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institutions, including health institutions, a major UNION BUDGET: ฀ Allocation of Ministry of Food Processing UNION BUDGET 2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS has been doubled from Rs.715 crore in 2017-18 initiative named ‘‘Revitalising Infrastructure Union Budget for the financial year 2018-19, to Rs.1400 crore in 2018-19. and Systems in Education (RISE) by 2022’’  presented by the Finance Minister Shri Arun with a total investment of Rs.1,00,000 crore in ฀ Under Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Jaitley in the Parliament , envisaged a total Yojna-Har Khet ko Pani, 96 deprived irrigation next four years. outlay of Rs. 24,42,213 crore. The budget is districts will be taken up with an allocation of Rs ฀ Allocation on National Social Assistance largely focused on uplift of agricultural sector, 2600 crore. Programme this year has been kept at Rs.  along with major push to healthcare and 9975 crore. ฀ Allocation of National Rural Livelihood education sectors in the country. The Mission to Rs 5750 crore in 2018-19. ฀ World’s largest Health Protection   government estimates 7.2-7.5% GDP growth in Scheme covering over 10 crore poor and ฀ Under Ujjwala Scheme distribution of free second half of the current FY18. vulnerable families launched with a family limit LPG connections will be given to 8 crore poor women instead of 5 crore women. upto 5 lakh rupees for secondary and tertiary  AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMY treatment. ฀ Under Saubahagya Yojana, 4 crore poor  ฀ Allocation of Rs 1200 crore for the ฀ MSP for all unannounced kharif crops will be households are being provided with electricity National Health Policy, 2017. The Government one and half times of their production cost like connection with an outlay of Rs.16,000 crore.  also decided to allocate additional Rs.600 majority of rabi crops: Institutional Farm Credit To fulfil target of Housing for All by 2022, ฀ crore to provide nutritional support to all TB raised to 11 lakh crore in 2018-19 from 8.5 more than one crore houses will be built by patients at the rate of Rs.500 per month for the lakh crore in 2014-15. 2019 in rural areas.   duration of their treatment. ฀ 22,000 rural haats & 585APMCs  ฀ A sum of Rs. 3794 crore has been ฀ The total budgetary provision for the (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) to provided for giving credit support, capital and WCD Ministry for the year 2018-19 is Rs.24,700 be developed and upgraded into Gramin interest subsidy and for innovations of Medium, crore. Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) to protect the Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs). It is  ฀ On cleaning the Ganga, a total of 187 interests of 86% small and marginal farmers proposed to set a target of Rs.3 lakh crore for projects have been sanctioned under the with a corpus of Rs.2000 crore. So far 470 lending under MUDRA for 2018-19. APMCs have been connected to e-NAM network  Namami Gange programme for infrastructure ฀ The Budget proposed an outlay of Rs.7148 and rest will be connected by March, 2018. development, river surface cleaning, rural  crore for the textile sector in 2018-19 as sanitation and other interventions at a cost of ฀ On the lines of ‘‘Operation Flood’’ a new against Rs.6,000 Crore in 2016.   Rs.16,713 crore. Out of this 47 projects have Scheme “Operation Greens” was announced Micro irrigation fund Rs. 5,000 crore. ฀  been completed. with an outlay of Rs 500 Crore to address price   ฀ Dairy Processing and Infrastructure MEDIUM, SMALL AND MICRO ENTERPRISES fluctuations in potato, tomato and onion for Development Fund (DIDF) Rs. 10,881 crore. (MSMEs) AND EMPLOYMENT benefit of farmers and consumers.    ฀ Customs duty is proposed to be reduced on ฀ A sum of Rs. 3794 crore has been Two New Funds of Rs.10,000 crore ฀ raw cashew from 5 percent to 2.5 percent, to provided for giving credit support, capital and announced for Fisheries and Animal Husbandary help the cashew processing industry. interest subsidy and for innovations. sectors; Re-structured National Bamboo   ฀ It is proposed to impose a Social Welfare ฀ MUDRA Yojana launched in April, 2015 Mission gets Rs.1290 crore, as it is green gold. Surcharge at the rate of 10 percent of the has led to sanction of Rs.4.6 lakh crore in ฀ Institutional credit for Agri-sector aggregate duties of Customs, on imported credit from 10.38 crore MUDRA loans. It is increased to Rs.10 lakh crore in 2017-18. goods, to provide for social welfare schemes of proposed to set a target of Rs.3 lakh crore for ฀ Loans to Women Self Help Groups will the government. lending under MUDRA for 2018-19.   increase to Rs.75,000 crore in 2019 from EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL ฀ The Budget proposed an outlay of 42,500 crore last year. PROTECTION   Rs.7148 crore for the textile sector in 2018- ฀ 100 percent deduction proposed to ฀ Outlay on health, education and social 19 as against Rs.6,000 Crore in 2016.  companies registered as Farmer Producer protection for 2018-19 is Rs.1.38 lakh crore Infrastructure and Financial Sector Companies with an annual turnover upto Rs. against estimated expenditure of Rs.1.22 lakh Development:  100 crore on profit derived from such activities, crore in 2017-18. Increase of budgetary allocation on  ฀ for five years from 2018-19. ฀ Tribal students to get Ekalavya Model infrastructure for 2018-19 to Rs.5.97 lakh

฀ Rs 200 crore for organized cultivation Residential School on par with Navodaya crore against estimated expenditure of Rs.4.94 of highly specialized medicinal and aromatic Vidyalayas to provide the best quality education lakh crore in 2017-18.  plants and said that the organic farming by to the tribal children in their own environment ฀ Under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, by 2022. about 35000 kms road construction in Phase-I at Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and  Village Producers’ Organizations (VPOs) in ฀ To step up investments in research and an estimated cost of Rs.5,35,000 crore has large clusters. related infrastructure in premier educational been approved.

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RAILWAYS The estimated revenue forgone ฀ ฀ Tax collection by states, local governments ฀ Railways Capital Expenditure for the during Financial Year 2018-19 will be Rs. 7,000 significantly lower than those in other federal year 2018-19 has been pegged at Rs.1,48,528 crore. countries.  crore. RELIEF TO SENIOR  ฀ Insolvency Code being actively used to ฀ The total expenditure planned on safety CITIZENS The proposals are resolve NPA woes.   activities including Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha ▪ Exemption of interest income on deposits ฀ Retail inflation averaged 3.3% in 2017-18, Kosh (RRSK) is Rs. 68,725 cr in RE 2017-18 and lowest in last 6 fiscals. with banks and post offices to be increased from  Rs. 73,065 cr in BE 2018-19. Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 50,000.  ฀ Urban migration leading to feminisation of ฀ Mumbai’s local train network will ▪ farm sector. have 90 kilometers of double line tracks at a TDS not required to be deducted  under section 194A. Benefit also available for ฀ Swachh Bharat initiative improved cost of over Rs.11,000 crore. interest from all fixed deposit schemes and  sanitation coverage in rural areas from 39% in ฀ A sub-urban network of recurring deposit schemes. 2014 to 76% in January 2018. approximately 160 kilometers at an estimated ▪  cost of Rs.17,000 crore. Hike in deduction limit for health ฀ Suvey 2017-18 in Pink Colour to highlight  insurance premium and/ or medical gender issues. AIR TRANSPORT   expenditure from Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 50,000 ฀ The Budget proposes to expand the under section 80D. ฀ India needs $4.5 trillion by 2040 to develop Infrastructure Development. airport capacity more than five times to handle a ▪  Increase in deduction limit for medical billion trips a year under a new initiative - NABH ฀ The Gross Value Added (GVA) at constant expenditure for certain critical illness from Rs. Nirman. 60,000 (in case of senior citizens) and from Rs. basic prices is expected to grow at the rate of Digital Economy: 80,000 (in case of very senior citizens) to Rs. 1 6.1 per cent in 2017-18 as compared to 6.6  lakh for all senior citizens, under section 80DDB. ฀ The Budget doubled the allocation on per cent in 2016-17. Similarly, Agriculture, Digital India Programme to Rs 3073 crore in ▪ industry and services sectors are expected to Proposed to extend Pradhan Mantri grow at the rate of 2.1 per cent, 4.4 per cent, 2018-19. Vaya Vandana Yojana up to March, 2020. and 8.3 per cent respectively in 2017-18. ฀ The Finance Minister allocated Rs. Current investment limit proposed to be    10000 crore in 2018-19 for creation and increased to Rs. 15 lakh from the existing limit ฀ As on December 2017, there were 9.8 of Rs. 7.5 lakh per senior citizen. augmentation of Telecom infrastructure. million unique GST registrants slightly more  DISINVESTMENT ▪ than the total Indirect Tax registrants under the  In order to take care of the education old system (where many taxpayers were ฀ Disinvestment target of Rs.80,000 and health care needs of Below Poverty Line crore for 2018-19. (BPL) and rural families, the Budget proposes registered under several taxes).   to increase the cess on personal income tax and ฀ Three Public Sector Insurance ฀ The profile of new filers is interesting of corporation tax to 4 percent from the present 3 companies - National Insurance Co. Ltd., their total turnover, Business-To-Consumer percent. United India Assurance Co. Ltd., and ▪ (B2C) transactions account for only 17 percent Oriental India insurance Co. Ltd., will be The new cess will be called the “Health of the total. The bulk of transactions are and Education Cess and is expected to lead to a merged into a single insurance entity. ” Business-To-Business (B2B) and exports, which  collection of an estimated additional amount of ฀ To celebrate the 150 Birth Anniversary account for 30-34 percent apiece. Rs. 11,000 crore.  of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation from ฀ Maharashtra, UP, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat  DEFENCE nd 2 October 2019, the Budget set aside Rs.150 ฀ Out of total amount, Rs 2,95,511.41 crore are the States with the greatest number of GST registrants. UP and West Bengal have been large crore for the activities leading to the has been earmarked for Defence. commemoration programme. increases in the number of tax registrants compared  ฀ Rs. 1,95,947.55 crore has been allocated for to the old tax regime. ฀ The Budget proposes to revise Revenue (Net) expenditure and Rs.  emoluments to Rs.5 lakh for the President, Rs 99,563.86 crore for Capital expenditure for ฀ On the subject of International Trade, Inter- 4 lakhs for the Vice President and Rs.3.5 lakh State Trade and Economic Prosperity, the Survey the Defence Services and the Organizations/ per month to Governor. These emoluments Departments under Ministry of Defence. points-out for the first time in India‘s history that were last revised in 2006. To refix the salary five States- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, ฀ For Defence Pension, which is over and allowances with effect from April 1, 2018. Tamil Nadu and Telangana account for 70% of  and above the outlay mentioned above, an  FISCAL MANAGEMENT India‘s exports.  amount of Rs. 1,08,853.30 crore has been  ฀ The Budget Revised Estimates for provided in BE 2018-19. ฀ The Government has imposed stock expenditure in 2017-18 are Rs.21.57 lakh crore holding limits on stockiest/dealers of sugar till (net of GST compensation transfers to the April, 2018. The Government imposed 20% ECONOMY SURVEY 2018 HIGHLIGHTS States) as against the Budget Estimates of duty on export of sugar for promoting ฀ GDP to grow 7-7.5% in FY19; India to Rs.21.47 lakh crore. availability and moderating price rise. Permitted  regain fastest growing major economy tag. ฀ Fiscal Deficit pegged at 3.5 %,  import of 5 lakh tones of raw sugar at zero ฀ GDP growth to be 6.75% in FY2017-18. projected at 3.3 % for 2018-19.  duty; subsequently, import of additional 3 lakh  ฀ More concessions for International ฀ Policy vigilance required next fiscal if high tones was allowed at 25% duty. oil prices persist or stock prices correct sharply.  Financial Services Centre (IFSC), to promote  ฀ Rs.20,339 crore approved for interest trade in stock exchanges located in IFSC. ฀ Policy agenda for next year — support  subvention in 2017-18 to meet various agriculture, privatise Air India, finish bank ฀ The Budget proposes to increase the obligations arising from interest subvention recapitalisation cess on personal income tax and corporation tax  being provided to the farmers on short term crop to 4 percent from the present 3 percent. ฀ GST data shows 50% rise in number of loans, especially small and marginal farmers  ฀ To control cash economy, payments indirect taxpayers. who are the major borrowers.  exceeding Rs. 10,000 in cash made by trusts ฀ India‘s urban population is projected to and institutions to be disallowed and would be grow to about 600 million by 2031. subject to tax.

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c) June 2018 d) June 2019 e) c) Rs. 1 lakh crore d) Rs. 3 lakh crore e) Rs. ฀ During the period April-September 2017-

18, growth in services exports and services December 2018 4 lakh crore imports were robust at 16.2 per cent and 17.4 Q.5) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, Q.16) How much amount is being set aside for per cent respectively. loans to Self Help Groups of women will increase Bengaluru Metro in budget 2018-19?  a) Rs. 18,000 crore b) Rs. 17,000 crore ฀ To boost services exports, the Survey to ______by March, 2019. c) Rs. 19,000 crore d) Rs. 15,000 crore mentions that the Government in its mid-term a) Rs.85000 crore b) Rs.45000 crore

Review of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, c) Rs.55000 crore d) Rs.75000 crore e) Rs. 13,000 crore

has increased incentives under Services Exports e) Rs.65000 crore Q.17) How much amount is being allocated for

from India Schemes (SEIS) by 2 per cent, Q.6) What was the colour of the Economic Survey Mumbai Suburban Railways under budget 2018-

leading to an additional annual incentive of 2017-2018 document? 19?

Rs.1,140 crore which could help services a) White b) Blue c) Yellow a) Rs 15,000 crore b) Rs 13,000 crore

exports including Hotel & Restaurant, Hospital, d) Red e) Pink c) Rs 12,000 crore d) Rs 11,000 crore Educational services etc. Q.7) What is the estimated e) Rs 10,000 crore  budgetary expenditure on health, education and Q.18) How much amount has set up for ฀ Out of the 32 States and Union Territories Disinvestment Target for budget 2018-19? (UTs), in 15 states and UTs, the Services Sector is social protection in budget 2018-19? a) Rs. 90,000 crore b) Rs. 70,000 crore the dominant sector, contributing more than half of a) Rs.1.38 lakh crore b) Rs.1.48 lakh crore

the Gross State Value Added (GSVA). Delhi and c) Rs.1.58 lakh crore d) Rs.1.68 lakh crore c) Rs. 80,000 crore d) Rs. 60,000 crore

Chandigarh are at the top with over 80 per cent e) Rs.1.28 lakh crore e) Rs. 50,000 crore

share, while Sikkim is at the bottom with 31.7 per Q.8) The Budget proposes to increase the cess Q.19) As per economic survey 2017-18, how

cent share. In terms of services GSVA growth, on personal income tax and corporation tax to much percent rise in GST data in number of

Bihar is at the top and Uttar Pradesh at the bottom how much percent from 3 percent? unique indirect taxpayers?

with 14.5 per cent and 7.0 per cent growth a) 5 per cent b) 6 per cent a) 30% b) 20% c) 50%

respectively in 2016-17. c) 4 per cent d) 7 per cent d) 40% e) 25%  e) 8 per cent Q.20) For the year 2018-19, Railways capital ฀ FDI equity inflows to the services sector grew by 15.0 percent during 2017-18 (April-October). Q.9) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, expenditure has been pegged at _____ crore.  exemption of interest income for senior citizens a) Rs. 1,58,528 crore ฀ The Services sector, with a share of 55.2 on deposits with banks and post offices to be b) Rs. 1,78,528 crore per cent in India‘s Gross Value Added (GVA), increased from Rs. 10,000 to______. c) Rs. 1,38,528 crore continued to be the key driver of India‘s d) Rs. 1,28,528 crore economic growth contributing almost 72.5 per a) Rs. 75,000 b) Rs. 25,000

cent of GVA growth in 2017-18. c) Rs. 30,000 d) Rs. 50,000 e) Rs. 1,48,528 crore  e) Rs. 40,000 Q.21) How much amount has been allocated for ฀ With the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission Q.10) The hiked salary of President in budget nutritional support to all TB patients in budget (Gramin) on 2nd October, 2014, the sanitation 2018-19 is ______. 2018-19? coverage in rural India has increased a) Rs. 800 crore b) Rs. 600 crore substantially from 39 per cent in 2014 to 76 a) Rs. 4 Lakh b) Rs. 5 Lakh

percent in January, 2018. c) Rs. 3.5 Lakh d) Rs. 5.5 Lakh c) Rs. 700 crore d) Rs. 500 crore

e) Rs. 4.5 Lakh e) Rs. 1000 crore Q.22) The hiked salary of Vice President in budget Quiz: Q.11) How much amount has been allocated for 2018-19 is ______. Q.1) In Union Budget 2018-19, allocation of the creation and augmentation of Telecom a) Rs. 4 Lakh b) Rs. 5 Lakh Ministry of Food Processing has been doubled Infrastructure in Union Budget 2018-19? c) Rs. 3.5 Lakh d) Rs. 5.5 Lakh from Rs.715 crore in 2017-18 to ______in a) Rs. 20,000 Crore b) Rs. 10,000 Crore e) Rs. 4.5 Lakh 2018-19. c) Rs. 15,000 Crore d) Rs. 25,000 Crore

a) Rs.1380 crore b) Rs.1400 crore e) Rs. 30,000 Crore Q.23) According to the budget 2018-19, Tax

Q.12) How many percent has been projected for buoyancy for 2017-18 is at which percent? c) Rs.1450 crore d) Rs.1480 crore e) Rs.1300 crore fiscal deficit of GDP for the year 2018-19 of a) 3.11% b) 1.12% c) 3.51% d) 2.71% Q.2) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, Union Budget? e) 2.11% under Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojna-Har a) 3.3% b) 3.0%

Khet ko Pani, how much amount has been c) 4.5% d) 3.8% Q.24) According to the budget 2018-19, the

allocated for 96 deprived irrigation districts? e) 4.3% number of tax payers has increased from 6.47 lakh crores to ______. a) Rs 4600 crore b) Rs 5600 crore Q.13) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, a) 9.34 lakh crores b) 8.34 lakh crores c) Rs 2600 crore d) Rs 1600 crore proposed to extend Pradhan Mantri Vaya

e) Rs 3600 crore Vandana Yojana up to ______. c) 9.27 lakh crores d) 7.27 lakh crores

Q.3) Name the digital portal that has launched to a) June, 2019 b) December, 2020 e) 8.27 lakh crores Q.25) Name the technologies that will be improve the quality of education, technology will c) July, 2020 d) March, 2019 increasingly used for the safety of trains and be used to upgrade the skills of teachers, in e) March, 2020 Railways as per the Safety Policy mentioned in Union Budget 2018-19. Q.14) The hiked salary of Governor in budget ‘ ’ Union Budget 2018-19. a) Drishya b) Dhakha 2018-19 is ______. a) Fog Safe b) Train Protection c) Dharma d) Diksha a) Rs. 4 Lakh b) Rs. 5 Lakh c) Warning System d) All the above e) Dhanvi c) Rs. 3.5 Lakh d) Rs. 5.5 Lakh

Q.4) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, all e) Rs. 4.5 Lakh e) Both a and b

APMCs will be connected to e-NAM network by Q.15) As per the Finance Minister, how Q.26) Under which scheme 4 crore poor

_____. much crore amount for lending under is being households are being provided with electricity connection with an outlay of Rs.16,000 crore in a) March 2018 b) March 2019 allocated in FY 19 for PM's MUDRA Yojana? budget 2018-19? a) Rs. 5 lakh crore b) Rs. 2 lakh crore

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a) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana Telangana account for what per cent of India s Q.47) Which plant was referred as Green gold ’ “ ” b) Sampada Yojana exports? by the Finance Minister in budget 2018-19? c) Saubahagya Yojana a) 50% b) 60% c) 40% a) Bamboo b) Tulsi c) Rubber d) Krishi Sinchai Yojna d) 70% e) 80% d) Cotton e) Turmeric e) Bharatmala Pariyojana Q.38) As per Economic Survey 2017-2018, Q.48) How many Public Sector Insurance Q.27) Under “Prime Minister’s Research Fellows Climate change could adversely affect farmers’ companies is going to be merged into a single (PMRF)” Scheme how many best B.Tech students income by up to _____ in the medium term? insurance entity? will be identified each year and will be provided a) 18 – 20% b) 15 – 18% c) 20 – 25% a) Two b) Three c) Four facilities to undertake Ph.D in IITs and IISc? d) 25 – 28 % e) 35 - 40% d) Five e) Six a) 100 b) 1000 c) 1500 Q.39) How much fund has been allocated for the Q.49) Ekalavya Model Residential School will be d) 2000 e) 500 fisheries sector and the animal husbandry sector set up to provide the best quality education to Q.28) The Budget doubled the allocation on in budget 2018-19? the ______in their own environment? Digital India Programme to ______in 2018-19. a) 7,000 crore b) 8,000 crore a) SC/ST students b) Tribal Children a) Rs 8073 crore b) Rs 5073 crore c) 8,500 crore c) Children under 12 years c) Rs 3073 crore d) Rs 4073 crore d) 9,000 crore e) 10,000 crore d) Under Privileged Students e) Rs 2073 crore Q.40) Govt. announced a ______fund to e) Both a and b Q.29) Who had prepared the Economic Survey celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Q.50) According to the union budget 2018-19, 2017-2018? Gandhi in budget 2018-19. what is the present value of Indian Economy? a) Arun Jaitley b) Arvind Kejiriwal a) Rs 150 crore b) Rs 100 crore a) $3.5 trillion economy c) Arvind Subramanian d) N.K.Singh e) c) Rs 75 crore d) Rs 200 crore b) $2.5 trillion economy

Amitabh Khant e) Rs 50 crore c) $1.5 trillion economy

Q.30) The new cess will be called the Health Q.41) At present how many APMCs have been d) $4.5 trillion economy “ and Education Cess” and is expected to lead to a connected to e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) e) $5.5 trillion economy collection of an estimated additional amount of network out of 585 APMCs (Agricultural Produce ______. Market Committee)? Answer Key: a) Rs. 15,000 crore b) Rs. 10,000 crore a) 450 b) 470 c) 475 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (e) 7. (a) 8. (c) c) Rs. 21,000 crore d) Rs. 11,000 crore d) 490 e) 550 9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (e) 14. (c) 15. e) Rs. 17,000 crore Q.42) What is the total amount allocated for (d) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (e) 21. (b)

Q.31) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, developing and upgrading agricultural marketing 22. (a) 23. (e) 24. (e) 25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. how much amount has been allocated to Re- infrastructure in the 22000 Grameen Agricultural (c) 29. (c) 30. (d) 31. (e) 32. (c) 33. (e) 34. (b)

Structured National Bamboo Mission? Markets (GrAMs) and 585 APMCs Agricultural 35. (e) 36. (d) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (e) 40. (a) 41. a) Rs.1190 crore b) Rs.1390 crore Produce Market Committee) in budget 2018-19? (b) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (d) 46. (b) 47. (a) c) Rs.1490 crore d) Rs.1090 crore a) 2000 crore b) 2100 crore 48. (b) 49. (b) 50. (b) e) Rs.1290 crore c) 2500 crore d) 3000 crore e) 3500 crore Q.32) How much amount has been allocated to Q.43) In order to support the organized Current Affairs: the National Rural Livelihood Mission in budget cultivation and associated industry, government NATIONAL

2018-19? had allocated how much amount has been Union Government launches GeM 3.0: a) Rs. 8750 crore b) Rs. 6750 crore allocated for the cultivation of highly specialized The Ministry of Commerce & Industry c) Rs. 5750 crore d) Rs. 4750 crore medicinal and aromatic plants in budget 2018- launched the third version of the Government e- e) Rs. 3750 crore 19? Marketplace (GeM 3.0). GeM is an Online

Q.33) What is the GDP growth prediction for a) 100 crore b) 200 crore c) 250 crore Market platform to facilitate procurement of financial year 2018-2019 as per Economic d) 300 crore e) 320 crore goods and services by various Ministries and

Survey 2017-2018? Q.44) Prime Minister’s Krishi Sampada Yojana is agencies of the Government. It would offer a) 8-8.5% b) 7.5-8% c) 6.5-7.3% the flagship programme for boosting investment standardised and enriched catalogue d) 7-8% e) 7-7.5% in which sector? management, powerful search engine, real time

Q.34) What is the industrial growth expectation a) Infrastructure b) Swach Bharat price comparison. for financial year 2017-18, in recent economic c) Education d) Food processing Ministry of Commerce & Industry survey? e) Solar Plants ฀ Union Minister: Suresh Prabhu  a) 5.3% b) 4. 4% c) 6.5% Q.45) In Budget 2018-19, government had ฀ Constituency: Andhra Pradesh, Rajya  d) 7.5% e) 8.3% proposed to launch an ‘‘Operation Greens’’ on the Sabha Q.35) As per the recent economic survey, what lines of ‘‘Operation Flood’’, to promote Farmer is the average consumer price inflation based Producers Organizations (FPOs), agri-logistics, India Energy Congress 2018: headline inflation for 2017-18? processing facilities and professional The Power and New and Renewable Energy a) 2.4% b) 4.2% c) 5.6% management. What is the total amount allocated Minister R K Singh inaugurated the 7th India d) 7.3% e) 3.3% for this operation? Energy Congress 2018. It is organised by

Q.36) What was the total number of unique GST a) 300 crore b) 350 crore World Energy Council India with theme registrants as on December 2017, in economic c) 400 crore d) 500 crore “Energy 4.0: Energy Transition Towards survey 2017-18? e) 550 crore 2030”, in New Delhi. India’s per capita power a) 8.3 million b) 6.5 million Q.46) In Economic survey 2017-18, Expenditure consumption of 1,200 units is likely to go up by c) 7.5 million d) 9.8 million on Social services stands at _____ in 2017-18. three to four times by 2030, announced by the e) 8.5 million a) 5.5% b) 6.6% c) 7.7% Union Minister R K Singh. Q.37) As per the economic survey 2017-18, d) 6.0% e) 5.0% Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and

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First defence industrial corridor between earmarked for South-South cooperation. The responsible digital citizens. The National Chennai and Bengaluru: India-UN Development Partnership Fund was set Council of Educational Research and The first defence industrial production corridors up last month as a partnership between India Training is an autonomous organisation of the link Chennai and Bengaluru. The Finance and the United Nations Office for South-South Government of India headquartered in New Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will Cooperation (UNOSSC). It aims to intensify its Delhi. develop two defence industrial production partnerships with other developing countries, corridors in Budget 2018. The Announcement the UN Office of South-South Cooperation Cabinet approves PMRF scheme: for the second corridor will be made soon, by (UNOSSC). The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Narendra Modi, approved implementation of defence budget was increased by 7.81 per Green Deed Campaign: 'Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF)' cent to Rs 2.95 lakh crore against last Environment Ministry launches the “Green scheme. It has been laid at a total cost of Rs year’s Rs 2.74 lakh crore. Deed Campaign”. It aims the students to give 1650 crore for a period of seven years awareness about global warming and climate beginning 2018-19. The scheme has been PM Modi to inaugurate Global Investors' change. Union minister of Environment, Forest announced in the Budget Speech 2018-19. Summit: and climate change Dr Harsh Vardhan launched South Central Railway Becomes 1st Rail Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the the campaign A Mobile App named “Dr Harsh Zone With 100% LED Lighting At Stations: Global Investors' Summit 'Advantage Assam' in Vardhan” was also launched to give awareness The South Central Railway (SCR) has become Guwahati. The summit is being organised by to all people from grassroot level. the first railway zone in the country to complete Assam government in association with the industry 100 percent LED lighting at all the stations body FICCI. It will showcase the state's Nuclear-capable Agni-I missile test fired under its jurisdiction. It has become first zone to manufacturing opportunities and geostrategic successfully: complete 100 percent LED lighting in all the 733 advantages to foreign and domestic investors. The India test-fired it’s indigenously developed stations. It is expected to save 32 lakh units of objective of the Summit is to position Assam as nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile. It electrical energy worth Rs 2.7 crore per year. India’s Expressway to ASEAN countries. has been tested as a part of user trial by the Army from a test range off the Odisha coast. It National Tribal Festival begins at Kalagram: is a 700 km range surface-to-surface CCEA Approves Enhancement of Target A 10-day National Tribal Festival, Aadi Mohatsav, missile and launched from pad-4 of the Under PMUY: kicked off at Kalagram in Manimajra, Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has Chandigarh. It is to celebrate tribal culture, Kalam Island in Balasore. approved to enhance of the target of Pradhan cuisine and commerce. The festival was Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from five inaugurated by Haryana Governor, Kaptan 5th South Asia Region Public Procurement crore to eight crore. The PMUY is to provide Singh Solanki. The event was collaboration Conference held in New Delhi: clean cooking fuel through LPG to all the between the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs The Fifth edition of South Asia Region Public uncovered households in the country. An and North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala. Procurement Conference was held in New Delhi. additional allocation of Rs. 4,800 crore has Thee timely and quality delivery of public services. been sanctioned for the project. The revised Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to It was hosted by Public Procurement Division (PPD) target of PMUY will be achieved by 2020. inaugurate first International Kala Mela: of Ministry of Finance an objective is to improve Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated public procurement of member countries to ensure NHAI to Start ‘Pay As You Use’ Pilot Project the first International Kala Mela at the Indira All India Management Association (AIMA).The The National Highways Authority of India

Gandhi National Centre for Arts in New Delhi. theme of the conference (NHAI) will start a pilot project “pay as you The objective of the event is to focus on direct is “Public Procurement and Service use” tolling in India. It will be implemented on interaction between the artist and the Delivery”. the Delhi-Mumbai Highway. It is to study and connoisseur and also educating and raising implement the ability of the system in the awareness about art. The Art Festival, organised Google launches ‘#SecurityCheckKiya’ country. The project to be run for one year by Lalit Kala Akademi, wherein artists and campaign: involves implementing a satellite-based groups will showcase their work. To create awareness around Internet safety, Google electronic toll collection system running on India launched a public initiative GPS/GSM technology. KUSUM scheme to encourage farmers for "#SecurityCheckKiya". It aims to protect young NHAI solar farming: and first-time web users from account hijacking, ฀ Headquarters: New Delhi  Power Minister R K Singh announced an Rs safeguard Android devices from malicious apps and ฀ Chairman: Deepak Kumar 48,000-crore Kisan Urja Suraksha Utthaan secure all their personal data if they lose their Maha Abhiyaan (KUSUM) scheme. The device. The initiative is taken on 13-Member Advisory Committee under objective is to incentivise farmers to run solar Safer Internet Day, February 6. Defence Ministry: farm water pumps and also use their baron land Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has for generating solar power. It has been approved Google and NCERT Join Hands to Teach constituted a 13-member advisory by the EFC (Expenditure Finance Committee) Students Digital Safety: committee. It is to monitor and expedite capital and the Cabinet and it will be launched next Google and NCERT signed a pact to integrate a acquisition projects for the modernisation of the fiscal. It will aid total solar power generation course on 'Digital Citizenship and Safety' in armed forces. The committee will be headed by capacity of 28,250 MW in next 10 years. information and communication technology Vinay Sheel Oberoi, former secretary in the India Contributes $1billion to UN curriculum. It was signed on the occasion of government. Development Partnership Fund: Safer Internet Day, Feb 6. It will be used to India has contributed an additional $1 million to train students across 1.4 million schools in India NITI Aayog Unveils Health Index for States: the India-UN Development Partnership Fund where they will learn how to become good and

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NITI Aayog released the list of Healthy State of $950 billion. The report was released by New International Conference on Unani progressive report. There are three categories World Wealth. The list of 15 wealthiest cities was Medicine held in New Delhi namely larger states, smaller states and Union topped by New York with a total wealth of $3 A two-day International Conference on Unani territories in the list. Kerala, Punjab and Tamil trillion. London ranked second in the list with Medicine organized by the Central Council for Nadu have ranked top among the larger states $2.7 trillion, followed by Tokyo ($2.5 trillion), Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) as a part of

in terms of overall performance. and San Francisco Bay area ($2.3 Unani Day celebration was held in New Delhi. It Among smaller states Mizoram ranked first trillion). Total wealth refers to the private wealth was inaugurated by Minister of State (IC) for

followed by Manipur and Goa in terms of annual held by all the individuals living in each city. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, incremental performance. MoS PMO, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar ADR: Richest and Poorest Chief Minister and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh. Pradesh are the top three states in the terms Theme: Integration of Unani System of Chandra Babu Naidu, the chief minister of of annual incremental performance. Andhra Pradesh, is the richest CM in the country Medicine in main stream healthcare. Among Union territories with assets worth Rs 177 crore. The three CMs Lakshadweep showed best overall with the lowest assets are Manik Sarkar Rs 1,487 crore sanctioned to boost security performance as well as highest annual (Tripura) with Rs 26 lakh+, Banerjee(West of military base camps of JK, North East:

incremental performance. Bengal) with Rs 30 lakh and Mehbooba Mufti(J&K) In a bid to fill up the security gaps and protect National Institution for Transforming India with Rs 55 lakh. Devendra Fadnavis, CM of military base camps of Jammu and Kashmir, (NITI) Aayog Maharashtra, has the highest number of North East and several other places from ฀ Chairperson: Narendra Modi cases(22) registered against him. The analysis terrorist attack, the Defence Ministry  ฀ CEO: Amitabh Kant was conducted by transparency body sanctioned Rs 1,487 crore to the Army.  ฀ Headquarters: New Delhi Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after approving the massive amount of Rs 1,487 crore

HAL Develops First Hawk-I Flight: ‘Port Performance Index’ by Dun and to protect military base camps has set a deadline The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has developed Bradstreet: of 10 months for the Army to carry it out. Also, the first flight of Hawk-i with indigenous Real A new ‘Port Performance Index’ has been the Army headquarters has been asked to Time Operating System (RTOS). It has been released by Dun & Bradstreet and it was handed monitor implementation of the project.

certified by Center for Military Airworthiness over to Commerce and Industry minister and Certification (CEMILAC). The RTOS is the Suresh Prabhu. It bench-marked performance 4th meeting of EAC-PM held in New Delhi: system software which provides a standard run- of 13 ports which handle around 67% of India’s The 4th meeting of the Economic Advisory time environment for real-time applications maritime trade. Major ports JNPT, Kamarajar Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) was

execution in a safe and reliable manner. and Visakhapatnam have received ‘Good’ held in New Delhi. The meeting was held under ฀ HAL Chairman: T. Suvarna score in the index. the chairmanship of Dr Bibek Debroy, In the study, seven ports (Cochin, Kandla, Economist. The Council discussed the possible RK Singh Launches ASH TRACK Mobile App: Paradip, Chennai, Mormugao, New modalities of implementing the National Health Power Minister R K Singh launched a web- Mangalore and VOC) have received ‘Average’ Scheme announced by the government in the based monitoring system and a fly-ash score, while three ports (Haldia, Kolkata and Union Budget-2018-19. mobile application which would act as an MbPT) have received ‘Poor’ score. interface between producers and consumers. Government of India Makes Amendments in These platforms will enable better management Nitin Gadkari Releases Highway Capacity Small Savings Act: of the ash produced by thermal power plants by Manual: The government has made amendments in providing an interface between fly ash The Road, transport and highways minister Small Saving Act, proposing the merger of producers (thermal Power Plants) and Nitin Gadkari released a manual laying down Government Savings Certificates Act, 1959, potential ash users such as road contractors, guidelines on when and how to expand or Public Provident Fund Act, 1968 with the cement plants etc. At present, 63 per cent of the manage different types of roads. This is the first Government Savings Banks Act, 1873. The fly ash is being utilized and target is for 100 time that a manual has been developed in India amendment will retain all existing protections percent utilization. similarly to US, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, while consolidating PPF Act under the proposed Taiwan. It is prepared by Council of Scientific Government Savings Promotion Act. Is to Government to Establish National Women and Industrial Research and the Central strengthen the objective of “Minimum

Entrepreneurship Council: Road Research Institute. Government, Maximum Governance”. The Ministry of Women and Child ฀ Constituency of Minister Nitin Gadkari:  Development is considering to Nagpur, Maharashtra India-Russia Agriculture Business Summit establish National Women Entrepreneurship held in New Delhi: Council (NWEC). NWEC will promote Electricity to unelectrified households by India and Russia discussed trade relations in entrepreneurship as it would be the umbrella 2019: the agricultural sector in a business summit organization for socio-economic gender parity, Union Minister of State for Power and New in New Delhi. The Ministry of Agriculture &

financial inclusion and economic empowerment and Renewable Energy RK Singh said that the Farmers Welfare organised an India-Russia of women in India. It was announced by Minister government was committed to provide electricity to Agriculture Business Summit. A celebration of of State for Women and Child Development, Dr. un-electrified households by 2019. “Pradhan 70 years of Agricultural Relationship will Virendra Kumar. Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana” also called also be held in Suratgarh, Rajasthan. “Saubhagya”, launched in September last year, Mumbai: 12th Richest City Globally Mumbai, was a move towards this goal and that about 4 Defence Ministry Approves Proposals worth India’s financial capital is the 12th richest crore households would benefit from it. Rs. 15,935 crore: city in the world with a total wealth

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The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) and the Coast Guard are also participating to coming together to combat single-use plastic chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala build interoperability. pollution. Sitharaman approved capital acquisition proposals of the defence services, valued at Rs Government Inks $100 Million Loan Shri R.K. Singh inaugurates ‘International

15,935 crore. The DAC also approved the Agreement with NDB: R&D Conclave’: procurement of seven lakh forty thousand The New Development Bank (NDB) has Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & assault rifles for the three services.These rifles signed a loan agreement of USD 100 million Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh inaugurated will be made by the Ordnance Factory Board and with the government of India. The loan the ‘International R&D Conclave’– two day the private industry at an estimated cost of Rs agreement is for financing of Rajasthan Water conference on Emerging Opportunities and 12,280 crore. The DAC has also approved the Sector Restructuring Project for the desert Challenges of R&D in Indian Power Sector, procurement of 5719 sniper rifles for the army areas. The loan is the first tranche of the USD organised by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the air force at an estimated cost of Rs 982 345 million by the NDB under the multi tranche in New Delhi. crore and Advanced Torpedo Decoy Systems financing facility for this project. The objective of In his address inaugural, Shri Singh stressed (ATDS) at a cost of Rs. 850 crore. this project is to rehabilitate the 678 km upon the need of a dedicated R&D department in The constituency of Defence Minister Nirmala long Indira Gandhi Canal system built during CEA to coordinate the research in power sector, Sitharaman: Karnataka, Rajya Sabha. 1958-63. and asked the concerned departments to make an effort to implement the ideas emerging from India to Host 8th Theatre Olympics: Prime Minister Inaugurates World this Conference. In an effort to put India firmly among the top Sustainable Development Summit 2018: nations in the world theatre map, the country Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally National Conference “Agriculture 2022- will play host to the 8th Theatre Olympics, the inaugurated the World Sustainable Development Doubling Farmers’ Income”: greatest carnival of thespianism. The 51-day Summit 2018 in New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan. It The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare theatre extravaganza which will be inaugurated was organised by The Energy and Resources (MoA&FW) is organizing a National Conference at Red Fort, will see 450 shows including 65 Institute (TERI). Theme of the forum is under the title of “Agriculture 2022 – Doubling shows by international artistes, 600 ambient ‘Partnerships for a Resilient Planet’. Farmers’ Income” at National Agriculture Science performances and 250 youth forum shows. ฀ TERI Director-General: Dr Ajay Mathur Complex (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi. It is a two The Theatre Olympics was established in 1993 days conference scheduled on 19th and 20th at Delphi in Greece. The international theatre Central govt. to set up 562 more Ekalavya February, 2018. The Conference is being organized festival promotes richness and diversity of schools: on the advice of the Hon’ble Prime Minister with a theatre heritage in all kinds of experiments and Tribal affairs minister Mr.Oram has announced view to identify various critical issues relating to research in the field of performing arts, that Govt. will setup 562 schools for tribal agriculture and farmers’ welfare and finding contributing to the growth of international children. He also added that “Every block with at appropriate solutions. collaboration all over the world. least 20 thousand tribal persons, will have an Ekalavya School”. The Tribal Affairs Ministry has Cabinet approves extra-budgetary support India’s First Radio Festival Will Be Held in been allocated an amount of six thousand crore for urban housing scheme: Delhi: rupees for new financial year. In 2017-18, it The Union cabinet approved extra-budgetary India’s first radio festival will be held in Delhi received over 5329 crores rupees Ekalavya support for government’s flagship housing and the festival is being organised by the Model Residential School (EMRS) is a scheme Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana International of Women in Radio and Television, Government of India scheme for model (Urban). Under the PMAY(U), the housing and in collaboration with UNESCO. The radio festival residential school for Indian tribals across India. urban affairs ministry targets construction of is being held to mark World Radio Day 2018. about 1.2 crore houses for the urban poor. The The 2018’s theme of World Radio Day: Radio Atul Bhujal yojana – Centre readies scheme got allocation at Rs.6,505 crore for and Sports. Rs.6000 crore: Budget 2018-19 as compared to Rs. 6,042.81 The government has finalized the contours of a crore in 2017-18. Government Extends Anti-Narcotics Rs 6,000-crore scheme to tackle the country’s However, additional budgetary resources of Rs. Scheme: depleting groundwater level. Atal Bhujal Yojana 25,000 crore was also proposed for the scheme to The ‘Assistance to States and UTs for (ABY), the scheme will be launched in Gujarat, be raised outside the general budget. In urban Narcotics Control’ scheme has been extended Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan, areas, the assistance has been sanctioned for for a further period of 3 years–from 2017-18 to Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, covering 78 construction of over 39.4 lakh houses so far. 2019-20. The estimated budget is Rs 21 crore. districts, 193 blocks and more than 8,300 gram About Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) The purpose of the scheme is to assist state panchayats. ฀ Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana st governments and Union Territories which are According to a World Bank report, about 245 (PMAY) was launched in 1 June 2015 with an contributing in controlling the inter-state and billion cubic metre of groundwater is abstracted aim to provide affordable housing to urban cross border drug trafficking. each year in the country. This figure represents poor.  about 25% of the total global groundwater ฀ It has two components Pradhan Tri-Service Maritime Exercise ‘Paschim abstraction. Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)(PMAY-U) for the Lehar’ Begins: urban poor and Pradhan Mantri Awaas ‘Paschim Lehar‘, a tri-service maritime exercise India to host World Environment Day 2018: Yojana (Gramin) (PMAY-G and also PMAY-R) begins in India’s western coast. Around 40 ships, India is the global host of 2018 World for the rural poor, is an initiative by Prime  submarines and fighter aircraft participated in Environment Day which will take place on June 5, Minister Narendra Modi  ‘Paschim Lehar’. Units from Eastern Naval 2018. With “Beat Plastic Pollution” as ฀ With a target of building 20 million Command, Indian Army, Indian Air Force the theme for this year’s edition, the world is affordable houses by 31 March 2022.

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Eligibility criteria: Vehicle (BMPs-2/2k) for Mechanised Infantry In eNAM reboot, Govt introduces six new ฀ Beneficiary max age 70 years. and other Arms and Services at an estimated features:  cost of over Rs 1125 crore from the Ordnance eNAM - an online agriculture market ฀ EWS (Economic Weaker Section) annual Factory Board (OFB). offering the best prices to the farmers has 6.6  income less than Rupees 3 Lac and LIG (Lower Income Group) Annual Income between DAC accorded approval for procurement of one million farmers registered and 470 agriculture

3,00,001 to 6,00,000 Lac as well as Mid Survey Training Vessel (STV) for meeting the markets connected. Digital payments through Income group since Feb 2017. Navy’s growing ‘Hydrographic Survey’ needs BHIM-UPI have registered transactions of  in ports, harbours, Exclusive Economic Zone, Rupees fifteen thousand Crore in January ฀ The beneficiary should not have an 2018. The eNAM website is now available in own dwelling unit on the name of any family etc. The construction of the vessel is to be member in any part of India. undertaken under Buy (Indian-IDDM) by Indian Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and shipyards at an estimated cost of Rs 626 crore. Odia, besides Hindi and English, while the eNAM

Cabinet approves creation of National trading facility is available in six languages.

Urban Housing Fund: Cabinet approves amendments to Chit Six New Features:

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Funds Act: ฀ To ensure timely payment to farmers Shri Narendra Modi has given approval for The cabinet has approved amendments to the Chit after auctioning of commodities on the platform, creation of National Urban Housing Fund Funds Act to facilitate orderly growth of the sector the government has introduced Unified (NUHF) for Rs.60,000 crores. This fund will be and provide more financial products to investors. Payment Interface (UPI) facility through

situated in Building Materials and Technology The cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra ฀ The MIS dashboard has been

Promotion Council (BMTPC), an autonomous Modi, has given approval to introduced to provide a greater insight into the body registered under the Societies introduce the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, performance of each mandi in terms of arrival

Registration Act, 1860 under the 2018 in Parliament. and trade. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. For the purpose, amendments would be made to ฀ A Grievance Redressal Management NUHF will facilitate raising requisite funds the Chit Funds Act, 1982. One of the System is being set up at mandis to flag in next four years so that flow of Central amendments is use of the words “Fraternity technology issues related to portal/ software and Assistance under different verticals i.e. Fund” for chit business in the Act to signify its its operation and also track the status of inherent nature, and distinguish its working from redressal online. Beneficiary Linked  Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in ‘Prize Chits’ which are banned under a ฀ E-Learning module in Hindi has also

Partnership (AHP), In-Situ Slum separate legislation. been incorporated in the website so that various Redevelopment (ISSR) and Credit Linked stakeholders can learn about how to operate the system and continuously get trained at their Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) is sustained and Mission BUNIYAD to help govt schools’ students improve: convenience. construction of houses to address the gap in  Urban Sector progresses smoothly. In order to create a strong base in very initial ฀ e-NAM has been integrated with Central studies, Delhi Government has joined hand with Farmer Database so that the registration process Government allows private companies to bid Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Deputy Chief becomes easier and Identification of farmers can be for coal mines for commercial production: Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia done easily on arrival at the Mandi Gate. Farmers can also see the real-time bidding progress and The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, announced the programme “Mission BUNIYAD”. assaying certificates through app. chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra This programme is designed on the

Modi has approved the methodology for auction lines of Government’s previous ฀ Mobile app has been made multilingual. e-

of coal mines / blocks for sale of coal under scheme “Chunauti”. NAM Mobile app is being enhanced in multi- the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and The entire programme will run from Classes 3 dimension so that the entire operation for the Mines and Minerals (Development and to 5 in MCD schools and in Classes 6 to 8 in farmers can be user friendly. Mandi operators Regulation) Act, 1957. The opening up of Delhi Government schools. Under Buniyaad, can now carry out one of the critical operation of Gate Entry directly from e-NAM Mobile App. commercial coal mining for private students will be divided into three categories. sector is the most ambitious coal sector reform Those who perform at par will be taken into the since the nationalisation of this sector in 1973. The ‘Ujjawal’ group; those who score medium-level India to host 1st International Solar

methodology gives highest priority to marks will be placed in ‘Utkarsh’ while those Alliance on 11th March: transparency, ease of doing business and ensures who are behind their peers will be placed in India will host the first International Solar

that natural resources are used for national ‘Udyam’. Alliance (ISA) summit on 11th March, which

development. It will also lead to energy security as DELHI will be attended by French President ฀ Chief Minister: Arvind Kejriwal Emmanuel Macron and United Nations 70% of India’s electricity is generated from  thermal power plants. This reform is expected to ฀ Governor: Anil Baijal Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The ISA bring efficiency into the coal sector by moving from aims to launch 121 projects during the summit. an era ofmonopoly to competition. Saras completes second test flight During the summit, two new programmes will be successfully: inaugurated on- Scaling Solar E-Mobility and

DAC clears procurement worth Rs 1850 India’s indigenous light transport Storage, and Rooftop Solar. The summit will be

crore: aircraft Saras was successfully test flown for a held in Delhi. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired second time in Bangalore, Union Science and by Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman and Technology minister Harsh Vardhan said. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates accorded approval to Capital Acquisition design and development of the aircraft is being projects worth 1,000 crore rupees at

Proposals of the Services valued at over Rs 1850 done by the CSIR-National Aerospace Daman:

crore. These include procurement of essential Laboratories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

quantity of Infantry Combat various developmental projects in Daman

in Union territory of Daman and Diu. He

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Nicobar Islands, under the aegis of the Jal Marg Vikas Project: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Andaman and Nicobar Command. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) will begin, with over 2,000 delegates attending has signed an agreement with the World Bank for the meet. About 40 percent of the delegates International Conference on Sustainable Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP). It aims to belong to other countries. Vice-president M Biofuels, ICSB 2018: enhance navigation on National Waterway-1 Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the three-day The Sustainable Biofuel is one of the Seven from Varanasi to Haldia. The JMVP is expected event. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N to be completed by March 2023. Mission Innovation Challenges and India Co- Chandrababu Naidu and Union leads this along with other countries Brazil, Ministers Suresh Prabhu and Ashok Gajapathi

Canada and China. Sustainable Biofuel STATES NEWS Raju will attend the function. development is a key challenge as well as an ARUNACHAL PRADESH opportunity for Governments, researchers, PM Modi Launched Three Projects in Andhra Pradesh inks MoU with US based investors and industry to work together. Arunachal Pradesh: AutoGrid to transform and uplift electricity Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched sector: of 22 countries and the European Union to three important projects in Arunachal Andhra Pradesh inked MoU with US-based dramatically accelerate global clean energy Pradesh. He inaugurated the Dorjee Khandu AutoGrid to help transform electricity sector of innovation. state convention centre at a function in the state. With this Andhra Pradesh will adopt A two-day International Conference on Itanagar. He focuses information revolution smart grid and Internet of Things Sustainable Biofuels is jointly being organized by and the newly erected Secretariat building in the (IoT) based solutions of AutoGrid to improve state capital, Itanagar. Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India on energy utilities’ financial health and customer behalf of Mission Innovation and Biofuture The building will have digital technology at its experiences. The state government signed a Platform at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat core and will have 2,500 officers and other Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Centre in New Delhi. Union Minister for Science employees. The New Auditorium which can seat AutoGrid, a US-based leading provider of flexible and technology, Earth Sciences and Environment over a thousand people. Built at a cost of Rs. 70 management software for the energy sector, at Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, crore, Prime Minister also inaugurated the the CII Partnership Summit. will be Chief Guest and will inaugurate and auditorium. He dedicated to the nation the state The initiative involves Demand-Side address the International Conference followed by civil secretariat building, and laid the foundation Management (DSM) programmes covering key Exhibition on February 26th, 2018. stone of the academic block of the Tomo Riba segments, including agricultural pump-sets,

Institute of Health and Medical Science. residential/commercial ACs and industrial units. IITs set to get 25 per cent of govt loans for higher education institutes: Special package of Rs 925 cr for EESL signs MoUs of Rs 3,730 cr with The Indian Institutes of Technology strengthening power transmission in Andhra Pradesh

(IITs) will get the largest chunk of loans on offer Arunachal Pradesh: The government-run Energy Efficiency The Centre has announced a special package under Revitalising Infrastructure and Services Ltd (EESL) signed MoUs with Andhra

Systems in Education (RISE). Under RISE, all of 925 crore rupees for strengthening the Pradesh government to invest Rs 3,730 centrally-funded institutes (CFIs), including power transmission and distribution crore in the state. The MoUs, spanning e-

system in Arunachal Pradesh. Union Minister

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mobility, energy efficiency and renewable Assam under this scheme. He also distributed cheques of energy, with the aim of creating 15,000 jobs, ฀ Capital: Dispur the 'Fasal Bima Yojana' to farmers at the event.  were signed at CII Partnership Summit. ฀ Governor: Jagdish Mukhi  The MoUs entail supply of 10,000 electric cars ฀ Chief Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal Haryana launches four subsidised food and 4,000 chargers to various departments of canteens: Andhra Pradesh through NREDCAP; supply of CHHATTISGARH The Haryana government launched four approximately 17 lakh smart energy meters to Over 2000 people play ‘shankh’ to create canteens which will serve subsidised both power distribution companies in the state. world record: and healthy food to the poor. Haryana Chief The MoUs were signed in the presence of Andhra Another world record was created on the second Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu day of Rajim Kumbh Mela after over 2,100 the food canteens

and EESL Managing Director Saurabh Kumar. saints and locals played conch shells ‘shankh’ at Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Andhra Pradesh together in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband. The and Yamunanagar via videoconferencing from ฀ Capital: Amaravati feat was certified by the Golden Book of World Chandigarh. The canteens have been set up  ฀ Chief Minister: N Chandrababu Naidu Records. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman under the Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana to  ‘ ’ ฀ Governor: E.S.L. Narasimhan Singh had inaugurated Rajim Kumbh Mela and provide healthy, nutritious and hygienic food at Ganga Aarti performance at banks of river only Rs 10 per meal to all poor and needy. ASSAM Mahanadi in Gariyaband’s Rajim. Assam Govt Signs with NBCC for Twin Chhattisgarh Haryana govt implements project to Tower Trade Centre: ฀ Capital: Raipur promote micro irrigation:  Assam Government has signed a MoU with ฀ Chief Minister: Raman Singh The Haryana government is implementing a  the National Building Construction ฀ Governor: Balram Das Tandon special project of Rs 435.23 crore in 36 over Corporation Limited (NBCCL). It aims to build exploited and critical blocks in 13 districts to a Twin Tower Trade Centre (65 storey) in GUJARAT encourage micro irrigation and recharge ground Guwahati at an investment of Rs. 1950 crores. Rajnath Singh inaugurates first of its kind water in the state said by Principal Secretary,

The center has enacted a pro-active ‘Act East spoken Sanskrit centre: Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Dr Policy’ to elevate and harness the strengths of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched Abhilaksh Likhi and the Canal Area North- East India and reduce the isolation of the the Centre for learning Sanskrit language in Development Authority were being region by improving all-round connectivity and Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. The centre will implemented under the project. civic infrastructure. offer a six-month course for people on how to speak the language. The coordinator of the course, Parivartan scheme launched in Haryana: Assam Government, Ola Sign MoU for River Atul Unagar, said it was possibly the first such The Haryana government launched “Parivart Taxi Service: course launched in India. an”, a scheme designed to address 10 issues, The cab-hailing company Ola has inked MOU Gujarat including cleanliness and pollution, in 46 with Government of Assam to pilot an app- ฀ Capital: Gandhinagar developmental blocks of the state. The scheme  based river taxi service in Northeast India's ฀ Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani was launched by Chief Minister Manohar Lal  financial hub Guwahati. The MoU has been ฀ Governor: Om Prakash Kohli Khattar. The 10 issues include facilitation of signed in the presence of Chandra Mohan financing, making agriculture profitable and Patowary, Minister for Transport Industry and HARYANA sustainable, improving health services, Commerce (Assam) and Vijay Ghadge, Vice Surajkund crafts mela begins in Haryana: implementing Swachh Bharat, decongesting President Operations of Ola. The river taxis will The 32nd Surajkund International Crafts market areas, engaging the youth, checking air be a machine-operated boat, which is faster and Mela has begun in Haryana's Surajkund city. pollution, ensuring availability of identity-related safer than the conventional ones. It is to showcase richness and diversity of the services, effective policing, and ensuring road Assam Govt Introduces Yoga Council Bill in handicrafts and cultural heritage of India. The order and conduct. Assembly: mela has attained international stature with The 46 officers (top officials of the state,

The Assam government introduced a Bill in the about 29 countries participating this year. including those from the IAS, IFS and IPS state Assembly to set up a yoga council for Uttar Pradesh is the theme state for the first cadres) will undertake works in the 10 selected regulating the teaching and practice of yoga. time and it will be focusing on religious tourism, common fields and one field of their choice.

On behalf of the Health Minister Himanta rural tourism and spiritual tourism apart from Haryana Biswa Sarma, Parliamentary Affairs Minister showcasing its art, culture and heritage in the ฀ Capital: Chandigarh  Chandra Mohan Patowary introduced ‘The mela. The partner country for this year mela is ฀ Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar  Assam Yoga Council Bill, 2018’. The proposed Kyrgyz Republic. ฀ Governor: Kaptan Singh Solanki council will aim at assuring quality of service and ฀ Haryana State tourism minister: Ram Bilas  avoid misinterpretation. Sharma KARNATAKA  Assam to observe Rhino Day on Kyrgyz Republic ‘ ’  Karnataka panel proposes 3-colour official September 22: ฀ Capital: Bishkek  state flag: The Assam government will be observing ฀ Currency: Kyrgyzstani som A committee is constituted by the Kannada and September 22 as ‘Rhino Day’ to generate Culture department of the Karnataka

public awareness on protection of the Haryana launches 'Gobardhan Yojana' government to examine the feasibility of having a one-horned pachyderm, Chief Minister The Haryana government has launched the separate flag for the state. It recommends three- Sarbananda Sonowal. A State Rhino Project in 'Gobardhan Yojana'. It is to provide for the sale coloured flag to replace an unofficial two-coloured line with National Rhino Project will be launched of organic manure and cow urine with an aim to one currently used to signify local pride. It was led in Assam soon for protecting the pachyderms benefit farmers. A provision of Rs 11 crore has by chairman of Kannada Development Authority G S from threats of poaching. been made to provide benefits of various projects Siddaramaya.

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The Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet approved the to participate in the selection process. So far, 12th International Conference on CSR Held draft health policy that was announced by 25,000 people across the state have registered

in Bengaluru: Health Minister KK Shylaja. themselves on the app, also called Social Media

The 12th International Conference on Earlier the government had constituted a 17- MahaMitra. Corporate Social Responsibility was held in member experts panel headed by Dr E Ekbal Mumbai to Have India’s First Artificial Bengaluru. In the conference, the Prestigious to chalk out a comprehensive health policy. Intelligence Centre:

Golden Peacock Award 2017 were presented. One of the key directives of the panel is to make In a first in the country, the State government The leadership award for philanthropy and social vaccination compulsory for children. While will be setting up an institute for artificial change was presented to Mr. Vineet Nayar, enrolling children in schools, parents have to intelligence (AI) in Mumbai. The London- Founder Chairman, Sampark Foundation. produce details of the vaccines administered to headquartered professional services firm EY their wards. The panel has also proposed (Ernst & Young) will implement the centre. India’s biggest global pharma conference special clinics for transgenders. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will unveil the

begins: KERALA plan for the institute during the Magnetic India’s biggest Global Conference on Pharma ฀ Capital: Tiruvanantapuram Maharashtra Summit, and at the Global  Industry and Medical Devices began in ฀ Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan Economic Conference in Canada.  Bengaluru. Union Minister for Chemicals & ฀ Governor: Sathasivam Fertilisers Ananth Kumar inaugurated the Virgin group inks pact for hyperloop to three-day event. MADHYA PRADESH reduce Mumbai-Pune travel time to 25 The event is being organised by the Department Khajuraho Dance Festival Held in Madhya minutes:

of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), Ministry of Chemicals Pradesh: The Virgin Group signed an “intent and Fertilisers, along with Federation of Indian The 44th edition of Khajuraho Dance Festival agreement ” with Maharashtra Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). 2018 was held at Khajuraho temple, a UNESCO government to build a hyperloop Theme: ‘Driving NextGen Pharmaceuticals’ world heritage site in Madhya Pradesh. It was transportation system between Navi Mumbai

inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh International Chandrayaan-2 Will Be Launched In April: Governor Anandiben Patel and was organized Airport and Pune. Announcement about the Jitendra Singh by culture department of state government. framework agreement was made by Virgin Chandrayaan-2, the lunar mission under which Khajuraho Dance Festival is an annual cultural Group Founder and Virgin Hyperloop One the ISRO attempts first time to land a rover on festival that highlights the richness of various chairman Sir Richard Branson at Magnetic the moon’s South Pole. It will be launched in April. Indian classical dance styles. The 6-day festival Maharashtra event in the presence of Prime It costs nearly Rs 800 crore and it will be made showcased classical dances including Kathak, Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief to land near the yet-unexplored south pole. In Odissi, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, and Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Chandrayaan-1 mission, ISRO has spotted Mohiniattam. The Hyperloop, a fully electrical system with a water on the moon. Madhya Pradesh capacity to travel at a speed of 1,000 km per ISRO ฀ Capital: Bhopal hour, aims to reduce the travel time between  ฀ Headquarters: Bengaluru ฀ Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan the two mega cities to 25 minutes from the   ฀ Chairman: K Sivan ฀ Governor: Anandiben Patel three hours at present. The foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi flags off Palace Queen Humsafar MAHARASHTRA ฀ Constituency of PM: Varanasi (UP) Express in Mysuru: Maharashtra Government Approves New Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Wildlife Sanctuary at Ghodazari: Maharashtra to launch cheap sanitary pad Palace Queen Humsafar Express train at the The Maharashtra government has approved scheme, “Asmita Yojana” for rural women: Mysuru railway station. The train will run from Ghodazari in Chandrapur district as a new Maharashtra government is all set to roll out its Mysuru to Udaipur in Rajasthan. The Prime wildlife sanctuary in the state. The decision was “Asmita Yojana” on the International Women’s Minister also dedicated a 140-km long fully taken at the 13th meeting of the Maharashtra Day next month. Under the scheme, girls in Zilla electrified railway line from Mysuru to KSR State Board for Wildlife, chaired by Chief Parishad schools will get a sanitary napkin packet Bengaluru to help the Indian Railways in Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The sanctuary is at Rs 5 while rural women can avail it at a

achieving energy-efficient transport. The train in the North East of Tadoba, will include 159 sq subsidised rate of Rs 24 and Rs

will connect the five Western Indian states – km of Brahmapuri forest. The sanctuary includes 29. “Umed’- the Maharashtra State Rural Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, satbahini hills, Ghodazari Lake, Muktai Waterfall. Livelihood Mission will be the nodal agency Maharashtra and Karnataka. for implementation of this scheme.

Karnataka Maharashtra roots in ‘MahaMitra’ for Under the scheme, beneficiary girls will be given ฀ Capital: Bengaluru Asmita Cards , while participating Self Help  youths to encourage the healthy use of “ ” ฀ Chief Minister: Siddaramaiah Groups (SHGs) will be entrusted with the task of  social media for development: ฀ Governor: Vajubhai Vala Maharashtra has started an initiative to the supply and sale of sanitary pads and connect with youth on social media- counselling the girls and women.

KERALA initiative called as “MahaMitra”. Maharashtra Canadian PM Justin Trudeau to attend Canada- Kerala’s New Health Policy Makes government has started this initiative with an India Business Forum in Mumbai: Canadian Vaccination Card Mandatory for School aim to encourage youngsters for coming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visited Mumbai as Admission: forward and sharing their success stories and part of his week-long visit to India. Mr Trudeau is In its New Health Policy, the Kerala felicitating those working for a good cause as scheduled to attend Canada

government has proposed to ‘social media leaders’. – India Business Forum at Taj Mahal Palace make vaccination cards mandatory for To achieve this, the state has launched a mobile Hotel. He will have separate meetings with children seeking admission in first standard. application, where those interested can register

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business leaders as well as film personalities to India’s surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic was formed under former bureaucrat Afzal explore future opportunities. missile, with a strike range of 2 thousand Amanullah to oversee it. The committee To promote Canada-India cooperation on a kilometres was test-fired successfully from the submitted its report to the Minority Affairs range of issues, Mr Trudeau will be joined by a Abdul Kalam Island, off Orissa coast. As part Ministry and after March 2017 the work on this delegation of six Canadian ministers, including of user trial, the Strategic Forces Command with ambitious project started, he said. Government Canada’s Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers. logistics support from Defence Research is also considering having 40 per cent Maharashtra Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out reservation for girls at these institutes. ฀ Capital: Mumbai the test. ฀ Union minister of Minority  ฀ Chief Minister: Devendra Fadnavis Affairs: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi  ฀ Governor: C. Vidyasagar Rao Odisha approves long-term linkage policy ฀ Constituency: Uttar Pradesh (Rajya  for bauxite: Sabha) MIZORAM The Odisha government approved a Long- NER’s first regional Centre for Agriculture Term Linkage (LTL) policy for bauxite, similar Jaipur’s Gandhi Nagar becomes country’s with Israeli collaboration to be inaugurated to the one it framed for iron ore. It would help first all-women railway station: in Mizoram on 7th March: Vedanta’s Lanjigarh alumina refinery to The Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur, A delegation led by Israeli Ambassador to India, source bauxite from government-owned Odisha became the country’s first major railway Mr Daniel Carmon met the Union Minister of Mining Corporation (OMC). Due to raw station to be fully-managed by women. In a State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of material crunch, Vedanta had set a target to unique initiative, the North Western railway Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), produce only 1.25 million tonnes in 2017-18. (NWR) has deployed a female employee on MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & As per Odisha State Cabinet’s decision, 70 per every single post in the station, making it the Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr cent of the total production by OMC will now be first such station in the country. Jitendra Singh. Israeli Ambassador informed available for long-term linkage. Note: Matunga railway station of Mumbai is that a First Centre for Agriculture in North also managed by women and it is in East region of India, with collaboration of ‘Dhanush’ ballistic missile successfully test- the suburban category while Gandhi Nagar Israeli expertise, is going to be inaugurated in fired: railway station is first in the main line Mizoram on 7th March this year. Set up with a India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable category. cost of Rs 8-10 crore, this centre is exclusively ‘Dhanush‘ ballistic missile with a strike range RAJASTHAN for processing of citrus fruits. of 350 km from a naval ship off Odisha coast. ฀ Capital: Jaipur  ฀ Constituency of Dr Jitendra The surface-to-surface missile, a naval variant of ฀ Chief Minister: Vasundhara Raje  Singh: Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir the indigenously-developed ‘Prithvi’ missile, was ฀ Governor: Kalyan Singh MIZORAM test-fired from the ship positioned near Paradip ฀ Capital: Aizawl in the Bay of Bengal. TAMIL NADU  ฀ Chief Minister: Lal Thanhawla Odisha Tamil Nadu ties up with Microsoft for  ฀ Governor: Nirbhay Sharma ฀ Capital: Bhubaneswar technology integration in education:  ฀ Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik The government of Tamil Nadu announced  ODISHA ฀ Governor: C. Jamir signing an agreement with IT Major Microsoft Odisha wins Geospatial world excellence to improve the integration of technology in award: PUNJAB teaching and learning in the state. The Odisha has bagged Geospatial World Amritsar to get Rs 100 crore for partnership was announced by minister for Excellence Award-2018 for successful IT infrastructural development: school education, Government of Tamil Nadu, K. application. It is given for tracking of mineral Amritsar, the city of Golden Temple will get A. Sengottaiyan at an event attended by production, dispatch and value accrued on real Rs 100 crores for the execution of various academia and regulators. The partnership aims time basis through its i3MS website based development works. Punjab Chief Minister to reform education sector, build tech capacity software. The Award was given by Union Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced a grant and enhance digital literacy across all levels. of State for Science and Technology and Earth of Rs.100 crore for the execution of various Tamil Nadu Sciences and Technology, YS Chowdray in the development works in Amritsar while making it ฀ Capital: Chennai Geospatial World Forum Meeting held at clear that paucity of funds would not be allowed ฀ Chief Minister: Edappadi K.

Hyderabad. to scuttle the execution of these projects. Palaniswami Punjab ฀ Governor: Banwarilal Purohit Nuclear-Capable Prithvi-II Missile ฀ Capital: Chandigarh  Successfully Test-Fired: ฀ Governor: P. Singh Badnore TELANGANA  India has successfully test-fired it’s indigenously ฀ Chief Minister: Captain Amarinder Singh Floating Island to clean up Neknampur Lake: developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile The Floating Treatment Wetland (FTW) was as part of a user trial by the Army from a test RAJASTHAN inaugurated on World Wetlands Day (February 2) in range in Odisha. Its strike range of 350 km was Rajasthan to get International Educational Neknampur Lake in Hyderabad to clean and purify launched from the Integrated Test Range at Institution for Minorities: the polluted waterbody. Plants planted on FTW can Chandipur. Prithvi-II is capable of carrying Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that clean the lake by absorbing nitrates and other 500-1,000 kilogram of warheads and is an International Educational Institution for pollutants in the water. FTW is joint effort of NGO thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines. Minorities will be built in Rajasthans Alwar Dhruvansh, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development city as part of the Centres ambitious plan to set Authority (HMDA). India successfully test-fires Agni-II ballistic up five such institutes across the country. World Congress on Information Technology missile: The plan for building these institutes was initially in Hyderabad: prepared in 2016 and an 11-member committee

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The city is set to host two ฀ ฀ events — Nasscom India Leadership Forum (ILF) ฀

and the 22nd edition of the World Congress on

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Telangana CM announces five lakh rupees Cabinet approves Silkyara Bend-Barkot wit health-cum-life insurance scheme ‘

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budget for implementation of the scheme. He ฀ part of ‘Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana’. said the insurance scheme will benefit 70 lakh The total project cost is Rs. 1383.78 crore. The farmers in the state. The families of farmers will Pr construction period of the project is 4 years. The be paid the amount in case of farmer’s death, in project will be implemented by the Ministry of t

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eased significantly but one would still need to go A new Manchester-India Partnership (MIP) UAE and Oman from 9th Feb. Joint Secretary through at least one government officer. aimed at connecting Indian companies with the (West Asia and North Africa, WANA) Dr Bala northern regions of England has been set up to Bhaskar said, India is committed to deepen its PM Modi announces Rs 20,000 crore further trade, investment, science and engagement with Palestine. defence corridor for Bundelkhand: innovation ties between India and Britain. The In Dubai, Prime Minister would be addressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an Rs Chair of the Manchester-India Partnership is the Sixth World Government Summit being

20,000-crore for defence industrial corridor Manchester Airport CEO Andrew Cowan. at which India has been extended 'Guest of in Bundelkhand for development of ฀ Minister of State in the UK Department Honour' status and he will lay the foundation of one of the most backward regions of Uttar for International Trade: Rona Fairhead. a Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi. Twelve Pradesh. This corridor will connect Agra, agreements will be signed during Prime Aligarh, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi and MoS Textiles Ajay Tamta Inaugurates India Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UAE.

Chitrakoot. Pavilion In Germany: The government early this month announced the The Minister of State for Textiles Ajay SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, world’s

first corridor between Chennai and Tamta inaugurated India most powerful rocket: Bengaluru which would also pass through Pavilion at Ambiente 2018 in Frankfurt, The US entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched Coimbatore and several other industrial clusters. Germany. It is one of the oldest established his new rocket, the Falcon Heavy. It has been It will link Kattupalli port, Chennai, Tiruchirapalli, and well-known fairs for presentation of new launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Coimbatore and Hosur. products, new trends and new innovations. Florida towards Mars. The big new rocket blasted Uttar Pradesh Germany is major market for Indian products off on its first test flight, carrying a red sports ฀ Capital: Lucknow car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars. It  and Ambiente is an important marketing ฀ Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath aims to make spaceflight cheaper and easier.  medium for Indian company’s world over. ฀ Governor: Ram Naik Space Exploration Technologies Indian Navy Can Access to Duqm port in Corp.,(SpaceX), is a private American WEST BENGAL Oman: aerospace manufacturer and space transport West Bengal Becomes First State to Opt Out The Indian Navy will now be able to use the services company headquartered in Hawthorne, Of ‘Modicare’ facilities at Duqm port in Oman following the California. CEO: Elon Musk. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has signing of a pact between the two countries. It is announced the decision to opt out of Centre’s located in Arabian Sea and now it can be used for Donald Trump unveils massive USD 1.5 ‘Modicare’ scheme. This makes West Bengal military use and logistical support. The trillion infrastructure plan: the first state to withdraw from the ambitious agreement provide facilities for the visit of Indian US President Donald Trump unveiled a programme. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley military vessels to Duqm port in terms of services massive USD 1.5 trillion plan to modernise had announced the National Health Protection and the use of the dry-dock for maintenance. America's infrastructure including USD 200 Scheme (NHPS) or modicare. It is the biggest billion in federal funding. The plan addresses global plan to provide quality health cover to a MoU Signed between Botanical Survey of more than traditional infrastructure — like roads, population larger than the combined citizenry of India and Natural History Museum, UK: bridges and airports— as well as drinking and

the US, UK, Germany and France. Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and Natural History wastewater systems, waterways, water West Bengal Museum (NHM), UK signed a Memorandum of resources, energy, rural infrastructure, public ฀ Capital: Kolkata Understanding for cooperation in the field of lands, veterans hospitals and Brownfield and  ’ ฀ Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee genetic/taxonomic studies, research and Superfund sites.  ฀ Governor: Keshari Nath Tripathi training, conservation in India. The plan will strengthen the economy, make the The MoU was signed by Director, BSI Dr Paramjit country more competitive, reduce the costs of

INTERNATIONAL Singh and Head of the Algae, Fungi and Plants goods and services for American families. India Joins Ashgabat Agreement: Division, NHM, Dr Sandra Knapp, in the presence of India has joined the Ashgabat agreement which Union Minister for Environment, Forest & UN Mission: Indian Army Contributes 2,300 envisages setting up of an international transport Climate Change, Dr Harsh Vardhan. Personnel and transit corridor linking central Asia with About 2,300 Indian Army personnel are

the Persian Gulf. It is to significantly Dr Satya Pal Singh, MoS, HRD Successfully Leads leaving for South Sudan to join the UN improve the trade and investment. the Indian Delegation to 20th Conference of peacekeeping mission in the war-torn African Turkmenistan, as Depository State of Ashgabat Commonwealth Education Ministers Held In Fiji: country. The Army personnel joining the UN Agreement, informed India that all the four Dr. Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of mission are from Infantry battalion of Garhwal founding members have consented to the Human Resource Development; and Ministry of Rifles regiment. Last year, a total of 7,606 accession of India. The other founding members Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Indian peacekeepers were deployed in UN

of the agreement are Iran, Oman and Rejuvenation, Government of India led the Indian missions.

Uzbekistan. delegation to the 20th Conference of the

Turkmenistan Commonwealth Education Ministers Three Day Munich Security Conference held ฀ Capital: Ashgabat, Currency: (20CCEM) held in Nadi, Fiji during 19-23 at Germany: Turkmenistan manat. February 2018. Theme of the Conference was The Munich Security Conference, in its 54th

Uzbekistan “Sustainability and Resilience: Can edition, began in Munich, Germany, amidst strict

฀ Capital: Tashkent, Currency: Education Deliver?” security measures for more than 4,000 security Uzbekistani som personnel. Three day conference held from 16th PM Modi to visit Palestine, UAE, Oman feb to 18th feb 2018. The Secretary-General of New Manchester-India Partnership set up Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a packed the United Nations, Antonio Guterich, began the in UK to expand trade opportunities schedule during his four days visit to Palestine, session.

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to know about studying in Canada. Developed the duty. Earlier, a provisional anti-dumping AUSTRALIA in India, the Maple Assist App is supported by duty was imposed in June 2017. India and Australia signs MOU for four leading colleges from Ontario, Durham Secondment Programme: College, Fanshawe College, Georgian College China as vice-president of FATF:

The Union Cabinet approved the signing of a and St. Clair College. India congratulated China on its election Memorandum of Understanding for a It is expected to reach out to over 100,000 as vice-president of the global money Secondment Programme between India and international students desirous of studying in laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Australia. It aims at better understanding of Canada, hailing from countries like India, China, Task Force (FATF), a development that comes

current economic policy issues between the two Philippines, Japan, Brazil and Mexico. on the back of news reports and speculation that countries. The Maple Assist App was launched by Navdeep a deal on giving China a larger role in the FATF

The MoU will be signed between India's Bains, Canada’s Minister for Innovation, Science had been reached. Department of Economic Affairs and and Economic Development. The new venture is It is an inter governmental policy-making body that aims to establish international Australia's Treasury for three months. also supported by Scotia Bank, Air Canada, standards for combating‐ money laundering and HDFC Credila, and the Indo-Canadian Business terrorist financing. It was established in 1989 during the G7 Summit in Paris (France) to Shri J P Nadda addresses Global Digital Chamber (ICBC). combat the growing problem of money laundering. Health Partnership Symposium at Australia: Canada China “Digital Health” has a great potential ฀ Capital: Ottawa  towards reducing inequity in provisioning and ฀ Currency: Canadian dollar ฀ Currency: Renminbi distribution of healthcare resources and services. ฀ Capital: Beijing This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union CHINA ฀ Prime minister: Li Keqiang  Minister for Health and Family Welfare during his China reopens Nathu La route for ฀ President: Xi Jinping address at the Global Digital Health Mansarovar yatra:

Partnership Symposium at Sydney, China has confirmed “resumption” of INDONESIA

Australia. Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Nathu India, Indonesia joint military drill begins in

The first goal is to ensure district-level La route, Minister of State for External Affairs Bandung:

electronic database of information on health VK Singh has said. He also noted that the The Indian and Indonesian armies began system components by 2020.The second goal Kailash Mansarovar yatra via Nathu La was not the sixth edition of their annual military is to strengthen the health surveillance undertaken last year after the Chinese exercises “Garuda Shakti” in the West Java system and establish registries for diseases of government cited “unfavourable conditions” to province of the archipelago country. The public health importance by 2020. The third ensure the safe and smooth conduct of the yatra opening ceremony of the two-week Garuda

goal pushes us to work for establishment on this route. The yatra was stopped by China in Shakti military drill was held at Bandung. of federated national e-health architecture; the aftermath of the military face-off with India Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Pradeep

setting-up of Integrated Health Information last year at Doklam. Kumar Rawat attended the opening ceremony Platform (IHIP) is intended to establish first along with Indonesian military officers. The two health information exchanges and national China to Host 2018 SCO Summit sides renewed their commitment to deepen

Health Information Network by 2025. The 2018 Shanghai Cooperation defence and security exchanges.

AUSTRALIA Organisation (SCO) summit will be held in the INDONESIA ฀ Capital: Canberra city of Qingdao, China in June. The SCO  ฀ Capital: Jakarta ฀ Currency: Australian dollar focuses on security- related issues of the region  ฀ Currency: Indonesian rupiah ฀ Prime minister: Malcolm Turnbull specially on counter terrorism cooperation. The ฀ President: Joko Widodo SCO is comprised of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, CANADA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s Visit to Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan. India and India inks pact with Canada’s IDRC: India: Pakistan were admitted as full members of the A memorandum of understanding (MoU) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has organisation in 2017. between India and Canada’s IDRC to usher the arrived in Hyderabad as a three day visit to

‘Programme Based Research Support’ in India. He will visit Makkah Masjid and will meet Govt imposes anti-dumping duty on addressing current and future global and local Prime minister, President and Vice-President. ceramicware from China to protect developmental challenges was signed. During the They would exchange views on regional and domestic producers: last five years (2012-17), 96 research projects international issues. India and Iran sign several India has imposed anti-dumping worth CAD 51 million were funded by the IDRC MoUs. The pacts were signed by Prime Minister duty on import of ceramic in India. Narendra Modi and visiting Iran President tableware and kitchenware from China in a A MoU signed between Shri S. Hassan Rouhani at New Delhi. The MoU signed bid to protect domestic producers. Ceramic Selvakumar, Joint Secretary (Bilateral are, tableware and kitchenware shipped in from Cooperation), Department of Economic ฀ Avoidance of double taxation China will attract an anti-dumping duty of 1.04  Affairs and Dr.Jean Lebel, the President of ฀ Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with US Dollar per kg, making the imports expensive. IDRC, Canada. respect to taxes on Income, exemption from Visa All India Pottery Manufacturers’ Association requirement for holders of Diplomatic Passports (AIPMA) and the Indian Ceramic Society had Canadian minister launches Maple Assist ฀ Lease Contract for Shahid Beheshti approached the Directorate General of Anti- App: Port- Phase 1 of Chabahar for 18 months Maple Assist Inc. has launched the Maple Assist Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) for App, a groundbreaking mobile application designed imposition of the levy on the items. Based on to be a one-stop shop for all you need the recommendations of DGAD, the revenue department in the finance ministry has slapped

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฀ Cooperation in the field of Traditional is going to host the regional event jointly with village in Tubas Governorate in Palestine at a  Systems of Medicine SAARC-CCI. cost of US$ 1.1 million  ฀ Establishment of an Expert Group on Nepal ฀ MOU between India and Palestine Trade Remedy Measures to promote cooperation Assistance of US$ 0.25 millionfor construction of ฀ Prime minister: Khadga Prasad Oli in areas of mutual interest additional floor to Jawahar Lal Nehru for  ฀ Currency: Nepalese rupee ฀ Cooperation in the field of Agriculture Boys at Abu Dees ฀ Capital: Kathmandu  and Allied Sectors Palestine  ฀ Cooperation in the field of Health and ฀ Currency: Israeli new shekel  OMAN  Medicine  India And Oman Sign 8 Agreements: ฀ Capital: East Jerusalem ฀ Postal Cooperation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide- ฀ President: Mahmoud Abbas Iran ranging talks with the Sultan of Oman Sultan ฀ Prime minister: Rami Hamdallah ฀ Capital: Tehran  Qaboos and signed eight agreements. The list ฀ Currency: Iranian Rial of Agreements/MOUs signed on the QATAR occasion of the visit of Prime Minister of Qatar Airways plans to start airline in India JAPAN Oman: says airline’s CEO: Japan Launches Smallest Rocket Ever to ฀ Agreement of Legal Judicial Qatar Airways has plans to launch an Carry Tiny Satellite into Orbit: Cooperation in civil and Commercial Matters. airline in India with at least 100 planes, the The country's Aerospace Exploration Agency  ฀ Agreement of Mutual Visa Exemption for airline’s chief executive Akbar Al Baker said. In (JAXA) has successfully launched the smallest- Holders of Diplomatic, Special, Service and March 2017, Baker had said Qatar Airways ever rocket to carry a satellite into orbit. The Official Passports. plans to set up an airline in India along with the rocket set off from the Uchinoura Space  ฀ MoU on Cooperation in the field of Gulf nation’s sovereign wealth fund. India Center. It carried the TRICOM-1R, a three-unit  Health. has permitted foreign investors, barring foreign cubesat, into lower Earth orbit where it will  ฀ MoU for Cooperation in the peaceful airlines, to own up to 100 per cent stake in observe the Earth with a set of cameras. uses of outer space. local carriers. Japan ฀ MoU cooperation between Foreign QATAR ฀ Capital: Tokyo   Service Institute, Ministry of External ฀ Currency: Qatari riyal ฀ Currency: Japanese Yen   Affairs, India and Oman Diplomatic Capital: Doha ฀ Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe ฀  Institute.  ฀ MoU Academic and Scholarly KENYA RWANDA Cooperation Sectors between National India notifies revised tax treaty with Kenya: Rwanda: The Poorest Country to Provide Defence College, Sultanate of Oman and the The government has notified revised tax Eye Care: Institute for Defence studies and analyses. treaty between India and Kenya which provides Rwanda has become the first low-income ฀ MoU in the Field of Tourism for lower withholding tax rate and mutual assistance country to provide universal eye care for its Cooperation between India and Oman. in collection of tax revenue claims a finance ministry  12 million population. The government has ฀ Annexure to the MoU on Military  partnered with the organisation Vision for a statement said. In order Cooperation. Nation (VFAN) to train more than 3,000 eye to promote cross border flow of investments  OMAN care nurses. and technology, the revised DTAA provides for  ฀ Capital: Muscat Rwanda s minister of Health: Diane reduction in withholding tax rate on dividend and  ’ ฀ Currency: Omani Rial Gashumba. interest to 10 per cent from 15 per cent. Rwanda PALESTINE ฀ Capital: Kigali KENYA  India, Palestine sign six infrastructure ฀ President: Paul Kagame  ฀ Capital: Nairobi agreements:  ฀ Currency: Rwandan franc  ฀ Currency: Kenyan shilling List of MoUs/Agreements signed during ฀ President : Uhuru Kenyatta visit of Prime Minister to Palestine: SAUDI ARABIA ฀ MOU between India and Palestine for Sushma Swaraj Visit To Saudi Arabia: NEPAL setting up of India-Palestine Super-specialty External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will SAARC Business Leaders will gather in hospital at Beit Sahour in Bethelhem attend the opening ceremony of the 32nd Al Jana- Kathmandu next month to take part in Governorate at a cost of US$ 30 million  driyah festival in Riyadh. India has been invited SAARC Business Leaders Conclave: MOU between India and Palestine for ’ ฀ as the Guest of Honour country for the festival. Business leaders of SAARC member nations will construction of India Palestine Centre for  During her three day visit, she will meet with the gather in Kathmandu next month to take part in Empowering women, Turathi at a cost of US$ “ ” Saudi leadership to discuss bilateral, regional and the SAARC Business Leaders’ 5 million global issues of mutual interest. Conclave scheduled to be held from March 16 ฀ MOU between India and Palestine for to 18, with an objective to promote setting up of new National Printing Press at Saudi Arabia temporarily bans poultry investment, innovation and Ramallah at a cost of US$ 5 million  imports from India over bird flu: entrepreneurship in the region. ฀ MOU between India and Palestine Saudi Arabia has temporarily SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Construction of school in Muthalth Al banned imports of live birds, hatching eggs and (SAARC-CCI) President Suraj Vaidya said, the bi- Shuhada Village at a cost of US$ 1 million  chicks from India after a form of bird flu that is annual event of the SAARC-CCI is going to be held ฀ MOU between India and Palestine highly lethal for poultry was found in the south in Nepal for the second time and the government Construction of school in Tamoon Asian country. In January, India had reported an

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outbreak of a highly contagious bird flu virus near the Tropical Cyclone Gitacaused massive Bengaluru in the southern state of Karnataka. India International Textiles Expo begins in destruction in the Pacific island nation. Colombo: India has allocated USD 500,000 in the India-UN Saudi Arabia allows women to start A three –day India International Textiles Development Partnership Fund for rehabilitation business without male permission: Expo (IITExpo) of India began in Sri Lankan purpose and USD 500,000 will be given for Women in Saudi Arabia can now open their capital of Colombo. It is being organized immediate relief assistance. The India-UN own businesses without the consent of by Powerloom Development & Export Development Partnership Fund is led and a husband or male relative, as the kingdom Promotion Council (PDEXCIL) with the supported by Indian Government. It is pushes to expand a fast-growing private sector. support of Union Ministry of Textiles & managed by the United Nations Office for This policy change by Saudi Arabia Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Sri Lankan South-South Cooperation. government is seen as a move towards minister of Special Assignments Dr. Sarath TONGA expansion of private sector and women Amunugama inaugurated the event. ฀ Capital: Nukuʻalofa employment. He urged Sri Lanka to make use of fully-funded ฀ Currency: Tongan paʻanga training opportunities in India, under Indian

Saudi Arabia to host first Arab Fashion Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) United Arab Emirates

Week in Riyadh: programme, in which a number of slots is Dubai retains rank as world’s busiest

Saudi Arabia will debut with its first ever Arab earmarked for textile related subjects. international airport:

Fashion Week in Riyadh in March this year. SRILANKA Dubai International Airport has held on to its No The move is another example of the opening up ฀ Currency: Sri Lankan rupee 1 ranking as the world’s busiest airport for of the country under Crown Prince Mohammed ฀ Capitals: Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura international travel, after seeing some 88.2 Bin Salman’s ambitious transformation Kotte million passengers in 2017. Dubai Airports programme. The Dubai-based Arab Fashion ฀ Primeminister: Ranil Wickremesinghe CEO Paul Griffiths says he expects the airport Council said the fashion week will be held in to see 90.3 million passengers in 2018. It first Riyadh from March 26 to March 31, with a SWEDEN surpassed London Heathrow, previously the second edition already scheduled for October. Sweden provides $370 million dollars to UN world’s busiest airport for international traffic, Saudi Arabia WFP: back in 2014 – and has kept the title ever since.  ฀ Capital: Riyadh Sweden and the United Nations World Food ฀ Currency: Saudi riyal Programme has signed a Strategic Partnership PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone of First  ฀ Crown Prince: Mohammad Bin Salman Agreement. It has committed $370 million Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi: dollars to WFP over the next four years. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially

SINGAPORE WEF is the food-assistance branch of the United launched the foundation stone-laying ceremony Singapore to impose carbon tax from 2019: Nations. The contribution for the period 2018- for the first Hindu temple in in Al Wathba, Singapore said it would impose a “carbon tax” 2021 is the biggest ever made by a donor Abu Dhabi, the capital city of United Arab from next year to cut its greenhouse gas within a WFP Strategic Partnership Agreement. Emirates (UAE). This is the first stone temple emissions and make companies more Sweden to be built in Abu Dhabi off Dubai-Abu Dhabi competitive as global agreements on climate ฀ Capital: Stockholm highway and it will be completed by 2020.  change take effect. The carbon tax in Singapore, to ฀ Currency: Swedish krona

be applied to all sectors, will be Sg$5.0 ($3.8) per World’s first ‘autonomous pods’ unveiled in

tonne of greenhouse gas emissions Dubai: from 2019 to 2023. THAILAND The UAE’s Road and Transport Authority th Singapore ranks 26 out of 142 countries in Cobra Gold military exercises 2018 begins in (RTA) showcased the world’s first driverless terms of emissions per capita based on the latest Thailand: pods at the World Government Summit. The International Energy Agency data largely due autonomous vehicles are meant to travel short to its small size and dense population. The United States and Thailand will kick to medium distances, and will have a capacity to off the 2018 iteration of the annual Cobra Gold accommodate 10 passengers. Each pod is fitted  ฀ Singapore Financeminister: Heng exercises – an engagement that began as a with a battery that can last up to three hours,  Swee Keat bilateral drill between the two allies and has now and can be recharged over six hours. Director-  SINGAPORE grown into Asia’s largest multinational drill. General and Chairman of the Board of  ฀ Capital: Singapore This was the 37th iteration of exercise. A Executive Directors of the RTA: Mattar al-  ฀ Currency: Dollar U.S. Marine drinks the blood of a cobra during a Tayer. ฀ President: Halimah Yacob jungle survival exercise as part of the “Cobra

Gold 2018” (CG18) joint military exercise, at a World’s Tallest Hotel in Dubai: SRI LANKA military base in Chonburi province, Thailand. The world’s tallest hotel has been opened in Sri Lanka Celebrates 70th Independence THAILAND Dubai, UAE. The global city also boasts of the Day: ฀ Currency: Thai baht world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, Sri Lanka celebrated the 70th Independence  which is 828 metres tall. The 75 storey Gevora th Capital: Bangkok Day (4 Feb) in a grand ceremony at the Galle ฀  Hotel stands at 356 metres and has 528 rooms. Face Green in Colombo. The theme of today’s It is one metre taller than the previous record TONGA ceremony is One Nation . Representing “ ” holder, the JW Mariott Marquis, which is also India gives $1 mn for rehabilitation work in Britain’s Queen, Prince Edward participated in in Dubai. the celebrations as Chief Guests in presence of cyclone-hit Tonga:

President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister India has contributed USD one million for PM Modi to address World Government the rehabilitation efforts in Tonga after Ranil Wickremesinghe. Summit in Dubai:

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the 2015-16 to 8.2% from the earlier estimates of Govt: Sale of Entire Public Stake in DCIL keynote address at the inaugural day of the 8% and kept the 2016-17 growth unchanged at The Government has decided to sell off its entire World Government Summit in Dubai. India 7.1%. public stake in Dredging Corporation of India has been given the status of Guest of Honour at The real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) Ltd. (DCIL). It was released by Department of the Summit. More than 140 countries are prices for the years 2016-17 and 2015-16 stand shipping. This decision aims to upgrade participating in the Summit. Twenty Heads of at Rs121.96 trillion and Rs113.86 trillion technology, improve capability, infuse capital to States, head of governments and International respectively, according to the CSO statement. buy necessary dredgers/equipments and instill organizations are likely to participate in the The GVA (gross value added) at constant experienced professional management to World Government Summit. (2011-12) basic prices grew 7.1 per cent in optimize operations of the DCIL. 2016- 17, as against a growth of 8.1 percent in India and UAE signs Five MoU: 2015-16. Centre for Science and Environment top Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide- green policy think tank in India: ranging talks with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Google Introduces an App: Bulletin: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Google has introduced a new app named has been ranked the top environment policy think

The 5 agreements are: “Bulletin” in a limited edition and it is available tanks in India while it has secured the ฀ MoU to institutionalize the collaborative in Nashville, Tennessee and Oakland, 16th position in global rankings, climbing up administration of contractual employment California. It allows anybody to submit stories two positions from the last year. of Indian workers in UAE. about their communities. It is a free, lightweight In the 'Energy and Resource Policy Think  ฀ MoU for Technical Cooperation in app for telling a story by capturing photos, video Tanks' category, CSE has been ranked the Railways. clips and text right from your phone and it can be second in India and 38th in the world. In the  ฀ MoU between Bombay Stock published straight to the web. 'Best Independent Think Tanks' category, the Exchange (BSE) and Abu Dhabi Securities Google green body has been ranked 6th and 123rd in Exchange (ADX) ฀ CEO: Sundar Pichai the world. The rank was given by The Think   ฀ MoU between Indian Consortium ฀ Parent organization: Alphabet Inc., Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP)  (OVL, BPRL & IOCL) and ADNOC ฀ Headquarters: California, USA of the Lauder Institute at the University of  ฀ MoU between Government of Jammu Pennsylvania. and Kashmir and DP World: It seeks to Indian Overseas Bank receives Rs173.06 establish multi-modal logistics park and hub in crore capital infusions from government: RBI: 6th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Jammu comprising warehouses and specialized Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has received The Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rates storage solutions. Rs173.06 crore capital infusions from the unchanged at 6 percent. The reverse repo  UAE government in the current fiscal. It is the rate under the LAF remains at 5.75 percent,  ฀ Capital: Abu Dhabi preferential allotment of equity shares of the  and the marginal standing facility (MSF) ฀ Currency: United Arab Emirates bank as government's investment during the  rate and the Bank Rate at 6.25 percent. GVA dirham 2017-18 fiscal. growth for 2017-18 is projected at 6.6%. GVA growth for 2018-19 is projected at 7.2% United Kingdom Cochin Shipyard Limited Signs MoU with overall with risks evenly balanced. UK, India launch joint research projects on Russian Firm USC:

clean water & energy: Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and United RBI to Link Base Rate with MCLR

The UK- India Joint research Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Russia has The Reserve Bank will link the base rate for projects on Water Quality Research and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). loans given by banks to the MCLR starting Energy Demand Reduction in Built Environment It aims to boost transportation & trade along April 1, 2018 i.e. from the new financial year. were launched in New Delhi. The projects were India's Inland waterways under Sagarmala & It has been decided to harmonize the jointly launched by NITI Aayog member Dr V K Make-in-India programmes. It is to collaborate methodology of determining benchmark rates by Saraswat, Department of Science and and engage in design, development and linking base rate to MCLR as it is more sensitive Technology Secretary Ashutosh Sharma and execution of high-end, state-of-art vessels for to policy rate signals. The Marginal Cost of Funds Research Councils UK- India Director Daniel inland and coastal waterways. The MOU was based Lending Rates (MCLR) system was

Shah. signed by introduced on April 1, 2016 to tackle the

The Water Quality Research programme 1. Madhu S Nair, MD, Cochin Shipyard Limited problems of the Base Rate regime.

has eight projects and Energy Demand 2. Alexey Rakhmanov, president, United RBI Reduction in Built Environment programme has Shipbuilding Corporation ฀ Headquarters: Mumbai  four projects, with a total joint investment of up ฀ Governor: Dr Urjit Patel to 15 million British Pound. UK CRISIL, SIDBI Launch India’s First MSE Sentiment Index: India Ranks 44th in Global Intellectual

 ฀ Currency: Pound sterling The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Property Index Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley launched CriSidEx. It The Global Innovation Policy Center  ฀ Capital: London ฀ Prime minister: Theresa May is India’s first sentiment index for micro and (GIPC) of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce small enterprises (MSEs) developed jointly by stated that India ranked 44th of 50 economies.

BANKING & BUSINESS CRISIL & SIDBI. In 2017, India has ranked as 45th position and CriSidEx is a composite index based on a diffusion FY16 GDP Growth Revised up to 8.2%, now it has jumped one rank to 44th. index of 8 parameters and measures MSE business FY17 Unchanged at 7.1%- CSO: The top 3 countries are: sentiment on a scale of 0 (extremely negative) to ฀ The USA The Central Statistics Office (CSO) revised the  200 ( extremely positive). ฀ The United Kingdom gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate for  ฀ Sweden

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enterprises, whereas those having turnover cross the 2 million mark in a single year, according IndusInd Bank Launches New Sonic between Rs 75 crore and Rs 250 crore will be to the latest data published by Dubai’s Department Identity: classified as Medium enterprises. of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai IndusInd Bank launched its new Sonic Tourism). India was followed by Saudi Arabia Identity, which is essentially a musical logo, as SBI Write Off Bad Loans Worth over Rs (KSA) in the second place, contributing a total of part of its branding initiatives. The Sonic Identity 20,000 Crore: 1.53 million tourists last year. is derived from core values of innovation, The country’s largest lender SBI write off bad courage and dynamism as well as its strong loans worth Rs 20,339 crore in 2016-17. It is Bank of Baroda to Exit South Africa by desire to place customers first. the highest among all the public sector banks, March 31: IndusInd Bank which had a collective write off of Rs 81,683 The State-owned Bank of Baroda announced ฀ Chairman: R. Seshasayee crore for the fiscal. Besides SBI, Punjab that it has decided to exit by March-end its  ฀ Headquarters: Mumbai National Bank had a write-off of Rs 9,205 South Africa operations. The business of the  ฀ Owner: Hinduja Group crore in 2016-17, followed by Bank of India bank in South Africa is not very significant and (Rs 7,346 crore), Canara Bank (Rs 5,545 the exit will not have any major impact on its First Ever Job Search App ‘Empzilla’ crore). financials.The bank had initiated operations in Launched: SBI South Africa about 21 years ago. The branch A chat based job search mobile app ‘Empzilla’, ฀ Headquarters: Mumbai will stop taking new incremental deposits and  first ever of its kind in the country. It has been ฀ Chairperson: Rajnish Kumar disbursing loans with effect from March 1, launched under “Digital India” initiative. The 2018. Bank of Baroda mobile app gets the conversation between ONGC Videsh, Partners Acquire 10% Stake ฀ Headquarters: Vadodara  employers and job seekers going in seconds. In Abu Dhabi Oilfield ฀ CEO: P. S. Jayakumar CCI Slaps Rs 136 Crore Fine on Google: ONGC Videsh Ltd and its partners have acquired The Competition Commission of India (CCI) a 10 percent in a large offshore oilfield in Abu Growth Rate in Foreign Tourist Arrivals: imposed a fine of Rs 136 crore on search engine Dhabi,Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s (ADNOC) for 8.4% major Google. It has been for unfair business USD 600 million. The current production of this field Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) witnessed a practices in the Indian market for online search. The is about 400,000 barrels of oil per day (20 growth of 8.4% in January 2018 over January ruling has come on complaints filed by million tonnes per annum) and Indian consortium’s 2017, while the number of travellers on e-Tourist Matrimony.com and Consumer Unity & Trust annual share shall be about 2 million tonnes. It was Visa saw 58.5% growth in the same period, Society (CUTS), in 2012, against Google LLC, signed in Abu Dhabi in presence of Abu Dhabi according to Ministry of Tourism. The number of

Google India Pvt Ltd and Google Ireland Ltd. Crown Prince Sheikh FTAs in January 2018 was 10.66 lakh as compared

CCI Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Prime to FTAs of 9.83 lakh in January 2017. ฀ Chairperson: Devender Kumar Sikri The percentage share of top 3 source  Minister Narendra Modi. ONGC ฀ Headquarters: New Delhi countries availing e- Tourist Visa ฀ Headquarters: Uttarakhand facilities:UK (18.6%),USA (10.6%),Russian Fed  Forbes: Cryptocurrency Rich List ฀ CEO: Shashi Shanker (6.5%) The percentage share of top 3 ports Forbes has released the first ever in foreign tourist arrivals on e-Tourist Cryptocurrency rich list 2018. It is a Thailand emerges as the most congested Visa:New Delhi Airport (37.3%),Mumbai Airport compilation of the 20 wealthiest people in country in world; Los Angeles tops most (19.6%), Dabolim (Goa) Airport (12.4%). crypto. There are now nearly 1,500 crypto- gridlocked cities list: assets in existence, valued at an aggregate of The US has emerged the most congested RBI Relaxes Priority Sector Lending Rule:

$550 billion. country in the developed world, accounting for Reserve Bank of India has made banks’ priority The Forbes’ Crypto Rich List: 10 of the top 25 cities worldwide with the worst sector norms lenient by saying that all loans to 1. Chris Larsen Cofounder, Ripple $7.5 billion - traffic congestion, according to transportation micro small and medium enterprises $8.billion analytics company INRIX. The most (MSME) will henceforth qualify as priority 2. Joseph Lubin Cofounder, Ethereum and congested country in the world is Thailand, sector lending. This was a long time demand Founder, Consensys $1 billion - $5 billion 3. with drivers spending an average of 56 hours in from banks. The sub-target for bank lending to Changpeng Zhao CEO, Binance, $1.1 billion - peak-hour congestion. The top 10 most the micro enterprises has been 7.50 percent. $2 billion congested countries, 2017 are: Foreign banks will also have to follow 8% sub- Global country: target for lending to the small and marginal Cabinet Approves New Criteria for ฀ Thailand farmers.  Classifying MSMEs: ฀ Indonesia  The Cabinet approved amendments to a law to ฀ Colombia The Most Valuable Company: Apple  change the criteria for classifying MSMEs from Global city: According to a report in The New York Post,  investment in plant and machinery to annual ฀ Los Angeles Apple tops the most valuable company list with  turnover. The proposed amendments to ฀ Moscow $849.2 billion market cap. It is followed by  the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ฀ New York City Google’s parent company Alphabet at $745.1 Development Act, 2006 were approved by the billion. With a market cap of $702.5 billion, Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra India retains top spot as source market for Amazon has become the third most valuable Modi. As per the proposed classifications, Dubai in 2017: company in the world. enterprises having annual turnover less than Rs Dubai witnessed 15 percent growth in tourist 5 crore will fall under the ‘micro’ category. arrivals from India in 2017, hosting 2.1 million BHEL Bags Rs 560 Crore Order From NTPC: Units having turnover between Rs 5 crore visitors, retaining top spot as the source market. The Power equipment maker BHEL has bagged to Rs 75 crore will be classified as small India also became the first country to an order worth Rs 560 crore for supply and

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installation of the flue gas desulphurisation Axis Bank will be able to provide a more Fitch has placed the bank on ‘Rating Watch (FGD) system from NTPC for 2×490 MW National comprehensive range of products to its Negative’ (RWN). “Fitch Ratings has placed Capital Power Station (NCPS). It will be customers with access to International financial Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) Viability Rating of implemented at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. markets. Axis Bank’s off-shore banking branch ‘bb’ on Rating Watch Negative (RWN), following ฀ Chairman & Managing Director of BHEL: at IFSC was inaugurated by Union Commerce the large fraud reported by PNB,” the US-based Atul Sobti Secretary, Rita Teaotia in presence of Shikha agency said.  ฀ Chairman & Managing Director of NTPC: Sharma, MD & CEO, Axis Bank. UGC constitutes four-member Empowered  Gurdeep Singh The offshore Banking unit is capable to trade Expert Committee: in foreign currency in overseas markets and University Grants Commission constituted a Yes Bank Lists $600-Mn MTN Bond on India also with Indian Banks, raise funds in foreign four-member Empowered Expert Committee, INX: currency in deposits & borrowings from non- which is being entrusted to conduct the appraisal Yes Bank has listed $600 million bond issued residential sources and provide loans and of applications for shortlisting 20 Institutions

under its maiden $1 billion MTN programme, liabilities products for clients. of Eminence. N Gopalaswami, former Chief on Global Securities Market (GSM) of India AXIS BANK Election Commissioner of India is the INX. India INX is the country’s first international ฀ Headquarters: Mumbai Chairperson of the committee. The  exchange, located at International Financial ฀ CEO & MD: Shikha Sharma government is likely to announce the names of  Services Centre, GIFT City in Gujarat. The ฀ Tagline: Badhti ka naam zindagi the selected institutions by April 2018. bond is also listed on London Stock Exchange Members: International Securities Market (LSE ISM) and Amazon becomes first foreign ecommerce ฀ Tarun Khanna (Jorge Paulo Lemman Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited firm to enter food retail venture in India: Professor at Harvard Business School)  (SGX). Amazon has rolled out its own food retailing ฀ Pritam Singh (former director of IIM, Yes Bank business in India with a pilot in Pune, becoming Lucknow)  ฀ Headquarters: Mumbai ฀ Renu Khator (chancellor of University  the first foreign ecommerce firm to stock and ฀ MD and CEO: Rana Kapoor sell food items directly to consumers. From June of Houston System)  2016, Indian Government allowed 100% ABOUT UGC (University Grants Commission) IPPB to Enable Digital Payments in Post Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in food ฀ The University Grants Commission of India

Offices: retailing, permitting foreign firms to sell locally (UGC India) is a statutory body set up by the The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) sourced and packaged food items directly to Indian Union government in accordance to the

announced that it will enable Digital Payments consumers. UGC Act 1956, under the Ministry of Human in Post Offices from April 2018. It will provide AMAZON Resource Development. digital payment services at the doorstep with the ฀ Founder & CEO: Jeff Bezos  ฀ Its headquarters is in New Delhi, and help of Postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS). ฀ Headquarters: Seattle, Washington,  six regional centres in Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, United States Hyderabad, Guwahati and Bangalore. The India Post Payments Bank was incorporated ฀ Current Chairman: P. Singh on August 17, 2016 under Companies Act, IFC, PNB Housing plan $800m platform for 2013 as a public limited company with 100 affordable homes: Newborn mortality: India 12th worst percent Government of India equity under International Finance Corporation (IFC), among low-income countries: Department of Posts. member of the World Bank Group, is set to India has been ranked 12th-worst among 52 IPPB enter into a pact with PNB Housing Finance to low-middle income countries based on the ฀ Headquarters: New Delhi  form an $800-million platform to support number of children dying within the first month ฀ MD & CEO: Suresh Sethi construction of environment-friendly affordable of their birth, which is 25.4 per 1,000 live

houses across the country. IFC is helping births. Pakistan is Central Vigilance Commission Summons mobilise over $1.6 billion for affordable housing the worst with 45.6 newborn deaths per PNB Management: segment in less than 10 months. 1,000 live births, according to the United India’s Punjab National Bank (PNB) has According to the alliance with PNB Housing Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF Programme) detected fraudulent transactions worth over Rs Finance, IFC will make $400 million available for which has, for the first time, come out with 11,300 crore at its Mumbai branch. The the new facility, of which $150 million will be its rankings based on their newborn mortality rate amount is nearly 1/3rd of the bank s total ’ own money and the rest will be mobilised from (the number of deaths per 1,000 live births). market capitalisation of Rs 36,000 crore. The other sources. Japan, with an NMR of 0.9 deaths per 1,000 state-owned lender has suspended 10 of its live births, has been ranked the world’s officers and lodged a complaint against celebrity After Fitch, Moody’s places PNB under safest country in which to be born followed by jewellery designer Nirav Modi for committing review for downgrade: Iceland (1) and Singapore (1.1). fraudulent transactions. The Central Vigilance Following the biggest scam in the country’s ABOUT UNICEF (The United Nations Commission (CVC) has summoned the PNB banking sector to the tune of Rs 11,340 crore at International Children’s Emergency Fund) management and Finance Ministry officials. state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB), credit ฀ UNICEF (The United Nations ratings agency Moody’s placed the lender International Children’s Emergency Fund)was Axis Bank opens offshore banking branch at under review for downgrade. The agency has created by the United Nations General Assembly GIFT City: a Baa3/P-3 rating on the Delhi-based lender now th on the 11 of December 1946, to provide Private sector lender, Axis Bank announced while it has a Baa3 rating on its foreign currency emergency food and healthcare to children in opening of off-shore banking unit at issuer rating. The bank overall has a Baa2 rating countries that had been devastated by World the International Financial Services with a stable outlook now from Moody’s. War II. Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat International Finance ฀ It’s headquarters is in New York City. Tec-City (GIFT City). With opening of this unit,

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฀ Current President: Tore Hattrem The Rs.11,500-crore fraud at the Punjab India 7th Most Targeted Nation for Web National Bank has prompted the Reserve USIBC forms India Advisory Council to Application Attacks, Finds Akamai’s State Bank of India (RBI) to set up a committee enhance bilateral ties: of Internet Security Report: under former board member Y.H. Malegam to A top American business advocacy Nearly 40 percent of over 53,000 cyber-attacks look into the reasons and suggest steps to group USIBC has announced the formation of in India occurred in the financial services sector prevent such occurrences. an India Advisory Councilto enhance during 2017, placing it at the seventh spot in The committee will also look into the issue of bilateral strategic and economic the list of targeted countries for Web huge non-performing asset divergences partnership between them. Application Attacks (WAA), a new report said. between what banks classify and what is

The 11 members of the USIBC’s Indian Advisory The report, titled “Akamai State of the detected in RBI inspection and recommend steps Council include Arun Kumar (KPMG India); Internet Security Q4 2017,” also stated that to address the issue. The other members of the Pramath Raj Sinha (9.9 media); Manoj the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack committee are Bharat Doshi, S. Raman and Adlakha (American Express banking frequency in the BFSI sector increased by 50 Nandkumar Saravade. A.K. Misra, Executive Corporation); KrishIyer (Walmart India); percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 over the Director, RBI, will be the Member-Secretary of

Vanitha Narayan (IBM India), Prabal last quarter. the committee. Chakraborty (Boston Scientific) and Nishith PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK ฀ Headquarters: New Delhi Desai (Nishith Desai and Associates). Udayant Government sets up the “NITI Forum for  ฀ CEO: Sunil Mehta Malhotra(Dynamatic Technologies Limited); Northeast”:  ฀ Tagline: The name you can bank Nivruti Rai (Intel India) and Rekha The Union Government has issued order setting  Menon (Accenture). up the ‘Niti Forum for North-East’. The forum upon will be co-chaired by the Vice-Chairman of NITI Google begins replacing Android Pay and Aayog (Dr. Rajiv Kumar) and Minister of State Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Google Wallet with new app: (I/C), Ministry of Development of Northeastern Government of India Sign $ 84 Million Loan

Google’s new unified payments service “Google Region (DoNER). The forum will have its for Improvement and Expansion of Water

Pay”, which combines Google Wallet and Secretariat in the Ministry of DoNER. Forum to Supply in the State of Bihar: Android Pay is finally rolling out with a new app for identify constraints and recommend The Government of India and the Asian Android devices. Google Pay app interface has two suitable interventions for speedy and Development Bank (ADB) signed an $84 tabs – Home and Cards.As per the images on the sustainable growth in NER. million loan for improvement and expansion of Google Play store, the Google Pay app water supply in Bhagalpur and Gaya towns in shows recent payment activity, India ranks 81st in global corruption index, Bihar. The tranche 2 loan is part of the $200 th offers and storesavailable nearby, and a card- Pakistan 117 : million Multi-Tranche Financing Facility (MFF) style interface which includes a user’s debit, A report released by Transparency for the Bihar Urban Development Investment credit, and other cards. International (TI) has placed India on Program that was approved by ADB in 2012 to the 81st spot on the Global Corruption provide sustainable urban infrastructure and EPFO fixed interest rate at 8.55 % for Perception (GCP) Index 2018, in terms of graft services in four towns in Bihar – Bhagalpur,

2017-18: and press freedom in the Asia-Pacific region. Gaya, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur. The Employees’ Provident Fund India was ranked 79th on the Global Corruption It will also promote better water management Organisation, EPFO has declared 8.55 per Perception Index in 2017. Its observation was practices that will result in a citywide coverage cent interest rate for 2017-18 for its about 5 based on a report submitted by the Committee with 24-hour uninterrupted supply of treated crore members. This was decided during the to Protect Journalists (CPJ). water of 135 liters per capita per day in both meeting of Central Board of Trustees of EPFO In the latest ranking, New cities. The loan agreement was signed in New Delhi. For 2016-17 the rate was 8.65 Zealand and Denmark occupied the first two by Sameer Kumar Khare (Joint per cent and in 2015-16 the rate was 8.8 per spots at the top of the index, with scores of 89 Secretary (Multilateral Institutions), Department cent. In order to maintain the interest this and 88 respectively. Among other South Asian of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance) and ADB fiscal, the organisation had sold a portion of its countries, Bhutan fared the best with a ranking India’s Resident Mission investment in the Exchange Traded Funds. of 26th. Other countries include Pakistan Country Director, Kenichi Yokoyama. (117th), Afghanistan (177th), Nepal (122th), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Andhra Pradesh government, Facebook Myanmar (130th), Bangladesh (143rd), the ฀ Headquarters: Mandaluyong,

India collaborate for IT projects: Maldives (112th) and Sri Lanka (91st). Philippines ฀ President: Takehiko Nakao The government of Andhra Pradesh will  collaborate with Facebook (India) in a bid to ICAI issues show-cause notices to Punjab ฀ Motto: Fighting poverty in Asia and take up innovative pilot projects in the state. National Bank, Gitanjali Gems auditors: the Pacific Andhra Pradesh Information and Technology Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,

Minister Nara Lokesh met Facebook (India) ICAI has issued show-cause notices to RBI launches Ombudsman scheme for

Connectivity Policy Head Aswani Rana the auditors of Punjab National NBFCs: regarding the same. Bank and Gitanjali Gems in connection with The Reserve Bank of India has

They decided to work on providing internet the 11,400 crore rupees fraud. ICAI has said launched Ombudsman Scheme for non- facility to every household through fiber grid that it has summoned a deputy general manager banking financial companies (NBFCs) for project, internet, WiFi, and TV services at of PNB seeking details about the fraud at the redressal of complaints against them. The scheme will provide a cost-free and expeditious complaint nominal cost of Rs 149. They further decided to public sector lender. provide training to women, small scale and redressal mechanism relating to deficiency in the cottage industries so that they can sell their Malegam to head RBI panel to review services by NBFCs covered under the scheme. The scheme will cover all deposit- products online. frauds:

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He succeeds Lt First sale of Electoral Bonds to commence General A K Bhatt who will assume charge of Indra Nooyi Becomes ICC’s 1st from 1st March: the Srinagar-based 15 Corps. Lt. Gen Chouhan Independent Female Director: The first sale of Electoral Bonds will had also served as military observer for UN PepsiCo chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has commence from the 1st of next month for a peacekeeping mission in Angola. been appointed as the first independent female period of ten days. State Bank of India has director of the International Cricket Council been authorized to issue and encash Electoral Cyprus: Nicos Anastasiades wins (ICC) Board. Nooyi will join the ICC board in Bonds initially at its four authorised branches. Presidential election: June 2018. It was approved by the ICC Full Electoral Bond will be valid for 15 days from Nicos Anastasiades has won a second five- Council in June 2017 as part of wide ranging the date of issue and no payment shall be made year term as president of the Republic of constitutional change aimed at improving the to any payee Political Party if the Bond is Cyprus. He got 55% votes by defeating familiar governance of the sport. deposited after the expiry of the validity period. left-wing rival Stavros Malas. ICC The Bond deposited by any eligible political party Cyprus ฀ Chairman: Shashank Manohar  to its account shall be credited on the same day. ฀ Capital: Nicosia ฀ Headquarters: Dubai, The UAE  ฀ Currency: Euro Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank begins NPCI Appoints Biswamohan Mahapatra as operations: Alphabet names board veteran John Non-Executive Chairman: Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd Hennessy as chairman: National Payments Corporation of India (ABIPBL) started operations, making it the Alphabet appointed board veteran John (NPCI) appointed Biswamohan Mahapatra as fifth payments bank to roll out operations Hennessy as chairman. He is a former Stanford non-executive chairman. He has been appointed after the central bank gave its in-principle University president and a computer scientist for two years term and he succeeds B approval to 11 applicants in August 2015. with expertise in chip design. Google parent Sambamurthy who was the interim chairman. “Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd has Alphabet Inc replaced long-time Executive Last month NPCI had appointed Dilip Asbe as commenced operations as a payments bank with Chairman Eric Schmidt. its managing director and CEO. About NPCI: effect from February 22, 2018”. The Reserve Bank has issued a licence to the bank under Hossain appointed as Bangladesh CJ: National Payments Corporation of India Section 22 (1) of the Banking Regulation Syed Mahmud Hossain has been appointed as (NPCI) is an umbrella organization for all retail Act, 1949 to carry on the business of payments Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He has been appointed payments in India. It was set up with the bank in India. The roll-out comes at a time when three months after Surendra Kumar Sinha guidance and support of the Reserve Bank of the regulator has issued fresh know your resigned from the post. President Md Abdul Hamid India (RBI) and Indian Banks Association customer norms for payments banks that are administered the oath for Hossain as the 22nd chief (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and likely to increase operational costs for these justice of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Settlement Systems Act, 2007, for creating a banks. Dinesh Srivastava takes over as NFC chief robust Payment & Settlement Infrastructure in executive: India. New Facilities for UAN- Aadhar Linking Dinesh Srivastava an eminent scientist, took Introduces By EPFO: over as the Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Pradeep Kumar Rawat concurrently Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation Complex (NFC), headquartered Hyderabad. accredited as the next Ambassador of India (EPFO) has introduced UAN-Aadhaar linking He has succeeded G Kalyana krishnan who to the Timor-Leste: facility for the convenience of members using retired on superannuation. Srivastava will also Shri Pradeep Kumar Rawat, presently EPFO Link in UMANG Mobile App. This is in be the Chairman of the NFC board. Prior to Ambassador of India to Jakarta, has been addition to the existing web facility already this assignment, he was holding the position of concurrently accredited as the next available at EPFO’s website Deputy Chief Executive. Ambassador of India to Timor-Leste, with www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online residence in Jakarta. Services >> e-KYC Portal>> LINK UAN Jerome H Powell: 16th Chairman of Federal AADHAAR. The facility on e-KYC Portal has Reserve: New President of Sahitya Akademi: further added a new feature to link UAN with Jerome Powell was sworn as the 16th Chandrashekhara Kambara: Aadhaar online using biometric credentials. chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central Eminent Kannada writer and Jnanpith bank of the United States. The oath was directed winner Chandrashekhara Kambara was APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS by Vice Chairman Randal K. Quarles in the elected as the president of Kendra Sahitya Neelam Kapur Appointed DG of Sports Board Room. Powell succeeds Janet Yellen. Akademi. He became the third Kannada writer to Authority of India: She is the first woman to lead the nation's be elected to the premier body of litterateurs. Neelam Kapur has been appointed as the director central bank in its 100-year history. The Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy general (DG) of Sports Authority of India of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the (SAI). She is the senior-most Indian Information Hardayal Prasad Has Been Appointed As promotion of literature in the languages of Service officer and had served as UPA government’s SBI Card MD & CEO: India. spokesperson. It is for the first

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Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe takes Debashish Mukherjee and Murali Ethiopia since 2012. He will remain as prime over additional charge of Law, Order Ramaswami were appointed executive minister until the ruling Ethiopian People’s minister: directors of Canara Bankand Vijaya Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and the

Sri Lanka’s prime minister took over the key Bank respectively, according to an official order. country’s parliament accept his resignation. law and order ministry as part of a cabinet Mukherjee is at present the general manager of Ethiopia reshuffle, after a local election defeat sparked United Bank of India and Ramaswami is the GM ฀ Capital: Addis Ababa  calls for his resignation. Premier Ranil of Vijaya Bank. Mukherjee s appointment is ฀ Currency: Ethiopian birr ’  Wickremesinghe was sworn in to the initially for three years but it is extendable by ฀ Primeminister:Hailemariam  ministerial post, a week after the minister in two years after review of his performance. Desalegn charge of the police, Sagala Ratnayaka, resigned Ramaswami will have tenure till December 31, amid accusations he had failed to prosecute 2020. AWARDS AND HONOURS members of the former regime. CANARA BANK Magahi writer Madhukar awarded Sahitya ฀ Headquarters: Bengaluru  Akademi's Bhasha Samman: Haruhiko Kuroda Re-Appointed As Bank of ฀ CEO: Rakesh Sharma  Magahi writer Shesh Anand Madhukar, who has Japan Chief: ฀ Tagline: Together We Can.  been working extensively for the development of Japan s government re-appointed Bank of VIJAYA BANK ’  the language, was honoured with this year's Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda for another ฀ Headquarters: Bengaluru  Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award. It term. Wakatabe and Amamiya would replace ฀ CEO: A. Sankara Narayanan  comprises a Rs 1 lakh cheque and a memento and incumbent deputy governors Kikuo Iwata, an ฀ Tagline: A friend you can bank on it was given by Sahitya Akademi President academic, and Hiroshi Nakaso, a career central Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari. Some of his banker. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is the central Avani Chaturvedi becomes first Indian important works in Hindi are "Magahi Kavita Ke bank of Japan, headquartered in Tokyo, woman to fly fighter aircraft solo: Bimb", "Eklavya", and "Bhagwan Birsa".

Japan. Flying officer Avani Chaturvedi has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman Shyam Benegal to honour with V K.P. Sharma Oli Appointed as Nepal’s New to fly a fighter aircraft solo. An Indian Air Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award:

PM: Force official said, she flew a MiG-21 bison in The V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award of Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli from the her first solo sortie from IAF’s Jamnagar base in the Mumbai International Film Festival is for Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist- Gujarat. Documentary, Shorts & Animation Films. MIFF Leninist) has been sworn in as the prime 2018 will be conferred upon veteran film maker minister of Nepal for the second time. President Michael McCormack named Australia’s new Shyam Benegal. It includes a cash prize of Rs 1

Bidhya Devi Bhandari appointed Oli as the deputy prime minister million (Rs 10 lakhs) and it will be presented by country’s 41st prime minister. KP Oli In Australia, Michael McCormack has been the Governor of Maharashtra, Shri C Vidyasagar succeeded the Nepali Congress Party’s Sher elected new Deputy Prime Minister after Rao. Bahadur Deuba, who resigned recently. being selected as the leader of the country’s National Party, the junior partner in the Shabnam Asthana wins Times Power

ICHR has appointed Arvind Jamkhedhar as country’s coalition government. Woman 2017 award: chairman: McCormack replaces former Deputy Prime The Times Group recently celebrated the Archaeologist and historian Arvind P. Minister Barnaby Joyce who was forced to invaluable contribution of women by introducing The Jamkhedkar will be the next Chairman of the resign last week amid public anger over an Times Power Woman 2017 (Pune) awards. Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR). He extramarital affair with his former press Shabnam Asthana was awarded the 'Times Power will replace Prof. K. Sudershan Rao, whose term secretary. Women of the Year 2017'- Pune for Global PR. The as ICHR chief was mired in controversy. The award was conferred on her by Dilip Kamble, post fell vacant after Prof. Rao’s retirement. South Africa’s Ramaphosa appoints Nene as Minister of State for Social Justice and

finance minister in cabinet reshuffle: Special Assistance in the Government of Vice-Admiral R B Pandit takes over as New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Maharashtra. Commandant of INA: has announced his cabinet, making substantial Vice Admiral R B Pandit, Flag-Officer- changes to ministerial positions. He reappointed Four Indian athletes in Forbes India 30

Commanding, Western Fleet at Mumbai, took Nhlanhla Nene as finance under 30 list 2018 over as the Commandant of Indian Naval minister, reversing his sacking by the former The magazine has come up with a unique “30 Academy (INA) at Ezhimala in nearby Kannur President Jacob Zuma. Mr Zuma, who is facing under 30” 2018 super achievers list. The list district. He replaces Vice Admiral S V Bhokare. charges of corruption, was forced to stand down features top 30 persons specialized in different

earlier this month by his own party. disciplines. Centre constitutes committee to study Indian athletes Jasprit Bumrah(Cricket), Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Jacob Zuma Resigns as South Africa’s Harmanpreet Kaur(Cricket), Savita

Assam: President: Punia(Hockey Goal Keeper) and Heena The Centre has constitued a committee headed Jacob Zuma has been forced to step down as Sidhu(Shooter) made it to this year’s Forbes by the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog president of South Africa. His rival Cyril India 30 Under 30 list.

Rajiv Kumar to study the Brahmaputra and Ramaphosa was chosen to lead the party. Those who were under the age of 30 as on flood control measures in Assam and Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam December 31, 2017 (the cutoff date for selection neighbouring states. Assam Water Resource Desalegn Resigns of the list) were considered for selection by minister Keshab Mahanta has informed this. Hailemariam Desalegn resigns as both Forbes India. Ethiopia’s prime minister and chairman of the country. Hailemariam Desalegn has led Govt appoints two new EDs in banks:

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Ritu Sarin wins International Press This year’s Bafta Film Awards have been Ground, Jammu. Thirty seven teams Institute’s award handed out in London. Here are the winners in comprising 900 players and 120 officials from all

The International Press Institute’s Indian National full: over India will participate in the event. Committee has named Ritu Sarin as the ฀ Best film: Three Billboards Outside recipient of the IPI India Award for Ebbing, Missouri Anu Kumar wins first gold in Khelo India  Excellence in Journalism. School Games: ฀ Outstanding British film: Three She is the Executive Editor- Investigations, the Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Anu Kumar of Uttarakhand grabbed the first  Indian Express. Leading actress: Frances McDormand gold medal of the Khelo India School Games ฀  She has been awarded for her “sustained work in in 1500 metres at the Jawaharlal Nehru – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri investigation of crimes, political assassinations, Stadium, New Delhi. Anu Kumar is a past 800- ฀ Leading actor: Gary Oldman – Darkest terrorism cases frauds and economic offences”.  metres silver medalist for India at the World Hour School Games in France. The Khelo India ฀ Director: The Shape Of Water – Guillermo PM Modi being conferred with Palestinian programme has been introduced to revive the Del Toro honour: sports culture in the country at the grass-root ฀ EE Rising Star Award: Daniel Kaluuya Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being  level. conferred with the Grand Collar of the State of ฀ Film not in the English language: Palestine, which is the highest Palestinian The Handmaiden Boxing: Mary Kom wins gold at India Open honour for a foreign dignitary. ฀ Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro boxing: India’s Aadhaar and Umang App Win ฀ Animated film: Coco M C Mary Kom claimed a gold India Open

Awards at World Government Summit ฀ Editing: Baby Driver – Jonathan boxing. She defeated Josie Gabuco 4-1 in the

India’s Aadhaar won the best emerging Amos, Paul Machliss 48kg category. Pinki Rani also fetched gold for technology award at the recently concluded India after defeating Jargalan Ochirbat in the ฀ Cinematography: Blade Runner 2049 World Government Summit 2018 in Dubai. – Roger Deakins final in (48-51 kg) category.In Total India bags  India was the ‘Guest of Honour’ 10 medals. The event held at the Thyagraj ฀ Original music: The Shape Of Water – country at the summit. Umang App won in Best Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. Alexandre Desplat m-Government Service Award for Accessible  ฀ Original screenplay: Three Billboards Government Category. The awards were Saurav Ghosal becomes the highest-ranked Outside Ebbing, Missouri presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Indian squash player: Minister of Interior of UAE Sheikh Saif bin India’s leading squash player, Saurav Ghosal BOOKS AND AUTHORS Zayed Al Nahyan. jumped five places to No 14 to become the PM Modi’s Book Exam Warriors Released Indian Engineer Awarded Sci-Tech Oscar highest ranked Indian in the Professional Squash Exam Warriors, a book penned by Prime Award Association (PSA) rankings released. Ghosal beat Minister Narendra Modi for students, has been Vikas Sathaye, a Pune-born person has been Joshna Chinappa who slipped three places to No released in the presence of External Affairs honoured with the Scientific and Engineering 17 while Dipika Pallikal Karthik remained on 20. Minister Sushma Swaraj and Human Resource Academy Award at the Oscars Scientific and Gregory Gaultier from France is currently at Development Minister Prakash Javadekar. The Technical Awards 2018. It was held at Beverly No. 1 Position in the Professional Squash book is the fifth one to be written by the Prime Hills in Los Angeles, California. Sathaye and Association (PSA) rankings. Minister and the first on the need to develop his team received the award for his contribution stress-free attitude to exams. in “Shotover K1 Camera System” during his India lifts U-19 World Cup trophy for record stint at Shotover Camera Systems in 4th time: “Mere Sapno Ka Bharat” Book: Tarun Vijay Queenstown, New Zealand. India has lifted the ICC Under-19 World Cup Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the record fourth time. They defeated launched the book “Mere Sapno Ka Bharat”. Sanjiv Bajaj: EY Entrepreneur of the Year Australia by eight wickets at bay oval at Mount It is a collection of best interviews of the 2017 Maunganui in New Zealand. India’s star batsman former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sanjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv Manjot Kalra adjudged Man of the Match and authored by the former Member of Parliament was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Shubman Gill Man of the Series. Tarun Vijay. 2017. Dr. E Sreedharan was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for transforming Badminton: India Open 2018 “A Century Is Not Enough” Book: Sourav the face of public transportation in India. India Open held annually at the Siri Fort Sports Ganguly ฀ EY India chairman: Rajiv Memani Complex, New Delhi. In women’s singles P V The former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly Sindhu was defeated by American Beiwen will unveil a book named “A Century is not Milkbasket recognised as ‘Startup of the Zhang. enough”. The book is co-authored by Gautam Year’ 2017: Here are the complete list of winners: Bhattacharya and published by Juggernaut Milkbasket, India’s first and largest micro- ฀ Men’s Singles: Shi Yuqi (China) books.  delivery platform has been recognised as ฀ Women’s Singles: Beiwen Zhang ‘Startup of the Year’ 2017 at the 7th Small (America), P V Sindhu (runner up) SPORTS  Business Awards. The startup of the year ฀ Men’s Doubles: Marcus Fernaldi B.N. Mullik Memorial All India Police award is dedicated to young SMEs, aged 7 years Gideon (Indonesia) and Kevin Sanjaya Football Ch'ship to be held in Jammu: or less, with great potential to become big in Sukamuljo (Indonesia) Jammu and Kashmir Police will host B N  local/international markets. ฀ Women’s Doubles: Greysia Polii Mullik Memorial All India Police Football (Indonesia) and Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia) Championship. It is the 2nd time to be held in Bafta Film Awards 2018: The winners in full Jammu. The event would be held at Gulshan

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฀ Mixed Doubles: Mathias Christiansen Cadet Open Table Tennis Tournament at (Denmark) and Christinna Pedersen Muscat. Swastika Ghosh teamed up with Roger Federer Becomes Oldest No. 1 in (Denmark) compatriot Varuni Jaiswal clinched the silver in Tennis History: sub junior girls team after beating Syria. In the The 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Cricket: BCCI announces cash rewards for cadet girls team, Suhana Saini and Ananya Federer has become the oldest world number chief coach Rahul Dravid: won bronze. one in Tennis history. The 36-year old Roger The BCCI has announced a cash reward of Rs 50 Federer replaced Rafael Nadal at the top of lakh for the Under-19 chief coach Rahul Rohan More Becomes First Asian To Swim the standings after recording win over Dutch Dravid. The victorious squad members will Across Ocean Seven: Robin Haase in the quarter-finals of the receive Rs 30 lakh each. Pune-based swimmer, Rohan More became Rotterdam Open at the Netherlands. The other members of the support staff including the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim fielding coach Abhya Sharma and bowling across the Ocean Seven. Rohan is the youngest Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand coach Paras Mhambrey will get Rs 20 lakh. person in the world to swim across the Ocean initiated the country’s largest ‘train the Seven. He has received the Tenzing Norgay trainers’ programme: Golf: Shubhankar becomes top-ranked Award from the Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs Gopichand launched ‘train the trainers’ programme Indian golfer: and Sports. inducting 1500 Physical Education (PE) teachers A youngster 21-year-old Shubhankar Sharma from across Gujarat for advanced training. As per became the top-ranked Indian golfer with a rank Kishan Gangolli Wins National Chess the plan, Gopichand and his band of experts will of 72 in the world golf rankings. Recently he Championship for Blind: first select around 150 PE teachers out of the 1500 has won the Maybank Championship in Kuala Karnataka's Kishan Gangolli won the National to become master trainers. Former All-England Lumpur, Malaysia. He also clinched his first 'A' Chess Championship for Blind for the fifth champion Gopichand and India’s lone Olympic gold European Tour win at the Joburg Open in consecutive time. Ashvin Makwana of Gujarat medallist Abhinav Bindra have been appointed to December 2017. Dustin Johnson from the USA and Odisha's Soundarya Kumar Pradhan oversee the programme and will serve as mentors. is now the World No. 1 in the World Golf finished second and third respectively. Ranking. The top five players in the championship will form the Indian team for the forthcoming Roger Federer beats Grigor Dimitrov to win Cricket: Jhulan Goswami 1st Woman to 'World Team Championship' for the blind to Rotterdam Open title: Take 200 ODI Wickets be held in Bulgaria. The top 3 juniors (under Roger Federer marked his impending return to India's veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami became the age of 20) will represent 'World Junior' the top of the world rankings by sweeping aside the first female cricketer to take 200 ODI championship for the blind in Poland. second seed Grigor Dimitrov in the Rotterdam th wickets. Goswami achieved the feat during the Open final in Netherlands. This is the 97 second ODI between India and South Africa. Pyeongchang Winter Olympics: Sweden’s title in his overall career. In this count,

She was also adjudged ICC Women Cricketer of Charlotte Kalla wins 1st gold: he is only behind America’s Jimmy Connors who the Year in 2007. Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla claimed the first has won 109 titles. gold on the opening day of the Pyeongchang NETHERLANDS Haryana Tops In Khelo India School Games: Winter Olympics. Kalla won the women s ’ ฀ Capital: Amsterdam Haryana topped the overall medal tally after skiathlon cross country race ahead of Norway’s ฀ Currency: Euro, US Dollar claiming 38 gold medals in the inaugural Marit Bjoergen, preventing her from collecting edition of the Khelo India School Games that an unprecedented third straight gold medal in Bhuvneshwar 1st Indian bowler to scalp 5- concluded in New Delhi. Haryana won 102 the event. But Bjoergen still became the most wicket hauls in all 3 formats: medals, with 26 silver and 38 bronze. decorated woman in Winter Olympics history as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a fast bowler, has

Maharashtra got second place while Delhi came she claimed her 11th medal. become the first Indian bowler to take a five- third. wicket haul in all three Football: Tamil Nadu Lifts Senior Women’s formats in International Cricket.

Olympic Winter Games Kicked Off At Na tional Football Championship Bhuvneshwar Kumar made this record by taking

Pyeongchang: Tamil Nadu beat Manipur 2-1 to lift their maiden his first T20I five-wicket haul at the first T20I

The 23rd Olympic Winter Games officially title in the Senior Women’s National Football against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium, kicked off with a colourful ceremony at Championship. The 23rd Senior Women’s Johannesburg. Pyeongchang stadium in South Korea. There National Football Championship was held in Bhuvneshwar Kumar was awarded the Man-of- will be 92 countries participating with Cuttack. Tamil Nadu created history by the-Match Award. He has also become the

102 medals in Pyeongchang, covering seven becoming champions in their first-ever final. second Indian to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is sports and 15 disciplines. Russia is banned after Yuzvendra Chahal. from the Games, and the forthcoming Yuki Bhambri: First Indian To Reach

Paralympics. Quarters Of Chennai Open ATP Challenger Christian Coleman breaks world indoor South Korea Tournament record in 60 meters: ฀Capital: Seoul In Tennis, Yuki Bhambri has become the first Christian Coleman has set up a world record ฀Currency: South Korean Won Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the in 60 metres race. The World silver medallist ฀President: Moon Jae-in Chennai Open ATP Challenger tournament. ran the distance in 6.34 seconds at the He defeated compatriot Sidharth Rawat to make US indoor national championships ITTF Oman World Junior & Cadet Open this achievement. For a place in the semi-finals, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Table Tennis Tournament: Bhambri will meet Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan. India won two silver and one bronze medal Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu retains Winter at the ITTF Oman World Junior & Olympic figure skating gold:

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Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu became the first ODIs and the fifth overall, in the latest

figure skater in 66 years to win back-to-back rankings for the 50-over format announced by Strandja Memorial boxing tournament: Winter Olympic gold medals in the men’s the ICC. He has reclaimed the No 1 spot in Amit, Vikas strike gold; Mary Kom settles

singles event as he won Japan’s first gold the ICC ODI batsmen rankings. for silver

medal at PyeongChang Games. ฀ ICC ODI rankings for Indian pugilists Vikas Krishan and Amit

Hanyu won the title with 317.85 points, beating teams: 1. India (123 points), 2. South Panghal bagged Gold medals, while MC Mary

compatriot Shoma Uno and multiple world Africa (117), 3. England (116). Kom, Seema Poonia and Gaurav champion Javier Fernandez of Spain to the Solanki settled for Silver on the final day of ฀ Rankings for batsmen: 1. Virat second and third spots. the 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing Kohli (909 points), 2. AB de North Korea Villiers (844), tournament at Sofia in Bulgaria. While Vikas 3. David Warner (823). in the 75 kg category eased past American Troy  ฀ Currency: won ฀ Rankings for bowlers: 1. Rashid Isley, Amit in 49 kg division defeated Morocco’s  ฀ Capital: Pyongyang Said Mordaji to claim the coveted yellow metal. ฀ Leader: Kim Jong-un Khan and Jasprit Bumrah (787 points), 3. Trent Boult (729). Gaurav in 52 kgs took home the silver after losing in the Final. Sardar Singh back as Indian hockey team In the Women s 48 kg section, Mary Kom, who captain for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India bag gold medal at 5th Commonwealth ’ came into the event in pursuit of a third The Hockey India selectors brought back Sardar Nations Bridge Championship: consecutive gold medal, lost to Bulgaria s Singh as captain of an 28-member Indian squad Indian “A” team won gold at ’ the 5th Sevda Asenova in a rather shocking verdict to for the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to be held Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship finish second. Seema Poonia in the +81 kg in Ipoh, Malaysia from March 3-10. Malaysia held in Gold Coast, Australia, between 14 and 18 category also settled for a Silver after she went

February 2018. The Indian “A” down to Russia’s Anna Ivanova. India ended the ฀ Currency: Malaysian ringgit  team was headed by Kiran Nadar. The Indian tournament with 11 medals — 2 Gold, 3 Silver ฀ Capital: Kuala Lumpur “A” team defeated the Australian team. and 6 Bronze.

Alex Blackwell: Australia vice-captain Pyeongchang 2018: Ester Ledecka gets Gopi Thonakal retains his title at New Delhi announces retirement: second gold medal: Marathon: Alex Blackwell, Australia s most ’ Ester Ledecka became the first woman to claim Reigning Asian Champion Gopi Thonakal capped female player has gold medals in two sports at a Winter Olympics retained his title at the IDBI Federal Life announced retirement from all forms of cricket. with a win in the snowboarding parallel giant Insurance New Delhi Marathonin New slalom. The 22-year-old Czech, who earned a shock Delhi. In the women’s event also, Monika Norway’s Bjoergen becomes most victory in the skiing super G last, beat Germany’s Athare retained her title. Gopi clocked 2 hour, successful Winter Olympian: Selina Jorg to win her second gold. She is the fifth 15 minute and 16 seconds to clinch the gold Norway’s Marit Bjoergen (14 Olympic medals) athlete to win in two sports at one Games and the under ideal running conditions. Nitendra Singh became the most successful athlete in Winter first in unrelated events with the previous double Rawat was second, while Bahadur Singh Olympics history as she wins coming in Nordic events. Ramona Theresia Dhoni took the bronze. took bronze in Pyeongchang, South Korea in Hofmeister took bronze. cross country skiing’s women’s team sprint free. Simona Halep reclaims world No 1 ranking: However, Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins Cricket Canada unveils ICC-approved T20 Romanian tennis ace Simona Halep has won the gold and the first Olympic cross country league: returned to world number one in women title for the United States. Canada became the latest to embrace rankings. She replaced Australian Open Norway’s Martin Johnsrud Sundby and franchise-based T20 cricket with the formation champion Caroline Wozniacki, who held the Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won of the Global T20 Canada. The announcement of top spot for four consecutive weeks. Wozniacki, the men’s title by 1.71sec ahead of the Olympic the league – conceptualised, designed, 27, did not compete in the Dubai Tennis Athletes from Russia, with France finishing third. developed and managed by India’s Mercuri Championships last week, leaving the way open

Group in association with Cricket Canada – was for the Romanian to return to World No.1. Australia beat New Zealand by 19 Runs in done in New Delhi. IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE T20 Final: Cricket Canada has become the first Associate DAY World Cancer Day – Feb 4 Australia clinched the T20 tri- member of the ICC to start a Twenty20 franchise World Cancer Day is observed on February 4, series against New Zealand after cruising to a league in the North America market. 2018. Communities across the world will come 19-run victory in the rain-affected final together to spread and raise awareness about at Auckland. Aruna Budda Reddy becomes 1st Indian to cancer. For 2016-2018, the theme for observing It also means Australia leapfrog Pakistan to win individual medal at Gymnastics World World Cancer Day is ‘We Can. I can.’ become the top-rated T20 team in the Cup: International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM: world. This will be the first timefor Australia to Aruna Budda Reddy has created history by th Feb 6 hold the number one spot since rankings were becoming the first Indian to win an individual International Day of Zero Tolerance for introduced in 2011. medal at the Gymnastics World Cup. She Female Genital Mutilation is a United Nations-

clinched a Bronze in the Women’s Vault event sponsored annual awareness day that takes Top-ranked Kohli breaches 900-point mark in Melbourne. Aruna, who hails from place on February 6. It is UN's efforts to in ODIs: Hyderabad, scored 13.649 average points to eradicate female genital mutilation. Virat Kohli became only the second batsman finish third and claim the bronze medal at the Nation celebrates Unani Day: February 11 after AB de Villiers to cross the 900-point Hisense Arena. Tjasa Kysslef of Slovania took Nation celebrates as Unani Day as it is the mark simultaneously in both Tests and home the Gold, while Emily Whitehead of 150th Birth Anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Australia won the Silver.

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Khan, the contribution made by him to the Kairana Hukum Singh passed away: away at the age of 99 at his home in North traditional medicine and to the nation was Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Carolina. In 1983, President Reagan gave him

remarkable. Parliament from Western Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s

National Productivity Day – FEB 12 National Hukum Singh passed away. highest civilian honour. Productivity Council is observing National Madavoor Vasudevan Nair passed away: Dr BK Goyal, cardiologist with ‘clinical sixth Productivity Day February 12 and National Kathakali maestro Madavoor Vasudevan sense’, is no more: Productivity Week till 18th February. Nair collapsed on stage and passed away while Eminent cardiologist Dr BK Goyal breathed ฀ The theme for the National Productivity performing at Agasthyacodu Mahadeva Temple, his last in Mumbai following a cardiac arrest. He Week is – Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity Anchal in kollam. He is a recipient of several was 82-years-old. He was known to the world for India. awards, including Padma Bhushan. for having received top civilian awards — the  World Radio Day February 13 Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu passes away: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and  – The World Radio Day is observed every year on Former Minister and presently member of Padma Shri — and for treating ministers, February 13 and theme is “Radio and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Gali industrialists and bureaucrats. Sports”. There are three sub themes in 2018: Muddu Krishnama Naidu. He belongs to Renowned writer Kunhiraman Panoor They are, Diversity in Sports Coverage, Gender Telugu Desam Party. passes away: Equality in Sports Coverage and Peace and John Mahoney Passed Away: Renowned writer and social Development through Sports Coverage. Actor John Mahoney passed away in Chicago, activist Kunhiraman Panoor popularly known World Social Justice: February 20 the USA. He was well-known for playing the title as K Panoor passed away due to old age  World Social Justice is observed every year on character in the “Frasier” show. His other ailments at a private hospital. He was 84. Panoor February 20. Social justice is an underlying famous works are “The American President,” won the Kerala Sahithya Academy award in principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence “Moonstruck,” “In the Line of Fire,” and “Say 2006 and Ramasramam award in 2002. The within and among nations. We advance social Anyth ing”. renowned writer retired from the State Revenue justice when we remove barriers that people Doyen of Odia Literature Chandrasekhar Department as Deputy Collector. face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, Rath Passes Away: Renowned violinist M.S. Anantharaman religion, culture or disability. The doyen of Odia literature Chandrasekhar passes away:  ฀ Theme of 2018: Workers on the Rath passed away in Bhubaneswar. Rath was Noted violinist M.S. Anantharaman, an Move: the Quest for Social Justice conferred with several awards, including Kendra exponent of Parur style of violin playing, died. International Mother Language Day 2018: Sahitya Akademi Award, Odisha Sahitya He was 94 years old. He familiarised the Parur  st Akademi Award and Atibadi Jagannath Das bani along with his brother.  Feb 21  International Mother Language Day 2018, Samman for his contribution in the field of National Herald editor-in-chief Neelabh which is celebrated every year on 21 February literature. Mishra passes away: for the last 20 years, is an endeavour stop this Asma Jahangir Passed Away: Senior journalist and editor-in-chief of disintegration of language and culture. This year Pakistan’s well known human rights lawyer and National Herald, Neelabh Mishra, passed it is the 18th anniversary of IMLD. social activist Asma Jahangir. Asma co- away at a Chennai Hospital.  ฀ Theme of 2018: “Linguistic diversity founded and chaired the Human Rights Bollywood actor Sridevi passes away: and multilingualism count for sustainable Commission of Pakistan. She had also been Bollywood actor Sridevi passed away after a development”. Supreme Court Bar Association president. cardiac arrest, confirmed her brother-in-law  nd Johann Johannsson Passed Away: Sanjay Kapoor. She was 54.  World Thinking Day 2018: Feb 22  World Thinking Day is a way to celebrate  Johann Johannsson, an award-winning Former cabinet secretary T S R nd with girls all over the world on Feb 22 by composer and producer passed away. Subramanian passes away: doing the same activities. Making an impact Johannsson won a Golden Globe and received Former Cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian means having a strong effect on something or Grammy and Oscar nominations for his has passed away. He was 79. Mr Subramanian someone. Impact for the Girl Guides and Girl score for “The Theory of Everything”. was the Cabinet Secretary from August 1996, to Scouts is all about bringing positive change. Long serving Former Dutch PM passed away March 1998.  ฀ Theme of 2018:“Impact” Ruud Lubbers, the youngest and longest- World Sustainable Energy Days: February serving prime minister of the Netherlands, died Current Affairs Quiz: th 24 at the age of 78 in Rotterdam. Q.1) High Performance Computing facility The World Sustainable Energy Days French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood launched for weather forecast has been (WSED) are one of Europe s largest annual ’ passes away: launched in ______. conferences in this field. The 2018 conference French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood, whose a) Pune b) Ahmedabad will take place from 28 February 2 March 2018 – eclectic career spanned more than four decades c) Noida d) Bengaluru in Wels/Austria. and the world’s most prestigious festivals and e) Delhi OBITUARY concert halls, has died. He was 62. Q.2) Safer Internet Day is observed on?

BJP MP Chintaman Wanaga passed away: Telugu actor Gundu Hanumantha Rao th th a) February 5 b) February 4 Senior BJP MP from Maharashtra, Chintaman passes away: th rd c) February 7 d) February 3 Wanaga, passed away. Wanaga, who was born on Well-known Telugu cinema comedian Gundu th e) February 6 June 1, 1950, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Hanumantha Rao passed away in Hyderabad. Q.3) The Ministry of Commerce & Industry Palghar in Maharashtra. He was a member of the He was 61. The first role he essayed on stage launched the third version of the GeM 3.0. What 11th and the 13th Lok Sabha. was in a play called Ravana Brahma in is the abbreviation of “M” in GeM 3.0? World s Oldest Man Passes Away at 113: ’ Vijayawada. He has won three Nandi awards. a) Massive b) Manual Francisco Nunez Olivera, the world s oldest ’ Evangelist Billy Graham dies at age 99: c) Maximum d) Marketplace man passed away. He belongs to a Bienvenida Billy Graham, one of the most widely heard e) Maturity village in spain. Christian evangelist in history passed

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Q.4) Who inaugurated the 7th India Energy Q.15) World Wetlands day is celebrated on a) Arun Kumar b) Vinay Raj

Congress 2018 in New Delhi? ______. c) Anu Kumar d) Ashwin Sundar st nd a) Rajesh Khanna b) Mahendra Kumar a) February 1 b) February 2 e) Kamal Raj rd th c) R K Singh d) Sushil Raj c) February 3 d) February 4 Q.27) Which country launches smallest rocket th e) Sunita Kannan e) February 5 ever to carry tiny satellite into orbit? Q.5) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu Q.16) Nicos Anastasiades is the new president a) China b) USA c) Japan inaugurated the first International “Kala Mela” at of______. d) Russia e) India the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in a) Algeria b) Cyprus Q.28) Which state government has signed with

______. c) Colombia d) Italy Ola for River Taxi Service? a) Mumbai b) Chennai e) Monaco a) West Bengal b) Nagaland c) New Delhi d) Kolkata Q.17) Which organisation has revised the gross c) Assam d) Jharkhand e) Bengaluru domestic product (GDP) growth rate for 2015-16 e) Kerala

Q.6) The Floating Treatment Wetland (FTW) was to 8.2% from the earlier estimates of 8%? Q.29) Recently India joins with which of the inaugurated in which lake? a) IMF b) ADB following country in Ashgabat Agreement for a) Roopkund Lake b) Suraj Tal c) Central Statistics Office d) Finance Ministry international transport and transit corridor? c) Neknampur Lake d) Kolleru Lake e) World Bank a) Qatar b) Oman e) Chandra Taal Q.18) The Government has decided to sell off its c) Armenia d) Russia Q.7) Power Minister R K Singh announced Kisan entire public stake in Dredging Corporation of e) Sri Lanka Urja Suraksha Utthaan Maha Abhiyaan KUSUM India Ltd. (DCIL). It was announced by which Q.30) Chintaman Wanaga passed away recently, scheme at the cost of______. ministry? belongs to which field? a) Rs 45,000-crore b) Rs 32,000-crore a) Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public a) Film b) Medicine c) Rs 41,000-crore d) Rs 38,000-crore Enterprises c) Politics d) Music e) Rs 48,000-crore b) Ministry of Shipping e) Journalist

Q.8) CRISIL has paired with which organisation c) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Q.31) Mary Kom wins gold at India Open boxing launched India’s First MSE Sentiment Index d) Ministry of Science and Technology under which category? named CriSidex? e) Ministry of Defence a) 52kg b) 48kg c) 64kg a) NABARD b) GOI Q.19) Who wins the Times Power Woman 2017 d) 69kg e) 72kg c) RBI d) SIDBI Award? Q.32) Dinesh Srivastava takes over as NFC chief e) NHCL a) Tsai Ing-wen executive by replacing whom?

Q.9) Which state plans to bulit a Twin Tower b) Michelle Bachelet a) Swami Shankar b) Kalai Kannan

Trade Centre (65 storey)? c) Shabnam Asthana c) Kalyanakrishnan d) PriyaShankar a) Uttar Pradesh b) Assam d) Federica Mogherini e) Kalyana Rajan c) Kerala d) Rajasthan e) Ivanka Trump Q.33) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated e) Nagaland Q.20) Syed Mahmud Hossain has been the Global Investors’ Summit in ______. Q.10) Exam Warriors is a book penned by appointed as Chief Justice of which country? a) Bihar b) Assam whom? a) Prime Minister of India b) Vice a) Bhutan b) Myanmar c) Maharashtra d) Andhra Pradesh President of India c) Bangladesh d) Nepal e) Karnataka nd c) President of India e) None of these Q.34) The 32 Surajkund International Crafts d) Governor of India Q.21) The Centre has sanctioned how much Mela has began in ______. e) None of these crore for three years to promote organic farming a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh Q.11) India has lifted the ICC Under-19 World in Uttarakhand? c) Haryana d) Punjab e) Odisha Cup for the record fourth time by defeating a) Rs 1600 crore b) Rs 1510 crore Q.35) How many Indian athletes came in Forbes

______. c) Rs 1620 crore d) Rs 1430 crore India 30 Under 30 list 2018? a) South Africa b) England e) Rs 1500 crore a) 1 b) 5 c) 9 c) Zimbabwe d) Sri Lanka Q.22) Shi Yuqi clinched the gold in India Open d) 8 e) 4 e) Australia 2018, hails from which country? Q.36) Who has been awarded with Sahitya Q.12) Bulletin is a new app released by which a) India b) China c) Nepal Akademi's Bhasha Samman with the cash prize company to express stories about their d) Japan e) Indonesia of 1 Lakh? communities? Q.23) Which country celebrated the 70th a) Shesh Anand Madhukar a) UCZ Ltd b) Facebook th b) Premchand Independence Day on February 4 with the c) Google d) Shallow Cox theme One Nation ? c) Coomaraswamy “ ” e) None of these d) Kulkarni a) Bhutan b) Pakistan c) Sri Lanka Q.13) India has contributed an additional d) Bangladesh e) None of these e) Jayant Kothari ______to the India-UN Development Q.24) Nuclear-capable Agni-I missile test fired Q.37) Shubhankar Sharma became the top- Partnership Fund earmarked for South-South successfully has range of______. ranked Indian golfer with a rank of ______in cooperation. a) 500 kms b) 700 kms c) 220 kms the world golf rankings. nd th th a) $ 1 million b) $ 100 million d) 290 kms e) 560 kms a) 72 b) 19 c) 28 th st c) $ 2 million d) $ 250 million Q.25) The Sixth World Government Summit 2018 d) 56 e) 81 e) $ 3 million to be held in ______. Q.38) Which country has partnered with the Q.14) What is the theme of World Cancer Day? a) India b) UAE c) Oman Vision for a Nation (VFAN) organisation to train a) We can, We do b) I can, We Can d) Israel e) Palestine more than 3,000 eye care nurses? c) We Should, I Can d) I can, I Should Q.26) Who wins the first gold in Khelo India a) Bolivia b) Rwanda c) Burundi e) We Can, I Can School Games? d) Cyprus e) Estonia

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Q.39) Lt. Gen Anil Chauhan Takes Charge as a) Mongolia b) Russia c) Germany e) Apple DGMO of Indian Army by succeeding whom? a) d) Turkmenistan e) China Q.63) What is the range of nuclear capable

Surendar Raj b) Sunil kumar Q.51) John Hennessy is appointed as chairman of Prithvi II missile? c) AK Bhatt d) Kalyan singh ______. a) 110 kms b) 290 kms e) Mahesh kumar a) Alphabet b) Google c) Facebook c) 350 kms d) 550 kms Q.40) Neelam Kapur has been appointed as the d) Samsung e) Twitter e) 480 kms ______of Sports Authority of India (SAI). Q.52) The first-ever Pelican Festival will be held Q.64) Which state’s panel has proposed a new a) Vice President b) President at? 3-colour official state flag? c) Director General d) Head a) Andhra Pradesh b) Karnataka a) Odisha b) Kerala e) Chairman c) Kerala d) Arunachal Pradesh c) Karnataka d) Gujarat Q.41) Saurav Ghosal becomes the highest-ranked e) Rajasthan e) Maharashtra

Indian squash player. His rank is ______. Q.53) Uttar Pradesh government in association Q.65) Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF)' th th st a) 19 b) 14 c) 21 with which organisation launched massive door scheme has been launched at a cost of how th st d) 9 e) 1 to door campaign “DASTAK” to eradicate deadly much rupees? Q.42) The Union government and World Bank Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanise a) Rs 1540 crore b) Rs 2550 crore signed a $100 million (about Rs 6,400 crore) Encephalitis disease in the state? c) Rs 1430 crore d) Rs 1650 crore loan agreement for which state? a) UNESCO b) UNICEF c) IMF e) Rs 2620 crore a) Nagaland b) Assam c) Kerala d) UN e) World Bank Q.66) Who topped the first ever Cryptocurrency d) Tamil Nadu e) Odisha Q.54) Which Aerospace company has launched rich list 2018? Q.43) Who became the World No. 1 in the recent the Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket? a) Farook Raj b) Joseph Lubin World Golf Ranking? a) NASA b) SpaceX c) Boeing c) Chris Larsen d) Changpeng Zhao a) Ben Hogan b) Sam Snead d) McDonnell Douglas e) Blue Origin e) None of these c) Tom Watson d) Gary Player Q.55) Sweden provides how much million dollar Q.67) From when RBI will link the base rate for e) Dustin Johnson to UN World Food Programme? loans given by banks to the MCLR? Q.44) Who has been honoured with V Shantaram a) 270 million dollar b) 350 million dollar a) April 1, 2019 b) January 1, 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 with the cash c) 110 million dollar d) 280 million dollar c) May 1, 2018 d) April 1, 2018 prize of Rs.10 Lakh? e) 370 million dollar e) March 1, 2018 a) Vishal Bhardwaj b) Naresh Bedi Q.56) In the 'Energy and Resource Policy Think Q.68) Which International Airport has got No 1 c) Shatrughan Sinha d) Anurag Kashyap Tanks' category, CSE has been ranked the ranking as the world’s busiest airport? e) Shyam Benegal ______in India and 38th in the world? a) London b) Singapore Q.45) Savita Punia is related to which of the a) First b) Second c) Fourth c) Dubai d) Riyadh following sports? d) Tenth e) Third e) Tokyo a) Cricket b) Football Q.57) Who has been sworn as the 16th Q.69) Who is the first Indian female cricketer to c) Shooting d) Hockey chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central take 200 ODI wickets? e) Golf bank of the United States? a) Mithali Raj b) Harmanpreet Kaur Q.46) What is the rank of India on the Economist a) Janet Yellen b) Jerome Powell c) Thirush Kamini d) Latika Kumari Intelligence Unit's annual Global Democracy c) Ben Bernanke d) George Akerlof e) Jhulan Goswami

Index? e) Stanley Fischer Q.70) John Mahoney is related to which of the

nd nd th a) 32 b) 42 c) 45 Q.58) Who won the International Press following field? th th d) 38 e) 40 Institute’s award 2018? a) Actor b) Director Q.47) Which edition of South Asia Region Public a) Sai Priya b) Neetu Raj c) Politician d) Musician Procurement Conference held in New Delhi, c) Ritu Sarin d) Shaila Ranjan e) Cricketer recently? e) None of these Q.71) What is the abbreviation of “B” in FBY? a) Fourth b) Third c) Fifth Q.59) Tore Hattrem is the president of which a) Basel b) Banker d) Ninth e) Tenth organisation? c) Bima d) Bouncing Q.48) Which country has launched the world’s a) ADB b) UNESCO e) Basis longest zip line, measuring 2.83 kilometers in c) UNICEF d) AIIB Q.72) Who is the Co-Founder of Ripple? length? e) IBRD a) Farook Raj b) Joseph Lubin a) Japan b) UAE Q.60) What is the name of the high performance c) Chris Larsen d) Changpeng Zhao c) France d) China e) Oman computer system that has been launched by e) None of these Q.49) Indian Overseas Bank receives ______Ministry of earth sciences? Q.73) Which Railway zone has become 1st Rail capital infusions from government in the a) Manir b) Mihi Zone with 100% LED Lighting? preferential allotment of equity shares of c) Mihir d) Manu a) Northern Railway b) Eastern Railway the bank during the 2017-18 fiscal. e) None of these c) South Central Railway d) North East Railway a) Rs. 171.01 crore b) Rs. 175.06 crore Q.61) What is the marginal standing facility (MSF) e) Western Railway c) Rs. 173.06 crore d) Rs. 172.01 crore rate in the 6th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy? Q.74) The target of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala e) Rs. 174.06 crore a) 6.0 percent b) 6.75 percent Yojana (PMUY) has increased from five crore to Q.50) Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) , United c) 6.25 percent d) 6.6 percent how much? Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) and with which e) 7.2 percent a) Six Crore b) Ten Crore country has signed to collaborate and engage in Q.62) Which organisation and NCERT has joined c) Nine Crore d) Seven Crore Design, Development and Execution of hands to teach students digital Safety? e) Eight Crore contemporary, State-of-Art vessels for Inland a) Facebook b) Google Q.75) The revised target of PMUY will be and Coastal Waterways recently? c) UNESCO d) UNICEF achieved by which year?

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Q.76) The “pay as you use” Project will be search engine major Google? Maharashtra b) Gujarat implemented by which organisation? a) Rs 126 crore b) Rs 135 crore c) Chhattisgarh d) Rajasthan a) RBI b) NPCI c) NHAI c) Rs 124 crore d) Rs 136 crore e) Punjab d) GOI e) NABARD e) Rs 141 crore Q.101) Which country has the highest percentage Q.77) Who is the head of 13-member advisory Q.89) As per the proposed classifications in share for availing e- Tourist Visa facilities? committee constituted by Defence Minister MSME, Units having turnover between Rs 5 crore a) UK b) USA c) Canada

Nirmala Sitharaman? to Rs 75 crore comes under which category? d) Sweden e) Denmark a) Sunil Verma b) Harish Chatterjee a) Small Enterprise b) Medium Enterprise Q.102) Which Public Sector bank has announced c) Vinay Sheel Oberoi d) Mukesh Raj c) Micro Enterprise d) Large Enterprise to exit its South Africa operations? e) Palani Rajan e) None of these a) Andhra Bank b) Canara Bank Q.78) Among Union Territories, which UT has Q.90) “Mere Sapno Ka Bharat” is the book c) Bank of Maharashtra d) Bank of Baroda showed best overall performance as well as written by? e) Bank of India highest annual incremental performance? a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Q.103) ONGC Videsh Ltd and its partners have a) Daman and Diu b) Lakshadweep b) Rajnath Singh acquired how much percent stake in ADNOC? c) Puducherry c) Tarun Vijay a) 15% b) 10% c) 49% d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands d) Gautam Bhattacharya d) 21% e) 32% e) Dadra and Nagar Haveli e) Sourav Ganguly Q.104) What is the theme for “World Radio Day”? Q.79) Who has developed the first flight of Q.91) Which edition of Olympic Winter Games a) Radio and Rich b) Radio and Science Hawk-i with indigenous Real Time Operating officially kicked off in South Korea? c) Radio and Games d) Radio and Sports System (RTOS)? nd st th e) Radio and Friends a) 22 b) 21 c) 25 a) Boeing b) SpaceX rd th d) 23 e) 24 Q.105) Who has been elected as the president of c) Hindustan Aeronautics d) Kerns Aerospace Kendra Sahitya Akademi? Q.92) PM Modi lays foundation stone of first e) None of these a) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari Hindu temple in which city? Q.80) What is India s Rank in Global Intellectual b) Suresh Chandra Kumar ’ a) New York b) Riyadh c) Muscat Property Index? c) Vimal Kumar d) Abu Dhabi e) None of these st rd th d) Chandrashekhara Kambara a) 41 b) 43 c) 44 Q.93) Chandrasekhar Rath who passed away th nd d) 45 e) 42 recently hails from which state? e) None of these Q.81) What is the name of the chat based job a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Odisha Q.106) Foreign banks will also have to follow search mobile app which has been recently d) West Bengal e) Jharkhand how many percentage sub-target for lending to launched? Q.94) In which year Payment and Settlement the small and marginal farmers? a) Dream Job b) LinkedLn c) Empzilla Systems Act established? a) 9% b) 7% c) 8% d) Ibotta e)Checkout 51 a) 2003 b) 2001 c) 2009 d) 4% e) 3%

Q.82) Who has been appointed as MD and CEO d) 2007 e) 2005 Q.107) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of SBI Card? Q.95) The NWEC will be established under which chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman a) Sundar Prasad b) Diva Shankar ministry? approved capital acquisition proposals of the c) Hardayal Prasad d) Siva Babu SK a) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and defence services of how much amount? e) None of these Pensions a) Rs 15,935 crore b) Rs 15,435 crore

Q.83) Global Innovation Policy Center of which b) Ministry of Women and Child Development c) Rs 15,445 crore d) Rs 15,915 crore country released Global Intellectual Property c) Ministry of Minority Affairs e) Rs 15,495 crore

Index? d) Minister of Commerce and Industry Q.108) Name the swimmer who is the first Asian a) England b) India c) Qatar e) Ministry of Human Resource Development to swim across Ocean Seven? d) US e) Russia Q.96) In the list of richest city in the world a) Rajesh b) Rohan c) Suresh

Q.84) Who launched a web-based monitoring which Indian city ranked 12th? d) Suraj e) Shankar system and a fly-ash mobile application? a) Chennai b) Hyderabad c) Kolkata Q.109) An Agriculture Business Summit was held a) SK Raj b) Shankar Kumar d) Mumbai e) Lucknow in New Delhi between India and which Country? c) RK Singh d) KS Suresh Q.97) Recently India and Oman signed how a) Oman b) Vietnam c) Israel e) Ranju Singh many agreements? d) Russia e) Palestine Q.85) The Minister of State for Textiles Ajay a) 8 b) 7 c) 2 Q.110) Who is the minister of State Personnel,

Tamta inaugurated India Pavilion at Ambiente d) 3 e) 5 Public Grievances and Pensions? 2018 in which country? a) Shripad Yesso Naik Q.98) Which country has been banned from a) Sweden b) Russia c) Italy b) Hardeep Singh Puri Winter Olympics 2018? d) Germany e) Qatar c) Jitendra Singh a) Japan b) Russia c) North Korea Q.86) Who has become ICC's 1st Independent d) Ramdas Athawale d) India e) China Female Director? Q.99) The country's largest lender SBI write off e) Hansraj Gangaram Ahir a) Savitri Jindal b) Indra Nooyi bad loans worth how much crore in 2016-17? Q.111) Chandrababu Naidu, the chief minister of c) Chanda Kochhar d) Leena Tiwari a) Rs 21,339 crore b) Rs 12,339 crore Andhra Pradesh, is the richest CM in the country e) Anu Aga c) Rs 22,339 crore d) Rs 10,339 crore with how much assets worth?

Q.87) NPCI appointed Biswamohan Mahapatra as e) Rs 20,339 crore a) Rs 173 crore b) Rs 175 crore non-executive chairman for how many years? Q.100) Another world record was created on the c) Rs 176 crore d) Rs 177 crore a) 3 years b) 4 years c) 2 years second day of Rajim Kumbh Mela after over 2,100 e) Rs 179 crore d) 5 years e) 1 year

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Q.112) The Indian Navy will now be able to use e) Punjab d) 2018 e) 2023 the facilities at Duqm port which is located in Q.123) A two-day International Conference on Q.133) The 12th International Conference on which country? Unani Medicine held in which place? Corporate Social Responsibility was held in which a) Palestine b) Oman c) Iran a) Pune b) Mumbai place? d) Israel e) Egypt c) Chennai d) New Delhi a) Bengaluru b) Hyderabad c) Chennai Q.113) A well known human rights lawyer and e) Jaipur d) Delhi e) Ahmedabad social activist Asma Jahangir passed away hails Q.124) How many MoU/ agreement was signed Q.134) Donald Trump unveils massive from which country? during visit of Prime Minister to Palestine? infrastructure plan for how many trillion? a) Israel b) Iran c) Pakistan a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 a) USD 2 b) USD 3 c) USD 2.5 d) Myanmar e) India d) 7 e) 8 d) USD 1.5 e) USD 3.5 Q.114) The 4th meeting of the Economic Q.125) Which country has temporarily banned Q.135) Who claimed the first gold on the opening Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) imports of live birds, hatching eggs and chicks day of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics? was held under the chairmanship of whom? from India? a) Jesi Anderson b) Janavi Kiran a) Abhijit Banerjee a) Japan b) Dubai c) China c) Rameela Khan d) Charlotte Kalla b) Amit Mitra d) Saudi Arabia e) Nepal e) Bjoergen c) Bibek Debroy Q.126) A new Port Performance Index has been Q.136) What is the Constituency of minister ‘ ’ d) Amiya Kumar Bagchi taken under which ministry? Nitin Gadkari? e) Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff a) Ministry of Finance a) Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh

Q.115) How many crore has sanctioned by b) Minister of Commerce and Industry b) Bangalore North, Karnataka defence ministry to army to boost security? c) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways c) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh a) 1,467 Crore b) 1,477 Crore d) Ministry of Science and Technology d) Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh c) 1,487 Crore d) 1,497 Crore e) Ministry of Earth Science e) Nagpur, Maharashtra e) 1,457 Crore Q.127) ______has confirmed “resumption” of Q.137) ______emerges as the most Q.116) The 'World Junior' championship for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Nathu La congested country in world. blind will be held which place? route. a) Thailand b) Dubai c) China a) Poland b) Sweden a) Japan b) Dubai c) China d) Saudi Arabia e) Nepal c) Russia d) Spain d) Saudi Arabia e) Nepal Q.138) ______retains top spot as source e) Germany Q.128) The world’s first driverless pods on the market for Dubai in 2017. Q.117) When is the National Productivity day has occasion of World Government Summit, held at a) Thailand b) Dubai c) China been observed? which place? d) Saudi Arabia e) India th th a) February 12 b) February 11 a) Dubai b) Davos c) Muscat Q.139) Who was concurrently accredited as the th d) Jerusalem e) None of these next Ambassador of India to the Timor-Leste? c) February 10 th Q.129) Who won the National 'A' Chess a) PrakashKumar Rawat d) February 13 th Championship for Blind for the fifth consecutive b) Pragad Kumar Rawat e) February 15 Q.118) Which state has started an initiative to time? c) Pradeep Kumar Rawat connect with youth on social media- initiative a) Kishan Gangolli d) Pramod Kumar Rawat called as MahaMitra . b) Ashvin Makwana e) Prajan Kumar Rawat “ ” a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Soundarya Kumar Q.140) Who was being conferred with the Grand c) Chhattisgarh d) Rajasthan d) Priya Bhavani Collar of the State of Palestine? e) Punjab e) Kiran Shettu a) Sushma Swaraj b) Arun Jaitley Q.119) Who is the poorest among the Indian Q.130) Who released the manual laying down c) Radha Mohan Singh d) Rajnath Singh Chief Ministers? guidelines on when and how to expand or e) Narendra Modi a) Chandrababu Naidu manage different types of roads? Q.141) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated b) Mamata Banerjee a) Nitin Gadkari b) Shripad Yesso Naik the Dorjee Khandu state at which state? c) Manik Sarkar c) Giriraj Singh d) Radhakrishnan P e) a) Karnataka b) Odisha d) Devendra Fadnavis Jitendra Singh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Mehbooba Mufti Q.131) What is the theme of International e) Uttar Pradesh Q.120) Which of the following port has got Conference on Unani Medicine? Q.142) India will host which edition of Theatre “Good” score in the index? a) Integration of Unani System of Medicine in Olympics? a) Kandla b) Kamarajar main stream healthcare th rd a) 7 b) 3 c) 4th c) Paradip d) Haldia b) Integrated of Unani System of Medicine in d) 5th e) 8th e) Mormugao main stream Q.143) Who organises India's first radio festival Q.121) In the list of 15 wealthiest cities New c) Integration of Unani Source of Medicine in in Delhi? York topped the list with a total wealth of how main stream healthcare a) UNICEF b) WHO c) UNESCO much amount? d) Integrated of Unani System of Medicine in d) UN e) IMF a) $3 trillion b) $5 trillion main stream healthcare Q.144) The 'Assistance to States and UTs for c) $2 trillion d) $1 trillion e) Integrated of Unani Source in main stream Narcotics Control' scheme has been extended for e) $8 trillion healthcare how many years?

Q.122) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Q.132) Union Minister of State for Power and New a) 3 years b) 4 years c) 5 years launched the Centre for learning Sanskrit and Renewable Energy RK Singh said that the d) 8 years e) 9 years language in ______University government was committed to provide electricity Q.145) What is the revised estimated budget for a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat to un-electrified households by which year? anti-narcotics scheme? c) Chhattisgarh d) Rajasthan a) 2019 b) 2020 c) 2021 a) Rs 20 crore b) Rs 25 crore

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Q.146) Which is the first state to withdraw from Shah Cup 2018? e) Dharmendhra pradhan the ambitious ‘Modicare’ scheme? a) Alex Blackwell b) Sardar Singh Q.166) Which team lifted the Senior Women's a) Karnataka b) Assam c) Yuzuru Hanyu d) Christian Coleman National Football Championship held in cuttack, c) West Bengal d) Nagaland e) Javier Fernandez odisha? e) Arunachal Pradesh Q.156) The Power equipment maker BHEL has a) Kerala b) Manipur Q.147) How much amount has been sanctioned bagged an order worth Rs 560 crore from which c) Tripura d) Tamil Nadu by the Union Cabinet for the creation of National company? e) Haryana

Urban Housing Fund (NUHF), recently? a) TNPS b) NPTS c) TNCS Q.167) Which state government has introduced a) Rs.30,000 crores b) Rs.70,000 crores d) NNPC e) NTPC Yoga Council Bill in Assembly? c) Rs.40,000 crores d) Rs.50,000 crores Q.157) The New Development Bank (NDB) has a) Karnataka b) Gujarat e) Rs.60,000 crores signed a loan agreement of USD 100 million for c) Nagaland d) Assam Q.148) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has which state’s Water Sector Restructuring Project? e) Tamil Nadu approved the methodology for auction of coal a) Gujarat b) Tripura Q.168) Which country will debut with its first mines / blocks for sale of coal under which of the c) Kerala d) Rajasthan ever Arab Fashion Week? following act? e) Uttar Pradesh a) USA b) Saudi Arabia a) Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 c) India d) UK Q.158) Who became the first figure skater in 66 b) Mines and Minerals (Development and years to win back-to-back Winter Olympic gold e) Canada Regulation) Act, 1957 medals in the men s singles event at Q.169) Canada – India Business Forum was held ’ c) Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2016 at ______. PyeongChang Games? d) Both a and b a) Kolkata b) Chennai a) Alex Blackwell b) Sardar Singh e) Both b and c c) Yuzuru Hanyu d) Christian Coleman c) New Delhi d) Mumbai

Q.149) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), e) Javier Fernandez e) Hyderabad chaired by Smt Nirmala Sitharaman has Q.159) Who has set up a world record in 60 Q.170) The World Radio Day is observed on? th th approved of how much crore rupees to Capital metres race at the US indoor national a) February 16 b) February 12 th th Acquisition Proposals of services? championships? c) February 11 d) February 13 th a) Rs.18,580 crore b) Rs.16,750 crore a) Alex Blackwell b) Sardar Singh e) February 15 c) Rs.15,935 crore d) Rs.16,550 crore c) Yuzuru Hanyu d) Christian Coleman Q.171) India’s Punjab National Bank (PNB) has e) Rs.15,350 crore e) Javier Fernandez detected fraudulent transactions worth over how

Q.150) What is the total cost and construction Q.160) Who is the 41st Prime Minister of Nepal? much crore? period of construction of 4.531 km long 2-Lane a) Sher Bahadur Deuba a) Rs 11,300 crore b) Rs 11,600 crore

Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnel b) KP Sharma Oli c) Rs 11,500 crore d) Rs 11,200 crore project? c) Pushpa Kamal Dahal e) Rs 11,100 crore a) Rs. 1483.78 crore and 4years d) Baburam Bhattarai Q.172) Who has been named as the EY b) Rs. 1283.78 crore and 5years Entrepreneur of the Year 2017? e) Jhana Lal Khanal c) Rs. 1583.78 crore and 6years a) Shakthi Manjesh b) Sanjiv Bajaj Q.161) Name the firm that has been recognised d) Rs. 1383.78 crore and 4years as ‘Startup of the Year’ 2017 at the 7th Small c) Surya Raj d) Kanneswaran e) Rs. 1383.78 crore and 5years Business Awards. e) Sugumar NP Q.151) How much amount has been allocated in a) Ads Native b) 91 Spring Board Q.173) With which country India launches joint union budget 2018-19 for the Pradhan Mantri c) Milk basket d) Address Health research projects on clean water & energy?

Awas Yojana (Urban) PMAY(U), by the housing e) Baby Berry a) USA b) Saudi Arabia and urban affairs ministry? Q.162) What is the theme for World Sustainable c) India d) UK a) Rs. 8,042crore b) Rs. 5,042crore Development Summit 2018? e) Canada c) Rs. 6,505 crore d) Rs. 6,042crore a) Partnerships with new Planet Q.174) Who has been honoured with the e) Rs. 7,505 crore b) Partnerships for a Resilient Planet Scientific and Engineering Academy Award at the

Q.152) According to a report in The New York c) Partnerships with Resilient World Oscars Award?

Post, Apple tops the most valuable company list d) Partnerships towards the world a) Venu Rajan b) Stalin Krishna with how much billion market cap? e) Partnerships in the new developed era Q.163) c) Vikas Sathaye d) Muthu Pradeep a) $139.2 billion b) $119.2 billion Name the ecommerce firm that has rolled out its e) KN Sinha c) $849.2 billion d) $939.2 billion own food retailing business in India. Q.175) The 2018 Shanghai Cooperation e) $949.2 billion a) Alibaba b) Amazon Organisation (SCO) summit will be held which

Q.153) World Social Justice is observed every c) E bay d) Flipkart country? year on ______. e) JD.com a) India b) Pakistan th th a) February 17 b) February 18 Q.164) The State government will be setting up c) China d) Russia th th c) February 19 d) February 20 an India’s first institute for artificial intelligence e) Tajikistan st e) February 21 (AI) in which city? Q.176) What is the name of the tri-service Q.154) Name the Australian female player who a) Trivandrum b) Mumbai maritime exercise that began in India’s western has announced retirement from all forms of c) Chennai d) Ahmedabad coast? cricket recently. e) Jaipur a) Simbex b) Salvex a) Alex Blackwell b) Sardar Singh Q.165) Who will the head the committee to c) Paschim Lehar d) Garuda Shakti c) Yuzuru Hanyu d) Christian Coleman study Brahmaputra and flood control measures e) Milan e) Javier Fernandez in Assam?

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Q.177) Who has become the oldest world b) Rohan Bopanna e) Reliance Industries number one in Tennis history? c) Ramesh Krishnan Q.198) Which of the following e-commerce a) Rafael Nadal b) Roger Federer d) Anand Amritraj company has rolled out its own food retailing c) Novak Djokovic d) Andy Murray e) Yuki Bhambri business in India with a pilot in Pune, becoming e) Pete Sampras Q.189) Which country will host World the first foreign ecommerce firm to stock and Q.178) National Conference under the title of Environment Day 2018? sell food items directly to consumers? “Agriculture 2022 – Doubling Farmers’ Income” a) USA b) Saudi Arabia a) Flipkart b) Myntra was held in ______. c) India d) UK c) Jabong d) Alibaba a) Kolkata b) Chennai e) Canada e) Amazon c) New Delhi d) Mumbai Q.190) Who has been re-appointed as Bank of Q.199) Which of the following is the e) Hyderabad Japan chief? Constituency of Union minister of Minority Affairs Q.179) How many Indian Army personnel left for a) Kikuo Iwata b) Wakatabe Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi? South Sudan to join the UN peacekeeping c) Hiroshi Nakaso d) Siroshi Tuka a) Himachal Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) mission? e) Haruhiko Kuroda b) Bihar (Rajya Sabha) a) 2,400 b) 2,100 c) 2,450 Q.191) The Haryana government is implementing a c) Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) d) 2,300 e) 2,220 special project to promote micro irrigation in the d) Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)

Q.180) Where was the India’s biggest Global state. The cost of this project is ______. e) Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) Conference on Pharma Industry and Medical a) Rs 435.23 crore Q.200) Who beats Grigor Dimitrov to win

Devices began? b) Rs 335.23 crore Rotterdam Open title in Netherlands? a) Mysuru b) Bengaluru c) Chennai c) Rs 535.23 crore a) Novak Djokovic b) Roger Federer d) Kolkata e) Ranchi d) Rs 635.23 crore c) Andy Murray d) Rafeal Nadal

Q.181) Which bank has listed $600-mn MTN e) Rs 835.23 crore e) Stan Wawrinka bond on India INX recently? Q.192) Who has become the first Indian bowler Q.201) Which of the following state government a) Bank of Baroda b) Axis Bank to take a five-wicket haul in all three formats in has launched four canteens which will serve c) Yes Bank d) SBI International Cricket? subsidised and healthy food to the poor? e) ICICI Bank a) Bhuvneshwar Kumar a) Madhya Pradesh b) Haryana

Q.182) From when India Post Payments Bank b) Josh Hazlewood c) Gujarat d) Rajasthan

(IPPB) will enable Digital Payments in Post c) Hasan Ali e) Maharashtra

Offices? d) Ravindra Jadeja Q.202) Name the French jazz violinist died at the a) April 2018 b) April 2021 e) Yuzvendra Chahal age of 62? c) April 2022 d) April 2020 Q.193) Which of the following Private sector a) Didier Lockwood b) Didier Rookwood e) April 2019 lender has announced opening of off-shore c) Richard Hazlewood

Q.183) In which place 22nd edition of the World banking unit at the International Financial d) Yuzendra Rookwood

Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) was Services Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat International e) None of these held? Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), recently? Q.203) Gundu Hanumantha Rao passed away in a) Kolkata b) Chennai c) New Delhi a) Induslnd Bank b) HDFC Bank Hyderabad at the age of 61. He was related to d) Mumbai e) Hyderabad c) Axis Bank d) ICICI Bank which field? Q.184) Who inaugurated the ‘International R&D e) YES Bank a) Actor b) Singer c) Journalist Conclave’- two day conference in New Delhi? a) Q.194) Which of the following state government d) Writer e) Politician Narendra Modi b) R K Singh is all set to roll out its “Asmita Yojana” on the Q.204) Headquarters of Amazon is located in c) Arun Jaitley d) Rajnath Singh e) International Women’s Day next month? ______. Dharmendhra pradhan a) Madhya Pradesh b) Gujarat a) Washington, USA

Q.185) Who flagged off the Palace Queen c) Maharashtra d) Karnataka b) Geneva, Switzerland

Humsafar Express train at the Mysuru railway e) Andhra Pradesh c) Vienna, Austria station? Q.195) International Educational Institution for d) Moscow, Russia a) Narendra Modi b) R K Singh Minorities will be built in which city, according to e) Taipei, Taiwan c) Arun Jaitley d) Rajnath Singh e) the Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi? Q.205) Who has been appointed as the Flag- Dharmendhra pradhan a) Bangalore b) Alwar Officer-Commanding, Western Fleet at Mumbai, Q.186) Name the surface-to-surface ballistic c) Jaipur d) Mumbai took over as the Commandant of Indian Naval missile with a strike range of 2 thousand e) Vadodara Academy? kilometres test-fired successfully from the Abdul Q.196) Women in which country can now open a) B R Sunil Mehta b) R B Pandit Kalam Island. their own businesses without the consent of her c) R K Bhokare d) S K Pandit a) Agni-I b) Agni-II c) Agni-III husband or male relative? e) S V Bhokare d) Agni-IV e) Agni-V a) Saudi Arabia b) Qatar Q.206) Who launched the Bagori Ganga Gram Q.187) Which of the following Indian app won c) Iran d) Pakistan project, New Swajal Project (drinking water the Best m-Government Service Award? a) e) Iraq programme) Gangotri Iconic Place in Umang app b) BHIM app Q.197) Which of the following company has Uttarakhand and also the process for Geo- c) MyGov app d) MEAIndia signed an “intent agreement” with Maharashtra Tagging water sources in Himalayas? e) GARV Grameen Vidyutikaran App government to build a hyperloop transportation a) Venkaiah Naidu

system between Navi Mumbai International b) Uma Bharti Q.188) Who has become the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open ATP Airport and Pune? c) Sushma Swaraj

Challenger tournament? a) Adani Group b) Tata Group d) Smriti Irani

c) Virgin Group d) Aditiya Birla Group e) Rajnath Singh a) Somdev Devvarman

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Q.207) Name the India's indigenous light cruising to a 19-run victory in the final at a) Google Tez b) Google Pay transport aircraft was successfully test flown for Auckland? c) Google Dio d) Woogle Pay a second time in Bangalore. The design and a) Australia b) West Indies c) England e) Yoogle Pay development of the aircraft is being done by the d) South Africa e) India Q.226) Cobra Gold 2018 is a military exercise

CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories? Q.217) Who became the most successful athlete conducted between which two countries? a) Cessna b) Pilatus a) India and Bangladesh in Winter Olympics history by winning bronze c) Antonov-2 d) SOCATA b) Thailand and South Korea medal in Pyeongchang, South Korea? e) Saras a) Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo c) India and Thailand

Q.208) Name the most widely heard Christian b) Martin Johnsrud Sundby d) USA and Thailand evangelist in history, passed away at the age of c) Jessica Diggins e) India and USA

99 at his home in North Carolina. d) Kikkan Randall Q.227) The Employees’ Provident Fund a) Banjo Graham b) Badrick Graham e) Marit Bjoergen Organisation, EPFO has declared how much c) Billy Graham d) Brook Graham e) Q.218) . Which of the following country ranked percent interest rate for 2017-18 for its about 5

Baren Graham topped in recent ICC ODI rankings for teams? crore members? Q.209) International Mother Language Day is a) 7.55 per cent b) 8.85 per cent a) South Africa b) India c) England celebrated on ______. c) 8.65 per cent d) 8.45 per cent d) New Zealand e) Australia th st e) 8.55 per cent a) January 15 b) February 21 Q.219) Who becomes first Indian woman to fly th th fighter MiG-21 bison aircraft solo in Gujarat? Q.228) India International Textiles Expo is being c) February 20 d) January 28 st a) Avanigha Chaturvedi organized by Powerloom Development & Export e) March 21 Q.210) Name the Renowned writer and social b) Avanija Chaturvedi Promotion Council (PDEXCIL) with the support of activist won the Kerala Sahithya Academy award c) Avanitha Chaturvedi which ministry? in 2006 and Ramasramam award in 2002 passed d) Avani Chaturvedi a) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Commerce away, recently? e) Avina Chaturvedi & Industry a) Kunnor Iyer b) Vijayakrishnan Q.220) Who won the gold medal in men’s title in b) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Urban c) V. R. Krishna Iyer Winter Olympics held in Pyeongchang, South Development d) Kunhiraman Panoor c) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Railways Korea? e) J.R.R. Tolkien a) Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo d) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of External

Q.211) Name the Eminent cardiologist, who was b) Martin Johnsrud Sundby affairs known to the world for having received top c) Mikaël Kingsbury e) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Home affairs civilian awards — the Padma Vibhushan, Padma d) Mark McMorris Q.229) In eNAM (an online agriculture market

Bhushan and Padma Shri, recently? e) Ted-Jan Bloemen offering) government introduces certain new a) Dr RK Goyal b) Dr AK Goyal Q.221) The Union Government has issued order features. List the feature which is/are correct? c) Dr PK Goyal d) Dr SK Goyal setting up the ‘Niti Forum for North-East’ to a) Unified Payment Interface (UPI) facility e) Dr BK Goyal identify constraints and recommend suitable through BHIM

Q.212) The theme of World Thinking Day 2018 is b) Grievance Redressal Management System interventions for speedy and sustainable growth ______. c) Mobile app has been made bilingual in NER. The forum is co-chaired between whom? a) Grow b) Improve c) Impact a) Dr. Rajiv Kumar and Dr. Jitendra Singh d) Both a and b d) Connect e) Change b) Dr. Jitendra Singh and Amitabh Khant e) Both b and c

Q.213) Indian captain Virat Kholi has reclaimed c) Amitabh Khant and Dr. Rajiv Kumar Q.230) Who has been appointed as the the No 1 spot by scoring how many points in the d) Dr. Jitendra Singh and Arvind Subramanian Executive Director of Vijaya Bank, recently? recent ICC ODI batsmen rankings? a) Debashish Mukherjee e) N.K Singh and Dr. Rajiv Kumar a) 901 points b) 919 points b) Ajay Kumar Srivastava Q.222) India ranked which spot in the list of c) 908 points d) 909 points c) Govind N Dongre targeted countries for Web Application Attacks d) Murali Ramaswami e) 915 points (WAA), as per the "Akamai State of the Internet Q.214) Which of the following railway station Security Q4 2017” report? e) Bajrang Singh Shekhawat became the country’s first major railway station a) Seventeen b) Sixteen c) Seventh Q.231) The Centre has announced a special to be fully-managed by women in main line d) Sixth e) Tenth package of how much crore rupees for category? Q.223) Which of the following state government strengthening the power transmission and a) Badnapur railway station distribution system in Arunachal Pradesh? will collaborate with Facebook (India) in a bid to b) Gandhi Nagar railway station a) Rs. 905 crore rupees take up innovative pilot projects in the state? c) Jodhpur railway station b) Rs. 915 crore rupees a) Maharashtra b) Odisha c) Karnataka d) Ajmer railway station c) Rs. 935 crore rupees d) Andhra Pradesh e) Telangana e) Matunga railway station d) Rs. 925 crore rupees Q.224) Who inaugurated the India International Q.215) Who has been appointed as the Textiles Expo 2018? e) Rs. 945 crore rupees Executive Director of Canara Bank, recently? a) Dr. Yarnath Amunugama Q.232) Which of the following state government a) Kulbhushan Jain b) Dr. Bharath Amunugama introduced a New Health Policy that makes b) S Krishnan c) Dr. Sarnath Amunugama Vaccination Card Mandatory for School c) Murali Ramaswami d) Dr. Sarath Amunugama Admission? d) Venkata Prabhakar a) Kerala b) Karnataka e) Dr. Amarath Amunugama e) Debashish Mukherjee Q.225) Name the app that was launched by c) West Bengal d) Andhra Pradesh Q.216) Which of the following country clinched Google which combines Google Wallet and e) Telangana the T20 tri-series against New Zealand after Android Pay is finally rolling out for Android Q.233) Who rank(s) the top in the recent ICC devices. ODI bowler’s rankings?

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Q.234) The government has notified revised tax without any human interface? Solar Alliance (ISA) aims to launch during the treaty between India and _____ which provides a) Maharashtra b) Andhra Pradesh summit? for lower withholding tax rate and mutual c) Odisha d) Uttar Pradesh a) 120 b) 130 c) 121 assistance in collection of tax revenue. e) Uttarakhand d) 131 e) 113 a) Spain b) Morocco Q.243) Which of the film won the Bafta Film Q.253) Name the nuclear-capable missile which c) Taiwan d) South Korea Awards in “Best Film” category held in London? is successfully test-fired by India with a strike e) Kenya a) Coco range of 350 km from a naval ship off Odisha

Q.235) India has contributed how much amount b) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri coast? for the rehabilitation efforts in Tonga after the c) Darkest Hour a) Air-to-air missiles

Tropical Cyclone Gita caused massive destruction d) I Am Not Your Negro b) Surface-To-Air Missiles in the Pacific island nation? c) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles e) Blade Runner 2049 a) USD Four million b) USD Three million d) Anti-Tank Missile Q.244) India signed with which country’s IRDC c) USD One million d) USD Five million to develop the 'Programme Based Research e) Dhanush ballistic missile e) USD Two million Support' in addressing current and future global Q.254) Where did the third Partnership Summit Q.236) First Centre for Agriculture in North East and local developmental challenges? of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) region of India, with collaboration of Israeli a) Canada b) Russia held? expertise, is going to be inaugurated in which c) Bangladesh d) Spain a) Visakhapatnam b) Chennai state on 7th March this year? e) Morocco c) Hyderabad d) Kolkata a) Bihar b) Meghalaya Q.245) M.S. Anantharaman passed away e) Jaipur c) Assam d) Uttar Pradesh recently. He was related to which field? Q.255) Which State government will be e) Mizoram a) Journalist b) Actor observing September 22 as ‘Rhino Day’ to Q.237) How much crore has been sanctioned by c) Violinist d) Guitarist generate public awareness on protection of the

Narendra Modi for the industrial corridor in e) Singer one-horned pachyderm? bundelkhand for development of one of the most Q.246) The Government of India and the Asian a) Delhi b) Kerala backward regions of Uttar Pradesh? Development Bank (ADB) signed how much loan c) Rajasthan d) Assam a) Rs 30,000 crore amount for improvement and expansion of water e) Gujarat b) Rs 20,000 crore supply in Bhagalpur and Gaya towns in Bihar? Q.256) Mr. Modi launched Air Odisha flight service c) Rs 40,000 crore a) $94 million b) $84 million connecting______with Diu under UDAN Scheme. d) Rs 15,000 crore c) $74 million d) $54 million a) Karnataka b) Ahmedabad e) Rs 10,000 crore e) $64 million c) Maharashtra d) Gujarat Q.238) Which of the following state government Q.247) A report released by Transparency e) Rajasthan approved a Long-Term Linkage (LTL) policy for International (TI) has placed India on the ______Q.257) Name the Scheme that has been bauxite? spot on the Global Corruption Perception (GCP) launched by the Reserve Bank of India for non- a) Bihar b) Madhya Pradesh Index 2018. banking financial companies (NBFCs) for c) Haryana d) Odisha nd th st redressal of complaints against them? a) 82 b) 80 c) 81 e) Maharashtra th th a) Ombudsman Scheme d) 79 e) 85 Q.239) The Telangana Government signed Q.248) Indian A team won gold at the 5th b) Saubhagya Scheme “ ” a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship c) Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendras which country for better technology partnership held in Gold Coast, Australia. The Indian “A” (PMMSK) Scheme in the state? team was headed by ______. d) Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of a) Russia b) Armenia c) Taiwan a) Kiran Nadar b) Rishi Nadar c) Stressed Assets d) Tonga e) Canada Thiran Nadar d) Yuvan Nadar e) e) RBI Young Scholars Award Scheme

Q.240) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Krish Nadar Q.258) Which of the following bank has been India, ICAI has issued show-cause notices to the Q.249) The Rs.11,500-crore fraud at the Punjab authorized to issue and encash First Electoral auditors of which bank/ company in connection National Bank has prompted the Reserve Bank Bonds initially at its four authorised branches with the 11,400 crore rupees fraud? of India (RBI) has set up a committee to look from March 1? a) Punjab National Bank a) Canara bank b) UCO bank into the reasons and suggest steps to prevent b) Gitanjali Gems c) State bank of India d) Indian bank such occurrences. The head of the committee is c) Dena Bank e) Union bank of India ______. d) Both b and c a) Rajiv Kumar b) Y.H. Malegam Q.259) For how many days the First Electoral e) Both a and b c) Bibek Debroy d) Amitabh Khant Bond will be valid from the date of issue?

Q.241) Which of the following state government e) Dr E Ekbal a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 has launched “Parivartan”, a scheme designed to Q.250) India will host the first International d) 21 e) 13 address 10 issues, including cleanliness and Solar Alliance (ISA) summit on 11th March. The Q.260) Which of the following Payments bank pollution, in 46 developmental blocks of the summit will be held in______started its operations, making it the fifth state? a) Ahmedabad b) Bengaluru payments bank to roll out operations after the a) Bihar b) Madhya Pradesh c) Mumbai d) New Delhi e) Kolkata central bank gave its in-principle approval to 11 c) Haryana d) Odisha Q.251) The headquarters of the International applicants in August 2015? e) Maharashtra a) FinoPayTech Limited Solar Alliance (ISA) will be located at _____. b) Airtel M Commerce Services Limited a) Gurgaon b) Bengaluru

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Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore | Ernakulam |Legend Magazine | February - 2018| 36 c) India post a) Rs. 2730 crore b) Rs. 3730 crore (c) 150. (d) 151. (c) 152. (c) 153. (d) 154. (a) d) Paytm c) Rs. 4320 crore d) Rs. 3520 crore 155. (b) 156. (e) 157. (d) 158. (c) 159. (d) 160. e) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd e) Rs. 3250 crore (b) 161. (c) 162. (b) 163. (b) 164. (b) 165. (d) th Q.261) Who has became the first woman to Q.271) What is the theme of 20 conference of 166. (d) 167. (d) 168. (b) 169. (d) 170. (d) 171. claim gold medals in two sports at a Winter the Commonwealth Education Ministers 2018? (c) 172. (b) 173. (d) 174. (c) 175. (c) 176. (c) Olympics with a win in the snowboarding parallel a) Linguistic diversity and multilingualism count 177. (b) 178. (c) 179. (d) 180. (b) 181. (c) 182. giant slalom? for sustainable development (a) 183. (e) 184. (b) 185. (a) 186. (d) 187. (a) a) Ester Ledecka b) Shaun White b) Quality Education for Equitable Development 188. (e) 189. (c) 190. (e) 191. (a) 192. (a) 193. c) Hannah Teter d) Torah Bright c) Performance, Paths and Productivity (c) 194. (c) 195. (b) 196. (a) 197. (c) 198. (e) e) Torstein Horgmo d) Sustainability and Resilience: Can Education 199. (e) 200. (b) 201. (b) 202. (a) 203. (a) 204.

Q.262)Where did the Winter Olympics 2018 Deliver? (a) 205. (b) 206. ( b) 207. ( e) 208. (c) 209. ( b) taken place? e) None of these 210. (d) 211. (e) 212. (c) 213. (d) 214. (b) 215. a) Beijing, China b) Tokyo Japan Q.272) In which of the following country the (e) 216. (a) 217. (e) 218. (b) 219. (d) 220. (b) c) Pyeongchang, South korea th 221. (a) 222. (c) 223. (d) 224. (d) 225. (b) 226. 69 Strandja Memorial Boxing tournament held? d) Rio, Brazil a) Sofia, Bulgaria b) Sochi, Russia (d) 227. (e) 228. (a) 229. (d) 230. (d) 231. (d) e) Paris, France c) Beijing, China d) New Delhi, India 232. (a) 233. (d) 234. (e) 235. (c) 236. (e) 237.

Q.263) Which Country has become the first e) Hamburg, Germany (b) 238. (d) 239. (c) 240. (e) 241. (c) 242. (d) Associate member of the ICC to start a Twenty20 Q.273) Which country will host the International 243. (b) 244. (a) 245. (c) 246. (b) 247. (c) 248. franchise league in the North America market? Conference on Sustainable Biofuels, ICSB 2018? (a) 249. (b) 250. (d) 251. (a) 252. (c) 253. (e) a) Canada b) South Africa a) India b) Brazil 254. (a) 255. (d) 256. (d) 257. (a) 258. (c) 259. c) Pakistan d) Bangladesh c) Canada d) Nepal (b) 260. (e) 261. (a) 262. (c) 263. (a) 264. (e) e) Zimbabwe e) China 265. (a) 266. (d) 267. (b) 268. (e) 269. (c) 270.

Q.264) Who was the Senior journalist and editor-in- Q.274) Name the two people who win the gold (b) 271. (d) 272. (a) 273. (a) 274. (d) 275. (c) chief of National Herald passed away recently? medal in the Strandja Memorial Boxing a) Santanu Bhowmik b) Rajdev Ranjan tournament held at Sofia, Bulgaria? Simplification: c) Kishore Dave d) Gauri Lankesh a) Vikas Krishna, Mary Kom D.1-100) Find the value of x in each of the e) Neelabh Mishra b) Seema Poonia, Amit Panghal following questions. Q.265) The World Sustainable Energy Days c) Gaurav Solanki, Marykom Q.1) 450+ 798+ 27 = x/10 (WSED) are one of Europe’s largest annual d) Amit Panghal, Vikas Krishnan a) 12750 b) 12350 c) 18950 conferences. The 2018 conference will take place e) Vikas Krishna, Seema Poonia d) 13450 e) 17250 in_____ Q.275) Who has been elected as a new deputy Q.2) 5643 + 13% of 200 = x-890 a) Wels, Austria b) Noida, India Prime Minister of Australia? a) 6449 b) 6559 c) 7449 c) Canberra, Australia d) Budapest, Hungary a) Barnaby Joyce d) 7500 e) 6500 e) Berlin, Germany b) Michael Hauven Q.3) 45×20 + 360/15 = x*3 Q.266) Which State government announced a grant c) Michael McCormack a) 308 b) 488 c) 368 of Rs.100 crore for the execution of various d) Michael Cormann d) 408 e) 324 infrastructural development works recently? e) Michael Kors Q.4) 67.5+ 89.5+45.5+95.5 = x/10 a) Kerala b) Madhya Pradesh a) 2900 b) 2870 c) 2880 c) Maharashtra d) Punjab Answer Key: d) 3180 e) 2980

4 3 5 e) Gujarat 1. (c) 2. (e) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (e) 8. (d) + + = Q.5)

3 9 27 27 Q.267) With which of the following sector Andhra 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (e) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (e) 15.

a) 48 b) 51 c) 34 Pradesh government signed MoU with Us based (b) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (e)

d) 50 e) None of these Auto grid? 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28.

Q.6) 35% of 300 + 45% of 400 = x+ 30 a) Health Sector b) Electricity Sector (c) 29. (b) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (c)

a) 245 b) 255 c) 260 c) Science and Technology 35. (e) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (c) 41.

d) 250 e) 210 d) Agriculture Sector (b) 42. (d) 43. (e) 44. (e) 45. (d) 46. (b) 47. (c)

Q.7) 47.5 ×3 + 25% of 350 = x e) Cyber security cooperation 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (b) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54.

a) 240 b) 230 c) 270 Q.268) In which of the following State/UT the (b) 55. (e) 56. (b) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (c)

d) 290 e) None of these Indian Navy will host the multi-national MILAN 61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (c) 64. (c) 65. (d) 66. (c) 67.

Q.8) 400+498+689 = x+ 739 series of exercises? (d) 68. (c) 69. (e) 70. (a) 71. (c) 72. (c) 73. (c)

a) 838 b) 948 c) 858 a) Odisha b) Punjab 74. (e) 75. (b) 76. (c) 77. (c) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80.

d) 868 e) 848 c) Gujarat d) Daman and Diu (c) 81. (c) 82. (c) 83. (d) 84. (c) 85. (d) 86. (b)

Q.9) 890+ 560-540+ 1082 = x+ 272 e) Andaman and Nicobar 87. (c) 88. (d) 89. (a) 90. (c) 91. (d) 92. (d) 93.

a) 1870 b) 1720 c) 1470 Q.269) Which of the following state government (c) 94. (d) 95. (b) 96. (d) 97. (a) 98. (b) 99. (e)

d) 1560 e) 1640 ties with Microsoft for technology integration in 100. (c) 101. (a) 102. (d) 103. (b) 104. (d) 105.

Q.10) 45% of 300 + 25% 500 = x +130 the field of Education? (d) 106. (c) 107. (a) 108. (b) 109. (d) 110. (c)

a) 260 b) 250 c) 130 a) Andhra Pradesh b) Telangana 111. (d) 112. (b) 113. (c) 114. (c) 115. (c) 116.

d) 120 e) 140 c) Tamil Nadu d) Karnataka (a) 117. (a) 118. (a) 119. (c) 120. (b) 121. (a) 2 Q.11) 789.6+ 10.4+ 41 = x e) Kerala 122. (b) 123. (d) 124. (c) 125. (d) 126. (b) 127.

a) Both 29 and -29 b) 29 c) 841 (c) 128. (a) 129. (a) 130. (a) 131. (a) 132. (a) Q.270) How much crore investment made by the d) 831 e) None of these 133. (a) 134. (d) 135. (d) 136. (e) 137. (a) 138. Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) in Andhra Q.12) 4233+8957+9843= x+8537+10% of 1280 (e) 139. (c) 140. (e) 141. (d) 142. (e) 143. (c) Pradesh for the development of energy efficiency a) 14368 b) 15348 c) 12358 and renewable energy? 144. (a) 145. (e) 146. (c) 147. (e) 148. (d) 149.

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d) 12138 Q.33) 500% of 200 + 50% of 200 + 10% of 200 Q.52) 56% of 2000 + 27% of 3000 + 45×60e) =13248 x

Q.13) 48% of 500= + x 250% of 100 = x-123 a) 4740 b) 4340 c) 4640 a) 367 a) 1210 b) 1020 c) 1220 d) 4580 e) 4630 b) 613 d) 723 d) 1120 e) 1230 Q.53) 789+908-875.5+ 465 = x+779.5 e) 739

+ 918 1236 448 Q.34) 80% of 800+ 64% of 300 + 40% of 1250 a) 407 b) 509 c) 527 + + Q.14)

3 = x d) 577 e) 5076 4

323 221 272 238 a) 733 × × × b) 634 = 17 a) 1223 b) 1225 c) 1330 Q.54)

19 13 16 14 d) 633 e) 621 d) 1332 e) 1335 4 c) 17 a) 17 b) 3 Q.15) 938+90×25+148/4 =1894+x Q.35) 680+500+450 = x+750 d) 4 e) 1 a) 1335 b) 1115 a) 770 b) 850 c) 880 Q.55) 66.66+ 666.6+ 6.06+606.6+0.60 = x d) 1331 e) 1125 d) 890 e) 780 a) 1356.52 b) 1246.52 c) 1256.52 3

+ ) × 28 = 34 17 ( Q.16) 361% 200 + 3375% 1000 = Q.36) d) 1346.52 e) 1256.58 7 √ √ − 14 10 20% 500

Q.56) 9800+9093+8909+9580 = 15% of a) 1600 b) 1900 a) 278 b) 288 c) 298 60000+x d) 1650 e) None of these d) 308 e) 268 a) 38382 b) 28384 c) 28942 Q.17) 450+789+67%300 = x Q.37) 8495+ 9005+4500= x+ 3400 d) 29832 e) 28382 a) 1540 b) 1230 a) 9300 b) 10300 c) 17800 Q.57) 6500+ 1500+5000+2350 = x+1000 d) 1680 e) 1120 d) 18600 e) 19200 a) 13450 b) 14350 c) 12350 Q.18) 78×300+100×24 = x+75×200 Q.38) 89×20+ 75×4 + 400=x d) 12450 e) None of these a) 6040 b) 5040 a) 2580 b) 2470 c) 2360 Q.58) 48% of 600 + 65% of 900 - 55×6 = x d) 12080 e) 11800 d) 2560 e) 2480 a) 563 b) 753 c) 663 − Q.39) 890+6790+9005+1000 =x 7845 + 9053 + 1099 + 529 Q.19) d) 543 e) 533 √ a) 18040 a) 17685 b) 16895 c) 14565 b) 17000 650 + 755.5 + 545.5 = + 450 3481 Q.59) √ – d) 21000 d) 18965 e) 17865 e) 15000 a) 479 b) 449 c) 459

Q.40) 78×30+40% of 3500 + 50×50 = x Q.20) 765+784.5+450.5 = x+ 450 d) 469 e) 359 a) 1650 a) 5350 b) 6530 c) 8900 4500 134 357 b) 1500

× × = 3x Q.60)

67 900 17

d) 6140 e) 6240 d) 1700 e) 1800 a) 210 b) 3 c) 63 Q.41) 75%of 200+ 39% of 500 + 40% of 300 = = 13 − d) 70 e) 330 400 + 5050 + 670 + 729 Q.21) x √ a) 5160 Q.61) 455.5+ 758+905.5-45.4 = x+ 68.6 b) 6150 a) 475 b) 375 c) 425 a) 2017 b) 2010 c) 2003 d) 6160 d) 465 e) 445 e) 6170

d) 2001 e) 2005 Q.42) 80% of 480+ 52% of 500 = x +35%of 500 2 1728 = Q.22) 576 + √ √ a) 5 Q.62) 25% of 4000 + 85×2+ 4000 =x a) 459 b) 449 c) 479 d) 36 a) 5170 b) 5270 c) 5370 d) 399 e) 469 d) 5470 e) 5560 = 480

Q.43) 8956+8948+9304 = x+14500 5 Q.23) 78 × 15 + 140 × 20 + 12

34(2+1.5)

=

Q.63) 3 a) 12708 b) 13608 c) 11508 a) 4120 17(4+2.25 ) b) 3230

d) 12408 e) 11108

3 a) 262 b) 289 c) 272 d) 4020 e) 3990 1089 2304 729

√ √ √ Q.44) + + = 3

11 d) 269 e) 294 16 3

Q.24) 34×50+25×150+100 =x+800

a) 9 b) 3 c) 2 a) 4350 Q.64) 58% 2000+ 36% of 3000+ 78% of 4000b) 4750 =

d) 1 e) 0 x d) 4250 e) None of these

8900 + 6890 + 6500 + = 14400 a) 5470 b) 5360 c) 5570 Q.45) Q.25) 8398+1092 + 594+ 400 =x √ a) 23410 b) 23120 c) 21340 a) 12848 d) 5230 e) 5260 b) 10484

d) 22310 e) 22410 d) 9484 Q.65) 897+908+458+4983=x+3049 e) 12128

3 Q.46) 75% of 2500+35% of 7000 + 255% of a) 4197 b) 4287 c) 4377 100 + 400 + 500 + 900 + 3375 + x = 4000 Q.26) √ 2000 = x a) 2185 d) 4187 e) 4097 b) 2385

496

30% 6800 + 28% 7000 + = + a) 9355 b) 9325 c) 9265 Q.66) d) 2085 e) 2175 16

d) 9465 e) 9425 45% 8000 Q.27) 9090×2+ 125×100+450+x= 45000 a) 18730 Q.47) 800×25+ 1600+15% of 400 = x b) 18370 a) 531 b) 431 c) 441 d) 13870 a) 22660 b) 21660 c) 22560 e) 12380 d) 521 e) 511

d) 21560 e) 23540 Q.28) 895.44+789.56+9839=x Q.67) 4598+938+9304.5= 4500.5 + x 2 + 2+ 3 a) 12434 47 28 11 = x b) 11524 Q.48) a) 10340 b) 11240 c) 12330 d) 12354 a) 4335 b) 4435 c) 4235 e) 13450 d) 10240 e) 12030

d) 4324 e) 4500 Q.29) 456+950+790+68.5 =x Q.68) 65×30+ 150×20+39×40 = x+30 a) 2265.5 Q.49) 6700+ 40% of 6800 + 45×20 =x b) 2275.5 a) 6470 b) 6360 c) 6580 d) 2254.5 a) 7872 b) 10320 c) 11430 e) 2264.5 d) 6480 e) 6260

d) 10120 e) 7782 Q.30) 60×20+40×30+ 40×15 = x Q.69) 9384+9340+8230 + x = 45% of 65000 54×39×49×79 = 79 × x a) 2000 Q.50) b) 4000 a) 2396 b) 2496 c) 2296 9×13×98 d) 3500 e) 3000 a) 49 b) 54 c) 79 d) 2096 e) 2196

Q.31) 7485+9400+1500= x+ 13500 d) 9 e) 98 Q.70) 40%of 6450+ 55% of 7500 +65%of 2400 a) 5775 b) 4885 Q.51) 4500-678+8900-1578 =x + 3420 = x d) 4355 e) 4915 a) 8834 b) 7734 c) 7474 a) 8365 b) 8465 c) 8265

Q.32) 56% of 200 + 39% of 300 = x-45% of 400 d) 7724 e) 7234 d) 8345 e) 8450 a) 509 b) 529 d) 409 e) 419

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a) 2.6 Q.71) 76% of 3000+ 85% of 4000 – 900 = x d) 2.4 e) None of these a) 4790 b) 5780 c) 4770 Q.91) 5680+3490+3049= x+ 6500 d) 5770 e) 4780 a) 5629 b) 5319 c) 5719

Q.72) 7838-9384+9238-9458=x-2498 d) 4379 e) 5219 a) 842 b) 948 c) 742 Q.92) 95% of 10000- 32% of 30000+35×20 = x d) 732 e) 752 a) 500 b) 400 c) 300

Q.73) 45 × 72 89 × 20 = d) 600 e) 700 9801

− − √

9100 980 625 = + + a) 1471 b) 1371 c) 1281 Q.93) √ 70

2401 5 √ d) 1361 e) 1461 a) 145 b) 155 c) 175 Q.74) 88×70+99×80=x+45% of 10000 d) 165 e) 150 a) 8590 b) 8870 c) 9580 Q.94) 30% of 5000+ 40% of 6000+ 10% of 7500 d) 9670 e) 9360 = x 3 2 3 Q.75) 40 + 45 - 30 =x +39% of 2000

a) 5650 b) 4650 c) 4560 a) 37345 b) 38345 c) 37845 d) 5550 e) 6560 d) 38245e) None of these 2 2 2 x 12 + 24 +3 = 9 Q.95) Q.76) 8934-9834+9348-9054= x-7873 a) 729 b) 2 c) 9 a) 7267 b) 7497 c) 7347 d) 3 e) None of these d) 7487 e) 7357 6700

67 × 22 + 75% 1000 = Q.96) − 25 Q.77) 15% of 780+ 25% of 980 = x- 35%of 4300

a) 1092 b) 892 c) 992 a) 1777 b) 1877 d) 1024 e) 924 d) 1837 e) 1867 Q.97) 6400- 9090+3500= x -3480 Q.78) 890×15-780×25+6788=x a) 4390 b) 4290 c) 4490 a) 538 b) 638 d) 4340 e) 4440 d) 548 e) 648

2304

√ + + 20% 350 = 2 1225 Q.98)

9300+2980+3892+9380= x+97 √ 576 Q.79) √ a) 17143 b) 16243 c) 15143 a) 97 b) 107 c) 104 d) 15773 e) 16143 d) 94 e) 114

6 3 4 7500

9000 + 68% 2000 + = = Q.99)

3 + 4 6 15 Q.80) 7 2 3

− a) 10860 b) 11760 c) 10660

1 a) 2

42 d) 12680 e) None of these

Q.100) 3500+ 4500+6800-15000= x – 3000 2 d) 2 42 a) 2600 b) 3800 c) 3200

3 5 5 d) 2800 e) 3000 =

1 + 4 2 Q.81) 2 4 3

−

1 D.101-250) What should come in place of the a) 2 12 question mark (?) in the following questions?

101. 16 X 15 X 14 ÷ 6 9 =1 x ? 1 7 6 5 70 5 d)4

12 a) 1 b) 2 = 420 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 75% 4500 + 65% 7500 0.3 Q.82)

− ? 2 a) 6750 102. 65536 = (4 ) b) 7850 a) 6 b) 2 d) 6850 e) None of these c) 8 d) 4 e) 5 340 680 2 3 7.9823 8938 + 4500 = + 103. (1.212) + (8.12) + 2.04 × 9.24 =? Q.83) − a) 450 b) 550 c) 620 a) 21338 b) 20438 c) 25348 d) 730 e) 510 d) 23458 e) 19438 7 5 1 1

4 104. 1 + 2 +3 =? − 9 3 9 5 2 2 9834+92 + 4500 = x+101 Q.84) 13 17

a) 2 b) 3 a) 13497 b) 14397 45 c) 12597 45

16 13 d) 12497 e) 12347 c) 4 d) 2

45 45 2 5!×7! + 4560+3400= x+45

Q.85) e) None of these

6! a) 7665 2 2 b) 6775 105. { 2 x (79)} + { 2 x (49)} =?

√ √ d) 5875 a) 15484 b) 16384e) 7275

c) 17284 d) 18184 e) 19484 Q.86) 9239+3409+9842+9734= x+ 23980

0.673³+1.327³ 2 -1 a) 8948 = 2 X (?) b) 8334

106. 0.673²+1.327² 0.673 1.327 d) 8244 − e) 8324 a) 1 b) 2

Q.87) 4500+5550+5000= x +3400 -1 -2 d) 2 e) 2 c) 4 2 1 23 36 107. 5 7 x 3 2 ÷ 10 32 x 1 111 =? a) 12550 b) 13550 c) 11650

2

d) 12350 e) 13250 a) 2.3 b) 2 7

4500 3 15% 1000 + 25 × 200 + = c) 3 d) 3.5 e) None of these Q.88)

7

108. 2.484 × 3.693 × 5.786 =? 1.72 ×6.67 ×4.38 a) 5750 b) 5550 d) 5950 e) 5650

2 2 12

4 + 2 5 = 3 9 Q.89) −

1 a) 1 27

2 d)

9

4 4 12

8 + 2 9 = 5 Q.90) − 2 10

2 2 2 2 a) 8 b) 9 c) 7 121. [(84) (44) ]= (?) - 8 c) 25 d) 40e) None of these –

a) 164 b) 68 d) 1 e) 12 7.2 2.4 5 ? 3 x 9 ÷ 27 = (3) 115. 2 2 2 c) 72 d) 76 e) 80 a) -0.2 b) 9.8 24 x {(3/5) (4/8) (5/6) } =? 109. 2 3 a) 1 b) 1.5 ? 31684 c) -0.8 d) 3 e) -3 122. (8) + x 16 - 69+ (3) =

116. (78 32)2 + 2 of 16020 =? 3 √ − 2 5120 a) 2780 b) 3270 c) 2 d) 2.5 e) 3 a) 316.9 b) 317.9

c) 2870 d) 2760 e) 2670 1/3 1/3 1/3 2/3 4624 256 3 2 2 (27) +(125) +(64) =(? ? c) 318.9 d) 315.9 e) None of these 123. 16 + 4 = (? ) + (4 × 2) + (8 × 1.25) 110. ) √ √ √ √ a) 169 b) 144 117. 72% of 143.6 + 34% of 170 – 2.9% of 540 a) 12 b) 10 c) 14 c) 60 d) 134 e) 12 d) 16 e) 20 =? 124. 2+(56÷ 4) +8 (7-4)+15= 3 125 + ? x 12 1

47 -2 √ 3 5 3 29 ) = 2 111. ( + ) + ( + x ? 5 18 a) 70 b) 150 c) 180 a) 5 b) 4 4 2 2 2

113 113 d) 220 e) 90 a) 63 b) 71 5 5

c) 8 d) 5 e) 1 93 93 3 2 3 3 13 (?) 118. (2 ) x 2 x 4 =8 ÷ 8 c) 77 d) 79 e) 83 7

2 2 [(2.5) +18+(3.6) ] [3.7 x 2 x 2.2]

41.97 ×8.97+5.03 ×6.02 11

=? a) 4 b) 8 ? − 112. 3 125. =

2 2 (2.5) +(3.6)

7.96 × 8.985 √ √ c) 5 d) 6 e) None of these 23 115 138 119. 25 ÷ 125 ÷ 150 = (?) a) 1.82 b) 0.82 a) 68 b) 58 c) 132

5

c) 12.82 d) 11.82 e) 9.82 a) 1 b) d) 125 e) 95 6

20

1 24 of 729÷30+343-49= ? 2 2 2 126. c) 1 d) e) None of these 27

(73) (41) +(129) =? 113. – 5 25

a) 20299 b) 19289 a) 311 b) 310 120. 77112 ÷ ? =54 x 34 √ c) 20189 d) 21049 e) None of these c) 313 d) 322 e) None of these 2 127. 31.36 ÷ 0.64 x 252 =? x36 a) 442 b) 2116 ÷ 64 x ?= 43.75 √ √ 12544 114. a) 81 b) 64 c) -8 √ 2 e) 42 c) 1936 d) 1664 a) 30 b) 15

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1 3

d) 7 e) 9 a) b) a) 2.5 b) 3 4 3 3 ?-2 128. (1.69) ÷(2197÷1000) x(0.13x10) =(1.3) 9 7

2 1 c) 1.75 d) 2.75 e) 3.25 a) 6 b) 2 c) 4 340 29.997 179.909 c) d) e) None of these 164. 20.002 ÷ 510 x 59.919 =?

9 7

0.012+0.22²+0. 333² d) 0 e) None of these 146. is 0.001²+0.022²+0.0333² a) 760 b) 800 129. (3.5 × 16) + (9.4 × 15) (? ) = (14)2 1 − √ a) b) 10 a) 9 b) 3 c) 1 c) 690 d) 870 e) 780

10

165. 43931.03 ÷ 2111.02 x 401.04 =? d) 2 e) 4 c) 100 d) 1000

a) 8800 b) 7600 9.5 0.085 e) None of these is equal to: 147. 0.85×(0.105+0.024 0.008)is 0.022×0.25×1.7 130. The value of 0.0017 0.19

√ −

√ c) 7400 d) 9000 e) 8350 166. (2.5)2 × (0.8)3 ÷ (1.9)2 =? a) 11 b) 1.1

√ √ a) 1.5 b) 1 a) 50 b) 500 c) 0.05

d) 0.11 c) 11 c) 0.10 d) 0.6 e) 1.3 d) 5 e) None of these √ 3 131. 12² 24 ÷ 5 (6)3 + 149.8 = (?)² 167. 40% 8420 (? )% 10250 = (12) e) None of these 148. 12.5% 860 + 32.5% 740 = (7 × (? )) 4 − √ − a) 14 b) 12 c) 20 c) 5 − √ a) 5 a) 50 b) 70 c) 90 b) 25 d) 16 e) 8 √ 12 d) 625 e) None of these d) 96 e) 54 168. 115% of 624 + of 419 =? 132. Find the value of “?” in ( ? 7) X 18=84

7

3 √ (0.87) +(0.13)³ a) 3.11 b) 3.12 a) 1445 b) 1440 2 2 (0.87) +(0.13) (0.87)(0.13) 149. The simplification of c) 3.13 d) 3.14 e) None of these − c) 1365 d) 1435 e) 1450 a) 0.13 b) 0.74 2 2 1 133. (17 × (1.2 + 2.8)) (16 × 0 .5) = (? ) + (11 × 4) a) 300 b) 350 c) 400 d) 450 e) 600 169. 180% of 25501 + 50% of 28999 =? c) 0.87 d) 1 e) None of these −

1 4 5 3 is equal to

3 0.2× 0.2× 0.2+0.04×0. 04× 0.04 a) 62400 b) 64000 4 5 6 −

134. 1 1 3 1

4 ÷ ( +21 ) − 150. 0.4×0.4×0.4+0.08×0.08×0.08 =? 3 10 5 √ 5 c) 60400 d) 64200 e) 61600

1 b) 2 a) a) 0.5 b) 0.25 170. 1247 ÷ 49 × 1193 – 1299 =? 6 12

1 c) 0.75 d) 0.125 e) None of these 1 a) 25450 b) 27950 c) 15 d) 21 2 e) None of these 151. 1164 x 128÷8.008+969.007=?

2 c) 29900 d) 29960 e) 28700

2 of 7.26 ÷0.45 of ? = 8 32

135. 6 a) 18800 b) 19000

171. 18.345 x 19.068 x ? = 11538.93375

3 c) 19600 d) 19200 e) 18400 1

152. 873.595 + 37.0949 x 41.769 ÷ 59.572 =? a) 46 b) 61 a) b) 13

13 c) 27 d) 33 e) 55 a) 910 b) 890 1 2 172. (4576+3286+5639)÷(712+415+212)=?

9 c) 13 d) 13 e) None of these c) 905 d) 900 e) 908 a) 18 b) 22 3

153. 6 2+14.275= ? of 190.35 c) 34 d) 10 e) 46 9.5 x 0.085 x 18.9 =? 136. √ 173. 2 (1.2) + (3.16 × 3) + (? ) = 121 √ 1 1

0.017 x 1.9 x 0.021

a) b) √ a) 0.09 b) 0.04 c) 0.08 3 4 a) 120 b) 135 1 1 1 d) 0.12 e) 0.003 c) d) e)

8 5 2 c) 150 d) 145 e) 140 154. [(4444 + 333 + 22 + 1) ÷ (2.5 × 3 × 4 × 5)] × 137. [(12.1)2 (8.1)2] ÷ [(0.25)2 + (0.25)(19.95)] =? 15. 94 =? 174. 1440.1203 ÷ 23.999 × 2.5 × 3.5 =? √ − a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 a) 532 b) 540 a) 530 b) 525 138. If 1369 + 0.0625 ? =37.025, then ?is equal to: c) 490 d) 525 e) 512 c) 550 d) 520 e) 535 -1 √ √ -2 a) 10 b) 10 155. 9654 ÷ 21+7638 ÷ 44=? 175. 2.55% of 440 - 0.366% of 4880 =? -3 -4 10 d) 10 c) a) 633 b) 600 e) 1 a) 23 b) 29 3 + 1426 = 2872 c) 643 d) 621 e) 598 156. 2.365 + 2.25 × 1.2 (? ) = 3 27 + 0. 065 c) -7 d) -10 e) 10

− 139. 28 ? √ √ 176.4 0.2% of 356 x 0.8% of 779 =? a) 8 b) 2 c) 3 a) 576 b) 676 a) 2 b) 14 d) 4 e) 5 c) 1296 d) 1444 e) None of these 5 7 c) 16 d) 4 e) 10 157. of 4011.33 + of 3419.22=? 177. 136 ÷ (38 × 27 × 53) =? 140. Simplify: 8 13

3 3 3 3 1 2 2 a) 750 b) 760 a) 4250 b) 4450 ÷ of (2 + 2 ) + ÷ 1

c) 780 d) 770 − e) 790 c) 4350 d) 4340 e) 4400 10 7 10 5 5 5 7 178. 333.333 + 3.003 + 0.333 + 1.3 =? 158. 37.5% of 7585+83.3% of 5737=? a) 1 b) 2 a) 333 b) 330 a) 7600 b) 7610 c) 0 d) 3 e) None of these 5 6 8 3 3 1 7 141. 6 ÷ 7 x ? 9 ÷ 1 5 + 4 x 3 3 = 2 9 c) 347 d) 329 e) 338 − c) 7510 d) 7520 e) 7620 179. (7895641 ÷ 2795 ÷ 123) x 345 ÷ 456 =? 7 6 a) b)

3 6 7 a) 17 b) 25 74093 × 7.81 + 225% 736 =? 159. 1 √ c) 1 d) e) None of these a) 1995 b) 1985 c) 30 d) 10 e) 40 2

64 9

142. 1218 +643 −=? 11 8 c) 1885 d) 1975 e) 2000 180. 185% of 1359 + 18.5% of 1319 = ? 88 31 b)

88 a) 160. 4374562 x 64 = ? x 7777 a) 2760 b) 2630

31

41 99 a) 360 b) 3600 c) 2780 d) 2890 e) 3025 e) None of these

181. (34 + 58 + 168 161) × 2.432 =? 41 c) d) − c) 36000 d) 360000 e) 3600000 99 a) 5 b) 6

1 1 1 2

161. 6 of 248.65 =? of 2398.59 ÷2 5 3 c) 4.5 d) 4.4 e) 7.5 143. 560 x 4 + 3 =? 5

2

2 1 182. 79% of 3770 ÷ 67% of 553 =? a) b) 1 1

5 4

2 a) 2353 b) 2354 2 a) 6 b) 7 1 1 2

c) d) e) 1 2 3 3 c) 9 d) 8.5 e) 8 3 c) 2434 d) 2353 e) 2453 183. (1.1×1.1)+(2.2×2.2)+(3.3×3.3)=? 3.3+2.2+1.1

162. 39% of 695 = 10 % of ? + 201% of 49.754 391 513 2 3 144. 19 × 23 + (? ) 2 = (2.5 × 200) a) 1.2 b) 2.5 − a) 4 b) 5 c) 9 a) 1720 b) 1750

d) 8 e) 7 c) 1700 d) 1725 e) 1680 27 13 268 316 1 7 3 2 2 163. 7 x 40 + 412 ÷ 512 =? 145. 7 × [ 9 ( 9 + 9) 9] = ? − −

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c) 5.2 d) 3.8 e) 4.6 c) 18443 d) 17490 e) 19031 c) 500 d) 480 e) 550 224. 6.885% of 1321 2 204. 3 × 23 + (? ) × 2.5 + (8.125 × 8) = (14 1) 184. (333 % of 856) × 49.95 =? a) 16 b)− 15 c) 14 + 64.878% of 4001=?

a) 155000 b) 141500 d) 17 e) 19 a) 2692 b) 3016 c) 142500 d) 142000 e) 140000 2 2 2 c) 3192 d) 3092 e) 3348 2 205. (21.98) (25.02) + (13.03) =? 185. 15% 264 + (? ) = (1.4 × 5) – 4032 3 945 2 225. 63 × 35 = (? ) × 6 a) 8.4 b) 13.7 c)a) 12.6 25 b) 35 √ √ a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 9.4 e) 12.4 c) 40 d) 20 e) 44 206. 2498 × 643 ÷ 97 =? d) 2 e) 7

√ √ √ 186. 12.25 x ? x 21.6=3545.64

a) 110 b) 90 3

226. 5826 + 456=? ÷ 31.001 a) 20 b) 12 c) 200 d) 150 e) 125 √ a) 14690 b) 15632 c) 15 d) 13 e)207. 17 ? % of 45.999 x 16% of 83.006=116.073 c) 13740 d) 17572 e) 18174 x 12.56 +14.38 = ?

5 7 a) 20 b) 18

187. 749

227. of 2001.33 + of 17056.2 =? √ 4 5

c) 24 d) 25 e) 11 a) 350 b) 375 a) 25810 b) 24980 2 3 ? c) 380 d) 300 e)208. 410 [[(13) ] ] = 2197

c) 25890 d) 26380 e) 26840 1

188. 18.965 x 19.068 x ? = 17688.93375 a) -3 b)

3 2 228. 898 x (12.005) + ? = 5000

a) 41 b) 39 √ c) 0.5 d) -4 e) 4 a) 680 b) 720 c) 59 d) 49 e) 69 2 7 17 6 209. 185% of 1359 + 18.5% of 1319 =? 189. 5 + 8 x 19 ÷ 5 =? c) 750 d) 620 e) 630

1 1

a) 2510 b) 2630 a) 2 b) 229. 39.897% of 4331 + 58.779% of 5003=? 2 2

c) 2760 d) 2890 e) 3025 3 9 210. 43.03 × 27.96 + 11. 98 × 3 42870 =?

a) 4530 b) 4500 √ 11 c) 1 d)

4 e) a) 1625 b) 1705 c) 4680 c) 4700 e) 5100 190. 564.666 + 82.5091 x 44.581 34.111=? – c) 1775 d) 1815 e) 1855 230. 15.1% of 729 x 12.8% of 649 =? a) 28450 b) 4000 211. 339% of 803 + 77.8 % of 1107 =? a) 9050 b) 9510 c) 1600 d) 14225 e) 4210 a) 3475 b) 3520 c) 9530 d) 9750 e) 9350 3 2 2 2 2 191. 5466 × 2120 ÷ 450 =? 231. (6.26) (7.77) + (17.67) (4.4) = (? ) √ √ √ − − c) 3580 d) 3510 e) 3570 a) 16 b) 16 √ a) 150 b) 155 2 212.66% of 4995.60–32.30% of 6895.58= (?) c) 18 d) 20 e) 22 232. 7 = 2.65 33 77 + 2.55 =? c) 180 d) 160 e) 170 √ a) 32 b) 37 √ ℎ a) 11.5 b) 12 192. 18.5% of 425+16.2% of 388=? c) 43 d) 47 e) 54 c) 18.5 d) 15 e) 9.5 a) 141 b) 224 213. 126.99% of 1539.98 + 5.5% of 149.99 + 2 2 2 233. (32.13) + (23.96) (17.11) =? c) 116 d) 183 e) 215 – 103.98% of 7 =? a) 1270 b) 1420 193. 2.22+22.22+2.222+2.2×2.2 = (?) a) 1960 b) 1970 c) 1450 d) 1360 e) 1310 a) 34.950 b) 30.256 c) 28.125 c) 1955 d) 1950 e) 1980 8 3 1 of of 234. 5 % 7290+3 % ? = 4 % of 17325

2 9 4 3 d) 31.502 e) 32.504 194. [(38 × 112) ÷ (283 × 215)] % of 4400 = ? 2 214. 727.9995 + (5.1961) =? × 10.8960

a) 4656 b) 7824 a) 1.50 b) 2.2 √ a) 253 b) 254 c) 6364 d) 8572 e) 9536 29 36 c) 0.16 d) 2.75 e) 3.125 235. 143 of 14.3% of 300 of ? = 28 c) 290 d) 236 e) 270 a) 8300 b) 8480 195. 88.25% of 450 = ? % of 530 3 2 7

215. 69.99% of of of of 734.965 = 218.8 - ?

7 5 3 c) 8020 d) 9260 e) 6350 a) 70 b) 68 (17×23) 236. (?) = (4.25 × 2.875) a) 13 b) 23 c) 75 d) 80 e) 65 a) 36 c) 16 c) 8 d) 18 e) 3 196. 89.988% of 699.9 + 50.002 % of 949.99 - d) 32 1 1 2 237. (74090)3 + (59300)3 = ? 216. (15.96) + 75% of 285-8.33% of 325 =? √ 170.015=?

a) 440 b) 485 2 2 a) 81 b) 9 a) 940 b) 938 d) 81 c) 435 d) 420 e) 470 c) 81 e) 5041 15 c) 930 d) 935 e) 932 238. 6.25 × 0.16 of 7 =? √ 197. (21.5% 999)1/3 +(43% 601)1/2 =? 217. 36.5% of 140 ÷ 12.6% of 80 =? √

a) 18 b) 22 a) 11 b) 9 b) 35 c) 26 d) 30 e) 33 e) 64 c) 7 d) 5 e) 3 198. 39.897% of 4331 + 58.779% of 5003 =? 1 a) 4.9 b) 5.76 218. 23% of 4011 + of 5555 =?

7 a) 4300 b) 4500 c) 5.20 d) 2 e) 2.5 c) 4700 d) 4900 e) 5100 a) 1600 b) 1780 2 2 2 239. 3.5 + 4.32 + 5.29 =? 199. 17% of 760 + 57% of 78.99 + 77.77 =? c) 1620 d) 1720 e) 1750 219. 24% 1560 + (? )% 120 = (97.35 × 4) a) 66 b) 51 a) 238 a) 125 b) 242b) 12.9 c) 8.25 c) 69 d) 59 e) 74 240. [(38 × 142) ÷ (2.5 0.8)]2=? c) 248 d) 12.5 d) 252e) 10.25 e) 256

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3 2 2 2 a) 1.6 b) 2.4 2 54871 x (303 ÷ 8)=(?) 220. (24.99) + (31.05) = (?) 200. √ c) 5.2 d) 4.1 e) 46 2 2 a) 48 a) 45 b) 36 b) 38 241. 0.2 +6.3 =? 2+16÷2

a) 6 b) 8 c) 28 c) 32 d) 30 e) 40 d) 18 e) 58 221. ( 0.0625 + 0.25 + 0.004096) × 2.321=? √ √ ∛ c) 5 d) 10 e) 4 201. (47% of 1442-36% of 1412)/63=? a) 8 b) 6

68 a) 4 b) 5 242. 35.99 ? + 32.0032 ? = x? c) 2 d) 4 e) 9 10.998

√ √ 222. 20800 + 65540=? c) 3 d) 6 e)1 a) 81 b) 72 a) 12√√ √√ b) 20 202. 63.5% of 8924.2 + ? % of 5324.4 c) 121 d) 169 e) 144 c) 30 d) 24 e) 28

178 =6827.5862 223. 3480.9998 × 19.99 = 1009.9 - ? 3 √ 2197 × (0.125 × 16) = (? ) × 13 a) 455 b) 450 243. a) 36 b) 22 √ √ c) 17 d) 31 e) 19 4 203. (11.49) =? a) 13344 b) 16729

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a) 8 b) 7 (a) c)217. 6 (d) 218. (d) 219. (d) 220. (e) 221. (c) a) National Fund Offer b) New Fund Offer d) 5 e) 4 222. (e) 223. (d) 224. (a) 225. (d) 226. (a) 227. c) Net Fund Offer d) Nation Fund Offer

3 (d) 228. (a) 229. (c) 230. (e) 231. (e) 232. (d) e) Negotiable Fund Offer 3 244. 1860860 + 5.012 =?

√ 233. (e) 234. (d) 235. (a) 236. (d) 237. (a) 238. Q.9) The ______is a savings-cum-tax-saving a) 154 b) 250

(d) 239. (d) 240. (b) 241. (e) 242. (c) 243. (e) instrument in India, introduced by the National c) 260 d) 275 e) 244 3 2 1 0 244. (b) 245. (b) 246. (e) 247. (b) 248. (a) 249. Savings Institute of the Ministry of Finance in 245. 12 + 1.2 + 1.02 + 1.002 =?

(d) 250. (c) 1968. a) 1720 b) 1731 a) Post Office Monthly Income Scheme c) 1743 d) 1847 e) 1648

Banking Awareness:× 12.12 =? b) Kisan Vikas Patra 9999+999 99 9

− − 246. 1111+111 11 1

− − Q.1) YONO (You Only Need One) is a one stop c) National Saving Scheme a) 120 b) 125 solution to fulfil all your banking, insurance, d) Sukanya Samriddhi c) 100 d) 99 e) 110 247. (10008.99)²10009.001 x 3589 x 0.4987=? investments, and daily shopping needs. It is e) Public Provident Fund √ a) 3000 b) 300000 offered by which of the following bank? Q.10) ______is an electronic system that allows c) 3000000 d) 5000 e) 9000000 a) HDFC Bank state welfare departments to issue benefits via a 248. 37.6% 6481 × 125% 0.125 =? b) State Bank of India magnetically encoded payment card. a) 400 b) 570 c) Yes Bank a) Electronic Money Transfer (EMT) c) 270 d) 480 e) 510

2 2 d) Canara Bank b) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) 249. [(1.3) x (4.2) ]÷2.7=? e) ICICI Bank c) Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) a) 7 b) 21 Q.2) The Central government has mandated for d) Electronic Cash Transfer (ECT) c) 18 d) 11 e) 16

250. (682% of 782)÷856 =? all companies to give 2% of their profit to CSR. e) Electronic Credit Transfer (ECT)

a) 4.50 b) 10.65 The full form of CSR is? Q.11) ______consists of the actions of a a) Co-operative Social Responsibility central bank, currency board or other regulatory c) 6.25 d) 8.75 e) 5.25 b) Corrective Social Responsibility committee that determines the size and rate of

c) Corporate Social Responsibility growth of the money supply, which in turn Answer Key: 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (e) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (e) d) Corporate Service Responsibility affects interest rates.

9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. e) Common Social Responsibility a) Annual Policy b) Credit Policy

(d) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (d) Q.3) Who is the Chairperson of NITI Aayog? c) Disclosure Policy d) Monetary Policy

22. (e) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (d) 28. a) Prime Minister of India e) Sustainability Policy

(b) 29. (e) 30. (e) 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (d) b) President of India Q.12) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran

35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (e) 39. (a) 40. (e) 41. c) Vice- President of India Private Limited (BRBNMPL) is one of the

(d) 42. (e) 43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (e) 46. (e) 47. (b) d) Finance Secretary subsidiaries of Reserve Bank of India, which

48. (d) 49. (b) 50. (d) 51. (d) 52. (e) 53. (e) 54. e) Commerce Secretary prints bank notes (Indian rupees) for Reserve

(d) 55. (d) 56. (e) 57. (b) 58. (d) 59. (d) 60. (d) Q.4) The process of taking the proceeds of Bank of India (RBI). It was established in which

61. (e) 62. (a) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (b) 67. criminal activity and making them appear legal. year?

(a) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (c) 71. (e) 72. (d) 73. (d) It is termed as ______. a) 1990 b) 1989 c) 1993

74. (c) 75. (d) 76. (a) 77. (e) 78. (b) 79. (e) 80. a) Arbitrage b) Amortization d) 1996 e) 1995

(a) 81. (d) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (c) 85. (b) 86. (d) c) Money Laundering d) Bancassurance Q.13) The ECGC Limited (Export Credit

87. (c) 88. (e) 89. (b) 90. (a) 91. (c) 92. (d) 93. e) Moratorium Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd) is a

(b) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (c) 97. (b) 98. (b) 99. (a) Q.5) Which of the following organization company wholly owned by whom?

100. (d) provides insurance products to banking sector? a) IRDAI

101. (e) 102. (d) 103. (b) 104. (c) 105. (c) 106. a) Life Insurance Corporation of India b) State Government

(b) 107. (b) 108. (d) 109. (b) 110. (e) 111. (c) b) Government of India c) Government of India

112. (a) 113. (e) 114. (c) 115. (e) 116. (b) 117. c) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee d) Reserve Bank of India

(b) 118. (b) 119. (e) 120. (e) 121. (c) 122. (c) Corporation e) None of these

123. (b) 124. (b) 125. (b) 126. (e) 127. (d) 128. d) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Q.14) Export–Import Bank of India is the

(c) 129. (c) 130. (a) 131. (c) 132. (a) 133. (e) e) Reserve Bank of India premier export finance institution in India,

134. (c) 135. (b) 136. (c) 137. (d) 138. (b) 139. Q.6) India’s first One Rupee Note was printed in established under which act?

(b) 140. (c) 141. (b) 142. (b) 143. (a) 144. (e) which location on November 30, 1917? a) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1995

145. (e) 146. (c) 147. (a) 148. (a) 149. (d) 150. a) USA b) Bhutan b) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1990

(a) 151. (c) 152. (d) 153. (c) 154. (e) 155. (a) c) England d) Nepal c) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1985

156. (b) 157. (c) 158. (e) 159. (b) 160. (c) 161. e) Pakistan d) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1983

(e) 162. (c) 163. (a) 164. (d) 165. (e) 166. (b) Q.7) An ETF is a marketable security that tracks e) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981

167. (d) 168. (b) 169. (c) 170. (e) 171. (d) 172. an index, a commodity, bonds, or a basket of Q.15) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, shortly

(d) 173. (c) 174. (b) 175. (c) 176. (d) 177. (b) assets like an index fund. The full form of an ETF known as FERA, to regulate foreign payments,

178. (e) 179. (a) 180. (a) 181. (d) 182. (e) 183. is ______. securities, currency import and export and

(b) 184. (c) 185. (d) 186. (d) 187. (a) 188. (d) a) Export-Traded Fund purchase of fixed assets by foreigners. It was

189. (c) 190. (e) 191. (d) 192. (a) 193. (d) 194. b) Exchange-Transparent Fund introduced in which year?

(b) 195. (c) 196. (d) 197. (b) 198. (c) 199. (d) c) Exchange-Transmit Fund a) 1989 b) 1983 c) 1987

200. (b) 201. (c) 202. (b) 203. (d) 204. (c) 205. d) Exchange-Traded Fund d) 1973 e) 1972

(a) 206. (e) 207. (b) 208. (c) 209. (c) 210. (a) e) Exchange-Trans Fund Q.16) Banks can give a notice in writing to the

211. (c) 212. (a) 213. (b) 214. (c) 215. (a) 216. Q.8) A NFO is the first subscription offering for defaulting borrower requiring it to discharge its any new fund offered by an investment liabilities within ____days. company. Expand the term NFO? a) 30 b) 45 c) 60

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Q.17) According to the Foreign Trade Policy, India is Bank for Reconstruction and Development) is b) Easy KYC norms aiming to nearly double its annual exports to $900 located in ______. c) Granting new bank licenses billion by which year with the government’s a) Brussels, Belgium d) Banking correspondent model signature ‘Make in India’ Scheme? b) Washington D.C, USA e) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana a) 2024 b) 2023 c) 2020 c) London, UK Q.37) Which among the following organization d) 2019 e) 2022 d) Vienna, Austria has set up the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for

Q.18) Which of the following institutions of the e) Geneva, Switzerland Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE)? World Bank group is also known as the soft a) GOI Q.29) MIGA encourages foreign investment in lending window of the World Bank? b) Ministry of MSME developing economies by offering insurance a) IBRD b) IDA c) IFC c) SIDBI (guarantees) to foreign private investors against d) MIGA e) ICSID d) All the above loss caused by non-commercial (i.e. political) Q.19) The transactions of IMF are expressed in risks, such as currency transfer, expropriation, e) Both a and c ______, which is also known as Paper Gold. war and civil disturbance. The Full form of MIGA Q.38) What is known as the certain percentage a) American Depository Receipt of bank deposits, in which banks are required to is ______. b) Indian Depository Receipt a) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Asset keep with the RBI in the form of reserves or c) Global Depository Receipt b) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency balances? d) Special Drawing Right c) Multilateral Information Guarantee Agency a) Statutory Liquidity Ratio e) Participatory Notes d) Multicurrency Investment Guarantee Agency b) Repo Rate

Q.20) A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) c) Reverse Repo Rate e) Multilateral Investment Gross Asset is a company registered under which act? d) Cash Reserve Ratio Q.30) BRBNMPL is one of the subsidiaries of the a) SARFAESI Act, 2002 e) None of these Reserve Bank of India, which prints bank notes b) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 Q.39) Which of the following bank has started as (Indian rupees) for Reserve Bank of India (RBI). c) Societies Registration Act, 1860 a private shareholders bank, mostly by the It has two presses in ______and ______. d) Companies Act, 2013 European shareholders? a) Nashik b) Salboni c) Mysore e) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 a) Bank of India d) Both a and b e) Both b and c Q.21) Which of the following country has b) Bank of Baroda Q.31) ICSID is an international arbitration th c) Dena Bank emerged as the 189 member of the institution established in 1965 for legal dispute International Monetary Fund (IMF)? d) Imperial Bank of India resolution and conciliation between international a) Tuvalu b) South Sudan c) Nauru investors. In the term ICSID, S stands for e) South Indian Bank d) Kosovo e) Palau ______. Q.40) In which city the head Office of

Q.22) The Savings Certificates Act comes in a) Security b) Settlement c) Sector Corporation Bank is situated? which year? d) Stock e) Structure a) Bengaluru b) Mumbai a) 1989 b) 2001 c) 1959 Q.32) Which among the following is not a type c) Mangalore d) Kolkata d) 1978 e) 1993 of transaction, which is not part of the e) Manipal Q.23) The Government Savings Banks Act comes transaction not defined under FEMA? Q.41) Any Non-Banking Finance Institution under which act? a) Current account transactions should have an NOF (Net Owned Fund) of a) 1873 b) 1953 c) 1871 b) Capital account transactions ______to get the NBFC license from RBI. d) 1993 e) 1972 c) Balance of trade transactions a) Rs. 100 Lakh b) Rs. 150 Lakh

Q.24) FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management d) All of the above c) Rs. 200 Lakh d) Rs. 250 Lakh

Act) is to consolidate and amend the law relating e) None of the above e) None of these to foreign exchange with the objective of Q.33) Which of the following is not an Q.42) Which one is the first bank to deploy a facilitating external trade and payments and for authorized agency selling the SGBs? robot inside their branch for customer service promoting the orderly development and a) Scheduled Commercial Banks purpose? maintenance of foreign exchange market in b) SHCIL offices a) HSBC Bank b) HDFC Bank

India, which was promulgated in the year _____. c) Designated Post Offices c) ICICI Bank d) Axis Bank a) 1989 b) 1993 c) 1988 d) Regional Rural Bank e) Citi Bank d) 1983 e) 1999 e) Recognized stock exchanges Q.43) Which one of the following bank first Q.25) Where is the headquarters of Bank of Q.34) BIPAs is in order to promote and protect on introduces voice biometrics in the banking Baroda located? reciprocal basis investment of the investors. In system? a) Mumbai b) Bengaluru BIPAs, “B” stands for ______. a) HDFC Bank b) HSBC Bank c) Hyderabad d) Vadodara a) Bilateral b) Bitcoin c) Bilingual c) ICICI Bank d) SBI e) Chennai d) Basic e) Bank e) Citi Bank Q.26) In which year India has become the Q.35) Which one is the first Regional Rural Bank Q.44) IMPS stands for? member of IMF? a) Intermediate Payment Service in India? a) December 27, 1965 b) December 27, 1960 a) Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank b) Inter Metro Payment Service c) December 27, 1950 d) December 27, 1945 b) Andhra Pradesh GrameenaVikas Bank c) Inter Market Payment Service e) December 27, 1949 c) Prathama Bank d) Immediate Payment Service

Q.27) Which of the following institutions of the d) Bharatiya Mahila Bank e) Intra Market Payment Service

World Bank group is also known as the hard e) None of these Q.45) Mortgage and its various types comes lending window of the World Bank? Q.36) Which of the following is not an initiative under which act? a) ICSID b) IDA c) IFC a) Section 55 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 taken by the RBI and GOI towards financial d) MIGA e) IBRD inclusion? b) Section 58 of Transfer of Property Act 1882

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Automated Clearing House (NACH). Q.63) Which of the following is related to Kapoor e) Section 24 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 a) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Committee, 1999?

Q.46) Which of the following statements is/ are b) Contingency Fund of India Act, 1950 f) Micro-finance true about PAN? c) Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 g) Capital Account convertibility a) It becomes mandatory for filing Income Tax d) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 h) Restructuring of RRBs

Return e) Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 i) Co-operative Banking Reforms b) It helps to get Tax deduction Q.55) NDTL stands for? j) None of these c) It is the most valid financial identity a) Net Demand & Time Liabilities Q.64) Which of the following acts is enacted to d) It helps to get the benefits of various Govt. b) Net Demand & Tax Liabilities help the Union Govt. to manage its budgeted

Schemes c) New Demand & Tenure Liabilities finances and fiscal deficit in a very disciplined e) All of these d) National Deposits & Total Liabilities manner?

Q.47) Which one of following bank has a) The Competition Act e) New Demand & Tax Liabilities established an exclusive vertical for NPA b) The Banking Regulation Act Q.56) IRR stands for? recovery? a) Internal Rate Ratio c) The Negotiable Instruments Act a) United Bank of India b) Internal Rate of Recession d) Foreign Exchange Management Act b) Union Bank of India c) Internal Reserve Ratio e) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management c) IDBI Bank d) Internal Rate of Return Act d) Allahabad Bank e) Intra Reserve Ratio Q.65) Which of the following bank can offer e) None of these Q.57) FCEB affords a unique opportunity for loans to the poor to construct or buy houses?

Q.48) Which of the following banks plans to set a) IIBI Indian promoters to unlock value in group up 100 digital villages to promote Digital b) NHB companies. FCEB stands for? Banking? a) Foreign Currency Exchangeable Bond c) IDBI a) Dena Bank b) Foreign Currency External Bond d) SIDBI b) Vijaya Bank c) Foreign Currency Export Bond e) None of these c) Oriental Bank of Commerce d) Foreign Currency Exchange Bond Q.66) Kelkar Committee is associated with which d) NABARD e) Foreign Currency Expertise Bond of the following? e) None of these a) De listing in Share market Q.58) PSLC is a tool for promoting comparative Q.49) The Scheduled commercial bank can take an b) Tax Structure Reforms advantages among banks while they meet their equity stake in a payments bank to the extent c) Frame work of Insurance Sector priority sector lending obligations in India. PSLC permitted under ______of the Banking d) Reformation of Company Law stands for which of the following? Regulation Act, 1949. a) Priority Sector Loan Certificates e) None of these a) Section 17 (2) b) Section 19 (2) b) Priority Sector Lower Credit Q.67) In which year the Deposit Insurance and c) Section 12 (2) d) Section 15 (2) c) Priority Sector Lending Certificates Credit Guarantee Corporation is created? e) Section 13 (2) d) Priority Sector Large Credit a) 1974 b) 1971 c) 1975

Q.50) The first Paytm Payment bank is in? e) Priority Sector Lending Credit d) 1978 e) 1995 a) New Delhi b) Gurugram Q.59) Section 26 of the Banking Regulation Act, Q.68) Punjab National Bank was first established c) Noida d) Lucknow 1949 requires every banking company to submit in which city? e) Chandigarh an annual return to the Reserve Bank of India, a) Amritsar b) Jalandhar c) Lahore Q.51) PLR stands for? in the respect of d) Ludhiana e) Sialkot a) Premium Lending Rate a) Cash reserve Q.69) BRBNMPL stands for which one of the b) Prime Liability Rate b) Return of unclaimed deposits following? c) Prime Liquidity Rate c) Advances to weaker sections of the society a) Bengal Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private d) Premium Liability Rate d) Dividend payment made Limited e) Prime Lending Rate e) None of the above b) Bahujan Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private

Q.52) If a non - banking financial company Q.60) The member of BFS board is chaired by Limited wants to collect public deposits it is governed by whom? c) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Public which one of the following Act? a) Deputy Governor of RBI Limited a) Banking Regulation act, 1949 b) Finance Minister of India d) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private b) RBI Act, 1934 c) Prime Minister of India Limited c) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 d) Governor of RBI e) Bharat Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private d) Companies Act, 1956 e) Vice President of India Limited e) None of these Q.70) Banks in India are regulated under Q.61) A savings bank account opened with a Q.53) Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner ______. zero balance of minimum balance is known as and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Udupi Zilla a) Companies Act, 1956 which one of the following? Panchayat, has launched the DCP for the Financial a) No frill account b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

Year 2017-18. Expand DCP? b) Current Account c) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 a) Demonetization Control Plan c) Call Deposit d) Special powers conferred on the RBI b) Debit Credit Plan d) Savings-bank ordinary account e) Companies Act, 1965 c) Department Credit Plan Q.71) Which bank has launched the 'Image Debit e) None of these d) District Credit Plan Card'? Q.62) What is the minimum investment in SGB? e) None of these a) Canara Bank b) Indian Bank a) Five Grams b) Four Grams

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c) Karnataka Bank d) Dena Bank Q.82) DEAF fund (Depo

e) None of these

Q.72) The Income Tax department has launched following act? a special electronic grievance redressal system a) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

called as ______.

a) e-Nivaran b) e-Rakam

c) e-CPGRAMS d) e-INGRAM

e) e-PRAGATI Q.73) Which bank recently has decided to block Q.83) Which of the following statements is/are all Maestro Debit Cards for security-based the feature(s) of Aaykar Setu initiative launched

reasons?

a) Punjab and Sindh Bank

b) Punjab National Bank c) Union Bank of India

d) Dena Bank e) None of these Q.74) Which of the following is the apex d) It has live chat facility

Organization for Industrial Finance in India? e) All of these a) Industrial Credit and Finance Corporation of Q.84) The non-profit organization GSTN is formed

India b) Industrial Development Bank of India a) Government b) Stakeholders

c) Industrial Finance Corporation

d) RBI

e) None of these Q.75) Section 131 of Negotiable Instrument Act, Eastern states?

1881 extends protection to the

a) Paying Banker

b) Collecting Banker c) Advising Banker

d) Issuing Banker

e) All of the above Q.76) Which of the following companies is the d) 1962 e) 1975 technology partner of the RBI for launching e- Q.87) FEDAI stands for which of the following?

Kuber?

a) Infosys b) CTS

d) IBM e) Polaris Q.77) On which day of 2017, the Save Public d) Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India Sector Banks Day (SPSBD) is celebrated in India? e) Foreign Expert Dealers Association of India

th th th a) 9 July b) 6 July c) 7 July ‘’

th th d) 19 July e) 20 July Q.78) Which of the following Committees a) Company Act, 1956 recommended to set up Reserve Bank of India? b) DTAA Act, 1961

a) Royal Commission

b) Dantwala Committee c) D R Mehta Commission

d) Hilton Young Commission

e) Simon Commission Q.79) Which of the following banks has launched Overseas travelers? a digital village initiative in Nepal? a) Dena Bank b) Punjab National Bank b) Standard Chartered Ba

c) Vijaya Bank d) State Bank of India c) Axis Bank

e) None of these

Q.80) 'Experience Next Generation Banking' is e) None of these the tagline of which of the following bank? Q.90) What is the minimum period for accepting

a) Andhra Bank b) UCO Bank

c) South Indian Bank d) Vijaya Bank Resident (FCNR) Scheme?

e) Axis Bank

Q.81) By which 'Micro Finance Development and d) 1.5 years e) 1 year

Equity' fund is maintained in India?

a) RBI b) CII c) NABARD

d) SIDBI e) None of these

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th th compiled by which of the following? a) 16 March, 1949 b) 15 August, 1947 c) To provide quality LED Bulb at affordable a) Ministry of Home Affairs th st prices c) 19 July, 1969 d) 1 January, 1949 b) Ministry of Finance st d) To provide quality health services at e) 31 January, 1949 c) CBDT Q.112) Which of the following bank has launched affordable prices d) NITI Aayog e) To provide quality medicines at affordable “Ananya Project”, a two-year large-scale e) None of these transformation project undertaken by the bank to prices

Q.102) To whom the "Sub Prime Lending" is provide customers with ‘best in class’ services while Q.120) An ECS transaction gets bounced and made? improving and modernising the whole bank? a) you are unable to recover your money from your a) The borrowers who want to take loan against Punjab National Bank b) Bank of Baroda customer. Under which act criminal action can mortgage of tangible assets. c) Syndicate Bank d) Canara Bank be initiated? b) The preferred customers of Bank. a) Indian penal code e) State Bank of India c) The borrowers with bad credit history. b) RBI act Q.113) SWAYAM is an instrument for self- d) The borrowers with a good credit history. c) Criminal procedure code actualisation providing opportunities for a life- e) None of these d) Payment and Settlement act long learning. SWAYAM is an initiative of? Q.103) LIBOR stands for? a) Ministry of External Affairs e) Indian contract act a) Liberal Inter Bank Offered Rate b) Ministry of Human Resource Development Q.121) Digital India Scheme was launched in b) Liberal Inter Bank Official Ratio c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs which one of the following year? c) London Inter Bank Official Ratio d) Ministry of Home Affairs st st a) 1 July 2015 b) 1 July 2012 d) London Inter Bank Offered Rate st st e) Ministry of Women and Child Development c) 1 July 2011 d) 1 July 2010 st e) London Intra Bank Official Ratio Q.114) Which of the following bank has come up e) 1 July 2014 Q.104) Who is appointed as the MD and CEO of with ‘Bank Sakhi’ innovative Scheme for Q.122) Which of the following bank has launched

IFCI (Industrial Finance Corporation of India)? employing women in villages to promote & “PAYZAPP” a complete payment solution, giving a) Raghuram Swamy b) E Sankara Rao improve the cashless transactions in rural areas? you the power to pay in just One Click? c) Vijay Prakash d) Balbir Sindhu a) Baroda UP Gramin Bank a) Axis Bank b) YES Bank e) None of them b) Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank

Q.105) A Government Company is established c) Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank e) HSBC Bank under– d) Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank Q.123) The allocation for Pradhan Mantri a) A special Act of Parliament Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for the period of e) Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank Q.115) b) A special Act of any State Government 2016-2020? CERSAI comes under section 8 of which act? c) The Companies Act, 1956 a) Rs.24,000 cr b) Rs.15,000 cr d) Reserve Bank of India a) SARFAESI Act, 2002 c) Rs.10,000 cr d) Rs.20,000 cr e) All of these b) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 e) Rs.12,000 cr

Q.106) Which of the following bank has launched c) Societies Registration Act, 1860 Q.124) Which of the following bank has launched a CSR initiative? d) Companies Act, 2013 “Shubh Araambh Scheme”, a home loan product, a) RBI b) NABARD c) SBI e) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 that entails waiving off four EMIs each at the end th th th d) RRB e) None of these Q.116) Under Lucky Grahak Yojna weekly prize of the 4 , 8 and 12 year of a 20-year loan? Q.107) Which of the following Private Sector worth ______for consumers. a) ICICI Bank b) HDFC Bank

Banks of India inaugurates AADHAAR enrollment a) Rs.1 lakh, Rs.20,000 and Rs.5000 c) YES Bank d) Axis Bank center? b) Rs.1 lakh, Rs.50,000 and Rs.5000 e) HSBC Bank a) HDFC Bank b) Axis Bank c) Rs.50,000, Rs.5,000 and Rs.2,500 Q.125) What is/are the objectives of PMLA Act, c) Yes Bank d) Karur Vaishya Bank d) Rs.1 lakh, Rs.10,000 and Rs.5000 2002? e) ICICI Bank a) To prevent and control money laundering e) Rs.50,000, Rs.15,000 and Rs.2,500 Q.108) Which of the following acts was framed Q.117) Which of the following bank has launched b) To confiscate and seize the property obtained specially to deal more effectively with the “LIME app” that enables its customers to pay bills, from the laundered money problem of Non-Performing Assets in the transfer money and shop directly from the app? c) To deal with any other issue connected with banking system? a) Axis Bank b) YES Bank money laundering in India a) Companies Act d) All the above c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank b) Banking Regulation Act e) Both a and b e) HSBC Bank c) Foreign Exchange Management Act Q.126) Which of the following app was launched Q.118) PMKVY will impart fresh training to 60 d) Industrial Dispute Act lakh youths and certify skills of 40 lakh persons by Lakshmi Vilas Bank and Fisdom for personal e) SARFAESI Act acquired non-formally under the ______. Wealth Management using Robo Advisory? Q.109) ECB stands for? a) Recognition of Proper Learning (RPL) a) Mission FINFIT b) Mission FINRO a) External Credit for Business b) Recommend of Prior Learning (RPL) c) Mission ROBWE d) Mission FINWM b) Essential Commercial Banking c) Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) e) Mission TAMRA c) European Credit Borrowing d) Recognition of Private Learning (RPL) Q.127) Which of the following bank has launched d) External Commercial Borrowing India s first credit card exclusively for GOLF e) Recognition of Partnership Learning (RPL) ’ e) External Credit Borrowing Q.119) The Govt. of India has launched players?

Q.110) Who was the first MD of Exim Bank? “Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi a) RBL Bank b) DCB Bank a) R C Shah b) Ravneet Kaur Pariyojana” denotes c) Yes Bank d) Royal Bank of Scotland c) Kalyan Banerjee d) T Ranganathan a) To provide quality seeds at affordable prices e) HSBC Bank e) None of these

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Q.128) Under Interest Subvention Scheme, Q.137) Which of the following Ministry has e) Canara Bank farmers can get short term crop loans up to launched Annapurna Scheme in 2000-01? Q.146) Under which act, to consolidate the laws ______payable within one year at only 4% per a) Ministry of Agriculture relating to coinage and the mints, the protection annum. b) Ministry of Rural Development of coinage and to provide for the prohibition of a) Rs.5 Lakh b) Rs.3 Lakh c) Ministry of Woman and Child Development melting or destruction of coins and prohibit the c) Rs.2 Lakh d) Rs.1 Lakh d) Ministry of Home Affairs making or the possession thereof for issue and e) Rs.6 Lakh e) Ministry of Urban Development for matters connected therewith or incidental Q.129) Under the provisions of Section 35 (b) Q.138) Which bank has recently launched its thereto?

(ii) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, RuPay Select and RuPay Platinum credit cards? a) Coinage Act, 2011 b) Coinage Act, 2012 inspection of branches of Indian banks situated a) Canara Bank c) Coinage Act, 2013 d) Coinage Act, 1996 abroad is to be carried out by? b) Punjab National Bank, e) Coinage Act, 1999 a) Reserve Bank of India b) EXIM Bank c) Bank of India Q.147) The government has engaged with which c) Ministry of External Affairs d) Corporation Bank private lender to enable online payments at 470 d) All of the above e) None of the above e) Bank of Baroda mandis integrated with the national portal of Q.130) The Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Q.139) Which of the following bank has electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)? launched “Runa Upasamanam” programme in launched “Chillar” app is the one stop solution a) Federal Bank b) HDFC Bank the year 2016. It is linked with? for all your payment & mobile banking needs? c) ICICI Bank d) Axis Bank a) Children Safety b) Loan Waiver a) ICICI Bank b) HDFC Bank e) Yes Bank c) Women Education d) Protection of Rivers c) YES Bank d) Axis Bank Q.148) The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has e) None of these e) Canara Bank launched ‘Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan’ Q.131) Which of the following bank has launched Q.140) Which of the following is not considered in 2016. Which of the following fact is/are true? th “KayPay” is a UPI (Unified payment Interface) as the negotiable instrument under the a) It was launched on 125 birth anniversary of fund transfer application offered to customers Negotiable Instruments act, 1881? Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and non- customers? a) Bill of exchange b) It aims to improve rural livelihoods a) Canara Bank b) Kotak Mahindra Bank b) Promissory note c) It aims to strengthen Panchayati Raj in c) Yes Bank d) ICICI Bank c) Share certificate villages and ensure social harmony in villages e) Bank of Baroda d) Cheque payable to bearer d) It began on April 14 from Mhow in Madhya

Q.132) The Union Budget of India, also referred e) Cheque with not negotiable crossing Pradesh ‘ ’ to as the annual financial statement under the Q.141) Which of the following state government e) All of the above

____ of the Constitution of India. has launched “Samajwadi Pension Scheme” for Q.149) Recently which Indian city has launched a) Article 114 b) Article 112 the BPL families, which will replace Rani Laxmi smart city cards in association with the bank of c) Article 102 d) Article 111 Bai Pension Scheme. It will benefit about 40 India? e) Article 132 lakh rural families living below poverty line? a) Ranchi b) Chandigarh

Q.133) Which of the following option is correct a) Uttar Pradesh b) Kerala c) Bhubaneswar d) Hyderabad regarding Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima c) Andhra Pradesh d) Bihar e) Thrissur Yojana? e) Madhya Pradesh Q.150) What is the full form of AMRUT? st a) It was formally launched by the Prime Q.142) UJALA Scheme was launched on 1 May a) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban th Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 in 2015. It is linked with? Transformation

Kolkata a) LED Bulbs distribution b) Additional Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban b) It is available in the age group of 18 to 50 years b) Solar Panel distribution Transformation c) In case of death due to any cause, the c) LPG cylinder distribution c) Atal Mission for Recycle and Urban payment to the nominee will be Rs.2 lakh d) Improve Rural Employment Transformation d) All of the above e) None of the above d) Atal Mission for Reform and Urban e) Both a and b Q.143) The RBI can issue directives to banks in Transformation Q.134) Which of the following app was launched respect of their loans/advances, under section e) Atal Mission for Resource and Urban by the HDFC Bank to help assist the customer in 21 of: Transformation banking activities? a) Banking Regulation Act , 1949 Q.151) Recently to boost digital Banking, a) Selfie b) Humanoid Robot IRA b) Negotiable Instrument Act,1881 Rewardz Scheme was introduced by which of the c) Batuaa d) TAMRA c) SBI Act,1955 following Bank? e) Aadhaar Pay d) RBI Act 1934 a) HDFC Bank b) Bank of Baroda

Q.135) Which of the following bank has launched e) Both a and d c) IndusInd Bank d) State Bank of India “eforex”, an internet-based platform that Q.144) Which of the following payment bank is e) Indian Bank enables customers to book their foreign rolling out across the India, with the Q.152) Which of the following acts govern the exchange transactions online? government mandating the use of FASTag on RBI functions? a) State Bank of India b) Canara Bank a) RBI Act, 1934 every new vehicle sold from December 1, 2017 ? c) HDFC Bank d) ICICI Bank b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 a) FINO PayTech b) Reliance Industries e) DCB Bank c) Companies Act, 1956 c) Paytm d) Airtel Q.136) Under which section of Banking d) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 e) Vodafone M-Pesa Regulation act, the RBI has a Power to suspend Q.145) Which of the following bank has e) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 operation of Act? launched “Branch on wheel” app to expand the Q.153) The Government of India has launched a) Section 7 b) Section 4 reach to villages devoid of banking facilities? Varishtha Pension Bhima Yojna , it denotes “ ” c) Section 8 d) Section 12 a) ICICI Bank b) HDFC Bank a) Social Security to elderly people aged 60 e) Section 15 years during their old age. c) YES Bank d) Axis Bank

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Indian citizens in the 18-60 age group. b) Section 3 of SARFAESI Act, 2002 c) Rs.2,00,000 d) Rs.4,00,000 d) Government approved pension scheme for c) Section 24 of SARFAESI Act, 2002 e) Rs.25,000 central government employees at the age of 65. d) Section 32 of SARFAESI Act, 2002 Q.169) Which of the following bank has launched e) None of these e) Section 13 of SARFAESI Act, 2002 the second edition of its Hackathon. This Q.154) “Swacch Indhan Behtar Jeevan” is the Q.161) Which Bank has become first Indian hackathon has been named ‘Digitize for Bank’? tagline of which Yojana? Bank to deploy ‘Software Robotics’? a) Dena Bank b) Indian Overseas Bank a) PMJJBY b) PMMY c) PMUY a) Axis Bank b) YES Bank c) Indian Bank d) State Bank of India d) PMSSY e) PMSBY c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank e) Punjab National Bank Q.155) Which of the following bank has launched e) HSBC Bank Q.170) What is the objective of enactment of Contactless Credit Card “Wave N Pay” (on Visa Q.162) Which of the following has launched FEMA? Platinum platform), for transactions up to INR a) To regulate forex markets all over the world mVisa, a mobile based payment solution that 2000? b) To conserve forex will make payments at retail outlets much a) Bank of Baroda c) To put restrictions on use of forex for easier? a) HDFC Bank b) YES Bank b) Punjab National Bank c) DCB Bank d) Induslnd Bank development of foreign trade c) State Bank of India d) To facilitate orderly management of forex e) ICICI Bank d) Union Bank of India market and facilitate the foreign trade of India Q.163) Name the Scheme that is launched by e) Syndicate Bank Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the senior e) None of these Q.156) Under which section of Banking Regulation citizens. The scheme can be purchased offline as Q.171) An amount of Rs.1000 crore is being set Act, the Power of Reserve Bank to apply to the well as online through Life Insurance up initially in NITI Aayog for SETU. SETU

Central Government for suspension of business by a Corporation of India. program of govt. for ______. banking company and to prepare Scheme of a) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Sadak Yojana (PMVSY) a) Online Money Transfer reconstitution or amalgamation? b) Online Courses for school children b) Pradhan Mantri Sadak Vandana Yojana a) Section 43 b) Section 45 (PMSVY) c) Startups and Self-Employment c) Section 42 d) Section 48 e) Section 46 c) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) d) Dairy Development

Q.157) Which of the following statements is/are d) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Yogi Yojana (PMVYY) e) Agriculture Development true about ‘Swavalamban’? e) Pradhan Mantri Mundra Vaya Yojana (PMMVY) Q.172) What is the full form of DAY – NRLM? A) It is a pension Scheme launched for people of Q.164) Which of the following bank has a) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Risk unorganized sector, who do not have any launched SIMsePAY service that allows any Livelihoods Mission security. account holder to do money transfers, pay utility b) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National B) The minimum entry age is 18 years. bills and other mobile banking services, without Resource Livelihoods Mission

C) The benefit will be available only two those need for smart phones or internet, based on c) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural persons who join the NPS with a minimum simsleeve technology? Livelihoods Mission contribution of Rs. 1000 and a maximum a) DCB Bank b) RBL Bank d) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Retail contribution of Rs. 12000 per annum. c) Axis Bank d) Yes Bank Livelihoods Mission

D) The nominee can receive 90% of the NPS e) ICICI Bank e) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National pension wealth in lump sum. Q.165) Under which section & act, the RBI was Remittance Livelihoods Mission a) A, B and C b) A and D given final guidelines for small finance bank to Q.173) Which of the following bank has launched c) All are true d) B, C and D start its operations? EazyPay mobile application for merchants that e) None of these a) Sec 23 and Banking regulation Act, 1934 allows all in one acceptance payments platform?

Q.158) Which of the following has launched life b) Sec 22 and Banking regulation Act, 1949 a) Induslnd Bank insurance plan “Pragati” for low income group c) Sec 2 and Banking regulation Act, 1935 b) Axis Bank families? d) Sec 13 and Banking regulation Act, 1881 c) ICICI Bank a) National Insurance Company d) YES Bank e) None of these b) United India Insurance Company e) HDFC Bank Q.166) Dulari Kanya Scheme has launched by c) Life Insurance Corporation Q.174) A bill of lading a railway receipt is Arunachal Pradesh, to ensure d) HDFC life a) Help poor and needed person to get daily negotiable under section ______of ______. e) Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company needs. a) 6, Negotiable Instruments Act

Limited b) 85 A, Negotiable Instrument Act b) Awareness of Banking codes at grass root Q.159) Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital c) 130 of Transfer of Property Act “ level in urban and rural area. Shaksharta Abhiyan denotes d) 137 of Transfer of Property Act ” c) Provide Rs.20000 in bank account of a girl a) Health insurance to above poverty line child born in the Government hospitals. e) None of these families. d) Digitalization of Government hospitals. Q.175) The Credit Guarantee Fund for Micro Units b) Make rural household digitally literate. e) 100 crores investment in start-up in the states. (CGFMU) is coming under? c) Improving Sanitation Standard in 500 cities. Q.167) Samsung ties up with which of the a) PMMY b) PMJDY c) PMSSY d) Focused on the 24/7 hyper-connected world following bank to offer ‘Bill Payments’ on d) PMSBY e) PMJJBY and the online presence of the government Samsung Pay? Q.176) Deen Dayal Divyangjan Sahajya Achoni e) Free household power connection a) Yes Bank b) Federal Bank denotes Q.160) Asset Reconstruction Company a) To bring social reform in a state c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank (Securitization Company / Reconstruction e) Axis Bank b) To give financial assistance to disable for treatment

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c) To provide security and assistance 24*7 to d) Kapoor Committee

reduce the crime rate against women e) None of the above d) To transform 1.5 lakh sub health center’s to Q.187) What is the annual premium amount Health and Wellness center’s e) To help students for better understand foreign Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana?

policy and engage students across the country. a) Rs. 181

Q.177) The term ‘Banking’ is defined under c) Rs. 12

_____ of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 e) Rs. 50

‘ ’ a) Section4 (a) b) Section 5 (b) c) Section 6 (c) d) Section 7 (a) e) Section 2 (a)

Q.178) Account holders have to maintain an AQB c) Section 25

for their accounts in certain banks. What does the e) Section 28 term AQB stands for? a) Average Quantitative Balance

b) Average Qualitative Balance

c) Average Quarterly Balance

d) Average Qualified Balance

e) Average Quasi Balance Q.179) When was Lead Bank Scheme introduced? headquartered at Shanghai, China has an initial ‘ a) 1967 b) 1968 c) 1969 d) 1974 e) 1989 Q.180) According to the Socio Economic and c) US $200 Billion

Caste Census (SECC). Which among the following e) US $200 million states in India has highest per cent of Urban BPL Q.191) Under which Section of Banking regulation

households?

a) Bihar b) Uttar Pradesh c) Manipur ‘

’

d) Jharkhand e) Sikkim

Q.181) Lien is defined in

a) Section 171 of Indian Contract Act e) Section 36AF b) Section 170 of Negotiable Instrument Act Q.192) Recently an Indian bank has launched the c) Section 170 of Sale of Goods Act ‘’ d) Section 172 of Indian Contract Act will enable customers to instantly pay taxes and

e) None of these

Q.182) EPS in share market stands for? bank.

a) Earnings Per Share

b) Electronic Payment System

c) Employee Pension Scroll d) Equated Payment System

e) Equated Per System Q.183) Name the premium credit card launched Q.193) Which of the following organization is the by the SBI by having facilities targeting high net regulator of the Infrastructure Debt Fund?

worth customers.

a) COMMUNITY b) ENRICH c) ESCORT

d) ELITE e) None of these

Q.184) Under which section of Banking regulation headquarters at act, the Power of Reserve Bank to impose a) California

penalty?

a) Section 42A b) Section 44A

c) Section 46A d) Section 47A

e) Section 45A Q.185) Which bank has launched a full-fledged b) Accounts which are operated through internet

digital banking service for small and medium banking facility enterprises (SME)? a) HDFC Bank b) ICICI Bank

c) IndusInd Bank d) UCO Bank

e) Axis Bank Q.186) The Committee that recommended the Q.196) A customer is a person who maintains an introduction of electronic clearing services is account with a bank. This definition of the under the chairmanship of ______. customer is available as per the act:

a) Rangarajan Committee b) Saraf Committee c) Shere Committee

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Q.207) The RBI provides banks software CHI for Q.217) Which bank has conducted a “Star statutory powers on 30 January 1992 through Cheque Truncation System. What does “I” Mahotsav” across its branch network in the which act? stands for? country to contact every customer at their door a) SEBI Act 1992 b) SEBI Act 1994 a) Investment b) Interface step either for recovery of bad loans, c) SEBI Act 1988 d) SEBI Act 1991 c) Intermission d) Intercity disbursement of retail loans etc.? e) SEBI Act 1996 e) None of these a) State Bank of India Q.225) ______is an international financial

Q.208) CRAFICARD Committee is to uplift rural b) Reserve Bank of India institution that offers loans to middle income

India by increasing the credit flow for elevation c) Bank of India developing countries. of agriculture & rural non-farm sector. It was set d) Bank of Baroda a) IBRD b) IDA up by the ______. e) ICICI Bank c) MIGA d) ICSID a) RBI b) SEBI Q.218) In association with Kochi Metro Rail e) None of these c) NBFC d) Government of India Corporation, which among the following bank Q.226) Which of the following bank has launched e) IRDA has launched India's first open loop EMV a unique Womens’ centric savings bank Q.209) Which Indian bank has launched contactless metro card that would make travel a account," All Bank Shakti”? iWork@Home programme for its women convenient and hassle free experience for a) Andhra Bank b) Allahabad Bank employees? commuters in Kochi. c) Dena Bank d) Indian Bank a) HDFC b) Axis bank a) Axis bank b) HSBC bank e) Vijaya Bank c) ICICI Bank d) IDBI Bank c) ICICI bank d) Federal bank Q.227) In “HAWALA transactions”, the term e) SBI e) Yes bank HAWALA denotes “money transfer without Q.210) The National Savings Certificate (NSC) Q.219) Which banks ties up with New India money movement". It is prohibited under which holder gets the tax benefit under which act? Assurance Company entered into a corporate of the following act? a) 40 C of Income Tax Act, 1961 agency arrangement for distribution of insurance a) FEMA Act b) RBI Act b) 60 C of Income Tax Act, 1961 products. The pact allows bank to offer non-life c) DICGC Act d) Banking Regulation Act c) 70 C of Income Tax Act, 1961 insurance products to its customers across metros e) None of the above d) 80C of Income Tax Act, 1961 and tier II and III cities through the bank’s Q.228) Which of the following payment bank has e) 90c of Income Tax Act, 1961 extensive network of over 6,000 branches? announced the integration of the Unified Q.211) What is the maximum ceiling of price per a) Indian Overseas Bank Payments Interface (UPI) with its digital transaction for using the *99# service b) Canara Bank platform? announced by TRAI? c) Syndicate Bank a) Vodafone M-Pesa a) Rs. 1.50 b) Rs. 2.50 d) State Bank of India b) Airtel Payment Bank c) Rs. 3.50 d) Rs. 4.50 c) Paytm Payment Bank e) Union Bank of India e) Rs. 0.50 Q.220) Which bank has announced biodegradable d) India Post payments bank

Q.212) Which among the following is the pre- prepaid gift cards on World Environment Day. The e) FINO Payment bank eminent reserve currency? cards will be acceptable at all domestic merchant Q.229) Which of the following bank has a) Euro b) Pound outlets and online portals? announced the launch of mobile app - Trade c) Yen d) US Dollar a) Axis bank b) ICICI bank Transaction Tracker - to help customers track e) Swiss franc c) HDFC bank d) Yes bank the status of their trade transactions on a real- Q.213) What does the letter ‘R’ denotes in the e) Citi Bank time basis? term “TARP”? Q.221) All of the these are examples of Quasi a) Yes Bank b) Axis Bank a) Reconstruction b) Relief Negotiable Instruments, under the Negotiable c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank c) Reduce d) Reproduce Instrument Act, 1881, except e) HSBC Bank e) Response a) Dividend Warrants b) Share Warrants Q.230) Which of the following bank has Q.214) Prior to the establishment of the Reserve c) Bearer Debentures d) Promissory Note committed Rs. 156 crore to fund first Sewage Bank of India, the Government banking business e) None of the above Treatment Plant (STP) to be constructed at was conducted by? Q.222) The human resource development Varanasi under Hybrid Annuity-PPP Model? a) Bank of India Ministry has signed an MoU with which bank had a) Yes bank b) South Indian bank b) Central Bank of India set up an agency to fund creation of c) HDFC bank d) ICICI bank c) National Bank of India e) Axis bank infrastructure and research facilities at higher d) Imperial Bank of India education institutes such as IIM and IIT. Q.231) Which of the following Private Bank and e) Bank of baroda a) SBI b) IDBI Zeta, a fintech pioneer announced the launch of Q.215) A new Foreign Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG c) PNB d) Canara Bank 'Paymint', a comprehensive digital wallet to has launched it's operations in India in 2016. e) Dena Bank manage multiple employee benefits? This is a bank based in? Q.223) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has a) ICICI Bank b) Axis Bank a) USA b) Switzerland imposed certain restrictions on which bank after c) Yes Bank d) HDFC Bank c) France d) Paris it reported negative return on assets (ROA) for e) Kotak Mahindra Bank e) Russia two years and net NPA breaching the risk Q.232) Which of the following bank has launched Q.216) Unclaimed Deposit defined under the threshold level? the second edition of its Hackathon. This section 26 (A) and ______. a) SBI b) Allahabad Bank hackathon has been named ‘Digitize for Bank’? a) Banking Regulation act of 1949 a) Dena Bank b) Indian Overseas Bank c) Dena Bank d) Andhra Bank b) Companies act of 1956 c) Indian Bank d) State Bank of India e) Indian Bank c) RBI act of 1934 e) Punjab National Bank Q.224) The Securities and Exchange Board of d) Transfer of Property Act of1882 Q.233) The Consumer Protection Act was India was established on 1988 and given e) None of these introduced to enforce consumer rights through a

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Q.234) ______is the process of reducing debt e) Equitas Small Finance Bank b) Finance Act, 2016 through regular installment payments of Q.243) Which of the following bank has bagged c) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 principal and interest that will result in the the ‘best bank’ award among small banks for the d) Option a and b payoff of a loan at its maturity. use of technology for financial inclusion at the e) All the above th a) Redlining b) Phishing 13 IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence c) Fiduciary d) Amortization Awards 2016-17? Answer Key: e) Arbitrage a) Vijaya bank b) Karnataka bank 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (b)

Q.235) The networking of all ATM s is called as c) Dena bank d) Canara bank 9. (e) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (e) 13. (c) 14. (e) 15. ’ ______e) Indian bank (d) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (d) 21. (c) a) National Financial System Q.244) Scheduled Banks of India are those 166. (c) 23. (a) 24. (e) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (e) 28. b) National Fund Switch banks, which are? (b) 29. (b) 30. (e) 31. (b) 32. (c) 33. (d) 34. (a) c) National Financial Switch a) Included in First Schedule of RBI Act, 1934 35. (c) 36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (c) 41. d) National Fundamental Switch b) Not included in First Schedule of RBI Act, 1934 (c) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (e) 47. (c) e) National Functional Switch c) Included in Second Schedule of RBI Act, 1934 48. (b) 49. (b) 50. (c) 51. (e) 52. (d) 53. (d) 54.

Q.236) The Special Drawing Right (SDR) is an d) Not included in Second Schedule of RBI Act, (e) 55. (a) 56. (d) 57. (a) 58. (c) 59. (b) 60. (d) interest-bearing international reserve asset 1934 61. (a) 62. (e) 63. (d) 64. (e) 65. (b) 66. (b) 67. created by the _____. e) Other than the given options (d) 68. (c) 69. (d) 70. (b) 71. (c) 72. (a) 73. (b) a) World Bank b) IMF Q.245) Which of the following private sector 74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (e) 77. (d) 78. (d) 79. (d) 80.

(c) 81. (d) 82. (e) 83. (e) 84. (d) 85. (d) 86. (c) c) IBRD d) ADB bank is included in RBI’s list of 'too big to fail' e) NDB lenders, referred to as D-SIB or domestic 87. (d) 88. (e) 89. (b) 90. (c) 91. (a) 92. (d) 93.

Q.237) Under which of the following acts, the systemically important bank? (b) 94. (d) 95. (b) 96. (d) 97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (c) foreign exchange transactions are regulated in a) Axis bank b) Yes bank 100. (e) 101. (b) 102. (c) 103. (d) 104. (b) 105.

(c) 106. (c) 107. (d) 108. (e) 109. (d) 110. (a) India: c) HDFC bank d) Induslnd bank a) Foreign Exchange Regulations Act e) Dhanlaxmi Bank 111. (a) 112. (c) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (d) 116. b) Reserve Bank of India Act Q.246) Which of the following Nationalized bank (d) 117. (a) 118. (c) 119. (e) 120. (d) 121. (a) c) Income Tax Act has signed an MoU to upgrade the bandwidth of 122. (d) 123. (e) 124. (d) 125. (d) 126. (a) 127. d) Foreign Exchange Management Act its Bank s branches to 2mbps after canara bank? (a) 128. (b) 129. (a) 130. (b) 131. (b) 132. (b) ‘ 133. (d) 134. (b) 135. (a) 136. (b) 137. (b) 138. e) None of these a) Punjab National Bank b) Dena Bank Q.238) Name the Committee which submitted c) Indian Bank (d) 139. (b) 140. (c) 141. (a) 142. (a) 143. (a) the report of draft Ganga Act to Water Resources d) Indian Overseas Bank 144. (c) 145. (a) 146. (a) 147. (c) 148. (e) 149.

Minister, Uma Bharti? (b) 150. (a) 151. (d) 152. (a) 153. (a) 154. (c) e) Bank of Baroda a) Dr. Pritam Singh Committee Q.247) The Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006 155. (b) 156. (b) 157. (a) 158. (d) 159. (b) 160. b) N K Singh Committee was introduced under______. (e) 161. (c) 162. (c) 163. (c) 164. (d) 165. (b) c) N S Kang Committee a) Section 31(A) of Banking Regulation Act, 1935 166. (c) 167. (e) 168. (a) 169. (d) 170. (d) 171. d) DB Shekatkar Committee b) Section 35(A) of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (c) 172. (c) 173. (c) 174. (d) 175. (a) 176. (b) e) Girdhar Malviya Committee c) Section 36(A) of Banking Regulation Act, 1985 177. (b) 178. (c) 179. (c) 180. (c) 181. (a) 182.

Q.239) Which of the following bank is creating a d) Section 34(A) of Banking Regulation Act, 1965 (a) 183. (d) 184. (d) 185. (a) 186. (b) 187. (c)

188. (b) 189. (d) 190. (a) 191. (e) 192. (d) 193. 15,000-sqft innovation centre in Navi Mumbai e) Section 32(A) of Banking Regulation Act, (b) 194. (d) 195. (a) 196. (d) 197. (a) 198. (d) investing around Rs. 100 crore? 1969 Q.248) Which of the following payment a) State Bank of India bank has partnered with the National Payments 199. (a) 200. (b) 201. (a) 202. (a) 203. (d) 204. b) Punjab National Bank Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a RuPay- (a) 205. (d) 206. (a) 207. (b) 208. (a) 209. (c) c) Indian Bank powered digital debit card? 210. (d) 211. (a) 212. (d) 213. (b) 214. (d) 215. d) Indian Overseas Bank a) Vodafone M-Pesa (b) 216. (a) 217. (c) 218. (a) 219. (b) 220. (a) e) Bank of Baroda b) Airtel Payment Bank 221. (d) 222. (d) 223. (c) 224. (a) 225. (a) 226.

Q.240) The Co-operative bank is governed by the c) Paytm Payment Bank (b) 227. (a) 228. (b) 229. (e) 230. (a) 231. (e) banking regulation Act 1949 and Banking Laws d) India Post payments bank 232. (d) 233. (c) 234. (d) 235. (c) 236. (b) 237.

(co-operative societies) Act of e) FINO Payment bank (d) 238. (e) 239. (a) 240. (b) 241. (b) 242. (c) a) 1963 b) 1965 c) 1975 Q.249) Which of the following is not the 243. (b) 244. (c) 245. (c) 246. (c) 247. (b) 248. d) 1961 e) 1998 essential requirement for the endorsement as (c) 249. (d) 250. (d) Q.241) Which of the following bank has acquired per Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881? payments wallet Free charge for Rs. 373 crore in a) It should be on the instrument Computer: an all-cash deal? b) It should be made by the holder or the maker Q.1) In second generation, which type of a) ICICI bank b) Axis bank c) Signatures should be in ink and not by pencil memory was used to store data? c) Yes bank d) IndusInd bank or rubber stamp a) Paper tapes b) Magnetic drum e) HDFC bank d) It should contain unconditional order c) Magnetic core Q.242) Which of the following Financial Services e) The endorsement should sign the d) Magnetic tape e) Magnetic disk shot up 10 per cent after the lender said its endorsement in the same style and with the Q.2) Which key is used to erase pen tool wholly-owned subsidiary Small Finance Bank has same spellings as written in the instrument drawings during a presentation? been granted 'Scheduled bank' status? a) F b) R c) G

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Q.3) The topology where every node has a Q.17) Which of the following will be used if a d) System-driven e) None of these dedicated point to point link to every other node sender of e-mail wants to bold, italics etc, the Q.31) The process of transferring software from is text message? secondary storage device into the hard disc is a) Star topology b) Bus topology a) Rich text b) Rich signature a) Shifting b) Transferring c) Upgrading c) Mesh topology c) Rich format d) Updating e) Installation d) Ring topology e) Tree topology d) All the above e) none of these Q.32) The microprocessor is made up of millions Q.4) The do’s and don’ts of online Q.18) A super computer would be used for of communication is which one of the following application? a) Registers b) Transistors c) Microchips a) Flaming b) Cyberspace c) Netiquette a) Business computing b) Desktop publishing d) Program counter d) All the above e) None of these c) Weather forecasting e) None of these

Q.5) Which of the following is a program that d) Computer aided design e) All the above Q.19) Q.33) Plotters is used in controls the computer s resources? A computer that may access shared network a) a computer aided design(CAD) ’ a) Application software b) Compiler resources provided by another computer b) Word processing c) Interpreter is termed as ______c) Financial accounting d) Operating system e) Assembler a) Server b) Network c) LAN d) Playing 3D games e) None of these Q.6) Which of the following is a program that d) Kernel e) Client Q.34) Which one of the following is known as hides in a computer and allows someone from a Q.20) The portion of an OS that is responsible for ‘permanent memory’? remote location to take full control of the interacting with the hardware is called ______a) RAM b) ROM c) Registers computer? a) Root b) Shell c) Registry d) Cache e) None of these a) Scare ware b) Spoofing d) Kernel e) Spool Q.35) An error in software or hardware is called c) Trojan horse Q.21) PC stands for a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon d) Root kit e) Key logger a) Personal communication for it? Q.7) A collection of interrelated records is b) Personal content c) Personal computer a) Leech b) Squid c) Slug a) Spreadsheet b) Database c) Files d) Personal calculations e) Personal connection d) Glitch e) None of these d) Folders e) None of these Q.22) The circuits used in ENIAC is Q.36) A computer cannot ‘boot’ if it does not have Q.8) The special type of optical scanner used to a) ICs b) Transistors a) Compiler b) Loader recognize the type of mark made by Pen or c) Vacuum tubes d) Microprocessor c) Operating system

Pencil is e) Artificial Intelligence d) Assembler e) None of these. a) Optical Character Reader Q.23) The results of arithmetic and logical Q.37) Allthedeleted filesgo to b) Bar Code Reader c) Optical Mark Reader operations are stored in a) Recycle Bin b) Task Bar c) Tool Bar d) MICR e) None of these a) RAM b) ROM c) Cache d) My Computer e) Menu bar Q.9) Which type of application allows a user to d) Accumulator e) All the above Q.38) Which of the following is used to connect view content on the Web? Q.24) Which of the following provides a common two dissimilar types of networks? a) Database b) Operating system address space and routes the packets of data a) Switch b) Port c) Router c) Device driver across the entire Internet? d) Gateway e) None of these d) System software e) Browser a) IP b) TCP c) UDP Q.39) In DBMS data is stored in Q.10) The hexadecimal equivalent of the decimal d) SMTP e) SNMP a) Continuous manner b) Centralized manner number 223 is Q.25) Bar codes store information using c) Repeated manner a) DF b) CD c) AC a) Punched holes b) Dots d) Distributed manner e) None of these d) BF e) DE c) Thick and thin lines Q.40) Token ring is used in Q.11) Which of following is a point-and-draw d) All of the above e) None of these a) Star topology b) Mesh topology device? Q.26) Which infect .COM files? c) Bus topology th a) Scanner b) Mouse c) Monitor a) Scores virus b) Happy birthday 30 d) Tree topology e) Ring topology d) Keyboard e) OCR c) Sunnyvale slug Q.41) The option used to change page-size and Q.12) What is the shortcut key for “Help”? d) Raindrop virus e) None of these margins is a) F1 b) F2 c) F3 Q.27) The default font in MS Word 2010 is a) Page setup b) Print preview d) F4 e) F5 a) Verdana b) Calibri c) Tools Q.13) Computer’s BIOS stored in c) Times new roman d) Edit e) None of these a) RAM b) Hard disk c) ROM d) Arial e) None of these Q.42) .org is related to- d) Floppy disks e) None of these Q.28) The time a device takes to locate data and a) Personal Site b) Education Q.14) An Internet service that translates domain instructions and make them available to CPU is c) Organization names to the IP addresses is known as ______known as d) Administration e) None of these a) CMS b) DNS c) ASP a) Clock speed b) A processing cycle Q.43) OCR stands for d) SMTP e) FTP c) CPU speed a) Optical Character Recognition

Q.15) The device which recognizes physical or d) Access time e) None of these b) Optical Copy Recognition behavioural traits of the individual is Q.29) The communication channel capacity is c) Optical Control Recognition a) smart card reader b) OCR measured in d) Optical CPU Recognition c) OMR d) MICR a) Bandwidth b) Bit capacity c) Baud rate e) None of these e) Biometric sensor d) Data flow e) Store data Q.44) The octal equivalent of 65 is Q.16) Any device connected to a computer Q.30) An interface where facility is provided for a) 105 b) 101 c) 82 network is entering commands is known as d) 93 e) 84 a) Menu-driven b) Command-driven a) Node b) Client c) Server

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which characteristic?

a) High speed b) Accurate c) Versatile

d) Diligence e) All the above

Q.46) Workbook is a collection of Q.62) Which a) Diagrams b) Buttons

c) Worksheets

d) Documents e) Slides Q.47) ______is a set of instructions executed Q.63) Which

directly by a computer's central processing unit encrypt and decrypt files? (CPU) . a) Machine code b) Object code

c) Mnemonic code d) Both a & b e) None of these ’

Q.48) The ' Enter key ' is also known as e) disk partiti a) Return key b) Press key c) Operation key d) Process key e) Execute key working of Bl

Q.49) Ethernet address has

a) 16 bits b) 32 bits c) 48 bits d) 64 bits e) 128 bits Q.50) The file extension of Ms-Word 2003 is

a) .xls b) .doc

d) .txt e) None of these

Q.51) The electronic devices which processes d) 10 data, converting it into information is Q.66) Which of the following software posts c) Simple Sto

a) Assembler b) transistor c) computer ’

d) capacitor e) resistor

Q.52) The operation of combining two cells into a d) adware single cell in Excel is

a) join cells b) merge cells c) join tables

d) merge tables e) none of these Web addresses

Q.53) Which among the following is a network a) Bing security device that monitors incoming and d) Google e) all the abov outgoing network traffic and decides whether to Q.68) The circuitry in a computer system that a) Repeater allow or block specific traffic based on a defined does the arithmetic and logical processing is

set of security rules? a) firewall b) anti-virus c) bug

d) all the above e) none of these Q.69) In net Q.54) Web pages are created by using network are

a) FTP b) SNMP

d) SMTP e) HTML

Q.55) The disk which is used to cold boot a PC is d) ring

a) program disk b) system disk c) setup disk d) boot disk e) none of these authorized by Q.56) Twisted pair wire is commonly used in authorization a) telephone networks b) cable tv settlement st

c) internet

d) all the above e) none of these

Q.57) In a database, a column in the table is c) batch proce a) relations b) degree c) attribute

d) tuple e) entity

Q.58) 1YB is equal to a) 1024 EB b) 1024 PB c) 1024 TB

d) 1024 GB e) 1024 ZB Q.59) A software application for retrieving, Q.72) The so presenting and traversing information resources between a computer user and hardware of a a) power on

on the World Wide Web is

a) web browser b) word d) power point e) database

Q.60) The shortcut key to select the entire d) interpreter

document is a) Ctrl +C b) Ctrl +V c) Ctrl +A

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Q.87) The data model that defines the functional d) COBOL e) FORTRAN d) comma e) equal to requirements and data requirements of user, Q.101) Which of the following uses sequential Q.113) TCP is conceptually using entity, attributes and access mechanism? a) Transport control protocol relationship is a) Magnetic tape b) Hard disk b) transmission control protocol a) physical data model c) Floppy disk c) transparent control protocol b) relational data model d) CD e) None of these d) traffic control protocol c) conceptual data model Q.102) The operating system manages e) none of these d) functional data model a) Memory b) processor Q.114) In hexadecimal number system F e) all the above c) disk and I/O devices denotes to Q.88) A joystick is primarily used for d) files e) All the above a) 10 b) 12 c) 13 a) control sound on the screen Q.103) A light-sensitive device that converts d) 15 e) 16 b) computer gaming c) enter text drawings, printed text or other images into Q.115) The second generation of computers uses d) draw picture e) print text digital form is called a) Vacuum tubes b) transistor Q.89) The protocol used on the Internet or local a) keyboard b) plotter c) scanner c) ICs d) VLSI e) LSI area networks to provide a bidirectional d) OMR e) None of these Q.116) When you give print command, by interactive text-oriented communication facility Q.104) Which is the fast-main memory and slow default the documents print in which mode? using a virtual terminal connection. peripheral memory handled by system software? a) portrait b) landscape a) FTP b) SMTP c) SNMP a) core memory b) virtual memory c) print preview d) A3 e) straight d) Telnet e) ICMP c) RAM Q.117) A utility that makes copies of original files in Q.90) The decimal equivalent of 11101010 is d) Dynamic memory e) None of these case when original files are lost or destroyed, a) 256 b) 234 c) 250 Q.105) Which of the following allows configuring is called d) 218 e) 230 and customizing of appearance of the computer? a) trouble shooting program Q.91) The Extension of batch files are a) log off b) turn off computer b) backup program c) uninstall program a) .bat b) .prg c) .doc c) documents d) antivirus program e) none of these d) .dos e) .txt d) control panel e) help and support Q.118) A system designed to prevent

Q.92) GUI stands for Q.106) Which of the following occurs when a file unauthorized access is a) Graphical Universal Interface is broken up into pieces to fit on the disk? a) software b) program c) firewall b) Graphical User Interface a) Program counter b) Data Attribute d) server e) client c) Graphical Uninstall/Install c) Disk Fragmentation Q.119) How many bits are there in Ethernet? d) General Utility Interface d) Data Entry Errors e) none of these a) 8 b) 16 c) 32 e) None of these Q.107) Specialized programs designed to allow d) 48 e) 64 Q.93) A DVD is an example of input or output devices to communicate with the Q.120) To mute the sound in power point, press a) input device b) output device c) hard disk rest of the computer system is called a) Alt + B b) Alt +U c) Alt +G d) optical disk e) RAM a) Compiler b) Device drivers d) Alt+S e) Alt+F

Q.94) Radio is an example for c) Interpreter Q.121) Which one of the rebooting commonly a) full duplex b) half duplex c) simplex d) Operating system e) None of these occurs when the system of computer get crashed? d) multiplex e) demultiplex Q.108) In cloud computing, the cloud model a) soft rebooting b) hard rebooting

Q.95) When a key is pressed, a keyboard which allows business to buy servers, software, c) warm rebooting interacts with data centre space or network equipment as a d) cold rebooting e) random rebooting a) sensor b) keyboard controller fully outsourced service is Q.122) The display bar that list all the open c) keyboard buffer a) Business process-as-a-service folders and active applications is called d) Both (b) and (c) e) None of these b) software as-a-service a) menu bar b) tool bar c) task bar – Q.96) A collection of tools that are used to c) platform-as-a-service d) status bar e) all the above obtain administrator-level access to a computer d) Infrastructure-as-a-Service Q.123) Collecting personal information and or a network of computers is e) none of these effectively posing as another individual is known a) Rootkit b) Computer Worm Q.109) The ability to change a schema at one as the crime of ______c) Malicious Spyware level without affecting the schema at another a) phishing b) hacking d) Zombie e) Scareware level is c) identity theft d) smishing e) spoofing Q.97) The name that user gives to the document a) data dictionary b) data independence Q.124) The database stores information in is called c) data integrity a) frames b) pages a) directory name b) document name d) data entity e) data redundancy c) rows and columns c) word name Q.110) The network which spans a city or large d) tracks and sectors e) none of these d) file name e) none of these campus is Q.125) The standard set of rules that two Q.98) ICs are made with a) SAN b) CAN c) WAN computers used to communicate with each other a) zinc b) copper c) gold d) LAN e) MAN is d) silver e) silicon Q.111) Which of the following feature that a) link b) data transfer Q.99) The IP address ranges from 224.0.0.x to enables you to display the first letter of the first c) networks 239.255.255.x belongs to which class? paragraph in the document in a large font d) protocols e) none of these a) class A b) class B c) class C a) Drop cap b) small cap Q.126) The letter and number of the intersecting d) class D e) class E c) large cap column and rows is known as a) cell position b) Q.100) Which of the following is an Operating d) all the above e) none of these cell location system? Q.112) IPV4 is separated by c) cell formula a) C b) Java c) Mac Os a) semicolon b) colon c) dot d) cell address e) cell data

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Q.127) WWW was invented by d) community cloud e) inter cloud d) general purpose e) all the above Q.157) A a) Douglas Engelbart b) Charles Babbage Q.142) To insert a new slide, press composition of two or more clouds remaining c) Tim Berners Lee a) Ctrl +M b) Ctrl +D c) Ctrl +N distinct entities but are bound together, offering d) Alan Turing e) none of these d) Ctrl +F e) Ctrl +S multiple benefits is Q.128) The shortcut key to close the active tab Q.143) The brain of the computer is a) dynamic cloud b) hybrid cloud of a browser is a) CU b) ALU c) CPU c) public cloud a) Alt +F4 b) Ctrl +W c) Ctrl +F4 d) registers e) accumulator d) private cloud e) community cloud d) Alt +W e) none of these Q.144) ECG is an example for Q.158) It is an integral part that aids in the Q.129) The binary equivalent of the decimal a) analog computer b) digital computer computer’s functioning and manages the number 215 is c) hybrid computer computer resources in ways that they can a) 11010111 b) 11101011 c) 11111011 d) super computer e) mini computer operate in tandem. d) 11101111 e) 10101111 Q.145) Which key launch the start button? a) application software b) I/O system Q.130) Which part of the computer is used for a) Esc b) windows c) shift c) system software calculating and comparing? d) ctrl e) alt d) malicious software e) None of these a) ALU b) Control unit Q.146) Which of the following displays Q.159) The communication channel capacity is c) Disk unit information such as page number, current page, measured in d) Modem e) None of these current template, column number and line a) bandwidth b) bit capacity Q.131) Artificial Intelligence is used in which number etc? c) baud rate generation of computer? a) work area b) ruler c) cursor d) data flow e) store data st nd d) status bar e) none of these Q.160) Fax machine is an example of a) 1 generation b) 2 generation rd Q.147) Television is an example for a) bar-code readers c) 3 generation th th d) 4 generation e) 5 generation a) simplex b) half duplex c) full duplex b) OMR c) OCR d) MICR

Q.132) The input device which is used to process d) multiplex e) none of these e) scanning devices large volumes of cheques is Q.148) The software package which Q.161) Who created a new markup language a) MICR b) OCR c) OMR automatically renders advertisements to called HTML d) Barcode reader e) light pen generate revenue for its author is a) mosaic corporation b) opera corporation Q.133) The memory contents which can be a) spyware b) adware c) cracking c) Tim Berners Lee erased electrically is d) spoofing e) phishing d) Charles Babbage e) Alan Turing a) ROM b) PROM c) EPROM Q.149) A ______is information that a Web Q.162) Surgeons can perform delicate operations by d) EEPROM e) RAM site puts on your hard disk so that it can manipulating devices through computers instead of

Q.134) The language which can be relocated remember something about you at a later time. manually) This technology is known as easily is a) spyware b) cookies c) sniffers a) robotics b) artificial intelligence a) machine language b) assembly language d) rootkit e) none of these c) simulation c) low level language Q.150) To select an entire row, press d) forecasting e) parallel processing d) high level language e) none of these a) shift +space b) ctrl +space Q.163) The address of IPv6 is Q.135) An Operating system is a c) alt +space a) 16 bits b) 32 bits c) 64 bits a) utility software b) application software d) ctrl +alt +space e) shift +ctrl +space d) 128 bits e) 256 bits c) system software Q.151) _____ is a measure of computer Q.164) The virus that are triggered by the d) accounting software e) none of these Q.136) performance. passage of time or on a certain date is The name given to a document by the user is a) SFLOPS b) NFLOPS c) FLOPS a) boot-sector virus b) macro virus d) IOPS e) DOPS c) time bomb a) filename b) program c) data Q.152) Online transaction is an example for d) worm e) brain virus d) record e) information a) soft time real OS b) hard time real OS Q.165) Which of the following is Write once read Q.137) When a new workbook is created in c) single user OS many disks? Excel, the default worksheets is d) multiuser OS e) embedded OS a) CD-RW b) DVD-R c) CD-R a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 Q.153) _____ is the task of grouping a set of d) DVD-RE e) CD Q.138) The key which uniquely identifies a objects in such a way that objects in the same Q.166) A tuple is a record in a table is group are more similar to each other than to a) column of a table a) primary key b) foreign key those in other groups. b) two-dimensional table c) super key a) clustering b) data mining c) row of a table d) candidate key e) alternate key c) modeling d) key of a table

Q.139) The network devices which is used to d) deployment e) None of these e) all the above connect two similar types of networks is Q.154) The name of the first commercial modem Q.167)The first graphical web browser is a) gateway b) modem c) NIC is a) gopher b) WAIS c) CERN d) bridges e) hub a) Telex b) CompuServe d) Mosaic e) none of these Q.140) An attack in which a person or program c) Memex Q.168) To end a presentation, press masquerades as another is d) Dataphone e) Bell 103 dataset a) Esc b) hyphen c) del a) phishing b) pharming c) spoofing Q.155)The other name for group of 4 bits is d) both a & b e) backspace d) keylogger e) rootkit a) bit b) byte c) nibble Q.169) All the time a computer is switched ON, Q) 141.The services are provided over a network d) megabyte e) kilobyte its operating system software must stay in a) that is open for public use is Q.156) FORTRAN is used in main storage b) primary storage a) private cloud b) public cloud a) scientific purpose b) business purpose c) CD d) disk drive e) DVD c) hybrid cloud c) educational purpose

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Q.170) A thing present in real world in physical access to it until a certain amount of money is to d) Adobe Photoshop e) DBMS form is called be paid Q.202) The process of a computer receiving a) spyware b) key logger c) root kit information from the Internet is called: a) DBMS b) entity c) keywords d) scareware e) ransomware a) Browsing b) Downloading d) relations e) fields Q.187) The activity of purchasing items and c) Uploading Q.171) The smallest unit of information a products from different websites on the Internet d) All the above e) None of these computer can understand, and process is and online modes, such as credit cards and debit Q.203) BASIC stands for: a) bit b) nibble c) data cards to make payment is a) Beginner’s All-purpose System Instruction a) e-banking b) online shopping Code d) information e) byte c) online reservation b) Beginner’s All-purpose Server Instruction Code Q.172) If a company want to include its d) e-governance e) all the above c) Beginner’s All-purpose Single Instruction Code company name and logo at the bottom of every Q.188) Who contributed to the idea of a stored d) Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction page of the brochure, we use program? Code e) Beginner s All-purpose Simple Instruction Code a) foot note b) end note c) header a) John Von Neumann b) Charles Babbage ’ c) Dennis Ritchie Q.204) Which of the following is not a web d) head note e) footer d) Alan Turing e) Vint Cerf browser? Q.173) Frame is protocol data unit of which OSI Q.189) An example of a telecommunications a) Mozilla Firefox b) Internet explorer Layer? device is a c) Avast a) network b) data link c) physical a) keyboard b) mouse c) modem d) Google chrome e) None of these Q.205) The secondary memory used in the first d) session e) application d) printer e) monitor Q.190) The CPU in a computer retrieves data from generation of computer is: Q.174)The first email was sent by a) Main Memory b) Secondary Memory a) Magnetic tape b) HDD a) Tim Berners Lee b) Vint Cerf c) Auxiliary memory d) all the above c) CD d) DVD e) BRD c) Ray Tomlinson e) None of these Q.206) In the latest version of Microsoft d) Alan Turing e) Ada Lovelace Q.191) Which of the following is a volatile windows, the bar where the different icons of storage device? application software can be found is: Q.175) Which of the following acts as an interface a) RAM b) SRAM c) DRAM a) Task bar b) Status bar between user and computer d) all the above e) none of these c) Menu bar a) linker b) device driver c) loader Q.192) The diagnostic testing sequence of a d) Start menu e) Control panel d) translator software e) operating system computer determines if all input and output Q.207) FORTRAN is used for:

Q.176) LAN card is also known as devices are properly working is a) Business purposes b) Scientific purposes a) booting b) POST c) BSOD c) Marketing purposes a) LIN b) CIN c) NIC d) scanning e) fragmentation d) All the above e) None of these d) ICN e) NLI Q.193) A program that is used to line-up print Q.208) The software that uses a pattern Q.177) The virus infects the hard disk’s or floppy matching technique to examine all files on a disk jobs by storing them in a buffer for a short time drive’s boot sector is and allows the printer to print at the time when looking for harmful code is: a) boot virus b) macro virus it is used is a) Virus b) Worm c) zombie a) fork b) buffer c) spooler c) TROJON horse d) direct action virus e) resident virus d) memory e) virtual memory d) Antivirus e) Companion virus Q.178) Which among the following is a device Q.194) A CD player can access data/information Q.209) A technical standard for accessing that has functioning of a mobile information using which method? information over a mobile wireless network is: manager? a) sequential access b) random access a) TCP b) IP a) PDA b) MICR c) OCR c) multivariate access c) Telnet d) WAP e) SNMP d) OMR e) barcode reader d) all the above e) none of these Q.210) An ad hoc query is a: Q.179) The folder that retains copies of messages Q.195) The two ways to arrange multiple a) Pre-planned question have started but not yet send to the recipient is windows on the desktop are b) Pre-scheduled question a) spam b) outbox c) inbox a) point and click c) Spur-of-the-moment question d) draft e) cc d) Question that will not return any results b) minimize and maximize Q.180) The base of octal number system is c) cascade and tile e) None of these a) 2 b) 6 c) 8 d) drag and drop e) none of these Q.196) The Q.211) In hard disk drive the information is d) 10 e) 16 networking device used to connect networks recorded in bands, each band of information is

Q.181) DMA stands for using different protocol is called: a) direct module access a) repeater b) hub c) bridge a) Platters b) Sectors c) Tracks b) direct material access d) switch e) gateway d) Cylinder e) Buffer c) direct memory access Q.197) The software which is used to create a Q.212) Which among the following is IBM's d) direct memory allocation text-based documents is super computer? e) none of these a) word processor b) spreadsheets a) Shasra-Tb) Sunway Taihu Light

Q.182) In DOS, O stands for c) presentation software c) PARAM-8000 a) open b) over c) operating d) database e) C++ d) Tianhe-2 e) Watson d) overwrite e) none of these Q.198) The commonly used graphical format for Q.213) OCR is used for preparation of: Q.183) Copying a process from memory to disk a) Electricity bills b) Insurance premium the web is to allow spaces for other processor is a) bmp b) txt c) mdi c) Telephone bills a) swapping b) fragmentation d) gif e) tif d) All the above e) None of these c) demand paging Q.214) The size of any word/number in a Q.199) The set of one or more attributes taken d) deadlock e) synchronization collectively to uniquely identify a record is computer is measured in:

Q.184) SMTP, FTP, Telnet are protocols of b) foreign key a) Bits b) Bytes c) Nano farad a) primary key a) physical layer b) network layer c) secondary key d) Micro farad e) All the above c) data link layer Q.215) A step by step procedure used to solve a d) alternate key e) super key d) application layer e) session layer Q.200) Track ball is an example for problem is: Q.185) The action a user can perform using an a) output device b) memory unit a) Operating system b) Application output device is c) printing device Program a) scan data b) input data c) view data d) pointing device e) none of these c) Algorithm d) Flow chart e) Coding d) print data e) both c & d Q.216) The command which is used to delete Q.201) The application software used to prepare Q.186) The cyber-attack that involves hackers presentation slides is: directory with all sub-directories and files is: taking control of a computer system and blocking a) Ms-Word b) Ms-Excel a) Delete b) Deltree c) Del d) Dele e) Move c) Ms-Power point

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Q.217) If you change windows 98 to windows Q.233) The programs which are as permanent c) Operating system software 2000, it is also called as: as hardware and stored in ROM is known as: d) Platform software e) None of these Q.248) a) Upgrade b) Downgrade c) Patch a) Hardware b) Software After a picture has been taken with a digital d) Start e) None of these c) Firmware camera and processed appropriately, the actual Q.218) The virus that encrypts or encodes itself d) ROM ware e) None of these print of the picture is considered as: in an encrypted way every time it infects the Q.234) The operating system that is self- a) Data b) Input system is: contained in a device and resident in the ROM is c) Output d) Process e) Storage a) Direct action virus b) Boot sector virus ______. Q.249) A table consists of _____. c) File system virus a) Batch Operating System a) Fields and columns b) Rows and columns d) Polymorphic virus e) Resident virus b) Real - time Operating System c) Rows and cells Q.219) A collection of interrelated records is c) Embedded Operating System d) All of the above e) None of these called a: d) Multi Operating System Q.250) Which type of transmission media is a) Files b) Database c) Folders e) None of these known as regular telephone wire? d) Spreadsheet e) Datasheet Q.235) Which of the following is an impact a) Wi-Fi b) Twisted-pair wire Q.220) The term used for measurement of how printer? c) Fibre optic cable fast data moves from one place to another is: a) Page printers b) Laser printers d) Coaxial cable e) None of these a) Bits per minutes b) Bytes per second c) Ink-jet printers c) Bits per second d) Dot-matrix printers e) None of these Answer Key: d) Bytes per minutes e) None of these Q.236) A network of geographically distant 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (c)

Q.221) The minimum zoom percentage in Ms- computers and terminals is called: 9. (e) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. excel is a) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) (e) 16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (e) 20. (b) 21. (c) a) 1 b) 2 c) 5 d) 10e) 12 b) Wide Area Network (WAN) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. Q.222) The private network for Internet tools c) Local Area Network (LAN) (d) 29. (a) 30. (b) 31. (e) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (b) available within an organisation is: d) Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) 35. (d) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (e) 41. a) Intranet b) Internet e) Personal Area Network (PAN) (a) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (a) c) Extranet Q.237) Setting fonts for the text in your 48. (a) 49. (c) 50. (b) 51. (c) 52. (b) 53. (a) 54. d) Network e) All the above document is an example of: (e) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (c) 58. (e) 59. (a) 60. (c) Q.223) The shortcut key for justify the text a) Formatting b) Formulas 61. (b) 62. (d) 63. (c) 64. (c) 65. (e) 66. (d) 67. selected by the user is: c) Tracking changes (c) 68. (b) 69. (e) 70. (c) 71. (d) 72. (c) 73. (d) a) Ctrl +D b) Ctrl +J d) Tools e) None of these 74. (e) 75. (b) 76. (a) 77. (b) 78. (e) 79. (c) 80. c) Ctrl +E d) Ctrl +L e) Ctrl +R Q.238) The ALU and Control Unit jointly known (a) 81. (e) 82. (e) 83. (c) 84. (d) 85. (a) 86. (a) Q.224) The binary equivalent of decimal number as______87. (c) 88. (b) 89. (d) 90. (b) 91. (a) 92. (b) 93. 43 is: a) RAM b) ROM c) CPU (d) 94. (c) 95. (d) 96. (a) 97. (d) 98. (e) 99. (d) a) 110011 b) 111100 d) PC e) None of these 100. (c) 101. (a) 102. (e) 103. (c) 104. (b) 105. c) 110010 d) 101011 e) 101010 Q.239) This device is used to connect your (d) 106. (c) 107. (b) 108. (d) 109. (b) 110. (e) Q.225) The computer works by calculating computer with a telephone line, so that can access 111. (a) 112. (c) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (b) 116. binary digits is: information from other servers and ordinary users (a) 117. (b) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (d) 121. (e) a) Analog computer b) Hybrid computer too, said device is called ______. 122. (b) 123. (c) 124. (c) 125. (d) 126. (d) 127. c) Digital computer a) Modem b) Set Top Box (c) 128. (b) 129. (a) 130. (a) 131. (e) 132. (a) d) Super computer e) Mainframe c) LAN Card 133. (d) 134. (b) 135. (c) 136. (a) 137. (c) 138. Q.226) The default page orientation in Ms-word d) UPS e) None of these (a) 139. (d) 140. (c) 141. (b) 142. (a) 143. (c) is: Q.240) The word ‘Robotics’ was coined by 144. (c) 145. (b) 146. (d) 147. (a) 148. (b) 149. (b) 150. (a) 151. (c) 152. (a) 153. (a) 154. (d) a) Landscape b) Portrait a) Isaac Asimov b) Tim Berners Lee c) Centre d) Justify e) Left c) Martin Cooper 155. (c) 156. (a) 157. (b) 158. (c) 159. (a) 160. Q.227) The computer language which is used for d) Apple e) Steve (e) 161. (c) 162. (a) 163. (d) 164. (c) 165. (c) business application is: Q.241) Instructions and data that are processed 167. (c) 167. (d) 168. (d) 169. (b) 170. (b) 171. a) COBOL b) LOGO by the CPU are in______(a) 172. (e) 173. (b) 174. (c) 175. (e) 176. (c) c) FORTRAN d) C e) C++ a) CD-ROM b) RAM 177. (a) 178. (a) 179. (d) 180. (c) 181. (c) 182. Q.228) A ______virus is a type of malware that c) The hard disk (c) 183. (a) 184. (d) 185. (e) 186. (e) 187. (b) infects executable files with the intent to cause d) The motherboard e) None of these 188. (a) 189. (c) 190. (a) 191. (d) 192. (b) 193. permanent damage or make them unusable. Q.242) Which of the following processing is used (c) 194. (d) 195. (c) 196. (e) 197. (a) 198. (d) a) Boot sector virus b) Overwrite virus when a large mail-order company accumulates 199. (e) 200. (d) 151. (c) 152. (a) 153. (a) 154. c) File-infecting virus orders and processes them together in one large (d) 155. (c) 156. (a) 157. (b) 158. (c) 159. (a) d) Macro virus e) FAT virus set? 160. (e) 161. (c) 162. (a) 163. (d) 164. (c) 165. Q.229) The communication channel, the data a) Batch b) Online (c) 166. (c) 167. (d) 168. (d) 169. (b) 170. (b) can flow in both directions, but not at the same c) Real-time d) Embedded e) Group 171. (a) 172. (e) 173. (b) 174. (c) 175. (e) 176. time is: Q.243) Which of the following is not an input (c) 177. (a) 178. (a) 179. (d) 180. (c) 181. (c) a) Simplex b) Multiplex device? 182. (c) 183. (a) 184. (d) 185. (e) 186. (e) 187. c) De-Multiplex a) Mouse b) Keyboard (b) 188. (a) 189. (c) 190. (a) 191. (d) 192. (b) d) Full duplex e) Half duplex c) Light pen d) Printer e) Scanner 193. (c) 194. (d) 195. (c) 196. (e) 197. (a) 198. Q.230) The term 'access time' is Q.244) A concentric circle on a disk is called a (d) 199. (e) 200. (d) 201. (c) 202. (b) 203. (d) 204. (c) 205. (a) 206. (d) 207. (b) 208. (d) 209. (a) Latency Time ______(b) Seek time + Latency time a) Cylinder b) Track c) Head (d) 210. (b) 211. (c) 212. (e) 213. (d) 214. (a) (C) Seek time × Latency time d) Sector e) None of these 215. (c) 216. (b) 217. (a) 218. (d) 219. (b) 220. (d) Seek time Q.245) The minimum free space required for (c) 221. (d) 222. (a) 223. (b) 224. (d) 225. (c) (e) None of these running window is: 226. (b) 227. (a) 228. (c) 229. (e) 230. (b) 231. Q.231) VIRUS stands for_____. (c) 232. (d) 233. (c) 234. (c) 235. (d) 236. (b) a) Very Important Record User Searched a) 8 MB b) 10 MB c) 16 MB 237. (a) 238. (c) 239. (a) 240. (a) 241. (b) 242. b) Verify Interchanged Result Until Source d) 32 MB e) None of these (a) 243. (d) 244. (b) 245. (a) 246. (b) 247. (a) c) Vital Information Resource Under Seige Q.246) The commonly used UNIX commands 248. (c) 249. (b) 250. (b) d) Very Important Resource Under Search like date, ls, cat etc) are stored in ______. a) dev directory b) bin directory e) None of these Q.232) 'FTP’ stands for _____. c) tmp directory a) File Translate Protocol b) File Transit Protocol d) unix directory e) None of these c) File Typing Protocol Q.247) Word processing, spreadsheet and photo-editing are examples of ______. d) File Transfer Protocol e) None of these a) Application software b) System software

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