 5
days. In how many days can 25 women finish the
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(1) 4 days (2) 5 days (3) 6 days
(4) 8 days (5) None of these
Q.53. Rohan covered a rectangular field by using 48
pillars. If the difference between two pillars is 5
meters, then find the area of rectangular field?
(1) 4225 m2. (2) 3025 m2.
(3) 3000 m2. (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
2 3
Q.54. A man spends th of his salary in house rent,
5 10
1
th of his salary on food and th of his salary of
8
Education. If he still has `1400 left with him. What
is 25% of his salary?
(1) `2500 (2) `6000 (3) `4000
(4) `8000 (5) None of these
Q.55. Two equal sums of money were invested, one at 4%
1
and the other at 4 % . At the end of 7 years the
2
simple interest received from the latter exceeded
that received from the former by `94.50. Find each
(1) `2700 (2) `3000 (3) `3600
(4) `2500 (5) None of these
? Q.56. A person has to cover a distance of 56 km. in 45
2
minutes. If he cover one-half of the distance in
3
rd of the total time, to cover the remaining distance
in the remaining time, his speed must be -
(1) 88 km./hr. (2) 96 km./hr.
(3) 112 km./hr. (4) 84 km./hr.
(5) None of these
Q.57. In how many different words can be formed from
the letters of the word "MAXIMUM", when all the
'M' are never together?
(1) 840 (2) 720 (3) 120
(4) 5040 (5) None of these
Q.58. 10 years back, the sum of the ages of mother and
her daughter was 45. If the ratio of their present
ages be 9:4, then what is the ratio between their
ages after 5 years?

(1) 5:3 (2) 3:2 (3) 2:1
(4) 4:3 (5) None of these
Q.59. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 20 minutes and 30
minutes respectively. Both the pipes being opened
when the cistern is empty. Find the time when the
first pipe must be turned off, so that the cistern may
be filled in 18 minutes?
(1) 12 minutes (2) 10 minutes
(3) 6 minutes (4) 8 minutes
(5) None of these
Q.60. At what price should a shop-keeper mark an article
that is worth is `1500. Such that he may after a
discount of 25% on marked price still make a profit
of 15%?
(1) `2200 (2) `2300 (3) `2000
(4) `2400 (5) None of these
Q.61-65. What approximate value will come at place of the
question mark (?) in the following question?
Q.61. 3
15619 + 3028 + 16.72%of119.7 = ?2
(1) 17 (2) 25 (3) 7
(4) 10 (5) 14
Q.62. 187.325% of 942-77.11% of 1442 + 49.22% of 42
= ?2
(1) 26 (2) 39 (3) 17
(4) 42 (5) 55
Q.63. 132%of 192 + 154%of312
=?
122 + 292
(1) 1 (2) 5 (3) 3
(4) 8 (5) 12
Q.64. 2415 × 655 ÷ 9600 = ?
(1) 10 (2) 112 (3) 13
(4) 25 (5) 37
Q.65. ?3=137×412-46×33
(1) 38 (2) 53 (3) 41
(4) 27 (5) 19
Q.66-70. In each of the following questions, a question
is followed by three statements. Read all the
statements and find that which statements are
required to answer the question and answer
accordingly.
Q.66. What are the marks obtained by Sushil in Physics?
statement I: Marks obtained in Biology is as much
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more than that in Chemistry as the marks obtained
in Chemistry is more than that in Physics.
statement II:The average marks obtained by
Sushil in Physics, Biology and Chemistry are 65.
statement III: Marks obtained by Sushil in
Biology is 6 more than that obtained in Physics.
(1) Only I and III are sufficient
(2) Only I and II are sufficient
(3) (I or II) and III are sufficient
(4) All three together are not sufficient
(5) None of these
Q.67. What is the capacity of the cylindrical tank?
statement I. Radius of the base is half of its height.
statement II. Area of the base is 462 sq m.
statement III. Height of the cylinder is 14 m.
(1) Any two are sufficient
(2) II and (I or III) are sufficient
(3) Either I or II and III sufficient
(4) All three together are sufficient
(5) None of these
Q.68. A,B,C,D and E are five friends. Their mean age is
18. What is the age of C?
Statement I : A’s age is 18
Statement II : B’s age is 2 years less than E and
E’s age is 6 years less than D.
Statement III : C’s age is 6 years more than B’s
age and 4 years more than E’s age.
(1) Any two are sufficient
(2) Only I and III are sufficient
(3) Only III is sufficient
(4) All three together are sufficient
(5) None of these
Q.69. How much profit did B get at the end of the year in
the business by A, B and C?
I. C invested Rs.5000/- for six months, his profit
was 3/2 times that of B’s and his investment was
three times that of A.
II. A and B invested for two year and in the
proportion of 1:2 respectively.
III. A , B and C together got Rs.700/- as profit at
the end of the year.
(1) Only I is sufficient
(2) Only I and (II or III) are sufficient
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(3) Only II and III are sufficient Q.73. The distance between point P and point Q is 210
(4) All three together are sufficient km. Boat E travels from point P to Q and comes
back. What is the time taken by Boat E to cover the
(5) None of these total distance?
Q.70. In a company there are managers and clerks. The (1) 10 hours (2) 12 hours
total monthly salary of the employees is Rs3.5
Lakh. What is the total number of employees in (3) 12.5 hours (4) 14 hours
that company? (5) 15 hours
I. The ratio of the no. of managers to that of clerks Q.74. The ratio of the speeds of the Boat B to the Boat F
in the company is 3 : 2. in still water is 4 : 5. If the Boat F travels 126 km
II. The total monthly salary of all the managers is distance downstream and 81 km distance upstream
35% more than that of clerks. in 7 hours 30 minutes, What is the speed of stream
of Boat F?
III. 25% of the clerks’ monthly salary is Rs 26,000.
(1) 12 Km/hr. (2) 14 Km/hr.
(1) I and (II or III) are sufficient
(3) 15 Km/hr. (4) 10 Km/hr.
(2) All three together are not sufficient
(5) None of these
(3) Either I or II and III sufficient
Q.75. The speed of Boat B and D in still water together
(4) All three together are sufficient is approximately how much percentage more than
(5) None of these the speed of stream of the same boats together?
Q.71-75. Study the data carefully and answer the question (1) 125% (2) 80% (3) 150%
given below. (4) 190% (5) 170%
The table shows the distance travelled by five Q.76-80. In the given pie-charts the distribution of passed
different boats upstream and downstream in same students from six different states during the year
time and the speed of stream 2015 and 2016 is given.
Boat Upstream Downstream Speed of stream In the line graph the percentage of boys passed in
distance distance year 2015 and the percentage of girls passed in
2016 is shown. Answer the following questions
A 96 288 12
based on these graphs.
B 120 240 8
C 100 220 15
D 150 350 10
E 180 540 20
Q.71. Find the ratio of the speed of Boats A and B
together in still water to the speed of Boats D and
E together in still water.
(1) 23:25 (2) 34:41 (3) 48:65
(4) 13:17 (5) None of these
Q.72. If the speed of Boat C in still water is increased by
10% and the speed of stream is increased by 20%,
Find the time taken by Boat C to cover the distance
of 91 km upstream.
(1) 2.5 hours (2) 3 hours (3) 4.5 hours
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Q.76. What is the difference between the number of male
students passed in year 2016 and that of female
students passed in the same year?
(1) 1580 (2) 1630 (3) 1498
(4) 1760 (5) None of these
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Q.77. What is the number of male students passed in
year 2016 from Manipur?
(1) 11520 (2) 12340 (3)10890
(4) 11620 (5) None of these
Q.78. What is the total number of females passed in
2015 from all states?
(1) 30800 (2) 32330
(3) 31450 (4) 31290
(5) None of these
Q.79. What is the number of female students passed in
2015 from Gujarat?
(1) 3600 (2) 4800
(3) 5000 (4) 4200
(5) None of these
Q.80. Number of boys passed from Jharkhand in 2015
is what percentage of the number of boys passed
from Gujarat in year 2016?
(1) 112.5% (2) 125% (3) 120%
(4) 91% (5) 110%
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General Awareness
Q.81. The ability of the company’s long term assets to (3) Ganpati Dham Temple
meet its long term liabilities is called the ______. (4) Ramanujacharya
(1) Solvency ratio (2) Liquidity ratio (5) Sai Baba Statue
(3) Monetary ratio (4) Leverage ratio Q.87. Who is President of International Committee of the
(5) None of these Red Cros?
Q.82. Which two countries have reopened a maritime (1) Jin Liqun (2) Jim Yong Kim
communication channel with vessels from the two (3) Christine Lagarde (4) Takehiko Nakao
countries making radio contact for the first time in
a decade? (5) Peter Maurer
(1) North Korea and USA Q.88. Aadhaar is issued by the ­________ to a resident of
India?
(2) North and South Wales
(1) Election Commission of India
(3) North and South Korea
(2) Unique Identification Authority of India
(4) China and Japan
(3) Income Tax Department of India
(5) None of these
(4) Enforcement Directorate
Q.83. The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) has recommended
whose name as an MD in SBI? (5) None of these
(1) Nitin Garg Q.89. Who has been appointed as the CEO of the
Democratic National Committee (DNC) in the
(2) Shashank Singh US?
(3) Yambem Jyotin Kumar (1) Dalip Saund (2) Bobby Jindal
(4) Anshula Kant (3) Seema Nanda (4) Pramila Jayapal
(5) None of these (5) Ro Khanna
Q.84. The Indian PSLV launcher has bagged its first Q.90. Which of the following is not a Money Market
order from which company? instrument?
(1) Fleet Space Technologies (1) Treasury bill
(2) DRDO (2) Negotiable Certificate of Deposit
(3) NASA (3) Commercial Paper
(4) Russian Space Agency (4) Treasury Bond
(5) None of these (5) Repo Rate
Q.85. Which country’s firm has launched an official Q.91. Which of the given doesn’t comes under the
website for a project to tow icebergs from foreign exchange reserves of India?
Antarctica to its coasts during the first quarter of
2020? (1) Gold Reserves
(1) United Arab Emirates (2) Special Drawing Rights
(2) Russia (3) Foreign Direct Investments
(3) China (4) All of these
(4) Australia (5) None of these
(5) None of these Q.92. Which of the following is the monetary units of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Q.86. Whose statue is set to become the world’s second
tallest statue of a seated figure? (1) Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)
(1) Chinmaya Ganadhish (2) Global Depositary Receipts (GDR)
(2) Lord Shiva (3) Special Drawing Rights (SDR)

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(4) Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
(5) None of these
Q.93. An Increase in Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by
Reserve Bank of India leads to -----
(1) Decrease in deposit
(2) Increase in deposit
(3) Decrease in lendable resources
(4) Increase in lendable resources
(5) None of these
Q.94. What is meant by development oriented banking?
(1) Infrastructure Financing
(2) Taking up task of development of the economy
by providing support to underprivileged sections
of the society.
(3) Extending loans to states which are underdeveloped
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
Q.95. What is the principal function of SIDBI?
(1) Finance of SSI (2) Development of SSI
(3) Promote of SSI (4) All of the above
(5) None of these
Q.96. Which of the following is provided by the Reserve
Bank of India for meeting day-to-day receipt and
expenditure mismatch to both central and state
governments?
(1) Treasury Bills
(2) Date and securities
(3) Ways and means advance
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
Q.97. Which country is the largest producer of
Greenhouse gases in the world?
(1) USA (2) China (3) Australia
(4) India (5) None of these
Q.98. Reserve Bank of India known as lender of last
resort because______.
(1) It has to meet the credit need of citizens to whom
no one else is willing to lend
(2) It comes to help banks in times of crisis
(3) Banks lend to go to RBI as a last resort
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
Poetess and winner of Kerala Sahitiya Akademi award, B Sujatha Devi, has passed away
recently. She was 72.
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Q.99. Purchasing Power Parity theory is related with
_______.
(1) interest rate (2) Bank Rate
(3) wage rate (4) exchange rate
(5) None of these
Q.100. India has moved up to ______ place in terms of
money parked by its citizens and companies with
Swiss Banks.
(1) 79th (2) 71st (3) 73rd
(4) 78th (5) 75th
Q.101. Which Country has won the 37th edition of
the Champions Trophy Hockey 2018 in Breda,
Netherlands?
(1) Australia (2) India (3) Belgium
(4) Pakistan (5) Argentina
Q.102. Which District has been ranked first among 108
“Aspirational Districts” by the NITI Aayog on the
basis of incremental development?
(1) Begusarai (2) Dahod (3) Kupwara
(4) West Sikkim (5) Firozabad
Q.103. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will
invest $__________Million in India’s National
Investment and Infrastructure Fund.
(1) 400 Million (2) 300 Million (3) 200 Million
(4) 250 Million (5) 350 Million
Q.104. India and _______signed six agreements in several
fields including education, cyber security, and
cultural exchange.
(1) Seychelles (2) Chile (3) Finland
(4) Canada (5) Sweden
Q.105. In which event has Deepika Kumari won Gold
medal in the Salt Lake World Cup in USA?
(1) Disc Throw (2) Archery (3) Shot Put
(4) Squash (5) Cricket
Q.106. India and _________have signed two MOUs in
the field of biotechnology, traditional medicine and
homoeopathy.
(1) Greece (2) Suriname (3) Cuba
(4) Angola (5) Macedonia
Q.107. Kim Jong-pil has passed away recently. He was
Former Prime Minister of which country?
(1) Cambodia (2) Namibia (3) Japan
(4) South Korea (5) Colombia
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Q.108. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director Q.114. BCSBI was recommended by which committee?
of State Bank of India?
(1) Bimal Jalan (2) Khan Committee
(1) N.S.Vishwanathan (2) Viral V. Acharya
(3) Narsimhan (4) Soma Verma
(3) B. P. Kanungo (4) Arijit Basu
(5) S.S.Tarapore
(5) M. K. Jain
Q.115. A note which is dirty is known as-
Q.109. World Bank has agreed to sanction `_______ for
the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Reforms Project (1) Soiled (2) Mutilated (3) Stale
(TNHSRP).
(4) Garbage (5) None of these
(1) 2,785 Crore (2) 2,685 Crore
Q.116. Under the MSF facility, the eligible entities can
(3) 2,885 Crore (4) 2,985 Crore avail overnight loan, up to ____ of their respective
(5) 2,185 Crore NDTL.
Q.110. Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial (1) 1% (2) 2% (3) 3%
Officer (CFO) of Bharti Infratel?
(4) 4% (5) 5%
(1) S Balasubramanian
Q.117. Coins were defined under which section of Coinage
(2) Pankaj Miglani
Act 2011?
(3) Rakesh Kumar
(1) Section 15 (2) Section 3 (3) Section 12
(4) Sooraj Pal
(4) Section 6 (5) Section 9
(5) Rajeev Singh
Q.111. Which Country’s aviation sector has been removed Q.118. Kisan Credit Card was introduced in which year?
from the Significant Safety Concern (SSC) list by (1) Mar-98 (2) 12-Apr (3) May-98
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)?
(4) Aug-98 (5) 15-Jun
(1) Nepal (2) India (3) Bhutan
Q.119. In which year No frills a/c was renamed as
(4) Sri Lanka (5) Maldives
BSBDA?
Q.112. Expand the term RTGS.
(1) 5-Jun (2) 5-Jul (3) 5-Jul
(1) Real Time Gross Settlement
(4) 5-Jul (5) 5-Jul
(2) Run Time Grant Settlement
Q.120. In context with IPO Grading, What does IPO
(3) Run Time Gross Solution
Grade 1 defines?
(4) Read Time Gross Settlement
(1) Poor fundamentals
(5) Read Time Gross Solution
(2) Below-Average fundamentals
Q.113. Banking Ombudsman defined under which section
of Banking Regulation Act 1949? (3) Average fundamentals
(1) Section 32 B (2) Section 33 B (4) Above - average fundamentals
(3) Section 33 A (4) Section 35 A (5) Strong fundamentals
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English Language
Q.121-125.In each of the following questions, two
sentences (A) and (B) are given. Each sentence has
blank in it. Five words (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) are
suggested. Out of these, only one fits at both the
places in context of each sentence. Number of that
word is the answer----
Q.121. (A) The whole village was ________.
(B) It was autumn and the trees were ____with colour.
(1) affected (2) silent (3) aflame
(4) loaded (5) divided
Q.122. (A) Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre
have further ______ the problem of traffic
congestion.
(B) The treatment only _________ the condition.
(1) solved (2) directed (3) brought
(4) proclaimed (5) aggravated
Q.123. (A) I don’t travel much by __________.
(B) The interview with the President will ________
tomorrow morning.
(1) train (2) air (3) foot (2)
(4) broadcast (5) telecast
Q.124. (A) He left and I missed my _______ to say goodbye
to him.
(B) There’s a _________ of injury in almost any
sport.
(1) opportunity (2) vacation (3) chance (1)
(4) risk (5) likelihood
Q.125. (A) They have _________ themselves as dedicated
social workers.
(B) I think grey hair on a man can look very
_________.
(1) distinguished (2) distinct (3) desirable
(4) attractive (5) flourishing (1) (2)
Q.126-130. In each question below a sentence with four
words printed in bold type is given. These are
numbered (1),(2),(3) and (4) . One of these four
words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt
or inappropriate in context of the sentence. Find out
the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate if
any. The number of that word is your answer. If all
the words printed in bold are correctly spelt & also
appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (5)
"All correct" as your answer.
Q.126. More than the multiple demands for Statehood in
(1)
US Scientists in the University of Michigan have developed the world's smallest computer.
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Assam, it is the insistence on closed, ethnically
(2) (3)
homogenous and exclusive units that gives cause
(4)
for concern. All correct.
(5)
Q.127. Every time there is talk of extend the powers of an
(1)
autonomous council, other communities,
(2) (3)
especially those who can never claim a council of
(4)
their own, are quick to protest. All correct.
(5)
Q.128. On the government’s part, it would be more judicious
(1)
to initiate dialogue with activists, rather than
(3)
set them on a path of confruntation that might
(4)
lead to more violence in the near future.All correct.
(5)
Q.129. The massive spread of electronic media and
telicommunications throughout the country and the
(2)
rapid urbanisation is underway. All correct.
(3) (4) (5)
Q.130. Discrimination against and antagonism to Dalits is
rampent in the Hindi and other language media.
(3) (4)
All correct.
(5)
Q.131-140.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.
Drinking four cups of coffee a day may endanger
(131) in under-55s, a large study on over 40,000
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individuals has (132). Scientists have found a
greater than 50% increased mortality (133) in
both men and women younger than 55 years
of age who (134) more than 28 cups of coffee a
week. The study of more than 40,000 individuals
suggests that younger (135) in particular may need
to avoid (136) coffee consumption. A multicentre
research team investigated the (137) of coffee
consumption on death from all causes and deaths
from cardiovascular disease in the Aerobics
Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS) cohort, with
an average follow-up period of 16 years and a
relatively large sample size of over 40,000 men
and women. Between 1979 and 1998, nearly
45,000 individuals (138) between 20 and 87 years
old participated and returned a medical history
questionnaire (139) lifestyle habits (including
coffee consumption) and personal and family
medical history. The investigators examined a
total of 43,727 participants (33,900 men and 9,827
women) in their final (140). During the 17-year
median follow-up period there were 2,512 deaths
(men: 87.5%; women: 12.5%), 32% of these
caused by cardiovascular disease.
Q.131. (1) environment (2) lungs (3) health
(4) species (5) nation
Q.132. (1) claimed (2) predicted (3) assume
(4) produced (5) fostered
Q.133. (1) provision (2) risk (3) yield the years, farmers’ margins of profits have been
(4) rated (5) terror
Q.134. (1) drank (2) ate (3) swallowed
(4) maintain (5) produced
Q.135. (1) child (2) parents (3) people
(4) ages (5) girls
Q.136. (1) lowest (2) large (3) variety
(4) free (5) heavy
Q.137. (1) affect (2) effect (3) end
(4) issuance (5) start
Q.138. (1) aged (2) skilled (3) valued
(4) created (5) ranged
Q.139. (1) trapping (2) tempting (3) liquidating
(4) manipulating (5) assessing
Q.140. (1) loop (2) division (3) petition
(4) analysis (5) scrutiny
Q.141-150.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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Asian
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Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Agriculture has always been celebrated’as the
primary sector in India. Thanks to the Green
Revolution, India is now self-sufficient in food
production. Indian agriculture has been making
technological advancement as well. Does that
mean everything is looking bright for Indian
agriculture? A superficial analysis of the above
points would tempt one to say yes, but the truth
is far from it. The reality is that Indian farmers
have to face extreme poverty and financial crisis,
which is driving them to suicides. What are the
grave adversities that drive the farmers to commit
suicide, at a time when Indian economy is supposed
to be gearing up to take on the world ?
Indian agriculture is predominantly dependant
on nature. Irrigation facilities that are currently
available, do not cover the entire cultivable land.
If the farmers are at the mercy of monsoons for
timely water for their crops, they are at the mercy
of the government for alternative irrigation
facilities. Any failure of nature, directly affects
the fortunes of the farmers. Secondly, Indian
agriculture is largely an unorganised sector, there
is no systematic planning in cultivation, farmers
work on lands of uneconomical sizes, institutional
finances are not available and minimum purchase
prices of the government do not in reality reach
the poorest farmer. Added to this, the cost of
agricultural inputs have been steadily rising over
narrowing because the price rise in inputs is not
complemented by an increase in the purchase price
of the agricultural produce. Even today, in several
parts of the country, agriculture is a seasonal
occupation. In many districts, farmers get only
one crop per year and for the remaining part of the
year, they find it difficult to make both ends meet.
The farmers normally resort to borrowing from money
lenders, in the absence of institutionalised finance.
Where institutional finance is available, the ordinary
farmer does not have a chance of availing it because
of the “procedures” involved in disbursing the finance.
This calls for removing the elaborate formalities for
obtaining the loans., The institutional finance, where
available is mostly availed by the medium or large
land owners, the small farmers do not even have the
awareness of the,existence of such facilities. The
moneylender is the only source of finance to the
farmers. Should the crops fail, the farmers fall into a
debt trap and crop failures piled up over the years give
them no other option than ending their lives.
Another disturbing trend has been observed
where farmers commit suicide or deliberately

kill a family member in order to avail relief and
benefits announced by the government to support
the families of those who have committed suicide
so that their families could at least benefit from the
government’s relief programmes. What then needs
to be done to prevent this sad state of affairs There
cannot be one single solution to end the woes of
farmers.
Temporary measures through monetary relief
would not be the solution. The governmental efforts
should be targeted at improving the entire structure
of the small farmers wherein the relief is not given
on a drought to drought basis, rather they are
taught to overcome their difficulties through their
own skills and capabilities. Social responsibility
also goes a long way to help the farmers. General
public, NGOs, Corporates and other organisations
too can play a part in helping farmers by adopting
drought affected villages and families and helping
them to rehabilitate.
The nation has to realise that farmers’ suicides are
not minor issues happening in remote parts of a
few states, it is a reflection of the true state of the
basis of our economy.
Q.141. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE in
context of the passage?
(1) In several parts of the country agriculture is still
a seasonal occupation.
(2) The institutional finance is always availed by
small farmers only.
(3) According to the passage, there is only one
solution to the problems of all the farmers.
(4) The farmer’s suicides is a minor issue which
could be dealt with some important measure by
the government.
(5) All of the above
Q.142. What is the author’s main objective in writing the
passage?
(1) Criticizing the policy of providing relief
packages to the family of farmers who commit
suicide.
(2) To appeal to the non-institutional moneylenders
for providing loans to farmers in a hassle free
manner
(3) To applaud the dauntless spirit of the farmers.
(4) None of the above
(5) All of the above
Q.143. What reasons has the author mentioned for farmer’s
suicide in the passage?
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(A) Farmers are at the mercy of nature.
(B) The minimum purchase price of government do
not reach the poorest fo farmers in reality.
(C) The farmers’ margin of profit has been narrowing
in the recent years.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only A and B (4) Only B and C
(5) All A, B and C
Q.144. Why do farmers’ deliberately commit suicide
according to the passage?
(1) So that the profits from the crop could be
distributed amongst their family.
(2) So that the farmers is rescued from the debts.
(3) So that the farmers’ family members could avail
the benefits announced by the government.
(4) So that they do not have to work when they
derive no financial assistance out of it.
(5) All of the above
Q.145. What does the author mean by “procedures” when
he says that ‘farmers do not get chance of availing
institutional finance because of procedures
involved in it’?
(1) H e refers to the government guidelines of
disbursing finance only to medium and large
land owners.
(2) Refers to the strict government rule of providing
loans to only such farmers who can guarantee a
default free tenure.
(3) The formalities to avail these facilities are
enormous and too difficult for an ordinary
farmer to understand.
(4) Refers to the danger the farmers must face from
the local moneylenders if they availed the loan
from government instead.
(5) Refers to only the small farmers who are getting
loans from the government free of cost.
Q.146. Which of the following statements is FALSE in
context of the passage?
(1) Many farmers struggle to sustain themselves
after reaping one crop in a year.
(2) The government has relieved the farmers from
any elaborate formalities while availing loans.
(3) India was made self-sufficient in food production
because of green revolution.
(4) Some farmers commit suicide in order to avail
relief package from the government.
(5) All except 2
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Q.147. What measures has the author suggested to help
farmers and prevent them from taking extreme
measures?
(A) To improve the entire structure of loans given
to the farmers.
(B) The farmers are taught to deal with difficulties
through their own talents and skills.
(C) Farmers to be given amount to pay for their
agricultural inputs so that the profit margin for
them is good.
(1) Only A (2) Only A and B
(3) Only B (4) Only B and C
(5) Only C
Q.148. Choose the word similar to the word ‘bright’ as
used in the passage.
(1) Glowing (2) Dazzling (3) Dull (1) D (2) C (3) F
(4) Radiant (5) Promising
Q.149. Choose the word opposite to the word ‘superficial’
as used in the passage.
(1) Careless (2) Profound (3) Extreme (1) B (2) C (3) F
(4) Articulate (5) Fatal
Q.150. What are the adversities faced by the Indian
farmers according to the passage?
(1) Lack of adequate irrigation facilities
(2) Ownership of only a small piece of land by a majority
of farmers, which fails to generate any profit
(3) Lack of financial help to the farmers
(4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
Q.151-155.Rearrange the following sentences (A),(B),(C),
(D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions
given below them.
(A) It’s high time the law is amended to put a
stop to illegal trade in all endangered species,
irrespective of their origin.
(B) Though once in a while action is taken against
those who breed and sell exotic species but it
doesn’t seem to deter traders.
(C) In such cases, the onus is on state governments
to keep tabs on sale of endangered species. But
their
(D) role is restricted to ensuring that the traders have
proper licences and the animals and birds are
disease-free.
(E) only species that are endemic to India. Birds
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and animals that are imported do not have any
kind of protection.
(F) The thriving illegal trade of endangered species
on the web points to loopholes in the Wildlife
Act, 1972. The Act covers
Q.151. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence
after rearrangement?
(1) B (2) C (3) F
(4) A (5) E
Q.152. Which of the following will be the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?
(1) B (2) C (3) F
(4) A (5) E
Q.153. Which of the following will be the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(4) A (5) E
Q.154. Which of the following will be the SIXTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(4) A (5) E
Q.155. Which of the following will be the SECOND
sentence after rearrangement?
(1) B (2) C (3) F
(4) A (5) E
Q.156-160.Read each part of the sentence to find out if
there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in
one part of the sentence. The number of that part is
the answer. If there is no error, mark your answer
as (5).
Q.156. Anybody who thinks (1)/ that the growth of English
(2)/ has been a bane for India (3)/ is seriously out
of touch with reality. (4)/ No error (5).
Q.157. English represents, for (1)/ most Indians, the
language (2)/ of opportune, while their (3)/ mother
tongue is often the language of expression. (4)/ No
error (5).
Q.158. The negative approach to (1)/ the state government
for (2)/ any progressive project will (3)/ shatter the
economy in the long run. (4)/ No error (5).
Q.159. When we Indians (1)/ drive, we are in such (2)/ a
tearing hurry to get to our (3)/ destination that we
ignore all traffic rules (4)/. No error (5)
Q.160. All groups, regardless (1)/ with their immediate
differences (2)/, have an equal stake in (3)/
bringing about prosperity (4)/. No error (5)

Computer Knowledge
Q.161. Linux is a type of ............ software
(1) Shareware (2) Commercial (3) Proprietary
(4) Open Source (5) Hidden type
Q.162. Video processors consist of……….and……….,
which store and process images.
(1) CPU and VGA (2) CPU and memory
(3) VGA and memory (4) VGI and DVI Q.169. The ______ tells the computer how to use its
(5) None of these
Q.163. Which of the following are the functions of a
operating system?
(1) Allocates resources
(2) Monitors Activities
(3) Manages disks and files
(4) All of the above
(5) Only 1 and 2
Q.164. EDSAC stands for----------.
(1) Electronic Delay Storage Advanced Computer
(2) Electronic Data Storage Automatic Computer
(3) Electronic Delay Strong Automatic Computer
(4) Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
(5) None of these
Q.165. In word, replace option is available on ......
(1) File Menu (2) View Menu
(3) Edit Menu (4) Format Menu
(5) None of these
Q.166. When we run a program in HTML coding _____ is
used as backend and ____ works as front-end.
(1) Notepad - Internet-Explorer Q.174. A common boundary between two systems is
(2) Notepad - Msn-messenger
(3) MS-Word - Internet Explorer
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(5) None of these
Q.167. What is the ultimate purpose of Defragmentation ?
(1) Make the PC faster (1) OMR (2) Punch card reader
(2) Create more free space in hard disk
(3) Delete temporary files (5) None of these
(4) Reduce power consumption
(5) All of the above
Q.168. Device drivers are -------------.
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(1) time power cords for external storage devices
(2) experts who know to maximise the performance
of device
(3) small, special purpose programs
(4) the innermost part of the operating system
(5) None of these
components.
(1) utility (2) network
(3) operating system (4) application program
(5) None of these
Q.170. The ______ key will launch the start buttons.
(1) esc (2) shift (3) windows
(4) shortcut (5) None of these
Q.171. Data moves through the network in a structure is
called __________.
(1) packets (2) payload (3) data grams
(4) tokens (5) None of these
Q.172. The operation of subnet is controlled by _ _ _ _ _ _
(1) Network Layer (2) Data Link Layer
(3) Data Layer (4) Transport Layer
(5) None of these
Q.173. Which access method is used for obtaining a record
from a cassette tape?
(1) Direct (2) Sequential
(3) Random (4) All of the above
(5) None of these
called——-
(1) Interdiction (2) Interface
(3) Surface (4) All of the above
(5) None of these
Q.175. An optical input device that interprets pencil marks
on paper media is
(3) Optical scanner (4) Magnetic tape
Q.176. When you are selecting a mouse for a particular
computer system, what is the most important
consideration?
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(1) The type of drivers that come with the mouse
(2) The length of the mouse cord
(3) The type of connector the mouse is equipped
with
(4) The number of buttons the mouse has
(5) None of these
Q.177. How is power supplied to a low-power USB
device?
(1) Through a power cable (4) None of the above
(2) From an external power supply
(3) Directly from the computers power supply
(4) Through the USB cable
(5) None of these
Q.178. A document created in a word processing program
or a budget created in a spreadsheet is both
examples of documents created in:
(1) Application software Q.185. Cache memory is–
(2) System software (1) Smaller and faster than main storage
(3) An operating system.
(4) A Windows platform
(5) None of these
Q.179. What do you need to have for browsing internet?
(1) Internet Account with an ISP Q.186. The overall design, construction, organization and
(2) Telephone Line
(3) Computer with modem
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
Q.180. Which of the following is a function of UPS?
(1) It limits damage caused by fluctuating levels of
electricity
(2) It provides battery backup for limited time
(3) It delivers electronic messages via a bus
(4) It conducts a power-on self test or POST
(5) None of these
Q.181. ...... is a process of sending documents to a storage
where they are temporarily stored and remain there
until printer prints them.
(1) Printing (2) Queuing
(3) Waiting Queue (4) Print Spooling
(5) None of these
Q.182. In which kind of disk does the read/write head
physically touches the surface?
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(1) Hard Disk (2) Compact Disk
(3) Floppy Disk (4) all of the above
(5) None of these
Q.183. What is the correct syntax for typing a function
into a cell?
(1) Equal sign, Function Name, Matching brackets
(2) Function Name, Equal sign, Matching brackets
(3) Equal sign, Matching brackets, Function Name
(5) None of these
Q.184. If you see a small red triangle in the top right corner
of a cell, it means there is something attached to
the cell. What is it?
(1) A comment (2) An attachment
(3) An error (4) None of the above
(5) None of these
(2) Bigger and slower than main storage
(3) Smaller but slower than main memory
(4) Bigger and faster than main memory
(5) None of these
interconnecting of the various components of a
computer system is referred as ______.
(1) Computer Architecture
(2) Computer Flowchart
(3) Computer Algorithm
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
Q.187. BIOS are responsible for __________.
(1) Handling the particulars of input/output
operations
(2) Output operations
(3) Input operations
(4) Storage operations
(5) CPU operations
Q.188. BISYNC is an abbreviation for __________.
(1) Binary Input/Binary Output
(2) Binary synchronous
(3) Binary digit
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(4) All of the above Q.194. The........... Settings are automatic and standard.
(5) None of these (1) Default (2) CPU
Q.189. An E-mail protocol for storage, management and (3) Peripheral (4) User-friendly
change, especially in corporate offices _______. (5) None of these
(1) Message handling service Q.195. Pop-ups are a form of ________on the World Wide
(2) Postal service‘s Web?
(3) Data storage (1) Instant Messaging (2) Search Engines
(4) All of the above (3) Browsers (4) Mark-up Languages
(5) None of these (5) Online Advertising
Q.190. Password is ________. Q.196. Which of the following is true about Operating
(1) Code by which a user gains access to a computer System?
system (1) It is an interface between user and the computer.
(2) Pass for viewing movie (2) It manages all resources
(3) Entrance without paying something (3) It does all Memory management and Process
(4) All of the above management tasks

(5) None of these (4) All are true

Q.191. The technique where digital signals are converted (5) None of these
to its analog form for transmission over an analog Q.197. All formula in Excel start with _________.
facility is called _______. (1) % (2) + (3) =
(1) Modulation (2) Digitization (4) – (5) None of the above
(3) Multiprocessing (4) All of the above Q.198. Which of the following displays the contents of the
(5) None of these active cell?
Q.192. Narrowband channel is a communication channels (1) Active cell (2) Formula bar (3) Menu bar
______. (4) Name box (5) None of the above
(1) That handles low volumes of data Q.199. Tab scrolling buttons ________.
(2) Used mainly for telegraph lines and low speed (1) Allow you to view a different worksheet
terminals
(2) Allow you to view additional worksheet row
(3) Both (1) and (2) down
(4) That handles high volumes of data (3) Allow you to view additional worksheet
(5) None of these columns to the right
Q.193.  MIME is an acronym for  ________. (4) Allow you to view additional sheet tabs
(1) Multiprogramming Internet Mail Extension (5) None of the above
(2) Multicasting Internet Mail Extension Q.200. What is the keyboard shortcut for creating a chart
(3) Multiple Internet Mail Extension from the selected cells?

(4) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (1) F3 (2) F5 (3) F7

(5) None of these (4) F11 (5) None of the above

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EXPLANATION/ Reasoning Ability
Q.1.(3) Step II 18 task bear cold dish 81 63 31 Q.13.(2)
Step III 18 task 31 bear cold dish 81 63 Q.14.(4)
Step IV 18 task 31 dish bear cold 81 63 Q.15-16.
Step V 18 task 31 dish 63 bear cold 81
Player
Step VI 18 task 31 dish 63 cold bear 81
Step VII 18 task 31 dish 63 cold 81 bear Play Customer x Movie

Q.2.(3) Input: 72 59 36 got for picnic 24 journey Seller

Step I 24 72 59 36 got for picnic journey

Step II 24 picnic 72 59 36 got for journey
Q.15.(5)
Step III 24 picnic 36 72 59 got for journey
Q.16.(2)
Step IV 24 picnic 36 journey 72 59 got for
Step V 24 picnic 36 journey 59 72 got for Q.17-19.
(+)
Step VI 24 picnic 36 journey 59 got 72 for Sonu blood group 'AB'
Q.3.(1) Input: nice flower 34 12 costly height 41 56.
Son
Step I 12 nice flower 34 costly height 41 56. (+)
(+) Brother
Step II 12 nice 34 flower costly height 41 56 blood group 'A' Ram Monu blood group 'A'
Step III 12 nice 34 height flower costly 41 56
Q.4.(2) Step III 16 victory 19 36 53 store lake town Daughter Daughter
Step IV 16 victory 19 town 36 53 store lake
(–)
Step V 16 victory 19 town 36 store 53 lake blood group 'O' Anu
Q.5.(4) Can not be determined
(+) denotes male
Q.6-10. Friend Shift Off day
(-) denotes female
Pari II Tuesday
Queen I Monday Q.17.(4)
Raj II Wednesday Q.18.(3)
Sainik I Sunday Q.19.(5) Monu’s blood group is ‘A’ type
Tom III Friday Q.20-24. Member Occupation
Vyas III Thursday Lily Architect/Peon/Artist
White I Saturday Mercy Diamond Seller
Q.6.(3) Saturday Neo House-Wife
Q.7.(4) Wednesday Robert Architect/Peon/Artist
Q.8.(1) Raj, Pari Pascal Architect/Peon/Artist
Q.9.(4) Monday John Dentist
Q.10.(3) Queen, white, Sanike Kiti Accountant
Q.11-12. (–) (+)
Wife
Robert John
x x Father
Air Water Dust Flame Land (+) (–)
Brother (+)
------Kiti Mercy--------Lily
Lily (–)
Uncle Father
Q.11.(1)
(–) (+)
Q.12.(5) Wife
Neo Pascal
Q.13-14.
(+) denotes male
(-) denotes female
Leaf Tree Stem x Flower Fruit Q.20.(4) Cannot be determined
Q.21.(3) Pascal
Q.22.(2) John, Mercy, Kiti and Pascal

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Q.23.(5) House wife Q.32-36.
Q.24.(2) Artist Q+
-
P
Q.25.(1) The passage says that the man was run down by S-
a car. It is definite that when a man is run down
R+ O+
by a car, he is extremely likely to die. Hence, the
inference is definitely true. L-
M-
Q.26.(4) The passage talks of accident and holds the poor N+
state of street-lighting responsible for this state.
Naturally then, we would expect that an inference M- Husband/Wife
R+
will be true if it says that proper illumination will Daughter

aw

Grand son
Daughter
reduce the number of accidents, but it says ‘not a

-in-l
Sister
S-
single’ accident will occur. If lights were the only L- N+

Son
Husband/Wife
solution, then not a single accidnet would occur Son
during day time. The inference is probably false. Q+ O+ Daughter
-
Q.27.(1) There is impact on Italy-India relation because P
Husband/Wife
Italy has reneged in the commitment to the Q.32.(3)
supreme court. So, only I is implicit. Q.33.(4) Q
Q.28.(5) In Supreme Court direction both I and II Q.34.(3) Fifth to the right
assumptions implicit. Q.35.(4) Only P is a female member.
Q.29.(1) Some banks appointed account and audit firm to Q.36.(1) Three
carry out on enquiry because same bank's were Q.37.(4)
accused of money laundering by an online news Q.38.(4)
portal. Therefore only assumption I is implicit. Q.39.(5) Q,R > P > S > T
Q.30.(1) Only course of action I follows. Q.40.(1) Ever - Pa
Q.31.(5) Both I and II course of action are necessary to curb Ever do this ----- Pa da na
atrocity against women's and girls at public place. do this again ------ na ka da

EXPLANATION/ Numerical Ability

Q.41.(1) I. 17x +51x - 3x - 9 = 0, 17(x+3) -3(x+3) = 0
2
Q.44.(2) I. x4 = 625, x = 5
3 II. y2 = 25, y = +5, x > y
x= , −3
17 Q.45.(2) I. 2x2 +4x +7x +14 = 0, 2x(x+2) +7(x+2) = 0
II. 13y2 - 32y + 12 = 0, 13y2 -26y - 6y + 12 = 0 7
x = − , −2
2
6
13y(y-2) -6(y-2) = 0, y = ,2
II. 4y2 +6y + 6y + 9 = 0, 2y (2y+3) +3(2y+3) = 0
13
x<y 3
y=− , x<y
Q.42.(1) I. 9x2 +6x + 3x +2 = 0, 3x(3x+2) +1(3x+2) = 0 2
1 2
x = − ,− Q.46.(1) -93, -73,-53,-33,-13
3 3
Q.47.(2) ×1+32,×2+62,×3+92,×4+122,×5+152
II. 12y2 + 29y + 14 = 0, 12y2 + 8y + 21y + 14 = 0
Q.48.(5) ×1+23,×2+23,×3+43,×4+53
7 2
4y(3y+2) +7(3y+2) = 0, y = − , − Q.49.(2) +13,-11, +7, -5, +3
4 3
x>y Q.50.(1) +8 +17 +33 +67 +133
Q.43.(5) From eq. (I) and (II) ×2+1 ×2-1 ×2+1 ×2-1
x = 19, y = 19, ∴ x = y

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Q.51.(5) Original Area = 10 × 8= 80 cm2 7! 5!× 3!
Q.57.(2) Required Arrangement = − = 840 - 120
80 3! 3!
New length = 10 × = 8 cm
100
= 720
Q.58.(3) Total Present Age (M+D) = (45 + 20)= 65 years
75
New breadth = 8 × = 6 cm 9
100 Mother's age= × 65 = 45 years
13
New Area = 8 × 6= 48 cm2

Area decrease in % =
80 − 48
× 100 =
32
× 100 = 40% Daughter's age = 4 × 65 = 20 years
80 80 13
Ratio after 5 years = (45 +5) : (20+5)= 50 : 25
Trick : - 20 - 25 + ( −20)( −25) = - 40 =2:1
100
Q.59.(4) Total work = 60
= 40% (Decrease)
Q.52.(3) M1 d1 = M2 d2 20 30
10 M × 15 = (10M × 5) + (10M+10W) × 5 I II
3 2
150 M = 50 M + 50 M + 50W, 50 M = 50 W
Work by IInd pipe in 18 minutes = 18×2= 36
1M = 1W [10 M = 10W), Again, M1 d1 = M2 d2
Rest work = 60 – 36 = 24
10 w × 15 = 25w × d2, d2 = 6 days
Q.53.(4) Can't be determined Time (Ist pipe) = 24 = 8 minutes
3
 2 3 1  16 + 12 + 5 
Q.54.(5) Rest = 1 −  5 + 10 + 8  = 1 −  40

Q.60.(2) Marked price = 1500 × 115 = ` 2300
75
7 7 Q.61.(4) 25 + 55 + 20 = 100 = 102
= 40 , ∴⇒ = 1400
40 Q.62.(1) 1766 - 1111 + 21 = 676 = 262

Q.63.(1) 253.44 + 480.48 = 733.92 ≈ 0.75

1400 985 985
Salary = × 40 = 8000
7
1
25% of salary = 8000 × 25 = Rs. 2000 49 × 26 × =?
Q.64.(3) 98
100 ? = 13
P×r ×t
Q.55.(1) S.I. = ,∴⇒ P × 9 × 7 − P × 4 × 7 = 94.5 Q.65.(1) ?3=54926
100 2 × 100 100
?=38 (approx)
Q.66.(5) All statements together

3.5P 94.5 Q.67.(1) Any two of the three is sufficient to answer this
∴⇒ = 94.5 ⇒ P = × 100 question,
100 3.5
Q.68.(4) All three together are sufficient
P = Rs. 2700 Q.69.(5) I, II and III together are not sufficient to answer
Q.56.(3) Remaining Distance = (56-28)= 28 km the question.
Q.70.(4) All three together are sufficient
Remaining Time = (45 - 45× 2 )= 15 minutes
3 Q.71-75. Boat Speed of boat Speed of stream
A 24 12
Dis tance 28 B 24 8
Speed = = 15 × 60 = 112 km/hr
Time
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C 40 15 126 81 15
+ =
D 25 10 30 + x 30 − x 2  

E 40 20 On solving,
Q.71.(3) Let speed of Boat A in still water = a km/h Speed of stream = 12 km/h
96 288 Q.75.(5) Speed of Boat B and D in still water together
=
a − 12 a + 12 = (25 + 24) = 49 km/h
On solving a=24 Km/h. Speed of stream of Boat B and D together = 18
km/h
similarly for others we can get this table
49 − 18
Ratio = (24 + 24) : (25 + 40) Required answer= × 100% ≈ 170%
18
= 48 : 65 Q.76.(4) Total no of girls in 2016 = 4000 + 3600 + 2200 +
Q.72.(5) Speed of Boat C in still water = 40 × 110% = 44 1600 + 4320 + 3840 = 19560
km/h = 40000 – 19560 = 20440
Speed of stream = 15 × 120% = 18 km/h Difference = 40880 – 39120 = 1760
Time taken by Boat C to cover the distance of 91 Q.77.(1) Required answer= ×
3 86.4
× 80000 = 11520
91 5 360
km upstream 44 − 18 = 3.5 = hours Q.78.(4) Required answer = 60000-28710 = 31290
210 210
Q.73.(4) Required answer= 40 − 20 + 40 + 20 = 14 hours 1 64.8
Q.79.(5) Required answer= × × 60000 = 5400
2 360
Q.74.(1) Speed of the Boat B in still water = 24 km/h
5
Q.80.(5)  Manipur Boys 2015=3960
Speed of the Boat U in still water= 24 × = 30
4  Gujarat Boys 2016 = 3600
Let the speed of stream = x km/h 3960
Required answer = × 100% = 110%
According to the question, 3600
EXPLANATION/ General Awareness
Q.81.(1) The ability of the company’s long term assets to Q.87.(5) Peter Maurer is the president of the International
meet its long term liabilities is called the solvency Committee of the Red Cross.
ratio.
Q.88.(2) Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identification
Q.82.(3) North and South Korea reopened a maritime Authority of India (UIDAI) to a resident of India.
communication channel with vessels from the
Q.89.(3) Indian American Seema Nanda has been
two countries making radio contact for the first
appointed as the CEO of the Democratic National
time in a decade.
Committee (DNC) in the US.
Q.83.(4) The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) has recommended
the name of SBI chief financial officer (CFO) Q.90.(4) Treasury bond is not a Money Market instrument.
Anshula Kant as an MD in SBI. Q.91.(3) Gold Reserves and Special Drawing Rights
Q.84.(1) The Indian PSLV launcher bagged its first order come under the foreign exchange reserves of the
from Fleet Space Technologies to launch a 10-kg country.
nanosatellite Centauri I. Q.92.(3) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) are monetary
Q.85.(1) A United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm has launched units of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
an official website for a project to tow icebergs SDRs are supplementary foreign exchange
from Antarctica to the UAE coasts during the first reserve assets.
quarter of 2020. Q.93.(3) An increase in Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by
Q.86.(4) Bhakti saint, Ramanujacharya statue is set to Reserve Bank of India leads to decrease in
become the world’s second tallest statue of a lendable resources.
seated figure, at 216 feet. Currently, the Great
Q.94.(2) Development oriented banking means taking up
Buddha of Thailand is the tallest statue, at 302-
task of development of the economy by providing
feet.
support to under privileged sections of the society.

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Q.95.(4) Principal function of SIDBI- Finance of small
scale industries, Development of small scale
industries and Promote of small scale industries.
Q.96.(3) Ways and Means Advances is provided by the
Reserve Bank of India for meeting day to day
receipt and expenditure mismatch to both central
and state government.
Q.97.(2) China is the largest producer of greenhouse gases
in the world.
Q.98.(2) Reserve Bank of India known as lender of last
resort because it comes to help bank in times of
crisis.
Q.99.(4) An economic theory that estimates the amount
of adjustment needed on the exchange rate
between countries in order for the exchange to be
equivalent to each currency is Purchasing Power
Parity.
Q.100.(3) India has moved up to 73rd place in terms of
money parked by its citizens and companies with
Swiss Banks.
Q.101.(1) Australia has won the 37th edition of the
Champions Trophy Hockey 2018 in Breda,
Netherlands.
Q.102.(2) Dahod district in Gujarat has been ranked first
among 108 “aspirational districts” by the NITI
Aayog on the basis of incremental development.
Q.103.(3) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will invest
$200 million in India’s National Investment and
Infrastructure Fund.
Q.104.(5) India and Seychelles signed six agreements in
several fields including education, cyber security,
and cultural exchange.
Q.105.(2) Indian Archer Deepika Kumari has won Gold
medal in the Salt Lake World Cup in USA.
4th National Review and Consultation on Swachh Iconic Places has been started in Hyderabad.
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Q.106.(3) India and Cuba have signed two MOUs in the
field of biotechnology, traditional medicine and
homoeopathy.
Q.107.(4) Former Prime Minister of South Korea Kim Jong-
pil has passed away recently. He was 92.
Q.108.(4) Arijit Basu has been appointed as the Managing
Director of State Bank of India.
Q.109.(2) World Bank has agreed to sanction `2,685 crore
for the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Reforms
Project (TNHSRP) that will focus on improving
the overall quality of healthcare in the State.
Q.110.(1) S Balasubramanian has been appointed as the
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Bharti Infratel.
Q.111.(1) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
has removed Nepal’s aviation sector from the
Significant Safety Concern (SSC) list.
Q.112.(1) RTGS- Real Time Gross Settlement
RTGS- Real Time Gross Settlement
Q.113.(4) Banking Ombudsman defined under which
Section 35 A of Banking Regulation Act 1949.
Q.114.(5) BCSBI was recommended by which S.S.Tarapore
committee.
Q.115.(1) A note which is dirty is known as Soiled Note.
Q.116.(2) Under the MSF facility, the eligible entities can
avail overnight loan, up to 2% of their respective
NDTL.
Q.117.(4) Coins were defined under Section 6 of Coinage
Act 2011.
Q.118.(4) Kisan Credit Card was introduced in August 1998.
Q.119.(5) In 2012 No frills a/c was renamed as BSBDA.
Q.120.(1) In context with IPO Grading, IPO Grade 1 defines-
Poor fundamentals.
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EXPLANATION/ English Language
Q.121.(3) Aflame: Q.134.(1) drank
(I) burning (v) Q.135.(3) people
(II) red or golden, as if burning (v) Q.136.(5) heavy
For other options: Q.137.(2) effect
Loaded- supplied with a load For other options:
Q.122.(5) Aggravated: Issuance- beginning, emission
(I) to make a bad situation worse (v) Q.138.(1) aged
(II) to make a disease worse For other options:
Q.123.(2) Air: Ranged- categorized
(I) travel in an aircraft (noun) Q.139.(5) assessing- evaluating, determining
(II) to broadcast something on radio or television For other options:
(v) Trapping- catching, tricking
Q.124.(3) Chance: Tempting- alluring
(I) an occasion which allows something to be Liquidating- paying off
done (noun)
Manipulating- Handle or control
(II) a possibility that something negative will
happen (noun) Q.140.(4) analysis
Q.125.(1) Distinguished: Q.141.(1) Q.142.(4) Q.143.(5)

(I) describes a respected and admired person
(adj) Q.144.(3) Q.145.(3) Q.146.(2)
(II) describes a person especially an older person Q.147.(2) Q.148.(5)
who looks formal, stylish or wise Q.149.(2) Superficial- without depth
For other options: Profound- thoughtful
Distinct- apparent For other options:
Flourishing- prospering Articulate- clearly spoken
Q.126.(5) All correct Fatal- deadly
Q.127.(1) The correct word to be used here is ‘extending’. Q.150.(4)
Q.128.(4) The correct spelling is ‘confrontation’. Q.151-155.The correct rearrangement is FECDBA.
Q.129.(2) The correct spelling is ‘telecommunications’. Q.151.(3) F
Q.130.(3) The correct spelling is ‘rampant’. Q.152.(2) C
Q.131.(3) health Q.153.(1) D
For other options: Q.154.(4) A
Species- class, variety Q.155.(5) E
Q.132.(1) claimed- stated Q.156.(5) No error
For other options: Q.157.(3) Use ‘opportunity’ instead of ‘opportune’.
Predicted- express an outcome in advance Q.158.(1) Use ‘of’ instead of ‘to’.
Fostered- supported Q.159.(5) No error
Q.133.(2) risk Q.160.(2) Use ‘to’ in place of ‘with’.

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EXPLANATION/ Computer Knowledge
Q.161.(4) Linux is an open source software
Q.162.(3) Video processors use VGA and memory for
image processing.
Q.163.(4) Allocates resources, Monitors Activities and
Manages disks and files
Q.164.(4) EDSAC – Electronic Delay Storage Automatic
Computer.
Q.165.(3) Edit menu contain replace option.
Q.166.(1) HTML use notepad for backend and internet
explorer for front end.
Q.167.(2) Defragrnentation create more free space. In hard
disk.
Q.168.(3) Device driver are small software that use for
special purpose.
Q.169.(3) Operating system manage the components of
computer.
Q.170.(3) Window key launcher the start button.
Q.171.(1) Data moves through the network in a structure
is called packets.
Q.172.(1) The operation of subnet is controlled by network
layer.
Q.173.(2) Sequential access method is used for obtaining
a record from a cassette tape.
Q.174.(2) A common boundary between two systems is
called interface.
Q.175.(1) An optical input device that interprets pencil
marks on paper media is known as OMR.
Q.176.(3) W hen you are selecting a mouse for a
particular computer system, the most important
consideration is the type of connector the mouse
is equipped with.
Q.177.(4) Power is supplied to a low-power USB device
through the USB cable.
Q.178.(1) A document created in a word processing
program or a budget created in a spreadsheet
is both examples of documents created in
Application software.
Q.179.(4) Internet Account with an ISP, Telephone Line
and Computer with modem
Q.180.(2) UPS provides battery backup for limited time.
Q.181.(4) Print spooling is a process of sending documents
to a storage where they are temporarily stored
and remain there until printer prints them.
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Q.182.(3) Floppy Disk does the read/write head physically
touches the surface.
Q.183.(1) Equal sign, Function Name, Matching brackets
is the correct syntax for typing a function into a
cell.
Q.184.(1) If you see a small red triangle in the top right
corner of a cell, it means there is something
attached to the cell.  It is a comment.
Q.185.(1) Cache memory is smaller and faster than main
storage.
Q.186.(1) The overall design, construction, organization
and interconnecting of the various components
of a computer system is referred as Computer
Architecture.
Q.187.(1) BIOS are responsible for handling the particulars
of input/output operations.
Q.188.(2) BISYNC is an abbreviation for Binary synchronous.
Q.189.(1) An E-mail protocol Message handling service is
for storage, management and change, especially
in corporate offices.
Q.190.(1) Password is code by which a user gains access
to a computer system.
Q.191.(1) The technique where digital signals are converted
to its analog form for transmission over an analog
facility is called Modulation.
Q.192.(1) Narrowband channel is a communication
channels that handles low volumes of data.
Q.193.(4) MIME is an acronym for Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extension.
Q.194.(1) The Default settings are automatic and standard.
Q.195.(5) Pop-ups are a form of Online advertising on the
World Wide Web.
Q.196.(4) It is an interface between user and the computer,
It manages all resources It does all Memory
management and Process management tasks
these all statements are true.
Q.197.(3) All formula in Excel starts with equal sign.
Q.198.(2) Formula bar displays the contents of the active
cell.
Q.199.(4) Tab scrolling buttons allow you to view additional
sheet tabs.
Q.200.(4) F11 is the keyboard shortcut for creating a chart
from the selected cells.
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Reasoning Ability
Q.1. In a certain code language 'AUDITORIUM' is
coded as 'MUIROTIDUA'. So in that same lan-
guage 'MISFORTUNE' is written as?
(A) ENUTROFSIM (B) ENUTROMISF
(C) TUNEROFSIM (D) TUNEMISFOR
Q.2. In a certain code language 'FIFTY' is written as
'CACTY', CAR is written as POL, TAR is written
as TOL, so what will be the code for TARIFF?
(A) TOEFDD (B) TOEFEL
(C) TOLACC (D) TOLADD
Q.3. In a clock time shows 4 : 30, if accordingly minute
hand is at east than in which direction is the hour
hand?
(A) South (B) North
(C) North-East (D) South-West
Q.4. In the given word COMPETITION which word
can not be formed among the given options:
(A) TOTEM (B) POETIC
(C) COMPOSE (D) OPINE
Q.5-6. Find out the missing number-
Q.5. 2 4 2
3 9 3
4 16 4
8 64 ?
(A) 16 (B) 9
(C) 24 (D) 8
Q.6. 18 16 7
35 25 ?
7 23 58
24 32 65
(A) 19 (B) 15
(C) 13 (D) 14
Q.7-9. Complete the given series-
Q.7. M_EBMS_B_SEBMSE_
(A) SEMB (B) SEBM
(C) ESMB (D) MSEB I. To be healthy one should be stressfree.
Q.8. 9, 15, 23, 33, ?
(A) 44 (B) 36
(C) 38 (D) 45
Q.9. 3, 5, 35, 10, 12, 35, ?, ?
(A) 19, 24 (B) 22, 35
(C) 19, 35 (D) 17, 19
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Q.10. Ram and Shyam starts walking from a point. Ram
walks 3 km in the north and then he turns right
and walks 4 km. Shyam walks 5 km in the west
and then he turns right and walks 3 km. How far
is Ram and Shyam now?
(A) 13 km (B) 16 km
(C) 9 km (D) 10 km
Q.11. B is mother of D and C is brother of D. H is daugh-
ter of E and D is wife of E. So how is E related to
C?
(A) Father-in-law (B) Brother-in-law
(C) Uncle (D) Brother
Q.12. Arrange the following in the ascending order-
1. Wood 2. Cutting
3. Tree 4. Coal
5. Axe
(A) 5, 3, 1, 2, 4 (B) 3, 1, 5, 2, 4
(C) 3, 2, 5, 1, 4 (D) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4
Q.13-14. Read the following statement and find out the
appropriate conclusion-
Q.13. Statement :
Regularly reading newspaper enhances general
knowledge.
Conclusion :
I. General information is provided in the news-
paper.
II. By increasing general knowledge, one can get
success in life.
(A) Only I folllows
(B) Only II follows
(C) Both I and II follows
(D) Neither I nor II follows
Q.14. Statement :
Depression is harmful for mental and physical
health.
Conclusion :
II. Mental health depends upon the experience of
depression by an individual.
(A) Only I folllows
(B) Only II follows
(C) Both I and II follows
(D) Neither I nor II follow
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Q.15-16. In the following questions, a word is represented
by only one set of number as given in any one of
the alternative. The set of number given in the (C) (D)
alternatives are represented by two classes of
alphabets as in two matrices given below.
Q.19. Find the mirror image of the given figure
The columns and rows Matrix - I are numbered
from 0 to 3 and that of Matrix - II are numbered
from 4 to 7. A letter from these matrixs is to be
represented first by its row and then by its column,
e.g ‘U’ can be represented by 03, 11 etc and ‘M’
31, 22 etc.
Matrix - I Matrix -II
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (A) (B)
0 A E M N P 5 I L R S T
1 N P A E M 6 R S T I L
2 E M N P A 7 T I L R S (C) (D)
3 P A E M N 8 L R S T I
4 M N P A E 9 S T I L R Q.20. Find the embeded figure in the given figures
Q.15. AIRS Question figure
(A) 00, 68, 78, 88 (B) 24, 69, 56, 78
(C) 43, 55, 86, 95 (D) 12, 76, 99, 78
Q.16. FAITH
(A) 24, 31, 10, 59, 57 Answer figure
(B) 12, 20, 40, 68, 65
(A) (B)
(C) 31, 34, 23, 76, 79
(D) 43, 42, 41, 78, 89
Q.17-18. Find the relationship which exactly relates the (C) (D)
relashipship between the characters
Q.17. Students, Children, birds
Q.21-25. Find the odd one out -
Q.21. (A) 29 – 45 (B) 48 – 68
(A) (B) (C) 71 – 87 (D) 5 – 21
Q.22. (A) 196 – 78 (B) 530 – 153
(C) 5001 – 501 (D) 175 – 775
Q.23. (A) 21 (B) 81
(C) 71 (D) 51
(C) (D)
Q.24. (A) 2 : 4 (B) 4 : 8
(C) 6 : 18 (D) 8 : 32
Q.18. Police, thief, criminal
Q.25. (A) 55 × 5 (B) 15 × 15
(C) 5 × 45 (D) 25 × 9
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General Awareness
Q.26. Who among the following designed Taj Mahal ?
(A) Ustad Isa (B) Ustad Mansur
(C) Ustad Rahim (D) Ustad Shamsher
Q.27. What is the emblem of the Guptas?
(A) Bull (B) Garuda
(C) Varahar (D) Lakshmi
Q.28. In which of the following works the Vandemataram
is written?
(A) Parineeta (B) Anandamath
(C) Neel Darpar (D) Geetanjali
Q.29. Navy Day is celebrated on -
(A) 1 December (B) 4 December
(C) 7 December (D) 10 December
Q.30. UNICEF was established in the year ____.
(A) 1946 (B) 1949
(C) 1954 (D) 1956
Q.31. Which of the following is the largest committee of
the parliament?
(A) The Public Accounts Committee
(B) The Estimates Committee
(C) The Committee on Public Undertaking (D) (C) Tanzania (D) America
the Committee on Petitions
Q.32. The Black Hole Theory is discovered by -
(A) S. Chandrasekar (B) Har Gobind Khorana
(C) C.V.Raman (D) S. Ramanujan
Q.33. Bandipur Sanctuary is located in the state of -
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Karnataka (D) Madhya Pradesh
Q.34. The political and cultural center of the Pandyas was -
(A) Vengi (B) Madurai
(C) Kanchipuram (D) Mahabalipuram
Q.35. Which five year plan is not correct among the
following?
(A) First - 1951-56 (B) Second - 1956-61
(C) Third - 1961-66 (D) Fourth - 1966-71
Q.36. World Bank Group President---------has paused
the separate process initiated by India and Pakistan
under the indus water treaty to resolve their dis-
agreements.
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(A) Antonio Guterest (B) Ban-Kit-Moon
(C) Jim Yong Kin (D) Guyryder
Q.37. The hard Enamel Layer of teeth is-
(A) Calcium Hydroxide
(B) Calcium Phosphate
(C) Calcium Oxide
(D) Calcium Hydrozy apitite
Q.38. Karnal bunt is related to which plant-
(A) Grapes (B) Pappaya
(C) Wheat (D) Barley
Q.39. Dobson is the unit of which measurement?
(A) Thickness of Ozone layer
(B) Thickness of Earth Crust
(C) Length of wet land
(D) Length of Ocean
Q.40. Which of the following is knonw as Empire city?
(A) Roam (B) Finland
(C) Koria (D) New York
Q.41. Where does great bear lake situated
(A) Yuganda (B) Canada
Q.42. Makalu peak is situated in-
(A) Nepal (B) India
(C) Canada (D) Bolevia
Q.43. According to 2011 cenceus which state have
maximum populated?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Tamilnadu
(C) Kerala (D) U.P
Q.44. Which National Highway no connect the calcutta
and Delhi?
(A) NH-1 (B) NH-2
(C) NH-3 (D) NH-4
Q.45. Toda is related to which state-
(A) Rajasthan (B) Tamilnadu
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Andhra pradesh
Q.46. Which century of India where Genda protection
project is running-
(A) Bandipur (B) Pariyer
(C) Kaji Ranga (D) Giri
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Q.47. Recently with which country India has agreed to
give top priority to their defence and security ties
in order to jointly combat terrorism and organised
crime?
(A) New Zealand (B) Australia
(C) Indonesia (D) Japan
Q.48. Who is the present time president of Indonesia?
(A) Joko Widodo (B) Abdel Fateh-el-sisi
(C) Bill English (D) John Key
Q.49. In context to the trial based on the negligence to use
public funds by IMF chief, who is the acting chief
of IMF?
(A) Baan-ki-moon (B) Christine Lagarde
(C) Antonio Guterres (D) Guy Ryder
Q.50. Where is the HQ of IMF situated?
(A) Geneva (B) New York
(C) Basel (D) Washington DC

Quantitative Aptitude
Q.51. If a = c and c =a then which one of the follow-
x q y z

(A) y = x +  
4
ing is correct ? (B) y = −2x +  4 
 x  x
x q
(A) = (B) x+y = q+z
y z  8  8
(C) y = 2x +   (D) y = 2x −  x 
(C) xy = qz (D) x =qy z  x
Q.52. A ball is dropped from a height of 64 m above the Q.56. There are some coins and rings of either gold or
ground and every time it hits the ground, it rises to silver in a box. 60% of the objects are coins, 40%
a height equal to half of the previous. What will of the rings are of gold and 30% of the coins are
be the height attained after it hits the ground for silver. What is the percentage of gold articles ?
the 16th time. (A) 16 (B) 27
(A) 2 -12
m. (B) 2-11
m. (C) 58 (D) 70
(C) 2 -10
m. (D) 2 m.-9
Q.57. A ladder 25 m long is leaning against a wall which
Q.53. Vaishnavi and Saurabh starts moving at the same is perpendicular to the ground level . The bottom
time from city A to city B, 60 km away. Vaishnavi of the ladder is 7 m from the base of the wall. If
travels 4 km/hr slower than Saurabh. Saurabh the top of the ladder slips down 4 m on the wall.
reaches city B and at once turns back meeting Then how much will the bottom of the ladder slip?
Vaishnavi, 12 km from city B. What is the speed (A) 7 m. (B) 8 m.
of Vaishnavi ?
(C) 10 m. (D) 15 m.
(A) 8 km/hr
Q.58.
(B) 12 km/hr B
(C) 16 km/hr
Q
(D) 20 km/hr A
1 2 1009
Q.54. If + + = 1 then what is the
x + 1 y + 2 z + 1009
O R
x y z
value of + + - D C
x + 1 y + 2 z + 1009
(A) 0 (B) 2 In the figure given above, a circle is inscribed in a
(C) 3 (D) 4 quadrilateral ABCD. Given that BC = 38 cm, QB
= 27 cm, CD = 25 cm and AD is perpendicular to
Q.55. Suppose y is equal to the sum of two quantities
DC. What is the radius of the circle ?
in which one is directly varies as x and the other
inversely varies as x. If y = 6 when x = 4, and y = (A) 11 (B) 14
10 (C) 15 (D) 16
when x = 3, then what is the relation between
3
x and y ?
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1 Q.67. A man cycles with a speed of 10 km/hr and reaches
Q.59. If sinx cosx = then what is the value of sinx -
cos x ? 2
(A) 2 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) -1
Q.60. If tan y cosec x - 1 = tan2 y then which one of
2 2
the following is correct ?
(A) x - y = 0 (B) x = 2y
(C) y = 2x (D) x - y = 1
Q.61. The mean of a set of 10 numbers is 20. If each
number is first multiplied by 2 and increased by
5, then what is the mean of new number ?
(A) 20 (B) 25
(C) 40 (D) 45
Q.62. Which one is one of the factors of
1  1
x 2 + 2 + 8  x +  + 14 ?
x  x
1 1
(A) x + + 1 (B) x + +3
x x
1 1
(C) x + +6 (D) x + +7
x x
Q.63. In a class of 110 students, x students take both
mathematics and statistics, 2x+20 students take
mathematics and 2x + 30 students take statistics.
There are no students who take neither mathemat-
ics nor statistics. What is x equal to-
(A) 15 (B) 20
(C) 25 (D) 30
Q.64. 195 + 215 is divisible by-
(A) 10 only (B) 20 only
(C) Both 10 and 20 (D) Neither 10 nor 20
x y 2 3
Q.65. If 2 + 3 = 4 and x + y = 1 then what is x + y
equal to-
(A) 11 (B) 10
(C) 9 (D) 8
Q.66. 2 men and 1 woman can complete a piece of work
in 14 days, while 4 women and 2 men can do the
same work in 8 days. If a man gets Rs. 90 per day,
what should be the wages per day of a woman ?
(A) 85 (B) 60
(C) 70 (D) 75
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his office at 1 pm. However, when he cycles with a
speed of 15 kmph, he reaches his office at 11 am.
At what speed should he cycle so that he reaches
his office at 12 noon?
(A) 12 kmph (B) 10 kmph
(C) 8 kmph (D) 20 kmph
Q.68. A fan in a shop is offered at a discount of 10%.
It is sold during clearance sale at a 6% discount
price at Rs. 846. The original marked price of the
fan is ?
(A) 900 (B) 946
(C) 850 (D) 1000
Q.69. A man standing at a point P is watches the top of
a tower, which makes an angle of elevation of 300.
The man walks some distance towards the tower
and then his angle of elevation of the top of the
tower is 600. If the height of tower is 30 m, then
find the distance he moves.
(A) 22 m. (B) 22 3 m.
(C) 20 m. (D) 20 3 m.
Q.70. A and B started a business in a partnership invest-
ing in the ratio of 7 : 9. After 3 months A withdraw
2 of its investment and 4 months after the begin-
3 1
ing B withdraw 33 % of its investment. If a total
3
earned profit is Rs. 10201. at the end of 9 months.
What will be the share of each of them ?
(A) 3535, 6666 (B) 3055, 5555
(C) 4503, 1345 (D) 3545, 3333
Q.71. In a triangle ABC, BC is produced to D so that
CD = AC. If BAD = 1110 and ∠ACB = 80o
then the measure of ∠ABC -
(A) 31o (B) 33o
(C) 35o (D) 29o
Q.72. Two circles intersect at A and B, BA is produced
up to the point P. PT and PQ are tangents to the
circles. The relation of PT and PQ is-
(A) PT = 2 PQ (D) PT < PQ
(C) PT > PQ (D) PT = PQ
Q.73-75. Study the following graph carefully and answer
the questions.
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Result of Annual Exam in a school.
Boys Girls
yM+ds yM+fd;ka
100
90
Result (in percentage)
80
ifj.kke ¼izfr'kr esa½
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 in inverse proportion?
VI VII VIII IX X
Class
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English Language
Q.76-80. Read the following passage carefully and
answer the questions given below it.
At a time when the relevance of planting native
trees has come to the fore, Nanal, a city-based
environmentalist youth group has documented
rare and endangered species of plants and trees
under the initiative ‘Mannin Marangal’.
In the last two years, they have carried out walks
and events to various pockets in and around
Madurai to identify area-specific trees. "So far,
we have identified over seven sacred groves in
the district and around 12 trees that are regarded
as Gods in the villages," says Tamil Dasan, a
member of Nanal. "The idea is to redefine and
rebuild the relationship between humans and
trees. Presently, we seem to have lost the ties
our forefathers cherished with trees and plants.
There’s a pressing need to revive our sense of
belonging towards native trees."
Nearly 500 sacred groves have been identified
in Tamil Nadu. The biggest grove in Madurai
district is the Vellimalai shrub forest at Idayapatti
that’s spread over 150 acres. The tradition of
sacred groves finds mention in the Sangam
literature and inscriptions. Certain native trees
are associated with rural deities and worshipped.
"On a trip to Sathyamangalam, we documented
the practice of the Solagar tribes who plant a
wild tree in the place where they bury their
dead. The tree is later regarded as incarnation
of the dead person and they even call the trees
as their ‘thatha’ or ‘paati’. They nurture a deep
relationship with plants and trees."
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Q.73. In which class is the difference between the result
of girls and boys maximum?
(A) IX (B) X
(C) VII (D) VIII
Q.74. In which class is the result of boys less than the
average result of the girls?
(A) X (B) IX
(C) VIII (D) VII
Q.75. In which pair of class are the result of boys and girls
(A) VIII and IX (B) IX and VI
(C) VII and X (D) VII and VIII
Q.76. What is the suitable title of the given passage?
(A) Endangered species
(B) Cherished forefathers
(C) Caring for native trees
(D) Concept of sacred groves
Q.77. What has the environmentalist youth group
documented?
(A) Gods in the villages
(B) Rare and endangered species of plants and
trees
(C) Sense of belonging towards native trees
(D) Rebuild the relationship between man
and universe
Q.78. What is there which is a pressing need, to
revive?
(A) The initiative ‘mannin marangal’
(B) The village
(C) Our sense of belonging towards native trees
(D) The shrub forest
Q.79. Which is the biggest grove in Madurai
district?
(A) The Vellimalai shrub forest at Varangal
that’s spread over 250 acres.
(B) The prachi shrub forest in Bali that’s spread
over 150 acres.
(C) The Vellimalai shrub forest at Idayapatti
that’s spread over 150 acres.
(D) The Vellimalai shrub forest at Indraprastha
that’s spread over 350 acres.
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Q.80. What did we document regarding the practice
of the Solagar tribes?
(A) They plant a wild tree and nurture them.
(B) They call the trees as their ‘amma’ or ‘baba’.
(C) They plant a wild tree in the place where Q.92. A person who is pure and clean
they bury their dead.
(D) Not given in the passage
Q.81-83. In the questions given below, choose the word
most similar in meaning to the given word and
mark your answer.
Q.81. Aloof
(A) close (B) isolated
(C) avert (D) near
Q.82. Dispense
(A) supply (B) ruin
(C) conceal (D) take
Q.83. Sumptuous
(A) paltry (B) rise
(C) abandon (D) splendid
Q.84-85. In the questions given below, choose the word
most opposite in meaning to the given word and
mark your answer.
Q.84. Thrive
(A) sporadic (B) deteriorate
(C) develop (D) flourish
Q.85. Wary
(A) vigilant (B) careful
(C) oblivious (D) leave
Q.86-90. In the following questions some have error
and some have none. Find out which part of a
sentence has an error and mark the answer to
the appropriate letter (A),(B) and C). If there
is no error, mark your answer as (D).
Q.86. The sceneries (A)/ of Kashmir is (B)/ very
charming. (C)/ No error (D)
Q.87. I would appreciate if readers (A)/ would write
to me (B)/ about how they meditate. (C)/ No
error(D)
Q.88. Neither of the two children (A)/ said their prayer
(B)/ before going to bed. (C)/ No error (D)
Q.89. I sat down opposite him (A)/ and offer (B)/ the
packet of cigarettes. (C)/ No error (D)
Q.90. A variety of pleasant items (A)/ in the shop (B)/
attract everybody. (C)/ No error (D)
Q.91-93. In questions below out of the four alternatives,
choose the one which can be substituted
for the given sentence and mark it as your
answer.
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Q.91. A written attack using humour to provoke
contempt
(A) felicitate (B) lampoon
(C) peer (D) venial
(A) immaculate (B) hippy
(C) inexorable (D) altruism
Q.93. Art of cutting tree and bushes into ornamental
shape
(A) fable (B) aeronaut
(C) allegory (D) topiary
Q.94-95. Which of the following best expresses the
meaning of the given Idiom/phrases and mark
your answer.
Q.94. To put one’s oar in
(A) To be free from (B) To interfere with
(C) To be idle (D) To finish off
Q.95. To go into particulars
(A) To finalise (B) To be careful
(C) To be admired (D) To give details of
Q.96-98. In the following questions sentences are given
with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate
word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for
each question. Choose the correct alternative
out of the four and mark your answer.
Q.96. She spent________ amount of money she had.
(A) the few (B) the little
(C) little (D) much
Q.97. The boy swam right _______ the river.
(A) across (B) through
(C) on (D) over
Q.98. It ________ very hot tomorrow.
(A) is being (B) has been
(C) is (D) will be
Q.99-100. In questions given below, a part of the sentence
is underlined. Below are given alternatives to
the underlined 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.99. My little cousin is seeing television.
(A) looking (B) watching
(C) observing (D) No Improvement
Q.100. The inflation rate raise to ten percent last month.
(A) rose (B) rise
(C) raised (D) No Improvement
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Explanation/Reasoning Ability
Q.1.(A) A U D I T O R I U M → M U I R O T I D U A Distance = AD+AB= 5+4 = 9 km.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 → 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Q.11.(B)
Similarly B
M I S F O R T U N E→ E N U T R O F S I M
E+ D – C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 →1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Q.2.(C) FIFTY, CAR, TAR H

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓↓↓ ↓↓↓
Q.12.(D) Tree → Axe → Cutting → Wood → Coal
CACTY POL TOL
(3) (5) (2) (1) (4)
∴ T A R I F F
Q.13.(A) Only I an be concluded
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Q.14.(D) Neither I nor II follow
T O L A C C
Q.15.(C) A = 00, 12, 24, 31, 43
Q.3.(C)
West I = 55, 68, 76, 89, 97
West North R = 57, 65, 78, 86, 99
West S = 58, 66, 79, 87, 95
11 12 1 Q.16.(C) F= 00, 12, 24, 31, 43
10 2 South North
9 3 A = 01, 13, 20, 34, 41
8 4
North
T = 59, 68, 76, 87, 95
7 6 5 South
East East East H = 57, 65, 79, 86, 98
Q.17.(D)
Q.4.(C) In the given word COMPETITION compose
cannot be formed as due to lack of 'S'.
Q.5.(D) 2×2 = 4
3×3 = 9 Students Childrens birds
4×4 = 16 Q.18.(A)
8×? = 64
∴ ? = 64/8 = 8 Thief
Q.6.(D) 35–18+7 = 24 Criminal
25–16+23 = 32
Police
Similarly
Q.19.(B)
? – 7+58=65
? = 65–58+7 = 14
Q.7.(A) MSEB/MSEB/MSEB/MSEB
Q.8.(D)
9 15 23 33 45
+6 +8 +10 +12
Q.9.(D) Q.20.(C)
+7 +7 Q.21.(B) 45–29 = 16
87–71 = 16
3 5 35 10 12 35 17 19
21–5 = 16
+2 +2 +2 68–48 = 20 ≠ 16
+7 Q.22.(B) All numbers in each option are odd or even.
Q.10.(C) Q.23.(C) 71 is divisible by 3.
North Q.24.(A) 42 ÷ 2 = 16 ÷ 2 = 8
Shyam A B 62 ÷ 2 = 36 ÷ 2 = 18
Ram 82 ÷ 2 = 64 ÷ 2 = 32
3 3 22 ÷ 2 = 2 (not 4)
West East
CSO Q.25.(A) 15×15 = 225
5×45 = 225
25×9 = 225
South 55×5 ≠ 225

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Explanation/General awareness
Q.26.(A) Ustad Isa designed Taj Mahal. Q.34.(B) Madurai
Q.27.(B) Garuda Q.35.(D)
Q.28.(B) Q.36.(C) Jim Yong Kin
Q.29.(B) Navy Day is celebrated on 4 December Q.37.(B)
1 December - World Aids Day.
Q.38.(C) In wheat Karnal bunt is the fungal infection caused
7 December - Armed Force Flag Day.
10 December -Human Right Day. by "Tilletia India"?
Q.30.(A) UNICEF was established in the year 1946. It Q.39.(A) Q.40.(D) Q.41.(B) Q.42.(A)
headquarter is in New York city. Q.43.(D) Q.44.(B) Q.45.(B) Q.46.(C)
Q.31.(B) The Estimates Committee is the largest committee Q.47.(C) Indonesia
of the parliament Q.48.(A) Joko Widodo
Q.32.(A) S. Chandrasekhar Q.49.(B) Christine Lagarde
Q.33.(C) Bandipur Sancturary is located in the state of Q.50.(D) Washington DC
Karnataka.
Explanation/Quantitative Aptitude
Q.51.(C) y q Q.55.(D) By option you can solve clearly option d is correct.
a=c =cz x
Q.56.(C) 60 + 40 = 100
xy = qz 3+2=5

Q.52.(C) First time 3 × 70 + 2 × 40 = 5 × k

k = 58%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Q.57.(B)
26 5 4 3 2 1 -1
64 = = 2 2 2 2 2 1 2
2 25 4
-2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 24
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20
2-10 k 7
48 kmph (25)2 = (20)2 + (k+7)2
Q.53.(A)
A 60 kmph 12 B
225 = (k+7)2

k+7 = 15
72 48
=
v v−4 k = 8 m/eh-

6 v - 24 = 4 v Q.58.(B)

v = 12 km/ph 1
Q.59.(B) ∴ sinx.cosx =
2
v - 4 = 12-4 = 8 kmph Hence
Q.54.(B) ∴ 1 + 2 + 1009 = 1 2 sin x.cos x = 1 ⇒ sin 2x = 1
x + 1 y + 2 z + 1009
sin2x = sin 90o
1 2 1009
x = 45o
− 1+ − 1+ − 1 = 1− 1− 1− 1
x +1 y+2 z + 1009
sin 45o - cos45o
−x y z =0
− − = −2
x + 1 y + 2 z + 1009 Q.60.(A) tan2 y (cosec2 x-1) = 1

x y z tan2 y. cot2 x = 1
+ + =2
x + 1 y + 2 z + 1009 tan y. cot x = 1

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tan y = tan x 3x 2y
1+ + +1= 4
x=y 2y 3x

x-y=0
3x 2y
+ =2
Q.61.(D) Sum of 10 numbers 2y 3x

= 10 × 20 = 200 3x 2y
Hence = =1
New Sum = 2 × (200) + 5 × 10 = 450 2y 3x
450
Average = = 45 x 2
10 = ⇒ x: y = 2:3
y 3
1  1 2k 3k
Q.62.(C) ∴ x + + 8  x +  + 14
2
 + =4
x2 x 2 3

2 k = 2 means x = 2k =4
1  1
∴ x2 + = x +  − 2 y = 3k = 6
x2  x
x + y = 10
Now,
Q.66.(B) (2M + 1W) × 14 = (4W+2M)×8
2
 1  1 28M + 14W = 32W + 16M
 x +  + 8  x +  + 12
x x
12M = 18 W
 1  1  2M = 3W
 x + + 2  x + + 6
x x M:W=3:2
1 3 = 90 then 2 = 60
x+ + 6 is a factor
x x x
Q.67.(A) − =2
10 15
Q.63.(B) x = 60 km
60
Every speed = = 12kmph
5
x+20 x x+30 10 × 6
Q.68.(D) 10 + 6 - = 15.4%
100

84.6
x× = 846
x + 20 + x + x + 30 = 110 100
3x = 60 x = Rs. 1000
x = 20 Q.69.(D)
Q.64.(C) ∴ an + bn is divisible by a + b when n = odd A
195 + 215 = 19 + 21 = 40
Hence 40 is divisible by 10 and 20 both
x y 30m
Q.65.(B) + = 4 ................(i)
2 3
600 300
2 3 B C P
+ = 1 ................(ii)
x y 30
tan30o = ⇒ BP = 30 3
BP
Multiply (I) and (II)

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30 30 ∠CAD = 40o
tan60 = ⇒ BC = = 10 3
BC 3
∠CAB = 111 − 40o = 71o
PC = BP − BC = 30 3 − 10 3 = 20 3 ∠ABC = 180 − (71 + 80) = 29o

 1 
Q.70.(A) A =  7x × 3 + 7x × × 6 = 35x Q.72.(D)
 3 
P

 2 
B ⇒  9x × 4 + 9x × × 5 = 66x
 3 

A
T
10201 Q
Share of A = × 35 =3535
101

Q.71.(D)
A
B
Hence, PT2 = PA × PB ...........(i)
1110
PQ2 =PA × PB .............(ii)
PT2 = PQ2
PT = PQ
800 Q.73.(A) I X
B C D Q.74(C) Average result of girls
∠ACD = 100o 1
= (60 + 70 + 60 + 60 + 80)
∠ACD + ∠CAD + ∠ADC = 180 o 5

Class VIII
2∠CAD = 180 − 100 = 80o
Q.75.(C) VII and X
Explanation/English Language
Q.76.(C) Q.77.(B) Q.78.(C) Q.89.(B) use ‘offered him’ instead of ‘offer’
Q.79.(C) Q.80.(C) Q.81.(B) Q.90.(D) No error
Q.82.(A) Q.83.(D) Q.84.(B) Q.91.(B) Q.92.(A) Q.93.(D)
Q.85.(C) Q.94.(B) Q.95.(D) Q.96.(B)
Q.86.(A) use ‘scenery’ instead of ‘scenieries’ Q.97.(A) Q.98.(D) Q.99.(B)
Q.87.(B) use ‘wrote’ instead of ‘would write’ Q.100.(A)
Q.88.(B) use ‘his’ instead of ‘their’

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