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Maruthi Sch Maruthi School of Banking MARUTHI SCHOOL OF BANKING IMPORTANT GK (I Of III) - JANUARY (2018) 1. Which State Government has published first draft attended this meeting. HPRB approved restructuring of Supreme Court monitored National Register of of Brahmaputra Board. Rs. 237 crore project for Citizens (NRC)? protection of Majuli Island from flood and erosion 1. Manipur 2. Mizoram 3. Assam has been rati fied. Approval has been granted for 4. Nagaland 5. Sikkim establishment of Brahmaputra Board office Assam State Government has published first draft complex in Majuli. of Supreme Court monitored National Register of Citizens (NRC). As per Supreme Court directive, 4. After Sikkim, Which state was declared as the draft NRC for Assam was to be published on or second state in the Northeast to be declared Open before December 31, 2017. Registrar General of Defecation Free (ODF)? India, Sailesh has stated that first draft of NRC 1. Manipur 2. Mizoram 3. Nagaland contains names of 1.9 crore applicants. Names of 4. Arunachal Pradesh 5. West Bengal thes e applicants have been verified out of 3.29 crore Arunachal Pradesh was declared as the second state population.NRC application process in Assam in the Northeast (after Sikkim), to be declared Open started in 2015 with an objective to weed out illegal Defecation Free (ODF). Arunachal has attained immigrants from the state. Assam Chief Minister, ODF status much before the national deadline of Sarbananda Sonowal has stated that all those October 2, 2019. This was made possible as under individuals wh ose name did not appear in the draft Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) – SBM (G), of the NRC, may submit claims and objections Arunachal Pradesh State government offered an against the same. incentive of Rs 8000 per toilet. This amount is in addition to the Central Government’s support of Rs 2. Which state government had launched 12000 per toilet, thereby raising the tota l grant for ‘Saubhagya Yojana’, aimed at providing electricity constructing a toilet to Rs 20000. On October 2, to all the villages across the state? 2017, Arunachal Pradesh State Government had 1. Bihar 2. Gujarat 3. Assam also launched Swachh Arunachal Mission which 4. Jharkhand 5. Odisha envisaged Swachh Protocol (Cleanliness Protocol), Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das launched aimed at ensuring sustainability of assets created ‘Saubhagya Yojana’, aimed at providing electricity under SBM (G). to all the 29376 villages across the state. Currently, 17.64 lakh households in Jharkhand do not have 5. The Annual Book Exhibition supported by electricity supply. Under ‘Sau bhagya Yojana’, all Andhra Pradesh government and NTR trust was such households will get 24X7 electricity supply by inaugurated in which city of Andhra Pradesh? December 2018. Jharkhand State Government is 1. Vishakapatnam 2. Tirupathi 3. Guntur also putting efforts to provide electricity to cottage 4. Vijayawada 5. Amaravati industries and agriculture. Under this scheme, above Year 2018 was declared as Telugu promotion yea r poverty line (APL) families wou ld get electricity by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu connection by paying Rs 500 (Rs 50 each month for Naidu. This was announced at the 29th edition of 10 months). Annual Book Exhibition of Vijayawada. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Andhra Pradesh 3. Which state hosted the 9th meeting of High Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated Powered Review Board (HPRB) of Brahmaputra the exhibition. Chan drababu Naidu also recognised Board? Vijayawada as the centre for Telugu magazines, 1. Himachal Pradesh 2. Manipur 3. Sikkim newspapers, and literary publications. The Annual 4. Uttarkhand 5. Assam Book Exhibition of Vijayawada is organized by 9th meeting of High Powered Review Board Vijayawada Book Festival Society. This edition was (HPRB) of Brahmaputra Board was held at supported by Andhra Pradesh gove rnment and NTR Kaziranga in Assam on December 30, 2017. The trust. meeting was chaired by Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga 6. Name the two Arab countries which introduced Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari. Assam Chief Minister, Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first time? Sarban anda Sonowal along with other ministers and 1. Saudi Arabia and Algeria senior officers of Assam State Government also 2. Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates 1 www.maruthischoolofb anking.com , V.K.K.Menon Road,Gandhipuram,Coimbatore -44.9600342223 (UAE) sickness are main reasons fo r death while 3. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain attempting to scale mountain peaks. 4. Saudi Arabia and Qatar 5. Saudi Arabia and Djibouti 9. What is the present Base Rate of India’s large Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) bank SBI? introduced Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first 1. 8.65% 2. 8.64% 3. 8.63% time. The VAT is levied on food, clothes, 4. 8.62% 5. 8.61% electronics, gasoline, phone, water, electricity bills, India’s large bank, State Bank of India, reduced its hotel reservations, etc. Most of the goods and base rate by 30 basis points. Post this reductio n, servic es are levied5% tax. Medical treatment, SBI’s base rate is 8.65%. This base rate cut will financial services and public transport also excluded benefit those borrowers who availed floating rate from VAT. This is done in a move to boost income loans, including home loans, before April 2016 and in Saudi Arabia and UAE apart from their oil field have not migrated to marginal cost of lending rate earnings. In Saudi Arabia, tobacco and soft drinks (MCLR) regime. Marginal Cost of Funds Based have been l evied tax. In UAE, road tolls have been Lending Rate (MCLR), introduced by Reserve increased and a tourism tax has been introduced. Bank of India (RBI) from April 1, 2016 is the minimum interest rate of a bank below which it 7. India exchanged the list of nuclear installations cannot lend. It serves as an internal benchmark for and facilities with which country, simultaneously the bank. Interest rate on corporate and retail loan through diplomatic channels? products is fixed abov e this rate. Higher difference 1. Afghanistan 2. China 3. Russia between benchmark rate and loan rate is more 4. Singapore 5. Pakistan beneficial for the bank from revenue standpoint. It India and Pakistan exchanged the list of nuclear is to be noted that MCLR was introduced as the installations and facilities through diplomatic base rate regime was found to be rigid and weak for channels simultaneously at New Delhi and rate transmission (passing th e benefit of benchmark Islamabad. The list of nuclear installations and rate reduction by RBI to borrowers). In context of facilities covered under the Agreement on t he this news, it is important to note that SBI has not Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear installations made any changes in its current MCLR. were exchanged between India and Pakistan. This agreement was signed on 31st December 1988. As 10. Name the country which announced a 40% per this agreement, India and Pakistan exchange increase to the minimum wage with effect from information on nuclear installations and facilities on January 2018? Jan uary 1 every year. This is the 27th consecutive 1. Egypt 2. Lebanon 3. Oman exchange of nuclear installations. 4. Venezuela 5. Palestine Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a 8. In a bid to reduce accidents and make 40 percent increase to the minimum wage with mountaineering safer, which country has brought in effect from January 2018. In recent times, new regulations that prohibit solo mountaineers, Venezuelan economy has witnessed world’s fastest double amputee and blind climber s from attempting infl ation. Although Venezuelan government no to scale the mountains? longer publishes inflation data on a regular basis, 1. Bhutan 2. India 3. Nepal internal assessment has revealed that prices went up 4. Myanmar 5. Pakistan 1369 percent between January and November 2017. In a bid to reduce accidents and make To counter this situation, Maduro has been raising mountaineering safer, Nepal has brought in new the minimum wage. However galloping inflation regulations that prohibit solo mountaineers, double along with a depreciating bolivar currency has amputee and blind climbers from attempting to plunged millions of Venezuelans into poverty. scale its mountains including Mt. Everest. In case of Economists are of the opinion that these approach is double amputee and blind climbers, prohibition putting Venezuela through a vicious cycle. applies only to those without a valid medical However, Maduro believes that wa ge hike will certificate. Eight of the world’s 14 highest peaks are protect workers against US Government’s located in Nepal. Every year, thou sands of climbers ‘economic war’ to sabotage socialism in Venezuela. arrive in Nepal to scale these peaks. However, not all are successful. As per the data, since 1920, more 11. Who was appointed the new Managing Director than 200 people have lost their lives in an attempt to of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd scale Mt. Everest. Avalanches, falls and mountain (IIFCL)? 2 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K.Menon Road,Gandhipuram,Coimbatore -44.9600342223 1. Ashok Gupta 2. Sudhir Patel match was played at Holkar Stadium in Indore. 3. Jyothi Ghosh 4. V ijay Kumar Vidarbha’s victory in the finals match can be 5. Pankaj Jain attributed to performances of Rajneesh Gurbani and Pankaj Jain has taken charge as Managing Director Akshay Wadkar. R ajneesh Gurbani picked 6 of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd wickets (including a hat -trick) by conceding 59 (IIFCL). Pankaj Jain is currently Joint Secretary in runs, while Akshay Wadkar scored a century. On the Department of Financial Services (DFS). He December 30, 2017, during Ranji Trophy final will hold additional responsibility as Managing match, Vidarbha’s Rajneesh Gurbani took a hat - Director of India Infrastructure Finance Company trick against Delhi.
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