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1 Vanik s MONTHLY ISSUE - APRIL - 06 Current Affairs Banking Railway Insurance SSC UPSC OPSC PSU Vanik s Page 00 Updated MCQs 00 One Liners 40 MCQs on Computers Practice Set for RRB (Non-Tech) Practice Set for LIC-AAO Practice Set for CGL GK for SSC & Railway Vanik s Knowledge Garden P u b l i c a t i o n s

2 VANIK'S PAGE Banking Related Acts. Negotiable Instrument Act 88. The Bankers Books Evidence Act 89. The ReserveBank of India Act The Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act The Banking Companies (Legal Practitioner Clients Accounts) Act The Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act The Banking Regulation(Companies) Rules The Banking Regulation Act The State Financial Corporations Act The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Misc. Provisions) Act 95. The In dustrial Disputes (Banking Companies) Decision Act 955. The State Bank of India Act 955. The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act The Subsidiary Banks General Regulation The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act 96(DICGC) 6. The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act The Regional Rural Banks Act The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act The Export-Import Bank of India Act The National Bank for Agricultur e and Rural Development Act 98. Chit Fund Act 98. Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions)Act 985. The National Housing Bank Act SIDBI Act The Special Court (trial of Offences relating to Transactions in Securities) Act The Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertaking & Appeal) Act The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SARFASI- 00) 9. Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking & Repeal) Act Credit Information Companies (Rules & Regulation) Act 005. The Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act 948. The Banking Companies (Legal Practitioner Clients Accounts) Act 949. The Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act The State Financial Corporations Act 95. The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Misc. Provisions) Act 95. The Industrial Disputes (Banking Companies) Decision Act 955. The State Bank of India Act The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act The Subsidiary Banks General Regulation The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act Chit Fund Act Shipping Development Fund Committee (Abolition)Act Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions)Act 985. The National Housing Bank Act 987. The Special Court (trial of Offences relating to Transactions in Securities) Act 99. The Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertaking & Appeal) Act SIDBI General Regulations, Banking Regulation (Companies) Rules The Nationalised Banks (Management and Misc. Provisions)Scheme, NABARD General Regulations Banking Companies (Period of Preservation of Records) Rules, Banking Companies (Regulation)Rules,985. NABARD Bonds Regulations 988. The Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 006. Factoring Act Rules, 0 4. SARFAESI (Central registry) Rules,0 5. Banker s Books Evidence Act, Banking Regulation Act, Banking Companies (Legal Practitioners Clients Account) Act, Banking Regulation (Companies) Rules, Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules,994. Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 976. Foreign Exchange Management Act, 999. Indian Partnership Act, 9 4. Indian Stamp Act, Indian Trusts Act, Limitation Act, Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act,99 8. Reserve Bank of India Act 94

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4 Message from Director Vanik Publications EDITOR Mr. Pramod Padhi Dear Students, April is the begining of new financial year in Indian Economy. A lot of hope & expectation get manifestation in the Budget & Railway Budget Presented by the govt. Like the previous years the ministers this year have tried to make it a budget for Aam Admi to maintain its popularity while ensuring stability in the Indian Economy. This month magazine has covered these two events in a more ASSOCIATE EDITORS Satabdi Sagar Mohanty Samarendra Narayan Sahoo ADVISORS G. Khatua B. R. Das PUBLISHING MANAGER Smrutiranjan Chhatoi ditailed manner alongwith the regular features. Hope you will get the benefit. Wishing you all the best for your comming series of examinations and personality tests. DESIGNING & LAYOUT Vijaya Moharana Publisher : Subrat Kumar Chhatoi Printed and Published by : Vanik Publication Printed at : Bhagabati Press Best of Luck Plot-44, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar Website : Phone : , Subrat Kumar Chhatoi Copyright Reserved No part of this magazine can be printed in whole or part without the written permission of the publisher. The editor and publisher have tried their best to verify the factual accuracy of the informations published, but do not take any responsibility for the absolute accuracy of the informations in the magazine. All disputes subject to Bhubaneswar (Odisha) Jurisdiction.

5 CONTENTS Topics Events of the Month Page No 4 International news National news Bilateral Economy and Banking Award and Honour Book and Author Person in news Places in news Sports Science and Technology Environment and Ecology Defence Recent Summit in News Committee and its Function Date and Observation International and National institution State news Recent government devlopement and scheme MCQ current affairs 40 MCQ of Computer 4 5 Abbreviation Descriptive English Word of the Month Banking Terminology Miscellaneous G.K. for SSC and Railway Practice Set : RRB (Non-Tech) Set- LIC-AAO Previous year question for CGL Who s Who? One Liner 97 0

6 EVENTS OF THE MONTH UNION BUDGET 06-7 Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on 9 February 06 presented Union Budget 06-7 in the Lok Sabha. This was the second full year Budget of the NDA government and the third budget of Jaitley.The finance minster announced nine pillars of the budget and they are Agriculture and farmers welfare, rural sector, social sector including healthcare, education, skills and job creation, infrastructure, financial sector reforms, ease of doing business, fiscal discipline, tax reforms to reduce compliance burden. ROAD MAP & PRIORITIES. Transform India to have a significant impact on economy and lives of people.. Government to focus on a. ensuring macro-economic stability and prudent fiscal management. b. boosting on domestic demand c. continuing with the pace of economic reforms and policy initiatives to change the lives of our. Focus on enhancing expenditure in priority areas of - farm and rural sector, social sector, infrastructure sector employment generation and recapitalisation of the banks. 4. Focus on Vulnerable sections through: a. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana b. New health insurance scheme to protect against hospitalisation expenditure c. Facility of cooking gas connection for BPL families 5. Continue with the ongoing reform programme and ensure passage of the Goods and Service Tax bill and Insolvency and Bankruptcy law 6. Undertake important reforms by: a. giving a statutory backing to AADHAR platform to ensure benefits reach the deserving. b. freeing the transport sector from constraints and restrictions c. incentivising gas discovery and exploration by providing calibrated marketing freedom d. enactment of a comprehensive law to deal with resolution of financial firms e. provide legal framework for dispute resolution and re-negotiations in PPP projects and public f. undertake important banking sector reforms and public listing of general insurance companies utility contracts undertake significant changes in FDI policy. 4 Tax Infrastructure and agriculture cess to be levied. Excise duty raised from 0 to 5 per cent on tobacco products other than beedis per cent service charge on purchase of luxury cars over Rs. 0 lakh and in-cash purchase of goods and services over Rs. lakh. SUVs, Luxury cars to be more expensive. 4% high capacity tax for SUVs. Companies with revenue less than Rs 5 crore to be taxed at 9% plus surcharge Limited tax compliance window from Jun - Sep 0 for declaring undisclosed income at 45% incl.surcharge and penalties Excise per cent imposed on articles of jewellery, excluding silver. 0.5 per cent Krishi Kalyan Cess to be levied on all services. Pollution cess of per cent on small petrol, LPG and CNG cars;.5 per cent on diesel cars of certain specifications; 4 per cent on higher-end models. Dividend in excess of Rs. 0 lakh per annum to be taxed at additional 0 per cent. Personal Finance No changes have been made to existing income tax slabs Rs,000 crore allocated for new EPF (Employees Provident Fund) scheme Govt. will pay EPF contribution of 8.% for all new employees for first three years Deduction for rent paid will be raised from Rs 0,000 to Rs 60,000 to benefit those living in rented houses. Additional exemption of Rs. 50,000 for housing loans up to Rs. 5 lakh, provided cost of house is not above Rs. 50 lakh. Service tax exempted for housing construction of houses less than 60 sq. M 5 per cent surcharge on income above Rs. crore Social Rs. 8,500 crore for Mahtma Gandhi MGNREGA for 06-7 Swacch Bharat Abhiyan allocated Rs.9,500 crores. Hub to support SC/ST entrepreneurs Government is launching a new initiative to provide cooking gas to BPL families with state support. LPG connections to be provided under the name of women members of family: Rs 000 crore allocated for 5 years for BPL families..87 lakh crore grants to gram panchayats and municipalities - a quantum jump of 8%.

7 00 urban clusters to be set up under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission Four schemes for animal welfare. Health. lakh renal patients added every year in India. Basic dialysis equipment gets some relief. A new health protection scheme for health cover upto lakh per family. National Dialysis Service Prog with funds thru PPP mode to provide dialysis at all district hospitals. Senior citizens will get additional healthcare cover of Rs 0,000 under the new scheme PM Jan Aushadhi Yojana to be strengthened, 00 generic drug store to be opened Education Scheme to get Rs.500 cr for promoting entrepreneurship among SC/ST 0 public and 0 private educational institutions to be made world-class. Digital repository for all school leaving certificates and diplomas. Rs.,000 crore for higher education financing. Rs.,700 crore for 500 multi-skill development centres. 6 new navodaya vidyalayas to provide quality education Digital literacy scheme to be launched to cover 6 crore additional rural households Entrepreneurship training to be provided across schools, colleges and massive online courses. Objective to skill crore youth in the next years under the PM Kaushal Vikas Yojna-FM Jaitley National Skill Development Mission has imparted training to 76 lakh youth. 500 Multi-skill training institutes to be set up. Energy Rs. 000 crore earmarked for nuclear power generation Govt drawing comprehensive plan to be implemented in next 5-0 years for exploiting nuclear energy Govt to provide incentive for deepwater gas exploration Deepwater gas new disc to get calibrated market freedom, pre-determined ceiling price based on landed price of alternate fuels. Investments and infrastructure Rs. 7,000 crore to be spent on roadways 65 eligible habitats to be connected via. lakh kms of road. Current construction pace is 00 kms/ day Shops to be given option to remain open all seven days in a week across markets. 5 Rs. 55,000 crore for roads and highways. Total allocation for road construction, including PMGSY, - Rs 97,000 crore India s highest-ever production of motor vehicles was recorded in 05 Total outlay for infrastructure in Budget 06 now stands at Rs.,,46 crore New greenfield ports to be developed on east and west coasts Revival of underserved airports. Centre to Partner with States to revive small airports for regional connectivity 00 per cent FDI in marketing of food products produced and marketed in India Dept. of Disinvestment to be renamed as Dept. of Investment and Public Asset Management Govt will amend Motor Vehicle Act in passenger vehicle segment to allow innovation. MAT will be applicable for startups that qualify for 00 per cent tax exemption Direct tax proposals result in revenue loss of Rs.060 crore, indirect tax proposals result in gain of Rs.0,670 crore Agriculture Total allocation for agriculture and farmer welfare at Rs 5984 crores 8.5 lakh heactares of land wil be brought under irrigation. 5 lakh acres to be brought under organic farming over a three year period Rs 60,000 crore for recharging of ground water recharging as there is urgent need to focus on drought hit areas cluster development for water conservation. Dedicated irrigation fund in NABARD of Rs cr Nominal premium and highest ever compensation in case of crop loss under the PM Fasal Bima Yojna. Banking Banks get a big boost: Rs 5,000 crore towards recapitalisation of public sector banks. Jaitley says: Banking Board Bureau will be operationalised, we stand solidly behind public sector banks. Target of disbursement under MUDRA increased to,80,000 crore Process of transfer of government stake in IDBI Bank below 50% started General Insurance companies will be listed in the stock exchange Govt to increase ATMs, micro-atms in post offices in next three years

8 RAIL BUDGET 06-7 The Railway Budget for 06-7 spared passengers and goods movement from any increase in tariffs while it announced introduction of three new superfast trains and creation of dedicated north-south, east-west and east coast freight corridors by 09. Here are the complete Highlights of Railway Budget: Slogan for all Sabka saath sabka vikas R s of Budget Restructure, Reorganize and Rejuvenate Capital expenditure Rs,,000 crore Expected Operating Ratio 9% Expected Revenues Rs,84,80 cr next year Budgetary support from Govt Rs 40,000 crore Saving from last year s estimates Rs 8,70 crore Innovation grants to start-ups Rs 50 crore Head of innovative council of Indian Railways Ratan Tata Insurance company agreed to fund Rs.5 lakh LIC Expenditure on Modernization of railway infrastructure in 5 years Rs 8.5 lakh crore Elimination of unmanned level crossing By 00 Proposed freight corridors Delhi-Chennai, Kharagpur-Mumbai, Kharagpur-Vijayawada Location of India s first rail auto hub Chennai New name for coolies Sahayaks (will be trained in soft skills) North East India states to be connected through broad gauge Mizoram & Manipur Cabinet approval for joint ventures with state govts 6 MoUs signed with state govts Sub-quota for women in each of the reserved categories in catering % Increase in seat quota for senior citizens 50% Number of bio toilets & additional toilets in 475 stations 7,000 Publishing of magazine in all regional languages Rail Bandhu Initiation of WiFi services 00 stations this year Commissioning of new tracks 800 km Electrification,600 km in this year and,000 km proposed for the next year. For Unreserved Passenger: Antyodaya Express A long-distance, fully unreserved, superfast train service to be operated on dense routes. Two to four Deen Dayalu coaches will be introduced in some long distance trains for unreserved travel to enhance our carrying capacity for the masses. For the reserved passenger Humsafar, Tejas and UDAY: 6 Humsafar Fully air-conditioned third AC service with an optional service for meals. Tejas Will showcase the future of train travel in India by operating at speeds of 0 kmph and above, it will offer onboard services such as entertainment, local cuisine,wi-fi, etc. UDAY Utkrisht DoubleDecker Air-conditioned Yatri (UDAY) Express on the busiest routes, expected to increase carrying capacity by almost 40%. SMART Coaches: New SMART (Specially Modified Aesthetic Refreshing Travel) coaches would cater to emerging needs of customers and also ensure lower unit cost of operations due to higher carrying capacity. Ticketing facilities: Plan to introduce bar-coded tickets on pilot basis to tackle menace of ticketless travel. Ticket vending machines Initiating sale of platform tickets through ticket vending machines which would be made compatible with cash and credit/debit cards Intend sale of tickets through hand-held terminals for short-distance travellers. Introduced,780 automatic ticket vending machines. E-ticketing facility Railways will open the eticketing facility to foreign debit/credit cards for foreign tourists and NRIs. Enhanced capacity of e-ticketing system from 000 tickets/min to 7,00/min. E-booking ticket facility on the concessional passes available to journalists. Facility of cancellation of tickets through 9 telephone line. Improving customer interface: FM Radio stations for providing train borne entertainment by installing PA systems in trains. GPS based digital displays inside coaches to provide real time information regarding upcoming halts. Wireless enabled Rakshak devices to intimate gangmen about approaching train. Drones to be used for remote monitoring of ongoing projects.,500 water vending machines at railway stations have been provided. Swachh Rail: Clean my Coach Service A passenger can request cleaning of his/her coach/toilets on demand through SMS. Installation of additional 0,000 bio-toilets in the next financial year. IRCTC services & food availability:

9 IRCTC will extending e-catering services from existing 45 large stations to all 408 A- and A class stations. Local cuisine of choice will be made available to passengers. Railwats will look at pilot availability of children s menu items on trains. Baby foods, hot milk and hot water would be made available on stations andchanging boards for babies would be provided in train toilets. Rail Mitra Sewa & Accessible India: Expanding of Sarathi Seva in Konkan Railway to help the old and disabled passengers requiring assistance at stations. To provide at least one Divyang friendly toilet at each platform in A class stations. To ensure availability of wheelchairs in sufficient numbers at A class stations. Battery operated cars and paid porters services for specially able people. GRAVITATIONAL WAVE : A WAVE OF AWE AND OPPORTUNITY After four months of analysis, a consortium of scientists including from India confirmed recently that they had detected a signal from space from. billion years ago. The signal, which travelled as a gravitational wave was from the fusion of two black holes into a single one the first time ever that such a phenomenon was observed and registered as a çhirp at two highly sensitive detectors, called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) located in Washington and Louisiana. Gravitational waves are the last, unobserved prediction from Albert Einstein s iconic general relativity equations that were developed 00 years ago. These equations are the reason space and time in the eyes of contemporary science are seen as malleable shape-shifting entities rather than fixed and eternal, as our senses suggest to us. Black holes, which result when stars die, can collide with each other and sometimes birth new universes. These collisions are so violent that they can distort space and time around it, just as dropping a heavy ball on a tarpaulin sheet can massively wrinkle it. These wrinkles propagate, as gravitational waves through space-time but are extremely hard to detect. What are gravitational waves? Gravitational waves are small ripples in space-time that are believed to travel across the universe at the speed of light. They are like tiny waves on a lake from far away, the lake s surface looks glassy smooth; only up very close can the details of the surface be seen. They were predicted to exist by Albert Einstein in 96 as a consequence of his General Theory of Relativity. 7 What does Einstein say about gravity? While Sir Isaac Newton visualised gravitational force as a pulling force between objects, Albert Einstein opined it to be a pushing force due to the curvature of four dimensional spacetime fabric. The curvature of spacetime stems from the dent heavy objects produce on spacetime fabric, which can be compared to the dent one could see on a plastic sheet when a massive ball is placed. Why is the study of gravitational waves important? Discovery of gravitational waves would represent a scientific landmark, opening the door to an entirely new way to observe the cosmos and unlock secrets about the early universe and mysterious objects like black holes and neutron stars. TRAI RULES IN FAVOUR OF NET NEUTRALITY Putting an end to the controversy over differential pricing on the Internet, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday ruled that differential pricing for data services will not be allowed in the country. No service provider shall offer or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services on the basis of content, the telecom regulator said in its Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, which will come into effect immediately. Differential pricing means charging of different tariffs by a service provider for data services based on the content accessed, transmitted or received by the consumer. Key take-away from TRAI s order. TRAI has ruled that no service provider shall offer or allow discriminatory pricing for data services based on content.. It has ruled against any arrangement or agreement between any service provider or any person that adheres to differential pricing for data services.. TRAI has allowed for special reduction of tariff for accessing or providing emergency services during times of public emergency. The authority has asked for the same to be reported within seven working days. 4. The telecom regulator has ruled that if a service provider is found violating the regulation, there will be a penalty of Rs 50,000 for each day of contravention, subject to a maximum of Rs 50 Lakhs. 5. The TRAI has argued against differential pricing of data services benefitting users. It states, Allowing service providers to define the nature of access would be equivalent of letting TSPs shape the users internet experience. 6. TRAI has clearly backed Net Neutrality by referring to ISP License agreement which reads, The subscriber shall have unrestricted access to all the

10 content available on Internet except for such content which is restricted by the Licensor/ designated authority under Law. 7. TRAI has also exempted intranets or closed communication networks from this regulation, but has added a caveat saying if a closed network is used for the purpose of evading these regulations then the prohibition will definitely apply. 8. TRAI has stated that it may review the regulation after two years. In a nutshell, TRAI has ruled against differential pricing in order to keep the internet open and non-discriminatory for users. TRAINS ruling aims to delink content and discriminatory pricing as some zero-rating platforms had proposed. What makes this victory even more surprising was the complete asymmetry of the two sides involved. On one side was Facebook, a company whose market cap is greater than the GDPs of 44 countries, allied with a bunch of big telecom companies (telcos). They had already won easy victories for their platform in a number of countries, and felt India would be no exception. They had an ad campaign that estimates put at Rs.400 crore. On the other side was a motley group of free software and Internet activists, with unlikely allies such as comedy group AIB, a bunch of start-ups, and some political figures and formations. The argument that Facebook was using appeared simple. Why should anybody deny the poor getting some access to the Internet even if this was limited? Isn t something better than nothing? Mark Zuckerberg not only wrote articles terming his opponents Net Neutrality fundamentalists, but also appeared in advertorials in the electronic media to push Free Basics. Some commentators wrote plugs for Facebook in the guise of opinion pieces, all more or less posing different variations of the broad theme that Zuckerberg s heart beats for the Indian poor. First is, of course, the energy and the creativity of the groups fighting Free Basics. They not only ran an innovative and creative campaign, but were also able to bring tech activists on to the streets. What surprised even them was the response of the people. Facebook and their ad agencies completely underestimated the Indian public. Even if all of them do not use the Internet, they understand the difference between having access to the full Internet, with nearly a billion websites, and the socalled Free Basics platform that provides Facebook and a few other sites. They are sophisticated enough to know that Free Basics would not offer them any of the things they really want to access. No search, no , no access to various services; no pictures or video clips for entertainment either. No access to the rich diversity of views and material on the Internet. Only a sterile walled garden where, at best, you can see what your friends are doing. A level playing field 8 What is the flip side of such a platform? Other people who want to have the full Internet could still access it, so why is Facebook s Free Basics harmful? TRAI has correctly pointed out that the tariff principle at play is whether we can have differential pricing of data based on the content we see. If we accept this principle, what then prevents telcos from charging various websites and Internet services for accessing their subscribers? Accepting that one form of price discrimination is okay opens the door to all other forms of discrimination as well. This is where Net Neutrality comes in. The most important characteristic of the Internet is whether it is the richest corporation in the world or an individual writing a blog, both are treated identically on the Internet. If the blogger had to negotiate with the Internet service providers (ISPs) in today s world the telcos to reach the telco subscribers, she would have to negotiate with thousands of such ISPs. Telcos would then be the gatekeepers of the Internet. Only the biggest corporations could then survive on the Net. This is how the cable TV model works; for their channels to be carried, the TV channels have to negotiate with all the platforms such as Dish TV, Tata Sky, etc. If we accept that telcos can act as gatekeepers, we would then lose what has given the Internet its unique power, the ability for us not only to be consumers but also creators of content. In its nascent phase, the big telco monopolies tried to levy a tax on all Internet content providers. The Internet companies were then the new kids on the block. They and the Internet user community fought back such attempts. This was the first net neutrality war, and it established the principle of non-discrimination on the Internet between different types of content or sites. The scenario has changed dramatically today. We have the emergence of powerful Internet monopolies that are much bigger than the telcos. Not surprisingly, these companies now see the virtues of monopoly. They would like to combine with telcos to create monopolies for their platforms, ensuring that they control the future of the Internet and freeze their competition out. Today, we have nearly a billion websites on the Internet and.5 billion users. This means that nearly one out of three users is both a content provider as well as content consumer. What the Internet monopolies want is that we should be passive consumers of their content, or at best generate captive content only for their platforms. This is why they have joined hands with telcos to offer various forms of zerorating services.

11 I NDIA-NEPAL RELATION STRENGTHENED BY OLI VISITE TO INDIA India and Nepal signed nine agreements, following the delegation-level talks led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli, bringing back the old warmth in their relations. The agreements covered utilisation of Indian grant of 50 million US dollars to Nepal for post-earthquake reconstruction and another on improving of roads in Terai region. These agreements were signed during the state visit of Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli to India. Oli is on a five day visit to India (9-4 February 06), which was his first foreign visit after assuming office in October 05. The signed agreements/mous were MoU on utilization of 50 US dollars million Grant component of India s Assistance package for Postearthquake reconstruction assistance the grant will be ustilised in four identified sectors and they are housing, health, education and cultural heritage. i. In housing, 00 million US dollars would be utilised for construction of houses in 4 severely earthquake affected districts. ii. 50 million US dollars each would be utilised in health, education and cultural heritage sectors in earthquake affected districts of Nepal. MoU on strengthening of road infrastructure in the Terai area of Nepal - This MoU will enable speedy implementation of remaining work on 7 Roads in Package,, 4, 5 and 6 of the Terai Road Phase-I project, totaling 58 kms. Two roads in Package totaling 87 kms have already been completed. MoU between Nepal Academy of Music and Drama and Sangeet Natak Academy - This MoU aims to enhance relations between India and Nepal in the field of performing arts through exchanges of experts, exponents, dancers, scholars and intellectuals. Letters of Exchange on Transit Routes - the routes include i. Transit between Nepal and Bangladesh through Kakarbitta-Banglabandh corridor ii. Operationalization of Vishakhapatnam Port This Exchange of Letters between India and Nepal would result in simplification of modalities for traffic of goods between Nepal and Bangladesh while transiting through India, through the Kakarbhitta (Nepal) and Banglabandha (Bangladesh) corridor. This Exchange of Letters would provide for transit facilities for Nepal through the Vishakhapatnam port. 9 Letters of Exchange on Rail Transport - the areas include i. Rail transport to/from Vishakhapatnam ii. Rail transit facility through Singhabad for Nepal s Trade with and through Bangladesh This Exchange of Letters would allow for rail transport to and from Vishakhapatnam to Nepal. This Exchange of Letters would help operationalise rail transit facility through Singabad in India for Nepal s trade with and through Bangladesh. Inauguration of Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar transmission line [Initial supply of 80 MW, to be augmented to 00 MW by October 06 and 600 MW by December 07] - The Nepal portion of the 400 KV Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar transmission line is being implemented by Government of Nepal, under an LoC of.5 million US dollar. 80 MW power would flow immediately through this line, with an initial charge of KV. Thereafter, it will be augmented to 00 MW in October 06 at 0 KV, and then to 600 MW by December 07 at 400 KV. Establishment of Eminent Persons Group - At the third meeting of the India Nepal Joint Commission held at Kathmandu in July 04, it was decided to establish an Eminent Persons Group (EPG). The EPG comprises eight members with each country nominating four members, preferably a parliamentarian, a lawyer, an economist and a civil society activist. The EPG has now been constituted. Its mandate would be to comprehensively review bilateral relations and recommend measures including institutional frameworks to further enhance bilateral ties. ABU DHABI CALLING Nine agreements were exchanged between India and the UAE, including on cyber security and infrastructure investment, as the two sides agreed to further boost bilateral ties on three-day visit of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.Apart from cyber security and infrastructure investment, the other agreements are for cooperation in the areas of renewable energy, space exploration, insurance, culture, skill development, trade and business, and currency swap arrangement, according to the ministry of external affairs. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have turned into India s gateway to West Asia, focusing New Delhi s attention on an important region long neglected by Indian foreign policy, which now appears to be acquiring the geoeconomic and strategic priority it deserves. Abu Dhabi s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan s visit last week built on the achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi s trip

12 to the UAE last August the first by an Indian PM in over three decades, which had demonstrated India s break from the past and recognition of the changed dynamics of the Middle East. The region s altered security and politicoeconomic reality, not least because of threats like the Islamic State (IS) or the falling price of oil, necessitates new partnerships. Although bilateral trade fell from its $7 billion peak in 0 to $59bn in 04-5, the UAE which accounts for about 9 per cent of India s crude imports remains India s thirdlargest trading partner and second-largest export destination, and has pledged to invest $75bn in India. Its $800bn sovereign wealth fund is a large resource pool from which investments can be made in infrastructure development in India progress on these lines can be seen in Abu Dhabi s interest in Indian highway projects. The joint production of defence equipment under the Make in India programme is another important area of focus. Mohamed bin Zayed s visit also saw agreements, among other things, on cyberspace and cybercrime cooperation, space research, as well as collaboration on renewable energy. The MoU on currency swap between the RBI and Central Bank of UAE should ease bilateral financial transactions.a significant aspect of bilateral ties today is the closer convergence on security and counterterrorism. Notwithstanding a security agreement in place since 0, progress on counter-terror and maritime security had been slow. But with the rise of the IS, the UAE took a strong stand against terror and has, till date, deported about a dozen Indian citizens suspected of IS links. While enhanced security cooperation also ties in partly with the affairs of India s.6 million large diaspora in the UAE, their problems had traditionally not received attention in Delhi. India s six million workers in the Gulf contribute $50bn in annual remittances, but their work and living conditions need urgent redress. The PM had directly reached out to this community on his trip. Now, closer all-round bilateral cooperation should help address their concerns. PMKVY COMPLETES 0 LAKH ENROLLMENTS UNDER SKILL INDIA Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY), the flagship of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has completed 0 lakh enrolments under the scheme. The scheme has been implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) through a network of 0 training partners affiliated to the scheme.till now, the scheme has 0 seen 0,8,67 enrolments under 8 active job roles out of which 70% have already completed their trainings. The scheme has been implemented across all 9 states and 6 union territories of the country, and covered 596 districts and 5 constituencies. It addresses the requirement for skill development across 9 sectors in which around 566 job roles have been identified for courses in which the youth can enrol and can get trained.these courses help in making them more employable with hands on experience on skills that will make them more employable and also more efficient in their work.appreciating the achievement of reaching the 0 lakh mark Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that he is elated at the response that Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY), the world s largest skill development scheme, has got.0 lakh is good number and he is happy to see how our ecosystem has come together to galvanise our country s youth towards our Prime Minister s vision of a Skilled India. He said, this achievement will encourage more youth to join the Skill India Mission and PMKVY is here to support those who have financial limitations to hone a skill of their choice. The Minister said, he is certain that the scheme will open doors to a new life for many. The states which reflect maximum enrolments under PMKVY are Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh while the sectors which saw maximum enrolments are Logistics (565), Agriculture (90489), Electronics (890), Beauty and Wellness (76), Retail (6590) and Automotive (6846).The Ministry of Skill Development with the help of NSDC and the local training partners, and support from state governments, MPs and MLAs conducted 40 Kaushal Vikas Shivirs across the country, to educate and encourage the youth to avail the scheme.most of these shivirs also had Classrooms cum labs set up within the venue to enable visitors to witness the format of the training.pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana aims to offer 4 lakh Indian youth meaningful, industry relevant, skill based training. Under this scheme, the trainees will be offered a financial reward and a government certification on successful completion of training and assessment, which will help them in securing a job for a better future.the Union Cabinet had approved India s largest skill certification and monetary reward scheme, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY), on 0 March 04. The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 5 July 05, on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day. RUPEE AMONG BEST OF ASIAN CURRENCIES IN 05 Rupee turned out to be one of the best performers in 05 among all Asian and BRICS currencies, excluding yen.the

13 currency s depreciation of about five per cent against the dollar was less than the losses of most of its other Asian peers. The Indian rupee fared better in 04, when it weakened by only two per cent.the Indian rupee was caught between the leviathans like the U.S. dollar and China s yuan devaluation and the erosion of rupee against the dollar continued relentlessly in 05.However, the rupee fared much better despite a pullout by foreign funds from the emerging markets, including India, as an interest rate hike was expected from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The currency was stable when the U.S. raised the benchmark interest rate and has actually strengthened against the dollar since then.its Asian counterparts like the Indonesian rupiah weakened by.0 per cent and the Thai baht depreciated 9.5 per cent against the dollar. Only the Chinese currency fared marginally better, losing only 4.6 per cent. Among the BRICS nations also the Indian currency fared well. The Brazilian Real depreciated 49 per cent against the US dollar while the South African Rand declined 4.75 per cent.the Indian currency, which tumbled.4 per cent in 0, started recovering in 04.Experts attribute the relative stability of the rupee to the improved macro-economic conditions.this has resulted from the RBI recouping foreign exchange reserves from the day Raghuram Rajan took over as governor of the central bank. The country s foreign exchange reserves rose by more than $75 billion since the currency crisis of 0. From about $74.8 billion in early September 0, foreign exchange reserves rose to $5 billion as on 5 December, 05.In the two and half year since the currency crisis, the twin deficits fiscal and current account - have narrowed. In 0-4, the fiscal deficit was 4.5 per cent of the GDP, which is now seen at.9 per cent for Similarly, the current account deficit in the first quarter of 0-4 zoomed to a record high of 4.9 per cent of the GDP. CAD has since narrowed to.6 per cent of GDP during the July-September quarter of the current financial year and is expected to be per cent of GDP in 05-6, mainly due to soft crude oil prices.going into 06, the rupee might gain initially, but is likely to weaken as the year progresses. From the technical standpoint, we expect the rupee to strengthen towards in the early part of 06.But later we expect the rupee to depreciate up to 69 levels as we progress in 06. The rupee ended 05 at 66.5 a dollar. SIXTH BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY REVIEW The Reserve Bank of India kept policy rates unchanged awaiting further data on inflation and on the government s fiscal stance in the upcoming Budget, while indicating that its accommodative policy stance will continue. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan appears to have put the onus on the Central government, saying that Structural reforms in the forthcoming Union Budget that boost growth while controlling spending will create more space for monetary policy to support growth, while also ensuring that inflation remains on the projected path of 5 per cent by the end of KEY Features To keep the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.75 per cent. To keep the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4 per cent of Net Demand and Time Liability (NDTL). To continue to provide liquidity under overnight repos at 0.5 per cent of bank wise NDTL at the LAF repo rate and liquidity under 4 day term repos as well as longer term repos of up to 0.75 per cent of NDTL of the banking system through auctions. To continue with daily variable rate repos and reverse repos to smooth liquidity Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF will remain unchanged at 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 7.75 per cent. The RBI had slashed the policy Repo by 5 basis points in 05. This was 6th and final monetary policy for the current fiscal. The Reserve Bank Governor, Raghuram Ranjan hinted at accommodative stance, saying with inflation moving closer to the target there would be more room for rate cut to support growth. Structural reforms in the forthcoming Union Budget that boost growth while controlling spending will create more space for monetary policy to support growth, while also ensuring that inflation remains on the projected path of 5 per cent by the end of Inflation has evolved closely along the trajectory set by the monetary policy stance. With unfavourable base effects on the ebb and benign prices of fruits vegetables and crude oil, the January 06 target of 6 percent should be met. The RBI Governor said the Indian economy is being viewed as a beacon of stability because of the steady disinflation, a modest current deficit and commitment to fiscal rectitude. On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macro- economic situation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on February, maintained status quo on key interest rates in its 6th bi-monthly monetary policy review.

14 N EW RULE OF CBDT TO CONTROL BLACK MONEY In order to check the generation of black money, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently notified new rules under which cash receipts and high value transactions by individuals beyond a certain threshold will have to be reported by banks and companies issuing shares or bonds to the Income Tax authorities with effect from April. Key Features Under the new norms, cash receipts, purchase of shares, mutual funds, immovable property, term deposits, sale of foreign currency will have to be reported to the tax authorities online in a prescribed format for which From 6A has been introduced. This move would help to provide an alternative data base to keep black money transaction in check apart from the PAN number that has to be furnished by individuals for high value transactions. The receipt from any person for sale of foreign currency including any credit of such currency to foreign exchange card or through the issue of travellers cheque or draft of Rs 0 lakh or more will also have to be reported. The return in Form No 6A will have to be furnished to the Director of Income Tax (Intelligence and Criminal Investigation)or the Joint Director of Income Tax (Intelligence and Criminal Investigation) through online transmission of electronic data to a server designated for this purpose under a digital signature. The registrar will have to report purchase and sale of all immovable property exceeding Rs. 0 lakh to I- T authorities. Professionals will be required to inform the tax department of receipt of cash payment exceeding Rs. lakh for sale of any goods or services. Banks will have to report cash deposits aggregating Rs 0 lakh or more in a financial year in one or more accounts of person. The same threshold will apply for term deposits in banks, but would exclude renewal of term deposits. These norms will also cover deposits and withdrawal made in Post Office Account. Banking companies or financial institutions will also have to report to the authorities payments made by a person aggregating to Rs. lakh or more in cash or Rs.0 lakh or more by another mode against bills in respect of one or more credit cards in a financial year. The notification has also laid down the reporting norms for cash payment of Rs. 0 lakh or more in a financial year for purchase of bank drafts or prepaid instrument issued by RBI. Cash deposits or withdrawals aggregating to Rs50 lakh or more in a financial year in one or more current account of a person will have to be reported by the bank to the I- T authorities. A company will be required to report receipt of Rs. 0 lakh or more from a person in a financial year for acquiring bonds, debentures, shares or mutual funds. The buy back of shares from any person (other than the shares bought in the open market) for an amount or value aggregating to Rs.0 lakh or more in an financial year will also have to be reported companies listed on a recognised stock exchange purchasing their own securities. Vanik s Knowledge Garden Name of the Bank /Head Office. Allahabad Bank. Bank of Baroda. Bank of Maharashtra 4. Bank of India 5. Central Bank of India 6. Canara Bank 7. Dena Bank 8. Indian Bank 9. Indian Overseas 0. Punjab National. Syndicate Bank. Union Bank of India. United Commercial Bank 4. United Bank of India 5. Andhra Bank 6. Corporation Bank 7. Oriental Bank of Commerce 8. Punjab and Sindh Bank 9. Vijaya Bank 0. IDBI Bank Ltd. ECGC (The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd) Kolkata Baroda Pune Mumbai Mumbai Bangalore Mumbai Chennai Bank Chennai Bank New Delhi Manipal Mumbai (UCO Bank) Kolkata Kolkata Hyderabad Mangalore New Delhi New Delhi Bangalore Mumbai Mumbai

15 INTERNATIONAL NEWS India continued to remain the world s largest arms importer India continues to remain the world s largest arms importer, accounting for 4% of the global arms imports in the 005 timeframe. It was revealed by report on international arms transfers released by a global think-tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Top arms importers are: India (4%), China (4.7%), Australia (.6%), Pakistan (.%), Vietnam (.9%) and South Korea (.6%). UK has been granted Special Status in the 8 Nation European Union David Cameron led United Kingdom has been granted Special Status in the 8 Nation European Union. The UK Leader pledged to campaign heart and soul to stay in EU. This move comes after two days negotiation that made Britain an explicit exemption from the foundational goal that Ever Closer Union. And this decision has been taken unanimously. The summit held in Brussels with his EU counterparts to discuss various issues pertaining with migrant movement. Pakistan parliament became the first to run entirely on solar power Pakistan parliament became the first of its kind to run entirely on solar power. It was inaugurated by Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz Sharif. It was initiated by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit in 04. The project was funded by china which costs about $55 million Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal signed in Auckland All Pacific Rim countries have signed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in Auckland, New Zealand. TPP is Free Trade Area and these member countries across the Pacific Rim are home to 800 million people and account for 40% of global trade. These countries are: Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. Sindh became first Pakistan province to adopt Hindu Marriage Bill Sindh province of Pakistan has passed the Hindu Marriage Bill making the province the first in the country to allow the minority Hindus to register their marriage. The bill, moved in the assembly by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Nisar Khuhro, will apply to entire Sindh province, which has a sizeable population of Hindus. India approved the WTO s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) India became the 7st country to give its approval to the World Trade Organization s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). TFA aims to expedite the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit, for international trade. For this purpose, it sets out measures for effective cooperation between customs and other appropriate authorities on trade facilitation and customs compliance issues. India officially became the Associate Member State of EMBO India officially became the Associate Member State of European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). India is second country outside the European region to be an Associate Member State of EMBO. First one being Singapore which had signed such agreement with European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) in 05. EMBO is a professional organization of life scientists in Europe. Presently, it has more than 700 leading researchers. Founded: 964 Headquarters: Heidelberg, Germany. Functions: It promotes research in life science and enables international exchange of scientific information between scientists. Canada, United States (US) and Mexico signed a MoU on Climate Change Canada, United States (US) and Mexico have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration to tap into energy cooperation among three countries. The MoU was signed at the North American Energy Ministers Meeting held in Winnipeg, Canada and hosted by Canada s Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr. Project Loon began its operations in Sri Lanka Google s Project Loon began its operations in Sri Lanka after first helium-filled balloon landed in Pupuressa area in Gampola town. It was one of three balloons that were put up in Sri Lankan airspace for trials to provide high-speed internet service after it was launched from South America. Colorado state honors life of Gandhi US state of Colorado had honored the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Colorado State honored Gandhi for dedicating his whole life for the sake of country. Some of the freedom moments led by Gandhi are Civil disobedience moment, Dandi Salt March, Quit India moment, Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha, Khilafat movement, Noncooperation movement. EU and NATO cyber defence cooperation The European Union and NATO have signed a Technical Arrangement between the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) and the Computer Emergency Response Team European Union (CERT-EU). The agreement facilitates technical information sharing between NCIRC and CERT-EU to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response in both organisations, in line with their decision making autonomy and procedures.

16 Japan launched ASTRO-H satellite to study black holes Japan has successfully launched ASTRO-H space observation satellite to probe mysterious black holes. The satellite was launched by HA rocket after it had successfully lifted off at the Tanegashima Space Centre. ASTRO-H satellite has been developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in cooperation with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and others. It will orbit earth at an altitude of about 580 kilometres and observe X-rays emanating mainly from black holes and galaxy clusters. Facebook Shut Down Free Basics in India Facebook has shut down its controversial Free Basics project in India, days after a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) ruling barred operators from charging different rates for Internet access based on content, dealing a blow to Facebook s Free Basics and other such plans. Facebook had met a backlash in India from net neutrality advocates, who say that because Free Basics only allows access to selected websites it violates the principle that the entire Internet should be available to everyone on equal terms. The service was available in India via RCom but had been shuttered in December after TRAI ordered its closure pending its verdict on differential pricing. Sri Lanka lifted unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem on Independence Day Lifting an unofficial ban, Sri Lanka s national anthem was sung in Tamil at a ceremony in Colombo to mark the country s independence day, in an effort to achieve reconciliation with the ethnic minority community. School children rendered the Sinhala and Tamil versions of the national anthem at a colour ful celebration at the Galle Face Green park to mark the 68th anniversary of Sri Lanka s independence from Britain. The move, despite opposition from some quarters, is being seen as an effort by the government to reach out to the Tamil minority after the nearly 6-year war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that ended in 009. About 00,000 people were killed during the civil war. Bangladesh Cabinet approved draft of Citizenship Law, 06 expanding scope for dual citizenship Bangladesh government has given its clearance for a new law that will expand the scope for dual citizenship for Bangladeshis.The new law includes a provision for five years of imprisonment of one give false information to acquire citizenship. The law only allowed dual citizenship for Bangladeshis in the US and the UK The new law is being formulated by merging The Citizenship Act 959 and The Bangladesh Citizenship Temporary Provisions Order 97 Infosys, TCS and Wipro to invest in Barack Obama s Computer Science for All plan India s top software exporters have joined the likes of Google and Salesforce to support US President Barack Obama s just announced $4-billion Computer Science for All initiative that aims to dramatically increase the number of children with access to computer science training in the US and build 4 a more technologically advanced nation. Tata Consultancy Services Wipro and Infosys have made investments as part of a public private partnership through a National Science Foundation (NSF), which will put in $0 million to support and train computer science teachers in schools, a statement from the White House said late on Saturday night. Japan unveiled first stealth fighter aircraft X- Japan unveiled its first stealth fighter jet, officials said, with the maiden test flight planned for next month. The experimental X- is expected to make its maiden test flight in February, and boasts radar-resistance features, including a canopy with special stealth-enhancing coating. It would become the fourth nation to test fly its own stealth jet, a move that could further antagonize neighboring Asian countries who have opposed Prime Minister Shinzo Abes bid to strengthen the role of its armed forces. Google s service G-mail launched Gmailify Google s service G-mail launched Gmailify, an option under which users of other services such as Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail/Outlook.com will be able to use features of Gmail despite not having an account on Gmail. February: World Radio Day The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is celebrating World Radio Day on February. This year, the UNESCO theme for World Radio Day is Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster. It was proclaimed on November 0 by UNESCO s 6th General Conference after originally proposed by the Kingdom of Spain. NEWS IN BRIEF The European Union has consented. billion Euros of succor for Turkey to cope with the issue of Syrian migrants. India had beaten the US to become the world s second largest smartphone market in the world. Now India had crossed 0 million in active unique smartphone users in 05. North Korea claimed to have successfully test fired long range rocket capable to carry nuclear war heads. President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has declared rural parts of the country as state of disaster after being hit by draught.this declaration of disaster will allow international donors to raise money quickly to provide food aid to the nation. Pakistan had launched projects worth $500million in Afghanistan covering different sectors including education, health and infrastructure. South Korea had decided to build an IT park in Islamabad that will cost $50-million. This tie will help both the nation to build a strong relationship. The first phase of the world s largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant was launched in the SoussMassa-Drâa area in Morocco. It is part of Noor

17 Ouarzazate Solar Complex which will produce enough energy for more than one million Moroccan households on completion by 08. INDEX Intellectual Property Index (IPI) In recently released Intellectual Property Index (IPI) by United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC), India was ranked 7th among the surveyed 8 countries. Top 0 Countries: US (8.6 score), UK (7.5), Germany (7.4), France (7.), Sweden (7.), Singapore (5.6), Switzerland (4.9), Australia (4.8), Japan (.) and South Korea (.). Most disaster hit countries of 05 In accordance with the report by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), India has been ranked as the third lead in the list of most disaster hit countries of 05. Last year, India was suffered with 9 disasters. India has followed China and US which have been hit by 6 and disasters respectively. Maharashtra has Topped In Internet Readiness Index As per the report compiled and published by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Indicus Analytics, Maharashtra has topped in terms of the overall Internet readiness index. Maharashtra ranks at the top in terms of Internet readiness with a strong position in areas like einfrastructure, e-governance, IT services and consumer participation. Karnataka, Gujarat, Telengana and Tamil Nadu followed in the tally. India maintains top spot in Consumer Confidence Index 06 According to a new report by researcher Nielsen s Consumer Confidence Index, once again India tops the Global Confidence Index 06. The country s confidence score remained constant at points in the December quarter, same as the September quarter. India was followed by the Philippines (7), Indonesia (5) and Thailand (4), according to the online survey conducted by Nielsen. Denmark is the world s least corrupt country Denmark has emerged as the least corrupt country in the world for a fourth consecutive year, according to the nongovernmental organisation Transparency International. It scored 9 points out of a possible 00 while North Korea and Somalia remained at the bottom with unchanged scores of 8. Finland and Sweden ranked second and third respectively on the 05 Corruption Perceptions Index, while North Korea and Somalia were named the most corrupt out of 96 nations. India took the 76th spot on the list. NATIONAL NEWS BHU turned 00 years & set to honour PM Modi with Doctor of Law Established in 96 by freedom fighter Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has completed its 00 years of foundation on th February 06. BHU had played an important role in the freedom movement of India. It was aimed to act as a bridge between India s past and modernising world system in the areas of social sciences, humanities particularly in evolving non-colonial history as a discipline. The Make in India week concluded in Mumbai The Make in India week concluded in Mumbai, Mumbai after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February, 06. Key facts a) The Make in India was country s biggest show of manufacturing sector that had successfully brought manufacturing, design and innovation to the centrestage. b) 0 countries were represented in the mega expo and more than 8 lakh people visited the expo and other events. 5 c) A total of 50 events were organized under the banner of this event and more than 5 thousand people had participated in seminars. d) Make in India Week also provided platform for nearly eight thousand Business-to-Business (BB), Business-to-Government (BG) and Governmentto-Government (GG) meetings. e) 7 Indian states and countries Germany, Sweden and Poland had their own pavilions in the Make in India Centre. Three Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) envisaging total investment of,000 crore rupees were signed on the first day of the Make in India Week in Mumbai, Maharashtra. First MoU: TwinStar Display Technologies subsidiary of Sterlite Group Company has inked MoU with Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to set up an LCD manufacturing unit in technical collaboration with Autron of Taiwan. The project entails investment of 0,000 crore rupees. Second MoU: Raymond Industries and MIDC have inked MoU as part of Farm to Fabric initiative. Raymond intends to invest,400 crore rupees for manufacturing of abric, linen yarn and garmenting in the state.

18 Third MoU: Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages, Jain Irrigation Pvt Ltd and Department of Agriculture and Marketing of Maharashtra have inked MoU for setting up a juice manufacturing facility to support farmers growing oranges in Vidarbha region of state. Railway Ministry launched IT enabled apps The Union Ministry of Railways has launched IT (Information Technology) enabled apps to bring transparency in Indian Railways on the sidelines of Digital India initiative. Hand Held Terminals for TTEs: It is pilot project of Northern Railway that will help in updating status of passenger list of the whole train. Based on the list food-chart/occupancy chart will be manually prepared. Paperless unreserved ticketing mobile application: It can be used for booking unreserved tickets on many suburban and some long distance routes. E-booking of disposable linen on trains: Allows passengers to avail bedroll kits through online booking and from IRCTC set up select outlets on the station. Union Government Released Hydrocarbon Vision 00 Union Ministry of state for Petroleum and Natural gas (MoPNG) has released the Hydrocarbon Vision 00 for north-east India. The Hydrocarbon Vision 00 outlines steps to leverage the hydrocarbon sector for social and economic development of the north-east region. The objectives of the plan are to leverage the region s hydrocarbon potential, enhance access to clean fuels, improve availability of petroleum products, facilitate economic development and to link common people to the economic activities in this sector. National Air Quality Indices Mysore city from Karnataka has been ranked first in terms of cleanliness for second time in row among the 7 surveyed cities in Swachh Sarvekshan 06. The rankings of the Swachh Survekshan Survey 06 were conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) as part of Swachh Bharat Mission. Top 5 cities are: Mysore (st rank), Chandigarh (nd), Tiruchirappalli (rd), Delhi (4th), Visakhapatnam (5th), BBSR is at 4th position. 5 Least clean cities: Dhanbad (7rd), Asansol (7nd), Itanagar (7st), Patna (70th), Meerut (69th) PM inagurated Indian Oil Corporation s (IOC s) at Paradip in Odisha Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Indian Oil Corporation s (IOC s) new state of the art refinery at Paradip in Odisha to the nation. It is overall IOC s th refinery to be set up and has installed capacity of 5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA). Spread over 45 acres of land this 5 MMTPA plant has been build with an estimated expenditure of Rs cr.prime Minister Narendra Modi also inaugurated the permanent campus of National Institute of 6 Science Education and Research (NISER) in Jatani near Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Union Government approved highway projects worth about Rs 7,000 crore The government of India had approved highway projects worth about Rs 7,000 crore for 9 states. These projects have been built under National Highways Development Project (NHDP).These projects are built for Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Punjab. Indian Government Sanctioned Rs. 580 Crore For Railway Link With Bangladesh The Indian government has sanctioned Rs.580 crore for the vital rail link between India and Bangladesh. As it expected to complete the work on the 5-km-long rail line to connect Agartala with Akhaura in that country by 07. Of the 5 km railway track, 0 km falls in the Bangladesh side and the rest in India. The entire project cost would be borne by the Center and over Rs,000 crore was sanctioned for completion of the track in Bangladesh side. The,700 km distance between Agartala and Kolkata through Chicken Neck near Siliguri would be reduced to 50 km. Currently, India and Bangladesh have four rail links with West Bengal. Tricolour to fly high at all central universities The national flag will now fly prominently at all central universities, the Union human resource development ministry said.the tricolour will fly on a 07-feet high mast on the campuses to signify strong and united India. A unanimous resolution to this effect was adopted by vice chancellors of the central universities in a meeting led by Union HRD minister SmritiIrani in Surajkund. PM Narendra Modi inauguratesd Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) at Lepetkata, Assam and dedicated the facility to the nation. It is the first ever petro-chemical plant located in the entire North-Eastern region of Indian. It has been built at cost of 0000-crore rupees and shall be producing raw material for manufacturing plastic. Prime Minister also dedicated wax producing unit in Numaligarh Refinery Limited to the nation. It is India s highest wax producing unit and shall be using indigenous technology. India s fastest-growing state: Meghalaya Meghalaya became the India sfastest-growing state with a growth rate of 9.7% in 0-4. The growth rate of Meghalaya is higher than the fastest-growing state Madhya Pradesh at 9.5%. The report was released by India Spend. Union Cabinet approved LIGO-India research project on gravitational waves

19 The Union Cabinet has given an in-principle approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal for research on gravitational waves. The proposal is piloted by the Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Science and Technology. It will establish a state of the art gravitational wave observatory in India in collaboration with the LIGO Laboratory in the US run by Caltech and MIT. Govt launched Swachh Paryatan Mobile App Tourism Ministry launched Swachh Paryatan Mobile App to facilitate the public to communicate their complaints about any unclean area and garbage piles in and around tourist destinations. Launching the App, Tourism Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma said, initially 5 Adarsh Smarak Monuments protected by Archaeo logical Survey of India have been identified for inclusion in the app. This mobile app enables a citizen to take photograph of garbage at the monument and upload the same along with his remarks. This Mobile App is available on Google Search Engine as Swachh Paryatan and initially it is available on Android Phones and very soon it will be available on Apple and Microsoft also. The Minister informed that the recently launched Tourist Info line is very successful and getting 8 thousand responses daily. UN released stamps on LGBT issue for first time The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) had released a set of six dedicatory stamps on Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) issue. This is the first time the global body s post office had released the stamps with an LGBT theme. Objective :To promote awareness and global education about the equality of LGBT. Dr. Mahesh Sharma Launched 4 7 toll free Tourist Infoline in International Languages Dr. Mahesh Sharma launched the 4 7 Toll Free Tourist Infolinein International Languages including Hindi and English. He is the Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism & Culture and Minister of State for Civil Aviation. This project will be implemented by the Ministry of Tourism. The languages that will handle the contact centres include ten International languages that are Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Government imposed minimum import price on 7 steel items The government has imposed minimum import price (MIP) on 7 steel products ranging from $4 to $75 per ton. This is the government s action to give relief to domestic steel producers against cheap in-bound shipments.the discussion will directly affect the price of raw materials and will suitably give cheap imported materials. The prices will remain low only for six months.these rules were not implemented on advance authorization scheme and highgrade pipes used in the petroleum and natural gas industry. Finance Ministry got a dedicated YouTube channel Finance Ministry now has an official YouTube Channel, which is expected to disseminate information about the official events. The Channel will feature videos on the major schemes,events, meetings, press conferences and other exclusive videos relating to the Ministry. Although most of the activities are in public domain, yet to make it easier for the world outside to know about the same, this YouTube official channel of the Ministry would be a useful platform. Centre to contribute Rs. Lakh Crore for Karnataka Road Central government will spend Rs lakh crore for development of road infrastructure in Karnataka. In addition to this, Rs 00 crore will be spent on developing four light houses in the state in PPP mode. This was disclosed by Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari in Bengaluru. First National Deworming day observed First National Deworming day was observed across the country on 0th February. The initiative will be carried out at schools and anganwadic entres and aims at improving the children s overall health and quality of life. The government has set a target of deworming approximately 7 crore children across the country. The government started the deworming campaign last year under which over 9 crore children out of total 0 crore lakh children received deworming tablet. Rs lakh crore disbursed under MUDRA Yojana: PM Narendra Modi Under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had approved Rs lakh crore loans to small entrepreneurs MUDRA Yojana was launched in April 05. It aims to make youth to be job creators and not job seekers. Fund will be provided to youth to make them self sufficient.the loan is distributed among youth for their personal sector which will help them to utilize their skill and create new job opportunities. 7

20 BILATERAL India- Australia :To implement the Prime Minister s vision of affordable energy for all, Shri Piyush Goyal Union Minister of State (IC) for Coal, Power and New and Renewable had an Energy Security Dialogue with Australian Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia, Mr Josh Frydenberg at Canberra. In this, both the countries discussed the issues, business cooperation in coal bed methane and LNG production and trade. The several roundtables have organized during the Energy Security Dialogue with a view to getting to know the state of art technologies in the relevant areas.the policy collaboration on issues pertaining to LNG trade have also been discussed. India Sweden:The ministry of railways signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Sweden for technical cooperation. The main objective of the MoU, signed by Sweden s ministry of enterprise and innovation, is cooperation between the two countries to promote efficiency and sustainability and achieve concrete results with regard to bilateral trade, investment and technology transfer. Vietnam -India : Vietnam lifted the ban on import of Indian Groundnut. The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development lifted the ban in the wake of visit of Vietnam delegation to India in December 05. Last year in april 05 Vietnam had imposed ban on import of groundnuts from India due to interceptions of quarantine pests in consignments of groundnuts exported since January 05. APAs -United Kingdom : The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had signed two bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with United Kingdom. Now CBDT has signed 4 APAs out of which 8 are unilateral and are bilateral. India -Nepal : India agreed to supply 00 MW of electricity to energy-starved Nepal in the next one-and- a-half year as the two sides decided to expedite construction of crossborder transmission lines and boost bilateral cooperation including in power trade. Energy secretaries of the two countries agreed that Nepal will import 80 MW electricity from India through Muzaffarpur- Dhalkebar transmission line in the next three weeks. Nepal, currently reeling under an energy shortage, has been facing a power outage for 4 hours daily. India- Armenia: India and Armenia ratified MoU on Agricultural Cooperation which emphasizes not only trade and investment prospects also sharing Knowledge that both countries gained erstwhile. Armenia:Capital: Yerevan Currency : Dram India Singapore:The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave its ex-post facto approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and SingaporeCooperation Enterprise 8 (SCE).The MoU will allow the two countries to share experiences in the field of Urban Development Governance and Capacity Building. Haryana - South Korean: Haryana and South Korean state of Chungcheongbuk had agreed to collaborate on technology and development. India -UAE India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed 9 bilateral agreements covering cooperation in the various sectors. These agreements were signed during the second day of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi official visit to India. India -Brunei have signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the fields of defence, health and youth affairs & sports. India UK: India had signed an agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) on exchanging information about criminals. India- Sri Lanka: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on two day visit to Sri Lanka to discuss the fishermen s issue and rights of minority Tamils. NEWS IN BRIEF On sidelines of Vice-President Hamid Ansari visit to Thailand, India has participated in the 5th edition of Cobra Gold multilateral exercise as an observer plus country, being hosted by Thailand. Indian has been accorded as the observer plus country because of its increasing regional operability. Theme of exercise Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) launched a 500 Mw Kosti thermal power plant in Sudan, this plant will be the largest plant in that country also it s the first crude-oil fired thermal power plant in Africa. The plant was inaugurated by Omer Hassan Ahmed El-Basheer President of Sudan. The UAE s national oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil (ADNOC) Company has agreed to store crude oil in India s maiden Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPRs) storage. It will be first of its kind deal in which India has partner with other country for storing crude oil in the SPR storage for emergency purpose. Manipal University had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic cooperation with University of Chicago USA in Manipal.

21 MOU Chhattisgarh And Railway Signed Joint Venture For Infrastructure Development Indian Railway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chhattisgarh Government to establish a joint venture ( JV ) for laying tracks and expedite implementation of railway projects in the state. Under this MoU, state government will have 5% share and Indian Railways will have remaining 49% share in the JV company. The joint venture will focus on project development and implementation, resource mobilization, land acquisition and monitor the progress of critical rail projects in the state. ICC Cricket for Good and UNICEF launched Team Swachh clinics in partnership with BCCI International Cricket Council (ICC) and United Nations Children s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) had launched the Team Swachh clinics in partnership with BCCI during the ICC WT0 Host City Tour. The Team Swachh clinics were launched at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. This is the first in the series of alliance between the ICC and UNICEF under the aegis of Cricket for Good. The alliance aims at building a social movement for sanitation and toilet use with the impact of cricket. VANIK S KNOWLEDGE GARDEN Important Nuclear Power Plant in India Plant Narora Atomic Power Station Rajasthan Atomic Power Station Tarapur Atomic Power Station Kakrapar Atomic Power Station Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Madras Atomic Power Station Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant Madras Atomic Power Station Location State Capacity Narora Uttar Pradesh 440 MW Rawatbhata Rajasthan 80 MW Tarapur Maharashtra 400 MW Kakrapar Gujarat 440 MW Kudankulam Tamilnadu - MW Kalpakkam Tamilnadu - MW Kaiga Karnataka 660 MW Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu 440 MW Punjab to sign MoU with British Pig Association The Punjab government plans to sign a MoU with British Pig Association (BPA) to develop and promote piggery in the State. The tie-up of State Animal Husbandry department with BPA would turn around the stagnant economy of the peasantry, which is grappling with low returns from conventional farming. The company will export high-quality meat products from the upcoming plant to ensure better prices to pig farmers. NEWS IN BRIEF The Crime Mapping, Analytics and Predictive System (CMAPS) is being operationalised by Delhi Police in partnership with ISRO for effective use of space technology- based tools for ensuring internal security using a predictive policing mechanism. National Investment and Infrastructure fund (NIIF) the India s maiden sovereign wealthsigned MoU with Russia s Rusnano OJSC to set up high technology private Equity fund in India. The aim of NIIF is to take advantage of economic impact generally through infrastructure development in commercially doable infrastructure projects and other nationally important projects in India. Government holds 49% share in the fund and the rest would be held privately. 9

22 ECONOMY & BANKING BoB exhibited Highest Ever Loss by a PSB Vadodara headquarter Bank of Baroda publicized its net loss of Rs,4 crore for the December quarter in comparison with Rs crore profit last year. It is considered as the highest-ever quarterly loss by an Indian bank. The reason behind this huge loss is the provisions against bad loans which have jumped to Rs 6,64 crore against Rs,6 last year and increase in NPA percentage to 9.68% from.85%. U.K. Sinha Got Extension as SEBI Chairman UK Sinha will continue to lead India s capital and commodities market regulator for one more year. The government extended Sinha s term as the chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) till March 0, 07. Sinha took over as Sebi chairman in 0 with a three-year term. After that he was given a two-year extension SBI opens Japan Desk in New Delhi State Bank of India (SBI) launched Japan Desk, a first-ofits-kind initiative to facilitate Japanese corporates looking to invest with banking and advisory services. This will serve as an one-point comprehensive and reliable minformation support source for India-bound investments of Japanese companies. YES Bank, UltraCash partner to launch payments service YES Bank has partnered UltraCash Technologies to launch payments processing through sound waves. Ultra Cash utilises a patent-pending technology through which payment data is securely transferred from one device to the other using unique ultrahigh frequency sound waves. Ultra Cash s sound wave technology enables mobile payments to be done without the need for Internet connectivity using any of the options, such as bank accounts and cards. Ultra Cash will issue YES Bank-branded digital wallets to consumers to aid quicker, seamless and friction-free payments. SEBI approved Mahindra AMC s mutual fund Mahindra Asset Management Company has received markets regulator SEBI s approval for setting up of their mutual fund business. Mahindra AMC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (MMFS), got the regulator s nod on February 4. However, the company did not disclose by when it will start offering mutual fund products. At present, there are over 40 mutual fund houses operating in the country. Government to Infuse About Rs Cr. In PSU Banks in 4th Quarter The government will infuse about Rs.5,000 crore capital in the public sector undertaking (PSU) banks in the current 0 fiscal to strengthen their balance sheet. Funds would be infused after Parliament approves third Supplementary Demand for Grants in the upcoming Budget session. Last year, the Government announced a revamp plan Indradhanush to infuse Rs70,000 crore in state-owned banks over four years, while they will have to raise a further Rs. lakh crore from the markets to meet their capital requirements in line with global risk norms Basel III. SBI, Thomas Cook team up for inflation-proof holidays State Bank of India has tied up with Thomas Cook to offer online customers a recurring deposit that helps them save toward an inflation proof holiday. Availing the holiday on maturity of the recurring deposit is optional as customers can choose either to travel or redeem their savings. For those who stay on, Thomas Cook will top up the last instalment to pay for their holiday Fiscal deficit at 88% of annual target The government s fiscal deficit for the first nine months (April-December) of this financial year stood at 88 per cent of the annual target comparable with 00. per cent of the target it managed during the same period in the previous financial year. The April-December fiscal deficit the difference between government revenue and expenditure stood at Rs.4.88 lakh crore, which is 88 per cent of the Rs.5.55 lakh crore target for the full year set by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget. Commemorative Coin of 50 rupees & Circulation Coin of 0 rupees on Lala Lajpat Rai released Ministry of Culture has released a commemorative coin of 50 rupees and a circulation coin of 0 rupees on Lala Lajpat Rai. The Commemorative Coin of 50 rupees is made of Quaternary alloy with diameter of 44 mm and weight of 5 grams. The Circulation coin of 0 rupees is made of bi-metallic material with diameter of 7 mm and weight of 7.7 grams. The coin was released by Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister of state (Independent charge) Minister of Tourism & Culture at New Delhi on the occasion of 50th birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan joined WEF task force Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has joined a World Economic Forum task force to examine the future of the global financial system. The task force also includes Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, along with bankers and policymakers from across the world. The task force will continue to explore these themes and others throughout

23 06, with the ultimate objective of publishing a more comprehensive suite of recommendations and actions during the Annual Meeting 07 in Davos online computer system.the payment through ATMs is a new challenge for the bank.hdfc is providing every kind of loans excluding home loans only. Finance Minister inaugurated the Non-Tax Receipt Portal (NTRP) EXIM Bank of India announced plans to raise $00 million through Panda Bonds Arun Jaitley the Union Finance Minister inaugurated the Non-Tax Receipt Portal (NTRP).It had been developed by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) office. It will provide a one-stop platform for making online payment of Non-Tax Receipts to the Government of India. It provides platform to citizens, corporate and other users. The annual collection is over Rs lakh crores. The interest receipts, spectrum charges, royalty, license fee, sale of forms, RTI application fee are the major stuff of Non-Tax Receipts. The Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of India announced plans to raise $00 million through Panda Bonds to finance demand for credit. Panda bonds are renminbi-denominated (Chinese currency) instruments from a non-chinese issuer, sold in China. EXIM Bank is seeking to raise Panda Bonds because the currency swap rates to raise money from the Chinese market are looking attractive at present. However, the timing for bond offering would depend on favourable swap rates. RBI extended SAARC Swap Arrangement NEWS IN BRIEF Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on February 06 extended the billion US dollars SAARC Currency Swap Arrangement till 4 November 07. The extension aims at enhacing economic cooperation and strengthens financial stability within the SAARC region.under this arrangement, RBI will offer Swap Arrangement up to and overall amount of billion US dollar both in foreign currency and Indian rupee to SAARC nations. CAMS launched Aadhar based ekyc for instant (MF) mutual fund account. CAMS had launched Aadhar based ekyc (know your customer) for setting up an instant (MF) mutual fund account. The system had been launched to make mutual fund account opening and transactions a paperless and presence less process. Investors can voluntarily submit Aadhaar and mobile numbers for validation with Aadhaar or UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India)The authentication is done using OTP (one-time password) through CAMS atcamsonline.com CRMNEXT launched India s first cloud based digital CRM platform CRMNEXT had launched India s first cloud based digital CRM platform to provides commutable cloud CRM solutions.this technology will play a larger role in connecting with the customer on a day-to-day basis.the CRM system will now provide a seamless transaction from anywhere at any time and anyhow.in the financial services space like HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and institutions like Max Life Insurance and Bajaj Auto Finance CRMNEXT already have its customers. HDFC Bank is selling Loans to non customers through ATMs HDFC bank is using its ATM network to clutch new customers by extending its branch services through ATMs. Nearly 5% of new personal loans are approved and distributed by the banks without human involvement these are done using The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Exports to boost trade and explore business opportunities. The Reserve Bank of India had been awarded with the extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) International Award for Excellence and its efforts to improve regulatory reporting. The Union Government appointed Jai Kumar Garg as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Corporation Bank for a period of three years. United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has decided to initiate anti-dumping investigations into a certain category of tyres imported from India and Sri Lanka. As per the recent RBI survey, the real Gross Value Added at basic price (GVA) is expected to increase to 7.8% in the next fiscal (067) from 7.4% expected in Indian economy will be growing at a 5-year high of 7.6 per cent in fiscal year 05-6 as per the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Karnataka Bank Ltd has bagged IBA Banking Technology Award in the category of Best Risk and Fraud Management Initiative Runner Up among the small banks. Amazon announced the launch an initiative that enables small and medium businesses (SMBs) to go online and sell products Amazon Tatkal.Tatkal will traverse the country engaging with thousands of entrepreneurs, artisans, manufacturers and sellers and help them sell online on the spot.

24 The Public sector oil major ONGC has approved an investment of Rs 5,050 crore in Tripura for drilling of wells and creation of surface facilities to produce 5. mmscmd gas from the states fields. Axis Bank had made partnership with Suvidhaa to offer loan to urban poor.its aims to provide loan to the urban people who have no formal credit score to boast and no bank guarantees to offer.these urban poor include Rickshaw pullers, taxi drivers, tailors, barbers etc. The Public Investment Board Clears Rs. 800 Crore proposal from India Post to set up Payment Banks, It will be kept before the Cabinet for the final approval within a month. Punjab National Bank (PNB) had declared United Breweries Holdings, Kingfisher Airlinesand Vijay Mallya as willful defaulter.state Bank of India had also declared Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines and its holding company United Breweries Holdings as wilful defaulters in November 05. Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) announced the interest rate 8.8% on provident fund savings for 05-6 Iran, Airbus signed deal to buy 8 Airbus planes Iran and Airbus signed two agreements covering new aircraft orders and a comprehensive civil aviation co-operation package. The agreement includes purchase of 8 new Airbus aircrafts. The agreement for 8 new aircraft includes A0ceo family, 4 A0neo family, 7 A0ceo family, 8 A0neo (-900), 6 A and A80. The agreements were signed at the Elysee Palace, Paris, during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani s official visit to France with French President Francois Hollande. Cognizant acquired KBACE Technologies United States (US) based software services exporter Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) has acquired cloudbased computing firm KBACE Technologies. This acquisition will help Cognizant to strength and expands its digital capabilities from its critical business applications to cloud-based IT infrastructures. NEWS IN BRIEF MERGER AND AQUISTION Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla Ltd. has acquired two US generic drug companies, InvaGen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc. Billionaire Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Entertainment announced a joint venture with filmmaker producer duo Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia s Friday Filworks for production of movies.akshay Kumar starrer Rustom will be the first movie under the banner, Plan C Studios. Plan C Studios will be an equal partnership joint venture between the two. Chinese technology company ZTE has inked a pact with the Andhra Pradesh government to work on smart city projects in the state. As a company associated with a number of smart city projects, the diversified telecom and technology major ZTE plans to engage itself with the state and work on the upcoming smart city projects in Andhra Pradesh. Wipro To Buy US Healthcare Services Global software major and India s rd largest exporter Wipro has announced buying Health Plan Service business in the US for $460 million (Rs.,50 crore). Health Plan Services is a leading independent technology and Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) provider in the US health insurance market that offers solutions to health insurance firms. By partnering with Health Plan, Wipro will have first-mover advantage in the high growth public and private exchange space for individual, group and ancillary markets. Amazon To Invest In Westland ( A Tata Group Company ) Ecommerce company Amazon has made an investment in Westland, a Trent Ltd subsidiary ( Tata Group ) in support of its publishing business. The investment will help to expand its international reach and scale its physical and digital book businesses. Westland had also signed a two-month exclusive deal with Amazon to sell the book through its online platform. Reliance Infra to sell cement biz to Birla for 4800 Cr. Rs Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has signed a share purchase agreement with Birla Corporation, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has agreed to sell its cement assets to Birla Corp. Ltd for Rs.4,800 crore. Birla Corporation will acquire the 00 per cent shareholding of RInfra in RCCPL. P h. : ( ) , W e b : w w w. v a n i k. o r g, E - m a i l : v a n i k b b s g m a i l. c o m

25 AWARD & HONOUR Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award 05 Chief Executive Officer Vinita Gupta and managing director Nilesh Gupta, of Lupin Ltd have been chosen the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 05. An -member jury led by Adi Godrej selected the winners. F. C. Kohli, former ViceChairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering contribution towards the Indian software industry and nation-building. Vidyav Balan received Pride of Kerala award The 8-year-old Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has been awarded with the Pride of Kerala award by the World Malayalee Council and Kairali TV. The National awardwinning actress has starred in films like Parineeta, Paa, No One Killed Jessica, The Dirty Picture and Kahaani. PM Shram Awards Announced For The Year 04 The Government of India has announced the Prime Ministers Shram Awards for the year 04. The award will be awarded to 54 workers employed in the Departmental Undertakings and Public Sector.The award has been given in recognition of their distinguished performances, innovative abilities, outstanding contribution in the field of productivity and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind. This year, 9 nominations for the Shram Bhushan Award, 9 nominations for ShramVir/ Shram Veerangana and 6 nominations for Shram Shree / Shram Devi Awards have been selected. BAFTA Awards : 69th British Academy Film Awards The 69th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) held at the Royal Opera House in London. 69th Annual BAFTA Awards 06 Best Film: The Revenant. Outstanding British Film: Brooklyn. Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant). Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant). Best Actress: Brie Larson (Room). President Pranab Mukherjee Conferred Infosys Prize 05 President Pranab Mukherjee has conferred the Infosys Prizes to six winners for their outstanding contribution in the research fields in New Delhi for the year 05. These six winners in six different categories are Jonardon Ganeri: Humanities category Umesh Waghmare: Engineering and Computer Science category Mahan Maharaj: Mathematical Sciences category Amit Sharma: Life Sciences category Ravindra Kumar: Physical Sciences Srinath Raghavan: Social Sciences category Robin Chaurasiya Nominated For Global Teacher Prize Robin Chaurasiya, an Indian teacher who runs a non-profit school in Mumbai for girls from the city s red light areas has been named in the top 0 short-list for a global prize for teachers. Robin Chaurasiya, founder of Kranti, will compete with teachers from the UK, US, Nairobi, Palestine, Japan, Finland, Australia and Pakistan to win the $-million Global Teacher Prize 06. The top ten have been narrowed down from 8,000 nominations and applications from 48 countries from around the world. Titli first Indian film to win Best First Foreign Film award Titli has bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 06 (FSCC). Kanu Behl is the director of the film Titli. Titli has earlier won at various international film festivals at places like Bordeaux, Hawaii, New York, Turkey and Spain. Amitabh Bachchan conferred with lifetime achievement award Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan has been presented with the lifetime achievement award in New Delhi. He received the honour at NDTV Indian of the Year Awards for his contribution to the film industry. Russian Order of Friendship bestowed upon Ramayah Shanmuga Sundar Director of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) construction site, RamayahShanmugaSundar has been conferred with Order of Friendship by Russia to recognize his contribution towards the implementation of the NPP Kudankulam project. Bihar CM to get Veeramani award for social justice Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been selected for K Veeramani award for social justice by the Periyar International. The annual award has been instituted by US-based Periyar International,an organization of non-resident followers of Dalit icon Periyar EV Ramasami. He has been chosen for this award for his immense contribution for the cause of social justice especially for upliftment of weaker and marginalised sections of the society. Morton Mower, Michael Marmot win 05 Prince Mahidol Award Morton Mower (US), Sir Michael Marmot (UK) have won the prestigious 05 Prince Mahidol Award for their

26 outstanding achievements in the international healthcare sector. Thailand s kiing Bhumibol Adulyadej bestowed the awards on both of them at a ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand. Henri Tiphagne selected for Amnesty International Human Rights Award 06 Indian lawyer and human rights defender Henri Tiphagne selected for the 8th Human Rights Award by Amnesty International. The award is a recognition of Tiphagne s exceptional commitment to human rights. Naresh Bedi has been honoured with V Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award Wildlife film maker & Padma Shri awardee Naresh Bedi has been honoured with V Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award during the inauguration of 4th edition of Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films MIFF 06. NEWS IN BRIEF 4 State s oldest University, Kerala University has been conferred with first-ever chancellor s award with a prize money of Rs 5 crore. Veteran actress Rekha was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai for her contribution to the film industry Nagaland is changing, But film has won the Golden Beaver Best Film Award in the institutional category at the 6th National Science Film Festival held in Mumbai. The film is based on conservation efforts by villagers and has been directed by Gurmeet Sapal. It has been produced by Nagaland State Forest Department and was made with the technical collaboration with TERI, New Delhi. Karnataka s flagship mobile-one governance application has won gold medal at the fourth World Government Summit in Dubai, UAE in the mgovernance awards category. The 06 Grammy Awards ceremony was held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California to recognize the best recordings, compositions and artists of the year.kendrick Lamar has won awards followed by Taylor Swift (7) and Max Martin(6). After the recently announced Swachh Sarvekshan-06", Union Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu conferred the trophies and mementos to 5 cities from across the country in recognition of their work in improving sanitation in urban areas.first cities Mysore, Chandigarh and Tiruchirapalli Ishaan Patel an Indian-origin year old boy has been honoured in the US for his charity work. Renowned Indologist Professor David Shulman has been selected for the prestigious Israel Prize for his breakthrough studies in fields like philosophy and religion. He was chosen for this award for his studies on the religion, literature and culture of southern India and has command over Indian languages like Sanskrit, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam. Fashion designer Manish Arora had been conferred with the Chevalier de la Legion d Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) France s highest civilian honor. Malayalam film Ottaal (The Trap) directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair has been bestowed with Crystal Bear award in the Generation KPlus section during Berlin International Film Festival. Tiruchirapalli city in Tamil Nadu has won best city performer in Behavioral change Communication Award. The award was bestowed upon Trichy city commissioner Vijayalakshmi from Union Minister of urban Development Venkaiah Naiadu in the Swach Sarvekshan function. Vanik s Knowledge Garden NASSCOM The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM). The Indian Chamber of Commerce is a consortium that serves as an interface to the Indian Software industry and Indian BPO industry. NASSCOM President R. Chandra Sekhar. It was established in 988. NASSCOM is a NonProfit Organization. Headquarters : New Delhi, India with Regional Offices in the cities of Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune and Kolkata

27 BOOK & AUTHOR the actor cum politician Shatrughan Sinha told that his biography was more honest and transparent as it has the criticisms left unedited Arun Jaitley releases India-06 and Bharat06 Year Books Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting ArunJaitley released Bharat 06 and India 06 year books. These books give comprehensive information about the country and various States and Union Territories including functioning of the Government and the economy.it also provides detailed information on various schemes and projects of Government and its various departments. The E versions will be cheaper and easier to store and will be priced at 75% of the print book cost. Sachin Tendulkar s autobiography enters Limca Book of Records Sachin Tendulkar continues to make records with the his autobiography Playing It My Way entering the Limca Book of Records for being the best-selling adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories. The book, published by Hachette India, was released on November 6, 04 and has broken all records for an adult hardback across both fiction and nonfiction categories with,50,89 copies confirmed on order subscriptions. Boria Majumdar was the co-author of Tendulkar s autobiography. Vanik s Knowledge Garden State Bank of India (SBI) Release of Nathuram Godse book on Gandhi s birth anniversary sparks controversy Newly formed Goa Forward party has opposed the release of a book on Mahatma Gandhi s killer Nathuram Godse on the death anniversary of the Father of the Nation. The book, titled Nathuram Godse - The Story of an Assassin and written by Anup Ashok Sardesai,to be released at the governmentowned Ravindra Bhavan in Margao by BJP leader and the bhavan s chairman Damodar Naik. Nisid Hajari won 06 William E. Colby Award for Best Military Book Nisid Hajari on 8 January 06 won the 06 William E. Colby Award for his book, Midnight s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India s Partition. Book titled A Kingdom for his Love launched by Amar Chitra Katha A fiction book titled A Kingdom For His Love was launched in February 06 by Amar Chitra Katha (ACK). The book is co-authored by Vani Mahesh and Shinie Antony. The authors through the book want to retell the Sanskrit play Swapnavasavadattam, by one of the earliest and most celebrated playwrights Bhasa. It is an immersive novel about two people coming together against all odds for the sake of true love. Biography of Shatrughan Sinha released Anything but Kamosh: The biography of Shatrughan Sinha was released on 0th February.On this release day 5 Imperial Bank of India acted as central bank of our country from 9 to 95. Imperial Bank of India was nationalized and renamed as State Bank of India in 955. First Chairman, A. D. Gorwala. SBI has 7 Subsidiaries (SBI Ground). They are : State Bank of Hyderabad, Mysore, Indore, Patiala, Saurashtra, Travancore, Bikaner & Jaipur. All these were formed in 959. The total number of associate banks of SBI currently working in the country is Five SBI is the largest commercial bank of India SBI launched a New Scheme Parvartan to attract more customers by rendering better services. SBI has introduced the Tiny-Card with biometric identification to achieve Financial Inclusion. TinyCard provides easy banking services for under privileged communities. SBI Head Quarters :Mumbai State Bank of India launched Mobi Cash Eash a mobile wallet service that allows users to transfer funds and make bill payment easily using Mobile Phone. On 7th October 0, Arundhati Bhattacharya is appointed as the first lady chairperson for SBI. SBI & Associated Banks State Bank of India Mumbai 806 State Bank of Hyderabad Hyderabad 94 State Bank of Mysore Bangalore 9 4 State Bank of Travancore Trivendram State Bank of Patiala Patiyala 97 6 State Bank of Jaipur & Bikaner Jaipur 96 Note : In 008 the State Bank of Sourashtra merged with SBI. In 00 the above State Bank of Indore also merged with SBI. Slogans of SBI : With you all the way Pure Banking nothing else The banker to every Indian The Nation Banks on us

28 PERSON IN NEWS Ri Myong-Su: Ri Myong-Su, former People s Security Minister, was referred to as chief of the Korean People s Army General Staff Appointed As New Military Chief Of North Korea Sri Srinivasan : Sri Srinivasan to become the first IndianAmerican Judge of the U S Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia after his unexpected death. He made history in 0 when he became the first Asian American and Indian American to serve in the Court of Appeals in the D.C. Circuit, long cited as the stepping stone to the uppermost echelon, the Supreme Court. Prof. Yogesh Tyagi : President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Yogesh Tyagi, dean of the law faculty at South Asian University (SAU), as the new Vice Chancellor of Delhi University (DU). Kalikho Pul: Kalikho Pul has been sworn in as the ninth chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He was administered the oath by governor KP Rajkhowa at a ceremony at the Raj Bhawan in Itanagar. Christine Lagarde :Christine Lagarde was re-appointed as IMF s Managing Director for a second five-year term. Faustin Archange: Faustin Archange Touadera has won the 06 Presidential election of Central African Republic (CAR) Harinder Sidhu: Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu has been appointed as Australian High Commissioner to India. She replaces outgoing High Commissioner Patrick Suckling. Ketan Shukla: The 986 IFS batch officer Dr.Ketan Shukla is appointed as the new High Commissioner to the Republic of Botswana. Satender Kumar: has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to Saint Lucia with residence in Paramaribo. Yogeshwar Sangwan: had been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic ofarmenia. Justice Vineet Saran: Justice Vineet Saran will be the new Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. K. Sanath Kumar: K. Sanath Kumar has taken charge as the Chairman-cum Managing Director of Kolkata-based National Insurance Company. John Nicholson: A key Senate committee has confirmed the nomination of US General John Nicholson to the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan. Parameshwaran Iyer: The government has appointed World Bank s water and sanitation specialist, Parameshwaran Iyer, as the new Secretary of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department. Aruna Sethi: Aruna Sethi, the Principal Adviser (Cost), took over charge as the head of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS). With this appointment, she became the first woman to occupy the post. 6 DJ Pandian:Former chief secretary of Gujarat DJ Pandian was appointed vicepresident and chief investment officer of the newly-created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on February 06. Saroj Kumar: Saroj Kumar Jha has been appointed to a key position in the World Bank. Jha assumed the position of Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank. Archana Ramasundram: Archana Ramasundram was appointed as the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal that guards India s frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan. Archana Ramasundram became the first woman to head a paramilitary force. Sanjay Mishra: The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed Justice Sanjay Mishra, a former judge of the Allahabad High Court, as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh. J. S. Deepak: J.S. Deepak has been appointed the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications. Gurdeep Singh: Gurdeep Singh was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NTPC Ltd. Renana Jhabvala: Renana Jhabvala, Indian woman was invited to serve as a panelist on United Nations (UN) panel on women s economic empowerment, as announced by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. M.K. Surana: M.K. Surana was appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), the nation s third-largest oil marketing company. KN Vyas: Distinguished scientist KN Vyas has been appointed as Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for a term of three years Amar Singh: Amar Singh from Indian-origin Sikh Community has been appointed the Police Commissioner of the Capital city of Malaysia. OBITUTARY Lance Naik Hanamanthappa: Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, the brave-heart soldier of the Indian Army, passed away after battling for his life at an army hospital in New Delhi. He was rescued alive on the night of 8 February after being buried under 5 feet of snow for 5 days in Siachen. He belongs to 9 Madras Regiment of the Indian Army. O N V Kurup:Padma Vibhushan awardee, eminent Malayalam poet, lyricist, professor and environmentalist O N V Kurup passed away due to cardiac arrest. He was 84. Biraja Prasad :Biraja Prasad, India s Ambassador to Tajikistan passed away following a massive cardiac arrest. He was the youngest Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer to be appointed as India s Ambassador to any country. Mr.

29 Biraja Prasad, who belonged to Odisha started his career as diplomat. Boutros Ghali: Former United Nations (UN) SecretaryGeneral Boutros Boutros-Ghali passed away in Cairo, Egypt. He was 9. Mr. Boutros-Ghali was Egyptian politician and diplomat who had served as sixth UN Secretary-General from 99 to 996. He was United Nations first secretary-general from Africa. Harper Lee: Harper Lee, one of America s most celebrated novelists whose masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird was read by millions worldwide, has died at the age of 89. Dan Hicks: Renowned American singer-songwriter Dan Hicks passed away after a twoyear long battle with throat and liver cancer. S S Tarapore: S.S. Tarapore, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and a noted economist, passed away in Mumbai. Intizar Hussain: Veteran short story writer, novelist, columnist and poet Intizar Hussain passed away at a hospital in Lahore. He was the first Pakistani and the first Urdu writer ever to be nominated for the international award. Intizar Hussain was also conferred upon the Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ambassador to Pakistan Philppe Thiebaud in September 04. Sushil Koirala: Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sushil Koirala passed away due to Pneumonia in capital city Kathmandu. Nida Fazli: Renowned Urdu Poet and well known Bollywood lyricist Nida Fazli passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra following a heart attack. Terry Wogan: British television and radio personality Terry Wogan died of cancer on January 06 in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. PLACE IN NEWS Tehran- Iran: The first cargo train to connect Iran and China has arrived in Tehran. The train had started its journey from China s eastern Zhejiang province and it took 4 days to reach final destination. The trains will run between both countries once in every month and the frequency will be increased if necessary. These trains will be run by private companies using existing routes.it marks the revival the ancient Silk Road and gives impetus to China s ambitious One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative part of revived Silk Road diplomacy. Lao Cai, Vietnam: Vietnam initiated the world s longest threerope cable car system with a total length of 6,9.5 metres in the Northern Province of Lao Cai. It will connect Muong Hoa Valley and Fansipan Mountain in Lao Cai. Ladakh: India and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) entered into a partnership in January 06 to explore the environment of Ladakh under NASA s Spaceward Bound programme. Under the partnership, a team of scientists from NASA, the Mars society Australia and the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow will undertake an expedition to Ladakh in August 06. During their 0-day expedition, the scientists will study the similarities of certain parts of the region s topography and microbial life to the surroundings of Mars. Previous spaceward bound expeditions were Atacama Desert (South America), Mojave Desert (the USA), Pavilion Lake (Canada) and Arctic region among others. Bhubaneswar :International Radio Fair 06 is to be held at Bhubaneswar. The fair will start on the occasion of World Radio Day i.e. th of February and close on 4th. Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas 7 Dharmendra Pradhan and eminent news reader Upendra Pahadsingh have given their consent join the Radio Fair this year among others. Vadodara,Gujarat: Vadodara will be home to the country s first railway university, minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha has said Sinha, who is on a two days visit to Gujarat, said on Saturday that the state government was helping Indian Railways identify land to set up a full-fledged railway university. The ministry of human resource development has worked out detailed modalities for this and it will be soon placed in Parliament for approval. Gujarat: The state government had decided to set up the country s first Aviation Park in Gujarat. The park will have an airstrip, training school, helipad and space for setting up small manufacturing units. The park aims to raise the awareness among students about the potential of the aviation sector. The park set up in Gujarat will also attract national and international industrial houses to set up their manufacturing facilities in this park. Vishakhapatnam:The second-ever International Fleet Review (IFR) in India, comprising of navies from 54 countries, commenced at Vishakhapatnam. The theme (motto) for IFR 06 is United through Oceans. However, the overall theme of this event is Make in India. This is the second IFR to be held in India and the first on the East Coast. The last IFR was held in Mumbai in 00 and was reviewed by the then President KR Narayanan. NEWS IN BRIEF Real Poseidon, India s first underwater restaurant initiated in Ahmedabad which has been created 0 feet below ground level. It has been

30 owned by Ahmedabad-based businessman, Bharat Bhatt. Tech giant Infosys is all set to build the world s tallest free-standing clock tower at its 45-acre global education centre in Mysuru. Japanese two-wheeler giant Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) started its fourth plant in India at Vithalapur (Gujarat). This plant is the world s largest scooter manufacturing site with production capacity of. million two-wheelers per annum. Union Government has sanctioned about 580 crore rupees for Agartala-Akhaura railway link Project to connect Kolkata (West Bengal) with Tripura via Bangladesh. The Samej village in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh becomes smokeless by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) under the Union Government s campaign. Kasaragod district of Kerala has been declared as the second zero landless district, after Kannur. The Tithal beach in Valsad district of Gujarat have India s first disable friendly beach in the country. This project will provide proper infrastructure in public places to the disable people.government will provide Rs.5 crore in the first phase. Elephanta Island in Maharastra will soon get completely electrified by Independence Day 06. Elephanta Island is UNESCO world heritage site. Elephanta Island is Famous for its Hindu cave sculptures depicting the cult of Shiva. The 4nd Khajuraho Dance Festival begun in Khajuraho, Chhatrapur District in Madhya Pradesh. Katni in Madhya Pradesh to have India s longest railway bridge of 4 km in length which is three and half folds longer than the Vembanad rail Bridge that connects Edappally and Vallarpadam of 4.6 Km in length. SPORTS CRICKET New Zealand cricketer Brendon Barrie McCullum retired from One-Day Internationals Brendon Barrie McCullum (New Zealand) on 8 February 06 retired from OneDay Internationals (ODIs). However, He announced his retirement. He played 60 ODIs and scored 608 runs matches. They include 5 centuries and half-centuries. Under 9 World Cup: West Indies Beat India To Win First Title The West Indies won the Under-9 World Cup for the first time in their history after beating India by five wickets in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was the eleventh edition of the Under9 Cricket World Cup, and the second to be held in Bangladesh, after the 004 event. New Zealand cricket team won Chappell-Hadlee Trophy New Zealand on 8 February 06 won the three-match Chappell-Hadlee Trophy of cricket against Australia, -. This win of the Black Caps can be termed as the best farewell gift for Brendon McCullum who retired from One-Day International (ODI) cricket after the match. They also retained the Chappell-Hadlee trophy by putting tremendous bowling and fielding display. Brendon McCullum scores fastest 00 in Test Cricket History New Zealand Skipper Brendon McCullum has smashed the fastest ever Test ton in his final international match on day 8 one of the Second Test Match between Australia and New Zealand at Christchurch. A 54-ball effort that broke the record jointly held by Viv Richards and Misbah-ul-Haq. Yasir Shah suspended for three months for breach of anti-doping code Yasir Shah, Pakistan leg-spinner had been banned for three months for breaching the International Cricket Council s (ICCs) anti-doping code. He had temporarily suspended in late December because he had taken banned substance Cloralti done, which was found in his body for a blood test during Pakistan s nd One-Day International (ODI) against England. He breaks Article. of the ICC s anti-doping code that deals with the presence of Prohibited Substance in a Player s body. Dravid in ICC s Anti-Corruption Oversight Group Batting great Rahul Dravid has been named in ICC s newly appointed Anti-Corruption Oversight Group as part of the recommendation from its Integrity Working Party of the parent body. David Warner wins Allan Border Medal 06 Australian batsman David Warner defeated captain Steve Smith for the prestigious Allan Border Medal for 06. NEWS IN BRIEF Australian all-rounder Shane Watson emerged as the costliest player of the IPL player auction that was held on 6 February 06. He was acquired for Rs. 9.5 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

31 The ICC has removed India, England and Australia as the permanent members of its decisionmaking executive committee. Rajkot franchise has been named as the Gujarat Lions after an online survey. The Gujarat Lions will be led by Suresh Raina. The hallowed Lord s will host the final of the Women s Cricket World Cup in 07 in London. TENNIS Mirza-Hingis Win St Petersburg Title Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis extended their winning streak to 40 after clinching the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. With the win, the Indo-Swiss pair bagged their th women s double titles. Earlier this year, the Indo-Swiss duo won their third consecutive women s doubles Grand Slam title by lifting the Australian Open trophy. Novak Djokovic clinched sixth Australian Open Novak Djokovic crushed Andy Murray 6-, 7-5, 7-6() at Melbourne Park on Sunday to match Roy Emerson s record of six Australian Open titles. Angelique Kerber wins Australia Open 06 women s single title Germany s Angelique Kerber stunned world number one Serena Williams in three sets to win her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. She defeated Serena Williams by in the final of Australia Open 06 women s single title at Melbourne park. Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis won 06 Australian Open women s doubles tennis title Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis on 9 January 06 won the 06 Australian Open title of tennis in the women s doubles category. FOOTBALL Lionel Messi Named La Liga Player of Month FC Barcelona forward Lionel Andres Messi has been named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for January, for the first time. Lionel Messi also became the first player to notch 00 La Liga goals as his double blast powered Barcelona to a - win at Sporting Gijon that sent them six points clear at the top of the table OTHER SPORTS 06 South Asian Games (SAG) The 06 South Asian Games (SAG) concluded on 6 February 06 with a grand closing ceremony held at Guwahati s Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. India grabbed an unprecedented 88 gold medals and stamped its superiority as an unrivalled region sporting power. Sri Lanka came second in the medals tally. 9 Final Rank 4 5 Medals Tally Country India Sri Lanka Pakistan Afghanistan Bangladesh Gold Silver Bronze Total Nirban Lahiri wins Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year award The Indian triumphed at the Maybank Malaysian and Hero Indian Open before going on to finish tied fifth at the PGA Championship last year. He also became the first Indian to feature at The Presidents Cup and ended the year by winning the Asian Tour Order of Merit title and finishing in 40th place in the world rankings. Lahiri won the award ahead of Thailand s Thongchai Jaidee, Malaysia s Danny Chia and Philippines Miguel Tabuena. Indian Wrestlers Win 4 out of 6 Gold In South Asian Games Indian wrestlers simply grabbed, scooping 4 gold medals out of a total 6 on offer as the wrestling competition in the th South Asian Games. Indian wrestlers ended their campaign with a whopping 4 gold and two silver. India won gold in all the eight women s categories, while their men counterparts won 6 gold and silver. Pakistan won gold. Hockey India League 06: Punjab Warriors beat Kalinga Lancers to clinch maiden title Jaypee Punjab Warriors finally struck gold to become thirdtime lucky as they clinched their Hockey India League (HIL) title in the fourth edition of the six-team tournament at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium of BBSR in Odisha. Kerala won 6st National School Athletics championship Kerala has won the 6st National School Athletics championship which concluded in Kozhikode yesterday. This is for the 9th consecutive time Kerala becomes the champions in the event. Tamil Nadu came second. NEWS IN BRIEF India s ace squash player Joshna Chinappa has won the gold medal in women s individual category at the th South Asian Games (SAG). India s Sapna Devi has won gold for India in the women Wushu Taulu (Changquan) Competition at the th South Asian Games (SAG). In an online poll, India s Anirban Lahiri has been voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Year.

32 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Discovery of The Centuary : Gravitational Waves Scientists have observed a stunning discovery in their quest to fully understand gravity. They have observed the warping of space time generated by the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years from Earth. The scientist team says the first detection of these gravitational waves will usher in a new era for astronomy. The gravitational waves were predicted by Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity 00 years ago in 95. The gravitational waves were detected on September 4, 05 by LIGO detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington, USA. Apple to Setup Its st Technology Center In India Apple has confirmed its st technology centre in India at Hyderabad, at a cost of $5 million. Spread across,50,000 square feet, the centre will help Apple develop maps and make them available in its iphones and Mac systems. It is set to open by June, becoming fully operational by the end of the year. The facility is projected to create 4,500 jobs India s st Lightest Gun Nidar Launched India s first indigenously developed lightest revolver (gun) Nidar weighing merely 50 grams was successfully launched to boost the Make In India initiative. It has been designed and manufactured by the state-run Rifle Factory Ishapore located in West Bengal. The Nidar is lightest revolver ever made in India with cheapest price tag of Rs 5,000 only. World s Cheapest Smartphone Launched By Ringing Bells smartphone with a 4-inch WVGA resolution display, features a. Ghz quad-core processor, GB RAM, 8GB total storage space and a. megapixel camera on the back. It will have 0. megapixel camera on the front and has a 450 mah battery. This is dual-sim G capable phone. Bookings for the Freedom 5 started from Thursday 8 February from 6.00 am in the morning and closed on February at 8.00 pm. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikkar launched the smartphone Freedom 5 on February 7. Tata unveils first ever India made robot Brabo TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a Tata Group company, has designed the first ever India-made robot called Tata Brabo. The robot will be developed for micro, small and medium enterprises which require cost-effective robotic solutions for their manufacturing purposes. Brabo will be priced at Rs Lakh for kg payload and Rs 6 Lakh for 0kh payload. The main advantage Tata will have is the localized manufacturing of the robot which will help it to price the robots lower than foreign players. Alphabet surpassed Apple to become most valuable traded US company Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google has overtaken Apple as s most valuable company in the world. Alphabet has made a profit of $4.9 billion in the fourth quarter and was valued at 548 billion dollars followed by Apple which was valued 54 billion dollars. Noida based Ringing Bells is all set to launch the world s cheapest G smartphone at just Rs 5 in India. The HEALTH India has set target to eliminate malaria by 00 India has set a target to eliminate malaria disease by 00 and will allocate infrastructure and financial resources towards this task. Launching the National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME) 06-00, which outlines India s strategy for elimination of the disease by 00. NFME 0600 also defines key strategic approaches such as programme phasing, considering the varying malaria endemicity in the country. An enabled environment and necessary resources would remain critical to realise the objectives in the pathway to malaria elimination. Project Sunrise launched for prevention of AIDS in the eight North-Eastern states Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Naddahas launched Project Sunrise for prevention of AIDS in the eight North-Eastern states. The project is funded by the Centre 0 for Disease Control of the United States. The Project will be implemented in the North East, in addition to the existing projects of the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO). The AIDS prevention special programme for the North-East will be implemented in 0 districts of the eight states including four districts of Manipur- Imphal East, Bishnupur, Ukhrul and Churachandpur. World s st fast-acting Anti-Rabies drug to be launched in India World s first fast-acting anti-rabies drug Rabies Human Monoclonal Antibody (RMAb) will be launched in India. The drug has been developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) and US-based MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. RMAb drug is a human IgG monoclonal antibody that instantly deactivates rabies

33 virus by specifically binding to a conformational epitope of G glycoprotein of the virus. ISRO successfully test cryogenic engine of GSLV Mark rocket The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted hotbed test of the indigenously developed high-thrust cryogenic engine (CE0) of the GSLV Mark (LVM) rocket for the upper stage. The long-duration test was conducted at ISRO Propulsion Research Centre at Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu and lasted for 640 seconds. It was conducted with Mixture Ratio Controller (MRC) in a closed loop mode. A team of scientist in US led by an Indian-origin Ashutosh Tiwari has discovered Tin Monoxide (SnO) conductor to replace silicon. SnO is a new kind of D semiconducting material for electronics that opens the door for much speedier computers and smartphones that consumes less power. ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Prakash Javadekar launched ENVIS portal and mobile application. The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar has launched Environment Information System (ENVIS) portal and mobile application. It was launched on the sidelines of the national interactioncum-evaluation workshop for Environment Information System. ENVIS Portal ( runs parallel with the objectives of Digital India which works on improving the digital literacy in the environment sector and deliver services digitally. It will play important role integrating network of ENVIS centres. Haryana to become the first state in India to have Aquifer mapping To find out the exact location of the Aquifer rocks a new mapping technique is to be introduced in Haryana by May making it as the first state to have such mapping. Aquifer rock is an underground layer of water bearing rock which has groundwater stored in it. With the climate changes in the recent years, the groundwater sources have gone down to a critical level. Five Jupiter like planets discovered Scientists have discovered five new Jupiter-like planets that are similar in characteristics to our solar system s biggest planet. The newly discovered planets were designated as WASP-9 b, WASP-4 b, WASP-6 b, WASP-9 b and WASP- b. They orbit very close to their host stars and are hot compared to Jupiter. These planets were discovered by researchers from Keele University in UK by using Wide Angle Search for Planets-South (WASP-South) instrument. cancer s growth and metastasis without harming healthy, normal cells in vitro and in vivo experiments. New species of Hydroid discovered in Red Sea An international team of biologists have discovered a new species of hydroid polyps emitting green fluorescence in the Red Sea. These species were found during the investigations of the biodiversity of coral reefs of the archipelago Farasan south of the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia. These hydroid polyps ( also called hydrozoas) are presumably a new species of the genus Cytaeis whose body length reaches.5 mm. They were found to be emitting green light in association with the gastropod Nassarius margaritifer in the night. Paper waste turned into non-toxic green Aerogel for first time For the first time, scientists from National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully converted paper waste into green nontoxic cellulose aerogels. Aerogels are among the lightest solid materials in the world and are also one of the finest insulation materials available. Green Aerogels are ultra-light, non-toxic, extremely strong, flexible and water repellent. It is obtained by converting paper waste into biodegradable Aerogels which is a simple, cost-effective and fast method. Goa wants the peacock to be declared a vermin that causes nuisance to farmers Goa s agriculture minister Ramesh Tawadkar, who had recently decided that the coconut tree is not a tree, wants to declare India s national bird, the peacock, a nuisance or vermin. Neem extract may help treat Pancreatic Cancer A new study has claimed that a natural extract derived from the neem tree can potentially be used to treat pancreatic cancer without harming normal, healthy cells. Scientists have tested nimbolide, a compound found in neem leaves against pancreatic cancer in cell lines and mice. The results have showed that this natural compound can stop pancreatic

34 DEFENCE Coast Guard to Induct 8 Aircraft and Helicopter By 00 The Indian Coast Guard has proposed to induct 8 more aircraft and helicopters into its fleet by 00. The CG at present has a fleet strength of 6 airplanes and helicopters. To boost its surveillance and search, and rescue capabilities. In this regard, the maritime security will sign a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to procure 6 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs) in the next three - four months. It is also exploring options to buy 4 twin-engine heavy helicopters and 6 more Maritime Multimission Surveillance Aircraft. Prithvi II Missile Successfully Test Fired India test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile. This missile is capable of carrying 500 kg to 000 kg of warheads. Prithvi II missile tested as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur. It was conducted by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) and was monitored by the scientists from Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The missile test was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex- of the Integrated Test Range (ITR). India and Myanmar Sign Standard Operating Procedure On Joint Patrol The 4th edition of India-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) was conducted jointly by ships of both navies along the International Maritime Boundary Line in the Andaman Sea since 0.Indian Navy ships Saryu and Bitra along with Union of Myanmar ships Aung Zeya and FAC 56 participated in the patrol. During the Ceremony of 4th IMCOR, the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for IMCOR was also signed between Indian Navy and Myanmar Navy. Cmde Atul Anand VSM from Indian Navy and Cmde Aung Zaw Hlaing from Myanmar Navy signed the document in the presence of H.E Gautam Mukhopadhaya, the Ambassador of India to Myanmar. humanitarian aid and disaster relief including medical and aviation support. NEWS IN BRIEF For the first time, border troops of India and China have held their first joint tactical exercise codenamed Sino-India Cooperation 06 in Chushul-Moldo in Jammu and Kashmir. IBSAMAR is a joint naval exercise between India, Brazil and South Africa, this will be the fifth edition of the Harbor Phase of the Exercise to commence from Goa Coast. This is done in two phases namely Harbor phase and Sea Phase. The 7th edition of India, Seychelles joint military exercise LAMITYE 06 has begun in Victoria, Seychelles. For the first time, India has participated in the Cobra Gold 06 multilateral amphibious exercise hosted by Thailand after member Indian Army delegation joined it. Japan s ShinMaywa Industries is planning to set up manufacturing plant of US- amphibious aircraft in India under Make in India initiative to cater to international demands. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Union Government has given its final approval to Kerala Government s approval to set up India s first Defence Industrial Park at Ottappalam. Indo-Nepal Battalion Level Combined Exercise Surya Kiran kicked off The 9th Indo-Nepal Combined Battalion level Military Training Exercise Surya Kiran has been started off today at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The 4 days military training exercise is under the aegis of Panchshul Brigade of Central Command. Nepalese Army would be training together and sharing their experiences of counter-terrorism operations and jungle warfare in hilly terrain. The Surya Kiran series of exercises is a bi-annual event which is conducted alternatively in Nepal and India. The training also focus on

35 RECENT SUMMIT IN NEWS The 6th National Science Film Festival Begins In Mumbai India will host the first ever Global Maritime Summit The 6th National Science Film Festival & Competition (NSFF) has begun at Nehru Science Center in Mumbai. The festival has been jointly organised by Nehru Science Centre and Vigyan Prasar. Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Science and Technology. The event was chaired by veteran director Shyam Benegal and science film maker Dr Mike Panday. The winners will be chosen among the 5 short-listed entries by a jury of eight people chaired by Shyam Benegal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will host the first ever Global Maritime Summit in April this year and called for maritime cooperation stating that the seas must be used to build peace, friendship, trust and curb conflict. The Prime Minister said that international maritime stability cannot be preserved by a single nation with the complexity of modern day challenges. He also said India is and has always been a maritime nation. rd Edition Of Taj Literature Festival In Agra Kerala will host a three-day Nypunyam International Skill Summit and Skill Fiesta 06 in March with a view to bridging the gap between the job market requirement and the skill level of available workforce. The event will unfold on February 5, according to Tom Jose, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Labour and Skills, Kerala. The focus will be on improving the skill levels and bringing them up to world standards in tune with the Prime Minister s initiative for skilling 500 million young people by 00. The rd edition of the Taj Literature Festival scheduled to begin in Agra (UP). The -day long festival beginning on February 6, will not have any particular theme. This edition will accommodate 6 different categories ranging from music,theater, politics, women cooking and comedy among others etc. Homeo Vision 06 - Inaugurated At Nagpur The twenty fourth National Homoeopathic Congress HomeoVision 06 was inaugurated by the Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Health and Family Welfare, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in Nagpur. Indian Institute of Homeopathic Physician (IIHP), Maharashtra State Branch, Nagpur has organized this two-day National conference (th and 4th February, 06) to discuss the recent advances in technology, innovative research and quality education in Homeopathy. The objective of Ministry of AYUSH to develop the four core areas such as education, research, drug development and health care delivery. rd US-ASEAN summit session began in California The summit between leaders from the Associations of Southeast Asian Nations and The United States has begun in California. The agenda of day meeting includes Maritime security in the South China Sea. The focus will also be around innovation and entrepreneurship. Vibrant North East event concluded in Guwahati The three-day long Vibrant North East event concluded in Guwahati, Assam. Rural banking, Make in North East and Horticulture and food processing etc. were the key areas of Vibrant North East. The event severed as a common powerful platform for the developmental projects and initiatives in the Northeast India. Around 500 young farmers had undergone an orientation course at the expo. Seminars, business meet and exhibitions were also organized during the event. Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity (DAVP), ISRO, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) also had participated in exhibition. Kerala to host global skill summit Vanik s Knowledge Garden Name of the Bank /Head Office. Allahabad Bank. Bank of Baroda. Bank of Maharashtra 4. Bank of India 5. Central Bank of India 6. Canara Bank 7. Dena Bank 8. Indian Bank 9. Indian Overseas 0. Punjab National. Syndicate Bank. Union Bank of India. United Commercial Bank 4. United Bank of India 5. Andhra Bank 6. Corporation Bank 7. Oriental Bank of Commerce 8. Punjab and Sindh Bank 9. Vijaya Bank 0. IDBI Bank Ltd. ECGC (The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd) Kolkata Baroda Pune Mumbai Mumbai Bangalore Mumbai Chennai Bank Chennai Bank New Delhi Manipal Mumbai (UCO Bank) Kolkata Kolkata Hyderabad Mangalore New Delhi New Delhi Bangalore Mumbai Mumbai

36 COMMITTEE & ITS FUNCTION The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) constituted a committee for disposing of the land purchased by PACL Ltd in order to refund people who have invested in the company s various funds for purchase of land. Justice R.M. Lodha (Ex-Chief Justice of India) was appointed the head of this committee Yielding to pressure from agitating Jats, the Union Govt. set up a five-member committee to examine the quota demand for the community in government jobs. M.Venkaiah Naidu was made head of this committee. The agitation started a few days ago by Jat community seeking Other Backward Caste (OBC) status for the community turned violent with death of at least 0 persons in Haryana. Amit Mitra (West Bengal Finance Minister) was appointed the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of state finance ministers that represents all states and will play a crucial role in implementing the goods and services tax (GST). Supreme Court appointed a committee under former Chief Justice RM Lodha to sell assets of Pearls Agrotech Corporation Ltd (PACL) and refund 49 thousand crore rupees to the investors. DATE & OBSERVATION February - World Wetlands Day February 4 - World Cancer DayTheme 06-8: We can. I can. February 4 - Facebook day nd Sunday of February - World Marriage Day February 6 - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation Theme 06 Achieving the new Global Goals through the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation by 00" February 0 - National Deworming Day February - World Day of the Sick February - International Day Women and Girls in Science. February - Darwin Day February - World Radio Day 06 Theme: Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster. February - National womens day or Sarojini Naydu s Birthday February 0 - World Day of Social Justice February - International Mother Language Day February - World Scout Day, World Thinking day February - World Peace and Understanding Day February 4 - Central Excise Day February 8 - National Science Day Vanik s Knowledge Garden Talking ATM Which Bank established First Talking ATM in India? Union Bank of India (Union Bank) Which city gets the country s first Talking ATM?Ahmedabad Which State gets the country s first Talking ATM? Gujarat Talking ATM Specially designed for people? Blind Who inaugurated the country s first Talking ATM? CMD of UBI, D. Sarkar Talking ATM has what kind of Special Interface? - Voice Interface Which was the second bank to launch the Talking ATM in India? - State Bank of India Which company installed White Lable ATM first in the country? - Tata 4

37 INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL INSTITUTION. World Trade Organization (WTO) Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Head Roberto Azevedo Founded on January, 995. United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Headquarters New York, US Head Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin Founded on 969. World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Head Dr Margaret Chan Founded on 7 April, Asian Development Bank Headquarters Manila, Philippines Head Takehiko Nakao Founded on August, 966. World Economic Forum (WEF) Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Head Klaus Schwab Founded on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Headquarters Beijing, China Head Jin Liqun Founded on 4 October, New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank) Headquarters Shanghai, China Head K. V. Kamath Founded on July, 05 World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO Also called OMPI) Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Head Francis Gurry Founded on July 4, International Labour Organisation (ILO/OIT) Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Head Guy Ryder Founded on United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Head Mukhisa Kituyi Founded on World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Head Michel Jarraud Founded on International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Head Jakob Kellenberger Founded on International Monetary Fund (IMF) Headquarters Washington DC, US Head Christine Lagarde Founded on 7 December, The World Bank Headquarters Washington DC, US Founded on July, 944. United Nations Organization (UN) Headquarters New York, US Head Ban Ki-moon Founded on 945. United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) Headquarters New York, US Head Anthony Lake Founded on December, United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Headquarters Paris, France Head Irina Bokova Founded on 6 November, Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) Headquarters Paris, France Head Jose Angel Gurria Founded on 0 September, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Headquarters Brussels, Belgium Head Philip M. Breedlove Founded on 4 April, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Headquarters Singapore Head Dr. Alan Bollard Founded on 989. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia Secretary-General Le Luong Minh, Vietnam Founded on 8 August, 967. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Headquarters Kathmandu, Nepal Head-Ahmed Saleem Founded on 8 December, 985. International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Headquarters London, UK Head Koji Sekimizu Founded on 959

38 4. Amnesty International Headquarters London, UK Head Salil Shetty Founded on July, 96 Founded on June, International Cricket Council (ICC) Headquarters Dubai, UAE Head N. Srinivasan (Chairman) Founded on 5 June, Commonwealth of Nations Headquarters London, UK Head Queen Elizabeth II Founded on 8 April, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters Vienna, Austria Head Yukiya Amano Founded on July 9, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Headquarters Vienna, Austria Head Li Yong Founded on Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Headquarters Vienna, Austria Head Diezani Alison-Madueke Founded on The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Headquarters Zurich, Switzerland Head Joseph S. Blatter Founded on May, 904. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Headquarters Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland Founded on 9 April, 96. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Headquarters Rome, Italy Head Jose Graziano da Silva Founded on -6 October, International Court of Justice (ICJ) Headquarters The Hague, The Netherland Head Abdulqawi Yusuf Founded on International Olympic Committee (IOC) Headquarters Lausanne, Switzerland Head Thomas Bach STATE NEWS Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa unveiled new projects worth Rs,00.0 crore Andhra Pradesh Government Signed Agreement With USTDA J Jayalalithaa Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu had inaugurated a series of projects worth Rs,00.0 crore which are taken up by Highways and Minor Ports Department. The project includes construction of new bridges, railway over bridges and buildings. Foundation stone for construction of five bridges and five railways over bridges had been laid down. The US Trade and Development Agency has signed MoU with the Department Of Municipal Administration of Andhra Pradesh on funding for drawing up the master plan for Visakhapatnam Smart City and a consortium of three US companies, comprising AECOM, KPMG and IBM. The MoU was signed by Principal Secretary (Municipal Administration) Karikal Velavan and Country Manager of USTDA Heather K Lanigan in the presence of Chief Minister and Director of USTDA Leocadila I Zak. Delhi to conduct second round of odd-even from April 5 The second phase of the odd-even road rationing scheme to reduce the Capital s notorious air pollution and traffic snarls will begin for a fortnight from April 5, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced. Women driving alone or with young children, several categories of VIPs and two-wheelers will be exempted. This means there will be no changes in the exemption list that was in place when the formula designed to allow vehicles with registration plates ending with odd or even numbers to run on alternate days was tried out from January to 5. But discussions on who should be spared the curbs are still on. 6 Jharkhand First Mega Food Park Union Food Processing and Industry Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Chief Minister Raghubar Das inaugurated the first mega food park at Village Getalsud, Ranchi in Jharkhand. The food park costing Rs.4.7 crore is spread over 5.50 acres. It will have the facilities of multi-chamber cold storage, dry warehouse, vegetable dehydration line, modern quality control and testing laboratory and other processing facilities for fruit and vegetables. The Mega Food Park is expected to

39 provide direct and indirect employment to about 6000 people and benefit about 5,000-0,000 farmers in its catchment area. World Bank to help Rajasthan in energy reforms The World Bank has decided to lend support to the Rajasthan government on energy reforms and a detailed project has been prepared in this regard. The decision was taken at a meeting between World Bank s country director in India, OnnoRuhl and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje at her official residence. Ruhl conveyed that World Bank was working with the Rajasthan government on energy reforms and a detailed report has been prepared focusing on conventional and non-conventional sources of energy. MP, Rajasthan set up SPV for implementation of Smart City Plans Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan Government have set up Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) for the implementation of Smart City Plans. SPVs have been set up for five cities Jabalpur, Indore and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Jaipur and Udaipur in Rajasthan. These cities are among the first batch of 0 winners of Smart City Challenge Competition held by the Union Ministry of Urban Development. The Ministry will release 00 crore rupees for each of the 0 selected cities only after SPVs are set up. SPVs shall have 50:50 equity that will held by the states and respective urban local bodies. Private equity is also allowed but the management control will rest with the Governments only. Bihar sixth state to join UDAY, benefit pegged at Rs 7 crore Bihar has joined the Centre s power distribution sector revival scheme that targets operational and financial turnaround of state discoms, starting with restructuring of their debt. Bihar signed a memorandum of understanding with the Central government under the Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) It has become the sixth state second with a nonbjp government after Uttar Pradesh to do so. Other states that have become a part of the scheme are Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Gujarat. Maharashtra government will introduce anti spitting bill Concerned over the sharp rise in infectious disease like tuberculosis, Maharashtra government will introduce a bill banning spitting in public places in the upcoming state Legislature Budget session scheduled next month. According to the proposed legislation, offenders spitting for the first time will have to pay a fine of Rs,000 and also do a day of community service at public places or at government offices. If caught second time, the offender will be slapped a fine of Rs,000 and do three days of community service. For repeated offence, the offenders will have to pay Rs 5,000 fine and do five days of community service. 7 Himachal Pradesh Approved 5 Crore Rupees On Swachh Bharat Mission In Kinnaur The Himachal Pradesh Government is going to spend 5 crore rupees on Swachh Bharat Mission in tribal district of Kinnaur. The funds will be used on capacity building and organizing of workshops for awareness on swachhbharat mission. Every single household will be given thousand rupees for toilet construction. Cabinet approveed raising of 7 Indian Reserve Battalions by J&K and LWE States The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the raising of 7 India Reserve Battalions (IR Bns) by Jammu & Kashmir and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States. It includes five IR Bns in the state of J&K, four IR Bns in Chhattisgarh, three IR Bns in Jharkhand, three IR Bns in Odisha and two IR Bns in Maharashtra. UP launches helpline number for journalists Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav launched a dedicated helpline for journalists with number Managed by the state s Information and Public Relation Department, the helpline will help and assist the media persons. He also launched a computerised file-tracking system to track the development of a file and ensure its time-bound disposal. UN approved crore for Amaravati and Warangal project In a bid to improve tourist infrastructure in heritage places of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and Warangal in Telangana, urban development ministry has given its stamp of approval to the projects worth of Rs. crore. An inter-ministerial HRIDAY National Empowered Committee approved development of Heritage Park in Amaravati and 000 Pillar Temple, Kazipet Durgah and Padmakshi Temple in Warangal. UP launched a new UP Revenue Code Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had launched a new UP Revenue Code. The aim of this launch is to eradicate old laws relating land revenue and land reforms and greater dispute resolution. The new code 9 Acts is implemented which includes Land Revenue Act 90 and after this Zamindari and Land Reform Act 950 will be abolished. Maharashtra rolled out a deradicalisation programme for the minority community Maharashtra had rolled out a deradicalisation programme for the minority community because of home-grown extremism and the global Islamic State (IS) threat. The program aims to bringing youth of the minority community into the mainstream and making coordinated efforts in education, sports, urban planning, law and order, skill development, women and child, social justice, and health.

40 West Bengal government launched the Utkarsh Bangla Scheme West Bengal government has launched the Utkarsh Bangla Scheme with an aim of providing vocational training to school dropouts. Objective of the scheme is to give vocational training to school dropouts by providing training ranging from 400 to 00 hours free of charge. Under this scheme, beneficiaries will be trained in driving, tailoring, repairing television and other electronic equipment s, beautician courses etc. NEWS IN BRIEF After years of ban, Odisha government has lifted the restrictions on visit of foreign tourists to certain tribal areas in the State, which was imposed due to the abduction of two Italian tourists in Kandhamal district by Maoists. Karnataka became the first state in the country to witness a disastrous winter harvest this year after it requested central assistance of Rs.,47 crore after rabi crop worth Rs.7,09 crore was damaged. The state government claimed that it has lost rabi crop in more than 70% of the sown area. Tamil Nadu government had announced free bus travel for senior citizens in Chennai metropolitan areas. Maharashtra government has decided to formulate policy on Green Corridor to transport organs within the stipulated time. N o w m o re th a n Vanik s Knowledge Garden Punch Lines of Banks Hum Hai Na : ICICI Good People to Grow with : Indian Overseas Bank With you All the Way : State Bank of India A Trusted Relationship : SBH Tradition of Trust : Allahabad Bank Trusted Family Bank : Dena Bank Good People to Bank with : Union Bank of India Banking for All : IDBI Bank World s Local Bank : HSBC We Understand your World : HDFC Friendly, Intelligent, Responsive : Andhra Bank A Friend you can Bank upon : Vijaya Bank Together we Prosper : Bank of Rajasthan Your Perfect Banking Partner : Federal Bank Taking Banking Technology to Common Man : Indian Bank Prosperity to All : Corporation Bank We are changing for you : Canara Bank Experience our Expertise : Yes Bank Central to you Since 9 : Central Bank of India Serving to Empower : J & K Bank The Changing Face of Prosperity : Lakshmi Vilas Bank Where service is a way of life : Punjab & Sindh Bank Where Every individual is Committed :Oriental Bank of Commerce The Bank that begins with U : United Bank of India Your Faithful & Friendly Financial Partner :Syndicate Bank Relationship Beyond Banking : Bank of India Honours your Trust : UCO Bank Smart Way to Bank : Karur Vysya Bank A Passion to Perform : Deutche Bank Experience Next Generation Banking :South Indian Bank The Name you can Bank upon : PunjabNational Bank India s International Bank : Bank ofbarod One Family, One Bank : Bank of Maharashtra T h a nk s to a ll th e s tud e n ts fo r th e ir a p p r e c ia tio n 8

41 RECENT GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT & SCHEME Jayalalithaa announces Amma Kudineer Thittam Jayalalithaa the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu had announced Amma Kudineer Thittam a new scheme for supplying drinking water. Under the Scheme the govt will supply the water to those who cannot afford to buy purified drinking water from private players. Under the first phase of the scheme water supplying points will be established. The family of poor people is provided with 0 liters of pure water every day. Smart cards will be issued to beneficiaries. DIAL launches mobile application DIAL Cargo Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has launched a mobile application DIAL Cargo for cargo operations to reduce paperwork and track movement of shipments on real time basis. DIAL runs the international airport in the national capital.the mobile application would aid in electronic clearance of cargo through the customs Department. Delhi airport handled 7 lakh tonnes of cargo in Govt praises MGNREGA as scheme completes 0 years The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has completed its ten years of achievement. The total government part to the herald of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is about threequarters of US$5 billion. It was launched in June 006 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with aims to guarantee the right to work as per the Article 4 of the Indian Constitution. Tamil Nadu announced Free Bus Pass Scheme for senior citizens Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa announced a free bus pass scheme for senior citizens in Chennai. The scheme would come into effect from 4 February 06, the day that coincides with the birthday of Jayalalitha. People above 60 years of age can avail the free travel facility in non-ac buses being run by the state run Metropolitan Transport Corporation in Chennai. The beneficiaries will be given ten tokens every month for the free travel. Based on the response to the scheme from the senior citizens, it would be extended to the whole state. PM Modi launched Rurban Mission from Chhattisgarh Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban (rural-urban) Mission from Chhattisgarh s Dongargarh block. It aims to draw an investment of over Rs 5,000 crore in three years to transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces. a) Rurban would create village clusters to minimise rural migration to cities through skill development programmes. 9 b) The intention of launching national schemes from a small centre was to move the government out of Delhi and ensure it reached villagers, he said. Under the scheme, 00 clusters would be developed with an investment of Rs 5,00 crore in three years. c) Four clusters would be developed in Chhattisgarh s Rajnandgaon, Dhamtari, Kawardha and Bastar districts. This year, 00 clusters would be taken up under the project. PM Modi released guidelines for PradhanMantriFasalBimaYojana at KisanMela in MP Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 February 06 launched the guidelines for operation alization of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). The guidelines were issued at a farmers convention in Sherpur village of Madhya Pradesh. a) The PMFBY is a path breaking scheme for crop insurance and was approved by the Union Cabinet on January 06. b) The Yojna will come into force from the 06 Kharif season (from June to October in India). c) It aims at boosting the agricultural sector of India and envisages a uniform premium of only percent to be paid by farmers for Kharif crops, and.5 percent for Rabi crops. d) The premium for annual commercial and horticultural crops will be 5 percent. e) On the occasion, the Prime Minister Modi also presented a trophy of Krishi Karman Award to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. f) On the other hand, Modi was conferred with Kisan Mitra and Kisan Hiteshi Samman on behalf of Madhya Pradesh government for his historic decisions in the interest of farmers community Swachh Himachal Padhaibhi, Safaibhi campaign launched Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) has launched Swachh Himachal Padhaibhi, Safaibhi campaign in Dharamsala. With this unique campaign, HPCA became the first cricket association in the country to work towards Swatch Bharat Abhiyan initiated by the Union Government. The campaign aims at involving youth to promote good health and sanitation in urban and rural areas in the Himalayan state. Its objective is to showcase Himachal s beauty as India s cleanest and greenest state. Under it, the sport of cricket will be linked with Swatch Bharat Abhiyan and youth s will be termed as Swatch Captain and teachers as Swatch Coach.

42 NEWS IN BRIEF Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, which is the flagship programme of the Women and Child Development Ministry, was launched in additional 6 districts (covering states) on 0 February 06. The scheme was initially launched in 00 districts. Swachh Parayatan is the name of the mobile app that was launched under the Clean India Clean Monuments initiative of the Tourism Ministry. Visitors can use the app to post photos of unclean tourist areas near 5 monuments. MISCELLANEOUS INS Viraat to Be Converted into luxury Hotel The world s oldest aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, is all set to be converted into a luxury hotel to attract tourists once it is decommissioned from service in June this year. The Defence Ministry has given its nod to a proposal from Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) to convert the Centaur-class aircraft carrier into a hotel-cum-museum. The state government has drawn up plans to convert Viraat into a 500-room hotel.the warship would be docked at the shores of Visakhapatnam to serve as a tourist attraction.the project to be taken up under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. Indians Make It to the List Of 50 Richest People in the World A study done by Wealthx in partnership with Business Insider reveals the top 50 richest people in the world. While Microsoft founder and renowned philanthropist Bill Gates retains his spot as the richest person in the world with a net worth of US$87.4 billion, there are some new names on the list. Reliance group chairman Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian and 7th richest man in the world with a net worth of $4.8 billion. Wipro founder Azim Premji and Dilip Shanghvi, founder of Sun pharma, were ranked at the 4rd and 44th place with assets worth $6.5 billion and $6.4 billion respectively. This also makes them the top richest Indians. Geographical Indication tag for basmati rice The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has ordered Chennai based Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) to issue Geographical Indication tag for basmati rice. This GI tag will be issued to basmati rice variety grown in 7 states in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) on the foothills of the Himalayas. These states are Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Institute (NDRI) data but it lags behind in the productivity.india tops the list of the major milkproducing countries in the world followed by the USA, China, Pakistan and Brazil. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has declared Wild Pig (sus scrofa) as vermin in Uttarakhand for a year. Vermin means wild mammals and birds which are harmful to crops, farm animals or which carry disease. YouTube Red Originals is an ad-free premium version of the Google-owned video streaming site YouTube that also lets users save videos offline and play videos in background. It officially went live with its original movies from 0 February. In accordance with the Monster Salary Index (MSI) report, Information Technology sector in India is the highest paying sector with a median gross hourly salary of Rs On the other hand, Indian manufacturing sector stood at last as it pays the least at Rs VANIK S KNOWLEDGE GARDEN Important Nuclear Power Plant in India Plant Narora Atomic Power Station Rajasthan Atomic Power Station Tarapur Atomic Power Station Kakrapar Atomic Power Station Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Madras Atomic Power Station Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant Madras Atomic Power Station Location State Capacity Narora Uttar Pradesh 440 MW Rawatbhata Rajasthan 80 MW Tarapur Maharashtra 400 MW Kakrapar Gujarat 440 MW Kudankulam Tamilnadu - MW Kalpakkam Tamilnadu - MW Kaiga Karnataka 660 MW Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu 440 MW NEWS IN BRIEF 40 India had topped the record of milk production which is of 46. million tonnes in 045 and it was 7.7 million tonnes in the previous year as per the National Dairy Research

43 00 MCQ ON CURRENT AFFAIRS From which place the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has launched the National Rurban Mission? () Korba, Chhattisgarh () Bastar, Chhattisgarh () Dantewada, Chhattisgarh (4) Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh (5) Koriya, Chhattisgarh Investment proposal for how much amount from India Post, has been approved by the Public Investment Board for setting up of an investment bank? () Rs. 500-crore () Rs. 800-crore () Rs. 900-crore (4) Rs. 950-crore (5) Rs. 000-crore Who has taken charge as the Chairmancum Managing Director of Kolkatabased National Insurance Company? () K. Sanath Kumar () D. K. Mehrotra () A. K. Roy (4) G. Srinivasan (5) Milind A. Kharat The Environment Ministry has extended to a scheme granting default Forest Department approval for public utility projects in Naxal-affected regions. () December 07 () December 08 () December 09 (4) December 00 (5) December 0 Swachh Parayatan Mobile App has been launched by, the Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism & Culture and Minister of State for Civil Aviation at a function. () Inderjit Singh Rao () Bandaru Dattatreya () Rajiv Pratap Rudy (4) Dr. Mahesh Sharma (5) Dharmendra Pradhan To how many languages the Google Translate now supports after adding new languages? () 00 () 0 () 0 (4) 0 (5) 04 UK Sinha has assumed the charge of Chairman of the. () IRDA () EPFO () SEBI (4) CCI (5) PFRDA Which city hosted the nd meeting of the Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Co-operation (JWGACTC), constituted under the auspices of the Indo US Defence Trade and Technology Initiative? () Hyderabad () New Delhi () Chennai (4) Bangluru (5) Chandigarh World Boxing Association has sanctioned maiden pro fight in India. How many organizations sanction world championship boxing bouts across the world? () four () five () six (4) seven (5) eight The ICC Cricket for Good with which organization has launched Team Swachh clinics during the ICC World T0 Host City Tour? () UNDP () UNICEF () WHO (4) UNWTO (5) UNESCO From which district of Andhra Pradesh the pilot project Integration of Homoeopathy/Yoga with National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS) has been launched? () Krishna () Anantpur () Chittoor (4) Kadapa (5) Kurnool Former UN secretary general during the period of 99 to 996 Boutros-Ghali, died recently. He belonged to which country? () Cameroon () Mozambique () Ghana (4) Botswana (5) Nigeria What percent hike in the interest rate on provident fund has been made by the EPFO for 05-6? () 0.05% () 0.0% () 0.5% (4) 0.0% (5) 0.5% 4. Noted novelist and short story writer Akbar Kakkattil passed away. () Kannad () Tamil () Malayalam (4) Telugu (5) Marathi 5. Which city hosted the 6th National Chess team Championship which Indian Railways has won for the first time? () Chennai () Bangluru () Hyderabad (4) Bhubaneswar (5) Nagpur 6. Which Indian fashion designer has been awarded with the France s highest civilian honour Chevalier de la Legion d Honneur? () Anita Dongre () Ritu Beri () Dhruv Kapoor (4) Bhanu Athaiya (5) Manish Arora 7. In which country Apple and UnionPay have launched contact-less payment system Apple Pay to make purchases? () China () India () Brazil (4) South Africa (5) Russia 8. Which state government has signed an MoU with Adani Group for investment of Rs crore to set up a 600 MW capacity thermal power plant? () Chhattisgarh () Madhya Pradesh () Gujarat (4) Jharkhand (5) Odisha 9. Environment Minister has launched the Environment Information System (ENVIS) portal. () J. P. Nadda () Prakash Javadekar () Sarbananda Sonowal (4) Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (5) Manohar Parrikar 0. With which of the following universities the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) has signed an MoU to start the IIPE sessions during the academic year 06-7? () Anna University

44 () Osmania University () Andhra University (4) Periyar University (5) Indian Maritime University. What will the growth rate of Indian Economy during 06 and 07, according to Moody s Investors Service? () 6.8% () 7.% () 7.% (4) 7.5% (5) 7.7%. From where the Union Minister of Steel & Mines Narendra Singh Tomar has released Report on Identification of 00 Mineral Exploration Blocks and launched Uncover project of the Geological Survey of India? () Ranchi () Kolkata () New Delhi (4) Raipur (5) Hyderabad. The Union Cabinet has given its in principle approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal for research on: () gravitational waves () magnetic waves () geomagnetic waves (4) earthquake waves (5) cosmic waves 4. In which of the following seas of Indian Ocean the Fourth Edition of the IndiaMyanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) was undertaken along the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL)? () Gulf of Khmbhat () Gluf of Kutch () Gulf of Mannar (4) Andaman Sea (5) Palk Strait 5. Former batsman Andy Ganteaume died. () Australian () New Zealand () West Indies (4) South Africa (5) England 6. Which company has been selected as India Partner by BAE Systems for the nearly USD 700 million deal for the supply of 45 M777 howitzers, which are ultra light weight artillery guns having a strike range of 5 kms? () Bajaj () Hero Moto Corp () Tata Motors (4) Ashok Leyland 4 (5) Mahindra 7. The Space Applications Centre (SAC) of ISRO and Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of University of Institute for Aerospace Studies are collaborating on developing the Next Generation Earth Monitoring and Observation and Aerosol Monitoring (NEMO-AM) satellite. () Ohio () Toronto () Florida (4) California (5) Alberta 8. With which organization the Centre has approved the agreement for collaborative activities in the area of Traditional Medicine between Ministry of AYUSH? () UNDP () UNICEF () WHO (4) FAO (5) UNESCO 9. How many gold medal has been won by India during th South Asian Games? () 88 () 08 () 8 (4) 8 (5) 8 0. With which country the Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for signing of an MoU on cooperation in the field of Urban Planning and Governance? () Japan () Germany () Singapore (4) France (5) Sweden. Chief Justice Dhirendra H. Waghela of the High Court was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. () Punjab () Orissa () Jabalpur (4) Bangluru (5) Chennai. Chief Justice of Justice Antonin Scalia died. () UK () France () Germany (4) USA (5) Italy. At which place the 4th National Homoeopathic Congress HomeoVision 06 was inaugurated? () Hyderabad () Raipur () Nagpur (4) Chandigarh (5) Jaipur 4. Famous Malayalam and Jnanpith-winner Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (O N V Kurup) passed away. () poet () journalist () novelist (4) cartoonist (5) artist 5. Department of Electronics & Information Technology and M/s. Canbank Venture Capital Fund Ltd Launched Electronics Development Fund (EDF) in () Kolkata () New Delhi () Mumbai (4) Hyderabad (5) Chandigarh 6. India test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile, from. () Chandipur () Pokhran () Shriharikota (4) Thumba (5) Machilipatnam 7. National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) has entered into Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), for commercialization of technologies/ intellectual properties developed at IACS. () Mumbai, Kolkata () New Delhi, Kolkata () New Delhi, Mumbai (4) Chennai, Kolkata (5) Mumbai, Hyderabad 8. Which bank has launched a dedicated Japan Desk to attract foreign investment worth $0 billion from Japan to cater to needs of Japanese corporates? () Punjab National Bank () Bank of Baroda () State Bank of India (4) Bank of India (5) Canara Bank 9. Which British filmmaker of Indian origin has bagged a Grammy Award for his film Amy, a documentary on the life of late singer Amy Winehouse? () Gurinder Chadha () Rajinder Sawhney

45 () Ketan Mehta (4) Nandita Das (5) Asif Kapadia To which company Piruz Khambatta is associated who has been named as ambassador of the government s Make in India initiative? () Amrut () Rasna () Barista (4) Mohani (5) Haldiram In which district of Jharkhand, the first Mega Food Park in the State has been inaugurated? () Dhanbad () Hazaribagh () Palamu (4) Ranchi (5) Bokaro A member from Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Sheikh Ansar Aziz has been elected as the first-ever mayor of which city? () Karachi () Lahore () Islamabad (4) Peshawar (5) Rawalpindi Ministry of Railways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector with which country recently? () Sweden () Germany () France (4) Spain (5) Switzerland The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently inaugurated NTRP, developed by the Office of Controller General of Accounts (CGA). Full form of NTRP is:() Non-Trade Receipt Portal () Nill-Tax Receiving Portal () Non-Transaction Receipt Portal (4) Non-Tax Receipt Portal (5) No-Transaction Receipt Portal LAMITYE 06, is the 7th joint military training exercise between the Indian Army and the People s Defence Forces (PDF) of:() China () Philippines () Seychelles (4) South Korea (5) Japan Which ministry has signed agreement with Skill Development Network (SDN) Trust for Collaboration on Technical and Program Management 4 Support for the Skill Development programmes of the ministry? () Ministry of Railways () Ministry of Human Resource and Development () Ministry of Defence (MoD) (4) Ministry of Information Technology and communication (5) Ministry of Rural Development 47. The author of the famous book To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, has died. To which country she belonged? () USA () Germany () France (4) UK (5) Canada 48. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum set a new record for the fastest Test century. He has broken Sir Vivian Richards 0-year-old record of century. () 6-ball () 6-ball () 59-ball (4) 57-ball (5) 56-ball 49. Which bollywood actress has been appointed as a part-time member of the Prasar Bharati Board? () Katrina Kaif () Kajol () Deepika Padukone (4) Priyanka Chopra (5) Sonakshi Sinha 50. Mayookha Johny recently fetched India a gold medal in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. To which of the following sports she is associated? () Long jumper () Sprinter () Swimmer (4) Badminton (5) Wieghtlifter 5. Which country has assumed the chairmanship of BRICS grouping for the next months? () Brazil () Russia () China (4) India (5) South Africa 5. Which public sector bank has launched Green PIN system? () PNB () Bank of India () SBI (4) Bank of Baroda (5) Canara Bank 5. Veteran Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan died in Kolkata. () writer () poet () journalist (4) singer (5) cartoonist 54. How many Indian origin young researcher has been named as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers by the US President Barak Obama? () Four () Six () Eight (4) Nine (5) Ten 55. Playing It My Way has entered the Limca Book of Records for being the best-selling book. Whose autobiography is this? () Sachin Tendulkar () Kapil Dev () Yuvraj Singh (4) Rahul Dravid (5) Ajay Jadeja 56. On which of the following dates minister of Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu has asked the first batch of 0 cities to launch respective smart city projects marking the one year of its launch? () 5th July () 5th August () 5th of April (4) 5th May (5) 5th June 57. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Orissa High Court? () Navin Sinha () Virender Singh () Vineet Saran (4) Ashok Bhushan (5) L. K. Mohapatra 58. Which institution has signed an MoU with Dubai Exports to boost trade and explore business opportunities, in order to strengthen India-UAE economic ties? () FICCI () ASSOCHAM () FIEO (4) CII (5) NASSCOM 59. Who has won the best actress award at London s WhatsOnStage Awards for her depiction of a real-life scientific heroine in Photograph 5? () Nicole Kidman () Michelle Williams () Jessica Chastain (4) Keira Knightley (5) Winona Ryder

46 60. According to Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite data, India has overtaken China s air pollution levels in 05. As per World Health Organization (WHO), India is home to how many cities out of 0 most polluted cities in the world? () 0 () () (4) (5) 5 6. Who has been sworn in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh? () P. K. Chamling () N. Rangaswamy () Kalikho Pul (4) T. R. Zeliang (5) Mukul Sangma 6. Where was the Conference of Health/ AYUSH Ministers of States/UTs organized? () Mumbai () New Delhi () Hyderabad (4) Chennai (5) Bangluru 6. How many agreements have been signed by India and Nepal, recently? () Five () Six () Seven (4) Eight (5) Nine 64. India has signed an agreement with Armenia for cooperation in the field of () education () tourism () defence (4) agriculture (5) culture 65. Italian writer Umberto Eco has died. Eco was best known for his 980 work () The Baron in the Trees () The Name of the Rose () Invisible Cities (4) My Brilliant Friend (5) The Decameron 66. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Infosys Prizes for the year 05 in New Delhi recently. The Infosys Prizes are given in the field of() Journalism () Literature () Environment (4) Social Media (5) science and mathematics 67. The pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis has won the to win 40 matches in a row. () WTA Sydney International 44 () Brisbane International () Guangzhou Open (4) St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy (5) China Open 68. Noted Rajamani died. () film director () film writer () music director (4) cartoonist (5) writer 69. Gemini Arabians have won the maiden edition of Masters Champions League (MCL) by defeating Leo Lions in the final match. Masters Champions League is associated with which of the following sports? () Football () Tennis () Badminton (4) Cricket (5) Hockey 70. Which film won the Best Film Award at the 69th British Academy Films Awards (BAFTAs)? () The Big Short () Mad Max: Fury Road () The Revenant (4) The Martian (5) Spotlight 7. Make in India Week was inaugurated in which city recently? () New Delhi () Mumbai () Chandigarh (4) Panipat (5) Jaipur 7. Who was the youngest IFS officer to be appointed as India s Ambassador to any country, who passed away recently? () Biraja Prasad () Vijay K. Nambiar () Jyotindra Nath Dixit (4) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (5) M. O. H. Farook 7. The first Mega Food Park of Madhya Pradesh has been inaugurated in which district of Madhya Pradesh? () Khandawa () Jhabua () Khargone (4) Indore (5) Chhindwara 74. Which cricketer has become the first cricketer to play 00 continuous Tests since debut? () Daniel Vettori () Stephen Fleming () Ricky Ponting (4) Adam Gilchrist (5) Brendon McCullum 75. Who has been appointed as the chairman of TERI Board? () Deepak Gupta () Ashok Chawla () Sam Pitroda (4) Tapan Misra (5) Ratan P. Wattal 76. T. Chockalingam has been appointed as Director, Finance. () BHEL () SAIL () GAIL (4) IOL (5) OVL 77. Yan Su, a prominent dramatist and songwriter died. () Japanese () Chinese () Vietnamese (4) Taiwanese (5) Korean 78. has qualified for the Rio Olympics women s marathon after winning the event in the th South Asian Games. () Priyadarshini () Anuradha Biswal () Asha Agarwal (4) Kavita Raut (5) Geeta Zutshi 79. The Union Minister of State (I/C) DoNER Dr. Jitendra Singh and Minister of State for Home Affairs, inaugurated the festival Destination North-East-06. () Rajiv Pratap Rudy () Kiren Rijiju () Prakash Javadekar (4) Piyush Goyal (5) Sarbananda Sonowal 80. Chinese legend Zeng Xuelin died recently. () golf () tennis () badminton (4) soccer (5) vollyball 8. Who has been appointed as the VicePresident, Chief Investment Officer of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? () Shubhalakshmi Panse () Dr. D. J. Pandian () Narendra Jadhav (4) Sukhamoy Chakraborty (5) Girish Mishra

47 8. Who has been appointed as High Commissioner to India by Australia? () Mr. Navdeep Suri () Smt. Sujatha Singh () Shri Biren Nanda (4) Harinder Sidhu (5) Mr. Sunil Kumar Arora 8. In suburban section of which of the following Railway Zones Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu launched paperless unreserved ticketing system? () North Central Railway () East Central Railway () South Central Railway (4) North Eastern Railway (5) South Eastern Railway 84. Acclaimed Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away. () cricket commentator () song writer () news editor (4) cartoonist (5) film director 85. Who has been named as vice-chairman of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce Commission? () Kurma Venu Gopalaswamy () Devendra Singh () Ehsan Jafri (4) Sachindra Chaudhuri (5) Pavan Duggal 86. What is the expected growth rate of Indian Economy according to CRISIL research, for 06-7? () 8.5 percent () 8. percent () 7.9 percent (4) 7.6 percent (5) 7.4 percent 87. On which among the following personalities London School of Economics has released archival documents to mark his 5th birth anniversary? () Dr. K. R. Narayanan () Krishna Menon () Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (4) Meghnad Desai (5) C. R. Pattabhiraman 88. Manpreeth Kaur senior won while Manpreet Kaur junior took medal in Women s Shot Put at th South Asian Games. () Bronze, Silver () Silver, Gold () Silver, Bronze (4) Gold, Bronze 45 (5) Gold, Silver 89. Which country is at the top of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce International IP Index Infinite Possibilities released by GIPC? () USA () India () Switzerland (4) Sweden (5) Venezuela 90. The has appointed Christine Lagarde for a second term as managing director. () World Trade Organisation () World Health Organisation () World Bank (4) International Monetary Fund (5) World Economic Forum 9. How many agreements have been signed by India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)? () Six () Seven () Eight (4) Nine (5) Ten 9. Tamar Hahn is the new director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Buenos Aires. She belongs to () Argentina () France () Israel (4) Spain (5) Turkey 9. International scientists claimed to have glimpsed the first direct evidence of. () gravitational waves () magnetic waves () electric waves (4) electromagnetic waves (5) fusion waves 94. Who has won Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year Award? () Arjun Atwal () Jyoti Randhawa () Anirban Lahiri (4) Jeev Milkha Singh (5) Gaganjeet Bhullar 95. How much worth of projects has been launched by Pakistan for Afghanistan s education, health and infrastructure sectors? () $00 million () $500 million () $600 million (4) $800 million (5) $900 million 96. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has expanded Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme in additional 6 district (covering states). This Scheme was launched from:() Sonipat () Karnal () Panipat (4) Faridabad (5) Hisar 97. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of an integrated consumer goods manufacturing unit by at Panchla in Howrah. () ITC () Haldiram s () Britannia (4) Godrej Consumer Products Limited (5) Dabur India Ltd. 98. With which of the following institutes the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understand (MOU) to promote entrepreneurship? () Central Food Technological Research Institute () Central Drug Research Institute () Central Institute for Cotton Research (4) Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (5) Central Leather Research Institute 99. The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for MoU signed between India and various countries for cooperation in the field of. () Health and Medical Tourism () Defence production () Hospitality and Retail (4) Agriculture and Allied (5) Media and Telecommunication 00. Which team has won their maiden U9 Cricket World Cup by defeating three time champions India by five wickets? () Australia () England () South Africa (4) New Zealand (5) West Indies 0. Nepal s former Sushil Koirala passed away. () President () Prime Minister () Foreign Minister (4) Finance Minister (5) Defence Minister

48 0. What is the name of Indo-Nepal Combined Military Exercise held at Pithoragarh? () Yuddha Kiran IX () Chandra Kiran IX () Surya Kiran IX (4) Sagar Kiran IX (5) Mitra Kiran IX 0. Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been elected the President of South Asian Wrestling Federation, while Tabiur Rehman from was elected as the Secretary General of SAWF. () Bangladesh () Pakistan () Afghanistan (4) Indonesia (5) United Arab Amirates 04. What is the GDP growth estimated by the Central Statistics Office of the country for the current fiscal 05-6? () 7. per cent () 7. per cent () 7.4 per cent (4) 7.6 per cent (5) 7.8 per cent 05. Which stadium will host the final of the Women s Cricket World Cup in 07? () Eden Park () Feroz Shah Kotla Ground () The Lord s (4) Wanderers Stadium (5) Gaddafi Stadium 06. Which country has won the 06 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) after beating Mali football team -0? () Ghana () Kenya () Mozambique (4) Congo (5) Egypt 07. India has bagged medal in Compound women s archery at the th South Asian Games (SAG). () Gold () Silver () Bronze (4) Gold and Silver both (5) Silver and Bronze both 08. North Korea launched a long-range rocket from the launch station of North Korea. () Pyongyang () Tongchangri () Kaesong 46 (4) Sinuiju (5) Nampo 09. Which company has won a five-year IT infrastructure management deal from Assa Abloy group, a Swedish major in door opening solutions. () Infosys () Wipro () Mahendra Satyam (4) TCS (5) Digicomp 0. Renowned and Hindi poet Nida Fazli died recently. () Urdu () English () Arabic (4) Bengalu (5) Tamil. What is the growth forecast for India for the fiscal 06-7? () 6.5 per cent () 7.0 per cent () 7.5 per cent (4) 6.8 per cent (5) 7. per cent. As per Professional forecasters survey of the Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) what would be the gross value added (GVA) economic growth of India in 05-6? () 7. per cent () 7.4 per cent () 7. per cent (4) 7.6 per cent (5) 7.8 per cent. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has recently launched Project Sunrise at Imphal. This project is associated with prevention of which of the following disease in the eight North-Eastern states? () Cancer () Tuberculosis () Polio (4) AIDS (5) Malaria 4. An inter-ministerial HRIDAY National Empowered Committee has approved development of a heritage park in: () Amaravati () Warangal () Kazipeth (4) Godavri (5) Krishna 5. How much amount has been allocated by the Union Urban Development Ministry for improving tourist infrastructure in heritage places of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and Warangal in Telangana? () Rs 8 crore () Rs 0 crore () Rs crore (4) Rs 4 crore (5) Rs 5 crore 6. At which of the following places the Finance Minister inaugurated India Investment Summit 06? () Bangluru () Mumbai () New Delhi (4) Ahmedabad (5) Pune 7. Mahindra Asset Management Company received approval of for setting up of mutual fund business. () RBI () SEBI () IRDA (4) MC (5)PFRDA. What growth rate has been projected by India Ratings in In ian economy in the third quarter in the current fiscal year? () 7.% ( 7.4% () 7.6% (4) 7.8% (5) 8.%. Cobra Gol the largest Asia-Pacific an ual amphibi us military exercise held every year in: () Thailand () Russia () Vietnam ( ) New Zealand (5) Japan 0. Which Indian actor has been selected for video campaign by the orld Healt Organisati n to rai e awareness about diabetes in India? () John Abraham () Abhishek Bachchan () Akshay Kumar (4) Aamir Khan (5) Farhan Akhtar. Which refinery has again become country s top refiner after its state of the art refinery dedicated to the nation in Odisha? () Haldia () Digboi () Bombay-High (4) Paradeep (5) Jamnagar

49 . At which place India and China conducted their first joint tactical exercise? () Barmer () Laddakh () Bhuj (4) Rann of Kachch (5) Jaisalmer. In how many languages a 4x7 Toll Free Tourist Infoline has been launched by the Ministry of Tourism & Culture and Ministry of Civil Aviation? () 0 () () (4) 5 (5) 8 4. The Central Govrnment of India has approved to set up a Sanskrit University in() Chhattisgarh () Andhra Pradesh () Karnataka (4) Maharashtra (5) Jharkhand 5. Dan Hicks has died recently. He was() an Actor () a Musician () a Singer (4) an Author (5) a Scientist 6. Which Indian has become the highest paid CEO in the US? () Satya Nadela () Sundar Pichai () Indra Nooyi (4) Shantanu Narayen (5) Surya Mohapatra 7. Sushila Panwar has secured gold medal at the th South Asian Games, she is associated with which of the following sports? () Wrestling () Swimming () Badminton (4) Weightlifting (5) Racing 8. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India has signed the Grant Agreement for India Aviation Safety Technical Assistance Phase II in New Delhi, with which of the following countries? () Germany () USA () France (4) Britain (5) Spain Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister has released the Hydrocarbon Vision Document 00 for North East in Guwahati. () Sushma Swaraj () Nitin Jairam Gadkari () Harsh Vardhan (4) Dharmendra Pradhan (5) Ramvilas Paswan 0. Which institution has ruled against differential pricing for data services giving a big boost to Net Neutrality? () DOT () CDAC () TRAI (4 NASSCOM (5) DOEACC. At which of the following places petrochemical complex of Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister? () Mankata, Dibrugarh () Panbari, Dibrugarh () Rajabheta, Dibrugarh (4) Lepetkata, Dibrugarh (5) Lahowal, Dibrugarh. Which ministry has launched an official YouTube channel to disseminate information on major schemes, events, meetings and press conferences of the ministry on a real-time basis? () Ministry of Rural Development () Ministry of Agriculture () Ministry of Panchayati Raj (4) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (5) Ministry of Finance. Events related to South Asian Games will be held at:() Imphal () Guwahati () Shillong (4) Both () and () (5) Both () and () 4. Who has been appointed as the commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan? () John Campbell () John Nicholson () Philip Sheridan (4) Tasker H. Bliss (5) Henry H. Arnold 5. Which international sports body has constituted Anti-Corruption Unit Oversight Group? () International Olympic Committee (IOC) () World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) () The International Military Sports Council (CISM) (4) International Cricket Council (ICC) (5) Panamerican Sports Organization (PASO) 6. NASA Astronaut Edgar Mitchell who passed away, was the man to walk on the Moon as a lunar module pilot on Apollo 4 Mission in 97. () Third () Fourth ( ) Fifth (4) ixth (5) Seventh 7. The Labour Ministry has inked how many agreements with private job providers, to exploit the potential of the National Career Service (NCS) project? () two () four () six (4) eight (5) ten 8. Indian cyclist T. Vijyalakshmi won gold medal in women s individual time trial event in th South Asian Games. () 0km () 0km () 0km (4) 40km (5) 50km 9. Which Australian player has received highest bid of Rs 9.5 crore in IPL Cricket auction 06? () Rickey Ponting () Shane Watson () Brett Lee (4) Shane Warne (5) Andrew Simonds 40. At which of the following places the Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, the National Institute of Science Education and Research? () Gangtok () Shilong () Guwahati (4) Bhubaneswar (5) Dhanbad 4. NIIF with which Russian company has agreed to set-up the Russia-India High

50 Technology Private Equity Fund for Joint Implementation of Investments into Projects in India? () Alrosa () Rusnano () Daaz (4) Regnum (5) Rusal 4. India and Brunei has recently signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to deepen bilateral cooperation in health, defence and on cooperation in youth and sports affairs in the Brunei capital. What is the capital of Brunei? () Phnom Penh () Vientiane () Port Moresby (4) Bandar Seri Begawan (5) Naypyidaw 4. At which of the following places a unique MAGIC (Modular, Agile, Intensified & Continuous) Process Lab has been inaugurated? () Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow () Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi () National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune (4) National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL), Bangalore (5) Indian Institute of Toxicological Research (IITR), Lucknow 44. At which of the following places the Counter-Terrorism Conference- 06 was organised? () Jaipur () Jodhpur () Jaisalmer (4) Patiala (5) Amritsar 45. Veteran Urdu short story writer, poet and journalist Intizar Husain passed away. He belonged to() Bangladesh ( Pakistan () Afgh nistan (4) Indonesia (5) Malaysia 46. Who has won his sixth Australian Open Mens Singles title recently? () Novak Djokovic () Andy Murray () Roger Federer (4) Rafael Nadal (5) Jimmy Connors Indian badminton Star Kidambi Srikanth has won Syed Modi International Badminton Championship by defeating Huang Yuxian of in the final. () Thailand () South Korea () Japan (4) China (5) Malaysia 48. Frank Finlay, Oscar nominated Actor known for Othello passed away recently. () French () Japanese () British (4) German (5) Italian 49. Which Indian batsman has claimed the top spot in the International Cricket Council s (ICC) latest T0 batting rankings? () Rohit Sharma () Virat Kohli () Shikhar Dhawan (4) Ravichandran Ashwin (5) Ravindra Jadeja 50. India has approved how many small development projects in Afghanistan in third phase? () 6 () 7 () 8 (4) 9 (5) 0 5. Who has been chosen for the K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 05 for his contribution towards social justice as Chief Minister? () Anandi Ben () Devendra Fadanavis () Nitish Kumar (4) Shivraj Singh Chauhan (5) Vasundhara Raje 5. Who has been appointed as India s Ambassador to Mexico? () Vijay Gokhale () Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi () Rengaraj Viswanathan (4) Amarendra Khatua (5) Ravi Bangar 5. Which U-9 Indian batsman has scored fastest Under-9 World Cup fifty recently in the last group match against Nepal? () Ishan Kishan () Amandeep Khare () Rishabh Pant (4) Mayank Dagar (5) Anmolpreet Singh 54. This country has inaugurated its new parliament, in which the proindependence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds an absolute majority, putting an end to over 60 years of legislative control by the nationalist Kuomintang party (KMT). Name this country? () Afghanistan () Myanmar () Taiwan (4)Thailand (5) South Korea 55. Which palce in India has been selected for the first Spaceward Bound Program 06 of NASA? () Siachin () Ooty () Jodhpur (4) Allahabad (5) Laddakh 56. Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Ministry of Tribal Affairs? () Shyam S. Agarwal () Anil Swaroop () R. Vijay Kumar (4) Shailesh Nayak (5) Ranglal Jamuda 57. Song Young-han defeated American star Jordan Spieth to win SMBC Singapore Open title. He belongs to:() Japan () China () S. Korea (4) Thailand (5) Taiwan 58. Which agency of the government of India has entered into two bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with United Kingdom, recently? () Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) () Enforcement Directorate (ED) () Department Of Economic Affairs (DEA) (4) Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) (5) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment 59. Chinese authorities have named an asteroid after 05 Nobel winning scientist Tu Youyou. She has been awarded the Nobel Prize in the field of () Physiology or Medicine () Chemistry

51 () Peace (4) Literature (5) Economics 60. In which among the following states the foundation stone of Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL) was laid down at Karad to understand Earthquakes Mechanism in the Koyna Region? () Karnataka () Kerala () Maharastra (4) Rajasthan (5) Gujarat 6. Who among the following has been appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), becoming the first woman to head a paramilitary force? () Omita Paul () Kavery Banerjee () Archana Ramasundaram (4) Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta (5) Sujata Mehta 6. Recently Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Inaugurated the IREPS. What does IREPS stand for? () Indian Rural E-Procurement System () Indian Railways E-Procurement System () Indian Railways E-Purchase System (4) Indian Railways E-Procurement Solution (5) Info Rail E-Procurement System 6. What is the name of the Google s parent company, which left behind the Apple as the most valuable company in the world in terms of market capitalisation? () Accentur () Alienware () Sprint (4) Alphabet (5) Razer 64. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the policy rates unchanged in its bi-monthly monetary policy. () second () third () fourth (4) fifth (5) sixth 65. Who among the following has been appointed as a Senior Director for the 49 Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank? () Dhanendra Kumar () Saroj Kumar Jha () Subhash Chandra Garg (4) S. Jaishankar (5) Deepak Mohanty 66. Former Congress Leader Balram Jakhar passed away recently. He held the post of : () Finance Minister () Union Health Minister () Lok Sabha speaker (4) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission (5) Chairman of Finance Commission 67. Russia s state arms trader Rosoboronexport has provided India with the final consignment of helicopters. () Mi-6(T) () Ka-ABC () RACHEL (4) ANSAT (5) Mi-7V To which ministry the cabinet has given its approval to allow it to form joint venture (JV) companies with the state governments to mobilize resources for undertaking projects in states? () Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises () Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers () Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (4) Ministry of Railways (5) Ministry of Food Processing Industries 69. For what duration a supernumerary post in the rank of air marshal has been created in the Indian Air Force? () 0 months () months () 7 months (4) 9 months (5) months 70. What is the extended tenure of IndoGerman Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) as per the Joint Declaration signed between India and Germany? () () 07-0 () 06-0 (4) 08-0 (5) Who among the following has become the first female head of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS)? () Sujata Mehta () Aradhana Johri () Nita Chowdhury (4) Aruna Sethi (5) Snehlata Kumar 7. Former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), passed away recently. () P. N. Damry () R. K. Hazari () S. S. Tarapore (4) A. Bakshi (5) R.K. Sheshadri 7. Pandit Ram Narayan has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Award for He is associated with which of the following musical instruments? () Tabla () Sarangi () Flute (4) Sarod (5) Shehnai 74. Who has directed the film Titli which bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 06 (FSCC)? () Kanu Behl () Kaushik Ganguly () S. Shankar (4) Basu Chatterjee (5) S. S. Rajamouli 75. Which Indian business house has announced setting up of a centre for research, development and innovation in aerospace technology? () Tata () Infosys () Reliance (4) Mahindra (5) Wipro 76. How many countries are there in the Pacific Rim countries which has signed the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in New Zealand, one of the biggest trade deals in history? () 8 () 0 () (4) 5 (5) India has become the country outside the

52 European region to sign a Cooperation Agreement to acquire the status of the Associate Member State European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)? () First () Second () Third (4) Fourth (5) Fifth 78. Chief of the Army Staff, of which neighbouring country has been conferred the Honorary Rank of General of the Indian Army by the President of India recently? () Bangladesh () Bhutan () Nepal (4) Sri Lanka (5) Myanmar 79. Who has been appointed as the head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) stationed in Golan to maintain the ceasefire between Israeli and Syrian forces? () Om Prakash Malhotra () Amit Sharma () Manoj M. Naravane (4) Jai Shanker Menon (5) Praveen Bakshi 80. Which of the following neighbours of India has approved the draft of a proposed Citizenship Law, 06 expanding scopes for dual citizenship for its expatriate citizens? () Bhutan () Nepal () Myanmar (4) Pakistan (5) Bangladesh 8. Which Latin American country has signed two agreements with North Korea on cooperation in foreign trade and scientific and technological development? () Venezuela ( Peru () Cuba (4) Bolivia (5) Brazil 8. Who has been appointed as the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD). () Om Prakash Malhotra () Amit Sharma () Basu Chatterjee (4) Jai Shanker Menon (5) Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey Which Union Territory has launched MITRA mobile application to ensure safety and security of women by sending emergency SOS messages when in danger or emergency? () Puducherry () Daman and Diu () Chandigarh (4) Andmann and Nicobar (5) Lakshdweep 84. Which Indian cricketer has broken the most stumping record of 9 by Kumar Sangakkara in international cricket? () Dinesh Karthik () Mahendra Singh Dhoni () Wriddhiman Saha (4) Naman Ojha (5) Parthiv Patel 85. To which among the following province of China the World Bank has approved a loan of 00 million US dollars to help build a clean energy heating system? () Tianjin () Shanxi () Hebei (4) Liaoning (5) Jilin 86. By how much per cent the Government has marginally revised downward the economic growth for 04-5? () 0. () 0. () 0. (4) 0.4 (5) Professor Morton Mower (US) and Sir Michael Marmot (UK) has recently been conferred with the Prince Mahidol Award 05. This award is given in the field of:() International Politics () Astronomy () International Peace (4) Medicine and public health (5) Nuclear Physics 88. Angelique Kerber, has been ranked sixth in the world claimed her first Australian Open Women s singles title by defeating World No. Serena Williams. Kerber is a origin player () Spainish () French () German (4) Russian (5) British 89. Vice Admiral Girish Luthra has taken over charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Naval Command. () Northern () Southern () Eastern (4) Western (5) Central 90. Which other film along with Mad Max: Fury Road has bagged two awards at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards (AACTA)? () Carol () Spotlight () The Revenant (4) Room (5) The Big Short 9. Which one of the following countries is not in the group of four emerging market countries that has been included for the first time among the 0 largest members of International Monetary Fund in its historic quota and governance reforms? () India () China () South Africa (4) Russia (5) Brazil 9. What is the name of the President Pranab Mukherjee s Second Memoir released By Vice President Hamid Ansari recently? () The Turbulent Years: () The Turbulent Years: () The Turbulent Years: (4) The Turbulent Years: (5) The Turbulent Years: As a part of 50th birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai, coins of what denomination has been released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism? () Rs 50 and Rs 0 () Rs 50 and Rs 5 () Rs 50 and Rs 50 (4) Rs 50 and Rs 75 (5) Rs 50 and Rs The central bank of which among the following countries, has introduced a negative interest rate policy for the first time to stimulate investment and growth in the economy? () China () Japan () South Korea (4) Russia (5) USA

53 95. Which Olympic champion has been awarded with the Diploma of Honour and President s Button by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) as an acknowledgment to his contribution to the sport? () Gagan Narang () Abhinav Bindra () Samaresh Jung (4) Anjali Bhagwat (5) Manavjit Singh Sandhu 96. Who has been honored with the V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award at the 4th edition of Mumbai International Festival? () Anand Parmar () N. Bhaskara Rao () Rohit Singh (4) Naresh Bedi (5) Dipendra Misra 97. Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis won the Australian Open women s doubles title by defeating Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of which country in the final match? () Switzerland () Spain () Czech Republic (4) Spain (5) Italy 98. What is the maximum number of tickets that can be booked online by an individual user in a month on IRCTC website? () () 4 () 6 (4) 8 (5) Gurdeep Singh has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of which power generation company in India? () NTPC () NHPC () THDC (4) NPCIL (5) PGCIL 00. Who has been appointed as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications? () Deepak Gupta () A. K. Mittal () Prakash Mishra (4) Arvind Ranjan (5) J.S. Deepak 5 ANSWER KEYS Vanik s Knowledge Garden State Bank of India (SBI) Imperial Bank of India acted as central bank of our country from 9 to 95. Imperial Bank of India was nationalized and renamed as State Bank of India in 955. First Chairman, A. D. Gorwala. SBI has 7 Subsidiaries (SBI Ground). They are : State Bank of Hyderabad, Mysore, Indore, Patiala, Saurashtra, Travancore, Bikaner & Jaipur. All these were formed in 959. The total number of associate banks of SBI currently working in the country is Five SBI is the largest commercial bank of India SBI launched a New Scheme Parvartan to attract more customers by rendering better services. SBI has introduced the Tiny-Card with biometric identification to achieve Financial Inclusion. TinyCard provides easy banking services for under privileged communities. SBI Head Quarters :Mumbai State Bank of India launched Mobi Cash Eash a mobile wallet service that allows users to transfer funds and make bill payment easily using Mobile Phone. On 7th October 0, Arundhati Bhattacharya is appointed as the first lady chairperson for SBI. SBI & Associated Banks State Bank of India Mumbai 806 State Bank of Hyderabad Hyderabad 94 State Bank of Mysore Bangalore 9 4 State Bank of Travancore Trivendram State Bank of Patiala Patiyala 97 6 State Bank of Jaipur & Bikaner Jaipur 96 Note : In 008 the State Bank of Sourashtra merged with SBI. In 00 the above State Bank of Indore also merged with SBI. Slogans of SBI : With you all the way Pure Banking nothing else The banker to every Indian The Nation Banks on us

54 40 MCQ ON COMPUTER. Retail employees typically use terminals to process sales transactions. ) Point of sale ) Transaction point ) Automatic teller 4) Sales processing 5) None of these. The simultaneous processing of two or more programs by multiple processors is ) Multiprogramming ) Multiprocessing ) Time-sharing 4) Multitasking 5) None of these. The folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send. ) Drafts ) Sent Items ) Address Book 4) Outbox 5) None of these 4. Inheritance is the ability of an object to pass on its characteristics to its. ) Subclasses ) off-spring ) Super classes 4) Parents 5) None of these 5. Which of the following is used for close a tab on a browser? ) Ctrl + T ) Ctrl + Y ) Ctrl + A 4) Ctrl + W 5) None of these 6. Which input device cannot be used to work in MS Office? ) Scanner ) Mouse ) Keyboard 4) Joy stick 5) Light pen 7. Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off is referred to as? ) Volatile storage ) Sequential storage ) Non-volatile storage 4) Direct storage 5) None of these 5 8. Accessing data on tapes is much than that accessing data on disks? ) Same ) Faster ) Slower 4) All of the above 5) None of these 9. IP-Address belongs to) Class A ) Class B ) Class C 4) Class D 5) None of these 0. Which type of web document is run at the client site? ) Static ) Dynamic ) Active 4) All of the above 5) None of these. UDP (User Diagram Protocol) is) Connectionless ) Network Oriented ) Connection oriented 4) & 5) None of these. Android Operating system is an example of which kind of Source Model? ) Open Source ) Vertical Market Software ) Horizontal Market Software 4) Shareware 5) None of these. Which process checks to ensure the components of the computer and operating are connected properly? ) Booting ) Processing ) Editing 4) Saving 5) None of these 4. Codes consisting of lines of varying widths or lengths that are computerreadable are known as? ) An ASCII code ) An OCR scanner ) A magnetic tape 4) A bar code 5)None of these 5. What is the ultimate purpose of Defragmentation? ) Make the PC faster ) Create More Free Space ) Delete temporary files 4) Reduce Power consumption 5) None of these 6. A program that converts high level language to machine Language is ) Linker ) Assembler ) Compiler 4) All of the above 5) None of these 7. At a time how many operating system can be at work on a computer? ) Only one ) Two ) Three 4) Four 5) None of these 8. A computer that combines the characteristic of analog and digital computers ) Hybrid Computer ) Analog Computer ) Digital Computer 4) Super Computer 5) None of these 9. The technique that extends storage capacities of main memory beyond the actual size of the main memory is called ) Multitasking ) Switching ) Multiprocessing 4) Multiprogramming 5) Virtual storage 0. The maximum Zoom percentage in MS WORD is ) 00% ) 00% ) 400% 4) 500% 5) None of these.ctrl, Shift and Delete are known as. ) Modifier Keys ) Control Keys ) Toggle keys 4) Function keys 5) None of these. When you start your computer from the off position then it is known as.

55 ) Hard booting ) Processing ) Storage 4) Soft-booting 5) None of these. A repair for a known software bug, usually available at no change on the internet is called. ) Version ) Patch ) Tutorial 4) FAQ 5) None of these 4. Small application programs that run on a web page and may ensure a form is completed properly or provide animation are known as ) Flash ) Spiders ) Cookies 4) Applets 5) Sparks 5. Which is the slowest internet connection? ) Digital subscriber line ) TI ) Cable modem 4) Leased line 5) Dial-up service 6. can be used with any CRT monitor but not with the LCD monitor. ) Joystick ) Light Pen ) Trackball 4) Mouse 5) None of these 7. Technologies is used by banks for faster processing of large volumes of cheques. ) OCR ) OMR ) MICR 4) Bar code 5) None of these 8. The shortcut key for undo is. ) Win button + E ) Ctrl + X ) Win button+ R 4) Ctrl +Z 5) None of these 9. Which of the following is not hardware of a computer? ) Monitor ) Windows ) Processor 5 4) Printer 5) None of these 0. What is the main folder on a storage device called? l) Platform ) Interface ) Root-Directory 4) Home-Page 5) None of these. In the OSI model, the actual transmission of data is handled in the layer. ) Data link ) Physical ) Network 4) Transport 5) None of these. Which device cannot be shared in network? ) Floppy ) Keyword ) Computer 4) Printer 5) None of these. A network of geographically distant computers and terminals is called a. ) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) ) Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) ) Wide Area Network (WAN) 4) Local Area Network (LAN) 5) None of these 4. An example of a wireless medium that sends data through the air or space is: ) Fiber-optic cable ) Coaxial cable ) Twisted pair 4) Microwaves 5) None of these 5. A shares hardware, software, and data among authorized users. ) Network ) Protocol ) Hyperlink 4) Transmitter 5) None of these 6. Granting an outside organization access to internet web pages is often implemented using a(n)? ) Extranet ) Intranet ) Internet 4) Hacker 5) None of these 7. is a process that permits multiple computers to use the same IP address and hide their actual IP addresses from the Internet. ) Routing ) Network Address Translation (NAT) ) Signature referencing 4) Packet filtering 5) None of these 8. The topology where all the nodes are attached in a circular wiring arrangement is called a: ) Star topology ) Bus topology ) Network topology 4) Ring topology 5) None of these 9. Difference engine is the machine introduced by. l) Blaze Pascal ) Napier ) Charles Babbage 4) Newman 5) None of these 40. Valves are invented in generation. l) I generation ) II generation ) III generation 4) IV generation 5) None of these ANSWER KEYS

56 ABBREVIATION ABEDA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa. ACF Auto Correlation Function. ACS Automated Clearing Systm. AD Authorized Dealer. ADB Asian Development Bank. ADR American Depository Receipt. AEPS Aadhaar Enabled Payments Switch. AFS Annual Financial Statement. AGM Annual General Meeting. AIC Agricultural Insurance Company. ASSOCHAM Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. AMFL Association of Mutual Funds in India. AML Anti Money Laundering. ALM Asset Liability Management. ATM Automated Teller Machine. BCSBI Banking Codes and Standards Board of India. BIS Bank for International Settlements. BOB Bank of Baroda. BOI Bank of India. BOP Balance of Payments. BOR Bank of Rajasthan. BOT Build,Operate and Transfer. BR Act Banking Regulations Act, 949. BSCS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. BSR Basic Statistical Returns. BSE Bombay Stock Exchange. BSR Basic Statistical Returns. BIS Bank for International Settlements. CA Chartered Accountant. CAD Capital Account Deficit. CAG Controller and Auditor General. CAG Controller and Auditor General of India. CAR Cash Adequacy Ratio. CB Canara Bank. CBS Core Banking Solution. CDB Caribbean Development Bank. CDBS Committee of Direction on Banking Statistics. 54 CDS CEPA Credit Default Swap. Comprehensive Economic Partnership Management. CFRA Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts. CGRA Currency and Gold Revaluation Account. CIBIL Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited. CPI Consumer Price Index. CRAR Capital To Risk Weighted Asset Ratio. CRMD Credit Risk Management Department. CRR Cash Reserve Ratio. CTI Country Threat Index. COB Corporation Bank. CP Colombo Plan. CUB City Union Bank DB Dena Bank. DB Dhanlakshmi Bank. DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. ECB External Commercial Borrowings. ECS Electronic Clearing System. EEFC Exchange Earner s Foreign Currency. ELSS Equity Linked Saving Scheme. EADB East African Development Bank. EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. EIB European Investment Bank. EXIM Export Import Bank of India. FCA Foreign Currency Assets. FCCB Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds. FCNRA Foreign Currency Non resident Account. FDI Foreign Direct Investment. FERA Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. FII Foreign Institutional Investor. FIMMDA Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association. FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board. FPI Foreign Portfolio Investment. FTA Free Trade Agreement. GDP Gross Domestic Product. GDR Global Depository Receipt. GFD Gross Fiscal Deficit. GIRO Government Internal Revenue Order. GAAR General Anti Avoidance Rule. HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation. IADB Inter American Development Bank. IBPS Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. IBRD International Bank For Reconstruction And Development. ICA Indian Council of Agricultural Research. ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India. IDB Islamic Development Bank. IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India. IDR Indian Depository Receipts. IIB International Investment Bank. IIBF Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. IRR Internal Rate Of Return. IMD India Millennium Deposits. IMF International Monetary Fund. IMPS Immediate Mobile Payment System. IOB Indian Overseas Bank. IPO Initial Public Offering. IRBI Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India. KCC Kisan Credit Card. KMB Kotak Mahindra Bank. KVB Karur Vysya Bank. KYC Know Your Customer. LAB Local Area Bank. LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility. LDB Land Development Bank. LIBOR London Inter Bank Offered Rate. MIBOR Mumbai Inter Bank Offer Rate.

57 NABARD National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development. NAS National Account Statistics. NAV Net Asset Value. NBC Non Banking Companies. NBFC Non Banking and Finance companies. NEFT National Electronic Funds Transfer System. NFA No Frills Account. NFC Non Banking Finance Companies. NHB National Housing Bank. NIB Nordic Investment Bank. NPA Non Performing Assets. NPS National Pensions Scheme. NSE National Stock Exchange. OMO Open Market Operations. OTP One Time Password. PGS Payment Gateway System. RBI Reserve Bank Of India. RBS Royal Bank of Scotland. RRB Regional Rural Bank. RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement System. SCB Scheduled Commercial Bank. SCC Selective Credit Control. SEPA Single Euro Payment Area. SEBI Security Exchange Board Of India. SHGs Self Help Groups. SIDBI Small Industries and Development Bank of India. SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio. SPNS Shared Payment Network System. SWIFT Society For World Wide Inter Bank Financial Telecommunication. ULIP Unit Linked Insurance Plan. UCB Urban Cooperative Bank. UEBA Universal Electronic Bank Account. UIDAI Unique Identification Authority of India. ULIP Unit Linked Insurance Policies. UPIN Unique Property Identification Numbers. USB Ultra Small Branch. USD United States Dollar. VDBS Vertically Differentiated Banking System. WBCIS Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme. WL ATM White Label ATM. WPFI World Press Freedom Index. WPI Wholesale Price Index. 55 DESCRIPTIVE ENGLISH Directions (-0): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your answer. The international fight against Islamic State moved up a () on Saturday as Turkish police arrested a Belgian suspect heading for Syria in connection with () week s Paris attacks, hours after the UN Security Council unanimously () all its members to combat the extremist group. Aday after the EU imposed (4) new external border controls, authorities in Belgium raised the alert level in the capital to level four - signifying a serious and imminent threat as the (5) for the remaining jihadi who killed 0 people in Paris entered its second week. The presumed ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 8year-old Belgian national of Moroccan origin, was (6) to have been in Syria but died in a ferocious seven-hour gunfight (7) police at a rundown apartment in St. Denis, north of Paris, on Wednesday. Another (8) member of the unit, Salah Abdelslam, a 6-year-old Frenchman living in Brussels, is the subject of an international manhunt. His brother, Brahim, who blew himself up in the attacks, spent time in a Belgian prison with Abaaoud, while a third Molenbeek resident, Bilal Hadfi, was also among the Paris suicide bombers. Belgian Special Forces (9) four people in the capital s Place du Grand Sablonon Saturday afternoon, while the Brussels Metro system is expected to be shut down until Sunday afternoon at the earliest. Shops (0) closed, some shopping malls were shuttered, professional football was cancelled, concerts were called off and music venues, museums, and galleries shut their doors for the weekend.. ) gear ) ahead ) above 4) always 5) alone. ) last ) lost ) late 4) lastly 5) lasted. ) urge ) urging ) urged 4) pledged 5) plead 4. ) tight ) treat ) tread 4) tough 5) track 5. ) hate ) hurt ) heat 4) hurt 5) hunt 6. ) thought ) thinking ) think 4) thinned 5) thanked 7. ) from ) with ) for 4) form 5) firm 8. ) suspense ) suspect ) suspected 4) suspecting

58 5) suspects ) convicted ) acquitted 5) arrested 0. ) are to ) will been 5) were 9. ANSWER KEYS ) allowed 4) prosecuted ) will be 4) have been Directions (-0): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your answer. A professor at an eastern college () that the special sense the visually challenged people () on is connected in some way with () hearing. The professor (4) described 500 tests in which blind people and people with normal sight, but blindfolded, (5) to avoid walking into walls. The visually challenged passed the tests with greater (6) than those who could see. The blind would (7) forward confidently, sensing the wall when they were as much as fifteen feet (8) it. They claimed that their ears sent them a warning (9) that the wall was near. This seems quite possible, for when their ears were covered so that they could not hear; they often ran right (0) the wall. You can imagine how valuable this strange power must be to the blind. Do you think that it is nature s way of making up to them for their lost sight?. ) believes ) judge 5) doubt. ) grasp ) relay 5) realize. ) there ) their 5) that 4. ) lately ) just 5) freshly 5. ) attempt ) attempts 5) attempted 6. ) ease ) effort 5) alleviate 7. ) stepping ) tramp 5) amble 8. ) through ) apart 5) from 9. ) memo ) meaning 5) point 0. ) inside ) inwards 5) in 56 ) deem 4) accept ) depend 4) reel ) they 4) them ) newly 4) recently ) attempting 4) will attempt ) difficulty 4) relieve ) stride 4) tumble ) thorough 4) thought ) letter 4) message ) outside 4) into WORD OF THE MONTH. MULTITUDINOUS: many, considerable Synonyms: abundant, countless Antonyms: few, limited Example Sentence: But the testimony of a witness is open to multitudinous doubts.. REMONSTRANCE : protest Synonyms: complaint, reproach Antonyms: approval, praise Example Sentence: But she spoilt the remonstrance by blushing like a girl of eighteen.. KVETCHING: complaining Synonyms: criticizing, nagging Antonyms: complimentary, forgiving Example Sentence: I take some pleasure in watching conservatives squirm and kvetch. 4. STRIDULOUS: irritating; scraping Synonyms: annoying, displeasing Antonyms: soothing, nice Example Sentence: He alternates his tapping with his stridulous call, and the effect on a cool, autumn-like morning is very pleasing. 5. PRIVY: secret Synonyms: covert, personal Antonyms: public, unconcealed Example Sentence: We have reason to believe he was privy to this report before it was released. 6. CONCUPISCENT: lustful Synonyms: desirous, sensual Antonyms: unhopeful, unambitious Example Sentence It is true of cynical, profligate, and concupiscent art as well. 7. PLUCKY : brave Synonyms: courageous, valiant Antonyms: afraid, fearful Example Sentence:

59 But a whole lot of good has happened at the hands of generous and plucky Indians over the last eight years. 8. HYSTERICS: state of extreme upset Synonyms: agitation, excitement Antonyms: calmness, peace Example Sentence: Though she prefers the phrase going away to the word jail, which sent her into hysterics in a recent episode. 9. PLUSH: luxurious, rich Synonyms: luxury, opulent Antonyms: poor, small Example Sentence: She may be living way outside of her plush comfort zone, but she knows how to take care of herself. 0. UNBLENCHING: bold Synonyms: confident, daring Antonyms: irresolute, shy Example Sentence: They must have felt hammered by the brazen and unblenching critiques they have heard these last weeks from the mouths of their people. Antonyms: cheerful, happy Example Sentence: All the pride is there still, but it is cramped, querulous, and undignified. 6. PAROXYSM: seizure, spasm Synonyms: attack, furor Antonyms: inactivity, dullness Example Sentence: The crowd, delirious, cries and sobs in a paroxysm of despair. 7. RECLAME: promotion of something, someone Synonyms: attention, fame Antonyms: obscurity, secret Example Sentence: So he really foresaw you getting tons of reclame for hosting? 8. INCARCERATE: put in jail, confinement Synonyms: detain, imprison Antonyms: release, liberate Example Sentence: A magistrate gave orders to the constables to arrest and incarcerate the rest of the Spanish Negroes.. INEBRIATED: drunk Synonyms: intoxicated, boozy Antonyms: sober, straight Example Sentence: Ever seen two inebriated off-duty firemen at a local pub about to come to blows? 9. BESPANGLE : embellish Synonyms: adorn, decorate Antonyms: hurt, leave plain Example Sentence: If the actual facts are so repugnant to you, then why bespangle them?. PLAUDITORY: flattering Synonyms: appreciative, polite Antonyms: insulting, unmannerly Example Sentence: I am so plauditory for the ability to be able to provide services, as every affiliate is. 0. QUARANTINE : isolation Synonyms: detention, segregation Antonyms: connection, attachment Example Sentence: Inside the quarantine zone, even more specific procedures were outlined to keep those within the bounds of it safe.. MURKY: gloomy, obscure Synonyms: dark, dismal Antonyms: bright, apparent Example Sentence: The massacre has been transformed, without a shred of proof or evidence, into a shady skirmish in a murky secret war. 4. YORE : time gone by Synonyms: history, antiquity Antonyms: future, present Example Sentence: In days of yore, blood on screen was to be feared: think the trickle of blood signaling defilement in old vampire movies. 5. QUERULOUS : grouchy, hard to please Synonyms: carping, captious 57 BANKING TERMINOLOGY Negotiable Instrument Introduction There are certain documents used for payment in business transactions and are Transferred freely from one person to another. Such documents are called negotiable Instruments like cheque, bank draft, bill of exchange, promissory notes etc. Thus we can say negotiable Instruments are a transferable document where negotiable means transferable and Instrument means document. According to section of the negotiable Instruments act

60 88. A negotiable Instrument means promissory note bill of exchange or cheque payable either to order or to bearer. Features of a Negotiable Instrument. It is a written document. A negotiable Instrument payable to bearer is transferable merely by delivery whereas a Negotiable Instrument payable to order is transferable by endorsement and delivery.. The holder of a Negotiable Instrument can sue upon it in his own name. 4. Its works in the same manner as money and like money it may also be transferred from one person to another. 5. The Transferor does not need to give notice to any person at the time of transferring the Instrument. 6. It is the simplest and most convenient mode of assignment of a debt. 7. The tittle to the Instrument received by a bonafide transferee is not affected by defect in the title of the transferor. A. Negotiable Instruments. Promissory note. Bill of exchange. Cheque 4. Exchequer bill 5. Circular note 6. Dividend warrant 7. Share warrant 8. Bearer debenture 9. Bank note 0. Bank draft B. Non Negotiable Instruments. Money order. Postal order. Deposit receipt 4. Share certificate C. Quasi Negotiable Instruments. Bill of lading. Dock warrant. Carriers receipt 4. Letters of credit 5. Railway receipt Types of Negotiable Instruments According to the negotiable Instruments act 88 there are just three types of Negotiable Instruments example promissory note, bill of exchange and cheque. However many other documents have also been recognized as negotiable instruments on the basis of custom and usage like treasury bills, share warrant etc. They posses the features of Negotiability Promissory note A promissory note is an Instrument in writing containing an unconditional undertaking signed by the maker to pay a certain sum of money to or to the other of a certain person. This type of a document is called a promissory note. Features of promissory note. A promissory note is unconditional. It is always in writing a verbal promise to pay a specified sum of money is not a promissory note.. It is made and signed by the debtor. 4. A promissory note is made as payable in the Currency of the country 5. A promissory note drawn for a specified duration should be adequately stamped According to its value A promissory note should be drawn for the payment of a specified sum. Bill of exchange A bill of exchange is an Instrument in writing, unconditional order signed by the maker directing a certain person to pay a certain sum of money only to or to the other of a certain person or to the bearer of the Instrument. Features of bill of exchange. A bill must be in writing, duly signed by its drawer accepted by its drawee and properly stamped as per Indian stamp act.. It must contain an order to pay words like please pay rs.5000 on demand and oblige are not used.. The order must be unconditional. 4. The order must be to pay money and money alone. 5. The sum payable mentioned must be certain or capable of being made certain. 6. The parties to bill must be certain. Cheque A cheque is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand. It is an unconditional order in writing be drawn by a customer on his bank. Requesting the specifying bank to pay on demand a certain sum of money to a person named in the cheque or to the bearer or to the order of a stated person. A cheque being a bill of exchange must possess the following requirements.. A cheque must be drawn upon a specified banker. A cheque must be payable on demand.. A cheque must be signed by the drawer. 4. A cheque must be an unconditional order to pay a certain amount of money. 5. A cheque be dated. Types of cheque. Open cheque:- A cheque is called open when it is possible to get cash over the counter at the bank.. Crossed cheque:- Since open cheque is subject to risk of theft it is dangerous to issue such cheques. This risk can be avoided by issuing other types of cheque called crossed cheque.. Bearer cheque:- A cheque which is Payable to any person who presents it for payment at the bank counter is called bearer cheque. 4. Order cheque:- An order cheque is one which is payable to a particular person. In such a cheque the word bearer may be cut out or cancelled and the word order may be written. The payee can transfer an order cheque to someone else by singing his or her name on the back of it.. Quasi Negotiable Instruments Quasi Negotiable Instruments are those Instruments which can be transferred by endorsement and delivery but the transferee does not get a better tittle that of the transferor. Therefore they cannot be classified as negotiable Instruments and hence the negotiable Instruments act is not applicable to them.

61 00 G.K. QUESTION FOR SSC/RAILWAY Fiber optics cable used in communication, works on the principle of (A) Refraction of light (B) Regular reflection of light (C) Diffuse reflection of light (D) Total internal Reflection of light Provisions of citizenship in Indian constitution became applicable in (A) 949 (B) 950 C) 95 (D) 95 Who gave the title of Sardar to Ballabh Bhai Patel? (A) Women of Bardoli (B) Vinoba Bhave (C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) Peasants of Gujarat According to the census 0, femalesmale ratio in India is(a) 90 females per thousand males (B) 9 females per thousand males (C) 940 females per thousand males (D) 945 females per thousand males Pine trees are typical vegetation of (A) Evergreen forests (B) Coniferous forests (C) Temperate forests (D) Tropical forests Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement? (A) Lord Irwin (B) Lord Wavell (C) Lord Reading (D) Lord Chelmsford Kuchipudi is a dance drama associated with the state of (A) Assam (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Orissa (D) Manipur The sound produced by a bat is(a) Audible (B) Subsonic (C) Infrasonic (D) Ultrasonic In India, the concept of single citizenship is adopted from (A) England (B) Canada (C) U.S.A. (D) France Bio-gas mainly consists of (A) Carbon dioxide and Methane (B) Hydrogen and Oxygen (C) Hydrogen and Methane (D) Carbon dioxide and Hydrogen. Which one of the following cities is located on the bank of the Irrawady river? (A) Manila (B) Hanoi (C) Bangkok (D) Akyab. Which Five Year Plan had an object of Rapid Industrialization with particular emphasis on development of basic and heavy industries? (A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth. National Marin time Day is celebrated on (A) 5 April (B) 7 April (C) 9 April (D) 5 April 4. Which one of the following noble gases is not found in the atmosphere? (A) Xenon (B) Radon (C) Krypton (D) Argon 5. The explosion of Hydrogen balloon is based on which law? (A) Boyle s Law (B) Graham s Law of diffusion (C) Charles Law (D) Combined gas law 6. Who discovered the first four satellites of Jupiter? (A) Kepler (B) Galileo (C) Copernicus (D) Newton 7. Which one of the following is not related football? (A) Duleep Trophy (B) DCM Cup (C) Durand Cup (D) Santosh Trophy 8. Which of the following two countries are separated by the 49th Parallel? (A) France and Germany (B) USA and Canada (C) South Africa and Zimbobwe (D) North Korea and South Korea 9. Aruna Asaf Ali was associated with which one of the following? (A) Khilafat Movement (B) Civil Disobedience Movement (C) Quit India Movement (D) Bardoli Satyagraha 0. The Battle of Chausa was fought between (A) Akbar and Rana Pratap (B) Humayun and Sher Khan (C) Bahadur Shah and Humayun (D) Jahangir and Rana Amar Singh. As the train starts moving the head of the passenger sitting inside leans backward because of (A) Inertia of Motion (B) Inertia of Rest (C) Kinetice energy (D) Moment of Inertia. The Antarctic study Centre of India is located at (A) Gangotri (B) Dakshin Gangotri (C) Maitri (D) Goa. Foehn is a local wind of. (A) Newzeland (B) Iraq (C) Korea (D) Switzerland 4. The number of forms of bhakti in the Bhagwat culture is (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 0 5. A member of Parliament will loss his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from sessions for (A) 45 days (B) 60 days (C) 90 days (D) 65 days 6. In a living cell, what is the site of ribosome formation? (A) Golgi bodies (B) Nucleolus (C) Plasma membrane (D) Endoplasmic reliculum 7. Which of the following two meatals cause Cancer desease? (A) Chromium and Cadamium (B) Chromium and Arsenic (C) Cadamium and Arsenic (D) Chromium and Cobalt

62 8. Normally what is the ph value of rain water? (A) 5. (B) 5.4 (C) 5.6 (D) Which waves are used in Sonar method? (A) Audible Waves (B) Infrasonic Waves (C) Ultrasonic Waves (D) All of these 0. Which of the following Acts abolished the Monopoly of the East India Company over the China trade? (A) Charter Act of 8 A.D. (B) Charter Act of 8 A.D. (C) Charter Act of 79 A.D. (D) Charter Act of 85 A.D.. Which is the mix farming? (A) A plot of land is cultivated for a few years and then is deserted (B) Farmers work hard to grow enough food to survive only. (C) The combination of agriculture and pastoral farming. (D) None of these. Laterite soil are red in colour with a high content of (A) Copper Oxides (B) Iron Oxides (C) Nitrus Oxide (D) Nitric Oxide. When a bucket containing water is roated in a verticle circle, water does not fall downward even when the bucket is at the highest point, which force is provided by the motion? (A) Centrifugal force (B) Centripetal force (C) Gravitational force (D) Capillary force 4. A green leaf placed in a dark room is illuminated by red light, the leaf appears? (A) Green (B) Red (C) Yellow (D) Black 5. A choke coil is used in AC circuits to(a) decrease the current (B) Increase the current (C) Convert high voltage to low voltage (D) decrease the impedence of current 6. The ancient name of Bengal was (A) Kamrupa (B) Vasta (C) Gauda (D) Vallabhi Ahilyabai was the queen of (A) Gwalior (B) Malwa (C) Jaipur (D)Bijapur 8. The temples of Mahabalipuram were built by the rulers of which dynasty? (A) Gupta (B) Chola (C) Pallava (D) Kushana 9. The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in (A) 85 (B) 85 (C) 854 (D) The first discourse of Buddha in Sarnath is called (A) Mahabhiniskraman (B) Mahaparinirvana (C) Mahamastakabhisheka (D) Dharmachakrapravartan 4. Which of the following writs may be issued to enforce a fundamental rights? (A) Habeas Corpus (B) Mandamus (C) Prohibition (D) Certiorari 4. A Common High Court for two or more states and/or Union Territories may be established by (A) President (B) Parliament by making law (C) Governor of State (D) Chief Justice of India 4. Who among the following was the constitutional adviser to the constituent assembly of India? (A) M.C. Setalvad (B) K.M. Munshi (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) B.N. Rau 44. During the period of Renaissance, the new style of architecture first developed in (A) Italy (B) France (C) England (D) Germany 45. The first electric rail service was started in (A) 85 (B) 885 (C) 905 (D) The political and cultural center of the Pandyas was (A) Vengi (B) Madurai (C) Kanchipuram (D) Mahabalipuram Which Project is not situated in Andhra Pradesh? (A) Nizam Sagar Project (B) Nagarjuna Sagar Project (C) Tunga Bhadra Project (D) Salal Project The literacy rate for India in Census 0, works out to which percent? (A) 75.0% (B) 7.04% (C) 74.04% (D) 76% Yosemite Falls is located in which place? (A) California (B) Norway (C) Venezuela (D) Newzealand Bird-foot delta is formed when (A) The river water is lighter than sea water (B) The river water is heavier than the sea water (C) River water is as dense as the sea water (D) None of these The Nagarjuna Inscriptions provide information about (A) Jainism (B) Buddhism (C) Brahmanism (D) None of the above Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in India? (A) Vasco de Gama (B) St. Thomas (C) Bartholomew Dias (D) Alfonso-de-Albuquerque A person will have black, brown or blue eyes depending upon the pigment present in the (A) Pupil (B) Iris (C) Cornea (D) Choroid In a Parliamentary form of government, real powers are vested in (A) President (B) Parliament (C) Judiciary (D) Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister

63 55. Which book was written by Dadabhai Naoroji on Poverty and economy under British rule? (A) Indian Economy under British Raj (B) British Rule and Drain of Wealth (C) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (D) None of the above 56. Who invented diode bulb? (A) Wilson (B) Christain (C) Fleming (D) Lawrence 57. Supersonic planes fly (A) with the speed less than the speed of sound. (B) with the speed of sound. (C) with the greater than speed of sound. (D) with the speed of light. 58. Which of the following is used as an anti-knock in the automobiles? (A) Petrol Gas (B) Lamp black (C) Sugar of lead (D) Tetraethyle lead 59. Which acid is present in red ants? (A) Uric Acid (B) Boric Acid (C) Formic Acid\ (D) Oxalic Acid 60. Which types of Coal is superior quality hardest form and High Calorific Value? (A) Peat (B) Lignite (C) Bituminous (D) Anthracite 6. Who used the term rupee during his rule in India? (A) Balban (B) Sher Shah Suri (C) Babar (D) Shahjahan 6. Whose signature are imprinted on two rupee note? (A) Finance Ministry (B) Government of India (C) Governor of RBI (D) Finance Secretary 6. Which among the following buildings were not built by Qutubdin Aibak? (A) Qutub Minar (B) Alai Darwaza (C) Adai din ka Jhopda (D) Qutub ul islam Masjid Which is the largest salt water lake in the world? (A) Caspian Sea (B) Veictoria Lake (C) Baikal Lake (D) Paigang Lake 65. Brown Revolution is(a) Growth of fodder industry (B) Growth of sea products (C) Growth of milk and milk products (D) Growth of food processing and soft drinks industries in India. 66. It is six months long day in the Northern Polar region and six months long night in the Southern Polar region because (A) Revolution of the Earth (B) Earth is inclined towards its orbital plane (C) Rotation of the Earth (D) None of the above 67. Which of the following name/term is NOT associated with the World Trade Organisation (WTO)? (A) SEWA (B) UNCTAD (C) GATT (D) GATS 68. Which of the following is NOT a condition for becoming citizen of India? (A) Birth (B) Acquiring property (C) Descent (D) Naturalisation 69. Who gave the title Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel? (A) J.L. Nehru (B) M.K. Gandhi (C) Maulana Azad (D)Sarojini Naidu 70. Hyder Ali consolidated his position after being appointed the Faujdar of (A) Arcot (B) Dindigul (C) Budikot (D) Devanhalli 7. Who invented Telegraph? (A) Edward Jenner (B) Samuel Morse (C) Igor Sikorsky (D) Thomas Edison 7. The first astronomical observatory of Harappan Civilization has been found at which of the following ancient sites? (A) Ropar (B) Daimabad (C) Dholavira (D) None of the above Which of the following plans witnessed the highest growth rate in India? (A) Seventh plan (B) Eighth plan (C) Ninth plan (D) Tenth plan Which is the part of a plant which grows towards light? (A) Root (B) Stem (C) Leaf (D) Flower Which hormone controls the growth of plants? (A) Gibberellins (B) Ausins (C) Cytoinins (D) Florigens Which one of the following is not a function of the central bank in an economy? (A) Controlling monetary policy (B) Controlling government spending (C) Dealing with foreign exchange (D) Acting as a banker s bank A balloon filled with helium rises in air because(a) The balloon is weightless (B) Air exerts an upward force on the balloon (C) Helium is less dense than air (D) Helium pushes down on the air below the balloon Who among the following is not a recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award? (A) Tapan Sinha (B) Soumitra Chatterjee (C) Dilip Kumar (D) Rajesh Khanna The three tier Panchayat Raj System in India was proposed by the(a) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (B) Ashok Mehta Committee (C) Royal Commission (D) None of these Which is the hottest planet in the solar system? (A) Mercury (B) Mars (C) Venus (D) Neptune Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

64 River City (a) Gomti Lucknow (b) Saryu Ayodhya (c) Alaknanda Badrinath (d) Narmada Satna Which one of the following planets takes the least time in revolving around the Sun? (A) Jupiter (B) Venus (C) Earth (D) Mercury In which of the following days, all places on the Earth experience hours of day and hours of night? (A) May (B) March (C) June (D) December Lakshadweep islands are situated in(a) Indian Ocean (B) Arabian Sea (C) Bay of Bengal (D) Pacific Ocean When we go from Earth to the Moon? (A) Mass changes (B) Mass and weight both change (C) Mass remains the same but weight change (D) Neither mass nor weight change Kabir was the disciple of (A) Ramanuja (B) Ramananda (C) Shankaracharya (D) Chaitanya Which one of the following is an enzyme? (A) Glucagon (B) Insulin (C) Somatropin (D) Trypsin Where is Mullaperiyar Dam located? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Karnataka (D) None of the above The Sualkuchi Textile Park is located in which state of India? (A) Karnataka (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Assam (D) Meghalaya Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth is mentioned in (A) Article 4 6 (B) Article 5 (C) Article 6 (D) Article 7 9. Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea? (A)Corinthian Canal (B) Grand Canal (C) Panama Canal (D) Suez Canal 9. Which of the following features and their source is wrongly matched? (A) Judicial review - British Practice (B) Concurrent list - Australian Constitution (C) Directive principles - Irish Constitution (D) Fundamental Rights - US Constitution 9. Baikonur Cosmodrome, the space launch facility, is located in (A) Russia (B) Kazakhstan (C) Kyrgyzstan (D) Uzbekistan 94. An Ant can see the objects all around it due to the presence of (A) Simple eyes (B) Eyes over its head (C) Well developed eyes (D) Compound eyes 95. The Fort at Pulicat was built by : (A) Portuguese (B) British (C) French (D) Dutch 96. Which one of the following states does not have international border with Bangladesh? (A) Meghalaya (B) Manipur (C) Mizoram (D) Tripura 97. Which of the following are primary colours? (A) Blue, Green, Yellow (B) Red, Blue and Green (C) Red, Black and Green (D) Green, White, Black 98. Cause of Goitre is due to deficiency of (A) Vitamin-D (B) Iodine (C) Nicotinic Acid (D) Haemoglobin 99. Judicial Academy of India is located at (A) Chennai (B) Nagpur (C) Indore (D) Bhopal 00. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Fundamental Duties of Citizens? (A) Article -50 (B) Article -5 (C) Article - 5A (D) Article -5A ANSWER KEYS d b a 4c 5c 6a 7b 8d 9a 0 a d b a 4 b 5 c 6 b 7 a 8 b 9 c 0 b a d d 4 c 5 b 6 d 7 b 8 c 9 c 0 a c b b 4 d 5 a 6 c 7 a 8 c 9 b 40 d 4 a 4 b 4 d 44 a 45 d 46 c 47 c 48 d 49 c 50 d 5 b 5 d 5 a 54 d 55 c 56 b 57 d 58 c 59 a 60 a 6 b 6 c 6 b 64 d 65 d 66 b 67 a 68 b 69 b 70 b 7 b 7 c 7 d 74 b 75 b 76 b 77 c 78 d 79 a 80 c 8 c 8 d 8 b 84 b 85 c 86 b 87 d 88 b 89 c 90 b 9 d 9 a 9 b 94 b 95 d 96 b 97 b 98 b 99 d 00 c

65 PRACTICE SET - FOR UPCOMING EXAM [RRB (NON-TECH)]. Which of the following state does not have bird sanctuary a) Bihar b) Himachal Pradesh c) Haryana d) Gujarat. Global dimming takes place when heat and energy from the sun is prevented from the earth by a) excessive ozone b) polluted clouds c) carbon dioxide emission d) smoke and soot. Which of the following is extracted from a plant and is an anti- malarial drug? a) Cinchona b) Aritimisinin c) Chloramphenicol d) All of the above 4. What is acid rain? a) Rain in which water has P.H. Value Less than 5.0 b) Rain in which water has a P.H. value more than 5.0 c) Rain in which water has a P.H. value Less than 5.0 d) Rain in which water has a P.H. value more than The Study of Structure of living organision a) Taxonomy b) Cytology c) Morphology d) Physiology 6. The unit of electric conductance? a) hertz b) coulomb c) Siemens d) Ohm 7. The nuclides having same mass number but different atomic number are known a) Isotones b) Isobar c) Isoelectron d) Isotopes 8. Why Iron rusts, its weight a) decreases b) increases c) Show no change d) decrease and then increases 9. Which of the following is most viscous? a) Alchol b) Water c) Honey d) Gas line 0. Match the following Process Change A. Evaporation. Liquid in to gas B. Sublimation. Gas into Liquid C. Freezing. Solid into gas D. Melting 4. Solid into Liquid 6 5. Liquid into Solid a) A-, B-4, C-5, D- b) A-, B-, C-4, D-5 c) A-, B-, C-5, D-4 d) A-, B-5, C-, D-4. What happens to the Level of Mercury in the barometer tube when it is taken down a coal mine? It a) Falls b) remains unaltered c) rases d) rises and then fall. A body floating in oil always displaces it sown a) weight of oil b) volume of oil c) Surface area of oil d) depth of oil. Perspiration is maximus when a) Temprature is Low air is dry b) Temprature is Low air is humid c) Temprature is high air is dry c) Temprature is air is humid 4. Red light differs from blue light in a) Velocity b) Wavelength c) Intensity d) Pitch 5. Radiocarbon deting technique is used to estimate the age of a) Rocks b) bolding c) Soil d) Fossils 6. Beta rays are a) high speed electron b) able to penetrate heavy armour plate c) electro magnetic waves d) Fat protons 7. I C chips for computers are usually made of a) Lead b) chromium c) silicon d) gold 8. Which bond is also known as semi-polar bond? a) Ionic bond b) Covalent bond c) Co-ordinate bond d) Metalic bond 9. Specific gravity of Diamond? a).5 b).5 c). d) 0. What is the chemical formula of Haematite? a) Feo b) Feo4 c) Fes d) Feco. The chemical process used to make industrial hydrogen is called a) Silver Nitrate b) Calcium Hydroxide c) Tricholoro Methane d) Nitrous oxide. The Chemical process used to make industrial hydrogen is called a) Bosch process b) Down process c) Parkes Process d) Bayer process. The horenone responsible for secretion of milk in mother is a) Adrenalin b) Lactogenic c) ACTH d) Lentinzing hormone 4. In blue-eyed people the a) Iris has no pigment b) Iris has black pigment c) Iris has blue pigment d) Choroid has blue pigment 5. Birds have no a) nerves b) eyelid c) sweat gland d) solid bones 6. The blood enters the arota from a) Left ventricle b) left auricle c) Right ventricle d) Right auricle 7. What is the dental formula of man? a) / b) 05/05 c) / d) 0/0 8. Vermiform appendix is a part of a) Caecum b) Colon c) Rectum d) Ileum 9. Who is the first Recipient of Dadasaheb phalke award? a) Ruby myers b) Kanan Devi c) B. N. Sircar d) Vevika Rani Chaudhuri 0. The oldest paramilitary force Assam Rifles was established in the in the year a) 80 b) 95 c) 85 d) 857. Nati is the classical dances of which state a) Kerala b) Mizoram c) Assam d) Andhra Pradesh

66 . Headquarter of ARAB LEAGUE? a) Bagdad b) Saudi Arab c) Cairo d) Sarjha. The book Half a life was written by a) J.K. Rowling b) V S Naipaul c) Preethi Nair d) John Gunther 4. Vijaya Stambha is present at a) Delhi b) Agra c) Chittorgarh d) Patna 5. National water way- presented on which River? a) Bramhaputra b) Ganga c) Barak d) Krishna 6. Kharif crops harvest in the month a) Jun- Aug b) Sept-oct c) Jan- March d) Dec- Jan 7. Which of the following continent is the second most populous continent of the world? a) Africa b) Asia c) North America d) Europe 8. Which River is also known as Dakshina ganga? a) Krishna b) Cauvery c) Mahanadi d) Godavari 9. Ozono Layer is present at a) Troposphere b) Stratosphere c) Mesosphere d) Ionosphere 40. Which of the following is not a Buddhist text? a) Mahavansh b) Kaivalya c) Deepvansh d) Sutta patika 4. Who is the Founder of Tuglaq dynasty? a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq b) Firoz saha Tughlaq c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq d) Ibrahim Lodhi 4. Doctrine of lapse introduced by a) Lord Hasting b) Lord Dalhousie c) Lord William Bentinck d) Lord minto Who was the chairman of steering committee a) J. L. Neheru b) J. B. Kripalani c) V. B. Patel d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 44. Which part of the constitution Deals with scheduled & Tribal Areas a) Part X b) Part IX c) Part VI d) Part VII 45. The member of UPSC are appointed for a term of a) 6 yr or till attain 60 yrs b) 6yr or till attain 65 yrs c) 5 yr or till attain 60 yrs d) 5 yr or till attain 65yrs 46. Golden Revolution refers to (A) Horticulture (B) Viticulture (C) Apiculture (D) Sericulture 47. When a particle executing simple Harmonic motion is at the extreme and, then (A) Acceleration of the particle is zero. (B) Restoring Force acting on particle is maximum. (C) Potential energy is zero. (D) No force acts on the particle. 48. National Institute of Oceanography is located at (A) Panaji (B) Pune (C) Nagpur (D) Delhi 49. The total number of bones in our boy is (A) 6 (B) 06 (C) 56 (D) Who said that Oh! Disrespectable democracy! I love you!? (A) Appa Dorai (B) Lord Bryce (C) Carpenter (D) G.B. Shaw ? (a) (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 5 4 (d) Find the HCF of 6, 96 and a) 8 b) 7 c) 0 d) ? (a) (c) 8 (b) 54 (d) In the question n -n -8 = 0 the values of n are a) 4, b) 4, c) 5, d) 5, 56. A and B are two numbers 6 times of square of B is 540 more than the square of A. If the respective ratio between A and B is :, what is the value of B? (a) 0 (b) (c) 6 (d) Saleem, Raheem and Amir enter into a partnership. Saleem invests Rs. 400 for 4 years, Raheem Rs. 800 for 8 years and Amir Rs. 000 for 0 years. They earn Rs. 00. Find the share of each. a) Rs. 0, Rs.550, Rs.50 b) Rs.00, Rs. 600, Rs.500 c) Rs. 0, Rs. 570, Rs. 500 d) Rs. 40, Rs.560, Rs A merchant bought some goods worth Rs and sold half of them at % profit. At what profit per cent should be sell the remaining goods to make and overall profit of 8%? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 8 (d) A certain number of capsules were purchased for Rs more capsules could have been purchased in the same amount if each capsule was cheaper by Rs.0. What was the number of capsules purchased? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 60. yr ago the ratio between the ages of A and B was :4 respectively. The

67 present age of A is 4 times of C ss preset age. If C s present age is 0 yr, then what is B s present age? (in years) (a) 48 (b) 46 (c) 60 (d) If men and 6 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days; men and 4 boys can do it in 4 days, then the ratio of the daily work done by a man to that of a boy is a) : b) : c) : d) 5 : 4 6. A train 700 metre long is running at the speed 6km/ hr. If it crosses a tunnel in minutes, find the length of the tunnel. a) 500 m b) 600m c) 400m d) 00m Directions (Q.6-64): What will come in place of question mark (?) in the given number series? 6. 7? (a) 6 (b) 59 (c) 67 (d) ? (a) 94 (b) 60 (c) 86 (d) Two pipes can full a tank in 0h and 6 h respectively. A third pipe can empty the tank in h. If all the three pipes function simultaneously, then in how much time the tank will be full? (in hours) (a) 7 (c) (b) 4 (d) M, N, O and P divided Rs. 445 among themselves. M took N took th of the money,, 8 th of the remaining amount 6 and rest was divided among O and P in the ratio of :4 respectively. How much did O get as his share? (a) Rs.9600 (b) Rs (c) Rs. 000 (d) Rs A tower stands on a horizontal plane. A man on the ground 50 m from the base of the tower finds the angle of elevation of the top of the tower to be 45p. What is the height of the tower? a) 50 m b) 50 c) 50 m d) 00m 68. An electric pole 0 metre high stands upright on the ground with the help of steel wire tied to its top and affixed on the ground. If the steel wire make 0p with the horizontal ground, find the length of the steel wire. a) 40 m b) 60 m c) 50 m d) 60 m 69. A hollow iron pipe is cm long and its exterior diameter is 8 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is cm and iron weights 8 g/cm, then the weight of the pipe (take = /7 ) is. a).696 kg b).6 kg c) 6 kg d) 6.9 kg 70. How many triangles can be formed with 8 non-collinear points lying in a plane? a) 56 b) 50 c) 55 d) 5 7. A coin is tossed. Find the probability that will show a head. a) b) c) d) 5 c) 7% b) 8% d) 6% find ), y = a cos then dy dx a) tan c) cot 75. Evaluate : b) tan d)-cot sin x cos x sin x cos x dx a) log (sinx + cos x ) b) log (- sin x cos x) c) log (sin x cos x) d) log (cos x sin x) Directions (Q.NOs ) Select the related word/ letters/number from the given alternatives. 76. Wood : Paper : : Steel :? a) Metal b) Nail c) Glass d) Iron : 8 : : :? a) 8 b) c) 6 d) RAT : TAR : : PIT :? a) BIT b) CAT c) TIP d) TOP 79. Sun : Day : : Moon :? a) Stars b) Night c) Planets d) Darkness Directions (Q. Nos. 80-8)Select the one which is different from the other three responses A bag contains Rs.90 in coins of denominations of 50 paise, 5 paise and 0 paise. If coins of 50 paise, 5 paise and 0 paise are in ratio : : 5, then the number of 5 paise coins in the bag is a) 80 b) 0 c) 00 d) 5 7. A sum of Rs.600 gives a simple interest of Rs.5 in years and months. The rate of interest per annum is a) 74. If x = a ( +sin 80. a) 7 b) 4 6 c) 5 5 d) a) Wheat b) Mustard c) Barley d) Corn 8. a) Bus b) Scooter c) Car d) Cycle 8. a) ACE b) GIK c) JLM d) SUW 84. Find the correct alternative from the given response that will complete the series., 5, 9,? 0, 7 a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) How many 9 s are followed by an even number and preceded by an odd number in the following series?

68 a) 4 b) c) d) 86. From the given alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word CELEBRATION a) TAILOR b) ACTION c) CREATE d) BREATH 87. Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following words?. Word. Paragraph. Sentence. Letter a),, 4, b), 4,, c) 4,,, d) 4,,, 88. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letters series shall complete it? b - y - - by b yt a) bgtbt b) btbtb c) atbbt d) cbbtc 89. In a platform train A 5 m long is stopped to allow train B 75 m long to pass. Speed of B is 90 km/h. Time taken by train B to cross train A completely will be a) 6.67 s b) 9 s c).5 s d) 4 s 90. Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain system.on the same basis, find out the correct answer for the unsolved equation ? a) 98 b) 98 c) 98 d) If in a certain code language NOITCELES represents SELECTION, then what will AIDNI represent? a) AIDS b) INDIA c) HINDI d) HANDI 9. A man goes 5 km East, then he turns right and goes 4 km, then he turns left and goes 5 km. Which direction is he facing now? a)north b) South c) East d) West 9. Umesh is taller than Satish, Suresh is shorter than Neeraj but taller than Umesh. Who is the tallest among them? a) Umesh b) Suresh c) Satish d) Neeraj Two statements are given followed by two inferences I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even, if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given inferences, if any, follow from the given statements indicate your answer. Statements All players are educated. All educated are cultured Inferences I. All players are cultured II. All cultured persons are players. a) Only inference I follows b) Only inference II follows c) Both inference I and II follow d) Neither inference I nor II follows 95. Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure? 96. Find the missing number from the given responses ? 9 a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d) 97. Which of the answer figure is exactly the mirror image of the given figure, when the mirror is held on the line MN? 98. In the following figure, the triangle represents teachers. The circle represents students and the rectangle represents actors. Which number represents teachers who are also students and actors? a) b) 6 c) 5 d) 99. Select the answer figure in which the question figure is hidden/ embedded 00. A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened?

69 ANSWER KEYS.a 5.d 9.d 4.d 57.d 7.c 85.c.b 6.a 0.c 44.a 58.a 7.b 86.d 99.d 00.a.b 7.c.d 45.b 59.d 7.c 87.d 4.a 8.c.c 46.a 60.d 74.a 88.b 5.c 9.a.b 47.b 6.a 75.c 89.d 6.c 0.a 4.c 48.a 6.a 76.b 90.b 7.b.d 5.a 49.b 6.b 77.a 9.b 8.b.a 6.b 50.d 64.b 78.c 9.c 9.c.b 7.a 5.d 65.b 79.b 9.d 0.c 4.a 8.d 5.d 66.d 80.d 94.a.c 5.c 9.b 5.a 67.b 8.b 95.d.a 6.a 40.b 54.c 68.a 8.d 96.b.d 7.a 4.a 55.a 69.a 8.c 97.a 4.b 8.a 4.b 56.b 70.a 84.a 98.c VANIK S KNOWLEDGE GARDEN What will be the new name for Department of Disinvestment as announced in the Union Budget for 06-7? Department of Investment and Public Asset Management What is the name given to a new Cess of 0.05% imposed on all taxable services introduced in the Union Budget 06-7 for helping country s agriculture sector? Krishi Kalyan Cess How much fund for recapitalization of Public sector banks was announced in the Union Budget for 06-7? Rs. 5,000 crore The Govt. has proposed to provide digital literacy for how many countrymen as announced in the Budget? 6 crore Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a unified market for agri produce in his Union Budget for Under it a pan-india e-platform for agri products will be launched after states amend APMC Act. This platform has been proposed to be launched on which occasion? Babasaheb Ambedkar s birth anniversary How much infrastructure cess (Infra Cess) on small cars was proposed in the Union Budget 06-7? % The deduction limit under which section of the Income Tax Act was raised from Rs,000 to Rs 5,000 per annum in the Union Budget 06-7? Section 87A (Under Section 87A, taxpayers first reduce Rs,000 from their total tax payable. This section applies to those with total income of less than Rs 5 lakh) How much tax relief was announced in the Union Budget 06-7 for taxpayers who do not own a house and don t get house rent allowance from employers? From Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 60,000 What important announcement pertaining to Aadhaar was done in the Union Budget 06-7? Aadhaar will be given a statutory status (However, Aadhaar will not confer proof of domicile or citizenship) What important announcement pertaining to PSU general insurance companies was announced in the Union Budget 06-7 These companies will be listed now Which important announcement pertaining to fertilizer subsidy was announced in the Union Budget 06-7 A pilot Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for fertilizer will be launched during 06-7 What is the deadline for 00% village electrification as announced in the Union Budget 06-7 May 08 What is level of fiscal deficit for 06-7 as proposed in the budget?.5% of GDP What the proposed Current Account Deficit (CAD) is for 06-7 as announced in the Union Budget for 06-7?.4% of GDP How much fund was allocated for pulses production in the Union Budget 06-7? Rs. 500 crore How much fund was allocated for the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) in the Union Budget 06-7? Rs. 7,000 crore How much fund was proposed for meeting initial cost of proving LPG connections for rural areas as announced in the Budget for 06-7? Rs.,000 crore (This scheme will continue for 5 years and will cover all BPL households) How many airports of the country were declared in the unused and underused category for which Rs. 50 crore (each) will be provided as announced in the Budget for 06-7? 60 00% FDI in through Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) was announced in the Union Budget for 06-7? For marketing of food produce manufactured and processed in India What was the total allocation for agriculture and farmer welfare in the Union Budget 06-7? Rs. 5,984 crore What was the total allocation for MGNREGA in the Union Budget 06-7? Rs. 8,500 crore (This was the highest ever amount spend on MGNREGA in a year) How much funds will be provided as aid to Gram Panchayats during 06-7 as announced in the Union Budget lakh crore What is the total allocation on roads and highways for 06-7 as announced in the Union Budget 06-7 Rs. 97,000 crore 67

70 PRACTICE SET FOR UPCOMING EXAM [LIC-AAO] ENGLISH LANGUAGE Directions (Q. - 5): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases all part of the environmental doomsday scenario which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations Environment Programme report, a deadly three-km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to a life and death question for many Indians, The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise in morbidities will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India has always been allergic to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll off the assembly line with out proper pollution control system Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make vital difference to people s lives and the environment. However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act sceptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Kyoto meet on climate change is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the U. S President Mr. Brush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption level U. N environment report will likely find a place in the U. S. arsenal as it plants an accusing finger towards controls like India and India and China. Yet the U. S can hardly deny its own dubious role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of 68 developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the U. S. Should take a look at the environmental profligacy, which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water, Mr. Bush s policies are not exactly beneficial, not even to America s interests. We realize that we are all in this together and that pollution anywhere should be a global concern otherwise there will only be more tunnels at the end of the tunnel Both official and corporate India is allergic to: a) failure of monsoon b) poverty and Inequality c) slowdown in industrial production d) mention of clean technology e) crop failure Which, according to the passage, is a life and death question to many Indians? a) Increase in respiratory diseases b) Use of clean technology c) Thick blanket of pollution over the region d) Failure In crops e) Dwindling agricultural yield If the rate of premature deaths increases it will; a) exert added burden on our crumbling economy b) have adverse social and economic consequences c) make positive effect on our efforts to control population d) have less job aspirants in the society e) have healthy effect on our economy Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning to the word profligacy as used in the passage a) wastefulness b) conservation c) upliftment d) criticality e) denouncement According to the passage, India cannot tolerate any further: a) crop failure b) deteriotration of health care system c) increase in respiratory diseases d) proliferation of nuclear devices e) social and economic consequences 6. According to the passage, two wheeler industry is not adequately concerned about a) passenger safety on the roads b) life cover insurance of the vehicle owners c) pollution control system in the vehicles d) rising cost of the two wheelers e) rising cost of the petrol in the country 7. What could be the reason behind timing of the haze report just before the Kyoto meet, as indicated in. The passage? a) United Nations is working hand- inglove with U. S. b) Organizers of the forthcoming meet to teach a lesson to the U. S. c) Drawing attention s of the world towards devastating effects of environment deg radation. d) U.S. wants to use it as a handle against the developing countries in the forth coming meet e) The meet is a part of political agenda of the U. N. 8. Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning to the word allergic as used in the passage a) liking b) passionate c) possessive d) crumbling e) repugnant 9. Which of the following is the indication of environmental degradation in South Asia? a) Social and economic inequality b) Crumbling health care system c) Inadequate pollution control system d) Overemphasis on technoidgy e) Radically changing monsoon pattern 0. What must we realize, according to the passage? a) No country should show superiority over other countries b) U. N. Is putting in hard efforts in the direction of pollution control c) All countries must join hands in fighting pollution d) Nobody should travel through tunnel to avoid health hazards e) We all must strive hard to increase agricultural production

71 . Which of the following finds place in the united Nations Environment Programme Report? a) Changing monsoon patterns b) Substantial increase in respiratory diseases c) A serious cover of pollution over the region d) Reduction in winter rice harvest e) None of these. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage? a) U. N. Environment report blames countries like India and China b) Developing countries have taken environment shortcuts In their bid to catch up with the West. c) U.S. is also to be blamed for environmental degradation and pollution d) Indians cannot afford to have any further crop failure e) U. S. Has tightened safety standards for drinking water. According to the passage, Kyoto meet is going to witness. a) calm and dispassionate thinking on the issue of pollution control b) a blaming game between developed and developing countries c) refusal of U. N. To work as arbitrator d) U. S agreeing to look at the issue of lowering its consumption e) countries for higher monetary allocation to R & D. 4. Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word dubious as used In the passage? a) unquestionable b) dissimilar c) illegal d) antisocial e ) Innovative 5. Choose the word which is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word morbidity as used in the passage a) powerfulness b) healthiness c) softness d) acuteness e ) purposeful Directions (Q. 6-5): Which of the phrases (a), (b,) (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and No correction is required mark (e) as the answer The executive had received several warnings before been suspended finally for his lack of punctuality. a) after suspension b) after suspending c) before suspended d) before being suspended e) No correction required 7. Accordingly to the senior partner s instructions they have remitted the amount to your bankers. a) According on b) On accord of c) planning on d) have a plan e) No correction required 8. The museum has planned for a ten day exhibition showcasing the rich culture of the South. a) plan for b) has been planning c) planning on d) have a plan e) No correction required 9. Since the collapse of his business he has become frequent depressed and addicted to alcohol. a) frequent depression and addicted for b) frequently depress and addict to c) frequently depressing and addicted on d) frequently depressed and addicted to e) No correction required 0. The government will refrain from intervening in the dispute except the company requests it to do so. a) with the dispute except b) in the dispute unless c) to the dispute excepting d) in the dispute without e) No correction required. The issue of employee pension schemes will come to the Governing Board meeting next week. a) shall come about in b) will come before c) to the dispute excepting d) shall come to e) No correction required. The steep rise in oil prices is the reason on account of which we must conserve energy. a) the reason b) the reason for c) the reason because d) the reason to e) No correction required. Several customers have requested that the branch timing on weekdays should be changed to reduce inconvenience. a) is changed b) have changed c) shall change d) can change e) No correction required 4. Having failed to plan their political compaign in advance the party members got each other into a mess. a) get one another b) got themselves c) have got anyone d) has got everyone e) No correction required 5. Despite his youth he has the reputation of being one of the most efficient administrators in the organization. a) from the efficient b) off the more efficient c) of the efficient in d) among the most efficiently of e) No correction required Directions (Q. 6-0): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any) 6. Villagers want to build (a)/ a bridge crossed the river (b)./ to connect their village (c)/ to the- highway. (d)/ No error (e) 7. He has invited one (a)/ of his biggest business rivals (b)/ to his office (c)/ to discuss the merger. (d)/ No error (e) 8. To avoid any interruption (a)/ during the presentation (b)/ he checked all the system (c)/ the previous day. (d)/ No error (e) 9. It is the government (a)/ responsibility to provide (b)/ athletes with the necessary facilities (c)/ for their training. (d)/ No error (e) 0. The management is (a)/ not willing to (b)/ make no concession (c)/ to the employee s de-mands. (d)/ No error (e) Directions (Q. -5) In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to

72 make the complete. sentence meaningfully. With the merger, the newly formed company has come to the country s into a modern economy. a) lead acceptance b) exemplify transformation c) promote development d) reflect transfer e) stall exchange. governance does not encourage respect for authority and the condition of the exploited. a) Frail enhance b) Lack recognizes c) Inadequate heeds d) Weak accentuates e) Effectual alleviate. Although businesses are less than they were before libera lization some parts of the economy remain to restrictions. a) fettered subject b) shunned accessible c) ignored vulnerable d) restrict expose e) defunct resistant 4. Today the city free housing and hospitals and clean streets has become the of the entire country. a) offers example b) known pride c) with envy d) providing challenge e) supplies dream 5. Since its launch, the computer programme has for two thirds of all software sales a) allowed legally b) plans globally c) provided demand d) competed demand e) accounted domestically Directions (Q. 6-40): Rearrange the following six 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. To address these issues Indian corporate are increasingly turning eco-friendly B. At present however there are only a dozen green buildings in the private sector. 70 C. D. E. F. However though an eco-friendly building may cost more upfront however it is cost effective because of lower operating costs in the long run. Today there is growing concern about global warming, energy and water crises. The reason is the construction cost of an eco-friendly building is 5% to 0% more than putting up a conventional building. Planting trees, using energy saving lighting systems and constructing eco-friendly green buildings are some of the measures they are taking 6. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement? a) A b) B c) c d) D e) E 7. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? a) A b) C c) D d) E e) F 8. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement? a) B b) D c) C d) E e) E 9. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement? a) C b) D c) E d) F e) A 40. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement? a) B b) C c) D d) E e) F REASONINGABILITY Directions (Q. No. 4-45) Read the following informations and answer the questions given below. i. There are six neighbours Mr. Sharma, mr. Tendulkar, Mr. Dravid, Mr. Prasad, Mr. Johar and Mr. Aiyar living in a triple-storey building with six flats. ii. Those who have four or more children occupy the top floor. iii. The lawyer has a Kelvinator fridge while the CA has Godrej. iv. The ground floor occupants have a cheerful disposition. v. Mr. Tendulkar, a cricketer, has three children. vi. Mr. Dravid, an unmarried man, occupies the middle floor. vii. Mr. Johar and Mr. Aiyar have gloomy dispositions while the rest are cheerful. viii. Mr. Prasad, a middle floor occupant, owns a Voltas fridge. ix. One of the neighbours having two children each, owns a Videocon fridge and is a journalist. x. Two neighbours, of whom one is a teacher, do not own a fridge. 4. Which fridge does Mr. Dravid own? a) Godrej b) Kelvinator c) Godrej or Kelvinator d) No fridge e) None of the above 4. What is Mr. Prasad s profession? a) Teacher b) Lawyer c) Journalist d) CA e) Can t be determined 4. Who among the following occupies the top floor? a) Mr. Sharma b) Mr. Johar c) Mr. Dravid d) Mr. Prasad e) None of these 44. How many children does Mr. Sharma have? a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) None of these 45. What is the least number of children possible in the entire building? a) 9 b) c) 5 d) 8 e) Can t be determined Directions (Q ):In each of the questions below are given two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

73 46. Statement: All brooks and needles. Some needles are hooks. No hooks are switches. Conclusions: I. Some needles are not hooks. II. Some brooks are hooks. III. Some needles are not switches. IV. Some brooks are not switches. a) All follow b) III and IV follow c) I and III follow d) Only III follows e) None of these 47. Statements: All drums are trains. All trams are drums. Some drums are jars. Conclusions: I. All trams are trains. II. All trains are trams. III. Some trains are not trams. IV. Some trams are not jars. a) None follows b) Only I follows c) I and either II or III follow d) Only either II or III follows e) None of the above 48. Statements: All mortars are shells. All stones are mortars. No bricks are mortars. Conclusions: I. Some stones are shells. II. No stones are shells. III. Some shells are stones. IV. No shells are bricks. a) I and either II or III follow b) I and III follow c) Only III follows d) Only I follows e) None of the these 49. Statements: All players are cricketers. No cricketer is a winner. Some cricketers are footballers. Conclusions: I. All players are winners. II. Some players are winners. III. Some players are not winners. IV. Some footballers are players. a) None follows b) II and IV follow c) Only either I or II follows d) II and III follow e) None of these 50. Statements: No stick is a book. All books are globes. All sticks are bricks. Conclusions: I. No bricks are globes. II. Some globes are bricks. III. Some sticks are not bricks. IV. Some bricks are not sticks. 7 a) None follows b) Only I follows c) Only II follows d) All follow e) None of these e) None of these Directions (Q.5-55): Study the following information to answer the questions given below. A number arrangement machine when given an input of numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of rearrangement. Input Step I Step II Step III Step IV This is the final arrangement and step IV is the last step for this input. 5. What will be the fifth step for an input whose second step is given below? Step II a) b) c) d) e) None of the above 5. Below is given the last step of an input. What will be its second step? Last Step a) b) c) d) Can t be determined e) None of these 5. What should be the third step of the following input? Input a) b) c) d) e) None of the above 54. How many steps will be required to get the final output from the following input? Input a)four b) Five c) Six d) Seven e) None of these 55. If the first step of an input is then which of the following steps will be ? a)four b) Five c) Six d) Three Directions (Q ): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements. Give answer a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question c) If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question d) If the data even in both statements I and II together are riot sufficient to answer the question e) If the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question 56. Is Bhavana five years old? I. Kalpana is seven years old and is younger than Bhavana. II. Bhavana is two years older than Ramesh, who is six years old. 57. Who among P, Q, R, S, T and U teaches Biology? Each person teaches one subject amongst English, Hindi, Biology, History, Geography and Sanskrit. I. P and U do not teach Hindi, Biology, History or Geography. Q and S do not teach Biology or Geography. T does not teaches Geography. II. P and U teach English and Sanskrit but not necessarily respectively. Similarly, Q and S teach either Hindi or History. 58. On which date did Madhumita appear for the interview for Probationary Officer? I. She appeared for the interview in the month of March in the year 0. II. She appeared for the interview on Friday and the date was a prime number.

74 59. In a row of boys facing North, who is on the immediate right of Amod? I. When the boys turn towards South without changing the order of their places Damodar is on the immediate left of Amod. II. Only Amod is between Bipin and Damodar and Chandan is immediate left of Bipin. 60. On the advent of which century will the end of the world occur (Assume the given statements to be true)? I. The century will consist of 5 leap years. II. A group of religious fanatics decided, after intensive study of their holy books and endless use of a powerful modern computer, that the end of the world would occur when the first day of a century next fell on a Sunday. Directions (6-65): Read the information / statement given in such question carefully and answer the questions. 6. Which of the following expressions will be true if the expression H G = K > F is definitely true? (a) K H (b) G = F (c) H F (d) F G (e) None is true 6. Which of the following expressions will not be true if the expression P Q < R = S is definitely true? (a) S P (b) P < R (c) S > Q (d) P > S (e) None of these 6. In which of the following expressions does the expression W < Z hold true? (a) W > Y < X Z (b) Z > X Y W (c) Z Y > X W (d) Z > Y = X < W (e) Z X > Y W 64. In which of the following expressions will the expression L < R be definitely true? (a) L M > N = R (b) L = M < N > R (c) L < M N R (d) R M = N < L (e) None of these In which of the following expressions does the expression D > A does not hold true? (a) A < B C = D B>C A (c) A B = C < D (d) D C B > A (e) A > B C = D (b) D Directions (Q ): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight students sitting around a circular table. Four of them are facing towards the centre and four of them are facing away from the centre. All of them like a different magazine, viz. India Today, Darpan, BSC, Kiran, Chronicle, Rozgar, Times and Current Affairs, but not necessarily in the same order. E faces towards the centre and likes India today. Both the immediate neighbours of E face away from the centre and like BSC or Kiran. D faces away from the centre. Both the immediate neighbours of D do not face away from the centre. E sits third to the right of F, who likes Chronicle and faces away from the centre. C sits third to the left of F. The one who likes BSC sits opposites F. The one who likes Darpan is not the immediate neighbour of F and faces away from the centre. A sits second to the left of C and does not like Times or Current Affairs. The one who likes Times sits between H and F. B faces away from the centre and does not like Darpan. 66. Who among the following sits third to the right of G? a) A b) B c) C d) D e) F 67. Which of the following combinations is true? a) A- Chronicle b) B Kiran c) G- Times d) F BSC e) None of these 68. If all the people are made to sit in alphabetical order, in clockwise direction, starting from A, the position of who amongst the following remains the same?(excluding A) a) D b) E c) G 4) H e) None of these 69. Who among the following reads Rozgar? a) H b) A c) C 4) D e) None of these 70. Which of the following statements is true about H? a) He sits second to the left of F. b) He sits third to the left of B. c) He reads either Darpan or BSC. d) G and F are his immediate neighbours. e) His neighbours read India Today and Times. QUANTITATIVEAPTITUDE Directions (7-75): Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow: 7. What was the average number of soldiers recruited in the Navy over all the years together? a) 5,000 b) 4, 00 c),400 d) 8,000 e) None of these 7. Number of soldiers recruited in Navy in the year 009 was what percentage of soldiers recruited in Army in the year 006? a) 40 b) 50 c) 60 d) 80 e) None of these 7. If 0 percent of soldiers recruited in Air force in the year 00 were females then what is the number of males recruited in Air force in that year? a) 6,000 b) 6,00 c) 6, 000 d) 6, 00 e) None of these 74. What was the respective ratio between the number of soldiers recruited for Air force in the year 005 and the number soldiers recruited in Army in the year 009?

75 a) : 5 b) 5 : c) : 7 d) 5 : 4 e) None of these 75. What was approximate percentage decrease in number of soldiers recruited in Army in the year 008 as compared to the previous year? a) 0 b) c) 8 d) 0 e) Directions (76-80) : Study the following Pie-chart carefully to answer these questions. B. Ed. 8% B. Tech. 7% B. Sc 0% Pharnacy % MBBS 6% MBA 6% 76. What is the value of half of the difference between the number of students in MBA and MBBS? a) 800 b) 600 c) 00 d) 650 e) None of these 77. How much more percentage (approximately) of students are in MBA as compared to students in B. Ed? a) 49 b) 5 c) 59 d) 4 e) What is the total number of students in B. Ed., Pharmacy and MBBS together? a) 465 b) 565 c) 405 d) 504 e) None of these 79. What is the respective ratio between the number of students in Pharmacy and the number of students in B. Tech? a) : b) : 6 c) : 7 d) 6 : e) None of these 80. Number of students in B. Sc. Is approximately what percentage of the number of students in B. Ed.? a) 67 b) 6 c) 57 d) 5 e) The ratio of present age of daughter and father is : 5 and that of her mother and father is 4 : 5. After years the ratio of the age of the daughter to that of her mother becomes :0. What is the present age of the father? a) 0 years b) 7 years c) 4 years d) Data inadequate e) None of these 8. Prem and Rakesh started a business in partnership investing Rs. 0,000 and Rs. 5,000 respectively. After 6 months Vinod joined them with Rs. 0, 000. What will be Rakesh s share in total profit of Rs. 7,000 earned at the end of two years from the starting of the business? a) Rs. 9,000 b) Rs.8,00 c) Rs.0,000 d) Rs.9,00 e) None of these 8. Two metres broad pathway is to be constructed around a rectangular field. The area of the field is 96 sq. m. The cost of construction is Rs. 90 per sq. metre. Then find the total cost of construction? a) Rs.9,600 b) Rs.8,000 c) Rs.4,800 d) Data inadequate e) None of these 84. Nivas invests two equal amounts in two nationalised banks giving 0% and % rate of interest respectively. At the end of year the interest earned is Rs Find the sum invested in each bank? a) Rs.7,500 b) Rs.5,000 c) Rs.7, 000 d) Rs.8,500 e) None of these 85. Rs. 4,00 amounts to Rs. 5,7 in four years at simple interest. If the interest rate is increased %, it would amount to how much? a) Rs. 5,08 b) Rs.,5 c) Rs.,06 d) Rs. 6,6 e) None of these 86. A litre of water was evaporated from six litres of salt solution containing 5% salt. How much percentage of salt is left in the remaining solution? a) 5 b) 4 c) d) Percentage not changed e) None of these 87. The average marks of 48 students in a class is 45. The average marks of the boys in the class is 40 and the average marks of the girls in the class in 50. What is the ratio between the number of boys and girls in the class? a) 4 : 5 b) : 5 c) d) Data inadequate e) None of these boys and 5 girls together can complete a work in 6 days. It takes 00 days for one boy alone to complete the same work. How many days will be required for one girl alone to complete the same work? a) 5 days b) 50 days c) 90 days d) 45 days e) None of these 89. A shopkeeper purchased 50 identical pieces of radio at the rate of Rs. 50 each. He spent an amount of Rs.,500 on transport and packing. He fixed the label price of each radio at Rs. 0. However, he decided to give a discount of 5% on the labelled price. What is the percent profit profit earned by him? a) 6 % b) 5% c) 4% d) 0% e) None of these 90. Two pipes A and B fill a tank in and 5 minutes respectively. Both are opened and at the end of minutes, A is turned off. How much longer will the tank take to fill? a) 0 minutes b) 9 minutes 4 c) 8 0 d) 8 minutes 4 e) 8 5 minutes minutes

76 Directions (Q.9-95) : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? (?) (a) 64 (b) 80 (c) 9 (d) 4 (e) None of these (?) (a) 680 (b) 89 (c) 6 (d) 880 (e) None of these (?) (a) 60 (b) 90 (c) 65 (d) 996 (e) None of these (?) (a) 684 (b) 78 (c) 784 (d) 67 (e) None of these (?) (a) 67.5 (b) 76.5 (c) 4.5 (d) 67.5 (e) None of these Directions (Q.96-00): In the following questions two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equations and Give answer a) If x > y b) x y c) If x < y d) x y e) if x =y or the relationship cannot be established. 96. I. x - =0 II. y+4y + =0 97. I. x -7x + =0 II. y-y +=0 98. I. x -7 =69 II. y -54 = I. 5x +y = II. x +7y=6 00. I. x +x+ =0 II. 5y +7y +0 =0 COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE 9. Unit record machines are actually a) Machines that can record unit data s b) Initial form of tape recorder c) A sort of punching machine 74 d) Either (a) or (b) e) None of the above 9. Who amongst the following is called the father of modern computing? a) Charles Babbage b) Hollerith c) Gottfried Von Leibnitz d) Joseph. M. Jacquard e) None of these 9. Which of the following is a logical statement? a) Not gate is also called inverter b) Try to run fast c) Don t tell lie d) Both (a) and (c) e) None of these 94. Which of the following is equivalent to 7 a) 0 b) c) 0 d) 0 e) None of these 95. Which of the following is not a network? a) Local area network b) Wide area network c) Optical fibre d) All are networks e) None of these 96. A network that spreads over cities is a) WAN b) MAN c) LAN d) Anyone of these e) None of these 97. A topology of computer network means: a) Arrangement of PCs in certain pattern b) Cabling between PCs c) Way the server connects to PCs d) Both(a) and (b) e) None of these 98. Telnet helps in a) Remote login b) Connecting to television c) Transferring files across net d) Either (b) or (c) e) All of these 99. TCP/IP protocol Stack is a) Combination of TCP & IP protocols b) A family of protocols that connect to PCs c) Part of Internet d) Both (b) & (c) e) None of these 00. What is NOT true about FTP? a) It is protocol b) It is a program or command c) It transfers files over net d) Both (a) & (c) e) All are true 0. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ? a) Low cost b) Record maintenance in database c) High speed d) Waste Reduction (writing paper) e) None of these 0. What are dedicated servers? a) A workstation that can double up as server b) A machine sharing information only c) A computer reserverd for special task d) Both (a) & (b) e) None of these 0. What are non dedicated servers? a) A workstation that can double up as server b) A machine sharing information only c) A computer reserverd for special task d) Both (b) & (c) e) None of these 04. G is a a) Computer b) Cable c) Chip d) Mother board e) None of these 05. One of the oldest calculating device was? a) Arithmometer b) Ready reckoner c) Abacus d) Both (a) & (b) e) None of these 06. The first-generation computers had? a) Vaccum tubes and magnetic drum b)magnetic tape and transistors c) ICs d) Either (a) or (c) e) All of these 07. Which of the following is false about change in computer from one generation to the next? a) Computer size is decreased b) Speed of processing increases c) Memory/storage capacities decreases d) Both (a) & (c) e) None of these 08. Which of the following is NOT false about GUIs? a) They make computers easier to use for laymen b) Icons and menus can be selected with a mouse c) Were first introduced by MACs d) all of these are true e) None of these

77 09. The strategy for testing a function when developing a software is made at a) Test strategy b) Test plans c) Test case Design d) Both (a) & (b) e) None of these 0. When talking of software budgeta) It includes only direct development costs b) Productivity loss (of an enduser)that occurs during IT training. c) Indirect costs of the budget include training costs and productivity losses d) Both (a) & (c) e) None of these. To change selected text to all capital letters, click the change case button, then clicka) UPPER CASE b) UPPERALL c) CAPSLOCK d) Lock Upper e) Large Size. A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other people s computers to get information illegally or do damage is a a) hacker b) analyst c) instant messenger d) programmer e) spammer. Where you are likely to find an embedded operating system? a) on a desktop operating system b) on a networked PC c) On a network server d) on a PDA e) on a mainframe 4. Reusable optical storage will typically have the acronyma) CD b) DVD c) ROM d) RW e) ROS 5. An online discussion group that allows direct live communication is known as a) webcrawier b) chart group c) regional service provider d) hyperlink e) 6. Codes consisting of lines of varying widths or lengths that are computerreadable are known asa) an ASCII code b) a magnetic tape 75 c) an OCR scanner d) a bar code e) None of these 7. A web site s main page is called itsa) Home Page b) Browser page c) Search Page d) Bookmark e) None of these 8. Which of the following is a program that uses a variety of different approaches to identify and eliminate spam? a) Directory search b) Anti-spam program c) Web server d) Web storefront creation package e) Virus 9. To access properties of an object, the mouse technique to use is a) dragging b) dropping c) right-clicking d) shift clicking e) None of these 0. Computers use the number system to store data and perform calculationsa) binary b) octal c) decimal d) hexadecimal e) None of these GENERALAWARENESS. North Korea has designated which of the following as the new chief of the Korean People s Army General Staff? A.Ri Yong Gil B.Kim Kyok sik C.Hyon Yong chol D.Ri Myong Su E. None of these. Sports Person of the Year award has been conferred upon which of the following for the India Sports Awards 05? A.Kuldeep Handoo B.Balbir Singh C.Lalita Babar D.Dipa Karmakar E. None of these. As per the global think-tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which nation is the world s largest arms importer? A.Vietnam B.India C.China D.Pakistan E. None of these 4. The fifth edition of Exercise IBSAMAR between Brazil, India and South Africa kicked off at which of the following? A.Marajo B.Visakhapatnam C.Robben D.Goa E. None of these 5. Which of the following is India s first nuclear armed submarine, which is now fully-operational? A.INS Shishumar B.INS Chakra C.INS Kalvari D.INS Arihant E. None of these 6. Which of the following state s cricket association has become the first in the country to work towards Swacch Bharat Abhiyan? A.Uttarakhand B.Himachal Pradesh C.Rajasthan D.Madhya Pradesh E. None of these 7. What was the theme for International Mother Language Day (IMLD) that was observed on February, 06? A.Books for mother tongue education B.Local Languages for Global Citizenship: Spotlight on Science C.Inclusion in and through education: Language counts D.Quality education, language(s) of instruction and learning outcomes E. None of these 8. Mahamaham festival is celebrated in which Indian state? A.Goa B.Andhra Pradesh C.Tamil Nadu D.Karnataka E. None of these 9. The fourth edition Hockey India League (HIL) title has been clinched by which of the following? A.Dabang Mumbai B.Punjab Warriors C.Kalinga Lancers D.Ranchi Rays E. None of these 40. Government is all set to provide banking services in every village by Common

78 Services Centres (CSCs). By CSCs, village level entrepreneurs has earned commission of how much worth? A.Rs.48 crore B.Rs.48 crore C.Rs.440 crore D.Rs.468 crore E. None of these 4. Which of the following state s village has banned single women from using mobile phones? A.Haryana B.Gujarat C.Rajasthan D.Tamil Nadu E. None of these 4. India has launched the lightest gun named Nidar. How much it weighs? A.00g B.60g C.80g D.50g E. None of these 4. To make students aware of Banking Sector in India, BML Munjal University has signed a MoU with which bank? A.Andhra bank B.Canara bank C.Yes bank D.Axis bank E. None of these 44. Recently, which of the following bank has publicized highest ever net loss of Rs,4 crore by Public sector bank? A.United Bank B.Central Bank C.Bank of India D.Bank of Baroda E. None of these 45. O. N. V. Kurup, who has been recently passed away was related to which of the following field? A.Doctor B.Industrialist C.Director D.Professor E. None of these 46. Which of the following bollywood actress has awarded the Pride of Kerala award by the World Malayalee Council and Kairali TV? A.Sri Devi B.Kajol C.Vidya Balan D.Deepika Padukone E. None of these 47. Which of the following bank has tied up with Smartbox Ecommerce 76 Solutions to help to reduce delivery returns? A.ICICI B.Axis Bank C.Canara Bank D.Yes Bank E. None of these 48. Which of the following bank has signed MoU with Universal Sompo General Insurance Co.Ltd. for providing personal accident death coverage? A.Bank of India B.Canara Bank C.Corporation Bank D.Andhra Bank E. None of these 49. If an organization wishes to venture into Insurance Business it has to obtain a licence first from which of the following? (A) Indian Banks Association (IBA) (B) Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (C) Tariff Advisory Committee (TAC) (D) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) (E) None of these 50. Which of the following insurance companies writes its punch line in the advertisements Insurance is the subject matter of solicitation? (A) CIC (B) LIC (C) ING Vysya Life InsuranceCo. (D) Tata AIG Life Insurance Co (E) None of these 5. Which of the following is largest Non Life Insurance Company in India? (A) ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. (B) United India Insurance Company Ltd. (C) General Insurance Company Ltd. (D). New India Assurance Company Ltd. (E) None of these 5. Which of the following insurance plan is not launched by LIC? a) Jeevan Abhaya b) Life Mahalife Gold Plan c) Child Career Plan d) Child Future Plan e) Jeevan Saral 5. What is the full form of CVV? A. Credit Verification Value B. Currency Verification Variable C. Customer Verification Value D. Card Verification Value E. None of these 54. The selling of life assurance and other insurance products and services by banking institution is known as. A. Insurance cover B. Bancassurance C. Protection cover D.Assurance cover E. None of these 55. Reserve Bank will issue bank notes with additional features to aid the visually impaired in identification. A. Rs 500 and Rs,000 B. Rs. 00 and Rs. 500 C. Rs. 50 and Rs. 00 D. Rs. 0 and Rs. 00 E. None of these 56. Foreign exchange Reserves in India are kept in the custody of. A. Govt. of India B. Finance Ministry C. Reserve Bank of India D. Overseas Ministry E. SEBI 57. Simply click a card launched by SBI special for. A. Cash Transfer B. Online Shopping C. Pay Utility Bills D. For Home Loans E. None of these 58. Recently, RBI declared which of the following as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D- SIBs)? A. SBI & HDFC B. SBI & ICICI C. ICICI & HDFC D. SBI & BOB E. SBI & PNB 59. In what denominations Commercial Paper (CP) can be issued? A. Rs. lakh B. Rs. lakh C. Rs. 5 lakh D. Rs. 0 lakh E. None of these 60. What is the time limit for an asset or loan to be declared as Non-Performing Asset? A. 0 days B. 60 days C. 90 days D. 0 days E. 50 days

79 EXPLANATIONS / b = 9 b+4.d.d.b 4.a 5.a 6.c 7.d 8.e 9.e 0.c.c.e.b 4.a 5.b 6.d 7.c 8.e 9.d 0.b.c.a.e 4.b 5.e 6.b 7.e 8.d 9.a 0.c.c.e.a 4.d 5.e 6.d 7.a 8.e 9.c 40.b (/ + 4) (b + 4)= lb + 4 (/ + b) + 6 New area = + 4 (/+ b) We should have either l or b to solve the question. 84. d) According to question, (4-45) Neighbour No of children Profession Floor Fridge Disposition S JOUR ground videocon cheer T CRI ground none cheer D 0 TEACH middle none cheer P middle voltas cheer J 4+ LAW\CA top Kel\god gloomy A 4+ LAW\CA top Kel\god gloomy x 0 x or, x x Rs.8, d) PRT P 00 RT 57 or, 00 p 57 4-d 4-e 4-b 44-c 45-c 46-d 47-c 48-b 49-e 50-e 5-d 5-d 5-a 54-b 55-a 56-d 57-a 58-e 59-c 60-b 6-a 6-a 6-c 64-c 65-e 66-d 67-c 68-b 69-b 70-e 7.a 7.c 7.a 74.a 75.e 76.d 77.e 78.c 79.c 80.a or, R When R = 9 + = % then 8. e) Present age of father and mother be 5x and 4x After years, Age of daughter = x +; Age if mother = 4x + So, x 4 x 0 X=7 Age of father = 5x = = 5 years 8. b) Prem s profit : Rakesh s profit : Vinod s profit = 0,000 4 : 5,000 4 : 0,000 8 = 4,80,000 :, 60, 000 :,60,000 = 4: : 8. d) % A= 4,00 4 4,00 00 = Rs b) 6 litres contains 6 5 = 0 g salt 0 % of salt in 5 litre 5 % 87. c) According to question. 40 x 50 y x 5 y 6...(i) x y 48...(ii) From equation (i) and (ii), we get Y = 4 and x = 4 77

80 x 4 y 4 : e) boy s one day s work = boy s six day s work = 0 boy s six day s work = Remaining labelled price = Rs. 0 S. P =0 5% of 0 = profit % d) Work done by A and B in min. = (7 5) 9 0 For doing th work B takes min. 5 For doing th work B takes d 9-c 94-b 95-b 96-b 97-d 98-c 99-a 00-e 0.c 0.a 0.a 04.b 05.c 06.a 07.b 08.a 09.b 0.d.b.c.a 4.c 5.c 6.a 7.c 8.d 9.b 0.c.c.a.d 4.d 5.b 6.b 7.a 8.b 9.c 0.a -d -c -b 4-d 5-d 6-b 7-d 8-c 9-b 40-b 4-b 4-d 4-d 44-d 45-d 46-c 47-d 48-d 49-d 50-b 5-d 5-b 5-d 54-b 55-a 56-c 57-b 58-b 59-b 60-b of the work is done by 5 girls in 6 days. Whole work is done by 5 girls in 6 days 6 5 Whole work is done by 5 girls in 5 days one girl alone will finish the work in 55 days c) C. P of each radio = = 9-d Vanik s Knowledge Garden NABARD (National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development) NABARD was established on the recommendations of Shivaraman Committee. NABARD was established by an act of Parliament on th July 98 to implement the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 98. NABARD replaced the (ACD) and Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of Reserve Bank of India, and Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC). Head Quarters of NABARD is situated in Mumbai. The present Chairman of NABARD is Dr. Harish Kumar Bhanwala. NABARD is the Micro-Finance Regulatory Authority. Water Shed Development Fund was instituted with NABARD. minutes.

81 PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER FOR (SSC-CGL) SSC CGL 05 Pre (Tier I) Mock Test This Mock Test consists of 00 questions which are spread across 4 sections General Intelligence, Mathematics, General Awareness and English Language. The mock test carries 00 marks and of hour duration. There is negative marking of /4 marks for each wrong answer. PART-A GENERALINTELLIGENCE Directions (Q. Nos. -9) Select the related letters/ words/ numbers from the given alternatives : : : 8 : a) 6 b) 6 c) 6 d) 8 BCFG : HILM : : NORQ : a) TUXW b) TVWX c) YWUS d) YVSP ACEG : ZXVT : : BDFH a) IKMO b) YUQM c) YWUS d) YVSP 8 : 9 : : 56 : a) 7 b) 7 c) 89 d) 90 5 : 7 : : 49 : a) 65 b) 77 c) 44 d) Joy : Delight : : Gloomy : a) Dull b) Vague c) Plain d) Silent Gulp : Drink : : Rush : a) Hop b) Go c) Run d) Jump ABCD : ZYXW : : EFGH : a) EUTS b) POTS c) UOTS d) VUTS Affluent : Opulent : : Flourish a) Flatter b) Comprise c) Outflow d) Prosper Directions (Q. Nos. 0-8) Find the odd number/letters/ number pair from the given alternatives. 0. a) Cheetah c) Wolf. a) AT c) CF. a) FED c) JOT. a) 8 c) b) Lion d) Tiger b) HK d) JQ b) DIN d) OUT b) 5 d) 6 4. a) 4 44 c) 0 5. a) DGJ c) BEH 6. a) SIM c) Modem 7. a) 7 c) 7 8. a) New Delhi c) Chennai b) 6-64 d) 5 5 b) EHL d) CFI b) USB d) Disk b) 47 d) 7 b) Kolkata d) Mumbai Directions (Q. Nos. 9-) Which of the following word will appear last in the dictionary 9. a) prosecute b) prompt c) prostrate d) prize 0. a) revolve b) rheumatism c) reward d) rhapsody. a) heavy b) health c) heathen d) heart strings Directions (Q. Nos.-7) A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.. JkL AbC MnO DeF PqRGh? a) i b) S c) s d) I. Y X H G W V F E U T D C S R B? a) C b) I c) A d) D 4. 0, 6, 4, 60, 0, 0,? a) 504 b) 8 c) 40 d) ? 56 a) 46 b) 56 c) 4 d) 8 6., 4, 0, 9,,? a) 46 b) 50 c) 55 d) 4 7. RQOLH? a) C b) D c) A d) B 8. A husband and a wife had five married sons and each of them had four children. How many members are there in the family? a) 6 b) 0 c) 40 d) 9. In a certain code, SURFER is written as RUSREF. How is KNIGHT written in that code? a) GHTINK b) INKTHG c) THINKG d) THGINK 0. If AEIOU is written as BCJMV, how XCKYB can be written in that code? a) A D N Z E b) Y E L A C c) Y B L X C d) Y A L W C. In the year 00, some months have days. How many months have 8 days? a) Alternate months b) 6 months c) month d) months Direction (Q. No. ) From the given alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.. Distribution a) riot b) dust c) disturb d) tribute. If MOTHER is coded as NPUIFS, select the appropriate code from the answer choices, for the word in capital letter ZENITH. a) BGPKVJ b) AFOJUI c) AFOGHI d) AFOGHJ 4. In a certain code, if DEMOCRACY is written as YCARCOMED, how will the word PRESIDENT code as? a) NDSRPTEIE b) TNEDISERP c) RSDNPEIET d) EIETPRSDN 5. In a team of five players, Vani is older than Rani. Sita is younger than Vani but older than Rani. Nita is younger than Mary and Rani. Rani is older than Mary. Whose age is middle of all the five in this team? a) Vani b) Rani c) Sita d) Mary 6. Five persons (R, S, T, U and V) are in a queue facing a reservation counter. Immediately behind S is U. T is standing between R and V. In between R and U, no one is there. Then, where is S standing in the queue? a) First b) Second c) Last d) Last but one

82 Directions (Q. Nos. 7 and 8) Some equations are solved on the basis of certain system. Find out the correct answer for the unsolved equation on that basis ? a) 445 b) 55 c) 454 d) = 649, = 894, 7 =? a) 94 b) 7 c) 8 d) 7 9. Two squads of soldiers A and B facing North and South respectively received the following commands right turn, left turn, left turn, left turn. Which directions would the squads A and B face at the end? a) West, East b) North, South c) East, West d) South, North 40. If stands for +, stands for - and + stands for, - stands for, which one of the following is correct? a) = 64 b) 5+ 4 = c) = 8 d) =64 Direction(Q. No. 4) Select the missing number from the given responses ? a) a) ? b) 7 c) 84 d) 6 4. In a square- shaped hostel, there are 8 rooms on each side in every floor. Room No. 0 is the first room facing North in the first floor. The room numbers are continued clockwise. Which direction does Room No. 5 face? a) North b) West c) East d) South Direction (Q. No. 47) A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., P can be represented by, etc. K can be represented by 57, 65 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word MARS. Matrix- I Directions (Q. Nos. 44 and 45) Two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly knowns facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions if any, follow from the given statements. 44. Statements eccentric. All scholars are No woman is eccentric. Conclusions I. No woman is scholar II. All eccentric are men. a) Neither conclusion I nor II follows b) Both conclusions I and II follows c) Only conclusion I follows d) Only conclusion II follows 45. Statements All students are girls. No girl is dull. Conclusions I. There are no boys in the class II. No student is dull a) Both conclusions I and II follow b) Neither conclusion I nor II follows c) Only conclusion I follows d) Only conclusions II follows 46. From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/ embedded P I A V R A P R I V I R V P A V A P R I 4 R V I A P 7 K S L E M 8 M E K S L 9 E L S M K Matrix- II S K M L E 6 L M E K S MARS a) 89, 0,, 79 b) 97, 4,, 96 c) 75,, 40, 67 d) 66, 4,, 56 Direction (Q. No.48) If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure? 48. b) 60 c) 70 d) 0 4. Based on the given details, find out the number of postgraduates enrolled in a college for the year

83 Direction (Q. No. 49) A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below in the question figure. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened? 49. Direction (Q. No. 50) Which answer figure will complete the question figure? 50. PART-B GENERALAWARENESS 5. Sales Tax is an example of a) Corporate Tax b) Direct Tax c) Indirect Tax d) Welfare Tax 5. The World Trade Organization came into existence on st January a) 994 b) 995 c) 99 d) Removing barriers or restrictions set by the Government is known as a) globalization b) privatization c) liberalization d) bilateral agreements Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right? a) Right to Equality b) Right against Exploitation c) Right to Strike d) Right to Freedom of Religion 55. Which one of the following pair goods depicts Joint Demand? a) Coffee and Tea b) Ghee and Oil c) Computer and printer d) Cocacola and pepsi 56. Which one of the following is the effective remedy to the evils of subdivision and fragmentation? a) Land reforms b) Tenancy rights c) Land ceiling d) Land consolidation 57. The Constituent Assembly which enacted the Constitution for India was set up in a) 947 b) 948 c) 946 d) How many members are nominated by the State Governor from Anglo-Indian Community to the State Legislative Assembly? a) 0 b) 0 c) d) Where did the split between the Moderates and Extremists take place and in which year? a) Congress Session at Surat in 907 b) Congress Session at Bombay in 885 c) Congress Session at Calcutta in 886 d) Congress Session at Nagpur in Which of the following is mainly responsible for the decrease of female population in India? a) Political factors b) Economic factors c) Social factors d) Superstitions 6. Which Constitutional Amendment accorded a position of primacy to the Directive Principles of State Policy over the Fundamental Rights? a) 4th Amendment b) 0th Amendment c) 4nd Amendment d) 44th Amendment 6. Din-e-Ilahi, a new religion, was introduced by a) Akbar b) Babur c) Sher Shah Suri d) Jahangir 6. Who was the first Governor-General of free India? a) C Rajagopalachari b) S Radhakrishnan c) Lord Mountbatten d) Lord Wavell 64. Which one of the following insects spreads sleeping sickness to human beings but is harmless to wild life and is known as Best Game Warden in Africa? a) Bee b) Mosquito c) Tse tse fly d) Bugs 65. Bagasse is used for the manufacture of a) paper b) varnish c) plastic d) paint 66. The area which was popularly known as North- East Frontier Agency (NEFA) at the advent of the Constitution now is the State of a) Asom b) Arunachal Pradesh c) Meghalaya d) Nagaland 67. The streets in the towns of Indus Valley Civilization were a) wide and straight b) narrow and dirty c) slippery d) narrow and curvey 68. How many delegates attended the first session of Indian National Congress? a) 75 b) 76 c) 7 d) In Potato the eyes help in a) sexual reproduction b) vegetative reproduction c) storing food material d) for beautifying the tuber 70. Paper is made from a) cellulose of plants b) flowers of plants c) juice of the fruits d) protein of the plants

84 7. Blue Print of life is a) DNA b) RNA c) cell d) nucleus 7. Which of the following represents normal BP, (Blood Pressure) a) 40//90 b) 0/80 c) 0/70 d) 0/60 7. Kangaroo is the symbol of the country a) Tonga Islands b) Australia c) New Zealand d) America 74. Nagaland has common boundaries with the groups of States of a) Arunachal Pradesh, Asom and Meghalaya b) Arunachal Pradesh, Asom and Manipur c) Asom, Meghalaya and Manipur d) Arunachal Pradesh, Asom and Mizoram 75. The rice regions of India are located in the areas with more than... cm of rainfall a) 0 b) 40 c) 00 d) World s first artificial satellite was launched by a) Soviet Union b) America c) France d) Germany 77. A body falling freely under the action of gravity has a) Maximum weight b) minimum weight c) variable weight d) no weight 78. In Which of the following convection takes place? a) Solids and liquids b) Liquids and gases c) Gases and solids d) Solids, liquids and gases 79. The gas used in the manufacture of vanaspati ghee is a) hydrogen b) helium c) oxygen d) nitrogen 80. Which of the following is used as anaesthesia? 8 a) Methane b) Carbon dioxide c) Nitrous oxide d) Nitrogen 8. Which one of the following is the odd item? a) Whale b) Porpoise c) Bat d) Fish 8. A magnified and virtual image of an object can be obtained using a a) Plane mirror b) convex mirror c) concave mirror d) concave lens 8. Which of the following is biodegradable? a) Paper b) DDT c) Aluminium d) Plastic 84. Alum is used in the water treatment to help in the process of a) filtration b) coagulation c) softening d) disinfection 85. Acid rain is caused due to increased due to increased concentration in the air of a) CO and CO b) SO and NO c) Ozone and dust d) HO and CO 86. Coliform count in drinking water is done to ascertain a) amount of suspended impurities b) effect of chlorination c) faecal contamination d) hardness 87. Choose the correct answer a) Both diamond and graphite are allotropes of sulphur b) Diamond is an allotrope of carbon and graphite is that of phosphorus c) Diamond is an allotrope of sulphur and graphite that of carbon d) Both diamond and graphite are allotropes of carbon 88. Tip of match stick is made up of a) antimony sulphide, red phosphorus, glue b) potassium chlorate, antimony sulphide, sulphur c) sulphur, red phosphorus, glue d) potassium chloride, antimony sulphide, sulphur 89. Who invented Penicilin? a) James Simpson b) Edward Jenner c) Alexander Fleming d) Christiaan Barnard 90. The Nobel Prize for Economics for the year 0 has been awarded to a) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P Schmidt and Adam G Riess b) Bruce A Beutler,Jules A Hoffmann and Ralph M Steinman c) Christopher A Sims and Thomas J Sargent d) Dan Schechtman 9. At what position did India s Narain Karthikeyan of Hispania Racing Team finish at the Formula I Indian Grand Prix held at Greater Noida on 0 October, 0? th b) 5th c) 6th d) 7th 9. Of which of the following States is Tippani, a folk dance? a) Bihar b) Paschim Banga c) Gujarat d) Rajasthan 9. How many bytes are there in one Gihabyte? a) 0 bytes b) 06 bytes c) 09 bytes d) 0bytes 94. In a visual display unit, the primary colours are a) red, yellow, blue b) red, green, blue c) red, white yellow d) red, green, yellow 95. National Rural Livelihood Mission was launched in a) June,0 b) June, 009 c) May, 007 d) May, 005 a ) 4

85 96. According to estimates, the new find of Uranium mine at Tummalapalle will have enough deposits for supporting a nuclear plant of 8000 MW capacity for a) 0 years b) 0 years c) 40 years d) 50 years 97. Vijaywada is situated by the side of the river a) Cauveri b) Krishna c) Mahanadi d) Tapti 98. To which State do the Kukis belong? a) Nagaland b) Meghalaya c) Manipur d) Tripura 99. Late Raja Ravi Verma was associated with a) music b) painting c) dance d) motion picture 00. What is the percentage of Indians still living in villages according to the census data released in July, 0? a) 80% b) 75% c) 70% d) 60% PART-C QUANTITATIVEAPTITUDE 04. A field is in the form of a rectangle of length 8 m and width 5 m. A pit, 7.5 m long, 6 m broad and earth taken out is evenly spread over the remaining area of the field. The level of the field raised is a) cm b) 4 cm c) 6 cm d) 8 cm 05. Given a) b) 9 c) 5 d) 6 8 7) is a) 0.08 cm c) 0.6 cm 8 and and d) 4 and The last digit, that is, the digit in the unit s place of the number 57 5 is a) 6 b) 8 c) 0 d) The sum of five consecutive integers is a and the sum of next five consecutive integers is b. Then 00 is equal 4 b) d) b) 0.09 cm d) 0. cm b a to c) 4 = and 89, 89and 4 c) a) 0. Two pipes can fill a cistern separately in 4 min and 40 min respectively. A waste pipe can drain off 0 L/min. If all the three pipes are opened, the cistern fills in one hour. The capacity (in litre) of the cistern is a) 800 b)400 c) 600 d) A solid sphere of radius cm is melted to convert into a wire of length 00 cm. The radius of the wire (using b) days B actually worked on the job?, 6 5 4, the greatest and least of them are respectively 0. A and B can do a job alone in days and 5 days respectively. A starts the work and after 6 days B also joins to finish the work together. For how many a) is equal to a) b) - c) d) 09. A number N is a positive three digit number. If x is in its hundred s place and Y is in its unit s place, then the number N 00x-y is always divisible by a) 8 b) 9 c) 0 d) 0. A discount of 40 % on the marked price of a trouser enables Ajit to purchase a shirt also which costs him Rs. 0. How much did Ajit pay for the trouser? a) Rs. 480 b) Rs.540 c) Rs. 800 d) Rs The ratio of alcohol and water in 40 L of mixture is 5:. 8 L of the mixture is removed and replaced with water. Now, the ratio of the alcohol and water in the resultant mixture is a) : b) : c) : d) :. Rama s expenditure and saving are in the ratio :. His income increases by 0 %. His expenditure also increases by %. His savings increases by a) 7% b) 0% c) 9% d) %. Ten years ago, the average age of P and Q was 0yr. Average age of P, Q and R is 0yr now. After 0yr, the age of R will be a) 5 yr b) 40 yr c) 0 yr d) 45 yr 4. The average value of the numbers 5,,, 5, 46, x, 59, 65, 7 should be greater than, or equal to 4 but less than or equal to 44. Then, the value of x should be 4 x 5 b) 4 x 50 c) 4 x 49 d) 4 x 50 a) 5. The base of a right pyramid is an equilateral triangle of side 4 cm. The height of the pyramid is half of its slant height. Its volume is a) 8 cm 9 b) 7 cm 9 c) 8 cm 9 d) 7 cm 9 6. Water flows in a tank 50 m 00 m at the base through a pipe whose cross section is dm by.5 dm, at the speed

86 of 5 km/h. In what time will the water be m deep? a) 00 h b) 0 h c) 40 h d) 50 h 7. A tent is of the shape of a right circular cylinder upto a height of m and then becomes a right circular cone with maximum height of.5 m above the ground. If the radius of the base is 4 m the cost of painting the inner side of the tent at the rate of Rs. per sq m is a) Rs. 050 b) Rs.060 c) Rs. 068 d) Rs The side of a triangle are 50 cm, 78 cm and cm. The smallest altitude is a) 0 cm b) 0 cm c) 40 cm d) 50 cm 9. Rahim bought a gift item for Rs. 50 after getting a discount of 5 %. He, then sells it 5% above the marked price. The profit earned in this deal is a) Rs. 50 b) Rs.0 c) Rs.00 d) Rs The simple interest on a sum of money is th of the principal and and the 9 number of years is equal to the rate per cent per annum. The rate per cent per annum is equal to a) % c) % 0 c) d) % %. If x y z, xy yz zx, xyz,then x y z is a) - b) - c) 0 d) c) d) get a profit of 5% on his entire investment is a) Rs. 5.5 b) Rs.6.0 c) Rs.5.0 d) Rs Two numbers are 0% and 40 % more than the third number respectively. The first number is X% of the second. Then, x is equal to x, x 0, then x x the value of x is x. If a) c) b) 4 9 d) The area of the triangle formed by the graph of ax + by = c (where, a and b are two positive real numbers) and the coordinate axis, is a) c sq unit ab b) a sq unit bc c) c sq unit ab d) 5. A shopkeeper marks his goods at 40% above their cost price. He is able to sell th of his goods at this price and the 4 remaining at 40% discount. Assuming that the shopkeeper is able to sell all the goods he buys. Find his loss or gain as per cent on the whole transaction. a) 0% loss b) % loss c) 6% gain d) 0% gain 6. A fruit seller bought 40 bananas at the If x y z rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. He sells xy yz zx, (x 0), then the of them at the rate of Rs. 5 per banana. a) 0 84 b) b) 40 c) 05 7 d) The price of cooking oil has increased by 5%. The percentage of reduction that a family should effect in the use of cooking oil, so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is a) 5% b) 0% c) 5% d) 0% 9. If a train runs at 40 km/h, it reaches its destination late by min, but if it runs at 50 km/h, it is late by 5 min only. Find the correct time for the train to complete its journey a) 9 min b) 0 min c) min d) 8 min. cos, y = r cos. Sin and z= r sin, then value of x +y +z is equal to is equal to a) r b) r a sq unit bc th 6 0. If x = r cos. 4x y - z Value of is x a) 05 c) r d) r. If 5 cos + sin =, then tan is equal to a) b) c) 5 d) 5. The value of secp a) 0 c) tan 78 is b) d) the remaining are found to be rotten. The price per banana at which he has to sell the remaining bananas to

87 . If tan. Cos 60p =, then the a) 65p c) 40p value of sin( - 5p )is a) b) b) If BAC 0 00 d) 00 0, then is equal to PAQ 0 680, then the measure of the APQ a) 56 c) 80 b) 68 d) 40 Directions (Q. Nos. 4-45) Study the following table and answer the questions. Number of students from various schools playing various games (one student plays one game only) Cricket Football Basketball Badminton Tennis x y z (y x), then valueof x y z is equal to a) 0 b) c) d) 7. O is the circumcentre of ABC. If then OAC a) 700 b) 600 c) 800 d) The distance between the centres of the two circles with radii 4 cm and 9 cm is. The length of the direct common tangent (between two points of contact) is 5cm a) cm b) c) cm d) 8cm A B School C D E The difference between the total number of students playing Basketball from all the schools and the total number of students playing Cricket from all the school are a) 7 b) 5 c) 8 d) 6 4. The number of students playing Football from School C is x percent of the total number of students playing Football from all the schools. X equal to a) b) BAC 85 0, BCA 75 0, is equal to is 0 Games 5. If the diameter of a sphere is decreased by 5 %, its curved surface area will be decreased by a) 4.5% b) 4.50% c) 4.75% d) 44.5% 85 ADC DC AB. a) 0p b) 0p c) 5p d) 00p 4. The tangents drawn at P and Q on the circumference of a circle intersect at A. If 00 c) 6. If b) 55p d) 0p 40. AB is a diameter of a circle with centre at O. DC is a chord of it such that c) d) 4. A men from the top of a 00 m high tower sees a car moving towards the tower at an angle of depression of 0p. After some time, the angle of depression becomes 60p. The distance (in metre) travelled by the car during this time is a) 00 ABC of Δ ABC intersects the straight line through A and parallel to BC at the point D. If ABC 500, then measure of ADB is 9. The external bisector of c) 8 d) 44. Which school has the maximum number of players? a) A b) B c) C d) E 45. The number of students playing Badminton from School E is X% of the students playing Badminton from School B. Then, equal to a) 40 b) 50 c) 4 d) 4 Directions (Q. Nos ) The follow-ing bar graph depicts the result for B.Sc. students of a college for three years. Read the graph and answer questions based on this graph.

88 55. He was (a)/ not in position to state (b)/ the speed the ship travelled. (c)/ No error (d) Directions (Q.Nos.56-60) In these questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate words. Four alternative are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four. 46. The number of students passed in rd division in 984 was a) 65 b) 75 c) 70 d) The percentage of students failed in 984 was a) 8 % b) 7 4 % c) 7 % d)7% 48. The aggregate pass percentage during the three years was a) 8 44 % b) 8 55 % c) % d) 77 9 % 49. The percentage of students passed in st division in 98 was a) 0% b) 4% c) 4 % 7 d) % 7 d) % The percentage of students passed in 98 was a) 65% b) 70% c) % 7 PART-D ENGLISH LANGUAGE Directions (Q. Nos.5-55) In these questions some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If there is no error, your is (d). 5. Instead of being (a)/ helpful he was (b)/ being hindrance.(c)/ No error(d) 5. Where (a)/ have I (b0/ to deposit fees? (c)/ No error (d) 5. By the time she had finished her work (a)/ I had nearly given up (b)/ all hope of arriving at the part in time. (c) No error (d) 54. Some categorically suspected (a)/ having seen the (b)/ guard and thief together. (c)/ No error (d) I lunch one hour ago. a) have had b) had had c) have d) had 57. He though that my car for sale. a) is b) was c) has been d) will be 58. He tried to prevent me doing my duty. a)against b) at c) with d) from 59. To the dismay of the student body, the class president was berated by the principal at the school assembly. a) ignominiously b) privately c) magnanimously d) fortuitously 60. I would apologize if I you. a) am b) was c) have been d) were Directions (Q.Nos. 6-65) In this questions out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. 6. Gaol a) destination b) Garden c) Jail d) Bird 6. Loathing a) Warmth b) Affectation c) Hatred d) Affection 6. Pragmatic a) Intelligent b) Wise c) Religious d) Practical 64. Notion a) Thought b) Fact c) Truth d) Hypothesis 65. Vivacious a) Poisonous b) Energetic

89 c) Tricky d) Slow d) arguing with people Directions (Q. Nos ) In these questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word. 66. Hasten a) Dash c) Hurry 67. Spirited a) Animated c) Lively 68. Forthright a) Blunt c) Candid 69. Antagonism a) Cordiality c) Hostility 70. Vanity a) Humanity c) Pretension b) Dawdle d) Scurry b) Excited d) Dull b) Tricky d) Plainspoken b) Animosity d) Enmity b) Humility d) Arrogance Directions (Q. Nos. 7-75) In these questions four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. 7. The project is carried over to this year, and we need to keep the ball rolling. a) to continue the work b) more information c) to do better d) new strategies 7. The host team bore the palm in the league matches. a) played quite well b) was victorious c) was defeated d) played a very boring match 7. Just keep your wig on. Everything will be alright. a) hold on to your wig, so it won t fall off b) get another hair cut c) calm down d) take off your wig 74. Parents pay through their nose for their children s education a)by taking loans b) an extremely high price c) grudgingly d) willingly 75. Monica s habit of picking holes in every relationship is very irksome. a) admiring people b) finding fault c) criticizing people 87 Directions (Q. Nos.76-80) In these questions a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b),(c) which may improve the sentences. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your is (d) 76. His life is hanging with a thread. a) from b) by c) to d) No improvement 77. After twenty years of exile, the prisoner was in the end of his tether a) on b) though c) at d) No improvement 78. Grandfather is often so tired that he drops of in his armchair. a) slides away b) falls out c) slips in d) No improvement 79. The court was forced to respect the profundity of the learned judge s knowledge. a) probity b) proximity c) prodigality d) No improvement 80. He has lost his nearly all many pets. a) all his nearly many pets b) his many pets nearly all of them c) nearly all his many pets d) No improvement Directions (Q. Nos. 8-85) In this questions out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences. 8. A group of three books, films etc, that have the same subject or characters a) Trinity b) Trilogy c) Trio d) Tripod 8. A study of the human race a) Anthropology b) Archaeology c) Ethnology d) Etymology 8. An expert in the area of the fine or other arts a) Neophyte b) Amateur c) Connoisseur d) Enthusiast 84. The art of preserving skin of animals, birds, fishes a) Topology b) Taxonomy c) Seismology d) Taxidermy 85. Chanting of magic spells a) Narration b) Recitation c) Incartation d) Utterance Directions(Q. Nos ) In these questions four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word. 86. a) Abracadebra b) Abracadebri c) Abracadabra d) Abrakadabra 87. a) Apparrel b) Aparell c) Aparel d) Apparel 88. a) Refferee b) Refere c) referre d) Referee 89. a) Commissioner b) Commissioner c) Commissionar d) Commissionor 90. a) Etiquete b) Etiquette c) Ettiquette d) Ettiquete Directions (Q. Nos. 9-95) In these questions you have two brief passages with 5 questions in each passage Read the passages carefully and choose the best to each question out of the four alternatives. Nobody knows my name is the title of one of James Baldwin s celeberated books, Who knows the name of the old man sitting amidst ruins pondering over his hubblebubble? We do not. It does not matter. He is there like the North Pole, the Everest and the Alps but with one difference. The North pole, the Everest and the Alps will be there when he is not there any more. Can we really say this? Dust thou act to dust returneth was not spoken of the soul. We do not know whether the old man s soul will go marching on like John Brown s. While his body lies mouldering in the grave or becomes ash driven by the wind or is immersed in water, such speculation is hazardous. A soul s trip can take one to the treacherous shoals of metaphysics where there is no yes or no

90 Who am I? asked Tagore of the rising sun in the first dawn of his life, he received no answer. Who am I? he asked the setting sun in the twilight of his life. He received no answer. We are no more on solid ground with dust which we can feel in our hands, scatter to the wind and wet with water to turn it into mud. For this much is sure, that in the end, when life s ceaseless labour grinds to a halt and man meets death, the brother of sleep, his body buried or burnt, becomes dust. In the form of dust he lives, inanimate yet in contact with the animate. He settles on files in endless government almirahs, on manuscripts written and not published on all shelves, on faces and hands. He becomes ubiquitous all pervasive sometimes sneaking even into hermetically scaled chambers. 9. What is the difference between the old man and the North Pole, the Everest and the Alps? a) He Pole, the Everest and the Alps? b) They are known to all while he is known to none c) They remain while he will soon become dust d) They are not as old as he 9. What according to the passage, happens to a person s soul after death? a) The soul also dies with the body b) The soul continues to live after the body is dead c) The soul certainly becomes dust after death d) It is dangerous to guess 9. Which of the following statement is true? a) The rising sun told Tagore who he was b) The rising sun did not tell Tagore who he was c) The rising sun advised Tagore to ask no questions d) The rising sun told Tagore that he would becomes dust 94. What happens to man after he becomes dust? a) He disappears from the world for ever b) He appears in the form of man again c) He becomes all pervasive as dust d) He often sneaks into hermetically sealed chambers What figure of speech is used in the expression the brother of sleep? a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Oxymoron d) Irony Directions (Q. Nos ) In these questions you have two brief passages with 5 questions in each passage Read the passages carefully and choose the best to each question out of the four alternatives. To write well you have to be able to write clearly and logically, and you cannot do this unless you can thin clearly and logically. If you cannot do this yet you should train yourself to do it by taking particular problems and following them through, point by point to a solution, without leaving anything out and without avoiding any difficulties that you meet. At first you find clear, step-by-step thought very difficult. You may find that your mind is not able to concentrate. Several unconnected ideas may occur together. But practice will improve your ability to concentrate on a single idea and think about it clearly and logically. In order to increase your vocabulary and to improve your style, you should read widely and use a good dictionary to help you find the exact meanings and correct usages of words. Always remember that regular and frequent practice is necessary if you want to learn to write well. It is no good waiting until you have an inspiration before you write. Even with the most famous writers, inspiration is rare. Someone said that writing is ninetynine per cent hard work and one per cent inspiration, so the sooner you get into the habit of disciplining yourself to write, the better 96. To write well, a person must train himself in a) dealing with a difficult problem b) not leaving anything out c) thinking clearly and logically d) following a step-by- step approach 97. Initially it is difficult to write because a) a good dictionary is not used b) ideas occur without any sequence c) aids to correct writing are not known d) exact usages of words are not known 98. According to the passage, writing style can be improved by a) thinking logically b) writing clearly c) undergoing training d) reading widely 99. Famous writers have achieved success by a) using their linguistic resources properly b) disciplining their skill c) following only one idea d) waiting for inspiration 00. All the following words mean exact except a) precise b) accurate c) very d) erect EXPLANATIONS.d 5.a 9.d.b 7.d.a 5.c 9.b.b 7.a 4.d 45.d 49.c 5.c 57.c 6.c 65.a 69.b 7.b 77.d 8.d 85.b 89.c 9.c 97.d.a 6.a 0.c 4.b 8.a.d 6.a 0.d 4.b 8.b 4.b 46.a 50.a 54.c 58.a 6.a 66.b 70.a 74.b 78.b 8.b 86.c 90.c 94.b 98.c.c 7.b.b 5.b 9.c.c 7.a.d 5.b 9.d 4.b 47.c 5.c 55.c 59.a 6.c 67.b 7.a 75.c 79.a 8.a 87.d 9.d 95.a 99.b 0. a) A s day work = 4.b 8.d.d 6.a 0.b 4.d 8.d.d 6.a 40.d 44.c 48.a 5.b 56.d 60.b 64.c 68.d 7.b 76.a 80.c 84.b 88.b 9.c 96.c 00.c A s 6 days work = Remaining work = - 6= =

91 After 6 days B also joins to finish the work together. (A+B) s day work = + = 5 = cm volume of cylindrical wire (A+ B) do 4 r 00 work in day (A+B) do the whole work in (A+ B) do the 0 0 = r 0.0 r 0. cm 04. c) Volume of earth taken out of pit = = 6 m work in = days job in 0 days or days. = 4 40 x 60 x x h Let the next five consecutive integers be (x + 5), (x + 6), (x + 7), (x + 8) and (x + 9), respectively. Then, x+5+x+6+x+7+x+8+x+9=b 5x + 5 = b b = 5x ii On subtracting Eq. (i) from Eq. (ii), we get b a = (5x + 5) (5x + 0) Again, b a 5 = b a b) Greatest ( 6 ) ( 6 ) 4 6 = 6 ( 6 ) 4 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) 6 ( 8 ) ( 6 ) 8 ( 8 ) = 5 min. Hence, capacity of the cistern Then, x + x + + x + + x + + x + 4 = a can drain of 0 L/ respectively. 05. b) x 0 89 h= be x, (x+), (x + ), (x + ) and (x + 4), h= 6 cm 6 x 0 x 0 min Waste pipe = unit s digit in 7 = 7 = cm Suppose the level of the field raised by h cm. Then, the cistern in x min. (57) 4 6 b a (5 x 5) 5 x = = = 5 m 0. c) Suppose waste pipe can drain Then, cm Remaining area of the field Hence, B actually worked on the 4 5x + 0 = a a = 5x +0...i r 0.0 cm a) Let the five consecutive integers 4 r a) (57)5 = Then, volume of solid sphere = 9 = 60 0 And least number = 8 or 0. d) Suppose radius of the wire= r = L 89 number = 79 or 6 ( 8 )

92 = = New expenditure = Rs. x Rs.6 x x 6 x Increase in saving = Rs. 00 Rs. 00 Rs. 09. c) Suppose ten s digits = P Then, N = 00x + 0p + y N 00x - y = (00x + 0 p + y) (00x - y) = 0 p, which is always divisible by 0 4 x 00 Saving increase per cent = Rs.4 x Rs. x 00 Rs. x 0. a) Suppose Ajit pay Rs. x for (troser + shirt ) Then, x x Rs.800 Amount paid for trouser = Rs. 800 Rs. 0 = Rs b) Quantity of alcohol in 40 L mixture = = 5L 8 and water = 40 = Rs. 40 x 0 00 Required ratio = = = 7%. b) 0 yr ago, total age of P and Q = 0 = 40 yr Present total age of P and Q = = 60 yr Present total age of Q, Q and R = 0 = 90 yr R s age = = 0 yr After 0 yr R s age = (0 + 0)yr = 40 yr 4. a) When we put the value of x, 4 and 5. Then average of numbers = = 5 L =: 0 4 x x = 4 And = c) Suppose height of the right pyramid = h cm and its slant height = h cm Then,. a + h = 4 h. a) Suppose Rama s expenditure = Rs. x and savings = Rs.x h Income = Rs. x + Rs.x h = Rs. 5x New income = Rs. 5x x = Rs h = 4 4

93 h = h= the right circular cylinder + Surface area of the right circular cone 4 9 = cm Volume of the right pyramid = Area of base Height = = 8 cm = 47 = = 04 m Cost of painting = 04 = Rs b) A 50 cm 78cm C 6. a) Required time = [ dm = 0m] Semiperimeter (s) = = = 00 h 7. c) a b c cm Suppose smallest altitude = AM Then, 0.5 m AM s( s a)(s b)(s c) AM m m Given, radius of the base = radius of the cone = 4m Height of the circular cylinder =m Height of the right circular cone = (5-)m = 0.5 m Slant height of the right circular cone (I) cm AM = 9. d) Suppose marketed price of the gift item= Rs. x Then, x = Rs (0.5) (4) x x = Rs = 75 m Area of the inner side of the tent = surface area of 9 AM 680 Selling price of the gift item = Rs = Rs. 00

94 60 Earned profit = Rs. 60 Rs. 50 = Rs d) Suppose rate per cent per annum = r Then, simple interest = p r t 00 x x r r 9 00 x 00 4 x 9 4 x x r x x On squaring both sides. r 9 r x x 4 x x c) Given, ax + by = c Line equation to intersect will be r % x y (c / a ) (c / b ). d) Given, x + y+ z = On squaring both sides, x+y+z+ (xy + yz + zx) = x +y + z+ (-)= x + y + z = Again, X + y + z xyz = (x + y + z){ x + y +z (xy + yz + zx)} x + y + z - ( - ) = { ( -)} x + y + z + = 4 X + y + z = 4 = Y ax + by = c c/b A O c/a X. c) Given, x + y + z = xy + yz + zx, (x # 0) x xy + y yz + z zx = 0 x (x y) + y (y - z) + z (z x ) = 0 Is possible, when x = y = z = Area of the triangle= 4 x y z 4 = x c c c sq unit a b ab 6. c) Given, x x Base Height 5. c) Suppose cost price of the goods = Rs. 00 Marked price = Rs. 40 Selling price of the = (x # 0) x th goods 40 Rs x - Selling price of the 60 th goods = Rs. Selling price of the whole goods = Rs Rs. = 9

95 Rs. 6 Required profit per cent % a) Suppose whole distance = x km = Then, 6. b) Cost price of dozen (bananas) = Rs. 48 Cost price of banana = Rs. Cost of price of 48 Rs.4 40 bananas = 40 4 Rs.600 Selling price of banana 40 5 Rs.600 Rotten bananas = 0 6 = 0 Remaining bananas = 40 (0 + 0) = 00 At 5 % profit, selling price of remaining bananas 5 = 960 = Rs At 5% profit, selling price of 0 bananas = Rs. 600 Required price per banana= 600 Rs d) Suppose third number = 00 Then, first number = 0 Second number = 40 So, x 0 = x= x = x x x 4 x x x= x = 0 h Required time = 0 h min 40 h min = = 0 min min = 9 min 0. a) x y z (rcos θ cos) + (r cos θ sin ) (r sin ) = r cos θ cos φ r cos θ sin φ r sin θ = r cos θ (cos φ sin φ) r sin θ = r cos θ r sin θ = r cos θ sin θ = r cos θ sin θ = r (cos θ sin θ) r. c) C x= b) Required reduction per cent = 5 00 (00 5) = % (5) B 5 A 5 cos θ sin θ 5 cos θ sin θ 0 0 sin φ cos θ cos φ sinθ sin 90 9

96 0 sin (θ φ) sin 90 0 (θ φ) 90 tan θ tan (90 φ) cot φ 5 0. b) sec 0 θ 90 0 φ 00 x x + = 00 And tan 0 cot 780 [ sec θ tan θ] tan 0 tan 0. d) Given, tan sin (θ 5 ) sin (60 5 ) = sin 45p 4. b) m On subtracting Eq. (ii) from Eq. (i), we get (x + ) = tan θ. cos 60 0 tan. m....(i), we get tan 60p = tan 780 tan 0 cot (90-0 ) x 00 x m x m 5. c) Required decrease percent 5 5 ( 5 5) % a) Given, x y z ( y x ) ( x x ) ( y y ) z 0 ( x ) ( y ) z 0 Is possible, when x = -, y = and z = 0 x y z 0 x + y + z = xyz = a) Suppose distance travelled by car = x m 94 tan 0p = 00 x

97 ADB b) Given, BAC 85 0 and BCA 75 0 BAC 85 0 Given, BOC 70 ( Angle subtended 0 to the centre is twice the angle subtended to the arc of a circle) In Δ BOC, OB OC In ACB 90 0 ABC 80 0 ( ) = 70p ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral OBC OCB x 70p + x + x = 80p BAC 0 0 D B 80 0 ( Sum of opposite side x = 5p OAC OCA c) Length of the direct common tangent (9 4) D angles will be 80p ) D or ADC 0 4. a) cm 9. a) P Q ( P Q ) P 0 Given, ABC 50 0 BAD 50 (they are alternate angles) ABE APQ 0 = b) Total number of students playing Basketball from all the schools = = 065

98 Total number of students playing Cricket from all the 48. c) The aggregate pass percentage during the three years was scho ols = = 00 Required difference = = 5 4. b) Total number of students playing Football from school C = 75 Total number of students playing Football from all the scho ols = = = 900 x x = 4 Total number of players from School B % 7 7 = = 80 Total number of players from School C = = 880 = = 905 Hence, School E has the maximum number of players. 45. b) 65 0 x x % d) The percentage of students pass in 98 was = = 80 Total number of players from School E x % 44. d) Total number of players from school A 60 % 49. d) The percentage of students passed inn st division in 98 was c 5.b 5.a 54.a 55.d 56.d 57.b 58.d 59.a 60.d 6.c 6.c 6.d 64.a 65.b 66.b 67.d 68.b 69.a 70.b 7.a 7.b 7.c 74.b 75.b 76.b 77.c 78.d 79.d 80.c 8.b 8.a 8.c 84.d 85.c 86.c 87.d 88.b 89.a 90.b 9.c 9.d 9.b 94.c 95.b 00.c 97.b 98.d 99.b 00.d x 50% 46. c) The number of students passed in rd division in 984 was = = c) The percentage of students failed in 984 was = = % 00 96

99 WHO S WHO 97 Mr. Narendra Modi : Chairman, National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan : Speaker, Lok Sabha Mohammad Hamid Ansari : Chairman, Rajya Sabha Mr. P. J. Kurien : Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha Mr. Arun Jaitley : Leader of House (Rajya Sabha) Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad : Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) Mr. Arvind Panagariya : Vice-Chairman, National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) Mr. Harishankar Brahma : Chief Election Commissioner Syed Nasim Zaidi : Election Commissioner Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma : Comptroller and Auditor-General of India Mr. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan : Chairperson, National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Mr. Ajit Kumar Seth : Cabinet Secretary Mr. Nripendra Misra : Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Justice V. Eshwaraiah : Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes Ms. Shanta Sinha : Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Dr. P. L. Punia : Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes Dr.Rameshwar Oraon : Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) Mr. Deepak Gupta : Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman, National Commission on Farmers (NCF) Mr. Ajit Kumar Doval : National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) Mr. Sharad Kumar : Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA) Mr. A. K. Mital : Chairman, Railway Board Mr. Shumsher K. Sheriff : Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha Mr. T. K. Viswanathan : Secretary-General, Lok Sabha Mr. Syed Asif Ibrahim : Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha : Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Mr. Alok Joshi : Director, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Mr. Jayanto Narayan Choudhury : Director-General, National Security Guard (NSG) Mr. Prakash Mishra : Director-General, CRPF Mr. Devendra Kumar Pathak : Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF) Mr. Arvind Ranjan : Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Mr. P. K. Mehta : Director-General, Railway Protection Force. (RPF) Mr. Parkash Mishra : Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Mr. B. D. Sharma : Director-General, Sashastra Seema Bal Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal : Director-General, Indian Coast Guard Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh : Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency Prof. Ved Prakash : Chairman, UGC Dr. Avinash Chander : Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research and DevelopmentOrganisation. (DRDO) Dr. R. Chidabaram : Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government Mr. A. S. Kiran Kumar : Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO Mr. Ratan Kumar Sinha : Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy Mr. Naseem Ahmad : Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities Mr. Amitava Bhattacharya : Chairman, Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch : Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research Mr. C. Chandramouli : Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner Justice D. K. Jain : Chairman, Law Commission Dr. B. N. Suresh : President, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal : Chairman, National Forest Commission Mr. T. Nanda Kumar : Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Lt. General AT Parnaik : Director-General, Border Roads Organisation Dr. Raghuram Rajan : Governor, RBI Justice Mr. Chandramauli Kumar Prasad : Chairman, Press Council of India Mr. Ravindra Pisharody : Chairman, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) Mr. R. K. Tewari : Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam : Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs

100 Mr. Ashok Chawla : Competition Commission of India Justice Syed Rafat Alam : Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal Mr. R.S.T. Sai : CMD, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Mr. R. S. Sharma : CMD, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Mr. B. C. Tripathi : CMD, GAIL Mr. S. Behuria : Chairman, IOC Mr. Sunil Kumar Srivastava : CMD, Oil India Ltd Dr. Satbir Bedi : Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Mr. U. K. Sinha : Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala : Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya : Chairman, SBI Mr. M. S. Raghavan : Chairman, IDBI Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh : Chairman, Company Law Board Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri : India s Permanent Representative to UN Mr. S. K. Roy : Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Mr. Ashwin Pandya : Chairman, Central Water Commission Ms. Lalitha Kumarmangalam : Chairperson, National Commission for Women Dr. Y. V. Reddy: Chairman, 4th Finance Commission Dr. Pronob Sen : Chairman, National Statistical Commission Mr. Pahlaj Nihalani : Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Dr. Rakesh Tewari : Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Dr. Jyotsna Suri : President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Dr. Rahul Khullar : Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Dr. Rajan Katoch : Director, Enforcement Directorate Mr. R. V. Verma : Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Dr. Sekhar Basu : Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mr. N. Ramachandran : President, Indian Olympic Association Prof. B.K.Tripathi : Acting Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Mr. Ajay S. Shriram : President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Dr. A. Surya Prakash : Chairman, Prasar Bharti Board Mr. Ratan Tata : Chairman, Investment Commission Mr. Shivlal Yadav : Interim President, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Mr. R. Chandrasekaran : Chairman, NASSCOM Mr. Ramesh Sippy : Chairman, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) Mr. Ravindra Kumar: Chairman, United News of India Mr. Mahendra Mohan Gupta : Chairman, PTI Mr. Kiran B. Vadodaria : President, Indian Newspaper Society (INS) Mr. Rana Kapoor : President, The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) NAME OF THE POSTS NAME OF THE HOLDERS Dy Speaker LS Chairman, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog Attorney General Solicitor General Cabinet Secretary Foreign Secretary AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board) AICTE AIFF Air India Ltd Archaeological Survey of India ASI BSNL CAG M Thambidurai Narendra Modi Arvind Pangaria Mukul Rohtagi Ranjit Kumar PK Sinha S Jayashankar 98 Abhilash Bhardwaj Anil Sahasrabudhe Praful Patel Ashwani Lohani Dr Gautam Sengupta Anupam Srivastava Shashikant Sharma

101 CBI CBDT CBSE Central Board of Film Certification Chief Election Commissioner Chief Justice of India Coal India Ltd CSIR Central Social Welfare Board DMRC DRDO Intelligence Bureau (IB) Indian Banks Association ICAI Indian Council for Cultural Research Indian Olympic Association IOC ISRO LIC NABARD NALCO NCERT NHPC National Human Rights Commission National Investigation Agency NTPC Oil India Ltd ONGC Press Council of India Prasar Bharti Board Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Railway Board SAIL SEBI SSC Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI UGC UPSC Anil Kumar Sinha Anita Kapur YSK Sheshu Kumar (A. Charge) Pahlaj Nihlani SN Zaidi T.S Thakur S Bhattacharya Girish Sahani Prema Cariappa Mangu Singh S Christopher Dineshwar Sharma Ashwani Kumar Manoj Fadnis S Ayyappan N Ramachandran B.Ashok A.S. Kiran Kumar SK Roy Harsh Kumar Bhanwala Anshuman Das Hrushikesh Senapaty KM Singh Justice C Joseph Sharad Kumar A K Jha U.P Singh D.K Sarraf Chandramauli Kumar Prasad A. Surya Prakash Rajinder Khanna AK Mittal AK Pujari UK Sinha Amitava Bhattacharyya DEFENCE POSTS AND HOLDERS Chief of the Army Staff Chief of the Air Staff Chief of Naval Staff Border Security Force (BSF) CISF (Central Industrial security Force) CRPF Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP ) National Security Guard (NSG) Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Vice Admiral National Cadet Corps (NCC) General Dalbir Singh Suhag Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha Admiral RK Dhowan DK Pathak Surendra Singh Prajash Mishra Vanshidhar Sharma Krishna Chaudhary RC Tayal Anurag G Thaplial Lt General A Chakravarty 99 RS Sharma Vedprakash Tomar Deepak Gupta

102 CABINET MINISTERS. Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs. Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs. Arun Jaitley: Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information and Broadcasting 4. M Venkaiah Naidu; Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs 5. Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping 6. Manohar Parrikar: Defence 7. Suresh Prabhu: Railways 8. DV Sadananda Gowda: Law and Justice 9. Sushri Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 0. Dr Najma A Heptulla: Minority Affairs. Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi: Women and Child Development 4. Ananthkumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers 5. Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology 6. Jagat Prakash Nadda: Health and Family Welfare 7. Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: Civil Aviation 8. Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 9. Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries 0. Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines, Steel. Chaudhary Birender Singh: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation. Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs. Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture 4. Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment 5. Smriti Zubin Irani: Human Resource Development 6. Harsh Vardhan: Science and Technology Earth Sciences MINISTERS OF STATE 7. General VK Singh: Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs 8. Rao Inderjit Singh: Planning (Independent Charge), Defence 9. Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Textiles (Independent Charge) 0. Bandaru Dattatreya: Labour and Employment (Independent Charge). Rajiv Pratap Rudy: Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs. Shripad Yesso Naik: AAYUSH (Independent Charge) Health and Family Welfare. Dharmendra Pradhan: Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) 4. Sarbananda Sonowal: Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) 5. Prakash Javadekar: Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) 6. Piyush Goyal: Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) 7. Dr. Jitendra Singh: Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), Prime Minister s Office Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space 8. Nirmala Sitharaman: Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) 9. Dr. Mahesh Sharma: Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge), Civil Aviation 40. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs 4. Ram Kripal Yadav: Drinking Water and Sanitation 4. Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary: Home Affairs 4.Sanwar Lal Jat: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 44. Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya: Agriculture 45. Giriraj Singh: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 46. Hansraj Gangaram Ahir: Chemicals and Fertilizers 47. GM Siddeshwara: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 48. Manoj Sinha: Railways 00

103 ONE LINER Make in India Week was inaugurated in which city recently Mumbai Who was the youngest IFS officer to be appointed as India s Ambassador to any country, who passed away recentlybiraja Prasad The first Mega Food Park of Madhya Pradesh has been inaugurated in which district of Madhya Pradesh? Khargone Which cricketer has become the first cricketer to play 00 continuous Tests since debut? - Brendon McCullum Who has been appointed as the chairman of TERI Board? - Ashok Chawla Thisara Perera became the fourth bowler to pick up a hat-trick in T0 s. He achieved this feat against India in the nd T0 match in Jharkhand New building complex of Bombay Art Society has been inaugurated in Mumbai Canadian Foreign Minister and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed to work to boost ties between their two countries. -Stephane Dion Which country has appointed women ministers to the newly created portfolios for happiness and tolerance, and youth affairs UAE Retail inflation in January was at 7-month high led mainly by a sharp acceleration in Food prices Chief Justice Dhirendra H. Waghela of the High Court was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. -Orissa Chief Justice of Justice Antonin Scalia died. - USA At which place the 4th National Homoeopathic Congress Homeo-Vision 06 was inaugurated? Nagpur Famous Malayalam and Jnanpith-winner Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (O N V Kurup) passed away. - Poet Department of Electronics & Information Technology and M/s. Canbank Venture Capital Fund Ltd Launched Electronics Development Fund (EDF) in Mumbai The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Infosys Prizes for the year 05 in New Delhi recently. The Infosys Prizes are given in the field of- Science and Mathematics The pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis has won the to win 40 matches in a row. St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Noted Rajamani died. Music director Gemini Arabians have won the maiden edition of Masters Champions League (MCL) by defeating Leo Lions in the final match. Masters Champions League is associated with which sport? Cricket Which film won the Best Film Award at the 69th British Academy Films Awards (BAFTAs)? - The Revenant Which team has won their maiden U-9 Cricket World Cup by defeating three time champions India by five wickets? West Indies In which district of Jharkhand, the first Mega Food Park in the State has been inaugurated- Ranchi A member from Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Sheikh Ansar Aziz has been elected as the first-ever mayor of which city? - Islamabad Ministry of Railways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector with which country recently? - Sweden The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently inaugurated NTRP, developed by the Office of Controller General of Accounts (CGA). Full form of NTRP is Non-Tax Receipt Portal LAMITYE 06, is the 7th joint military training exercise between the Indian Army and the People s Defence Forces (PDF) of- Seychelles India test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile, from Chandipur National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) has entered into Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), for commercialization of technologies/ intellectual properties developed at IACS. - New Delhi, Kolkata Which bank has launched a dedicated Japan Desk to attract foreign investment worth $0 billion from Japan to cater to needs of Japanese corporates? - State Bank of India Which British filmmaker of Indian origin has bagged a Grammy Award for his film Amy, a documentary on the life of late singer Amy Winehouse? - Asif Kapadia

104 . To which company Piruz Khambatta is associated who has been named as ambassador of the government s Make in India initiative? - Rasna. From which district of Andhra Pradesh the pilot project Integration of Homoeopathy/Yoga with National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS) has been launched? - Krishna. Former UN secretary general during the period of 99 to 996 Boutros-Ghali, died recently. He belonged to which country- Ghana 4. What percent hike in the interest rate on provident fund has been made by the EPFO for % 5. Noted novelist and short story writer Akbar Kakkattil passed away. - Malayalam 6. Which city hosted the 6th National Chess team Championship which Indian Railways has won for the first timebhubaneswar 7. Which company has been selected as India Partner by BAE Systems for the nearly USD 700 million deal for the supply of 45 M777 howitzers, which are ultra light weight artillery guns having a strike range of 5 kms Mahindra 8. The Space Applications Centre (SAC) of ISRO and Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of University of Institute for Aerospace Studies are collaborating on developing the Next Generation Earth Monitoring and Observation and Aerosol Monitoring (NEMO-AM) satellite. - Toronto 9. With which organization the Centre has approved the agreement for collaborative activities in the area of Traditional Medicine between Ministry of AYUSH- WHO 40. How many gold medal has been won by India during th South Asian Games With which country the Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for signing of an MoU on cooperation in the field of Urban Planning and Governance- Singapore 4. The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for MoU signed between India and various countries for cooperation in the field of Agriculture and Allied activites 4. What will the growth rate of Indian Economy during 06 and 07, according to Moody s Investors Service - 7.5% 44. From where the Union Minister of Steel & Mines Narendra Singh Tomar has released Report on Identification of 00 Mineral Exploration Blocks and launched Uncover project of the Geological Survey of India - New Delhi 45. The Union Cabinet has given its in principle approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal for research on Gravitational waves 46. In which seas of Indian Ocean the Fourth Edition of the India-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) was undertaken along the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL)? Ans: Andaman Sea 47. Former batsman Andy Ganteaume died. - West Indies 48. Which Indian fashion designer has been awarded with the France s highest civilian honour Chevalier de la Legion d Honneur? - Manish Arora 49. In which country Apple and UnionPay have launched contact-less payment system Apple Pay to make purchases? - China 50. Which state government has signed an MoU with Adani Group for investment of Rs crore to set up a 600 MW capacity thermal power plant? - Jharkhand 5. Environment Minister has launched the Environment Information System (ENVIS) portal. - Prakash Javadekar 5. With which university the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) has signed an MoU to start the IIPE sessions during the academic year 06-7? - Andhra University 5. Which country has assumed the chairmanship of BRICS grouping for the next months? Ans: India 54. Which public sector bank has launched Green PIN system? - SBI 55. Veteran Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan died in Kolkata. - Singer 56. How many Indian origin young researcher has been named as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers by the US President Barak Obama? Six 57. Playing It My Way has entered the Limca Book of Records for being the best-selling book. Whose autobiography is this? Sachin Tendulkar 58. To how many languages the Google Translate now supports after adding new languages? UK Sinha has assumed the charge of Chairman of the. SEBI 60. Which city hosted the nd meeting of the Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Co-operation (JWGACTC), constituted under the auspices of the Indo US Defence Trade and Technology Initiative? - New Delhi 0

105 6. World Boxing Association has sanctioned maiden pro fight in India. How many organizations sanction world championship boxing bouts across the world? - Four 6. The ICC Cricket for Good with which organization has launched Team Swachh clinics during the ICC World T0 Host City Tour? - UNICEF 6. What is the growth forecast for India for the fiscal 06-7? per cent 64. As per Professional forecasters survey of the Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) what would be the gross value added (GVA) economic growth of India in 05-6? per cent 65. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has recently launched Project Sunrise at Imphal. This project is associated with prevention of which disease in the eight North-Eastern states? AIDS 66. An inter-ministerial HRIDAY National Empowered Committee has approved development of a heritage park in: - Amaravati 67. How much amount has been allocated by the Union Urban Development Ministry for improving tourist infrastructure in heritage places of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and Warangal in Telangana? - Rs crore 68. NASA Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, was the man to walk on the Moon as a lunar module pilot on Apollo 4 Mission in sixth 69. The Labour Ministry has inked how many agreements with private job providers, to exploit the potential of the National Career Service (NCS) project?- eight 70. Indian cyclist T. Vijyalakshmi won gold medal in women s individual time trial event in th South Asian Games. - 0 km 7. Which Australian player has received highest bid of Rs 9.5 crore in IPL Cricket auction 06? - Shane Watson 7. At which place the Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, the National Institute of Science Education and Research? Bhubaneswar 7. Which refinery has again become country s top refiner after its state of the art refinery dedicated to the nation in Odisha? - Paradeep 74. At which place India and China conducted their first joint tactical exercise? - Laddakh 75. In how many languages a 4x7 Toll Free Tourist Infoline has been launched by the Ministry of Tourism & Culture and Ministry of Civil Aviation? The Central Govrnment of India has approved to set up a Sanskrit University in - Jharkhand 77. Dan Hicks has died recently. He wasans: a singer Q.6. Which country has won the 06 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) after beating Mali football team -0? - Congo 78. India has bagged medal in Compound women s archery at the th South Asian Games (SAG). - Gold North Korea launched a long-range rocket from the launch station of North Korea. -Tongchangri 80. Which company has won a five-year IT infrastructure management deal from Assa Abloy group, a Swedish major in door opening solutions. - Wipro 8. Renowned and Hindi poet Nida Fazli died recently. - Urdu 8. Nepal s former Sushil Koirala passed away. - Prime Minister 8. What is the name of Indo-Nepal Combined Military Exercise held at Pithoragarh? - Surya Kiran IX 84. Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been elected the President of South Asian Wrestling Federation, while Tabiur Rehman from was elected as the Secretary General of SAWF. - Bangladesh 85. What is the GDP growth estimated by the Central Statistics Office of the country for the current fiscal 05-6? per cent 86. Which stadium will host the final of the Women s Cricket World Cup in 07? - The Lord s 87. Which Indian has become the highest paid CEO in the US? - Sundar Pichai 88. Sushila Panwar has secured gold medal at the th South Asian Games, she is associated with which sport? - Weightlifting 89. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India has signed the Grant Agreement for India Aviation Safety Technical Assistance Phase II in New Delhi, with which country? - USA 90. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister has released the Hydrocarbon Vision Document 00 for North East in Guwahati. - Dharmendra Pradhan 9. Which institution has ruled against differential pricing for data services giving a big boost to Net Neutrality? - TRAI 9. New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum retired from One-Day Internationals (ODIs). - Barrie 0

106 9. Which Indian businessman has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering based in USA? Mukesh Ambani 94. Who has been appointed as a Secretary, Railway Board? - R. K. Verma 95. Ministry of Railways and Government of for Formation of Joint Venture Companies for Development of Railway Infrastructure in the State. - Chhattisgarh 96. Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court. Bombay 97. What route length has been proposed to be constructed for the four Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri? km. 98. What is the expected growth rate of Indian Economy according to CRISIL research, for 06-7? percent 99. On which personality London School of Economics has released archival documents to mark his 5th birth anniversary? - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 00. Manpreeth Kaur senior won while Manpreet Kaur junior took medal in Women s Shot Put at th South Asian Games. - Gold, Silver 0. Which country is at the top of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce International IP Index Infinite Possibilities released by GIPC? - USA 0. Who has been appointed as the Vice-President, Chief Investment Officer of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? - Dr. D. J. Pandian 0. Who has been appointed as High Commissioner to India by Australia? - Harinder Sidhu 04. In suburban section of which Railway Zones Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu launched paperless unreserved ticketing system? - South Central Railway Acclaimed Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away. - film director 06. Who has been named as vice-chairman of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce Commission? - Devendra Singh 07. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has expanded Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme in additional 6 district (covering states). This Scheme was launched from: - Panipat 08. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of an integrated consumer goods manufacturing unit by at Panchla in Howrah. - ITC 09. With which institute the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understand (MOU) to promote entrepreneurship? - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology 0. How many agreements have been signed by India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)? - Nine. Tamar Hahn is the new director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Buenos Aires. She belongs to - Israel. International scientists claimed to have glimpsed the first direct evidence of gravitational waves. Who has won Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year Award? - Anirban Lahiri 4. How much worth of projects has been launched by Pakistan for Afghanistan s education, health and infrastructure sectors? - $500 million 5. T. Chockalingam has been appointed as Director, Finance. BHEL 6. Yan Su, a prominent dramatist and songwriter died. - Chinese 7. has qualified for the Rio Olympics women s marathon after winning the event in the th South Asian Games. - Kavita Raut 8. The Union Minister of State (I/C) DoNER Dr. Jitendra Singh and Minister of State for Home Affairs, inaugurated the festival Destination North-East Kiren Rijiju 9. Chinese legend Zeng Xuelin died recently. - soccer 0. Which Latin American country has signed two agreements with North Korea on cooperation in foreign trade and scientific and technological development? - Cuba. Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey has been appointed as the Chief for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD). - Commissioner. Which Union Territory has launched MITRA mobile application to ensure safety and security of women by sending emergency SOS messages when in danger or emergency? - Puducherry. Which Indian cricketer has broken the most stumping record of 9 by Kumar Sangakkara in international cricket? Mahendra Singh Dhoni 4. Senior journalist T. N. GopaKumar passed away recently. He belongs to - Kerala 5. By how much per cent the Government has marginally revised downward the economic growth for

107 6. Professor Morton Mower (US) and Sir Michael Marmot (UK) has recently been conferred with the Prince Mahidol Award 05. This award is given in the field of - Medicine and public health 7. Angelique Kerber, has been ranked sixth in the world claimed her first Australian Open Women s singles title by defeating World No. Serena Williams. Kerber is a origin player. - German 8. Vice Admiral Girish Luthra has taken over charge as the Flag Officer Commandingin-Chief of the Naval Command. - Southern 9. Which other film along with Mad Max: Fury Road has bagged two awards at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards (AACTA)? - Carol 0. Who has been chosen for the K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 05 for his contribution towards social justice as Chief Minister? - Nitish Kumar. Who has been appointed as India s Ambassador to Mexico? - Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi. Which country s new parliament has elected U. Win Myint as Speaker of the House of Representatives? Myanmar. This country has inaugurated its new parliament, in which the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds an absolute majority, putting an end to over 60 years of legislative control by the nationalist Kuomintang party (KMT). Name this country? - Taiwan 4. Which place in India has been selected for the first Spaceward Bound Program 06 of NASA? - Laddakh 5. Who has won his sixth Australian Open Mens Singles title recently? - Novak Djokovic 6. Indian badminton Star Kidambi Srikanth has won Syed Modi International Badminton Championship by defeating Huang Yuxian of in the final China 7. Frank Finlay, Oscar nominated Actor known for Othello passed away recently. - British 8. Which Indian batsman has claimed the top spot in the International Cricket Council s (ICC) latest T0 batting rankings? - Virat Kohli 9. India has approved how many small development projects in Afghanistan in third phase? Which U-9 Indian batsman has scored fastest Under-9 World Cup fifty recently in the last group match against Nepal? - Rishabh Pant 4. Who has been appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), becoming the first woman to head a paramilitary force? - Archana Ramasundaram 4. Recently Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Inaugurated the IREPS. What does IREPS stand for? - Indian Railways EProcurement System 4. What is the name of the Google s parent company, which left behind the Apple as the most valuable company in the world in terms of market capitalisation? - Alphabet 44. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the policy rates unchanged in its bimonthly monetary policy. - sixth 45. Who has been appointed as a Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank? -: Saroj Kumar Jha 46. Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Ministry of Tribal Affairs? - Shyam S. Agarwal 47. Song Young-han defeated American star Jordan Spieth to win SMBC Singapore Open title. He belongs to - S. Korea 48. Which agency of the government of India has entered into two bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with United Kingdom, recently? - Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) 49. Chinese authorities have named an asteroid after 05 Nobel winning scientist Tu Youyou. She has been awarded the Nobel Prize in the field of - Physiology or Medicine 50. In which state the foundation stone of Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL) was laid down at Karad to understand Earthquakes Mechanism in the Koyna Region? - Maharastra 5. Which neighbour country of India has approved the draft of a proposed Citizenship Law, 06 expanding scopes for dual citizenship for its expatriate citizens? - Bangladesh 5. To which province of China the World Bank has approved a loan of 00 million US dollars to help build a clean energy heating system? - Hebei NIIF with which Russian company has agreed to set-up the Russia-India High Technology Private Equity Fund for Joint Implementation of Investments into Projects in India? - Rusnano 54. India and Brunei has recently signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to deepen bilateral cooperation in health, defence and on cooperation in youth and sports affairs in the Brunei capital. What is the capital of Brunei? Bandar Seri Begawan 05

108 55. At which place a unique MAGIC (Modular, Agile, Intensified & Continuous) Process Lab has been inaugurated? National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 56. At which place the Counter-Terrorism Conference- 06 was organised? - Jaipur 57. Veteran Urdu short story writer, poet and journalist Intizar Husain passed away. He belonged to - Pakistan 58. Former Congress Leader Balram Jakhar passed away recently. He held the post of Lok Sabha speaker 59. Russia s state arms trader Rosoboronexport has provided India with the final consignment of helicopters. - Mi-7V To which ministry the cabinet has given its approval to allow it to form joint venture (JV) companies with the state governments to mobilize resources for undertaking projects in states? - Ministry of Railways For what duration a supernumerary post in the rank of air marshal has been created in the Indian Air Force? - 7 months 6. What is the extended tenure of Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) as per the Joint Declaration signed between India and Germany? Chief of the Army Staff, of which neighbouring country has been conferred the Honorary Rank of General of the Indian Army by the President of India recently? - Nepal 64. Who has been appointed as the head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) stationed in Golan to maintain the ceasefire between Israeli and Syrian forces? - Jai Shanker Menon 65. Who has become the first female head of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS)? - Aruna Sethi 66. Former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), passed away recently. -S. S. Tarapore 67. Pandit Ram Narayan has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Award for He is associated with which musical instruments? - Sarangi 68. Who has directed the film Titli which bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 06 (FSCC)? - Kanu Behl 69. Which Indian business house has announced setting up of a centre for research, development and innovation in aerospace technology? - Reliance 70. How many countries are there in the Pacific Rim countries which has signed the USled Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in New Zealand, one of the biggest trade deals in history? - 7. India has become the country outside the European region to sign a Cooperation Agreement to acquire the status of the Associate Member State European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)? - Second 7. At which place petrochemical complex of Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister? - Lepetkata, Dibrugarh. 7. Which ministry has launched an official YouTube channel to disseminate information on major schemes, events, meetings and press conferences of the ministry on a real-time basis? - Ministry of Finance 74. Events related to South Asian Games will be held at - Guwahati and Guwahati 75. Who has been appointed as the commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan? - John Nicholson 76. Which international sports body has constituted Anti-Corruption Unit Oversight Group? - International Cricket Council (ICC) 77. At which of the place the Finance Minister inaugurated India Investment Summit 06? - New Delhi 78. Mahindra Asset Management Company received approval of for setting up of mutual fund business. - SEBI 79. What growth rate has been projected by India Ratings in Indian economy in the third quarter in the current fiscal year? - 7.6% 80. Cobra Gold the largest Asia-Pacific annual amphibious military exercise held every year in - Thailand 8. Which Indian actor has been selected for a video campaign by the World Health Organisation to raise awareness about diabetes in India? - Akshay Kumar 8. What is the name of the new series of non-reserved long-distance express trains that was announced in the Union Rail Budget 06-7 on 5 February 06? Antodaya Express 8. What is the name of the newly announced double decker AC trains with 40% more carrying capacity on busy routes? UDAY Express 84. What is the name of the new series of express trains running at speed of 0 kmph with world class services that was announced in the Rail Budget 06? Tejas Express 06

109 85. What is the name of the new fully AC train announced in the Rail Budget 06? Humsafar 86. Asha Circuit Trains, which were announced in the Rail Budget 06, will cater to which specific segment? Important Pilgrim centres in the country 87. Which institution will be converted into Rail University as announced in the Rail Budget 06? National Academy of Railways (Vadodara) 88. The Indian railways will soon inaugurate India s first rail auto hub in which city as announced in Rail Budget 06? Chennai 89. What will be the main objective of establishing the rail auto hub in Chennai? To attract auto industry that is concentrated in and around Chennai 90. The Rail Budget 06 mentioned that soft-skills will be provided to coolies. Rail Minister gave which new title for coolies as he felt this word is somewhat derogatory? Sahayaks (Assistants) 9. E-Catering facility will be extended to how many railway stations during 06-7 from the present 40, as announced in Rail Budget 06? The Rail Budget 06 mentioned proposal to reorganize the Railway Board. This step will suitably empower which topmost rail official? Chairman of Railway Board 9.The Rail Minister announced that the Railway Ministry will expand the Vikalp facility (that was started in October 05) during Vikalp is associated with To provide choice of accommodation in specific trains to wait-listed passengers 94. What is the name given to the ambitious mission to double speeds of freight trains as announced in the Rail Budget 06? Mission Raftaar 95. The Rail Minister proposed adding how much length of electrified rail-tracks during 06-7 as announced in the Rail Budget 06? 000 km 96. The facility to cancel the passenger-ticket through which helpline number was announced in the Rail Budget 06? Which are the prominent pilgrim stations that will be beautified by Rail Minister as announced in the Rail Budget 06? Ajmer, Amritsar, Gaya, Mathura, Nanded, Nashik, Puri, Deoband, Tirupati, Varanasi, Vellankanni and Nagapattinam 98. What the total budget outlay for 06-7 is as announced in the Rail Budget 06? Rs.. lakh crore 99. What the proposed revenue income is for 06-7 as announced in the Rail Budget 06? Rs crore 00. What will the operating Ratio be for Indian Railways during 06-7 as announced in the Rail Budget? 9% 07

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