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JULY CURRENT AFFAIRS Tamil Yeoman • Uttar Pradesh State government has Scientific name - Cirrochroa thais. It is known started DASTAK campaign against

as Tamil Maravan means ‘warrior’ communicative diseases Acute Encephalitis NATIONAL NEWS Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis • Ravi Shankar Prasad to launch Five-year vision plan EQUIP finalised and (JE) disease on 1 July in the State. commemoration of four years of Digital released by HRD Ministry • DASTAK campaign will run from 1st to 31st India initiative July. This campaign is part of the State’s • Electronics and Information Technology • Prime Minister of India finalized a five-year comprehensive Social and Behaviour Change Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad planned to launch vision plan for each Ministry. Communication (SBCC) strategy. the commemoration of four years of Digital • The Department of Higher Education of HRD • The campaign was started with an aim India initiative in New Delhi. Ministry finalized and released a five-year vision to create awareness about the communicable • The main aim of this initiative is to bridge the plan named Education Quality Upgradation diseases JE and AES. It will also ensure the digital divide and create awareness about and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP). availability of clean drinking water, initiate Information Technology. These digital services sanitation drive, and ensure vaccination and are offered by the government as well as the Lok Sabha passed the Central Educational early treatment so that disease should be nipped private sector. Institutions (Reservation in Teachers in the bud. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Cadre) Bill 2019 Asian Development Bank approved $350 various initiative of Digital India on 1st of July, Million Loan for Chhattisgarh Road 2015. It works under Bharat Net Project to • The Lok Sabha passed the Central Improvement Project promote e-governance. Educational Institutions (Reservation in Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Teachers’ Cadre) Bill 2019 in 1 July 2019. • Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved successfully observed ' Swachhta The Bill seeks to replace an Ordinance which $350 million in loans to rehabilitate and upgrade Pakhwada' was issued in March. two state highways. There are around 23 major

• The Bill will reiterate the government’s district roads totalling about 850 kilometres in • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy commitment towards reservation and to give Chhattisgarh. observed 'Swachhta Pakhwada' Ministry of equal opportunity to all as per the Constitution. • They improve the connectivity and access to New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The The Bill will help fill about 7,000 existing basic services in the state. The overall total cost institutions successfully observed Swachhta vacancies in 41 Central universities. It aims to of the project is $521.69 million. The state Pakhwada (cleanliness fortnight) from June 1- provide for reservation in appointments by direct government of Chhattisgarh to provide 15 2019. recruitment of persons belonging to the SC, ST, $171.69 million. • The campaign inaugurated by Secretary, Socially and Economically Backward Classes • It is the largest producer of minerals like MNRE Shri Anand Kumar. The Minister and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to coal and iron ore. The data of 2011 census participated in tree plantation drive in CGO the teachers’ cadre in certain Central Education reveals the poverty levels in the state were at the Complex, New Delhi. Institution. 38% of the total population. The number of • The MNRE various initiatives like Shramdan Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a clarion registered vehicles doubled from 2.1 million in (cleanliness drive), "Swachhata Pledge", call for water conservation 2009 to 4.8 million in 2016. organization of Seminar on Biogas/Biomass- • ADB extended loan amount of $180 Waste energy • #JanShakti4JalShakti initiative taken by million for 1,700 km state highways and $300 • the people for water conservation in many parts million. This was granted in 2012. It covered Telangana hosts the triennial International of the country to deal with water crisis throughout additional 916 km state highways. Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Congress in the country. Hyderabad • Asian Development Bank :

Information and Broadcasting Minister President: Takehiko Nakao • Telangana is hosting the Reviews National Film Heritage Mission Founded: 19 December 1966 triennial International Seed Testing Project Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Manila, Association (ISTA) Congress in Hyderabad. Philippines ISTA congress is being held for the first time in • Minister of Information and Broadcasting Asia. The Congress is being held from 26 June to Prakash Javadekar reviewed the National Union Cabinet approved the Code on Wages 3 July 2019. Film Heritage Mission (NFHM) Project in a Bill on Wednesday • meeting held at National Film Archives in Tamil Nadu declared 'Tamil Yeoman' or Pune. The broader objectives under NFHM are to • The Union Cabinet approved the Code on 'Tamil Maravan' as its state butterfly undertake film condition assessment and Wages Bill, draft legislation, on 3 July. The Bill

preventive conservation of around 150,000 film seeks to mandate minimum wages fixed by • 'Tamil Yeoman', a kind of butterfly found in reels. the central government which will be Western Ghats. It is declared as Tamilnadu • The project has taken by the Modi implemented by states for all occupations. It is a state butterfly. It is also known as 'Tamil Government and has allotted budget of Rs.600 first step towards reviving the labour law reform Maravan'. Tamil Nadu is the fifth state in the crore rupees for the project. The Film Institute process. country to announce its state butterfly. has given 3-acre land to create a new volt where • The Code on Wages Bill was tabled in Lok • Maharashtra the first to declare Blue films can be stored safely. Sabha in August 2017. But the Bill lapsed after Mormon (Papilio polgmnestor) as its state Uttar Pradesh State government has started the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha. The Bill butterfly. It is followed by Uttarakhand (Common DASTAK campaign against communicative proposed to empower the states to fix different peacock), Karnataka (Southern bird wings) and diseases Acute Encephalitis Syndrome minimum wages based on geography, skill and Kerala (Malabar banded peacock). occupation, along with a national-level minimum

wage which will act as a floor.

Ministry of Labour and Employment: • The union government announced that an Chand Gehlot on increasing instances of drug Headquarters: New Delhi export-promotion forum for the cooperative addiction among school children in various parts Minister: Santosh Gangwar (independent sector. of the country. charge) • Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush • The actions are taken by the government to Goyal and Agriculture Minister Narendra curb the drug addiction menace UIDAI has operationalised its first Aadhaar Singh Tomar planned to establish a framework • Gehlot prepared a National Action Plan for Seva Kendra (ASK) in Delhi and Vijayawada to double farm exports from Rs 2.75 trillion Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for the to about Rs 7 trillion by 2024-25. period 2018-2025. • The Unique Identification Authority of • There are more than 800,000 cooperative • As part of the NAPDDR, the ministry is India (UIDAI) has operationalised the first institutions in India, around 94 percent of 1.5 undertaking focused intervention programs in Aadhaar Seva Kendra (ASK) in Delhi and million farmers in the country. 127 high-risk districts. The Government provided Vijayawada. UIDAI has planned to set up 114 • The government unveiled an ambitious Rs 135 crore for the National Drug such centres by the end of 2019. This has been agriculture export policy to double agriculture Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) for implemented under ambitious plan of UIDAI to exports to $60 billion by 2022 2019-20. cover 53 cities across India at an estimated Parliament passed Central Educational project cost of Rs.300-400 crore. Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) has Institutions (Reservations in Teachers' • The Delhi centre is located at Akshardham been currently deployed across the Cadre) Bill 2019 metro station premises. The centre has a Kaziranga National Park capacity to handle 1,000 enrolment/ • The Central Educational Institutions updation requests a day. • The Special Rhino Protection Force (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, (SRPF) has been currently deployed across 2019 passed by the Parliament. The Rajya Sabha Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASK): the Kaziranga National Park. A first ever batch passed the Bill after it got passed in Lok Sabha on • ASK is owned by UIDAI. It is currently of 82 constables of a SRPF has been deployed 1st July 2019. being run by banks and post offices. in various parts of UNESCO World Heritage • This Bill replaces the “The Central • Aadhaar Seva Kendras are similar to the Site Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Educational Institutions (Reservation in concept of Passport Seva Kendras. These Aadhaar • The force consists of 74 men and 8 women Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019”. The centres will facilitate enrolment, updation and who underwent 43 weeks of training. The Central Educational Institutions other activities. It will be closed on Tuesday and constables assumed their duties across the (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019 public holidays only. national park to protect one horned rhino. holds as one unit restoring earlier reservation • This is the first time a special force that has system. Cabinet approved proposal to lease out 3 been dedicated to keep a check on rhino poaching • The main aim of the bill is to implement a airports to Adani Enterprises Ltd. and related activities in the Kaziranga National 200-point reservation system instead of 1 3-point Park. roster system will pave the way for filling more • Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union than 7,000 teaching jobs. Cabinet approved the proposal to lease out Union Cabinet approved the Organised Gujarat FM presents the state's highest airports at Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Group A Service status to senior officers of budget pegged at over Rs 2 lakh crore Mangaluru to Adani Enterprises Ltd. on 3 the CAPF July. In February 2019, the Adani group had also • Finance Minister of Gujarat Nitin won the bids to operate the Jaipur, Guwahati • The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Patel presented the Budget size of Rs and Thiruvananthapuram airports, owned Minister Narendra Modi has granted 2,04,815 crore for the year 2019-20 for the by the AAI. the Organised Group A Service status to state. The budget indicates the overall surplus of • Adani Enterprises Ltd. will run five of the six senior officers of the Central Armed Police Rs 572 crore. airports, the operations of which are being Forces (CAPFs). • An additional tax income of Rs 287 crore is privatised. It will now be India’s largest airport • The cabinet approved the extension of benefit added to it. This is the first time the State's operator outside government control. of Non-Functional Financial Upgradation budget crossed Rs.2 lakh crore. The budget • The Adani Enterprises has offered Rs.177, (NFFU) and Non-Functional Selection Grade estimates around Rs 1,54,732 crore revenue Rs.174, Rs.171, Rs.168 and Rs.115, (NFSG) to the group A service officers of expenditure of Rs 1, 51, 858 crores for the year respectively, for the Ahmedabad, Jaipur, these paramilitary forces. 2019-20 and provide tap water to every Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram and • The move comes after a Supreme Court order household by 2022. The state government Mangaluru airports as revenue per passenger. It asked the government to extend the benefits, allotted Rs. 4,500 crores for this purpose. would pay the Airport Authority of India (AAI) in which are already available to IPS, IAS, IRS and Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International exchange for a 50-year concession agreement to IFS officers, to CAPF officers. Airport is set to launch the face-recognition run these airports. • CAPF refers to a combination of seven facility under Digi Yatra Policy security forces in India. It functions under the First Ever IICTF to be held in New Delhi from authority of Ministry of Home Affairs. • For the first time in India Hyderabad’s Rajiv October 11-13, 2019 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flags off 1st batch of Gandhi International Airport is set to launch Haj pilgrims the face-recognition facility under the Centre's • The first ever India International Digi Yatra Policy. Trials began on July 1 and Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF). It is held at • The first batch of Haj pilgrims flagged off by will continue for a month. Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The event to be Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas • The face-recognition technology will remove held in the month of October 11-13, 2019. It Naqvi from Indira Gandhi International the Central Industrial Security Forces is a unique initiative for taking farmers, artisans Airport. Around 2 lakh Indian Muslims are going (CISF) physically checking passengers’ and other members of cooperatives directly to the to Haj this year. government issued identification documents at international trade arena. • He chaired the 112th governing body and 65th the airport entrance. • This main event is organized by the National general body meetings of Maulana Azad BPR&D, Morarji Desai National Institute Cooperative Development Corporation Education Foundation at Antyodaya Bhawan. Yoga signed MOU for Yoga education and (NCDC). training programs Government has increased the budget for Cooperative Sector Exports Promotion drug de-addiction measures to Rs 135 crore • A Memorandum of Understanding Forum to double the farm exports by 2022 (MoU) signed between Bureau of Police Minister Piyush Goyal • The union government increased funds Research & Development (BPR&D) and allocation for drug de-addiction measures to Rs Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga 135 crore from Rs 33 crore in 2014. Social (MDNIY) for yoga education to help with the Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar police personnel in order to overcome stress in

______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 3 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019| daily professional and personal lives and help the Medical Council of India (MCI) by a Board afforestation to grow urban forests improve their productivity of services towards the of Governors for a two-year period from 2018 till and expand the green cover as well as to meet nation. 2020. the stipulated plantation target under the Telanganaku Haritha Haaram (TKHH). Centre Raised Its Foreign Aid To Nepal From Government Increased The Budget For Drug Miyawaki: Rs.750 Crore to Rs. 1,050 Crore In The 2019- De-Addiction Measures To Rs 135 Crore • Miyawaki is a Japanese technique introduced 20 Budget • The union government increased funds by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, that • The Indian government has raised the foreign allocation for drug de-addiction measures to Rs helps build dense, native forests in a short time. aid to Nepal from Rs.750 crores in 135 crore from Rs 33 crore in 2014. Miyawaki method helps to create a forest in just 2018 to Rs. 1,050 crores in the 2019-20 • Social Justice and Empowerment 20 to 30 years, while through conventional Budget. Due to the 2015 Madhesi agitation, Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot prepared a methods takes anywhere between 200 to 300 anti-India sentiments are growing in Nepal. National Action Plan for Drug Demand years. Reduction (NAPDDR) for the period 2018- Despite this, India never faltered its aids to Nepal. • It has revolutionised the concept of urban 2025. • During a meeting between Prime Minister afforestation by turning backyards into mini- Narendra Modi and Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli • As part of the NAPDDR, the ministry is forests. This method includes planting trees, only in May, India is engaged in creating Arun-III, a undertaking focused intervention programs in native species, as close as possible in the same 127 high-risk districts. The Government provided 900-MW hydroelectric project, in Nepal. area. Rs 135 crore for the National Drug • India and Nepal are also partners in various • The approach ensures that plant growth is 10 Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) for road connectivity projects under BIMSTEC (Bay times faster and the resulting plantation is 2019-20. of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical 30 times denser than usual. Miyawaki method and Economic Cooperation), SAARC (South helps to create a forest in just 20 to 30 Jaipur Enters The UNESCO World Heritage Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) years, while through conventional methods takes Site List and BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal anywhere between 200 to 300 years. • The walled city of Jaipur has entered into Initiative). the UNESCO World Heritage Site list on last PM Narendra Modi Unveiled Statue Of week. Jaipur is well known for its iconic AYUSH, MeitY Ministries Collaborates for Former PM Of India Lal Bahadur Shastri At architectural legacy. Digitisation of AYUSH Sector Varanasi Airport • It has become the second city of the • Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled statue country to enter into the UNESCO World Ministry of AYUSH (MOA) and Ministry of of former PM of India Lal Bahadur • Heritage Site after Ahmedabad. Electronics and Information Technology Shastri at Varanasi airport on 6 July. He

(MeitY) signed MOU at New Delhi for unveiled the statue during his visit to Varanasi to Indian Government To Introduce An Indian collaborating with each other for the digitization launch BJP’s membership drive. Sovereign Bond To The World of AYUSH Sector leading to transformation in the • PM Modi launched a tree plantation drive after • The government has a tentative plan to field of health care delivery at all levels. unveiling the Statue. The second Prime introduce an Indian sovereign bond to the Minister of Independent India was Lal Bahadur MOU was done by Secretary AYUSH Vaidya • world. It can be used to mop up at least $10 Rajesh Kotecha. It is a portal for the various Shastri. The slogan of “Jai Jawan Jai billion, or about Rs 70,000 crore. Kisan” which means “Hail the soldier, Hail the social sectors including Health. It offers • The total sovereign debt at the end of March farmer” was introduced by him. information in 23 languages. 2019 stood at $103.8 billion. It was a 3.8% of South Central Railway Has Commissioned • Lal Bahadur Shastri died on 11 January, 1966 the GDP. India’s external debt to gross The Longest Electrified Tunnel due to heart attack. He was awarded the Bharat domestic product (GDP) is among the lowest Ratna, the India’s highest civilian award, • South Central Railway has commissioned globally at less than 5%. This will also have posthumously in 1966. the longest electrified tunnel. It measures 6.6 beneficial impact on demand situation for the Kms between Cherlopalli and Rapuru government securities in domestic market. India To Train 1800 Bangladeshi Civil stations of Andhra Pradesh. The tunnel is a • The Finance Bill showed that the net Servants At Mussoorie part of the recently completed Obulavaripalli– borrowing would be Rs.4.73 trillion, and the Venkatachalam new railway line. • Eighteen hundred Bangladeshi mid-career gross borrowing would be Rs.7.10 trillion. civil servants trained at the National Centre for • It is constructed in the shape of ‘Horse Good Governance (NCGG) in Mussoorie. They Shoe’. New Australian Tunnelling Method NASSCOM & NSDC Launches “World Skills are under training between 2019-2025. (NATM) is used and the cost incurred is Rs.460 India”- International Cloud Computing The first batch of 30 civil servants leaving for crores. The length of the tunnel is 6,660 • Challenge 2019 a two-week long training programme in meters and is in straight alignment. • “Skills India”- International Cloud ‘Fashion Nova’, India’s First Design Mussoorie. They are paid for a visit to the Indian Computing Challenge 2019 from July (1st – 6th Development Centre Launched in Surat, High Commission in Dhaka. The Bangladeshi civil 2019) at NASSCOM Campus, New Delhi. servants are trained at the National Centre for Gujarat • The challenge initiated in the presence of the Good Governance. • ‘Fashion Nova’, India’s first Design minister of Skill Development and Development Centre launched in the Textile • The trainings provide an opportunity to Entrepreneurship Dr. Mahendra Nath city Surat, Gujarat. share experiences of administration Pandey aimed at recognizing the best practices between civil servants of the two countries. • The aim is to promote the city in the field of from the world in the areas of cloud computing. The civil servants of India and Bangladesh help the fashion design sector. Anupam Goyal – the • India along with nine other countries including foster deeper ties between the two countries. founder of Fashion Nova Design New Zealand, Belgium, Japan, China, South Maharashtra State Government Has Decided Development. Korea, Russia, Oman and Ireland are participating To Inter-Link Rivers To Solve The Crisis Of Fashion Nova Design Development Centre • in the competition. Drought started at Udhna area. The main objective of this • The finalists further taking part in the 45th • The Maharashtra state government has studio is to provide a strong platform to all those World Skills Competition in Kazan, Russia decided to inter-link rivers to solve the crisis who have a flair of the apparel business. which scheduled in August 2019. According to of drought. The Damnganga-Pinjal River

NASSCOM in the Asia-Pacific region, India linking project of Maharashtra will fulfil Rajya Sabha Passed The Indian Medical secured second to China. Mumbai’s water needs till 2060. The Detailed Council (Amendment) Bill 2019 Project Report for this is being prepared. The Rajya Sabha passed the Indian • Telangana Government Has Introduced The • The Damanganga-Pinjal River linking project Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019 . Miyawaki Method Of Afforestation proposes to divert excess water from reservoirs The Bill was introduced by Health Minister in the Damanganga basin to Mumbai through • • Telangana government has introduced Harsh Vardhan. It allows for the supersession of the Pinjal dam, built on the Pinjal River the Japanese Miyawaki method of

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From Indore Leaves For Dubai • The project is expected to provide 909 mld • The Bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicle • In Madhya Pradesh, the first international water daily, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Act, 1988.Increasing penalties of traffic flight from Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Development Authority will provide Rs.403 violations, address issues on third-party International Airport of Indore left for Dubai crores for the Kalu dam, which will fulfil the water insurance, regulation of cab aggregators, road today with 153 passengers on board. needs of the MMR region. safety are among the changes proposed in the • Indore-born Sunish Kumar Bhargava was amendment. the commander of this maiden international flight Fourth Anniversary Of Skill India Mission from his home city. • The amendment Bill proposes to omit a clause Being Observed Today Former Lok Sabha Speaker Mrs. Sumitra of the Motor Vehicle Act to decide how to • • The fourth anniversary of the Skill India maintain their registers for driving licenses, to Mahajan, MP Shankar Lalwani, Air India CMD Mission is being observed on 15th July 2019. centralize vehicle registration data and achieve Ashwini Lohani were also present on this occasion. • The main function will be held in New standardization. It also proposes a National Air India is operating 162-seater A-320 Neo Delhi where Home Minister Amit Shah will Transportation Policy for ushering guidelines on • deliver the keynote address. Union Ministers the transportation of goods and passengers. aircraft on this route, which will fly directly to Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Surrogacy Regulation Bill Tabled In Lok Dubai on every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday while the return flight from Dubai will be Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ramesh Pokhriyal Sabha on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Nishank, Mahendra Nath Pandey and RK • Health Minister Dr Harsh Singh will also be present on the occasion. Vardhan introduced the Surrogacy Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani Flags Off CRPF • National Skill Development Mission also (Regulation) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha on Cycle Rally known as Skill India Mission was launched on 15th July 2019. this day in 2015. Nearly One Crore youth are • The Bill aims to prohibit commercial surrogacy • Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today being presently imparted skills training annually in India. The Bill proposes to regulate surrogacy flagged off the Central Reserve Police Force under the mission. in the country by establishing a National cycle rally as a part of the celebrations of the 81st Foundation Day which will be held at the Eleventh Edition Of Mekong Ganga Surrogacy Board at the central level and state national capital on 27th July. Cooperation Meet 2019 Held In New Delhi surrogacy boards and appropriate authorities in the state and Union Territories. • The 11th Mekong Ganga Cooperation • The rally has taken place at a crucial time Senior Officials’ Meeting (11th MGC SOM) held • The purpose of the Bill is to ensure effective when the nation is celebrating the 150th birth regulation of surrogacy, prohibit commercial anniversary of father of the Nation. The cycle in New Delhi. The meeting was attended by surrogacy, and allow ethical surrogacy. rally is being flagged off from the birth place and Senior Officials from all 6 MGC Member States Ms. Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), work place of Mahatma Gandhi. Ministry of External Affairs and H.E. Ms. NIA (Amendment) Bill Moved In Lok Sabha • Five women officers along with 20 other The National Investigation Agency Doan Phuong Lan, Deputy Director General, • cyclists will travel a distance of 982 kilometres on (Amendment) bill 2019 was moved in the Lok Department of Economic Affairs in the cycle from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Socialist Sabha on 15th July 2019 by Minister of State to India Gate, New Delhi. for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy. Republic of Vietnam. • The CRPF was established on 27th July, • The amendment will strengthen the • The meeting reviewed the progress of the 9th 1939. Today, it is a family of more than three investigation agency and speed up trials in MGC ministerial meeting held in Singapore lakh brave soldiers. terrorism-related cases. Further the agency will on August 2, 2018. It includes all seven areas IFFI Has Been Scheduled To Be Held From be able to investigate terrorist acts against our of cooperation tourism and culture, education, 20-28 November 2019 In Panaji, Goa embassies or assets abroad and take up cases of science and technology, traditional medicine and • The Golden Jubilee Edition of drug, arms and women trafficking apart from health, agriculture and allied sectors, water International Film Festival of India cyber terrorism. resources management, transportation and (IFFI) has been scheduled to be held from 20- • Speaking on the amendment bill, Manish communication, and small and medium 28 November 2019 in Panaji, Goa. The Union Tiwari from Congress warned that additional enterprises. Minister for Information and powers to NIA may create police state as there It discussed about the draft MGC Plan of Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar announced • are possibilities of using the agency for political Action (2019-22) to be adopted at the 10th the schedule regarding IFFI 2019. vendetta. MGC ministerial meeting in Bangkok on IFFI 2019 is to be organised jointly by • The amendment, he noted, should not curtail • August 1, 2019. the Directorate of Film Festivals and state- the rights of the citizens under article 14, 19 run Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) in and 21. KSUM To Host Women Startup Summit 2019 Panaji.

On August 1 In Kochi TVS Motor Launches India’s First Ethanol • The celebrations in the year 2019 will mark • Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) in Based Motorcycle TVS Apache RTR 200 Fi the 50th edition of IFFI. Russia is to partner with association with the Indian Women Network E100 IFFI. floated by Confederation of Indian Industry • The main aim is to help reduce crude International Film Festival of India (IFFI): (CII) host a one-day event ‘Women Startup imports and reduce air pollution. It is • IFFI was founded in 1952. IFFI is being Summit 2019’. available in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and organised in Goa since 2004 under the • The event will take place at the Integrated Karnataka at a price of Rs 1.20 lakh. It was first leadership of Chief Minister of Goa. Startup Complex, Kochi and Kerala on showcased in Auto Expo 2018 in Delhi. August 1, 2019. The theme of the event is • The decision comes after the government World Bank Planned To Offer $250 Million To “Developing an Inclusive Entrepreneurship plans to convert three-wheelers to EVs Kerala Ecosystem”. (Electric vehicles) by 2023 and 2-wheelers • World Bank would offer a loan of $250 • The main aim is to encourage aspiring below 150cc (Cubic Centimetre) by 2025. million to the Kerala Government for the women professionals to take up their • The motorcycle launched by Shri. Nitin Resilient Kerala project. entrepreneurial journey and develop an inclusive Jairam Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport • The main aim is at enhancing the state’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. and Highways of India & Micro, Small and resilience against the impacts of natural disasters • Nearly 20 women startups are shortlisted Medium Enterprises, Shri. Amitabh Kant, and climate change in the wake of last year’s for the summit from the “She Loves Tech CEO of NITI Aayog, and Shri. Venu floods. 2019 Global Startup Competition”. Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor Company. Kerala TVS Motor Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill • Governor: P. Sathasivam Introduced In Lok Sabha • Headquarters: Chennai • Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan • Road Transport and Highways Minister • CEO: K. N. Radhakrishnan Nitin Gadkari introduced the Motor Vehicles ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 5 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019|

Govt Plans To Set Up 4,200 Ayush Wellness • It has Launched as a pilot project in 2015, • Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy Centres In Ongoing Fiscal along with Tata Trusts, ‘Internet Saathi’ announced Tenkasi District would be carved • Ayush Minister Shripad Yesso programme focuses on educating women on out of Tirunelveli and Chengalpet District Naik informed the Rajya Sabha that 2,500 new how to use the Internet. These women, in turn, would be established by splitting centres are planned to be opened within the first impart training to other women in their Kanchipuram district. four months of the present government. community and neighbouring villages. • State Revenue Minister R.B. Udhayakumar told the Assembly, creating a few more districts • The government also provided financial • In the four-year journey, trained 70,000 assistance to set up integrated Ayush hospitals in “Internet Saathis” are using the Internet to by splitting bigger revenue units is being 85 districts across various states, and has plans drive positive change in their communities and considered. He hinted that a new district with Kumbakonam as its headquarters would be to add more and is trying to modernise Ayush have already benefited over 2.6 crore fellow hospitals across the country and increasing the women. announced very soon. number of doctors. It is also modernising ‘Internet Saathi’ Incharge: 10th Jagran Film Festival Inaugurated In postgraduate AYUSH medical colleges. • Chief Internet Saathi, Google India- Neha New Delhi • The government provided around Rs 53,000 Barjatya • Union Information and Broadcasting crore for Ministry of Health and Rs 1,686 Head of Strategy at Tata Trusts-Raman • Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated crore for Ministry of Ayush for the last fiscal. Kalyanakrishnan, the 10th Jagran Film festival at Siri Fort Standing Committee asked to increase the budget Auditorium in New Delhi. for the Ministry of Ayush. CCEA Approves 2880 MW Dibang • Jagran Film Festival, JFF is an initiative by Over 1.28 Lakhs Gram Panchayats Linked Multipurpose Project In Arunachal Pradesh the Jagran Prakashan Group towards creating With Optical Fibre Under Bharat Net Cabinet Commitee on Economic Affairs, CCEA • a culture of cinema appreciation and an honest • Union Panchayat Raj Minister Narendra has approved 2880 Megawatt Dibang and sincere attempt to create a platform that Singh Tomar informed Lok Sabha that over one Multipurpose Project in Arunachal connects great content with audiences across the lakh 28 thousand Gram Panchayats linked Pradesh at the cost of 1600 crore rupees. country. with optical fibre under Bharat Net This will be the highest dam in the country • programme. with a height of 278 metres, once completed. Union Government To Build India-Based • Two lakh 19 thousand Gram Panchayats have The estimated completion period for the • Neutrino Observatory (INO) At Pottipuram uploaded their Development plan and the details project will be nine years. On completion, In Theni District, Tamil Nadu of 16 lakh works taken up by them are on the Arunachal will get 12 per cent free power from the • Union Minister of State (MoS) website ensuring transparency. project. (Independent Charge) Development of

North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS Prime More Than 3 Crores Beneficiaries Receive Union Cabinet Has Approved National Minister’s Office (PMO), Personnel, Public 2nd Instalment Under PM KISAN Medical Commission Bill, 2019 Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and The Union Cabinet has approved National • Space, Dr Jitendra Singh informed that Three crores ten lakh 77 thousand 444 Medical Commission Bill, 2019. The bill • the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) beneficiaries have received the second instalment provides for setting up of a National Medical to set up at Pottipuram in Theni District, under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Commission in place of Medical Council of Tamil Nadu. PM-KISAN scheme till 5th of this month with a India and repeal the Indian Medical Council • The main aim of the project is to set up a cost of over 6,215 crore rupees. Act 1956. 51000 ton Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector • The features of the bill include, the Common • Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister • The detector is placed to observe final year MBBS Exams will be known as Narendra Singh Tomar said around 7,121 crore naturally occurring atmospheric neutrinos National Exit Test which would serve rupees is already credited into the bank accounts at the end of an approximately 2 km long tunnel as Licentiate Exam, for entrance to Post of 3 crores 56 lakh three thousand 344 in a mountain. Graduate medical course and as screening test of beneficiaries as the first instalment. • It is the first neutrino detector in India.It foreign medical graduates. • The government has also approved a pension will measure cosmic rays and neither release any The Commission will regulate fee and all other scheme for all Small and Marginal Farmers in the • radiation nor radioactive substance. charges for 50 percent seats in private medical country. The scheme provides for payment of a colleges and deemed universities. These minimum fixed pension of three thousand Supreme Court Form Panel To Frame measures will ensure a transparent admission rupees per month to the eligible farmers on Emergency Plan To Save Two Indian Birds process and also bringdown admission fee. attaining the age of 60 years with minimal or From Extinction no savings. • The Supreme Court has formed a high Govt To Increase Coal Production To One Assam Govt. To Plant Sapling Spread Over powered committee to urgently frame and Billion Tone By 2022-23 1000 Km Across NH implement an emergency response plan for • The Assam Government is to plant sapling • There is a plan to increase the total the protection of the two Indian birds, Great spread over one thousand kilometres across production of coal in the country to one Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican from the National Highways. State Forest and billion tone by 2022-23, Coal minister extinction. Environment Minister Parimal Prahlad Joshi informed the Lok Sabha. • The sudden decline of the species has alarmed Suklabaidya announced that this initiative is • The gap between demand and supply of coal the nation. Wildlife Protection Act 1972 of being taken to improve green coverage in the cannot be bridged completely as there is India. The court sought responses from the state. insufficient domestic availability of coking coal. Centre and state governments where these two • The National Highway Authority of • All India raw coal production has increased its species of birds are prominently found. India has sanctioned the plantation at 810 production from over 462 Metric tonnes in 2013- • It said that over the last 50 years, the kilometres area. 14 to around 730 metric tonnes in 2018-19 and population of the Great Indian Bustard has 14 dedicated corridors are being developed for recorded a decline of over 82% and the Google India’s ‘Internet Saathi’ Programme the transportation of coal and plans are being population of the Lesser Florican has been To Empower Rural Women made to improve transportation of coal through reduced by 80%. conveyor belts. • Google India’s ‘Internet Saathi’ Union Cabinet Extends 15th Finance programme aimed to empower rural women Two New Districts To Be Formed In Tamil Commission’s Term Up To Nov 30 on how to use the Internet has now added two Nadu; Taking Total To 35 • The union cabinet approved the extension of more states, Punjab and Odisha. With this, the • In Tamil Nadu, two new districts are going the term of Fifteenth Finance Commission up programme has now reached 2.6 lakh villages to be formed, taking the total number of districts to 30th November this year. This enables the in 20 states. in the state to 35. commission to examine various comparable estimates for financial projections.

• The reforms and the new realities to finalise small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi its recommendations for the period 2020- raise capital. Yojana. The total cost will be around 14 thousand 2025.The proper amendment to enable the • The tie-up will enable SMEs (Small and 646 crore rupees. Fifteenth Finance Commission to address serious medium-sized enterprises) to raise funds through • Uttar Pradesh around two crores twenty lakh concerns regarding the allocation of adequate, the platform “BSE SME”. farmer families topped the list followed by Andhra Pradesh. The farmers who got benefited secure and non-lapsable funds. Amendment of • The partnership creates MSMEs as major 72 lakh and Maharashtra 50 lakh farmers. Fifteenth Finance Commission. The employment providing sectors in the Fifteenth Finance Commission constituted Haryana state. • The scheme approximately covers around 14 by the President on 27th November BSE: crore 50 lakh beneficiaries across the country subject to exclusion criteria. 2017. The report on the basis of its Terms of Founded: 9 July 1875 Reference by 30th October. It covers a period Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra of five years from 1st April 2020. Chairman: Vikramajit Sen Pradhan Mantri KISAN Samman Nidhi Scheme: MD & CEO: Ashish Kumar Chauhan IEA Appreciates Ujjwala Scheme For • This scheme is introduced by the PM Providing Free Cooking Gas Connection To Culture Minister Inaugurated Architectural Narendra Modi Government. The scheme got Poor Illumination Of Safdarjung Tomb effective from 01.12.2018. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ujjwala • • Culture Minister Prahlad Singh • To supplement the financial needs of the scheme for providing free cooking gas Patel inaugurated the architectural illumination farmers and plan to ensure proper crop health connection to poor came in for appreciate from of the historic Safdarjung Tomb in New Delhi. and appropriate yields and plan towards the diet. the International Energy Agency (IEA). • Around 213 technologically advanced LED • Speaking at a conference in New Delhi, IEA lights have been used to highlight the 17th- Executive Director Fatih Eleventh DefExpo India- 2020 To Be Held In century monument. The consumption of LED Birol appreciates, providing access to LPG Lucknow lights is approximately 62 percent less than across India by 2020 is a major conventional light fixtures. • The 11th DefExpo India-2020 is scheduled achievement. It is not an energy issue, it is an to be held for the first time in Uttar Pradesh’s • The main aim is to showcase the monuments economic issue and it is a social issue. capital Lucknow. during late evenings and enhance the experience • This was Launched by Modi on May 1, • The main theme of the DefExpo India-2020 of visitors and tourists. 2016, in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, Pradhan will be ‘India: The Emerging Defence Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims to Manufacturing Hub’ and focus will be Launched Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan In New safeguard the health of women and children by on ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’ Delhi providing free cooking gas (LPG) connection to • DefExpo would provide a unique platform • The Ministry of Health and Family poor families. for Defence industry Original Equipment Welfare launched a special campaign Manufacturers (OEMs), exhibitors and to named Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan in New Delhi. INS Sagardhwani Starts On Mission Sagar display their latest innovations and capabilities in • The campaign aimed to sensitize and mobilise Maitri the field. the community on measures for prevention and • Marine Acoustic Research Ship control of Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs). (MARS), INS Sagardhwan started its two- UNION MINISTER PIYUSH GOYAL TO • It also aimed to make the community a month-long second mission Sagar Maitri from LAUNCH GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2019 partner for checking vector/mosquito breeding Southern Naval Command in Kochi, Kerala. • Minister of Commerce and Industry across Delhi. • It was flagged off by Southern Naval Piyush Goyal planned to launch the Global • Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan was a people Commander Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla and Innovation Index (GII) on July 24. movement campaign as there was active Defence Research and Development • The theme of the event is “Evaluating the involvement of people’s representatives, Organisation (DRDO) chairman G. Satheesh Medical Innovation Scenario of the Next officers from Government of India, Reddy. Decade”. Government of NCT Delhi, all three Delhi • It is an indigenously built Marine Acoustic • They will be launched in the presence of the Municipal Corporations, and New Delhi Research Ship (MARS). It was commissioned in World Intellectual Property Organisation Municipal Council, Railways and Cantonment the year 1994. It is owned by Naval Physical & (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry. board and other stakeholders. Oceanographic Laboratory. It is operated by the • The launch of GII mainly shows the innovation

Indian Navy. rankings of economies and findings for this India And China To Hold An Annual HiH • The ship carried out intensive oceanographic corresponding fiscal year. Combat Exercise At Meghalaya In December observational programmes and research over the 2019 years. They celebrated their silver jubilee on July India’s First Dragon Blood-Oozing Tree • India and China plans to hold an 30, 2019. Discovered In Assam annual “Hand-in-Hand” (HiH) combat exercise

at Umroi, near Shillong, Meghalaya in • Researcher discovers Dracaena Cambodia a MHA Launched Indian Cyber Crime dragon tree species in Assam’s West Karbi December 2019. Coordination Centre (I4C) For 2018-2020 Anglong district. • In the exercise, India and China will be • Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. focusing on counter-terrorism operations, • It is a plant that yields a dragon’s blood. It Kishan Reddy Ministry of Home Affairs human assistance and disaster is a bright red resin used in ancient times as a (MHA) launched a scheme ‘Indian Cyber management. The countries will discuss the medicine, body oil, varnish, incense, and dye. The Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’ for the operationalization of the high level sap turns bright red after coming in contact with period 2018-2020. communications between their militaries. air. This is for the first time that a dragon tree The main aim is to combat cybercrime in • • The exercise aims to manage the troop species reported from India. India in a coordinated and effective manner. confrontations along Line of Actual Control • Dracaena cambodiana belonging to the • It is launched to enable the citizens to report (LAC) by implementing better CBMs, family Asparagaceae. It is the only true dragon online content pertaining to Child Pornography additional border personnel meeting tree species. It is an important medicinal plant as (CP)/ Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) (BPM) points and greater interaction between well as an ornamental tree. It is a major source or sexually explicit content such as local commanders on the ground. of dragon’s blood, a precious traditional medicine Rape/Gang Rape (CP/RGR). in China. Around 7 Crore 32 Lakh Farmer Families Haryana Govt. And BSE Ink Pact To Facilitate Received First Two Instalments Of Under The Celestial Object Has Landed In A Village MSMEs Raise Capital PMKSNY Scheme Benefits Of Madhubani, Bihar • Government of Haryana and India’s • Around 7 crore 32 lakh farmer • A celestial object has landed in a village leading Bombay stock exchange (BSE) signed families across the country received the first and of Madhubani, Bihar. The object weighs more a pact to encourage and support state’s Micro, second instalments of 2 thousand rupees under ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 7 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019| than 10 kilograms. It has magnetic • Karnataka Chief Minister B S 2023 and they cannot get re-elected to the House properties. Yediyurappa proved his majority in till then. • The object looks like a piece of the Legislative Assembly today. rock. It glitters much more than that of an • Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar declared that National Conference On E-Governance To Be unpolished stone. the Motion of Confidence moved by the Chief Held On 8-9 August Minister has been passed by a voice vote. Later, • Department of Administrative Reforms Lok Sabha Passed The 2019 Muslim Women the House passed the Appropriation Bill and and Public Grievances (DARPG), in (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Bill Supplementary estimates for three months. association with Ministry of Electronics and • Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women • After concluding the day’s business, Speaker Information Technology, Government of India and the State Government of (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, Ramesh Kumar tendered his resignation. He Meghalaya. 2019 on 25 July. handed over his resignation letter to Deputy • The Bill was introduced by the Law Minister Speaker Krishna Reddy. • They will organize the 22nd National Ravi Shankar Prasad. The bill is for the justice, Conference on e-Governance 2019 on 8-9th respect and dignity of women. Uttarakhand: Himalayan Conclave Being August 2019 at Shillong. Provisions of the Bill: Held In Mussoorie • The conference will be held with the theme • The Bill criminalises instant triple • In Uttarakhand, a Himalayan Conclave is “Digital India: Success to Excellence”. talaq among Muslims. It also approves a jail being held in Mussoorie. term of three years for the husband. • The main objective is to discuss various Odisha Gets GI Tag For Its Version Of Rasgulla After West Bengal • The bill will replace the ordinance passed by issues related to the development of Himalayan the previous government in February. It should States. • The Geographical indicator (GI) granted to Odisha for the ‘Odisha rasgulla’, more than be noted that around 20 Muslim countries in • Union Finance Minister Nirmala the world, including Pakistan and Malaysia, have Sitharaman is attending the conclave as two years after West Bengal won its own GI banned the triple talaq. the chief guest. tag for the delectable eastern sweet. A GI tag helps in the branding and marketing • Uttrakhand Chief Minister Trivendra • The Companies Amendment Bill, 2019 of a local product and can attract penalties Singh Rawat declared the main agenda for the Introduced In Lok Sabha outside that geographical region. conclave is water conservation. • The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been introduced in Lok Sabha on 25 PM Narendra Modi Released The All India President Kovind Embarks On Tri-Nations July. The Bill was introduced by the Union Tiger Estimation Report African Tour Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. • President Ram Nath Kovind has left on an • PM Narendra Modi released the All India official visit to three African countries- Benin, Tiger Estimation Report 2018. The massive Lok Sabha Cleared The Unlawful Activities The Gambia and Guinea. Union Minister tiger census is conducted every four years. India Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Member of now has 2,967 tigers. • Lok Sabha cleared the Unlawful Activities Parliament Dilip Ghosh are accompanying the • The growth in the 4th cycle of the Tiger Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill President. Census has been a 33%. India has achieved aims to end terrorism. • During the visit to The Gambia, Mr Kovind will the target of doubling tiger population before the Provisions of the Bill: hold delegation-level talks with President Adama deadline, which is 2022. • The Bill will now empower the government Barrow in the capital, Banjul, on Wednesday. • In 2014, the population of tigers in India to designate individuals as terrorists. If any • On the last leg of his visit, the President will was 2,226. According to the latest Tiger person commits or participates in acts of arrive in Conakry, the capital of Guinea on 1st census report, it rose to 2,967, which are terrorism or involved in terrorist, he/she can be August. Mr Kovind will hold delegation-level talks 33%, in 2018. designated as terrorist. with his counterpart on 2nd August. Pink Coaches Introduced For Women By The • The Director-General of the National Northeast Frontier Railway Zone Dr. Harsh Vardhan Launches New Website Investigation Agency (NIA) can now grant • Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Of India Meteorological Department approval of seizure or attachment of property Railway zone started an initiative to bring a when the case is investigated by the agency. • Earth Sciences Minister Dr Harsh special portion of the SLR coach with pink colour. Vardhan has announced the Ministry is making a • It is mainly introduced in order to bring Rajya Sabha Passed The Protection Of signification contribution to the betterment of the women passengers with better safety and Children From Sexual Offences country through weather forecasting. Dr.Vardhan security. This special colour will help the women (Amendment) Bill, 2019 also launched a new website of India passenger to easily identify the coach in rush • The Rajya Sabha passed the Protection of Meteorological hours. Department www.mausam.imd.gov.in on the Children from Sexual Offences • Around eight trains in Rangiya division of the (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (POCSO Bill). occasion. Northeast Frontier Railway has begun operations • The Bill will now be sent to Lok Sabha for its • The website will provide all information with some pink coaches. approval. The Bill was introduced by the Ministry related to weather. The Minister said the weather of Women and Child Development. department is doing a good job by providing Union Government To Begin Fieldwork For information related to rain and floods. • It was presented by the Minister of Women 7th Economic Census From Tripura and Child Development Smriti Irani. • The government plans to conduct 14 MLAs Of Congress, JD(S) Disqualified By Provisions of the Bill: the Seventh Economic Census. Karnataka Assembly Speaker • The Bill provides death penalty to the • The Ministry of Statistics and Programme • The Karnataka Legislative Assembly culprits for sexual assault on children. It also Implementation (MoSPI) intends to conduct Speaker, K R Ramesh Kumar, has disqualified proposes strict punishments for other crimes the Seventh Economic Census of India 2019 by the entire 14 rebel MLAs who had submitted their that are committed against children. extensively leveraging Information Technology. resignation letters to him. Among the disqualified • The Bill also aims to check the increasing MLAs, 11 are from Congress and three from cases of child sexual abuse. The Act imposes fines JD(S). and imprisonment to restraint child INTERNATIONAL NEWS • Addressing the media in Bengaluru today, pornography. Sri Lanka Inaugurated Its First Model Village the Speaker announced that all of them have Built With Indian Assistance At Ranidu incurred disqualification under rule 2(1) an of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa Gama In Gampaha the 10th schedule of the constitution. Wins Trust Vote In Assembly • A model village built with the Indian • He made it clear that they are disqualified till assistance as part of a housing project meant for the end of the tenure of 15th Assembly ending in

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It is internationally known for its hanging • Aparna Kumar created history by becoming 60,000 accommodations built. They are under the gardens, the Ishtar Gate and Tower of Babel. the first civil servant and IPS officer to achieve the incredible and rare feat of completing ‘7 Indian Housing Project meant for war affected Iraq: people in northern and Sri Lanka and the estate Capital: Baghdad Summits’ challenge'. workers in the plantation areas. Currency: Iraqi dinar • Kumar hoisted India's tricolour on Mount Denali in Alaska, USA. Mount Denali is the President: Barham Salih highest peak of North America standing at 20,310 Nepal’s Effective Measures To Clean Up The Mount Everest Abu Dhabi to host first ISA's joint security ft. She scaled the summit in her third attempt. Mount Denali: • Nepal conducted a month-long cleaning exercise ISALEX19 Mount Denali is considered the third most campaign to clean the trashes in Mount • Representatives of 50 law enforcement agencies of the International Security Alliance are prominent and third most isolated peak on Earth, Everest by collecting over 10,000 kg of rubbish after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. Mount from the region. taking part in the first joint security exercise in Abu Dhabi beginning today. Everest is the highest peak in the world. • The historical mega clean-up • The participants include representatives from Seven Summits: campaign was coordinated by government tactical teams, rapid intervention units, The seven listed summits in the challenge and non-government agencies of Nepal. A communications, civil defence, and explosive are: dedicated Sherpa team from the base camp to ordnance disposal, teams. 1) Mount Everest in Nepal/China four higher camps collected waste from the roof • The International Security Alliance, 2) Aconcagua in Argentina of the world. launched in 2017 in Abu Dhabi, is an 3) Denali in the US Instead of sending solid waste to dump in the • international working group to confront 4) Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania landfill site near Kathmandu, the items were organised, transnational and extremist crimes. 5) Mount Elbrus in Russia segregated, processed and recycled as raw • The alliance now comprises nine countries, 6) Mount Vinson in Antarctica materials for various products. The collected the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, 7) Puncak Jaya and Mount Kosciuszko in materials were segregated in different categories France, Italy, Spain, Senegal, Singapore, and the Australia like plastic, glass, iron, aluminium and Slovak Republic. textile. India abstained from voting on a General • Among 10 tonnes of waste received, 2 tonnes US deploys F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for Assembly resolution aimed to end trade in have been recycled while the remaining eight 1st time goods that are used for capital punishment were soil mixed with wrappers and semi-burned • The United States has deployed F-22 and torture items, which could not be recycled. stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time, its • India was abstained from voting on military said yesterday. The announcement adds a General Assembly resolution aimed to end Italy’s Prosecco Hills Added To UNESCO to a build up of US forces in the Gulf amid tensions trade in goods that are used for capital World Heritage List with Iran. punishment and torture. India said that it • Italy’s Prosecco hills northeast of Venice • The US Air Forces Central Military Command is unacceptable to place death penalty on cultivated for centuries added to the World stated that the Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth par with torture. Heritage list by the UN cultural Organization. The fighters have been deployed to defend American • India also said that this current resolution may grapes produce the famous prosecco sparkling forces and interests. The number of hi-tech start a duplicative parallel process related to wine are grown. planes sent was not specified. ‘goods’ used for torture and capital punishment • The landscape is characterized by hogback • Tehran and Washington have been locked in and create ambiguity by conflating different hills, ciglioni and small plots of vines on narrow an escalating standoff since US President Donald issues. grassy terraces, forests, small villages and Trump unilaterally withdrew from a multi-party farmland. The region became Italy’s 55th 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed United Nations General Assembly: World Heritage site. sanctions on the Islamic republic. Founded on: 1945 Headquarters: New York, United States • The prosecco sparkling white has the highest President: María Fernanda Espinosa classification available to Italian wine. It is Saudi Arabia increased India's Haj quota by Subsidiaries: UNICEF, United Nations produced in a territory spread over nine provinces 30,000 Development Programme, United Nations in Italy’s northeast. The sales of the wine rose six • Saudi Arabia increased India's Haj quota by System Staff College. per cent in 2018 to 460 million bottles. 30,000. It was like the third hike in 3 years. It is

Italy increased from 1,70,000 to 200,000. Indians India to contribute USD 5 Million in 2019 to Capital: Rome get a chance to visit annual Islamic pilgrimage to UN Palestine refugee agency President: Sergio Mattarella Mecca. It is a city in Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia.

Prime Minister: Giuseppe Conte • The issue discussed by Prime Minister • India pledged USD 5 million in 2019 to the Narendra Modi. The Prince of Saudi Arabia UN Palestine refugee agency. The agency's Iraq’s Babylon Listed As UNESCO World Mohammed bin Salman in the ongoing G20 difficult financial situation due to voluntary Heritage Site Summit in Osaka Japan. In 2017, Saudi Arabia increased India's Haj quota by 35,000. It was contributions from a limited donor base and called • United Nations Educational, Scientific hiked by 5,000. for ensuring sustained fiscal support for its work. and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World • Haj subsidy provided by the government • India's Deputy Permanent Heritage Committee voted to list withdrawn following the Supreme Court order of Representative to the UN Ambassador K sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of 2012. It allowed women to go on Hajj without Nagaraj Naidu the government increased its Babylon as a World Heritage Site (WHS) 30 'Mahram' or male companion. annual financial contribution four fold to the years of lobbying efforts by Iraq. • Bilateral meeting between India and Saudi UNRWA core budget from USD 1.25 million in Iraq to have Babylon site recognised by • Arabia regarding the cooperation in trade and 2016 to USD 5 million in 2018. UNESCO. The World Heritage Committee met investment, energy security and counter- • They attended a meeting of the General in Baku (capital of Azerbaijan) to consider terrorism. Haj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage Assembly Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary Babylon. Babylon on WHS List will encourage to Mecca. Contributions to United Nations Relief and research and development of the site. It is a About Saudi Arabia:

Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Terrorist (SDGT). BLA remains a proscribed entity • The central bank controls the currency hiked Near East (UNRWA). in Pakistan since 2006. interest rates to 12.25% and slashed the rupee • to historic lows against the dollar. Palestine WHO launches its first guidelines on self- President: Mahmoud Abbas care interventions for health Russia withdrew from the Intermediate- Prime Minister: Mohammad Shtayyeh Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty New Zealand bans single-use plastic • World Health Organization introduced its • The Russian President Vladimir Putin has shopping bags first guideline on self-care interventions for signed a bill that suspends Russia's health named "WHO Consolidated Guideline on participation in the nuclear arms treaty. • New Zealand officially banned single-use Self-Care Interventions for Health". Putin's decree formalizes the withdrawal of Russia plastic shopping bags introducing hefty fines for • The main focus which depends on sexual and from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear business. Plastic pollution has become a growing reproductive health and rights. The definition of Forces treaty (INF) with the United States. global concern with a million birds and more than Self-care is the ability of individuals, families and • The move comes after the withdrawal of US 100,000 marine mammals who are injured or communities to promote health, prevent disease, from the pact. Russia's withdrawal from INF killed every year. maintain health, and cope with illness and treaty is a response to the U.S. withdrawal from • Companies that break New Zealand's ban face disability with or without the support of a health- the key arms control pact signed by the Soviet heavy penalties including fines of up to 100,000 care provider. Union and the United States in 1987. New Zealand dollars (USD 67,000). The use of • There will be a shortage of 18 million health • US accused Russia of violating the treaty single-use plastic shopping bags under the new workers. Currently, 130 million people are with impunity, covertly developing and fielding rules, thin plastic single-use shopping bags can deprived of humanitarian assistance. About 400 a prohibited missile system that poses a direct no longer be supplied million people lacked access to the most essential threat to the allies and troops abroad. The U.S. • The law allows reusable carriers to continue health services. At least 100 million people face and Europe said that the range of the new cruise being provided. The legislation announced in poverty due to the high costs of healthcare missiles from Russia violate the treaty. Russia August last year. The law came into force on expenses. denied the accusations. Monday. They will provide a little practical effect • The theme of 2019 World Health New Zealand Assembly (72nd session) was "Universal U.S. Senate passed the National Defence Capital: Wellington Health Coverage". The main focus depends on Authorisation Act (NDAA) to advance the Currency: New Zealand dollar. primary health care. It was held in Geneva, U.S.-India strategic partnership Switzerland from 20-28 May 2019. WHO • The U.S. Senate has passed a legislative Japan officially resumes commercial announced the launch of "Self Care Month" provision, the National Defence Authorisation whaling after more than 30 years during World Health Assembly from June 24 to 24 Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2020. July. • The Bill aims to advance the U.S.-India • Japan resumed commercial whaling for the strategic partnership and will bring India first time in more than three decades after WHO: as America’s North Atlantic Treaty Tokyo's controversial decision. They decided to Establishment: 7 April 1948 Organization (NATO) ally for increased withdraw from the International Whaling Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland defence cooperation and countries like Israel and Commission (IWC). With this, Japan joined Head: Tedros Adhanom South Korea for increasing defence cooperation. Iceland and Norway as the only nations to IAEA reported that Iran has exceeded the • It facilitates the provisions for increased U.S.- allow commercial whaling despite the IWC limit on the amount of enriched uranium India defence cooperation in the Indian moratorium. • International Atomic Energy Agency Ocean in the areas of humanitarian assistance, • The last commercial hunt of Japan was in the (IAEA), the United Nations' atomic watchdog, counterterrorism, counter-piracy and maritime year 1986. Japan announced the withdraw from reported that Iran has exceeded the limit on security. the International Whaling Commission (IWC) the amount of enriched uranium in its moratorium on whale hunting. It began in 1985 stockpile set out in the 2015 nuclear deal with A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli to give endangered and overhunted whale world powers. has erupted species. Japan joined the compact in 1988. • It verified that 300kg (660lb) limit had • A volcano on the Italian island of • The gesture to curb commercial whaling in been exceeded. In May, Iran has stepped up Stromboli has erupted on 3 July. The Volcanic Japan. From 1985 to 2017, Japanese vessels production of enriched uranium which is used eruption killed a person. Stromboli is known as caught and killed nearly 17,000 whales. The meat to make reactor fuel but also potentially nuclear the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean" and often ended up for sale in stores and restaurants. bombs. has a population of around 500. • Iran was exercising its right to respond to a • The volcano is one of the most active on the Japan: unilateral US withdrawal from the agreement planet and has been under a regular state of Capital: Tokyo in 2018 and reimposed punishing sanctions eruption since 1932. The last major eruption was Currency: Japanese Yen on Tehran. Hence Iran's the accumulation of in 2002, when a blast destroyed local buildings Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe more enriched uranium than permitted under the and piers, injuring six. United States designates Baloch Liberation deal was not a violation of the pact. Army as terror group IMF approves $6 billion loan for cash- Christine Lagarde was nominated to become strapped Pakistan the next president of the European Central • The USA designated Baloch Liberation Bank Army as a terror organization on Chinese • International Monetary Fund Executive • Christine Lagarde, the MD of assets amid an ongoing civil war like situation in board sanctioned a three-year $6 billion loan the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was Balochistan, Pakistan’s biggest province. package for Pakistan. The main aim is to rein in nominated to become the next president of • Department of State designated the mounting debts and stave off a looming balance the European Central Bank by the European Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Hezbollah of payments crisis. Union Council. operative Husain Ali Hazzima as Specially • The Board approved the immediate • Lagarde will step down two years before the Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under disbursement of around $1 billion with the end of her second five-year term at IMF. Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. BLA is an armed remainder to be phased in over the period of the • Lagarde, 63, is a French lawyer, politician and separatist group. They that targets security forces programme. Pakistan decided to agree to tough economist. She has a good leadership and and civilians which are mainly involved in ethnic conditions for the coming three years. institutional experience as well as political and Baloch areas of Pakistan. • The package made an approval $38 billion economic experience. She is the Chairwoman of • The designation which is done by the US from Pakistan's international partners over the IMF since 2011. Administration of the Balochistan Liberation programme period. The programme requires EU Central Bank: Army (BLA) as Specially Designated Global "decisive fiscal consolidation" and a multi-year Established on: 1 June 1998 plan to strengthen Pakistan's weak tax system. Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany

President: Mario Draghi • The decision of the bank will cut down 18,000 territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by Currency: Euro jobs for a global headcount of around 74,000 force if necessary. employees by 2022. The move comes after the • China demanded the U.S. to immediately Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan Is To departure of the chief Garth Ritchie by mutual cancel the sale but, US shrugged off China’s Meet The US President Donald Trump On agreement. complaints. The US said that the equipment July 22 would contribute to peace and stability in Asia. • Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is Deutsche Bank: to meet the US President Donald Founded on: 10 March 1870 China’s Economic Growth Slows To 6.2 Per Trump on July 22. This will be Khan’s first Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany Cent In 2nd Quarter visit to the US since coming to power in 2018. Chairman: Paul Achleitner • China’s economic growth slowed to a record Khan’s visit is after the invitation extended by the CEO: Christian Sewing low of 6.2 per cent in the second quarter of this US President Trump. year. • The visit focus will be on further improving Kuwait Supports India In Countering Terror • This is the weakest growth rate in nearly the ties between the two countries and • Kuwait completes its two-year term as the three decades for the world’s second-largest important regional matters. The meeting of the non- permanent member in the UNSC (United economy, in the midst of a trade war with the two leaders were confirmed after the US State Nations Security Council) played a major role at United States and weakening global demand. Department designated the Balochistan JeM chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist and in Government data showed that Gross Domestic Liberation Army (BLA) as a global terrorist UNSC condemnation of Pulwama terror strike. Product (GDP) growth slid from 6.4 per cent in group. • They support India’s global ambitions the first quarter to 6.2 per cent. • Before the meeting, the top 13 leaders of the including investments. In the 8543rd United • China’s GDP expanded 6.3 per cent year- banned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), including its chief Security Council meeting held on June 11, 2019. on-year in the first half of 2019 to about 6.56 and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Kuwait proposed draft resolution 2474. trillion US Dollars. Saeed, were booked in nearly two dozen cases of • Its main aim is protecting civilians that deals • The growth, however, was in line with the terror financing and money laundering. Also, with the matter of persons reported missing government’s annual target range of 6.0-6.5 Pakistan helped the United States in the ongoing during armed conflicts. State of Kuwait engages per cent for the whole year, down from the 6.6 US-Taliban dialogue. in the sessions of the United Nations and the per cent growth China put up in 2018. Security French Lawmakers Approve 3% Tax On Kuwait: Cycle Rally In South Africa To Celebrate Online Giants Capital: Kuwait City Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary • France, the lower house of parliament Currency: Kuwaiti dinar • Indian diplomats in South Africa participated approved a small, pioneering tax on internet in a cycle rally along with scores of people to giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook. The Hong Kong To Fund USD 900,000 For The promote greater awareness of Mahatma French government hopes that other countries Cyclone Hit Odisha Gandhi’s ideals of non-violence and satyagraha will follow suit. • The Hong Kong government has approved to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary. • The bill foresees a 3 per cent tax on the a relief fund and rehabilitation work in of • Conceived by Indian Consul-General in French revenues of digital companies with over USD 900,000 for the cyclone-hit Odisha. Johannesburg Dr K J Srinivasa, the event was global revenues of more than 750 million It will benefit around 45,100 victims in Odisha. co-hosted by the Gandhi Walk Committee. Euros. The companies pay nearly no tax in • The fund will be used to provide hygiene kits, First Global Conference For Media Freedom countries where they have large sales like kitchen kits, water kits, education kits, household Held In London France. The bill adopted by the National Assembly items, and shelter kits. The government has • First Global Conference for Media sent to the Senate. approved three grants totalling 7.032 million Freedom 2019, hosted by the United • Hong Kong dollars (about USD 902,278) Kingdom (UK) and Canada, was held on July France from Hong Kong’s Disaster Relief Fund to 10-11, 2019 in London, UK. three agencies. Capital: Paris • It is co-hosted by Chrystia Freeland, President: Emmanuel Macron • The Indian Relief agencies have been asked to Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, evaluation reports and audited accounts on the and Jeremy Hunt, the UK Foreign Secretary. Bahrain To Partner With UK To Pilot New AI use of the grants. This is to ensure that the The conference is structured around 4 themes. Guidelines money is used for the designated purposes. The • The four themes are protection and accounts will be submitted after the completion of • Bahrain has announced that it is to pilot new prosecution, including impunity, national guidelines by the World Economic Forum the project. frameworks and legislation, building trust in (WEF) Centre for the Fourth Industrial Hong Kong: media and countering disinformation and Hong Kong Administrative Region of the People’s Revolution. The announcement was made during media sustainability. the WEF Annual Meeting of the New Republic of China, is a special administrative • Indian delegation led by Prasad Bharati Champions in Dalian, China on 3 July. region located in southern China. Chairman Surya Prakash. The UK government Chief Executive: Carrie Lam • The Country aims that the project with WEF committed 18 million pounds. Their main aim is Chief Secretary: Matthew Cheung will build a global knowledge-base that can be to improve media freedom across the world. used by other governments as AI can deliver huge Financial Secretary: Paul Chan • The new Global Media Defence Fund, benefits to citizens. Currency: Hong Kong dollar administered by the United Nations Bahrain Educational, Scientific and Cultural Capital: Manama China To Impose Sanctions On U.S. Organization (UNESCO), will support, train Crown Prince: Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Companies That Are Involved In A Potential and provide legal support to journalists in Prime Minister: Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Arms Sale Worth $2.2 Billion To Taiwan the most dangerous parts of the world. Currency: Bahraini dinar • China has announced that it is to impose India, Italy To Set Up Fast-Track Mechanism sanctions on U.S. companies that are involved in To Facilitate Investment Deutsche Bank Announced Its Exit From a potential arms sale worth $2.2 billion to • A fast-track system would be set up for Global Equities And Trading Business Taiwan. • China cited the reason as to safeguard companies and investors of India and Italy to • Deutsche Bank, the German bank, national interests. The U.S. arms sale to Taiwan facilitate investment proposals in both countries. announced that it is to pull out of global equities has severely violated the basic norms of • The main aim is to facilitate Italian sales and trading, scale back investment banking. international law and international relations. companies and investors in India and Indian It plans to reduce adjusted costs by a quarter • The planned weapons sale between US and companies and investors in Italy and to decide to to 17 billion euros ($19 billion) over the next Taiwan comes amidst the trade war between US establish a fast-track system for companies and several years. and China. China views Taiwan as part of its investors of both countries.

• The key objectives of the system in India will • The agreement was opened for signature for a global cryptocurrency, noting that these be to pave the way for and identify and solve during COP22 at Marrakech, Morocco on 15 kinds of virtual coins have in the past been problems faced by Italian companies and November 2016. associated with money laundering and illicit investors with their operations in India. ISA member countries: activities. Whether they are banks or non-banks, they are under the same regulatory environment. • They serve as a platform for discussing Countries which have signed agreement until now general suggestions from the point of view of include India, United Kingdom (UK), Japan, • Facebook last month unveiled its plans Italian companies and investors with regard to France, Australia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), for Libra, widely regarded as a challenger to ease of doing business in India.The Department amongst others. bitcoin. Expected to launch in the first half of for Promotion of Industry and Internal International Solar Alliance (ISA): 2020, Libra is designed to be backed by a basket Trade (DPIIT), under the ministry will represent • ISA is a group of 122 solar resource-rich of currency assets to avoid the wild swings of Indian side in this system. nations. It was jointly launched by India and bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. France on November 2015. It is headquartered India-Uzbekistan Hold Meet On Counter- at campus of National Institute of Solar International Court Of Arbitration Has Terrorism Energy (NISE) in Haryana, India. Imposed A Penalty Of Over $5 Billion On Pakistan. • The 8th meeting of India-Uzbekistan Joint • The organisation aims to deploy more than Working Group on Counter-Terrorism was held in 1,000 gigawatts of solar energy and mobilise • International Court of Arbitration has New Delhi on 16th July. over $1,000 billion into solar power by 2030 as imposed a penalty of over $5 billion on Pakistan as it unlawfully denied a • The Group discussed measures to strengthen per United Nations Framework Convention mining lease to a company called Tethyan bilateral cooperation in the sphere of counter- on Climate Change (UNFCCC). terrorism through information sharing, mutual Former Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Copper Company for Reko Diq project in 2011. capacity building and sharing of best practices. Arrested In LNG Case This penalty is one of the biggest in the history of cash-strapped Pakistan. • Cooperation in multilateral fora including UN, • Pakistan’s anti-graft body today arrested In 2012, Tethyan Copper Company Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Regional former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi • (TCC) filed claims for international arbitration to Anti-Terrorist Structure and EAG was also in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award discussed. of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of World • The Joint Working Group reviewed threats contract. Bank after the Pakistan government rejected a posed by terrorist groups worldwide and in their • Abbasi, who served as the prime minister leasing request from company in 2011. respective regions including cross border from August 2017 to May 2018, had reached International Court of Arbitration: terrorism. Lahore from Islamabad to hold a press conference • The International Arbitration Court is an • The next meeting of the Joint Working Group but was arrested before reaching the venue of the institute that arbitrates international will be held in Uzbekistan on a mutually event. commercial disputes. It is a part of convenient date. Mumbai Terror Attack Mastermind Hafiz the International Chamber of Commerce

(ICC). First Ever Use Of Indian Waterway To Saeed Arrested In Pakistan Transport Cargo From Bhutan To • Mumbai terror attack mastermind • ICC headquarters is in Paris, France. The court consists of more than 100 members from Bangladesh and Jama’at-ud-Da’wah Chief Hafiz Saeed was today arrested by the Counter- about 90 countries. • In the first ever use of an Indian waterway to transport cargo from Bhutan to Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan’s World Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Apollo Bangladesh via India, a shipment of stone Punjab Province. 11 Moon Landing aggregates was today formally received • The US Department of the Treasury at Narayangunj by the Indian High designated Saeed as a Specially Designated • World is celebrating the 50th anniversary Commissioner to Bangladesh, Riva Ganguli Global Terrorist, and since 2012, has offered of Apollo 11 moon landing today, when Das, along with Ambassador of Bhutan to a 10 million US dollars reward for information that American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on Bangladesh Sonam T. Rabgye. brings Saeed to justice. the Moon. • The Indian cargo ship MV AAI carrying stone aggregates from Bhutan arrived in Narayanganj Enormous Potential For Growth In Relations • Their lunar module, named Eagle, touched in Bangladesh on Tuesday through the Indo- With India: US down on 20th July, 1969. A little over six hours later, Armstrong placed his left foot on the lunar Bangladesh protocol route. • There is an enormous potential for growth in surface, declaring that’s one small step for man, its relations with India and trade issues can be SAUDI ARABIA INTERCEPTS DRONE resolved due to friendly ties. one giant leap for mankind. LAUNCHED BY YEMEN REBELS • State Department spokesperson Morgan • Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the surface, ex-fighter pilot Collins remained in lunar • Saudi military intercepted a drone launched Ortagus was talking to reporters in Washington orbit, where he was in touch with ground control, at the kingdom’s southern border by Iranian- when she was asked whether the Trump backed rebels in Yemen. administration was satisfied with the recent visit providing them on his position. • The drone launched by the Houthi rebels from of two Office of US Trade Representative • An event watched on television by half a Yemen’s Governorate of Sanaa toward the Saudi (USTR) officials to New Delhi for trade talks. billion people. Mr Collins has remained the more active of the surviving Apollo veterans and city of Jizan. • Last week, a US delegation headed by Assistant USTR for India Christopher Wilson was frequently shares lyrical recollections of the • A Saudi-led coalition allied with Yemen’s in New Delhi for a meeting with Indian officials. mission. Government has been at war with the Houthis since 2015.The fighting killed tens of thousands After the talks, India said the engagement was Motihari-Amlekhgunj Oil Pipeline Ready For of Yemenis, with Saudi-led airstrikes blamed for constructive. Commercial Operation many civilian deaths. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met Saudi Arabia US President Donald Trump in Osaka on the • The landmark Motihari-Amlekhgunj Currency: Saudi riyal sidelines of G20 Summit last month. petroleum products pipeline between India and Nepal has been completed and ready for Capital: Riyadh FB Needs ‘Very High Standard’ For Libra commercial operation. Coin: US Treasury Palau Became The 76th Country To Join The • US Treasury Secretary Steven • Indian Oil Corporation and Nepal Oil International Solar Alliance (ISA) Mnuchin has declared Facebook must meet a Corporation successfully completed testing transfer of the pipeline yesterday. Motihari- • Palau, an archipelago of more than 500 very high standard before it moves ahead Amlekhgunj is the first transnational islands in Oceania, has become 76th with its planned digital currency, Libra. signatory country to join the International • US regulators have already expressed petroleum pipeline from India and first Solar Alliance (ISA). concerns to the social media giant about the plan South Asian oil pipeline corridor. It is also the first oil pipeline in Nepal. ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 12 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019|

• The prestigious project is expected to be destroyed Tiangong-2, CNSA’s 9- inaugurated soon by the Prime Minister Narendra tonne experimental space station Tiangong- Plastic-Like Jute Material Developed In Modi and his Nepalese Counterpart K P Sharma 2. Bangladesh Oli. • CNSA destroyed the space station • Scientists in Bangladesh developed a • Since 1974, Nepal has been importing its through a controlled re-entry to Earth which method to convert Jute fibre into low cost entire major petroleum products including petrol, burned it up. Despite CNSA’s plan to burn it biodegradable cellulose sheets named Sonali. It is diesel, ATF and LPG from India. The annual export in the atmosphere, a small amount of the used to wrap material along with a carry bag. worth of these products is over Eight thousand debris fell into a designated South Pacific • Mubarak Ahmad Khan Bangladesh Jute five hundred crore rupees. Ocean security area. Mills Corporation (BJMC) developed the new • The oil pipeline will ensure smooth, cost • Tiangong-2 was China’s second ‘sonali’. It denotes the physical qualities of the effective and environment friendly supply of experimental station. It was planted into the invented jute fibre and plastic are quite similar. petroleum products to Nepal. orbit in 2016. The mission aimed at The Eco-friendly jute poly bags made up testing China’s orbital technologies. It had of Sonali can be used in garments and food French Tycoon Bernard Arnault Overtakes completed all of its experiments. packaging work. Bill Gates To Become 2nd Richest Person In • Tiangong-2 was orbiting Earth 16,209 • The commercial production of these bags is The World: Bloomberg times and spent more than 1,000 days in likely to start by the year end. Government • According to space. In April 2018, Tiangong-1 was destroyed of Bangladesh approved 9 lakh Bloomberg, Arnault’s increased 39 billion in an uncontrolled re-entry. dollars in April to help in large-scale production dollars to his fortune in 2019, the highest of these bags. individual gain on the 500-member index. Pakistan PM Imran Khan On Maiden Trip To • The main challenge in the large scale adoption • In 2018, his LVMH, the world’s largest maker US of Sonali sheet is the relatively high cost of of luxury goods, collected more than 53 billion • Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is in production which is almost doubles that of dollars in revenue. Bill Gates is the world’s the US on his maiden trip to the country during polythene. 2nd richest person. which he will hold talks with US President Bangladesh Donald Trump. Capital: Dhaka • Bill Gates is the world’s third-richest person with $107 billion as compared to second-richest • Mr Khan will try to reboot bilateral ties that Prime minister: Sheikh Hasina person Arnault’s $108 billion wealth. were hit after the US president publicly criticised Islamabad, cancelled military aid and asked it to Mark Esper Sworn In As The US Secretary Of • Jeff Bezos remains the richest person in do more to fight terrorism. Defence the world with a net worth of $124 billion. • American leadership is likely to press him to • Mark Esper sworn in as the US secretary of France take decisive and irreversible actions against defence after receiving Senate confirmation on July 24. Capital: Paris terrorist and militant groups operating from President: Emmanuel Macron Pakistani soil and facilitate peace talks with the • He was an army veteran and former defence Prime Minister: Edouard Philippe. Taliban. industry lobbyist. Esper was selected by a vote • Nawaz Sharif was the last Pakistani of 90-8. His appointment comes after a seven- Benjamin Netanyahu Becomes The Longest prime minister to visit the US on an official trip month vacancy. Serving Prime Minister Of Israel in October 2015. • He joined in the post at the White House by • Benjamin Netanyahu became the longest the Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito in a serving Prime Minister of Israel. He Ukraine Election: President Zelensky’s Party ceremony attended by Donald Trump. overthrew the record set by David Ben-Gurion, Set For Big Win Israel’s founding father and first leader. • President Volodymyr Zelensky looks set to WHO Says Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal & Thailand Achieve Hepatitis B Control • Netanyahu has spent 4,876 days, more be the first Ukrainian leader since the fall of than 13 years, in office as on 20 July, 2019. communism to command an overall majority in • Bangladesh along with Bhutan, Nepal and Netanyahu is the Israel’s youngest-ever parliament. Thailand in South-East Asia Region has been Prime Minister has won his first election in • The TV sitcom that made him famous, has able to achieve Hepatitis B control. 1996, at the age of 46. won 42.7% of the vote with more than 70% of • The prevalence of the deadly disease has Israel: results counted. The party says it is on course to come down to less than one per cent among five- President: Reuven Rivlin win about 250 of parliament’s 450 seats. A year-old children says the WHO in its report Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu decisive win for Mr Zelensky’s party will make it published on Friday. Reviewing the immunisation Capital: Jerusalem easier for him to push through reforms and tackle data for the region, WHO found Currency: New shekel. corruption. It will also be the best result by any that Bangladesh has consistently provided party in Ukraine’s post-1991 history. above 90 percent immunisation to infants The US And South Korean Military Exercises • Since he triumphed in April’s presidential poll, for Hepatitis B over the last many To Be Held In August Despite Warning From Mr Zelensky, 41, has been unable to appoint the years leading to the control of the disease. North Korea ministers he wants. • Preventing Hepatitis B infection in infancy • The 19-2 Dong Maeng (alliance) exercise, substantially reduces chronic infections and cases an annual military exercise between the US and Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Another of liver cancer and cirrhosis in adulthood. South Korean military exercises, will be held in Month According to WHO data viral hepatitis kills the month of August, despite the warning from • Sri Lanka has extended by another month, the 4,10,000 people every year. in the eleven South- North Korea. state of emergency imposed after the Easter East Asian countries where it is running its • The announcement was made by Choi Jong- Sunday attacks. programme. Hindu Economic Forum Launches Its Nepal kun, the secretary for peace planning to South • This is the fourth time emergency provisions Korean President Moon Jae-in. have been imposed after the attacks which killed Chapter • Earlier, the United States and South 268 people including 45 foreigners. A gazette • Hindu Economic Forum (HEF) has Korea had suspended a large-scale exercise and notification, issued by President Maithripala launched its Nepal Chapter. Nepal’s Minister it also cancelled a second exercise after Sirisena. of State for Health and Population Dr. Surendra Kumar Yadav inaugurated the the Singapore summit in June 2018. • The emergency was initially imposed on 22nd April, a day after the attacks and extended on two Chapter in Kathmandu last evening. CNSA Destructed Tiangong-2, Experimental occasions. Government has claimed that the • Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha Space Station Over The Pacific emergency provisions are to grant armed forces and Former Union Minister Dr. CP • Chinese National Space Administration necessary powers to act against terrorist Thakur also graced the event. (CNSA), the Chinese space agency, activities and doesn’t affect normal life.

• On this occasion Founder of World Hindu • The digital tool for the recovery of stressed • GST has 17 local levies rolled out on the Economic Forum, Swami Vigyananand said assets will provide an end-to-end digital solution. intervening night of June 30 and July 1, 2017. economic empowerment is very necessary to get The faster processing and real time information GST transformed India into ‘One Nation, One due respect and recognition in the modern world. and immediate decision making in the recovery Tax’ that binds the country an economic union. A large number of industrialists, business area. • persons, traders, thinkers and other eminent Karnataka Bank personalities from Nepali society attended the Founded: 1924 RBI fines 4 Public Sector Banks for violating event. Headquarters: Mangaluru, Karnataka, India KYC norms MD & CEO: Mahabaleshwara M. S • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a India Nepal Logistics Summit 2019 Was Held penalty of Rs 1.75 crore on four public sector In Kathmandu, Nepal Airtel Payments Bank ties up with Bharti banks. The banks which includes PNB and UCO AXA Life Insurance to offer the Bharti AXA Bank for non-compliance with KYC • India-Nepal Logistics Summit 2019 was Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana requirement and norms. This concept is used held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The summit was for opening of current accounts. inaugurated by Nepal Prime minister KP.Sharma Oli. • Airtel Payments Bank partnered with • Punjab National Bank, Allahabad Bank Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer Bharti AXA and UCO Bank fined Rs 50 lakh each. The • The theme of the Logistics Summit 2019 Life POS (Point of Sale). Saral Jeevan Bima penalty of Rs 25 lakh imposed on Corporation was ‘Transforming Logistics Landscape’. Yojana, a pure life term insurance decided to Bank. Reserve Bank of India penalty imposed for In this summit all trade community and • plan up to Rs. 5 lakhs. non-compliance with certain provisions of government representatives from both Nepal • The scheme is aimed at the under-insured directions issued by it on Know Your Customer and India represented the whole summit and uninsured segments in India. The policy norms. function. available at all the Airtel Payments Bank's 25,000 • The anti-money laundering standards and

retail outlets. It will be expanded to cover over opening of current accounts are being carried out

60,000 banking points in the manner are being tagged here. This action BANKING & FINANCE • The customers are offered the option of life is mainly based on the deficiencies in regulatory State Bank of India & NIIF tie-up to finance cover between 3-5 lakh. The scheme further compliance and is not intended to pronounce infrastructure projects extended up to Rs 25 lakh. Airtel Payments upon the validity of any transaction or Bank partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to agreement. • State Bank of India (SBI) and India's offer the scheme Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti • sovereign wealth fund, National Investment Bima Yojana (PMJJBY). Reserve Bank of India and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) signed a MoU Airtel Payment Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (Memorandum of Understanding) to provide CEO: Anubrata Biswas Established: 1 April 1935 financing solutions to the infrastructure sector. Headquarters: New Delhi Governor: Shaktikanta Das • The tie-up helped in equity investments, Founded: 2016 Ola Electric invests $250million funding project funding, bond financing, renewable from Softbank energy support, and take-out finance for IL&FS board sets up sub-committee to operating assets. The concerns related to the oversee disinvestment process • Softbank invested around $250 million in availability of equity and long-term debt leads to • The Reserve Bank of India on circular on Ola Electric Mobility. The electric vehicle unit large scale projects. the resolution of bad loans. The debt-ridden Ola becomes the newest unicorn from India. The • SBI made extended loans of about 51 crores Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services likes of Flipkart, Zomato, Paytm in the parent to 47 infrastructure projects during the financial Ltd is constituting a sub-committee to oversee company are with the Registrar of Companies. year of 2018-19. During the last financial year, the process of divestment of its assets. • Ola Electric issued 4,326 fully and SBI through its specialised Project Finance & • The decision was taken during its board compulsorily convertible series B preference Structuring Business Unit meeting held on June 28. The six-member shares of face value of Rs 10 each having the committee will comprise of 4 directors namely privileges and preferences. Japanese investor • NIIF Vineet Nayyar, CS Rajan, Bijay Kumar, N paid a total of Rs 1,725.04 crore (around $250 • Establishment: 2015 Srinivasan, and COO N Sivaraman. They will million). • Headquarters: Mumbai discuss and finalize the asset-wise framework of • The Softbank funding was received on • CEO: Sujoy Bose resolution with lenders. Tuesday in light of a special resolution passed by ICICI partnered with IndoStar Capital to • LIC is the IL&FS biggest shareholder with a the board of Ola Electric on June 25. Tata Sons' finance commercial vehicles more than 25% stake while Japan's ORIX Corp Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata invested an with a 23.54% stake and Abu Dhabi Investment undisclosed amount in Ola Electric. • ICICI Bank tied up with non-banking financial Authority with 12.56%. Economic Survey for 2018-19 predicted a 7 company IndoStar Capital for vehicle financing. • IL&FS percent GDP growth for financial year 2019- IndoStar originate and provide service through • Founded: 1987 20 the customers through the entire loan life-cycle • Headquarters: Mumbai including sourcing, documentation, collection and • Chairman - Uday Kotak • Union Finance Minister Nirmala loan servicing. Govt. to celebrate 2 years of GST on July 1st Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey for • IndoStar originate customers in tier-II, III, • Government of India organized an event on 2018-19 in the Parliament on 5 July. The survey IV cities. There is a branch network of 322 July 1 to celebrate the second anniversary of predicted a 7% GDP growth for financial year branches. The partnership will leverage upon the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The event will 2019-20 as compared to 6.8% in 2018-19. The bank's efficient lending mechanism. be addressed by Finance Minister Nirmala Economic Survey was prepared by Chief ICICI Bank Sitharaman. The event will be held in Economic Advisor KV Subramanian. Founded: 5 January 1994 Ambedkar Bhawan. • In the Second term of the NDA govt. PM Modi Chairman: Girish Chandra Chaturvedi • The event will be attended by senior officers laid a goal to bring Indian economy to a $5 MD & CEO: Sandeep Bakhshi of the central and state tax authorities. The two trillion economy by 2024-25. According to the years presentation of GST and the road ahead for Economic Survey, India needs to sustain a real Karnataka Bank launches web tool for NPA the indirect tax regime will be published. GDP growth rate of 8%. recovery process named 'Vasool So-Ft' • The pilot of new return filing replaces the • The report also said that India continued to • Karnataka Bank launched a web tool current system of GSTR-3B (summary returns) remain the fastest-growing major economy in the named VASOOL SO-Ft (VASOOL SOFAST) for and GSTR-1 (supplies return) launched on July 1, world in 2018-19, despite a slight moderation in digitizing NPA recovery process. The tool will 2019. The generation of e-way bill for gross domestic product (GDP) growth from 7.2% enable easy & faster processing, real-time transporting goods over Rs 50,000. in 2017-18 to 6.8% in 2018-19. information and immediate decision making in the recovery area. ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 14 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019|

Centre Announces RBI As The Regulator Of June 2019 to September 2019. The sovereign • CEO: T. V. Narendra Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) gold bond scheme launched in November • Centre has announced that the Reserve 2015. Ola Gets Green Light For London Taxi Bank of India will now be the regulator of • The main objective to reduce the demand Business housing finance Companies (HFCs). The HFC for physical gold and shift a part of the domestic • India’s Ola Cabs received approval from were regulated by the National Housing Bank. savings. It is used for financial savings. London’s transport regulator to start private hire It aims to strengthen oversight of the shadow • • The minimum investment in the bonds is vehicles (PHV) in the capital city of the UK. It is banks and improve their access to funding by one gram with a maximum limit of the first-ever platform to offer both PHVs and providing guarantees for purchases of their subscription of 500 grams per person per black cabs in the UK. assets. fiscal year (April-March). The maximum limit • Ola UK Pvt. Ltd received a one-year carriage • The government has announced to provide a of subscription is 4 kg for an individual. The Hindu licence from TFL to operate “PHV vehicles” across one-time partial credit guarantee for loan losses Undivided Family (HUF) for 20 kg for trusts and London. It is required to apply for a licence and to state banks if the bank buy Rs.1 trillion ($14.6 similar entities per fiscal (April-March). list their vehicle as a privately registered vehicle billion) of high-rated pooled assets of non- Punjab & Sind Bank Sets Up Centralised Hub for hire. banking finance companies (NBFCs). ‘Cen-MARG’ To Process Retail And MSME • Ola would become the biggest threat to Uber Loans in the UK, since it has raised far more capital than RBI Form Panel To Review Supervisory • Punjab & Sind Bank set up a centralized hub the rest of the app-based taxi operators. It is Framework For Core Investment Companies named “Centralised MSME & Retail Group” raised around $190 million to $280 million in • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up (Cen-MARG) for processing retail and Micro, funding Ola’s massive war chest of $3.8 billion. a six-member working group to review the Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) loans regulatory and supervisory framework for core for better efficiency of branches in business SBI To Waive Off The Charges On NEFT, investment companies (CICs). acquisition. It is headquartered in New Delhi. RTGS And IMPS • The panel will be headed by Tapan Ray, • It will ensure qualitative improvement in • State Bank of India (SBI) has waived the Non-Executive Chairman, CBI. The move credit appraisal, improved turnaround time, charges on National Electronic Funds comes as the corporate group uniform documentation, and efficient monitoring. Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross structures becomes more complex and • Cen-MARG linked with Pan-India branches of Settlement (RTGS) transactions layered. The working group has been asked to the bank in a phased manner. The bank is main through YONO, Internet, and mobile banking. submit its report by October 31, 2019. aim to bring about much-enhanced customer • This will be effective from July 1. The move • In August 2010, RBI introduced a separate satisfaction through this initiative. comes after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has framework for the regulation of systemically • The launch of Cen-MARG and retail credit will decided to waive off the charges with an aim to important CICs after recognising the difference be performed at the Cen-MARG, They will help move the country towards less-cash economy. in the business model of a holding company branches focus better on lead generation for retail Before July 1, SBI used to charge compared to other non-banking lending and MSME and enhanced customer • between Rs.1 and Rs.5 for transactions through financial companies (NBFCs). service. NEFT, and Rs.5 to 50 for RTGS transactions. Other members of the working group: Punjab & Sind Bank: SBI has also decided to do away with the • Lily Vadera: Executive Director, RBI • Headquarters: New Delhi charges on fund transfer using the Immediate • Amarjeet Singh: Executive Director, SEBI • Payment Service (IMPS) through mobile • MD & CEO: S Harisankar • T Rabishankar: Chief General Manager, phones. It will be effective from August 1. Financial Markets Regulation Department, • Tag line: Where service is a way of life • The bank has reduced NEFT and RTGS charges RBI YES Bank Acquires 9.47% Stake In Eveready for customers transacting through branch HK Jena: Deputy Managing Director, SBI Industries By Invoking Pledged Shares • network by 20% across all slabs. • YES Bank acquired a 9.47 % stake in dry • NS Venkatesh: Chief Executive, RTGS: Association of Mutual Funds in India. cell battery maker, Eveready Industries India by Real Time Gross Settlement System. The invoking shares pledged by McLeod Russel. The • RBI Board Finalised Utkarsh 2022 To RTGS system is used for large value transactions. Improve Regulation And Supervision acquisition comes after the Indian tea company McLeod Russel on repayment of credit • The minimum amount that can be remitted • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board has facilities. McLeod’s debt is about Rs. 1,800 – through RTGS is Rs.2 lakhs with no upper or finalized Utkarsh 2022, a medium term 2,000 crore. maximum ceiling. strategy, to improve regulation and NEFT: supervision, among other functions of the central • The bank acquired 68,80,149 equity shares. • National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) bank. They have a nominal value of Rs 5 per share constitutes around 9.47% of the post-issue. is a nation-wide payment system that facilitates • The decision was made by RBI’s board that Eveready and McLeod are part of the BM Khaitan one-to-one funds transfer. NEFT system is used met in New Delhi. It finalized the 3-year medium- Group. for fund transactions of up to Rs.2 lakhs. term strategy document which covered inter-alia, AIIB Provides $100 Million To L&T Finance its mission and vision statement. Tata Steel Kalinganagar Included In WEF’s Arm For Wind And Solar Infrastructure The board approved the RBI’s budget for • Global Lighthouse Network Projects the July 2019-June 2020 period. The board • Tata Steel Kalinganagar (TSK) in World • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank also discussed issues relating to currency Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Lighthouse (AIIB) provide $100-million loan to L&T management and payment systems headed by Network a community of manufacturers showing (Larsen & Toubro) Infrastructure Finance the outgoing Deputy Governor Viral leadership in applying Fourth Industrial Company (LTIF) for wind and solar Acharya. The committee will identify issues that Revolution technologies to drive financial and infrastructure projects. needed to be addressed over the next three. operational impact. • This is the first time AIIB is extending loan to

a non-banking finance company (NBFC). It is Centre Fixes Price For Sovereign Gold Bonds • TSK in Odisha’s Jajpur district is the first and the only Indian manufacturing plant to be collaborated with AIIB to explore At Rs. 3,443 Per Gram included in the WEF’s Lighthouse Network, it said. the international market for green finance. • The union government fixed the price at Rs The addition of 10 new factories including TSK to • The project mainly helps to increase the 3,443 per gram for the new series of sovereign its Global Lighthouse Network carried out. The supply of renewable energy in India. It helps to gold bonds (SGBs). RBI decided to allow a factory joins a network of 16 existing lighthouses reduce the carbon intensity by 30-35 percent of discount of Rs 50 per gram from the issue price across multiple geographies and industries. the 2005 levels by 2030 which was India’s to those investors who apply online. Tata Steel commitment under the Paris agreement. • The payment is made through digital mode. • Founded: 25 August 1907, Jamshedpur • India set a target to install 175 Gigawatt The issue price of gold bond will be Rs 3,393 per (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022, gram of gold. The bonds issued every month from • Headquarters: Mumbai

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Headquarters: Mumbai ERGO Entered Bancassurance Corporate • ABHi is powered by AI startup Floatbot.ai Founders: Henning Holck-Larsen, Søren Kristian Agency Agreement (Bangalore). They are in partnership with IT Toubro India’s leading private sector general • (Information Technology) company Netxcell MD & CEO: S.N. Subramanian insurance company, HDFC ERGO General Limited (Hyderabad). Insurance Company entered into a corporate • Customers will be able to get the information RBI Imposed Fine On SBI And Union Bank Of agency partnership with Kerala based instantaneously 24×7, anytime by using ABHi & India For Violating Certain Regulatory Muthoottu Mini Financiers Limited. can also connect and know details from ABHi Guidelines A non-deposit taking systemically important • through (www.andhrabank.in) over • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Company) to Mobile/Desktop browser, Facebook Messenger fine on State Bank of India (SBI) and Union provide comprehensive general insurance for the and over voice using Google Assistant Bank of India for violating certain regulatory customers through its network branches. • ABHi enable banking services such as balance guidelines. The association with Muthoottu Mini • check, ordering a cheque book, view mini • RBI fined Rs.7 crores as SBI did not comply Financiers Ltd. is a milestone in our growth statement, recent transactions in future. with the directions issued by the RBI on Income strategy. Their network will help us establish our Andhra Bank: Recognition and Asset Classification grip, especially in the southern part of our • Headquarters: Hyderabad (IRAC) norms, code of conduct for opening and country. Founded: 20 November 1923 operating current accounts and reporting of data • on Central Repository of Information on HDFC ERGO: • MD& CEO: J Packirisamy Large Credits (CRILC), and fraud risk • Headquarters: Mumbai management and classification and reporting of SEBI Opposed Centre’s Proposal To Transfer • CEO: Mr. Ritesh Kumar frauds. Surplus Money To The Consolidated Fund • Executive Director: Anuj Tyagi • RBI also fined Rs.10 lakhs on Union Bank for • Securities and Exchange Board of India non-compliance with the directions on the cyber (SEBI), the capital markets regulator, SIDBI Introduced Web-Based Application security framework in banks issued by the RBI. has opposed the Centre’s System For Contribution From FFS The RBI accused Union Bank of India that it proposal to transfer surplus money to Small Industries Development Bank of failed to carry out the cyber security • the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI). India (SIDBI) introduced a web-based framework in 2016. RBI’s examination • SEBI cited that agreeing the proposal would application system for contribution from the Fund revealed reports of generation of seven make it to compromise its autonomy and its of Funds for Start-ups (FFS). fraudulent messages worth $171 million through ability to function effectively towards the progress the SWIFT system of the bank. • The applications from various Alternative and development of the Indian securities market. Investment Funds (AIFs) accepted online and the • The fund is audited by the Comptroller and status of the same shall be accessible to No Changes Made In ITR Forms After April 1 Auditor General (CAG) of India Rajiv applicants. 2019: CBDT Mehrishi and the reports will be submitted to the Start-up India • Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has Union legislatures. CFI of Centre was established announced no changes have been made in any of • The Start-up India initiative, launched by the under Article 267 of the Indian Constitution and the Income-tax Return (ITR) forms since the Modi government in 2016. Around 30 percent State Government’s was established (Rs 3,123.7 crore) of the Rs 10,000 crore corpus notification made on 1st April this year. under Article 266 of the Indian Constitution. that was supposed to be deployed over the 14th • There were reports in social media that the and 15th Finance Commission cycles. taxpayers were facing difficulties in filing return ADB Reduced India’s Growth Forecast For of income in ITR-2 and ITR-3 due to large scale • The FFS (Fund of Funds for Start-ups) was The Current Financial Year To 7 Per Cent set up at SIDBI. They contribute to various changes in the ITR form. • The Asian Development Bank Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). • The impression that the taxpayers are not (ADB) has reduced India’s growth able to file a return due to changes in ITR form is • It is registered with the Securities and forecast for the current financial year to 7%. not correct as over 1 crore 38 lakh taxpayers have Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which in turn Earlier, it had announced a growth estimation already filed their returns till date. The software extends funding support to start-ups. of 7.2%. It reported in its Asian Development utility for e-filing of all the ITR forms has been Outlook 2019. released long back. India Permits 1,239 Tonnes Raw Sugar • The Manila-based multilateral institution has Export To US lowered the country’s forecast for 2019-20 from • The government has permitted the export 7.6% to 7.2% in April, 2019. It cited moderate HDFC Bank, CSC Launch Credit Card For of 1,239 tonnes raw sugar under its tariff- global demand and shortfall in revenue on the Village Entrepreneurs And Small Traders rate quota (TRQ) to the US, which enables domestic front. • HDFC Bank and Common Services shipments to enjoy relatively low tariff. • Now, India is expected to grow by 7% in Centres (CSCs) launched a co-branded ‘Small • TRQ is a quota for a volume of exports that 2019 and 7.2% in 2020, slightly slower than Business Money-Back Credit Card’ for small enter the US at relatively low tariffs. After the projected in April due to the less the fiscal 2018 traders and village-level entrepreneurs quota is reached, a higher tariff applies on outturn fell short. (VLEs). additional imports. • It also revised India’s inflation forecast • The credit card is designed for VLEs and VLE- • The additional quantity of 1,239 tonnes of raw by 0.2% points to 4.1% in FY20 and 4.4% in sourced customers. The users give easy access to cane sugar to be exported to US under TRQ up to FY21. credit for their day-to-day business expenses, September 30, 2019 has been notified. The according to a statement. country enjoys duty-free sugar exports to the US FDI Inflow Registered Growth Of 79% • The card launched by HDFC Bank MD Aditya for up to 10,000 tonnes annually under During Last 6 Years preferential quota arrangement. Puri and CSC Chief Dinesh Kumar Tyagi. The • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow personalized cards were handed out to a few has increased during the last six years from 36.05 Andhra Bank Rolls-Out Al Chatbot ‘ABHi’ In women entrepreneurs. CSC as access points for billion US Dollars in 2013-14 to 64.38 billion US delivery of various services and there are 3.6 lakh Telangana Dollars in 2018-19, registering a growth of 79 per such centers are operating across the country. cent.

• Giving details about the FDI inflow, sources in data science, risk management and machine Ranking and Index the Commerce Ministry said it has been the learning to identify and protect them from fraud. INDEX India Releasing Top endeavour of the government to put in place an • They play a critical role in advancing ’s body country enabling and investor-friendly FDI policy. the digitisation goals of the Indian Rank • The intent is to make the FDI policy more government and the Reserve Bank of Democrac 41 Economist Norway investor-friendly and remove the policy India by enabling new-age businesses to adopt y Index Intelligenc bottlenecks that have been hindering investment digital payments in a safe and secure manner. e Unit inflow into the country. Pay Pal (EIU) • It is an American company operating a Global 141 Institute Iceland India’s Forex Reserves Fall By USD 1.113 Bn worldwide online payments system. They support Peace for To USD 428.797 Bn online money transfers. Index Economics and Peace • India’s foreign exchange reserves declined • It serves as an electronic (IEP) by USD 1.113 billion to USD 428.797 alternative to traditional paper methods like Most ECA billion in the week to July 12– the first fall after checks and money orders. liveable Internation Singapor four consecutive weeks of gains – due to a fall in CCEA Keeps Fair And Remunerative Price Of foreign currency assets. Sugarcane At Rs275/Quintal location for al e Asian • According to the latest weekly RBI data, • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Expatriate foreign currency assets, which are a major Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister component of the overall reserves, slipped s Narendra Modi approved the proposal in respect Passport 67 _ UAE by USD 1.11 billion to USD 399.697 billion. of Determination of ‘Fair and Remunerative Index of • The central bank said that despite on-going Price’ (FRP) of sugarcane payable by sugar mills massive rally in gold prices, the country’s gold 2019 for 2019-20 sugar season. reserves remained unchanged at USD Bloomberg 54 Bloomberg South • The Cabinet kept the FRP at Rs 275 per 24.304 billion. It stated that the Special drawing Innovation Korea quintal. The FRP is based on the rights with the International Monetary Fund fell Index recommendation of the Commission of by USD 1.2 million to USD 1.450 billion. Internatio 36 U.S. US Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP). • The country’s reserve position with the fund nal IP Chamber As per its report of August 2018 on the price also declined by USD 1.5 million to USD 3.345 • Index of policy for sugarcane for the 2019-20 season. billion. 2019 Commerce The CCEA approved to provide a premium of Rs. ’s Global 2.75 per QTL for every 0.1% increase Asian Development Bank Sanctions Rs 1,925 Innovation above 10% in the recovery. Cr Power Project In Tripura Policy

• Asian Development Bank Centre RBI Slaps Rs 26 Lakh Fine On Mobikwik And (ADB) sanctioned Rs 1,925 crore (GIPC) Hip Bar projects for up-gradation of power Inclusive 47 Economist Sweden • The Reserve Bank has imposed a fine of generation and distribution in Tripura, Internet Intelligenc about 26 lakh rupees on two online payment Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma. Index e Unit solutions providers for non-compliance of 2019 (EIU) The amount was recently sanctioned to • regulatory guidelines. the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Corruption 78 Transpare • The central bank said in a release Perception ncy Denmark Limited (TSECL) after the state government that Mobikwik Systems Private Limited has s Index Internation had sought the ADB’s assistance, Dev been slapped a fine of 15 lakh rupees while Hip Varma who is also the power minister. al Bar Pvt Ltd faced a fine of 10.85 lakh rupees. Global 80 INSEAD • The project sanctioned for upgrading capacity • It stated that these two prepaid payment Talent business Switzerla of 63 MW Rokhia Project to 120 MW. It is at instrument (PPI) issuers were levied a Competitiv School nd an estimated cost of Rs 699.80 crore. monetary penalty for non-compliance of e Index • The project sanctioned for upgrading capacity regulatory guidelines. Kids Right 117 Kids Right Iceland of 63 MW Rokhia Project to 120. Index Foundation They modernizing Gumti Hydro Electric Apple To Acquire Intel’s Smartphone Modem • SDG 95 UK-based Denmark Project at an estimated cost of Rs 1225.88 Business For A Transaction Value Of $1 (Sustainab Equal crore. Rokhia project is located at West Billion le Measures Tripura district. Apple announced the acquisition of chip- • Developm 2030 maker Intel’s smartphone modem business • North East Council approved sanction of Rs ent Goals) for $1 billion. 12.7 crore for an overhaul of the 49.15 km- Gender long Ambassa-Gandacherra power • There are around 2,200 Intel Equality transmission line. employees will join Apple along Index with intellectual property, equipment and Annual Mumb Mercer Japan PayPal Opens New Centre In Hyderabad, To leases, the Cupertino-based iPhone. The Cost of ai and Hong Have Around 100 Techies transaction is expected to close in the fourth Living (India Kong • American digital payments quarter of 2019. Survey ) firm PayPal announced expansion of its India • This agreement is to focus on developing (Costliest footprint with the launch of third global technology for the 5G network while retaining City to live technology centre. critical intellectual property and modem in) • PayPal India house involves 100 engineers technology that our team has created. World 140 UN Finland across roles including risk management and • Apple will hold over 17,000 wireless Happiness operations. technology patents, ranging from protocols for Report • Their main aim is to provide cutting-edge cellular standards to modem architecture and digital payments solutions to customers around modem operation. Henley 86 Henley Japan the world. The expansion follows the acquisition • Intel will retain the ability to develop modems Passport and of fraud prevention platform in 2018. for non-smartphone applications, such as PCs, Index Singapor 2019 e • The new centre will focus on internet-of-things devices and autonomous leveraging PayPal’s extensive expertise in vehicles. End of 113 UK based Singapor Childhood NGO ‘Save e Index ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 17 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019|

the Committees APPOINTMENTS children’ Andhra Pradesh government has formed a Post Persons Global 76 World Sweden committee on the Power Purchase The New President Sharad Kumar Saraf Energy Economic Agreements (PPAs) Federation of Indian Transition Forum Export Organisations Index (WEF) • The Andhra Pradesh government has (FIEO) Index of 19 Economist Australia formed a committee on the Power Purchase The National Housing Sarada Kumar Hota Cancer Intelligenc Agreements (PPAs) on 1 July. The committee Bank (NHB) Managing Preparedn e Unit’s will review, negotiate and reduce the high wind Director ess (EIU) and solar power purchase prices and submit its Haryana State’s new Keshni Anand Arora World 140 Reporters Norway report in 45 days. Chief Secretary Press Without • The Power Distribution Companies Managing Director of Manoj Kumar (DISCOMS) in Andhra Pradesh State are in Freedom Borders Arohan Financial Nambiar financial crisis as the power purchase dues Index Services amounted to 20,000 crore. The crisis is due to Money in 74 Swiss UK chairman and Dr. Nalin Shinghal the abnormally priced wind and solar PPAs swiss bank National managing director entered in the recent years. Bank BHEL • The committee will provide affordable Start-up 17 Startup- US Director of the B Harideesh Kumar power to consumers and pull DISCOMS of the Ecosystem Blink Institute of Banking crisis. Ranking Personnel Selection

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The Judge Of SICC Justice AK Sikri July 28 World Hepatitis Test, Treat, Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh region of Republic of Singapore Day Hepatitis Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Halimah Yacob July 29 International • The coffee table book titled ‘Fire and Fury Governor of Madhya Anandi Ben Patel Tiger Day Corps — Saga of Valour, Fortitude and Pradesh Sacrifice’. The book covers the serenity and Governor of Uttar Lal Ji Tandon BOOKS & AUTHORS mysticism of Ladakh and its people. Pradesh Dr. Krishna Saksena's book 'Whispers of • It is as a tribute to the symbiotic relationship Governor of Bihar Phagu Chauhan Time' launched by Smriti Irani in New Delhi shared by the Indian Army and the people of Governor of Madhya Lal Ji Tandon Ladakh region. Pradesh • Minister of Textiles and Minister of • The book was released in Leh by Northern Governor of West Jagdeep Dhankhar Women and Child Development, Smriti Army Commander Lieutenant General Bengal Zubin Irani launched new book "Whispers of Ranbir Singh. Governor of Tripura Ramesh Bais Time". It is written by Dr. Krishna Saksena Governor of Nagaland R.N.Ravi (91) at the India International Centre in New private secretary to Vivek Kumar Delhi. PM Narendra Modi Releases Book On Former Prime Minister • The book was published by Prabhat PM Chandra Shekhar Prakashan. It is the ninth book of Saksena. She Narendra Modi • PM Narendra Modi released the tells about her experiences and observations in Governor Of Gujarat Acharya Devvrat book “Chandra Shekhar – The Last Icon of her long life of ninety years. Joint Secretary To Ajay Bhadoo Ideological Politics”. 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• The initiative is launched in nearly 200 • NITI Aayog and Facebook-owned • Hyderabad has been chosen as the wind different locations across 13 states and has WhatsApp under the aegis of its Women conditions in the city are most favourable to hone audio-visual training in 10 regional languages Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) announced sailor’s skills in yacht handling and understanding Facebook a partnership to support the growth of a robust wind shifts. This event includes 190 plus sailors, CEO: Mark Zuckerberg ecosystem to promote women entrepreneurs in 16 sailing clubs with round 21 sailors from Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United India. Telangana state alone. Technical part of championship is taken care of by foreign sailing States. • WhatsApp mainly collaborated with NITI Founded: February 2004 Aayog to encourage women entrepreneurs members. and develop specific programmes to address Hima Das Wins Gold, Tajinderpal Singh Toor AGCL, OIL, GGL Sign Agreement For Setting the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs. Up Of The New Company For City Gas Bags Bronze at Poznan Athletics Grand Prix

Distribution (CGD) Network In Assam SPORTS NEWS • Star Indian sprinter Hima Das won the • Assam Gas Company Limited (AGCL), Oil Veer Chotrani wins U19 Asian squash title women's 200m gold, while national record India Limited (OIL) and GAIL Gas • The talented youngster Veer Chotrani holder shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor Limited (GGL) signed an agreement for setting annexed the u-19 boys’ title in an all-India final bagged a bronze in the Poznan Athletics Grand up of a new company for implementation of with higher seeded Yash Fadte settling for silver Prix in Poland. the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network. medal. Veer won 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7. • Hima, the world junior champion and national • It is done in five districts namely Kamrup, • Veer is now the third Indian to win this record holder in 400m who has been struggling Kamrup, Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj prestigious title after Ravi Dixit and Vela with a back problem for the past few months, of Assam. The joint venture is the result of the Senthilkumar earlier. Two other finals featuring clocked 23.65s on her way to the 200m gold. extension of the National Gas Grid Pipeline Indians did not yield gold. Neel Joshi settled for • This was Hima's first competitive 200m (Urja Ganga Project). silver in the boys’ u-17 category as did Yuvna race of the year. Asian champion Toor won the It is planned for an extension from Gupta in the girls’ u-15 section. • men's shot put bronze with a best effort of Jagadishpur in Western Uttar Pradesh, to Haldia 19.62m. His national record while winning Asian in West Bengal. In the 5 districts, about 4.16 Indian Pro Boxer Vaibhav Yadav Wins WBC Games gold last year stands at 20.75m. lakh households connected with the Piped Asia Title

Natural Gas (PNG) and 72 CNG (Compressed • Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Yadav became the Elavenil Valarivan Won The Gold Medal In natural gas) stations will be set up. WBC Asia silver welterweight champion after 10m Women’s Air Rifle At ISSF World Cup Assam: defeating Thailand's Fahpetch Singmanassak 2019 Capital: Dispur in the title bout held in Pattaya, Thailand was • Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan won Governor: Jagdish Mukhi conducted by the Asian Boxing Council and the gold medal in 10m women’s air rifle approved by the World Boxing Council (WBC). event of the season’s first junior ISSF World Ministry Of Health Signed MoU With Ayush, Odisha to host the 21st Commonwealth Cup 2019 on 4 July. She defeated Chinese Defence And Railways To Eradicate TB By Table Tennis Championship 2019 Taipei’s Lin Ying-Shinto win the title. 2025 • Department of Sports and Youth Service of • She shot 249.8 in the women’s final. the Odisha government signed a Memorandum • Union Health Ministry has signed a MoU with Her631.4 in the qualification was a new world of Understanding (MoU) with Table Tennis Ministries of Ayush, Defence and Railways to record. China’s Wang Zeru managed to win Federation of India (TTFI) and Odissi Tennis strengthen the efforts towards a TB-Free the bronze medal with a score of 228.4 in her Association (OSTTA). India by 2025. first World Cup appearance. • They decided to host the 21st Commonwealth • Around 28 lakh people contract the disease • Elavenil Valarivan is a sport shooter from Championship for the year 2019. from July 17- every year in the country and four lakh people die Cuddalore, Tamilnadu. She had also won a 22, 2019 at the Jawaharlal Indoor Stadium in every year. bronze medal at the FISU World Shooting Sport Cuttack, Odisha. Championship 2019. • Speaking on the occasion, Health and • Commissioner-cum-secretary, Sports

Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Youth Services Department, Odisha, Pakistan Cricketer Shoaib Malik Announced said, TB will be completely eradicated from the Vishal K Dev signed the Mou with Senior Vice His Retirement From ODI country in the same way polio was. President, TTFI, S. N. Sultan and President, • Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik announced OSTTA .N. Gupta in the presence of Chief his retirement from One Day International Sri Lanka & IRCON International Ltd Signed Minister, Naveen Patnaik and Minister for (ODI) cricket after the country’s final league Agreement To Upgrade Rail Track Sports and Youth Services, Tusharkanti Behera. clash against Bangladesh in World Cup 2019. He • Sri Lanka and IRCON (Indian Railway will now focus on the T20s. Construction Company) International Ambati Rayudu retires from all forms of • Shoaib Malik is a Pakistani cricketer and Limited, under the Ministry of Railways, cricket former captain of the Pakistan national cricket signed $91.26 million agreement for the up • One of the most exciting batsmen to represent team from 2007 to 2009. gradation of 130 km rail track. The rail track is India, Ambati Rayudu, announced his • He is an occasional captain of Pakistan located between Colombo and Jaffna in retirement from all forms of cricket on national cricket team. He made his One-Day Tamil majority northern province of Sri Lanka. Wednesday. India batsman Ambati Rayudu has International debut in 1999 against the West • It was signed by Sunil Kumar Choudhury, announced his retirement from international Indies and his Test debut in Chairman & Managing Director, Ircon cricket after not being picked in the initial squad 2001 against Bangladesh. International Limited, and L.P Jayampathy, for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 underway in

Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation England and Wales. Archery: Indian Archers Falter At World Cup of Sri Lanka in the presence of Hon. Arjuna Hyderabad Sailing Week, 34th edition of the Stage IV Ranatunga, Minister of Transport and Civil National level sailing championship, began • Indians put up a disappointing show in the Aviation of Sri Lanka. India has committed Line of in Telangana Archery World Cup Stage IV here Thursday, Credit (LoC) worth $1.3 billion for the crashing out in all the team and individual events development of the railway sector in Sri Lanka. • Hyderabad Sailing Week, the 34th edition of of the recurve and compound sections. Sri Lanka: the National level sailing championship, • India’s medal hope from the season-ending Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo began in Telangana on 2 July. It was World Cup will now be from the mixed pair events Currency: Sri Lankan rupee inaugurated by the Telangana Governor ESL slated for Friday. Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe Narasimhan. • Deepika Kumari and Abhishek Verma • It will be at the Hussain Sagar Lake. The were the only Indian archers to have made the NITI Aayog Partners With WhatsApp To event will take place from July 2 till July 7. The last-16 rounds of recurve and compound sections Promote Women Entrepreneurs Championship aims to place the State into the world sailing map.

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England Lift ICC Cricket World Cup intervention helped Hamilton to seal the victory. • England lifted their maiden ICC World Cup • Bottas had an early lead from pole position U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Won cricket trophy beating New Zealand in a nerve- and he fought off Hamilton’s challenge in the The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 wracking final that was decided via a dramatic starting laps. • The U.S. women’s national soccer team Super Over in London last night. • Hamilton somehow managed to edge ahead in (USWNT) won the FIFA Women’s World • Opting to bat, New Zealand put up a modest the race later and from there he controlled the Cup for a record-extending fourth time on July 7 241 for eight. In reply, England ended at the race. in Lyon, France. The team defeated the same score leading to the one-over eliminator at Netherlands and secured 2-0 to win the women’s the Lord’s. India Bags 2 Gold Medals At ISSF Junior World Cup. • England’s Ben Stokes is named player of World Cup In Germany • This win is a record-extending fourth time for the match for a heroic knock of 84 not out off 92 • India bagged two Gold and one Silver medal the U.S. women’s national soccer team. The balls, while New Zealand’s skipper Kane in the Women’s 10-metre Air Rifle event at dignitaries who included FIFA’s president, Gianni Williamson was adjudged player of the the International Shooting Sport Federation Infantino, and France’s president, Emmanuel tournament for his excellent returns with the (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. Macron presented the winners’ medal and trophy. bat and inspiring leadership. • In the Individual section of the category, • The Head coach of USWNT is Jill Ellis. The Elavenil Valarivan claimed the top honours with captains of the team are Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan Vinesh Phogat Wins Gold At Yasar Dogu a total score of 251.6, while another Indian Mehuli and Megan Rapinoe. USWNT won its first World International Ghosh settled for Silver with 250.2 points. Cup in 1991 in China. • India wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won gold in • India also clinched Gold in the team section by the 53kg category at Yasar Dogu creating a junior world record. Arinjeeta Dey Won A Silver Medal For India International in Istanbul. • The effort ensured that India remain at the In World Youth Cup 2019 • Phogat beat her Russian opponent Ekaterina top of the medals tally with 14 medals, six Gold, • Karate girl, Arinjeeta Dey (Barasat, West Poleshchuk 9-5 in the final match to bag the gold six Silver and two Bronze. China is second with Bengal) won a silver medal under the 12 medal. two Gold and a total of six medals. category in the World Youth Cup 2019. The • It was third gold in the women’s competition competition was held in Umag, Croatia (from for India after Seema (50kg) and Manju (59kg) Indians Bagged 6 Gold, 3 Silver And 1 July 1 to July 5, 2019). triumphed in their respective categories. Bronze At Kladno Memorial Athletics Meet At • It was organized by World Karate Federation Kladno affiliated to the International Olympic Djokovic Won Federer To Win Fifth • Hima Das won the women’s 200m event for Association. A total of 35 countries participated in Wimbledon 2019 Title her third international triumph in 11 days at the this competition. • Novak Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon Kladno Memorial Athletics Meet at Kladno, • He won 3 times in national championship title. He defeated Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer Czech Republic. junior level category (2017 KAI SUB Junior 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12 in a match that lasted • At Kladno, the Indian trio of Vipin National gold medalist, 2018 KAI SUB Junior for more than four hours. Kasana, Abhishek Singh and Davinder Singh • National gold medalist, 2019 KAI SUB • The match is to be decided in the fifth set. Kang took the top three spots in men’s javelin Junior National Gold and Silver Medalist). Federer and Djokovic won two set each in the final with efforts of 82.51m, 77.32m and 76.58m • She belongs from Barasat in West longest ever final. respectively. Bengal. She has been a student of Hanshi • This is Djokovic’s 16th Grand Slam and 5th • In men’s shot put event, national record Premjit Sen. She is the president of Premjit Sen Wimbledon title. He is level with Bjorn Borg as holder Tejinder Pal Singh Toor managed a Martial Art Academy in West Bengal. a five-time Wimbledon winner. creditable best throw of 20.36m to win the Croatia • Novak Djokovic bronze. He holds the national record of 20.75m. Capital: Zagreb • He is a Serbian professional tennis • In the women’s 400m race, VK Currency: Croatian Kuna player who is currently ranked world No. Vismaya clocked her personal best of 52.54 President: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovit 1 in men’s singles tennis by the Association seconds to win the ‘A’ race. Saritaben was third Prime Minister: Andrej Plenkovit of Tennis Professionals. with 53.37. • Meanwhile, in the XXII International India Vs New Zealand World Cup 2019 Semi- Simona Halep Won The Wimbledon Memorial Competition in Bishkek, Final Match: India Look To Set The Record Championship 2019 Title Kyrgyzstan, Indians also bagged 6 gold, 3 silver • India’s World Cup 2019 semi-final • Simona Halep won the Wimbledon and 1 bronze, with national record holder M match New Zealand is expected to be the semi- Championship 2019 title. She created Sreeshankar winning the long jump event with final match between India and New Zealand. Wimbledon history by becoming the first a creditable 7.97m. India won seven out of their nine matches in the Romanian to win the Grand slam 2019 title. World Cup 2019 league stage. • She secured 6-2, 6-2 and Amir Khan Clinched The WBC International • They defeated Pakistan and the West Indies. defeated seven-time champion Serena Welterweight 2019 Title In Jeddah, Saudi India and New Zealand involved in World Cup Williams. Arabia matches since 1975. India head coach, Ravi 2019 Wimbledon Championships • British-Pakistani Boxer Amir Khan clinched Shastri supports the team well. Date: 1-14 July the WBC International Welterweight Edition: 133rd 2019 title in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Virat Kohli Retains Top Position Among Category: Grand Slam (ITF) Olympic silver medalist defeated Batsmen In Latest ICC Rankings Prize money: £ 38,000,000 the Australian boxer Billy Dib. • Team India skipper Virat Kohli has Surface: Grass • The event was organized by Khan’s Super retained the top position among batsmen in Location: London, United Kingdom Boxing League in association with the General the latest ICC rankings. Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia • His deputy Rohit Sharma bridged the gap at Club UK Dosanjh and British-Pakistani boxing No. 2 following his record five World Cup tons. champion Amir Khan. The league is organized Pakistan’s Babar Azam has gone up to the third Lewis Hamilton Wins Sixth British Grand and supported by the World Boxing Council and place. Australia opener David Warner has re- Prix Professional Boxing Organization India. entered the top 10 at number six. • Lewis Hamilton made a thrilling victory in • New Zealand’s Trent Boult remained in the Silverstone circuit to win his sixth British India Is To Host The ISSF Combined World the second spot. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Cup From March 15-26, 2020

• India is to host the International Shooting crowns with 14-year-old Esha Singh winning the • Facing a top-class field in the finals with Sport Federation (ISSF) Combined World women’s event yesterday. multiple ISSF medallists and Russian Grigoril Cup from March 15-26, 2020. • After six days of top-class shooting and with Shamakov, the reigning Youth Olympic Games • The events will be held in New Delhi, India. one more day to go, India remain on top of the champion in the mix as well, Aishwarya began ISSF finalised and approved the final dates of the medal standings with nine gold, nine silver and strongly and finished with a resounding victory. events. four bronze for a total of 22 medals. • After qualifying in the fourth place with a total • The ISSF Combined World Cup includes of 1171, Tomar with a score of 459.3 score beat events in rifle, pistol and shotgun. In 2020’s event ICC Suspends Zimbabwe Cricket With Zalan Pekler of Hungary by 4.5 points for the of shooting, the World Cup provides golden Immediate Effect gold. platform to hit in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. • The International Cricket Council, ICC has • India finished the ISSF tournament on top • India has hosted a World Cup in February suspended Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate of the table with 10 gold, 9 silver and five bronze 2019, which offered Olympic quota places effect over violation of global body’s constitution for a total of 24 medals. for Tokyo. which doesn’t allow any government intervention. ISSF: • The current elected members of Zimbabwe Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Launches AIFF The International Shooting Sport Federation Board were suspended by government agency Golden Baby Leagues Handbook (ISSF) was founded on 1907. It is Sports and Recreation Committee • Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju launched the All headquartered at Munich, Germany. The (SRC) which was a violation of relevant articles India Football Federation’s Golden Baby Leagues President of ISSF is Vladimir Lisinis. of ICC Constitution. handbook 2019-20. The book is based on the • The Croatia, Morocco and Zambia Cricket sidelines of the Intercontinental Cup. Deepika Kumari Clinches Silver In Tokyo Union have both also been suspended for • The function took place in Ahmedabad. The Olympic Test Event continuing to be non-compliant. launch marked the renaming of the ‘AIFF Baby • India’s top-ranked woman archer Leagues’ to ‘AIFF Golden Baby Leagues’, with Deepika Kumari today clinched a silver medal Indian Secured The First Spot In The Medal emphasis being laid for ages under 6 to under 12 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games test event Tally Of Commonwealth Weightlifting both for girls and boys. after going down to 18-year-old Korean An San in Championship • The handbook is a guide to organise the straight sets. • Indian team secured the first spot in the Golden Baby League. The Leagues aim to provide • The Indian women’s team are yet to qualify medal tally of Commonwealth Weightlifting access to football in localities irrespective of for the next year’s Olympics but Deepika said the Championship 2019 held at Samoa, a country gender, religion, economic background. exposure will help. This was Deepika’s first in Oceania. All India Football Federation individual final in a world event since she won a • 37 Indian players participated in the Founded: 23 June 1937 gold at the third stage of the World Cup in Salt Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship Headquarters: Dwarka, Delhi Lake City in June, 2018. in Apia, Samoa. President: Praful Patel • In the men’s category, India had a forgettable • India won 35 medals including 22 golds, 10 outing with country’s top-ranked Atanu Das silvers and 3 bronze medals in the youth, junior, Sports Person P T Usha Nominated For IAAF making a second round exit, losing to Bae and senior categories. Veteran Pin Jaehyeon of Korea 4-6. Army duo of Tarundeep • India also broke a total of 22 records in all 3 • Former Olympic track and field athlete P T Rai and Pravin Jadhav lost in their respective first age groups in World, Asian, Commonwealth and Usha nominated for the International round matches. National level as well as set a new junior record Association of Athletics Federations Veteran at Commonwealth and National level. Pin. Vijayveer Wins His 3rd Gold At Junior Top wins of India: • The Olympic track for her long and Shooting World Cup • Mirabai Chanu won gold in women’s 49 kg meritorious service to the cause of World • Vijayveer Sidhu picked up his third gold with a total lift of 191 kg. She is gold medalist at Athletics. medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2018 Khel • She will receive the pin during the opening in Suhl, Germany, combining with Rajkanwar Ratna awardee. ceremony of the 52nd IAAF Congress in Doha. Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to clinch the • Jeremy Lalrinnunga competing in 67 kg P. T. Usha born in the village of Payyoli, men’s 25m pistol event, for Adarsh, it was his male event broke a youth world record with lift of Kozhikode District, Kerala second gold of the competition. 136 kg in snatch. This same lift also set new youth • Awards: Padma Shri, Arjuna Award for • India maintained its top spot at the medal record at Asian. Athletics standings after day three with 7 gold 7 Silver • Jhilli Dalabehera won gold in women’s and 2 Bronze in a total of 16 medals won so 45kg event. She set 6 records with a clean Indian Bodybuilder Ravinder Malik Clinches far. China is second with 5 Gold 3 Silver and 5 and jerk lift of 94 kg and total lift of 164 kg Mr South Asia Title bronze. at Commonwealth (Senior and Junior) and • Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar • The day’s second medal came in the men’s Junior National level. Malik has clinched Mr South Asia title. He has 10m Air Rifle with the trio of Hriday Hazarika, crowned the overall champion at 12th South Yash Vardhan and Paarth Makhija winning the Indian Men & Women’s Teams Win Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports team silver with a combined score of 1877.4, Commonwealth Table Tennis Title Championship in Kathmandu. which was just 0.4 less than the gold-winning • In Commonwealth Table Tennis • Malik, the winner of 80 kg category, was Chinese team’s score. Championship held in Cuttack 19th adjudged best bodybuilder among the winners of • Junior world champion Hriday, however, July, India made a record by winning gold in both nine senior men’s weight categories. endured heartbreak in the 10m Air Rifle individual men’s and women’s category. • Afghanistan won team championship by competition as he slides down to fourth finishing • The Indian men won the final match defeating securing a top position with 535 points. Host on a score of 207.3. Russian Grigoril England 3-2. The Indian women team defeated Nepal finished second with 445 points, while India Shamakov won gold with a score of 250.0. England 3-0 in final match. remained third with 380 points. Sarabjot Singh Wins India’s Ninth Gold In • The Indian women team won the gold for the ISSF Junior World Cup first time in the history in the commonwealth North Korea Won Intercontinental Cup Title • In Shooting, extending India’s games. • North Korea triumphed in the second domination at the ISSF Junior World Cup, edition of Intercontinental Cup football. They Sarabjot Singh shot a 239.6 to bag the men’s Shooting Junior World Cup: Aishwarya defeated Tajikistan in the final. 10 metres air pistol gold. Pratap Singh Clinches Gold In Rifle 3- • The finalists were the two lowest-ranked • This is India’s ninth yellow metal at the event Position Event teams of the four-nation tournament. The other in Suhl, Germany. • In the Shooting Junior World participants are India and Syria. • Sarabjit’s effort meant that India swept both Cup, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar clinched • India and Syria in the league stage to seal the men’s and women’s 10 metres air pistol gold with a junior world record in the final of rifle their places in the final. The Tajikistan (120) and 3-position event in Suhl Germany, yesterday. North Korea (122) entered the game on a

______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 23 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019| confident note. The champions got richer by USD • The 17-year-old Pang Yu En Koen of Kristof Milák: 50000 while the runners-up received USD Singapore who won second. Sharath Kamal who Country: Hungary 25000. entered in the quarterfinals. Capital: Budapest North Korea • India got the bronze medals as Kamath and Sport: Swimming Capital: Pyongyang Dathiyan. They defeated Harmeet Desai and President of Assembly Presidium: Choe Ryong- Ayhika Mukherjee in the series of 11-2, 11-2, 11- Max Verstappen Won Crazy German Grand hae 9. Prix • Max Verstappen clinched German Grand Arjun Bhati Of India Won Junior World Golf Tennis: Women’s World Rankings Prix with Mercedes’ Formula One leader Lewis Championship 2019 Unchanged Hamilton starting the race from the pole position • Fourteen-year-old Arjun Bhati represented • In Tennis, the women’s world rankings were and failing to finish the race due to a spinoff. India at the FGC CALLAWAY Junior World Golf unchanged today with Ashleigh Barty of Australia • The extraordinary race of constantly changing Championship. He bagged the first position at number one. fortunes, multiple pitstops and endless drama, against Taiwan’s Jeremy Chen. • Japan’s Naomi Osaka is second with Karolina Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel started from last place. • They completed the three-day final match in Pliskova of the Czech Republic third and • The race was shortened by three laps after the Palm Desert. Out of the 637 players from 40 Romania’s Wimbledon champion Simona Halep safety car had led the field away before a standing counties they participated in the tournament. fourth. Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands rounds out start. Arjun secured the first position for India. the top five. • Valtteri Bottas crashed out with six laps • He finished at 17-under-par for three remaining to leave the gap between the two rounds. Arjun played the best score. He is 13-18 India A Win Final One-Day Against West unchanged at 39 points after 11 of 21 races. age categories. Indies A To Clinch Series 4-1 • In Cricket, India-A defeated West Indies-A by Chandigarh Receives Affiliation From BCCI; Prithu Gupta Of Delhi Selected As India’s eight wickets in the fifth and final unofficial one- To Have Its Own Cricket Team 64th Grandmaster day was completing a 4-1 series triumph in • After nearly four decades, Chandigarh has • Delhi’s Prithu Gupta becomes India’s 64th Antigua yesterday. finally received affiliation from the Board of Grandmaster. He got Elo around 2500 points. • Electing to bat first, West Indies-A were all out Control for Cricket in India, thus providing an • He defeated IM Lev Yankelevich in the fifth for 236 in 47.4 Overs. India-A made 237 for the opportunity for the city cricketers to play in round of the Portuguese League 2019. He loss of two wickets with 102 balls to spare. BCCI tournament. received his first GM norm at the Gibraltar • This was stated by Union Territory Cricket Masters. Adam Peaty Breaks 57 Seconds Barrier Association (UTCA) President Sanjay • He achieved his second norm at the Biel And100m Breaststroke World Record Tandon. Masters on the same year. He got the final norm • Britain swimmer Adam Peaty breaks the • The city can also now have their own team in at the Porticcio Open and finally achieved the world record in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke the Ranji Trophy and other domestic tournaments required ELO points. at the World Championships in Gwangju, South organised by the BCCI. Delhi is the only other Korea. Union Territory with BCCI affiliation. P V Sindhu Loses To Akane Yamaguchi In • He compensated the previous record of 57.10 Indonesia Open Final seconds. This record was made by at last year’s India Tallied 9 Medals At The 23rd • In Badminton, P V Sindhu’s hopes of European Championships Presidents Cup In Labuan Bajo, Indonesia breaking a seven-month title drought came • He won the semi-finals in 56.88 seconds. • Mary Kom won gold in the 51Kg crashing down as the Indian lost in straight Adam Peaty won the event 1.4 seconds faster in category at the 23rd President’s Cup in games to Akane Yamaguchi in the finals history. Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. of Indonesia Open BWF Tour Super 1000 • He is the first man to break the 57-second • She defeated Australian April Franks and tournamentin Jakarta today. barrier in the event. Peaty finished with the gap secured 5-0. • She lost to the Japanese 15-21 16-21 in a lop- of two seconds ahead of China’s Yan Zibei • In the event India won 9 medals. It comprised sided summit clash that lasted 51 minutes. • He finished the first semi-final in second place of seven gold and two silver medals. • The Men’s Singles title match in 58.67. He got the third position with 58.83 • 2018 World Championships bronze winner between Taiwan’s Tien Chen points. Simranjit Kaur also won a gold in the event. Chou and Denmark’s Anders Antonsen is Other Winners: underway. Boxing Legend Manny Pacquiao Won WBA • Assam’s Jamuna Boro defeated eteran boxer Super Welterweight Title 2019 Giulia Lamagna and secured 5-0 to win the gold Hima Das Wins Gold In 400m Race, 5th In A • Manny Pacquiao (40) won the WBA (World in the 54Kg category. Month Boxing Association) welterweight • Dinesh Dagar won a silver medal in the • Indian sprinter Hima Das won a gold championship 2019. event. He lost to Indonesia’s Samada Saputra and medal in the 400-meter race with a season- • He defeated Keith Thurman of US at the secured 0-5. best time of 52.09 seconds at Nove Mesto in MGM Grand Garden Arena, United States. Two • Monika won gold in the 48Kg category by the Czech Republic. judges scored it 115-112 in favour of Pacquiao. defeating Indonesia’s Endang and secured (5-0). • It was Hima’s fifth gold medal since July 2 • The one judge scored it 114-113 to Thurman. when she ran her first competitive race in Europe. The eight-division world champion Pacquiao Khelo India Youth Games To Be Held In • Hima has already won gold in 200 meters race improved to 62-7-2 score with 39 knockouts. Guwahati Next Year at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix and Kutno • He won the “Best Fighter ESPY Award”. He • The third edition of Khelo India Youth Athletics Meet in Poland earlier this month. currently ranks No. 4 in Boxer’s ranking of the Games will be held in Guwahati next year. • She won her third 200 meters’ gold at the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time. • Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced the Kladno Athletics Meet and fourth gold at the Tabor decision on his official Twitter handle today. Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic. Kristof Milak Created A New World Record In • It will be conducted in partnership The 200 Metres Butterfly At The 2019 FINA with Indian Olympic Association, School Table Tennis Championships: G Sathiyan- World Championship Games Federation of India & Assam as host Archana Kamath Win Mixed Doubles Gold • Hungarian swimmer Kristof State. • India’s G Sathiyan and Archana Milak created a new world record in the 200 • The inaugural edition was held in New Kamath won the mixed doubles. metres butterfly at the FINA world Delhi, while Pune hosted the second one this • Sathiyan and Archana Kamath won 21st championship 2019 in Gwangju, South year. Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship. Korea. • They bagged the mixed doubles title at the • He broke the record set by Michael ICC Launches World Test Championship Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium Phelps who clocked 1:51.51 in an event • The International Cricket Council in Rome 2009. (ICC) today officially launched the inaugural

World Test Championship (WTC), which will b) Sharath Babu Reddy Q.19) Saudi Arabia increased India’s Haj quota by get underway on Thursday. c) Guru Moorthi Nathan ______Indians get a chance to visit annual • To be played over two years, the World Test d) Sharad Kumar Saraf Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Championship will witness the top nine Test e) Kalayan Vinayaka Moorthi a) 10,000 b) 20,000 teams in the world compete in 71 Test matches Q.8) West Bengal Government launched a crop c) 30,000 d) 40,000 across 27 series. insurance scheme, ______to protect e) 50,000 • The two top teams will then go head to head farmers from losses due to natural disasters. Q.20) ______created history by in the World Test Championship final to be held in a) Bangla Shashya Bima becoming the first civil servant and IPS officer to the United Kingdom in 2021. b) Rythu Bandhu scheme achieve the incredible and rare feat of • Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, c) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana completing ‘7 Summits’ challenge’. New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri d) KISAN Vyapa Samman a) Sanjana Rawat b) Aparna Kumar Lanka and the West Indiesare the nine e) Krishi Bangala Vikas c) Dharani Priya d) Rathna Kumari teams that will battle it out for the top honours Q.9) ______has the highest unemployment e) Kanchana Tagore in the World Test Championship. rate among the states with the percentage of Q.21) Who is the present President of United 21.4% conducted by National Sample Survey Nations General Assembly? OBITUARIES Organization (NSSO). a) Miroslav Lajčák 1. Carlin Dunne – Motorbike racer a) Mizoram b) Assam b) Peter Thomson 2. B.K. Birla - Industrialist c) Tripura d) Uttarakhand c) Sam Kahamba Kutesa 3. Hussain Muhammad Ershad- Bangladesh’s e) Nagaland d) Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser Former Military Dictator Q.10) The United States has deployed F-22 e) María Fernanda Espinosa 4. Fernando Corbato- Father of computer stealth fighters to ______for the first Q.22) San Francisco Bay Area topped in “Women password time. Entrepreneur Cities Index 2019” sponsored 5. Sheila Dikshit- Former Delhi C.M a) Pakistan b) Iran by ______and conducted by London-based 6. Ram Chandra Paswan - Lok sabha MP c) Qatar d) Israel global information provider, IHS Markit. 7. Yukiya Amano- Former IAEA Chief e) Afghanistan a) Intel b) Apple 8. Jaipal Reddy- Former Union Minister and Q.11) American Athlete ______set new c) Microsoft d) Google Senior Congress leader world record in the 400m hurdles women’s e) Dell 9. Prince Bandar- Saudi Arabia king’s elder athletics at the U.S. Championships athletics. Q.23) Indian Test opener ______has been brother a) Dalilah Muhammad b) Amelia Boone suspended by the Board of Control for Cricket in c) Jepkosgei Keitany d) Erba Gelana India (BCCI) till November 15, 2019, for a doping e) Allyson Felix violation. JULY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ Q.12) ______to host first ISA’s joint a) Rishabh Pant b) Prithvi Shaw International security Alliance exercise ISALEX19. c) Ishant Sharma d) Shardul Thakur Q.1) NASA announced a new mission called a) Mumbai b) Abu Dhabi e) Umesh Yadav ______to explore this fascinating world c) Berlin d) Moscow Q.24) The ______government has with a helicopter drone. e) Dubai formed a committee on the PPAs, will a) Grey Eagle b) Fire Scout Q.13) ______is hosting the provide affordable power to consumers and pull c) Global Hawk d) Snow Goose triennial International Seed Testing Association DISCOMS of the crisis. e) Dragon Fly (ISTA) Congress in its capital. a) Tamil Nadu b) Andhra Pradesh Q.2) National Doctor’s day is observed on a) Tamil Nadu b) Madhya Pradesh c) Telangana d) Maharashtra ______to accommodate the services of c) Telangana d) West Bengal e) Odisha doctors and individuals for the community. e) Andhra Pradesh Q.25) Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar a) July 02nd b) June 29th Q.14) Who is the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh? Prasad had constituted a committee chaired c) June 30th d) July 01st a) Charan Das Mahant b) P L Punia by Telecom Secretary ______to spell out e) July 07th c) Ajit Jogi d) Raman Singh revival plans for Telecom sector. Q.3) The talented youngster ______wins e) Bhupesh Baghel a) Aruna Sundararajan b) Vaani Boominathan U19 Asian squash title 2019. Q.15) Electronics and Information Technology c) Hema Dinesh d) Lalitha Duraisamy a) Saurav Ghosal b) Dalip Tripathi Minister ______planned to launch the e) Nivedha Kumari c) Veer Chotrani d) Nikil Joshi commemoration of four years of Digital India Q.26) The 14th meeting of the Working e) Velavan Senthilkumar initiative. Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination Q.4) ______is among the 100 most a) Ravi Shankar Prasad (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs held in influential women driving the UK-India b) Hardeep Singh Puri ______. relationship forward alongside one of Britain’s c) Shripad Yesso Naik a) New Delhi b) Shanghai senior-most Cabinet Ministers Penny Mordaunt. d) Dr Harsh Vardhan c) Beijing d) Mumbai a) Sushma Swaraj e) Prakash Javadekar e) Hangzhou b) Nirmala Sitharaman Q.16) ______, a kind of butterfly found Q.27) Veteran British journalist ______was c) Smriti Rani in Western Ghats, declared as Tamil Nadu state conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award d) Menaka Gandhi butterfly which is also known as ‘Tamil Maravan’. 2019 at UK-India Awards in London. e) Harsimrat Kaur Badal a) Tamil Yeoman b) Tamil King a) Sir James Mathew b) Sir Mark Antony Q.5) The ______government c) Tamil Sudhan d) Tamil Friend c) Sir Andrew Thomson d) Sir Mark Tully appointed senior IAS officer Keshni Anand Arora e) Tamil Sipphai e) Sir Margaret Johnny as the State’s new Chief Secretary. Q.17) World UFO Day is celebrated every year on Q.28) An Indian engineer, ______won a) Haryana b) Tamil Nadu ______. the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s c) West Bengal d) Maharashtra a) July 03rd b) June 29th Innovation for Sustainable Development Award e) Karnataka c) June 30th d) July 01st 2019. Q.6) Founder of the Café Coffee Day chain e) July 02nd a) Rajesh Kumar Yadav ______who went missing over the Netravati Q.18) Who is the Minister of the ministry of b) Suresh Kumar Reddy river bridge yesterday has been found dead. Human Resources Department? c) Rajeev Kumar Shankar a) A D Choudhary b) S P Manoharan a) Prakash Javadekar d) Dinesh Kumar Mukherjee c) V G Siddhartha d) T R Somsundar b) Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey e) Nitesh Kumar Jangir e) N K Laxmanan c) Smriti Irani Q.29) Former Navy Chief Q.7) Federation of Indian Export Organisations d) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Admiral ______authored a book (FIEO) has elected ______as its new e) Thaawar Chand Gehlot named “A Prime Minister to Remember- Memories president. of a Military Chief” got released. a) Ram Kumar Durai

______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 25 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019| a) Sushil Kumar b) Rakesh Jain as the CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Q.50) ______got first rank in NITI Aayog c) Ajith Doval d) Sunil Arora for a period of three months. launched plan “Agricultural Marketing and Farmer e) Hemant Bargawah a) Rajesh Goel b) Shri Gopal Singh Friendly Reforms Index (AMFFRI)”. Q.30) Red Bull’s ______won the 2019 c) Ashim Khurana d) P.K. Purwar a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra Austrian Grand Prix, by defeated the Ferrari’s, e) Kapil Wadhawan c) Andhra Pradesh d) Tamil Nadu Charles Leclerc. Q.41) ______selected for President’s e) West Bengal a) Valtteri Bottas b) Max Verstappen award for utilization of Corporate Social Q.51) The ______State Government has c) Lewis Hamilton d) Sebastian Vettel Responsibility fund in social development. cancelled the birth anniversary celebrations of e) Daniel Ricciardo a) CSIR b) NCERT Tipu Sultan, who ruled Mysore in the 18th Q.31) Minister of Information and Broadcasting c) IISC d) DRDO century. ______reviewed the National Film Heritage e) NALCO a) Uttar Pradesh b) Gujarat Mission (NFHM) Project in a meeting held at Q.42) ______launched a platform recently c) Madhya Pradesh d) Karnataka National Film Archives in Pune. named as Integrated Database in order to e) Andhra Pradesh a) Smriti Rani develop the efficiency of Government Q.52) NITI Aayog’s flagship initiative, the Atal b) Nirmala Sitaraman Infrastructure Development. Innovation Mission (AIM) will launch a new c) Nitin Jairam Gadkari a) IIT Bombay b) IIT Kanpur programme for Community Innovation in d) Prakash Javadekar c) IIT Madras d) IIT Delhi ______. e) Ram Vilas Paswan e) IIT Hyderabad a) New Delhi b) Mumbai Q.32) ______government has started Q.43) The USA space agency, NASA’s Transiting c) Greater Noida d) Kolkata DASTAK campaign against communicative Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered a e) Dehradun diseases Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and new planet called ______. Q.53) State Government of ______Japanese Encephalitis disease. a) J 96-52a b) L 98-59b decided to set up Ganga Committees in all 25 a) Uttar Pradesh b) Bihar c) S 97-54c d) P 99-57d districts is situated on the banks of river Ganga. c) Andhra Pradesh d) Jharkhand e) T 95-59e a) Uttarakhand b) Himachal Pradesh e) Madhya Pradesh Q.44) Indian pro boxer ______became the c) Jharkhand d) Uttar Pradesh Q.33) President Ramnath Kovind was warmly WBC Asia silver welterweight champion after e) Haryana welcomed by the Gambian President defeating Thailand’s Fahpetch Singmanassak in Q.54) Union Minister of Minority ______with military honour at the the title bout held in Pattaya, Thailand. Affairs, ______examined central Banjul Airport. a) Pu Zoramthanga b) Vijender Singh government set a target to achieve “100% a) Cyril Ramaphosa b) Julius Malema c) Akhil Kumar d) Vaibhav Yadav Digitization of Waqf properties across the country c) David Mabuza d) Adama Barrow e) Hemant Nadella in its 1st 100 days. e) Duduzane Zuma Q.45) Professional motorcycle racer, a) Wadhah Abduallah Hussain Q.34) India pledged ______in 2019 to the ______, has unfortunately suffered a fatal b) Abdulateef Al Sudairi UN Palestine refugee agency and called for crash while on his attempt at this year’s Pikes c) Bandar Abdulaziz Sultan ensuring sustained fiscal support for its work. Peak Hill Climb. d) Najma Heptullah Begum a) USD 1 Million b) USD 3 Million a) Carlin Dunne b) Marco Melandri e) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi c) USD 5 Million d) USD 2 Million c) Michael vander d) Tom Sykes Q.55) Indian multinational corporation Wipro’s e) USD 4 Million e) Chaz Davies Chairman, ______and Global Financial Q.35) ______officially banned single- Q.46) A first ever batch of 82 constables of a services company Mastercard’s CEO and use plastic shopping bags recently and SRPF has been deployed in various parts President, ______chosen for 2019 Global introducing hefty fines for business. of UNESCO World Heritage Site Excellence Award. a) Sweden b) New Zealand ______in Assam. a) David Rowland & Kumar Birla c) Switzerland d) Norway a) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park b) Shantanu Narayen & Natarajan e) Mexico b) Manas National Park Chandrasekaran Q.36) ______resumed commercial whaling c) Nameri National Park c) Vineet Taneja & Pradeep Jain for the first time in more than three decades after d) Kaziranga National Park d) Pawan Munjal & Sunil Bharti Mittal its capital’s controversial decision. e) Orang National Park e) Azim Premji & Ajaypal Singh Banga a) Russia b) Jordan Q.47) The first batch of Haj pilgrims flagged off Q.56) NASA, UN Space Agency, has successfully c) China d) India by Minority Affairs Minister ______from carried out Ascent Abort-2, a test of a launch- e) Japan Indira Gandhi International Airport. abort system, for the ______capsule. Q.37) India and ______signed a) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi a) Buzz b) Lunar a Memorandum of Understanding b) Najma Heptullah c) Voyage d) Orion (MoU) on defence co-operation accompanied by a c) Muhammad Rasak e) Apollo high-level delegation from the country defence d) Ahmad Nayib Jha Q.57) The 34th edition of the National level sailing services. e) Sadam Ali Jinna championship, began in ______, it was a) Bangladesh b) Myanmar Q.48) ______, the UN’s atomic inaugurated by the Governor ESL Narasimhan. c) Indonesia d) Pakistan watchdog, reported that Iran has exceeded the a) Telangana b) Maharashtra e) Sri Lanka limit on the amount of enriched uranium in its c) Andhra Pradesh d) Tamil Nadu Q.38) ______and CSC has launched a co- stockpile set out in the 2015 nuclear deal with e) Puducherry branded ''Small Business Money Back Credit world powers. Q.58) Star Indian sprinter ______won the Card'' for small traders and village level a) World Wide Fund for Nature women’s 200m gold in the Poznan Athletics Grand entrepreneurs (VLEs). b) The Organization for the Prohibition of Prix in Poland. a) State Bank Of India b) HDFC Chemical Weapons a) Manika Batra b) Dutee Chand c) Axis Bank d) BOI c) International Atomic Energy Agency c) Hima Das d) Vinesh Poghat e) ICICI Bank d) World Intellectual Property Organization e) Harsitha Tomar Q.39) ______opened a 1,000-year-old e) International Maritime Organization Q.59) The ______State government has Hindu temple in eastern city Sialkot for “worship” Q.49) India and ______signed the announced piped water for every rural home in for the first time since partition on the demand of two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU’) at the state within two years. the local Hindu community. Maputo, during the visit by Indian Defence a) Andhra Pradesh b) Maharashtra a) Bangladesh b) Sri Lanka Minister Rajnath Singh. c) Madhya Pradesh d) Telangana c) Indonesia d) Afghanistan a) Bahrain b) Indonesia e) Uttar Pradesh e) Pakistan c) Mozambique d) Philippines Q.60) National record holder shot putter Q.40) The government has appointed MTNL e) Tanzania ______bagged a bronze in the Poznan Chairman and Managing Director ______Athletics Grand Prix in Poland.

______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 26 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019| a) Navjeet Kaur Dhillon c) Intel d) Samsung a) Khadga P Sharma Oli b) Tajinder Pal Singh e) Nokia b) Lotay Tshering c) Sheikh Hasina c) Neeraj Chopra Q.71) The USA designated ______Army as d) Malcolm Turnbull e) Joko Widodo d) Om Prakash Singh a terror organization on Chinese assets amid an Q.81) ______conducted a month-long e) Manpreet Kaur ongoing civil war like situation in Pakistan’s cleaning campaign to clean the trashes in Mount Q.61) The Union Ministry of Environment and biggest province. Everest by collecting over 10,000 kg of rubbish Forests (MoEF) has recommended for the survey a) Karachi Liberation from the region. and exploration of uranium in Amrabad Tiger b) Lahore Federation a) Bangladesh b) Indonesia Reserve, ______. c) Khyber Liberation c) Sri Lanka d) Maldives a) Andhra Pradesh b) Tamil Nadu d) Muhafazah Federation e) Nepal c) Karnataka d) Madhya Pradesh e) Baloch Liberation Q.82) ______is one of the country’s five e) Telangana Q.72) The first ever India International best-performing states under the National Q.62) ______to host the 21st Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) is held at Programme Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship ______, and event to be held in the month scheme. 2019, the government signed a MoU with Table of October 11-13, 2019. a) Karnataka b) Tamil Nadu Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). a) Mumbai b) Kolkata c) Uttarakhand d) West Bengal a) Gujarat b) Chhattisgarh c) New Delhi d) Chennai e) Jharkhand c) Odisha d) Jharkhand e) Hyderabad Q.83) ISRO has signed a contract with e) Haryana Q.73) The sixth ship of the Landing Craft Utility ______, a Russian company for the Q.63) One of the most exciting batsmen to (LCU) MK IV class, IN LCU L56, was selection support, medical examination and space represent India, ______, announced his commissioned into the Indian Navy held at Naval training of Indian astronauts. retirement from all forms of cricket on Dockyard, ______. a) Glavkosmos b) Surgutneftegaz Wednesday. a) Goa b) Mumbai c) Bashnefties d) Gazpromint a) Ambati Rayudu b) Virat Kohli c) Visakhapatnam d) Cochin e) Jamnispro c) Ajinkya Rahane d) Kuldeep Yadav e) Porbandar Q.84) The Central government appointed e) Mahendra Singh Dhoni Q.74) The Unique Identification Authority of India ______, Additional Director of CBI as Q.64) ______a solar physicist from (UIDAI) has operationalised the first Aadhaar the Director General of Fire Services, Civil Indian Institute of Astrophysics, selected by Seva Kendra (ASK) in ______and Defence and Home Guard. NASA’s Space Administration for its PUNCH ______. a) D Subbha Rao b) R Damothara Reddy mission. a) Amritsar and Hyderabad c) V Vedhanayagam d) M Nageswar Rao a) Dibyendu Nandi b) Mumbai and Mathura e) T K Rajendran b) Arnab Rai Choudhuri c) Nasik and Bangalore Q.85) Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah c) Ramesh DeenaDayal d) Delhi and Vijayawada Naidu released a book titled ______, a d) Dipankar Banerjee e) Agra and Jhansi concise book of aphorisms. e) Sathish Sivamoorthi Q.75) Who is the Minister (independent charge) a) Mahaswapna b) Vivekadeepini Q.65) Minister of Textiles and Minister of Women of Labour and Employment? c) Gokulamatha d) Vedhapromothi and Child Development, Smriti Irani launched a) Rao Inderjit Singh e) Suryanishanth new book ‘Whispers of Time’ is written by b) Santosh Kumar Gangwar Q.86) Union Government to begin fieldwork for ______. c) Mansukh L. Mandaviya 7th Economic Census from ______by a) Arundathi Roy b) Krishna Saksena d) Shripad Yesso Naik Ministry of Statistics and Programme c) Shashi Deshpande d) Jhumpa Lahiri e) Kiren Rijiju Implementation. e) Chitra Banerjee Q.76) The ______is well known for its iconic a) Sikkim b) Assam Q.66) Appointment Committee of the Cabinet architectural legacy has entered into the UNESCO c) Tripura d) Mizoram (ACC) approved ______as an additional World Heritage Site list. e) Nagaland charge secretary to the Ministry of Textiles to a) Jaipur b) Madurai Q.87) World’s largest burn and plastic surgery Secretary. c) Agra d) Dehradun institute named Sheikh Hasina National Burn and a) Subhash Chandra Garg e) Panaji Plastic Surgery Institute inaugurated in b) Vipin Bansal Q.77) A model village built with the Indian ______. c) Rabindra Panwar assistance as part of a housing project meant for a) Dhaka, Bangladesh b) Jakarta, Indonesia d) Gyaneshwar K Singh war-affected people and estate workers c) Colombo, Sri Lanka d) Kathmandu, Nepal e) Rajani Rashmi inaugurated in ______. e) Manila, Philippines Q.67) Under the Central Sector Scheme a) Bangladesh b) Indonesia Q.88) Karate girl, ______(Barasat, Government of India implementing ______c) Sri Lanka d) Vietnam West Bengal) won a silver medal under the 12 through Central Silk Board with a total outlay of e) Nepal category in the World Youth Cup 2019 held in Rs. 2161.68 crore for three years (2017-2020). Q.78) The Border Security Force (BSF) launched Umag, Croatia. a) Sumangali Silk b) Silk Samagra ______, a massive exercise, with an aim to a) Aanshi Dipankar b) Aavihshka Gangajal c) Bharat Silk d) Silk Samudrika fortify the anti-infiltration grid along the Pakistan c) Labani Onalika d) Manasha Nabanita e) Poorna silk border. e) Arinjeeta Dey Q.68) Pune based National Film Archive of India a) Operation Vinayak b) Operation Nalan Q.89) Italy’s ______hills northeast of (NFAI) acquired rare footage of the 1948 Marathi c) Operation Thendral d) Operation Parivar Venice cultivated for centuries added to the World film ______. e) Operation Sudarshan Heritage list by the UN cultural Organization. a) Vande Mataram b) Bharat Mata Ki Jai Q.79) In Saudi Arabia, King Salman’s elder half- a) Tedasthoni b) Prosecco c) Jaihind d) Bharat Sudesi brother, ______who was the tenth son of c) Lamboorita d) Gafalisangi e) Mere Swaraj the country’s founding monarch, has died at the e) Jehonissi Q.69) The ______has passed a legislative age of 96. Q.90) Who is the President of Iraq? provision, the National Defence Authorisation Act a) Wadhah bint Muhammad a) Hassan Rouhani b) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2020. b) Tarfa bint Abduallah bin c) Sergio Mattarella d) Barham Salih a) U S Senate b) British Parliament c) Abdulateef Al Sheekh e) Giuseppe Conte c) European Union d) African Union d) Hussa Ahmed Al Sudairi Q.91) The U.S. women’s national soccer team e) Government of India e) Bandar bin Abdulaziz (USWNT) won the FIFA Women’s World Cup for a Q.70) ______announced its partnership Q.80) India-Nepal Logistics Summit 2019 was record-extending fourth time held in with Paisabazaar.com, an online marketplace for held in Kathmandu, Nepal the summit was ______. financial products in India. inaugurated by Nepal Prime minister a) Lausanne, Switzerland a) IBM b) Cisco ______. b) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Sculpting Festival in Boston, US. eGovernance Division (NeGD) signed a a) Kedarnath b) Tehri a) Sudarsan Pattnaik b) Catherine Gulberra Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop c) Joshimath d) Haridwar c) Dharun Rajaram d) Siddharth Modi a revamped application. e) Mussoorie e) Gunal Tripathy a) Indian Navy b) Civil Aviation Q.103) Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Q.113) General Directorate of Residency and c) Reserve Bank of India d) Federation Reserve statue of former PM of India Lal Bahadur Shastri Foreigners Affairs of Sharjah granted the first e) Indian Army at ______during his visit to launch BJP’s golden card visa to an Indian expat businessman, Q.93) Conceived and prioritised under smart city membership drive. ______, Chairman & MD of Kingston development plan, a bicycle sharing scheme, is to a) Patna railway Station Holdings. be introduced in ______in a couple of b) Mumbai bus terminal a) James Mathew b) Lalu Samuel months. c) Varanasi airport c) Moses Atal d) Joshua Thomas a) Maharashtra b) Tamil Nadu d) Chennai metro Station e) Solomon King c) Puducherry d) Karnataka e) Hyderabad airport Q.114) ______, Delhi Police Crime e) Kerala Q.104) ______government has Branch rescued 333 children from the Capital in 7 Q.94) India’s ______received approval introduced the Japanese Miyawaki method of months. from London’s transport regulator to start private afforestation to grow urban forests and expand a) Operation Mithra b) Operation Mirchi hire vehicles (PHV) in the capital city of the UK. the green cover. c) Operation Maitree d) Operation Milap a) Ola Cabs b) Uber Taxi a) Telangana b) Haryana e) Operation Mishra c) My Auto d) Fastrack Service c) Karnataka d) Jharkhand Q.115) American aerospace company confirmed e) Taxi Wala e) Andhra Pradesh about the arrival of 2 new heavy-lifts CH-47F (I) Q.95) ______in Odisha’s Jajpur district, Q.105) NASSCOM & NSDC launches Chinooks helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) Kalinganagar is the first and the only Indian ______program – International Cloud at the ______. manufacturing plant to be included in the WEF’s Computing Challenge 2019. a) Mundra port, Gujarat Lighthouse Network. a) New Skill India b) Visakhapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh a) Reliance Industries b) Hebei Iron b) India’s Skills by Indian c) Mormugao Port, Goa c) Nippon Group d) Tata Steel c) International Skills d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Maharashtra e) Adani Enterprises d) World Skills India e) Port Blair Port, Andaman and Nicobar Island Q.96) Eminent fashionista ______won with e) Indian Skills Energy Q.116) The ______Cultural Landscape in the prestigious “Indian Women of Influence” Q.106) External Affairs Ministry builds a state-of- south-west Victoria has received UNESCO’s World award at the House of Lords, The United Kingdom the-art passenger terminal building heritage list, it is the first in Australia to be in the Parliament, London ______for the pilgrims have easy, list. a) Vajra Keerthi Lal smooth, secure and safe access. a) Madriu Perifita b) Budj Bim b) Priya Priyadarshini Jain a) Ganpatipule corridor c) Ennedi Masif d) Bamiyan Valley c) Kanishka Rajeev Taman b) Kartarpur corridor e) Konso Relicto d) Meena Neelambari c) Ellora Caves Q.117) ______breached a uranium e) Sunitha Haridass d) Alibaug Anjarle enrichment cap set by a troubled 2015 nuclear Q.97) ______set up a centralized hub e) Vaisnovar Ajanta deal and warned Europe against taking retaliatory named “Centralised MSME & Retail Group” (Cen- Q.107) India won ______medals on the measures. MARG) for processing retail and Micro, Small and opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting a) Iraq b) Kuwait Medium Enterprises (MSME) loans. Championship is held in Apia, Samoa. c) Russia d) Palestine a) Punjab & Sind Bank a) 15 b) 21 e) Iran b) Central Bank of India c) 17 d) 25 Q.118) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry c) Bank of Baroda e) 13 ______held a bilateral meeting with d) Punjab National Bank Q.108) ______won gold medal in the 53 Indonesian Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukita e) Bank of Maharashtra kg category at the Grand Prix of Spain 2019 at in New Delhi. Q.98) Third edition of International Sunflower Madrid, Spain. a) Ram Vilas Paswan Seed and Oil Conference (lSSOC) 2019 will be a) Babita Kumari b) Sakshi Malik b) Thaawar Chand Gehlot held in ______. c) Vinesh Phogat d) Kavita Devi c) Piyush Goyal a) New Delhi b) Mumbai e) Divya Kakran d) Smriti Irani c) Chennai d) Kolkata Q.109) The International Olympic Committee e) Nirmala Sitharaman e) Bangalore (IOC) removed the ban on the ______Q.119) Six Sigma health care has proposed to set Q.99) ______won the inaugural Tribute Olympic Committee and permitted to compete in up a High Altitude institute of mountain medicine, Actor award in Toronto International Film Festival the 2020 Olympics. training and research centre Rudraprayag district (TIFF), as the most nominated actor in Academy a) Kuwait b) Russia of ______. Award. c) Brazil d) Japan a) Uttarakhand b) Assam a) Ariana Grande b) Tracy Chapman e) China c) Jharkhand d) Meghalaya c) Janet Gaynor d) Meryl Streep Q.110) ______beats Peru in the final to lift e) Haryana e) Sabeeka Bint the Copa America 2019 title is held at Estadio do Q.120) Who is the Minister of Ministry of Q.100) Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Railway zone started an initiative to bring a a) Argentina b) Bolivia (MoEFCC)? special portion of the SLR coach with ______c) Chile d) Brazil a) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank colour will help the women passenger. e) Equador b) Dharmendra Pradhan a) Green b) Magenta Q.111) Film-maker Zoya Akhtar’s directorial c) Mahendra Nath Pandey c) Sky Blue d) Pink ______has won the Network for the d) Prakash Javadekar e) Violet Promotion of Asian Cinema Award at the 23rd e) Ravi Shankar Prasad Q.101) The ______state government has Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in Q.121) ______State government is decided to inter-link rivers to solve the crisis of South Korea. planning to make HIV tests mandatory before the drought. a) Honest Girl b) Horror Women registration of marriages, the announcement was a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra c) Gully Boy d) Sacrifice Mother made by Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. c) Rajasthan d) Karnataka e) Delhi Man a) Haryana b) Jharkhand e) Kerala c) Goa d) Puducherry

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Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons India effective from September 2, 2019. a) Rajnath Singh (FRCS) of Thailand. a) Sudipta Bhattacharya b) Ashutosh Gupta b) Dharmendra Pradhan a) A.Janaki Raman b) L.Sundaresan c) Rajeev Suri d) Santrupt Misra c) Piyush Goyal c) P.Raghu Ram d) T.Hari Krishnan e) Ashwani Lohani d) Amit Shah e) R.Paranthaman Q.123) The National Museum of Indian Cinema e) Nirmala Sitharaman Q.144) Indian skipper ______and ______will give several educational institutions and Q.134) World Population Day is observed on retained their number one position in the ICC students of media studies named ______every year established by the batsmen and bowlers’ rankings for the One-Day ______, is located in Maharashtra. United Nations Development Programme in 1989. Internationals. a) NMIC Bulletin b) NMIC Cinema a) July 08 b) July 09 a) Rohit Sharma & Ravindra Jadeja c) NMIC 100th year d) NMIC Parivar c) July 10 d) July 11 b) Shikhar Dhawan & Kuldeep Yadav e) NMIC India e) July 12 c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Yuzvendra Chahal Q.124) Lieutenant General Shailesh Sadashiv Q.135) ______of New Democratic d) Kedar Jadhav & Bhuvneshwar Kumar Tinaikar has been newly appointed as the Force Party sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of e) Virat Kohli & Jasprit Bumrah Commander of the UN mission in Greece? Q.145) India wrestler ______has won ______. a) Yanis Varoufakis gold in the 53kg category at Yasar Dogu a) North Sudan b) South America b) Nikos Panagiotopoulos International in Istanbul. c) West Indies d) South Sudan c) George Andreas Papandreou a) Sakshi Malik b) Vinesh Phogat e) North America d) Jikiel Kerameus c) Seema Nair d) Manju Kumari Q.125) India’s first elephant rehabilitation center e) Kyriakos Mitsotakis e) Pooja Dhanda will be set up in ecotourism village of Kottoor by Q.136) India’s first ______motorcycle TVS Q.146) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank the ______State Government. Apache RTR 200 Fi E100 launched by Shri. Nitin (AIIB) provide $100-million loan to ______a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka Gadkari,Union Minister and Shri. Amitabh Finance Company for wind and solar c) Andhra Pradesh d) Telangana Kant,CEO of NITI Aayog. infrastructure projects. e) Kerala a) Natural Gas-based b) White Petrol-based a) Reliance Jio b) Adani Enterprises Q.126) ______Railway won the ‘Best c) Ethanol-based d) Methane-based c) L&T Infrastructure d) Vedanta Groups Innovation Award’ for unique strategy adopted to e) Pure Diesel -based e) Tata motors keep wild elephants away from the train tracks. Q.137) ______conferred with an Q.147) ______won the Wimbledon a) East Coast Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters (honoris Championship 2019 title and she created b) Northeast Frontier causa) from La Trobe University at the 10th Wimbledon history by becoming the first c) South Eastern edition of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne at Romanian to win the Grand slam. d) West Central Australia. a) Simona Halep b) Steffi Graf e) Central South a) Shah Rukh Khan b) Amitabh Bachchan c) Martina Hingis d) Serena Williams Q.127) Who is the Union Minister of Ministry of c) Salman Khan d) Akshay Kumar e) Maria Sharapova Information and Broadcasting? e) Hrithik Roshan Q.148) State government with Oil India Limited a) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Q.138) Madhya Pradesh, the first international and GAIL signed an agreement for setting up of a b) Dharmendra Pradhan flight from ______International Airport of new company for implementation of the City Gas c) Mahendra Nath Pandey Indore left for Dubai today with 153 passengers Distribution network in ______. d) Prakash Javadekar on board. a) Tripura b) Meghalaya e) Ravi Shankar Prasad a) Khajuraho Sahara c) Sikkim d) Assam Q.128) ______became the only second b) Rajmata Vijaya Raje e) Mizoram Indian player to reach the 350-game mark in c) Jabalpur Dumna Q.149) ______made a thrilling victory in One-Day International cricket (ODI) after Sachin d) Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar the Silverstone circuit to win his sixth British Tendulkar. e) Raja Bhoj Grand Prix, his seventh victory in ten races in a) Virat Kohli b) Rohit Sharma Q.139) Kaushik Ganguly’s Bengali film 2019. c) MS Dhoni d) Ajinkya Rahane ______bags four awards including Best a) Valtteri Bottas b) Lewis Hamilton e) Shikhar Dhawan Feature Film at SAARC film festival 2019 in c) Charles Leclerc d) Max Verstappen Q.129) ______has recorded temperatures Colombo, Sri Lanka. e) Daniel Ricciardo that make the month of June the hottest ever a) Na Bole Wo Haram b) Nagarkirtan Q.150) Former leader of opposition Chandrakant experienced in the country in more than a c) Mukherjee Dar Bou d) Durgeshgorer Kavlekar has been appointed as the deputy chief century. e) Bibaho Obhijaan minister of ______. a) Bahrain b) Russia Q.140) Gujarat Chief Minister ______a) Karnataka b) Maharashtra c) Azerbaijan d) India flagged off the Central Reserve Police Force cycle c) Gujarat d) Goa e) Brazil rally as a part of the celebrations of the 81st Q.151) The Republic of Singapore Chief Halimah Q.130) India’s 23-year-old sprinter ______Foundation Day. Yacob appointed ______as an clinched a Gold medal in the 100-metre dash at a) Kamal Nath b) Praful Patel international judge of the Singapore International the World University Games at Naples in Italy. c) Nitin Hamsar d) Devendra Patnavis Commercial Court (SICC). a) Hima Das b) Sunita Godhara e) Vijay Rupani a) Justice Sharad Arvind bobde c) Sakshi Malik d) Ajitha Prohitha Q.141) ______, observed as the World b) Justice Madan Lokur e) Dutee Chand Snake Day, is an ideal occasion to know and c) Justice Arun Kumar Mishra Q.131) Who is present Chairman of International understand many things about these carnivorous d) Justice Bhusan Pandey Cricket Council (ICC)? reptiles. e) Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri a) Amitabh Choudhary a) July 10 b) July 12 Q.152) The ______Government is to b) Shashank Manohar c) July 14 d) July 16 plant sapling spread over one thousand c) Nazmul Hassan e) July 18 kilometres across the National Highways with the d) Anurag Singh Thakur Q.142) First Global Conference for Media help of NHAI. e) Manu Sawhney Freedom 2019, hosted by the United Kingdom a) Mizoram b) Assam Q.132) Former India captain ______has (UK) and Canada, was held on July, 2019 in c) Maharashtra d) Tripura been appointed as the Head of Cricket at the ______, UK. e) Jharkhand National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. a) London b) Birmingham Q.153) Google India’s ______programme a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni b) Rahul Dravid c) Manchester d) Newcastle aimed to empower rural women on how to use c) Anil Kumble d) Virender Sehwag e) Leicester

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Punjab and Odisha. e) Saranya Maya Kannan Sathiyan and Anthony Amalraj won the bronze at a) Internet Saathi b) Telenet Sathi Q.164) Mumbai terror attack mastermind and the World Tour Platinum Australian Open at c) Onenet Sakthi d) Intranet Sakshi Jama’at-ud-Da’wah Chief ______was Melbourne. e) Fibernet Saathi arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department of a) Badminton b) Lawn Tennis Q.154) Film Divisions will launch ______, a Pakistan’s Punjab Province. c) Chess d) Table Tennis documentary film club in Films Division Complex, a) Abdullah Yusuf Azzam e) Carrom Mumbai. b) Mustafa Setmariam Nasar Q.175) In the first ever use of an Indian waterway a) FDCM b) KSHITIJ c) Abu Faraj al-Libbi to transport cargo from ______to Bangladesh c) TNFAS d) MRITG d) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed via India, a shipment of stone aggregates was e) GJSHIT e) Hasan Izz-Al-Din formally received at Narayangunj. Q.155) ______is to host the International Q.165) Pakistan’s Authority arrested former a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Combined Prime Minister ______in a multi-billion- c) Sri Lanka d) Nepal World Cup from March 15-26, 2020. rupee case related to the award of a liquefied e) Bhutan a) China b) Malaysia natural gas (LNG) import contract. Q.176) Indian batting icon ______has c) Thailand d) India a) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi been inducted into the International Cricket e) Japan b) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Council’s Hall of Fame alongside South African Q.156) On every year ______is observed as c) Yousaf Raza Gillani pace legend Allan Donald. Nelson Mandela Day seeks to celebrate the d) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain a) Sachin Tendulkar b) Virat Kohli political and social achievements of former South e) Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali c) Anil Kumble d) Rahul Dravid African President Nelson Mandela. Q.166) Union Information and Broadcasting e) Sourav Ganguly a) July 14 b) July 16 Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the 10th Q.177) Saudi military intercepted a drone c) July 18 d) July 20 Jagran Film festival at Siri Fort Auditorium in launched at the kingdom’s southern border by e) July 22 ______. Iranian-backed rebels in ______by the Q.157) Institute of Company Secretaries of India a) Panaji b) Chennai Houthi rebels from Sanaa. (ICSI) rolled out an initiative in the form of a c) Kolkata d) New Delhi a) Oman b) Iran ______to pursue a heightened sense of e) Mumbai c) Palestine d) Yemen self-governance and strengthen the practicing Q.167) ______ranked best in the field of e) Iraq side of company secretaries. education among all the states report Q.178) In Shooting, extending India’s domination a) UIDAE b) BSSAD by ‘Performance Grading Index 2017-18’. at the ISSF Junior World Cup, ______shot c) INTER d) NDERT a) Haryana b) Jharkhand a 239.6 to bag the men’s 10 metre’s air pistol gold e) UDIN c) Chandigarh d) Nagaland a) Mehuli Ghosh b) Sarabjot Singh Q.158) The bilateral trade between India and the e) Chhattisgarh c) Elavenil Valaravin d) Udhayveer Sidhu US could reach USD 238 billion by ______Q.168) Former India football goalkeeper e) Sanjay Chaudhry from the current USD 143 billion by US India ______played for the Tamil Nadu men’s Q.179) ______, an archipelago of more than Strategic and Partnership Forum. team in the senior Nationals passed away 500 islands in Oceania, has become 76th a) 2021 b) 2023 recently. signatory country to join the International Solar c) 2025 d) 2027 a) B.D. Ramasamy b) S.T. Thomas Vellai Alliance (ISA). e) 2030 c) D.S. Karthickeyan d) C.A. Royappan a) Fiji b) Samoa Q.159) India’s top-ranked woman archer e) A.U. Celestine c) Vanuatu d) Haiti ______clinched a silver medal at the Q.169) Union Government to build India-based e) Palau 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games test event. Neutrino Observatory (INO) to set up a 51000 Q.180) The ICC has suspended ______a) Dola Banerjee tonnes Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector in Cricket with immediate effect over violation of b) Bombayla Devi Laishram ______. global body’s constitution which doesn’t allow any c) Chekrovolu Swuro a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra government intervention. d) Deepika Kumari c) Rajasthan d) Karnataka a) Romania b) Uzbekistan e) Laxmi Rani Majhi e) Tamil Nadu c) Zimbabwe d) Somalia Q.160) The ______was launched by the Q.170) The doctrine of Humanity, India holds first e) Lebanon Govt. of India to provide connectivity to ever six-week-long Artificial Limb Fitment Camp Q.181) India’s largest public broadcasting unconnected Habitations as part of a poverty in ______which benefited over 500 agency, Prasar Bharati signed a MoU with reduction strategy. differently abled persons. ______, for boosting research activities in a) PMJDY b) PMTAY a) South Africa b) Tanzania the broadcasting field. c) PMSBY d) PMGSY c) Azerbaijan d) Kyrgyzstan a) IIT, Bombay b) IIT, Madras e) PMJAY e) Somalia c) IIT, Kolkata d) IIT, Kanpur Q.161) ______picked up his third gold Q.171) Indian weightlifter ______has won e) IIT, Delhi medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup to Gold in 81 kg category at the Commonwealth Q.182) Who is the Minister (I/C) of Ministry clinch the men’s 25m pistol event in Suhl, Championships in Apia, city of Samoa. North-Eastern region development? Germany. a) Ajay Singh b) Papul Changmai a) Dr. Kiren Rijiju b) Shripad Yesso Naik a) Gagan Narang b) Ronjan Sodhi c) Neeraj Chopra d) Hima Das c) Rao Inderjit Singh d) Santosh Kumar c) Saurabh Chaudhary d) Anisa Sayyed e) Vikas Thakur Gangwar e) Vijayveer Sidhu Q.172) The ______Cabinet approved a four- e) Dr. Jitendra Singh Q.162) Retail inflation increased marginally to fold increase in the financial assistance given to Q.183) Leading fitness brand Reebok has ______in June over the previous month, families of martyred and disabled soldiers hailing announced Bollywood actor and wellness mainly due to the rise in food prices. from the state. enthusiast, ______, as their new brand a) 1.35 per cent b) 3.18 per cent a) Madhya Pradesh b) Gujarat ambassador in India. c) 2.27 per cent d) 5.49 per cent c) Telangana d) Maharashtra a) Priyanka Chopra b) Deepika Padukone e) 4.51 per cent e) Haryana c) Katrina Kaif d) Vidya Balan Q.163) Tabla Maestro ______who have Q.173) Delhi govt. plans to spot of the e) Kangana Ranaut been selected for the prestigious Sangeet Natak defunct______power plant capacity of 135 Q.184) Marine Acoustic Research Ship (MARS), Akademi Fellowships in the field of performing MW operated by IPGCL, into solar park. INS Sagardhwan started its two-month-long arts. a) Rajghat thermal b) Badarpur thermal second mission ______from Southern a) Sonal Mansingh c) Kiaga thermal d) Naora thermal Naval Command in Kochi, Kerala. b) Jatin Goswami e) Kakrapur thermal a) Sagar Maitri b) India Kadal c) Zakir Hussain c) Raja Samudhra d) Sagar Mithra

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RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 30 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019| e) Maha Avatar Leagues handbook 2019-20 based on the a) Claire Bouteille b) Achim Steiner Q.185) ______and IRCON International sidelines of the Intercontinental Cup. c) Mohammad Barkindo d) Yukiya Amano Limited, under the Ministry of Railways, signed a) Ashwini Kumar Choubey e) Gurría Sanusi $91.26 million agreement for the up gradation of b) Ramdas Athawale Q.206) Britain swimmer ______breaks the 130 km rail track. c) Anurag Thakur world record in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke a) Indonesia b) Bangladesh d) Kiren Rijiju at the World Championships in Gwangju, South c) Nepal d) Sri Lanka e) Prahalad Singh Patel Korea. e) Pakistan Q.196) Senior diplomat Sanjeev Kumar Singla is a) Michael Phelps b) Katie Ledecky Q.186) Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to c) Leisel Jones d) Grant Hackett Kishan Reddy launched a scheme ‘Indian Cyber ______the official confirmation by ACC. e) Adam Peaty Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’ for the period of a) Italy b) Lebanon Q.207) Honorable ______released the All ______. c) Palestine d) Egypt India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 the massive a) 2018-2021 b) 2021-2023 e) Israel tiger census is conducted every four years. c) 2022-2025 d) 2019-2022 Q.197) The 11th DefExpo India-2020 is scheduled a) Venkaiah Naidu e) 2018-2020 to be held for the first time in Uttar Pradesh’s b) Ram Nath Kovind Q.187) Indian Foreign Service officer capital ______. c) Edappadi Palaniswami ______appointed as private secretary a) Patna b) Lucknow d) Ravi Shankar Prasad to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Appointments c) Noida d) Hazarpur e) Narendra Modi Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). e) Ranchi Q.208) ______is National Broadcasting day. a) Vivek Kumar b) Bhaskar Raj Q.198) Two-time Olympic gold medallist On this day in 1927, the first ever radio broadcast c) Abhinav Gore d) Rakesh Yadav ______will be conferred the ‘Mohun Bagan in the country went on the air from the Bombay e) Laxmana Reddy Ratna’ during its annual day celebrations on the Station. Q.188) World is celebrating the 50th anniversary 29th of this month. a) July 21st b) July 25th of ______moon landing 20th July, when a) Abishek Kulna b) Kalyan singh c) July 22nd d) July 23rd American astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin c) Sunil Gupta d) Keshav Dutt e) July 24th became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. e) Naresh Patiyala Q.209) President of India appointed ______a) Soviet 7 b) Apollo 11 Q.199) ______became the first state in as Joint Secretary Who is a Gujarat batch IAS c) Munich 13 d) Niel 10 India to ensure the conservation of water and officer. e) Apollo 17 have own water policy following a nod given by a) Ajay Bhadoo b) Barani Lal Q.189) The 20th anniversary of the Kargil War a the State Cabinet. c) Nitin Patel d) Harihara Das new book titled, “Kargil: Untold stories from the a) Sikkim b) Tripura e) Sumanth Reddy War” authored by Rachna Bisht Rawat released in c) Nagaland d) Assam Q.210) ISRO Chairman ______congratulated ______. e) Meghalaya the Team ISRO for the remarkable achievement a) Varanasi b) Kolkata Q.200) India’s ______and of a historic journey Chandrayaan-2 by the nation c) New Delhi d) Trivandrum ______won the mixed doubles in 21st to the moon. e) Indore Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship at a) Dr A S Kiran Kumar b) Dr G Madhavan Nair Q.190) The landmark Motihari-Amlekhgunj Cuttack, Odisha. c) Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan petroleum products pipeline between India and a) L Rakesh & Sunitha Nair d) Dr K Kasturirangan e) Dr Udupi R Rao ______has been completed and ready for b) T Laxman & Sankari Yanis Q.211) In ______, Shri Acharya Devvrat commercial operation. c) G Sathiyan & Archana Kamath took the oath as a new Governor of the state, a) Bangladesh b) Bhutan d) K Jawahar & Geetha Harini acting Chief Justice of state High Court c) Indonesia d) Nepal e) S Deepak & Nalini Sivam administered the oath. e) Sri Lanka Q.201) President ______looks set to be a) Madhya Pradesh b) Telangana Q.191) In Commonwealth Table Tennis the first Ukrainian leader since the fall of c) Chhattisgarh d) Gujarat Championship held in ______, India made a communism to command an overall majority in e) Jharkhand record by winning gold in both men’s and parliament. Q.212) India and ______plans to hold an women’s category. a) Shavkat Mirziyoyev annual “Hand-in-Hand” (HiH) combat exercise at a) Patna b) Cuttack b) Gurbanguly Berdimuhame Umroi, near Shillong, Meghalaya on December c) Kanpur d) Aurangabad c) Tayyip Erdogan 2019. e) Dibrugarh d) Mette Frederiksen a) China b) Japan Q.192) French Tycoon ______Overtakes e) Volodymyr Zelensky c) Thailand d) USA Bill Gates to Become 2nd Richest Person in the Q.202) In Tennis, the women’s world rankings e) Sri Lanka World with $108 billion wealth, report by were unchanged on 23rd July 2019 with Q.213) Delhi’s ______becomes India’s 64th Bloomberg. ______of Australia at number one. Grandmaster defeated IM Lev Yankelevich in the a) Mark Zuckerberg b) Elon Musk a) Ashleigh Barty b) Naomi Osaka fifth round of the Portuguese League 2019. c) Jeff Bezos d) Jack Ma c) Karolina Pliskova d) Simona Halep a) Girish Koushik b) Swayam Mishra e) Bernard Arnault e) Kiki Bertens c) Prithu Gupta d) Gukesh Iniyan Q.193) In the Shooting Junior World Cup, Q.203) ______has extended by another e) Visakh Venkatraman ______clinched gold with a junior world month, the state of emergency imposed after the Q.214) ______and Facebook-owned record in the final of rifle 3-position event in Suhl, Easter Sunday attacks. WhatsApp announced a partnership to support Germany. a) Russia b) Sri Lanka the growth of a robust ecosystem to promote a) Rituraj Singh c) Saudi Arabia d) Bahrain women entrepreneurs in India. b) Zalan Pekler e) Pakistan a) Finance Commission c) Aishwarya Pratap Singh Q.204) In Cricket, India-A defeated b) NITI Aayog d) Grigoril Shamakov ______by eight wickets in the fifth and c) Ministry Women & Child Development e) Yashaswini Singh Deswal final unofficial one-day was completing a 4-1 d) Human Rights Commission Q.194) Agri-Business Incubation Centre has series triumph in Antigua. e) Nirbhaya NGO started in the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University a) New Zealand-A b) England-A Q.215) In Badminton, ______lost in of ______, Chhattisgarh. c) West Indies-A d) Pakistan-A straight games to Akane Yamaguchi in the finals a) Panaji b) Raipur e) Australia-A of Indonesia Open BWF Tour Super 1000 c) Nasik d) Ranchi Q.205) Former Japanese diplomat and tournament in Jakarta. e) Imphal International Atomic Energy Agency Chief a) Saina Nehwal b) P V Sindhu Q.195) Sports Minister ______launched ______died at 72, the IAE agency c) Aswini Ponnappa d) Jwalta Gutta the All India Football Federation’s Golden Baby announced. e) Aparna Popat

Q.216) The 19-2 Dong Maeng (alliance) exercise, a) H S Prannoy b) Parupalli Kashyap Q.237) Digitization of archaeological museum is an annual military exercise between the ______c) Srikanth Kidambi d) Ashok Adithi being done through special software ______and South Korean military exercises, will be held e) Sai Praneeth developed with specific purpose, union culture in the month of August. Q.227) ______tops Forbes Celebrity 100 minister informed the Lok Sabha. a) UK b) Japan list, becomes highest-paid star with over $185 a) UDANI b) CMUTA c) USA d) China Mn-earning over the past year. c) DEMTA d) JATAN e) North Korea a) Kylie Jenner b) Lionel Messi e) NUCMS Q.217) Indian sprinter ______won a gold c) Taylor Swift d) Kanye West Q.238) Senior diplomat ______has been medal in the 400-meter race with a season-best e) Cristiano Ronaldo appointed as Secretary, Overseas Indian Affairs, time of 52.09 seconds at Nove Mesto in the Czech Q.228) Former Australian Davis Cup tennis star according to an order issued by the Personnel Republic. and Wimbledon doubles champion Ministry. a) Hima Das b) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar ______has died aged 64, prompting a a) Vivek Mithra b) Vijaya Shankar c) Anagha Deshpande d) Jhulan Goswami flood of tributes. c) Vikas Swarup d) Vinay Rajeev e) Anjali Bhagwat a) Ken Rosewall b) Peter McNamara e) Vishal Menon Q.218) Chinese National Space Administration c) Margaret Court d) Patrick Rafter Q.239) The ______government has launched (CNSA), the space agency, destroyed ______e) Brent Larkham Student Police Cadet (SPC) scheme, a Police was orbiting Earth 16,209 times and spent more Q.229) Union Culture Minister ______training program, for class 8 and 9 students to than 1,000 days in space. inaugurated the architectural illumination of the curb rising adolescent delinquency. a) Tiangong-1 b) Vigsantpoo-3 historic Safdarjung Tomb in New Delhi. a) Maharashtra b) Rajasthan c) Gowdinthar-1 d) Tiangong-2 a) Ramdas Athawale c) Tamil Nadu d) Karnataka e) Kankausan-2 b) Prahlad Singh Patel e) Gujarat Q.219) Lok Sabha member ______, c) Anurag Thakur Q.240) ______is an Indian lunar mission younger brother of Union minister Ram Vilas d) Kiren Rijiju that will boldly go where no country has ever gone Paswan, died at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital e) Ashwini Kumar Choubey before, the Moon South Polar Region in 2019. in New Delhi. Q.230) Indian bodybuilder ______has a) Mangalyaan 1 b) Chandrayaan 1 a) Rama Lingam Paswan clinched Mr South Asia title has crowned the c) Mangalyaan 2 d) Bhaskara-3 b) Ravi Chandra Paswan overall champion at 12th South Asian e) Chandrayaan 2 c) Ram Kumar Paswan Bodybuilding Championship in Kathmandu. Q.241) India’s first Dragon blood-oozing Tree d) Ravi Kumar Paswan a) Sangram Chaugule ‘Dracaena Cambodia’ discovered in West Karbi e) Ram Chandra Paswan b) Thakur Anupam Singh Anglong district, ______. Q.220) Pakistan Prime Minister ______is in c) Premchand Degra Khan a) Mizoram b) Haryana the US on his maiden trip to the country during d) Amit Chhetri Lal c) Assam d) Meghalaya which he will hold talks with US President Donald e) Ravinder Kumar Malik e) Sikkim Trump. Q.231) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Q.242) NASA prepares to send first woman and a) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi launched a special campaign named Jan Jagrukta next man on Moon in ______, the US space b) Imran Khan c) Yousaf Raza Gillani Abhiyaan in ______. agency is preparing to take its next giant leap d) Nawaz Sharif e) Shaukat Aziz a) Meerut b) Indore with the ambitious ‘Artemis’ program. Q.221) Who is the present Speaker of Lok Sabha, c) Jhansi d) New Delhi a) 2025 b) 2021 the lower house of the Parliament of India? e) Patna c) 2023 d) 2022 a) Sumitra Mahajan b) Meira Kumar Q.232) ______triumphed in the second e) 2024 c) Somnath Chatterjee d) Om Birla edition of Intercontinental Cup football by Q.243) Commerce and Industry Minister Releases e) Sangma Tura defeated Tajikistan in the final. Global Innovation Index Rankings, India Ranked Q.222) The 22nd National Conference on e- a) South Korea b) Kyrgyzstan ______in Global Innovation Index 2019. Governance 2019 held on 8-9th August 2019 at c) North Korea d) New Zealand a) 31st b) 52nd ______, Meghalaya. e) Uzbekistan c) 73rd d) 24th a) Shillong b) Imphal Q.233) ______became the longest e) 65th c) Agartala d) Guwahati serving Prime Minister of Israel has spent 4,876 Q.244) Recently a celestial object has a magnetic e) Dehradun days, more than 13 years, in office as on 20 July, property has landed in a village of Madhubani, Q.223) India and ______have held high- 2019. ______. level talks in New Delhi to elevate bilateral co- a) Benjamin Netanyahu a) Bihar b) Jharkhand operation in India's maiden human space flight b) Martin Luther David c) Haryana d) Karnataka mission 'Gaganyaan'. c) James Malachi King e) Odisha a) France b) Germany d) Solomon Marcus Immanuel Q.245) Congress party leader c) Russia d) USA e) David Ben-Gurion ______appointed as the Chairman of the e) Italy Q.234) Fourteen-year-old ______of India Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Q.224) The veteran leader and Rajya Sabha MP won Junior World Golf Championship 2019 in a) Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas ______was appointed General Secretary of Palm Desert. b) Vishnu Dayal Ram the Communist Party of India (CPI) at CPI a) Remu Kargi b) Arjun Bhati c) Rahul Ramesh Shewale National Council. c) Nandha Modi d) Virat Dev Gore d) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury a) C A Kurien b) Moti Lal e) Hari Jana Desi e) Subhash Chandra Baheria c) C R Bakshi d) Bijoy Narayan Q.235) Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a Q.246) Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women e) D Raja major deal worth ______with Indian Navy to (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 was Q.225) ______, a NBFC – MFI awarded for supply complementary Medium Range Surface- introduced by the Law Minister ______. outstanding performance in terms of Self-Help to-air missile (MRSAM) systems. a) Sadananda Gowda Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for 2018-19 a) USD 10 million b) USD 20 million b) Ravi Shankar Prasad from NABARD. c) USD 30 million d) USD 40 million c) Prakhalad Joshi a) Muthootu Finance e) USD 50 million d) Harsh Vardhan b) Kosamattam Finance Q.236) Veteran Congress leader and former Delhi e) Ram Vilas Paswan c) Repco Micro Finance Chief Minister ______will be cremated in Q.247) A Coffee Table Book showcasing the d) Manappuram Finance National capital. history and achievements of the ______e) Best Money Gold a) Sahib Singh Verma b) Madan Lal Khurana released in Leh, covers the serenity and Q.226) In badminton, Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu c) Sheila Dikshit d) Chaudhary Brahm mysticism of Ladakh and its people. and ______advanced to the quarterfinals of e) Prakash Dheriwal a) Fire & Ice Corps b) Fast & Fury Corps the Japan Open singles event in Tokyo. c) First & Last Corps d) Friend & enemy Corps ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. 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Q.271) Every year, ______is celebrated as Q.249) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited a) Laxmana Dev b) Paramjit Singh International Tiger Day in order to spread (HAL) delivered a ______helicopter, that c) Earnest Raj d) Srivatsava Reddy awareness on the conservation and promotion of helicopter is scheduled to the Indian Navy. e) Hussain Jordan the protection of the natural habitat of tigers. a) Mahavir b) Abhimanyu Q.260) President ______has left on an a) July 26th b) July 24th c) Bhima d) Chetak official visit to three African countries- Benin, The c) July 29th d) July 28th e) Rajdhani Gambia and Guinea. e) July 27th Q.250) The Rajya Sabha passed the Protection of a) Narendra Modi b) Venkaiah Naidu Q.272) BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh, Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, c) Pinarayi Vijayan d) Pranab Mukherjee ______is appointed as the governor of 2019 (POCSO Bill) was introduced by the Ministry e) Ram Nath Kovind Chhattisgarh by Rashtrapati Bhavan. of ______. Q.261) Belgian-Dutch racing driver a) Yashwant Sinha b) Jana Krishnamurthi a) Women and Child Development ______won a chaotic German Grand c) Murli Manohar Joshi d) Anusuiya Uikey b) Health and Family Welfare Prix to take his second win of the season. e) Kushabhau Thakre c) Commerce and Industry a) Lewis Hamilton b) Sebastian Vettel Q.273) The Golden Jubilee Edition of d) Information and Broadcasting c) Max Verstappen d) Daniil Kvyat International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has e) North-East Development e) Lance Stroll been scheduled to be held from 20-28 November Q.251) Boxing Legend ______won Q.262) Earth Sciences Minister ______2019 in ______. WBA Super Welterweight title 2019 defeated launched a new website of India Meteorological a) Goa b) Karnataka Keith Thurman of US at the MGM Grand Garden Department www.mausam.imd.gov.in on the c) Maharashtra d) Gujarat Arena, United States. occasion. e) Jharkhand a) Trevor Bryan b) Manny Pacquiao a) Nitin Gadkari b) Harsh Vardhan Q.274) Former India’s wicket keeper- c) Dillian Whyte d) Andy Ruiz Max c) Sadananda Gowda batsman ______takes charge as the e) John L. Sullivan d) Ravi Shankar Prasad e) Prakash Javadekar interim coach of the senior USA cricket team. Q.252) Scientists in ______developed a Q.263) ______has finally received a) Saba Karim b) Vijay Dahiya method to convert Jute fibre into low cost affiliation from the BCCI, thus providing an c) Kiran More d) Deep Dasgupta biodegradable cellulose sheets named ‘Sonali’ to opportunity for the city cricketers to play in BCCI e) Ajay Ratra replacing plastic bags. tournament. Q.275) ______Labs, the technology arm a) India b) Sri Lanka a) Punjab b) Andaman & Nicobar of the US retail giant acquire-hired health tech c) Bangladesh d) Pakistan c) New Delhi d) Chandigarh start-up FloCare and B2B trading platform e) Indonesia e) Puducherry BigTrade undisclosed amount. Q.253) Hungarian swimmer ______Q.264) The ______Legislative Assembly a) Intel b) Walmart created a new world record in the 200 metres Speaker, K R Ramesh Kumar, has disqualified the c) Microsoft d) Cisco butterfly at the FINA world championship 2019 in entire 14 rebel MLAs who had submitted their e) IBM Gwangju, South Korea. resignation letters. Q.276) FanMojo, a fantasy sports platform, a) Michael Phelps b) Caeleb Dressel a) Karnataka b) Tamil Nadu owned by mobile tech company U2opia c) Kosuke Hagino d) Grant Hackett c) Kerala d) Gujarat Global has appointed ______as its brand e) Kristof Milak e) Rajasthan ambassador. Q.254) An army veteran and former defence Q.265) India tallied 9 medals including Mary Kom a) Sameer Dighe b) Prithvi Shaw industry lobbyist ______is sworn as the US and Simranjit Kaur at the 23rd Presidents Cup in c) MSK Prasad d) Parthiv Patel secretary of defense after receiving Senate Labuan Bajo, ______. e) Rahul Dravid confirmation. a) Bangladesh b) Vietnam Q.277) Every year on ______, World Day for a) Mark Esper b) Steven Mnuchin c) Indonesia d) Sri Lanka International Justice is observed all around the c) Wilbur Ross d) Elisabeth Devos e) Pakistan world to promote international criminal justice. e) Mike Pompeo Q.266) Bangladesh along with Bhutan, Nepal and a) July 13 b) July 14 Q.255) The Geographical indicator (GI) granted Thailand in South-East Asia Region has been able c) July 17 d) July 19 to ______for the ‘Rasgulla’, more than two to achieve ______control report by WHO. e) July 16 years after West Bengal won its own GI tag for a) HIV b) Tuberculosis Q.278) Over 1.28 lakh Gram Panchayats linked the delectable eastern sweet. c) Hair fall d) Swine flue with optical fiber under ______is a) Jharkhand b) Bihar e) Hepatitis B uploading photographic evidence assistance c) Odisha d) Sikkim Q.267) Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced the given to the beneficiaries. e) Andhra Pradesh third edition of Khelo India Youth Games will be a) Bharat Fiber programme Q.256) The country will celebrate the 20th held in ______next year 2020. b) Hindustan Optical programme anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas ______, on a) Guwahati b) Itanagar c) Ek Bharat Ek Net programme this day in 1999, the Kargil War, formally came c) Gangtok d) Agartala d) Bharat Net programme to an end. e) Shillong e) One India Net programme a) July 23rd b) July 24th Q.268) Country’s Minister of State for Health and Q.279) A fast-track system would be set up for c) July 25th d) July 26th Population Dr. Surendra Kumar Yadav companies and investors of India and e) July 27th inaugurated the Hindu Economic Forum’s ______to facilitate investment proposals in Q.257) IPS officer ______appointed as the ______Chapter in Kathmandu. both countries. next Director General (DG) of Border Security a) Bhutan b) Thailand a) Italy b) Russia Force (BSF) is issued by the Appointments c) Bangladesh d) Nepal c) France d) Germany Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). e) Indonesia e) China a) VK Johri b) HS Baisul Khan Q.269) 7-time MP and 4-term MLA along with Q.280) ______won the women’s 200m c) SM Daroad d) BN Burra Pandey former Union Minister & senior Congress leader event for her third international triumph in 11 e) TM Sunil Meta ______passes away in Hyderabad. days at the Kladno Memorial Athletics Meet at Q.258) In ______, a Himalayan Conclave a) Govind Reddy b) Jaipal Reddy Kladno, Czech Republic. is being held in Mussoorie to discuss various c) Mohan Reddy d) Varadaraj Reddy a) Sahil Silwal b) Hima Das

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Reserve 75% Private Jobs for Local Youths by Q.304) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a) Karambir Singh b) Imam Ramse state assembly passed the Employment of Local appointed the 47-year-old leader Indian origin c) Salim Ali Das d) Amir Khan Candidates Act, 2019. ______as the country Home Secretary. e) Jinna Hamirh a) Madhya Pradesh b) Jharkhand a) Manisha Aggarwal b) Sunitha Modi Q.283) The UNDP has released its Global c) Andhra Pradesh d) Jharkhand c) Ragini Gulab d) Janani Singh Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2019, as e) Himachal Pradesh e) Priti Patel per report ______people are multi- Q.294) Jal Shakti Minister ______gave Q.305) India's fastest train ______dimensionally poor. a presentation to BJP MPs on water conservation Express successfully completed its test run from a) 1.3 billion b) 1.5 billion in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi to Katra in eight hours, the train can c) 1.7 billion d) 1.9 billion a) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat run up to a maximum speed of 160 km/hour. e) 2.1 billion b) Shripad Yesso Naik a) Shatabdi b) Antyodaya Q.284) ______, whose work on computer c) Rao Inderjit Singh c) Vande Bharat d) Mumbai Rajdhani time-sharing in the 1960s helped pave the way d) Prahalad Singh Patel e) Gatiman for the personal computer, as well as the e) Santosh Kumar Gangwar Q.306) Amid the political crisis in the state, computer password, died recently. Q.295) The FIFA has awarded the hosting rights ______Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy a) Gregory Chaitin b) Alberto Ciaramella for the 10th edition of the Under-20 Women's resigned from the post after meeting Governor c) Fernando Corbató d) Nello Cristianini World Cup to be held in 2020, to ______. Vajubhai Vala. e) Michael Dertouzos a) South Korea b) India a) Tamilnadu b) Karnataka Q.285) President Ram Nath Kovind appointed c) North Korea d) Nigeria c) Kerala d) Puducherry ______, who is a BJP leader from Odisha, e) Japan e) Telangana is the governor of Andhra Pradesh. Q.296) ______was elected as the Q.307) US regulators formalized a record a) Madan Lal Khurana b) Sahib Singh Verma Conservative Party leader and Britain's new Prime ______fine on Facebook for violation of c) Laxmikant Parsekar d) Prem Kumar Minister today as announced by his party in users' privacy in the Cambridge Analytica data Dhumal London. scandal involving 87 million users. e) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan a) Jeremy Hunt b) Boris Johnson a) 5 billion USD b) 4 billion USD Q.286) Who is the present Chairperson of Central c) David Cameron d) Luke McGee c) 3 billion USD d) 2 billion USD Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? e) George Grenville e) 1 billion USD a) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar Q.297) Four-time Asian Q.308) Table Tennis Federation of India b) Pramod Chandra Mody medallist ______became India’s first (TTFI) appointed the Canadian ______as c) Yogesh Chander Deveshwar gold medallist at the President’s Cup boxing the head coach of the Indian table tennis team. d) Ram Sewak Sharma tournament in the finals in Astana, Kazakhstan. a) Niranjan Ferrari b) Michael Doris e) Pawan Kumar Agarwal a) Shiva Thapa b) Dingko Singh c) Dejan Papic d) Domnic Halep Q.287) Union Ministry of ______launched a c) Vijender Singh d) Akhil Kumar e) Benjamin Laathe lightweight bullet proof jacket Bhabha Kavach, e) Dhruv Janarth which were especially for the Paramilitary Forces Q.298) A new ______bilateral pilot BANKING AWARENESS and Indian armed forces. scheme has been launched to support foreign Q.1) Government of India, Canara Bank General a) Home Affairs b) Defence universities to collaborate with partners to send Manager (GM) ______assumed charge as c) Civil aviation d) Space & Atomic its students to India during their studies. the National Housing Bank (NHB) Managing energy a) India-USA b) India-Japan Director. e) Earth Sciences c) India-UK d) India-France a) Babu Shankar Rao Q.288) The Supreme Court extended the deadline e) India-UAE b) Sarada Kumar Hota for publication of final National Register of Q.299) Central Board of Direct Taxes c) Narayana Moorthi Citizens, NRC, in Assam by a month, from July 31 (CBDT) will observe and celebrate the 159th d) Rakesh K Yadav to ______. Income Tax Day ‘Aaykar Diwas’ on ______, e) Deena Raj Mukherjee a) September 31 b) October 01 2019. Q.2) The annual banking statistics report c) August 31 d) September 01 a) July 21st b) July 25th compelled by the Swiss National Bank (SNB), e) August 01 c) July 22nd d) July 23rd India slipped to ______place in terms of Q.289) World Chess Champion ______of e) July 24th money with Swiss banks. Norway won the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour Q.300) Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 313 it a) 38th b) 53rd title by defeated Wesley So of United States. is the ______aircraft squadron c) 65th d) 74th a) Vladimir Kramnik b) Garry Kasparov commissioned into the Indian Navy by Admiral e) 81st c) Rustam Kasimdzhanov d) Magnus Carlsen Karambir Singh at Chennai. Q.3) Government of India organized an event on e) Alexander Khalifman a) 2nd Dornier b) 5th Dornier ______to celebrate the second Q.290) The victory flame was kindled at National c) 7th Dornier d) 4th Dornier anniversary of Goods and Services Tax (GST). War Memorial in ______and flagged off for e) 3rd Dornier a) July 2 b) June 30 Kargil War Memorial in Drass of Kargil District. Q.301) India skipper ______has retained c) June 29 d) July 1 a) Mumbai b) New Delhi his number one position in the latest ICC Test e) July 5 c) Pune d) Kolkata batsmen's rankings as per report. Q.4) Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved e) Gandhi Nagar a) Cheteshwar Pujara b) Ravindra Jadeja ______in loans to rehabilitate and upgrade Q.291) External Affairs c) Ravichandran Ashwin d) Virat Kohli two state highways in Chhattisgarh. Minister ______arrived UK to attend the e) Rohit Sharma a) $150 million b) $200 million 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers' Q.302) L&T Technology Services (LTTS) selected c) $250 million d) $300 million Meeting to discuss the future strategy of the as a strategic partner by United Technologies e) $350 million grouping. Corporation (UTC) for Collins ______.

Q.5) India pledged ______in 2019 to the banks for non-compliance with KYC requirement b) Rashtrapathi’s Bhavan UN Palestine refugee agency and called for and norms. c) Connaught Place ensuring sustained fiscal support for its work. a) Rs 1.50 crore b) Rs 2.75 crore d) Agrasen Ki Baoli a) USD 1 Million b) USD 3 Million c) Rs 1.15 crore d) Rs 2.25 crore e) Pandara Road c) USD 5 Million d) USD 2 Million e) Rs 1.75 crore Q.27) International Monetary Fund, IMF Chief e) USD 4 Million Q.16) ______gets extension by one ______has resigned ahead of a decision Q.6) ______and India’s sovereign wealth year as RBI deputy governor with the approval on her nomination to become head of the fund, National Investment and Infrastructure from RBI and Government of India. European Central Bank, ECB. Fund (NIIF) signed a MoU to provide financing a) B P Kanungo b) Viral V Acharya a) Cathy Bessant b) Marianne Lake solutions to the infrastructure sector. c) S S Mundra d) M K Jain c) Christine Lagarde d) Barbara Desoer a) State Bank of India b) Bank of Baroda e) N S Vishwanathan e) Anne Finucane c) Federal Bank d) Indian Overseas Q.17) ______invested around $250 million Q.28) Cabinet Commitee on Economic Affairs, Bank in Ola Electric Mobility, the electric vehicle unit CCEA has approved 2880 Megawatt Dibang e) Canara Bank Ola becomes the newest unicorn from India. Multipurpose Project in ______at the cost Q.7) Transparency in political funding, a) NABARD b) Deutsche Bank of 1600 crore rupees. ______were introduced in 2018, are c) Bank of China d) Soft Bank a) Madhya Pradesh b) Himachal Pradesh alternative to cash donations made to political e) Barclays Bank c) Andhra Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh parties. Q.18) Who is the Director general of the World e) Arunachal Pradesh a) Masala bonds b) Green bonds Health Organization? Q.29) There is a plan to increase the total c) Electoral bonds d) Overseas bonds a) Roberto Azevêdo b) Tedros Adhanom production of coal in the country to one billion e) Energy bonds c) Audrey Azoulay d) Irina Bokova tone by 2022-23, Coal minister ______Q.8) Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), a public sector e) Guy Ryder informed the Lok Sabha. bank appointed ______as its new Q.19) Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union a) Giriraj Singh b) Prahlad Joshi Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Cabinet approved the proposal to lease out c) Arvind Sawant d) Piyush Goyal Officer (CEO). airports at Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangaluru e) Smriti Irani a) Arjit Basu b) Karnam Sekar to ______. Q.30) International Court of Arbitration has c) Rajnish Kumar d) Padmaja Chanduru a) Adani Enterprises b) Reliance Industries imposed a penalty of over $5 billion on e) Zhekhar Ghosh c) Tata & sons d) Vedanta Groups ______as it unlawfully denied a mining Q.9) India has signed ______e) Arena Industries lease to a company Tethyan Copper. deal with Russia to acquire Strum Ataka, the anti- Q.20) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board has a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh tank missile will be added to the fleet of Mi-35 finalized ______, a medium term c) Sri Lanka d) China attack choppers of Indian Air Force. strategy, to improve regulation and supervision. e) Indonesia a) Rs.100 crore b) 150 crore a) Upkarish 2020 b) Utkarsh 2022 Q.31) ______and Common Services c) 200 crore d) 250 crore c) Uttesh 2025 d) Upper 2023 Centre’s (CSC) launched a co-branded ‘Small e) 300 crore e) Ujjain 2021 Business Money-Back Credit Card’ for small Q.10) Central government’s ambitious project of Q.21) The union government fixed the price at traders and village-level entrepreneurs. ‘One Nation One Card’ beneficiary scheme will ______per gram for the new series of a) Union Bank of India begin on ______. sovereign gold bonds (SGBs), from June 2019 to b) HDFC Bank a) 1st April 2020 b) 1st May 2020 September 2019. c) Indian Overseas Bank c) 1st July 2020 d) 1st June 2021 a) Rs 3,842 b) Rs 3,173 d) ICICI Bank e) 1st April 2021 c) Rs 3,511 d) Rs 3,443 e) Central Bank of India Q.11) IMF Executive board sanctioned a three- e) Rs 3,637 Q.32) The 60-year-old German Defence Minister year ______loan package for Pakistan to rein Q.22) Indian mobile network operator, ______has been elected as the European in mounting debts and stave off a looming ______partnered with Facebook to Commission’s first female president. balance of payments crisis. launch a digital literacy initiative named “Digital a) Ursula von der Leyen a) $2 billion b) $5 billion Udaan”. b) Horst Seehofer Mass c) $8 billion d) $7 billion a) Airtel network b) Reliance Jio c) Olaf Scholz Heiko e) $6 billion c) Vodafone d) Idea Cellular d) Altmaier Barely Heil Q.12) ______launched a web tool will e) BSNL Bharath e) Katarina Hubertus Peter enable easy & faster processing named VASOOL Q.23) ______acquired a 9.47 % stake Q.33) India’s leading private sector general SO-Ft for digitizing NPA recovery process. in dry cell battery maker, Eveready Industries insurance company, ______entered into a a) Federal Bank b) Indian Bank India by invoking shares pledged by McLeod corporate agency partnership with Kerala based c) Karnataka Bank d) Allahabad Bank Russel. Muthoottu Mini Financiers Limited. e) Canara Bank a) Federal Bank b) HDFC Bank a) Apollo Munich b) HDFC Ergo Q.13) ______partnered with Bharti AXA c) ICICI Bank d) Bank of India c) Bajaj Allianz d) Cigna TTK Life Insurance to offer Bharti AXA Life POS (Point e) YES Bank e) Bharti Axa of Sale) Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana, a pure life Q.24) The ______government has Q.34) The Start-up India initiative ______term insurance. approved a relief fund and rehabilitation work in introduced a web-based application system for a) Airtel Payments Bank of over USD 900,000 for the cyclone-hit Odisha. contribution from the Fund of Funds for Start-ups b) India Post Payments Bank a) Japan b) Australia (FFS). c) Jio Payments Bank c) Hong Kong d) Russia a) SEBI b) NABARD d) Fino Payments Bank e) USA c) SIDBI d) CSIR e) Paytm Payments Bank Q.25) ______, the German bank, e) RBI Q.14) ______, Managing Director of announced that it is to pull out of global equities Q.35) The ______has formed a high Arohan Financial Services, is appointed as sales and trading, scale back investment banking. powered committee to urgently frame and the Chairman of Microfinance Institutions a) Bayerische Landesbank implement an emergency response plan for the Network (MFIN). b) HypoVereinsbank protection of the two Indian birds. a) Manick Gnana Kumar c) KFW Bankgruppe a) Union Cabinet b) Manoj Kumar Nambiar d) Deutsche Bank b) Supreme Court c) Mahendra Verma e) Norddeutsche Landesbank c) National Green Tribunal d) Mathru Rashmi Khan Q.26) New Delhi’s ______is the ninth d) Delhi High Court e) Mahesh Tripathi most expensive office location in the world; the e) Central Commission of Animal Welfare Q.15) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a annual report is done by CBRE. Q.36) The union cabinet approved the extension penalty of ______on four public sector a) Chandani Chowk of the term of 15th Finance Commission up to

______this year to finalise its c) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Andhra Pradesh with an over one billion USD recommendations for the period 2020-2025. d) Association International Investment Bank program. a) 30th November b) 01st December e) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bureau a) Hyderabad b) Vijayawada c) 31st August d) 30th October Q.47) NIBM, an autonomous academic institution, c) Visakhapatnam d) Tirupati e) 01st January is governed by a Board, its highest policy-making e) Amaravati Q.37) Union Health Ministry has signed a MoU body, the headquarters of NIBM is? Q.58) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a new with Ministries of Ayush, Defence and Railways to a) Kolkata, West Bengal report; ______state topped around strengthen the efforts towards a TB-Free India by b) Pune, Maharashtra 233 cases of ATM fraud in 2018-19. ______. c) Chennai, Tamilnadu a) Tamilnadu b) Gujarat a) 2020 b) 2030 d) Hyderabad, Telangana c) Kerala d) Maharashtra c) 2025 d) 2022 e) Mumbai, Maharashtra e) Karnataka e) 2027 Q.48) Government of ______and India’s Q.59) Finance Minister ______will chair Q.38) ______, the capital markets leading Bombay stock exchange (BSE) signed a the 36th meeting of the GST Council through regulator, has opposed the Centre’s proposal to MOU to encourage & support it’s micro, small & video conferencing in New Delhi. transfer surplus money to the Consolidated Fund medium enterprises (MSMEs) to raise capital. a) Nirmala Sitharaman b) Amit Shah of India (CFI). a) Haryana b) Jharkhand c) Piyush Goyal d) Suresh Prabhu a) RBI b) SEBI c) Tamilnadu d) Maharashtra e) Smriti Rani c) NABARD d) BRBNMPL e) Rajasthan Q.60) The RBI assigned Deputy Governor e) SIDBI Q.49) According to the London-based consultancy ______to run the monetary policy portfolio Q.39) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ______Brand Finance annual report, “Brand Finance after the resignation of fellow Deputy Governor scheme for providing free cooking gas connection India 100 2019”, ______becomes India’s Viral Acharya. to poor came in for appreciates from the most valuable brand for the second straight year. a) BP Kanungo b) SS Mundra International Energy Agency (IEA). a) Reliance b) LIC c) MK Jain d) NS Vishwanathan a) Uday b) Jan Dhan c) Infosys d) Tata e) FH Michael c) Mudra d) Jal Shakti e) ONGC Q.61) The National Payments Corporation of e) Ujjwala Q.50) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has India (NPCI) and JCB International, along with Q.40) The new e-challan system and the e- reduced India’s growth forecast for the current domestic banks launched ______JCB payment gateway for the use of ______Traffic financial year to ______earlier, it had Global Cards. Police, the scheme was launched by its Police announced a growth estimation of 7.2%. a) Mastercard b) Visa Commissioner Amulya Patnaik. a) 7.0% b) 6.9% c) RuPay d) Creditcard a) Chennai b) Kolkata c) 6.7% d) 7.1% e) Paymentcard c) Delhi d) Bangalore e) 6.5% Q.62) Industrial output growth slipped to e) Mumbai Q.51) Who is the present Chairman of India’s ______in May mainly on account of Q.41) Andhra Bank launched its AI (Artificial leading Bombay stock exchange (BSE)? subdued performance of mining and Intelligence) interactive assistant called a) Sumit Bose b) Umakant Jayaram manufacturing sectors. ______powered by Floatbot.ai at a c) Jayshree Vyas d) Vikramajit Sen a) 3.1 per cent b) 1.7 per cent function in Hyderabad, Telangana. e) Surya Nayagam c) 2.9 per cent d) 3.5 per cent a) ABHi b) SiMA Q.52) Asian Development Bank (ADB) sanctioned e) 2.3 per cent c) niAB d) GeeTH Rs 1,925 crore projects for up-gradation of power Q.63) ______, Managing Director of e) SWap generation and distribution in ______. State Bank of India has been appointed as MD Q.42) Minister of Commerce and Industry a) Jharkhand b) Tripura and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank. ______planned to launch the Global c) Uttarakhand d) Manipur a) Kaushi Ram b) Jaya Menon Innovation Index (GII) on July 24 in the presence e) Odisha c) Deepti Jay d) Anshula Kant of the WIPO. Q.53) American digital payments firm ______e) Barkavi Pillai a) Piyush Goyal b) Suresh Prabhu announced expansion of its India footprint with Q.64) ______is to impose a tax of up to c) Murali Manohar d) Prakash Javadekar the launch of the third global technology centre in €18 on plane tickets for all flights from airports in e) Ramvilas Paswan Hyderabad. its terminal to fund less-polluting transportation Q.43) An Inter-Ministerial Committee has a) Paytm b) DailyPay projects, effect from 2020. recommended ban on the ______in India and c) Hurry pay d) CreditDaily a) Germany b) Italy imposing fines and penalties for carrying on any e) PayPal c) Spain d) Greece activities connected with it. Q.54) The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019 e) France a) Share Market b) Crypto Currencies has been introduced in Lok Sabha was introduced Q.65) The RBI has imposed a fine of about 26 lakh c) Bullion Rupees d) Mutual Fund by the Union ______Minister Nirmala rupees on two online payment solutions e) Sovereign Gold bond Sitharaman. providers’ ______and ______for non- Q.44) Around 7 crore 32 lakh farmer families a) Home Affairs b) Defence compliance of regulatory guidelines. across the country received the first and second c) Commerce & Industry d) Finance a) Braintree and Amex installments of 2 thousand rupees under the e) Railways b) PayUmoney and Razorpay Pradhan Mantri ______Yojana. Q.55) World Bank would offer a loan c) Instamojo and E-Billing Solutions a) Krishi Sinchayee b) Jeevan Jyoti Bima of ______to the Kerala Government for d) Mobikwik and Hip Bar c) Kaushal Vikas d) Sukanya Samriddhi the Resilient Kerala project. e) DirecPay and Cashfree e) Kisan Samman Nidhi a) $100 million b) $150 million Q.66) Senior IAS officer ______will be the Q.45) FDI inflow has increased during the last six c) $175 million d) $200 million new Finance Secretary, the approval was given by years from 36.05 billion US Dollars in 2013-14 to e) $250 million the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. ______US Dollars in 2018-19, registering a Q.56) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a) Rajiv Kumar b) Mahesh Jain growth of 79%. fine on ______and ______for c) Rakesh Taman d) Arjun Vendhan a) 64.38 billion b) 57.17 billion violating IRAC, CRILC and cyber security e) Ram Bagawath c) 46.31 billion d) 33.35 billion framework guidelines. Q.67) PNB Housing Finance Ltd has raised e) 29.96 billion a) State Bank of India & Union Bank of India ______from International Finance Q.46) AIIB is a new multilateral financial b) Bank of Baroda & Oriental Bank of Commerce Corporation (IFC), a member of World Bank institution founded to bring countries together to c) Canara Bank & Indian Overseas Bank Group, to finance the purchase of affordable address the daunting infrastructure needs across d) Indian Bank & ICICI Bank housing projects. Asia, AIIB stands for? e) HDFC Bank & Central Bank of India a) $300 million b) $150 million a) Association Infrastructure Investment Bank Q.57) The World Bank dropped a loan proposal c) $200 million d) $100 million b) Asian International Investment Bank for ______project continues to support e) $250 million

Q.68) The maximum period of maturity d) Prof N Venkiteswaran Q.94) YONO is an integrated digital banking prescribed for Commercial Paper (CP) is? e) Dr Punita Kumar Sinha platform offered by State Bank of India a) 2 years b) 6 years Q.81) Who has been redesignated Kotak (SBI) YONO stands for? c) 3 years d) 1 year Mahindra Bank’s Managing Director and Chief a) You Only Need Only e) 5 year Executive Officer? b) You Only Never One Q.69) Which of the following Bank has signed a a) Prakash Apte b) S Mahendra Dev c) You Only Need One pact with the Bank of China to boost business c) Shankar Acharya d) Uday Kotak d) You Only Nation One opportunities recently? e) Uday Chander Khanna e) You Need Only One a) Indian Overseas Bank Q.82) HDFC Bank launched IRA 2.0, its Q.95) A micro enterprise is an enterprise where b) ICICI Bank interactive humanoid at the Koramangala Branch investment in plant and machinery does not c) Central Bank of India in ______exceed Rs. ______lakhs. d) State Bank of India a) Hyderabad b) Pune a) Rs. 20 lakhs b) Rs. 100 lakhs e) Bank of India c) Bengaluru. d) Mumbai c) Rs. 25 lakhs d) Rs. 35 lakhs Q.70) Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in? e) Delhi e) Rs. 50 lakh a) 1934 b) 1947 Q.83) Where is the headquarters of Oriental Q.96) Which of the following are not the Priority c) 1935 d) 1949 Bank of Commerce ? Sector categories? e) None of these a) Hyderabad b) Kolkata a) Education Q.71) RBI is headed by Governor and not more c) Chennai d) Haryana b) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises than ______Deputy Governors. e) Mumbai c) Housing a) Five b) Four Q.84) What is the abbreviation of SGL? d) Roadways c) Three d) Six e) Two a) Secured General Ledger e) Renewable energy sectors Q.72) The GST Council has decided to reduce GST b) System General Ledger Q.97) Fitch has lowered India's growth forecast to Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12% to c) Subsidiary General Ledger ______percent for the current fiscal ______d) Statistics General Ledger from 6.8 per cent projected earlier, as a) 7% b) 3% e) Scheduled General Ledger manufacturing and agriculture sectors showed c) 5% d) 6% e) 10% Q.85) _____ is the difference between the value signs of slowing down over the past year. Q.73) According to data released by the of a country’s imports and exports for a given a) 6.2 b) 6.4 government, Goods and Services Tax (GST) period. c) 6.60 d) 6.20 e) 6.70 collections narrowly missed crossing a) Capital Market b) Balance of Trade Q.98) The Number of regional offices of Reserve ______Rs. in June 2019 c) Balance of Payments d) Money Market Bank of India is? a) 2 lakh crore b) 4 lakh crore e) Letter of Credit a) 28 b) 31 c) 6 lakh crore d) 1 lakh crore Q.86) What is the abbrevation of FTA? c) 24 d) 27 e) 34 e) 3 lakh crore a) Foreign Truncated Agreement Q.99) Which organisation has sanctioned a Rs Q.74) Reserve Bank of India has constituted a b) Fluctuation Trade Agreement 1,925 crore project for upgradation of power Working Group of six members to Review c) Fund Trade Agreement generation and distribution in Tripura? Regulatory and Supervisory Framework for Core d) Fiscal Trade Agreement a) AIIB b) IMF Investment Companies Which is headed by? e) Foreign Trade Agreement c) World Bank d) ADB e) IFC a) A.K. Misra b) M. Viswanathan Q.87) KCC (Kisan Credit Card) was launched in Q.100) Name the company/bank, which has c) Tapan Roy d) Urijit Patel which year? agreed to offer Rs 1.25 trillion Line of Credit by e) Anshula kant a) 1989 b) 1998 2024, to fund highway projects. Q.75) Who has been appointed as the Director of c) 1999 d) 1982 a) BOB b) GIC Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) Q.88) When was the PMMY (Pradhan Mantri c) SIB d) LIC e) PNB for a period of three years? Mudra Yojana (PMMY) launched? a) Pravin Kumar Purwar a) 8th March 2015 b) 8th April 2015 b) Anupam Shrivastava c) 10th May 2015 d) 15th April 2015 ENGLISH VOCABULARY c) Nalin Shinghal Q.89) Aex is the stock exchange of which of the 1) latent d) Karnam Sekar. following countries? Meaning : (of a quality or state) existing but not e) B Harideesh Kumar a) India b) China yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed. Q.76) Who has been appointed as the additional c) Canada d) Brazilian Synonyms : inherent director on the board of Jammu and Kashmir by e) Amsterdam Antonyms : active RBI? Q.90) NASDAQ is the stock exchange of which of Example : “they have a huge reserve of latent a) Babu Narayanan. b) Basant Kumar Birla the following countries? talent” c) Nalin Shinghal. d) A K Misra a) Jakarta b) United states 2) prowess e) Sunil Kumar c) Mexican d) Hong Kong Meaning : skill or expertise in a particular activity Q.77) How much amount has been approved by e) French or field(n). the Union government for ‘Implementation of Q.91) BoP is the record of all international Synonyms : dexterity Agriculture Export Policy’ in 2019-20? financial transactions made by a country’s Antonyms : inability a) 296.95 crore b) 107.86 crore residents. What is the abbreviation of B in BoP? Example : “his prowess as a fisherman” c) 206.80 crore d) 269.25 crore a) Portfolio b) Paper 3) overwhelm e) 117.46 crore c) Price d) Payments Meaning : bury or drown beneath a huge mass of Q.78) Bank branches are established under e) Plan something, especially water(v). ______of Banking Regulations Q.92) Which of the following bank is all set to Tamil Meaning : a) Section 20 b) Section 21 invest a sum of Rs 80 billion in Nepal’s Arun-III 믂ழ்க羿த்鏁வி翁ம் c) Section 22 d) Section 23 hydropower project? Synonyms : deluge e) None of these a) Bank of Baroda b) Bank of India Antonyms : encourage Q.79) What is D in BSBDA? c) State Bank of India Example : “floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of a) Drawee b) Drawer d) Indian Bank e) UCO Bank houses” c) Deposit d) Debit Q.93) Ebix has announced the acquisition of 4) surmise e) None of these travel portal Yatra Online for $337.8 million Meaning : suppose that something is true without Q.80) Who is the Independent director general of recently. Ebix belongs to? having evidence to confirm it. FINO Payments Bank? a) USA b) UAE Synonyms : assumption a) Narendra Kumar Ambwani c) Russia d) Japan Antonyms : certainty b) Amit Jain e) Singapore Example : “he surmised that something must be c) Ganesh Natarajan wrong” 5) staking

Meaning : support (a plant) with a stake or cricket, golf, and other sports); a person’s 26) repossessed stakes(v). posture(n). Meaning : retake possession of (something) when Synonyms : paling a buyer defaults on payments. Tamil Meaning : நிறைப்பா翁 Antonyms : whole Synonyms : retake Synonyms : posture Example : “the gladioli were staked in gaudy Example : “565 homes were repossessed for non- Antonyms : ignore ranks” payment of mortgages” Example : “she altered her stance, resting all her 6) dwell 27) enacted weight on one leg” Meaning : think, speak, or write at length about Meaning : make (a bill or other proposal) law. 16) amidst (a particular subject, especially one that is a Meaning : surrounded by; in the middle of. Tamil Meaning : இயற்ைப்பட்ட鏁 source of unhappiness, anxiety, or Tamil Meaning : Synonyms : execute dissatisfaction)(v). Synonyms : betwixt Antonyms : hinder Synonyms : exist Example : “our dream home, set amid Example : “legislation was enacted to attract Antonyms : advance magnificent rolling countryside” international companies” Example : “I’ve got better things to do than dwell 17) precedent 28) truant on the past” Meaning : an earlier event or action that is Meaning : another way of saying play truant 7) deterrence regarded as an example or guide to be considered below. Meaning : the action of discouraging an action or in subsequent similar circumstances(n). Tamil Meaning : event through instilling doubt or fear of the ம ாம்மபைி Synonyms : criterion consequences(n). Synonyms : hooky Antonyms : beyond Synonyms : determent Example : “if my daughter had been truanting Example : “there are substantial precedents for Example : “nuclear missiles remain the from school I would have been informed” using interactive media in training” main deterrence against possible aggression” 29) tentacles 18) debilitated 8) indulge Meaning : something resembling a tentacle in Meaning : in a very weakened and infirm state. Meaning : allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of. shape or flexibility. Synonyms : enervated Tamil Meaning : Tamil Meaning : ஈ翁ப翁தல் Antonyms : active வி폁鏁 Synonyms : nourish Example : “a debilitated patient” Synonyms : limb Antonyms : deprive 19) consensus Example : “trailing tentacles of vapour” Example : “we indulged in a cream tea” Meaning : in a very weakened and infirm state. 30) fugitive 9) concern Synonyms : consent Meaning : a person who has escaped from Meaning : relate to; be about(v). Antonyms : denial captivity or is in hiding(n). Example : “a debilitated patient” Tamil Meaning : Tamil Meaning : அக்கறை தப்பிமயா羿ய 20) conflicts Synonyms : interest Synonyms : elusive Meaning : be incompatible or at variance; Antonyms : pastime Antonyms : lasting clash(v). Example : “the story concerns a friend of mine” Example : “fugitives from justice” 31) despite 10) amiss Tamil Meaning : மமாதல் Meaning : not quite right; inappropriate or out of Synonyms : combat Meaning : contemptuous treatment or behaviour; place(adj). Antonyms : truce outrage. Example : “parents’ and children’s interests Synonyms : against Tamil Meaning : ஒ폁ங்கற்쟁 sometimes conflict” Example : “the despite done by him to the holy Synonyms : improper 21) brink relics” Antonyms : proper Meaning : the extreme edge of land before a 32) recalcitrant Example : “there was something amiss about steep slope or a body or water. Meaning : having an obstinately uncooperative his calculations” attitude towards authority or discipline. 11) plank Tamil Meaning : விளிம்பில் Synonyms : obstinate Meaning : a fundamental point of a political or Synonyms : fringe Antonyms : compliant other programme(n). Antonyms : middle Example : “a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year- Synonyms : platform Example : “the brink of the cliffs” olds” Example : “the central plank of the bill is the curb 22) imperilling 33) perished on industrial polluters” Meaning : put at risk of being harmed, injured, or Meaning : (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal 12) reverberations destroyed(v). qualities; rot or decay. Meaning : prolongation of a sound; Synonyms : compromise Synonyms : crumble resonance(n). Antonyms : assist Antonyms : appear Synonyms : consequence Example : “they advised against tax increases for Example : “an abandoned tyre whose rubber had Antonyms : silences fear of imperilling the recovery” perished” Example : “electronic effects have been added, 23) prodded 34) cumulative such as echo and reverberation” Meaning : poke with a finger, foot, or pointed Meaning : increasing or increased in quantity, 13) recognise object(v). degree, or force by successive additions. Meaning : acknowledge the existence, validity, or Synonyms : nudge Tamil Meaning : legality of. Antonyms : dissuade ஒட்翁மமாத்த Synonyms : acknowledge Example : “he prodded her in the ribs” Synonyms : aggregate Antonyms : ignore 24) rescue Antonyms : decreasing Example : “the defence is recognized in British Meaning : save (someone) from a dangerous or Example : “the cumulative effect of two years of law” difficult situation(v). drought” 14) blatant Synonyms : recovery 35) litigated Meaning : (of bad behaviour) done openly and Antonyms : failure Meaning : resort to legal action to settle a matter; unashamedly(adj). Example : “firemen rescued a man trapped in the be involved in a lawsuit. river” Synonyms : prosecute Tamil Meaning : அப்பட்டமான 25) Scavengers Antonyms : agree Synonyms : flagrant Meaning : an animal that feeds on carrion, dead Example : “the plaintiff is prepared to litigate” Antonyms : concealed plant material, or refuse. 36) prosecute Example : “blatant lies” Meaning : institute or conduct legal proceedings 15) stance Tamil Meaning : 鏁ப்ꯁைퟁ against (a person or organization). Meaning : the way in which someone stands, Synonyms : scrounge Tamil Meaning : especially when deliberately adopted (as in Example : “carcasses are usually quickly disposed ட்ட쏀தியாக of by scavengers” Synonyms : reclaimed

Antonyms : arraign Antonyms : moral 57) resolute Example : “they were prosecuted for obstructing Example : “menial factory jobs” Meaning : admirably purposeful, determined, and the highway” 47) spur unwavering. 37) reluctant Meaning : a thing that prompts or encourages Synonyms : adamant Meaning : unwilling and hesitant; disinclined. someone; an incentive. Antonyms : agreeable Synonyms : actuation Example : “he was resolute in his fight to uphold Tamil Meaning : தயக்கம் Antonyms : deterrent liberal values” Synonyms : averse Example : “wars act as a spur to practical 58) endorsed Antonyms : careless invention” Meaning : declare one’s public approval or Example : “today, many ordinary people are still 48) disincentives support of. reluctant to talk about politics” Meaning : a factor, especially a financial Synonyms : approved 38) innovation disadvantage, that discourages a particular Antonyms : cancelled Meaning : the action or process of innovating. action. Example : “the report was endorsed by the Tamil Meaning : கண்翁பி羿ப்ꯁ Synonyms : hindrance college” Synonyms : contraption Antonyms : benefit 59) massacre Antonyms : stagnation Example : “spiralling house prices are beginning Meaning : an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter Example : “innovation is crucial to the continuing to act as a disincentive to development” of many people. success of any organization” 49) mitigated Synonyms : carnage 39) indigenous Meaning : make (something bad) less severe, Antonyms : protection Meaning : originating or occurring naturally in a serious, or painful. Example : “reports of massacres by government particular place; native. troops” Tamil Meaning : மட்翁ப்ப翁த்தப்ப翁கிை鏁 Tamil Meaning : 60) rampage உள்நாட்翁 Synonyms : alleviate Meaning : (especially of a large group of people) Synonyms : endemic Antonyms : aggravate move through a place in a violent and Antonyms : alien Example : “drainage schemes have helped to uncontrollable manner. Example : “the indigenous peoples of Siberia” mitigate this problem” 40) sanitation 50) massive Tamil Meaning : ஈ翁ப翁கிைார் Meaning : conditions relating to public health, Meaning : large and heavy or solid. Synonyms : binge especially the provision of clean drinking water Synonyms : enormous Antonyms : harmony and adequate sewage disposal. Antonyms : dwarfed Example : “several thousand demonstrators Tamil Meaning : 鏁ப்ꯁரퟁ Example : “a massive rampart of stone” rampaged through the city” Synonyms : hygiene 51) precedent 61) maiming Antonyms : dirtiness Meaning : an earlier event or action that is Meaning : wound or injure (a person or animal) Example : “they could afford to erect new regarded as an example or guide to be considered so that part of the body is permanently damaged. dwellings with a reasonable standard of in subsequent similar circumstances. Synonyms : castrate construction and sanitation” Antonyms : assist Tamil Meaning : 믁ன்மனா羿 Example : “100,000 soldiers were killed or 41) regime Synonyms : criterion maimed” Meaning : a government, especially an Antonyms : after 62) affirmed authoritarian one. Example : “there are substantial precedents for Meaning : state emphatically or publicly. Synonyms : administration using interactive media in training” Antonyms : anarchy 52) prudent Tamil Meaning : காயப்ப翁த்鏁வதி쯁ம் Example : “ideological opponents of the regime” Meaning : acting with or showing care and Synonyms : confirm 42) spelt thought for the future. Antonyms : forget Meaning : be a sign or characteristic of. Example : “he affirmed the country’s commitment Tamil Meaning : விமவக믁ள்ள Synonyms : indicate to peace” Synonyms : cautious Antonyms : abuse 63) rampage Antonyms : careless Example : “she had the chic, efficient look that Meaning : (especially of a large group of people) Example : “no prudent money manager would spells Milan” move through a place in a violent and authorize a loan without first knowing its 43) subsidy uncontrollable manner. purpose” Meaning : a sum of money granted by the state Synonyms : destruction 53) lethality or a public body to help an industry or business Antonyms : calm Meaning : the capacity to cause death or serious keep the price of a commodity or service low. Example : “several thousand demonstrators harm or damage. Synonyms : assistance rampaged through the city” Synonyms : necrosis Antonyms : forfeit 64) deterrent Antonyms : survival Example : “a farm subsidy” Meaning : a thing that discourages or is intended Example : “embryonic lethality observed in mice 44) reliability to discourage someone from doing something. with a mutation” Meaning : the quality of being trustworthy or of 54) alacrity Tamil Meaning : performing consistently well(n). தறடயாக Meaning : brisk and cheerful readiness. Synonyms : hindrance Tamil Meaning : நம்பகத்தன்றம Synonyms : alertness Antonyms : assistance Synonyms : accuracy Antonyms : coolness Example : “cameras are a major deterrent Antonyms : falsehood Example : “she accepted the invitation with to crime” Example : “the car’s background gives me every alacrity” 65) prompt confidence in its reliability” 55) imposing Meaning : (of an event or fact) cause or bring 45) indebtedness Meaning : grand and impressive in appearance. about (an action or feeling). Meaning : the condition of owing money(n). Synonyms : imperial Tamil Meaning : உடன羿யாக Tamil Meaning : Antonyms : ignoble கடன்பட்ட Synonyms : efficient Example : “an imposing 17th-century manor Synonyms : liability Antonyms : delayed house” Antonyms : asset Example : “the violence prompted a wave of 56) acclaim Example : “the industry is taking steps to reduce refugees to flee the country” Meaning : praise enthusiastically and publicly. indebtedness and cut costs” 66) relevant Synonyms : applause 46) menial Meaning : closely connected or appropriate to Antonyms : criticism Meaning : (of work) not requiring much skill and what is being done or considered(adj). Example : “the conference was acclaimed as a lacking prestige(adj). Synonyms : applicable considerable success” Synonyms : boring Antonyms : improper

Example : “what small companies need is Synonyms : adverse Example : “he had been deposed by a military relevant advice” Antonyms : aiding coup” 67) implement Example : “a hostile audience” 89) prosecution Meaning : a tool, utensil, or other piece of 78) gratifying Meaning : the institution and conducting of legal equipment that is used for a particular purpose. Meaning : give (someone) pleasure or proceedings against someone in respect of a Synonyms : appliance satisfaction(v). criminal charge. Antonyms : exempt Synonyms : pursuit Tamil Meaning : தி쏁ப்திப்ப翁த்த Example : “garden implements” Antonyms : defeat Synonyms : enchant 68) enacting Example : “the organizers are facing prosecution Antonyms : depress Meaning : make (a bill or other proposal) law(v). for noise nuisance”. Example : “she was gratified to see the shock in 90) cadre Tamil Meaning : மமம்ப翁த்திய鏁 Jim’s eyes” Meaning : a small group of people specially Synonyms : execute 79) perverse trained for a particular purpose or profession(n). Antonyms : prevent Meaning : contrary to the accepted or expected Synonyms : organization Example : “legislation was enacted to attract standard or practice(adj). Antonyms : edge international companies” Synonyms : wicked Example : “a cadre of professional managers” 69) impact Antonyms : agreeable 91) intent Meaning : the action of one object coming forcibly Example : “in two general elections the outcome Meaning : determined to do (something). into contact with another. was quite perverse” 80) acquittal Tamil Meaning : மநாக்கம் Tamil Meaning : தாக்கம் Meaning : a judgement or verdict that a person is Synonyms : decided Synonyms : crunch not guilty of the crime with which they have been Antonyms : flexible Antonyms : failure charged(n). Example : “the government was intent on Example : “there was the sound of a third impact” Synonyms : clearance achieving greater efficiency” 70) incur Antonyms : hiring 92) apposite Meaning : become subject to (something Example : “the trial resulted in an acquittal” Meaning : apt in the circumstances or in relation unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one’s 81) allegiance to something. own behaviour or actions. Meaning : loyalty or commitment to a superior or Synonyms : arouse Tamil Meaning : தகுதியான to a group or cause. Antonyms : forfeit Synonyms : germane Synonyms : adherence Example : “I will pay any expenses incurred” Antonyms : inappropriate Antonyms : dishonor 71) precision Example : “an apposite quotation” Example : “those wishing to receive citizenship Meaning : the quality, condition, or fact of being 93) revealed must swear allegiance to the republic” exact and accurate(n). Meaning : make (previously unknown or secret 82) claimed Synonyms : rigor information) known to others. Meaning : formally request or demand; say that Antonyms : disregard Synonyms : announce one owns or has earned (something). Example : “the deal was planned and executed Antonyms : conceal Synonyms : assert with military precision” Example : “Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie’s Antonyms : abandon 72) enactment whereabouts” Example : “if no one claims the items, they will Meaning : the process of passing legislation. 94) flimsy become Crown property” Synonyms : depiction Meaning : insubstantial and easily damaged. 83) fraternity Antonyms : neglect Synonyms : decrepit Meaning : a group of people sharing a common Example : “the enactment of equal pay Antonyms : heavy profession or interests. legislation” Example : “a flimsy barrier” Synonyms : sorority 73) pile 95) tampering Example : “members of the hunting fraternity” Meaning : a heap of things laid or lying one on Meaning : interfere with (something) in order to 84) outrage top of another. cause damage or make unauthorized alterations. Meaning : an extremely strong reaction of anger, Synonyms : assortment Tamil Meaning : shock, or indignation(n). ம தப்ப翁த்திய Antonyms : ditch Synonyms : violence Synonyms : meddle Example : “he placed the books in a neat pile” Antonyms : favor Antonyms : improve 74) estimates Example : “her voice trembled with outrage” Example : “someone tampered with the brakes of Meaning : roughly calculate or judge the value, 85) substantially my car” number, quantity, or extent of. Meaning : to a great or significant extent. 96) enormous Tamil Meaning : மதிப்பீ翁கள் Meaning : very large in size, quantity, or Tamil Meaning : Synonyms : estimation கணி மாக extent(adj). Synonyms : essentially Antonyms : ignorance Tamil Meaning : Antonyms : slightly மகத்தான Example : “the aim is to estimate the effects of Example : “profits grew substantially” Synonyms : excessive macroeconomic policy on the economy” 86) feuding Antonyms : miniature 75) resolve Meaning : be engaged in a prolonged and bitter Example : “enormous sums of money” Meaning : settle or find a solution to (a problem quarrel or dispute(v). 97) indicative or contentious matter)(v). Synonyms : bickering Meaning : serving as a sign or indication of Synonyms : firmness Antonyms : accord something. Antonyms : wavering Example : “Hoover feuded with the CIA for Synonyms : ominous Example : “the firm aims to resolve problems decades” Antonyms : concealing within 30 days” 87) hirelings Example : “having recurrent dreams is not 76) nexus Meaning : a person employed to do menial work. necessarily indicative of any psychological Meaning : a connection or series of connections Synonyms : aide problem” linking two or more things. Example : “the poorly paid hirelings in their 98) intimidation Synonyms : core shabby clothes” Meaning : serving as a sign or indication of Antonyms : exterior 88) deposing something. Example : “the nexus between industry and Meaning : remove from office suddenly and Synonyms : suggestive political power” forcefully. Example : “having recurrent dreams is not 77) hostile Synonyms : dismiss necessarily indicative of any psychological Meaning : showing or feeling opposition or dislike; Antonyms : allow problem” unfriendly. 99) prevailed

Meaning : prove more powerful or superior. Example : “he had been deposed by a military Synonyms : oppose Synonyms : prove coup” Antonyms : accept Antonyms : forfeit 110) lethal Example : “both firms deny any responsibility for Example : “it is hard for logic to prevail Meaning : sufficient to cause death. the tragedy” over emotion” Synonyms : destructive 121) diverse 100) sordid Antonyms : harmless Meaning : showing a great deal of variety; very Meaning : involving immoral or dishonourable Example : “a lethal cocktail of drink and pills” different. actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and 111) apposite Synonyms : disparate contempt(adj). Meaning : apt in the circumstances or in relation Antonyms : conforming Synonyms : nasty to something(adj). Example : “a culturally diverse population” Antonyms : reputable 122) Despite Tamil Meaning : தகுதியான Example : “the story paints a sordid picture of Meaning : contemptuous treatment or behaviour; Synonyms : relevant bribes and scams” outrage. Antonyms : inappropriate 101) nexus Example : “an apposite quotation” Tamil Meaning : இ쏁ந்தமபாதி쯁ம் Meaning : a connection or series of connections 112) hostile Synonyms : although linking two or more things(n). Meaning : showing or feeling opposition or dislike; Antonyms : exalt Synonyms : connection unfriendly(adj). Example : “the despite done by him to the holy Antonyms : exterior Synonyms : adverse relics” Example : “the nexus between industry and Antonyms : aiding 123) recuperate political power” Example : “a hostile audience” Meaning : recover from illness or exertion. 102) gratifying 113) revealed Synonyms : convalesce Meaning : giving pleasure or satisfaction(adj). Meaning : make (previously unknown or secret Antonyms : deteriorate Synonyms : delightful information) known to others(n). Example : “she has been recuperating from a Antonyms : disagreeable Tamil Meaning : knee injury” Example : “the results were gratifying” மவளிப்ப翁த்தினார் 124) looming 103) aside Synonyms : concede Meaning : appear as a vague form, especially one Meaning : a remark or passage in a play that is Antonyms : contradict that is large or threatening. intended to be heard by the audience but unheard Example : “Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie’s Synonyms : imminent by the other characters in the play(n). whereabouts” Antonyms : distant Synonyms : alone 114) forensic Example : “vehicles loomed out of the darkness” Antonyms : middle Meaning : relating to or denoting the application 125) reinforced Example : “Shakespeare’s use of asides and of scientific methods and techniques to the Meaning : strengthen or support (an object or soliloquies” investigation of crime. substance), especially with additional material. 104) acquittal Synonyms : debatable Tamil Meaning : Meaning : a judgement or verdict that a person is Antonyms : theoretical வ쯁ப்ப翁த்திய鏁 not guilty of the crime with which they have been Example : “forensic evidence” Synonyms : fortified charged. 115) tampering Example : “the helmet has been reinforced with a Meaning : interfere with (something) in order to double layer of cork” Tamil Meaning : வி翁தறை cause damage or make unauthorized alterations. 126) asserted Synonyms : amnesty Tamil Meaning : Meaning : state a fact or belief confidently and Antonyms : hiring ம தப்ப翁த்திய forcefully. Example : “the trial resulted in an acquittal” Synonyms : tinker Synonyms : affirm 105) claimed Antonyms : improve Antonyms : conceal Meaning : state or assert that something is the Example : “someone tampered with the brakes of Example : “the company asserts that the cuts will case, typically without providing evidence or my car” not affect development” proof. 116) wielded 127) contender Synonyms : assert Meaning : hold and use (a weapon or tool). Meaning : a person or group competing with Antonyms : desert Tamil Meaning : ம ல்வாக்கு others to achieve something. Example : “the Prime Minister claimed that he Synonyms : employ Synonyms : adversary was concerned about Third World debt” Antonyms : misuse Antonyms : associate 106) fraternity Example : “a masked raider wielding a handgun” Example : “a presidential contender” Meaning : a group of people sharing a common 117) enormous 128) contest profession or interests. Meaning : very large in size, quantity, or extent. Meaning : an event in which people compete for Tamil Meaning : Tamil Meaning : மகத்தான supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a Synonyms : sorority Synonyms : excessive quality. Antonyms : hostility Antonyms : common Synonyms : sport Example : “members of the hunting fraternity” Example : “enormous sums of money” Antonyms : agreement 107) feuding 118) denied Example : “a tennis contest” Meaning :be engaged in a prolonged and bitter Meaning : state that one refuses to admit the 129) refrained quarrel or dispute. truth or existence of. Meaning : stop oneself from doing something. Synonyms : conflict Synonyms : contradict Tamil Meaning : Antonyms : accord தவிர்த்鏁 Antonyms : support Example : “Hoover feuded with the CIA for Synonyms : abstain Example : “both firms deny any responsibility for decades” Antonyms : continue the tragedy” 108) hostile Example : “she refrained from comment” 119) sordid Meaning : showing or feeling opposition or dislike; 130) sought Meaning : involving immoral or dishonourable unfriendly. Meaning : attempt or desire to obtain or achieve actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and Synonyms : adverse (something). contempt. Antonyms : aiding Synonyms : desired Synonyms : sleazy Example : “a hostile audience” Antonyms : outcast Antonyms : decent 109) deposing Example : “the new regime sought his Example : “the story paints a sordid picture of Meaning : remove from office suddenly and extradition” bribes and scams” forcefully. 131) gesture 120) denying Synonyms : dethrone Meaning : state that one refuses to admit the Antonyms : allow truth or existence of. ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 41 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019|

Meaning : a movement of part of the body, Example : “a formidable opponent” Synonyms : discharge especially a hand or the head, to express an idea 142) rarely Antonyms : accuse or meaning. Meaning : remarkably well. Example : “she was acquitted on all counts” Synonyms : expression Synonyms : barely 153) avenge Antonyms : speech Antonyms : frequently Meaning : inflict harm in return for (an injury or Example : “Alex made a gesture of apology” Example : “you can write rarely now, after all your wrong done to oneself or another). 132) intact schooling” Synonyms : vindicate Meaning : not damaged or impaired in any way; 143) anxious Antonyms : comfort complete. Meaning : feeling or showing worry, nervousness, Example : “he vowed in silent fervour to avenge Synonyms : perfect or unease about something with an uncertain their murders” Antonyms : broken outcome. 154) revealed Example : “the church was almost in ruins but its Synonyms : afraid Meaning : make (previously unknown or secret tower remained intact” Antonyms : brave information) known to others. 133) assertion Example : “she was extremely anxious about her Tamil Meaning : மவளிப்ப翁த்தினார் Meaning : a confident and forceful statement of exams” Synonyms : affirm fact or belief. 144) evasive Antonyms : conceal Meaning : tending to avoid commitment or self- Tamil Meaning : வைி뿁쟁த்தல் Example : “Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie’s revelation, especially by responding only Synonyms : contention whereabouts” indirectly. Antonyms : desertion 155) confession Synonyms : deceptive Example : “his assertion that his father had Meaning : a formal statement admitting that one Antonyms : definite deserted the family” is guilty of a crime. Example : “she was evasive about her phone 134) discomfiting Synonyms : assertion number” Meaning : make (someone) feel uneasy or Antonyms : denial 145) upsurge embarrassed. Example : “he signed a confession to both the Meaning : an upward surge in the strength or Synonyms : disconcert murders” quantity of something; an increase. Antonyms : assist 156) retraction Synonyms : recovery Example : “he was not noticeably discomfited by Meaning : the action of drawing something back Antonyms : downturn her tone” or back in. Example : “an upsurge in vandalism and violent 135) debacle Synonyms : disclaimer crime” Meaning : a sudden and ignominious failure; a Antonyms : confirmation 146) acquittal fiasco. Example : “prey are grasped between the jaws Meaning : a judgement or verdict that a person is Tamil Meaning : upon tongue retraction” ப翁வ ீழ்ச் ி not guilty of the crime with which they have been 157) hostile Synonyms : collapse charged. Meaning : showing or feeling opposition or dislike; Antonyms : attainment Synonyms : clearance unfriendly. Example : “the only man to reach double figures Antonyms : conviction Tamil Meaning : in the second-innings debacle” Example : “the trial resulted in an acquittal” விமராதமாக 136) endemic 147) travesty Synonyms : contrary Meaning : (of a disease or condition) regularly Meaning : a false, absurd, or distorted Antonyms : helpful found among particular people or in a certain representation of something. Example : “a hostile audience” area. Synonyms : distortion 158) conviction Synonyms : regional Antonyms : seriousness Meaning : a formal declaration by the verdict of a Antonyms : exotic Example : “the absurdly lenient sentence is a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law Example : “complacency is endemic in industry travesty of justice” that someone is guilty of a criminal offence. today” 148) heinous Tamil Meaning : தண்டறன 137) outbreak Meaning : (of a person or wrongful act, especially Synonyms : feeling Meaning : a sudden occurrence of something a crime) utterly odious or wicked. Antonyms : distrust unwelcome, such as war or disease. Tamil Meaning : Example : “she had a previous conviction for a Synonyms : eruption மகா羿ய Synonyms : abhorrent similar offence” Antonyms : calm Antonyms : delightful 159) swept Example : “the outbreak of World War II” Example : “a battery of heinous crimes” Meaning : clean (an area) by brushing away dirt 138) prevent 149) evoke or litter. Meaning : keep (something) from happening. Meaning : bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or Synonyms : brush Synonyms : avoid image) to the conscious mind. Antonyms : dirty Antonyms : allow Example : “I’ve swept the floor” Example : “action must be taken to prevent Tamil Meaning : வ쏁வதற்காக 160) embrace further accidents” Synonyms : conjure Meaning : hold (someone) closely in one’s arms, 139) merely Antonyms : deaden especially as a sign of affection. Meaning : just; only. Example : “the sight evoked pleasant memories Synonyms : grasp Synonyms : hardly of his childhood” Antonyms : free Antonyms : indefinitely 150) resolve Example : “Aunt Sophie embraced her warmly” Example : “Gary, a silent boy, merely nodded” Meaning : settle or find a solution to (a problem 161) curtailed 140) hitch or contentious matter)(v). Meaning : reduce in extent or quantity; impose a Meaning : move (something) into a different Synonyms : firmness restriction on. position with a jerk. Antonyms : weakness Synonyms : decrease Synonyms : impediment Example : “the firm aims to resolve problems Antonyms : develop Antonyms : assistance within 30 days” Example : “civil liberties were further curtailed” Example : “she hitched up her skirt and ran” 151) probe 162) precluded 141) formidable Meaning : a thorough investigation into a crime Meaning : prevent from happening; make Meaning : inspiring fear or respect through being or other matter. impossible. impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable. Synonyms : exploration Tamil Meaning : Example : “a probe into city hall corruption” விைக்கி Tamil Meaning : வல்ைறமமிக்க 152) acquitted Synonyms : cease Synonyms : dangerous Meaning : free (someone) from a criminal charge Antonyms : assist Antonyms : calm by a verdict of not guilty.

Example : “the secret nature of his work Synonyms : authority Tamil Meaning : ிறதத்鏁 precluded official recognition” Antonyms : inability Synonyms : disfigure 163) diplomatic Example : “he swayed slightly on his feet” Antonyms : preserve Meaning : of or concerning diplomacy. 173) reveal Example : “a grimace distorted her mouth” Meaning : make (previously unknown or secret Tamil Meaning : 鏂தரக 183) aftermath information) known to others. Synonyms : gracious Meaning : the consequences or after-effects of a Antonyms : rude Tamil Meaning : மவளிப்ப翁த்த significant unpleasant event. Example : “diplomatic relations with Britain were Synonyms : concede Synonyms : impact broken” Antonyms : conceal Antonyms : source 164) plunge Example : “Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie’s Example : “food prices soared in the aftermath Meaning : jump or dive quickly and energetically. whereabouts” of the drought” 174) endorse 184) indiscretion Tamil Meaning : வ ீழ்ச் ி Meaning : declare one’s public approval or Meaning : behaviour or speech that is indiscreet Synonyms : submersion support of. or displays a lack of good judgement. Antonyms : ascent Synonyms : approve Synonyms : miscue Example : “our little daughters whooped as Antonyms : attack Antonyms : correction they plunged into the sea” Example : “the report was endorsed by the Example : “he knew himself all too prone to 165) estimates college” indiscretion” Meaning : roughly calculate or judge the value, 175) impression 185) deploy number, quantity, or extent of. Meaning : an idea, feeling, or opinion about Meaning : move (troops or equipment) into Synonyms : appraisal something or someone, especially one formed position for military action. Antonyms : ignorance without conscious thought or on the basis of little Synonyms : expand Example : “the aim is to estimate the effects of evidence. Antonyms : conclude macroeconomic policy on the economy” Synonyms : impact Example : “forces were deployed at strategic 166) distinctive Antonyms : beginning locations” Meaning : characteristic of one person or thing, Example : “his first impressions of Manchester 186) regime and so serving to distinguish it from others(adj). were very positive” Meaning : a government, especially an Tamil Meaning : தனித்鏁வமான 176) intact authoritarian one. Synonyms : weird Meaning : not damaged or impaired in any way; Synonyms : reign Antonyms : normal complete. Antonyms : disorder Example : “juniper berries give gin its distinctive Tamil Meaning : Example : “ideological opponents of the regime” flavour” Synonyms : unbroken 187) excluding 167) regimes Antonyms : broken Meaning : not taking someone or something into Meaning : a government, especially an Example : “the church was almost in ruins but its account; except. authoritarian one. tower remained intact” Synonyms : refuse Tamil Meaning : 177) perception Antonyms : accept Synonyms : reign Meaning : the ability to see, hear, or become Example : “the holiday cost £180, excluding Example : “ideological opponents of the regime” aware of something through the senses. accommodation” 168) blaming Synonyms : attention 188) fewer Meaning : feel or declare that (someone or Antonyms : ignorance Meaning : used to emphasize how small a number something) is responsible for a fault or wrong. Example : “the normal limits to human of people or things is. Synonyms : charge perception” Synonyms : scattering Antonyms : absolve 178) garner Antonyms : useful Example : “the inquiry blamed the train driver Meaning : gather or collect (something, especially Example : “he had few friends” for the accident” information or approval). 189) pursuit 169) despite Synonyms : reap Meaning : the action of pursuing someone or Meaning : contemptuous treatment or behaviour; Antonyms : disperse something. outrage. Example : “the police struggled to garner Synonyms : hunt Tamil Meaning : மபாதி쯁ம் sufficient evidence” Antonyms : retreat Synonyms : against 179) infuse Example : “the cat crouched in the grass in Antonyms : spite Meaning : fill; pervade. pursuit of a bird” Example : “the despite done by him to the holy 190) afflictions Tamil Meaning : உட்ம 쯁த்த Meaning : a cause of pain or harm. relics” Synonyms : impart Synonyms : disorder 170) variant Antonyms : discourage Antonyms : benefit Meaning : a form or version of something that Example : “her work is infused with an anger born Example : “a crippling affliction of the nervous differs in some respect from other forms of the of pain and oppression” system” same thing or from a standard. 180) implications 191) insulate Tamil Meaning : மா쟁பா翁 Meaning : the conclusion that can be drawn from Meaning : protect (something) by interposing Synonyms : derived something although it is not explicitly stated. material that prevents the loss of heat or the Antonyms : agreeing Tamil Meaning : தாக்கங்கள் intrusion of sound. Example : “clinically distinct variants of malaria” Synonyms : connotation Synonyms : seclude 171) reinforce Antonyms : proof Antonyms : mingle Meaning : strengthen or support (an object or Example : “the implication is that no one person Example : “insulate and draught-proof your substance), especially with additional material. at the bank is responsible” home” Tamil Meaning : வ쯁ப்ப翁த்鏁ம் 181) prevailing 192) restrained Synonyms : bolster Meaning : existing at a particular time; current. Meaning : characterized by reserve or Antonyms : diminish Tamil Meaning : நிைퟁம் moderation; unemotional or dispassionate. Example : “the helmet has been reinforced with a Synonyms : uncommon Tamil Meaning : கட்翁ப்ப翁த்鏁ம் double layer of cork” Antonyms : predominant Synonyms : discreet 172) sway Example : “the unfavourable prevailing economic Antonyms : extroverted Meaning : move or cause to move slowly or conditions” Example : “his restrained, gentlemanly voice” rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side 182) distort 193) sceptics to side. Meaning : pull or twist out of shape.

Meaning : a person inclined to question or doubt 204) envisaged Example : “they came here to seek shelter from accepted opinions. Meaning : contemplate or conceive of as a biting winter winds” Synonyms : dissenter possibility or a desirable future event. 215) distinct Antonyms : believer Synonyms : conceive Meaning : readily distinguishable by the senses. 194) contribute Example : “the Rome Treaty envisaged free Synonyms : definite Meaning : give (something, especially money) in movement across frontiers” Antonyms : indistinct order to help achieve or provide something. 205) elusive Example : “a distinct smell of nicotine” Synonyms : devote Meaning : difficult to find, catch, or achieve. 216) enacted Antonyms : hold Synonyms : subtle Meaning : make (a bill or other proposal) law(v). Example : “taxpayers had contributed £141.8 Antonyms : definite Synonyms : execute million towards the cost of local services” Example : “success will become ever more Antonyms : hinder 195) contest elusive” Example : “legislation was enacted to attract Meaning : an event in which people compete for 206) enacting international companies” supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a Meaning : make (a bill or other proposal) law. 217) barring quality. Meaning : except for; if not for. Tamil Meaning : மமம்ப翁த்திய鏁 Synonyms : excepting Tamil Meaning : மபாட்羿 Synonyms : execute Example : “barring accidents, we should win” Synonyms : match Antonyms : hinder 218) eminent Antonyms : agreement Example : “legislation was enacted to attract Meaning : (of a positive quality) present to a Example : “a tennis contest” international companies” notable degree. 196) outfits 207) concerned Synonyms : esteemed Meaning : provide with a set of clothes. Meaning : worried, troubled, or anxious. Antonyms : inferior Synonyms : apparatus Synonyms : distressed Example : “the book’s scholarship and eminent Antonyms : individuals Antonyms : composed readability” Example : “warders outfitted in special suits” Example : “the villagers are concerned about 219) awaiting 197) stark burglaries” Meaning : (of an event or circumstance) be in Meaning : severe or bare in appearance or 208) disputed store for (someone). outline. Meaning : argue about (something). Synonyms : pending Tamil Meaning : Tamil Meaning : 믁ற்ைி쯁ம் பிரச் ிறனக்கு쎿ய Antonyms : doubt Synonyms : blunt Synonyms : contend Example : “many dangers await them” Antonyms : covered Antonyms : agree 220) pertained Example : “the ridge formed a stark silhouette Example : “the point has been much disputed” Meaning : be appropriate, related, or applicable against the sky” 209) imposed to(v). 198) scarce Meaning : force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) Synonyms : relate Meaning : (especially of food, money, or some on someone. Antonyms : disconnect other resource) insufficient for the demand. Tamil Meaning : திணிக்கப்பட்ட Example : “matters pertaining to the organization Tamil Meaning : பற்ைாக்குறை Synonyms : establish of government” Synonyms : deficient Antonyms : disorder 221) verdict Antonyms : adequate Example : “the decision was theirs and was Meaning : a decision on an issue of fact in a civil Example : “as raw materials became scarce, not imposed on them by others” or criminal case or an inquest. synthetics were developed” 210) stance Synonyms : decree 199) stalled Meaning : the way in which someone stands, Antonyms : accusation Meaning : stop or cause to stop making progress. especially when deliberately adopted (as in Example : “the jury returned a verdict of not Synonyms : interrupt cricket, golf, and other sports); a person’s guilty” Antonyms : aid posture. 222) viable Example : “his career had stalled, hers taken off” Meaning : capable of working successfully; Tamil Meaning : நிறைப்பா翁 200) patronage feasible. Synonyms : posture Meaning : the support given by a patron Antonyms : truancy Tamil Meaning : ாத்தியமான Tamil Meaning : Example : “she altered her stance, resting all her Synonyms : feasible Synonyms : auspices weight on one leg” Antonyms : impossible Antonyms : blockage 211) prevailing Example : “the proposed investment was Example : “the arts could no longer depend on Meaning : existing at a particular time; current. economically viable” private patronage” 223) besides Tamil Meaning : நிைퟁம் 201) accelerating Meaning : in addition; as well. Meaning : increase in rate, amount, or extent. Synonyms : prevalent Antonyms : limited Tamil Meaning : தவிர Tamil Meaning : 믁翁க்கி Example : “the unfavourable prevailing economic Synonyms : beyond Synonyms : advance conditions” Antonyms : better Antonyms : block 212) posture Example : “I’m capable of doing the work, and a Example : “inflation started to accelerate” Meaning : the position in which someone holds lot more besides” 202) backdrop their body when standing or sitting. 224) impact Meaning : lie behind or beyond; serve as a Synonyms : aspect Meaning : the action of one object coming forcibly background to. Example : “I got out of the car in an alert posture” into contact with another. Tamil Meaning : 213) invocations பின்னணியில் Tamil Meaning : தாக்கம் Synonyms : scenery Meaning : the action of invoking someone or Synonyms : brunt Example : “the rolling hills that backdropped our something. Antonyms : avoidance camp” Synonyms : appeal Example : “there was the sound of a third impact” 203) conflict Antonyms : revocation 225) aggression Meaning : be incompatible or at variance; clash. Example : “his invocation of the ancient powers Meaning : feelings of anger or antipathy resulting of Callanish” Tamil Meaning : மமாதல் in hostile or violent behaviour; readiness to attack 214) sought Synonyms : clash or confront. Meaning : attempt to find (something). Antonyms : truce Tamil Meaning : ஆக்கிரமிப்ꯁ Tamil Meaning : Example : “parents’ and children’s interests 믁யன்쟁 Synonyms : assault sometimes conflict” Synonyms : desired Antonyms : protection

Example : “his chin was jutting with aggression” Synonyms : groan Example : “if you suspect a gas leak, do not turn 226) reviving Example : “he boards a creaking wooden boat” on an electric light” Meaning : restore to life or consciousness. 237) dismal 247) apparently Meaning : causing a mood of gloom or Meaning : as far as one knows or can see. Tamil Meaning : ꯁ鏁ப்பிக்கும் depression. Synonyms : possibly Synonyms : invigorate Antonyms : unlikely Antonyms : depress Tamil Meaning : மமா மான Example : “the child nodded, apparently content Example : “both men collapsed, but were revived” Synonyms : depressing with the promise” 227) Indigenous Antonyms : cheerful 248) influenced Meaning : originating or occurring naturally in a Example : “the dismal weather made the late Meaning : have an influence on. particular place; native. afternoon seem like evening” Synonyms : changed Synonyms : endemic 238) lapses Antonyms : kept Antonyms : alien Meaning : a brief or temporary failure of Example : “government regulations can influence Example : “the indigenous peoples of Siberia” concentration, memory, or judgement. behaviour, but often without changing underlying 228) involved Tamil Meaning : இறடமவளி values and motivations” Meaning : difficult to understand; complicated. Synonyms : breach 249) devoted Tamil Meaning : ம்பந்தப்பட்ட Antonyms : accuracy Meaning : very loving or loyal. Synonyms : confusing Example : “a lapse of concentration in the second Synonyms : concerned Antonyms : simple set cost her the match” Antonyms : disloyal Example : “a long, involved conversation” 239) reform Example :”he was a devoted husband” 229) terrains Meaning : make changes in (something, 250) manifesto Meaning : a stretch of land, especially with regard especially an institution or practice) in order to Meaning : a public declaration of policy and aims, to its physical features. improve it. especially one issued before an election by a Synonyms : contour Tamil Meaning : ீர்தி쏁த்தம் political party or candidate. Antonyms : seas Synonyms : amend Tamil Meaning : Example : “they were delayed by rough terrain” அைிக்றக Antonyms : break Synonyms : platform 230) regard Example : “the Bill will reform the tax system” Example : “he may fudge key issues in the Labour Meaning : consider or think of in a specified way. 240) determined manifesto” Tamil Meaning : மதாடர்பாக Meaning : having made a firm decision and being Synonyms : heed resolved not to change it. SIMPLIFICATION: Antonyms : disinterest Tamil Meaning : தீர்மானிக்க D.1-250) What will come in place of Example : “she regarded London as her base” Synonyms : decisive question mark in the following questions: 231) strident Antonyms : irresolute Q.1) 5.6 ÷ 0.7 + 20% 표푓 420 + 2.5 × 2.4 =? Meaning : (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating. Example : “Alina was determined to be heard” a) 86 b) 90 c) 84 Tamil Meaning : க翁றமயானதாகமவ 241) prolonged d) 98 e) 96 Synonyms : blatant Meaning : continuing for a long time or longer Q.2) (80.25) + (79.2) + (581.25) = 1989 +? Antonyms : quiet than usual; lengthy. 0.03 0.9 0.75 a) 1560 b) 1544 c) 2645 Example : “his voice had become increasingly Tamil Meaning : நீண்ட strident” d) 3163 e) 1549 Synonyms : lengthened Q.3) 232) contradiction 50% 표푓 1200 + 30% 표푓 480 + Antonyms : shortened 5 Meaning : a combination of statements, ideas, or 49% 표푓 표푓 1400 =? Example : “the region suffered a prolonged 7 features which are opposed to one another. a) 1241 b) 1416 c) 1412 drought” d) 1234 e) 1254 Tamil Meaning : 믁ரண்பா翁 242) besides Q.4) 120 × 630 × 8 × (? ) = 11200 Synonyms : conflict Meaning : in addition; as well. 100 72 54 Antonyms : accord Synonyms : also a) 7200 b) 6400 c) 8100 Example : “the proposed new system suffers from Example : “I’m capable of doing the work, and a d) 6300 e) 7500 a set of internal contradictions” lot more besides” Q.5) 15 1 + 60% 표푓 400 − 5 1 = (? ) + 5 3 6 18 18 233) debate 243) interventions a) 54 b) 55 c) 50 Meaning : argue about (a subject), especially in a Meaning : the action or process of intervening. d) 67 e) 60 formal manner. Tamil Meaning :தறையீ翁 Q.6) 44% of 850 + 60% of 1025=? + 35% of Tamil Meaning : விவாதம் Synonyms : mediation 1880 Synonyms : contest Example : “a high degree of state intervention in a) 331 b) 421 c) 298 Antonyms : agreement the economy” d) 357 e) 341 Example : “MPs debated the issue in the 244) accessible Q.7) ? =15+26+19×75-2185÷23+178 Commons” Meaning : (of a place) able to be reached or a) 1498 b) 1599 c) 1627 234) amending entered. d) 1549 e) 1613 Meaning : improve the texture or fertility of (soil). Synonyms : handy Q.8) 120 × 16−9× 30 =? 130 × 7+5 × 38 Synonyms : alter Antonyms : useless a) 2.8 b) 1.5 c) 1.9 Antonyms : break Example : “the town is accessible by bus” d) 2.1 e) 1.2 9 4 2 Example : “amend your soil with peat moss or 245) prioritised ( )÷( )×( ) 3 3 3 Q.9) 3 4 2 × 2.5 =? ( )÷[( )표푓 ( )] compost” Meaning : designate or treat (something) as 9 3 3 235) ethnicity being very or most important. a) 4 b) 8 c) 10 Meaning : the fact or state of belonging to a social d) 15 e) 6 Tamil Meaning : 믁ன்ꟁ쎿றம group that has a common national or cultural Q.10) ? = 2 1 + 3 2 − 4 3 + 2 2 Synonyms : prefer 5 10 5 3 tradition. Antonyms : deprioritize a) 2 5 b) 3 7 c)3 9 Synonyms : identity 14 15 14 Example : “the department has failed to prioritize 4 Example : “the interrelationship between gender, d) 2 e) None of these safety within the oil industry” 15 ethnicity, and class” Q.11) 20% 표푓 500 + 60% 표푓 240 + 30% 표푓 360 =? 246) suspect 236) creaking a) 288 b) 256 c) 352 Meaning : have an idea or impression of the Meaning : making a harsh, high-pitched sound d) 289 e) 320 existence, presence, or truth of (something) 1 1 when being moved or when pressure or weight is − −2 −3 − ? without certain proof. Q.12) (343) 3 × (49) × (√49) × (2401) 4 = 7 applied. Synonyms : open a) -9 b) -7 c) -8 Tamil Meaning : த்தமி翁ம் Antonyms : innocent d) -6 e) -10

Q.13) 2 × 5 × 9 × (? ) = 90 d) 10 e) 12 a) 20 b) 10 c) 15 3 7 11 a) 121 b) 221 c) 251 Q.35) 4.44+444.404+404.44+40.4044 =(?)+ d) 25 e) 24 √841 64 338 d) 231 e) 211 44.04+ 400.404+4.24+5.0044 Q.57) × × = (? ) 116 169 1024 a) 456 b) 480 c) 420 √ Q.14) √6.25 ×√49×63 × 216 =? a) 2 b) 1 c) 16 √1296×12×72 d) 440 e) 340 a) 10.25 b) 10.75 c) 11.25 d) 32 e) 8 Q.36) ? = 45% of 180 + 33% of 200 − 12% of 350 + 1 0.125 0.216 −( ) d) 12.50 e) 11.75 Q.58) × × (0.1296) 2 = (? ) 23% of 400 √0.25 √0.36 a) 185 b) 197 c) 188 a) 1 b) 2 c)1 2 5 4 d) 213 e) 208 3 3 √ √ √ √ √ d) e) Q.15) 6 + 2 + 43 + 31 + 19 + √36 =? Q.37) (122 × 42 ÷ 12 + 72 ÷ 36 × 25) ÷ 3 =? +24 5 4 Q.59) 2 × 4 × 17 × 285 = (? ) a) 142 b) 135 c) 120 3 5 19 272 a) 6 b) 3 c) 9 d) 145 e) None of these a) – 1 b) 1 c) 2 2 d) 2 e) 4 2 2 3 2 2 Q.38) ? = (12 + 44 − 8 ) ÷ √64 × 6 − 11 + 28 d) 0.5 e) 2.5 2 Q.16) (√5 − 2) − √9 = −√20+? −√49 a) 1203 b) 1017 c) 1066 Q.60) 234 + 2454 + 351 + 136.34 + 461.35 − 36.69 = a) 13 − √5 b) 13 − 3√2 c)13 − 2√5 d) 1023 e) None of these (? )2 3 3 d) √13 − 2√3 e) None of these Q.39) ? = √324 × √256 ÷ √216 × √512 a) 50 b) 3600 c) 36 Q.17) (3 × 4)3 ÷ (9 × 16)2 × (64 × 27)2 × 122 = 12? a) 284 b) 312 c) 384 d) 216 e) 60 a) 4 b) 9 c) 6 d) 288 e) 326 Q.61) 11x+ 25×340 + 24% of 300 = 9001 d) 7 e) 11 Q.40) ? = 2 2 − 3 5 + 5 1 + 4 3 a) 42 b) 39 c) 45 3 6 4 8 Q.18) (2 % 0푓 6500) × (1 1 표푓 84) + 2841 =? +2014 17 1 3 d) 54 e) 48 5 3 a) 7 b) 9 c)6 60 20 20 Q.62) 45% of 3500 + 40% of 2400 = x2 +35 a) 3793 b) 3649 c) 3749 d) 8 11 e) None of these 24 a) 51 b) 52 c) 53 d) 3639 e) 3739 3 Q.41)238.5 + 282 ÷ √512 − 156.3 =? +22.2 d) 55 e) 50 Q.19) 72 × √196 + 389.28 + 2902.43 =? +421.42 a) 123 b) 158 c) 168 Q.63) √4761 + ∛9261 - √7569 = x2 -1 a) 4109.30 b) 3556.29 c) 3290.22 d) 193 e) 201 a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 3109.29 e) 3212.38 Q.42) 24 × 86 + 98 − 188 ÷ 4 =? d) 2 e) 6 Q.20) 12 × 13 + 219 ÷ 3 + √841 − 12% 표푓 560 =? a) 2115 b) 3129 c) 1090 Q.64) 15% of 2560 + 34 × 48 = 8x a) 178.5 b) 119.4 c) 190.8 d) 3901 e) 2091 a) 272 b) 324 c) 252 d) 178.9 e) 180.9 Q.43) 24% of 5460+15% of 9995+287=? d) 221 e) 232 Q.21) √1 × 1 ÷ 25 = ? a) 3908.53 b) 3095.54 c) 3096.65 Q.65) 272.72 + 34.34 + 5.252 + 4737.3 + 4 49 121 d) 3920.23 e) 3298.32 0.388= x a) 11 b) 11 c)11 35 70 65 Q.44) 87932+49230-39239+3292-9281- a) 5049 b) 5048 c) 5051 d) 4 e) 11 35 45 23123+12=? d) 5050 e) 5052 Q.22) 133.5 × 1694.2 × 48 ÷ 24.1= ? a) 68879 b) 48920 c) 67053 Q.66) 11% of 2400 + 684 + √625 = x% of 25 19 16 11.5 11.9 d) 68823 e) 68738 a) 13 b) 16 c)26 a) 1300 b) 1500 c) 2400 6 11.5 78×184×33 d) 13 e) 26 Q.45) 2 3 =? √529× √2197 d) 2600 e) None of these Q.23) 20% of 225 + 22.5% of 200 = ?of 450 a) 1783 b) 2189 c) 1893 Q.67) 450 + 750 + 200 + 40% of 3000 = 13x a) 10% b) 15% c) 25% d) 1839 e) 1584 a) 300 b) 400 c) 500 d) 20% e) 35% 11x−42÷343×49 Q.46) = 2 d) 200 e) 350 3 4 7 13×48÷78 Q.24) 표푓 표푓 표푓 425 = ? 4500 7 9 5 Q.68) 428 + 237 + 339 + 197+ = x + 789 a) 8 b) 1 c) 0.5 36 a) 133.33 b) 111.33 c) 333.33 d) 2 e) 3 a) 537 b) 598 c) 542 d) 123.33 e) 113.33 Q.47) 36% of 1800÷15% of 720-480% of d) 582 e) 524 Q.25) 1800 + 770 = 645 + ? 24 260÷80% of 2390=x÷2 Q.69) 65% of 1800-45% of 2400 = x + 80 a) 170 b) 200 c) 210 a) 1 b) 4 c) 2 a) 20 b) 30 c) 10 d) 190 e) 185 d) 8 e) 6 d) 25 e) None of these Q.26) ? = 145% 표푓 280 + 1 1 표푓 24 − 20% 표푓 150 Q.48) 62 × 44 ÷ 42 × 23 ÷ 33 = x + 120 ÷ 8 Q.70) 1200+1400+1600 + 2500 + 2300 = x+ 3 a) 432 b) 428 c) 430 a) 29 b) 19 c) 10 (√1521)×100 d) 408 e) None of these d) 13 e) 9 a) 4900 b) 5100 c) 5400 3 1 3 7 2 Q.49) 3 − 8 + 6 = x + d) 5700 e) 6100 Q.27) ? = 434 × 25 ÷ 35 − 128 ÷ 2 + √324 4 3 5 20 4 1 2 ( )2 a) 278 b) 296 c) 292’’ a) 2 b) 2 c)1 Q.71) √ 26 × (? ) = (152 + 102) 7 3 3 4 d) 312 e) 288 1 d) 1 e) None of these 5 a) 25 b) 24 c) 39 Q.28) ? = 4 × 819 + 7 × 104 − 3 × 520 + 4 × 198 9 13 10 11 Q.50) 푥 = 12 × 484 ÷ 66 + 232 − √729 ÷ 32 d) 34 e) 30 a) 336 b) 424 c) 344 a) 529 b) 620 c) 537 Q.72) 30% 표푓 2540 + (? )% 표푓 15000 = (170.25 × 8) d) 418 e) 396 d) 614 e) None of these a) 12 b) 10 c) 4 ? Q.29) = 425 ÷ 25 ÷ 17 × 24 2 d) 6 e) 8 11 Q.51) √67.24 + √7.84 + √(? ) = (32 × 0.375) a) 255 b) 258 c) 264 a) 9 b) 4 c) 2 Q.73) 2434+4324+3423-434+42-434=(?) d) 222 e) None of these d) 1 e) 16 a) 7235 b) 5560 c) 5235 2 2 203.2 d) 8955 e) 9355 Q.30) ? = 69 + 13 × 3 ÷ √289 × 34 − 26 Q.52) (3.125 × 5) − (2 × 6.225) = (?)2 a) 412 b) 423 c) 457 Q.74) 3.213+231.23-64.324+42.354=(?)+0.473 a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 407 e) None of these a) 260 b) 212 c) 124 d) 6 e) 8 1860 123 d) 224 e) 230 Q.31) + + (? ) = (2.6 × 5)2 15 15.375 Q.53) 13 × 21 × 0.5 + 0.5 + 169 = [(2.1 × 7) + 0.3] × 1 1 3 2 Q.75) 5 + 11 + 8 − 1 = (? ) a) 36 b) 37 c) 47 (? ) 2 3 5 3 a) 21 b) 21 23 c) 22 29 d) 17 e) 15 a) 22.8 b) 20.4 c) 26.2 29 30 3 Q.32) 131 × 4 + 143 × 3 + (? ) = (8 × 1.375) d) 18.1 e) 18.4 d) 23 23 e) None of these 30 810 24.25 a) 478 b) 248 c) 568 Q.54) × = (? )2 2 16.2 12.125 Q.76) 4×8+3×2×5+2+3=(?) +3 d) 378 e) 380 a) 18 b) 12 c) 10 a) 10 b) 12 c) 9 Q.33) 1310+123+510×2+1+320= (?)×2+ 424+ d) 16 e) 14 d) 8 e) 6 31 × 3+3.5×2 Q.55) 162 − (1.6 × 5) + 13 = (? ) × 3 + (9)2 Q.77) 323 + 667 + (? ) = 72 a) 2250 b) 1365 c) 1525 17 23 a) 19 b) 40 c) 50 d) 1125 e) 1105 a) 10 b) 16 c) 9 d) 60 e) 62 d) 4 e) 1 Q.34) [14% 표푓 645 + 28% 표푓 340] × 2 − (? ) = 73 Q.56) 50% of 240+25% of 360+40% of 400+x% Q.78) (64% of 1300) ÷8 - 4= (?)2 a) 28 b) 29 c) 18 of 200=410 a) 14 b) 12 c) 10 ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. 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( ) d) 9 e) 8 Q.101) √15876 × √ ? = (0.75 × 8)2 a) 31 b) 48 c) 106 Q.79) 486 + 254 − 360 + (? ) = 73 + 40 21 6 d) 76 e) 93 a) 1926 b) 1629 c) 1296 45 7 a) 5 b) 7 c) 3 Q.125) ? = 117 ÷ √169 × × d) 1962 e) 1269 5 √81 d) 4 e) 2 Q.102) 64% 표푓 1250 + (? )% 표푓 650 = (30)2 − (3)2 a) 75 b) 84 c) 56 Q.80) [(5 ÷ 2) × 8]2 ÷ 42 = (? ) × 2.5 a) 8 b) 10 c) 12 d) 69 e) 63 a) 10 b) 12 c) 13 7 4 5 d) 14 e) 16 Q.126) ? = × 372 + of 104 − of 204 d) 16 e) 20 12 13 17 Q.103) 32.5+42.5+1.25+7.25= (?)+ (3×4.5) a) 193 b) 211 c) 189 Q.81) 24 ÷ 4 × 15 + 189.5 =? +2 1 ÷ 5 27 9 2 4 a) 82 b) 80 c) 79 d) 175 e) 195 a) 221.5 b) 198.4 c) 222.7 d) 60 e) 70 Q.127) 15% of 280 + 18% of 450 − 20% of 150 = 2 d) 217.5 e) 238.8 Q.104) 12.12 × 4 + 6.565 × 8 = (? ) + 1 ? −24% of 200 2 Q.82) 23% 표푓 678 + 15% 표푓 √1024 × 225 =? + 2.94 a) 100 b) 101 c) 102 a) 121 b) 141 c) 182 a) 18 b) 16 c) 5 d) 10 e) 110 d) 153 e) 167 d) 15 e) 21 2 2 ? 1 4 1 Q.105) 17 + 3 × (? ) = 26 − 18 Q.128) = 15 × 3 + 18 × 4 + 12 × 2 12 5 9 4 Q.83) 38329+34287-2112-322+412=?+2311 a) 133 b) 124 c) 123 a) 1760 b) 1860 c) 1880 a) 62183 b) 78382 c) 68901 d) 113 e) 112 d) 1920 e) 1800 d) 72398 e) 68283 2 (?) Q.106) [(0.32 × 25) + (0.08 × 150)] = 152 4 2 Q.129) ? = 42√25 − + 88 ÷ √121 Q.84) 57 ÷ 3 × 16 + 2 % 표푓 6500 =? √25 5 a) 800 b) 802 c) 700 a) 58 b) 35 c) 43 a) 530 b) 445 c) 486 d) 600 e) 850 d) 49 e) 53 d) 587 e) 409 5609 8439 2 Q.107) × = (? ) × (19.4 × 15.8) 3 7 3 1 5 6 2 1 71 87 Q.130) ? = 4 + 3 − 6 + 8 − 2 Q.85) 2 × 3 × 2 =? 8 12 4 2 6 7 11 5 a) 25 b) 5 c) 50 a) 7 1 b) 6 1 c)−7 1 a) 35 b) 20 c) 24 d) 100 e) 10 8 8 8 d) 42 e) 20 d) 6 7 e) None of these Q.108) 13.5% 표푓 1200 + (0.28 × 25) = √(? ) 8 27 24 20 15 5 Q.86) × × × ÷ =? 1 16 81 9 6 36 a) 13 b) 196 c) 169 Q.131) 250 ÷ 5 × 4 ÷ 2 + (1000 ÷ (50 × 10)) =? 2 a) 27 b) 20 c) 16 d) 64 e) 28561 a)101 b) 151 c) 201 3 d) 32 e) 18 Q.109) 300 × 1.35 + 420 × 1.75 + (? ) = (1.375 × 8) d) 121 e) None of these Q.87) 54% 표푓 950 + 98% 표푓 900 − 65% 표푓 640 + a) 190 b) 193 c) 191 1 Q.132)(32 + 10 + 8 + 4 − 2 − 2) × (10 × 30 + 50 × 34% 표푓 650 =? d) 192 e) 198 3 6) =? a) 1200 b) 1150 c) 2130 Q.110) 94 + 347 + 236 + 392 - (?) = 37 + 3728 a) 10050 b) 10000 c) 10500 d) 3200 e)2950 - 3181 d) 20000 e) None of these Q.88) 2√2304 × 3√729 + 651 − 1005 =? a) 472 b) 482 c) 490 Q.133)(1 + 3 1 + 5 6 − 2 3) × 100 =? a) 67 b) 89 c) 78 d) 475 e) 485 2 4 5 5 d) 87 e) 96 Q.111) 128 ÷ 16 × 64 − 324 =?2+ 124 a) 725 b) 745 c) 735 Q.89) 132 − 122 − 52 + 142 − 230 =? a) 9 b) -8 c) 7 d) 785 e) None of these a) -13 b) 28 c) -34 d) -11 e) 5 Q.134) √576 × √144 + √324 − √400 =? d) 34 e) 28 Q.112) √324 ÷ 2 × 9.5 + 13.25 =? a) 276 b) 296 c) 235 (√1024÷√256×12) d) 286 e) None of these Q.90) =? a) 97.75 b) 78.45 c) 98.75 4 d) 89.85 e) 85.95 Q.135) 288 ÷ 4 − 20 × 2 + 32 = 2? a) 9 b) 16 c) 4 Q.113) 26 × 12 + 3 3 표푓 840 − 667.5 =? a) 6 b) 4 c) 3 d) 6 e) 12 4 d) 2 e) None of these Q.91) (0.81)2 ÷ (0.729)3 × (0.9)2 = (0.9)?−3 a)2398.9 b) 3920.5 c) 2190.4 Q.136) 426 × 6 − 1556 =? +524 a) 3 b) 6 c) 7 d) 2794.5 e) 1990.4 a) 276 b) 476 c) 436 d) 0 e) 4 Q.114)√289 × 841 + 3√125 =?× 3 d) 566 e) None of these Q.92) 34.5% of 1800 + 12.4% of 1500 = (? )3 + 78 a) 156 b) 192 c) 166 Q.137) 20% 표푓 800 + 30% 표푓 500 − 280 =? a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) 210 e) 225 a) 40 b) 20 c) 30 d) 8 e) 9 Q.115) 15% 표푓 980 − 1 4 % 표푓 1600 + 846 =? 5 d) 25 e) None of these Q.93) √152 × 12 ÷ (9) − 125 + 21 =? a) 897.5 b) 964.2 c) 967.3 Q.138) 33000 ÷ 1100 × 500 ÷ 20 =? −20 × 20 a) 13 b) 14 c) 17 d) 789.9 e) 893.4 a) 1150 b) 1700 c) 1650 d) 18 e) 15 Q.116) 1728.97 + 165.43 − 243.24 − 864.54 =? −11.26 d) 1850 e) None of these Q.94) 2 1 – 1 1 = ? + 1 1 – 1 9 a)779.7 b) 876.97 c) 799.78 8 16 32 64 Q.139) 30% 표푓 √676 × 10 + 376 =? 11 1 1 d) 698.98 e) 797.88 a) 1 b) 1 c)1 a) 454 b) 555 c) 544 64 8 32 3 1 Q.117) 846.64 + √729% 표푓 8610 − 22.34 =? d) 354 e) None of these d) 2 e) 1 8 4 a) 3149 b) 3419 c) 3459 Q.140) (50 × 14 × 3) ÷ 25 + 55 = 3? + 24 + 34 Q.95) 65% 표푓 √3136 × 5 = ? + 154 d) 3248 e) 3388 a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 2 2 a) 14 b) 7 c) 21 √1089×√2116÷ √529 Q.118) 3 =? d) 3 e) None of these d) 28 e) 35 √1331×2 Q.141) 20% of 200+40% of 120+65% of 3400- 1 1 a) 2.5 b) 5 c) 3 Q.96) 7.2 × 5.6 ÷ 11.2 + 10.8 표푓 − = ? 18 10 d) 6.4 e) 11 26% of 2700=? a) 4.1 b) 3.2 c) 5.6 1 a) 1346 b) 1596 c) 3575 Q.119) 588 ÷ 12 ÷ 3 × 15 =? d) 7.1 e) 3.3 2 d) 2346 e) 3256 a) 311 b) 310 c) 215 Q.97) 150% 표푓 2.4 + 250% 표푓 4.4 − Q.142) d) 210 e) 223 75% 표푓 3.6 푖푠 푒푞푢푎푙 푡표 50% 표푓 ? 244.35+542.54+257.52+5753.46+859+78.658- Q.120) 20% 표푓 652 + 15% 표푓 622 + 432 = 푥 + 172 a) 23.8 b) 25.3 c) 30.6 735.528=? a) 2890.2 b) 2981.6 c) 3198.9 d) 63.4 e) 17.2 a) 6500 b) 6800 c) 7200 d) 3019.4 e) 2938.5 Q.98) 1.1 × 32 + 3.3 × 16 + 1.1 × 20 푖푠 푒푞푢푎푙 푡표 ? × d) 7000 e) 8600 (?) 55. Q.121) = (12 × 4.5 + 34 × 3.5) − 11 × 12 √225 √441 3.5 Q.143) × × √푥 = 1 a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 a) 132.5 b) 126.5 c) 143.5 21 √6.25 a) 36 b) 6 c) 1 d) 5 e) 6 d) 155.5 e) None of these 36 2 1 Q.99) 6 + 80% 표푓 80 푖푠 푒푞푢푎푙 푡표 √? Q.122) ? = 135 × 12 ÷ 1 of 216 + 25% of 280 d) 216 e) 6 6 a) 100 b) 10000 c) 10 0.375 0.18 1 9 a) 145 b) 115 c) 125 Q.144) × × (? )2 = d) 1 e) None of these. √0.0625 0.75 25 d) 160 e) 120 3 1 4 27 10 ? a) b) 2 c)0 Q.100) × × × = 2 2 2 5 3 9 8 15 24 Q.123) ? = 12 ÷ 2 × 15 − 3 + 141 d) 1 e) −1 a) 8 b) 6 c) 7 a) 576 b) 712 c) 656 1 3 2 − − 2 5 5 d) 5 e) 2 d) 672 e) 632 Q.145)1 4 2 × (31 × 2) = (? ) − − 5 5 7 Q.124) ? = 144 × 372 ÷ 30 × 10 8 12 18 108 ______7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute. in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 47 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | JULY - 2019| a) 35 b) 28 c) 36 Q.167) 210 × 176 ÷ 5 × 221 = 푥 Q.189) (81)3× 98 ÷ (729)3 = 9? 15 8 60 17 d) 40 e) 25 a) 48268 b) 48048 c) 48008 a) 5 b) 0 c) 12 0.45 √0.1024 1 d) 7 e) None of these Q.146) × = (? )2 d) 48028 e) None of these √0.1296 √6.25 Q.190) 1.2 × 1.3 × 1.4 × 1.5 ×? = 39.312 a) 2.56 b) (0.16)2 c) (1.6)2 Q.168) 2 × ( 1 ) % of 2400 − ( 3 ) % of 1000 = x 16 15 a) 13 b) 22 c) 12 d) 0.16 e) 0.016 a) 10 b) 3 c) 5 1 3 2 4 1 1 d) 27 e) None of these Q.147) (2 − − ) ÷ ( − + ) × (1 − ) = (? ) d) 1 e) None of these 3 3 2 4 3 5 5 3 625 +375 2 Q.191) 2 2 = 푥 a) 2.5 b) 3.5 c) 3.5 Q.169) 25% of 360 + 15% of 220 – 140 × – 20 = x 625 −625×375+375 7 a) 1000 b) 1024 c) 1225 d) 7.5 e) 2.5 a) 53 b) 73 c) 63 d) 1331 e) None of these Q.148) 20% of 240+54% of 20-20% of 360=(?)- d) 68 e) None of these Q.192) 4096 × 8푥 = 84 × 83 ÷ 512 15 Q.170) 105 × 1335 ÷ 225 = x + 169 √ √ a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 a) 1.8 b) 2.4 c) 5.6 a) 9342 b) 9332 c) 9164 d) 4 e) None of these d) 2.8 e) 1.2 d) 9316 e) None of these 푥 2 4 6 15 Q.193) 1 = 1 Q.149) × × × × (? ) = 96 Q.171) 3 5 7 19 256 + √529 − 15 × 12 =? +72 a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 a) 234 b) 254 c) 266 a) 34 b) 56 c) 72 d) Can’t be determined d) 276 e) 289 d) 48 e) 27 e) None of these 1 Q.150) 4 × 6 × 14 × 33 × 120 = (? ) Q.172) × 987 + 15%표푓 940+? = 267 7 11 15 72 3 Q.194) 0.125% 표푓 800 + 0.2% 표푓 500 + a) 15 b) 18 c) 21 a) 203 b) 213 c) -203 0.375% 표푓 1000 + 0.25 = 푥2 0.50 d) 16 e) 12 d) -222 e) -237 a) 2.5 b) 3.5 c) 4.5 Q.151) 2 × 1000 + 10 × 200 × 500 + 3000 + 2000 =? Q.173) 345 + 543 + 453 + 354 =? 5 2 d) 5.5 e) 8 a) 1659 b) 1695 c) 1879 a) 505400 b) 605440 c) 505300 Q.195) 0.25 × 25 − 1 + 6.75 + 22 + 32 = 푥2 d) 1873 e) 1768 d) 500400 e) None of these a) 6 b) 5 c) 7 Q.174) 1854.5 + 984.75 + 1171.23−? = 565.48 Q.152) 2 3 + 3 2 + 4 1 − 5 2 =? d) 8 e) 9 5 3 10 5 a) 3545 b) 3354 c) 3544 3 3 2 2 29 30 29 Q.196) √1728 + √3375 = −√푥 + 6 + 4 a) 4 b) 5 c)3 d) 3445 e) 3454 30 39 30 a) 525 b) 630 c) 635 d) 3 e) None of these Q.175) 12 ÷ 4 × 24 + √1764 =?× 4 d) 640 e) None of these 0.05 Q.153)0.05 × 0.2 + × 17 × 15 =? a) 25.5 b) 32.4 c) 28.5 3 0.5 0.25 Q.197) 30% 표푓 350 + 15% 표푓 200 + × 100 + × 5 0.25 a) 51.01 b) 61.01 c) 52.01 d) 29.7 e) 43.6 50 + 29 = 푥 d) 53.02 e) None of these Q.176) √552 + (8 × 3) + 346 + 432 + 246 + (? ) = a) 208 b) 324 c) 432 Q.154)30 % 표푓 2000 × 150 % 표푓 2000 × 100% 표푓 10 = 1089 d) 542 e) None of these ? −200 + 300 a) 35 b) 32 c) 41 Q.198) 0.12 + 0.18 + 0.22-0.10 + 0.11 + 0.07 + a) 17999000 b) 17999900 c) 17990000 d) 38 e) 25 0.15 + 0.25 = √푥 d) 18900000 e) None of these 102 156 1 1 Q.177) × + √9 − = (? ) 17 13 81 81 a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 Q.155)3 표푓 1000 + 3 표푓 1000 − 5 표푓 500 =? − 11 표푓 500 5 2 4 2 a) 72 b) 75 c) 70 d) 4 e) None of these a) 3225 b) 4225 c) 2245 푥 3 15 d) 65 e) 76 Q.199) 3 × 3 = 243 × 27 × 3 d) 2345 e) None of these a) 17 b) 18 c) 20 2 2 1 9×3 15 2 2 2 2 2 2 Q.178) 1 ÷ 3 + √(3 − ) + = (? ) Q.156) 13 − 10 + 21 + 9 − 2 − 4 =? 5 5 289 289 17 d) 19 e) None of these a) 571 b) 582 c) 600 [(1024+36)2−(1024−36)2] a) 4 b) 5 c) 2 Q.200) = 푥 1024×36 d) 636 e) None of these d) 3 e) 1 122 132 45 133 a) 4 b) 5 c) 8 Q.157) + − 1 =? − + Q.179) 133.242 + 1314.24 + 144.21 + 244.35 + 24 13 15 19 d) 7 e) None of these a) 15 b) 14 c) 24 1413.53 − 0.572 = (? ) 1/2 Q.201) (√27 × √27) + 93/2 = (? )3 − 37 + √27 d) 22 c) None of these a) 3249 b) 2455 c) 3246 a) 6 b) 5 c) 4 Q.158) 429 + 55 + 66 − 30 =? −50 + 33 − 13 d) 4326 e) 3454 33 d) None of these e) 3 Q.180) √676 × √1024 × (6 × 3) + 1431 + 34 = (? ) a) 135 b) 136 c) 134 36 √169 Q.202) d) 124 e) None of these a) 1498 b) 1232 c) 1499 1 2 23 × 18.5 − 표푓 133%표푓 2 표푓 750 =? Q.159) 10000 × 500 × 100 × 1500 × 5000 × 120 =? d) 1525 e) None of these 7 19 50 200 250 60 1000 100 2 Q.181) 122 × + 2√14884 + (? ) = (6.5 × 2)2 a) 132.5 b) 133.5 c) 113.5 a) 30000 b) 70000 c) 80000 18 d) 135.5 e) 125.5 d) 50000 e) None of these a) 41 b) 39 c) 21 Q.203) Q.160) 500 × 22 + 600 × 20 + 300 × 4 − 1000 × 4 − d) 31 e) 11 ( )4 2 15 × 0.40 4 ?+5 200 × 10 =? Q.182) 12 × 12.5 + 18 × (? ) = (19 + 1) + (16.25 × 4) 4 × (27 × 8) = (3 × 2) (1080) a) 18200 b) 19200 c) 18300 a) 16.5 b) 18.5 c) 17.5 30 d) 19300 e) None of these d) 12.5 e) 10.5 a) 4 b) 2 c) 3 1 1 23 36 3 Q.161) 4 × 4 ÷ 20 × 1 × 1 × 푥 = 16 Q.183) 221 × 567 − (? ) = 182 d) 5 e) 7 9 2 16 111 4 21 17 a) 11 b) 9 c) 10 a) 37 b) 18 c) 9 Q.204) 84×456 = (? )3 + √50×288 2√1296 36 d) 8 e) 12 d) 3 e) 27 a) 7 b) 9 c) 11 Q.162) 1 7 + 2 5 + 3 1 − 5 1 = 3 × 푥3 Q.184) 2.334 + 54.24 + 45.24 − (? ) = 8.23 + 21.32 + 8 4 8 4 8 d) 6 e) None of these 10.45 + 0.814 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 1 1 5 푥2 5 3 Q.205)3 + 2 − 1 = + 1 + d) 5 e) 6 a) 82 b) 62 c) 61 2 2 6 10 12 12 d) 16 e) 59 a) 6 b) 7/12 c) 4 Q.163) 5 표푓 2 표푓 3 6 표푓 1 5 표푓 푥 = 2452 11 17 15 17 Q.185) 3√4913 + (23.324 + 4324.24 + 313.3 − 0.864) = d) 5/12 e) 5 a) 10450 b) 10241 c) 10330 1 1 (? ) Q.206) 63 × + 247 × + 260 × (? ) = (343 + 227) × d) 10660 e) None of these 1.5 13 a) 4698 b) 4688 c) 4378 2 + (152 − 4) Q.164) 2 1 ÷ 1 5 ÷ 36 + 푥 = 4 5 6 15 d) 4677 e) 4489 a) 6 b) 15 c) 25 a) 3.5 b) 4 c) 3 Q.186) 21.12+1221.21-21.21+12.21+21.01=? d) 4 e) 5 d) 2 e) 2.5 a) 1245.34 b) 1254.34 c) 1134.76 Q.207) 1 + 111 + 1111 + 21 + 12 + 2 × (? ) = 1234 + 1 4 13 Q.165) (128 ÷ 8) × (1 + 4 ) + 44 × × 112 = 2푥 d) 1142.43 e) None of these 4312 − 112 5 5 1456 3 a) 43 b) 92 c) 70 Q.187) √3249 − √2209+? = √1000 a) 4178 b) 2809 c) 2098 d) 40 e) None of these a) 10 b) 90 c) 5 d) 2089 e) 4718 1 1 1 2 d) 0 e) 17 Q.208) × × × 11934 = (? ) Q.166) √256 = 푥 − 224 + 180 ÷ 12 13 17 6 Q.188) (1 % 표푓 2400) × 2 표푓 725 =? −12% 표푓 25 a) 25 b) 225 c) 15 4 5 a) 20 b) 18 c) 9 d) 625 e) None of these a) 1765 b) 1868 c) 1439 d) 21 e) 19 d) 1743 e) None of these

Q.209) 2% 표푓 1350 + 3 × 1 × 221 = (? ) d) 5 e) 4 Q.250) 350 × 2 + 1.2 × 5 + 6.2 × 5 + 1.5 × 2 = 17 Q.230) 13 × 3 + 1700 + 2697−699+4 = {180 − (12 × 3 − (? )% 표푓 2000 a) 56 b) 66 c) 60 12 a) 39% b) 27% c) 37% d) 58 e) 72 20 − 3)} × (? ) √4624 4125 9.9 d) 20% e) 23% Q.210) + + = (? ) a) 22 b) 32 c) 44 17 √1089 0.9 a) 219 b) 120 c) 140 d) 72 e) 91 SIMPLIFICATION d) 130 e) 160 Q.231) 55% 표푓 980 × 75% 표푓 680 + 60% 표푓 990 ÷ 2 5 5 Answer Key: Q.211) 25% 표푓 466 + 표푓 1055+? %표푓 250 = 367 × 60% 표푓 90 =? − 표푓 162 ÷ 표푓 36 5 9 2 1. d 2. e 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. a 7. d 8. b 9. c 10. b 11. 2.5 a) 274368 b) 274902 c) 274911 c 12. a 13. d 14. c 15. b 16. c 17. d 18. e 19. b a) 132.32 b) 342.54 c) 151.6 d) 274132 e) None of these 20. c 21. b 22. c 23. d 24. e 25. b 26. d 27. b 28. d) 231.4 e) None of these Q.232) 3 2 + 1 4 − 10 5 − 132 + 122 + 1 =?+20 5 15 9 9 45 a 29. c 30. d 31. b 32. d 33. d 34. a 35. d 36. b Q.212) 0.25 × 0.8 + 0.8 × 0.75+? = 230 a) -45 b) -39 c) -34 37. b 38. d 39. c 40. d 41. b 42. a 43. c 44. d 45. a) 232.9 b) 230.1 c) 222.8 d) -31 e) None of these e 46. d 47. b 48. e 49. c 50. d 51. d 52. e 53. b d) 229.2 e) None of these ( )3 Q.233) 0.96+2.38 =? −10.66 − 5.66 + 3.66 54. c 55. d 56. a 57. b 58. c 59. d 60. e 61. b 62. Q.213)43 + √289 × 36 =?2 0.962+ 2.382+1.92×2.38 a) 18 b) 15 c) 21 e 63. d 64. c 65. d 66. a 67. d 68. a 69. c 70. b a) 34 b) 24 c) 38 d) 16 e) None of theses 71. a 72. c 73. e 74. b 75. d 76. d 77. e 78. c 79. d) 28 e) 26 2 12 c 80. a 81. d 82. d 83. e 84. c 85. b 86. b 87. a 1 Q.234) 26%표푓 250 + % 표푓 1500 − 표푓775 =? Q.214) 64 × 표푓 477 − 667 =? −√5476 5 5 3 88. c 89. c 90. d 91. d 92. e 93. b 94. a 95. d 96. a) 1789 b) -2891 c) -1789 a) 9583 b) 9345 c) 8435 a 97. a 98. c 99. b 100. a 101. c 102. d 103. e d) 1879 e) None of these d) 8796 e) None of these 104. d 105. c 106. a 107. b 108. e 109. c 110. e Q.235) 1850 + √3136 ÷ 3√64 =? −259 Q.215) 24 × √169 × 2.05 × 32 + √225 =? 111. b 112. c 113. d 114. c 115. b 116. e 117. a a) 2123 b) 1605 c) 2145 a) 4771.4 b) 5771.4 c) 4671.6 118. c 119. d 120. b 121. c 122. b 123. d 124. a d) 1679 e) None of these d) 5671.6 e) None of these 125. e 126. c 127. b 128. b 129. c 130. d 131. a Q.236) 221×2 = (? ) × (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 3) Q.216) √289 132. b 133. c 134. d 135. a 136. b 137. c 138. b 98! × 96! × 109! × 198! a) 8 b) 10 c) 6 139. a 140. a 141. b 142. d 143. c 144. d 145. a = 56448푥 197! × 95! × 97! × 108! d) 2 e) 12 146. b 147. d 148. a 149. c 150. d 151. a 152. a a) 3487 b) 3957 c) 3497 Q.237) 150% of 2000+10% of 21870= 153. a 154. b 155. b 156. a 157. b 158. c 159. a d) 3597 e) None of these (?)+2111 160. a 161. d 162. a 163. e 164. a 165. c 166. c Q.217) 18 × 99 × 17 – 89.5% 표푓 39000 = 푥 – 140275 25 a) 3012 b) 3016 c) 3076 167. b 168. d 169. c 170. b 171. e 172. c 173. b a) 900 b) 1000 c) 2200 d) 3011 e) 3009 174. d 175. c 176. c 177. b 178. d 179. a 180. e d) 1250 e) 950 Q.238) 1.987+2.9854+2.7654+38765+876+ 181. d 182. c 183. e 184. c 185. d 186. b 187. d Q.218) 49 7 × 94446 + 12643 = 푥 0.2622=(?) 188. d 189. a 190. c 191. a 192. e 193. d 194. a 198 87381 269 a) 90 b) 100 c) 220 a) 31245 b) 31256 c) 39649 195. b 196. e 197. b 198. a 199. c 200. a 201. c d) 250 e) 150 d) 45793 e) 23454 202. e 203. c 204. e 205. e 206. e 207. d 208. c 8 9 2 247 +7+ + − Q.239) (3 × 3 − √25) × (? ) = (19.5 × 22) + (14.5 × 209. b 210. c 211. c 212. d 213. e 214. a 215. b 7 8 9 504 Q.219) 9 = 3푥 39 8) + (167.25 × 4) 216. d 217. b 218. b 219. d 220. e 221. e 222. b a) 10 b) 3 c) 0 a) 303.5 b) 203.5 c) 120 223. a 224. a 225. d 226. a 227. e 228. c 229. d d) 9 e) 18 d) 300 e) 40 230. a 231. b 232. d 233. d 234. c 235. a 236. d 3 Q.220) 7845 – 9859.14 + 8945.94 + 푥 = 23 × 138 + Q.240) √14400 × 1.5 − √14641 × = (? ) + 92 − 1 237. c 238. c 239. a 240. e 241. d 242. e 243. a 11 2303+ 45% 0f 9804 244. b 245. c 246. d 247. c 248. d 249. b 250. c 47 a) 77 b) 66 c) 65 221. e 222. c 223. e 224. d 225. d 226. c 227. e a) 803 b) 873 c) 773 d) 78 e) 67 228. a 229. d 230. a d) 793 e) 703 Q.241) 112 + 132 × 72−? = 282 ÷ 3√343

Q.221) 78 × 47 + 48% 표푓 2600 − 5525 = 푥 − 13 a) 8210 b) 8274 c) 7860 325 a) 4900 b) 4920 c) 4908 d) 8290 e) None of these d) 4912 e) None of these Q.242) √7921+√6241 =? 168 7 2 3 4 12 + + + − Q.222) 85 5 7 35 35= 4096x a) 0 b) 12 c) 15 a) 1/512 b) 1/64 c) -1/512 d) 25 e) 1 d) -1/64 e) None of these Q.243) 20%표푓 285 − 16%표푓 250 + 8 표푓 261 − 9 9 637 13 Q.223) 39 × + = 푥 9 49 13440 91 표푓216 =? 8 a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 a) 6 b) -5 c) -4 d) 8 e) 3 d) 9 e) -11 Q.224) Q.244)1114+114.1+141.4-11.41-111.4=?- (23! × 17! × 19! × 15!) = (506 × 323 )푥 11.14 20! × 14! × 18! × 16! a) 1275.38 b) 1257.83 c) 1345.43 a) 315 b) 285 c) 255 d) 1354.34 e) None of these d) 330 e) None of these Q.245) 2015 ÷ 155 + 7 +?2 = 69 Q.225) a) 49 b) 14 c) 7 48.75% of 1800 – 18.35% of 2900 = x- 5 d) 12 e) 54 a) 340.35 b) 370.35 c) 380.25 Q.246) 25% of 2500+12.5% of 6800+ (?)= 392 d) 350.35 e) 325.50 a) 40 b) 43 c) 29 Q.226) 15% of 34600+ 27% of 11500+ 32% of d) 46 e) 48 46600= (?) Q.247) 779 + 1147 + 2303 − 2 = (? )3 a) 23207 b) 24208 c) 15208 19 31 47 d) 23407 e) 23702 a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 Q.227) 23% of 26300+ 13% of 29000 =18% of d) 6 e) 7 1849 (?) Q.248) √ × 391 + √32 − 22 − 1 = (? )2 731 a) 56450 b) 55540 c) 56250 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 55450 e) 54550 d) 5 e) 6 Q.228) 221×779 + 3 = 7 × (? ) 13×19 Q.249) 1.234 + 3.543 + 6.765 + 87.65 + a) 43 b) 97 c) 100 (?)=(2.5+ 1.2 × 4 + 1.2+ 1.5)2 d) 102 e) 104 a) 0.807 b) 0.808 c) 0.765 Q.229) 2.321 + 5.212 + 16.563 + 0.904 = (? )2 d) 0.864 e) None of these a) 30 b) 25 c) 6

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