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Current Affairs: The One Rupee note printed in The Shared Value Summit begins in New NATIONAL turned 100. The first Re1 note printed in Delhi: Union Ministry approved procurement of England was issued on November 30, 1917 in The Minister of Industry and Commerce, new radio technology for Indian navy: India, with an image of King George V, the British Suresh Prabhu was the chief guest for the The Union Defence Ministry approved monarch. This is not signed by the RBI , Shared Value Summit 2017, in New Delhi. He procurement of 260 naval communication sets but by the finance secretary. The first note unveiled the Inclusive Business List and including Software Defined Radios (SDR), had the signature of three British finance Emerging Social Enterprise List for the year naval communication sets for Indian Navy of secretaries namely, MMS Gubbay, AC McWatters 2017. worth Rs. 490 crore. and H Denning and every note is signed by the The summit is being organised by The decision was taken at a meeting of finance secretary, including 18 since Shared Value Initiative India, Institute for Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Independence. Competitiveness (India), and SoulAce & India Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The DAC Council on Competitiveness. The summit aims to is the defence ministry’s highest decision-making Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival provide a platform to identify and address the body on procurement. begins in New Delhi: barriers that exist to equality and empowerment Software-defined radio (SDR) is a The Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Indian society. radio communication system where components Shri Kiren Rijiju will inaugurate 7th edition of • Theme: “Equity and Empowerment”. that have been traditionally implemented in three day ‘Kathakar: International Skill India Partners with Airbnb to Upskill hardware are instead implemented by means of Storytellers Festival’. It begins at the Indira Hospitality Entrepreneurs: software on a personal computer or embedded Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), A tripartite Memorandum of system. New Delhi. Another inaugural session was held, Understanding (MoU) was signed between the book ‘Curious Tales from the Himalayas’ National Skill Development Corporation Rs.500 crore allocated for Clean Ganga co-authored by Shaguna Gahilote and (NSDC) and Tourism and Hospitality Sector Mission: Prarthana Gahilote was released. Skill Council (THSC) with Airbnb, the world’s The UK-based Indian-origin Kathakar is the only oral storytelling leading community-driven hospitality company. businessmen have committed to projects worth festival in India and is a part of Ghummakkad The MoU will provide hospitality skills training nearly Rs 500 crore associated with the Clean Narain- the Travelling Literature Festival to hospitality micro-entrepreneurs in India. Ganga mission. Vedanta Group chief Anil which was started under the aegis of UNESCO in Partnership builds on Airbnb’s commitment is to Agarwal has pledged his support for the 2010. support Skill India mission by creating and regeneration of the city’s riverfront, shipping Empowering 50,000 Hospitality Entrepreneurs in magnate Ravi Mehrotra has taken on Kanpur, Cabinet Approves Setting up of National India. the Hinduja Group will develop the Ghats of Nutrition Mission: Haridwar and Indorama Group chief Sri The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Smt. Anupriya Patel Launches National Prakash Lohia will take charge of Ganga Sagar Minister Shri has approved the Strategic Plan (2017-24) and Mission in Kolkata. National Nutrition Mission (NNM). NNM is a “SAMPARK”: As part of their corporate social three-year mission with budget of 9046.17 On World AIDS Day, Minister of State in responsibility (CSR) agenda, the businessmen will crore rupees and it comes under Ministry of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Smt. take on the projects and work with the Indian Women and Child Development. Anupriya Patel urges all to join hands to end government on finalising the plans for each of the NNM will strive to reduce the level of the epidemic by 2030 and Launches National cities. stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia, and low-birth Strategic Plan (2017-24) and Mission weight babies. It will also create synergy, ensure “SAMPARK”. The next seven years are, Boxing Federation of India recognised as better monitoring, and issue alerts for timely therefore, critical and investments made now will National Body: action. More than 10 crore people will be result in substantive gains towards ‘End of The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) benefitted by this programme. AIDS’. has been recognized as a national body by the SAMPARK is to trace those who are Left Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Already, 22nd Small Farmers Agri-Business to Follow Up and are to be brought under ART the BFI was recognized by the International Consortium held in New Delhi: services. World AIDS Day, 2017 organized by the Boxing Association (AIBA) and the Sports The 22nd meeting of Board of National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry. Management (BOM) of Small Farmers, Agri- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The decision removed the terminated Indian Business Consortium (SFAC), chaired by Union Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) as its affiliate Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Dr. after months of indecision. According to the Mohan Singh in New Delhi. Ambedkar International Centre in New Olympic charter, sporting federation must be The Scheme aims to facilitate the Delhi: recognised by the international body. Therefore, promotion of agri-business projects Prime Minister Narendra Modi will the IOA has ratified the Olympic charter. establishing backward linkages with farmers, inaugurate the Dr Ambedkar International Indian Olympic Association providing assured market to their production, Centre in New Delhi. He will also launch the Dr. • Headquarters: New Delhi thereby generating employment and enhancing Ambedkar International Centre for Socio- • President: Narayana Ramachandran farmers’ income. Economic Transformation(DAICSET). It includes seminar as well as conference halls. There are One rupee note turns 100 years in age: Chennai | Bengaluru | | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 2 three auditoriums and an extensive library with a 1st Intl. Conference on Sports Medicine & for MSME. The objective of the portal is to rich digital repository. Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 Inaugurated monitor the implementation of the Public in Delhi: Procurement from MSEs by Central Public-Sector Vice President inaugurates 12th Annual The First International Conference on Enterprises. The procurement policy mandates Convention of Central Information Sports Medicine and Sports Sciences SAICON the Central government departments/CPSEs to Commission: 2017 was inaugurated by the Minister of State procure an overall 20 percent of their total The Vice President of India, Shri M. (I/C) Youth Affairs and Sports Col. annual purchases from MSEs. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 12th Annual Rajyavardhan Rathore. Additionally, ‘Khelo Convention of Central Information India’ programme has been chalked out to tap Khelo India Programme to be launched from Commission (CIC) in New Delhi. He said that talent at the school and college level. 2018: RTI information has to be given in a language SAICON 2017 aims to promote The Government of India will launch a which is understandable to everyone, especially scientific temperament in the country and Khelo India programme at a cost of Rs 1,756 the applicant. inspire students, researchers and educationists crore for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20, Addressing at the inaugural session, the alike to take up sports science and research to announced by Union Minister of State for Youth Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) the next level. Under the Khelo India national Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), school games would be organised from January Rathore. MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & 31 to February 8 next year for the under 17 age The programme aims at mainstreaming Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra group. sports as a tool for individual development, Singh said that for the first time, all vacancies community development, economic development of Information Commissioners have been filled by International conference on Ground water: and national development. Each athlete selected the Government. An International conference is being under the scheme will receive an annual organized on the Ground water issues in the scholarship worth Rs 5 lakh for 8 years and Health Ministry and Rotary India sign MoU country with a theme of “Ground water Vision 2018 will be celebrated as Year of Sports. for concerted efforts towards achieving 2030- Water Security, Challenges and Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist immunization target: Climate Change Adaptation” from December Heritage held in New Delhi A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 11 to 13, 2017. The conference has been India hosted “Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC was signed between the Ministry of Health & organized by the National Institute of Festival of Buddhist Heritage” at the Indira Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Rotary India in Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee and Central Ground Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New New Delhi. The MoU was signed between Shri J Water Board (CGWB) under the aegis of Delhi as part of celebrations of 20th Anniversary P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Ministry of Water Resources, River Development of BIMSTEC. The Festival was inaugurated by Welfare and Smt. Vandana Gurnani, JS (RCH) and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India. Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent and Deepak Kapur, Chairman Rotary The conference will be inaugurated by Shri Nitin Charge) for Culture Dr. Mahesh Sharma. International India National Polio Plus will provide Gadkari. Government launches new initiatives for support and accelerate the efforts under Polio Universal Health Coverage: Eradication Programme, Routine India to achieve ‘electricity for all’ by early Shri J P Nadda launches new initiatives Immunization including Mission Indradhanush, 2020s: IEA on Universal Health Coverage Day. The Union Intensified Mission Indradhanush and Measles- Half a billion people have gained access to Health Minister and MoS (Finance) launched Rubella. electricity in India since 2000, almost doubling “LaQshya” – Labour Room Quality the country’s electrification rate, according to the Improvement Initiative and mHealth - a Kumbh Mela on the Representative List of World Energy Access report released by the Safe Delivery Mobile Application for health Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: International Energy Agency (IEA). This workers. UNESCO “remarkable” growth puts India on course to The Government has also announced India’s Kumbh Mela has been recognised achieving access to electricity for all in the transforming 1.5 lakh sub health centres to by UNESCO as an “Representative List of the early 2020s. Health and Wellness centres. Universal Health intangible cultural heritage of humanity”. Coverage Day is being observed on December The Intergovernmental Committee for the ASEAN India Connectivity Summit (AICS) 12. Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage begins in New Delhi: • Constituency of Shri J P Nadda: under the UN body inscribed Kumbh Mela at its The ASEAN India Connectivity Summit Himachal Pradesh - Rajya Sabha 12th session in Jeju, . The (AICS) held at New Delhi, being organized by the Kumbh Mela, held in Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in collaboration Ravi Shankar Prasad launches first NIC and Nasik, represents a syncretic set of rituals with AIC and CII. The Summit was attended by CERT: related to worship and cleansing in holy rivers. Road, Transport and Highways and Shipping Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of UNESCO Minister Nitin Gadkari, Ministers of State for Law & Justice and Electronics & Information • Headquarters: Paris, France External Affairs Gen VK Singh and MJ Akbar. Technology inaugurated the “NIC-CERT”, a • Director-General: Irina Bokova The AICS aims at accelerating existing setup of National Informatics Centre to prevent connectivity prospects, identifying issues of and predict cyber-attacks on government India declared free from Trachoma, a concern, evolving suitable policy utilities. It was launched in New Delhi. bacterial infection of eye: recommendations and developing strategies to NIC-CERT has been set up with the India has been declared free from enhance economic, industrial and trade relations objective of creating a comprehensive infectious Trachoma which is a contagious between ASEAN and India. framework that integrates world-class security bacterial infection of the eye. It causes inflamed • Theme: “Powering Digital and components and inbuilt threat intelligence for granulation on the inner surface of the lids. Physical Linkages for Asia in the detection, prevention and incident response. Releasing the National Trachoma Survey 21st Century”. • Constituency of Shri Ravi Shankar Report (2014-17) in New Delhi, said by Prasad: - Rajya Sabha Health Minister J P Nadda and termed it as a Giriraj Singh launches Public Procurement momentous achievement. Portal “MSME Sambandh”: 15th Meeting of RIC Foreign Ministers held A Public Procurement Portal ‘MSME in New Delhi: Sambandh’ was launched by Shri Giriraj The 15th Russia, India, China (RIC) Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Foreign Ministerial meeting was held in New Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Delhi. The three foreign ministers will exchange Manipur with Myanmar, Uttar Pradesh with crore to four industrial units located in views on major international and regional issues and Himachal Pradesh with China and Nepal. North Eastern Region (NER). It includes of common concern and deepen trilateral Sikkim under Central Capital Investment Subsidy pragmatic cooperation. 14th Inclusive finance India summit begins Scheme (CCISS), 2007 of North East Industrial Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New Delhi: Investment and Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), 2007. and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s The 14th Inclusive Finance India The four industrial units are located in North East Republic of China Wang Yi along with External Summit has begun in New Delhi to make including Sikkim. The union government of India Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj discussed agreements on strategies and a unified vision for has been implementing this scheme to promote in the meeting. achieving universal financial inclusion in India. A industrialization in the North East. Finance India Report was released which Cabinet approves Agreement with UNESCO Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra tops in highest provides an insightful analysis and an honest on establishment of International Training number of ‘cyber-crimes’: critique of the financial inclusion progress during Centre for Operational Oceanography in Uttar Pradesh stands on top of the course of the year. Hyderabad: recording highest number of cybercrimes in India A book- ‘Talking financial inclusion in Cabinet approves Agreement with followed by Maharashtra. As per the National liberalized India: Conversations with UNESCO on establishment of International Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, total Governors of the RBI’, edited by Prof. MS Training Centre for Operational 2,380 cybercrime cases were registered in Sriram was released during the inaugural Oceanography, as a Category-2 Centre (C2C) of Maharashtra during 2016. The corresponding session. Financial Inclusion is the process of UNESCO, in Hyderabad. The operational data for the same period for Uttar Pradesh is ensuring access to appropriate financial products oceanography is an activity of conducting 2,639. Karnataka is on the third rank with 1,101 and services needed by vulnerable groups such systematic oceanographic studies towards cases of cybercrimes of the same period. as weaker sections and low-income groups at an providing information services to various affordable cost in a fair and transparent manner sectors viz. fisherman, disaster management, Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address at by mainstream Institutional players. shipping, ports, coastal states, navy, coast FICCI AGM: guard, environment, offshore industries for Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Niti Aayog launches Atal Tinkering Lab conducting their day-to- day operations. at the Annual General Meeting of Federation of initiative: Indian Chamber Of Commerce and Industry Atal Innovation Mission under the aegis Union Cabinet approves National AYUSH (FICCI). It was held in New Delhi. At this year’s of NITI Aayog, celebrated the Community Mission for 2017-2020: AGM, FICCI President Pankaj Patel (Chairman Drive Initiative as part of ATL Community The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime and MD, Zydus Cadila) will step down and Day. As a part of the unique initiative, 25 young Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Rashesh Shah (Chairman and CEO, Edelweiss mentors interacted with over 200 children not continuation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Group) will take charge. The Federation of Indian enrolled in the formal education system through National Ayush Mission (NAM) from 2017- Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is brief sessions conducted at four locations in New 2020. It has been approved with an outlay of an association of business organisations in India, Delhi. Rs. 2400 crore over the 3-year period. The established in 1927. Atal Innovation Mission Mentors will NAM is being implemented by Ministry of AYUSH • Theme: ‘Indian Business in a New inspire in these students the spirit of innovation with the objectives of providing cost effective India’ and problem solving through tinkering with AYUSH Services. emerging technologies and provide opportunities The National AYUSH Mission intends to New logo of Kumbh Mela 2019 unveiled by to realize their creative abilities. build on India’s unmatched heritage represented Ram Naik: by its ancient systems of medicine like Ayurveda, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik Prime Minister announces 90000 crore for Sidhha, Unani & Homeopathy (ASU&H) which are unveiled the new multi-coloured logo for the improving Roads, Highways in Northeast a treasure house of knowledge for preventive and Kumbh Mela at a function in the Raj Bhawan at Region: promotive healthcare. Lucknow. The festival is scheduled to be held in Prime Minister Narendra Modi Allahabad in January 2019. announced Rs 90,000 crore for improving GST Council clears e-way bill mechanism for The logo comprising of temples, seers, roads and national highways in the movement of goods: kalash (pitcher) and a ‘Swastika’. The Kumbh Northeast in the next two to three years to The GST Council has approved Mela is being recognised by the UNESCO as an facilitate better connectivity. The prime minister mandatory compliance of e-way bill for intra- “intangible cultural heritage of humanity” dedicated to the nation a 271-km two-lane state movement of goods from June 1, and held up as the world’s largest peaceful national highway connecting Tura in 2018.These decisions were taken at the 24th gathering of pilgrims. western Meghalaya and Shillong. meeting of the GST Council headed by He also launched the Kumbh’s tagline, Of the amount, Rs 60,000 crore would Finance Minister . “Chalo Kumbh Chalo-Chalo, Kumbh Chalo”, be spent under Special Accelerated Road An e-way bill is required for movement Uttar Pradesh Tourism’s slogan “UP Nahin Development Programme and Rs 30,000 crore of goods worth more than Rs 50,000. When Dekha to India Nahin Dekha” and a one-stop under Bharatmala. This is above Rs 32,000 cr an e-way bill is generated a unique e-way bill travel solution portal. that has already been sanctioned for building number (EBN) is allocated and is available to the over 3,800 kilometers of national highway, of supplier, recipient, and the transporter. When Govt has released Rs.174 crore to six states which nearly 1200 kilometers of road has goods are transported for less than 10 km within for border development: already been constructed in last three years. a state, the supplier or the transporter need not The Home Ministry has released Rs 174 The centre is executing 15 New Rail Line projects furnish details on the GST portal. The e-way bill crore to six states, which has an international of 1385 kilometers length, at a cost of over mechanism has been introduced in the GST border for development of infrastructure. Under Rs.47,000 crore. regime to plug tax evasion loopholes. the Border Area Development Programme Union Govt approves Capital Investment (BADP), an amount of Rs 174.32 crore was Subsidy of Rs.264.67 cr for North-East Skill Development Ministry and Maruti released to Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Industrial Units: Suzuki inks pact to impart skill training: Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The Cabinet Committee on Economic The Skill Development Ministry and Assam shares International Border with Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Maruti Suzuki have signed an agreement to Bangladesh, West Bengal shares border with Narendra Modi has approved Capital impart training to youth and enhance their Nepal and Bhutan, Gujarat with Pakistan, Investment Subsidy amounting to Rs.264.67 employment potential. The MoU was signed by Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Vijay Kumar Dev, Director General, DGT, launched the Chandigarh Smart city cards submarine ‘INS Sindhushastra’ procured from MSDE, and Mukesh Kumar Gupta, Vice created by Chandigarh Administration in Russia. President, Maruti Suzuki India Limited in New association with the Bank of India. Dr Jitendra Singh launches electronic- Delhi in the presence of Minister of State for Customers can use the card for Human Resource Management System (e- Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Anant Government Utility payments, Retail merchants, HRMS) on Good Governance Day: kumar Hegde. Government taxes and Challans, E- Mandi, Rent The Union Minister of State Collection, liquor shops, Chandigarh Transport (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of India to Host WTO Meeting on Food Undertaking for Inter and Intra city buses, fuel Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Security: stations. The limit of this prepaid card is Rs MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & India will host a meeting of WTO 50,000, which is as per the guidelines of Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra member countries, in support of food security RBI. Singh launched the electronic-Human and other issues, announced by Commerce Chandigarh Smart City card is a Resource Management System (e-HRMS), in and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu in New personalized card with the details of the customer New Delhi. He launched it during the observance Delhi. The proposed meeting would be in the and his photograph. All the Adhaar card holders of Good Governance Day by the Ministry of backdrop of developed nations forming groupings can get this card through E-KYC at Sampark Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. to prepare ground for pushing investment center and the online portal designed by the The e-service book launched for DoPT facilitation, preparing rules for e-commerce, Bank of India. during March this year will also be integrated promoting gender equality and reducing subsidy into the e-HRMS. This will enhance public on fisheries. 11th World Trade Organization Union Government signs $250 million Loan delivery more satisfactory and more employees (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC11) took place Agreement with WB for SANKALP Project: will be available for core work of the Government in Buenos Aires, . The Union Government signed US $250 than maintaining of Service Book. WTO million loan agreement with World Bank for • Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland “Skills Acquisition and Knowledge PM inaugurates new metro link between • President: Roberto Azevedo Awareness for Livelihood Promotion”. The Noida and Delhi: World Bank’s financing arm International Bank The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, Indian Railways plans to make all stations for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) will inaugurated a new metro link between Noida 100% LED lit by March 2018: provide this loan. “Sankalp”, aims at and Delhi. He unveiled a plaque at Botanical In an eco-friendly measure to reduce channelizing skill, experience and time available Garden Metro Station, to mark the power consumption, Indian Railways has planned with retired government servants into inauguration of a portion of the Magenta Line of to make all stations 100% LED lit by March meaningful, voluntary contribution to society. the Delhi Metro, connecting Botanical Garden in 2018. Under the scheme, they would provide World Bank Noida with Kalkaji Mandir in South Delhi. 100 percent LED lighting for energy needs in • Headquarters: Washington D.C, USA ‘Blue Flag’: Environment Ministry Launches railway staff colonies, stations and platforms. • President: Jim Yong Kim for Beach Clean-up This is a huge initiative to provide • CEO: Kristalina Georgieva The Environment ministry has launched energy efficient lighting which will eventually a pilot project for beach clean-up and greatly help in the conservation of environment World Bank Provides Loans of $125 Million development. It also aims for the ‘Blue Flag’ as well. This initiative will reduce consumption by for STRIVE Project: certification for such identified beaches. about 10 percent of the total energy being The World Bank has approved $125 The ‘Blue Flag’ is a certification by the utilised for its non-traction uses, conserving million (around Rs.800 crore) loan to India for Foundation for Environmental Education about 240 million units of electricity and will save the STRIVE project for skill development. (FEE) that a beach, Marina or sustainable the Railways about 180 crore rupees annually. STRIVE- Skills Strengthening for Industrial boating tourism operator, meets its stringent Railway Ministry Value Enhancement. standards. Each state or union territory has been • Union Minister: Piyush Goyal The objective of the operation is to asked to nominate a beach which will be funded • Constituency: Maharashtra improve access to quality and market-driven through the ongoing Integrated Coastal 42 Mega Food Parks in the country to be vocational training as well as apprenticeships. Management Programme. created for modern infrastructure in food The financing agreement was signed between the Environment Ministry processing: Harsimrat Kaur Badal World Bank and the Finance Ministry. • Minister for Environment, Forest & The government has approved setting Climate Change: Dr. Harsh Vardhan up of a total 42 Mega Food Parks in the India’s submarine ‘INS Kalvari’ inducted in • Constituency: Chandni Chowk, Delhi country to create modern infrastructure for food Indian Navy: processing. Out of these, 9 Mega Food Parks INS Kalvari was commissioned into Atal Innovation Mission Sets up Atal have become functional and Ministry has Indian Navy’s fleet by Prime Minister Tinkering Labs across India: targeted to make 6 more Mega Food Parks Narendra Modi, after delay of five years in NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission functional in this financial year and 12 more by . It is powered by two 1250 kW MAN (AIM) is a Government of India’s flagship the next financial year. extremely silent diesel engines for rapidly program to promote innovation and The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at charging batteries. India has a target of building entrepreneurship nationwide in schools, providing a mechanism to link agricultural 24 submarines by the year 2030. universities and industry. It has selected production to the market by bringing together It is a diesel-electric attack additional 1500 Schools for establishment of farmers, processors and retailers so as to ensure submarine which is designed by DCNS (French Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs). maximizing value addition, minimizing wastage, naval defence and energy company) and It aims to give a major boost to the increasing farmers’ income and creating being manufactured at Mazagon Dock Limited vision of the mission to ‘Cultivate One Million employment opportunities particularly in rural in Mumbai. children in India as the Innovators of sector. India operates a fleet of 14 conventional tomorrow’. ATLs are innovation play workspaces Ministry of Food Processing Industries submarines, including INS Kalvari, nuclear- for students between Grade VI to Grade XII, • Minister: Harsimrat Kaur Badal powered attack boat, INS Chakra leased from stimulating innovations combining science & • Constituency: Bathinda, Punjab Russia and INS Arihant, the homegrown technology. Chandigarh launches Smart City Cards: submarine that can launch nuclear ballistic ‘Prakash hai to Vikas hai’: UP govt Launches Governor of Punjab and missiles. Earlier (in July 2000), the Indian Navy free household power connection scheme Administrator U.T, VP Singh Badnore has inducted a conventional diesel-electric Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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The Uttar Pradesh Govt. has launched Vision 2029 framework of Chief Minister N India’s rivers and Assam became the sixth state a free household power connection scheme Chandrababu Naidu. to sign the MoU with Isha Foundation. ‘Prakash hai to vikas hai’ for the poor to mark The central government has already former prime minister ’s birth Andhra Approves Pension, house plot for constituted a cabinet sub-committee to study the anniversary. Initially, the two villages Lohban Transgenders: problem of flood and erosion in the state and Rs and Gausana of Mathura district have been The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved a 100 crore has been allotted by the centre for covered for 100% electrification. scheme to provide a pension of Rs 1500 to conducting a study of River Brahmaputra. The Under the scheme, the government will transgenders above 18 years of age in the state. state government has also organised Namami cover 16 million households by the end of Under this scheme the transgenders will be Brahmaputra and Namami Barak festivals, to 2018. The government has also introduced provided ration cards, plots and scholarships, revitalise these rivers and explore their potential Kisan Uday Yojana, a scheme for farmers, in also skill development for financial stability. to become major water navigation routes. that existing 5 HP/7.5 HP submersible and After Kerala and Odisha, Andhra Pradesh Assam coupling sets of farmers will be replaced free of becomes the next state to sanction pension • Capital: Dispur cost. scheme for the transgender community. • Chief Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal • Governor: STATES / UT President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Four Projects for Andhra Pradesh: BIHAR ‘Clean Sea-2017’ exercise at sea off Port The President of India, Ram Nath Bihar Government launches “Safe City Blair: Kovind, inaugurated four projects of the State Surveillance scheme” for Women: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Government at Velagapudi, Andhra Pradesh. The Bihar government has launched a conducted the regional level marine oil pollution The Projects were Andhra Pradesh new scheme, “Safe City Surveillance Scheme” response exercise ‘Clean Sea-2017’. It was held Fibre grid Project, Andhra Pradesh for checking crime against women. The primary at sea off Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Surveillance Project, Drone Project; and objective is to provide security and Islands. Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) assistance 24*7 to reduce the crime rate. The Indian Coast Guard has established system. The President focused on the 24/7 Through this scheme, the state three pollution response centres at Mumbai, hyper-connected world and the online government will keep a regular check on eve- Chennai and Port Blair which is responsible for presence of the government. teasing and other crimes against women at marine environment protection in the maritime The vision of Fibre Grid project is to several public places throughout the state. Under zones of India and is the coordinating authority establish a highly scalable network infrastructure, this scheme, the state government will install for response to oil spills in Indian waters. with end-to-end broadband connectivity of 15 CCTV Cameras at various identified public places Andaman and Nicobar Islands Mbps for all households and 100 Mbps to 1 of the state. • Capital: Port Blair Gbps for institutions & Offices by 2018. AP Bihar • Lieutenant Governor Admiral (Retd.): State Fiber Net Limited (APSFL) is responsible • Capital: Devendra Kumar Joshi for undertaking the works of AP Fiber grid. • Chief Minister: Nitish Kumar The state also plans to employ drones in • Governor: ANDHRA PRADESH area like tourism, agriculture, mines, forests and Andhra Pradesh government signs irrigation projects to monitor real-time situations Aadivasi Mahotsav held in , agreements with Alphabet X for Fiber grid in an area, and deploying multiple drones can Chhattisgarh: project: help the police keep a tab on traffic and The two-day Aadivasi Mahotsav was The Andhra Pradesh government has crime. held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The festival signed an agreement with Alphabet InC.’s X to Andhra Pradesh aimed at displaying the rich and diverse tribal bring the Free Space Optical Communication • Capital: Hyderabad traditions of the central state. It is inaugurated (FSOC) technology in the state. They will • Chief Minister: N. Chandrababu Naidu by Union Tribal Affairs minister Jual oram supply and deploy two thousand cutting-edge • Governor: E.S.L Narasimhan and chief minister Dr. . The Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) links festival has been organised in the memory of for Andhra Pradesh (AP) fiber-grid. ASSAM 1857 revolutionary from the region, Shaheed Through this network, the state Venkaiah Naidu launches Deen Dayal Veer Narayan Singh on his martyrdom day. government promises to give 10-20 Mbps Divyangajan Sahajya Scheme in Assam: Chhattisgarh connectivity for all households and 1-10 Gbps for Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu with • Capital: Raipur institutions and multi-dwelling units. The Assam Governor Jagadish Mukhi and CM • Chief Minister: Raman Singh agreement was signed by Nara Lokesh, minister Sarbananda Sonowal gave financial assistance • Governor: Balram Das Tandon of IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh. during the inaugural ceremony of Deen Dayal GOA Divyangjan Sahajya Achoni. ‘Jai Kisaan’ app launched in Goa: Andhra Pradesh Govt develops ‘Gaming for Under the scheme every differently Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Learning’ hub: abled person in the state would be entitled to a launched the “Jai Kisaan App”. It is an initiative Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu one-time grant of Rs 5,000 for their treatment. of Adventz group, a conglomerate of 25 announced that the government is trying to The event held at Sarusojai Stadium, companies. The aim of the app is to fulfil the develop the state as an e-learning gaming Guwahati, Assam. needs of the farmer’s community in India. It hub. The first day of the international Ed-Tech Assam ties up with Isha Foundation for river gives agricultural information and cultivation, conference, Transforming Education rejuvenation: covering crop nutrition, protection, seeds, and Conference for Humanity (TECH) partnerships Assam government and the diagnostic services. The app will not only give the with Education Ministry of the Andhra Pradesh Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev-led Isha farmers database but also help them with the government, the Andhra Pradesh Economic Foundation inked an MOU for rejuvenation and various initiatives of the government such as the Development Board and the UNESCO conservation of rivers. Assam government’s health cards. Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace Environment and Forest Department signed the and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) to MOU. 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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 6 food testing laboratory in Goa. Parrikar The Asian Infrastructure Investment Legislative Affairs Minister Rampal Singh. unveiled the vehicle, worth Rs 41 lakh, in Bank (AIIB) has approved a USD 335 million Capital punishment will be awarded to convicts presence of Goa Food and Drugs Administration loan to finance a 100-percent electric metro under section 376 (A), which is related to minister Vishwajit Rane. The laboratory mounted rail project in Bangalore. Investment in the rape, and section 376 (D, A), pertaining to on a bus will be travelling across the state Bangalore Metro Rail Project, Reach 6 (R6) is gang rape. checking food samples on the spot. The vehicle is AIIBs first metro project and its first joint Madhya Pradesh equipped to conduct on-the-spot tests to check financing partnership with the European • Capital: Bhopal food quality and curb adulteration, also check Investment Bank (EIB). • Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan hygiene level of water. The Asian Infrastructure Investment • Governor: Om Prakash Kohli Goa Bank is a multilateral development bank that (Additional charge) • Capital: Panaji aims to support the building of infrastructure in MAHARASHTRA • Chief Minister: Manohar Parrikar the Asia-Pacific region. India to host AIIB annual meeting: • Governor: Mridula Sinha AIIB India to host 3rd Annual Meeting of GUJARAT • Headquarters: , China Board of Governors of Asian Infrastructure India’s First National Rail and • President: Jin Liqun Investment Bank. The meeting will be hosted in Transportation University in Gujarat: Bengaluru joins New York, Melbourne and Mumbai. The Government of Maharashtra has The Union Cabinet chaired by PM , gets its own logo: nominated Maharashtra Industrial Development Narendra Modi approved the initiative to set up Bengaluru City joined the ranks of Corporation (MIDC) as the nodal agency for India’s first ever National Rail and Transport Singapore, Melbourne, New York, and became organising the Annual Meeting. University (NRTU) in Vadodara, Gujarat. This the first city in the country to have a logo of AIIB is a multilateral development bank initiative by Indian Railways is to skill its human its own. The Tourism Department of the with a mission to improve social and economic resources and build capability. A not-for-profit Karnataka Government recently launched the outcomes in Asia and beyond. AIIB commenced company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, logo at the Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the operations in January 2016. 2013, will be created by the ministry of railways state legislature of Karnataka. Brand Bengaluru Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu which will be the managing company of the got its own logo – the tagline ‘Bengaluru – Be inaugurates Yoga Institute in Mumbai: proposed university. U’ (be you) is expected to build the city’s image Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has The University will be set up as a on the global stage. The city is the first to gets its inaugurated the Centenary celebrations of the Deemed University under de novo category as own identity badge. Yoga Institute in Mumbai.The institute was per the UGC [Institutions Deemed to be Karnataka founded by Shree Yogendraji Mani Haribhai Universities] Regulations, 2016 and the funding • Capital: Bengaluru Desai, the disciple of Paramahans Madhavadasji of the new University/Institute is to entirely come • Chief Minister: Siddaramaiah in 1918. from • Governor: The word Yoga is derived from two roots Gujarat KERALA – One signifying “connection” and the second • Capital: Gandhinagar India’s largest floating solar power plant to signifying “concentration”. National Yoga Day is • Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani be inaugurated in Kerala: celebrated on June 21. • Governor: Om Prakash Kohli Kerala Power Minister MM Mani will Mumbai Gets India’s First Ever AC Local KARNATAKA inaugurate the plant at the Banasura Sagar Train: Karnataka Government Introduces Digital dam in Wayanad. The solar power plant that The country’s first air-conditioned Platform for hassle-free Governance: floats on the surface of water has a capacity of (AC) suburban train commenced its services. The state cabinet ratified the proposal of 500 kilowatts (KW). This is the country’s The first service of the 12-coach EMU will “Seva Sindhu”, a common citizen platform to largest floating solar plant. commence between Borivali and Churchgate. promote the delivery system of government Constructed by Thiruvananthapuram- This will be the first train with automatic doors in services and to address the issues of the based Ad tech Systems, the plant will generate the suburban system. The services of AC local common citizen. seven lakh units per year. The total cost of the train will replace existing 12 Non-AC services. The portal will provide services like project is Rs. 9.25 crore. Out of 12 services of AC Local train, 8 will run income, domicile, caste, birth, death certificates, Kerala to Raise Minimum Liquor Drinking fast and will only halt at major stations. ration card, approval of social welfare scheme. Age from 21 to 23: Maharashtra govt sets up a development The interactive platform would also provide all The CPI(M)-led Kerala government authority for Raigad Fort: useful information about local events, decided to raise the minimum age for Maharashtra government has set up employment opportunities, and others. consuming liquor from 21 to 23. The a 17-member development authority for the Tata Power Renewable Energy establishes government will make suitable amendments to Raigad Fort. It will be headed by Rajya Sabha 100 MW project in Karnataka: the existing liquor policy and bring an ordinance member Sambhaji Shahu Chhatrapati. The Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd for this. Kerala has the second highest level of state government had already sanctioned 500- India(TPREL) has commissioned its 100 MW per capita liquor consumption for any Indian crore rupees development plan in June 2016. solar plant project at Pavagada Solar Park in state following Andhra Pradesh. The authority will finalise a development Karnataka. TPREL, the Tata Power wholly-owned Kerala plan for the Raigad fort and surrounding areas, subsidiary, has built the two 50 MW solar • Capital: Thiruvananthapuram including the memorial of Shivaji’s mother, plants on over 533 acres. The company’s total • Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan Jijabai. installed operating capacity now stands at • Governor: P. Sathasivam Maharashtra 1,614MW. Through this plant, the company has MADHYA PRADESH • Capital: Mumbai entered into a 25 years power purchase Madhya Pradesh Assembly Passes Bill on • Chief Minister: Devendra Fadnavis agreement with NTPC at a tariff of Rs. 4.79 per Death for Rape of Girls 12 and Below: • Governor: Chennamaneni Vidyasagar unit. The Madhya Pradesh Assembly Rao Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited unanimously passed a bill awarding death to MEGHALAYA • Headquarters: Mumbai those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 Meghalaya launches India’s first social audit • CEO: Rahul Shah and below. With the passage of the bill, Madhya law: AIIB approves $335 mn loan for Bangalore Pradesh becomes the first state in the country Meghalaya became the first state in Metro Rail Project: where those convicted of such rapes will face the India to operationalise a law that makes social gallows. 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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 7 audit of government programmes and In a bid to make the second edition of project was implemented by the state IT schemes a part of government practice. ‘Make in Odisha’ conclave-2018 a roaring department with partnership with private IT Chief Minister Mukul Sangma launched ‘The success, the State Government decided to companies. It will lead to millions of new users Meghalaya Community Participation and organise road shows at major metropolis of the who are not comfortable with English e-mail ids. Public Services Social Audit Act, 2017’, at a country ahead of the event to reach-out to Indian Army conducts major military national convention in Shillong. With the help of investors. exercise Hamesha Vijayee in deserts of this law, implementation of the schemes would The objectives of the conclave are to Rajasthan: be easier, and people will get to know how much showcase manufacturing ecosystem in Odisha, Indian Army’s Southern Command is money will be spent. highlight investment opportunities and elicit conducting a major military exercise called Meghalaya investment intentions from corporate houses. It Hamesha Vijayee in the deserts of • Capital: Shillong has been decided that road shows will be Rajasthan. The aim of Hamesha Vijayee is to • Chief Minister: Mukul Sangma organised in Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, assess the capabilities of the armed forces to • Governor: Mumbai and to attract investors to strike deep into enemy territory and the exercise MIZORAM Odisha. is being conducted in an integrated air-land PM Inaugurates Tuirial Hydro Power Project Eastern India’s First CNG Stations battle scenario. Hamesha Vijayee is going to in Mizoram: inaugurated by Minister for Petroleum & be held from December 16 to 22 and it is being Prime Minister Narendra Modi Natural Gas, Pradhan: carried in the cities, Barmer and Jaisalmer, inaugurated the 60-megawatt Tuirial The Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Rajasthan. hydroelectric power project in Aizawl, Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated eastern Rajasthan govt sets up Automatic service Mizoram. Now, Mizoram had become the third India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) ATMs at nearly 9900 Atal Seva Kendra: power- surplus state in the north-east after stations for scooters in Bhubaneswar, Rajasthan state government sets up Sikkim and Tripura. The project has been built at Odisha. He also launched CNG-run scooters Automatic service ATMs ‘E-Mitra Plus’ at a cost of Rs.1,302 crore. and auto-rickshaws. nearly 9900 Atal Seva Kendras and 2500 Tuirial HEPP has been constructed as a The environment-friendly fuel will help urban locations situated across the state. It will central sector project and implemented by North in reducing air pollution. The CNG stations are work for 24*7 for 365 days. Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO), launched under GAIL’s Pradhan Mantri Urja E-plus is a more advanced system with under the administrative control of the Ministry of Ganga and City Gas Distribution (CGD) projects completely human-less interface, which has Power, Government of India. in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. linked with AADHAR and has provision for The Prime Minister will also launch Odisha payment by cash and card. Through E-Mitra Plus ‘MyDoNER App’ and inaugurated the Shillong – • Capital: Bhubaneswar 380 banking services can be accessed. Nongstoin Rongjeng Tura road. • Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik Rajasthan Mizoram • Governor: Senayangba Chubatoshi • Capital: Jaipur Capital: Aizawl Jamir • • Chief Minister: Vasundhara Raje • Chief Minister: Lal Thanhawla RAJASTHAN • Governor: Kalyan Singh • Governor: Lt. General (Retd.) 10th Jaipur International Film Festival: TAMIL NADU Nirbhay Sharma The 10th Jaipur International Film Loan Agreement of $318 Million Signed with NAGALAND Festival (JIFF) 2018 – (Jan 6-10) is all set to World Bank for Farmers in Tamil Nadu: Nagaland celebrates Statehood Day and present International Cinema to film buffs. The The governments of India and Tamil Hornbill festival: second and the last list of films selected for the Nadu signed an agreement with the World Nagaland is all set to celebrate the Festival was released that includes a total of 48 Bank for the multilateral lender to provide $318 54th Statehood Day and the 18th Hornbill films from 13 countries. million loan. It is for modernisation of irrigation festival 2017 at Naga Heritage Village, The films for screening were selected by projects in Tamil Nadu, improve market Kisama. Since the formal inauguration of a 51 member-international committee of opportunities for small and marginal farmers and Nagaland as a state on December 1, 1963, the selectors from India, United States, Canada, their adoption of climate resilient techniques. Government of Nagaland has been observing France, Germany and Bangladesh. JIFF is the Under the Tamil Nadu Irrigated December 1 as Statehood Day. first film festival in the country that selects Agriculture Modernisation project, about 4,800 President Ram Nath Kovind will grace the documentary films too. This year 11 documentary irrigation tanks and 477 check dams across occasion and inaugurate the 10-day State films have been selected for screening in the 66 sub-basins will be rehabilitated and Hornbill festival 2017. Festival. modernised to deliver bulk water to irrigation Nagaland List of Feature films: systems in the state. • Capital: Kohima • Angrezi Mein Kehte Hein directed by The $318 million loan from the IBRD has • Chief Minister: T. R. Zeliang Harish Vyas from India/Hindi a 5-year grace period and a maturity of 19 years. • Governor: Padmanabha Acharya • Half Widow directed by Danish Renzu About 5 Lakh farmers are expected to benefit ODISHA from India/ Kashmiri and Urdu from improved and modernized tank irrigation Konark Dance festival begins in Odisha: • Andarkahini (Self-Exile) directed by systems. The 31st edition Annual Konark festival Arnab Middya from India/Bengali TAMIL NADU begins in Odisha. It began near the world- • Inkblot directed by Vedanti Dani from • Capital: Chennai famous Sun Temple of Konark. The festival India/English • Chief Minister: Edappadi K. held every year from 1st to 5th December. It is Palaniswami organized by Odisha Tourism and Odissi Research • POV-Point of view directed by • Governor: Centre. Prabhakar Jha from India/Hindi TELANGANA Along with the dance festival, • Donaire Y Esplendor (Grace Incubator for Women Startups in Telangana: International Sand Art Festival has begun at &Splendor) directed by Arturo Telangana government has announced Chandrabhaga beach in Konark. Eight Montenegro from / Spanis that it will set up an incubation centre for international sand sculptors and 62 national Rajasthan becomes the first state to offer startups by women entrepreneurs. K T Rama artists were being exhibited their works in the email-IDs in Hindi: Rao, the state’s industries and IT minister, festival. Rajasthan has become the first Indian said the government would also set up a Rs 15- Make in Odisha Road Shows in five cities: state to launch free email addresses in Hindi (in Devanagari script) for its residents. The

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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 8 crore fund to meet the investment needs of present generation learn more about Telugu agreed to provide a subsidy of Rs 7 lakh per these start-ups. language and its rich culture and heritage. Vice bus. The electric buses will be available in in The government is planning to launch a President M Venkaiah Naidu will be formally Kolkata, Asansol and Durgapur, announced by series of initiatives to encourage women inaugurated the Conference. state Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari. entrepreneurs including creation of a women Telangana West Bengal startup incubator ‘WE Hub’, a first such • Capital: Hyderabad • Capital: Kolkata incubator in the country. • Chief Minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao • Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer • Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan • Governor: Keshari Nath Tripathi Amitabh Kant announced that the Aayog will UTTARAKHAND support We-Hub under the Atal Innovation Uttarakhand Signs MoU With HP To Provide Mission. The Aayog will also create a special Tele-Medicine Facilities: INTERNATIONAL women’s cell to ensure enhanced funding for the Uttarakhand signed a MoU with IMF approves 88 billion US dollar Flexible women entrepreneurs. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) India Pvt credit line for : IT park for differently-abled in Hyderabad: Limited for establishing e-health centres in the The International Monetary Fund Hyderabad is all set to be world’s first State. According to the MoU signed, the HPE approved a new 88 billion US dollar credit line Information Technology campus for persons company will facilitate telemedicine service for Mexico, replacing the existing line. It is a with disabilities (PWDs). On the eve of World at four community health centres in the two-year agreement. It is approved as a Disability Day, Telangana Government, in State. protection against fallout in global financial association with Vindhya E-Infomedia Pvt Ltd, Specialist medical service will be markets. will establish the IT campus. It will be opened at accessible through the telemedicine facility for The Flexible Credit Line (FCL) was Shamshabad near Hyderabad international those who visit any of these four-community designed to meet the demand for crisis- airport. Majority of their workforce comprises of health centres. Now, Uttarakhand has become prevention and crisis-mitigation lending for Physically Challenged, Hearing Impaired and the fifth Indian state to adopt tele-radiology countries with very strong policy frameworks and Visually Impaired. facility and has also become the 17th State to track records in economic performance. Kacheguda Becomes India’s First Energy- adopt telemedicine. IMF Efficient Railway Station: Uttarakhand • Headquarters: Washington, D.C., U.S Kacheguda Railway Station under the • Capital: Dehradun • CEO: Christine Lagarde South-Central Railway (SCR) has earned the • Chief Minister: Trivendra Singh Rawat Two-days annual SCO meeting begins in unique distinction of being the first Energy • Governor: Krishna Kant Paul Russian city of Sochi: Efficient ‘A1 Category’ Railway Station on Indian UTTAR PRADESH The two-day annual meeting of Railways. The station has achieved 100% Bhagavad Gita Research Institute to be set Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) energy efficiency by replacing 1,312 up in Mathura: was held in Sochi, Russia. The External Affairs conventional lights with light-emitting diode A research institute for the study of the Minister Sushma Swaraj represented India in (LED) lighting, among other steps. All these ‘Bhagavad Gita’ will be set up by the Uttar the two-day summit. She also attended the measures would save about 1.76 lakh units and Pradesh government in Mathura. For research reception to be hosted by Russian Prime Rs.14.08 lakh per annum with reduction of the on Gayan (singing), Vadan (the art of music) and Minister Dmitry Medvedev. connected load by 46.18 kW for Railways, said Nratya (dance) of the Krishna age, the The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation General Manager Vinod Kumar Yadav. government is setting up the institute. (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental President of India Lays Foundation Stone of international organisation, the creation of which Attivo sets up an infra equipment park in ‘NYAYA GRAM’ Project of High Court of was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai Telangana: Allahabad: (China) by China, , Kyrgyzstan, An infrastructure equipment The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. manufacturing park on 500 acres is to be Kovind, laid the foundation stone of the Nyaya Shanghai Cooperation Organisation developed by Attivo Economic Zones Pvt Ltd, part Gram project of the High Court of Allahabad. • Headquarters: Beijing, China of Srei Group in the National Investment and It is necessary to strengthen judicial • Secretary General: Rashid Alimov Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ), in Zaheerabad, infrastructure and Nyaya Gram project would India re-elected to International Maritime Telangana. The memorandum of understanding prove to be a milestone in fulfilling the Organisation Council: was signed between Attivo and the Department requirements of the Allahabad High Court. India has been re-elected to the Council of Industries & Commerce in Bengaluru. The South Korea ties up with Uttar Pradesh: of the International Maritime Organization proposed park is expected to generate direct and The Uttar Pradesh government [IMO] under Category “B” at the 30th session indirect employment in excess of 10,000 over the signed a memorandum of understanding with of the Assembly of the IMO held in London. next 10 years. South Korea to enhance cooperation in the The IMO Council consists of 40-member Central Government gives nod for field of tourism, skill development, culture and countries. In Categories “A” and “B” there are 10 Kaleshwaram Project in Telangana: farming. members each and in Category “C” 20 members, The Telangana state government’s It is signed for giving a new dimension who are elected by the IMO Assembly. prestigious Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation to cooperation in the field of tourism, skill IMO Council plays a crucial role in Scheme has finally got the Green Nod from development, culture and farming, which will deciding various important matters within the central government. The expert appraisal provide more employment opportunities and mandate of the IMO, in relation to the global committee of the Union Ministry of Environment development. shipping industry, including its work and Forest recommended the “proposal for Uttar Pradesh programme strategy and budget. Indian High grant of environmental clearance” in Delhi. • Capital: Lucknow Commissioner to the UK YK Sinha The green nod for the project will be a big boost • Chief Minister: represented India at the assembly where India to the state government. • Governor: Shri Ram Naik secured the second-highest number of votes World Telugu Conference begins in WEST BENGAL (144). Hyderabad: West Bengal gets Financial aid from World IMO The third World Telugu Conference is all Bank for Electric buses: • Headquarters: London, United set to begin in the Lal Bahadur Stadium, The West Bengal state government has Kingdom Hyderabad. The objective of the Conference is negotiated with the World Bank to get subsidy • Head: Kitack Lim to promote Telugu and its literature, helping the to buy 130 electric buses. World Bank has Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Wassenaar Arrangement agrees to admit Venkaiah Naidu To Inaugurate World meeting will be held in Davos town of India as its new member: Conference On Vedas In Delhi: Switzerland. In a major development, leading export Venkaiah Naidu to Inaugurate World Top Indian CEOs will attend the meeting control regime Wassenaar Arrangement decided Conference On Vedas in Delhi. It was held at including Mukesh Ambani, Chanda Kochhar to admit India as its new member. The decision the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Uday Kotak. In the past only two PMs – PV was taken at the groupings plenary meeting in (IGNCA). The event will have in-depth Narasimha Rao and HD Deve Gowda – have Vienna. India will become the Arrangement’s discussions on various aspects of vedas. The gone to Davos. 42nd participating state as soon as the three-day ‘Vishwa Ved Sammelan’ will have in- Switzerland necessary procedural arrangements for joining depth discussions on de-mystifying various myths • Capital: Bern the WA are completed. and fallacies surrounding the Vedas and • Currency: Swiss franc The WA membership is also expected to Manusmriti. • President: Johann Schneider-Amman build up a strong case for India’s entry into the 4th India-- Trilateral 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Dialogue Held in New Delhi: ARGENTINA The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export India on held the fourth edition of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference Held in Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use trilateral meet with Japan and Australia in New Argentina: Goods and Technologies, commonly known as the Delhi. Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar hosted The Eleventh World Trade Organization Wassenaar Arrangement, is a multilateral the 4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC11) took place export control regime (MECR) with 42 with Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Conference participating states including many former and Trade of Australia Ms. Frances Adamson was chaired by Minister Susana Malcorra of Comecon (Warsaw Pact) countries. and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr. Argentina. Indian Delegation was led by Minister UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, in New Delhi. of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu. The Tourism and Culture held in Muscat: The meeting highlighted the growing World Trade Organization is an The second UN World Tourism convergence of their respective countries’ intergovernmental organization that regulates Organization/UNESCO World Conference on interests in the Indo-Pacific region and international trade. Tourism and Culture was held in Muscat, Capital underscored their shared commitment to peace, Argentina city of Oman. The Minister of State for democracy, economic growth and a rule-based • Capital: Buenos Aires Culture (Independent Charge) and order in the region. • Currency: Peso Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr WHO Certifies Gabon as Polio free: • President: Mauricio Macri Mahesh Sharma led the Indian delegation. The World Health Organisation has AUSTRALIA The conference was focused on declared Gabon a “polio-free country”. Gabon’s Same-sex marriage legalised in Australia as governance models, tourism development and Health Minister Denise Mekam’ne Edzidzie also Parliament passes historic law: protection of cultural heritage, culture and urged families to “continue to immunise children Australia has officially become the tourism in urban development and creativity, and and prevent a resurgence of this disease”. Now 26th country to legalise same-sex marriage exploring cultural landscape in tourism as a the disease is endemic only in Afghanistan and after the law was passed with the overwhelming vehicle for sustainable development in Pakistan. backing of the Federal Parliament. Thirteen destinations worldwide. Polio is a highly-infectious viral disease years after changing the Marriage Act to which mainly affects young children and can explicitly forbid same-sex unions, federal formally handed over Hambantota result in permanent paralysis. There is no cure politicians voted to undo the last major piece of Port to China: and it can only be prevented through discrimination against gay and lesbian Sri Lanka formally handed over its immunisation. Australians. southern strategic port of Hambantota to WHO Australia China on a 99-year lease. Two Chinese firms • Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland • Capital: Canberra managed by China Merchants Port Holdings • Director General: Tedros Adhanom • Currency: Australian dollar Company (CM Port) and Sri Lanka Ports Authority MoHUA inks agreement with German firm • Prime minister: Malcolm Turnbull will own port and the investment zone around it. GIZ for technical cooperation in transport CHINA Hambantota port is located right in the middle of projects: China Starts World’s Biggest Floating Solar vital energy supply lines in the Indian Ocean, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Project: connecting the Middle East and East Asia. Ministry has signed an agreement with German A unit of China Three Gorges Corp. is Sri Lanka firm GIZ for technical cooperation in the building a 1 billion yuan ($151 million) • Capital: Colombo, Sri implementation of transport projects in floating solar power plant, the world’s biggest, in Jayawardenepura Kotte Coimbatore, Bhubaneshwar and Kochi. The the nation’s eastern province of Anhui. The • Currency: Sri Lankan rupee agreement has been signed by the ministry’s project features panels fixed to floats on the • Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe officer on special duty Mukund Kumar Sinha, surface of a lake. China Three Gorges New Russia and inks pact for Egypt’s first and GIZ Country Director Wolfgang Hanning in Energy Co. started building the 150-megawatt nuclear power plant: the presence of Housing and Urban Affairs project in July and part of the plant was Russia and Egypt have signed an Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. connected to the grid. agreement to construct Egypt’s first nuclear An amount of around 29 crore rupees Google launches artificial intelligence plant. The plant will be constructed in Dabaa through GIZ is envisaged for this purpose over a research center in China: city in Egypt’s coastal Matrouh province. The period of three years. The main objective of the Alphabet Inc’s Google launches agreement was inked by Egyptian Electricity agreement is to improve planning and artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Minister Mohamed Shaker and Russian implementation of sustainable urban transport. China. The research center is the first of its kind Nuclear Corporation Rosatom’s chief Alexei Narendra Modi To Be First PM To Attend in Asia and will comprise a small team operating Likhachev. World Economic Forum In 20 Years: out of its existing office in Beijing. The new In May 2016, Egypt approved the use of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Chinese AI research center will join a list of a loan of $25 billion from Russia for the attend World Economic Forum, where the world’s similar overseas centres operating in New York, nuclear power plant construction. will top CEOs and a large number of heads of Toronto, London, and Zurich. provide 80 percent of the foreign components of government gather for the annual meeting of the Google the plant, while Egypt provides 20 per cent. World Economic Forum in January. The • Headquarters: California, USA

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• CEO: Sundar Pichai from the Health Ministry and a high-level • Capital: Rome AIIB Grants First Loan to China to Reduce delegation from Cuba. • Currency: Euro Dependence on Coal: The MoU aims to establish • President: Sergio Mattarella The Asian Infrastructure Investment comprehensive inter-ministerial and inter- IRAN Bank (AIIB) approved its first loan to China to institutional cooperation between the two Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reduce its dependence on coal by over 600,000 countries in the field of health by pooling Inaugurates First Phase of Chabahar Port: tonnes annually by building a natural gas technical, scientific, financial and human The first phase of the Chabahar Port distribution network for villages. resources and ultimately upgrading the quality project is known as the Shahid Beheshti Port The USD 250-million-loan will fund a and reach of human, material and infrastructural and it is inaugurated by Iranian President project to connect 216,750 households in resources involved in health care, medical Hassan Rouhani. Minister of state for shipping approximately 510 villages to the natural gas education & training, and research in both Pon Radhakrishnan represented India at the distribution network. It is undertaken by the countries. inauguration. Beijing Gas Group Company, will entail CUBA The port, located in Iran’s south eastern construction of natural gas distribution networks • Capital: Havana Sistan- Baluchestan Province. It will open up in villages and low-pressure gas pipelines and • President: Raúl Castro a new strategic transit route among Iran, India household connections. It is scheduled for • Currency: Cuban peso and Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan. It boosts completion in 2021. China is the Largest EGYPT trade between Iran and India. Shareholder of AIIB. India is the second IMF approves $2 billion loan installment for Iran largest shareholder with 7.5 percent followed Egypt: • Capital: Tehran by Russia 5.93 percent and Germany 4.5 The International Monetary Fund has • Currency: Iranian rial percent. approved the third installment of USD 12 • Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei World’s Longest Glass Bridge Opens in billion, three-year loan for Egypt. Till now ISRAEL China: USD 6 billion has been released to Egypt. The India, Israel open centre for forticulture in The world’s longest glass bridge has IMF board approved the latest USD 2 billion Tamil Nadu: been opened in China. It is located in disbursement under the deal signed in November India will open centres of excellence for Shijiazhuang, Hebei province near Beijing, 2016. farmers in India to encourage research in the capital of China. The bridge stretches 488 Egypt agriculture sector announced by Israel’s meters long and two meters wide. It stands • Capital: Cairo Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir. at 218 meters above the valley with two dragon • Currency: Egyptian pound This cooperation includes structured statues on top that could produce smoke. • President: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi interactions between governments, experts and Hebei Group, the local tourism GERMANY most important – farmers. This comprises of company built the bridge and it is designed in a India inks pact with Germany for Pare bilateral sharing of knowledge and technologies, such a way that it swings a little when visitors Hydroelectric Plant Project: establishment of centres of excellence in various walk to its center. A loan agreement for providing agriculture sectors across India, exchange visits China additional funding of euro 20 million was signed of experts and farmers and Post-doctoral • Capital: Beijing for the project ‘Pare Hydroelectric Plant’. It scholarships for Indian agriculture researchers in • Currency: Renminbi was signed under Indo-German Bilateral Israel. • President: Xi Jinping Development Cooperation. The objective of the Israel project is to generate hydroelectric power for the • Capital: Jerusalem Cabinet Signs MoU between India and socio-economic development of the North- • Currency: Israeli new shekel Colombia in the field of agriculture and Eastern region. • Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu fisheries: The government of Germany signed a LESOTHO The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime loan agreement with North Eastern Electric Power India donated 500 tonnes of rice to Kingdom Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Corporation (NEEPCO) for providing EUR 80 of Lesotho: signing of a Memorandum of Understanding million to India. India donated 500 metric tonnes of (MoU) between India and Colombia in the Germany rice to the Kingdom of Lesotho (in Southern field of agriculture and fisheries. The MoU is • Capital: Africa). The country is facing acute food valid for five years and shall be extended for a • Currency: Euro shortage, the High Commissioner of India to subsequent period of five years unless either • Chancellor: Angela Merkel South Africa and Lesotho, Ruchira Kamboj party expresses its desire/intention to terminate handed over the donation to the government of it. Indian and Italy sign a new MoU for Lesotho. Under the MoU, a Joint-Working Group cooperation in Agriculture and Kamboj also inaugurated the India- (JWG) will be constituted to prepare/finalize Work Phytosanitary issues: Lesotho Centre for Advanced Information Plan for the next two years while specifying task/ Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Technology at the Lerotholi Polytechnic in activities to be undertaken during that period. Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh and H.E Maseru. This project is fully-funded by the Colombia Maurizio Martina, Italian Minister for Government of India. • Capital: Bogota Agriculture Food and Forestry Policies signed a Lesotho • Currency: Colombian peso new MoU for cooperation in Agriculture and • Capital: Maseru • Prime Minister: Stefan Lofven Phytosanitary issues that will replace the one • Currency: Lesotho loti CUBA signed in 2008. The MOU provides a good • Prime Minister: Pakalitha Mosisili India and Cuba sign MoU for enhanced framework for cooperation in this field. • President: Tom Thabane cooperation in the health sector: Mr. Gilbert F Houngbo has appointed MADAGASCAR India and Cuba signed a Memorandum of as the President, IFAD. India has contributed 37 IMF $44.5 Million credit of Madagascar: Understanding (MoU) for enhanced million USD in the 10th replenishment of IFAD The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cooperation in the health sector in New for the period 2016-2018.India currently holds said it has approved a further $44.5 million Delhi. Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health the chairmanship of the Governing Council and of credit for Madagascar. It is to support the & Family Welfare and Dr Roberto Tomas the Evaluation Committee of IFAD. country’s economic recovery. Madagascar is one Morales Ojeda, Public Health Minister of Cuba ITALY of the world’s poorest countries, even though it signed the MoU in the presence of senior officers Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 11 has reserves of nickel, cobalt, gold, uranium and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) • Currency: Singapore dollar other minerals. In June, the IMF approved an $86 signed 2 Bilateral Advance Pricing • Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong million credit for the Indian Ocean island. Agreements (APA) with Netherlands. These • President: Halimah Yacob Madagascar Agreements are the first ever Bilateral APAs VENEZUELA • Capital: Antananarivo with Netherlands. These two APAs pertain to the Venezuela’s Avior Airlines banned from • Currency: Malagasy ariary Electronics and Technology sectors of the European Union skies: • Prime Minister: Olivier Mahafaly economy. Venezuela’s Avior Airlines has been Solonandrasana The international transactions in the banned from European Union skies after a MALDIVES agreements include Distribution, Provision of commission determined it no longer meets Indo-Maldives joint military exercise in Marketing Support Services, Provision of Business international safety standards. The Belagavi: Support Services. With the signing of these Venezuelan airline is one of a handful still offering The 14-day Indo-Maldives joint military Agreements, the total number of APAs entered international flight destinations as major carriers exercise, ‘EKUVERIN-2017, began at the into by the CBDT has gone up to 186. This like United and Delta halt operations in the crisis- Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre, includes 171 Unilateral APAs and 15 Bilateral ridden nation. Belagavi, Bengaluru. It’s the eighth Indian APAs. Venezuela joint military exercise with the Maldives. Netherlands • Currency: Venezuelan bolívar The bilateral annual exercise is a joint Capital: Amsterdam • • Capital: Caracas military training between the Indian Army and • Currency: Euro USA the Maldives National Defence Force Prime Minister: Mark Rutte • USA President Signs USD 692 billion defence (MNDF). The seventh edition of the exercise was RUSSIA budget: held at Kadhdhoo, Lammu Atoll, Maldives. Russia assists India to Set up National Crisis US President Donald Trump signed a Maldives Response Centre: 692-billion-dollar defence budget. The budget • Capital: Male Russia will assist India to set up a would give legislative authority to implement his • Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa National Crisis Management Centre in the South Asia strategy and authorise critical missile • President: Abdulla Yameen country. The aim of National Crisis Response capabilities to confront North Korea’s threats. Centre is to handle disaster and other The National Defence Authorisation MOROCCO emergency situations. Act NDAA authorises $626 billion of the base India and Morocco signed a MoU on Health This was agreed between Indian Home budget resources for the Department of Defence Care: Minister Rajnath Singh and Russian Minister for and the national security programmes of the India and Morocco signed a MoU for Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov in Department of Energy, providing an additional enhanced cooperation in the health sector in Moscow. EMERCOM of Russia would cooperate $66 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations. New Delhi. The agreement was signed by Shri J with India in the establishment of the National Trump Signs $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut in First P Nadda, Union Minister of Health & Family Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) in India. Major Legislative Win: Welfare and Dr Abdelkader Amara, Ministry of India to buy Kamov-226T helicopters from U.S. President Donald Trump signed Health, Kingdom of Morocco. Russia: Republicans’ massive $1.5 trillion tax overhaul Another MoU was signed between Russia aims to deliver 200 Kamov into law, cementing the biggest legislative victory Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate 226T or Ka-226T military choppers to India of his first year in office, and also approved a Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), within nine years, even as the commercial short-term spending bill that averts a possible Puducherry and Marrakech Mohamed VI contract for the same is expected to be signed government shutdown. University Hospital, Morocco, to collaborate in early next year. USA the field of telemedicine. According to the firm, the joint venture • Capital: Washington, D.C. Morocco between Russian Helicopters, which is part of • Currency: Dollar Capital: Rabat Rostec Corporation, and Hindustan • • President: Donald Trump • Currency: Moroccan dirham Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), for co-development and • Prime Minister: Saadeddine Othmani co-production of the Ka-226T multi-role military BANKING & BUSINESS MYANMAR choppers, will be able to complete the delivery in Fifth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, India signs pact with Myanmar for nine years. Ka-226T Helicopter Programme 2017-18: Resolution of the Monetary Policy Development of Rakhine State: Director is Dmitry Shvets. Committee (MPC) India and Myanmar signed an Russia On the basis of an assessment of the agreement for socio-economic development Capital: Moscow • current and evolving macroeconomic situation, of Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The agreement Currency: Russian Ruble • the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided was signed by India’s foreign secretary S. President: Vladimir Putin • to: Jaishankar and Myanmar’s deputy minister for SINGAPORE Current social welfare, relief and resettlement U. Soe India-Singapore inks Bilateral Agreement Policy Rate Previous (Remains Aung on Rakhine State Development for Navy Cooperation: Unchanged) Programme. India and Singapore signed an It has been signed for socio-economic agreement to deepen cooperation in the Repo Rate 6.0% 6.0% development of Myanmar’s violence hit Rakhine maritime security domain and called for Reverse Repo 5.75% 5.75% state from where hundreds of thousands of ensuring freedom of navigation in critical sea Rate mainly Muslim Rohingyas have fled to lanes against the backdrop of China's increasing Marginal Standing Bangladesh. This MoU is the first government military manoeuvres in the India-Pacific region. 6.25% 6.25% Facility to government agreement. The two countries also resolved to Myanmar boost overall defence cooperation with a Bank Rate 6.25% 6.25% • Capital: particular focus on combating terrorism during CRR 4% 4% • Prime Minister: Aung San Suu Kyi wide-ranging talks between Defence Minister SLR 19.5% 19.5% NETHERLANDS Nirmala Sitharaman and her Singaporean The projection of real GVA growth for New Delhi inks pact related to Electronics counterpart Ng Eng Hen. 2017-18 of the October resolution at 6.7per and Technology with Netherlands: Singapore cent has been retained, with risks evenly • Capital: Singapore city Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 12 balanced. On the whole, inflation is estimated in much-needed relief for Indian banks weighed India has largest diaspora population In the range 4.3-4.7 per cent in Q3 and Q4 of this down by bad loans. Word: UN Report year, including the HRA effect of up to 35 basis Supreme Court extends deadline for Indian diaspora is world’s largest points, with risks evenly balanced. Aadhaar linkage up to March 31: with more than 15.6 million people from India RBI The Supreme Court has extended the living overseas. After India, Mexico has the • Governor: Urjit Patel deadline up to March 31 next year for linking of second largest diaspora followed by China. • Headquarters: Mumbai Aadhaar with various schemes and welfare The report was released by International BHIM App launched by Railways: measures. The deadline of February 6 for linking Organisation for Migration. As an initiative for Digital India Program Aadhaar with mobile services also stands The International Organization for Railway Ministry has introduced the facility for extended up to March 31. It was announced by Migration is an intergovernmental organization booking of railway tickets from railway counters a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief that provides services and advice concerning through Unified Payments Interface (UPI)/ Justice Dipak Misra. New bank accounts can be migration to governments and migrants, opened without Aadhaar but applicant needs to including internally displaced persons, refugees, Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) App. submit proof that he has applied for the card. and migrant workers. There will be no additional charges will Diddy Tops the List of 2017’s Highest-Paid IOM be levied from passengers making payment at Musicians: Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland railway counters using UPI/BHIM for a period • Musician Diddy was on the top of Forbes’ Director General: William Lacy Swing of 3 months. It Promotes Government’s • annual world’s highest-paid musician. The India Ranked 60th in Global Innovation initiative for increasing digital/cashless list is based on pre-tax income from June 1, Index: transaction. 2016, through June 1, 2017.The Top 5 Musicians India currently ranks 60th out of 127 Corporation Bank launches RuPay credit on the list are- countries on the Global Innovation Index cards: 1. Diddy ($130 M), (GII) 2017. The list was topped by Switzerland. Corporation Bank has launched its RuPay Select and RuPay Platinum credit 2. Beyoncé ($105 M), In 2016 GII, India was in 66th rank. cards. These cards will boost digital payment 3. Drake ($94 M), The index which is co-authored by and will be beneficial in creating a ‘less cash 4. The Weeknd ($92 M), Cornell University, INSEAD and World society’. RuPay is an Indian domestic card 5. Coldplay ($88 M). Intellectual Property Organisation show scheme conceived and launched by the National India ranks 100th in Legatum Prosperity India’s rise as an emerging innovation centre in Payments Corporation of India. Index 2017: Asia, although the country ranks far behind Jai Kumar Garg, Managing Director India was ranked 100th among 149 China which is at 22nd position. The Global and Chief Executive Officer of Corporation Bank, countries on the list of prosperous countries, an Innovation Index provides detailed metrics about unveiled the cards in Mangalore. Personal annual ranking developed by the London-based the innovation performance of 127 countries and Legatum Institute. The Legatum Prosperity economies around the world. accident insurance of Rs.10 lakh and Rs.2 Index is the world’s leading global measure of The Top 3 Countries on Global Innovation lakh is offered on RuPay Select Credit Card and economic and social well-being. Index 2017 are RuPay Platinum Credit Card, respectively. Prosperity Pillar Rankings of India: 1. Switzerland Corporation Bank Economic Quality- 56th; Business Environment- 2. • Headquarters: Mangalore 65th; Governance- 41st 3. Netherlands • MD&CEO: Jai Kumar Garg Education- 99th; Health- 109th; Safety & Security Delhi Ranks 7th in Most Expensive Office • Tagline: Prosperity for all - 134th Locations List: EPFO opens new facility for its over 4.5 Personal Freedom- 100th; Social Capital- 82nd; According to the latest report by JLL crore members: th Retirement fund body Employees’ Natural Environment- 139 India, Delhi has emerged as one of the most Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO has ADB lowers India’s GDP forecast for FY18 to expensive premium office locations in the world. opened a new facility for its over 4.5 crore 6.7%: Ranked 7th in the list, rent of Delhi’s premium members that will allow consolidation or The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has office location is higher than San Francisco and merger of their multiple PF accounts with the lowered India’s GDP forecast for the current fiscal Dubai. Mumbai is at 16th position in the list. current Universal Account Number, UAN. Under by 0.3 percent to 6.7 percent. Due to the Hong Kong tops the list and there is this facility, subscribers of the EPFO can merge effects of demonetisation in November 2016, the huge margin between the rent rates between as many as 10 previous accounts with their transitory challenges of a new tax system, and Hong Kong and London (West), which is second UAN at one go. some risks to agriculture stemming from a spotty in the list. New York, Beijing, Tokyo are on the monsoon in 2017, the economy is now expected third, fourth and fifth position respectively. A senior official said the EPFO has made to grow by 6.7 per cent, slower than the 7 per Saudi crown prince tops Time Person of the it easy with this facility with an objective of cent forecast in the last update. Year readers’ poll: having one employee, one EPF account. Those ADB Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin subscribers without UAN activation can also do so Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Salman is leading Time magazine’s people’s online through the transfer claim portal facility of • poll for its “Person of the Year 2017” award. the EPFO. President: Takehiko Nakao The famous poll which has been published on an Govt sets up panel to address NPAs in the • ‘Youthquake’ named word of the year by annual basis for 90 years awards a chosen power sector: Oxford Dictionaries: person who has had “the most influence over The government has set up a high-level Oxford Dictionaries declared the news in the last 12 months. The 32-year- committee headed by NITI Aayog chief executive Amitabh Kant to address the problem of “Youthquake” as the word of the year for old crown prince received 24% of the “yes” votes stressed assets in India’s power sector. 2017, owing to what it calls a “political cast. Non-performing assets (NPAs) in awakening” among young voters. Youthquake is Second place went to the “The power generation accounted for around 5.9% of defined by Oxford Dictionary as “a significant Silence Breakers” of the #MeToo movement, the banking sector’s total outstanding advances cultural, political, or social change arising from who gave a voice to sexual assault and of Rs 4.73 trillion, according to the second the actions or influence of young people”. harassment survivors and showed them that they volume of the Economic Survey 2016-17 Last year Oxford named “post-truth” are not alone, with 6% of the votes. released in August. Tackling the issues that afflict as the word of the year, after the Brexit vote and Finishing third, with 5% of votes each, the so-called stranded power assets will provide Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential were former San Francisco 49ers quarterback election. Colin Kaepernick, special counsel Robert Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Mueller and the Dreamers, undocumented market value of Rs.5.8 trillion, followed by TCS, Scheme that will reward points for timely immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as HDFC Bank, ITC and Hindustan Unilever. repayment of loans and also for opening an children. OBOPAY secures pre-paid instrument (PPI) account or transferring funds through internet or Govt ropes in ICICI Bank to enable cashless license from RBI: mobile banking. payments on e-NAM: The global mobile payment solutions State Bank Rewardz – a mobile banking The government has engaged private company ‘OBOPAY’ has secured a license for app – is where the customer would be able view lender ICICI Bank to enable online payments Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) from the and redeem their reward points by shopping at 470 mandis integrated with the national portal Reserve Bank of India to operate a semi- through this mobile app or at merchant of electronic National Agriculture Market (e- closed loop wallet in the country. establishments. Every 4 points a customer NAM). The target is to connect 585 mandis with Prepaid payment instruments are earns would translate to a reward of Rs 1. To e-NAM by March 2018. methods that facilitate purchase of goods and boost digital banking and to encourage At present, e-NAM participants are doing services against the value stored on such customers to use alternative banking payments through traditional ways via bank instruments. The value stored on such channels, SBI launched the State Bank branches, debit cards and net banking. ICICI instruments represents the value paid for by the Rewardz, an enterprise-wise loyalty programme Bank will enable BHIM (Bharat Interface for holder, by cash, by debit to a bank account, or by as the bank celebrated its 60th anniversary. Money) and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) credit card. SBI on the e-NAM portal for making cashless South Korea bans its banks from dealing in • Headquarters: Mumbai payments. Bitcoin: • Chairman: Rajnish Kumar ICICI BANK South Korea banned its financial Disney buys 21st Century Fox: • CEO: Chanda Kochhar institutions from dealing in virtual currencies Disney is buying most of 21st Century such as Bitcoin. There are many of them small- Fox. The $52.4 billion deal will combine two of • Headquarters: Mumbai time investors, are estimated to own Bitcoins and the biggest players in Hollywood. Disney gets • Tagline: Hum Hai Na, Khyal Apka demand is so high that prices for the unit are 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Searchlight Axis Securities Gets NCDEX Membership: around 20 percent higher than in the US, its movie, television studios and Majority control Axis Securities, a subsidiary of Axis biggest market. (60%) of Hulu. Disney is also buying cable Bank become the first-ever broking arm of a The Prime Minister’s Office said channels FX and National Geographic. In owning bank to take membership of a commodity would ban financial institutions from dealing in these properties, Disney will be in a better exchange by registering itself with NCDEX. It virtual currencies, including buying, position to compete with Netflix. is announced by Axis Securities Managing possessing, or holding them as collateral. Airtel to acquire Millicom’s operations in Director, Arun Thukral. Axis Securities will RBI imposes Rs 3 crore penalty on IndusInd Rwanda: focus on reaching out to clients for agriculture Bank: Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has and non-agriculture commodities business across The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed an agreement with Millicom the country, especially from semi-urban and rural imposed Rs 3 crore penalty on IndusInd International Cellular S.A. to acquire entire India. Bank for breaching rules on income (100%) stake in its Rwanda operation which Govt extends date for linking Aadhaar with classification norms. RBI said that the fine was operates under the brand name of Tigo PAN till March 31, 2018: imposed for non-compliance with the directions Rwanda. The government extended the deadline issued by RBI on Income Recognition and Asset Under this deal, Tigo’s 370 million for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by Classification (IRAC) norms and contravention of customers will join the network of Airtel Rwanda. three months to March 31, 2018. This is the regulatory restrictions pertaining to non-fund The acquisition will make Airtel Rwanda the third extension given by the government to based (NFB) facilities. second largest operator in the country. individuals to link the Permanent Account For similar reasons, RBI had also Rwanda Number (PAN) with the biometric ID. As of imposed Rs 6 crore penalty on Yes Bank and • Capital: November, 13.28 crore out of 33 crore PANs Rs 2 crore on IDFC bank for deficiencies found • Currency: Rwandan franc have been linked to the 12-digit biometric in regulatory compliance relating to loans and • President: Paul Kagame identifier Aadhaar. advances. RBI Imposes Rs 5 crore Penalty on Taj Mahal Named Second-Best UNESCO IndusInd Bank Syndicate Bank: World Heritage Site: • Headquarters: Mumbai The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has The Taj Mahal, India’s iconic ivory- • CEO: Romesh Sobti imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on Syndicate white marble mausoleum in Agra, is the second- • Tagline: We Make You Feel Richer Bank. It has been paid for their non-compliance best UNESCO world heritage site in the world, J&K Bank launches ‘sahafat finance with directions on “Cheque Purchase or according to a new survey. scheme’: Discounting, Bill Discounting, and Know With over 8 million visitors per year, the Jammu and Kashmir Bank launched a Your Customer (KYC)” norms. monument of love built by mughal emperor Shah finance scheme wherein a loan of up to Rs three According to the RBI, the penalty was Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz lakh can be availed by journalists and employees imposed after “considering the bank’s reply and Mahal, is rated after Cambodia’s Angkor Wat. of media houses in the state. It was launched by oral submissions made in the personal hearing”. Conducted by online travel portal TripAdvisor, the banks chairman and chief executive Syndicate Bank the survey lists the UNESCO Cultural and Natural officer Parvez Ahmad. • Headquarters: Manipal, Karnataka heritage sites best rated by travellers around the Under the scheme, the journalists, • MD & CEO: Melwyn Rego globe. media personnel and employees of media houses • Tagline: A Faithful & Friendly Maruti Suzuki replaces SBI as 6th most and newspapers can avail a loan of up to Rs Financial Partner valuable Indian firm: three lakh for purchase of equipment like Ola Acquires FoodPanda India Business, to India’s Maruti Suzuki became India’s camera, laptop, tablet or mobile phone. invest another $200 million: sixth most valued firm, crossing India’s largest J&K Bank Ola operated by ANI Technologies lender SBI. Maruti Suzuki’s market • Headquarters: Srinagar Pvt. Ltd has acquired food delivery start-up capitalisation stood at Rs.2.74 trillion, • CEO: Mushtaq Ahmad Foodpanda India Pvt. Ltd from its German marginally ahead of SBI’s market value of • Tagline: Serving to Empower parent Delivery Hero. Under the agreement, Rs.2.71 trillion. Reliance Industries is the SBI Starts State Bank Rewardz Scheme: Ola will also commit to invest $200 million in country’s most valued company. It has a The country’s largest bank, State Bank foodpanda India. of India, launched State Bank Rewardz Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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According to analysts, Ola has acquired the third With this MoU, AU will provide banking States as the World’s No.1 economy in largest player in the food delivery business in at 90+ new locations that did not have banking 2032.While Britain looks set to lag behind India and is focussed on broadening its range of access hitherto and expand our customer France over the next couple of years. services, including the food delivery segment, outreach to over 500+ locations by March 2018. State-Run Banks’ NPAs reached Rs 7.34 Ola Sahaj e-Village Limited is a venture initiative of Lakh Crore: RBI Data • CEO: Bhavish Aggarwal SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) Bad loans of Public sector banks (PSBs) • Headquarters: Bengaluru that has been bridging the digital divide between stood at Rs 7.34 lakh crore by the end of Iraq Overtakes Saudi Arabia as Top Oil urban and rural India under the flagship of NeGP second quarter this fiscal, a bulk of which came Supplier to India: of the Government of India. from corporate defaulters, private sector banks’ Iraq has overtaken Saudi Arabia for AU Small Finance Bank NPAs were considerably low. Moreover, for the the first time to become India’s top crude oil • Headquarters: Jaipur, Rajasthan recovery of the bad loans, the network of Debt supplier in the current fiscal, according to the • Chairman: Mannil Venugopalan Recovery Tribunals have been expanded to Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. India is 80 per UN report: Indian economy to grow by 7.2% 39 at present, according to data furnished by cent dependent on imports to meet its oil needs. in 2018 & 7.4% in 2019: the RBI and the government. Easing of western sanctions in 2015 has led to According to the UN report, Indian Among the major government-owned the Indian refiners raising their purchase from economy is likely to grow by 7.2 percent in banks, State Bank of India had the highest Iran. 2018 and go up further to 7.4 percent in 2019 level of NPAs at over Rs 1.86 lakh crore, followed Saudi Arabia traditionally has been on the back of strong private consumption, public by Punjab National Bank (Rs 57,630 crore), India’s top oil source but in the April-October investment and the ongoing structural reforms. Bank of India (Rs 49,307 crore). Up to end- period of 2017-18, Iraq uncrowned it, supplying SBI Card and Bharat Petroleum Launches September, among private banks, ICICI Bank 25.8 million tonnes (MT) of oil. BPCL SBI Card: had the most amount of NPAs at Rs 44,237 crore, RBI puts Bank of India under prompt SBI Card and Bharat Petroleum have followed by Axis Bank (Rs 22,136 crore), HDFC corrective action: announced the launch of the BPCL SBI Card and Bank (Rs 7,644 crore). Bank of India (BoI) became the claimed to be the ‘most rewarding fuel co- Samsung Ties up with Axis Bank to Offer eighth lender to come under the Reserve Bank branded credit card in the country.’ It is ‘Bill Payments’ on Samsung Pay: of India’s (RBI) prompt corrective action launched on the Visa platform and it will offer up Smartphone manufacturer Samsung (PCA), as bad loans raised high and return on to five per cent savings on fuel purchases. launched its ‘Bill Payments’ on its flagship assets turned negative. Quicker Acquires HDFC’s Digital, Realty payments service, Samsung Pay in partnership Bank of India shares fell nearly 5 Units in all Stock Deal: with Axis Bank. The new feature launched by percent after the RBI has placed the bank under India’s largest mortgage lender HDFC the company will enable users to pay their utility Prompt Corrective Action Framework. Corporation has sold its realty brokerage business HDFC bills seamlessly via Samsung Pay. Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, UCO Bank, Realty and its digital real estate business HDFC Currently, users can pay their mobile, Central bank of India, IDBI bank, Dena Bank, Developers which owns HDFC Red to online landline phone, electricity, gas, water and DTH United Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra classifieds player Quikr. It has been valued at bills using ‘Bill Payments’ on Samsung Pay. Bill are the other banks already under prompt about Rs.357 crore. Payments’ is another ‘Make for India’ corrective action (PCA). Quikrs’ acquisition of HDFC Red and innovation that we believe will greatly benefit the Bank of India HDFC Realty is the second largest such deal, for consumers. • Headquarters: Mumbai the Bengaluru-based firm in the real estate Axis Bank • CEO: Dinabandhu Mohapatra vertical after it bought Common Floor for about • Headquarters: Mumbai • Tagline: Relationships beyond $120 million in 2015. • CEO: Shikha Sharma Banking • Tagline: Badhti ka naam Zindagi YES Bank ties up with EIB for Clean Power Amazon buys smart camera and doorbell SLCM Ties up with HDFC, IndusInd bank for Projects: startup Blink: Post-Harvest Credit: YES Bank and the European Investment Blink, the wire-free home Agri service solutions provider Bank will co-finance $400-million funding for monitoring system, has been acquired by Sohan Lal Commodity Management (SLCM) renewable power generation in the country. Amazon. According to a release posted to Blink’s and Myanmar ties up with HDFC Bank and Under this renewable power generation initiative, website, nothing will change for its customers at IndusInd Bank to provide collateral several solar projects in Rajasthan, the moment. The company will continue to management services. Maharashtra and Karnataka will be operate and support its products as per usual. This tie-up will not only help improve the established. Blink, founded in 2014 via a successful $1 farmers’ access to post-harvest credits at Of the $400-million, the EIB will fund million crowdfunding campaign. affordable interest rates, it will also provide easy $200 million, while the rest will be supported by Amazon access to scientific storage facilities leading to a YES Bank, the project promoters, and other • Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, fair price discovery of their products in the financial institutions. The EIB loan of $200 million United States market. SLCM will also leverage its proprietary has a tenor of 15 years. • CEO: Jeff Bezos (patent pending) technology ‘Agri Reach’. YES Bank India to become world’s fifth largest SLCM CEO: Sandeep Sabharwal • Headquarters: Mumbai economy in 2018, says CEBR: HDFC Bank • CEO: Rana Kapoor India looks set to leapfrog Britain and • Headquarters: Mumbai • Tagline: Experience your Expertise France next year to become the world’s fifth- • CEO: Aditya Puri European Investment Bank largest economy in dollar terms, a report • Tagline: We Understand Your World • Headquarters: Luxembourg showed. The Centre for Economics and India to overtake UK, France to become 5th- • President: Werner Hoyer Business Research (CEBR) consultancy’s 2018 largest economy in 2018: AU Small Finance Bank inks pact with Sahaj World Economic League Table painted an upbeat The Centre for Economics and e-Village: view of the global economy, boosted by cheap Business Research report has predicted India AU Small Finance Bank has energy and technology prices. will become world’s 5th largest economy in announced signing an MoU with Sahaj e-Village India’s ascent is part of a trend that will dollar terms by 2018. Douglas McWilliams, for extending its banking service in remote areas. see Asian economies increasingly dominate the Cebr deputy chairman announced, it will overtake It has been planned to implement through top 10 largest economies over the next 15 UK and France to reach the Position. Business Correspondent Agent (BC) model. years. 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India’s growth had been slowed Mishra. Her tenure will end on November 30, • Capital: Warsaw temporarily because of major economic reforms, 2018. • Currency: Polish Zloty including restrictions on high-value banknotes • Prime Minister: Beata Szydło (demonetisation) and a new national sales tax DK Sarraf appointed as PNGRB Chairman: (GST). The release also predicted that China The Appointments Committee of the Azar A.H.Khan Appointed Next Ambassador would overtake the United States to become Cabinet appointed D K Sarraf as the new of India to Turkmenistan: the world’s No.1 economy in 2032. Chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Azar A.H.Khan, presently Consul Currently, the Top three world’s largest Regulatory Board. He is the former Chairman General in the Consulate General of India, economies are the US ($19.362 trillion), China of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. has been appointed as the next ($11.937 trillion), Japan ($4.884 trillion). The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan. IRDAI Norms Permits Insurers to Begin Regulatory Board (PNGRB) was constituted under London Mayor Names Deepak Parekh as Offshore Business from GIFT IFSC: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory First International Ambassador: Insurance Regulatory and Development Board Act, 2006. It is mandated to regulate the The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued refining, processing, storage, transportation, named noted Indian businessman, Deepak regulations for insurance firms to carry out distribution, marketing and sale of petroleum, Parekh, as International Ambassador who will be offshore business from Gujarat-based GIFT petroleum products and natural gas. tasked with championing the UK capital across International Financial Services Centre the globe. (IFSC). With this, Insurance operations will get a Infosys Appoints Capgemini’s Salil Parekh Parekh is the chairman of India’s major boost. appointed as MD & CEO of Infosys: premier housing finance company HDFC Ltd, a For the first time in the country, foreign Infosys has appointed Salil Parekh as financial conglomerate. He also sits on the boards insurers are permitted to open IFSC Insurance MD & CEO of the company with effect from of a number of companies across diverse sectors. Office (IIO) at GIFT IFSC. It would also be January 2. He is from French IT and consulting allowed to undertake Domestic Insurance & company Capgemini where he is the CEO of Bergamasco appointed Performance Reinsurance business in line with the provisions financial services across Europe. As part of the Director for women’s boxing: of IRDAI regulations. appointment interim CEO and MD Pravin Rao, a The man behind India’s best ever medal Foreign and domestic insurance company veteran, will step down. haul at the recently-concluded AIBA Women’s companies would participate in making GIFT IFSC Youth Boxing Championship, Italian coach a hub for International Insurance business. GIFT Kenyatta sworn in for second term as Raffaele Bergamasco, has been elevated to the IFSC already hosts three major insurance ’s president: position of Performance Director for senior players, GIC Re, New India and ECGC. Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in for women pugilists. A BFI official said this during a General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC a second five-year term as president of felicitation function for the medal winners of the Re) was the first Re-insurance company to Kenya. Kenyatta took the oath which was World Championships in New Delhi. open its office in the GIFT City. administered by the Chief Registrar of the IRDAI Judiciary, Anne Amadi, pledging to uphold the Uma Shankar appointed RBI Executive • Chairman: T. S. Vijayan Constitution and rule justly. Director: • GIFT City Abbreviation: Gujarat Uma Shankar has been appointed as RBI International Finance-Tec City Swiggy appoints Vishal Bhatia as CEO of Executive Director. She is the chief general new supply business: manager (CGM) in charge of the Reserve Bank of APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS Online food delivery start-up Swiggy India’s financial inclusion and development Sibi George appointed as the next (Bundl Technologies Pvt. Ltd) has appointed department. She will replace Meena Ambassador to Holy See: Vishal Bhatia as chief executive officer for its Hemchandra. RBI has 11 Executive Directors Sibi George has been appointed as the new supply business. Bhatia comes with 19 years currently. next Ambassador of India to the Holy See. He of experience in consumer goods firms like is presently Ambassador of India to Switzerland. Reckitt Benckiser Group, PepsiCo and Britannia. Nakul Chopra Elected as BARC India The other name of Holy see is Vatican City. Besides, the company said it has Chairman: recently hired Rahul Bothra as the company’s Nakul Chopra, President of AAAI and Dia Mirza appointed UN Environment first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Senior Advisor, Public is Communications Goodwill Ambassador: elected as the next Chairman of BARC, Broadcast Dia Mirza, Actor-activist appointed A. Surya Prakash Re-Appointed as Prasar Audience Research Council India. He is the third United Nations Environment Goodwill Bharati Chief: chairman of BARC India, succeeds Viacom18 Ambassador for India. She will work with the The government has Re-Appointed A Group CEO Sudhanshu Vats. UN to spread the message on priority areas Surya Prakash as the Chairman of Prasar BARC (Broadcast Audience Research including clean air, clean seas, wildlife protection Bharati Board for a second consecutive term till Council) India is an industry body set up to and climate change. February 2020. The selection committee that design, commission and supervise an accurate recommended his re-appointment was led by television audience measurement system for Pradeep Singh Kharola appointed as Air Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu. India. India CMD: Prasar Bharati, is a statutory Pradeep Singh Kharola, has been autonomous body under the Ministry of Dharmm Piya Elected as New Secretary appointed as the Chairman and Managing Information & Broadcasting, that was set up General of IBC: Director (CMD) of Air India. Mr. Kharola would to oversee the functioning of Doordarshan Buddhist monk Dhammapiya from replace Rajiv Bansal. and All India Radio. Tripura has been elected as the new secretary ’s finance minister to replace Beata general of the International Buddhist Snehlata Shrivastava appointed as Lok Szydło as prime minister: Confederation (IBC). The IBC is a global Sabha Secretary General: Poland’s governing Law and Justice (PiS) Buddhist forum for preservation and development Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has approved party has named the development and finance of heritage sites of the religion in India and other the appointment of Senior IAS officer Snehlata minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, to replace the parts of the world. Shrivastava as new Secretary-General of Lok prime minister, Beata Szydło, who tendered Sabha. She will be the first woman Secretary- her resignation. R Hemalatha takes Charge as Director of General of Lok Sabha. 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R Hemalatha has been appointed as the NAAC director Prof Dhirendra Pal Singh is conservation of forests and other natural new Director of the National Institute of new UGC chairman: resources. The tribunal’s principal bench is Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad. She is a medical National Assessment and located in New Delhi. The first chairperson of graduate of Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad. Accreditation Council (NAAC) director and the tribunal was Justice Lokeshwar Singh former Banaras Hindu University (BHU) vice Panta. FIH chief Batra elected as IOA President: chancellor Prof Dhirendra Pal Singh has been Narinder Batra formally took over as appointed the new chairman of the University resigns as national observer for the new president of the Indian Olympic Grants Commission (UGC). Singh has been Indian boxing: Association after winning elections at the appointed the UGC chairman for a period of five Five-time world champion M C Mary Annual General Meeting. Rajeev Mehta was re- years, according to the order issued by the Kom has resigned national observer for Indian elected secretary general for a four-year term. Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). boxing. Mary Kom was among 12 national The Indian Olympic Association BCCI appoint Saba Karim as General observers appointed by the then Sports headquartered in New Delhi is the body Manager: Minister Vijay Goel. She resigned after Sports responsible for selecting athletes to represent BCCI has appointed former India Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore made it India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and wicketkeeper Saba Karim as General clear that active sportspersons will not be other international athletic meets and for Manager, Cricket Operations. As per the BCCI considered for the position. managing the Indian teams at the events. release, Karim wll be responsible for Apple appoints Michel Coulomb to lead India implementing operational plans, budgeting, Sushil Kumar quits as National Sports sales operations: monitoring the match playing conditions and Observer for wrestling: Apple has appointed veteran company administration of Domestic program. He will take Close on the heels of star boxer MC executive Michel Coulomb as new Head of on the role from January 1, 2018. Mary Kom’s resignation, double Olympic medallist Sales for India. Michel Coulomb was the Sushil Kumar has also quit his role as a managing director for South Asia operations at Uber Technologies appoints Barney Harford National Sports Observer for wrestling. The Apple. Coulomb will replace current Country as Chief Operating Officer: 34-year-old wrestler was among 12 national Head Sanjay Kaul. Apple Inc. is an American Uber appoints former Orbitz CEO observers appointed by the then Sports Minister multinational technology company that designs, Barney Harford as chief operating officer Vijay Goel in March. develops, and sells consumer electronics, (COO). Harford will be responsible for global computer software, and online services. operations, marketing and customer support for Brazilian Footballer Kaka announces Apple both the ridesharing business as well as Uber retirement from football: • CEO: Tim Cook Eats. The CEO of Uber is Dara Khosrowshahi, The former Milan and Real Madrid • Headquarters: California, USA who replaced co-founder Travis Kalanick recently. midfielder Kaka announced his retirement as a player. He is a Brazilian former professional Sebastian Pinera wins Chile’s presidential Belgium appoints first female ambassador footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. election: to Saudi Arabia: He is also a 2002 World Cup winner with . Conservative Sebastian Pinera wins Belgium is to become the first country Chile’s Presidential election. Alejandro Guillier to send a resident female ambassador to AWARDS AND HONOURS came second with 22.7 percent. Pinera will Saudi Arabia. Dominique Mineur, the “” has bagged a replace incumbent Michelle Bachelet, a socialist country’s current ambassador to the United Arab top prize at the time Global Sustainability who is Chile’s first female president. Emirates, will take the position. Film Awards 2017: Dominique Mineur will move to Riyadh “Lipstick Under My Burkha”, which Vijay Rupani sworn in as Chief Minister of to head up the embassy from next year. Newly- explores women’s sexuality, has bagged a top Gujarat: appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman prize at the tve Global Sustainability Film In Gujarat, Vijay Rupani was sworn-in has promised to modernise the kingdom and has Awards. It is produced by Prakash Jha and as Chief Minister of the State. The oath was abolished the law that prohibits women from directed by and stars administered by the State Governor, Om Prakash driving. Konkona Sen Sharma and Ratna Pathak Shah. Kohli at Sachivalay Ground in Gandhinagar. He Belgium has been sworn-on as Chief Minister for the • Capital: Brussels Miss Korea Jenny Kim Crowned Miss second time. • Currency: Euro Supranational 2017: • Prime Minister: Charles Michel Miss Korea Jenny Kim has bagged the Jai Ram Thakur to be new Himachal Pradesh title of Miss Supranational 2017 at the gala chief minister: Senior IPS officer Abhay has been event, held in Poland’s Spa Resort of Krynica- Five-time legislator Jairam Thakur will Appointed as the DG of Narcotics Control Zdroj. Miss Columbia Tica Martinez and be the new Chief Minister of Himachal Bureau: ’s Bianca Tirsin were adjudged First Pradesh, BJP lawmakers decided after a meeting The Appointments Committee of the Runner Up and the second runner-up. to pick their chief, attended by the party’s Cabinet has approved the appointment of Senior Central observers Nirmala Sitharaman and IPS officer Abhay as the Director General of Yahoo India’s ‘Personality of the Year’ is Narendra Singh Tomar. He will take oath on Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He is : December 27,2017. currently working in Central Reserve Police Force • Amit Shah, President of the Bhartiya (CRPF). He replaces R R Bhatnagar. Janata Party (BJP) named as the Lt Gen B S Sahrawat takes over as DG, Yahoo’s Personality of the Year. NCC: NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar • Prime Minister Narendra Modi was Lieutenant General B S Sahrawat Retires: the most searched personality and bags took over the reins of National Cadet Corps as National Green Tribunal (NGT) Yahoo’s People’s Choice Award for its Director General. The General Officer is a Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar retired Personality of the Year 2017. third-generation army officer. He is alumnus of from the post after completing his five-year • Aadhaar topped the Most Searched the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and tenure. The NGT was established on October 18, Newsy Terms category and GST was Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act the Top Business Story. 2010 for effective and expeditious disposal of • Sunny Leone continued her reign as cases relating to environmental protection and Most Searched Female Celebrity, Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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while actor Vinod Khanna, who passed Jitesh Singh Deo bagged the Mr. India 2017 Personality of the Year Award is the main award away this year, was the Most Searched title: of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Male Celebrity. Jitesh Singh Deo from Lucknow bagged ceremony, which takes place each December. • Olympian and badminton player PV the Mr. India World 2017 title. He will Sindhu, women’s cricket team captain represent India at the Mr World competition. Mr. Satheesh Reddy Conferred with National Mithali Raj and team member India pageant was held in Mumbai. Abhi Design Award: Harmanpreet Kaur were among the Khajuria was declared the first-runner up while Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Adviser to most searched sports personalities. Pavan Rao was the second runner-up. Indian Raksha Mantri and Director General, Missiles and footballer Prathamesh Maulingkar won the title Strategic Systems, has been conferred with the Indian of the year special achievement of Mr. India Supranational and will compete at prestigious National Design Award. award bagged by : Mr. Supranational 2018. He has played a major role in indigenous Miss World 2017, Manushi Chhillar was design and development of weapon systems, awarded the Indian of the year special Piyush & Prasoon Pandey to receive Cannes formulation of national policies, harnessing the achievement award for her historic win at Lions’ Lifetime Achievement Award: research and innovation in industry, academia the Miss World contest. It was given by The Cannes International Festival of and R&D institutes. He will be receiving the Minister of Finance and corporate affairs, Arun Creativity has announced that Piyush Pandey, Award during the Indian Engineering Jaitley and Indian Cricket Team Captain Virat Executive Chairman & Creative Director, Ogilvy Congress in Chennai. Kohli. South Asia and Prasoon Pandey, Film Director, will both be honoured with the Cannes Lions’ Tata Steel Joda Mine receives Golden HDFC Bank’s Aditya Puri in Fortune’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the Lion of St. Peacock Innovation Award: Businessperson of the Year top 20 list: Mark. Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) of Tata Aditya Puri, the Managing Director of The Lion of St. Mark is the highest Steel has been honored with the prestigious HDFC Bank, is the only Indian in Fortune’s honour that Cannes International Festival of Golden Peacock Innovation Management ‘Businessperson of the Year’ list at 18th rank Creativity bestows on creative geniuses within Award for the year 2017 for driving innovation in rising from 2016’s 36th rank. Aditya Puri has the communications industry. This is the 8th mines. It was received by Debashis Jena, Chief been the Managing Director of HDFC Bank since Lion of St. Mark awarded by the Cannes Film Joda, Tata Steel at Institute of Directors India’s 1994. Festival. The award will formally be given to 2nd Global Convention held at Singapore. The Businessperson of the Year list is an Piyush and Prasoon Pandey at the Cannes Joda East Iron Mine of Tata Steel is one annual ranking of world’s top 20 heads of Festival on June 22nd, 2018. Piyush and Prasoon of the fully mechanised captive iron mines of Tata companies. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, a Taiwan- Pandey will be the first Asians to receive the Steel. It is rated five-star category mines by the born American entrepreneur and businessman, Lion of St. Mark. Government for doing sustainable mining. has topped the list. Michael Jordan named world’s highest-paid Rekha Receives First Smita Patil Memorial The 23rd Edition of Star Screen Awards held athlete ever: Award: at Mumbai: America’s Michael Jordan from America Rekha receives first Smita Patil The 23rd edition of the annual film has been named as the highest-paid athletes of Memorial Award for her contribution to Film awards show, Star Screen Awards, was held at all time by the latest list released by Forbes. The Industry. National award-winning actor Smita Mumbai. Vidya Balan bagged the Best Actress 54-year-old, has a whopping $1.85 billion in Patil passed away in 1986. Award (Critics) for Tumhari Sulu, Rajkummar the bank is a retired basketball legend. Smita Patil Memorial Award: Smita Rao was named the Best Actor (Critics) for Former world number one golfer Tiger Patil Memorial Award is held once in every two Newton. Woods is standing at the second spot with $1.7 years. It is held in honour of late actress Smita ’s Dangal bagged five billion. Late American golfer Arnold Palmer is at Patil, an Indian actress of film, television and awards including Best Director, Best Music No.3 with incredible $1.4 billion to his name. theatre. Director, Best Editing, Best Lyrics and Best Shree Saini Crowned Miss India USA 2017: Background Score. Joy Goswami gets Moortidevi Award 2017: Washington resident Shree Saini has Eminent Bengali poet Joy Goswami been crowned Miss India USA 2017. While Mamta Kalia Selected for Vyas Samman – will be given the 31st Moortidevi Award for the Prachi Singh from Connecticut was declared the 2017: year 2017. It is the first time the award will be first runner-up at the pageant, which was held at Renowned Hindi scholar and writer given to a Bengali poet. The committee, headed the Royal Alberts Palace in Edison, New Jersey. Mamta Kalia has been chosen for this year’s Vyas by poet and scholar decided to Shree Saini is an anti-bullying activist. Samman for her novel “Dukkham Sukkham”. confer the award upon Goswami for his poetry At the beauty pageant, cancer surgeon Kavita The award includes a cash prize of Rs 3.50 lakh. collection titled ‘Du Dondo Phowara Matro’. Malhotra Pattani from Florida was declared Vyas Samman is given annually to an The Moortidevi award consists of a Mrs India USA 2017. Swapna Mannam, 17, outstanding work of Hindi literature. Saraswati Statue, a Citation Plaque and cash from New Jersey was crowned with Miss Teen award of Rupees 4 lakhs. The Moortidevi India USA 2017. Venkaiah Naidu conferred ‘Yeraringan’ Award is an India literary award annually Award to Prof. M.S. Swaminathan: presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith. Messi Beats Ronaldo To La Liga Best Player The Vice President of India, Shri M. Award: Venkaiah Naidu conferred ‘Yeraringan’ Award Mo Farah Wins BBC’s Sports Personality of Lionel Messi, has received La Liga’s top to Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, in Chennai. Prof. the Year Award: scorer and best player awards for the 2016- M.S. Swaminathan, transformative leader who World 10,000m champion Sir Mo Farah 2017 football season. Messi scored 37 goals in has inspired many scientists to focus on the has been honoured with BBC Sports league action last season to earn his fourth problem of Indian agriculture. Personality of the Year 2017. He becomes the Pichichi award for most goals in La Liga. Lionel an The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri first long-distance runner to win the Sports Argentine professional footballer who plays for Banwarilal Purohit was present on the occasion. Personality award since Paula Radcliffe in Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina He has shown to the entire world how research 2002. national team. This year Cristiano Ronaldo can reach the farms and transform farmers’ lives. The 34-year-old, a four-time Olympic has received Ballon d’Or award. champion, won his third successive world 10,000m gold medal in London. The BBC Sports Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Authors Mamang Dai and Ramesh Kuntal • Currency: New Zealand dollar “manekineko” (good-luck cat) and a fox Megh Win Sahitya Akademi Award 2017: • Prime Minister: Jacinda Ardern commonly seen at Shinto shrines. The third set The Sahitya Akademi announced its Ankushita Boro clinched ‘Best Boxer’ title: features a fox and a dog with gold ribbons on annual Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 in 24 Ankushita Boro of Assam has clinched their backs. languages. Authors Mamang Dai and Ramesh the ‘Best Boxer’ title in World Youth Women’s Kuntal Megh have won this year’s Sahitya Boxing Championship held in Guwahati. As she Lifter Gurdeep creates three national Akademi award for their work, The Black Hill, a got the fifth gold against Russia’s Ekaterina records in IWF C’ships: novel, and Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar, a Dynnik in the 64kg final, she received this Gurdeep Singh created three new literary criticism, in English and Hindi honour. senior national records in +105 Kilogram respectively. The Sahitya Akademi announced its weight category in IWF World Weightlifting annual Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 in 24 Shiva Keshavan wins Gold in Asian Luge Championships at Anaheim in USA. Singh languages. It has a prize of Rs 1 lakh. Championships: finished 13th overall with a total lift of 388kg Shiva Keshavan wins Gold in Asian (172 + 216) but created national records in Ballon d’Or 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo wins Luge Championships held at Altenberg, snatch, clean and jerk, and the total lift. prestigious award Germany. He is an Asian champion and he In snatch, he bettered his own earlier national The Real Madrid striker claimed the La retained his title with a time of 55.60 seconds. record of 171kg by one kilogramme. In the total Liga title as well as the Champions League in He is a five-time Olympian. lift also, Gurdeep bettered the earlier national another trophy-laden year, beating Messi and Keshavan will represent India at the record of 384kg. Neymar. He clinched Ballon d’Or 2017 for fifth 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia • Indian Weightlifting Federation time to equal Lionel Messi’s record haul. Sliding Centre at Pyeongchang in South Korea Secretary General: Sahdev Yadav Anushka Sharma has been honoured as for his record sixth Olympics. Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli acquires second PETA’s ‘Person of the Year’: South Korea position in Test rankings: Actress Anushka Sharma has been • Capital: Seoul The Indian captain is the current No. 1 named PETA’s Person of the Year for her wide- • Currency: South Korean Won in ODIs and T20 formats. Root is third behind reaching work for animals. The abbreviation of • Prime Minister: Lee Nak-yeon Smith and Kohli, with Pujara fourth, Williamson PETA is People for Ethical Treatment of Deepika clinched bronze medal in Indoor fifth and Warner at sixth. In the Test Team Animals. Archery World Cup: Rankings, India has lost one point but In 2015, Sharma was name as PETA’s Hottest Indian archer Deepika Kumari remains well ahead of South Africa at the Vegetarian Celebrity. clinched bronze medal in Indoor Archery World top. England is third. In the Rankings for In 2016, Actor Sunny Leone has been named Cup in , . She defeated Bowlers, Briton James Anderson is the leader, PETA’s Person of the Year. Sayana Tsyrempilova of Russia to bag the with South African Kagiso Rabada second. PETA Bronze Medal. Ravindra Jadeja is third and Ravichandran • President: Ingrid Newkirk Yuvraj Singh Launches UNICEF-ICC’s Ashwin is fourth. • Headquarters: United States Adolescent Campaign: Vin Diesel named the 2017’s Top-Grossing Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh will be The 46th FIH Congress to be held in New Actor: Forbes promoting a UNICEF sports initiative for Delhi in 2018: Vin Diesel has been named the top- youngsters in South Asia, which will also have The 46th congress of the International grossing actor of 2017 by the Forbes. He got the ICC’s backing. Yuvraj launched the “Power Hockey Federation (FIH) will be held in New this honour with his $1.6 billion earnings in global of Sports to Shape the Future of Delhi. The biennial event will run for four days ticketing receipts from the film ‘The Fate of the Adolescents” campaign in South Asia. Yuvraj and will comprise meetings, social events, Furious’. The second spot was occupied by was joined by under-19 players from networking opportunities and presentations. Dwayne Johnson ‘The Rock’, with $1.5 Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Beside this, India will also host the men’s Hockey billion receipts. ‘Wonder Woman’ actress Gal who will compete in the ICC under-19 World World Cup to be held in Bhubaneswar from Gadot got third spot, whose films earned $1.4 Cup in New Zealand in January next year. November 28 to December 16, 2018. billion worldwide. • ICC CEO: David Richardson K S Chitra honoured with ‘Harivarasanam’ Mujeeb Zadran: Afghanistan 16-year-old Kanchanmala Pande Wins India’s 1st World Award: who made dream international debut Para Swimming Championship Gold: Veteran singer K S Chitra has been Mujeeb Zadran of Afghanistan has Visually impaired swimmer selected for this year’s prestigious become the first male cricket player born in Kanchanmala Pande scripted history becoming ‘Harivarasanam’ award, instituted by the the 21st century to play International cricket. the first Indian to win gold at the World Para Kerala government. The award carrying a cash At the age of 16 years and 252 days, he also Swimming Championship in Mexico. Pande, prize of Rs 1 lakh. The winner of 2016 becomes the youngest Afghanistan player and who works with Reserve Bank of India (RBI), ‘Harivarasanam’ Award is Gangai Amaran. She 9th overall, to play ODI cricket. He was the stood first in the in 200 meters medley event in was selected by a jury headed by Sabarimala highest wicket-taker in the recently concluded S-11 category. high-power committee chairman Justice U-19 Asia Cup held in . MEXICO (ret) S Sirijagan. • Capital: Mexico City Mascot designs for 2020 Tokyo Olympics • Currency: Mexican peso SPORTS shortlisted: • President: Enrique Peña Nieto ICC U19 World Cup 2018 launched in New Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and

Zealand: Paralympics unveiled three sets of designs India wins five medals at 10th Asian Airgun The ICC U19 World Cup 2018 was among 2,042 entries for the Games’ mascots, the Shooting Championships: launched, and it has 16-team for participation. winner to be announced on Feb. 28. Japanese India started with a bang at the 10th New Zealand is hosting the tournament for schoolchildren will help determine the mascot for Asian Airgun Shooting Championships, the third time. The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup the Tokyo 2020 Olympics from July 24 to Aug. 9, collecting five medals on the event’s opening Trophy Tour will commence in Wellington. New 2020. day in Wako City, Japan. Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson is the The first set is a pair of humanoid characters clad Ravi Kumar won an individual bronze Event Brand Ambassador. in the “ichimatsu” checkered pattern of the in the men’s 10m air rifle while Arjun Babuta New Zealand Games’ official logo. The second set features a won individual silver in the junior men’s10m • Capital: Wellington Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 19 air rifle event. India also bagged three team • President: Rana also won a bronze medal in the same silver medals in each of the three air rifle events. • Headquarters: Mumbai category. ICC Another Olympic medalist, Sakshi Australia beat Argentina to win gold in • Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Malik, who won a bronze in the 2016 Rio Games, Hockey World League: Emirates also clinched a gold medal in the Australia beat Argentina in the final of • Chairperson: Shashank Manohar championships. Sakshi defeated New Zealand’s the Hockey World League Final (HWLF) to win Tayla Tuahine Ford by a score of 13-2 in the final gold at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. Sachin Siwach named ABC’s best youth of the 62kg women’s freestyle category. India beat Germany to win bronze medal in boxer: Hockey World League. World Youth Champion Sachin Siwach PV Sindhu Clinched Silver Medal in Dubai was named the Asian Boxing Confederation’s World Super Series: India bags 4 Youth Olympic Games quotas, Best Youth Boxer of the Year. Earlier, he PV Sindhu defeated Akane Yamaguchi of 21 Medals at Asian Championship: claimed the Asian youth championships silver this Japan to clinch Silver medal in Dubai. The India bagged 21 medals at the 10th year besides a gold at the Youth Commonwealth Recently, Sindhu won Silver at the Olympics Asian Championship 10m Rifle/Pistol at Wako Games. India’s Lenny D’Gama also won the 2016 and World Championship 2017. City Japan and also booked 4 Youth Olympic Best Asian International Technical Official Games quotas. Saurabh Chaudhary and (ITO) award. India win 10 medals in Wushu Sanda Asian Manu Bhaker booked quota places for the 2018 Cup: Youth Olympic Games (YOG) by winning a gold 2022 Beijing Winter Games Official Emblems India has won 10 medals that includes and a silver each. Chaudhary won both the Unveiled: 5-Silver and 5-Bronze medals in the first individual as well as the Team gold in the men’s The Beijing 2022 Organising Committee Wushu Sanda Asian Cup in Guangzhou, 10m Air Pistol Youth event, while Bhaker clinched (BOCOG) unveiled the official emblems of the China. Rajvir Singh was the coach of the Indian a silver in the women’s 10m Air Pistol Youth. Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing contingent. The Silver medal winners were: India claimed another silver in junior women’s 2022 at a ceremony at the National Aquatics Praveen in 48kg, Mukesh Chaoudhary (70kg), 10m Air Pistol. Centre, Beijing. The emblems of the Beijing Rajender Singh (90kg), Arunpama Devi (60kg) 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and Vishakhaptnam Malik (70kg). Shubhankar Sharma wins in Joburg Golf have been named “Winter Dream” and The bronze medals were won by Uchit Open: “Flight,” respectively. Sharma (52kg), L Budhdha chandra Singh Shubhankar Sharma wins in Joburg Designed by artist Lin Cunzhen, the (56kg), Rajani Deori (75kg), Y Sanathoi Devi Open, claiming his First European Title. It was emblems combine traditional and modern (52kg), and Pooja Kadian (65kg). held in Randpark Golf Club, South Africa. elements of Chinese culture, as well as features Sharma has five wins on the Professional Golf embodying the passion and vitality of winter Aakarshi Kashyap Wins U-17 & U-19 Singles Tour of India. sports. Titles at Badminton Junior Nationals: Borussia Dortmund’s Christian Pulisic India’s top-ranked junior shuttler India become the first-ever team to register named USA Player of Year: Aakarshi Kashyap won U-17 and U-19 singles Hundred 300+ ODI totals: Midfielder Christian Pulisic (19-year) has titles at 42nd Badminton junior Nationals in India become the first-ever team to been named as the U.S. male Player of the Guwahati, Assam. register 300+ totals 100 times in ODIs, after Year. He also belongs to U.S. Men’s National posting 392/4 against Sri Lanka in Mohali. This Team. Christian Pulisic recorded six goals and India clinched 10 medals at Junior Boxing was also the 25th instance of India scoring 350+ four assists in nine matches, and was involved in Championship in Germany: in an ODI innings, second-most by a team after 13 of the 17 goals. The Indian junior boxing contingent South Africa (26). clinched six gold, four silvers and one bronze India clinched 10 gold Medals at medal at the 5th International Sven Lange Indian hockey teams end year on 6th and Commonwealth Wrestling Championship: Memorial Tournament in Germany. Bhavesh 10th spots: India clinched 10 golds at Kattamani (52kg) clinched the best boxer trophy India’s men and women’s hockey teams Commonwealth Wrestling Championship, along with his gold and India was named the remained in the 6th and 10th positions held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The India tournament’s best team. respectively in the rankings revealed by the Greco Roman Style Wrestling Team that In the three-day tournament, the other International Hockey Federation (FIH). The represented the nation at the championship won gold-medallists for India were Vijaydeep (63kg), Indian men’s hockey team began the year in the gold and silver medals in all ten weight Akshay (60kg), Ish Pannu (70kg), Lakshay sixth spot and remained there despite clinching a categories. Chahar (80kg) and Vinit (75kg). bronze medal at the season-ending Hockey The Gold medal winners are - Rajender World League Finals, while the women’s team Kumar in 55 kg, Manish in 60 kg, Vikas in 63 kg, Mithali Raj, Ekta Bisht selected as the ICC moved up two spots to finish tenth, owing to its Anil Kumar in 67 kg, Aditya Kundu in 72 kg, Women’s ODI Team of the Year: Asia Cup. Gurpreet in 77 kg, Harpreet in 82 kg, Sunil in 87 India captain Mithali Raj was named kg, Hardeep in 97 kg, and Naveen in 130 kg in the ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year India to Host 2021 champions Trophy, 2023 category. while left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht was the lone World cup: cricketer to find a place in the both the ODI and The Board of Control for Cricket in India Sushil Kumar clinches gold at T20 Teams of the year announced by the world (BCCI), announced that India will be hosting the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in body. Harmanpreet Kaur has found out a place ICC Cricket World Cup on 2023 and the ICC South Africa: in the ICC Women’s T20 Team of the Year. Champions Trophy in 2021. This is the first time Double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar England’s Heather Knight named as India would be hosting an ODI World Cup clinched a gold medal at the Commonwealth captain of the 50-over side and Stafanie Taylor completely. Wrestling Championships in South Africa. of the West Indies appointed skipper of the 20- India will also be hosting Afghanistan Sushil defeated New Zealand Akash Khullar in the over side. for their first ever Test in 2019-2020 after final of the 74kg freestyle category to clinch they became full members of the International the Gold medal. It was his first medal in Vijender Singh beats Ernest Amuzu to retain Cricket Council (ICC). international wrestling since his gold medal in the WBO Oriental & Asia Pacific pro boxing BCCI 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Parveen titles: Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Vijender Singh defended his WBO India finished as runners-up in the SAFF 31. State mate Gauri Sheoran won silver while Oriental and Asia Pacific super middleweight Under-15 Women’s Championships. India lost Saee Ashok Godbole of Maharashtra bagged the titles against Ghana’s Ernest Amuzu at the to Bangladesh 0-1 in the final at Dhaka. In a bronze. Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The 32-year- closely contested game, Shamsun Nahar’s old Haryana pugilist, who is currently sixth in strike in the 41st minute helped Bangladesh to IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE DAY WBO rankings, fought in the mega show called bag the title. India, Bangladesh, Nepal and World AIDS – December 1: ‘Rajasthan Rumble’. Bhutan participated in this South Asian Football World AIDS Day is celebrated on Federation tournament. December 1 and Health Minister J.P. Nadda IOC bans 11 Russians for life over alleged along with Minister of State for Health Anupriya Sochi Games doping violations: Sushil Becomes PWL’s Most Expensive Patel will be the Chief Guest at the World AIDS Sochi luge silver medallists Albert Wrestler at Rs.55 lakh: Day function at JLN Stadium in New Delhi. Demchenko and Tatyana Ivanova are among a Delhi Sultans buy Double Olympic • Theme: “Right to health” group of 11 Russians disqualified for doping and medallist Sushil Kumar for Rs 55 lakh, the handed lifetime bans by the International highest bid in the history of the tournament Armed Forces Week – December 1-7: Olympic Committee. during the Pro Wrestling League auctions in Defence Ministry Nirmala Sitharaman New Delhi. Sushil is now the most expensive has launched the Armed Forces Week from 1st India rise to second spot in latest ICC T-20 player in the history of the tournament. to 7th of this month. Defence Ministry will rankings; Virat Kohli slips to third: PWL 3 is set to begin from January 9, spread awareness about the courage of armed In Cricket, Team India has risen to the 2018. Sakshi Malik, India’s 2016 Olympic forces till December 7th, when the nation will second spot in the latest ICC Twenty-20 bronze medalist, was bought by the Mumbai observe Armed Forces Day. rankings. Pakistan is at the top of the list. In the Maharathi side for Rs.39 lakh. World rankings for batsmen, Indian captain Virat Kohli Championship gold medalist Helen Maroulis was International Day of Persons with slipped from the first spot to third, due to his bought for Rs.44 lakh by Haryana Hammers. Disabilities – 3 December: absence in the series against the Lankans. The International Day of Persons with list is led by Aussie opener Aaron Finch, followed Indian football team ends year at 105th in Disabilities is observed on December 3rd every by West Indian Evin Lewis. Among the bowlers, FIFA rankings: year. It aims to promote the rights and well- Jasprit Bumrah has been pushed to the third The Indian men’s football ended the being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of spot behind Pakistan’s Imad Wasim and year at 105th spot in the FIFA rankings. India society and development, and to increase Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan. began the year at 129th spot and in July, broke awareness of the situation of persons with into top 100 by occupying 96th – the second disabilities in every aspect of political, social, India finish as runners-up in SAFF U-15 best ever after the 94th of February 1996. economic and cultural life. Women’s Championships: Iran (32) are the highest ranked Asian • Theme of 2017: “Transformation India finished as runners-up in the SAFF team and are followed by Australia and Japan. towards sustainable and resilient Under-15 Women’s Championships. India lost Among Asian countries, the Indian team is in the society for all” to Bangladesh 0-1 in the final at Dhaka.In a 15th spot. Among Asian countries, the Indian closely contested game, Shamsun Nahar’s team is in the 15th spot, just below Qatar, Armed Forces Flag Day observed today: strike in the 41st minute helped Bangladesh to but ahead of the likes of Jordan, Bahrain and The Armed Forces Flag Day or the Flag bag the title. India, Bangladesh, Nepal and North Korea. World champions Germany ended Day of India is a day dedicated to India towards Bhutan participated in this South Asian Football on top to be FIFA’s ‘Team of the Year’, collection of funds from people of India for the Federation tournament. followed by Brazil, , Argentina. welfare of the Indian Armed Forces personnel. It has been observed annually in India on Indian boxers claim 3 gold, 1 silver & Saudi Arabia Hosts World Chess Games for December 7 since 1949. Over the years, it has bronze medal at Galym Tournament: the First Time: become a tradition to commemorate this day as Indian boxers have claimed three gold, a Saudi Arabia is hosting the world an honour to the soldiers, sailors and silver, and a bronze medal at the Galym chess tournament for the first time. Two years airmen of India. Zharylgapov Boxing Tournament. The event was ago, the country’s top cleric issued a religious held in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. order against playing the board game. The World Human Rights Day – 10th December: The Gold Medal winners from India were tournament has been named as the King Human Rights Day is observed by the K Shyam Kumar in 49kg, Naman Tanwar in 91kg Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess international community every year on 10 and Satish Kumar in the +91-kg category Championships. The world’s top three chess December. Theme: ‘Let’s stand up for claimed gold medals. Tanwar was announced as players from , Armenia and Azerbaijan equality, justice, and human dignity’. the best boxer of the tournament. are participating in the tournament. Saudi Arabia Vijay Diwas is celebrated on December 16: India rise to second spot in latest ICC T-20 • Capital: Riyadh The Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 is rankings; Virat Kohli slips to third: • Currency: Saudi riyal one of the most convincing victories of the annals In Cricket, Team India has risen to the • Crown Prince: Mohammed bin Salman of the military history. The anniversary of Vijay second spot in the latest ICC Twenty-20 Diwas is observed across India by paying tributes rankings. Pakistan is at the top of the list. In the Anisa clinched Gold Medal in Women’s 25m to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the rankings for batsmen, Indian captain Virat Kohli Pistol with New National Record: nation. slipped from the first spot to third, due to his Haryana shooter Anisa Sayyed won International Migrants Day – December 18: absence in the series against the Lankans. The the women’s 25m pistol gold with a new The United Nations (UN) International list is led by Aussie opener Aaron Finch, followed record at 61st National Shooting Migrants Day is observed every year on by West Indian Evin Lewis. Among the bowlers, Championship Competitions (61st NSCC), in December 18. The 2017 Theme: “Safe Jasprit Bumrah has been pushed to the third Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She beat Shital Migration in a World on the Move”. spot behind Pakistan’s Imad Wasim and Shivaji Thorat and Rahi Sarnobat who won silver Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan. and bronze respectively. International Human Solidarity Day- In the junior women’s 25m pistol, December 20: India finish as runners-up in SAFF U-15 another Haryana shooter Chinki Yadav won International Human Solidarity Day is Women’s Championships: gold with another final national record score of observed on December 20. The UN General Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Assembly, convinced that the promotion of the Prominent Gandhian and freedom government had conferred Mukhopadhyay with a culture of solidarity and the spirit of sharing is fighter Saraswati Tripathy passed away at the special award for his contribution to Bengali important for combating poverty, proclaimed 20 age of 89. Saraswati Tripathy had met Mahatma films. Balika Bodhu, Dhonyi Meye, Agnishwar, of December as International Human Solidarity Gandhi at Beraboi Ashram in Puri district and Amar Prithivi, Baag Bandi Khela are some of his Day. joined the freedom struggle. popular movies.

National Farmers’ Day – Dec 23: Gwalior gharana exponent Narayanrao Music legend Robbie Malinga passes away: The National Farmers’ Day (Kisan Bodas passes away: Legendary South African musician Diwas) is celebrated on 23rd of December. Eminent exponent of the Gwalior Robbie Malinga passes away. The musician is National Farmers Day or Kisan Diwas is gharana of Hindustani classical music, Pandit known for his hit songs such as, ‘Sobabili’, celebrated in the honor of Chaudhary Charan Narayanrao Bodas passes away. ‘Mthanda’ and ‘Baby Please’. Singh who was the fifth Prime Minister of India. Johnny Hallyday: France’s ‘Elvis Presley’ Current Affairs Quiz: Good Governance Day – December 25: dies at 74 Q.1) The Centre for Economics and Business Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday being France’s biggest rock star Johnny Research report has predicted India will become celebrated as Good Governance Day. Good Hallyday has died after a battle with lung world’s 5th largest economy in dollar terms by Governance Day was established in 2014 to cancer. He was 74. The singer sold about 100 which year? honor Mr Vajpayee by fostering awareness million records and starred in a number of films a) 2021 b) 2019 c) 2018 among the people of accountability in in a career that began in 1960.He was made a d) 2032 e) 2020 government. He is the recipient of the Bharat Chevalier of the Legion D’Honneur by Q.2) ‘Clean Sea-2017’ was recently held as a Ratna, India’s highest civilian award. President Jacques Chirac in 1997. marine oil pollution response exercise. It was kicked off at ______. BOOKS AND AUTHORS Lalji Singh, ‘father of DNA fingerprinting in a) Port Louis b) Mumbai ‘Two’ First Novel in English by India,’ passes away: c) Vishakhapatnam released: Eminent scientist and ‘father of DNA d) Port Blair e) Cochin Gulzar sahab is best known for his fingerprinting in India’ Lalji Singh passes Q.3) The Union Defence Ministry approved poetry and film lyrics, has come out with his away. Lalji Singh was the recipient of the procurement of 260 naval communication sets for novel ‘Two’ which is a debut novel in English prestigious Padma Shri award. how much amount? and it revolves around the area of Punjab which a) Rs.890 crore b) Rs.790 crore became Pakistan after Partition. The novel was Veteran Journalist Sukharanjan Sengupta c) Rs.690 crore d) Rs.590 crore originally written in “Urdu’ later it Passes Away: e) Rs.490 crore translated into the English form. Veteran journalist Sukharanjan Q.4) West Bengal gets Financial aid from which Sengupta Passes away. He had worked for organization to ply 130 Electric buses? ‘Populism’ Named Cambridge Dictionary’s Bengali dailies Jugantar and Ananda Bazar a) Asian Development Bank Word of the Year: Patrika in his long career spanning over six b) World Bank The word ‘populism’ has been decades. c) International Monetary Fund announced as Cambridge Dictionary’s Word d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank of the Year 2017. The Definition of populism is Actor and filmmaker Neeraj Vora passes e) New Development Bank “political ideas and activities that are intended to away: Q.5) Whose signature is found on 1Re Notes? get the support of ordinary people by giving them Actor and filmmaker ‘Neeraj Vora’ a) RBI Governor b) Finance Secretary what they want”. passed away in Mumbai. He did films like Phir c) President d) Prime Minister Hera Pheri, Rangeela, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman e) Both a and b Book on Gauri Lankesh writings” The way i and Akele Hum Akele Tum. Q.6) Nagaland celebrated the 54th Statehood Day see It” was launched: and the 18th Hornbill festival 2017 at the Naga A book containing selected writings by Iconic Vocalist Keely Smith Passes Away: Heritage Village, Kisama. Who has inaugurated late journalist Gauri Lankesh was launched at the American Keely Smith, the iconic the function? Mumbai Press Club. The Way I See It — a jazz and pop vocalist who achieved success as a) Narendra Modi b) Ram Nath Kovind Gauri Lankesh Reader, has been edited by both a solo artist and with her musical c) T. R. Zeliang d) Padmanabha Acharya writer and sociologist Chandan Gowda. partnership with first husband Louis Prima passes e) Venkaiah Naidu away. Q.7) Recently Indian Home Minister Rajnath OBITUARY Singh and Russian Minister for Emergency Sreerupa Mukherjee, former woman Bengali Singer Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay Situations Vladimir Puchkov agreed that Russia cricketer passes away: Passes Away: will assist India to set up which of the following? Former woman cricketer of India & Bengali singer Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay a) Defence Centre Coach Sreerupa Mukherjee passed away in passed away in Kolkata. The West Bengal b) Pharmaceutical Development center Kolkata. She was 65 years old. Sreerupa was the government had honoured him with the Sangeet c) National Crisis Management cricket manager of the Indian women’s team Samman award in 2012. d) Food Security Meet during three World Cups — 1993, 1997 and e) None of these 2000. ‘Sound of Music’ actor Heather Menzies- Q.8) Recently, the International Monetary Fund Urich dies at 68: approved a new 88 billion US dollar credit line for Kalabhavan Abi Malayalam actor and Actor Heather Menzies-Urich, who played which of the following country? Mimicry Artist passes away: one of the singing von Trapp children in the hit a) France b) Canada c) Mexico Noted mimicry artist and actor 1965 film The Sound of Music, has died. She was d) India e) Iraq Kalabhavan Abi passed away in Kochi. He was 68. Q.9) Railway Ministry has introduced the facility 52 years old. for booking of railway tickets from railway Bengali Film Actor Partha Mukhopadhyay counters through UPI, BHIM App. What is the Freedom Fighter Saraswati Tripathy Passes Passes Away: abbreviation of BHIM? Away: Bengali film actor Partha a) Bharat Interconnected Money app Mukhopadhyay had passed away. The state b) Bharat Interface for Money app Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 22 c) Bharat Initial and Makeover app Q.21) Who is the first woman Secretary-General Q.33) India’s biggest floating solar power plant d) Bharat Improved Money app of Lok Sabha? has recently opened in e) Bharat Inter Money app a) Dia Mirza b) Sumitra Mahajan a) Karnataka b) Kerala Q.10) ICC U19 World Cup 2018 will be held in c) Snehlata Shrivastava d) Giriraj Singh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Telangana ______. e) None of these e) Tamil Nadu a) Russia b) New Zealand c) Australia Q.22) Konark Dance festival is celebrated in Q.34) World’s first Information Technology d) India e) France which of the following Indian states? campus for persons with disabilities (PWDs) is to Q.11) What is the theme of 2017 AIDS a) Kerala b) Nagaland be inaugurated at______. day______. c) Odisha d) Manipur a) Tamil Nadu b) Telangana a) Be Strong,2017 b) Matter of Health e) Goa c) Odisha d) Chhattisgarh c) Healthy Life d) Spread Purity Q.23) What is the theme of the Shared Value e) Kerala e) Right to Health Summit that begins in New Delhi? Q.35) The first phase of the Chabahar port Q.12) ‘Jai Kisaan’ app launched in which of the a) Equality and Improvement project is inaugurated by _____. following Indian state? b) Equity and Empowerment a) Pon Radhakrishnan b) Hassan Rouhani a) Andhra Pradesh b) Goa c) Beyond All Limits c) Narendra Modi d) Sushma Swaraj c) Maharashtra d) Madhya Pradesh d) Building for the Future e) Ali Khamenei e) Odisha e) Explore the Possibilities Q.36) What is the currency of Saudi Arabia? Q.13) What is the capital of lesotho? Q.24) CITIES of Wild Fauna and Flora gave award a) Riel b) Rial c) Riyal a) Apia b) Maseru c) Asmara for putting high effort to combat Illegal Wildlife d) Yen e) Euro d) Banjul e) Bissau Trade to India. Which department has received Q.37) Recently, Mary Kom resigns as national Q.14) ‘WE Hub’ is launched in Telangana which is the award? observer for Indian boxing. How many observers useful for______. a) Wildlife Crime Control Bureau were there for Indian boxing? a) Government Employees b) Wildlife Division of the Ministry a) 15 b) 14 c) 13 b) Farmers c) Wildlife Protection Bureau d) 12 e) 11 c) Women Entrepreneurs d) Both a and b Q.38) Prasar Bharati, comes under which of the d) Below Poverty Line People e) None of these following Ministry? e) Fisher Men Q.25) Which bank has recently launched its a) Ministry of Commerce & Industry Q.15) The book “Curious Tales from the RuPay Select and RuPay Platinum credit cards? b) Ministry of Minority Affairs Himalayas” is co-authored by ______. a) Canara Bank b) Punjab National Bank, c) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting a) Carlos Dews and S.J. Rozan c) Bank of India d) Corporation Bank d) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare b) Shaguna Gahilote and Prarthana Gahilote e) Bank of Baroda e) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare c) William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Q.26) Salil Parekh appointed as MD & CEO, for Q.39) Aditya Puri, the Managing Director of HDFC d) Clarke and Kubrick which of the following company? Bank ranked ______position in Fortune’s e) Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman a) Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board ‘Businessperson of the Year’. Q.16) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime b) Infosys c) Union Bank of India a) 19th b) 18th c) 25th Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the d) Air India e) Canara Bank d) 36th e) 45th National Nutrition Mission (NNM). NNM comes Q.27) What is the Currency of Kenya? Q.40) Indian archer Deepika Kumari clinched the under which Ministry? a) Euro b) Dollar c) Shilling bronze medal in Indoor Archery World Cup, which a) Drinking Water and Sanitation d) Dinar e) Riyal was held in _____. b) Health and Family Welfare Q.28) “Lipstick Under My Burkha” has bagged a a) Bangkok b) Philippines c) Melbourne c) Women and Child Development top prize at the time Global Sustainability Film d) Dubai e) Mumbai d) Food Processing Industries Awards 2017. Who is the Director of the film? Q.41) International Day of Persons with e) Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Mines a) Prakash Jha b) Konkona SenSharma Disabilities is observed on ______. Q.17) India is planning to buy Kamov-226T c) Ratna Pathak Shah a) November 29 b) November 30 helicopters using recent Digital Technologies from d) Alankrita Shrivastava c) December 1 d) December 2 which of the following country? e) Ken Russell e) December 3 a) Israel b) China c) Cuba Q.29) Yahoo’s People’s Choice Award for Q.42) Which of the following Indian state has d) Russia e) U.S Personality of the Year 2017 was bagged by included Shamli district in the National Capital Q.18) India-Singapore inks bilateral agreement _____. Region, taking the total number of districts in the for Navy Cooperation. Who has signed the pact a) Amit Shah b) Narendra Modi NCR to 23? as representative of India? c) Sunny Leone d) Vinod Khanna a) Bihar b) Uttar Pradesh c) Haryana a) Nirmala Sitharaman e) PV Sindhu d) Punjab e) Himachal Pradesh b) Sushma Swaraj Q.30) Gulzar sahab is related to which of the Q.43) The 6th International Tourism Mart 2017 c) Arun Jaitley following fields? began in ______. d) Manoj Sinha a) Sports b) Politician c) Film a) Guwahati b) Dispur e) Narendra Modi d) Sand Artist e) Author c) Shillong d) Aizawl e) Kohima Q.19) “Rapid Rail project” is planned between Q.31) Recently, a former woman cricketer has Q.44) Which of the following country signed an which ONE of the following pairs of countries? passed away. What is the name of the agreement with India to formalize an amount up a) India and Russia personality? to Euro 200 million for the Financial Cooperation b) India and Spain a) Sreerupa Mukherjee in the form of loan for the project ‘Climate c) India and France b) Girija Devi Friendly Urban Mobility III’ and Euro 11 million d) India and England c) Anjana Singh Accompanying measures in the form of grant for e) India and Germany d) Pushpa Mitra Bhargava four projects? Q.20) India re-elected to International Maritime e) Sara Coward a) Japan b) China c) Germany Organization Council. Who is the present Q.32) On World AIDS Day, Smt. Anupriya Patel d) USA e) Venezuela Secretary General of IMO? launches National Strategic Plan, which is Q.45) 3rd DRC-NITI Aayog Dialogue began in a) Guy Ryder b) Raymond Benjamin planned for how many years? ______. c) Kitack Lim d) Anthony Lake a) 9 years b) 8 years c) 7 years a) Japan b) China c) Germany e) None of these d) 6 years e) 5 years d) USA e) Venezuela Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.46) Which of the following country withdraws Q.56) 22nd conference of Asian Harmonization a) Mohamad Rl Jounde from UN Global Compact on Migration? Working Party (AHWP) held at ______. b) Mohamad Pl Jounde a) Japan b) China c) Germany a) New Delhi b) Hyderabad c) Mohamad Hl Jounde d) USA e) Venezuela c) Mumbai d) Bangalore d) Mohamad Al Jounde Q.47) Which of the following country launched its e) Panaji e) Mohamad Ul Jounde own crypto currency called Petro to circumvent Q.57) Which of the following entity is to become Q.67) Which of the following country has won the US-led financial sanctions? a treaty-based international intergovernmental first-ever South Asian Regional Badminton Team a) Japan b) China c) Germany organization? Championship? d) USA e) Venezuela a) IRDAI b) IDDI c) TERI a) India b) Nepal c) Bhutan Q.48) Which of the following payment bank is d) ISA e) ISSA d) Bangladesh e) Sri lanka rolling out across the India, with the government Q.58) Name the Surface-to-air missile that was Q.68) Which of the following country was banned mandating the use of FASTag on every new successfully test fired for the first time with a from the 2018 Olympics over state-sponsored vehicle sold from December 1? home-made radio frequency seeker against doping? a) FINO PayTech b) Reliance Industries target Banshee. The missile was launched from a) India b) Italy c) Germany c) Paytm d) Airtel the Launch Complex-III at ITR Chandipur in d) Russia e) Australia e) Vodafone M-Pesa Odisha. Q.69) Name the noted South Indian music Q.49) Name the Indian-American who has topped a) Nag b) Helina c) Amogha Director who recently passed away in Hyderabad. the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine’s 2017 d) Prithvi-I e) Akash a) Achudan b) Adithyan c) list of ’50 Leading Global Thinkers’. Q.59) Which of the following Indian state has d) Amaran e) Akilan a) Ellie Goulding b) Kamala Harris become the first state to endorse the Central Q.70) Who has inaugurated Dr. Ambedkar c) Nikki Haley d) Moon Jae-in government’s draft bill that makes instant triple International Centre and its Socio-Economic e) Hasan Minhaj talaq a cognizable and non-bailable offence? Transformation in New Delhi? Q.50) Who has signed on as a Global Goodwill a) Uttar Pradesh b) Maharashtra a) Ram Nath Kovind Ambassador for UN Environment, joining the fight c) Madhya Pradesh d) Punjab b) Narendra Modi to save the lives and habitats of people and e) Haryana c) Rajnath Singh animals by cleaning up our air and seas, fighting Q.60) Name the countries armed forces which d) Venkaiah Naidu climate change and protecting species? began the joint exercises, named “Flag4”, in Abu e) Sushma Swaraj a) Ellie Goulding b) Kamala Harris Dhabi. Q.71) The Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu c) Nikki Haley d) Moon Jae-in a) UAE b) US c) UK inaugurated the ____ edition of the annual e) Hasan Minhaj d) Both a and b e) All a, b and c Convention of Central Information Commission in Q.51) Who launched the book titled ‘Bollywood: Q.61) How many million loans has been provided New Delhi. The Films! The Songs! The Stars!’, is a coffee by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a) 13th b) 10th c) 12th table book, which provides historical insights, Reliance industries to develop its 750 MW power d) 15th e) 14th lesser-known facts and behind-the-scene plant and LNG terminal project in Bangladesh? Q.72) Which Indian state assembly has passed a exclusives of the most iconic movies made in the a) $563 million b) $573 million bill awarding death to those found guilty of history of the Indian film industry? c) $583 million d) $593 million raping girls aged 12 and below? a) Akshay Kumar e) $553 million a) Uttar Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh b) Salman Khan Q.62) Who emerged as the ‘most tweeted person c) Assam d) Madhya Pradesh c) about world leader’ after US President, according e) Maharashtra d) Shah Rukh Khan to Microblogging site Twitter? Q.73) The 10th JIFF 2018 will be held in which of e) Shahid Kapoor a) Nicolas Maduro b) Narendra Modi the following Indian state? Q.52) What is the theme of the world soil day c) Theresa May d) Recep Tayyip Erdogan a) Rajasthan b) Andhra Pradesh 2017? e) Emmanuel Macron c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh a) Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground Q.63) Fitch Ratings cut the country’s GDP growth e) Goa b) Caring for the Plants starts from the Ground forecast for the current fiscal to ______from Q.74) EPFO opens a new facility for its over how c) Caring for the Earth starts from the Ground the earlier projected 6.9%, saying that the many crore members, that will allow d) Caring for the Habitat starts from the Ground rebound was weaker than expected. consolidation or merger of their multiple PF e) Caring for the Environment starts from the a) 6.5% b) 6.6% c) 6.7% accounts with the current Universal Account Ground d) 6.8% e) 6.9% Number? Q.53) Name the batsman who was named as the Q.64) How many percent of the global population a) 4.5 crore b) 5.5 crore captain of India’s squad for the upcoming ICC U- is effectively covered by at least one social c) 2.5 crore d) 7.5 crore 19 World Cup. benefit, according to new data presented in the e) 6.5 crore a) Kamlesh Nagarkoti b) Shivam Mavi World Social Protection Report 2017/19? Q.75) Which of the following Ministry has signed c) Aryan Juyal d) Prithvi Shaw a) 35% b) 45% c) 55% an MoU with Rotary India to provide support and e) Manjot Kalra d) 65% e) 75% accelerate the efforts under the Polio Eradication Q.54) Name the Veteran Bollywood actor and Q.65) Name the Lebanese Prime Minister who Programme, Routine Immunization including producer who has died at the age of 79. He won has officially withdrawn his resignation, a month Mission Indradhanush, Intensified Mission several and was awarded after saying he was quitting in a shock Indradhanush and Measles-Rubella in New Delhi? the civilian honour by the Indian announcement in Saudi Arabia. a) Ministry of Women and Child Development government in 2011. a) Nicolas Maduro b) Ministry of Science and Technology a) b) Manish Kapoor b) Recep Tayyip Erdogan c) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation c) Vaidesh Kapoor d) Linkesh Kapoor c) Theresa May d) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare e) Rishi Kapoor d) Saad Hariri e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Q.55) Name the Minister who released the Mid- e) Emmanuel Macron Q.76) Who headed the high-level Committee set term Review of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) Q.66) Name the teenage Syrian refugee who won up by the government to address the problem of 2015-20 in New Delhi. a prestigious International prize for building a stress assets in India’s power sector? a) Rajnath Singh b) Suresh Prabhu school and providing an education to hundreds of a) Pradeep Singh b) Urjit Patel c) Narendra Modi d) Radha Mohan Singh children who fled to Lebanon to escape the c) Amitabh Kant d) NK Singh e) Smriti Irani conflict. e) Surya Prakash Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.77) India recently signed a new MoU with Q.87) In which country Mujeeb Zadran has d) Malaysia e) The Netherlands which country for the cooperation in Agriculture become the first male cricket player born in the Q.100) Cristiano Ronaldo wins prestigious award and Phytosanitary issues? 21st century to play International cricket? Ballon d’Or 2017. He plays for which of the a) Singapore b) Australia a) b) following Football Club? c) Italy d) Venezuela c) Afghanistan d) West Indies a) Bayern Munich e) Cuba e) Ireland b) Manchester United Q.78) India recently signed a Memorandum of Q.88) The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and c) Barcelona Understanding with which country, to establish Paralympics has unveiled how many sets of d) Real Madrid comprehensive Inter-Ministerial and Inter- designs among 2,042 entries for the Games’ e) None of these Institutional cooperation between the two mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics from July Q.101) The ASEAN India Connectivity Summit countries in the field of health by pooling 24 to Aug. 9, 2020? (AICS) in collaboration with AIC and CII held in technical, scientific, financial and human a) Three b) Four c) Five ______. resources in both countries? d) Six e) Seven a) Mumbai a) Singapore b) Canada Q.89) Who created three new senior national b) Hyderabad c) Italy d) Venezuela records in +105 Kilogram weight category in IWF c) Jaipur e) Cuba World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, d) Pune Q.79) Which country has become the 26th country USA? e) New Delhi to legalize same-sex marriage after the law was a) Sathish Sivalingam Q.102) Who is the Minister of State (Independent passed with the overwhelming backing of the b) Vikas Thakur Charge) for MSME? Federal Parliament? c) Vicky Batta a) Manoj Sinha b) Giriraj Singh a) Singapore b) Canada d) Gurdeep Singh c) Ram Kripal Yadav d) Krishan Pal c) Italy d) Australia e) Katulu Ravi Kumar e) Y. S. Chowdary e) Cuba Q.90) The Armed Forces Flag Day or the Flag Day Q.103) The two-day Aadivasi Mahotsav was held Q.80) Which of the country’s based Avior Airlines of India is observed on ______. in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The festival is has been banned from European Union skies a) December 6th b) December 3rd inaugurated by _____. after a commission determined it no longer c) December 7th d) December 2nd a) Parshottam Rupala and Jual oram meets international safety standards? e) December 5th b) Jual oram and Raman Singh a) Qatar b) Australia c) Italy Q.91) Which country does the biggest rock star c) Krishna Raj and Raman Singh d) Venezuela e) Cuba Johnny Hallyday belongs, who passed away d) Anupriya Patel and Krishna Raj Q.81) According to the Fifth Bi-monthly Monetary recently at the age of 74? e) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Policy Statement, 2017-18, the projection of real a) Russia b) UK c) Canada Q.104) India’s first ever mobile food testing lab GVA growth for 2017-18, of the October d) France e) USA was unveiled in _____. resolution at ____ per cent has been retained, Q.92) Recently which festival has been added to a) Madhya Pradesh b) Goa with risks evenly balanced. the list of “intangible cultural heritage of c) Kerala d) Bihar a) 7.6 % b) 6.7 % c) 7.7 % humanity”? e) Meghalaya d) 7.4 % e) 6.6 % a) Dussehra b) Kumbh Mela c) Baisakhi Q.105) Who has been recently appointed as the Q.82) Which country’s Crown Prince Mohammed d) Bihu e) Holi RBI Executive Director? bin Salman is leading Time magazine’s people’s Q.93) Uttarakhand has signed an MoU with which a) Priya Sharan b) Uma Shankar poll for its “Person of the Year 2017” award, company for establishing e-health centers in the c) Rajiv Kumar d) Meena Hemachandra recently? State? e) Hema Kumaravel a) Iran b) Qatar c) Syria a) Dell b) HP c) Google Q.106) Mamta Kalia is related to which of the d) Saudi Arabia e) Egypt d) Govt Hospital e) None of these following field? Q.83) The government has engaged with which Q.94) India will join hands with which of the a) Scientist b) Cricketer private lender to enable online payments at 470 following country to open centres of excellence in c) Author d) Director mandis integrated with the national portal of floriculture for farmers in India to encourage e) None of these electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)? research in agriculture sector? Q.107) Recently, which company received a) Federal Bank b) HDFC Bank a) Bahrain b) France c) Cuba “country’s most valued company” honour? c) ICICI Bank d) Axis Bank d) Israel e) Germany a) Tata Groups e) Yes Bank Q.95) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has b) Reliance Industries Q.84) Which online food delivery start-up has approved how much amount credit for c) Hindustan Unilever appointed Vishal Bhatia as Chief Executive Officer Madagascar? d) TCS for its new supply business? a) $24.5 million b) $34.5 million e) HDFC Bank a) Food Panda b) Swiggy c) Zomato c) $44.5 million d) $54.5 million Q.108) India won bronze medal in Hockey World d) Food Mingo e) Tasty Khana e) $64.5 million League, which was held at ______. Q.85) Which of the following wrestling player quit Q.96) What is the currency of Madagascar? a) Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Jhansi his role as a National Sports Observer for a) Euro b) Ariary c) Rial b) Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar wrestling, after star boxer Mary Kom? d) Riyal e) Pound c) Faizabad Sports Complex, Faizabad a) Yogeshwar Dutt b) Sakshi Malik Q.97) Who is the MD of Axis Securities? d) Gachibowli Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad c) Geeta Phogat a) Shika Sharma b) Samir Shah e) Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium, Rourkela d) Narsingh Pancham Yadav c) Arun Thukrul d) Anshula Kant Q.109) What is the theme of World Human Rights e) Sushil Kumar e) Parveen Kumar Gupta Day which is observed on December 10? Q.86) Which of the following Indian cricketer has Q.98) Mateusz Morawiecki is the Prime Minister a) Let’s stand up for Equality, Justice, and Human launched “Power of Sports to Shape the Future of of which of the following country? dignity Adolescents” campaign in South Asia? a) The Netherlands b) France b) Stand up for someone’s rights today a) Sachin Tendulkar b) c) England d) Poland c) New Growth Wake up For Rights c) Yuvraj Singh d) MS Dhoni e) Spain d) Fight for Equality, Justice, and human dignity e) Virat Kohli Q.99) 2018 men’s Hockey World Cup to be held e) Throughout India, Share Knowledge of Rights in _____. Q.110) Lalji Singh is related to which of the a) Sri Lanka b) India c) Australia following fields? Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 25 a) Cricketer b) Author c) Singer c) Women d) Government Employee Q.135) The Supreme Court extends deadline for d) Scientist e) Director e) None of these Aadhaar linkage up to______. Q.111) Shri J P Nadda launches new App on Q.123) “Seva Sindhu”, digital Platform was a) March 31, 2018 Universal Health Coverage Day, which is being launched in which of the following Indian state? b) December 31, 2017 observed on December 12, what is the name of a) Rajasthan b) Karnataka c) Kerala c) January 31, 2018 the App? d) Tamil Nadu e) Goa d) April 1, 2018 a) eHealth b) mHealth Q.124) The annual general meeting of Federation e) June 30, 2018 c) Care-Health d) LaQshya of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Q.136) Attivo sets up an infra equipment park in e) UHC (FICCI), held in New Delhi. What is the theme of which of the following Indian state? Q.112) Ravi Shankar Prasad launches first NIC the event? a) b) Uttar Prades CERT, which is to predict and prevent ______. a) India towards Advancement c) Maharashtra d) Andhra Pradesh a) Natural Disaster b) Business India e) Telangana b) Disease c) Indian Business in a New India Q.137) Who is the Minister of Health, Kingdom of c) Cyber Attacks d) Indian Technologies in Import Morocco? d) Illegal Money e) None of these a) Abdelkader Amara e) None of these Q.125) New logo of Kumbh Mela 2019 unveiled b) Mustafa Ramid Q.113) Who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of by Ram Naik. The festival is Scheduled to be held c) Ahmed Toufiq the People’s Republic of China? in ______. d) Nizar Baraka a) Zhou Enlai b) Wang Yi a) Lucknow b) Ahmedabad c) Noida e) Saad-Eddine El Othmani c) Tang Jiaxuan d) Huang Hua d) Allahabad e) Jhansi Q.138) In the Prosperity pillar rankings, India’s e) Qian Qichen Q.126) Which of the following company planned governance ranked in ______. Q.114) As per the National Crime Records Bureau to launch artificial intelligence (AI) research a) 42 b) 40 c) 38 (NCRB) data, which state tops the list in highest Center in China? d) 41 e) 35 number of ‘cyber-crimes’? a) Apple b) Google c) Dell Q.139) Lal Bahadur Stadium is in which of the a) Bihar b) Assam d) Facebook e) Microsoft following Indian state? c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh Q.127) The Union Government has signed US a) Jharkhand b) Telangana e) Odisha $250 million loan agreement with which of the c) West Bengal d) Uttarakhand Q.115) China starts world’s biggest floating solar following bank for Skills Acquisition and e) Jammu & Kashmir project with the budget of _____. Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion? Q.140) The global mobile payment solutions a) 1 billion yuan b) 4 billion yuan a) ADB b) AIIB c) World Bank company ‘OBOPAY’ has secured a license for c) 1.5 billion yuan d) 2 billion yuan d) RBI e) NDB Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) from ______. e) 1 million yuan Q.128) Hambantota Port is in which of the a) GOI b) NPCI c) RBI Q.116) What is the abbreviation of NDAA? following country? d) NABARD e) IBRD a) National Data Acquisition Act a) China b) Sri Lanka c) Russia Q.141) Which of the following country has b) Net Data Acquisition Act d) Turkmenistan e) banned its financial institutions from dealing in c) National Defence Authorization Act Q.129) Dhammapiya from Tripura has been virtual currencies such as Bitcoin? d) National Direct Allocation Act elected as the new secretary general for which of a) Afghanistan b) South Korea c) Italy d) National Defence Assured Act the following organization? d) Philippines e) Israel e) None of these a) IFC b) IBRD c) IBC Q.142) Prathamesh Maulingkar won the title of Q.117) The second UNWTO/UNESCO world d) IDA e) MIGA Mr. India Supranational 2017 is a famous conference on Tourism and Culture held in Q.130) Which country is the largest Shareholder ______. _____. of AIIB bank? a) Actor b) Swimmer c) Director a) Muscat b) Moscow c) Paris a) Russia b) India c) Germany d) Cricketer e) Footballer d) New York e) London d) China e) Australia Q.143) 14th inclusive finance India summit begins Q.118) Diddy Tops the List of 2017’s Highest- Q.131) Shubhankar Sharma related to which of in which of the following city? Paid Musicians, according to which of the the following sports? a) Chennai b) Mumbai following magazine? a) Football b) Cricket c) Golf c) New Delhi d) Ahmedabad a) India Today b) Forbes d) Boxing e) Hockey e) Chandigarh c) Frontline d) Business World Q.132) India’s submarine ‘INS Kalvari’ inducted Q.144) Recently which city has launched smart e) The New Yorker in Indian Navy comes under which category? city cards in association with the bank of India? Q.119) Prof. M.S. Swaminathan received a) Ballistic missile submarines a) Ranchi b) Chandigarh ‘Yeraringan’ Award, conferred by______b) Guided missile submarines c) Bhubaneswar d) Hyderabad a) Venkaiah Naidu c) Diesel-electric attack submarine e) Thrissur b) Ram Nath Kovind d) Deep submergence rescue vehicles Q.145) The Headquarters of Asian Infrastructure c) Narendra Modi e) Attack submarines Investment Bank is in ______. d) Sushma Swaraj Q.133) Which Indian state has become the first a) Shangai b) New York e) Rajnath Singh state to offer email IDs in Hindi? c) Brussels d) Beijing Q.120) ICAN receives 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. a) Gujarat e) Washington D.C ICAN headquarters is in ______. b) Rajasthan Q.146) The Eleventh World Trade Organization a) New York b) Paris c) Belgium c) Madhya Pradesh (WTO) Ministerial conference took place in d) Geneva e) London d) Maharashtra Buenos Aires, Argentina. Indian Delegation was Q.121) India bagged how many medals at the e) Haryana led by______. 10th Asian Championship 10m Rifle/Pistol? Q.134) Recently, Govt. has released how much a) Ram Vilas Paswan a) 20 b) 21 c) 19 amount budget to six states for International b) Sushma Swaraj d) 13 e) 12 Border development? c) Arun Jaitley Q.122) The Bihar government has launched a a) Rs. 170 crore b) Rs. 173 crore d) Suresh Prabhu new Scheme called “Safe City Surveillance c) Rs. 174 crore d) Rs. 178 crore e) Rajnath Singh Scheme” for ______. e) Rs. 172 crore a) Farmers b) Fishermen Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.147) Michael Jordan named world’s highest- e) $12.4 billion d) Prague e) Suva paid athlete ever, belongs to which of the Q.160) Who has been appointed as the new Q.172) Sushil Kumar clinched a gold medal at the following country? Director of the National Institute of Nutrition Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in a) Russia b) Britain (NIN), Hyderabad? South Africa under ______. c) America d) Jordan a) DivyaPriya M a) 72kg freestyle category e) Germany b) Hemalatha R b) 74kg freestyle category Q.148) J & K Bank launches ‘Sahafat finance c) Sundri Venkatesh N c) 70kg freestyle category Scheme’, under which journalists and employees d) HemaPriya K d) 64kg freestyle category of media houses in the state can avail loan up to e) Divya Bharti L e) 62kg freestyle category ______. Q.161) Narinder Batra has been elected for which Q.173) The Real Madrid midfielder Kaka a) 4 Lakh b) 3 Lakh c) 5 Lakh of the following designation in the Indian Olympic announced his retirement as a player, belongs to d) 6 Lakh e) 7 Lakh Association? which of the following country? Q.149) Recently to boost digital Banking, a) Chairman b) Secretary General a) Brazil b) Germany c) Spain Rewardz Scheme was introduced by which of the c) President d) Vice President d) Portugal e) None of these following Bank? e) None of these Q.174) Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd, India a) HDFC Bank b) Bank of Baroda Q.162) Du Dondo Phowara Matro is written by (TPREL) has commissioned its 100 MW solar c) IndusInd Bank d) SBI which of the following poet? plant project at Pavagada Solar Park in e) Indian Bank a) Amy King b) Banu Kapil Karnataka. Who is the CEO of Tata Power Q.150) Sachin Siwach is related to which of the c) Eeva Park d) Joy Goswami Renewable Energy Limited? following sports? e) Grace Chia a) Priya Sharan b) Ajay Sharma a) Wrestling b) Chess c) Football Q.163) India clinched how many gold medals at c) Rahul Shah d) Vinod Ram d) Boxing e) Hockey Commonwealth Wrestling Championship, e) Kiruba Shankar Q.151) The 2022 Winter Olympics is going to be Johannesburg, South Africa? Q.175) Losar festival celebrated in which of the held at ______. a) 11 b) 12 c) 10 following state? a) Russia b) Qatar c) India d) 14 e) 15 a) Rajasthan b) Nagaland d) China e) England Q.164) Prime Minister announces how much c) Jammu & Kashmir Q.152) Vijay Diwas is Celebrated on crore for improving Roads, Highways in Northeast d) Odisha e) Assam ______. Region? Q.176) The Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas a) December 12th b) December 21st a) 90000 crore b) 9000 crore Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated eastern c) December 13th d) December 14th c) 12000 crore d) 110000 crore India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) e) December 16th e) 10000 crore stations for scooters in ______. Q.153) Tuirial Hydro Power is in which of the Q.165) Union Govt. approves Capital Investment a) Chennai b) Jharkhand following Indian state? Subsidy of Rs.264.67 Cr for which of the c) Bhubaneswar d) Raipur e) Patna a) Nagaland b) Tripura following? Q.177) Maruti Suzuki and which of the following c) Mizoram d) Assam a) North-east Road Transport Ministry have signed an agreement to impart e) Manipur b) North-east Agriculture Sector training to youth and enhance their employment Q.154) The 14-day Indo-Maldives joint military c) North-east Horticulture Development potential? exercise, ‘EKUVERIN-2017, begins in ______. d) North-east Industrial Units a) Human Resource Development a) Chennai b) Pune e) North-east Financial Inclusion b) Women and Child Development c) Bengaluru d) Cochin Q.166) Bhagavad Gita Research Institute to be c) Skill Development Ministry e) Visakhapatnam set up by the Uttar Pradesh Government in which d) Labour and Employment Q.155) Recently, which of the following country of the following city? e) Youth Affairs and Sports signed MoU with India in the field of agriculture a) Lucknow b) Mathura Q.178) Government ties up with which of the and fisheries? c) Kanpur d) Allahabad e) Meerut following Private Bank to enable cashless a) Maldives b) Columbia Q.167) Which of the following is the first Indian Payments on e-NAM? c) Indonesia d) State to launch social audit law? a) Federal Bank b) Axis Bank e) Thailand a) Nagaland b) Meghalaya c) Assam c) HDFC Bank d) ICICI Bank Q.156) The AIIB approves how much loan c) Rajasthan d) Uttarakhand e) IDFC Bank amount for Bangalore metro rail project? e) Odisha Q.179) What is the currency of Rwanda? a) USD 135 million Q.168) Cabinet approves agreement with which a) Euro b) Pound c) Franc b) USD 235 million of the following organization on establishment of d) Peso e) Dinar c) USD 335 million the International Training Centre for Operational Q.180) Sir Mo Farah has been honoured with d) USD 435 million Oceanography in Hyderabad? sports personality of the year 2017 by which of e) USD 35 million a) WHO b) WMO c) UNICEF the following media? Q.157) ADB lowers India’s GDP forecast for FY d) UN e) UNESCO a) Forbes b) Business Chronicle 2018 to 6.7% from ______. Q.169) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime c) BBC d) India Times a) 6.9% b) 7% c) 6.8% Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the e) None of these d) 7.2% e) 7.1% continuation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Q.181) India win 10 medals in Wushu Sanda Q.158) ‘Youthquake’ named as word of the year National Ayush Mission (NAM) with an outlay of Asian Cup, which was held in ______. by which of the following Dictionary? 2400 crore for how many years? a) Russia b) Mexico c) China a) Merriam-Webster Dictionary a) 5 years b) 4 years c) 3 years d) Indonesia e) Spain b) Oxford Dictionary d) 2 years e) 1 years Q.182) Keely Smith, who passed away recently, c) Cambridge Dictionary Q.170) The GST Council has approved mandatory belongs to which of the following Profession? d) Chambers Dictionary compliance of e-way bill for movement of goods a) Politician b) Dancer c) Singer e) Roget’s International Thesaurus worth more than Rs. ______. d) Economist e) Actor Q.159) Disney is buying most of 21st Century Fox a) 40000 b) 50000 c) 20000 Q.183) The United Nations (UN) International for ______. d) 25000 e) 10000 Migrants Day is observed every year on a) $52.4 billion b) $50.4 billion Q.171) What is the capital of Chile? 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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 27 b) Safe move in the world of migration Q.197) Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme has c) Ram Vilas Paswan c) Safe migration in a world on the move got the green nod from central government to be d) Manoj Sinha d) Safe people from migration world implemented in ______. e) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati e) None of these a) Kerala b) Andhra Pradesh Q.209) Which state government launches PUDA- Q.184) India will host a meeting with which of c) Telangana d) Tamil Nadu UCIC app to check illegal construction? the following organization, in support of food e) Gujarat a) Uttarakhand b) Haryana security and other issues? Q.198) The World Bank has approved how much c) Punjab d) Jharkhand a) UNICEF b) WTO c) UNESCO loan amount to India for the STRIVE project for e) Chhattisgarh d) IOM e) None of these skill development? Q.210) Kerala government establishes Q.185) Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev-led Isha a) $125 million b) $120 million Petrochemical park in which of the following city? Foundation inked an MOU for rejuvenation and c) $121 million d) $110 million a) Calicut b) Trivandrum c) Thrissur conservation of rivers with which of the following e) $100 million d) Kochi e) Kozhikode Indian state? Q.199) What is the capital of Myanmar? Q.211) Recently, India has tied up with which a) Uttarakhand b) Assam a) Caracas b) Doha country for cooperation in the field of Health and c) Uttar Pradesh d) Karnataka c) Manila d) Bangkok Medicine? e) Tamil Nadu e) Naypyidaw a) Israel b) Russia c) Cuba Q.186) Indian Railways plans to make all stations Q.200) According to the latest report by JLL, d) France e) England 100% LED lit by ______. which of the following city tops the list? Q.212) What is the currency of Cuba? a) March 2021 b) February 2020 a) Beijing b) New York a) Euro b) Rial c) Franc c) April 2019 d) March 2018 c) Hong Kong d) San Francisco d) Peso e) Riel e) February 2021 e) Tokyo Q.213) Sea Breeze, naval exercise between Q.187) How many Mega Food Parks are planned Q.201) The International Monetary Fund has which ONE of the following pairs of countries? to be launched in the country for modern approved the third installment of USD 12 billion, a) India and Indonesia infrastructure in food processing? three-year loan for which country? b) India and USA a) 41 b) 40 c) 42 a) Indonesia b) Myanmar c) India c) India and Mauritius d) 39 e) 43 d) Egypt e) Italy d) India and Cuba Q.188) Which of the following country ranks Q.202) Bank of India (BoI) became the eighth e) India and Oman second in the Global Innovation Index? lender to come under the Reserve Bank of India’s Q.214) Who is the Chairman of CBDT? a) The Netherlands b) Switzerland (RBI) prompt corrective action (PCA). Who is the a) Ashok Mehta c) Sweden d) India CEO of BOI? b) Sushil Chandra e) China a) Shika Sharma b) Aditya Puri c) Hareendra Kumar Q.189) Ola operated by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd c) Rana Kapoor d) Dinabandhu Mohapatra d) Sathiya Priya has acquired food delivery start-up Food Panda e) Sanjeev Mishra e) Shanmuga Kumar India Pvt, belongs to which country? Q.203) YES Bank and the European Investment Q.215) In Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, Virat a) Spain b) Germany c) France Bank will co-finance _____ funding for renewable Kohli ranked in which position? d) Britain e) Portugal power generation in the country. a) Fourth b) Third c) Second Q.190) What is the Currency of Iraq? a) $600-million d) First e) Fifth a) Rial b) Riel c) Riyal b) $400-million Q.216) SEBI has raised the investment limit for d) Euro e) Dinar c) $500-million foreign portfolio investors (FPI) in the Central Q.191) Which of the following company has d) $300-million government securities to over ______. appointed Michel Coulomb to lead India sales e) $200-million a) 1.91 lakh crore b) 1.67 lakh crore operations? Q.204) Where is the headquarters of European c) 1.57 lakh crore d) 1.89 lakh crore a) Nokia b) Samsung c) Apple Investment Bank located in? e) 1.46 lakh crore d) Microsoft e) None of these a) Brussels b) Doha c) Dublin Q.217) The 2018 Commonwealth games to be Q.192) Aakarshi Kashyap related to which of the d) Luxembourg e) Amsterdam hosted by ______. following field? Q.205) Which of the following Small Finance a) Kuala Lumpur b) Birmingham a) Badminton b) Football Bank, has announced signing an MoU with Sahaj c) Gold Coast d) Brisbane c) Hockey d) Carrom e) Chess e-Village for extending its banking service in the e) Edmonton Q.193) 5th International Sven Lange memorial remote areas? Q.218) In India, December 22 is declared as the tournament was held in ______. a) ESAF Microfinance and Investments Private ______. a) Australia b) South Korea ltd. a) National Security Day c) China d) Russia e) Germany b) Equitas holdings P limited b) National Girl Child Day Q.194) Indian Army conducts major military c) Disha Microfin Private Ltd c) National Mathematics day exercise Hamesha Vijayee in which of the d) Au small Finance Bank Ltd d) National Productivity Day following Indian state? e) Capital Local Area Bank Ltd e) National Safe Motherhood Day a) Uttar Pradesh b) Odisha Q.206) Messi Beats Ronaldo To La Liga Best Q.219) Who is the Chairman of SEBI? c) Karnataka d) Rajasthan e) Gujarat Player Award. He belongs to which country? a) Rajiv Mehrishi b) Ajay Tyagi Q.195) Andhra Pradesh Govt. develops ‘Gaming a) Portugal b) Spain c) Brazil c) Dipak Misra d) Pradeep Kumar Sinha for Learning’ hub by signing a pact with which of d) Argentina e) Germany e) Ajit Doval the following organization? Q.207) International Human Solidarity Day is Q.220) France to ban all oil and gas production a) UN b) UNICEF c) UNESCO observed on ______. from which year? d) ADB e) AIIB a) December 15 b) December 17 a) 2020 b) 2050 c) 2040 Q.196) India’s First National Rail and c) December 10 d) December 22 d) 2030 e) 2021 Transportation University to be established in e) December 20 Q.221) In Forbes’ List of Best Countries for _____, Gujarat. Q.208) Who launched DARPAN – “Digital Business in 2018, which country stands last? a) Ahmedabad b) Gandhinagar Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New a) Chad b) United Kingdom c) Vadodara d) Surat e) Rajkot India”? c) New Zealand d) Sweden e) Canada a) Suresh Prabhu Q.222) What is the capital of Oman? b) Ravi Shankar Prasad a) Amsterdam b) Amman c) Muscat Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.248) Vijay Rupani was sworn-in as the Chief d) Ministry of Law a) Diwakar Raote Minister of the ______State. e) Ministry of Commerce b) Subhash Desai a) Himachal Pradesh Q.224) Which of the following country has c) Ramdas Kadam b) Maharashtra launched first home-grown high purity gold d) Eknath Shinde c) Madhya Pradesh reference standard – the Bharatiya Nirdeshak e) Chandrashekhar Bawankule d) Gujarat Dravya (BND-4201)? Q.236) The Uttar Pradesh government signed an e) Rajasthan a) China b) Russia c) USA Memorandum of Understanding with which Q.249) Which of the following country tops in the d) India e) Japan country to enhance cooperation in the field of latest ICC 20-20 rankings? Q.225) Which country recently signed tourism, skill development, culture and farming a) India b) Pakistan Republicans’ massive $1.5 trillion tax overhaul recently? c) Bangladesh d) South Africa into law, cementing the biggest legislative a) Indonesia b) South Korea e) Australia victory? c) China d) France Q.250) Which of the following country won the a) China b) Russia c) USA e) England SAFF Under-15 Women’s Championships? d) India e) Japan Q.237) Amazon buys a smart camera and a) India b) Pakistan Q.226) Which country developed AG600, the doorbell startup named ______. c) Bangladesh d) South Africa world’s largest amphibious aircraft, performed its a) Shallon b) Fintech e) Australia maiden flight? c) Blink d) TechNo Q.251) ‘Sound of Music’ actor ______dies at a) China b) Russia c) USA e) ProcsGrow 68. d) India e) Japan Q.238) Barney Harford is the Chief Operating a) Feather Menzies-Urich Q.227) Jairam Thakur will be the new Chief Officer of ______. b) Heather Menzies-Frich Minister of ______State. a) Orbitz b) CabFree c) Heather Senzies-Urich a) Gujarat b) West Bengal c) Uber d) UberEats d) Heather Menzies-Grich c) Madhya Pradesh d) Himachal Pradesh e) Ola e) Heather Menzies-Urich e) Haryana Q.239) Jai Ram Thakur is the new Chief Minister Q.252) The Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has Q.228) Who took over the reins of National Cadet of which of the following Indian state? inaugurated the Yoga Institute in which of the Corps as its Director General? a) Rajasthan b) Himachal Pradesh following city in India? a) K S Sahrawat b) V S Sahrawat c) Madhya Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh a) Kochi b) Bhopal c) Mumbai c) B S Sahrawat d) L S Sahrawat e) Uttarakhand d) Kanpur e) Ranchi e) G S Sahrawat Q.240) What is the currency of Belgium? Q.253) The National Yoga day is celebrated in Q.229) Who has been appointed as the new UGC a) Euro b) Peso c) Dollar which of the following day? Chairman? d) Dinar e) Rial a) February 25 b) July 23 a) Dharma Pal Singh Q.241) “The Way I see it” is was edited by which c) December 27 d) June 21 b) Dharmendra Pal Singh of the following author? e) November 21 c) Dhinesh Pal Singh a) Rugas Gowga b) Kiran Gowda Q.254) ’Blue Flag’ is a Scheme launched by which d) Dhiraj Pal Singh c) Sindhan Gowda d) Chandan Gowda of the following Ministry? e) Dhirendra Pal Singh e) Sandeep Gowda a) Women and Child Development Q.230) Who will be appointed as the General Q.242) Indian Boxers clinched how many medals b) Health and Family Welfare Manager of BCCI? in Galym Tournament? c) Environment a) Saba Kamar b) Saba Kamalesh a) 3 b) 5 c) 4 d) Agriculture and Farmers Welfare c) Saba Kamal d) Saba Kasma d) 7 e) 8 e) Commerce and Industry e) Saba Karim Q.243) Good Governance Day is observed on Q.255) World Economic Forum will be held in Q.231) Who defeated his WBO Oriental and Asia ______. which of the following place? Pacific super middleweight titles against Ghana’s a) December 24 b) December 25 a) Paris, France Ernest Amuzu at the Sawai Mansingh stadium in c) December 21 d) December 26 b) Brussels, Belgium Jaipur? e) December 22 c) Davos, Switzerland a) Akhil Kumar Q.244) Which of the following minister recently d) Barcelona, Spain b) Mohammed Ali Qamar launched electronic-Human Resource e) London, England c) Jithendra Kumar Management System (e-HRMS) on Good Q.256) ’Prakash hai to Vikas hai’ is launched by d) Vijender Singh Governance Day? which of the following Indian state? e) Hawa Singh a) Dharmendra Pradhan a) Karnataka b) Uttar Pradesh Q.232) Which of the following country is banned b) Rajnath Singh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Rajasthan by the International Olympic Committee over c) Narendra Modi e) Gujarat alleged Sochi Games doping violations? d) Jitendra Singh Q.257) The government of India and Tamil Nadu a) China b) Russia c) USA e) Arun Jaitley signed an agreement with which of the following d) India e) Japan Q.245) Who inaugurated a new metro link organization to provide $318 million loan? Q.233) Which Indian state is set to generate between Noida and Delhi? a) ADB b) DCB c) NDB 25,000 MW Electricity through Solar Power? a) Arun Jaitley b) Rajnath Singh d) World Bank e) AIIB a) Odisha b) Karnataka c) Narendra Modi d) Jitendra Singh Q.258) What is the currency of China? c) Madhya Pradesh d) Maharashtra e) Dharmendra Pradhan a) Taka b) Manat e) Haryana Q.246) Which of the following city became the c) Euro d) Renminbi e) Lev Q.234) Agatti Airport is in which of the following first city in the country to have a logo of its own? place? a) Bengaluru b) Chennai c) Kolkata Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.259) Samsung ties up with which of the c) Vishnu Jagan PK d) Kumarvel Rajan D.1-250) What will come in place of following bank to Offer ‘Bill Payments’ on e) Vijay Priyan question mark in the following questions: Samsung Pay? Q.273) Vin Diesel has been named the top- Q.1) 5.6 ÷ 0.7 + 20% 표푓 420 + 2.5 × 2.4 =? a) Yes Bank b) Federal Bank c) ICICI Bank grossing actor of 2017 by the Forbes through his a) 86 b) 90 c) 84 d) HDFC Bank e) Axis Bank film ______. d) 98 e) 96 Q.260) Who is the CEO of HDFC Bank? a) Wonder Woman Q.2) (80.25) + (79.2) + (581.25) = 1989 +? 0.03 0.9 0.75 a) Shika Sharma b) Shikha Sharma b) The Fate of the Furious a) 1560 b) 1544 c) 2645 c) Seshasayee d) Aditya Puri c) Fast and Furious d) 3163 e) 1549 e) Rana Kapoor d) Saving Private Ryan Q.3) 50% 표푓 1200 + 30% 표푓 480 + Q.261) Who is the General Manager (Cricket e) Babylon AD 49% 표푓 5 표푓 1400 =? Operations) of BCCI? Q.274) K S Chitra honoured with ‘Harivarasanam’ 7 a) 1241 b) 1416 c) 1412 a) Ravi Shastri b) Saba Karim award with the cash prize of ______. d) 1234 e) 1254 c) Rahul Johri d) Amitabh Choudhary a) 3 Lakh b) 2 Lakh c) 1 Lakh Q.4) 120 × 630 × 8 × (? ) = 11200 e) Rajeev Shukla d) 4 Lakh e) 5 Lakh 100 72 54 Q.262) Helen Maroulis is related to which of the Q.275) Robbie Malinga is related to which of the a) 7200 b) 6400 c) 8100 following field? following field? d) 6300 e) 7500 a) Badminton b) Boxing a) Cricketer b) Musician c) Author Q.5) 15 1 + 60% 표푓 400 − 5 1 = (? ) + 5 3 6 18 18 c) Wrestling d) Football d) Politician e) Dancer a) 54 b) 55 c) 50 e) Cricket d) 67 e) 60 Q.263) Double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar Answer Key: Q.6) 44% of 850 + 60% of 1025=? + 35% of has been bought for Rs. 55 lakh by______. 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (e) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (c) 1880 a) Team Jaipur 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (e) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. a) 331 b) 421 c) 298 b) Haryana Hammers (b) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (c) d) 357 e) 341 c) Revanta Mumbai Maharathi 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (d) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. Q.7) ? =15+26+19×75-2185÷23+178 d) CDR Punjab Royals (d) 29. (a) 30. (e) 31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (b) a) 1498 b) 1599 c) 1627 e) Delhi Sultans 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (a) 41. d) 1549 e) 1613 Q.264) FIFA’s ‘Team of the Year’ was clinched by (e) 42. (b) 43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (e) 120 × 16−9× 30 Q.8) =? 130 × 7+5 × 38 which of the following country? 48. (c) 49. (b) 50. (a) 51. (c) 52. (a) 53. (d) 54. a) 2.8 b) 1.5 c) 1.9 a) Spain b) Germany (a) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (d) 58. (e) 59. (a) 60. (e) d) 2.1 e) 1.2 c) Italy d) Portugal 61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (d) 66. (d) 67. 9 4 2 ( )÷( )×( ) 3 3 3 e) Brazil (a) 68. (d) 69. (b) 70. (b) 71. (c) 72. (d) 73. (a) Q.9) 3 4 2 × 2.5 =? ( )÷[( )표푓 ( )] 9 3 3 Q.265) Film actor Partha Mukhopadhyay recently 74. (a) 75. (e) 76. (c) 77. (c) 78. (e) 79. (d) 80. a) 4 b) 8 c) 10 passed away belongs to which Indian state? (d) 81. (b) 82. (d) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (e) 86. (c) d) 15 e) 6 a) Assam b) Uttar Pradesh 87. (c) 88. (a) 89. (d) 90. (c) 91. (d) 92. (b) 93. Q.10) ? = 2 1 + 3 2 − 4 3 + 2 2 c) West Bengal d) Odisha (b) 94. (d) 95. (c) 96. (b) 97. (c) 98. (d) 99. (b) 5 10 5 3 a) 2 5 b) 3 7 c) 3 9 e) Jharkhand 100. (d) 101. (e) 102. (b) 103. (b) 104. (b) 105. 14 15 14 Q.266) The Indian men’s football ended the year (b) 106. (c) 107. (b) 108. (b) 109. (a) 110. (d) d) 2 4 e) None of these 15 at which spot in the FIFA rankings? 111. (b) 112. (c) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (a) 116. Q.11) 20% 표푓 500 + 60% 표푓 240 + 30% 표푓 360 =? a) 102 b) 105 c) 94 (c) 117. (a) 118. (b) 119. (a) 120. (d) 121. (b) a) 288 b) 256 c) 352 d) 96 e) 101 122. (c) 123. (b) 124. (c) 125. (d) 126. (b) 127. d) 289 e) 320 1 1 Q.267) Bad loans of Public sector banks (PSBs) (c) 128. (b) 129. (c) 130. (d) 131. (c) 132. (c) − −2 −3 − ? Q.12) (343) 3 × (49) × (√49) × (2401) 4 = 7 touched ______by the end of the second 133. (b) 134. (c) 135. (a) 136. (e) 137. (a) 138. a) -9 b) -7 c) -8 quarter this fiscal. (d) 139. (b) 140. (c) 141. (b) 142. (e) 143. (c) d) -6 e) -10 a) 7.14 Lakh b) 7.24 Lakh Crore 144. (b) 145. (d) 146. (d) 147. (c) 148. (b) 149. Q.13) 2 × 5 × 9 × (? ) = 90 c) 7.34 Lakh Crore (d) 150. (d) 151. (d) 152. (e) 153. (c) 154. (c) 3 7 11 d) 7.54 Crore e) 7.34 Lakh 155. (b) 156. (c) 157. (b) 158. (b) 159. (a) 160. a) 121 b) 221 c) 251 Q.268) Fibre grid Project and Drone Project are (b) 161. (c) 162. (d) 163. (c) 164. (a) 165. (d) d) 231 e) 211 launched recently in which of the following state 166. (b) 167. (b) 168. (e) 169. (c) 170. (b) 171. Q.14) √6.25 ×√49×63 × 216 =? √1296×12×72 by the President Ram Nath Kovind? (c) 172. (b) 173. (a) 174. (c) 175. (c) 176. (c) a) 10.25 b) 10.75 c) 11.25 a) Maharashtra b) Odisha 177. (c) 178. (d) 179. (c) 180. (c) 181. (c) 182. d) 12.50 e) 11.75 c) Telangana d) Jharkhand (c) 183. (c) 184. (b) 185. (b) 186. (d) 187. (a) e) Andhra Pradesh 188. (b) 189. (b) 190. (e) 191. (c) 192. (a) 193. √ √ Q.269) Rajasthan state government sets up (e) 194. (d) 195. (c) 196. (c) 197. (c) 198. (a) Q.15) 6 + 2 + √43 + √31 + √19 + √36 =? Automatic service ATMs named ______. 199. (e) 200. (c) 201. (d) 202. (d) 203. (b) 204. a) E-Mukta Plus b) E-Nitra Plus (d) 205. (d) 206. (d) 207. (e) 208. (d) 209. (c) a) 6 b) 3 c) 9 c) E-Mitra Plus d) Nitra Plus 210. (d) 211. (c) 212. (d) 213. (e) 214. (b) 215. d) 2 e) 4 2 e) None of these (b) 216. (a) 217. (c) 218. (c) 219. (b) 220. (c) Q.16) (√5 − 2) − √9 = −√20+? −√49 Q.270) Raigad Fort is situated in which of the 221. (a) 222. (c) 223. (a) 224. (d) 225. (c) 226. a) 13 − √5 b) 13 − 3√2 c) 13 − 2√5 following Indian state? (a) 227. (d) 228. (c) 229. (e) 230. (e) 231. (d) d) √13 − 2√3 e) None of these a) Rajasthan b) Maharashtra 232. (b) 233. (d) 234. (b) 235. (e) 236. (b) 237. Q.17) (3 × 4)3 ÷ (9 × 16)2 × (64 × 27)2 × 122 = 12? c) Uttar Pradesh d) Kerala (c) 238. (c) 239. (b) 240. (a) 241. (d) 242. (a) a) 4 b) 9 c) 6 e) Andhra Pradesh 243. (b) 244. (d) 245. (c) 246. (a) 247. (c) 248. d) 7 e) 11 Q.271) Who has been named PETA’s Person of (d) 249. (b) 250. (c) 251. (e) 252. (c) 253. (d) Q.18) (2 % 0푓 6500) × (1 1 표푓 84) + 2841 =? +2014 the Year 2017? 254. (c) 255. (c) 256. (b) 257. (d) 258. (d) 259. 5 3 a) Kapil Sharma b) Sunny Leone (e) 260. (d) 261. (b) 262. (c) 263. (e) 264. (b) a) 3793 b) 3649 c) 3749 c) Anushka Sharma d) R Madhavan 265. (c) 266. (b) 267. (c) 268. (e) 269. (c) 270. d) 3639 e) 3739 2 e) Hema Malini (b) 271. (c) 272. (b) 273. (c) 274. (c) 275. (b) Q.19) 7 × √196 + 389.28 + 2902.43 =? +421.42 Q.272) Who is the Chairman of IRDAI? a) 4109.30 b) 3556.29 c) 3290.22 a) Krishna Kumar NS b) TS Vijayan Simplifation: d) 3109.29 e) 3212.38 Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.20) 12 × 13 + 219 ÷ 3 + √841 − 12% 표푓 560 =? d) 8 11 e) None of these a) 50 b) 3600 c) 36 24 a) 178.5 b) 119.4 c) 190.8 3 d) 216 e) 60 Q.41)238.5 + 282 ÷ √512 − 156.3 =? +22.2 Q.61) 11x+ 25×340 + 24% of 300 = 9001 d) 178.9 e) 180.9 a) 123 b) 158 c) 168 a) 42 b) 39 c) 45 Q.21) √1 × 1 ÷ 25 = ? d) 193 e) 201 4 49 121 d) 54 e) 48 11 11 11 Q.42) 24 × 86 + 98 − 188 ÷ 4 =? a) b) c) Q.62) 45% of 3500 + 40% of 2400 = x2 +35 35 70 65 a) 2115 b) 3129 c) 1090 d) 4 e) 11 a) 51 b) 52 c) 53 35 45 d) 3901 e) 2091 d) 55 e) 50 Q.22) 133.5 × 1694.2 × 48 ÷ 24.1 = ? Q.43) 24% of 5460+15% of 9995+287=? Q.63) √4761 + ∛9261 - √7569 = x2 -1 a) 1316 b) 1611.5 c) 2611.9 a) 3908.53 b) 3095.54 c) 3096.65 a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 136 e) 2611.5 d) 3920.23 e) 3298.32 d) 2 e) 6 Q.23) 20% of 225 + 22.5% of 200 = ? of 450 Q.44) 87932+49230-39239+3292-9281- Q.64) 15% of 2560 + 34 × 48 = 8x a) 10% b) 15% c) 25% 23123+12=? a) 272 b) 324 c) 252 d) 20% e) 35% a) 68879 b) 48920 c) 67053 d) 221 e) 232 Q.24) 3 표푓 4 표푓 7 표푓 425 = ? d) 68823 e) 68738 7 9 5 78×184×33 Q.65) 272.72 + 34.34 + 5.252 + 4737.3 + a) 133.33 b) 111.33 c) 333.33 Q.45) 2 3 =? √529× √2197 0.388= x d) 123.33 e) 113.33 a) 1783 b) 2189 c) 1893 a) 5049 b) 5048 c) 5051 Q.25) 1800 + 770 = 645 + ? d) 1839 e) 1584 24 d) 5050 e) 5052 11x−42÷343×49 Q.46) = 2 684 a) 170 b) 200 c) 210 13×48÷78 Q.66) 11% of 2400 + + √625 = x% of 25 19 d) 190 e) 185 a) 8 b) 1 c) 0.5 a) 1300 b) 1500 c) 2400 Q.26) ? = 145% 표푓 280 + 1 1 표푓 24 − 20% 표푓 150 d) 2 e) 3 3 d) 2600 e) None of these Q.47) 36% of 1800÷15% of 720-480% of a) 432 b) 428 c) 430 Q.67) 450 + 750 + 200 + 40% of 3000 = 13x 260÷80% of 2390=x÷2 d) 408 e) None of these a) 300 b) 400 c) 500 a) 1 b) 4 c) 2 Q.27) ? = 434 × 25 ÷ 35 − 128 ÷ 22 + √324 d) 200 e) 350 d) 8 e) 6 a) 278 b) 296 c) 292’’ Q.68) 428 + 237 + 339 + 197+ 4500 = x + 789 Q.48) 62 × 44 ÷ 42 × 23 ÷ 33 = x + 120 ÷ 8 36 d) 312 e) 288 a) 537 b) 598 c) 542 4 7 3 4 a) 29 b) 19 c) 10 Q.28) ? = × 819 + × 104 − × 520 + × 198 d) 582 e) 524 9 13 10 11 d) 13 e) 9 a) 336 b) 424 c) 344 Q.69) 65% of 1800-45% of 2400 = x + 80 Q.49) 3 3 − 8 1 + 6 3 = x + 7 d) 418 e) 396 4 3 5 20 a) 20 b) 30 c) 10 4 1 2 ? a) 2 b) 2 c) 1 Q.29) = 425 ÷ 25 ÷ 17 × 24 7 3 3 d) 25 e) None of these 11 d) 1 1 e) None of these Q.70) 1200+1400+1600 + 2500 + 2300 = x+ a) 255 b) 258 c) 264 5 (√1521)×100 d) 222 e) None of these Q.50) 푥 = 12 × 484 ÷ 66 + 232 − √729 ÷ 32 a) 4900 b) 5100 c) 5400 Q.30) ? = 69 + 132 × 3 ÷ √289 × 34 − 262 a) 529 b) 620 c) 537 d) 5700 e) 6100 a) 412 b) 423 c) 457 d) 614 e) None of these 2 ( )2 d) 407 e) None of these Q.51) √67.24 + √7.84 + √(? ) = (32 × 0.375) Q.71) √ 26 × (? ) = (152 + 102) 4 Q.31) 1860 + 123 + (? ) = (2.6 × 5)2 a) 9 b) 4 c) 2 15 15.375 a) 25 b) 24 c) 39 d) 1 e) 16 a) 36 b) 37 c) 47 d) 34 e) 30 Q.52) (3.125 × 5) − (2 × 6.225) = 203.2 d) 17 e) 15 (?)2 Q.72) 30% 표푓 2540 + (? )% 표푓 15000 = (170.25 × 8) 3 Q.32) 131 × 4 + 143 × 3 + (? ) = (8 × 1.375) a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 a) 12 b) 10 c) 4 a) 478 b) 248 c) 568 d) 6 e) 8 d) 6 e) 8 d) 378 e) 380 Q.53) 13 × 21 × 0.5 + 0.5 + 169 = [(2.1 × 7) + 0.3] × Q.73) 2434+4324+3423-434+42-434=(?) Q.33) 1310+123+510×2+1+320= (?)×2+ 424+ (? ) a) 7235 b) 5560 c) 5235 31 × 3+3.5×2 a) 22.8 b) 20.4 c) 26.2 d) 8955 e) 9355 a) 2250 b) 1365 c) 1525 d) 18.1 e) 18.4 Q.74) 3.213+231.23-64.324+42.354=(?)+0.473 d) 1125 e) 1105 Q.54) 810 × 24.25 = (? )2 a) 260 b) 212 c) 124 16.2 12.125 Q.34) [14% 표푓 645 + 28% 표푓 340] × 2 − (? ) = 73 a) 18 b) 12 c) 10 d) 224 e) 230 a) 28 b) 29 c) 18 Q.75) 5 1 + 11 1 + 8 3 − 1 2 = (? ) d) 16 e) 14 2 3 5 3 d) 10 e) 12 Q.55) 162 − (1.6 × 5) + 13 = (? ) × 3 + (9)2 a) 21 b) 21 23 c) 22 29 Q.35) 4.44+444.404+404.44+40.4044 =(?)+ 29 30 a) 19 b) 40 c) 50 23 44.04+ 400.404+4.24+5.0044 d) 23 e) None of these d) 60 e) 62 30 a) 456 b) 480 c) 420 Q.76) 4×8+3×2×5+2+3=(?)2+3 Q.56) 50% of 240+25% of 360+40% of 400+x% d) 440 e) 340 a) 10 b) 12 c) 9 of 200=410 Q.36) ? = 45% of 180 + 33% of 200 − 12% of 350 + d) 8 e) 6 a) 20 b) 10 c) 15 23% of 400 Q.77) 323 + 667 + (? ) = 72 d) 25 e) 24 17 23 a) 185 b) 197 c) 188 a) 10 b) 16 c) 9 Q.57) √841 × 64 × 338 = (? ) d) 213 e) 208 116 169 √1024 d) 4 e) 1 a) 2 b) 1 c) 16 Q.37) (122 × 42 ÷ 12 + 72 ÷ 36 × 25) ÷ 3 =? +24 Q.78) (64% of 1300) ÷8 - 4= (?)2 d) 32 e) 8 a) 142 b) 135 c) 120 a) 14 b) 12 c) 10 1 0.125 0.216 −( ) d) 145 e) None of these Q.58) × × (0.1296) 2 = (? ) √0.25 √0.36 d) 9 e) 8 2 2 3 2 2 Q.38) ? = (12 + 44 − 8 ) ÷ √64 × 6 − 11 + 28 1 2 1 3 a) b) c) Q.79) 486 + 254 − 360 + (? ) = 7 + 40 2 5 4 a) 1203 b) 1017 c) 1066 a) 5 b) 7 c) 3 d) 3 e) 3 d) 1023 e) None of these 5 4 d) 4 e) 2 3 3 2 4 17 285 Q.59) × × × = (? ) 2 2 Q.39) ? = √324 × √256 ÷ √216 × √512 3 5 19 272 Q.80) [(5 ÷ 2) × 8] ÷ 4 = (? ) × 2.5 a) 284 b) 312 c) 384 a) – 1 b) 1 c) 2 a) 10 b) 12 c) 13 2 d) 288 e) 326 d) 0.5 e) 2.5 d) 16 e) 20 2 5 1 3 Q.40) ? = 2 − 3 + 5 + 4 Q.81) 24 ÷ 4 × 15 + 189.5 =? +2 1 ÷ 5 3 6 4 8 Q.60) 234 + 2454 + 351 + 136.34 + 461.35 − 36.69 = 27 9 2 4 17 1 3 a) 7 b) 9 c) 6 (? )2 a) 221.5 b) 198.4 c) 222.7 60 20 20 Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 31 d) 217.5 e) 238.8 d) 14 e) 16 Q.124) ? = 144 × 372 ÷ 30 × 10 8 12 18 108 2 Q.82) 23% 표푓 678 + 15% 표푓 √1024 × 225 =? + 2.94 Q.103) 32.5+42.5+1.25+7.25= (?)+ (3×4.5) a) 31 b) 48 c) 106 a) 18 b) 16 c) 5 a) 82 b) 80 c) 79 d) 76 e) 93 d) 15 e) 21 d) 60 e) 70 45 7 Q.125) ? = 117 ÷ √169 × × 5 81 Q.83) 38329+34287-2112-322+412=?+2311 Q.104) 12.12 × 4 + 6.565 × 8 = (? )2 + 1 √ a) 75 b) 84 c) 56 a) 62183 b) 78382 c) 68901 a) 100 b) 101 c) 102 d) 69 e) 63 d) 72398 e) 68283 d) 10 e) 110 7 4 5 4 2 2 Q.126) ? = × 372 + of 104 − of 204 Q.84) 57 ÷ 3 × 16 + 2 % 표푓 6500 =? Q.105) 17 + 3 × (? ) = 26 − 18 12 13 17 5 a) 133 b) 124 c) 123 a) 193 b) 211 c) 189 a) 530 b) 445 c) 486 d) 113 e) 112 d) 175 e) 195 d) 587 e) 409 (?) 6 2 1 Q.106) [(0.32 × 25) + (0.08 × 150)]2 = Q.127) 15% of 280 + 18% of 450 − 20% of 150 = Q.85) 2 × 3 × 2 =? 2 7 11 5 ? −24% of 200 a) 800 b) 802 c) 700 a) 35 b) 20 c) 24 a) 121 b) 141 c) 182 d) 600 e) 850 d) 42 e) 20 5609 8439 d) 153 e) 167 27 24 20 15 5 Q.107) × = (? )2 × (19.4 × 15.8) Q.86) × × × ÷ =? 71 87 ? 1 4 1 16 81 9 6 36 Q.128) = 15 × 3 + 18 × 4 + 12 × 2 a) 25 b) 5 c) 50 12 5 9 4 a) 27 b) 20 c) 16 a) 1760 b) 1860 c) 1880 d) 100 e) 10 d) 32 e) 18 d) 1920 e) 1800 Q.108) 13.5% 표푓 1200 + (0.28 × 25) = √(? ) Q.87) 54% 표푓 950 + 98% 표푓 900 − 65% 표푓 640 + 152 Q.129) ? = 42√25 − + 88 ÷ √121 34% 표푓 650 =? a) 13 b) 196 c) 169 √25 a) 58 b) 35 c) 43 a) 1200 b) 1150 c) 2130 d) 64 e) 28561 3 d) 49 e) 53 d) 3200 e)2950 Q.109) 300 × 1.35 + 420 × 1.75 + (? ) = (1.375 × 8) 3 7 3 1 5 2 3 a) 190 b) 193 c) 191 Q.130) ? = 4 + 3 − 6 + 8 − 2 Q.88) √2304 × √729 + 651 − 1005 =? 8 12 4 2 6 a) 67 b) 89 c) 78 d) 192 e) 198 a) 7 1 b) 6 1 c) −7 1 8 8 8 d) 87 e) 96 Q.110) 94 + 347 + 236 + 392 - (?) = 37 + 3728 7 d) 6 e) None of these 2 2 2 2 - 3181 8 Q.89) 13 − 12 − 5 + 14 − 230 =? 1 Q.131) 250 ÷ 5 × 4 ÷ 2 + (1000 ÷ (50 × 10)) =? a) -13 b) 28 c) -34 a) 472 b) 482 c) 490 2 d) 34 e) 28 d) 475 e) 485 a)101 b) 151 c) 201 2 ( 1024÷ 256×12) Q.111) 128 ÷ 16 × 64 − 324 =? + 124 d) 121 e) None of these Q.90) √ √ =? 4 a) 9 b) -8 c) 7 Q.132)(32 + 10 + 8 + 4 − 2 − 2) × 1 (10 × 30 + a) 9 b) 16 c) 4 3 d) -11 e) 5 50 × 6) =? d) 6 e) 12 Q.112) √324 ÷ 2 × 9.5 + 13.25 =? a) 10050 b) 10000 c) 10500 Q.91) (0.81)2 ÷ (0.729)3 × (0.9)2 = (0.9)?−3 a) 97.75 b) 78.45 c) 98.75 d) 20000 e) None of these a) 3 b) 6 c) 7 d) 89.85 e) 85.95 Q.133)(1 + 3 1 + 5 6 − 2 3) × 100 =? d) 0 e) 4 2 4 5 5 Q.113) 26 × 12 + 3 3 표푓 840 − 667.5 =? Q.92) 34.5% of 1800 + 12.4% of 1500 = (? )3 + 78 4 a) 725 b) 745 c) 735 a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 a)2398.9 b) 3920.5 c) 2190.4 d) 785 e) None of these d) 8 e) 9 d) 2794.5 e) 1990.4 Q.134) √576 × √144 + √324 − √400 =? Q.114) 289 × 841 + 3 125 =?× 3 Q.93) √152 × 12 ÷ (9) − 125 + 21 =? √ √ a) 276 b) 296 c) 235 a) 156 b) 192 c) 166 a) 13 b) 14 c) 17 d) 286 e) None of these d) 210 e) 225 ? d) 18 e) 15 Q.135) 288 ÷ 4 − 20 × 2 + 32 = 2 4 1 1 1 9 Q.115) 15% 표푓 980 − 1 % 표푓 1600 + 846 =? a) 6 b) 4 c) 3 Q.94) 2 – 1 = ? + 1 – 1 5 8 16 32 64 a) 897.5 b) 964.2 c) 967.3 d) 2 e) None of these a) 111 b) 1 1 c) 1 1 64 8 32 d) 789.9 e) 893.4 Q.136) 426 × 6 − 1556 =? +524 d) 2 3 e) 1 1 8 4 Q.116) 1728.97 + 165.43 − 243.24 − 864.54 =? −11.26 a) 276 b) 476 c) 436 Q.95) 65% 표푓 √3136 × 5 = ? + 154 a)779.7 b) 876.97 c) 799.78 d) 566 e) None of these a) 14 b) 7 c) 21 d) 698.98 e) 797.88 Q.137) 20% 표푓 800 + 30% 표푓 500 − 280 =? d) 28 e) 35 Q.117) 846.64 + √729% 표푓 8610 − 22.34 =? a) 40 b) 20 c) 30 Q.96) 7.2 × 5.6 ÷ 11.2 + 10.8 표푓 1 − 1 = ? a) 3149 b) 3419 c) 3459 d) 25 e) None of these 18 10 Q.138) 33000 ÷ 1100 × 500 ÷ 20 =? −20 × 20 a) 4.1 b) 3.2 c) 5.6 d) 3248 e) 3388 2 2 √1089×√2116÷ √529 a) 1150 b) 1700 c) 1650 d) 7.1 e) 3.3 Q.118) 3 =? √1331×2 d) 1850 e) None of these Q.97) 150% 표푓 2.4 + 250% 표푓 4.4 − a) 2.5 b) 5 c) 3 Q.139) 75% 표푓 3.6 푖푠 푒푞푢푎푙 푡표 50% 표푓 ? 30% 표푓 √676 × 10 + 376 =? d) 6.4 e) 11 a) 23.8 b) 25.3 c) 30.6 a) 454 b) 555 c) 544 Q.119) 588 ÷ 12 ÷ 3 1 × 15 =? d) 63.4 e) 17.2 2 d) 354 e) None of these a) 311 b) 310 c) 215 Q.140) ( ) ? Q.98) 1.1 × 32 + 3.3 × 16 + 1.1 × 20 푖푠 푒푞푢푎푙 푡표 ? × 55. 50 × 14 × 3 ÷ 25 + 55 = 3 + 24 + 34 d) 210 e) 223 a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 Q.120) 20% 표푓 652 + 15% 표푓 622 + 432 = 푥 + 172 d) 5 e) 6 d) 3 e) None of these a) 2890.2 b) 2981.6 c) 3198.9 Q.141) 20% of 200+40% of 120+65% of 3400- Q.99) 62 + 80% 표푓 80 푖푠 푒푞푢푎푙 푡표 √? d) 3019.4 e) 2938.5 26% of 2700=? a) 100 b) 10000 c) 10 ( ) Q.121) ? = (12 × 4.5 + 34 × 3.5) − 11 × 12 a) 1346 b) 1596 c) 3575 d) 1 e) None of these. 3.5 d) 2346 e) 3256 Q.100) 1 × 4 × 27 × 10 = ? a) 132.5 b) 126.5 c) 143.5 3 9 8 15 24 d) 155.5 e) None of these Q.142) a) 8 b) 6 c) 7 1 244.35+542.54+257.52+5753.46+859+78.658- Q.122) ? = 135 × 12 ÷ of 216 + 25% of 280 d) 5 e) 2 6 735.528=? √15876 √(?) a) 145 b) 115 c) 125 Q.101) × = (0.75 × 8)2 a) 6500 b) 6800 c) 7200 21 6 d) 160 e) 120 a) 1926 b) 1629 c) 1296 d) 7000 e) 8600 Q.123) ? = 122 ÷ 22 × 15 − 32 + 141 √225 √441 d) 1962 e) 1269 Q.143) × × √푥 = 1 a) 576 b) 712 c) 656 21 √6.25 Q.102) 64% 표푓 1250 + (? )% 표푓 650 = (30)2 − (3)2 d) 672 e) 632 a) 36 b) 6 c) 1 a) 8 b) 10 c) 12 36

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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 32 d) 216 e) 1 a) 10450 b) 10241 c) 10330 d) 3 e) 27 6 0.375 0.18 1 9 d) 10660 e) None of these Q.184) 2.334 + 54.24 + 45.24 − (? ) = 8.23 + 21.32 + Q.144) × × (? )2 = √0.0625 0.75 25 Q.164) 2 1 ÷ 1 5 ÷ 36 + 푥 = 4 10.45 + 0.814 3 5 6 15 a) b) 2 c) 0 a) 82 b) 62 c) 61 5 a) 3.5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 16 e) 59 d) 1 e) −1 d) 2 e) 2.5 1 3 2 3 − − 2 5 5 1 4 13 Q.185) √4913 + (23.324 + 4324.24 + 313.3 − 0.864) = Q.145) 1 4 2 × (31 × 2) = (? ) Q.165) (128 ÷ 8) × (1 + 4 ) + 44 × × 112 = 2푥 − − 5 5 1456 5 5 7 (? ) a) 43 b) 92 c) 70 a) 35 b) 28 c) 36 a) 4698 b) 4688 c) 4378 d) 40 e) None of these d) 40 e) 25 d) 4677 e) 4489 0.45 √0.1024 1 Q.166) √256 = 푥2 − 224 + 180 ÷ 12 Q.146) × = (? )2 Q.186) 21.12+1221.21-21.21+12.21+21.01=? √0.1296 √6.25 a) 25 b) 225 c) 15 a) 2.56 b) (0.16)2 c) (1.6)2 a) 1245.34 b) 1254.34 d) 625 e) None of these c) 1134.76 d) 0.16 e) 0.016 210 176 5 221 Q.167) × ÷ × = 푥 d) 1142.43 e) None of these Q.147) (2 − 1 − 3) ÷ (2 − 4 + 1) × (1 − 1) = (? ) 15 8 60 17 2 4 3 5 5 3 a) 48268 b) 48048 c) 48008 Q.187) √3249 − √2209+? = 3√1000 a) 2.5 b) 3.5 c) 3.5 d) 48028 e) None of these a) 10 b) 90 c) 5 d) 7.5 e) 2.5 Q.168) 2 × ( 1 ) % of 2400 − ( 3 ) % of 1000 = x d) 0 e) 17 Q.148) 20% of 240+54% of 20-20% of 360=(?)- 16 15 Q.188) (1 % 표푓 2400) × 2 표푓 725 =? −12% 표푓 25 15 a) 10 b) 3 c) 5 4 5 a) 1.8 b) 2.4 c) 5.6 d) 1 e) None of these a) 1765 b) 1868 c) 1439 Q.169) 25% of 360 + 15% of 220 – 140 × 2 – 20 = x d) 1743 e) None of these d) 2.8 e) 1.2 7 2 4 6 15 Q.189) (81)3 8 ( )3 ? Q.149) × × × × (? ) = 96 a) 53 b) 73 c) 63 × 9 ÷ 729 = 9 3 5 7 19 a) 5 b) 0 c) 12 a) 234 b) 254 c) 266 d) 68 e) None of these d) 7 e) None of these d) 276 e) 289 Q.170) 105 × 1335 ÷ √225 = x + √169 Q.190) 1.2 × 1.3 × 1.4 × 1.5 ×? = 39.312 Q.150) 4 × 6 × 14 × 33 × 120 = (? ) 7 11 15 72 a) 9342 b) 9332 c) 9164 a) 13 b) 22 c) 12 a) 15 b) 18 c) 21 d) 9316 e) None of these d) 27 e) None of these d) 16 e) 12 6253+3753 Q.171) 256 + √529 − 15 × 12 =? +72 Q.191) 2 2 = 푥 Q.151) 2 × 1000 + 10 × 200 × 500 + 3000 + 2000 =? 625 −625×375+375 5 2 a) 34 b) 56 c) 72 a) 1000 b) 1024 c) 1225 a) 505400 b) 605440 c) 505300 d) 48 e) 27 d) 1331 e) None of these d) 500400 e) None of these Q.172) 1 × 987 + 15%표푓 940+? = 267 Q.192) 4096 × 8푥 = 84 × 83 ÷ 512 3 Q.152) 2 3 + 3 2 + 4 1 − 5 2 =? 5 3 10 5 a) 203 b) 213 c) -203 a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 a) 4 29 b) 5 30 c) 3 29 d) 4 e) None of these 30 39 30 d) -222 e) -237 푥 d) 3 e) None of these Q.173) 345 + 543 + 453 + 354 =? Q.193) 1 = 1 0.05 a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 Q.153)0.05 × 0.2 + × 17 × 15 =? a) 1659 b) 1695 c) 1879 0.25 d) Can’t be determined e) None of a) 51.01 b) 61.01 c) 52.01 d) 1873 e) 1768 these d) 53.02 e) None of these Q.174) 1854.5 + 984.75 + 1171.23−? = 565.48 Q.194) 0.125% 표푓 800 + 0.2% 표푓 500 + Q.154)30 % 표푓 2000 × 150 % 표푓 2000 × 100% 표푓 10 = a) 3545 b) 3354 c) 3544 0.375% 표푓 1000 + 0.25 = 푥2 ? −200 + 300 d) 3445 e) 3454 0.50 a) 17999000 b) 17999900 c) 17990000 Q.175) 12 ÷ 4 × 24 + √1764 =?× 4 a) 2.5 b) 3.5 c) 4.5 d) 18900000 e) None of these a) 25.5 b) 32.4 c) 28.5 d) 5.5 e) 8 2 2 2 Q.155)3 표푓 1000 + 3 표푓 1000 − 5 표푓 500 =? − 11 표푓 500 d) 29.7 e) 43.6 Q.195) 0.25 × 25 − 1 + 6.75 + 2 + 3 = 푥 5 2 4 2 Q.176) √552 + (8 × 3) + 346 + 432 + 246 + (? ) = a) 6 b) 5 c) 7 a) 3225 b) 4225 c) 2245 1089 d) 8 e) 9 d) 2345 e) None of these 3 3 a) 35 b) 32 c) 41 Q.196) √1728 + √3375 = −√푥 + 62 + 42 Q.156) 132 − 102 + 212 + 92 − 22 − 42 =? d) 38 e) 25 a) 525 b) 630 c) 635 a) 571 b) 582 c) 600 102 156 1 1 d) 640 e) None of these d) 636 e) None of these Q.177) × + √9 − = (? ) 17 13 81 81 3 2 2 Q.197) 30% 표푓 350 + 15% 표푓 200 + × 100 + Q.157) 12 + 13 − 1 =? − 45 + 133 5 24 13 15 19 a) 72 b) 75 c) 70 0.5 × 50 + 29 = 푥 a) 15 b) 14 c) 24 d) 65 e) 76 0.25 d) 22 c) None of these a) 208 b) 324 c) 432 Q.178) 1 2 ÷ 3 2 + √(3 1 − 9×3) + 15 = (? ) 429 5 5 289 289 17 d) 542 e) None of these Q.158) + 55 + 66 − 30 =? −50 + 33 − 13 33 a) 4 b) 5 c) 2 Q.198) 0.12+0.18+0.22- a) 135 b) 136 c) 134 d) 3 e) 1 0.10+0.11+0.07+0.15+0.25 = √푥 d) 124 e) None of these Q.179) 133.242 + 1314.24 + 144.21 + 244.35 + a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 Q.159) 10000 × 500 × 100 × 1500 × 5000 × 120 =? 50 200 250 60 1000 100 1413.53 − 0.572 = (? ) d) 4 e) None of these a) 30000 b) 70000 c) 80000 a) 3249 b) 2455 c) 3246 Q.199) 3푥 × 33 = 243 × 27 × 315 d) 50000 e) None of these d) 4326 e) 3454 a) 17 b) 18 c) 20 Q.160) 500 × 22 + 600 × 20 + 300 × 4 − 1000 × 4 − 676 1024 Q.180) √ × √ × (6 × 3) + 1431 + 34 = (? ) d) 19 e) None of these 36 √169 200 × 10 =? [(1024+36)2−(1024−36)2] a) 1498 b) 1232 c) 1499 Q.200) = 푥 a) 18200 b) 19200 c) 18300 1024×36 d) 1525 e) None of these d) 19300 e) None of these a) 4 b) 5 c) 8 2 2 2 2 1 1 23 36 3 Q.181) 12 × + √14884 + (? ) = (6.5 × 2) d) 7 e) None of these Q.161) 4 × 4 ÷ 20 × 1 × 1 × 푥 = 16 18 9 2 16 111 4 1/2 a) 41 b) 39 c) 21 Q.201) (√27 × √27) + 93/2 = (? )3 − 37 + √27 a) 11 b) 9 c) 10 d) 31 e) 11 a) 6 b) 5 c) 4 d) 8 e) 12 Q.182) 12 × 12.5 + 18 × (? ) = (19 + 1)2 + (16.25 × 4) d) None of these e) 3 Q.162) 1 7 + 2 5 + 3 1 − 5 1 = 3 × 푥3 8 4 8 4 8 a) 16.5 b) 18.5 c) 17.5 Q.202) a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 12.5 e) 10.5 1 2 23 × 18.5 − 표푓 133%표푓 2 표푓 750 =? d) 5 e) 6 221 567 7 19 Q.183) × − (? ) = 182 Q.163) 5 표푓 2 표푓 3 6 표푓 1 5 표푓 푥 = 2452 21 17 a) 132.5 b) 133.5 c) 113.5 11 17 15 17 a) 37 b) 18 c) 9 d) 135.5 e) 125.5 Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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7 2 3 4 12 + + + − Q.203) Q.222) 85 5 7 35 35 = 4096x d) 78 e) 67 4 3 (15×0.40) ( )4 ( )?+5 Q.241) 112 + 132 × 72−? = 282 ÷ √343 1080 4 × 27 × 8 = 3 × 2 a) 1/512 b) 1/64 c) -1/512 ( ) 30 d) -1/64 e) None of these a) 8210 b) 8274 c) 7860 a) 4 b) 2 c) 3 Q.223) 39 9 × 637 + 13 = 푥 d) 8290 e) None of these d) 5 e) 7 49 13440 91 Q.242) √7921+√6241 =? a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 168 Q.204) 84×456 = (? )3 + √50×288 2√1296 36 d) 8 e) 3 a) 0 b) 12 c) 15 a) 7 b) 9 c) 11 Q.224) d) 25 e) 1 d) 6 e) None of these (23! × 17! × 19! × 15!) Q.243) 20%표푓 285 − 16%표푓 250 + 8 표푓 261 − = (506 × 323 )푥 9 1 1 5 푥2 5 3 20! × 14! × 18! × 16! Q.205) 3 + 2 − 1 = + 1 + 9 표푓216 =? 2 2 6 10 12 12 a) 315 b) 285 c) 255 8 a) 6 b) 7/12 c) 4 d) 330 e) None of these a) 6 b) -5 c) -4 d) 5/12 e) 5 Q.225) d) 9 e) -11 1 1 Q.206) 63 × + 247 × + 260 × (? ) = (343 + 227) × Q.244)1114+114.1+141.4-11.41-111.4=?-11.14 1.5 13 48.75% of 1800 – 18.35% of 2900 = x- 5 2 + (152 − 4) a) 340.35 b) 370.35 c) 380.25 a) 1275.38 b) 1257.83 c) 1345.43 a) 6 b) 15 c) 25 d) 350.35 e) 325.50 d) 1354.34 e) None of these 2 d) 4 e) 5 Q.226) 15% of 34600+ 27% of 11500+ 32% of Q.245) 2015 ÷ 155 + 7 +? = 69 Q.207) 1 + 111 + 1111 + 21 + 12 + 2 × (? ) = 1234 + 46600= (?) a) 49 b) 14 c) 7 4312 − 112 a) 23207 b) 24208 c) 15208 d) 12 e) 54 2 a) 4178 b) 2809 c) 2098 d) 23407 e) 23702 Q.246) 25% of 2500+12.5% of 6800+ (?)= 39 d) 2089 e) 4718 Q.227) 23% of 26300+ 13% of 29000 =18% of a) 40 b) 43 c) 29 Q.208) 1 × 1 × 1 × 11934 = (? ) (?) d) 46 e) 48 13 17 6 779 1147 2303 a) 56450 b) 55540 c) 56250 Q.247) + + − 2 = (? )3 a) 20 b) 18 c) 9 19 31 47 d) 21 e) 19 d) 55450 e) 54550 a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 221×779 Q.209) 2% 표푓 1350 + 3 × 1 × 221 = (? ) Q.228) + 3 = 7 × (? ) d) 6 e) 7 17 13×19 1849 a) 43 b) 97 c) 100 Q.248) √ × 391 + √32 − 22 − 1 = (? )2 a) 56 b) 66 c) 60 731 d) 58 e) 72 d) 102 e) 104 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 2 4624 4125 9.9 Q.229) 2.321 + 5.212 + 16.563 + 0.904 = (? ) Q.210) √ + + = (? ) d) 5 e) 6 17 √1089 0.9 a) 30 b) 25 c) 6 Q.249) 1.234 + 3.543 + 6.765 + 87.65 + a) 219 b) 120 c) 140 d) 5 e) 4 (?)=(2.5+ 1.2 × 4 + 1.2+ 1.5)2 d) 130 e) 160 180 Q.230) 13 × 3 + 1700 + 2697−699+4 = { − (12 × 3 − a) 0.807 b) 0.808 c) 0.765 Q.211) 25% 표푓 466 + 2 표푓 1055+? %표푓 250 = 367 × 2.5 12 5 20 − 3)} × (? ) d) 0.864 e) None of these a) 132.32 b) 342.54 c) 151.6 Q.250) 350 × 2 + 1.2 × 5 + 6.2 × 5 + 1.5 × 2 = d) 231.4 e) None of these a) 22 b) 32 c) 44 (? )% 표푓 2000 Q.212) 0.25 × 0.8 + 0.8 × 0.75+? = 230 d) 72 e) 91 a) 39% b) 27% c) 37% a) 232.9 b) 230.1 c) 222.8 Q.231) 55% 표푓 980 × 75% 표푓 680 + 60% 표푓 990 ÷ 5 5 d) 20% e) 23% d) 229.2 e) None of these 60% 표푓 90 =? − 표푓 162 ÷ 표푓 36 9 2 3 2 Q.213) 4 + √289 × 36 =? a) 274368 b) 274902 c) 274911 Answer Key: a) 34 b) 24 c) 38 d) 274132 e) None of these 1. (d) 2. (e) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. d) 28 e) 26 Q.232) 3 2 + 1 4 − 10 5 − 132 + 122 + 1 =?+20 5 15 9 9 45 (b) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (c) 1 Q.214) 64 × 표푓 477 − 667 =? −√5476 3 a) -45 b) -39 c) -34 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (e) 19. (b) 20. (c) 21. a) 9583 b) 9345 c) 8435 d) -31 e) None of these (B) 22. (C) 23. (D) 24. (E) 25. (B) 26. (d) 27. (b) ( )3 d) 8796 e) None of these Q.233) 0.96+2.38 =? −10.66 − 5.66 + 3.66 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (d) 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. 0.962+ 2.382+1.92×2.38 Q.215) 24 × 169 × 2.05 × 32 + 225 =? (a) 35. (d) 36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (d) 39. (c) 40. (d) √ √ a) 18 b) 15 c) 21 a) 4771.4 b) 5771.4 c) 4671.6 41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (e) 46. (d) 47. d) 16 e) None of theses d) 5671.6 e) None of these (b) 48. (e) 49. (c) 50. (d) 51. (d) 52. (e) 53. (b) Q.234) 26%표푓 250 + 2 % 표푓 1500 − 12 표푓775 =? Q.216) 5 5 54. (c) 55. (d) 56. (a) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (d) 60. 98! × 96! × 109! × 198! a) 1789 b) -2891 c) -1789 (e) 61. (b) 62. (e) 63. (d) 64. (c) 65. (d) 66. (a) = 56448푥 197! × 95! × 97! × 108! d) 1879 e) None of these 67. (d) 68. (a) 69. (c) 70. (b) 71. (a) 72. (c) 73. 3 a) 3487 b) 3957 c) 3497 Q.235) 1850 + √3136 ÷ √64 =? −259 (e) 74. (b) 75. (d) 76. (d) 77. (e) 78. (c) 79. (c) d) 3597 e) None of these a) 2123 b) 1605 c) 2145 80. (a) 81. (d) 82. (d) 83. (e) 84. (c) 85. (b) 86. Q.217) 18 × 99 × 17 – 89.5% 표푓 39000 = 푥 – 140275 d) 1679 e) None of these 25 (b) 87. (a) 88. (c) 89. (c) 90. (d) 91. (D) 92. (E) Q.236) 221×2 = (? ) × (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 3) a) 900 b) 1000 c) 2200 √289 93. (B) 94. (A) 95. (D) 96. (A) 97. (A) 98. (C) d) 1250 e) 950 a) 8 b) 10 c) 6 99. (B) 100. (A) 101. (c) 102. (d) 103. (e) 104. Q.218) 49 7 × 94446 + 12643 = 푥 d) 2 e) 12 (d) 105. (c) 106. (a) 107. (b) 108. (e) 109. (c) 198 87381 269 a) 90 b) 100 c) 220 Q.237) 150% of 2000+10% of 21870= 110. (e) 111. (b) 112. (c) 113. (d) 114. (c) 115. d) 250 e) 150 (?)+2111 (b) 116. (e) 117. (a) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (b) 8 9 2 247 +7+ + − a) 3012 b) 3016 c) 3076 121. (c) 122. (b) 123. (d) 124. (a) 125. (e) 126. 7 8 9 504 Q.219) 9 = 3푥 39 d) 3011 e) 3009 (c) 127. (b) 128. (b) 129. (c) 130. (d) 131. (a) a) 10 b) 3 c) 0 Q.238) 132. (b) 133. (c) 134. (d) 135. (a) 136. (b) 137. d) 9 e) 18 1.987+2.9854+2.7654+38765+876+0.2622=(?) (c) 138. (b) 139. (a) 140. (a) 141. (b) 142. (d) Q.220) 7845 – 9859.14 + 8945.94 + 푥 = 23 × 138 + a) 31245 b) 31256 c) 39649 143. (c) 144. (d) 145. (a) 146. (b) 147. (d) 148. 2303 + 45% 0f 9804 d) 45793 e) 23454 (a) 149. (c) 150. (d) 151. (a) 152. (a) 153. (a) 47 a) 803 b) 873 c) 773 Q.239) (3 × 3 − √25) × (? ) = (19.5 × 22) + 154. (b) 155. (b) 156. (a) 157. (b) 158. (c) 159. d) 793 e) 703 (14.5 × 8) + (167.25 × 4) (a) 160. (a) 161. (d) 162. (a) 163. (e) 164. (a) 5525 165. (c) 166. (c) 167. (b) 168. (d) 169. (c) 170. Q.221) 78 × 47 + 48% 표푓 2600 − = 푥 − 13 a) 303.5 b) 203.5 c) 120 325 d) 300 e) 40 (b) 171. (e) 172. (c) 173. (b) 174. (d) 175. (c) a) 4900 b) 4920 c) 4908 3 Q.240) √14400 × 1.5 − √14641 × = (? ) + 92 − 1 176. (c) 177. (b) 178. (d) 179. (a) 180. (e) 181. d) 4912 e) None of these 11 (d) 182. (c) 183. (e) 184. (c) 185. (d) 186. (b) a) 77 b) 66 c) 65 Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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187. (d) 188. (d) 189. (a) 190. (c) 191. (a) 192. Q.12) The primary aim of computer process is to input device? (e) 193. (d) 194. (a) 195. (b) 196. (e) 197. (b) convert the data into a) scanner b) OCR c) OMR 198. (a) 199. (c) 200. (a) 201. (c) 202. (e) 203. a) file b) information d) Bar code scanner e) MICR (c) 204. (e) 205. (e) 206. (e) 207. (d) 208. (c) c) graph d) words Q.27) Which one of the following is the memory 209. (b) 210. (c) 211. (c) 212. (d) 213. (e) 214. e) bytes which we can erase by exposing it to UV rays? (a) 215. (b) 216. (d) 217. (b) 218. (b) 219. (d) Q.13) The first generation of computer uses a) PROM b) EPROM c) EEPROM 220. (e) 221. (e) 222. (b) 223. (a) 224. (a) 225. a) transistors b) vacuum tubes c) ICs d) SRAM e) none of these (d) 226. (a) 227. (e) 228. (c) 229. (d) 230. (a) d) resistors e) VLSI Q.28) The key to make the screen go white 231. (b) 232. (d) 233. (d) 234. (c) 235. (a) 236. Q.14) The network device Bridge operated in during a presentation is (d) 237. (c) 238. (c) 239. (a) 240. (e) 241. (d) which layer of the OSI model? a) W b) F c) R 242. (e) 243. (a) 244. (b) 245. (c) 246. (d) 247. a) Physical b) data link d) M e) B (c) 248. (d) 249. (b) 250. (c) c) network d) transport Q.29) The super set of computer viruses, worms, e) session trojan horse, rootkits and other malicious is Computer: Q.15) Which of the following is not a network a) firewall b) adware Q.1) A directory within a directory is operating system? c) malware d) spam a) double directory b) mini directory a) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 e) none of these c) nested directory d) in directory b) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Q.30) The most frequently used instructions of a e) sub directory c) MS-DOS computer program to be fetched from Q.2) In IPV4, the first three octets are the d) UNIX a) RAM b) ROM c) EPROM network portion in e) BDS d) Hard disk e) cache a) Class A b) Class B Q.16) ……………………computer viruses are most Q.31) Printed copy is also called c) Class C d) Class D commonly spread using physical media. An a) soft copy b) hard copy e) Class E infected floppy disk or USB drive connected to a c) used copy d) paper copy Q.3) A Radio is an example of what type of computer will transfer when the drive's VBR is e) carbon copy communication read, then modify or replace the existing boot Q.32) Which of the following transfers results a) simplex b) half duplex code. from memory to the output unit c) full duplex d) multi duplex a) boot sector b) macro a) ALU b) RAM c) CPU e) none of these c) worms d) pure worms d) ROM e) DMA Q.4) Colour monitors are also called as e) Trojan horse Q.33) The speed of the modern printer is a) RGB monitors b) VBR monitors Q.17) The monitor displays the video and measured in c) YCB monitors d) RYV monitors graphics information generated by the computer a) Characters per second e) BGY monitors through b) lines per minute Q.5) Which key is used to erase pen tool a) sound card b) picture tube c) pages per minute drawings during a presentation? c) output device d) video card d) all the above a) F b) R c) G e) none of these e) none of these d) E e) D Q.18) Each device has a dedicated point-to-point Q.34) Which of the following converts accepted Q.6) Which of the following is a program that link to each other device in data into machine language hides in a computer and allows someone from a a) ring b) bus c) star a) processing unit b) input unit remote location to take full control of the d) tree e) mesh c) output unit d) memory unit computer? Q.19) Which of the following topology is e) none of these a) scare ware b) spoofing multipoint? Q.35) Gopher shows all the available resources c) Trojan horse d) rootkit a) ring b) star c) mesh on the internet in the form of e) key logger d) bus e) none of these a) tools b) files c) list Q.7) In sub netting, any address bits that have Q.20) A program that can infect other programs d) menus e) contents corresponding mask bits set to 1 represents by modifying them to include a possibly evolved Q.36) Which of the following is not an output a) name b) host ID c) sender version of itself is device? d) network ID e) receiver a) virus b) spam c) Ms word a) Speaker b) Monitor c) Projector Q.8) All the tracks on both sides of all platters d) antivirus e) none of these d) Keyboard e) Printer that can be read without moving the heads is Q.21) Which of the following virus that does not Q.37) A device needed to communicate with called a modify any files. Instead, it creates a copy of the computers using telephone lines is a) cluster b) surface c) band file and places a different extension on it? a) CPU b) Hard disk c) modem d) cylinder e) none of these a) boot sector b) file infector d) bridge e) hub Q.9) Which is the smallest network, which is very c) macro virus d) kernel virus Q.38) Which of the following is the maximum personal to the user? e) companion virus value of data transmission? a) LAN b) WAN c) MAN Q.22) To indent a paragraph from the left, press a) bits per seconds d) PAN e) SAN a) Ctrl+K b) Ctrl+L c) Ctrl+E b) kilobits per second Q.10) Ethernet connector is a network interface d) Ctrl+M e) Ctrl+T c) megabits per second card equipped with Q.23) Which of the following enables users to d) Gigabits per second a) 48-bits MAC address speak to other users over the Internet? e) None of these b) 42-bits MAC address a) FTP b) VoIP c) WiMAX Q.39) The protocol used to receive the email is c) 24-bits MAC address d) Telnet e) None of these a) TCP b) IP c) SNMP d) 32-bits MAC address Q.24) The act of intruding into someone else d) SMTP e) POP3 e) 34-bits MAC address computer or network is Q.40) The input device which converts analog Q.11) The first mass-produced mechanical a) grabbing b) stealing c) hacking information into digital form is calculator is d) phishing e) none of these a) modem b) scanner c) mouse a) Abacus b) Pascaline Q.25) The address of first cell in the worksheet is d) trackball e) joystick c) Arithmometer d) Jacquard Loom a) 1 b) A c) A1 Q.41) ...... is a computer that offers a e) difference Engine d) 1A e) All of these computer network to allow clients to make Q.26) Which of the following is not an optical indirect network connections to other network Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 35 services. a) super cookie b) HTTP cookie c) Universal Resource Locator a) client server b) web server c) zombie cookie d) session cookie d) Uniform Resource Locator c) network server d) file server e) none of these e) none of these e) proxy server Q.55) Blue tooth is an example of Q.69) Which of the following feature that enables Q.42) A package can be downloaded via the a) LAN b) WAN c) MAN you to display the first letter of the first internet for testing purposes before buying is d) SAN e) PAN paragraph in the document in a large font called Q.56) The device that facilitates data between a) Drop cap b) small cap a) alpha software b) beta software memory and I/O device directly without the c) large cap d) all the above c) backup copy d) shareware interrupt of CPU is e) none of these e) none of these a) Programmed I/O Q.70) Most of the commonly available Pcs/Laptop Q.43) The basic architecture of computer was b) DMA Controller has a keyboard popularly known as developed by c) interrupt initiated I/O a) WSDFR b) ASDFGH a) Charles Babbage b) John Von Neumann d) Handshaking c) ZXCVBNM d) QWERTY c) Alan Turing d) Blaise Pascal e) strobe e) SDFTHJN e) Dennis Ritchie Q.57) The software that is embedded in a piece Q.71) Parallel processing is in 44) ICs are developed by of hardware is a) first generation b) second generation a) Charles Babbage a) freeware b) open source software c) third generation d) fourth generation b) Allan Turing c) firmware d) shareware e) fifth generation c) Jack Kilby e) demo software Q.72) The subnet mask is the portion of IP d) John Naipher Q.58) Mobile phone is an example for address that identifies e) None of these a) simplex b) half-duplex c) full-duplex a) the particular location of the computer Q.45) Which transfers information about where d) multiplex e) de-multiplex b) a particular computer the data should go? Q.59) The maximum Zoom % in MS Power point- c) a particular person a) data bus b) address bus 2010 is d) all the above c) control bus d) memory bus a) 100% b) 200% c) 300% e) none of these e) I/O bus d) 400% e) 500% Q.73) In Ms-Excel 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 etc. are used to Q.46) Each storage element in a memory is Q.60) MAN is describe called a) Move area network a) columns b) formulas a) cell b) unit b) More area network c) rows d) cell c) word d) page c) Many area networks e) active cell e) none of these d) Multiple area network Q.74) The technique debug is Q.47) The extensions for command files is e) Metropolitan area network a) removing paragraph a) .EXE b) .BAT Q.61) A Topology which consists of a main run of b) editing paragraph c) .DOC d) .TXT cable with a terminator at each end is c) removing errors e) .COM a) star b) bus c) ring d) modifying document Q.48) The Example of 32-bit microprocessor is d) tree e) mesh e) none of these a) Intel 80186 b) Intel 80286 Q.62) A connection between one HTML document Q.75) An algorithm that calls itself directly or c) Intel 80386 d) core i3 to another HTML document is called indirectly is known as e) core i7 a) hyperlink b) linker c) webpage a) recursion b) looping Q.49) Which of the following is not the d) web sever e) none of these c) function d) sub algorithm characteristics of CISC? Q.63) The data link layer transmits data in the e) none of these a) variable length instruction format form of Q.76) The set of all attributes which can uniquely b) a large number of instructions a) segments identify each tuple of a relation is known as c) relatively few addressing mode b) bits a) primary key b) foreign key d) small number of general purpose registers c) bytes c) secondary key d) alternate key e) register to memory commands d) frames e) candidate key Q.50) Which interrupts has the lowest priority? e) packets Q.77) Which is used to define the structure of the a) INTR b) RST 5.5 64) In email, CC means tables and other objects in the database c) RTS 6.5 d) TRAP a) computer copy a) SQL e) none of these b) commercial copy b) Data Definition Language Q.51) An operating system that itself contained c) carbon copy c) Data Manipulation Language in the device and resident in ROM is d) component copy d) Data Control Language a) batch processing OS e) current copy e) None of the above b) single user OS Q.65) Router is used in which layer of the OSI Q.78) The Data Control Language command used c) multi-user OS model? to give user's access privileges to database is d) time sharing OS a) physical b) datalink a) REVOKE b) ACCEPT e) Embedded OS c) network d) transport c) GIVE d) GRANT Q.52) The selection process is carried out by the e) session e) none of these device called Q.66) The first computer virus in MS-DOS is Q.79) The special type of optical scanner used to a) CPU scheduler b) dispatcher a) brain virus b) creeper recognize the type of mark made by Pen or Pencil c) context switch d) spooling c) worms d) adware is e) none of these e) spyware a) optical character reader Q.53) DBMS is an intermediate between the user Q.67) IPV4 is separated by b) bar code reader and the ______a) semicolon b) colon c) optical mark reader a) database b) meta data c) dot d) comma d) MICR c) information d) all the above e) equal to e) none of these e) none of these Q.68) URL stands for Q.80) Computer’s BIOS stored in Q.54) Which of the following is a cookie that is a) Uniform Read Locator a) RAM b) hard disk automatically recreated after being deleted? b) Uniform Research Location c) ROM d) Floppy disks Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 36 e) None of these Q.95) The computer scientist who first used the a) Mozilla Firefox b) Internet explorer Q.81) A super computer would be used for which term bits is c) Netscape navigator d) World wide web one of the following application? a) Charles Babbage b) John Naipher e) None of these a) Business computing c) Claude E Shannon d) George Jonhansen Q.110) To remove paragraph formatting in word, b) Desktop publishing e) Allan turing press c) Weather forecasting Q.96) The error caused because of violating rules a) Ctrl + T b) Ctrl +D c) Ctrl +F d) Computer aided design of grammar is d) Ctrl +Q e) Ctrl +M e) All the above a) syntax error b) semantic error Q.111) To left align the paragraph, press Q.82) Cache memory acts between c) run time error d) logical error a) Ctrl+L b) ALT+L c) SHIFT+L a) CPU and RAM b) RAM and ROM e) blatant errors d) Ctrl+shift+L e) Alt+shift+L c) CPU and hard disk d) All the above Q.97) In Printer server, the buffer that holds Q.112) To see the document before taking the e) None of these before it is send to the printer is printout use Q.83) Extracting the information from the huge a) stack b) queue c) spool a) page setup b) print preview set of data is d) memory e) registers c) edit d) insert a) Data mining b) normalization Q.98) Execution of two or more programs by a e) none of these c) data manipulation d) data definition single CPU is known as Q.113) Which of the following is not a page size e) data control a) multi programming in MS-word document? Q.84) To delete a column in a relation the b) multi-processing a) A3 b) A4 c) letter command used is c) time sharing d) legal e) A2 a) DELETE b) UPDATE d) multi user Q.114) What should be done to change the word c) DROP d) ALTER e) none of these “wiil” to “will”? e) None of these Q.99) Where is BIOS software located? a) Insert b) Add Q.85) The decimal equivalent of the binary a) RAM b) ROM c) CD c) type over d) edit number 1011111 is d) DVD e) all the above e) none of these a) 93 b) 97 Q.100) The first digital computer is Q.115) In excel, the contents of active cell are c) 98 d) 95 e) 94 a) EDVAC b) ENIAC displayed in Q.86) The binary equivalent of the decimal c) UNIVAC d) Abacus a) formula bar b) menu bar number 231 is e) Difference engine c) taskbar d) tool bar a) 10111011 b) 11100111 Q.101) A range of frequencies within a given e) none of these c) 11001111 d) 10101010 band, in particular that is used for transmitting a Q.116) Which of the following is used to scan e) 11001100 signal called computer for virus? Q.87) The octal equivalent of the decimal number a) clock b) speed a) antivirus utility 295 is c) frequency d) band width b) Data compression utility a) 441 b) 443 c) 445 e) none of these c) Cryptography utility d) 446 e) 447 Q.102) Memory unit is accessed by content is d) disk cleaner’s utility Q.88) Which type of computer is found in a called e) Disk partitioning utility. digital watch? a) Read only memory Q.117) Which of the following is a software that a) Main frame b) Super computers b) virtual memory translates the program written in a higher-level c) Mini computers d) Micro computers c) associative memory language into the machine level language which e) Embedded computer d) secondary memory looks at a source code line-by-line? Q.89) Which of the following is the top processor e) programmable memory a) assembler b) compiler of the computer in the world? Q.103) How many 32k*1 RAM chips are needed c) interpreter d) linker a) Intel b) Opteron c) Consly to provide a memory capacity of 256k byte? e) both b & c d) All the above e) None of these a) 16 b) 8 c) 4 Q.118) The processor executes a process till Q.90) Which one of the following robots is the d) 32 e) 16 termination without any interruption is called world’s first humanoid android robot who speak Q.104) The size of commonly used floppy disk is a) continuous process Arabic language? a) 5.5” b) 3.5” c) 3.25” b) non-pre-emptive scheduling a) HAL 9000 b) EDI c) KITT d) 4.5” e) 2.5” c) pre-emptive scheduling d) Ibn Sina e) WALL Q.105) Ethernet uses d) concurrent process Q.91) Amazon is a) Tree topology b) mesh topology e) none of these a) B2C e-commerce c) ring topology d) bus topology Q.119) Which of the following displays the b) C2C e-commerce e) All the above information includes the current page number, c) B2B e-commerce Q.106) Which of the following OS Launched its the total number of pages and the number of d) all the above Hindi version? words in the document, zoom slider? e) none of these a) DOS b) LINUX a) status bar b) scroll bar Q.92) Which of the following refers to commercial c) WINDOWS d) UNIX c) ruler bar d) work area activities carried out on an electronic network. e) None of these e) none of these a) WWW b) internet c) browser Q.107) …………………….is an error-detecting code Q.120) In Ms-Excel the formula when used in a d) E-commerce e) Website commonly used in digital networks and storage worksheet should begin with an Q.93) Which of the following input techniques is devices to detect accidental changes to raw data. a) + b) - c) * used by the modern automated number plate a) Hamming codes b) Synchronization d) / e) = recognition to control the traffic violations? c) Cyclic redundancy codes Q.121) Each new workbook created in excel has a) MICR b) OMR c) Barcode reader d) Equalization e) Bit stuffing ...... worksheets by default. d) Digitizer e) OCR Q.108) The procedure followed to identify the a) 5 b) 8 c) 7 Q.94) Which country launched the first- identity of the sender of an email is known as d) 3 e) 4 generation telecommunication service for the first a) Digital signature b) Finger print Q.122) The octal equivalent of the decimal time in the world? c) handshake d) switching number 155 is a) China b) Japan c) USA e) none of these a) 233 b) 255 c) 230 d) Korea e) UK Q.109) Which is the first web browser? d) 219 e) 217 Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.123) The hexadecimal equivalent of the a) Intel 530 b) IBM 360 d) Desktop e) None of these decimal number 196 is c) IBM 650 d) All the above Q.152) Bytes are represented as a) A4 b) C4 c) 124 e) None of these a) b b) B c) byt d) 134 e) 4C Q.138) FAT is d) BYT e) BT Q.124) The decimal equivalent of the binary a) File Accompany Table Q.153) During 1956 to 1963 the memory used by number 00110011 is b) File Addition Table the computer is a) 61 b) 62 c) 51 c) File Allocation Table a) Memory chips b) Magnetic drum d) 52 e) 59 d) File Answer table c) Magnetic core d) Main storage memory Q.125) How many hosts can be attached to a e) File Analog Table e) None of these LAN? Q.139) The Expansion of MIME is Q.154) Memory is made up of a group of a) 234 b) 216 c) 254 a) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions a) rows b) columns d) 256 e) 245 b) Multipurpose Internet Many Extensions c) pages d) cells e) none of these Q.126) Which of the following is a buffer in c) Multipurpose Internet More Extensions Q.155) To direct and monitor the actions of other memory area? d) Multipurpose Internet Move Extensions functional areas of the computer, the CPU uses a) registers b) spool c) RAM e) None of these a) control bus b) address bus c) data bus d) ROM e) none of these Q.140) UNIVAC is an example for d) memory bus e) none of these Q.127) The frames from one LAN is transmitted a) First generation computer Q.156) The microprocessor speed depends on to another LAN through b) Second generation computer a) data bus width b) address bus width a) Switch b) Hub c) router c) Third generation computer c) control bus width d) memory bus width d) bridge e) all the above d) Fourth generation computer e) both (a) and (b) Q.128) The Difference Engine was invented by e) Fifth generation computer Q.157) The protocol converter is also known as a) John Naiper b) Blaise Pascal Q.141) A computer is free from tiredness, reflects a) Repeater b) Hub c) Gateway c) Charles Babbage d) Herman Hollerith which characteristic? d) switch e) bridges e) none of these a) Speed b) Accuracy c) Diligence Q.158) TCP is used in Q.129) Which input device is used to read d) Versatility e) Automatic a) physical b) datalink layer information on a credit card? Q.142) The performance of the RAM is affected c) network d) transport a) Graphic tablet b) Numeric keyboard by e) session c) Bar code reader d) Graphic tablet a) access speed b) size c) cost Q.159) The hardware used in Physical layer is e) Magnetic stripe reader d) data transfer unit e) both a & d a) hub b) bridges c) repeaters Q.130) The speed of third generation of Q.143) Computer user interacts with the d) router e) both a & c computers is measured in computer via Q.160) Starting or restarting a computer is a) Micro second b) Nano second a) memory unit b) CPU c) I/O unit a) starting b) opening c) booting c) Pico second d) Milli second d) All the above e) None of these d) restarting e) none of these e) None of these Q.144) Which register contains the address of the Q.161) The unit of information a computer can Q.131) The Printer that rapidly produces high next location in the memory to be accessed? understand, and process is quality text and graphics on plain paper is a) Instruction registers a) bit b) byte c) kilobyte a) Inkjet printer b) line printer b) Memory address register d) nibble e) megabyte c) Dot matrix d) Daisy wheel c) Memory buffer register Q.162) A collection of unprocessed items is e) Laser printer d) Accumulator a) program b) software c) information Q.132) How many function keys are there in a e) Data register d) data e) character keyboard? Q.145) If the information is not present in the Q.163) UNIX is used in a) 10 b) 11 c) 9 cache, then it is called a) super computers b) mainframes d) 12 e) 15 a) Cache hits b) Cache not available c) laptops d) webservers Q.133) The mouse has a ball inside it that c) Cache miss d) All the above e) mini computers partially projects out through an operating in its e) None of these Q.164) The memory which lose their data once base is Q.146) The time taken for desired sector of the the power is shut down is a) Mechanical mouse b) ball mouse track to come under read/write head is called a) static b) dynamic c) volatile c) optical mouse d) both a & b a) Transfer time b) Retrieve time d) Non-volatile e) none of these e) laser mouse c) Latency time d) Reading time Q.165) The ' Enter key ' is also known as Q.134) The first computer mouse was invented e) Writing time a) return key b) press key by Q.147) Which of the following transmits one bit of c) operation key d) process key a) Douglas Engelbart data through a single wire? e) execute key b) George E.Gerpheide a) Serial port b) Parallel port Q.166) The amount of memory is measured in c) E.A.Johnson c) USB port d) Firewire a) bits b) bytes c) kilo bytes d) Christopher L. Sholes e) None of these d) mega bytes e) all of the above e) J.P.Mitchell Q.148) Which of the following is used to connect Q.167) Verification of login and password is Q.135) The internal computer expansion card two dissimilar types of networks? known as that facilitates economical input and output of a) Switch b) port c) router a) security b) encryption c) decryption audio signals to and from a computer under d) gateway e) none of these d) logging in e) authentication control of computer programs is Q.149) Shell is the feature of Q.168) 3 MB is a) Sound card b) Audio card a) DOS b) LINUX c) UNIX a) 3000 KB b) 3000 bytes c) 3072 KB c) Both a & b d) Video card d) both b & c e) none of these d) 2048 KB e) none of these e) Both b & d Q.150) The maximum zoom percentage in Ms- Q.169) The heart of the computer is Q.136) The output device that draws images with PowerPoint? a) Microprocessor b) CPU ink pens is a) 100% b) 200% c) 250% c) ALU d) CU a) line printer b) Plotter d) 300% e) 400% e) none of these c) Laser printer d) Inkjet printer Q.151) The group of computers connected to Q.170) The base of octal system is e) All the above transfer data is a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 Q.137) ICs are first used in a) Server b) Client c) Network d) 16 e) 32 Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.171) IPV6 has e) Repeating software? a) 16 bits b) 32 bits c) 48 bits Q.188) FORTRAN is used for a) AVG b) Avira c) MCAfee d) 64 bits e) 128 bits a) Business purpose b) Banking d) Bit-defender e) blaster Q.172) A technology for delivering digital wireless c) Scientific purpose d) Office management Q.205) SMTP is service is e) Agriculture purpose a) simple mail transfer protocol a) CDMA b) TDMA c) FDMA Q.189) The number of bits in ASCII is b) simple many transfer protocol d) all (a), (b) and (c) e) CDD a) 2 b) 6 c) 4 c) simple more transfer protocol Q.173) A code used for security purposes that d) 9 e) 7 d) simple multiple transfer protocol restricts an unauthorized person is Q.190) The number of characters in ASCII is e) simple mail transport protocol a) Data b) Information c) Password a) 32 b) 64 c) 128 Q.206) Air traffic control system is an example d) Algorithm e) None of these d) 256 e) 255 for Q.174) A personal website, open to public, in Q.191) The outermost layer of the operating a) Soft real-time systems which the owner expresses his or her feelings or system covering its other module is b) Single user operating system opinions is a) shell b) kernel c) wrap c) Hard real-time systems a) blog b) status c) updating d) all the above e) none of these d) Multi user operating system d) all the above e) none of these Q.192) To refresh the current webpage, press e) Multi-processor operating system Q.175) In Ms-PowerPoint, to play or pause media a) F1 b) F2 c) F3 Q.207) Which type of device is used by banking press d) Ctrl + F4 e) Ctrl + R websites to enter the password to prevent a) CTRL+ALT+P b) SHIFT+ALT+P Q.193) The place where the unwanted e-mail is keystroke logging c) ATL+SHIFT+P d) CTRL+ space store is a) scanner b) reader e) CTRL+P a) Spam folder b) Thrash c) Directory c) light pen d) virtual keyboard Q.176) To start a slide show from the current d) File folder e) None of these e) MICR slide, press Q.194) Which of the following is a function key? Q.208) Which of the following is/are an a) F5 b) F8 c) shift+F5 a) F4 b) F6 c) D example(s) of System Software? d) Shift+F6 e) F6 d) F e) both a & b a) Device drivers Q.177) In Ms-excel, to create a chart, press Q.195) Arithmetic and logical calculations are b) Language translators a) F2 b) F9 c) F6 done by c) System utilities d) F11 e) F4 a) CU b) ALU c) Memory d) Operating system Q.178) In Ms-excel, to edit the selected cell, d) Input device e) Output device e) All the above press Q.196) Computer won’t 'boot’, if it doesn’t have Q.209) The Do’s and Don’ts of online a) F5 b) F7 c) F4 a) compiler b) interpreter c) assembler communication is called ______d) F1 e) F2 d) operating system e) all the above a) Flaming b) Cyber space Q.179) Shortcut keys to switch between open Q.197) Storing the same data at multiple c) Netiquette d) All the above processes is locations is e) None of these a) Alt+Tab b) Shift+Tab c) Ctrl+Tab a) Data redundancy b) Data inconsistency Q.210) Spam over Internet telephony is known d) Ctrl+Alt e) Shift+Alt c) Data independence d) Data sharing as Q.180) In Ms-word the shortcut key to rename a e) Data integrity a) Malware b) SPIT c) Pharming file or folder is Q.198) The logical structure of a database is d) SPIM e) Spoofing a) F1 b) F2 c) F3 a) instances b) integrity c) schema Q.211) CRT is a d) F4 e) F5 d) redundancy e) none of these a) long tube b) vacuum tube Q.181) The memory which is placed in between Q.199) Which of the following consists of c) small tube d) circle tube the CPU and the Main memory is components for describing the data, the e) none of these a) RAM b) ROM c) EPROM relationships among them and the semantics of Q.212) The highest memory measurement unit is d) Cache e) EEPROM the data? a) Exabyte b) Petabyte Q.182) Which memory is programmed at the a) Data integrity b) Data redundancy c) Zettabyte d) Brontobyte time of manufacturing? c) Data sharing d) Data model e) Geopbyte a) ROM b) RAM c) Cache e) None of these Q.213) 1 EB is equal to d) SRAM e) DRAM Q.200) The model which is in real world is a) 1024 bytes b) 1024 KB Q.183) The “father of the modern computer” is a) Conceptual model c) 1024 MB d) 1024 TB a) Charles Babbage b) Allan Turing b) Representation model e) 1024 PB c) John Naipher d) Pascal c) E-R model Q.214) ROM is composed of e) von-Neumann d) Network database model a) Silicon b) Magnetic drum Q.184) The Input device used to play games is e) Hierarchical database model c) Microprocessors d) Magnetic core a) keyboard b) light pen Q.201) How many bits of colour information is e) RAM c) joystick d) digitizer supported by GIF? Q.215) The input device which converts analog e) touch screen a) 24 b) 16 c) 32 information into digital form is Q.185) In SRAM the word ‘S’ stands for d) 64 e) 128 a) scanner b) digitizer a) synchronous b) symmetric Q.202) The self-replicating software that uses c) OCR d) OMR c) same d) static network and security holes to replicate itself is e) barcode reader e) Single a) virus b) worms Q.216) A kind of semiconductor-based non- Q.186) What is the smallest unit that can be read c) trojan horse d) all the above volatile, rewritable computer memory that can be or written on the disk? e) none of these electrically erased and reprogrammed is a) tracks b) circle Q.203) The process of starting an inactive a) EPROM b) PROM c) line d) sector computer by using a small initialization program c) ROM d) Flash memory e) all the above to load other programs e) None of these Q.187) Restarting a computer that is already ‘ON’ a) Booting b) Boot strapping Q.217) Which of the following utility is used to is known as c) Cold Booting d) restarting make copy all information stored on the disk? a) Booting b) Refreshing e) boot handling a) Disk partitioning utility c) Restart d) Warm booting Q.204) Which of the following is not an anti-virus b) Backup utility Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 39 c) System profiling utility d) Server e) Client d) PPP e) IMAP d) Network managers utility Q.232) Which of the following is a loop back Q.249) What is the default subnet mask for class e) Data compression utility address? B network? Q.218) The software which is used to load and a) 255.0.0.0 b) 127.0.0.0 c) 127.0.0.1 a) 255.0.0.0 b) 255.255.0.0 re-locate the executable program in the main d) 255.255.0.0 e) 255.255.255.0 c) 255.255.255.0 d) 255.255.255.255 memory? Q.233) The OSI model consist of e) None of these a) compiler b) interpreter a) 5 layers b) 4 layers c) 8 layers Q.250) Which of the following is not the c) loader d) linker d) 9 layers e) 7 layers characteristics of the home page is e) assembler Q.234) The IEEE standard used for Wi-Fi systems a) It is the first page that link takes the user to Q.219) The default font in MS Word 2010 is is b) It is also called initial or main web page a) Verdana b) Calibri a) 802.11 b) 802.12 c) 802.9 c) It communicates the website’s value and c) Times new roman d) Arial d) 802.1 e) 802.10 purpose e) None of these Q.235) The algorithm that calls itself directly or d) It announces the changes to a website Q.220) The decimal equivalent of the indirectly is known as e) All the above hexadecimal (ABC) is a) Looping b) Branching Answer Key: a) 2748 b) 2645 c) 2378 c) Repeating d) Rotating e) Recursion 1. (e) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. d) 2753 e) 2698 Q.236) The command used to modify the existing (d) 9. (d) 10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (b) Q.221) A minimal set of attributes that is used to row of the table is 15. (e) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (e) 19. (d) 20. (a) 21. identify the records uniquely is known as a) UPDATE b) ALTER c) EDIT (e) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (e) 27. (b) a) Candidate key b) Primary key d) INSERT e) MODIFY 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (e) 31. (b) 32. (c) 33. (c) 34. c) Super Key d) Foreign key Q.237) The testing is conducted by the customer (b) 35. (d) 36. (d) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (e) 40. (a) e) Alternate key at their sites is called 41. (e) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47. Q.222) A singular key that is used by the a) Black box testing (e) 48. (c) 49. (c) 50. (a) 51. (e) 52. (a) 53. (a) database designer for unique identification of b) White box testing 54. (c) 55. (e) 56. (b) 57. (c) 58. (c) 59. (d) 60. each row in a table is known as c) Alpha testing (e) 61. (b) 62. (a) 63. (d) 64. (c) 65. (c) 66. (a) a) Super key b) Primary key d) Beta testing 67. (c) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (d) 71. (e) 72. (a) 73. c) Foreign key d) Alternate key e) Volume testing (c) 74. (c) 75. (a) 76. (e) 77. (b) 78. (d) 79. (d) e) None of these Q.238) Multiplexer means 80. (c) 81. (c) 82. (a) 83. (a) 84. (d) 85. (d) 86. Q.223) An attribute which is a primary key in one a) One into one b) Many into one (b) 87. (e) 88. (e) 89. (a) 90. (d) 91. (a) 92. (d) table and the same is used as a field in another c) One into many d) All the above 93. (e) 94. (b) 95. (c) 96. (a) 97. (c) 98. (a) 99. table is e) None of these (b) 100. (b) 101. (d) 102. (c) 103. (b) 104. (b) a) Primary key b) Super key Q.239) The hexadecimal uses the power of 105. (d) 106. (b) 107. (c) 108. (a) 109. (d) 110. c) Candidate key d) Foreign key a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 (d) 111. (a) 112. (b) 113. (e) 114. (c) 115. (a) e) Alternate key d) 16 e) 32 116. (a) 117. (c) 118. (b) 119. (a) 120. (e) 121. Q.224) Which of the following is not the Q.240) Grammatical errors are shown in (d) 122. (a) 123. (b) 124. (c) 125. (c) 126. (b) characteristics of DRAM a) Black b) Pink c) Red 127. (d) 128. (c) 129. (e) 130. (b) 131. (e) 132. a) It stores a bit of data using transistor and d) Yellow e) Green (d) 133. (b) 134. (a) 135. (c) 136. (b) 137. (b) capacitor pair Q.241) The device that operates only on physical 138. (c) 139. (a) 140. (a) 141. (c) 142. (d) 143. b) It is less expensive to produce layer is (c) 144. (b) 145. (c) 146. (c) 147. (a) 148. (d) c) It must be refreshed continually to store a) Gateway b) Switch c) Bridges 149. (d) 150. (e) 151. (c) 152. (b) 153. (c) 154. information d) Repeater e) Router (d) 155. (a) 156. (e) 157. (c) 158. (d) 159. (e) d) It is easy to use and very fast Q.242) The protocol UDP is a 160. (c) 161. (a) 162. (d) 163. (d) 164. (c) 165. e) Access speed ranges from 50 to 150 ns a) Transport layer b) Session layer (a) 166. (e) 167. (e) 168. (c) 169. (b) 170. (c) Q.225) The world’s first unprogrammable c) Presentation layer d) Application layer 171. (e) 172. (d) 173. (c) 174. (a) 175. (d) 176. electronic digital computer is e) Data link layer (c) 177. (d) 178. (e) 179. (a) 180. (b) 181. (d) a) ABC b) Z1 c) ENIAC Q.243) The data link layer transmits data in the 182. (a) 183. (b) 184. (c) 185. (d) 186. (d) 187. d) UNIVAC e) EDSAC form of (d) 188. (c) 189. (e) 190. (c) 191. (a) 192. (e) Q.226) Which of the following is not the a) Bits b) Layers c) Packets 193. (a) 194. (e) 195. (b) 196. (d) 197. (a) 198. characteristics of Computer d) Segments e) Characters (c) 199. (d) 200. (c) 201. (a) 202. (b) 203. (b) a) Accuracy b) Diligence c) Speed Q.244) In IP address, the first octet is 165, then 204. (e) 205. (a) 206. (c) 207. (d) 208. (e) 209. d) Self-learning e) Versatility it belongs to (c) 210. (b) 211. (b) 212. (e) 213. (e) 214. (c) Q.227) Abacus was developed in a) Class A b) Class C c) Class B 215. (b) 216. (d) 217. (b) 218. (c) 219. (b) 220. a) Japan b) Kenya c) UK d) Class D e) Class E (a) 221. (a) 222. (b) 223. (d) 224. (d) 225. (a) d) USA e) China Q.245) If the IP address is 194.55.20.0, then it 226. (d) 227. (e) 228. (d) 229. (c) 230. (a) 231. Q.228) The process of converting accepted data belongs to (b) 232. (c) 233. (e) 234. (a) 235. (e) 236. (b) into machine language is a) class C b) class B c) class D 237. (d) 238. (b) 239. (d) 240. (e) 241. (d) 242. a) processing b) running c) executing d) class E e) class A (a) 243. (c) 244. (c) 245. (a) 246. (d) 247. (c) d) compiling e) none of these Q.246) The protocol used for exchanging files 248. (e) 249. (b) 250. (e) Q.229) ATM machine is an example of over any network is a) real time OS b) multiple OS a) TCP b) IP c) UDP Banking Awareness: c) Embedded OS d) single user OS d) FTP e) SMTP Q.1) Which of the following is/are the measure(s) e) multiprocessor OS Q.247) ------allows the end user to view taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease Q.230) Windows 3X is an example of and manipulate the messages as though they the liquidity crunch in the country? a) Single user OS b) Embedded OS were stored locally on the end user's computing A. Cut in Cash Reserve Ratio and Statutory c) Real time OS d) Multi user OS device(s). Liquidity Ratio. e) Multiple OS a) POP3 b) SMTP c) IMAP B. Increase the flow of Foreign Direct Q.231) The network that is extended to users d) PPP e) FTP Investment. outside the company is Q.248) The protocol used to send email is C. Supply of additional currency notes in the a) Internet b) Extranet c) Intranet a) POP3 b) SMTP c) FTP market. 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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 40 a) Only (A) b) Only (B) of representatives from various national standard c) Only A and B d) All A, B and C c) Only (C) d) All (A), (B) and (C) organizations. What is the full form of ISO? e) Only B and C e) None of these a) International Social Organization Q.20) Many times we read in the financial Q.2) Which of the following organizations was b) Insurance and Social Obligations newspapers about the performance of the “core specially established to operate in Gramin areas c) International Space Organization sectors” in the Economy. Which of the following is by design itself? d) Integrated Security Organization NOT included in the core sector of the same? a) Commercial Banks e) International Standards Organization a) Coal b) Auto sector b) Central Financial Institutes Q.12) Base l Norms are related with further c) Steel d) Cement c) Private Banks strengthening and performance of e) Oil and Petroleum sector d) Regional Rural Banks a) Public sector manufacturing units Q.21) The National Commodity and Derivatives e) None of these b) Banking Industry Exchange Limited (NCDEX) is in which of the Q.3) India started its five-year planning with c) Educational Institutes following cities? effect from the year _____. d) Hotels a) Mumbai b) Kolkata a) 1955 b) 1951 e) Insurance Sectors c) Hyderabad d) Jaipur c) 1960 d) 1965 e) 1948 Q.13) If some people wish to start a banking e) New Delhi Q.4) The short-term loans given to the farmers company in India, they certainly need a Q.22) As per RBI guidelines, when a counterfeit are the loans given normally for a period of permission of the note is detected at the branch, it should be: a) three months b) six months a) Indian Banks Association a) Branded with a stamp “COUNTERFEIT c) nine months d) one year b) Institute of Chartered Accountants in India BANKNOTE” e) fifteen months c) Ministry of Finance b) Recorded in a separate register under Q.5) Which of the following entity has suggested d) Banking Ombudsman authentication to the banks in India to give details of fund e) Reserve Bank of India c) Acknowledged in the prescribed format of RBI transfers to customers via SMS/E-mails? Q.14) “Navratna Status” is given to which of the and issued to the tendered a) Reserve Bank of India following organizations / units? d) All the above b) India Banks Association a) Those IITs/IIMs who are doing good research e) None of the above c) Indian Institute of Banking and Finance work Q.23) Which of the following Schemes/products d) Securities and Exchange Board of India b) Defence production units/factories who are launched by the banks to provide instant loan e) None of these showing good profits facility to the farmers? Q.6) Many a times we read in the financial c) A public-sector bank rated very high by the a) Kisan Credit Card newspapers/magazines about Systematic RBI in the area of customer service and recovery b) Krishi Bima Yojana Investment Plans (SIPs) allowing them to invest of NPAs c) Crop Loan Scheme small amounts periodically instead of lump sums. d) Any public-sector manufacturing unit doing d) Corporate Loan Scheme SIPs are an investment option also operated in well and earning good profits e) None of these the mode of ______. e) Both a and b Q.24) When a bank is financing an “International a) Mutual Funds Q.15) Many times we read in Business”, it is in fact, involved in which of the b) Small Savings Schemes in the Post Offices newspapers/magazines about the increase or following? c) National Pension Fund decrease in tax collection. Which of the following a) Micro Finance b) Retail Banking d) National Saving Certificates taxes is not included in the tax collection levied c) Core Banking d) Trade Finance e) None of these by the Union Government? e) All of these Q.7) Which of the following is considered as the a) Property Tax b) Education Cess Q.25) Which of the following taxes was levied on financial capital of India? c) Corporate Tax d) Income Tax the buying/selling of various commodities on a) New Delhi b) Kolkata e) Fringe Benefit Tax recognized exchanges in India? c) Bangalore d) Ahmedabad Q.16) Bad loans in banking terminology are a) Fringe Benefit Tax b) Value Added Tax e) Mumbai generally known as ______. c) Central Sales Tax Q.8) Financial year in bank is a period from a) Prime Loans b) Prime Asset d) Securities Transaction Tax a) January to December b) May to June c) BPOs d) CBS e) Commodity Transaction Tax c) April to March d) January to April e) NPAs Q.26) Which of the following taxes is not levied e) None of these Q.17) As per the news published in various by the Government of India? Q.9) The SBI has signed an agreement with newspapers, the RBI has given its permission for a) Income Tax b) Professional Tax which of the following agencies to obtain a cash withdrawal at “POS terminals”. What is the c) Excise Duty d) Dividend Distribution Tax guarantee cover to its loans to Micro and Small full form of “POS”? e) Capital Gain Tax Enterprises? a) Permitted on Sale Q.27) Which of the following acts is enacted to a) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation b) Potential of Service help the Union Govt. to manage its budgeted b) Credit Guarantee Trust c) Point of Sale finances and fiscal deficit in a very disciplined c) Small Industrial Development Bank of India d) Permission of Sale manner? d) Securities and Exchange Board of India e) Point on Security a) The Competition Act e) None of these Q.18) The RBI and which of the following other b) The Banking Regulation Act Q.10) Which of the following apex body and banks are jointly regulated the curbs on c) The Negotiable Instruments Act regulator has asked banks to swap customer- exchange-based “Currency Futures” trading? d) Foreign Exchange Management Act related information, so that the frauds and a) NABARD b) SIDBI e) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management defaults may be prevented in future? c) SEBI d) State Bank of India Act a) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) e) ICICI Bank Q.28) Almost all banks in India are running b) Indian Banks, Association (IBA) Q.19) “Micro Credit” means ______. special Schemes for providing banking services to c) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) A. Loans amounting Rs.50 lakhs to Rs.5 crores to rural poor. This concept is popularly known as d) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Medium and Small Industrial Units ______. e) None of these B. Loans to Self Help Groups a) Faster Growth b) Trade Finance Q.11) Many times, we read a term ‘ISO’ which is C. Loans of small amounts to people in c) SME Finance d) Investment Banking an International standard-setting body composed unorganized sector e) Financial Inclusion a) Only A b) Only B Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.29) Organisation of workers in which of the inter-regulatory Coordination along with d) To protect it from any impact of possible following groups has proved a very effective way monitoring macro-prudential regulation of the economic slowdown. of providing micro finance by banks to the rural economy. e) Both a and b people and poor in India? a) Financial Security and Development Council Q.47) How much amount RBI allows in 'Tap and a) Self Help Groups b) Financial Stability and Development Council Pay' transactions without PIN? b) Vriksha Mitras c) Fiscal Security and Development Council a) Rs.2000 b) Rs.2500 c) Rs.1500 c) Shiksha Sevaks d) Fiscal Stability and Development Council d) Rs.500 e) Rs.3000 d) Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) e) Fiscal Statutory and Development Council Q.48) Which of the following bank merged its e) Link Workers Q.39) What is the full form of the term LIBOR as wholly owned subsidiary All Bank Finance (ABFL) Q.30) The market value of all final goods and used in the financial/banking sector? with itself. services produced / made with the geographical a) Local Indian Bank Offered Rate a) Bank of India b) Canara Bank boundaries of a country in the year is known as b) London-India Bureau of Regulations c) Bank of Baroda d) Corporation Bank ______c) Liberal International Bank Official Ratio e) Allahabad Bank a) Gross Domestic Product d) London Inter-Bank Offered Rate Q.49) The RBI has asked banks to spell out their b) Gross National Savings e) London Intra Bank Offered Rate policy, procedures and size of the business on c) Gross Fiscal Deficit Q.40) Expand the term CCEA as used in the which of the following aspects of banking? d) Gross Domestic Capital Formation administrative circles. a) On-shore banking e) None of these a) Cabinet Committee on External Affairs b) Off-shore banking Q.31) Money Laundering refers to b) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs c) Investments in secondary market a) Conversion of assets into cash c) Cabinet Council on External Affairs d) Wealth management b) Conversion of money which is illegally d) Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs e) None of these obtained e) Cabinet Council on Economy Affairs Q.50) Largest shareholder (in percentage c) Conversion of cash into gold Q.41) What are teaser loan rates charged by the shareholding) of a nationalised bank is d) Conversion of gold into cash banks? a) RBI b) NABARD c) LICI e) Money power a) Fixed rate of interest charged by banks d) Govt of India e) IBA Q.32) NAV is normally used in respect of b) Floating rate of interest charged by the banks Q.51) Banks in our country normally publicise Schemes floated by c) Rate of interest in the initial period is less and that additional interest rate is allowed on retail a) Banks b) Mutual funds goes up subsequently. domestic term deposits of c) Insurance Companies d) Merchant banker d) Rate of interest in the initial period is more a) Minors b) Married women e) None of these and it goes down subsequently. c) Senior citizens d) Govt. employees Q.33) Which of the following taxes/cess is levied e) None of these e) Rural residents by the Indian States? Q.42) Expand the term ALM as used in the Q.52) With a view to facilitating payment of a) Tax on motor vehicles b) Educational cess Banking/Finance sector. balance in the deposit account to the person c) Tax on hotels d) Tax on wealth a) Asset Liability Mismatch named by the depositor without any hassles in e) All of these b) Asset Liability Maturity the event of death of the account holder, the Q.34) What does the letter ‘F’ denote in the c) Asset Liability Management following facility was introduced for bank abbreviated name ‘IIFCL’. It is typically long d) Asset Liability Manpower accounts in our country: gestation projects and require debt of longer e) Asset Liability Maintenance a) Will b) Registration maturity? Q.43) On which of the following issues can SEBI c) Nomination d) Indemnity e) Guarantee a) Functional b) Foreign penalise any company in India? Q.53) Which of the following is not considered a c) Fidelity d) Finance A. Violation of Banking Regulation Act money market instrument? e) Fiscal B. Violation of foreign portfolio investment a) Treasury bills b) Repurchase Agreement Q.35) Which of the following is/are NOT the guidelines c) Commercial Paper functions of a bank? C. Violation of Negotiable Instrument Act d) Certificate of Deposit A. Accepting deposits from the public a) Only (A) e) Shares and bonds B. Grant of loans and advances b) All (A), (B) and (C) Q.54) Interest on savings bank account is now C. Providing finance to all those who cannot earn c) Only (A) and (B) calculated by banks on enough to survive d) Only (B) and (C) a) Minimum balance during the month a) Only (A) b) Only (B) e) Only (B) b) Minimum balance from 7th to last day of the c) Only (C) d) All (A), (B) and (C) Q.44) Which one of the following will set up core month e) Only (B) and (C) banking infrastructure for rural banks? c) Minimum balance from 10th to last day of the Q.36) Which of the following is NOT a Private a) RBI b) NABARD c) SIDBI month Bank in India? d) ISA e) None of these d) Maximum balance during the month a) Yes Bank b) HDFC Bank Q.45) For which of the following reasons are e) Daily product basis c) Axis Bank d) Kotak Mahindra Bank Basel-II norms to be followed by the Commercial Q.55) Government will amend Reserve Bank of e) IDBI Bank Banks? India Act ______to extinguish (stop) Q.37) The Govt. of India and RBI are making all a) Risk management validity of old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000? the efforts to provide banking facilities to all the b) Adoption of International accounting standards a) 1934 b) 1932 c) 1936 villages/habitations in the county. This is the part c) Restriction on bonus payments to bank d) 1914 e) 1935 of their policy of executives Q.56) When the rate of inflation increases? a) PURA d) Transparency in disclosures a) Purchasing power of money increases b) Financial Inclusion e) None of these b) Purchasing power of money decreases c) Swawalamban Q.46) Which of the following was the reason c) Value of money increases d) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana owing to which Govt. wants Reserve Bank of d) Purchasing power of money remains e) None of these India to tighten prudential norms for NBFCs? unaffected Q.38) Expand the term FSDC, which is used in a) To reduce liquidity in the market e) Amount of money in circulation decreases the financial sector that envisages to strengthen b) As per Basel II requirements. 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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 42 c) National Efficient Fund Transfer Solution a) Only (A) b) Only (B) Q.73) Which of the following statements is true? d) Non-Effective Fund Transfer System c) Only (C) d) Both (A) and (C) a) Banks cannot accept demand and time e) Negotiated Electronic Foreign Transfer system e) All (A), (B) and (C) deposits from public. Q.58) LLP is limited to any amount that may Q.66) Financial inclusion means provision of b) Banks can accept only demand deposits from remain unpaid over the capital of the partnership. a) Financial services namely, payments, public. What is full form of “LLP” as used in this remittances, savings, loans and insurance at c) Banks can accept only time deposits from reference? affordable cost to persons not yet given the public. a) Local Labour Promotion same. d) Banks can accept both demand and time b) Low Labour Projects b) Ration at affordable cost to persons not yet deposits from public. c) Limited Loan Partnership given the same. e) Banks can accept demand and time deposits d) Longer Liability Partnership c) House at affordable cost to persons not yet only from government. e) Limited Liability Partnership given the same. Q.74) Banks and other financial institutions in Q.59) Distribution of insurance products and d) Food at affordable cost to persons not yet India are required to maintain a certain amount insurance policies by the banks as corporate given the same. of liquid assets like cash, precious metals and agents is known as e) Education at affordable cost to persons not yet other short-term securities as a reserve all the a) General Insurance given the same. time. In Banking sector, this is known as b) Non-life insurance Q.67) Fixed deposits and recurring deposits are a) CRR b) Fixed Asset c) SLR c) Bancassurance a) Repayable after an agreed period. d) PLR e) None of these d) Insurance banking b) Repayable on demand. Q.75) What does the letter ‘L’ denote in the term e) Deposit insurance c) Not repayable. ‘LAF’ as referred every now and then in relation Q.60) Who is the Chairman of the Committee d) Repayable after death of depositors. to the monetary policy of the RBI? constituted by the RBI to study Issues and e) Repayable on demand or after an agreed a) Liquidity b) Liability c) Leveraged Concerns in the Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) period as per bank’s choice. d) Longitudinal e) Linear Sector? Q.68) The usual deposit accounts of banks are Q.76) Which of the following is/are commodities a) YH Malegam b) Dr KC Chakraborty a) Current accounts, electricity accounts and on which subsidy is given to farmers/poor in c) C Rangrajan d) M Damodaran insurance premium accounts India? e) Smt Usha Thorat b) Current accounts, post office savings bank A. Fertilizer B. Kerosene C. LPG Q.61) Which of the following types of accounts accounts and term deposit accounts a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Only (C) are known as ‘Demat Accounts’? c) Loan accounts, savings bank accounts and d) Only (A) and (C) e) All (A), (B) and (C) a) Accounts which are Zero Balance Accounts term deposit accounts Q.77) What is the full form of ‘FINO’, a term we b) Accounts which are opened to facilitate d) Current accounts, savings bank accounts and see frequently in the financial news-papers? repayment of a loan taken from the bank. No term deposit accounts a) Financial Investment Network and Operations other business can be conducted from there. e) Current bill accounts and term deposit b) Farmers Investment in National Organization c) Accounts in which shares of various companies accounts c) Farmers Inclusion News and Operations are traded in electronic form Q.69) Which of the following is a correct d) Financial Inclusion Network and Operations d) Accounts which are operated through internet statement? e) Financial Inclusion Net-demand Operations banking facility a) Normally no interest is paid on current deposit Q.78) Immediately prior to change in the e) None of these accounts. measure of Food Inflation, which of the following Q.62) Mortgage is a b) Interest is paid on current accounts at the indexes was being used for measuring it? a) Security on movable property for a loan given same rate as term deposit accounts. a) Sensex and Nifty by a bank. c) The rate of interest on current account and b) Consumer Price Index b) Security on immovable property for a loan savings account are the same. c) Interest rates offered by the banks on deposits given by a bank. d) No interest is paid on any deposit by the bank. d) Wholesale Price Index c) Concession on immovable property for a loan e) Savings deposits are same as current deposits e) None of these given by a bank. Q.70) Accounts are allowed to be operated by Q.79) A major Public-Sector Bank raised interest d) Facility on immovable property for a loan cheques in respect of rates on loans by 25 basis points. This means the given by a bank. a) Fixed deposit accounts bank has raised interest by 25 basis points of e) Security on immovable property for a deposit b) Savings bank accounts a) Savings Bank Interest Rate received by a bank. c) Current accounts b) Base Lending Rate Q.63) When a bank returns a cheque unpaid, it is d) Both a and b c) Repo Rates called e) Both b and c d) Present Rates on Deposits a) Payment of the cheque Q.71) Which of the following is a correct e) Discounted Rates of Interest b) Drawing of the cheque statement? Q.80) NUUP is a USSD based mobile banking c) Cancelling of the cheque a) State Bank of India is the sole authority to service from NPCI that brings together all the d) Dishonour of the cheque issue and manage currency in India. Banks and Telecom Service Providers. P in NUUP e) Taking of the cheque b) A nationalised bank is the sole authority to stands for? Q.64) Which of the following states has become issue and manage currency in India. a) Payment b) Platform c) Perform the first Indian state in the country to launch c) A cooperative bank is the sole authority to d) Plan e) Provider RBI’s e-payment system for commercial tax issue and manage currency in India. Q.81) Which of the following is NOT a payers? d) RBI is the sole authority to issue and manage Nationalised Bank? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Kerala currency in India. a) Union Bank of lndia c) Gujarat d) Maharashtra e) None of these b) Central Bank of India e) Karnataka Q.72) Interest payable on savings bank accounts c) Yes Bank Q.65) Which of the following is known as cross- is d) Syndicate Bank selling by Banks? a) Not regulated by the RBI e) Indian Bank A. Sale of a debit card to a credit card holder b) Regulated by the State Government Q.82) What is the tagline of Andhra Bank? B. 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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 43 d) India’s International Bank equivalent amount of desired currency based on Q.105) Insurance companies in India are e) Where India Banks prevalent regulated by Q.83) Which of the following is called the a) Bank rate b) Currency rate a) AMFI b) IRDA c) SEBI Bankers’ Bank in India? c) Policy rate d) Exchange rate d) RBI e) NABARD a) State Bank of India e) Base rate Q.106) Which of the following organisations/ b) Central Bank of India Q.95) As per newspaper reports, ANZ has been agencies works solely to monitor and arrange c) NABARD granted approval by the Reserve Bank of India, flow of agriculture credit in India? d) Reserve Bank of India to open a branch in Mumbai. ANZ is a bank based a) NABARD b) SIDBI c) RBI e) None of these in ______. d) SEBI e) IRDA Q.84) The head office of the Unique Identification a) Australia b) Argentina c) Afghanistan Q.107) Which of the following would result a fall Authority of India is in d) Angola e) Austria in an asset prices? a) Bangalore b) Mumbai c) New Delhi Q.96) Where is the headquarters of the a) Low liquidity in the economy d) Chennai e) Hyderabad International Monetary Fund (IMF)? b) High liquidity in the economy Q.85) How many banks were nationalised in July a) Geneva b) Paris c) London c) RBI increasing the Reverse Repo Rates 1969 when the first nationalisation took place? d) Manila e) Washington DC d) RBI allowing more banks to play a) 5 b) 8 c) 10 Q.97) What is the full form of LAF, as used e) None of these d) 14 e) 16 frequently in the banking world? Q.108) Account holders have to maintain an AQB Q.86) What does the letter P denote in the term a) Liquid Advances Finance for their accounts in certain banks. What does ‘PAN’, which is issued by the Income Tax b) Liquidity Adjustment Facility the term AQB stands for? Department? c) Legal Adjournment Formality a) Average Quantitative Balance a) Provisional b) Private c) Personal d) Local Advance Finance b) Average Qualitative Balance d) Permanent e) Postal e) Late Arrival of Finance c) Average Quarterly Balance Q.87) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Q.98) What is the full form of ‘CRR’ as used in d) Average Qualified Balance headquarters in the banking sector? e) Accurate Quarterly Balance a) Hamburg, Germany a) Crucial Reserve Rate Q.109) Which of the following rates are decided b) Geneva, Switzerland b) Cash Reserve Ratio by the Reserve Bank of India? c) Tokyo, Japan c) Compulsory Return Rate A. Deposit rates d) Moscow, Russia d) Credit and Reserve Ratio B. Base Rate e) Beijing, China e) Cost Reserve Ratio C. Prime Lending Rate Q.88) The financial results of banks and other Q.99) ‘Global Market’ means market of a) Only (A) b) Only (B) organisations normally are expressed in quarters. a) USA c) Only (C) d) Both (B) and (C) What does Q-1 mean? b) China e) None of these a) Results of January-March c) OPEC members Q.110) Which of the following Schemes is related b) Performance during April-June d) European Union Countries exclusively to Financial Inclusion? c) Profits during July-September e) All major countries and their alliances a) Swavalamban d) The period when the profits are highest Q.100) The Union Budget of India, also referred b) Swadeshi e) None of these to as the Annual financial statement under ____ c) Swabhiman Q.89) International Development Association of the Constitution of India. d) SGSY headquarters located in ______. a) Article 114 b) Article 112 e) None of these a) Hamburg, Germany c) Article 102 d) Article 111 Q.111) Which of the following is the most active b) Geneva, Switzerland e) Article 132 segment of the money market in India? c) Tokyo, Japan Q.101) Which of the following is NOT a part of a) Call Money/Notice Money Market d) Moscow, Russia the Ministry of Finance? b) Repo/Reverse Repo e) Washington DC, USA a) Department of Financial Services c) Commercial Paper (CP) Q.90) Banks recover term loan from the parties b) Department of Expenditure d) Certificate of Deposit (CD) in EMIs. What does the letter ‘E’ represent in the c) Department of Revenue e) None of these term? d) Department of Disinvestment Q.112) Which of the following bodies promoted a) Easy b) Effective c) Equated e) Department of Resource Planning Securities Trading Corporation of India Limited d) Essential e) Economical Q.102) When banks accept a fixed sum of money (STCI) jointly with the Public-Sector Banks? Q.91) Which of the following organizations is not from an individual for a definite term and pay on a) Securities Exchange Board of India associated with the Banking and Financial sector? maturity with interest, the deposit is known as b) ICICI Ltd a) SEBI b) AMFI c) RBI a) Term deposit b) Demand deposit c) IDBI Ltd d) ECGC e) SPCA c) Bond d) Mortgage d) Reserve Bank of India Q.92) Many Regional Rural Banks are given e) Advance e) IRDA licence to open branches in small cities and Q.103) Which of the following is not the name of Q.113) The main function of the IMF is towns. These licences are given by a bank functioning in India? a) To help solve balance-of-payment problems of a) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs a) Central Bank of India member countries b) Reserve Bank of India b) UCO Bank b) To arrange international deposits from the c) NABARD c) Aegon Religare bank d) Indian Banks’ Association d) Dena Bank c) To act as private sector lending arm of the e) None of these e) ICICI Bank World Bank Q.93) The RuPay card was launched by NPCI on Q.104) Union Budget, which is presented every d) To finance investment loans to the developing a) 26th June, 2012 year in the parliament, is also known as countries b) 26th March, 2012 a) General Budget e) None of these c) 26th May, 2012 b) Common Budget Q.114) Which of the following is not a measure d) 26th April, 2012 c) Annual Budget adopted by the Government or RBI to control e) 26th August, 2012 d) Finance Report of the Year inflation? 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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 44 c) Public Distribution System c) Consumption loan Q.134) Which of the following sector(s) make(s) d) Price Control d) Business loan maximum contribution to the national income of e) Financial Inclusion e) Proprietary loan India? Q.115) The expansion for BIFR, in the context of Q.125) In the term STRIPS, the first letter ‘S’ a) Service the Indian Industry, is denotes b) Agriculture a) Board for Investment and Financial a) Single b) Small c) Special c) Industry Redevelopment d) Savings e) Separate d) Both Agriculture and Industry b) Bureau for Industrial and Financial Revolution Q.126) On which one of the following issues has e) None of these c) Board for Investment and Formal IMF supported monetary policy of India? Q.135) The Govt. of India has launched special Reconstruction a) Introduction of GST Green Revolution project for which of the d) Board for Industrial and Financial b) Stimulus for agriculture sector following states/group of states? Reconstruction c) Concessions for foreign investment a) North-East states e) Bureau for Investment and Financial d) Tightening of monetary policy b) Bihar and Jharkhand Reconstruction e) None of these c) West Bengal Q.116) Mixed Economy means Q.127) Bridge loans refer to d) Tamil Nadu and Kerala a) Co-existence of small and large industries a) Loans granted to construction companies for e) None of these b) Promoting both agriculture and industries in construction of bridges Q.136) In Banking terminology, NPA means the economy b) Loan granted to PWD for construction of a) No-Promise Account c) Co-existence of public and private sectors bridges over rivers b) Non-Personal Account d) Co-existence of the rich and the poor c) Interim finance allowed by banks to their c) Non-Performing Asset e) Existence of wholesale and retail markets customers, pending disbursement of term loans d) Net Performing Asset Q.117) SEBI is a/an by financial institutions e) New Promising Ambience a) Advisory body d) Loan granted to Railway for construction of Q.137) Ten-rupee notes contain the signature of b) Statutory body bridges a) Finance Secretary, GOI c) Constitutional body e) None of these b) Chairman, State Bank of India d) Non-statutory body Q.128) KYC guidelines followed by the banks c) Governor, Reserve Bank of India e) Registered as a society have been framed on the recommendations of d) Finance Minister, GOI Q.118) GNP stands for the e) Prime Minister a) Gross National Product a) Ministry of Home Affairs Q.138) Invisible Export means export of b) Group Net Product b) Reserve Bank of India a) Perishable goods c) Grand Nuclear Process c) Indian Banks Association b) Prohibited goods d) Group Networking Process d) Financial Intelligence Unit c) Unrecorded goods e) Gross Net Product e) Ministry of Rural Development d) Goods through smuggling Q.119) Many a times we read a term CBS used in Q.129) IFRS stands for e) Services the banking operations. What is the full form of a) International Financial Reporting Standards Q.139) Credit Rating the letter ‘C’ in the term ‘CBS’? b) Indian Financial Rating Standards a) is used to rate the borrowers while giving a) Complete b) Credit c) Continuous c) International Financial Rating Standards advances. d) Core e) Cost d) Indian Functional Reporting Standards b) is used to work out performance of the Q.120) Reverse Repo is a tool used by the RBI to e) International Functional Rating Standards employees. a) Inject liquidity Q.130) Goods and Services Tax (GST) would c) is used to calculate the number of excellent b) Absorb liquidity replace which of the following taxes levied at audit-rated branches. c) Increase the liquidity with the banking system present? d) is not used in any bank. d) To keep the liquidity at one level a) Value Added Tax b) Corporate tax e) is necessary before giving promotion to e) None of these c) Capital gains tax d) Income tax employees. Q.121) Issuing credit cards is a component of e) All of these Q.140) Very often we read in the ______. Q.131) Most of the banks in India have got ISO newspapers/magazines about ‘Sovereign Wealth a) Retail banking 27001:2005 certification for compliance with Funds’. Which of the following is/are the correct b) Rural banking which among the following? description of the same? c) Corporate banking a) Best Customer Service A. These are the funds or the reserves of a d) Micro finance b) Excellent Business Management government or central bank of a country which e) None of these c) Excellent Financial Strength are invested further to earn profitable returns. Q.122) Expand the term FRBM. d) Excellent Business Values B. These are the funds which were accumulated a) Financial Responsibility and Business e) Best Security Practice by some people over the years, but were not put Management Q.132) Which of the following is known as Plastic in active circulation as they retain them as black b) Fiscal Responsibility and Business Money? money for several years. Management A. Demand Draft C. The funds which are created to be used as c) Financial Responsibility and Budget B. Credit Card relief funds or bailout packages. Management C. Debit Card a) Both (B) and (C) only d) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management a) Only (A) b) Only (B) b) Only (A) c) Only (C) e) Formal Responsibility and Business c) Only (C) d) Both (B) and (C) d) Only (B) e) None of these Management e) All (A), (B) and (C) Q.141) Which of the following Acts was framed Q.123) Structure of Basel II is based on how Q.133) Which of the following is not a part of the specially to deal more effectively with the many pillars? Scheduled banking structure in India? problem of Non-Performing Assets in the banking a) Two b) Ten c) Four a) State Co-operative Banks system? d) Five e) Three b) Public Sector Banks a) Companies Act Q.124) When the loan is granted for purchase of c) Private Sector Banks b) Banking Regulation Act white goods, it is called d) Regional Rural Banks c) Foreign Exchange Management Act a) Consumer durable loan e) Money lenders d) Industrial Dispute Act b) White goods loan e) SARFAESI Act Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

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Q.142) As we all know, the Govt. of India collects b) Depository Services Q.159) TRAI regulates the functioning of which of tax revenue on various activities in the country. c) Financial Counselling Services the following services? Which of the following is a part of the tax d) Only (a) and (b) above a) Port b) Trade c) Telecom revenue of the Govt? e) All (a), (b) and (c) above d) Transport e) None of these A. Tax on Income Q.151) Obligation of a banker to maintain Q.160) Micro credit or micro-finance is a novel B. Tax on Expenditure secrecy is applicable to approach to banking with the poor. In this C. Tax on Property or Capital Asset a) only in case of existing deposit accounts approach, bank credit is extended to the poor D. Tax on Goods and Services b) only in case of existing loan accounts through a) Both (A) and (C) only c) only in case of closed accounts a) RBI b) Anganwadi b) Both (B) and (D) only d) in all types of deposit/loan accounts c) Cooperative Credit Societies c) Only (B), (C) and (D) (existing/closed) d) Self-Help Groups d) All (A), (B), (C) and (D) e) None of these e) None of these e) None of these Q.152) Which of the following is not a function of Q.161) We frequently read about ‘MFI’ in Q.143) The Reserve Bank of India has extended the RBI? newspapers. What is the full form of this term, the timeline for full implementation of the Basel a) Maintaining Forex which is used in the financial sector? III capital regulations to b) Deciding Bank Rate, CRR and SLR from time to a) Micro-Finance Institutions a) March 31, 2019 b) March 31, 2018 time b) Micro-Functional Issues c) March 31, 2020 d) March 31, 2021 c) Opening Savings Accounts for general public c) Mutual Funds in India e) March 31, 2022 d) Prescribing the Capital Adequacy Ratio d) Monetary Forum of India Q.144) Which of the following policy is known as e) Currency Management e) Monetary and Financial Institutes Annual Policy Statement? Q.153) The full form of PIN in the parlance of an Q.162) Which of the following is called the World a) Annual budget of Central Government ATM card is Bank? b) Regulations issued by SEBI a) Permanent Information Number a) International Monetary Fund c) Foreign trade policy of DGFT b) Personal Identification Number b) Asian Development Bank d) Credit and monetary policy of the RBI c) Professional Identification Number c) World Trade Organisation e) None of these d) Permanent Identification Number d) International Reconstruction and Development Q.145) Interest rates on which of the following e) Personal Index Number Bank deposit Schemes is fixed by the Reserve Bank of Q.154) Which of the following bills presented in e) None of these India? the Parliament will bring some changes in the Q.163) What does the letter ‘V’ denote in the a) Fixed deposits above five years’ maturity existing tax regime? term ‘VAT’ as used in banking? b) Recurring deposits a) Salaries and Perks for MPs Bill a) Valuable b) Various c) Vendor c) Savings bank b) Foreign Exchange Management Regulatory Bill d) Very e) Value d) Flexi Deposit Scheme c) Companies Act Bill Q.164) Which of the following terms is NOT used e) None of these d) Direct Taxes Code Bill in the field of Banking/Finance? Q.146) Consider the following: Which of the e) None of these a) Goods and Services following term are called fiscal measures? Q.155) Which of the following statement is b) Refund (A) Bank Rate Policy incorrect in the context with the Demand Draft c) Tax Deducted at Source (B) Devaluation of Rupee (DD)? d) Fundamental duties of a citizen (C) Open Market Operations a) A Demand Draft is an order of payment by a e) Relief to exporters a) Only (A) b) Both (A) and (B) bank to another bank. Q.165) What is the full form of ‘NBFC’ as used in c) Both (A) and (C) d) Only (C) b) A Demand Draft is not a pre-paid instrument. the financial sector? e) Only (B) c) A Demand Draft is always payable to a a) New Banking Finance Corporation Q.147) The monetary authority in India, viz specified party. b) Non-Banking Finance Company Reserve Bank of India, is bound to maintain a d) Demand Draft (DD) is defined in the c) New Business Formation Company reserve against the notes issued, whatever may Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881. d) Net Banking and Finance Cooperative be the amount. This system is called as e) None of these e) New Business Finance Corporation a) Simple Deposit System Q.156) Mutual funds are regulated by Q.166) Which of the following organisations is b) Proportional Reserve System a) Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI) created especially for providing credit to small c) Maximum Fiduciary Issue System b) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and medium enterprises in India? d) Minimum Reserve System c) Reserve Bank of India a) NABARD b) SIDBI c) ECGC e) None of these d) IRDA d) AMFI e) None of these Q.148) In the context of business and banking, e) None of these Q.167) Where is the headquarters of Asian what is CRAR? Q.157) Which of the following is the popular Development Bank (ADB) which was established a) Capital to Risk Asset Ratio name of the norms by which a bank satisfies in 1966? b) Credit to Risk Asset Ratio itself about the customer’s identity and activities? a) Dhaka, Bangladesh c) Credit to Risk Assessment Ratio a) Basel norms b) KYC norms b) Beijing, China d) Capital to Risk Assessment Rate c) Service norms d) Lending norms c) Mandaluyong, Philippines e) Credit Rate Assessment Ratio e) None of these d) Bangkok, Thailand Q.149) Which of the following cannot be used in Q.158) Many times we read about ‘Hawala’ e) Tokyo, Japan an anti-inflationary measure? transactions in newspapers. Hawala, in India, is Q.168) Which of the following cannot open ‘No a) Raising the Bank Rates prohibited under the provision of which of the Frill Account’ in a bank? b) Purchasing securities in the Open Markets following Acts? a) Agricultural labourer c) Raising the Reserve Ratio Requirements a) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management b) Student d) Rationing of the Credit Act c) A labourer in an unorganised sector e) None of these b) Banking Regulation Act d) Farmer Q.150) Banks, today, in addition to normal c) Financial Action Task Force Act e) A small firm selling white goods banking services, offer which of the following d) Foreign Exchange Management Act Q.169) Which of the following was/were the services? e) None of these objectives of the Competition Act 2002? a) Internet Banking A. 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B. To promote Govt-supported products/services Q.177) Which of the following is the full form of e) Cash credit loans in competition with those launched by the private KCC as used in the agriculture sector? Q.188) Expand the term SWIFT. parties a) Kisan Credit Card a) Society for Worldwide International Financial C. To control the activities of the stock markets in b) Kisan Credit Company Telecommunications India which are considered highly volatile c) Knowledge Credit Corporation b) Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial D. To provide the opportunity to the entrepreneur d) Konkan Credit Corporation Telecommunications for the competition in the market e) Kisan Credit Corporation c) Society for Worldwide International Financial a) Only (A) and (B) Q.178) The Agriculture Insurance Company was Transfers b) Only (B) launched with the help of d) Society for Worldwide Interbank Fiscal c) All (A) and (B) a) RBI b) SIDBI c) NABARD Transfers d) All (A), (B) and (C) d) ECGC e) IDBI e) Society for Worldwide Inter Financial Transfers e) Only (D) Q.179) Which of the following sector/agencies in Q.189) Which of the following is the objective of Q.170) Which of the following is not a member of India is responsible for computation of national Financial Stability and Development Council? Organisation for Economic Co-operation and income? a) To address inter-regulatory issues only Development (OECD)? a) NCAER b) CSO c) NSS b) To focus on financial literacy only a) Brazil b) China d) RBI e) SBI c) To focus on financial inclusion only c) India d) South Africa Q.180) Deflation refers to _____. d) Both (a) and (b) e) All the above a) general decline in prices of various e) All (a), (b) and (c) Q.171) Which of the following is/was not included commodities and services Q.190) What is Cross Border Exchange? in the agenda set for the Banking reforms in b) price decline in specific sectors a) Trading of foreign currency in India India? c) price decline in specific commodities b) Trading of Indian rupee in exchange of other a) Promotion of the concept of easy credit to all d) sharp and sudden decline in foreign exchange currencies/goods with a guaranteed subsidy from the Government reserves c) Hawala transactions in Indian rupee b) Measures to strengthen risk management e) None of these d) Unauthorized remittance of Indian rupee c) Promulgation of SARFAESI Act Q.181) National Investment and Infrastructure e) None of these d) Dismantling of administered interest rates Fund (NIIF) is established under the regulations Q.191) What do you understand by ‘Para e) Granting of operational autonomy to public of Banking’ services? sector banks and allowing them to raise capital a) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion a) Eligible financial services rendered by banks from the open market (DIPP) b) Utility services provided by banks Q.172) The Union Government of India has b) SEBI c) World Bank c) Services provided through business renamed the Department of Divestment to d) IMF e) RBI correspondents DIPAM. What does 'A' stand for in DIPAM? Q.182) In respect of which one of the following d) Services provided to armed force personnel a) Asset b) Account c) Audit areas, YH Malegam Committee has submitted its e) None of these d) Amount e) Assistance recommendations? Q.192) Which of the following rates determines Q.173) The investments done by those financial a) Rural development the RBI’s long-term outlook on interest rates? entities which were launched or incorporated in a b) Teaser loans a) Repo Rate foreign country, but are investing in an Indian c) Interest on Micro-Finance Loans b) Reverse Repo Rate venture in India are generally known as d) Advances to agriculture c) Bank Rate a) Foreign Institutional Investment e) None of these d) SLR b) Private Equity Q.183) The Economic Survey is compiled by the e) CRR c) Patent Money a) Ministry of Home Affairs Q.193) Which of the following is/are the key d) Current Account Money b) Ministry of Finance policy rates used by the RBI to influence interest e) None of these c) Ministry of Rural Development rates? Q.174) Which of the following is/are the Non-Tax d) Central Board of Direct Taxes A. Bank Rate and Repo Rate Revenue components of the Union Budget of e) Central Statistical Organisation B. Reverse Repo Rate India? Q.184) Who is the Managing Director of EXIM C. CRR and SLR A. Custom Duties Bank? a) Only (A) b) Only (B) B. Interest Receipts a) Shri Yaduvendra Mathur c) All (A), (B) and (C) d) Only (C) C. Dividend and Profits b) Shri David Rasquinha e) Both (A) and (C) a) Only (A) and (B) c) Ashok Lahiri Q.194) What is ‘financial inclusion’? b) Only (B) d) Anand Mahindra A. Easy access to bank accounts for safe parking c) Only (B) and (C) e) None of these of savings d) Only (C) Q.185) What is the first 'A' stands for in FATCA B. Availability of cheap credits through e) All (A), (B) and (C) (related to tax)? appropriately designed loans for poor and low- Q.175) Which of the following organisations/ a) Anti b) Asset c) Audit income households and small entrepreneur agencies is actively involved in drafting the Union d) Account e) Agreement C. Availability of basic financial products like Budget of India? Q.186) Which of the following is the Central Bank insurance a) The Planning Commission of USA? a) Only (A) b) Only (B) b) The Comptroller and Auditor General a) Federation of Banks, USA c) Only (C) d) Both (A) and (B) c) Administrative staff of the Lok Sabha b) Citigroup, USA e) All (A), (B) and (C) d) Both a and b c) Bank of America Q.195) In which of the following States, India’s e) All a, b, c d) Central Bank of USA first Islamic Bank is proposed to be set up? Q.176) Who among the following was the Head of e) Federal Reserve a) Odisha b) Tamil Nadu the Committee which gave its recommendations Q.187) Loans of small or very small amounts c) Gujarat d) Bihar e) Kerala on the modalities for Capital Account given to low-income group people are known as Q.196) What is Gross Domestic Product? Convertibility? a) Investment Loans a) It is the cost of production of all final goods a) Dr Rakesh Mohan b) Dr C Rangarajan b) Micro Credit and services made in the country. c) S S Tarapore d) KJ Udeshi c) Saving loans b) It is the cost of services made within the e) None of these d) Secured loans borders of a country in a year. Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 47 c) It is the market value of all final goods and Q.205) Which of the following groups represent Q.215) One single statement that depicts the services made in the country. key industries? financial position of a bank and/or business d) It is the market value of all final goods and A. Crude oil and electricity enterprise at a given point of time is termed as services made within the borders of a country in B. Petroleum refining and finished steel a) Statement of product details a year. C. Cement and coal b) Reconciliation Statement e) None of these a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Balance Sheet Q.197) If cash reserve rate is higher by the RBI, c) Only (A) and (B) d) Only (C) d) Quarterly returns submitted to the RBI credit creation will be e) All (A), (B) and (C) e) Trading and manufacturing account a) neutral b) decreased Q.206) An individual or a legal entity can join the Q.216) Which of the following organisations c) increased d) Both a and b Hrudaya Deposit Scheme with a minimum issues the rules of global trade? e) All the above deposit amount of ______and for a minimum a) World Bank Q.198) Which of the following is/are the period of _____. b) World Trade Organisation objective(s) of our monetary policy? a) 15 Lakh, 2 years b) 10 Lakh, 3 years c) Foreign Exchange Dealers Association A. To anchor inflation expectations c) 5 Lakh, 5 years d) 20 lakh, 4 years d) Directorate General of Foreign Trade B. To actively manage liquidity e) 5 Lakh, 3 years e) None of these C. To maintain interest rate regime consistent Q.207) Which of the following organisations Q.217) Which of the following is/are the with price output and financial stability provides credit history of the borrowers? objectives of Free Trade Agreement that India a) Only (A) a) CIBIL b) ARCIL c) SEBI has done with many countries? b) All (A), (B) and (C) d) RBI e) CCIL A. To provide support to entrepreneurs for c) Both (A) and (C) Q.208) What is the full form of IRR as used in the setting up new projects in tiny/SSI sectors d) Only (B) banking/financial sector? B. For undertaking expansion of business e) None of these a) Internal Rate of Return C. To support technology upgradation Q.199) Which of the following is the main reason b) Internal Revaluation Reserve a) Only (A) and (B) owing to which government charges export duty c) Investment Reserve Ratio b) Only (B) and (C) on some export items? d) Internal Risk Return c) All (A), (B) and (C) a) To get benefit from highly international prices e) Internal Reserve Return d) Only (A) and (C) b) To improve the tax collection targets Q.209) Universal Account Number (UAN) of e) None of these c) It is as per the international practices. Employees' Provident Fund is a Q.218) Which of the following services is/are not d) To ensure the smooth availability of the items a) 10-digit number provided by the post offices in India? in India b) 12-digit number a) Savings Bank Scheme e) None of these c) 14-digit number b) Retailing of Mutual Funds Q.200) FIMMDA stands for d) 16-digit number c) Sale of stamps a) Foreign Investment Markets and Derivatives e) 9-digit number d) Issuance of Demand Drafts Market Association Q.210) Which of the following organisations e) Life Insurance cover b) Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives provides guarantee to the exporters? Q.219) Foreign Exchange Reserves of India are Association a) Exim Bank kept in the custody of which of the following? c) Fixed Income and Money Market Development b) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation a) International Bank for Reconstruction and Association c) Director General Foreign Trade Development d) Floating Income and Money Markets Derivative d) Reserve Bank of India b) International Monetary Fund Assets e) Registrar of companies c) Government Treasury e) Floating Increment and Money Markets Q.211) One of the major challenges in banking d) Reserve Bank of India Derivative Assets industry is facing these days is deliberate efforts e) State Bank of India Q.201) Banking and financial services all over the of some people to bring money earned through Q.220) Which of the following is the apex world are regulated usually by the Monetary illegal activities in circulation. Which of the institution that handles refinance for agriculture Authority of the land. Who controls this function following acts has been passed to prevent this and rural development in India? in India? activity? a) RBI b) SIDBI c) NABARD a) Ministry of Finance a) Payment and Settlements Act d) SEBI e) None of these b) SEBI c) RBI b) Banking Regulation Act Q.221) Fiscal Policy is concerned with which of d) IRDA e) FEDAI c) Negotiable Instruments Act the following? Q.202) Banks make frequent changes in their d) Narcotics and Psychotropic Substance Act a) Export and Import product profile including introduction of new e) Prevention of Money Laundering Act b) Public Revenue and Expenditure products etc. This is called Q.212) What does the letter ‘M’ depict in the c) Issue of Currency a) Product Control term SME as used in the financial world? d) Population Control b) Product enhancement a) Maximum b) Medium e) Education for all c) Product marketing c) Mercantile d) Mutual Q.222) Which of the following is NOT a Govt- d) Product enrichment e) Ministry sponsored organisation? e) None of these Q.213) The Reverse Mortgage Scheme is a) Small Industries Development Bank of India Q.203) In which year did India change over the launched to give benefit to which of the following b) NABARD decimal coinage system? groups of the society? c) National Housing Bank a) 1957 b) 1958 c) 1950 a) Govt employees b) Senior citizens d) ICICI Bank d) 1959 e) 1962 c) Unemployed youth d) War widows e) All are Govt-sponsored Q.204) Which of the following is covered under e) None of these Q.223) Which of the following documents is/are the list of services for service tax purposes? 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|Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 48 c) Only (A) and (B) d) All (A), (B) and (C) Q.236) In BSBDA (Basic Savings Bank Deposit c) Raghuram Rajan e) Only (B) and (C) Account) the withdrawals and transfers in a d) UK Sinha Q.224) Teaser Rates are related to which of the month should not exceed? e) Yaduvendra Mathur following types of loans? a) 25,000 b) 5,000 c) 10,000 Q.248) Who issues Treasury bills (T-bills) in a) Home Loans b) Personal Loans d) 1 lakh e) 50,000 India? c) Auto Loans d) Reverse Mortgage Loans Q.237) What is the full form of CASA? a) SEBI b) Government of India e) Crop Loans a) Current Asset Saving Account c) RBI d) IRDAI Q.225) Which among the following policies of the b) Cost control Account Saving Account e) None of these financial sectors is the ability to conduct c) Cost Account Saving Account Q.249) What is the minimum and maximum limit transactions of local financial assets into foreign d) Current and Saving Account of NEFT? financial assets freely or at country determined e) Credit Account Saving Account a) 50,000 and 5 lakhs exchange rates? Q.238) In what denominations Commercial Paper b) No limit a) Capital Accounts Convertibility (CP) can be issued? c) 50,000 and 1 lakh b) Financial Deficit Management a) 3 lakh or multiples thereof d) 1 lakh and 10 lakhs c) Minimum Support Price b) 5 lakh or multiples thereof e) 3 lakhs and 15 lakhs d) Special Drawing Rights c) 6 lakh or multiples thereof Q.250) When the money is lent, or borrowed for e) None of the above d) 1 lakh or multiples thereof one day or on overnight basis it is known as? Q.226) The RBI has changed or revised a e) 4 lakh or multiples thereof a) Capital Money b) Notice money particular ratio/rate by a few basis points. What Q.239) What is the minimum denomination of c) Term money d) Call money is basis point? Treasury bills to issue in India? e) None of these a) Ten percent of one-hundredth point a) 25,000 b) 5,000 c) 10,000 b) One hundredth of 1% d) 1 lakh e) 50,000 Answer Key: c) One hundredth of 10% Q.240) Who cannot issue Certificate of Deposit 1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (e) 8. d) Ten per cent of 1000 (CD)? (c) 9. (b) 10. (d) 11. (e) 12. (b) 13. (e) 14. (d) e) None of the above a) Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) 15. (b) 16. (e) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (e) 20. (b) 21. Q.227) MICR code is used for- b) Local Area Banks (LABs) (a) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (e) a) Electronic Clearance of Cheques c) Commercial Banks 28. (e) 29. (a) 30. (a) 31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (e) 34. b) Electronic Funds Transfer d) Both a and b (d) 35. (c) 36. (e) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (d) c) Code Banking Solution e) All a, b, c 41. (c) 42. (c) 43. (e) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (d) 47. d) Cheque Truncation Services Q.241) When money is lent, or borrowed for a (a) 48. (e) 49. (d) 50. (d) 51. (c) 52. (c) 53. (e) e) None of the above period of more than 14 days, it is known as? 54. (e) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (a) 58. (e) 59. (c) 60. Q.228) Which of the following rates decided by a) Capital Money b) Notice money (a) 61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (d) 64. (e) 65. (e) 66. (a) the RBI is called "Policy Rate"? c) Term money d) Call money 67. (a) 68. (d) 69. (a) 70. (e) 71. (d) 72. (e) 73. a) Lending Rate b) Cash Reserve Ratio e) None of these (d) 74. (c) 75. (a) 76. (e) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (b) c) Base Rate d) Deposit Rate Q.242) Treasury Bills and Certificate of Deposit 80. (b) 81. (c) 82. (e) 83. (d) 84. (c) 85. (d) 86. e) Bank Rate are considered as the _____. (d) 87. (e) 88. (b) 89. (e) 90. (c) 91. (e) 92. (b) Q.229) What does 'P' stand for in APBS? a) Monetary Instruments 93. (b) 94. (d) 95. (a) 96. (e) 97. (b) 98. (b) 99. a) Price b) Payment c) Policy b) Non-Negotiable Money Market Instruments (e) 100. (b) 101. (e) 102. (a) 103. (c) 104. (a) d) Product e) Personnel c) Negotiable Money Market Instruments 105. (b) 106. (a) 107. (a) 108. (c) 109. (a) 110. Q.230) What is the Cheque, written by the d) Both and b (d) 111. (a) 112. (d) 113. (a) 114. (e) 115. (d) drawer and dated at some point in past called e) None of these 116. (c) 117. (b) 118. (a) 119. (d) 120. (b) 121. a) Post- dated Cheque Q.243) Commercial Paper (CP) is an unsecured (a) 122. (d) 123. (e) 124. (a) 125. (e) 126. (d) b) Anti Dated Cheque money market instrument issued in the form of a 127. (c) 128. (b) 129. (a) 130. (a) 131. (e) 132. c) Crossed Cheque ______. (d) 133. (e) 134. (a) 135. (a) 136. (c) 137. (c) d) Open Cheque a) Payable notes b) Promissory note 138. (e) 139. (a) 140. (b) 141. (e) 142. (d) 143. e) Order Cheque c) Treasury Bills d) Certificate of Deposit (a) 144. (d) 145. (c) 146. (e) 147. (d) 148. (a) Q.231) Who is the head of IBBI Committee? e) None of these 149. (b) 150. (e) 151. (d) 152. (c) 153. (b) 154. a) Shri David Rasquinha b) R. B. Barman Q.244) What is the upper limit in Public Provident (d) 155. (b) 156. (b) 157. (b) 158. (d) 159. (c) c) Ashok Lahiri d) Yaduvendra Mathur Fund (PPF)? 160. (d) 161. (a) 162. (d) 163. (e) 164. (d) 165. e) Anand Mahindra a) 2.5 lakhs b) 1.5 lakhs (b) 166. (b) 167. (c) 168. (e) 169. (e) 170. (e) Q.232) Commercial paper can be issued for a c) 3 Lakhs d) 4 Lakhs 171. (a) 172. (a) 173. (a) 174. (c) 175. (d) 176. maximum period of: e) 10 Lakh (c) 177. (a) 178. (c) 179. (b) 180. (a) 181. (b) a) 3 years b) 2 years c) 1 year Q.245) A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) 182. (c) 183. (b) 184. (b) 185. (d) 186. (e) 187. d) 5 years e) 4 years is a company registered under? (b) 188. (b) 189. (e) 190. (b) 191. (a) 192. (c) Q.233) Minimum amount for Certificate of a) Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 193. (c) 194. (b) 195. (e) 196. (d) 197. (b) 198. Deposit has been fixed at: b) Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (b) 199. (d) 200. (b) 201. (c) 202. (b) 203. (a) a) 5 Lakhs b) 1 Lakh c) 3 Lakhs c) Companies Act, 1956 204. (e) 205. (e) 206. (a) 207. (a) 208. (a) 209. d) 4 Lakhs e) 10 Lakh d) The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (b) 210. (b) 211. (e) 212. (b) 213. (b) 214. (b) Q.234) In BSBDA (Basic Savings Bank Deposit e) The State Financial Corporations Act, 1951 215. (c) 216. (b) 217. (b) 218. (d) 219. (d) 220. Account) the credits in a financial year should not Q.246) When the money is lent, or borrowed (c) 221. (b) 222. (d) 223. (d) 224. (a) 225. (a) exceed? between 2 days and 14 days it is known as? 226. (b) 227. (a) 228. (e) 229. (b) 230. (b) 231. a) 75,000 b) 10,000 c) 25,000 a) Capital Money b) Notice money (b) 232. (c) 233. (b) 234. (d) 235. (e) 236. (c) d) 1 lakh e) 50,000 c) Term money d) Call money 237. (d) 238. (b) 239. (a) 240. (d) 241. (c) 242. Q.235) In BSBDA (Basic Savings Bank Deposit e) None of these (c) 243. (b) 244. (b) 245. (c) 246. (b) 247. (b) Account) the balance at any point of time does Q.247) Recently, the RBI set up a panel of 11- 248. (b) 249. (b) 250. (d) not exceed? member Committee to review cyber threats. 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