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1 Recent Current Affairs (Aug/Sept/Oct Month) 3

2 Important Schemes (Aug/Sept/Oct Month) 19

3 Public Sector Bank & their Heads/Headquarters 22

4 Private Sector Bank & their Heads/Headquarters 22

5 International Organisations & their Heads/Headquarters 23

6 Latest Reports/Index released by International Organisations 24

7 List of Cabinet Ministers & their Portfolios 25

8 List of States & their CM/Governors 26

9 Dams/Rivers/States 27

10 Important Government Schemes Abbreviations 28

11 Research Centres & their Headquarters 29

12 Important Lakes 30

13 National Parks 30

14 Wildlife Sanctuaries 31

15 India‟s recent GDP projections by various Organisations 31

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1. Who has been appointed as an independent woman 17. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of International Day director on the board of InterGlobe Aviation Limited that of Democracy? runs IndiGo airlines?  Participation  Pallavi Shardul Shroff 18. Who is the author of the book “The Cousins Thackeray: 2. Who has become the first Indian male boxer to reach the Uddhav, Raj and the Shadow of their Senas”? final at the World Boxing Championship?  Dhaval Kulkarni  Amit Panghal 19. Which Payment Bank has launched „Bharosa savings 3. Name the Super 30 Founder, who has been felicitated with account‟? Education Excellence Award 2019 by non-profit  Airtel payment Bank organisation Foundation for Excellence in US‟s 20. Which state government has launched Mukhya Mantri California? Seva Sankalp Helpline 1100?  Anand Kumar  Himachal Pradesh 4. Which state government has made Sanskrit a mandatory 21. Who became the first defence minister to fly in Tejas subject for students from class 3-8 across all schools in the fighter aircraft? state?  Rajnath Singh  Uttarakhand 22. Union Government inaugurates ______power 5. Which State launched the „Tatpar‟ mobile app? projects in Jammu and Kashmir.  Delhi  15 6. Which Indian movie has been nominated for the 92nd 23. What is the name of a newly-found giant salamander Oscar Awards? species, believed to be the world‟s largest amphibian?  Gully boy  Andrias sligoi 7. Who has won the Inspirational Icon Award at the 21st 24. Which documentary film based on the struggle of a farmer Century Icon Awards in London? in a remote Himalayan village, has been selected as an  Sonu Nigam entry to Oscars 2019? 8. SITMEX 19 commenced at ______. Port  Moti Bagh  Blair 25. Which country has unveiled South Asia‟s tallest tower, 9. Who became the 4th wrestler to win the World Wrestling the Lotus Tower? Championships 2019 and secured his Olympics quota?  Sri Lanka  Deepak Punia 26. SITMEX-19 is a maiden trilateral naval exercise between 10. With whom ISRO has signed pact for Gaganyaan project? which three countries?  DRDO  Singapore India & Thailand 11. The 5th International Ramayana Festival (IRF-2019) was 27. Who has been named new CEO of HTC Corporation after held in which city? Cher Wang steps down?  Delhi  Yves Maitre 12. Which state government has decided to declare 2020 as 28. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Year of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Director of Cognizant India?  Telangana  Ramkumar Ramamoorthy 13. Karan Vandana is a new hybrid variety of which crop? 29. Which movie was named Best Picture at the 20th  Wheat International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA)? 14. Which Union Ministry has launched the common digital  Raazi platform for the issuance of electronic Certificates of 30. Who has received the Best Actress award at the 20th IIFA Origin (Coo)? Awards?  Ministry of Commerce and Industry  Alia Bhatt 15. Which state government has decided to carry out bio- 31. Who has been named as the US‟ new National Security fencing to reduce human-animal conflict? Adviser (NSA)?  Uttarakhand  Robert C O’Brien 16. The National Centre for Clean Coal Research and 32. Who has become the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Development (NCCCR&D) was launched in which city? 2020 Tokyo Olympics?  Bengaluru  Vinesh Phogat www.tesmus.com Page 3 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

33. Which Indian athlete has secured a bronze in the 63 kg 49. The 2019 edition of which two national teachers training category at the Men‟s World Boxing Championship 2019? programmes were launched by HRD Minister Ramesh  Manish Kaushik Pokhriyal recently? 34. Dinesh Mongia, who is in news recently, is related to  LEAP & ARPIT which sport? 50. What does LEAP stand for?  Cricket  Leadership for Academicians Programme 35. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has joined 51. Who has won the Best Actress award at the India hands with which organisation for development of human International Film Festival of Boston for the film „The centric systems for India‟s first manned space mission Last Color‟? Gaganyaan?  Neena Gupta  Defence Research and Development 52. Who has become the first woman in the country‟s military Organisation (DRDO) history to be posted in any Indian mission abroad? 36. Recently Kerala govt. has inked a memorandum of  Anjali Singh understanding (MoU) with which nation to strengthen 53. Which drama series has recently won 10 Emmy awards cancer care? which is more than any other drama in the history of  Maldives television? 37. Which state government has announced a partnership with  Game of Thrones US firm Zipline to use autonomous delivery drones to 54. Who recently became first Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh deliver emergency medicines and critical care across the since the state bifurcated in 2014? state?  P Lakshman Reddy  Maharashtra 55. Which country has lifted the Under 19 Asia Cup title 38. Who has won the 2019 IBSF World Billiards 2019? Championship?  India  Pankaj Advani 56. Which space agency won the Outstanding Interactive 39. Name the India‟s first Air-to-Air missile, which has been Program award at the 71st Creative Arts Emmys? successfully flight tested from an IAF‟s Sukhoi Su-  NASA 30MKI fighter jet recently? 57. Recently, Ambati Rayudu has been appointed as the  Astra missile captain of ____team for the upcoming Vijay Hazare 40. Which two banks will be merged into a sole entity to form Trophy. the seventh largest public sector lender of the country?  Hyderabad  Allahabad Bank & Indian Bank 58. Who won men‟s singles title at the $75,000 Vietnam Open 41. Ranveer Singh won Best Actor award at the 20th IIFA BWF Tour Super 100 badminton tournament? Awards for ____.  Sourabh Verma  ‘Padmaavat’ 59. Which team has recently won the Basketball World Cup 42. Name the president of Asian Development Bank, who has for the first time since 2006? announced his resignation recently?  Spain  Takehiko Nakao 60. Which Indian Army officer has been appointed by the UN 43. Who has been appointed as the Press Secretary to as Chair of Redeployment Coordination Committee and President Ram Nath Kovind? head of the UN Mission in support of Hudaydah  Ajay Kumar Singh Agreement? 44. Sathaar, who recently passed away, was a famous:  Abhijit Guha  Malayalam actor 61. Which state‟s legislative assembly has passed a resolution 45. Name the producer of the famous TV series „Zee Horror against proposed 12. Uranium mining in Nallamala forest Show‟, who died recently? area?  Shyam Ramsay  Telangana 46. What is the name of the broadcasting channel on which 62. Which state recently launched Jan Soochna Portal for its DD India is now available in Korea? citizens?  KBS World  Rajasthan 47. „MAITREE-2019‟ is an annual Joint Military Exercise 63. Rajasekar, who passed away recently, was the veteran between India Army and ____. actor-director of which regional cinema?  Royal Thailand Army  Tamil 48. Which country has inaugurated Southeast Asia‟s largest 64. Which Indian diplomat has been bestowed the UAE‟s solar power farm? First Class Order of Zayed II award?  Vietnam  Navdeep Singh Suri www.tesmus.com Page 4 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

65. What is the name of Indian player who recently won the 81. Which state government has announced the first world‟s toughest „Enduroman Triathlon‟ with a world agricultural export policy to double the income of record? farmers?  Mayank Vaid  Uttar Pradesh 66. Which state government recently launched a pilot project 82. Who is the author of the book „Savarkar: Echoes from a to track stolen mobile phones? forgotten past‟?  Maharashtra  Vikram Sampath 67. Which State government has launched Mukhyamantri 83. NITI Aayog has selected which company to set up India‟s Vyapari Samuhik Niji Durghatna Beema Yojana? first Digital Capability Centre (DCC)?  Haryana  McKinsey 68. Indo-Thailand joint military exercise Maitree 2019 is 84. Which country has become first in Asia to roll out plain being conducted in which state? cigarette packaging?  Meghalaya  Thailand 69. Megan Schutt, who became the first woman to claim two 85. ______members of CISF successfully summited Mt. hat-tricks in international cricket, is from which country? Satopanth peak.  Australia  Sixteen 70. Which union ministry has launched the Curriculum for 86. With which Country, India has planned to exchange notes Life Skills (Jeevan Kaushal)? regarding the Lunar Mission?  Ministry of HRD  Israel 71. Name the third country in Africa to roll out the world‟s 87. At present how many members are associated with the first malaria vaccine recently? ASEAN Group?  Kenya  10 member countries 72. Recently, Bank of Baroda has put on block the erstwhile 88. Recently BCCI has announced a ___ radio rights headquarters of which bank at a reserve price of Rs 530 arrangement with All India Radio (AIR) for live crore? commentary of Team India‟s matches at home.  Dena Bank  2 year 73. Which nation has removed Pakistan‟s name from all the 89. Recently which Indian origin person has been nominated border pillars installed along its border with India? to the UK‟s House of Lords by former UK PM Theresa  Bangladesh May? 74. Name the Ex-IAS officer and father of Microsoft‟s current  Rami Ranger CEO, who recently passed away? 90. What is the name of the book that depicted the life story  BN Yugandhar of Rami Ranger? 75. Which Indian police officer has been chosen for the 2019  From Nothing to Everything Asia Society Game Changer award? 91. What is the name of Alibaba‟s billionaire Co-founder,  Chhaya Sharma who has stepped down from the post of Alibaba‟s 76. The Drought Toolbox has officially released in which chairman? UNCCD event?  Jack Ma  COP14 92. The US-based technology services provider Sankalp 77. Where is the headquarters of the Global Anti-Microbial Semiconductor has recently been acquired by: Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D)  HCL Technologies Hub? 93. Which country has become the newest member of the  Germany Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and 78. Which country has won the „Best Video‟ award for the Development Hub? Asia & Pacific Region in the UNWTO Tourism Video  India Competition 2019? 94. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the  India new assembly building in which state? 79. Indian Railways signed an MoU with which organisation  Jharkhand for facilitation of green initiatives? 95. Which country became the 79th member of the  Confederation of Indian Industries International Solar Alliance? 80. Which country has terminated robot „Fedor‟ after  St. Vincent and Grenadines admitting he could not replace astronauts on spacewalks? 96. Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 will be  Russia conducted between India and which country?  Thailand www.tesmus.com Page 5 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

97. Which State Government recently announced to launch an 115. All the small and marginal farmers who are currently online portal to offer cows for adoption? between the ages of __ are eligible under Kisan Maan  Madhya Pradesh Dhan Yojana. 98. Where did India‟s second Multi Modal Terminal on  18 to 40 years Ganga will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi? 116. What estimated budget has been decided by Indian  Sahibganj, Jharkhand Government for “fleet modernisation in next 5-7 years 99. This year who has been conferred the Visitor‟s Award for across all armed forces”? Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences?  $ 130 Billion  Sibnath Deb 117. What is the Strike range of Agni V missile? 100. The 2019 Visitor‟s Award for Research in Physical  5000 km Sciences is conferred to ___ for his research in the field of 118. Who is planning to launch $400 million VC fund for start- nonequilibrium statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics. ups?  Sanjay Puri  Binny Bansal 101. What is the capital outlay to implement National Animal 119. Recently Flipkart Co-founder Binny Bansal sold his Disease Control Programme? shares worth about __ to Tiger Global.  Rs 12,652 Crores (For 5 years)  $14 million 102. National Animal Disease Control Programme is ___ 120. Which city hosted the „ANGAN‟, an international funding from the Central Government. Conference on Energy Efficiency in Building Sector?  100%  New Delhi 103. Recently with whom India has signed $200 million loan to 121. What is the name of first Canadian women tennis player improve rural connectivity in Maharashtra? who recently won the US Open 2019 title?  ADB  Bianca Andreescu 104. This year which edition of Indo-Thai CORPAT was 122. Who took oath as the Governor of Rajasthan? recently concluded?  Kalraj Mishra  28th 123. China to invest USD 1 bn in ______development 105. Who has inaugurated First Mega Food Park in Telangana? projects.  Harsimrat Kaur Badal  Pakistan 106. Who is planning to buy Yes Bank former CEO‟s shares 124. Which country joined with US to conducts joint patrols worth Rs. 2000 crore? for Syria safe zone?  PayTm  Turkey 107. Anil Agarwal honoured with a lifetime achievement 125. Who is elected as the new Chairman of PTI? award at 19th Annual Asian Achievers Awards 2019 held  Vijay Kumar Chopra in ______? 126. PM inaugurated AURIC, the greenfield smart city, in  London Maharashtra. What does AURIC? 108. __ is a way for listed companies to raise capital, without  Aurangabad Industrial City having to submit legal paperwork to market regulators. 127. Which Company has been selected by RBI to develop the  QIP mobile application to aid the visually impaired to identify 109. Recently which country inaugurates South Asia‟s 1st currency notes? cross-border petroleum pipeline with Nepal?  Daffodil Pvt Ltd  India 128. Which is the first greenfield smart city of India? 110. What is the total length of Motihari-Amlekhgunj  Aurangabad petroleum products pipeline, which is joint project by 129. Who won the Men‟s singles US Open 2019? India & Nepal?  Rafael Nada  60 Km 130. The 4th edition of Indian Ocean Conference (ICO-2019) 111. Name the majority Stock holder of Jet Airways? was held in which city?  SBI  Male 112. Who has been sworn in as the new governor of Rajasthan? 131. Where is the headquarters of Indian Council of World  Kalraj Mishra Affairs (ICWA)? 113. Who has launched Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana in Jharkhand  New Delhi on 12 September? 132. Which IIT has been selected for the Sophisticated  Narendra Modi Analytical and Technical Help Institute (SATHI)? 114. What is the capital outlay of Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana for  IIT Kharagpur the next three years? 133. The World first Youth Summit held in which country?  Rs 10,774 crore  INDIA www.tesmus.com Page 6 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

134. Who has become the youngest-ever captain in Test cricket 151. Which automobile company recently closed its history? manufacturing plant for five days in Chennai?  Rashid Khan  Ashok Leyland 135. Who led Indian delegation at the 5th Eastern Economic 152. Which country has temporarily closed its diplomatic Forum (EEF-2019)? missions in Nigeria?  Narendra Modi  South Africa  153. The Mobile Science Exhibition (MSE) programme has 136. What is the India‟s position in terms of total gold reserve, been launched from which city? according to the World Gold Council (WGC)?  Leh  10Th 154. The 2019 UNICEF South Asian Parliamentarian 137. Who is the head of the RBI task force which calls for conference for Children was held in which city? participation of non-banks to develop secondary market  Colombo for corporate loans? 155. Which is the world‟s most liveable city, according to  TN Manoharan EIU‟s Global Liveability Index 2019? 138. Which bank to provide $200 mn to upgrade rural roads in  Vienna 34 districts of Maharashtra? 156. What is the India‟s rank at the WEF‟s World Travel and  Asian Development Bank Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2019? 139. Who launches Mumbai Metro coach under the Make in  34th India initiative? 157. With whom Logistics real estate platform ESR has formed  Narendra Modi a partnership to develop two warehousing parks with an 140. Where was the Swachh Mahotsav event 2019 held? estimated investment of Rs. 300 crores?  New Delhi  Future Group 141. Which Ministry has determined to away with single-use 158. What is the estimated investment projected to develop two plastic within the secretariat? warehousing parks in Nagpur and Jhajjar by ESR?  Ministry of Information and Broadcasting  Rs. 300 crore 142. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched National AI 159. Who has been named AT&T‟s new president & COO? Programme on Sept 11, 2019 in ______.?  John Stankey  Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 160. Recently who has been fined $170 mn for illegally 143. Who is the Minister of Union Ministry of information and collecting data from kids? Broadcasting?  Google & YouTube  Prakash Javadekar 161. How much fine has been imposed on Google & YouTube 144. Robert Mugabe passed away at the age of 95 on by FTC for illegally collecting personal information from September 6, 2019. He served as the President of which children? nation for almost four decades?  $ 170 million  Zimbabwe 162. Recently who has been appointed as the head coach and 145. Which among the following Ministries won the Swachh chairman of selectors of Pakistan? Bharat award in Swachhta Action Plan category?  Misbah-ul-Haq  Ministry of Railways 163. Who has been appointed Pakistan bowling coach for three 146. Which city is hosting the 28th edition of India-Thailand years? Coordinated petrol exercise?  Waqar Younis  Bangkok 164. Who has signed an agreement to buy Liquefied Natural 147. Which prominent personality has been conferred the Gas (LNG) from Russia‟s Novatek on a long-term basis? Vatican‟s „Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis „award?  H-Energy  Mohammad Yunus 165. Who became the first Hindu woman to be inducted into 148. Which city will host the Sixth India-China Strategic Pakistan‟s Sindh Police? Economic Dialogue 2019?  Pushpa Kohli  New Delhi 166. Recently with whom India has agreed to work on 149. Which country is ranked 10th in terms of gold reserves, as industrial cooperation and create technological and per the recent survey of World Gold Council? investment partnerships?  India  Russia 150. Which Indian wrestler has been given top priority in 167. What is the annual trade target to achieve by year 2025 World wrestling championship? with Russia?  Bajrang Punya  $ 30 billion www.tesmus.com Page 7 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

168. After capital infusion of around 9000 crore in IDBI Bank, 183. Who has been promoted as the new MD & CEO of Paytm who became the majority stake holder of the Bank? Money?  LIC  Pravin Jadhav 169. Which IT Bahemoth has secured a seven-year contract 184. Recently which state has waved Rs. 4,750-crore interest valued at $300 million (Rs 2,160 crore) from ICICI Bank and penalty on crop loans? to provide a range of services?  Haryana  Wipro 185. What will be the new percentage of interest to be paid for 170. Who has signed a partnership agreement with Japan‟s loans less than Rs.5 lakhs from Cooperative Banks in JERA to set up a 750-megawatt, gas-based combined Haryana? cycle power plant in Bangladesh?  2%  Reliance Power 186. Recently Hospitality start-up OYO has acquired which 171. Recently with whom Reliance Power signed a partnership Denmark based data science firm for an undisclosed agreement to set up a 750-megawatt, gas-based combined amount, as part of its expansion in Europe? cycle power plant in Bangladesh?  Danamica  JERA 187. Name the Indian phone maker who has received a three- 172. Which company has announced to approve $9.41 million year order from American conglomerate General Electric in funding to Hazer Group Limited (Hazer) for the (GE) to make hand-held devices for medical use for GE‟s construction and operation of a ground breaking hydrogen healthcare division? production facility in Munster, Western Australia?  Lava International  ARENA 188. What is the name of the fund which is created by 173. Currently who holds the title for Most Successful Captain Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal in order (India) in Test cricket? to fund Start-up business?  Virat Kohli  Titan Capital Fund 174. Which countries have signed a declaration calling for a 189. ___ is a high net worth individual who provides financial rigorous evaluation of suppliers of 5G equipment to check backing for small start-ups or entrepreneurs, typically in whether they‟re subject to any foreign government‟s exchange for ownership equity in the company. control?  Angel Investors  USA & Poland 190. Which country test fired ballistic missile Ghaznavi? 175. Recently US & Poland have barred __ company for  Pakistan providing 5G equipment‟s? 191. India has proposed to undertake deep ocean mining under  Huawei which project 176. Where did India‟s tallest ATC tower starts operating?  Samudrayaan  IGI, Delhi 192. Which state government has launched Walk to Work on 177. Recently who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Wednesdays (WWW) campaign? Saudi Aramco?  Meghalaya  Yasir al-Rumayyan 193. Which state / UT government has decided to provide free 178. Union cabinet has infused Rs. 9000 Crore in which bank rides to women in city buses and metro trains? in order to make it financially sound?  Delhi  IDBI Bank 194. Who has become the first IPS officer to be bestowed with 179. What is the new limit of TDS which is to be imposed on the 2018 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award? cash transactions, aggregate cash withdrawals exceeding  Aparna Kumar over Rs.1 crore from “one or more accounts” belonging to 195. Which Indian badminton player won a bronze in men‟s a person? singles category at 2019 BWF World Championships?  2%  Sai Praneeth 180. Recently IT Ministry has partnered with which IT giant to 196. Which state government has decided to form a Special roll out „Build for Digital India‟ programme? Tiger Force (STF) for Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR)?  Google  Uttarakhand 181. What is the name of the programme for which IT ministry 197. Which Indian airline has announced that it is going to ban has partnered with Google to give engineering students a single-use plastic in flights from October 2, 2019? platform to develop market-ready technology-based  Air India solutions? 198. Who has stepped down from the role of CEO of Lakshmi  Build for Digital India Vilas Bank citing personal reasons? 182. Which Railway station became the 4k station in India to  Parthasarathi Mukherjee have free public WI-FI facility?  Tinsukia (Assam) www.tesmus.com Page 8 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

199. Recently Government has announced to “permit” up to _ 217. Who became the first Indian to win gold medal at the foreign direct investment (FDI) under “government route” BWF World Championships? for uploading/streaming of News & Current Affairs  PV Sindhu through Digital Media. 218. According to Forbes, who has been named the World‟s  26% Highest-Paid Actresses Of 2019? 200. Who has been re-appointment as CBDT Chairman for a  Scarlett Johansson period of one year? 219. Which Indian personality has been honoured with „The  Pramod Chandra Mody King Hamad Order of the Renaissance‟ in Bahrain? 201. Which state government has banned sex reassignment  PM Narendra Modi surgeries on intersex infants and children? 220. PM Narendra Modi has become the first Indian Prime  Tamil Nadu Minister to visit__. 202. Which West Indies bowler has announced his retirement  Bahrain from all forms of cricket at the ripe old age of 85? 221. Who has become the first serving Indian Army general to  Cecil Wright complete France‟s oldest cycling event, Paris-Brest-Paris 203. Who has been appointed as India‟s Ambassador to the 2019? United Arab Emirates?  Anil Puri  Pavan Kapoor 222. Which Telugu film has become the first to have an emoji 204. Who has been selected as the next chairman of Coal on the micro-blogging site, Twitter? India?  Saaho  Pramod Agarwal 223. Recently, PM Narendra Modi has launched the USD 4.2 205. Who is the new President of Nauru? million redevelopment project of the 200-year-old Lord  Lionel Aingimea Sri Krishna temple in___. 206. Which three banks will be merged into a single entity to  Manama form the 2nd largest bank of India? 224. What is the theme of 7th „Community Radio Sammelan in  PNB, OBC & United Bank of India Delhi? 207. Which nation has launched its own Space Command?  „Community Radio for SDGs’  United States 225. What is the theme of Internet of Things (IoT) India 208. When is the National Sports Day observed every year in Congress 2019? India?  Mainstreaming the Internet of Things  29th August 226. IoT India Congress 2019 is the ___edition of India‟s 209. Andhra Pradesh government recently announced that the largest Platform of Platforms for the Internet of Things. Polavaram Project work will be resumed from November  4th 2019. The project runs on which river? 227. Which state has retained its first position in the Composite  Godavari Water Management Index (CWMI) 2.0 announced by the 210. Which country recently requested the United Nations to NITI Aayog? call back all peacekeepers from the country by June 2020?  Gujarat  Sudan 228. Which e-commerce giant has recently partnered with the 211. Which Cabinet approves free rides for women in DTC Office of the Director General of Resettlement (DGR) and from 29 October? the Army Welfare Placement Organisation (AWPO) to  Delhi create continued work opportunities for military families 212. Which country did Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited to across the country? Strengthen Cooperation in Energy and Steel Sectors?  Amazon India  Russia 229. Name the India‟s first woman DGP who passed away 213. Which State has passed the anti-lynching Bill? recently?  West Bengal  Kanchan Bhattacharya 214. Centre plans to set up ______Ayush centres across 230. Recently, Indian Bank has signed a Memorandum of India. Understanding Ans. (MoU) with which insurance  12500 company to offer a diverse range of general insurance 215. After the merger of 10 public sector banks to be merged products to its customers? into four banks, how many public sector banks will be  Tata AIG General Insurance there in India? Company Limited  12 231. What is the maximum speed obtained via a Gram Net 216. Who won the 2019 Durand Cup? service?  Gokulam Kerala  100 mbps www.tesmus.com Page 9 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

232. Which state creates history by appointing 3 Deputy CM‟s 248. Gargantuan statue of which Indian statesman has earned a in the state? coveted spot in Time magazine‟s World‟s Greatest Places  Karnataka 2019′ list? 233. Recently which public sector lender has launched OTP  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel facility for ATM withdrawals over Rs. 10000 a day? 249. Statue of Unity, which has been featured in Time  Canara Bank magazine‟s „World‟s Greatest Places 2019‟ list, is situated 234. Yono Cash facility, in which customers can withdraw in: money from ATMs without using a card is provided by  Gujarat which bank? 250. Which Indian documentary has won the top award in the  SBI „Under 30 minutes‟ category at the We Care Film Festival 235. Recently, Housing financier „DHFL‟ has appointed as its on Disability Issues? statutory auditor.  ‘I’m Jeeja’  KK Mankeshwar & Co 236. Who is the current Chairman & Managing director of 251. PayPal opens new centre in ______to have around 100 Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL)? techies  Kapil Wadhawan  Hyderabad 237. Who became India‟s first female Flight Commander of a 252. Plastic-like Jute material developed in ______. flying unit?  S Dhami  Bangladesh 238. Who has been named the highest-paid woman in music 253. Rajya Sabha passed the ______provides death with earnings of $185 million as per Forbes? penalty to the culprits for sexual assault on children.  Taylor Swift  Protection of Children from Sexual Offences 239. Name the former Chairman and CEO of Volkswagen, (Amendment) Bill, 2019 who recently passed away? 254. Who ties up with JCB for global RuPay card?  Ferdinand Piech 240. Who has been appointed as the Paytm‟s President of  NPCI financial services business? 255. Name the Karnataka CM who resigned after cong JD‟s  Amit Nayyar govt falls? 241. Who is the current Chairman and Managing Director of HD Kumaraswamy SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India)?  256. When did the Government constituted an Inter-Ministerial  Mohammad Mustafa Committee (IMC) _____ 242. Which Indian athlete became recurve cadet world champion at the recent World Archery Youth  Nov 2 2017 Championships? 257. Which committee on Virtual Currencies headed by  Komalika Bari finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg submitted its 243. How much cash reward has been announced for P.V. report to the government. Sindhu by Badminton Association of India for her historic triumph in World Badminton Championship?  Inter-Ministerial Committee  20 lakh rupees 258. Who assigned as Deputy Governor of RBI to run the 244. What is the new name of the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as monetary policy portfolio after the resignation of Deputy per the recent announcement by Delhi and District Cricket Governor Viral Acharya Association (DDCA)?  BP Kanungo  Arun Jaitley Stadium 259. Who appoints BP Kanungo to run monetary policy after

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262. Which state has received a GI tag for its rasagola? 277. Who is the current Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army?  Odisha 263. Who has been announced as the official sponsor of Team  Lt Gen Anil Chauhan India Cricket? 278. Who is appointed as the next Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army?  Byju’s 264. When was the 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas  Lt Gen Paramjit Singh observed? 279. Former Union Minister Jaipal Reddy passed away on 28th July. How many times he was elected to the Lok Sabha?  26th July 265. Who has been appointed as UK‟s first Indian-origin  Five Home Secretary? 280. Recently India has signed an agreement with whom to enable visa free travel?  Priti Patel 266. MS Dhoni will be deployed with the Territorial Army  Benin Battalion in which state? 281. When did the International Tiger Day observed globally?  Jammu and Kashmir  29th July 267. Who was elected as Deputy Speaker of Goa Assembly? 282. K R Ramesh Kumar resigned as Speaker of which State Assembly  Isidore Fernandes 268. Boeing is an/a ______aerospace company.  Karnataka 283. Who won the Gold Medal in 51 kg category of 23rd  US-based President's Cup Boxing Tournament? 269. Which country has developed a method to convert Jute fibre into Bio-Degradable plastic alternative called  Mary Kom „Sonali‟? 284. Who is the newly appointed chairperson of National Anti- profiteering Authority (NAA)?  Bangladesh 270. In which state the Union Environment Ministry has  Badri Narain Sharma recently declared monkeys a Vermin for a year? 285. Who is the author of the book "Chandra Shekhar - The Last Icon of Ideological Politics"  Himachal Pradesh 271. What is the cost estimated for the Deep Ocean Mission  Harivansh (DOM)? 286. Securitypedia has been launched by which Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) of India?  Rs.8,000 crore 272. Which project aims to explore the deepest recesses of the  CISF ocean? 287. Attoor Ravi Varma, who passed away recently, was the renowned poet and translator of which language?  Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) 273. Where will the third edition of Khelo India Youth Games  Malayalam be held in 2020? 288. Which country has built first of its kind Underwater Military Museum?  Assam 274. Nagaland's ______aims to prevent issuance of  Jordan indigenous inhabitant certificates to ineligible persons. 289. Jagdeep Dhankar was sworn in as the Governor of which state?  Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN)  West Bengal 275. What type of helicopters were handed over to the IAF by 290. According to the Tiger Census Report 2018, which state Boeing as per the deal in 2015? of India has the highest tiger presence?  AH-64E Apache  Madhya Pradesh 276. India readies plan for _____ Tesla-scale battery storage 291. What is the name of the tropical storm that grew into a plants hurricane in the US?  $ 4 billions  Erika www.tesmus.com Page 11 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

292. Who is the Indian Defence Minister to visit Mozambique 306. The Shawala Teja Singh temple is now open for Hindus and sign MoU to strengthen the defence cooperation? after 72 Years. Where is the temple located?  Rajnath Singh  Pakistan 293. India‟s fastest train, Vande Bharat Express recently 307. Which nation has offered to mediate between Bangladesh completed trial run from New Delhi to Katra. What is and Myanmar for early repatriation of Rohingyas? another name of the Vande Bharat Express?  Japan  Train 18 308. What is the name of the eminent economist and former 294. What is the name of India's first female legislator in RBI deputy, who died recently? whose honour Google has created a doodle?  Subir Gokarn  Muthulakshmi Reddi 309. What punishment should be given to a person regarding 295. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Atal Tripple Talaq practices? Community Innovation Centre in which city?  Imprisonment up to 3 years  New Delhi 310. What is the name of the Bengaluru Boy who has won the 296. How many tigers are there in India according to the All 3rd prize in the Microsoft AI for Good Idea contest 2019? India Tiger Estimation Report 2018?  Pratik Mohapatra  2,967 311. What is the name of the AI-powered App developed by 297. PM Narendra Modi released the ____ the massive tiger Pratik Mohapatra which aims to match organ donors with census which is conducted every four years. people in need of an organ transplant in real-time?  All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018  OrganSecure 298. The India-Nepal Logistics Summit discussion focused 312. According to the recent amendment, what is the new delays of cargo from ______port to ______number of SC judges in India (Excluding CJI)?  Kolkata, Kathmandu  33 299. What is the theme of the India-Nepal Logistics Summit 313. According to the original constitution, what was the fixed 2019? strength of the number of Judges in SCI?  Transforming Logistics Landscape  8 300. Which Indian cricketer was handed an eight-month 314. In terms of percentage, how much increment has been banned after failing the dope test? sanctioned in the recent amendment regarding the number of judges in Supreme Court of India?  Prithvi Shaw 301. Who was appointed as the new speaker of Karnataka  10% Assembly? 315. Which Article of Indian Constitution granted the Legislature of Jammu and Kashmir the complete freedom  Vishweshwar Hegde Kager to decide who will be the Permanent Residents of the 302. Who has been named as the interim board chairman of state? Coffee Day Enterprises?  Article 35A  Ranganath 316. Which country extended $500,000 assistance to Gambia 303. When is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons for skill development, cottage industry projects recently? observed globally?  India  30th July 317. Recently India extends $500,000 assistance to Gambia for 304. In which place Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is the development of: located?  Skill & Cottage Industry  Thiruvananthapuram 318. Which football club has recently signed Nicolas Pepe for 305. What is the age limit above which Saudi Arabian women a club-record fee of £72 million (Rs. 605 crore)? are allowed to obtain a passport and travel abroad without male consent?  Arsenal 319. Recently how much tariff has been announced by US on  21 years $300 billion worth of Chinese goods?

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320. Which nation has banned face-covering cloth including 334. The UAPA Bill empowers the ______of National burqa and niqab in schools, hospitals and public Investigation Agency (NIA) to grant approval of seizure transport? when the case is investigated by the agency.  Netherlands  Director-General 321. India slipped to which position in the Global GDP 335. Which Bill will allow Centre and State to designate ranking in 2018? individuals as terrorists and seize his properties?  7th place  Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill 2019 322. Name the only Indian who has won the 2019 Ramon 336. Which Article was recently scrapped by the Parliament in Magsaysay Award? context to J&K?  Ravish Kumar  Article 370 323. Which Indian state has signed a MoU with the Survey of 337. Which Articles got revoked in J&K alongside Article India to organize mapping and land survey of 40,000 370? villages by drones?  Article 35A  Maharashtra 338. Which region would be the new Union Territory without 324. Which city is hosting the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Legislature? Ministers‟ meeting?  Ladakh  Bangkok 339. Which institution or body passed the Transgender Persons 325. Which member of the board of directors of the Airports (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 on 5 August 2019? Authority of India (AAI) was given the additional responsibility of Chairman of the Authority?  Lok Sabha 340. The 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix is won by:  Anuj Aggarwal 326. Which three Central PSU‟s have agreed to set up a joint  Lewis Hamilton 341. Lewis Hamilton who has won the 2019 edition of venture, KABIL to ensure consistent supply of critical Hungarian Grand Prix, hails from which country? minerals to Indian market? Britain  NALCO, HCL, MECL  342. Recently who surpassed Virat Kohli to become the 327. Which Country officially announced its withdrawal from second-fastest batsman to smash 25 Test hundreds? Steve the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty? Smith  US  343. Name the only cricketer in the history, who scored 25 328. Who will be the regulatory body according to the Dam Test Tons in just 68 innings? Safety Bill 2019? Don Bradman  National Dam Safety Authority  344. Recently who breaks Chris Gayle's record of most sixes in 329. Which Bill aims to provide a uniform safety procedure for T20I cricket history? the specified 5,600 dams in the country? Rohit Sharma  Dam Safety Bill  345. Currently who holds the title of Maximum Scorer in T20I 330. Which award is referred as the Asian version of the Nobel Cricket? Prize? Rohit Sharma  Ramon Magsaysay Award  346. According to EY how much growth rate would be 331. Recent study says that the shape of the Milky way galaxy required per year in order to achieve 5 Trillion Economy might be and not flat. by FY25?  warped 332. One Nation One Ration Card scheme launched in ______ 9% GDP (for next 5 years) States.  347. In which year, the Department of Industrial Policy and  4 Promotion (DIPP) was renamed as the Department for 333. EY is one of the largest professional services firms in the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)? world having headquartered in:  2019  London www.tesmus.com Page 13 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

348. Who has bagged her third consecutive gold in women's 363. According to the 3rd Bi Monthly Monetary Policy 53kg category after winning the Poland Open wrestling Review 2019-20 by RBI, What is the new Repo Rate? tournament recently?  5.40%  Vinesh Phogat 364. What is the difference in rates(in BPS) between Policy 349. Name the South Africa's fast bowler, who has recently Repo Rate & MSF? announced his retirement from Test cricket?  25 Basis points  Dale Steyn 365. Who has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer 350. J. Om Prakash, who recently passed away, was a famous: (COO) of OYO for India and South Asia region?  Filmmaker  Gaurav Ajmera 351. Who won the 2019 Citi Open men's singles title? 366. Who is the current CEO of OYO for India and South Asia region?  Nick Kyrgios 352. Who won the women's singles title at Washington Open  Aditya Ghosh 2019? 367. Name the Parent Organisation of OYO Rooms?  Jessica Pegula  Oravel Stays Private Limited 353. Who has been named as Professional Cricketers 368. Recently, the RBI has decided to allow fund transfers Association's (PCA) Player for the month of July 2019? through ____ on a 24x7 basis from December.  Ravichandran Ashwin  NEFT 354. Recently, Ravichandran Ashwin has been chosen as the 369. What does NEFT & RTGS stands for? Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) player for the month of:  National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) & Real- time gross settlement (RTGS)  July 2019 370. Recently, Bangladesh signed a deal with ____for supply 355. The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 to of uranium for its 2400 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power be held at: Plant (RNPP).  Shillong  Russia 356. The 5th National Handloom Day celebrated on: 371. ___will replace suspended Zimbabwe in the upcoming men's T20 World Cup Qualifier.  7 Aug 357. Cabinet approves MoU between India and ____on  Nigeria Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space 372. Name the host country of ICC T20 World Cup 2020? for Peaceful Purposes:  Australia  Tunisia 373. India's first 3-D Smart Traffic Signal 'Intelights' has been 358. DRDO successfully flight-tests state-of-the-art Quick installed in which state? Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles against live aerial targets from:  Punjab 374. Recently, Mohali traffic police have launched 3-D Smart  Chandipur Traffic Signal called? 359. Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away who had served as ______from 2014 to 2019:  Intelights 375. Who has been named as the Chairman and Managing  External Affairs Minister Director of Power Grid Corporation of India? 360. Name the first American Female Author winner of Nobel Prize?  Kandikuppa Sreekant 376. What is the current timing of NEFT services available for  Toni Morrison customers? 361. Sally Pearson, who recently announced her retirement, is related to which sport?  8 am to 7 pm 377. Who has been appointed as the CEO of OYO for South-  Track and field East Asia and the Middle East? 362. Dale Steyn is related to which sport?  Mandar Vaidya  Cricket www.tesmus.com Page 14 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

378. Name the present deputy governors of RBI? 392. This year which edition of National Film Awards took place?  M. K. Jain, B.P. Kanungo & N. S. Vishwanathan 379. Diego Forlán, who has recently announced his retirement,  66th is related to which sport? 393. Who has won the award for Best Actor (female) at National Film Awards 2019?  Football 380. Navodayam scheme for MSME loan restructuring is an  Keerthy Suresh initiative of which state? 394. Who has been announced as this year's recipient of the Charlie Chaplin Award constituted by the BAFTA's Los  Andhra Pradesh Angeles branch? 381. Who has recently launched the e-version of Rozgar Samachar?  Steve Coogan 395. Which museum in Punjab has created Asia Book of  Shri Prakash Javadekar (Union Minister of Records for maximum footfall in a museum in a day? Information & Broadcasting) 382. What is an annual subscription fee of e-version of Rozgar  Virasat-e-Khalsa Samachar? 396. What does FAME India scheme stands for?  Rs. 400  Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) 383. The World Archery suspended ___for defying its Electric Vehicles in India guidelines by electing two parallel bodies. 397. Which political personality has been recently conferred with country's highest civilian honour 'Bharat Ratna'?  Archery Association of India 384. National Film Award 2019 for Best Actor has been shared  Nanaji Deshmukh by Ayushmann Khurrana and ____. 398. Name the drive, which Union HRD minister has recently launched to create awareness about Water Conservation  Vicky Kaushal among school students in the country? 385. Recently which International Agency approved USD 200 million loan to India for improving road infrastructure in  Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha 34 districts of Maharashtra? 399. Hashim Mohammed Amla, who has recently announced his retirement, represented which national cricket team?  ADB 386. Which nation has released a new set of policies  South Africa supporting transgender and gender diverse people to play 400. Who became the fifth president to receive the Bharat cricket at the highest level? Ratna, the country's highest civilian award  Australia  Pranab Mukherjee 387. In how many categories "Vikram Sarabhai Journalism 401. Bhupen Hazarika, who has been recently conferred with Award in Space Science, Technology and Research" will Bharat Ratna, he was related to which field? be conferred?  Cinema  2 categories 402. J&K and Ladakh will officially become Union Territories 388. What is the highest Cash prize associated with the Vikram from ____. Sarabhai Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research?  October 31 403. Under the notification regarding revokement of article  Rs. 5 Lakhs 370 in J&K, which region is also being given the status of 389. Ayushmann Khurrana starrer _____ won the 66th a Union Terrority without legislature: National film Award for Best Hindi film.  Ladakh  AndhaDhun 404. Under which scheme, the Indian government has 390. Who won the 2019 National film Award for Best sanctioned 5595 electric buses for intra-city and intercity Supporting Actress for the Hindi film Badhai Ho? operations?  Surekha Sikri  FAME-II India scheme 391. Swanand Kirkire won the 66th National film Award for 405. Recently, The Board of Control for Cricket in India Best Supporting Actor for the film ____. (BCCI) has agreed to come under the ambit of _____.  Chumbak  National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) www.tesmus.com Page 15 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

406. Christiano Ronaldo is related to which club? 421. According to the annual reports published by various companies, who is the highest paid Executive in the year  Juventus 2018-19? 407. Who is the current interim President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?  Vivek Gambhir (Godrej) 422. Which company is on the Numero Uno position in terms  Vinod Rai of sales in the year 2018-19? 408. Recently, NITI Aayog along with the United Nations, has launched the ___edition of Women Transforming India  HUL (WTI) Awards 2019. 423. Who has won the 2019 Roger Cup in men's category?  Fourth  Rafael Nadal (Spain) 409. WhatsApp has decided to provide support amounting 424. Which WI batsman breaks Brian Lara's record of scoring ____ to Women Transforming India (WTI) winners. most ODI runs?  $100,000  Chris Gayle 410. What is the theme of Women Transforming India (WTI) 425. By scoring how may runs WI Chris Gayle breaks Brian Awards 2019? Lara's record of scoring maximum ODI runs?  Women and Entrepreneurship  10408 411. Which two organisations have partnered with NITI Aayog 426. What is the name of the Photo Exhibition which is being for Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards 2019? inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju during National Youth Awards?  WhatsApp And UN 412. What is the theme of 22nd National Conference on e-  China through Eyes of Indian Youth – 2019 Governance? 427. What is the name of the Book on Sridevi, which is launched by Penguin Random House? Sridevi:  Digital India: Success to Excellence 413. The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019  Girl Woman Superstar was held in: 428. Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar is written by whom?  Shillong  Satyarth Nayak 414. Recently which company has committed an investment of 429. What is the name of the book which is based on M. Rs 10,000 crore for airport business by 2026? Venkaiah Naidu‟s two years as Vice President of India?  Adani Airports  Listening, Learning and Leading 415. By which date onwards the Central Government to roll 430. According to the recent WTA Ranking 2019, who is on out the "One Nation One Ration Card" scheme in the top position? country?  Naomi Osaka  1st June 2020 431. Name the first Canadian woman to win Rogers Cup in 50 416. What does FPI stands for? years?  Foreign Portfolio Investment  Bianca Andreescu 417. This year who has won the UEFA's Goal of the Season 432. Recently which communication app maker has opened its Award? first office in India?  Lionel Messi  Snap Inc. 418. In which category Bajrang Punia won the Tblisi Grand 433. Recently with whom India has signed 4 MoU's in various Prix for the second straight year? fields including traditional medicine, and sports?  65kg category  China 419. What is the name of the Bonds which SEBI plans to use 434. Who has launched the book "Listening, Learning and in order to fund Smart Cities? Leading" in Chennai?  Muni Bonds  Amit Shah 420. According to the joint report by CREDAI & CBRE, what 435. Recently who has been elected as the first woman is India's position in creating UNICORNS globally? president of INSA?  4th  Chandrima Shah www.tesmus.com Page 16 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

436. The owner of TikTok who has launched a censored search 450. In which category, Deepak Punia won gold at the Junior engine in China recently? World Championships in Talinn, Estonia recently?  ByteDance  86kg 437. Where did the 2019 FIM World Cup for women held? 451. Vidya Sinha, who recently passed away, she was a famous?  Hungary 438. Recently how much fund has been contributed by India  Actress towards UN Special Purpose Trust Fund? 452. Which state has announced the creation of two new districts in the state?  1 Million $ 439. Special Purpose Trust Fund is related to which  Tamil Nadu international agency? 453. Recently which government has announced a package worth $2.4 billion for economic support in the region?  United Nations 440. Recently, the famous____ given as 'prasadam' at the  Hong Kong Murugan temple at Palani has been granted the 454. Name the Indian states that borders with Bhutan? Geographical Indication (GI) tag.  Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and  Panchamirtham Sikkim 441. This year IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, 455. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar launched a massive who shot down a Pakistani F-16 jet, will be awarded with public campaign to make India free of single use plastics which gallantry award? in a meeting in Sao Paulo. Where is Sao Paulo  Vir Chakra  Brazil 442. What is the name of the microblogging platform, which 456. Who has been named as the new chairman of Internet and Verison Telecom is selling to Automattic for an Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)? undisclosed amount  Amit Agarwal  Tumblr 457. What is the theme of Aadi Mahotsav 2019 festival? 443. According to Bloomberg, what is the name of the world's richest family?  A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture and Commerce  The Waltons 458. Government formed a ______for the Aadi Mahotsav 444. What is India's Retail Inflation accounted during July festival. 2019?  Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development  3.15% Federation of India 445. Whose administration J&K will host the new Union 459. Where is the Aadi Mahotsav 2019 celebrated? Territory's first-ever global investors' summit from October 12-14?  Jammu & Kashmir 460. Sembcorp who recently invested Rs. 521 crore in India is  Satya Pal Malik based on which country? 446. For how much amount BP has acquired 49% in the fuel retail business of RIL?  Singapore 461. This year which Indian city will host the World Youth  Rs. 7000 crore Chess Championship 2019? 447. Which e-commerce giant is going to acquire up to 10% of Future Retail to boost its brick-and-mortar footprint in  Mumbai 462. Name the first Indian to claim a world title in motorsports India? after finishing fourth in the final round of the women's  Amazon category at FIM World Cup in Hungary? 448. Which temple's prasadam „Panchamirtham‟ from Tamil Nadu has been bestowed with the GI tag recently?  Aishwarya Pissay 463. Which nation is on the top position in emitting sulphur  Murugan temple dioxide (SO2), as per the latest data released by 449. Who became first Indian in 18 years to win a Junior environmental NGO Greenpeace. World Championship title?  India  Deepak Punia www.tesmus.com Page 17 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

464. What is the new name of the Hazratganj Chauraha as per 479. Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, who recently passed away, the recent announcement by UP Government? he was a famous?  Atal Chowk  Music composer 465. What is the name of the memorial which is being built in 480. What is the name of the satellite that detects Lucknow after former PM Atal Bihar Vajpayee? anthropogenic sulphur dioxide (SO2) hotspots in the world?  Atal Smriti Upvan 466. Who recently won women‟s singles title at Cincinnati  OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) Masters? 481. Which IIT Delhi incubated start-up founded by Ankita Gulati won the NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design  Madison Keys Award 2019? 467. Who won men‟s singles title at Cincinnati Masters 2019?  TouchVision  Daniil Medvedev 482. NS Tasneem, who recently passed away, was an eminent 468. Name the Former Chelsea footballer who has announced writer in which regional language? his retirement from football at the age of 38 recently?  Punjabi  Ashley Cole 483. India‟s first Central Institute of Chemical Engineering and 469. Who has won gold at the recently concluded Athleticky Technology (CICET) will be set up in: Mitink Reiter event in the Czech Republic?  Gujarat  Hima Das and Muhammed Anas 484. Name the cricketer, whose life-time ban has been reduced 470. Recently which player has been suspended from all forms to seven years by the Board of Control for Cricket in of cricket for a year by Afghanistan Cricket Board? India (BCCI) recently? Mohammad Shahzad   S Sreesanth 471. Neelam Sharma who died recently was a famous: 485. Who has bagged the West Indies Test Player of the Year  News Anchor award at the seventh CWI/WIPA Awards 2019? 472. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the Order of  Jason Holder Zayed, which is the highest civilian award of: 486. Who recently won the Windies‟ T20I Player of the Year  United Arab Emirates (UAE) award? 473. Who is the new President of Paytm?  Keemo Paul 487. Who has become the first deaf player to win a match in an  Madhur Deora ATP tournament? 474. Name the former Bihar Chief Minister, who has recently passed away?  Duckhee Lee 488. What is the expanded form of „NISHTHA‟, Teachers  Jagannath Mishra Training Programme by HRD ministry? 475. Who has been elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodians of the  National Initiative for School Heads’ and game‟s laws? Teachers’ Holistic Advancements 489. Name the Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, who  Mitchell Johnson recently passed away? 476. Name the former Australia vice-captain, who has been Babulal Gaur appointed as the assistant coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad? 490. From which date on-wards, Indian Railways has decided  Brad Haddin to ban single-use plastic materials? 477. Who has been appointed as the CEO and MD of  October 2, 2019 Vodafone Idea Limited? 491. The Ministry of Railways has directed all railway units to  Ravinder Takkar ban single-use plastic materials with less than ___ 478. What is the retirement age for all Central Armed Police thickness. Force (CAPF) personnel as per new orders issued by  50 microns Union Home Ministry? 492. How much FDI is allowed in Manufacturing Sector?  60 years  100% www.tesmus.com Page 18 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

493. Khumbu Pasang Lhamu municipality, which is home to 497. What is the difference in rates(in BPS) between Policy Mount Everest, has recently banned single-use plastic Repo Rate & MSF? below:  25 Basis points  30 microns 498. Eric Pleskow, who died recently, was a famous? 494. Which state government has approved the appointment of women drivers for the state government and PSU  Film Producer 499. Which bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding vehicles? (MoU) with Indian Army, under which the bank will offer  Kerala customised services, along with a host of facilities to 495. As per the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, account holders? 2019-20 by RBI, What is the new Repo Rate?  Bank of Baroda (BoB)  5.15% 500. Name the India‟s oldest chimpanzee, who died recently? 496. „She-Taxi‟ was the initiative of which state government?  Rita  Kerala

Important Schemes of the quarter (Aug/Sept/Oct) 2019

National Resource Efficiency Policy  The scheme would be launched on October 2, which  Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate also marks 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Change (MoEFCC) recently released Draft National Gandhi. Resource Efficiency Policy, 2019.  Under the scheme, one volunteer will cover 50  Features: families in each village.  It envisions future with environmentally sustainable  Identity cards will be given to each volunteer and and equitable economic growth, resource security, they would get an honorarium of Rs 5,000 per healthy environment (air, water and land), and month. restored ecosystems with rich ecology and biodiversity. Jal Jeevan Mission Scheme It is Guided by Principles of-  Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an outlay (i) reduction in primary resource consumption to of Rs 3.5 lakh crore for Jal Jeevan Mission for „sustainable‟ levels, in keeping with achieving Centre and states to work together to provide piped Sustainable Development Goals (SGs) and staying water to every household. within planetary boundaries.  The Jal Jeevan Mission, under the Department of (ii) creation of higher value with less material through Drinking Water and Sanitation, will focus on resource efficient and circular approaches. integrated demand and supply-side management of (iii) material security and creation of employment water at the local level, including the creation of opportunities and business models beneficial to cause of local infrastructure. environment protection and restoration. (iv) waste minimization. SAMARTH Scheme  Sixteen states have signed pacts with the Ministry of Textiles to partner with it for skilling about four lakh Village Volunteers System workers as part of the 'Samarth‟ scheme .  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan  The sixteen states that signed the MoUs include Reddy has launched government's flagship Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, programme Village Volunteers system. Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam,  The scheme, aimed at providing governance services Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Karnataka,Manipur, at doorsteps of people, will involve over 2.8 lakh Haryana, Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand. volunteers.

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 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave  By January 2020, these 11 states will be formed as its approval for the „Samarth‟ Scheme for Capacity one grid where ration cards will be made portable. It Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) from 2017-18 to means beneficiaries can buy ration from any one of 2019-20 to meet the skill requirements of textiles these 11 States. industry.  Note: At present, the government supplies 5 kg of  The scheme aims at skill development of 10 lakh subsidised foodgrain to each person per month to youth up to 2020 with a projected outlay of Rs 1300 over 81 crore people via 5,00,000 ration shops in the crore. country, costing the exchequer about ₹1.4 lakh crore annually.

PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana  The Centre has started registration for the Pradhan Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha Drive Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), a Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal „Nishank‟ scheme for farmers announced in the Union Budget. launched „Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha‟ drive to create  Under the PM-KMY, which was announced during awareness about Water Conservation among all school the Budget 2019-20, a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 students in the country. will be provided to eligible farmers on attaining the Five Major Objectives: age of 60. 1. To educate students learn about conservation of  Farmers holding up to 2 lakh hectare farm land will water be eligible for the PM-KMY scheme. 2. To sensitize Students about the impact of scarcity of  It is a voluntary and contribution-based pension water scheme for farmers in the age group of 18 to 40 3. To empower Students to learn to protect the natural years. sources of water  Under the scheme the spouse is also eligible to get a 4. To help every Student to save at least one litre of separate pension of Rs 3,000 upon making separate water per day contribution to the fund. 5. To encourage Students towards judicious use and  In case of death of the farmer before the retirement minimum wastage of water at home and school level date, the spouse may continue with the scheme. Target  If the farmer dies after the retirement date, the One Student - One Day - Save One Litre Water spouse will receive 50 per cent of the pension as One Student - One Year - Save 365 Litres Water family pension. One Student - 10 Years - Save 3650 Litres Water

School Fagadaba One Nation-one Ration Card Scheme  Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched  In a bid to implement „One Nation, One Ration "School Fagadaba" scheme to improve infrastructure Card‟ across the country by 1 June 2020, the Centre of government schools in the state. has kick-started inter-state portability of ration cards  The objective was to ensure better infrastructure, between Telangana-Andhra Pradesh as well as quality education and overall improvement of Maharashtra-Gujarat. government schools to make them model schools.  This means beneficiaries living in Telangana and  In the first phase of the scheme, one school from Andhra Pradesh can buy their quota of ration from each of the 60 Assembly constituencies in the state the Public Distribution System (PDS), also called have been selected . ration shops, in either of the two States. Similar would be the case in Maharasthra and Gujarat.  In these four states, both intra-state and inter-state Water Supply Scheme portability of ration card is being implemented  successfully. Region: Aurangabad, Maharashtra  Budget Allocated: 1680.50 Crore  Meanwhile, seven States, Haryana, Jharkhand,  Announced By: Devendra Fadnavis (Maharashtra Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tripura, at present are testing intra-portability of ration cards. CM)

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 Around 16 lakh people of Aurangabad will be Kisan Man Dhan Yojana benefitted by the scheme which envisages supply of  water directly from the Jayakwadi dam. Region: India  Announced By: PM Narendra Modi  The state Cabinet had recently given its approval for the first phase of 4,293-crore rupees Marathwada  Budget Allocated: Rs. 10774 Crore

Water Grid Project to mitigate water woes in the region.  Under the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Mandhan Yojana', farmers between 18 and 40 years of age will get Rs Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyaparik Mandhan 3,000 monthly pension after reaching 60. Yojana & Swarojgar pension Scheme  The scheme has an outlay of Rs 10,774 crore for the next three years.  Region: India  All small and marginal farmers who are currently  Announced By: PM Narendra Modi between 18 to 40 years can apply for the scheme.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the pension scheme for small shopkeepers, retail traders Jal Jeevan Mission and those doing their own business.  Under this scheme, businessmen will get a pension  Area Covered: India of Rs 3,000 per month.  Budget Allocation: 3.5 lakh Crore  The scheme is named as Pradhan Mantri Small  Announced By: PM Narendra Modi Business Mandhan Yojana.  Motto: To provide piped water supply (Har Ghar Jal)  The government has launched this scheme, to all rural and urban households by 2024 broadening the scope of social security.  The benefit of this scheme will be available after the  It also aims to create local infrastructure for age of 60 years. This scheme will give financial rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge and strength to people in old age. management of household waste water for reuse in  To join the scheme, the age of businessmen should agriculture. be between 18 and 40 years.  The government has resolved to provide piped water  The benefit of Pradhan Mantri Small Business to all households by 2024. Maandhan Yojana will be available to all those  It has clubbed all erstwhile water related ministries businessmen whose annual turnover under GST is under one new Jal Shakti Ministry. less than Rs 1.5 crore.

Mukhya Mantri Dal Poshit Yojana National Animal Disease Control Programme  Region: India  Region Covered: Uttarakhand  Announced By: PM narendra Modi  Announced By: Trivendra Singh Rawat  Budget Allocated: Rs. 12,652 Crore (5 years) (Uttarakhand CM)  Motto: To eradicate the foot and mouth disease and  Motto: To provide subsidised pulses to state ration brucellosis in livestock card holders.

 This project will be funded entirely by the  Under the scheme, state ration card holders two government. kilograms of two different varieties of pulses  The programme, to be launched in Mathura, aims to available at prices much lower than the market rate. control the livestock diseases by 2025 and eradicate  They will get two kgs of Chana dal (chickpeas split) these by 2030. at the rate of Rs 44 per kg this month. Chana dal  The programme also aims at vaccinating 36 million comes at Rs 65-Rs 70 per kg in the open market. female bovine calves annually in its fight against the  Pulses at subsidised rates to people will fulfill their brucellosis disease. protein requirement. The scheme will help in achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi‟s vision of healthy India.

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PSB Banks their Heads/He adquarters/Tagline

Bank Name Headquarters CMD/CEO Tagline State Bank of India Mumbai Rajnish Kumar Pure Banking Nothing Else Punjab & Sind Bank New Delhi S. Harisanker Where Service Is A Way Of Life Bank of Maharashtra Pune A. S. Rajeev One Family One Bank UCO Bank Kolkata Atul Kumar Goel Honors Your Trust Indian Overseas Bank Chennai Karnam Sekar Good people to grow with Central Bank of India Mumbai Pallav Mohapatra Central To you Since 1911 Indian Bank Chennai Padmaja Chunduru Your Tech-friendly bank Bank of India Mumbai Dinbandhu Mohapatra Relationships beyond Banking Union Bank of India Mumbai Rajkiran Rai G. Good people to bank with Canara Bank Bangalore R.A Sankara Narayanan Together we can Bank of Baroda Vadodara P. S. Jayakumar India‟s International Bank Punjab National Bank New Delhi Sunil Mehta The Name you can Bank Upon

Private Banks their Heads/H eadquarters/Tagline

Banks Heads Headquarters Taglines AXIS Bank Amitabh Chaudhry Mumbai Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi Dhanlaxmi Bank T Latha Kerela Tann. Mann. Dhan Federal Bank Shyam Srinivasan Kerala Your perfect banking partner HDFC Bank Aditya Puri Mumbai We understand your world ICICI Bank Sandeep Bakhshi Mumbai Khayaal Apka IDFC Bank V. Vaidyanathan Mumbai Banking Hatke IndusInd Bank Romesh Sobti Mumbai We make money simple Jammu and Kashmir Bank K Chhibberk Srinagar Serving to Empower Karnataka Bank Mahabaleshwara M S Mangalore Your family bank across India Kotak Mahindra Bank Uday Kotak Mumbai Let‟s make money simple Karur Vysya Bank P. R. Seshadri Tamilnadu Smart way to bank RBL Bank Vishwavir Ahuja Maharashtra Apno ka Bank Yes Bank Ravneet Gill Mumbai Experience our expertise

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Int. Org their Heads/Headquarters

Organization Name Heads Headquarters Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank JinLiqun Beijing, China New Development Bank K.V. Kamath Shanghai, China Asian Development Bank Takehiko Nakao Manila, Philippines International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva Washington DC, US World Bank David R. Malpass Washington DC, US United Nations Organization António Guterres New York, US United Nations Children‟s Fund Henrietta H. Fore New York, US United Nations Populations Fund Dr. Natalia Kanem New York, US UNCTAD Mukhisa Kituyi Geneva, Switzerland World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Geneva, Switzerland World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab Geneva, Switzerland International LabourOrganisation Guy Ryder Geneva, Switzerland World Trade Organisation Roberto Azevedo Geneva, Switzerland World Meteorological Organisation Gerhard Adrian Geneva, Switzerland World Intellectual Property Organisation Francis Gurry Geneva, Switzerland International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer Geneva, Switzerland UNESCO Audrey Azoulay Paris, France Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Jose Angel Gurria Paris, France Development UNIDO Li Yong Vienna, Austria International Atomic Agency Yukiya Amano Vienna, Austria Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Mohammed Barkindo Vienna, Austria Amnesty International Kumi Naidoo London, UK International Maritime Organisation Kitack Lim London, UK Commonwealth of Nations Kamalesh Sharma London, UK South Asian Association for Regional Amjad Hussain B. Sial Kathmandu, Nepal Cooperation Association of South East Nations Lim Jock Hoi Jakarta, Indonesia Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Sebastián Piñera Singapore North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Jens Stoltenberg Brussels, Belgium International Cricket Council Shashank Manohar Dubai, UAE Food & Agricultural Organisation Qu Dongyu Rome, Italy International Court of Justice Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf Hague, Netherland International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach Lausanne, Switzerland The Fédération Internationale de Football Gianni infantino Zurich, Switzerland Association World Wide Fund for Nature Pavan Sukhdev Vaud, Switzerland www.tesmus.com Page 23 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

Latest Reports/Indexes by Int. Org.

India's Index Index released by Rank Human Development Index 2018 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 130 Human Capital Index 2018 World Bank 115 Global Hunger Index 2018 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 103 Ease of Doing Business Index 2019 World Bank 77 Global Terrorism Index 2019 Institute for Economics & Peace 8 Climate Change Performance Index New Climate Institute, German watch and CAN 11 2018 The Human Freedom Index 2018 Cato and Fraser Institute 110 Global Climate Risk Index 2019 Annual Climate Summit 14 Global Gender Gap Index 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) 108 World Migration Report UN 1st Global Competitiveness Index 2019 The World Economic Forum 43th Global Livability Index 2019 The Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU) Delhi(118) Global Innovation index 2019 WIPO 52th World Inequality Index Oxfam 147th Environmental Performance Index World Economic Forum 177th 2018 List of Wealthiest countries 2019 New World Wealth 107th Inclusive Internet Index 2019 EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) 47th International Intellectual Property US Chambers of Commerce 36th Index World Happiness report 2019 UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network 140rd Energy Transition Index World Economic Forum 76th Worst New-born Mortality Rate UNICEF 12th Hurun Global Rich List 2019 Hurun Research Institute 3rd Global Climate Risk Index German watch 14 Largest Overseas holder of US G- US Treasury Department 13th Sec 2019 Military strength ranking Global Firepower 4th Passport Index 2019 Arton Capital 70th India Solar Market Leaderboard Mercom Communications 3rd 2018 Asia Pacific on Power Index 2019 Lowy Institute and Australian think tank 4th FDI Confidence Index 2019 Global Consultant AT Kearney 16th

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Cabinet Ministers and their Portfolios

Ministers Portfolios 1. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 2. Department of Space Shri Narendra Modi 3. Department of Atomic Energy 4. All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister Amit Shah Ministry of Home Affairs Raj Nath Singh Ministry of Defence 1. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Jairam Gadkari 2. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises D.V. Sadananda Gowda Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 1. Ministry of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman 2. Ministry of Corporate Affairs Ramvilas Paswan Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 1. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar 2. Ministry of Rural Development 3. Ministry of Panchayati Raj 1. Ministry of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad 2. Ministry of Communications 3. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Harsimrat Kaur Badal Ministry of Food Processing Industries Thaawar Chand Gehlot Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Ministry of External Affairs Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Ministry of Human Resource Development Arjun Munda Ministry of Tribal Affairs 1. Ministry of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani 2. Ministry of Textiles 1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan 2. Ministry of Science and Technology 3. Ministry of Earth Sciences 1. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar 2. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 1. Ministry of Railways Piyush Goyal 2. Ministry of Commerce and Industry 1. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan 2. Ministry of Steel Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs 1. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi 2. Ministry of Coal & Mines Giriraj Singh Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ministry of Jal Shakti www.tesmus.com Page 25 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

States their CM and Governors

STATE GOVERNORS CHIEF MINISTERS Andhra Pradesh Biswa Bhusan Harichandan YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Arunachal Pradesh Brig. Dr. B. D. Mishra (Retd.) Pema Khandu Assam Prof. Jagdish Mukhi Sarbananda Sonowal Bihar Phagu Chauhan Nitish Kumar Chhattisgarh Anusuiya Uikey Bhupesh Baghel Goa Smt. Mridula Sinha Pramod Sawant Gujarat Acharya Dev Vrat Vijay Rupani Haryana Satyadev Narayan Arya Manohar Lal Khattar Himachal Pradesh Bandaru Dattatraya Jai Ram Thakur Jharkhand Satya Pal Malik Raghubar Das Karnataka Droupadi Murmu B. S. Yediyurappa Kerala Vajubhai Vala Pinarayi Vijayan Madhya Pradesh Arif Mohammed Khan Kamal Nath Maharashtra Lal Ji Tandon Devendra Fadnavis Manipur Bhagat Singh Koshyari N. Biren Singh Meghalaya Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya (Add. Charge) Conrad Sangma Mizoram Tathagata Roy Zoramthanga Nagaland Prof. Jagdish Mukhi Neiphiu Rio Odisha R. N. Ravi Naveen Patnaik Punjab Ganeshi Lal Amarinder Singh Rajasthan V.P. Singh Badnore Ashok Gehlot Sikkim Kalraj Mishra Pawan Kumar Chamling Tamil Nadu Ganga Prasad Edappadi K. Palaniswami Telangana Banwarilal Purohit K. Chandrashekar Rao Tripura Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan Biplab Kumar Deb Uttar Pradesh Ramesh Bais Yogi Adityanath Uttarakhand Anandiben Patel Trivendra Singh Rawat West Bengal Baby Rani Maurya Mamata Banerjee

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Dams, Rivers & States

Name of Dam State River Nizam Sagar Dam Telangana Manjira River Somasila Dam Andhra Pradesh Pennar River Srisailam Dam Andhra Pradesh Krishna River Singur dam Telangana Manjira River Ukai Dam Gujarat Tapti River Dharoi Dam Gujarat Sabarmati River Bhakra Nangal Dam Himachal Pradesh and Punjab Satluj River Nathpa Jhakri Dam Himachal Pradesh Satluj River Baglihar Dam Jammu and Kashmir Chenab River Dumkhar Hydroelectric Dam Jammu and Kashmir Indus River Panchet Dam Jharkhand Damodar River Tunga Bhadra Dam Karnataka Tungabhadra River Kadra Dam Karnataka Kalinadi River Krishna Raja Sagara Dam Karnataka Kaveri River Harangi Dam Karnataka Harangi River Idukki Dam Kerala Periyar River Kundala Dam Kerala Kundala Lake Parambikulam Dam Kerala Parambikulam River Mullaperiyar Dam Kerala Periyar River Rajghat Dam Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Betwa River Bansagar Dam Madhya Pradesh Sone River Gandhi Sagar Dam Madhya Pradesh Chambal River Koyna Dam Maharashtra Koyna River Jayakwadi Dam Maharashtra Godavari River Mula Dam Maharashtra Mula river Kolkewadi Dam Maharashtra Vashishti River Radhanagari Dam Telangana Bhogawati River Upper Manair Dam Telangana Manair River and Kudlair River Khadakwasla Dam Maharashtra Mutha River Indravati Dam Odisha Indravati River Hirakud Dam Odisha Mahanadi River Perunchani Dam Tamil Nadu Paralayar River Mettur Dam Tamil Nadu Kaveri River Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Uttar Pradesh Rihand River Tehri Dam Uttarakhand Bhagirathi River Dhauli Ganga Dam Uttarakhand Dhauli Ganga River Rihand Dam Uttar Pradesh Rihand River

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Important Government Schemes Abbreviations

UDAY Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana PMMY Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana PMJDY Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana PMJJBY Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana PMSBY Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana PMSAGY Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana AMRUT Atal Mission For Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation NGM Namami Ganga Yojana HRIDAY Heritage City Development & Augmentation Yojana MUDRA Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency SETU Self Employment & Talent Utilization NPS National Pension Scheme PMKVY Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana PMKSY Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana SSY Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana PMFBY Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana PMGSY Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana PMUY Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana PMGKY Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana DICGC Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation PACS Primary Agriculture Credit Societies KVKs Krishi Vigyan Kendras MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises CBS Core Banking Solution CORE Centralized Online Real Time Exchange NAM National Agricultural Market DIDF Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act PMAY Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana NRDWP National Rural Drinking Water Programme SWAYAM Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds PMKK Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra SANKALP Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness For Livelihood Promotion Programme STRIVE Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement MSK Mahila Shakti Kendra NHB NATIONAL HOUSING BANK RRSK Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh M-SIPS Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme EDF Electronic Development Fund TIES Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme www.tesmus.com Page 28 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

Research Centres and their Headquarters

Name of Research Centre Headquarters Indian Agriculture Research Institute New Delhi Central Potato Research Institute Shimla Central Mining Research Institute Dhanbad Central Rice Research Institute Cuttack Central Tobacco Research Institute Rajahmundry National Dairy Research Institute Karnal (Haryana) Central Sugarcane Research Institute Coimbatore Central Road Research Institute New Delhi Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research Dhanbad National sugar Research Institute Kanpur Central Leather Research Institute Chennai Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute Bhavnagar Textile Research Institute Ahmadabad National Geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad Archaeological Survey of India Kolkata All Indian Institute of Medical Science New Delhi Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun Raman Research Institute Bangalore Central Jute Technological Research Institute Kolkata National Aeronautical Laboratory Bangalore Central Building Research Institute Roorkee Central Scientific Industrial Organization Chandigarh Central Coconut Research Institute Kasergod, Kerala National Institute of Oceanography Panaji Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai High Altitude Research Laboratory Gulmarg Central Electro–Chemical Research Institute Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu) National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore Industrial Toxicology Research Centre Lucknow Uranium Corporation of India Jadugoda Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute Kolkata National environmental engineering research institute Nagpur Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgapur National Institute of Communicable Diseases Delhi National Institute of Virology Pune www.tesmus.com Page 29 BRILLIANT ACADEMY EDU PRIVATE LIMITED IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Booster 2019

Lakes National Parks

Lakes State National Park State Kolleru Lake Andhra Pradesh Rajiv Gandhi National Park Andhra Pradesh Sambhar Lake Rajasthan Mrugavani National Park Telangana Pushkar Lake Rajasthan Namdapha National Park Arunachal Pradesh Wular Lake Jammu Kashmir Mouling National Park Arunachal Pradesh Pulicat Lake Andhra Pradesh Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Assam Loktak Lake Manipur Kaziranga National Park Assam Manas National Park Assam Vembanad Lake Kerala Nameri National Park Assam Chilka Lake Odisha Valmiki National Park Bihar Dal Lake Jammu Kashmir Indravati National Park Chhattisgarh Nalsarover Lake Gujarat Kanger Valley National Park Chhattisgarh Tsomgo Lake Sikkim Bhagwan Mahavir National Park Goa Bhimtal Lake Uttarakhand Gir Forest National Park Gujarat Barapani Lake Meghalaya Marine National Park, Gulf of Nainital Lake Uttarakhand Kutch Gujarat Periyar Lake Kerala Kalesar National Park Haryana Hussain Sagar Lake Telangana Sultanpur National Park Haryana Salim Ali Lake Maharashtra Himachal Kanwar Lake Bihar Great Himalayan National Park Pradesh Nakki Lake Rajasthan Himachal Bhojtal Lake Madhya Pradesh Inderkilla National Park Pradesh Surajkund Haryana Himachal Ulsoor lake Bangalore, Karnataka Simbalbara National Park Pradesh Sambhar lake Rajasthan Dachigam National Park J&K Pichola lake Udaipur, Rajasthan Hemis National Park J&K Pangong lake Jammu and Kashmir Kishtwar National Park J&K Salim Ali National Park J&K Betla National Park Jharkhand Bandipur National Park Karnataka Bannerghatta National Park Karnataka Nagarhole National Park Karnataka Eravikulam National Park Kerala Periyar National Park Kerala Silent Valley National Park Kerala Anamudi Shola National Park Kerala Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh Panna National Park Madhya Pradesh Pench National Park Madhya Pradesh Satpura National Park Madhya Pradesh

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India’s Recent GDP Projections Wildlife Sanctuaries

Wildlife Sanctuary State Organization FY 20 Sajnekhali West Bengal RBI 6.9% Sonandi Uttarakhand ADB 6.5% Pulicat lake Tamil Nadu FITCH 6.4% Sohelwa Uttar Pradesh World Bank 7.5% Trishna Tripura Pangolakha Sikkim FICCI 6.9% Phulwari Ki Nal Rajasthan IMF 7.0% Abohar Punjab Morgan Stanley 6.2% Karlapat Odisha CSO 7.00% Lengteng Mizoram India Ratings 7.60% Gundla Andhra Pradesh UN 7.10% Dibang Arunachal Pradesh OECD 5.90% Kaimur Bihar Goldman Sachs 7.20% Gir Gujarat UBS 6.70% Kibber Himanchal Pradesh Nagarjuna Sagar Andhra Pradesh DBS 6.20% Pakhui Arunachal Pradesh CRISIL 6.30% Bhimbandh Bihar MOODY'S 6.20% Narayana Sarovar Gujarat CARE 6.4-6.5% Dhauladhar Himanchal Pradesh UNCTAD 6%

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