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Business rankings released by World Bank and DIPP. 10th Indo- Joint Exercise Surya Kiran Commences Indo-Nepal Joint Military  The top ten ranks in 2016 included Andhra Pradesh & Exercise Surya Kiran-X Telengana (98.78 per cent each implementation rate), commenced at Army followed by Gujarat (98.21 per cent), Chhattisgarh (97.32 Battle School, Saljhandi, per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (97.01 per cent). Nepal. It is the tenth in the  Gujarat ranked first last year. series of such exercise between the two nations and is scheduled from 31 October to Paris climate agreement becomes international law 13 November 16. The Paris Agreement officially entered force on 4 November  The Surya Kiran series of Exercises are being conducted 2016. annually, alternatively in Nepal and India.  The agreement deals with greenhouse gases emissions  Notably in the series of military training exercises mitigation, adaptation and finance. undertaken by India with various countries, Surya Kiran  The Paris Agreement’s entry into force comes a month series with Nepal is the largest in terms of troop’s after countries representing 55% of the world’s emissions participation. committed to joining the deal.  As of 4th November 2016, 192 states and the European India- joint military exercise SAMPRITI-2016 to Union have signed the Agreement. commence from 05 Nov As part of the ongoing India Bangladesh defence cooperation, First World Tsunami Awareness Day observed a joint military training exercise SAMPRITI 2016 will be The First World Tsunami conducted at Tangail, Dhaka, Bangladesh from 05 to 18 Awareness Day was observed th November 2016. on 5 November 2016 across  Exercise SAMPRITI is an important bilateral defence the world. cooperation endeavour between India and Bangladesh and  The theme for the year is will be the sixth edition of the exercise which is hosted ‘Effective Education and alternately by both countries. Evacuation Drills’. The observance of the day will help to spread awareness among PM Narendra Modi launches 'Saur Sujala Yojana' in people across the world in matters related to the dangers of the Chhattisgarh tsunami. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the "Saur Sujala Yojana" in Chhattisgarh that would provide solar India, sign pact to address fishermen crisis powered irrigation pumps to farmers at a subsidized price. India and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement under which a  Chhattisgarh would be the first state to implement the hotline will be set up between officials of the two countries to scheme. address the fishermen crisis.  Under the scheme, solar powered irrigation pumps of 3HP  It also set up procedures to return arrested fishermen and and 5HP capacity worth Rs 3.5 lakh and Rs 4.5 lakh have a minister-level meeting every few months on the respectively would be distributed to the farmers by March issue. 31, 2019. The beneficiaries would get the pumps at the subsidised price. NASA’s MMS creates new Guinness World Record NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission on 5 A.P., Telangana top in ease of doing business November 2016 set the Guinness world record for highest The Ease od Doing Business altitude fix of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal at rankings were announced on 31st 70000 kilometers above the surface of the Earth. October 2016 by Commerce and  Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission successfully Industry Minister Nirmala completed commissioning activities on 1 September 2015 Sitharaman. and is now in full science mode.

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India and Britain sign two agreements  The first agreement on trade and commerce between both India and the countries was signed in 1972. have signed two pacts to to host India- 'Hand-In-Hand 2016' training boost cordial The India-China Joint Training Exercise "Hand in Hand 2016" relations between the is scheduled to be held in Pune from November 15-27. two nations.  This would mark the 6th annual joint training exercise  The pacts were inked during the 3 days visit of Theresa between the Indian Army and the People's Liberation May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to Army of China. India. PM Theresa May was on a three Day visit to India.  It is aimed at honing military skills of the two armies by  One on intellectual property (IP) and another for bilateral sharing expertise in drills while tackling insurgency and cooperation on raising ease of doing business. terrorism.

China launches pulsar navigation satellite World Pneumonia Day: 12th November China has launched a navigation satellite, which will conduct World Pneumonia Day is in-orbit experiments using pulsar detectors to demonstrate new observed across the world on 12 technologies. November.  The X-ray pulsar navigation satellite was launched from  The day is annually the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. observed to raise awareness  While in orbit, the satellite will undergo tests on its about pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children detector functions and space environment adaptability. under the age of five; promote interventions to protect against, prevent and treat pneumonia; and generate action India, sign landmark civil nuclear deal to combat pneumonia. Japan signed a historic civil nuclear cooperation deal with  This year theme is, "Keep the Promise, India, opening the door for collaboration between their Stop Pneumonia Now". industries in the field.  The countries signed nine other agreements in various World diabetes day: 14 November 14, 2016 areas to bolster bilateral ties. World Diabetes day is observed on 14th November 2016. The  The agreements, including one for cooperation in theme for 2016 is Eyes on Diabetes. peaceful uses of nuclear energy, marks a historic step  The day is observed by International Diabetes Federation in their engagement to build a clean energy and WHO in the memory of Frederick, founder of insulin. partnership. India to preside next edition of COP in Geneva in 2018 US elections ballot receipts had ‘Thank You’ note in India will preside the eighth edition of the Conference of The growing power of Indian community in US was seen once Parties (COP) to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco again when Hindi language found a place on ‘Thank You’ note Control (FCTC) which will be held in Switzerland's Geneva in in US president election. 2018.  The ‘Thank You’ receipts received by people in the  Health Secretary CK Mishra has been chosen as the city after they voted were in four languages – English, President of the COP Bureau, for the next two years, after Spanish, Chinese and our very own Hindi. a unanimous decision by the COP7 Plenary session.

India, Bhutan signs agreement on trade for better bilateral APEC Forum's Week starts in Lima, Peru relation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum's Commerce and Industry Week started at Lima in Peru bringing together leaders of Minister Nirmala Sitharaman world's largest economies, businessmen and investors. and Bhutan's Economic  A creation of Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, which Affairs Minister Tengye would include all APEC states, is one of the main topics Lyonpo Lekey Dorji signed on the agenda of the 2016 APEC Summit. the agreement in .

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Australia to introduce Hindi language in Pre-Schools from Netherlands-based doctors have 2018 performed the first-ever brain Australia announced an online program for its pre-schools to implant on a 58-year-old woman learn foreign languages, including Hindi. paralysed by Lou Gehrig's disease,  In order to teach foreign languages in Australia a program enabling her to communicate in named Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA), was day-to-day life via a speech launched in the 2015-16, with five languages. computer.  Hindi will be started in 2018.  The disease-caused nerve degeneration had left her with Australia control only over her eyes.  Capital: Canberra  The implant enabled her to control the computer using  Currency: Dollar brain signals, spelling out messages at two letters per minute. Bulgarian PM resigns after losing presidential election The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov gave resignation World Philosophy Day: 17 November of his cabinet after his party’s candidate Tsetska Tsacheva , The World Philosophy Day is observed globally on the third failed to win the country’s presidential election on November Thursday of November every year. 14, 2016.  This year, United Nations Educational, Scientific and  Right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organised the special (GERB) party candidate Tsetska Tsacheva, speaker of events. parliament, was defeated by Socialist Party-supported  The World Philosophy Day was introduced in 2002 by independent candidate Rumen Radev. UNESCO to encourage the world to share their Bulgaria philosophical heritage and open their minds to new ideas.  Capital: Sofia  Currency: Lev India ranks 20th on climate change performance index India has been ranked 20th on Climate Change Performance India, Israel signs two agreements on water resource Index (CCPI) 2017. management & Agriculture  The publication was issued by Germanwatch and Climate India and Israel have inked two agreements in the field of water Action Network Europe. resources management and agriculture.  India’s score was 59.08 while Saudi Arabia ranked last  The agreements were with a score of 25.45. signed following delegation-level talks "Post-Truth" Named Oxford Dictionaries Word of Year Amid between Prime 2016 Political Climate Minister Narendra Oxford Dictionaries has declared "post-truth" to be its Modi and visiting international word of the year citing a 2,000% spike in its Israeli President usage. Reuven Rivlin in New Delhi.  The word beat competition from "adulting," "alt-right," Israel "Brexiteer," "glass cliff" and "woke".  Capital: Jerusalem  The Word of the Year of Oxford Dictionary is an  Currency: Shekel expression or word that is chosen to reflect the passing year in language. International Day for Tolerance 2016: 16 November The International Day for Tolerance is observed globally on 16 Russia quits from the International Criminal Court November every year. President Vladimir Putin has signed an executive order  The Day aims at educating masses about the need for removing Russia’s signature from the International Criminal tolerance in society and helping them understand the Court’s founding treaty. negative effects of intolerance.  Russia in 2000 signed the Rome treaty that established the Hague-based court but never ratified it. Doctors perform brain implant for the first time in history  It’s the first permanent war crime court of the world.

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World Internet Conference 2016 concludes in Wuzhen, China European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) The 2016 World Internet  Founded: 1954 Conference concluded on 18  Headquarters: Geneva November 2016 in Wuzhen,  Members: 22 China.  The theme of the 3rd India and Switzerland Sign ‘Joint Declaration’ for Automatic World Internet Exchange of Information Conference, which Mr. Sushil Chandra, Chairman, CBDT signed the‘Joint commenced on 16 November 2016, was Innovation- Declaration’ on behalf of India while Mr. Gilles Roduit, driven Internet Development for the Benefit of All – Deputy Chief of Mission of Swiss Embassy in India, signed on Building a Community of Common Future in Cyberspace. behalf of Switzerland, for the implementation of Automatic China Exchange of Information (AEOI) between India and  Capital: Beijing Switzerland.  Currency: Yuan(Renminbi)  As a result, it will now be possible for India to receive from  President: Xi Jinping September, 2019 onwards, the financial information of accounts held by Indian residents in Switzerland for 2018 Patel most common Indian surname in UK and subsequent years, on an automatic basis. Patel has emerged as the most common Indian surname in the Switzerland UK, according to a new Oxford dictionary released.  Capital - None (Bern is de facto capital)  Other Indian surnames to find a place in the new dictionary  Currency - Franc include 'Chakrabarti', which derives from 'Cakravarti', meaning "wheels rolling". Prime Minister of Portugal to be Chief Guest for PBD 2017 United Kingdom Dr. António Costa, Prime Minister of the Republic of Portugal  Capital: London has accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Shri Narendra  Currency: Pound Sterling Modi, to be the Chief Guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas  Prime Minister: Theresa May Convention to be held from 7 to 9 January, 2017 at Bengaluru in Karnataka. First Bollywood theme park opens in Dubai  Mr. Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin, Vice President of The world’s first Bollywood the Republic of Suriname will be the Special Guest at the Theme Park has been opened in Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) to be held on 7 Dubai. January 2017 in Bengaluru.  The lively park boasts Portugal cinemas, a theatre, rides,  Capital: Lisbon simulators as well as 4D  Currency: Euro shows reminiscent of popular Hindi movies.  Bollywood Parks is part of Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR) IIT Kharagpur is the top Indian university which is being developed as the region’s “largest Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is India’s integrated theme park resort”. highest-ranked institution features in the Top 100 QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2016-17. India become Associate Member of CERN  It’s the only Indian institution other than IIT Bombay to India and European Organization for Nuclear Research feature in top 100. (CERN) signed an agreement making India an Associate  IIT Madras, Delhi University and IIT Delhi are placed in Member State of CERN. the 200 rankings band.  The agreement was signed by Dr. Sekhar Basu, Chairman,  Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Atomic Energy Commission and CERN Director General Technology (MIT) rank first and second, while China’s Dr. Fabiola Gianotti in . Tsinghua University grabs third place.  CERN is the world’s largest nuclear and particle physics laboratory. CERN is based in Geneva on the French-Swiss Turkey to chair 2017 Energy Club of Shanghai Cooperation border. Organization

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Turkey will chair the Energy Club of the Shanghai Cooperation heir apparent to take the throne following the death of his Organisation (SCO) in 2017, becoming the first non-SCO father last month. country to hold its term presidency.  Vajiralongkorn's father, the much-revered Bhumibol  Earlier, only members of the SCO had assumed the term Adulyadej, who took the throne in 1946, died on October presidency of the Energy Club. 13 at age of 88 after many years of ill health.  Apart from SCO's original members, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia, Belarus and Sri Lanka are the members of  Capital: Bangkok the SCO Energy Club.  Currency: Baht Turkey  Capital: Ankara Dictionary.com’s 2016 Word of the Year Is Xenophobia  Currency: Lira As its 2016 word of the year, Dictionary.com has chosen  Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdogan “xenophobia,” which means “fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.” ITU released Measuring the Information Society Report 2016  Dictionary.com is the second major outlet to make their UN International Telecommunication Union 2016 selection, following Oxford’s choice to anoint ‘post- (ITU) released the 2016 edition of the truth’ earlier in November. Measuring the Information Society Report.  The ITU index prepared after surveying 175 economies of the world was topped by the Republic of Korea with IDI of 8.84.  The Sub-Saharan Africa’s Niger with an IDI of 1.07 Centre notifies rules for Real Estate Act for five UTs ranked lowest. The Centre notified the  India was placed at 138th rank with IDI score of 2.69. In rules for Real Estate Act, 2015, it stood at 135th position. that seeks to regulate the housing sector besides International Day for the Elimination of Violence against bringing transparency Women observed and ensuring timely International Day for the Elimination of Violence against completion of projects, Women was observed on November 25, 2016 across the world. which will be applicable for five Union Territories-The  The theme for this year is “Orange the World - raise funds Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar to end violence against women”. Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Lakshadweep.  The rules state that a developer will be required to refund New Zealand most searched by Indian tourists in 2016: Survey or pay compensation to the allottees with an interest rate New Zealand was the most searched country by Indian of SBI's highest Marginal Cost of Lending Rate plus two travellers in 2016, with travel searches increasing by 52% this per cent in case of delay in project. year when compared to 2015, according to a new Skyscanner  It stipulates that such payment to the allottee be made survey. within 45 days of it becoming due.  Australia, the second most searched destination, recorded an increase of 47% in searches when compared to 2015. Finance Ministry releases Rs 1,093 crore for restoration of  and the UK witnessed a 28% and 15% increase infrastructure in J&K in travel searches. The finance ministry released first installment of special New Zealand assistance of Rs 1,093.34 crore for repair and permanent  Capital: Wellington restoration of damaged public buildings in Jammu and  Currency: Dollar Kashmir in pursuance of the announcement made by the Prime Minister last November.  Prime Minister: John Phillip Key  A total sum of Rs 2,000 crore has been provided for Thailand invites crown prince to become new king permanent restoration of damaged Infrastructure such as Thailand's parliament invited Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn to schools, colleges, hospitals, bus stations and other critical be the new king, completing a formal step for the

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public infrastructure under Prime Minister Reconstruction  It is the first occasion that a Conference of Parties (COP) Plan for J&K. meeting is being held in India.  The Prime Minister Reconstruction Plan for J&K was announced by Narendra Modi on November 7, 2015, for Minister of Railways inaugurates International Conference on Rs 80,068 crore for post flood relief and restoration and Decarbonisation of Indian Railways - Mission Electrification long-term development of the state, including assistance Minister of Railways Shri Suresh for small trade and business, power, new and renewable Prabhakar Prabhu has inaugurated the energy. International Conference on Decarbonisation of Indian Railways - Nation observes Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on birth anniversary of Mission Electrification organised by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institution of Railways Electrical The nation has observed Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on 31st October Engineer (IREE) in partnership with on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai ASSOCHAM India. Patel.  Chairman, Railway Board, Shri A. K. Mital, Member  The theme this year is Integration of India. Traction, Railway Board Shri Ashwani Kumar Kapoor,  Prime Minister Modi released a commemorative stamp at other Railway Board Members and senior officials were a programme held at the India Gate. He also administered also be present on the occasion. Ekta Pledge and flag off 'Unity Run'.  On the occasion a mobile app ‘RAIL SAVER’ was launched by the Minister of Railways Shri Suresh PM visits Chhattisgarh, launches Jungle Safari Prabhakar Prabhu. This app is expected to reduce energy The Prime Minister, Shri consumption by 15 – 20%. Narendra Modi, visited Naya Raipur in PM inaugurated 1st Intl Agro-biodiversity Congress Chhattisgarh. He Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first ever inaugurated and briefly International Agro-biodiversity Congress, IAC in New Delhi. visited the Jungle Safari in  The 4 day event will see a participation of 900 the city. representatives from 60 countries.  He unveiled a statue of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay,  The event will initiate and encourage a dialogue among dedicated the Central Boulevard as Ekatma Path, and stakeholders, including farmers, to better understand launched the Naya Raipur BRTS project. everyone role in agro-biodiversity management and the conservation of genetic resources. Maharashtra first to launch cyber police stations in all districts Maharashtra is the first state in the country to have a cyber India, Japan NSAs hold bilateral consultations in New Delhi police station in each district simultaneously. National Security  The state is converting 42 state-of-the-art cyber-crime labs Advisors of India and into police stations. Japan held bilateral  The state government is also setting up 51 cyber-crime consultations in New labs. Notably, cyber crime in the state has increased by Delhi. 142.1% in the last few years.  During their discussions, Mr. Shotaro Yachi and Mr. Ajit Doval India to host Seventh Session of the Conference of Parties expressed satisfaction at the implementation of important (COP7) understandings reached during the visit of Japanese Prime Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India is Minister Shinzo Abe to India in December last year. hosting the Seventh Session of the Conference of Parties (COP7) to WHO FCTC during 7-12 November, 2016, at India CII launches unique platform ‘Startup Mentorship Circle' Exposition Mart Ltd., Greater Noida, District Gautam Buddha In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of nurturing Nagar, . entrepreneurship, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has  The Conference shall be inaugurated by Shri J P Nadda, launched a unique platform called ‘Startup Mentorship Circle’ Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare. to help in connecting start-ups with the global marketplace.

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 'Startup Mentorship Circle’ is truly a strong eco-system for  It has been a joint effort of Petronet LNG Limited (PLL), nurturing innovation and startups to drive sustainable Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Tata Motors Ltd to economic growth and generate large scale employment introduce LNG as a fuel in commercial vehicles in the state opportunities. capital.

128th anniversary of Sir CV Raman being celebrated Govt to open Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Kendra in every The 128th anniversary of constituency Nobel laureate Bharat The Centre has decided to open Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Ratna Sir CV Raman is Kendra in every Parliamentary Constituency to impart skill being celebrated on 07 training to the people and make them employable. November.  According to Minister of Skill Development and  He was born on Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy, through these November 7, 1888 centres, a standard will be created to enhance the skill level at Thiruvanaikaval in Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu. of trainees so that they could earn more money.  Sir CV Raman won the Nobel prize in Physics 1930 for his discovery -Raman effect - the scattering of light which J P Nadda launches “Healthy India Initiative” magazine and makes the sea and clear sky look blue. “No More Tension” Mobile Application J P Nadda, Union Minister of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan starts Health and Family Welfare The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched released the “Healthy India Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA). Initiative/Swastha Bharat-ek  The scheme aims at providing pregnant women ante- pehal” magazine and launched natal services and required treatment for free at the “No More Tension” Mobile government health centres and hospitals on 9th of every Application. month.  The eBook versions of the magazine were also released.  Private Doctors are also included for providing better  This launch, which is part of the Government’s Digital health care to pregnant women under the UNICEF aided India programme, is in line with its commitment to mission. prioritize public health and strengthen citizen-centric  Every 12th minute, a pregnant women dies in India lacking health services by leveraging India’s expanding mobile phone penetration. health care.

Union Government launches Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana Demchok mission of Indian Army successfully completed The Union Ministry of Skill Development and The Indian army has Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched the Pradhan Mantri successfully completed its YUVA Yojana to boost up an ecosystem of entrepreneurship task of laying an irrigation for young people. pipeline in the Demchok region of Eastern Ladakh.  The scheme was launched for the time period of over five years (2016-17 to 2020-21) with a project cost of 499.94  The project was being crore rupees. conducted under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  It will offer entrepreneurship education and training to Scheme to link the villages in the region with a hot spring around 7 lakh students in 5 years through 3050 Institutes. despite Chinese barrier.  It will also offer easy access to information and mentor network, credit and advocacy to build a way-out for the First LNG fuelled bus in the country launched in Kerala youngsters. For the 1st time in the Country, an LNG fuelled bus has been Union Government launches digital initiative Smart India launched by the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Hackathon 2017 Pradhan in the presence of Chief Minister of Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kerala, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan at Thiruvananthapuram. Prakash Javadekar on 9 November 2016 inaugurated Smart

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India Hackathon 2017, world’s largest digital national building The government has announced that it will present the Union initiative. Budget for 2017-18 on February 1 and the budget session may  Smart India Hackathon 2017 is aimed at reaching out to all begin in January. technology institutions in India and challenge students to  The government had issued the customary budget circular offer innovative solutions to the daunting problems faced in September. Notably, the Centre earlier approved the by our nation. scrapping of the 92-year old practice of presenting a  The Government also unveiled the first set of 250 problem separate Railway Budget and merged it with the Union statements that the students will be required to solve Budget. during the Hackathon that will take place in early 2017. Nitish Kumar launches free power connection programme Competition Commission of India selected to host ICN 2018 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Annual Conference Kumar has launched a key The International Competition Network (ICN) on 9 November programme to provide free 2016 announced that the Competition Commission of India electricity connection to about (CCI) would host the 2018 ICN Annual Conference. 50 lakh households above the  The Conference will be held at Delhi in March–April poverty line. 2018.  The chief minister launched “Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar” programme, which was key development thrust for the Israel President arrives in Mumbai on 6-day visit to India Assembly polls. Israel President Reuven Rivlin arrived in Mumbai on November 14th on a six-day visit to India to further strengthen Revamped Aadhaar Toll-Free Helpline No. 1947 Launched bilateral ties. With the growing use of Aadhaar in transactions related to  He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External services like Banking, Government Welfare Schemes, etc., the Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), launched a  The Israeli leader will join President Pranab Mukherjee in revamped version of its Toll-free helpline number: 1947, to opening an agro-tech conference in Chandigarh. help residents get quick access to information about Aadhaar.  The free of cost helpline 1947 will be available 24x7 ESIC Launches ‘Kahin Bhi-Kabhi Bhi’ medical facility throughout the year on IVRS mode, while Call-Centre Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has launched agents will be available from 7 am to 11 pm (Monday to ‘Kahin Bhi-Kabhi Bhi’ medical facilities for its beneficiaries Saturday). of Delhi.  On Sundays, agents will answer calls from 8 am to 5 pm.  Kahin Bhi means any dispensary/Hospital and Kabhi Bhi On an average the helpline number handles about 1.5 lakh means anytime. calls per day.  The initiative Kahin Bhi-Kabhi Bhi’ was launched by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Aligarh leads in Swachh Bharat awareness campaign in urban Employment, Bandaru Dattatreya. areas Aligarh leads 500 cities in undertaking Swachh awareness Thiruvananthapuram becomes country's 'breast cancer capital' generation activities under the fortnightly thematic activities as Thiruvananthapuram has been termed as the country's breast required under the Swachh Survekshan-2017, launched by the cancer capital, with cases at a record high of 40 per lakh of Ministry of Urban Development. population.  During the evaluation of IEC (Information, Education and  9 lakh women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Communication) activities by the Ministry, Aligarh has  The revelation was made during the Kerala Chapter of scored the maximum marks. Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA)  The other cities in the top 10 in this regard are : Vasai- Conference. Virar (Maharashtra), Hyderabad, Gurugram, Chandigarh, Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Vadodara and Rajkot (Gujarat), Union Budget to be presented on February 1 Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) and Mysuru (Karnataka).

Chhattisgarh First state to adopt resolution on demonetisation

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Chhattisgarh has become the first state to adopt a resolution  Abhay, which is a compact hull mounted sonar for shallow welcoming the demonetization of high-value currency notes. water crafts.  The state Assembly adopted a resolution moved by Chief  Humsa UG, which is an upgrade for the Humsa sonar Minister Raman Singh on 16th November welcoming the system. Centre’s decision.  NACS, or the Near-field Acoustic Characterisation  The resolution on 16 November 2016 saw 41 votes in System. favour and 25 against in assembly.  AIDSS, or the Advanced Indigenous Distress sonar system for submarines. PM Launches “Housing for All” in Rural Areas Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has formally launched India successfully conducts twin trial of Prithvi-II missile “Housing for All” in rural areas under which the Government India has successfully test-fired its indigenously developed proposes to provide an environmentally safe and secure pucca nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile twice in quick succession as house to every rural household by 2022. part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur  Named the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin), in its in Odisha. first phase the target is to complete one crore houses by  In salvo mode, the two surface-to-surface missiles have a March 2019. strike range of 350 km and can carry 500 kg to 1,000 kg of  The unit cost for these houses has been significantly warheads. increased and now through convergence a minimum  A similar twin trial had been conducted on October 12, support of nearly Rs. 1.5 lakh to Rs. 1.6 lakh to a 2009 from the same base where both tests were successful. household is available.  There is also a provision of Bank loan upto Rs. 70,000/-, Guided Missile Destroyer INS Chennai Joins the Indian Navy if the beneficiary so desires. INS Chennai, a P 15A Guided Missile Destroyer, was  The selection of beneficiaries has been through a commissioned into the Indian Navy by the Hon’ble Defense completely transparent process using the Socio Economic Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar at an impressive ceremony Census 2011 data and validating it through the Gram held at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Sabha.  The event marks the formal induction into the Navy of the third and the last of the three ‘’ class destroyers. Maharashtra tops list of internet subscribers in India  It was indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in- Maharashtra has the highest number of internet subscribers in house organisation, Directorate of Naval Design and the country at 29.47 million, followed by states like Tamil constructed by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai. Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.  According to government data, India had a total of 342.65 Akhilesh Yadav launches UP-100 million internet subscribers at the end of March, 2016. UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has launched one of his  Tamil Nadu had 28.01 million subscribers, while its dream projects — the UP-100 Police Emergency Management neighbours Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka had 24.87 System. million and 22.63 million, respectively.  Under the scheme, Police will reach to help within 15 to  Himachal Pradesh had the lowest number of subscribers at 20 minutes after UP-100 is called from any urban or rural 3.02 million. area. Maharashtra  Police will be available 24×7 to help under the scheme.  Capital: Mumbai Initially it has been launched in 11 districts.  CM: Devendra Fadnavis Uttar Pradesh  Governor: C Vidyasagar Rao  Capital:  CM: Akhilesh Yadav Indian Navy inducts 4 indigenous sonars  Governor: Ram Naik The Indian Navy has formally inducted four types of indigenously Sangai Festival 2016 kicks off in Manipur developed sonars that will boost its With an aim to promote Manipur as a potential tourist underwater surveillance capability. destination, the annual Manipur Sangai Festival this year will The systems included are: be themed ‘Destination Manipur’.

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 The 10-day-festival seeks to showcase the best of what the Palampur Assembly Constituency becomes first e-Assembly of state has to offer in terms of art, culture, handloom, nation handicrafts as well as fine arts. The Palampur Assembly Constituency of Kangra district, Manipur Himachal Pradesh became the first e-assembly constituency of  Capital - Imphal the country.  Chief Minister - Okram Ibobi Singh  The e- system was inaugurated by State Assembly speaker  Governor - Najma Heptulla Brij Behari Lal Butail at a function held in Palampur.  The system will help the residents of the constituency to 13th World Robot Olympiad in India for the first time know about the development works going on by one click The 13th World Robot on the computer. Olympiad will be held in India for the first time, with National Constitution Day: 26 November over 2,000 students from 54 India observes its Constitution countries participating. Day on November 26, as it was  This year's theme is 'Rap on this day in 1949, the the Scrap' is in line with Constituent Assembly adopted 'Swachh Bharat Mission' of the government. the Constitution.  On the occasion, the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi Khan Market world's 28th costliest location; slips 2 positions launched two books: an updated version of the National capital's upscale Khan Market has slipped two Constitution of India; and “Making of the Constitution”. position to world's 28th most expensive retail location, even as it continues to be the costliest place to hire a shop in the Tribals celebrate Wangala harvest festival in Meghalaya country, says Cushman & Wakefield. Hundreds of Garo tribals gathered here recently to celebrate the  New York’s Upper 5th Avenue continued to remain the harvest festival of Wangala with much fervour here. world’s most expensive retail location, narrowly ahead of  The festival marks the end of a period of toil for farmers 's Causeway Bay. wanting a good output from their fields. Meghalaya BHEL commissions 93 MW unit at RIL's Hazira power plant  Capital: Shillong State-run power equipment maker BHEL has commissioned a  Chief Minister: Mukul Sangma 93 MW steam turbine-based  Governor: V Shanmuganathan captive power plant (CPP) at Hazira in Gujarat for Nalanda University Chancellor resigns Reliance Industries Ltd The Chancellor of Nalanda University, , resigned (RIL). citing that earlier he was assured of the University’s autonomy  This is the second unit of but now things had changed. the 4x93 MW steam turbine-based CPP, being set up by  Yeo was appointed Chancellor in July 2015. BHEL for RIL at Hazira.  Earlier on November 23, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen ended his nine-year-long association with the Nalanda Fifth International Tourism Mart Organised In Imphal University, first as a Chancellor and later as a member of The Ministry of Tourism, the governing board. Government of India, in association with the North Eastern States and Goa will be first state to go cashless from December 31 West Bengal has organised the Goa is likely to become the first state in India to go cashless “International Tourism Mart” in from December 31, as people will be able to buy perishables Imphal, Manipur from 23rd – 25th such as fish, meat, vegetables or anything else at the press of a November, 2016. button on their mobile.  The event was held in the City Convention Centre,  One has to dial *99# from their mobile phone, not Sanjenthong, Imphal, Manipur and inaugurated by Shri necessarily a smart phone, and follow the instructions to Okram Ibobi Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur. complete the transcation.

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Goa  This tri-weekly train will have several new features,  Capital : Panaji including LED screen display to show information about  Chief Minister : Laxmikant Parsekar stations, train speed and will have announcement system  Governor : Mridula Sinha as well.

Radha Mohan Singh launches e-pashuhaat portal PM Modi launches Indian Police app to locate nearest police The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri stations Radha Mohan Singh launched e-pashuhaat portal Narendra Modi government recently launched the new Indian (www.epashuhaat.gov.in) on the occasion of National Milk Police at Your Call app that helps citizens to locate the nearest Day. police station along with the details when in an emergency.  Shri Singh informed that for the first time in the world  This Android and iOS supported app not only provides the under the scheme National Mission on Bovine list of nearby police stations, but also delivers added Productivity ‘e-pashuhaat’ portal has been developed for information about the phone number, the distance of the connecting breeders and farmers regarding availability of police station from the person's location, and they will take bovine germplasm. to reach the station.  Through the portal breeders/farmers can sell and purchase breeding stock, information on all forms of germplasm 26 November: National Milk Day including semen, embryos and live animals with all the All dairy cooperatives across the agencies and stake holders in the country has been country has celebrated National uploaded on the portal. Milk day on November 26.  It was observed on the occasion Railways, IRCTC include transgender as third gender of 95th birth anniversary of Dr Indian Railways and IRCTC Verghese Kurien, founder of white revolution. have included "transgender as  Dr Verghese Kurien is known as Milkman of India. third gender" in the option alongside male and female in Asia's First Cycle Highway Opens In Uttar Pradesh ticket reservation and Uttar Pradesh now has Asia's first cycle highway. A first-of- cancellation forms. its-kind project, the 207-km-long cycle highway runs between  The decision, which was taken on a representation made Etawah and Agra and was declared open recently. by a lawyer will include the facility for reservations and  Constructed by the UP public works department, the cycle cancellations, both online as well offline. highway runs parallel to the main highway and is about 7- feet-wide. Coins to commemorate 500th anniv of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Uttar Pradesh Culture Secretary N K Sinha released a commemorative non-  Capital: Lucknow circulation coin of Rs 500 and a circulation coin of Rs 10 to  Chief Minister: Akhilesh Yadav mark the 500th anniversary of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's arrival  Governor: Ram Naik in Vrindavan as part of year-long celebrations.  In 1515, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who propagated the Losar Festival being celebrated in J&K worship of Lord Krishna and popularised the chanting of 10 day long festival named Losar festival has begun in Ladakh 'Hare Krishna' Mantra', visited Vrindavan with the region of J&K to mark the beginning of New Year in this objective of locating the lost holy places associated with Himalayan region. Krishna's transcendental pastimes.  Losar is Tibetan word for ‘new year’ and this festival is an important social and religious celebration in Ladakh. PM Modi flag off Hamsafar train Jammu & Kashmir Prime Minister Narendra Modi has  Capital: Jammu (in winter) and Srinagar(Summer) flag off the Humsafar train from  Chief Minister: Mahbooba Mufti Kushinagar that will ply between  Governor: Narinder Nath Vohra Gorakhpur and Delhi's Anand Vihar terminus.

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University of New South Wales and Indian scientists to develop effective new water purification systems for the

country's water supply. Banks to report frauds of Rs 1 crore and above to CVC

Vigilance Commission has now made it mandatory for the ICICI Bank launches overdraft facility for salaried home loan public sector banks to report to it all such matters involving borrowers funds over Rs one crore. ICICI Bank has launched a credit facility against home loans  The Commission will also call regular monthly meetings for salaried customers. of senior officials of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), CBI  The Home Overdraft facility will enable a salaried and banks. customer to seek loans up to Rs. 1 crore for personal needs

against his/her property. India and Palestine inks MoU to setup Palestine-Indo techno park in Ramallah  Salaried individuals, who have a home loan and a salary India and Palestine signed a MoU for setting up a Palestine- account with ICICI Bank, are eligible to apply for the India Techno Park in Ramallah, Palestine. ‘Home Overdraft’ facility.

 During the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to RBI Wants Banks To Configure ATMs To Dispense More Rs Palestine in October last year, the announcement for 100 Notes setting up of park was made. To encourage banks to ensure genuine requirements of the  India has announced a grant of $12 million for setting up public for Rs 100 banknotes are met, the Reserve Bank of India the park with payment of $3 million each on half-yearly said that it has been decided to conduct a pilot under which 10 basis for two years. percent of ATMs in the country will be calibrated to dispense

such notes exclusively. Benami Transactions Act to curb black money comes into  In keeping with the objectives of the Clean Note Policy effect and to ensure genuine requirements of members of the The new law to prohibit benami transactions will come into public for Rs 100 denomination banknotes are met, the effect from 1st of next month (01st November 2016). banks should increase dispensation of Rs 100 banknotes  Parliament had passed the Benami Transactions through ATMs," the central bank said in a notification. (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 to curb black money.

 After coming into effect, the existing Benami Transactions GST rate structure finalised, panel fixes rates at 5%, 12%, 18% (Prohibition) Act, 1988 will be renamed as the Prohibition & 28% of Benami Property Transactions, PBPT, Act, 1988. A 4-tier GST tax structure of

5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, NHPC commissions 50 MW wind power project in Rajasthan with lower rates for essential State-run NHPC has announced commissioning of a 50 MW items and the highest for wind power project in Rajasthan. NHPC has commissioned its luxury and de-merits goods 50 MW wind power project in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. that would also attract an  The project consist of 25 nos wind turbine generators each additional cess, was decided by the all- powerful GST Council. of 2 MW capacity, which has been successfully  To keep inflation in check, essential items including food, synchronised with grid in October 2016. which at present constitute roughly half of the consumer

inflation basket, will be taxed at a zero rate. The lowest Australia announces 19 grants worth $6.3 million for projects rate of 5 per cent would apply to common use items. with India  The peak rate of 28% will apply to luxury goods. Luxury In a bid to boost ties with India, the Australian government on cars, tobacco products and aerated drinks will attract an 02nd November 2016 has announced 19 grants worth $6.3 additional cess on top of the highest tax rate. Million dollars for several projects in the field of education,  Service Tax will go up from 15% to 18 %, said Revenue science, sports, arts and culture. Secretary Hasmukh Adhia.

 The successful grants include an exchange between TAFE LinkedIn inks MoU with govt to create jobs for students NSW and India's Centurion University to share expertise for training indigenous learners, collaboration between

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Leading global professional network LinkedIn has signed an payments experience to their users," Upasana said in a agreement with the human resource development ministry to statement. create more job opportunities for Indian students.  On an average, over 15 per cent daily ticket bookings for  As part of the MoU, LinkedIn’s ‘Placements’ product will the Indian Railways happen under tatkal. be adopted by all Indian colleges affiliated with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Google ties up with ASI for virtual tour of monuments American multinational technology company, Google has tied Yes Bank launches new mobile banking app up with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for 360-degree Private sector lender Yes Bank has launched “Yes Mobile 2.0” virtual tour of 280-odd monuments across the country. its new mobile banking app with multiple new features and  ASI had given the permission to Google for creating the extensive support for banking transactions on Apple and virtual tour, which would be available in the maps. Android based SmartWatches.  Google has launched an arrangement of products in India  The app is compatible with all mobile devices including like offline view of maps, live traffic alerts and Android tablets and Apple iPads in addition to the inclusion of unknown places on the maps by local smartphones and wearables. guides.

Five more banks join the UPI Centre imposes Rs 10,000 cr penalty on RIL and its partners 5 new banks have joined the Government has slapped a Unified Payments Interface nearly 10,000 crore rupee (UPI) bandwagon, thereby fine on Reliance Industries taking the total number of banks Limited (RIL) and its using UPI to 26. partners BP and Niko for  The five latest entrants pumping out gas that flowed include public sector lenders, State Bank of India, to the Krishna Godavari-D6 Allahabad Bank and Bank of Baroda and two private Block from an adjoining field owned by ONGC. banks HDFC Bank and IDFC Bank.  The Centre has given RIL a month to respond. The Oil  UPI was launched by National Payments Corporation of Ministry, in a notice, to all the three partners sought 1.47 India with Reserve Bank of India. billion dollars for producing nearly 338 million British thermal unit in seven years ended March this year. Tatkal bookings: IRCTC, MobiKwik join hands Mobile wallet company MobiKwik on Thursday announced DRDO Signs MoU With IIT Delhi to Establish JATC that it has partnered Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) Corporation (IRCTC) to power e-cash payments for tatkal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian bookings. Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi to establish a ‘Joint  Instantaneous payments with MobiKwik will help Tatkal Advanced Technology Centre’ (JATC) at a function held in online in managing the load of over a thousand ticket IIT, Delhi. bookings per minute. This service will also help users  JATC will be located in the campus of IIT Delhi at the ensure that their bookings do not get rejected due to upcoming Science and Technology Park (Mini-Science payment delays. Park ‘MSP’).  Speaking on the announcement, Upasana Taku, Co-  Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman founder, MobiKwik, said MobiKwik had collaborated with DRDO Dr. S Christopher, signed the MoU with the Indian Railways to digitise payments on the IRCTC app Director IIT Delhi Prof. V Ramgopal Rao. and the IRCTC FoodonTrack app this year.  The JATC will enable Directed, Basic & Applied  "Now we are powering payments for Tatkal online that Research and will engage with premier research institutes through multi-institutional collaboration. will help users book tickets almost instantly. We are

proud to support the largest rail network in Asia in their HCC becomes first firm to get debt recast under RBI’s S4A endeavour to digitise payments and provide the best Scheme

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Construction major Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) any bank or post office per day till November 24 by became India’s first firm to get debt recast under RBI’s new showing a government identity card. Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A).  The Reserve Bank of India will issue new Rs. 500 and Rs.  The RBI-mandated Overseeing Committee (OC) under the 2,000 notes starting from November 10. The new Rs. 500 S4A has approved HCC’s Rs. 5,000-crore debt recast note will feature the Red Fort and the new Rs. 2,000 note passed by an ICICI Bank-led joint lender forum in will feature Mangalyaan. September 2016.  52% of the debt (nearly Rs. 2,600 crore) was found to be 600 million pounds of masala bonds to be listed in London: UK sustainable and can be serviced as per original terms and The British government has announced that, 4 rupee- conditions, including about interest rate and tenure. denominated bonds worth of 600 million pounds are expected  Out of the remaining 48% (Rs.2,400 crore) debt, 1,000 to be listed in London in the next three months. crore debt will be converted into equity for banks, which  Announcement was made by Prime Minister Theresa could eventually give them 25% stake in the company’s May. Bonds will provide financing to expand India's post-scheme equity capital. highway and rail networks.

India rises to second place in global business optimism index ADB approves $48 million loan to help Assam improve power The latest Grant Thornton International Business Report for the distribution July-September quarter has placed India 2nd on the global The govt of Assam and scale for business optimism. Asian Development  During the April-June 2016 period, India was ranked at the Bank has signed a deal in third position after being on top for two consecutive which ADB will provide quarters. 48 Million Dollar loan to  took the top spot, with the coming Assam to improve power distribution. in third.  This is the second tranche loan of the USD 300 million multi-tranche financing facility for the Assam Power Google Capital changes its name to 'CapitalG' Sector Investment Programme that was approved by the Google Capital, the search giant's venture arm that invests in ADB Board in July 2014. growth-stage companies, has changed its name to 'CapitalG'.  The project will help Assam to enhance capacity and  The old GoogleCapital.com domain now forwards to efficiency of its power distribution system to improve CapitalG.com, and Google Capital's Twitter account has electricity service to end user. announced that it’s being retired in favour of a new @CapitalGTweets account. Corp Bank inks pact with Indian Army  Capital G’s new site confirms a previously Corporation Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding unmentioned detail that it has invested in Snapchat. (MoU) with the Indian Army on the defence salary package.  Corporation Bank would provide free/ concessional Rs. 500, Rs. 1000 currency notes no longer legal tender services to the Army under the MoU. Five hundred and 1,000 rupee notes will cease to be legal  The services include free drafts, cheque books, funds tender from midnight on November 8, Prime Minister transfers to any bank in India through RTGS/ NEFT, free Narendra Modi announced in a surprise address to the nation. ATM cards, unlimited transactions on all ATMs, including He said the decision was taken to root out the menace of black that of other banks. money and corruption.  ATMs will be closed on 9th November and ATMs in some ATMs to dispense Rs 50 notes from Nov 11: RBI places on 10th November as well. From November 11, ATMs in the country will also dispense  Mr. Modi announced that existing Rs. 500 or Rs. 1,000 banknotes of Rs. 50 denomination. notes can be deposited in an individual’s bank or post  Currently, the lowest denomination note a customer can office accounts between November 10 and December 30. get at an ATM is Rs. 100. Currency value of up to Rs. 4,000 can be exchanged from  According to Reserve Bank of India, all ATMs and cash dispensing machines will have to be re-configured to disburse bank notes of Rs. 100 and Rs. 50 denominations

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prior to reactivation of the machines on 11th November, The President of India, 2016. Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the City Union Bank’s pilot robot to be deployed first in Chennai 36th edition of the India City Union Bank (CUB) has International Trade Fair launched a robot in 2016 in New Delhi. Kumbakonam, Chennai,  Speaking on the occasion, the President said that becoming the first bank in the the India International Trade Fair is a mega projection country to do so. of the new India that is fast taking shape.  Japan’s Soft Bank was the  The fair symbolizes India’s commitment towards bringing first to use a robot in the benefits of economic reform to its people from all banking operations. walks of society, especially the under-privileged.  ‘CUB-Lakshmi’ humanoid is a pilot project and it can answer 125 different queries made by customers. Federal Bank to open its first overseas branch in Dubai Federal Bank, India's major commercial bank in the private Maharashtra, Canada to work on urban infrastructure, smart sector has received Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s permission cities to open its branch at the Dubai International Financial Centre. Maharashtra government has signed an agreement with Canada  It will be the first international branch of the bank. to implement a joint action plan on urban infrastructure development in the state. RBI sets up special task force to expedite ATM recalibration  The Canada-Maharashtra action plan seeks to introduce The RBI has set up a task force under the chairmanship of RBI companies, solutions and financing from the North Deputy Governor S S Mundra to ensure that ATMs across the American country for the urban development and country are ready to dispense new denomination notes. implementation of state-led infrastructure projects.  Representatives from the Union Finance and Home ministries, RBI, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC IMF approves largest-ever loan for a Middle East nation Bank, Axis Bank and the National Payments Corporation The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a three- of India (NPCI) will be its members. year $12 billion loan program for Egypt, the largest such package to a Middle East nation. India and US launch $95 million clean energy projects  The loan will help in boosting Egypt’s foreign currency As part of its efforts to continue the global transition to zero- inflows, which have dwindled since the 2011 Arab Spring and-low carbon energy sources, the United States (US) has uprising, and revive the African nation's economy. announced two financial projects worth 95 million US dollars  Egypt will receive an immediate disbursement of $2.75 for India. billion.  The projects announced on 14 November 2016 aims at bringing more energy-efficient appliances to rural sector AFE setting up Centre of Excellence in Rajasthan of the country. TAFE, the world’s third largest tractor maker, in collaboration with the Rajasthan government, is setting up a Centre of India, ADB sign $500 million loan pact to build 9.8-km Ganga Excellence — ‘JFarm Rajasthan’ — and a Custom Hiring bridge in Bihar Centre in six zones in Rajasthan at a total outlay of Rs.970 The Asian Development Bank crore. (ADB) and the Government of  Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman & CEO, TAFE said: “This India on 15 November 2016 JFarm centre will showcase the latest and best in signed a 500 million US dollar agronomy and farm practices, latest trends in production, loan to build a 9.8 km long road protection and processing of crops. bridge across the Ganges River.  This will be India’s longest river bridge. President of India inaugurates 36th edition of the India  Govt of Bihar will also spend $215 million for the project International Trade Fair which is expected to be finished upto December 2020.

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Mumbai Metro goes cashless Nepal has abruptly cancelled all agreements with Indian In order to counter the current cash crunch post- construction firm ILFS to build a USD one billion expressway demonetisation, Mumbai Metro said it will issue single and project, connecting the Nepalese capital with the southern return journey token in real-time cashless transactions. region near the Indian border.  For this, Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) has tied  The surprise move to cancel the agreements with up with Paytm. Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd to build  Communters can install and recharge the Paytm app on 76-km-long expressway came after a meeting of the their mobiles, switch it on, scan the QR code for identying Development and Finance Committees of Legislature- Mumbai Metro as the payee, and pay the correct amount Parliament. of fare. Nepal  Capital: Kathmandu Nawaz Sharif inaugurates Gwadar port in  Currency: Rupee Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated a trade  Prime Minister: Pushpa Kamal Dahal route linking the south-western Gwadar port to Kashgar city in  President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari China as part of $46 billion project to jumpstart economic growth in the South Asian country. Telangana, IDFC join hands for cashless transactions  With the operationalisation of the revamped Gwadar port, The Telangana government along with IDFC Bank took the the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor initiative to enable cashless transactions to ease the “change” (CPEC), linking western China to the Arabian Sea, problem. became a reality.  Those shopping for vegetables were issued coupons worth Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 20 so that the vendors don’t suffer a Airtel announces merger with Axiata in Bangladesh loss. Malaysia’s Axiata and India’s Bharti Airtel announced that the IDFC Bank legal merger of their Bangladeshi mobile subsidiaries Robi  Founded: 2015 Axiata and Airtel Bangladesh has been completed, and the new  Headquarters: Mumbai company will now operate under the Robi name. Telangana  The merger was agreed in January this year.  Capital: Hyderabad  The new Robi is owned by Axiata (68.7%), Bharti Airtel  Chief Minister: K Chandrashekhar Rao (25.0%) and Japan’s NTT DOCOMO (6.3%).  Governor: ESL Narasimhan Bangladesh  Capital: Dhaka Lenovo partners with Paytm for cashless purchases  Currency: Taka Chinese technology company Lenovo has partnered with  Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina Paytm to ensure hassle-free cashless transactions that will benefit laptop buyers who are facing cash crunch after Vodafone ties up with Google Cloud demonetisation. Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of  Lenovo has also collaborated with Pine Labs to allow Vodafone India, announced it has tied up with Google Cloud smooth conversion of transactions into EMI. to offer G Suite to bring people together and help them work smarter. Sun Pharma to acquire 85 per cent stake in Russia's Biosintez  The “G Suite” has a set of intelligent apps — Gmail, Docs, India’s largest drug maker Sun Pharma Drive, Calendar, Hangouts designed with real-time has announced the acquisition of collaboration and machine intelligence. Biosintez, a Russian company.  Vodafone enterprise customers can conveniently and  Sun Pharma picked up 85.1% of securely access G Suite in a pay-per-use, software as a the company for US$ 24 million and also the debt of service (SaaS) model, the company said in a statement. approximately US$ 36 million as part of the transaction.  Biosintez is a Russian pharmaceutical company focusing Nepal cancels $1 billion expressway project with Indian firm on the hospital segment with annual revenues of ILFS approximately US$ 52 million for 2015.

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Airtel Payments Bank goes live with pilot project in Rajasthan temporary measure within RBI’s liquidity management Airtel Payments Bank, a subsidiary of framework to drain excess liquidity in the system. Bharti Airtel, rolled out a pilot of its  The regular CRR would continue to be at 4 per cent. The banking services in Rajasthan. excess liquidity is estimated to be around Rs 3 lakh crore.  It has become the first payments Reserve Bank of India bank to go live in the country.  Founded: 1 April 1935  Airtel Bank would commence the  Headquarters: Mumbai pilot with banking points at 10,000 Airtel retail outlets.  Governor: Urjit Patel  The pilot aimed at testing systems and processes ahead of a pan-India launch. SIB launches contactless debit card South Indian Bank has NABARD to disburse Rs 21,000 crore to farmers launched a contactless Government has allowed NABARD to disburse Rs 21,000 debit card, which will crore to cash-starved farmers, helping them sow winter crops make use of the Near like wheat ahead of the sowing season, Economic Affairs Field Communication Secretary Shaktikanta said. (NFC) technology.  The government’s demonetisation move has badly hit  Once the merchant enters the purchase amount in the farmers leaving them without cash just ahead of the contactless PoS terminal, the customer simply has to just sowing season. wave the card on the terminal and the payment is NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural processed wirelessly in a fast and secure manner. Development)  Customers can also opt to use their card as a normal CHIP  Founded: 1982 card and transact in a ‘contact’ mode too.  Headquarters: Mumbai South Indian Bank  Chairperson: Harish Kumar Bhanwala  Founded: 1929  Headquarters: Thrissur, Kerala YES Bank, Gujarat Roadways join hands to digitise bus travel payments Ola teams up with SBI, PNB for setting up mobile ATMs YES Bank, the fifth largest private sector bank, has announced After petrol pumps, cash can now be withdrawn by swiping a partnership with Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation debit cards at select Ola cabs as India’s largest ride-hailing (GSRTC) to digitise payment of bus tickets for its customers. service partners with lenders like State Bank of India (SBI) and  For this the bank will install over 125 points of sale (PoS) Punjab National Bank to ease cash crunch. terminals to facilitate booking through credit and debit  POS machines are being installed by Ola on a test basis in cards at all GSRTC bus depots. its cabs in Kolkata and Hyderabad where taxis with a bank  The initiative will cover all municipal corporation officer and POS machine are parked at different locations locations and multiple cities including Ahmedabad, and dispense cash of Rs. 2,000 per card. Rajkot, Vadodara and towns including Bhuj, Dahod,  In Kolkata, Ola has partnered with Punjab National Bank Palanpur and Valsad. (PNB), while for Hyderabad, it has collaborated with SBI Yes Bank and Andhra Bank.  Headquarters: Mumbai  Founded: 2004 Niti Aayog committee to oversee transition to cashless economy RBI introduces incremental cash reserve ratio of 100 per cent The Central Government has The Reserve Bank of India has announced an incremental cash set up a high-level committee reserve ratio (CRR) of 100 per cent for banks for the fortnight to identify possible modes of beginning November 26, 2016 in order to tackle the surge in digital payment across deposits following demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 different sectors. notes.  The committee headed by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh  The RBI said it will review the decision on December 9 or Kant will look at measures to make online transactions earlier as the incremental CRR is intended to be a

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between government and citizens cheaper than cash Economy grew 7.1% in first half of FY17 transactions. Commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the  It will also assess costs involved in various digital economy grew by 7.1 per cent in the first half of 2016-17. payments options.  The economy grew by a five-quarter low of 7.1 per cent in NITI Aayog the first three months. Figures for the second quarter are to  Founded: 2015 come on 1st December.  Chairman: Prime Minister  CEO: Amitabh Kant Delhi become India's economic capital  Vice Chairman: Arvind Pangariya Mumbai ranks 31st among 50 top metropolitan economic entities globally in 2015, as per latest data released by Oxford ICICI Bank to help 100 villages go digital Economics. ICICI Bank announced that it will transform 100 villages into  Mumbai has been officially beaten by Delhi who ‘Digital Villages’ in as many days as part of its continuing secured 30th ranking position. effort to provide digital ecosystem across the country, including rural India. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board sets up two advisory panels  Under this initiative, villagers will be able to open bank Two high-level committees have been set up by the Insolvency accounts using Aadhar-based e-KYC and make cashless and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). payments to retail stores through a SMS/USSD-based  The nine-member advisory committee on service mobile solution. providers is headed by educationist Mohandas Pai. ICICI Bank  The panel on corporate insolvency and liquidation is  Founded: 1994 chaired by noted banker Uday Kotak.  Headquarters: Mumbai  IBBI, chaired by M S Sahoo, will have 10 members. Apart  CEO: Chanda Kochhar from the chairman, there are now four government- nominated members. 34. Morgan Stanley lowers India’s growth forecast by 40 bps to 7.3% for FY’17 Utkarsh Micro Finance gets final nod to set up Small Finance American Morgan Stanley has lowered its growth forecast for Bank FY’17 to 7.3% from 7.7% earlier on account of currency Utkarsh Micro Finance has received final license from The replacement programme. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to start operations as Small  We are cutting our forecasts: F2017 GDP growth to 7.3% Finance Bank (SFB). (from 7.7%) and F2018 GDP growth to 7.7% (from  The new SFB will be named as 'Utkarsh Small Finance 7.8%)”said Morgan Stanley in a report. Bank Ltd' and is likely to start banking operations in early Morgan Stanley 2017, the company said in statement.  Founded: 1935  In October 2015, Utkarsh Micro Finance had got the "in-  Headquarters: New York principle" approval to set up SFB as per the guidelines  CEO: James P Gorman issued by the RBI.

MobiKwik launches ‘Lite’ app RBL Bank, Bajaj Finance launch co-branded credit cards Digital wallet firm MobiKwik has RBL Bank, one of the country’s launched a data-light version of its fastest growing scheduled mobile application, targeting commercial banks, and Bajaj smartphone users and small Finance, one of the most business owners who face diversified NBFCs, announced a challenges of slow Internet partnership to launch a series of co-branded credit cards for connectivity that hampers access to digital payments. Indian customers.  The MobiKwik Lite app’s size is as small as 1 MB and it  The first of these credit cards is proposed to be launched can be downloaded in 30 seconds or by giving a missed in Q4 of FY17. call on a phone number.  The co-branded cards are targeted at the large segment of  No email ID will be required for signing up. people in metros and non-metros who have no credit cards.

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RBL Bank departments to respond to citizen queries, has quit the  Headquarters: Kolhapur, Maharashtra company.  Founded: 1943  Jaitly was the vice-president for Asia Pacific, which  CEO: Vishwavir Ahuja includes India, West Asia and North Africa for Twitter.

Canara Bank, Bajaj Allianz enter into pact Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak appointed Brand Ambassador for Canara Bank, a public sector bank, and Bajaj Allianz General “Swachh Rail Mission” Insurance, a private general insurance company, have signed a Ministry of Railways has corporate agency agreement for the distribution of Bajaj appointed Dr. Allianz’s general insurance products. Bindeshwar Pathak founder of  Both have set a target to achieve Rs. 400 crore business in Sulabh International as a Brand the first year (FY 2017-18) of operations by utilising Ambassador for “Swachh Rail Canara Bank’s 5,920 branch network spread across the Mission” of Indian Railway. country.  In a programme at Railway Bhawan Minister of Railways,  A bouquet of personal lines of products are motor Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu felicitated Padma Bhushan insurance, home insurance, health insurance, travel Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak founder of Sulabh International insurance and commercial line of products such as fire (an India-based social service organization) as a Brand insurance, marine insurance, and engineering insurance. Ambassador for “Swachh Rail Mission” of Indian Canara Bank Railways.  Headquarters: Bengaluru  Sulabh International was established in 1970.  Founded: 1906  Chairman: T N Manoharan Sanjiv Arora appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Lebanon Amul to sell products via Amazon in the US An Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Sanjiv Arora has been Home-grown food brand Amul will now sell its products in the appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of US through online retailer Amazon's global selling Lebanon by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). programme.  He has served in many countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Starting with Amul Ghee, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Sri Lanka, Germany and Czech Republic. Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets brand Amul, will subsequently offer other products through this exclusive names new PM and finance minister amid scandal association in the US where it has been exporting since the last South Korea's presidential office 20 years. named a new prime minister and finance minister.  Kim Byong-joon, a senior former presidential secretary is expected to replace Hwang re-elects Rajoy as prime minister Kyo-ahn as prime minister. Mariano Rajoy, Spain's acting  The Blue House named Financial Services Commission prime minister and leader of its Chairman Yim Jong-yong as finance minister and deputy center-right Popular Party, was prime minister. re-elected after winning a parliamentary vote. Young Indian Lawyer Gets Elected into UN's Top Body of  Mr Rajoy has led a Legal Experts caretaker administration since losing his overall An Indian lawyer won an election in the United Nations majority in an election last December. General Assembly for membership to the world body's top body of legal experts. Twitter India head Rishi Jaitly quits  33-year-old Aniruddha Rajput is among the 34 individuals Rishi Jaitly, Twitter's India head who helped popularise the elected by the General Assembly as members of the adoption of the micro-blogging website among government International Law Commission.

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Twitter India’s Managing Director Parminder Singh quits Shri S.K. Sinha, IPS (BH:83), Additional Director, IB to the Twitter’s India Managing Director Parminder Singh has post of Special Director, Intelligence Bureau. resigned from the company on November 3.  It will be effective from the date of joining the post and  The announcement comes soon after Twitter India head upto 31.10.2019 i.e. the date of superannuation or until Rishi Jaitly announced his departure as well. further orders, whichever is earlier.  He was working with the company since 2013.  He has also worked with IBM and Apple. Ratnesh Kumar appointed MD and CEO of BoB Capital Markets Four member team constituted for conserving Loktak Lake Bank of Baroda has appointed Ratnesh Kumar as Managing The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Director and Chief Executive Officer of its wholly-owned Change (MoEFCC) has constituted a four-member team for investment banking subsidiary, Bank of Baroda Capital conservation and management of Loktak Lake in Manipur. Markets Ltd.  The team will visit Loktak Lake and hold discussions with  He has also served as the CEO of Standard Chartered the State government, its concerned agencies and other Securities earlier. stakeholders including people living in the vicinity of the lake. Donald Trump elected 45th President of United States Billionaire-turned-politician Switzerland appoints Ranveer Singh as brand ambassador Donald Trump has been elected Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has been now named the first the 45th President of the United Indian ambassador for Switzerland Tourism. States. Singh will now be in charge of promoting Switzerland  The Republican Party Tourism’s campaign for 2017 – “Nature wants you back!” candidate secured the support of 276 of the 538 members of the Electoral College, beating Democratic party rival RBI appoints M Rajeshwar Rao as Executive Director Hillary Clinton. The Reserve Bank has appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as  President-elect Trump will formally take charge of the Executive Director (ED) following G Mahalingam’s voluntary Oval Office on January 20, 2017, dubbed as the retirement from the central bank. 'Inauguration Day'.  As Executive Director, Rao will look after Department of Ishaat Hussain appointed interim Chairman of TCS Statistics and Information Management, Financial markets Ousted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was also removed as Operations Department and International Department. the chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), with  Prior to taking over as the Executive Director, he was the immediate effect and has been replaced by Ishaat Hussain as Chief General Manager, Financial Markets Operations the chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. Department.  Hussain joined Tata sons board on July 1, 1999 as an Executive Director and appointed in trade board in April BJP's Avinash Khanna all set to be appointed NHRC member 2005. BJP Vice President Avinash Rai Khanna is all set to be appointed as Kamala Harris becomes first ever Indian-American to win U.S. a member of National Human Senator seat Rights Commission (NHRC) with a California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris became the first high-level selection panel headed India-American to win the U.S. Senate seat from the state. by Prime Minister Narendra Modi  Harris defeated fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez from her clearing his name. own party.  The 55-year-old former Rajya Sabha member from Punjab  Harris will replace Barbara Boxer who announced her and BJP in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir will perhaps be retirement in 2014 after serving more than two decades in the first active politician to be appointed as a member of the Senate. NHRC, which is headed by a former Chief Justice of India. G Mahalingam is SEBI’s new Full-Time Member S.K. Sinha appointed as Special Director, IB

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Gurumoorthy Mahalingam took  The YES Bank has the only Greenfield Bank license charge as Full-Time Member of awarded by the RBI in the last two decades, associated SEBI. with the finest pedigree investors.  He will be responsible for leading the Integrated Mahindra and Mahindra elevates Pawan Goenka as MD Surveillance Department, Investment Management Mahindra and Mahindra appointed Pawan Goenka as Department, Enforcement Department (ED), Foreign Managing Director and Anand Mahindra was redesignated Portfolio Investors and Custodians, Collective Investment as executive chairman. Schemes, and Department of Economic and Policy  Goenka joined Mahindra as general manager, R&D in Analysis, among others. 1993.  He was elevated as executive director on the board in Chinese security official elected Interpol chief 2013. A top Chinese security minister Meng Hongwei has been elected president of the international crime fighting and police Nikki Haley appointed as US Ambassador to UN cooperation organization Interpol. U.S. President-elect Donald  He is the first Chinese personnel to be appointed to the Trump has chosen South post and took charge immediately. Carolina Governor Nikki Haley  He took the charge from France’s Mireille Ballestrazzi as U.S. Ambassador to the during 85th General Assembly of Interpol in Bali. United Nations, the first woman tapped for a top-level Guy Ryder re-elected as Director-General of International administration post during his White House transition so far. Labour Organization  Ms. Haley would replace Samantha Power as the next US Guy Ryder was re-elected as the Director-General (DG) of the Ambassador to the UN. International Labour Organisation (ILO) for another five-year  She would also be the first ever Indian-American Cabinet term. He will assume the post the on 1 October 2017. rank official in any administration.  Ryder obtained 54 of the 56 votes cast by the titular members. He was the only candidate for the post. Yudhvir Singh Malik Appointed As New NHAI Chairman  Guy Ryder is the 10th Director-General of the Yudhvir Singh Malik, the Special International Labour Organization. Secretary with NITI Aayog, has  The International Labour Organization is a United Nations been appointed as new Chairman of agency dealing with labour issues. It has 187 member National Highways Authority of states. India (NHAI).  He will replace Raghav Batra 1st Indian to be International Hockey Federation chief Chandra. Narinder Batra has become the first Indian to be elected the  Malik had joined NITI Aayog President of the International Hockey Federation. as its Additional Secretary in  He was voted to the top post by an overwhelming margin September last year. during the penultimate day of the 45th FIH Congress in NHAI Dubai.  Founded: 1988  Batra, who is the president of Hockey India, defeated  Headquarters: New Delhi David Balbirnie of Ireland and Australia's Ken Read to become the 12th FIH President and also the first Asian to Tata Steel board sacks Cyrus Mistry, names OP Bhatt as grab the post. chairman The Tata Steel board has sacked Cyrus Mistry as chairman and YES Bank appoints Amresh Acharya as Head Global Indian replaced him with OP Bhatt, an independent director. Banking  He has earlier worked as SBI chairman. Private sector lender YES Bank has appointed Amresh  However, Mistry remains a director of Tata Steel. Acharya as Group President and Head of Global Indian Banking.

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 Tata Steel is the third listed group company that has  The committee will be headed by Andhra Pradesh CM N replaced Mistry as chairman, after Tata Consultancy Chandrababu Naidu. Services (TCS) and Tata Global Beverages.  It will suggest measures to normalise the problems arose due to demonetisation. PayU India brings on board Maneesh Goel as new CFO Naspers-backed PayU India has announced the appointment of Australia appointed Susan Kiefel as first woman high court Maneesh Goel as its new chief financial officer. chief justice  As part of his new role at the company, Goel will directly Susan Kiefel has been named as the next Chief Justice of the report to Aakash Moondhra, CFO of PayU Global. Australian High Court, the first woman to take on the role.  Goel has spent over 19 years in the field of finance.  Justice Kiefel will replace the outgoing Chief Justice Robert French, who ends his term on the High Court bench Mariamma Koshy is new Hockey India President because he has reached the mandatory retirement age of Former Hockey player Mariamma Koshy took charge of 70. Hockey India as its president with immediate effect.  Justice Kiefel was appointed to the High Court in  Hockey India, during its 41st Hockey India Executive September 2007. Board meet, announced that Koshy will head the national Australia body.  Capital: Canberra  Koshy, 63, succeeds Narinder Dhruv Batra, who in recent  Currency: Dollar past was elected as the first ever non-European chief of the  Prime Minister: Malcolm Turnbull sport's governing body International Hockey Federation (FIH).

General Qamar Javed Bajwa To Replace Raheel Sharif As PM gives away Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Pakistan Army Chief Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif picked Lieutenant Journalism The Prime Minister, Shri General Qamar Javed Bajwa to replace outgoing army chief Narendra Modi, gave away the Raheel Sharif. Ramnath Goenka Awards for  Lieutenant General Zubair Hayat has been appointed excellence in journalism. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee. Pakistan  Speaking on the occasion, he said that during the freedom struggle, newspapers  Capital: Islamabad became a very strong medium of expression.  Currency: Rupee  Praising Late Shri Ramnath Goenka, the Prime Minister

said that there were few in the media who challenged the Lt General AK Bhatt appointed as new DGMO Emergency and this was led by Ramnath ji. The Army has appointed

Lieutenant General AK Bhatt IFFI to honour Kwon Taek Im with Lifetime Achievement as new Director General of Award Military Operations (DGMO) Renowned South Korean director Im Kwon-taek will be while promoted Lieutenant honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the General Ranbir Singh to upcoming 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in General Officer Commanding of Strike 1 Corps. Goa.  Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime  The IFFI will take place from 20 November to 28 Minister Narendra Modi approved appointments. November 2016.

 The festival will pay a special tribute to late Polish 50. N Chandrababu Naidu to head CMs Committee on Demonetisation filmmaker Andrzej Wajda and late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. The Union Government has decided to constitute a sub- committee of Chief Ministers of five states in the wake of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes.

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Kathmandu University confers Honorary Doctorate on Chief Minister conferred the President Mukherjee Uttarakhand Ratna award on his arch rival and former chief The Kathmandu University minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari on the occasion of the state's 17th conferred an Honorary foundation day. Doctorate on the President of  Tiwari was elected UP Chief Minister thrice and once for India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee Uttarakhand. on November 3, 2016.  It’s the first time that state government has decided to  Speaking on the confer Uttarakhand Ratna on the occasion of foundation occasion, the President thanked Vice Chancellor Dr. Ram day. Kantha Makaju Shreshtha, Senate Members and the Faculty of the Kathmandu University for conferring upon Professor Raj Bisaria to get Madhya Pradesh government him the Honorary Doctorate. govt's Kalidas Samman for Theatre  He said he deeply valued this gesture of friendship and Madhya Pradesh government is honouring with its prestigious humbly accepts it on behalf of the people of India. 'Kalidas Samman' national award for 2015-16 for achievement in theatre to Renowned theatre personality of Lucknow and Tunisian leader among four conferred Jamnalal Bajaj Awards Padma Shri, Prof Raj Bisaria and theatre artist Banshi Kaul Well-known Gandhian and President of Tunisia's, Sheikh from Delhi. Rached Ghannouchi was among four prominent personalities  It’s the first time that MP government has chosen someone conferred with the prestigious 39th Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation from UP for the award. Awards for 2016.  The award will be presented on November 10 in Kalidas  The other recipients are: Mohan Hirabai Hiralal of Academy, Ujjain by Governor OP Kohli. Vrikshamitra and Bon Behari Vishnu Nimbkar, founder of Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, both from Roger Federer wins Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award Maharashtra, and Nannapaneni Manga Devi, founder- Former world number one Roger Federer won the Stefan secretary, Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer & Chetana Edberg Sportsmanship Award at the ATP awards on 10th Charitable Trust in Andhra Pradesh. November, for the 12th time in his career.  The award carried a citation, a trophy and a prize of Rs 10  The award is given to players who display the "spirit of the lakh each. sport" on the court. SAIL wins Golden Peacock Award for corporate governance The prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Corporate 11-year-old Pune girl wins ‘Doodle 4 Google’ 2016 contest Governance for this year has been conferred upon the 1 year old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang has been named 'Maharatna' firm, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). national winner of the “Doodle 4 Google” contest.  Set up by the Institute of Directors, India, the award was  The sixth standard student from Vibgyor High School in received by Ashwini Kumar, CEO of Rourkela Steel Plant Balewadi area was chosen for her Doodle submission on (RSP) on behalf of SAIL during the 16th London Global the theme titled “If I could teach anyone anything, it would Convention on Corporate Governance and Sustainability be”. held in London recently.  The Doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on November 14 to celebrate Children’s Day. Amitav Ghosh to Be Honored With Tata Literature Live Lifetime Achievement Award Zuckerberg declared business person of the year Acclaimed Indian American fiction author Amitav Ghosh, 60, Mark Zuckerberg has been declared ‘business person of the has been named for 2016 Tata Literature Live! Lifetime year’ by US international magazine Fortune. Achievement Award, in recognition of his outstanding  According to Fortune, his corporate discipline makes him contribution to the Indian literary space. an effective business person.  The award will be presented to him at the upcoming Tata  Currently he is 5th wealthiest person of the world. Literature Live! The Mumbai Lit Fest's annual awards ceremony scheduled for Nov. 20. Indian-origin humanitarian gets Global Citizenship Award

Uttarakhand Ratna for ND Tiwari

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Imtiaz Sooliman, An Indian-origin man from South Africa,  The 2016 Digital Innovator of the Year award recognises was awarded the Global Citizen Award for his "innovative and TCS innovation and excellence in developing the TCS visionary" contribution to the global community. Digital StoreTM.  Imtiaz Sooliman founded the internationally-lauded Gift  The award was given at an event held in San Francisco, of the Givers Foundation, which is Africa's largest disaster California. relief organisation. Hari Prasad Chourasia gets Sumitra Charat Ram Award Gulzar named for Tata LitFest's Poet Laureate 2016 award Hari Prasad Chourasia was Lyricist-writer Gulzar will be conferred this year’s Sumitra honoured with 2016 Tata Charat Ram Award for Literature Live! Poet Laureate lifetime achievement in the Award. field of Indian classical music.  The award will be  The prestigious award presented to Gulzar, an was given to the 78-year-old artist by Lt Governor Najeeb Oscar and Grammy Award winner, at the inaugural of the Jung at a function. festival on November 17.  The prize is named after Sumitra Charat Ram, of the illustrious Shri Ram family. Sri Sri Ravishankar honoured with Dr Nagendra Singh International Peace Award Tata Consultancy Services and Vedanta wins ACES awards Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar was honoured with Dr Two leading Indian companies have been awarded for their Nagendra Singh international peace prize for his efforts in leadership in sustainability, corporate social responsibility, eco ensuring world peace. consciousness and community care at the third annual Asia  Home Minister Rajnath Singh gave away the "Dr Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Awards (ACES). Nagendra Singh International Peace Award" to the  TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) was named Industry spiritual leader at a function at Vigyan Bhawan. Champions in the Leadership category.  The award has been instituted in the memory of Dr  India's Vedanta Limited was named "Top Companies to Nagendra Singh, first Indian judge at International Court Work For in Asia." of Justice, Hague.  Eleven Indian companies were nominated among 185 Asian businesses for ACES 2016 awards. 47th IFFI Kick starts with Grace and Glitz The 47th International Film Festival of India was inaugurated HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri included in Fortune's top bizmen list in Goa, amidst festivities, glitz and joyous mood anticipating HDFC Bank’s Aditya Puri has good cinema. been ranked 36th in US magazine  Shri Venkaiah Naidu presented the ‘Centenary Indian Fortune’s top 50 business persons Film Personality of the Year-2016’ to legendary singer list for 2016, and is the only Indian Padma Bhushan S. P. Balasubrahmanyam for his among three others of Indian remarkable, extraordinary and exceptional journey in origin in the global rankings. Indian cinema as a singer, actor and producer.  Puri has led the country’s second-largest private sector  South Korea is the focus -country this year. lender since its inception in 1994.  Chief Guest veteran film maker Ramesh Sippy of ‘Sholay’  Facebook’s CEO and founder Mark Zuckerburg tops the fame felicitated internationally acclaimed Korean film list. director and writer, Im Kwon Taek with the prestigious  Among other Indians origins, Microsoft CEO Satya ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. Nadella has been ranked fifth. AO Simith’s Ajita Rajendra is at 34, followed by MasterCard’s Ajay Banga at 40. TCS awarded Digital Innovator of the Year HDFC Bank (Housing Development Finance Corporation) IT major Tata Consultancy Services has been awarded  Headquarters: Mumbai Digital Innovator of the Year in the Ecosystem Excellence  Founded: 1994 category at GEs Minds + Machines event. Gyanranjan to get Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award

24 WiFiStudy.com prominent Hindi writer Gyanranjan will be conferred the Journalist Malini Subramaniam honoured with press freedom honorary Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award 2016. award  According to a press release issued by the Gyanpith, Malini Subramaniam, a Gyanranjan is a renowned writer as well as the editor of contributor to the news Pahal Patrika. The magazine has given a new new height website Scroll.In, was to Hindi literature. among the journalists  The award was established by Gyanpith on completion of honoured by the Committee 71 years of service in 2015. to Protect Journalists with its annual International Press Freedom Awards for their Al Nahyan granted International Award commitment to a free press despite death threats, imprisonment Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan was awarded the and exile. prestigious Mother Teresa International Award by the  She has been harassed by police and members of a Mumbai-based NGO Harmony Foundation. vigilante group for her critical coverage of human rights  Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, a Bangladeshi hostage who was abuses in the Bastar area of Chhattisgarh. killed in the terrorist attack on the Dhaka’s Holey Café on 1 July 2016, was another recipient of the award. Tata Steel awarded for sustainable development in mining The OMQ (Ore, Mines & Akshaya Mukul Wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Quarries) Division of Tata The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Steel has been conferred 2016 has been awarded to senior with the Aqua Foundation's journalist at , Excellence Award 2016 Akshaya Mukul for his book ‘Gita under the category of Press and the Making of Hindu Sustainable Development in Mining Sector. India’.  The award was given away at an international conference,  Mukul also won the best non- organised on sidelines of 'Water: Smart Solutions for fiction book prize for Gita Growing India' in New Delhi. Press and the Making of Hindu India at the Ramnath Goenka awards, where he boycotted the event because the to receive ‘Legends Award’ from AIBA awards were distributed by Prime Minister Narendra Indian boxer M C Mary Kom is all set to get ‘Legends Award’ Modi. from the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on its 70th anniversary on December 20. Thai Princess conferred 'World Sanskrit Award'  An Olympic bronze-medallist and a five-time Princess Maha Chakri of Thailand and George world champion, Mary Kom is also Rajya Sabha MP now. Cardona, Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania,  AIBA is celebrating its 70th Anniversary on December 20 USA, were presented with the World Sanskrit Award for during which it will present the award to Mary Kom. contributing towards study, advertising and researching Sanskrit. Manoj Bajpayee wins Asia Pacific Screen Awards best actor  The award was presented by Vice President Hamid Ansari award at a function. Indian actor Manoj Bajpayee has won the best performance  Sirindhorn was awarded for the year 2015 while George award by an actor at the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Cardona was awarded for the year 2016. beating Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was awarded a special  Awards are given by the Indian Council for Cultural mention in the same category. Relations (ICCR).  Bajpayee won the award for his performance as Professor Thailand Siras in "Aligarh" directed by Hansal Mehta.  Capital: Bangkok  Nawazuddin won the award for his role in Kashyap's  Currency: Baht "Raman Raghav 2.0".  Prime minister: Prayut Chan-o-cha

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Times Lit Fest: conferred Lifetime Achievement Pink To Be Screened at UN Headquarters Award Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s film Pink, which Noted author Ruskin Bond dealt with crime against women, has been invited for a special was presented with a screening at the United Nations head quarters in New York. Lifetime Achievement  The 73-year-old actor, who plays a lawyer in the film, took Award at Times Lit Fest to Twitter to make the announcement. for his outstanding  Pink, directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, also starred contribution in the field of literature. Taapsee Pannu, Andrea Tariang and Kirti Kulhari in lead  Bond, moments after receiving the award, reminded his roles. It released on September 16. young readers of climate change in the course of conversation with writer Paro Anand. Vikas krishan yadav selected for AIBA 'best boxer’ award International Boxing Association Iranian film 'Daughter' bags Golden Peacock at IFFI 2016 (AIBA) has selected Vikas Iranian film Daughter, directed by Reza Mirkarimi, won the Krishnan for this year's best coveted Golden Peacock award at the 47th International Film boxer title for his excellent Festival of India (IFFI). performance.  The film also won the best actor [male] award for Farhad  Vikas Krishan Yadav is the Aslani, who won the Silver Peacock prize and Rs.10 lakh first Indian to receive this in cash. award.  The best actor [female] award was bagged by Elina Vasca  Vikas Krishan Yadav has won Asian Games medal twice for her performance in the Latvian film Mellow Mud. - gold medal in 2014 and bronze medal in 2010.  The best director award went to Soner Caner and Baris Kaya, co-directors of the Turkish film Rauf.  South Korean director Lee Joon-ik won the special jury

award for the film The Throne. India beat Pakistan in final to win Asian Champions Trophy  The ICFT–Unesco Gandhi medal was awarded to Turkish India celebrated Diwali by winning gold medal in the Men’s film Cold of Kalandar, directed by Mustafa Kara. Asian Champions Trophy by beating arch-rivals Pakistan 3-2  Pepa San Martin’s Spanish film Rara won the Centenary in the final in Malaysia. Award for best debut feature film.  National Award-winning Director S. S. Rajamouli was the  This is the second time India have won the title of this chief guest of the closing ceremony. tournament. India won the inaugural tournament in 2011.

UNESCO Salon Competition: Toonz wins award for 'Magical Hamilton wins Mexican GP Piano' Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has won Mexican Grand Prix 'Magical Piano', a short film by the by beating German world champion Nico Roseberg. Toonz Media Group has won an  It was Hamilton’s 51st career title. He also won US GP award at the prestigious UNESCO October this year. Salon Youth Video Competition 2016. Indian shuttler Pratul wins men’s singles title at Bahrain  UNESCO Director-General International Challenge Irina Bokova congratulated Indian shuttler Pratul Joshi won the men’s singles title of the the winners and praised them on their wonderful Bahrain International Challenge badminton tournament. This creativity. was his maiden international title.  This unique story was written by Mayul Verma, an upper  In the summit clash played at Segayya in Bahrain, Pratul primary student from Agra, India, the release said. defeated Aditya Joshi 21-17, 12-21, 21-15. UNESCO  On the other hand, the women’s singles title went to Sri  Headquarters: Paris fatmawati of Indonesia. In the final clash, she defeated  Founded: 1945 compatriot Asty Dwi Widyaningru.  Director General: Irina Bokovo

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World Cup top-scorer Klose retires at 38  The welcome result for the Indian women's team comes Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top-scorer, announced days after men beat Pakistan to reclaim the Asian his retirement from football on 1 November 2016. Champions Trophy in Kuantan, Malaysia.  Now, the former world-class striker plans to join Germany's coaching staff. Karandeep Kochhar youngest and first Indian amateur to win  Klose, 38, the leading scorer of Germany with 71 goals in on PGTI 137 internationals, was without a club after his Lazio 17-year-5 months old Karandeep Kochhar stunned the contract expired last season. heavyweights to become the youngest golfer and first Indian amateur to win on the PGTI presented by Tollygunge Club. Dhoni most valued athlete among Indians, Federer globally:  He bettered Shubhankar Sharma's feat in Kochi two years Forbes Fab 40 ago when he had won at the age of 17 years and eight Team India’s limited- months. overs cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Petra Kvitova wins 2016 WTA Elite Singles Trophy remains the most valued Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova on 6 November 2016 won the Indian athlete in 2016, 2016 WTA Elite Singles Trophy. despite a drop in his  She defeated Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-2 to grab the brand value when compared with last year, shows the title at Zhuhai, China. Forbes Fab 40 list released recently.  Venus Williams was the defending champion for the  The annual Forbes Fab 40 list, which estimates the brand title. However, she chose not to participate despite value of top sports labels, athletes, teams and events, qualifying for the edition. reveals that Dhoni’s brand value reduced from $21 million in 2015 to $11 million this year, and his rank slipped from Andy Murray becomes world number one fifth to 10th during the same period. British tennis player Andy  However, he remains the only Indian among the top 10 Murray, 29, became the world's athletes globally. number one men's tennis player.  Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer toppled golf great Tiger He has achieved this position Woods as the most valued athlete globally. With a brand from Novak Djokovic. value of $36 million, Federer gained two notches from  It took him 7 years to become number one from number third last year, while Woods dropped four spots to stand two. fifth on the latest edition of the list.  He was 22-year-old when he first became number two.  Among other top athletes on the list is Argentine football Andy Murray is the oldest British player to have topped star Lionel Messi, ranked eighth. the world ranking.

Hockey: India beat China 2-1 to win Women's Asian India to host second Twenty20 Blind World Cup Champions Trophy India is set to host the second Twenty20 Blind World Cup next The Indian women's hockey year, the Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) team lifted its maiden Asian announced on November 9 in Bangalore. Champions Trophy after  They also signed as the brand ambassador Deepika Thakur struck in the for the tournament that will begin on January 31 in New final minute to give her team a Delhi. thrilling 2-1 win over China in  India won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2012 the final in . in Bangalore.  India's best finish in the Women's Asian Champions Trophy came in the last edition in 2013 when it finished Mumbai’s Western Railways beat Haryana 4-2 to win Surjit runner-up to Japan. trophy  It had finished third in the inaugural edition in 2010. Mumbai's Western Railways women's team on 10 November 2016 won the 33rd Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament.

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 The team defeated Haryana XI 4-2 in the title clash played Padmini Rout wins National Women Premier Championship at the Olympian in . for third time International Chess Master Former South Africa spinner Robin Peterson announces Padmini Rout won the 43rd retirement from cricket National Women Premier Former South Africa and Chess Championship for the County Championship spin third time. bowler Robin Peterson has  The Rout played out a announced his retirement draw with her Petroleum from cricket with immediate Sports Promotion Board (PSPB ) teammate Eesha effect. Karavade that made her achieve the hat-trick of title wins.  He started his international career in Champions Trophy  S Vijayalakshmi of Air India won the silver medal while 2002. Karavade grabbed the bronze.  Peterson, 37, played 15 Tests, 79 one-day internationals and 21 Twenty20s over 14 years playing for his nation. Haryana Sprinter Dharambir Singh banned for eight-year Haryana sprinter Dharambir Singh, who was barred from Sydney to host Invictus Games in 2018: Britain's Prince Harry representing the country in the Rio Olympics at the last minute Australia will host the 2018 Invictus Games for wounded for failing a dope test, has been slapped an eight-year ban by military personnel, Britain's Prince Harry announced. the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).  More than 500 serving and former personnel from 17  Since this was his second dope-related offence, the NADA nations will compete in the multi-sports competition in Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel has handed him a Sydney. lengthier ban of eight years.  The games have been held in London and Orlando, and are  The 27-year-old Haryana-lad was earlier stripped of his due to be held in Toronto next year. gold medal won in 100m race during the National Inter- State Championships in 2012 for evading a mandatory Aditi Ashok lifts Indian Open title dope test. Indian teenager Aditi Ashok capped a brilliant show to clinch the Indian Open Golf title, becoming the first woman from the Sindhu wins China open Super Series country to claim a European Tour event. Three months after her fantastic show at the Rio Olympics, 21-  The 18-year-old shot an even par-72 in the final round to year-old PV Sindhu claimed the biggest title of her career with win the title. an amazing victory of the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier in Fuzhou. Hamilton clinched Brazilian GP  She beat Sun Yu of China by 21-11, 17-21, 21-11 in the Lewis Hamilton has won final. Brazilian Grand Prix. With  She is the second Indian women to clinch China open after this, he has narrowed the . gap with his teammate Nico Roseberg. Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win ATP World Tour  It was ninth win for Finals Hamilton this season. Nico Roseberg finished second in Britain's Andy Murray beat five-time champion Novak the race. Djokovic to win his first ATP World Tour Finals title and end 2016 as the world number one. Chawrasia wins first Asian Tour title outside India  Murray won the much-anticipated final 6-3 6-4 at Indian golfer SSP Chawrasia clinched the $1 million Resorts London's O2 Arena. World Manila Masters in the Philippines, his first ever Asian  Murray, 29, extended his career-best winning run to 24 Tour title outside India. matches.  Chawrasia beat Malaysian Nicolas Fung and American Sam Chen on the final day of the tournament. Gaganjeet Bhullar pips Jeev to win Indonesia Open

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Gaganjeet Bhullar of India won the $300,000 BANK BRI-JCB (DM) Indonesia Open Golf for the second time in his career after from Azamgarh in Uttar closing with a four-under-par 68. Pradesh, Suhas LY created  Bhullar also won the event in 2013. the history after winning  Jeev Milkha Singh of India, a two-time Asian Tour the gold medal in the Asian number one, threatened briefly before settling for tied 2nd Para Badminton place, after making bogey on the 17th hole to finish on 72. Championship in Beijing.  He defeated Hare Sushanto of Indonesia in the final. Steven Gerrard, former England captain, announces retirement Former Liverpool and England Nico Rosberg wins F1 title as Lewis Hamilton wins in Abu football captain Steven Gerrard has Dhabi announced the end of his playing Nico Rosberg won his first career. Formula 1 world title after  Gerrard made 710 appearances finishing second at Abu for Liverpool and won 8 trophies including champions Dhabi Grand Prix. league. He played 114 matches for England.  Hamilton won the Abu Dhabi GP driving Sachin win gold at Youth World C'ship slowly in an attempt to bring other drivers into the battle, World Junior bronze-medallist Sachin Singh (49kg) became knowing he needed Rosberg to finish below third. only the third Indian boxer ever to strike gold at the AIBA Youth World Championships with a stunning unanimous Davis Cup: Argentina beat Croatia victory over Cuban national champion Jorge Grinan in the Argentina fought back to beat Croatia 3-2 and win the Davis summit clash at St Peterburg, Russia. Cup for the first time in a dramatic final in Zagreb.  The 17-year-old outpunched his more fancied rival 5-0 to  Argentina is the 15th winner of Davis Cup in 116 years. record a rare Indian triumph over a Cuban boxer. Argentina  India thus finished the tournament with one gold and a  Capital : Buenos Aires bronze, a marked improvement from the solitary bronze  Currency: Peso won in the 2014 edition.  President: Mauricio Macri  Naman Tanwar (91kg) had settled for a bronze after losing Pankaj Advani claims bronze medal at IBSF World in the semifinal. Snooker Championship Fifteen-time world champion Indian Golfer Aditi Ashok wins inaugural Qatar Ladies Open Pankaj Advani suffered a 2-7 loss in Indian teen golfer Aditi the semifinals against Andrew Ashok shot a final round of Pagett of Wales to settle for a bronze three-under 69 on a weather- medal at the IBSF World Snooker hit last day to notch up her Championship here. second successive victory on  His opponent Andrew kept the pressure and reached the the Ladies European Tour at final after notching up a 14-74, 8-71, 0-87, 78-64, 0-81, the inaugural Qatar Ladies 70-37, 7-80, 37-68, 19-74 win. Open.  Just a fortnight after claiming her maiden win at the Hero Women's Indian Open, the 18-year-old rookie professional from Bangalore totaled 15-under-par at the Doha Golf Club to grab a three-stroke win over Lydia Hall and Noted Hindi writer Hridyesh Mehrotra passes away Caroline Hedwall. Noted Hindi writer Hridyesh Mehrotra has died after a brief illness. Mehrotra, who passed away at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Azamgarh DM Suhas LY wins gold in Asian Para Badminton Pradesh, was 86. Championship

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 His real name was Hriday Narayan Mehrotra. He used Former J&K Governor Lt Gen S K Sinha passes away acronym Hridyesh. He has published 13 novels and 20 Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Lt Gen S K Sinha stories. passed away at a hospital this morning after brief illness.He  He was recipient of Sahitya Bhushan and Pahal Sanman was 92. awards of the UP government.  Lt Gen Sinha had joined the army in 1943 and has also served as India's Ambassador to Nepal and as the Former Deputy CM Pandit Mangat Ram passes away Governor of Assam. Veteran Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Pandit Mangat Ram Sharma breathed his last at his residence Veteran Congress leader Ram Naresh Yadav passes away in Jammu. He was 85. Veteran Congress leader and  Six times member of the State Legislature, he had also former Uttar Pradesh Chief been elected to the Lok Sabha once from Jammu-Poonch Minister Ram Naresh Yadav parliamentary constituency. passed away at SGPGI Lucknow  He became Deputy Chief Minister in the PDP-Congress after a prolonged illness. coalition government formed by then Chief Minister Mufti  The 89-year-old was a four- Mohammad Sayeed after the 2002 assembly elections. time MLA, a member of the Rajya Sabha and the former Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Sri Lankan music legend Pandit Amaradeva passes away Legendary Sri Lankan singer and composer Pandit Amaradeva Renowned Hindi & Bhojpuri writer Dr. Viveki Rai passes died on 03 November 2016 after a heart attack. He was 88. away He was a recipient of many international honours, including Renowned Hindi and Bhojpuri litterateur Dr Viveki Rai passed Padma Shri, for his contribution to music. away in a Varanasi hospital after illness.  92-year- old Dr Rai was born in 1924 in Ballia district of Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies eastern Uttar Pradesh. Janet Reno, the first woman to be  He wrote about fifty books of stories, essays and novels. appointed as Attorney General of His novel Sonamati recognized as one of his best literary US, passed away as a consequence work. of Parkinson’s disease. She was 78.  Reno, the nation's first-ever M G K Menon passes away female attorney general, served in the Clinton White Renowned scientist Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, House from 1993 to 2001. who spearheaded many scientific and development missions passed away. He was 88. Renowned Pakistani singer A Nayyar passes away  Menon became the director of Tata Institute of Renowned ghazal and film singer Arthur Nayyar aka A Nayyar Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 1966 at the age of 38. passes away.  He also headed the Indian Space Research Organisation  The legendry singer A Nayyar who was suffering from the (ISRO)for nine months in 1972. heart disease breathed his last here in the provincial capital Lahore at the age of 66 years. Veteran Carnatic singer M Balamuralikrishna passes away  The well known singer who started his carrier in 1974, Singer-composer Mangalamapalli sung hundreds of ghazals and songs for the films. Balamuralikrishna, who caught the nation’s attention in UK’s First Indian-Origin Sikh Judge Dies Doordarshan’s iconic music video ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ in the Mota Singh, an Indian-origin Sikh, who became UK’s first- eighties, passed away in Chennai. He was 86. ever ethnic minority judge to sit on the English Bench wearing  Balamuralikrishna was awarded France government’s a turban instead of a horse-hair wig, died. He was 86. Order of Arts and Letters.  Mota Singh, a Ramgarhia Sikh, was born in 1930 in  He was instrumental for near about four decades. Nairobi, Kenya. Tamil director K Subaash passes away

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Tamil writer-director K. Subaash, best known for penning superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Chennai Express", breathed his last in Chennai. Vice President Releases Tharoor’s book ‘An Era of Darkness:  Subaash started his career as an assistant to Mani Ratnam British Empire in India’ in 1987 Tamil film "Nayagan", and a year later, he made Vice President of India, M. his directorial debut with Prabhu-starrer "Kaliyugam". Hamid Ansari released book  He directed nearly 20 films with last one being 2005 Hindi ‘An Era of Darkness: The actioner "Insan". British Empire in India’ authored by Dr. Shashi Noted journalist Dileep Padgaonkar passes away Tharoor. Noted journalist and Times of India  The author rightly points out that British rule in India was editor Dileep Padgaonkar passed away effectively and regularly supplemented by “famine, forced in Pune, aged 72. migration and brutality”.  Mr. Padgaonkar was born in Pune in May 1944. President of India Receives the Book ‘Charaiveti, Charaiveti’  Fluent in French, he joined the Written by Shri Ram Naik Times of India as its Paris The President of India, Shri correspondent, serving it in various capacities before being Pranab Mukherjee received appointed its editor in 1988. He held the post for six years. the Hindi, English, Urdu and  Mr. Padgaonkar served with the UNESCO in Bangkok and Gujarati translations of the Paris from 1978 to 1986. book ‘CHARAIVETI, CHARAIVETI’, originally 71. Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader of revolution, dies written in Marathi by Shri Ram Naik, Governor of Uttar Cuba's former president Fidel Castro, one of the world's Pradesh at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. longest-serving and most iconic leaders, has died aged 90.  The President received these copies from the Vice  His younger brother and successor as president Raul President of India, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari who Castro announced the news. formally released the book.  Castro toppled the government in 1959, introducing a  Speaking on the occasion, the President said that he was Communist revolution. He defied the US for decades, struck by the title of the book Charaiveti ! Charaiveti ! surviving many assassination plots. which means keep walking/keep marching. Cuba Twinkle Khanna launches her second book 'The Legend of  Capital: Havana Lakshmi Prasad'  Currency: Peso Actor-turned-author Twinkle Khanna launched her second  President: Raul Castro book titled 'The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad'.  Twinkle's first book was 'Mrs Funnybones: She's Just Like Marathi litterateur Anand Yadav passes away You and a Lot Like Me', which was published in 2015. Noted Marathi author and Sahitya Akademi awardee 'Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance': Anand Yadav died in Pune. He Simone Biles was 80. Simone Biles, the most successful woman gymnast in  His autobiography American history, opens about her life, faith and struggles in ‘Zombi’ had won Sahitya her New Book 'Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Akademi award in 1991. Balance'.  Yadav wrote nearly 40 books about essays, poetries,  She is also the most medaled American gymnast, boasting criticism etcetera. a total of 14 world championships.

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Current Affairs Question 8. Rishi Jaitly has recently left which company? (A) Facebook (B) Flipkart 1. What is the name of Joint Military Exercise between (C) Amazon India and Nepal? (D) Twitter (A) Surya Kiran (E) None of these (B) Mitra Shakti 9. Which team has won Asian Champions Trophy (C) Hand in Hand Hockey? (D) Garud Shakti (A) Bangladesh (E) None of these (B) South Korea 2. What amount has been released by the Finance (C) India Ministry for the restoration of infrastructure in J&K? (D) Pakistan (A) 1090. 31 Crore (E) None of these (B) 1093.34 Crore 10. Who has won Mexican Grand Prix? (C) 1080.55 Crore (A) Lewis Hamilton (D) 1050.63 Crore (B) Max Verstapan (E) None of these (C) Daniel Ricciardo 3. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is observed in the memory of? (D) Nico Roseberg (A) Mahatma Gandhi (E) None of these (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri 11. What is the name of Joint Military Exercise between (C) Jawahar Lal Nehru India and Bangladesh? (D) Vallabh Bhai Patel (A) SIMBEX (E) None of these (B) SAMPRITI 4. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is observed on which date? (C) SAMRIDDHI (A) 28 October (D) VIPATTI (B) 29 October (E) None of these (C) 30 October 12. 'Saur Sujala Yojana' was launched from which state? (D) 31 October (A) Uttar Pradesh (E) None of these (B) Chhattisgarh 5. Which country has signed a MoU with India to setup a (C) Gujarat techno park? (D) Andhra Pradesh (A) Palestine (E) None of these (B) Thailand 13. Which state has topped in ease of doing business (C) Finland ranking? (D) Singapore (A) Maharashtra (E) None of these (B) Telangana 6. NHPC has announced a 50 MW wind power project in (C) Gujarat which state recently? (D) Andhra Pradesh (A) Uttar Pradesh (E) Both B & D (B) Rajasthan 14. Which country has announced 19 grants worth $6.3 (C) Gujarat million for projects with India? (D) Andhra Pradesh (A) America (E) None of these (B) France 7. Mariano Rajoy has been appointed as the Prime (C) Russia Minister of which country? (D) Australia (A) Portugal (E) None of these (B) Italy 15. Which Bank has launched overdraft facility for (C) Spain salaried home loan borrowers? (D) Denmark (A) ICICI Bank (E) None of these (B) HDFC Bank

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(C) Axis Bank (B) 15% (D) SBI (C) 18% (E) None of these (D) 28% 16. Who has been appointed as Brand Ambassador for (E) None of these “Swachh Rail Mission”? 24. Which company has signed MoU with government to (A) Amitabh Bachchan create jobs for students? (B) Yesu Das (A) Microsoft (C) Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak (B) LinkedIn (D) Virat Kohli (C) Google (E) None of these (D) Facebook 17. Ramnath Goenka Awards are given in which field? (E) None of these (A) Journalism 25. Recently which app has been launched by the Yes (B) Sports Bank? (C) Cinema (A) Yes Bank 2.0 (D) Music (B) Yes Net 2.0 (E) None of these (C) Yes Mobile 2.0 18. Pratul Joshi is related to which sport? (D) Yes Money 2.0 (A) Tennis (E) None of these (B) Golf 26. Sanjiv Arora has been appointed as the next (C) Hockey Ambassador of India to which country? (D) Badminton (A) Portugal (E) None of these (B) Sweden 19. Who is the most valued Indian athlete? (C) Morocco (A) MS Dhoni (D) Lebanon (B) Sachin Tendulkar (E) None of these (C) Virat Kohli 27. Recently which country has appointed new PM and (D) finance minister due to scandals? (E) None of these (A) Ghana 20. Hridyesh Mehrotra died recently. Who he was? (B) Nigeria (A) Journalist (C) Spain (B) Writer (D) South Korea (C) Singer (E) None of these (D) Musician 28. Kwon Taek Im is a filmmaker from which country? (E) None of these (A) South Korea 21. Which is going to be the first state in the country to (B) Poland have a cyber police station in each district? (C) Iran (A) Uttar Pradesh (D) Japan (B) Maharashtra (E) None of these (C) Gujarat 29. Which University has conferred an Honorary (D) Andhra Pradesh Doctorate on President Mukherjee recently? (E) None of these (A) Yel University 22. What percent of ATMs will be calibrated to dispense (B) Harvard University only 100 rupee notes? (C) Michigan University (A) 10% (D) Kathmandu University (B) 5% (E) None of these (C) 8% 30. Pandit Mangat Ram passed away recently. He was the (D) 15% former Deputy Chief Minister of which state? (E) None of these (A) Meghalaya 23. What will be the maximum rate of GST? (B) Tripura (A) 15% (C) Jammu-Kashmir

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(D) Madhya Pradesh (E) None of these (E) None of these 38. Which of the following has been Elected Into UN's 31. Paris climate agreement is related to which of the Top Body Of Legal Experts? following? (A) Rakesh Sahani (A) Emission of greenhouse gases (B) Sandeep Mahajan (B) Renewable Energy (C) Aniruddha Rajput (C) Deforestation (D) Punit Arora (D) Water Shortage (E) None of these (E) None of these 39. Parminder Singh has recently left which company? 32. Which country will host Seventh Session of the (A) Facebook Conference of Parties (COP7)? (B) Flipkart (A) Paris (C) Google (B) Germany (D) Twitter (C) India (E) None of these (D) Australia 40. Musician Pandit Amaradeva passed away recently. He (E) None of these was from which country? 33. Which organisation has partnered Ministry of (A) Thailand Railways in inaugurating International Conference on (B) India Decarbonisation of Indian Railways - Mission (C) Sri Lanka Electrification? (D) Pakistan (A) ASSOCHAM (E) None of these (B) NHPC 41. World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed on which (C) NABARD date? (D) National Green Tribunal (A) 3 November (E) None of these (B) 4 November 34. What is the full form of UPI, in context of Banking? (C) 5 November (A) Unique Payments Interface (D) 6 November (B) Unified Payments Interface (E) None of these (C) Unified Partial Interface 42. Who has been appointed as Indian ambassador for (D) Unique Payments Incorporation Switzerland Tourism? (E) None of these (A) Ranbir Kapoor 35. How many banks are now using UPI of NPCL? (B) Ranveer Singh (A) 21 (C) Shahid Kapoor (B) 25 (D) Shahrukh Khan (C) 27 (E) None of these (D) 26 43. Which company has been fined with 10,000 Crore by (E) None of these government? 36. Which company has join hands with IRCTC for Tatkal (A) ONGC bookings? (B) Adani Power (A) Freecharge (C) Reliance Industries (B) Paytm (D) IOCL (C) Mobikwik (E) None of these (D) Flipkart 44. Which team has won Asian Women’s Hockey (E) None of these Championship trophy? 37. Which company has tied up with Archaeological (A) India Survey of India for virtual tour of monuments? (B) China (A) Google (C) Japan (B) Facebook (D) Malaysia (C) Microsoft (E) None of these (D) Qualcomm

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45. Who is the youngest Golf player to win PGTI (A) Sri Lanka tournament? (B) Maldives (A) Karandeep Kochhar (C) (B) Shubhankar Sharma (D) Nepal (C) SP Chourasia (E) None of these (D) Anirban Lahiri 53. Which country has topped global business optimism (E) None of these index for the July-September quarter? 46. First International Agro-biodiversity Congress was (A) India recently inaugurated in which city? (B) Thailand (A) Mumbai (C) Philippines (B) Raipur (D) Indonesia (C) Bhopal (E) None of these (D) New Delhi 54. What is the new name of Google Capital? (E) None of these (A) Capital+ 47. Shotaro Yachi was in India recently. He is the National (B) Capital G Security Advisor of which country? (C) Google C (A) USA (D) Capital C (B) China (E) None of these (C) Japan 55. Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of (D) Singapore RBI? (E) None of these (A) K Ramalingam 48. Which organization has launched ‘Startup Mentorship (B) G Mahalingam Circle'? (C) M Rajeshwar Rao (A) TRAI (D) Ashish Sadana (B) Confederation of Indian Industry (E) None of these (C) Competition Commission of India 56. Who is going to be appointed as a member of National (D) TERI Human Rights Commission? (E) None of these (A) Avinash Rai Khanna 49. Which is India’s first firm to get debt recast under (B) Rakesh Mehta RBI’s new Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of (C) Sudeep Chatterjee Stressed Assets (S4A)? (D) Girija Vyas (A) HCC (E) None of these (B) HCL 57. Who has been appointed as Special Director of (C) ONGC Intelligence Bureau? (D) RIL (A) U K Sinha (E) None of these (B) S K Sinha 50. Loktak Lake is in which state? (C) Mukesh Sinha (A) Odisha (D) Ajay Sinha (B) Mizoram (E) None of these (C) Manipur 58. Who is the current world number one Tennis Player? (D) Meghalaya (A) Rafael Nadal (E) None of these (B) Roger Federer 51. CV Raman was awarded a Nobel Prize in which year? (C) Novak Djokovich (A) 1928 (D) Andy Murray (B) 1929 (E) None of these (C) 1930 59. Who is the author of the book titled ‘An Era of (D) 1932 Darkness: British Empire in India’? (E) None of these (A) Hamid Ansari 52. Which country has signed a pact with India to address (B) Shashi Tharoor fishermen crisis? (C)

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(D) Gulab Kothari (A) Romesh Shah (E) None of these (B) Akhil Sharma 60. What is the full form of Nasa’s Mission MMS? (C) Mukesh Sinha (A) Magneto Multiscale mission (D) Ratnesh Kumar (B) Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (E) None of these (C) Magnetospheric Multiple mission 68. Which country’s leader has been conferred with (D) Magnetocentric Multiscale mission Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2016? (E) None of these (A) Britain 61. Who is the Prime Minister of Britain? (B) Tunisia (A) Theresa May (C) Japan (B) James Cameron (D) Austria (C) Tony Blair (E) None of these (D) Belinda Giles 69. Which Ministry has launched “No More Tension” (E) None of these Mobile Application? 62. Which Ministry has launched Pradhan Mantri (A) Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan? (B) Union Home Ministry (A) Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (C) Women and Child Development Ministry (B) Union Home Ministry (D) Ministry of Defence (C) Women and Child Development Ministry (E) None of these (D) Both A and C 70. Who is the Union Minister of Skill Development and (E) None of these Entrepreneurship? 63. Demchok mission was carried out at which place? (A) Venkaiah Naidu (A) Rajasthan (B) Ram Vilas Paswan (B) Hyderabad (C) Rajiv Pratap Rudy (C) Ladakh (D) Harsimrat Kaur (D) Arunachal Pradesh (E) None of these (E) None of these 71. Asian Development Bank has approved $48 64. First LNG fuelled bus in India was launched in which million loan to help which state to improve power state? distribution? (A) Maharashtra (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Assam (C) Assam (D) Kerala (D) Bihar (E) None of these (E) None of these 65. Which of the following will be featured on new rupee 72. Which Bank has signed a memorandum of 500 notes? understanding (MoU) with the Indian Army on the (A) Red Fort defence salary package? (B) Taj Mahal (A) Corporation Bank (C) Jantar Mantar (B) Canara Bank (D) Mangalyaan (C) UCO Bank (E) None of these (D) Indian Bank 66. Which of the following will be featured on new rupee (E) None of these 2000 notes? 73. Who has been elected as 45th President of United (A) Red Fort States? (B) Taj Mahal (A) Hillary Clinton (C) Jantar Mantar (B) Donald Trump (D) Mangalyaan (C) Barack Obama (E) None of these (D) Bill Clinton 67. Who has been appointed as a MD and CEO of BoB (E) None of these Capital Markets?

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74. Which company has been awarded with Golden (A) Rakhi Jain Peacock Award 2016 for corporate governance? (B) Kamla Harris (A) Steel Authority of India Limited (C) Rajni Harris (B) Coal India Limited (D) Diya Shah (C) ONGC (E) None of these (D) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 82. Who has been conferred with Uttarakhand Ratna (E) None of these award 2016? 75. Who has been honored with Tata Literature Live (A) N D Tiwary Lifetime Achievement Award 2016? (B) Harish Rawat (A) Amitav Ghosh (C) Virendra Singh (B) Arunima Sinha (D) Akhilesh Yadav (C) Vivek Lokapally (E) None of these (D) Arundhati Roy 83. Kalidas Samman is given by which state? (E) None of these (A) Uttar Pradesh 76. Janet Reno passes away recently. She was the first (B) Maharashtra woman attorney general of which country? (C) Madhya Pradesh (A) Britain (D) Gujarat (B) US (E) None of these (C) Japan 84. Which country will host second Twenty-20 Blind (D) France World Cup? (E) None of these (A) Bangladesh 77. Who is the author of the Book titled ‘Charaiveti, (B) Australia Charaiveti’? (C) South Africa (A) Kalyan Singh (D) India (B) Najma Hepattula (E) None of these (C) Vidyasagar Rao 85. Who has been appointed brand ambassador of second (D) Ram Naik Twenty-20 Blind World Cup? (E) None of these (A) Sachin Tendulkar 78. Which country has recently launched a pulsar (B) VVS Laxman navigation satellite? (C) Rahul Dravid (A) India (D) Zaheer Khan (B) China (E) None of these (C) USA 86. Which country has recently signed a nuclear deal with (D) Russia India? (E) None of these (A) South Africa 79. What is the project cost of Pradhan Mantri YUVA (B) New Zealand Yojana? (C) Japan (A) 550 Crore (D) Russia (B) 450.99 Crore (E) None of these (C) 250.50 Crore 87. Which Indian language was used on ‘Thank You’ note (D) 499.94 Crore in US president election? (E) None of these (A) Hindi 80. Who has been appointed as interim Chairman of TCS? (B) Punjabi (A) Ishaat Hussain (C) Telugu (B) Cyrus Mistry (D) Bengali (C) Ratan Tata (E) None of these (D) M Vijaysekaran 88. Which ministry has launched Smart India Hackathon (E) None of these 2017? 81. Who is the first ever Indian-American to win U.S. (A) Union Ministry of road transport Senator seat? (B) Union health and family welfare ministry

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(C) Union Ministry of Urban development 96. Which country will host Conference of Parties (COP) (D) Union Human Resource Development Ministry meeting 2018? (E) None of these (A) Sweden 89. Which is the first bank in India to launch banking (B) France robot? (C) Switzerland (A) SBI (D) Japan (B) Axis Bank (E) None of these (C) City Union Bank 97. Which country has got largest-ever loan for a Middle (D) HDFC Bank East nation from IMF? (E) None of these (A) UAE 90. Which state has signed an agreement with Canada to (B) Iran work on urban infrastructure and smart cities? (C) Egypt (A) Andhra Pradesh (D) Syria (B) Maharashtra (E) None of these (C) Kerala 98. Which tractor making company will set up a Centre of (D) Gujarat Excellence in Rajasthan? (E) None of these (A) Tafe 91. Guy Ryder has been appointed Director General of (B) Messy which organisation? (C) New Holland (A) Interpol (D) Swaraj (B) WTO (E) None of these (C) International Labour Organisation 99. Who is the first Indian to be appointed International (D) International Monetary Fund Hockey Federation chief? (E) None of these (A) Rakesh Mishra 92. Who has won Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (B) Gagan Ajit Singh 2016? (C) Dhanraj Pillai (A) Novak Djokovich (D) Narinder Batra (B) Roger Federer (E) None of these (C) Lional Messi 100. Who has been declared Fortune’s business person of (D) Tiger Woods the year? (E) None of these (A) 93. Robin Peterson has announced retirement from cricket (B) Warren Buffet recently. He is from which country? (C) Mukesh Ambani (A) Sri Lanka (D) Mark Zuckerberg (B) England (E) None of these (C) South Africa 101. Which city will host Invictus Games in 2018? (D) Australia (A) Sydney (E) None of these (B) Melbourne 94. World Pneumonia Day is observed on which date? (C) London (A) 11 November (D) Adelaide (B) 12 November (E) None of these (C) 13 November 102. Singer Arthur Nayyar passed away recently. He was (D) 14 November from which country? (E) None of these (A) India 95. World Diabetes Day is observed on which date? (B) Bangladesh (A) 11 November (C) Pakistan (B) 12 November (D) Iran (C) 13 November (E) None of these (D) 14 November 103. Reuven Rivlin is the President of which country? (E) None of these (A) Philippines

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(B) Israel (D) Prasoon Joshi (C) Thailand (E) None of these (D) Mauritius 111. Which country has announced an online program for (E) None of these its pre-schools to learn Hindi? 104. APEC Forum's Week has been started in which city? (A) Australia (A) Lima (B) Israel (B) Ottawa (C) USA (C) Vienna (D) Japan (D) Geneva (E) None of these (E) None of these 112. Boyko Borisov who has resigned recently, was the 105. Which edition of India International Trade Fair was Prime Minister of which country? inaugurated recently? (A) Israel (A) 34th (B) Mauritius (B) 38th (C) Bulgaria (C) 39th (D) Belgium (D) 36th (E) None of these (E) None of these 113. ESIC has launched ‘Kahin Bhi-Kabhi Bhi’ medical 106. Which city is hosting India International Trade Fair facilities for its beneficiaries in which state/UT? 2016? (A) Puducherry (A) Mumbai (B) Delhi (B) Bengaluru (C) Rajasthan (C) Bhopal (D) Assam (D) New Delhi (E) None of these (E) None of these 114. Which city has been termed as the India's breast cancer 107. Which bank has appointed Amresh Acharya as Head capital? of Global Indian Banking? (A) Thiruvananthapuram (A) Yes Bank (B) Kanpur (B) Federal Bank (C) Hyderabad (C) Axis Bank (D) Bhopal (D) Kotak Mahindra Bank (E) None of these (E) None of these 115. Who is the head of task force to expedite ATM 108. Which bank has opened its first International branch in recalibration? Dubai recently? (A) SS Mundra (A) Yes Bank (B) L Narsimha (B) Federal Bank (C) RM Lodha (C) Axis Bank (D) YV Reddy (D) Kotak Mahindra Bank (E) None of these (E) None of these 116. Which country has launched $95 million clean energy 109. Who has been appointed as Managing Director of projects with India? Mahindra and Mahindra? (A) Israel (A) Ashish Sen (B) Japan (B) Sunil Sabharwal (C) USA (C) Pawan Goenka (D) Thailand (D) Devendra Singh (E) None of these (E) None of these 117. What is the name of UK’s First Indian-Origin Sikh 110. Who has been honoured with 2016 Tata Literature Judge, died recently? Live Poet Laureate Award? (A) Harvinder Singh (A) Gulzar (B) Arjun Singh (B) A R Rahman (C) Ballu Singh (C) Sameer Anjaan (D) Mota Singh

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(E) None of these 125. Which country has recently left International Criminal 118. International Day for Tolerance is observed on which Court? date? (A) USA (A) 14 November (B) Britain (B) 15 November (C) Germany (C) 16 November (D) Russia (D) 17 November (E) None of these (E) None of these 126. Which is the Oxford dictionary word of the year? 119. In which country, doctors have performed brain (A) Post-truth implant for the first time in history? (B) Adulting (A) USA (C) Alt-right (B) Britain (D) Brexiteer (C) Germany (E) None of these (D) Netherlands 127. Which is the first state to adopt resolution on (E) None of these demonetisation? 120. Union Budget 2017 is proposed to be presented on (A) Uttar Pradesh which date? (B) Kerala (A) 1 February (C) Chhattisgarh (B) 28 February (D) Rajasthan (C) 15 February (E) None of these (D) 1 March 128. Which city is first in Swachh Bharat awareness (E) None of these campaign in urban areas? 121. Which state has launched free electricity connection (A) Mysore programme recently?? (B) Surat (A) Uttar Pradesh (C) Aligarh (B) Kerala (D) Lucknow (C) Bihar (E) None of these (D) Rajasthan 129. Gwadar Port is in which country? (E) None of these (A) China 122. What is the Aadhaar Toll-Free Helpline No. Launched (B) Afghanistan recently? (C) (A) 1124 (D) Pakistan (B) 1947 (E) None of these (C) 1122 130. S K Sinha passed away recently. He was the former (D) 1857 Governor of which state? (E) None of these (A) Jammu Kashmir 123. Which test Cricket playing nation has appointed a (B) Odisha women as the President of Cricket Board? (C) Assam (A) South Africa (D) Both A and B (B) England (E) Both A and C (C) New Zealand 131. Who is the author of the book titled 'The Legend of (D) Sri Lanka Lakshmi Prasad'? (E) None of these (A) Twinkle Khanna 124. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Tata (B) Tara Sharma Global Beverages? (C) Nalini Bhardwaj (A) Harish Bhatt (D) Nisha Kothari (B) Cyrus Mistry (E) None of these (C) Ratan Tata 132. Which is the most common Indian surname in UK? (D) Amit Sharma (A) Chakrabarti (E) None of these (B) Singh

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(C) Kumar (D) Goa (D) Patel (E) None of these (E) None of these 140. Who has been honoured as ‘Centenary Indian Film 133. First Bollywood theme park was opened recently in Personality of the Year-2016’ at 47th IFFI? which city? (A) AR Rahman (A) Dubai (B) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (B) London (C) Lata Mangeshkar (C) Vienna (D) Im Kwon Taek (D) New York (E) None of these (E) None of these 141. Who has been honoured with 2016 Sumitra Charat 134. Which state has topped the list of internet subscribers Ram Award for lifetime achievement? in India? (A) Hari Prasad Chourasia (A) Gujarat (B) Padma Sachdev (B) Tamilnadu (C) Mridula Joshi (C) Maharashtra (D) Meghna Pant (D) Karnataka (E) None of these (E) None of these 142. Which of the following has been included in Fortune's 135. Which state has the least number of internet top 50 business men 2016 list? subscribers in India? (A) Arundhati Bhattacharya (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Shikha Sharma (B) Punjab (C) Chanda Kochar (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Aditya Puri (D) Rajasthan (E) None of these (E) None of these 143. Who has won China Open Badminton Super Series 136. C V R Rajendran has been appointed new MD & CEO 2016? of which bank? (A) Saina Nehwal (A) Citi Union Bank (B) PV Sindhu (B) Catholic Syrian Bank (C) Jwala Gutta (C) Bank (D) Ashwini Ponappa (D) Kotak Mahindra Bank (E) None of these (E) None of these 144. Which Guided Missile Destroyer was inducted in 137. Who has been appointed as Mumbai Indians head Indian Navy recently? coach? (A) INS Chennai (A) Ricky Ponting (B) INS Vikrant (B) Mahela Jayawardene (C) INS Delhi (C) John Wright (D) INS VIRAAT (D) Kumar Sangakkara (E) None of these (E) None of these 145. Which Police Emergency Management System was 138. Which of the following has been honoured with Dr launched by Akhilesh Yadav recently? Nagendra Singh International Peace Award? (A) UP 24 (A) Sri Sri Ravishankar (B) UP 7 (B) Ravishankar Prasad (C) UP 24×7 (C) Girija Vyas (D) UP 100 (D) Irom Sharmila (E) None of these (E) None of these 146. Which company has tied up with Google Cloud to 139. Which state is hosting 47th International Film Festival offer G Suite? of India? (A) Airtel (A) Maharashtra (B) Vodafone (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Reliance (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) BSNL

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(E) None of these 154. Which company has recently partenered with Paytm 147. Which country has cancelled $1 billion expressway for cashless transactions? project with Indian firm ILFS? (A) HP (A) Sri Lanka (B) DELL (B) Bangladesh (C) Acer (C) Bhutan (D) Lenovo (D) Nepal (E) None of these (E) None of these 155. Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu who was re-elected for a 148. Which state has signed agreement with IDFC bank for second as President of the Council of the International cashless transactions? Civil Aviation Organization, is from which country? (A) Kerala (A) Malaysia (B) Telangana (B) Ghana (C) Tamilnadu (C) Cuba (D) Gujarat (D) Nigeria (E) None of these (E) None of these 149. Who has been appointed as the President of Federation 156. Who has been awarded with Shakti Bhatt First Book of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry? Prize 2016? (A) Ashok Patel (A) Akshaya Mukul (B) Rajan Patel (B) Ramesh Shah (C) Pankaj Patel (C) Raghuveer Choudhary (D) Ajay Patel (D) Om Thanvi (E) None of these (E) None of these 150. Who will be conferred with 2016 Jnangarima Manad 157. Dr Viveki Rai passed away recently. Who he was? Alankaran award? (A) Writer (A) Gyanranjan (B) Musician (B) Shamim Hanfi (C) Singer (C) Alok Sharma (D) Politician (D) Narayan Sen (E) None of these (E) None of these 158. Ram Naresh Yadav passes away recently. He was the 151. Gaganjeet Bhullar is related to which sport? former chief Minister of which state? (A) Tennis (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Badminton (B) Gujarat (C) Golf (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Chess (D) Uttar Pradesh (E) None of these (E) None of these 152. 'Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in 159. M Balamuralikrishna passed away recently. Who he Balance' is an autobiography of__ was? (A) Dipa Karmakar (A) Writer (B) Michael Phelps (B) Musician (C) Serena Williams (C) Singer (D) Simone Biles (D) Scientist (E) None of these (E) None of these 153. Which country has recently Signed a ‘Joint 160. M G K Menon passed away recently. Who he was? Declaration’ for Automatic Exchange of Information (A) Writer with India? (B) Journalist (A) Switzerland (C) Singer (B) Kenya (D) Scientist (C) South Korea (E) None of these (D) Japan (E) None of these

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161. Dr. Antonio Costa, who will be the chief guest on 168. 'World Sanskrit Award' 2015 has been given to the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2017, is the Prime Minister of Princess of__ which country? (A) Finland (A) Switzerland (B) Thailand (B) Portugal (C) Malaysia (C) Guyana (D) Saudi Arabia (D) Mauritius (E) None of these (E) None of these 169. K Subhash passed away recently. Who he was? 162. Which city will host Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017? (A) Writer (A) New Delhi (B) Journalist (B) Kolkata (C) Singer (C) Bengaluru (D) Film Director (D) Gandhinagar (E) Both A and D (E) None of these 170. Which is the top Indian university according to QS 163. Sun Pharma will acquire what per cent of stake in ratings for 2016-17? Russia's Biosintez company? (A) IIT Kharagpur (A) 51 (B) Delhi University (B) 65.2 (C) IIT Delhi (C) 72.4 (D) IIT Bombay (D) 85.1 (E) None of these (E) None of these 171. Which university has topped in QS ratings 2016? 164. Airtel Payments Bank has started a pilot of its banking (A) Stanford University services in which state recently? (B) Michigan University (A) Gujarat (C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B) Karnataka (D) Harvard University (C) Maharashtra (E) None of these (D) Rajasthan 172. Which country will preside 2017 Energy Club of (E) None of these Shanghai Cooperation Organization? 165. Which institution has been asked by government to (A) Sri Lanka disburse Rs 21,000 crore to farmers? (B) China (A) RBI (C) Malaysia (B) NABARD (D) Turkey (C) SEBI (E) None of these (D) SIDBI 173. What is India’s rank in Measuring the Information (E) None of these Society Report 2016? 166. Who has been appointed as U.S. Ambassador to the (A) 97 United Nations? (B) 114 (A) Nikki Haley (C) 138 (B) Bobby Jindal (D) 135 (C) Kamla Harris (E) None of these (D) Rajeev Seth 174. Which country has topped in Measuring the (E) None of these Information Society Report 2016? 167. Who has been appointed as new Chairman of National (A) USA Highways Authority of India? (B) Switzerland (A) Ashok Gaikwad (C) South Korea (B) Amrinder Singh (D) Singapore (C) Yudhvir Singh Malik (E) None of these (D) Balvinder Chauhan 175. Hazira power plant is located in which state? (E) None of these (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Gujarat

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(C) Uttar Pradesh 183. Who has been appointed as the interim Chairman of (D) Madhya Pradesh Tata Steel? (E) None of these (A) OP Bhatt 176. Which is the first e-Assembly of India? (B) Harish Bhatt (A) Palampur (C) Ishaan Hussain (B) Majuli (D) Cyrus Mistry (C) Devgarh (E) None of these (D) Dinapur 184. Who has been appointed as the chief financial officer (E) None of these of PayU India? 177. Which state has partnered with Yes Bank to digitise (A) Maneesh Goyal bus travel payments? (B) Rakesh Yadav (A) Uttar Pradesh (C) Somesh Bajaj (B) Gujarat (D) Nishant Sharma (C) Rajasthan (E) None of these (D) Maharashtra 185. Who will be awarded with ‘Legends Award’ 2016 by (E) None of these the International Boxing Association? 178. Which company has been awarded with Aqua (A) Shiv Thapa Foundation's Excellence Award 2016 for sustainable (B) Akhil Kumar development in mining? (C) Vijendra Singh (A) Jindal Steel (D) MC Mary Kom (B) Coal India (E) None of these (C) Tata Steel 186. Who has won best actor award at Asia Pacific Screen (D) Reliance Industries Awards 2016? (E) None of these (A) Nawajuddin Siddiqui 179. On which date, International Day for the Elimination (B) Manoj Bajpayee of Violence against Women is observed? (C) Nasiruddin Shah (A) 23 November (D) (B) 24 November (E) None of these (C) 25 November 187. Steven Gerrard is related to which sport? (D) 26 November (A) Cricket (E) None of these (B) Tennis 180. On which date, National Constitution Day is observed? (C) Football (A) 23 November (D) Hockey (B) 24 November (E) None of these (C) 25 November 188. Dileep Padgaonkar has passed away recently. Who he (D) 26 November was? (E) None of these (A) Politician 181. Which state celebrates Wangala harvest festival? (B) Musician (A) Manipur (C) Singer (B) Meghalaya (D) Journalist (C) Mizoram (E) None of these (D) Assam 189. Which is the most searched country by Indian tourists (E) None of these in 2016? 182. George Yeo has recently resigned as a chancellor of__ (A) Australia (A) Delhi University (B) New Zealand (B) Punjab University (C) Malaysia (C) Nalanda University (D) United Kingdom (D) Mumbai University (E) None of these (E) None of these 190. Which organization has recently included "transgender as third gender"?

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(A) Indian Railway (C) Malaysia (B) Competition commission of India (D) Thailand (C) Staff Selection Commission (E) None of these (D) IBPS 198. Humsafar train was recently flagged off from which (E) None of these station? 191. Which bank has recently launched contactless debit (A) Gorakhpur card? (B) Kashmiri Gate (A) Catholic Syrian Bank (C) Kushinagar (B) South Indian Bank (D) Anand Vihar (C) Nainital Bank (E) None of these (D) Kotak Mahindra Bank 199. National Milk day is observed on which date? (E) None of these (A) 24 November 192. Who is the head of committee to identify possible (B) 25 November modes of digital payment across different sectors? (C) 26 November (A) Ratan Watal (D) 27 November (B) Arvind Pangariya (E) None of these (C) Amitabh Kant 200. Which bank has announced to transform 100 villages (D) Ashok Lawasa into ‘Digital Villages’? (E) None of these (A) SBI 193. Which is going to be first cashless state in India? (B) Axis Bank (A) Telengana (C) ICICI Bank (B) Gujarat (D) HDFC Bank (C) Himachal Pradesh (E) None of these (D) Goa 201. What is India’s revised growth forecast for the year (E) None of these 2016-17 by Morgan Stanley? 194. Who has been appointed as new Hockey India (A) 7.7% President? (B) 7.5% (A) ND Batra (C) 7.4% (B) N Srinivas (D) 7.3% (C) KPS Gill (E) None of these (D) Mariamma Koshy 202. Which company has launched ‘Lite’ wallet app (E) None of these recently? 195. Who has been appointed as Pakistan’s new Army (A) Paytm Chief? (B) Mobikwik (A) Raheel Sharif (C) Freecharge (B) Qamar Javed Bajwa (D) Mobinow (C) Zubair Hayat (E) None of these (D) Ashfaq Ahmed 203. Which has become India’s new economic capital as (E) None of these per latest data released by Oxford Economics? 196. Who has been awarded with a Lifetime Achievement (A) Mumbai Award at Times Lit Fest? (B) New Delhi (A) Salman Rushdie (C) Kolkata (B) Vikram Seth (D) Chennai (C) Ruskin Bond (E) None of these (D) Arundhati Roy 204. Who has been appointed as new Director General of (E) None of these Military Operations? 197. Fidel Castro has passed away recently. He was the (A) AK Bhatt former President of__ (B) Ranbir Singh (A) Cuba (C) Vikram Singh (B) Philippines (D) Sandeep Singh

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(E) None of these (B) Assam 205. Who will be the head of Chief Minster’s Committee on (C) Uttarakhand Demonetisation? (D) Uttar Pradesh (A) Vijay Rupani (E) None of these (B) N Chandrababu Naidu 211. Which bank has signed a corporate agency agreement (C) Prakash Singh Badal for the distribution of Bajaj Allianz’s general insurance (D) Jayalalitha products? (E) None of these (A) RBL Bank 206. Which film has won ICFT–Unesco Gandhi medal at (B) DCB Bank International Film Festival of India 2016? (C) Canara Bank (A) Cold of Kalandar (D) UCO Bank (B) Rara (E) None of these (C) The Throne 212. Amulhas signed a pact with ___to sell products in the (D) Daughter US? (E) None of these (A) Amazon 207. Which country hasinvited Crown Prince (B) Shopclues Vajiralongkorn to be the new king? (C) Snapdeal (A) Thailand (D) Homeshop (B) Finland (E) None of these (C) Nepal 213. Which country has appointed Susan Kiefel as first (D) Rwanda woman high court chief justice? (E) None of these (A) Sweden 208. Which is the Dictionary.com’s 2016 Word of the (B) Australia Year? (C) Norway (A) Post Truth (D) Spain (B) Referendum (E) None of these (C) Xenophobia 214. Who has won bronze medal atIBSF World (D) Hatred Snooker Championship? (A) GeetSethi (E) None of these (B) Andrew Pagett 209. Which state celebrates Losar festival? (C) Sharat Kamal (A) Manipur (D) Pankaj Advani (E) None of these (B) Jammu & Kashmir 215. Where is the headquarters of RBL Bank? (C) Maharashtra (A) Mumbai (D) Odisha (B) Bengaluru (E) None of these (C) Kolhapur 210. Asia's First Cycle Highway was recently opened in (D) Sholapur which state? (E) None of these (A) Meghalaya

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Answer Key Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. 109. C 136. B 163. D 190. A 1. A 28. A 55. C 82. A 110. A 137. B 164. D 191. B 2. B 29. D 56. A 83. C 111. A 138. A 165. B 192. C 3. D 30. C 57. B 84. D 112. C 139. D 166. A 193. D 4. D 31. A 58. D 85. C 113. B 140. B 167. C 194. D 5. A 32. C 59. B 86. C 114. A 141. A 168. B 195. B 6. B 33. A 60. B 87. A 115. A 142. D 169. E 196. C 7. C 34. B 61. A 88. D 116. C 143. B 170. A 197. A 8. D 35. D 62. A 89. C 117. D 144. A 171. A 198. C 9. C 36. C 63. C 90. B 118. C 145. D 172. D 199. C 10. A 37. A 64. D 91. C 119. D 146. B 173. C 200. C 11. B 38. C 65. A 92. B 120. A 147. D 174. C 201. D 12. B 39. D 66. D 93. C 121. C 148. B 175. B 202. B 13. E 40. C 67. D 94. B 122. B 149. C 176. A 203. B 14. D 41. C 68. B 95. D 123. C 150. A 177. B 204. A 15. A 42. B 69. A 96. C 124. A 151. C 178. C 205. B 16. C 43. C 70. C 97. C 125. D 152. D 179. C 206. A 17. A 44. A 71. C 98. A 126. A 153. A 180. D 207. A 18. D 45. A 72. A 99. D 127. C 154. D 181. B 208. C 19. A 46. D 73. B 100. D 128. C 155. D 182. C 209. D 20. B 47. C 74. A 101. A 129. D 156. A 183. A 210. A 21. B 48. B 75. A 102. C 130. E 157. A 184. A 211. C 22. A 49. A 76. B 103. B 131. A 158. D 185. D 212. A 23. D 50. C 77. D 104. A 132. D 159. C 186. B 213. B 24. B 51. C 78. B 105. D 25. C 52. A 79. D 106. D 133. A 160. D 187. C 214. D 26. D 53. D 80. A 107. A 134. C 161. B 188. D 215. C 27. D 54. B 81. B 108. B 135. A 162. C 189. B

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Direction 6 - 10 : In the following questions, the symbols @, IBPS Clerk Mains Model Paper #, %, $ and * are used with the following meaning as illustrated below. ‘A # B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’. Reasoning ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’. Direction (1 - 5): Study the following information carefully to ‘A $ B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’. answer the given questions. ‘A * B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’. Eight friends Avery, Dagny, Genie, Sophia, Victoria, Julia, ‘A % B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’. Baily and Riley are sit in 2 rows with four members in each 6. Statement: T % S, P @ Q # R, R @ S row. Avery, Dagny Genie and Sophia are facing south and sit Conclusions: I R @ T II. P # S in row 1. Riely, Baily, Victoria and Julia are facing North and (A) If neither conclusion I nor II is true sit in row 2. There are 2 Actress, 2 Dancers, 2 Singers and 2 (B) If both conclusions I and II are true Professors in the group. Row no. 2 friends belonging to the (C) If either conclusion I or II is true same profession sit in the same row no. 1. (D) If only conclusion II is true The dancers of row 1 sits on the immediate right of Dagny. The (E) If only conclusion I is true Actress of row 2 faces the immediate neighbour of the Dancer 7. Statement: J % G, H $ K, G $ H, K # L in row 1. Victoria faces the immediate neighbour of Genie who Conclusions: I. H # J is not a Dancer. There is only 1 person between the singer and II. K % J the professor in both rows. The professor of row 1 faces the (A) If neither conclusion I nor II is true Dancer of row 2. Baily is not a Singer. Genie sits on immediate (B) If both conclusions I and II are true left of Dagny. Julia is not the Singer and she does not sit at any (C) If either conclusion I or II is true ends of the row. The singer of row 2 faces Avery. Victoria is (D) If only conclusion II is true not an immediate neighbour of Riley. (E) If only conclusion I is true 1. Which of the following is the pair of dancers? 8. Statements: B % D ,A # E, A $ B @ C (A) Degny, Julia Conclusions: I. D # A (B) Avery, Victoria II. A % C (C) Avery, Sophia (A) If neither conclusion I nor II is true (D) Baily, Genie (B) If both conclusions I and II are true (E) None of these (C) If either conclusion I or II is true 2. Select the one which is different from the other four (D) If only conclusion II is true response. Which of the following does not belong to that (E) If only conclusion I is true group? 9. Statement: R $ S, P # Q, T % R, P % T (A) Genie, Julia Conclusions: I. S # T (B) Sophia, Victoria II. S % P (C) Avery, Riley (A) If neither conclusion I nor II is true (D) Avery, Victoria (B) If both conclusions I and II are true (E) Degny, Bailey (C) If either conclusion I or II is true 3. Who among the following sits at the ends of the row? (D) If only conclusion II is true (A) Degny, Genie (E) If only conclusion I is true (B) Bailey, Sophia 10. Statement: D # E, A * B, C $ D, C @ B (C) Victoria, Avery Conclusions: I. B # E II. D # A (D) Riley, Degny (A) If neither conclusion I nor II is true (E) None of these (B) If both conclusions I and II are true 4. Who among the following sits between Biley and (C) If either conclusion I or II is true Victoria? (D) If only conclusion II is true (A) Julia (E) If only conclusion I is true (B) Riley Direction In the following questions some statements are (C) Genie given. Followed by some conclusions. You have to consider (D) Avery the statements to be true. Even if the seems to be at variance (E) None of these from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the 5. Who among the following sits opposite to Degny? given conclusion is follows. (A) Singer 11. Statements:– No pigeon is hawk. All crows are wader. (B) Professor Some ducks are pigeon. Some hawks are not wader. (C) Actress Conclusion:– (D) Dancer I. All hawks may be crow. (E) Cannot be determined II. All ducks cannot be hawk. III. All waders being pigeon is a possibility.

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(A) If only conclusion I and II follow. 'drinking water sewerage called pipes' is coded as 'cpm jct rmk (B) If only conclusion II and III follow. abn ypl'. (C) If only conclusion I follow. 'every pipeline network called sewerage' is coded as 'abn jct pyl (D) If only conclusion III follow. htc roc'. (E) None of these 'bathing water network pipes' is coded as 'rmk psy cpm htc'. Direction 12 - 15 : In the following questions some statements 'rudward keep sewerage water filters' is coded as 'abn hct cor are given. Followed by some conclusions. You have to rkm cpm'. consider the statements to be true. Even if the seems to be at 16. What is the code for 'network pipeline' ? variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide (A) htc, roc which of the given conclusion is follows. (B) hct, pyl 12. Statements:– No pigeon is hawk. All crows are wader. (C) pyl, htc Some ducks are pigeon. Some hawks are not wader. (D) A or C Conclusion:– (E) Cannot be determined I. All pigeons may be wader. 17. Which of the following may represents 'every filters II. All waders cannot be ducks. network' ? III. At least some waders are not crows. (A) htc psy rkm (A) If only conclusion I and II follow. (B) cor pyl rmk (B) If only conclusion II and III follow. (C) htc hct roc (C) If only conclusion I follow. (D) Cannot be determined (D) If only conclusion III follow. (E) Either A or C (E) None of these 18. 'jct rkm pyl ypl roc' could be a code for which of the 13. Statement:– Some accelerations are velocity. No force is following ? heat. All heats are pressure. Some accelerations are (A) called every pipelines drinking pipes distance. All forces are distance. (B) called drinking filters pipelines network Conclusion:– (C) every pipelines rudyard keep called I. Some velocity are heat. (D) None of these II. No acceleration is pressure. (E) Cannot be determined III. All accelerations being not force is a possibility. 19. Which one is odd combination? (A) If only conclusion I and II follow. (A) every → pyl / roc (B) If only conclusion II and III follow. (B) keep → rkm / cor / hct (C) If only conclusion I follow. (C) pipeline → roc / pyl (D) If only conclusion III follow. (D) pipes → rkm (E) None of these (E) called → jct 14. Statements:– Some medicines are cheap. No sweet is 20. What is the code for 'called water pipes drink'? costly. All clothes are red. No shoe is cheap. Some clothes (A) jct cpm rkm ypl are costly. Some medicines are red. (B) ypl rmk cmp jct Conclusion:– (C) rmk jct cpm ypl I. Most clothes are costly. (D) Cannot be determined II. All sweets are cheap. (E) None of these (A) If only conclusion I follow Direction 21 - 25 : Each of the questions below consists of a (B) If only conclusion II follows question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. (C) If either conclusion I or II follows You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements (D) If neither conclusion I nor II follow are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements (E) If both conclusion I and II are follow and give answer. 15. Statements:– Some medicines are cheap. No sweet is 21. Is it 12 o'clock now? costly. All clothes are red. No shoe is cheap. Some clothes Exactly 15 minutes ago, the hour and the minute hands of are costly. Some medicines are red. the clock coincided with each other. Conclusion:– After half an hour, the minute and the hour hands of the I. Most clothes are cheap. clock will make an angle of exactly 90° with each other. II. All medicines being costly is a possibility. (A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer (A) If only conclusion I follow the question, while the data in statement II alone are (B) If only conclusion II follows not sufficient to answer the questions. (C) If either conclusion I or II follows (B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer (D) If neither conclusion I nor II follow the question, while the data in statement I alone are (E) If both conclusion I and II are follow not sufficient to answer the question. Direction 16 - 20 : If in a certain code language – (C) If the data in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

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(D) If the data in both the statements I and II together are (E) If the data in both the statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question. necessary to answer the question. (E) If the data in both the statement I and II together are 25. In a college, five different subjects, viz. Physics, necessary to answer the question. Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Mathematics, are taught 22. Are all the five friends - A, B, C, D and E - who are seated on five different days of the same week, starting from around a circular table facing the centre? Monday and ending on Friday. Is Chemistry taught on B faces the centre. D and E are immediate neighbours of Wednesday? each other. C sits second to the right of E. A sits to the left Two subjects are taught between Zoology and of B. Mathematics. Mathematics is taught before Zoology. C faces the centre. Both E and A are immediate neighbours Chemistry is taught on the day immediately next to the day of D. B sits second to the right of A. D sits second to right when Physics is taught. Botany is not taught on Friday. of C. Three lectures are scheduled between the lectures of (A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer Botany and Zoology. Mathematics is taught immediately the question, while the data in statement II alone are before Physics. not sufficient to answer the questions. (A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer (B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the questions. not sufficient to answer the question. (B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer (C) If the data in statement I alone or in statement II alone the question, while the data in statement I alone are are sufficient to answer the question. not sufficient to answer the question. (D) If the data in both the statements I and II together are (C) If the data in statement I alone or in statement II alone not sufficient to answer the question. are sufficient to answer the question. (E) If the data in both the statement I and II together are (D) If the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question. not sufficient to answer the question. 23. Is F grandfather of B? (E) If the data in both the statement I and II together are B is the father of M. M is the sister of T. T is the mother necessary to answer the question. of F. Direction 26 - 30 : In each question below, is given a statement S is the son of F. V is the daughter of F. R is the brother of followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An T. assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You (A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer have to consider the statements and the following assumptions the question, while the data in statement II alone are and decide which of the assumption (s)is/are implicit in the not sufficient to answer the questions. statement. (B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer 26. Statement – The driver of the huge train pulled the the question, while the data in statement I alone are emergency brakes to avoid hitting the car which suddenly not sufficient to answer the question. came in front of the train. (C) If the data in statement I alone or in statement II alone Assumptions: are sufficient to answer the question. I. The car driver may be able to steer his vehicle away (D) If the data in both the statements I and II together are from the oncoming train. not sufficient to answer the question. II. The train driver may be able to stop the train before it (E) If the data in both the statement I and II together are hits the car. necessary to answer the question. (A) Only Assumption II is implicit 24. Which bag amongst P, Q, R, S and T is the heaviest? (B) Both Assumptions I and II are implicit Bag Q is heavier than R and S. Bag T is heavier than only (C) Only Assumption I is implicit bag P. (D) Neither Assumption I nor II is implicit Only three bags are lighter than R. The weight of bag Q is (E) Either Assumption I or II is implicit 50 kg, which is 2 kg more than bag R. 27. Statement: The principal of the college urged all the (A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer students to refrain from making personal calls during the question, while the data in statement II alone are study hours in order to boost knowledge. not sufficient to answer the questions. Assumptions: (B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer I. Majority of the students may respond positively to the the question, while the data in statement I alone are principal’s appeal. not sufficient to answer the question. II. Most of the students may continue to make personal (C) If the data in statement I alone or in statement II alone calls during study hours. are sufficient to answer the question. (A) Neither Assumption I nor II is implicit (D) If the data in both the statements I and II together are (B) Only Assumption II is implicit not sufficient to answer the question. (C) Both Assumptions I and II are implicit (D) Either Assumption I or II is implicit

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(E) Only Assumption I is implicit 33. If in a certain code language 'TEACHER' is written as 28. Statement – The doctor warned Deependra against any 'ZVGAUHK', How would you coded 'FORMATS' in this further smoke, if he desired to get cured from the ailment language ? and live a longer life. (A) ILUKVDW Assumptions: (B) ILKDWUK I. Deependra may follow the doctor’s advice and stop (C) ILUKVWD smoking. (D) IWDKLUV II. The doctor may be able to cure Deependra from the (E) None of these ailment, if Deependra stop smoking. Direction: (A) Only Assumption I is implicit 1. In a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. (B) Only Assumption II is implicit 2. F is the granddaughter of E. (C) Either Assumption I or II is implicit 3. C is wife of B and mother of F. (D) Neither Assumption I nor II is implicit 4. D is grandmother of A and mother of B. (E) Both Assumptions I and II are implicit 5. There are two married couples. 29. Statement: Vishal’s recent investment in the shares of 34. What is A to C ? company TCS is only a gamble. (A) Daughter Assumptions: (B) Grandmother I. He may incur loss on his investment. (C) Mother II. He may gain from his investment. (D) Cannot be determined (A) Neither Assumption I nor II is implicit (E) None of these (B) Either Assumption I or II is implicit 35. B is to the South-West of A, C is to the East of B and (C) Only Assumption II is implicit South-East of A. D is to the North of C in line with B and (D) Both Assumptions I and II are implicit A. In which direction of A is D located? (E) Only Assumption I is implicit (A) North-East 30. Statement: The Central Government has decided to (B) North exempt 5 percent on the tax amount payable for funding (C) South-East drought relief programme. (D) East Assumptions: (E) None of these I. The amount collected by way of surcharge may be Direction 36 - 40 : Read the information given below and adequate to fund these drought relief programme. answer the questions that follow. II. The Central Government does not have sufficient Six persons, viz Mr. Sain, Mr. Soni, Mr. Mr. Sharma, Mr. money to fund drought relief programmes. Saini, Mr. Sinha and Mr. Saxena plan to go to six different (A) Only Assumption II is implicit tourism places, viz Mumbai, Kufari, Agra, Nepal, Shimla and (B) Neither Assumption I nor II is implicit Jaipur. They wish to go in six different months, viz January, (C) Both Assumptions I and II are implicit March, May, June, August and December. Two of them want (D) Only Assumption I is implicit to travel by bus and two by train and others are planning to go (E) Either Assumption I or II is implicit either by car or by flight. Following information is also given. 31. How many meaningful English words can be formed with Neither Mr. Saxena nor Mr. Soni goes either to Shimla or to the letters 'SGAN' using each letter only once in each Mumbai. word. Mr. Sain prefers bus journey but travels neither in August nor (A) None in May. (B) One Jaipur is visited in December. (C) Two Mr. Sinha goes to Kufari but neither by flight nor by bus. (D) Three Persons going to Nepal and Shimla go by bus and car (E) More than three respectively. 32. How many such pairs of the letters are there in the word Mr. Sharma goes to Agra in March by flight but Mr. Saxena 'REFERENCE' each of which has as many letters between does not travel in December. them in the word (in both forward and backward Mr. Saxena visited Nepal. directions) as they have between them in the English 36. Jaipur is visited by___ alphabetical series? (A) Mr. Sain (A) One (B) Mr. Saxna (B) Two (C) Mr. Soni (C) Three (D) Mr. Saini (D) Four (E) Can’t be determined (E) None 37. Which of the following places did Mr. Sain visit? (A) Agra (B) Mumbai

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(C) Nepal (D) report (D) Kufari (E) data (E) Can’t be determined 42. 38. Who among the following visits Shimla? (A) contraction (A) Mr. Soni (B) release (B) Mr. Sain (C) entrance (C) Mr. Saxena (D) expansion (D) Mr. Saini (E) deletion (E) None of these 43. 39. If Mr. Sinha travelled in June, Mr. Sain must have (A) working travelled in – (B) demanding (A) January (C) efficient (B) December (D) rigid (C) Can’t be determined (E) flexible (D) August 44. (E) None of these (A) foster 40. Mr. Saini visited by – (B) suppress (A) Bus (C) express (B) Rail (D) exploit (C) Can’t be determined (E) neglect (D) Car 45. (E) None of these (A) major (B) group Verbal Ability (C) branch Direction : In the following questions, a passage is given and (D) business some of its words have been omitted and a number is put at that (E) subsidiary place. First read the passage carefully and choose the word 46. from the alternatives which best fits at the omitted place. (A) reveal The (41) released by the RBI for entry and (42) of foreign (B) enclosure banks in India makes sense. If foreign banks do enter India, it (C) disclosure would drive local banks to become more (43) and encourage (D) conciliary mergers and acquisitions. These banks will also bring in (E) strife technology and expertise to (44) financial inclusion. The RBI's 47. final rules provide a foreign bank nearly the same freedom as (A) earlier a private sector bank in opening branches if it takes the form of (B) ago a local (45). New or existing candidates will have to set up (C) after wholly-owned arms if they are systemically important foreign (D) later banks, or banks that have a complex structure or those that do (E) before not have adequate (46) requirement in their home jurisdictions 48. or offer home residents preferential protection in case of a (A) encourage problem. (B) discourage However, those present in India (47) August 2010 – Citi Bank, (C) enhance HSBC Bank and Standard Chartered Bank – have the (D) conversion discretion to continue as branches. Rightly, the regulator must (E) express (48) their conversion into local subsidiaries, following Indian 49. laws. It will ring-fence the capital and assets of the bank within (A) suitable India and enable (49) risk control. (50) by way of operational (B) effective freedom could persuade some banks to convert into wholly (C) restrictive owned subsidiaries. India is a growing market and more (D) theoretical branches would do harm. However, technology has made (E) defined physical branch networks much less relevant today. An 50. example is the credit card business of foreign banks that has far (A) Promotion surpassed their branch network size. (B) Hindrance 41. (C) Blockade (A) design (D) Incentives (B) framework (E) Reward (C) blueprint

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Direction 51 - 60 : Read the following passages carefully and 53. Which of the following statement(s) is / are NOT TRUE answer the questions given below them. Some words are given in context with the passage? in bold so that you can locate them easily while answering I. The Supreme Court has passed the decision to ban some of the questions. selling of fire crackers permanently. Supreme Court says, "It has come to our notice that people are II. The Court has passed decision in the wake of worsening queuing up to purchase protective masks and air purification air quality in the NCR. systems in the wake of dense smog all over the NCR. In short, III. The Court justified its decision saying that banning sell the capital was smogged into an environmental emergency of of fire crackers is not in larger public interest. unseen proportions," the bench said. “The fall in air quality has (A) Only I had a significant impact on the people's lifestyle. The rising (B) Only II costs to protect against air pollution are substantial," the bench (C) Only III said. (D) Only I and III It said Air Quality Index in the NCR is abysmally severe and (E) Only II and III allowing trade in fireworks, a major source of noise and air 54. Why people are purchasing protective masks and air pollution and causing immense harm to the lives and health of purification systems all over the NCR? citizens, constitutes a serious invasion of the freedoms and (A) To protect them against the increased level of air rights conferred on citizens by the Constitution. pollution. Justice Bobde, who wrote the judgement, noted that increase in (B) To protect them against the dense smog. respiratory diseases like asthma, lung cancer, and bronchitis (C) To protect them against the fire crackers. was primarily attributable to the worsening air quality in the (D) To show protest against the Government. NCR. “Needless to state, the grim situation of air quality (E) None of these adversely affected the right to education, work, health and 55. Which of the following word is NEARLY SAME in ultimately, the right to life of the citizens, and this court is meaning to the given word 'Abysmally' as used in the constitutionally bound to address their grave concerns," the passage? bench said. (A) Extremely “All this firework, even that which is not noisy, leaves the (B) Rarely ambient air thick with noxious particles. Marriage processions, (C) Suddenly barats, passing through an area generated the same kind of (D) Exclusively noise and leave behind the same kind of air, by the use of fire (E) Little crackers. It is not necessary to speculate if those who suffer 56. In the phrase 'vast majority of citizens against the send their good wishes for the event, or to those celebrating commercial interests of a few', whom does 'few' represent? Diwali in this way," it said. The bench said the ban on selling (A) A small group of people fire crackers would adversely affect the business of traders but (B) A small group of traders justified its decision saying it is in larger public interest. (C) Traders dealing in fireworks “There is no doubt that protecting citizens by making these (D) Small traders unavailable in the market would require the suspension of trade (E) None of these of a miniscule section of the population. May be they have 57. Which of the following respiratory disease is not acquired stocks for sale or obtained credit for their business. mentioned in the passage? We are however of the view, that (while) balancing the vital (A) Tuberculosis interests of the vast majority of citizens against the commercial (B) Bronchitis interests of a few, the balance must heavily tilt in favour of (C) Asthma citizens in general," it said. (D) Lung cancer 51. Where people are purchasing protective masks and air (E) None of these purification systems? 58. Which of the following word is MOST OPPOSITE in (A) Delhi meaning to the given word 'Immense' as used in the (B) Noida passage? (C) Ghaziabad (A) Super (D) All over the country (B) Vast (E) None of these (C) Unimportant 52. Which of the following word is MOST OPPOSITE in (D) Teeny meaning to the given word 'Miniscule' as used in the (E) Recognized passage? 59. Which of the following word is NEARLY SAME in (A) Small meaning to the given word 'Invasion' as used in the (B) Important passage? (C) Large (A) Supportive (D) Tiny (B) Retreat (E) Varied (C) Withdrawal

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(D) Aggression 65. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence (E) Violation after the rearrangement? 60. Which of the following statement(s) is / are true in the (A) E context of the passage? (B) D I. All the fireworks contain poisonous particles. (C) A II. All the fireworks lead to noise pollution. (D) C III. Air Quality Index in the country is abysmally severe (E) F leading to air pollution. Direction 66 - 70 : Which of the phrases given below the (A) Only I and II sentence should replace the word / phrase given below the (B) Only II sentence should replace the word / phrase given in bold in the (C) Only III sentence to make it grammatically correct. If the sentence is (D) Only I correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (E) as (E) All I, II and III your answer. Direction 61 - 65 : Read the following seven sentences (A), 66. Tax officials may look after all significant deposits of (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to make a demonetised notes to see if there is unaccounted wealth. meaningful paragraph, then answer the following questions. (A) see at all significant deposits for (A) By then, other guards and officials in the jail were alerted (B) see into all significant deposits of and a heavy exchange of gunfire took place. (C) look at all significant deposits of (B) The inmates then used the gun to break open the lock of (D) look at all significant deposits for the gate. (E) No correction required (C) They told the guard on duty at the first gate to let them in. 67. Former finance minister P Chidambaram said that he (D) The attackers then reached the third gate and flung a pistol would have advised the prime minister against onto the other side where Mintoo and others were waiting demonetisation. on the pretext of collecting their daily ration. (A) would advised (E) However, the assailants managed to escape with Mintoo (B) would have advised and the gangsters. (C) will have advised (F) When he became suspicious, they overpowered him and (D) will advise took away his self-loading rifle, drove the SUV to the (E) No correction required second gate and overpowered the guard there as well. 68. The Election Commission seek transparency in financial 61. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after affairs of parties, including disclosure of donations big and the rearrangement? small. (A) F (A) seeks transparency in financial affairs (B) D (B) seek transparency in financial affair (C) A (C) seeks transparencies in financial affair (D) B (D) seek transparencies in financial affairs (E) C (E) No correction required 62. Which of the following should be the Last (SIXTH) 69. On the issue of uniform Civil Code, the Jury is divided in sentence after the rearrangement? its opinion. (A) C (A) the Jury is divided in their (B) E (B) the Jury are divided on their (C) A (C) the Jury are divided in its (D) B (D) the Jury are divided in their (E) D (E) No correction required 63. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence 70. Jos Buttler then produced a incredible pieces of fielding. after the rearrangement? (A) a credible piece of (A) D (B) an incredible piece of (B) E (C) an incredible pieces in (C) C (D) a creditable piece for (D) F (E) No correction required (E) A Direction 71 - 75 : Choose the most suitable word(s) from the 64. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence words given in the alternatives which best fit(s) in the blank(s) after the rearrangement? to make the sentence meaningful. (A) B 71. The Punjab government ______the superintendent and (B) C deputy superintendent of the Nabha jail and suspended the (C) E additional director general of police (jails). (D) F (A) promoted (E) A (B) demoted

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(C) sabotaged (D) Country in the world. (D) sacked (E) No error. (E) instigated 79. The court had earlier pulled up / the agency for delay in / 72. The priest cheated the Government through ______communicating with Canada / to trace Narinder. / No error ration card and that card was ______. (A) The court had earlier pulled up. (A) bonafide, seized (B) the agency for delay in. (B) duplicate, sieged (C) communicating with Canada. (C) smuggled, released (D) to trace Narinder. (D) forged, seized (E) No error (E) fabricated, made 80. In absence of temporary sanitation workers, / the condition 73. Tensions between India and Pakistan ______as in the city was pitiable and / almost 80% of the colonies in terrorists behead Indian soldier. the / above-mentioned zones was untouched. / No error (A) diminish (A) In absence of temporary sanitation workers, (B) increases (B) The condition in the city was pitiable and. (C) escalate (C) Almost 80% of the colonies in the. (D) reduce (D) Above-mentioned zones was untouched. (E) condense (E) No error. 74. In the present society, children do not ______their parents and send them to old-age home. Quantitative Aptitude (A) take for Direction 81 - 95 : What value will come in place of question (B) look towards mark (?) in the following questions? (C) make smile 81. 125% of 350 + 44% of 230 = ? (D) listen to (A) 536.20 (E) look after (B) 537.80 75. The Prime Minister insisted ______fuel prices in the (C) 528.60 Cabinet meeting. (D) 539.40 (A) to raise (E) None of these 1 1 1 (B) for raising 82. 5 + 5 ×19 =? 2 3 2 1 (C) on raising (A) 211 4 (D) after raising 1 (B) 109 (E) to rise 2 3 Direction 76 - 80 : Read the following sentence to find out (C) 219 4 whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. 1 (D) 127 The error, if any, will be in any part of the sentences, and the 4 is no error, your answer will be (E). [Ignore errors of (E) None of these punctuation, if any] 83. 72.28 + 18.3 × 10.6 = ? 76. Once Alexander was camping / near a town that were / (A) 266.26 inhabited by only a helpless woman / and some children. / (B) 266.34 No error (C) 265.68 (A) Once Alexander was camping. (D) 266.74 (B) Near a town that were. (E) None of these 56×2.5–7×8 (C) Inhabited by only a helpless woman. 84. =? 72+√169+(9)2 (D) And some children. 62 (A) (E) No error. 163 77. Chief minister Vasundhara Raje instructed / ministers and 54 (B) secretary in-charges of / the districts to insure government 183 welfare schemes / reach people at the grassroots. / No error 84 (C) (A) Chief minister Vasundhara Raje instructed. 153 (B) Ministers and secretary in-charges of. 84 (D) (C) The districts to insure government welfare schemes. 143 (D) Reach people at the grassroots. (E) None of these (E) No error. 78. Our Armed forces / are superior than / those of any other / 85. √? + (24)2 = (26)2 country in the world. / No error (A) 4 (A) Our Armed forces. (B) 2 (B) Are superior than. (C) 10000 (C) Those of any other. (D) 10

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(E) 100 (A) 164.212 4 2 1 86. of of of 1680 = ? (B) 164.21 7 3 5 (C) 163.818 (A) 128 (D) 163.88 (B) 139 (E) None of these (C) 142 96. In how may different ways can the letters of the word (D) 106 'TENURE' be arranged? (E) None of these (A) 540 87. 22.5% of 480 + ? % of 360 = 234 (B) 360 (A) 38 (C) 720 (B) 40 (D) 840 (C) 35 (E) None of these (D) 32 97. The ratio of number of girls and boys in a school is 3 : 8. (E) None of these If the number of boys in the school is 365 more than the 88. 8729 – 4367 + 987 – 289 = ? number of girls, then how many students are there in the (A) 5436 school? (B) 5060 (A) 793 (C) 5638 (B) 813 (D) 5822 (C) 803 (E) None of these (D) 781 89. 15972 ÷ 165 × 3 = ? (E) None of these (A) 32.27 (B) 34.36 98. Compound interest accrued on a sum of money at 4% per (C) 270.60 annum rate of interest at the end of two years is Rs. 8670. (D) 290.40 Find the sum. (E) None of these (A) Rs. 96250 90. 17% of 376 – ? = 11.20 (B) Rs. 106250 (A) 75.12 (C) Rs. 102500 (B) 63.92 (D) Rs. 110750 (C) 52.72 (E) None of these (D) 41.52 99. The total cost of 30 pens and 50 pencils is Rs. 470. What (E) None of these will be the total cost of 20 pens and 34 pencils? 91. 6043 – 5047 = ? × 20 (A) Rs. 313 (A) 47.6 (B) Rs. 315 (B) 49.8 (C) Rs. 314 (C) 48.7 (D) Can't be determined (E) None of these (D) 50.9 20 100. The average of five consecutive even numbers is of the (E) None of these 19 92. √?− 21 = √361 least number. What is the sum of the smallest and the (A) 40 largest number? (B) (37)2 (A) 162 (C) √40 (B) 154 (C) 166 (D) √1600 (E) None of these (D) 164 93. (7 × 7 × 7 × 7)3 × (7 × 7)4 ÷ (7 × 7 × 7)2/3 = (49)? (E) None of these (A) 7 Direction 101 - 105 : Study the following table carefully and (B) 8 answer the following questions. (C) 10 In the following table percentage marks obtained by five (D) 9 candidates who appeared in bank clerk mains exams have been (E) None of these given. 94. 3.7 × (70 ÷ 2.8) = ? – 2.5 Maximum marks are shown in brackets. Reasoning Quantitative General (A) 92.5 Subject / English Computer Ability Aptitude Awareness (B) 90 Candidate (40) (20) (50) (50) (40) (C) 95 (D) 87.5 A 58 72 74 77 69 (E) None of these B 72 58 83 69 77 95. 536.782 – (237.98 + 463.012) = ? C 67 48 71 82 58

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D 83 54 86 89 74 than the passing marks. What is the minimum passing E 66 56 67 69 72 percentage of the test? (A) 52.35% 101. What is the average of total marks obtained by all the five (B) 49.25% candidates in Reasoning Ability? (C) 43.75% (A) 69.2 (D) 42% (B) 54.8 (E) 42.5% (C) 34.6 109. If 3 men or 9 boys can finish a piece of work in 24 days. (D) Can't be determined In how many days can 5 men and 6 boys together do the (E) None of these same piece of work ? 2 (A) 16 푑푎푦푠 102.How much marks have been obtained by B in all the five 5 3 subjects? (B) 14 푑푎푦푠 7 (A) 143.7 1 (C) 12 푑푎푦푠 (B) 359 5 3 (C) 179.5 (D) 4 푑푎푦푠 5 (D) 287.4 2 (E) 10 푑푎푦푠 (E) None of these 7 103. Marks obtained by A in Reasoning ability and English is 110. The area of a square is 676 square meters which is equal approximately how much percent more than the marks to the area of a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 39 obtained by B in the same subjects? meter more than the breadth of the rectangle. What is the (A) 100% respective ratio between the side of the square and the (B) 98% breadth of rectangle? (C) 97% (A) 2 : 1 (D) 95% (B) 3 : 2 (E) None of these (C) 3 : 4 104. How much percent marks have been obtained by D? (D) 4 : 5 (A) 79.25 (E) 7 : 4 (B) 77.2 111. The sum of five consecutive even numbers is equal to 170. (C) 78.25 What is the sum of the second largest number amongst (D) 76.75 then and the square of the smallest number amongst them (E) None of these together? 105. What is the ratio between the marks obtained by E in (A) 936 computer to that of the marks obtained by A in English? (B) 844 (A) 1 : 1 (C) 1012 (B) 2 : 1 (D) 1230 (C) 1 : 2 (E) None of these (D) 3 : 1 112. The difference between 55% of a number and 14% of the (E) 1 : 3 same number is 8610. What is 82% of that number ? 106. The population of a town two years ago was 54000. It (A) 18530 increased by 16% in the first year and decreased by 20% (B) 16660 in the second year. What was the population of the town at (C) 17220 the end of two years ? (D) 14640 (A) 57960 (E) None of these (B) 50112 113. A truck covers a certain distance in 12 hours at the speed (C) 48654 of 70 km/hr. What is the average speed of a car which (D) 51344 travels 120 km. more than the truck in the same time ? (E) 51250 (A) 75 km/hr 107. The respective ratio of length and breadth of a rectangular (B) 80 km/hr plot is 4 : 5. If the length of the plot is 45 meter more than (C) 82 km/hr its breadth. What is the perimeter of the rectangular plot ? (D) 90 km/hr (A) 910 meter (E) None of these (B) 810 meter 114. Ganesh sold an item for Rs. 16800 and incurred a loss of (C) 880 meter 25%. At what price should he has sold the item to have (D) 750 meter gained a profit of 40% ? (E) 650 meter (A) Rs. 28320 108. In a test, Amit got 120 marks which is 35 more than the (B) Rs. 36960 passing marks. Mohit got 65% marks which is 45 more (C) Rs. 32840

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(D) Rs. 30680 (B) Mauritius (E) Rs. 31360 (C) Bulgaria 115. The compound interest accrued on an amount at the end of (D) Belgium two years at the rate of 16% per annum is 3041.28 Rs. (E) None of these What is the amount. 123. ESIC has launched ‘Kahin Bhi-Kabhi Bhi’ medical (A) Rs.13,200 facilities for its beneficiaries in which state/UT? (B) Rs. 9600 (A) Puducherry (C) Rs. 12700 (B) Delhi (D) Rs. 8800 (C) Rajasthan (E) Rs. 9700 (D) Assam Direction 116-120: In the following questions, any one (E) None of these number does not follow a certain rule, but all other numbers 124. C V R Rajendran has been appointed new MD & CEO of follow. The wrong number in the series is your answer. which bank? 116. 1 3 10 36 152 760 4632 (A) Citi Union Bank (A) 10 (B) Catholic Syrian Bank (B) 36 (C) Nainital Bank (C) 152 (D) Kotak Mahindra Bank (D) 760 (E) None of these (E) 4632 125. Who is the head of task force to expedite ATM 117. In the following questions, any one number does not recalibration? follow a certain rule, but all other numbers follow. The (A) SS Mundra wrong number in the series is your answer. (B) L Narsimha 126 98 70 41 14 (C) RM Lodha (A) 98 (D) YV Reddy (B) 70 (E) None of these (C) 41 126. The Committee to review arrangements for Institutional (D) 14 Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development (E) 126 (CRAFICARD), set up by the RBI under the chairmanship 118. 7 28 63 124 215 344 of ______(A) 28 (A) Sivaraman (B) 63 (B) Raman (C) 124 (C) Ram Kumar (D) 344 (D) Ajay Shankar (E) 7 (E) None of these 119. 49 49 50 54 60 79 104 127. Which country has announced an online program for its (A) 60 pre-schools to learn Hindi? (B) 49 (A) Australia (C) 104 (B) Israel (D) 54 (C) USA (E) 79 (D) Japan 120. 108 156 132 110 80 72 56 (E) None of these (A) 132 128. Which Indian bank has recently opened its branch in (B) 110 Myanmar? (C) 80 (A) ICICI Bank (D) 72 (B) HDFC Bank (E) 56 (C) State Bank of India (D) Bank of Baroda (General Awareness) (E) None of these 121. Indravati National Park is located in which state? 129. Which country has launched $95 million clean energy (A) Madhya Pradesh projects with India? (B) Gujarat (A) Israel (C) Jharkhand (B) Japan (D) Chhattisgarh (C) USA (E) None of these (D) Thailand 122. Boyko Borisov who has resigned recently, was the Prime (E) None of these Minister of which country? 130. SSP Chawrasia is related to which sport? (A) Israel (A) Tennis

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(B) Golf (C) New Zealand (C) Badminton (D) Sri Lanka (D) Snooker (E) None of these (E) None of these 139. Which edition of BRICS Summit was concluded in Goa 131. The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) is an association of recently? Indian banks and financial institutions having (A) 6th headquarters in ______(B) 7th (A) Mumbai (C) 8th (B) New Delhi (D) 9th (C) Bengaluru (E) None of these (D) Hyderabad 140. Which bank has asked central government help for backup (E) None of these on Winsome Group, India’s second largest ‘willful 132. What is the name of UK’s First Indian-Origin Sikh Judge, defaulter’? died recently? (A) South Indian Bank (A) Harvinder Singh (B) Standard Chartered (B) Arjun Singh (C) Saraswat Bank (C) Ballu Singh (D) Punjab National Bank (D) Mota Singh (E) Deutsche Bank (E) None of these 141. Shaurya Smarak was recently inaugurated in which city? 133. What is the currency of Bulgaria? (A) New Delhi (A) Dollar (B) Bhopal (B) Shekel (C) Jaipur (C) Lev (D) Lucknow (D) Franc (E) None of these (E) None of these 142. Who has been elected as president of the Press Club of 134. International Day for Tolerance is observed on which India? date? (A) Vinay Kumar (A) 14 November (B) Gautam Lahiri (B) 15 November (C) Jomi Thomas (C) 16 November (D) Arun Kumar Joshi (D) 17 November (E) None of these (E) None of these 143. Which bank has acquired BSS Microfinance? 135. Union Budget 2017 is proposed to be presented on which (A) Axis Bank date? (B) Kotak Mahindra Bank (A) 1 February (C) Yes Bank (B) 28 February (D) HDFC Bank (C) 15 February (E) None of these (D) 1 March 144. Highest number of poors are living in which country, (E) None of these according to World Bank? 136. What is the Aadhaar Toll-Free Helpline No. Launched (A) China recently? (B) South Africa (A) 1124 (C) India (B) 1947 (D) Nigeria (C) 1122 (E) None of these (D) 1857 145. How many countries are members of United Nations? (E) None of these (A) 197 137. Which organization has approved $500 million loan to (B) 195 build 9.8-km Ganga bridge in Bihar? (C) 193 (A) ADB (D) 187 (B) NDB (E) None of these (C) EXIM Bank 146. Which company has launched a cyber security (D) World Bank engagement center in Delhi? (E) None of these (A) Google 138. Which test Cricket playing nation has appointed a women (B) Microsoft as the President of Cricket Board? (C) Apple (A) South Africa (D) Yahoo (B) England (E) None of these

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147. The Cabinet Committee has given its approval for winding 155. Which is the first state to adopt resolution on up of which company recently? demonetisation? (A) Hindustan Copper Limited (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Hindustan Diamond Company Private Limited (B) Kerala (C) Hindustan Zinc Limited (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Hindustan metals Private Limited (D) Rajasthan (E) None of these (E) None of these 148. Which ministry has recently launched Talent identification 156. Which state has signed agreement with IDFC bank for portal? cashless transactions? (A) Ministry of Women & Child Development (A) Kerala (B) Ministry of Tourism (B) Telangana (C) Rail Ministry (C) Tamilnadu (D) Sports Ministry (D) Gujarat (E) None of these (E) None of these 149. Name the advanced weather satellite that was launched by 157. Which bank has recently got special award for excellence ISRO from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in in MSME lending? Sriharikota? (A) State Bank of Mysore (A) INSAT 3 WD (B) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (B) INSAT 4A (C) State Bank of Travancore (C) INSAT 3DR (D) State Bank of Patiala (D) INSAT 4E (E) None of these (E) None of these 158. Which bank has recently conferred with the Dun & 150. What is India’s rank in Logistics Performance Index 2016? Bradstreet Banking Awards 2016? (A) 54 (A) UCO Bank (B) 35 (B) Corporation Bank (C) 51 (C) Canara Bank (D) 37 (D) United Bank of India (E) None of these (E) None of these 151. Which country has launched first Tibetan-language search 159. Which company has acquired travel portal ibibo? engine? (A) Make MyTrip (A) USA (B) Yatra.com (B) Japan (C) Cleartrip (C) China (D) Flipkart (D) Singapore (E) None of these (E) None of these 160. Kakrapar Atomic Power Station is located in which state? 152. Which city has been termed as the India's breast cancer (A) Madhya Pradesh capital? (B) Gujarat (A) Thiruvananthapuram (C) Jharkhand (B) Kanpur (D) Tamilnadu (C) Hyderabad (E) None of these (D) Bhopal (E) None of these (Computer Knowledge) 153. Which airport’s building has become first Platinum rated 161. Which is not a wireless technology built in electronic green airport terminal building in India? gadgets used for exchanging files and data over short (A) IGI Delhi distances? (B) Kochi Airport (A) Bluetooth (C) Mumbai Airport (B) Wi-Fi (D) Chennai Airport (C) Modem (E) None of these (D) USB 154. Charti Lal Goel passed away recently. He was the first (E) Hotspot speaker of which assembly? 162. Which menu should be selected for Print command? (A) Bihar (A) View (B) Assam (B) Insert (C) Delhi (C) Design (D) Gujarat (D) File (E) None of these (E) None of the above

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163. Which is a small icon that identifies a website in a web (C) Word Art browser? (D) Word Pad (A) Flash (E) None of these (B) EDI 172. Which is the process of extracting large amounts of (C) Favicon information from a website? (D) Emoticon (A) Trackback (E) None of these (B) Spoofing 164. Which is used to return to the first slide during the Slide- (C) SYN Flood Show? (D) Scraping (A) 1 + Enter (E) None of these (B) Shift + 1 + Enter 173. Which of the following is a type of RAM used specifically (C) Ctrl + 1 + Enter for video adapters or 3D accelerators? (D) Ctrl + 1 (A) DRAM (E) None of these (B) SRAM 165. What are visual effects in the form of movements from one (C) SGRAM slide to another during a presentation called? (D) VRAM (A) Transition (E) None of these (B) Animation 174. Which memory does not use capacitor in its memory cell? (C) Effect Options (A) SRAM (D) Word Arts (B) DRAM (E) None of these (C) ROM 166. ______is a marker on the horizontal ruler that shows (D) PROM the indent settings for the active paragraph. (E) None of these (A) Indent marker 175. Which of the following device is used to enter the text and (B) Paragraph marker numerical data in a computer? (C) Line Marker (A) Plotter (D) All Above (B) Scanner (E) None of these (C) Printer 167. What is the meaning of FORTRAN? (D) Keyboard (A) Formula train (E) None of these (B) Formula translation 176. A marker on the computer screen used to show the current (C) Formula train network position is called ___ (D) Formula translation network (A) Coloured marker (E) Formula transition (B) Position checker 168. The metal or plastic case that includes all the physical parts (C) Cursor of the computer is called__ (D) Plotter (A) System unit (E) None of these (B) CPU 177. What is the file extension of MS-Power point? (C) Mainframe (A) .exe (D) Platform (B) .xls (E) Motherboard (C) .ppt 169. Which of the following is not one of PowerPoint view? (D) .pst (A) Slide show view (E) None of these (B) Slide view 178. What kind of server converts IP addresses to domain (C) Presentation view names? (D) Outline view (A) DNS (E) None of these (B) MNS 170. Which among the following is NOT an input device? (C) UTP (A) Scanner (D) RTP (B) Mouse (E) None of these (C) Keyboard 179. What is the base of hexadecimal number system? (D) Printer (A) 2 (E) Joystick (B) 8 171. A feature of Word used to transform text into a drawing (C) 16 object is known as ______(D) 10 (A) Clip Art (E) None of these (B) Animation 180. Which of the following is an operating system?

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(A) Linux (C) Formula (B) Debugger (D) Virus detection (C) Mozilla (E) None of these (D) Google chrome 189. Which of the following part stores the information? (E) Intel 8085 (A) Disc drive 181. Which of the following is not done by modem? (B) Monitor (A) Transmission speed (C) Printer (B) Data accuracy (D) Scanner (C) Error detection and correction (E) None of these (D) Data compression 190. The computer language used on internet is___ (E) None of these (A) BASIC 182. Each field in a database is identified as____ (B) COBOL (A) Key name (C) JAVA (B) Field name (D) PASCAL (C) Field type (E) None of these (D) Field code 191. What is the shortcut-key for manual page break? (E) None of these (A) CTRL + Enter 183. A series of statements explaining how the data is to be (B) Alt + Enter processed is called__ (C) Shift + Enter (A) Instruction (D) Space + Enter (B) Program (E) Ctrl + Shift + Enter (C) Compiler 192. Which of the following is not the part of standard office (D) Interpreter suite? (E) None of these (A) Word Processor 184. A detailed written description of the programming cycle (B) Database and the program, along with the test results and a printout (C) Presentation programs of the program is called___ (D) File manager (A) Documentation (E) Spreadsheets (B) Output 193. 'URL' stands for- (C) Reporting (A) Universal resource locator (D) Spreadsheets (B) Universe resource locator (E) None of these (C) Uniform resource locator 185. A set of rules for telling the computer what operations to (D) Universal resource location perform is called__ (E) None of these (A) Procedural language 194...... is called information highway. (B) Structures (A) E-mail (C) Natural language (B) Page (D) Programming language (C) Cellular phone (E) None of these (D) Internet 186. The software that is used to create text-based documents (E) None of these are referred to as ______195. Inventor of WWW is- (A) DBMS (A) Bill gates (B) Suites (B) Lee N. feyong (C) Spreadsheets (C) N. ressel (D) Word processors (D) Tim berners lee (E) None of these (E) None of these 187. Which of the following refers to too much electricity and 196. Website is a collection of- may cause a voltage surge? (A) HTML Document (A) Anomaly (B) Graphic files (B) Shock (C) Lock key (C) Spike (D) Videos (D) Virus (E) None of these (E) None of these 197. One nibble means__ 188. Which of the following term is not associated with (A) 8 bits spreadsheet? (B) 4 bits (A) Worksheet (C) 64 bites (B) Cell (D) digit

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(E) None of these 20. E 40. D 60. D 80. D 198. Internet banking means– (A) Meeting of banks on internet Q.No. Ans. Q.No. Ans. Q.No. Ans. Q.No. Ans. (B) Internet practice 81. E 111. A 141. B 171. C (C) Banking through internet (D) All of these 82. B 112. C 142. B 172. D (E) None of these 199. What is the full form of "HTML"? 83. A 113. B 143. B 173. D (A) High transfer machine language. (B) High transmission markup language 84. D 114. E 144. C 174. A (C) Hyper text markup language (D) Hyper median markup language 85. C 115. D 145. C 175. D (E) None of these 86. A 116. D 146. B 176. C 200...... is a standard protocol of Internet. (A) TCP/IP 87. C 117. C 147. B 177. C (B) JAVA (C) HTML 88. B 118. C 148. D 178. A (D) FLASH (E) None of these 89. D 119. A 149. C 179. C Answer Key 90. C 120. C 150. B 180. A

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