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UNION BUDGET: • Allocation of Ministry of Food Processing institutions, including health institutions, a major 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’’ with a total investment of Rs.1,00,000 crore in presented by the Finance Minister Shri Arun • Under Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojna- Jaitley in the Parliament , envisaged a total Har Khet ko Pani, 96 deprived irrigation districts next four years. outlay of Rs. 24,42,213 crore. The budget is will be taken up with an allocation of Rs 2600 • Allocation on National Social Assistance Programme this year has been kept largely focused on uplift of agricultural sector, crore. along with major push to healthcare and at Rs. 9975 crore. • Allocation of National Rural Livelihood education sectors in the country. The • World’s largest Health Protection Mission to Rs 5750 crore in 2018-19. 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 upto 5 lakh rupees for secondary and tertiary women instead of 5 crore women. AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMY treatment. • Under Saubahagya Yojana, 4 crore poor • MSP for all unannounced kharif crops will be • Allocation of Rs 1200 crore for the households are being provided with electricity one and half times of their production cost like National Health Policy, 2017. The Government connection with an outlay of Rs.16,000 crore. majority of rabi crops: Institutional Farm Credit also decided to allocate additional Rs.600 crore • To fulfil target of Housing for All by 2022, raised to 11 lakh crore in 2018-19 from 8.5 lakh to provide nutritional support to all TB patients at more than one crore houses will be built by 2019 crore in 2014-15. the rate of Rs.500 per month for the duration of in rural areas. their treatment. • 22,000 rural haats & 585APMCs • A sum of Rs. 3794 crore has been provided • The total budgetary provision for the (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) to for giving credit support, capital and interest WCD Ministry for the year 2018-19 is Rs.24,700 be developed and upgraded into Gramin subsidy and for innovations of Medium, Small crore. Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) to protect the and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs). It is proposed • On cleaning the Ganga, a total of 187 interests of 86% small and marginal farmers with to set a target of Rs.3 lakh crore for lending projects have been sanctioned under the a corpus of Rs.2000 crore. So far 470 APMCs under MUDRA for 2018-19. Namami Gange programme for infrastructure have been connected to e-NAM network and rest development, river surface cleaning, rural will be connected by March, 2018. • The Budget proposed an outlay of Rs.7148 crore for the textile sector in 2018-19 as against sanitation and other interventions at a cost of • On the lines of ‘‘Operation Flood’’ a new Rs.6,000 Crore in 2016. Rs.16,713 crore. Out of this 47 projects have Scheme “Operation Greens” was announced been completed. with an outlay of Rs 500 Crore to address price • Micro irrigation fund Rs. 5,000 crore. MEDIUM, SMALL AND MICRO ENTERPRISES fluctuations in potato, tomato and onion for • Dairy Processing and Infrastructure (MSMEs) AND EMPLOYMENT benefit of farmers and consumers. Development Fund (DIDF) Rs. 10,881 crore. • A sum of Rs. 3794 crore has been • Customs duty is proposed to be reduced on • Two New Funds of Rs.10,000 crore provided for giving credit support, capital and raw cashew from 5 percent to 2.5 percent, to announced for Fisheries and Animal Husbandary interest subsidy and for innovations. help the cashew processing industry. sectors; Re-structured National Bamboo • MUDRA Yojana launched in April, 2015 Mission gets Rs.1290 crore, as it is green gold. • It is proposed to impose a Social Welfare has led to sanction of Rs.4.6 lakh crore in credit • Institutional credit for Agri-sector Surcharge at the rate of 10 percent of the from 10.38 crore MUDRA loans. It is proposed to increased to Rs.10 lakh crore in 2017-18. aggregate duties of Customs, on imported goods, set a target of Rs.3 lakh crore for lending under • Loans to Women Self Help Groups will to provide for social welfare schemes of the MUDRA for 2018-19. increase to Rs.75,000 crore in 2019 from government. • The Budget proposed an outlay of 42,500 crore last year. EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL Rs.7148 crore for the textile sector in 2018-19 PROTECTION • 100 percent deduction proposed to as against Rs.6,000 Crore in 2016. • Outlay on health, education and social companies registered as Farmer Producer Infrastructure and Financial Sector protection for 2018-19 is Rs.1.38 lakh crore Companies with an annual turnover upto Rs. 100 Development: against estimated expenditure of Rs.1.22 lakh crore on profit derived from such activities, for • Increase of budgetary allocation on crore in 2017-18. five years from 2018-19. infrastructure for 2018-19 to Rs.5.97 lakh crore • Tribal students to get Ekalavya Model against estimated expenditure of Rs.4.94 lakh • Rs 200 crore for organized cultivation Residential School on par with Navodaya crore in 2017-18. of highly specialized medicinal and aromatic Vidyalayas to provide the best quality education • Under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, plants and said that the organic farming by to the tribal children in their own environment by about 35000 kms road construction in Phase-I at Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and 2022. an estimated cost of Rs.5,35,000 crore has Village Producers’ Organizations (VPOs) in • To step up investments in research and been approved. large clusters. related infrastructure in premier educational

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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 CITIZENS • Insolvency Code being actively used to The total expenditure planned on safety The proposals are • resolve NPA woes. activities including Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh ▪ Exemption of interest income on • Retail inflation averaged 3.3% in 2017-18, (RRSK) is Rs. 68,725 cr in RE 2017-18 and Rs. deposits with banks and post offices to be lowest in last 6 fiscals. 73,065 cr in BE 2018-19. increased from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 50,000. • Urban migration leading to feminisation of • Mumbai’s local train network will ▪ TDS not required to be deducted under farm sector. have 90 kilometers of double line tracks at a cost section 194A. Benefit also available for interest • Swachh Bharat initiative improved of over Rs.11,000 crore. from all fixed deposit schemes and recurring sanitation coverage in rural areas from 39% in • A sub-urban network of approximately deposit schemes. 2014 to 76% in January 2018. 160 kilometers at an estimated cost of ▪ Hike in deduction limit for health Suvey 2017-18 in Pink Colour to highlight Rs.17,000 crore. 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 airport capacity more than five times to handle a ▪ Increase in deduction limit for medical Infrastructure Development. billion trips a year under a new initiative - NABH expenditure for certain critical illness from Rs. • The Gross Value Added (GVA) at constant Nirman. 60,000 (in case of senior citizens) and from Rs. basic prices is expected to grow at the rate of 6.1 Digital Economy: 80,000 (in case of very senior citizens) to Rs. 1 per cent in 2017-18 as compared to 6.6 per • The Budget doubled the allocation on lakh for all senior citizens, under section 80DDB. cent in 2016-17. Similarly, Agriculture, Digital India Programme to Rs 3073 crore in ▪ Proposed to extend Pradhan Mantri industry and services sectors are expected to 2018-19. Vaya Vandana Yojana up to March, 2020. grow at the rate of 2.1 per cent, 4.4 per cent, • The Finance Minister allocated Rs. Current investment limit proposed to be and 8.3 per cent respectively in 2017-18. 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 augmentation of Telecom infrastructure. of Rs. 7.5 lakh per senior citizen. million unique GST registrants slightly more DISINVESTMENT ▪ In order to take care of the education than the total Indirect Tax registrants under the • Disinvestment target of Rs.80,000 and health care needs of Below Poverty Line old system (where many taxpayers were crore for 2018-19. (BPL) and rural families, the Budget proposes registered under several taxes). • Three Public Sector Insurance to increase the cess on personal income tax and • The profile of new filers is interesting of their companies - National Insurance Co. Ltd., corporation tax to 4 percent from the present 3 total turnover, Business-To-Consumer (B2C) United India Assurance Co. Ltd., and Oriental percent. transactions account for only 17 percent of the India insurance Co. Ltd., will be merged into ▪ The new cess will be called the “Health total. The bulk of transactions are Business-To- a single insurance entity. and Education Cess” and is expected to lead to Business (B2B) and exports, which account for • To celebrate the 150 Birth Anniversary a collection of an estimated additional amount of 30-34 percent apiece. of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation from Rs. 11,000 crore. • Maharashtra, UP, Tamil Nadu and 2nd October 2019, the Budget set aside Rs.150 DEFENCE Gujarat are the States with the greatest crore for the activities leading to the • Out of total amount, Rs 2,95,511.41 number of GST registrants. UP and West commemoration programme. crore has been earmarked for Defence. Bengal have been large increases in the number • The Budget proposes to revise • Rs. 1,95,947.55 crore has been of tax registrants compared to the old tax regime. emoluments to Rs.5 lakh for the President, Rs 4 allocated for Revenue (Net) expenditure and lakhs for the Vice President and Rs.3.5 lakh per • On the subject of International Trade, Inter- Rs. 99,563.86 crore for Capital expenditure month to Governor. These emoluments were State Trade and Economic Prosperity, the Survey for the Defence Services and the Organizations/ last revised in 2006. To refix the salary and points-out for the first time in India‘s history that Departments under Ministry of Defence. allowances with effect from April 1, 2018. five States- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, • For Defence Pension, which is over and FISCAL MANAGEMENT Tamil Nadu and Telangana account for 70% of above the outlay mentioned above, an amount of • The Budget Revised Estimates for India‘s exports. Rs. 1,08,853.30 crore has been provided in BE expenditure in 2017-18 are Rs.21.57 lakh crore • The Government has imposed stock 2018-19. (net of GST compensation transfers to the States) holding limits on stockiest/dealers of sugar till

as against the Budget Estimates of Rs.21.47 lakh April, 2018. The Government imposed 20% ECONOMY SURVEY 2018 HIGHLIGHTS crore. duty on export of sugar for promoting • GDP to grow 7-7.5% in FY19; India to • Fiscal Deficit pegged at 3.5 %, projected availability and moderating price rise. Permitted regain fastest growing major economy tag. at 3.3 % for 2018-19. import of 5 lakh tones of raw sugar at zero • More concessions for International • GDP growth to be 6.75% in FY2017-18. duty; subsequently, import of additional 3 lakh Financial Services Centre (IFSC), to promote • Policy vigilance required next fiscal if high tones was allowed at 25% duty. trade in stock exchanges located in IFSC. oil prices persist or stock prices correct sharply. • Rs.20,339 crore approved for interest • The Budget proposes to increase the • Policy agenda for next year — subvention in 2017-18 to meet various cess on personal income tax and corporation tax support agriculture, privatise Air India, finish obligations arising from interest subvention being to 4 percent from the present 3 percent. bank recapitalisation provided to the farmers on short term crop loans, • To control cash economy, payments • GST data shows 50% rise in number of especially small and marginal farmers who are exceeding Rs. 10,000 in cash made by trusts indirect taxpayers. the major borrowers. and institutions to be disallowed and would be • India‘s urban population is projected to subject to tax. grow to about 600 million by 2031. Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore | Ernakulam 9043303030

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• During the period April-September 2017- c) June 2018 d) June 2019 c) Rs. 1 lakh crore d) Rs. 3 lakh crore 18, growth in services exports and services e) December 2018 e) Rs. 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 Bengaluru Metro in budget 2018-19? increase to ______by March, 2019. a) Rs. 18,000 crore b) Rs. 17,000 crore • To boost services exports, the Survey mentions that the Government in its mid-term a) Rs.85000 crore b) Rs.45000 crore c) Rs. 19,000 crore d) Rs. 15,000 crore Review of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, c) Rs.55000 crore d) Rs.75000 crore e) Rs. 13,000 crore e) Rs.65000 crore Q.17) How much amount is being allocated for has increased incentives under Services Exports Q.6) What was the colour of the Economic Survey Mumbai Suburban Railways under budget 2018- from India Schemes (SEIS) by 2 per cent, 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 d) Red e) Pink c) Rs 12,000 crore d) Rs 11,000 crore exports including Hotel & Restaurant, Hospital, Q.7) What is the estimated e) Rs 10,000 crore Educational services etc. budgetary expenditure on health, education and Q.18) How much amount has set up for • Out of the 32 States and Union Territories social protection in budget 2018-19? Disinvestment Target for budget 2018-19? (UTs), in 15 states and UTs, the Services Sector a) Rs.1.38 lakh crore b) Rs.1.48 lakh crore a) Rs. 90,000 crore b) Rs. 70,000 crore is the dominant sector, contributing more than c) Rs.1.58 lakh crore d) Rs.1.68 lakh crore c) Rs. 80,000 crore d) Rs. 60,000 crore half of the Gross State Value Added (GSVA). e) Rs.1.28 lakh crore e) Rs. 50,000 crore Delhi and Chandigarh are at the top with over Q.8) The Budget proposes to increase the cess on Q.19) As per economic survey 2017-18, how 80 per cent share, while Sikkim is at the bottom personal income tax and corporation tax to how much percent rise in GST data in number of with 31.7 per cent share. In terms of services much percent from 3 percent? unique indirect taxpayers? GSVA growth, Bihar is at the top and Uttar a) 5 per cent b) 6 per cent a) 30% b) 20% c) 50% Pradesh at the bottom with 14.5 per cent and 7.0 c) 4 per cent d) 7 per cent d) 40% e) 25% per cent growth respectively in 2016-17. e) 8 per cent Q.20) For the year 2018-19, Railways capital • FDI equity inflows to the services sector grew Q.9) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, expenditure has been pegged at _____ crore. by 15.0 percent during 2017-18 (April-October). 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 economic a) Rs. 75,000 b) Rs. 25,000 d) Rs. 1,28,528 crore growth contributing almost 72.5 per cent of GVA c) Rs. 30,000 d) Rs. 50,000 e) Rs. 1,48,528 crore growth in 2017-18. 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. 4 Lakh b) Rs. 5 Lakh a) Rs. 800 crore b) Rs. 600 crore substantially from 39 per cent in 2014 to 76 c) Rs. 3.5 Lakh d) Rs. 5.5 Lakh c) Rs. 700 crore d) Rs. 500 crore percent in January, 2018. e) Rs. 4.5 Lakh e) Rs. 1000 crore Q.11) How much amount has been allocated for Q.22) The hiked salary of Vice President in budget Quiz: the creation and augmentation of Telecom 2018-19 is ______. Q.1) In Union Budget 2018-19, allocation of Infrastructure in Union Budget 2018-19? a) Rs. 4 Lakh b) Rs. 5 Lakh Ministry of Food Processing has been a) Rs. 20,000 Crore b) Rs. 10,000 Crore c) Rs. 3.5 Lakh d) Rs. 5.5 Lakh doubled from Rs.715 crore in 2017-18 to ______c) Rs. 15,000 Crore d) Rs. 25,000 Crore e) Rs. 4.5 Lakh in 2018-19. e) Rs. 30,000 Crore Q.23) According to the budget 2018-19, Tax a) Rs.1380 crore b) Rs.1400 crore 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 fiscal deficit of GDP for the year 2018-19 of Union a) 3.11% b) 1.12% e) Rs.1300 crore Budget? c) 3.51% d) 2.71% Q.2) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, a) 3.3% b) 3.0% e) 2.11% under Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojna-Har c) 4.5% d) 3.8% Q.24) According to the budget 2018-19, the Khet ko Pani, how much amount has been e) 4.3% number of tax payers has increased from 6.47 allocated for 96 deprived irrigation districts? Q.13) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, lakh crores to ______. a) Rs 4600 crore b) Rs 5600 crore proposed to extend Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana a) 9.34 lakh crores b) 8.34 lakh crores c) Rs 2600 crore d) Rs 1600 crore Yojana up to ______. c) 9.27 lakh crores d) 7.27 lakh crores e) Rs 3600 crore a) June, 2019 b) December, 2020 e) 8.27 lakh crores Q.3) Name the digital portal that has launched to c) July, 2020 d) March, 2019 Q.25) Name the technologies that will be improve the quality of education, technology will e) March, 2020 increasingly used for the safety of trains and be used to upgrade the skills of teachers, in Union Q.14) The hiked salary of Governor in budget Railways as per the ‘Safety Policy’ mentioned in Budget 2018-19. 2018-19 is ______. Union Budget 2018-19. a) Drishya b) Dhakha a) Rs. 4 Lakh b) Rs. 5 Lakh a) Fog Safe b) Train Protection c) Dharma d) Diksha c) Rs. 3.5 Lakh d) Rs. 5.5 Lakh c) Warning System d) All the above e) Dhanvi e) Rs. 4.5 Lakh e) Both a and b Q.4) According to the Union Budget 2018-19, all Q.15) As per the Finance Minister, how Q.26) Under which scheme 4 crore poor APMCs will be connected to e-NAM network by much crore amount for lending under is being households are being provided with electricity _____. allocated in FY 19 for PM's MUDRA Yojana? connection with an outlay of Rs.16,000 crore in a) March 2018 b) March 2019 a) Rs. 5 lakh crore b) Rs. 2 lakh crore budget 2018-19?

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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 the Q.28) The Budget doubled the allocation on in budget 2018-19? ______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 c) Rs 75 crore d) Rs 200 crore b) $2.5 trillion economy e) Amitabh Khant e) Rs 50 crore c) $1.5 trillion economy Q.30) The new cess will be called the “Health and Q.41) At present how many APMCs have been d) $4.5 trillion economy 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 Survey d) 300 crore e) 320 crore goods and services by various Ministries and 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 is lines of ‘‘Operation Flood’’, to promote Farmer 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 and Training is an autonomous organisation of the link Chennai and Bengaluru. The Finance 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 year’s Environment Ministry launches the “Green scheme. It has been laid at a total cost of Rs 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' Vardhan” was also launched to give awareness The South Central Railway (SCR) has become in Guwahati. The summit is being organised by to all people from grassroot level. the first railway zone in the country to Assam government in association with the complete 100 percent LED lighting at all the industry body FICCI. It will showcase the state's Nuclear-capable Agni-I missile test fired stations under its jurisdiction. It has become first manufacturing opportunities and geostrategic successfully: zone to complete 100 percent LED lighting in all advantages to foreign and domestic investors. India test-fired it’s indigenously developed the 733 stations. It is expected to save 32 lakh The objective of the Summit is to position Assam nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile. It units of electrical energy worth Rs 2.7 crore per as India’s Expressway to ASEAN countries. has been tested as a part of user trial by the Army year. from a test range off the Odisha coast. It is a National Tribal Festival begins at Kalagram: 700 km range surface-to-surface missile and CCEA Approves Enhancement of Target A 10-day National Tribal Festival, Aadi Mohatsav, launched from pad-4 of the Integrated Test Under PMUY: kicked off at Kalagram in Manimajra, Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island in The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has Chandigarh. It is to celebrate tribal culture, 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 Singh Solanki. The event was collaboration Conference held in New Delhi: provide clean cooking fuel through LPG to all between the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs The Fifth edition of South Asia Region Public the uncovered households in the country. An and North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala. Procurement Conference was held in New additional allocation of Rs. 4,800 crore has been Delhi. Thee timely and quality delivery of public sanctioned for the project. The revised target of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to inaugurate services. It was hosted by Public Procurement PMUY will be achieved by 2020. first International Kala Mela: Division (PPD) of Ministry of Finance an objective Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated is to improve public procurement of member NHAI to Start ‘Pay As You Use’ Pilot Project the first International Kala Mela at the Indira countries to ensure All India Management The National Highways Authority of India Gandhi National Centre for Arts in New Delhi. Association (AIMA).The 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 electronic groups will showcase their work. To create awareness around Internet safety, toll collection system running on GPS/GSM Google India launched a public initiative technology. KUSUM scheme to encourage farmers for "#SecurityCheckKiya". It aims to protect NHAI solar farming: young and first-time web users from account • Headquarters: New Delhi Power Minister R K Singh announced an Rs hijacking, safeguard Android devices from • Chairman: Deepak Kumar 48,000-crore Kisan Urja Suraksha Utthaan malicious apps and secure all their personal data Maha Abhiyaan (KUSUM) scheme. The objective if they lose their device. The initiative is taken on 13-Member Advisory Committee under is to incentivise farmers to run solar farm water Safer Internet Day, February 6. Defence Ministry: pumps and also use their baron land for Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has generating solar power. It has been approved by Google and NCERT Join Hands to Teach constituted a 13-member advisory the EFC (Expenditure Finance Committee) and Students Digital Safety: committee. It is to monitor and expedite capital the Cabinet and it will be launched next fiscal. It Google and NCERT signed a pact to integrate a acquisition projects for the modernisation of the will aid total solar power generation capacity of course on 'Digital Citizenship and Safety' in armed forces. The committee will be headed by 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 Medicine progressive report. There are three categories World Wealth. The list of 15 wealthiest cities was 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 Medicine organized by the Central Council for Nadu have ranked top among the larger states in with $2.7 trillion, followed by Tokyo ($2.5 Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) as a part terms of overall performance. trillion), and San Francisco Bay area ($2.3 of Unani Day celebration was held in New Delhi. Among smaller states Mizoram ranked first trillion). Total wealth refers to the private wealth It 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 Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar ADR: Richest and Poorest Chief Minister Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh. Pradesh are the top three states in the terms Chandra Babu Naidu, the chief minister of Theme: Integration of Unani System 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 • CEO: Amitabh Kant was conducted by transparency body Ministry sanctioned Rs 1,487 crore to the • Headquarters: New Delhi Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). Army. 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 In the study, seven ports (Cochin, Kandla, Debroy, Economist. The Council discussed the RK Singh Launches ASH TRACK Mobile App: Paradip, Chennai, Mormugao, New possible modalities of implementing the National Power Minister R K Singh launched a web- Mangalore and VOC) have received ‘Average’ Health Scheme announced by the government based monitoring system and a fly-ash score, while three ports (Haldia, Kolkata and in the 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 Small providing an interface between fly ash The Road, transport and highways minister 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 of and Renewable Energy RK Singh said that the Farmers Welfare organised an India-Russia women in India. It was announced by Minister of government was committed to provide electricity Agriculture Business Summit. A celebration of 70 State for Women and Child Development, Dr. to un-electrified households by 2019. “Pradhan years of Agricultural Relationship will also be Virendra Kumar. Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana” also held in Suratgarh, Rajasthan. called “Saubhagya”, launched in September last Mumbai: 12th Richest City Globally year, was a move towards this goal and that Defence Ministry Approves Proposals worth Mumbai, India’s financial capital is the 12th about 4 crore households would benefit from it. Rs. 15,935 crore: richest 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 Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh inaugurated will be made by the Ordnance Factory Board and million 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 345 organised by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in and the air force at an estimated cost of Rs 982 million by the NDB under the multi tranche 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 will Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally National Conference “Agriculture 2022- 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. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare theatre extravaganza which will be inaugurated at It was organised by The Energy and Resources (MoA&FW) is organizing a National Conference Red Fort, will see 450 shows including 65 shows Institute (TERI). Theme of the forum under the title of “Agriculture 2022 – Doubling by international artistes, 600 ambient is ‘Partnerships for a Resilient Planet’. Farmers’ Income” at National Agriculture performances and 250 youth forum shows. • TERI Director-General: Dr Ajay Mathur Science Complex (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi. It is The Theatre Olympics was established in 1993 at a two days conference scheduled on 19th and Delphi in Greece. The international theatre Central govt. to set up 562 more Ekalavya 20th February, 2018. The Conference is being festival promotes richness and diversity of theatre schools: organized on the advice of the Hon’ble Prime heritage in all kinds of experiments and research Tribal affairs minister Mr.Oram has announced Minister with a view to identify various critical in the field of performing arts, contributing to the that Govt. will setup 562 schools for tribal issues relating to agriculture and farmers’ welfare growth of international collaboration all over the children. He also added that “Every block with at and finding appropriate solutions. 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 and received over 5329 crores rupees support for government’s flagship housing the festival is being organised by the Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is scheme Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). International of Women in Radio and Television, a Government of India scheme for model Under the PMAY(U), the housing and urban affairs in collaboration with UNESCO. The radio festival residential school for Indian tribals across India. ministry targets construction of about 1.2 crore is being held to mark World Radio Day 2018. houses for the urban poor. The scheme got The 2018’s theme of World Radio Day: Radio Atul Bhujal yojana – Centre readies Rs.6000 allocation at Rs.6,505 crore for Budget 2018- and Sports. crore: 19 as compared to Rs. 6,042.81 crore in 2017- The government has finalized the contours of a 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 The ‘Assistance to States and UTs for (ABY), the scheme will be launched in Gujarat, to 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 governments and Union Territories which are According to a World Bank report, about 245 (PMAY) was launched in 1st 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 Mantri Tri-Service Maritime Exercise ‘Paschim abstraction. Awas Yojana (Urban)(PMAY-U) for the urban Lehar’ Begins: poor and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana ‘Paschim Lehar‘, a tri-service maritime exercise India to host World Environment Day 2018: (Gramin) (PMAY-G and also PMAY-R) for the begins in India’s western coast. Around 40 ships, India is the global host of 2018 World rural poor, is an initiative by Prime submarines and fighter aircraft participated in Environment Day which will take place on June Minister Narendra Modi ‘Paschim Lehar’. Units from Eastern Naval 5, 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 cost features: • EWS (Economic Weaker Section) annual of over Rs 1125 crore from the Ordnance eNAM - an online agriculture market Factory Board (OFB). offering the best prices to the farmers has 6.6 income less than Rupees 3 Lac and LIG (Lower DAC accorded approval for procurement of one million farmers registered and 470 agriculture Income Group) Annual Income between 3,00,001 to 6,00,000 Lac as well as Survey Training Vessel (STV) for meeting the markets connected. Digital payments through Mid Income group since Feb 2017. Navy’s growing ‘Hydrographic Survey’ needs BHIM-UPI have registered transactions in ports, harbours, Exclusive Economic Zone, etc. of Rupees fifteen thousand Crore in January • The beneficiary should not have an The construction of the vessel is to be undertaken 2018. The eNAM website is now available in own dwelling unit on the name of any family under Buy (Indian-IDDM) by Indian shipyards at Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and member in any part of India. an estimated cost of Rs 626 crore. Odia, besides Hindi and English, while the eNAM

trading facility is available in six languages. Cabinet approves creation of National Urban Cabinet approves amendments to Chit Funds Six New Features: Housing Fund: Act: • To ensure timely payment to farmers The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime The cabinet has approved amendments to after auctioning of commodities on the platform, Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given approval the Chit Funds Act to facilitate orderly growth of the government has introduced Unified for creation of National Urban Housing the sector and provide more financial products to Payment Interface (UPI) facility through Fund (NUHF) for Rs.60,000 crores. This fund investors. The cabinet, chaired by Prime • The MIS dashboard has been will be situated in Building Materials and Minister Narendra Modi, has given approval to introduced to provide a greater insight into the Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC), an introduce the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, performance of each mandi in terms of arrival and autonomous body registered under the 2018 in Parliament. trade. Societies Registration Act, 1860 under the For the purpose, amendments would be made to • A Grievance Redressal Management Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. the Chit Funds Act, 1982. One of the System is being set up at mandis to flag NUHF will facilitate raising requisite funds amendments is use of the words “Fraternity technology issues related to portal/ software and in next four years so that flow of Central Fund” for chit business in the Act to signify its its operation and also track the status of redressal Assistance under different verticals i.e. inherent nature, and distinguish its working online. Beneficiary Linked from ‘Prize Chits’ which are banned under a • E-Learning module in Hindi has also Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in separate legislation. been incorporated in the website so that various Partnership (AHP), In-Situ Slum stakeholders can learn about how to operate the Redevelopment (ISSR) and Credit Linked Mission BUNIYAD to help govt schools’ system and continuously get trained at their Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) is sustained and students improve: convenience. construction of houses to address the gap in In order to create a strong base in very initial • e-NAM has been integrated with Central Urban Sector progresses smoothly. studies, Delhi Government has joined hand with Farmer Database so that the registration

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Deputy process becomes easier and Identification of Government allows private companies to bid Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish farmers can be done easily on arrival at the Mandi for coal mines for commercial production: Sisodia announced the programme “Mission Gate. Farmers can also see the real-time bidding The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, BUNIYAD”. This programme is designed on the progress and assaying certificates through app. chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra lines of Government’s previous • Mobile app has been Modi has approved the methodology for scheme “Chunauti”. made multilingual. e-NAM Mobile app is being auction of coal mines / blocks for sale of coal The entire programme will run from Classes 3 to enhanced in multi-dimension so that the entire under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 5 in MCD schools and in Classes 6 to 8 in Delhi operation for farmers can be user friendly. Mandi 2015 and the Mines and Minerals (Development Government schools. Under Buniyaad, students operators can now carry out one of the critical and Regulation) Act, 1957. The opening up will be divided into three categories. Those who operation of Gate Entry directly from e-NAM of commercial coal mining for private perform at par will be taken into Mobile App. sector is the most ambitious coal sector reform the ‘Ujjawal’ group; those who score medium- India to host 1st International Solar Alliance since the nationalisation of this sector in 1973. level marks will be placed in ‘Utkarsh’ while on 11th March: The methodology gives highest priority to those who are behind their peers will be placed India will host the first International Solar transparency, ease of doing business and ensures in ‘Udyam’. Alliance (ISA) summit on 11th March, which that natural resources are used for national DELHI will be attended by French President development. It will also lead to energy security • Chief Minister: Arvind Kejriwal Emmanuel Macron and United Nations as 70% of India’s electricity is generated from • Governor: Anil Baijal Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The ISA thermal power plants. This reform is expected to aims to launch 121 projects during the summit. bring efficiency into the coal sector by moving Saras completes second test flight During the summit, two new programmes will be from an era ofmonopoly to competition. successfully: inaugurated on- Scaling Solar E-Mobility and

India’s indigenous light transport Storage, and Rooftop Solar. The summit will be DAC clears procurement worth Rs 1850 aircraft Saras was successfully test flown for a held in Delhi. crore: second time in Bangalore, Union Science and The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), Technology minister Harsh Vardhan said. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates chaired by Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala design and development of the aircraft is being projects worth 1,000 crore rupees at Sitharaman and accorded approval to Capital done by the CSIR-National Aerospace Daman: Acquisition Proposals of the Services valued at Laboratories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated over Rs 1850 crore. These include procurement various developmental projects in Daman of essential quantity of Infantry Combat in Union territory of Daman and Diu. He

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launched the helicopter central universities, IITs, IIMs, of State for Power and New and Renewable service between Daman and Diu. Mr. Modi also NITs and IISERs, can borrow from a Energy, RK Singh made the announcement in a launched Air Odisha flight service connecting Rs 1,00,000 crore corpus over the next four review meeting of the power sector with senior Ahmedabad with Diu under UDAN Scheme. years to expand and build new infrastructure. officers of the state government in Itanagar. However, a quarter of this amount — Rs 25,000 The Union minister said, of the 900 unelectrified DRDO Successfully Test Flight Rustom 2: crore — will be set aside exclusively for the 23 villages across the country, about 600 are in DRDO successfully flew its Rustom 2 at its IITs. Arunachal. He directed the officials to expedite Aeronautical Test Range(ATR) at Chalakere at The second largest share, Rs 20,000 crore, will be the work to electrify every village in the state Chitradurga. This flight assumes significance earmarked for central universities. While the by May 1st, this year. due to the fact that this is the first flight in user National Institutes of Technology (NITs) can Arunachal Pradesh configuration with higher power engine. borrow up to Rs 11,300 crore, the new IIMs will • Capital: Guwahati (Judiciary), UIDAI introduces ‘Baal Aadhaar’ for children get Rs 4,500 crore, and five IISERs Rs 5,000 Itanagar below 5 years of age: crore. • Chief Minister: Pema Khandu UIDAI or the Unique Identification Authority 2nd India-Korea Business Summit in New • Governor: B D Mishra of India, introduced a ‘Baal Aadhaar’ card. Delhi: This blue-coloured card will be given to The theme of the Summit this year is “India- ANDHRA PRADESH children below the age of five years. To get a Korea: Scaling up the Special Strategic First-ever Pelican Festival at Atapaka Bird Baal Aadhaar, no biometric details will be Relationship through Trade and Sanctuary: needed. UIDAI had made this announcement Investments”. The Summit aims to create the The State government has decided to hold the through a series of tweets on its official handle. framework for an open and action-oriented first-of-its kind, one-day Pelican Festival. It will dialogue between top business leaders and be held at the Atapaka Bird Sanctuary on “Andaman & Nicobar Command to Host Government officials from both countries. India Kolleru, one of the largest freshwater lakes in Milan 2018”: and Korea are the third and fourth largest the country. Over 5,000 pelican birds from The second week of March will witness Andaman economies in Asia. The two way trade between various countries reach Kolleru Lake every year & Nicobar Command hosting a multinational India and South Korea currently stands at nearly during winter by travelling over 3500 km. mega event MILAN 2018. MILAN is a 17 billion dollars. congregation of littoral navies conducted IWAI signs agreement with World Bank for CII partnership summit begins in Vizag: biennially by Indian Navy at the Andaman and Jal Marg Vikas Project: The third Partnership Summit of Nicobar Islands, under the aegis of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Andaman and Nicobar Command. has signed an agreement with the World Bank for will begin, with over 2,000 delegates attending Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP). It aims to the meet. About 40 percent of the delegates International Conference on Sustainable enhance navigation on National Waterway-1 belong to other countries. Vice-president M Biofuels, ICSB 2018: from Varanasi to Haldia. The JMVP is expected to Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the three-day The Sustainable Biofuel is one of the Seven be completed by March 2023. event. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Mission Innovation Challenges and India Co- Chandrababu Naidu and Union leads this along with other countries Brazil, STATES NEWS Ministers Suresh Prabhu and Ashok Gajapathi Canada and China. Sustainable Biofuel ARUNACHAL PRADESH Raju will attend the function. development is a key challenge as well as an PM Modi Launched Three Projects in opportunity for Governments, researchers, Arunachal Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh inks MoU with US based investors and industry to work together. Mission Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched AutoGrid to transform and uplift electricity Innovation (MI) is a global initiative of 22 three important projects in Arunachal Pradesh. sector: countries and the European Union to He inaugurated the Dorjee Khandu state Andhra Pradesh inked MoU with US-based dramatically accelerate global clean energy convention centre at a function in Itanagar. He AutoGrid to help transform electricity sector of innovation. focuses information revolution and the newly the state. With this Andhra Pradesh will A two-day International Conference on erected Secretariat building in the state capital, adopt smart grid and Internet of Things Sustainable Biofuels is jointly being organized by Itanagar. (IoT) based solutions of AutoGrid to improve Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India on The building will have digital technology at its energy utilities’ financial health and customer behalf of Mission Innovation and Biofuture core and will have 2,500 officers and other experiences. The state government signed a Platform at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat employees. The New Auditorium which can seat Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Centre in New Delhi. Union Minister for Science over a thousand people. Built at a cost of Rs. 70 AutoGrid, a US-based leading provider of flexible and technology, Earth Sciences and Environment crore, Prime Minister also inaugurated the management software for the energy sector, at Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, auditorium. He dedicated to the nation the state the CII Partnership Summit. will be Chief Guest and will inaugurate and civil secretariat building, and laid the foundation The initiative involves Demand-Side address the International Conference followed by stone of the academic block of the Tomo Riba Management (DSM) programmes covering key Exhibition on February 26th, 2018. Institute of Health and Medical Science. segments, including agricultural pump-sets, residential/commercial ACs and industrial units. IITs set to get 25 per cent of govt loans for Special package of Rs 925 cr for higher education institutes: strengthening power transmission in EESL signs MoUs of Rs 3,730 cr with Andhra The Indian Institutes of Technology Arunachal Pradesh: Pradesh (IITs) will get the largest chunk of loans on offer The Centre has announced a special package The government-run Energy Efficiency under Revitalising Infrastructure and of 925 crore rupees for strengthening the Services Ltd (EESL) signed MoUs with Andhra Systems in Education (RISE). Under RISE, all power transmission and distribution Pradesh government to invest Rs 3,730 centrally-funded institutes (CFIs), including system in Arunachal Pradesh. Union Minister crore in the state. The MoUs, spanning e-

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mobility, energy efficiency and renewable energy, Assam under this scheme. He also distributed cheques of with the aim of creating 15,000 jobs, were • Capital: Dispur the 'Fasal Bima Yojana' to farmers at the event. signed at CII Partnership Summit. • Governor: Jagdish Mukhi The MoUs entail supply of 10,000 electric cars and • Chief Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal Haryana launches four subsidised food 4,000 chargers to various departments of Andhra canteens: 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 Tower Chhattisgarh Haryana govt implements project to 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 implemented under the project. civic infrastructure. will offer a six-month course for people on how to speak the language. The coordinator of the Parivartan scheme launched in Haryana: Assam Government, Ola Sign MoU for River course, Atul Unagar, said it was possibly the first The Haryana government launched “Parivart Taxi Service: such 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 be The 32nd Surajkund International Crafts market areas, engaging the youth, checking air 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 about The 46 officers (top officials of the state, The Assam government introduced a Bill in the 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 September Kyrgyz Republic Karnataka panel proposes 3-colour official 22: • Capital: Bishkek state flag: The Assam government will be • Currency: Kyrgyzstani som A committee is constituted by the Kannada and observing September 22 as ‘Rhino Day’ to Culture department of the Karnataka generate public awareness on protection of the Haryana launches 'Gobardhan Yojana' government to examine the feasibility of having one-horned pachyderm, Chief Minister The Haryana government has launched the a separate flag for the state. It recommends Sarbananda Sonowal. A State Rhino Project in 'Gobardhan Yojana'. It is to provide for the sale three-coloured flag to replace an unofficial two- line with National Rhino Project will be launched of organic manure and cow urine with an aim to coloured one currently used to signify local pride. in Assam soon for protecting the pachyderms benefit farmers. A provision of Rs 11 crore has It was led by chairman of Kannada Development from threats of poaching. been made to provide benefits of various projects Authority G S Siddaramaya.

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The Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet approved the draft to participate in the selection process. So far, 12th International Conference on CSR Held health policy that was announced by Health 25,000 people across the state have registered in Bengaluru: 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 Mumbai to Have India’s First Artificial Bengaluru. In the conference, the Prestigious Ekbal to chalk out a comprehensive health Intelligence Centre: Golden Peacock Award 2017 were presented. policy. One of the key directives of the panel is In a first in the country, the State government will The leadership award for philanthropy and social to make vaccination compulsory for children. be setting up an institute for artificial change was presented to Mr. Vineet Nayar, While enrolling children in schools, parents have intelligence (AI) in Mumbai. The London- Founder Chairman, Sampark Foundation. to produce details of the vaccines administered to headquartered professional services firm EY their wards. The panel has also proposed special (Ernst & Young) will implement the centre. India’s biggest global pharma conference 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 Economic Industry and Medical Devices began • Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan Conference in Canada. in 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 government to build a hyperloop Theme: ‘Driving NextGen Pharmaceuticals’ UNESCO world heritage site in Madhya Pradesh. transportation system between Navi Mumbai It was 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 the • Headquarters: Bengaluru • Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan two mega cities to 25 minutes from the three • Chairman: K Sivan • Governor: Anandiben Patel 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 Wildlife Sanctuary at Ghodazari: Maharashtra to launch cheap sanitary pad the Palace Queen Humsafar Express train at The Maharashtra government has approved scheme, “Asmita Yojana” for rural women: the Mysuru railway station. The train will run Ghodazari in Chandrapur district as a new Maharashtra government is all set to roll out from Mysuru to Udaipur in Rajasthan. The wildlife sanctuary in the state. The decision was its “Asmita Yojana” on the International Prime Minister also dedicated a 140-km long fully taken at the 13th meeting of the Maharashtra Women’s Day next month. Under the scheme, electrified railway line from Mysuru to KSR State Board for Wildlife, chaired by Chief Minister girls in Zilla Parishad schools will get a sanitary Bengaluru to help the Indian Railways in Devendra Fadnavis. The sanctuary is in the napkin packet at Rs 5 while rural women can achieving energy-efficient transport. The train will North East of Tadoba, will include 159 sq km of avail it at a subsidised rate of Rs 24 and Rs connect the five Western Indian states – 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 Maharashtra and Karnataka. agency for implementation of this scheme. Karnataka Maharashtra roots in ‘MahaMitra’ for youths Under the scheme, beneficiary girls will be • Capital: Bengaluru to encourage the healthy use of social media given “Asmita Cards”, while participating Self • Chief Minister: Siddaramaiah for development: Help Groups (SHGs) will be entrusted with the • Governor: Vajubhai Vala Maharashtra has started an initiative to task of 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 Kerala’s New Health Policy Makes government has started this initiative with an aim Canada-India Business Forum in Mumbai: Vaccination Card Mandatory for School to encourage youngsters for coming forward Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will Admission: and sharing their success stories and felicitating visited Mumbai as part of his week-long visit to In its New Health Policy, the Kerala those working for a good cause as ‘social media India. Mr Trudeau is scheduled to attend Canada government has proposed to 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 range kilometres was test-fired successfully from submitted its report to the Minority Affairs of issues, Mr Trudeau will be joined by a the Abdul Kalam Island, off Orissa coast. As Ministry and after March 2017 the work on this delegation of six Canadian ministers, including part of user trial, the Strategic Forces Command ambitious project started, he said. Government is Canada’s Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers. with logistics support from Defence Research 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 first all-women railway station: in Mizoram on 7th March: help Vedanta’s Lanjigarh alumina refinery to The Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur, A delegation led by Israeli Ambassador to source bauxite from government-owned Odisha became the country’s first major railway India, Mr Daniel Carmon met the Union Minister Mining Corporation (OMC). Due to raw station to be fully-managed by women. In a of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of material crunch, Vedanta had set a target to unique initiative, the North Western Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), produce only 1.25 million tonnes in 2017-18. railway (NWR) has deployed a female employee MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & As per Odisha State Cabinet’s decision, 70 per on every single post in the station, making it the Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra cent of the total production by OMC will now be first such station in the country. Singh. Israeli Ambassador informed that a First available for long-term linkage. Note: Matunga railway station of Mumbai is Centre for Agriculture in North East region of also managed by women and it is in India, with collaboration of Israeli expertise, ‘Dhanush’ ballistic missile successfully test- the suburban category while Gandhi Nagar is going to be inaugurated in Mizoram on 7th fired: railway station is first in the main line March this year. Set up with a cost of Rs 8-10 India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable category. crore, this centre is exclusively for processing of ‘Dhanush‘ ballistic missile with a strike range RAJASTHAN 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 in • Capital: Aizawl 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 school Excellence Award-2018 for successful IT infrastructural development: education, Government of Tamil Nadu, K. A. application. It is given for tracking of mineral Amritsar, the city of Golden Temple will Sengottaiyan at an event attended by academia production, dispatch and value accrued on real get Rs 100 crores for the execution of various and regulators. The partnership aims to reform time basis through its i3MS website based development works. Punjab Chief Minister education sector, build tech capacity and enhance software. The Award was given by Union Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced a grant 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) range in Odisha. Its strike range of 350 km was Rajasthan to get International Educational in Neknampur Lake in Hyderabad to clean and launched from the Integrated Test Range at Institution for Minorities: purify the polluted waterbody. Plants planted on Chandipur. Prithvi-II is capable of carrying 500- Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that FTW can clean the lake by absorbing nitrates and 1,000 kilogram of warheads and is thrusted by an International Educational Institution for other pollutants in the water. FTW is joint effort liquid propulsion twin engines. Minorities will be built in Rajasthans Alwar of NGO Dhruvansh, Hyderabad Metropolitan city as part of the Centres ambitious plan to set Development 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 mega technology • Capital: Taipei • Governor: Krishan Kant Paul events — Nasscom India Leadership Forum (ILF) • Currency: New Taiwan dollar and the 22nd edition of the World Congress on UTTAR PRADESH • President: Tsai Ing-wen Information Technology (WCIT) was held in High Performance Computing facility Telangana Hyderabad. The WCIT is being organised for the launched in Noida: • Capital: Hyderabad time in the country and Prime Minister Narendra Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) has • Chief Minister: Chandrasekhar Rao Modi will deliver inaugurate the summit through inaugurated high performance computer • Governor: E.S. L. Narasimhan a video conference. system (HPC) or supercomputer Mihir

(meaning sun) at National Centre for Medium UTTARAKHAND 21st National Conference on e-Governance Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Centre sanctions Rs 1,500 cr for organic to begin in Hyderabad: Noida. It is an initiative to improve India’s farming in Uttarakhand: The Department of Administrative Reforms weather forecasting. It will propel the country’s The Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,500 crore for and Public Grievances ranking from the 368th position to the top 30 three years to promote organic farming in (DARPG), Government of India, along with in list of HPC facilities across the world. Uttarakhand. The amount was sanctioned by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Ministry of Earth Science Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Technology, Government of India in association • Union Minister: Harsh Vardhan Singh. The Union minister also cleared a with Government of Telangana is organizing • Constituency: Chandni Chowk, Delhi proposal worth Rs 2,600 crore for the co- the 21stNational Conference on e- operative sector in the state. Of which, Rs 200 Governance on February 26- 27, 2018 UP in Association with UNICEF Launches crore is meant for the reorganisation of sugar in Hyderabad, Telangana. DASTAK Campaign: mills. Uttar Pradesh State government in association

Telangana CM announces five lakh rupees with UNICEF has launched massive door to door Cabinet approves Silkyara Bend-Barkot health-cum-life insurance scheme for campaign DASTAK. It aims to eradicate deadly Tunnel in Uttarkhand as part of ‘Chardham farmers: Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Mahamarg Pariyojana’: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Jpanise Encephalitis (JE) disease in the state. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Rao has announced five lakh rupees health- The United Nations International Children's chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra cum-life insurance scheme for farmers in the Education Fund (UNICEF) is a UN program Modi, has given its approval to the construction state. Addressing the regional conference of headquartered in New York City, the USA. of 4.531 km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Farmers’ Coordination Committees held in Henrietta H. Fore is the Executive Director of Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnel with escape Karimnagar, Mr Rao said the state government UNICEF. passage including approaches on Dharasu - will pay the entire premium behalf of the farmer UNICEF Yamunotri section between Chainage 25.400 Km. and allocate 500 crore rupees in the coming • Headquarters: New York City and Chainage 51.000 Km in Uttarakhand as budget for implementation of the scheme. He • President: Tore Hattrem 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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate construction period of the project is 4 years. The be paid the amount in case of farmer’s death, in the UP Investors Summit in Lucknow: project will be implemented by the Ministry of the accident or naturally. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH), the UP Investors Summit in Lucknow. The through National Highways & Infrastructure Fifteen Edition of BioAsia 2018 Held in mega event, organised by the Yogi Adityanath Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL), a Hyderabad: government, is aimed at showcasing investment wholly state owned company, formed in 2014 for The 15th edition of BioAsia, the annual flagship opportunities and potential across various sectors development of highways in states on the event of the Government of Telangana, was in Uttar Pradesh. international borders. held Hyderabad. The theme of BioAsia 2018 The focus of the summit will be on the key

was “Right Time, Right Now” focusing on sectors like farming, dairy, information Process for geo-tagging water sources in strategies to keep up with the pace of change and technology, civil aviation, tourism, electronics, Himalayas initiated: Uma Bharti innovative ways to develop new models for MSME, and renewable energy. The goal is to As a special initiative, Union Minister of Drinking distribution & healthcare delivery. create 10 lakh jobs in next five years and to Water and Sanitation, Sushri Uma Telangana, Taiwan signs agreement for develop under-developed region Bharti, launched the Bagori Ganga Gram better technology partnership: project, New Swajal Project (drinking water The Telangana Government signed Uttar Pradesh becomes 1st Indian state to programme) at Bagori and Gangotri Iconic a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with clear projects digitally: Placeat Dunda village in Uttarkashi Taoyuan City of Taiwan for better technology Uttar Pradesh (UP) has become the first state district of Uttarakhand. partnership in the state. The World Congress in India where business and investment projects As a first step to it, the Minister inaugurated solid on Information Technology (WCIT) 2018, can now be cleared digitally, without any and liquid waste management scheme of Rs concluded earlier today with Telangana, India human interface. This has become possible with 11.88 lakh at Bagori. Centre has decided to handing over the baton to Armenia for the 2019 launch of ‘Nivesh Mitra’, a digital platform give 27 crore rupees to Uttarakhand for the edition. which will serve as a single-window clearance implementation of this projects. She also initiated IT Minister K T Rama Rao and principal system. This Mitra was launched by Prime the Process for Geo-Tagging water secretary Jayesh Ranjan signed the agreement Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration sources in Himalayas. with Robert Huang, Director of the Board session of the UP Investors’ Summit in Uttarakhand of Taiwan company at World IT Congress 2018 at Lucknow. Nivesh Mitra replaces Udyog • Capital: Dehradun HICC in Hyderabad. Bandhu. Under Udyog Bandhu processes were • Chief Minister: Trivendra Singh Rawat TAIWAN

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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 defence further trade, investment, science and innovation engagement with Palestine. corridor for Bundelkhand: ties between India and Britain. The Chair of the In Dubai, Prime Minister would be addressing the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an Rs Manchester-India Partnership is Manchester Sixth World Government Summit being at 20,000-crore for defence industrial Airport CEO Andrew Cowan. which India has been extended 'Guest of corridor 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 Minister Aligarh, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi and MoS Textiles Ajay Tamta Inaugurates India Narendra Modi's visit to the UAE. Chitrakoot. Pavilion In Germany: The government early this month announced The Minister of State for Textiles Ajay SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, world’s most the first corridor between Chennai and Tamta inaugurated India 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 Germany. It is one of the oldest established and his new rocket, the Falcon Heavy. It has been clusters. It will link Kattupalli port, Chennai, well-known fairs for presentation of new launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Tiruchirapalli, 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 car • Capital: Lucknow and Ambiente is an important marketing aiming for an endless road trip past Mars. It aims • Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath medium for Indian company’s world over. to make spaceflight cheaper and easier. • 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 announced signing of a pact between the two countries. It is the decision to opt out of Centre’s ‘Modicare’ located in Arabian Sea and now it can be used Donald Trump unveils massive USD 1.5 scheme. This makes West Bengal the first state for military use and logistical support. The trillion infrastructure plan: to withdraw from the ambitious programme. agreement provide facilities for the visit of Indian US President Donald Trump unveiled a Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had military vessels to Duqm port in terms of services massive USD 1.5 trillion plan to modernise 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 wastewater systems, waterways, water West Bengal History Museum (NHM), UK signed a resources, energy, rural infrastructure, public • Capital: Kolkata Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in lands, veterans’ hospitals and Brownfield and • Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee the field of genetic/taxonomic studies, Superfund sites. • Governor: Keshari Nath Tripathi research and 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 India has joined the Ashgabat agreement of Union Minister for Environment, Forest & UN Mission: Indian Army Contributes 2,300 which envisages setting up of an international Climate Change, Dr Harsh Vardhan. Personnel transport and transit corridor linking central About 2,300 Indian Army personnel are Asia with 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 mission are from Infantry battalion of Garhwal founding members have consented to the of Human Resource Development; and Ministry of Rifles regiment. Last year, a total of 7,606 accession of India. The other founding Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Indian peacekeepers were deployed in UN members 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 PM Modi to visit Palestine, UAE, Oman 16th feb to 18th feb 2018. The Secretary-General New Manchester-India Partnership set up in Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a packed of the United Nations, Antonio Guterich, began UK to expand trade opportunities schedule during his four days visit to Palestine, the session.

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to know about studying in Canada. Developed the duty. Earlier, a provisional anti-dumping duty AUSTRALIA in India, the Maple Assist App is supported by four was imposed in June 2017. India and Australia signs MOU for leading colleges from Ontario, Durham College, Secondment Programme: Fanshawe College, Georgian College and St. Clair China as vice-president of FATF: The Union Cabinet approved the signing of a 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, Task Force (FATF), a development that comes current economic policy issues between the two China, 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 Australia's Treasury for three months. also supported by Scotia Bank, Air Canada, HDFC body that aims to establish international Credila, and the Indo-Canadian Business standards for combating money laundering and Shri J P Nadda addresses Global Digital Chamber (ICBC). terrorist financing. It was established in 1989 Health Partnership Symposium at Australia: Canada during the G7 Summit in Paris (France) to “Digital Health” has a great potential • Capital: Ottawa combat the growing problem of money towards reducing inequity in provisioning and • Currency: Canadian dollar laundering. distribution of healthcare resources and services. China This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union CHINA • Currency: Renminbi Minister for Health and Family Welfare during his China reopens Nathu La route for • Capital: Beijing address at the Global Digital Health Mansarovar yatra: • Prime minister: Li Keqiang Partnership Symposium at Sydney, China has confirmed “resumption” of • President: Xi Jinping Australia. Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Nathu

The first goal is to ensure district-level La route, Minister of State for External Affairs VK INDONESIA electronic database of information on health Singh has said. He also noted that the Kailash India, Indonesia joint military drill begins in system components by 2020.The second Mansarovar yatra via Nathu La was not Bandung: goal is to strengthen the health surveillance undertaken last year after the Chinese The Indian and Indonesian armies began system and establish registries for diseases of government cited “unfavourable conditions” to the sixth edition of their annual military public health importance by 2020. The third ensure the safe and smooth conduct of the yatra exercises “Garuda Shakti” in the West goal pushes us to work for establishment on this route. The yatra was stopped by China in Java province of the archipelago country. The of federated national e-health architecture; the aftermath of the military face-off with India opening ceremony of the two-week Garuda setting-up of Integrated Health Information last year at Doklam. Shakti military drill was held at Bandung. Indian Platform (IHIP) is intended to establish first Ambassador to Indonesia Pradeep Kumar health information exchanges and national Health China to Host 2018 SCO Summit Rawat attended the opening ceremony along Information Network by 2025. The 2018 Shanghai Cooperation with Indonesian military officers. The two sides AUSTRALIA Organisation (SCO) summit will be held in renewed their commitment to deepen defence • Capital: Canberra the city of Qingdao, China in June. The SCO and security exchanges. focuses on security- related issues of the region Currency: Australian dollar • INDONESIA specially on counter terrorism cooperation. The • Prime minister: Malcolm Turnbull SCO is comprised of China, Russia, • Capital: Jakarta

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, • Currency: Indonesian rupiah CANADA Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan. India and • President: Joko Widodo India inks pact with Canada’s IDRC: Pakistan were admitted as full members of the A memorandum of understanding (MoU) organisation in 2017. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s Visit to between India and Canada’s IDRC to usher India: the ‘Programme Based Research Support’ in Govt imposes anti-dumping duty on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has addressing current and future global and local ceramicware from China to protect domestic arrived in Hyderabad as a three day visit to India. developmental challenges was signed. During the producers: He will visit Makkah Masjid and will meet Prime last five years (2012-17), 96 research projects India has imposed anti-dumping minister, President and Vice-President. They worth CAD 51 million were funded by the IDRC duty on import of ceramic would exchange views on regional and in India. tableware and kitchenware from China in a international issues. India and Iran sign several A MoU signed between Shri S. bid to protect domestic producers. Ceramic MoUs. The pacts were signed by Prime Minister Selvakumar, Joint Secretary (Bilateral tableware and kitchenware shipped in from China Narendra Modi and visiting Iran President Cooperation), Department of Economic will attract an anti-dumping duty of 1.04 US Hassan Rouhani at New Delhi. The MoU signed Affairs and Dr.Jean Lebel, the President of Dollar per kg, making the imports expensive. are, IDRC, Canada. All India Pottery Manufacturers’ Association • Avoidance of double taxation

(AIPMA) and the Indian Ceramic Society had • Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Canadian minister launches Maple Assist approached the Directorate General of Anti- respect to taxes on Income, exemption from Visa App: Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) for requirement for holders of Diplomatic Passports Maple Assist Inc. has launched the Maple imposition of the levy on the items. Based on the • Lease Contract for Shahid Beheshti Assist App, a groundbreaking mobile application recommendations of DGAD, the revenue Port- Phase 1 of Chabahar for 18 months designed to be a one-stop shop for all you need 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 cost Systems of Medicine SAARC-CCI. of US$ 1.1 million • Establishment of an Expert Group on Nepal • MOU between India and Palestine Trade Remedy Measures to promote cooperation • Prime minister: Khadga Prasad Oli Assistance of US$ 0.25 millionfor construction in areas of mutual interest of 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 Cooperation Qatar Airways has plans to launch Carry Tiny Satellite into Orbit: in civil and Commercial Matters. an 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. (JAXA) has successfully launched the smallest- Holders of Diplomatic, Special, Service and In 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 rocket set off from the Uchinoura Space • MoU on Cooperation in the field of the Gulf nation’s sovereign wealth fund. Center. It carried the TRICOM-1R, a three-unit Health. India has permitted foreign investors, barring cubesat, into lower Earth orbit where it will • MoU for Cooperation in the peaceful foreign airlines, to own up to 100 per cent observe the Earth with a set of cameras. uses of outer space. stake in local carriers. Japan • MoU cooperation between Foreign QATAR • Capital: Tokyo Service Institute, Ministry of External • Currency: Japanese Yen • Currency: Qatari riyal Affairs, India and Oman Diplomatic • Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe • Capital: Doha Institute.

• MoU Academic and Scholarly KENYA RWANDA Cooperation Sectors between National Defence India notifies revised tax treaty with Kenya: Rwanda: The Poorest Country to Provide Eye College, Sultanate of Oman and the Institute for The government has notified revised tax Care: Defence studies and analyses. treaty between India and Kenya which Rwanda has become the first low-income • MoU in the Field of Tourism provides for lower withholding tax rate and country to provide universal eye care for its 12 Cooperation between India and Oman. mutual assistance in collection of tax revenue million population. The government has • Annexure to the MoU on Military claims a finance ministry statement said. In order partnered with the organisation Vision for a Cooperation. to promote cross border flow Nation (VFAN) to train more than 3,000 eye OMAN of investments and technology, the revised care nurses. • Capital: Muscat DTAA provides for reduction in withholding tax Rwanda’s minister of Health: Diane • Currency: Omani Rial rate on dividend and interest to 10 per cent from Gashumba.

15 per cent. Rwanda PALESTINE KENYA • Capital: Kigali India, Palestine sign six infrastructure • President: Paul Kagame • Capital: Nairobi agreements: • Currency: Rwandan franc • Currency: Kenyan shilling List of MoUs/Agreements signed during visit

• President : Uhuru Kenyatta 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 Kathmandu next month to take part in Governorate at a cost of US$ 30 million Jana-driyah festival in Riyadh. India has been SAARC Business Leaders’ Conclave: • MOU between India and Palestine for invited as the Guest of Honour country for the Business leaders of SAARC member nations will construction of India Palestine Centre for festival. During her three day visit, she will meet gather in Kathmandu next month to take part in Empowering women, “Turathi” at a cost of US$ with the Saudi leadership to discuss bilateral, the SAARC Business Leaders’ 5 million regional and 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 Shuhada banned imports of live birds, hatching eggs (SAARC-CCI) President Suraj Vaidya said, the bi- Village at a cost of US$ 1 million and chicks from India after a form of bird flu that annual event of the SAARC-CCI is going to be held • MOU between India and is highly lethal for poultry was found in the south in Nepal for the second time and the government Palestine 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 business A three –day India International Textiles Development Partnership Fund for rehabilitation 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 capital of Colombo. It is being organized immediate relief assistance. The India-UN their 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 Week Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) United Arab Emirates 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. The SRILANKA Dubai International Airport has held on to its No move is another example of the opening up of the • Currency: Sri Lankan rupee 1 ranking as the world’s busiest airport for country under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin • Capitals: Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura international travel, after seeing some 88.2 Salman’s ambitious transformation programme. Kotte million passengers in 2017. Dubai Airports CEO The Dubai-based Arab Fashion Council said the • Primeminister: Ranil Wickremesinghe Paul Griffiths says he expects the airport to see fashion week will be held in Riyadh from March 26 90.3 million passengers in 2018. It first surpassed to March 31, with a second edition already SWEDEN London Heathrow, previously the world’s scheduled for October. Sweden provides $370 million dollars to UN busiest airport for international traffic, back in Saudi Arabia WFP: 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 WEF Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially SINGAPORE 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 2021 is the biggest ever made by a donor within Abu Dhabi, the capital city of United Arab tax” from next year to cut its greenhouse a WFP Strategic Partnership Agreement. Emirates (UAE). This is the first stone temple to gas emissions and make companies more Sweden 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, • Currency: Swedish krona to be applied to all sectors, will be Sg$5.0 ($3.8) World’s first ‘autonomous pods’ unveiled in per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions Dubai: from 2019 to 2023. THAILAND The UAE’s Road and Transport Authority Singapore ranks 26th 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 Thailand: pods at the World Government Summit. The latest International Energy Agency data autonomous vehicles are meant to travel short to largely due to its small size and dense population. The United States and Thailand will kick off medium distances, and will have a capacity to accommodate 10 passengers. Each pod is fitted • Singapore Finance minister: Heng the 2018 iteration of the annual Cobra Gold Swee Keat exercises – an engagement that began as a with a battery that can last up to three hours, and SINGAPORE bilateral drill between the two allies and has now can be recharged over six hours. Director- grown into Asia’s largest multinational General and Chairman of the Board of • Capital: Singapore drill. This was the 37th iteration of exercise. Executive Directors of the RTA: Mattar al- • Currency: Dollar A U.S. Marine drinks the blood of a cobra during Tayer. • President: Halimah Yacob a 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 in India gives $1 mn for rehabilitation work in Britain’s Queen, Prince Edward participated in the Dubai. cyclone-hit Tonga: celebrations as Chief Guests in presence of India has contributed USD one million for President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister PM Modi to address World Government the rehabilitation efforts in Tonga after Ranil Wickremesinghe. Summit in Dubai: Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore | Ernakulam 9043303030

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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 8% and kept the 2016-17 growth unchanged at The Government has decided to sell off its entire the World Government Summit in Dubai. 7.1%. public stake in Dredging Corporation of India India has been given the status of Guest of The real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) Ltd. (DCIL). It was released by Department of Honour at the Summit. More than 140 prices for the years 2016-17 and 2015-16 stand shipping. This decision aims to upgrade countries are participating in the Summit. at Rs121.96 trillion and Rs113.86 trillion technology, improve capability, infuse capital to Twenty Heads of States, head of governments respectively, according to the CSO statement. buy necessary dredgers/equipments and instill and International organizations are likely to The GVA (gross value added) at constant experienced professional management to participate in the 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 Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Google has introduced a new app named (CSE) has been ranked the top environment The 5 agreements are: “Bulletin” in a limited edition and it is available policy think 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 of California. It allows anybody to submit stories two positions from the last year. Indian workers in UAE. about their communities. It is a free, In the 'Energy and Resource Policy Think • MoU for Technical Cooperation in lightweight app for telling a story by capturing Tanks' category, CSE has been ranked the Railways. photos, video clips and text right from your phone second in India and 38th in the world. In the • MoU between Bombay Stock and it can be 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 rate UAE government in the current fiscal. It is the under the LAF remains at 5.75 percent, and the • Capital: Abu Dhabi preferential allotment of equity shares of the bank marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and • Currency: United Arab Emirates as government's investment during the 2017-18 the Bank Rate at 6.25 percent. GVA growth for dirham fiscal. 2017-18 is projected at 6.6%. GVA growth for 2018-19 is projected at 7.2% overall with risks United Kingdom Cochin Shipyard Limited Signs MoU with 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. It were launched in New Delhi. The projects were India's Inland waterways under Sagarmala & has been decided to harmonize the methodology jointly launched by NITI Aayog member Dr V K Make-in-India programmes. It is to collaborate of determining benchmark rates by linking base Saraswat, Department of Science and and engage in design, development and rate to MCLR as it is more sensitive to policy rate Technology Secretary Ashutosh Sharma and execution of high-end, state-of-art vessels for signals. The Marginal Cost of Funds based Research Councils UK- India Director Daniel inland and coastal waterways. Lending Rates (MCLR) system was introduced on Shah. The MOU was signed by April 1, 2016 to tackle the problems of the Base The Water Quality Research programme 1. Madhu S Nair, MD, Cochin Shipyard Limited 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. CRISIL, SIDBI Launch India’s First MSE UK 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 is The Global Innovation Policy Center • Capital: London India’s first sentiment index for micro and small (GIPC) of the U.S. Chamber of • Prime minister: Theresa May enterprises (MSEs) developed jointly by CRISIL & Commerce stated that India ranked 44th of 50

SIDBI. economies. In 2017, India has ranked as 45th BANKING & BUSINESS CriSidEx is a composite index based on a diffusion position and now it has jumped one rank to 44th. FY16 GDP Growth Revised up to 8.2%, FY17 index of 8 parameters and measures MSE The top 3 countries are: Unchanged at 7.1%- CSO: business sentiment on a scale of 0 (extremely • The USA The Central Statistics Office (CSO) revised the negative) to 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, IndusInd Bank Launches New Sonic between Rs 75 crore and Rs 250 crore will be according to the latest data published by Dubai’s Identity: classified as Medium enterprises. Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing IndusInd Bank launched its new Sonic Identity, (Dubai Tourism). India was followed by Saudi which is essentially a musical logo, as part of its SBI Write Off Bad Loans Worth over Rs Arabia (KSA) in the second place, contributing branding initiatives. The Sonic Identity is derived 20,000 Crore: a total of 1.53 million tourists last year. from core values of innovation, courage and The country’s largest lender SBI write off bad dynamism as well as its strong desire to place loans worth Rs 20,339 crore in 2016-17. It is Bank of Baroda to Exit South Africa by March customers first. the highest among all the public sector banks, 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 South • Headquarters: Mumbai National Bank had a write-off of Rs 9,205 Africa operations. The business of the bank in • Owner: Hinduja Group crore in 2016-17, followed by Bank of India South Africa is not very significant and the exit (Rs 7,346 crore), Canara Bank (Rs 5,545 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 will A chat based job search mobile app ‘Empzilla’, • Headquarters: Mumbai 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, 2018. launched under “Digital India” initiative. The 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 The Competition Commission of India acquired a 10 percent in a large offshore oilfield Growth Rate in Foreign Tourist Arrivals: (CCI) imposed a fine of Rs 136 crore on search in Abu Dhabi,Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s 8.4% engine major Google. It has been for unfair (ADNOC) for USD 600 million. The current Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) witnessed a business practices in the Indian market for online production of this field is about 400,000 barrels growth of 8.4% in January 2018 over January search. The ruling has come on complaints filed of oil per day (20 million tonnes per annum) and 2017, while the number of travellers on e-Tourist by Matrimony.com and Consumer Unity & Indian consortium’s annual share shall be about Visa saw 58.5% growth in the same period, Trust Society (CUTS), in 2012, against Google 2 million tonnes. It was signed in Abu Dhabi in according to Ministry of Tourism. The number of LLC, Google India Pvt Ltd and Google Ireland Ltd. presence of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh FTAs in January 2018 was 10.66 lakh as CCI Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Prime compared to FTAs of 9.83 lakh in January 2017. • Chairperson: Devender Kumar Sikri Minister Narendra Modi. The percentage share of top 3 source • Headquarters: New Delhi ONGC 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 crypto. country in world; Los Angeles tops most (19.6%), Dabolim (Goa) Airport (12.4%). There are now nearly 1,500 crypto-assets in gridlocked cities list: existence, valued at an aggregate of $550 The US has emerged the most congested RBI Relaxes Priority Sector Lending Rule: 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 - $2 peak-hour congestion. The top 10 most the micro enterprises has been 7.50 percent. 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 Modi. India retains top spot as source market for Amazon has become the third most valuable As per the proposed classifications, enterprises Dubai in 2017: company in the world. having annual turnover less than Rs 5 crore will Dubai witnessed 15 percent growth in tourist 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 to visitors, retaining top spot as the source The Power equipment maker BHEL has bagged an Rs 75 crore will be classified as small market. India also became the first country to order worth Rs 560 crore for supply and

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installation of the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) Axis Bank will be able to provide a more Fitch has placed the bank on ‘Rating Watch system from NTPC for 2×490 MW National Capital comprehensive range of products to its customers Negative’ (RWN). “Fitch Ratings has placed Power Station (NCPS). It will be implemented at with access to International financial markets. Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) Viability Rating of Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. Axis Bank’s off-shore banking branch at IFSC was ‘bb’ on Rating Watch Negative (RWN), following • Chairman & Managing Director of inaugurated by Union Commerce Secretary, Rita the large fraud reported by PNB,” the US-based BHEL: Atul Sobti Teaotia in presence of Shikha Sharma, MD & agency said. • Chairman & Managing Director of NTPC: 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 INX. India INX is the country’s first international • Headquarters: Mumbai the 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 the first foreign ecommerce firm to stock and • Renu Khator (chancellor of University • 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 Offices: retailing, permitting foreign firms to sell locally of India (UGC India) is a statutory body set up The India Post Payments Bank sourced and packaged food items directly to by the Indian Union government in accordance to (IPPB) announced that it will enable Digital consumers. the UGC Act 1956, under the Ministry of Payments in Post Offices from April 2018. It AMAZON Human Resource Development. will provide digital payment services at the Founder & CEO: Jeff Bezos • • Its headquarters is in New Delhi, and doorstep with the help of Postmen and Gramin • Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, six regional centres in Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, Dak Sevaks (GDS). 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 among percent Government of India equity under International Finance Corporation (IFC), 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 of • MD & CEO: Suresh Sethi construction of environment-friendly affordable their birth, which is 25.4 per 1,000 live births. houses across the country. IFC is helping mobilise Pakistan is Central Vigilance Commission Summons over $1.6 billion for affordable housing segment the worst with 45.6 newborn deaths per PNB Management: 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 amount the new facility, of which $150 million will be its rankings based on their newborn mortality is nearly 1/3rd of the bank’s total market own money and the rest will be mobilised from rate (the number of deaths per 1,000 live capitalisation of Rs 36,000 crore. The state- other sources. births). Japan, with an NMR of 0.9 deaths per owned lender has suspended 10 of its officers and 1,000 live births, has been ranked the world’s lodged a complaint against celebrity jewellery After Fitch, Moody’s places PNB under safest country in which to be born followed by designer Nirav Modi for committing fraudulent review for downgrade: Iceland (1) and Singapore (1.1). transactions. The Central Vigilance Commission Following the biggest scam in the country’s ABOUT UNICEF (The United Nations (CVC) has summoned the PNB management and banking sector to the tune of Rs 11,340 crore at International Children’s Emergency Fund) Finance Ministry officials. state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB), credit • UNICEF (The United Nations ratings agency Moody’s placed the International Children’s Emergency Fund)was Axis Bank opens offshore banking branch at lender under review for downgrade. The created by the United Nations General Assembly GIFT City: agency has a Baa3/P-3 rating on the Delhi-based on the 11th of December 1946, to provide Private sector lender, Axis Bank announced lender now while it has a Baa3 rating on its emergency food and healthcare to children in opening of off-shore banking unit at foreign currency issuer rating. The bank overall countries that had been devastated by World the International Financial Services has a Baa2 rating with a stable outlook now from War II. Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat International Finance Moody’s. Tec-City (GIFT City). With opening of this unit, • It’s headquarters is in New York City.

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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 of Bank of India (RBI) to set up a committee under enhance bilateral ties: Internet Security Report: former board member Y.H. Malegam to look into A top American business advocacy Nearly 40 percent of over 53,000 cyber-attacks the reasons and suggest steps to prevent such group USIBC has announced the formation of in India occurred in the financial services sector 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 detected The 11 members of the USIBC’s Indian Advisory The report, titled “Akamai State of the in RBI inspection and recommend steps to Council include Arun Kumar (KPMG India); Internet Security Q4 2017,” also stated that 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); Krish Iyer (Walmart India); percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 over the last Director, RBI, will be the Member-Secretary of the Vanitha Narayan (IBM India), Prabal quarter. committee. Chakraborty (Boston Scientific) and Nishith PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK Desai (Nishith Desai and Associates). Udayant Government sets up the “NITI Forum for • Headquarters: New Delhi Malhotra(Dynamatic Technologies Limited); Northeast”: • CEO: Sunil Mehta Nivruti Rai (Intel India) and Rekha The Union Government has issued order setting • Tagline: The name you can bank 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 identify constraints and recommend suitable The Government of India and the Asian for Android devices. Google Pay app interface has interventions for speedy and sustainable Development Bank (ADB) signed an $84 two tabs – Home and Cards.As per the images growth in NER. million loan for improvement and expansion of on the Google Play store, the Google Pay app water supply in Bhagalpur and Gaya towns shows recent payment activity, India ranks 81st in global corruption index, in 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 2017- Perception (GCP) Index 2018, in terms of graft services in four towns in Bihar – Bhagalpur, Gaya, 18: and press freedom in the Asia-Pacific region. 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 to with 24-hour uninterrupted supply of treated crore members. This was decided during the 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 (117th), Country Director, Kenichi Yokoyama. Afghanistan (177th), Nepal (122th), Myanmar Asian Development Bank (ADB) Andhra Pradesh government, Facebook (130th), Bangladesh (143rd), the Maldives • Headquarters: Mandaluyong, India collaborate for IT projects: (112th) and Sri Lanka (91st). Philippines The government of Andhra Pradesh will • President: Takehiko Nakao 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 the auditors of Punjab National NBFCs: Rana 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 nominal of PNB seeking details about the fraud at the redressal of complaints against them. The cost of Rs 149. They further decided to provide public sector lender. scheme will provide a cost-free and expeditious training to women, small scale and cottage complaint redressal mechanism relating to industries so that they can sell their products Malegam to head RBI panel to review deficiency in the services by NBFCs covered under online. frauds: the scheme. The scheme will cover all deposit-

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taking NBFCs, and based on the experience time that an IIS officer has been appointed as SAI Hardayal Prasad has been appointed as SBI gained, it would extend it to cover NBFCs chief. Card MD & CEO,the country’s second-largest having asset size of 100 crore rupees and credit card issuer. Prior to this appointment, above with customer interface. Lt. Gen Anil Chauhan Takes Charge as DGMO Prasad was with State Bank of India, holding The offices of the NBFC ombudsmen will function of Indian Army: multiple leadership positions in the bank. He at four metro centres – New Delhi, Mumbai, Lt. Gen Anil Chauhan took charge as the new replaces Vijay Jasuja who retired on January Kolkata and Chennai. Director General of Military Operations 31. (DGMO) of the Indian Army. 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 Independent from 1st March: the Srinagar-based 15 Corps. Lt. Gen Chouhan 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 been director of the International Cricket Council authorized to issue and encash Electoral Bonds Cyprus: Nicos Anastasiades wins (ICC) Board. Nooyi will join the ICC board initially at its four authorised branches. Presidential election: in 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-year Council in June 2017 as part of wide ranging the date of issue and no payment shall be made term as president of the Republic of Cyprus. He constitutional change aimed at improving the to any payee Political Party if the Bond is got 55% votes by defeating familiar left-wing rival governance of the sport. deposited after the expiry of the validity period. 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 fifth Alphabet appointed board veteran John (NPCI) appointed Biswamohan Mahapatra as payments bank to roll out operations after the Hennessy as chairman. He is a former Stanford non-executive chairman. He has been central bank gave its in-principle approval to 11 University president and a computer scientist with appointed for two years term and he applicants in August 2015. expertise in chip design. Google parent Alphabet succeeds B Sambamurthy who was the interim “Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd has Inc replaced long-time Executive Chairman Eric chairman. Last month NPCI had appointed Dilip commenced operations as a payments bank with Schmidt. Asbe as its managing director and CEO. effect from February 22, 2018”. The Reserve About NPCI: Bank has issued a licence to the bank Hossain appointed as Bangladesh CJ: National Payments Corporation of India under Section 22 (1) of the Banking Syed Mahmud Hossain has been appointed as (NPCI) is an umbrella organization for all retail Regulation Act, 1949 to carry on the business Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He has been payments in India. It was set up with the of payments bank in India. The roll-out comes at appointed three months after Surendra Kumar guidance and support of the Reserve Bank of a time when the regulator has issued fresh know Sinha resigned from the post. President Md Abdul India (RBI) and Indian Banks Association your customer norms for payments banks that Hamid administered the oath for Hossain as the (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and are likely to increase operational costs for these 22nd chief 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. He accredited as the next Ambassador of India (EPFO) has introduced UAN-Aadhaar linking has succeeded G Kalyana krishnan who retired to the Timor-Leste: facility for the convenience of members using on superannuation. Srivastava will also be the Shri Pradeep Kumar Rawat, presently EPFO Link in UMANG Mobile App. This is in Chairman of the NFC board. Prior to this Ambassador of India to Jakarta, has been addition to the existing web facility already assignment, he was holding the position of concurrently accredited as the next available at EPFO’s Deputy Chief Executive. Ambassador of India to Timor-Leste, with website 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. She Akademi. He became the third Kannada writer to Authority of India: is the first woman to lead the nation's central be elected to the premier body of litterateurs. The Neelam Kapur has been appointed as the bank in its 100-year history. Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of director general (DG) of Sports Authority of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to India (SAI). She is the senior-most Indian Hardayal Prasad Has Been Appointed As SBI the promotion of literature in the languages Information Service officer and had served as Card MD & CEO: of India. UPA government’s 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 Bank respectively, according to an official order. country’s parliament accept his resignation. key law and order ministry as part of a cabinet Mukherjee is at present the general Ethiopia reshuffle, after a local election defeat sparked manager of United Bank of India and Ramaswami • Capital: Addis Ababa calls for his resignation. Premier Ranil is the GM of Vijaya Bank. Mukherjee’s • Currency: Ethiopian birr Wickremesinghe was sworn in to appointment is initially for three years but it is • Prime minister: Hailemariam the ministerial post, a week after the minister extendable by two years after review of his Desalegn in charge of the police, Sagala Ratnayaka, performance. Ramaswami will have tenure till resigned amid accusations he had failed to December 31, 2020. AWARDS AND HONOURS prosecute 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 Japan Chief: • Tagline: Together We Can. has been working extensively for the Japan’s government re-appointed Bank of VIJAYA BANK development of the language, was honoured with Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda for another • Headquarters: Bengaluru this year's Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman term. Wakatabe and Amamiya would replace • CEO: A. Sankara Narayanan award. It comprises a Rs 1 lakh cheque and a incumbent deputy governors Kikuo Iwata, an • Tagline: A friend you can bank on memento and it was given by Sahitya Akademi academic, and Hiroshi Nakaso, a career central President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari. Some of banker. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is the central Avani Chaturvedi becomes first Indian his important works in Hindi are "Magahi Kavita bank of Japan, headquartered in Tokyo, woman to fly fighter aircraft solo: Ke Bimb", "Eklavya", and "Bhagwan Birsa". Japan. Flying officer Avani Chaturvedi has scripted history by becoming the first Indian Shyam Benegal to honour with V Shantaram K.P. Sharma Oli Appointed as Nepal’s New woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo. An Indian Lifetime Achievement Award: PM: Air 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 the Mumbai International Film Festival is for Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist- in Gujarat. Documentary, Shorts & Animation Films. MIFF Leninist) has been sworn in as the prime minister 2018 will be conferred upon veteran film maker of Nepal for the second time. President Bidhya Michael McCormack named Australia’s new Shyam Benegal. It includes a cash prize of Rs 1 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 being Rao. Bahadur Deuba, who resigned recently. selected as the leader of the country’s National Party, the junior partner in the country’s coalition Shabnam Asthana wins Times Power ICHR has appointed Arvind Jamkhedhar as 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 Jamkhedkar will be the next Chairman of the resign last week amid public anger over an The 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 will replace Prof. K. Sudershan Rao, whose term secretary. Power Women of the Year 2017'- Pune for Global as ICHR chief was mired in controversy. The post PR. The award was conferred on her by Dilip fell vacant after Prof. Rao’s retirement. South Africa’s Ramaphosa appoints Nene as Kamble, Minister of State for Social Justice and finance minister in cabinet reshuffle: Special Assistance in the Government Vice-Admiral R B Pandit takes over as New South African President Cyril of Maharashtra. Commandant of INA: Ramaphosa has announced his cabinet, making Vice Admiral R B Pandit, Flag-Officer- substantial changes to ministerial positions. He Four Indian athletes in Forbes India 30 Commanding, Western Fleet at Mumbai, took reappointed 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 Rajiv president of South Africa. His rival Cyril India 30 Under 30 list. Kumar to study the Brahmaputra and flood Ramaphosa was chosen to lead the party. Those who were under the age of 30 as on 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 Govt appoints two new EDs in banks: country. Hailemariam Desalegn has led

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Ritu Sarin wins International Press This year’s Bafta Film Awards have been Ground, Jammu. Thirty seven teams comprising Institute’s award handed out in London. Here are the winners in 900 players and 120 officials from all over India The International Press Institute’s Indian National full: 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. gold medal of the Khelo India School Games • Leading actress: Frances McDormand 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 PM Modi being conferred with Palestinian • Director: The Shape Of programme has been introduced to revive the honour: Water – Guillermo Del Toro sports culture in the country at the grass-root Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being • EE Rising Star Award: Daniel Kaluuya level. conferred with the Grand Collar of the State of • Film not in the English language: The Palestine, which is the highest Palestinian 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 Awards M C Mary Kom claimed a gold India Open • Animated film: Coco at World Government Summit boxing. She defeated Josie Gabuco 4-1 in the • Editing: Baby Driver – Jonathan India’s Aadhaar won the best emerging 48kg category. Pinki Rani also fetched gold for Amos, Paul Machliss technology award at the recently India after defeating Jargalan Ochirbat in the • Cinematography: Blade Runner 2049 concluded World Government Summit 2018 final in (48-51 kg) category.In Total India bags – Roger Deakins in Dubai. India was the ‘Guest of Honour’ 10 medals. The event held at the Thyagraj country at the summit. Umang App won in Best • Original music: The Shape Of Water – Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. m-Government Service Award for Accessible Alexandre Desplat Government Category. The awards were • Original screenplay: Three Billboards Saurav Ghosal becomes the highest-ranked presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Outside Ebbing, Missouri Indian squash player: Minister of Interior of UAE Sheikh Saif bin India’s leading squash player, Saurav Ghosal Zayed Al Nahyan. BOOKS AND AUTHORS jumped five places to No 14 to become the Indian Engineer Awarded Sci-Tech Oscar PM Modi’s Book Exam Warriors Released highest ranked Indian in the Professional Squash Award Exam Warriors, a book penned by Prime Association (PSA) rankings released. Ghosal beat Vikas Sathaye, a Pune-born person has been Minister Narendra Modi for students, has been Joshna Chinappa who slipped three places to No honoured with the Scientific and Engineering released in the presence of External Affairs 17 while Dipika Pallikal Karthik remained on 20. Academy Award at the Oscars Scientific and Minister Sushma Swaraj and Human Resource Gregory Gaultier from France is currently at Technical Awards 2018. It was held at Beverly Development Minister Prakash Javadekar. The No. 1 Position in the Professional Squash Hills in Los Angeles, California. Sathaye and his book is the fifth one to be written by the Prime Association (PSA) rankings. team received the award for his contribution Minister and the first on the need to develop in “Shotover K1 Camera System” during his stress-free attitude to exams. India lifts U-19 World Cup trophy for record stint at Shotover Camera Systems in 4th time: Queenstown, New Zealand. “Mere Sapno Ka Bharat” Book: Tarun Vijay India has lifted the ICC Under-19 World Cup Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched for the record fourth time. They defeated Sanjiv Bajaj: EY Entrepreneur of the Year the book “Mere Sapno Ka Bharat”. It is a Australia by eight wickets at bay oval at Mount 2017 collection of best interviews of the former Maunganui in New Zealand. India’s star batsman Sanjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee authored Manjot Kalra adjudged Man of the Match and was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017. by the former Member of Parliament Tarun Shubman Gill Man of the Series. Dr. E Sreedharan was honored with the Lifetime Vijay. Achievement Award for transforming the face of Badminton: India Open 2018 public transportation in India. “A Century Is Not Enough” Book: Sourav India Open held annually at the Siri Fort Sports • EY India chairman: Rajiv Memani Ganguly Complex, New Delhi. In women’s singles P V The former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly Sindhu was defeated by American Beiwen Milkbasket recognised as ‘Startup of the will unveil a book named “A Century is not Zhang. Year’ 2017: enough”. The book is co-authored by Gautam Here are the complete list of winners: Milkbasket, India’s first and largest micro- Bhattacharya and published by Juggernaut • Men’s Singles: Shi Yuqi (China) delivery platform has been recognised books. • Women’s Singles: Beiwen Zhang as ‘Startup of the Year’ 2017 at the 7th Small (America), P V Sindhu (runner up) Business Awards. The startup of the year award SPORTS • Men’s Doubles: Marcus Fernaldi is dedicated to young SMEs, aged 7 years or less, B.N. Mullik Memorial All India Police Football Gideon (Indonesia) and Kevin Sanjaya with great potential to become big in Ch'ship to be held in Jammu: Sukamuljo (Indonesia) local/international markets. Jammu and Kashmir Police will host B N • Women’s Doubles: Greysia Polii Mullik Memorial All India Police Football (Indonesia) and Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia) Bafta Film Awards 2018: The winners in full Championship. It is the 2nd time to be held in 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 Federer has become the oldest world number chief coach Rahul Dravid: Ananya 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 the lakh for the Under-19 chief coach Rahul Rohan More Becomes First Asian To Swim standings after recording win over Dutch Robin Dravid. The victorious squad members will Across Ocean Seven: Haase in the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam receive Rs 30 lakh each. Pune-based swimmer, Rohan More became 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 initiated coach Paras Mhambrey will get Rs 20 lakh. person in the world to swim across the Ocean the country’s largest ‘train the trainers’ Seven. He has received the Tenzing Norgay programme: Golf: Shubhankar becomes top-ranked Award from the Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs Gopichand launched ‘train the trainers’ Indian golfer: and Sports. programme inducting 1500 Physical Education A youngster 21-year-old Shubhankar Sharma (PE) teachers from across Gujarat for advanced became the top-ranked Indian golfer with a rank Kishan Gangolli Wins National Chess training. As per the plan, Gopichand and his band of 72 in the world golf rankings. Recently he Championship for Blind: of experts will first select around 150 PE teachers has won the Maybank Championship in Kuala Karnataka's Kishan Gangolli won the National out of the 1500 to become master trainers. Lumpur, Malaysia. He also clinched his first 'A' Chess Championship for Blind for the fifth Former All-England champion Gopichand and European Tour win at the Joburg Open in consecutive time. Ashvin Makwana of Gujarat India’s lone Olympic gold medallist Abhinav December 2017. Dustin Johnson from the USA and Odisha's Soundarya Kumar Pradhan Bindra have been appointed to oversee the is now the World No. 1 in the World Golf finished second and third respectively. programme and will serve as mentors. Ranking. The top five players in the championship will form the Indian team for the forthcoming 'World Roger Federer beats Grigor Dimitrov to win Cricket: Jhulan Goswami 1st Woman to Take Team Championship' for the blind to be held in Rotterdam Open title: 200 ODI Wickets Bulgaria. The top 3 juniors (under the age of 20) Roger Federer marked his impending return to India's veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami became will represent 'World Junior' championship for the top of the world rankings by sweeping aside the first female cricketer to take 200 ODI the blind in Poland. second seed Grigor Dimitrov in the Rotterdam wickets. Goswami achieved the feat during the Open final in Netherlands. This is second ODI between India and South Africa. Pyeongchang Winter Olympics: Sweden’s the 97th 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 edition Marit Bjoergen, preventing her from collecting an

of the Khelo India School Games that unprecedented third straight gold medal in the Bhuvneshwar 1st Indian bowler to scalp 5- concluded in New Delhi. Haryana won 102 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 National 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 Championship. The 23rd Senior Women’s Johannesburg. at Pyeongchang stadium in South Korea. National Football Championship was held in Bhuvneshwar Kumar was awarded the Man-of- There will be 92 countries participating with Cuttack. Tamil Nadu created history by becoming the-Match Award. He has also become the 102 medals in Pyeongchang, covering seven champions in their first-ever final. second Indian to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is sports and 15 disciplines. Russia is after Yuzvendra Chahal. banned 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 Currency: South Korean Won Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the Chennai • record in 60 metres race. The World silver President: Moon Jae-in Open ATP Challenger tournament. He • medallist ran the distance in 6.34 seconds at the defeated compatriot Sidharth Rawat to make this US indoor national championships ITTF Oman World Junior & Cadet Open Table achievement. For a place in the semi-finals, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tennis Tournament: Bhambri will meet Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan.

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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 for singles event as he won Japan’s first gold medal the ICC ODI batsmen rankings. silver 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 second Solanki settled for Silver on the final day of • Rankings for batsmen: 1. Virat and third spots. the 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing Kohli (909 points), 2. AB de Villiers (844), North Korea 3. David Warner (823). tournament at Sofia in Bulgaria. While Vikas 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 Khan and Jasprit Bumrah (787 points), Said Mordaji to claim the coveted yellow metal. • Leader: Kim Jong-un 3. Trent Boult (729). Gaurav in 52 kgs took home the silver after losing

in the Final. Sardar Singh back as Indian hockey team India bag gold medal at 5th Commonwealth In the Women’s 48 kg section, Mary Kom, who captain for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Nations Bridge Championship: came into the event in pursuit of a third The Hockey India selectors brought back Sardar Indian “A” team won gold at the 5th consecutive gold medal, lost to Bulgaria’s Singh as captain of an 28-member Indian squad Commonwealth Nations Bridge Sevda Asenova in a rather shocking verdict to for the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to be held Championship held in Gold Coast, Australia, finish second. Seema Poonia in the +81 kg in Ipoh, Malaysia from March 3-10. between 14 and 18 February 2018. The Indian “A” category also settled for a Silver after she went Malaysia team was headed by Kiran Nadar. The Indian down to Russia’s Anna Ivanova. India ended the • Currency: Malaysian ringgit “A” team defeated the Australian team. tournament with 11 medals — 2 Gold, 3 Silver

• Capital: Kuala Lumpur and 6 Bronze. Pyeongchang 2018: Ester Ledecka gets

second gold medal: Alex Blackwell: Australia vice-captain Gopi Thonakal retains his title at New Delhi Ester Ledecka became the first woman to announces retirement: Marathon: claim gold medals in two sports at a Winter Alex Blackwell, Australia’s most Reigning Asian Champion Gopi Olympics with a win in the snowboarding parallel capped female player has Thonakal retained his title at the IDBI Federal giant slalom. The 22-year-old Czech, who earned announced retirement from all forms of cricket. Life Insurance New Delhi Marathonin New a shock victory in the skiing super G last, beat Delhi. In the women’s event also, Monika Germany’s Selina Jorg to win her second gold. Norway’s Bjoergen becomes most Athare retained her title. Gopi clocked 2 hour, 15 She is the fifth athlete to win in two sports at one successful Winter Olympian: minute and 16 seconds to clinch the gold under Games and the first in unrelated events with the Norway’s Marit Bjoergen (14 Olympic medals) ideal running conditions. Nitendra Singh previous double wins coming in Nordic events. became the most successful athlete in Winter Rawat was second, while Bahadur Singh Ramona Theresia Hofmeister took bronze. Olympics history as she Dhoni took the bronze. took bronze in Pyeongchang, South Korea in

Cricket Canada unveils ICC-approved T20 cross country skiing’s women’s team sprint free. Simona Halep reclaims world No 1 ranking: league: However, Kikkan Randall and Jessica Romanian tennis ace Simona Halep has Canada became the latest to embrace franchise- Diggins won the gold and the first Olympic cross returned to world number one in women based T20 cricket with the formation of the country title for the United States. rankings. She replaced Australian Open Global T20 Canada. The announcement of the Norway’s Martin Johnsrud champion Caroline Wozniacki, who held the league – conceptualised, designed, developed Sundby and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won top spot for four consecutive weeks. Wozniacki, and managed by India’s Mercuri Group in the men’s title by 1.71sec ahead of the Olympic 27, did not compete in the Dubai Tennis association with Cricket Canada – was done Athletes from Russia, with France finishing third. Championships last week, leaving the way open in New Delhi. for the Romanian to return to World No.1. Cricket Canada has become the first Associate Australia beat New Zealand by 19 Runs in IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE DAY member of the ICC to start a Twenty20 T20 Final: World Cancer Day – Feb 4 franchise league in the North America market. Australia clinched the T20 tri- World Cancer Day is observed on February 4,

series against New Zealand after cruising to a 2018. Communities across the world will come Aruna Budda Reddy becomes 1st Indian to 19-run victory in the rain-affected final together to spread and raise awareness about win individual medal at Gymnastics World at Auckland. cancer. For 2016-2018, the theme for observing Cup: It also means Australia leapfrog Pakistan to World Cancer Day is ‘We Can. I can.’ Aruna Budda Reddy has created history by become the top-rated T20 team in the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM: becoming the first Indian to win an individual world. This will be the first timefor Australia to Feb 6th medal at the Gymnastics World Cup. She hold the number one spot since rankings were International Day of Zero Tolerance for clinched a Bronze in the Women’s Vault event introduced in 2011. Female Genital Mutilation is a United Nations- in Melbourne. Aruna, who hails from Hyderabad, sponsored annual awareness day that takes place scored 13.649 average points to finish third and Top-ranked Kohli breaches 900-point mark on February 6. It is UN's efforts to eradicate claim the bronze medal at the Hisense in ODIs: female genital mutilation. Arena. Tjasa Kysslef of Slovania took home Virat Kohli became only the second Nation celebrates Unani Day: February 11 the Gold, while Emily Whitehead of Australia batsman after AB de Villiers to cross the 900- Nation celebrates as Unani Day as it is won the Silver. point mark simultaneously in both Tests and the 150th Birth Anniversary of Hakim Ajmal

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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 Hukum Singh passed away. highest civilian honour. National Productivity Council is observing Madavoor Vasudevan Nair passed away: Dr BK Goyal, cardiologist with ‘clinical sixth National Productivity Day February 12 and Kathakali maestro Madavoor Vasudevan sense’, is no more: National Productivity Week till 18th February. Nair collapsed on stage and passed away while Eminent cardiologist Dr BK Goyal breathed his • The theme for the National Productivity performing at Agasthyacodu Mahadeva Temple, last in Mumbai following a cardiac arrest. He was Week is – Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity Anchal in kollam. He is a recipient of several 82-years-old. He was known to the world for for India. awards, including Padma Bhushan. having received top civilian awards — the Padma World Radio Day – February 13 Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu passes away: Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma The World Radio Day is observed every year Former Minister and presently member of Shri — and for treating ministers, industrialists on February 13 and theme is “Radio and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Gali and bureaucrats. Sports”. There are three sub themes in 2018: Muddu Krishnama Naidu. He belongs to Telugu Renowned writer Kunhiraman Panoor They are, Diversity in Sports Coverage, Gender 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, the activist Kunhiraman Panoor popularly known World Social Justice: February 20 USA. He was well-known for playing the title as K Panoor passed away due to old age ailments World Social Justice is observed every year character in the “Frasier” show. His other at a private hospital. He was 84. Panoor won on February 20. Social justice is an underlying famous works are “The American President,” the Kerala Sahithya Academy award in 2006 principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence “Moonstruck,” “In the Line of Fire,” and “Say and Ramasramam award in 2002. The within and among nations. We advance social Anything”. renowned writer retired from the State Revenue justice when we remove barriers that people face Doyen of Odia Literature Chandrasekhar Department as Deputy Collector. because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, Rath Passes Away: Renowned violinist M.S. Anantharaman culture or disability. The doyen of Odia literature Chandrasekhar passes away: • Theme of 2018: Workers on the Move: Rath passed away in Bhubaneswar. Rath was Noted violinist M.S. Anantharaman, an the Quest for Social Justice conferred with several awards, including Kendra exponent of Parur style of violin playing, died. He International Mother Language Day 2018: Sahitya Akademi Award, Odisha Sahitya was 94 years old. He familiarised the Parur bani Feb 21st Akademi Award and Atibadi Jagannath Das along with his brother. 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 literature. Mishra passes away: February for the last 20 years, is an endeavour Asma Jahangir Passed Away: Senior journalist and editor-in-chief of stop this disintegration of language and culture. Pakistan’s well known human rights lawyer and National Herald, Neelabh Mishra, passed This year 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 World Thinking Day 2018: Feb 22nd Johann Johannsson Passed Away: Sanjay Kapoor. She was 54. World Thinking Day is a way to celebrate Johann Johannsson, an award-winning Former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian with girls all over the world on Feb 22nd by doing composer and producer passed away. passes away: the same activities. Making an impact means Johannsson won a Golden Globe and received Former Cabinet secretary TSR having a strong effect on something or someone. Grammy and Oscar nominations for his Subramanian has passed away. He was 79. Mr Impact for the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is all score for “The Theory of Everything”. Subramanian was the Cabinet Secretary from about bringing positive change. Long serving Former Dutch PM passed away August 1996, to March 1998. • Theme of 2018:“Impact” Ruud Lubbers, the youngest and longest- World Sustainable Energy Days: February serving prime minister of the Netherlands, died at Current Affairs Quiz: th 24 the age of 78 in Rotterdam. Q.1) High Performance Computing facility The World Sustainable Energy Days French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood passes launched for weather forecast has been launched (WSED) are one of Europe’s largest annual away: 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 passes a) February 5th b) February 4th Senior BJP MP from Maharashtra, Chintaman away: c) February 7th d) February 3rd Wanaga, passed away. Wanaga, who was born Well-known Telugu cinema comedian Gundu e) February 6th on June 1, 1950, was elected to the Lok Sabha Hanumantha Rao passed away in Hyderabad. Q.3) The Ministry of Commerce & Industry from Palghar in Maharashtra. He was a member He was 61. The first role he essayed on stage was launched the third version of the GeM 3.0. What of the 11th and the 13th Lok Sabha. in a play called Ravana Brahma in Vijayawada. is the abbreviation of “M” in GeM 3.0? World’s Oldest Man Passes Away at 113: 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 e) Maturity village in spain. heard 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 a) Rajesh Khanna b) Mahendra Kumar a) February 1st b) February 2nd e) Kamal Raj c) R K Singh d) Sushil Raj c) February 3rd d) February 4th Q.27) Which country launches smallest rocket e) Sunita Kannan e) February 5th 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 appointed the Global Investors’ Summit in ______. Q.10) Exam Warriors is a book penned by whom? as Chief Justice of which country? a) Bihar b) Assam a) Prime Minister of India a) Bhutan b) Myanmar c) Maharashtra d) Andhra Pradesh b) Vice President of India c) Bangladesh d) Nepal e) Karnataka c) President of India e) None of these Q.34) The 32nd Surajkund International Crafts d) Governor of India Q.21) The Centre has sanctioned how much crore Mela has began in ______. e) None of these for three years to promote organic farming in a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh Q.11) India has lifted the ICC Under-19 World 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 of company to express stories about their d) Japan e) Indonesia 1 Lakh? communities? Q.23) Which country celebrated the 70th a) Shesh Anand Madhukar a) UCZ Ltd b) Facebook Independence Day on February 4th with the b) Premchand c) Google d) Shallow Cox theme “One Nation”? c) Coomaraswamy e) None of these a) Bhutan b) Pakistan c) Sri Lanka d) Kulkarni 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 the cooperation. a) 500 kms b) 700 kms c) 220 kms world golf rankings. a) $ 1 million b) $ 100 million d) 290 kms e) 560 kms a) 72nd b) 19th c) 28th c) $ 2 million d) $ 250 million Q.25) The Sixth World Government Summit 2018 d) 56th e) 81st 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? d) Turkmenistan e) China Q.63) What is the range of nuclear capable Prithvi a) Surendar Raj b) Sunil kumar Q.51) John Hennessy is appointed as chairman of 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 3- a) Vice President b) President at? 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)' a) 19th b) 14th c) 21st with which organisation launched massive door to scheme has been launched at a cost of how much d) 9th e) 1st door campaign “DASTAK” to eradicate deadly 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) loan Encephalitis disease in the state? c) Rs 1430 crore d) Rs 1650 crore 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 chairman Q.69) Who is the first Indian female cricketer to c) Shooting d) Hockey of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the take 200 ODI wickets? e) Golf 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 a) 32nd b) 42nd c) 45th Q.58) Who won the International Press Institute’s following field? d) 38th e) 40th 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 and a) Facebook b) Google Q.75) The revised target of PMUY will be achieved Coastal Waterways recently? c) UNESCO d) UNICEF by which year?

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a) 2025 b) 2020 c) 2021 Q.88) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) saints and locals played conch shells ‘shankh’ d) 2019 e) 2022 has imposed a fine of how much crore on search together in ______Gariaband. Q.76) The “pay as you use” Project will be engine major Google? a) 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 written c) Bank of Maharashtra d) Bank of Baroda showed best overall performance as well as 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 Hawk- Q.91) Which edition of Olympic Winter Games a) Radio and Rich b) Radio and Science i with indigenous Real Time Operating System officially kicked off in South Korea? c) Radio and Games d) Radio and Sports (RTOS)? a) 22nd b) 21st c) 25th e) Radio and Friends a) Boeing b) SpaceX d) 23rd e) 24th Q.105) Who has been elected as the president of c) Hindustan Aeronautics d) Kerns Aerospace Q.92) PM Modi lays foundation stone of first Hindu Kendra Sahitya Akademi? e) None of these temple in which city? a) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari Q.80) What is India’s Rank in Global Intellectual a) New York b) Riyadh c) Muscat b) Suresh Chandra Kumar Property Index? d) Abu Dhabi e) None of these c) Vimal Kumar a) 41st b) 43rd c) 44th Q.93) Chandrasekhar Rath who passed away d) Chandrashekhara Kambara d) 45th e) 42nd 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 how search mobile app which has been recently d) West Bengal e) Jharkhand many percentage sub-target for lending to the launched? Q.94) In which year Payment and Settlement 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 of d) 2007 e) 2005 Q.107) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) 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 which a) Rajesh b) Rohan c) Suresh Q.84) Who launched a web-based monitoring 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 many a) Oman b) Vietnam c) Israel e) Ranju Singh 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? Q.98) Which country has been banned from a) Shripad Yesso Naik a) Sweden b) Russia c) Italy Winter Olympics 2018? b) Hardeep Singh Puri d) Germany e) Qatar a) Japan b) Russia c) North Korea c) Jitendra Singh Q.86) Who has become ICC's 1st Independent d) India e) China d) Ramdas Athawale 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 Advisory Q.125) Which country has temporarily banned Q.135) Who claimed the first gold on the opening Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) was held imports of live birds, hatching eggs and chicks day of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics? 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 Nitin d) Amiya Kumar Bagchi taken under which ministry? 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 market e) Germany Q.128) The world’s first driverless pods on the 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 a) February 12th b) February 11th a) Dubai b) Davos c) Muscat Q.139) Who was concurrently accredited as the c) February 10th d) Jerusalem e) None of these next Ambassador of India to the Timor-Leste? d) February 13th Q.129) Who won the National 'A' Chess a) PrakashKumar Rawat e) February 15th Championship for Blind for the fifth consecutive b) Pragad Kumar Rawat 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 manage e) Narendra Modi a) Chandrababu Naidu 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 a) Karnataka b) Odisha d) Devendra Fadnavis e) 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 “Good” Conference on Unani Medicine? Q.142) India will host which edition of Theatre score in the index? a) Integration of Unani System of Medicine in Olympics? a) Kandla b) Kamarajar main stream healthcare a) 7th b) 3rd c) 4th c) Paradip d) Haldia b) Integrated of Unani System of Medicine in main d) 5th e) 8th e) Mormugao stream Q.143) Who organises India's first radio festival Q.121) In the list of 15 wealthiest cities New York c) Integration of Unani Source of Medicine in main in Delhi? topped the list with a total wealth of how much stream healthcare a) UNICEF b) WHO c) UNESCO amount? d) Integrated of Unani System of Medicine in main d) UN e) IMF a) $3 trillion b) $5 trillion 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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c) Rs 23 crore d) Rs 29 crore Q.155) Who will be the captain of an 28-member a) Narendra Modi b) R K Singh e) Rs 21 crore Indian squad for the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup c) Arun Jaitley d) Rajiv Kumar Q.146) Which is the first state to withdraw from 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 ever mines / blocks for sale of coal under which of the c) Kerala d) Rajasthan Arab Fashion Week? following act? e) Uttar Pradesh a) USA b) Saudi Arabia a) Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 Q.158) Who became the first figure skater in 66 c) India d) UK 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 PyeongChang Games? at ______. d) Both a and b a) Alex Blackwell b) Sardar Singh a) Kolkata b) Chennai 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 approved Q.159) Who has set up a world record in 60 Q.170) The World Radio Day is observed on? of how much crore rupees to Capital Acquisition metres race at the US indoor national a) February 16th b) February 12th Proposals of services? championships? c) February 11th d) February 13th a) Rs.18,580 crore b) Rs.16,750 crore a) Alex Blackwell b) Sardar Singh e) February 15th 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 e) Jhana Lal Khanal Entrepreneur of the Year 2017? c) Rs. 1583.78 crore and 6years Q.161) Name the firm that has been recognised a) Shakthi Manjesh b) Sanjiv Bajaj 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 c) Vikas Sathaye d) Muthu Pradeep a) $139.2 billion b) $119.2 billion Q.163) Name the ecommerce firm that has rolled e) KN Sinha c) $849.2 billion d) $939.2 billion out its 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 a) February 17th b) February 18th Q.164) The State government will be setting up c) China d) Russia c) February 19th d) February 20th an India’s first institute for artificial intelligence e) Tajikistan e) February 21st (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 study c) Paschim Lehar d) Garuda Shakti c) Yuzuru Hanyu d) Christian Coleman Brahmaputra and flood control measures in e) Milan e) Javier Fernandez Assam?

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Q.177) Who has become the oldest world number b) Rohan Bopanna e) Reliance Industries 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 sell Q.178) National Conference under the title of Environment Day 2018? 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 Constituency e) Hyderabad Japan chief? of Union minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Q.179) How many Indian Army personnel left for a) Kikuo Iwata b) Wakatabe 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 c) Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) d) 2,300 e) 2,220 a 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 bond e) Rs 835.23 crore e) Stan Wawrinka 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? Q.194) Which of the following state government d) Writer e) Politician a) 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 International Women’s Day next month? ______. e) 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 the Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi? Q.205) Who has been appointed as the Flag- e) 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 the c) Iran d) Pakistan project, New Swajal Project (drinking water Best m-Government Service Award? e) Iraq programme) Gangotri Iconic Place in Uttarakhand a) Umang app b) BHIM app Q.197) Which of the following company has and also the process for Geo-Tagging water c) MyGov app d) MEAIndia signed an “intent agreement” with Maharashtra sources in Himalayas? e) GARV Grameen Vidyutikaran App government to build a hyperloop transportation a) Venkaiah Naidu Q.188) Who has become the first Indian to reach system between Navi Mumbai International b) Uma Bharti 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 a) Somdev Devvarman c) Virgin Group d) Aditiya Birla Group e) Rajnath Singh

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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 a Auckland? c) Google Dio d) Woogle Pay 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 in Winter Olympics history by winning bronze a) India and Bangladesh c) Antonov-2 d) SOCATA medal in Pyeongchang, South Korea? b) Thailand and 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 Q.218) . Which of the following country ranked percent interest rate for 2017-18 for its about 5 e) Baren Graham topped in recent ICC ODI rankings for teams? crore members? Q.209) International Mother Language Day is a) South Africa b) India c) England a) 7.55 per cent b) 8.85 per cent celebrated on ______. d) New Zealand e) Australia c) 8.65 per cent d) 8.45 per cent a) January 15th b) February 21st Q.219) Who becomes first Indian woman to fly e) 8.55 per cent c) February 20th d) January 28th fighter MiG-21 bison aircraft solo in Gujarat? Q.228) India International Textiles Expo is being e) March 21st a) Avanigha Chaturvedi organized by Powerloom Development & Export 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 Korea? c) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Railways 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 civilian c) Mikaël Kingsbury e) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Home affairs awards — the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan d) Mark McMorris Q.229) In eNAM (an online agriculture market 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 interventions for speedy and sustainable growth b) Grievance Redressal Management System ______. in NER. The forum is co-chaired between whom? c) Mobile app has been made bilingual 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 Executive the No 1 spot by scoring how many points in the d) Dr. Jitendra Singh and Arvind Subramanian Director of Vijaya Bank, recently? recent ICC ODI batsmen rankings? e) N.K Singh and Dr. Rajiv Kumar a) Debashish Mukherjee a) 901 points b) 919 points Q.222) India ranked which spot in the list of b) Ajay Kumar Srivastava c) 908 points d) 909 points targeted countries for Web Application Attacks c) Govind N Dongre e) 915 points (WAA), as per the "Akamai State of the Internet d) Murali Ramaswami 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 will collaborate with Facebook (India) in a bid to distribution system in Arunachal Pradesh? b) Gandhi Nagar railway station take up innovative pilot projects in the state? a) Rs. 905 crore rupees c) Jodhpur railway station a) Maharashtra b) Odisha c) Karnataka b) Rs. 915 crore rupees d) Ajmer railway station d) Andhra Pradesh e) Telangana c) Rs. 935 crore rupees e) Matunga railway station Q.224) Who inaugurated the India International d) Rs. 925 crore rupees Q.215) Who has been appointed as the Executive Textiles Expo 2018? e) Rs. 945 crore rupees 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 e) Dr. Amarath Amunugama a) Kerala b) Karnataka 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 ODI devices. bowler’s rankings?

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a) Rashid Khan b) Jasprit Bumrah Q.242) Which of the following state has become c) Kolkata d) New Delhi c) Trent Boult d) Both a and b the first state in India where business and e) Ahmedabad e) Both b and c investment projects can now be cleared digitally, Q.252) How many projects did the International 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? e) Blade Runner 2049 c) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles a) USD Four million b) USD Three million Q.244) India signed with which country’s IRDC to d) Anti-Tank Missile c) USD One million d) USD Five million 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 Q.236) First Centre for Agriculture in North East and local developmental challenges? Summit of the Confederation of Indian Industry region of India, with collaboration of Israeli a) Canada b) Russia (CII) 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 launched bauxite? spot on the Global Corruption Perception (GCP) by the Reserve Bank of India for non-banking a) Bihar b) Madhya Pradesh Index 2018. financial companies (NBFCs) for redressal of c) Haryana d) Odisha a) 82nd b) 80th c) 81st complaints against them? e) Maharashtra d) 79th e) 85th a) Ombudsman Scheme 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 c) Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendras which country for better technology partnership Championship held in Gold Coast, Australia. The (PMMSK) Scheme in the state? Indian “A” team was headed by ______. d) Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of a) Russia b) Armenia c) Taiwan a) Kiran Nadar b) Rishi Nadar Stressed Assets d) Tonga e) Canada c) Thiran Nadar d) Yuvan Nadar e) RBI Young Scholars Award Scheme Q.240) Institute of Chartered Accountants of e) 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 of Bonds initially at its four authorised branches with the 11,400 crore rupees fraud? India (RBI) has set up a committee to look into from March 1? a) Punjab National Bank the reasons and suggest steps to prevent such a) Canara bank b) UCO bank b) Gitanjali Gems occurrences. The head of the committee is c) State bank of India d) Indian bank 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 Solar d) 21 e) 13 address 10 issues, including cleanliness and Alliance (ISA) summit on 11th March. The summit Q.260) Which of the following Payments bank pollution, in 46 developmental blocks of the 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 Solar Alliance (ISA) will be located at _____. a) FinoPayTech Limited a) Gurgaon b) Bengaluru b) Airtel M Commerce Services Limited

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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) Q.261) Who has became the first woman to Q.271) What is the theme of 20th 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 taken Deliver? (a) 205. (b) 206. ( b) 207. ( e) 208. (c) 209. ( b) 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 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing tournament held? 221. (a) 222. (c) 223. (d) 224. (d) 225. (b) 226. 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- Q.274) Name the two people who win the gold (b) 271. (d) 272. (a) 273. (a) 274. (d) 275. (c) in-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 c) Michael McCormack a) 308 b) 488 c) 368 grant 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 e) Gujarat 1. (c) 2. (e) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (e) 8. (d) Q.5) 4 + 3 + 5 = 푥 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. (d) 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) Q.11) 789.6+ 10.4+ 41 = x2 e) Kerala 122. (b) 123. (d) 124. (c) 125. (d) 126. (b) 127. a) Both 29 and -29 b) 29 c) 841 Q.270) How much crore investment made by the (c) 128. (a) 129. (a) 130. (a) 131. (a) 132. (a) d) 831 e) None of these Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) in Andhra 133. (a) 134. (d) 135. (d) 136. (e) 137. (a) 138. Q.12) 4233+8957+9843= x+8537+10% of 1280 Pradesh for the development of energy efficiency (e) 139. (c) 140. (e) 141. (d) 142. (e) 143. (c) 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 e) 13248 Q.33) 500% of 200 + 50% of 200 + 10% of 200 Q.52) 56% of 2000 + 27% of 3000 + 45×60 = x Q.13) 48% of 500 + 250% of 100 = x-123 = x a) 4740 b) 4340 c) 4640 a) 367 b) 613 c) 713 a) 1210 b) 1020 c) 1220 d) 4580 e) 4630 d) 723 e) 739 d) 1120 e) 1230 Q.53) 789+908-875.5+ 465 = x+779.5 Q.14) 918 + 1236 + 448 + 117 = 푥 Q.34) 80% of 800+ 64% of 300 + 40% of 1250 a) 407 b) 509 c) 527 3 6 4 13 a) 733 b) 634 c) 646 = x d) 577 e) 507 a) 1223 b) 1225 c) 1330 Q.54) 323 × 221 × 272 × 238 = 17푥 d) 633 e) 621 19 13 16 14 Q.15) 938+90×25+148/4 =1894+x d) 1332 e) 1335 a) 17 b) 3 c) 174 a) 1335 b) 1115 c) 1675 Q.35) 680+500+450 = x+750 d) 4 e) 1 d) 1331 e) 1125 a) 770 b) 850 c) 880 Q.55) 66.66+ 666.6+ 6.06+606.6+0.60 = x d) 890 e) 780 Q.16) (34 + 17) × 28 = 푥 a) 1356.52 b) 1246.52 c) 1256.52 7 14 10 3 Q.36) √361% 표푓 200 + √3375% 표푓 1000 = 푥 − d) 1346.52 e) 1256.58 a) 1600 b) 1900 c) 1700 20% 표푓 500 Q.56) 9800+9093+8909+9580 = 15% of d) 1650 e) None of these a) 278 b) 288 c) 298 60000+x Q.17) 450+789+67%300 = x d) 308 e) 268 a) 38382 b) 28384 c) 28942 a) 1540 b) 1230 c) 1440 Q.37) 8495+ 9005+4500= x+ 3400 d) 29832 e) 28382 d) 1680 e) 1120 a) 9300 b) 10300 c) 17800 Q.57) 6500+ 1500+5000+2350 = x+1000 Q.18) 78×300+100×24 = x+75×200 d) 18600 e) 19200 a) 13450 b) 14350 c) 12350 a) 6040 b) 5040 c) 10800 Q.38) 89×20+ 75×4 + 400=x d) 12450 e) None of these d) 12080 e) 11800 a) 2580 b) 2470 c) 2360 Q.58) 48% of 600 + 65% of 900 - 55×6 = x Q.19) 7845 + 9053 + 1099 + √529 = 푥 − 20 d) 2560 e) 2480 a) 563 b) 753 c) 663 a) 18040 b) 17000 c) 19000 Q.39) 890+6790+9005+1000 =x d) 543 e) 533 d) 21000 e) 15000 a) 17685 b) 16895 c) 14565 Q.59) 650 + 755.5 + √3481– 545.5 = 푥 + 450 Q.20) 765+784.5+450.5 = x+ 450 d) 18965 e) 17865 a) 479 b) 449 c) 459 a) 1650 b) 1500 c) 1550 Q.40) 78×30+40% of 3500 + 50×50 = x d) 469 e) 359 d) 1700 e) 1800 a) 5350 b) 6530 c) 8900 Q.60) 4500 × 134 × 357 = 3x Q.21) 400 + 5050 + 670 + √729 = 푥 − 13 d) 6140 e) 6240 67 900 17 a) 210 b) 3 c) 63 a) 5160 b) 6150 c) 6260 Q.41) 75%of 200+ 39% of 500 + 40% of 300 = d) 70 e) 330 d) 6160 e) 6170 x 3 2 Q.61) 455.5+ 758+905.5-45.4 = x+ 68.6 Q.22) √576 + √1728 = 푥 a) 475 b) 375 c) 425 a) 2017 b) 2010 c) 2003 a) 5 b) 6 c) -6 d) 465 e) 445 d) 2001 e) 2005 d) 36 e) Either b or c Q.42) 80% of 480+ 52% of 500 = x +35%of 500 Q.23) 78 × 15 + 140 × 20 + 480 = 푥 Q.62) 25% of 4000 + 85×2+ 4000 =x 12 a) 459 b) 449 c) 479 a) 5170 b) 5270 c) 5370 a) 4120 b) 3230 c) 4010 d) 399 e) 469 d) 5470 e) 5560 d) 4020 e) 3990 Q.43) 8956+8948+9304 = x+14500 5 ( +1.5) 34 2 Q.24) 34×50+25×150+100 =x+800 a) 12708 b) 13608 c) 11508 Q.63) 3 = 푥 ( +2.25 17 4 ) a) 4350 b) 4750 c) 4550 d) 12408 e) 11108 3 a) 262 b) 289 c) 272 d) 4250 e) None of these Q.44) √1089 + √2304 + √729 = 3푥 11 16 3 d) 269 e) 294 Q.25) 8398+1092 + 594+ 400 =x a) 9 b) 3 c) 2 Q.64) 58% 2000+ 36% of 3000+ 78% of 4000 = a) 12848 b) 10484 c) 11484 d) 1 e) 0 x d) 9484 e) 12128 Q.45) 8900 + 6890 + 6500 + √14400 = 푥 a) 5470 b) 5360 c) 5570 Q.26) 100 + 400 + 500 + 900 + 3√3375 + x = 4000 a) 23410 b) 23120 c) 21340 d) 5230 e) 5260 a) 2185 b) 2385 c) 2475 d) 22310 e) 22410 Q.65) 897+908+458+4983=x+3049 d) 2085 e) 2175 Q.46) 75% of 2500+35% of 7000 + 255% of a) 4197 b) 4287 c) 4377 Q.27) 9090×2+ 125×100+450+x= 45000 2000 = x d) 4187 e) 4097 a) 18730 b) 18370 c) 17830 a) 9355 b) 9325 c) 9265 Q.66) 30% 표푓 6800 + 28% 표푓 7000 + 496 = 푥 + d) 13870 e) 12380 16 d) 9465 e) 9425 45% 표푓 8000 Q.28) 895.44+789.56+9839=x Q.47) 800×25+ 1600+15% of 400 = x a) 531 b) 431 c) 441 a) 12434 b) 11524 c) 13244 a) 22660 b) 21660 c) 22560 d) 521 e) 511 d) 12354 e) 13450 d) 21560 e) 23540 Q.67) 4598+938+9304.5= 4500.5 + x Q.29) 456+950+790+68.5 =x 2 + 2+ 3 Q.48) 47 28 11 = x a) 10340 b) 11240 c) 12330 a) 2265.5 b) 2275.5 c) 2274.5 a) 4335 b) 4435 c) 4235 d) 10240 e) 12030 d) 2254.5 e) 2264.5 d) 4324 e) 4500 Q.68) 65×30+ 150×20+39×40 = x+30 Q.30) 60×20+40×30+ 40×15 = x Q.49) 6700+ 40% of 6800 + 45×20 =x a) 6470 b) 6360 c) 6580 a) 2000 b) 4000 c) 2500 a) 7872 b) 10320 c) 11430 d) 6480 e) 6260 d) 3500 e) 3000 d) 10120 e) 7782 Q.69) 9384+9340+8230 + x = 45% of 65000 Q.31) 7485+9400+1500= x+ 13500 54×39×49×79 Q.50) = 79 × x a) 2396 b) 2496 c) 2296 a) 5775 b) 4885 c) 4995 9×13×98 a) 49 b) 54 c) 79 d) 2096 e) 2196 d) 4355 e) 4915 d) 9 e) 98 Q.70) 40%of 6450+ 55% of 7500 +65%of 2400 Q.32) 56% of 200 + 39% of 300 = x-45% of 400 Q.51) 4500-678+8900-1578 =x + 3420 = x a) 509 b) 529 c) 429 a) 8834 b) 7734 c) 7474 a) 8365 b) 8465 c) 8265 d) 409 e) 419 d) 7724 e) 7234 d) 8345 e) 8450

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Q.71) 76% of 3000+ 85% of 4000 – 900 = x d) 2.4 e) None of these a) 8 b) 9 c) 7 a) 4790 b) 5780 c) 4770 Q.91) 5680+3490+3049= x+ 6500 d) 1 e) 12 d) 5770 e) 4780 a) 5629 b) 5319 c) 5719 109. 24 x {(3/5)2(4/8)2(5/6)2} =? Q.72) 7838-9384+9238-9458=x-2498 d) 4379 e) 5219 a) 1 b) 1.5 a) 842 b) 948 c) 742 Q.92) 95% of 10000- 32% of 30000+35×20 = x c) 2 d) 2.5 e) 3 d) 732 e) 752 a) 500 b) 400 c) 300 110. (27)1/3+(125)1/3+(64)1/3=(?√?)2/3 Q.73) 45 × 72 − 89 × 20 − √9801 = 푥 d) 600 e) 700 a) 169 b) 144 a) 1471 b) 1371 c) 1281 Q.93) 9100 + 980 + √625 = 푥 c) 60 d) 134 e) 12 70 √2401 5 d) 1361 e) 1461 111. (3+ 5 ) + (3+ 29) = 2-2 x ? a) 145 b) 155 c) 175 4 2 2 2 Q.74) 88×70+99×80=x+45% of 10000 d) 165 e) 150 a) 63 b) 71 a) 8590 b) 8870 c) 9580 Q.94) 30% of 5000+ 40% of 6000+ 10% of 7500 c) 77 d) 79 e) 83 d) 9670 e) 9360 41.97 ×8.97+5.03 ×6.02 = x 112. 3 =? Q.75) 403+ 452- 303 =x +39% of 2000 √7.96 × √8.985 a) 5650 b) 4650 c) 4560 a) 68 b) 58 c) 132 a) 37345 b) 38345 c) 37845 d) 5550 e) 6560 d) 125 e) 95 d) 38245 e) None of these 2 2 2 x Q.95) 12 + 24 +3 = 9 113. (73)2 – (41)2+(129)2=? Q.76) 8934-9834+9348-9054= x-7873 a) 729 b) 2 c) 9 a) 20299 b) 19289 a) 7267 b) 7497 c) 7347 d) 3 e) None of these c) 20189 d) 21049 e) None of these d) 7487 e) 7357 6700 Q.96) 67 × 22 + − 75% 표푓 1000 = 푥 114. 12544 ÷ 64 x ?= 43.75 Q.77) 15% of 780+ 25% of 980 = x- 35%of 4300 25 √ a) 1092 b) 892 c) 992 a) 30 b) 15 a) 1777 b) 1877 c) 1857 d) 1024 e) 924 c) 25 d) 40 e) None of these d) 1837 e) 1867 Q.97) 6400- 9090+3500= x -3480 115. 37.2 x 92.4÷ 275= (3)? Q.78) 890×15-780×25+6788=x a) 4390 b) 4290 c) 4490 a) -0.2 b) 9.8 a) 538 b) 638 c) 528 d) 4340 e) 4440 c) -0.8 d) 3 e) -3 d) 548 e) 648 √2304 (78−32)2 2 16020 2 Q.98) √1225 + + 20% 표푓 350 = 푥 116. + of =? Q.79) 9300+2980+3892+9380= x+97 √576 23 5 120 a) 17143 b) 16243 c) 15143 a) 97 b) 107 c) 104 a) 316.9 b) 317.9 d) 15773 e) 16143 d) 94 e) 114 c) 318.9 d) 315.9 e) None of these 6 3 4 Q.80) 3 + 4 − 6 = 푥 Q.99) 9000 + 68% 표푓 2000 + 7500 = 푥 117. 72% of 143.6 + 34% of 170 – 2.9% of 540 7 2 3 15 1 1 2 =? a) 2 b) 1 c) 1 a) 10860 b) 11760 c) 10660 42 42 42 a) 70 b) 150 c) 180 d) 2 2 e) 1 3 d) 12680 e) None of these 42 42 d) 220 e) 90 3 5 5 Q.100) 3500+ 4500+6800-15000= x – 3000 Q.81) 1 + 4 − 2 = 푥 118. (23)2 x 23 x 43=813÷ 8(?) 2 4 3 a) 2600 b) 3800 c) 3200 a) 2 1 b) 3 1 c) 4 3 a) 4 b) 8 12 12 12 d) 2800 e) 3000 c) 5 d) 6 e) None of these d)4 1 e) None of these 12 23 115 138 420 D.101-250) What should come in place of 119. ÷ ÷ = (?) Q.82) 75% 표푓 4500 + 65% 표푓 7500 − = 푥 25 125 150 0.3 the question mark (?) in the following a) 1 b) 5 a) 6750 b) 7850 c) 7750 6 questions? 1 24 c) 1 d) e) None of these d) 6850 e) None of these 5 25 101. 16 X 15 X 14 ÷ 6 9 =1x ? Q.83) 8938 + 340 − 4500 = 푥 + 680 7 6 5 70 5 120. 77112 ÷ √?=54 x 34 0.017 0.17 a) 1 b) 2 2 a) 21338 b) 20438 c) 25348 a) 44 b) 2116 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 2 d) 23458 e) 19438 c) 1936 d) 1664 e) 42 ? 2 102. 65536 = (4 ) 2 2 2 2 Q.84) 9834+922 + 4500 = x+1012 121. [(84) – (44) ]= (?) - 8 a) 6 b) 2 a) 13497 b) 14397 c) 12597 a) 164 b) 68 c) 8 d) 4 e) 5 d) 12497 e) 12347 c) 72 d) 76 e) 80 2 3 7.9823 103. (1.212) + (8.12) + × 9.24 =? 2 3 Q.85) 5!×7!+ 4560+3400= x+452 2.04 122. (8) +√31684 x 16 - 69+ (3) =? 6! a) 450 b) 550 c) 620 a) 2780 b) 3270 a) 7665 b) 6775 c) 5775 d) 730 e) 510 c) 2870 d) 2760 e) 2670 d) 5875 e) 7275 7 5 1 1 104. 1 + 2 +3 − 4 =? 4624 √256 3 2 2 9 3 9 5 123. + = (? ) + (4 × 2) + (8 × 1.25) Q.86) 9239+3409+9842+9734= x+ 23980 √16 √4 a) 2 13 b) 3 17 a) 8948 b) 8334 c) 8224 45 45 a) 12 b) 10 c) 14 d) 8244 e) 8324 c) 416 d) 2 13 d) 16 e) 20 45 45 1 Q.87) 4500+5550+5000= x +3400 124. 2+(56÷ 4) +8 (7-4)+15= 3√125 + ? x 12 e) None of these 47 a) 12550 b) 13550 c) 11650 5 18 105. {√2x (79)}2 + {√2 x (49)}2 =? a) 5 b) 4 d) 12350 e) 13250 113 113 a) 15484 b) 16384 5 5 c) 8 d) 5 e) 1 Q.88) 15% 표푓 1000 + 25 × 200 + 4500 = 푥 93 93 9 c) 17284 d) 18184 e) 19484 7 [(2.5)2+18+(3.6)2]−[3.7 x 2 x 2.2] 0.673³+1.327³ 125. 11 =? a) 5750 b) 5550 c) 5250 106. = 22 X (?)-1 (2.5)2+(3.6)2 0.673²+1.327²−0.673 푋 1.327 d) 5950 e) 5650 a) 1 b) 2 a) 1.82 b) 0.82 2 2 12 Q.89) 4 + 2 − 5 = 푥 -1 -2 c) 12.82 d) 11.82 e) 9.82 3 9 27 c) 4 d) 2 e) 2 20 1 4 2 2 1 23 36 126. of 729÷30+343-49= ? a) 1 b) 1 c) 1 107. 5 x 3 ÷ 10 x 1 =? 27 27 9 27 7 2 32 111 2 3 2 a) 311 b) 310 d) e) 1 a) 2.3 b) 2 9 27 7 4 4 12 c) 313 d) 322 e) None of these Q.90) 8 + 2 − 9 = 푥 c) 33 d) 3.5 e) None of these 5 2 10 7 127. √31.36 ÷ √0.64 x 252 =?2 x36 a) 2.6 b) 0.6 c) 1.6 108. 2.484 ×3.693 ×5.786 =? 1.72 ×6.67 ×4.38 a) 81 b) 64 c) -8 Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore | Ernakulam 9043303030

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d) 7 e) 9 a) 1 b) 3 a) 2.5 b) 3 9 7 4 3 3 ?-2 128. (1.69) ÷(2197÷1000) x(0.13x10) =(1.3) 2 1 c) 1.75 d) 2.75 e) 3.25 c) d) e) None of these a) 6 b) 2 c) 4 9 7 340 29.997 179.909 2 164. ÷ x =? 146. 0.01 +0.22²+0.333² is 20.002 510 59.919 d) 0 e) None of these 0.001²+0.022²+0.0333² a) 760 b) 800 1 2 a) b) 10 129. (3.5 × 16) + (9.4 × 15) − √(? ) = (14) 10 c) 690 d) 870 e) 780 a) 9 b) 3 c) 1 c) 100 d) 1000 165. 43931.03 ÷ 2111.02 x 401.04 =? d) 2 e) 4 e) None of these a) 8800 b) 7600

9.5 푋 0.085 0.85×(0.105+0.024−0.008) c) 7400 d) 9000 e) 8350 130. The value of √ is equal to: 147. √ is 0.0017 푋 0.19 0.022×0.25×1.7 166. (2.5)2 × (0.8)3 ÷ (1.9)2 =? a) 50 b) 500 c) 0.05 a) 11 b) 1.1 √ √ a) 1.5 b) 1 d) 5 e) None of these c) 11 d) √0.11 c) 0.10 d) 0.6 e) 1.3 131. √ ( )3 = (?)² 12²푋 24 ÷ 5 − 6 + 149.8 e) None of these 167. 40% 표푓 8420 − (? )% 표푓 10250 = (12)3 a) √5 b) 25 c) 5 148. 12.5% 표푓 860 + 32.5% 표푓 740 = (7 × (? )) − √4 a) 14 b) 12 c) 20 d) 625 e) None of these a) 50 b) 70 c) 90 d) 16 e) 8 d) 96 e) 54 12 132. Find the value of “?” in √( ? 푋 7) X 18=84 168. 115% of 624 + of 419 =? 7 ( )3 a) 3.11 b) 3.12 149. The simplification of 0.87 +(0.13)³ (0.87)2+(0.13)2−(0.87)(0.13) a) 1445 b) 1440 c) 3.13 d) 3.14 e) None of these a) 0.13 b) 0.74 c) 1365 d) 1435 e) 1450 1 133. (172 × (1.2 + 2.8)) − (162 × ) = (? ) + (11 × 4) 0.5 c) 0.87 d) 1 e) None of these 169. 180% of 25501 + 50% of 28999 =?

a) 300 b) 350 c) 400 d) 450 e) 600 3 0.2×0.2×0.2+0.04×0.04×0.04 a) 62400 b) 64000 150. √ =? 1 4 5 0.4×0.4×0.4+0.08×0.08×0.08 3 − 표푓 4 5 6 c) 60400 d) 64200 e) 61600 134. 1 1 3 1 is equal to 4 ÷ −( +21 ) a) 0.5 b) 0.25 3 5 10 5 170. 1247 ÷ 49 × 1193 – 1299 =? a) 1 b) 2 7 c) 0.75 d) 0.125 e) None of these 6 12 a) 25450 b) 27950 151. 1164 x 128÷8.008+969.007=? c) 15 1 d) 21 1 e) None of these c) 29900 d) 29960 e) 28700 2 2 a) 18800 b) 19000 2 32 171. 18.345 x 19.068 x ? = 11538.93375 135. 6 of 7.26 ÷0.45 of ? = 8 c) 19600 d) 19200 e) 18400 3 117 a) 46 b) 61 a) 1 b) 13 152. 873.595 + 37.0949 x 41.769 ÷ 59.572 =? 13 c) 27 d) 33 e) 55 1 2 c) 13 d) 13 e) None of these a) 910 b) 890 172. (4576+3286+5639)÷(712+415+212)=? 9 3 c) 905 d) 900 e) 908 a) 18 b) 22 136. √ 9.5 x 0.085 x 18.9 =? 0.017 x 1.9 x 0.021 153. 6√2+14.275= ? of 190.35 c) 34 d) 10 e) 46 1 1 a) 120 b) 135 a) b) 2 3 4 173. (1.2) + (3.16 × 3) + (? ) = √121 c) 150 d) 145 e) 140 c) 1 d) 1 e) 1 a) 0.09 b) 0.04 c) 0.08 8 5 2 137. √[(12.1)2 − (8.1)2] ÷ [(0.25)2 + (0.25)(19.95)] =? 154. [(4444 + 333 + 22 + 1) ÷ (2.5 × 3 × 4 × 5)] × d) 0.12 e) 0.003 a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 15.94 =? 174. 1440.1203 ÷ 23.999 × 2.5 × 3.5 =? 138. If √1369 + √0.0625 푋 ? =37.025, then ?is a) 532 b) 540 a) 530 b) 525 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 c) 10 d) 10 e) 1 a) 633 b) 600 a) 23 b) 29 3 139. 28√? + 1426 = 표푓 2872 c) -7 d) -10 e) 10 4 c) 643 d) 621 e) 598 3 176. 0.2% of 356 x 0.8% of 779 =? a) 576 b) 676 156. 2.365 + 2.25 × 1.2 − (? ) = √27 + 0.065 c) 1296 d) 1444 e) None of these a) 8 b) 2 c) 3 a) 2 b) 14 140. Simplify: d) 4 e) 5 c) 16 d) 4 e) 10 3 2 5 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 5 7 177. 136 ÷ ( × × ) =? ÷ of (2 + 2 ) + ÷ 1 − 157. of 4011.33 + of 3419.22=? 8 7 3 10 7 10 5 5 5 7 8 13 a) 4250 b) 4450 a) 750 b) 760 a) 1 b) 2 c) 4350 d) 4340 e) 4400 c) 780 d) 770 e) 790 c) 0 d) 3 e) None of these 158. 37.5% of 7585+83.3% of 5737=? 178. 333.333 + 3.003 + 0.333 + 1.3 =? 141. 5 ÷ 6 x ? − 8 ÷ 1 3 + 3 x 3 1 = 2 7 6 7 9 5 4 3 9 a) 7600 b) 7610 a) 333 b) 330 7 6 a) b) c) 347 d) 329 e) 338 6 7 c) 7510 d) 7520 e) 7620 1 c) 1 d) e) None of these 159. 3 74093 × 7.81 + 225% 표푓 736 =? 179. (7895641 ÷ 2795 ÷ 123) x 345 ÷ 456 =? 2 √ 64 9 a) 17 b) 25 − a) 1995 b) 1985 121 64 142. 8 3 =? + c) 30 d) 10 e) 40 11 8 c) 1885 d) 1975 e) 2000 a) 88 b) 31 160. 4374562 x 64 = ? x 7777 180. 185% of 1359 + 18.5% of 1319 = ? 31 88 a) 2760 b) 2630 c) 41 d) 99 e) None of these a) 360 b) 3600 99 41 c) 2780 d) 2890 e) 3025 1 1 1 c) 36000 d) 360000 e) 3600000 143. 560 x 4 + 3 ÷2 =? 3 5 8 1 5 2 3 2 181. ( + + − ) × 2.432 =? 161. 6 of 248.65 =? of 2398.59 4 8 16 16 5 a) 2353 1 b) 2354 1 2 2 a) 2 b) 1 a) 5 b) 6 5 4 c) 2434 d) 2353 1 e) 2453 c) 4.5 d) 4.4 e) 7.5 3 c) 1 d) 1 e) 2 2 3 3 144. 391 × 513 + (? )2 − 23 = (2.5 × 200) 182. 79% of 3770 ÷ 67% of 553 =? 19 23 162. 39% of 695 = 10 % of ? + 201% of 49.754 a) 6 b) 7 a) 4 b) 5 c) 9 a) 1720 b) 1750 c) 9 d) 8.5 e) 8 d) 8 e) 7 c) 1700 d) 1725 e) 1680 (1.1×1.1)+(2.2×2.2)+(3.3×3.3) 1 7 3 2 2 183. =? 145. × [ − ( + ) − ] = ? 27 13 268 316 3.3+2.2+1.1 7 9 9 9 9 163. x + ÷ =? 7 40 412 512 a) 1.2 b) 2.5

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c) 5.2 d) 3.8 e) 4.6 c) 18443 d) 17490 e) 19031 c) 500 d) 480 e) 550 184. (333 % of 856) × 49.95 =? 204. 3 × 23 + (? ) × 2.5 + (8.125 × 8) = (14 − 1)2 224. 6.885% of 1321 + 64.878% of 4001=? a) 155000 b) 141500 a) 16 b) 15 c) 14 a) 2692 b) 3016 c) 142500 d) 142000 e) 140000 d) 17 e) 19 c) 3192 d) 3092 e) 3348 2 2 2 2 185. 15% 표푓 264 + (? ) = (1.4 × 5) 205. (21.98) – (25.02) + (13.03) =? 4032 3 945 225. √ × √ = (? )2 × 6 a) 8.4 b) 13.7 c) 12.6 a) 25 b) 35 63 35 d) 9.4 e) 12.4 c) 40 d) 20 e) 44 a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2 e) 7 186. 12.25 x ? x 21.6=3545.64 206. √2498 × √643 ÷ √97 =? 3 a) 20 b) 12 a) 110 b) 90 226. √5826 + 456=? ÷ 31.001 c) 15 d) 13 e) 17 c) 200 d) 150 e) 125 a) 14690 b) 15632 c) 13740 d) 17572 e) 18174 187. √749 x 12.56 +14.38 = ? 207. ? % of 45.999 x 16% of 83.006=116.073 227. 5 of 2001.33 + 7 of 17056.2 =? a) 350 b) 375 a) 20 b) 18 4 5 c) 380 d) 300 e) 410 c) 24 d) 25 e) 11 a) 25810 b) 24980 188. 18.965 x 19.068 x ? = 17688.93375 208. [[(13)2]3]? = 2197 c) 25890 d) 26380 e) 26840 a) 41 b) 39 a) -3 b) 1 228. √898 x (12.005)2 + ? = 5000 3 c) 59 d) 49 e) 69 c) 0.5 d) -4 e) 4 a) 680 b) 720 189. 2 + 7 x 17 ÷ 6 =? c) 750 d) 620 e) 630 5 8 19 5 209. 185% of 1359 + 18.5% of 1319 =? 1 1 229. 39.897% of 4331 + 58.779% of 5003=? a) 2 b) a) 2510 b) 2630 2 2 3 9 c) 2760 d) 2890 e) 3025 a) 4530 b) 4500 c) 1 d) e) 4 11 210. 43.03 × 27.96 + 11.98 × 3√42870 =? c) 4680 c) 4700 e) 5100 190. 564.666 + 82.5091 x 44.581 – 34.111=? a) 1625 b) 1705 230. 15.1% of 729 x 12.8% of 649 =? a) 28450 b) 4000 c) 1775 d) 1815 e) 1855 a) 9050 b) 9510 c) 1600 d) 14225 e) 4210 211. 339% of 803 + 77.8 % of 1107 =? c) 9530 d) 9750 e) 9350 191. √5466 × √2120 ÷ √450 =? 3 2 2 2 2 a) 3475 b) 3520 231. (6.26) − (7.77) + (17.67) − (4.4) = (? ) a) 150 b) 155 c) 3580 d) 3510 e) 3570 a) 16 b) √16 c) 180 d) 160 e) 170 212.66% of 4995.60–32.30% of 6895.58= (?)2 c) 18 d) 20 e) 22 192. 18.5% of 425+16.2% of 388=? 33√7 a) 32 b) 37 232. 퐼푓 √7 = 2.65 푡ℎ푒푛 + 2.55 =? a) 141 b) 224 7 c) 43 d) 47 e) 54 a) 11.5 b) 12 c) 116 d) 183 e) 215 213. 126.99% of 1539.98 + 5.5% of 149.99 + c) 18.5 d) 15 e) 9.5 193. 2.22+22.22+2.222+2.2×2.2 = (?) 103.98% of 7 =? 233. (32.13)2 + (23.96)2 – (17.11)2=? a) 34.950 b) 30.256 c) 28.125 a) 1960 b) 1970 a) 1270 b) 1420 d) 31.502 e) 32.504 c) 1955 d) 1950 e) 1980 3 11 28 21 c) 1450 d) 1360 e) 1310 194. [( × ) ÷ ( × )] % of 4400 = ? 2 8 2 3 5 214. √727.9995 + (5.1961)2 =? × 8 3 1 10.8960 234. 5 % of 7290+3 % of ? = 4 % of 17325 a) 1.50 b) 2.2 9 4 3 a) 253 b) 254 a) 4656 b) 7824 c) 0.16 d) 2.75 e) 3.125 c) 290 d) 236 e) 270 c) 6364 d) 8572 e) 9536 195. 88.25% of 450 = ? % of 530 3 2 7 215. 69.99% of of of of 734.965 = 218.8 - ? 235. 29 of 14.3% of 36 of ? = 28 a) 70 b) 68 7 5 3 143 300 c) 75 d) 80 e) 65 a) 13 b) 23 a) 8300 b) 8480 196. 89.988% of 699.9 + 50.002 % of 949.99 - c) 8 d) 18 e) 3 c) 8020 d) 9260 e) 6350 216. (15.96)2 + 75% of 285-8.33% of 325 =? (17×23) 170.015=? 236. = (4.25 × 2.875) (?) a) 940 b) 938 a) 440 b) 485 a) 36 b) 35 c) 16 c) 930 d) 935 e) 932 c) 435 d) 420 e) 470 d) 32 e) 64 1/3 1/2 217. 36.5% of 140 ÷ 12.6% of 80 =? 197. (21.5% 표푓 999) +(43% 표푓 601) =? 1 1 237. (74090)3 + (59300)3 = √? a) 18 b) 22 a) 11 b) 9 a) 812 b) 92 c) 26 d) 30 e) 33 c) 7 d) 5 e) 3 218. 23% of 4011 + 1 of 5555 =? c) 81 d) √81 e) 5041 198. 39.897% of 4331 + 58.779% of 5003 =? 7 15 238. √6.25 × 0.16 of =? a) 4300 b) 4500 a) 1600 b) 1780 7 c) 4700 d) 4900 e) 5100 c) 1620 d) 1720 e) 1750 a) 4.9 b) 5.76 199. 17% of 760 + 57% of 78.99 + 77.77 =? 219. 24% 표푓 1560 + (? )% 표푓 120 = (97.35 × 4) c) 5.20 d) 2 e) 2.5 2 2 2 a) 238 b) 242 a) 125 b) 12.9 c) 8.25 239. 3.5 + 4.32 + 5.29 =? c) 248 d) 252 e) 256 d) 12.5 e) 10.25 a) 66 b) 51 200. 3√54871 x (303 ÷ 8)=(?)2 220. (24.99)2 + (31.05)2 = (?)2 c) 69 d) 59 e) 74 2 a) 48 b) 38 a) 45 b) 36 240. [(3 × 14) ÷ (2.5 − 0.8)] =? 8 2 c) 32 d) 30 e) 40 c) 28 d) 18 e) 58 a) 1.6 b) 2.4 201. (47% of 1442-36% of 1412)/63=? 221. (√0.0625 + √0.25 + ∛0.004096) × 2.321=? c) 5.2 d) 4.1 e) 46 a) 4 b) 5 a) 8 b) 6 0.22+6.32 241. =? c) 3 d) 6 e)1 c) 2 d) 4 e) 9 2+16÷2 a) 6 b) 8 202. 63.5% of 8924.2 + ? % of 5324.4 222. √√20800 + √√65540=? c) 5 d) 10 e) 4 =6827.5862 a) 12 b) 20 68 242. 35.99√? + 32.0032√? = x? a) 36 b) 22 c) 30 d) 24 e) 28 10.998 c) 17 d) 31 e) 19 178 a) 81 b) 72 223. √3480.9998 × = 1009.9 - ? 203. (11.49)4 =? 19.99 c) 121 d) 169 e) 144 a) 455 b) 450 a) 13344 b) 16729 243. 3√2197 × (0.125 × 16) = √(? ) × 13 Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore | Ernakulam 9043303030

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a) 8 b) 7 c) 6 (a) 217. (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 244. 3√1860860 + 5.0123 =? (d) 228. (a) 229. (c) 230. (e) 231. (e) 232. (d) e) Negotiable Fund Offer a) 154 b) 250 233. (e) 234. (d) 235. (a) 236. (d) 237. (a) 238. Q.9) The ______is a savings-cum-tax-saving c) 260 d) 275 e) 244 (d) 239. (d) 240. (b) 241. (e) 242. (c) 243. (e) instrument in India, introduced by the National 245. 123 + 1.22 + 1.021 + 1.0020 =? 244. (b) 245. (b) 246. (e) 247. (b) 248. (a) 249. Savings Institute of the Ministry of Finance in a) 1720 b) 1731 (d) 250. (c) 1968. c) 1743 d) 1847 e) 1648 a) Post Office Monthly Income Scheme 246.9999+999−99−9 × 12.12 =? Banking Awareness: b) Kisan Vikas Patra 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 (10008.99)² investments, and daily shopping needs. It is e) Public Provident Fund 247. x √3589 x 0.4987=? 10009.001 offered by which of the following bank? Q.10) ______is an electronic system that allows a) 3000 b) 300000 a) HDFC Bank state welfare departments to issue benefits via a c) 3000000 d) 5000 e) 9000000 b) State Bank of India magnetically encoded payment card. 248. 37.6% 표푓 6481 × 125% 표푓 0.125 =? c) Yes Bank a) Electronic Money Transfer (EMT) a) 400 b) 570 d) Canara Bank b) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) c) 270 d) 480 e) 510 e) ICICI Bank c) Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) 249. [(1.3)2 x (4.2)2]÷2.7=? Q.2) The Central government has mandated for d) Electronic Cash Transfer (ECT) a) 7 b) 21 all companies to give 2% of their profit to CSR. e) Electronic Credit Transfer (ECT) c) 18 d) 11 e) 16 The full form of CSR is? Q.11) ______consists of the actions of a central 250. (682% of 782)÷856 =? a) Co-operative Social Responsibility bank, currency board or other regulatory a) 4.50 b) 10.65 b) Corrective Social Responsibility committee that determines the size and rate of c) 6.25 d) 8.75 e) 5.25 c) Corporate Social Responsibility growth of the money supply, which in turn affects

d) Corporate Service Responsibility interest rates. Answer Key: e) Common Social Responsibility a) Annual Policy b) Credit Policy 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (e) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (e) Q.3) Who is the Chairperson of NITI Aayog? c) Disclosure Policy d) Monetary Policy 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. a) Prime Minister of India e) Sustainability Policy (d) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (d) b) President of India Q.12) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran 22. (e) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (d) 28. c) Vice- President of India Private Limited (BRBNMPL) is one of the (b) 29. (e) 30. (e) 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (d) d) Finance Secretary subsidiaries of Reserve Bank of India, which 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (e) 39. (a) 40. (e) 41. e) Commerce Secretary prints bank notes (Indian rupees) for Reserve (d) 42. (e) 43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (e) 46. (e) 47. (b) Q.4) The process of taking the proceeds of Bank of India (RBI). It was established in which 48. (d) 49. (b) 50. (d) 51. (d) 52. (e) 53. (e) 54. criminal activity and making them appear legal. year? (d) 55. (d) 56. (e) 57. (b) 58. (d) 59. (d) 60. (d) It is termed as ______. a) 1990 b) 1989 c) 1993 61. (e) 62. (a) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (b) 67. a) Arbitrage b) Amortization d) 1996 e) 1995 (a) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (c) 71. (e) 72. (d) 73. (d) c) Money Laundering d) Bancassurance Q.13) The ECGC Limited (Export Credit 74. (c) 75. (d) 76. (a) 77. (e) 78. (b) 79. (e) 80. e) Moratorium Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd) is a company (a) 81. (d) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (c) 85. (b) 86. (d) Q.5) Which of the following organization provides wholly owned by whom? 87. (c) 88. (e) 89. (b) 90. (a) 91. (c) 92. (d) 93. insurance products to banking sector? a) IRDAI (b) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (c) 97. (b) 98. (b) 99. (a) a) Life Insurance Corporation of India b) State Government 100. (d) b) Government of India c) Government of India 101. (e) 102. (d) 103. (b) 104. (c) 105. (c) 106. c) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee d) Reserve Bank of India (b) 107. (b) 108. (d) 109. (b) 110. (e) 111. (c) Corporation e) None of these 112. (a) 113. (e) 114. (c) 115. (e) 116. (b) 117. d) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Q.14) Export–Import Bank of India is the (b) 118. (b) 119. (e) 120. (e) 121. (c) 122. (c) e) Reserve Bank of India premier export finance institution in India, 123. (b) 124. (b) 125. (b) 126. (e) 127. (d) 128. Q.6) India’s first One Rupee Note was printed in established under which act? (c) 129. (c) 130. (a) 131. (c) 132. (a) 133. (e) which location on November 30, 1917? a) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1995 134. (c) 135. (b) 136. (c) 137. (d) 138. (b) 139. a) USA b) Bhutan b) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1990 (b) 140. (c) 141. (b) 142. (b) 143. (a) 144. (e) c) England d) Nepal c) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1985 145. (e) 146. (c) 147. (a) 148. (a) 149. (d) 150. e) Pakistan d) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1983 (a) 151. (c) 152. (d) 153. (c) 154. (e) 155. (a) Q.7) An ETF is a marketable security that tracks e) Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981 156. (b) 157. (c) 158. (e) 159. (b) 160. (c) 161. an index, a commodity, bonds, or a basket of Q.15) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, shortly (e) 162. (c) 163. (a) 164. (d) 165. (e) 166. (b) assets like an index fund. The full form of an ETF known as FERA, to regulate foreign 167. (d) 168. (b) 169. (c) 170. (e) 171. (d) 172. is ______. payments, securities, currency import and export (d) 173. (c) 174. (b) 175. (c) 176. (d) 177. (b) a) Export-Traded Fund and purchase of fixed assets by foreigners. It was 178. (e) 179. (a) 180. (a) 181. (d) 182. (e) 183. b) Exchange-Transparent Fund introduced in which year? (b) 184. (c) 185. (d) 186. (d) 187. (a) 188. (d) c) Exchange-Transmit Fund a) 1989 b) 1983 c) 1987 189. (c) 190. (e) 191. (d) 192. (a) 193. (d) 194. d) Exchange-Traded Fund d) 1973 e) 1972 (b) 195. (c) 196. (d) 197. (b) 198. (c) 199. (d) e) Exchange-Trans Fund Q.16) Banks can give a notice in writing to the 200. (b) 201. (c) 202. (b) 203. (d) 204. (c) 205. Q.8) A NFO is the first subscription offering for defaulting borrower requiring it to discharge its (a) 206. (e) 207. (b) 208. (c) 209. (c) 210. (a) any new fund offered by an investment liabilities within ____days. 211. (c) 212. (a) 213. (b) 214. (c) 215. (a) 216. company. Expand the term NFO? a) 30 b) 45 c) 60

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d) 90 e) 75 Q.28) The Headquarters of IBRD (International a) Swabhimaan Scheme Q.17) According to the Foreign Trade Policy, India Bank for Reconstruction and Development) is b) Easy KYC norms is aiming to nearly double its annual exports to located in ______. c) Granting new bank licenses $900 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 Q.29) MIGA encourages foreign investment in a) GOI lending window of the World Bank? developing economies by offering insurance b) Ministry of MSME a) IBRD b) IDA c) IFC (guarantees) to foreign private investors against c) SIDBI d) MIGA e) ICSID loss caused by non-commercial (i.e. political) d) All the above 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 of a) American Depository Receipt is ______. bank deposits, in which banks are required to 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) e) Multilateral Investment Gross Asset c) Reverse Repo Rate is a company registered under which act? Q.30) BRBNMPL is one of the subsidiaries of the d) Cash Reserve Ratio a) SARFAESI Act, 2002 Reserve Bank of India, which prints bank notes e) None of these b) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (Indian rupees) for Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Q.39) Which of the following bank has started as c) Societies Registration Act, 1860 It has two presses in ______and ______. a private shareholders bank, mostly by the d) Companies Act, 2013 a) Nashik b) Salboni c) Mysore European shareholders? e) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 d) Both a and b e) Both b and c a) Bank of India Q.21) Which of the following country has Q.31) ICSID is an international arbitration b) Bank of Baroda emerged as the 189th member of the institution established in 1965 for legal dispute c) Dena Bank International Monetary Fund (IMF)? resolution and conciliation between international d) Imperial Bank of India 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 Corporation Q.22) The Savings Certificates Act comes in which a) Security b) Settlement c) Sector Bank is situated? 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 of c) Mangalore d) Kolkata d) 1978 e) 1993 transaction, which is not part of the transaction e) Manipal Q.23) The Government Savings Banks Act comes 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 Act) d) All of the above c) Rs. 200 Lakh d) Rs. 250 Lakh is to consolidate and amend the law relating to e) None of the above e) None of these foreign exchange with the objective of facilitating Q.33) Which of the following is not an authorized Q.42) Which one is the first bank to deploy a external trade and payments and for promoting agency selling the SGBs? robot inside their branch for customer service the orderly development and maintenance of a) Scheduled Commercial Banks purpose? foreign exchange market in India, which was b) SHCIL offices a) HSBC Bank b) HDFC Bank 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? in India? a) Intermediate Payment Service 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 taken by the RBI and GOI towards financial a) Section 55 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 d) MIGA e) IBRD inclusion? b) Section 58 of Transfer of Property Act 1882

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c) Section 52 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 Q.54) An entity authorized by the Reserve Bank c) Three Grams d) Six Grams d) Section 58 of Transfer of Property Act 1892 of India under ______to operate National e) One Gram 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 a) Micro-finance true about PAN? c) Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 b) Capital Account convertibility a) It becomes mandatory for filing Income Tax d) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 c) Restructuring of RRBs Return e) Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 d) Co-operative Banking Reforms b) It helps to get Tax deduction Q.55) NDTL stands for? e) 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 e) New Demand & Tax Liabilities a) The Competition Act established an exclusive vertical for NPA Q.56) IRR stands for? b) The Banking Regulation Act 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 loans e) None of these Q.57) FCEB affords a unique opportunity for to the poor to construct or buy houses? Q.48) Which of the following banks plans to set Indian promoters to unlock value in group a) IIBI up 100 digital villages to promote Digital companies. FCEB stands for? b) NHB 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 Q.58) PSLC is a tool for promoting comparative a) De listing in Share market Q.49) The Scheduled commercial bank can take advantages among banks while they meet their b) Tax Structure Reforms an equity stake in a payments bank to the extent priority sector lending obligations in India. PSLC c) Frame work of Insurance Sector permitted under ______of the Banking stands for which of the following? d) Reformation of Company Law 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, in a) Amritsar b) Jalandhar c) Lahore Q.51) PLR stands for? 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 wants Q.60) The member of BFS board is chaired by Limited to collect public deposits it is governed by which whom? c) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Public 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.61) A savings bank account opened with a zero Q.70) Banks in India are regulated under Q.53) Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy balance of minimum balance is known as which ______. Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) one of the following? a) Companies Act, 1956 of the Udupi Zilla Panchayat, has launched the a) No frill account b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 DCP for the Financial 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 e) None of these Q.71) Which bank has launched the 'Image Debit d) District Credit Plan Q.62) What is the minimum investment in SGB? Card'? e) None of these a) Five Grams b) Four Grams a) Canara Bank b) Indian Bank

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c) Karnataka Bank d) Dena Bank Q.82) DEAF fund (Depositor Education and b) Rangarajan Committee e) None of these Awareness Fund) associated with which of the c) Rakesh Mohan Committee Q.72) The Income Tax department has launched following act? d) Mehta Committee a special electronic grievance redressal system a) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 e) None of these called as ______. b) Contingency Fund of India Act, 1950 Q.92) Which kind of banking offered by the banks a) e-Nivaran b) e-Rakam c) Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 which generally provides incentives for c) e-CPGRAMS d) e-INGRAM d) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 employees at a company? e) e-PRAGATI e) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 a) Narrow Banking Q.73) Which bank recently has decided to block Q.83) Which of the following statements is/are b) Branch Banking all Maestro Debit Cards for security-based the feature(s) of Aaykar Setu initiative launched c) Investment Banking reasons? by the Ministry of Finance? d) Group Banking a) Punjab and Sindh Bank a) Finance Minister has launched the initiative e) None of these b) Punjab National Bank b) It is an e-initiative for income tax department Q.93) The electronic signature is recognized equal c) Union Bank of India to link with the tax payers to a handwritten signature as per provisions of: d) Dena Bank c) It must provide information on useful tax a) NI Act, 1881 e) None of these services b) Information Technology Act, 2000 Q.74) Which of the following is the apex d) It has live chat facility c) Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Organization for Industrial Finance in India? e) All of these d) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 a) Industrial Credit and Finance Corporation of Q.84) The non-profit organization GSTN is formed e) None of these India to create which platform? Q.94) Which kind of Banking refers to a single and b) Industrial Development Bank of India a) Government b) Stakeholders small bank which provides financial services to c) Industrial Finance Corporation c) Tax payers d) All of these the local community? d) RBI e) Both a and b a) Investment Banking b) Branch Banking e) None of these Q.85) What is threshold limit of GST for North c) Group Banking d) Unit Banking Q.75) Section 131 of Negotiable Instrument Act, Eastern states? e) None of these 1881 extends protection to the a) 15 Lakh b) 20 Lakh Q.95) "Taking Banking Technology to Common a) Paying Banker c) 5 Lakh d) 10 Lakh Man" is the tagline of which bank? b) Collecting Banker e) None of these a) Dena Bank b) Indian Bank c) Advising Banker Q.86) In which year Export Credit Guarantee c) Vijaya Bank d) Union Bank of India d) Issuing Banker Corporation (ECGC) was set up? e) None of these e) All of the above a) 1977 b) 1968 c) 1964 Q.96) Who is appointed as the head of the Q.76) Which of the following companies is the d) 1962 e) 1975 Supervision Department? technology partner of the RBI for launching e- Q.87) FEDAI stands for which of the following? a) Vikash Singh b) Akash Sharma Kuber? a) Foreign External Dealers Association of India c) S S Mundra d) N S Viswanathan a) Infosys b) CTS c) TCS b) Foreign Enabled Dealers Association of India e) None of these d) IBM e) Polaris c) Foreign Export Dealers Association of India Q.97) The RBI has imposed a fine on which of the Q.77) On which day of 2017, the Save Public d) Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India following banks for the non-compliance of the Sector Banks Day (SPSBD) is celebrated in India? e) Foreign Expert Dealers Association of India Know-Your-Customers norms? a) 9th July b) 6th July c) 7th July Q.88) The term ‘Remittance of Asset’ is defined a) United Bank of India d) 19th July e) 20th July under which act? b) Union Bank of India Q.78) Which of the following Committees a) Company Act, 1956 c) State Bank of India recommended to set up Reserve Bank of India? b) DTAA Act, 1961 d) Dena Bank a) Royal Commission c) Wealth Tax Act, 1957 e) Vijaya Bank b) Dantwala Committee d) SEBI Act, 1992 Q.98) Who is the Secretary General of Federation c) D R Mehta Commission e) FEMA Act, 1999 of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry? d) Hilton Young Commission Q.89) Which bank has launched a "Multicurrency a) Sanjaya Baru b) Didar Singh e) Simon Commission Forex Card" to offer smooth experience for the c) Satish Mehra d) Asutosh Jain Q.79) Which of the following banks has launched Overseas travelers? e) None of these a digital village initiative in Nepal? a) HSBC Q.99) What is the amount SBI has planned to a) Dena Bank b) Punjab National Bank b) Standard Chartered Bank raise by allotting Basel-III compliant bonds to c) Vijaya Bank d) State Bank of India c) Axis Bank various investors? e) None of these d) ICICI Bank a) Rs. 2500 Crore b) Rs. 2100 Crore Q.80) 'Experience Next Generation Banking' is e) None of these c) Rs. 2000 Crore d) Rs. 3000 Crore the tagline of which of the following bank? Q.90) What is the minimum period for accepting e) None of these a) Andhra Bank b) UCO Bank Deposits under the Foreign Currency Non- Q.100) Cheque truncation is the conversion of a c) South Indian Bank d) Vijaya Bank Resident (FCNR) Scheme? physical cheque into a substitute electronic form e) Axis Bank a) 2 years b) 3 years c) 6 months for transmission to the paying bank. Cheque Q.81) By which 'Micro Finance Development and d) 1.5 years e) 1 year truncation and electronic cheque come under Equity' fund is maintained in India? Q.91) Which of the following Committee has which act? a) RBI b) CII c) NABARD recommended that one part of foreign exchange a) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 d) SIDBI e) None of these reserves must be used for the infrastructural b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 development? c) Companies Act, 2013 a) Parekh Committee d) Societies Registration Act, 1860

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e) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Q.111) The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 came b) To provide quality agricultural products at Q.101) The Economic Survey of India is compiled into force on? affordable prices by which of the following? a) 16th March, 1949 b) 15th August, 1947 c) To provide quality LED Bulb at affordable a) Ministry of Home Affairs c) 19th July, 1969 d) 1st January, 1949 prices b) Ministry of Finance e) 31st January, 1949 d) To provide quality health services at affordable c) CBDT Q.112) Which of the following bank has launched prices d) NITI Aayog “Ananya Project”, a two-year large-scale e) To provide quality medicines at affordable 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 Q.120) An ECS transaction gets bounced and you made? while improving and modernising the whole bank? are unable to recover your money from your a) The borrowers who want to take loan against a) Punjab National Bank b) Bank of Baroda customer. Under which act criminal action can be mortgage of tangible assets. c) Syndicate Bank d) Canara Bank initiated? b) The preferred customers of Bank. e) State Bank of India a) Indian penal code c) The borrowers with bad credit history. Q.113) SWAYAM is an instrument for self- b) RBI act d) The borrowers with a good credit history. actualisation providing opportunities for a life- c) Criminal procedure code e) None of these long learning. SWAYAM is an initiative of? d) Payment and Settlement act 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 a) 1st July 2015 b) 1st July 2012 d) London Inter Bank Offered Rate e) Ministry of Women and Child Development c) 1st July 2011 d) 1st July 2010 e) London Intra Bank Official Ratio Q.114) Which of the following bank has come up e) 1st 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 Kaushal a) A special Act of Parliament e) Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for the period of 2016- b) A special Act of any State Government Q.115) CERSAI comes under section 8 of which 2020? c) The Companies Act, 1956 act? 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 d) RRB e) None of these Q.116) Under Lucky Grahak Yojna weekly prize of the 4th, 8th and 12th 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 e) Rs.50,000, Rs.15,000 and Rs.2,500 a) To prevent and control money laundering 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 banking transfer money and shop directly from the app? c) To deal with any other issue connected with system? a) Axis Bank b) YES Bank money laundering in India a) Companies Act c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank d) All the above b) Banking Regulation Act e) HSBC Bank e) Both a and b c) Foreign Exchange Management Act Q.118) PMKVY will impart fresh training to 60 lakh Q.126) Which of the following app was launched d) Industrial Dispute Act 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 e) Recognition of Partnership Learning (RPL) India’s first credit card exclusively for GOLF e) External Credit Borrowing Q.119) The Govt. of India has launched “Pradhan players? Q.110) Who was the first MD of Exim Bank? Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana” a) RBL Bank b) DCB Bank a) R C Shah b) Ravneet Kaur 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 for e) Rs.6 Lakh e) Ministry of Urban Development matters connected therewith or incidental Q.129) Under the provisions of Section 35 (b) (ii) Q.138) Which bank has recently launched its thereto? of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, inspection RuPay Select and RuPay Platinum credit cards? a) Coinage Act, 2011 b) Coinage Act, 2012 of branches of Indian banks situated abroad is to a) Canara Bank c) Coinage Act, 2013 d) Coinage Act, 1996 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 launched electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)? launched “Runa Upasamanam” programme in the “Chillar” app is the one stop solution for all your a) Federal Bank b) HDFC Bank year 2016. It is linked with? 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’ in Q.131) Which of the following bank has launched Q.140) Which of the following is not considered 2016. Which of the following fact is/are true? “KayPay” is a UPI (Unified payment Interface) as the negotiable instrument under the a) It was launched on 125th birth anniversary of fund transfer application offered to customers and Negotiable Instruments act, 1881? Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar 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 villages c) Yes Bank d) ICICI Bank c) Share certificate 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 Bai smart city cards in association with the bank of c) Article 102 d) Article 111 Pension Scheme. It will benefit about 40 lakh India? e) Article 132 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? a) It was formally launched by the Prime Q.142) UJALA Scheme was launched on 1st May a) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Minister Narendra Modi on 9th May 2015 2015. It is linked with? Transformation in 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 payment c) LPG cylinder distribution c) Atal Mission for Recycle and Urban 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 21 e) Atal Mission for Resource and Urban by the HDFC Bank to help assist the customer in 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 enables Q.144) Which of the following payment bank is e) Indian Bank customers to book their foreign exchange rolling out across the India, with the government Q.152) Which of the following acts govern the RBI transactions online? mandating the use of FASTag on every new functions? a) State Bank of India b) Canara Bank vehicle sold from December 1, 2017 ? a) RBI Act, 1934 c) HDFC Bank d) ICICI Bank a) FINO PayTech b) Reliance Industries b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 e) DCB Bank c) Paytm d) Airtel c) Companies Act, 1956 Q.136) Under which section of Banking e) Vodafone M-Pesa d) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 Regulation act, the RBI has a Power to suspend Q.145) Which of the following bank has launched e) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 operation of Act? “Branch on wheel” app to expand the reach to Q.153) The Government of India has launched a) Section 7 b) Section 4 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 years e) Section 15 c) YES Bank d) Axis Bank during their old age.

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b) Health insurance to above poverty line Company) is a company registered under which Q.168) Under the Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Mudra families. act? Yojana, the Loan Limit of “SHISHU” is ______. c) Government approved pension scheme for a) Section 4 of SARFAESI Act, 2002 a) Rs.50,000 b) Rs.1,00,000 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 Bank hackathon has been named ‘Digitize for Bank’? tagline of which Yojana? 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 mVisa, a mobile based payment solution that will a) To regulate forex markets all over the world 2000? make payments at retail outlets much easier? b) To conserve forex a) Bank of Baroda a) HDFC Bank b) YES Bank c) To put restrictions on use of forex for b) Punjab National Bank c) DCB Bank d) Induslnd Bank development of foreign trade c) State Bank of India e) ICICI Bank d) To facilitate orderly management of forex d) Union Bank of India Q.163) Name the Scheme that is launched by market and facilitate the foreign trade of India e) Syndicate Bank Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the senior e) None of these Q.156) Under which section of Banking citizens. The scheme can be purchased offline as Q.171) An amount of Rs.1000 crore is being set Regulation Act, the Power of Reserve Bank to well as online through Life Insurance Corporation up initially in NITI Aayog for SETU. SETU program apply to the Central Government for suspension of India. of govt. for ______. of business by a banking company and to prepare a) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Sadak Yojana (PMVSY) a) Online Money Transfer Scheme of reconstitution or amalgamation? b) Pradhan Mantri Sadak Vandana Yojana b) Online Courses for school children 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 launched a) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Risk unorganized sector, who do not have any SIMsePAY service that allows any account holder Livelihoods Mission security. to do money transfers, pay utility bills and other b) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National B) The minimum entry age is 18 years. mobile banking services, without need for smart Resource Livelihoods Mission C) The benefit will be available only two those phones or internet, based on simsleeve c) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural persons who join the NPS with a minimum 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 e) None of these d) YES Bank b) United India Insurance Company Q.166) Dulari Kanya Scheme has launched by e) HDFC Bank c) Life Insurance Corporation Arunachal Pradesh, to ensure Q.174) A bill of lading a railway receipt is 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) Awareness of Banking codes at grass root level b) 85 A, Negotiable Instrument Act Q.159) “Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital in urban and rural area. c) 130 of Transfer of Property Act Shaksharta Abhiyan” denotes c) Provide Rs.20000 in bank account of a girl child d) 137 of Transfer of Property Act a) Health insurance to above poverty line 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 c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank a) To bring social reform in a state (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 d) KYC guidelines of RBI reduce the crime rate against women e) None of the above e) Consumer Protection Act 1987 d) To transform 1.5 lakh sub health center’s to Q.187) What is the annual premium amount Q.197) What is the deadline for implementing the Health and Wellness center’s excluding service tax to be paid under Pradhan Unnat Jyoti by affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) e) To help students for better understand foreign Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana? Scheme? policy and engage students across the country. a) Rs. 181 b) Rs. 330 a) 2019 b) 2018 c) 2025 Q.177) The term ‘Banking’ is defined under c) Rs. 12 d) Rs. 10 d) 2020 e) 2022 _____ of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 e) Rs. 50 Q.198) ICICI bank has launched a Proximity a) Section4 (a) b) Section 5 (b) Q.188) Under which section of the RBI act, RBI Payment Solution, ‘Tap n Pay’ in collaboration c) Section 6 (c) d) Section 7 (a) has a right to issue bank notes? with e) Section 2 (a) a) Section 24 b) Section 22 a) Infosys b) TCS Q.178) Account holders have to maintain an AQB c) Section 25 d) Section 27 c) Wipro d) Tech Mahindra for their accounts in certain banks. What does the e) Section 28 e) Accenture term AQB stands for? Q.189) Which Scheme is unveiled by the PM Q.199) Under which Section of Banking regulation a) Average Quantitative Balance Narendra Modi to impart skilling to One Crore act, Compensation to be given to shareholders of b) Average Qualitative Balance Indian population in the next four years? the acquired bank? c) Average Quarterly Balance a) PSKVY b) PMKWY c) PMAY a) Section 36AG b) Section 38AG d) Average Qualified Balance d) PMKVY e) PMUY c) Section 39AG d) Section 33AG e) Average Quasi Balance Q.190) The New Development Bank e) Section 32AG Q.179) When was Lead Bank Scheme introduced? headquartered at Shanghai, China has an initial Q.200) ‘Smart Money' is a term used for? a) 1967 b) 1968 c) 1969 authorized capital of a) Internal banking b) Credit card d) 1974 e) 1989 a) US $100 billion b) US $50 billion c) Cash with bank d) Cash with public Q.180) According to the Socio Economic and c) US $200 Billion d) US $100 million e) Debit card Caste Census (SECC). Which among the following e) US $200 million Q.201) FCCBs a bond issued by an Indian states in India has highest per cent of Urban BPL Q.191) Under which Section of Banking regulation company expressed in foreign currency, and the households? act, the Power of the Central Government to principal and interest in respect of which is a) Bihar b) Uttar Pradesh c) Manipur make scheme? payable in foreign currency. What does the letter d) Jharkhand e) Sikkim a) Section 32AF b) Section 33AF second ‘C’ denotes in FCCBs? Q.181) Lien is defined in c) Section 39AF d) Section 37AF a) Convertible b) Currency a) Section 171 of Indian Contract Act e) Section 36AF c) Cost d) Capital b) Section 170 of Negotiable Instrument Act Q.192) Recently an Indian bank has launched the e) Construction c) Section 170 of Sale of Goods Act next generation features on its app ‘iMobile’ which Q.202) Five associate banks of SBI and Bharatiya d) Section 172 of Indian Contract Act will enable customers to instantly pay taxes and Mahila Bank (BMB) were merged with SBI effect e) None of these book railway tickets within the app. Name the from _____. Q.182) EPS in share market stands for? bank. a) April 1, 2017 b) February 15, 2017 a) Earnings Per Share a) Federal Bank c) March 20, 2017 d) January 1, 2017 b) Electronic Payment System b) Punjab National Bank e) December 1, 2017 c) Employee Pension Scroll c) Kotak Mahindra Bank Q.203) NEFT is an electronic fund transfer system d) Equated Payment System d) ICICI Bank that operates on a ______basis which settles e) Equated Per System e) Bandhan Bank transactions in batches. Q.183) Name the premium credit card launched Q.193) Which of the following organization is the a) Domain Net Settlement (DNS) by the SBI by having facilities targeting high net regulator of the Infrastructure Debt Fund? b) Defined Net Settlement (DNS) worth customers. a) RBI b) SEBI c) IRDA c) Declared Net Settlement (DNS) a) COMMUNITY b) ENRICH c) ESCORT d) PFRDA e) NABARD d) Deferred Net Settlement (DNS) d) ELITE e) None of these Q.194) Standard Chartered bank has its e) Deferred Net System (DNS) Q.184) Under which section of Banking regulation headquarters at Q.204) Where is the Head Quarters of Forward act, the Power of Reserve Bank to impose a) California b) Vienna c) Bern Market Commission? penalty? d) London e) Paris a) Mumbai b) Pune c) Kolkata a) Section 42A b) Section 44A Q.195) Demat Accounts are d) New Delhi e) Allahabad c) Section 46A d) Section 47A a) Accounts in which shares of various companies Q.205) In which year Forward Contracts e) Section 45A are traded in electronic form (regulation) Act was passed? Q.185) Which bank has launched a full-fledged b) Accounts which are operated through internet a) 1978 b) 1883 c) 1991 digital banking service for small and medium banking facility d) 1952 e) 1955 enterprises (SME)? c) Accounts which are opened to facilitate Q.206) 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill a) HDFC Bank b) ICICI Bank repayment of a loan taken from the bank. unanimously adopted. Which is related to? c) IndusInd Bank d) UCO Bank d) Zero Balance Accounts a) Goods and Services Tax e) Axis Bank e) None of these b) Constitutional status to National Commission Q.186) The Committee that recommended the Q.196) A customer is a person who maintains an on Backward classes introduction of electronic clearing services is account with a bank. This definition of the c) Established national judicial appointment under the chairmanship of ______. customer is available as per the act: commission a) Rangarajan Committee a) Banking Regulation Act d) Reduce age for voting rights from 21 to 18 b) Saraf Committee b) Negotiable Instrument Act e) Provisions for setting up Rent Control Tribunals c) Shere Committee c) RBI Act

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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” stands Mahotsav” across its branch network in the which act? 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 of c) Bank of India developing countries. agriculture & rural non-farm sector. It was set up d) Bank of Baroda a) IBRD b) IDA 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 has Q.226) Which of the following bank has launched e) IRDA launched India's first open loop EMV contactless a unique Womens’ centric savings bank account," Q.209) Which Indian bank has launched metro card that would make travel a convenient All Bank Shakti”? iWork@Home programme for its women and hassle free experience for commuters in a) Andhra Bank b) Allahabad Bank employees? 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 money Q.210) The National Savings Certificate (NSC) Q.219) Which banks ties up with New India movement". It is prohibited under which of the holder gets the tax benefit under which act? Assurance Company entered into a corporate 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 e) None of the above d) 80C of Income Tax Act, 1961 metros 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 announced b) Canara Bank platform? 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 e) Union Bank of India c) Paytm Payment Bank 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 the e) Swiss franc c) HDFC bank d) Yes bank status of their trade transactions on a real-time Q.213) What does the letter ‘R’ denotes in the e) Citi Bank 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 infrastructure c) HDFC bank d) ICICI bank c) National Bank of India and research facilities at higher education e) Axis bank d) Imperial Bank of India 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. This e) Dena Bank manage multiple employee benefits? 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 c) Dena Bank d) Andhra Bank a) Dena Bank b) Indian Overseas Bank b) Companies act of 1956 e) Indian Bank c) Indian Bank d) State Bank of India c) RBI act of 1934 Q.224) The Securities and Exchange Board of e) Punjab National Bank d) Transfer of Property Act of1882 India was established on 1988 and given Q.233) The Consumer Protection Act was e) None of these introduced to enforce consumer rights through a

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simple legal procedure. It is started in which a) Suryoday Small Finance Bank Q.250) Under which of the following act, to year? b) Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank provide for a statutory and institutionalized a) 1989 b) 1976 c) 1986 c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank framework for a Monetary Policy Committee? d) 1897 e) 1996 d) ESAF a) RBI Act, 1934 Q.234) ______is the process of reducing debt e) Equitas Small Finance Bank b) Finance Act, 2016 through regular installment payments of principal Q.243) Which of the following bank has bagged c) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and interest that will result in the payoff of a loan the ‘best bank’ award among small banks for the d) Option a and b at its maturity. use of technology for financial inclusion at the 13th e) All the above a) Redlining b) Phishing IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards c) Fiduciary d) Amortization 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 banks, 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (e) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (e) 28. b) National Fund Switch 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 bank 74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (e) 77. (d) 78. (d) 79. (d) 80. c) IBRD d) ADB is included in RBI’s list of 'too big to fail' lenders, (c) 81. (d) 82. (e) 83. (e) 84. (d) 85. (d) 86. (c) e) NDB referred to as D-SIB or domestic systemically 87. (d) 88. (e) 89. (b) 90. (c) 91. (a) 92. (d) 93. Q.237) Under which of the following acts, the 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. India: c) HDFC bank d) Induslnd bank (c) 106. (c) 107. (d) 108. (e) 109. (d) 110. (a) 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) e) None of these a) Punjab National Bank b) Dena Bank 133. (d) 134. (b) 135. (a) 136. (b) 137. (b) 138. Q.238) Name the Committee which submitted the c) Indian Bank (d) 139. (b) 140. (c) 141. (a) 142. (a) 143. (a) 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? e) Bank of Baroda (b) 150. (a) 151. (d) 152. (a) 153. (a) 154. (c) 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) 15,000-sqft innovation centre in Navi Mumbai e) Section 32(A) of Banking Regulation Act, 1969 188. (b) 189. (d) 190. (a) 191. (e) 192. (d) 193. investing around Rs. 100 crore? Q.248) Which of the following payment bank has (b) 194. (d) 195. (a) 196. (d) 197. (a) 198. (d) a) State Bank of India 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 essential 243. (b) 244. (c) 245. (c) 246. (c) 247. (b) 248. d) 1961 e) 1998 requirement for the endorsement as per (c) 249. (d) 250. (d) Q.241) Which of the following bank has acquired 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 memory a) ICICI bank b) Axis bank c) Signatures should be in ink and not by pencil 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 endorsement d) Magnetic tape e) Magnetic disk shot up 10 per cent after the lender said its in the same style and with the same spellings as Q.2) Which key is used to erase pen tool drawings wholly-owned subsidiary Small Finance Bank has written in the instrument during a presentation? been granted 'Scheduled bank' status? a) F b) R c) G

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d) E e) D d) LAN e) WAN c) Graphic-driven 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 text Q.31) The process of transferring software from is 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 communication Q.18) A super computer would be used for which of is 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.33) Plotters is used in controls the computer’s resources? Q.19) A computer that may access shared a) a computer aided design(CAD) a) Application software b) Compiler network 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 a c) Trojan horse Q.21) PC stands for bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for d) Root kit e) Key logger a) Personal communication 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 Pencil c) Vacuum tubes d) Microprocessor c) Operating system is e) Artificial Intelligence d) Assembler e) None of these. a) Optical Character Reader Q.23) The results of arithmetic and logical Q.37) All the deleted files go 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 a) Scanner b) Mouse c) Monitor a) Scores virus b) Happy birthday 30th 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) Node b) Client c) Server a) Menu-driven b) Command-driven

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Q.45) A computer is free from tiredness, reflects d) Ctrl +D e) Ctrl +H a) pixel b) pel which characteristic? Q.61) The hexadecimal number system c) picture element a) High speed b) Accurate represents d) all the above e) none of these c) Versatile a) 0-9, A-E b) 0-9, A-F c) 0-8, A-E Q.74) The most frequently used instructions of a d) Diligence e) All the above d) 0-10, A-E e) 0-9, A-D computer programs are fetched from Q.46) Workbook is a collection of Q.62) Which of the following fields of an e-mail a) RAM b) ROM c) registers a) Diagrams b) Buttons hides the identity of the recipients? d) hard disk e) cache memory c) Worksheets a) To b) From c) Cc Q.75) =Sum (S3:S10) is an example of a d) Documents e) Slides d) Bcc e) subject a) function b) formula c) value Q.47) ______is a set of instructions executed Q.63) Which of the following utility is used to d) cell address e) all the above directly by a computer's central processing unit encrypt and decrypt files? Q.76) The first machine to successfully perform (CPU) . a) antivirus utility long services of arithmetic and logical operations a) Machine code b) Object code b) data compression utility is c) Mnemonic code c) cryptography utility a) Mark-I b) ENIAC c) UNIVAC d) Both a & b e) None of these d) disk cleaner’s utility d) EDVAC e) Z-1 Q.48) The ' Enter key ' is also known as e) disk partitioning utility Q.77) Word processing, spreadsheet and photo- a) Return key b) Press key c) Operation key Q.64) Which of the following models does the editing are examples of d) Process key e) Execute key working of Bluetooth devices depend? a) system software Q.49) Ethernet address has a) client/server b) analog/digital b) application software a) 16 bits b) 32 bits c) 48 bits c) master/slave c) compiler d) 64 bits e) 128 bits d) peer to peer e) none of these d) interpreter Q.50) The file extension of Ms-Word 2003 is Q.65) The number of function keys on a keyboard e) assembler a) .xls b) .doc c) .ppt is Q.78) The cloud computing platform and d) .txt e) None of these a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 infrastructure created by Microsoft is Q.51) The electronic devices which processes d) 10 e) 12 a) Atmos b) Ocean Store data, converting it into information is Q.66) Which of the following software posts c) Simple Storage Service a) Assembler b) transistor c) computer unwanted advertisements on client’s computer? d) Openstack Swift e) Azure d) capacitor e) resistor a) spyware b) keylogger c) scareware Q.79) The feature in database language that Q.52) The operation of combining two cells into a d) adware e) virus hoax allows us to access certain records in database is single cell in Excel is Q.67) The program that is used by search engines called a) join cells b) merge cells c) join tables to search the Internet for documents using their a) report b) forms c) query d) merge tables e) none of these Web addresses is known as d) table e) none of these Q.53) Which among the following is a network a) Bing b) MSN c) spider Q.80) If you wish to extend the length of the security device that monitors incoming and d) Google e) all the above network without having the signal degrade, use outgoing network traffic and decides whether to Q.68) The circuitry in a computer system that a) Repeater b) Router c) gateway allow or block specific traffic based on a defined does the arithmetic and logical processing is d) switch e) bridge set of security rules? a) CU b) ALU c) registers Q.81) The heart of the computer is a) firewall b) anti-virus c) bug d) accumulator e) buffer a) microprocessor d) all the above e) none of these Q.69) In network topology, all devices on a b) CU c) ALU d) memory e) CPU Q.54) Web pages are created by using network are connected to a single continuous Q.82) Which of following is used for project a) FTP b) SNMP c) HTTP cable called presentation? d) SMTP e) HTML a) star b) mesh c) tree a) Document b) database Q.55) The disk which is used to cold boot a PC is d) ring e) bus c) spreadsheet a) program disk b) system disk c) setup disk Q.70) After a credit card transaction has been d) text e) PowerPoint d) boot disk e) none of these authorized by the issuing bank by sending an Q.83) The most powerful computer in a typical Q.56) Twisted pair wire is commonly used in authorization code to the merchant, the network is a) telephone networks b) cable tv settlement stage of the process begins. The a) PC b) network client c) internet system type used to process such statements is c) network server d) all the above e) none of these a) multi-tasking b) multi-processing d) client e) desktop Q.57) In a database, a column in the table is c) batch processing Q.84) Which of the following is not a part of email a) relations b) degree c) attribute d) online processing e) real time address? d) tuple e) entity processing a) period (.) b) at sign (@) Q.58) 1YB is equal to Q.71) Which of the following is not a type of DVD? c) underscore (_) a) 1024 EB b) 1024 PB c) 1024 TB a) DVD-RAM b) DVD-R c) DVD-RW d) space e) none of these d) 1024 GB e) 1024 ZB d) DVD-S e) none of these Q.85) When you turn on the computer, the boot Q.59) A software application for retrieving, Q.72) The software that works as a mediator routine will perform presenting and traversing information resources between a computer user and hardware of a a) power on self-test b) memory test on the World Wide Web is computer is c) hardware test a) web browser b) word c) excel a) application software b) compiler d) software test e) device drive test d) power point e) database c) operating system Q.86) The layer closer to the transmission Q.60) The shortcut key to select the entire d) interpreter e) assembler medium is document is Q.73) An image that is displayed on the monitor a) physical b) data link c) network a) Ctrl +C b) Ctrl +V c) Ctrl +A includes thousands of small colour dots known as d) session e) application

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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 denotes e) all the above c) disk and I/O devices 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 digital Q.115) The second generation of computers uses d) draw picture e) print text 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 default interactive text-oriented communication facility Q.104) Which is the fast-main memory and slow 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 Q.90) The decimal equivalent of 11101010 is d) Dynamic memory e) None of these in 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 fully d) cold rebooting e) random rebooting a) sensor b) keyboard controller 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 obtain c) platform-as-a-service d) status bar e) all the above administrator-level access to a computer or a d) Infrastructure-as-a-Service Q.123) Collecting personal information and 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 Q.100) Which of the following is an Operating d) all the above e) none of these a) cell position b) 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 a) Douglas Engelbart b) Charles Babbage Q.142) To insert a new slide, press Q.157) A composition of two or more clouds c) Tim Berners Lee a) Ctrl +M b) Ctrl +D c) Ctrl +N remaining distinct entities but are bound d) Alan Turing e) none of these d) Ctrl +F e) Ctrl +S together, offering multiple benefits is Q.128) The shortcut key to close the active tab of Q.143) The brain of the computer is a) dynamic cloud b) hybrid cloud 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 operate a) 11010111 b) 11101011 c) 11111011 d) super computer e) mini computer 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 a) 1st generation b) 2nd generation d) status bar e) none of these Q.160) Fax machine is an example of c) 3rd generation Q.147) Television is an example for a) bar-code readers d) 4th generation e) 5th 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 automatically Q.161) Who created a new markup language a) MICR b) OCR c) OMR renders advertisements to generate revenue for called HTML d) Barcode reader e) light pen 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 d) EEPROM e) RAM site puts on your hard disk so that it can by manipulating devices through computers Q.134) The language which can be relocated remember something about you at a later time. instead of 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 performance. passage of time or on a certain date is Q.136) The name given to a document by the a) SFLOPS b) NFLOPS c) FLOPS a) boot-sector virus b) macro virus user is 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 Excel, c) single user OS many disks? 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 record objects in such a way that objects in the same Q.166) A tuple is a 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 that is open for public use is Q.156) FORTRAN is used in a) 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 company d) e-governance e) all the above c) Beginner’s All-purpose Single Instruction Code name and logo at the bottom of every page of the Q.188) Who contributed to the idea of a stored d) Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction brochure, we use program? Code a) foot note b) end note c) header a) John Von Neumann b) Charles Babbage e) Beginner’s All-purpose Simple Instruction Code 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 d) printer e) monitor Q.205) The secondary memory used in the first d) session e) application 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 windows, d) Alan Turing e) Ada Lovelace Q.191) Which of the following is a volatile storage the bar where the different icons of application device? 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 matching Q.177) The virus infects the hard disk’s or floppy jobs by storing them in a buffer for a short time technique to examine all files on a disk looking for drive’s boot sector is and allows the printer to print at the time when it harmful code is: a) boot virus b) macro virus 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 windows a) Pre-planned question have started but not yet send to the recipient is 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 b) minimize and maximize d) Question that will not return any results 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.211) In hard disk drive the information is d) 10 e) 16 Q.196) The networking device used to connect recorded in bands, each band of information is Q.181) DMA stands for networks 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 super d) direct memory allocation text-based documents is computer? e) none of these a) word processor b) spreadsheets a) Shasra-T b) 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 the web is a) Electricity bills b) Insurance premium 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.199) The set of one or more attributes taken Q.214) The size of any word/number in a d) deadlock e) synchronization collectively to uniquely identify a record is computer is measured in: Q.184) SMTP, FTP, Telnet are protocols of a) primary key b) foreign key a) Bits b) Bytes c) Nano farad a) physical layer b) network layer c) secondary key d) Micro farad e) All the above c) data link layer d) alternate key e) super key Q.215) A step by step procedure used to solve a 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.201) The application software used to prepare Q.216) The command which is used to delete 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) Ms-Power point c) Del d) Dele e) Move

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Q.217) If you change windows 98 to windows Q.233) The programs which are as permanent as c) Operating system software 2000, it is also called as: hardware and stored in ROM is known as: d) Platform software e) None of these a) Upgrade b) Downgrade c) Patch a) Hardware b) Software Q.248) After a picture has been taken with a d) Start e) None of these c) Firmware digital camera and processed appropriately, the Q.218) The virus that encrypts or encodes itself d) ROM ware e) None of these actual 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) 10 e) 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 binary computer with a telephone line, so that can 111. (a) 112. (c) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (b) 116. digits is: access information from other servers and (a) 117. (b) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (d) 121. (e) a) Analog computer b) Hybrid computer ordinary users 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. a) Landscape b) Portrait a) Isaac Asimov b) Tim Berners Lee (b) 150. (a) 151. (c) 152. (a) 153. (a) 154. (d) 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 166. (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 can a) Batch b) Online (c) 166. (c) 167. (d) 168. (d) 169. (b) 170. (b) flow in both directions, but not at the same time c) Real-time d) Embedded e) Group 171. (a) 172. (e) 173. (b) 174. (c) 175. (e) 176. 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) (a) Latency Time ______204. (c) 205. (a) 206. (d) 207. (b) 208. (d) 209. (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_____. a) 8 MB b) 10 MB c) 16 MB (c) 232. (d) 233. (c) 234. (c) 235. (d) 236. (b) a) Very Important Record User Searched d) 32 MB e) None of these 237. (a) 238. (c) 239. (a) 240. (a) 241. (b) 242. b) Verify Interchanged Result Until Source Q.246) The commonly used UNIX commands like (a) 243. (d) 244. (b) 245. (a) 246. (b) 247. (a) c) Vital Information Resource Under Seige date, ls, cat etc) are stored in ______. 248. (c) 249. (b) 250. (b) d) Very Important Resource Under Search a) dev directory b) bin directory e) None of these c) tmp directory Q.232) 'FTP’ stands for _____. d) unix directory e) None of these a) File Translate Protocol b) File Transit Protocol Q.247) Word processing, spreadsheet and photo- c) File Typing Protocol editing are examples of ______. d) File Transfer Protocol e) None of these a) Application software b) System software