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Mica-English-Feb-2019.Pdf CONTENTS VOL-15 ISSUE -02 Editor The unending tragedy of 1984 N.K. Jain All about Rafale deal case anti-Sikh riots Advisors Neeraj Chabra K.C.Gupta Registered Office Mahendra Publication Pvt. Ltd. 103, Pragatideep Building, Plot No. 08, Laxminagar, UN Climate Change Conference Surrogacy Bill: Then & Now District Centre, New Delhi - 110092 2018 Katowice, Poland TIN-09350038898 w.e.f. 12-06-2014 Branch Office Mahendra Publication Pvt. Ltd. E-42,43,44, Sector-7, Noida (U.P.) For queries regarding promotion, distribution & Interview 5 advertisement, contact:- Current Affairs - One Liner 6-9 [email protected] Spotlight 10 Ph.: 09208037962 The People 11-17 Owned, printed & published by News Bites 18-50 N.K. Jain The unending tragedy of 1984 anti-Sikh riots 51-52 103, Pragatideep Building, All about Rafale deal case 53-54 Plot No. 08, Laxminagar, Surrogacy Bill: Then & Now 55-56 District Centre, New Delhi - 110092 UN Climate Change Conference 2018 Katowice, Poland 61 Please send your suggestions and World of English - Etymology 62 grievances to:- Mahendra Publication Pvt. Ltd. Designation : Who's Who 63 CP-9, Vijayant Khand, Quiz Time - General Awareness 64-74 Gomti Nagar Lucknow - 226010 Railway ALP Stage–2 - Model Paper 2018 75-84 E-mail:[email protected] IBPS Clerk Mains - Model Paper 2018 85-113 © Copyright Reserved # No part of this issue can be printed in Subscription form is on Pg 60 whole or in part without the written permission of the publishers. # All the disputes are subject to Delhi jurisdiction only. Mahendra Publication Pvt. Ltd. Editorial “ Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practising patience and being persistent. ” Dear Aspirants, It is a great honour for us to publish "February 2019" edition of "Master In Current Affairs" a platform which provides you with in-depth and concise information. This edition is well designed specially by keeping all the forthcoming examinations in mind. The scope of this edition includes highly admired sections NEWS MAKER, NEWS DIARY, ONE LINER which are indeviatingly related to the examinations. Chalte-Chalte is one of the most steering elements of this which is mentioned at the bottom of every page. This edition creates a forum where all candidates and guidance personnel can meet the important issues of this month which may play a vital role in forthcoming examination. The important topics covered in this edition are : One among them is ‘The unending tragedy of 1984 anti-Sikh riots’ which was in news recently when Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court on 17 December 2018. Kumar was awarded life term after the court found him guilty of offences of murder, promoting enmity between groups and defiling public property. Then an article about ‘All about Rafale deal case’, which discusses about Rafale deal which was in the news recently, here we have a look on the issue to know more about it. With the Supreme Court asking for details of the “decision-making process” that led to the order for 36 Rafale aircraft, there is likely to be greater clarity about certain key questions which have created a political controversy. Later we’ll see ‘Surrogacy Bill: Then & Now’ which seeks to regulate the surrogacy part of a rather flour- ishing infertility industry in the country. After it 'UN Climate Change Conference 2018 Katowice, Poland' which was held on December 3, to discuss the goal of finalising the implementation guidelines for the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The major outcome of the Paris Accord ‘rulebook’ has been ratified marks a step forward, even with the US threatening to withdraw from the deal — something it cannot do before 2020. In this edition we are providing the Model paper of Railway ALP Stage-2 and IBPS Clerk Mains 2018 for your self-assessment. There is a separate section named Quiz Time for your self-evaluation, which includes all the possible MCQ's from this month's current af- fairs. This will be highly beneficial for all the upcoming examinations. The topics of the next issue will be different, we make sure that we will be trying to serve you with our next edition consisting a rich piece of knowledge. Best of Luck for your exams. Your advice or suggestions will be much appreciated and welcomed. With Best Wishes Editor : N.K. Jain “Your Success is Our Success” VIJAY INTERVIEW MICA : What is the role of “Time PERSONAL DETAILS Management” in one’s Vijay Parmar success? Vijay : Time management helps Father’s Name : Mr. Teekam Das Parmar you in regular mission and Mother’s Name : Mrs. Anju Parmar it helps you to keep your syllabus completed in the Hobbies : Not any Specific given time limit. Prior Selection : SBI, BOB MICA : How did you prepare for the Interview? Name of the Exam : Bank Of Baroda Vijay : Editorials and the Roll No. of Qualified Exam :2641003550 confidence were the key. Roll No. of Mahendra Institute : JPR0561752355 MICA : Tell us about the Interview Board and the questions asked? MICA : How did you prepare for the examination? Vijay : The interview board was very nice and they told me Vijay : to be relaxed and even asked English Language/Hindi Language about the preference of I prepared through newspaper- language for the interview. editorials and other online content The questions asked were: for essays watched mahendra guru (I) The first questions was youtube channel for building the asked why banking. strong vocabulary base. (II) Then they asked about my Reasoning home town. Mahendra's Notes and mock tests and (III) Then one of the interviewer Mahendra's Coaching and mock tests. asked about recent schemes. Quantitative Aptitude & Data (IV) They asked situational Interpretation questions. MICA : Mahendra's family expresses its heartfelt congratulations Mahendra's Coaching and Mock Tests. (V) They asked my father's on your success. General Awareness service. Vijay : Thank You so much. Online Mahendra's Channel and Other MICA : By whom did you get G.K. Magazines. information of your MICA : To whom do you want selection and what was your to give the credit of your Computer Knowledge reaction? selection? Books and Online Contents. Vijay : My friend Amit called me Vijay : My Parents, Mahendra's MICA : What would you say about and asked about the result and Institute and my close “Master in Current Affairs” when I cheked I got to know friends. Magazine and Mahendra that I got a nice score so I MICA : After how many attempts Guru Website? became very happy. did you succeed in this Vijay : It is very helpful for MICA : What message do you want examination? understanding editorials and to to convey to other aspirants? Vijay : Ist attempt. keep in touch with the relevant Vijay : Be confident and keep in topics. mind one thing that it is MICA : What is the role of easy and you will crack it Mahendra's institute in your MICA : What is the best thing about soon. selection? our coaching institute, according to you? MICA : Congratulations once again Vijay : It provided me the complete Vijay : The faculty members were on your success. Your guidance of the course and success is our success. gave me the platform to very supporting and always attempt ST online. The faculty there to help me in achieving Vijay : Thank You Mahendra for members also helped me a lot. my goal. guiding me to Success. An Indian-American Sruthi Palaniappan has been elected as the president of the powerful student's body of the FEBRUARY 2019 MICA prestigious Harvard University Undergraduate Council. 5 CURRENT AFFAIRS One Liner Liner PERSONSONE IN NEWS # Who has been appointed as the new Revenue the institutional frameworks dealing with sexual Secretary? w Ajay Bhushan Pandey harassment at workplace? w Rajnath Singh # Name the renowned actor who recently resigned as the # Who was appointed as the Secretary General of Lok Chairman of FTII? w Anupam Kher Sabha? w Snehlata Shrivastava # Justice Naresh Harishchandra Patil has been sworn-in AWARDS as the Chief Justice of which High Court? w Bombay High Court # Which organisation in November 2018 stripped Aung # Which Union Minister has been given the additional San Suu Kyi from its highest honour Ambassador of charge of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizer? Conscience Award? w Amnesty International w D V Sadanand Gowda # Which Indian actor was honoured as a ‘Distinguished # Sahle-Work Zewde has been appointed as the first Fellow’ at the 3rd IndiaGlobal Summit held in Boston, w female President of which nation? United States? Anupam Kher w Ethiopia # Which organisation won the 2018 UN Award for excellence in promoting investments in sustainable # Who has been appointed as the new Expenditure development? w Invest India Secretary? w Girish Chandra Murmu # Which Indian project won the 2018 UNESCO Asia- Pacific Award in ‘Award of Distinction’ category? # Michael D Higgins has won a second term as the w LAMO Centre of President of which nation? w Ireland Ladakh # Which candidate won the 2018 Presidential elections # Who won the 2018 Gleitsman Award? held in Brazil? w Jair Bolsonaro w Malala Yousafzai # Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta # Which Indian personality was chosen for the 2018 High Court? w Justice Debasish Kar Seoul Peace Prize? w Narendra Modi Gupta # Union Minister Ananth Kumar passed away recently. He SCHEMES AND LAUNCHES belonged to which state? w Karnataka # How many people have been benefitted till now under # Who was appointed as the Director of CBI after the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana? removal of Alok Verma? w M Nageswar Rao w 1 lakh
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